follows a large white rabbit down a " Rabbit - hole " . She finds a tiny door . When she finds a bottle labeled " Drink me " , she does , and shrinks , but not enough to pass through the door . She then eats something labeled " Eat me " and grows larger . She finds a fan when enables her to shrink enough to get into the " Garden " and try to get a " Dog " to play with her . She enters the " White Rabbit 's tiny House , " but suddenly resumes her normal size . In order to get out , she has to use the " magic fan . " 
 She enters a kitchen , in which there is a cook and a woman holding a baby . She persuades the woman to give her the child and takes the infant outside after the cook starts throwing things around . The baby then turns into a pig and squirms out of her grip . " The Duchess 's Cheshire Cat " appears and disappears a couple of times to and directs her to the Mad Hatter 's " Mad Tea - Party . " After a while , she leaves . 
 The Queen invites to join the " ROYAL PROCESSION " : a parade of marching playing cards and others headed by the White Rabbit . When " unintentionally offends the Queen " , the latter summons the " Executioner " . " boxes the ears " , then flees when all the playing cards come for her . Then she wakes up and realizes it was all a dream .

The film opens with two bandits breaking into a railroad telegraph office , where they force the operator at gunpoint to have a train stopped and to transmit orders for the engineer to fill the locomotive 's tender at the station 's water tank . They then knock the operator out and tie him up . As the train stops it is boarded by the bandits‍—‌now four . Two bandits enter an express car , kill a messenger and open a box of valuables with dynamite ; the others kill the fireman and force the engineer to halt the train and disconnect the locomotive . The bandits then force the passengers off the train and rifle them for their belongings . One passenger tries to escape but is instantly shot down . Carrying their loot , the bandits escape in the locomotive , later stopping in a valley where their horses had been left . 
 Meanwhile , back in the telegraph office , the bound operator awakens , but he collapses again . His daughter arrives bringing him his meal and cuts him free , and restores him to consciousness by dousing him with water . 
 There is some comic relief at a dance hall , where an Eastern stranger is forced to dance while the locals fire at his feet . The door suddenly opens and the telegraph operator rushes in to tell them of the robbery . The men quickly form a posse , which overtakes the bandits , and in a final shootout kills them all and recovers the stolen mail .

Described as " a liberal adaptation of Mrs. 's famous story " , the plot description in the Edison Kinetogram was:[3 ]

Though the film is presumed lost , a synopsis survives in The Moving Picture World from October 15 , 1910 . It states : " Captain comes to America as the head of a band of English colonists and settles in Jamestown , Virginia . While at the head of the colony makes a trip of exploration into the interior and is captured there by King , the acknowledged head of all of the red men in Virginia . orders his prisoner 's execution . Just as the fatal club is about to descend , , the favorite daughter of the King , throws herself before her father . She begs so fervently that the white man 's life be spared that relents and orders his release . Captain returns in safety to his friends . Later is taken prisoner by the English and held as hostage . While a prisoner , she is converted to Christianity , and falls in love with , a handsome young Englishman . They are married in a rude little church at Jamestown , and the Indian princess sails away with her husband to England . There she is received with royal honors by King , but the foreign flower can not stand transplanting . She soon sickens and dies , and in her last hours is visited by visions of the home in the wilderness that she would fly back to if she could . "[1 ]

White - haired Dr. has secretly locked himself in his laboratory administering himself with a vial of formula . He slumps into his chair with his head on his chest . Slowly , as the drug takes effect , a dark - haired , taloned beast now appears in the chair . After repeated use , 's evil alter ego emerges at will , causing to murder his sweetheart 's father . The evil personality scuttles back to the laboratory only to discover that the antidote is finished and that he will be as Mr. forever . A burly policeman breaks down 's door to find that the kindly doctor is dead after taking poison .

Wealthy disowns his son when he marries , a woman of modest means . Many years later , when dies , however , leaves one million dollars to their son , a bank clerk . Shortly thereafter , learns that he has inherited seven million dollars from his Uncle on the stipulation that divest himself of his grandfather 's fortune within a year , without revealing why . A further stipulation is that the money must be used only for personal expenditures . spends lavishly , invests in stock and makes a bet on a prize fight , but the bet and the stocks pay off . In desperation he rents and repairs a yacht to sail around the world . At one port , saves , his childhood sweetheart , from abduction by an Arab sheik . On the eve of gaining possession of the money , proposes to , who eagerly accepts , thinking that is a pauper . Then a cable informs that , his uncle 's executor , has absconded with the fortune . Unperturbed , and marry but then are presented with the inheritance as a wedding present by , who turns out to be a practical joker .

is a kind young woman who lives with her wicked stepmother and ugly stepsisters . They abuse her and use her as the house maid . thinks she 's all alone in the world , but does n't know a fairy godmother is constantly helping her . One day , she is collecting wood from the forest and meets . They immediately fall in love with each other , but lose contact . Soon , a ball is arranged by the prince to look for his future wife . The stepsisters think they make a great chance in being chosen by the prince . wants to go as well , but is n't allowed to by her cruel family . 
 The sisters go to a fortune teller , who announces a member of the family will be chosen by the prince . The sisters are delighted and think it will be one of the two of them . When they leave for the ball , is left behind . The fairy godmother appears and asks if she wants to go to the ball as well . When responds positively , the fairy godmother orders her to bring her the biggest pumpkin she can find . does so and the fairy godmother changes it into a luxurious stage coach . She next asks for the smallest mice she can find . brings her some mice from the house and the fairy godmother changes them into horses . 
 The fairy godmother next orders her to bring her the biggest rats there are . After collected them , the fairy godmother changes them into servants . She finally changes 's poor maiden costume into a dress fit for a princess , and glass slippers , of course . She reminds she will have to be back at home before the clock strikes midnight . Otherwise , her fine dress will turn into rags and the coach and servants will become what they were before . 
 As arrives at the party , Prince is already busy looking for his future wife . It is soon announced an unknown lady has arrived in a coach . Prince immediately chooses her and they go to a private place where they learn to know each other . As they flirt , notices it is almost twelve o'clock and storms out . She loses her glass slipper , before she turns into her old poor self again . 
 The next day , the royal heralds announce the Prince 's wish to marry the woman whose foot fits the lost glass slipper . The sisters go to the palace to try fit their feet into the slippers , while is yet again forced to stay home . It becomes clear the royal heralds every woman of the town has tried but failed to wear the slippers , except for . Prince Charming immediately goes to visit her and is shocked when he finds out she is a poor maid . He does n't turn his back against her , though , and he invites her to try on the slipper . When she does , she is announced as the future princess . The royal heralds give her the opportunity to behead her sisters , but she refuses to . 
 In the final scene , the fairy godmother appears and blesses her . and live happily ever after .

is a married aristocrat and socialite living in Saint Petersburg . She is living a torrid romance with a wealthy and young count , he loves her and is willing to marry her once she leave her husband . 
 However , Russian 's society rejection makes her feel isolated , possessive and even paranoid due to her infidelity 's suspicions which will lead eventually to her suicide .

A strange giant " sea creature " has been rampaging the seas . The American naval ship Abraham Lincoln is sent to investigate , but is rammed by " the creature " which turns out to be The Nautilus , the fantastic submarine of the enigmatic Captain , and " Rudderless , the ' Abraham Lincoln ' drifts on " . Then , in " A strange rescue " he guides the sub to surface under those pitched overboard and his crew take them , including Professor , and his daughter ( who are French ) below through a hatch in the surface of the deck . After they pledge not to escape , shows them the wonders of the underwater world , and even takes them hunting on the sea floor . 
 Meanwhile , soldiers in a runaway Union Army Balloon are marooned on a mysterious island not far from the submarine . They find a wild girl living alone on the island ( " a child of nature " ) . 
 The yacht of arrives at the island . A former Indian colonial officer , he has been haunted by the ghost of a woman ( Princess ) that he attacked years ago ; she stabbed herself rather than submit to him . He fled with her young daughter and then abandoned the child on the island . The long - tormented has returned to see what became of her . 
 One of the Union soldiers schemes and kidnaps the wild girl onto 's yacht . Another soldier swims aboard to rescue her . At the same time , discovers that the yacht belongs to , the enemy he has been seeking all these years . The Nautilus destroys the yacht with a torpedo , but the girl and her rescuer are saved from the water by Captain . 
 In elaborate flashback scenes to India , reveals that he is Prince , and that he created the Nautilus to seek revenge on . He is overjoyed to discover that the abandoned wild girl is his long - lost daughter , but his emotion is such that he expires . His loyal crew bury him at the ocean bottom . They disband and the Nautilus is left to drift to its own watery grave.[6 ]

A prince , the heir apparent to a large empire , was once the lover of sister . During their love affair , he had written some incriminating letters to her . was given these letters for safe keeping on the deathbed of her sister . Count von Stalburg , the prince 's assistant , and Sir , a high British official , have been given the task of negotiating the restitution of the letters to the prince prior to his upcoming marriage . 
 However , is being held captive by the , a husband and wife team of crooks who realize the value of the letters and are trying to get them from in order to blackmail the prince . Failing to secure the letters for themselves , they decide to involve Professor in the affair . The film unfolds as a battle of wits ensues between and . 
 Dr. is only marginally involved until the final third . receives more assistance from an associate named and a young bellboy named .

As described in a film magazine,[3 ] ( ) , a son in the proud but poor house of , loves ( ) , a notorious Parisian beauty . His love for means that his sister ( ) can not marry the man she loves , so the father goes to and begs her to give up , which she does . This arouses the anger of and he denounces her one evening in public . The Count de Varville ( ) challenges to a duel which he wins , wounding in the arm . Believing no longer loves him , does not go to see her . One day his father tells him that is dying . He goes to her and , after a few words , she dies in the arms of her lover .

A young boy , , runs into an escaped convict at his local churchyard . does favours for ( the convict ) , such as bringing him food etc . until is eventually arrested and deported to Australia .

As described in a film magazine,[2 ] ( ) , having been sent for by her fiance , arrives in the west only to find him dead . She is determined to find his slayer and is assisted in her search by ( ) . , owner of a dance hall , is anxious to get under his power and leads her to believe that killed her sweetheart . , in love with , has prepared to cross the desert to record a deed to a mine that was owned by him and 's late sweetheart . In revenge , cuts holes in 's canteens and allows the water to leak out . After has been gone several hours , learns that he is innocent , so she rushes out in the desert after him . After traveling several miles , she fall exhausted only to be rescued by . He forgives her and they have a happy reunion .

As described in a film magazine,[3 ] ( Carpenter ) and his mother operate the Admiral Ben Bow Inn , and when they are threatened by an attack by pirates they go to the home of their friend , the squire , for the night . Mrs. ( ) hands the squire a package she found in a chest that was owned by , one of her boarders who had died . The squire discovers a map showing the location of treasure buried by someone named . Jim , overhearing the squire 's plans to recover the treasure , goes to sleep and dreams that he , ( ) , and a ship 's crew have set out to find the gold . ( ) , their first mate , is a crook and with some of the men plan to rob and of the treasure . After a fight on the island and the killing off of men , joins and his gang and through ( Sargent ) they find the treasure . Just as is about to distribute it , he wakes up .

As described in a film magazine,[4 ] ( ) , whose orphan career has been a lively one due to her natural mischievousness , is sent by mistake to the home of ( ) and her brother ( ) . The brother and sister had decided to adopt a boy to relieve their loneliness , but decide to keep anyway . Her early youth is a series of misfortunes or " scrapes . " During this time she meets Gilbert ( ) and their love for each other begins . When has graduated from high school and is happily looking forward to college , dies and is struck blind . She takes a position in the village as a school teacher . has taken up medicine during this time . Despite the ill luck that continues to follow her , manages to save enough and pays for an operation that restores 's vision . Then she and are married .

Silent film femme fatale , , portrays the role of , a Parisian music hall celebrity . marries a young American civil engineer , , portrayed by . is transferred to Egypt to work on an engineering project in the Sahara . and her son , portrayed by , join in the desert.[3][4 ] Unhappy with life in the desert , leaves and her son in the desert and moves to Cairo with the wealthy Baron , portrayed by . lives in Baron ' palace while goes blind and becomes addicted to the drug hasheesh . later encounters and her son , who have become beggars in the streets of Cairo.[3][4 ] returns to the desert to care for her husband , and the two are reconciled .

A young woman , ( played by ) , works in a sweatshop and struggles to support her mother ( played by ) and little sister , ( played by ) . Their mother dies and suffers from poverty . 
 Because of her circumstances , rejects the marriage proposal of ( played by ) , a self - educated mining engineer . He then leaves for South America , where he intends to make his fortune . To save her sister and herself , becomes the mistress of a wealthy Wall Street magnate , ( played by ) . When he publicly humiliates her , however , she becomes determined to free herself . 
 Meanwhile , discovers a copper mine in South America and returns . He is invited to a party at 's home . When he meets as 's mistress he is heartbroken and abruptly leaves . is by now desperate to get away from . She then acquires enough money from a lucky stock tip to leave him . 
 finds and attempts to force her to return to him . He is killed in a violent car accident and is severely injured . Upon opening her eyes after the crash , she sees standing over her . The couple is happily reconciled .

and play young lovers who live in tenements , the rear of which face each other , with backyards separated by a wooden fence and with their families constantly feuding over the lovers ' relationship . Each morning and exchange love letters through the holes in the fence much to the disdain of their families who insist they stay away from one another . sneaks into 's bedroom window as the parents are arguing but he is caught by 's father who ties him to the washing lines and slowly sends him back over to his family 's house . After much arguing and fighting the two families eventually go to court to settle their differences . demands the right to marry , and the judge insists that the two families not interfere in their plans . 
 On the day of the wedding the two families are naturally hostile to one another . After the wedding is delayed due to 's belt repeatedly breaking resulting in his pants continuously falling down , 's father discovers that the ring intends to give to Virginia is a cheap 10 - cent ring purchased from Woolworths , he angrily calls off the wedding and drags Virginia home . Determined to rescue his love and with the help of his two groomsmen , uses trapeze skills to snag Virginia and the two run off together , eventually finding themselves in the coal shed of a blacksmith who has been ordained as a minister who pronounces them husband and wife .

The story involves two newlyweds , and , who receive a build - it - yourself house as a wedding gift . The house can be built , supposedly , in " one week " . A rejected suitor secretly re - numbers packing crates . The movie recounts 's struggle to assemble the house according to this new " arrangement " . The end result is depicted in the picture . As if this were not enough , finds he has built his house on the wrong site and has to move it . The movie reaches its tense climax when the house becomes stuck on railroad tracks . and try to move it out the way of an oncoming train , which eventually passes on the neighboring track . As the couple look relieved , the house is immediately struck and demolished by another train coming the other way . stares at the scene , places a ' For Sale ' sign with the heap ( attaching the building instructions ) and walks off with . 
 The New York Times movie review said , " One Week , a work , has more fun in it than most slap - stick , trick - property comedies . "[3 ]

The film opens in the Ozarks where a distraught ( ) is comforting her father the Reverend John Whittier ( ) as he dies . After his death is sent to live on a New England plantation with her Victorian Aunt ( ) . 
 Aunt is cold and uncaring to : not picking her up at the station , giving her a sparse room in the attic , and scolding at her every chance she gets . As the days pass 's antics amuse the servants , but not Aunt . 
 One day while playing on the plantation , gets in trouble with a servant woman and runs to hide in a haystack . There she meets ( ) , an orphan her age . Taking pity on him , is certain eventually Aunt will let him live with them . So she hides him in the cellar . One day Aunt insists in going in the cellar despite 's pleas for fear will be discovered . is asleep and believes they 're in the clear ; until starts shouting in his sleep , having a bad dream about turnips chasing and trying to eat him . is amused but Aunt is not . After some pleading , Aunt relents and tells to bring some good quilts for . 
 One day , as and play with the other children , they decide to try and steal some apples from a tree belonging to ( ) . John catches in the act , but forgives her , realizing she is the exact image of her mother , a woman he once loved deeply , but who left him to marry the man who eventually became 's father . He tells this as he shows her a painting of her mother . Meanwhile fights his way in , fearing that is in danger . He tries to defend her but finds that everything is normal . 
 As settles in she seems to bring optimism to those she meets . She is insistent on playing a game her father taught her called ' The Glad Game ' , where one counts the things they are glad for . She visits an old shut - in who is supposedly grateful for nothing . brings along an old blind and deaf friend who plays the accordion . Upon discovering the woman is blind and deaf , the shut - in proclaims her gratitude for still having her sight and hearing . 
 One day after a fight with in which he ' wishes she would die ' , heads into town . She notices a little girl playing in the middle of the road , oblivious to a car coming . leaps in front of the car , throwing the girl to safety , but in the process is hit herself . and both take her back to her Aunt 's place . Aunt becomes frantic and places her in her own lavish bedroom . Realizing the error of her ways , Aunt declares how attached to she is ; even giving her a kiss on the forehead , much to 's delight . 
 Realizing they could have lost the little girl forever , many succumb to her wishes for them to be happy . promises to adopt the next day . Aunt refuses to call Dr. , ( ) , who broke her heart years before . pleads to send for him but she refuses , bringing in another doctor . After several days , they discover is paralyzed from the waist down . becomes distraught ; however comforts her , insisting she play the Glad Game . 
 Months pass and begins to use a wheelchair . One evening with Aunt , she pleads one last time for her to send for Dr. and Aunt finally relents . With the help of Dr. , is eventually able to walk again . 
 With the success of her walking comes the realization of her wishes . Aunt reunites romantically with Dr. ; and is happily living with . One day she asks for and he comes to wheel her around the garden . He gives a ring and promptly runs off out of fear , not realizing is able to walk . She is excited at the ring and happily runs after him .

As described in a film publication,[2 ] a youth ( ) in the prologue seeks advice from his grandfather ( ) , who then recalls a romance of his own youth which is then shown as a flashback . A priest ( ) is in love with an Italian opera singer ( ) , and the drama involves the conflict between his efforts to rise above worldly things or to leave with her . The romance ends with a deep note of pathos .

In a shabby New York City side street in the mid-1880s , young lives with his mother ( known only as Mrs. or " Dearest " ) in genteel poverty after the death of his father , Captain . One day , they are visited by an English lawyer named with a message from young 's grandfather , , an unruly millionaire who despises the United States and was very disappointed when his youngest son married an American woman . With the deaths of his father 's elder brothers , has now inherited the title Lord and is the heir to the earldom and a vast estate . 's grandfather wants him to live in England and be educated as an English aristocrat . He offers his son 's widow a house and guaranteed income , but he refuses to have anything to do with her , even after she declines his money . 
 However , the Earl is impressed by the appearance and intelligence of his American grandson and is charmed by his innocent nature . believes his grandfather to be an honorable man and benefactor , and the Earl can not disappoint him . The Earl therefore becomes a benefactor to his tenants , to their delight , though he takes care to let them know that their benefactor is the child , Lord . 
 Meanwhile , back in New York , a homeless bootblack named tells 's old friend Mr. , a New York City grocer , that a few years prior , after the death of his parents , 's older brother married an awful woman who got rid of their only child together after he was born and then left . moved to California to open a cattle ranch while ended up in the streets . At the same time , a neglected pretender to 's inheritance appears in England , the pretender 's mother claiming that he is the offspring of the Earl 's eldest son , .. The claim is investigated by and Benjamin , who come to England and recognize the woman as 's former wife . She flees , and the brothers and the pretender , 's son , do not see her again . Afterwards , goes back to his cattle ranch in California where he happily raises his son by himself . The Earl is reconciled to his American daughter - in - law , realizing that she is far superior to the impostor . 
 The Earl planned to teach his grandson how to be an aristocrat . Instead , teaches his grandfather that an aristocrat should practice compassion towards those dependent on him . The Earl becomes the man always innocently believed him to be . is happily reunited with his mother , and Mr. , who decides to stay to help look after .

The grandma 's boy is a timid coward who can not muster courage to woo his girl and is afraid of his rival . His loving grandma gives him a magic charm from the Civil War that had been used by his grandfather , which gives him the courage to capture a town criminal and win the girl . The " magic charm " turns out to be the handle of her umbrella and his grandma was pretending it was magical all along .

's mother , a penniless outcast , died giving birth to him . As a young boy , is brought up in a workhouse , later apprenticed to an uncaring undertaker , and eventually taken in by a gang of thieves who befriend him for their own purposes . All the while , there are secrets from 's family history waiting to come to light .

The opening has the dashing Earl of Huntingdon besting his bitter enemy , Sir of Gisbourne , in a joust . then joins King the Lion - Hearted , who is going off to fight in the Crusades and has left his brother , Prince , as regent . The prince soon emerges as a cruel , treacherous tyrant . Goaded on by Sir , he usurps 's throne . When receives a message from Lady , his love interest , telling him of all that has transpired , he requests permission to return to England . King assumes that the Earl has turned coward and denies him permission . The Earl seeks to leave in spite of this , but is ambushed by Sir and imprisoned as a deserter . Upon escaping from his confines , he returns to England , endangering his life and honor , to oppose Prince and restore King 's throne . He finds himself and his friends outlawed and apparently dead . 
 returns to Nottingham and adopts the name of , acrobatic champion of the oppressed . Leading a band that steals from the rich to give to the poor , including Friar , Little , , and , he labors to set things right through swashbuckling feats and makes life miserable for Prince and his cohort , the High Sheriff of Nottingham . After rescuing from Prince 's prison and defeating Sir in a final conflict , is captured . The timely reappearance of King returns him to and foils the efforts of Prince .

The and families have been feuding for so long , no one remembers the reason the feud started in the first place . One stormy night in 1810 , family patriarch ( ) and his rival ( ) kill each other . After the tragic death of her husband , 's wife decides her son ( the infant ) will not suffer the same fate . She moves to New York to live with her sister , who after the mother 's death raises him without telling him of the feud . 
 Twenty years later , ( ) receives a letter informing him that his father 's estate is now his . His aunt tells him of the feud , but he decides to return to his Southern birthplace anyway to claim his inheritance . On the train ride , he meets a girl , ( played by 's wife ) . They are shy to each other at first , but become acquainted during many train mishaps . At their destination , she is greeted by her father ( ) and two brothers ( and ) ; she , it turns out , is a . innocently asks one of the brothers where the estate is . The brother offers to show him the way , but stops at every shop in search of a pistol to shoot the unsuspecting . By the time he obtains one , has wandered off . is very disappointed to discover the " estate " is a rundown home , not the stately mansion he had imagined . Later , however , he encounters , who invites him to supper . 
 When he arrives , the brothers want to shoot him , but the father refuses to allow it while he is a guest in their mansion . The father refers to this as " our hospitality " . When overhears a conversation between the brothers , he finally realizes his grave predicament . A parson comes to supper as well . Afterward , the parson prepares to leave , but he finds it is raining furiously . The patriarch insists the parson stay the night . invites himself to do the same . 
 The next morning , stays inside the house , while the men wait for his departure . The father catches kissing his daughter . finally manages to leave safely by putting on a woman 's dress . However , a chase ensues . He eventually starts down a steep cliff side , but is unable to find a way to the bottom . One Canfield lowers a rope ( so he can get a better shot ) to which ties himself , but the Canfield falls into the water far below , dragging along . Finally , manages to steal the train locomotive and tender , but the tender derails , dumping him into the river towards the rapids . spots him and goes after him in a rowboat ; she falls into the water and is swept over the edge of the large waterfall . swings trapeze - like on a rope , catching her hands in mid - fall and depositing her safely on a ledge . 
 When it grows dark , the men decide to continue their murderous search the next day . Returning home , they see and embracing ; furiously rushes into the room , gun in hand . He is brought up short by the parson , who asks him if he wishes to kiss the bride . Seeing a hanging " love thy neighbor " sampler , the father decides to bless the union and end the feud . The place their pistols on a table ; then divests himself of the many guns he took from their gun cabinet .

The film opens in 1922 with ( the character has the same name as the actor ) behind bars . His mother and his girlfriend , , are consoling him as a somber official and priest show up . The three of them walk toward what looks like a noose . It then becomes obvious they are at a train station and the " noose " is actually a trackside pickup hoop used by train crews to receive orders without stopping , and the bars are merely the ticket barrier . He promises to send for his girlfriend so they can get married once he has " made good " in the big city . Then he is off . 
 He gets a job as a salesclerk at the De Vore Department Store , where he has to pull various stunts to get out of trouble with the picky and arrogantly self - important head floorwalker , Mr. . He shares a rented room with his pal " Limpy " , a construction worker . 
 When finishes his shift , he sees an old friend from his hometown who is now a policeman walking the beat . After he leaves , shows up . Bragging to about his supposed influence with the police department , he persuades to knock the policeman backwards over him while the man is using a callbox . When does so , he knocks over the wrong policeman . To escape , he climbs up the façade of a building . The policeman tries to follow , but can not get past the first floor ; in frustration , he shouts at , " You 'll do time for this ! The first time I lay eyes on you again , I 'll pinch you ! " 
 Meanwhile , has been hiding his lack of success by sending his girlfriend expensive presents he can not really afford . She mistakenly thinks he is successful enough to support a family and , with his mother 's encouragement , takes a train to join him . In his embarrassment , he has to pretend to be the general manager , even succeeding in impersonating him to get back at . While going to retrieve her purse ( which Mildred left in the manager 's office ) , he overhears the real general manager say he would give $ 1,000 to anyone who could attract people to the store . He remembers 's talent and pitches the idea of having a man climb the " 12 - story building " , which De Vore 's occupies . He gets to agree to do it by offering him $ 500 . The stunt is highly publicized and a large crowd gathers the next day . 
 When a drunkard shows " The Law " ( the policeman who was pushed over ) a newspaper story about the event , the lawman suspects is going to be the climber . He waits at the starting point despite 's frantic efforts to get him to leave . Finally , unable to wait any longer , suggests climb the first story himself and then switch his hat and coat with , who will continue on from there . After starts up , the policeman spots and chases him into the building . Every time tries to switch places with , the policeman appears and chases away . Each time , tells his friend he will meet him on the next floor up . Eventually , reaches the top , despite his troubles with a clock and some hungry pigeons , and kisses his girl .

( ) loves ( ) , the niece of his godfather , ( ) , and she him . However would prefer she married ) , a middle - aged nobleman , rather than someone who does not even know who his parents are . 
 One day , expert swordsman first toys with , then kills 's friend in a duel . turns to the King 's Lieutenant for justice . However , when the official learns who the accused is , he immediately orders 's arrest . flees . 
 Meanwhile , France nears the brink of revolution . When one orator in favor of liberty and equality is shot down by a soldier , fearlessly takes his place and remains undaunted when he is grazed by a bullet . When the dragoons are called out to disperse the mob , an admirer named helps escape . 
 He joins a wandering theatre troupe led by ( ) . writes better plays for them to perform , and they become very successful , eventually performing at a theatre in Paris . becomes engaged to 's daughter , ( ) . 
 and attend a performance of his latest work , however , and she and spot each other . She goes to see him , but he does not wish to renew their relationship . , despite loving , can not help trifling with . By chance , and Countess ( ) , with whom she is staying , see him in a carriage with . informs she never wants to see him again . blackmails the countess into helping him , reminding her of an incident in her past . 
 Meanwhile , in the National Assembly , the aristocrats , unable to effectively respond to the reform - minded delegates with words , resort to duels to eliminate their leading opponents . Chief among the duelists is . In desperation , and recruit to reply in kind . The Chevalier de Chabrillone ( ) is his first victim . Eventually , he gets what he wants : a duel with . He disarms his foe , then allows him to pick up his sword . After wounds the nobleman in his sword arm , gives up . 
 When news reaches Paris that the Austrians and Prussians have invaded France in support of the beleaguered King , the French Revolution erupts . In the fighting , is overwhelmed and left for dead . When he revives , he staggers to the residence of the countess . heads there too , to rescue his love and his mother the countess ( whose identity has been revealed to him by ) , armed with a passport signed by authorizing him to do anything he wants . When the two bitter enemies spot each other , demands the passport . refuses , whereupon draws a pistol . The countess throws herself in front of , then reveals that he is in fact 's father . The two men have an initially uneasy reconciliation . When starts to leave , offers him his sword . Thus armed , faces the rioters in the street and perishes . 
 places the two women in a covered carriage . At the Paris gate , a man spots the aristocrats inside and demands they be handed over to the mob . pleads with them to let them go for his sake . The masses respond with extravagant sentimentality , and the trio are allowed to leave Paris .

is a miner working in Placer County , California . A traveling dentist calling himself Dr. " visits the town , and 's mother begs to take her son on as an apprentice . agrees and eventually becomes a dentist , practicing on Polk Street in San Francisco . 
 brings , his cousin and intended fiancée , into 's office for dental work . and are friends and gladly agrees to examine her . As they wait for an opening , buys a lottery ticket . becomes enamored with and begs for permission to court . After seeing 's conviction , agrees . eventually agrees to marry and shortly afterwards her lottery ticket wins her $ 5,000.[a ] bitterly claims that the money should have been his , causing a rift between and . After and we d , they continue to live in their small apartment with refusing to spend her $ 5,000 . 
 leaves the city to become a cattle rancher . Before he goes , he secretly , in order to ruin his former friend , reports for practicing dentistry without a license . is ordered to shut down his practice or face jail . Even though she has saved over $ 200 in addition to the original $ 5,000 from the lottery ticket , is unwilling to spend her money . Money becomes increasingly scarce , with the couple forced to sell their possessions . finally snaps and bites 's fingers in a fit of rage . Later , he goes fishing to earn money , taking 's savings ( now totaling $ 450 ) . 
 's bitten fingers become infected and have to be amputated . To earn money she becomes a janitor at a children 's school . She withdraws the $ 5,000 from the bank to keep it close to her , eventually spreading it on her bed so she can sleep on it . then returns , having spent the money he took , and asks for more . The following day confronts at the school . After a heated argument beats to death and steals her $ 5,000 . 
 Now an outlaw , returns to Placer County and teams up with a prospector named . Headed towards Death Valley , they find a large quantity of quartz and plan to become millionaires . Before they can begin mining , senses danger and flees into Death Valley with a single horse , the remaining money and one water jug . Several marshals pursue him , joined by . wants to catch personally and rides into Death Valley alone . 
 The oppressive heat slows 's progress . 's progress is also beginning to wane when he spies and moves in to arrest him . After a confrontation , 's horse bolts and shoots it , puncturing the water container . The water spills onto the desert floor . The pair fight one last time , with proving the victor ; however , has handcuffed himself to . The film ends with left in the desert with no horse and no water , handcuffed to a corpse and unable to reach the remaining money . 
 original edit contained two main sub - plots that were later cut . The point of these sub - plots was to contrast two possible outcomes of and 's life together . The first depicted the lives of the junkman and , the young Mexican woman who collects junk for and sold the lottery ticket . often talks about her imaginary solid gold dining set with , who becomes obsessed by it . Eventually , believing she has riches hidden away , marries her . He often asks about it , but she gives a different answer each time he mentions it . does not believe her and becomes obsessed with prying the truth from her . He murders her and after having lost his mind , leaps into San Francisco Bay . 
 The second sub - plot depicts the lives of and Miss . and are two elderly boarders who share adjoining rooms in the apartment complex where and live . Throughout their time at the apartment complex , they have not met . They both sit close to their adjoining wall and listen to the other for company , so they know almost everything about each other . They finally meet and can not hide their long - time feelings for each other . When they reveal their love , admits he has $ 5,000 , making him just as rich as . But this makes little difference to them . Eventually , they marry and a door connects their rooms .

In the story , , a magical boy who refuses to grow up , brings the children ( , , and ) from London to Neverland , where they have adventures that include a confrontation with the pirate and his crew . Later , the children feel homesick and wish to go home . invites and the Lost Boys to come with them so they can be adopted . The Lost Boys are eager to do so , but refuses because he does not wish to grow up . and her brothers and the Lost Boys are captured by the pirates , but rescued by , who forces Captain to walk the plank and be eaten by the crocodile who once ate his hand . and the boys return to the home , where Mrs. meets for the first time and offers to adopt him , but he refuses for the same reason that he refused to go back with and the boys - he has no intention of growing up . asks to return to Neverland with him , and Mrs. agrees to allow to go back once a year to help with his spring cleaning .

- is a wealthy young Jewish prince and boyhood friend of the powerful Roman tribune , . When an accident and a false accusation leads to - 's arrest , , who has become corrupt and arrogant , makes sure - and his family are jailed and separated . 
 - is sentenced to slave labor in a Roman war galley . Along the way , he unknowingly encounters , the carpenter 's son who offers him water . Once aboard ship , his attitude of defiance and strength impresses a Roman admiral , , who allows him to remain unchained . This actually works in the admiral 's favor because when his ship is attacked and sunk by pirates , - saves him from drowning . 
 then treats - as a son , and over the years the young man grows strong and becomes a victorious chariot racer . This eventually leads to a climactic showdown with in a chariot race , in which - is the victor . However , does not die , as he does in the more famous 1959 remake of the film . 
 is eventually reunited with his mother and sister , who are suffering from leprosy but are miraculously cured by Jesus.[3 ]

In the 1890s , young Lady ( ) decides to leave her husband ( and her son ) in favor of her lover ( " ) . Thirty years later , young ( ) is facing the same choice between her husband ( the now grown , played by ) and lover ( ) . In the meantime , 's mother Lady and lover Lord are coming to visit .

plays Count , an Italian noble . A charming libertine , his weakness is women – the " cobras " referred to in the title of the film . 
 accepts an invitation from friend ( ) to come to New York City to work as an antiques expert . While the job is rewarding , finds the temptation from the women surrounding him , including 's secretary ( ) and wife ( ) challenging . 
 When is away , reveals to that she is still in love with him . The two arrange to meet at a hotel . However , at the last minute , remembers he can not betray his friend and refuses to go to the rendezvous . It turns out to be a wise decision ; the hotel burns to the ground in the middle of the night , killing . 
 desperately wants a relationship with . However , after 's death , he turns 's attentions toward and decides to leave New York . The film ends with gazing out at the sea and the Statue of Liberty as he sets sail back to Europe . 
 The production of Cobra was marred by bickering and soaring production costs . Furthermore , its studio Paramount Pictures , unhappy with the final film and fearing it would flop with audiences and critics , held off releasing it until ( whose popularity had declined somewhat ) appeared in a stronger , unequivocally successful picture . Eventually Cobra was released in late 1925 , a few weeks after what proved to be 's comeback feature , The Eagle . 
 Cobra has survived and has been made available to the public , on both VHS and DVD , by independent film dealers and major movie distributors .

A drifter identified only as " " ( ) sells the last of his possessions , keeping only a few trinkets and a picture of his mother . Unable to find a job in the city , he goes west and manages to get a job at a cattle ranch despite having no experience . Meanwhile , a neglected cow named Brown Eyes fails to give milk and is sent out to the field along with the other cattle . 
 As tries to figure out how to milk a cow , he 's told to go out and help the other ranch hands bring in the cattle . Unsuccessful in riding a horse , he falls off and sees . Noticing her limp , examines her hoof and removes the rock that had been hurting her . proceeds to follow around , saving him from a bull attack . Realizing that he 's finally found a companion , strikes up a friendship with the cow , giving her his blanket at night and attempting to protect her from wild dogs . The next day , follows everywhere , much to the chagrin of the other ranch hands . accidentally sets two steers loose after they 'd been corralled in , but on the joking suggestion of the other hands , brings them back in by waving his red bandanna . 
 The ranch owner ( ) and his daughter ( ) are preparing to sell the cattle to a stockyard , though another rancher wants to hold out for a higher price . The owner , no longer wanting to wait , prepares to ship the whole herd out . , shocked to hear that will go to a slaughterhouse , refuses to let her go . The ranch owner fires him and gives him his wages . tries to buy his friend back with his earnings , but is told that it 's not enough . After failing to get more money from a card game , he joins in the cattle car and tries to find a way to free her . The train is ambushed by the other rancher and his men . and the ranch owner 's other hands manage to drive off the attackers , but only makes it back to the train as the others chase away the rancher . 
 Arriving in Los Angeles , frees and leads her away , using his red bandanna once more to guide the other thousand steers to the stockyard . The townspeople are terrified of the cattle as some of the cows break away and begin entering the stores , but manages to corral them together . ties up before going back to retrieve the other cattle , leaving his red bandanna with her in order to keep her cool . Realizing his mistake , he enters a masquerade store to find something red to attract the cows . Deciding on a red devil 's outfit , he exits the store and the cattle begin to chase him . The police attempt to arrest him , but are mistakenly sprayed with hoses from the fire department , who flee once they see the cattle coming . 
 The ranch owner , realizing his ruin if the cattle are not sold , drives with his daughter to the stockyard . The owner tells him that no cattle have arrived yet . Defeated , the ranch owner prepares to leave when he sees leading the herd into the stockyard . Overjoyed , the ranch owner tells that his house and anything he owns is his to ask for . says that he only wants " her , " gesturing behind him to where the ranch owner 's daughter is . The owner is surprised and the daughter flattered , but they quickly realize that it 's that he 's referring to . The three drive back to the ranch , with beside in the back seat .

In the Latin Quarter of Paris , sculptor is injured when the top of the huge statue of a faun she is working on breaks off and falls on her . After successful surgery by brilliant Dr. saves her from paralysis , she and fall in love . 
 The surgery is watched by various doctors and others , including , a hypnotist , magician and student of medicine ( a character in 's original novel based on real - life occultist ) . Later , in the Library of the Arsenal , finds what he has been searching for : a magic formula for the creation of human life . One of the ingredients is the " heart blood of a Maiden " . He rips out the page and presents the old book to Dr. , 's uncle and guardian , who has also been looking for it . 
 When , and Dr. go to the Fair at Leon de Belfort , they encounter , whom dislikes immediately . When Dr. claims that the snake charmers use harmless snakes , refutes him and demonstrates his powers by letting a deadly horned viper bite him . He then magically makes the wound disappear . remains unconvinced until the discarded viper strikes a young woman performer . has to rush her to a hospital . 
 Later , visits uninvited . He hypnotizes her and tells her to concentrate on her statue . It seems to come to life to preside over an orgy . Critic calls this the high point of the film : " a nightmarish sequence in which the hypnotised heroine ( ) see herself in the midst of an orgiastic rite presided over by himself , a prancing naked satyr played by , the American dancer at the Folies Bergere . "[3 ] 
 Two days before her wedding to , receives a note from , asking her to see him the next morning . She tries to resist the summons , but fails . On the day of the wedding , learns that has married instead . is convinced it was against his niece 's will , and tries to track them down . 
 eventually encounters the couple at a casino in Monte Carlo . He and free while is away . places her in a sanatorium to recover . 
 , however , finds her and takes her to his laboratory in a tower . and employ a guide to take them there . Just as is about to stab a bound , bursts in . After a violent struggle , falls into a huge fire and is killed . emerges from her trance and is reunited with her true love . finds the page with the formula . He burns it and sets the laboratory afire as well .

The plot of the film is drawn from the play Chicago by which was in turn based on the true story of , fictionalized as ( ) , and her spectacular murder of her boyfriend . 
 The silent film adds considerably to the material in ' play , some additions based on the original murder , and some for Hollywood considerations . The murder , which occurs in a very brief vignette before the play begins , is fleshed out considerably . Also , 's husband ( played by ) has a much more sympathetic and active role in the film than he does either in the play or in the subsequent musical . The ending is crueler to , in keeping with Hollywood values of not allowing criminals to profit too much from their crimes ( although she does get away with murder ) .

In Southern California , graduates high school as its " most brilliant scholar " . At his graduation , speaks on " the Curse of the Athlete " , arguing that books are more important than athletics . 
 decides to follow , who rejected him because she loves athletes more than bookworms , to Clayton which the dean describes as an " athlete - infested college " . Hoping to impress , tries out for the baseball and track and field teams , but proves to be totally inept . At the same time , he attempts to work as a soda jerk and as a waiter in blackface while trying to keep these jobs a secret from . 
 Eventually the dean asks why his grades are suffering . After explains the situation , the dean empathizes with him and orders the rowing coach to make the coxswain in the upcoming competition . The coach tries to sabotage by slipping him a sleeping potion so he can not compete , but the potion is accidentally consumed by the team 's other coxswain instead . Despite capsizing the boat , pulling the rudder off mid - race , and causing collisions with other boats , the team wins the race anyway . 
 Meanwhile , starts to appreciate ’s futile efforts to impress her . However , on the day of a competition , , ’s athlete boyfriend , gets kicked out of college and takes her hostage in her room in an effort to get her kicked out also to get her to marry him . In the end , she manages to contact by telephone , who in a sudden show of athleticism sprints to her dormitory , pole vaults into her window , and fights off by throwing household objects at him . agrees to marry and they live the rest of their lives together .

Spunky shopgirl ( ) has a crush on her handsome employer , ( ) , the new manager of and heir to the " world 's largest store " . However , they belong to different social classes and he is already romantically linked to blonde socialite ( ) . But 's silly friend ( ) notices , and she uses him to get closer to . 
 When finally gets 's attention , she convinces him to take her on a date to Coney Island , where he is introduced to the proletarian pleasures of roller coasters and hot dogs and has a wonderful time . At the end of the evening he tries to kiss her . She slaps his face and hurries out of his car and into her flat , but then peeks out her window at him as he is leaving . 
 The next day , meddling welfare workers are trying to take away the baby of 's sickly roommate ( ) . To protect her friend , bravely claims that the baby is in fact hers . Unfortunately , this is overheard by , who tells . Although he is in love with her , offers her an " arrangement " that includes everything but marriage . Shocked and humiliated , refuses , quits her job , and resolves to forget . When she learns from about 's misunderstanding , she fumes and vows to teach her former beau a lesson . 
 When hosts a yachting excursion , makes take her along , masquerading as " Miss Van Cortland " . at first wants to remove her from the ship , but he can not long resist it factor ; he eventually corners her and proposes marriage , but she gets him back , by telling him that she 'd " ... rather marry his office boy , " which accomplishes her goal , but breaks her heart . He then learns the truth about the baby and leaves at the yacht 's helm to find her . crashes the yacht into a fishing boat , tossing both and into the water . saves , punching her in the face when she panics and threatens to drown them both . At the end of the film , she and reconcile on the anchor of the yacht , with the first two letters of the ship 's name , Itola , between them . and are upset at losing their friends , but it is implied they pursue a relationship with each other as the film ends .

A vacationing Woman from the City ( ) lingers in a lakeside town for weeks . After dark , she goes to a farmhouse where the Man ( ) and the Wife ( ) live with their child . She whistles from the fence outside . The Man is torn , but finally departs , leaving his wife with the memories of better times when they were deeply in love . 
 The man and woman meet in the moonlight and kiss passionately . She wants him to sell his farm — which has not done well recently — to join her in the city . When she suggests that he solve the problem of his wife by drowning her , he throttles her violently , but even that dissolves in a passionate embrace . The Woman gathers bundles of reeds so that when the boat is overturned , the Man can stay afloat . 
 The Wife suspects nothing when her husband suggests going on an outing , but when they set off across the lake , she soon grows suspicious . He prepares to throw her overboard , but when she pleads for his mercy , he realizes he can not do it . He rows frantically for shore , and when the boat reaches land , the Wife flees . 
 She boards a trolley , and he follows , begging her not to be afraid of him . The trolley brings them to the city . Her fear and disappointment are overwhelming . He plies her with flowers and cakes and finally she stops crying and accepts his gifts . Emerging back on the street , they are touched to see a bride enter a church for her processional , and follow her inside to watch the wedding . The Man breaks down and asks her to forgive him . After a tearful reconciliation , they continue their adventure in the city , having their photograph taken together and visiting a funfair . As darkness falls , they board the trolley for home . 
 Soon they are drifting back across the lake under the moonlight . A sudden storm causes their boat to begin sinking . The Man remembers the two bundles of reeds he placed in the boat earlier and ties the bundles around the Wife . The boat capsizes , and the Man awakes on a rocky shore . He gathers the townspeople to search the lake , but all they find is a broken bundle of reeds floating in the water . 
 Convinced the Wife has drowned , the grief - stricken Man stumbles home . The Woman From the City goes to his house , assuming their plan has succeeded . The Man begins to choke her . Then the Maid calls to him that his wife is alive , so he releases the Woman and runs to the Wife , who survived by clinging to one last bundle of reeds . 
 The Man kneels by the Wife 's bed as she slowly opens her eyes . The Man and the Wife kiss , while the Woman From the City 's carriage rolls down the hill toward the lake , and the film dissolves to the sunrise .

Boisterous gangster kingpin rehabilitates the down - and - out ' Rolls Royce ' Wensel , a former lawyer who has fallen into alcoholism . The two become confidants , with Rolls Royce 's intelligence aiding 's schemes , but complications arise when Rolls Royce falls for 's girlfriend ' . 
 Adding to 's troubles are attempts by a rival gangster , , to muscle in on his territory . Their antagonism climaxes with killing and he is imprisoned , awaiting a death sentence . Rolls Royce devises an escape plan , but he and face a dilemma , wondering if they should elope together and leave to his fate .

In Sussex , England after the Great War , former aristocrat ( ) and her father , retired sea captain ( ) , live in a small humble cottage on Doomsday , a large and valuable farm property owned by a wealthy landlord named ( ) . is attracted to another tenant at Doomsday , ( ) , a young ex - officer and farmer who works the land with pride as if it were his own . Soon she and fall in love , but she longs to escape her oppressive poverty . 
 Meanwhile , the self - made wealthy landlord develops an attraction to and hopes to marry the former aristocrat as evidence of his rising social status . One day middle - aged makes his intentions known to , who can not resist his palatial home and the lifestyle he offers her . Despite her love for , she selfishly agrees to marry . After the wedding , they leave 's infirm father in the care of a nurse and sail to the Continent and spend the next year living abroad . During that time , gives her jewelry and expensive dresses , but does not give her the love she desires . He treats her as just another one of his belongings to display in front of his friends . 
 Eventually , discovers that the lifestyle she chose has not brought her happiness and that her loveless marriage to was a mistake . After she learns of her father 's death , she asks for an annulment . Left with no money and no place to live , ends up at 's cottage and humbly offers to work for him as a housekeeper . Still feeling betrayed by 's earlier rejection of their love , cautiously accepts her offer , but for the next six months , he treats her in an insensitive and overbearing manner . Gradually , their love is rekindled , atones for his harsh behavior , and the two once again find happiness in each other .

The gang of a mob boss grow suspicious of his new girlfriend . She 's a beautiful young girl and they do n't believe she would actually associate with the mob and wonder if she 's really a police " plant " . The mobsters dress nattily to not appear " out of place " in the ritzy neighborhoods prior to a heist .

is the owner and captain of a paddle steamer that has seen better days . He eagerly awaits the arrival of his college student son , whom he has not seen since the lad was a baby . Expecting a big , husky man like himself to help him compete with businessman and his brand new , luxurious riverboat , he is sorely disappointed with his slight , awkward offspring , who shows up with a pencil moustache , a ukulele and a beret . He becomes outraged when he discovers that his son and 's daughter , also visiting her father , are in love . Both business rivals are determined to break up the relationship . 
 When 's ship is condemned as unsafe , he accuses of orchestrating it . He assaults his enemy and is put in jail . His son tries to free him by bringing him a loaf of bread with tools hidden inside , but his scheme is detected . The sheriff hits on the head , sending him to the hospital . 
 Then a cyclone hits , tearing down buildings and endangering the ships . As makes his way through the town , a building front falls all around him . He reaches his father 's ship and rescues first ( stranded on a floating house ) , then his father ( by ramming the ship into the sinking jail , which has also been blown into the river ) , and finally 's father . When goes to her hero , she is puzzled when he jumps into the water . However , his purpose becomes clear when he returns , towing a minister in a lifebuoy .

Two sailor buddies have their friendship torn apart after the woman they both are in love with chooses one over the other . Their relationship gets re - evaluated when one of them becomes trapped in a submarine and the other gets sent on the rescue mission .

The film focuses on the ' Plain Clothes Men ' , a group of detectives dressed up as average citizens to catch criminals without being noticed . They are especially hated by the underworld due to their constant meeting , during which suspects are analyzed and interrogated extensively . Among the staff is ( ) , a police officer with flat feet and a tough disposition , who is unsatisfied with the lack of adventure . As he is about to quit his job , he is noticed about a croaked jeweler . When arriving there , he finds ( ) , a crook who never gets busted for a crime due to a lack of evidence . 
 decides to follow him , and after talking to 's low - life girlfriend ( ) without gaining any information , he prevents from seducing ( ) , an innocent flapper who finds excitement in hanging out with crooks . has lately assigned himself as 's care - taker , and he disapproves of her boyfriend ( ) , a dapper gangster without a job . When is out of town for two days , graps this opportunity to manipulate . After convincing her that will soon dump her for , admits that he croaked the jeweler . 
 Without wasting any time , sets out to bust and his men , only to find out that one of them is . Shortly after , 's body is found , and is convinced that is responsible for her death , considering that she was going to testify against him . The case against is dismissed by the court , and he immediately reveals his plans on murdering . overhears this conversation , and hurries to for protection , only to catch him in the midst of a robbery . Even though he is able to turn him in , orders the police to leave alone and helps him to take his first , tentative steps on the straight path . 
 Before leaving town , wants to meet one more time and sends her a letter , but reads it before she can . He forces himself up to her , but is disturbed by police raid . Before they open the door , fires a shot through it - which croaks a cop - and gets away . Upon finding out that she will testify against him , sets out to kill her . Meanwhile , tells against better judgment that he loves her and then proposes to her . Even though she is actually in love with , accepts , mostly out of gratitude for all that has done for her . 
 Afterwards , leaves to find , and catches him and his men preparing for a get - away . It results in a giant shootout , during which several policemen and gangsters are killed . 's men give in after being attacked by tear bombs , but finds a way to escape to the rooftop . follows him there , and after another shootout , is killed . Meanwhile , returns to town in rage after finding out about and 's engagement . He proposes to , but she decides to stay loyal to . realizes that she loves , and allows them to be together .

and play door - to - door Christmas tree salesmen in California – in the summer . They end up getting into an escalating feud with grumpy would - be customer . He , goaded by their repeated attempts to sell him a Christmas tree , destroys it with hedge - clippers . & Hardy retaliate by damaging the man 's doorframe with a knife . then goes to work on their clothes , and this escalates , with his home and their car being destroyed in the melee ( after has run out of Christmas trees to mangle ) . A police officer ( ) steps in to stop the fight ( after vases are thrown out and smashed , and one hits him on the foot ) and negotiates a peaceful resolution . and give the homeowner a cigar as a peace offering . However , as the pair make their escape , the trick cigar promptly explodes in his face .

College football player ( ) causes his school to lose the big game when he gets disoriented after a tackle and runs the wrong way . After being treated decently by gruff U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant " Panama " ( ) , a spectator , decides to enlist in the Marines himself . He is selected to attend pilot training school at Naval Air Station Pensacola , where is a flying instructor . When finally recognizes , he befriends him and takes him under his wing . On his first attempt at solo flight , however , is taunted about the football game by fellow recruit ( ) , and can not take off , resulting in a crash . Panama rescues from the burning aircraft , suffering burns to his hands . is " washed out " by his squadron commander , Major ( ) . 
 is taken to the base hospital , where he falls for Navy nurse ( ) . When the " Flying Devils " squadron is sent to quell bandit attacks by the notorious General in Nicaragua , Panama arranges for to accompany him as his mechanic . Panama shows a photograph of , the love of his life , not knowing is in love with her too . When is sent to Nicaragua , she does not understand the guilt - stricken 's cool reception . When the girl - shy Panama asks to propose to on his behalf , confesses her love for him instead , after which Panama accuses of betrayal . 
 An urgent call for help by a Marine outpost under bandit attack stops any confrontation . flies as gunner for , who makes fun of him about shooting in the right direction . During the mission , their aircraft is shot down in a swamp . Unwilling to join in the rescue , Panama reports in sick , but once convinces him that never betrayed him , he flies his own solo rescue mission . At the crash site , dies of his injuries and is cremated by using their aircraft as a funeral pyre . Panama finds but is wounded by bandits led by General , after his landing . kills the attacking bandits , takes off , and brings the pair back , putting on an impressive flying display over the base that includes safely landing the aircraft after it loses a wheel . Sometime later , has won his wings and is now an instructor at the school , married to . When his wife arrives in their new car , accidentally pulls away in reverse .

Saddled with the care of a younger brother and unable to find work , puts aside her scruples and goes to see a gambler who has long cast a lustful eye on her . A pickpocket kills the gambler , and the police find at the scene of the crime , charging her with the murder . The pickpocket later falls to his death , however , and evidence is uncovered that sets free , cleared of all suspicion of guilt in the gambler 's death . is then reunited with , a man who once did her a great kindness .

The eighteen - year - old meets , falls in love with , and elopes with riverboat gambler . 
 After the death of Captain , , , and their daughter leave the boat and go to live in Chicago , where they live off 's gambling earnings and are alternately rich and poor . Finally , announces she is coming to visit at a time when is completely broke , and , fearing her wrath , he abandons and , after which finds a job singing at a local club and eventually becomes famous . Years later , dies , and , who had long been estranged from her because of her attitude toward , returns to the show boat . and are reunited on the show boat at the end of the film , and after 's death , gives her own inheritance money to her daughter .

Professor gives an impassioned speech about the glory of serving in the Army and " saving the Fatherland " . On the brink of becoming men , the boys in his class , led by , are moved to join the army as the new 2nd Company . Their romantic delusions are quickly broken during their brief but rigorous training under the abusive Corporal , who bluntly informs them , " You 're going to be soldiers — and that 's all . " 
 The new soldiers arrive by train at the combat zone , which is mayhem , with soldiers everywhere , incoming shells , horse - drawn wagons racing about , and prolonged rain . One in the group is killed before the new recruits can reach their post , to the alarm of one of the new soldiers ( ) . The new soldiers are assigned to a unit composed of older soldiers , who are not exactly accommodating . The young soldiers find that there is no food available at the moment . They have not eaten since breakfast , but the men they have joined have not had food for two days . One of them , " Kat " Katczinsky , had gone to locate something to eat and he returns with a slaughtered hog he has stolen from a field kitchen . The young soldiers " pay " for their dinner with soaps and cigarettes . 
 The new recruits ' first trip to the trenches with the veterans , to re - string barbed wire , is a harrowing experience , especially when is blinded by shrapnel and hysterically runs into machine - gun fire . After spending several days in a bunker under bombardment , they at last move into the trenches and successfully repulse an enemy attack ; they then counterattack and take an enemy trench with heavy casualties , but have to abandon it . They are sent back to the field kitchens to get their rations ; each man receives double helpings , simply because of the number of dead . 
 The men start out eating greedily , but then settle into a satiated torpor . They hear that they are to return to the front the next day and begin a semi - serious discussion about the causes of the war and of wars in general . They speculate about whether geographical entities offend each other and whether these disagreements involve them . speaks familiarly about himself and the ; jokes that instead of having a war , they should have the leaders of Europe be stripped to their underwear and " fight it out with clubs " . 
 One day , Corporal arrives to the front and is immediately spurned because of his bad reputation ; he is forced to go over the top with the 2nd Company and is promptly killed . In an attack on a cemetery , stabs a French soldier , but finds himself trapped in a hole with the dying man for an entire night . Throughout the night , he desperately tries to help him , bringing him water , but fails miserably to stop him from dying . He cries bitterly and begs the dead body to speak so he can be forgiven . Later , he returns to the German lines and is comforted by . 
 Going back to the front line , is severely wounded and taken to a Catholic hospital , along with his good friend . 's leg is amputated , but he does not find out until some time afterwards . Around this time , is taken to the bandaging ward , from which , according to its reputation , nobody has ever returned alive ; but he later returns to the normal rooms triumphantly , only to find in depression . 
 is given a furlough and visits his family at home . He is shocked by how uninformed everyone is about the actual situation of the war ; everyone is convinced that a final " push for Paris " is soon to occur . When visits the schoolroom where he was originally recruited , he finds Professor prattling the same patriotic fervor to a class of even younger students . Professor asks of to detail his experience , to which the latter reveals that war was not at all like he had envisioned and mentions the deaths of his partners ; this revelation upsets the professor , as well as the young students who promptly call a " coward " . Disillusioned and angry , returns to the front and comes upon another 2nd company that is filled with new young recruits who are now disillusioned ; he is then happily greeted by . He goes to find , and they discuss the inability of the people to comprehend the futility of the war . 's shin is broken when a bomb dropped by an aircraft falls nearby , so carries him back to a field hospital - only to find that has been killed by a second explosion . Crushed by the loss of his mentor , leaves . 
 In the final scene , is back on the front lines . He sees a butterfly just beyond his trench . smiles and reaches out towards the butterfly , but becoming too exposed , he is shot and killed by an enemy sniper . The final shot shows the 2nd Company arriving at the front for the first time , fading out to the image of a cemetery .

A newspaper headline explains that society matron Mrs. is holding a lavish party at her home in Long Island . The party will host renowned explorer Captain as the guest of honor , recently returned from Africa . Also , as a special treat for the guests and Capt . , revered art collector will unveil his recently acquired painting by famous fictional artist . 
 Hives instructs the servant crew on preparations for the party ( " He 's One Of Those Men " ) . arrives with the Beaugard and proceeds to set it up to be displayed . Capt . 's assistant announces the Captain 's arrival ( " I Represent The Captain " ) ( " Hooray for Captain Spaulding , Part I " ) . Capt . makes a grand entrance and announces that he can not stay and must leave immediately ( Hello , I Must Be Going " ) . Mrs. begs him to stay and the guests declare their admiration for the Captain and he decides to stay ( " Hooray for Captain Spaulding , Part II " ) . Soon after , Signor arrives with his colleague the professor , hired to provide music for the weekend event . After an elaborate introduction , The Professor scares the guests away with a pistol he grabs from Capt . 's supplies . The Professor soon takes off chasing after an attractive blonde party - goer . 
 Mrs. 's daughter is attending the party with her fiancé , who is a struggling painter . feels discouraged because he has n't been able to make a living with his art in order to support himself and . suggests do a portrait for , suggesting he would receive an impressive commission . laughs at the idea , not believing to have a genuine appreciation for art . After examining the , devises a scheme to win 's interest in 's work : They 'll replace the with an almost perfect copy of it painted in art school , since they can find no obvious differences . After the painting is unveiled at the party , they will surprise everyone and hopefully convince to hire . asks to switch the paintings . Meanwhile , another guest , neighbor Mrs. thinks up the same idea with her friend as a means of humiliating Mrs. . They grab 's poorly made copy that she painted and ask to put it in place of the , unaware that they are taking out 's copy . 
 catches the Professor chasing after the blonde girl and scolds him . Soon Mrs. and Mrs. arrive and the four proceed to play an absurd variation on . and the run into and recognize him as the fish peddler from Czechoslovakia . tries to bribe the two in order to keep them quiet , but they end up taking his money , tie and garters as well as , miraculously , 's birthmark which is transferred to the Professor 's arm . After a series of strange interludes while speaking with Mrs. and Mrs. , Capt . has a debate with outside on the balcony after his encounter with and the Professor . 
 Later that night in the middle of a thunderstorm , and the Professor attempt to replace the with the power going on and off , making the job more difficult . In the middle of the job Capt . and Mrs. wander in , making the job more difficult . They succeed in replacing the painting . 
 During the party , Mrs. invites Capt . to speak about his travels in Africa . He proceeds to tell a ridiculous and absurd account of his travels before Mrs. cuts him off . Signor is invited to play some selection on the piano ( I 'm Daffy Over You " , " Silver Threads Among The Gold " , " Gypsy Chorus " ) . After several quips and interruptions invites the guests into the parlor so he can unveil the . Once revealed , notices the poor quality and realizes someone has stolen his painting and replaced it with a cheap imitation . feels discouraged , thinking the painting is still his copy . Suddenly the power goes out , and when restored , the imitation is missing as well . The guests , now in an uproar , scatter and attempt to find the stolen painting , led by Capt . . and discuss the excitement of the situation and their love for each other ( " Why Am I So Romantic ? " ) . 
 The next day , a police squad arrives to secure the house and search for the missing painting . Realizing that they may have gone too far , Mrs. and ask for the Beaugard he took back , but he ca n't find it anywhere . Mrs. deduces the Professor must have stolen it . After confronting him she gets 's copy back . Later , finds 's copy of the Beaugard and reveals to that someone else must have had the same idea as them . Realizing that never actually saw 's copy , they become more hopeful . Soon after realizes the copy he found is now missing . Capt . , , and discuss how they might go about finding the missing painting . After getting the painting back from the Professor , who is now in disguise , and bring it to Capt . . They figure out that the Professor must be the one who stole the paintings , and enlist the police to help find him . 
 After a brief altercation , , and enter with the Professor ( " My Old Kentucky Home " ) . The Professor is apprehended and the three paintings are returned . momentarily mistakes 's copy for the . Realizing his talent , hires to do a series a portraits for him . After momentarily letting the Professor go free , the police sergeant tries to apprehend him . To escape arrest , the Professor sprays the guests with a knockout substance from a Flit can . After everyone is laid out on the floor and fully subdued , the film concludes with the Professor knocking himself out next to the pretty blonde he has been chasing throughout the entire film .

Anna Christie is the story of a former prostitute who falls in love , but runs into difficulty in turning her life around . 
 The first act takes place in a bar owned by and tended by . Coal - barge captain Old receives a letter from his daughter , a young woman he has not seen since he lived in Sweden with his family and she was five years old . They meet at the bar and she agrees to go to the coal barge with him . 
 The barge crew rescues and four other men who survived a shipwreck in an open boat . and do n’t get along at first , but quickly fall in love . 
 A confrontation on the barge among , and . wants to marry , does not want her to marry a sailor , and does n't want either of them to think they can control her . She tells them the truth about her past : she was raped while living with her mother 's relatives on a Minnesota farm , then worked briefly as a nurse 's aide before becoming a prostitute . reacts angrily . He and leave . 
 and return . forgives for not being part of her childhood . After a dramatic confrontation , promises to abandon prostitution and forgives her . agrees to their marriage . and have both signed to work aboard a ship that is leaving for South Africa the next day . They promise to return to after the voyage .

The film tells of a sea captain 's maniacal quest for revenge on a great white whale who has bitten off his leg . meets and falls in love with , the daughter of the local minister , after disembarking in New Bedford . She falls in love with him and is heartbroken when he leaves on another voyage , but saying she will wait three years for him to return . During this next voyage , loses his leg to Moby Dick , a legendary white whale . When returns to New Bedford , he mistakenly believes that the woman he loves no longer wants to see him due to his disfigurement , an opinion encouraged by 's brother , who wants for himself . vows revenge against the whale , and to kill it or be killed in the process , and returns to sea . Eventually , raises enough capital to buy and be captain of his own ship ; but no one wants to crew with him because of his passion for destroying . Nonetheless , he directs his first mate to shanghai a crew — and unknowingly takes his brother on board . Although the crew mutinies , is sighted , and heads the harpoon boats out to spear him ; driven with a bloodlust , he harpoons and kills him . The crew boils him down for whale oil , and they return to New Bedford , where and are reunited .

Countess is engaged to be married to Prince but leaves him at the altar . She flees on a train to Monte Carlo and checks into a hotel . When she arrives at the casino a count named takes a liking to her and poses as a hairdresser whom she hires and falls in love with but could not marry if he is a commoner . Her fiance later arrives and takes her to an opera and she sees there in one of the expensive seats indicating he is too wealthy to be a hairdresser . When he reveals to her that he is a count , she realises she can marry him .

Rich and beautiful is about to marry , a wealthy young professional . Unknown to and her family , is a legal advisor to a megalomaniac gangster . 
 wishes to leave the rackets but reintroduces him to his future father - in - law , a rival gangster where both parties see the marriage as a symbol of peace and an end of violence in their transactions . remains with and fills in for him to a visit to a rival gangster 's boat where he is ambushed and nearly killed by their machine gun . vows revenge on .

The Oklahoma land rush of 1889 prompts thousands to travel to the Oklahoma Territory to grab free government land ; ( ) , his young bride , ( ) and their son , , cross the border from Kansas to join the throngs . In the ensuing race , is outwitted by a young prostitute , ( ) , who takes the prime piece of real estate , the Bear Creek claim , that had targeted for himself . 
 His plans for establishing a ranch thwarted , moves into the town of Osage , a boomer town , where he confronts and kills ( ) , an outlaw who had killed the prior publisher of the local newspaper . Having a background in publishing himself , establishes the Osage Wigwam , a weekly newspaper , to help turn the frontier camp into a respectable town . After the birth of their daughter , , a gang of outlaws threatens Osage , led by " The Kid " ( ) , who happens to be an old acquaintance of 's . To save the town , faces and kills The Kid . 
 Beset by guilt over his killing of The Kid , when another land rush appears , leaves and his children to participate in settling the Cherokee Strip . After his departure , takes over the publication of the Osage Wigwam , and raises her children until returns five years later , just in time to represent , who had been charged with being a public nuisance , and win her acquittal . 
 Osage continues to grow , as does the Territory of Oklahoma , which gains statehood in 1907 and benefits from the early oil boom of the 1900s , including the Native American tribes , that supports , through editorials in his newspaper , after which once again disappears from Osage for several years . At the time , is vehemently anti - Native American , despite her son 's involvement with an Indian woman . Years later , when becomes the first female congresswoman from the state of Oklahoma , she lauds the virtues of her then Indian daughter - in - law . 
 and are reunited one final time when she rushes to his side after he has rescued numerous oil drillers from a devastating explosion . He dies in her arms .

Citizens and dignitaries are assembled for the unveiling of a new monument to " Peace and Prosperity " . After droning speeches the veil is lifted to reveal the Little asleep in the lap of one of the sculpted figures . After several minutes of slapstick he manages to escape the assembly 's wrath to perambulate the city . He rebukes two newsboys who taunt him for his shabbiness , and while coyly admiring a nude statue has a near - fatal encounter with a sidewalk elevator . 
 The encounters the beautiful flower girl on a street - corner and in the course of buying a flower realizes she is blind ; he is instantly smitten . Through an aural coincidence the girl mistakes her customer for the wealthy owner of a chauffeured automobile . 
 That evening the saves a drunken millionaire from suicide . The millionaire takes his new best friend back to his mansion for champagne , then ( after another abortive suicide attempt ) out for a night on the town . After helping the millionaire home the next morning , he sees the flower girl en route to her street - corner . The gets some money from the millionaire and catches up to the girl ; he buys all her flowers and drives her home in the millionaire 's car . 
 After the leaves , the flower girl tells her grandmother ( ) about her kind and wealthy friend . Meanwhile the returns to the mansion , where the millionaire   – now sober   – does not remember him and has the butler throw him out . Later that day , the millionaire is once more intoxicated and , seeing the on the street , invites him home for a lavish party . The next morning history repeats itself : the millionaire is again sober and the is again out on his ear . 
 Finding that the girl is not at her usual street - corner , the goes to her apartment , where through the window he hears a doctor tell the grandmother that the girl is very ill : " She has a fever and needs careful attention . " Determined to help , the takes a job as a street sweeper . 
 On his lunch break he brings the girl groceries while her grandmother is out selling flowers . To entertain her he reads a newspaper aloud ; in it is a story about a Viennese doctor 's blindness cure . " Wonderful , then I 'll be able to see you , " says the girl   – and the is struck by what may happen if she were to gain her sight and discover that he is not the wealthy man she imagines . He also finds an eviction notice the girl 's grandmother has hidden . As he leaves , he promises the girl that he will pay the rent . 
 The returns to work to find himself fired   – he has been late once too often . A boxer convinces him to fight in a fake bout ; they will " go easy " on each other and split the prize money . But the boxer flees after learning he is about to be arrested ; his place is taken by a no - nonsense fighter , who knocks the out despite the 's creative and nimble efforts to keep out of reach . 
 The encounters the drunken millionaire a third time and is again invited to the mansion . The relates the girl 's plight and the millionaire gives him money for her operation . Two burglars knock the millionaire out and take the rest of his money . The burglars flee before the arrival of the police , who find the with the money the millionaire gave him ; because of the knock on his head the millionaire does not remember giving it . The evades the police long enough to get the money to the girl , telling her he will be going away for a time , but in due course he is apprehended and imprisoned . 
 Months later the is released . He goes to the girl 's customary street corner but she is not there . We learn that the girl   – her sight restored   – now has a successful flower shop with her grandmother . But she has not forgotten her mysterious benefactor , whom she imagines to be rich and handsome : when an elegant man enters the shop she wonders for a moment if " he " has returned . 
 The happens by the shop , where the girl is arranging flowers in the window . He stoops to retrieve a blossom discarded in the gutter . After a brief skirmish with his old nemeses , the newsboys , he turns to the shop 's window where he suddenly sees the girl , who has been watching him without ( of course ) knowing who he is . At the sight of her he is frozen for a few seconds , then breaks into a broad smile . The girl is flattered and giggles to her employee : " I 've made a conquest ! " Via pantomime through the glass , she kindly offers him a fresh flower ( to replace the crushed one he took from the gutter ) and a coin . 
 Suddenly embarrassed , the starts to shuffle away , but the girl steps to the shop door and again offers the flower , which he shyly accepts . She takes hold of his hand and presses the coin into it . Abruptly she stops ; her smile turns to a look of puzzlement . She runs her fingers along his arm , his shoulder , his lapels , then catches her breath : " You ? " The nods with an uncertain smile and asks , " You can see now ? " The girl replies , " Yes , I can see now " and tearfully pulls his hand to her bosom . The uncertainty on the 's face turns to joy as the film fades to black .

( ) is a solicitor traveling to Count 's ( ) castle in Transylvania on a business matter . The people in the local village fear that vampires inhabit the castle and warn not to go there . refuses to stay at the inn and asks his carriage driver to take him to the Borgo Pass . is driven to the castle by 's coach , with disguised as the driver . En route , sticks his head out the window to ask the driver to slow down , but sees the driver has disappeared ; a bat leads the horses . 
 enters the castle welcomed by the charming but eccentric , who unbeknownst to , is a vampire . They discuss 's intention to lease Carfax Abbey in London , where he intends to travel the next day . hypnotizes into opening a window . faints as a bat appears and 's three wives close in on him . waves them away , then attacks himself . 
 Aboard the schooner Vesta , is a raving lunatic slave to , who hides in a coffin and feeds on the ship 's crew . When the ship reaches England , is discovered to be the only living person . is sent to Dr. 's sanatorium adjoining Carfax Abbey . 
 At a London theatre , meets ( ) . introduces his daughter ( ) , her fiancé ( ) and the family friend ( ) . is fascinated by Count . That night , enters her room and feasts on her blood while she sleeps . dies the next day after a string of transfusions . 
 is obsessed with eating flies and spiders . Professor ( ) analyzes 's blood and discovers his obsession . He starts talking about vampires , and that afternoon begs to send him away , claiming his nightly cries may disturb 's dreams . When calls with wolf howling , is disturbed by showing him wolfsbane , which says is used for protection from vampires . 
 visits , asleep in her bedroom , and bites her . The next evening , enters for a visit and and notice that he does not have a reflection . When reveals this to , he smashes the mirror and leaves . deduces that is the vampire behind the recent tragedies . 
 leaves her room and runs to in the garden , where he attacks her . She is found by the maid . Newspapers report that a woman in white is luring children from the park and biting them . recognizes the lady as , risen as a vampire . wants to take to London for safety , but is convinced to leave with . orders Nurse ( ) to take care of when she sleeps , and not to remove the wreath of wolfsbane from her neck . 
 escapes from his cell and listens to the men discuss vampires . Before his attendant takes back to his cell , relates to them how convinced to allow him to enter the sanitorium by promising him thousands of rats with blood and life in them . enters the parlour and talks with . states that now belongs to him , and warns to return to his home country . swears to excavate Carfax Abbey and destroy . attempts to hypnotize , but the latter 's resolve proves stronger . As lunges at , he withdraws a crucifix from his coat , forcing to retreat . 
 visits on a terrace , and she speaks of how much she loves " nights and fogs " . A bat flies above them and squeaks to . She then attacks but and save him . confesses what has done to her , and tells their love is finished . 
 hypnotizes into removing the wolfsbane from 's neck and opening the windows . and see heading for Carfax Abbey . They see with in the abbey . When shouts to , thinks has led them there and kills him . is hunted by and knowing that is forced to sleep in his coffin during daylight , and the sun is rising . prepares a wooden stake while searches for . impales , killing him , and returns to normal .

( ) and ( ) go out with two balding , middle - aged businessmen from out of town ( for $ 500 apiece ) to help ( ) close a sale . However , the women , who share a luxurious suite in an apartment building , have their African - American maid ( ) disguise herself as their mother , waiting at the window , to avoid having to invite the men inside . 
 is getting tired of how she makes a living , but she and go aboard a yacht the next night to divert rich practical joker ( ) and his handsome business associate ( ) . knows that the women are paid " entertainment " , but quickly finds himself falling for anyway , and vice versa . ( When pays her for her efforts , tears up the check . ) Once realizes she genuinely loves him , he asks her to marry him . Although she is initially reluctant , she agrees . However , she informs that there is one complication : her estranged husband ( ) . She asks him for a divorce , and he agrees . 
 Meanwhile , 's wife , who is divorcing him because of his stinginess , shows up and asks to stop making a fool of him . realizes that Mrs ( ) is still in love with her husband , and comes up with a plan to cure him of his tightfisted ways . The next day , steers to the jewelry store where Mrs is waiting . Mrs , pretending not to see him , complains ( in a loud voice ) how cheap her husband is . becomes so angry he buys lots of expensive items for about $ 50,000 . 
 That night , crashes the birthday party has arranged for . He tells that he wants $ 10,000 or he will name as the co - respondent in the divorce . insinuates that is part of the blackmail scheme . Believing the lie , breaks up with . 
 visits in Brooklyn and demands he give the money back . He introduces her ( as " cousin " ) to the ailing Mrs. and their baby , the reasons he needs the money so desperately . He confesses that he got a divorce in Mexico 2 years before , and promises to pay her back once he is back on his feet financially . Touched , leaves without the check . 
 decides to auction off enough of her possessions to her friends to raise $ 10,000 and pay back . She also asks to return her jewelry . gives the proceeds ; even before that , however , he has come to his senses , and the couple reconcile . gives 's gifts to his wife and reunites that couple .

The plot of the United Artists release centers on fashion designer ( ) , who takes up with novelist ( ) after leaving her former beau because of his many indiscretions with other women . has indicated he has no interest in dating a woman with a past , so remains mum about her affair with , until her younger sister arrives and announces she 's engaged — to . Madcap complications ensue as tries to keep her secret from while convincing her sister to rid herself of her womanizing fiancé in favor of simple country boy ]

After lightweight prizefighter ( ) loses his opening fight , golddigging wife ( ) leaves him for Hollywood . Without her around , trains seriously and starts winning . Naturally , returns and worms her way back into his life , despite the misgivings of manager ( ) . Eventually , she cons into dumping and replacing him with her secret lover ( ) , even though he has almost no experience in the fight game . To make matters worse , 's high living and neglect of his training threatens his latest title defense .

Small - time criminals ( ) and his friend ( ) move to Chicago to seek their fortunes . joins the gang of ( ) , while wants to be a dancer . ( ) becomes his dance partner and girlfriend . 
 tries to drift away from the gang and its activities , but makes him participate in the robbery of the nightclub where he works . Despite orders from underworld overlord " Big Boy " ( ) to all his men to avoid bloodshed , guns down crusading crime commissioner during the robbery , with as an aghast witness . 
 accuses of becoming soft and seizes control of his organization . Rival boss " Little Arnie " Lorch ( ) tries to have killed , but is only grazed . He and his gunmen pay Little a visit , after which hastily departs for Detroit . The Big Boy eventually gives control of all of Chicago 's Northside . 
 becomes concerned that knows too much about him . He warns that he must forget about and join him in a life of crime . threatens to kill both and unless he accedes , but refuses to give in . calls Police Sergeant and tells him is ready to talk , just before and his henchman ( ) come calling . finds , to his surprise , that he is unable to take his friend 's life . When tries to do the job himself , wrestles the gun away from him , though not before is wounded . Hearing the shot , and another cop give chase and kill . With information provided by , proceeds to crush 's organization . 
 Desperate and alone , " retreats to the gutter from which he sprang . " While hiding in a flophouse , he becomes enraged when he learns that has called him a coward in the newspaper . He foolishly telephones the cop to announce he is coming for him . The call is traced , and he is gunned down by behind a billboard - an advertisement featuring dancers and - and , dying , utters his final words , " Mother of mercy , is this the end of ? "

On board an ocean liner to America , four stowaways are involuntarily pressed into service as toughs for a pair of feuding gangsters while constantly trying to evade the ship 's crew.[4 ] Prior to this development , the film has no real plot , with the Brothers merely causing unending uproar . Except in the credits and in the screenplay , the ' characters have no names in this film . They are referred to simply as " the stowaways " . After arriving stateside , one of the gangsters kidnaps the other 's daughter , leaving it up to the brothers to save the day.[5 ]

( ) is a wealthy landlord . When he goes to visit one of his tenements , he gets caught in the middle of a brawl between groups of kids , one of whom , ( ) starts to attack . When defends himself , he is seen by 's sister , ( ) . falls in love at first sight and begins to woo her following his trial for attacking . In order to demonstrate that he is okay , Harmon opens a gymnasium for the street boys , but , who has fallen in with a small - time gangster , ( ) , wants nothing to do with and turns the other boys against him . 
 tries to win them over by staging a wrestling match with his friend ( ) and a rigged boxing match with ( ) . In the meantime , has gotten involved in a series of robberies with dressed as a woman . When and believe has learned of their activities , orders to kill during a stage play that is being performed at the gymnasium , but gets cold feet . grabs , who is dressed in 's drag costume , and heads up to 's mansion to rob it . 's gang joins them and and the other boys come to 's rescue .

Aged emissary arrives by Western sailing ship to the island of Bora Bora , a small island in the South Pacific , on an important mission . He bears a message from the chief of Fanuma to the chief of Bora Bora : a maiden sacred to their gods has died , and has been given the great honour of replacing her because of her royal blood and virtue . From this point on , she is tabu : " man must not touch her or cast upon her the eye of desire " upon penalty of death . This is painful news to and the young man , who love each other . can not bear it . That night , he sneaks her off the ship , and the couple escape the island by outrigger canoe . 
 Eventually , they reach a French colony , half dead . They recover quickly , and becomes the community 's most successful pearl diver . They are happy with their new life together . However , is unfamiliar with the concept of money , so he does not understand the bills he signs for drinks for everyone during a celebration . 
 The local policeman receives a notice from the French government announcing a reward for the return of the couple , but bribes him with his last pearl . Then , arrives on the island and sees alone , informing her that she has three days to give herself up or will be put to death . Without telling of her meeting with , decides they must flee once more . However , when goes to buy tickets on a schooner , the shopkeepers instead take the money as partial payment of his debt . 
 That night , returns with a spear . first throws herself in front of the sleeping , then agrees to return to Bora Bora to save his life . When stirs , pretends to be asleep . gets up and decides to get money by getting a pearl from a tabu region of the lagoon , a perilous place guarded by a shark that has already taken the life of one diver . While he is away , writes a farewell note , and leaves with . manages to get a pearl while fending off the shark . When he returns , however , he finds the note . He swims after 's boat . He manages to grab a rope trailing from the boat , unbeknownst to the sleeping , but cuts it . Undaunted , continues swimming after them until he eventually tires and drowns .

Engaged couple ( ) and ( ) plan on leaving the city where they both live , in order to build their dream house in the country . They visit the site of their future home , both before , and while it is only the foundation , and later during its continued construction . The happiness over the new foundation soon dissolves as and start to argue about the floor plan , particularly the intended use of one unused upstairs room , whether it should be used as a den for him - " where I can flick cigar ashes all over , and there 's no kick coming " or a fully equipped sewing room for . This problem is made worse when dozens of ’s family members come to help , each offering different opinions for 's proposed use of the room in the new house . 
 ’s bachelor uncle / employer ( ) comes to inspect the house , during which time he mentions with great enthusiasm the recent return of a young woman named , the daughter of a friend of his , who had sent her off to Europe , " finishing her " as in finishing her cultural education , and apparently doing everything extremely well . Uncle , when he mentions her to , described her desirable virtues to him , and asks if would be able to break off his engagement to honorably , in favor of pursuing a relationship with . This of course , is immediately , but tactfully refused , with an attempt at describing 's virtues in a similarly positive light . Then Uncle , in debating his own living circumstances with , and 's best friend , ( ) also offered to pay for it , in exchange for living with the newlywed couple on its completion . ’s family vehemently opposes , during which time Uncle again brings up as someone really should come to see , but another rebuff causes the offended to fire . Due to his apparent connection with another woman , at least as she hears her mentioned , calls off their engagement , handing her engagement ring back to , and suggesting tearfully that it might fit . 
 Time passes , and the unemployed and single completes the house himself , along with the assistance of local townsfolk who hear of his predicament , and decides to sell it . returns to see the now completed house and she and reconcile . A now happily married ( to no less , who unknown to , came to see the house as it was listed for sale in the paper , in the same horse - drawn jitney in which traveled there ) returns and rehires , and buys the house , only to give it to the new couple as a wedding gift .

Inventor 's wife dies during the birth of their fourth baby , , leaving the family in the care of their faithful housekeeper . Twenty years later , after 's inventions have made the family rich , the affable , who is 's favorite , arrives home from college , announcing that he wants to quit school and become a pilot . The other children , , and , have all grown into spoiled adults , but lovingly indulges them all , making excuses for their bad behavior to their father and everyone else . 
 As leaves for her first vacation in thirty - two years with the family , the absent - minded sadly takes her to the station . She gets cold feet and decides to stay home , but wo n't let her and decides to go along with her to Niagara Falls . Waiting for their train , proposes and accepts , even though she is afraid that people will talk . When the children learn about the marriage , is happy for them , but the other children are embarrassed by the blot on their social record . On their honeymoon , as the happy and row on the lake , they are teased by some young vacationers , prompting to take the oars from . The exertion causes a mild heart attack and they return home . As the contented listens to sing to him , he dies , and a short time later , the family learns that he has left his entire estate to . 
 Though wants to give the money back to the children , all of them except turn on her and threaten to prove that their father was crazy when he wrote the will . throws them out and awaits the lawsuit they threaten while the loyal goes to Canada for a flying assignment . Because the will can not be broken , the children go to the district attorney to have him bring murder charges against , using distorted testimony by , the maid . When hears about the trial , he desperately flies East to help but is killed while flying through a dangerous storm . 
 Even though her life is in peril , she wo n't allow her kind attorney , , to defame the character or motives of the children . Her emotional plea for them in court results in her acquittal , but 's relief is ruined when she learns of 's death . A short time later , gives all of the money to the children , telling that she hopes that now they will think better of her . After she sadly views 's body , , and beg her forgiveness and want her to stay with them , but she refuses , saying that her work with them is finished , but no matter what happens or where they all are , they will still belong to each other . 
 At a new position , happily attends a doctor 's large family and is pleased when the wife agrees to name her new baby at 's request .

The film opens with a sideshow barker drawing customers to visit the sideshow . A woman looks into a box to view a hidden occupant and screams . The barker explains that the horror in the box was once a beautiful and talented trapeze artist . The central story is of this conniving trapeze artist , who seduces and marries sideshow midget after learning of his large inheritance . conspires with circus strongman to kill dwarf performer and inherit his wealth . At their wedding reception , begins poisoning ' wine . Oblivious , the other " freaks " announce that they accept in spite of her being a " normal " outsider : they hold an initiation ceremony in which they pass a massive goblet of wine around the table while chanting , " We accept her , we accept her . One of us , one of us . Gooba - gobble , gooba - gobble " . The ceremony frightens the drunken , who accidentally reveals that she has been having an affair with . She mocks the freaks , tosses the wine in their faces and drives them away . The humiliated realizes that he has been played for a fool and rejects 's attempts to apologize , but then he falls ill from the poison . 
 While bedridden , pretends to apologize to and also pretends to take the poisoned medicine that she is giving him , but he secretly plots with the other freaks to strike back at and . In the film 's climax , the freaks attack the evil pair during a storm , wielding guns , knives , and other sharp - edged weapons . After trying to kill seal trainer and her clown boyfriend for knowing about the plot , is chased by the freaks in a storm and not seen again ( the film 's original ending had the freaks castrating him : the audience see him later singing in falsetto ) . As for , she has become a grotesque , squawking " human duck " . The flesh of her hands has been melted and deformed to look like duck feet , her legs have been cut off and what is left of her torso has been permanently tarred and feathered . She is the opening scene 's cause for alarm . 
 In a final scene MGM inserted later for a happier ending , is living a millionaire 's life in a mansion . and visit , bringing , to whom had been engaged before meeting . refuses to see them , but they force their way past his servant . assures that she knows he tried to stop the others from exacting revenge . and leave as comforts when he starts to cry . 
 Interspersed between segments of the main narrative is a variety of " slice of life " segments detailing the romance between and , as well as the lives of the sideshow performers , including :

Doctor , a disfigured veteran of World War I and a permanent resident of the Grand Hotel in Berlin , observes , " People coming , going . Nothing ever happens " — after which a great deal transpires . 
 , who squandered his fortune and supports himself as a card player and occasional jewel thief , befriends , a dying accountant who has decided to spend his remaining days in the lap of luxury . 's former employer , industrialist General Director , is at the hotel to close an important deal , and he hires stenographer to assist him . She aspires to be an actress and shows some magazine photos for which she posed , implying she is willing to offer him more than typing if he advances her career . 
 Another guest is Russian ballerina , whose career is on the wane . When the Baron is in her room to steal her jewelry and she returns from the theatre , he hides in her room and overhears as she talks to herself about wanting to end it all . He comes out of hiding and engages her in conversation , and finds herself attracted to him . The following morning , the Baron returns 's jewels , and she forgives his crime . She invites him to accompany her to Vienna , an offer he accepts . 
 The Baron is desperate for money to pay his way out of the criminal group he had been working with . He and get a card game going , and wins everything , then becomes intoxicated . When he drops his wallet , the Baron stashes it in his pocket , intending to keep the winnings . However , after begins to search for his lost belongings , the – who desperately needs the money but has become very fond of – pretends to have discovered the wallet and returns it to him . 
 As part of a desperate merger plan , must travel to London , and he asks to accompany him . Later , when the two are in her room , which opens on to his , sees the shadow of the Baron rifling through his belongings . He confronts the ; the two struggle , and bludgeons the Baron with the telephone , killing him . sees what happened and tells , who confronts . He insists he acted in self - defense , but summons the police and is arrested . 
 departs for the train station , expecting to find the Baron waiting for her there . Meanwhile , offers to take care of , who suggests they seek a cure for his illness . As they leave the hotel , Doctor again observes , " Grand Hotel . Always the same . People come . People go . Nothing ever happens . "

The film revolves around college football and a game between the fictional Darwin and Huxley Colleges.[a ] Many of the jokes about the amateur status of collegiate football players and how eligibility rules are stretched by collegiate athletic departments remain remarkably current.[5 ] plays , the new president of Huxley College , and is his son , who convinces his father to recruit professional football players to help Huxley 's team . There are also many references to Prohibition . ( ) is an " iceman " , who delivers ice and bootleg liquor from a local speakeasy . ( ) is also an " iceman " , and a part - time dogcatcher . Through a series of misunderstandings , and are recruited to play on Huxley 's football team ; this requires them to enroll as students at Huxley , which creates chaos throughout the school . 
 The climax of the film , which ESPN listed as first in its " top 11 scenes in football movie history,"[6 ] includes the four protagonists winning the football game by taking the ball into the end zone in a horse - drawn garbage wagon that rides like a chariot . A picture of the brothers in the " chariot " near the end of the film made the cover of Time magazine in 1932.[7 ]

Sergeant ( Muni ) returns to civilian life after World War I , but his war experience makes him restless . His family feels he should be grateful for a tedious job as an office clerk , and when he announces that he wants to become an engineer , they react with outrage . He leaves home to find work on any sort of project , but unskilled labor is plentiful and it is hard for him to find a job . Wandering and sinking into poverty , he accidentally becomes caught up in a robbery and is sentenced to 10 years on a brutal Southern chain gang . 
 He escapes and makes his way to Chicago , where he becomes a success in the construction business . He becomes involved with the proprietor of his boardinghouse , ( ) , who discovers his secret and blackmails him into an unhappy marriage . He then meets and falls in love with ( ) . When he asks his wife for a divorce , she betrays him to the authorities . He is offered a pardon if he will turn himself in ; accepts , only to find that it was just a ruse . He escapes once again . 
 In the end , visits in the shadows on the street and tells her he is leaving forever . She asks , " Ca n't you tell me where you 're going ? Will you write ? Do you need any money ? " repeatedly shakes his head in answer as he backs away . Finally , says , " But you must , . How do you live ? " ' face is barely seen in the surrounding darkness , and he replies , " I steal , " as he backs into the black .

Wealthy socialite ( ) decides to take up flying . ( ) sets her up with a homely instructor , but she requests dashing ( ) instead . has some fun , taking her through some aerobatic maneuvers that leave her queasy , but still game . For revenge , she gives him a lift into town in her sports car , driving at breakneck speeds . They begin seeing each other . 
 learns that is designing a revolutionary airplane engine , but can not get any financial backing . She decides to give him a secret helping hand , persuading her skeptical financial manager , ( ) , to invest in the project . is only too pleased to oblige , as he has asked numerous times to marry him . 
 keeps a mistress on the side , aspiring stage actress ( ) . Unbeknownst to him , she is 's sister and in love with ( ) , a Broadway producer . Things become serious between and . He begins neglecting his work and eventually spends the night with her . The next day , he asks her to marry him . She realizes that she is distracting him from making a success of his engine and turns him down . 
 When asks once again to marry him , she jokingly tells him she would only consider his offer if she were broke . He then informs her that she is . He has been paying all her bills for the past year . Hoping to help , she agrees to we d . 
 tries to break off his relationship with . This is what has been waiting for . He has coached to extort $ 50,000 from to finance a new play in which will star , but the businessman will only write her a check for $ 10,000 . To try to pressure , has lie to about the relationship . 
 Meanwhile , has second thoughts and goes to break the news to . Before she can however , shows up and insists that marry his sister . However , when shows him the canceled $ 10,000 check endorsed to , realizes has deceived him . He apologizes and leaves . 
 decides to kill herself by crashing an airplane . As she starts to take off , reads the suicide note she left with . He manages to cling to the fuselage , work his way gingerly to the cockpit ( while the plane is in flight ) , and reconcile with .

In 1921 , an archaeological expedition led by Sir ( ) finds the mummy of an ancient Egyptian high priest named ( ) . When an inspection of the mummy by 's friend Dr. ( ) reveals that the viscera were not removed , deduces that although had been wrapped like a traditional mummy , he had been buried alive . Also buried with is a casket with a curse on it . Despite 's warning , Sir 's assistant ( ) opens it . He reads aloud an ancient life - giving scroll , the " Scroll of Thoth " . rises and escapes with the scroll . is driven insane . 
 Ten years later , is masquerading as a modern Egyptian named . He calls upon Sir 's son ( ) and Professor ( ) and shows them where to dig to find the tomb of the princess . After locating the tomb , the archaeologists present its treasures to the Cairo Museum and thank for making their discovery possible . It is further revealed that 's horrific death was punishment for sacrilege : attempting to resurrect his forbidden lover , Princess . 
 soon encounters ( ) , a half - Egyptian woman bearing a striking resemblance to the princess . Believing her to be reincarnation , he attempts to kill her , with the intention of mummifying her , resurrecting her , and finally making her his bride . She is saved when she remembers her past life and prays to the goddess to save her . The statue of raises its arm and emits a beam of light that sets the Scroll of Thoth on fire . This breaks the spell that had given his immortality , causing him to crumble to dust . At the urging of Dr. , calls back to the world of the living while the Scroll of Thoth continues to burn .

A westbound ship en route to Apia , Samoa , is temporarily stranded at nearby Pago Pago due to a possible cholera outbreak on board . Among the passengers are , a self - righteous missionary , his wife , and , a prostitute . passes the time partying and drinking with the American Marines stationed on the island . Sergeant , nicknamed by as " Handsome " , falls in love with her . 
 Her wild behavior soon becomes more than the can stand and Mr. confronts , resolving to save her soul . When she dismisses his offer , has the Governor order her deported to San Francisco , California , where she is wanted for an unspecified crime ( for which she says she was framed ) . She begs to allow her to remain on the island a few more days – her plan is to flee to Sydney , Australia . During a heated argument with , she experiences a religious conversion and agrees to return to San Francisco and the jail sentence awaiting her there . 
 The evening before she is to leave , Sergeant asks to marry him and offers to hide her until the Sydney boat sails , but she refuses . Later , while native drums beat , the repressed rapes . The next morning he is found dead on the beach – a suicide . 's hypocrisy and betrayal cause to return to her old self and she goes off to Sydney with to start a new life .

In 1920s Chicago , Italian immigrant acts on the orders of Italian mafioso and kills " Big " , the leading crime boss of the city 's South Side . then takes control of the South Side with as his key lieutenant , selling large amounts of illegal beer to speakeasies and muscling in on bars run by rival outfits . However , repeatedly warns not to mess with the Irish gangs led by , who runs the North Side . soon starts ignoring these orders , shooting up bars belonging to , and attracting the attention of the police and rival gangsters . realizes that is out of control and has ambitions to take his position . 
 Meanwhile , pursues 's girlfriend with increasing confidence . At first , she is dismissive of him but pays him more attention as his reputation rises . At one point , she visits his " gaudy " apartment where he shows her his view of an electric billboard advertising Cook 's Tours , which features the slogan that has inspired him : " The World is Yours . " 
 eventually decides to declare war and take over the North Side . He sends the coin flipping , one of his best men and also his close friend , to kill in a florist 's shop that he uses as his base . This brings heavy retaliation from the North Side gangs , now led by and armed with submachine guns — a weapon that instantly captures 's dark imagination . leads his own forces to destroy the North Side gangs and take over their market , even to the point of impersonating police officers to gun down several rivals in a garage . also kills as he makes a strike at a bowling alley . believes that his protégé is trying to take over , and he arranges for to be assassinated while driving in his car . manages to escape this attack , and he and kill , leaving as the undisputed boss of the city . 
 's actions have provoked a public outcry , and the police are slowly closing in . Then he sees his beloved sister ( " " ) with , and kills his friend in a jealous rage — before the couple can inform him of their secret marriage . His sister runs out distraught and tells the police what he has done . The police move to arrest for 's murder , and holes up in his house and prepares to shoot it out . comes back , planning to kill him , but ends up helping him to fight the police . Moments later , however , she is killed by a stray bullet . As the apartment fills with tear gas , leaves down the stairs , and the police confront him . pleads for his life , but then makes a break for it , only to be gunned down by the police . Outside , the electric billboard blazes " The World is Yours . "

Expecting to become a doctor , enrolls at Thorpe University . A football coach there , , finds out that while small , is quick and elusive and a natural at the sport . is n't interested in football , but jumps at the coach 's offer of free tuition . 
 For the next two seasons , is a star player , nicknamed " Snakehips , " and a hero on campus . But he resents that while he 's worth a fortune to the college , he has little money and has jeopardized his future in medicine and with fiancee by concentrating on football instead . demands $ 50,000 . A university alumnus , , who is a stockbroker , sets up a holding company in which investors can put their money into 's potential earnings . 
 Everything goes wrong . 's investments are poor , he loses all of the money and commits suicide . 's father , who dislikes , tempts him with $ 50,000 if he will break off their engagement . thinks it over , then asks for $ 100,000 . The crowd boos on the football field until the newspapers report that took the 100 grand and replenished the fund , ensuring everyone 's investments . To the fans ' cheers , wins the game for , the ends up marrying .

In Venice , ( ) , a master thief masquerading as a baron , meets ( ) , a beautiful thief and pickpocket posing as a countess . The two fall in love and decide to team up . They leave Venice for Paris . 
 There , steals a diamond - encrusted purse worth 125,000 francs ( about 75,000 euros ) from Madame ( ) , owner of the famous perfume manufacturer Colet and Co. When offers a large reward for its return , claims it , giving the name of . 
 While claiming the reward , charms , and admits to being broke . hires him as her private secretary . He arranges for to be employed in 's office , and stands up to Mariette 's board of directors , led by Monsieur ( ) , the manager , who is openly suspicious of him . 
 Having observed open her private safe ( and memorized the combination ) , persuades her that she should keep a large sum there , including half of her next dividend installment . begins to flirt with , and he begins to have feelings for her . 
 Unfortunately for the thieves , has two suitors : the Major ( ) , and ( ) , who was robbed in Venice by ( posing as a doctor ) . sees at a garden party , and is sure they have met - but ca n't immediately recall where . Fearing imminent discovery , and decide to flee that night with what is in the safe , and not wait for the dividend installment . 
 is invited to a dinner party given by the Major . She can not decide whether to go or to spend the night in bed with . Eventually she goes , but not before Lily catches on that has fallen for her rival , and wants to back out of the plan . 
 At the party , the Major tells that he once mistook for a doctor , and then recalls the Venice incident . tells about , but she refuses to believe it 's true . 
 robs the safe herself after confronting her partner . returns home and suggestively probes , who admits that the safe has been cleaned out , but claims that he himself took the cash . He also tells her that Monsieur has stolen millions from the firm over the years . 
 then confronts and , admitting that it was she who stole the money from the safe . An argument ensues . Eventually , allows the two thieves to leave together . As a parting shot , steals a necklace from that had her eye on , and , in turn , steals it from him , displaying it to him as the taxi takes them away , hugging each other .

This film adaptation 's storyline begins around 1920 and concludes in 1933.[1 ] In its opening scene a limousine is traveling down a road outside London . In the car are two passengers , ( ) and her friend ( ) , young ladies who agewise are in their twenties . is from a rich , well - connected family , while is from very modest means and has no family at all . Given 's circumstances , has invited her to her home for the Christmas holidays . 
 At the estate 's family welcomes their guest , but the mother is soon wary of her . Those suspicions are warranted , for aims to use her beauty and guile to gain wealth and privilege by climbing England 's social ladder . Her first target for achieving those goals is , 's much - older brother ( ) . After tries unsuccessfully to trap him into marriage , Mrs. sees her cuddling in the home 's drawing room with her daughter 's fiancé , . Disgusted , the mother calls " Miss " into the adjoining room , where she advises to leave immediately so she can begin the job she had accepted before the holidays , that of governess for the family of Sir . heeds the thinly veiled advice and departs.[2][3 ] 
 Upon her arrival at the residence of Lord , quickly stirs the passions of both the elderly Sir and his son ( ) . The new governess entices them with her suggestive comments and by allowing each man into her bedroom at night while she glides about in her satin pajamas . Soon she and begin a secretive affair , but Sir finally catches them together in 's bedroom . There they inform him they had married the previous day . That news enrages the old man , who orders his son and his " shameless little hussy " out of his house . 
 Relocating to a townhouse in London 's Mayfair district , and feel the financial strains of being cut off from Lord and his wealth . The couple at first brings in money by betting and cheating their friends playing bridge . That income , however , is insufficient for their mounting bills , so schemes to find other ways to get money . She does so through blackmail and by obtaining gifts from a string of lovers , including , now the husband of her friend . Eventually , even can not tolerate his wife 's wanton , criminal behavior . On the evening he is released from police custody for writing bad checks , finds at their home with another lover . He declares their marriage is over and gives her only ten minutes to vacate the premises . As she leaves , he informs that his father had just died , and he is now the new Lord . He then warns her that if she ever dares to refer to herself as " Lady , " he will track her down and kill her . 
 Several years pass and lives in a far less affluent , largely French - speaking area of London.[4][5 ] There she prowls the area 's bars and casinos , getting money from the assorted men she meets . One evening in a casino , she sees 's brother , who updates her about his sister 's situation . While already knows that 's husband had died five years earlier in a horse - riding accident , she learns from that still refuses to remarry . Subsequently she also learns that her friend 's devotion to 's memory and her mistaken belief in his fidelity have led to refuse repeated marriage proposals from , a gentleman who has adored her for years . Sometime later , invites to her apartment and confesses her affair with . She then calls a fool for revering a dead " cad " and urges her to we d , who is waiting outside in a car . When rejoins him after 's disclosures , she rests her head on 's shoulder , implying that his next proposal will be accepted . 
 The film sequence that follows shows the passage of more years and the ongoing disintegration of 's life , which has become a daily struggle marked by petty crimes , prostitution , and meager funds . In the final scene enters her shabby one - room apartment . Lying on the bed is , stirring from his latest binge . She addresses him as " my love " and informs him that his sister had just given her another check . He is infuriated and tells her never to accept money again from . turns , sits at a dresser , and stares into its mirror . In the reflection she watches her face transform from the reality of its present haggard appearance to its former beauty . She then notices that has quietly departed . She also notices on a small bedside bureau that he has torn up his sister 's check , and in the dust that coats the bureau 's surface he has written ( " The End").[6 ] The film concludes with lowering her face into her hands and weeping .

It is 1932 , the depth of the Depression , and noted Broadway producers ( ) and ( ) are putting on Pretty Lady , a musical starring ( ) . She is involved with wealthy ( ) , the show 's " angel " ( financial backer ) , but while she is busy keeping him both hooked and at arm 's length , she is secretly seeing her old vaudeville partner , out - of - work Pat Denning ( ) . 
 ( ) is hired to direct , even though his doctor warns that he risks his life if he continues in his high - pressure profession ; despite a long string of successes he is broke , a result of the 1929 Stock Market Crash . He must make his last show a hit , in order to have enough money to retire on . 
 Cast selection and rehearsals begin amidst fierce competition , with not a few " casting couch " innuendos flying around . Naïve newcomer ( ) , who arrives in New York from her home in Allentown , Pennsylvania , is duped and ignored until two experienced chorines , ( ) and ( ] take her under their wing . is assured a job because of her relationship with dance director ( ) ; she also sees to it that and are chosen . The show 's juvenile lead , ( ) , takes an immediate liking to , as does . 
 When learns about 's relationship with , he sends some thugs led by his gangster friend ( ) to rough him up . That , plus her realization that their situation is unhealthy , makes and agree not to see each other for a while , and he gets a stock job in Philadelphia . 
 Rehearsals continue for five weeks to 's complete dissatisfaction until the night before the show 's opening in Philadelphia , when breaks her ankle . By the next morning has quarreled with her and wants to replace her with his new girlfriend , . She , however , tells him that she ca n't carry the show , but the inexperienced can . With 200 jobs and his future riding on the outcome , a desperate rehearses mercilessly ( vowing " I 'll either have a live leading lady or a dead chorus girl " ) until an hour before the premiere . 
 finally gets up the nerve to tell he loves her ; she enthusiastically kisses him . Then shows up and wishes her luck , telling her that she and are getting married . The show goes on , and the last twenty minutes of the film are devoted to three Busby Berkeley production numbers : " Shuffle Off to Buffalo " , " ( I 'm ) Young and Healthy " , and " 42nd Street " . 
 The show is a hit . As the theater audience comes out stands in the shadows , hearing the comments that is a star and he ( ) does not deserve the credit for it . 
 Plot note 
 In the original novel and are lovers . Since same - sex relationships were unacceptable in films by the moral standards of the era , the film substituted a romance between and .

The wealthy Mrs. ( ) insists that ( ) be appointed leader of the small , bankrupt country of Freedonia before she will continue to provide much - needed financial aid . Meanwhile , neighboring Sylvania is attempting to annex the country . Sylvanian ambassador ( ) tries to foment a revolution and to woo Mrs. , and he tries to dig up dirt on by sending in spies ( ) and ( ) . 
 After failing to collect useful information against , and are able to infiltrate the government when is appointed Secretary of War after sees him selling peanuts outside his window . Meanwhile , 's secretary , ( ) , suspects 's motives , and advises Firefly to get rid of by insulting him . agrees to the plan , but after a series of personal insults exchanged between and , the plan backfires when slaps instead of being slapped by him . As a result , the two countries come to the brink of war . Adding to the international friction is the fact that Firefly is also courting Mrs. , and , like , hoping to get his hands on her late husband 's wealth . 
 learns that Freedonia 's war plans are in Mrs. 's safe and orders and to steal them . is caught by Firefly and put on trial , during which war is officially declared , and everyone is overcome by war frenzy , breaking into song and dance . The trial put aside , and join Firefly and in anarchic battle , resulting in general mayhem . 
 The end of the film finds caught in makeshift stocks , with the Brothers pelting him with fruit . surrenders , but tells him to wait until they run out of fruit . Mrs. begins singing the Freedonia national anthem in her operatic voice and the Brothers begin hurling fruit at her instead .

Composer ( ) and his orchestra are appearing in Miami , with vocalist ( ) . Despite the warnings of accordionist and assistant band leader ( ) , is attracted to the beautiful and flirtatious ( ) in the audience . He leaves the bandstand to pursue her . 
 ( ) , 's chaperone , is informed of this , and arranges for and the band to be fired . But pursues to Brazil , and organises an engagement for the band at the Hotel Atlântico in Rio de Janeiro , unaware that the hotel is owned by 's father ( ) . persuades to allow him to fly her there in his private plane , which runs into trouble inflight , forcing a landing on an apparently deserted island . Under the moonlight , she falls into his arms , while admitting to him that she is already engaged . 
 In Rio , informs his good friend ( ) that he has fallen in love , but finds out that is engaged to . During rehearsals for the Hotel 's opening ( a brief bit of tap ) , is told by police that the hotel lacks an entertainment license . When spots a plane overhead , he comes up with the idea of strapping dancing girls to planes , with leading the band and and leading the planes . The show is a great success and the hotel 's future guaranteed . gives up to while and celebrate.[2][3 ]

The " gold diggers " are four aspiring actresses : ( ) , an ingenue ; ( ) , a torch singer ; ( ) , a comedian ; and ( ) , a glamour puss . 
 The film was made in 1933 , during the Great Depression and contains numerous direct references to it . It begins with a rehearsal for a stage show , which is interrupted by the producer 's creditors who close down the show because of unpaid bills . 
 At the unglamorous apartment shared by three of the four actresses ( , , and ) , the producer , ( ) , is in despair because he has everything he needs to put on a show , except money . He hears ( ) , the girls ' neighbor and 's boyfriend , playing the piano . is a brilliant songwriter and singer who not only has written the music for a show , but also offers $ 15,000 in cash to back the production . Of course , they all think he is kidding , but he insists that he is serious – he offers to back the show , but refuses to perform in it , despite his talent and voice . 
 comes through with the money and the show goes into production , but the girls are suspicious that he must be a criminal since he is cagey about his past and will not appear in the show , even though he is clearly more talented than the aging juvenile lead ( ) they have hired . It turns out , however , that is in fact a millionaire 's son whose family does not want him associating with the theatre . On opening night , in order to save the show when the juvenile can not perform ( due to his lumbago acting up ) , is forced to play the lead role . 
 With the resulting publicity , 's brother ( ) and family lawyer ( ) discover what he is doing and go to New York to save him from being seduced by a " gold digger " . 
 mistakes for , and his heavy - handed effort to dissuade the " cheap and vulgar " showgirl from marrying by buying her off annoys her so much that she plays along , but the two fall in love . Meanwhile , targets " " the lawyer as the perfect rich sap ripe for exploitation . When finds out that and have we d , he threatens to have the marriage annulled , but relents when refuses to marry him if he does . marries . All the " gold diggers " ( except ) end up with wealthy men .

In New York Harbor , filmmaker , famous for making wildlife films in remote and exotic locations , charters Captain 's ship , the Venture , for his new project . However , he is unable to secure an actress for a female role he has been reluctant to disclose . Searching in the streets of New York City , he finds and promises her the adventure of a lifetime . The crew boards the Venture and sets off , during which the ship 's first mate , falls in love with . 
 reveals to the crew that their destination is in fact Skull Island , an uncharted territory . He alludes to a monstrous creature named , rumored to dwell on the island . The crew arrives and anchor offshore . They encounter a native village , separated from the rest of the island by an ancient stone wall . They witness a group of natives preparing to sacrifice a young woman termed the " bride of " . The intruders are spotted and the native chief stops the ceremony . When he sees , he offers to trade six of his tribal women for the " golden woman " . They rebuff him and return to the Venture . 
 That night , natives kidnap from the ship and take her to their altar , where she is offered to , an enormous gorilla - like creature . carries into the wilderness as , and some volunteers enter the jungle in hopes of rescuing her . They are ambushed by another giant creature , a Stegosaurus , which they manage to defeat . After facing a Brontosaurus and himself , and are the only survivors . 
 A Tyrannosaurus attacks and , but he kills it in battle . Meanwhile , continues to follow them , while returns to the village for more men . Upon arriving in 's lair , is menaced by a snake - like Elasmosaurus , which also kills . While is distracted killing a Pteranodon that tried to fly away with , reaches her and they climb down a vine dangling from a cliff ledge . When notices and starts pulling them back up , the two fall unharmed . They run through the jungle and back to the village , where , , and the surviving crewmen are waiting . , following , breaks open the gate and relentlessly rampages through the village . Onshore , , now determined to bring back alive , knocks him unconscious with a gas bomb . 
 Shackled in chains , is taken to New York City and presented to a Broadway theatre audience as " Kong , the Eighth Wonder of the World " . and are brought on stage to join him , surrounded by a group of press photographers . , believing that the ensuing flash photography is an attack , breaks loose . The audience flees in horror . is whisked away to a hotel room on a high floor , but , scaling the building , soon finds her . His hand smashes through the hotel room window , immobilizing , and abducts again . rampages through the city . He wrecks a crowded elevated train and then climbs the Empire State Building . At its top , he is attacked by four airplanes . destroys one , but finally succumbs to their gunfire . He ensures 's safety before falling to his death . and are reunited . arrives and pushes through a crowd surrounding 's corpse in the street . When a policeman remarks that the planes got him , tells him , " It was who killed the " .

Set in Concord , Massachusetts , during and after the American Civil War , the film is a series of vignettes focusing on the struggles and adventures of the four sisters and their mother , affectionately known as ( ) , while they await the return of their father ( ) , who serves as a colonel and a chaplain in the Union Army . Spirited tomboy ( ) , who caters to the whims of their well - to - do Aunt ( ) , dreams of becoming a famous author , and she writes plays for her sisters to perform for the local children . ( ) is pretty but selfish , ( ) works as a governess , and sensitive ( ) practices on her clavichord , an aging instrument sorely in need of tuning . 
 The girls meet ( ) , who has come to live with his grandfather , Mr. ( ) , the ' wealthy next - door neighbor . The invite them to a lavish party , where meets 's tutor , ( ) . During the next several months courts , 's first short story becomes published , and often takes advantage of Mr. 's offer for her to practice on his piano . 
 learns that her husband is recuperating in a hospital in Washington , D.C. , after an injury , so she goes to Washington to care for him . During her absence contracts scarlet fever from a neighbor 's baby . She recovers , albeit in a weakened condition . The March parents return , and marries . confesses his love to , who rejects him . When he snubs her in return , moves to New York City to pursue her writing career , and she lives in a boarding house . There she meets Professor ( ) , an impoverished German linguist . With his help and encouragement improves her writing , and she resolves her confused feelings about . 
 , debilitated , is near to death , so returns to Concord . After dies , learns that , who accompanied Aunt to Europe , has fallen in love with and accepted his proposal . Professor arrives from New York City and proposes to , who accepts , then and eventually marry .

( ) is a performer from a small town who has dreamed since childhood of making it big on Broadway . She has evidently gone to many auditions , but no one has given her a break . At the management office of the Easton Theatre , where she hopes to land a role , another actress , current star ( ) , breezes in to see the handsome middle - aged theater owner and producer , ( ) , a consummate businessman who is well aware of his prestige in the theater world . Blonde diva is high - handed and self - absorbed , with an alcohol problem as well , but she 's under verbal contract to Easton . She shamelessly flirts as she negotiates a deal ; she 'll accept a small role ( which she does n't want ) in the upcoming play , for one big concession : her pick of roles in the next production . The principals are taking a risk that she 'll contain her artistic temperament and lay off the bottle . Even so , her name and fame will help launch the play , a new comedy by ( ) 
 Meanwhile , as she waits to see if she 'll get a chance to talk to , meets and impresses ( ) , an experienced character actor also under contract to Easton . Delighted with her childlike ebullience , agrees to help her . He takes into the office and introduces her as his protegee . , there to cast his upcoming comedy production , is also immediately struck by 's vivacious and eccentric personality , A non - stop talker , bubbles over with intensity about her small town bourgeois background and her belief in non - conformity and self - realization . She declares that after a long and successful career , she 'll kill herself onstage as a dramatic farewell to her fans . is entranced , but the aristocratic sees her as too young and inexperienced , even somewhat crazy . 
 Months pass . has lost touch with . She frequently moves due to poor finances and has n't been cast in meaningful roles . finds her struggling and hungry . expresses regret that gave her a small role in one of his lesser plays , one which flopped . She bravely declares she wo n't take any more offers , unless the role truly suits her abilities . Realizing she 's broke and basically starving , escorts her to a celebrity party at 's apartment . quickly downs two glasses of champagne , although she 's not a drinker . Inebriated , sits on the arm of 's chair , stroking his face and vowing to prove her dramatic talents to him . She makes a spectacle of herself before the bemused party guests . Then unexpectedly she gives two Shakespearean orations , 's well - known monologue ( " to be or not to be " ) followed by 's balcony scene . The difference in the roles demonstrates her art ; she gets a polite ovation from the guests and further impresses . lays her head on 's lap and promptly falls asleep . His butler put her to bed in his own bedroom . 
 The next morning , asks for help . gave in to temptation and explains the encounter through innuendo . He 's remorseful at taking advantage of a girl 's innocence and ca n't face her . is devastated to learn that the overnight guest was . apologizes and leaves . A radiant comes downstairs and sees , whom she obviously regards as " just a friend . " Happily she tells him everything . To her , the night with is the beginning of a long commitment . ca n't bring himself to break her heart ; he lets her go without explaining . 
 Again months pass . has tried numerous times to see . Unwilling to face her , has simply ignored her . keeps his own love a secret . 's theater company is ready to showcase 's dramatic masterpiece . The play will star . approves of her performance in rehearsals . Backstage on opening night , calls into her dressing room . Heretofore she and have had only verbal agreements . Aware of the power she holds at this late hour , now has outrageous demands . She wants a written contract with a huge salary increase and half the profits from the entire run of the play . Otherwise , she wo n't go onstage . thinks he has no choice but to comply . draws him aside . He urges to let go . Instead , they can bring in a special understudy , one he 's kept secret until this very moment . She is now revealed as . reluctantly agrees and storms off the set . 
 and end up together in the star 's dressing room . Faced with this sudden opportunity , seems overcome with doubt and fear . She ca n't perform with in the audience ; they have n't even spoken since their night together . She feels unsure of her talents , doomed to failure . reassures her that she can handle whatever is thrown at her . She 's strong and beautiful , a born actress who can now prove it . Buoyantly , rallies , gathers her self - confidence and resolves to conquer the role . 
 The film resumes with everyone onstage taking their bows to tremendous applause . is a complete success . Backstage after the amazing debut , reconciles with , offering her his professional friendship and aid . When he goes , gathers the courage to declare his love for . Unsure of everything , hushes him and makes him leave . Now she 's there with only her dresser , an elegant elderly lady who was herself once a brief star or " morning glory . " The dresser comforts , assuring her that she has the talent to succeed in show business and life ; but really only one thing matters , true love . She knows that because she once spurned the love she was offered , choosing fame instead , at the beginning of her all too brief career . Renewed , readies herself to forge down the rocky road to stardom ahead of her . The film ends with some uncertainty , but on an upbeat note . Once again self - confident , dramatic to the heart , declares to her dresser , " I 'm not afraid ... to be a morning glory . I am not afraid ! "

At a meeting of the Sons of the Desert , a fraternal lodge of which both and are members , it has been decided that the organization will be holding its annual convention in Chicago in a week and all members have to take an oath to attend . is reluctant to take the oath , but goads him into it . Later , on the way home , explains to his reluctance to take the oath ; he is worried that his wife will not let him go to the convention . tries to reassure his wife has no choice but to let him go because he took a sacred oath . When they get home and accidentally brings up the subject of the convention , however , it turns out 's wife will not let him go as they had already arranged a mountain trip together ( which had forgotten about ) . tries to cover his embarrassment by remarking to that his wife is " only clowning " , only for her to chuck a bowl at his head , followed by another one when he attempts to establish his authority as the boss of the house . 
 Unwilling to go back on the oath that he swore , but also unwilling to provoke further wrath from his wife , feigns illness to get out of the trip with his wife . arranges for a doctor ( actually a veterinarian ) to prescribe an ocean voyage to Honolulu , with their wives staying home ( is well aware how much ocean voyages disagree with his wife ) . and go to the convention , with their wives none the wiser . Of course , they have a close call while drinking with a fellow conventioneer when as a practical joke their friend " " calls his sister in Los Angeles ... who turns out to be Mrs. ! However , nothing comes of this . Having tempted fate by deceiving their wives , however , one can hardly be surprised when fate is indeed tempted . While and are en route home from Chicago , their supposed ship arriving from Honolulu sinks in a typhoon and the wives head to the shipping company 's offices to find out any news about the survivors . At the same time , and , blissfully unaware as of yet of the shipwreck , return home as though from Honolulu ( complete with leis , pineapples and a rousing ukulele song which , incidentally , had been part of the floor show entertainment at the Chicago convention ! ) and are confused by the empty houses . While reads the paper , suddenly catches sight the headline of their supposed ship 's demise and immediately grasps its grisly implications . He reads it out to , who at first humorously remarks on what a good thing it was they did n't go to Honolulu ; then , when it finally sinks in , he goes into a tizzy . 
 Panic - stricken , knowing their wives will know right away they never went to Honolulu and likely do them grievous bodily harm , they prepare to go to a hotel to spend the night , only to catch sight of their wives returning back home . They end up take refuge hastily in the attic and , as they ca n't escape , decide to camp out there . Meanwhile , the wives go to the cinema to calm their rattled nerves ... and what should they see but a newsreel of the convention in which their husbands act like complete hams for the cameras ! Furious at being deceived , they blame one another 's wayward spouses , while , knowing lied for the first time ever to her , is still confident he will atone and confess , more than will do . That outrages to the point of proposing a challenge to see whose husband is the truthful one . As for the husbands , their camping in the attic starts out smoothly enough but is interrupted loudly enough as to attract the attention of the wives ( prompting to investigate with her shotgun ) and they manage to flee out of sight , escaping to the rooftop . When they can not get back in , sees this as their opportunity to follow their original plan of going to a hotel to pass the night . , however , wants to go back home and confess to his wife but threatens , " If you go downstairs and spill the beans , I 'll tell that I caught you smoking a cigarette ! " 
 They are about to make their way to a hotel to spend the night , but are stopped by a policeman who manages to get their home addresses from them thanks to . The wives notice them coming , but while is all for shooting them the moment they walk through the door , reminds her of their little argument that needs to be settled . Upon walking into the house , they tell the wives about the shipwreck . Then , when asked about how the pair of them had managed to get home a day before the rescue ship carrying the survivors was due , their story begins to unravel ; they say they jumped ship and " ship - hiked " their way home . Then looks in the eye and asks him if his story is the truth . He insists it is ; " It 's too farfetched not to be the truth ! " Then asks if 's story is true . After a long silence eventually breaks down and tearfully confesses them going to the convention , despite 's previously mentioned threat . picks up her shotgun while continues whimpering and ominously says to her husband " Come along , . " , highly implying that she is going to shoot him once they get home . After they leave , is left to face his wife 's wrath at being made a fool of twice by him , and after failed attempts to charm her with babyish mannerisms , audaciously suggests going on the mountain trip they arranged in the first place - the last straw . Watched by her bemused husband , she empties the kitchen cupboards , piling up crockery . Meanwhile , on the 's side of the house , is seen wrapped in a dressing gown on the sofa , sipping wine and eating chocolates , being pampered by Betty , who relays the age old moral to him , " Honesty is the best policy . " agrees happily , as the sounds of hurled pieces of crockery start coming from the side . , in a livid frenzy , is throwing pots , pans and dishes at . After the maelstrom arrives from next - door to compare notes , sees sitting in the wreckage and tells that his wife said that " honesty is the best politics ! " Stan puffs on a once - forbidden cigarette , and then goes out the door singing " Honolulu Baby " . vengefully hurls a pot at his head , upending him .

( ) and ( ) live in a shoe ( as in the nursery rhyme There Was An Old Woman Who Lived In A Shoe ) , along with Mother Peep ( ) , ( ) , a mouse resembling ( and actually played by a live monkey in a costume ) , and many other children . The mortgage on the shoe is owned by the villainous ( ) , who is looking to marry . Knowing the Widow is having a difficult time paying the mortgage , offers the old woman an ultimatum – unless agrees to marry him he will foreclose on the shoe . Widow refuses , but is worried about where she 'll get the money to pay the mortgage . offers her all the money he has stored away in his savings can , only to learn that has taken it to buy peewees ( a favored toy consisting of a wooden peg with tapered ends that rises in the air when struck with a stick near one end and is then caused to fly through the air by being struck again with the stick ) . He and set out to get the money for the mortgage from their boss , the Toymaker ( ) . But has mixed up an order from ( building 100 wooden soldiers at six feet tall , instead of 600 soldiers at one foot tall ) and one of the soldiers , when activated , wrecks the toy shop . and are fired without getting the money . 
 The two then hatch a plan to sneak into 's house and steal the mortgage , but are again foiled by their incompetence . has them arrested on a burglary charge , and the two are sentenced to be dunked in the ducking stool and then banished to Bogeyland . But agrees to drop the charges if will marry him . She reluctantly agrees , but not before suffers the dunking . 
 and come up with a new scheme . At the wedding , is present to give the bride away . After the nuptials , but before the ceremonial kiss , asks for the " wedding present " ( the mortgage ) from . After inspecting it , tears it up , and then lifts the bride 's veil — to reveal , who had worn wedding dress to the ceremony . is still free , and the mortgage is gone . teases about having to live with as cries saying " I do n't LOVE him " . 
 Enraged , plots his revenge , eventually hitting on the idea of framing true love , Son ( ) , on a trumped - up charge of " pignapping " , and getting him banished to Bogeyland . proceeds to abduct Little Elmer ( ) , one of the Three Little Pigs , and then has a henchman plant false evidence ( including sausage links ) in house . is put on trial , convicted , and banished to Bogeyland , which he is taken to on a raft by two dunkers across an alligator infested river . A distraught but brave follows him . 
 Meanwhile , and find evidence implicating in the pignapping , including the fact that the alleged sausage links presented as evidence at trial are made of beef . They later find the kidnapped pig alive in 's cellar . 
 A manhunt commences for , who flees to Bogeyland through a secret passageway at the bottom of an empty well . and eventually follow down the well . Meanwhile , crosses the river to Bogeyland , finds and explains 's trickery to him . 
 sings Go to Sleep , Slumber Deep to in an enormous cave set with giant spider webs . catches up to and , and attempts to abduct but gets into a fight with , who gives a well - deserved thrashing . An enraged grabs a large stick and beats a stalactite to summon an army of Bogeymen , who chase and through the caverns of Bogeyland . The lovers run into and , who help them escape back through the well and are welcomed by the townspeople , who now realize 's treachery . leads an invasion of Toyland on a fleet of rafts in a scene reminiscent of the painting of Washington Crossing the Delaware . 
 and tell their story to Old King ( ) , the King of Toyland , and the townspeople as two Bogeymen scale the wall and open the gate . The crowd flees in panic as the army of torch - wielding Bogeymen attacks Toyland . and run and hide in the toy shop warehouse . There they discover boxes of darts and use them to fight off the Bogeymen , thanks to 's skill with the game of " peewees " ( and help from the three little pigs and the mouse ) . and then empty an entire box of darts into a cannon , but as the two search for the last remaining darts , they realize instead that they should activate the wooden soldiers . The " march " alluded to in the film 's title begins as the soldiers march out of the toy shop ( filmed in a stop - motion animation sequence by ] ) . The scene changes to live action as the soldiers attack the with the bayonets of their rifles . is defeated and trapped and covered by blocks that spell " rat " , while the Bogeymen are routed and driven back into Bogeyland , where alligators appear to feast on them , although this is never made clear . The kingdom of Toyland is saved . and decide to give the a parting shot with the dart - filled cannon . As aims the cannon and lights the fuse , and turns away to avoid the loud blast , the barrel of the cannon flips backwards and unleashes the barrage of darts on , covering his back with darts . The film ends with pulling them out one by one as winces . 
 Bogeyland is the abode of the " bogeymen " in the 1934 film ( and the 1961 Technicolor remake from Walt Disney ) . In the story , Bogeyland is separated from Toyland by a crocodile - infested river situated just outside the gate of Toyland . It is a dark , cavernous place , where twisted cypress trees grow , and many stalactites and stalagmites protrude from its rocky landscape . 
 Citizens of Toyland who commit serious crimes are banished to Bogeyland.[6 ] Those banished to Bogeyland never return ; they are inevitably eaten alive by the bogeymen . The miserly ( a character based on the English nursery rhyme " There Was A Crooked Man " ) has a secret tunnel to Bogeyland at the bottom of his well . In the climax of the film , leads an army of bogeymen out of Bogeyland in an attempt to conquer Toyland , but is thwarted by 's army of wooden soldiers.[7 ]

( ) , is a hardworking switchboard operator who is engaged to auto mechanic ( ) . When opens his own garage , the demands of running his own business soon take a toll on his relationship with . Frustrated , agrees to go on a blind date with ( ) , the wealthy son of a department store titan . When sparks fly , is soon forced to make a difficult choice between the two men.[1 ]

plays , an undercover US Marshal , but that is not disclosed until well into the film . He appears to be in town investigating a string of robberies committed by the Polka Dot Bandit ( ) , but when he 's a little late in discovering one of the Bandit 's latest thefts , Sheriff ( ) thinks he 's the thief . For some reason , instead of arresting him , accompanies him on his journey ; after all , as says , " It 's kind of lonesome trailing alone . " 
 The two stumble upon a gang robbing a pack - mule train ; they rescue ( ) , whose father has just been killed by the bandits . She and her father were bringing desperately needed provisions to town , but the bandits have successfully cut off any supplies , forcing the townspeople to consider fleeing their homes or starving to death . 
 It turns out that the local rich man , with the meaningful name of ( ) , is behind the robberies . He knows there 's a vein of gold underneath the homesteaders ' property , and he offers out of the kindness of his heart to purchase their land for a pittance . B - movie bad guys have a tendency to crow about their evil plans without checking to see if anyone is hiding nearby , and when the grieving overhears his plans , and his henchmen kidnap her . and offer to make one last attempt to bring supplies in , and and his henchmen make plans to murder them .

In 1815 , a French merchant ship stops at the island of Elba . A letter from the exiled is given to the ship 's captain to deliver to a man in Marseille . Before he dies of a sickness , the captain entrusts the task to his first officer , ( ) . However , the city magistrate , ( ) , is tipped off by an informer , the second officer , ( ) , and has both men arrested after the exchange . 
 ' friend ( ) accompanies him to the jail . However , he , , and all stand to gain from keeping imprisoned : is in love with ' fiancée , ( ) ; wants to be promoted captain in ' place ; and the man who accepted the letter turns out to be father ( ) . consigns without trial to a notorious prison , the Château d'If , on the false testimony of . 
 When returns to France , giving ' friends hope for his release , signs a false statement that he was killed trying to escape , which shows to Mercedes . Deceived , she gives in to her mother 's deathbed wish and marries . 
 Eight years of solitary confinement follow for . Then one day , the aged ( ) , a fellow prisoner , breaks into his cell through a tunnel he has been digging . The two join forces ; calculates it will take five more years to finish . In the meantime , he starts educating . 
 However , as they near their goal , a cave - in fatally injures the old man . Before he dies , he bequeaths a vast hidden treasure to his protégé ( 's enemies had tortured and imprisoned him in an unsuccessful attempt to extract its location ) . The body is sewn into a shroud , but while the undertaker is away , substitutes himself for the corpse undetected . He is cast into the sea . He frees himself and is picked up by a smuggling ship . 
 later follows the abbé 's directions and finds the treasure on the uninhabited island of Monte Cristo . With a fortune at his command , he sets in motion his plans for revenge . To begin , he arranges to have ( and 's son ) kidnapped and held for ransom . " rescues " the younger man in order to gain entry into Paris society , using his purchased title of Count of Monte Cristo . 
 First to be brought to justice is . While the French ambassador to Albania , gained renown for his bravery in an unsuccessful defense of . arranges a ball to " honor " his enemy , then arranges to have him exposed publicly as the one who betrayed to his death at the hands of the Turks . Unaware of the count 's role in his disgrace , goes to him for advice . reveals his identity and they engage in a duel ; wins , but spares , who returns home and commits suicide . 
 Next is , now the most influential banker in Paris . uses his services to buy and sell shares , sharing tips he receives from his informants . When these turn out to be infallibly profitable , bribes a man to send him copies of messages to . Greed leads him to invest all of his money on the next report , just as had planned . When the tip proves to be false , is bankrupted . reveals his true identity to , who is left penniless and insane . 
 However , there are unexpected complications that threaten ' carefully conceived plans . learns of his involvement in his father 's downfall and challenges him to a duel . , who had recognized her former lover upon their first meeting , begs him not to kill her son . He agrees . Fortunately , deliberately changes his aim because his mother has told him who really is , and the duel ends without injury . 
 has risen to the high office of State Attorney . sends him information about his true identity and activities , which leads to his arrest and trial . At first , refuses to testify , in order to shield daughter ( ) , who is in love with . However , when she learns of it , she urges him to defend himself . does so , providing evidence of longstanding corruption . 
 At last , with all of his enemies destroyed , is reunited with Mercedes .

White widow ( ) and her toddler daughter ( ) , take in black housekeeper ( ) and her daughter ( ) , whose fair complexion conceals her mixed - race ancestry . exchanges room and board for work , although struggling to make ends meet . and quickly become like family to and . They particularly enjoy 's pancakes , made from a special family recipe . 
 finds it difficult to make a living selling maple syrup , as her husband had done . Using her wiles to get a storefront on the busy Atlantic City boardwalk refurbished for practically nothing , she opens a pancake restaurant , where cooks in the front window . Five years later , makes her last payment to the furniture man and is debt - free . 
 ( ) and ( ) have proven to be challenging children to raise : is demanding , not particularly studious , relying instead on her charm . She is the first person to call " black " in a hurtful way , hinting that their childhood idyll is doomed . does not tell her classmates at school that she is " colored " and is humiliated when her mother shows up one day , revealing her secret . 
 Later , at the suggestion of a passerby , ( ) , sets up an even more successful pancake flour corporation , marketing Delilah as an - like product mascot . She offers Delilah a 20 % interest in her family recipe , but childlike , refuses and continues to act as 's housekeeper and factotum , the shares held presumably in trust . becomes wealthy from her business . 
 Ten years later , the two older women are confronted with problems . Eighteen - year - old ( ) , home on college vacation , falls in love with her mother 's boyfriend , ( ) , who is unaware at first of her affections . Meanwhile , ( ) , seeking more opportunities in the segregated society , passes as white , identifying with her European ancestry and breaking 's heart . 
 Leaving her Negro college , takes a job as a cashier in a whites only restaurant . When her mother and track her down , she is humiliated to be identified as black . She finally tells her mother that she is going away , never to return , so she can pass as a white woman without the fear that will show up . Her mother is heartbroken and takes to her bed , murmuring 's name and forgiving her before eventually succumbing to heartbreak . The black servants sing a spiritual as she dies , with holding her hand at the end . 's last wish had been for a large , grand funeral , complete with a marching band and a horse - drawn hearse . 
 sees to it that is given the funeral she wished for , and , just before the processional begins , a remorseful , crying appears , begging her dead mother to forgive her . 
 returns to her Negro college and presumably embraces her African descent . breaks her engagement with , not wanting to hurt her daughter 's feelings by being with him , but promises to find him after is over her infatuation with him . Ultimately , embraces , remembering the girl 's insistent demands for her toy duck ( her " quack quack " ) when she was a toddler .

Spoiled heiress has eloped with pilot and fortune - hunter against the wishes of her extremely wealthy father , . wants to have the marriage annulled because he knows is really only interested in her money . Jumping ship in Florida , she runs away and boards a Greyhound bus to New York City to reunite with her husband . She meets fellow bus passenger , a freshly out - of - work newspaper reporter . Soon recognizes her and gives her a choice : If she will give him an exclusive on her story , he will help her reunite with . If not , he will tell her father where she is . agrees to the first choice . 
 As they go through several adventures together , loses her initial disdain for him and begins to fall in love . When they have to hitchhike , they fail to secure a ride until displays a shapely leg to , the next driver . When they stop en route , tries to steal their luggage but chases him down and seizes his Model T. Nearing the end of their journey , confesses her love to . When the owners of the motel in which they are staying notice that 's car is gone , they expel . Believing has deserted her , telephones her father , who agrees to let her marry . Meanwhile , has obtained money from his editor to marry , but he misses her on the road . Although has no desire to be with , she believes has betrayed her for the reward money and agrees to have a second , formal wedding . 
 On the wedding day , she finally reveals the whole story to her father . When comes to 's home , offers him the reward money , but insists on being paid only his expenses : a paltry $ 39.60 for items he had had to sell to buy gasoline . When 's father presses him for an explanation of his odd behavior and demands to know if he loves her , first tries to dodge the questions , but then admits he loves and storms out . arrives for his wedding via autogyro ; but at the ceremony , reveals to his daughter 's refusal of the reward money , and tells her that her car is waiting by the back gate in case she changes her mind about going through with the wedding . dumps King at the altar and bolts for her car , driving away as the newsreel cameras crank . 
 A few days later , is working at his desk when King calls to tell him he is taking the financial settlement he was offered and wo n't contest the annulment . His executive assistant brings him a telegram from , which says , " What 's holding up the annulment , you slowpoke ? The walls of Jericho are toppling ! " , referring to a makeshift wall made of a blanket over a wire tied across the rooms they slept in between them to give them privacy . With the annulment in hand , sends the reply , " Let 'em topple . " 
 In the last scene , we see 's battered Model T parked in a motor court in Glen Falls , Michigan . The mom and pop owners of the motor court talk , wondering why on such a warm night the newlyweds   – he had seen the marriage license   – wanted a clothesline , an extra blanket , and the little tin trumpet he had gotten for them . As they look at the cabin , the toy trumpet sounds a fanfare , the blanket falls to the floor , and the lights in the cabin go out .

The film tells the story of " " ( ) , whose father gives her to a gangster - run gambling operation as a " marker " ( collateral ) for a bet . When he loses his bet and commits suicide , the gangsters are left with her on their hands . They decide to keep her temporarily and use her to help pull off one of their fixed races , naming her the owner of the horse to be used in the race . 
 is sent to live with bookie ( ) . Initially upset about being forced to look after her , he eventually begins to develop a father – daughter relationship with her . His fellow gangsters become fond of her and begin to fill the roles of her extended family . ( ) – girlfriend of gang kingpin ( ) , who has gone to Chicago to place bets on the horse – also begins to care for , and to fall in love with , whose own concern for shows he has a warm heart beneath his hard - man persona . , encouraged by and , gets a bigger apartment , buys new clothes and himself a better cut of suit , reads her bedtime stories , and shows her how to pray . 
 However , being around the gang has a somewhat bad influence on , and she begins to develop a cynical nature and a wide vocabulary of gambling terminology and slang . and , worried that her acquired bad - girl attitude means she will not get adopted by a " good family " , put on a party with gangsters dressed up as knights - of - the - round - table , to rekindle her former sweetness . She is unimpressed until they bring in the horse and parade her around on its back . Big , returning to New York , frightens the horse , which throws her , and she is taken to the hospital . Big goes there to pay back for trying to steal but is roped into giving the direct blood transfusion she needs for her life - saving operation . Sorrowful , praying for her survival , destroys the drug which , administered to the horse , would have helped it win the race but killed it soon after . Big , told he has " good blood " and pleased to have given life for a change , forgives and . They plan to marry and adopt .

is a former vaudeville impersonator who is working as the lab assistant to Dr. , a mad scientist attempting to bring the dead back to life . When kills , he attempts to hide his crime by " becoming " the doctor , taking over his work and copying his appearance and manner . In the process , he slowly goes insane . 
 The " doctor " treats a mental patient , , but accidentally injects him with adrenaline , which causes him to go into violent fits . In one of these fits , kidnaps a woman , tears her clothes off , and rapes her . 's wife discovers the body of the real doctor , and blackmails into turning her husband into a zombie . The ersatz doctor turns the tables on her by manipulating her into fighting with his estranged wife , , a former showgirl . When the cat - breeding neighbor sees what 's going on , he calls the police , who stop the fight and , following the sound of Satan the cat , find the body of the real doctor hidden behind a brick wall.[2][3][4 ]

Sensitive , club - footed artist ( ) is a Briton who has been studying painting in Paris for four years . His art teacher tells him his work lacks talent , so he returns to London to become a medical doctor , but his moodiness and chronic self - doubt make it difficult for him to keep up in his schoolwork . 
 falls passionately in love with vulgar tearoom waitress ( ) , even though she is disdainful of his club - foot and his obvious interest in her . Although he is attracted to the anemic and pale - faced woman , she is manipulative and cruel toward him when he asks her out . Her constant response to his romantic invitations is " I do n't mind , " an expression so uninterested that it infuriates him – which only causes her to use it all the more . His daydreams about her ( her image appears over an illustration in his medical school anatomy textbook , and a skeleton in the classroom is transformed into ) cause him to be distracted from his studies , and he fails his medical examinations . 
 When proposes to her , declines , telling him she will be marrying a loutish salesman ( ) instead . The self - centered vindictively berates with nasty insults for becoming romantically interested in her . 
 begins to forget when he falls in love with ( ) , an attractive and considerate romance writer working under a male pseudonym . She slowly cures him of his painful addiction to . But just when it appears that is finding happiness , returns , pregnant and claiming that has abandoned her . 
 provides a flat for her , arranges to take care of her financially , and breaks off his relationship with . and admit how bondages exist between people ( was bound to , as was to , and as was to ) . 
 's intention is to marry after her child is born , but a bored and restless is an uninterested mother , and gives up the baby 's care to a nurse . 
 At a dinner party celebrating their engagement , one of 's medical student friends , ( ) , flirts with , who somewhat reciprocates . After confronts , she runs off with for Paris . A second time , again finds some comfort in his studies , and with ( ) , the tender - hearted daughter of one of his elderly patients in a charity hospital . The family is caring and affectionate , and they take into their home . 
 Once again , returns with her baby , this time expressing remorse for deserting him . can not resist rescuing her and helping her to recover from another failed relationship . Things take a turn for the worse when moves in , spitefully wrecks his apartment and destroys his paintings and books , and burns the securities and bonds he was given by an uncle to finance his tuition . is forced to quit medical school , but before he leaves the institution , an operation corrects his club foot . The take in when he is unable to find work and is locked out of his flat , and he takes a job with 's father as a window dresser . 
 As time progresses , a letter is sent to which informs him that his uncle has died , leaving a small inheritance . With the inheritance money , is able to return to medical school and pass his examinations to become a qualified doctor . 
 Later , meets up with , now sick , destitute , and -- the movie obliquely hints -- working as a prostitute . 's baby has died , and she has become distraught and sick with tuberculosis . Before he can visit her again , she dies in a hospital charity ward . With 's death , is finally freed of his obsession , and he makes plans to marry .

Ebullient Broadway impresario ( ) takes an unknown lingerie model named ( ) and makes her the star of his latest play , despite the grave misgivings of everyone else , including his two long - suffering assistants , accountant ( ) and the consistently tipsy ( ) . Through intensive training , transforms his protegée into the actress " " , and both she and the play are resounding successes . Over the next three years , their partnership spawns three more smash hits , and is recognized as a transcendent talent . 
 Then tries to break off their professional and personal relationship , fed up with 's overpossesiveness and control of every aspect of her life . talks her out of it , promising to be more trusting and less controlling in the future . Instead , he secretly hires a private detective agency run by to watch her every move , even to the point of tapping her telephone . When she finds out , it is the last straw ; she leaves for Hollywood and soon becomes a big movie star . 
 Without , produces flop after flop . After one such disappointment , to avoid being imprisoned for his debts , he is forced to disguise himself to board the luxurious Twentieth Century Limited train travelling from Chicago to New York City 's Grand Central Terminal . By chance , boards the train at a later stop with her boyfriend George ( ) . After prevaricating , sees a chance to restore his fortunes and salvage his relationship with . 
 schemes to get her to sign a contract with him . However , wants nothing more to do with him . She is on her way to see 's rival ( and former employee ) , ( ( actor ) ) , to star in his play . However , manages to get to break up with her . Knowing that offers him one last chance at professional success he tells her of his wish for her to play in his new play ; " sensual , heartless , but beautiful – running the gamut from the gutter , to glory – can you see her ? – the little wanton ending up in tears at the foot of the cross . I 'm going to have strangle himself with her hair . " Then thinks he has found somebody to finance 's project , fellow passenger ( ) , not realizing that is a harmless escapee from a mental asylum . When is slightly wounded in a scuffle with , he pretends to be dying and gets a distraught to sign his contract . The film ends with their first rehearsal , where reverts to his usual self , domineering a desperate .

( ] ) is the youngest daughter of the family . Her father ( ) is an invalid employed as a clerk in a factory owned by Mr. ( ) , who has kept on salary for years despite his lengthy illness . Her mother ( ) is embittered by her husband 's lack of ambition and upset by the snubs her daughter endures because of their poverty . 's older brother , ( ) , is a gambler who can not hold a job and who associates with African Americans ( which , given the time period in which the film is set , is considered a major social embarrassment ) . As the film begins , attends a dance given by the wealthy ( ) . She has no date , and is escorted to the occasion by . is a social climber like her mother , and engages in socially inappropriate behavior and conversation in an attempt to impress others . At the dance , meets wealthy ( ) , who is charmed by her despite her poverty . 
 's mother nags her husband into quitting his job and pouring his life savings into a glue factory . Mr. ostracizes Mr. from society , believing that stole the glue formula from him . is the subject of cruel town gossip , which ignores . 
 invites to the home for a fancy meal . She and her mother put on airs , the entire family dresses inappropriately in formal wear despite the hot summer night , and the pretend that they eat caviar and fancy , rich - tasting food all the time . The dinner is ruined by the slovenly behavior and poor cooking skills of the maid the have hired for the occasion , ( ) . Mr. unwittingly embarrasses by exposing the many lies she has told . When shows up with bad financial news , gently expels from the house now that everything is " ruined . " 
 reveals that " a friend " has gambling debts , and that he stole $ 150 from Mr. to cover them . Mr. decides to take out a loan against his new factory to save from jail . Just then , Mr. appears at the house . He accuses of stealing the glue formula from him , and declares his intention to ruin by building a glue factory directly across the street from the plant . The men argue violently , but their friendship is saved when confesses that her parents took the glue formula only so she could have a better life and some social status . and reconcile , and indicates he will not prosecute . 
 wanders out onto the porch , where has been waiting for her . He confesses his love for her , despite her poverty and family problems .

Aboard a luxury liner , gambler makes the acquaintance of socialite , who has a reputation for using men to get her way . cajoles him into sneaking her into First Class , where they see young lose $ 12,000 at poker to a couple of oilmen , and . 
 's troubles grow worse when the haughty has his markers and threatens to tell the police unless he helps her at Customs , sneaking some valuable pearls into the country that she ha stolen . is so forlorn that he considers jumping overboard , until stops him . 
 decides to help . He wins back 's debts at cards . When they return to 's stateroom , spots a photo of 's deceased mother and is shocked to discover that she was his ex - wife . is his long - lost son . 
 Mrs. has hidden the pearls inside a cane 's handle . distracts her , replaces the pearls with pills , then hides the valuables inside the pocket of , the oilman . They spill out at Customs and are claimed by Mrs. to belong to her , causing her to be taken away by the authorities . has become fond of , who promises to change her old ways .

In 17th - century England , Irish doctor ( ) is summoned to aid Lord , a wounded patron who participated in the Monmouth Rebellion . Arrested while performing his duties as a physician , he is convicted of treason against King and sentenced to death by the infamous Judge . By the whim of the king , who sees an opportunity for profit , and the surviving rebels are transported to the West Indies to be sold into slavery . 
 In Port Royal , is purchased by ( ) , the beautiful niece of local military commander Colonel ( ) . Attracted by 's rebellious nature , does her best to improve his situation by recommending him as the personal physician of the colony 's governor , who suffers from painful gout . Outwardly resentful towards , yet silently appreciative for her efforts on his behalf , develops an escape plan for himself and his fellow slaves . The plan is almost uncovered by the suspicious Colonel , who has one of 's men flogged and interrogated . is spared a similar fate when a Spanish man - o - war attacks Port Royal . During the raid , and his fellow slaves seize the Spanish ship from its drunken night watch , and sail away to begin lives of piracy . 
 and his men quickly achieve great fame among the brotherhood of buccaneers . When the old governor is unable to contain the pirate menace , Colonel is appointed governor . He sends to England on an extended holiday , but three years later she returns to the Caribbean . Her ship , also carrying royal emissary Lord ( ) , is captured by 's treacherous partner , the French buccaneer Captain ( ) , who plans to hold them for ransom , but forces to sell them to him , relishing the opportunity to turn the tables on . When vehemently objects , is forced to kill him in a duel . 
 offers valuable jewelry from his conquests as a sign of his love for her . Ungrateful for her " rescue " , is indignant at having been purchased by , and calls him thief and pirate . Although angered by her rejection , he orders his men to set sail for Port Royal where he will deliver and Lord , despite the danger to himself and his crew . 
 As they approach Port Royal , they sight two French warships attacking the city ; has left it undefended in his single - minded pursuit of . With England now at war with France , Lord pleads with to save the colony , but the captain and his crew refuse to fight for the corrupt king . reveals that has been deposed in the Glorious Revolution ; England 's new king , , has sent to offer and his men full pardons and commissions in the Royal Navy . This startling news quickly changes the pirates ' minds , and they prepare for battle with the French . 
 After ferrying ashore , and his men approach Port Royal flying French colors , but soon that ensign is replaced with the British Union Jack . A pitched ship - to - ship battle ensues , leading to frenzied hand - to - hand deck combat . and his men defeat the French frigates , saving the colony , but not before losing their ship in the battle . As a reward , is appointed the new governor of Port Royal by Lord and has the pleasure of dealing with his hostile predecessor , now returned from his pirate hunt and under arrest for dereliction of duty in a time of war . As playfully pleads with the new governor to spare her uncle 's life , reveals his face to the astonished Colonel . With a sly smile of triumph , he greets with , " Good morning , Uncle " , having won the hand and heart of .

At Hampstead Court Housewives Club , two women sit in the living room with a fireplace . Outside it 's raining . One of the women reads a book ( a Biography of Madame Du Barry ) ; the other woman is nervously looking in the room and finally decides to look up the newspaper . When she sees a certain announcement she has to talk , saying to the other woman how beautiful it would be to leave dreadful London and go south to Italy , renting a Castle for two or more people and splitting the costs . So they find the way to San Salvatore and the Enchanted April is there from the very minute they arrived . 
 Their husbands and lovers are soon popping up and passing by , and the Italians who know , understand the English people . A mixture of slapstick comedy and on the other side the rarefied figure of .

In the resort of Lake Waxapahachie , the swanky Wentworth Plaza is where the rich all congregate , and where the tips flow like wine . Handsome ( ) is working his way through medical school as a desk clerk , and when rich , penny - pinching Mrs. ( ) offers to pay him to escort her daughter ( ) for the summer , ca n't say no – even his fiancee , ( ) thinks he should do it . Mrs. wants to marry eccentric middle - aged millionaire ( ) , who 's a world - renowned expert on snuffboxes , but has other ideas . Meanwhile her brother , ( ) has a weakness for a pretty face : he 's been married and bought out of trouble by his mother several times . 
 Every summer , Mrs. produces a charity show for the " Milk Fund " , and this year she hires the flamboyant and conniving Russian dance director ( ) to direct the show . The parsimonious Mrs. wants to spend the least amount possible , but and his set designer ( ) want to be as extravagant as they can , so they can rake off more money for themselves , and for the hotel manager ( ) and the hotel stenographer ( ) , who 's blackmailing the hapless snuffbox fancier . 
 Of course , and fall in love , marries , and the show ends up costing Mrs. an arm and a leg , but in the end she realizes that having a doctor in the family will save money in the long run .

Actress ( ) rests after her final performance at the ' Théâtre des Horreurs ' ( styled after the Grand Guignol ) in Paris , France . As she listens to her husband ( ) play the piano on the radio , she is greeted by Dr. ( ) , who has seen every show featuring , and unaware of her marriage , is aghast to learn that she is moving to England with her husband . leaves the theater heartbroken , buys the wax figure of 's character , refers to it as ( from the Greek myth ) , and arranges that it be delivered to his home the following day . 
 is on a train journey from Fontainebleau to Paris , where he sees murderer thrower ( ) , who is on the way to his execution by guillotine . ( later witnesses the execution , along with the American reporter ( ) ) . 's train crashes later that night , and finds her husband with mutilated hands . She takes to Gogol in an attempt to reconstruct his hands , and Gogol agrees to do so . Gogol uses 's hands for the transplant , and the operation is a success . 
 The couple are forced to sell many of their possessions to pay for the surgery , while finds he is unable to play the piano with his new hands . When a creditor comes to claim the ' piano , throws a fountain pen that barely misses his head . seeks help from his stepfather , ( ) . denies the request , upset that did not follow in his line of business as a jeweler . A knife thrown in anger by misses , but breaks the shop front 's window . meanwhile asks for her love , but she refuses . goes to 's home and demands to know about his hands , and why they throw knives . suggests that 's problem comes from childhood trauma , but later confirms to his assistant Dr. ( ) that 's hands had been 's . 
 then suggests to that she get away from , as the shock has affected his mind and she may be in danger . She angrily rejects , whose obsession grows . is murdered , and receives a note that promises that he will learn the truth about his hands if he goes to a specific address that night . There , a man with metallic hands and dark glasses claims to be , brought back to life by . explains that 's hands were his , and that used them to murder . He also claims that transplanted his ( 's ) head on to a new body ... flashing a leather - and - metal neck brace as " proof ! " 
 returns to and explains that his hands are those of , and that he must turn himself in to the police . A panic - stricken goes to 's home , and finds him completely mad ( after he has come home and shed his elaborate disguise ) . assumes that his statue has come to life , embraces her , and begins to strangle her . , and the police arrive , but are only able to open the observation window . produces a knife and throws it at , then finds his way in . dies as and embrace .

works as a " memory expert " for a manufacturing company 's president ; he keeps files of details about all the people President ( ) meets with , so that will never be embarrassed about not remembering things when meeting with them . supports himself , his shrewish wife ( ) , his loving daughter ( from a previous marriage ; played by ) , his freeloading brother - in - law ( ) , and his abusive mother - in - law ( ) . 
 At the start of the film , two burglars , played by and , break into 's cellar late at night , get drunk on his homemade applejack , and start singing " On the Banks of the Wabash , Far Away " ; is forced to handle the situation , and he winds up being arrested for distilling liquor without a license . This is done on the order of the night court judge hearing the case . He forgets about dealing with the burglars . While on the way to the night court talks about the wrestling match scheduled for that day and demonstrates an " unbreakable " hold on the neighborhood watch policeman who arrested the burglars . The policeman throws him into the street . When he asks if he hurt him , asks him how someone could be hurt by being dropped on his head . 
 The next day , falsely tells that had died from drinking poisoned liquor , and asks for the afternoon off to attend the funeral ; in fact , he wants to go to see the big wrestling match . , touched by 's tale , lets him go for the day , and 's immediate supervisor , Mr. ( ) , tells all the other employees the tragic news so they can pay their respects to the family . In fact , does not explicitly say that his mother - in - law died from poisoned liquor . Rather , when his employer asks him how she died , he begins to improvise a story . He says she was taken with a " chill " and that he poured her a drink . Then interrupts him and , assuming it was the liquor that killed her , says excitedly that he has read in the paper recently of many instances of people dying from poisoned liquor . is too timid to contradict him . 
 Throughout that day , has one problem after another : He has encounters with ticket - writing policemen and cars that are parked too close to his ; he finds himself chasing a tire along railroad tracks and narrowly avoids getting hit by an electric interurban car ; and while trying to get into the wrestling arena ( had stolen his ticket earlier ) , he gets knocked down by a wrestler who is thrown out of the building by his opponent . 
 Later that day , comes home to find that and are furious about seeing 's obituary in the newspaper and receiving a huge amount of flowers , sympathy cards , and funeral wreaths . sees sprawled on the sidewalk after he is knocked over by a wrestler . 's secretary , who had been in the wrestling match audience ( she said her mother is a friend of the contender , a Turk named ) is bent over him expressing her concern over his injury . When returns home ahead of , he falsely tell his mother and his sister that he saw and the secretary " drunk in the gutter " . Furthermore , calls to say that is fired because of his deception . , who has been meek and mild through the entire film , finally has had enough , and in a rare moment of overt violence for ' characters , knocks unconscious , and frightens his wife and mother - in - law into hiding . The angry wants to beat them also ( " I 'll knock 'em for a row of lib - labs " ) , but soon he and his daughter leave the house to go live elsewhere . 
 Later , demands that Peabody rehire because no one else can figure out 's filing system ; answers the telephone , and says ( falsely ) that has a better offer from another company . After some bargaining , is rehired with a huge raise in pay and four weeks ' vacation . Meanwhile , realizes that she still loves , scolds for his laziness , and stands up to her disagreeable mother . 
 The film ends with taking the family for a ride in his new car . and ride inside the car with him , while and ride in the rumble seat during a heavy rain .

Part one 
 A beautiful young woman named ( ) is in love with ( ) and wishes to marry him . Her father ( ) , however , has instructed her to marry ( ) , whom he has chosen for her . When refuses to obey , stating she is in love with , her father invokes before Duke of Athens ( ) an ancient Athenian law that states a daughter must marry the suitor chosen by her father , or else face death . offers her another choice — to live a life of chastity as a nun and worship the goddess . 
 Meanwhile , ( ) and his fellow players gather to produce a stage play about the cruel death of and in honor of the Duke and his upcoming marriage to ( ) . reads the names of characters and bestows them to the players . ( ) , who is playing the main role of , is overly - enthusiastic and suggests himself for the characters of , the , and at the same time . He would also prefer being a tyrant and recites some lines of Ercles . ends the meeting instructing his players to meet at the Duke 's oak tree . 
 In the forest outside Athens , ( ) , the king of the fairies , and ( ) his queen , are having an argument . tells that she plans to stay there to attend the wedding of Duke and . and are estranged because she refuses to give her Indian changeling to for use as his knight , since the child 's mother was one of 's worshippers . Wanting to punish 's disobedience , instructs his mischievous court jester ( ) to retrieve a flower called " love - in - idleness " . Originally a white flower , it turns purple when struck by 's bow . When someone applies the magical love potion to a sleeping person 's eyelids , it makes the victim fall in love with the first living creature seen upon awakening . 
 comes across a sleeping and applies the love potion to her eyes . He intends to make fall in love with the first creature she sees when waking up , which he is sure will be an animal of the forest . 's intent is to shame into giving up the little Indian changeling . 
 Meanwhile , and have escaped to the same forest in hopes of eloping . , who is also in love with , pursues them into the forest . He is followed by ( ) , who is desperate to reclaim ' love . continues to make advances towards , promising to love him more than , but he rebuffs her with cruel insults . When sees this , he orders to spread some of the love potion on the eyelids of . When later discovers the sleeping , he mistakes him for — not having seen either before — and administers the love potion to the sleeping . 
 During the night , comes across the sleeping and wakes him up while attempting to determine whether he is dead or asleep . When he lays eyes on her , immediately falls in love with . Meanwhile , the mischievous turns into a donkey . When wakes up and lays eyes on as a donkey , she falls in love with him . finds the abandoned changeling and takes him away . 
 Part two 
 When sees still following , he instructs to bring to him while he applies the love potion to the sleeping ' eyes . Upon waking up , sees , and now both and are in love with , who is convinced that her two suitors are simply mocking her . When encounters with her two suitors , she accuses of stealing away from her . The four quarrel with each other until and become so enraged that they seek a place to duel each other to prove whose love for is the greatest . orders to keep and from catching up with one another and to remove the charm from . After applies the potion to the sleeping 's eyes , he returns to loving , while continues to love . And is still in love with the donkey . 
 leads all the fairies away with the changeling at his side . Having achieved his goals , releases from her spell and they leave together in love once again . Following 's instructions , removes the donkey 's head from , and arranges everything so that , , , and all believe that they have been dreaming when they awaken . Together they return from the forest to attend the wedding of Duke and . When sees and her father , and seeing that does not love any more , overrules 's demands and arranges a group wedding — to marry , and to marry . The lovers decide that the previous night 's events must have been a dream . 
 That night at the wedding , they all watch and his fellow players perform and . Unprepared as they are , the performers are so terrible playing their roles , the guests laugh as if it were meant to be a comedy . Before the encore , the guests sneak away and retire to bed . Afterwards , , , , and the other fairies enter , and bless the house and its occupants with good fortune . After everyone leaves , suggests to the audience that what they just experienced might be nothing but a dream .

One night in Portsmouth , England in 1787 , a press gang breaks into a local tavern and presses all of the men drinking there into naval service . One of the men inquires as to what ship they will sail on , and the press gang leader informs him that it is the HMS   Bounty . Upon inquiring as to who the captain is , another of the men is told the captain is ( ) , and attempts to escape , as is a brutal tyrant who routinely administers harsh punishment to officers and crew alike who lack discipline , cause any infraction on board the ship , or in any manner defy his authority . The Bounty leaves England several days later on a two - year voyage over the Pacific Ocean . ( ) , the ship 's lieutenant , is a formidable yet compassionate man who disapproves of 's treatment of the crew . ( ) is an idealistic midshipman who is divided between his loyalty to , owing to his family 's naval tradition , and his friendship with . 
 During the voyage , the enmity between and grows after openly challenges 's unjust practices aboard the ship . When the ship arrives at the island of Tahiti , where the crew acquires breadfruit plants to take to the West Indies , as intended , punishes by refusing to let him leave the ship during their stay . , meanwhile , sets up residency on the island , living with the island chief , ( ) , and his daughter , ( ) , and compiling an English dictionary of the Tahitian language . persuades to allow a day pass on the island . agrees but quickly repeals the pass out of spite . disregards the order and spends his one - day off the ship romancing a Tahitian girl , ( ) . promises her he will be back someday . 
 After leaving Tahiti the crew begins to talk of mutiny after 's harsh discipline leads to the death of the ship 's beloved surgeon , Mr.   ( ) , and cuts water rationing to the crew in favor of providing water for the breadfruit plants . , although initially opposing the idea , decides he can no longer tolerate 's brutality when he witnesses crew members shackled in iron chains , and he approves the mutiny . The crew raids the weapons cabinet and seizes the ship . and his loyalists are cast into a boat and set adrift at sea with a map and rations to ensure their survival . Due to 's steady leadership , they are able to find their way back to land . 
 Meanwhile , orders that return to Tahiti . , who was in his cabin during the mutiny , disapproves of what has done and decides the two can no longer be friends . Months later , is married to and has married and has a child with her , while the rest of the crew are enjoying their freedom on the island . After a long estrangement , and reconcile their friendship . However , when the British ship HMS   Pandora is spotted approaching , and decide they must part ways . and several crew members remain on the island for the ship to take them back to England , while leads the remaining crew , his wife and several Tahitian men and women back on board Bounty in search of a new island on which to seek refuge . 
 boards the Pandora and , much to his surprise , discovers that is the captain . , who suspects that was complicit in the mutiny , has him imprisoned for the remainder of the journey across the sea . Back in England is court - martialed and found guilty of mutiny . Before the court condemns him , speaks of 's cruel , dehumanising conduct aboard Bounty . Due to the intervention of his friend Sir ( ) and Lord ( ) , is pardoned by King and allowed to resume his naval career at sea . 
 Meanwhile , has found Pitcairn , an uninhabited yet sustainable island that he believes will provide adequate refuge from the reach of the Royal Navy . After Bounty crashes on the rocks , orders her to be burned .

Musical stage star ( ) , jailed for reckless driving , is bailed out by her friend , sports promoter and gambler ( ) , to headline a charity event . However , she finds that all the seats have been bought by wealthy ( ) , president and only member of S.A.M.L. ( the Society for the Admiration of Mona Leslie ) . begins dating , with 's approval . 's Granny ( ) tells that her granddaughter would break it off if he asked her to . is reluctant at first , but eventually buys a wedding ring . However , he is too late . 
 One night , while they are very drunk , and get married . The next day , is pleased , but becomes depressed when he considers what his upper class friends and family will think , especially his father , Colonel ( ) , and his fiancée and friend since childhood , ( ) . Though welcomes without resentment , the colonel and the rest of 's social circle are cold toward her . wants to run back to New York , but advises him to stay and stick it out . 
 's ambivalent feelings emerge when gets married . He avoids the wedding and starts drinking , unable to endure the thought of with another man . When he shows up and speaks to privately , he tells her how he really feels . overhears when he says he was trapped into marriage . With no place else to go , she asks to take her to his hotel suite . follows and tries to pick a fight , but is too drunk to do anything serious . and put him to bed , but when they leave the room , kills himself . 
 Both and are subjected to a coroner 's inquest and suspected of murder , but 's death is ruled a suicide . However , in the eyes of the public , is still guilty of driving to his death . 
 gives birth to 's son . She offers to give up her inheritance of one million dollars if Colonel will agree not to seek custody of her child . He agrees . 
 To support her son , tries to go back to work , but outraged people organize a campaign against her and nobody will hire her other than a sleazy promoter who wants to take advantage of her notoriety . secretly finances a show for her , but his lawyer , worried that is risking bankruptcy , tells . She offers to stop production , but refuses to listen and the show goes on . 
 On opening night , and Colonel are in the audience . starts off with a song , but hecklers make it impossible to continue . She quiets the crowd with a forceful justification of her actions and starts over . When she is finished , the audience gives her a standing ovation . During her next song , proposes to her from the sideline .

( ) , a former star football player at Harvard , goes to Paris with his friend ( ) and the latter 's dance band , the Wabash Indianians . ( ) has booked the band , but refuses to let them play when he finds the musicians are not the Indians he expected , but merely from Indiana ( and his Indianians Band ) . 
 turns to the only person he knows in Paris for help , his Aunt ( ) , who owns the fashionable " " gown shop . While there , he meets her chief assistant ( and secretly the head designer ) , ( ) . is quickly smitten with her . 
 Meanwhile , unexpectedly stumbles upon someone he knows very well . " Countess Scharwenka " , a temperamental customer at Roberta 's , turns out to be his hometown sweetheart ( Ginger ) . She gets 's band an engagement at the nightclub where she is a featured entertainer , and agrees to keep her true identity a secret . 
 Two things trouble . One is ( ) , the handsome Russian deposed prince and doorman who seems too interested in . The other is the memory of ( ) , the snobbish , conceited girlfriend he left behind after a quarrel over his lack of sophistication and polish . 
 When Aunt dies unexpectedly without leaving a will , inherits the shop . Knowing nothing about women 's fashion and aware that his aunt intended for to inherit the business , he persuades to remain as his partner . Correspondents flock to hear what a football player has to say about feminine fashions . gives the answers , making a lot of weird statements about the innovations is planning to introduce . 
 arrives in Paris , attracted by 's good fortune . She enters the shop , looking for a dress , but is dissatisfied with everything shows her . persuades her to choose a gown that had ordered to be discarded as too vulgar . When sees her in it , they quarrel for the final time . 
 reproaches for selling the gown . Terribly hurt , quits the shop . With 's putting on a fashion show in a week , takes over the design work , with predictably bad results . When sees his awful creations , she is persuaded to return to save 's reputation . 
 The show is a triumph , helped by the entertainment provided by , Countess , and the band . ( A pre - stardom , with platinum blond hair , appears uncredited in her first RKO film[3 ] as a model wearing an elaborate feather cape , after the vocal by , in the fashion show.[4 ] ) The closing sensation is a gown modeled by herself . At the show , overhears that she and are leaving Paris and mistakenly assumes that they have married . Later , he congratulates her for becoming a princess . When she informs him that is merely her cousin and that the title has been hers since birth , the lovers are reunited . and , who decide to get married , do a final tap dance sequel .

An American dancer , ( ) comes to London to star in a show produced by the bumbling ( ) . While practicing a tap dance routine in his hotel bedroom , he awakens ( ) on the floor below . She storms upstairs to complain , whereupon falls hopelessly in love with her and proceeds to pursue her all over London . 
 mistakes for , who is married to her friend ( ) . Following the success of 's opening night in London , follows to Venice , where she is visiting and modelling / promoting the gowns created by ( ) , a dandified Italian fashion designer with a penchant for malapropisms . 
 proposes to , who , while still believing that is , is disgusted that her friend 's husband could behave in such a manner and agrees instead to marry . Fortunately , ( ) , 's meddling English valet , disguises himself as a priest and conducts the ceremony ; had sent to keep tabs on . 
 On a trip in a gondola , manages to convince and they return to the hotel where the previous confusion is rapidly cleared up . The reconciled couple dance off into the Venetian sunset , to the tune of " The Piccolino".[9 ]

and return from vacation to their home in San Francisco on New Year 's Eve , where 's stuffy family expect the couple to join them for a formal dinner . is despised by 's Aunt , the family matriarch , as his immigrant heritage and experience as a " flat foot " are considered below . The true reason for their invitation is that 's cousin 's ne'er - do - well husband has been missing for three days . is coerced into a little quiet detective work for the family . 
 They easily find in a Chinese nightclub , where he 's been conducting an affair with , the star performer . tries to extort money from 's unrequited love , ( ): for a payment of $ 25,000 , will leave alone permanently . Unknown to , and the nightclub 's owner , , plan to grift the money and dispose of him . After being paid off , and returning home for some clothes , is shot at the stroke of midnight . finds standing over and hurriedly disposes of her gun . Despite this , the police determine that she is the prime suspect , and her fragile mental state only strengthens the case . insists that she never fired her gun , and is now obliged to investigate and determine the true murderer . 
 As suspects pile up , schemes and double - crosses are found , and two more murders occur , including 's brutal brother . Lt . ( , making his series debut ) readily accepts 's assistance . follows a trail of clues that lead him to the apartment of a mysterious " " . As in the previous film , the film climaxes with a final interrogation and denouement featuring all the suspects . The murderer is revealed to be ( the mysterious " " ) , who has harbored a vengeful hatred of after she passed him over and married . The case solved , and once again traveling by train , Nora reveals to that they are expecting a baby , although has to be prodded into putting the " clues " together and she comments : " And you call yourself a detective . "

In 1773 , young English beauty ( ) is the new bride of the cruel and devious middle - aged Spanish nobleman Marquis Don Luis ( ) . However , she is pregnant by ( ) , the man she loved before being forced to marry . After the marquis learns of his wife 's affair , Don takes her across Europe but tracks them down at an inn , where Don treacherously kills him in a sword duel . 
 Months later , dies giving birth to her son at a chalet in the Alps in northern Italy . Don leaves the infant in the foundling wheel of a convent near the port city of Leghorn ( Livorno ) , Italy , where the nuns christen him because he was found on January 17 , the feast day of St. Anthony the Great . Don lies to 's father , wealthy Leghorn - based merchant ( ) , telling him that the infant is also dead . Ten years later , completely by coincidence , ( ) is apprenticed to , his real grandfather , who discovers his relationship to the boy but keeps it a secret from him . He gives the boy the surname in acknowledgement of the difficult life he has led . 
 As an adult , ( ) falls in love with ( ) , the cook 's daughter , and the couple we d. Soon after the ceremony , is asked by to depart for Havana to save 's fortune from a laggard debtor , the merchant trading firm Gallego & Sons . On the day his ship is supposed to set sail , he and are supposed to meet at the convent before departing together , but she arrives first while he is late . Unable to wait any longer , she leaves a note outside the convent to inform him that she is leaving for Rome with her opera company . But the note leaves is blown away , and he is unaware that she has gone to Rome . Confused and upset , he departs on the ship without her . Meanwhile , assuming he has abandoned her , she departs and continues her career as an opera singer . 
 Learning that has quit Havana , leaves to take control of Gallego & Sons ' only remaining asset — a slave trading post on the Pongo River in Africa . Three years in the slave trade ( so he can recover 's debt ) corrupts him , and he takes slave girl into his bed . eventually is redeemed by his friendship with Brother ( ) . After the monk is crucified and killed by the natives , returns to Italy to find has died . His housekeeper , ( ) ( longtime co - conspirator and now wife ) , has inherited 's fortune . reaches Paris to rectify the situation and claim his inheritance . 
 In Paris , is reunited with his friend , prominent banker ( ) , whom he saves from bankruptcy by giving him his fortune , having learned from Brother that " there 's something besides money and power " . Through the intercession of impresario ( ) , finds and discovers she bore him a son . His wife fails to reveal she is now , a famous opera star and the mistress of ] When learns her secret , she sends him their son , stating that he is better suited to raise the boy . departs for America with his son , ( ) , in search of a better life .

Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Woods, Anita Louise, Edmund Gwenn, Claude Rains, Louis Hayward, Gale Sondergaard (Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress)

Seaman " ( ) and ( ) are former dance partners , now separated , with in the Navy and working as a dance hostess in a San Francisco ballroom , Paradise . 
 visits the ballroom with his Navy buddy " " ( ) during a period of liberty , reuniting with ( but costing her job ) , while is initially attracted to 's sister ( ) . When begins to talk about marriage , quickly diverts his attention towards a friend of 's , ( ) , a divorced socialite . 
 The sailors return to sea while seeks to raise money to salvage her deceased sea - captain father 's sailing ship . When the boys return to San Francisco , attempts to get a job in a Broadway show , but fails amidst a flurry of mistaken identities and misunderstandings . He redeems himself by staging a benefit show which raises the final seven hundred dollars needed to refurbish the ship – although he has to jump ship in order to do so . , now a Chief Petty Officer , is ordered to locate and arrest him , but allows to complete the show . 
 After the concert , and are offered a show on Broadway , which accepts on the proviso that asks him to marry her . Of course , he first has to be sent to the Brig and take his punishment .

En route to meet his fiancée , ( ) , gas station owner ( ) is arrested on flimsy circumstantial evidence for the kidnapping of a child . Gossip soon travels around the small town , growing more distorted through each retelling , until a mob gathers at the jail . When the resolute sheriff ( ) refuses to give up his prisoner , the enraged townspeople burn down the building , two of them also throwing dynamite into the flames as they flee the scene . Unknown to anyone else there , the blast frees , but kills his little dog , who had run in to comfort him in the cell . 
 The district attorney ( ) brings the main perpetrators to trial for murder , but nobody is willing to identify the guilty , and several provide false alibis . The case seems hopeless , but then the prosecutor produces hard evidence : newsreel footage of twenty - two people caught in the act . 
 However , is troubled by one piece of evidence . The defense attorney had tried to get his clients off by claiming that there was no proof was killed , but an anonymous letter writer had returned a partially melted ring belonging to . notices that a word is misspelled just as used to spell it . 
 She discovers that escaped the fire and that 's brothers are helping him get his revenge by concealing his survival and framing the defendants for his murder . She goes to see and pleads with him to stop the charade , but he is determined to make his would - be killers pay . However , his conscience starts preying on him and , in the end , just as the verdicts are being read , he walks into the courtroom and sets things straight .

Wealthy ( ) is falsely accused of breaking up a marriage and sues the New York Evening Star newspaper for $ 5,000,000 for libel . ( ) , the managing editor , turns in desperation to former reporter and suave ladies ' man ( ) for help . 's scheme is to maneuver into being alone with him when his wife shows up , so that the suit will have to be dropped . is not married , so volunteers his long - suffering fiancée , ( ) , to marry in name only , over her loud protests . 
 arranges to return to America from England on the same ocean liner as and her father ( ) . He pays some men to pose as reporters and harass at the dock , so that he can " rescue " her and become acquainted . On the voyage , initially treats him with contempt , assuming that he is just the latest in a long line of fortune hunters after her money , but gradually overcomes her suspicions . 
 Complications arise when and actually fall in love . They get married , but decides that she prefers to a marriage - averse newspaperman and interrupts their honeymoon to reclaim her husband . reveals that he found out that ' Yucatán divorce was not valid , but states she got a second divorce in Reno , so she and are actually man and wife . Fortunately , and manage to show that she really loves .

( ) , by assuming her throne as Queen of Scotland , strikes terror into the heart of Queen ( ) . After languishing in jail for 18 years at 's command , is offered a pardon if she will sign away her throne . Will she accept the deal , or die instead?[6 ]

Modern Times portrays in his persona as a factory worker employed on an assembly line . There , he is subjected to such indignities as being force - fed by a malfunctioning " feeding machine " and an accelerating assembly line where he screws nuts at an ever - increasing rate onto pieces of machinery . He finally suffers a nervous breakdown and runs amok , throwing the factory into chaos . He is sent to a hospital . Following his recovery , the now unemployed factory worker is mistakenly arrested as an instigator in a Communist demonstration . In jail , he accidentally ingests smuggled cocaine , mistaking it for salt . In his subsequent delirium , he avoids being put back in his cell . When he returns , he stumbles upon a jailbreak and knocks the convicts unconscious . He is hailed as a hero and given special treatment . When he is informed that he will soon be released due to his heroic actions , he argues unsuccessfully that he prefers it in jail . 
 Outside of jail , he applies for a new job but leaves after causing an accident . He runs into a recently orphaned girl , ( ) , who is fleeing the police after stealing a loaf of bread . Determined to go back to jail and to save the girl , he tells police that he is the thief and ought to be arrested . A witness reveals his deception and he is freed . To get arrested again , he eats an enormous amount of food at a cafeteria without paying . He meets up with in a paddy wagon , which crashes , and she convinces him to escape with her . Dreaming of a better life , he gets a job as a night watchman at a department store , sneaks into the store , and encounters three burglars : one of whom is " Big " , a fellow worker from the factory at the beginning of the film , who explains that they are hungry and desperate . After sharing drinks with them , he wakes up the next morning during opening hours and is arrested once more . 
 Ten days later , takes him to a new home – a run - down shack that she admits " is n't Buckingham Palace " but will do . The next morning , the factory worker reads about an old factory re - opening and lands a job there as a mechanic 's assistant . His boss accidentally falls into the machinery , but the worker manages to extricate him . The other workers suddenly decide to go on strike . Outside , the worker accidentally launches a brick at a policeman and is arrested again . 
 Two weeks later , he is released and learns that is a café dancer . She gets him a job as a singer and waiter , where he goes about his duties rather clumsily . During his floor show , he loses his cuffs , which bear the lyrics to his song , but he rescues the act by improvising the lyrics using gibberish from multiple languages , plus some pantomiming . His act proves a hit . When police arrive to arrest for her earlier escape , the two flee again . despairs that there 's no point to their struggling , but the factory worker assures her that they 'll make it somehow . At a bright dawn , they walk down the road towards an uncertain but hopeful future .

During the Great Depression , ( ) , the co - owner of a tallow works , part - time greeting card poet , and tuba - playing inhabitant of the ( fictional ) hamlet of Mandrake Falls , Vermont , inherits 20 million dollars from his late uncle , . 's scheming attorney , ( ) , locates and takes him to New York City . gives his cynical troubleshooter , ex - newspaperman ( ) , the task of keeping reporters away from . is outfoxed , however , by star reporter ( ) , who appeals to ' romantic fantasy of rescuing a damsel in distress by masquerading as a poor worker named . She pretends to faint from exhaustion after " walking all day to find a job " and worms her way into his confidence . proceeds to write a series of enormously popular articles mocking 's hick ways and odd behavior , giving him the nickname " Cinderella Man " . 
 tries to get ' power of attorney in order to keep his own financial misdeeds secret . , however , proves to be a shrewd judge of character , easily fending off and other greedy opportunists . He wins 's wholehearted respect and eventually 's love . She quits her job in shame , but before she can tell the truth about herself , finds it out and tells . is left heartbroken , and , in disgust , he decides to return to Mandrake Falls . 
 After he has packed and is about to leave , a dispossessed farmer ( ) stomps into his mansion and threatens him with a gun . He expresses his scorn for the seemingly heartless , ultra - rich man , who will not lift a finger to help the multitudes of desperate poor . After the intruder comes to his senses , realizes what he can do with his troublesome fortune . He decides to provide fully equipped 10 - acre farms free to thousands of homeless families if they will work the land for three years . 
 Alarmed at the prospect of losing control of the fortune , joins forces with ' only other relative ( and the man 's grasping , domineering wife ) in seeking to have declared mentally incompetent . Along with 's betrayal , this finally breaks ' spirit , and he sinks into a deep depression . A sanity hearing is scheduled to determine who should control the Deeds fortune . 
 During the hearing . calls an expert who diagnoses manic depression based on 's articles and Deeds ' current behavior ; he gets Deeds ' Mandrake Falls tenants , eccentric elderly sisters and ( and ) , to testify that is " pixilated " . is too depressed to defend himself and the situation looks bleak when finally speaks up passionately on his behalf , castigating herself for what she did to him . When he realizes that she truly loves him , he begins speaking , systematically punching holes in 's case — when he asks the who else is pixilated , they reply , " Why everyone , but us"—before actually punching in the face . In the end the judge declares him to be " the sanest man who ever walked into this courtroom . "[4 ]

During the Great Depression , ( ) is living alongside other men down on their luck at a New York City dump on the East River near the 59th Street Bridge . One night , spoiled socialite ( ) offers him five dollars to be her " forgotten man " for a scavenger hunt . Annoyed , he advances on her , causing her to retreat and fall on a pile of ashes . She leaves in a fury , much to the glee of her younger sister , ( ) . After talking with her , finds her to be kind , if a bit scatter - brained . He offers to go with to help her beat . 
 In the ballroom of the Waldorf - Ritz Hotel , 's long - suffering businessman father , ( ) , waits resignedly as his ditsy wife , ( ) , and her mooching " protégé " ( ) play the game . arrives and is authenticated as a " forgotten man " . He then addresses the crowd , expressing his contempt for their antics . is apologetic and offers him a job as the family butler , which he gratefully accepts . 
 The next morning , is shown what to do by the ' sardonic , wise - cracking maid , ( ) , the only servant who has been able to put up with the antics of the family . She warns him that he is merely the latest in a long line of butlers . Only slightly daunted , he proves to be surprisingly competent , although holds a grudge against him . On the other hand , considers to be her protégé . 
 A complication arises when ( ) , a lifelong friend of 's , recognizes him at a tea party thrown by . quickly ad - libs that he was 's valet at Harvard . plays along , embellishing 's story with a nonexistent wife and five children . Dismayed , impulsively announces her engagement to the surprised ( ) , but she soon breaks down in tears and flees after being congratulated by . 
 Over lunch the next day , is curious to know what one of the elite " of Boston " is doing as a servant . explains that a broken love affair had left him considering suicide , but the undaunted attitude of the men living at the dump rekindled his spirits . During lunch , has her longstanding boyfriend " Faithful George " ( ) call away to the telephone . She takes a seat at 's table and attempts to negotiate a peace with him — but only on her terms . declines and leaves in a huff . 
 When everything she does to make 's life miserable fails , plants her pearl necklace under his mattress . She then calls the police to report her missing jewelry . To 's surprise , the pearls do not turn up when 's suite is searched . Mr. realizes his daughter has orchestrated the whole thing and sees the policemen out . After they have gone , he informs she had better find her pearls herself , as they are not insured . 
 The then send their daughters off to Europe to get away from her now - broken engagement . When they return , implies that she intends to seduce . Worried , stages a fainting spell and falls into 's arms . He carries her to her bed , but while searching for smelling salts , he realizes she is faking when he sees her ( in a mirror ) sit up briefly . In revenge , he puts her in the shower and turns on the cold water full blast . Far from quenching her attraction , this merely confirms her hopes : " Oh , now I know you love me ... You do or you would n't have lost your temper . " resigns as the ' butler . 
 However , Mr. has more pressing concerns . He first throws out , then announces to his family and that his business is in dire straits and that he might even face criminal charges . interrupts with good news : he had sold short , using money raised by pawning 's necklace , and bought the stock that had sold . He gives the endorsed stock certificates to the stunned Mr. , saving the family . He also returns the necklace to a humbled , who apologizes . then leaves . 
 With his stock profits and reluctant business partner 's backing , has built a fashionable nightclub at the now - closed East River dump called " The Dump " , " ... giving food and shelter to fifty people in the winter , and giving them employment in the summer . " tells he quit the because " he felt that foolish feeling coming along again . " However , a determined tracks him down in his manager 's apartment at The Dump and bulldozes him into marriage , saying , " Stand still , , it 'll all be over in a minute . "

William Powell (Best Actor nominee), Carole Lombard (Best Actress nominee), Alice Brady (Best Supporting Actress nominee), Gail Patrick, Jean Dixon, Eugene Pallette, Alan Mowbray, Mischa Auer (Best Supporting Actor nominee)

The film opens with two men in boxing gloves and trunks sparring vigorously . One knocks the other squarely down , concluding their session . Changing out of their exercise gear , the latter dons a natty suit , the former a priest 's collar . 
 The first man is ( ) , a saloonkeeper and gambler . He owns the Paradise Club on Pacific Street in the notorious Barbary Coast . The other is 's childhood friend , Father ( ) , a Roman Catholic priest . 
 hires ( ) , a promising , but impoverished , classically trained singer from Benson , Colorado . She becomes a star attraction at the Paradise , especially for singing " San Francisco " ( a song composed for the movie , which became one of the city 's official anthems).[5 ] The club piano player , " The Professor " ( ) , can tell has a professionally trained voice . ( ) , 's good friend at the Paradise , wisely predicts that is not going to stay on the " Coast " . 
 Father makes several attempts to reform , while the other nightclub owners urge him to run for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in order to protect their crooked interests . Encouraged by Father , who believes can use the supervisor position to implement reform , decides to run for office . Despite Father 's best efforts , remains a jaunty Barbary Coast atheist , although secretly paid for the new organ in Father 's church . 
 's feelings for intensify , but complications arise when she is offered an opportunity to sing in the opera . Although she initially refuses to break her contract with , she later leaves the Paradise Club due to the overtly sexual manifestation of 's feelings for her . 
 is hired by the Tivoli Opera House on Market Street . There she becomes involved with Nob Hill scion ( ) . wants to stop singing at the Tivoli : he arrives the night of her premiere with a process server in tow to shut down the show . However , when he hears her sing he decides not to stop the opera . After her performance , visits in her dressing room . Realizing she still loves him , forwardly asks him to marry her . agrees , but their reunion is soon interrupted by , who had proclaimed his love for and proposed to her prior to the show . , seeing as competition for 's affections , is happy to tell him of their intent to marry . However , as gloatingly tells of their plans , it becomes clear that intends to take away from the Tivoli and put her back on stage at the Paradise . appeals to , but presents with an ultimatum by asking if she wants to marry him or stay at the Tivoli . 
 's choice is to return to the Paradise . Backstage , before the opening night of her return performance , she asks if they can set the date for their wedding . agrees , but wants to postpone getting married until after the election . Father drops in , and is angered by 's skimpy stage costume . He defies to put her on the stage in front of the rowdy Paradise audience . observes 's reaction to Father 's statements , and decides to leave with the priest after strikes him in the face . 
 goes back to and eventually meets his mother ( ) at her Nob Hill mansion . In a private conversation , she confesses her unworthiness , but Mrs. informs that she started out in 1850 as , a simple washerwoman in Portsmouth Square . Mrs. also empathizes that she also once had a " " in her younger days , but chose to marry the more steadfast elder . This cements 's decision to accept 's proposal of marriage . 
 It is now the evening of April 17 , 1906 . has called in some favors and had the San Francisco Police Department raid the Paradise , destroying its gambling equipment and running off the patrons . , distraught about the future of his club , ends up at the city 's annual Chickens Ball.[6 ] and are in attendance . After performances by acts from the other Barbary Coast clubs , the MC requests the Paradise 's entry . When no one steps on stage , , just having learned of the club 's closing , enters the Chickens Ball competition for the Paradise . She rouses the audience to join in a chorus of " San Francisco " , and wins . However , angrily refuses the prize money , tossing the prize cup and gold coins to the stage floor . He angrily states that had no right to sing on behalf of his club . Embarrassed , is about to leave the ball with . 
 Then , at 5:13   a.m. April 18 , 1906 , the earthquake hits the city . The city is devastated and hundreds are killed . 
 As wanders the city searching for , he comes upon , who was injured at the destroyed Hall of Justice on Washington Street . A nurse indicates to that is dying . Before he dies , tells he was wrong about his feelings toward . then walks to Nob Hill , where he sees Mrs. , who senses her son has died . ( did indeed witness the dead when wandering the devastated streets . ) She leaves the area as US Army troops from the Presidio blow up her mansion in preparation making a firebreak . 
 later meets Father , who takes him to Golden Gate Park , where there is a tent camp for the homeless . There , hears 's voice lifted in song " Nearer , My God , to Thee " with those in mourning . After seeing , falls to his knees and thanks for sparing 's life . From a distance , sees praying , and as she walks toward him , word spreads through the camp that " The fire 's out ! " As people shout about building a new San Francisco , and join the crowd ( a surprisingly multi - racial group , given the era of the film ) as they leave the park marching arm - in - arm , singing " The Battle Hymn of the Republic " . 
 The film ends with a dissolve from the smoldering ruins into the " modern " San Francisco of the mid-1930s . ( Each year when the film is shown near April 18 by Bay Area television stations , the scenes of the 1930s city are replaced with stock news footage of the city in the current year . )

Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy (Best Actor nominee)

( ) is a gambler and dancer . He is set to marry ( ) , but his friends hold him up so that he is late for the wedding . 's father phones to call off the wedding , but does n't get that message . His friends bet him that he will not be getting married , and he agrees to the bet . 's father tells that he must earn $ 25,000 to demonstrate his good intentions . 
 He and his friend " ( ) try to buy train tickets , but his friends take his money – because he lost the bet . So they hitch the first freight train to New York . Broke , they wander around the city . meets ( ) , a dance school instructor , when he asks for change for a quarter . It 's his lucky quarter and feels bad that lost it . They attempt to get it back , but is in no mood to deal with them . When she drops her things , sneaks the quarter out of her purse , and she thinks did it . 
 They follow to her work . To be able to apologize , he has to take a dancing lesson from her . She 's still furious at him . After a disastrous lesson , tells him to " save his money " since he will never learn to dance . Her boss , Mr. ( ) , overhears her comment and fires her . dances with to " prove " how much she 's taught him . Not only does Mr. give her job back , he sets up an audition with the owner of a local venue . 
 They check into the same hotel where is staying . does not have a tuxedo to wear to the audition . He tries to get a tuxedo off a drunk man , but he ends up losing his own clothes instead . They miss the audition , and gets mad at all over again . arranges another audition . He and picket in front of 's door until she gives in and forgives him . 
 But they can not audition because the club has lost their band leader , ( ) , to a casino . They go to Club Raymond where gambles to win enough to get back . Meanwhile , declares his feelings for . is about to win enough to marry , but he takes his last bet off in time ... proving he is no longer interested in her , but in , instead . The club owner bets him double or nothing and they gamble for 's contract . Upon seeing that the club owner intends to cheat , cheats as well , and wins the contract . 
 and dance at the club . They are dancing together all the time , but does not trust himself around because he feels guilty about not telling her about . He 's avoiding her , which notices , so she and her friend ( ) conspire to get and out to the country . lets slip the information about and . 
 Despite her best efforts , the two begin a romance , even as continues to woo . When shows up , tries to avoid her ; but , too late , finds out . She agrees to marry . calls off her engagement to before he can . successfully stops 's wedding . And the two end up together , much to everyone 's delight .

( ) is the spoiled son of American business tycoon ( ) . He is shunned by his classmates at a private boarding school , and eventually suspended for bad behavior . His father therefore takes his son with him on a business trip to Europe , travelling there by trans - Atlantic steamship . Mid passage , falls overboard in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland . He is rescued by a Portuguese - American fisherman , ( ) , and taken aboard the fishing schooner " We 're Here " , from Gloucester , Massachusetts . 
 is shocked the schooner 's captain , ( ) , intends fishing in the Atlantic for three more months . He fails to persuade the captain to take him back to New York nor can he convince him of his wealth ; but Captain offers temporary crew membership until they return to port . is reluctant to do real work but eventually accepts . Befriended by Captain 's son , ( ) , he becomes acclimated to the demanding fishing lifestyle . The We 're Here fills with fish they catch . 
 In the climactic race back to the Gloucester , Massachusetts port against a rival schooner , the Jennie Cushman , climbs to the top of the mast to furl the sail . However , the mast cracks and he is plunged into the icy sea . realizes that he is fatally injured because some of the rigging is entangled around his legs underwater ; he tells the captain to cut him free from the boat , knowing this will kill him . As says goodbye to , who is crying and distraught , the captain cuts the rigging around , who sinks below the water . Eventually , the schooner returns to port and is reunited with his father , who is impressed by his son 's greater maturity . The film closes with and his father commemorating at a church ceremony , before starting a sailing adventure together .

In the slums of New York , on the East River just below the Queensboro Bridge , wealthy people live in opulent and luxurious apartments because of the picturesque views of the river , while the destitute and poor live nearby in crowded , cockroach - infested tenements . 
 At the end of the street is a dock on the East River ; to the left are the luxury apartments and to the right are the slums . The Dead End Kids , led by ( ) , are a gang of street urchins who are already well on the path to a life of petty crime . Members of the gang besides include , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , the new kid on the block in search of friends . is a bit malicious with a cruel streak and initially bullies the newcomer and takes his pocket change . However , eventually lets join the gang , and he turns out to be both a loyal and generous friend . 
 's sister , ( ) , dreams of marrying some dashing , rich stranger who will save her and from this miserable life of poverty and help prevent from growing up to be a mobster like ( ) , who has returned to the neighborhood to visit his mother and childhood girlfriend . ( ) , raised on the same street as , recognizes him and warns him to stay away , but contemptuously ignores him . , a frustrated architect who currently works odd jobs , is 's childhood friend . He is having an affair with a rich man 's mistress , ( ) . Although and love each other , they know they ca n't be together because can not provide with the kind of lifestyle she desires . 
 Meanwhile , the kids lure ( ) , a rich kid from the apartments , into a cellar where they beat and rob him . When the boy 's father tries to intervene , winds up stabbing him in the arm . He escapes the police and goes into hiding . 
 is subsequently rejected by his mother ( ) , who denounces him as a murderer , and repulsed by his ex - girlfriend , ( ) , who is now a prostitute and " sick " ( a coded reference to her suffering late term stages of syphilis[citation needed ] ) . Despondent over the failed visit , he decides to kidnap the rich child for ransom to make the trip back worthwhile . sees and his accomplices planning the kidnapping and again warns him to leave . knifes him and ( ) pushes him into the river . Managing to pull himself out of the river , pursues the hoodlums , knocking out and chasing on the rooftops before cornering him on a fire escape . Among a hail of bullets , he manages to kill who falls onto the street below . 
 As the police and a crowd of people gather around 's body , the doorman ( ) recognizes as being a member of the gang that attacked the rich kid 's father and identifies him to Officer ( ) . exonerates himself by informing the police that the man was cut by , who has returned to say goodbye to before running away . 
 Meanwhile , approaches asking him to go away with her , using the reward money that he received for killing . refuses , and returns to the man whom she does n't love , but can provide her with financial security . 
 hears of 's betrayal and tries to give him the mark of the " squealer " , which is a knife wound across the cheek . Before he can do so , intervenes , and he and convince to surrender to the police . then offers to use his reward money to pay for 's defense . As , , and leave with , the rest of the Dead End Kids meander off into the night , singing " If I had the wings of an angel , over these prison walls I would fly . "

, called ( ) , is an eight - year - old Swiss orphan who is given by her aunt to her mountain - dwelling grandfather ( ) . She is then stolen back by her aunt from her grandfather to live in the wealthy household in Frankfurt am Main as a companion to ( ) , a sheltered , disabled girl in a wheelchair . is unhappy but makes the best of the situation , always longing for her grandfather . When 's body and spirits mend under 's cheerful companionship , the housekeeper ( who has tried to keep dependent upon her ) tries to get rid of by selling her to the gypsies but she is stopped by the police . is rescued and reunited with her grandfather .

It is 1935 . Before returning to England to become the new Foreign Secretary , writer , soldier , and diplomat ( ) has one last task in China : to rescue 90 white Westerners in the city of Baskul . He flies out with the last few evacuees , just ahead of armed revolutionaries . 
 Unbeknownst to the passengers , the pilot has been replaced and their aircraft hijacked . It eventually runs out of fuel and crashes deep in the Himalayan Mountains , killing their abductor . The group is rescued by ( ) and his men and taken to Shangri - La , an idyllic valley sheltered from the bitter cold . The contented inhabitants are led by the mysterious High Lama ( ) . 
 Initially anxious to return to civilization , most of the newcomers grow to love Shangri - La , including paleontologist ( ) , swindler ( ) , and bitter , terminally - ill Gloria Stone ( ) , who miraculously seems to be recovering . is particularly enchanted , especially when he meets ( ) , who has grown up in Shangri - La. However , 's younger brother ( ) , and ( ) , another beautiful young woman they find there , are determined to leave . 
 eventually has an audience with the High Lama and learns that his arrival was no accident . The founder of Shangri - La is said to be two hundred years old , preserved , like the other residents , by the magical properties of the paradise he has created , but is finally dying and needs someone wise and knowledgeable in the ways of the modern world to keep it safe . Having read 's writings , believed he was the one ; the Lama had agreed with her and arranged for 's abduction . The old man names as his successor and then peacefully passes away . 
 refuses to believe the 's fantastic story and is supported by . Uncertain and torn between love and loyalty , reluctantly gives in to his brother and they leave , taking with them , despite being warned that she is much older than she appears . After several days of grueling travel , she becomes exhausted and falls face down in the snow . When they turn over , they discover that she had become extremely old and died , as her departure from Shangri - La had restored her to her true age . Horrified , loses his sanity and jumps to his death . The porters accompanying them were earlier swept away by an avalanche , triggered by some of them carelessly firing their handguns . 
 continues on and eventually ends up in a Chinese mission where a search party is sent to find him . The ordeal has caused him to lose his memory of Shangri - La. On the voyage back to England , he start remembering everything ; he tells his story and then jumps ship . The searchers track him back to the Himalayas , but are unable to follow him any further . manages to return to Shangri - La.

" " ( ) and ( ) are an elderly couple who lose their home to foreclosure , as has been unable to find employment because of his age . They summon four of their five children — the fifth lives thousands of miles away in California — to break the news and decide where they will live until they can get back on their feet . Only one of the children , ( ) , has enough space for both , but she asks for three months to talk her husband into the idea . In the meantime , the temporary solution is for the parents to split up and each live with a different child . 
 The two burdened families soon come to find their parents ' presence bothersome . 's efforts to talk her husband into helping are half - hearted and achieve no success , and she reneges on her promise to eventually take them . While continues looking for work to allow him and his wife to live independently again , it is obvious that he has little or no prospect of success . When continues to speak optimistically of the day that he will find work , her teenage granddaughter bluntly advises her to " face facts " that it will never happen because of his age . 's sad reply is to say that " facing facts " is easy for a carefree 17 - year - old girl , but that at 's age , the only fun left is " pretending that there ai n't any facts to face ... so would you mind if I just kind of went on pretending ? " 
 With no end in sight to the uncomfortable living situations , both host families look for a way to get the parent they are hosting out of their house . When catches a cold , his daughter ( ) seizes upon it as a pretext to assert that his health demands a milder climate , thus necessitating that he move to California to live with his daughter . Meanwhile , son ( ) and his wife ( ) begin planning to move into a retirement home . accidentally finds about their plans , but rather than force into the awkward position of breaking the news to her , she goes to him first and claims that she wants to move into the home . Meanwhile resigns himself to his fate of having to move thousands of miles away , though he too is entirely aware of his daughter 's true motivation . 
 On the day is to depart by train , he and make plans to go out and spend one last afternoon together before having a farewell dinner with the four children . They have a fantastic time strolling around the city and reminiscing about their happy years together , even visiting the same hotel in which they had stayed on their honeymoon 50 years prior . Their day is made so pleasant partly because of the kindness of people they encounter , who , although strangers , seem to find them a charming couple , to genuinely enjoy their company , and to treat them with deference and respect --- in stark contrast to the treatment the two are receiving from their children . 
 Eventually and decide to continue their wonderful day by skipping the farewell dinner and dining at the hotel instead ; when informs their daughter with a blunt phone call , it prompts introspection among the four children . Son ( ) suggests that each of the children has always known that collectively they are " probably the most good - for - nothing bunch of kids that were ever raised , but it did n't bother us much until we found out that knew it too . " George notes that it is now so late in the evening that they wo n't even have time to meet their parents at the train station to send off their father . He says that he deliberately let the time pass until it was too late because he figured their parents would prefer to be alone . objects that if they do n't go to the station , their parents " will think we 're terrible , " to which matter - of - factly replies , " Are n't we ? " 
 At the train station , and say their farewells to one another . On the surface , their conversation echoes 's comments to her granddaughter about preferring to pretend , rather than facing facts . tells that he will find a job in California and quickly send for her ; replies that she is sure he will do so . They then offer each other a truly final goodbye , saying that they are doing so " just in case " they do not see each other again because " anything could happen . " Each makes a heartfelt statement reaffirming their lifelong love , in what seems an unspoken acknowledgment that it is almost certainly their final moment together . boards the train , and and he acknowledge each other and wave through the closed window as the train pulls away . The film ends with a somber turning from the scene . A Let Me Call You Sweetheart instrumental plays into the credits .

yearns to escape the squalor of her family 's Lower East Side apartment . Hoping to move up in life , she convinces her boyfriend , , to marry her . At their wedding reception self - made shipping tycoon sees the couple and buys them a bottle of champagne . tries to impress , but impresses him more . takes to a nice apartment , then tells her that she can give up her job as a shopgirl to work in the chorus of a Broadway show , just until he gets a break . Several months later , is still in love , despite her friend 's warnings that is good - for - nothing . throws a party for the cast of the Broadway show and convinces the reluctant to go . , who has been giving parties only on the pretext of seeing , makes a pass at her , which she rebukes with a slap . Even more enamoured with her after this , he does n't hesitate to loan her a hundred dollars after she and are kicked out of their apartment . As it turns out , the apartment belonged to other people and is arrested for bookmaking . , aware of 's love for , suggests that she divorce him , marry , then divorce for a large settlement . Finally seeing what kind of man is , leaves him . Some months later , she returns the money to and they start to see each other . She promises to marry him , even though he knows she does n't love him . They later plan a European trip . goes to and warns her to carry through his idea , but when arrives , he throws out , even though he does not know the real purpose of his visit . After they marry , realizes that she loves and is completely happy in their honeymoon cottage in Ireland . They soon receive a cablegram from 's assistant , advising them that labor unrest necessitates their return to the United States . While goes to his men , hoping that they will stop their strike and save their company , confronts . He tries to blackmail her , but she says that she will leave and flee before seeing him hurt . Just before she is about to leave him , however , comes home and lies that she never loved him . then walks in and announces that is now broke and " in the gutter " just like him . He also tells about the plan for to marry and divorce him for money . then leaves and refuses to listen to 's word that she loves him . Later , however , she convinces him that she will stay by his side no matter what and that the money from the sale of her jewels will give them a new start .

( ) , an American ballet dancer billed as " " , dances for a ballet company in Paris owned by the bumbling ( ) . secretly wants to blend classical ballet with modern jazz dancing , and when he sees a photo of famous tap dancer ( ) , he falls in love with her . He contrives to meet her , but she is less than impressed . They meet again on an ocean liner traveling back to New York , and warms to . Unknown to them , a plot is launched as a publicity stunt " proving " that they are actually married . Outraged , becomes engaged to the bumbling ( ) , much to the chagrin of both and ( ) , her manager , who secretly launches more fake publicity . 
 and , unable to squelch the rumor , decide to actually marry and then immediately get divorced . Linda begins to fall in love with her husband , but then discovers him with another woman , Lady ( ) , and leaves before he can explain . Later , when she comes to his new show to personally serve him divorce papers , she sees him dancing with dozens of women , all wearing masks with her face on them : has decided that if he can not dance with , he will dance with images of . Seeing that he truly loves her , she happily joins him onstage .

is a lonely princess living with her stepmother , a vain Queen . The Queen worries that will look better than her , so she forces to work as a scullery maid and asks her Magic Mirror daily " who is the fairest one of all " . For years the mirror always answers that the Queen is , pleasing her . 
 One day , the Magic Mirror informs the Queen that is now " the fairest " in the land . The jealous Queen orders her Huntsman to take into the forest and kill her . She further demands that the huntsman return with heart in a jeweled box as proof of the deed . However , the Huntsman can not bring himself to kill . He tearfully begs for her forgiveness , revealing the Queen wants her dead and urges her to flee into the woods and never look back . Lost and frightened , the princess is befriended by woodland creatures who lead her to a cottage deep in the woods . Finding seven small chairs in the cottage 's dining room , assumes the cottage is the untidy home of seven orphaned children . 
 In reality , the cottage belongs to seven adult dwarfs — named , Grumpy , Happy , , , , and — who work in a nearby mine . Returning home , they are alarmed to find their cottage clean and suspect that an intruder has invaded their home . The dwarfs find upstairs , asleep across three of their beds . awakes to find the dwarfs at her bedside and introduces herself , and all of the dwarfs eventually welcome her into their home after she offers to clean and cook for them . keeps house for the dwarfs while they mine for jewels during the day , and at night they all sing , play music and dance . 
 Meanwhile , the Queen discovers that is still alive when the mirror again answers that is the fairest in the land and reveals that the heart in the jeweled box is actually that of a pig . Using a potion to disguise herself as an old hag , the Queen creates a poisoned apple that will put whoever eats it into the " Sleeping Death " , a curse she learns can only be broken by " love 's first kiss " , but is certain will be buried alive . While the Queen goes to the cottage while the dwarfs are away , the animals are wary of her and rush off to find the dwarfs . Faking a potential heart attack , the Queen tricks into bringing her into the cottage to rest . The Queen fools into biting into the poisoned apple under the pretense that it is a magic apple that grants wishes . As falls asleep , the Queen proclaims that she is now the fairest of the land . The dwarfs return with the animals as the Queen leaves the cottage and give chase , trapping her on a cliff . She tries to roll a boulder over them , but before she can do so , lightning strikes the cliff , causing her to fall to her death . 
 The dwarfs return to their cottage and find seemingly dead , being kept in a deathlike slumber by the poison . Unwilling to bury her out of sight in the ground , they instead place her in a glass coffin trimmed with gold in a clearing in the forest . Together with the woodland creatures , they keep watch over her . A year later , a prince who had previously met and fallen in love with learns of her eternal sleep and visits her coffin . Saddened by her apparent death , he kisses her , which breaks the spell and awakens her . The dwarfs and animals all rejoice as the Prince takes to his castle .

( ) moves into the Footlights Club,[3 ] a theatrical rooming house in New York . Her polished manners and superior attitude make her no friends among the rest of the aspiring actresses living there , particularly her new roommate , flippant , cynical dancer ( ) . From 's expensive clothing and her photograph of her elderly grandfather , assumes she has obtained the former from her sugar daddy , just as fellow resident ( ) has from her relationship with influential theatrical producer ( ) . In truth , comes from a wealthy Midwest family . Over the strong objections of her father , ( ) , she is determined to try to fulfill her dreams . In the boarding house , 's only supporter is aging actress ( ) , who appoints herself 's mentor and acting coach . 
 When sees dancing , he decides to dump . He arranges for and her partner ( ) to get hired for the floor show of a nightclub he partly owns . He then starts dating , who starts falling for him . 
 Meanwhile , well - liked ( ) had a great success and rave reviews in a play the year before but has had no work since and is running out of money . She clings desperately to the hope of landing the leading role in 's new play , Enchanted April . She finally gets an appointment to see , only to have him cancel . She faints in the reception area , the result of malnutrition and disappointment . Seeing this , barges into 's private office and berates him for his callousness . As a result , the other boarding house residents start to warm to the newcomer . 
 's father secretly finances Enchanted April on condition that be given the starring role , hoping she will fail and return home . invites to his penthouse to break the news . When shows up unannounced , sees the opportunity to save her friend from the philandering . She pretends that is trying to seduce her . It works . However , it makes things uncomfortable around the boarding house . 's landing of the plum part breaks 's heart . 
 The inexperienced is so woodenly bad during rehearsals that tries to get out of his contract with . On opening night , after she learns from that has committed suicide , decides she can not go on . tells her that she must , not just for herself and the tradition of the theatre , but also for . She does and gives a heartfelt performance . She and the play are a hit , much to the chagrin of her father , who is in the audience . At her curtain call , gives a speech in tribute to her dead friend , and and are reconciled . The play remains a success after months , but continues to board at the Footlights Club . A newcomer shows up looking for a room .

In 1923 , two youths , ( ) and ( ) , attempt to rob a railroad car carrying fountain pens . escapes from the police , while is caught and sentenced to reform school . 
 Thirteen years later , ( ) is arrested for armed robbery . His lawyer and co - conspirator , ( ) , asks him to take the blame and , in exchange , he will give the stolen $ 100,000 on the day he is released . agrees and is sentenced to three years in prison . 
 After serving his sentence , he returns to his old neighborhood and visits ( ) , who is now a Catholic priest . advises to get a place " in the old parish " , so rents a room in a boarding house run by ( ) , a girl he bullied in school . He then pays a visit to 's casino . claims to have been unaware of 's release , but he promises to have the $ 100,000 ready by the end of the week , and he gives $ 500 spending money . 
 is pickpocketed after leaving the casino . The culprits turn out to be a group of youths : ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . They admire 's reputation and criminal lifestyle so , after retrieving his wallet , invites them to dinner . While they are eating , arrives and asks the gang why they have not been playing basketball . With 's help , he convinces them to play against another team . At the match , and express equal concern over the negative influence may be having on the gang . 
 While walking home , 's hit squad makes an attempt on 's life . He survives and retaliates by kidnapping , raiding his house at gunpoint and stealing $ 2,000 and a ledger . 's business partner , ( ) , gives his $ 100,000 in full , but informs the police of the kidnapping . is arrested , but after discovering he has possession of the ledger , tells the police it was all a " misunderstanding " , and is released . learns of the kidnapping , and decides to go to the press to expose corruption in New York . tries unsuccessfully to reason with him . 
 On the radio , denounces the corruption , as well as , and . and assure that no harm will come to , but he overhears their plans to kill them both . kills and instead and , after escaping the casino , makes his way to an abandoned warehouse where he kills a police officer . A standoff ensues with other police . arrives and tries to reason with , telling him the entire building is surrounded , but takes him hostage . While trying to escape , is shot in the leg and caught . After standing trial , he is sentenced to death . 
 On the night of his execution , pleads with to show people that he died a coward by begging for mercy on his way to the death house , citing the negative influence he has had on and the gang as his reason . refuses , but on his way to the electric chair , he does start begging and screaming for mercy . Later , and the gang read of how " turned yellow " in the face of his execution , and they lose all respect for him .

Two screenwriters , and ( and ) , are in need of a story for cowboy star ( ) . When studio waitress ( ) faints in the office of producer ( ) because she is pregnant , the writers get an idea for a story about a cowboy and a baby , and cast 's unborn baby Happy in the part . The story will be the classic Hollywood tale : Boy meets girl , boy loses girl , boy gets girl . When they all leave to sell the idea to their boss , meets and is intrigued by , ( ) , a good - looking young Englishman who is an extra on one of the studio 's films . 
 is tired of having a scene - stealing baby as a co - star , and his agent , ( ) , devises a scheme to have woo in order to marry her and , as 's father , get him out of show business and into a normal life . When they hear about this , and hire , unaware that knows him , to pretend to be 's long - lost husband , 's father ; thinks it 's just an acting job , and is not in on the deception . Their plan works , and disavows any planned future with , but an wanted result is that is fired due to the scandal . 
 When their plot is exposed , the two writers are fired , and makes plans to move to Vermont to suffer and write the Great American Novel , but , whose wife has just left him , is too deep in debt to leave - so they come up with another plan . They have a friend in London send a wire to ( ) , the head of the studio , with an offer from a British studio to buy it , as long as Baby Happy is under contract . Under the circumstances , , and are all re - hired . 
 Just then , bursts into the office and asks to marry him and come to England . and try to persuade that is a no - good cheat and philanderer only after her money , but the American representative of the British studio shows up to identify him as the son of an English lord . The rep also reveals that the plan to purchase the studio is a fraud . Producer wants to fire and again , but their new contracts are iron - clad . leaves with , heading for England , and learns that his wife is pregnant .

A convicted murderer asks to make his confession on the day of his execution . He is visited by an old friend , Father ( ) who runs a home for indigent men in Omaha , Nebraska . When the prison officials suggest that the condemned man owes the state a debt , Father witnesses the condemned man 's diatribe to prison officials and a reporter that describes his awful plight as a homeless and friendless boy who was a ward in state institutions . After the convicted man asks the officials to leave , Father provides some comfort and wisdom . On the train back to Omaha , Father is transformed in his humanitarian mission by revelations ( echoed in the words ) imparted by the condemned man 's litany of hardships experienced as a child without friends or family as a ward of the state . 
 Father believes there is no such thing as a bad boy and spends his life attempting to prove it . He battles indifference , the legal system , and often even the boys , to build a sanctuary that he calls Boys Town . The boys have their own government , make their own rules , and dish out their own punishment . One boy , ( ) , is as much as anyone can handle . 's older brother , in prison for murder , asks Father to take   — a poolroom shark and tough talking hoodlum   — to Boys Town . 's older brother escapes custody during transfer to federal prison . stays , though , and runs for mayor of Boys Town , determined to win with his " do n't be a sucker " campaign slogan . 
 When the boys instead elect handicapped ( ) and reject 's shoddy campaigning , decides to leave . Only little ( ) , the Boys Town mascot , catches up with him and pulls on his sleeve , pleading , “ We ’re going to be pals , ai n’t we ? ” , nearly in tears refuses and pushes the child to the ground and tells him to go back . He then storms across the highway , and , caught in the tail wind , is too upset about his hero to think about oncoming traffic . When begins to cry , he is hit by a car , leaves , feeling guilty and hurt . He accidentally comes upon a bank robbery in Omaha and runs into , who mistakenly shoots him in the leg . takes to a church and calls anonymously , after which is taken back to Boys Town . The sheriff comes to get , but offers to take full responsibility for the boy . refuses to tell about the robbery , because he has promised not to inform on , but when he realizes that his silence could result in the end of Boys Town , he goes to 's hideout . , realizing with that Boys Town is more important than themselves , releases his brother from his promise . His cohorts want to kill , but protects him until and the boys arrive at their hideout . The criminals are recaptured and Boys Town 's reward is a flood of donations . A now committed is elected the new mayor of Boys Town by acclamation and resigns himself to go into more debt as tells him of his new ideas for expanding the facility .

( ) is a mild - mannered paleontologist . For the past four years , he has been trying to assemble the skeleton of a Brontosaurus but is missing one bone : the " intercostal clavicle " . Adding to his stress is his impending marriage to the dour ( ) and the need to impress ( ) , who is considering a million - dollar donation to his museum . 
 The day before his wedding , meets ( ) by chance on a golf course when she plays his ball . She is a free - spirited , somewhat scatterbrained young lady unfettered by logic . These qualities soon embroil in several frustrating incidents . 
 's brother has sent her a tame leopard named Baby ( ) from Brazil . Its tameness is helped by hearing " I Ca n't Give You Anything But Love " . thinks is a zoologist , and manipulates him into accompanying her in taking to her farm in Connecticut . Complications arise when falls in love with him and tries to keep him at her house as long as possible , even hiding his clothes , to prevent his imminent marriage . 
 's prized intercostal clavicle is delivered , but 's aunt 's dog ( Skippy ) takes it and buries it somewhere . When 's aunt arrives , she discovers in a negligee . To 's dismay , she turns out to be potential donor . A second message from makes clear the leopard is for , as she always wanted one . and run off . The zoo is called to help capture . and race to find before the zoo and , mistaking a dangerous leopard ( also portrayed by ) from a nearby circus for , let it out of its cage . 
 and are jailed by a befuddled town policeman , Constable ( ) , for acting strangely at the house of Dr. ( ) , where they had cornered the circus leopard . When does not believe their story , tells him they are members of the " Leopard Gang " ; she calls herself " Swingin ' Door Susie " and " ] Eventually , ( ) shows up to verify everyone 's identity . , who escaped out a window during a police interview , unwittingly drags the highly irritated circus leopard into the jail . saves her , using a chair to shoo the big cat into a cell . 
 Some time later , finds , who has been jilted by because of her , on a high platform working on his brontosaurus reconstruction at the museum . After showing him the missing bone which she found by trailing for three days , , against his warnings , climbs a tall ladder next to the dinosaur to be closer to him . She tells that her aunt has given her the million dollars , and she wants to donate it to the museum , but is more interested in telling her that the day spent with her was the best day of his life . The ladder starts swaying more and more from side to side . tells him that she loves him too , then notices her danger . Frightened , she climbs onto the skeleton , causing it to collapse , but grabs her hand and lifts her onto the platform . He then resigns himself to a future of chaos and destruction and hugs and kisses .

( ) , a self - made man who has worked all of his life , is about to marry ( ) , whom he met while on holiday in Lake Placid , New York . He knows very little about his bride - to - be , and is flabbergasted to learn that she is from an extremely wealthy family , the daughter of banker ( ) . 
 then meets 's vivacious sister , ( ) , to whom he confides his plan to take a long holiday from work to find the meaning of life . He then meets the sisters ' alcoholic brother , ( ) , whose spirit has been broken by subservience to their father . At first 's father is stunned when she tells him about her plan to marry , but he is appeased after meeting and looking into his work history . makes plans for an elaborate New Year 's Eve engagement party , even though she promised that could throw a smaller and more personal affair for and herself , one that would include only close friends . 
 On the night of the party , and upset that she did not get to throw the engagement party she was promised , refuses to come down from her favorite room in the house . When sends to get her he finds her and in the " playroom " – the one truly human room in the enormous , cold , over - built Park Avenue mansion – with 's off - beat friends , Professor and his wife ( and ) , who had gotten lost and serendipitously ended up there . The group spends a joyful time together , interrupted – just as and display a tumbling trick together – by and her father . Mr. offers a job at his bank , and reveals his plans for a holiday from work . is appalled , as is her domineering father , and , after seeing in the New Year with , and the announcement of the engagement to the assembled guests , leaves the mansion in a dark mood without saying goodbye to the family , although wishing the kitchen staff a Happy New Year as he leaves . tells her brother that she has fallen in love with , but because of her love for her sister she will keep her feelings to herself . 
 Hoping to patch things up between and , goes to see the and finds them packing their trunks for a voyage to Europe . She learns from them that is planning to go as well , and that he has asked to go with them . A telegram arrives , informing them that has turned him down . returns home , hoping to change her sister 's mind , but they argue instead . is certain that will give up his plans and return to her . Just then arrives with a compromise : he will work at the bank for two years but will quit then if he is unhappy . Mr. accepts this , and and he begin planning the couple 's honeymoon in minute detail , mixing together stops at the homes of relatives with business - related matters . This makes realize that it just wo n't work , that marrying on these terms will be more of an encumbrance on his freedom than he can abide , and he leaves to meet the to sail to Europe . 
 sees from 's reaction that she is relieved by 's decision , and makes admit that she does not really love him after all . With the way now clear , and inspired by , renounces her father 's stifling influence and declares her independence , rushing off to meet and the to go on holiday . Meanwhile , the arrive at the ship , sad that went to take the job at the bank . He surprises them and explains that he could n't go through with it , and they cheerfully celebrate together . is doing a back flip in the ship 's hallway when arrives . He sees her while in mid - handspring and falls on his stomach rather than finishing . When she greets the three of them takes her hand , pulls her down to the floor , and they kiss .

In 1852 New Orleans , spoiled , strong - willed belle ( ) is engaged to banker ( ) . In retaliation for refusing to drop his work and accompany her while she shops for a dress , she orders a brazen red one for the Olympus Ball , the most important ball of the year , though an unmarried woman is expected to wear a white dress . All of 's friends are shocked , but no one can convince her to give up her whim . 
 At the Olympus ball , and 's entrance is met with shock and disdain by all present . She finally realizes the magnitude of her social blunder and begs to take her away , but instead he forces her to dance with him . All of the other dancers leave the floor . When the orchestra stops playing at the instruction of one of the ball 's sponsors , orders the conductor to continue . and finish the dance . 
 Afterwards , takes his leave of , implicitly breaking their engagement . In a final bit of spite , slaps him in the face . Aunt ( ) urges her to go after and beg his forgiveness , but she refuses , confident that he will return to her . Instead , he goes north on business . shuts herself up in her house and refuses to see visitors . 
 A year later , finally returns , to help Dr. ( ) try to convince the city authorities to take measures against an outbreak of yellow fever . At a homecoming party planned for at Halcyon Plantation , the family 's country estate , wears a luminous white gown , and , before can stop her , humbles herself and begs for his forgiveness and a return of his love . Then introduces her to his wife , Northerner ( ) . 
 Dismayed , eggs on her admirer , skilled duellist ( ) , to quarrel with , but the scheme goes awry . 's inexperienced brother ( ) is the one who is goaded into challenging to a duel . In an unexpected twist , shoots and kills . 
 Then something happens that overshadows everything else . As Dr. had warned repeatedly , a deadly epidemic of yellow fever sweeps the city , as it had done numerous times before . is stricken and , like all other victims , is to be quarantined on an island . prepares to go along to care for him , risking her own life , but tells her that she does not know how to deal with the slaves and Southerners on the island . She begs to go in her place , as an act of redemption . agrees , but only after admits that no longer has any love for .

In 1771 Vienna , 15 - year - old is informed by her mother , Empress of Austria , that is to marry the future King of France , the Dauphin . The young princess is excited to meet her future husband and live as a queen , but the Dauphin she married is actually a shy man , more at home with locksmithing than attending parties at the court at Versailles . After they are married , tries desperately to please her husband , and after some trepidation , the Dauphin realizes he can trust and tells her he can not produce heirs . Without children to occupy her time and attention , is bored and associates with the power - hungry Duc d'Orleans , even though the does not like him . 
 On their second wedding anniversary , is insulted by Madame du Barry , the mistress of King , who gives a gift of an empty cradle with a poem critical of 's inability to produce an heir to the throne . is enraged , but the Dauphin is too weak to have his grandfather , King , punish Madame du Barry . Later , at a costume party , she meets the Swedish Count and introduces him as a member of the Russian nobility as a party game . She then wagers and loses a necklace worth 200,000 livres , which causes her mother 's ambassador , Count to scold her for her wanton behavior and disregard for the people . is irritated by the scolding , but pays the ambassador little mind . 
 On their fourth wedding anniversary , a ball is held to conciliate Madame du Barry and , but a confrontation between the two women ensues when pointedly draws attention to the Dauphin 's absence from his wife 's ball , implying that the couple 's estrangement means there will never be an heir to the throne . When responds with a cutting reference to past as a streetwalker , the infuriated countess storms out with the king at her side . then decides that the childless marriage between his grandson and is to be annulled . This decision finally drives the to defend his wife ; he pushes his grandfather into a chair and threatens to put du Barry in the Bastille . When is told she is to be sent back to Austria , she is immediately abandoned by , who was only her friend because of her role as future Queen of France . flees to the home of her mother 's ambassador , Count . There she finds , who tells her he loves her and has loved her for years — learning all he could about her from museums . 
 realizes that she has fallen in love with , but as she goes to tell the of this fact , she learns that King is dying of smallpox . The tells that he can not let her leave ; he is fond of her even if he does not love her . consents ; dies , and they become King and Queen of France . tells that they can meet at another palace to be together , but he refuses to risk ruining her reputation , and tells her to fulfill her duty as Queen . Later , she gives birth in front of an audience to a daughter , , and after that a new is born at last . 
 Some years later , when the has grown into a young boy , peasants throw stones at 's carriage while she has taken her children for a drive . She is shocked at the intense dislike displayed by the people of France . She blames for inciting them . later rejects a jeweler 's expensive and elaborate necklace , but she is framed by court insiders plotting to acquire the necklace for themselves , and the Affair of the Diamond Necklace erupts . is outraged , but tells the royal couple to abdicate the throne in favor of the under the regency of . 
 The French Revolution comes , and the royal family is taken prisoner . returns with a plan of escape , but when the tells a guard that his father is a locksmith , the King is recognized and arrested after a former priest at Versailles identifies him . The King is put on trial and sentenced to death , and spends his last night with his family , his children not realizing this is the last night they will spend with their father . is heartbroken , but is then separated from her children , put on trial and condemned to death . The , too young to understand what is going on around him , is forced to testify against his mother . The night before she is executed , goes to the prison and they pledge their love to each other , with telling him that she will never say goodbye . The next morning she goes bravely to her execution , which witnesses from a distance .

A successful banker , ( ) , has just returned from Washington , D.C. , where he was effectively granted a government - sanctioned munitions monopoly , which will make him very rich . He intends to buy up a 12 - block radius around a competitor 's factory to put him out of business , but there is one house that is a holdout to selling . instructs his real estate broker , ( ) , to offer a huge sum for the house , and if that is not accepted , to cause trouble for the family . Meanwhile Grandpa ( ) convinces a banker named to pursue his dream of making animated toys . 
 's son , ( ) , a vice president in the family company , has fallen in love with a company stenographer , ( ) . When proposes marriage , is worried that her family would be looked upon poorly by 's rich and famous family . In fact , is the only relatively normal member of the eccentric family , led by . Unbeknownst to the players , 's family lives in the house that will not sell out . 
 and his wife ( ) strongly disapprove of 's choice for marriage . Before she accepts , forces to bring his family to become better acquainted with their future in - laws . But when purposely brings his family on the wrong day , the family is caught off - guard and the house is in disarray . As the are preparing to leave after a rather disastrous meeting , the police arrive in response to the printed threats on flyers , and when the fireworks in the basement go off , they arrest everyone in the house . 
 Held up in the drunk tank preparing to see the night court judge , Mrs. repeatedly insults and makes her feel unworthy of her son , while explains to the importance of having friends and that despite all the wealth and success in business , " you ca n't take it with you " . At the court hearing , the judge ( ) allows for and his family to settle the charges for disturbing the peace and making illegal fireworks by assessing a fine , which 's friends pitch in to pay for . He repeatedly asks why the were at the house . When says it was to talk over selling the house , has an outburst and says it was because she was engaged to but is spurning him because of how poorly she has been treated by his family . This causes a sensation in the papers , and flees the city . 
 With gone , decides to sell the house , thus meaning the whole section of the town must vacate in preparation for building a new factory . Now , the companies merge , creating a huge fluctuation in the stock market . When 's competitor , ( ) , dies after confronting him for being ruthless and a failure of a man , has a realization he is heading for the same fate , and decides to leave the meeting concerning signing the contracts . 
 As the are moving out of the house , tries to track down . arrives and talks privately with , sharing his realization . responds by inviting him to play " Polly Wolly Doodle " on the harmonica that he gave him . The two let loose with the rest of the family joining in the merriment , and with taking back . Later , at the dinner table , says grace for the family and the , revealing that has sold back the houses on the block .

In this adaptation of " The Farewell Murder",[3 ] ( ) and ( are back in New York with and a new arrival - They are invited by Colonel ( ) to spend the weekend at his house on Long Island . , the former business partner of 's father , and the administrator of her fortune , desperately wants to put his well - known detective skills to work , as he has been receiving threats from ( ) , a very shady character . When is killed , seems to be the obvious suspect . However , is skeptical . He suspects there is something far more complicated going on . 's housekeeper , his adopted daughter , and various hangers - on all may have had an interest in seeking the old man 's demise .

, the circus strongman ( ) and the midget , Little Professor ( ) , are accomplices of bad guy ( ) who is trying to take over the Wilson Wonder Circus . ( ) performs a horse act in the circus . In the animal car on the circus train , and knock out 's boyfriend , ( ) , and steal $ 10,000 , which owes . 
 's friend and circus employee , ( ) , summons attorney ( ) to handle the situation . caves in when he sees the muscular , and gets nowhere with Little Professor . In order to help , he first tries to get the hidden money from 's moll , ( ) , but fails . and search 's stateroom on the circus train for the money , but are unsuccessful . 
 calls upon 's wealthy aunt , Mrs. ( ) , and tricks her into paying $ 10,000 for the Wilson Wonder Circus to entertain the Newport 400 , instead of a performance by French conductor ( ) , and his symphony orchestra . The audience is delighted with the circus ; when arrives , , who also delayed the Frenchman by implicating him in a dope ring , disposes of the conductor and his orchestra by having them play on a floating bandstand down at the water 's edge . 
 and ( ) cut the mooring rope while the orchestra plays the Prelude to Act Three of 's Lohengrin , Meanwhile , and his henchmen try to burn down the circus , but are thwarted by , , and , along with the only witness to the robbery : the gorilla ( ) , who also retrieves 's money .

Marx Brothers, Kenny Baker, Florence Rice, Eve Arden, Margaret Dumont

( ) is a young , carefree , hedonistic Long Island socialite and heiress with a passion for horses , fast cars , and too much smoking and drinking . She initially ignores severe headaches and brief episodes of dizziness and double vision , but when she uncharacteristically takes a spill while riding , and then tumbles down a flight of stairs , her secretary and best friend ( ) insists she see the family doctor , who refers her to a specialist . 
 Dr. ( ) is in the midst of closing his New York City office in preparation of a move to Brattleboro , Vermont , where he plans to devote his time to brain cell research and scientific study on their growth . He reluctantly agrees to see , who is cold and openly antagonistic toward him . She shows signs of short - term memory loss , but dismisses her symptoms . convinces her the ailments she is experiencing are serious and potentially life - threatening , and puts his career plans on hold to tend to her . 
 When diagnostic tests confirm his suspicions , agrees to surgery to remove a malignant brain tumor . discovers the tumor can not be completely removed , and realizes she has less than a year to live . The end will be painless but swift — shortly after experiencing total blindness , will die . 
 In order to allow her a few more months of happiness , opts to lie to and and assures them the surgery was a success . As he is a poor liar , is suspicious and confronts , who admits the truth . tells , " she must never know " she is going to die soon . She agrees to remain silent and continue the lie . 
 and become involved romantically and eventually engaged . While helping his assistant pack the office prior to their departure for Vermont , discovers her case history file containing letters from several doctors , all of them confirming 's prognosis . Assuming was marrying her out of pity , breaks off the engagement and reverts to her former lifestyle . One day , her stablemaster ( ) , who for years has loved her from afar , confronts her about her unruly behavior and she confesses she is dying . Their conversation convinces her she should spend her final months happy , dignified , and with the man she loves . She apologizes to , she and marry , and move to Vermont . ( Throughout the film and engage in arguments about the prospects of a colt , Challenger . insists Challenger will never make a racehorse while sees him as a future champion , and just before her death admits she was correct . ) 
 Three months later , comes to visit . She and are in the garden planting bulbs when comments on how odd it is she still feels the heat of the sun under the rapidly darkening skies . She realizes she actually is losing her vision and approaching the end . is scheduled to present his most recent medical findings – which hold out the long - term prospect of a cure for this type of cancer – in New York , and , making an excuse to remain home , helps him pack and sends him off . Then , after bidding , her housekeeper ( ) , and her dogs farewell , she climbs the stairs and enters her bedroom . She kneels briefly at the side of her bed , apparently praying , then lies down on the bed . , who has followed her , drapes a blanket over her . asks to be left alone , and withdraws . The camera focuses on the motionless as the screen becomes blurry , fades to black , and the film ends .

Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan

Saloon owner ( ) , the unscrupulous boss of the fictional Western town of Bottleneck , has the town 's sheriff , Mr. ( ) , killed when asks one too many questions about a rigged poker game . and " " ( ) , his girlfriend and the dance hall queen , now have a stranglehold over the local cattle ranchers . The crooked town 's mayor , ( ) , who is in collusion with , appoints the town drunk , ( ) , as the new sheriff , assuming that he will be easy to control and manipulate . But what the mayor does not know is that was a deputy under the famous lawman , and is able to call upon the latter 's equally formidable son , ( ) , to help him make Bottleneck a lawful , respectable town . 
 confounds the townsfolk by refusing to strap on a gun in spite of demonstrating that he is an expert marksman . He still carries out the " letter of the law " , as deputy sheriff , and earns their respect . A final confrontation between and 's gang is inevitable , but " " is won over by and changes sides . A final gunfight ensues where is killed in the crossfire , and the rule of law wins the day .

On the eve of the American Civil War in 1861 , lives at Tara , her family 's cotton plantation in Georgia , with her parents and two sisters . learns that — whom she secretly loves — is to be married to his cousin , , and the engagement is to be announced the next day at a barbecue at 's home , the nearby plantation Twelve Oaks . 
 At the Twelve Oaks party , privately declares her feelings to , but he rebuffs her by responding that he and are more compatible . is incensed when she discovers another guest , , has overheard their conversation . The barbecue is disrupted by the declaration of war and the men rush to enlist . As watches kiss goodbye , 's younger brother proposes to her . Although she does not love him , consents and they are married before he leaves to fight . 
 is widowed when dies from a bout of pneumonia and measles while serving in the Confederate Army . 's mother sends her to the home in Atlanta to cheer her up , although the ' outspoken house slave tells she knows she is going there only to wait for 's return . , who should not attend a party while in mourning , attends a charity bazaar in Atlanta with where she meets again , now a blockade runner for the Confederacy . Celebrating a Confederate victory and to raise money for the Confederate war effort , gentlemen are invited to bid for ladies to dance with them . makes an inordinately large bid for and , to the disapproval of the guests , she agrees to dance with him . 
 The tide of war turns against the Confederacy after the Battle of Gettysburg in which many of the men of 's town are killed . makes another unsuccessful appeal to while he is visiting on Christmas furlough , although they do share a private and passionate kiss in the parlor on Christmas Day , just before he returns to war . 
 Eight months later , as the city is besieged by the Union Army in the Atlanta Campaign , and her young house slave must deliver 's baby without medical assistance after she goes into premature labor . Afterwards , calls upon to take her home to Tara with , her baby , and ; he collects them in a horse and wagon , but once out of the city chooses to go off to fight , leaving and the group to make their own way back to Tara . Upon her return home , finds deserted , except for her father , her sisters , and two former slaves : and . learns that her mother has just died of typhoid fever and her father has become incompetent . With pillaged by Union troops and the fields untended , vows she will do anything for the survival of her family and herself . 
 As the work in the cotton fields , 's father is killed after he is thrown from his horse in an attempt to chase away a scalawag from his land . With the defeat of the Confederacy also returns , but finds he is of little help at . When begs him to run away with her , he confesses his desire for her and kisses her passionately , but says he can not leave . Unable to pay the taxes on implemented by Reconstructionists , dupes her younger sister 's fiancé , the middle - aged and wealthy mill owner , into marrying her , by saying got tired of waiting and married another beau . 
 , , and several other accomplices make a night raid on a shanty town after is attacked while driving through it alone , resulting in 's death . With 's funeral barely over , proposes to and she accepts . They have a daughter whom names , but , still pining for and chagrined at the perceived ruin of her figure , lets know that she wants no more children and that they will no longer share a bed . 
 One day at 's mill , and are seen embracing by 's sister , , and harboring an intense dislike of she eagerly spreads rumors . Later that evening , , having heard the rumors , forces to attend a birthday party for ; incapable of believing anything bad of her beloved sister - in - law , stands by 's side so that all know that she believes the gossip to be false . After returning home from the party , finds downstairs drunk , and they argue about . kisses against her will , stating his intent to have sex with her that night , and carries the struggling to the bedroom . The next day , apologizes for his behavior and offers a divorce , which she rejects , saying that it would be a disgrace . When returns from an extended trip to London , informs him that she is pregnant , but an argument ensues which results in her falling down a flight of stairs and suffering a miscarriage . As she is recovering , tragedy strikes when dies while attempting to jump a fence with her pony . 
 and visit , who has suffered complications arising from a new pregnancy , on her deathbed . As consoles , returns to their home in Atlanta ; realizing that only ever truly loved , dashes after to find him preparing to leave for good . She pleads with him , telling him she realizes now that it was him she loved all along and never really , but says they lost any chance at reconciliation after ’s death . begs him to stay but rebuffs her and walks out the door and into the early morning fog , leaving her weeping on the staircase and vowing to one day win back his love .

Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland, Hattie McDaniel, Butterfly McQueen

On November 5 , 1699 , washes onto the beach of Lilliput , after a storm at sea and ultimate shipwreck . Following the calm of the storm , the Town Crier ' ' stumbles across in terror and rushes back to Lilliput to warn King of a “ giant on the beach ” . But and King of Blefescu are signing a wedding contract between their children , Princess of Lilliput and Prince of Blefuscu . All is fine until an argument starts over which national anthem is to be played at the wedding . The argument cancels the wedding and starts a war . 
 After failures , tells King of the " giant on the beach " ( i.e. ) , and leads a mob to the beach to capture him . There , the Lilliputians tie to a wagon on which they convey him to the capital . In the next morning , awakens and breaks himself free ; but when they see that the invading Blefuscuians are intimidated by his size , the Lilliputians enlist his help against their neighbor , treating him with hospitality and making him a new set of clothes . 
 King , who has sent three spies , , , and , into Lilliput , orders them to kill ; whereupon the spies steal 's flintlock pistol , confiscated by the Lilliputians , and prepare to use it against him . Meanwhile , learns of the war 's cause from and , and proposes a new song that combines the two proposed by their fathers . 
 When the spies assure King that they can kill , announces by carrier pigeon ' Twinkletoes ' , that he will attack at dawn . intercepts this message and warns the Lilliputians ; but is himself captured by the spies and stuffed in a sack , who prepare the pistol . As the Blefuscuian fleet approaches Lilliput , ties them together and draws them disarmed to shore . The spies fire at from a cliff , but Prince diverts the shot and falls to his apparent death . Using 's body to illustrate his point , scolds both and for fighting ; but when they solemnize a truce , reveals that is unharmed , whereupon and sing their combined song for everyone to hear . The spies released . Both thereafter build a new ship for , on which he departs .

On the Northwest Frontier of India , circa 1880 , contact has been lost with a British outpost at Tantrapur in the midst of a telegraph message . Colonel ( ) dispatches a detachment of 25 British Indian Army troops to investigate , led by three sergeants of the Royal Engineers , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , long - time friends and veteran campaigners . Although they are a disciplinary headache for their colonel , they are the right men to send on a dangerous mission . Accompanying the detail are six Indian camp workers , including regimental bhisti ( water carrier ) ( Jaffe ) , who longs to throw off his lowly status and become a soldier of the Queen . 
 They find apparently deserted and set about repairing the telegraph . However , they are soon surrounded by hostile natives . The troops fight their way out . Colonel and Major ( ) identify an enemy weapon brought back as belonging to the Thuggee , a hostile indigenous group that had been suppressed for many years . 
 is due to leave the army in a few days to we d ( ) and go into the tea business , a combined calamity that and consider worse than death . Meanwhile , tells of a temple he has found , one made of gold . is determined to make his fortune , but will have none of it and has put in the stockade to prevent his desertion . That night , escapes with 's help and goes to the temple , which is all that had claimed . Unfortunately , they discover that it belongs to the Thugs when the owners return . creates a distraction and allows himself to be captured so that can slip away and sound the warning . 
 When gives the news , he decides to go to the rescue . wants to go , too , but points out that he can not , as he is now a civilian . reluctantly agrees to re - enlist , on the understanding that the enlistment paper will be torn up after the rescue . tries to dissuade him from going , but he refuses to desert his friends . 
 Due to miscommunication between and , the trio foolishly enters the temple by themselves and are easily captured . They manage to free themselves and take the guru of the cultists ( ) hostage on the roof of the temple . A standoff ensues . 
 When the regiment comes to the rescue , the guru boasts that they are marching into the trap he has set , with the three sergeants as bait . He orders his men to take their positions , but when he sees that they are unwilling to leave him in enemy hands , he leaps to his death in a pit full of cobras to remove that obstacle . Thugs then climb the temple and overwhelm the soldiers , and shoot and bayonet . is also bayoneted , but manages with the last of his strength to climb to the top of the gold dome of the temple and sound the alarm with a bugle taken from a dead Thug . He is then shot dead , but the British force is alerted and defeats the forces . At 's funeral pyre , the colonel formally inducts as a British corporal and reads the last lines of the poem over the body . ( Some edited versions of the film omit the four italicised lines which presumably offended the American Hays code of censorship ): 
 The film ends with a final image of spirit standing proudly and saluting at attention in British uniform .

( ) and Dr. ( ) receive a visit from Dr. ( ) , who wishes to consult them before the arrival of Sir ( ) , the last of the , heir to the estate in Devonshire . 
 Dr. is anxious about letting Sir go to Baskerville Hall , owing to a supposed family curse . He tells and the legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles , a demonic dog that first killed Sir ( ) several hundred years ago ( seen in flashback ) and is believed to kill all in the region of Devonshire . 
 dismisses it as a fairy tale , but narrates the events of the recent death of his best friend , Sir , Sir 's uncle . Although he was found dead in his garden without any trace of physical damage , Sir 's face was distorted as if he died in utter terror , from heart failure . He alone had noticed footprints at some distance from the body when it was found ; they were the paw marks of a gigantic hound . 
 decides to send to Baskerville Hall along with Sir , claiming that he is too busy to accompany them himself . Sir quickly develops a romantic interest in ( ) , the step - sister of his neighbour ( ) , a local naturalist . Meanwhile , a homicidal maniac ( ) , escaped from Dartmoor Prison , lurks on the moor . 
 eventually makes an appearance , having been hiding in the vicinity for some time making his own investigation . An effective scene , not in the original book , occurs when and Sir attend a seance held by Mrs. ( ) . In a trance , she asks , " What happened that night on the moor , Sir ? " The only reply is a lone howl , possibly from a hound . After some clever deception by , he surmises that the true criminal is , a long - lost cousin of the , who hopes to claim their vast fortune himself after removing all other members of the bloodline . 
 kept a huge , half - starved , vicious dog ( played by a Great Dane ) trained to attack individual members of the after prolonged exposure to their scent . However , when the hound is finally sent to kill Sir , and arrive to save him just in time . They kill the hound . then traps down in the hound 's underground kennel , and sends into the moor to meet . cuts his way out of the kennel and returns to the house and destroys the poison that had just given to the wounded . pulls a gun and flees . says ominously , " He wo n't get very far . I 've posted constables along the roads and the only other way is across the Grimpen Mire . " is praised for his work on the case , and he turns in .

The governor of an unnamed western state , ( ) , has to pick a replacement for recently deceased U.S. Senator . His corrupt political boss , ( ) , pressures to choose his handpicked stooge , while popular committees want a reformer , . The governor 's children want him to select ( ) , the head of the Boy Rangers . Unable to make up his mind between 's stooge and the reformer , decides to flip a coin . When it lands on edge – and next to a newspaper story on one of 's accomplishments – he chooses , calculating that his wholesome image will please the people while his naïveté will make him easy to manipulate . 
 Junior Senator is taken under the wing of the publicly esteemed , but secretly crooked , Senator ( ) , who was 's late father 's friend . develops an immediate attraction to the senator 's daughter , ( ) . At Senator 's home , has a conversation with , fidgeting and bumbling , entranced by the young socialite . 's naïve and honest nature allows the unforgiving Washington press to take advantage of him , quickly tarnishing 's reputation with ridiculous front page pictures and headlines branding him a bumpkin . 
 To keep busy , suggests he propose a bill . With the help of his secretary , ( ) , who was the aide to 's predecessor and had been around Washington and politics for years , comes up with a bill to authorize a federal government loan to buy some land in his home state for a national boys ' camp , to be paid back by youngsters across America . Donations pour in immediately . However , the proposed campsite is already part of a dam - building graft scheme included in an appropriations bill framed by the political machine and supported by Senator . 
 Unwilling to crucify the worshipful so that their graft plan will go through , tells he wants out , but reminds him that is in power primarily through 's influence . Through , the machine in his state accuses of trying to profit from his bill by producing fraudulent evidence that already owns the land in question . is too shocked by 's betrayal to defend himself , and runs away . 
 , who looked down on at first , but has come to believe in him , talks him into launching a filibuster to postpone the appropriations bill and prove his innocence on the Senate floor just before the vote to expel him . In his last chance to prove his innocence , he talks non - stop for about 24 hours , reaffirming the American ideals of freedom and disclosing the true motives of the dam scheme . Yet none of the Senators are convinced . 
 The constituents try to rally around him , but the entrenched opposition is too powerful , and all attempts are crushed . Owing to the influence of 's machine , newspapers and radio stations in 's home state , on 's orders , refuse to report what has to say and even distort the facts against the senator . An effort by the Boy Rangers to spread the news in support of results in vicious attacks on the children by 's minions . 
 Although all hope seems lost , the senators begin to pay attention as approaches utter exhaustion . has one last card up his sleeve : he brings in bins of letters and telegrams from 's home state , purportedly from average people demanding his expulsion . Nearly broken by the news , finds a small ray of hope in a friendly smile from the President of the Senate ( ) . vows to press on until people believe him , but immediately collapses in a faint . Overcome with guilt , leaves the Senate chamber and attempts to commit suicide by gunshot , but is stopped by onlooking senators . He then bursts back into the Senate chamber , shouting a confession to the whole scheme ; further insists that he should be expelled from the Senate and affirms 's innocence , to the delight of . The President of the Senate observes the ensuing chaos with amusement .

Three Russians , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , are in Paris to sell jewelry confiscated from the aristocracy during the Russian Revolution of 1917 . Upon arrival , they meet Count ( ) , on a mission from the Russian Grand Duchess ( ) , who wants to retrieve her jewelry before it is sold . He corrupts them and talks them into staying in Paris . The Soviet Union then sends ( ) , a special envoy whose goals are to go through with the jewelry sale and bring back the three men . Rigid and stern at first , she slowly becomes seduced by the West and the Count , who falls in love with her . 
 The three Russians also accommodate themselves to capitalism , but the last joke of the film is that one of them carries a sign protesting that the other two are unfair to him .

Two migrant field workers in California during the Great Depression , ( ) , an intelligent and quick - witted man ( despite his frequent claims of being " not that smart " ) , and ( ) , an ironically - named man of large stature and immense strength who , due to his mental disability , has a mind of a young child , hope to one day attain their shared dream of settling down on their own piece of land . 's part of the dream , which he never tires of hearing describe , is merely to tend to ( and touch ) soft rabbits on the farm . protects at the beginning by telling him that if gets into trouble wo n't let him " tend them rabbits . " They are fleeing from their previous employment in Weed where they were run out of town after 's love of stroking soft things resulted in an accusation of attempted rape when he touched and held onto a young woman 's dress ( not shown , but mentioned ) . 
 While on a bus en route to the new ranch , — who , because of his mental disability , is prone to forget the simplest things or phrases but can only remember about the rabbits — asks where they are going . is annoyed about this and tells him about the work cards they got at the bus entrance , which does remember , but incorrectly remembers having them in his pocket , since has both of them . After being dropped off 10 miles from their destination , George and decide to camp for the night by the Salinas River . When points to the river , he runs to the river and dunks his whole head in it , drinking from it like an animal . soon catches petting a dead bird , takes it away from him and throws it to the other side of the river for safety reasons . When hears that they are going have beans for dinner , he requests ketchup , to which responds that they do not have any . At night , as and are eating beans for dinner , requests for the same thing , with responding angrily , stating that whatever they do not have is what always wants to have . This leaves puzzled , as he forgot that first response from earlier . This also causes to have a long speech about 's ungratefulness , childlike behavior and why they had to escape from Weed . Eventually , eases the tensions by telling his favorite story about their future farm before going to sleep . 
 The next day , they arrive at the ranch near Soledad . They meet ( ) , the aged , one - handed ranch - hand with his ageing dog he raised since it was a puppy . After meeting with the ranch boss , ( ) , the pair are confronted by , the small - statured jealous and violent son of the ranch owner , who threatens to beat to a pulp because of his height , as hates men who are of large stature . To make matters worse , 's seductive , yet sadistic and conniving wife , ( ) , to whom is instantly attracted , flirts with the other ranch hands . orders not to look at , or even talk to , her , as he senses the troubles that could bring to the men . 
 One night , enters the barn in an attempt to talk with ( ) . Even when explains how her life has been during the Depression , refuses to listen to her and shuns her , saying " You got no troubles , except what you bring on yourself " and tells her to go back to the house . When this statement causes to sob , is forced to give in and let her talk . Back at the bunkhouse , offers to join with and after puts down his dog , so they can buy the farm and the dream appears to move closer to reality . appears and makes a scene in the bunkhouse as the workers mock him after he accused of keeping company with his wife . and 's dream is over - shadowed when catches laughing , grabs him from his bunk and starts punching him in the face repeatedly . Instead of fighting back , asks for help from , who tells him to fight back . Upon hearing say this , catches 's hand and crushes it , not letting go until he finds out what he did . gives an ultimatum : not to tell anyone what exactly happened . If does tell his father in retribution to get and fired , will tell everyone what happened . is told , for this reason , to say that he got his hand caught in a piece of machinery . 
 On Saturday night , everyone , except , and ( ) ( because of his race ) , are in town , enjoying themselves . asks to stay in his room and explains to him about the farm that he , and are going to own , forgetting his promise to not to tell this to anyone . gets into the conversation too , and when comes back first , he sees smoking a cigar and takes it away , guessing what had done . At that moment , enters the bunkhouse , trying to ask who crushed 's hand . When refuses to respond , callously calls the four " bindlestiffs " in an attempt to belittle them . When responds with proof of what they are going to do in the future , refuses to accept their American dream , calling him an " old goat . " When tries to get to explain what happened to 's hand ( despite the fact that he was not present ) , mentions that nobody did it , briefly leading to believe that was the one who crushed his hand . tries to explain what they are going to do in the future , and that , if keeps constantly flirting with them , she is going to cause the dream to crash . The callous refuses to listen , and , while looking for the person who crushed her husband 's hand , sees 's bloodied and bruised face , and she finds out that he is the one responsible . When tries to be kind to and to " thank " him for what he did , grabs her by the shoulder , berates her and tells her to return to the house . refuses to do so , saying that she has the right to talk to and flirt with whomever she comes across . , who happened to be standing by ' door , catches with his hand raised , with the intention to slap across the face because of her arrogance and negligence . Holding a horsewhip in his hand , silently dissuades him from doing so and to let go back to the house unharmed . 
 The next morning , confronts , who repeats the same statement gave him earlier , but because knows the truth , she taunts him , calling him " a punk with a crippled hand ! " then tells her that their marriage is over , and that she is going to be kicked out of the ranch due to her carnal behavior with the ranch hands . She continues to laugh hysterically until she starts to weep , realizing she is now done for . Before she can leave , enters the barn to pet a few of 's puppies , when she spots sobbing , after he killed his puppy by stroking it too hard . When tries to leave , knowing he should not be talking to as ordered by , she stops him from leaving and forces him to talk to her . explains to what she wanted to be before shattered her dream . When tells that he loves to stroke soft things , allows him to stroke her hair , telling him not to " muss it up . " starts to resist and scream when strokes her hair too hard . However , when tries to silence , he accidentally kills her , breaking her neck unintentionally . This puts an end to their own American dream . 
 When and find 's body , they tell the others , including , who grows infuriated . As a result , a lynch mob gathers to kill . However , and go off alone to find . tells that he has 's after he and see 's dead body . and separate and go off to find . finds him first and , realizing he is doomed to a life of loneliness and despair like the rest of the migrant workers , wants to spare a painful death at the hands of the furious and cold - hearted . After giving one last retelling of their dream of buying their own land , shoots in the back of the head with 's Luger before the mob can find him . When the mob arrives too late , only realizes what has done , and hands the to a local police officer as they leave the river .

( ) is the head pilot and manager of Barranca Airways , a small , barely solvent company owned by " Dutchy " Van Ruyter ( ) carrying airmail from the fictional South American port town of Barranca through a high pass in the Andes Mountains . ( ) , a piano - playing entertainer , arrives on a banana boat one day . After making her acquaintance , ( ) crashes and dies trying to land in fog later that day . becomes infatuated with , despite his fatalistic attitude about the dangerous mountain flying , and stays on in Barranca ( not at his invitation , as he insists on telling her ) . 
 The situation is complicated by the appearance of pilot ( ) and his wife , 's old flame ( ) . is really an alias for . He is shunned and can not find work for having once bailed out of a plane , leaving his mechanic — the brother of " Kid " ( ) , 's best friend — to be killed in the resulting crash . When is forced to ground the Kid because of failing eyesight , he is short on pilots and offers to hire on the understanding that he will fly the most dangerous assignments . accepts . 
 will secure a lucrative government mail contract if he can provide reliable mail service during a six - month trial period . On the last day of Barranca Airways ' probation , bad weather closes the mountain pass . decides to fly a new Ford Trimotor over the mountains . The Kid asks to go with him as co - pilot . When refuses him , the Kid suggests tossing a coin to decide the matter . When it lands on the floor , discovers that the Kid 's coin has two heads . still agrees to take him along . Just before leaving , tries to talk out of going . She takes his gun out of his holster and points it at him . Knowing that she can not stop him , she drops the gun on the table , but it accidentally fires , hitting in the shoulder . 
 Unable to fly , lets take his place . However , and the are unable to climb high enough ; the plane stalls and falls off . tells them to turn around , but they decide to try to fly through the fogged - in pass . They encounter a flock of condors . One crashes through the windshield , injuring the ; another hits the No . 1 engine , setting it on fire . Later the No . 2 engine also catches fire . The paralyzed tells to bail out , but refuses . He manages to crash - land the burning Trimotor in Barranca . The dies from a broken neck , but not before telling of 's valor . As a result , is finally accepted by the other pilots . 
 is torn between leaving and staying , and confronts in the hope he will ask her to stay . However , does not . Then the weather clears and has to rush off to secure the all - important contract . Before he goes , he offers to toss a coin to decide : heads , she stays ; tails , she leaves . is disappointed by his seemingly cavalier attitude . As he leaves , gives her the coin as a " souvenir . " At first she is distraught , but then she discovers that the coin has heads on both sides and realizes it was 's way of asking her to stay .

French financier ( ) is sentenced to a ten - year term in a South American penal colony for bank fraud . His wife ( ) and 's faithful servant ( ) travel to Rio de Janeiro to arrange for 's escape . But once she 's landed in the Brazilian capital , falls in love with American engineer ( ) . After his escape realizes that he 's lost his wife forever to a better man . Seeking revenge , he prepares to shoot in cold blood , but intervenes and kills instead .

In 1880 , a group of strangers boards the stagecoach from Tonto , Arizona Territory , to Lordsburg , New Mexico . Among them are ( ) , a prostitute driven out of town by the " Law and Order League " ; the alcoholic ( ) ; pregnant ( ) , who is travelling to join her cavalry officer husband ; and whiskey salesman ( ) , whose samples takes charge of and starts drinking . 
 When the stage driver , ( ) , looks for his shotgun guard , Marshal ( ) tells him that the guard is off searching for a fugitive . has broken out of prison after hearing that his father and brother had been murdered by . tells that is heading for Lordsburg and , knowing that has vowed vengeance , decides to ride along as guard . 
 As the stage sets out , U.S. Cavalry Lieutenant ( ) announces that and his Apaches are on the warpath ; his small troop will provide an escort to Dry Fork . At the edge of town , two more passengers flag down the stage : gambler and Southern gentleman ( ) and assertive banker ( ) , who is absconding with money embezzled from his bank . 
 Further along the road , the stage comes across ( ) , stranded after his horse has gone lame . Even though they are friends , has to take into custody and crowds him too into the coach . But when they reach Dry Fork , the expected cavalry detachment has gone on to Apache Wells . wants to turn back , but most of the party vote to proceed . At lunch before departing , the group is taken aback when invites to sit at the main table . offers Mrs. his silver folding cup , rather than have her drink from the canteen directly . She recognizes the family crest on the cup and asks whether he was ever in Virginia . He says that he served in the Confederate Army under her father 's command . 
 On arriving at Apache Wells , Mrs. learns that her husband had been wounded in battle . When she faints and goes into labor , has to sober up and deliver the baby with assisting . Later that night , asks to marry him and live on a ranch he owns in Mexico . Afraid to reveal her past , she does not answer immediately . The next morning , she accepts , but does not want to leave Mrs. and the new baby , so she tells to go on alone to his ranch , where she will meet him later . As is escaping he sees smoke signals heralding an Apache attack and returns into custody . 
 The stage reaches Lee 's Ferry , which Apaches have destroyed . Curly uncuffs to help lash logs to the stagecoach and float it across the river . Just when they think that danger has passed , the Apaches attack and a long chase scene follows , where some of the party are injured fighting off their pursuers . Just as they run out of ammunition and is getting ready to save Mrs from capture by killing her with his last bullet , the 6th U.S. Cavalry rides to the rescue . 
 At Lordsburg , is arrested by the local sheriff and Mrs. learns that her husband 's wound is not serious . She thanks , who gives Mrs. her shawl . then begs not to confront the , but he is determined to settle matters and as they walk through town he sees the brothel to which she is returning . ( ) , who is playing poker in one of the saloons , hears of ’s arrival and gets his brothers to join him . survives the three - against one shootout that follows and then surrenders to , expecting to go back to prison . As boards a wagon , invites to ride with them to the edge of town , but when she does so and shout to stampede the horses , letting ‘ escape ’ over the Mexican border .

John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Berton Churchill, Thomas Mitchell, John Carradine, Tim Holt

A traveller named ( ) is caught in the snow and stays at the estate of Wuthering Heights , despite the cold behaviour of his aged host , ( ) . Late that night , after being shown into an upstairs room that was once a bridal chamber , is awakened by a cold draft and finds the window shutter flapping back and forth . Just as he is about to close it , he feels an icy hand clutching his and sees a woman outside calling , " , let me in ! I 'm out on the moors . It 's ! " calls and tells him what he saw , whereupon the enraged throws him out of the room . As soon as is gone , frantically calls out to , runs down the stairs and out of the house , into the snowstorm . 
 , the housekeeper ( ) , tells the amazed that he has seen the ghost of , 's great love , who died years before . When says that he does n't believe in ghosts , tells him that he might if she told him the story of . And so the main plot begins as a long flashback . 
 The plot then flashes back 40 years . As a boy , is found on the streets by Mr. ( ) , who brings him home to live with his two children , and . At first reluctant , eventually welcomes and they become very close , but treats him as an outcast , especially after Mr. dies . About ten years later , the now - grown and ( ) have fallen in love and are meeting secretly on Peniston Crag ( because of censorship , their relationship in the film is kept strictly platonic in spite of the fact that they do kiss , while in the novel it is implied that their relationship was romantic ) . ( ) has become dissolute and tyrannical and hates . One night , as and are out together , they hear music and realize that their neighbors , the , are giving a party . and sneak to the and climb over their garden wall , but the dogs are alerted and is injured . is forced to leave in their care . Enraged that Cathy would be so entranced by the 's glamor and wealth , he blames them for her injury and curses them . 
 Months later , is fully recuperated but still living at the . ( ) has fallen in love with and soon proposes , and after takes her back to Wuthering Heights , she tells what has happened . reminds her about , but flippantly remarks that it would degrade her to marry him . overhears and leaves . realizes that has overheard , is overcome by guilt and runs out after him into a raging storm . finds her and nurses her back to health once again , and soon he and marry . 
 was thought to have disappeared forever but returns two years later , now wealthy and elegant . He has refined his appearance and manners in order to both impress and spite and secretly buys Wuthering Heights from , who has become an alcoholic . In order to further spite , begins courting 's naive sister , ( ) , and eventually marries her . The brokenhearted soon falls gravely ill . rushes to her side against the wishes of the now disillusioned and bitter , and dies in 's arms . 
 The flashback ends and we return to finishing her story . The family doctor , Dr. ( ) , bursts in , saying that he ( Dr. ) must be mad , having seen in the snow , walking with his arm around a woman . exclaims , " It was ! " and Dr. says , " No , I do n't know who it was " , and tells them that he was then thrown from his horse . As he drew closer , he found lying in the snow . The woman had disappeared and there was no sign of her , and only 's footprints appeared in the snow , not hers . asks , " Is he dead ? " , and Dr. nods , but says , " No , not dead , Dr. . And not alone . He 's with her . They 've only just begun to live . " 
 The last thing seen in the film are the ghosts of and , walking in the snow , superimposed over a shot of .

Mademoiselle ( ) , a French woman , starts teaching at an American girls school . She is confronted by the tales and gossip about her that circulate among her pupils and , thus provoked , she decides to tell them her life story . 
 is governess to the four children of the Duc de Praslin ( ) and ( ) in Paris during the last years of the Orleans monarchy . As a result of the 's constantly erratic and temperamental behavior , all that remains is an unhappy marriage , but the Duc remains with his wife for sake of their children . 
 with her warmth and kindness , wins the love and affection of the children and their father , but also the jealousy and hatred of their mother . She is forced to leave and the Duchess refuses to give her a letter of recommendation to future employers . The Duc confronts his wife and she invents alternate letters taking opposite attitudes , which in fact she has not written and does not intend to write . Her account enrages him and , at the breaking point , he kills her . 
 The Duc de Praslin is in a privileged position ; as a peer his case can only be heard by other nobles . He refuses to confess his guilt or openly to admit his love for , knowing that his fellow nobles wish to use such an admission to blame her for the murder by declaring that he was acting at her bidding . Ultimately the Duc takes poison to prevent himself from ever publicly proclaiming his love for , since he knows that would convict her ; however , he lives long enough to reveal it to another of his servants , ( ) , a kindly old man who had warned the governess to leave the de Praslin household . With the Duc 's death , the authorities accept that they have no evidence upon which to base a judgment that solicited the murder and she is released . 
 had been recommended for the teaching position " in the land of the free " by an American minister , Rev. ( ) , to whom she had expressed a loss of faith while in prison . He proposes marriage , and it is implied that will accept .

In mid - August 1939 , just before the outbreak of World War II , the editor of the New York Globe , Mr. ( ) , is concerned about the crisis in Europe , the growing power of and Nazi Germany , and the inability of celebrated foreign correspondents to get answers about whether war will ensue . After searching for a good , tough crime reporter for a fresh viewpoint , he appoints ( ) as a foreign correspondent , under the pen name . 
 The reporter 's first assignment is ( ) , leader of the Universal Peace Party , at an event held by in honor of a Dutch diplomat named ( ) . On the way to the party , sees entering the car that is to take him to the party , and runs to interview him ; invites him to ride along , but diplomatically evades his questioning . At the party , meets 's daughter , ( ) . disappears mysteriously . Later , informs the guests that , who was supposed to be the guest of honor , will not be attending the party ; instead he will be at a political conference in Amsterdam . 
 At the conference , is shot in front of a large crowd by a man disguised as a photographer . commandeers a car to follow the assassin 's getaway car . The car he jumps into happens to have in it and another reporter , ( ) , who explains that the capital letter in his surname was dropped in memory of an executed ancestor . The group follows the assassin to the countryside , where they see a windmill begin turning backwards : obviously a signal . 
 While and go for help , searches the windmill and finds a live ; the man who was shot in front of witnesses was an impostor substituted to make everyone believe was killed . The old man has been drugged and is unable to tell anything . is forced to flee when the kidnappers become aware of him . They escape with in an aircraft before the police arrive . 
 Later , back at 's hotel room , two spies dressed as policemen arrive to kidnap him . When he suspects who they really are , he escapes out the window and into room . 
 and board a British boat to England , and while a furious storm thunders overhead , he proposes marriage to her which she accepts . In England , they go to 's father 's house , where sees a man whom he recognizes as one of the men at the windmill . He informs and promises that he will send a bodyguard to protect him . The bodyguard , ( ) , repeatedly tries to kill . When the assassin tries to push him off the top of the Westminster Cathedral tower , steps aside and plunges to his death . 
 and are convinced that is a traitor , so they come up with a plan : will take to the countryside , and will pretend she has been kidnapped to force to divulge location . After a misunderstanding with , returns to London . Just as is about to fall for 's bluff , he hears her car pull up . 
 heads to a hotel where is being held with on his tail . is being interrogated using sleep deprivation to discover a secret clause in a treaty he signed . Just as he is being forced to divulge the information the organization wants , distracts the interrogators . When arrives , and his bodyguards escape , leaving behind . is rushed to the hospital in a coma . 
 England and France declare war on Germany . While , and the are on a Short S.30 Empire flying boat to America , confesses his misdeeds to his daughter . believes does not really love her but only used her to pursue her father . protests that he was just doing his job as a reporter . Seconds later , the aircraft is shelled by a German destroyer and crashes into the ocean . The survivors perch on the floating wing of the downed aircraft . Realizing that it can not support everyone , sacrifices himself by allowing himself to drown . and attempt to save him , but are unsuccessful . They are rescued by an American ship , the Mohican . The captain refuses to allow the reporters to file their story using the ship 's communications citing American neutrality , but , , and surreptitiously communicate the story by radio - telephone to Mr. . Later , back in London and now a successful war correspondent , , with at his side , describes London being bombed in a live radio broadcast to the United States , urging Americans to fortify their country and " keep the lights burning " as they go dark in the studio .

Growing up on her widower dad 's ranch , has become a big - mouthed tomboy . decides to send her off to San Antonio to a school run by his brother , . 
 and her pal show up with high hopes , but her arrogance is off - putting to other students , particularly co - ed , who schemes to make look bad . also gets blamed for campus football hero flunking a test and becoming ineligible for the big game . 
 's thinking about going home when ' sister befriends her . tutors her brother and also helps her woo handsome , a boy has been pursuing . passes the test and 's popularity soars .

( ) is a hard - boiled editor for The Morning Post who learns his ex - wife and former star reporter , ( ) , is about to marry bland insurance man ( ) and settle down to a quiet life as a wife and mother in Albany , New York . determines to sabotage these plans , enticing the reluctant to cover one last story , the upcoming execution of convicted murderer ( ) . 
 does everything he can to keep from leaving , including setting up so he gets arrested over and over again on trumped - up charges . He even kidnaps 's stern mother - in - law - to - be ( ) . When escapes from the bumbling sheriff ( ) and practically falls into 's lap , the lure of a big scoop proves too much for her . She is so consumed with writing the story that she hardly notices as realizes his cause is hopeless and leaves to return to Albany . 
 The crooked mayor ( ) and sheriff need the publicity from the execution to keep their jobs in an upcoming election , so when a messenger ( ) brings them a reprieve from the governor , they try to bribe the man to go away and return later , when it will be too late . and find out in time to save from the gallows and they use the information to blackmail the mayor and sheriff into dropping 's arrest for kidnapping . 
 Afterward , tells they 're going to remarry , and promises to take her on the honeymoon they never had in Niagara Falls . But then learns that there is a newsworthy strike in Albany , which is on the way to Niagara Falls by train .

In 1940 , while on a cruise , stodgy , overly frugal businessman ( ) gets hit on the head with an oar while rescuing a drunk ' Doc ' ( ) from the water . He wakes up and remembers that he is actually a suave conman named . 's last memory is of going to place a large bet in 1931 . 
 When the ship docks at New York , he is met by ( ) , whom he discovers is his wife . She is in the process of divorcing him to marry ( ) . They go home to the small town of Habersville , Pennsylvania . talks ( who is also a con artist ) into masquerading as a physician treating him , partly out of curiosity , but mostly because of greed , after seeing the enormous balance in his checking account . That turns out to be a dead end ( the money is only held in trust for the Community Chest ) , so he decides to swindle people using his alter ego 's sterling reputation . He sends for ( ) , who plants oil on a lot owns . 
 A complication arises when he falls in love with a second time . She however wants nothing further to do with her boring cheapskate of a husband . attempts to win back 's affections while simultaneously trying to sell the worthless land to several greedy leading citizens of the town . 
 In the end , he decides to abort the swindle , but Duke will not let him . They fight , and is knocked out by a punch . When he comes to , he is once more . leaves in disgust . When notes that one knock on the head reversed the effect of another , picks up a vase , but before she can use it , " " proves that he was only faking to get rid of .

The cartoon ostensibly stars ( voice of ) and his father , Papa Panda ( voice of ) , but it is ( voice of ) who steals the show . constantly pesters the two pandas , apparently just for the fun of it . , meanwhile , tries to sprinkle salt on 's tail in the belief that this will somehow capture the bird . To 's surprise , 's attempts prevail ( comically , the mound of salt placed on 's tail is so heavy that he can not run away ) , and in an ending very similar to 1938 's Daffy Duck & Egghead , is taken away to the funny farm — where his captors prove to be crazier than he is .

After seven years , lawyer ( ) has his wife ( ) , missing since her ship was lost , declared legally dead so he can marry ( ) . It turns out however that was actually shipwrecked on a deserted island , and has been rescued . When she returns home , she learns that has just left on his honeymoon with his second wife . 
 When tracks him down before his honeymoon night , he is at a loss as to how to break the news to . He keeps putting off the unpleasant business . Meanwhile , becomes frustrated by 's odd behavior ( especially the non - consummation of their marriage ) and calls in a psychiatrist , Dr. ( ) . Further complications ensue when an insurance adjuster ( ) mentions to a rumor that was not alone on the island , but had the company of ( ) and that they called each other " " and " " . When confronts , she recruits a mousy shoe salesman ( ) to pretend to be , but has already tracked down the real , appallingly virile and handsome ( ) . 
 tries to explain the situation to and Dr. , but they do not believe him ... until he is arrested on a charge of bigamy . In court , Judge Bryson ( ) , the same judge who had declared legally dead and also married and , annuls the second marriage . By this time , is no longer sure of 's feelings for her . asks her to marry him and return with him to the island , but she still loves . In the end , and are reconciled .

The film opens in the year 1759 with the arrival of ( ) in Portsmouth , New Hampshire . The son of a cordage ( rope)- maker and ship rigger , he returns from Harvard University after being expelled for complaining about college food and drawing an unflattering picture of the President of Harvard College . Though disappointed , 's family greets him with love , as does ( ) , the daughter of a noted clergyman . 's father ( Louis ) is less welcoming , however , and denigrates 's aspirations to becoming a painter . That evening , while drinking in the local tavern with friend ( , makes indiscreet remarks disparaging ( ) , the king 's attorney , and the Indian agent , Sir , unaware that is sitting in the next room with another official . Facing arrest for his comments , fights the two men with the help of " Hunk " Marriner ( ) , a local woodsman and friend , before they both escape into the woods . 
 As they flee westward , and stop in a backwoods tavern for something to drink . There they meet a man in a green uniform who treats them to a drink called " Flip " which is similar to hot buttered rum , after they help him with a drunk American Indian . After a night of drinking , the two men wake up at Fort Crown Point , where they are told that the man they had met was Major ( ) , the commander of ' Rangers . Needing 's mapmaking skills , recruits the two men for his latest expedition , one to destroy the hostile Abenakis tribe and their town of St. Francis far to the north . 
 Setting out at dusk , ' force rows north using whale boats on Lake Champlain . Traveling by night , they successfully evade river patrols by French forces but are forced to send several soldiers back to the fort after a confrontation with Mohawk scouts who were dismissed by . During the confrontation , a powder keg explodes which injures some of his force . However , not only sends back the injured to Crown Point , but the disloyal Mohawks provided him by Sir ( ) , and a number of his men who did n't obey orders to avoid a confrontation with the Mohawks . Although his force is depleted , the rangers move onto their objective . Concealing their boats for a much later return , the force marches northward through swampland , avoiding dry land wherever possible to conceal their movements . When informed by his Stockbridge Indian scouts left to watch over the boats that the French have captured their boats and extra supplies , revises his plan and sends an injured officer back to Fort Crown Point requesting the British to send supplies to old Fort Wentworth , where the returning rangers will meet them . 
 After making a human chain to cross an unbridged river , the rangers reach St. Francis . The force succeeds in their attack , setting fire to the dwellings and cutting the Abenakis off from retreat . When the battle is over , however , the rangers find only a few baskets of parched corn with which to replenish their dwindling provisions . Worse , as is searching the destroyed village , he comes across a prostrate suffering from a bullet wound in his abdomen . Facing hostile forces and a long march with only meager supplies , the rangers set out on their course to Wentworth , trying to evade the French and Indians pursuing them . Their initial objective is Lake Memphremagog , with the injured bringing up the rear . 
 Ten days later , ' men reach the hills just above Lake Memphremagog , where they hope to find food by stopping to hunt and fish . Encountering signs of French activity , prefers to press on to Fort Wentworth a hundred miles distant , but the men vote to split up into four parties and fan out in search of game to eat . Game proves scare , though ; worse , two of the detachments are ambushed by the French and most of the men killed . 
 After persevering through harsh conditions , and the remaining fifty men finally reach the fort , only to find it unoccupied and in a state of disrepair . The hoped - for British relief column has not arrived . Though personally despairing , attempts to rally the men , who are on the verge of collapse . As attempts to perk up their flagging spirits with a prayer , they hear the fifes and drums of approaching British boats with the supplies . Reporting that the Abenakis are destroyed , the British do ' men the honor of presenting their firearms and shouting " Huzzah " . After returning to Portsmouth , reunites with while ' Rangers are given a new mission : to find the Northwest Passage . fires them up with a brief speech telling them of all the wonders they will see while they march towards the first point of embarkation , a little fort called " Detroit . " He passes by and to say goodbye where informs him that she and are headed for London where she is hopeful he will learn to become a great painter . bids them farewell and marches down the road and off into the sunset .

explains that he is going to tell a story of a wish coming true . His story begins in the workshop of a woodworker named . watches as finishes work on a wooden marionette whom he names . Before falling asleep , makes a wish on a star that be a real boy . During the night , a Blue Fairy visits the workshop and brings to life , although he still remains a puppet . She informs him that if he proves himself brave , truthful , and unselfish , he will become a real boy , and assigns to be his conscience . 
 discovers that his wish has come true , and is filled with joy . However , on his way to school , is led astray by Honest and his companion , , who convince him to join 's puppet show , despite 's objections . becomes 's star attraction as a marionette who can sing and dance without strings . However , when wants to go home for the night , locks him in a birdcage . arrives to see , and is unable to free him . The Blue Fairy appears , and asks why he was not at school . urges to tell the truth , but instead he starts telling lies , which causes his nose to grow longer and longer . vows to be good from now on , and the Blue Fairy returns his nose to its original form and sets him free , while warning him that this will be the last time she can help him . 
 Meanwhile , across town , Honest and meet a coachman who promises to pay them money if they can find naughty little boys for him to take to Pleasure Island . Encountering on his way home , they convince him that he needs to take a vacation there . On the way to Pleasure Island , he befriends , a delinquent boy . Without rules or authority to enforce their activity , and the other boys soon engage in smoking tobacco , gambling , vandalism , and getting drunk , much to 's dismay . Later , while trying to get home , discovers that the island hides a horrible curse : the boys brought to Pleasure Island are transformed into donkeys and sold into slave labor . runs back to warn , only to discover that has transformed into a donkey ; manages to escape , only partially transformed . 
 Upon returning home , and find the workshop vacant . They soon get a letter from the blue fairy as a dove , stating that had ventured out in search of , but was swallowed by a giant sperm whale named , and is now living in his belly . Determined to rescue his father , jumps into the sea accompanied by . is soon swallowed by as well , where he is reunited with . devises a scheme to make sneeze , giving them a chance to escape . The scheme works , but the enraged whale chases them , and smashes their raft . pulls to safety in a cave before crashes into it . and are washed up safely on a beach , but is killed . 
 Back home , the group mourns . The Blue Fairy , however , decides that has proven himself brave , truthful , and unselfish , that he is reborn as a real human boy , and everyone celebrates . steps outside to thank the , and is rewarded with a solid gold badge that certifies him as an official conscience .

Mrs. ( ) and her two eldest daughters , ( ) and ( ) , are shopping for new dresses when they see two gentlemen and a lady alight from a very expensive carriage outside . They learn that the men are Mr. ( ) , who has just rented the local estate of Netherfield , and Mr. ( ) , both wealthy , eligible bachelors , which excites Mrs. . Collecting her other daughters , Mrs. returns home , where she tries to make Mr. see Mr. , but he refuses , having already made his acquaintance . 
 At the next ball , sees how proud is when she overhears him refusing to dance with her , and also meets Mr. , who tells how did him a terrible wrong . When does ask her to dance with him , she refuses , but when asks her in front of , she accepts . 
 The ' cousin , Mr. ( ) , who will inherit the estate upon the death of Mr. , arrives , looking for a wife , and decides that will be suitable . At a ball held at Netherfield , he keeps following her around and wo n't leave her alone . surprisingly helps her out and later asks her to dance . After seeing the reckless behavior of her mother and younger sisters , however , he leaves her again , making very angry with him once more . The next day , Mr. asks her to marry him , but she refuses point blank . He then becomes engaged to her best friend , ( ) . 
 visits in her new home . There , she is introduced to Lady ( ) , Mr. ' " patroness " , and also encounters again . At 's insistence , sees who asks her to marry him , but she refuses , partly because of the story had told her about , partly because he broke up the romance between Mr. and , and partly because of his " character " . They get into a heated argument and he leaves . 
 When returns home , she learns that has run away with but they were not married . Mr. and his brother unsuccessfully try to find . learns of this and returns to offer his services . He tells her that will never marry . He reveals that had tried to elope with his sister , , who was younger than at the time . After leaves , realizes she loves him but believes he will never see her again . 
 and return to the house married . A short time later , Lady arrives and tells that found and forced to marry her by providing with a substantial sum of money . She also tells her that she can strip of his wealth if he marries against her wishes . She demands that promise that she will never become engaged to . refuses . Lady leaves in a huff and meets with outside who had sent her to see to find out if he would be welcomed by her . After Lady 's report , comes in and he and proclaim their love for each other in the garden . Mr. also meets in the garden . The movie comes to a close with a long kiss between and and Mr. taking 's hand , while Mrs. is spying on both couples and seeing how her other daughters have found good suitors .

An unnamed naïve young woman ( ) is in Monte Carlo working as a paid companion to ( ) when she meets the aristocratic widower ( ) . They fall in love , and within two weeks they are married . The young woman is now the second " Mrs. de Winter . " 
 takes his new bride back to Manderley , his large country house in Cornwall . The housekeeper Mrs. ( ) is domineering and cold , and is obsessed with the beauty , intelligence and sophistication of 's dead wife , the first Mrs. de Winter , preserving her former bedroom , the master suite , as a shrine . Although dead , 's presence is pervasive : Several things throughout the house - stationery , handkerchiefs , bed linens , even the master bedroom door - bear her ornate " R " or " R de W " monogram . As her closest confidant , Mrs. regularly comments on 's exceptional grace and style . When asked what was like , ( ) , Maxim 's best friend and manager of the estate , absent - mindedly tells the new Mrs. de Winter that was an exceptional beauty . 
 The new Mrs. de Winter is intimidated by her responsibilities and begins to doubt her relationship with her husband . The continuous reminders of overwhelm her ; she believes that is still deeply in love with his first wife . She also discovers that her husband sometimes becomes very angry at her for apparently insignificant actions . She also meets 's so - called " favorite cousin " , ( ) , who visits the house while is away . 
 Trying to be the perfect wife , the young Mrs. de Winter convinces to hold a costume party , as he had done with . She wants to plan her own costume , but Mrs. suggests she copy the beautiful outfit in the portrait of Lady , an ancestor of . At the party , when the costume is revealed , is appalled ; wore the same outfit at the ball a year ago , shortly before her death . 
 Mrs. de Winter confronts , who tells her she can never take 's place , and almost manages to convince her to jump to her death . An airborne flare reveals that a ship has hit the rocks . Mrs. de Winter rushes outside , where she hears that , during the rescue , a sunken boat has been found with 's body in it . 
 admits to his new wife that he had earlier misidentified another body as in order to conceal the truth . His first marriage , until now viewed by the world as ideal , was in fact a sham . At the very beginning of their marriage , had told she intended to continue the scandalous life she had previously lived . He hated her for this , but they agreed to an arrangement : In public , she would pretend to be the perfect wife and hostess , and he would ignore 's private , wanton lifestyle . However , grew careless , including an ongoing affair with . One night , told she was pregnant with a child that was not his . Laughing at 's dismay , proclaimed that the child , presumed to be a boy and legally 's son , would thus inherit his beloved estate Manderley . During the ensuing heated argument she fell , hit her head and died . took the body out in her boat , which he then scuttled . 
 Now assured of her husband 's love for her and not his first wife , the second Mrs. de Winter sheds the remnants of her girlish innocence . She begins to coach her husband how to conceal the mode of 's death from the authorities . In the police investigation , deliberate damage to the boat points to suicide . However , shows a note from , which appears to prove that she was not suicidal ; tries to blackmail . tells the police , and then falls under suspicion of murder . The investigation reveals 's secret visit to a London doctor ( ) , which assumes was due to her illicit pregnancy . But the police interview with the doctor establishes that was not actually pregnant ; the doctor had told that she was suffering from a late - stage cancer instead . 
 The coroner renders a finding of suicide . Only , , and his wife know the full story : that told she was pregnant with another man 's child in order to try to goad him into killing her , an indirect means of suicide that also would have ensured her husband 's ruination and possible execution . 
 As returns home from London to Manderley , he sees that the manor is on fire , set ablaze by the deranged Mrs. . The second Mrs. de Winter and the staff escape the blaze , but is killed when a ceiling collapses on her . Finally , a silk nightdress case on 's bed , with a beautifully embroidered " R"—Rebecca 's proud emblem of ownership — is consumed by flames .

In London in 1813 , a Swiss father , ( ) , wishes to escape the influence of the superficial profligacy of London on his family . His eldest son , ( ) , is obsessed with , whom he considers his hero . His middle son , ( ) , is a foolish dandy who cares only about fashion and money . And his dreamy son ( ) is preoccupied with reading and writing to the exclusion of all else . 
 sells his business and house , in order to move with his wife and four sons to Australia . They set out on a brig bound for the faraway country . Following a long voyage , the family is shipwrecked on a remote deserted island after the captain and crew are washed overboard during a storm . 
 The family members collaborate to create a home for themselves in the alien jungle environment . They gradually learn to use the unfamiliar plants and animals to create what they need to live and thrive . They have many adventures and challenges and make many discoveries . The mother ( ) , however , misses her elegant home and community in England , and wishes to somehow be rescued and return . The father slowly convinces her that living in the natural environment is better for the family and that they are meant to be there .

Brothers ( ) and ( ) are independent truck drivers who make a meager living transporting goods . convinces to start their own small , one - truck business , staying one step ahead of loan shark ( an uncredited ) , who is trying to repossess their truck . 
 At one stop , is attracted to waitress ( ) . Later , the brothers pick up a hitchhiker going to Los Angeles ; is pleased when it turns out to be , who quit after her boss tried to get a bit too friendly with her . While en route , they witness a truck , its driver asleep at the wheel , go off the road and explode in flames . When they return to Los Angeles , is reunited with his patient though worried wife , ( ) , who would rather have settle down in a safer , more regular job . finds a place to stay , and starts seeing her . 
 Just after the brothers finally pay off , falls asleep at the wheel , causing an accident that costs him his right arm and wrecks their truck . ( ) has wanted for years , but has always rebuffed her advances , especially since she is married to trucking business owner and former driver ( ) , a good friend of 's . When hires as a driver , persuades her husband to make him the traffic manager instead ( and starts dropping by the office frequently ) . 
 spurns 's advances . One night , when drives a drunk , unconscious home from a party , she murders him on impulse , leaving him in the garage with the car motor still idling . When the police investigate , she persuades them it was an accident . She later gives a half - interest as a partner in the business in a subsequent attempt to attract him . 
 Bitter over his inability to support his wife , returns to work as a dispatcher for . does a fine job managing the business , but when learns he plans to marry , she becomes so enraged , she reveals to him that she killed so that she could have him . She then goes to the police accusing of forcing her to help commit murder . During the trial , the weight of circumstantial evidence looks bad for , but a guilt - ridden breaks down on the witness stand , laughing hysterically and claiming the electric garage doors made her do it . The case against is dismissed after is determined to be insane . considers going back to the road , but , and the boys manage to convince him otherwise . He thus returns to the trucking business that he had dreamed of owning , with as his traffic manager and as his bride - to - be .

works as a page boy at a radio station located in Hollywood . His friend works in the same place , but as a porter . Their real dream is to perform as radio comedians on the air , with their own show . Unfortunately they have n't convinced anyone about their great sense of humor yet . When they try to help the station receptionist , , by setting up a false audition for the position as singer , they are almost fired for their antics . 
 The station has financial problems related to their current moody singer , and try to find a way to get rid of her . Their prayers are heard when is shot and killed during a blackout when she is rehearsing for a broadcast . 
 Police detectives and arrive at the scene , and even though they have n't found the murder weapon , they start suspecting a wannabe cowboy singer , , who tried to slip out the back door after the shooting . He was in the audience when was rehearsing before the blackout . 
 Station producer is afraid of being suspected as well , since he had an argument with not long before the shooting . He asks , who overheard the discussion , to not tell the police about it . As a sign of gratitude , promises to give a real audition for the position as singer , which is empty since is gone . 
 soon finds the weapon used to shoot , hidden in a ventilator duct . It turns out the gun belongs to , and has been used in a prior shooting by a woman named . When and audition for a comedy spot on air ( with in blackface as a disguise ) , the police come looking for . Later , is found murdered in the office of the station owner . 
 and decide to do a little investigation of their own , and search 's room to see if they can find anything . The only thing of interest is a picture of , suggesting that her real name is . is therefore suspected of the murder and arrested by the police . However , a while later she makes bail and is released . 
 discovers from a radio station in Cheyenne that the shooter was a blonde woman who fell for one of her superiors and left her husband - . Since is a true brunette , concludes that could be instead of . 
 When all the station executives are gathered in one room by the police , one of them , , pulls out a gun and confesses to both crimes . When enters the room unannounced , he accidentally knocks the gun out of 's hand and the police arrest him.[1 ]

In a mansion in Xanadu , a vast palatial estate in Florida , the elderly is on his deathbed . Holding a snow globe , he utters a word , " Rosebud " , and dies ; the globe slips from his hand and smashes on the floor . A newsreel obituary tells the life story of , an enormously wealthy newspaper publisher . 's death becomes sensational news around the world , and the newsreel 's producer tasks reporter with discovering the meaning of " Rosebud " . 
 sets out to interview 's friends and associates . He approaches 's second wife , , now an alcoholic who runs her own nightclub , but she refuses to talk to him . goes to the private archive of the late banker . Through 's written memoirs , learns that 's childhood began in poverty in Colorado . 
 In 1871 , after a gold mine is discovered on her property , 's mother sends away to live with so that he would be properly educated . It is also implied that 's father could be violent towards his son and that is another reason she would like to send him away . While and ' parents discuss arrangements inside , the young plays happily with a sled in the snow outside his parents ' boarding - house and protests being sent to live with . Furious at the prospect of exile from his own family to live with a man he does not know , the boy strikes with his sled and attempts to run away . 
 Years later , after gaining full control over his trust fund at the age of 25 , enters the newspaper business and embarks on a career of yellow journalism . He takes control of the New York Inquirer and starts publishing scandalous articles that attack 's business interests . After the stock market crash in 1929 , is forced to sell controlling interest of his newspaper empire to . 
 Back in the present , interviews 's personal business manager , Mr. . recalls how hired the best journalists available to build the Inquirer 's circulation . rose to power by successfully manipulating public opinion regarding the Spanish – American War and marrying , the niece of a President of the United States . 
 interviews 's estranged best friend , , in a retirement home . recalls how 's marriage to disintegrates more and more over the years , and he begins an affair with amateur singer while he is running for Governor of New York . Both his wife and his political opponent discover the affair and the public scandal ends his political career . marries and forces her into a humiliating operatic career for which she has neither the talent nor the ambition . 
 Back in the present , now consents to an interview with , and recalls her failed opera career . finally allows her to abandon her singing career after she attempts suicide . After years spent dominated by and living in isolation at Xanadu , leaves . 's butler recounts that , after leaves him , begins violently destroying the contents of her bedroom . He suddenly calms down when he sees a snow globe and says , " Rosebud " . 
 Back at Xanadu , 's belongings are being cataloged or discarded . concludes that he is unable to solve the mystery and that the meaning of 's last word will forever remain an enigma . As the film ends , the camera reveals that " Rosebud " is the trade name of the sled on which the eight - year - old was playing on the day that he was taken from his home in Colorado . Thought to be junk by Xanadu 's staff , the sled is burned in a furnace .

Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Everett Sloane, Paul Stewart, Dorothy Comingore, Agnes Moorehead

A flock of storks deliver babies while circus animals are being transported by train from their " Winter Quarters".[6 ] Mrs. , one of the elephants , receives her baby , who is soon made fun of by the other female elephants , who are , , , and , because of his large ears , and they nickname him " " . After locking the four elephants , Mrs. starts to cuddle . 
 When a storm comes , they have to help set up the circus tents together , including the elephants ; afterwards , they have a parade through town . However , ends up in a muddy puddle , so Mrs. has to wash him . When a group of boys torment , Mrs. responds by attacking the boys , and losing her temper in confusion . Mrs. is deemed mad and suspended in a cage . is shunned by the other elephants , and with no parent to care for him , he is now alone . , who feels sympathy for , and becomes determined to help regain his spirits , appoints himself as 's mentor and protector . 
 After being secretly encouraged by , the circus director makes the top of an elephant pyramid stunt . The performance goes awry as trips over his ears and misses his target , causing the other elephants to suffer various injuries , and bring down the big top . is made into a clown as a result , officially having the other elephants deem him no longer one of them , and plays the main role in an act that involves him falling into a vat of pie filling . Despite his newfound popularity and fame , dislikes this job , and is now more miserable than ever . 
 To cheer up , takes him to visit his mother ; on the way back , cries and then starts to hiccup , so takes him for a drink of water from a bucket which , unknown to them , has accidentally had a bottle of champagne knocked into it by the clowns as they decide to speak to the circus director about changing up 's stunt , and a pay raise . As a result , and both become drunk , and see hallucinations of pink elephants . 
 The next morning , and wake up in a tree , but soon fall into a lake ; wonders how they got up in the tree , and concludes that flew up there using his large ears as wings . With the help from a group of crows , is able to get to fly again , using a psychological trick of a " magic feather " to boost his confidence . 
 Back at the circus , performs the same stunt , which involves jumping from a high building , this time , from a much higher platform thanks to the clowns speaking to the circus director earlier . On the way down , loses the feather ; quickly tells him that the feather was never magical , and that he is still able to fly . is able to pull out of the dive and flies around the circus , finally striking back at his tormentors as a stunned audience looks on in amazement . 
 After this performance , becomes a media sensation , becomes his manager , and and Mrs. are given a private car on the circus train . The crows say goodbye to and his mother as the film ends .

On May 11 , 1941 , boxer and amateur pilot ( ) , affectionately known as " the Flying Pug " , flies his small aircraft to his next fight in New York City , but crashes when a control cable severs . His soul is " rescued " by 7013 ( ) , an officious angel who assumed that could not have survived . 's manager , ( ) , has his body cremated . In the afterlife , the records show his death was a mistake ; he was supposed to live for 50 more years . The angel 's superior , Mr. ( ) , confirms this , but since there is no more body , will have to take over a newly dead corpse . Mr. explains that a body is just something that is worn , like an overcoat ; inside , will still be himself . insists that it be someone in good physical shape , because he wants to continue his boxing career . 
 After turns down several " candidates " , Mr. takes him to see the body of a crooked , extremely wealthy banker and investor named , who has just been drugged and drowned in a bathtub by his wife ( ) and his secretary , ( ) . is reluctant to take over a life so unlike his previous one , but when he sees the murderous pair mockingly berating Miss ( ) , the daughter of a financier who was sold worthless bonds by 's bank , he changes his mind and agrees to take over 's body.[Note 1 ] 
 As , repays all the investors , including Miss 's father . He sends for and convinces him that he is ( by playing his saxophone just as badly as he did in his previous incarnation ) . With 's money to smooth the way , trains him and arranges a bout to decide who will next fight the current heavyweight champion , but Mr. returns to warn that , while he is destined to be the champion , it can not happen that way . has just enough time to tell Miss , with whom he has fallen in love , that if a stranger ( especially if he is a boxer ) approaches her , to give him a chance . Then he is shot by his secretary . While returns to a ghostly existence , 's body is hidden , with everyone believing has simply disappeared . hires a private investigator to find him . 
 Accompanied by Mr. , goes to retrieve his lucky saxophone he left on 's piano and finds the police conducting a group interrogation . , talking to himself , wanders the room looking for or Mr. . has explained about , Mr. and the body - switching , to the police detective ( ) who thinks he is a nut . manages to mentally nudge into turning on the radio to hear the championship fight and hears that has collapsed from a slight grazing punch . Mr. reveals that the boxer was shot by gamblers because he refused to throw the fight . takes over 's body and wins the title . Back at the mansion , hears one of the radio announcers mention a saxophone hanging by the ringside and seeing the saxophone gone from the room , realizes has assumed 's body . 
 races down to the dressing room . There , passes along information from Mr. that 's body is in a refrigerator in the basement of the mansion . tells the detective , who promptly has Mrs. and the secretary arrested . As , fires his old , crooked manager and hires . Mr. reveals to that this is his destiny ; he can be and live his life . 
 Healing the gunshot wound and at the same time removing 's memory of his past life , Mr. hangs around for a bit longer until Miss arrives . She wanted to see , but runs into instead . The pair feel they have met before . The two go off together , while Mr. smiles and says " So long , champ . "

An aged gangster , ( ) , is planning a robbery at a fashionable California resort hotel in the fictional resort town of Tropico Springs , California . He wants the experienced ( ) , just released from an eastern prison by a governor 's pardon , to lead the heist and to take charge of the operation.[4 ] 
 drives across the country to a camp in the mountains to meet up with the three men who will assist him in the heist : ( ) , who works as a clerk in the hotel , plus ( ) and ( ) , who are already living at the camp . has brought along a dance - hall girl , ( ) . wants to send back to Los Angeles but , after some argument , she convinces to let her stay . also is adopted by a small dog called Pard . falls in love with as he plans and executes the robbery , but he does not reciprocate . 
 On the drive up to the mountains , met the family of ( ) , a young woman with a clubbed foot who walks with a limp . pays for corrective surgery to allow to walk normally , despite her grandfather 's warning that has a boyfriend back home . While she is recovering , asks to marry him but she refuses , explaining that she is engaged to a man from back home . When 's fiancé arrives , turns to , and they become lovers . 
 The heist goes wrong when they are interrupted by a security guard . makes his getaway with , but , , and are involved in a car crash , killing and . is captured and talks , putting the police on 's trail . goes to Big Mac with the jewels from the robbery , but finds him dead of a heart attack . 
 While and leave town , a dragnet is put out for him , identifying him to the public as " Mad Dog " . The two fugitives separate in order to allow time to escape . is pursued until he climbs one of the Sierra mountains , where he holes up overnight . 
 Shortly after sunrise , trades shots with the police . He hears barking , runs out calling 's name and is shot dead from behind by a sharpshooter .

Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Joan Leslie, Arthur Kennedy, Cornel Wilde

( ) masquerades as a taxi driver for his gullible parole officer , ( ) , but in reality , he is the ruthless head of a powerful gambling syndicate . introduces him to socialite ( ) , a sociology student . and are attracted to each other , but then he discovers that she is the stepdaughter of his longtime nemesis , ( ) . As a crusading prosecutor , was responsible for sending to prison , and now as the district attorney , he has gotten an injunction preventing 's expensive dog racing track from opening . 
 decides to use as leverage against her stepfather . When she comes to see him , he has ( ) , one of his underlings , burst in and pretend to try to kill him . During the faked struggle , drops his gun . picks it up and shoots when he seems to have the upper hand . then hustles her out of the room before she can realize that the gun is full of blanks and 's blood is actually ketchup . Later , threatens to expose her as a murderer unless removes the injunction . gives in . 
 is depicted as a man without a conscience . When childhood friend ( ) gets fed up with his subordinate role in the gang and starts plotting against him , murders him without the slightest qualm . He lies to his devoted girlfriend ( ) to get her to go to Florida while he romances . ( ) , a prior girlfriend , asks him to help get her incorruptible policeman husband transferred back to his old precinct because his long commute is straining their marriage . not only lies , claiming he no longer has any influence , he also hides the fact that he got the man transferred in the first place because he would not look the other way . When ( ) , 's high society former boyfriend , becomes alarmed because is going to pieces due to a guilty conscience , he offers all his money to leave the country and take with him . can not figure out his " angle " , why he would do such a selfless thing . In fact , the only soft spot seems to have is for his intellectual , alcoholic right - hand man , ( ) , and even he is not sure why . Jeff has an insight , telling his boss that " even has to have one friend . " 
 However , when learns that intends to turn herself in , he discovers the meaning of love for the first time in his life . He confesses to her that he staged the whole incident , but she does not believe him . To prove his claim , he decides to produce a live , but has defected to 's dissatisfied partner , ( ) . manages to bring ( at gunpoint ) to , but in the process , touches off a gunfight with and his men . He kills and , but is himself shot down by a policeman on his way home after his shift , who in a twist of fate turns out to be 's husband .

Infuriated at being told to write one final column after being laid off from her newspaper job , prints a letter from a fictional unemployed " " threatening suicide on Christmas Eve in protest of society 's ills . When the letter causes a sensation among readers , and the paper 's competition suspects a fraud and starts to investigate , editor , , is persuaded to rehire , who schemes to boost the newspaper 's sales by exploiting the fictional . From a number of derelicts who show up at the paper claiming to have written the original letter , and hire , a former baseball player and tramp in need of money to repair his injured arm , to play the role of . starts to pen a series of articles in 's name , elaborating on the original letter 's ideas of society 's disregard for people in need . 
 gets $ 50 , a new suit of clothes , and a plush hotel suite with his tramp friend " The Colonel " , who launches into an extended diatribe against " the heelots " , lots of heels who incessantly focus on getting money from others . Proposing to take national via the radio , is given $ 100 a week by the newspaper 's publisher , , to write radio speeches for Willoughby . Meanwhile , is offered a $ 5,000 bribe from a rival newspaper to admit the whole thing was a publicity stunt , but ultimately turns it down and delivers the speech has written for him instead . Afterward , feeling conflicted , he runs away , riding the rails with the Colonel until they reach Millsville . " " is recognized at a diner and brought to City Hall , where he 's met by , who explains how he was inspired by 's words to start a " club " with his neighbors . 
 The philosophy spreads across the country , developing into a broad grassroots movement whose simple slogan is , " Be a better neighbor " . However , secretly plans to channel support for into support for his own national political ambitions . When a rally is scheduled , with clubs from throughout the country in attendance , instructs to write a speech for Willoughby in which he announces the foundation of a new political party and endorses as its presidential candidate . On the night of the rally , , who has come to believe in the philosophy himself , learns of 's treachery from a drunken . He denounces and tries to expose the plot at the rally , but speaks first , exposing as a fake and claiming to have been deceived , like everyone else , by the staff of the newspaper . Despondent at letting his now - angry followers down , plans to commit suicide by jumping from the roof of the City Hall on Christmas Eve , as indicated in the original letter . , who has fallen in love with , desperately tries to talk him out of jumping ( saying , , has already died for the sake of humanity ) , and and his neighbors tell him of their plan to restart their club . Convinced not to kill himself , leaves , carrying a fainted in his arms , and turns to and says , " There you are , ! The people ! Try and lick that ! "

When wealthy American expatriate ( ) is informed by her longtime lawyers that her late father swindled his partner , , out of $ 700,000 , she acts decisively . First , because is the only lawyer in the firm to be outraged by the injustice , she hires him and fires the rest of the firm . His first task is to locate all of 's heirs . It turns out there is only one : granddaughter ( ) . 
 works in Lacey 's Department Store and lives in a boardinghouse in New York City . To find out what kind of person she is , becomes a fellow tenant . also meets 's boyfriend , composer and piano player ( ) . 
 then has give a million dollars . is excited at first , buying gifts for her boardinghouse friends , and her boyfriend , who lives across the hall from her . Much to her surprise , her friends and boyfriend seem to change overnight . They are not as overjoyed at her good fortune as she imagines they would be , and rather resent her . As the last straw , her boyfriend tells her she 's and breaks it off with her . finally decides on a course of action that makes her happy , as well as those around her .

( ) and ( ) are a married couple living in New York City who , though happy , have fights that last for days before they reconcile . 
 One morning , asks if he would marry her again if he had it to do over . Although he says he is very happy with her now and would n't marry anyone else , he says he would not . 
 Later that day , ( ) , an Idaho county official , informs at work that due to a jurisdictional mishap , their three - year - old marriage license from Idaho is not valid . Since is a family acquaintance of 's from Idaho , he stops by their apartment to tell and her mother ( ) the same thing . does not mention this to . She believes he will remarry her that very night when he invites her to a romantic dinner at a fancy restaurant they frequented before they were married . 
 When they arrive at the restaurant , it has declined in quality and become rundown , and they return home . grows impatient and confronts , accusing him of not wanting to marry her again . protests and claims he was going to ask her shortly , but dismisses him and kicks him out of their apartment . 
 spends the night at his club , but when he goes home after work the next day 's maid refuses him entry . waits in the lobby and sees return with an older gentleman . Believing the man is her suitor , becomes angry and disheartened . He follows and threatens to withhold support . He gets her fired from her new job ( the older gentleman is not her suitor , but her new boss ) . tells she has no intention of ever marrying him again . 
 's friend and law partner , ( ) , tells he will talk to and persuade her to remarry . However , when arrives that evening , he finds that has instead agreed to legally represent . Jeff asks to dinner the following night in 's presence . tells that if she agrees to the date their marriage is over , but accepts the invitation . 
 After dinner , and go to the 1939 New York World 's Fair , but they become stuck on the parachute ride and are exposed to hours of rain many feet up in the air . When they get back to 's apartment , he plans to put on dry clothes and return to the fair , but feeds the teetotaler " medicinal " liquor ostensibly to prevent a cold , and he becomes drunk . returns home . 
 and begin to date seriously , and meets 's parents . They decide to take a vacation with 's parents at a Lake Placid skiing resort — the same resort where and had earlier been planning to holiday . Upon arriving at the resort , they find that has rented a cabin next to theirs . When confronted , faints . pretends to be sick and delirious while fawns over him . When discovers his deception , she becomes furious . While they argue heatedly , walks in . He knows and are meant for each other when tries to manipulate him into fighting . 
 decides she wants to get away to the lodge by ski , even though she does not know how to ski . offers to help her put on her skis , but instead places her in a position that prevents her from standing up . As she struggles and threatens him , she frees one foot , but then feigns helplessness by reattaching the ski . realizes her pretense , and silences her ranting by kissing her .

pulls from a shelf an album of records entitled " The Story of a Happy Marriage " and places the song " You Were Meant for Me " on the Victrola . , Applejack 's old friend and owner of the album , asks him to turn off the tune and announces that she is leaving her husband . 
 After glancing at the nursery , restarts the song and remembers meeting years earlier : The same ballad is playing over the loudspeakers at the Brooklyn music store where works . When the record begins to skip , passerby enters the store and meets . The two begin to date , and while at the beach one day , breaks open a fortune cookie , which reads " you will get your wish --a baby . " , a confirmed bachelor who has no patience with children , hides his fortune , which predicts a " wedding soon , " and replaces it with " you will always be a bachelor . " 
 , a reporter , changes his mind , however , when he bursts into a New Year 's Eve party with the news that his paper is assigning him to a post in Japan and asks to marry him that evening . Knowing that they will not see each other for three months until can earn enough money for 's passage to Japan , the newlyweds kiss goodbye in 's train compartment . As they embrace , the train pulls out , and as a result , stays in 's compartment until the train stops the next morning . 
 Three months later , when Julie is reunited with in Japan , she reports that she is pregnant . becomes concerned for the future of her family when she learns that has lavishly furnished their house by spending advances on his salary . Later , when inherits a small sum of money and announces that he has quit his job so that they can travel the world , , disturbed by her husband 's financial irresponsibility , goes upstairs to pack . At that moment , a violent earthquake strikes , demolishing the house and causing to lose the baby . 
 and return to San Francisco , and while hospitalized there , learns that she will never be able to have children . tries to console her by telling her that he wants to settle down and buy a small town paper , but responds that a baby is all she ever wanted . Soon after , buys the Rosalia Courier Press , and the couple moves into the apartment above the newspaper office , which is equipped with a small nursery . hires their friend to manage the paper , but despite their hard work , circulation remains low . 
 Two years later , while is working late one night , Applejack encourages to adopt a child , and when returns home , Applejack prods him into agreeing to consider adoption . When writes to the orphanage to request a two - year - old boy with curly hair and blue eyes , Mrs. , the administrator , interviews the prospective parents and later pays a surprise visit to their home . At first disapproving because the house is a cluttered mess , Mrs. is charmed by the little nursery and tells that a five - week - old baby girl is available for adoption . When and protest that they wanted a two - year - old boy , the age their own baby would have been , Mrs. assures them that this is the child for them . and consent to see the infant , and when falls in love with the baby , Mrs. allows them to take her home for a one - year probation period . 
 One year later , as the time for the adoption hearing approaches , Mrs. visits the family to update her records . When admits that the paper has gone out of business and that has no income , Mrs. solemnly caps her pen . Steeling themselves to return their baby , whom they have named , to the orphanage , bundles up the infant and proceeds to the judge 's chambers . When the judge denies the adoption , , near tears , begs to keep the little girl , pleading that she is like his own child . Moved by 's plea , the judge relents and grants the adoption , prompting cheerily to proclaim that nothing can take from them now . 
 Years pass , and 's proud parents watch their daughter sing the echo to " Silent Night " in her school 's Christmas play . When slips on a platform while onstage , she worries that she will not be allowed to play an angel in the play the following year . 
 The next Christmas , Mrs. receives a tragic letter from , notifying her of 's death after a sudden , brief illness . confides that is punishing himself for 's fate and behaves like a stranger to her . At the home , as and sit wordlessly in their living room , they hear a knock at the door . answers it and finds a mother , frantic because her car is stalled and her son is due to perform in the school play . and offer to drive the mother and child to the play , and when the car arrives to the sound of children singing " Silent Night , " gets out and proclaims that he never again wants to see anybody or anything that reminds him of . 
 's thoughts return to the present , and she takes the record off the turntable just as climbs the stairs to deliver her train ticket . At that moment , returns , despondent , but as he picks up 's suitcase to drive her to the train station , the phone rings . It is Mrs. , calling to offer the couple a two - year - old boy , who is the image of the youngster they requested years earlier . Their faith and hope restored , and begin planning a new life with their son .

( ) , a poor young man from the rural area near Pall Mall , Tennessee , is an exceptional marksman , but a ne'er - do - well prone to drinking and fighting , which does not make things any easier for his patient mother ( ) . He then meets winsome ( ) , and works night and day at strenuous odd jobs to accumulate the payment for a certain " bottomland " farm so she 'll marry him . is given an option on the bottomland by its owner as part of a gentleman 's agreement that can raise the purchase price in sixty days . On the very day payment is due , he wins the final needed amount at a target - shooting contest , but discovers the owner has reneged and , instead , already sold the farm to 's romantic rival , . drinks heavily and swears revenge . 
 Late that night , is struck by lightning during a rainstorm while en route to attack the man who had cheated him . He survives the lightning strike , but his mule is knocked down and his rifle is destroyed . Finding himself outside the church house where a revival meeting is being held , he enters and undergoes a religious awakening and vows never to get angry at anyone ever again . He makes amends with the men who cheated him out of the land , and tries to with . 
 When the U.S. declares war in World War I and is drafted into the army , he tries to avoid induction into the Army as a conscientious objector , but is denied since his church has no official standing . He reluctantly reports to Camp Gordon for basic training . Initially he is harassed because of his objector status , but his superiors eventually discover that he is a phenomenal marksman and decide to promote him to corporal . 
 still wants nothing to do with the Army and killing . Major ( ) , his sympathetic commanding officer , tries to change 's mind , citing sacrifices made by others all throughout the history of the United States . He gives a leave to go home and think it over . He promises a recommendation for his exemption as a conscientious objector if remains unconvinced . 
 While is fasting and pondering , the wind blows his Bible open to the verse " Render therefore unto the things which are 's ; and unto God the things that are God 's . " reports back for duty and tells his superiors that he can serve his country , despite not having everything figured out to his satisfaction , leaving the matter in God 's hands . 
 His unit is shipped out to Europe and participates in an attack during the Meuse - Argonne Offensive on October 8 , 1918 . Pinned down by deadly machine gun fire , the lieutenant orders Sergeant ( ) to take some men and try to attack the machine gun nests from behind . suddenly finds himself the last remaining unwounded non - commissioned officer in the detachment , and is placed in command by . 
 Seeing his comrades being shot down all around him , his self - doubt disappears . He works his way to a position flanking the main enemy trench and , as a sniper , fires individual rifle shots with such devastating effect that the Germans surrender . Then , forces a captured officer ( ) at gunpoint to order the Germans still fighting in another section of the line to also surrender . He and the handful of other survivors end up with 132 prisoners . becomes a national hero and is awarded the Medal of Honor . When Major asks him why he did what he did , explains that he was trying to save the lives of his men . 
 Arriving in New York City , receives a ticker tape parade and a key to the city . He is impressed with the Waldorf - Astoria hotel and its indoor electricity . Congressman guides him through the city and informs him that he has been offered opportunities to commercialize on his fame , all totaling around $ 250,000 . mentions the bottomland he wanted and Hull responds he could buy it with the money . rejects the offers , however , saying that he was not proud of what he did in the war , but it had to be done . He tells he wants to go home . He returns to Tennessee . The people of his home state have purchased for him the bottomland farm he wanted and paid for a house built on the land .

and are looking forward to a relaxing day at a racetrack , but when a jockey accused of throwing a race is found shot to death , Police Lieutenant requests 's help . The trail leads to a gambling syndicate that operates out of a wrestling arena , a murdered reporter , and a pretty secretary whose boyfriend has been framed . Along the way , and must contend with a wild wrestling match , a dizzying day at a merry - go - round ( accompanied by , Jr. ) , and a table - clearing restaurant brawl .

is a popular young Hollywood director of profitable but shallow comedies ( e.g. Ants in Your Plants of 1939 ) . is dissatisfied despite his success and tells his studio boss , Mr. , that he wants his next project to be a serious exploration of the plight of the downtrodden . He asks to make his next film an adaptation of O Brother , Where Art Thou ? , a socially conscious novel . wants him to direct another lucrative comedy instead , but the idealistic refuses to give in . He wants to " know trouble " first hand , and plans to travel as a tramp so he can return and make a film that truly depicts the sorrows of humanity . His butler and valet openly question the wisdom of his plan . 
 dresses as a hobo and takes to the road , followed by a fully staffed double - decker coach bus at 's request . Neither party is happy with the arrangement , and eventually persuades his guardians to leave him alone and arranges to rendezvous with them in Las Vegas later . However , when he hitchhikes alone , he finds himself back in Los Angeles where he started . 
 There he meets a young failed actress , who is just about to quit the business and go home . She believes he is truly a tramp , and buys him a breakfast of eggs and ham . In return for her kindness , retrieves his car from his estate and gives her a lift . He neglects to tell his servants that he has returned , so they report the " theft " of the car and and the Girl are apprehended by the police . Upon their release , the Girl pushes him into his enormous swimming pool for deceiving her about his true identity . However , after considering her options , she becomes his traveling companion -- disguised as a boy . 
 This time succeeds in living like a hobo . After eating in soup kitchens and sleeping in homeless shelters with the Girl , finally decides he has had enough . His experiment is publicized by the studio as a huge success . The Girl wants to stay with him , but is stymied by his complicated living situation . On the advice of his business manager , had gotten married to reduce his income tax . Ironically , he discovers that his wife cost him double what he saved in taxes . 
 decides to thank the homeless by handing out $ 5 bills , but one man , who had previously stolen his shoes , ambushes and steals the money . is knocked unconscious and dragged into a boxcar leaving the city . The thief drops the loose cash on the rails and gets run over and killed by another train while picking it up . When the thief 's body is found , they discover a special identification card sewn into his shoes identifying him as . The mangled body is assumed to be 's , and his staff and the Girl are informed of his death . 
 Meanwhile , wakes up in the rail yard of another city , with no memory of who he is or how he got there . A railway worker finds him and berates him for illegally entering the rail yard , shoving him ; in his confused state , grabs a rock and strikes the railroad worker in the head causing significant injury , for which he is sentenced to six years in a labor camp . gradually regains his memory . While in the labor camp , attends a showing of Playful Pluto cartoon . Looking at the pure joy in the audience 's faces , realizes that comedy can do more good for the poor than his proposed social drama , O Brother , Where Art Thou ? . 
 But still has a problem – he can not convince anybody at the labor camp that he is or communicate with the world outside the labor camp . Finally , he comes up with a solution : he confesses to being his own killer as his unsolved killing was on the front page of a newspaper someone brought into the labor camp . When his picture makes the front page of the newspapers , the Girl recognizes him and tells the studio executives where he is and the studio executives get him released . His " widow " had already taken up with his crooked business manager , so he can now divorce her and be reunited with the . A montage of happily laughing faces ends the film .

In 1938 , handsome , irresponsible playboy ( ) meets dowdy ( ) on a train in England and charms her into eloping despite the strong disapproval of her wealthy father , General ( Sir ) . After a lavish honeymoon and returning to an extravagant house , discovers that has no job and no income , habitually lives on borrowed money , and was intending to try to sponge off her father . She talks him into getting a job , and he goes to work for his cousin , estate agent Captain ( ) . 
 Gradually , learns that has continued to gamble wildly , despite promising to quit , and that to pay a gambling debt , he sold two antique chairs ( family heirlooms ) that her father had given her as a wedding present . ( ) , 's good - natured but naive friend , tries to reassure that her husband is a lot of fun and a highly entertaining liar . She repeatedly catches in ever more significant lies , discovering that he was fired weeks before for embezzling from , who says he will not prosecute if the money is repaid . 
 writes a letter to that she is leaving him , but then tears it up . After this , enters the room and shows her a telegram announcing her father 's death . is severely disappointed to discover that has inherited no money , only her father 's portrait . He convinces to finance a hugely speculative land development scheme . is afraid this is a confidence trick or worse , and futilely tries to talk out of it . overhears and angrily warns his wife to stay out of his affairs , but later he calls the whole thing off . When leaves for Paris , accompanies him partway . Later , news reaches that died in Paris . lies to her and an investigating police inspector , saying that he stayed in London . This and other details lead to suspect he was responsible for 's death . 
 then begins to fear that her husband is plotting to kill her for her life insurance . He has been questioning her friend ( ) , a writer of mystery novels , about untraceable poisons . brings a glass of milk before bed , but she is too afraid to drink it . Needing to get away for a while , she says she will stay with her mother for a few days . insists on driving her there . He speeds recklessly in a powerful convertible on a dangerous road beside a cliff . 's door unexpectedly swings open . reaches over , his intent unclear to the terrified woman . When she shrinks from him , he stops the car . 
 In the subsequent confrontation , it emerges that was actually intending to commit suicide after taking to her mother 's . Now , however , he has decided that suicide is the coward 's way out , and is resolved to face his responsibilities , even to the point of going to prison for the embezzlement . He was in Liverpool at the time of 's death , trying to borrow on 's life insurance policy to repay . Her suspicions allayed , tells him that they will face the future together .

Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Nigel Bruce, Cedric Hardwicke, Dame May Whitty, Leo G. Carroll

On a train to New York City , small - town singer meets a sophisticated playboy , , and quickly falls head over heels in love . barely gives her a second look once they reach their destination . 
 Rejected during an audition for the opera , has to settle for a job as a telephone operator , doing singing telegrams . Nightclub impresario likes her voice and offers her a job . At the club , attorney , brother of , gets drunk . When a heartbroken learns that is about to marry another woman , gets her tipsy and elopes to a South Carolina justice of the peace with her to be married . 
 Next day , finds to his surprise that he is in love with , but it is not mutual . After they return to New York and throw a party , kisses , to the consternation of 's new wife as well as 's old girlfriend . 
 A disappointed enlists in the Army and leaves for a year . Upon returning , he punches his brother and prepares to grant her divorce . That 's when he learns that he and are parents of a baby boy , and that she is overjoyed to know that still loves her .

Theater owner and womanizer ( ) enlists the aid of his manager ( ) to woo dancer ( ) but is caught by his long - suffering wife ( ) , who hints that he 's gone too far this time and his increasingly unbelievable excuses might soon be judged by " twelve strange men . " and are attracted to one another but is caught in 's continual attempts to deceive his wife ( and keep his marriage , and thus his fortune , intact ) and doubts 's sincerity . 
 Captain ( ) , an old friend and potential suitor , invites and her Aunt ( ) to visit him and his mother ( ) on his Army base . Coincidentally , is drafted into the Army and posted to the same base under the command of ( ) , where he quickly befriends fellow draftees ( ) and ( ) . 
 finds himself imprisoned in the guardhouse , where he encounters the visiting and quickly spins his own web of lies ( including a fictitious promotion to Captain ) in an attempt to impress her and win her heart . He " borrows " a Captain 's uniform and visits her , where he is introduced as Captain to several other officers , including and the officer whose coat he was wearing . takes pity on him and allows him a graceful exit . On his return to the guardhouse he finds his friends also confined for aiding him . 
 appears on the base to produce a show for the enlisted men and ( at his request ) is assigned as his assistant , who offers the use of his apartment in town and insists that be included as his partner in the show . However , is now in pursuit of another dancer , ( ) , and has promised the lead to her . 
 Captain learns that he is being transferred to Panama and asks to marry him and accompany him there . Alarmed , races to his apartment to retrieve an engraved diamond bracelet that had purchased for ; unknown to him , had had the bracelet re - engraved for . sends to town to bring back before he 's declared AWOL . In his apartment is startled to find , who was staying there at the invitation of . arrives with the MPs on her heels and helps escape , but encounters and sees her name engraved on the bracelet . She decides to marry Captain and withdraws from the show . 
 's ever - suspicious wife , invited by , arrives and is forced to leave the show as well , which is canceled for want of a leading lady . ' friends hold a demonstration to convince to return to the show . arranges for a genuine Justice of the Peace to participate in a wedding scene , resulting in ( unknown to her ) their actual marriage on stage . 
 confesses his machinations to , who embraces him in relief and calls on her new husband in the guardhouse . The jilted Captain generously arranges for ' release for his honeymoon ; the film ends with and 's inept attempt to break into the guardhouse to free .

A doe gives birth to a fawn named , who will one day take over the position of Great Prince of the Forest , a title currently held by 's father , who guards the woodland creatures from the dangers of hunters . The fawn is quickly befriended by an eager , energetic rabbit named , who helps to teach him to walk and speak . grows up very attached to his mother , with whom he spends most of his time . He soon makes other friends , including a young skunk named and a female fawn named . Curious and inquisitive , frequently asks about the world around him and is cautioned about the dangers of life as a forest creature by his loving mother . One day out in a meadow , briefly sees but does not realize that he is his father . As the great prince wanders uphill , he discovers the human hunter named " Man " by all the animals is coming and rushes down to the meadow to get everyone to safety . is briefly separated from his mother during that scene but is escorted to her by the Great Prince as the three of them make it back in the forest just as fires his gun . 
 During 's first winter , he and play in the snow while hibernates . One day his mother takes him along to find food , when shows up again . As they escape his mother is shot and killed by the hunter , leaving the little fawn mournful and alone . Taking pity on his abandoned son , the Great Prince leads home as he reveals to him that he is his father . Next year , has matured into a young stag , and his childhood friends have entered young adulthood as well . They are warned of " twitterpation " by Friend and that they will eventually fall in love , although the trio view the concept of romance with scorn . However , and soon both encounter their beautiful romantic counterparts and abandon their former thoughts on love . himself encounters as a beautiful doe . However , their courtship is quickly interrupted and challenged by a belligerent older stag named , who attempts to force away from . successfully manages to defeat in battle and earn the rights to the doe 's affections . 
 is awakened shortly afterward by the smell of smoke , he follows it and discovers it leads to a hunter camp . is warned by his father that has returned with more hunters . The two flee to safety , although is separated from in the turmoil and searches for her along the way . He soon finds her cornered by 's vicious hunting dogs , which he manages to ward off . , his father , , and the forest animals manage to reach shelter on a riverbank . The following spring , gives birth to twins under 's watchful eye as the new Great Prince of the Forest .

In December 1941 , American expatriate owns an upscale nightclub and gambling den in Casablanca . " Rick 's Café Américain " attracts a varied clientele , including Vichy French and German officials , refugees desperate to reach the still - neutral United States , and those who prey on them . Although professes to be neutral in all matters , he ran guns to Ethiopia during its war with Italy and fought on the Loyalist side in the Spanish Civil War . 
 Petty crook boasts to of " letters of transit " obtained by murdering two German couriers . The papers allow the bearers to travel freely around German - controlled Europe and to neutral Portugal , and are priceless to the refugees stranded in Casablanca . plans to sell them at the club , and asks to hold them . Before he can meet his contact , is arrested by the local police under the command of Captain , the unabashedly corrupt Vichy prefect of police . dies in custody without revealing that he entrusted the letters to . 
 Then the reason for 's bitterness — former lover — enters his establishment . Spotting 's friend and house pianist , , asks him to play " As Time Goes By . " storms over , furious that disobeyed his order never to perform that song , and is stunned to see . She is accompanied by her husband , , a renowned fugitive Czech Resistance leader . They need the letters to escape to America to continue his work . German Major has come to Casablanca to see that fails . 
 When makes inquiries , , a major underworld figure and 's friendly business rival , divulges his suspicion that has the letters . Privately , refuses to sell at any price , telling to ask his wife the reason . They are interrupted when leads a group of officers in singing " Die Wacht am Rhein " ( " The Watch on the Rhine " ) . orders the house band to play " La Marseillaise " . When the band looks to , he nods his head . starts singing , alone at first , then patriotic fervor grips the crowd and everyone joins in , drowning out the Germans . has Renault close the club . 
 confronts in the deserted café . When he refuses to give her the letters , she threatens him with a gun , but then confesses that she still loves him . She explains that when they met and fell in love in Paris in 1940 , she believed her husband had been killed attempting to escape from a concentration camp . While preparing to flee with from the imminent fall of the city to the German army , she learned was alive and in hiding . She left without explanation to nurse her sick husband . 's bitterness dissolves . He agrees to help , letting her believe she will stay with him when leaves . When unexpectedly shows up , having narrowly escaped a police raid on a Resistance meeting , has waiter spirit away . , aware of 's love for , tries to persuade him to use the letters to take her to safety . 
 When the police arrest on a minor , trumped - up charge , persuades Renault to release him by promising to set him up for a much more serious crime : possession of the letters . To allay Renault 's suspicions , explains that he and will be leaving for America . 
 When tries to arrest as arranged , forces him at gunpoint to assist in their escape . At the last moment , makes board the plane to Lisbon with , telling her that she would regret it if she stayed—"Maybe not today , maybe not tomorrow , but soon and for the rest of your life . " , tipped off by Renault , drives up alone . shoots him when he tries to intervene . When policemen arrive , pauses , then orders them to " round up the usual suspects . " He suggests to that they join the Free French in Brazzaville . As they walk away into the fog , says , " , I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship " .

Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid, Dooley Wilson, Peter Lorre

At the Central Park Zoo in New York City , Serbian - born fashion designer makes sketches of a black panther . She catches the attention of marine engineer , who strikes up a conversation . invites him to her apartment for tea . As they walk away , one of 's discarded sketches is revealed to be that of a panther impaled by a sword . 
 At her apartment , is intrigued by a statue of a medieval warrior on horseback impaling a large cat with his sword . informs that the figure is King of Serbia and that the cat represents evil . According to legend , long ago the Christian residents of her home village gradually turned to witchcraft and devil worship after being enslaved by the Mameluks . When King drove the Mameluks out and saw what the villagers had become , he had them killed . However , " the wisest and the most wicked " escaped into the mountains . is openly dismissive of the legend even though clearly takes it seriously . 
 buys her a kitten , but upon meeting her it hisses . " Cats just do n't like me , " explains and she suggests they go to the pet shop to exchange for it . When they enter the shop the animals go wild in her presence . The shopkeeper says that animals can sense things about people . It gradually becomes clear that believes she is descended from the cat people of her village , and that she fears that she will transform into a panther if aroused to passion . 
 Despite 's odd beliefs , persuades her to marry him . However , during the dinner after their wedding at a Serbian restaurant , a catlike woman walks over and addresses as " мојa сестрa " ( moya sestra , " my sister " ) . never sleeps with her husband , fearful of the consequences . He is patient with her , when she says she felt compelled to throw her accidentally - killed canary into the panther 's cage , he persuades her to see a psychiatrist , Dr. . tries to convince her that her fears are of a mundane nature , and stem from her childhood traumas . is unhappy to discover that has confided in his assistant , . 
 confesses to that she loves him . When chances to see and seated together at a restaurant , she follows as she walks home alone . Just as hears a menacing sound , a bus pulls up and she boards it . Soon after , a groundskeeper discovers several freshly killed sheep . The pawprints leading away turn into imprints of a woman 's shoes . returns to her apartment looking dishevelled and exhausted ; she is shown shortly afterwards weeping in the bathtub . dreams of Dr. dressed up as King speaking of " the key " . Later , she steals the key to the panther 's cage . 
 , and visit a museum , and is angered when the former two shut her out . That evening , when decides to use the basement swimming pool of her apartment building , she is stalked by an animal . She jumps into the pool . When screams for help , turns on the lights and says she is looking for . A little later , finds her bathrobe torn to shreds . 
 After a talk with Dr. , tells she is no longer afraid , but tells her it is too late : he has realized that he loves and intends to divorce , who misses a meeting arranged between her , , and Dr. . Later at work and are cornered by a snarling animal . and manage to get out of the building but not before smelling 's perfume . 
 calls to warn him to stay away from , but he hangs up when arrives for her appointment with him . He kisses passionately . He is frightened by what happens next and dies in a struggle . When and arrive , slips away and goes to the zoo . There , she opens the panther 's cage with the stolen key and is struck down by the escaping panther , which is accidentally run down and killed by a car . and find the panther lying on the ground . says , " She never lied to us . "

In 1935 , French Diplomat ( ) and his bride ( ) are enjoying their third month of marriage in Paris when is confronted by extortionist ( ) who demands money in exchange for not turning him in to the police . 
 During a trial of the extortionist , whose defense is that he was seeking a repayment of debt by a former criminal comrade , is accused of being that notorious criminal . ( ) testifies that he is not . claims that amnesia prevents him from knowing the truth and his story is backed up by a psychologist , Dr. ( ) . is convicted . 
 then visits at his home where we learn that deliberately testified falsely to set up his blackmail scheme . He demands a million francs , half the loot from an alleged scheme he and ( in his forgotten criminal phase ) carried out . 
 subsequently struggles to discover the truth about his past , while keeping at bay and his wife in the dark .

( in his first war film ) leads the Flying Tigers , a squadron of freelance American pilots who fly Curtiss P-40B fighters against Japanese aircraft in the skies over China . The pilots are a mixed bunch , motivated by money ( they receive a bounty for each aircraft shot down ) or just the thrill of aerial combat . 
 One day , old friend and former airline pilot ( ) signs up under 's command . An arrogant , hot - shot aviator , he starts causing trouble immediately . When the Japanese raid the Flying Tigers ' airbase , the enthusiastic new arrival goes after them , taking up a P-40 fighter without permission , not realizing until too late that it has no ammunition . As a result , is shot down . He is unharmed after his fighter crash lands , but the precious P-40 fighter is a total wreck . As time goes on , shows that he has little use for teamwork , alienating and endangering the other pilots . He abandons his wingman , ( ) , in order to shoot down a Japanese aircraft . As a result , comes under fire from another and must bail out of his burning P-40 . While hanging suspended in his parachute , he is strafed to death by the Japanese pilot . 
 starts romancing nurse ( ) , who is considered by all the Tiger pilots to be 's girlfriend . One night , they go on a date . When he is late getting back for a night patrol , 's right - hand man , " ( ) , secretly takes his place , despite having just been grounded by because his vision had deteriorated , notably at night . In the resulting dogfight is unable to judge distances accurately and winds up dying in a collision with a Japanese aircraft he is pursuing . This proves to be the final straw . While sitting at his office desk , fires , explaining that " It 's out of my hands now . None of these men will ever fly with you again . And they have to fly " . The date showing on 's calendar is Sunday , December 7 , 1941 , the day of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor , bringing America into World War II . 
 A day later , receives notice that a vital bridge must be destroyed . The target is so heavily defended , however , that the only way there might be a chance of succeeding is to fly in very low with a single unescorted bomber to attack the bridge ; the mission appears likely to be a one - way suicide mission . volunteers to fly the bomber , but invites himself along at the last second , much to 's irritation . They proceed to attack the bridge too late to keep a crucial enemy supply train from crossing . Their aircraft is hit by flak and catches fire . bails out with an unexpected push from , expecting to follow . , however , has concealed the fact that he is bleeding , having been hit by shrapnel from a flak burst . He then takes the bomber 's controls and heroically crashes into the train , destroying it at the cost of his own life . Back at the Tigers ' base , has left a goodbye letter which and read ; in that letter he has asked for his lucky scarf to be given to the next pilot who thinks aerial combat will be " an easy racket " . hands the scarf to his youthful new wingman , telling him to " Take good care of it ... it belonged to a pretty good flyer " .

( ) , ( ) , and ( ) have a musical act popular in the New York City nightlife scene . On Christmas Eve , prepares to give his last performance as part of the act before marrying and retiring with her to a farm in Connecticut . At the last minute , decides she is not ready to stop performing , and that she has fallen in love with . She tells that she will stay on as 's dancing partner . While heartbroken , follows through with his plan and bids the act goodbye . 
 One year later on Christmas Eve , is back in New York City . Farm life has proven difficult ; he plans to turn his farm into an entertainment venue called Holiday Inn , to be open only on public holidays . and his agent ( ) scoff at the plan , but wish him luck . Later , at the airport flower shop while ordering flowers for from , is accosted by employee ( ) who recognizes him as a talent agent and begs him for a start in show business . refers her to Holiday Inn and gives her a pass to 's club . That night , sits at the performer 's table with , who pretends he owns a big club and is n't sure he could use an act like and . pretends she 's a celebrity and friend of 's , then escapes when the two performers come to Jim 's table . 
 The next morning , Christmas Day , arrives at Holiday Inn , where she meets — both realizing they were fooling each other the previous evening . is preparing the place for New Year 's Eve , and they take to each other immediately . sings her his new song , " White Christmas , " which he would have performed had the inn been open that night . Later that week , on New Year 's Eve , Holiday Inn opens to a packed house . 
 Meanwhile , in New York City , learns that is leaving him for a Texas millionaire . Drinking heavily , he drives up to Holiday Inn to talk with , arriving at midnight . While wandering aimlessly across the dance floor , sees , who remembers him from Christmas Eve . They dance , with bringing down the house despite his inebriated state . arrives just as the dance ends and is ecstatic that found a new partner . The next morning , however , remembers very little and does n't remember at all . does n't say anything and hides away , afraid that will steal her away from the inn . 
 At the next performance , Lincoln 's Birthday , and return to Holiday Inn in search of . is ready for them and decides to run the night 's big minstrel show number " Abraham " with disguised performers , including , in an effort to foil the search . While applying 's blackface makeup , asks if she will stay with him between holidays , and takes this as a proposal . Having come up empty , and will not give up and plan to be back for the next holiday . 
 During rehearsals for the Valentine 's Day performance , presents with a unique Valentine , a new song called " Be Careful , It 's My Heart . " While sings with his back to her , begins dancing alone , and as enters , he spots and launches into an impromptu romantic dance with her . Convinced that is the girl he danced with on New Year 's Eve , demands that provide a number for them to perform on the next holiday , and reluctantly agrees . 
 On Washington 's Birthday , and perform in elaborate 18th century period costumes , while attempts to sabotage their dance , changing the tempo from a minuet to jazz every time the couple attempts to kiss . Afterwards , asks to join him as his new dance partner . refuses , saying she has promised to stay at the inn and that she and are to be married . When Ted asks him about the marriage , plays it off , but is unconvinced , telling he will continue to pursue . 
 At Easter , romance continues to blossom between and as they travel home from church in a carriage . When they reach the inn , is sitting on the porch waiting for them . asks if he can remain in his shows , claiming he wants to experience " the true happiness " they 've found at the inn . is charmed , but is suspicious . 
 Jim 's suspicions are confirmed on Independence Day when he overhears and discussing an offer received from Hollywood representatives , who will attend that night 's show and determine if and are suitable for motion pictures . Desperate , bribes hired hand ( ) to ensure that does not arrive at the inn . After drives the inn 's car into a creek attempting to delay her , tries to return to the inn and is picked up by , who left the Texas millionaire after his tax problems were revealed . tells , who is pretending to be a waitress , about the studio tryout and that will be 's partner . Assuming that arranged for her to take 's place , directs into the same creek . 
 Back at the inn , is forced to perform a solo dance . When eventually makes her way to the inn , she finds that has impressed the studio honchos with his improvised solo and the opportunity stands . Irritated with for not trusting her to make her own decision , takes the offer and leaves for Hollywood . The producers want to make a film about Holiday Inn , and reluctantly agrees . 
 At Thanksgiving , the inn is closed and is depressed and sullen , barely touching the turkey dinner prepared by his housekeeper ( ) . is prepared to mail to Hollywood a recording of his new Thanksgiving song , but , before he does , he plays it on a record player and makes negative comments over the positive ones in the recording . Realizing what is wrong and ignoring decorum , implores him to travel to California to win back by telling her how he really feels . 
 arrives at the studio on Christmas Eve , just as is preparing to leave with to get married . confronts in his dressing room , then locks him in it . Before films the final scene for her movie , which features a recreation of Holiday Inn , walks around the set with the director , who boasts it is the most exact recreation ever created for a motion picture . leaves his pipe on the set 's piano and hides nearby . enters the room and sits at the piano , performing " White Christmas " . Startled by the pipe 's presence , she falters , then continues as 's voice joins her . appears and runs to him as the director yells , " Cut ! " Meanwhile , and finally understand 's plan , but they are too late to stop him . 
 At Holiday Inn on New Year 's Eve , is reunited with , who is ready and willing to perform with him again . and prepare to stay together and run the inn .

( ) and her family live a comfortable life at a house called " Starlings " in Belham , a fictional village outside London . The house has a large garden , with a private landing stage on the River Thames at which is moored a motorboat belonging to her devoted husband , ( ) , a successful architect . They have three children : the youngsters ( ) and ( ) and an older son ( ) , a student at Oxford University . They have live - in staff : the housemaid ( ) and the cook ( ) . 
 As World War II looms , returns from the university and meets ( ) , granddaughter of Lady ( ) from nearby Beldon Hall . Despite initial disagreements — mainly contrasting 's idealistic attitude to class differences with 's practical altruism — they fall in love . proposes to in front of his family at home , after his younger brother prods him to give a less romantic but more honest proposal . As the war comes closer to home , feels he must " do his bit " and enlists in the Royal Air Force , qualifying as a fighter pilot . He is posted to a base near to his parents ' home and is able to signal his safe return from operations to his parents by " blipping " his engine briefly ( rapidly open and closing the throttle , which results in short , sharp roars of sound ) as he flies over the house . Together with other boat owners , volunteers to take his motorboat , the Starling , to assist in the Dunkirk evacuation . 
 Early one morning , , unable to sleep as is still away , wanders down to the landing stage . She is startled to discover a wounded German pilot ( ) hiding in her garden , and he takes her to the house at gunpoint . Demanding food and a coat , the pilot aggressively asserts that the Third Reich will mercilessly overcome its enemies . She feeds him , calmly disarms him when he collapses , and then calls the police . Soon after , returns home , exhausted , from Dunkirk . 
 Lady visits to try and convince her to talk out of marrying on account of her granddaughter 's comparative youth at age eighteen . reminds Her Ladyship that she , too , had been young — sixteen , in fact — when she married her late husband . Lady concedes defeat and realizes that it would be futile to try to stop the marriage . and marry ; has now also become a Mrs , and they return from their honeymoon in Scotland . A key theme is that she knows is likely to be killed in action , but the short love will fill her life . Later , and her family take refuge in their shelter in the garden during an air raid , and attempt to keep their minds off the frightening bombing by reading Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland , which refers to as a " lovely story " . They barely survive as a bomb destroys part of Starlings . The take the damage with nonchalance . 
 At the annual village flower show , Lady silently disregards the judges ' decision that her rose is the winner , instead announcing the rose entered by the local stationmaster , Mr. ( ) , named the " Mrs. " , as the winner , with her own taking second prize . As air raid sirens sound and the villagers take refuge in the cellars of Beldon Hall , and drive to join his squadron . On their journey home they witness fighter planes in a dogfight . For safety , stops the car and they see a German plane crash . realizes has been wounded by machine gun fire from the plane and takes her back to Starlings . She dies a few minutes after they reach home . is devastated . When returns from battle , he already knows the terrible news : ironically , he is the survivor and she the one who died . 
 The villagers assemble at the badly damaged church where their vicar affirms their determination in a powerful sermon : 
 A solitary Lady stands in her family 's church pew . moves to stand alongside her , united in shared grief , as the members of the congregation rise and stoically sing " Onward , Christian Soldiers " , while through a gaping hole in the bombed church roof can be seen flight after flight of RAF fighters in the V - for - Victory formation heading out to face the enemy .

Drab is an unattractive , overweight , repressed spinster whose life is brutally dominated by her tyrannical mother , an aristocratic Boston dowager whose verbal and emotional abuse of her daughter has contributed to the woman 's complete lack of self - confidence . It is revealed that Mrs. had already brought up three sons , and was an unwanted child born to her late in life . Fearing that is on the verge of a nervous breakdown , her sister - in - law introduces her to psychiatrist Dr. , who recommends that she spend time in his sanitarium . 
 Away from her mother 's control blossoms , and at 's urging the transformed woman opts to take a lengthy cruise instead of going home immediately . On the ship she meets , a married man who is traveling with his friends and . It is from them that learns of how 's devotion to his young daughter ( " " ) keeps him from divorcing his wife , a manipulative , jealous woman who does not love and keeps from engaging in his chosen career of architecture , despite the fulfillment he gets from it . 
 and become friendly , and in Rio de Janeiro the two are stranded on Sugarloaf Mountain when their car crashes . They miss the ship and spend five days together before flies to Buenos Aires to rejoin the cruise . Although they have fallen in love , they decide it would be best not to see each other again . 
 When she arrives home , 's family is stunned by the dramatic changes in her appearance and demeanor . Her mother is determined to once again destroy her daughter , but is resolved to remain independent . The memory of 's love and devotion help to give her the strength she needs to remain resolute . 
 becomes engaged to wealthy , well - connected widower , but after a chance meeting with , she breaks off the engagement , about which she quarrels with her mother . During the argument , says she did n't ask to be born , that her mother never wanted her , that it 's " been a calamity on both sides . " Mrs. is so shocked that her once - weak daughter has found the courage to actually talk back to her , she has a heart attack and dies . Guilty and distraught , returns to the sanitarium . 
 When she arrives at the sanitarium , she is immediately diverted from her own problems when she meets 's lonely , unhappy 12 - year - old daughter who has been sent to Dr. . greatly reminds of herself ; both were unwanted and unloved by their mothers . Shaken from her depression , becomes overly interested in 's welfare and , with Dr. 's permission , she takes her under her wing . When the girl improves , takes her home to Boston . 
 and Dr. visit the home , where is delighted to see the changes in his daughter . While he initially pities , believing her to be settling in her life , he 's taken aback by her contempt for his initial condescension . Dr. has allowed to keep there with the understanding that her relationship with will remain platonic . She tells that she sees as his gift to her and her way of being close to him . When asks her if she 's happy , finds much to value in her life , even if she does n't have everything she wants : " Oh , , do n't let 's ask for the moon . We have the stars , " a line ranked # 46 in the American Film Institute 's list of the top 100 movie quotes in American cinema . 

" " ( ) is a British officer who was gassed and became shell shocked in the trenches during the First World War . He is confined to an asylum as an unidentified inmate because he has lost his memory and has trouble speaking . When the war ends , the gatekeepers abandon their posts to join the celebration in the nearby town of Melbridge . With no one to stop him , simply wanders off . 
 In town , he is befriended by singer ( ) . She assumes he is from the asylum , but as he seems harmless , she arranges for him to join her traveling theatrical group . After an incident that threatens to bring unwanted attention , takes away to a secluded country village , where they marry and are blissfully happy . 
 " " , as calls him , discovers a literary talent and tries writing to earn a living . remains home with their newborn baby while goes to Liverpool for a job interview with a newspaper . There , he is struck by a taxi . When he regains consciousness , his past memory is restored , but his life with is now forgotten . He is , the son of a wealthy businessman . None of his meager possessions , including a key , provide any clue how he got there from the battleground of France . 
 returns home on the day of his father 's funeral , to the family 's amazement as he had been given up for dead . Fifteen - year - old ( ) , the stepdaughter of one of ' siblings , becomes infatuated with her " uncle " . 
 wants to return to college , but the mismanaged family business needs him , and he puts off his own desires to safeguard the jobs of the many employees and to restore the family fortune . After a few years , a newspaper touts him as " . 
 Meanwhile , has been searching for her . Their son having died as an infant , she returns to work as a secretary . One day , she sees ' picture in a newspaper and manages to become his executive assistant , calling herself ( being her stage name ) , hoping that her presence will jog his memory . Her confidant and admirer , Dr. ( ) , warns her that revealing her identity would only cause to resent her . 
 As grows up , she sends love letters . Eventually , they become engaged . has declared legally dead , seven years having elapsed since he left her , dissolving their marriage . However , a hymn that is considering for their upcoming wedding triggers a vague memory in . realizes that he still loves someone else and , heartbroken , breaks off the engagement . 
 When hears is in Liverpool , trying one last time to piece together his lost years , she rushes there . They recover his suitcase from a hotel , but he recognizes nothing . is then approached to stand for Parliament . After his election , in which provides invaluable assistance , he feels the need for a wife in his new role . He proposes to her , more as a business proposition than a romantic one , and she accepts . 
 They become an ideal couple , at least to all outward appearances . She is the perfect society hostess . In a moment of reflection , they discuss his lost past , and she tells him of her own lost love , without revealing that it is . He hopes their life together can fill the void they both feel . Miserably alone and desperately unhappy , decides to take an extended vacation abroad by herself . Before her liner sails , she revisits the hamlet where she and lived . 
 As is seeing off at the train station , he is summoned to mediate a strike at the Melbridge Cable Works . After the successful negotiation and the resulting announcement to the factory workers , he walks through the town , and the familiar surroundings and celebrations begin to unlock his lost memories and eventually lead him to the cottage he and shared . Hesitantly , he tries the old key he kept , and finds that it unlocks the door . 
 , who had been about to leave for her boat , makes a casual remark to the current innkeeper about the former innkeeper . The innkeeper tells her that a gentleman just that morning had inquired about the former innkeeper , the old vicar , and had mentioned that he used to rent a cottage near a church . With newfound hope , hurries to the cottage and finds standing at the unlocked door . When she calls him " , " his memory floods back and he cries out " ! " as he rushes to embrace her .

The film opens with a freighter at sea exploding and news announcements . The cause of the explosion is a mystery , with all crew accounted for with the exception of two unidentified stowaways . 
 ( ) and ( ) are seen floating at sea aboard a pile of wreckage . It was 's idea to stow away , but it was ' smoking in the powder room ' that caused the explosion . As the two joke about eating one another to survive , they spot land in the distance . 
 As they sit on the beach , reminds of his promise to Aunt , to take care of him . reminds him that Aunt died before he could agree . They are interrupted by a convenient camel , and they hitch a ride . 
 Once in the city , they are nearly run over by Arabs shooting guns , led by the sheik ( ) . and learn the sheik is pursuing a princess for marriage . is approached by a group of bearers carrying someone in a veiled box . A beautiful hand takes his and then leaves , with in pure bliss . In a restaurant , and eat heartily , while trying to figure out how to get past the knife - wielding owner without paying . A man ( ) takes aside and hands over a great deal of money . is happy to be able to pay for the meal , until he learns that ' sold ' him . is furious , especially since neither of them know why the man bought him . calms him down and tells he 'll buy him back , eventually ; and two men throw a hood over and carry him off . 
 A week later , is woken by a vision of Aunt ( played by a harp - wielding ) who shames him for his act . says he tried to buy back , but learned he was re - sold to someone else . Aunt tells him he has to find , and recommends singing 's favorite song . 
 walks through the street singing , ( accompanied by Aunt 's ghost ) until a note , with 's locket is tossed at him from the palace window . The note , written by , says he 's being tortured and warns of danger . , thinking is in trouble , scales the palace wall . Hearing a woman singing , sneaks into the palace and see a lot of beautiful girls dancing for the beautiful Princess ( ) and singing to a very relaxed . 
 storms in and is grabbed by guards . feigns ignorance and tries to send him away . The princess dismisses everyone , except for . admits the truth , but it 's clear he 's still mad at . He says he and the princess are to be married . is surprised , but the princess says her wise man read the stars and told her to marry . She was the one that passed in the veiled box , and also the one that purchased him . As she plants a passionate kiss on , decides to stick around ; a decision that almost brings him and to blows , but the princess invites to stay . 
 As is waited on by beautiful girls , he learns from one of them , ( ) , the princess was supposed to marry ( ) , but also tells she loves him too . breaks up the party and confronts , who has thrown out . 
 wanders the palace singing , an act that attracts the princess and they go on a moonlit walk . tries to get to run away with her . tries to tell the princess that HE was the one sold and should be marrying her , but he is interrupted by a sword - wielding . 
 The next morning an angry confronts Princess for marrying someone else . He is prepared to kill but the princess takes him to the wise man ( ) . said he had read the stars and found that Princess 's first husband is destined to die a violent death within a week of the marriage , and the second husband would be blessed with long life and happiness . The princess tells that is the first husband , and when he dies , she 'll happily marry and they will live in happiness . finally understands and embraces the princess . 
 finds out about the prophecy and runs to and convinces him that the princess actually loves him and he 's going to run off with . Later that night , is visited and shamed by Aunt 's spirit , but refuses to tell the truth . Meanwhile , the wise man realizes that he had been misreading the stars due to fireflies in his telescope ; his prophecies are incorrect . 
 Princess refuses to marry , even though is eager to get out of the marriage . The princess sends away to get ready for the wedding . The wise man runs in and tells the princess and of the incorrect prophecy . The princess is happy and tells now she can marry him and not . realizes why was so eager to get out of the marriage , but decides not to tell him . Instead he says the princess changed her mind , and is only too eager to accept . Meanwhile , the wise man 's assistant tells , who rallies his men . 
 The Princess and decide to get married in the U. S. , accompanied by and but they are confronted by , who takes the princess and gives to one of his men . and try to use their ' patty - cake ' routine on , but it backfires . They escape into the palace with the girls but are found and captured . 
 takes the women and strands and in the desert . They wander aimlessly , seeing a drive - in restaurant , but it 's a mirage . They see a vision of a singing Princess , which spurs them onward . They find an oasis which is near 's camp . They try to sneak in , but are captured . They see another set of horsemen and learn it is an enemy sheik who was invited as a token of peace . They manage to escape and set the two sheiks against each other . In the chaos and grab the girls and escape . 
 Later , on a boat home , sneaks into the powder room for a cigarette . There is an explosion and then we see all four afloat a pile of wreckage . Fortunately , they are near New York harbor .

Aircraft factory worker ( ) is accused of starting a fire at the Stewart Aircraft Works in Glendale , California , an act of sabotage that killed his friend ( ) . believes the real culprit is a man named ( ) who , during their efforts to put out the fire , handed him a fire extinguisher filled with gasoline , which he passed on to . When the investigators find no one named " " on the list of plant workers , they assume is guilty . 
 Earlier , on the way to lunch , and had seen 's name on an envelope he dropped . remembers the address and travels to a ranch in the High Desert . The ranch owner , ( ) , appears to be a well - respected citizen , but reveals that he is working with the saboteurs . learns from a piece of mail he sees that has gone to Soda City . has called the sheriff , but escapes the police , taking refuge with a kind blind man ( ) whose visiting niece , ( ) , is a model famous for appearing on billboards . Although her uncle asks her to take to the local blacksmith shop to have his handcuffs removed , she attempts to take him to the police . insists he is innocent and kidnaps . When he takes control of the car and stops , she jumps out and tries to signal a passing car to stop . He uses the fan belt pulley of her car 's generator to break his handcuffs apart , causing the car to overheat and break down . 
 As night falls , the couple stow away on a circus train . The circus performers recognize them as fugitives but decide to shield them from the police . and reach Soda City , a ghost town where the saboteurs are preparing to blow up Boulder Dam . is discovered by the saboteurs , but conceals and convinces the saboteurs that he is allied with them . After foiling their plan to destroy the dam , convinces them to remove his manacles and take him with them to New York . He learns of their plan to sabotage the launching of a new U.S. Navy battleship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard . 's performance has fooled as well ; she contacts the authorities , hoping to get to New York to obstruct the saboteurs ' plans . 
 The saboteurs reach New York but find the phone at their office disconnected , indicating the police are on to them . They meet with New York dowager Mrs. ( ) and other conspirators at her mansion , during a grand society party . finds the captured , who was betrayed by a corrupt sheriff . As attempts to signal her to escape , arrives . He recognizes and exposes him . has knocked out and locked in the mansion 's cellar . is imprisoned in an office at Rockefeller Center . The next morning , triggers a fire alarm at the mansion and escapes . drops a note from the office window , which is found by some cabdrivers . 
 reaches the Navy Yard , but only a few minutes before the launching . Rather than wait to explain to the Yard authorities , he rushes out to search for the saboteurs . He spots in a fake newsreel camera truck , prepared to blow up the slipway during the launching . Their struggle prevents from detonating the explosion until seconds after the launch of the USS Alaska battleship . [ Note 1 ] 
 takes prisoner , and with his two accomplices returns to the Rockefeller Center office . The police and FBI , alerted by 's note , are waiting for them . The accomplices are caught , but dodges into the back of an adjacent movie theater ( Radio City Music Hall ) . He shoots a man in the audience , and escapes in the panic . In front of the theater , sees get into a taxi . Still holding in custody , the FBI refuse to follow Fry , so tells to shadow the saboteur . She follows onto the ferry to Liberty Island , attracting his attention , and then to the Statue of Liberty . She calls the FBI , and at their direction , goes into the statue to find and distract him . In the viewing room in the statue 's head , she strikes up a conversation with , stalling him until and the FBI arrive . 
 escapes his escort and encounters , who tells him that is escaping . pursues onto the viewing platform on the torch . When emerges from the tunnel he confronts . Falling over the platform 's railing , clings to the statue 's hand . climbs down to try and save . As the police and FBI agent reach the platform , watching from the railing , 's grip slips . grabs the sleeve of 's jacket . The stitching gives way , and falls to his death . climbs back up and embraces .

The tailcoat is custom made for renowned stage actor ( ) , who seeks to rekindle a romance with former flame ( ) , who is receptive . However , she is now married , and her husband ( ) finds them together . offers to show his weapon collection , in particular his favorite hunting rifle . He deliberately loads it . makes no move to escape and is shot by the jealous husband . After dies , claims to his wife , the sole witness , that it was an accident . finally realizes she loves and tells him so ; she agrees to support his story . comes back to life , surprising the couple and telling them that missed completely . then leaves the couple , but later collapses in his limousine . He instructs his valet ( ) to take him to the hospital . 
 Later offers the topcoat , complete with a bullet hole , as collateral for a $ 10 loan from his friend ( ) . is the butler of ( ) , who is about to marry ( ) . However , 's friend ( ) , who is divorcing her husband for infidelity , dares her to examine the contents of 's topcoat . She finds a love letter from someone called " " to her " passionate lion " . overhears and persuades his best man ( ) to pretend that he took 's topcoat by mistake after a party last night and that the letter is actually his . , who has feelings for himself , reluctantly agrees . is completely fooled ... and begins to see ( whom she thought of as " dim " ) in an entirely different , much more romantic light . learns the truth when shows up . She dumps and leaves with . 
 Afterward , and pawn the topcoat for $ 10 . It eventually ends up with ( ) , an unknown classical music composer . A friend arranges a meeting with famed conductor ( ) , who is impressed with his composition . He is offered the opportunity to conduct the premiere of his work at Carnegie Hall . At the last minute , he is informed he must be properly attired . hurriedly buys the topcoat for him , but it is a very tight fit . When he conducts , it rips at both shoulders and the audience erupts with laughter . is brought to tears . However , stands up in his concert box , pointedly removes his own tailcoat and asks him to continue ; one by one , the " gentlemen " in the audience remove their own tailcoats . After the triumphant performance , donates the topcoat to charity . 
 ( ) , who runs a mission for the poor , delivers a letter to alcoholic panhandler ( ) . It is an invitation to his 25th anniversary college reunion , held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel . convinces to attend , hoping it will help him rebuild his life . manages to convince his former classmates that he is successful , even getting a job offer , but one of them , ( ) , knows that was a shady lawyer in Chicago who was disbarred . When one man can not find his wallet , the group hold a mock trial , with as the defendant and as the prosecutor . In the end , ultimately tells everything and leaves . The next morning , however , three of his classmates come to the mission to let him know the job is still his . 
 The topcoat ends up in a second - hand shop , where it is stolen by a thief ( ) . He wears it to get into an upscale illegal gambling parlor to rob the patrons . In his escape by plane , the jacket catches on fire and the panicked thief throws it out , with $ 43,000 of loot in the pockets . It lands by ( ) and ( ) , a poor black couple . They take it to their minister ( ) , and they decide to give to their congregation to buy whatever they have prayed for . An old farmer ( ) tells that the only thing he prayed for is a scarecrow , so gives him the now ragged jacket to make one .

Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Edward G. Robinson, Paul Robeson

In contemporary wartime San Francisco , chemist and blackmailer is killed by hit man , who recovers a stolen chemical formula . is double - crossed by his employer , who pays him with marked bills and reports them to the Los Angeles Police Department as stolen from his company , Nitro Chemical Corporation of Los Angeles . learns of the setup and decides to get revenge . LAPD detective lieutenant , who is vacationing in San Francisco to visit his girlfriend , nightclub singer , is immediately assigned the case . He goes after , but the assassin eludes him . 
 Meanwhile , hires to work in his LA nightclub after an audition where she sings and performs magic tricks . Then she is taken to a clandestine meeting with Senator , where she learns that and Nitro Chemical are under investigation as suspected traitors , and is recruited to spy on . Unknown to each other , she and board a train for Los Angeles , followed by . By chance , and sit next to each other . The next morning , is alarmed when he sees them asleep with 's head on her shoulder . He wires ahead to alert the police , but forces at gunpoint to help him elude them again . He is about to kill her but is interrupted by workmen , allowing to flee . From 's club , she tries to contact , but he has left San Francisco to return to LA . 
 That evening the suspicious invites to his Hollywood mansion , where his chauffeur knocks her unconscious to set up a fake suicide . Tipped off by 's friend at the club , goes to the mansion looking for but has already left . tells that has been gone for two hours . While questions , and makes a phone call to 's hotel , arrives and hides outside where he sees discard 's purse , to keep from spotting it . realizes that is in danger . After leaves , knocks down a flight of stairs when the chauffeur denies is still there . searches the house and rescues her . recovers and warns at his club , where has caught up with him . and are confronted as they enter the club , so takes her hostage as he flees . She surreptitiously drops monogrammed playing cards as a trail of " breadcrumbs " . The police corner them in a railroad yard but wait for daylight to move in . 
 reveals to that he was orphaned at a young age and raised by an abusive aunt . One day , he snapped while she was beating him and killed her , for which he was imprisoned in reform school ; there , he was abused by the other children . She tells him that the formula he recovered was for a poison gas that Nitro is selling to the Japanese and begs him to extract a signed confession instead of killing . helps escape the dragnet , hoping she has appealed to his patriotism . However , he breaks his promise to her and kills a policeman who had almost managed to capture him , in order to get away . 
 arrives as Nitro Chemical conducts a gas attack drill and its employees wear gas masks , obscuring their faces . orders to guard his door . spots and gives chase , but knocks him out . disguises himself in 's uniform and gas mask to surprise , forcing him to take him to company president , the mastermind of the treasonous Nitro sale . barricades himself with them when the police and arrive , and coerces both into signing a confession . dies of a heart attack while trying to kill , who then kills . is lowered on a scaffold and exchanges gunfire with , wounding him . passes up the opportunity to kill when he sees helping the detective . Other police fatally shoot , but he lives long enough to be assured by that she did not turn him in and that he succeeded in getting the confession .

Before the 1939 invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany , the stars of a theater company in Warsaw are the " ham " actor ( ) and his beautiful wife , ( ) . As part of the company 's rehearsal of " Gestapo " , a play satirizing the Nazis , one of the actors , ( ) , takes to the street to prove that he looks like in his costume and makeup . People gawk at the appearance of the Nazi dictator in Warsaw , until a young girl asks for the autograph of " Mr. . " 
 That night , when the company is performing 's Hamlet , with in the title role , commiserates with his friend and colleague , ( ) , about being limited to being spear carriers . , who is implicitly Jewish ( although the words " Jew " or " Judaism " are never said in the film ) , reveals that it has always been his dream to perform in Merchant of Venice , especially the famous " Hath not a Jew eyes ? " speech , which he proceeds to recite . 
 Meanwhile , has received a bouquet of flowers from the handsome young pilot Lt . ( ) . She arranges to meet him , telling to come to her dressing room when begins his " To be or not to be ... " speech , so they can be sure of privacy . The young man walks out , very obviously , when begins his monologue , causing the highly - strung actor great distress . Shortly thereafter , the company is ordered by a government representative to cancel their production of " Gestapo " out of fear it would offend the Germans and worsen tensions between the two nations . 
 The next night , after a brief ( and chaste ) assignation , again walks out during " To be or not to be " , freshly infuriating . returns backstage to confess his love to , assuming that she will leave her husband and the stage to be with him . Before she can correct his assumption , news breaks out that Germany has invaded Poland . leaves to join the fight , and the actors huddle in the basement of the theater as Warsaw is bombed . 
 conquers Poland and the Polish division of the British Royal Air Force is fighting to free its mother country . Lt . and other young pilots of the division sing together , with the Polish resistance leader ( ) as their guest . hints he will return to Warsaw soon and the men jump to give him messages for their relatives but is suspicious when he gives a message for and he does n't know who the famous actress is . When reports the incident to higher authorities , they realize that now has a list of the names and addresses of relatives of Polish airmen in the RAF , against whom reprisals can be taken . 
 is sent to Warsaw to warn the resistance but gets there first . The flier manages to reach , who passes on the message to the underground . Immediately after , she is stopped by two soldiers who have been ordered by to bring her to him so he can deliver 's message and determine what " To be or not to be " means to her . invites to dinner , hoping to recruit her as a spy , as well as to sample her charms . She pretends to be interested and goes home to dress up . 
 Just before she arrives at her apartment , returns and finds in his bed and his bathrobe . and try to figure out what to do about , while tries to figure out what is going on with his wife and the pilot . In the end , proclaims that he will kill . Later that evening , returns to 's room and pretends to be attracted to him . Just as they kiss , there is a knock at the door . A Nazi officer – actually one of the members of the acting company – summons to " Gestapo headquarters " , which is the theatre , hastily disguised with props and costumes from their play . 
 pretends to be Col . of the Gestapo and gives him the report containing the names and addresses of the families of the Polish pilots . He also reveals that gave him a message for , and that " To be or not to be " was the signal for their rendezvous . reacts in an extremely jealous way and declares he will have arrested . Noting this overreaction , quickly sees that he has been duped , pulls a gun on and tries to escape but is shot and killed by . 
 returns to the hotel disguised as in a fake beard and glasses to destroy the copy of the information about the Polish resistance that has in his trunk and to confront about her affair . Unfortunately , he is met at the hotel by the real Col . 's adjutant , Capt . ( ) , and taken to meet ( ) . manages to pass himself off as , defuses the information by naming recently executed prisoners as the leaders of the resistance and learns that himself will visit Warsaw the next day . 
 The next day , the real 's body is discovered in the theater . sends for to tell her but she is unable to warn in time and he arranges another meeting with , again posing as . When arrives , sends him into a room with 's dead body , hoping to frighten him into a confession . 
 Thinking quickly , shaves off 's beard and then attaches a spare fake beard that he was carrying in his pocket . He then calls into the room and manipulates him into pulling 's now - fake beard off . This appears to prove that the real was actually the imposter . But just as is about to make his escape , the other actors , sent by and again in Nazi costume , storm into 's office , yank off 's false beard and pretend to drag him away to prison . This gets out of Gestapo headquarters but now he can not leave the country on the plane had arranged for him and it is only a matter of time before the ruse is discovered . 
 The company comes up with a bold plan ; when the Nazis stage a show at the theater to honor . , , and the other actors sneak in dressed as Nazis . The actors hide until arrives and takes his seat . As the Nazis are singing the Deutschlandlied ( the German national anthem ) inside , Greenberg suddenly appears and rushes the box . This distracts the Führer 's guards long enough for wearing a moustache , to emerge unnoticed from hiding , surrounded by his entourage of actors dressed as Nazi officers . 
 Playing the head of 's guard , demands to know what wants and the actor finally gets his chance to deliver 's famous speech from The Merchant of Venice . He ends with a ringing " if you wrong us , shall we not revenge ? ! " and orders his " officers " to take away . He also recommends that / Hitler leave Poland immediately and all the actors march out , get in 's cars and drive away . 
 Back at her apartment , is waiting for the actors to pick her up . They intend to leave on 's plane but Col . shows up and tries to seduce her . is amazed when the door opens and walks in disguised as . simply turns and walks out in silence but immediately thinks that is having an affair with and he has just been caught trying to steal the Führer 's mistress . dashes after calling , " , ! " 
 The actors take off in the plane and easily dispose of the Nazi pilots . flies to Scotland , where the actors are interviewed by the press . Asked what reward he would like for his service to the Allies , hesitates in a show of false modesty , but quickly responds for him , " He wants to play Hamlet " . is now once again on stage as Hamlet and reaches the moment of " To be or not to be . " He sees in the audience as he begins the speech but both are amazed when a new young officer gets up and noisily heads backstage .

( ) and ( ) are journalists for the fictional New York Chronicle , with two drastically different backgrounds and worlds . is an educated , well - travelled political affairs columnist who speaks several languages fluently . is a knowledgeable and informed sports writer . Their difficulties are presented as stemming from class and emotional differences as well as from those of gender . 
 A feud in their columns erupts over baseball , and their editor tells them that he will not stand for an intramural feud at his paper . invites on a date to a baseball game , and she inadvertently breaks the " men only " atmosphere of the press box . She is confused and unfamiliar with the rules of the sport . then invites to her apartment later that night . What he thought would be a romantic occasion is actually a dinner party where none of the guests is speaking , or can speak , English . Despite the seemingly wide differences between their lives and personalities , the two fall in love . 
 After and marry , a conflict arises over 's priorities and 's place in her life . They have several minor disagreements about not being together enough , but a bigger problem occurs when volunteers to take on the care of a Greek refugee child , ( ) , without consulting . is excited but trepidatious about 's reaction . He initially believes is pregnant when she announces they 're having a child . Upon meeting , however , he is angry and does n't want an unrelated six - year - old orphan . Still , he tries to befriend the boy and introduces him to sports . 
 learns that she has received the award of " America 's Outstanding Woman of the Year " , to be awarded at a gala ceremony . She plans to leave by himself . When finds out , he refuses to leave alone , though wants him to be beside her on her big night , and is embarrassed at the thought that the public will wonder where he is . says she can tell everyone he had more important plans . offends him by asking if anyone would believe he could find something more important to do . While is at her ceremony , returns the child to the orphanage and walks out on . She learns of this upon her return home , when she goes to change for photographers – only to discover that and and their belongings are all gone . She attempts to reclaim , but he refuses , preferring to stay with his fellow refugees . 
 The next day , receives an invitation , addressed to both of them , to the home of her prominent Senator father ( ) and the world - famous feminist aunt who raised her ( ) . is covering a championship boxing match that evening and tells her he can not go . arrives alone , only to be told that her aunt and her father are to be married that night , after 15 years of " making the same mistake " and saying nothing of their mutual attraction . Listening to the words of the wedding ceremony encourages to attempt a reconciliation with . 
 enters 's Riverside home the next morning and starts to prepare breakfast . Eventually awakened by her noisy incompetence in the kitchen , he watches her surreptitiously . She proclaims her intention of being nothing more than his wife and thinking only of his domestic needs , but he believes it is an insincere tactic to win him back . Trying to prove herself , once again tries to cook breakfast , only to fail because she knows nothing of cooking . 
 tells her this is the first time he is disappointed in her , faulting her for going to extremes . He says he does not want or " just Mrs. , " but instead " . " happily agrees , and they reconcile . , ' ultra - competent secretary ( ) , arrives with a bottle of champagne and reminds of her commitment to launch a ship . takes outside , the bottle smashes , and returns , claiming to have " launched " .

In the early days of World War II , comes out of retirement to star as President in the and musical I 'd Rather Be Right . On the first night , he is summoned to meet the President at the White House , who presents him with a Congressional Gold Medal ( in fact , this happened several years previously ) . is overcome and chats with , recalling his early days on the stage . The film flashes back to his supposed birth on July 4 , whilst his father is performing on the vaudeville stage . 
 and his sister join the family act as soon as they can learn to dance , and soon The Four Cohans are performing successfully . But gets too cocky as he grows up and is blacklisted by theatrical producers for being troublesome . He leaves the act and hawks his songs unsuccessfully around to producers . In partnership with another struggling writer , , he finally interests a producer and they are on the road to success . He also marries , a young singer / dancer . 
 As his star ascends , he persuades his now struggling parents to join his act , eventually vesting some of his valuable theatrical properties in their name . 
 retires , but returns to the stage several times , culminating in the role of the U.S. President . As he leaves the White House , after receiving the Congressional Gold Medal from the President , he performs a tap dance down a set of interior stairs ( which thought up before the scene was filmed and performed with no rehearsal ) . Outside , he joins a military parade , where the soldiers are singing " Over There " , and , at first , he is n't singing . Not knowing that is the song 's composer , one of them asks if he knows the words . 's response is a smile and then joins in the singing .

The Batman / Bruce Wayne ( ) , and his ward , ( ) , secret government agents following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor , become aware of a Japanese sabotage ring operating in Gotham City . 's girl friend ( ) asks for his help in finding her uncle , ( ) , who was abducted by the ring after he was released from prison . 
 Dr. ( ) , the Japanese leader of the ring , plans to steal the city 's radium supply to power his invention , a hand - held raygun that can dissolve anything hit by its powerful beam . He forces from the location of the vault where the radium is stored . sends his American henchmen , along with a zombie that he controls by microphone via an electronic brain implant , to steal the precious metal . discovers the plot and eventually routs the gang after a terrific battle . 
 In his secret underground bat 's cave , the interrogates one of 's henchmen , who reveals the radium was to have been taken to The House of the Open Door , located in the mostly deserted " Little Tokyo " section of Gotham City . and infiltrate the gang 's lair ( also Dr. 's laboratory ) , hidden inside a still - open business , a Fun House ride . There , they find bound , gagged , and unconscious . After she is rescued by the Dynamic Duo , transforms her uncle into a zombie , and plots the derailment of a heavily laden supply train . Once again , Dr. 's sabotage efforts are stopped by the and . 
 Traps and counter - traps follow with breath - taking rapidity in the chapters that follow , as the Dynamic Duo continue to thwart the plans of the Japanese agent and his henchmen . When Dr. attempts to steal America 's Victory Plans , the and finally prevail . They oversee the capture of 's men and finally the destruction of the Japanese agent , as he tries to escape and falls to his death through his own hidden trapdoor into an underground pit full of hungry crocodiles .

During the Spanish Civil War , an American language teacher , ( ) , who lived in Spain during the pre - war period , fights in the International Brigades against forces . An experienced dynamiter , is ordered to travel behind enemy lines and destroy a critical bridge with the aid of a band of local anti - fascist guerrillas . The bridge must be blown up to prevent enemy troops from traveling across it to respond to an upcoming offensive against the fascists . 
 meets an old man , , who is a guerrilla fighter who will serve as Jordan 's liaison with the local guerrilla fighters . leads Jordan to a group of Republican guerrillas who are led by a middle - aged man named . falls in love one of the guerrillas , a young woman named . 's life was shattered by her parents ' execution and her gang - rape at the hands of the Falangists ( part of the fascist coalition ) at the outbreak of the war . Jordan has a strong sense of duty , which clashes with the unwillingness of the guerrilla leader to commit to helping with the bridge - blowing operation , as it would endanger himself and his band . At the same time , develops a new - found lust for life which arises from his love for . 's wife displaces as the group leader and pledges the allegiance of the guerrillas to 's mission . However , when another band of anti - fascist guerrillas , led by , is surrounded and killed in a desperate last stand , destroys Jordan 's dynamite detonation equipment , hoping to prevent the bridge demolition and thereby avoid fascist reprisals on his camp . Later , regrets abandoning his comrades and returns to assist in the operation . 
 However , the enemy , apprised of the coming offensive , has prepared to ambush the Republicans in force and it seems unlikely that blowing up the bridge will do much to prevent a rout . Regardless , understands that he must still demolish the bridge in an attempt to prevent fascist reinforcements from overwhelming his allies . Lacking the equipment destroyed by , and improvise an alternative method to explode the dynamite by using hand grenades . attaches wires to the grenades so that their pins can be pulled from a distance . This improvised plan is considerably more dangerous than using conventional detonators , because the men must increase their proximity to the explosion . 
 While the guerrilla fighters — , , and — create a diversion for and , the two men plant and detonate the dynamite , costing his life when he is hit by a piece of debris from the exploding bridge . While the guerrillas are escaping on horseback , is maimed when a fascist tank shoots his horse out from under him . can not feel his legs and he knows that if his comrades stop to rescue him , they too will be captured or killed . He bids goodbye to and ensures that she escapes to safety with the surviving guerrillas . Armed with a Lewis machine gun , he waits until the horse - mounted fascist soldiers appear in his gun sights . He then pulls the trigger , firing a sweeping barrage at the oncoming soldiers . The film ends with firing the Lewis gun directly at the camera .

Some four years after the events of The Wolf Man and The Ghost of Frankenstein , two men break into the family crypt to open the grave of ( ) , seeking valuables buried with him , on the night of a full moon . During the robbery , the thieves remove the wolfsbane buried with , and he is awakened from death by the full moon shining on his uncovered body . reflexively grasps the arm of the grave robber with a fur - covered hand , as the other thief flees . 
 is found by police in Cardiff later in the night , with a vicious head wound ( administered by his father at the end of The Wolf Man ) , and taken to a hospital where he is treated by Dr. ( ) . slowly comes to understand his situation , but during the full moon , he transforms into the Wolf Man and kills a police constable . The next morning , realizes his patient had been roaming about , and tries to reason with him , though unable to accept 's explanation of his curse . Dr. allows Inspector ( ) , to question who becomes violently irate , then is overcome by orderlies and bound to his bed with leather straps . Not believing his story of being a werewolf , the doctor and detective travel to the village of Llanwelly to investigate and his story . While they are away , escapes from the hospital , by biting through the restraints with his teeth . Seeking a cure for the curse that causes him to transform into a werewolf with every full moon , leaves Britain and seeks the gypsy woman ( ) , who has hearsay knowledge of Dr. ( , as the action is returning to the Ghost of Frankenstein locale ) and opines he may able to help . Together they travel to the village of Vasaria , where hopes to find the notes of Dr. in the remains of the his estate , and permanently end his own life through scientific means . The townsfolk want no part of them or their desire to meet with the deceased and rudely order them to leave . 
 An upset transforms into the Wolf Man and kills a young woman , causing the villagers of Vasaria to raise a mob to chase him down . Fleeing toward the ruins of the castle , falls through the burned - out flooring and into the frozen cellars below . recovers from his animal state , and wanders around , discovering Frankenstein 's Monster ( ironically portrayed by in the preceding film ) ] ] , but actually stuntman ) frozen in ice and thaws him out with a fire . Finding that the Monster is unable to locate the notes of the long - dead doctor , seeks out Baroness ( ) the daughter of , posing as a potential buyer of the estate , hoping she knows their hiding place . She declines to assist , but the pair are invited to the " Festival of the New Wine " by the Burgomeister ( ) . 
 During the festival , a performance of the life - affirming folk song Faro - la Faro - Li enrages as Dr. arrives . The doctor , having followed him across Europe , converses with to persuade him to return to Wales before he has another spell . refuses to go with , and the Monster crashes the festival . With the Monster revealed , and agree to help the villagers rid themselves of the curse forever . The following morning , the couple , with in tow , meet with and the at the ruins . is instantly fascinated by the Monster scientifically , and the Baroness gives the notes to and the doctor . studies the notes and learns how to drain all life from both and the , believing the laboratory can be repaired for the task . 
 In the meantime , the villagers are dismayed to see crates of instruments arriving for Dr. to enable the experiment and become restless , knowing nothing of the doings at the ruins . , the innkeeper details a plan to destroy the dam overlooking the old estate with dynamite and drown all within , ending their troubles in one blow . The dismisses the idea as nothing but a drunken notion , but is determined and puts his plan into action . 
 Unfortunately , Dr. 's scientific curiosity to see the Monster at full strength overwhelms his logic , and to 's horror he decides to fully revive it . The experiment coincides on the night of a full moon , and transforms yet again as the Monster regains his strength ( and eyesight ) ; both escape their restraints . 
 The Monster begins to carry away , but the Wolf Man attacks him , and she escapes from the castle with . and the Monster then engage in a fight until they are both swept away in the flood that results when dynamites the dam .

An aged ( ) enters the opulent reception area of Hell , to be personally greeted by " His Excellency " ( ) . petitions to be admitted ( fully aware of the kind of life he had led ) , but there is some doubt as to his qualifications . To prove his worthiness ( or rather unworthiness ) , he begins to tell the story of his dissolute life . 
 Born in Manhattan on October 25 , 1872 , Henry is the spoiled only child of stuffy , clueless , wealthy parents ( ) and ( ) . His paternal grandmother ( in an uncredited role ) is also doting and naive , although his down - to - earth grandfather ( ) , a self - made millionaire , understands quite well . grows up an idle young man , with a taste for attractive showgirls . One day , overhears a beautiful woman lying to her mother on a public telephone . Intrigued , he follows her into a 's and pretends to be an employee to get to know her better . Despite learning that she is engaged , he begins making advances , finally confessing he does not work there , whereupon she hastily departs . 
 Later , obnoxious cousin ( ) introduces the family to his fiancée , ( ) , and her feuding parents , the ( , ) . is shocked to find that his mystery woman and are one and the same . It turns out that was the first suitor of whom both her parents approved . Fearful of spending the rest of her life as a spinster in Kansas City , agreed to marry him . convinces her to elope with him instead . Though everyone ( except Grandpa ) is scandalized , eventually they are received back into the family . 
 and enjoy a happy marriage and become the proud parents of a boy . On the eve of their tenth anniversary , however , finds out about 's continuing dalliances with other women and goes back to her parents . and follow her there . Sneaking into the house , begs her forgiveness and talks her into " eloping " a second time , much to 's delight . 
 Fifteen years later , meets a chorus girl ( ) in her dressing room shortly before her performance . What begins as a courtship is soon revealed as an attempt by to turn her away from his son , who has been dating her . When reveals her knowledge of his true identity , buys her off instead for $ 25,000 . 
 passes away shortly after their twenty - fifth anniversary . resumes an active social life much to the amusement of his son . On October 26 , 1942 , the day after his 70th birthday , dies under the care of a beautiful nurse , having portended her coming in a dream . After hearing 's story , His Excellency denies him entry and suggests he try the " other place " , where and his grandfather are waiting for him , hinting that there might be " a small room vacant in the annex " .

( ) , a Canadian nurse , relates in a voiceover how she once " walked with a zombie . " 
 is hired to care for the wife of ( ) , a sugar plantation owner on the Caribbean island of Saint Sebastian . Saint Sebastian is inhabited by a small white community and descendants of African slaves . On the boat to the island she is warned by her employer that there is nothing but sadness and decay on Saint Sebastian . While being driven to the Holland plantation , the black driver tells the story of how the brought slaves to the island , and that the statue of " Ti - Misery " ( Saint Sebastian pierced by arrows ) in the courtyard is the figurehead from a slave ship . 
 That night at dinner , meets 's half - brother and employee , ( ) , who clearly resents . While getting ready for bed , hears crying . When she investigates , a woman in a white robe walks towards her , her eyes staring . screams , waking the rest of the household . takes charge of , the woman is to care for . The next morning , Dr. tells that 's spinal cord was irreparably damaged by a serious illness , leaving her totally without the willpower to do anything for herself . 
 On her day off , encounters in town . While he drinks himself into a stupor , a calypso singer ( Sir ) sings about how was going to run away with , but would not let them go . Then she was struck down by the fever . meets Mrs. ( ) , and 's doctor mother . 
 That night , at dinner , tries to persuade to reduce his drinking ( at 's suggestion ) , but he accuses of trying to impress and of driving insane in the first place . 
 Later , is drawn to the sound of playing the piano . He apologizes for bringing her to the island and admits that he may have been the cause of his wife 's condition . has been falling in love with her moody employer . She determines to make him happy by curing . 
 gets to agree to try a potentially fatal treatment of insulin shock on , but it has no effect . Housemaid ( ) then tells her that a Voodoo priest cured a woman of a similar condition . takes her patient without permission through cane fields past a crossroads guarded by the towering figure of the eerie Carre - Four ( a reference to the loa Maitre Carrefours[citation needed ] ) to the houmfort ( a place where Voodoo worshipers gather ) . 
 There , they watch a man ( the ) wield a saber during a ritual . People are given advice through a shack door by a Voodoo priest . is summoned inside , where she is shocked to find that the priest is none other than Mrs. . Mrs. explains that she uses Voodoo to convince the natives to accept conventional medical practices and tells that can never be cured . 
 Outside , the locals stab in the arm with the sword as a test . When she does not bleed , they are convinced she is a zombie . takes her back to the house , where is waiting . He is furious that she took to the voodoo ceremony but is moved when he realizes that she wanted to cure her for his sake . The local authorities come to investigate the next day , and the natives demand that be returned to them for " ritual tests " . Later , Carre - Four approaches the residence , but Mrs. orders him to leave . 
 suggests that return to Canada , as he is regretful for missing her up in his family problems and fearful of demeaning and abusing her as he did . reluctantly agrees to leave Saint Sebastian . 
 The next day , Doctor reports that the unrest has sparked an official inquiry into 's illness . Mrs. shocks everyone by claiming that Jessica is a zombie . Although she had never taken voodoo seriously before , Mrs reveals that when she discovered that was planning to run away with and break up her family , she felt herself possessed by a Voodoo god . She then put a curse on . , and dismiss her story , but becomes obsessed with freeing from her zombie state . He asks if she would consider euthanasia , but she refuses . 
 Using an effigy of , the takes control of her and draws her to him . and stop her the first time , but they are not around when he tries again . opens the gate , letting out . Then he pulls an arrow out of the statue of Ti - Misery and follows . As the stabs the doll with a pin , thrusts the arrow into . He then carries her body into the sea , pursued slowly by Carre - Four . Later , the natives discover the bodies of and floating in the surf . comforts while Mrs. weeps .

Orphaned , unloved , and unwanted ten - year - old ( ) lives with her cruel , selfish , uncaring maternal aunt via marriage , Mrs. ( ) of Gateshead Hall . is ecstatic when Mrs. , eager to be rid of her , arranges for to be sent to Lowood Institution , a charity boarding school for young girls , run by the disciplinarian Reverend ( ) . 
 Based on what Mrs. has told him , Mr. labels a liar in front of her schoolmates and orders her to stand on a stool for hours on her first day of attendance . She is comforted and befriended by another student , ( ) . Later , protests when orders that 's naturally curling hair be cut . Both are punished by being forced to walk circles in a courtyard during a downpour . Dr. ( ) , a sympathetic physician who periodically checks on the students , brings them inside , but it is too late for , who dies that night . 
 Ten years later , in 1840 , the young adult , now twenty , ( ) turns down Brocklehurst 's offer of a teaching position . She advertises for and accepts a job as governess for a young girl named ( ) . When she arrives at Thornfield , a gloomy , isolated mansion , she initially thinks her employer is Mrs. ( ) , who is only the housekeeper for the absent master . 
 goes for a walk one night , only to startle a horse into throwing and slightly injuring its rider , ( she does n't realize is her employer . When arrives back at Thornfield , she discovers this fact , and calls her into his library to interview her . 
 That night , is awakened by strange laughter . She investigates , and discovers that Mr. 's bed curtains are on fire . She rouses the sleeping man and they extinguish the fire without rousing anyone . bids her wait while he goes to another wing of the house , where mysterious seamstress ( ) keeps to herself . When he returns , he tells nothing other than that the matter is under control . The next morning , he leaves Thornfield . 
 A winter and spring go by before he returns with a large group of guests . is greatly saddened when Mrs. discloses that everyone expects to marry ( ) . However , confides to his conviction that Miss is attracted only by his wealth . 
 When a man named ( ) of Spanish Town , Jamaica , arrives at Thornfield , sees that is disturbed . That night , a pained scream awakens everyone . assures his guests it is just a servant 's reaction to a nightmare , but after he sends them back to their rooms , he has secretly tend a bleeding , while he fetches a doctor . assumes is responsible . has the doctor take away . 
 has a private conversation with , in which he bluntly asserts that she is a gold digger . Offended , she and the guests leave . Unaware of this development , broaches the topic of her future employment elsewhere after gets married . He reveals to that he intends to marry her . 
 During the wedding ceremony , an attorney intervenes and declares that has a wife still living , who is mentally ill and deranged , by the name of . This is confirmed by , 's brother - in - law . calls off the marital ceremony and takes them back to Thornfield to reveal his insane wife , who lives in a tower cell , guarded by . rejects 's offer to stay together without being married . She departs Thornfield . 
 With her funds exhausted , returns to Gateshead . She discovers that her aunt has suffered a stroke , caused by worry over the ruinous gambling habits of her son , who it is revealed has committed suicide . There is a reconciliation . After Mrs. dies , ponders what to do next , when she hears an anguished and beloved male voice from thin air calling her name . 
 returns to Thornfield and finds it in ruins . Mrs. informs her that the mad Mrs. had again escaped her confinement , set the place on fire , and fled to the roof . When tried to rescue her , she jumped to her death . He was blinded when the burning staircase collapsed underneath him . With no other impediments , joyfully returns to him . She narrates that , when their son was born , her husband 's vision was sufficiently restored for him to see their child .

A woman sees someone on the street as she is walking back to her home . She goes to her room and sleeps on a chair . As soon as she is asleep , she experiences a dream in which she repeatedly tries to chase a mysterious hooded figure with a mirror for a face but is unable to catch it . With each failure , she re - enters her house and sees numerous household objects including a key , a knife , a flower , a telephone and a phonograph . The woman follows the hooded figure to her bedroom where she sees the figure hide the knife under a pillow . Throughout the story , she sees multiple instances of herself , all bits of her dream that she has already experienced . The woman tries to kill her sleeping body with a knife but is awakened by a man . The man leads her to the bedroom and she realizes that everything she saw in the dream was actually happening . She notices that the man 's posture is similar to that of the hooded figure when it hid the knife under the pillow . She attempts to injure him and fails . Towards the end , the man walks into the house and sees a broken mirror being dropped onto wet ground . He then sees the woman in the chair , who was previously sleeping , but is now dead . 
 Directors and portrayed the role of the woman and the man respectively .

is a bored teenaged girl living in the idyllic town of Santa Rosa , California . She receives wonderful news : Her mother 's younger brother ( her namesake ) , , is arriving for a visit . Two men appear , supposedly working on a national survey . One takes a photo of Uncle , who demands the roll of film , because " no one takes my photograph . " The younger surveyor , , asks young out , and she guesses that he is really a detective . He explains that her uncle is one of two suspects who may be the " Merry Widow Murderer " . refuses to believe it at first , but then observes Uncle acting strangely , primarily with a certain news clipping from her father 's newspaper . The initials engraved inside a ring he gave her match those of one of the murdered women , and during a family dinner he reveals his hatred of rich widows . 
 One night , when 's father and his friend discuss how to commit the perfect murder , Uncle Charlie lets his guard down and describes elderly widows as " fat , wheezing animals " ; he then says , " What happens to animals when they get too fat and too old ? " Horrified , runs out . Uncle follows and takes her into a seedy bar . He admits he is one of the two suspects . He begs her for help ; she reluctantly agrees not to say anything , as long as he leaves soon , to avoid a horrible confrontation that would destroy her mother , who idolizes her younger brother . Detective tells that the photo they took of Uncle was sent for identification by witnesses . News breaks that an alternative suspect was chased by police and killed by an airplane propeller ; it is assumed that he was the murderer . tells young that he loves her and would like to marry her , and leaves . 
 Uncle is delighted to be exonerated , but young knows all his secrets . Soon , she falls down dangerously steep stairs which were cut through . Uncle says he wants to settle down , and young says she will kill him if he stays . Later that night , she is trapped in the garage with a car spewing exhaust fumes , and almost dies . 
 Uncle announces he is leaving for San Francisco , along with a rich widow , Mrs. . Young boards the train with her younger sister and their brother to see Uncle 's compartment . As the children disembark , Uncle restrains his niece on the train , hoping to kill her by shoving her out after it picks up speed . However , in the ensuing struggle , he falls in front of an oncoming train . At his funeral , Uncle is honored by the townspeople . has returned , and confesses that she withheld crucial information . They resolve to keep Uncle 's crimes a secret .

( ) pretends to be a Nazi spy to aid scientist Dr. ( ) and his new invention , a bombsight , in escaping a Gestapo trap in Switzerland . and fly to London , where places him under the protection of his friend , Dr. ( ) . The scientist slips away against ' instructions for a secret reunion with his fiancee , ( ) , and gives her an envelope containing a coded message . He tells to give it to if anything should happen to him . Leaving 's apartment , an attempt to abduct him by German spies is foiled by a passing London bobby . 
 successfully demonstrates the bombsight for Sir ( ) and observers from Bomber Command . , now under the protection of Inspector ( ) and Scotland Yard , tells Sir that , although willing to provide the British with his bombsight , only he will know its secret and has a complex plan for its manufacture to keep the secret safe . He separates his invention into four parts and gives one to each of four Swiss scientists , known only to him , to construct separately and whose names are unknown to each other . Soon after , receives a call from telling him that has disappeared . goes to 's flat , where he receives 's envelope . Rather than the coded message , the message inside is from ' nemesis , master criminal Professor ( ) . 
 Disguising himself as , one of 's old henchmen , searches the Soho district for information . He encounters two henchmen ( ) and ( ) , but is captured by . is put into the false bottom of a sea chest , but is rescued when and observe the henchmen struggling with its unusual weight . returns to 's flat to search for clues to the message 's contents . He finds impressions of the message left on a notepad page by immersing it in " fluorescent salts ... and then photograph(ing ) it by ultraviolet light . " breaks the first three lines of a cunningly modified alphabet substitution code , which are the identities and locations of three of the scientists , but unable to break the fourth line , which has been altered as an added precaution , soon learns that has murdered all three and stolen their parts . Meanwhile , , also unable to break the fourth line , tortures for the name of the fourth scientist . deduces the change in the code and breaks the fourth line , identifying the scientist as Professor ( ) . 
 accidentally deciphers the code . He sends agents to abduct , who has the brilliance to put the four parts together should not recover from torture . The German agents bring the scientist , who is actually in disguise again , to 's seemingly undetectable stronghold . Unknown to , had the real attach an apparatus to their car that drips luminous paint ( which helped prepare ) at regular intervals . uses 's vanity and pride to trick him into slowly bleeding to death " drop by drop " , to stall for time . is saved at the last minute , however , by and , who with 's help , successfully followed the drops . Scotland Yard apprehends the spies , but escapes . When he attempts to complete his escape through a secret passageway , he falls sixty feet to his death ; has discovered the criminal 's hidden trap door and left it open . With saved and the bombsight recovered , notes that things " are looking up ... this little island is still on the map".[2 ]

In 1940 , German - born engineer ( ) , his American wife ( ) , and their children ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) cross the Mexican border into the United States to visit 's brother ( ) and their mother ( ) in Washington , D.C. For the past seventeen years , the family has lived in Europe , where responded to the rise of Nazism by engaging in anti - Fascist activities . tells her family they are seeking peaceful sanctuary on American soil ; but their quest is threatened by the presence of houseguest ( ) , an opportunistic Romanian Count who has been conspiring with the Germans in the nation 's capital . 
 searches the ' room and discovers a gun and money intended to finance underground operations in Germany . Shortly after , the learn resistance worker Max has been arrested ; and , because he once rescued from the Gestapo , plans to return to Germany to assist and those arrested with him . Aware will be in great danger if the Nazis discover he is returning to Germany , demands $ 10,000 to keep silent ; kills him . Realizing the dangers faces , and agree to help him escape . 
 Time passes , and when the fail to hear from , announces he plans to search for his father as soon as he turns eighteen . Although distraught by the possibility of losing her son as well as her husband , resolves to be brave when the time comes for to leave .

kills a pair of claim jumpers who did likewise to his father . He is charged with murder , but can not be taken to Juneau to stand trial until the weather permits . Marshal keeps him in town until the prisoner can be moved . 
 , who sings at saloon , falls in love with , but she is trapped in a loveless marriage to , an alcoholic has - been actor . also is in love with , and he and a local judge are suspected by of being in cahoots with the claim jumpers . 
 tries to frame for another murder , then sets the jail on fire . courageously comes to 's rescue , losing his own life in the process . The marshal deals with , but suddenly reveals that he is the one who has been backing the murderous claim jumpers all along . manages to get the better of , then sets sail for San Francisco with his bride - to - be , .

The plot revolves around the family of Brooklyn , New York , descended from the and composed of illustrious ancestors whose portraits line the walls of the ancestral home . The religious theme is repeatedly mentioned , and is the daughter of the minister who lives next door , with some scenes held in its ancient cemetery . Today the clan comprises insane murderers . 
 Despite having written several books ridiculing marriage as an " old - fashioned superstition " , ( ) falls in love with Elaine Harper ( ) , who grew up next door to him in Brooklyn , and , on Halloween day , they marry . Immediately after the wedding , visits the eccentric but lovable relatives who raised him and who still live in his old family home : his elderly aunts ( ) and ( ) , and his brother ( ) , who believes he is . Each time goes upstairs , he yells " Charge ! " and takes the stairs at a run , imitating 's famous charge up San Juan Hill . 
 finds a corpse hidden in a window seat and assumes that has committed murder under some delusion , but his aunts explain that they are responsible ( " It 's one of our charities " ) . They explain in the most innocent terms that they have developed what calls the " very bad habit " of ending the presumed suffering of lonely old bachelors by serving them elderberry wine spiked with arsenic , strychnine and " just a pinch of cyanide " . The bodies are buried in the basement by , who believes he is digging locks for the Panama Canal and burying yellow fever victims . 
 To complicate matters further , 's brother ( ) arrives with his alcoholic accomplice , plastic surgeon Dr. ( ) . is a murderer trying to escape from the police and find a place to dispose of the corpse of his latest victim , a certain Mr. . 's face , as altered by while drunk , looks like in his makeup as 's monster . This resemblance [ Note 2 ] is frequently noted , much to 's annoyance . , upon finding out his aunts ' secret , decides to bury in the cellar ( to which and object vehemently , because their victims were all nice gentlemen while Mr. is a stranger and a " foreigner " ) and soon declares his intention to kill . 
 While waits at her family home next door for to take her on their honeymoon , makes increasingly frantic attempts to stay on top of the situation , including multiple efforts to alert the bumbling local cops to the threat poses , as well as to get the paperwork filed that will have declared legally insane and committed to a mental asylum ( giving him a safe explanation for the bodies should the cops find them , and preventing his aunts from creating any more victims because they will no longer have any place to bury the bodies ) . He also worries that he will go insane like the rest of the family . As he puts it , " Insanity runs in my family ; it practically gallops ! " While explaining this to , he claims they 've been crazy since the first came to America as pilgrims . 
 But eventually is arrested , flees ( after having signed 's commitment papers ) , and is safely consigned to an asylum where the two aunts insist upon joining him . Finally , and inform that he is not biologically related to the after all : his real mother was the aunts ' cook and his father had been a chef on a steamship . If he is not an upper - class Brewster then he realizes he will not become insane or a murderer . In the film 's closing scene , after lustily kissing and before whisking her away - style ( " Charge ! " ) to their honeymoon , he gleefully exclaims " I 'm not a Brewster , I 'm a son of a sea cook!"[7 ]

Cary Grant, Raymond Massey, Josephine Hull, Peter Lorre, Jack Carson

In 1915 , Atlantic City is a sleepy seaside resort , but , son of a small hotel and vaudeville house proprietor , has big plans : he thinks it can be " the playground of the world . " 's wheeling and dealing proves remarkably successful in attracting big enterprises and big shows , but brings him little success in personal relationships . Full of nostalgic songs and acts , some with the original artists .

A rash of suspicious suicides among scientists and businessmen , all found holding a small scarab , gets the attention of Mayor . He demands that Police Commissioner and District Attorney get to the bottom of the case , while openly wishing that , a masked man who has helped defeat crime in the past , were around to solve the mystery . , secretary , investigates and realizes someone knows of the " Purple Death " , a hypnotic chemical responsible for the suicides . However he then pulls out a gun and takes her into another room . He then orders an associate to tie her up . The D.A. realizes she is there and forces the man to take him to her . He finds her tied up and gagged . He frees her but it is threatened that the purple death will be dropped killing them all . But the D.A. shoots him then gets out of the room with . 
 All of the suicides were members of an expedition to some Mayan ruins . One of the few remaining survivors , Professor , turns to his friend Dr. for support . Dr. , however , reveals that he is the man responsible for the deaths . He wants revenge because he planned and organized the expedition but everyone else claimed the fame and fortune . However , has developed the " Dynamic Vibrator " - a device intended for mining operations but one that can be amplified into a devastating weapon . Using his purple death Dr. forces to disclose the location of his plans . 
 Captain America intervenes as the Scarab 's heavies attempt to steal the plans and this leads to a sequence of plots by the Scarab to acquire a working version , as well as other devices , while trying to eliminate the interfering Captain before he succeeds in discovering Dr. 's true identity or defeats him .

In 1938 , , a successful insurance salesman , returns to his office building in downtown Los Angeles late one night . Visibly in pain and sporting a gunshot wound on his shoulder , he begins dictating a confession into a Dictaphone for his friend and colleague , , a brilliant claims adjuster . The story , told primarily in flashback , ensues . 
 first meets the alluring during a routine house call to remind her husband that his automobile insurance policy is up for renewal . They flirt , until asks how she could take out an accident policy on her husband 's life without his knowledge . deduces she is contemplating murder , and makes it clear he wants no part of it . However , he can not get her out of his mind , and when shows up at his apartment , he can not resist her any longer . knows all the tricks of his trade and devises a plan to make the murder of her husband appear to be an accidental fall from a train that will trigger the " double indemnity " clause and pay out twice the policy 's face value . 
 After breaks his leg , drives him to the Southern Pacific 's Glendale train station for a trip to Palo Alto to attend a college reunion . is hiding in the backseat and strangles when turns onto a deserted side street . then boards the train posing as and using his crutches . He makes his way to the last car , the observation car , and steps outside to the open platform to supposedly smoke a cigarette . A complication ensues when posing as meets a passenger named Mr. there , but he manages to get to leave . then throws the crutches onto the railroad tracks , jumps off the rear train car at a prearranged spot in Burbank to meet up with , and drags 's body onto the tracks . 
 Mr. , the company 's chief , believes the death was suicide , but scoffs at the idea , quoting statistics indicating the improbability of suicide by jumping off a slow - moving train , to 's hidden delight . suspects foul play on ' part because he suspected that she was having an affair with another man . ' instincts , which he refers to as the " little man , " pointing to his abdomen , continue to nag him about 's death . does not suspect foul play at first , but later does and refuses to pay off the accidental death clause , which becomes a problem for both and . Like , also wonders why did not file a claim for his broken leg , and deduces did not know about the policy . tells of his theory outside 's apartment , while hides behind the door . soon concludes that and some unknown accomplice murdered for the insurance money , but needs more proof . 
 , however , is not 's only worry . The victim 's daughter , , comes to him , convinced that stepmother is behind her father 's death . 's mother also died under suspicious circumstances , when was her nurse . begins seeing , at first to keep her from going to the police with her suspicions . This later changes because he is plagued by guilt and a sense of responsibility to protect her from . suspects she will murder because of both her suspicion in her parents ' murders and to take the inheritance for herself . Before his death , Mr. found out that planned to kill him for financial gain and changed his will to prevent it . In his will , he left both his business and money to as his primary beneficiary , leaving with nothing . 
 brings to Los Angeles , suspecting that the man aboard the train had not been , but rather had been ' accomplice in 's murder . After examining photographs of , is sure that the man he met in the observation car was at least ten years younger . Now certain that he can prove murder , is eager to reject the claim and force to sue . warns not to pursue the insurance claim in court and admits that he has been talking to about her past . , however , insists on filing suit to pursue the claim despite the risk to both her and . eventually tells that she has discovered that her boyfriend , the hotheaded , has been seeing behind her ( and 's ) back . 
 When learns that suspects of being ' accomplice , sees a way out of his predicament . He arranges to meet at her house . He informs her that he knows about her involvement with , and guesses that she is planning to have kill him . He tells her that he intends to kill her and put the blame on . She is prepared , however , and shoots him in the shoulder . Seriously wounded but still standing , he slowly comes closer and dares her to shoot again . She does not , and he takes the gun from her . She says she never loved him " until a minute ago , when I could n't fire that second shot . " does not believe a word she says , and as she hugs him tightly , says , " Goodbye , baby , " and shoots twice , killing her . 
 Outside , waits for to arrive ( something had orchestrated ) . advises him not to enter the house and instead to go to , the woman who loves him . is reluctantly convinced and leaves as told . drives to his office and starts speaking into his Dictaphone , as seen at the film 's opening . arrives unnoticed and hears enough to know the truth . sadly tells him , " , you 're all washed up . " tells he is going to Mexico rather than face the gas chamber , but sags to the floor from his injury and blood loss before he can reach the elevator . A weakened tells that the reason why he could not figure the case out was that the guy whom he was looking for was " too close , right across the desk from you . " When replies " closer than that , , " declares that he loves , too . As had done , lighting ' cigars for him throughout the film , lights 's cigarette as they await the police and an ambulance .

A peaceful Chinese village is invaded by the Japanese prior to World War II . The men elect to adopt a peaceful attitude towards their conquerors and it is understood that the women will stoically acquiesce as well . But ( ) , a headstrong young woman , intends to stand up to the Japanese whether her husband ( ) approves or not . She even goes so far as to learn to read and to handle a weapon , so that she may be properly equipped for both psychological and physical combat . 's attitude spreads to the rest of the village , convincing even the staunchest of male traditionalists that the Japanese can be defeated only by offering a strong united front ; male and female.[2 ]

World - famous opera singer has just been murdered . The perpetrator bolted , without the jewels he sought , after being interrupted by a child — ( 's niece , who was raised by her aunt following 's own mother 's death years earlier . 
 is sent to Italy so that she can train to be an opera star with the same teacher who once trained . studies with him for years , all the while trying to forget that terrible night at Number 9 Thornton Square in London . 
 Now an adult , ( ) meets ( ) , and , in the course of a two - week - long whirlwind romance , falls in love with him and they quickly marry . ends her long tutelage to marry him , and he persuades her to leave the society and friends she knows to return to London , where she knows no one , to live in the long - vacant London townhouse her aunt bequeathed her . To help calm her anxieties , suggests they store all of 's furnishings in the attic . Before they do , discovers a letter addressed to her aunt by a man named , dated only two days before the murder , tucked away in a music book . 's reaction is swift and violent ; however , he quickly composes himself , explaining his outburst as one of frustration at the bad memories his bride is experiencing . 
 After 's belongings are packed away in the attic and the door blocked , events take a turn for the bizarre . At the Tower of London , loses an heirloom brooch that had given her , despite its having been stored safely in her handbag . A picture disappears from the walls of the house ; and says that took it , one of many instances of her removing and hiding it ; but has no recollection of having done so . also hears footsteps coming from above her in the sealed attic , and sees the gaslights dim and brighten for no apparent reason . suggests that these are all figments of 's imagination . 
 does everything in his power to isolate his wife . allows her neither to go out nor to have visitors , implying that he is doing so for her own good , because her nerves have been acting up , causing her to become a kleptomaniac , and to imagine things that are not real . He is also jealous and accusatory whenever others express an interest in her . On the one occasion when does take her out to a musical gathering at a friend 's house , he shows his watch chain , from which his watch has mysteriously disappeared . When finds it in her handbag , becomes hysterical , and he takes her home . begins to believe she should not go out in public . 
 The young maid , ( ) , does little to improve the situation . Whenever shows up , 's face betrays a feeling of disdain ; becomes convinced that loathes her . secretly flirts with the maid and tells she is paranoid and is imagining the maid 's disdain . 
 does not know that her husband is in fact , her aunt 's murderer . He sought out in Italy , won her heart , married her , and suggested they live in London , all with the aim of getting back into the house to continue searching for 's jewels . He has been secretly rummaging through 's belongings in the attic to find the jewels he is certain are there . The footsteps hears in the attic are actually his . The flickering gaslights he claims she has imagined are in fact caused by his turning the attic lights on , thus reducing the flow of gas to the downstairs lights . The kleptomania exhibited by is all a sleight - of - hand ruse perpetrated by . 
 does everything in his power to convince his wife that she is going mad , hoping to have her certified as insane and then institutionalized , thus allowing him to continue his search for the jewels without impediment . The plan almost works . is saved by her trip to the Tower of London . Although the visit is the catalyst that enables to cement his control over her , it also leads to a chance encounter with Inspector of Scotland Yard ( ) , an admirer of since his childhood . Seeing , whose resemblance to her aunt catches his attention , rekindles 's interest in the cold case , an interest that is heightened when he learns that was in possession of valuable jewels that were never found . That had been kept from the public at the request of a certain royal personage . was also present at the aforementioned musical gathering and perceived 's strange behavior with a discerning eye . With the aid of the police constable on the beat , figures out that slips into a vacant house on the same street , proceeds to the roof , and enters his own attic via a skylight . eventually manages to get inside the house to see while is in the attic . Her sanity is quickly restored when he confirms that the gaslights are indeed flickering , and she discovers the letter from that had told her was a figment of her imagination . That same evening , at last discovers the jewels hidden in plain sight , disguised as costume jewelry . However , accosts him , and with the help of the constable , arrests him . 
 indulges herself in a bit of revenge as she psychologically tortures , now bound to a chair , tantalizing him with the suggestion that she might free him so he can escape arrest , trial , and execution , before calling in to take him away .

Father , an incoming priest from East St. Louis , arrives in New York City with an unconventional style that will transform the parish life of St. Dominic ’s Church . 
 On his first day , gets into a series of mishaps ; his informal appearance and attitude make a poor impression with the elder pastor , Father . The very traditional is further put off by ’s recreational habits   – particularly his golf - playing   – and his friendship with the even more casual Father . In a discussion between and without present , it is revealed that was sent by the bishop to take charge of the affairs of the parish , but that is to remain as pastor . To spare ’s feelings , the older pastor is kept unaware of this arrangement and believes that is simply his assistant . 
 A series of events highlights the difference between and ’s styles , as they deal with events like a parishioner being evicted and a young woman named having run away from home . The most consequential difference of opinion between and arises in their handling of the youth of the church , many of whom are consistently getting into trouble with the law in a gang led by . is inclined to look the other way , siding with the boys because of their frequent church attendance . seeks to make inroads into the boys ’ lives , befriending and eventually convincing the boys to become a church choir . 
 The noise of the practicing choir annoys , who finally decides to go to the bishop and ask for to be transferred away . In the course of the conversation , infers the bishop ’s intention to put in charge of the parish . To avoid an uncomfortable situation , instead of making his initial request , asks the bishop to put in charge , and then , resigned to his fate of losing control over the church , he informs of his new role . 
 A distressed then runs away , leading to a search . He returns late at night , and as puts the older priest to bed , the two begin to bond . They discuss ’s long - put - off desire to go to Ireland and see his mother , whom he 's not seen since he left Ireland as a young priest to come to America , and who is now over 90 . puts to sleep with an Irish lullaby , “ Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral ” . 
 runs into , an old girlfriend whom he left to join the priesthood . now has a successful career with the Metropolitan Opera , performing under the stage name . As she prepares to go onstage as the lead in a performance of Carmen , the two discuss their past , and she learns that her world travels with a previous opera company caused her to miss his letter explaining he had entered the priesthood . 
 next pays a visit to , who is now suspected of living in sin with , the son of the church 's mortgage - holder , . On this visit , describes to the young couple his calling in life to “ go his way , ” which to him means to follow after the joyous side of religion and lead others to do the same . He performs for them the song “ Going My Way , ” which he wrote on this theme . 
 visits at the church , sees the boys ’ choir , and reads the sheet music of “ Going My Way . ” She , , and Father devise a plan to rent out the Metropolitan , perform “ Going My Way ” with the choir and a full orchestra , then sell the rights to the song , thereby saving the church from its financial woes . The plan fails , as the music executive brought on to hear the song does not believe it will sell . The choir decides to make the most of its opportunity on the grand stage , and sings another song , " Swinging on a Star " . The executive overhears the song and decides to buy it , providing enough money to pay off the church mortgage . 
 With the church affairs in order , and go on a golf course together . Just as everything seems to have fallen into place , though , the parish church is damaged in a massive fire . prepares to move on to a new assignment from the bishop . He leaves O’Dowd to be ’s new assistant , putting in charge of the choir . On Christmas Eve , parishioners gather in a temporary church for a service that also serves as 's farewell . As a going - away present , has sent for ’s mother from Ireland . As mother and son embrace for the first time in 45 years , the choir sings “ Too - ra - loo - ra - loo - ral ” , as Father quietly slips away into the night .

New York City Police Department detective ( ) is investigating the murder of a beautiful and highly successful advertising executive , ( ) . has apparently been killed by a shotgun blast to the face , just inside the doorway of her apartment . 
 He first interviews charismatic newspaper columnist ( ) , an imperious , effete dandy , who relates how he met and became her mentor . She had become his platonic friend and steady companion and he used his considerable fame , influence , and connections to advance her career . 
 also questions 's parasitic playboy fiancé , ( ) , a " kept man " and companion of her wealthy socialite aunt , ( ) . is tolerant of her niece 's infatuation with , which appears to be out of her practical acceptance of 's need for the affection of a woman who is his own age . All the while , is carrying on with and giving him money . Detective finally questions 's loyal housekeeper , ( ) . 
 Through the testimony of her friends , and the reading of her letters and diary , becomes obsessed with , so much so that finally accuses him of falling in love with the dead woman . He also learns that was jealous of 's suitors , using his newspaper column and influence to keep them at bay . 
 One night , the detective falls asleep in 's apartment , under her portrait , and is awakened by the sound of someone entering the apartment . He is shocked to discover it is , who finds a dress in her closet belonging to one of her models , . concludes that was the victim , brought there by , while was away in the country . Now it becomes even more urgent to unmask the murderer . 
 A party is thrown to welcome 's return . At the party , arrests for the murder of . Upon questioning her , he is convinced that she is innocent and that she does not love . He goes to search 's apartment , where he becomes suspicious of a clock that is identical to the one in 's apartment . On closer examination he finds a secret compartment . 
 returns to 's apartment . is there and it is apparent that there is a growing bond between and the detective . insults and is sent away by , but pauses on the stairwell outside . examines 's clock and finds the shotgun that killed . is confronted with the truth that was the murderer . locks into her apartment , warning her to admit no one . After he has left , emerges from another room and attempts to kill , claiming that if he can not have her , no one can . He is shot down by 's sergeant , who had told that had never left the building , causing the two policemen to return to the apartment . 's last words are : " Goodbye , . Goodbye , my love . "

Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson

Several British and American civilians , service members and merchant mariners are stuck in a lifeboat in the North Atlantic after their ship and a U - boat sink each other in combat . ( ) , a German survivor , is pulled aboard and denies being the U - boat 's captain . During an animated debate , engine room crewman ( ) demands the German be thrown out to drown . However , the others object , with radioman ( ) , wealthy industrialist ( ) and columnist ( ) , who speaks German , succeeding in arguing that he be allowed to stay . , initially alone in the boat , had managed to bring her luggage with her , and her primary concern at first is a run in her stocking . She is thrilled at having filmed the battle between the two vessels , but her movie camera is the first in a series of her possessions to be lost overboard in a succession of incidents . 
 Among the passengers is Mrs. , a young British woman ( ) whose infant child is dead when they are pulled from the water after being saved by steward " ( ) . After being treated by a U.S. Army nurse , ( ) , she must be tied down to stop her from hurting herself . The woman , still wrapped in 's mink coat for warmth , sneaks off the boat while the other passengers sleep , drowning herself in the night . is revealed to be the U - boat captain . 
 The film then follows the lifeboat inhabitants as they attempt to organize their rations , set a course for Bermuda , and coexist as they try to survive . The characters start out being good - natured , cooperative , and optimistic about rescue . However , they descend into desperation , dehydration , and frustration with each other . The back stories of the characters are examined , and divisions of race , religion , sex , class , and nationality are brought to the surface . The passengers also cooperate through this stress , such as when they must amputate the leg of one of their boatmates , the German - American ( ) , because of gangrene . 
 takes charge , rationing the little food and water they have , but , who has been consulting a concealed compass and reveals that he speaks English , wrests control away from him in a storm . One morning , while the others are sleeping , , who had resorted to drinking seawater , catches drinking water from a hidden flask . Too delirious to be taken seriously by the drowsing survivors , is coaxed overboard by and drowns . Upon waking , the others discover missing and is questioned . When they notice that the German is sweating , the other passengers discover the hoarded flask in his jacket . In a spasm of anger led by , they descend upon him as a group , beat him , and throw him overboard . strikes him multiple times with ' boot to prevent him from re - boarding and , utterly disillusioned by 's behavior , laments , " What do you do with people like that ? " 
 The survivors are subsequently spotted by the German supply ship to which had been steering them . Before a launch can pick them up , both it and the supply ship are sunk by gunfire from an Allied warship over the horizon . A frightened young German seaman is pulled aboard the lifeboat . The surviving passengers debate whether to keep him aboard or throw him off to drown as they await rescue by an approaching Allied vessel . The German sailor pulls a gun on the boat occupants but is disarmed by . The seaman asks in German , " Are n't you going to kill me ? " muses , " ' Are n't you going to kill me ? ' What do you do with people like that ? "

The backdrop for Meet Me in St. Louis is St. Louis , Missouri in the year leading up to the 1904 World 's Fair . 
 It is summer 1903 . The family leads a comfortable upper - middle class life . ( ) and his wife ( ) have four daughters : ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) ; and a son , ( ) . , the second eldest daughter , is in love with the boy next door , ( ) , although he does not notice her at first . is expecting a phone call during which she hopes to be proposed to by ( ) . 
 finally gets to meet properly when he is a guest at the ' house party , although her chances of romancing him do n't go as planned when , after all the guests are gone and he is helping her turn off the gas lamps throughout the house , he tells her she uses the same perfume as his grandmother and that she has " a mighty strong grip for a girl " . 
 hopes to meet again the following Friday on a trolley ride from the city to the construction site of the World Fair . is sad when the trolley sets off without any sign of him , but cheers up when she sees him running to catch the trolley mid journey . 
 On Halloween , returns home injured , claiming that attacked her . Without bothering to investigate , confronts , physically attacking him and scolding him for being a " bully " . When returns home , confesses that what really happened was that was trying to protect and from the police after a dangerous prank they pulled went wrong . Upon learning the truth , immediately dashes to 's house next door to apologize , and they share their first kiss . 
 Mr. announces to the family that he is to be sent to New York City on business and eventually they will all move . The family is devastated and upset at the news of the move , especially and whose romances , friendships , and educational plans are threatened . is also aghast because they will miss the World 's Fair . 
 An elegant ball takes place on Christmas Eve . is devastated when can not take her as his date , due to his leaving his tuxedo at the tailor 's and being unable to get it back . She is relieved , however , when her grandfather ( ) offers to take her to the ball instead . At the ball , fills up a visiting girl 's ( , played by ) dance card with losers because she thinks is a rival of 's . But when turns out to be interested in , switches her dance card with 's and instead dances in 's place with the clumsy and awkward partners . After being rescued by , is overjoyed when unexpectedly turns up after somehow managing to obtain a tuxedo , and the pair dance together for the rest of the evening . Later on , proposes to and she accepts . 
 returns home to an upset . She is soothed by the poignant " Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas " . , however , becomes more upset at the prospect of the family 's move and runs downstairs , out into the cold to destroy the snowmen they have made . Mr. sees his daughter 's upsetting outburst from an upstairs window . 
 Mr. later announces that the family will not leave St. Louis after all when he realizes how much the move will affect his family . boldly declares his love for , stating that they will marry at the first possible opportunity . 
 On or after April 30 , 1904 , the family take two horse drawn buggies to the World 's Fair . The film ends that night with the entire family ( including boyfriends - to - turn - into - presumed - husbands and 's new love interest ) overlooking the Grand Lagoon at the center of the World 's Fair just as thousands of lights illuminate the grand pavilions .

In 1914 , spoiled ( ) is a renowned beauty with many suitors . She loves her brother ( ) and would do anything to help him . learns that has embezzled money from his employer ( ) . To save her brother from prosecution , pursues and marries the lovestruck . Disgusted by the arrangement , in part because of his prejudice against being Jewish , leaves home to fight in the Lafayette Escadrille in World War I. 
 loves , but she is merely fond of him and largely ignores him . She becomes pregnant with his child , but when dies in France , she states she is " stuck " with , and the marriage then becomes wholly loveless , continuing only for the child 's sake . and , 's cousin , also enlist but are stationed near home . 
 enjoys playing the wealthy socialite , stringing along a persistent quartet of suitors who are unfazed by her marriage as well as much younger lovers . Lonely , finds solace with his secretaries . When finds out , she divorces him , conveniently ignoring her own behavior . 
 neglects her young daughter ( also named ) , who understandably prefers her loving father and begs him to take her with him to Europe . Although fears for his child and tries unsuccessfully to explain to her the nature of prejudice she will encounter as a Jew abroad , he finally , tearfully and joyfully , says yes . is relieved to be free of the encumbrance of a child . has a series of affairs , living well on the extremely generous settlement has left her - half his fortune - and hardly giving a thought to her daughter , whom she does not see for many years . 
 She retains her beauty as she grows older ( much to the envy of her women acquaintances ) , but when she catches diphtheria , it ravages her appearance . In denial , she invites her old lovers ( and their wives ) to a party . The men are shocked ( and the women relieved ) by how much has changed , leaving her distraught . Ironically , her latest young suitor , , falls in love with her daughter ( played as an adult by ) , who has returned from Europe because of the rise of the Nazis . They marry after only a few months and leave for Seattle . 's daughter explains that , while she wishes her mother well , she feels no real love for her , and pities her for discarding the one man who truly loves her . Shortly before her daughter 's departure , suffers the ultimate humiliation when one of her old beaux makes what she at first believes to be a sincere marriage proposal , only to withdraw it when he begins to suspect , incorrectly , that she is no longer wealthy . is left alone with her maid , . 
 's cousin ( ) brings back to 's home unannounced . The Nazis have left penniless and worse , tells , and he calls on her to be generous . 's vanity nearly prevents her from venturing down her home 's grand staircase to see . 
 When she does finally enter the parlor , moves to her , stumbles and falls : He is blind . rushes to cradle him in her arms . As she takes his arm and guides him up the staircase , she tells the maid that " Mr. has come home . " had once , long ago , told that , " A woman is beautiful only when she is loved . " tells that , at that moment , " she has never been more beautiful " . At long last , she realizes the truth of it .

National Velvet is the story of a 14 - year - old , horse - crazy girl , ( ) , who lives in the small town of Sewels in Sussex , England . She wins a spirited gelding in a raffle and decides to train him for the Grand National steeplechase . is aided by a penniless young drifter named ( ) , who discovered Mrs. 's name and address among his late father 's effects , though he is unaware of why it was there . Hoping to profit from the association , accepts an invitation to dinner and a night 's lodging at the ' home , but Mrs. is unwilling to allow to trade on his father 's good name and remains vague about their connection . Nevertheless , she convinces her husband ( ) to hire over his better judgment , and is brought into the home as a hired hand . It is revealed that 's career as a jockey ended in a collision which resulted in another jockey 's death . has not held a job since , and now hates horses . 
 names the horse she won , " The Pie " , because his previous owner , Mr. , called the troublesome gelding a pirate . Seeing 's natural talent , pleads with to train him for the Grand National . believes it a fool 's errand , not because the horse lacks ability , but because they have no way to finance the effort . He makes his case to Mrs. ( ) , but she consents to 's desire to train the horse . To cover the entrance fee and other costs , Mrs. gives her prize money for swimming the English Channel . and train the horse and enter him into the race . 
 and travel to the Grand National . hires a professional jockey , but the night before the race , senses he lacks faith in the Pie and will lose . convinces to dismiss the jockey , leaving them without a rider . That night , overcomes his fear of riding and intends to race himself . Instead , he discovers that has slipped on the jockey silks and intends to ride herself . Knowing the dangers , unsuccessfully attempts to dissuade , who is determined to ride . As the race unfolds , and clear all hurdles and win the race . Elated but exhausted , falls off her mount at the finish . After the track doctor discovers that is a girl , and are disqualified . , who expected to be disqualified , only wanted to prove that is a champion . becomes a media sensation and is offered large amounts of money to travel to Hollywood and be filmed with . To her father 's disappointment , tearfully refuses the offers , claiming that would dislike being stared at . says that she raced at the Grand National because he deserved a chance for greatness . chooses a normal life for her and her horse . At the close of the film , , ready to resume his old life , takes his leave without bidding goodbye . Before he gets too far , Mrs. gives permission to reveal her relationship with his father . gallops off on Pie and find on the road . She tells him that his father was Mrs. 's coach as the first woman to swim the English Channel . 
 The film differs from the book in a number of respects . For example , 's horse in the book is a piebald , and thus is given the name " The Piebald " or " The Pie " for short . In the movie , is a chestnut , and another explanation for his name was given . , in the book , is a sickly child who is given to great imagination and spirit ; her father is stern and given to anger , but the mother is stronger still and stands up to him . Since her days as a swimmer she has become a large woman , and weighs 16 stone—224 pounds ( 102   kg ) at the time of the story , and warns never to allow herself to be burdened by weight . In the book Mr. and Mrs. also have a 15 - year - old daughter named , in addition to , , , and . The character does not appear in the movie .

and return to America after ten years of voluntary exile to find jobs . has worked as a mediocre cook and has served as a butler for many years . Upon their return they find that there are plenty of positions to apply to , unlike when they left ten years earlier . 
 Both men get hired by a wealthy woman named , who is in desperate need of help to prepare for a big formal dinner she is hosting in the evening . The guest of honor at the dinner is none other than the young exiled King of Orlandia . 
 Before the dinner , tells his guardian , Prince , that he wants to know more about the life of the common man in America . His biggest dream is to play American football for Notte Dame . It is decided that the young king will disguise himself as an ordinary man and bring his assistant , . is unaware that is planning to murder him and take over the throne . 
 As and are out walking in a park , excuses himself to make way for the two assassins he has hired to kill the king . happens to hear a football game nearby and when he goes there finds out that one of the players have been injured . offers to take the injured player 's place , but it turns out the game referee has also quit . and happen to pass by the game with groceries they have bought for the evening dinner , and persuades them into being referees in the game . 
 has never played football before , and his first contact with the ball is not so successful , as he fumbles and drops the ball . With the help of the incompetent referees and , who are constantly running in the way of the players , picks up his game and actually manage to score a touchdown that wins the game . is overjoyed with his own performance and thankful again to the very helpful referees . 
 and discover that they have forgot to buy the dinner steak , although they have spent all the money they got from . They see a lion at the nearby zoo being fed a big steak , and decide to try and steal the steak for the dinner . is not aware of who and is working for and offers to help out . While and argue about who will actually take the steak from the lion , equally afraid of being eaten themselves , steps in and snatches the steak from the lion . 
 The three men soon arrive to 's building , and persuades the two men to let him stay with them for the night since he has nowhere else to go . soon discovers the incompetence of the two servants and tries to teach the proper etiquette at a formal dinner . He fails in his mission , and instead offers to help by hiding under the dinner table and giving commands to from there during the dinner , by using his hand to tap on 's foot . 
 explains that is missing at the dinner because of illness , but is soon made aware by that he is in fact not dead , but missing . excuses himself and leaves the practically inedible dinner . goes into the kitchen and fires and on the spot because of their poor performance . She discovers in the kitchen , but does n't identify him as the king . She throws all three men out of there , and they take their refuge at a mission . A dodgy woman recognizes from a picture in the papers , and alerts the police that he is being kidnapped by and . 
 The police arrive and arrest and , but demands they be hired as his help , and the charges are dropped . sees an opportunity to use the two dimwits as pawns in order to kill . puts poison in the salad supposed to be delivered to at a banquet . But the incompetent manages to mix up the plates so that there is no telling who got the poisoned salad . 
 An argument ensues between and because of the mixup and overhears them , finding out about the attempt to kill him . When goes to tell and , intercepts him and pulls a gun , holding the three men at gunpoint . forces them out on a ledge outside the skyscraper 's window , trying to make them jump and take their own lives . 
 discovers a hanging board below the window , left there by the painters , and jumps down from the ledge . Before and dare jump after him , the board is moved away from the window , and they are left hanging , dangling high up above the street . manages to get down to the street and fetch the police , who arrive just in time to rescue and . 
 It turns out was the person who got the poisoned salad after all , and he is carried out on a stretcher from the apartment . The story ends with , and singing the Notre Dame fight song together with the policemen.[1 ]

In the summer of 1940 , world - weary ( ) operates a small fishing - boat , the Queen Conch , in Fort - de - France , on the French colony of Martinique . It is not long since the fall of France and the island is controlled by pro - German Vichy France . makes a modest living chartering his fishing boat to tourists , along with his unofficial mate ( ) . is 's close friend and one time trusted co - worker , but he has of late succumbed to heavy drinking . The island is a tinder - box of dissent , harboring many people sympathetic to Free France . 
 At his hotel home , hotel owner ( ) ( known as " Frenchy " to English speakers ) urges to help the French Resistance by smuggling some people off the island . steadfastly refuses , choosing to keep aloof from the current political situation . Also at the hotel , he meets ) Browning ( ) , a young American wanderer who has recently arrived in Martinique . An accomplished singer , she sings " How Little We Know " with pianist ( ) in the hotel bar . 
 's current charter client , ( ) , owes $ 825 . insists he has n't enough ready money , but promises to get the funds when the banks open the next day . In the hotel bar , notices pick Johnson 's pocket and he later forces her to hand over the wallet . On inspection the wallet is found to contain $ 1,400 in traveler 's cheques and a plane ticket for early the next morning ( before the banks are open ) . On returning the wallet to , demands that sign the traveler 's cheques to pay him immediately . But just then , there is a shootout in front of the hotel between police and the Resistance , and is killed by a stray bullet . The police take and several others for questioning , and seize 's passport and money . 
 Back at the hotel , offers to hire and his boat for one night to transport Resistance members ( ) and his wife ( ) . Now effectively penniless , reluctantly accepts 's offer . Meanwhile , a romance has been developing between and , the latter of whom feels that changed his mind about the smuggling to help her out.[4 ] Her suspicions are bolstered by the fact that has used some of the money he earned in transporting the fugitives to buy her a plane ticket back to America . 
 picks up the de Bursacs , but his boat is seen and fired upon by a navy patrol boat . His passenger is wounded , but manages to escape by turning the Queen Conch into a fogbank . On returning to the hotel , he learns that has not used the ticket he purchased for her and instead has stayed in Martinique to be with him . The de are hiding in the basement of the hotel and at 's request , removes the bullet from 's shoulder . He learns that the couple have come to Martinique to help a man with the Free French escape from the penal colony at Devil 's Island . asks for 's assistance in this operation , but respectfully turns him down.[5 ] 
 The police return to the hotel and reveal that they recognized 's boat the previous night . They also reveal they have in custody . Exploiting his addiction to alcohol , they plan to withhold liquor until he reveals the details of the smuggling plot . His friend in custody and his back against the wall , decides to act . 
 With 's help , turns the tables on the police . He holds Vichyite Police Captain ( ) at gunpoint and forces him to order 's release and sign harbor passes . When returns , , , the de , and all escape on the Queen Conch , having agreed to help the de with their mission.[6 ]

Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall. Walter Brennan, Hoagy Carmichael

and are Navy sailors who have a four - day leave in Hollywood . has his heart set on spending time with his girl , the unseen . , the shy choir boy turned sailor , asks to teach him how to get girls . , a little boy who wants to join the navy , is found wandering around the boulevard by a cop , who takes him to the police station . and end up being picked up by the cops to help convince to go home . After the two sailors wait at home and entertain , 's Aunt arrives . is smitten with her from the beginning . goes on to tell them that she has been trying to find work in music , and longs to perform with . Trying to make impressed with , tells her that is a personal friend of , and that he has arranged an audition for with him . That night , they go out to a cafe ( on an MGM recreation of Olvera Street ) where meets a girl from Brooklyn , and they hit it off . The next day , visits 's school , and tells the kids the story of how he got his medal , and how he brought happiness to a lonesome king ( played by from Tom and Jerry , with briefly appearing as a servant ) , and joy to the forest animals of the kingdom . 
 Meanwhile , has been trying to get into Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Studios to find with no luck . After many failed attempts to find , ( including a rehearsal at the Hollywood Bowl ) all hope is lost for and , who want to come clean with and tell her there was no audition . On and 's last day of leave , runs into In the studio commissary who has no idea of the audition . begins to call , whom by now she has fallen in love with , to yell at him . stops her and agrees to get her a screen test , which turns out to be very successful . The movie ends as conducts the choir in singing " Anchors Aweigh " , and , , and the girl from Brooklyn kiss .

Eight people , all total strangers to each other , are invited to a small , isolated island off the coast of Devon , England , by a Mr. and Mrs. . Ferried over by a sailor called , they settle in at a mansion tended by two newly hired servants , and , but their hosts are absent . When the guests sit down to dinner , they notice the centerpiece , ten figurines of Indians in a circle . Afterward , puts on a gramophone record , from which a voice accuses them all of murder : 
 It turns out that none of the ten knows or has even seen " U. N. Owen , " as he signed his instructions to ; they suddenly realize it stands for " unknown . " The guests decide to leave , but informs them that the boat will not return until Monday , and it is only Friday . 
 admits to running down a couple while speeding . Then he takes a drink and dies from poison . The next morning , the guests learn that Mrs. has died in her sleep . reports that found one figurine broken after 's demise . Now another is missing . With two deaths matching the Ten Little Indians nursery rhyme , they search the island for " Mr. " without success . After General is stabbed in the back , the judge arrives at the only explanation : must be one of them . 
 Another day passes . Everyone votes secretly for whom they suspect . Only receives two votes , and is sent to spend the night in the woodshed . After locking the dining room , they give the key . The next morning , however , they find him dead , his head split open with an axe . Miss persuades Miss to reveal that she had her nephew placed in a reformatory , where he hanged himself . Later that day , Miss 's body is found with a hypodermic needle nearby . discovers that his is missing . admits he had a revolver , but it is lost as well . 
 At dinner , confesses he sentenced an innocent man to death to ruin the defending counsel 's reputation . then admits to operating while drunk , with fatal results . grudgingly discloses that he perjured himself to put an innocent man in prison , where he died . merely states that the accusation against him is true . When it is Miss 's turn , she excuses herself to get her coat . The others hear her shriek and rush to her . In the confusion , a single gunshot is heard . They find her shaken after being brushed by seaweed hanging from the ceiling . They eventually find 's gun , and dead from a shot to the head . 
 Miss insists she is innocent , but contends that only a person who had not committed a crime would want to mete out " justice " , and locks her in her room . Later that night , she wakes to find outside her window . After he gives her his gun , she lets him inside . He persuades her to admit that it was her sister who killed her own fiancé , and that Miss helped her cover up the crime and unofficially took the blame . They hear someone going downstairs . Upon investigation , they realize that is missing . 
 The next morning , goes outside to look for and is struck by stonework toppled from the floor above . takes binoculars found beside the body and sees what had — a corpse on the beach . It is . Miss pulls out the gun , now certain that is the killer . He tells her that his real name is , and that the real was his friend and had committed suicide . has a flash of insight and urges to shoot him . 
 Miss fires and drops . Returning to the mansion , she finds a noose hanging in the parlor and discovers who is : , very much alive . The judge tells her that all his life he had searched for perfect justice . After learning that he was terminally ill , he concocted this plan . He persuaded to fake his ( 's ) death , supposedly to help catch , then murdered . He tells Miss that she can either hang herself or be sent to the gallows ( as the only possible perpetrator ) . He drinks poisoned whiskey , and suddenly appears behind him . missed the shot intentionally . Seeing a shadow by the door , they think that it is , but discover it is . They leave him to discover what is going on and rush to the boat .

On the eve of her engagement , a demure young woman becomes the victim of a split personality and murders her fiance .

is a single New Yorker , occupied as a food writer . Her articles about her fictitious Connecticut farm , husband , and baby are admired by housewives across the country . Her publisher , , is unaware of the charade and insists that host a Christmas dinner for returning war hero , who read all of her recipes while in the hospital and is so fond of her that his nurse wrote a letter to the publisher . Facing a career - ending scandal , not only for herself but for her editor , , is forced to comply . In desperation , agrees to marry her friend , , who has a farm in Connecticut . She also enlists the help of her uncle , chef , who has been providing her with the recipes for her articles . 
 At 's farm on Christmas Eve , meets , the housekeeper , as well as a neighbor 's baby whom they pretend is their baby . and plan to be married immediately by Judge , but the ceremony is interrupted when arrives and it is love at first sight . 
 The judge returns on Christmas morning , but the ceremony is postponed when a different neighbor 's baby is presented instead of the one from the day before . The household is alarmed when claims that the baby has swallowed his watch . After the judge leaves , Uncle admits to that he had lied about the watch to stop the wedding . While the household attends a local dance , the baby 's real mother arrives to pick up her baby . witnesses her leaving with the child and assumes someone is kidnapping the baby . and spend the night in jail , mistakenly charged with stealing a neighbor 's horse and sleigh , and return to the farm early the next morning . chastises for being out all night and accuses her of neglecting her child . finally confesses all . Furious , fires her . 
 's fiancée , , arrives unexpectedly . Dejected , retires to pack her things and leave the farm . learns that has already married someone else and must break the engagement . He entices into the kitchen with the smell of cooking kidneys . He fabricates a story about a competing magazine 's attempts to hire , and decides to hire her back . tells that he is free to pursue . 's packing is interrupted , first by , and then by . After teasing her that he is a cad who woos married women , reveals the truth . The couple kiss and plan to marry .

Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan, Reginald Gardiner, Sydney Greenstreet

Piano player ( ) is drinking coffee at a roadside diner in Reno , hitchhiking east from California , when a fellow patron plays a song on the jukebox that reminds him of his former life in New York City . He remembers a time when he was bitter about squandering his musical talent working in a cheap nightclub . After his girlfriend ( ) , the nightclub vocalist , leaves to seek fame in Hollywood , he sinks into depression . After some anguish , he decides to go to California and marry her ; but with little money , he is forced to hitchhike his way across the country . 
 In Arizona , bookie ( ) gives the tired and disheveled a ride in his convertible car and tells him that he 's in luck : he 's driving all the way from Florida to Los Angeles to place a bet on a horse . During the drive , he has pass him pills on several occasions , which he swallows as he drives . That night , drives while sleeps . When a rainstorm forces to pull over to put up the convertible 's top , he is unable to rouse . opens the passenger - side door and tumbles out , striking his head on a rock . then realizes the bookie is dead . Fearful that the police will believe he killed , drags the body off the road . After considering his options , and with fear of arrest his greatest concern , he takes the dead man 's money , clothes , and identification , and drives away intent on abandoning the car near Los Angeles . 
 He crosses the border into California after answering questions posed by the police and spends a night in a motel . The next day , as he leaves a gas station , he picks up a hitchhiker , ( ) . At first she travels silently with , who has identified himself as , but then suddenly challenges his identity and ownership of the car . She reveals she had been picked up by earlier in Louisiana ; she got out in Arizona after he tried to force himself on her . tell her how died , but she blackmails him by threatening to turn him over to the police . She takes the money that retrieved from 's wallet and wants whatever money they can get by selling the car . 
 In Hollywood , they rent an apartment , posing as Mr. and Mrs. to provide an address when they sell the car . They spend a fractious time together in the apartment ; resentful of the situation but reveling in having the upper hand . When they are about to sell the car , learns from a newspaper that 's wealthy father is near death and a search is under way for his long estranged son . demands that impersonate once the father dies and position himself to inherit the estate . refuses , arguing that impersonation requires detailed knowledge he lacks . 
 Back at the apartment , gets drunk and they begin arguing again . In a drunken rage , she threatens to call the police , running into the bedroom with the telephone and locking the door , falling on the bed with the telephone cord tangled around her neck . From the other side of door , pulls on the cord in an effort to break it from the phone . As fails to respond as he yells her name , he breaks down the door and discovers strangled by the telephone cord . 
 gives up the idea of contacting his girlfriend again and returns to hitchhiking instead . Back in the framing narrative in the diner in Reno where the film opened , he imagines his inevitable arrest by the police .

( ) , a supremely intelligent police detective , must solve a series of brutal murders in which the victims , all from different social and economic backgrounds , are viciously slashed to pieces by the one known as ( ) . Suspects flourish but must find the common link of extortion and revenge before more are killed .

( ) , the second husband of ( ) , is shot . The police tell that they believe the murderer is her first husband , ( ) , after he is interrogated and confesses to the crime . protests that he is too kind and gentle to commit murder , and reveals her life story to the investigating officer in flashback . 
 and are unhappily married . must bake and sell pies and cakes to support the family after splits with his business partner , ( ) . bitterly accuses of favoring their daughters , especially ( ) , over him . Their quarrel intensifies after a phone call from 's mistress , ( ) , and they decide to separate . 
 retains custody of her two daughters , the 16 - year - old , a bratty social climber and aspiring pianist , and 10 - year - old ( ) , a tomboy . 's principal goal is to provide material possessions for , who longs for a social status above that of her family and is ashamed of her mother 's work as a baker . When is forced to take a job as a waitress , she tries to hide the fact from , but learns the truth and treats her mother with derision . 
 While is on a weekend trip with Monte at his beach house , contracts pneumonia and dies . channels her grief into work and throws herself into opening a new restaurant . With the help of her friend and former supervisor , ( ) , 's restaurant is a success . helps buy the property , and soon she owns a chain of restaurants throughout Southern California . She dotes on , who remains spoiled , selfish and disrespectful of 's common background and choice of occupation . 
 secretly marries a well - to - do young man , , for his money and position , but his mother objects to the marriage . agrees to dissolve the marriage , but claims she is pregnant with his child and demands ten thousand dollars in support . Enlisting 's help in her scheme , persuades the family to pay her , then smugly confesses to that she lied about her pregnancy to obtain money . Outraged , tears up the check and throws out of the house . 
 , who says he can not bear to tell about 's latest escapade and must show her instead , takes her to 's nightclub , where is performing as a lounge singer . , distraught after seeing several sailors in the audience wolf - whistle at in her sexy costume , begs her to come home , but sneers and says her mother can never give her the lifestyle she wants . 
 Desperate to reconcile with her daughter , coaxes , a bankrupt but socially well - connected playboy , into a loveless marriage to improve her social status . 's price for marriage is a one - third share of 's business to allow him to settle his debts . agrees , and , eager to live out her dream as a debutante , pretends to reconcile with her mother and moves into 's lavish mansion . 
 Eventually the cost of supporting and 's rich lifestyles — and 's underhanded ploy to retain his share in the business while causing his wife to forfeit her own — bankrupts , forcing her to sell the restaurant chain . After driving to his beach house to confront , finds in his arms . scornfully tells her mother that loves her and intends to marry her after divorcing , who runs to her car in tears . When spurns and tells her he would never marry her because she is a " rotten little tramp " , she shoots him . 
 begs her mother to help her conceal the murder . When plays on her guilt and blames 's parenting for her sociopathic behavior , agrees to help her elude justice . Fed up with 's misdeeds — helping blackmail the for money and hiring her to sing in his seedy nightclub , ascenting to 's sneaky business moves against her , and constantly making sexual overtures toward her — tries to pin the murder on by luring him to the beach house , where 's corpse is lying . Police officers arrest when he flees in panic after seeing the dead body , but the investigating officer tells that can not be the killer because he has no motive . 
 After ends her flashback , the detectives admit they knew all along that committed the murder . tries to apologize as her daughter is led away to jail , but rebuffs her . leaves the police station to find waiting for her outside .

A group of United States Army paratroopers led by Captain ( ) are dropped into Burma to locate and destroy a camouflaged Japanese Army radar station that is detecting Allied aircraft flying into China . For their mission , they are assigned Gurkha guides , a Chinese Army Captain and an older war correspondent ( ) whose character is used to explain various procedures to the audience . 
 The mission is an overwhelming success as the 36 - man team quickly take out the station and its personnel . But when the airborne troops arrive at an old airstrip to be taken back to their base , they find the Japanese waiting for them at their rendezvous site . Captain makes the hard decision to call off the rescue planes , and hike out on foot . 
 To reduce the likelihood of detection , the group then splits up into two smaller units to meet up at a deserted Burmese village . But when arrives at the meeting place , he finds that the other team had been captured , tortured and mutilated by the Japanese . Only Lt . survives , and he too dies after telling what had happened . The surviving soldiers are then attacked and are forced again to retreat into the jungle . The men must then cross the swamps in their attempt to make it back to safety through enemy - occupied jungle . 
 Fighting an almost constant rearguard action , 's paratroopers also succeed as decoys leading Japanese troops away from the site of the British 1944 aerial invasion of Burma .

Dr. ( ) is a psychoanalyst at Green Manors , a mental hospital in Vermont . She is perceived by the other ( male ) doctors as detached and emotionless . The director of the hospital , Dr. ( ) , is being forced into retirement , shortly after returning from an absence due to nervous exhaustion . His replacement is Dr. ( ) , who turns out to be surprisingly young . 
 notices that this has a peculiar phobia about sets of parallel lines against a white background . She also soon realizes , by comparing handwriting , that this man is not the real , but an impostor . He confides to her that he has killed the real and has taken his place . He suffers from massive amnesia and does not know who he is . believes he is innocent and that he is suffering from a guilt complex . He disappears overnight , leaving a note for her . At the same time , it becomes public knowledge that the supposed is an impostor , and that the real is missing and may have been murdered . 
 manages to track him down and starts to use her psychoanalytic training to break his amnesia and find out what really happened . Pursued by the police , and the impostor ( calling himself ) travel by train to Rochester , New York , where they stay with Dr. ( ) , 's former mentor . 
 The two doctors analyze a dream that had . The dream sequence ( designed by ) is full of psychoanalytic symbols   – eyes , curtains , scissors , playing cards ( some of them blank ) , a man with no face , a man falling off a building , a man hiding behind a chimney and dropping a wheel , and being pursued by large wings . They deduce that and had been on a ski trip together ( the lines in white being ski tracks ) , and that had somehow died there . and go to the Gabriel Valley ski resort ( the wings provide a clue ) , to reenact the event . 
 Near the bottom of the hill , suddenly recovers from his amnesia . He recalls that there is a precipice in front of them , over which fell to his death . He stops them just in time . He also remembers a traumatic event from his childhood   – he slid down a hand rail with his brother at the bottom , accidentally knocking him onto sharp - pointed railings , killing him . This incident had caused him to develop a guilt complex . He also remembers that his real name is . All is understood now , and is about to be exonerated , when it is discovered that had a bullet in his body . is convicted of murder and sent to prison . 
 A heartbroken returns to her position at the hospital , where is once again the director . lets slip that he had known slightly and did not like him , contradicting his earlier statement that they had never met . Now suspicious , reconsiders her notes from the dream and realizes that the wheel was a revolver , and that the man hiding behind the chimney and dropping the wheel was , who shot and then dropped the gun . 
 confronts . He confesses but says that he still has the gun and threatens to kill her . She walks away , the gun pointed at her , explaining that while the first murder was committed under the extenuating circumstances of 's fragile mental state , her murder would certainly lead him to the electric chair . He allows her to leave then turns the gun on himself . is then reunited with . They leave on their honeymoon together from Grand Central Terminal , where they began their investigation of his psychosis .

The story picks up in 1880s England , when , the mare of a widower , a country squire , called ( ) is about to foal . He has forbidden his adolescent daughter ( ) to watch , but the girl sneaks into the stables and watches anyway . 
 gets the colt on her birthday and because of its colour she names it Black Beauty . grows very affectionate towards the horse as they grow up together during the years . 
 One day a young man from America , ( ) , comes to visit the neighbors on the next farm , and he notices Black Beauty . He ca n't stay for tea because he is leaving for America , but two years later he sends a gift and a letter from , saying that he will be back soon . then starts riding her horse and teaching him to jump . But just as she has learned to appreciate taking care of her horse , her father wants to send her away to a boarding school to learn how to be a woman . 
 soon returns to England , after graduating from an Ivy League college . falls in love with the handsome young man , but he still regards her as a child . When they are out riding together , brings the neighbors ' daughter , ( ) , and gets jealous . She decides to prove herself as a horsewoman and rides side - saddle like the grown women do , to try to catch 's interest . 
 After 's horse is injured , she borrows Black Beauty to go riding with . decides to follow them afterwards , and borrows another horse from her father , called - but she falls off when jumping recklessly in front of , attempting to show off . She is knocked unconscious by the fall and has to fetch Doctor White ( ) on Black Beauty . 
 The horse is exhausted from the hard riding , and in need of rest and treatment for a leg injury . Unfortunately the groom , , fails to stop the horse drinking a large amount of cold water , which is bad for horses when they 're hot . Overnight , Black Beauty becomes very sick . 
 When wakes up again she discovers that is ill , and that has left his employment , blaming himself for the horse 's condition . But the horse begins to get well again , and and come to visit . 
 has n't overcome her jealousy , and the visit prompts her to go off to boarding school as her father has suggested . One of 's employees , ( ) , promises he will take care of her horse while she is gone . But it turns out that is more ill than expected . 
 It is decided the horse is to be put down , but only pretends to carry out the deed , firing his gun once out of sight , deliberately missing the horse . He hides the horse from his employer . When comes back from school she hears the good news from . 
 But then Black Beauty is sold on an auction by the man who was supposed to be hiding him . is now owned by a local baker who does not treat him well , and and go looking for him , followed by , who has begun to take a romantic interest in . 
 In their search they bump into , who knows that the horse is being kept nearby . 
 They get there as the stable catches fire . tries to save Black Beauty from the flames , but she and the horse both need rescuing by , who arrives just in time to get them out . 
 The story ends with and kissing and the proud father of a new colt.[2 ]

( ) is orphaned after her father ( ) kills her mother ( ) , having caught her with a lover ( ) . Before is executed as a punishment for killing his wife , he arranges for his daughter to live with his second cousin and old sweetheart , ( ) . 
 Arriving by stagecoach , is met by ( ) , one of two grown sons . He takes her to Spanish Bit , their enormous cattle ranch . The gentle and gracious is happy to welcome her to their home , but not so her husband , the wheelchair - bound Senator ( ) , who calls her " a half - breed " and jealously despises 's father . 
 The second son , ( ) , is a ladies ' man with a personality quite unlike that of his gentlemanly brother . He expresses his interest in in direct terms and she takes a strong dislike to him . calls in Mr. , the " Sinkiller " ( ) , a gun - toting preacher , to counsel on how to avoid the evils of temptation . is determined to remain " a good girl . " 
 When she submits to 's aggressive advances one night , is angry with him and ashamed of her own behavior . But she also can not help but be flattered by his lust and attentions . , meanwhile , is ostracized by his father and no longer welcome at the ranch after siding with railroad men , headed by Mr. ( ) , against the Senator 's personal interests . is in love with but he leaves for Austin to pursue a political career and becomes engaged to ( ) , 's daughter . 
 Offended when reneges on a promise to marry her , takes up with ( ) , a neighboring rancher who is smitten with her . She does not love him but says yes to his proposal . Before they can be married , however , picks a fight with in a saloon and guns him down . He insists that can belong only to him . becomes a wanted man . 
 On the run from the law , finds time to derail a train and occasionally drop by the ranch late at night and press his attentions on . She can not resist her desire for him and lies for to the law , hiding him in her room . Afterward , however , he walks out on her , despite her pleas that she loves him . 
 health takes a turn for the worse and the Senator admits his love for her before she dies . returns to visit but is too late ; his mother is dead . The Senator continues to shun him , as does , their family feud finally resulting in a showdown . tosses a gun to his unarmed brother but stands his ground without attempting to pick it up . warns that will eventually be hanged as a murderer , and responds by shooting . 
 The Senator 's old friend , ( ) tells him that 's wound is not mortal and the old man softens up towards his son . A livid is relieved that is going to survive . When arrives , she invites to leave Spanish Bit forever and come live with them in Austin . agrees , but she is tipped off by one of the Spanish Bit hands , ( ) that intends to come after again . She arms herself and engages in a shootout with in the desert , where they die in each other 's arms .

A broke medical student in desperate need of tuition money sells everything he owns to a dishonest professor . When the student 's scholarship is suddenly taken from him , he flies into a rage and kills the professor , whom he feels is responsible for his situation . His life then begins to improve , but as the student grows more reckless , police suspicion continues to grow .

( ) , a small - time American gambler newly arrived in Buenos Aires , Argentina , narrates . When he wins a lot of money cheating at craps , he has to be rescued from a robbery attempt by a complete stranger , ( ) . tells him about an illegal high - class casino , but warns him not to practice his skills there . ignores his advice , cheats at blackjack , and is taken by two men to see the casino 's owner , who turns out to be . talks into hiring him and quickly gains his confidence . However , the unimpressed washroom attendant , Uncle ( ) , keeps calling him " Mr. " . 
 One day , returns from a trip with a beautiful and spirited new wife , ( ) . It is immediately apparent that and have a history together , though both deny it when questions them . visits alone in the bedroom she shares with her husband , and the two have an explosive confrontation that elucidates both their past romantic relationship , which ended badly , and their love – hate dynamic . While it is unclear just how much knows of and 's past relationship , he appears to be in ignorance when he assigns to keep an eye on . and are both consumed with their hatred of each other , as cavorts with men at all hours in increasingly more blatant efforts to enrage , and he grows more abusive and spiteful in his treatment of her . 
 is visited by two German businessmen . Their secret organization had financed a tungsten cartel , with everything put in 's name in order to hide their connection to it . However , when they decide that it is safe to take over the cartel after the end of World War II , refuses to transfer his ownership of it to his backers . The Argentine police are interested in the Germans ; government agent ( ) introduces himself to to try to obtain information , but the American knows nothing about that aspect of 's operations . When the Germans return later , kills one of them . 
 and have another hostile confrontation , which begins with them angrily declaring their hatred for each other , then ends with them passionately kissing . After seeing or overhearing them , flees to a waiting seaplane . and witness its short flight ; the plane explodes shortly after takeoff and plummets into the ocean . A suicide , concludes , but has parachuted to safety , faking his death . 
 inherits his estate . and she immediately marry , but while married him for love , is avenging their mutual betrayal of . He stays away , but has her guarded day and night out of contempt for her and loyalty to . tries to escape the tortured marriage a number of times , but , now rich and powerful , thwarts every attempt , trapping her in the relationship that has become a prison for them both . finally confiscates the casino and informs that was never truly unfaithful to or to him , prompting to try to reconcile with her . 
 At that moment , reappears , armed with a gun , to kill them both , but Uncle manages to fatally stab him in the back . shows up , and tries to take the blame for the murder . Uncle finally credits for being a true gentleman , while insisting that he had killed . , however , is uninterested in arresting anyone since is already legally dead . gives the incriminating documents from 's safe . and finally reconcile and confess their mutual love , apologizing for the many emotional wounds they have inflicted on each other .

An ex - con has a choice of losing his job or participating in a robbery .

On Christmas Eve 1945 , in Bedford Falls , New York , is suicidal . Prayers for him reach Heaven , where , Angel 2nd Class , is assigned to save , in return for which he will earn his angel wings . To prepare him for his mission , is shown flashbacks of 's life . The first is from 1919 , when 12 - year - old saves his younger brother from drowning at a frozen lake ; loses his hearing in one ear as a result . At his after - school job , realizes that the druggist , Mr.   – distraught over his son 's death from the flu   – has accidentally added poison to a child 's prescription , and intervenes to stop it from causing harm . 
 In 1928 , plans to leave on a world tour and then attend college . At 's high - school graduation party , he is reintroduced to , who has had a crush on him from childhood . Their walk home is interrupted by news that 's father , , has died of a stroke . postpones his travel so he can sort out the family business , Bailey Brothers ' Building and Loan . , the richest man in town , wishes to dissolve the Building and Loan to eliminate it as a competitor . The board of directors votes to keep the Building and Loan open , on condition that stay to run it ( along with his absent - minded uncle ) . gives his college tuition to on the condition that take over the Building and Loan when he returns . 
 Four years later , returns from college with a job offer from his father - in - law . tells to take the job and he will keep running the Building and Loan . and get married . On their way to their honeymoon , they witness a run on the bank and use their honeymoon savings to keep the Building and Loan solvent until the bank reopens . 
 Eventually , establishes Bailey Park , a housing development with small houses financed by the Building and Loan , so that people can own their own homes rather than paying rent to live in 's overpriced slums . attempts to lure into becoming his assistant , offering him $ 20,000 ( equivalent to $ 270,000 in 2017[8 ] ) a year ; is momentarily tempted , but rebukes him . 
 During World War II , is ineligible for service because of his bad ear . becomes a Navy pilot and earns the Medal of Honor by shooting down a kamikaze plane headed for a troop transport . On Christmas Eve morning 1945 , as the town prepares a hero 's welcome for , Uncle manages to misplace $ 8000 of the Building and Loan 's cash ( equivalent to $ 110,000 in 2017[8 ] ) . When a bank examiner arrives to review the Building and Loan 's records , realizes that criminal charges are possible ; he berates Uncle , then goes home and takes out his frustration on his family . He soon apologizes to his wife and children , then leaves . 
 desperately appeals to for a loan . When offers his life insurance policy as collateral , says is worth more dead than alive and phones the police to have him arrested . gets drunk at a local bar and is involved in a fight before he leaves and goes to a nearby bridge , thinking of suicide . The film 's narrative catches up to the time of the opening scene . Before he can jump , dives into the river just before does , causing to rescue rather than killing himself . does not believe 's subsequent claim that he is 's guardian angel . 
 When says he wishes he had never been born , decides to grant his wish and show an alternate timeline in which he never existed . Bedford Falls is named Pottersville and is a less congenial place . Mr. has recently been released from prison for manslaughter , because was not there to stop him from putting poison in the pills . The Building and Loan has closed down , as never took over after 's passing . 
 's mother does not recognize him ; she reveals that Uncle was institutionalized after the collapse of the Building and Loan . In the cemetery where Bailey Park would have been , discovers the grave of his brother . tells him all the soldiers on the transport died , as was never there to save them , because had never saved from drowning . , who works at the library , never married ; when says he is her husband , she screams for the police , causing to flee and the local policeman to give chase . 
 , now convinced that is really his guardian angel , runs back to the bridge and begs for his life back ; the alternate timeline changes back to the original reality . runs home to await his arrest . and Uncle arrive , having rallied the townspeople , who donate more than enough to cover the missing $ 8,000 and for 's warrant to be torn up . arrives and toasts calling him " The richest man in town " . A bell on the Christmas tree rings , and his daughter recalls a story that says the sound means that an angel has just earned his wings , signifying 's promotion .

( played by ) is anxious to provide feminine companionship to her war correspondent husband ( ) upon his return from service , but is jealous when she notices her husband with a beautiful combat photographer ( ) . The couple divorces but eventually makes amends ; hence , " lovers come back " .

In April 1946 , ( ) , the American daughter of a convicted Nazi spy , is recruited by government agent ( ) to infiltrate an organization of Nazis who have moved to Brazil after World War II . When refuses to help the police , plays recordings of her fighting with her father and insisting that she loves America . 
 While awaiting the details of her assignment in Rio de Janeiro , and fall in love , though his feelings are complicated by his knowledge of her promiscuous past . When gets instructions to persuade her to seduce ( ) , one of her father 's friends and a leading member of the group , fails to convince his superiors that is not fit for the job . is also informed that once was in love with . puts up a stoic front when he informs about the mission . concludes that he was merely pretending to love her as part of his job . 
 contrives to have meet at a horse riding club . He recognizes her and invites her to dinner where he says that he always knew they would be reunited . quickly invites to dinner the following night at his home , where he will host a few business acquaintances . and Captain of the US Secret Service ( ) tell to memorize the names and nationalities of everyone there . At dinner , notices that a guest becomes agitated at the sight of a certain wine bottle , and is ushered quickly from the room . When the gentlemen are alone at the end of the dinner , this guest apologizes and tries to go home , but another of the Nazi group insists on driving him ( to his death ) . 
 Soon reports to , " You can add 's name to my list of playmates . " When proposes , informs ; he coldly tells her to do whatever she wants . Deeply disappointed , she marries . 
 After she returns from her honeymoon , is able to tell that the key ring her husband gave her lacks the key to the wine cellar . That , and the bottle episode at the dinner , lead to urge to hold a grand party so he can investigate . secretly steals the key from 's ring , and and search the cellar . accidentally breaks a bottle ; inside is black sand ( later proven to be uranium ore ) . takes a sample , cleans up , and locks the door as comes down for more champagne . and kiss to cover their tracks . makes an exit . realizes that the cellar key is missing – yet overnight it is returned to his key ring . When he returns to the cellar , he finds the glass and sand from the broken bottle . 
 Now has a problem : he must silence , but can not expose her without revealing his own blunder to his fellow Nazis . When discusses the situation with his mother ( ) , she suggests that " die slowly " by poisoning . They poison her coffee and she quickly falls ill . During a visit from 's friend Dr. , realizes both where the uranium has been mined and what is causing her sickness . ( and his mother prevent Dr. from drinking from 's cup ) . collapses and is taken to her room , where the telephone has been removed and she is too weak to leave . 
 is alarmed when she fails to appear at their next rendezvous and sneaks into 's quarters , where she tells him that and his mother poisoned her . After confessing his love for her , carries her out of the mansion in full view of 's co - conspirators . goes along with 's story that must go to the hospital . Outside , begs to go with them , knowing that the Nazis suspect the truth , but and drive away , leaving to face his erstwhile friends .

7 - year - old ( ) is excited about what he believes to be a vacation at his grandmother 's Georgia plantation with his parents , ( ) and ( ) . When they arrive at the plantation , he discovers that his parents will be living apart for a while , and he is to live at the plantation with his mother and grandmother ( ) while his father returns to Atlanta to continue his controversial editorship in the city 's newspaper . , distraught because of his father 's departure , secretly sets off that night for Atlanta with only a bindle . 
 As sneaks away from the plantation , he is attracted by the voice of ( ) telling tales of a character named . By this time , word had gotten out that was missing , and some plantation residents are looking for him . evades being discovered , but Uncle catches up with him . They befriend each other and Uncle offers him some food for his journey , taking him back to his cabin . Back at the cabin , Uncle tells the traditional African - American folktale , " Br'er Rabbit Earns a Dollar a Minute " . In the story , ( ) attempts to run away from home only to change his mind after an encounter with and ( and ) . takes the advice and changes his mind about leaving the plantation , letting Uncle take him back to his mother . 
 makes friends with ( ) , a young black boy who lives on the plantation , and ( ) , a poor white girl . gives a puppy after her two older brothers , ( ) and ( ) , threaten to drown it . 's mother refuses to let him take care of the puppy , so he takes the dog to Uncle Remus . Uncle takes the dog in and delights and his friends with the fable of , stressing that people should n't get involved with something they have no business with in the first place . heeds the advice of how Br'er Rabbit used reverse psychology on and begs the Favers Brothers not to tell their mother ( ) about the dog . The reverse psychology works , and the boys go to speak with their mother . After being spanked , they realize that had fooled them . In an act of revenge , they tell about the dog . She becomes upset that and Uncle kept the dog despite her order ( which was unknown to Uncle ) . She instructs Uncle not to tell any more stories to her son . 
 's birthday arrives and picks up to take her to his party . On the way there , and push into a mud puddle . With her dress ruined , Ginny is unable to go to the party and runs off crying . begins fighting with the boys , but their fight is broken up by Uncle . runs off to comfort . He explains that he does not want to go either , especially since his father will not be there . Uncle discovers both dejected children and cheers them up by telling the story of and his " Laughing Place " . When the three return to the plantation , becomes angry at for missing his own birthday party , and tells Uncle not to spend any more time with him . Saddened by the misunderstanding of his good intentions , Uncle packs his bags and leaves for Atlanta . rushes to intercept him , but is attacked by a bull and seriously injured after taking a shortcut through a pasture . While hovers between life and death , his father returns . calls for Uncle , who is then escorted in by his grandmother . Uncle begins telling a tale of Br'er Rabbit and the Laughing Place , and the boy miraculously survives . 
 , , and are next seen skipping along and singing while 's returned puppy runs alongside them . Uncle is also in the vicinity and he is shocked when and several of the other characters from his stories appear in front of them and interact with the children . Uncle rushes to join the group , and they all skip away singing .

In a small village in 1906 Vermont,[6 ] the mute attends a silent film screening in the parlor of a local inn . During the screening , a crippled woman staying at the inn is murdered in her room by a man hiding in the closet ; her murder is the third in a string of serial killings in the community . Dr. , a friend of 's , drives her to the home , a large estate outside town where is employed as a live - in companion for the bedridden Mrs. . Also residing in the house are Mrs. 's stepson , a local professor ; her son , ; and a live - in staff : Mrs. , a housekeeper ; her husband Mr. , a handyman ; , a secretary who is having an affair with ; and Nurse , Mrs. 's verbally - abused nurse . 
 At the house , a cloaked figure watches from the woods as ascends the driveway . Inside , finds Mrs. in the kitchen ; she discusses the murder , and expresses fear for , as the killer appears to be targeting " defenseless " women . While walking up the staircase , pauses in front of a mirror to examine herself , and while doing so , the eye of an unknown person watches her from the shadows . In the midst of a rainstorm , the constable stops by and warns to keep watch over . After Mrs. loses consciousness , Dr. is summoned to the home . Nurse discovers a bottle of ether has gone missing , and sends Mr. to retrieve some in town . Meanwhile , Mrs. regains consciousness , and urges Dr. to take with him . He offers to bring to Boston and help her work through the trauma of her parents ' death , which triggered her muteness . She agrees to go , and Dr. makes plans to return later in the evening after completing another house call . 
 After an argument with , asks if she can leave with her that night . agrees , and goes to the basement to retrieve her suitcase , where she is attacked and murdered . later finds her corpse in the basement , and is confronted by . Frightened that he is responsible , she locks him in a closet and flees upstairs . She attempts to wake Mrs. , but she has passed out , drunk on brandy . attempts to call Dr. , but is unable to speak to the telephone operator . 
 finds frantic , and she writes on a notepad that has been murdered . As he follows up the staircase to Mrs. 's room , confesses to killing out of jealousy . He then reveals himself as the serial murderer , professing his goal of killing the " weak and imperfect of the world . " flees in terror , locking herself in Mrs. 's bedroom , where she finds Mrs. unconscious . Meanwhile , the constable returns to the house , and is answered at the front door by ; he leaves a message for letting her know that Dr. is unable to return that night , and that they will have to go to Boston the following day . As the constable leaves , attempts to get his attention by smashing the bedroom window , but he is unable to hear it amidst the wind and thunder . returns to the basement to free , but finds waiting in hiding . He chases her as she ascends the staircase to the second floor , but the two are met by Mrs. , armed with a gun . Mrs. shoots multiple times in the chest , killing him , and in the midst of the gunfire , screams in horror . 
 Mrs. orders to retrieve , and she frees him from the basement closet . Mrs. embraces , and dies on the staircase in his arms . Downstairs , emotionally calls Dr. on the telephone — she is now able to fully speak .

In World War II London , fire wardens ( ) and Lord ( ) keep a lonely vigil . When saves 's life , they become better acquainted . With a bit of coaxing , the ageing spinster tells the story of her life , leading to a flashback . 
 is the belle of her small American hometown of Piersen Falls . Both ( ) and traveling salesman ( ) propose to her . However , she turns them both down . A disappointed marries ( ) . When handsome US Army Air Service fighter pilot Captain ( ) flies in to promote a World War I bond drive , he and quickly fall in love , though they have only one night together . 
 A pregnant is advised ( out of town ) that her life is in danger and she needs an operation . She agrees , though she would lose her unborn child . However , when she learns that has been killed in action , she changes her mind . She secretly gives birth to their son in 1919 . She tries to arrange it so that she can " adopt " the boy without scandal by having him left on the doorstep of a family with too many children already , but the scheme backfires . loses her own newborn that same day , but is consoled by 's . has to love her son , named or " , " from afar . 
 's father dies , forcing her to sell the family drug store . When asks to become 's nurse , turns her down ; she has suspected all along that is the boy 's real mother . Knowing that her husband never loved her , is determined to keep the one person who does . 
 moves to New York City to work for Mac . She discovers to her surprise that he is a bootlegger , using a cosmetics business as a front . The same day , the place is raided by the police , leaving Mac with nothing but the cosmetics equipment . persuades him to make cold cream ; with her drive and determination , she builds up a thriving business , and they become rich . 
 In 1924 , she forces to give her Griggsy by threatening to block a desperately needed bank loan for 's failing business . After two months , however , the four - year - old ( played by ) is still so miserably homesick , gives up and sends the boy back . 
 Heartbroken , leaves the US to immerse herself in work , setting up and running the English branch of her Lady Vyvyan Cosmetics Company . During World War II , her son ( also played by ) becomes a pilot in the 8th Air Force . When he gets a leave in London , meets his train and fusses over him . He only knows her as a family friend . Lord , who is attracted to , uses his influence to arrange for the young man to marry his WREN fiancée without the customary delay . After some broad hints from , Lieutenant finally realizes why has been so helpful and asks his mother ( by that title ) for a dance .

( ) is a middle - aged bride who begins to suspect that her charming husband ( ) plans to murder her . Neither can she ignore her brother - in - law , ( ) , whom she has never met , but has been told so much about .

Father ( ) , a priest , is shot dead on a Bridgeport , Connecticut street at night . The police , led by Chief ( ) , fail to immediately find the murderer . It soon becomes a political hot potato , with the police accused of incompetence , and the city 's reform - minded administration comes under attack . and the prosecutor ( ) come under severe pressure by political leaders to find the killer or bring in outside help . 
 After strenuous efforts yield nothing , a vagrant ex - serviceman , ( ) , is apprehended and identified in a lineup . He is interrogated for two days by police until , deprived of sleep , he confesses . The evidence seems solid , and a gun in his possession is believed to be the gun that was used in the shooting . 
 , however , is not convinced . He questions , investigates the evidence and the witnesses . then risks his reputation and incurs the wrath of the police and the public in proposing that the defendant is innocent , while he and his wife ( ) are also being threatened by a businessman named ( ) . In court , even though he is the prosecutor , lays out the flaws in the case before the judge , and indicates he intends to dismiss the charges . The judge suspects 's motives ; 's relationship with Chief is strained ; and a mob unsuccessfully attempts to impose their own justice on . 
 A sub - plot involving and a property under consideration for sale to the city — at a price desperately needs to keep himself afloat — also has a prominent place in the film . tries to blackmail by threatening to destroy his wife , a planning committee member , unless he supports the sale and sits idle , allowing to be convicted . 
 At a preliminary hearing , once again presents evidence that would lead to 's exoneration . When a reporter gets wind of the double - dealing and threatens with exposure , commits suicide in the courtroom . 
 The film ends with a narration that the murder was never solved , and the real was who rose to the position of U.S. Attorney General .

( ) has just received a Reno divorce in Nevada . That night , she discovers one of her neighbors , ( ) , and 's gentleman caller ( ) , both murdered in 's home . The killer is 's other boyfriend , ( ) , an insanely jealous man who wo n't abide anyone " cutting in " on him . 
 says nothing to the police ; she 's leaving town and does n't want to be impeded . She runs into and is instantly attracted to his self - confidence and brutality , but she is engaged to marry a wealthy boyfriend , ( ) . wants to call on her in San Francisco . He arrives there and meets ( ) , 's foster sister , also rich . soon shifts his attentions to her , marrying the sister for her money after a whirlwind romance . Neither 's engagement nor 's marriage is an impediment to their beginning an affair . 
 Meanwhile , back in Reno , the owner of the boarding house where lived has hired a mercenary , verse - quoting detective , ( ) , to find out who killed . The detective follows 's friend , ( ) , to San Francisco , where he soon begins to make blackmailing overtures to . finds out who hired the detective and attempts to kill her , but thinks he 's trying to cut in on his action and kills . 
 is troubled by the resulting police investigation , as well as by 's increasingly heartless demeanor . He calls off their engagement . and face off in a fatal confrontation as their schemes begin unraveling , with fatally shooting before he is slain by police .

The film tells the story of two best friends from Boston who come to Greenwich Village in 1900 , one to become a famous artist , the other to become a famous composer . The composer falls in love with the girl next door , but she is intrigued by his friend , who has secrets he feels he does n't need to share with her .

After he is called in to investigate the brutal killing of ( ) , who was found dead at his home , police investigator ( ) discovers there may be a murderer among a group of demobilized soldiers , who had been seen with and his female friend at a hotel bar that night . 
 Meanwhile , Sergeant ( ) , concerned that his friend ( ) may be the prime suspect , decides to investigate the murder to clear his friend 's name . To both investigators , each suspected soldier relays his version of that night through flashback . The first to step up is ( ) and the rest are ( ) , , and a possible witness ( ) . 
 As and slowly piece together the fragments of that night , they realize there is one possible motive that may have driven the killer to beat an innocent to death , which prompts to set up a trap to expose the killer .

, a man convicted of killing his wife , has escaped from San Quentin prison by stowing away in a supply truck . He evades police and hitches a ride with a passing motorist named . 's odd clothes and a news report on the radio about an escaped convict make suspicious . When questioned , beats him unconscious . , who had been painting nearby , picks up and smuggles him past a police roadblock into San Francisco , offering him shelter in her apartment . 
 , an acquaintance of , comes by 's apartment . , without opening the door , tells her to go away . was a former romantic interest of 's whom he had spurned . Out of spite she testified at his trial , providing a motive as to why he would have killed his wife . 
 When returns , she explains that she had followed 's case with interest . Her own father had been falsely convicted of murder , and since then she has taken an interest in miscarriages of justice . She believes that is innocent . 
 leaves but is recognized by a cab driver , . The man turns out to be sympathetic and gives the name of a plastic surgeon who can change his appearance . Before the operation , goes to the apartment of a friend , , for help in proving his innocence and arranges to stay with him during the recuperation from surgery . Dr. performs the operation . , unable to speak , his face wrapped in bandages , returns to 's apartment only to find him murdered . He stumbles back to 's house , collapsing at her doorstep . nurses him back to health . 
 and her ex - husband , who is romantically interested in , come by . is worried that will kill her for testifying against him and asks to stay with for protection . gets rid of and deflects Bob by saying that she has already met someone to whom she is attracted , " " . She feigns that she is lying , but actually she is telling the truth , as hides in a bedroom . takes 's statement as a joke , but accepts that is interested in another man . 
 As he recuperates , learns that he is now wanted for the murder of his friend , his fingerprints having been found on the murder weapon , 's trumpet . After his bandages are removed , reluctantly parts from , declaring that she will be better off if she is not part of his life . 
 decides to flee the city before trying to find out who really killed his wife . At a diner , an undercover policeman becomes suspicious because of 's behavior . The policeman asks for identification , but claims to have left it at his hotel . On the street , darts in front of a moving car to escape . 
 At the hotel , is surprised by , who holds him at gunpoint . has been following since they first met . He now demands that pay him $ 60,000 or he will turn over to the law . agrees , and obliges him to drive the two of them to 's apartment . Claiming to take a shortcut , drives to a secluded spot underneath the Golden Gate Bridge . There he succeeds in disarming and questions him , becoming convinced that is behind the deaths of his wife and friend . The two men fight , and falls to his death . 
 goes to 's apartment . Knowing that she does n't recognize him with his new face , he pretends to be a friend of 's who is interested in courting her . eventually reveals his true identity and accuses of having killed both his wife and . He shows her that he has all the evidence written down , and attempts to coerce her into making a confession . She points out that without her signature the accusations will then be worthless . While turning away from him , she accidentally falls through a window to her death . 
 Knowing he can not prove his innocence , and that he will likely be accused of 's murder as well , has no choice but to flee . He intends to go to Mexico and then to South America . He phones , revealing his plans ; she says she will meet him there . The next time we see him , is relaxing with a drink in a beach bar in Peru , when he sees across the dance floor . They embrace .

stars as the Muse who is annoyed that popular Broadway producer ( Parks ) is putting on a play which portrays the as man - crazy tarts fighting for the attention of a pair of Air Force pilots who crashed on Mount Parnassus . She asks permission from Mr. to go to Earth and fix the play . agrees and sends Messenger 7013 ( Horton ) to keep an eye on her . 
 uses the name and quickly gets an agent , ( ) , and a part in the show . As the play is being rehearsed , takes every chance she gets to tell that his depictions of the are wrong . , who has fallen madly in love with , is soon persuaded to her point of view and alters the play from a musical farce to a high - minded ballet in the style of , scored by . 
 The revised play debuts on the road and is a complete flop . , who is in debt to gangsters who will kill him if the show is n't a success , has no choice but to go back to his original concept . He and quarrel over this , and is ready to leave when Mr. shows up and explains the whole situation . Despite her argument with , still loves him and decides to save him even if it means damaging her and her sisters ' reputation . 
 hears talking to Mr. and realizes this is the same heavenly messenger he had heard about in Here Comes Mr. Jordan . ( makes a reference to the previous movie and tells Mr. that his old friend , now living his life as , is doing just fine - and has a wife and two children . ) 
 returns to the musical and performs " Swingin ' the Muses " the way the producer had intended . When the musical becomes a hit , learns her time on Earth is up and she must return to heaven . After getting to tell the police about the gangsters , she says she wants to stay with - but she is now invisible to mortals . Mr. says that she will see again and grants her a vision of their eventual reunion in the afterlife .

( ) is a widowed journalist who has just moved to New York City with his son ( ) and mother ( ) . meets with magazine publisher ( ) , who asks , a gentile , to write an article on antisemitism ( " some people do n't like other people just because they 're Jews " ) . He is not very enthusiastic at first , but after initially struggling with how to approach the topic in a fresh way , is inspired to adopt a Jewish identity ( " " ) and writes about his first - hand experiences . 
 At a dinner party , meets 's divorced niece ( ) , a pre - school teacher , who turns out to be the person who originally suggested the story idea . The next day , tries to explain anti - Jewish prejudice to his young , precocious son   – directly after displaying some anti - female prejudice of his own . tells his mother that he 's struck by the odd notion that the idea for the article came from " a girl " at the magazine . His mother replies , " Why , women will be thinking next " . and begin dating . and agree to keep it secret that is not Jewish . 
 has considerable difficulty getting started on his assignment . He realizes he can never feel what another person feels unless he experiences it himself . He recalls having " lived as an Okie on Route 66 " or as a coal miner for previous writing jobs , instead of tapping a man on the shoulder and making him talk . That 's when he decides to write , " I Was Jewish for Six Months " . 
 Though seems to have liberal views , when he reveals what he intends to do , she is taken aback and asks if he actually is Jewish . The strain on their relationship due to 's subtle acquiescence to bigotry becomes a key theme in the film . 
 At the magazine , is assigned a secretary , ( ) , who reveals that she , too , is Jewish . She changed her name in order to get the job ( her application under her real , Jewish - sounding name , , was rejected ) . After informs Minify about ' experience , Minify orders the magazine to adopt hiring policies that are open to Jews . has reservations about the new policy , fearing that the " wrong Jews " will be hired and ruin things for the few Jews working there now . meets fashion editor ( ) , who becomes a good friend and potentially more , particularly as strains develop between and . 
 's childhood friend , ( ) , who is Jewish , moves to New York for a job and lives with the Greens while he looks for a home for his family . also experiences antisemitism , when some person in the armed forces tells him that he hates Jews , and gets into a brief fight before the prejudiced soldier is taken away . Housing is scarce in the city , but it is particularly difficult for , since not all landlords will rent to a Jewish family . When tells about his project , is supportive , but concerned . 
 As researches his story , he experiences several incidents of bigotry . When his mother becomes ill with a heart condition , the doctor discourages him from consulting a specialist with an obviously Jewish name , suggesting he might be cheated . When reveals that he is himself Jewish , the doctor becomes uncomfortable and leaves . In addition , the postman is shocked to see that a Jewish name is listed on the mail box , instead of his Christian name . Also , when wants to celebrate his honeymoon at a swanky hotel for rich people in the country , the hotel manager refuses to register , because is Jewish , and tells him to register at a different hotel instead . becomes the target of bullies when his schoolmates discover he is Jewish . is troubled by the way consoles , telling him their taunts of " dirty Jew " are wrong because he is n't Jewish , not that the epithet is wrong in and of itself . 
 's attitudes are revealed further when she and announce their engagement . Her sister ( ) invites them to a celebration in her home in Darien , Connecticut , which is known to be a " restricted " community where Jews are not welcome . Fearing an awkward scene , wants to tell her family and friends that is only pretending to be a Jew , but prevails on to tell only . At the party , everyone is very friendly to , though many people are " unable " to attend at the last minute . 
 announces that he will have to quit his job because he can not find a residence for his family . owns a vacant cottage in Darien , but though sees it as the obvious solution to 's problem , is unwilling to offend her neighbors by renting it to a Jewish family . She and break their engagement . announces that he will be moving away from New York when his article is published . When it comes out , it is very well received by the magazine staff . 
 meets with and tells him how sick she felt when a party guest told a bigoted joke . However , she has no answer when repeatedly asks her what she did about it . She comes to realize that remaining silent condones the prejudice . 
 The next day , tells that he and his family will be moving into the cottage in Darien , and will be moving in with her sister next door to make sure they are treated well by their neighbors . When hears this , he reconciles with .

Gregory Peck, John Garfield, Dorothy McGuire, Celeste Holm, Jane Wyatt

( ) , the sweetheart of a GI corporal , ( ) , elope to Mexico City . discovers that her boy friend , stationed in the Panama Canal zone , is tied delayed in bureaucratic red tape and may not make it to his own wedding.[3 ]

On Christmas Eve , down - on - his - luck ex - convict ( Mature ) and his three cohorts rob a jewelry store located on an upper floor of a New York skyscraper . Before they can exit the building , however , the proprietor sets off his alarm . While attempting to escape , assaults a policeman , but is wounded in the leg and arrested . 
 Assistant District Attorney ( ) tries to persuade to name his accomplices in exchange for a light sentence . Confident that his lawyer , , and cohorts will look after his wife and two young daughters while he is incarcerated , refuses and is given a 20 - year sentence . Three years later , at Sing Sing Prison , learns that his wife has committed suicide , and his daughters have been sent to an orphanage . He later finds her obituary in the newspaper and learns his wife had been worried over financial issues prior to her death . 
 is visited in prison by ( ) , a young woman who used to babysit his girls . reluctantly tells that his wife was raped by , one of his accomplices . decides to tell all to ; but because so much time has elapsed , can not use 's information to reduce his sentence , but makes a deal that if helps the police on another case , he will be paroled . questions about one of his previous , unsolved robberies , which he pulled off with . implies to that " squealed " on him . 
 , who also acts as a go - between to a fence for his clients , tells ( ) , a psychopathic killer who did time with , that " squealed " . When shows up at 's tenement , only 's mother ( ) is present and tells him that her son is out but will return that evening . examines the apartment and determines that has probably left town . binds Mrs. to her wheelchair with an electrical cord and pushes her down a flight of stairs , killing her . 
 Soon after , is freed on parole at 's behest , and visits , pledging his love to her . But in order to remain out on parole , must continue his work with , and arranges a " chance " meeting with , with whom he served time at Sing Sing . The unsuspecting takes to various clubs , including one at which narcotics are being smoked , and reveals enough information to about a murder he committed to enable the police to arrest him . reports back to , who is satisfied that he has enough to indict for the past murder . then releases . 
 When later comes up for trial , , who is now married to and living in Astoria , Queens , is reluctant to testify against him , but realizes he must in order to maintain his parole . Despite 's testimony and other evidence , however , is acquitted . 
 Certain that will seek revenge , and convinced the police will not be able to protect him and his family , sends and the children to the country . While at home late one night , is startled when shows up at the front door . He tries persuading to submit to protective custody , but punches in the jaw ( rendering him unconscious ) and goes off to deal with on his own . searches unsuccessfully for at his favorite haunts , but finally finds him at 's restaurant in East Harlem . The two men confront each other , but tells him that as far as he 's concerned they are still " pals " . is unconvinced , especially after makes a thinly - veiled threat against and his children . warns to stay away from his family , telling him that this matter is strictly between the two of them . orders the restaurant owner to prepare the specialty of the house , and walks out . 
 Before long , sees 's sedan parked out front , and knows that as soon as he steps out the front door , will ambush him . Before confronting , had instructed by telephone to go to a police station near the restaurant and await his call ; he now summons to come in exactly two minutes to the restaurant , where will provide sufficient evidence to put away . leaves his gun with the cashier and walks outside . One of 's henchmen draws a pistol and prepares to shoot at point - blank range , but provokes into shooting him , knowing that he will now be incarcerated for life as a " three time loser . " shoots , but is quickly surrounded by police . attempts an escape on foot , but is gunned down in the street . He survives , but is arrested . Though badly wounded , survives , and he and look forward to a happy , peaceful life together .

Stockbroker is the benevolent curmudgeon of his 1880s New York City household , striving to make it function as efficiently as his Wall Street office but usually failing . His wife is the real head of the household . The anecdotal story encompasses such details as 's attempts to find a new maid ; a romance between his oldest son and pretty out - of - towner ; a plan by and his younger brother to make easy money selling patent medicines ; Clarence 's general contempt for the era 's political corruption and the trappings of organized religion ; and 's push to get him baptized so he can enter the kingdom of God.[6 ]

( ) is indignant to find that the man ( ) assigned to play Santa in the annual Macy 's Thanksgiving Day Parade is intoxicated . When he complains to event director ( ) , she persuades to take his place . He does so well , he is hired to play at Macy 's flagship New York City store on 34th Street . 
 Ignoring instructions to steer parents to buy from Macy 's , Kris directs one shopper ( ) to a competitor . Impressed , she tells ( ) , head of the toy department , that she will become a loyal customer . 
 Attorney ( ) , 's neighbor , takes the young divorcée 's daughter ( ) to see . has raised her to not believe in fairy tales , but is shaken after seeing speak Dutch with a girl who does not know English . asks to tell that he is not , but he insists that he is . 
 Worried , decides to fire him . However , has generated so much positive publicity and goodwill for Macy 's that Macy ( ) promises and bonuses . To alleviate 's misgivings , has ( Porter Hall ) administer a " psychological evaluation " . passes , and questions 's own mental health . 
 The store expands on the concept . To avoid looking greedy , competitor Gimbels implements the same policy , forcing Macy 's and others to escalate . Eventually , does the impossible : he reconciles bitter rivals Macy and ( ) . 
 ( ) , the doctor at ' nursing home , assures that is harmless . makes a pact with – he will work on 's cynicism while does the same with , disillusioned by her failed marriage . When reveals she wants a house , reluctantly promises to do his best . 
 learns that has convinced young employee that he is unstable simply because he is kind - hearted . Finding unwilling to budge , hits him on the head with 's umbrella , which was on the desk . exaggerates his pain in order to have confined to Bellevue Hospital . Tricked into cooperating , and believing to be in on the deception , deliberately fails his examination and is recommended for permanent commitment . However , persuades not to give up . 
 At a hearing before Judge ( ) , District Attorney ( ) gets to assert that he is and rests his case . argues that is not insane because he actually is Santa . requests rule that does not exist . In private , 's political adviser , ( ) , warns him that doing so would be disastrous for his upcoming reelection bid . The judge buys time by hearing evidence . 
 quarrels with when he quits his job at a prestigious law firm to defend . calls as a witness . When asks if he believes to be , starts to equivocate , but when pressed , he remembers the good has done and states , " I do ! " Afterward , fires . then calls 's own young son ( ) , who testifies that his father told him that was real . concedes the point . 
 then demands that prove that is " the one and only " on the basis of some competent authority . While searches frantically , writes a letter to cheer him up , which also signs . When a mail sorter ( ) sees 's letter , he suggests delivering the many letters to taking up space in the dead letter office too . presents Judge with three of them ( from 21 full mailbags ) , addressed simply to " " and delivered to , asserting the Post Office has acknowledged that he is . dismisses the case . 
 On Christmas morning , is disappointed that could not get her what she wanted . gives and a route home that avoids traffic . Along the way , sees her dream house with a " For Sale " sign in the front yard . learns that had encouraged to have faith and suggests they get married and purchase the house . He then boasts that he must be a great lawyer since he proved was . However , when they spot a cane inside that looks just like 's , he is not so sure .

had been a bank teller for thirty years before being laid off . To support his wheelchair - bound wife and child , he turns to the business of marrying and murdering wealthy widows . The family becomes suspicious when withdraws all her money and disappears , only two weeks after marrying a man named " " , whom they only know through a photograph . 
 As ( ) prepares to sell home , the widowed ( ) visits . sees her as another " business " opportunity and attempts to charm her , but she refuses . Over the following weeks , has a flower girl ( ) repeatedly send flowers . In need of money to invest , , as , visits ( ) and convinces her he is her absent husband . She complains that his engineering job has kept him away too long . That night , murders her for her money . 
 At a dinner party with his real wife and their friend the local chemist , asks the chemist about the drug he developed to exterminate animals painlessly . The chemist explains the formula and that he had to stop working on it after the local pharmaceutical board banned it . says he could test the drug by using it on a tramp off the street , then laughs it off as a morbid joke . Later at his furniture office he attempts to recreate the drug . 
 Shortly thereafter , finds The Girl ( ) taking shelter from the rain in a doorway and takes her in . When he finds she was just released from prison and has nowhere to go , he prepares dinner for her with wine laced with his newly - developed poison . Before drinking the wine , she thanks him for his kindness , and starts to talk about her husband who died while she was in jail . After she says her husband was a helpless invalid and that made her all the more devoted to him , says he thinks there 's cork in her wine and replaces it with a glass of unpoisoned wine . She leaves without knowing of his cynical intentions . 
 makes several attempts to murder ( ) , who believes to be , a sea captain who is frequently away , including by strangulation while boating , and by poisoned wine , but she is impervious , repeatedly escaping death without even realizing while , at the same time , putting himself in danger or near death . Meanwhile , eventually softens and relents from the continual flowers from and invites him to her residence . He convinces her to marry him , and 's friends hold a large public wedding to 's disapproval . Unexpectedly , shows up to the wedding . Panicking , fakes a cramp to avoid being seen and eventually deserts the wedding . 
 Before the Second World War breaks out , the European markets collapse , and loses his assets . The Girl , now well - dressed and chic , once again finds on the street . She invites him to an elegant dinner at a high - end restaurant as a gesture of gratitude for his actions earlier . The girl has married a man she does n't love to be well - off . reveals that he has lost his family . At the restaurant , members of the family recognize and attempt a pursuit . delays them long enough to bid the unnamed girl farewell before letting himself be captured by the investigators . 
 is exposed and convicted of murder . When he is sentenced in the courtroom , rather than expressing remorse he takes the opportunity to say that the world encourages mass killers , and that compared to the makers of modern weapons he is but an amateur . Later , before being led from his cell to the guillotine , a journalist asks him for a story with a moral , but he answers evasively , dismissing his killing of a few , for which he has been condemned , as not worse than the killing of many in war , for which others are honored , " Wars , conflict - it 's all business . One murder makes a villain ; millions , a hero . Numbers sanctify , my good fellow ! " His last visitor before being taken to be executed is a priest ( ) . When guards come to take him to the guillotine he is offered a cigarette , which he refuses , and a glass of rum , which he also refuses before changing his mind . He says " I 've never tasted rum " , downs the glass , and the priest begins reciting a prayer in Latin as the guards lead him away and the film ends .

arrives in a small town , Bridgeport , California , in search of . , owner of the town 's gas station , is on a picnic with wholesome local girl . sends 's deaf young employee , , to retrieve , then informs that wants to see him . Though trusts implicitly , her parents are wary of him , as is , a local police officer who has been sweet on since childhood . reluctantly agrees to meet with , and joins him to drive through the night to 's home on Lake Tahoe . On the way , tells of his past ( in flashback ) . 
 real name is . He and partner were private investigators in New York . had been hired by shady businessman to find his girlfriend , . claimed she shot him and stole $ 40,000 from him . is hesitant , sensing that finding will result in her death . assures he just wants her back , and will not harm her . 
 's maid tells that she 's gone to Florida , but guesses Mexico because of the particular inoculations received . He goes to Acapulco and waits , eventually striking up an acquaintance with her . A love affair develops , and ultimately admits that he had been sent by . sensed this from the start and has been spinning a web for him . She denies taking ’s money and pleads with to run away with her . 
 Preparing to leave , is surprised by the arrival of and , checking up on his lack of progress . asks to be taken off the case , but refuses . lies that slipped past him and is on a steamer going south . instructs to keep looking for her — instead , takes her north to San Francisco . 
 They live in San Francisco as inconspicuously as possible , but an outing to the horse races goes bad when they are spotted by ’s old partner , . and split up , with making himself conspicuous in moving to Los Angeles . seems to give the slip and eventually rejoins at a rural cabin , only to find that had actually followed her . When demands money to keep quiet , the two men brawl . suddenly shoots dead and flees without . He finds her bank book , revealing a deposit of $ 40,000 , the money she had denied taking from . 
 Back in the present , drops off at 's palatial estate . is surprised when reappears . She had returned to and told the whole story . tells that doing one last job is the only way to make things right between them . 's lawyer , , has helped dodge all taxes , but now wants $ 200,000 ( $ 2.2 million today ) or he will give 's business records to the IRS , which would put in prison . wants to recover the records , but realizes that he is being set up . 
 In San Francisco , he meets ' secretary , , who is secretly conspiring with . He is introduced by her to , leaving his fingerprints on a glass . returns and finds dead . He hides the body and retrieves the business records , but is told by the devious ( who has impersonated ) that she gave a signed affidavit swearing that killed , setting up to be a double murderer — reported as such in the morning papers . 
 returns to the Bridgeport area . Unbeknownst to , has ordered to trail The so he can find and kill . The drives to a steep , narrow canyon where is hiding . The Kid spots taking aim at and quickly hooks him with a fishing line , causing to lose his balance and fall to his death . 
 goes back to 's mansion and tells him of 's double - cross and 's death . He offers that the death of , ' actual murderer , can be made to look like a guilt - ridden suicide , removing from that frame - up . Furthermore , he will return the business records to if destroys 's affidavit and hands her over to the police for 's death . takes the offer , and believes he has worked his way out of the trap . 
 Jeff makes a quick visit to , then returns to Tahoe to discover that has killed . She gives the choice of running away with her and a satchel of 's money , or taking the blame for all three murders . He agrees to go with her , but phones the state police while she is upstairs packing . Driving up to a police roadblock , realizes that has betrayed her and shoots him dead . She then fires at the police , who fatally shoot her . 
 When the news reaches Bridgeport , offers to take away . asks The Kid if had been planning to run away with . Wanting to free , The Kid lies and nods his head . returns to and she drives off with him , as the smiles and salutes 's name on the station 's sign .

Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming, Steve Brodie

A charity benefit sponsored by is staged aboard the S.S. Fortune , gambling ship . The entertainment is provided by a jazz band led by and featuring singer and talented but unstable clarinetist . 
 After a set , informs a displeased that he is quitting , having gotten a much better booking through . However , has a problem ; he owes gangster $ 12,000 . When ( who is at the party ) hears the news , he demands full payment that very night . begs to give him an advance , but is unwilling to part with such a large sum . In desperation , sneaks into 's office and opens the safe . However , he is shot from behind and killed . 
 and socialite elope , since her father disapproves of 's lower - class background . The next morning , they show up at and 's apartment , having learned that is the prime suspect in the murder . When a bullet narrowly misses , turns him in to the police , having decided it is safer for all concerned . Then starts investigating . 
 Sneaking aboard the Fortune , discovers on the back side of a sheet of music a receipt signed by Amboy acknowledging that Drake 's debt had been paid . then runs into 's band , allowed back on board to collect their instruments . When he questions them , he learns that the bandleader had many enemies , among them . Musician agrees to help track down , but they have no luck . 
 and visit a hostile . The bullet that killed likely came from an antique gun , and knows 's father is an avid collector . Sure enough , he finds one gun missing from Mr. 's collection . leaves after getting a telephone call . and follow her to 's apartment . There they find 's body ; she was stabbed in the back very recently . claims called to sell her some information , but that she got there after was killed . 
 finds a matchbook from a hotel in Poughkeepsie . That eventually leads him to a rest home where is undergoing treatment . The musician is too badly shaken up to answer 's questions , though 's presence seems to calm him down . When sneaks back later by herself , becomes agitated , confesses to the murder , pulls out the antique gun , and tries to shoot . Fortunately , he misses . does not believe the deranged man 's confession ; was slain by a well - aimed shot . 
 decides to gather all the suspects together by arranging a party on the reopened Fortune and announcing that has fully recovered and will reveal the real murderer 's identity that night . It is who notices the vital clue . 's wife shows up wearing a valuable necklace that matches the earrings of wife . Sometime later , the necklace mysteriously reappears on 's neck . When confronts , reveals that it was she who paid off her lover 's debt using the necklace . As prompts to finger the killer , finally confesses to both killings and pulls out a gun . An enraged shoots him first , but her husband is only wounded . Then , despite 's pleas , she fires again and again , finishing the job .

( ) makes an urgent phone call from London to a Florida railway station where ( ) and ( ) work as baggage clerks . tries to impart to the danger of a shipment due to arrive for " McDougal 's House Of Horrors " , a local wax museum . The crates purportedly contain the remains of Count Dracula ( ) and the monster ( ) . However , before can understand , a full moon rises and transforms into a werewolf . He proceeds to destroy his hotel room while is on the line . thinks the call is a prank and hangs up . Meanwhile , the museum owner , ( ) , has arrived to claim the shipments . When badly mishandles the crates , demands that the boys deliver them to his museum so his insurance agent can inspect them . 
 and deliver the crates after hours . They open the first one and find 's coffin . When leaves the room to retrieve the second crate , reads aloud the legend printed on an exhibit card . The coffin slowly creaks open . is so frightened that his attempts to call result in helpless sputtering . Before returns with the second crate , climbs unnoticed out of his coffin and hides in the shadows . claims that the coffin opened , but shows him that it is in fact empty . While the boys open the second crate containing the Monster , leaves the room to greet and the insurance agent . now hypnotizes and reanimates the Monster . They both leave , and by the time , the insurance agent , and enter , both crates are empty . accuses the boys of theft and has them arrested . 
 That night , Dr. ( ) welcomes and the Monster to her island castle . , a gifted surgeon who has studied Dr. 's notebooks , has seduced as part of 's plan to replace the Monster 's brutish brain with a more pliable one — 's . 
 and are bailed out of jail . They assume that posted bond , but ( ) , an undercover investigator for the insurance company , did so . also feigns love for , hoping he will lead her to the missing " exhibits " . invites to a masquerade ball that evening . Meanwhile , has tracked and the Monster from Europe and has taken the apartment across the hall from and . asks and to help him find and destroy and the Monster . believes , but remains skeptical . 
 That night , and go to 's castle to pick her up for the ball . answers a telephone call from , who informs them that they are in fact in the " House of Dracula " . reluctantly agrees to search the castle with , and soon stumbles upon a basement staircase that leads to a boat and dock . insists they search for and the Monster to prove to that they do not really exist . Behind a revolving door , experiences a few close calls with the monsters ; whenever he tries to get 's attention , the monsters have disappeared . Meanwhile , discovers Dr. 's notebook in 's desk , and finds 's insurance company employee ID in her purse . 
 As the men and women prepare to leave for the ball , a suavely dressed Dr. ( a.k.a . ) introduces himself to and the boys . Also working at the castle is the naive Prof. ( ) , who questions some of the specialized equipment that has arrived . After admits that he was in the basement , feigns a headache and tells and the others that they will have to go to the ball without her . In private , admits to that 's suspicions , 's credentials , and 's snooping in the basement have made her nervous enough to put the experiment on hold . asserts his will by hypnotizing her and biting her in the neck . ( In a continuity error , 's reflection is visible in a mirror . Vampires do not have a reflection , as stated in Dracula ( 1931 ) . ) 
 Everyone is now at the masquerade ball . arrives and confronts Dr. , who is in costume as . easily deflects 's accusations and takes to the dance floor . lures to a quiet spot in the woods and attempts to bite him , but and approach and she flees . While , and search for , transforms into the Wolf Man and stalks . escapes , but the Wolf Man attacks , who is also at the ball . Since 's costume includes a wolf mask , accuses of attacking him out of revenge . escapes , and witnesses hypnotizing . is also hypnotized and rendered helpless while and bring and back to the castle . The next morning , and , both fugitives , meet up in the bayou . confesses to that he is indeed the Wolf Man . explains that has taken and to the island , and they agree to work together to rescue them . 
 is held in a pillory in the cellar . explains her plan to transplant his brain into the Monster . When she and leave him to prepare the Monster for the operation , and sneak in set and free . and return to the cellar and find missing ; easily recalls , and he soon finds himself strapped to an operating table in the lab . The Monster is on an adjacent table , receiving electric shocks . As brings a scalpel to 's forehead , and burst in . pulls away from , and unintentionally knocks her out while fending off with a chair . flees the lab pursued by . is about to untie when he once again transforms into the Wolf Man . returns to the lab and engages in a brief tug of war with the Wolf Man over 's gurney . flees and the Wolf Man gives chase . returns to untie just as the Monster , now at full power , breaks his restraints and climbs off his gurney . attempts to command him , but the Monster picks her up and tosses her out the lab window to her death . and escape the lab and run from room to room with the Monster following them . 
 , while fighting with the Wolf Man , attempts to escape by transforming into a bat . The Wolf Man leaps , catches the bat , and tumbles off a balcony onto the rocks below . Presumably , both are killed . abruptly wakes from her trance , and is rescued by . The boys run out of the castle to the pier , with the Monster still in pursuit . They climb into a small row boat while and arrive and set the pier ablaze . The Monster wheels around into the flames , succumbing as the pier collapses into the water . 
 scolds for not believing him . insists that now that all the monsters are dead , " there 's nobody to scare us anymore . " They suddenly hear a disembodied voice ( provided by an uncredited ) and see a cigarette floating in the air . The voice says , " Oh , that 's too bad . I was hoping to get in on the excitement . Allow me to introduce myself — I'm the Invisible Man ! " The boys jump out of the boat and swim away while the Invisible Man laughs .

Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange

In Chicago in 1932 , during Prohibition , a policeman is murdered inside a speakeasy . ( ) and another man are quickly arrested , and are later sentenced to serve 99 years imprisonment each for the killing . Eleven years later , 's mother ( ) puts an ad in the newspaper offering a $ 5,000 reward for information about the true killers of the police officer . 
 This leads the city editor of the Chicago Times , ( ) , to assign reporter ( ) to look more closely into the case . is skeptical at first , believing to be guilty . But he starts to change his mind , and meets increased resistance from the police and the state attorney 's office , who are unwilling to be proved wrong . This is quickly followed by political pressure from the state capital , where politicians are anxious to end a story that might prove embarrassing to the administration . Eventually , is proved innocent by , among other things , the enlarging of a photograph showing the date on a newspaper that proves that a key witness statement was false . In actuality , innocence was determined not as claimed in the film but when it was found out that the prosecution had suppressed the fact that the main witness had initially declared that she could not identify the two men involved in the police shooting.[3 ]

In 1912 , Broadway star ( ) is buying Easter presents for his sweetheart ( " Happy Easter " ) . At one store , he must persuade a young boy to part with a cuddly Easter rabbit he wants and instead choose a set of drums ( " Drum Crazy " ) . takes the gifts to his dancing partner , ( ) , who explains that she has been offered a show that would feature her as a solo star . tries to change her mind and it looks as if he has succeeded ( " It Only Happens When I Dance With You " ) , until 's best friend , ( ) , arrives . reveals that she and are no longer a team and makes it obvious that she is attracted to . She continues to pursue , but he refuses her out of respect for . 
 drowns his sorrows at a bar , where he brags that he can make a star of the next dancer he meets . He picks one of the girls performing on stage , ( ) , and tells her to meet him for rehearsal the next day . tries to turn into a copy of , teaching her to dance the same way , buying her dresses in a similar style and giving her an " exotic " stage name , " . " However , makes several mistakes at their first performance ( " Beautiful Faces Need Beautiful Clothes " ) , and the show is a fiasco . 
 meets , who is instantly attracted to her and sings " A Fella With An Umbrella " while walking her to her rehearsal with . After tries - unsuccessfully - to reunite and by inviting both to lunch and then leaving them alone , she tells him her friends are laughing because is trying to be her . realizes his mistake and after hearing sing " I Love A Piano , " works out routines more suited to 's personality . Now known as " Hannah & Hewes " , the duo are shown much more successfully performing " I Love a Piano , " " Snookie - Ookums " , " The Ragtime Violin " , and " When That Midnight Choo - Choo Leaves For Alabam ' . " 
 At an audition for Ziegfeld Follies , and meet , who will star in the show . realizes that was 's former dancing partner and demands to know if they were in love . Later , meets Hannah back at the hotel and reveals that he turned down the offer , believing that and do not belong in the same show . arrives to take to dinner , at which he reveals that he has fallen in love with her . While does like , she admits she is actually in love with . She and continue to have a close friendship . 
 's show opens ( " Shakin ' The Blues Away " ) and is in the audience . When and Hannah meet the next day , he reveals he signed them to star in their own show and invites her to celebrate over dinner . arrives at 's , only to have him suggest a dance rehearsal . She is upset and tells him that he does n't see her as a woman , only a dancing aid . She tries to leave , but stops and kisses her . then plays the piano and sings " It Only Happens When I Dance With You , " after which realizes he is in love with and they embrace . 
 The couple 's show contains a solo by ( " Steppin ' Out With My Baby " ) , followed by the best - known musical number in the film ( " A Couple of Swells " ) , in which and play a pair of street urchins with vivid imaginations . and go to celebrate after the show at the roof garden where is performing . The audience gives and a rousing ovation as they arrive , much to 's chagrin who hears the uproar backstage . After she dances in a number called " The Girl On The Magazine Cover , " she insists that perform one of their old numbers with her for old times ' sake - " It Only Happens When I Dance With You ( Reprise ) . " When reluctantly agrees , becomes upset and leaves , believing that has only been using her to regain , and has succeeded . 
 She goes to the bar where she and first met . She pours out her troubles to the bartender ( " Better Luck Next Time " ) . When returns to her apartment , she finds waiting . tries to explain that he was forced to dance with and tells he 'll wait all night for her to forgive him , but just before opens the door , is evicted by the house detective . The next morning tells about her and 's misunderstanding . says if he loved someone he would let her know it . realizes that is right and goes to meet for their date for the Easter Parade . 
 Later that morning , several gifts arrive at 's apartment , with no cards . arrives unexpectedly saying she sent them , oblivious to the previous evening 's argument and urging to prepare for their Easter date . As they walk in the Easter parade , photographers take their picture , echoing the film 's opening with , and proposes ( " Easter Parade " ) .

A compulsive gambler , owes a large debt to , a club owner . He cuts a deck of cards with her — if she wins , will forget the IOU , but if she loses , must marry him . She loses . 
 leaves town . A furious hires private eye , who tracks her to Chicago . She wins enough money there gambling to continue to Los Angeles , but first finds waiting in her hotel room . She gets the better of him and flees . 
 An ex - con named takes her to a craps game , where both are arrested . shows up and pays their bail on the condition return east with him . falls for her along the way , even after pulls a fast one and has him arrested for abducting her against her will . 
 talks his way out of that fix . crashes the car , which catches fire . saves her but is hurt . goes to Las Vegas but returns to , who wants a justice of the peace to marry them . She feels betrayed when turns up , but fights for her . He proves that won the card - cut with a crooked deck , and he and are free to get on with their lives .

The film begins with eldest daughter completing the last lines of her autobiographical novel . As she reminisces about her family life , there is a flashback to 1910 , where the first of a series of vignettes finds preparing the weekly budget with her husband , daughters , and , and son , who announces his desire to attend high school . Each family member makes a financial sacrifice to contribute to the boy 's education . 
 's sister arrives , announces she is marrying undertaker , and implores to break the news to their sisters and . When threatens to reveal embarrassing anecdotes about them , the women accept their sister 's decision . 
 When , the ' impoverished lodger , reads A Tale of Two Cities aloud for the family , they are deeply moved by the story . Later , the family is visited by 's gruff but soft - hearted Uncle and his housekeeper , who is secretly his wife . When discovers is ill with mastoiditis , he insists on taking her to the hospital . 's operation is a success , but is prohibited from seeing her . Disguised as a member of the housekeeping staff , she sneaks into 's ward and softly sings to her . 
 When returns home , she learns her cat , Uncle Elizabeth , had been mauled and seriously injured during its outside wanderings . Despite 's belief in her mother 's healing powers , feels helpless to save the cat and sends to buy chloroform so she can euthanize it . The following morning , she is astonished when walks in with an apparently cured cat . Instead of killing the cat , the dose of chloroform that had administered only provided the cat with the deep sleep it needed to aid its recovery . 
 Mr. suddenly and quietly moves out , leaving his classic books and a check for his accumulated months of rent . The family 's initial joy of receiving the large rent payment quickly vanishes once they discover that the check has no value . and are furious ; but as tears up the worthless piece of paper , she declares that 's gift of literature is far more valuable than the money itself . 
 brags to that their mother is going to buy her the dresser set she has long admired as a graduation present . As she is about to leave to perform in the school 's production of The Merchant of Venice , learns that her mother traded her heirloom brooch for the gift . Distraught , the girl performs badly in the play and later retrieves the brooch after trading back the dresser set . then gives the brooch to as a graduation present . 's father presents her with her first cup of coffee , which she had been told she could drink once she was a grown - up . After taking a few sips of the " adult " beverage , is overcome with emotion by her parents ' gesture , and she rushes out of the room . 
 learns Uncle is near death , and she takes to say goodbye . He reveals he has no money to leave his niece because he has been donating his income to help children with leg or foot problems walk again . After enjoying a final drink with his niece and , Uncle dies peacefully in bed . 
 is dejected when she receives her tenth literary rejection letter . then takes some of her stories to famed author and gourmand and convinces her to read them . returns home and advises her daughter that feels the girl should write about what she knows best . urges to write about . When 's story is accepted for publication , she is paid $ 500 . After announcing some of the money will go towards the purchase of the winter coat wants , confesses her story is titled Mama and the Hospital . She begins to read it to her family , and the story 's introduction concludes and the film itself ends with the line " But first and foremost , I remember Mama".[4][5][6][7 ]

The film is the story of a deaf - mute young woman , ( ) , who is befriended by the new doctor , Dr. ( ) , who comes to Cape Breton Island on the east coast of Canada . The doctor realizes that , although she can not hear or speak , is very intelligent . She lives on a farm with her father , ( ) , and her aunt , ( ) , wears plain work clothes , rarely goes into town , and only once to church . The family sells farm goods to the nearby town , mainly flour . Her father and aunt called " Dummy " and resent her because her mother died giving birth to her . Dr. teaches sign language and the signs for many common things and ideas . Over time , his affection for her grows . He buys her a pretty dress and encourages her father to take her to town and church . 
 Dr. Richardson 's secretary , ( ) , is attracted to him and tries to get his attention , but the doctor does not reciprocate her feelings . After figures out that he is becoming attracted to , she starts to resent both of them . 
 One of the family 's customers , ( ) , gets drunk at a dance , leaves the dance , and goes to the farm when is alone and rapes her . This results in her pregnancy , which is diagnosed by another doctor to whom Dr. had brought her for audiology testing . gives birth at home to a healthy baby boy , whom she names . The people in town begin to shun the Donald family and Dr. , as they suspect he is the father of 's child because he has spent a lot of time with her . Dr. tells that he is willing to marry in order to quiet town gossip . rejects this idea , as he knows that Dr. does not truly love , but merely pities her . 
 goes to the farm under the pretense of purchasing ground barley , but really wants to get a look at baby . When sees him , he orders to leave . inadvertently implies to that he is the father of the child . follows and threatens to expose him to the town . They have a fight on a seaside cliff and throws off the cliff into the sea , killing him . 
 and her aunt try to run the farm but they are struggling to pay the bills and keep the farm running . The town , at the urging of , has a meeting and declares " unfit " to care for the child . When and ( who by now are married ) come to take , first makes realize that she is smarter than the townspeople have given her credit for . She also makes it clear by gestures that she will not give up her baby without a fight . confronts , who confesses that the child is his . He then tries to retrieve the baby , but , despite 's efforts to stop him , he manages to make his way upstairs to the room where is . However , before can unlock the door , uses a shotgun to shoot and kill . is arrested and goes on trial for murder . At the trial , Dr. testifies that she was protecting her property and family . The court dismisses this as the doctor 's love for her , and is ready to sentence to execution , but then finally blurts out that her husband had confessed the truth about the rape to her on the day he was killed . is set free , and she , , and Dr. leave together .

Ex - Major ( ) arrives at the Hotel Largo in Key Largo , Florida , visiting the family of , a friend from the Army who served under him and was killed in the Italian campaign , at the Battle of Monte Cassino . He meets with 's widow ( ) and his father ( ) , who owns the hotel . Because the winter vacation season has ended and a hurricane is approaching , the hotel has only six guests : the dapper ( ) , the boorish ( ) , stone - faced ( ) , servant ( ) , an attractive but aging woman , the alcoholic ( ) , and a sixth man who remains secluded in his room . They claim to be in the Florida Keys for fishing and have a charter boat waiting . 
 Rebuffing 's attempts to engage him in conversation , ( as planned ) meets with and and tells them where is buried in Italy . He tells them about 's heroism under fire . seems taken with , stating that frequently mentioned in his letters . They learn that told personal details about the ( father and daughter - in - law ) . had also committed to memory some small and cherished details that had spoken of , to relieve the boredom , mixed with stress and terror , that defined their moment - to - moment existence in combat . 
 While preparing the hotel for the hurricane , the three are interrupted by Sheriff ( ) and his deputy ( ) , searching for the brothers , American Indians who escaped from custody after their arrest on minor charges . promises the lawmen he will use his influence with local Indians to encourage their surrender . Soon after the police leave , the local Seminoles seek shelter at the hotel , among them the brothers . 
 As the storm approaches , Curly , , and pull guns and take the and hostage . They explain that the sixth member of their party is notorious gangster ( ) , who was exiled to Cuba some years before for being an undesirable alien . The gang discovered looking about and knock him unconscious . Despite being held at gunpoint , lets go a stream of insults toward , who taunts and claims he will soon return to prominence . At one point gives a pistol and offers to fight a duel with him , but declines , stating his belief in self - preservation over heroics and that " one more or less is n't worth dying for . " grabs the gun and tries to escape but shoots him . In the gunplay it is revealed the gun gave to was empty . 's men take 's body by boat to deep water and throw it overboard . 
 intends to hold the and Frank hostage until his American contacts from Miami arrive to conclude a deal . As the storm rages , the Seminoles , usually sheltered in the hotel in storms , huddle outside at the insistence of and his company . Inside and protected from the storm , forces , his former moll , to sing for them by offering her a drink . After sings " Moanin ' Low " a capella , berates her poor performance and fading looks and will not give her a drink . goes to the bar , pours a drink and gives the drink to . While says " Thanks , fella " to , slaps in the face several times for disobeying his order not to give a drink ; ignores the slaps , and tells , " You 're welcome . " tells she knows his story about her husband 's heroism was false and that was the real hero . Mr. invites to live with them at the hotel , a prospect that intrigues . 
 After the storm subsides , Sheriff returns looking for Deputy Sheriff , who had telephoned him from the hotel before the hurricane . is forced by to lie and say he has not seen Deputy , but as is leaving he discovers 's body floating in the water nearby , where it has been blown by the hurricane . blames 's death on the brothers , whom confronts in the nearby boathouse and kills them both . 
 After leaves with 's body , Rocco 's contact ( ) arrives to conclude the deal . Rocco sells a large amount of counterfeit money . Because the captain of the luxury yacht on which they arrived from Cuba has moved to deeper water due to the storm they need another boat . forces , who is a skilled seaman , to take him and his henchmen back to Cuba on the smaller hotel boat . and try to convince to make a break for safety once he is outside the hotel , but he agrees to take the men to Cuba . pretends a last - ditch attempt to convince to take her with him and uses the embrace to steal 's gun , which she covertly passes to . 
 Out on the Straits of Florida worries that will tell the police about . indicates that is exactly what he wants . Soon afterwards tricks into looking over the stern , races the engine and knocks into the water . realizes that has been lost , and exchanges fire with ; is wounded but kills . Hearing shots , appears and mortally wounds him too . demands to go up on deck , lying to that is dead . When refuses to take the chance . kills , and attempts to trick into surrendering by offering money . However , stays quiet , alert to the trick . comes up , concealing a gun , and shoots him dead . 
 Heading back to Key Largo , radios the Miami Coast Guard ( using the correct call sign " NAM " ) asking for help and to get a message to the hotel . Meanwhile , reassures that bears the blame for Deputy 's murder and that he was misdirected into killing the brothers . mentions that 's gang has been captured and leaves with to identify them . The phone rings and and are delighted to hear that is returning safely . opens the shutters to the sun while out at sea steers the boat towards shore .

Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Edward G. Robinson, Lionel Barrymore, Claire Trevor

( ) , a bright account executive in the advertising business , lives with his wife ( ) and two daughters , ( ) and ( ) , in a cramped New York apartment . secretly plans to knock out a wall and remodel their apartment for $ 7,000 or $ 73,000 in 2017 dollars . After rejecting this idea , comes across an ad for new homes in Connecticut and they get excited about moving . Planning to purchase and " fix up " an old home , the couple contact a real estate agent , who uses them to unload " The Old Hackett Place " in fictional Lansdale County , Connecticut . It is a leaning , dilapidated , nearly 200 - year old farmhouse on some 35 acres where General stopped to water his horses during the Revolutionary War . The purchase the property for 5 times more than the going rate per acre for locals , provoking his friend / lawyer ( ) to chastise him for following his heart rather than his head . 
 The old house , dating from the Revolutionary War - era , turns out to be structurally unsound and has to be torn down before the previous owner 's $ 6,000 mortgage is paid off . The hire architect ( ) to design and supervise the construction of the new home for $ 18,000 or $ 187,000 in 2017 dollars . From the original purchase to the new house 's completion , a long litany of unforeseen troubles and setbacks beset the hapless and delay their moving - in date . On top of all this , at work is assigned the task of coming up with a slogan for " WHAM " Brand Ham , an advertising account that has destroyed the careers of previous account executives assigned to it . also suspects that is cheating on him with after slept at the alone in the house with one night due to a violent thunderstorm . 
 With mounting pressure , skyrocketing expenses , and his new assignment , starts to wonder why he wanted to live in the country . The maid provides with the perfect WHAM slogan , and he saves his job . As the film ends , says that he realizes that some things " you do buy with your heart . "

Prison convict ( ) has " taken the fall " for an unspecified $ 50,000 crime but breaks out of jail with the help of his girl ( ) . Neither is aware that the escape has been facilitated by their former accomplice ( ) , a sadistic mobster , who has arranged for to be killed in order to avoid paying his share of the $ 50,000 take . When the break - out succeeds , decides that he must have killed some other way . 
 and kidnap his legal caseworker , ( ) , who has been visiting in prison , trying to reform him . This begins a doomed love triangle . shoots one of 's henchmen ( ) in the back to stop him attacking and fighting with . After acting in 's defense this way , realizes she is in love with him . Relenting , sets her free and prepares to flee the country with . In their hotel room , receives a phone call warning them that has seized and will harm her unless and come out of hiding . does not want to go back to , so lies about the call , saying it was from the hotel desk clerk about their checkout time . 
 After boarding a ship , attempts to convince that they can start a new life in South America together . He even proposes marriage to her . A guilt - stricken now confesses to that has been abducted by . races to save from her captor . Under the cover of a thick fog , manages to get past 's henchmen and sneaks into 's room . A gunfight erupts with and shooting each other and inadvertently starting a fire . and , both wounded , fight hand - to - hand with finally pushing through an upper story window to his death . Mortally wounded and lying in the street , dies in 's arms as looks on . Seeing the resigned contentment in 's face , comments in voice - over that : " This is right for . This is what he wanted . "

( ) is a stubborn man who wants nothing more than to start up a successful cattle ranch in Texas . Shortly after he begins his journey to Texas with his trail hand ( ) , learns that his love interest ( ) , whom he had told to stay behind with the California - bound wagon train with the understanding that he would send for her later , was killed in an Indian attack . 
 Despite this tragedy , and press on . That night , and , keeping watch , hear a group of Indians planning to attack them . They kill the Indians , and on the wrist of one , finds a bracelet he had been left by his late mother . One day before , he had presented it to his young love as he left the wagon train . The bracelet reappears significantly later in the film . 
 The next day , an orphaned boy named ( played as a boy by and as an adult by ) wanders into and 's camp , traumatized and babbling incoherently . He had been part of the wagon train had left , and had come back from finding a strayed cow to see the ruins of the train . He is the sole survivor of the wagon train . adopts him and ties the boy 's cow to his wagon , alongside a bull already owned . 
 With only the bull and the cow , , and the boy enter Texas by crossing the Red River . In search for land they travel through Texas , finally settling in deep South Texas near the Rio Grande . Upon arrival , proudly proclaims all the land about them as his own . 
 Two Mexican men appear on horseback and inform that the land already belongs to their boss , a Spanish grandee whose family held the land by patent from the King of Spain . dismisses this inconvenient fact and , thanks to a quicker draw in a showdown , kills one of the men and tells the other man to inform the Spanish don that now owns the land . names his new spread the Red River D , after his chosen cattle brand for his herd . Fatefully , he promises to add M ( for ) to the brand , once has earned it . 
 Fourteen years pass and now has a fully operational cattle ranch . With the help of and , his herd now numbers over ten thousand cattle , but he is also broke as a result of widespread poverty in the southern United States . Due to its loss of the American Civil War , the South can not afford 's beef . decides to drive his massive herd hundreds of miles north to the railhead at Sedalia , Missouri , where he believes they will fetch a good price . After hires some extra men to help out with the drive , including professional gunman ( ) , the perilous northward drive starts . 
 Along the way , they encounter many troubles including a stampede sparked by one of the men , ( ) , making a clatter while trying to steal sugar from the chuck wagon . This leads to the death of ( ) . Despite knowing what he did caused all these problems , wants to make an example of him by whipping him ; but when draws his gun in self - defense as is about to whip him , shoots in the arm , knowing that would have shot to kill . The wounded is sent to make his way home on his own . 
 Continuing with the drive , relates around the campfire one evening that the railroad has reached Abilene , Kansas , which is much closer than Sedalia . When confirms that had not actually seen the railroad , he ignores what he regards as a rumor in favor of continuing on to Missouri . 
 Deeper problems arise when 's tyrannical leadership style begins to affect the men . One of the two chuck wagons was destroyed in the stampede , causing morale to drop as the men live on nothing but beef and roasted grain " coffee " . tells the men he is broke and can not buy more supplies , even if they turned back to get them . When he announces he intends to lynch two men who had deserted the drive and taken a sack of flour and 100 rounds of ammunition with them and been recaptured by , rebels . 
 With the help of and the other men , takes control of the herd in order to drive it along the Chisholm Trail to the hoped - for railhead in Abilene , Kansas . and ( ) become his right hand men . Face to face , curses him and promises to kill him when next they meet . The drive turns toward Abilene , leaving the lightly injured behind with his horse and a few supplies . and his men are well aware that will try to recruit a posse to pursue and attack them . 
 On the way to Abilene , and his men repel an Indian attack on a wagon train made up of gamblers and dance hall girls . One of the people they save is ( ) , who falls in love with . They spend a night together and he gives her 's mother 's bracelet , evidently given to by in earlier years . Eager to beat to Abilene , he leaves early in the morning — the same way had left his lady love with the wagon train 14 years before . 
 Later encounters , who has followed 's trail to the gamblers ' wagon train . He sees her wearing his mother 's bracelet . Weary and emotional , he tells what he wants most of all is a son . She offers to bear him one if he will abandon his pursuit of . sees in her the same anguish that his beloved had expressed when he left her . Despite that , he resumes the hunt . in her wagon accompanies him . 
 When reaches Abilene , he finds the town has been eagerly awaiting the arrival of such a herd to buy and ship it east by rail . Unknowingly , he has completed the first cattle drive along what would become famous as the Chisholm Trail . He accepts an excellent offer for the cattle . He also meets again , who has preceded into town . 
 Shortly thereafter , arrives in Abilene with his posse , to fulfill his vow to kill . tries to keep the two apart , but beats him to the draw , badly wounding him while inflicts a flesh wound on . and begin a furious fistfight , which interrupts by drawing a gun on both men , shooting wildly and demanding that they realize the love that they share . and see the error of their ways and make peace . The film ends with advising to marry , and telling that he will incorporate an M into the Red River D brand as he had promised 14 years before , because he had earned it .

John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru, John Ireland

manages 's Road House for his longtime friend , , who inherited the place from his father . is attracted to , his new singer from Chicago , but thinks she is just another in a long string of girls he will eventually have to send on her way when tires of her . For his part , however , is convinced that is " different " , even though she is playing hard - to - get . 
 Although tries to pay off and put her on a train , she is not about to leave and makes a successful debut at the club , accompanying herself on piano . asks to teach how to bowl in the roadhouse 's alley but she shows little interest in the sport and quite a bit more in . 
 , the club 's cashier who is fond of , becomes jealous of . Before leaves on a hunting trip , he tells that she is not like any other girl he has ever met . tries to join for a boat ride on a lake , but he refuses as she is 's girl . contradicts that notion , so arranges to pick her up later . also goes along , although the women 's friendship is decidedly frosty . Later , comes to 's rescue when a drunk causes a scene at the club . 
 and share a passionate kiss . loves her , and it is obvious she feels the same way . Their idyll is interrupted when returns and shows a marriage license he has obtained in his and 's names . tells that he and are planning to be married . throws him out . and decide to go off together ; leaves a note , stating in it that he has taken $ 600 owed to him . 
 At the railroad station , two policemen detain and . claims that the entire week 's receipts have been taken from the roadhouse 's safe , but insists he took only $ 600 . After states that the receipts totaled $ 2,600 , is held for trial and accuses of framing him . 
 is tried and found guilty of grand larceny . Before sentencing , talks to the judge in private and persuades him to parole into his custody . The judge announces that will be on probation for two years , but will have his job back and will be obligated to repay from his paycheck . and realize that has them trapped . 
 plans a trip to his hunting cabin . wants to cross the Canada – US border , which is only fifteen miles from the road house but refuses to go along , convincing that wants the two of them to argue and for to run away . At his cabin , taunts and while fooling around with a rifle . accuses of taking the missing money , so hits her . retaliates by knocking him out . decides that she will go with to Canada , which is now only about two miles through the woods and across a stream , and they set off on foot . , meanwhile , discovers a deposit envelope for the receipts in 's coat pocket , proof of 's innocence and 's false testimony . She follows and finds the couple . As she gives the envelope to , is shot in the arm by a pursuing . 
 In the fog - enshrouded lakeside , cranks up the motor on 's boat and sends it off empty . After wastes bullets shooting at the boat , tries to grab his gun . gets possession of it and shoots when he threatens to hit her with a boulder . As dies , he reminds that he once told him that was " different " . breaks as , and ( in 's arms ) head out of the woods and back to civilization , to a subdued arrangement of " Again " .

Two brilliant young aesthetes , ( ) and ( ) , strangle to death their former classmate from Harvard University , ( ) , in their Manhattan penthouse apartment . They commit the crime as an intellectual exercise ; they want to prove their superiority by committing the " perfect murder " . 
 After hiding the body in a large antique wooden chest , and host a dinner party at the apartment , which has a panoramic view of Manhattan 's skyline . The guests , who are unaware of what has happened , include the victim 's father , Mr. ( ) , and aunt , Mrs. ( ) ; his mother is not able to attend , because of a cold . Also there are his fiancée , ( ) , and her former lover , ( ) , who was once 's close friend . 
 uses the chest containing the body as a buffet table for the food , just before their housekeeper , Mrs. ( ) , arrives to help with the party . " Now the fun begins " , says when the first guests arrive . 
 and 's idea for the murder was inspired years earlier by conversations with their prep - school housemaster , publisher ( ) . While they were at school , had discussed with them , in an apparently approving way , the intellectual concepts of 's Übermensch , and art of murder , as a means of showing one 's superiority over others . He too is among the guests at the party , since in particular thinks that he would approve of their " work of art " . 
 's subtle hints about 's absence indirectly lead to a discussion on the " art of murder " . appears calm and in control , although when he first speaks to he is nervously excited and stammering . , on the other hand , is visibly upset and morose . He does not conceal it well and starts to drink too much . When 's aunt , Mrs. , who fancies herself a fortune - teller , tells him that his hands will bring him great fame , she is referring to his skill at the piano , but he appears to think this refers to the notoriety of being a strangler . 
 Much of the conversation , however , focuses on and his strange absence , which worries the guests . A suspicious quizzes a fidgety about this and about some of the inconsistencies that have been raised in conversation . For example , vehemently denies ever strangling a chicken at the ' farm , though has seen strangle several . later complains to about having had a " rotten evening " , not because of 's murder , but because of 's questioning . 
 As the evening goes on , 's father and fiancée begin to worry because he has neither arrived nor phoned . increases the tension by playing matchmaker between and . Mrs. calls , overwrought because she has not heard from , and Mr. decides to leave . He takes with him some books has given him , tied together with the rope and used to strangle his son . 
 When goes to leave , Mrs. accidentally hands him 's monogrammed hat , further arousing his suspicion . returns to the apartment a short while after everyone else has departed , pretending that he has left his cigarette case behind . He asks for a drink and then stays to theorize about 's disappearance . He is encouraged by , who hopes will understand and even applaud them . A drunk is unable to take it any more ; he throws a glass and says , " Cat and mouse , cat and mouse . But which is the cat and which is the mouse ? " 
 lifts the lid of the chest and finds the body inside . He is horrified but also deeply ashamed , realizing that and used his own rhetoric to rationalize murder . disavows all his previous talk of superiority and inferiority , then seizes 's gun and fires several shots out the window to attract attention . As police sirens approach , pulls up a chair next to the chest and the film 's end credits appear on the screen .

is sent to Earth by his parents just as the planet Krypton blows up and is later raised as by a farm couple . They discover that he has great powers so they send him off to use his powers to help those in need . After his foster parents die , the Man of Steel heads to Metropolis under the bespectacled guise of and joins the staff of the Daily Planet in order to be close to the news . Soon after he is sent out to get the scoop on a new rock that a man has found that he calls , and passes out ; then and there discovers that his weakness is Kryptonite . Whenever emergencies happen , he responds in his true identity as . This first serial revolves around the nefarious plot of a villain who calls herself .

Sir ( ) is a world - famous symphony conductor who returns from a visit to his native England and discovers that his rich and boring brother - in - law , ( ) , has misunderstood 's casual instruction to watch over his much younger wife ( ) while he was away , and instead hired a detective named ( ) to follow her . is livid , and ineptly attempts to destroy any evidence of the detective 's report . 
 Eventually , despite his efforts , he learns the content of the report directly from : while he was gone , his wife was spied late at night going to the hotel room of 's secretary , ( ) , a man closer in age to her own , where she stayed for thirty - eight minutes . 
 Distressed by the news , quarrels with before proceeding to his concert , where he conducts three distinct pieces of romantic - era music , envisioning revenge scenarios appropriate to each one : a complicated " perfect crime " scenario in which he murders his wife and frames ( to the Overture to Rossini 's Semiramide ) , nobly accepting the situation and giving a generous check and his blessing ( to the Prelude to 's Tannhäuser ) , and a game of Russian roulette with a blubbering , that ends in Suicide ( to 's . ) 
 After the concert , tries to stage his fantasy of murdering his wife , but is thwarted by his own ineptness , making a mess of their apartment in the process . When returns home , he realizes that she really loves him , and learns that she is innocent of 's charges : she had gone to 's room in search of her sister ( ) , 's wife , who was having an affair with , and became trapped there when she saw spying on the room . begs 's forgiveness for his irrational behavior , which she gladly gives , ascribing it to the creative temperament of a great artist.[3][4 ]

A struggling painter , , is unhappy that cafe owner has let a customer , , purchase one of his works . considers his art worthless and goes to offering to buy it back . She insists on keeping it , so invites her to dinner instead . 
 falls for after a romantic night , then is caught off guard when she leaves town without a word . He learns that the painting was mailed to a Dr. , but ca n't get the doctor to explain why . 
 A woman he knows , , insists on accompanying her to a nightclub . There , to his astonishment , is the featured singer . The club is owned by , a crippled ex - boxer , and is his wife . 
 's looking for a new fighter to train . He likes the way handles himself when a scuffle occurs . At the gym , it turns out Dr. works for and is 's brother as well . has a hold on , blaming him for a botched operation that left him in a wheelchair for life . only stays with so he wo n't sue her brother for malpractice . 
 Adopting the name " " as a nod to his interest in art , becomes a prizefighter . But he suffers a concussion in a personal disagreement with , one of 's tough goons . forces him to proceed with a scheduled bout , having discovered the painting and learning is in love with . 
 is beaten badly in the ring . He manages to rally and win , but collapses and requires brain surgery . is murdered by , but when 's wheelchair rolls away into oncoming traffic , he is struck by a car and killed . recovers and leaves boxing forever , by his side .

( ) follows her husband ( ) with a gun one day after suspecting he is having an affair with another woman ( ) . In her rage , she fires at the couple multiple times . One of the bullets hits her husband in the shoulder . 
 The following morning , married lawyers and ( and ) read about the incident in the newspaper . They argue over the case . sympathizes with the woman , particularly noting the double standard that exists for men and women regarding adultery . thinks is guilty of attempted murder . When arrives at work , he learns that he has been assigned to prosecute the case . When hears this , she seeks out and becomes her defense lawyer . 
 bases her case on the belief that women and men are equal , and that had been forced into the situation through her husband 's poor treatment of her . thinks is showing a disregard for the law , since there should never be an excuse for such behavior . Tension increasingly builds at home as the two battle each other in court . The situation comes to a head when feels humiliated during the trial when encourages one of her witnesses , a woman weightlifter , to lift him overhead . , still angry , later storms out of their apartment . When the verdict for the trial is returned , 's plea to the jury to " judge this case as you would if the sexes were reversed " proves successful , and is acquitted . 
 That night , sees and their neighbor ( ) , who has shown a clear interest in , through the window . He breaks into the apartment , pointing a gun at the pair . is horrified , and says to , " You 've no right to do this   – nobody does ! " feels he has proven his point about the injustice of 's line of defense . He then puts the gun in his mouth . and scream in terror . then bites down on the gun and chews off a piece ; it is made of licorice . is furious with this prank , and a three - way fight ensues . 
 and , in the midst of a divorce , reluctantly reunite for a meeting with their tax accountant . They talk about their relationship in the past tense . They become emotional when talking about the farm they own and realize how much they love each other . They go to the farm , where announces that he has been selected as the Republican nominee for County Court Judge . jokes about running for the post as the Democratic candidate .

Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, David Wayne, Tom Ewell, Jean Hagen, Judy Holliday

The story of the rise of politician from a rural county seat to the governor 's mansion is depicted in the film . He goes into politics , railing against the corruptly run county government , but loses his race for county treasurer , in the face of unfair obstacles placed by the local machine . teaches himself law , and as a lawyer , continues to fight the local establishment , championing the local people and gaining popularity . He eventually rises to become a candidate for governor , narrowly losing his first race , then winning on his second attempt . Along the way he loses his innocence and becomes as corrupt as the politicians he once fought against . As he rises , philanders and gets involved with many women , taking his PR man / journalist 's own girlfriend , , as his mistress . 
 's son , drinks to deal with his feelings about his father , eventually crashes his car , injuring himself and killing his female passenger . When bullies into playing a football game , becomes paralyzed after a brutal hit . 
 , who had always dealt with those who got in his way by any means , begins to see his world start to unravel and he discovers that not everyone can be bought off . 
 The story has a complex series of relationships . All is seen through the eyes of the journalist , , who admires and even when disillusioned still sticks by him . 's campaign assistant , is clearly in love with and wants him to leave his wife , . When 's reputation is brought into disrepute by Judge ( 's uncle ) , he seeks to blacken the judge 's name . When finds evidence of the judge 's possible wrongdoing , a quarter century earlier , he hides it from . gives the evidence to , who uses it against her uncle , who immediately commits suicide . seems to forgive , but her brother , , the surgeon who helped save 's life after the car crash , can not . After wins an impeachment investigation , assassinates . The doctor in turn is shot down by , 's fawning assistant . Having lost their respect for him , and agree to find a way to destroy 's reputation just as he dies . 
 The main plot is a thinly disguised version of the rise of real - life 1930s Louisiana Governor , , 's efforts to blacken the name of Judge , and 's assassination by the Judge 's son - in - law ( compared to nephew , as in the film ) , Dr. .

Broderick Crawford, Mercedes McCambridge, John Ireland, Joanne Dru, John Derek

of the gang is wounded during a bank robbery . He mends at 's home in Missouri for six months , although 's wife does n't trust him . 
 , an actress is in love with , comes to town to perform on stage . catches her speaking with , a prospector , and is jealous . He knows that wants to get married and settle down . 
 In need of money , hears of the governor 's $ 10,000 reward for . He betrays his friend , shooting in the back . is pardoned by the governor but receives a reward for just $ 500 . 
 He spends the money on an engagement ring . , who manages 's career , books for stage appearances in which he re - enacts the shooting of . He is booed by audiences and mocked in public for his cowardly deed . 
 goes to Colorado to try prospecting and runs into , who is rejecting offers to become 's town marshal . wakes up one day to find both and the engagement ring missing . arrives just as returns , having captured the ring 's thief . is disappointed when accepts 's proposal , so he accepts the job as marshal . 
 , brother of , overhears a conversation in which confides to that he 's the one she truly loves . makes sure that learns of this , knowing will make the fatal mistake of confronting face to face . In the street , draws on and is shot dead . gets the girl and avenges his brother 's death .

In post - World War II Allied - occupied Germany , French Army Captain ( ) is given the task of recruiting a highly skilled lens maker , ( ) . He is assigned American Lieutenant ( ) as his chauffeur , much to their mutual discomfort ( arising from several prior clashes ) . The only available transportation is a motorcycle which , due to Army regulations , only is allowed to drive ; has to ride in the sidecar . After several mishaps , the constantly quarreling couple arrive at their destination , Bad Nauheim . 
 At the hotel , bothered by back pain , warily accepts 's offer of a back rub . When she falls asleep , he tries to leave her room , but the door handle falls off , trapping him inside . He spends an uncomfortable night in a chair . In the morning , she refuses to believe his story . Unknown to him , the innkeeper 's wife has replaced the knob , so , when he tells Catherine to see for herself how the door will not open , it does . Eventually , the innkeeper 's wife comes to the room ( forcing to hide on the ledge outside the window ) and explains everything to , but not before falls off the ledge . 
 Later , goes undercover to search for , now working in the black market . He refuses to let help him and tells her that if she sees him to pretend she does not know him . The black market is raided by the authorities , and he is rounded up with everyone else . When he asks her to vouch for his identity , she obeys his earlier order not to reveal that she knows him . While he is in jail , she finds , who is happy to leave Germany and ply his trade in France . Later , she apologizes to a furious , and by the time they return to Heidelberg , they have fallen in love . 
 Red tape forces and to be married first in a civil ceremony before they can each have their choice of ceremony : Army chaplain ( ) and church ( ) . Before they can consummate their marriage , is ordered to report immediately to headquarters in the morning ; her unit has been alerted they are about to be shipped back to the United States . They subsequently learn that the only way can get a visa to emigrate with her is under the War Brides Act as the spouse of an American soldier . After many misunderstandings , he is given permission to accompany her , but circumstances and Army regulations conspire to keep them from spending the night together . 
 When they try to board the transport ship , U.S. Navy sailors do not believe that is a war " bride . " He is forced to dress as a female Army nurse to get aboard . The deception works , but once underway , his disguise is discovered and he is arrested . manages to straighten out the situation , and they finally have some privacy - in the ship 's brig .

The film opens with ( ) in court to defend his novel , which has been accused of being a " disgrace to France and an insult to womanhood " . In order to keep it from being banned , tells the story of Madame from his perspective . 
 We are introduced to ( ) when she is twenty years old . She lives with her father ( ) on a small farm in the country . She is a lonely woman , and books are her only real companions . She fantasizes about love , and convinces herself that she will one day fall madly in love and have a perfect life . One day , 's father injures his leg . When the doctor , ( ) comes , falls in love with him instantly . Soon enough , and are married . The couple moves into a small house in the town of Yonville in Normandy . is disappointed , but vows to make the house into her dream home . She insists upon decorating the house lavishly , and although makes only a modest salary , he provides with her every wish . Although her home is just how always dreamed , she is still disappointed at her lack of social status , and feels trapped by her less - than - perfect marriage . She insists to that she wants to have a baby boy , so that he will grow up and be able to live his life the way he wants and not be confined to the rank of the husband as women were . is met with even more disappointment when she later gives birth to a girl , . develops an intolerance toward and is uninvolved in raising her , depending heavily upon the nanny , ( ) . Unhappy with her life , embarks on an affair with ( ) . 
 When is invited to a ball at the home of the wealthy Marquis D'Andervilliers ( ) , is overjoyed . does not want to go , thinking they wo n't fit in with the aristocratic crowd , but finally persuades him to attend . is very popular at the ball , wearing an extraordinary gown that is the envy of the party . She is finally living her dream , in the company of high society and popular with many men . , on the other hand , feels very out of place and drinks far too much champagne . Finally , drunkenly tries to dance with . Embarrassed , makes take her home . Afterwards , continues her affair with . However , 's mother ( ) soon makes move to Paris to attend law school . 
 Aristocrat ( ) , whom had met at the ball , moves to Yonville and tries to have an affair with . At first resists , as she is determined to save her marriage . To do this , she asks to perform a revolutionary surgical procedure , correcting the leg of ( ) , a crippled man from the village . Performing the procedure successfully would bring immense fame and fortune ; however , knows he is not a skilled enough doctor to do it . He bluntly refuses at first , but after he realizes how much wants him to do it , he eventually consents . He prepares for the surgery , and the entire village gathers around his house to cheer him on . However , at the last minute , decides he ca n't do it . then gives up all hope of happiness with and plunges into an affair with . She begins to mold his house into the home of her dreams , much as she did with at the beginning of her marriage ; however , finds this as nothing but an intrusion of privacy . The two of them plan to elope to Italy . She prepares to leave , but goes to Italy alone , leaving Emma alone and heartbroken . locks herself in the attic and tries to jump out the window ; stops her just in time . She becomes very sick and stays in bed for several months . 
 When recovers , she and travel to Rouen to see the opera . While they are there , they see , who has returned from Paris . stays the night in Rouen , while returns to Yonville . says he is a lawyer now , and has much more money than he did before . However , rejects 's attempts to renew their affair . returns to Yonville to find out that is out of town to attend his father 's funeral . While he is gone , the conniving town moneylender ( ) visits to collect the ' huge amount of debts . capitalizes on ' father 's death , and after a series of clever moves he obtains and then sells power of attorney over ' estate to Monsieur . attempts to have repay him with sexual favors ; however , she refuses and tries to borrow money from other people . She first asks for the money . However , admits that he is actually only a clerk at the law firm he works for , and has no money to lend her . then asks , who has returned to Yonville . At first , tries flirting with him ; then , she breaks down and begs him for money . refuses to lend it to her . returns home to find an announcement that his property will be sold to repay the debts . breaks into the village apothecary and swallows arsenic . She returns home , and although attempts to save her , dies . 
 The film then returns to the courtroom , where it ends with being acquitted of all charges .

In 1937 Tanganyika Territory , Africa , eight - year - old ( ) is living with her father on his ranch . While in her yard , two Africans come by with an orphaned baby gorilla ; so wants a pet that she trades her toys and money for him , vowing to always care for the gorilla . 
 Twelve years later , ( ) and sidekick ( ) are on a trip to Africa looking for animals to headline in 's new Hollywood nightclub . The two men have captured several lions and are about to leave Tanganyika Territory when gorilla appears , now 12 feet ( 3.7   m ) tall and weighing 2,000 pounds ( 910   kg ) . When a caged lion bites 's fingers , he goes on a rampage . Visualizing as their big nightclub attraction , and try to rope him , but he throws both men from their horses and breaks free of their ropes . A grown Jill Young ( ) arrives , calming down . She is furious with both men and storms off with . 
 Both later meet with , while becomes hopelessly smitten with her . Having now calmed down , hears out 's nightclub proposal , as tries to dissuade her . tells her that she and will be a huge Hollywood hit and will be rich within weeks . Needing the proffered income , she decides she must take to Hollywood . 
 On the crowded opening night , Joe makes his first onstage appearance , lifting a large platform with a piano above his head while plays it . then has a tug - of - war with " the 10 strongest men in the world " , which he easily wins . Heavyweight boxer then tries to box with , but playfully tosses the famous boxer into the audience , followed by laughter . 
 's popularity grows , and by the 10th week he is Hollywood 's biggest nightclub attraction . But and are beginning to miss their African home ; tells and that she is having second thoughts . tries to convince to let them go home but , thinking only about more profit , he is able to glibly forestall her leaving . 
 By the 17th week , is miserable ; he has grown tired of performing and is homesick . To make matters worse , his next act is a humiliating performance playing an organ grinder 's monkey with , acting as a little girl , turning the handle . When a thrown bottle strikes , he becomes angry , roaring at the crowd while shouts for the audience to stop . Later , during dinner , and express their feelings for one another , with agreeing to return with her to Africa . 
 In his cage an unhappy tries to ignore three drunks who have sneaked backstage ; they offer an open whiskey bottle , and he becomes intoxicated after two more open bottles are offered . Thinking it now safe to taunt him , the drunks burn 's fingers with a cigarette lighter . Roaring with pain and rage , he breaks out , smashing through a nearby wall , then wrecking the nightclub 's interior . He also smashes the glass of the lion habitat , allowing the lions to escape into the crowded nightclub , where kills several of them . and return and find the nightclub in chaos . manages to get back to his cage , while arriving police shoot the remaining lions . 
 A court decree orders to be destroyed , and 's pleas to save him are denied . , , and devise a plan to get out of California using a moving van , then a cargo ship . When 's executioners arrive to put him down , they find his cage empty and themselves locked inside the nightclub . As the van is leaving , is spotted by an itinerant worker , who later informs the authorities . On the way to the ship , police spot the moving van and give chase . But has been cleverly transferred to a covered truck , and the moving van , driven by , is just a decoy . The police eventually stop the van and arrest . 
 Driven by and carrying and , the truck gets stuck in heavy mud . With 's encouragement , pushes the truck free , and the police then get stuck in the same mud as the truck drives away . Before reaching port and the cargo ship , they come upon a burning , multistory orphanage engulfed in flames . 
 and help the caretakers save the children . They act fast and most of the children are saved , but the flames spread quickly , and a last group , along with and , are suddenly trapped on the top story . At 's urging , braves the raging fire by climbing an adjacent tall tree , carrying to safety , while lowers each child by rope to the ground . One child is left behind , so climbs up again , grabbing the little girl , then he and climb down ; an orphanage wall collapses as they near the ground , almost killing and the little girl . assures that , because of 's heroism , his life will now be spared . 
 Much later , receives home movies from his friends , letting the audience know that and , now married and living on their ranch with , made it safely back to Africa . waves " Goodbye " , along with and , to .

Three sailors   – , , and   – begin their shore leave , excited for their 24 hours in New York ( " New York , New York " ) . Riding the subway , falls in love with the picture of " Miss " , who is actually called , and fantasizes about what she 's like in real life ( " Miss " ) . The sailors race around New York attempting to find her in the brief period they have . 
 They are assisted by , and become romantically involved with , two women , and pair up : with , an anthropologist ; and with , an aggressively amorous taxi driver . claims that she 's found her passionate " Prehistoric Man " in at the Museum of Anthropological History . invites to " Come Up to My Place " . Finally finding , takes her on an imaginary date down his home town " Main Street " in a studio in Symphonic Hall - not realising that she is also from the same town . Later , sincerely falls for telling her " You 're Awful "   – that is , awful nice to be with . That evening , all the couples meet at the top of the Empire State Building to celebrate a night " On the Town " . 
 But when an ashamed walks out on to get to her late night work as a cooch dancer , the friends tell a despondent , " You Can Count on Me " , joined by 's annoying , but well - meaning roommate , . They have a number of adventures before reuniting with at Coney Island just as their 24 - hour leave ends and they must return to their ship to head off to sea . Although their future is uncertain , the boys and girls share one last kiss on the pier as a new crew of sailors heads out into the city for their leave ( " New York , New York " reprise ) .

A newspaper shows traveling to Africa to hunt the rare dodo bird , worth four sextillion dollars . uses his airplane to go to Dark Africa , then Darker Africa , and finally lands in Darkest Africa . When lands , a sign tells him that he 's in Wackyland ( " Population : 100 nuts and a squirrel " ) , while a voice booms out " It can happen here ! " tiptoes along the ground in his airplane and he is greeted by a roaring beast , who suddenly becomes effeminate and dances away into the forest . 
 He watches as the sun is lifted above the horizon by a tower of stacked creatures . Nearby , another creature rises out of a tall flower , playing " The William Tell Overture " , using his nose as a flute . The creature launches into a wild drum solo , plays a tiny piano , and plays its nose like a horn , which brings out a group of odd creatures , including a rabbit dangling in midair from a swing that seems to be threaded through its own ears , a small creature wearing large female mannequin legs who encourages the rabbit to swing faster , a peacock with a fantail of cards , an upside - down creature walking with giant bare feet in his hands while wearing a hat on his rear end , a goofy - looking creature wearing large glasses in a small pot , a scooter - like creature , a creature with two steamboat pipes on his back , a four - legged creature with a waffle iron - like mouth , a round creature with long legs on its sides , and an angry criminal imprisoned behind a free - floating barred window that he holds in his hands while a small policeman on a wheel appears and hits him on the head with a large stick . As tries to find the do - do , he comes across a duck singing " Mammy ! " , a horn - headed creature , a conjoined cat and dog hybrid creature spinning around like a tornado while they fight , and a 3 headed stooge whose heads argue and fight amongst themselves , but temporally stop their fight to tell the viewers that their mother was scared by a pawnbreaker 's sign , while a small creature with a light bulb on its head translates their gibberish speech . 
 Finally , the Dodo appears . tries to catch it , but it plays tricks on him . The dodo pulls out a pencil and draws a door in mid - air , and instead of opening it and running through , reaches down and lifts up the bottom edge of the door like a curtain , darts underneath and lets it snap back into place for to bump into . At another point , the do - do appears on the Warner Bros. shield logo and slingshots into the ground . Afterwards , the dodo pulls a wall of bricks in the picture and lets him crash into it . Eventually , triumphs when he disguises himself as a bearded paperboy , shouting " Extra ! Extra ! captures Dodo ! " , before hitting the bird with a mallet . loudly proclaims to the audience that he has captured the last dodo . The dodo mockingly replies , " Yes , I 'm really the last of the dodos . Ai n't I , fellas ? " . A multitude of dodos appear , all yelling out , " Yeah , man ! " . They and the Dodo all howl , which allows him to escape and stand on 's head .

Note : the story is told from the viewpoint of Corporal ( ) . 
 Tough - as - nails career Marine Sergeant ( ) is greatly disliked by the men of his squad , particularly the combat replacements , for the rigorous training he puts them through . He is especially despised by PFC ( ) , the arrogant , college - educated son of an officer , Colonel under whom served and admired , and PFC ( ) , who blames him for his demotion . 
 When leads his squad in the invasion of Tarawa , the men begin to appreciate his methods . Within the first couple of minutes of the battle , the platoon leader , Lt . ( ) , is killed only seconds after he lands on the beach , ( ) is wounded in the leg , and PFC ( ) receives a head wound . The marines are aggressively pinned down by a pillbox . 
 Able Company commander Captain ( ) takes charge and he begins to send out marines to silence the pillbox . As a result of three unsuccessful attempts to reach the pillbox , two demolition marines and a flamethrower operator are killed and PFC ( ) is left mortally wounded in the line of fire . Sgt . takes action and demolishes the pillbox . would eventually die of his wounds in front of his best friend ( ) . 
 Later on , becomes distracted from his mission , and " goofs off " when he goes to get ammunition for two comrades , stopping to savor a cup of coffee . As a result , though he brings back coffee for his squadmates , he returns too late   — the two Marines , now out of ammunition , in the interim are shown being overrun ; Hellenopolis ( ) is killed , Bass ( ) badly wounded . 
 On their first night , the squad is ordered to dig in and hold their positions under the cover of darkness . lies wounded from a distance and begs for help . considers brutal and unfeeling when he decides to apparently abandon to the enemy . 
 After the battle , discovers the truth he forces into a fistfight . This is seen by a passing officer ( ) but , to 's surprise , deflects the officer 's intention of pressing charges against for violation of military rules in striking a subordinate by claiming that he was merely being taught judo by his superior . Subsequently , ravaged by his conscience over the fate of his fellow Marines , breaks down and abjectly apologizes for his dereliction of duty . 
 The squad receives three new recruits : ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . reveals a softer side of his character while on leave in Honolulu . He picks up a bargirl ( ) and returns with her to her apartment . He becomes suspicious when he hears somebody in the next room , but upon investigation , finds only a hungry baby boy that his intended paramour is supporting the best way she can . gives the woman , whose child 's father was " gone , " some money and departs . The woman had earlier noted that there were " worse ways to make a living than fighting a war , " in reference to her current lot in life . 
 Later , during a training exercise , drops a live hand grenade . Everybody drops to the ground , except , who is distracted reading a letter from his wife . knocks him down , saving his life , and then proceeds to bawl him out in front of the platoon . 
 's squad subsequently fights in the battle for Iwo Jima . The squad suffers heavily within the first couple of hours , losing , , ( ) , and ( ) . 's squad is selected to be a part of the 40 man patrol that will charge up Mount Suribachi . During the charge , ( ) , , and are killed . While the remaining men were resting during a lull in the fighting , is killed by a Japanese soldier emerging from a spider hole . quickly locates the spider hole and kills the Japanese shooter . The remaining squad members ( , , , , and ) find and read a letter on his corpse , a missive addressed to his son and expressing things wanted to say to him , but had never actually managed to . Moments later , the squad witnesses the iconic flag raising .

On the verge of his retirement at Fort Starke , a one - troop cavalry post , aging US Cavalry Captain ( ) is given one last mission : to take his troop and deal with a breakout from the reservation by the Cheyenne and Arapaho following the defeat of at the Battle of the Little Big Horn . 
 ' task is complicated by being forced at the same time to deliver his commanding officer 's wife and niece , ( ) and ( ) , to an eastbound stage and by the need to avoid a new Indian war . His troop officers , 1st Lt . ( ) and 2nd Lt . ( ) , meanwhile vie for the affections of Miss while uneasily anticipating the retirement of their captain and mentor . 
 Assisting him with his mission is Capt . ' chief scout , Sgt . ( ) , a one - time Confederate cavalry officer ; his first sergeant , ( ) ; and Maj . ( ) , ' long - time friend and commanding officer . 
 After apparently failing in both missions , returns with the troop to Fort Starke to retire . His lieutenants continue the mission in the field , joined by after " quitting the post and the Army " . Unwilling to see more lives needlessly taken , takes it upon himself to try to make peace with Chief Pony That Walks ( Chief ) . When that too fails , he devises a risky stratagem to avoid a bloody war by stampeding the Indians ' horses out of their camp , forcing the renegades to return to their reservation . 
 The film ends with being recalled to duty as chief of scouts with the rank of Lt . Colonel and Miss and Lt . becoming engaged .

and ( and ) are driving to a party in the Hollywood Hills when someone in another car throws a suitcase into the back seat of their convertible . They open it and discover packs of cash . They are chased by yet another car but get away . Back at their Hollywood apartment , they examine what estimates to be $ 100,000 in cash . wants to keep the money ; wants to take it to the police . He places the suitcase in a locker at Union Station , hoping he can sway into surrendering it to the police . 
 A few days later , ( ) shows up at the ' apartment , tells he is a detective and quickly learns she has begun spending the money . likewise becomes upset when he finds she has been running up bills , clearly planning to spend the money they had agreed to leave untouched . 
 Under 's persistent questioning , confesses to that she has the money , and makes a deal with him to split the money . She and Alan later plan a romantic evening together to make amends for their squabbling about the money . She asks to meet her at Westlake Park near downtown Los Angeles , where she has planned to kill her husband on a boat ride . feels a pang of guilt , then blurts out that she wants to send the claim check for the locker to the police . Unaware of why his wife is upset , picks up her bag and his own gun falls out . can tell he knows what she has in mind . She grabs the gun , they struggle and she shoots , killing him . sees the body and fears getting involved in a murder , but threatens to tell the police he killed her husband unless he helps her . After dumping the body in the lake , they leave the park together so as to mislead witnesses into thinking she left with her husband . She reports to the police as a missing person . Planning to kill , she drives him up into the hills on the pretense they will retrieve the cash where it 's been buried . He suspects her intentions and flees . 
 ( ) appears at the apartment , where he discovers 's sister ( ) leaving surreptitiously . introduces himself to her as an old army buddy of 's on vacation in Los Angeles . lives across the hall and has grown worried about her missing brother . She is leery of , whose previous husband had a mysterious death . finds out that never knew and hits him over the head with a pistol . Retrieving the cash at Union Station , she finds a drunken and asks him to help her run away . demands to know where the money came from . says it was a " once in a lifetime " blackmail payoff from an insurance scam . She understands this means the money is unmarked and its disappearance wo n't be reported to the police . She kills with a poisoned drink . 
 After finding 's body , the Los Angeles police tell that if he wants them to drag the small lake at Westlake Park in search of 's missing husband , it 'll cost thousands of dollars and that they do n't believe his theories . flees with all the money to Mexico City , where she has a penthouse at the posh Reforma Hotel . turns up at her door . Concluding he is either after the money or with the police , pleads with him to take half . tells her he is the brother of 's earlier , first husband , , and that he now understands how she could have driven him into killing himself . As Mexican police detectives rush into the room , quickly backs away in tears onto a balcony , then screams as she falls over the railing to her death .

The film tells the story of the U.S. Treasury Department who , with the aid of a counterfeiter , try to track down and stop of counterfeiting ring . The counterfeiter , ( ) , serving time in prison , is released under the agreement that he will assist in the capture of the phoney money printers . Once out of jail quickly meets up with cigarette girl ( ) . 

 Detailed synopsis - After a customer hands him a suspicious - looking $ 20 bill , a bank teller has it checked and it proves to be counterfeit . The bill is then sent to the Secret Service laboratory in Washington , where it is discovered to be a fresh note bearing characteristics of a counterfeiter named , who is serving a prison term in Atlanta . Two agents , and , go to see in prison and suggest that he knows who has the engraving plates used to produce the phony bill , but offers them no assistance . Several weeks later , while he is being transferred by public bus to Kansas City , handcuffed to a Deputy Marshal , escapes when a sedan pulls in front of the bus and he grabs the marshal 's gun and orders him to unlock the handcuffs . orders the driver to stop the bus , then flees in the sedan , which is being driven by federal agent as part of an elaborate ruse to provide a " cover " story for , who has agreed to help find the counterfeiters in exchange for an early parole . In Kansas City , asks about the whereabouts of his former girl friend , , but claims not to know where she is . then attacks and , after a struggle , knocks him out and heads for Los Angeles . There , he finds using the name and working as a cigarette girl at the Chanteclair nightclub . saves from the unwanted advances of customer and , later at her apartment , tells her that although the " feds " expected him to become a " stool pigeon , " he never intended to help them . Unaware that their conversation is being recorded by agents in the basement , he then informs that they will be leaving for Mexico after he deals with his ex - partner . At the local Secret Service headquarters , meanwhile , Chief and receive a visit from , who is actually , another agent . The next day , locates his former partner , , in a cheap hotel . After beats him up , , who was supposed to have saved 's share of the money they made but lost it all gambling and drinking , confesses that he sold the counterfeiting plates to , one of their former competitors , who is now running a land investment company . Needing money with which to buy some counterfeit currency , decides to crack the safe at 's club . The police are waiting , however , and arrest , but escapes . Still posing as , bails out , then propositions her . Although jealous of his interest in , realizes that might be able to finance his deal and , in 's hotel room , finds a large sum of cash in a suitcase . then tells him that , for $ 25,000 , he can buy $ 250,000 in excellent phony bills . After meeting and seeing a sample bill , agrees . However , a subsequent rendezvous proves a failure because , who is still unsure about , brings only scraps of blank paper . Later , while dining at the club , 's cover is blown in front of by a young man who recognizes him from the Army . Back at the apartment , after takes outside to tell him that is an agent , they both search for a microphone and find it in a lampshade . Deciding that they should still play along , tells to buy two tickets to Mexico City for the following evening and instructs her to meet him at the airport . Later , as drives to meet , draws a gun on him and reveals that he knows he is an agent . is forced to drive to a remote spot overlooking the ocean and told to get out of the car , but manages to overpower and delivers him to the Venice police station . then phones and suggests that he go ahead with entrapping , as long as is arrested beforehand . However , the agents can not find and when meets , he tells him that has been arrested . They then drive to 's printing plant , losing agents who are tailing 's car . Meanwhile , shows up at 's office looking for , which causes , 's associate , to become suspicious and take her to the plant . After checks the bills he is buying and shows him the plates , and arrive , and she tells that is an agent . Meanwhile , a motorcycle patrolman calls in the license plate numbers on 's parked car . tells that is locked up and that he tried to double - cross them both . When more agents arrive , shoots , whom he does not trust , then escapes from the building . After being chased through a trolley car barn , is electrocuted atop a trolley car . Later , the federal agents recover the plates and the counterfeit bills , and the case is closed .

In 1949 , former U.S. Army Air Forces officer ( ) spots a familiar in the window of a London antique shop and learns that it came from Archbury , where served with the 918th Bomb Group during World War II . Convinced that it is the same jug , he buys it and journeys to the derelict airfield . 
 remembers the events of 1942 , when the 918th had gained a reputation as the " hard luck group . " After a particularly disastrous mission , group commander Colonel ( ) appears exhausted and demoralized . His indecisive and defeatist attitude spreads to other senior leaders of the group , including his Air Exec , Lieutenant Colonel ( ) , and the group 's flight surgeon . Ordered to fly another mission the next day , at a dangerously low altitude , protests to his friend , Brigadier General ( ) the Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations . Later , reluctantly shares with General , the commanding general of VIII Bomber Command ( ) , his belief that has gotten too emotionally close to his men , and may no longer be fit to command . That night , and visit the group headquarters to investigate the cause of the mission 's heavy losses . realizes that is right : has become over - protective of his men , and is unwilling to discipline them even for costly mistakes . relieves of command on the spot , and later asks to take over the 918th . 
 takes a harsh approach to restoring the group 's discipline and morale . He begins by dressing down Lt . Col . , firing him as Air Exec and insisting that he henceforth fly every mission . assigns only the most incompetent crewmen , ordering him to paint the name " Leper Colony " on his airplane . The rough - and - ready Major ( ) impresses with his independent spirit and replaces as Air Exec . conducts a series of training missions and waits for an opportunity to restore the group 's pride in its abilities . Upset by the contrast of 's stern leadership with Davenport 's easygoing ways , all of the 918th Squadron pilots apply for transfers . asks the Group Adjutant , Major , to delay processing their applications to buy him some time . An attorney in civilian life , knows how to use organizational " red tape ” to his advantage . 
 When the 918th returns to combat , all the groups are ordered to abort their mission due to heavy weather . , leading the group , ignores the recall order . The 918th successfully bombs the target , and is the only group to do so . All of its crews return safely . Nevertheless , is furious with for ignoring the recall order . claims that he did not hear the recall due to radio malfunction . Instead of a reprimand , persuades to recommend the group for a Distinguished Unit Citation . also acquires a surrogate son in Lieutenant ( ) , a Medal of Honor recipient who is 's eyes and ears among the combat aircrews . 
 The Inspector General arrives to investigate the pilots ' transfer requests , and 's delaying tactics . Expecting to be relieved , and possibly court - martialed , packs his belongings while the IG interviews the group 's pilots . Led by , the pilots save 's career by withdrawing their requests to transfer . also softens his attitude towards the men as he becomes more closely involved with them . wins 's respect and admiration by demonstrating extraordinary leadership and courage in combat . 
 With enemy resistance intensifying as the air war advances deeper into Germany , missions become longer and riskier , and many of 's best men are shot down or killed . tries to get to return to a staff job at VIII Bomber Command but refuses because he feels that the 918th is not ready to stand up without him yet . Reluctantly , leaves him in command . After a particularly brutal mission , 's iron will cracks . On the day of the first daylight bombing raid on Berlin , he finds himself physically unable to haul himself up into his B-17 . The redeemed takes his place as lead pilot and strike commander for the mission . While waiting for the group ’s return , becomes catatonic . Only as they return to Archbury does regain his composure and fall asleep . 
 The story then returns to 1949 and pedals away on his bicycle .

( ) , a former Chicago mobster and ex - con , is vacationing in Reno at a lodge . He bumps into an old friend / former colleague from Chicago named ( ) . It turns out they are both engaged to be married . 
 On his way home to Chicago , shares the flight with a schoolteacher , ( ) , someone he met at a Reno casino and helped win at the gambling table . arrives home and is met by the police . It seems that is a suspect as a potential trouble maker due to his past dispute with a Chicago mob kingpin , , his fiancee 's uncle . The police put a tail on him , which he shakes on a Chicago elevated train . meets up with his bride - to - be , ( ) . He tells her he will go to Big to make peace . But when the uncle is murdered , is framed for the murder . 
 On the run from both the police and from the unknown murderers , enlists the help of and an old buddy , ( ) , a detective . They discover the truth : is also engaged to , and together they are responsible for murdering her uncle and framing . 
 manages to clear himself , however , after which he and end up in each other 's arms , bound to that lodge in Reno .

is a ruthless , psychotic criminal and leader of the gang . Although married to , he is overly attached to his equally crooked and determined mother , " , his only true confidante . 
 and his gang rob a mail train in the Sierra Nevada , resulting in the deaths of four members of the train crew . With the help of informants , the authorities close in on a motor court in Los Angeles where , and are holed up . Cody shoots and wounds US Treasury investigator and makes his escape . He then comes up with a scheme : to confess to a lesser crime committed in Springfield , Illinois , which an associate committed at the same time as the train robbery , thus providing him with a false alibi . He turns himself in and is sent back to Illinois , where he receives a one to three - year sentence in state prison . This does not fool , however , who plants undercover agent ( aka ) in 's cell in the Illinois State Penitentiary . His task is to find the " Trader " , a fence who launders stolen money for . 
 On the outside , " Big Ed " Somers , 's ambitious right - hand man , takes charge of the gang . betrays and joins , feeling assured will never make it out of prison because Big has paid , an inmate , to kill . In the prison workshop , drops a heavy piece of machinery on , but Hank pushes him out of the way , saving his life . visits and vows to take care of Big Ed , despite 's frantic attempts to dissuade her . He starts worrying and decides to break out , but before he can , he learns of 's death and goes berserk in the mess hall , hitting a number of guards before being overpowered and dragged to the infirmary . He concocts a plan to escape by feigning a psychosis . In the infirmary , he 's diagnosed as having a " homicidal psychosis " and is recommended for a transfer to an asylum . 
 takes hostages and escapes , along with his cellmates , including . He takes along and later shoots him in cold blood . He then heads for California with his men . On hearing of 's escape , Big anxiously awaits his arrival . tries slipping away , but catches her . Although murdered , she convinces that Big did it , so guns him down . The gang welcome the escapees , including , whom likes and trusts . 
 A stranger shows up at the gang 's isolated hideout , asking to use the phone . To 's surprise , introduces the stranger as . plans to steal the payroll at a chemical plant in Long Beach , California , by using a large , empty tanker truck as a Trojan horse . manages to get a message to and an ambush is prepared . The gang get into the plant and makes their way to the payroll office , but as they begin to cut through the safe , the tanker 's driver , " , recognizes as the man who arrested him four years prior . 
 The police surround the building and call on to surrender , but decides to fight it out . When the police fire tear gas into the office , escapes . In the ensuing gun battle , the police kill most of 's gang . shoots one of his men for trying to surrender . , in a getaway car across from the plant , is arrested . She tries to barter with for leniency , saying she can convince to surrender , but turns her down . flees to the top of a gigantic , globe - shaped gas storage tank . After shoots several times with a rifle , starts firing at the tank and shouts , " Made it , ! Top of the world ! " Then the tank explodes .

( ) is one of the biggest stars on Broadway . But having just turned forty she is worried about what her advancing age will mean for her career . After a performance of 's latest play , Aged in Wood , 's close friend ( ) , wife of the play 's author ( ) , brings in a besotted fan , ( ) , to meet . tells the group gathered in 's dressing room — , , 's boyfriend ( ) , a director who is eight years her junior , and 's maid ( she followed 's last theatrical tour to New York after seeing her perform in San Francisco . She tells a moving story of growing up poor in Wisconsin and losing her young husband in World War II . Moved , quickly befriends , takes her into her home , and hires her as her assistant , leaving , who instinctively dislikes , feeling put out . 
 quickly insinuates herself into 's life , acting as her secretary and adoring fan . She seems to anticipate 's every need , including placing a long - distance phone call to when forgets his birthday . becomes increasingly distrustful and bitter , particularly after she catches taking a bow to an empty theatre while pretending to wear 's costume for Aged in Wood . asks her producer , , to hire at his office , but instead manages to become 's understudy without 's knowledge . As 's irritation grows , feels sorry for . In hopes of humbling , arranges for her to miss a performance of Aged in Wood , so will have to give the performance in her place . invites the city 's theatre critics , including the acerbic ( ) , to attend that evening 's performance , which is a triumph for her . After that evening 's performance , tries to seduce , but he rejects her . Instead , takes her under his wing and writes a column that criticizes for not making way for new talents like . 
 That evening , and announce their engagement at dinner with the in the Cub Room of the Stork Club . calls , who was dining at a nearby table with , into the ladies ' room and tells her to either ask to give her the part of — the lead in 's next play , Footsteps on the Ceiling — or she will reveal 's role in 's missed performance . Before can talk with , announces to everyone 's surprise that she does not wish to play and would prefer to continue in Aged in Wood . 
 is cast as . Just before the out - of - town premiere of Footsteps on the Ceiling at the Shubert in New Haven , presents with her next plan : to marry , who , she claims , has come to her professing his love and his eagerness to leave his wife for her . Now , exults , will write brilliant plays showcasing her . Angered that believes she can manipulate him as easily as she does everyone else , reveals he knows that her back story is all lies . Her real name is , she was never married , and she had been paid to leave her hometown over an affair with her boss , a brewer in Wisconsin . blackmails , informing her that she will not be marrying or anyone else ; in exchange for 's silence , she now " belongs " to him . 
 A year later , is a shining Broadway star headed for Hollywood . At an awards banquet , she thanks , , and with characteristic effusion , while all four stare back at her coldly . skips a party in her honor , and returns home alone , where she encounters ( high - school - aged fan — who has slipped into her apartment and fallen asleep . The young girl professes her adoration and begins at once to insinuate herself into 's life , offering to pack 's trunk for Hollywood . While rests in the other room , dons the elegant robe that wore to the banquet and poses in front of a multi - paned mirror , holding the award as if it were a crown .

Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Gary Merrill, Celeste Holm, George Sanders, Hugh Marlowe, Marilyn Monroe

Uncouth tycoon ( ) goes to Washington , D.C. with his brassy girlfriend , ( ) , and his crooked lawyer , ( ) , to " influence " a politician or two . The lawyer also presses to marry on the grounds that a wife can not be forced to testify against her husband . 
 becomes disgusted with 's ignorance and lack of manners ( though he himself is much worse ) . He hires a tutor for her — journalist ( ) . Blossoming under 's encouragement and her own hard work , learns about literature , history , politics and the law , and turns out to be much smarter than anybody knew . She begins to think for herself and apply her reading and learning to her life situation . The two begin to fall in love . 
 Meanwhile , has persuaded to sign over many of his assets to to hide them from the government . When needs to get them back , he comes into conflict with 's new - found independence . She and use her leverage to escape from 's domination . She promises to give him back his property little by little as long as he leaves them alone . and marry .

comes across a wounded , 14 - year - old Apache boy dying from buckshot wounds in his back . gives the boy water and heals his wounds . The boy 's tribesmen appear and are at first hostile but decide to let go free . However , when a group of gold prospectors approaches , the Apache gag and tie him to a tree . Helpless , he watches as they attack the prospectors and torture the survivors . The warriors then let him go but warn him not to enter Apache territory again . 
 When returns to Tucson , he encounters a prospector who escaped the ambush . He corrects a man 's exaggerated account of the attack , but is incredulous and does not see why did not kill the Apache boy . Instead , learns the Apache language and customs and plans to go to 's stronghold on behalf of his friend , , who is in charge of the mail service in Tucson . enters the Apache stronghold and begins a parley with , who agrees to let the couriers through . meets a young Apache girl , , and falls in love . 
 A few of 's warriors attack an army wagon train and kill the survivors . The townsfolk nearly lynch as a traitor before he is saved by General who recruits to negotiate peace with . , the " Christian General " condemns racism , saying that the Bible " says nothing about pigmentation of the skin " . makes a peace treaty with , but a group led by , oppose the treaty and leave the stronghold . When these renegades ambush a stagecoach , rides off to seek help from and the stagecoach is saved . 
 and marry in an Apache ceremony and have several days of tranquility . Later , son spins a story to and about two of his horses stolen by 's people . says that his people did not take them and doubts his story , as he knows the boy 's father is an Apache hater . They then decide to go along with the boy up the canyon but are ambushed by the boy 's father and a gang of men from Tucson . is badly wounded and is killed but kills most of the men , including . forbids to retaliate , saying that the ambush was not done by the military and that broke the peace no less than and his men , and that peace must be maintained . rides off with the belief that " the death of had put a seal upon the peace , and from that day on wherever I went , in the cities , among the Apaches and in the mountains , I always remembered , my wife was with me " .

The parents are the time and motion study and efficiency experts and psychologist . The film shows typical days in the lives of a family in the 1920s , but here with 12 children and an efficiency engineer as the parent . employs his unorthodox teaching methods on his children , and there are clashes between parents and children . takes every opportunity to study motion and increase efficiency , including filming his children 's tonsillectomies to see if there are ways to streamline the operation . 
 After 's sudden death , the family agree that will continue with her husband 's work ; this enables the family to remain in their house , rather than move to their grandmother 's in California , although , with a widowed working mother and one income , the children will have to assume much greater responsibilities .

In seventeenth - century Paris , poet and supreme swordsman ( ) stops a play from being shown because he ostensibly can not stand the bombastic style of the principal actor , ( ) . An annoyed aristocratic fop , ( ) , provokes him into a duel by tritely insulting 's enormous nose . first mocks his lack of wit , improvising numerous inventive ways in which could have phrased it ( much to the amusement of the audience ) . He then composes a ballade for the occasion on the spot and recites it during the sword fight . With the last line , he stabs his opponent . 
 's friend ( ) , Captain of the guards , warns him he has made powerful enemies of his victim 's friends , but he is unconcerned . When presses him to reveal the real reason he hates , admits that he became jealous when he saw the actor smiling at his beautiful cousin ( ) . He confesses that he is in love with her , but harbors no hope of it being returned because of his nose . When he receives a request from to see her in the morning , he is finally emboldened to act . 
 Then pastry chef and fellow poet ( ) approaches him for help . has learned that a nobleman he had mocked with his verses , the Comte De Guiche ( ) , has hired a hundred ruffians to teach him a lesson . escorts him , kills eight of the horde , and drives off the rest . 
 The next day , before he can tell of his feelings , she informs him that she has fallen in love with a handsome guardsman , ( ) , though she has not even spoken to him . hides his devastation and agrees to help her . 
 befriends the young man and discovers that he is infatuated with , but is too inept with words to woo her . To help him , composes 's love letters to , which she finds irresistible . Later , decides he wants no more help and tries to speak to face to face , but fails miserably and she re - enters her house in an angry huff . , hiding in the bushes , comes to his rescue , but this time by imitating 's voice and speaking to from under her balcony . He is so eloquent that he ( unintentionally ) wins a kiss for from . 
 When the arrogant Comte , who is also wooing , pressures her to marry him , delays him long enough for her to we d instead . Furious , , 's commander , orders him to join his unit immediately for a war against the Spanish , preventing the couple from spending their wedding night together . 
 With under his command as well , earns the swordsman 's respect by his conduct in the war . From the field , sends letters every day , supposedly written by . visits her husband in camp and tells him that she now has fallen in love with him not merely for his looks but because of his words , and would love him even if he were ugly . Realizing that she really loves , gets his rival to agree to tell the truth and let her decide between them . But before the opportunity arises , volunteers for a dangerous mission and is fatally wounded , silencing . 
 enters a convent in mourning . Years pass , with visiting weekly , having retired from the military and writes satirical articles mocking the nobility . , who has also befriended her and has come to respect , has overheard a courtier plotting against . warns that 's life may be in danger . One night , is lured into an ambush ; the poet is run down by a carriage . Near death , he hides his injuries and goes to keep his appointment with for the last time . His secret love for is finally revealed when he recites from memory the last of his love letters , which she has kept , but it is too late . first slips into delirium , then dies , leaving to mourn a second time .

The film begins with what a BBC reviewer called " perhaps one of cinema 's most innovative opening sequences . "[3 ] The scene is a long , behind - the - back tracking sequence featuring ( ) walking through the hallway of a police station to report his own murder . Oddly , the police almost seem to have been expecting him and already know who he is . 
 A flashback begins with in his hometown of Banning , California , where he is an accountant and notary public . He decides to take a one - week vacation in San Francisco , but this does not sit well with ( ) , his confidential secretary and girlfriend , as he does not want her to accompany him . 
 accompanies a group from a sales convention on a night on the town . At a " jive " nightclub called " The Fisherman , " unnoticed by , a stranger swaps his drink for another . The nightclub scene includes one of the earliest depictions of the Beat subculture . The next morning , feels ill . He visits a doctor 's office , where tests reveal he swallowed a " luminous toxin " for which there is no antidote . A second opinion confirms the grim diagnosis , and the other doctor implies that the poisoning must have been deliberate . remembers his drink tasted strange . 
 With a few days to live at most , sets out to untangle the events behind his impending death , interrupted occasionally by phone calls from . She provides the first clue : a man named , who had been urgently trying to contact Bigelow for the last few days , had suddenly died . travels to ' import - export company in Los Angeles , first meeting Miss ( ) ( whose on - screen credit reads " " ) , the secretary , and then Mr. ( ) , the company 's comptroller , who tells him committed suicide by jumping from his office a day earlier . From there , the trail leads to ' widow ( ) and brother ( ) . 
 The key to the mystery is a bill of sale for what turns out to be stolen iridium . Bigelow had notarized the document for six months earlier on behalf of ' business associate . He connects ' mistress , ( ) , to gangsters led by ( ) . They capture Bigelow where he learns that was murdered months earlier after the sale . Since Bigelow has learned too much , orders his psychopathic henchman ( ) to kill him . However , manages to escape and is killed by the police while attempting to kill Bigelow . 
 thinks and Miss are his killers , but when he confronts them he finds has been poisoned too — after having dinner with Mrs.   . He directs them to call an ambulance and tells them what poison has been ingested so that , in 's case at least , prompt treatment may save his life . tells Bigelow he found evidence that and Mrs.   were having an affair . realizes that the theft was merely a diversion . discovered the affair and killed him . 
 and Mrs. used the investigation of the iridium as a cover for their crime , making it seem that had killed himself out of shame . However , when they discovered that there was evidence of his innocence in the notarized bill of sale , murdered anyone who had knowledge of the bill of sale . tracks down and shoots him to death in an exchange of gunfire . 
 The flashback comes to an end . finishes telling his story at the police station and dies , his last word being " . " The police detective taking down the report instructs that his file be marked " D.O.A. "

A group of hustlers take a man for $ 5000 in a poker game . When the man ends up killing himself , the heat is put on the gamblers in the game . The dead man 's vengeful brother begins picking off the gamblers one by one .

Following the wedding of his daughter ( ) , ( ) , a suburban lawyer , recalls the day , three months earlier , when he first learned of 's engagement to ( ) . At the family dinner table , 's casual announcement that she is in love with and has accepted his proposal makes feel uneasy , but he soon comes to realize that his daughter has grown up and the wedding is inevitable . While ( ) , 's mother , immediately begins making preparations for the wedding , lies awake at night , fearing the worst for his daughter . 
 's misgivings about the marriage eventually make anxious , and she insists that introduce them to 's parents . calls the tradition " old - fashioned rigamarole , " but arranges the meeting nevertheless . Before the introduction , has a private conversation with , and is pleased to learn that the young man is the head of a small company and that he is capable of providing a comfortable life for . The ' first meeting with and , 's parents , gets off to an awkward start , and goes from bad to worse when drinks too much and falls asleep in the wealthy ' living room . 
 Following and 's engagement party , , who misses the entire party because he is in the kitchen mixing drinks , realizes that his plans for a small wedding have been swept aside and he will be expected to pay for an extravagant wedding " with all the trimmings . " As costs for the June event spiral out of control , calculates that he can afford to accommodate no more than one hundred and fifty guests . The task of paring down the guest list proves too difficult , however , and reluctantly consents to a 250 - person reception . To save costs , suggests to that she and elope . is at first shocked by the suggestion , then reconsiders , supports the idea , and conveys that to her mother . strongly disapproves of eloping which causes to express his disapproval too , making it appear the idea was originally 's . 
 The plans for a lavish wedding continue until the day that tells that he wants to take her on a fishing trip in Nova Scotia for their honeymoon . reacts to the announcement with shock and calls off the wedding , but she and soon reconcile , and the two families begin their wedding rehearsals . On the day of the wedding , chaos reigns at the home as final preparations are made for the reception . The wedding ceremony brings both joy and sorrow to , as he realizes that his daughter is now a woman and no longer his child . During the reception , tries to find so he can kiss the bride but only manages to see her leaving for her honeymoon . and survey the mess in their home and concur that the entire affair was a great success . calls and tells her father she loves him and thanks her parents for everything.[5 ]

Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Bennett, Billie Burke, Leo G. Carroll, Don Taylor

( ) is a middle - aged , amiable though somewhat eccentric man whose best friend is an invisible 6 '   3½ " tall rabbit named . As described by , is a pooka , a benign but mischievous creature from Celtic mythology who is especially fond of social outcasts ( like ) . has driven his sister and niece ( who live with him and crave normality and a place in society ) to distraction by introducing everyone he meets to his friend , . His family seems to be unsure whether 's obsession with is a product of his ( admitted ) propensity to drink or perhaps mental illness . 
 spends most of his time in the local bar , and throughout the film invites new acquaintances to join him for a drink ( or to his house for dinner ) . The barman and regulars accept the existence of , and the barman asks how they both are and unflinchingly accepts an order from for two martinis . 
 's sister , ( ) , tries to have him committed to a sanatorium . In exasperation , she admits to the attending psychiatrist Dr. ( ) that , after so many years of putting up with the invisible rabbit , she sees every once in a while herself . This causes Dr. to let out and lock up . After sorting out the mistake , Dr. ( ) , head of the sanatorium , decides that to save the reputation of the sanatorium he must bring back . At one point , when her daughter asks how someone possibly could imagine a rabbit , says to her " , you have a lot to learn and I hope you never learn it . " 
 When tracked down , goes through several ordeals , although he remains largely oblivious to the plans put in place for him by Dr. , Judge ( ) , and . In a scene where Dr. and his nurse Miss ( ) follow into an alley at the back of his and 's favorite bar , Charlie 's , tells the incredible story of how he came to meet , and explains the way in which people react when they meet them . In a later scene , he gives Dr. an insight into his philosophy of life : 
 also explains that has the power to stop time : " Did I tell you he could stop clocks ? Well , you 've heard the expression ' His face would stop a clock ' ? Well , can look at your clock and stop it . And you can go anywhere you like , with anyone you like , and stay as long as you like . And when you get back , not one minute will have ticked by . You see , science has overcome time and space . Well , has overcome not only time and space , but any objections . " 
 In the final scene of the film , ( along with everybody else ) arrives back at the hospital . By this point , Dr. is not only convinced of 's existence , but has begun spending time with him on his own , with a mixture of admiration and fear . 
 Dr. convinces to come into his office where he will receive a serum called Formula 977 that will stop from " seeing the rabbit " . As they are preparing for the injection , 's sister is told by their cab driver about all the other people he has driven to the sanatorium to receive the same medicine , warning her that will become " just a normal human being . And you know what stinkers they are . " Upset by the very thought of this , halts the injection by banging on the examining room door , at which point comforts her and explains her tears to others with , " 's all tired out , she 's done a lot today . " 
 As is leaving , Dr. asks for 's help , and , being the obliging fellow he is , makes no objection . Dr. , arm in arm with an invisible companion , asks " Have you ever been to Akron ? " 
 After the gates to 's Residence are closed , and is leaving , he stops , turns around and has a conversation with an invisible , who is already back from his trip to Akron and reaffirms their friendship . opens the gate , and and his invisible companion saunter off towards the bus stop , following and , towards the planned last stop of Charlie 's Bar and another drink . 
 Through the film , looks up at . , at 6'4 " , decided that should be 6'8 " for the film , but the script lines stating that was 6 '   3.5 " were unchanged from the play.[2 ]

James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Cecil Kellaway

( ) is a down - on - his - luck Hollywood screenwriter who has not had a hit , " since before the war . " While driving to meet his agent , ( ) , at a nightclub , 's explosive temper is revealed by a confrontation at a stoplight with another motorist that almost becomes violent . 
 At the nightclub , cajoles him to adapt a book for a movie . The hat - check girl , ( ) , is engrossed in reading it and asks if she can finish , since she only has a few pages left . has a second violent outburst when a young director bad - mouths 's friend ( ) , a washed - up actor . 
 claims to be too tired to read the novel , so he asks to go home with him , ostensibly to explain the plot . As they enter the courtyard of his apartment , they pass a new tenant , ( ) . As soon as is convinced that is not trying to seduce her , she describes the story , in the process confirming what he had suspected — the book is trash . He gives her cab fare to get home . 
 The next morning , he is awakened by an old army buddy now a police detective , ( ) , who takes him downtown to be questioned by Captain ( ) . The coat check girl was murdered during the night and is a suspect . is brought to the police station , she confirms seeing the girl leave 's apartment alone and unharmed but is still deeply suspicious . Although shows no overt sympathy for the dead victim , on the way home from the police station , he anonymously sends her two dozen white roses . 
 When he gets home , checks up on . He finds she is an aspiring actress with only a few low - budget films to her credit . They begin to fall in love ; this spurs into going back to work with vigour , assisting him much to his agent 's delight . 
 behaves strangely . He says things that make his agent and 's wife ( ) wonder if he did kill the girl . sows seeds of doubt in 's mind , pointing out 's long record of violent behavior . becomes furiously irrational when he learns of it . He drives at high speed , with a terrified passenger , until they sideswipe another car . Nobody is hurt in the collision , but when the other driver accosts him , beats him unconscious and is about to strike him with a large rock when stops him . 
 gets to the point where she can not sleep without taking pills . Her distrust and fear of are becoming too much for her . When he asks her to marry him , she accepts but only because she is too scared of what he might do if she refused . She makes a plane reservation and tells she is leaving because she can not take it anymore . finds out and almost strangles her during a violent confrontation before he regains control . Just then , the phone rings . It is with good news : 's boyfriend ( named , the same as the film 's associate producer ) has confessed to her murder . Tragically , it is too late to salvage and 's relationship .

Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, Frank Lovejoy, Jeff Donnell, Art Smith

( ) , an experienced hunter and guide , reluctantly agrees to help ( ) and her brother ( ) search for her husband , who disappeared in the unexplored African interior while searching for the legendary titular mines . They have a copy of the map he used . A tall , mysterious native , Umbopa ( Siriaque ) , joins the safari . has no use for women on a safari , but during the long and grueling journey , he and begin to fall in love . 
 The party encounters ( ) , a lone white man living with a tribe . They learn that he met . However , when recognizes him as a fugitive who can not afford to let them go , they take him hostage to leave the village safely . tries to shoot , killing his faithful right - hand man ( ) . dispatches and the party flees from the angry villagers . 
 When they finally reach the region where the mines are supposed to be , they are met by people who resemble . They discover that their companion is royalty ; he has returned to attempt to dethrone the evil King ( ) . leaves with his supporters , while , and travel to a tense meeting with . With his last rifle bullet , kills a would - be attacker , temporarily quelling the natives . 
 The king 's advisor , ( ) , communicates that they have seen and leads them to a cave that contains a trove of jewels and in which they find the skeletal remains of 's husband . While they are distracted by this discovery , sneaks away and triggers a booby trap that seals them inside the cave . Leaving the jewels behind , they find a way out through an underground stream and return to the settlement , just as and his followers arrive . 
 's people have an unusual method of deciding the kingship . The two claimants duel to the death . Despite cheating by one of 's men , wins . Afterwards , he provides an escort for his friends ' return trip .

The happily reminisce about the meeting of their respective fiancees whilst in armed forces in Europe . To celebrate , the trio drink a toast , consisting of three large mugs containing Old Panther whisky and immediately get pathetically drunk . and start arguing over their sweetheart , and suggest they end it by fighting " a drool . " As ammunition , they spray each other with seltzer bottles . finally passes out cold , leading and to the conclusion he died . They decided to dispose of 's body by encasing his feet in a round - bottomed tub with cement in order to drop him into the ocean . 
 While the cement dries , the three doze off . When they come to , all are suffering from hangovers and short memories . Naturally , they can not figure out how got into his situation . Realizing they must meet their sweethearts quickly , and load up the tub with sticks of dynamite , which explodes and send the boys flying through the air and onto the docks where their ladies are waiting .

( ) , a radio star , finds out she is pregnant . After she miscarries , and her husband ( ) move their show to television and become determined to adopt a baby .

Dr. ( ) , an intern who has just passed the state board examination to qualify for his license to practice , is the first African - American doctor at the urban county hospital at which he trained . Because he lacks self - confidence , requests to work as a junior resident at the hospital for another year . ( ) and ( ) , brothers who were both shot in the leg by a policeman as they attempted a robbery , are brought to the hospital 's prison ward . As tends to the disoriented , he is bombarded with racist slurs by , who grew up in Beaver Canal , the white working class section of the city . Believing that has a brain tumor , administers a spinal tap , but dies during the procedure . Wondering if 's antagonism may have caused him to be careless , consults his mentor , chief medical resident Dr. ( ) , and concedes that a brain tumor was only one possibility . Feeling that he must prove the accuracy of his diagnosis , requests an autopsy , but informs him that according to state law , they can not proceed without the permission of the deceased 's family . When refuses , as he does not want his brother 's body to be cut up , confers with the head of the hospital , Dr. ( ) , about requisitioning an autopsy . 
 , aware that a scandal over the black doctor 's actions could endanger funding , denies the request in the hope that the incident will be forgotten . Upon learning from police records that was married , and visit his widow , ( ) , who tells the doctors that she divorced a year and a half ago , and that she hates his whole family . Although she does not reveal it to , his sympathetic attitude persuades her to visit to ask about the autopsy . tells her , however , that would be alive if he had had a white doctor , and that wants to have the autopsy to cover up the truth about 's actions . 
 's racist feelings are revived by , with whom she had committed adultery , and he convinces her that played her for a " chump " , and that she can make up for her past infidelity to by contacting Beaver Canal club owner ( ) and telling him about 's death . Accompanied by 's other brother ( ) , who is deaf , goes to the club , where and his pals lay plans to attack the black section of town , which they call " Niggertown " . 
 Although desperately wishes to leave , forces her to stay . Meanwhile , arrives at the hospital and learns about the upcoming attack from ( ) , a black elevator operator . tries to dissuade from organizing a counterattack , but reminds him of a race riot that occurred while was away at school , during which and his sister were beaten . then contacts Alderman to try to avert the riot , while and a large group of blacks , including 's brother - in - law ( , uncredited ) , meet and plan their strategy . watches in disgust as the whites prepare their weapons , but leaves before the blacks surprise the whites by attacking first . As victims of the riots are brought in to the hospital , is called in from home . Before he departs , however , a drunken and disheartened arrives at his house , and leaves her in the care of his black maid , ( ) . Although fears that will harm her because of her connection to the riot , tenderly cares for her when she collapses . 
 At the hospital , tends to the victims until a white woman orders him to take his " black hands " off her son . Stunned , walks out , and the next morning , after returns home to find chatting with , 's wife ( ) arrives and announces that has given himself up to the police for the murder of . relates that after he left the hospital , realized that the coroner would be forced to conduct an autopsy if he were charged with murder . assures that he will stand by , and after he leaves with , 's stoic demeanor in front of the whites crumbles and she cries in ' arms . 
 Following the autopsy , the coroner confirms that died of a brain tumor and that was justified in performing the spinal tap . , and are pleased that has been exonerated , but insists that the doctors are conspiring to bury the truth . leaves with , following by , who denounces before she departs . After overhearing tell the coroner that he is leaving town for a much - needed rest , and overpower the police guard and escape . When returns to her apartment , she finds and waiting , and , whose leg is bleeding profusely , beats to make her call and tell him to meet at his house . Drunk and in shock , raves that he is going to kill , then leaves with . By turning up the volume on her radio , which does not notice , prompts her neighbors to break down her door , then escapes and calls the hospital prison ward for help . 
 Meanwhile , when enters 's house , holds a gun on him , beats him and shouts racist slurs . arrives and tries to stop from killing , but 's physical pain and obsessive hatred have pushed him beyond reason . turns out the lights as shoots at , and although is wounded in the shoulder , he retrieves 's gun as he collapses in pain . coldly tells to let 's leg bleed , but asserts that he can not kill simply because of his racism , then uses the gun and 's scarf to fashion a tourniquet . As a siren announces the arrival of the police , tells the hysterical , " Do n't cry , white boy , you 're gon na live . "

Lieutenant Colonel ( ) is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against attacks by marauding Apaches . Colonel is under considerable pressure due to the Apaches using Mexico as a sanctuary from pursuit , and by a serious shortage of troops in his command . The action of the movie is set in the summer of 1879 ( " fifteen years after the Shenandoah " ) . 
 Tension is added when 's son ( whom he has n't seen in fifteen years ) , Trooper ( ) , is one of 18 recruits sent to the regiment . He had flunked out of West Point but immediately enlisted as a private in the Army . In a private " father - son " meeting in the commanding officer 's tent , Trooper informs his father that he does not expect , nor want , any special treatment because he is his son . He asks that he be treated like any other soldier — to which the colonel somewhat reluctantly agrees . By his willingness to undergo any test and trial , is befriended by a pair of older recruits , ( ) ( who is on the run from the law ) and ( ) , who take him under their wings . 
 With the arrival of 's estranged wife , ( ) , who has come to take the underage home by buying him out of his enlistment , further tension is added . During the Civil War , had been forced by circumstances to burn Bridesdale , his wife 's plantation home in the Shenandoah valley . Sgt . ( ) , who put the torch to Bridesdale , is still with and is a constant reminder to of the episode . In a showdown with his mother , refuses her attempt buy him out of the Army by reminding her that not only the commander 's signature is required to discharge him , but his own as well ; and he chooses to stay in the Army . The tension brought about in the struggle over their son 's future ( and possibly the attentions shown to her by 's junior officers ) rekindles the romance the couple once felt for each other . 
 The Apaches attack the Fort one night . Many of them are killed by the awakened troopers , but they succeed in freeing their leader , captured at the start of the movie . 
 Two Texas marshals arrive at the post with a warrant for Trooper 's arrest on a manslaughter charge . Confined to the post hospital , with the connivance of the regimental surgeon ( ) and Sergeant Major he breaks jail , steals Colonel 's horse , and goes on the run , intending to stay away until the marshals head back to Texas . 
 is visited by his former Civil War commander , ( ) , now Commanding General of the Military Division of the Missouri , the headquarters responsible for pacifying the Great Plains . has decided to order to cross the Rio Grande into Mexico in pursuit of the Apaches and kill them all , an action with serious political implications since it violates the sovereignty of another nation . 
 If fails in his mission to destroy the Apache threat , he will have to face a court - martial . , in quiet acknowledgment of what he is asking to risk , promises that if it comes to that , " the members of the court will be the men who rode down the Shenandoah with us " during the Civil War . accepts the assignment . 
 leads his men toward Mexico , only to learn that a wagonload of children from his fort , who were being taken to Ft . Bliss for safety , has been captured by the Apaches . trails the Apaches to their hideout in Mexico and then rejoins his regiment with the information and a plan to rescue the children . After permitting three troopers — , and — to infiltrate the ruined church in the Mexican village where the Indians have taken the children , leads his regiment in an all - out attack . The cavalrymen rescue all of the children unharmed , though Colonel is wounded by an arrow that he orders to remove . He is taken back to the fort by his victorious troops , where meets him and holds his hand as he is carried on a travois into the post . 
 After Colonel recovers , , , , Navajo Scout Son of Many Mules , and Corporal are decorated . At the ceremony , Trooper is given a furlough to continue his run from the law when one of the Texas marshals reappears , stealing General 's horse for the purpose . As the troops pass in review ( with the regimental band playing Dixie at the General 's request to please Mrs. ) , the movie closes .

and ' High - Spade ' arrive to Dodge City , Kansas , arriving just in time to see a man forcing a saloon - hall girl named ( ) onto the stage leaving town . Once the man reveals himself to be Sheriff ( ) backs down . informs the two men that firearms are not allowed in town and they must check them in with 's brother . and see each other in the saloon , but are unable to fight due to the presence of . enters a shooting competition , contending against among others , that is held on the Fourth of July . They end up the two finalists for a highly coveted " One of One Thousand " Winchester 1873 rifle . wins by betting that he can shoot through a stamp placed over the hole of round piece from an Indian necklace . claims that he is leaving town , but instead goes to 's room at the boarding house and ambushes , stealing the rifle . and his two cohorts leave town with and High - Spade in hot pursuit . 
 and his two men ride to Riker 's Bar . Because they left town in a hurry , they left the rest of their guns behind . This puts them in a bad position because of the Indians in the area . Indian trader ( ) sees the perfect rifle , he raises the price of his guns high enough that and his men can not afford to buy any . 's only option is to trade the perfect rifle for three hundred dollars in gold and their choice of weapons from the pile that is going to sell to the Indians . feigns inexperience at cards and attempts to win back the perfect rifle . Instead , he ends up losing the three hundred in gold to . takes his guns to meet his Indian buyers , but their leader ( ) does n't like the old , worn - out merchandise is offering ; he wants the guns that used at the Battle of the Little Bighorn . sees the perfect rifle and wants it . When refuses to sell , he is robbed and scalped . 
 ( ) and her fiance ( ) are in a wagon heading to where their new home will be . The left rear wheel of the wagon is squeaking loudly because forgot to grease it back in town . As they are pursued by Indians , the wheel slows the wagon . In a moment of panic , rides away on his horse , but returns when he sees a small encampment of soldiers . They travel with the soldiers to safety with the Army . 
 That night after being chased by Indians , and High - Spade meet up with those same soldiers who have been pinned down by the Indians . The soldiers are inexperienced and their cantankerous sergeant ( ) does not know how to fight Indians . gives him tactical advice . They prepare themselves for an early attack the next day . gives his revolver , and implies that she should commit suicide with the final bullet to avoid capture . 
 After a fierce battle , the Indian leader is killed . and High - Spade search for Dutch and they ride past the perfect rifle . It is found by ( ) and the Sergeant who give it to , not wanting an officer to take it away from . 
 and reach the house where stays with Mrs. and her two small children while goes to meet ' ' , much to the disapproval of . ( ) and his men show up at the house unexpectedly , on the run from a posse . Once sees the perfect rifle , he covets it . He repeatedly insults in an attempt to provoke him into a gunfight . draws on and is killed . and escape the posse and go to 's hideout . takes back the perfect rifle . 
 There , plans an armed robbery in Tascosa , Texas . is stationed in a saloon to provide cover for the gang 's escape after the robbery , but is betrayed to by . forces Waco to tell him where is . When attempts to shoot , kills him . The robbery goes awry and chases out of town , confronting him on a rocky hill . refers to by his real name , . They shoot it out on the hill with rifles before finally shoots him off the hill . High - Spade reveals to that is 's brother . robbed a bank and ran home to hide out . When their father would n't help him shot him in the back . rides into town with the perfect rifle , and his brother 's body laid across 's horse .

James Stewart, Dan Duryea, Shelley Winters, Stephen McNally, Will Geer

With baseball 's Pittsburgh Pirates in last place , their combative , foul - mouthed manager has plenty to complain about . All this changes when , while wandering through Forbes Field in search of his good luck charm one night , is accosted by the voice of an angel ( voice of ) , who hints at having been a ballplayer during his earthly life . 
 As the spokes - angel for the Heavenly Choir Nine , a celestial team of deceased ballplayers , he begins bestowing " miracles " upon the Pirates — but only on the condition that put a moratorium on swearing and fighting . 
 With the help of the invisible ghosts of past baseball greats , the Pirates make it into the pennant race . During a game , 8 - year - old orphan insists that she can see the angels helping out the " live " ballplayers — understandably so , since it was 's prayers to the Archangel Gabriel that prompted the angel to visit in the first place . 
 Local newspaper reporter and former " household hints " writer inadvertently transforms 's angelic visions into a nationwide news story , causing no end of trouble . After is beaned during a game and himself confirms 's claims , he falls into the hands of vengeful sportscaster , who has been scheming to have thrown out of baseball and persuades the Commissioner of Baseball to investigate 's fitness as a manager . 
 Complication piles upon complication until the pennant - deciding game , wherein is forced to rely exclusively upon the talents of his ballplayers — notably " over the hill " pitcher ( who , the angel has told , will be " signed up " by the Heavenly Choir team shortly ) . also wins over , and they plan to adopt young . 
 The angels themselves are never actually seen by the viewing audience , just the effects of their presence — a feather dropping , or someone being jostled from time to time . The angel who talks to never reveals who he was in life . However this angel does reveal his presence to when sarcastically asks to " the little angels up there " if they are happy with the Pirates win over the Yankees when hears the angel reply " Oh why do n't you just shut up ? " and pulls ' hat down over ' face . looks up incredously upon hearing the voice , searching for the voice 's speaker . 
 It being a time when profanity was never used in films , the " swearing " uttered by is audio gibberish , scrambled recordings of his own voice .

In 1807 , during the Napoleonic Wars , British Royal Navy Captain ( ) commands the 38 - gun frigate HMS Lydia on a lengthy secret mission to Central America . He is to provide arms and support to a megalomaniac named Don , who is calling himself " " ( " The Almighty " ) ( ) , in his rebellion against Spain , an ally of Britain 's enemy France . As observes to First Lieutenant ( ) , " War breeds strange allies " . 
 Upon his arrival , is told that a larger , much more powerful Spanish warship , the 60 - gun Natividad , has been sighted . When it anchors nearby , and his crew board and capture it in a surprise nighttime attack . He then reluctantly hands the ship over to to appease the madman , and they go their separate ways . 
 Later , he encounters a small Spanish vessel and learns that Spain has switched sides , so the Lydia will have to attack the Natividad again . Two passengers transfer to the Lydia ( over 's objections ): Lady ( ) and her maid , fleeing a yellow fever epidemic . As Lady is the ( fictitious ) sister of ( an anachronism , as the title was created in 1814 and he would have been Sir at this time ) , is in no position to refuse her request for passage to England . 
 Using superior seamanship and masterful tactics , Hornblower sinks the more powerful Natividad , and when the ship 's surgeon is killed in the battle , Lady insists on helping by nursing the wounded . When she later falls gravely ill , nurses her back to health . On the voyage back to England , they fall in love . However , when she makes advances ( although she is engaged ) , informs her he is married . 
 After arriving home , learns that his wife has died in childbirth , leaving him an infant son . He is given command of the Sutherland , a 74 - gun ship of the line captured from the French , and is assigned to a squadron commanded by Rear Admiral ( ) , Lady 's new husband . The squadron 's mission is to help enforce the British blockade against Napoleonic France . 
 At a conference on 's flagship , learns that four French ships of the line have broken the blockade . assumes they will make for the Mediterranean , but suggests that they mean to support 's campaign on the Iberian Peninsula . 
 decides to cover both possibilities by detaching one ship to patrol the French coast . When he learns that Hornblower 's Sutherland is best suited for this task , having the shallowest draught , he becomes suspicious that is after glory and prize money . therefore expressly forbids from taking any independent action if he sights the French . 
 's French - built ship is subsequently mistaken for a friendly vessel by a small French brig , which flies the enemy 's recognition signal for the day . After capturing the vessel , Hornblower learns from interrogating its captain that he was transporting army supplies to the four warships for use in Spain . Rather than return to the squadron , sends the brig back with a prize crew and the news . 
 He enters the enemy harbour where the French ships are anchored and guarded by a well - armed fort . By flying a French flag and the recognition signal and taking advantage of the appearance of his ship 's French design , fools the garrison into believing that the Sutherland is friendly . His gun crews dismast all four enemy ships before French cannon fire forces the British to abandon the Sutherland . scuttles his ship in the channel , bottling up the French ships . 
 As the rest of the British squadron arrives to complete the job , and , accompanied by seaman ( ) , are taken by carriage to Paris to be tried for piracy . However , they manage to escape en route and make their way to the port of Nantes . Disguised as Dutch officers , they board the Witch of Endor , a captured British ship . They overpower the skeleton crew , free a working party of British prisoners of war to man her , and sail away to freedom . 
 is hailed as a national hero , and learns that was killed in the battle . returns home to visit his young son and finds Lady there . The two embrace .

has led a life consisting of 60 years of failure . 's wife supports him , but he soon begins to lose his grip on reality and slips between the past and the present , frantically trying to find where he went wrong.[2 ]

( ) is a compulsive child - murderer who is tracked down and then placed on trial by the criminal underworld in Los Angeles . Syndicate chieftain ( ) organizes his fellow crooks in order to bring " M " to justice , thereby keeping the police off their own backs . Found guilty by his " peers " and sentenced to death , " M " makes an impassioned plea for his life , explaining that he is unable to stop himself from committing his unspeakable crimes.[2 ]

People Will Talk describes an episode in the life of Dr. , a physician who teaches in a medical school and founded a clinic dedicated to treating patients humanely and holistically . The plot contains two parallel story lines : a professional - misconduct challenge brought against by his more conventional colleague Dr. , who dislikes 's unorthodox but effective methods ; and the struggle of a distressed young woman named , who falls in love with while dealing with an out - of - wedlock pregnancy . The film also highlights 's close friend and confidant , physics professor , who plays bass viol in the student / faculty orchestra conducted by . 
 At the start of the film , has hired a detective to investigate . A housemaid who once worked for reacts visibly when asks her about 's mysterious friend Mr. , who rarely leaves 's side and has a deep , intuitive understanding of human and animal nature . 
 's detective discovers that was once convicted of murder , and calls for a misconduct hearing against . At the hearing , explains that he started his career in a small town by opening a butcher shop as a front for his undeclared medical practice , because the people of the town did n't trust doctors . accuses of " quackery " , but defends himself with the fact that he was a licensed practitioner , describing how he was forced to leave town after his maid discovered his medical degree . 
 refuses to answer questions about , but explains that he served 15 years in prison for the alleged death of a man who had tried to murder him , then somehow survived being hanged after actually murdering the man , who had gone into hiding during the first trial . When he woke up , he was lying on a table in front of , who was at that time a medical student examining what he believed was a cadaver . kept 's survival a secret , and became 's devoted friend . After this story is told , the chairman concludes the hearing in 's favor , and walks away alone and discredited . 
 Meanwhile , enters 's life , displaying signs of emotional distress . After she faints during a lecture , examines her and informs her that she 's pregnant . Upset by this news , " Mrs. " admits that she 's not really married . The unborn child 's father is dead , and knowing about her condition would be too much for her own father to bear . In a hallway near 's office , she shoots herself . 
 After successfully operating on , tries to calm her by telling her there was a mistake in her pregnancy test , but she has fallen in love with him , and becomes upset at her own embarrassing behavior . She runs away from the clinic , forcing him to find her so he can tell her she really is pregnant . 
 and drive out to where and her father live , a farm owned by 's brother , . and hide 's shooting incident from her father , who is a failure in life and lives unhappily as a dependent of his stingy brother . is his only pride in life , which might become intolerable for him with a baby to take care of and his daughter 's reputation ruined . 
 While showing the farm , admits her love for him . She also wonders why he is visiting and begins to suspect that he is attracted to her . After she seductively interrogates him , they share a passionate kiss . They soon get married , and comes to live with them . A few weeks later , suggests to that she may be pregnant , and he admits that she was pregnant all along . She ruefully concludes that he married her out of pity , but he convinces her that he really did fall in love with her . 
 had purposefully arranged for 's misconduct hearing to be scheduled for the same time as the student / faculty orchestra 's concert . After the hearing and ' acquittal , the film ends with , , and in the audience watching conduct the orchestra in the finale of 's Academic Festival Overture   : Gaudeamus Igitur   ! .

Cary Grant, Jeanne Crain, Sidney Blackmer, Hume Cronyn, Walter Slezak, Finlay Currie

The story , set in ancient Rome during the final years of Emperor 's reign , 64–68 AD , combines both historical and fictional events and characters , and compresses the key events of that period into the space of only a few weeks . Its main theme is the Roman Empire ’s conflict with Christianity and persecution of Christians in the final years of the Julio - Claudian line . Unlike his illustrious and powerful predecessor , Emperor , proved corrupt and destructive , and his actions eventually threatened to destroy Rome 's previously peaceful social order . 
 ( ) is a Roman military commander and the legate of the XIV . Returning from the wars , he falls in love with ( ) , a devout Christian , and as a result , finds himself increasingly drawn to her religion . Though she grew up Roman as the adopted daughter of ( ) , a retired general , is technically a hostage of Rome . persuades ( ) to give her to him as a reward for the services he has rendered . resents this arrangement , but nevertheless falls in love with . 
 Meanwhile , 's atrocities become increasingly outrageous and his behavior more irrational . After burns Rome and blames the Christians , sets off to rescue and her family . captures them , along with all the Christians , and condemns them to be killed in the arena . However , ( ) , 's uncle and 's most trusted advisor , warns him that the Christians will be made martyrs . Then , tired of 's insanity , and suspecting that may be about to turn on him too , composes a letter to expressing his derision for the emperor ( which he previously had concealed to avoid being murdered by him ) . After sending the letter , commits suicide , severing an artery in his wrist . is arrested and sent to prison for his efforts to save Lygia . Saint ( ) also has been arrested and imprisoned after returning to Rome in response to a sign from the Lord , and marries the couple . is later crucified upside - down , a form of execution conceived of by ’s guard as an expression of mockery . 
 ( ) , 's wife , who lusts after , devises a diabolical revenge for his rejection of her . is tied to a wooden stake in the arena . A wild bull is also placed there , and 's bodyguard ( ) must try to kill it with his bare hands , otherwise will be gored to death . is tied to the spectator 's box and forced to watch , much to the horror of his officers , who also attend the spectacle . When all seems hopeless , is able to break the bull 's neck . Hugely impressed by 's courage , the crowd exhorts to spare them . The emperor refuses to do so , even after four of his retainers ( ) , architect ( ) , poet ( ) , and ( ) add their endorsement of the mob 's demands by putting their thumbs up as well . then breaks free of his bonds , leaps into the arena , frees with the help of the loyal troops from his own legion , and announces that General is at that moment marching on Rome , intent on replacing . 
 The crowd revolts , now firmly believing that , and not the Christians , is responsible for the burning of Rome . flees to his palace , where he strangles to death , blaming her for attempting to scapegoat the Christians . Then ( ) , a palace slave who was once in unrequited love with , appears and offers to aid him in ending his own life before the mob storms the palace . can not do it , so helped him , helping him to push the dagger into his chest . 
 , and are now free and leave Rome . By the roadside , 's crook , which he had left behind when he returned to Rome , has miraculously sprouted flowers . The radiant light intones , " I am the way , the truth , and the life , " words reported to have been spoken by ( John 14:6 , New Testament ) .

Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Peter Ustinov, Finlay Currie, Leo Genn

The story sees brother and sister and as stars of a show Every Night at Seven , a Broadway success . They are persuaded to take the show to London , capitalizing on the imminent royal wedding of Princess and Prince . 
 On the ship , meets and quickly falls in love with the impoverished but well - connected Lord . Whilst casting the show in London , falls in love with a newly engaged dancer , . assists to reconcile her estranged parents and also asks his agent to locate 's supposed fiancé in Chicago – only to discover that he 's married and therefore is free to do what she likes . 
 Carried away by the emotion of the wedding , the two couples decide that they will also be married that day . Thanks to the resourcefulness of 's London agent , , who knows someone in the Archbishop 's office who can cut through the official red tape and also has a cooperative minister in his pocket and , and and John , are in fact married on the royal wedding day .

Amateur tennis star ( ) wants to divorce his vulgar and promiscuous wife ( ) , so he can marry the elegant ( ) , the daughter of a senator , and hopefully have a career in politics . On a train , accidentally meets ( ) , who recognizes from the sports pages and knows about his situation from the gossip pages . tells about his idea for the perfect murder scheme : the two should " swap murders " . will kill , and , in exchange , will kill 's hated father . Each murderer will kill a perfect stranger , having no identifiable motive , so neither will be suspected . does not take 's suggestion seriously ; he humors by pretending to find it amusing , but interprets 's response as agreement to the scheme . lets light a cigarette with his ( 's ) monogrammed cigarette lighter ; eager to get away from Bruno , forgets to take the lighter when he leaves the train , and keeps it . 
 meets with , who is pregnant by someone else , at her workplace . She tells him that she is no longer willing to agree to a divorce . She threatens to follow to Washington , D.C. and cause a scandal , saying that the baby is his . They argue loudly in front of 's co - workers before leaves . calls with the bad news and , speaking figuratively , tells her he would like to " break [ 's ] neck " ... that he could " strangle her . " Meanwhile , follows and her new beaux to an amusement park , stalks her through various rides , and strangles her to death on the " Magic Isle " . While this is happening , is on a train , the only other person in his car is a university professor that has had too much to drink . When arrives home , arrives and they talk across the street in the shadows . tells that is dead and that must honor his part of the deal and kill 's father . is horrified , and during this conversation the police arrive to talk to ( leaving when he does n't answer his door ) . 
 goes straight to the home of Senator , 's father , ( ) , who informs that his wife has been murdered . feigns ignorance , but 's sister ( ) jokingly says that the police will think that is the murderer . The police question ; he gives them his alibi , but when they find the passenger from the train , he can not remember ( or anything else from that evening due to being drunk ) . The police examine the train schedule and determine that could have left the train in time to commit the murder , and then completed his trip on another train . The police do not arrest , but assign a police escort to ensure he does not flee while they continue to investigate . 
 Meanwhile expects to fulfill his obligation , sending him his house key , a map to his father 's room , and a pistol . To further pressure , introduces himself to . Soon after , appears at a party at Senator 's house . To amuse another guest ( ) , demonstrates how to strangle someone by playfully putting his hands around her neck . His gaze falls upon , who physically resembles and wears similar glasses . Her resemblance to triggers a flashback . Staring at , he begins actually strangling the guest , and then blacks out . tells : " His hands were on her throat , but he was strangling me . " Her suspicions aroused , confronts , who tells her the truth about 's crazy scheme . 
 pretends to agree to 's original plan . He creeps into 's father 's room hoping to warn him of his son 's murderous intentions , but the father is away , and is waiting for there . was suspicious when suddenly agreed to kill 's father , so he made sure his father was away when snuck in . unsuccessfully tries to persuade to seek psychiatric help . responds by threatening to punish for betraying him . He menacingly reminds that he , , is " a very clever fellow " . 
 visits 's house and attempts to explain to his befuddled mother ( ) that her son is responsible for a murder , but the woman does not believe her . tells that he has 's cigarette lighter and intends to incriminate by planting it at the amusement park at night . and devise a plan for to finish his tennis match quickly , evade his police escort , and reach the amusement park first and prevent from planting the lighter . 
 eventually wins the long match at Forest Hills , then , eluding the police , heads for the amusement park . is also delayed when he accidentally drops 's lighter down a storm drain and has to recover it , and then has to wait for it to get dark . arrives at the amusement park . stays out of sight until sunset when he can plant the lighter on the " Magic Isle " . A worker recognizes from the night of the murder and informs the police . catches up to , and they fight on the park 's carousel . Thinking is trying to escape , a police officer shoots at him , but his shot misses and kills the carousel operator instead . The dead man falls onto the carousel 's control panel and the carousel spins wildly out of control . and continue to fight until eventually a carnival worker crawls under the carousel and reaches the controls , stopping the carousel , causing it to crash , mortally injuring . The worker who recognized tells the police chief that is innocent . tells the police that was attempting to plant 's lighter at the murder scene . lies to the police , but , as he dies , his fingers open to reveal 's lighter in his hand . walks off with the worker who recognized to call ; when he asks who was , he says he was " a very clever fellow " . 
 In the American version of the movie , a final scene shows reunited with on a train home . A minister , who is also a tennis fan , recognizes and attempts to strike up a conversation , but , remembering the trouble he got into by talking to a stranger on a train , leaves the train car with , without replying to the minister .

Pilot flies top - secret photographs from South African astronomer Dr. to Dr. in America . , with the assistance of his daughter , confirms their worst fears : has discovered that a rogue star named Bellus is on a collision course with Earth . 
 warns the United Nations that the end of the world is little more than eight months away . He pleads for the construction of " arks " ( spaceships ) to transport a lucky few to Zyra , the sole planet orbiting Bellus , in the faint hope that the human race can be saved from extinction . Other scientists scoff at his claims , and he receives no support from the United Nations delegates . 
 receives help from wealthy humanitarians , who arrange a lease on a former proving ground to build an ark . To finance the construction , is forced to accept money from the wheelchair - bound industrialist . demands the right to select the passengers , but insists that he is not qualified to make those choices ; all he can buy is a seat aboard the ark . 
 , attracted to , persuades her father into keeping him around , much to the annoyance of her boyfriend , Dr. . As nears , former skeptics admit that was right and governments prepare for the inevitable . Groups in other nations begin to build their own spaceships . Martial law is declared , and residents in coastal regions are evacuated to inland cities . 
 Zyra makes a close approach first , causing massive earthquakes , volcanic eruptions , and tidal waves that wreak havoc around the world . Several people are killed at the ark 's construction camp , including Dr. . Afterward , and travel by helicopter to drop off supplies to people in the surrounding area . When gets off to rescue a little boy stranded on a roof in a flooded area , flies away , but then changes his mind and returns . 
 As the day of doom approaches , the spaceship is loaded with food , medicine , microfilmed copies of books , equipment , and animals . The lucky passengers are selected by lottery , though reserves seats for himself , , , , pilot Dr. , the young boy who was rescued , and , for his daughter 's sake . When a young man turns in his winning number because his sweetheart was not selected , Hendron arranges for both to go . only pretends to participate in the lottery , believing he has no skills needed for settling on Zyra . For 's sake , fabricates a " heart condition " for , making 's inclusion as co - pilot seem necessary . 
 The cynical , knowing human nature , fears what the desperate lottery losers might do , so as a precaution , he has stockpiled weapons ; 's suspicions prove to be well - founded . His much - abused assistant , , tries to add himself at gunpoint to the passenger manifest , only to be shot dead by . As a precaution , the selected women board the ship , while the chosen men wait just outside . 
 Shortly before blastoff , many of the lottery losers riot , taking up 's weapons to try to force their way aboard . stays behind at the last moment and forcibly keeps with him to conserve fuel . With an effort born of ultimate desperation , stands up and walks in a futile attempt to board the departing spaceship . 
 The crew are rendered unconscious by the g - force of acceleration and do not see on the monitor the Earth 's destruction by . When comes to and sees Dr. already awake and piloting the ship , he realizes he has been deceived . 
 As the space ark enters Zyra 's atmosphere , the fuel runs out ; takes control and glides the spaceship to a rough but safe landing . The crew disembark and find Zyra to be habitable . and walk hand - in - hand down the ramp as a new day dawns over their world . Artificial structures are visible in the distance to the left and right as they leave the ark , suggesting an alien civilization .

Around the turn of the century , ( ) leaves her family in a small rural town and heads to Chicago . On the train to Chicago , ( ) approaches her . Although is reluctant to speak to him , the salesman persists and the two chat until they reach Chicago . gets off in South Chicago , the slums as points out , after taking 's business card . 
 In South Chicago , stays with her sister and her husband who have one child . loses her sweatshop sewing job after injuring her hand . After an exhausting and fruitless day of job hunting , looks up . He not only talks her into having dinner with him at Fitzgerald 's , an upscale restaurant , but also gives her $ 10 . 
 heads to Fitzgerald 's to return the money to . While there she meets ( ) , the manager of the restaurant , who is immediately smitten with her . 
 ends up moving in with . He is a big talker but basically harmless . She pressures to marry her because the neighbors are talking about them . He tries to distract her and invites , whom he had run into by sheer coincidence , into their home . With 's permission , takes to the theater while is on one of his many business trips . and end up spending every free minute together , and the two fall in love . Just before she is about to run off with , she finds out that he is married . She is distraught and confronts , who admits that he is married although terribly unhappy . 
 At the restaurant , cashes up for the night and , by accidentally locking a timed safe , finds himself stuck with $ 10,000 of his boss 's money . He goes home with the money and is initially pleased to find his boss there . He tries to give the money to his boss , but when he learns that his boss intends to give his salary directly to 's wife because of his relationship with , he decides to take the money to run away with . He leaves an I - O - U intent on paying his boss back as soon as he made it on his own feet . 
 He coaxes , who initially refuses to see him , out of the house by telling her that had injured himself and that he would take her to see him . On the train to Drouet , tells her that he loves her and that the wants to be with her , asking her to leave . is torn , but does love , so she decides to stay with him . 
 The first few days are blissful , but then reality catches up with them . 's boss sends an officer from the bond company after to collect the money took . , who has already been looking for work , finds out quickly that word of him stealing the money has gotten around . Unable to find a job , and soon find themselves living in poverty . 
 When finds out that she is pregnant , the two think that things might take a turn for the better . But 's wife shows up , wanting his signature and his agreement to sell the house they own jointly . wants his share of the proceeds but she says she will press charges against him for bigamy if he insists . is devastated . 's wife refused to consent to a divorce and did n't know how to tell . 
 tells his wife he will sign and will not ask for money if she 'll grant him a divorce . She does , but it is too late . loses the baby and decides to try her luck at acting . reads in the newspaper that his son is due in New York after his honeymoon and decides to see him at the docks . While he is there , leaves him ( even though she still loves him ) because she thinks he will use this opportunity to re - enter his family 's life . 
 While drifts further and further into poverty and ends up living on the streets , 's star in the theatre rises until she is a well - regarded actress on the cusp of fame . 
 , entirely starved , visits her at the theatre stage door , and she wants to take him back . She had found out from that had taken the money to start a life with her and blames herself for his predicament . She wants to make it up to but he wo n't take more than a quarter and disappears after toying with the gas burner in her dressing room .

" Doc " ( ) is a recovering alcoholic who , in his younger days , was a promising medical student who dropped out of school to take a job to support a pregnant , whose premarital intercourse with caused her father to throw her out of her family 's house . , thinking he was doing the right thing , married ( ) . The child later died , and in the process rendered unable to have any further children , leaving the couple childless . As a result , turned to excessive drinking , causing him to have bouts of anger and murderous rage , and later drinking away a sizeable inheritance from his parents . He eventually joined Alcoholics Anonymous and was able to quit drinking , though he still keeps a bottle in the house to remind him of his past life . Their marriage is a well - crafted ritual of calling each other " daddy " and " baby " with the ever - talkative going all out to be as pleasant and supportive as possible and the grateful yet humourless and withdrawn former alcoholic ; gradually the veneer falls away as expresses her feelings about the initial premise of their marriage . continues to insist he 's at peace with their lives , but his words and actions in the film show otherwise . 
 ( ) is a young college student who rents a spare room from the . One day she brings home a young man , ( ) , who is a star on the track team . He 's wearing his track outfit , which shows off his muscles , as she intends to use him as a figure model for a poster she 's doing for a major athletic competition being held in the town . Mrs. encourages the couple in their modeling session , though , who walks in to find under - dressed , thinks it borders on pornography . Later , after and leave , it is revealed that is promised to be married to another man , , who is away but due to return soon . 
 As 's infatuation with grows , becomes more agitated . reminds him that is so much like in her younger days , when she was young and pretty and was dashing and handsome , before became " old , fat , and sloppy " . calms down but still voices his disagreement over seeing another boy while is away . 
 One night , and return from a school dance . forgot her key , so enters through a window , unlocks the front door , and lets in . They sneak into 's room . Meanwhile , this has been witnessed by , who believes that they are up to no good , and he begins to remember what he was like with . He goes back to the kitchen and reaches for his bottle hidden in the cupboard . Back in 's room , she changes her mind about and asks him to leave . He accuses her of being a big tease and is about to force his way onto her when he changes his mind and leaves , unseen by , through a window . 
 The next morning takes the whiskey he has not touched for a year from the cabinet and does n't return until much later that night , missing the dinner planned for and . Drunk and consequently angry , he answers her cautious initial questions by asking for the morning paper at which point things quickly escalate . He lashes out at and is merciless in expressing the pent - up derision he had hidden so well in sobriety . As the now - horrified begs him not to continue his brutal drunken assault on her identity , he flies into a murderous rage and threatens with a knife . She manages to call two of his AA support group friends to come take him to the hospital . As he follows her into the parlor , stumbles and drops the knife , then passes out while trying to choke her . A neighbor hears the commotion and comes running over , just as the two men come to take away . He is carried off screaming while and the neighbor watch sadly . 
 The next day a shaken calls her mother to see if she can stay there for a few days , but learns that her father still will not welcome her into the family house . Her mother offers to come to 's , but declines . Despite all the melodrama the picture ends on a happy note - returns and carries away , where they get married ( her drawing was featured in the athletic poster and becomes the star of the competition ) . returns from the hospital and is welcomed by . As she again resumes the role of the doting wife , describing in detail the different things she has for his breakfast , he realizes that he loves her after all , and begs her never to leave him . promises to stay with him forever . He says " it 's good to be home " as the film ends .

In Hadleyville , a small town in New Mexico Territory , Marshal ( ) , newly married to ( ) , is preparing to retire . The happy couple are departing for a new life , raising a family and running a store in another town ; but word arrives that ( ) , a vicious outlaw whom sent to jail , has been released , and is arriving on the noon train . 's gang — his younger brother ( ) , ( ) , and ( his arrival at the train station ; it is clear that intends to exact revenge . 
 For , a devout Quaker and pacifist , the solution is simple — leave town before arrives ; but 's sense of duty and honor is strong . " They 're making me run , " he tells her . " I 've never run from anybody before . " Besides , he says , and his gang will hunt him down anyway . gives an ultimatum : She is leaving on the noon train , with or without him . While waiting at the hotel for the train , she meets ( ) , who was once 's lover , and then 's , and is leaving as well . understands why is fleeing , but the reverse is not true : tells that if were her man , she would not abandon him in his hour of need . 
 's efforts to round up a posse at the tavern , and then the church , are met with fear and hostility . Some townspeople , worried that a gunfight would damage the town 's reputation , urge to avoid the confrontation entirely . Others are 's friends , and resent that cleaned up the town in the first place . 
 's young deputy ( ) , who is bitter that did not recommend him as his successor , says he will stand with only if Kane goes to the city fathers and " puts the word in " for him . rejects the quid pro quo , and turns in his badge . visits a series of old friends and allies , but none can ( or will ) help : His predecessor , Marshal ( ) is old and arthritic ; Judge ( ) , who sentenced , flees on horseback , and urges to do the same ; townsman ( ) agrees to be deputized , but backs out when he realizes he is the only volunteer ; ( ) hides in his house , sending his wife ( ) to the door to tell he is n't home . 
 writes out his will as the clock in his office ticks toward high noon . At the stables , saddles a horse and tries to persuade to mount it and leave town . Their conversation becomes an argument , and then a fist fight . finally knocks his former deputy senseless , then goes into the street to face and his gang alone . 
 The outlaws approach and the gunfight begins . guns down and , but is wounded in the process . As the train is about to leave the station , hears the gunfire , leaps off , and runs back to town . Choosing her husband 's life over her religious beliefs , she picks up gun and shoots from behind , leaving only , who grabs as a shield to force into the open . claws 's face and he pushes her to the ground , giving a clear shot , and he shoots dead . 
 helps his bride to her feet and they embrace . As the townspeople emerge and cluster around him , surveys them with bitter contempt , wordlessly throws his marshal 's star in the dirt , and departs with on their wagon .

Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Katy Jurado, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges

The movie is set in London in 1914 , on the eve of World War I ( and the year made his first film ) . ( ) , once a famous stage clown but now a washed - up drunk , saves a young dancer , ( ) , from suicide . Nursing her back to health , helps regain her self - esteem and resume her dancing career . In doing so he regains his own self - confidence , but his attempts to make a comeback meet with failure . says she wants to marry despite their age difference , although she has befriended ( ) , a young composer believes would be better suited to her . In order to give them a chance , leaves home and becomes a street entertainer . , now starring in her own show , eventually finds and persuades him to return to the stage for a benefit concert . Reunited with an old partner ( ) , gives a triumphant comeback performance . He suffers a heart attack during a routine , however , and dies in the wings while watching , the second act on the bill , dance on stage .

gets a personal request from former President to facilitate the annexation of Texas into the United States . Opposition to annexation is gaining favor because it is mistakenly believed that Texas pioneer opposes statehood . 
 The opposition leader is wealthy rancher , but when is ambushed by Comanches , it is who comes to his rescue . and travel to Austin where they meet , who runs the local newspaper . does not know supports annexation when he invites to a dinner he planned that night for a number of senators at his home . When the senators wo n't all agree to vote against annexation , refuses them permission to leave . is allowed to leave but soon returns with a group of armed men to rescue the senators and reveal his support for annexation . 
 The senators inform that is on the other side of the Pecos river negotiating a peace treaty with the Apache . leaves to find but is followed by . Dev and find with the Apache . gets a signed letter from telling of his actual position , but the ink smears when he falls into a river while fleeing from 's men . has difficulty persuading that he is telling the truth , but after confirming the facts with , she publishes the correct story about 's position . 
 When the people of Austin are told the truth of Houston 's position they rally in support of annexation . resorts to force to stop the Texas Congress from voting on annexation . is called on to organize the defense of the Texas Congress . attacks the fort - like congress building with several dozens of armed men on horseback . leads the defenders as they repulse two waves of attack but the battle begins to turn against them during the third wave of attack . arrives with the Apache just in time to end the battle before any senators are killed . and fight each other hand - to - hand until knocks out . Annexation succeeds , concedes , wins over and saves the day .

( ) is a brilliant athlete who loses her confidence whenever her charming but overbearing fiancé ( ) is around . Ladies golf and tennis championships are within her reach , however she gets flustered by his presence at the contests . He wants her to give up her goal and marry him , but does not give up on herself that easily . She enlists the help of ( ) , a slightly shady sports promoter . Together they face mobsters , a jealous boxer ( ) , and a growing mutual attraction .

( ) is a popular silent film star with humble roots as a singer , dancer , and stuntman . barely tolerates his vain , cunning , conniving , and shallow leading lady , ( ) , though their studio , Monumental Pictures , links them romantically to increase their popularity . is convinced they are in love , despite 's protestations otherwise . 
 At the premiere of his newest film , The Royal Rascal , tells the gathered crowd an exaggerated version of his life story , including his motto : " Dignity , always dignity . " His words are humorously contradicted by flashbacks showing him alongside his best friend ( ) . To escape from his fans after the premiere , jumps into a passing car driven by ( ) . She drops him off , but not before claiming to be a stage actress and sneering at his " undignified " accomplishments as a movie star . 
 Later , at a party , the head of 's studio , ( ) , shows a short demonstration of a talking picture,[a ] but his guests are unimpressed . To 's amusement , pops out of a mock cake right in front of him , revealing herself to be a chorus girl . Furious at 's teasing , she throws a real cake at him , only to hit right in the face . She runs away . is smitten with and searches for her for weeks . While filming a love scene , tells him that she had fired . finally finds working in another Monumental Pictures production . She confesses to having been a fan of his all along . 
 After a rival studio has an enormous hit with its first talking picture , the 1927 film The Jazz Singer , R.F. decides he has no choice but to convert the next and film , The Duelling Cavalier , into a talkie . The production is beset with difficulties , including 's grating voice and strong New York accent . An exasperated diction coach tries to teach her how to speak properly , but to no avail . The Duelling Cavalier 's test screening is a disaster ; the actors are barely audible thanks to the awkward placing of the microphones , repeats the line " I love you " to over and over , to the audience 's derisive laughter,[b ] and in the middle of the film , the sound goes out of synchronization , with hilarious results as 's voice is heard while is speaking and vice versa . 
 , and come up with the idea to turn The Duelling Cavalier into a musical called The Dancing Cavalier , complete with a modern musical number called " Broadway Melody " . , inspired by a scene in The Duelling Cavalier where 's voice was out of sync , suggests that they dub 's voice with 's . approves the idea but tells them not to inform about the dubbing . When finds out , she is infuriated . She becomes even angrier when she discovers that R.F. intends to give a screen credit and a big publicity buildup afterward . threatens to sue R.F. unless he orders to continue working uncredited as 's voice . R.F. reluctantly agrees to her demands , as a clause in her contract states that she can sue whenever denied a role of her choosing . 
 The premiere of The Dancing Cavalier is a tremendous success . When the audience clamors for to sing live , , , and tell her to lip sync into the microphone while , hidden behind the curtain , sings into a second one . While is " singing , " , and gleefully raise the curtain , revealing the fakery . flees . A distressed tries to run away as well , but proudly announces to the audience that she 's " the real star of the film . " Later , and kiss in front of a billboard for their new film , Singin ' in the Rain .

Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell

plays Dr. , a nuclear physicist who works for the Atomic Energy Commission in Washington , D.C .. But is also a spy working for an unnamed foreign power . 
 Through an elaborate series of plans and devices ( " tradecraft " ) , , as ordered by his " case officer",[3 ] takes sets of photos of top - secret documents , using a Minox camera , and passes these through a vast network of foreign - power " couriers"[4 ] to New York City , and thereafter overseas to an enemy country ( implied by the final courier 's plane 's destination of " Cairo",[5 ] certainly a thinly - veiled reference to " the East " , without actually naming the Soviet Union ) . The latest canister of microfilm which sends out is intercepted by authorities after a courier is killed in a freak traffic accident in Manhattan , with the undeveloped microfilm canister in his hand . The FBI develops the microfilm , analyzes its contents and constructs a list of probable suspects within the AEC , one of whom is the " custodian"[6 ] of the subject document , and who is taken away ( which observes ) to be interrogated at FBI headquarters . 
 The custodian having apparently been cleared of espionage charges , the custodian 's subordinates , including and his immediate AEC colleagues , have all come under suspicion by the FBI , and agents are assigned to " tail " each one , but it quickly becomes apparent that is the " prime suspect " . ' case officer becomes aware of this , too , and sends him a " flash message " , in a Western Union telegram , to destroy all his " spy - craft " apparatus and to leave immediately for a " safe house"[7 ] in New York City . 
 Now scared and paranoid , stays overnight in the safe house , a cheap hotel , waiting for a signal.[8 ] from his case officer on the hotel 's hall phone . 
 After has been signaled by his case officer , his trail eventually leads to the Empire State Building . While at the 86th - floor observation deck , meets his contact , Miss . The alert FBI agent spots and pursues who climbs even higher , reaching the 102nd - floor observation deck , and , finally , the spire where — perhaps as an homage , had famously met his doom several decades before — fights off the agent , causing the agent to plummet to his death . exits the building with money and false identity documents , his " escape",[9 ] which will get him out of the country , incredibly also to " Cairo " , but he has been shaken by the sight of the dead agent , and feels remorse . 
 finally breaks down after realizing what he has done , destroys his escape , and surrenders to the FBI the next day .

Close friends and both love and leave the same girl , , after they are called up to the Oklahoma National Guard and then on to the Army for wartime duty in 1940 . 
 A tough , stoic sergeant named keeps an eye on them as the unit ships out to Europe following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor . speaks of his father , who supposedly died a hero 's death in the First World War , but another soldier claims he 's heard that 's father was disgraced and dishonorably discharged . 
 reveals that is the one she loves . finds solace in meeting Lt . , a nurse . The fighting continues in Italy and Sicily and when ends up missing , will not permit a search . later heroically reports a movement of German tanks just before being shot . 
 With the invasion of Southern France at hand , it is learned that had been court - martialed during World War I for authorizing a search party that led to the death of more soldiers . He reenlisted under a false name to prove himself again , particularly to , who is actually his son .

Father ( ) is a Catholic Priest visiting Rome , Italy for the 1950 Holy Year . Along the way , a con man named ( ) , who is wanted by American authorities , steals 's clothing and his identity in the hopes of evading arrest . 
 The Italian police soon find the real Fr . , the police chief ( ) assures him that they will find and arrest . soon manages to track down on his own . The two men begin to develop a friendship of sorts and eventually makes his first confession in many years to Fr . . The two then make their way through the streets of Rome and the Vatican , visiting all the major basilicas as part of a pilgrimage . helps evade arrest long enough to complete his pilgrimage , while doing so they come across a monastery where the men never talk to anyone except to a superior . finds himself drawn to the place during his brief visit . 
 After visiting the monastery , and become separated . convinces the police to allow to complete his pilgrimage , at which point he is taken into custody . pleads with the police chief to release , and is convinced that is reformed . Then the news comes that had somehow escaped again , which leaves unsure of himself and his abilities . 
 Later retracing his steps , comes to the same monastery that he and had visited earlier . To his surprise he finds now living there as a monk . He asks the abbot if he believes that is sincere , the abbot thinks is , and that told him his whole story . , using a pen and paper to communicate , tells that while in prison he was in a place that was all past , and instead he wants to be in a place that is all future . He further asks when the next Holy Year will take place , responds that it would take place in 25 years . When asks if he 'll visit then , assures him that he will .

( ) is a formerly - wealthy American who has fallen on hard times . He is reluctantly working with four crooks : ( ) , ex - Nazi ( ) , Major ( ) and ( ) , who are trying to acquire uranium - rich land in British East Africa . suspects that Major murdered a British Colonial officer , who threatened to expose their plan . While waiting in Italy for passage to Africa , and his wife ( ) meet a British couple : ( ) and ( ) , who plan to travel on the same ship . is a very proper and traditional Englishman , while is flighty and fanciful and a compulsive liar . and have an affair , while flirts with . becomes suspicious that the may be attempting to acquire the uranium themselves . His suspicions are unfounded , but they seem to him to be confirmed by , who lies about her husband and exaggerates his importance . 
 and are in a car accident and wrongly reported to have been killed . In order to replace 's lost capital , approaches and explains their scheme . Just then , to everyone 's surprise , and return to the hotel alive and unharmed . The purser announces that the ship is at last ready to sail . On board , reveals that he knows about 's scheme and intends to inform the authorities . orders Major to kill , but thwarts the murder attempt . 's outraged accusations alienate the ship 's drunken captain , who locks in the brig , where he is uncomfortable , but safe from Major . 
 The ship 's engine malfunctions and the ship sinks . When goes to free he finds that has escaped and left the ship , intending to swim ashore . The passengers abandon the sinking ship in a lifeboat and land on an African beach , where they are arrested by Arab soldiers . They are interrogated by ( ) , an Arab official who suspects that they may be spies or revolutionaries . befriends by talking with him about , upon whom has a crush . persuades him to send the party back to Italy . When they land , they are met and questioned by a Scotland Yard detective ( ) , who is investigating the murder of the Colonial officer . reveals 's scheme , his involvement in the murder , and his attempt to murder to the detective , who promptly arrests , , Major , and . As the four crooks are led away in handcuffs , receives a telegram from British East Africa saying that has acquired the land and the others meant to steal , and is now extremely rich and willing to forgive . laughs happily , saying " This is the end , the end ! "

( ) rides into Deadwood , Dakota Territory as shotgun messenger on the stagecoach . The local saloon bar , the Golden Garter , sends for beautiful women to appear on the stage and entertain the residents of a town with few females . Unfortunately , the men are anything but pleased when the latest " woman " turns out to be a man named ( ) , who does a stage act in drag ( reluctantly ) and goes under the name . The saloon owner was misled by the girlish - sounding name when reading an advertisement in the newspaper . The men begin to storm out . , thinking quickly in all the panic , vows to get them the one woman they are all drooling over : singer ( ) , who is in Chicago . points out that would n't be seen dead in that town but is still determined to bring her . Wild ( ) laughs at the idea and tells that the night steps on the stage , he will come to the opening dressed as a Sioux squaw lugging a papoose . 
 travels to Chicago , where is giving a farewell performance ( she was on her way to Europe directly after the performance ) , sick of the ' primitive ' Chicago , gives her costumes to her maid , ( ) , who dreams of becoming a stage singer . She tries on one of the dresses and starts to sing . When walks in , she mistakes for . takes advantage of the error and poses as to make her dream come true . 
 The ride back to Deadwood is rocky , as they are chased by Indians . Later , when gives her first performance , says she did n't sound that way in Chicago . When tells to sing out , she bursts into tears and admits that she is not . The Golden Garter falls silent . Everyone present is on the verge of rioting , but fires a shot into the air and defends . They allow to carry on , and her performance wins them over . On the balcony above , , dressed as an Indian woman , ropes and hangs her high and dry . 
 and become good friends , and moves into 's cabin with her . At first the cabin is shabby and in disrepair but suggests they fix it up with the help of a " Woman 's Touch " . In order to attract Lieutenant ( , the man she 's madly in love with , dresses , looks and acts more like a lady . One day , and Wild ( who are both in love with ) pay a visit to 's cabin . manages to lure out of the cabin for a few minutes ; while alone with , she tells him straight out that loves him and that she , is trying to stay away from him to keep her friendship . However , tells he is not interested in . Later , tells the two men that has changed and had a makeover proving she will be accepted at a local ball the following weekend . They draw straws and wins , meaning he 'll go with . Now in a pink ballgown and looking quite a lady , pretends to be fine with the arrangement but is stung when gives her a soft kiss on the forehead . On the way to the ball , all the attendants riding in their wagons sing about the beauty of the Black Hills of South Dakota . 
 At the ball , becomes increasingly jealous while watching and dance together . They adjourn to the garden where , as holds her and moves in for a kiss , can no longer resist him . Angry and betrayed , in the ballroom shoots the punch cup out of 's hand and everybody is horrified . Back at the cabin , throws out 's things and threatens to shoot her if she ever sees her again , but the scene ends with in floods of tears . 
 later confronts while she is performing , and warns her to get out of town . But is not frightened . She borrows a gun from one of the cowboys , and tells to hold up her glass . Taunting her about being too afraid , she boldly holds it up . A gunshot finally rings out , and the glass falls from 's hand , but it was n't who fired ; it was , who lets take all the credit . Humiliated , storms out . But before she can mount her horse , grabs her , throws her onto his horse - drawn cart and rides off . 
 In the woods , tries to talk some sense into , and reveals that he shot the glass out of her hand to teach her a lesson and that scaring out of town would not stop from loving her . is heartbroken , and reveals she was crazy about ( whom she had earlier saved from capture by Indians ) , while admits that he was in love with . tells there wo n't be another man like , not for her , however she and end up in a passionate embrace and kiss , and she realizes it was him she loved all along . And when asks her what happened to that lieutenant she was telling him about , she answers " I 've never heard of him . " 
 The sun rises on a new day where a much happier sings " Secret Love " before she rides into town , but when she talks to the people , they just ignore her . She finds that decided alone to leave for Chicago , feeling guilty about betraying her best friend . is furious with for driving out of town and demands she listen to him read a note left . leaps back onto her horse and chases after the stagecoach , eventually catching up with it . She tells she is n't in love with and is marrying , and the two women become friends again . 
 A double wedding follows . When finds 's gun under her wedding dress , she jokes it 's just in case any more actresses roll in from Chicago . The movie ends with the two happy couples riding out of town on the stage.[3 ]

In " Portrait of a Murderer , " a cynical young artist ( ) absentmindedly sketches her neighbour ( ) who , unbeknownst to her , is a murderer . In " Duel at Dawn , " in 1880s Austria , two officers ( and ) fight a duel for the love of a Baroness ( ) . In " The Midas Touch , " ( ) , a successful businessman in New York , is dissatisfied with his life , and moves to England to start again . Working as a servant , he falls in love with ( ) , a cockney maid , who dreams of bettering herself .

In 1941 , bugler and career soldier Private ( ) transfers to a rifle company at Schofield Barracks on the island of Oahu . Captain ( ) has heard he is a talented middleweight boxer and wants him to join his regimental team to secure a promotion for . refuses , having stopped fighting because he blinded his sparring partner and close friend over a year before . 
 makes life as miserable as possible for , hoping that he will change his mind , and then orders First Sergeant ( ) to prepare general court - martial papers after Sergeant ( ) first insults and then gives an unreasonable order that refuses to obey . suggests , however , that he try to get to change his mind by doubling up on company punishment . The other non - commissioned officers join in the hazing , and is supported only by his close friend , Private ( ) . 
 Meanwhile , , at the risk of a prison sentence , begins an affair with ' neglected wife , ( ) . Sergeant ( ) has told about 's many previous affairs at Fort Bliss , including with himself . As their relationship develops , asks about her affairs to test her sincerity , and relates that has been unfaithful to her most of their marriage . She miscarried one night when returned home from seeing a hat - check girl , drunk and unable to call a doctor , rendering her barren . She then affirms her love for and tells him that if he became an officer , she could divorce and marry him ; reluctantly agrees to consider it . 
 and spend their liberty at the New Congress Club , a gentlemen 's club where falls for ( ) . She wants to marry a " proper " man with a " proper " job and live a " proper " life . and Staff Sergeant ( ) nearly come to blows at the club over 's loud piano playing . Later , provokes by taking his photograph of his sister from him , kissing it , and whispering in 's ear . smashes a barstool over 's head . pulls a switchblade , but then intervenes . backs down , but warns that sooner or later he will end up in the stockade , where is in charge . 
 During a weekend liberty , while is with at the New Congress Club , walks in drunk and in uniform having deserted his post . The military police arrest , and he is sentenced to six months in the stockade . 
 Sergeant later picks a fight with while he is on detail , and a crowd gathers as the two start fighting . At first , resorts only to body blows , and even then pulling his punches , but his fighting spirit reemerges and he comes close to knocking out before , who had been watching for some time from outside the crowd , finally steps in and stops the fight . accuses of starting the fight , but when the man in charge of the detail says that it was , abruptly lets him off the hook and disperses the crowd . 
 The entire incident is witnessed by the base commander , who orders an investigation by the Inspector General . When the truth about is revealed to the commander he orders a court martial , but when begs for an alternative , an aide suggests that resign his commission ; the commander accepts the suggestion and orders ' resignation within the hour . ' replacement , Captain ( ) , reprimands the others involved in the hazing and orders the boxing team 's framed photographs and trophies be destroyed ; he then demotes to private and puts him in charge of the latrine . 
 escapes from the stockade and , after telling of the abuse he suffered at 's hands , dies in 's arms . After tearfully playing Taps in tribute to his friend , hunts down and kills him with the same switchblade pulled on earlier , but in so doing sustains a serious stomach wound , and so he goes into hiding at 's house . 
 The military is caught completely by surprise on Sunday morning when the Japanese commence a pre - dawn attack on Pearl Harbor . Against 's wishes , attempts to rejoin his company under cover of darkness , but is shot dead by a patrol guarding against possible saboteurs . sadly notes the irony of the boxing tournament being canceled because of the attack . 
 When finds out that never applied for officer training , she realizes they have no future together and regretfully sails back to the mainland with her husband . On board the ship , and meet , and says that her fiancé , named , was a bomber pilot who was heroically killed during the attack . recognizes 's name , but says nothing .

Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, Frank Sinatra, Donna Reed, George Reeves, Ernest Borgnine

( ) and ( ) are American showgirls and best friends . has a passion for diamonds , believing that attracting a rich husband is one of the few ways a woman can succeed economically . She is engaged to ( ) , a naïve nerd willing to do or buy anything for her . However , is under the control of his wealthy , upper - class father . , on the other hand , is looking for a different kind of love , attracted only to men who are good - looking and fit . 
 plans to we d in France , but , Sr . stops his son from sailing , believing that is bad for him . Although 's job requires that she travel to France with or without , before she leaves , gives her a letter of credit to cover expenses upon her arrival , and promises to later meet her in France . However , he also warns her to behave , noting that his father will prohibit their marriage if rumors of misdeeds make their way to , Sr . Unbeknownst to both of them , , Sr . has hired a private detective , ( ) , to spy on . 
 During the Atlantic crossing , immediately falls in love with , but has already been drawn to the members of the ( male - only ) Olympic athletics team . meets the rich and foolish Sir ( ) , the owner of a diamond mine , and is attracted by his wealth ; although is married , naively returns his geriatric flirtations , which annoys his wife , Lady ( ) . 
 invites to the cabin she shares with , whereupon he recounts his travels to Africa . While demonstrates how a python squeezes a goat by hugging , spies on them through the window and takes pictures of the two , but is caught by as he walks away nonchalantly . She tells , who fears for her reputation . They come up with a scheme to intoxicate and then search him to recover the incriminating film while he is unconscious . They find the film in his pants , and promptly prints and hides the negatives . Revealing her success to , she persuades him to give her Lady 's tiara as a thank you gift . However , reveals he had planted a recording device in 's cabin , and has heard her discussion with about the pictures and the tiara . implies that is a golddigger and , when scolds him for his actions , admits that he himself is a liar . However , reveals to she is falling for , after which chastises her for choosing a poor man when she could easily have a rich one . 
 The ship arrives in France , and and spend time shopping . However , the pair are then kicked out of their hotel and discover 's letter of credit has been cancelled due to the information shared with , Sr . When shows up at their show , rebuffs him , after which she performs Diamonds are a Girl 's Best Friend , the musical number whose lyrics explain why and how women need to pursue men with money . Meanwhile , Lady has filed charges regarding her missing tiara , and is arraigned for theft . persuades to return the tiara , but the pair discover it is missing from her jewelry box . tries to weasel out of his part in the affair when catches him at the airport . 
 stalls for time in court by pretending to be , disguised in a blonde wig and mimicking her friend 's breathy voice and mannerisms . When appears in court and is about to unmask " " as , she reveals to in covert language that she , , loves him but would never forgive him if he were to do anything to hurt her best friend , . withdraws his comments , but then reveals has the tiara , exonerating . 
 Back at the nightclub , impresses with a speech on the subject of paternal money , and also makes an argument that if , Sr . had a daughter instead of a son , he would want the best for her , to which he agrees and consents to his son 's marriage to . The film closes with a double wedding for and , who marry and , respectively .

The film begins with a narrator , called The Scientist ( ) , making cryptic comments about humanity . He first comments that humanity 's constant search for the unknown results in startling things coming to light . But most of these " new " discoveries are actually quite old , which he refers to as " the signs of the ages " . Later , the scene turns to the streets of a city , with the narrator commenting that each human has his / her own thoughts , ideas , and personality . He makes further comments on human life , while sounds accompany some comments . The cries of a newborn baby are followed by the sirens of an ambulance . One is a sign that a new life has begun , the other that a life has ended.[1][2 ] 
 This last comment starts the narrative of the film . The life which has ended is that of a transvestite named , who has committed suicide . A scene opens with their corpse in a small room . Within the room is an unidentified man who opens the door to a physician , a photographer , and the police . A suicide note explains the reasons behind the suicide . had been arrested four times for cross - dressing in public , and had spent time in prison . Since they would continue wearing women 's clothing , subsequent arrests and imprisonment were only a matter of time . So they ended their own life and wished to be buried with their women 's clothing . " Let my body rest in death forever , in the things I can not wear in life . "[1][2 ] 
 Inspector is puzzled and wants to know more about cross - dressing . So he seeks the office of Dr. , who narrates for him the story of / Glenda . is shown studying women 's clothes in a shop window . Dr. points out that men 's clothes are dull and restrictive , whereas women can adorn themselves with attractive and comfortable clothing.[1][2 ] A flashback scene reveals that a young started out by asking to wear his sister 's dress for a Halloween party . And he did , despite his father 's protests . But he then continued wearing his sister 's clothing , and ( the sister ) eventually caught him in the act . She shuns him afterward.[1 ] 
 The narrative explains that is a transvestite , but not a homosexual . He hides his cross - dressing from his fiancée , , fearing that she will reject him.[1][2 ] She has no idea that certain of her clothes are fetish objects for him . When Barbara notices that something is bothering him , does not have the courage to explain his secret to her . She voices her suspicion that there is another woman in his life , unaware that the woman is his feminine inner self , Glenda.[1 ] The scene shifts from a speechless to footage of a stampeding herd of bison , while the Scientist calls for to " Pull the string " . The meaning of the call is unclear , though it could be a call for opening the proverbial curtain and revealing the truth.[1 ] 
 narrates that is torn between the idea of being honest with before their wedding , or waiting until after . The narrative shifts briefly from 's story to how society reacts to sex change operations . A conversation between two " average joes " , concludes that society should be more " lenient " when it comes to people with tranvestite tendencies.[1 ] The story returns to , who confides in a transvestite friend of his , , whose wife left him after catching him wearing her clothes.[1 ] 
 Later , a scene opens with / Glenda walking the city streets at night . They return home in obvious anguish , when the sound of thunder causes them to collapse to the floor . The Scientist cryptically comments " Beware ! Beware ! Beware of the big , green dragon that sits on your doorstep ! He eats little boys , puppy dog tails , and big , fat snails ! Take care ! Beware!"[1 ] This serves as the introduction to an extended dream sequence . The dream opens with anguished at seeing . Then is depicted trapped under a tree , while the room around is in a chaotic state . fails to lift the tree and rescue . is replaced by , who completes the task with ease.[1 ] The dream then depicts and getting married . The priest seems normal but the best man is a stereotypical devil , smiling ominously , suggesting that this marriage is damned.[1 ] The dream shifts to the Scientist , who seems to speak to the unseen dragon , asking it what it eats . The voice of a little girl provides the answers in an apparently mocking tone.[1 ] 
 The dreams continues with a strange series of vignettes . A woman is whipped by a shirtless man in a BDSM - themed vignette . Several women " flirt and partially disrobe " for an unseen audience . A woman tears apart her dress in a dramatic manner , then starts a coy striptease.[1 ] The whipped woman from an earlier vignette appears alone in an autoerotic session . Her pleasure is interrupted by another woman who forcibly binds and gags her.[1 ] Another woman has a similar autoerotic session and then falls asleep . As she sleeps , a predatory male approaches and rapes her , with the victim seeming partially willing by the end of it.[1 ] Throughout these vignettes , the faces of and the appear . They seem to be silently reacting to the various images.[1 ] 
 The dream returns to , who is haunted by sounds of mocking voices and howling winds . He is soon confronted by two spectral figures . A blackboard appears , with messages recording what the or the mocking voices said in previous scenes . A large number of spectres appear , all gazing at him with disapproval , as if serving as the jury of public opinion on his perceived deviance . The mocking voices return.[1 ] The Devil and the various spectres menacingly approach . Then the Devil departs , turns into , and the spectres retreat.[1 ] A victorious sees and approaches her , but she turns into a mocking Devil . starts appearing and disappearing , always evading 's embrace . Then she starts mocking her lover . The Devil and spectres also shift to mocking . The dream sequence ends.[1 ] 
 / wakes and stares at their mirror reflection . They decide to tell the truth . She initially reacts with distress , but ultimately decides to stay with him . She offers them an angora sweater as a sign of acceptance . The scene effectively concludes their story.[1 ] 
 Back in Dr. 's office , he starts another narrative . This one concerns another tranvestite , called . He was born a boy , but his mother wanted a girl and raised him as such . Their father did not care either way . They were an outsider as a child , trying to be one of the girls and consequently rejected by schoolmates of both sexes . As a teenager , they self - identified as a woman . They were conscripted in World War II , maintaining a secret life throughout their military service . They first heard of sex change operations during the War while recovering from combat wounds in a hospital . They eventually did have a sex change operation , enduring the associated pains to fulfill their dreams . The World War II veteran becomes a " lovely young lady".[1 ] Following a brief epilogue , the film ends.[1 ]

In the 1890s , young ( ) is performing with a Coney Island carnival as , the Wild Man , when ( ) , a naive onlooker , tries to protect him from the blows of ( ) , his " trainer . " then appears as magician and , spotting in the audience , invites her on stage . flirts with the unsuspecting during his act , but she flees from him in a panic . When shows up to watch perform two more times , however , he corners her . admits her attraction , and soon after , the two appear at 's mother 's house , newly married . becomes 's onstage partner , touring the country with him , but soon grows tired of the low pay and grueling schedule . 
 After convinces to take a job in a locksmith factory , works as a lock tester while fantasizing about escaping from one of the factory 's large safes . On Halloween , and attend a special magicians ' dinner at the Hotel Astor , during which magician offers a prize to anyone who can free himself from a straitjacket . accepts the challenge and , through intense concentration , extricates himself from the jacket , greatly impressing . Afterward , however , advises to " drop it , " noting that , a German magician , retired at the height of his career after performing a similar feat , fearful of his own talents . then persuades to give her his prize , a single , round - trip boat ticket to Europe , so that she can cash it in for a down payment on a house . 
 Later , at the factory , locks himself inside one of the big safes , determined to make an escape . Before he can get out , however , the foreman orders the safe blown open , then fires . That night , in front of his mother ( ) , and argue about their future , and frustrated by 's insistence that he quit magic , walks out . Soon , a contrite finds performing with a carnival and presents him with two one - way tickets to Europe . Sometime later , at a London theater , and are concluding their magic act when a reporter named ( ) challenges to break out of one of Scotland Yard 's notoriously secure jail cells . , who hired to issue the challenge , accepts the challenge , unaware that the jail 's cells do not have locks in the door , but on the outside wall . Despite the added difficulty , the dexterous , determined picks the cell lock and appears on time for his next performance . Now billed as the " man who escaped from Scotland Yard , " begins a successful tour of Europe with . 
 In Berlin , is joined by his mother and begins searching for the reclusive Von . While performing an impromptu levitation trick with at a restaurant , is arrested for fraud . During his trial , denies that he ever made claims to supernatural powers , insisting that all his tricks are accomplished through physical means . To prove his point , locks himself in a safe in the courtroom and breaks out a few minutes later , noting that safe locks are designed to keep thieves out , not in . Vindicated , then goes to see , who finally has responded to his queries , but learns from assistant , ( ) , that the magician died two days earlier . reveals that summoned to ask him the secret of " dematerialization , " a feat he accomplished once but could not repeat . Although demurs , insists on becoming 's new assistant and travels with him to New York City . 
 There , finds he is virtually unknown , so for publicity , hangs upside down on a skyscraper flagpole , constrained by a straitjacket . executes the escape and soon makes a name for himself in America . To prepare to be submerged in a box in the chilly Detroit River , bathes in an ice - filled bathtub . During the trick , which takes place on Halloween , the chain holding the box breaks , and the box drops upside down into an opening in the ice - covered river . Although manages to escape from the box , the current drags him downstream , and he struggles to find air pockets under the ice and swim back to the opening . Above , and the horrified audience assume has drowned and proclaim his demise . To 's relief , shows up later at their hotel , saying that he heard his mother 's voice , directing him toward the opening . Just then , receives word that his mother died at the exact time that he heard her voice . 
 Two years later in New York , , who has not performed since his mother 's death , reveals to ( ) , a reporter , that he has been trying to contact his mother 's spirit , without success . invites to attend a seance with him , and after the medium appears to have communicated with his mother , and expose her as a fake . After a public crusade against phony mediums , decides to return to the stage and builds a watery torture cell for the occasion . Terrified , threatens to leave unless he drops the dangerous trick , and he agrees not to perform it . Before the show , admits to that his appendix is tender , but goes on , despite the pain . When the audience noisily demands that he perform the advertised " water torture " trick , succumbs and is immersed , upside down , in a tank of water . Weak , can not execute the escape and loses consciousness . breaks the tank 's glass , and after reviving , the now - dying vows to a weeping that he will come back .

Professor ( ) is a talented wax figure sculptor with a wax museum in 1890s New York City . He specializes in historical figures , featuring sculptures of , , and one of , which he considers his masterpiece . When his business partner ( ) demands more sensational exhibits to increase profits , refuses . then gives a private tour to renowned art critic . , deeply impressed with 's sculptures , agrees to buy out , but will not be able to do so until after he returns from a Continental trip . 
 That same night , deliberately sets the museum on fire , intending to claim the insurance money . In the process , he fights off , who is desperately attempting to save his precious sculptures . splashes kerosene over 's body and leaves him to die in the fire . 
 Miraculously , survives , but with severe injuries including crippled hands . He builds a new House of Wax with help from deaf - mute sculptor ( ) and another assistant named . now concedes to popular taste and includes a " Chamber of Horrors " that showcases both historical crimes and recent events , such as the apparent suicide of his former business partner . In reality , was murdered by a cloaked , disfigured killer who then staged the death as a suicide . 's fiancée , ( ) , is murdered soon afterward . Her body mysteriously disappears from the morgue . 
 ’s friend ( ) visits the museum and is troubled by the strong resemblance of the wax Joan of Arc figure to her dead friend . explains he used photographs of when he made the sculpture . Unsatisfied , returns after hours and uncovers the horrifying truth behind the House of Wax : many of the figures are wax - coated corpses , including and . is confronted by , who proclaims her his new " model " for a sculpture of ( both and had earlier noted 's striking resemblance to the original sculpture ) . tries to fight him off , hitting his face , which is revealed to be a wax mask that shatters and exposes fire - scarred flesh beneath ; this in turn reveals that it was who was the cloaked figure who murdered and stole 's body . He subdues and straps her to a table , preparing to coat her living body with wax . The police , having learned the whole truth from , arrive in time to save her . tries to escape , but , fighting with a police officer , dies when he is knocked into the vat of molten wax he had prepared for .

Resourceful , spunky , and ditzy , rent a luxurious Sutton Place penthouse in New York City from , who is avoiding the IRS by living in Europe . The women plan to use the apartment to attract rich men and marry them . When money is tight , pawns some of 's furniture , without his knowledge . To their dismay , as winter approaches , the furnishings continue to be sold off as they have no luck . 
 One day , carries in some groceries , assisted by . is very interested in , but she dismisses him , thinking he is poor . She tries repeatedly to brush him off as she sets her sights on the charming , classy widower , whose worth is irreproachably large . All the while she 's stalking the older , , who is actually very wealthy , keeps after her . After every one of their dates , she tells him she never wants to see him again as she refuses to marry a poor man again . 
 Meanwhile , becomes acquainted with a grumpy businessman , . He is married , but she agrees to go with him to his lodge in Maine , mistakenly thinking she 's going to meet a bunch of Elks Club members . When they arrive , is disappointed to find that the businessman was hoping to have an affair with her and set them up in a dingy lodge instead of the glamorous one she was expecting . She attempts to leave but unfortunately has to stay due to the trains not able to come till the next day . ( ) comes down with the measles and has to stay in the lodge until cured . He is nursed back to health with the help of . 
 meets , who she thinks owns most of the surrounding land . She has no trouble transferring her affections to the handsome outdoorsman and they become engaged . When she finds out that he 's just a forest ranger , she is very disappointed , but realizes that she loves him and is willing to overlook his financial shortcomings . 
 The third member of the group , , has myopia , but hates to wear her glasses in the presence of men , as she puts it , " Men are n't attentive to girls who wear glasses . " She falls for a phony Arab oil tycoon , , not knowing he 's really a crooked speculator . Luckily , when she takes a plane from La Guardia airport to meet him , she misreads Kansas City for Atlantic City on an airport sign and ends up on the wrong plane . She sits next to a man , also wearing glasses , who thinks she 's " quite a strudel " and encourages her to put hers on . It turns out that he is the mysterious on his way to Kansas City to find the crooked accountant who got him into trouble with the IRS . He does n't have much luck when he tracks the man down , but he and become enamored with each other and eventually marry . 
 and are reunited with just before her wedding to finds herself unable to go through with the wedding and confesses to that she is in love with . He graciously understands and agrees to call off the wedding . is among the wedding attendees and the two reconcile and marry , with still not knowing that he is rich . 
 Afterwards , the three happy couples end up at a greasy spoon , dining on hamburgers . jokingly asks and about their financial prospects , which are slim . When she finally gets around to , he casually admits a net worth around $ 200 million , and lists an array of holdings , which none of the others appear to take seriously . He then calls for the check , pulls out an enormous wad of money , and pays with a $ 1,000 bill , telling the chef to keep the change . The three astonished women faint dead away onto the floor . then proposes the men drink a toast to their unconscious wives .

Lauren Bacall, Betty Grable, Marilyn Monroe, Cameron Mitchell, William Powell

Father ( ) is a devout Catholic priest in Ste . Marie 's Church in Quebec City . He employs German immigrants ( ) and his wife ( ) as caretaker and housekeeper . also works part - time as a gardener for a shady lawyer called . 
 The film begins late one evening as a man wearing a priest 's cassock walks away from 's house where lies dead on the floor . Shortly afterward , in the church confessional , confesses to Father that he accidentally killed while trying to rob him . tells his wife about his deed and assures her that the priest will not say anything because he is forbidden from revealing information acquired through confessions . 
 The next morning , goes to 's house at his regularly scheduled gardening time and reports 's death to the police . Father also goes to the crime scene after hearing Mrs. mention that her husband is there . 
 At the police station , two young girls tell Inspector ( ) they saw a priest leaving 's house . This prompts to call Father in for questioning , but refuses to provide any information about the murder . Now suspecting , orders a detective to follow and contacts Crown Prosecutor ( ) , who is attending a party hosted by ( ) and her husband ( ) , a member of the Quebec legislature . overhears discussing , and 's detective discovers her identity by following her home the next day after she meets with to warn him that he is a suspect . 
 calls and in for questioning , and explains what happened , narrating a series of flashbacks : She and fell in love when they were childhood friends , but he went to fight in World War II with the Regina Rifle Regiment and eventually stopped writing to her , and then she married . The day after Logan returned from the war , he and spent the day on a nearby island . A storm forced them to shelter for the night in a gazebo , and found them there in the morning , recognizing as being Mrs. . The next time saw was several years later when he was ordained as a priest . 
 recently asked to persuade her husband to help him escape a tax scandal , and when she refused , he tried to blackmail her by threatening to publicize the night she spent with . She met with on the night of the murder , and they agreed to visit in the morning . 
 's meeting with Father almost provides him with an alibi , but has evidence showing that the murder occurred after their meeting , and the blackmail suggests a possible motive for to have killed . 
 Knowing he will be arrested , turns himself in the next day at 's office . has planted the bloody cassock among 's belongings , and when is tried in court , testifies that he saw enter the church after the murder , acting suspiciously . 
 The jury barely finds Father not guilty , but the crowd outside the courthouse harasses as he leaves . This upsets 's wife so much that she starts to shout out that her husband is the murderer , but he shoots her , resulting in her death . He then runs away and is pursued by police officers . finally guesses that is the murderer , corners him in the grand ballroom of the Château Frontenac , and unknowingly tricks him into confessing his sins as well as his previous reconciliation . A police sharpshooter kills when tries to shoot , and calls to Father in extremis and dies immediately after absolves him of his sins .

Shortly before Christmas in New York City , one - armed insurance investigator ( ) is looking at a college yearbook photo of when someone slips into his apartment and shoots him to death . Hot - headed private investigator ( ) , 's war buddy , vows to avenge his friend 's death despite a warning from ( ) , captain of the homicide squad , to let the police handle the case . is unable to calm , who roughs up a wisecracking reporter before leaving the crime scene . Knowing that will forge ahead with an investigation regardless of his advice , urges the offended reporter to publish an article disclosing that is on the job . 
 goes to see 's fiancée , , a torch singer and reformed drug addict , but she is too distraught to talk with him . The next day , 's secretary tells him about the article , titled " I , the Jury " , which suggests that knows the identity of the killer , thereby making him a target . Because has given him a guest list from 's recent party , surmises that the police captain is using him to draw out the killer . 
 begins his investigation , first visiting wealthy fight promoter and art collector ( ) in upstate New York . introduces his live - in friend , , as college student ( ) , and claims they were home together after the party . As is leaving , he looks through a window and sees the men arguing . next visits alluring psychoanalyst and author ( ) , who was treating both and . flirts with but provides no new information . 
 Afterward , finds waiting for him . He is told that moved out of 's house and that believes attempted to shoot him . 's new address is the same building where two other party guests , twin sisters and , reside . searches 's apartment and finds photos of him and in Europe before and after World War II . 
 When returns unexpectedly and grabs 's arm , the detective beats him up . He goes upstairs to see , who knew when he worked as a guard at her father 's estate . As resists 's attempts to seduce him , he questions her about the party and learns that drove her , and Esther home that night after and had an argument . 
 Later at his office , ex - boxer reveals to and ( ) that , his former manager , runs a numbers racket . seeks more information about the racket but his questions earn him only a severe beating by some thugs . tends to his wounds and restores his spirits with a kiss , then asks if might have left a message for before he died . 
 slips into 's apartment through a window to avoid the policeman on guard , and finds a note from , who anticipated his arrival . also finds 's diary , which includes notations about a woman named ( ) , who changed her name to , as well as a note that had been planning to raid a dance school with the police in a few days . locates 's father , veterinarian , who reveals that he had asked to help his daughter after she ran away from college with . finds at a dance school that is a front for prostitution . Although she is shocked to hear about 's death , she only knows that he wanted her to get help from . 
 Despite all the information he has gathered , has more questions than answers . He and continue their research by looking through college yearbooks and find the photo of , who is identified as . After police implement 's raid on the dance studio , they find 's and 's dead bodies in 's room . After admits that he and had argued over the young man 's involvement with , is baffled as to why he was found with . Confusion continues to mount , and and are nearly killed when someone fires at them outside his office . is awakened that night by ( an uncredited ) , a slow - witted former boxer now working as a department store Santa , who warns that " the big man " is after him . After learning that has been posing as a college student for twenty years , suspects that he may have been running 's numbers racket at school , using his identity as a student as a cover . goes to search 's room at the fraternity house and discovers inside burning 's papers . shoots at and is killed when fires back . grabs 's gun just as the police arrive to arrest him . 
 Angered that is taking the law into his own hands , waits until the next day to release him from jail . then gives him 's gun and they later search 's safe - deposit box , which is filled with stolen vintage European jewelry . The detectives now realize that must have been investigating and , who had been fencing stolen jewelry from Europe for years . A police analyst determines that although all four murders were committed by the same weapon , it was not 's gun . Knowing that was once a jewel thief , now suspects that she may have been influenced by to murder her fiancé . 
 As before , confides in , with whom he has fallen in love , and tells her he believes that worked the college campuses to recruit new thieves for . When learns that is drunk in a bar , he sends and to retrieve her , and they take the drunken woman to 's apartment to sober up . After leaves , however , injects with sodium pentothal and questions her about , but is too disoriented to respond . Meanwhile , is beaten up by 's thugs at his office , but he turns the tables on them and they are eventually arrested ; however , they reveal no new information when questioned . When is found dead in the street from a hit and run accident , the medical examiner finds the needle mark on her arm , prompting to assume that she had returned to drug use . then realizes that murdered , and surmises that found out about the jewelry racket during a hypnosis section with and that she plans to take over 's business . waits for in her apartment and levels his accusations at her . pretends to try to seduce him , but is , in fact , reaching for a hidden gun as she embraces him , forcing to kill her in self - defense .

During a trip to the Mojave Desert , millionaire , having broken his leg falling off his horse , has been abandoned and left to die by his adulterous wife and mining engineer , a man she 's known for just a few days . " " and leave the injured man a blanket , a canteen and a gun before driving off , supposedly to seek medical aid . As the hours go by and realizes the truth of his predicament , he vows to live long enough to exact revenge against his wife and her accomplice . 
 is reported missing to police lieutenant and to , who is 's lawyer and business manager . does not mention the broken leg and claims her husband wandered off . then states that he is not too concerned yet because is a temperamental alcoholic who has acted irresponsibly at times in the past . 
 The lovers fly to 's mansion in Los Angeles knowing that is at least 60 miles from where they told the police to look . They expect him to succumb to the desert heat or to shoot himself with the gun . Far more resourceful than they anticipated , manages to make a splint , then crawl his way to an abandoned mine , where he uses timber for a makeshift crutch . He finds sustenance from the meat of a cactus and attempts in vain to shoot a rabbit with the gun . He later succeeds in shooting a deer , butchering it , and hanging the meat to dry , assuring his survival . 
 When it rains , after has been gone a week , and are relieved because it has permanently covered any tracks they left . is presumed dead by the law . flies a plane over the region , just in case , and spots a fire has made . Knowing now that he is alive , drives back into the desert to finish off once and for all . 
 waits in the car while stalks his prey . Just as he catches up with and aims his pistol at him , Joe is startled by the sight of being found by an old prospector driving a jalopy . Returning to his own car , discovers that has run it into a large rock , which ruptured the vehicle 's oil pan . The damage now makes it impossible for them to drive out of the desert . suddenly realizes that her real intention was to leave him when she moved the car . angrily walks away , and leaves to fend for herself . 
 In his desert shack , the prospector gives food and well water to , who says revenge is what sustained him up to now , although it no longer seems as important . returns outside to the well and is struck from behind by , who spotted the shack during the night . shoots at but misses him . The two men then engage in a desperate , brutal fistfight . A toppled stove causes the shack to catch fire . With both men inside barely conscious , a recovered is able to drag to safety while perishes in the blaze . 
 The next day , as drives to the nearest town , they see walking by herself on a long , remote stretch of desert road . stops his dilapidated car next to her , and calmly tells that she can either wait for the authorities to come find her or ride with them now . She gets into the car .

Author and amateur astronomer ( ) and schoolteacher ( ) watch a large meteorite crash near the small town of Sand Rock , Arizona . They awaken a neighbor , who has a helicopter , and all three fly to the crash site . climbs down into the crater and notices a partially buried round object in the crater 's pit . He comes to the realization , after he sees a six - sided hatchway close , that this is n't a meteorite but a large alien spaceship . The hatchway 's noise starts a landslide that completely buries the craft . 's story is later scoffed at by Sand Rock 's sheriff ( ) and the local news media . 
 Even is unsure about what to believe but still agrees to assist in his investigation . Over the next several days , local people disappear ; a few return , but they act distant or appear somewhat dazed and not their usual selves . Convinced by these and other odd events , Sheriff Warren comes to believe 's story that the meteorite is actually a crashed spaceship with alien inhabitants ; he then organizes a posse to hunt down the invaders at their crash site . , however , hopes to reach a peaceful solution to the looming crisis . Alone , he enters a nearby abandoned mine , which he hopes will eventually connect to the now buried spaceship and its alien occupants . 
 finally discovers the spaceship and learns from the alien leader that they crashed on Earth by accident ; the aliens appear benign and only plan to stay on Earth just long enough to repair their damaged craft and then continue on their voyage . The aliens ' real appearance , when finally revealed to , is entirely non - human : they are large , single - eyed , almost jellyfish - like beings that seem to glide across the ground , leaving a glistening trail that soon vanishes . They are also able to shape shift into human form in order to appear human and move around Sand Rock , unobserved , in order to collect their much needed repair materials . To do this , they copy the human forms of the local townspeople that they have abducted . In doing so , however , they fail to reproduce the townspeople 's exact personalities , leading to suspicion and eventually to the deaths of two of the aliens . 
 To protect the aliens from the sheriff and his advancing posse , manages to seal off the mine in order to give them the time they still need to finish their spaceship 's repairs . However , they have decided to destroy themselves and their spaceship , now that they have been discovered . reasons with them at length and convinces the alien leader to instead finish the repairs while he , as a sign of the aliens ' good faith , takes the captives outside to the sheriff and his posse . Not long thereafter , the alien spaceship leaves Earth , returning to the stars . 's fiancée asks him if they are gone for good . He responds knowingly , " No , just for now . It was n't the right time for us to meet . But there will be other nights , other stars for us to watch . They 'll be back " .

( ) arrives at a remote African outpost , looking for a rich maharajah acquaintance , only to find he has cancelled his trip owing to unrest in his realm . While waiting for the next river boat out , she spars with hardworking big game hunter ( ) , who ( initially ) pegs her as a certain disreputable type . When the river boat returns , it brings ( ) and his wife ( ) . The wish to go on safari to film gorillas . declines to guide them . rejoins the group after the steamer runs aground . Tensions run high between the two women when is also attracted to . 
 agrees to take the into gorilla country , taking halfway to join the District Commissioner , who can then escort her back to civilization . However , they find the commissioner badly wounded by recently belligerent natives . With reinforcements days away , the small party narrowly escapes , taking the mortally wounded commissioner with them . Meanwhile , a serious romance is developing between and . Only Donald is blind to the situation . plans to warn the husband , but then has second thoughts after realizing how much loves her and perhaps how she would be better off remaining with . The situation is aggravated when reluctantly shoots a gorilla to save , blowing a chance to capture a baby gorilla . becomes depressed and begins drinking heavily in his tent . joins him , and one thing leads to another . 
 When appears , she finds them cuddling . decides he can fix everything by making hate him and makes a show of this cuddling followed by dismissive remarks about 's infatuation with " the White Hunter " to enrage her . Unfortunately his ploy works too well when shoots him with his own pistol , wounding him in the arm . lies to the others , telling them that had been making advances to for some time , finally forcing her to shoot him in his drunken state . The next day , the party breaks camp , leaving behind to try to capture young gorillas to pay for the safari . , acknowledging to himself his feelings for , proposes to her , but she rebuffs him . As a canoe takes her downriver , however , she suddenly jumps into the water and makes her way back to him . The two embrace .

Moscow based newspaper reporter ( ) is in love with ( ) , a ballerina . He and radio broadcaster ( ) go to see her perform Swan Lake with the Bolshoi Ballet , and a pleased learns that wishes to marry him and accompany him home to San Francisco . 
 They are married in the U.S. embassy , where they are warned that obtaining an exit visa is often quite difficult . On their honeymoon , they meet ( ) , an Englishman married to 's good friend ( ) , who is pregnant . But when he is seen taking innocent photographs , is taken into custody and banished from Russia . 
 gives birth to a son in and 's apartment . Cold War tensions are heightened , and when the attempt to leave , is detained . flies home alone and is unable to get permission to return . 
 He travels to London , where he and ( ) , an experienced boatman , hatch a scheme to sail to a Baltic coast town Tallinn where the Bolshoi is scheduled to perform , in order to clandestinely leave with . At first , he asked to sail with him so that they could also spirit away . But , declines , as he does not want to subject his young son to the rigors of the sea . Before sailing off , shows up at the dock ready to join the journey , explaining that his son died after becoming ill with a fever just a few weeks prior . offers to help by giving them coded instructions on his radio broadcasts as to what time they will meet and in the ocean . At their rendezvous point , swims out safely to the boat , but says an added ballet performance has forced to stay behind . 
 swims ashore . Stealing a medical officer 's clothes , he attends the ballet . During the bows at the end of the ballet , pretends to faint after seeing in the audience . After examining her in a backstage room , departs with her ( apparently to the hospital ) . But , dancer ( ) recognizes him as her husband and informs the authorities . The pursued car of the goes off a pier . But , first , they leap to safety , and swim together to the dinghy . They embrace as rows them to the boat .

and ( and ) , on a delayed honeymoon at Niagara Falls , find their reserved cabin occupied by and ( and ) . tells them that is asleep and has recently been discharged from an Army mental hospital after his war service in Korea . The politely but reluctantly accept another , less desirable cabin , and so the two couples become acquainted . 
 and have a very troubled and volatile marriage . She is younger and very attractive . He is jealous , depressed and irritable . While touring the Falls the following day , sees passionately kissing another man , , her lover ( played by actor ) . 
 That evening , the witness 's rage . joins an impromptu party and requests that a particular record be played . storms out of their cabin and breaks the record , suspecting the song has a secret meaning for . Seeing that has cut his hand with the record , visits his room to apply bandages to his injury . confides that he was a sheep rancher whose luck turned for the worse after he married , whom he met when she was a barmaid . 
 What does not know is that and are planning to murder him . The next day , lures into following her to the dark tourist tunnel underneath the Falls , where is waiting to kill him . To let know that is dead , will request the Rainbow Tower Carillon play 's special song ( " Kiss " ; music by , lyrics by , both uncredited ) . When she hears the tune being played on the carillon bells , concludes is dead . 
 In fact , it is who has killed , thrown his body into the Falls , and collected 's shoes at the exit instead of his own . This leads the police to believe that is the victim . The body is retrieved and the police bring to identify 's body . When the cover is lifted from the face and she recognizes the dead man , she collapses and is admitted to hospital . 
 The motel manager moves the ' belongings to the ' cabin . comes to the cabin to kill but finds there instead . She wakes and sees him before he runs away . She tells the police , who launch a dragnet . During the ' second visit to the Falls , finds alone for a moment . Trying to escape , she slips , but he saves her from falling over the edge into the waterfall torrent . He explains to her that he killed in self - defense and pleadingly begs , " Please ... let me stay dead . " leaves without answering . Later that day , she tells the police detective that she believes is alive . has the carillon play " Kiss " again to panic , who flees the hospital , intending to cross the border back to the U.S. Finding waiting at the border for her , she runs and tries to hide in the carillon bell tower . George catches her and strangles her beneath the bells , which remain silent . Remorsefully he says , " I loved you , . You know that . " 
 The go fishing with friends ( and ) in a launch on a section of the Niagara River above the Falls . When the launch moors in Chippawa , Ontario , for gasoline and other supplies , steals the boat , with still on board . The police set out in pursuit . The boat runs out of gas and drifts towards the Falls . As they near the edge , scuttles the boat to slow it down and manages to get onto a large rock before he goes over the Falls to his death . is rescued from the rock by a United States Coast Guard Sikorsky H-19 Chickasaw helicopter .

The action is set in San Francisco and the film opens in a documentary style . When the evidence in a murder case points to a young woman as the main suspect , both her boyfriend , a police detective , and a struggling songwriter who is playing piano in a bar , decide to withhold evidence from the police . Later , the girl , knowing that the songwriter did not commit the murder , helps him to escape from a police dragnet when he becomes the main suspect . Eventually , new clues point to someone else as the culprit . Quite an entertaining thriller .

On a crowded New York City subway train , pickpocket ( ) steals 's ( ) wallet . Unbeknownst to or , in the wallet is microfilm of top - secret government information . was delivering an envelope as a final favor to her ex - boyfriend , ( ) . has told her that it contains stolen business secrets and she believed him , unaware that is actually a communist spy . 
 Government agent ( ) had under surveillance , hoping she would lead him to the top man in the spy ring . He seeks police help to identify the thief . Police Captain ( ) has professional informant ( ) brought in . After they agree on a price , she gives him a list of eight names ; quickly identifies from his mug shot . tries to get to give up the film , revealing its importance and appealing to his ( non - existent ) patriotism , but denies everything . 
 Meanwhile , persuades a reluctant to track down the thief using her underworld connections . The trail leads to , who is delighted to be able to sell the same information a second time , knowing that her good friend will not mind . 
 searches 's waterfront shack that night while he is out . When he returns , he spots her flashlight , sneaks in and knocks her out . When she comes to , she tries to get the film from him without success . The second time she visits , she is puzzled when he calls her a " commie " and demands $ 25,000 for the film . Despite his rough treatment , however , she finds herself falling in love with him . thinks she is only acting . 
 When she returns to , his superior gives him a day to get the film back , and leaves him a gun . finally realizes the truth . She turns to for help , since will not believe it if she tells him he is in danger . tries , but fails , to convince to give the film to the government . goes home , and finds waiting for her . Knowing that her strength is failing , and that she is dying , refuses to reveal 's address for any amount of money , and taunts with being a turncoat , and a rat until he shoots her dead . 
 The next morning , returns home to find there . She blames herself for 's death , but to her dismay , is still willing to deal with . When he starts to leave with the film , she knocks him out with a bottle and takes it to and . asks her to give the film , so he can lead them to his boss . does , but notices that there is a frame missing . He beats in an attempt to get 's address , then shoots her as she tries to leave . In her purse , finds the address . visits in the hospital and comforts her . 
 and an associate go to the shack , but hears them coming and hides underneath . When is ordered to deliver the portion of film he does have , follows him to a subway station . He watches as the film is exchanged in a restroom , then knocks out the ringleader and chases after and beats up . 
 Later , at the police station , predicts will return to his criminal ways , but he and a recovered depart to start a new life .

During the 1920s , itinerant American beachcomber Mr. ( ) is deposited on the island of Matareva in the South Pacific . When he decides to stay he is confronted by Pastor ( ) , who lost both his father and his wife as a young missionary on the island . rules Matareva as a Puritanical despot , using local bullies as " wardens " to enforce his rules . " " stays on Matareva by winning the support of the natives after he defeats the wardens with the aid of an empty shotgun . has an illegitimate child , ( ) , by island girl ( ) . After 's death in childbirth , the distraught departs the island , leaving behind with her grandmother . 
 returns to Matareva during World War II , where he reconciles with , who has become a friend and teacher to the islanders , and meets . She falls in love with an American Air Force pilot , , after he crash - lands his cargo plane in the lagoon . An interesting irony is that when first arrived , tried to force him to leave the island lest he get an island girl pregnant . Now he faces the same thing when tries to seduce his daughter , , as a diversion while awaiting pickup by the Navy . intervenes and makes leave and his crew leave , using the same empty shotgun as an inducement . When forgives him , decides to remain with her on Matareva .

( ) , a crown princess on a state visit to Rome , becomes frustrated with her tightly scheduled life and secretly leaves her country 's embassy . The delayed effect of a sedative eventually makes her fall asleep on a bench , where ( ) , an expatriate reporter for the " American News Service " , finds her without recognizing who she is . He offers her money so she can take a taxi home , but she is too woozy . Thinking she is intoxicated , Joe finally lets her spend the night in his apartment . 
 The next morning , hurries off late to work and gives his editor , Mr. ( ) , false details of his press conference with the princess . It is only when informs him that the event had been cancelled and shows him a news item about her “ sudden illness ” that he realizes who it actually is in his apartment . Seeing an opportunity , proposes getting an exclusive interview with the princess and agrees , offering $ 5,000 if the interview is all claims it will be , but betting $ 500 that he will not succeed . 
 hurries home and , hiding the fact that he is a reporter , offers to show his guest " " around Rome . He also surreptitiously calls his photographer friend , ( ) , to tag along and secretly take pictures . However , declines 's offer and leaves . Enjoying her freedom , she explores an outdoor market and , on impulse , gets her long hair cut short . follows and ‘ accidentally ’ meets her on the Spanish Steps . This time he convinces her to spend the day with him and takes her to a street café , where he meets up with . Later , when she tries to drive the Vespa on which he has taken her for a ride , they are arrested and only get away with it when he and show their press passes . 
 That night , at a dance on a boat , government agents called in by the embassy finally track down and try to force her away . takes part in the fight that breaks out , during which is ambushed and falls into the river and jumps in to save him . After they swim away and police arrest the agents , they share a kiss as they sit shivering on the riverbank . Later , knowing her royal responsibilities must resume , bids a tearful farewell to and returns to the embassy . Her minders there try to lecture her upon the sense of duty a princess must display , but she retorts that without such a sense she would never have returned . 
 Meanwhile , has come to suspect that the princess was not ill as claimed and tries to get to admit what he knows about it . , however , has decided not to write the story , although he later tells that he is free to sell his photographs if he wishes . They then leave for the postponed press conference at the embassy , surprising Princess . When asked by a reporter which city on her European tour was her favorite , first starts with a diplomatic " all were equally good " answer , but then impulsively replies , " Rome ! By all means Rome . " 
 At the end of the interview , the princess unexpectedly asks to meet the journalists , shaking hands and speaking briefly with each . As she reaches and , the latter presents her with an envelope containing the photographs he had taken . The two men make it clear to her ( but no one else ) that they will keep silent about her adventure . After the interview comes to an end and the crowd of newspapermen disperses , walks away alone .

( ) , a skilled , laconic gunfighter with a mysterious past,[4 ] rides into an isolated valley in the sparsely settled Wyoming Territory , some time after the Civil War . At dinner with local rancher ( ) and his wife ( ) , he learns that a war of intimidation is being waged on the valley 's settlers . Though they have claimed their land legally under the Homestead Acts , a ruthless cattle baron , ( ) , has hired rogues and henchmen to harass them and drive them out of the valley . offers a job , and he accepts . 
 At the town 's general store , and other homesteaders are loading up supplies . enters the saloon adjacent to the store , where 's men are drinking , and orders a soda pop for the ' son , ( ) . ( ) , one of 's men , throws a shot of whiskey on 's shirt . " Smell like a man ! " he taunts . does n't rise to the bait , and leaves to the taunts of 's men . On the next trip to town , returns the empty soda bottle to the saloon , where again taunts him . orders two shots of whiskey , pours one on 's shirt and throws the other in his face , then knocks him to the ground . A brawl ensues ; prevails , with 's help . declares that the next time they meet , " the air will be filled with gun smoke . " 
 is drawn to , and to his gun . shows him how to wear a holster and demonstrates his shooting skills , but interrupts the lesson . Guns , she says , are not going to be a part of her son 's life . counters that a gun is a tool , no better nor worse than an axe or a shovel , and as good or bad as the man using it . retorts that the valley would be better off without any guns — including 's . 
 ( , an unscrupulous gunfighter working for , deliberately provokes ( ) , a hot - tempered ex - Confederate homesteader . When the inexperienced farmer goes for his gun , shoots him dead . At 's funeral , there is talk among the settlers of giving in to and moving on ; but after battling a fire set by 's men , they find new determination and resolve to continue the fight . 
 invites to a meeting at the saloon to negotiate a settlement — and then orders to kill him when he arrives . , unable to tolerate 's treachery any longer , warns of the double - cross . says no matter , he will shoot it out with Wilson , and asks to look after and if he dies . , aware that is no match for in a gunfight , says he must go instead . is adamant , and is forced to knock him unconscious . A distraught asks why he is doing this . For her , he replies , and her husband and son , and all the other decent people who want a chance to live in peace in the valley . 
 As rides to town , follows him on foot . At the saloon , he beats to a draw , then shoots as he draws a hidden gun . tells to tell his mother that the settlers have won . His left arm hangs limply at his side as he mounts his horse . rides out of town , ignoring 's desperate cries of " ! Come back ! "

Alan Ladd, Van Heflin, Jean Arthur, Brandon De Wilde, Jack Palance, Ben Johnson

Stalag 17 begins on " the longest night of the year " in 1944 in a Luftwaffe prisoner - of - war camp somewhere along the Danube River . The story is narrated by . The camp holds Poles , Czechs , Russian females and , in the American compound , 640 sergeants from bomber crews , gunners , radiomen , and flight engineers . 
 and try to escape through a tunnel , but are shot by waiting guards when they emerge outside the barbed wire fence . The other prisoners conclude that one of their own must have told the Germans . Suspicion falls on , an enterprising cynic who barters openly with the German guards for eggs , silk stockings , blankets and other luxuries . He also organizes rat races and various other profitable ventures . tells the men it is foolish to try to escape . 
 The lives of the prisoners are depicted : they receive mail , eat terrible food , wash in the latrine sinks , and collectively do their best to keep sane and defy the camp 's commandant , Oberst [ Colonel ] von Scherbach . They use a clandestine radio , smuggled from barracks to barracks , to pick up the BBC and the war news . One German guard , , confiscates the radio in another success for the " stoolie . " 
 " is infatuated with movie star , and becomes depressed when he learns she has married bandleader . gets seven letters at mail call and makes Animal think they are from women . When sees a finance company letterhead , admits they repossessed his Plymouth . 
 bribes the guards to let him spend the day in the Russian women 's barracks . The other prisoners conclude that this is his reward for having informed the Germans about the radio . When he returns , he is accused of being a spy . 
 Then takes Lieutenant , a temporary inmate , away . admitted to the other prisoners that he had blown up a passing German ammunition train while he was being transported to the camp . resents for coming from a wealthy Boston family . The men are convinced that betrayed , so they beat him up and ostracize him . then decides to uncover the identity of the real spy . During a fake air raid , he remains unnoticed in the evacuated barracks and overhears the barracks security chief , , talking with in German and divulging the means by which destroyed the train ( a matchbook with a lit cigarette tucked into the edge to create a time delay ) . considers what to do . If he exposes , the Germans will simply remove him and plant him in another camp . Killing him could expose the entire barracks to retaliatory execution . 
 On Christmas Day , the men find out that SS men are coming to take to Berlin for his sabotage . They create a diversion , free , and hide him . Nobody but , the compound chief , knows where he is . The Germans , despite extensive efforts , are unable to find . After threatens to raze the camp if necessary , the men decide one of them must get out . volunteers , but then accuses him of being a spy . asks him , " When was Pearl Harbor ? " knows the date , but quickly asks what time he heard the news . Without thinking , answers 6 o'clock and that he was eating dinner — the correct time in Berlin , but not in Cleveland , Ohio , his claimed hometown . then reaches into 's jacket pocket and extracts the " mailbox " used to exchange messages with the Germans , a hollowed - out black chess queen . 
 decides to take out himself because he likes the odds and the expected reward from 's family . The men give enough time to get out of the water tower above one of the latrines , then throw out into the yard with tin cans tied to his legs . The ruse works : is killed in a hail of bullets , creating a diversion that allows and to cut through the barbed wire and escape . A pleased whistles " When Johnny Comes Marching Home " .

William Holden, Don Taylor, Otto Preminger, Harvey Lembeck, Robert Strauss, Peter Graves

Taxi driver is a bad - tempered bachelor who lives with his mother and owes money on his cab . 
 On a day when things are going wrong , picks up a steamship passenger , , arriving from Ireland , and drives her in a roundabout way rather than directly to her destination . The meter reads $ 12 but she has only $ 5 , angering . 
 is trying to find a man she impulsively married in Dublin but has n't seen since , , a writer . He is nowhere to be found . His publisher , Miss , reveals that has gone back to Europe to write and that should go back as well . 
 The distraught spends a dollar on a St. Anthony statue and prays for help . loses it . When he drives her back to the ship , he discovers has left an infant son there , which is why she desperately seeks . 
 takes her home . On television , the statue has been located outside St. Patrick 's cathedral and is among those interviewed about it . It 's a miracle and hurries there in 's taxi , only to learn that was previously we d to Miss , who wants him back . She has nowhere else to turn , but finds love in his heart .

At the last minute , a wealthy American expatriate in Europe , ( ) , buys a steerage - class ticket ( the lowest class ) for the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic from a Basque immigrant . Once aboard he seeks out his runaway wife , ( ) . He discovers she is trying to take their two unsuspecting children , 18 - year - old ( ) and ten - year - old ( ) , to her hometown of Mackinac , Michigan , to raise as down - to - earth Americans rather than rootless elitists like himself . 
 As the ship prepares for departure , her captain , ( ) , receives a hint from the shipping company representative that a record - setting speedy passage would be welcomed . 
 Other passengers include a wealthy woman of a working - class origin ( based on a real - life Titanic survivor ) , ( ) ; social - climbing ( ) ; a 20 - year - old Purdue University tennis player , ( ) ; and ( ) , a Catholic priest who has been defrocked for alcoholism . 
 When learns her mother 's intentions , she insists on returning to Europe with her father on the next ship as soon as they reach America . concedes that her daughter is old enough to make her own decisions , but she insists on keeping custody of . This angers , forcing to reveal that is not his child , but rather the result of a one - night stand after one of their many bitter arguments . Upon hearing that , he agrees to give up all claim to . joins , , and in the lounge to play auction bridge with them . The next morning , when reminds about a shuffleboard game they had scheduled , coldly brushes him off . 
 Meanwhile , falls for at first glance . At first she repulses his brash attempts to become better acquainted , but eventually she warms to him . That night , , and a group of young people sing and play the piano in the dining room , while Captain watches from a corner table . 
 Second Officer ( ) expresses his concern to Captain about the ship 's speed when they receive two messages from other ships warning of iceberg sightings near their route . , however , assures him that there is no danger . 
 That night , however , a lookout spots an iceberg dead ahead . Although the crew tries to steer clear of danger , the ship is gashed below the waterline and begins taking on water . When finds the captain , he insists on being told the truth : the ship is doomed and there are not enough lifeboats for the men on board . He tells his family to dress warmly but properly ; then they head outside . and have a tearful reconciliation on the boat deck , as he places and the children into a lifeboat . Unnoticed by , gives up his seat to an older woman and goes looking for his nominal father . When one of the lines becomes tangled , preventing the lifeboat from being lowered , climbs down and fixes the problem , only to lose his grip and fall into the water . His unconscious body is dragged into the boat . 
 disguises himself as a woman to get aboard a lifeboat but notices his shoes and unmasks him in front of the others in the lifeboat . At the other end of the spectrum of courage and unselfishness , heads down into one of the boiler rooms to comfort trapped crewmen . 
 As the Titanic is in her final moments , and find each other . tells a passing steward that is his " son " and then tells the boy that he has been proud of him every day of his life . Then they join the rest of the doomed passengers and the crew in singing the hymn " Nearer , My God , to Thee " . As the last boiler explodes , the Titanic 's bow plunges , pivoting her stern high into the air while the ship rapidly slides into the icy water . The remaining survivors are last seen waiting in the lifeboats for help to come as dawn approaches .

Barbara Stanwyck, Clifton Webb, Robert Wagner, Thelma Ritter, Richard Basehart

The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ( BRMC ) , a gang led by ] rides into Carbonville , California , during a motorcycle race and causes trouble . A member of the gang , , steals the second - place trophy ( the first place one being too large to hide ) and presents it to . Stewards and policemen order them to leave . 
 The bikers head to Wrightsville , which only has one elderly , conciliatory lawman , Chief , to maintain order . The residents are uneasy , but mostly willing to put up with their visitors . When their antics cause to swerve and crash his car , he demands that something be done , but is reluctant to act , a weakness that is not lost on the interlopers . This accident results in the gang having to stay longer in town , as one member injured himself falling off his motorcycle . Although the young men become more and more boisterous , their custom is enthusiastically welcomed by 's brother who runs the local cafe - bar , employing 's daughter , , and the elderly . 
 At 's cafe , meets and asks her out to a dance being held that night . politely turns him down , but 's dark , brooding personality visibly intrigues her . When , another local girl , asks him , " What are you rebelling against , ? " , he answers " Whaddaya got ? " is attracted to and decides to stay a while . However , when he learns that she is the policeman 's daughter , he changes his mind . A rival biker gang , the Beetles , arrive and their leader , , bears a grudge against . reveals the two groups used to be one large gang before split it up . When takes 's trophy , the two start fighting and wins . 
 Meanwhile , local stubbornly tries to drive through , he hits a parked motorcycle and injures , one of 's bikers . pulls out and leads both gangs to overturn his car . intervenes and starts arresting and , but when other townspeople remind that would cause problems for him in the future , he only takes to the station . Later that night some Beetles members harass the telephone switchboard operator into leaving , thereby disrupting the townspeople 's communication , while the BRMC abducts and puts him in the same jail cell as , who is too drunk to leave with the gang . 
 Later , as both gangs wreck the town and intimidate the inhabitants , some bikers led by chase and surround , but rescues her and takes her on a long ride in the countryside . Frightened at first , comes to see that is genuinely attracted to her and means her no harm . When she opens up to him and asks to go with him , he rejects her . Crying , she runs away . drives off to search for her . sees and misinterprets this as an attack . The townspeople have had enough . 's supposed assault on is the last straw . Vigilantes led by chase and catch and beat him mercilessly , but he escapes on his motorcycle when confronts the mob . The mob give chase , but is hit by a thrown tire iron and falls . His riderless motorcycle strikes and kills . 
 Sheriff arrives with his deputies and restores order . is initially arrested for 's death , with pleading on his behalf . Seeing this , and step forward and testify that was not responsible for the tragedy , with being unable to thank them . The motorcyclists are ordered to leave the county , albeit paying for all damage . However , returns alone to Wrightsville , and re - visits the cafe to say goodbye to one final time . He first tries to hide his humiliation and acts as though he 's leaving after getting a cup of coffee , but then he returns , genuinely smiles , and gives her the stolen trophy as a memory gift , and as a sign that he will end up with that violent lifestyle .

Middle - aged ( ) is searching for a lost gold mine for nearly 20 years . To share expenses for a prospecting expedition he teams up with bright young ( ) . When they find the mine decides he does n't want to share with his partner and plans to murder him . He figures that after the two of them spend the winter together with 's trashy young wife ( ) in a shack far from civilization , he will sooner or later catch them in adultery , and he can use the " unwritten law " to kill and thus escape punishment from the law . But the plot backfires .

Betrayed is an espionage thriller set in the Nazi - occupied Netherlands during World War II , and revolves mostly around the Dutch resistance movement . 
 Dutch intelligence agent ( ) is ordered to keep an eye on suspected collaborator ( ) . Both and join the Dutch underground , making contact with a flamboyant resistance leader known as " The Scarf " ( ) . 
 As ' Carla Van Oven ' , ' assignment is to use her feminine charms to gain the confidence of admiring Nazi officers . Within the next few weeks , several underground operatives are captured and shot , and it begins to look as though 's suspicions concerning are correct , though he is strongly drawn to her . The ultimate revelation of the collaborator 's identity settles the issue of whether the couple can be enemies or lovers .

( ) is a renowned Broadway producer attending a party — hosted by the viciously haughty and celebrated actress ( ) and her quiet husband ( he meets ( ) . is a seemingly naïve , 20 - year - old , aspiring writer , who hopes to make it big in New York . She convinces a reluctant to let her use his apartment to work during the day , while his wife , ( ) , also a famous actress , is away , but with her permission . After the return from the airport and find hanging dead in their bathroom , a variety of people has recently met in New York begin to reveal deeper and darker connections with her . Lt . ( ) , the detective assigned to the case , soon discovers that this apparent suicide was in fact a homicide and believes that , quickly suspected of having an affair with , is the murderer . evades arrest and seeks clues to discover the real murderer ; the case becomes cluttered when he and Lt . independently realize that 's dealings in New York have not been as innocent as her superficial personality . 
 had recently stayed with an artist roommate , whose deceived brother she evidently agreed to marry , while also staying for some time with her uncle . A series of flashbacks reveal that , all along the way , was craftily piecing together a scheme that would help her climb the social ladder and , later , conceal the identity of an apparent secret lover , while falsely implicating ; this mysterious romance is confirmed by an autopsy , which reveals that was pregnant at the time of her death . Everyone knew is suddenly a suspect in the murder case , including and , who live in the same apartment building as the . In the end , , who can no longer keep quiet to his friend , reveals that he was 's secret lover , although he swears that he did n't kill her . Having bugged 's apartment , Lt . barges in , charging with the homicide . Finally admits she in fact strangled for having the affair with her husband , and set up the killing to look like a suicide .

Americans ( ) and ( ) are on a hunting trip in Scotland and become lost in the woodlands . They happen upon Brigadoon , a miraculously blessed village that rises out of the mists every hundred years for only a day . ( This was done so that the village would never be changed or destroyed by the outside world . ) If any villager ever leaves Brigadoon , the spell will be broken and the village will vanish forever , and any outsider who wishes to stay must love someone in the village strongly enough to accept the loss of everything he or she knew in the outside world . falls in love with village lass ( ) , whose younger sister ( ) , is about to be married to ( ) . When and happen upon clues about the village and its people that make no sense , takes them to see Mr. ( ) , the village schoolmaster , who tells them the story of and the miracle . That evening , Mr. officiates at the wedding of and , which and attend . Interrupting the wedding , the jealous ( ) announces he is leaving Brigadoon to make everything disappear , since the girl he loves , , is marrying another man . 's words cause mass chaos among the townspeople and they all rush to stop him . almost crosses the bridge but is stopped short by , who is knocked unconscious . With men closing in on him , climbs up a tree to hide but is soon shot accidentally by , who skipped the wedding to hunt , and ends up shooting at a bird that flew by . falls dead to the ground and is soon found by the men . frantically searches to find . Confessing their love for each other , they decide to marry , allowing to stay in Brigadoon for good . But while goes off to find Mr. , tells about his plan . , drunk and remorseful of accidentally killing , tells he ca n't just leave everything in the real world behind for this girl he 's only known a day . returns with Mr. , but confesses that he can not stay . says she understands but is heartbroken and they say good - bye before completely disappears . and cross the bridge and walk away . 
 Back in New York City , Tommy can think only of . Unable even to talk with his fiancee , ends his relationship with her and calls , telling him to get the first flight back to Scotland . He and return to the same spot where they were lost , though reminds him again the village will not be there . But suddenly sees lights start to appear through the mist and runs toward them . reappears and gets to the foot of the bridge to see Mr. half - awake on the other side saying : " , lad , you ! My , my , you must really love her . You woke me up . " seems stunned that has been brought back , but Mr. reminds him : " I told ye , if you love someone deeply enough , anything is possible ... even miracles . " 
 then runs across the bridge and reunites with as the village fades back into the mist .

( ) , an English professional tennis player , is married to wealthy socialite ( ) , who has had an affair with American crime - fiction writer ( ) . When retires from tennis in response to 's complaints about his busy schedule , he secretly discovers the affair and decides to murder her , both for revenge and to ensure that her money will continue to finance his comfortable lifestyle . 
 invites an old acquaintance from the University of Cambridge , ( ) , to his London flat . is aware that has become a small - time criminal , and has been secretly following so he can blackmail him into murdering . tells about 's affair . Six months before , stole her handbag , which contained a love letter from , and anonymously blackmailed her . After tricking into leaving his fingerprints on the letter , offers to pay him £ 1,000 to kill ; if refuses , will turn him in to the police as 's blackmailer . 's credibility , in denying 's accusation , would be hurt by his criminal history . 
 When agrees , explains his plan : the following evening he will take to a party , leaving at home and hiding her latchkey outside the front door of their flat . is to sneak in when is asleep and hide behind the curtains in front of the French doors to the garden . At eleven o'clock , will telephone the flat from the party . must kill when she answers the phone , open the French doors , leave signs suggesting a burglary gone wrong , and exit through the front door , hiding the key again . 
 The next night , enters the flat while is in bed , and waits . At the party , discovers his watch has stopped , so he phones the flat later than intended . When comes to the phone , tries to strangle her with his scarf , but she manages to grab a pair of scissors and kill him . She picks up the telephone receiver and pleads for help . tells her not to do anything until he arrives home . When he returns to the flat , he calls the police and sends to bed . Before the police arrive , moves what he thinks is 's latchkey from 's pocket into her handbag , plants 's letter on , and destroys 's scarf , replacing it with 's own stocking in an attempt to incriminate her . 
 The following day , persuades to hide the fact that he told her not to call the police immediately . Chief Inspector ( ) arrives and questions the , and makes several conflicting statements . When says must have entered through the front door , falsely claims to have seen at the time 's handbag was stolen , and suggests that made a copy of her key . does not believe this because no key was found on 's body . arrests after concluding that she killed for blackmailing her . is found guilty and sentenced to death . 
 Some months later , on the day before 's scheduled execution , visits , saying he has devised a story for to tell the police in order to save 's life . To 's consternation , 's " story " is what did actually happen : that bribed to murder . says the story is too unrealistic . arrives unexpectedly , and hides in the bedroom . asks about large sums of cash he has been spending , tricks him into revealing that his latchkey is in his raincoat , and inquires about 's attaché case . claims to have lost the case , but , overhearing the conversation , finds it on the bed , full of banknotes . Deducing that the money was 's intended payoff to , stops from leaving and explains his theory . tells another lie , " confessing " that the cash was 's blackmail payment to , which he had concealed to cover up her guilt . appears to accept 's explanation over 's theory , and leaves angrily . discreetly swaps his own raincoat with 's , and as soon as leaves , uses 's key to re - enter the flat , followed by . Hubbard had already discovered that the key in 's handbag was 's own latchkey , and deduced that had put the ' key back in its hiding - place after unlocking the door . Now suspecting of having conspired with , has developed an elaborate ruse to confirm this . 
 Plainclothes policemen bring from prison to the flat . She tries unsuccessfully to unlock the door with the key in her handbag , then enters through the garden , proving she is unaware of the hidden key . has 's handbag returned to the police station , where retrieves it after discovering that he has no key . The key from 's bag does not work , so he uses the hidden key to open the door , proving his guilt . With his escape routes blocked by and another policeman , calmly makes himself a drink , congratulates and admits defeat .

Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings, Anthony Dawson, John Williams

Los Angeles police detective Sergeant hunts down the killer of a mobster , , focusing on West Coast mafia second - in - command ( played by ) . The vendetta between and becomes increasingly bitter and personal as the film proceeds , leading to a brawl at a private card game between , , and several of 's henchmen . A policewoman ( ) infiltrates 's nightclub and is able to obtain vital information on the killing .

While in New York City to meet with investment bankers , 56 - year - old , president and driving force of the Tredway Corporation , a major furniture manufacturing company in the town of Millburgh , Pennsylvania , drops dead in the street . As he collapses , he drops his wallet . It is picked up by a bystander , emptied of its cash , and shoved into a wastebasket . Without the wallet , there is no way to immediately identify the body as . 
 , a member of the Tredway board of directors and one of the investment bankers with whom had just met , sees what he believes is 's body in the street below their offices and decides to profit from the information . He engages a broker to make a short sale of as much Tredway stock as he can before the end of trading that Friday afternoon . plans to make an easy profit and cover the sale by buying Tredway stock at " a 10 - point discount " on Monday , when news of 's death will presumably push the stock price down . begins to doubt that it was who died , but when he reads in a newspaper that the man had the initials " A.B. " on his clothes and cufflinks , he calls the police to tip them off to the identity of the deceased . 
 had never named his successor . Over the next 28 hours , Tredway 's executives vie for the position of president . Once news of his death reaches Tredway , company controller takes the initiative in arranging 's funeral and coordinating the company 's public reaction . In so doing , he undercuts treasurer , one of 's closest friends . also shrewdly releases the upcoming quarterly report so that the good news of big profits can counter the news and perhaps even raise the stock price when the market opens . 
 Ambitious , but narrowly focused , is concerned more with short - term accounting gains and satisfying the stockholders than the quality of the company 's actual products and long - term growth . He holds the proxy of , the daughter of the company 's founder , who is still a major shareholder and board member . She had been in a difficult romantic relationship with for many years , coming second behind the company . 
 buys Caswell 's vote in exchange for allowing Caswell to purchase 4,000 shares of company stock at the Friday closing price to cover his " shady " short sale . If Caswell does not get those shares , he will be in serious financial trouble . 
 Treasurer and , the idealistic Vice President for Design and Development , are determined to prevent Shaw from taking over . After considering all the contenders , convinces that himself should be president . is a strong believer in developing new products and more efficient manufacturing methods , although his wife , , is against his giving up his dream of being a full - time designer . The decision process is further complicated by soon to be retired Vice President of Manufacturing 's opposition to 's relative youth . Meanwhile , , back - slapping Vice President of Sales , is having an affair with his secretary , , for which is now blackmailing him . 
 At an emergency board meeting on Saturday evening , the machinations , bargaining , and maneuvering culminate with 's enthusiasm , vision , and his stirring boardroom speech eventually changing mind and resulting in his unanimous election as company president .

William Holden, Barbara Stanwyck, Fredric March, June Allyson, Walter Pidgeon, Paul Douglas, Shelley Winters, Louis Calhern, Nina Foch

Mob - connected union boss ( ) gloats about his iron - fisted control of the waterfront . The police and the Waterfront Crime Commission know that is behind a number of murders , but witnesses play " D and D " ( " deaf and dumb " ) , accepting their subservient position rather than risking the danger and shame of informing . 
 ( ) is a dockworker whose brother " the Gent " ( ) is 's right - hand man . Some years earlier , had been a promising boxer , until had instruct him to deliberately lose a fight that he could have won , so that could win money betting against him . is used to coax ( ) , a popular dockworker , into an ambush , preventing from testifying against before the Crime Commission . assumed that 's enforcers were only going to " lean " on to pressure him into silence , and is surprised when is killed . 
 's sister ( ) , angry about her brother 's death , shames " waterfront priest " Father ( ) into fomenting action against the mob - controlled union . sends to attend and inform on a dockworkers ' meeting Father holds in the church , which is broken up by 's men . helps escape the violence , and is smitten with her . Another dockworker , ( ) , who agrees to testify after Father promises unwavering support , ends up dead after arranges for him to be crushed by a load of whiskey in a staged accident . 
 Although resents being used as a tool in 's death , and despite Father 's impassioned " sermon on the docks " reminding the longshoremen that walks among them and that every murder is a Calvary , is at first willing to remain " D and D " , even when subpoenaed to testify . However , when , unaware of 's role in her brother 's death , begins to return 's feelings , is tormented by his awakening conscience and confesses the circumstances of 's death to Father and . Horrified , breaks up with him . 
 As increasingly leans toward testifying , decides that must be killed unless can coerce him into keeping quiet . tries bribing with a good job and finally threatens by holding a gun against him , but recognizes that he has failed to sway , who blames his own downward spiral on his well - off brother . In what has become an iconic scene , reminds that had it not been for the fixed fight , 's prizefighting career would have bloomed . " I coulda ' been a contender , " laments to his brother , " Instead of a bum , which is what I am – let 's face it . " gives the gun and advises him to run . flees to 's apartment , where she first refuses to let him in but finally admits her love for him . , having had watched , has murdered and his body hung in an alley as bait to lure out to his death , but and both escape the attempt on 's life . 
 After finding 's body , sets out to shoot , but Father prevents it by blocking 's line of fire and convincing to fight by testifying instead . proceeds to give damaging testimony implicating in 's murder and other illegal activities , causing 's mob boss to cut him off and to face indictment . 
 After the testimony , announces that will not find employment anywhere on the waterfront . is shunned by his former friends and by a neighborhood boy who had previously looked up to him . Refusing 's suggestion that they move away from the waterfront together , shows up during recruitment at the docks . When he is the only man not hired , openly confronts , calling him out and proclaiming that he is proud of what he did . The confrontation develops into a vicious brawl , with getting the upper hand until 's thugs gang up on and nearly beat him to death . The dockworkers , who witness the confrontation , show their support for by refusing to work unless is working too and pushing into the river . Encouraged by Father and , the badly injured forces himself to his feet and enters the dock , followed by the other workers . A soaking wet and face - scarred , now left with nothing , swears revenge on them all , but his threats fall on deaf ears as they enter the garage and the door closes behind them .

Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Rod Steiger, Lee J. Cobb

A greedy California land baron stakes a claim to the property of , sending hired guns to seize control . A rancher , , learns that 's granddaughter has given birth to a baby . is the child 's father and intends to marry , but she is forced to hide her new son before hired gun shoots her . 
 has a sister , , who flees before or his man can find her . Captain , a friend of 's , becomes involved when seeks vengeance for by killing the new land owner 's men . Thanks to the captain 's intervention , is able to live in peace with and his child .

After breaking his leg photographing a racetrack accident , a professional photographer , the adventurous ( ) , is confined to a wheelchair in his Greenwich Village apartment to recuperate . His rear window looks out onto a courtyard and several other apartments . During a powerful heat wave , he watches his neighbors , who keep their windows open to stay cool . 
 He observes a flamboyant dancer he nicknames " Miss " ; a single middle - aged woman he calls " Miss Lonelyhearts " ; a talented , single , middle - aged composer - pianist ; several married couples ; a female sculptor ; and ( ) , a traveling jewelry salesman with a bedridden wife . 
 's sophisticated , beautiful socialite girlfriend , ( ) , visits him regularly , as does his insurance company 's nurse , ( ) . wants to settle down and marry , but is reluctant . 
 One night during a thunderstorm , hears a woman scream " Do n't ! " and then the sound of breaking glass . Later , he is awakened by thunder and observes leaving his apartment . makes repeated late - night trips carrying his sample case . The next morning , notices that 's wife is gone , and then sees cleaning a large knife and handsaw . Later , ties a large trunk with heavy rope and has moving men haul it away . discusses all this with and with . 
 becomes convinced that has murdered his wife . explains this to his friend ( ) , a New York City Police detective , and asks him to do some research . finds nothing suspicious ; apparently , Mrs. is upstate , and picked up the trunk herself . 
 Soon after , a neighbor 's dog is found dead , its neck broken . The owner yells out into the courtyard , " You do n't know the meaning of the word ' neighbors ' ! Neighbors like each other , speak to each other , care if anybody lives or dies ! But none of you do ! " All the neighbors run to their windows to see what is happening , except for , whose cigar can be seen glowing as he sits quietly in his dark apartment . 
 Certain that is also guilty of killing the dog , asks to slip an accusatory note under his door , so can watch his reaction when he reads it . Then , as a pretext to get out of his apartment , telephones him and arranges a meeting at a bar . He believes buried something incriminating in the courtyard flower bed , and killed the dog to stop it digging there , so when leaves , and dig up the flowers ; they find nothing . 
 Much to 's amazement and admiration , then climbs the fire escape to 's apartment and clambers in through an open window . When returns and grabs , calls the police , who arrive in time to save her by arresting her . sees has her hands behind her back , wiggling her finger with Mrs. 's wedding ring on it . notices this , and realizing that she is signaling to someone , he sees across the courtyard . 
 phones and leaves an urgent message . heads for the police station to post bail for . When his phone rings , assumes it is , and says that the suspect has left the apartment . When no one answers , realizes that himself had called , and is heading over to confront him . When enters , repeatedly sets off his camera flashbulbs , temporarily blinding him . However , grabs and manages to push him out of the open window , as is yelling for help . Police officers enter the apartment as he falls to the ground ; other officers have run over to break his fall . confesses to the police soon afterward . 
 A few days later , the heat has lifted , and rests peacefully in his wheelchair , now with casts on both legs . The lonely neighbor is chatting with the pianist in his apartment , the dancer 's lover returns home from the army , the couple whose dog was killed have a new dog , and the newly married couple are bickering . 
 reclines on the daybed in 's apartment , wearing jeans and apparently reading a book titled Beyond the High Himalayas . As soon as falls asleep , puts the book down and happily opens a fashion magazine .

Grace Kelly, James Stewart, Thelma Ritter, Wendell Corey, Raymond Burr

( ) is the young daughter of the family 's chauffeur , ( ) , and she has been in love with ( ) all her life . is an oft - married , idle playboy , crazy for women , who has never noticed , much to her and the household staff 's dismay . Distraught , she leaves her father a suicide note and tries to kill herself by carbon monoxide poisoning . She fails when 's workaholic older brother , ( ) intervenes . 
 then attends culinary school in Paris , and after two years she returns home as an attractive and sophisticated woman . , after initially not recognizing her , is quickly drawn to her . 
 sees this and fears that 's imminent marriage to ( ) may be endangered . If the engagement is broken , it would ruin a profitable opportunity on a great corporate merger between Larrabee Industries and 's very wealthy father 's business . confronts about his irresponsibility to the family , the business , and , but is unrepentant . 
 then tries to distract from by drawing her affections to himself . He succeeds , but in the process falls in love with her , though he can not admit this even to himself . 
 reveals his maneuver to , leaving her disillusioned about him and . agrees to leave and never come back , and arranges for her to return to Paris by ship the next day . 
 The next morning , has second thoughts and decides to send to Paris with . This means calling off 's wedding with and the big deal , and he schedules a meeting of the board to announce this . However , shows up at the meeting and declares that he 's decided to marry after all . helps recognize his own feelings for , and assists him in rushing off to join 's ship before it leaves harbor . and meet on board and sail away together to Paris .

In 1850 , backwoodsman comes to town in the Oregon Territory to shop and look for a bride . He eventually comes upon the local tavern , where he sees chopping wood . After being convinced of her worth by the quality of her cooking and her insistence on finishing her chores before she would leave with him , he proposes and she accepts despite knowing each other for only a few hours . 
 On the journey home , talks about how she is excited to be cooking and taking care of only one man , visibly upsetting . When they arrive at his cabin in the mountains , is surprised to learn that is the oldest of seven brothers living under the same roof . The brothers have been named Bible names alphabetically : , , , , , ( short for frankincense , due to no Bible names beginning with F and their mother thought he smelled sweet ) , and . All of the brothers have red hair , and all but are well over six feet tall . is also shocked at how filthy dirty their house is , along with how bad - tempered and ill - mannered and his brothers are . At first , believes that wanted a servant girl instead of a wife , but tells her that living in the backwoods is a hard life , and men and women have to work alongside each other to survive . 
 The next morning , decides to teach and his brothers cleanliness and proper manners - especially at the table during meals . After the brothers wash and shave , is shocked at how handsome they are , and that none of them got married . It turns out that the brothers rarely saw a girl or woman and never learned how to communicate with them . At first , the brothers have a hard time changing from their " mountain man " ways , but eventually come to see their only chance to get brides of their own is to do things 's way . They try out their new manners at a social gathering in the town ( a dance and barn - raising ) , where they meet six women they like – , , , , , and . The girls take a fancy to the brothers as well . However , all of them already have suitors among the young men of the town , who taunt the brothers into fighting during the barn - raising . At first , the six brothers remember 's teachings and try to resist being drawn into a fight . The suitors finally go too far when they attack , provoking into fighting back . A brawl ensues in which the brothers dominate their physically weaker town rivals . Although the brothers did not start the fight , they are kicked out of the town by the townspeople . 
 Winter comes , and the six younger brothers are pining for the girls they had fallen in love with . asks to talk to the brothers as she fears they will want to leave because of missing the girls . reads his brothers the story of " The Sobbin ' Women " ( taken from 's story of the Sabine Women ) , one of the books brought to the homestead . He tells them that they should take whatever action is necessary to get their women . 
 Aided by , the brothers kidnap the six girls , then cause an avalanche in Echo Pass so the townspeople ca n't pursue them . The Pontipee homestead is cut off from the town until the spring thaw opens Echo Pass again . The only problem : The brothers forgot to bring the parson along to perform the marriages . is furious with and his brothers for kidnapping the women , and she kicks both and his brothers out of their house and sends them to the barn to " eat and sleep with the rest of the livestock , " while the women stay in the house with her . , angered by 's action , leaves for the trapping cabin farther up the mountain to spend the winter by himself . tells and begs her to tell not to leave , but refuses , saying : " He 's got ta learn that he ca n't treat people this way . " 
 Winter slowly passes , and the women vent their frustrations by pulling pranks on the brothers . After announces that she 's going to have a baby , the women and the brothers come together as a family . gives birth to a daughter , in the spring . rides to the cabin to inform of his daughter 's arrival and asks him to come home . refuses , saying that he had said he would return home when the pass was open . 
 returns home when Echo Pass was open to reconcile with and meet his new daughter . As a newly responsible father , he has become aware of how worried the townspeople would be about what has happened to the six abducted girls . admits he would have hung his daughter 's kidnapper(s ) on the nearest tree . forgives for his past behavior . 
 He tells his brothers they need to return the women to their families , but his brothers are unwilling , believing their parents wo n't let them marry their daughters . The six women also refuse to return to their families , because they do n't want their parents to force them to return to their former suitors , so they run away and hide . When discovers that they are not in the house , tells his brothers to find the girls and bring them back . 
 The townspeople arrive with the intention of hanging the brothers for the kidnappings . Upon finding the brothers trying to force the women to return to town , the fathers believe their daughters are being assaulted and charge to their rescue . 's father , Reverend ( ) , the minister the brothers had forgotten to grab when they took the girls , hears baby cry in the distance , and worries that the baby might belong to one of the kidnapped girls . 
 Reverend asks the girls whose baby he heard , and not to be afraid to tell . They all answer : " Mine . " This misinformation gives the women and the brothers their wish : The townspeople , including the girls ' fathers , insist that all six couples marry at once in a shotgun wedding , performed by Reverend while and watch and the fathers stand behind their daughters ' grooms , guns over their arms . The picture ends with the brothers kissing their brides in the living room of the Pontipee cabin .

Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Russ Tamblyn, Jeff Richards, Julie Newmar, Ruta Lee

In post - war America the President of the United States is scheduled to journey through the small town of Suddenly , California . Claiming to be checking up on security prior to his arrival , a group of FBI agents arrive at the home of the , on top of a hill that looks down upon the station where the presidential train is scheduled to stop . However , they soon turn out to be assassins led by the ruthless ( ) , who take over the house and hold the family hostage . 
 Sheriff ( ) arrives with ( ) , a Secret Service agent in charge of the president 's security detail . When he does , and his gangsters shoot and a bullet fractures 's arm . 
 sends one of his two henchmen to double - check on the president 's schedule but he is killed in a shootout with the police . ( ) , a television repairman , shows up at the house and also becomes a hostage . ( ) goes to his grandfather 's dresser to fetch some medication and notices a fully loaded revolver which he replaces with his toy cap gun . 
 is confronted by the sheriff on the risks and meaning of killing the President and 's remaining henchman begins showing some reluctance . For , however , these are the very least of his concerns and it soon becomes clear that he is a psychopath whose pleasure comes from killing   – who and why he kills being of little importance to him . 
 A sniper 's rifle has been mounted on a metal table by a window . discreetly hooks the table up to the 5000 - volt plate output of the family television . ( ) then spills a cup of water on the floor beneath the table . Although the hope is that will be shocked and killed in this way , his remaining henchman touches the table first and is electrocuted , reflexively firing the rifle repeatedly and attracting the attention of police at the train station . shoots and kills , disconnects the electrical hook - up and aims the rifle as the President 's train arrives at the station , but to his surprise it passes straight through ( the stop having been cancelled ) . ( ) shoots in the abdomen and shoots him again . 's dying words are : " No … don't … no … please no … no … no … "

New Mexico State Police Sgt . and Trooper discover a little girl wandering the desert in a state of shock near Alamogordo . They take her to a nearby recreational trailer , located by a pilot in a spotter plane . They find evidence that the little girl had been in the trailer when it was attacked and nearly destroyed by someone or something . Later , it is discovered that the trailer was owned by a FBI Special Agent named , who was on vacation with his wife , son , and daughter ; other members of the girl 's family can not be found at the trailer site . After being placed in an ambulance to be taken for hospital treatment of her catatonic state , the child briefly reacts to a strange , pulsating high - pitched sound from the desert by sitting up in the stretcher . No one else notices her reaction , and when the noise stops , the girl lays back on the stretcher . 
 General store owner is found dead , a wall of his store having been partially torn out . After a quick look - around , Sgt . leaves trooper behind to secure the crime scene . later goes outside to investigate a strange , pulsating sound ; gun shots are fired , the sound grows faster and louder , and 's scream is heard . 
 's New Mexico boss points out that had time to fire all his ammunition , and Trooper was a " crack shot " , eliminating the possibility of a homicidal maniac . More puzzling is the coroner 's report on 's death : he died from a broken neck , back , skull fracture , crushed abdomen , and " enough formic acid in his body to kill 20 men " . 
 The FBI assigns Special Agent to New Mexico to investigate . After having analyzed a strange print found near the ' trailer , the Department of Agriculture sends myrmecologists Dr. ( ) and his daughter , Dr. , to assist in the investigation . The elder exposes the girl to formic acid fumes , which revives her from her catatonic state ; she screams , " Them ! Them ! " His suspicions are validated by her reaction , but he will not reveal his theory prematurely . 
 At the campsite , encounters a giant , eight - foot - long foraging ant . Following instructions from the elder , and shoot off the ant 's antennae , blinding it ; they then kill it with their Thompson submachine gun . reveals his theory : a colony of giant ants , mutated by radiation from the first atomic bomb test near Alamogordo , is responsible for the killings . 
 General orders a helicopter search , and the skeletal remains of past victims are discovered near the ants ' nest . Cyanide gas bombs are tossed inside , and , , and descend into the nest to check for survivors . Deep inside , finds evidence that two queen ants have hatched and escaped to establish new colonies . 
 The elder gives a briefing on ant aggressiveness to a government task force ; they covertly begin to investigate all reports of any unusual activity . One shows that a civilian pilot ( ) has been committed to a mental hospital after claiming that he was forced down by UFOs , shaped like giant ants . Next , the Coast Guard receives a report of a giant queen hatching her brood in the hold of a freighter at sea in the Pacific ; giant ants attack the ship 's crew , and there are few survivors . The freighter is later sunk by U.S. Navy gunfire . 
 A third report leads , , and Major to a large sugar theft at a rail yard in Los Angeles . An alcoholic in a hospital " drunk tank " claims he has seen giant ants outside his window . The mutilated body of a father is recovered , but his two young sons are missing . , and find evidence that they were flying a model airplane in the Los Angeles River drainage channel near the hospital . Martial law is declared in Los Angeles , and troops are assigned to find the ant nest in the vast storm drain network under the city . 
 finds the two missing boys alive , trapped by the ants . He calls for reinforcements and lifts both boys to safety , just before being attacked . arrives with reinforcements and kills the ant , but dies from his injuries as others swarm to protect the nearby nest . and the soldiers fight off the ants , but a tunnel collapse traps . Several ants charge , but he is able to hold them off with his submachine gun just long enough for troops to break through the collapse . The queen and her hatchlings are discovered and quickly destroyed with flamethrowers . Dr. offers a philosophic observation : " When Man entered the Atomic Age , he opened the door to a new world . What we may eventually find in that new world , nobody can predict " .

On Christmas Eve , 1944 , somewhere in Europe , two World War II U.S. Army soldiers , one a Broadway entertainer , Captain ( ) , the other an aspiring entertainer , Private ( ) , perform for the 151st Division . But , word has come down that their beloved commanding officer , Major General ( ) , is being relieved of his command . He arrives for the end of the show and delivers an emotional farewell . The men give him a rousing send - off ( " The Old Man " ) . 
 At the end of the performance , everyone is forced to take cover from an aerial bombing run . One bomb knocks over a partially - destroyed building , but is too busy shouting orders to notice . throws him out of the way and his arm is injured by debris . later visits at a field hospital and thanks the private for saving his life . When offers a favor to repay the debt , shows him a duet he wrote and asks to perform with back in New York City . Feeling obligated by 's heroism , agrees . 
 After the war , and make it big in nightclubs , radio , and then on Broadway , eventually becoming successful producers . They mount their newest hit musical titled Playing Around . The same day they receive a letter from " , the dog - faced boy , " their mess sergeant from the war , asking them to look at an act that his two sisters are doing . 
 When they go to the club to watch the act ( " Sisters " ) , notices that is smitten with ( ) . has eyes for her sister , ( ) . and join and at their table , and dances with , so that and can get to know each other . and hit it off ( " The Best Things Happen While You 're Dancing " ) . and do not , getting into a minor argument about how thinks that everyone has an angle in show business . 
 and are headed for the Columbia Inn in Pine Tree , Vermont , where they are booked to perform over the holidays . Due to a disagreement with their landlord , the girls have to leave immediately , so gives the sisters his and 's sleeping - room accommodations aboard the train . and board later and is extremely upset that they have to stay up all night in the club car on their way to NYC . They are joined by and , who thank them profusely for the tickets and convince them to come with them to Pine Tree ( " Snow " ) . 
 When the train arrives in Pine Tree , there 's not a snowflake in sight , and chances of it falling appear dim . and discover that the inn is run by their former commanding officer , General . has invested all of his savings into the lodge , which is in danger of failing because there 's no snow and thus no guests . To bring business to the inn , and bring the entire cast and crew of their musical Playing Around , and add in and . and 's relationship blooms ( " Count Your Blessings " ) and they spend a good deal of time together . Meanwhile , discovers the General 's request to rejoin the army has been rejected . He decides to prove to the General that he is n't forgotten . 
 calls ( ) , an old army buddy , now a successful variety show host , to arrange a televised invitation to all the men formerly under the command of the General to come to the inn on Christmas Eve as a surprise . In response , suggests they go all out and put the show on national television to generate free advertising for and , but insists that it will have nothing to do with their business . Unbeknownst to , nosy housekeeper ( ) has been eavesdropping , but she has only heard the part about free advertising , not 's rejection of the idea . 
 Mistakenly believing that her beloved boss will be portrayed as a pitiable figure in a nationwide broadcast , reveals what she has heard to a shocked . The misunderstanding causes to grow suddenly cold towards a baffled . While this is happening , becomes convinced that will never take on a serious relationship until is engaged or married . She pressures a reluctant to announce a phony engagement , but the plan backfires when abruptly departs for New York City to take a job offer since is taken care of . 
 and reveal to that the engagement was phony . , still unaware of the real reason behind 's coldness , goes to New York for The Ed Harrison Show , but decides to stop and try to convince to come back . sees 's new act ( " Love , You Did n't Do Right by Me " ) and reveals the truth about the engagement , and starts to warm up to him , but he is called away by before learning what is really bothering her . Back at the Inn , fakes an injury to distract the General so he wo n't see the broadcast of 's announcement . 
 On the broadcast , invites veterans of the 151st Division to come to Pine Tree , Vermont , on Christmas Eve ( " What Can You Do with a General " ) . catches 's televised pitch and realizes she was mistaken . She returns to Pine Tree in time for the Christmas Eve show , but only tells . The whole division comes into Pine Tree secretly . When the General enters the lodge , he is greeted by his former division , who sing a rousing chorus of " The Old Man . " Just as the following number ( " Gee , I Wish I Was Back in the Army " ) ends , he learns that snow is finally falling . 
 In the finale , and declare their love for one another , as do and . The background of the set is removed to show the snow falling , everyone raises a glass , and toasts , " May your days be merry and bright ; and may all your Christmases be white . "

Rosemary Clooney, Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen, Dean Jagger

( ) is an affluent widow in Stoningham in suburban New England , whose social life involves her country club peers , college - age children , and a few men vying for her affection . 
 She becomes interested in ( ) , her gardener , an intelligent , down - to - earth and respectful yet passionate younger man . is content with his simple life outside the materialistic society and the two fall in love . introduces her to people who seem to have no need for wealth and status and she responds positively . accepts his proposal of marriage , but becomes distressed when her friends and college - age children are angry . They look down upon and his friends and reject their mother for this socially unacceptable arrangement . Eventually , bowing to this pressure , she breaks off the engagement . 
 and continue their separate lives , both with many regrets , but 's children soon announce they are moving out . Having destroyed her chance at happiness , her son buys her a television set to keep her company . Before doing so , however , her daughter apologizes to her mother for her prior impulsive and foolish reaction to , saying that there is still time if she really does love . 's doctor points out that is now lonelier than she was before meeting . 
 When has a life - threatening accident , realizes how wrong she had been to allow other people 's opinions and superficial social conventions to dictate her life choices and decides to accept the life offers her . As he recovers , is by his bedside telling him that she has returned home .

In late 1945 , one - armed ( ) gets off a passenger train at the isolated desert hamlet of Black Rock . It is the first time in four years that the train has stopped there . is looking for a man named , but the few residents are inexplicably hostile . The young hotel desk clerk , ( ) , claims he has no vacant rooms . is threatened by ( ) . Later , ( ) informs that , a Japanese - American , was interned during World War II . 
 Certain that something is wrong , sees the local sheriff , ( ) , but the alcoholic lawman is clearly afraid of and is impotent to help . The veterinarian and undertaker , ( ) , advises to leave town immediately , but also lets slip that is dead . 's sister , ( ) , rents a Jeep . He drives to nearby Adobe Flat , where he finds a homestead burned to the ground and wildflowers . On the way back , ( ) tries to run him off the road . 
 decides to leave town and goes to the garage to again rent the jeep from ; but she , having been confronted by earlier , denies him the vehicle and drives away to avoid conversation about the strange goings - on in the town . then sits down outside the garage to consider his situation . comes by , ostensibly to fill his car with gas . asks and discloses that he lost his left arm fighting in Italy . says the wildflowers at the Komoko place lead him to suspect that a body is buried there . reveals that he is virulently anti - Japanese ; he tried to enlist in the Marines the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor , but failed the physical . 
 tries to telephone the state police from office , but refuses to put the call through . Doc admits that something terrible happened four years ago and that has everyone too terrified to speak up . offers his hearse to leave town . rips out the distributor cap and spark plug wires . goes to ' ( ) telegraph office and writes a telegram addressed to the state police . At the town diner , picks a fight with , but uses martial arts to beat him up . tells that he knows killed and that he was too cowardly to do it alone , so he involved , , and ; also warns that when 's hoods eventually realize they 're being played by one of them will turn against him . 
 When goes to the hotel lobby , and his henchmen are already there , as are Doc and Sheriff . arrives and tries to give a piece of paper , but snatches it away and discovers that it is his own unsent telegram . and Doc demand that Sheriff do something . When tries , just takes away his sheriff 's badge and pins it on . tears up the telegram form . 
 After and leave , reveals that the loss of his arm had left him wallowing in self - pity , but 's attempt to kill him has reinvigorated him . finally reveals why he is there : 's son died in combat while saving 's life . intended to give his posthumous medal to . In turn , learns that the elder had leased some farmland from , who was sure there was no water there . had dug a well and found water . After was turned down for enlistment after Pearl Harbor , he and the other men spent the day drinking , then decided to scare . The old man barricaded himself inside his home , but the men set the place on fire . When emerged ablaze , shot him . 
 sets in motion a plan , involving and , to help escape under cover of darkness . is standing guard outside the hotel ; lures him into the hotel office , where knocks him out . drives out of town in her Jeep , but stops in a canyon . realizes he has been betrayed . When starts shooting at him , hides behind the Jeep . rushes to despite 's warning . tells her that she has to die along with the rest of his accomplices . He shoots her in the back as she runs away . finds a bottle and fills it with gasoline , creating a Molotov cocktail . When climbs down for a better shot , lights and throws it , setting on fire . 
 drives into town with the injured and 's body . The state police are called in . As is leaving , requests 's medal to help Black Rock heal . gives it to him just before boarding the train .

Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Walter Brennan, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Anne Francis

( ) is a new teacher at North Manual Trades High School , an inner - city school of diverse ethnic backgrounds where many of the pupils , led by student ( ) , frequently engage in anti - social behavior . makes various attempts to engage the students ' interest in education , challenging both the school staff and the pupils . He is subjected to violence as well as duplicitous schemes ; he first suspects , but later realizes that ( ) is the perpetrator , and challenges him in a tense classroom showdown involving a switchblade knife .

Glenn Ford, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow, Richard Kiley, Louis Calhern, Anne Francis

Wealthy American ( ) has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18 - year - old resident , ( ) . He anonymously pays for her education at a New England college . She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly , but he never writes back . Her nickname for him , " Daddy Long Legs " , is taken from the description of him given to by some of her fellow orphans who see his shadow as he leaves their building . 
 Several years later , he visits her at school , still concealing his identity . Despite their large age difference , they fall in love .

Tennessee wilderness settlers and best friend volunteer to fight with General in the Creek War . After a victorious battle , and return home over the protestations of their superiors . Returning the next season , the pair find that the pursuing American forces have reached a stalemate chasing the remnant Creek forces through the swamps . 
 is ambushed while scouting for the Native American positions , but is able to track the Creeks back to camp . In exchange for 's life , challenges , the Creek tribe 's remaining chief , to a tomahawk duel . emerges victorious but spares the life of on condition he will sign the American peace treaty . 
 and leave home once again to scout virgin territory being opened for settlement . There the pair encounter a man named who is running Charlie Two Shirts off their land and reselling it . After befriending a family of Creek refugees who have been forced from their homes , agrees to become magistrate for the area . Confronting in hand - to - hand combat , eventually defeats his opponent and arrests him and his accomplices . 
 Not long after , receives a letter from his sister - in - law which relates that , his wife , has died . 
 agrees to run for the state legislature when he learns of the unrivaled candidacy of , an unscrupulous politician in league with men trying to lay claim to Cherokee lands . Then at the request of , he runs for Congress . Handily elected , becomes a popular member of the House of Representatives and friend of , who has since become president of the United States . 
 Aware of 's views of Native American rights , 's underlings arrange for to take a speaking tour across the eastern part of the country during the introduction of a legislative bill to usurp Indian treaty lands . Hearing of the bill , rides to Philadelphia to fetch . The pair arrive back in Washington , D.C. where makes an impassioned speech before the House of Representatives against the bill , aware that it will cost him his political career . 
 learns of the embattled Texans at the Alamo and decides to join them , with reluctantly following . En route to San Antonio the pair are joined by a riverboat gambler named . spots smoke signals from the Comanches when they enter Texas . Next , they see a bison stampede and watch a tribesman fall off his horse . and nickname the Comanche " Busted Luck " due to his bad luck and that he speaks no English to give his real name , but nevertheless tags along with them . After reaching the Alamo , the Texan garrison successfully holds out against several attacks by General until being finally overrun by Mexican troops . After they successfully manage to scale the walls , the Mexicans overrun the Texans , killing all of them , including " Busted Luck " , Colonel and , as well as , who is sick in bed . is shot twice and is killed . , the last survivor , fights valiantly on , taking down several Mexicans , though it is obvious he will get killed eventually .

The story is set during 1917 and 1918 , leading into American involvement in World War I , in the central California coastal towns of Monterey and Salinas . and are the sons of a devoutly religious , modestly successful farmer and wartime draft board chairman , . is moody and embittered by his belief that his father favors . Although both and had long been led to believe that their mother had died " and gone to heaven , " the opening scene reveals has apparently learned that his mother is still alive , owning and running a successful brothel in nearby Monterey . 
 After the father 's idealistic plans for a long - haul vegetable shipping business venture end in a loss of thousands of dollars , decides to enter the bean - growing business , as a way of recouping the money his father lost in the vegetable shipping venture . He is advised that if the United States enters the war , the price of beans will skyrocket . hopes this will finally earn him the love and respect of his father . He goes to his mother to ask to borrow the capital he needs . Though she remains hostile toward for inflicting his " purity " on her and her sons , reluctantly lends him $ 5,000 . 
 Meanwhile , 's girlfriend gradually finds herself attracted to , who seems to reciprocate her feelings . 
 Later on , goes to the carnival and sees alone , waiting for . To accompany her , they soon go together on several rides and play games , increasing their ongoing attraction for each other . On a Ferris wheel , they kiss , but in tears admits that she still loves . Afterwards , there is a fight between the townspeople and regarding the Germans . climbs down from the Ferris wheel and engages in the fight to help . Although his intentions were pure , sees this deed as just an act to impress , also noticing that is holding 's jacket . grabs by his shirt , then in a fit of rage strikes four times . 
 's business goes well , and he decides to give the money to his father at a surprise birthday party for him , which he and plan together . As the party gets under way , , who is jealous at what and have done for , suddenly announces that he and are engaged . While is openly pleased with the news , both and are uneasy , having recently discovered their emerging mutual attraction despite their suppressed feelings . has stolen 's thunder and once again triumphs as the favorite . 
 makes a surprise birthday present of the money to his father . However , refuses to accept any money earned by what he regards as war profiteering . does not understand and sees his father 's refusal to accept the gift as another emotional rejection . When the distraught leaves the room , goes after him to console him . sees them through the branches of a tree and orders to stay away from her . 
 Angrily fed up with 's resentful behavior , takes his brother to see their mother , then returns home alone . The shock enrages enough to get violently drunk and board a troop train to enlist in the army . When his father demands to know where his brother is , tells him . As , the sheriff , brings the news , rushes to the train station in an attempt to dissuade him , but can only watch helplessly as his son steams away from him , smashing the rail car window with his head and maniacally laughing at him . The sheriff rebukes for his action by quoting Genesis 4 : 8 , 16 : " ' rose up against his brother and slew him ... And went away and dwelled in the land of Nod , on the east of Eden . ' Why do n't you go away some place . " 
 Because of the stress , suffers a stroke , leaving him paralyzed and unable to communicate . and enter the bedroom . tries to talk to him , but gets no response and dejectedly departs the bedroom , leaving alone with . pleads with to show the fatherly love he wants so desperately and let " do " something for him before it is too late . She persuades to go back into the room . When makes his last bid for acceptance before leaving town , his father manages to speak . He tells to dismiss a self - absorbed , obnoxious nurse and not to replace her , but to stay and take care of him himself . embraces and they share their first kiss free from 's shadow ; and he pulls up a chair to sit next to his father . The film ends with leaving the room and sitting by 's bedside .

Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey, Burl Ives, Richard Davalos, Jo Van Fleet, Albert Dekker

After her car breaks down in the Arizona desert , New York socialite accepts a ride from , a mining engineer , and his friend , a doctor with a penchant for liquor . Invited to a party hosted by her wealthy mother at the resort where they are staying , " " claims to dislike mothers , especially those of spoiled beautiful daughters , but he and fall in love and quickly marry . 's mother is not pleased to hear that 's mother is an Apache Indian princess , once married to a Boston college professor , who has taken back her Apache name and never sees her son . 
 works in the mining community of Lodestone for Tyson Copper , where women are not welcome because of miners ' superstitions , but wants to re - open the abandoned " foxfire " shaft , where he hopes to find a legendary vein of gold . adjusts easily to the rustic living conditions of Lodestone , and to the meddling opinions of the wife of the mine superintendent , but feels devalued when apparently does not want children . When his attention is completely occupied trying to get the foxfire project going , she innocently spends time with , who makes no secret to others that he is still attracted to , causing gossip in town begun by the jealous , 's nurse . 
 is reticent about his background and ambitions . A pregnant opens a footlocker he mysteriously keeps locked , learning more about 's background . resents the intrusion , believing she did so only out of bored amusement . Trying to win his trust , persuades the reluctant company owner , Mr. , to back 's foxfire project but this also backfires when 's pride is injured . She seeks out his mother , who explains her son 's cultural attitudes , which include a belief that love is only temporary and that fathers do not acknowledge sons until they come of age and abandon their mothers . has heard the rumors and misdirected by , believes she is having a tryst with . When she returns , he is intoxicated and accuses her of being unfaithful . After she explains , he is contrite but they continue at cross purposes when she angrily rejects his drunken advances . 
 falls during a dizzy spell and has a miscarriage . , unaware she was pregnant , tries to see her in the hospital but accedes to 's dissuasion not to . Hurt by 's adherence to the " old ways " and telling him that he has treated her " like a squaw , " intends to return home with her mother . At the foxfire shaft , which legend has is on ground sacred to the Apaches , many of them refuse to continue working after one of them has a seizure . goes into the shaft to overcome their superstitions . It collapses and injures his hands , but he also finds the vein of gold . Informed at the airport by that he 's been hurt , rushes back , where admits that the mine collapse showed him that he needs her and is no longer afraid of love . At the mine a new " Foxfire Gold Company " sign is erected .

Gambler ( ) seeks to organize an unlicensed crap game but the police , led by Lieutenant ( ) , are " putting on the heat " . All the places where usually holds his games refuse him entry due to 's intimidating pressure . Adding to 's problems , his fiancée , Miss ( ) , a nightclub singer , wants to bring an end to their 14 - year engagement and actually tie the knot . She also wants him to go straight , but organizing illegal gambling is the only thing he 's good at . 
 meets an old acquaintance , ( ) , a gambler willing to bet on virtually anything and for high amounts . proposes a $ 1,000 bet by which Sky must take a girl of 's choosing to dinner in Havana , Cuba . The bet seems impossible for Sky to win when nominates Sergeant ( ) , a sister at the Save a Soul Mission which opposes gambling . 
 To approach , pretends that he is a gambler who wants to change . suggests a bargain . He will get a dozen sinners into the Mission for her Thursday night meeting in return for her having dinner with him in Havana . With General ( ) threatening to close the Broadway branch for lack of participation , has little choice left , and agrees to the date . 
 Meanwhile , confident that he will win his bet with Sky , has gathered together all the gamblers , including a visitor that ( ) has invited : Big Jule ( ) , a Chicago mobster . When Lieutenant appears , ( ) , covers it up by claiming that they are celebrating the fact that is getting married to . is shocked by this , but is forced to play along . Later he realizes he has lost his bet and must marry . 
 Over the course of their short stay in Cuba , Sky manages to break down 's social inhibitions and they begin to fall in love . They return to Broadway at dawn and meet the Save a Soul Mission band which , on Sky 's advice , has been parading all night . At that moment police sirens can be heard , and before they know it the gamblers led by are hurrying out of a back room of the Mission , where they took advantage of the empty premises to hold the crap game . 
 The police arrive too late to make any arrests , but Lieutenant finds the absence of and the other Save a Soul members too convenient to have been a coincidence . He implies that it was all 's doing . is equally suspicious that has had something to do with organizing the crap game at the Mission and she angrily takes her leave of him , refusing to accept his denials . 
 But still has to make good his arrangement with to provide sinners to the Mission . would rather forget the whole thing , but Uncle ( ) , who acts as a kind of father figure to her , warns that " If you do n't make that marker good , I 'm going to buzz it all over town you 're a welcher . " 
 has continued the crap game in a sewer . With his revolver visible in its shoulder holster , Big , who has lost all his money , forces to play against him while he cheats , cleaning out . Sky enters and knocks Big down and removes his pistol . , who has been stung and devastated by 's rejection , lies to that he lost the bet about taking her to Havana , and pays the $ 1,000 . tells Big he now has money to play him again , but says that Big ca n't play without cheating because " he can not make a pass to save his soul " . overhears this , and the phrasing inspires him to make a bold bet : He will roll the dice , and if he loses he will give all the other gamblers $ 1,000 each ; if he wins they are all to attend a prayer meeting at the Mission . 
 The Mission is near to closing when suddenly the gamblers come parading in , taking up most of the room . won the roll . They grudgingly confess their sins , though they show little sign of repentance . Nicely - Nicely ( ) however , recalling a dream he had the night before , seems to have an authentic connection to the Mission 's aim , and this satisfies everyone . 
 When tells that lost the Cuba bet , which she knows he won , she hurries off in order to make up with him . 
 It all ends with a double wedding in the middle of Times Square , with marrying , and marrying .

The drama begins with in his apartment room , mentally preparing for a big fight against . On the other side of the building across the courtyard , he gazes upon , an attractive taxi dancer , getting ready for work . As they both walk out of the building , they run into each other but say nothing . is picked up by her boss . 
 As is losing his fight , is dealing with her boss in his office as he tries to kiss her repeatedly . That evening is awakened by screams coming from 's apartment . As he looks across the courtyard , he sees that is being attacked by . He runs to her room , but has made his getaway . comforts and she goes to sleep comfortable that is in the room to protect her . However , is not deterred and proceeds to interfere in their lives . When they decide to leave town , and arrange to get money they are each owed . tries to get money from at the dance hall , and asks his manager to meet him there as well . When a street performer steals 's scarf , he chases after him . 's manager arrives but does not see . sends two goons out to rough up , but they mistake the manager for and kill him in the alley . 
 kidnaps and has his two goons hold her hostage . returns to 's apartment and sees the police across the courtyard in his apartment . They assume he killed his manager . leaves to rescue , but he is captured and restrained as well , leading to a chase and confrontation in an abandoned warehouse full of mannequins . During the struggle , kills and rescues . He and are cleared of all charges by the police , and buys a train ticket back to the West Coast . At the train station , assumes she will not join him , but at the last minute , rushes in , and they kiss .

is a tough , Los Angeles - based private investigator who is almost as brutal as the crooks he chases . and his assistant / secretary / lover ( ) usually work on " penny - ante divorce cases " . 
 One evening on a lonely country road , gives a ride to ( ) , an attractive hitchhiker wearing nothing but a trench coat . She has escaped from a mental institution . Thugs waylay them , and Hammer awakens in some unknown location where he hears 's screaming and being tortured to death . The thugs then push 's car off a cliff with 's body and an unconscious inside . next awakens in a hospital with by his bedside . He decides to pursue the case , for vengeance , a sense of guilt ( as had asked him to " remember me " if she got killed ) , and because " she ( ) must be connected with something big " behind it all . 
 The twisting plot takes to the apartment of ( ) , a sexy , waif - like woman who says she is 's ex - roommate . tells she has gone into hiding and asks to protect her . It turns out that she is after a mysterious box that , she believes , has contents worth a fortune . 
 Later , at an isolated beach house , finds " " , who is revealed to be an imposter named , with her boss Dr. ( ) . is their hostage , tied up in a bedroom . and discuss splitting the value of the box , but instead , shoots . 's dying words urge to not open the box . 
 When comes into the room , she shoots and badly wounds . then opens the box , which emits a blinding light . The highly unstable radionuclide material inside reaches explosive criticality as it becomes fully exposed , and is shown bursting into flames , with the room and eventually the entire house becoming engulfed . , wounded , struggles to his feet , then searches for . Together , the pair flee the flaming room and house , helping each other along the beach , away from the house , to the ocean . 
 The original American release of the film shows and escaping from the burning house at the end , staggering into the ocean as the words " The End " come over them on the screen . Sometime after its first release , the ending was altered on the film 's original negative , removing more than a minute 's worth of shots where and escape and superimposing the words " The End " over the burning house . This implied that and perished in the atomic blaze , and was often interpreted to represent the apocalypse . In 1997 , the original conclusion was restored , where and survive . The DVD release has the original ending , and offers the truncated ending as an extra . 
 The film is described as " the definitive , apocalyptic , nihilistic , science - fiction film noir of all time – at the close of the classic noir period".[4 ]

On Christmas morning , 1909 , in a quaint Midwestern town , gives his wife an American cocker spaniel puppy that she names Lady . enjoys a happy life with the couple and befriends two local neighborhood dogs , , a Scottish terrier , and , a bloodhound . Meanwhile , across town , a stray mongrel called the Tramp lives on his own , dining on scraps from 's Italian restaurant and protecting his fellow strays ( a Pekingese ) and ( a bulldog ) from the local dogcatcher . One day , is saddened after her owners begin treating her rather coldly . and visit her and determine that their change in behavior is due to expecting a baby . While and try to explain what a baby is , interrupts the conversation and offers his own thoughts on the matter , making and take an immediate dislike to the stray and order him out of the yard . As leaves , he reminds that " when the baby moves in , the dog moves out . " 
 Eventually , the baby arrives and the couple introduces to the infant , of whom grows fond . Soon after , and leave for a trip , with their Aunt looking after the baby and the house . Aunt 's two trouble - making Siamese cats , Si and Am , deliberately mess up the house and trick her into thinking that attacked them . Aunt then takes to a pet shop to get a muzzle . Terrifed , Lady flees , only to be pursued by a trio of stray dogs . Tramp rescues her , fighting off the vicious strays , and finds a beaver at the local zoo who can remove the muzzle . Later , shows how he lives " footloose and collar - free " , eventually leading into a candlelit dinner at 's . begins to fall in love with , but she chooses to return home in order to watch over the baby . offers to escort back home , but when decides to chase hens around a farmyard for fun , is captured by the dog catcher and brought to the local dog pound . While at the pound , the other dogs ( including and , who have been caught ) reveal to that previously had multiple girlfriends and feel it is unlikely he will ever settle down . is eventually claimed by Aunt , who chains her in the backyard as punishment for running away . 
 and visit to comfort , but when arrives to apologize , angrily confronts him about his past girlfriends and failure to rescue her from the pound . sadly leaves , but immediately thereafter a rat sneaks into the house . sees the rat and barks frantically at it , but Aunt tells her to be quiet . hears her barking and rushes back , entering the house and cornering the rat in the nursery . breaks free and rushes to the nursery , where inadvertently knocks over the baby 's crib before ultimately killing the rat . The commotion alerts Aunt , who sees both dogs in the room and thinks they are trying to harm the baby . She pushes in a closet and locks in the basement , then calls the pound to take away . and return home as the dog catcher departs , and when they release , she leads them to the dead rat . Overhearing everything , and chase after the dog catcher 's wagon . The dogs are able to track down the wagon and scare the horses , causing the wagon to crash . arrives in a taxi with , and she reunites with , but their joy is short - lived when they find pinned underneath the wagon 's wheel , motionless , with howling mournfully . 
 That Christmas , has been adopted into the family , and he and have started their own family , with three daughters who look like and a son who looks similar to . comes to see the family along with , who is still alive and merely suffered a broken leg , which is still healing . Thanks to the puppies , has a fresh audience for his old stories about his Grandpappy Old Reliable , but he has forgotten them .

( ) is an Italian American butcher who lives in The Bronx with his mother ( ) . Unmarried at 34 , the good - natured but socially awkward faces constant badgering from family and friends to settle down , pointing out that all his brothers and sisters are already married with children . Not averse to marriage but disheartened by his lack of prospects , has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood . 
 After being harassed by his mother into going to the Stardust Ballroom one Saturday night , connects with ( ) , a plain schoolteacher who is quietly weeping on the roof after being callously abandoned at the ballroom by her blind date . They spend the evening together dancing , walking the busy streets , and talking in a diner . eagerly spills out his life story and ambitions , and they encourage each other . He brings to his house , and they awkwardly express their mutual attraction , shortly before his mother returns . Marty takes her home by bus , promising to call her at 2:30 the next afternoon , after Mass. Overjoyed on his way back home , he punches the bus stop sign and weaves between the cars , looking for a cab instead . 
 Meanwhile , his cranky , busybody widowed Aunt ( ) moves in to live with and his mother . She warns his mother that will soon marry and cast her aside . Fearing that 's romance could spell her abandonment , his mother belittles . 's friends , with an undercurrent of envy , deride for her plainness and try to convince him to forget her and to remain with them , unmarried , in their fading youth . Harangued into submission by the pull of his friends , does n't call . 
 That night , back in the same lonely rut , realizes that he is giving up a woman whom he not only likes , but who makes him happy . Over the objections of his friends , he dashes to a phone booth to call , who is disconsolately watching television with her parents . When his friend asks what he 's doing , bursts out saying : 
 closes the phone booth 's door when answers the phone . In the last line of the film , he tentatively says , " Hello ... Hello , ? "

In the waning days of World War II , the United States Navy cargo ship Reluctant and her crew are stationed in the " backwater " areas of the Pacific Ocean . The executive officer / cargo chief , Lieutenant ( junior grade ) ( ) , tries to shield the dispirited crew from the harsh and unpopular captain , Lieutenant Commander ( ) . Eager to join the fighting , repeatedly requests a transfer . is forced by regulation to forward his requests , but refuses to endorse them , which means that they are always rejected . shares quarters with Ensign ( ) . spends most of his time idling in his bunk and avoids the captain at all costs , so much so , that is actually unaware that is part of the crew . 
 surreptitiously requests and is granted crew liberty from one of ’s superiors ; a port captain who wishes to reward the Reluctant 's crew for meeting a difficult resupply schedule . The liberty is supposed to be at their next resupply stop , but when the ship reaches an idyllic South Pacific island , denies the crew their much - needed shore leave . In private , tells that the crew will not get liberty as long as he continues to request a transfer and writes letters regarding disharmony aboard the ship , which endanger 's chances of promotion . strikes a bargain with : In exchange for never requesting another transfer , never bending 's rules , and never revealing what has made him change his attitude , will grant the crew liberty . 
 Ashore , the crew lets loose after months of pent - up frustration . Many crewmen are arrested and hauled back to the ship by the military police and the shore patrol . The next morning , is reprimanded by the port captain and ordered to leave port immediately . is almost speechless with rage at the black mark on his sterling record . 
 Meanwhile , the crewmen are mystified by 's new strictness . deceives them into thinking that is trying to get a promotion . When a crew member informs of a new Navy policy which might assist him in getting a transfer despite the captain 's opposition , refuses to take advantage of it . 
 News of the Allied victory in Europe depresses further , knowing the war may end soon without his ever seeing combat . Inspired by a patriotic radio speech celebrating VE Day , throws 's prized palm tree overboard . The captain demands the identity of the culprit , but no one steps forward . He eventually realizes that is the only person aboard with the nerve to do it . summons him to his quarters and accuses him of the deed . An open microphone reveals to the crew what changed . 
 Weeks later , receives an unexpected transfer . " Doc " ( ) , the ship 's doctor and ' friend , confides to him that the crew risked court - martial by submitting a transfer request with 's forged imprimatur . Before he leaves , the crew presents with a handmade medal , the Order of the Palm , for " action against the enemy " . 
 Several weeks later , , who has been appointed cargo officer , receives a couple of letters . The first is from , who speaks enthusiastically about his new assignment aboard the destroyer USS Livingston during the Battle of Okinawa . He goes on to say that he would rather have the Order of the Palm than the Medal of Honor . The second letter is from a college classmate of 's who is also assigned to the Livingston , which reveals that was killed in a kamikaze attack shortly after the first letter had been posted . 
 Incensed , throws the captain ’s replacement palm tree overboard . He then marches into 's cabin , openly bragging about it and brazenly demanding to know why has cancelled the showing of a film that night . slowly shakes his head , realizing that his problems have not gone away .

Henry Fonda, James Cagney, Jack Lemmon, William Powell, Ward Bond, Betsy Palmer

rides his horse through the cornfield . He arrives at Aunt 's farm . is Aunt 's niece , with whom is in love . clearly feels the same way , but is loath to admit it . has come to ask her to a party that night , but is offended that has waited until the morning of the party to ask her . To make him jealous , she agrees to go with , Aunt 's surly hired hand , though she is afraid of him . 
 Aunt meets roving cowboy at the station , who has just returned from Kansas City , and is hoping to marry . Meanwhile , meets up with , who is with another man , a traveling salesman named . reminds her that is returning from Kansas . is in a dilemma , unable to decide between and . She explains to that she can never resist a romantic man , though she knows it is wrong . 
 is reunited with , and meets , unaware that he has been spending time with . He reminds that her father has agreed to let him marry her in exchange for $ 50 . He has managed to earn $ 50 – but has spent it all on presents for . She initially tries to resist , but wins her over . 
 Several local families arrive at Aunt 's ranch to prepare for the party that night . When flirts with , he is uninterested , but uses the flirtation to make jealous . is hurt , but , as she and the other girls freshen up for the party , she tries to convince them , and herself , that she does n't care . 
 father learns that has spent all his money , and when introduces , he forces him to propose to her at gun point , though is a rover and has no desire for marriage . 
 In the orchard , tells to keep his distance , but is quick to point out that she is as much to blame for the rumours as he is . 
 asks if she will go to the party with him instead , and though she clearly wants to , she is too scared of 's reaction to turn him down now . In anger , goes to confront about his feelings for . At first , things seem harmless enough . teases about his reputation , and joins in . But deduces why has come to see him , and angrily threatens both him and . 
 As the party draws near , is miserable . When she uses a bottle of smelling salts bought from , which she was told was a magic elixir , she slips into a trance . In her dream , she and get together and are about to marry , but crashes the wedding and eventually kills . Jud wakes . knows is the right man for her , but it is too late to change her mind about going to the party with . , unwilling to go with another young lady to the dance , decides to take Aunt . 
 has no intention of taking to the party . He slows down and attempts to sweet - talk her . But when he tries to kiss her , grabs the whip , and causes the horses to bolt . When they eventually stop , and leaps down , whips up the horses again and leaves stranded . 
 The party is in full swing , though the local farmers and cowmen are at loggerheads . Aunt and Mr. , the party 's host , manage to make peace . Aunt leads an auction of picnic hampers prepared by the local girls . has learned that is now engaged to . When learns that needs $ 50 to marry her , he buys the presents bought , some for more than twice what they 're worth , allowing to recover the needed $ 50 . father is forced to let marry his daughter . Meanwhile , and , who has arrived just in time , vie furiously for 's hamper . wins , but not before he has sold his saddle , horse and gun . tries to kill with a " Little Wonder " – a kaleidoscope - like device with a dagger concealed inside it – but is foiled by and Aunt . 
 tells that now that they are engaged , she must stop flirting with other men . confronts , but she fires him . He says she will never be rid of him . She finds and explains what has happened . Seizing his chance , proposes to her , and she accepts . bids goodbye to and and leaves . 
 and are married . arrives at the wedding party , announcing that she is now married . Her husband turns out to be 's father forced him to marry her . But the festivities are disrupted by , who sets fire to a haystack and threatens with a knife . jumps on him , and inadvertently causes him to fall on his own knife , killing him . 
 A makeshift trial is held at Aunt 's house , is found not guilty , and and depart for their honeymoon in the surrey with the fringe on top .

Gordon MacRae, Shirley Jones, Rod Steiger, Gloria Grahame, Gene Nelson, Eddie Albert

( ) is a former college football star , adrift and unemployed after army service and a failed acting career in Hollywood . On Labor Day ( September 5 , 1955 ) , he arrives by freight train in a Kansas town to visit his fraternity friend ( ) . Working for his breakfast by doing chores in the backyard of kindly Mrs. ( ) , meets ( ) , her sister ( ) , and their mother ( ) . tries to be accepted and gets along with most . is very happy to see the " same old " , whom he takes to his family 's sprawling grain elevator operations . promises a steady job as a " wheat scooper " ( though had unrealistic expectations of becoming an executive ) and invites to swim and to attend the town 's Labor Day picnic . is wary about going to the picnic , but nudges him into it , saying 's " date " will be , who is quickly drawn to 's cheerful demeanor and charisma . reassures Mrs. that although flunked out of college , there are no reasons to be concerned about him . The afternoon carries on happily , until starts talking about himself too much , and stops him with cutting remarks . It 's obvious that and like each other . When the sun sets , everyone wanders off . draws a sketch of and tells him she secretly writes poetry , growing fond of him despite his lack of interest . is named the town 's annual Queen of Neewollah ( " Halloween " spelled backward ) , and longingly gazes at her while she is brought down the river in a swan - shaped paddle - boat . They shyly say " Hi " to each other as she glides by . 
 Middle - aged schoolteacher ( ) , who rents a room at the house , has been brought to the picnic by store owner ( ) ; both had been drinking whiskey . When the band plays dance music , says he ca n't dance , so dances with . and then start dancing together , which angers ; she grabs , who then dances with her . tries to show a dance he learned in LA to the song , Moonglow , but can not quite get the beat . stumbles upon them , seductively transforming the moves is showing , and sways toward him , thus initiating a dance with him in which they both become increasingly mesmerized . , having been cast aside and ignored by both and , sulks off and starts drinking 's whiskey . , now quite drunk , jealously breaks up the dance between and . flings herself at , saying he reminds her of a Roman gladiator . When tries to ward off the schoolteacher , she rips his shirt , then bitterly calls him a bum . Mrs. and arrive and believe has caused a scandal , made all the worse when breaks down , screaming , " is the pretty one ! " and becomes ill from the whiskey . , blinded by her anger , tells Mrs. that gave the whiskey , while 's plea that he brought the whiskey seems to fall on deaf ears . blames for the mess and says he is ashamed that he brought in the first place . By now a crowd is watching , and flees into the darkness . 
 follows to 's car , ashamed of and 's behavior , and gets in with him . He angrily tells her to go home . She wo n't budge , so he drives her to town . By the river , he tells her he was sent to reform school as a boy for stealing a motorcycle and that his whole life is a failure . kisses , which astonishes him and he responds . Later , outside 's house , they kiss goodbye and promise to meet after she finishes work at six the next evening . drives back to 's house to return the car , but has called the police and wants arrested . After trying to talk things out , physically attacks . fights back against and the two police officers . flees the house in 's car with the police following close behind . Leaving the car by the river , goes into the water , gets away from them and shows up at 's apartment , asking to spend the night there . is very understanding and now has his own worries : a highly distraught , desperate , and remorseful has begged him to marry her . Back at the house , and cry themselves to sleep in their shared room . 
 The next morning , comes to the house , intending to tell he wants to wait , but at the sight of him she is overjoyed , thinking he has come to take her away . Flustered in front of the whole household and other schoolteachers , wordlessly goes along with the misunderstanding . As he passes on the stairs , he tells her is hiding in the backseat of his car . is able to slip away before the other women gleefully paint and attach streamers and tin cans to 's car , throwing rice and asking where he 'll take for their honeymoon . While and happily drive off to the Ozarks , and meet by a shed behind the house . He tells her that he loves her and asks her to meet him in Tulsa , where they can marry and he can get a job at a hotel as a bellhop and elevator operator . Mrs. finds them by the shed and threatens to call the police . and embrace and kiss . runs to catch a passing freight train , crying out to , " You love me ! You love me ! " 
 Upstairs in their room , tells to " do something bright " for once in her life and go to . packs a small suitcase and , despite her mother 's tears ( but urged on by Mrs. ) , boards a bus for Tulsa.[6 ]

William Holden, Kim Novak, Rosalind Russell, Susan Strasberg, Cliff Robertson, Betty Field

Teenager ( ) is arrested and taken to the juvenile division of the police station for " plain drunkenness " . At the station he meets ( ) , who was brought in for shooting dead a litter of puppies , and ( ) , who was brought in for curfew violation . The three each separately reveal their innermost frustrations to the officers ; all three of them suffer from problems at home : 
 On his first day at Dawson High , again meets and offers her a ride . Seemingly unimpressed by at first , she declines and is picked up by her " friends " , a gang of delinquents led by ( ) . is shunned by the rest of the student body but befriends , who comes to idolize him as a father figure . 
 After a field trip to Griffith Observatory , provokes and challenges to a knife fight . Unsatisfied by 's unwillingness to fight back , suggests stealing some cars to have a " Chickie Run " at a seaside cliff . At home , ambiguously asks his father for advice about defending one 's honor in a risky , dangerous situation , but instead advises him against confrontation of any kind . 
 That night , during the chickie run , falls to his death when he is unable to exit his car in time . The rest of the gang flees , so they do n't get caught . 
 confides his involvement in the crash to his parents and considers turning himself in . When his mother declares they are moving again , protests and pleads with his father to stand up for him , but refuses . attacks in frustration , then storms off to the police station to confess , but he is turned away by the desk sergeant . 
 drives back home and finds waiting for him . She apologizes for the way she treated him , citing peer pressure , and the two begin to fall in love . Agreeing that they will never go back to their respective homes , suggests they visit the mansion told him about . 
 Meanwhile , is intercepted by 's gang who are convinced that was the one who betrayed them to the police . They steal ’s notebook and run off ; retrieves his mother ’s gun and leaves to warn and , where he finds them at the mansion . 
 The three new friends act out a fantasy as a family . then falls asleep , and and leave to explore the mansion , where they share their first kiss . 
 's gang wake up who , frightened and distraught , shoots at one of the members . When returns , he attempts to restrain , but he flees , accusing of leaving him behind . 
 runs to the observatory and barricades himself inside as more police converge , including who , with and , was looking for . and follow into the observatory , where he persuades to trade the gun for his red jacket . Jim removes the ammunition before returning it . then convinces to come outside , but the police notice that still has the gun , so they shoot him out of self defense . 
 comforts his grieving son , vowing to be a stronger father . Now reconciled with his parents , introduces them to .

A severely deformed man stumbles through the Arizona desert , falls and dies . Dr. , a doctor in the nearby small town of Desert Rock , is called in by the sheriff to examine the body at the local mortuary . Asked to define the cause of death , he finds himself perplexed : the deceased – biological research scientist – was someone he knew and had just seen recently , and whose deformity appears to be acromegaly , a distortion which takes years to reach its apparent present state . Dr. asks to be allowed to perform an autopsy to clarify the diagnosis . The sheriff refuses , judging an autopsy unnecessary because there is no indication of foul play . then approaches ' colleague , Dr. , who more bluntly refuses permission , then signs ' death certificate in lieu of , with heart disease listed as the cause of death . 
 Bothered still by the anomaly , and also by 's abruptness , later drives to 's combined home and research lab , located in an isolated mansion in the desert far from town . apologizes for his hostility , blaming it on his grief , then insists that had developed acromegaly incredibly rapidly , over just four days . He can not offer an explanation but attempts to convince this was only an anomaly , not a result of anything sinister . appears to accept this apology . 
 After leaves , goes to his closed lab , where huge cages contain white rabbits and mice , some of enormous size . examines each of the oversized specimens , noting when each last received an " injection " , and how many each has had altogether . Then he turns to observe a glass - fronted inset in the back wall , as a different sort of specimen slides into view inside - a tarantula bodily the size of a large dog , plus legs . 
 As finishes his observations of this creature , a second deformed man appears , attacks and begins destroying the lab . During this rampage the lab catches fire and the glass covering the tarantula 's cage is shattered . The man grabs a hypodermic that was preparing , knocks him out , and injects him with the contents . As flames and electrical sparking rage over the lab , the arachnid escapes outdoors , and the deformed man collapses and dies . regains consciousness , grabs a fire extinguisher , and puts out the fire . That night , calmly buries the body of his assailant - whom he has recognized from the first attack as his other assistant , - in the desert . 
 The following day , the intercity bus brings a newcomer to town , a young , beautiful woman who is expecting to be met by Dr. . Told by the hotel clerk that she will have to wait until the only taxi in town returns from a mission , she accepts a ride from Dr. , who is again going to 's place and is apprised of her plight . She introduces herself to him as , nicknamed " Steve " , who has signed on to assist in the lab , to replace , as part of her doctoral degree program . 
 When they arrive at the mansion , tells them that the fire was caused by an equipment malfunction . He indicates that all the animals were killed in the fire , and explains that has already left his employ . As 's contract stipulates that she live in Dr. 's residence , Dr. leaves her there with her suitcases . begins working in the lab and proves to be a capable lab assistant . 
 A couple of days later , Dr. finds a mystery has arisen , involving clean - picked cattle carcasses and pools of a thick white liquid up to eight feet in diameter , when the sheriff calls on him for help . Unknown to anyone , the cause is the tarantula , now the size of 's mansion , which is hungrily beginning to ravage the countryside : the next night , a horse - rancher is killed by the spider outside his stable and later a pickup truck is flipped by the tarantula in order to get at the two men inside . Elsewhere , two hoboes trying to enjoy a meal and a smoke on the open range are chased and killed . 
 While this carnage is occurring , has decided to pay a call on . Explaining that has been acting and looking ill recently and gone to bed , she shows what they have been working on - the use of radioactive elements to produce an artificial super - nutrient which , once perfected , could provide an unlimited food option for humanity . She shows some of the giant lab - animals created just since her arrival as an unintended side - effect of the nutrient . Suddenly appears , furious . He chews out for revealing " secret " work and orders to leave . Before he goes , he notices there are some subtle changes in 's appearance as well as in his demeanor . 
 The following day at the destroyed horse ranch , once again appears at the request of the sheriff and , finding again pools of the strange , thick liquid , decides an analysis of this substance might solve the mystery . He takes a sample and flies it to the university in Phoenix , where Dr. determines that it is tarantula - venom , only in such a quantity that only a monster - spider could produce . After viewing a film prepared by , showing the predatory ferocity of a normal tarantula , he phone calls Dr. but is told by that he has become even more ill and is again abed . He again appears behind her , this time hanging up the phone . thus hastens to his airplane and flies quickly back to Desert Rock . 
 Upon arriving there , he drives to the mansion , where he finds , severe acromegalic deformities rapidly setting in , resignedly under the care of as he knows he is nearing death . He divulges all he knows about the nutrient 's effects on humans and animals and tells of 's death . then returns to town to brief the sheriff on what he has learned from Dr. and at the mansion . As night falls , the tarantula comes to the mansion . is killed but escapes when returns by car . The tarantula pursues them down the highway toward the town . The sheriff and his men intercept the pursuit , but their guns do not faze the tarantula . Hastening to town , they gather dynamite , but a blast big enough to blow up the highway does not faze the monster either . As they complete a hasty evacuation of the town , the air force , summoned by the sheriff , arrives in the form of a jet squadron which launches a napalm attack , successfully incinerating the giant tarantula at the town 's edge .

Dr. ( ) , a noted scientist and jet pilot , is sent an unusual substitute for electronic condensers that he ordered ( after nearly crashing a Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star during a cross - country flight , prior to being saved by a mysterious green glow ) . Instead , he receives instructions and parts to build a complex communication device called an interocitor . Although neither nor his assistant ( ) have heard of such a device , they immediately begin construction . When they finish , a mysterious man named ( ) appears on the device 's screen and tells he has passed the test . His ability to build the interocitor demonstrates that he is gifted enough to be part of Exeter 's special research project . 
 Intrigued , is picked up at the airport by an unmanned , computer - controlled Douglas C-47 aircraft with no windows . Landing in a remote area of Georgia , he finds an international group of top scientists already present , including an old flame , Dr. ( ) . is confused by 's failure to recognize him and suspicious of ( ) and other odd - looking men leading the project . 
 and flee with a third scientist , ( ) , but their car is attacked and is killed . When they take off in a Stinson 108 light aircraft , and watch as the facility and all its inhabitants are incinerated . Then their aircraft is drawn up by a bright beam into a flying saucer . They learn that and his men are from the planet Metaluna , having come to Earth seeking uranium deposits as well as scientists to help defend their planet in a war against the Zagons . takes the Earthlings back to his world , sealing them in protective tubes to offset pressure differences between planets . 
 They land safely , but the Metalunans are under attack by Zagon starships guiding meteors as weapons against them . The planet is under bombardment and falling quickly to the enemy . Metaluna 's leader , the Monitor ( ) , reveals that the Metalunans intend to relocate to Earth , then insists that and be subjected to a Thought Transference Chamber in order to subjugate their free will . believes this is immoral and misguided . Before the couple can be sent into the brain - reprogramming device , decides to help them escape . 
 is badly injured by a Mutant while he , and flee from Metaluna in the saucer , with the planet 's protective " ionization layer " becoming totally ineffective . Under the bombardment , Metaluna heats up and turns into a lifeless " radioactive sun . " The Mutant has also boarded the saucer and attacks , but dies as a result of pressure differences on the journey back to Earth . 
 As they enter Earth 's atmosphere , sends and on their way in their aircraft , declining an invitation to join them . is dying and the ship 's energy is nearly depleted . The saucer flies out over the ocean and rapidly accelerates until it is enclosed in a fireball , crashes into the water and explodes .

The pattern of a string of jewel robberies on the French Riviera causes the police to believe that the infamous jewel thief ( ) has left his comfortable retirement of growing grapes and flowers . He gives the police the slip at his hilltop villa . 
 visits a restaurant . The staff are his old gang , paroled for their work in the French Resistance during World War II as long as they keep clean . , , and the others angrily blame because they are all under suspicion so long as the new is active . When the police arrive at 's restaurant looking for , 's teenage daughter ( ) , who has a crush on him , spirits him to safety . 
 recognizes he can prove his innocence by catching the new in the act . He enlists the aid of an insurance man , ( ) , who reluctantly obtains a list of the most expensive jewelry owners currently on the Riviera . Tourists ( ) , a wealthy nouveau riche widow , and her daughter ( ) , top the list . strikes up a friendship with them . 's delighted but offers a pretense of modesty . When and run into at the beach , keeps up the mask of being a wealthy American tourist , despite 's jealous barbs about his interest in . 
 sees through 's cover . She seduces him , dangling before him her jewels . She teases him with steamy tales of rooftop escapades and offers herself as an accomplice who might share his crimes . Fireworks fill the night sky . 
 The next morning , discovers her jewels are gone . is accused by of using her as a distraction so he could steal her mother 's jewelry . The police are called , but has disappeared . 
 To catch the new Cat , stakes out an estate at night . He struggles with an attacker , who loses his footing and tumbles over a cliff . It is , who dies in the fall . The police chief publicly announces that was the jewel thief , but , as points out privately in the presence of the abashed , this would have been impossible because had a wooden leg , and could not climb on rooftops . 
 's funeral is marred by 's loud accusation that is responsible for her father 's death . Outside the graveyard , apologizes to and confesses her love . needs to continue his search for the Cat . He asks to arrange his attendance at a glitzy masquerade ball , where he believes the will strike again . 
 At the ball , is resplendent in a gold gown , unrecognizable behind the mask of a . The police hover nearby . Upstairs , the cat burglar silently cleans out several jewel boxes . When asks the to go get her " heart pills , " 's voice tips off his identity to the authorities . Upon his return , the police wait out and the as they dance together all night . When they go to her room , the mask is removed : it was , who switched to conceal 's exit . 
 On the rooftop , lurks . His patience is finally rewarded when he is joined by another figure in black . But just as his pursuit begins , the police throw a spotlight on him and demand he halt . He flees as they shoot at him , whereupon he manages to corner his foe with jewels in hand . Unmasked , his nemesis turns out to be 's daughter , . She loses her footing on the roof , but grabs her hand before she can fall . He forces her to confess the father - daughter involvement loudly to the police , and that was the ringleader of this gang . 
 speeds back to his villa . follows to convince him that she has a place in his life . He agrees , but looks less than thrilled when she says , " Mother will love it up here . "

returns home to Casper , Wyoming , where he is unwanted because of his reputation as a gunslinger . He does have a few friends in town , including Marshal and hotel owner . 
 As visits his mother 's grave , he notices a marker beside hers with his name on it ; there is also an open grave , ready for him . arrives and informs him that an outlaw they have both ridden with in the past , , and his gang of fifteen men are on the way to take what they want from Casper . tells the town council this and tries to rustle up a posse . In spite of wanting to stay and help , the officials insist he leave town by midnight . 
 rides to former sweetheart 's ranch to ask her to marry him and move to California , but she is engaged to a wealthy council member , . 
 learns his mother was cheated out of her ranch by and murdered by him . After a fistfight , hires gunfighter to ambush , but when ends up dead , and lies about how it happened , has no choice but to place under arrest . tries to head off on the trail , but is shot . Townspeople now beg for help . He is able to kill in a fair fight , and kills when he is about to shoot in the back . and pack up and leave for California .

Three convicts – , and – escape from prison on Devil 's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby French colonial town . They go to a store managed by the family , the only one to give supplies on credit . While there , they notice its roof is leaking , and offer to fix it . They do not actually intend to , but decide to remain there until nightfall , when they will steal clothes and supplies and escape on a ship waiting in the harbor . As they wait , they find that the small family of , , and daughter , is in financial distress and offer their services to hide the trio 's all - too - sinister ruse . even gets to work conning people and falsifying records to make the store prosperous . However , the three felons begin to have a change of heart after they fix a delicious Christmas dinner for the made mostly of stolen items . 
 Tensions heighten after store owner arrives from Paris with his nephew , the light in 's eye . The plan on taking over the store , which they perceive is unprofitable due to its use of credit . It turns out that is betrothed to another woman , to 's dismay . Before any action can be taken , both men are bitten by 's pet viper , , and die nearly instantly . finds another love , and the family is happy as the convicts finally ready for their postponed escape . However , while waiting on the docks for their boat to arrive , the threesome reconsiders . Judging that the outside world is likely to be worse than that of the prison , they decide to turn themselves back in . As they walk toward it at film 's end halos appear over their heads ... followed by one above the cage of .

Ten years of turmoil have passed since the teenage and her family ( parents , sisters and brother ) were presumed to have been killed by Bolshevik revolutionaries . Does the refugee who has turned up in Paris have the bearing , speech and intimate knowledge of the imperial family that the real grand duchess would have ? Or is she merely a recovering amnesiac with a striking resemblance who has been cleverly groomed by the émigré General ( ) to stake a claim to £ 10,000,000 left by the Tsar in an English bank ? In a series of encounters with former familiars and members of the imperial court , begins to display a confidence and style that astonish her skeptical interlocutors , yet retains our sympathy by seeming more interested in recovering her own identity than the imperial bank account . In a climactic meeting with the Empress in Copenhagen , and the Empress take the measure of each other , alternately projecting imperial self - possession and the anguish of family longing . Meanwhile , has become increasingly jealous of the attentions the fortune - hunting Prince pays to . At a grand ball at which her engagement to is to be announced , the Empress has a private word with / , who subsequently elopes with .

In southern Mexico at the turn of the 20th century , cattle and farmers mysteriously disappear at a location called " Hollow Mountain " . The mountain has never been explored and the swamp at its base is said to claim the lives of anyone foolish enough to go to its banks . In spite of these tales and possible perils , American cowboy leads three cowboys into the area in search of lost cattle . When they arrive they find mysterious tracks and believe the curse from Hollow Mountain is responsible . Whilst trying to track the curse down one of them falls into quicksand at the base of the swamp and nearly drowns , but is rescued . 
 Back in town , meets a Mexican boy , , and his father , who own a large ranch not far from Hollow Mountain . As the two are leaving to check on the cattle , a group of children throw firecrackers at them , causing to fall off his horse and get dragged across the ground . notices this happen and stops the horse saving . He begins falling in love with the beautiful , who had also stopped to help . and head to the cafe of , an old Mexican who talks to about the disappearing cattle . While the two are talking , , a tough old Mexican , comes by . does not want to ranch his cattle here . The two almost fight but breaks it up . 
 and read a note from saying she is out at the ranch checking on the cattle . and hire and , and together they head out to the ranch . At the ranch is disappointed to hear that the have abandoned life in her cottage and have come to work for instead . She tries to persuade them to leave , but they both refuse . 
 goes to the top of Hollow Mountain to see again , and the two share a romantic moment together . becomes jealous when says she will be married to in two weeks and is surprised to hear from that is actually quite nice . When she leaves to go home , she finds her horse is missing . Reluctantly she agrees to ride 's horse with him back to town . 
 When they arrive , spots them . Enraged at seeing hanging out with his betrothed , he attacks him . Eventually wins and is able to overpower , but is scolded by . tells that wants to buy his ranch . But Jimmy is determined to stand his ground no matter what and refuses . says that friction will continue between the two if does not give up the ranch before a new shipment of cattle comes , but is forced to retreat when still refuses . 
 A few days before the wedding of and , still fumes about and what he did with her . pleads for him to become friends with but he refuses . Back at Hollow Mountain , and lead the to their cottage , whose former owner mysteriously disappeared . While guards the horses , the three men head out and find the body of another missing cow . wants to explore the swamp but is stopped by , who feels it is too unsafe for him . In town stops to greet , who apologizes for her rude attitude towards him in their last encounter . Yet again , spots them and cusses about again . But this time he has a new plan in store : he sends out two henchmen to attempt to steal some cattle while and are away . 
 Meanwhile , gets mad when the manager of the town says that a new shipment of cattle can not come . The manager says that if more cattle come , there will be more people trying to convert his property . agrees to this and leaves . As he leaves , he finds has hired two men not knowing that they are spies sent by . Later visits 's house and while feeding a calf gets a letter from to meet her at the graveyard . 
 At the ranch , asks to wait for him at the cottage while he goes to look for the lost cattle . , aware of the curse said to exist in the area , pleads for his father to stay there , but he says everything will be all right and then leaves . At the graveyard , is relieved to see that has seen her message . However , as they talk , gets mad when asks him why has he not given up his ranch up to . She then says that she wants hostilities to end between and . Meanwhile , hears a huge roar , and a prehistoric creature from the dawn of time , the Beast of Hollow Mountain , makes its first appearance ( albeit offscreen ) , eating him alive . 
 and begin to worry now that the have still not returned home . is stunned to find out that says he will be leaving tomorrow and leaving in charge of the ranch . comes to their door , crying that his father has not returned . The three go into the swamp but only find his sombrero . They figure that quicksand was not the cause for 's death . , grief - stricken , tries to go after his father in the swamp , but is stopped by and . Meanwhile , a festival is going on in town , and women are busy gathering food and putting up streamers and displays . talks to about 's death . says that can be cared for in a foster home he has prepared for him . But grief - stricken is so sad he says he will not be friends with again . again meets and tells both her and that he will be moving himself and his cattle today , leaving the land for . He says goodbye to and then leaves town . 
 The festival is well underway , with dancers and firecrackers entertaining crowds . is delighted to find out that is leaving and now devises his plan to stampede the cattle away from the station and make them his . The men decide to laze around for some time before stampeding the cattle and lie down and drink water together . Meanwhile , as prepares to we d , decides once and for all to go to the swamp after his father . , the assistant of Don , tries to stop him , but he gets away . tells about 's departure and she goes out to stop him . 
 At the ranch , the Beast from Hollow Mountain appears and kills one of the cattle , forcing the others into a stampede . The cattle race toward the village where the festival is taking place . and hear them coming and race to stop them . and his men become aware of the cattle as well , but their efforts to stop them are futile . The cattle stampede into the village , causing much panic and disrupting the festival . notices the stampede and blames it on , who in turn gets mad at one of his men whom he had told to stampede ( but not toward the village ) . Just then , tells them that and have gone after . and his men decide to follow and who says she will not marry until this is all over . 
 While is in the swamp , searching for his dad , he is attacked by the , which chases him across a river and to the small cottage , where greets him and the two decide to hide in the cottage . The Beast arrives at the cottage and manages to break in . arrives and distracts it with his gun , causing it to lose interest in and . He orders them to get out of the cottage and while they flee to 's horse , continues to distract the and leads it up a mountain . While he is dealing with the creature , comes back and attempts to kill , but the sight of the causes his horse to buck and throw him off . The Beast chases across a swamp and onto a plain , where grabs him and the two flee on 's horse . They soon come to a steep slope , and are forced to slide down on their horse and are thrown off at the bottom . The follows them down . 
 and flee to a small cave with the in pursuit . rounds up and other cowboys to come to and 's aid . The Beast manages to reach and pull him out of the cave . The Beast kills and then turns on , who is only saved when and the other cowboys fire at the and distract it . While the chases them , and head over to the swamp . When the arrives , grabs a rope and whacks the 's nose with it . He throws the lasso around a tree branch , hoists himself upwards on the rope , and begins to swing back and forth , barely out of the 's reach . Taunted by this so - close stunt , the Beast walks forward a few steps and gets its feet caught in the quicksand . It roars helplessly as it begins to sink down into the swamp / quicksand while is reunited with , and . The group watch soberly as the Beast slowly sinks into the quagmire . , embraces . and the others walk to their waiting horses .

comes home from World War I to a city where his older brother is a political kingpin . meets an old friend , , but an argument leads to a fistfight . He ends up late for a date with , who is furious . angrily replies that he wants nothing more to do with her . 
 's self - destructive behavior continues at a restaurant , where he intervenes on behalf of a forlorn customer , , punching a waiter . He not only takes sympathy on her , he impulsively insists they get married . 
 Regretting his actions the next day , 's temper again flares when decides to get the marriage annulled . tells him to mind his own business . Minutes later , dies of a heart attack . 
 Years go by . , still in a loveless marriage with , has followed his brother into politics . His unethical methods include making money on a tip from gangster and claiming half the profits of a cement business in exchange for guaranteeing it city projects . has married , meanwhile , and become 's lawyer and insurance commissioner . 
 continues to mistreat , even giving her a very expensive necklace only to make envious . A newspaper editor and prosecutor begin investigating , whose net worth also vanishes with the stock market 's crash . He goes into business with gangster , inadvertently becoming an accomplice in a killing spree . 
 An effort to make things right leads to a fight resulting in 's death , but is indicted and shocked when testifies against him . leaves , telling how he deluded himself that he had even one friend . ends up by himself , behind bars .

Scientist Dr. ( ) and his new bride ( ) are driving to work when a flying saucer appears overhead . Without proof of the encounter , other than a tape recording of the ship 's sound , Dr. is hesitant to notify his superiors . He is in charge of Project Skyhook , an American space program that has already launched 10 research satellites into orbit . General ( ) , 's father , informs that many of the satellites have since fallen back to Earth . admits that he has lost contact with all of them and privately suspects alien involvement . The then witness the 11th falling from the sky shortly after launch . 
 When a saucer lands at Skyhook the next day , a group of aliens in metallic suits exit , and the infantry guards open fire , resulting in the death of one alien , while others and the saucer are protected by a force field . The aliens proceed to kill everyone at the facility but the ; General is captured and taken away in the saucer . Too late , discovers and decodes a message on his tape recorder : the aliens wanted to meet with Dr. and landed in peace at Skyhook for that purpose , but instead , they were met with violence . Impatient to conduct that meeting after everything has gone sideways , contacts the aliens and steals away to meet them , followed closely by and Major ( ) . They and a pursuing motorcycle patrol officer are taken aboard a saucer , where the aliens extract knowledge directly from the General 's brain . The aliens explain they are last of their species , having fled from their destroyed solar system . They have shot down all the launched satellites , fearing them as weapons . As proof of their power , the aliens give Dr. the coordinates of a naval destroyer that opened fire on them , and which they have since destroyed . Horrified by the cold , unempathic nature of the aliens , begins to break down , and the patrol officer , despite an attempt by to stop him , pulls his revolver and fires on the aliens ; he is subjected to the same mind control process as General . The alien explains that they will eventually return General and the patrol officer . As the interaction continues , becomes increasingly irrational , while tries to remain calm . Major and the are released with the message that the aliens want to meet with the world 's leaders in 56 days in Washington , D.C. to negotiate an occupation of Earth . 
 Dr. 's later observations discover that the aliens ' protective suits are made of solidified electricity , and grant them advanced auditory perception . From other observations , develops a counter - weapon against their flying saucers , which he later successfully tests against a single saucer . As they escape , the aliens jettison Gen. and the patrol officer , both falling to their deaths . Groups of alien saucers then attack Washington , Paris , London , and Moscow , but are destroyed by Dr. 's sonic weapon . The defenders also discover that the aliens can be easily killed by simple small arms gunfire once they are outside the force fields of their saucers . 
 With the alien threat eliminated , Dr. and quietly celebrate the victory by going back to their favorite beach , resuming their lives as newlyweds .

In the 23rd century , starship C-57D reaches the distant world Altair IV to determine the fate of an Earth expedition sent there 20 years earlier . Dr. , one of the expedition 's scientists , unsuccessfully tries to persuade the relief ship not to land , saying he can not guarantee their safety . 
 Commander , Lieutenant , and Lieutenant " Doc " are met by who transports them to ' residence . describes how one by one the rest of the expedition was killed by an unknown force that vaporized their starship , the Bellerophon , as the last survivors tried to lift off . Only , his wife ( who later died of natural causes ) , and their daughter were somehow immune . offers to help them prepare for the return journey , but says he must await further instructions from Earth . 
 The next day , finds teaching how to kiss ; furious , he dismisses and berates for her naivety and revealing clothing . She reports the incident to , who says that she never needs to see again . But designs a new , more conservative gown to please . That night , an invisible intruder sabotages equipment aboard the starship . and confront the following morning . While waiting for him to exit his study , steps outside to talk to . apologizes for his behavior and they kiss . They are attacked by a tiger , and disintegrates the animal , which had previously been tame in 's presence . 
 Upon ' appearance , and learn he has been studying the Krell , a highly advanced native race that perished overnight 200,000 years before . In a laboratory , shows them a " plastic educator " , a device capable of measuring and enhancing intellectual capacity . When first used it , he barely survived , but his intellect was permanently doubled . then takes them on a tour of a gigantic Krell underground machine complex , a cube 20 miles ( 32   km ) long on each side , still functioning and powered by 9,200 thermonuclear reactors . Afterwards , demands that turn over his scientific discoveries to Earth . refuses , claiming that " humanity is not yet ready to receive such limitless power " . 
 After some of his equipment is sabotaged , orders a force field fence deployed around the starship . It proves ineffective when the invisible intruder returns and murders Chief Engineer . warns that he has a premonition of further deadly attacks , similar to what happened with the Bellerophon . That night , the creature returns , but is outlined in the fence 's force field . The ship 's weapons have no effect , and it kills and two others . , asleep in the Krell lab , is startled awake by screams from Altaira ; at the same instant , the roaring creature vanishes . 
 Later , while tries to persuade to leave , sneaks away to use the educator . With his dying breath , tells that the underground machine was built to materialize anything the could imagine . He says that the forgot one thing , however : " Monsters from the I d " . The mysterious extinction of the Krell was in fact caused by their own base subconscious desires , given free rein and unlimited power by the machine . asserts that ' subconscious mind created the creature that killed the members of the original expedition and attacked his crew ; refuses to believe him . 
 After tells that she intends to leave with , detects the creature approaching . commands the robot to kill it , but knows it is a manifestation of and shuts down . The monster melts through the almost indestructible Krell metal doors of the laboratory where Adams , , and have taken refuge . finally accepts the truth . He confronts and disowns the creature , but is fatally injured . Before dies , he has initiate a chain reaction within the Krell reactors , saying everyone must be in deep space within 24 hours . At a safe distance , , , and the surviving crew watch the destruction of Altair IV .

The film is set in Jennings County , Indiana in 1862 . ( ) is a farmer and patriarch of the family whose Quaker religion conflicts with his love for the worldly enjoyments of music and horse racing . 's wife , ( ) a Quaker minister , is deeply religious and steadfast in her refusal to engage in violence . 's daughter ( ) wants to remain a Quaker but has fallen in love with dashing cavalry officer ( ) , a love that is against her mother 's wishes . 's youngest child " Little " ( ) is a feisty child whose comical feud with his mother 's pet goose causes her heartache . 's elder son ( ) is torn between his hatred of violence and a conviction that to protect his family he must join the home guard and fight the invaders . 
 We are introduced to the family via its youngest member , " Little " , who is forever at war with his mother 's pet goose . The story begins as an easygoing and humorous tale of Quakers trying to maintain their faith as they go to meeting on First Day ( Sunday ) ; contrasted with the ' neighbor ( ) and other members of the nearby Methodist Church . The mood shifts dramatically when the meeting is interrupted by a Union officer who asks how the Quaker men can stand by when their houses will be looted and their families terrorized by approaching Confederate troops . When confronted with the question of his being afraid to fight , responds that it might be the case . His honesty provokes the wrath of , a Quaker elder who condemns people who do n't believe as he does . 
 The film returns to its lighter tone as the Quakers try to maintain their ways , despite the temptations of amusements at a county fair , and a new organ ( which buys over 's opposition ) , but one is always reminded that the Confederate Army is drawing closer . On a business trip , acquires a new horse from the widow ( ) , and is finally able to defeat in their weekly horse race . One day , is cultivating his fields and notices an immense cloud of smoke on the horizon produced by the burning of buildings . soon arrives and tells them the neighboring community has been reduced to ash and corpses . believes that he must fight , a conviction that threatens to destroy the family . tells him that by turning his back to their religion he 's turning his back on her , but sees things a different way . finds himself on the front line of the battle to stop the advance of the raiders , fires his gun , and is injured by the Confederates . Meanwhile , is reluctant to fight , only picking up a rifle when the family horse gallops back to the farm riderless . 
 When Confederates arrive , they loot the farm for food when only and the younger children are present . Sam is bushwhacked by a " Reb " and struggles with the Confederate soldier and takes away his gun , but ultimately lets him go free and unhurt . Each member of the family faces the question of whether it is ever right for a Christian to engage in violence .

Wealthy Texas rancher travels to Maryland to buy a horse . There he meets and courts socialite , who ends a budding relationship with British diplomat Sir and marries after a whirlwind romance . 
 They return to Texas to start their life together on the family ranch , Reata , where 's older sister runs the household . meets , a local handyman , and he becomes infatuated with her . 
 On a ride with , discovers the local Mexican workers ' living conditions are terrible . After tending to one of the Mexican children , , she presses to take steps to improve their condition . 
 When riding 's beloved horse , War Winds , expresses her hostility for by cruelly digging in her spurs . War Winds bucks her off , killing her . She leaves a small piece of land on the ranch . , who despises , tries to buy back the land , but refuses to sell . makes the land his home and names it Little Reata . Over the next ten years , and have twins , ( " " ) and , and later have a daughter , . 
 After discovering oil within a footprint left by , begins digging and strikes oil on his land . He then drives to the house , covered in crude , to proclaim to the that he will be richer than them . makes a pass at , and this leads to a brief fistfight with before he drives off . 's oil drilling company prospers over the years , and he tries to persuade to let him drill for oil on Reata . is determined to preserve his family legacy , however , and refuses . 
 Meanwhile , tensions arise regarding the now - grown children . insists that succeed him and run the ranch , but wants to become a doctor . wants to attend finishing school in Switzerland , but wants to study animal husbandry at Texas Tech . Both children succeed in pursuing their own vocations , each asking one parent to convince the other to let them have their way . At the family Christmas party , tries to interest 's new husband , , in working on the ranch after he returns from the recently declared war , but refuses . arrives and persuades to allow oil production on his land . Realizing that his children will not take over the ranch when he retires , agrees . , now in her teens , starts flirting with . 
 Once oil production starts on the ranch , the family becomes even wealthier and more powerful . Meanwhile , the now - grown is killed in the war , and his body is sent home for burial . 
 The – Rink rivalry comes to a head when the discover that and the much older have been dating . At a huge party given by in his own honor at his hotel in Austin , he orders his staff not to serve 's Mexican wife , . Enraged , tries to start a fight with , who beats him and has him thrown out . Fed up , challenges to a fight . Drunk and almost incoherent , leads the way to a wine storage room . Seeing that is in no state to defend himself , lowers his fists , and instead topples 's wine cellar shelves . The family leaves the party . staggers into the banquet hall , takes his seat of honor , and passes out on the table . Later , sees drunkenly bemoaning his unrequited love for . leaves , heartbroken , as falls over onto the floor . 
 The next day , on their way home , the stop at a diner with a sign at the counter saying , " We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone , " which during the mid - twentieth century in the southern United States was often taken as meaning that ethnic minorities were not welcome . The racist owner , , insults and her and 's son . When the owner goes on to eject a Mexican family from the diner , tells to leave them alone . fights , who beats him , but then takes down the sign and tosses it on top of . 
 Back at the ranch , laments that he has failed to preserve the family legacy . replies that , after the fight in the diner , he was her hero for the first time , and that she considers their own family legacy a success .

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and granddaughter are excited about their Fairwood Farm 's new foal , which they name Glory , although because it 's a filly , her chances of becoming a championship racehorse are n't great . 
 The farm has financial difficulties . is attracted to wealthy , who allows to board and train at his stable . is said to be engaged to , a rich snob whose fast car sometimes spooks the horses . 
 can barely afford her feed bill , which is why in spite of having parted ways , her former trainer pays the $ 50 she owes . is heartsick when says the horse will need to be put up for auction . She enters Glory in races , but the filly is n't ready yet and always loses . also goes lame , requiring care and a long rest . 
 A singer , , takes an interest in , who joins him on a song called " Glory ' that becomes a success and earns them money . loses the horse in a poker game to , who is 's trainer , but arranges for her to win the horse back . 
 Neighbors put up the entry fee for the Kentucky Derby so that can be entered . returns to train her , and 's surprising victory is a happy ending for all , including newly in love and .

The film retells the story of the Trojan War in 1100 B.C. , albeit with some major changes from the Iliad 's storyline ; Paris of Troy ( ) sails to Sparta to secure a peace treaty between the two powerful city - states . His ship is forced to return to Troy in a storm after he has been swept overboard on the shore of Sparta . Paris is found by , queen of Sparta ( ) with whom he falls in love . He goes to the palace where he finds 's husband , king ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) and many other Greek kings debating whether to go to war with . , who is denied by , sees that his wife and Paris are in love and , pretending friendship , plots Paris ' death . 
 Warned by , Paris flees and , after they are both nearly caught by the Spartans , takes with him to Troy . Under the pretense of helping regain his honor , the Greeks unite , and the siege of Troy begins . Much blood is shed in the long ordeal , with the Trojans blaming their plight on Paris and until it turns out that the Greeks are solely after 's riches , not . The siege culminates in Greek victory through the ruse of the legendary Trojan Horse . While trying to flee , Helen and Paris are cornered by . Paris faces the Spartan king in single combat , but just as he wins the upper hand he is stabbed from behind , denying him a fair trial by arms . is forced to return with , but she is serene in the knowledge that in death she will be reunited with Paris in Elysium .

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The highly successful jazz musician ( ) was divorced from wealthy Newport , Rhode Island , socialite ( ) , but remains in love with her . She , however , is about to get married to a bland gentleman of good standing , ( ) . 
 Spy Magazine , a fictional tabloid newspaper in possession of embarrassing information about 's father , sends reporter ( ) and photographer ( ) to cover the nuptials . begins an elaborate charade as a private means of revenge , introducing her Uncle Willy ( ) as her proper father ( ) and the latter as her " wicked " Uncle Willy . 
 falls in love with , who must choose among three very different men in a course of self - discovery . After becoming tipsy at a party on the eve of her wedding and going off with for a romantic swim , decides to go through with it until takes umbrage . While in the process of telling her guests that the wedding is off , is surprised by a proposal from to take the groom 's place . Realizing where her heart truly is , she accepts .

Told in a narrative style , popularized by the television police series Dragnet , by police detective ( ) , the story concerns a 72 - hour period of horror for the city of Los Angeles . ( ) is a double - crossed convicted robber and murderer who was executed in the gas chamber . His body is unlawfully sold to a scientist ( ) who plans to move his experiments into the cause and cure of cancer to human subjects . 's corpse is subjected to chemical injection and massive jolts of high - voltage electricity in order to study the effect on human tissues . But 's heart is restimulated and he completely revives ( though rendered mute due to electrical damage to his vocal cords ) , immensely strong and with skin virtually impervious to scalpels , police bullets , even to bazooka shells . 
 After killing the doctor and his assistant ( ) , sets out to avenge himself on his two henchmen and his attorney ( ) who , in collusion with the attorney , had betrayed in order to steal his loot . had left the location of his stash to his stripper - girlfriend ( ) , who had since gone straight and begun dating the detective who brought to justice , after she had rejected the lawyer 's own advances . 
 The story then follows 's revenge on his enemies ; the police who first learn of a wave of mysterious killing , then of 's reanimation ; and the developing relationship between the detective and the stripper . The lawyer , fearing for his life after the two henchman are murdered , confesses the plot to the police , and reveals that had always used the sewer system to evade detection ; and to find a hiding place for the money , as it turns out . 
 Tracked down by the police , takes a direct hit in the solar plexus from a bazooka , and is heavily burned by a flame thrower . Weakened , he flees to a power station , where he climbs atop a gantry , inadvertently setting it in motion . As he watches the actions of the police down below , he fails to notice the gantry is moving toward the main power terminals . A dangling hook catches on a wire , and the gantry erupts in sparks as masses of electricity surge throughout its metal frame , searing to ashes . On a quiet night a few days later , successfully proposes to his girlfriend .

Psychiatrist Dr. is called to the emergency room of a California hospital , where a screaming man is being held in custody . Dr. agrees to listen to his story . The man identifies himself as a doctor , and he recounts , in flashback , the events leading up to his arrest and arrival at the hospital : 
 In the nearby town of Santa Mira , Dr. sees a number of patients apparently suffering from Capgras delusion – the belief that their relatives have somehow been replaced with identical - looking impostors . Returning from a trip , meets his former girlfriend , , who has herself recently come back to town after a divorce . 's cousin has the same fear about her Uncle , with whom she lives . Psychiatrist Dr. assures that these cases are merely an " epidemic of mass hysteria " . 
 That same evening , 's friend , , finds a body with his exact physical features , though it appears not fully developed ; later , another body is found in 's basement that is her exact duplicate . When calls to the scene , the bodies have mysteriously disappeared , and informs that he is falling for the same hysteria . The following night , , , , and 's wife again find duplicates of themselves , emerging from giant seed pods in Dr. 's greenhouse . They conclude that the townspeople are being replaced while asleep with exact physical copies . tries to make a long distance call to federal authorities for help , but the phone operator claims that all long - distance lines are busy ; and drive off to seek help in the next town . and discover that by now all of the town 's inhabitants have been replaced and are devoid of humanity ; they flee to 's office to hide for the night . 
 The next morning they see truckloads of the giant pods heading to neighboring towns to be planted and used to replace their populations . and , both of whom are " pod people " by now , arrive at 's office and reveal that an extraterrestrial life form is responsible for the invasion . After their takeover , they explain , life loses its frustrating complexity , because all emotions and sense of individuality vanish . and manage to escape , but are soon pursued by a crowd of " pod people " . Exhausted , they manage to hide in an abandoned mine outside town . leaves a little later , coming upon a large greenhouse farm , where he discovers giant seed pods being grown by the hundreds . When kisses after his return , he realizes , to his horror , that fell asleep and is now one of them . As runs away , she sounds the alarm . He runs and runs , eventually finding himself on a crowded state highway . After seeing a transport truck bound for San Francisco and Los Angeles filled with the pods , he frantically screams at the passing motorists , " They 're here already ! You 're next ! You 're next ! " 
 Dr. and the on - duty doctor dismiss 's account until a truck driver is wheeled into the emergency room after being badly injured in an accident . He was found in his wrecked truck buried under a load of giant seed pods . Finally believing 's story , Dr. calls for all roads in and out of Santa Mira to be barricaded , and alerts the FBI .

has trained to be a minister , like his father , but the church authorities find him unsuitable . He pleads with them to be allowed some position and they place him in a very poor mining community . Here he becomes deeply absorbed in the daily poverty and begins sketching daily life . The apostate religious leaders do not like his approach , and they frown on his social activism and care for the poor . He returns home to his father 's house . Here a woman he obsessively loves ( his cousin ) rejects because of his inability to support himself financially . The infatuated follows her to her family home , where he holds his hand over a candle flame to prove his devotion , only to learn that she has said she is disgusted by him and does n't want to see him again . A friend gives him paint and artist materials and encourages him to paint , and he heads to Paris . Here he takes up with a prostitute who eventually also leaves because he is too poor . His passion then turns fully to painting , which he pursues while agonizing that his vision exceeds his ability to execute . His brother , , provides financial and moral support . 
 ( whom he met in Paris ) joins him in Arles , and for a while life is good , but is too obsessive even for 's tastes and they argue , after which cuts off his own ear . begins experiencing hallucinations and seizures and voluntarily commits himself to a mental institution . He signs himself out , and with 's help returns to a rural area to resume painting . Out painting cornfields he is frustrated by the crows and ultimately shoots himself in despair of never being able to put what he sees on canvas . As a result , he dies a few days after shooting himself.[3 ]

The story concerns ( ) , a former nightclub singer who discovers her husband ( ) is having an affair with showgirl ( ) . is the last to find out among her circle of gossiping girlfriends . travels to Reno to divorce from who then marries , but when finds out that is n't true to she starts fighting to win her ex - husband back .

Self - destructive , alcoholic nymphomaniac ( ) and her insecure , alcoholic playboy brother ( ) are the children of Texas oil baron ( ) . Spoiled by their inherited wealth and crippled by their personal demons , neither is able to sustain a personal relationship . 
 Problems ensue after 's impulsive marriage to New York City executive secretary ( ) , who becomes a steadying influence to his life through the first few months after they meet . resumes drinking after being unsuccessful in fathering a baby . He turns against his childhood friend , 's long - time infatuation , ( ) , a geologist for the oil company . 's anger and depression grow after the death of his father , who admired but was disgusted with the behavior of his two heirs . 
 is secretly in love with . He keeps these feelings private until , having been diagnosed with a low sperm count , physically assaults when she announces her pregnancy , wrongly assuming it to be the result of adultery with . 's fall results in a miscarriage . vows to leave town with her as soon as she 's well enough to travel . On his return , a drunken recovers a hidden pistol and intends to shoot . struggles with her brother for the weapon , but it accidentally fires , killing him . 
 Repeatedly spurned by the man she claims to love , a spiteful threatens to implicate in 's death . At the inquest , she first testifies that he killed her sibling . But she tearfully redeems herself at the last second by admitting the truth . and depart , leaving to mourn the death of her brother and run the company alone .

In the Arizona Territory of the 1880s , rancher ( ) and his young sons witness a stagecoach holdup . The boys want to try to intervene , but their father warns them that it would be useless to act when they are so heavily outnumbered . When the stagecoach driver overpowers one of the robbers and uses him as a human shield , ( ) , the leader of the gang , callously shoots both men dead . 
 and his men stop at the saloon in nearby Bisbee , Arizona , posing as cowhands . stays to seduce the pretty barmaid , ( ) . Contrary to his casual violence toward men , shows real tenderness and affection for the lonely woman . He is captured , but his chief henchman ( ) gets away with the news . The local people fear what his men will do , so the town marshal decides to have two volunteers sneak the prisoner to Contention City to catch a train , the 3:10 to Yuma . Mr ( ) , the stage - line owner , offers $ 200 for the dangerous job . Desperate for cash after three years of drought and feeling disappointed in himself for not being able to provide his family with a better life , jumps at the opportunity . The only other man interested is the town drunk , ( ) . When no one else steps forward , the marshal reluctantly accepts them . 
 is placed on a stagecoach , which then stops ( in view of some of the gang ) for a faked repair ; the outlaw is secretly taken off while the stage continues on with an imposter , in the hope that , by the time the outlaws figure out what has happened , it will be too late . is taken to 's ranch , where he tries to charm 's devoted wife ( ) while she serves supper to the family and . 's sons berate the outlaw , but insists that they show proper hospitality to their " guest " . Once again , displays surprisingly genuine appreciation and respect for a hard - working woman . 
 , and leave under cover of darkness , reaching Contention City at daybreak . has reserved the bridal suite at the hotel . While they wait for the train , tries several times to bribe into letting him go , reminding him that he has a fine wife and family waiting for him . is irritated by 's inducements , especially 's comments about his wife , but he is greatly tempted by his offers of cash that " no one will ever know about " . Confident that his men will rescue him before he 's taken to the train , never shows anything but calm bemusement to his captor . His interest in seems to go beyond a simple exchange of freedom for cash . The local sheriff is out of town , so hires five men to help escort the prisoner to the train . 
 Things go awry when the slain stagecoach driver 's brother , ( ) , barges in unexpectedly , seeking revenge . wrestles his gun away , but in the struggle it goes off . hears the gunshot and spots in a window . He rides off to fetch the rest of the gang . 
 The men recruited watch as seven outlaws enter the town . Not liking the odds , they retreat , leaving only , and . When goes out to reconnoitre he spots one of 's men on a rooftop opposite the hotel . calls out , warning , but is shot in the back by . The gang hangs the wounded from the lobby chandelier , killing him . decides that is no longer worth the risk , releasing from his obligation , with pay . arrives and also tries to change her husband 's mind , but he is committed : " The town drunk gave his life because he believed that people should be able to live in decency and peace together . You think I can do less ? " 
 When the clock strikes three , escorts out a back door . Gang members take shots whenever they can without endangering , but despite their best efforts they can not stop the pair from reaching the track side , where the train is waiting . 
 Finally , the outlaws emerge to confront as the train starts to leave . shouts for to drop down to allow them a clear shot at . Instead , unexpectedly tells to jump into the passing baggage car . They leap to safety together . The gang pursues the train , but shoots and the rest give up pursuit . explains that he owed a favour for saving his life when tried to kill him , and he confidently claims he has broken out of the Yuma jail before ( implying he can do so again ) . sees safe on the train as rain pours down on her , breaking the long drought .

In a New York City courthouse a jury commences deliberating the case of an 18 - year - old boy from a slum , on trial for allegedly stabbing his father to death . If there is any reasonable doubt they are to return a verdict of not guilty . If found guilty , the boy will receive a mandatory death sentence . The jury are informed that their verdict , whether guilty or not guilty , must be unanimous . 
 In a preliminary vote , all jurors vote " guilty " except Juror 8 , who argues that the boy deserves some deliberation . This irritates Juror 7 , who has tickets to the evening 's New York Yankees game , but the majority agree that with the defendant 's life at stake , an hour for deliberation is reasonable . 
 Juror 8 says he can not vote " guilty , " questioning the accuracy and reliability of the only two witnesses and the prosecution 's claim that the murder weapon , a common switchblade ( of which he possesses an identical copy ) , was " rare " . He suggests a secret ballot — from which he will abstain — and agrees to vote " guilty " if the others unanimously vote " guilty " , but that otherwise , they should continue to deliberate . In the ballot , a new " not guilty " vote appears . An angry Juror 3 accuses Juror 5 , who grew up in a slum , of changing his vote out of sympathy towards slum children . Juror 9 then reveals it was he who changed his vote , agreeing that more deliberation is warranted . 
 Juror 8 further argues the verbal threat one witness claimed to have heard the boy make to his father : " I 'm going to kill you " , would have been obscured by the noise of a passing train , and also argues that this phrase is often used by people who do not mean it literally . Juror 5 changes his vote to " not guilty " . Juror 11 also changes his vote , believing the boy would not likely have tried to retrieve the murder weapon from the scene if it had been cleaned of fingerprints . 
 Jurors 5 , 6 , and 8 question the witness 's claim to have seen the defendant fleeing 15 seconds after hearing the father 's body hit the floor since he was physically incapable of reaching an appropriate vantage point in time due to a limp caused by a stroke . An angry Juror 3 shouts that they are losing their chance to " burn " the boy . When Juror 8 accuses him of being a sadist , Juror 3 lunges at him and yells " I 'll kill him , I 'll kill him ! " , restrained by Jurors 1 and 7 . Juror 8 calmly retorts , " you do n't really mean you 'll kill me , do you ? " , securing his earlier argument . Jurors 2 and 6 change their votes , tying the vote at 6–6 . 
 Juror 4 doubts the boy 's alibi of being at the movies because he could not recall it in much detail . Juror 8 tests how well Juror 4 remembers previous days , which he does , with difficulty . Juror 2 questions the likelihood that the boy , who was nearly a foot shorter than his father , could have inflicted the downward stab wound found in the body . Next , Jurors 3 and 8 conduct an experiment to see whether a shorter person could stab downwards on a taller person . The experiment proves the possibility , but Juror 5 steps up and demonstrates the correct way to hold and use a switchblade ; revealing that anyone skilled with a switchblade , as the boy would be , would always stab underhanded at an upwards angle against an opponent who was taller than they , as the grip of stabbing downwards would be too awkward and the act of changing hands too time - consuming . 
 Increasingly impatient , Juror 7 changes his vote to hasten the deliberation , which earns him the ire of Jurors 3 and 11 ( both on opposite sides of the debate ) about using his vote frivolously . When pressed by Juror 11 , however , Juror 7 insists he truly believes the boy is not guilty . Jurors 12 and 1 then change their votes . Outraged , Juror 10 vents a lengthy condemnation of slum - born people , claiming they are no better than animals who kill without sympathy . Juror 5 and Juror 11 turn their backs on him . All other jurors except Juror 4 follow . As Juror 10 begs the others to listen to him , Juror 4 responds , " I have . Now sit down and do n't open your mouth again . " Juror 10 sits in a corner by himself . Juror 8 calmly speaks about the evils of prejudice as they all return to their seats . 
 When the remaining " guilty " voters are pressed to explain themselves , Juror 4 states that , despite all the previous evidence , the woman from across the street who saw the killing still stands as solid evidence . Juror 12 then reverts his vote , making the vote 8–4 . 
 Juror 9 , seeing Juror 4 rub his nose ( which is being irritated by his glasses ) , realizes that the woman who allegedly saw the murder had similar impressions in the sides of her nose , indicating that she wore glasses , but did not wear them in court out of vanity . Other jurors , including Juror 4 , confirm that they saw the same thing . Juror 8 adds that she would not have been wearing them in bed and argues that she would n't have had time to put them on when she witnessed the murder , thus allowing her to view it improperly . Jurors 12 , 10 , and 4 change their vote to " not guilty " , leaving only Juror 3 . 
 Juror 3 gives a long and increasingly tortured string of arguments , building on earlier remarks that his relationship with his own son is deeply strained , which is ultimately be why he wants the boy to be guilty . He finally loses his temper and tears up a photo of him and his son , but then breaks down crying and changes his vote to " not guilty " , making the vote unanimous . The jurors then leave the room to reveal their verdict to the judge . In a show of compassion , Juror 8 helps a distraught Juror 3 with his coat as they head out . 
 Outside , Jurors 8 ( ) and 9 ( ) exchange names and all of the jurors descend the courthouse steps to return to their individual lives .

Off the coast of Sicily , fishermen watch as a spaceship crashes into the sea . They row out to the site and pull two spacemen from the nose - down craft before it completely sinks into the sea . 
 In Washington , D.C. , Major General discovers that the missing spaceship , piloted by Colonel , has been located . As flies to the site , , a little boy , finds and opens a translucent cylinder marked “ USAF ” on the beach . It contains a gelatinous mass , which he sells to Dr. , a zoologist studying sea creatures . Meanwhile , 's granddaughter , a third year medical student , is summoned to take care of the injured spacemen . When regains consciousness , he finds his crew mate , Dr. , in the last throes of the fatal disease that killed his other eight crewmen . 
 After returns to the trailer shared with her grandfather , a small creature hatches from the mass , and locks it in a cage ; by morning , the creature has tripled in size . arrives , accompanied by scientist Dr. , and meets with two representatives of the Italian government , informing them the spaceship has returned from Venus . and hitch the trailer to their truck and head for Rome . 's spacecraft carried a sealed metal container bearing an unborn Venusian species . As police divers begin to search for it , offers a reward for the capsule 's recovery , prompting to lead them to the empty container . When tells them that he sold the mass to Dr. , and pursue him . 
 That night , discovers that the creature has grown to human size . Soon after , it breaks out of the cage and flees . Confused , the beast blunders onto a nearby farm , terrorizing the animals . The creature eats sulfur and rips open several bags it discovers . While feeding , the creature encounters the farm dog and kills it , alerting the farmer . and the others reach the barn , trapping the beast inside . explains that the creature is not dangerous unless provoked . However , he immediately provokes it by trying to prod the creature into a cage , and it injures the farmer when he stabs it with a pitchfork . After the creature breaks out of the barn and disappears into the countryside , the police commissario insists that it be destroyed . 
 After the Italian government grants permission to capture the creature , he devises a plan to ensnare it in a giant electric net dropped from a helicopter . The Italian police conduct their own pursuit , shooting at it with flamethrowers . Aware that sulfur is the creature 's food of choice , uses it as bait , luring the creature to a secluded site and subduing it with an electric jolt from the net . Later , at the American Embassy in Rome , briefs the press corps and allows three reporters to view the creature , which has been placed in the Rome Zoo . There , explains that the creature is being sedated with a continuous electric shock so it can be studied . , who is aiding her uncle , begins flirting with . Suddenly , electrical equipment shorts out and the creature awakens . 
 Now huge , the creature battles an elephant and sends the panicked patrons scurrying . Taking their fight to the streets of Rome , the two destroy cars and damage buildings . The creature finally kills the elephant and continues its rampage . tracks the beast to the River Tiber , where it submerges . Grenades are lobbed into the river , and it surfaces . It heads for the Colosseum and destroys an ancient temple , killing three soldiers . As the creature disappears into the ruins , charges after it with a group of bazooka - carrying soldiers , driving it to the top of the structure . scores a direct bazooka hit . Artillery fire from a tank then destroys the ledge the creature is clinging to , and it plunges to its death . A relieved runs into 's arms .

A group of scientists and their support crew of five sailors land on a remote island in the Pacific Ocean . They are searching for a previous expedition that disappeared without a trace , and to continue their research on the effects of radiation from the Bikini Atoll nuclear tests on the island 's plant and sea life . The scientists on the expedition are led by Dr. ( ) , and also include geologist ( ) and biologists ( ) , ( ) and ( ) . Their party also includes technician and handyman ( ) . 
 Soon after their arrival , a sailor , ( ) , falls in the water and is killed , his decapitated body floating to the surface . Two sailors ( and ) are left behind to guard the explorers , while the others , led by ( ) , attempt to return to the mainland , but their seaplane explodes . 
 The scientists are unable to report what happened due to a storm ; they decide to stay on the island and continue their research . They read journal entries written by the previous scientific team , which mention killer worm creatures . and go scuba diving . That night , hears " " , leader of the previous expedition , calling out to her . descends into a pit , which opens outside during an inexplicable earthquake , but falls in . 
 The current expedition learns to their horror that the earlier group had been killed and eaten by two mutated , intelligent giant crabs , who have absorbed the minds of their victims and can speak telepathically in their voices . Members of the current expedition are being systematically attacked and killed by the monsters , which are now invulnerable to most standard weaponry because of the mutations to their cell structures . 
 The remaining scientists finally discover that both giant crabs are the cause of the ongoing earthquakes and landslides on the island ; they are slowly destroying the island , reducing its size , by undermining it with tunnels . The scientists turn their attention to a way to stop the mating pair of monsters from reproducing . They are able to kill one of the crabs in a cave when their explosive detonates , shaking loose an overhead rock that falls and crushes the head of the monster . 
 As the island continues to fall away into the Pacific , and after barely escaping from their collapsing laboratory building , the surviving trio of , and finally meet the remaining intelligent giant crab , , who speaks to them via telepathy . vows to go to the mainland with her fertilized eggs when the island is gone ( and the three humans are dead ) to feed upon on even more people , absorbing those minds in the process . then sacrifices himself by bringing down an electrically - charged broadcast tower directly on top of the giant crab , electrocuting the monster and her unhatched brood . and embrace on the small portion of what remains of the large island .

The film opens with newspaper photojournalist ( Castle ) accidentally stumbling upon a small town ( Ludlow , Illinois ) which has been inexplicably destroyed . All 150 people in the town are missing , and the evidence indicates they are dead . Incredibly , the local fields are also barren , as if a swarm of locusts had eaten all the crops . suspects that the military is covering something up , and travels to a nearby United States Department of Agriculture experimental farm to learn what creature might have caused the agricultural destruction . She meets Dr. ( ) , who is experimenting with radiation as a means of growing gigantic fruits and vegetables to end world hunger . Dr. reports that there have been a number of mysterious incidents nearby , and that locusts have eaten all the radioactive wheat stored in a nearby grain silo . 
 Gigantic mutant locusts rampage over the countryside . Dr. and Ms. begin to track down the source of the mysterious occurrences , and quickly discover that the locusts which ate the grain have grown to the size of a city bus . The monsters have eaten all the crops in the area , and now are seeking human beings as a means of sustenance . It is also clear that they are headed for the city of Chicago . and meet with General ( ) , Colonel ( ) , and Captain ( ) to strategize a solution . Machine gun and artillery fire seem ineffective against the creatures , and there are far too many to effectively deal with all at once . The United States Army and Illinois National Guard are called upon to help protect the city . But the monsters quickly invade Chicago , and begin to feast on human flesh as well as several buildings . 
 General concludes that the only way to destroy the beasts en masse is to use a nuclear weapon and destroy Chicago . However , Dr. realizes that the locusts are warm - weather creatures . He concludes that he might be able to lure the locusts into Lake Michigan . There , the cold water will incapacitate them , and they will drown . The lure itself will be a decoy locust mating call , generated electronically with test - tone oscillators . The plan is put into effect , and it works at the last possible moment . The monstrous locusts drown , but Dr. and Ms. wonder if other insects or animals might have eaten other radioactive crops . They ponder whether the whole world might be facing an attack of monstrous creatures .

In California covering a golf tournament , New York sports reporter ( ) correctly chooses the winning golfer in the reporters ' betting pool . With the $ 1200 he won , begins buying drinks . The next morning he awakes with no memory of the night before . Hung over and believing that he failed to file his story , sits beside the hotel pool drinking coffee . When an unfamiliar woman , ( ) , approaches him , , through a series of misunderstandings , assumes she is a prostitute . As heatedly begins to correct him , he receives a call from his editor telling him he had received 's story , but that a corrupt boxing promoter was threatening . Ending the call , returns to who explains that she had helped him write his story . This begins a whirlwind eight day romance which ends with marriage . Only on the flight back to New York does begin to discover that had hidden the details of her job , wealth and family connections in order to land . This quickly causes friction . 
 is a sportswriter and poker enthusiast with working - class friends . designs clothes for a wide array of artistic personalities . Their friends clash memorably one Wednesday night when his Poker Club and her Drama Society both convene at 's apartment . 
 becomes suspicious of after she finds a photograph of ( ) , 's former girlfriend . tries to hide his former relationship , but fails miserably . Complicating matters even further is 's continuing series of exposés of the activities of crooked boxing promoter ( ) . 's life is in danger , but he hides that from his wife as well . What results is a series of misunderstandings and mishaps .

At the Federal Broadcasting Network in Midtown Manhattan , ( ) is in charge of its reference library , which is responsible for researching facts and answering questions on all manner of topics , great and small . has been involved for seven years with rising network executive ( ) , with no marriage in sight . 
 The network is negotiating a merger with another company , but is keeping it secret . To help the employees cope with the extra work that will result , the network head has ordered two computers , or " electronic brains . " Methods Engineer and efficiency expert ( ) , the inventor of EMERAC ( " Electromagnetic MEmory and Research Arithmetical Calculator " ) , is brought in to see how the library functions , to figure out how to ease the transition . Though extremely bright , as he gets to know , he is surprised to discover that she is every bit his match . 
 When they find out the computers are coming , the employees jump to the conclusion they are being replaced . Their fears seem to be confirmed when everyone on the staff receives a pink slip printed out by the new payroll computer . Fortunately , it turns out to be a mistake ; the machine fired everybody in the company , including the president . 
 reveals his romantic interest in , but she believes that EMERAC would always be his first priority . denies it , but then puts him to the test , setting the machine to self - destruct . resists the urge to fix it as long as possible , but finally gives in . accepts him anyway .

Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Joan Blondell, Gig Young, Dina Merrill

After the Korean War , Americans ( ) and ( ) own a tramp boat , the Ruby , which they use for small - scale smuggling around the Caribbean , along with a third crewman , ( ) . One day , their bartender contact , ( ) , introduces them to an American businessman who has been enjoying the company of beautiful but passport - less European goddess ( ) . He has to return to Detroit , but wants to arrange for her to get to another island . They are reluctant , but $ 1,200 proves very tempting . 
 On the voyage , starts falling in love with her . Knowing the kind of woman she is , does his best to protect his partner by warning to stay away from . However , starts falling for her himself . When she disembarks , goes with her , ending his partnership with . 
 and take on a shady job , but are intercepted by the authorities . They have to abandon ship and swim to a nearby island to avoid arrest . takes a job on a cargo ship to get back to . He also plans to kill , correctly suspecting that his former partner tipped off the customs agents to get rid of the competition for . However , while is away , she goes to and confesses she loves him . 
 After a collision , is trapped below deck under a girder with time running out ; the ship is aflame and carrying a highly explosive cargo . Doctor ( ) offers the only way out , by amputating 's trapped legs , but he would rather die . goes aboard and stays with him . An explosion frees from the wreckage , and carries him to safety . 
 After has recovered , he confronts and in a bar . It is there he realises that loves and not him , leaving him to walk away and cut his losses by saying , " some days you win some days you lose " .

( ) is a fashion magazine publisher and editor , for Quality magazine , who is looking for the next big fashion trend . She wants a new look for the magazine . wants the look to be both " beautiful " and " intellectual " . She and famous fashion photographer ( ) want models who can " think as well as they look . " The two brainstorm and come up with the idea to find a " sinister - looking " book store in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan . They subsequently find a bookstore named " Embryo Concepts " . 
 and take over Embryo Concepts , which is being run by the shy bookshop clerk and amateur philosopher , ( ) . thinks the fashion and modeling industry is nonsense , saying : " it is chichi , and an unrealistic approach to self - impressions as well as economics " . decides to use in the first fashion shot , to give it a more intellectual look . After the first shot locks out of the shop to keep her from interrupting the rest of the photo shoot . 
 What wants more than anything else in the world is to go to Paris and attend the famous philosopher / professor 's ( ) lectures about empathicalism . When gets back to the darkroom , he sees something in 's face which is " new " and " fresh " , and which would be perfect for the campaign , giving it " character " , " spirit " , and " intelligence " . They send for , pretending they want to order some books from her shop . Once she arrives , they start treating her like a doll , trying to make her over , pulling at her clothes and attempting to cut her hair . She is outraged and runs away , only to hide in the darkroom where is working . When mentions Paris , becomes very interested in that she would get a chance to see Professor , and is finally persuaded ( in place of ' convinced ' ) to model for the magazine . Soon , , , and are off to Paris to prepare for a major fashion event , shooting photos at famous landmarks from the area . During the various photo shoots , and develop feelings for each other and they fall in love . 
 One night , when is getting ready for a gala , she learns is giving a lecture at a cafe nearby . She attends , forgetting the gala . Eventually , Dick finds her and they get into an argument at the gala 's opening , which results in being publicly embarrassed and outraged . goes to talk to at his home . Through some scheming , and make it into the soiree at 's home . After performing an impromptu song and dance for 's disciples , they confront and . This eventually leads to causing to fall and knock himself out . urges them to leave . When wakes up , he tries to make a pass at . Shocked at the behavior of her " idol " , she smashes a vase over his head and runs out . 
 Before the group leaves for home , there is a final fashion show . and try to get in touch with , who has made plans to leave Paris . does the runway show and before her wedding gown finale , she looks out the window and sees the plane was supposed to be on , take off . Heartbroken , she runs off the runway in tears at the conclusion of the show . 
 Meanwhile , is at the airport . He runs into and learns bashed him on the head with a vase . , realizing how much he cares , goes back to find . He goes back to the runway show , only to find is nowhere to be found at the show . Finally , after applying empathicalism at 's behest , realizes would return to the church where they had photographed her in a wedding dress and shared their first romantic moment and kiss . Returning there himself , he finds ( in the wedding gown ) by a little brook . He sings to her and she to him . They embrace and kiss .

Young cello student ( ) eavesdrops on a conversation between her father , widowed private detective ( ) , and his client , " Monsieur X " ( ) . After learning of his wife 's daily trysts with American business magnate ( ) , Monsieur X announces he will shoot later that day . is nonchalant , regretting only the business he will lose ( is a well - known international playboy with a long history of numerous casual affairs ) . When can not get the police to intervene ( until after a crime has been committed ) , she decides to warn him herself . 
 is in time . When Monsieur breaks into 's hotel suite , he finds with , not his wife ( she is cautiously making her escape via an outside ledge ) . is intrigued by the mysterious girl , who refuses to give him any information about herself , even her name . He resorts to calling her " thin girl " . She has no romantic history but pretends to be a femme fatale to interest him , and soon falls in love with the considerably older man . She agrees to meet him the next afternoon , because her orchestral practice is in the evenings ( although she does not admit that is the reason ) . She comes with mixed feelings , but ends up becoming his lover for the evening until his plane leaves ( though later says he did not make it to first base with her ) . 
 Her father , who has tried unsuccessfully to protect her from knowing about the tawdry domestic - surveillance details in his files , notices her change of mood but has no idea that it proceeds from one of his cases . 
 After a year , returns to Paris . The two meet again when she sees him at an opera while surveying the crowd from a balcony and puts herself in his path in the lobby , and they start seeing each other again . This time , when he persists in his questioning , she makes up a long list of prior imaginary lovers based on her father 's files ( is number 20 on the list ) . gradually goes from being amused to being tormented by the possible comparisons , but is unsure whether they are real . When he encounters a still - apologetic Monsieur X , the latter recommends to him , and thus hires 's own father to investigate . 
 It does not take long to realize the mystery woman is . He informs his client that his daughter fabricated her love life . He tells that she is a little fish that he should throw back , since she is serious and he wants to avoid serious relationships . 
 decides to leave Paris , pretending to be on his way to meet former lovers . At the station , as runs along the platform beside his departing train , with her femme - fatale facade cracking as her love shows through , changes his mind and sweeps her up in his arms onto the train . reports that they got married and now live in New York .

Two years after her divorce from wealthy businessman , ex - wife wants to regain partial custody of their son , , who is devoted to his father . has never gotten over losing her after introducing her to the man she left him for . 
 's new husband is a sharp attorney who works for the State Department . Using his skill and pull , he gets the custody hearing from the divorce re - opened , stating she signed the custody agreement under emotional duress . 
 Meeting with them before the hearing , intimates that he will do all he can to harm 's career if they try to get the child back . As 's personal and business lawyer prepares to handle the hearing , seems unaware of the personal interest in him from 's new assistant , . 
 The boy tells Judge in private that he prefers living with his dad and is suspicious of his mother 's motives . Disturbed that he has not developed an appreciation for or ties with his mother , the judge awards full rather than partial custody . An alcoholic binge follows for , who is shattered . 
 comes to inform him that business matters are suffering from his neglect . She takes care of when he drunkenly passes out , after he claimed that he never loved and only married her so a son could take over his business someday . 
 comes over to 's to express his unhappiness with the situation . , his business shut down , impulsively gives power of attorney and decides to go to Europe " for some peace of mind . " realizes that is planning to take with him , where they will be out of the reach of the court , and warns to call . 
 arrives in time to take the child off the plane , resulting in a fight between the men . is disgusted with 's self - pitying and selfish behavior , and when confesses to being in love with him , cruelly says girls like her are " a dime a dozen " . She hands him a dime . 
 reveals to that she wanted back because she and are unable to have a child of their own . Her guilt grows at discovering how unhappy she has made her son and tries to return him to . is forced to realize how much she loves and convinces that the change of custody is best for all of them . starts anew with , handing her back the dime .

In 1860s post - U.S. Civil War Texas , leaves home to work on a cattle drive , leaving behind his wife , older son and younger son . 
 While is away , sets off to work in the cornfield , where he encounters a dog named " Old Yeller " , a golden retiever mix . He was called that because " yeller " is a dialect pronunciation of yellow and the fact that his bark sounds more like a human yell . unsuccessfully tries to drive the dog away , but likes him and defends him from . However , the dog 's habit of stealing meat from smokehouses and robbing hens ' nests does not endear him to . 
 Later , tries to capture a black bear cub by feeding it cornbread and grabbing it . Its angry mother hears her cub wailing and attacks , but Old appears and drives her off , earning the affection of the family . grows to love and respect , who comes to have a profound effect on the boy 's life . 
 Old Yeller 's owner , , shows up looking for his dog , but comes to realize that they need him more than he does , and agrees to trade him to in exchange for a horny toad and a home - cooked meal . takes aside and warns him of the growing plague , hydrophobia . 
 One day , sets out to trap feral hogs . On the advice of , he sits in a tree , trying to rope them from above as Old keeps them from escaping . falls into the group of hogs , one of which injures him . Old attacks it and rescues , who escapes with a badly hurt leg . Old is seriously wounded as well . warns them of hydrophobia in the area and is chastised by Mama for trying to scare . The boars did not have hydrophobia , and both and Old fully recover . 
 However , the family soon realize that their cow , Rose , has not been allowing her calf to feed and may have rabies . Watching her stumble about , confirms it and shoots her . While and burn the body that night , a rabid wolf attacks . Old defends the family , but he is bitten in the struggle before can shoot and kill the wolf with the rifle . They pen Old in the corn crib for several weeks to watch him . Soon when Travis goes to feed him , he growls and snarls at him . After he nearly attacks , who , not understanding the danger , had attempted to open the corn crib , a grieving is forced to shoot him . In doing so , he takes his first step toward adulthood . 
 Heartbroken from the death of his beloved dog , refuses the offer of a new puppy fathered by Old . comes home with a bagful of money and presents for his family . Having learned about Old Yeller 's fate from Mama , he explains the facts about life and death to . When they get back to the farm , the young puppy steals a piece of meat , a trick he learned from his father . adopts him , naming him " Young " in honor of his father .

The film begins with a voiceover describing the trench warfare situation of World War I up to 1916 . In a château , General ( ) , a member of the French General Staff , asks his subordinate , the ambitious General ( ) , to send his division on a suicide mission to take a well - defended German position called the " Anthill . " initially refuses , citing the impossibility of success , but when mentions a potential promotion , quickly convinces himself the attack will succeed . 
 proceeds to walk through the trenches , asking several soldiers , " Ready to kill more Germans ? " He throws a disturbed private ( ) out of the regiment for showing signs of shell shock , which denies the existence of . leaves the detailed planning of the attack to the 701st Regiment ’s Colonel ( ) , despite 's protests that the only result of the attack will be to weaken the French Army with heavy losses for no benefit . 
 During a nighttime scouting mission prior to the attack , a drunken lieutenant named ( ) sends one of his two men ahead as a scout . Overcome by fear while waiting for the scout 's return , he lobs a grenade and retreats . The other soldier — Corporal ( the body of the scout , killed by the grenade . Having safely returned , he confronts , but denies any wrongdoing , and falsifies his report to Colonel . 
 The next morning , the attack on the Anthill proceeds . leads the first wave of soldiers over the top into no man 's land under heavy fire . None of the men reach the German trenches , and B Company refuse to leave their own trench after sustaining heavy casualties . , enraged , orders his artillery to open fire on them to force them onto the battlefield . The artillery commander refuses to fire on his own men without written confirmation of the order . Meanwhile , returns to the trenches , and tries to rally B Company to join the battle , but as he climbs out of the trench , the body of a dead French soldier knocks him down . Predictably , the attack was a failure . 
 To deflect blame for the failure , decides to court martial 100 of the soldiers for cowardice . convinces him to reduce the number to three , one from each company . Corporal is chosen because his commanding officer , , wishes to keep him from testifying about his actions in the scouting mission . Private ( ) is picked by his commanding officer because he is a " social undesirable . " The last man , Private ( ) , is chosen randomly by lot , despite having been cited for bravery twice previously . 
 , who was a criminal defense lawyer in civilian life , volunteers to defend the men at their court - martial . The trial however , is a farce , and can accurately be described as a kangaroo court where the rights of the accused are violated . There is no formal written indictment , a court stenographer is not present , and the court refuses to admit evidence that would support acquittal . In his closing statement , challenges the court 's authenticity , and requests mercy , saying , " Gentlemen of the court , to find these men guilty would be a crime to haunt each of you till the day you die . " Nonetheless , the three men are sentenced to death . 
 Captain ( ) , the artillery commander who had earlier refused 's order to fire on his own men , arrives to tell about the incident . confronts as he is attending a ball with sworn statements by the witnesses attesting to 's order to shell his own trenches , and tries to blackmail the General Staff into sparing his men . takes the statements but brusquely dismisses . 
 The next morning , the three condemned men are led out into a courtyard , among soldiers from all three companies and senior officers . , injured during a desperate outburst in prison , is carried out on a stretcher and tied to the execution post . A sobbing is blindfolded . Paris is offered a blindfold by , but refuses . , whom has forced to lead the executions , meekly apologizes to Paris for what he has done , eliciting an ambiguous response . All three men are then shot and killed by the firing squad . 
 Following the execution , has breakfast with the gloating . enters , invited by . then reveals that will be investigated for the order to fire on his own men . leaves angrily , protesting that he has been made a scapegoat . then blithely offers 's command to , assuming that 's attempts to stop the executions were a ploy to gain 's job . Discovering that is in fact sincere , angrily rebukes him for his idealism while a disgusted calls a " degenerate , sadistic old man . " 
 After the execution , some of 's soldiers are raucously partying at an inn . Their mood shifts as they listen to a captive German girl ( , later Kubrick 's wife ) sing The Faithful Hussar , a sentimental folk song . They are unaware that orders have come for them to return to the front . lets the men enjoy a few minutes while his face hardens as he returns to his quarters .

Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Timothy Carey

In April 1941 , in the seemingly idyllic New England town of Peyton Place , drunkard ( ) stumbles out of his house as his step - son - fed up with 's alcoholism - leaves town . 's downtrodden wife , ( ) goes to work as the housekeeper for ( ) , a rather prim - acting local dress shop owner . The daughters of the two families , Allison ( ) and ( ) are best friends and are about to graduate high school . 
 A stranger to the town , ( ) , is hired to be the new principal of the high school by the president of the school board , ( ) , the owner of the local woolen mill ; the students ' choice for the position is long - time teacher , Miss ( ) . Arriving at the school , wins over Ms. by telling her that he wants to work with her . 
 Later , while picking out dresses for 's birthday party , encourages her daughter not to invite ( ) to the party , due to 's overtly sexual style ; ultimately , reconsiders and allows to invite anyone to her party . arrives at 's party with son ( ) , who swiftly turns the affair into a make - out party and kisses ; the party is ended , however , when walks in , embarrassing by making a scene . Before church , becomes a witness to beating his step - daughter . 
 Later that week , arrives at the house to announce that has been named valedictorian , and he asks to chaperone 's graduation dance , and the two slowly develop a romance . Meanwhile , tells his son , , that he will not accept his going to the graduation dance with a girl with such a bad reputation as , and forces to call and uninvite her to the dance . Instead , goes with , though is in love with another classmate , the shy ( ) who has an overprotective , widowed mother , ( ) . When they get to the dance , splits off to make out with in his car , but she is angry at him for dumping her and refuses to have sex with him . After dancing with her , kisses , but she again rejects his advances . 
 After the dance , is raped by her step - father , . She becomes pregnant , and when she goes to Dr. for an abortion he refuses , and she confides in him that her step - father raped her . confronts , and he is forced by to promise to leave town after signing a confession , all of which secretly witnesses . chases out of revenge when she returns home , and although she escapes , she falls and injures herself . After treating her , records the operation as an " appendectomy , " though in fact she has had a miscarriage . then becomes morosely despondent . 
 At a picnic that same year , and reunite and go skinny dipping while and go swimming , in proper suits , nearby . , the town gossip , sees the nude couple and falsely making an assumption , tells it was and . fights with , and tells her that 's father was actually married to another woman when she became pregnant with her . runs upstairs and finds that has committed suicide . This puts into a state of shock , and she is confined to a bed for a time . Sometime after , and elope , infuriating 's father . After she recovers , leaves for New York City . 
 World War II erupts during December 1941 , and the men of Peyton Place go off to war . When is killed in action his father offers to take care of his widow , , and she is at last welcomed into the family . Meanwhile , during Christmas of 1942 , visits to apologize for being so dismissive of him , and , when she confesses that she was a married man 's mistress , decides to stay in Peyton Place and promises her his offer for marriage is still open . During the same time , a drunken returns from the Navy and tries to rape again , but this time she bludgeons him to death in self - defense . 
 Shortly after Easter of 1943 , tearfully confesses the killing to and is later arrested and tried by the District Attorney ( ) for murder . , still estranged from , returns for the trial , as does , and the truth about 's self - defense , her step - father 's abuse and her miscarriage - as well as Dr. 's false report - all come to light . Dr. admonishes the town for their gossipy nature , and their failure to offer help to when she needed it . Ultimately , is acquitted , and she and are free to marry . 
 has a change of heart , and approaches with a hope of reconciliation . is also welcomed into the house .

Lana Turner, Sandra Dee, Diane Varsi, Hope Lange, Terry Moore, Lee Philips, Betty Field

A brash American film producer , ( ) , wants Russian composer ( ) to write music for his next picture , which is being made in Paris . But when the composer expresses his wish to stay in Paris , three comically bumbling operatives , Comrades ( ) , ( ) and ( ) , are sent from Moscow to take back . 
 manages to corrupt them with decadent western luxuries ( champagne , women , nightclubs , etc . ) and talks them into allowing to stay . He also arranges for his leading lady , ( ) , to " convince " to cooperate . 
 Fearful of his own precarious position , a commissar at the Ministry in Moscow summons a dedicated and humorless workaholic operative , ( ) , to bring all four men back home . succeeds in romancing her , despite her determination not to fall prey to the decadent attractions of Paris . He even proposes marriage . She and are horrified when they realize what changes have been made to 's music . They decide to return to Moscow . 
 does not give up , arranging for the pliable , , and to be sent back to Paris , knowing that they will be seduced again by the city 's charms . is sent after them , giving time to convince her to give in to her love for him .

Manhattan press agent ( ) has been unable to gain mentions for his clients in ( ) influential , nationally syndicated newspaper column of late because of 's failure to make good on a promise to break up the romance between 's younger sister ( ) and musician ( ) , an up - and - coming jazz guitarist.[3 ] 
 is losing money and clients . Given one last chance by the bullying , intimidating , he schemes to plant a false rumor in a rival column that is a marijuana - smoking Communist , then encourages to rescue Dallas 's reputation , certain that the headstrong boyfriend will reject 's favor and end up looking bad to . 
 The plan works , in a way — ca n't resist insulting 's methods , and , forced to choose between them , the timid breaks up with in order to protect him from her brother . , however , is enraged by 's insults to him after a brief confrontation . He decides to ruin the boy after all ( against 's advice ) and wants to have marijuana planted on the musician , then have him arrested and roughed up by corrupt police Lt . ( ] 
 It is such a dirty trick that even wants no part of it , at least until promises to take a long vacation from his powerful column and turn it over to in his absence . At a nightclub , slips the marijuana cigarettes into a pocket of a coat belonging to , who is accosted by outside the club . 
 retires to a bar where , surrounded by his industry pals , he toasts to his new cologne , the sweet smell of success . But , the festivities are interrupted when is summoned to 's penthouse apartment , where he finds attempting to take a header off the balcony.[3 ] arrives and does n't understand why is there , and realizes that he 's been tricked but tries to play along . Until , starts slapping him for being alone with , and then all the toothpicks in the castle come tumbling down . 
 In a climactic confrontation , reveals to that it was her brother who ordered him to destroy Dallas 's reputation and their relationship . makes a call to to come after , who tries to flee but is caught in Times Square by the brutal cop . 
 Back in the penthouse , , her bags packed , acknowledges to her brother that she attempted suicide , considering death preferable to living with him . She walks out on him , saying that she will go to Dallas . A mortified looks at his sister from his apartment , as she walks out into the daylight .

Sir ( ) , a master barrister in ill health , takes on ( ) as a client , despite the objections of his private nurse , Miss ( ) , who says the doctor warns him against taking on any criminal cases . is accused of murdering Mrs ( ) , a rich , older widow who had become enamoured with him , going so far as to make him the main beneficiary of her will . Strong circumstantial evidence points to as the killer , but Sir believes is innocent . 
 When Sir speaks with 's German wife ( ) , he finds her rather cold and self - possessed , but she does provide an alibi , although by no means an entirely convincing one . Therefore , he is greatly surprised when , at the end of the trial , she is summoned as a witness by the prosecuting barrister . While a wife can not be compelled to testify against her husband , was in fact still married to a German man when she we d ( who was in the Royal Air Force and part of the occupation forces in Germany ) . She testifies that admitted to her that he had killed Mrs , and that her conscience forced her to finally tell the truth . 
 During the trial in the Old Bailey , Sir is contacted by a mysterious woman who , for a fee , provides him with letters written by herself to a mysterious lover named . The affair revealed by this correspondence gives such a strong motive to have lied that the jury finds not guilty . 
 However , Sir is troubled by the verdict . His instincts tell him that it was " ... too neat , too tidy , and altogether too symmetrical ! " His belief proves correct when , left alone with him by chance in the courtroom , informs him that he had help in winning the case . Sir had told her before the trial that " ... no jury would believe an alibi given by a loving wife " . So , she had instead given testimony implicating her husband , had then forged the letters to the non - existent , and had herself in disguise played the mysterious woman handing over the letters which then discredited her own testimony and led to the acquittal . She furthermore admits that she saved even though she knew he was guilty because she loves him . 
 has overheard 's admission and , now protected by double jeopardy , cheerfully confirms to Sir that he had indeed killed Mrs . Sir is infuriated at being had by them both . also suffers a major shock when she finds has met a younger woman ( ) and is now going abroad with her . In a jealous rage , grabs a knife earlier used as evidence ( and subtly highlighted by Sir 's monocle light - reflection ) , and stabs to death . After she is taken away by the police , Sir , urged on by Miss , declares that he will take on 's defence .

A television announcer reports sightings of a red fireball around the world . Facetiously , he calculates its path will lead it to California . ( ) , a wealthy but highly troubled woman with a history of emotional instability and immoderate drinking , is driving on a road in an American desert that night . A glowing sphere settles on the deserted highway in front of her , causing her to veer off the road . When she gets out to investigate , a huge creature exits the object and reaches for her ( the viewer sees only an enormous hand falling upon the screaming woman ) . 
 escapes and runs back to town , but nobody believes her story due to her known drinking problem and recent stay in a mental institution . Her philandering husband , ( ) , is more interested in his latest girlfriend , town floozy ( ) , but pretends to be the good husband in the hope that will " snap " and return to the " booby hatch " , leaving him in control of her $ 50 million . 
 bargains with , asking him to search the desert with her for the " flying satellite , " agreeing to a voluntary return to the sanatorium if they find no evidence . As night falls , they find the spacecraft . The alien creature , now seen as an enormous male humanoid , emerges . fires his pistol at it , but the gunfire has no effect on the creature . flees , leaving behind . 
 is later discovered on the roof of her pool house , but is delirious and must be sedated by her family physician , Dr. ( ) . The doctor comments on some scratches he finds on 's neck , and theorizes that she was exposed to radiation . Egged on by his mistress , plans to inject with a lethal dose of her sedative , but when he sneaks up to her room , he discovers that she has grown into a giant . ( In a scene paralleling that of 's first encounter with the alien , the viewer sees only an enormous prop hand as the film characters react in horror . ) 
 and Dr. Von Loeb , a specialist he has called in , are at a loss how to treat their patient . They keep her in a coma with morphine and restrain her with chains while waiting for the authorities . The sheriff and ( ) , 's faithful butler , track enormous footprints leading away from the estate to the alien sphere . Inside the sphere , they find 's diamond necklace ( containing the largest diamond in the world ) and other large diamonds , each in a clear orb . They speculate that the jewels are being used as a power source for the alien ship . The huge alien reappears , and the sheriff and flee . 
 Meanwhile , the gigantic awakens and breaks free of her restraints . She tears off the roof of her mansion and , clothed in a bikini - like arrangement of bed linens , makes her way to town , to avenge herself on her unfaithful husband . When she rips the roof off the bar to get at , she spots . She drops a ceiling beam on her rival , killing her . panics , grabs Deputy 's gun , and begins shooting , but she picks up and walks away . Gunshots have no apparent effect on her . The sheriff fires a riot gun , which causes a nearby power line transformer to blow up , killing . The doctors find lying dead in her hand .

The film begins with a Brownie troop visiting a doll manufacturing company called Dolls Inc. , owned and operated by the seemingly kindly Mr. ( ) . As the girls tour the factory , they see a number of very lifelike dolls stored in glass canisters locked in a display case on the wall . These are part of Mr. ’s special collection . 
 ( ) answers a newspaper advertisement for a secretary ; 's previous one has mysteriously vanished . Although she is concerned about his obsession with his dolls , she reluctantly agrees to take the job . 
 A traveling salesman , ( ) , comes to the office and he and soon develop a relationship . After working at the doll factory for several weeks , asks to marry him and persuades her to quit her job , promising to break the news to Franz.[2 ] 
 The next day however , informs that has returned home to take care of business and advises her to forget him . She sees a new doll that looks just like . Frightened , she goes to the police claiming that has somehow shrunk , but Sergeant ( ) is skeptical . He investigates , but convinces him that the dolls are just dolls . 
 When finds that plans to quit , he locks in his lab . It is revealed that he has developed a machine which can shrink people down to a sixth of their original size.[3 ] He uses it on anyone who tries to leave him ; the " dolls " in the glass case are former " friends " stored in suspended animation ( which he has also invented ) . becomes his latest victim . 
 After a reunion between and , reveals how the process works and why he miniaturizes people ( it seems that he developed a strong phobia against being alone after his wife left him ) . Periodically , awakens his captives to enjoy parties he throws for them . 
 During a welcoming party for the two newcomers , has to deal with full - size friend and customer ( ) . The prisoners try , but fail to call for help . However , Sergeant begins investigating , as many people he knows seems to be missing . After is questioned by , he panics , announcing to his miniature prisoners that he plans to kill them and himself before he can be caught . He takes his troupe to an old theatre , supposedly to test his repairs on 's marionette . There , he throws one last party , making his captives act out Dr. and Mr. for him . 
 and manage to escape and make it back to 's workshop . tracks them down , but not before they are able to return themselves to normal size . They leave to fetch the police , despite his feeble pleas . The fate of the other prisoners still miniaturized and frozen is not revealed . 
 Director 's daughter appears as a young girl , and another of 's films is referenced when a scene from The Amazing Colossal Man is shown at a drive - in .

( ) , orphaned in 1928 when his father unexpectedly dies , is placed in the care of ( ) , his father 's sister in Manhattan . is a flamboyant , exuberant woman , who hosts frequent parties with eclectic , bohemian guests . is quickly introduced to his aunt 's free - spirited and eccentric lifestyle , including ( ) , a Broadway actress , who spends many of her nights passed out drunk in 's guest room , and ( ) , a book publisher . 's frequently repeated motto is " Life is a banquet , and most poor suckers are starving to death ! " 
 Since 's father was a wealthy man at the time of his death , 's inheritance comes with a trustee , ( ) , who disapproves of 's lifestyle ( as did her brother , ) and wants to interject discipline in 's life . has enrolled at a progressive school run by a friend of hers , ( ) . Mr. insists that be enrolled at Bixby 's , a nearby boy 's prep school . When he learns that has not enrolled at Bixby 's , he orders that go to St. Boniface boarding school and will only see him at the holidays and during the summer . 
 When 's investments are lost in the stock market crash of 1929 , she takes a series of jobs — stage acting , telephone operator , sales girl at Macy's — that all end disastrously . At her sales job at Macy 's , she meets a man named ( ) , a rich oil man from the South . He 's immediately smitten with her , and she falls in love with him as well . He proposes to her at his estate in Georgia . For their honeymoon , they travel around the world . Through 's correspondence with , she senses that the now - grown ( ) is growing into a conventional man . After dies while they are climbing the Matterhorn , comes home . surprises her by installing a dictating machine and a secretary , ( ) . He and her friends persuade her to write her autobiography . 
 and arrange for a collaborator ( and ghost writer ) for , ( ) . He is initially charming , but it soon becomes clear that is a hack and is using as a meal ticket . 
 announces that he has a girlfriend , ( ) , and wants to bring her over to meet , but he cautions to act responsibly while is there . She calls him beastly and he almost leaves , but at the last minute says she will do whatever he wants to make him and happy . leaves to bring . Meanwhile , insists accompany him to a party to meet movie producers interested in 's autobiography . instead dresses up the dowdy and tells that is an heiress merely doing secretarial work for " literary experience " . 's greed kicks in , and he escorts to the party in 's place . When returns the next day , she is disheveled and remembers very little of her night with — only that she drank heavily and thinks she saw a movie with a wedding scene in it . 
 brings over , but is horrified to see she is nothing more than a spoiled rich girl . Against 's wishes , she goes to visit 's family in a " restricted " community in Connecticut , where they express anti - Semitic views . Her parents ( and ) , although outwardly friendly , are just like . 
 arranges a dinner party at her apartment and she invites , her parents , and a few of her own friends . On the night of the party , meets ( ) , 's new secretary ; is now several months pregnant due to her night with . Everything about the evening is a carefully planned disaster : the food , the drink , the furniture , and the company . surprises the attendees with the galleys from 's autobiography . The ribald content leads to insult the other attendees . defends them , attacking 's friends instead . The release of the book prompts a telegram from demanding his collaborative efforts be rewarded and declaring that his wife can substantiate his claims . The and Mr. leave in a huff . 
 Several years later , when and are married , their son , , wants to travel with on her trip to India . The two of them wear down and 's objections , and the movie fades away as tells of all the wondrous sights they will see .

Rosalind Russell, Coral Browne, Forrest Tucker, Peggy Cass, Roger Smith

During the Christmas holiday season , Greenwich Village witch ( ) , a free spirit with a penchant for going barefoot , has been unlucky in love and restless in life . She admires from afar her neighbor , publisher ( ) , who one day walks into her gallery of African art to use the telephone , after 's aunt ( ) has put a spell on his phone . When she learns he is about to marry an old college enemy of hers , ( ) , takes revenge by casting a love spell on , and she eventually falls for him herself . She must make a choice , as witches who fall in love lose their supernatural powers . When she decides to love , 's cat and familiar , Pyewacket , becomes agitated and leaves . 
 ( ) , the author of the best - selling book Magic in Mexico , arrives in 's office ( thanks to a little magic ) after discovers 's interest in meeting him . is researching a book on witches in New York , and he acquires an " inside " collaborator when 's warlock brother ( ) volunteers his services in exchange for a portion of the proceeds . 
 uses her magic to make lose interest in and 's book , and then confesses her identity as a witch to . becomes angry , believing she enchanted him just to spite , and the two quarrel . threatens to cast various spells on , such as making her fall in love with the first man who walks into her apartment , but she finds that she has lost her powers because of her love for . Meanwhile , finds he literally can not leave , because of the spell . To escape , he turns to another witch , ( ) , who breaks the spell . confronts and leaves her heartbroken . He then tries unsuccessfully to explain to that is a witch . Months later , returns and discovers has lost her magic powers because of her love for him . When he realizes her love is true , the two reconcile .

Late one night , a drunken ( ) is out trying to recapture his glory days of high school sports by leaping hurdles on a track field , dreaming about his moments as a youthful athlete . Unexpectedly , he falls and breaks his leg , leaving him dependent on a crutch . , along with his wife , ( ) , are seen the next day visiting his family 's estate in eastern Mississippi , there to celebrate Big Daddy 's ( ) 65th birthday . 
 Depressed , has spent the last few years drinking , while resisting the affections of his wife , who taunts him about the inheritance of Big Daddy 's wealth . This has resulted in an obviously tempestuous marriage — there are speculations as to why does not yet have a child while 's brother ( ) and his wife ( ) have a whole pack of children . 
 Big Daddy and Big Mama ( ) arrive home from the hospital via their private aeroplane and are greeted by and his wife — and all their kids — along with . Despite the efforts of , and their kids to draw his attention to them , Big Daddy has eyes only for . The news is that Big Daddy is not dying from cancer . However , the doctor later meets privately with first and then where he divulges that it is a deception . Big Daddy has inoperable cancer and will likely be dead within a year , and the truth is being kept from him . later confides in with the truth about Big Daddy 's health , and she is heartbroken . wants to take an interest in his father — for both selfish and unselfish reasons , but stubbornly refuses . 
 As the party winds down for the night , Big Daddy meets with in his room and reveals that he is fed up with his alcoholic son 's behavior , demanding to know why he is so stubborn . At one point joins them and reveals what happened a few years ago on the night 's best friend and football teammate committed suicide . was jealous of because he had more of 's time , and says that was lost without at his side . She decided to ruin their relationship " by any means necessary " , intending to seduce and put the lie to his loyalty to her husband . However , ran away without completing the plan . had blamed for 's death , but actually blames himself for not helping when he repeatedly phoned in a hysterical state . 
 After an argument , lets it slip that Big Daddy will die from cancer and that this birthday will be his last . Shaken , Big Daddy retreats to the basement . Meanwhile , , who is a lawyer , and his wife argue with Big Mama about the family 's cotton business and Big Daddy 's will . descends into the basement , a labyrinth of antiques and family possessions hidden away . He and Big Daddy confront each other before a large cut - out of in his glory days as an athlete , and ultimately reach a reconciliation of sorts . 
 The rest of the family begins to crumble under pressure , with Big Mama stepping up as a strong figure . says that she 'd like to give Big her birthday present : the announcement of her being pregnant . After the jealous calls a liar , Big Daddy and defend her , even though they know the statement to be untrue . Even finds himself admitting , " That girl 's got life in her , alright . " and reconcile , and the two kiss , with the implication that they will possibly make 's " lie " become " truth " .

Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, Madeleine Sherwood, Jack Carson

Shortly after the end of the American Civil War , munitions producer ( ) announces that he has invented a new explosive , " Power X " , which he claims is much more powerful than any previously devised . Metallurgist ( ) scoffs at 's claims and offers a wager of $ 100,000 that it can not destroy his invention , the hardest metal in existence . stages a demonstration using a puny cannon and demolishes 's material ( and a portion of the countryside ) . 
 President ( ) requests that cease development of his invention after several nervous countries warn that continuing work on Power X could be considered an act of war . agrees , but when he discovers that pieces of 's metal retrieved from the demonstration have somehow been converted into an extremely strong yet lightweight ceramic , he can not resist the chance to construct a spaceship to travel to the Moon . He recruits to help build the ship . Meanwhile , 's daughter ( ) and 's assistant ( ) are attracted to each other . 
 After completing the spaceship , , , and board it and , amid much fanfare , take off . Once they are in outer space , the strongly religious reveals that he has sabotaged the vessel , believing that has flouted God 's laws . When it is discovered that has stowed away , cooperates with in a desperate attempt to save her . is knocked out , and he and are placed in the safest compartment of the ship . and then fire rockets that send the young couple on their way back to Earth , while the two scientists land on the Moon in another section , with no way off . They are able to signal to the young couple that they have reached the Moon safely .

Set in turn - of - the-20th century Paris , the film opens with ( ) , who is surrounded by members of high society in the Bois de Boulogne . Being a charming old roué , he remarks that in Paris , marriage is not the only option for wealthy young bon vivants like his nephew ( ) , who is bored with life . The one thing truly enjoys is spending time with Madame ( ) , whom he calls , and especially her granddaughter , the precocious , carefree , also called ( ) . 
 Following the " family tradition " , Madame sends to her great aunt ( ) to be groomed as a courtesan to learn etiquette and charm . To , love is an art , and a necessary accomplishment for 's social and economic future , but shows disdain for such trivial love that a man and his mistress usually have . Remaining true to her girlish yet charming personality , she finds herself having the most fun when she is with , whom she regards as an older brother . 
 Like his uncle , is known as a wealthy womanizer . The whole of Paris watches his every move , and Parisian high society shows unrestrained judgment towards his mistresses and him . 's latest mistress attempts to run off with her ice skating instructor . As a response , publicly humiliates her , resulting in her attempted suicide . After this ordeal , wishes to retreat to the country , but his uncle insists on his staying in Paris and attending more parties . 
 makes a wager during a card match with , suggesting that if he loses , he has to take her grandmother and her to the sea with him when he goes on vacation . agrees , loses , and they all travel to Trouville . While and spend many hours having fun together , and Madame reveal their once - passionate relationship . While other women at the resort are shown holding perfect poise constantly , and giving off an air of boredom and disdain for anything unfamiliar , is pulling out of his depressive rut with her carefree , fun attitude . 
 Once and her grandmother return to Paris , goes to Monte Carlo for some time . During this time , 's aunt and grandmother discuss the possibility of becoming 's mistress , thereby fulfilling their goals for her . Madame , though dubious at first , agrees to let train around the clock to prepare for 's return . accepts this as a necessary evil . 
 When returns , he is surprised and discomfited when appears in her new , adult dress . tells her that she looks like a giraffe , and that he misses her old outfits . He storms out , realises his folly , and quickly rushes back to apologize . He tells her that she looks lovely , and says that he will prove it to her by taking her to tea at the Reservoir . 's grandmother refuses and tells that this may ruin her reputation to be seen unchaperoned with before her reputation has even begun . , angered , storms out once again . 
 As he walks , he starts to reflect about . He stops and suddenly realizes that she has become a woman whose charms , wit , and personality have sent his head spinning . He soon comes to the conclusion that he has developed a romantic desire for . Although he has doubts due to their enormous age difference , he also realizes that he loves her even more than he thought ( unheard of between a man and a mistress ) and he wants to be with her . He proposes an arrangement to Madame and Aunt for to become his mistress . They are overjoyed . , wisely , is not . 
 talks to and she tells him that she is not the type of girl who wants publicity and to be dumped by him one day , then having to become someone else ’s mistress . wants their relationship to remain platonic , but when accidentally reveals that he loves , she bursts into tears , upset that he would want to expose her to the uncertainty of being his mistress if he actually loves her . leaves angered . He later runs into , who declares that 's family has always been a bit odd . later sends a message to come and talk to her , and when he arrives she admits that she would rather be miserable with him than without him . She agrees to accompany him in public . He buys an expensive piece of jewelry for her and , later , when he arrives for their date , he finds dressed in her finery and is entranced by her beauty . 
 They go to 's restaurant , where acts the role of a courtesan perfectly . is uncomfortable with her knowledge of the other courtesans , and , after giving her the gift , he get even more concerned for because of the unrelenting attention and judgment of the other patrons . then delivers a crushing blow when he congratulates on his new courtesan , and makes degrading remarks towards . , too much in love with to give her this appalling life of uncertainty and judgment , makes her leave without a word , does n't speak to her , and drags her up the stairs to her apartment after bringing her home crying . He walks away , but soon stops a little way down the street and realizes that his love for her is too strong . He goes back to her apartment and proposes marriage . 
 The final sequence reverts to , proudly pointing out and getting into and riding in their carriage in the Bois de Boulogne . The couple is elegant , beautiful , and happily married .

Leslie Caron, Louis Jourdan, Maurice Chevalier, Hermione Gingold

For several years , ( ) has been estranged from his wife and their three children , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . The film begins as he returns home from Europe shortly after his wife 's death . The children want to stay in the country with their mother 's wealthy family , including her parents and her sister ( ) , but takes them to Washington , D.C. , where he works in the US State Department . 
 The children resent their father , and , at an outdoor concert , runs away . He is found by ( ) . She too is running away and is enchanted by little " " and his harmonica . When she brings him back home , offers her a job as a maid , unaware she is the daughter of a famous Italian orchestra conductor . She eventually accepts . 
 , now divorced from her husband , offers and the children her old guest house , which was supposed to be moved to a new foundation . However , while the guest house is being towed down the road , it is smashed by an Atlantic Coast Line passenger train after the tow - truck driver , ( ) , flirts with and accidentally hits 's car . Feeling guilty , sells his leaky , run - down , old houseboat . 
 Once moved in , discovers that is unable to cook , do laundry , or make coffee . and others incorrectly assume that 's relationship with is sexual , while she innocently wins the affection of and the children . Meanwhile , spends his evenings with , who is secretly in love with him . On the 4th of July , she tries to embarrass by selecting a gaudy dress for to buy for her , but transforms it into an elegant evening gown . She looks so beautiful in the gown that , a confirmed womanizer , cancels a date with her out of a fear of falling in love and proposing to her . 
 That evening , arrives at the boat with Captain ( ) and his wife . , who is somewhat drunk , jokes about 's living arrangement with and slaps her on the behind as she serves drinks . She calls him an ill - mannered lout and throws a drink in his face before walking off . asks to leave the boat , but takes 's side , following which asks all three guests to leave . cheers up , and they make plans to go fishing , but ruins 's plans by inviting to the country club dance . Once there , reconciles with , and they agree to get married . As he dances with , he finally realizes he is in love with her , but she learns of the proposal , becomes upset , and runs away . catches her and breaks it off with . A little while later , unhappily finds them passionately kissing in a rowboat . 
 The children do not want to marry . calls her ugly , rejects her as a mother figure , and wants to continue sleeping in 's bed with him . Discouraged by this , returns to her father , Maestro , but follows her and she accepts 's proposal after her father ( ) scolds her . The wedding takes place on the houseboat . The children initially refuse to participate in the ceremony , but as it begins , and join and at the altar , and joins them , playing " Here Comes the Bride " on his harmonica .

The film tells the story of the life and execution of ( ) , a prostitute and convicted perjurer . is the product of a broken home and works luring men into fixed card games . At one point , she attempts to go straight but marries the " wrong man " and has a child . He is a drug addict , and she ends their relationship . 
 When her life falls apart , she returns to her former professions and becomes involved with a man who had murdered a woman . The police arrest them , and her companions accuse her of the murder to reduce their own chances of going to the gas chamber . She claims her innocence , but is convicted and executed .

The film traces the progress of three Marines on shore leave during World War II , in the Pacific . One of the men , ( ) , is a seasoned , decorated sergeant ; the second , ( ) , is a perennial goof - off , who drinks too much ; and the third , ( ) , is an intellectual from a wealthy family . He has joined the Marines , despite his father 's protests . 
 , and come to San Francisco on a furlough from the war . proposes and marries his pregnant girlfriend ( ) . A drunken fights with , his hateful stepfather , who thinks him a coward . The wealthy catches his fiancee , ( ) , with another man . 
 ( ) , who is in love with , has joined the military as a WAVE . She introduces his friend to her roommate ( ) , a nurse of Hawaiian - French heritage . They all go to 's apartment , where first passes out , then wakes up screaming at the thought of returning to the war . decides to leave him . professes her love for . 
 The three men return to the Pacific front . initially shows cowardice and slaps some sense into him . Later , saves and is honored for his heroism . becomes ill with malaria and when a wounded Japanese soldier calls out to him for help , he tries to give the Japanese soldier some water but shoots the wounded soldier and reveals to and the other marines that a grenade was hidden under the wounded soldier as a trap . then begins to question the futility of the war . When an advancing enemy tank threatens the platoon , singlehandedly blows up the tank , but dies from his wounds . 
 Back home , visits in the hospital after she tries to commit suicide . Suffering from alcohol withdrawal , dies during 's visit . 
 The war ends and returns to Kalai and becomes a professor at the local university . , now promoted to sergeant , brings 's last love letter home to , who has given birth to their child . tells that she would like to see him again .

Robert Wagner, Dana Wynter, Sheree North, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange

Sugar plantation owner gets married in New York and brings his bride back to Puerto Rico , unaware that she we d him only for his money . Friends at their San Juan honeymoon hotel recognize her as a notorious party girl , so urges her husband to take her home right away , before the marriage has even been consummated . 
 At the plantation , 's arrival is met with mistrust by ' longtime protege , , and by his cousin , , who help run the business . A drunken insults her and is slapped by . In vengeance , he attacks later with a machete . 
 orders him to leave , but sabotages the cane - cutting machinery and is asked back by to repair it . , meantime , has fallen in love with , which results in planting seeds of suspicion with against them . Catching the two in a compromising position , chastises and later takes his new wife forcibly . 
 sets fire to the sugar field . , believing that is running off with , comes after them with his machete and is about to die in the blaze when comes to rescue him . is killed with the machete , and dies during the ordeal as well .

Slick lawyer has made a career of defending Chicago mobsters in court . At a party for mob boss , he meets chorus girl , who accepted $ 100 to attend the party and another $ 400 from another gangster , , from his gambling winnings . 
 gives her a ride home , each expressing disapproval at the way the other makes money . finds her roommate dead by suicide , pregnant by a married criminal . After a long night of questioning by police , asks that be given a raise and featured number on stage at the Golden Rooster club , which owns . 
 The lawyer and begin a romance . She 's struck by the way , who is lame , uses his disability to manipulate jurors while getting off on a murder charge . A surgeon is found who might be able to properly mend 's hip , so he goes to Stockholm for the operation . 
 A cold - blooded killer , , is coming up for trial , but 's frame of mind has changed and he would rather not defend such a man . threatens violence against if the lawyer does n't do his job . jumps bail , tired of the long wait in court , and plans to eliminate prosecuting attorney while at - large . and his men are gunned down by other racketeers , however , at an Indiana diner . 
 decides to pressure the mob by going after anyone connected to it . He begins by placing under arrest . goes to offering to protect her , but takes her prisoner instead . The district attorney releases , hoping to smoke out the mobsters who employ him . , caught in a crossfire , is killed . 
 then confronts , but the gangster picks up a bottle of acid that he intends to disfigure with if the lawyer refuses to do what he says . A fight erupts , with the bottle smashing into 's face . Eyes and face burning , he plunges from a window to his death .

Journalism instructor ( ) asks journalist ( ) to speak to her night school class . He turns down the invitation via a nasty letter to her . His managing editor , however , orders him to accept the assignment . He arrives late to find reading aloud his letter and mocking him in front of her class . 
 Humiliated , he decides to join the class as a student in order to show up and get his own back by posing as a wallpaper salesman named . The instructor is somewhat intrigued by this charming older man , whom she finds an exceptional student . continues his ruse and becomes attracted to . He finds he has to contend with Dr. ( ) , as well as his own girlfriend , , a nightclub singer ( ) . When discovers 's deception , she immediately calls off their relationship . Dr. convinces her to give another chance . 
 In the end , and have come to understand , and partially adopt , the other 's point of view .

In a Mexican town along the U.S.–Mexico border , a time bomb is planted in a car . ( ) and ( ) enter the vehicle and make a slow journey through town to the U.S. border , during which insists that she can hear something ticking . Newlyweds ( ) , a drug enforcement official in the Mexican government , and his wife ( ) pass the car several times on foot . The car crosses the border , then explodes . 
 Realizing the implications of a Mexican bomb exploding on American soil , takes an interest in the investigation . Police Chief ( ) and District Attorney ( ) arrive on the scene , followed by the game - legged police captain ( ) and 's longtime partner , ( clearly worships . The obese and disheveled Captain nostalgically visits a brothel run by ( ) , who barely recognizes him . 
 's and ' prime suspect is , a young Mexican secretly married to the victim 's daughter ( ) . They interrogate in his apartment with present . visits the bathroom and accidentally knocks over an empty shoebox . Moments later , enters the bathroom and announces that two sticks of dynamite were found in the same shoebox . accuses of planting the evidence and begins to suspect that he may have been doing so for years , to help win convictions . dismisses the claim , saying he is just biased in favor of fellow Mexicans . The stress of these accusations , along with pressure from " Uncle " ( ) , the brother of a man has been investigating , to strike a deal to discredit , causes — who has been sober for 12 years — to fall off the wagon . With assistance from District Attorney 's Assistant ( ) , studies the public records on 's previous cases , revealing his findings to and . arrives in time to overhear the discussion and angrily threatens to resign . 
 is moved from her Mexican hotel to a remote American motel to escape the unwanted attention of . The motel , which recommended to her , has no other guests and is staffed only by a very peculiar night manager ( ) , and , unknown to , is owned by himself . 's family members take over the motel and terrorize . becomes concerned when his attempts to telephone at the motel are blocked . conspires with , arranging for to be knocked unconscious , kidnapped , and made to look like she had overdosed on drugs by placing drugs around her unconscious body . then double - crosses , strangles him , and leaves , still unconscious , in the room with 's body , all in order to discredit the narcotics officer . However , exhausted , drunk , and shaken from killing , carelessly leaves his cane at the scene of the murder , implicating himself . When wakes up , she sees 's body , screams for help , and is arrested on suspicion of murder . 
 confronts about the history of evidence " discovered " by . When he goes to 's motel , but ca n't find her , learns the motel is owned by , and that his handgun has been stolen . He rushes back to town and enters a bar , where he confronts the gang members who attacked his wife . When they refuse to answer his questions , violently beats them down , destroying the bar in the process . then informs a shocked that has been arrested for murder . At the lockup , finds her barely conscious . reveals to that he discovered 's cane at the murder scene . fits with a wire . Near an oil field , meets , while being tracked on foot by , who is recording the conversation . 
 admits to that he planted evidence on people , but insists that he did so only because he knew they were guilty . hears an echo from the secret microphone and says his " game leg " has informed him of ' betrayal . demands that show himself . then shoots with 's gun , which he had earlier stolen from 's briefcase . prepares to shoot ( saying that he can claim was resisting arrest ) but is , instead , shot in the final act of the dying . staggers backwards into a filthy pool of wastewater and dies . arrives at the scene and tells that the planted dynamite was unnecessary because confessed to the crime . asks , as she walks away , what she has to say about . replies , " He was some kind of a man . What does it matter what you say about people ? "

Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, Marlene Dietrich

After a rooftop chase , where his fear of heights and vertigo result in the death of a policeman , San Francisco detective retires . tries to conquer his fear , but his friend and ex - fiancée says that another severe emotional shock may be the only cure . 
 An acquaintance from college , , asks to follow his wife , , claiming that she is in some sort of danger . reluctantly agrees , and follows to a florist where she buys a bouquet of flowers , to the Mission San Francisco de Asís and the grave of one ( 1831–1857 ) , and to the Legion of Honor art museum where she gazes at the Portrait of Carlotta . He watches her enter the McKittrick Hotel , but on investigation she does not seem to be there . 
 A local historian explains that committed suicide : she had been the mistress of a wealthy married man and bore his child ; the otherwise childless man kept the child and cast aside . reveals that ( who he fears is possessing ) is 's great - grandmother , although has no knowledge of this , and does not remember the places she has visited . tails to Fort Point and , when she leaps into the bay , he rescues her . 
 The next day follows ; they meet and spend the day together . They travel to Muir Woods and Cypress Point on 17 - Mile Drive , where runs down towards the ocean . grabs her and they embrace . recounts a nightmare and identifies its setting as Mission San Juan Bautista , childhood home of . He drives her there and they express their love for each other . suddenly runs into the church and up the bell tower . , halted on the steps by his acrophobia , sees plunge to her death . 
 The death is declared a suicide . does not fault , but breaks down , becomes clinically depressed and is in a sanatorium , almost catatonic . After release , frequents the places that visited , often imagining that he sees her . One day , he notices a woman who reminds him of , despite her different appearance . follows her and she identifies herself as , from Salina , Kansas . 
 A flashback reveals that was the person knew as " " ; she was impersonating 's wife as part of a murder plot . drafts a letter to explaining her involvement : had deliberately taken advantage of 's acrophobia to substitute his wife 's freshly killed body in the apparent " suicide jump " . But rips up the letter and continues the charade , because she loves . 
 They begin seeing each other , but remains obsessed with " Madeleine " , and asks to change her clothes and hair so that she resembles . After complies , hoping that they may finally find happiness together , he notices her wearing the necklace portrayed in the painting of , and realizes the truth , and that had been 's mistress , before being cast aside just as was . insists on driving to the Mission . 
 There , he tells her he must re - enact the event that led to his madness , admitting he now understands that " " and are the same person . forces her up the bell tower and makes her admit her deceit . reaches the top , finally conquering his acrophobia . confesses that paid her to impersonate a " possessed " ; faked the suicide by throwing the body of his wife from the bell tower . 
 begs to forgive her , because she loves him . He embraces her , but a shadowed figure rises from the trapdoor of the tower , startling , who steps backward and falls to her death . , bereaved again , stands on the ledge , while the figure , a nun investigating the noise , rings the mission bell .

In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan , small - town lawyer ( ) , a former district attorney who lost his re - election bid , spends most of his time fishing , playing the piano , and hanging out with his alcoholic friend and colleague ( ) and sardonic secretary ( ) . 
 One day , is contacted by ( ) , to defend her husband US Army Lieutenant ( ) , who has been arrested for the first - degree murder of innkeeper . does not deny the murder , but claims that raped his wife . Even with such a motivation , getting cleared of murder would be difficult , but claims to have no memory of the event , suggesting that he may be eligible for a defense of irresistible impulse — a version of a temporary insanity defense . 's folksy speech and laid - back demeanor hide a sharp legal mind and a propensity for courtroom theatrics that has the judge busy keeping things under control . However , the case for the defense does not go well , especially since the local district attorney ( ) is assisted by high - powered prosecutor ( ) from the Attorney General 's office . 
 Furthermore , the prosecution tries at every instance to block any mention of 's motive for killing . eventually manages to get the rape of into the record and Judge ( ) agrees to allow the matter to be part of the deliberations . During cross - examination , insinuates that openly flirted with other men , including the man she claimed raped her . Psychiatrists give conflicting testimony to 's state of mind at the time that he killed . says that may have suspected of cheating on him because he asked his wife , a Catholic , to swear on a rosary that raped her . This raises doubt as to whether the act was non - consensual . 
 's estate is to be inherited by ( ) , whom accuses of being 's mistress . learns that she is in fact 's daughter , a fact she is anxious to keep secret since she was born out of wedlock . , who is losing the case , tries to persuade that ( ) , the bartender who witnessed the murder , may know if admitted to him of raping but is covering this up , either because he loves or out of loyalty to . Through , is unable to get to testify on behalf of . 
 During the trial , claims that tore off her panties while raping her ; the panties were not found where she alleges the rape took place . , unaware of any details of the case , testifies that she found the panties in the inn 's laundry room . suggests may have attempted to avoid suspicion by dropping the panties down the laundry chute , located next to his room , to avoid suspicion . tries to establish that 's answers are founded on her jealousy . When asserts forcibly that was 's lover and that lied to cover this fact , shocks everyone by stating that was her father . is found " not guilty by reason of insanity " . After the trial , decides to open a new practice , with a newly sober as his partner . 
 The next day , and travel to the ' trailer park home to get 's signature on a promissory note which they hope will suffice as collateral for a desperately needed loan . It turns out the have vacated the trailer park , the trailer park superintendent commenting that had been crying . left a note for , indicating that his flight was " an irresistible impulse " , the same justification used during the trial . states that has retained him to execute 's estate ; says that working for her will be " poetic justice " .

James Stewart, Lee Remick, George C. Scott, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Arden, Joseph N. Welch, Kathryn Grant

In the Florida Everglades , a pair of larger - than - human , intelligent leeches live in an underwater cave . They begin dragging locals down to their cave , where they slowly feed on them , draining their victims of blood . Two of the first victims of the leeches are local vixen ( ) , who has been cheating on her husband ( ) , and 's latest paramour . Game warden ( ) sets out to investigate their disappearance . Aided by his girlfriend , ( ) , and her father , , discovers the leeches ' underwater cavern . The creatures are destroyed when , and several state troopers blow up their underwater cavern using dynamite .

In AD 26 , ( ) is a wealthy prince and merchant in Jerusalem , who lives with his mother , ( ) ; his sister , ( ) ; their loyal slave , ( ) ; and ' daughter , ( ) . loves , but is committed to another . 's childhood friend , the Roman citizen ( ) , is now a tribune . After several years away from Jerusalem , returns as the new commander of the Roman garrison . believes in the glory of Rome and its imperial power , while is devoted to his faith and the freedom of the Jewish people . This difference causes tension between the friends , and results in their split after issues an ultimatum demanding that deliver potential rebels amongst the populace to the Roman authorities . 
 During the parade for the new governor of Judea , , loose tiles fall from the roof of 's house . is thrown from his spooked horse and nearly killed . Although knows this was an accident , he condemns to the galleys and imprisons and . By punishing a known friend and prominent citizen , he hopes to intimidate the Jewish populace . swears to take revenge . As he and other slaves are being marched to the galleys , they stop in Nazareth to water the Romans ' horses . Desperate with thirst , begs for water , but the commander of the Roman detachment denies it to him . He collapses , but is revived when gives him water . After three years as a galley slave , is assigned to the flagship of the Roman Consul ( ) , who has been charged with destroying a fleet of Macedonian pirates . admires 's determination and self - discipline , and offers to train him as a gladiator or charioteer . Judah declines the offer , declaring that will aid him in his quest for vengeance . When the Roman fleet encounters the Macedonians , orders all the rowers except to be chained to their oars . ' galley is rammed and sunk , but unchains the other rowers and rescues . In despair , wrongly believes the battle ended in defeat and attempts to atone in the Roman way by falling on his sword , but stops him . They are rescued , and is credited with the Roman fleet 's victory . successfully petitions Emperor ( ) to free , and adopts him as his son . 
 Another year passes . Wealthy again , learns Roman ways and becomes a champion charioteer , but still longs for his family and homeland . returns to Judea . Along the way , he meets ( ) and an Arab , Sheik ( ) . After noting 's prowess as a charioteer , the sheik asks him to drive his quadriga in a race before the new Judean governor ( ) . declines , even after he learns that will also compete . returns to his home in Jerusalem . He meets , and learns her arranged marriage did not occur and that she is still in love with him . He visits and demands his mother and sister 's freedom . The Romans discover that and contracted leprosy in prison , and expel them from the city . The women beg to conceal their condition from so that he may remember them as they were before , so she tells him that they died . This false revelation changes 's mind , and he decides to seek vengeance on by competing against him in the chariot race . During the chariot race , drives a chariot with blades on the hubs to tear apart competing vehicles ; he attempts to destroy 's chariot , but wrecks his own instead . is fatally injured , while wins the race . Before dying , tells that " the race is not over " and that he can find his family in the Valley of the Lepers . 
 visits the nearby leper colony , where he sees his mother and sister while remaining hidden from them . Blaming Roman rule for his family 's fate , rejects his patrimony and Roman citizenship . Learning that is dying , and take and her to see ( ) , but the trial of has begun . As is being marched through the streets and collapses while carrying his cross , recognizes him as the man who gave him water years before , and returns the gesture . witnesses the crucifixion of , and and are miraculously healed by ’s blood during the rainstorm following the crucifixion .

Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Martha Scott, Hugh Griffith, Cathy O'Donnell, Sam Jaffe

( ) is the aging caretaker of Lord 's ( ) estate in the small Irish town of Rathcullen , where he lives in the gatehouse with his lovely , almost grown , daughter ( ) . spends most of his time in the town pub , regaling his friends with tales of his attempts to catch the leprechauns , in particular , their king , ( ) . 
 is past his prime as a laborer , so Lord decides to retire him on half pay and give him and another cottage to live in , rent - free , and give his job to a young Dubliner named ( ) . begs not to tell that he is being replaced , to which reluctantly agrees . That very night , is captured by the leprechauns while chasing 's runaway horse Cleopatra ( revealed to be a Pooka ) , on top of the fairy mountain Knocknasheega . learns that King has brought him into the mountain so he could avoid the shameful admission to about losing his job , but this would mean that would not be allowed to return to Rathcullen and must remain with the leprechauns permanently . 
 However , tricks the leprechauns into embarking on a fox hunt by playing a rousing fiddle tune called " The Fox Chase " for them on a Stradivarius violin , loaned to him by King . The leprechauns leave on horseback through a large crack in the mountainside wall , from which also escapes . Expecting to track him down once realizing he escaped , produces a jug of poitín and tricks the leprechaun into a drinking game to trap him at sunrise ( when the leprechaun 's powers no longer have any effect ) . uses his first wish to have remain at his side for two weeks or until he makes his two wishes . Meanwhile , despite a rocky beginning between them , ( is under the impression that is merely seasonal help ) , the two begin to show signs of growing affection . stirs the two more in the direction after tricking into making his second wish , warning that his kin might resort to targeting to get him back . Later , the town bully ( ) , who has his eyes on both and the caretaker job , learns of 's position and attempts to get him fired with his meddlesome mother ( ) revealing the truth to . 
 A livid , after lashing out at her father and with the intent to leave early , chases to Knocknasheega at nightfall . By the time finds his daughter , is gravely injured with a fever as a banshee appears . Despite getting back to Rathcullen while attempting to drive the apparition away , the banshee summons the cóiste - bodhar to carry 's soul off to the land of the dead . Desperate , elects to use his final wish to go in his daughter 's place , which a saddened King reluctantly grants . But while accompanying on his way to the next world , King tricks into making a fourth wish ( " wishing " that his friend could join him in the afterlife ) . Because he is only allowed three wishes , this negates all the previous wishes and spares 's life . 
 's fever lifts and she and reveal their love for each other . later confronts at the pub for his attempt to get him fired knocking him out and making him appear an incompetent drunkard . Finally , and depart arm - in - arm , joining outside in the wagon for a happy ending , with and singing a final duet together of " Pretty Irish Girl . "

In 1945 , as a truckload of war survivors stops in front of an Amsterdam factory at the end of World War II , ( ) gets out and walks inside . After climbing the stairs to a deserted garret , finds a girl 's discarded glove and sobs , then is joined and comforted by ( ) and Mr. ( ) , factory workers who shielded him from the Nazis . After stating that he is now all alone , begins to search for the diary written by his youngest daughter , . promptly retrieves the journal for and he receives solace reading the words written by his young daughter three years earlier . 
 The action moves back to July 1942 , and ( ) begins by chronicling the restrictions placed upon Jews that drove the Franks into hiding over the spice factory . Sharing the Franks ' hiding place are ( and ) and their teenage son , ( ) . , who works in the office below , and , his assistant , have arranged the hideaway and warn the families that they must maintain strict silence during daylight hours while the workers are there . On the first day , the minutes drag by in silence . After work , delivers food and a box for compiled by her father , which contains her beloved photos of movie stars and a blank diary . In the first pages of the diary , describes the strangeness of never being able to go outside or breathe fresh air . She states that everybody is good at heart . 
 As the months pass , 's irrepressible energy reasserts itself and she constantly teases , whose only attachment is to his cat , Moushie . Isolated from the world outside , schools and ( ) as the sounds of sirens and bombers frequently fill the air . Mrs. passes the time by recounting fond memories of her youth and stroking her one remaining possession , the fur coat given to her by her father . The strain of confinement causes the Van Daans to argue and pits the strong - willed against her mother ( ) . One day , brings a radio to the attic , providing the families with ears onto the world . Soon after , asks them to take in another person , a Jewish dentist named ( ) . When complains that the addition will diminish their food supply , recounts the dire conditions outside , in which Jews suddenly disappear and are shipped to concentration camps . When confirms the disappearance of many of their friends , the families ' hopes are dimmed . 
 One night , dreams of seeing one of her friends in a concentration camp and wakes up screaming . In October 1942 , news comes of the Allied landing in Africa , but rather than producing relief , the bombing outside the factory intensifies , fraying the refugees ' already ragged nerves . During Hanukkah , longingly recalls past celebrations and produces little presents for everyone . When abruptly announces that must get rid of because he consumes too much food , protests . Their argument is cut short when they hear a prowler break in the front door and the room falls silent . then sends an object crashing to the floor while trying to catch , and the startled thief grabs a typewriter and flees . A watchman notices the break - in and summons two feld polizei officers , who search the premises , shining their flashlights onto the bookcase that conceals the attic entrance . The families wait in terror until knocks a plate from the table and meows , reassuring the officers that the noise was caused by a common cat . After the officers leave , , hoping to foster faith and courage , leads everyone in a Hanukkah song . 
 In January 1944 , , on the threshold of womanhood , begins to attract 's attention . When brings the group a cake , and bicker over the size of their portions and then asks to sell his wife 's fur coat so that he can buy cigarettes . After warns that one of his employees asked for a raise and implied that something strange is going on in the attic , dourly comments that it is just a matter of time before they are discovered . , distraught , blames the adults for the war which has destroyed all sense of hope and ideals . When she storms out of the room , follows and comforts her . Later , confides her dreams of becoming a writer and voices frustration about his inability to join the war effort . In April 1944 , amid talk of liberation , the Franks watch helplessly as more Jews are marched through the streets . Tensions mount , and when tries to steal some bread from the others , denounces him and orders him to leave . As and quarrel over food , word comes over the radio of the Normandy invasion and breaks into tears of shame . Heartened by the news , everyone apologizes for their harsh words , and dreams of being back in school by the fall . 
 By July 1944 , the invasion has bogged down and is hospitalized with ulcers . Upon hearing that the Gestapo has found the stolen typewriter , writes that her diary provides her with a way to go on living after her death . After the Van Daans begin to quarrel once more , declares that he can not tolerate the situation and soothes him by reminding him of the goodness of those who have come to their aid . Their conversation is interrupted by the sirens of an approaching Gestapo truck . As and bravely stand arm in arm , certain of their impending arrest , they passionately kiss . As the German soldiers break down the bookcase entrance to the hideout , declares they no longer have to live in fear , but can go forward in hope . 
 The film returns to 1945 as tells and that on his long journey home after his release from the concentration camp he learned how , , the Van Daans , and perished , but always held out hope that perhaps had somehow survived . sadly reveals that only the previous day in Rotterdam he met a woman who had been in Bergen - Belsen with and confirmed her death . then glances at 's diary and reads , " In spite of everything , I still believe that people are really good at heart , " and reflects upon his daughter 's unshakable optimism.[4 ]

Joseph Schildkraut, Ed Wynn, Shelley Winters, Millie Perkins, Richard Beymer, Diane Baker

( ) is about to turn 17 years old and is on her summer break between her junior and senior years of high school . She resists the pressure to go " manhunting " with her girlfriends and laments the days when the girls had fun together without boys . also rejects her parents wishing to fix her up on a date with the son of a friend of the family , . 
 On a jaunt to the beach with her well developed girlfriends , flat - chested tomboy meets surfer ( ) . She quickly becomes infatuated with him , but he shows no romantic interest , however is more attracted to surfing than man hunting . 
 At home , importunes her parents for $ 25 for a used surfboard . and ( and ) grant their daughter 's request as an early birthday present and the excited youngster returns to the beach to surf . The gang dubs their female associate " Gidget " , a portmanteau word based on ' girl ' and ' midget ' . 
 She associates with an all - male surfer gang led by the worldly beach bum , ( ) . is a Korean War Air Force veteran twice the age of who was fed up with all the rules he had to live by when he flew combat missions and dropped out of normal society . He travels the hemisphere surfing with his pet bird . admires and wants to emulate him by joining in working his way on a freighter to go surfing in Peru at summer 's end instead of going off to university as his self - made father planned . and enjoy each other 's company with questioning how he can survive an aimless and lonely existence without a job . She questions whether if knew then what he knew now would he still make the same lifestyle choice after leaving the Air Force . later reflects on 's words after the death of his only friend , the pet bird . 
 Hoping to make jealous , hires one of the other surfers in the gang to be her date to a luau party on the beach . Her plan backfires when the surfer she hired pawns the job off on none other than , unaware that he was the one wanted to make jealous . lies and tells that it is that she wants to make jealous , and they have a romantic evening at the luau . Eventually says something that upsets and , as she flees the luau , she runs into and agrees to take him to a nearby beach house . Alone with , tries to make take her virginity . Amused , attempts to call 's bluff by pretending to take her up on her offer but finds himself falling under her spell . Realizing what he was about to do and angry at the situation he 's been put in , throws her out of the beach house just as arrives . is mortified and escapes out the back of the beach house as confronts . The cops are called to break up the fight between and and , after leaving the beach house , they find stranded with a flat tire and without her driver 's license . They take her in to the police station . 's father , having heard about the incident decides to take over control of her social life , and orders her not to see the surfer gang again . She falls into a depression , to which mother shows her a tapestry from her grandmother reading " A Real Woman brings out the best in a Man " . 
 In the end , Mr. arranges a date for with that grudgingly accepts . To her surprise , turns out to be . The two return to the beach to find tearing down his beach shack and find out that he 's taken a job as an airline pilot . and realize how they feel about each other and , as an act of romantic devotion , asks to wear his class pin . cheerfully warns that is quite a woman .

Eccentric millionaire ( ) invites five people to a party he is throwing for his fourth wife ( ) in an allegedly haunted house he has rented , promising to give each $ 10,000 with the stipulation that they must stay the entire night in the house after the doors are locked at midnight . The five guests are test pilot ( ) , newspaper columnist ( ) , psychiatrist Dr. ( Alan Marshal ) who specializes in hysteria , ( ) who works for one of 's companies , and the house 's owner ( ) . disapproves of 's use of the house for his " party , " making it unclear how acquired access to the house in the first place . 
 Arriving late at night in separate funeral cars with a hearse leading the procession , 's guests are told the rules of the party , and each is given a .45 ACP caliber pistol for protection . Forced to attend the party , 's wife tries to warn the guests that her husband is psychotic , causing them to be very suspicious of him . becomes convinced that he 's trying to kill her when she keeps seeing frightening ghosts , including the ghost of , who had apparently hanged herself some time during the night . 
 Almost as frightened as is . He is convinced that the house is genuinely haunted by the ghosts of those killed there in the past , including his own brother , and that those ghosts have the power to " come for " ( kill ) anyone in the house . is attacked in a basement room , but is convinced his attacker was real , and tries to calm 's fears . 
 It is eventually revealed that , in league with her lover Dr. , faked her death in an attempt to frighten so badly that she will be compelled to shoot . After being driven into a fit of hysteria by the repeated frights she has experienced during the night , , seeing walking toward her in the basement with a gun in his hand , does indeed shoot . After she flees the room , Dr. slips in and tries to get rid of 's body by pushing it into a vat of acid there ( which had been used by a previous resident named to kill his wife ) , but the lights go out , and the sounds of a struggle and splash are heard followed by hissing and rapid bubbling . 
 Hearing the gunshot , rushes to the basement to confirm that her husband is dead , but finds the room empty . Suddenly , a skeleton rises from the acid accompanied by 's disembodied voice . As the animated specter approaches , recoils and screams in horror , accidentally falling into the acid herself . The real then emerges from the shadows , holding the contraption that he used to manipulate the skeleton which is now revealed to belong to Dr. . Triumphant , he states that when and were starting their " little game of murder " and planning to kill him that he was " playing too . " He then tosses 's skeleton in the vat to dissolve in the acid . 
 tells the other guests that she shot in the basement , but when they all arrive there they find him alive . He tells that the gun she fired at him had been loaded with blanks , and explains to his guests that his wife and Dr. had been trying to kill him and that they have each met their end in the vat of acid , adding solemnly that he is " ready for justice to decide " his guilt or innocence . 
 , still an avid believer in the supernatural , looks into the acid and declares that and Dr. have now joined the ranks of the house 's many ghosts . With a terrified expression on his face , he announces that the ghosts are now coming for him , then , he turns toward the audience and adds , " And then they 'll come for you . "

In Edinburgh , Scotland , in 1880 , Professor Sir ( ) , a geologist at the University of Edinburgh , is given a piece of volcanic rock by his admiring student , ( ) . Deciding that the rock is unusually heavy , , mostly thanks to the carelessness of his lab assistant , Mr. ( ) , discovers a plumb bob inside bearing a cryptic inscription . and discover that it was left by a scientist named , who had , almost 300 years earlier , found a passage to the center of the Earth by descending into Snæfellsjökull , a volcano in western Iceland . After translating the message , immediately sets off with to follow in the Icelandic pioneer 's footsteps . 
 Professor of Stockholm ( ) , upon receiving correspondence from regarding the nature of the message , opts to try to reach the Earth 's center first . and chase him to Iceland . There , and his assistant kidnap and imprison them in a cellar . They are freed by a local Icelander , ( ) , and his pet duck Gertrud . They find dead in his room at an inn . finds some potassium cyanide crystals in 's goatee and concludes that he has been murdered . 
 's widow , ( ) , who initially believed was trying to capitalize on the work of her deceased husband , learns the truth from her husband 's diary . She provides the equipment and supplies had gathered , including much sought after lamps , but only on condition that she go along . grudgingly agrees , and the four explorers and the pet duck are soon journeying into the Earth . 
 They are aided by marks left by showing the path he took 300 years before . However , they are not alone . 's murderer , Count ( Thayer ) thinks that , as descendent , only he has the right to be there . He trails the group secretly with his servant . When becomes separated from the others , he almost trips over 's dead servant . When refuses to be his replacement , shoots in the arm . locates from the reverberations of the sound of the shot , and sentences him to death . However , no one is willing to execute him , so they reluctantly take him along . 
 The explorers eventually come upon a subterranean ocean . They construct a raft from the stems of giant mushrooms to cross it , but not before narrowly escaping a family of dimetrodons . Their raft begins circling in a mid - ocean whirlpool . The professor deduces that this must be the center of the Earth because the magnetic forces from north and south meeting there are strong enough to snatch away even gold in the form of wedding rings and tooth fillings . Completely exhausted , they reach the opposite shore . 
 While the others are asleep , a hungry catches and eats the duck . When finds out , he rushes at the count , but is pulled off by and . Reeling back , loosens a column of stones and is buried beneath them . Right behind the collapse , the group comes upon the sunken city of Atlantis . They also find the remains of . The hand of his skeleton points toward a passage to the surface . They decide that they will have to break a giant rock blocking their way using gunpowder left by . A giant megalosaurus attacks them , but it is killed by released lava . They climb into a large sacrificial altar bowl which floats atop the lava to the passage , and are driven upward at great speed by the lava , reaching the surface through a volcanic shaft . , and are thrown into the sea , while lands naked in a tree in the orchard of a convent . 
 When they return to Edinburgh , they are hailed as national heroes . , however , declines the accolades showered upon him , stating that he has no proof of his experiences , but he encourages others to follow in their footsteps . marries 's niece ( ) , and and , having fallen in love , kiss .

At a New York City hotel bar in 1958 , two thugs looking for " see a waiter calling out for him at the same time advertising executive summons the waiter . is then mistaken for " George " and is kidnapped . is brought to the Long Island estate of and is interrogated by spy . Despite denying he is , thinks he is lying and has his henchman arrange 's death in a staged drunken driving accident . manages to miraculously steer away from danger but is soon arrested for driving under the influence . 
 The next morning , tries but fails to convince his mother and the police that he had been kidnapped and forcibly inebriated . Journeying to the scene of the crime with police , a woman at 's home , presumed to be Mrs. , says he showed up drunk at her dinner party . She also informs them that is a United Nations diplomat . While searching Kaplan 's hotel room with his mother , answers a phone call from the thugs who are in the hotel lobby . He escapes and visits the U.N. General Assembly building to meet . He discovers that is not the man he met on Long Island , and that is a widower . As questions , one of the thugs throws a knife , hitting in the back , killing him . catches as he falls and grabs the knife , giving the appearance that he murdered . flees and attempts to find the real . 
 Meanwhile , a government intelligence agency in Washington , D.C. read the news and realize that has been mistaken for " " , a fictional persona created by the agency to thwart . However , is not rescued for fear of compromising their operation . 
 sneaks onto the 20th Century Limited train . He meets , who hides him from the police . and begin to establish a relationship but Kendall , unbeknownst to , is actually working with and his thugs . In Chicago , tells she has arranged a meeting with at an isolated bus stop . waits at the bus stop , but never shows up . He is then attacked by a crop duster plane . After unsuccessfully trying to hide in the fields , he steps in front of a speeding tank truck and the airplane crashes into it , leaving to escape in a stolen pickup truck when traffic stops . 
 When he reaches 's hotel in Chicago , he discovers that had checked out and left before said she talked to him on the phone . goes to her room and confronts her , but she leaves . He tracks her to an art auction , where he finds and his thugs . purchases a Mexican statue and leaves his thugs to deal with . To engineer an escape from the thugs , disrupts the auction by acting erratically ; the police are summoned and take him away . When he tries to tell them he is the fugitive murderer , the police release him to the government agency 's chief Professor ( ) . The Professor reveals that does not exist and was invented to distract from the real government agent : . agrees to help maintain her cover . 
 At the Mount Rushmore visitor center , ( as ) negotiates 's turnover of for her prosecution as a spy . When " " confronts , she shoots him " fatally " with a handgun ( loaded with blanks ) and flees . and meet in a forest . discovers must depart with and on a plane . When tries to dissuade her from going , he is knocked unconscious and locked in a hospital room . escapes the Professor 's custody , and goes to 's house to rescue . 
 At the house , overhears that the sculpture holds microfilm , and that discovered that the gun used by to kill was filled with blanks . indicates that he will kill during the flight . warns her with a surreptitious note . , and depart the house to board the plane . attempts to follow , but is stopped by , the housekeeper , who holds him at bay with a gun — until he realizes it is the one loaded only with blanks . As is boarding the plane , takes the sculpture and runs to the pursuing . They flee to the top of Mount Rushmore . As they begin to climb down the mountain , they are pursued by 's two thugs , and . After a harrowing chase , falls to his death , while is fatally shot by a park ranger . 
 Later , invites , now the new Mrs. , onto the upper berth of a train , which then , suggestively , enters a tunnel .

Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Martin Landau, Leo G. Carroll, Jessie Royce Landis

In early 1964 , in the months following World War III , the conflict has devastated the Northern Hemisphere , polluting the atmosphere with nuclear fallout , killing all life there . Air currents are slowly carrying the fallout south ; the only areas still habitable are in the far reaches of the Southern Hemisphere . 
 From Australia , survivors detect an incomprehensible Morse code signal coming from the West Coast of the United States . The American nuclear submarine , USS Sawfish , now under Royal Australian Navy command , is ordered to sail north to the United States to attempt to make contact with the sender of the Morse signal . The submarine is commanded by Capt . ( ) , who must leave his new friend , the alcoholic ( ) . 
 The Australian government arranges for its citizens to receive suicide pills or prepared injections so they may end things quickly before there is prolonged suffering from radiation sickness . An Australian naval officer , ( ) and his wife , , who is in denial about the impending disaster , have a baby daughter . Assigned to travel with the American sub for several weeks , tries to explain to how to euthanize their baby and then kill herself should he not be home yet when the end comes ; reacts very emotionally to this prospect . 
 One scientist 's theory is that the radiation level near the Arctic Ocean could be lower than that found at the mid - Northern Hemisphere , possibly indicating that the radiation could disperse before reaching the Southern Hemisphere . This theory is to be explored as part of the submarine 's main mission . After sailing to Point Barrow , Alaska , they find that radiation levels are , in fact , intensifying . 
 Later , when Sawfish arrives in the San Francisco Bay area , the crew find a city devoid of all signs of life . , a crewman who had family in San Francisco , deserts the submarine and swims ashore . Scientist ( ) informs Capt . that 's contact with the radioactive environment will quickly make it impossible for him to return without killing everyone on board . The next morning , through the periscope , Capt . observes fishing in the bay and broadcasts an intercom greeting . has found his parents dead and confirms that no one has survived . He apologizes for leaving , but explains that he preferred to die in his hometown rather on the other side of the world . bids farewell and departs for San Diego . 
 Near San Diego , the source of the radio signals , communications officer Lt . goes ashore in a radiation and oxygen suit . He has only one hour and will be alerted by a horn blasts every 15 minutes . He discovers that the Morse signal comes from a power station , but it is not a human survivor , just a tilted Coca - Cola bottle hanging by its neck from an open window shade 's pull cord ; random ocean breezes bump the bottle against a " live " telegraph key , sending out random signals . stands the bottle upright and uses proper Morse Code to send a message describing the bleak situation . He returns to the sub before the hour is up . 
 Sawfish and its crew return to Australia to enjoy what pleasures remain to them before the end . wins the Australian Grand Prix in which many racers , with nothing left to lose , die in various accidents . and embark on a weekend fishing trip in the country . Retreating to the resort for the night , they share a romantic interlude inside their room as , outside , a gathering storm howls . Returning to Melbourne , learns one of his crew has developed radiation sickness ; the deadly radiation has arrived in Melbourne . 
 kills himself by carbon monoxide poisoning in his closed garage , with his racing car 's engine running . Others line up to receive their suicide pills . becomes emotionally unbalanced and must be sedated . Later , she regains lucidity in time for her , , and their baby daughter to consume the drug offscreen . 
 wants to stay with , but many of his remaining crew want to head for home to die in the U.S. ; Commander chooses his duty over his love for and joins his crew as they attempt to make it back to a radioactive America . watches as Sawfish leaves Australian territorial waters and submerges for the final voyage home . 
 Within a few days , the last pocket of humanity is dead . The empty , windblown streets of Melbourne are punctuated by the rise of dramatic , strident music over a single powerful image of a previously seen Salvation Army street banner that pleads to the world , to the future : " There is still time … Brother . " Nuclear war and the end of humanity can still be prevented .

In 1959 U. S. Navy Rear Admiral ( ) , ComSubPac , boards the obsolete submarine USS Sea Tiger , prior to her departure for the scrapyard . , a plankowner and her first commanding officer , begins reading his wartime personal logbook , recalling earlier events . 
 On December 10 , 1941 , a Japanese air raid sinks Sea Tiger while docked at the Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippines . Lieutenant Commander and his crew begin repairs , hoping to sail for Darwin , Australia before the Japanese overrun the port . Believing there is no chance of repairing the submarine , the squadron commodore transfers most of 's crew to other boats , but promises that he will have first call on any available replacements . Lieutenant ( junior grade ) ( ) , an admiral 's aide , is reassigned to Sea Tiger despite lacking any submarine training or experience . 
 demonstrates great skill as a scrounger after makes him the supply officer . He teams up with Marine Sergeant Ramon , an escaped prisoner ( he was caught misappropriating Navy property to run his own restaurant in Manila ) , to obtain materials desperately needed for repairs , persuading the captain to sign on as the ship 's cook . What and his men can not acquire from base warehouses , they " midnight requisition " from various military and civilian sources . 
 Refloated and restored to barely seaworthy condition , with only one of her four diesel engines operable , Sea Tiger puts to sea after a native Witch Doctor performs a protection spell for the voyage . Chief Motor Machinist Mate ( ) had previously confided to that they 've got No . 1 engine , he 'll answer for No . 2 when it is back together , and that he has been stripping parts from Nos . 3 and 4 to get Nos . 1 and 2 going . No . 1 does run , but is prone to backfiring and belching smoke . 
 Sea Tiger reaches Marinduque , where reluctantly agrees to evacuate five stranded female Army nurses . is attracted to Second Lieutenant ( ) , while has a series of embarrassing encounters with the well - endowed and clumsy Second Lieutenant ( ) . Later , when prepares to attack an enemy oiler moored to a pier , accidentally hits the " fire " button before the Torpedo Data Computer has transmitted all the settings to the torpedo . It misses the tanker and instead " sinks " a truck ashore . Sea Tiger flees amidst a hail of shellfire . 
 tries to put the nurses ashore at Cebu , but the Army refuses to accept them , as the Japanese are closing in . Unable to obtain needed supplies from official sources , allows to set up a casino in order to acquire them from the soldiers who have taken everything useful into the hills for resistance use . Chief has been asking for paint . manages to get some red and white lead primer paint , but does not have enough of either to prime the entire hull . The two are mixed together , resulting in a pale pink primer that the chief reluctantly has applied . A Japanese air raid forces a hasty departure before the crew can apply the top coat of navy gray . 
 Tokyo Rose mocks the mysterious pink submarine , while the U.S. Navy believes it to be a Japanese deception , ordering that it be sunk on sight . An American destroyer spots Sea Tiger and opens fire , then launches depth charges when the submarine crash dives . tries an oil slick and then launches blankets , pillows , and life jackets , but the deception fails . At 's suggestion , ejects the nurses ' lingerie . 's bra convinces the destroyer 's captain that " the Japanese have nothing like this " , and he ceases fire . Sea Tiger , still painted pink , arrives at Darwin battered but under her own power . 
 's reminiscence ends with the arrival of Sea Tiger 's Commanding Officer , Commander , his wife ( the former Lieutenant ) , and their sons . promises command of a new nuclear - powered submarine , named Sea Tiger . 's wife ( the former Lieutenant ) arrives late with their daughters and rear - ends her husband 's staff car , causing it to lock bumpers with a Navy bus . When it drives away , dragging his car with it , reassures his wife that it will be stopped at the main gate . Commander takes Sea Tiger out , and her final departure is punctuated by a backfire and belch of smoke from the No . 1 diesel engine , still troublesome after all these years .

At the funeral of an old man 's wife , mourners are gathered by an open grave , among them her husband ( ) . Overhead , an airliner is heading toward Burbank , California . The pilot , ( ) , and his co - pilot ( ) are blinded by a bright light and loud sound . They look outside and see a flying saucer . The pilots follow the saucer 's flight until it lands at the graveyard , where the funeral 's gravediggers are killed by a female zombie ( ) . 
 At his home , lost in his thoughts of grief , the old man goes outside and ( offscreen ) steps in front of an oncoming car and is killed . Mourners at the old man 's funeral later discover the dead gravediggers . Inspector ( ) and other police officers arrive , but goes off alone to continue his investigation . 
 and his wife ( ) , who live near the graveyard , hear the sirens and tells about his saucer encounter , stating that the Army has since sworn him to secrecy . A powerful swooshing noise then knocks everyone to the ground at both the residence and the nearby graveyard as a saucer lands . Police Inspector then encounters the female zombie and the reanimated corpse of the old man , and is killed by them . 
 Newspaper headlines continue to report saucer sightings over Hollywood Boulevard , while a trio of saucers flies over Los Angeles . In Washington , D.C. , the military fires missiles at more saucers , while the Chief of Saucer Operations , Col . ( ) , reveals that the government has been covering up saucer attacks . He mentions that one small town was annihilated , hinting at a secret history of other encounters . 
 The aliens return to their Space Station 7 . Commander ( ) informs their ruler ( ) that he has been unsuccessful in contacting Earth 's governments . To force their acknowledgment , recommends implementing " Plan 9 " , which will resurrect recently human dead by stimulating their pituitary and pineal glands . Meanwhile , about to leave on another flight , is concerned for his wife 's safety . He urges her to stay with her mother , but she insists on staying home . That night the zombie old man rises from his grave and breaks into their house . He pursues outside and is joined by his zombie wife and the zombie Inspector . barely escapes , but then collapses after her ordeal . All three zombies return to ' saucer . 
 At the Pentagon , Gen. ( ) informs that the government has been receiving alien messages . They explain that the aliens are trying to prevent humanity from eventually destroying the universe . The general dispatches to San Fernando , California , where most of the alien activity has occurred . 
 Though the undead are under alien control , zombie suddenly attacks and nearly strangles . The ruler closely examines zombie and then orders the zombie old man destroyed in order to further frighten humanity . He then approves ' Plan 9 to raise undead armies and orders they march on the capitals of Earth . 
 In California the police and interview the . Unknown to them , the flying saucer has returned to the graveyard . Officer ( ) encounters the zombie old man , who then chases him into the ' yard , where the zombie old man is hit with Eros ' ray , causing his body to rapidly decompose . Not knowing what to make of this , the , and the police drive to the cemetery . 
 ( ) insists on leaving in the car , but refuses to stay alone ; as a concession , stays behind . and fellow alien ( ) send zombie to kidnap and lure the other three to their saucer . Seeing the saucer 's glow off in the distance , and the police head in that direction . At the car , is knocked out by zombie . Upon awakening , calls for help and Patrolman ( comes to his aid . 
 allows and the police to enter his saucer with their guns drawn . He then tells them human weapons development will inevitably lead to the discovery of " Solaronite " , a substance that has the effect of exploding " sunlight molecules " . Such an explosion would set off an uncontrollable chain reaction , destroying the entire universe . now believes humans are too immature and stupid , so he intends on destroying mankind . He threatens to kill if and the police try to force him to go with them . Officers and arrive , spotting zombie holding the unconscious not far from the saucer . Realizing their weapons are useless , they sneak up behind and club him with a length of wood , knocking him out . sees this and says 's controlling ray has been shut off , which allows to go free . A fight then breaks out between and , but the saucer 's equipment is damaged during the struggle , starting a fire aboard . The humans quickly escape , and and the unconscious fly away in their now burning saucer , which finally explodes , killing them both ; their zombies quickly decompose to just skeletal remains inside their clothing .

In April 1953 , during the Korean War , a company of American infantry , led by Lieutenant ( ) are to recapture Pork Chop Hill from a larger Communist Chinese army force ; they recapture the hill , but are depleted , only 25 of a 135 - man unit are left . They prepare for a large - scale Chinese counter - attack which they know will overwhelm and kill them in vicious fire fights and hand - to - hand fighting while the Panmunjeom cease - fire negotiations continue . 
 Higher command is shown as being unwilling to either abandon or reinforce the hill . They will not reinforce the hill because the value of the hill is not worth further losses . They will not abandon the hill because it is a point of negotiation in the cease - fire talks . 
 The American negotiators come to the conclusion that the Chinese are pouring soldiers into the battle for a militarily insignificant hill to test the resolve of the Americans in the negotiations . The decision is then made at the last minute to reinforce the hill .

In the town of Rio Bravo , Texas , sheriff 's deputy ( ) , who has acquired the contemptuous nickname ( pronounced   [ bo.raˈtʃon ] , Spanish for " big drunk " ) , enters a saloon but can not afford a drink . ( ) , brother of rancher , watches as a barfly ( ) , tosses a silver dollar into a spittoon . Presidio County , Texas , Sheriff ( ) appears and kicks the spittoon away , looking at with disgust . is shamed by his plight and takes out his anger on , knocking him out with an ax handle . begins punching , then shoots and kills an unarmed bystander who tries to intervene . 
 heads to his brother 's saloon , where a bloody comes to arrest him for the murder of the bystander . Another patron draws his gun on , but shoots the gun out of the man 's hand . is locked up in the local jail . is willing to deputize , provided he can stay sober . Both remember how good with a gun used to be . 
 's friend ( ) and his wagon train of supplies stop in town , with a young gunslinger , ( ) , riding guard . Inside the jail , ( ) , 's game - legged deputy , keeps watch over the jail and , who knows that holds an old grudge against 's wealthy and powerful brother . warns his jailers that will not like how his brother is being treated . 
 A mysterious woman nicknamed ( ) is in the saloon , playing poker . In the meantime , and patrol the town . Hotel owner ( ) stops the sheriff , saying has been talking too much about needing help . In the saloon , implores to stop , as it will draw attention from the wrong people . suggests that Colorado could be of assistance , but Colorado politely declines , saying he wants to " mind my own business " . Colorado also promises not to start any trouble without telling the sheriff first . 
 leaves the poker game a winner . follows her up to her room and confronts her as a card cheat , with his evidence three missing aces from the deck of cards being used in the game and a handbill indicating she is wanted for card cheating . Colorado intervenes , saying another participant in the game is the real cheat . They confront the card cheat and prove his guilt . refuses to apologize to for doing his job , but is no longer in a hurry to make her leave town . 
 As is walking back to the hotel , he is shot dead by a man hiding in the stable . Colorado offers to help , but is angrily turned away by , who says , " You had a chance to get in this and you did n't want it . " and flush out the shooter , who escapes into 's saloon after wounds him . believes the man has muddy boots , but everyone in the bar has clean boots . Two of 's men suggest needs a drink and one throws a silver dollar into a spittoon . The bartender puts a beer on the bar , but notices blood dripping into the glass from above . He turns , fires , and kills the shooter . 
 goes back to the hotel to sleep . Without his knowledge , stands guard at the door to keep him safe , then returns to her room when he awakens . discovers what she did and advises that she should leave on the next stagecoach . 
 ( ) arrives in town with his men , intent on seeing his brother . is standing guard and confiscating all guns . One of 's men ignores him until cuts one of his horse 's reins with a single shot . agrees to turn in their guns until they leave . 
 says will not get on the stagecoach . She tells the sheriff she does not want to leave , then gives him a kiss . He indicates if he were not in such a fix at the jail , things between them might be different . 
 visits the jail to tell the meaning of a song , " Degüello " , or " The Cutthroat Song " , that is paying men to play at his saloon . The song , reported to have been played by men at the siege of the Alamo , indicates that " no quarter " will be given to one 's enemy , no mercy . is trying hard to stay sober . He is given back his guns ( the ones he had before he left town , sold by , but bought back by ) , as well as some clothes he left behind . 
 The next morning , while is standing guard at the town entryway , four men attack him from behind and tie him up in a stable . Others get the drop on , whose rifle is just out of reach . From inside the hotel , acting on Colorado 's instructions , throws a flower pot through a window a moment after Colorado steps out on the porch , distracting the men . Colorado quickly throws 's rifle to him and the two men shoot the three hands . 
 decides to have his men hole up in the jail , as it will take several more days for the United States Marshal to arrive to take to the Presidio . Dude 's nerves are shot , but as he is about to take a drink , the sound of " The Cutthroat Song " played by 's musicians steels his resolve . He and go to the hotel to round up additional supplies , but and are captured by 's men , who trick into charging and falling over a rope tied at the bottom of the stairs . and are unable to help . 
 is ordered to take the men to the jail to let go . He is reluctant to do so , but implores to cooperate , saying that is alone and has no food or water to hold out very long . The remaining men at the hotel take hostage and offers to trade him later for . 
 opens fire at the jail , holding off 's men . and Colorado then take to make the trade for at a warehouse , leaving behind because of his bad leg . During the trade , walking in opposite directions , tackles and they scuffle while a gunfight erupts . turns up and helps even the odds . overpowers . The lawmen throw dynamite sticks at the warehouse where and his men are based , shooting the sticks to explode them . After a few explosions rock the warehouse , the criminals surrender . 
 All is quiet in town as gets reacquainted with , who models a skimpy new costume she will be wearing in her new job singing at the hotel . After a pair of sheer tights comes floating from a window to the street , a delighted retrieves it , but cautions him to mind his own business .

John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond

Irish - American ( ) is studying at the College of Surgeons in 1921 Dublin , Ireland , during a guerrilla war – the Irish War of Independence . Apolitical and sick of killing after fighting in World War I , he is drawn into the struggle between the Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) and the British Black and Tans . 
 He and his friend and fellow medical student , ( ) , are caught in the middle of an IRA ambush , and Nolan is shot by the British . tells to fetch ( ) , one of their professors . , it turns out , is also a high - ranking IRA leader known as " the Commandant " . removes the bullet , but dies anyway . 
 Since left his textbook ( with his name inscribed ) at the scene of the ambush , he is now a wanted man . takes him to meet his superior , " the General " ( ) , an old comrade - in - arms of 's father . When refuses his invitation to join the IRA , the General arranges for a boat passage out of Ireland . takes him to a hideout by the sea , the base of an IRA unit commanded by ( ) . is furious to find local barmaid ( ) consorting with the men there . 
 When ( ) , a top IRA leader , is wounded escaping from prison , agrees to accompany the unit to the rendezvous point to treat him . is discovered in the boot of the car of aged Lady ( ) and killed in a shootout by the British . When the soldiers check the people in the nearby pub ( where the IRA men are waiting ) , ( ) tries to hide a pistol he brought ( against 's explicit orders ) . When it is found , it is who is taken away . He is brutally beaten by Colonel of the Black and Tans , but refuses to talk . leads a raid to rescue him . At that point , decides to join the IRA . 
 Lady is sentenced to prison and goes on a hunger strike . kidnaps ( ) , the widowed daughter of a top British adviser , to try to force a prisoner exchange . Complications ensue when falls for her . When gets into trouble , both with and the British , she decides to leave Ireland . 
 prepares to assassinate Colonel at the dock . However , he suspects he has been betrayed when , purely by coincidence , tries to board a ship there . During the ensuing shootout , shoots dead in cold blood . 
 When the men reassemble at a lighthouse , they hear two bits of news . First , Lady has died . Second , the British have offered a peace treaty . The General is satisfied to have peace , but not . When he decides to execute Mrs. , has to stop him . They exchange shots , and is killed .

After many childless years , King and Queen happily welcome the birth of their daughter , the Princess . They proclaim a holiday for their subjects to pay homage to the princess , and at the gathering for her christening she is betrothed to Prince , the young son of 's friend King , so that their kingdoms will always be united . 
 Among the guests are three fairies , , , and , who have come to bless the child with gifts . and give their gifts of beauty and song , respectively . Before is able to give her blessing , the evil fairy appears , only to be told that she was not invited . turns to leave , but when Queen asks if she 's offended , the evil fairy curses the princess , proclaiming that will grow in grace and beauty , but before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday , she will use her finger to touch the spindle of a spinning wheel and die . King and Queen are horrified and beg the fairies to break the curse . Unfortunately , they are not strong enough to break it , but uses her blessing to soften the curse so that instead of dying , will fall into a deep sleep from which she can only be awakened by true love 's kiss . King , still fearful for his daughter 's life , orders all spinning wheels in the kingdom to be burned . The fairies do not believe that will be enough to keep safe , and so they spirit her away to a woodcutter 's cottage in the forest until the day of her sixteenth birthday . 
 Years later , , renamed , has grown into a beautiful young woman . On the day of her sixteenth birthday , the three fairies ask to gather berries in the forest so they can prepare a surprise party for her . befriends the animals of the forest and sings them a song , Once Upon a Dream . While singing in the forest , attracts the attention of Prince , now a handsome young man . He races to find the owner of the beautiful voice and is instantly struck by 's grace and beauty . at first is frightened at his sudden appearance , as she is not allowed to talk to strangers , but soon puts her at ease . They instantly fall in love , unaware of being promised in marriage sixteen years ago . asks to come to her cottage that evening and meet her family . 
 Meanwhile , and argue over the color of 's ballgown , which attracts the attention of 's raven and revealing the location of . Back at home , is thrilled to tell her guardians she met a man and fell in love . The fairies finally tell the truth about her royal heritage , that she is a princess and already betrothed at birth to a prince , and tell her she must never see the man she met again . Heartbroken , she leaves the room . Meanwhile , tells his father of a peasant girl he met and wishes to marry in spite of his prearranged marriage to Princess . King fails to convince him otherwise , leaving in equal disappointment . 
 Later that night , the fairies take back to the castle and leave her alone in a room to wait for her birthday celebrations where she will finally get to see her parents . then appears and magically lures away from the fairies and tricks the princess into touching the spindle of an enchanted spinning wheel . pricks her finger , completing the curse . The good fairies place on a bed in the highest tower and place a powerful spell on all the people in the kingdom , causing them to fall asleep until the spell on their princess is broken . While doing so , they overhear a conversation between King and King . From King 's conversation with King , the fairies realize that Prince is the man with whom has fallen in love . They rush to find him , but he is kidnapped by who is waiting for him at the cottage in the woods . She shows the peasant girl he fell in love with is the now - sleeping princess . She tells him she plans to keep him locked away until he 's an old man on the verge of death , then release him to meet his love , who will not have aged a single day . 
 The fairies find and release the prince , arming him with the magical Sword of Truth and the Shield of Virtue . tries to stop by surrounding 's castle with thorns , but fails . She then transforms into a gigantic dragon . Eventually , throws the sword , blessed by the fairies ' magic , directly into 's heart , causing her to fall to her death . 
 awakens with a kiss , breaking the spell and thereby wakes everyone in the palace . The royal couple descends to the ballroom , where is happily reunited with her parents , while King is confused of how the two young royals met . and resume their argument over the color of 's ball gown , magically changing it from blue to pink while the happy couple waltzes . The last color to appear is pink . Princess and Prince live happily ever after .

It is February 1929 in the city of Chicago , during the era of prohibition . ( ) is an irresponsible jazz saxophone player , gambler and ladies ' man ; his friend ( ) is a sensible jazz double - bass player ; both are working in a speakeasy ( disguised as a funeral home ) owned by mob gangster " Spats " Colombo ( ) . When the joint is raided by the police after being tipped off by informant " Toothpick " Charlie ( ) , and flee — only to accidentally witness and his henchmen exacting his revenge on " " and his own gang ( inspired by the real - life Saint Valentine 's Day Massacre ) . Penniless and in a mad rush to get out of town , the two musicians take a job with Sweet Sue ( ) and her Society Syncopators , an all - female band headed to Miami . Disguised as women and renaming themselves and , they board a train with the band and their male manager , . Before they board the train , and notice ( ) , the band 's vocalist and ukulele player . 
 and become enamored of and compete for her affection while maintaining their disguises . confides to that she has sworn off male saxophone players , who have stolen her heart in the past and left her with " the fuzzy end of the lollipop " . She has set her sights on finding a sweet , bespectacled millionaire in Florida . During the forbidden drinking and partying on the train , and become intimate friends with , and have to struggle to remember that they are supposed to be girls and can not make a pass at her . 
 Once in Miami , woos by assuming a second disguise as a millionaire named , the heir to Shell Oil , while feigning disinterest in . An actual millionaire , the much - married aging mama 's boy , ( ) tries repeatedly to pick up , who rebuffs him . invites for a champagne supper on his yacht . convinces to keep occupied onshore so that can take to 's yacht , passing it off as his . Once on the yacht , explains to that , due to psychological trauma , he is impotent and frigid , but that he would marry anyone who could change that . tries to arouse some sexual response in , and begins to succeed . Meanwhile , and dance the tango ( " La Cumparsita " ) till dawn . When and get back to the hotel , explains that has proposed marriage to and that he , as , has accepted , anticipating an instant divorce and huge cash settlement when his ruse is revealed . convinces that he can not actually marry . 
 The hotel hosts a conference for " Friends of Italian Opera " , which is in fact a front for a major meeting of various branches of La Cosa Nostra . and his gang from Chicago recognize and as the witnesses to the Valentine 's Day murders . and , fearing for their lives , realize they must quit the band and leave the hotel . breaks 's heart by telling her that he , , has to marry a woman of his father 's choosing and move to Venezuela . After several chases , and witness additional mob killings , this time of and his boys . , dressed as , sees onstage singing that she will never love again . He kisses her before he leaves , and realizes that is both and . 
 runs from the stage at the end of her performance and manages to jump into the launch from 's yacht New Caledonia just as it is leaving the dock with , , and . tells that he is not good enough for her , that she would be getting the " fuzzy end of the lollipop " yet again , but wants him anyway . , for his part , comes up with a list of reasons why he and can not get married , ranging from a smoking habit to infertility . dismisses them all ; he loves and is determined to go through with the marriage . Exasperated , removes his wig and shouts , " I 'm a man ! " . , unfazed , simply responds , " Well , nobody 's perfect . "

Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis, George Raft, Pat O'Brien, Joe E. Brown

New Orleans , 1937 : ( ) is a young woman institutionalized for a severe emotional disturbance that occurred when her cousin , , died under questionable circumstances while they were on summer holiday in Europe . The late 's wealthy mother , ( ) , makes every effort to deny and suppress the potentially sordid truth about her son and his demise . Toward that end , she attempts to bribe the state hospital 's administrator , Dr. ( ) , by offering to finance a new wing for the underfunded facility if he will coerce his brilliant young surgeon , Dr. ( ) , into lobotomizing her niece , thereby removing any chance that the events surrounding her son 's death might be revealed by 's " obscene babbling . " 
 Mrs. meets with Dr. in the primordial garden ( " like the dawn of creation " ) at her estate to discuss her niece 's case , and their conversation eventually turns to . Mrs. describes him as a poet whose art was his sole occupation – even though he only wrote a single poem each year during the summer months and never published his work – and recounts her own previous vacations with him . agrees to visit and begin his evaluation . has been confined to a private women 's mental institution since returning from Europe several months earlier . When interviews her , she struggles to recall the specific events that led to 's death and her subsequent breakdown , but expresses a sincere desire to do so . 
 Beginning to doubt that she has lost her mind , decides to move into the state hospital for continued observation . 's mother , ( ) , and brother , ( ) , pay her a visit there and reveal that has left them a considerable sum of money . Unfortunately , Mrs. will not give them the inheritance unless they sign papers to commit to the institution and allow a lobotomy to be performed . Alarmed by this prospect , tries to escape . She accidentally wanders onto a catwalk suspended over the men 's recreational area . With the door at the other end of the catwalk locked , she is forced to fight her way back past the men who are trying to climb up onto the catwalk and grope her , and returns to her room in defeat . 
 Later , Mrs. drops by to check on the status of 's evaluation . The doctor persuades her to meet face to face . In the ensuing confrontation , tries to get her aunt to reveal the true nature of her relationship with and the reason why she was left behind and chosen to take her place as his traveling companion , vaguely hinting that used them as " bait " and that they " procured for him . " Mrs. responds to these allegations by fainting . Using this opportunity to slip away , finds another catwalk that runs above a room filled with women . She climbs the railing and leans out precipitously , considering the jump , but before she can release her hold , an orderly ( ) , comes up behind her , drags her back to her room , and sedates her . 
 In a last - ditch effort to help , brings her to the estate where he administers a truth serum that will allow her to overcome any resistance to remembering what happened that summer . Before an audience consisting of her aunt , mother and brother , Miss ( ) , Dr. , and Nurse ( ) , all of whom have gathered on the patio in the jungle - like garden , begins questioning . She recalls how she and spent their days on the beach in the Spanish town of Cabeza de Lobo . On one occasion , he drags her reluctantly into the water , causing the fabric of her white bathing suit to become transparent . A group of young men who had been watching her from the neighboring public beach start to approach but are intercepted by . comes to realize that he is using her to attract these boys in order to proposition them for sex . Since the boys are desperate for money , is successful in his efforts ; however , he gradually becomes " fed up with the dark ones " and , being " famished for blonds , " makes plans to depart for the northern countries . One scorching white - hot day , and are beset by a team of boys begging for money . When rejects them , they take up pursuit through the streets of the town . attempts to flee , but the boys swarm around him at every turn . He is finally cornered among the ruins of a temple on a hilltop . In the meantime , has been frantically trying to catch up with , but she reaches him only to see him overwhelmed by the boys . To her horror and revulsion , they begin to tear him apart and eat his flesh . She screams for help , to no avail . 
 At this point in telling her astonishing account of 's demise , has collapsed upon the ground , sobbing . Her mind undone by the shock of hearing 's tale , Mrs. closes 's last book of poems , the pages of which are blank , then slowly rises from her seat and takes 's arm . Calling him " , " she tells him not to be out in the sun for too long and that they should go inside the boat and inform the captain that they want to leave . Mrs. is led away and returns to check on , who has recovered . They both walk into the house together .

When occultist uncle Dr. wills a huge ramshackle house to his nephew and his impoverished family , they are shocked to find the house is haunted . Their new furnished residence comes complete with Dr. 's housekeeper , , plus a fortune in buried treasure and 12 horrifying ghosts . 
 His family soon discovers that these spirits include a wailing lady , clutching hands , a floating head , a fiery skeleton , an Italian chef murdering his wife and her lover in the kitchen , a hanging lady , an executioner and severed head , a fully grown lion with its headless tamer , as well as Dr. himself , all held captive in the eerie house looking for an unlucky thirteenth ghost to free them . Dr. leaves a set of special goggles , the only way of seeing the ghosts . 
 However , there is someone in the house who is also looking for the money and is willing to kill for it . The villain turns out to be the lawyer , . He attempts to kill ' son , , using the falling bed canopy he used to kill Dr. , but Dr. 's ghost catches him in the act , driving the terrified to his death in the bed just as escapes . becomes the 13th ghost , and the ghosts disappear . The next morning , and his family count the discovered money , keeps the mask used by to scare 's big sister , and they decide to stay .

The film depicts the Battle of the Alamo and the events leading up to it . leads the forces fighting for Texas independence and needs time to build an army . The opposing Mexican forces , led by General , are numerically stronger and also better armed and trained . Nevertheless , the Texans have spirit and morale remains generally high . 
 Lieutenant Colonel is tasked with defending the Alamo , a former mission in San Antonio . arrives with reinforcements and the defenders dig in . Meanwhile , arrives with a group of Tennesseeans . 
 armies arrive and surround the fort . The siege begins . goes to Santa Anna under the peace flag , so , angered by , shoots a cannon at the armies , saying he will negotiate peace from a position of power only . 
 In a nighttime raid , the Texans sabotage the Mexicans ' biggest cannon . The Texans maintain high hopes as they are told a strong force led by Colonel is on its way to break the siege . , however , sensing an imminent attack , sends one of his younger men , , to ask Houston for help . knows this will perhaps save 's life . 
 The Mexicans frontally attack the Alamo . The defenders hold out and inflict heavy losses on the Mexicans , although the Texans ' own losses are not insignificant . sustains a leg wound . Morale drops when informs his men that 's reinforcements have been ambushed , and slaughtered by the Mexicans . 
 chooses to stay with his command and defend the Alamo , but he gives the other defenders the option of leaving . , and their men prepare to leave , but an inspired tribute by convinces them to stay and fight to the end . The noncombatants , including most of the women and children , leave the Alamo . 
 On the thirteenth day of the siege , Santa Anna 's artillery bombards the Alamo and kills or wounds several Texans . The entire Mexican army sweeps forward , attacking on all sides . The defenders kill dozens of charging Mexicans , but the attack is overwhelming . The Mexicans blast a hole in the Alamo wall and soldiers swarm through . tries to rally the men but is shot and killed . leads the Texans in the final defense of the fort . The Mexicans swarm through and overwhelm the Texans . The Texans retreat to their final defensive positions . is killed in the chaos when he is run through by a lance and then blown up as he ignites the powder magazine . , in bed with his wound , kills several Mexicans but is bayoneted and dies . As the last Texan is killed , the Mexican soldiers discover the hiding place of the wife and child of Texan defender Captain . The battle is over and the Mexicans have won . 
 Santa Anna observes the carnage and provides safe passage for Mrs. and her child . returns too late , watching from a distance . He takes off his hat in respect and then escorts Mrs. away from the battlefield . 
 The subplot follows the conflict existing among the strong - willed personalities of , , and . stubbornly defends his decisions as commander of the garrison against the suggestions of the other two - particularly with whom the most bitter conflict develops - as well as trying to maintain discipline amongst a force made up primarily of independently - minded frontiersmen and settlers . , well liked by both and , eventually becomes a mediator between the other two as constantly threatens to withdraw his men rather than deal with . Despite their personal conflicts , all three learn to subordinate their differences and in the end bind themselves together in an act of bravery to defend the fort against inevitable defeat .

John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Chill Wills, Frankie Avalon, Richard Boone

( ) wakes up in the apartment of wealthy executive ( ) and finds that he has left her $ 250 . Insulted , , whose dress is torn , takes 's wife 's ( ) mink coat to cover herself and scrawls " No Sale " in lipstick on the mirror . But she orders her telephone answering service , BUtterfield   8 , to put through if he calls . 
 visits a childhood friend , pianist ( ) , who chastises her for wasting her life on one - night stands but agrees to ask his girlfriend ( ) to lend her a dress . leaves , and tells to choose between her or . 
 takes a train to the countryside where his wife is caring for her mother . A friend , ( ) , advises him to end his adulterous relationships and return to 's law firm instead of working for the chemical business of 's father . Meanwhile , lies to her mother ( ) , claiming to have spent the night at 's . 
 returns home . Finding the lipstick and money , he phones to explain the money was meant for her to buy a new dress , to replace the one that he had torn . While drinking later that night , advises her to ask a high price for her lovemaking talents . She insists she does not take payment from her dates and claims she has been hired as a model to advertise the dress she is wearing at three bistros that night . follows , watching her flirt with dozens of men at several clubs . He then drives her to a run - down motel . After sleeping together , and decide to explore their relationship further . Together for five days , they grow closer , falling genuinely in love with one another and parting only upon the return of 's wife . 
 When returns home , she confesses to her mother about having been the " slut of all time " but declares that that is all over now since she is truly in love . visits her psychiatrist Dr. ( ) to insist that her relationship with has cured her of promiscuity . 
 For his part , also plan to change his life , taking up 's offer of a job at the law firm . When he returns home , has noticed that her mink is gone . makes excuses and rushes out to search for at her regular clubs . He is unable to locate her , but in his search he is repeatedly confronted with the reality of 's promiscuous past . When finds at a bistro the following evening , he drunkenly launches into insults . drives to his apartment building where , spotting them from a window above , watches as her husband throws the coat at , saying he would never give the tainted object back to his wife . 
 goes to , saying that she feels she has " earned " the mink coat she is wearing . Having never before taken payment from the men she slept with , she now has and she laments " what that makes me . " She recounts that when she was 13 , a friend of her widowed mother taught her about " evil , " and she hates herself because she loved it and thus went on to make her life out of it . insists that stay the night since both and he have to decide what to do next . arrives the next morning finds asleep on 's couch ; having at last made up his mind , he asks to marry him . 
 The next day , a now - sober admits to himself that he still loves and asks for a divorce . Meanwhile , tells her mother she is moving to Boston to begin a new life . 
 Upon discovering 's destination , drives until he spots her car at a roadside café . He tries to apologize to by asking her to marry him , but insists that his insults have " branded " her and that her past is a sore spot that no husband would ever truly be able to accept . Pursuing 's car , sees her miss a sign for road construction and accidentally hurtle over an embankment to her death . 
 When he returns to the city , tells his wife about 's death , announces that he is leaving to " find my pride , " and says that if is still home when he returns , they will work on their marriage .

( ) is a hard - drinking , fast - talking traveling salesman with a charismatic personality who infuses biblical passages and fervor into his pitches as a way to ease and collect money . He is drawn to the roadshow of Sister ( ) and is immediately attracted to the saintly revivalist . As the troupe leaves town for Kansas , sweet talks her naive assistant , Sister ( ) , into telling him information regarding 's past . He uses that information to con his way into Sister 's good graces and joins the troupe preaching " Christ in commerce " and how he is a saved salesman . 
 and develop what her manager , ( ) , calls a " good cop / bad cop " routine , with telling the audience members that they will burn in Hell for their sins and promising salvation if they repent . Because of 's fire and brimstone sermons , the group comes to the attention of the church council in Zenith , Winnemac , a larger city . Though does not think is ready to preach outside of the smaller venues , convinces her to go to Zenith . They meet with the church leaders , most of whom are wary of turning religion into a spectacle as does , but he convinces them that the churches must earn money to stay open . 
 Travelling along with is the big - city reporter , ( ) . is torn between his disgust for religious hucksterism and his genuine admiration for 's charm and cunning . As 's sermons bring 's group to larger venues , writes a series of articles labeling the revival a sham and reveals that neither nor has any credentials . eventually admits to that her real name is and that her origins are humbler than she publicly admits . also becomes 's lover and loses her virginity to him . 
 The success of the - Gantry team comes to the attention of ( ) , a former girlfriend of 's who fell into disrepute and became a prostitute when her affair with ruined her standing in her minister father 's eyes , and ditched her . Acting as a moralist , unwittingly invades the brothel where works , but sends the prostitutes out of town when he sees . When he meets privately after she phones him , wants revenge against for running out on her in Kansas . However , her love for returns when confronting him and they embrace . A hidden photographer planted by records their embrace but 's love for prevents him from consummating with . proceeds to frame out of jealousy for his love for . blackmails him , and is asked to bring $ 25,000 ( $ 348,906.61 in 2017 dollars).[2 ] in exchange for the negatives of incriminating pictures . brings the money , but refuses to accept ; the pictures are then printed in the front page of the town 's newspaper . 
 had at first offered the exclusive story of 's supposed sexual indiscretion , but he refused , shrugging the pictures off as merely proof that is as human as anyone else . An angry mob ransacks the tent at the tent revival following the publication of the incriminating photos in another newspaper , and joins the congregation at this tent revival and is a witness to 's humiliation . As she watches the mob curse and smear him with eggs and other produce , she is emotionally shaken and flees the scene . returns to the brothel , which is now in a dilapidated state from 's publicity stunt . Her pimp is there to collect the $ 25,000 , but when tells him she did not take 's money , he beats her . comes to 's rescue . He disposes of the pimp and apologizes to , who then publicly confesses to having framed . 
 returns to on the night her new tabernacle opens . declines 's request to give up her soul - saving ventures , and insists that she and were brought together by to do His work . Suddenly , a fire erupts at the tabernacle . Unable or unwilling to see past her own religious zeal when the place is engulfed in flames , dies . The next day , , saddened by death , leads a spiritual with her followers . suggests that take up where Sister had left off and replies with ( 1 Corinthians 13:11 ) , " When I was a child , I understood as a child and spake as a child . When I became a man , I put away childish things . " His valise in one hand , Bible in the other , and a smile on his face , strides away .

Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones, Dean Jagger, Patti Page

Nurse is an American volunteer at the Karaolos internment camp on Cyprus , where thousands of Jews — Holocaust survivors — are being held by the British , who will not let them go to Palestine . They anxiously wait for the day they will be liberated . 
 , a Haganah rebel who had been a decorated captain in the Jewish Brigade of the British Army in the Second World War , obtains a cargo ship and smuggles 611 Jewish inmates out of the camp for an illegal voyage to Mandate Palestine before being discovered by military authorities . When the British learn the refugees are in a ship in the harbor of Famagusta , they blockade the harbor and prevent it from sailing . The refugees stage a hunger strike , during which the camp 's doctor dies , and threatens to blow up the ship and the refugees . The British relent and allow the Exodus safe passage . 
 has grown very fond of , a young Danish - Jewish girl searching for the father from whom she was separated during the war . She has taken up the Zionist cause , much to the chagrin of , who had hoped to adopt and take her to America to begin a new life . 
 During this time , opposition to the partition of Palestine into Arab and Jewish states is heating up . 's young beau proclaims his desire to join the Irgun , a radical Zionist resistance group . goes to an address given him by an Irgun recruiter , only to be caught in a police trap . After he is released , he is contacted by members of the Irgun and is interviewed by uncle , who is the head of the Irgun . Before swearing in , forces the boy to confess that he was a Sonderkommando in Auschwitz , and that he was sodomized by Nazis . Due to his activities , has been disowned by 's father , , who heads the mainstream Jewish Agency trying to create a Jewish state through political and diplomatic means . He fears that the Irgun will derail his efforts , especially as the British have put a price on 's head . 
 has gone to live at Gan Dafna , a fictional Jewish kibbutz near Mount Tabor near the moshav where was raised.[8 ] and have fallen in love , but pulls back , feeling like an outsider after meeting 's family and learning of his previous love : , a young woman kidnapped , tortured , and murdered by Arabs , who is the namesake of the Gan Dafna kibbutz . 
 Leaving , promises to help find 's father . Dr. is eventually found in a mental hospital in Jerusalem . He is in a dissociative state , withdrawn to a degree that borders on the vegetative . Because of the horrors he experienced in a concentration camp , he has completely disconnected from the outside world . He does not recognize , who is devastated . 
 When the Irgun bombs the King David Hotel in an act of terrorism resulting in dozens of fatalities , is arrested , imprisoned in Acre fortress , and sentenced to hang . Seeking to save 's life as well as to free the Haganah and Irgun fighters imprisoned by the British , organizes an escape plan for the prisoners . , who eluded the soldiers who captured , turns himself in so he can use his knowledge of explosives to facilitate the Acre Prison break . 
 All goes according to plan . Hundreds of prisoners , including , escape from the prison . is mortally wounded by British soldiers while evading a roadblock set up to catch the escapees . is also badly wounded . He makes his way to Gan Dafna , where Dr. , head of the village , removes a bullet from his right lung . With the British on 's trail , he is taken to Abu Yesha , an Arab village near Gan Dafna , where his lifelong friend , , is the mukhtar . goes with him and provides postoperative treatment that saves his life . The romance between and is rekindled as a result . Meanwhile , Dr. is arrested by the British when they learn the camp has stored illegal weapons within the children 's village . 
 An independent Israel is now in plain view , but Arab nationals commanded by , the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem , plot to attack Gan Dafna and massacre the Jews , including the children . receives prior warning of this attack from , even as reluctantly decides he must join the Grand Mufti in fighting the establishment of Israel . spirits the younger children to safety in a nighttime evacuation as a small detachment of Palmach troops arrives to reinforce the defenses of Gan Dafna . 
 , ecstatic over the prospect of the new nation , finds ( who was on patrol outside Gan Dafna ) and proclaims her love for him . assures her that they will marry as soon as the war is over . As returns to Gan Dafna , she is ambushed and murdered by a gang of Arab thugs . discovers her lifeless body the following morning . 
 The same day , the body of is found hanging in his village , killed by ex - Nazis working for the Grand Mufti . A Star of David is carved on his body . A swastika and a sign saying " " is written on the walls of the village , indicating the Arabs ' hatred of the Jews . 
 and are buried together in one grave . At the burial ceremony , swears on their bodies that someday , Jews and Arabs will live together and share the land in peace ; not only in death , but also in life . While the others each add a shovelful of dirt to the grave , angrily steps on the shovel and leaves , refusing to accept 's death . The movie ends with , , , and a Palmach contingent boarding trucks , heading off to battle .

Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Sal Mineo, Peter Lawford, Lee J. Cobb, Jill Haworth, Hugh Griffith, John Derek

In 1946 , ( ) returns home from the war to Philadelphia . He finds his mother ( ) driven to alcoholism by years of neglect and abuse from her husband ( ) , owner of a prestigious iron and steel company . Having withdrawn from his family after the death of his firstborn son thirteen years earlier , 's resentment drove to turn his back on the family business and strike out on his own with ( ) , his closest friend . 
 While attending a party at the estate of 's wealthy uncle , is dazzled by ( ) , the daughter of a wealthy family . is drawn into a relationship with and breaks her secret engagement to Dr. ( ) , defying her parents . After a humiliating argument , 's father falls ill , and shuns the family business once again to start an aviation company with Lex . 
 On his wedding day , receives word that his father has died . Certain that has timed his death to spite him , goes ahead with the ceremony . With his uncle 's money , and then fund the Nassau Aircraft Corporation , but when shows more interest in perfecting aircraft designs than in selling planes , becomes impatient . 
 One wintry day , and are driving home from a party when they see a little boy fall through the thin ice of a frozen pond . plunges into the icy waters to save him . The boy 's grandfather , ( ) , the most famous financier in America , invites and to dinner . , a shrewd businessman , sensing 's drive and ambition , offers him a job in his investment firm . 
 Obsessed by the need to outdo his father , travels the country for , leaving alone for months at a time . Lonely and self - pitying , begins to resent 's constant absences . ( ) , 's son - in - law , whose position is threatened by 's acumen , suggests that spend two months in rural Pennsylvania checking out the business aptitude and prospects of ( ) , a prosperous coal mine owner . 
 After an ugly argument with his wife , goes to Pennsylvania . Invited to dinner at 's home , he meets ( ) , the man 's beautiful and compassionate daughter . Lonely and overwhelmed by her sensitivity , impetuously invites her on a date , but she refuses because he is married . Later that night , however , reconsiders and meets him at a drive - in movie the following evening . 
 confides to that her warmth and generosity has made him realize what a sham his marriage is . They share a kiss , but still believes they must end this relationship before it goes any further for both their sakes . 
 Upon returning to New York , Alfred immediately is summoned to 's office . He is informed that has been having an affair with Dr. . But the archly conservative proceeds to warn that he will not tolerate divorce within his firm , considering it a failure in the employee 's character . also assigns him to analyze the Nassau Aircraft Corp. , his former firm , as a possible investment . 
 One night , while leaving a party with his wife , unexpectedly encounters in front of the hotel . Sensing that and were intimate , vindictively calls and makes a date with him . goes to meet and tells her that , although he is estranged from , his career prevents him from requesting a divorce . 
 begins to investigate Nassau Aircraft 's business practices . , who has become unethically involved with Nassau and will reap a financial windfall if MacHardie invests in the company , threatens to blackmail unless he suppresses his report . 
 and find themselves unable to resist their attraction to each other , and they meet for a tryst in a hotel room . Photographers hired by burst in and capture their indiscretion . , uncertain if 's main concern is to save her reputation or his career , decides to leave . , meanwhile , suggests to her husband that they share an open marriage , seeing whomever they please . After she seductively retires to her bedroom , the scandalous photos are delivered to at his home . 
 At work the next day , ushers in to celebrate 's surprise promotion to partner . smirks , only to see rise and denounce 's hypocrisy of placing success and social position above personal responsibility and happiness . then issues the uncensored report exposing 's duplicity and walks out . runs after him , but it is too late . He leaves her for good and returns to 's home and a new life .

Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Ina Balin, Leon Ames, George Grizzard

In a small Southern town , a school teacher , , is about to stand trial . His offense : violating a state law by introducing to his students the concept that man descended from the lower life forms , a theory of the naturalist . is denounced by town leaders including the Rev. . 
 The town is excited because appearing for the prosecution will be , a noted statesman and three - time presidential candidate . A staunch foe of Darwinism and a Biblical scholar , Brady will sit beside prosecuting attorney , in the courtroom of Judge . 
 The teacher 's defense is to be handled by the equally well - known , one of America 's most controversial legal minds and a long - standing acquaintance and adversary of . An influential newspaperman , of the Baltimore Herald , has persuaded to represent , and ensured that his newspaper and a radio network will provide nationwide coverage of the case . 
 Rev. publicly rallies the townspeople against and . The preacher 's daughter is conflicted because she and are engaged . 
 The judge admires , addressing him as " Colonel , " as the governor had given an honorary commission in the state militia . objects to this ; as a compromise the mayor makes him a " temporary colonel " for the duration of the trial . Each time calls a scientist or authority figure to discuss 's theories , the judge sustains the prosecution 's objections and forbids such opinions from being heard . grows frustrated , feeling the case has already been decided . When he asks to withdraw from the case , the judge holds in contempt of court , orders him jailed , and tells to show cause the next morning why he should not be held in contempt of court . offers his farm as collateral for 's bail . ( His son was a friend and protege of who drowned after developing a cramp while swimming . ) The Reverend had said the child was damned to hell because he was not baptized . This led to abandoning the church , as he felt it was not fair that a child could not enter Heaven due to an action that was beyond his control . 
 That night , mocking crowds go by the jail and then to the hotel where is staying . is trying to decide how to present his defense without his witnesses and states that he needs a miracle . throws him a Bible from , stating " There are plenty in there . " As pours some drinks and turns to , he is surprised by holding the Bible and smiling . 
 calls himself to the witness stand . 's confidence in his Biblical knowledge is so great that he welcomes this challenge , but becomes flustered under 's cross - examination , unable to explain certain apparent contradictions , until he is forced to confess that at least some Biblical passages can not be interpreted literally . hammers home his point — that , like any other man , demands the right to think for himself , and those citing divine support as a rationale to silence him are wrong . 
 is found guilty , but because has made his case so convincingly , with the trial becoming a political embarrassment , the judge only fines him $ 100 . is furious and tries to enter a speech into the record , but persuades the judge to disallow it as the trial has concluded . As court adjourns , tries to give his speech but most ignore him outside of his wife and his opponents at the defense table — , , , and . As he becomes increasingly hysterical , he suffers from a " busted belly " , dying in the courtroom . 
 After the crowd has cleared out , talks with , wanting to use the Bible quotation from Reverend 's rally , where had quoted the " inherit the wind " verse because was about to damn his own daughter to hell . quotes the verse verbatim , shocking , who states , " Well , we 're growing an odd crop of agnostics this year ! " They argue over 's legacy , accuses of being a heartless cynic , and walks out , leaving alone in the courtroom . picks up the Bible and 's book ( On the Origin of Species ) , balancing them in his hands before walking out with both of them .

Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Harry Morgan, Claude Akins, Dick York

A poor village in Mexico is periodically raided for food and supplies by a gang of bandits led by ( ) . After the latest raid , during which the bandits kill a villager , the village leaders decide they have had enough , and on the advice of the village elder ( ) , they decide to fight back . Taking what few objects of value the village has , three villagers ride to a town just inside the United States border hoping to barter for weapons . They are impressed by ( ) , a veteran Cajun gunslinger , and approach him for advice . suggests they instead hire gunfighters to defend the village , as " men are cheaper than guns . " At first agreeing only to help them recruit men , eventually decides to lead the group and , despite the meager pay offered , he finds five willing gunmen . 
 The group includes the gunfighter ( ) , who has gone broke after a round of gambling ; 's friend ( ) , who assumes must secretly be expecting a much bigger reward for the work ; the Irish - Mexican ( ) , who has fallen on hard times ; ( ) , an expert in both knife and gun who joins purely for the challenge involved ; and the dapper , on - the - run gunman ( ) , plagued by nightmares of fallen enemies and haunted by fears that he has lost his nerve for battle . On their way to the village they are trailed by the hotheaded ( ) , an aspiring gunfighter whose previous attempts to join had been spurned . Impressed by his persistence , invites him into the group . 
 Arriving at the village , they work with the villagers to build fortifications and train them to defend themselves . They note the lack of women in the village , until stumbles upon ( ) and discovers the women were hidden in fear that the gunmen will rape them . The gunmen begin to bond with the villagers , and pursues . When points out that the gunmen are being given the choice food , the gunmen share it with the village children . 
 and his bandits arrive , sustain heavy losses in a shootout with the seven and the villagers , and get run out of town . The villagers celebrate , believing will not return , but infiltrates 's camp and learns that must return , as his men are short of food . 
 Upon hearing this , some fearful villagers call for the gunfighters to leave . Even some of the seven waver , but insists that they stay , even threatening to kill anyone who suggests giving up the fight . They ride out to make a surprise raid on 's camp , but find it abandoned . Returning to the village , they are caught by and his men , who colluded with some of the villagers to sneak in and take control . spares the seven 's lives , believing they have learned the simple farmers are not worth fighting for , and fearing reprisals from the gunfighters ' friends across the border . While preparing to depart , and admit they have become emotionally attached to the village . likewise gets angry when the boys he befriended call their parents cowards . declares he hates the villagers , and when points out he grew up as a farmer as well , angrily responds that it is men like and who made the villagers what they are . 
 The seven gunmen are escorted some distance from the village , where their weapons are returned to them . They debate their next move and all but , who believes the effort will be futile and suicidal , agree to return and fight . 
 The gunmen infiltrate the village and a gunfight breaks out . , who has had a change of heart , returns in time to save 's life , but is himself fatally shot . pleads to know what they were fighting for , and lies about a hidden gold mine to let believe he died for a fortune . finds the nerve to burst into a house where several villagers are held captive , shooting the bandits guarding them , allowing the villagers to join the fight , but is then gunned down as he leaves the house . is shot protecting the boys he befriended , with his last breath telling them to look at how bravely their fathers are fighting . dies after shooting at a considerable number of bandits but exposing himself from cover . manages to shoot , who asks him , " You came back ... to a place like this ? Why ? A man like you ? Why ? " He dies without receiving an answer . The remaining bandits take flight . 
 The three surviving gunmen help to bury the dead , then ride out of town . As the group stops on a hill overlooking the village , parts company with them , realizing he wants to stay behind with . and bid farewell to the village elder , who tells them that only the villagers have really won , whereas the gunslingers are " like the wind , blowing over the land and passing on . " As they pass the graves of their fallen comrades , admits , " The Old Man was right . Only the farmers won . We lost . We 'll always lose . "[5][6 ]

Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, Brad Dexter, Horst Buchholz

Professor ( ) and his wife , ( ) , are struggling with four small boys in a tiny , two - bedroom apartment in New York City . Months before , they had announced their intention to move to a larger apartment , but have not been able to find one . Meanwhile , their lease has expired and the landlord has rented out their apartment to someone who insists they vacate immediately . They decide to look for a house in the country , but the only thing they can afford is a run - down mansion complete with secret panels and trap doors , 70 miles away by train . They have no choice but to move in and start fixing it up . 
 In the midst of the moving chaos , has left his professorship at the university to become a drama critic for a major New York paper . His first assignment is to review the new show produced by his best friend , ( ) . The show is awful , and 's review is especially hard on the show 's star , ( ) . Ms. gets her revenge by hiring a press photographer to capture her slapping 's face at Sardi 's . This publicity stunt , along with 's published response , makes the toast of the town . and are suddenly invited to society parties and hobnobbing with the rich and famous , which begins to go to 's head . With the hammering and builders at home , decides to stay in a hotel in the city for a few weeks , leaving setting up the new house to . 
 Back home , is trying her best to manage the four children and fit into their new community . When asked by the local dramatic society to find them an original play for their next production , turns to . , seeing a chance for a bit of revenge of his own , gives them a terrible play written by a young - with an altered title and fictitious playwright listed on the cover . then secretly invites all of the major New York critics to review the play . finds out , and has a huge fight with , blaming her for his professional embarrassment . He refuses to allow the show to go on . insist it 's too late for the Hooton Holler Players to get another show ready , so reluctantly gives them permission to proceed , publishing his own review of the show before opening night . 
 Not to be left out of things , decides to strike up a close , personal friendship with , flattering him seductively . 's mother ( ) urges her to get back before it 's too late . and make up and return to their country home in time for one of the boys to drop a water bomb on them from an upstairs window .

During a lunchtime tryst in Phoenix , Arizona , a real estate secretary , and her boyfriend discuss how they can not afford to get married because of 's debts . After lunch , returns to work , where a client drops off a $ 40,000 cash payment on a property . Her boss asks her to deposit the money in the bank , and she asks if she can take the rest of the afternoon off . Returning home , she begins to pack , deciding to steal the money and give it to in Fairvale , California . She is seen by her boss on her way out of town , which makes her nervous . During the trip , she pulls over on the side of the road and falls asleep , and is woken by a state patrol officer . Suspicious about her nervous behavior , he notes her license plate number and follows her at a close distance . Hoping to shake his pursuit , stops at an automobile dealership and trades in her Ford Mainline , with its Arizona license plates , for a Ford Custom 300 that has California tags . 
 stops for the night at the Bates Motel . The proprietor , , invites her to a light dinner after she checks in . She accepts , but hears an argument between and his mother about bringing a woman into her house . They eat in the motel parlor , where he tells her about his life with his mother , who is mentally ill and forbids him to have an independent life . Moved by 's story , decides to go back to Phoenix in the morning to return the stolen money , and prepares for bed . As she showers , a shadowy figure stabs her to death with a chef 's knife . discovers the murder and assumes his mother is responsible . He cleans up the crime scene , putting 's corpse and her possessions — including the embezzled money — into the trunk of her car and sinking it in the swamps near the motel . 
 A week later , 's sister arrives in Fairvale and confronts about the whereabouts of her sister . Private investigator approaches them and confirms that is wanted for stealing the $ 40,000 . He checks the motels , and 's evasive and inconsistent answers arouse his suspicions . After hearing that met 's mother , he asks to speak with her , but refuses . calls and to update them . He goes to the ' home in search of 's mother ; as he reaches the top of the stairs , he is murdered . When and do not hear from , visits the motel . He finds only Mrs. , who ignores his knocking . and go to the local sheriff , who informs them that Mrs. killed herself ten years ago , and concludes that lied to confuse them and made off with the $ 40,000 . Convinced that some ill has befallen , and make their way to the motel . takes his unwilling mother from her room and hides her in the fruit cellar . 
 At the motel , and meet . distracts him by striking up conversation while sneaks up to the house . When tells they have come to question his mother , he knocks out and rushes to the house . hides in the cellar , where she finds Mrs. in a chair . turns her around and discovers she is a mummified corpse . screams as runs into the cellar , holding a knife and wearing his mother 's clothes and a wig . Before can attack , , having regained consciousness , subdues him . 
 At the courthouse , a psychiatrist explains that murdered Mrs. and her lover ten years prior out of jealousy . Unable to bear the guilt , he exhumed her corpse and began to treat it as if she were still alive . He recreated his mother in his own mind as an alternate personality , dressing in her clothes and talking to himself in her voice . This " Mother " personality is jealous and possessive : whenever feels attracted to a woman , " Mother " kills her . As " Mother " , killed two young girls prior to , as well as . The psychiatrist says the " " personality has taken permanent hold of 's mind . While sits in a holding cell , " " protests that the murders were 's doing . 's car is pulled out of the swamp .

Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, John McIntire, Martin Balsam

In the 1st century BC , the Roman Republic has slid into corruption , its menial work done by armies of slaves . One of these , a proud and gifted Thracian named ( ) , is so uncooperative in his position in a mining pit that he is sentenced to death by starvation . By chance , he is displayed to unctuous Roman businessman ( ) , who - impressed by his ferocity - purchases for his gladiatorial school , where he instructs trainer ( ) to not overdo his indoctrination because he thinks " he has quality " . Amid the abuse , forms a quiet relationship with a serving woman named ( ) , whom he refuses to rape when she is sent to " entertain " him in his cell . and are subsequently forced to endure numerous humiliations for defying the conditions of servitude . 
 receives a visit from the immensely wealthy Roman senator ( ) , who aims to become dictator of the stagnant republic . buys on a whim , and for the amusement of his companions arranges for and three others to fight in pairs . When is disarmed , his opponent , an African named ( ) , spares his life in a burst of compassion and attacks the Roman audience , but is killed by an arena guard and . The next day , with the school 's atmosphere still tense over this episode , takes away to 's house in Rome . kills , who was taunting him over this , and their fight escalates into a riot . The gladiators overwhelm their guards and escape into the Italian countryside . 
 is elected chief of the fugitives and decides to lead them out of Italy and back to their homes . They plunder Roman country estates as they go , collecting enough money to buy sea transport from Rome 's foes , the pirates of Cilicia . Countless other slaves join the group , making it as large as an army . One of the new arrivals is , who escaped while being delivered to . Another is a slave entertainer named ( ) , who also fled 's service after the Roman tried to seduce him . Privately , feels mentally inadequate because of his lack of education during years of servitude . However , he proves an excellent leader and organizes his diverse followers into a tough and self - sufficient community . , now his informal wife , becomes pregnant by him , and he also comes to regard the spirited as a sort of son . 
 The Roman Senate becomes increasingly alarmed as defeats the multiple armies it sends against him . 's populist opponent ( ) knows that his rival will try to use the crisis as a justification for seizing control of the Roman army . To try and prevent this , channels as much military power as possible into the hands of his own protege , a young senator named ( ) . Although lacks 's contempt for the lower classes of Rome , he mistakes the man 's rigid outlook for nobility . Thus , when reveals that he has bribed the Cilicians to get out of Italy and rid Rome of the slave army , regards such tactics as beneath him and goes over to . 
 uses a bribe of his own to make the pirates abandon and has the Roman army secretly force the rebels away from the coastline towards Rome . Amid panic that means to sack the city , the Senate gives absolute power . Now surrounded by Romans , convinces his men to die fighting . Just by rebelling and proving themselves human , he says that they have struck a blow against slavery . In the ensuing battle , after initially breaking the ranks of 's legions , the slave army ends up trapped between and two other forces advancing from behind , and most of them are massacred . Afterward , the Romans try to locate the rebel leader for special punishment by offering a pardon ( and return to enslavement ) if the men will identify , living or dead . Every surviving man responds by shouting " I 'm ! " ( an idea from 's novel , not documented by history ) . As a result , has them all sentenced to death by crucifixion along the Via Appia between Rome and Capua , where the revolt began . 
 Meanwhile , has found and 's newborn son and has taken them prisoner . He is disturbed by the idea that can command more love and loyalty than he can and hopes to compensate by making as devoted to him as she was to her former husband . When she rejects him , he furiously seeks out ( whom he recognizes from having watched him at ' school ) and forces him to fight to the death . The survivor is to be crucified , along with all the other men captured after the great battle . kills to spare him this terrible fate . The incident leaves worried about 's potential to live in legend as a martyr . In other matters , he is also worried about , who he senses will someday eclipse him . 
 , having seen Rome fall into tyranny , commits suicide . Before doing so , he bribes his friend to rescue 's family from and carry them away to freedom . On the way out of Rome , the group pass under 's cross . is able to comfort him in his dying moments by showing him his little son , who will grow up without ever having been a slave .

Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Tony Curtis, Peter Ustinov, Charles Laughton, John Gavin, Woody Strode, John Ireland, John Dall

Jazz pianist ( ) , who lives in a Cape Cod island community , is preparing to marry his fiancée ( ) . Shortly before the wedding , 's old girlfriend ( ) visits and informs him that she will end his relationship with , using blackmail if necessary . While she 's arguing with him atop a lighthouse , the railing she 's leaning on gives way . She manages to hang on briefly , but refuses to help and watches her fall to her death . 
 The next day , sees 's body floating in the water . After he retrieves her , the body turns into seaweed . He tries to forget what he 's seen , but over the next few days , 's watch washes up on the beach , strange footprints appear in the sand , 's ghost appears and tells that she will haunt him for the rest of his life , and when 's little sister ( ) asks to see the wedding ring Tom will give , a disembodied hand makes off with it . 
 Soon afterward , during a party for and , 's disembodied hand appears in a photo a guest takes of the couple . Later , when 's alone , taunts him that she 'll now use her voice to tell the world how killed her . 
 To add to 's dilemma , a ferry - driving beatnik comes looking for , intent on collecting the $ 5 owes him for her trip to the island . 's haste to pay the fellow off causes the shifty man to stick around , and his attempts to blackmail lead to his death . Unbeknownst to , has inadvertently witnessed the murder . 
 keeps quiet about what she 's seen . At the wedding she almost speaks up at the point in the ceremony where the minister asks if anyone objects to the marriage , but before she can speak , the church 's front doors burst open and the flowers all to wilt as the candles die out , bringing the ceremony to an abrupt , unpleasant halt . 
 Later that night , goes to the lighthouse and tells that he 's leaving the island . When he finds listening in , he realizes that he 's trapped : knows too much and could possibly tell and the others . Desperately leads up to the broken lighthouse railing with the intent to push her over , but 's ghost swoops down on him , causing him to go over the edge as watches . 
 When the islanders search for 's body , the first one they find is 's . Shortly afterward , 's body is found and placed next to 's body , which somehow manages to turn and lay its arm across his body . On 's dead hand is the engagement ring that was supposed to be 's , signaling that is now stuck forever with .

In the rural American south , who has been mute from age eight on , is first seen enduring possible date - rape by . Her mother interrupts and chases off . Worried about 's soul , they go to a tent revival where is preaching . heals her muteness , urging her on to say " God " at first , then " Lord " and a prayer of thankfulness . 
 The next day , believes that has called her , so she decides to follow Paul and work in his ministry . She is given speaking lessons and a great deal of attention . 's wife , , is a bit jealous . 's preaching method includes having provocatively costumed women perform the parts of temptresses in the bible , such as and . 
 Increasingly attracted to , 's devotion and passion is cemented when she is attacked by and rescued by . However , 's wife and several other people see the end of the fight and misunderstand 's intentions , though it turns out that is in fact in love with . 
 sets off on her own traveling ministry ( with the help of and ) , but she is n't attracting many followers or many donations . 
 Noticing her beauty and potential , an unscrupulous businessman , , approaches Angel Baby to market his patent medicines . To restore her faith , he hires a few shills in the audience to be healed , despite the warnings of 's support team . When they see that the trick has empowered her , they remain silent . They " have a little nip " and head over to and 's to reveal this falsehood . 
 remains dissatisfied with his marriage to , because it turns out he was but a choirboy who was led astray by her , molded into a prophet of her imagination . His faith at a low point , he leaves , ostensibly to go set back on the right path . 
 has become more and more popular , drawing huge crowds , including , who vows that he will not stand in line to see her . He and his friends spy approaching the revival tent . 
 At the front of the tent , there are so many people trying to get in , they are assigned numbers . One man ( with a lame leg and 13 children ) is particularly bitter about this , yet manages to get in . 
 tells he wants to marry her ( and will be divorcing ) . This invigorates 's preaching . Meanwhile , confronts who is drinking heavily in the parking lot , telling him he must confess . 
 Things are going well in the tent , until bursts in , shouts condemnation of and claims the man in the wheelchair has been paid to fake a miracle . joins in the fray . The man in the wheelchair freaks out and leaves , which clearly demonstrates the falsehood , and a large fight ensues . As people flee , there is a particularly vivid shot of an upturned wheelchair wheel spinning as the crowd in the background runs around . The tent stars to fall . tries to confess during the middle of the melee , but no one is really listening . Eventually the tent sinks down . 
 approaches , who has become mute again . She continues past him as if she ca n't see or hear him . 
 emerges from the tent , after removing a large timber that has fallen on his wife . 
 winds up at a small store , where a husband and wife recognize her and want her to heal their lame son . She turns out not to be mute after all ; she tells them that she can not heal the child . shows up about the same time , and watches as she performs a final miracle ; while her faith in herself is destroyed , other people still believe . 
 The song playing during the closing credits is sung by .

Early one morning , a taxi pulls up at Tiffany & Co. on Fifth Avenue in New York City , from which elegantly dressed ( ) emerges carrying a paper bag with her breakfast . After looking into the shop 's windows while eating her bun and sipping her coffee , she strolls home . Outside her apartment , she fends off ( ) , her date from the disastrous night before . Inside the apartment building , ca n't find her keys so she buzzes her landlord , Mr. ( ) , who begrudgingly lets her in . Later , she is awakened by new neighbor ( ) , who rings her doorbell to get into the building . The pair chat as she dresses to leave for her weekly visit to ( ) , a mobster incarcerated at Sing Sing prison . 's lawyer pays her $ 100 a week to deliver " the weather report " . 
 As she is leaving for Sing Sing , is introduced to 's " decorator " , wealthy older woman ( ) , whom nicknames " " . That night , goes out onto the fire escape to elude an over - eager date ( ) . She peeks into 's apartment and sees leaving money and kissing goodbye . After leaves , enters 's apartment and learns he is a writer who has not had anything published since a book of vignettes five years before . , in turn , explains she is trying to save money to support her brother . The pair fall asleep , but are awakened when has a nightmare about . When questions her about this , chides him for prying and leaves . She later buys a typewriter ribbon to apologize and invites him to a lively party at her apartment . There , meets her Hollywood agent , ( ) , who describes 's transformation from country girl into Manhattan socialite . He is also introduced to ( ) , a wealthy Brazilian politician , and ( ) , the " ninth richest man in America under 50 " . 
 In the days that follow , and become closer . The next day , 2E enters 's apartment , worried she is being followed . tells her he will investigate and eventually confronts ( ) , 's estranged husband . explains 's real name is and that they were married when she was 14 . He wants to take her back to rural Texas , as her brother will be returning in a few months after Army service . After reunites and , she tells the marriage was annulled . At the Greyhound bus station , she tells she will not return to Texas with him and leaves town broken - hearted . 
 After drinking at a club , and return to her apartment , where she drunkenly tells him she plans to marry for his money . A few days later , learns one of his short stories will be published . On the way to tell , he sees a newspaper headline stating has married someone else . and agree to spend the day together , taking turns doing things each has never done before , including visiting the library . At Tiffany 's , has the ring from box of Cracker Jack engraved as a present for . After spending the night together , he awakens to find her gone . When 2E arrives , ends their relationship . She calmly accepts , having earlier concluded he and some other woman are in love . 
 schemes to marry for his money , which angers . After receives a telegram notifying her of 's death , she trashes her apartment . Months later , has moved out . He is invited to dinner by , who is leaving the next morning for Brazil to continue her relationship with . However , they are arrested in connection with drug ring , and spends the night in jail . 
 The next morning , is released on bail and finds waiting , and they take a cab . He has her cat and a letter from explaining he must end their relationship due to her arrest . insists she will go to Brazil anyway , asks the cab to pull over , and releases the cat into the rain . confronts Holly about his love and her behavior , then gets out of the cab in the pouring rain and leaves , tossing the engraved Cracker Jack ring into her lap and telling her to examine her life . She goes through a decision making moment , puts on the ring , and runs after , who has gone looking for the cat . She searches the alley and finally finds the cat . and stand in the rain , and with the cat tucked into 's coat , look into each other 's eyes and share a kiss .

Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Buddy Ebsen, Patricia Neal, Martin Balsam, Mickey Rooney

Gen. ( pronounced ( ) of the Almoravid dynasty has summoned all the Emirs of Al - Andalus to North Africa and chastises them for their complacency in dealing with the infidels and reveals his plan for Islamic world domination . 
 Don ( ) , on the way to his wedding with Doña Ximena ( ) , rescues a Spanish town from an invading Moorish army . Two of the Emirs , ) of Zaragoza and ( ) of Valencia , are captured . After escorting his prisoners to Vivar and seeing that peace will not come from others ' bloodthirsty desire for revenge , releases the on condition that they pledge never again to attack King of Castile 's ( ) lands . The Emirs proclaim him " El Cid " ( the Castillian Spanish pronunciation of the Arabic for Lord : " Al Sidi " ) and swear allegiance to him . 
 For this act of mercy , Don is accused of treason by Count ( ) . When the charge is repeated in court , they are supported by 's father , Count ( ) , the king 's champion . 's aged father , Don ( ) , once himself the champion , angrily calls a liar . strikes Don with a glove , challenging him to a duel . asks to come meet privately , begging him several times to " have pity " and instead ask the aged but proud for forgiveness ( for accusing of treason ) . refuses , and kills him in a duel . swears revenge , wishing she were a son rather than a daughter . 
 When a rival king demands the city of Calahorra , takes up the mantle of 's champion , to win the city based on single combat . is victorious and is sent on a mission to collect tribute from Moorish vassals of the Castillian crown . He asks that if he returns that be given to him as his wife , so that he can protect and provide for her . Count , conspiring with to win her as he 's wanted , plots to kill . and his men are ambushed but saved by Al - Mu'tamin , one of the pair to whom he showed mercy at the beginning of the story . Returning home , he and are we d , but the marriage is not consummated : will not take her if she does not give herself out of love , spends the night crying , and she soon removes herself to a convent . 
 On the death of King , his younger son , Prince ( ) tells the elder son Prince ( ) that divided the kingdom : to , and to and to their sister , Princess ( ) . refuses to accept anything but an undivided kingdom as his birthright , knowing would have been manipulated by the treacherous . After instigates a knife fight , overpowers his brother and sends him to the dungeon Zamora . chases down the group , telling 's guards they are violating God 's law , defeats them all and escorts to Calahorra . When arrives to demand , refuses to hand him over . She and beg to join them but he refuses , because his oath was to all of them equally . He could not help one without breaking his oath to the others . 
 arrives at Valencia , planning to land his armada on Spanish shores , and hires to kill one of 's sons , making it look like the other 's order , thus weakening their part of Spain . Because had trusted , suspects nothing when offers to assassinate . At 's coronation , has him swear upon the Bible that he had no part in the death of his brother , including " by counsel " or " by design " . Since he had no part in it or any knowledge ( as it was 's doing ) , swears truthfully and banishes for his impudence . secretly listens to the edict , and her love is rekindled . Well into his way out of Spain , finds that followed , choosing exile with him . 
 is called into service by other exiled Spanish fighters and eventually into the service of the king to protect from 's North African army . does not join the king but allies himself with the Emirs who fight at Valencia , where relieves the city from the wicked Emir , who betrayed him . 
 Count brings from where the king had imprisoned her and her children after his defeat by the Moors . After patching things up with , joins him in his cause . Valencia falls and Emir , 's army and the Valencians offer the crown to , " The Cid , " but he refuses and sends the crown to King . then repels the invading army of , but is struck by an arrow in battle before the final victory . and his men see that is badly wounded . If the arrow is removed , he would be unable to lead his army , but he would have a chance of recovery . obtains a promise from to leave the arrow , and so he chooses to ride out , dying or dead . King comes to his bedside and asks for his forgiveness . 
 dies , and his body is secured in a heroic riding pose , wearing his armor and cape , to an iron frame fitted to his saddle . With the sounding battle cry of " For God , the Cid and Spain " his body is sent out at the head of his army , with King and Emir riding on either side to guide his horse . When 's soldiers see with his eyes still open , they believe that he has risen from the dead . The 's horse , Babieca , followed by the column of mounted knights , tramples , who is too terrified to fight . The invading North African army is routed and smashed . King leads Christians and Moors alike in a prayer for God to receive the soul " of the purest knight of all " .

Charlton Heston, Sophia Loren, Raf Vallone, Geneviève Page, Herbert Lom

Judgment at Nuremberg centers on a military tribunal convened in Nuremberg , Germany , in which four German judges and prosecutors stand accused of crimes against humanity for their involvement in atrocities committed under the Nazi regime . Judge ( ) is the Chief Trial Judge of a three - judge panel that will hear and decide the case against the defendants . begins his examination by trying to learn how the defendant ( ) could have sentenced so many people to death . , it is revealed , is a well - educated and internationally respected jurist and legal scholar . seeks to understand how the German people could have turned blind eyes and deaf ears to the crimes of the Nazi regime . In doing so , he befriends the widow ( ) of a German general who had been executed by the Allies . He talks with a number of Germans who have different perspectives on the war . Other characters the judge meets are US Army Captain ( ) , who is assigned to the American party hearing the cases , and ( ) , who is afraid to provide testimony that may bolster the prosecution 's case against the judges . 
 German defense attorney ( ) argues that the defendants were not the only ones to aid , or at least turn blind eyes to , the Nazi regime . He also suggests that the United States has committed acts just as bad or worse as those the Nazis perpetrated . He raises several points in these arguments , such as : U.S. Supreme Court Justice support for the first eugenics practices ( see v. ) ; the German - Vatican Reichskonkordat of 1933 , which the Nazi - dominated German government exploited as an implicit early foreign recognition of Nazi leadership ; 's part in the Nazi - Soviet Pact of 1939 , which removed the last major obstacle to Germany 's invasion and occupation of western Poland , initiating World War II ; and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the final stage of the war in August 1945.[6 ] 
 , meanwhile , decides to take the stand for the prosecution , stating that he is guilty of the crime he is accused of : condemning to death a Jewish man of " blood defilement " charges — namely , that the man slept with a 16 - year - old Gentile girl — when he knew there was no evidence to support such a verdict . During his testimony , he explains that well - meaning people like himself went along with 's anti - Semitic racism policies out of a sense of patriotism , even though they knew it was wrong , because of the effects of the post - World War I Versailles Treaty . 
 must weigh considerations of geopolitical expediency and ideals of justice . The trial takes place against the background of the Berlin Blockade , and there is pressure to let the German defendants off lightly so as to gain German support in the growing Cold War against the Soviet Union.[7 ] All four defendants are found guilty and sentenced to life in prison . 
 visits in his cell . affirms that 's decision was just , but asks him to believe that he and the other defendant judges never desired the mass murder of innocents . " We never knew , " he insists , " that it would come to that . " Judge replies , " , it came to that the first time you sentenced a man to death you knew to be innocent . " departs ; a title card informs the audience that , of 99 defendants sentenced to prison terms in Nuremberg trials that took place in the American Zone , none were still serving their sentences as of the film 's 1961 release.[8][a ]

Spencer Tracy, Marlene Dietrich, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Burt Lancaster, William Shatner, Montgomery Clift, Judy Garland

In 63 BC , conquered Jerusalem and the city was sacked . He entered the Temple to seize the treasure of and massacred the priests there . He discovered that the treasure is only a collection of scrolls of the Torah . These held over a fire until an old priest reached for them imploringly . relented and handed them to the old man and left to carry out massacres of enemy villages and towns . 
 Many years later , a series of rebellions break out against the authority of Rome , so the Romans crucify many of the leaders and place the Great on Judea 's throne . 
 A carpenter named and his wife , who is about to give birth , arrive in Bethlehem for the census . Not having found accommodation for the night , they take refuge in a stable , where the child , , is born . The shepherds , who have followed the Magi from the East , gather to worship him . However , , informed of the birth of a child - king , orders the centurion to take his men to Bethlehem and kill all the newborn male children . 
 and flee to Egypt with the child . The Massacre of the Innocents occurs , dies , killed in his death throes by his son , who then takes power . In Nazareth , , who is now twelve years old , is working with when soldiers arrive under the command of , who realizes that escaped the massacre of the infants . But does nothing and only asks that Mary and register their son 's birth before the year 's end . 
 Years pass and Jewish rebels led by and prepare to attack a caravan carrying the next governor of Judea , and his wife . The ambush fails , partly due to the diligence of , and and flee for their lives . 
 and meet on the banks of the River Jordan , where preaches to the crowds . arrives here , now 30 years of age . He is baptized by , who recognizes that he is the Messiah . goes into the desert , where he is tempted by Satan . After forty days , travels to Galilee , where he recruits his Apostles . 
 In Jerusalem , arrests , who is visited by in prison . leaves the rebel and joins the Apostles . begins to preach and gather crowds , among which are , 's wife , and . reluctantly beheads on a whim of his stepdaughter , , who despises him . 
 , and the High Priest are terrorized by the works and miracles of . plots a revolt in Jerusalem during Passover , during which time enters the holy city in triumph and goes to the Temple to preach . The rebels storm the Antonia Fortress , but the legions of , having learned of the plot , ambush and crush the revolt , massacring the rebels . ends up arrested . 
 meets the disciples on the evening of Thursday , having supper one last time with them and afterwards goes to pray at . In the meantime , wants to free Judea from the Romans , and , to force his hand , delivers him to the Jewish authorities . is brought before and then brought before . starts the trial , but sensing that the issue is one of Jewish sensibilities , sends him to , who , in turn , sends him back . 
 is infuriated by ' returning of and commands his soldiers to scourge . The people demand the release of , and bows to their pressure and sentences to be crucified . , wearing a crown of thorns on his head , carries his cross to Golgotha where he is crucified with two thieves , one of them being the penitent thief . 
 Desperate because he has betrayed to his death , hangs himself and his body is found by . dies in front of his mother , the apostle , a few soldiers , ( 's wife ) , and ( who utters the fateful words : " He is truly the Christ " ) . His body is taken down from the cross and is carried to a rock tomb . Two days later , finds the tomb empty , and encounters the Risen . 
 The film ends on the shores of Lake Tiberias when appears to the Apostles for " a final time " according to the narration , and tells them to bring his message to the ends of the world . Only his shadow is visible , forming the shape of a cross where it falls on the stretched - out fishing nets . The apostles then leave , and , as the shadow of falls across the screen , it could be assumed that he is ascending to Heaven .

Jeffrey Hunter, Robert Ryan, Hurd Hatfield, Rip Torn, Siobhan McKenna, Ron Randell, Rita Gam

( ) ( also called " The Kid " ) , his mentor ( ) , and a third man called rob a bank of two saddlebags of gold in Sonora , Mexico . Mexican rurales ( mounted police ) track them and catch them celebrating in a cantina , killing . and manage to escape . 
 After getting cornered on a high ridge , with 's horse dead , figures the rurales will be " swarming all over us inside an hour . " Deciding that one partner might take the remaining pony , ride to a jacalito down the canyon about five miles and return with fresh mounts , they gamble for it , with fixing the deal so his pal can be the one to go . 
 gets to a corral , strapping the swag bag onto a fresh pony , but he gets second thoughts . He casts one eye towards a point on the ridge sure to be taken by the rurales , and with the other he gazes off in the opposite direction out past a low - lying treeline towards the border and safety . One way leads to danger and a poor chance at surviving with half the booty , the other towards a virtual certainty with all of it . After a decidedly short moment of reflection , he leaves his friend to be taken by the rurales . is arrested and transported to prison by way of the jacalito , where he learns firsthand of Dad 's betrayal from the owner . 
 spends five hard years in a Sonora prison , giving him ample time to mull over Dad 's betrayal before escaping with new partner ( ) and going hunting for him . When he locates him , has used his wealth to become the sheriff of Monterey , California . Instead of ambushing , gives him a chance to explain why he left him back in Mexico , pretending he had never been captured to put him off - guard . 's awkward self - serving story is easily seen through . 
 All along planned not only to kill , but to pull off a bank robbery in Monterey with his new partners and " scum - suckin ' pig " ( ) ( who used his knowledge of Dad 's whereabouts to force their partnership ) . Plans are sidetracked when falls in love with 's beautiful virginal stepdaughter ( ) , taking advantage of a fiesta to spend the night with her on the beach . Dad tries to make confess to being deflowered , but after intervention by his wife ( ) he backs down . He nevertheless traps and administers a vicious beating with a whip in front of the entire town , smashing 's gun hand with the butt of a shotgun in an attempt to end his gun - slinging days . 
 While recovering from his wounds near the ocean , struggles with his conflicting desires to love the girl and to kill her stepfather . He decides to forgo vengeance , fetch and leave , but , having decided that will never be fast enough to challenge him again , kills and pulls off the bank job without 's knowledge . The heist goes wrong and a young girl is killed . is falsely accused and locked up by . Knowing that the trial 's outcome is certain , sure to be hanged in two days , Dad has one last private talk with him , again attempting to absolve himself , to which replies , " You may be a one - eyed jack around here , but I ’ve seen the other side of your face . " confesses to being imprisoned for the last five years , but calls it a lie . 
 After visits in jail to confess that she is going to have his baby , he is beaten by sadistic deputy ( ) out of envy for 's affection . faces about telling her the truth , stating she knew something was wrong since the moment arrived and that Dad is going to hang him out of pure guilt . angrily leaves . 
 attempts to smuggle a Derringer pocket pistol to , but she is discovered by , who leaves the gun on a table . While they are out , with great difficulty is able to get hold of the pistol , but it is without ammunition . bluffs his way out of jail , helping himself to 's revolver after a tense confrontation . As he is making his escape , he is spotted by in the center of town . Under fire and left with no choice , kills in a final showdown . 
 and ride out to the dunes and say a sentimental farewell . will now be a hunted man and is already wanted in Mexico , so he tells that he 's going to Oregon , but to look for him in the spring , when he will return for her .

is a high - ranking executive in the Coca - Cola Company , assigned to West Berlin after a business fiasco a few years earlier in the Middle East ( about which he is still bitter ) . While based in West Germany for now , is angling to become head of Western European Coca - Cola Operations , based in London . After working on an arrangement to introduce Coke into the Soviet Union , receives a call from his boss , , in Atlanta . , the boss 's hot - blooded but slightly dim 17 - year - old socialite daughter , is coming to West Berlin . is assigned the unenviable task of taking care of this young whirlwind . 
 An expected two - week stay develops into two months , and discovers just why is enamored of West Berlin : she surprises him by announcing that she 's married to , a young East German Communist with ardent anti - capitalistic views . When the Southern belle is confronted about her foolishness in the matter of helping him blow up anti - American " Yankee Go Home " balloons ( how the couple met ) she simply replies with , " Why , that ai n't anti - American , it 's anti - Yankee ... And where I come from , everybody 's against the Yankees ... " tries to come to terms with the fact that he let his boss 's daughter marry a Communist and learns the horrible truth : the couple are bound for Moscow to make a new life for themselves ( " They 've assigned us a magnificent apartment , just a short walk from the bathroom ! " ) . Since and his wife are coming to Berlin to collect their daughter the very next day , this is obviously a disaster of monumental proportions , and deals with it as any good capitalist would — by framing the young Communist firebrand and having him picked up by the East German police , using all his wiles , as well as his sexy secretary , to get his way . After is forced to listen endlessly to the song " Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini " during interrogation , he cracks and signs a confession that he is an American spy . 
 Under pressure from his stern and disapproving wife ( who wants to take her family back to live in the US ) , and with the revelation that is pregnant , sets out to bring back with the help of his new Soviet business associates . With the boss on the way , he finds that his only chance is to turn into a son - in - law in good standing — which means , among other things , making him a capitalist with an aristocratic pedigree ( albeit contrived by adoption ) . In the end , the approve of their new son - in - law , upon which learns from that will be named the new head of Western European Operations , with getting a promotion to VP of Procurement back in Atlanta . reconciles with his family at the airport and to celebrate his promotion , offers to buy them Cokes . Ironically , after handing out the bottles to his family , he discovers that the Coke machine actually has been stocked with Pepsi - Cola.[9 ]

( ) is a successful , very superstitious New York City gangster who buys apples from street peddler ( ) to bring him good luck . On the eve of a very important meeting , he finds terribly upset . 
 , it turns out , has a daughter named ( ) , who was sent to a school in Europe as a child , but is now a grown woman . believes her mother to be wealthy socialite Mrs. , and she is bringing her aristocratic fiancé and his father , Count ( ) , to meet her . has been pretending that she resides in a luxurious hotel ( writing her letters on stolen hotel stationery ) and has 's letters mailed there , then intercepted by a friend and handed over to her . 
 's good - hearted girlfriend ( ) persuades him to help continue her charade . takes on the task of transforming the derelict into a dowager . arranges for cultured pool hustler " Judge " ( ) to pose as 's husband . He installs her in an out - of - town friend 's suite in the hotel , complete with ( ) , his friend 's butler . 
 When keeps postponing a meeting with an extremely powerful gangster to help , his right - hand man ( ) becomes increasingly exasperated . manages to engineer a lavish reception with New York 's mayor and governor as guests . and her impressed future husband and father - in - law return to Europe , none the wiser about her mother 's real identity .

Bette Davis, Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, Peter Falk, Arthur O'Connell, Ann-Margret

Danish miners dig up a section of a giant reptile 's tail from the frozen grounds in Lapland , where they are drilling . The section is flown to the Danish Aquarium in Copenhagen , where it is preserved in a cold room for scientific study . But due to careless mishandling , the room is left open and the section begins to thaw , only for scientists to find that it is starting to regenerate . 
 Professor , who is in charge of the Aquarium , dubs the reptilian species " Reptilicus " ( upon a reporter 's suggestion ) and compares its regeneration abilities to that of other animals like starfish . 
 Once fully regenerated from the tail section , Reptilicus goes on an unstoppable rampage from the Danish countryside to the panic - stricken streets of Copenhagen ( including one of its famous landmarks , Langebro Bridge ) . The monster is finally rendered unconscious by a sedative , developed by ingenious scientists , and shot into its mouth from a bazooka fired by Gen. . 
 However , the film is left open - ended . A final shot shows Reptilicus 's foot , which had been blown off earlier by the Danish Navy 's depth charges , sinking to the floor of the ocean , raising the possibility that it could regenerate into a new Reptilicus .

, a teenaged girl attending college in New York City , is brutally raped while walking in a park near her home in the Bronx . Traumatized by the experience , washes away all the evidence and destroys her clothing . She hides the rape from her mother and stepfather , with whom she has an already distant relationship . unsuccessfully tries to continue living her normal life . She takes the subway to school and faints during the crush of people . This results in the police escorting her home , which upsets her prim and unsympathetic mother . 
 The rape continues to haunt . She leaves school abruptly and walks downtown , through Harlem and Times Square , to the Lower East Side . There she rents a room from a sinister - looking landlord ( ) . She takes a job at a five and ten store , where her coworkers dislike her because she is distant and unfriendly . Her crude , promiscuous neighbor at the rooming house ( ) is rebuffed when she offers to " introduce " to her male friends . 
 Overwhelmed at her job after her co - workers play a prank on her , walks across the Manhattan Bridge and almost jumps in the East River , but she is stopped by a mechanic , ( ) . At first , he seems to have her best interests in mind , offering her shelter and food . She decides to stay with him , but when he comes home drunk and tries to attack her , kicks him in the eye . The following morning , he has no recollection of the incident , but his eye is badly hurt and eventually must be removed . 
 now says that he wants to stay there , saying , " I like the way you look here . " She wants to leave , but he refuses to let her go , keeping the door locked . He holds her captive in the apartment , though she refuses to have anything to do with him . 
 One night , proposes to and she rejects him , saying she just can not . He again attempts to be physical with her . reveals to that she was the one who blinded him in one eye . still insists he needs her . When discovers the door unlocked , she leaves , walking through the city and sleeping in Central Park . She later returns to 's apartment , and when he asks why she has returned , she says , " I came for you " . She writes her mother , who comes to the apartment and is shocked to see where and with whom lives . She has married and announces that she is pregnant ( if by or the rape is not revealed ) . Her mother insists that she come home , while tries to impress upon her mother that she now considers the apartment her home .

In Kansas in 1928 : ( ) is a teenage girl who follows her mother 's advice to resist her desire for sex with her boyfriend ( ) , the son of one of the more prosperous families in town . In turn , reluctantly follows the advice of his father ( ) , who suggests that he find another kind of girl with whom to satisfy his desires . 
 's parents are ashamed of his older sister ( ) , a flapper and party girl who is sexually promiscuous , smokes , drinks , and has recently been brought back from Chicago , where her parents had a marriage annulled to someone who married her solely for her money . Rumors in town , however , have been swirling that the real reason was that she had an abortion . Being so disappointed in their daughter , 's parents " pin all their hopes " on , pressuring him to attend Yale University . The emotional pressure is too much for , who suffers a physical breakdown and nearly dies from pneumonia . 
 knows one of the girls in high school , ( ) , who is willing to become sexually involved with him , and he has a liaison with her . A short time later , depressed because of 's ending their relationship , models herself after 's sister . At a party she attends with ( ) , another boy from high school , goes outside with Bud and makes a play for him . When she is rebuffed by , who is shocked because he always thought of her as a " good girl , " she turns back to , who drives her to a private spot by a pond that streams into a waterfall . While there , realizes that she ca n't go through with sex , at which point she is almost raped . Escaping from and driven close to madness , she attempts to commit suicide by jumping in the pond , being rescued just before swimming over the falls . Her parents sell their stock to pay for her institutionalization , which actually turns out to be a blessing in disguise , because they make a profit prior to the Crash of ' 29 that leads to the Great Depression . 
 While is in the institution , she meets another patient , ( ) , who has anger issues targeted at his parents , who want him to be a surgeon . The two patients form a bond . Meanwhile , is sent to Yale , where he fails practically all his subjects . While at school , he meets ( ) , the daughter of Italian immigrants who run a local restaurant in New Haven . In October 1929 , 's father travels to New Haven in an attempt to persuade the dean not to expel from school ; tells the dean he only aspires to own a ranch . While is in New Haven , the stock market crashes , and he loses everything . He takes to New York for a weekend , including to a cabaret nightclub , after which he commits suicide . has to identify the body . 
 returns home from the asylum after two years and six months , " almost to the day . " 's widow has gone to live with relatives , and 's sister has died in a car crash . 's mother wants to shield her from any potential anguish from meeting and so pretends to not know where he is . When 's friends from high school come over , her mother gets them to agree to feign ignorance on 's whereabouts . However , 's father refuses to coddle his daughter and tells her that has taken up ranching and lives on the old family farm . Her friends drive to meet , at an old farmhouse . He is now married to , dressed in plain clothes , they have an infant son named , and is expecting another child . lets know that she is going to marry , who is now a doctor in Cincinnati . During their brief reunion , and realize that both must accept what life has thrown at them . says , " What 's the point ? You got ta take what comes . " They each relate that they " do n't think about happiness very much anymore . "[2 ] 
 As leaves with her friends , only seems partially satisfied by the direction his life has taken . After the others are gone , he reassures , who has realized that was once the love of 's life.[2 ] Driving away , 's friends ask her if she is still in love with . She does not answer her friends , but 's voice is heard reciting four lines from 's " Intimations of Immortality " : " Though nothing can bring back the hour / Of splendor in the grass , glory in the flower / We will grieve not ; rather find / Strength in what remains behind . "

The new , state of the art nuclear submarine Seaview is on diving trials in the Arctic Ocean . The Seaview is designed and built by scientist and engineering genius Admiral ( USN - Ret ) ( ) . Captain ( ) is the Seaview 's Commanding Officer . One of the on - board observers is Dr. ( ) , studying crew - related stress . The mission includes being out of radio contact for 96 hours while under the Arctic ice cap , but the ice begins to crack and melt , with boulder - size pieces crashing into the ocean around the submarine . Surfacing , they discover fire burning in the sky . After the rescue of scientist ( ) and his dog at Ice Floe Delta , the sub receives radio contact from Mission Director Inspector at the Bureau of Marine Exploration . He advises that a meteor shower pierced the Van Allen radiation belt causing it to catch fire , resulting in a world - threatening increase in heat all across the Earth . 's on - board friend and scientist , retired Commodore ( ) concurs that it is possible . informs that the President wants him at a UN Emergency Scientific Meeting as soon as possible . 
 and Commodore calculate a plan to end the catastrophe . The USOS Seaview arrives in New York Harbor in two days . At the meeting informs the UN that according to their calculations , if the heat increase is not stopped , it will become irreversible and Earth has " a life expectancy of about three weeks . " The Admiral and the Commander have come up with a plan to extinguish the Skyfire . He proposes firing a nuclear missile at the burning belt from the best calculated location , the Marianas . posits that when fired at the right place and time , 1600 hours on August 29 , the nuclear explosion should overwhelm and extinguish the flames , away into space , essentially " amputating " the belt from the Earth . The Seaview has the capability to fire the missile . 
 However , the Admiral 's plan is rejected by the chief scientist and head delegate , ( ) of Vienna . His reasons are that he knows the composition of gases in the belt and he believes the Skyfire will burn itself out at 173 degrees . 's plan is to let the Skyfire do just that and he feels the Admiral 's plan is too risky . claims that 's burn - out point , however , is beyond that date and time if the current rise rate is maintained . But at 's urging , and are shouted down and the plan is rejected . Despite the rejection , the Admiral and the Commodore quickly leave the proceedings , advising that his only authorization will be from the President himself . 
 It is a race against the clock as the Seaview speeds to reach the proper firing position , above the trench in the Marianas in the Pacific . During this time and agree on tapping the Rio - to - London telephone cable to try to eventually reach the President . However , an unsuccessful attempt on the Admiral 's life makes it clear that there is a saboteur on board . But the confusion over who the saboteur might be revolves around rescued scientist , who has become a religious zealot regarding the catastrophe , and Dr. , who secretly admires Dr 's plan . Other obstacles present themselves : a minefield and a near - mutiny . And himself begins to doubt the Admiral 's tactics and reasoning . During the telephone cable attempt , and battle a giant squid . Although the London cable connection is made , is told there 's been no contact with the States for 35 hours . Also , a hostile submarine follows the Seaview deep into the Mariana Trench , but implodes before it can destroy the Seaview . 
 Near the end of the film the saboteur is revealed to be Dr. . Captain happens by as she exits the ship 's " Off Limits " Nuclear Reactor core , looking rather ill . She has been exposed to a fatal dose of radiation : her detector badge is deep red . Walking over the submarine 's shark tank , she falls in during a struggle with the Captain , and is killed by a shark . The Admiral learns that temperatures are rising faster than expected . He realizes that 's belief that the Skyfire will burn itself out is in error . 
 At the end , Seaview reaches the Marianas . There , in spite of the threats and objections of , Seaview launches a missile toward the belt and it explodes the burning flames outward , saving the world .

In the late summer of 1957 , in the West Side 's Lincoln Square neighborhood in Manhattan , there is tension between a white American gang , the Jets , led by , and a Puerto Rican gang , the Sharks , led by . After a brawl erupts , Lieutenant and Officer arrive and break it up . The Jets decide to challenge the Sharks to a rumble at an upcoming dance for neighborhood control . 
 decides that his best friend , the co - founder of the Jets who left the gang , should join them for the rumble . invites to the dance , and is uninterested , but eventually agrees to come . He tells that he senses something important will happen in his life , which suggests could be related to the dance . 
 's younger sister , , tells her best friend and 's girlfriend , , with whom she works at a bridal shop , how excited she is about the dance as they work on altering 's dress . She also complains that she has no interest in , the young Puerto Rican man brought to the U.S. for her to marry . At the dance , the gangs and girls refuse to intermingle . arrives and he and fall in love at first sight . angrily demands stay away from and sends her home . confronts about meeting to arrange the fight . 
 At home , admonishes for being naive , and he and argue that he is being overprotective . They and their friends debate the advantages and disadvantages of America . 
 quietly meets on her fire escape , where they reaffirm their love . At 's store , both gangs agree on a one - on - one fist fight rumble the following night under a highway . When arrives , the gangs feign friendship . forces the Sharks out and unsuccessfully tries to discover information about the fight . 
 The next day at the bridal shop accidentally tells about the rumble . arrives to see , revealing their romance to who initially objects and warns them that would never approve , but later agrees to keep it secret . has promise to prevent the rumble . and fantasize about their wedding ceremony . 
 The following night , the Jets and Sharks meet under the highway and the fight begins as planned . arrives to stop it , but antagonizes him . Unwilling to watch be humiliated , initiates a knife fight . tries to intervene , which leads to killing . kills with 's knife in retaliation and a melee ensues . Police sirens blare and everyone flees , leaving behind the dead bodies . 
 waits for on the rooftop of her apartment building when arrives and tells her what happened . arrives and explains what transpired and asks for her forgiveness before he turns himself in to the police . confirms her love for him and asks Tony to stay with her . 
 The Jets have reassembled outside a garage with their new leader , , having them focus on keeping cool no matter how emotional they feel . The tomboy arrives and warns them that is now after with a gun . The Jets split up to find . 
 arrives home after learning of 's death . and quickly and quietly agree to meet up at Doc 's and run away . catches leaving and tells she should let him go since he is a killer , and changes her mind . tells her of 's plans and tells her is headed for 's store . arrives to question about the disagreement at the dance . fakes having a headache and asks go to 's store for medicine and to tell she has been detained . Knowing 's real meaning , she agrees . 
 At Doc 's , the Jets harass , despite her pleas that she wants to help . After breaks things up , Anita proclaims that was right to hate them and says that killed when he found out about her and . 
 delivers getaway money and 's message to who then bursts into street , yelling for to kill him too . arrives and they run to each other in the middle of the playground . Just before they embrace , shoots and he dies in 's arms . takes the gun from and blames the deaths of , , and Tony on all of them and their hate for each other . , , and arrive as the Jets and Sharks , together , carry 's body away , forming a funeral procession with following . The police arrest and lead him away .

Richard Beymer, Natalie Wood, Rita Moreno, Russ Tamblyn, George Chakiris, Simon Oakland

( Lancaster ) is imprisoned as a young man for committing a murder in Alaska . He is shown as a rebellious inmate , fighting against a rigid prison system : on his way to jail by train he breaks open the window to allow the suffocating inmates to breathe . His rebellious attitude puts him in conflict with ( ) , the warden of Leavenworth Prison . 
 While in jail , learns that his mother ( ) tried to visit him but was denied and told to return later in the week . Outraged , he attacks a guard over the issue and stabs the man to death . is sentenced to death , but his mother runs a successful campaign and he is commuted to life in prison . The terms of the sentence require that he be kept in solitary confinement for the rest of his life . 
 To break the monotony , adopts an orphaned baby sparrow as a pet . This starts a trend and he and the other convicts acquire birds , such as canaries , as gifts from the outside . Before long , has built up a collection of birds and cages . When they fall ill , he conducts experiments and comes up with a cure . As the years pass , becomes an expert on bird diseases and even publishes a book on the subject . His writings are so impressive that a doctor describes him as a " genius " . 
 later meets bird - lover ( ) and agrees to go into business , marketing his bird remedies . He and later marry , but his mother disapproves and this causes a rift between mother and son . He is abruptly transferred to the federal penitentiary at Alcatraz ( the " Rock " ) , a new maximum security institution where he is not permitted to keep birds . He is now growing elderly but still shows a rebellious side , writing a history of the U.S. penal system that is suppressed by , now warden of the Rock . 
 Still at odds with authority , nevertheless manages to help stop a prison rebellion in 1946 by throwing out the guns acquired by the convicts . He then assures the authorities that they can now re - enter the premises without fear of being shot . Although has been a thorn in his side for decades , acknowledges that he has never lied to him and takes him at his word . 
 Although constantly denied parole , is eventually transferred to another prison in Missouri after a petition campaign . During the move , he meets several reporters and displays a range of knowledge on more than just birds , such as the technical details of a passing jet aircraft . He even gets to meet ( ) , the author of the book based on his life .

After spending eight years in prison for rape , ( ) is released . He promptly tracks down ( ) , a lawyer whom he holds personally responsible for his conviction because interrupted his attack and testified against him . begins to stalk and subtly threaten 's family . He kills the family dog , though can not prove did it . A friend of 's , police chief ( ) , attempts to intervene on 's behalf , but he can not prove guilty of any crime . 
 hires private detective ( ) . brutally attacks a promiscuous young woman named ( ) when she brings him home , but neither the private eye nor can persuade her to testify . hires three thugs to beat up and persuade him to leave town , but the plan backfires when gets the better of all three . 's lawyer vows to have disbarred . 
 Afraid for his wife ( ) and 14 - year - old daughter ( ) , takes them to their houseboat in Cape Fear . In an attempt to trick , makes it seem as though he has gone to a completely different location . He fully expects to follow his wife and daughter , and he plans on killing to end the battle . and a local deputy hide nearby , but realizes the deputy is there and kills him . Eluding , first attacks Mrs. on the boat , causing to go to her rescue . Meanwhile , swims back to shore to attack . realizes what has happened , and also swims ashore . 
 The two men engage in a final violent fight on the riverbank . overpowers , but decides not to kill him , preferring to let him spend the rest of his life in jail . The film concludes with the family sitting together on a boat the next morning .

Robert Mitchum, Gregory Peck, Polly Bergen, Telly Savalas, Martin Balsam, Lori Martin, Barrie Chase

is riding in a car with two other young women when some men challenge them to a drag race . As they speed across a bridge , the women 's car plunges over the side into the river . The police spend three hours dragging the murky , fast - running water without success . miraculously surfaces , but she can not remember how she survived . 
 then drives to Utah , where she has been hired as a church organist . At one point , she can get nothing on her car radio but strange organ music . She passes a large , abandoned pavilion sitting all by itself on the shores of the Great Salt Lake ; it seems to beckon to her in the twilight . Shortly thereafter , while she is speeding along a deserted stretch of road , a ghoulish , pasty - faced figure ( never identified , but called " The Man " in dialogue and played by director , uncredited ) replaces her reflection in the passenger window and stares at her . When The Man suddenly appears in front of her , she swerves off the road . At a gas station , the attendant tells her the pavilion was first a bathhouse , then a dance hall , and finally a carnival before shutting down . 
 In town , rents a room from Mrs. ; , the only other lodger , wants to become better acquainted with the blonde newcomer , but she is not interested . That night , she becomes upset when she sees The Man downstairs in the large house and retreats to her room . Mrs. , who brings her some food , says she did not pass anyone . 
 Soon , begins experiencing terrifying interludes when she becomes invisible and inaudible to the rest of the world , as if she simply is not there . When The Man appears briefly in front of her in a park , she flees , right into the arms of a Dr. . He tries to help her , even as he acknowledges he is not a psychiatrist . 
 Her new employer , the minister ( ) , is put off when she declines his suggestion of a reception to meet the congregation . When she practices for the first time , she finds herself shifting from a hymn to eerie music . In a trance , she sees The Man and others of his ilk dancing at the pavilion . The minister , hearing the strange music , denounces it as " profane " and insists upon her resignation . 
 Terrified of being alone , agrees to go out on a date with . When they return home , he smooth - talks his way into her room , but when she sees The Man in the mirror , she becomes upset and tries to tell what has been happening to her . He leaves , believing she is losing her mind . 
 After going back to visit ' office , believes she has to go to the pavilion . There , she is attacked by The Man and his fellow ghouls . tries frantically to escape , at one point boarding a bus to leave town , only to find that all the passengers are ghouls . Then she wakes up , showing that she dreamed this sequence at least . In the end , she is drawn back to the pavilion , where she finds her tormenters dancing . A pale version of herself is paired with The Man . When she runs away , they chase her out onto the beach . She collapses , and they close in . 
 The minister , the doctor and the police go to the pavilion to look for her . They find her footprints in the sand – the only ones – but they end abruptly , and there is no other trace of her . Back in Kansas , the car is located and pulled from the river . 's body is in the front seat alongside those of the other two women .

San Francisco public relations executive ( ) meets and falls in love with secretary ( ) . is a teetotaler until introduces her to social drinking . She is reluctant at first , but after her first few Brandy Alexanders , she admits that having a drink " made me feel good . " Despite the misgivings of 's father ( ) , who runs a San Mateo landscaping business , they marry and have a daughter , . 
 and slowly go from the " two - martini lunch " to full - blown alcoholism . is demoted due to poor performance , and is sent out of town to work on a minor account . is alone all day , and finds drinking the best way to pass the time . While drunk one afternoon she causes a fire in their apartment that almost kills her and . Eventually gets fired and spends the next several years going from job to job . 
 One day , walks by a bar , sees his reflection in the window , and realizes in horror that he hardly knows his own face . He goes home and tells that they must stop drinking , and she reluctantly agrees . Seeking escape from their addiction , and work together in Mr. 's business and stay sober for two months . But the urge is too strong , and after a late - night drinking binge , destroys his father - in - law 's greenhouse and plants while looking for a stashed liquor bottle . 
 is committed to a sanitarium where he suffers from delirium tremens while confined in a straitjacket . After his release , finally gets sober for a while with the help of Alcoholics Anonymous , a dedicated sponsor named ( ) , and regular AA meetings . He explains to how alcoholics often demonstrate obsessive behavior , pointing out that 's previous love of chocolate may have been the first sign of an addictive personality , and counsels him that most drinkers hate to drink alone in the company of sober people . 
 Meanwhile , 's drinking persists , and she disappears for several days without contacting . She is eventually located at a nearby motel , drunk , but when tries to help her , he instead ends up drinking again . When their supply runs out , happens upon a liquor store that closed for the night , breaks in , and steals a bottle , resulting in another trip to the sanitarium stripped down and tied to a treatment table . appears at his side and warns him that he must keep sober no matter what , even if that means staying away from . 
 finally gets sober , becomes a responsible father to , and holds down a steady job . He tries to make amends with his father - in - law by offering him payment for past debts and wrongs , but Mr. accuses him of being indirectly responsible for 's alcoholism . After calming down , says that has been disappearing for long stretches of time and picking up strangers in bars . 
 One night after is asleep , , shakily sober for two days , comes to 's apartment to attempt a reconciliation . replies that she is welcome back anytime , but only if she stops drinking . refuses to admit she 's an alcoholic , but does acknowledge that without alcohol , she " ca n't get over how dirty everything looks . " sadly advises to give up on her , and leaves . fights the urge to go after her , and looks through the window down the dark street as she walks away . When asks " Is she going to get well ? " he answers gently , " I did , did n't I ? " Again looks down the street , the bar 's flashing sign reflecting in his window .

plays , a Hawaiian fishing guide and sailor who enjoys boating and sailing out on the sea . When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona , he seeks to find a way to buy the Westwind , a boat that he built with his father . 
 is caught in a love triangle with two women : childish , insensitive club singer ( ) , and sweet ( ) . When ( ) makes advances on , punches him out . owns the boat , so thereby loses it . , however , is not who she pretends to be . has to choose between her and .

Determined to make her young , blonde , and beautiful daughter a vaudeville headliner , willful , resourceful , domineering stage mother will stop at nothing to achieve her goal . She drags the girl and her shy , awkward , and decidedly less - talented older sister around the country in an effort to get them noticed , and with the assistance of agent , she manages to secure them bookings on the prestigious Orpheum Circuit . 
 Years pass , and the girls no longer are young enough to pull off the childlike personae their mother insists they continue to project . June rebels , and elopes with , one of the dancers who backs the act . Devastated by what she considers an act of betrayal , pours all her energies into making a success of , despite the young woman 's obvious lack of singing and dancing skills . Not helping matters is the increasing popularity of sound films , which leads to a decline in the demand for stage entertainment . With bookings scarce , mother and daughter find themselves in Wichita , Kansas , where the owner of a third - rate burlesque house books the act in hopes of keeping the vice squad at bay . 
 When one of the strippers is arrested for shoplifting , unwillingly becomes her replacement . At first , her voice is shaky and her moves tentative at best , but as audiences respond to her she begins to gain confidence in herself . She blossoms as an entertainer billed as , and eventually reaches a point where she tires of her mother 's constant interference in both her life and wildly successful career . confronts and demands she leave her alone . Finally , aware that she has spent her life enslaved by a desperate need to be noticed , an angry , bitter , and bewildered stumbles onto the empty stage of the deserted theatre and experiences a moment of truth that leads to an emotional breakdown followed by a reconciliation with .

Hatari ! is the story of a group of adventurers in East Africa , engaged in the exciting and lucrative but dangerous business of catching wild animals for delivery to zoos around the world . As " Momella Game Ltd. " , they operate from a compound near the town of Arusha . The head of the group is ( ) ; the others are safari veteran , also known as " the Indian " ( ) ; drivers " Pockets " ( ) , a former Brooklyn taxi driver , and ( ) , a German auto racing driver ; roper ( ) , a former Mexican bullfighter , and ( ) , a young woman whose late father was a member of the group ; she grew up there and owns the business . 
 Their method ( shown in several action sequences ) is to chase the selected animal across the plains with a truck , driven by Pockets . stands in the bed of the truck with a rope noose on a long pole , and snags the animal by its head . ( For smaller animals , rides in a seat mounted on the truck 's left front fender . ) A smaller , faster " herding car , " driven by , swings outside , driving the animal back toward the " catching truck " . Once the animal is snagged , , an expert roper , catches its legs and secures it . The animal is then moved into a travel crate and carried on a third truck , driven by . The captured animals are held in pens in the compound , tended by native workers , until they are shipped out at the end of the hunting season . 
 In the opening sequence , the team chases a rhinoceros , but it attacks the herding car and severely gores the Indian , who has to be transported to the Arusha hospital . While they are waiting to hear about the Indian 's condition , a young Frenchman ( ) approaches about taking the Indian 's job . This offends , who knocks the Frenchman down . Then Dr. ( ) says the Indian may die without a transfusion of rare type AB Negative blood . However , the Frenchman has that blood type . He agrees to donate his blood for the transfusion . The group returns to the compound after celebrating the Indian 's survival . 
 is surprised to find a strange woman sleeping in his bed , and a comedic exchange between , , and ensues as they try to figure out what she 's doing there . The next morning , she introduces herself as ( " Just call me " ) ( ) , a photojournalist sent by the Basel Zoo to record the capture of the animals they have ordered . is annoyed , but under the contract with the zoo they must accommodate her . quickly makes friends with the others , especially . She rides along on the group 's catching runs , snapping pictures . 
 Dallas is immediately attracted to , and ( she thinks ) he to her , but he treats her brusquely . explains that a few years earlier , was engaged to a woman who came to the compound , hated 's life there , and abruptly left him . Ever since , he distrusts women , especially those to whom he is attracted . 
 The young Frenchman comes to the compound and , after proving himself a crack shot , is hired to replace the Indian for the rest of the catching season . His name is , but dubs him " Chips " . His job is to ride with in the herding car , carrying a rifle in case an animal attacks . 
 The Indian returns , and urges to forego catching any rhinos this season . A " nice Belgian kid " was killed in an earlier rhino chase , as was 's father ; now the Indian was nearly killed . He suggests there is a jinx . agrees only to postpone rhino to the end of the season . 
 Dallas makes some progress with , but friction between them continues , especially after Dallas adopts first one , then two , and finally three orphaned elephant calves . This leads to her adoption into the local Warusha tribe as " Mama Tembo " ( " Mother of Elephants " ) . 
 and flirt with , but as things turn out , it is falls for . This becomes clear to everyone on a day when the herding car flips over , dislocating 's shoulder and cutting up . does n't react much to their injuries , but when falls off a fence and wrenches his back , she is nearly hysterical with worry over his " injury . " 
 Animal chases continue , with the group capturing a zebra , a giraffe , a gazelle , a buffalo , and a wildebeest . They also trap a leopard in a baited cage . When the herding car is mired during a river crossing , shoots a crocodile that is threatening , and a strong friendship develops between them . 
 spends several days privately tinkering in the compound workshop . He invents a method of flinging a net over a tree full of monkeys , which the zoos want . His rocket - net is a success , catching over 500 of them . 
 With all other orders filled , the group catches a rhino without serious incident , and the Indian agrees that the jinx is broken . The group goes to Arusha to celebrate the end of the season , but declines to go along . She is frustrated , because though she has had some intimate moments with , he has never clearly declared how he feels about her . When urges her to join the group 's excursion , she lashes out at him and bursts into tears , leaving him baffled . 
 The next morning , has vanished , leaving a farewell letter with . and the group rush to Arusha to catch her . To help locate Dallas they take along Tembo , the first of Dallas 's baby elephants , to track her by scent . Not wanting to be left behind , the other two follow the trucks to Arusha . The ensuing chase ends when the three baby elephants corner Dallas in a hotel lobby in town . 
 In the final scene , is again in 's bed when he enters the room , and they reprise the dialogue from their first meeting . As before , also comes in drunk and again asks " What is she doing in your bed ? " But this time , Sean announces " We got married today ! " After herds out of their room , and his two brothers push their way in and break 's bed as the newlyweds try to figure out how to deal with them .

In company with her younger brother ( ) , and her elderly yet young - at - heart friend Professor ( ) , teenage ( ) journeys to Glasgow , Scotland , to persuade the comically brave Lord ( ) to rescue her shipwrecked father , Captain ( ) . The expedition sets sail and ventures halfway around the world , to both South America and New Zealand , respectively . The party suffers many assorted perils including an earthquake , a flood , a fire , an attack by a giant condor and an erupting volcano before finding and rescuing Captain . A subplot involves a gunrunner named ( ) , who is a treacherous former crew - member of Captain 's ship , and responsible for his disappearance . Another subplot involves a budding romance between young and Lord 's handsome and loyal son ( ) .

The film is presented in two parts , divided by an intermission . 
 The film opens in 1935 when is killed in a motorcycle accident . At his memorial service at St Paul 's Cathedral , a reporter tries ( with little success ) to gain insights into this remarkable , enigmatic man from those who knew him . 
 The story then moves backward to the First World War , where is a misfit British Army lieutenant , notable for his insolence and education . Over the objections of General , Mr. of the Arab Bureau sends him to assess the prospects of Prince in his revolt against the Turks . On the journey , his Bedouin guide is killed by for drinking from his well without permission . later meets Colonel , who orders him to keep quiet , make his assessment , and leave . ignores 's orders when he meets . His outspokenness piques the prince 's interest . 
 advises to retreat after a major defeat , but proposes a daring surprise attack on Aqaba ; its capture would provide a port from which the British could offload much - needed supplies . The town is strongly fortified against a naval assault but only lightly defended on the landward side . He convinces to provide fifty men , led by a sceptical . Teenage orphans and attach themselves to as servants . They cross the Nefud Desert , considered impassable even by the Bedouins , travelling day and night on the last stage to reach water . One of 's men , , succumbs to fatigue and falls off his camel unnoticed during the night . When discovers him missing , he turns back and rescues — and is won over . He gives Arab robes to wear . 
 persuades , the leader of the powerful local Howeitat tribe , to turn against the Turks . 's scheme is almost derailed when one of 's men kills one of 's because of a blood feud . Howeitat retaliation would shatter the fragile alliance , so declares that he will execute the murderer himself . He is then stunned to discover that the culprit is , the very man whom he risked his own life to save in the desert , but he shoots him anyway . 
 The next morning , the Arabs overrun the Turkish garrison . heads to Cairo to inform and the new commander , General , of his victory . While crossing the Sinai Desert , dies when he stumbles into quicksand . is promoted to major and given arms and money for the Arabs . He is deeply disturbed , however , confessing that he enjoyed executing , but brushes aside his qualms . He asks whether there is any basis for the Arabs ' suspicions that the British have designs on Arabia . When pressed , the general states that they do not . 
 launches a guerrilla war , blowing up trains and harassing the Turks at every turn . American war correspondent publicises 's exploits , making him famous . On one raid , is badly injured . Unwilling to leave him to be tortured by the enemy , shoots him dead before fleeing . 
 When scouts the enemy - held city of Deraa with , he is taken , along with several Arab residents , to the Turkish Bey . is stripped , ogled , and prodded . Then , for striking out at the Bey , he is severely flogged before being thrown into the street . The experience leaves shaken . He returns to British headquarters in Cairo but does not fit in . 
 A short time later in Jerusalem , General urges him to support the " big push " on Damascus . hesitates to return but finally relents . 
 recruits an army that is motivated more by money than by the Arab cause . They sight a column of retreating Turkish soldiers who have just massacred the residents of Tafas . One of 's men is from Tafas ; he demands , " No prisoners ! " When hesitates , the man charges the Turks alone and is killed . takes up the dead man 's battle cry ; the result is a slaughter in which himself participates . Afterwards , he regrets his actions . 
 's men take Damascus ahead of 's forces . The Arabs set up a council to administer the city , but the desert tribesmen prove ill - suited for such a task . Despite 's efforts , they bicker constantly . Unable to maintain the public utilities , the Arabs soon abandon most of the city to the British . 
 is promoted to colonel and immediately ordered back to Britain , as his usefulness to both and the British is at an end . As he leaves the city , his automobile is passed by a motorcyclist who leaves a trail of dust in his wake .

Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Alec Guinness, José Ferrer, Arthur Kennedy, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains

Set in the 1950s , the film begins in medias res near the end of the story , with a confrontation between two men : one of them , , drunk and incoherent , plays 's Polonaise in A major , Op . 40 , No . 1 on the piano before being shot from behind a portrait painting of a young woman . The shooter is , a 40 - something British professor of French literature . 
 The film then flashes back to events four years earlier . arrives in Ramsdale , New Hampshire , intending to spend the summer before his professorship begins at Beardsley College , Ohio . He searches for a room to rent , and , a cloying , sexually frustrated widow , invites him to stay at her house . He declines until seeing her daughter , , affectionately called " " . is a soda - pop drinking , gum - snapping , overtly flirtatious teenager , with whom becomes infatuated . 
 To be close to , accepts 's offer and becomes a lodger in the household . But wants all of " Hum 's " time for herself and soon announces she will be sending to an all - girl sleepaway camp for the summer . After the depart for camp , the maid gives a letter from , confessing her love for him and demanding he vacate at once unless he feels the same way . The letter says that if is still in the house when she returns , will know her love is requited , and he must marry her . Though he roars with laughter while reading the sadly heartfelt yet characteristically overblown letter , marries . 
 Things turn sour for the couple in the absence of the nymphet : glum becomes more withdrawn , and brassy more whiny . discovers 's diary entries detailing his passion for and characterizing her as " the woman , the cow , the obnoxious mama , the brainless baba " . She has an hysterical outburst , runs outside , and is hit by a car , dying on impact . 
 drives to Camp Climax to pick up , who does n't yet know her mother is dead . They stay the night in a hotel that is handling an overflow influx of police officers attending a convention . One of the guests , a pushy , abrasive stranger , insinuates himself upon and keeps steering the conversation to his " beautiful little daughter , " who is asleep upstairs . The stranger implies that he too is a policeman and repeats , too often , that he thinks is " normal . " escapes the man 's advances , and , the next morning , and enter into a sexual relationship . The two commence an odyssey across the United States , traveling from hotel to motel . In public , they act as father and daughter . After several days , tells that her mother is not sick in a hospital , as he had previously told her , but dead . Grief - stricken , she stays with . 
 In the fall , reports to his position at Beardsley College , and enrolls in high school there . Before long , people begin to wonder about the relationship between father and his over - protected daughter . worries about her involvement with the school play and with male classmates . One night he returns home to find Dr. , a pushy , abrasive stranger , sitting in his darkened living room . , speaking with a thick German accent , claims to be from 's school and wants to discuss her knowledge of " the facts of life . " He convinces to allow to participate in the school play , for which she had been selected to play the leading role . 
 While attending a performance of the play , learns that has been lying about how she was spending her Saturday afternoons when she claimed to be at piano practice . They get into a row and decides to leave Beardsley College and take on the road again . objects at first but then suddenly changes her mind and seems very enthusiastic . Once on the road , soon realizes they are being followed by a mysterious car that never drops away but never quite catches up . When becomes sick , he takes her to the hospital . However , when he returns to pick her up , she is gone . The nurse there tells him she left with another man claiming to be her uncle and , devastated , is left without a single clue as to her disappearance or whereabouts . 
 Some years later , receives a letter from Mrs. , 's married name . She writes that she is now married to a man named , and that she is pregnant and in desperate need of money . travels to their home and finds that she is now a roundly expectant woman in glasses leading a pleasant , humdrum life . demands that she tell him who kidnapped her three years earlier . She tells him it was , the man that was following them , who is a famous playwright and with whom her mother had a fling in days . She states is also the one who disguised himself as Dr. , the pushy stranger who kept crossing their path . herself carried on an affair with him and left with him when he promised her glamour . However , he then demanded she join his depraved lifestyle , including acting in his " art " films , which she vehemently refused . 
 begs to leave her husband and come away with him , but she declines . gives $ 13,000 , explaining it as her money from the sale of her mother 's house , and leaves to shoot in his mansion , where the film began . The epilogue explains that died of coronary thrombosis awaiting trial for 's murder .

( ) works as a roaming ranch hand much as the cowboys of the old West did , refusing to join modern society . He rejects much of modern technology and carries no identification , such as a driver 's license or draft card . He can not even provide authorities a home address because he just sleeps wherever he finds a place . 
 As crosses a highway into a town in New Mexico , his horse Whiskey has a difficult time crossing the road , confused and scared by the traffic . They enter town to visit ( ) . She is the wife of an old friend , ( ) , who has been jailed for giving aid to illegal immigrants . explains his dislike for a society that restricts a man on where he can or ca n't go , what he can or ca n't do . 
 To break out of jail , decides he himself needs to get arrested . After a violent barroom fight against a one - armed man ( Bill ) in which he is forced to use only one arm himself , is arrested . When the police decide to let him go , he deliberately punches a cop to get himself re - arrested . He is now facing a probable sentence of a year in jail , which allows him to see , with a purpose of helping him escape . The town is a sleepy border town and the cops are mostly bored , occasionally dealing with minor offenses . The Sheriff , ( ) , has to compel them to pay attention to their duties at times . 
 Joining in jail , tries to persuade him to escape . He tells he could n't spend a year locked up because he 'd probably kill someone . defends from the attention of sadistic Deputy Sheriff ( ) , who picks as his next target . During the night the inmates saw through one of the jail 's bars using two hacksaw blades hid in his boot . The deputy summons in the middle of the night and beats him . Upon returning to his cell , tries to persuade to join him in escaping , but , nearing the end of his sentence , and having a family and too much at stake to become a fugitive from the law , decides to remain . breaks out by himself and returns to 's house , where he picks up his horse and some food from 's wife . After the jail break , the Sheriff learns that served in the military during the Korean War , including seven months in a disciplinary training center for striking a superior officer . He also received a Purple Heart and a Distinguished Service Cross with oak leaf clusters for his valor during battle . 
 heads for the mountains on horseback with the goal of crossing the border into Mexico . The police mount an extensive search , with Sheriff and his Deputy Sheriff ( ) following him in a jeep . A military helicopter is brought in , and when the air crew locates , they relay his location to the sheriff . Whiskey is repeatedly spooked by the helicopter and other modern noises . shoots the tail rotor , damaging it and causing the pilot to lose control and crash land . 
 Deputy also chases . He sees the horse and is preparing to shoot when sneaks up , knocking him unconscious with the his rifle butt . leads his horse up impossibly difficult , rocky slopes to escape his pursuers , but the lawmen keep on his trail , forcing him to keep moving . Surrounded on three sides , ' horse refuses at first to climb a steep slope . They finally surmount the crest of the Sandia Mountains and escape into the east side of the mountains , a broad stand of heavy timber , with the lawmen shooting at him . The Sheriff acknowledges that has evaded their attempts to capture him . is shot through the ankle during his dash to the timber . 
 tries to cross Highway 66 in Tijeras Canyon during a heavy rainstorm . Whiskey is spooked by the traffic and blinded by the lights . A truck driver strikes and his horse as they are attempting to cross the road . The sheriff arrives and , asked by the state police if is the man he has been looking for , says he ca n't identify him , because he 's never seen the man he is looking for up close . Both seriously wounded , is taken away in an ambulance and must be euthanized .

Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau, Gena Rowlands, Carroll O'Connor, George Kennedy

In the early years of the twentieth century , an aging ex - lawman , ( ) , is hired to guard a shipment of gold from a high country mining camp to the town of Hornitos , California . Six miners were recently murdered trying to transport their gold on the one trail leading down from the crest of the Sierra Nevada . In his prime , was a tough and respected lawman , but now his threadbare clothes and spectacles serve as reminders that he is long past his prime . enlists the help of his old friend and partner ( ) to guard the gold shipment . , who makes his living passing himself off as a legendary sharpshooter named , enlists the help of his young sidekick , ( ) . 
 , , and ride up into the mountains toward the Coarse Gold mining camp . does n't know that and are planning to steal the gold for themselves — preferably with 's help , but without it if necessary . Along the way they stop for the night at the farm of ( ) and his daughter ( ) . is a domineering religious man who warns against those who " traffic in gold " and trades Bible verses with at the dinner table . That night , and meet in the moonlight , but interrupts their conversation . Back at the house , he admonishes and slaps her for her behavior . Unable to tolerate her domineering father any longer , leaves her home the next morning . She later joins , , and on their ride to Coarse Gold where she intends to marry her fiancé . Along the way she and flirt and he tries to force himself on her but is stopped by . 
 When they reach the Coarse Gold mining camp , they soon discover that the girl 's fiancé , ( ) , is a drunken lout who intends to prostitute her to his four thuggish brothers , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) and ( ) . and rescue the girl from the marriage , and the next morning , , , and start back towards town with the gold . Along the way , talks to about right and wrong and how that 's " something you just know . " After all the lost years working in disreputable places , he tells that he 's now grateful to have gained back some of his self - respect and intends on keeping it " with the help of you and that boy back there . " When asks if that 's all he wants , replies , " All I want is to enter my House justified . " 
 Realizing will never go along with his plan to steal the gold , plans to steal the gold without his help . During the night as and prepare to leave with the gold , confronts them at gunpoint . Angered by his old friend 's betrayal , he slaps him and challenges him to a draw , but throws down his guns . Planning to put them on trial when they return to town , is forced to change his plans when the brothers appear in hot pursuit of the girl . In the ensuing gunfight , two of the brothers , and , are killed , and , and escape . 
 During the night , leaves camp and heads back to the site of the gunfight , where he takes a horse and gun from one of the dead brothers . Then he follows , , and down the only trail . Meanwhile , has shown himself to be trustworthy , and even though he will most likely go to prison , tells him she 'll be there when he gets out . When they reach 's farm , the brothers are waiting , having already killed her father . A gunfight breaks out and soon both and are wounded . Just then comes riding in to help his old friend , and together the pair insult and challenge the brothers to a face - to - face shootout in the open . When the dust settles , the three brothers are dead , but is mortally wounded . He tells his old friend , " I do n't want them to see this . I want to go it alone . " When pledges to take care of everything just like he would have , says , " Hell , I know that . I always did . You just forgot it for a while , that 's all . " casts a look back towards the high country and then dies . The film 's final shot is of a mountain in the background .

Joel McCrea, Randolph Scott, Mariette Hartley, James Drury, Warren Oates, R.G. Armstrong, L.Q. Jones

Handsome , young returns to his hometown of St. Cloud , Florida , accompanied by a considerably older film star , . She is needy and depressed , particularly about a film she has just finished making , and speaks of retiring from the acting world forever . 
 had gone to Hollywood to seek fame and fortune at the behest of St. Cloud 's most powerful and influential citizen , , either too naive or unwilling to appreciate that merely wants , a waiter from the country club , to keep away from his beautiful daughter , . 
 A political kingpin , enjoys putting Heavenly on display as a model of purity and chastity . His ruthless son , , aids his father 's ambitions in any way he can . He , too , is unhappy to have back in town . 
 Desperate to have further his fantasy of becoming a star , has become her lover . He goes so far as to blackmail her with a tape recording , on which she speaks openly of a dependence on drugs . defies him , becoming irate at the realization that 's romantic interests in Heavenly are more important to him than her own needs . 
 Just when is at her most vulnerable , a call from Hollywood comes to notify her that the new movie she 's just made appears to be a certain success , reviving her career . Meanwhile , 's discarded mistress , Miss , exposes 's underhanded tactics to the government authorities . , with nowhere else to turn , persuades to leave town with him , but not before and other thugs give him a violent and brutal comeuppance . Quite able to face the truth about himself , and reconcile and leave town together , leaving her father to face indictment .

Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Ed Begley, Rip Torn, Mildred Dunnock, Shirley Knight

, a New York City career woman , meets after his Rolls Royce splashes her dress with mud while she is on her way to a job interview . 
 proposes a romantic affair , while is holding out for marriage . Watching from the sidelines are 's financial manager , , who sees a therapist , because he feels guilty about helping his boss with his numerous conquests , and 's roommate , , who knows what is seeking . 
 wines and dines . He takes her to see the New York Yankees play baseball . They watch from the Yankees dugout ( he owns part of the team ) . 's complaints about the umpire while seated alongside , and ( playing themselves ) cause umpire to throw all of them out of the game . 
 's conscience weighs on him , so he withdraws an invitation to Bermuda , which only serves to make agree to go . While in Bermuda , anxiety - ridden over the evening 's sexual implications , comes down with a nervous rash , much to her embarrassment and his frustration . 
 The Bermuda trip is repeated , but this time drinks to soothe her nerves and ends up drunk . While intoxicated , falls off the balcony onto an awning below . She is then carried in her pajamas through the crowded hotel lobby . 
 At the urging of and , who are convinced that is in love with her , goes on a date with , whom she dislikes , to make jealous . Her plan succeeds and she and get married . On their honeymoon , he breaks out in a rash .

The film 's young protagonists , ( ) and her brother ( ) , live in the fictional town of Maycomb , Alabama , during the early 1930s . The story covers three years , during which and undergo changes in their lives . They are innocent children , spending their days happily playing games with each other and spying on ( ) who has not left his home for many years and about whom many rumors circulate . Their widowed father , ( ) , is a town lawyer and has strong beliefs that all people are to be treated fairly , to turn the other cheek , and to stand for what you believe . He also allows his children to call him by his first name . Early in the film , the children see their father accept hickory nuts , and other produce , from Mr. ( ) for legal work because the client has no money.[3 ] Through their father 's work as a lawyer , and begin to learn of the racism and evil in their town , aggravated by poverty ; they mature quickly as they are exposed to it . 
 The local judge ( ) appoints to defend a black man , ( ) , against an accusation of rape of a white girl , ( ) . accepts the case . and experience schoolyard taunts for their father 's decision . Later , as is sitting in front of the local jail to safeguard , a lynch mob arrives , which includes Mr. . , and their friend , ( ) , interrupt the confrontation . , unaware of the mob 's purpose , recognizes as the man who paid her father in hickory nuts and tells him to say hello to his son , who is her schoolmate . becomes embarrassed and the mob disperses . 
 At the trial , it is undisputed that came to 's home at her request to help with the chopping up of a chifforobe , and that showed signs of having been beaten around that time . Among ' chief arguments is that has a crippled left arm , yet the supposed rapist would have had to make extensive use of his left hand in assaulting before raping her . then points out that 's father , ( ) , is left handed , implying that he – rather than – was the one who beat . also states that the girl had not been examined by a doctor to check for signs of rape after the supposed assault . In his closing argument asks the all - white male jury to cast aside their prejudices and instead focus on 's obvious innocence . In taking the stand in his own defense , denies he attacked , but states she kissed him . He testifies he voluntarily assisted because " I felt sorry for her because … " . Although does not finish his sentence , the prosecutor ( ) hammers home the point that he was a black man feeling sorry for a white woman . In a town where whites are viewed as superior to blacks , 's sympathy for dooms his case , and he is found guilty . 
 As leaves the courtroom , the black spectators in the balcony rise to their feet as a sign of respect and appreciation . Reverend says to , " Miss Jean , stand up . Your father 's passing . " When arrives home , Sheriff ( ) tells him that has been killed by a deputy during his transfer to prison . According to this deputy , was trying to escape , " running like a crazy man " before he was shot . and go to the family home to inform them of 's death . , 's father , appears and spits in ' face while waits in the car . wipes his face and leaves . 
 Autumn arrives , and and attend a nighttime Halloween pageant at their school . wears a large hard - shelled ham costume , portraying one of Maycomb county 's products . At some point during the pageant , 's dress and shoes are misplaced . She is forced to walk home without shoes , wearing her ham costume . While cutting through the woods , and are attacked by an unidentified man who has been following them . 's costume , like an awkward suit of armor , protects her from the attack but restricts her movement and severely restricts her vision . is knocked unconscious and escapes unharmed in a brief but violent struggle . Their attacker is thwarted and overcome by another unidentified man . escapes her costume in time to see the second man carrying to their home . follows the stranger inside and runs into the arms of a concerned . comes over and treats the broken arm of an unconscious . 
 When Sheriff asks what happened , she sees a man standing quietly in the corner behind the door of 's room . formally introduces to , whom she has known as , the man who came to the aid of and in the woods . It is revealed that had overpowered before carrying home . The sheriff reports that was discovered dead at the scene of the attack with a knife in his ribs . assumes that killed in self - defense . Sheriff , however , believes that killed in defense of the children , and he tells that to drag the shy and reserved into the spotlight for his heroism would be " a sin " . To protect , Sheriff suggests that " fell on his knife " . draws a startlingly precocious analogy , likening unwelcome public attention to to the killing of a mockingbird .

Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, Robert Duvall, Brock Peters, William Windom, Frank Overton, Paul Fix

In 1917 , " Baby is an adored yet ill - tempered vaudevillian child star while her older sister lives in her shadow . By 1935 , their fortunes have reversed : is a successful film actress and lives in obscurity , her films having failed . One night , mocks at a party , prompting to run away in tears . That same night , is paralyzed from the waist down in a mysterious car accident that is unofficially blamed on , who is found three days later in a drunken stupor . 
 In 1962 a wheelchair - bound ( ) and ( ) are living together in 's mansion , purchased with 's movie earnings . By now , has descended into alcoholism and mental illness and treats with cruelty to punish her for stealing her spotlight . Later , when informs she may be selling the house , 's mental health begins to deteriorate further . During an argument , she removes the telephone from 's bedroom , cutting off from the outside world . Later , begins denying food , until she serves her dead parakeet on a platter — and , at a later meal , a rat that she killed in the cellar . 
 becomes obsessed with recapturing her childhood stardom and puts an advertisement in the paper for a pianist to accompany her singing . When leaves the house , tries to get the attention of her neighbor , Mrs. ( ) , by writing a note pleading for help and throwing it out her bedroom window . returns in time to notice the note and prevents Mrs. from seeing it . When reads the note , the two sisters quarrel again . 
 When 's caretaker ( ) comes to clean the house , pays her and gives her the day off , but when returns later on , abruptly fires her and sends her away . After goes to the bank to get some cash , comes back and finds that has locked in her room . When returns , Mrs. tells her she saw go into the house . confronts . Meanwhile , eccentric and cash - strapped ( ) sees 's newspaper advertisement and arrives at the mansion , where hires him as her accompanist . Desperate for cash , insincerely flatters and encourages her to revive her act . While drives home , searches the house for food and discovers has been forging her signature on checks . Desperate for help , crawls down the stairs and calls their doctor , telling him of 's erratic behavior and begging him to come to the house . returns in time to find on the phone and beats her unconscious before imitating her voice over the phone and telling the doctor not to come . She then binds and gags and locks her back in her upstairs bedroom . , still suspicious of , returns the next day and discovers in a weakened and starved state . Before she can rescue her , however , beats to death with a hammer and disposes of her body . 
 Days later , the police call upon the house and tell that her maid 's cousin has reported her missing . The panicked prepares to leave , taking with her . Before they can leave , shows up uninvited and drunk , and discovers in her bed , bound , gagged , and emaciated . flees to a drugstore where he notifies the authorities . 
 drives to the beach and reverts to her childhood self . Near death , confesses that her paralysis is her own fault : on the night of the accident , she had tried to run over because she was angry at her sister for mocking her , and ever since she has let believe she was to blame for her spine being severed when the car struck the iron gate of their house . Pathetically , asks , " You mean all this time we could have been friends ? " With childlike joy , goes to a beachside snack bar to get ice - cream cones for herself and her sister , and then succumbs completely to her insanity and dances before a crowd of puzzled onlookers , believing she is once again " Baby " , performing for her adoring fans . Two police officers , who have come to arrest for 's murder , see lying motionless in the sand and rush to her . The film ends here , without revealing whether has survived her ordeal .

In the midst of a series of gruesome murders , a young woman is killed inside her suburban Miami house by a grey - haired , wild - eyed man . He stabs her in the eye and hacks her leg off with a machete , bagging the leg before he leaves . At the police station the next day , detective investigates the killing , noting that it is the latest in a series of four murders by a homicidal maniac who has yet to leave any clues . The police chief advises him to continue to pursue the case . 
 At Fuad Ramses Catering store , wealthy socialite arrives , where she arranges for to cater a party for her daughter . agrees and tells Mrs. that the Egyptian feast that he is preparing has not been served for over 5,000 years . Mrs. wants the catering done in two weeks , and assures her that he will have enough time to procure the last of his needed ingredients . After Mrs. leaves , ventures to the back storage room where he has displayed a large gold statue of his " Egyptian goddess " . is preparing a " blood feast " – a huge vat containing the dead women 's body parts – that will ensure the goddess 's resurrection . That evening , teenagers and make out on a nearby beach . attacks them , subduing and slicing off the top of 's head . He removes her brain to serve as the latest ingredient . Thornton arrives on the scene with the police chief . After failing to obtain any useful information from the distraught , they interrogate 's mother , who can only tell that her daughter belonged to a book club . 
 Staking out a local motel , sees a drunken sailor drop his wife off at her room . knocks on the woman 's door and attacks her when she opens it . rips the woman 's tongue out through her throat as another ingredient to his " blood feast " . continues to investigate this latest killing , and discovers that the latest murder victim also belonged to a book club . 
 attends his weekly Egyptian studies lecture at the local university with his girlfriend , who happens to be . The lecturer tells them about the cult of , and describes how virginal women were sacrificed to the goddess on an altar as a blood offering to the Egyptian goddess . When the lecture is over , takes out for an evening drive . She becomes worried about the recent attacks and fears that a serial killer is loose in the area . Their date is interrupted by the car radio announcing that another victim has been found near death . drops home and races to the hospital . The police chief informs him that the maniac has struck again and hacked off the face of another woman named . questions in her hospital bed . Her face bandaged , tells the detectives that the man who attacked her was old , with wild eyes , and that he said something which sounded like " Etar " . then dies and ca n't shake the feeling that this word sounds familiar . receives a letter from requesting a copy of the book Ancient Weird Religious Rites , written by . calls 's home phone number and learns that she 's staying with . That afternoon , stakes out the residence , kidnaps from the grounds and takes her to his store . He whips her savagely and collects her blood , the final ingredient in his bloody potion . 
 With missing , Mrs. insists that the party continue . calls to inform her that he will be late . Meanwhile , arrives with the food that he has cooked at his store . Elsewhere , calls upon the college lecturer and gets more information about the cult of and 's book . He deduces that is the killer , since all the victims were women who personally called upon him to send them copies of his book . and the police race over to 's store and find 's chopped - up body in the back . tries to call to warn her , but cuts the phone line to the house . 
 At the party , 's meal is ready , but he first asks to come into the kitchen to help him . He has lie on a counter , which he makes his altar , and says a prayer to as he prepares to decapitate her with his machete as a final offering to his goddess . This takes forever because she ca n't take him seriously . interrupts just as he 's about to decapitate , and escapes as the police arrive . and the rest of the police chase through a nearby garbage dump , where he attempts to escape by climbing into the back of a departing garbage truck . The truck 's compact blades turn on and is crushed to death . The police stop the truck , noting that there 's not much left of . As puts it , " He died a fitting end , just like the garbage he was . "

In 1944 , Captain ( ) is head of the neuro - psychiatric Ward 7 at the Colfax Army Air Field military hospital , located in the Arizona desert . As he explains to a visiting VIP who wanders in : " We 're short of beds , doctors , orderlies , nurses , everything ... except patients . " He will use unconventional tactics to treat his patients and to recruit much needed personnel , as when he hijacks a new and very reluctant orderly , Corporal ( ) , a wheeler - dealer from New Jersey . promptly has the entire ward participating in a sing - along of " Old MacDonald Had a Farm . " 
 also takes great pains to court nurse Lieutenant ( ) on what she thinks is a date ... until he asks her to transfer to Ward 7 . Their ' date / fight ' is cut short by a phone call : Colonel ( ) has forced his way into Ward 7 looking for Dr. with a 6 - inch knife , because blocked his return to active duty after witnessing ' erratic behavior . After watching 's handling of this situation and other patients on the ward , transfers in . 
 treats shell - shocked , schizophrenic and catatonic patients , facing an especial challenge from the traumatized Corporal ( ) , an Eighth Air Force air gunner whose mind has been shattered by his war experiences . He is bedeviled by Colfax AAF 's " old - school " base commander , Colonel ( ) , who ultimately saddles him with a complement of injured Italian POWs because his is the only secure ward in the hospital . In addition , a flock of constantly straying sheep ( kept for the medical lab ) that find their way to the airfield and a set of feuding orderlies keeps life interesting right up to Christmas 1944 .

Gregory Peck, Angie Dickinson, Tony Curtis, Eddie Albert, Robert Duvall, Larry Storch, Bobby Darin

( ) is a young boy living in the Florida Keys who rescues and befriends a dolphin injured by a harpoon . His father , fisherman ( ) disapproves , as dolphins compete for fish , which jeopardizes the family income . He is also upset that , after befriending the dolphin , neglects his chores - especially those assigned by his Dad , repairing various items damaged by a dangerous hurricane , from which and escape at the beginning of the movie . 
 After " Flipper " ( as names his new friend ) recovers from the wound , the dolphin puts on a show to entertain the neighborhood children . , seeing Flipper as both a threat to his nets and fish and a distraction to 's assigned post - hurricane clean - up chores , lets the recovered Flipper swim out of the pen to the open sea , despite 's tearful pleadings to keep the pet he has come to love . 
 However , later , returns to the ' pen , much to 's delight , but devours 's entire catch of pompano , which were caught only thanks to guiding to the fish . The loss is keenly felt due to a red plague killing local fish in large numbers . harshly berates for allowing to jump into the holding pen of valuable fish waiting to go to market , " What 's wrong with you boy ? How old are you , 12 , almost in your teens ? Or are you a child who does n't have the sense to know what his next meal depends on ? " Reduced to tears , retreats to his bedroom as 's wife ( ) remonstrates that " he 's only a boy " . 
 Determined to make up for the loss , sets off to find more fish , and is led by to a large school of fish near a reef . Later , is rescued from a threatening shark by , and the grateful father draws closer to his son . is finally convinced that did indeed help find fish and that there are enough fish for both the local residents of the area and the dolphins .

Lawyer ( ) is given the task of playing matchmaker for the three daughters of his wealthy client ( ) .

Kirk Douglas, Mitzi Gaynor, Thelma Ritter, Gig Young, Leslie Parrish, Julie Newmar

( ) is ambitious and self - centered , the opposite of his deeply principled rancher father ( ) . Also living on the ranch is 's teenage nephew , ( ) , who looks up to both men but is most impressed by . and are attracted to the ' housekeeper , ( ) . Although she is attracted to , keeps her distance because she has been mistreated in the past by men like him . 
 After the sudden , inexplicable death of a cow on the ranch , sends to town to bring to the ranch for his opinion . , finding just in time to take the blame for 's tryst with a married woman , protests 's putting him in a dangerous situation as they return to the ranch , with driving over 's flowers as they arrive . At the dead animal , shoots several buzzards to scare the flock away against his father 's protestations that they keep the land clean and shooting them is illegal . states his immunity to laws that inconvenience him , setting the tone of his overall demeanor . is annoyed by his father 's decision to summon the state veterinarian , and suggests selling the animals to other ranchers before the news spreads ; otherwise , government agents will kill all the cattle and destroy everything they have worked for . He blames his father for not realizing that the cheap Mexican cattle were sick before he bought them . Adhering to his principles , ignores 's idea and waits for the veterinarian . Upon his arrival , the state veterinarian immediately issues a legally binding State Livestock Transfer Order directing the quarantine of the ranch for a possible foot - and - mouth disease outbreak . This freezes the movement of all livestock to or from the ranch , while they await the test results . Aware of the possibility of bankruptcy to the ranch , nevertheless complies . 
 One night , takes out and they prevail in a drunken barroom brawl . Back at the ranch he reflects on the past ( when he and 's father did the same thing ) , revealing his feelings about his brother 's death and his father 's coldness to him . When they enter the house confronts , accusing his son of trying to corrupt . They argue , with accusing of hypocrisy and resentment of him for 's death . replies that his disappointment in began before the accident ; cares about no one but himself , and is " not fit to live with " . Hurt and angry , retorts " My mama loved me , but she died " as he walks away . When tells that he was too harsh and other people act like him , replies that one day he will have to decide for himself what is right and wrong . 
 After learning from that is trying to seize the ranch , confronts . Infuriated by his eroded inheritance , threatens to have declared legally incompetent so he can take over the ranch . tells his son he will lose . He admits that he made mistakes raising , and was too hard on him . When accuses him of having a " shape up or ship out " policy , wonders aloud how a man like can be his son and storms off to his room . , drunk , goes outside and tries to rape before comes to her aid . 
 When the herd tests positive for foot - and - mouth disease , the veterinarian orders them to be killed and buried on the ranch under state supervision to keep the disease from spreading . points out that they could sell some oil leases to keep the ranch profitable , but refuses as he only has pride in cattle , despite his ruinous decision to purchase the Mexican cattle . 
 decides to leave the ranch . After drops her off at the bus station , sees her as she is waiting . He apologizes for his drunken assault but not his attraction to her , and he would remember her as " the one who got away " . Driving back to the ranch , sees his grandfather lying on the side of the road after a fall from his horse during a survey of the ranch . pulls up behind and , despite their efforts , he dies . 
 is repelled by his uncle 's treatment of and and leaves the ranch after his grandfather 's funeral , uncertain if he will ever return . When he tells to put his half of their inheritance in the bank , his uncle replies that now sees him as did . goes back into the house alone ; as he closes the door , the final fade - out is the window shade 's pull - ring swaying .

[ " Irma the Sweet " ] tells the story of ( ) , an honest cop , who after being transferred from the park Bois de Boulogne to a more urban neighborhood in Paris , finds a street full of prostitutes working at the Hotel Casanova and proceeds to raid the place . The police inspector , who is 's superior , and the other policemen , have been aware of the prostitution , but tolerate it in exchange for bribes . The inspector , a client of the prostitutes himself , fires , who is accidentally framed for bribery . 
 Kicked off the force and humiliated , finds himself drawn to the very neighborhood that ended his career with the Paris police - returning to Chez Moustache , a popular hangout tavern for prostitutes and their pimps . Down on his luck , befriends ( ) , a popular prostitute . He also reluctantly accepts , as a confidant , the proprietor of , a man known only as " . " In a running joke , ( ) , a seemingly ordinary barkeeper , tells of a storied prior life , claiming to have been , among other things , an attorney , a colonel , and a doctor , ending with the repeated line , " But that 's another story " . After defends against her abusive pimp , , moves in with her , and he soon finds himself as 's new pimp . 
 Jealous of the thought of being with other men , comes up with a plan to stop 's prostitution . But he soon finds out that it is not all that it is cracked up to be . Using a disguise , he invents an alter - ego , " Lord X " , a British lord , who " becomes " 's sole client . 's plans to keep off the streets soon backfire , and she becomes suspicious , since must work long and hard to earn the cash " Lord " pays . When decides to leave Paris with the fictitious Lord , decides to end the charade . Unaware he is being tailed by , he finds a secluded stretch along the river Seine , and tosses his disguise into it . , not having seen change his clothes , sees " Lord " 's clothes floating in the water , and concludes murdered him . Before is arrested , advises him not to reveal that Lord was a fabrication . He tells him , " The jails are full of innocent people because they told the truth . " admits to having killed Lord , but only because of his love for . 
 Hauled off to jail , but with in love with him , is sentenced to 15 years ' hard labor . Learning that is pregnant , escapes from prison , with 's help , and returns to . He narrowly avoids being recaptured when the police search for him in 's apartment , but donning his old uniform , simply blends in with the other police . With the help of , arranges for the police to search for him along the Seine from which , dressed as Lord , he emerges . Knowing he can not be re - arrested for a murder the police now know did not occur , rushes to the church , where he plans to marry . As she walks down the aisle , she begins to experience contractions , and they continue during the wedding ceremony . and barely make it through the ceremony before she goes into labor and delivers their baby . While and everyone else is occupied with , notices one of the guests sitting alone at the front of the church . Rising from his seat , and walking past , the guest is none other than Lord ! A clearly baffled looks at Lord X , and then at the audience . " But that 's another story " , he says .

" Smiler " Grogan ( ) , an ex - convict wanted by police in a tuna factory robbery fifteen years ago and currently on the run , careens his car off twisting , mountainous State Highway 74 near Palm Desert , California and crashes . Five motorists stop to help him : ( ) , a dentist ; ( ) , a furniture mover ; ( ) and ( ) , two friends on their way to Las Vegas ; and ( ) , an entrepreneur who owns Pacific Edible Seaweed Company in Fresno . Just before he dies ( literally kicking a bucket ) , tells the five men about $ 350,000 buried in Santa Rosita State Park near the Mexican border under " … a big W " . 
 Initially , the motorists try to reason with one another to share the money , but it soon becomes an all - out race to get the money first . Unbeknownst to them all , Captain ( ) , Chief of Detectives of the Santa Rosita Police Department , has been patiently working on the case for years , hoping to someday solve it and retire . When he learns of the fatal crash , he suspects that may have tipped off the passersby , so he has them tracked by various police units . His suspicions are confirmed by their behavior . 
 Everyone experiences multiple setbacks on their way to the money . and his wife ( ) charter an old WWI - era biplane and eventually make it to Santa Rosita , but are soon unknowingly locked in the basement of a hardware store by its owner ( ) . They eventually free themselves with dynamite . 
 and charter a modern plane at an aviation club , but when their wealthy alcoholic pilot ( ) knocks himself out drunk , the two are forced to fly and land the plane themselves . 
 , his wife ( ) , and his loud and obnoxious mother - in - law , Mrs. ( ) , are involved in a car accident with 's furniture van . The three flag down British Army Officer Lt . Col . ( ) in his car and convince him to drive them to Santa Rosita . After many arguments , most caused by Mrs. , she and refuse to go any farther , and and leave them by the side of the road in Yucca Valley . 
 tries to get motorist ( ) to take him to Santa Rosita , but the greedy betrays him and races for the money on his own , leaving stranded with only a little girl 's bike from his furniture van . An enraged catches up with at a gas station and assaults him as the gas station owners ( and ) try to stop him . escapes in his car while literally destroys the gas station . He then steals the station 's tow truck and takes off after . meets up with Mrs. and and picks them up . While in a town called Plaster City , Mrs. calls her devoted and powerfully built , but impulsive and dim - witted , son ( ) , who lives on Silver Strand Beach near Santa Rosita , to get the money for them , but misunderstanding and believing his mother is in trouble , he instead races to her in his car . 
 experiences his own setbacks , including sinking his car while trying to cross the Kern River and nearly drowning . He manages to steal a car belonging to a passing motorist ( ) by telling him he 's with the CIA and re - joins the hunt . All the while , and the police department observe their activities from afar . Around this time , two taxi drivers ( and ) get in on the chase in their Yellow Cabs . 
 Eventually all of the characters arrive at Santa Rosita State Park at about the same time and search for the big W. orders all policemen to leave the area and goes in solo to retrieve the money . , who wants no part of the money and does n't take part in the search , is the first one to spot the big W , composed of four palm trees growing in the shape of the letter " W " . finds it next and informs everyone else . After everyone digs up the money , identifies himself and talks them into turning themselves in , promising a jury will be more lenient if they do . 
 However , presumably disillusioned by the greed and reckless behavior of so many supposedly law - abiding people during the course of the day , now plans to take the money for himself and leave for Mexico to escape his own dysfunctional family and an apparently unappreciated career as an honest cop with a very small pension . The group sees fleeing with the money , realize what 's happening and give chase in the two cabs . When the chase becomes a foot pursuit , Chief ( ) , who had ( unbeknownst to ) blackmailed the mayor ( ) to triple 's pension , reluctantly tears up the pension papers and orders 's arrest . 
 After a long chase sequence , all eleven men end up stranded on the fire escape of a condemned office building . The suitcase of money opens , and the money falls into the streets below , where passersby near the building scoop it up . The men all try to climb down a fire truck 's extension ladder , even though the fireman ( ) tells them " one at a time " . Their combined weight causes the firemen to lose control of the ladder , whereupon it swings around wildly and flings them into various locations , causing many injuries and landing all of the men in the prison hospital wing . 
 The group , in various stages of traction , criticizes for taking the money , and he replies that his life has become even worse than before due to his attempted theft and it 's likely the other men will get off easy . Mrs. , flanked by and , enters , begins to berate everyone , and promptly slips on a banana peel . All men , except , start laughing hysterically .

Spencer Tracy, Milton Berle, Mickey Rooney, Ethel Merman, Sid Caesar, Phil Silvers, Dick Shawn, Terry-Thomas, Edie Adams, Jonathan Winters, Buddy Hackett, Dorothy Provine, Peter Falk

( ) , misinterpreting the prophecy given to him by the god ( ) , usurps the throne of Thessaly , killing King and most of his family . The god ( ) , disguised as ' soothsayer , holds back his army long enough for the infant to be spirited away by one of 's soldiers . slays one of the king 's daughters , ( ) , as she seeks sanctuary in the temple of the goddess ( ) . Because the murder has profaned her temple , the angry becomes 's protector . She warns to beware " of a man wearing one sandal " . 
 Twenty years later , ( ) saves from drowning ( orchestrated by ) , but loses his sandal in the river ; recognizes him from the prophecy . Learning that intends to find the legendary Golden Fleece , he encourages him , hoping will be killed in the attempt . 
 is brought to Mount Olympus to speak with and . tells him has decreed he can only call upon her for aid five times . She directs him to search for the Fleece in the land of Colchis . offers his direct aid , but declares he can organize the voyage , build a ship , and collect a crew of the bravest men in all Greece . 
 Men from all over Greece compete for the honor . Because their ship is named the Argo after her builder , ( ) , the crew are dubbed the Argonauts . Among them are ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , the son of , sent by his father to sabotage the voyage . 
 guides to the Isle of Bronze , but warns him to take nothing but provisions . However , steals a brooch pin the size of a javelin from a treasure building , surmounted by a giant statue of , which comes to life and attacks the Argonauts . again turns to , who tells him to open a large plug on ' heel , to release the giant 's bronze fluid , ichor . falls to the ground , crushing , hiding his body . refuses to leave until he ascertains the fate of his friend . The other Argonauts refuse to abandon , so calls upon again . She informs them that is dead and that will not continue on with them . 
 The Argonauts next reach the realm of King ( ) , who has been blinded and is tormented by harpies for his transgressions against the gods . In return for his advice on how to reach , the Argonauts render the harpies harmless by caging them , whereupon tells them to sail between the Clashing Rocks , which destroy any ship in the narrow channel , and gives an amulet . Arriving at the Clashing Rocks , the Argonauts witness another ship suffering that fate . When the Argo tries to row through , the ship appears doomed . throws ' amulet into the water , and the sea god rises up and holds the rocks apart so the Argo can pass them . The Argonauts rescue a survivor from the other ship , ( ) , high priestess of Colchis . 
 Challenging 's authority , engages him in a duel . Disarmed , jumps into the sea and disappears . and his men land in Colchis and accept an invitation from King ( ) to a feast . Unknown to them , has survived and warned of 's quest for their prized Golden Fleece . has the unwary Argonauts imprisoned , but , having fallen in love with Jason,[4 ] helps him and his men escape . 
 Meanwhile , tries to steal the Fleece , but is killed by its guardian , the Hydra . Following right behind , is able to kill the beast and retrieve the gift of the gods . , in pursuit , sows the Hydra 's teeth while praying to the goddess , producing a band of skeletal warriors . , together with and , hold off the skeletons while and escape back to the Argo with the Fleece . After a prolonged battle in which his companions are killed , escapes by jumping into the sea,[5 ] and he , , and the surviving Argonauts begin their voyage home to Thessaly . In Olympus , tells that in due time he will call upon again .

( ) is an itinerant handyman / jack - of - all - trades who stops at a farm in the Arizona desert to obtain some water for his car . There he sees several women working on a fence , very ineptly . The women , who speak very little English , introduce themselves as German , Austrian and Hungarian nuns . The mother superior , the leader of the nuns , persuades him to do a small roofing repair . He stays overnight , assuming that he will be paid in the morning . Next day , tries to persuade the mother superior to pay him by quoting Luke 10:7 , " The laborer is worthy of his hire . " Mother ( , called " Mother Maria " ) , responds by asking him to read another Bible verse from the Sermon on the Mount : " Consider the lilies of the field , how they grow ; they toil not , neither do they spin . And yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these . ” 
 Mother likes things done her way . The nuns have essentially no money and subsist by living off the land , on what vegetables the arid climate provides , and some milk and eggs . Even after being stonewalled when asking for payment , and after being persuaded to stay for a meal , and against his better judgment , agrees to stay another day to help them with other small jobs , always with the faint hope that Mother will pay him for his work . 
 As 's skills and strengths become apparent to the nuns , they come to believe that he has been sent by God to fulfill their dream of building a chapel for the townsfolk — who are Latino and impoverished — as the nearest church is miles away . 
 When Sunday comes , Mother informs that he will be driving the sisters to Mass in his station wagon . ( The nuns have no vehicle and thus ordinarily would walk the long distance to church . ) is invited to attend the Catholic Mass , celebrated by a roving priest not in a church but outdoors , but he declines because he is a Baptist . Instead , he takes the opportunity to get a proper breakfast from the trading post next door . In talking to the proprietor , ( ) , learns about the hardships that the nuns , led by the unyielding Mother , overcame to emigrate from Eastern Europe – over the Berlin Wall – only to barely scratch out a meager living on the farm that was willed to their order . humorously tells that he considers prayer and belief in religion a form of " insurance " , and suggests that is why is helping the nuns without being paid . 
 Though he has come to realize how unlikely it is that he will be paid , and partly out of respect for all the women have overcome , stays longer and finds himself driven to work on at least clearing the construction site for the chapel . He rationalizes that it would be too hard for the sisters to move the heavy beams . After losing another duel of Bible quotes with Mother , acknowledges that he has always wanted to be an architect , but could n't afford the schooling . His unfulfilled dream impels him to agree to undertake the ( unpaid ) job of building the sisters a chapel . 
 To earn money to buy some " real food " to supplement the spartan diet the nuns are able to provide him , gets a part - time job with the nearby construction contractor , ( director , uncredited ) , who is impressed that can handle nearly every piece of heavy equipment he owns . supplements the nuns ' diet as well , shopping for groceries to stock up their kitchen and delighting them with treats such as lollipops . 
 To pass the evenings , ( whom the nuns call " " ) helps the sisters improve their rudimentary English ( only Mother Maria speaks the language well enough to converse with him ) and joins them in singing . They share their different musical traditions with one another : their Catholic chants and his Baptist hymns . He teaches them to join him in the call - and - response song " Amen " by ( dubbed by in the film ) . 
 , determined that the building will be constructed to the highest standards , insists that the work be done by him and only him . Meanwhile , the nuns write letters to various philanthropic organizations and charities asking for money for supplies , but all their requests are denied . As word spreads about the endeavor , locals begin to show up to contribute materials and to help in construction , but rebuffs all offers of assistance in the labor . As he gains a larger and larger audience for his efforts , the locals , impressed with his determination , but no less dogged than he , will content themselves no longer with just watching . They find ways to lend a hand that can not easily turn down – the lifting of a bucket or brick , for example . Once the process is in motion , they end up doing as they intended , assisting in every aspect of the construction , as well as contributing materials . This greatly accelerates the progress , much to the delight of everyone but . 
 Even , who has long ignored Mother Maria 's pleas , finds an excuse to deliver some more materials . Almost overnight , finds that he 's become a building foreman and contractor . Enduring the hassles of coordinating the work of so many , the constant disputes with Mother Maria , and the trial of getting enough materials for the building , brings the chapel to completion , placing the cross on the spire himself and signing his work where only he and God will know . 
 It is the evening before the Sunday when the chapel is to be dedicated . All the work has been done and is exhausted . Now that there is nothing more to keep among them , Mother , too proud to ask him outright to stay , insists that he attend the opening Mass next day to receive proper recognition from the congregation . She speaks enthusiastically of all that " " still can do to aid the town , such as building a school . Making no reply to any of this , tricks Mother , as part of the night 's English lesson , into saying " thank you " to him . Until then , she stubbornly had thanked only God for the work , assistance , and gifts that had provided to the nuns . It is a touching moment between two strong personalities . 
 Later that evening , as he leads the nuns in singing " Amen " once again , slips out the door and , still singing the lead , the nuns ' voices chiming softly behind him , he takes one last look at the chapel he built . Mother hears him start up his station wagon , but remains stolidly in her seat , singing along with the rest of the sisters , as drives quietly off into the night .

The story centers on a group of big game hunters who travel to Malaysia .

Journalist ( ) thinks that the quickest way to a Pulitzer Prize is to uncover the facts behind a murder at a mental hospital . He convinces an expert psychiatrist to coach him to appear insane ; this involves relating imaginary accounts of incest with his " sister " , who is impersonated by his exotic - dancer girlfriend ( ) . convinces the authorities and is locked up in the institution where the murder took place . While pursuing his investigation , he is disturbed by the behavior of his fellow inmates . 
 The three witnesses to the murder were driven insane by the stresses of war , bigotry or fear of nuclear annihilation.[4 ] 
 After a hospital riot , is straitjacketed and subjected to shock treatment . begins imagining that his girlfriend really is his sister , and experiences many other symptoms of mental breakdown . He learns the identity of the killer and violently extracts a confession from him in front of witnesses and writes his story . His mind is critically damaged , however , and he has to stay in the hospital for an undefined period of time . breaks down crying as a doctor tells her that is now a " catatonic schizophrenic . "

Professor 's discovery of Flubber has not quite brought him or his college the riches he thought . The Pentagon has declared his discovery to be top secret and the IRS has slapped him with a huge tax bill , even if he has yet to receive a cent . He thinks he may have found the solution in the form of " Flubbergas , " ( the " son " of ) which can change the weather . His wife becomes fed up with all the stress and starts separating from him , and the professor 's old rival starts trying to woo her again . 's experiments continue , by making it rain inside people 's houses , as well as in 's car too while he 's driving , which causes him to get into an accident with a police car . It also helps Medfield College 's football team to win a game , but it also has one unfortunate side effect : It shatters glass , which eventually places on the lam from , who is planning to close Medfield College , and whose insurance company must pay the claims for the broken glass , traces the damage to and threatens legal action ( After rejects his offer to become partners in a glass company scam , hoping to use the money to save Medfield College ) . At home , his wife is jealous of the attention lavished on him by an old high school girlfriend setup by to get his hands on , but she dumps him after is arrested . 
 On trial , 's future seems hopeless as he is faced with the damage lawsuit , and a Prosecutor asking if he would return back to his classroom . Until a farmer shows the court that his crops grew extra large because of 's experiment , which the farmer names " Dry Rain " , and the professor is acquitted , and he and are reunited . 
 Driving in their flying car , said she is crazy about science to , and soon they share a kiss . In the last scene , the football - filled with flubber gas flies into outer space .

It is the dawn of the 20th century , and an elderly Chinese man rides a jackass into Abalone , Arizona , his only visible possession a fishbowl occupied by an innocuous - looking fish . This magical visitor , Dr. ( ) , visits ( ) newspaper and places a large ad for his traveling circus , which will play in Abalone for two nights only . 
 Though quiet , Abalone is not peaceful . Wealthy rancher ( ) has inside information that a railroad is coming to town and is scheming to buy up the place while the land is cheap . , who is also romantically pursuing the town 's librarian , ( ) , a beautiful young widow still grieving the death of her husband , opposes 's power grab . 
 After doing some research , visits the circus site that has sprung up at the edge of town and confronts with the fact that 's alleged hometown vanished centuries before . deflects 's questions and he " leaves in a cloud of befuddlement " . 
 That night there is a town hall meeting to discuss the proposition to sell all of the town to . It becomes apparent , largely through the obsequious deference paid to by Mayor , and the objection of old maid Mrs. to questions from and his love - interest , ( sitting nowhere near him ) , that greed has possessed most of the town 's citizens and they are just one step away from selling out . 
 Mr. 's premise for selling the town is that its 16 - mile long water supply pipe from a neighboring town is decaying and would be too expensive to replace . His answer to 's inquiry as to why he 's interested in the town , then , uses the analogy of her ability to turn a bad child into a good one ; he is a businessman and knows how to turn a bad venture into good . More detail he does not give . 
 introduces everyone to , a Navajo Indian who lives in " another city , close to our own " , and points out that the lives of its residents depend on 's continued existence . 
 Stark reluctantly allows the townspeople to ponder their choice " until Friday night " and the meeting is adjourned . 
 After the meeting , 's henchmen assault , and Dr. uses his magic to rescue him . 
 The next morning , as puts up posters around town advertising his circus , he is assisted by 's young son ( ) , who learns that the mysterious wanderer is 7,322 years old . 
 The circus opens . Along with the main cast , the gawkers include and his shrewish wife , and Mrs. , a foolish widow who clings to her self - image of a young beauty . uses his many faces to offer his wisdom to the visitors , only some of whom heed the advice . Mrs. has , to her dismay , her dark future pretold by of Tyana , a blind prophet who is cursed to tell the absolute truth , no matter how cruel and shocking it may be . tells her she will never be married and will live a lonely , meaningless existence , having accomplished so little she might as well have never lived at all . has a disquieting meeting with the Great Serpent , befriends the pathetic , and is aroused from her emotional repression by Pan 's intoxicating music . After turns the disbelieving to stone , calls an end to the proceedings as the guests flee . appears , restoring the woman to life , her experience causing a much - needed reformation in her character . 
 Later that night , visits and tries to get a job , displaying his novice juggling and conjuring skills . instead offers some advice and observations about the world ( " ... the whole world is a circus , if you know how to look at it ... " ) , which does n't understand , and claims to not understand either . 
 Meanwhile , during the show , 's two henchmen have destroyed the newspaper office . and his pressman discover the devastation , go drown their sorrows , then stagger back to learn that the damage has been magically repaired by . They rush out an abbreviated edition of the paper , which delivers in person to . 
 The next night ( in the tent which describes as being bigger on the inside than on the outside ) , stages his grand finale , a magic lantern show in which the mythical city of " Woldercan , " populated by doubles of the townfolk , is destroyed when it succumbs to temptation personified by ( as a sort of devilish tempter ) . The show ends in explosions and darkness , but as the house lights gradually come back up , the townsfolk find themselves now in a town meeting , voting on 's proposal . They reject it , and a redeemed tells them about the coming railroad while noting that they owe a debt of gratitude to . A dust - storm blows up , and as the townsfolk scatter , opens up to , finally admitting that she is in love with him . 
 's henchmen are confused by their boss ' apparent change of character and decide to trash 's circus in a drunken spree , during which they break 's fishbowl . The inhabitant is revealed ( to the accompanying sound of bagpipes ) to be the Loch Ness Monster , which balloons to enormous size when exposed to the open air . After it chases the two thugs into the storm ( and temporarily grows seven heads to resemble the seven faces of the inhabitants of the circus ) , alerts Dr. and then helps conjure up a cloudburst to wet and shrink the beast back to its original size . 
 Morning comes and the circus is gone , leaving a red - colored circle on the desert floor . chases after a dust plume , which he thinks is made by , but only finds three wooden balls . He is able to juggle them expertly . The closing scene shows the disappearing Dr. riding his donkey over a nearby rise as his voice - over repeats his advice to from two nights earlier , reminding that the Circus of Dr. Lao is life itself , and everything in it is a wonder .

School is out and the teenagers head for the beach . All is well until millionaire ( ) comes around , convinced that the beachgoers are so senselessly obsessed with sex that their mentality is below that of a primate – especially 's wunderkind pet chimp , who can surf , drive , and watusi better than anyone on the beach . With the teenagers demoralized and discredited , plans to turn Bikini Beach into a senior citizens retirement home . 
 Meanwhile , foppish British rocker and drag racer , better known as " The Potato Bug " ( played by in a dual role ) , has taken up residence on Bikini Beach . Annoyed by 's reluctance to start their relationship towards marriage , becomes receptive to advances . In a jealous rage , challenges to a drag race , in hopes of winning back .

United States Air Force Brigadier General is commander of Burpelson Air Force Base , which houses the Strategic Air Command 843rd Bomb Wing , equipped with B-52 bombers and nuclear bombs . The 843rd is currently in - flight on airborne alert , two hours from their targets inside Russia . 
 General orders his executive officer , Group Captain of the UK Royal Air Force , to put the base on alert . also issues " Wing Attack Plan R " to the patrolling aircraft , one of which is commanded by Major . All of the aircraft commence an attack flight on Russia and set their radios to allow communications only through the CRM 114 discriminator , which is programmed to accept only communications preceded by a secret three - letter code known only to General . discovers that no war order has been issued by the Pentagon and tries to stop , who locks them both in his office . tells that he believes the Soviets have been using fluoridation of United States water supplies to pollute the " precious bodily fluids " of Americans . now realizes that is insane . 
 In the War Room at the Pentagon , General briefs President and other officers about how Plan R enables a senior officer to launch a strike against the Soviets if all superiors have been killed in a first strike on Washington , D.C. reports that his men are trying every possible three - letter CRM code to issue the stand - down order , but that could take over two days and the planes are due to reach their targets in about an hour . orders the Army chief to storm the base and arrest General . attempts to convince to let the attack continue , but refuses to be party to a nuclear first strike . Instead , he brings Soviet ambassador into the War Room , to telephone Soviet premier on the " hot line " . warns the Premier of the impending attack and offers to reveal the planes ' positions and targets so the Russians can protect themselves . 
 After a heated discussion in Russian with the Premier , the ambassador informs President that the Soviet Union has created a doomsday device , which consists of many buried bombs jacketed with " Cobalt - Thorium G " connected to a computer network set to detonate them automatically should any nuclear attack strike the country . Within two months after detonation , the Cobalt - Thorium G would encircle the earth in a radioactive " doomsday shroud " , wiping out all human and animal life , rendering the surface of the earth uninhabitable for 93 years . The device can not be dismantled or " untriggered " , as it is programmed to explode if any such attempt is made . When the President 's wheelchair - bound scientific advisor , former Nazi Dr. , points out that such a doomsday device would only be an effective deterrent if everyone knew about it , replies that the Russian Premier had planned to reveal its existence to the world the following week . 
 Meanwhile , United States Army forces arrive at Burpelson , still sealed by 's order , and soon take over the base . kills himself , while identifies 's CRM code from his desk blotter ( " OPE , " a variant of both Peace on Earth and Purity of Essence)[4 ] and relays this code to the Pentagon . Using the recall code , SAC successfully recalls all of the aircraft except one . No one in the War Room knows that a surface - to - air missile has ruptured the fuel tank of that plane and destroyed its communications device , making it impossible to recall this particular plane even with the correct recall code . 
 discloses the plane 's target to help the Soviets find it , but Major , his fuel dwindling , has selected a closer target . As the plane approaches the new target , the crew is unable to open the damaged bomb bay doors . Major enters the bomb bay and repairs the broken electric wiring , whereupon the doors open . With straddling it like a rodeo bull , the bomb falls and detonates . 
 In the War Room , Dr. recommends that the President gather several hundred thousand people to live in deep mineshafts where the radiation will not penetrate . He suggests a 10:1 female - to - male ratio for a breeding program to repopulate the Earth when the radiation has subsided . , worried that the Soviets will do the same , warns about a " mineshaft gap . " Dr. comes out of his wheelchair and loudly announces that he can walk again . Just then the doomsday device kicks into operation and the film ends with a montage of nuclear detonations , accompanied by version of the World War II - era song " We 'll Meet Again " .

dr. strangelove or: how i learned to stop worrying and love the bomb

Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, James Earl Jones

During a VIP visit to the headquarters of the Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) , at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha , Nebraska , the Air Force 's early warning radar indicates that an unidentified aircraft has intruded into American airspace . Shortly after , the " intruder " is identified as an off - course civilian airliner and the alert is cancelled , but a computer error causes one American bomber group to receive orders for an attack on Moscow . Attempts to rescind this order fail because a new Soviet countermeasure jams American radio communications . With his orders apparently confirmed , Colonel ( ) , the US bomber group 's commander , commands the group to continue to their target . 
 The President of the United States ( ) and his advisers attempt to recall the group or shoot them down . Communications are opened with the Soviet Chairman in which mistakes on both sides ( the orders to the American bombers , and the Soviet jamming ) are acknowledged . The jamming ceases , but the crew follows their training in dismissing the counter - orders they receive as a Soviet ruse . 
 The President struggles to find a resolution that will stop the Soviet Union from counterattacking ; if he fails , an all - out nuclear holocaust will be unavoidable . He offers to sacrifice an American target to appease the Soviets , and he orders an American bomber towards New York City . The President 's advisers in the Pentagon discover that in doing so , the President is sacrificing the First Lady , who is visiting New York City . 
 A single American bomber reaches Moscow and destroys it . The President orders General ( ) , whose wife and children live in New York , to make a corresponding nuclear attack on New York , using the Empire State Building as ground zero . After releasing the bombs , kills himself . The last moments of the film show images of people in New York going about their daily lives , unaware of the coming disaster .

Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Frank Overton, Dan O'Herlihy, Larry Hagman

While the Royal Australian Navy evacuates Salamaua in February 1942[2 ] ahead of a Japanese invasion , Commander ( ) coerces an old friend , American beachcomber ( ) , into becoming a coast watcher for the Allies . escorts to deserted Matalava Island to watch for Japanese airplanes . To ensure stays put , sees to it that his ship " accidentally " knocks a hole in 's launch while departing . rewards 's sightings ( once they are confirmed ) with directions to one of the whisky bottles hidden around the island . 
 finds a replacement watcher , but has to retrieve him from nearby Bundy Island . He unexpectedly finds Frenchwoman ( ) and seven young schoolgirls under her care stranded there . She informs him that the man he came for was killed in an air raid . reluctantly takes them back to with him . 
 There is no way to evacuate them safely . The fastidious and the slovenly , uncouth clash ; they call each other " Miss Goody Two Shoes " and " a rude , foul - mouthed , drunken , filthy beast " , respectively . He adjusts to her and her girls , however , and cares for her through what they mistakenly believe is a deadly snakebite . learns that had been a history professor before he fled civilization to the South Pacific . 
 The couple fall in love and arrange to be married by a military chaplain over the radio . Strafing by a Japanese airplane interrupts the ceremony . Since they have been detected , sends an American submarine to pick them up , but an enemy patrol boat shows up first . Leaving and the schoolgirls to make their way to the submarine in his dinghy , takes his now - repaired launch out to lure the Japanese vessel beyond the surrounding reef so the submarine can torpedo it . The Japanese sink his boat , but survives , and the submarine sinks the patrol boat .

Hollywood writer ( ) is shot and killed by Hungarian film producer Sir ( ) when he is caught fooling around with 's wife , ( ) . Later , passerby ( ) comes to the aid of a dazed woman ( ) wandering on a beach . She does n't remember much other than directions to 's residence . 
 The next morning , it all comes back to her : she is the reincarnation of . After getting over the shock , she convinces her best ( and only ) friend , ( ) , of her identity . All manner of complications arise as she first accepts the situation and then decides to take advantage of it , with 's reluctant help . 
 has changed his sex , but he can not change his ways , and eventually he gets murdered again , only to be reincarnated again , this time as a dog .

While driving his Dual - Ghia from Las Vegas to Los Angeles , lecherous , heavy - drinking pop singer ( ) is forced to detour through Climax , Nevada . There he meets the amateur songwriting team of ( ) , a gas station attendant , and piano teacher ( ) , a man easily given to jealousy . Hoping to interest in their songs , disables the " Italian " sports car and tells he will need to remain in town until new parts arrive from Milan . ( Dual - Ghia was actually an American marque , mating a Dodge frame , drivetrain , and engine with Italian coachwork . ) 
 invites to stay with him and wife ( ) , but becomes concerned when he learns the singer needs to have sex every night to avoid awakening with a headache . Anxious to accommodate but safeguard his marriage , provokes an argument with his wife that leads to fleeing in tears . He and then arrange for ( ) , a waitress and prostitute at a saloon on the edge of town called the Belly Button , to pose as 's wife and satisfy . 
 That evening after the three have dinner , plays his tunes for on the piano and requests a particular song . It is one she knows he wrote for his wife when trying to persuade her to marry him . Doing so , gets lost in emotion , as does , who has fallen a little for the dream of a domestic life that she does n't have . Under the influence of wine and song , starts thinking of as his wife and tosses out . He then spends the night with . 
 seeks shelter at the Belly Button , where earlier had gone to drown her sorrows . When she became drunk and rowdy , the manager deposited her in 's trailer to sleep . Hearing about the talents of and declaring himself eager " to shoot it out with her , " goes to the trailer and finds there and mistakes her for . A longtime fan , she succumbs to 's charms and allows him to seduce her , persuading him how perfect 's song would be for him at the same time . 
 meets the next morning and figures out the trick played on her . She gives 's money to , who needs it to leave Climax and start a new life . 
 A few nights later , is distraught knowing that intends to divorce him . Suddenly he hears singing one of his songs on coast - to - coast television . He is at a total loss as to how this could have happened . He wants an explanation , but simply orders him : " Kiss me , stupid . "

( ) steals $ 10,000 from her employer 's company safe and flees . She had used her charms on ( ) , a tax consultant , to get a clerical job without references . After changing her appearance and identity , she makes a quick trip to a horse stable in Virginia , where she keeps a horse named Forio , and then to Baltimore for a surprise visit to her mother , ( ) . Though seems to care more for a young neighbor named than she does for her own daughter , gives her money . 
 When ( ) , a wealthy widower who owns a publishing company in Philadelphia , sees on business , he learns of the robbery . He recalls from a previous visit . Unaware of this , applies for a job at 's company ; intrigued , he hires her as a typist , and they see each other socially . When has a panic attack during a thunderstorm , he hugs her and quietly kisses her . also has bad dreams and a phobia of the color red . 
 repeats her crime at ’s company , stealing a large sum of money and fleeing . tracks her down at the stable where she keeps Forio . Unexpectedly , he blackmails her into marrying him , much to the chagrin of 's former sister - in - law , ( ) , who has had an eye on him ever since her sister 's death . learns that he is spending extravagantly on and becomes suspicious . On her honeymoon cruise , admits to that she can not stand to be " touched by a man " . begins by respecting her wishes , but later , after days of frustration , he pulls her gown off , upsetting her . When he sees how frozen she is , he covers her with his robe and apologizes , but then rapes her . The next morning , she attempts to drown herself in the ship 's pool , but manages to save her . 
 Upon their return home , discovers that 's mother is still alive ; he hires a private investigator to find out all he can about the woman . Meanwhile , overhears that has " paid off " on 's behalf , so she mischievously invites to a party at 's house . There , a furious recognizes , but does not expose her after threatens to take his business elsewhere . When later admits to additional robberies , offers to pay back all her victims . 
 Invited to ride in a fox hunt , enjoys herself , but becomes perturbed when the hounds corner the fox and begin to pull it from its den . When another rider wearing a traditional scarlet coat comes into view , her phobia kicks in and she bolts on . After a wild gallop , the horse falls and suffers a catastrophic injury , forcing to shoot him . Crazed with grief , goes to 's office to rob his safe again , but this time , she can not bring herself to do it . surprises her and eggs her on to take the money , but still she can not . 
 He then takes to Baltimore to see her mother to extract the truth from her about 's past . It is revealed that was a prostitute . When attacks hysterically , 's long - suppressed memories suddenly surface . She remembers that when she was a child , a drunken sailor ( ) , one of 's clients , had tried to comfort her during a thunderstorm . , fearing he was molesting , attacked him . A fight ensued in which 's leg was injured , the source of her long - term limp . Frightened , struck the sailor with a fireplace poker and killed him . The red blood from his wound caused her phobia of that color . calmly admits everything , and she tells how she got and how much she has always loved her . Now understanding the source of her fears , asks what to do ; he lets her know that he is on her side and will defend her . She responds , " I do n't want to go to jail ; I 'd rather stay with you . "

In Edwardian London , 1910 , entertains a crowd as a one - man band when he senses a change in the wind . Afterwards , he directly addresses the audience , and gives them a tour of Cherry Tree Lane , stopping outside the family ’s home . returns home to learn from that has left their service after and ran away again . They are returned shortly after by Constable , who reveals the children were chasing a lost kite . The children ask their father to help build a better kite , but he dismisses them . Taking it upon himself to hire a new nanny , Mr. advertises for a stern , no - nonsense nanny . Instead , and present their own advertisement for a kinder , sweeter nanny . Mr. rips up the letter , and throws the scraps in the fireplace , but the remains of the advertisement magically float up , and out into the air . 
 The next day , a number of elderly , sour - faced nannies wait outside the ' home , but a strong gust of wind blows them away , and and witness a young nanny descending from the sky using her umbrella . Presenting herself to Mr. , calmly produces the children 's restored advertisement , and agrees with its requests , but promises the astonished banker she will be firm with his children . As Mr puzzles over the advertisement 's return , hires herself , and convinces him it was originally his idea . She meets the children , then helps them tidy their nursery through song , before heading out for a walk in the park . 
 Outside , they meet , working as a screever ; uses her magic to transport the group into one of the drawings . While the children ride on a carousel , and go on a leisurely stroll . later enchants the carousel horses , and participates in a horse race , which she wins . While being asked to describe her victory , announces the nonsense word " Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious " . However , the outing is ruined when a thunderstorm demolishes 's drawings , returning the group to London . 
 On another outing , the four meet Uncle , who has floated up in the air due to his uncontrollable laughter ; they join him for a tea party on the ceiling , telling jokes . 
 Mr. becomes annoyed by the household 's cheery atmosphere , and threatens to fire . Instead , inverts his attempt by convincing him to take the children to the bank for a day . Mr. takes and to the bank , where they meet Mr. and his son . Mr. aggressively attempts to have invest his tuppence in the bank , snatching it from him . demands it back , causing other customers to misinterpret , and all demand their own money back , causing a bank run . 
 and Michael flee the bank , getting lost in the East End until they run into , now working as a chimney sweep , who escorts them home . The three and venture onto the rooftops , where they have a song - and - dance number with other chimney sweeps , which spills out into the ' home . Mr. returns , and receives a phone call from his employers . He speaks with , who tells him he should spend more time with his children before growing up . Jane and give their father 's tuppence in the hope to make amends . 
 Mr. walks through London to the bank , where he is given a humiliating cashiering , and is dismissed . Looking to the tuppence for words , he blurts out " Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious ! " , tells one of Uncle 's jokes , and happily heads home . mulls over the joke , but finally " gets " it , and floats up into the air , laughing . 
 The next day , the wind changes , meaning must leave . A happier Mr. is found at home , having fixed his children 's kite , and takes the family out to fly it . In the park , the meet Mr. , who reveals his father died laughing from the joke , and re - employs Mr. as a junior partner . With her work done , flies away , with bidding her farewell , telling her not to stay away too long .

Set " Somewhere in the South Pacific " , 's gambling scheme backfires when he tries to raise lots of money for St Theresa ’s Orphanage through off - track horserace betting . Heavy bets on the horse " Silver Spot " leaves the crew owing a large sum to sailors and marines . A little while later when the crew is in New Caledonia and after Ensign is kissed by ( ) the lightheaded accidentally sets off a depth charge and destroys the dock and cargo of businessman ( ) , leaving the crew even more in debt . However , while on a reconnaissance mission to an island the crew comes across who was lost on the island after the horse was being moved from Australia . They decide to enter Silver Spot in a race in New Caledonia to win enough money to pay all their debts . Otherwise the only way to pay all their debts is for to marry his old flame ( ) , also known as , who owns a gambling parlor in New Caledonia ( but who would rather not marry ) . They try to disguise the horse with lots of heavy hair , but when the hair starts to come off during the race they decide to use a smoke screen from the 73 to keep anyone from seeing too much . However , this made it impossible for the racetrack authorities to know who won . But the smokescreen also caused a Japanese submarine to be captured by the 73 . In the end is so grateful for saving his town from a Japanese attack he forgives the debt . The crew also gets a reward for rescuing Silver Spot which just happened to be enough to pay the sailors and marines . While all this was going on the Pt-73 crew was dogging ( ) and his aide ( ) . And just as they were leaving New Caledonia the bashful is kissed by and again the lightheaded sets off another depth charge which destroys Le Clerc 's dock and cargo again . But rather than marry to pay for the new damage , and crew immediately scramble to get out of New Caledonia .

In Edwardian London , Professor ( ) , a scholar of phonetics , believes that the accent and tone of one 's voice determines a person 's prospects in society . In Covent Garden one evening , he boasts to a new acquaintance , Colonel ( ) , himself an expert in phonetics , that he could teach any person to speak in a way that he could pass them off as a duke or duchess at an embassy ball . selects as an example a young flower seller , ( ) , who has a strong Cockney accent . 's ambition is to work in a flower shop , but her thick accent makes her unsuitable . Having come from India to meet , is invited to stay with the professor . The following morning , shows up at ' home , seeking lessons . is intrigued and offers to cover all expenses if the experiment should be successful . 
 's father , ( ) , a dustman , shows up three days later , ostensibly to protect his daughter 's virtue , but in reality simply to extract some money from , and is bought off with £ 5 . is impressed by the man 's honesty , his natural gift for language , and especially his brazen lack of morals . recommends to a wealthy American who is interested in morality . goes through many forms of speech training , such as speaking with marbles in her mouth , enduring ' harsh approach to teaching and his treatment of her personally . She makes little progress , but just as she , , and are about to give up , finally " gets it " ; she instantly begins to speak with an impeccable upper class accent . 
 As a test , takes her to Ascot Racecourse , where she makes a good impression initially , only to shock everyone by a sudden lapse into vulgar Cockney while cheering on a horse . , who dislikes the pretentiousness of the upper class , partly conceals a grin behind his hand . He next has pose as a mysterious lady at an embassy ball where she dances with a foreign prince . At the ball is ( ) , a Hungarian phonetics expert trained by . After a brief conversation with , he certifies that she is not only Hungarian , but of royal blood , declaring her to be a Princess . 
 After all the effort she has put in , however , 's actions are barely acknowledged , with all the praise going to . This , and his callous treatment towards her afterwards , especially his indifference to her future , causes her to throw ' slippers at him , and to walk out on him , leaving him mystified by her ingratitude . Accompanied by ( ) , a young man she met at Ascot and who is charmed by her , makes an attempt to return to her old life , but finds that she no longer fits in . She meets her father , who has been left a large fortune by the wealthy American to whom had recommended him , and is resigned to marrying 's stepmother . feels that has ruined him , since he is now bound by morals and responsibility . kindly refuses an invitation to the wedding and eventually ends up visiting ' mother ( ) , who is outraged at her son 's behaviour . 
 The next day , finds gone and searches for her , eventually finding her at his mother 's house . attempts to talk into coming back to him . He becomes angered when announces that she is going to marry and become 's assistant . He makes his way home , stubbornly predicting that she will come crawling back . However , he comes to the realization that he has " grown accustomed to her face . " returns to his study to lament his loneliness . As he listens to 's recorded voice , she reappears in the doorway behind him , turning off the recording and saying in her old Cockney accent , " I washed my hands and face before I come I did . " looks surprised then pleased before asking for his slippers once more as smiles on behind him , leaving the audience to decide what happens next .

Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Stanley Holloway

Commander , USN ( ) and Colonel , USAF ( ) reach the Red Planet in their spaceship , Mars Gravity Probe 1 . They are forced to use up their remaining fuel in order to avoid an imminent collision with a large orbiting meteoroid ; they descend in their one - man lifeboat pods , becoming the first humans on Mars . 
 eventually finds a rock face cave for shelter . He figures out how to obtain the rest of what he needs to survive : he burns some coal - like rocks for warmth and discovers that heating them also releases oxygen . This allows him to refill his air tanks with a hand pump and to move around in the thin Martian atmosphere . On one of his excursions , he finds 's crashed pod and dead body . 
 He also finds their monkey alive . Later , he notices that keeps disappearing and is uninterested in their dwindling supply of food and water . He gives her a salty cracker , but no water . When gets thirsty , he lets her out and follows her to a cave where he finds a pool of water in which edible plant " sausages " grow . 
 As the days grow into months , slowly begins to crack from the prolonged isolation , at one point imagining an alive , but unspeaking , appearing in his cave . He also watches helplessly as his mothership , an inaccessible " supermarket " , periodically orbits overhead ; without fuel , the spaceship can not respond to his radioed order to land . 
 While walking about , comes upon a dark rock slab standing almost upright . Curious , he digs in the ground around it , exposing a skeletal hand and arm wearing a black bracelet . He uncovers the rest of the humanoid skeleton and determines that the alien was murdered ; the front of the skull shows heavy charring . To hide his presence on Mars , signals his low - orbiting mothership to self - destruct on its next overhead pass . 
 Not long after , sees a spaceship descend and land just over the horizon . Believing it might be a rescue ship from Earth , he heads towards the landing site the following morning , only to see alien spacecraft darting about in the sky . He approaches cautiously and sees human - looking slaves being used for mining by equally human - shaped captors wearing spacesuits , helmets , and bearing weapons . One of the slaves ( ) escapes , running into ; an alien spaceship blasts their area as the two escape . notices the stranger is wearing black bracelets just like the one he found in the grave . The aliens bombard the mine area that night and then depart . Later , when he and the stranger investigate , they find the dead bodies of the other slaves . 
 names his new acquaintance " , " after the character in Robinson Crusoe , and begins teaching him English . In return , shares his " air pills " , which provide oxygen ; they gradually grow to trust and then like each other . 
 After a while , the alien spacecraft return , tracking by his bracelets . begins sawing away at the tough material with a wire hacksaw . When the aliens blast the castaways ' hiding place , , , and flee north through the underground Martian canals . They eventually surface near the polar icecap . Exhausted , freezing , and nearly out of the air pills , they build a snow shelter . finally succeeds in cutting off Friday 's bracelets shortly before the low - orbiting meteoroid crashes into the ice cap ; the resulting explosion and firestorm melts the ice and snow , saving them from freezing to death . 
 Later , detects an approaching spaceship . He fears it is the aliens , but is relieved when his portable radio picks up an English - speaking voice . A rescue capsule descends . Later , Mars recedes in the distance as the film credits scroll .

( ) , a hypochondriac , lives with his wife ( ) in the suburbs . learns from the milkman that their neighbors , the , are getting a divorce , and shares the news with . 
 Over lunch , is appalled as a bachelor acquaintance , ( ) , gleefully describes how he contacts women who are getting divorced and pretends to console them , hoping to seduce them while they are vulnerable . 
 visits his doctor after experiencing chest pains . He overhears his doctor , ( ) , discussing a patient who has just a few weeks to live . assumes that is talking about him and is distraught . On the train home he tells his friend , ( ) , that he will die soon . He has decided not to tell , knowing it will upset her . solemnly assures that he will deliver the eulogy at his funeral . 
 That night , dreams about Judy marrying , an irresponsible young deliveryman more interested in her inheritance than love . He visits a funeral home operated by Mr. ( ) to buy a burial plot . He decides to find a new husband and asks to help him . 
 On a golf outing , 's golf cart malfunctions and she is saved by her old college beau ( ) , now a Texas oil baron . agrees with that would be a great husband for . During an evening out , forces to dance and talk with . When runs into the newly divorced ( ) , who is there with , he takes her to the coat room and warns her about 's intentions . She thanks him and kisses him in gratitude . When sees them , she storms out , thinking that he is pushing her to spend time with so that he can have an affair with . then tells that he is dying . 
 Upset , insists that use a wheelchair . But when she sees Dr. and he tells her that is fine , she thinks is lying to wriggle out of the consequences of his affair . She rolls him out of the house and locks him out , announcing her intention to divorce him . spends the night at 's house , during which time 's various demands and idiosyncrasies cause to strike , one by one , many of the complimentary remarks about he had planned on making in his eulogy . , in desperation , asks for advice on how to stop from leaving him . insists that , although he is innocent , must pretend to confess to that he has had an affair , assure her it is over , and beg for forgiveness . 
 The next day leaves to buy a train ticket . follows her to the train station , where , following 's advice , he makes up a story about an affair he had with ( a name he has made up ) and shows the stub from the $ 1000 check , made out to " , " he had given " " to leave him and go away to New York . The scheme fails utterly when will not forgive him . She goes home to get her bags . There Mr. happens to drop by to deliver the burial contracts for 's and 's plots and shows her 's $ 1000 check , made out to " . " She then realizes had made up the story only so he could surprise her with the purchase of the cemetery plots . When arrives at the house , she lovingly forgives him .

The story is set in the early 1970s , ten years in the future at the time of the film 's 1964 release , and the Cold War is still a problem ( in the 1962 book , the setting was May 1974 after a stalemated war in Iran ) . U.S. President has recently signed a nuclear disarmament treaty with the Soviet Union , and the subsequent ratification by the U.S. Senate has produced a wave of dissatisfaction , especially among 's opposition and the military , who believe the Soviets can not be trusted . 
 A Pentagon insider , United States Marine Corps Colonel ( the Director of the Joint Staff ) , stumbles on evidence that the Joint Chiefs of Staff , led by the charismatic Air Force General , intend to stage a coup d'etat to remove and his cabinet in seven days . Under the plan a secret Army unit known as ECOMCON ( Emergency COMmunications CONtrol ) will seize control of the country 's telephone , radio , and television networks , while Congress is prevented from implementing the treaty . Although personally opposed to 's policies , is appalled by the plot and alerts , who gathers a circle of trusted advisors to investigate : Secret Service White House Detail Chief , Treasury Secretary , advisor , and U.S. Senator of Georgia . 
 uses the pretense of a social visit to General 's former mistress to ferret out potential secrets that can be used against Scott , in the form of indiscreet letters . Meanwhile , the alcoholic is sent to Fort Bliss near El Paso , Texas , to locate the secret base , and leaves for the Mediterranean to obtain a confession from Vice Admiral , who declined to participate in the coup . gets the confession in writing , but is killed when his return flight crashes , while is taken captive when he reaches the secret base . However , convinces the base 's deputy commander , Colonel   – a friend of Casey 's and not party to the coup   – to help him escape . They reach Washington , DC , but is abducted during a moment apart from . 
 calls to the White House to demand that he and the other plotters resign . initially denies the existence of the plot , but then tacitly admits to it while denouncing the treaty . argues that a coup in America would prompt the Soviets to make a preemptive strike . maintains that the American people are behind him . is on the verge of confronting with the letters obtained from 's mistress when he decides against it and allows to leave . 
 meets the other three Joint Chiefs , demanding they stay in line and reminding them that does not seem to have concrete evidence of their plot . Somewhat reassured , the others agree to continue the plan to appear on television and radio simultaneously on the next day to denounce . However , first holds a press conference , at which he demands the men 's resignations . As he is speaking 's hand - written confession , recovered from the plane crash , is handed to him . Copies are given to and the other plotters , who have no choice but to call off the coup . The film ends with an address by to American people on the country 's future .

Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, Fredric March, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Martin Balsam

( ) visits Istanbul , where she sees a traveling fair featuring replicas of treasures from the Topkapı Palace . Next she cases the Topkapi , fascinated by the emerald - encrusted dagger of Sultan Leaving Turkey , she recruits her ex - lover , Swiss master - criminal ( ) , to plan a theft of the dagger . They engage ( ) , master of all things mechanical ; , " The Human Fly " ( ) , a mute acrobat ; and the burly ( ) , who will provide the muscle needed for the job . 
 and then hire small - time hustler ( ) to drive a car into Turkey to transport hidden explosives and firearms for use in the burglary . Turkish Customs search the car , find the firearms , and conclude that the gang are plotting an assassination . They then recruit to spy on and . , picking up the car in Istanbul , is told a police ruse that only the " importer " is permitted to drive it in Turkey . While traveling with the gang , leaves notes for his police handlers , but most of his intelligence is worthless . 
 ' hands are injured in a scuffle with the drunken cook , ( ) , and is engaged as a substitute , prompting him to confess that the police are watching them . arranges to give the police the slip . That evening , , , and steal the dagger and leave a replica in its place . Unnoticed by the thieves , during the robbery a bird flies through the window they entered and is trapped inside the room when the window is closed . 
 The gang deliver the dagger to ( ) , proprietor of the traveling fair display , who will smuggle it out of the country . The gang members then go to police headquarters to " reveal " their discovery of weapons in the car . The inspector asks to vouch for and 's whereabouts that day . backs up their alibi ; however , the inspector learns that the Topkapi alarm was triggered by the trapped bird . 's notes to the police provide a connection between the gang and 's replicas of the Topkapi treasures . 
 Ultimately , the gang is seen in a Turkish prison , where begins to tell them of her fascination with the Russian Imperial Crown Jewels in the Kremlin . The end title sequence shows them apparently escaped from jail some time later and walking in snow by a Russian city .

A singer , ( ) , is unwittingly being used for publicity stunts for her latest album by her agent ( ) , for example , faking a skydiving stunt , actually performed by ( ) . Meanwhile , ( ) , ( duped into thinking he rescued ) , takes up skydiving at 's prompting ; she secretly wants to make her boyfriend ( ) jealous . This , of course , prompts Dee Dee ( ) to also try free - falling . ( ) and his Malibu Rat Pack bikers also show up , with falling madly in love with . To top all this , ( ) falls in love with a mermaid ( ) . Eventually , " puts the snatch " on . The film takes a The Perils of Pauline - like twist , with the evil South Dakota Slim ( ) kidnapping and tying her to a buzz - saw .

On a lonely highway , spots a car stopped on the tracks of a railroad crossing . Inside he finds a sleeping or unconscious woman with the car doors locked . Unable to wake her , smashes a window and drives the car to safety just ahead of a speeding train . 
 Identifying her from a driver 's license as , the wife of Beverly Hills millionaire , he drives her to their mansion . is a systems analyst for Benson Industries , widely admired throughout the company for his intelligence . When she wakes up , makes it clear that she had parked the car on the tracks on purpose , a suicide attempt , and resents for saving her . declines a $ 1,000 reward . 
 Impressed that he did n't rescue her for his own advancement , the hard - drinking and wild - partying recruits him for a scavenger hunt , then begins a romantic affair with him . When the relationship turns serious , begins to sully 's reputation at work , making it appear the valued employee is having a nervous breakdown , similar to one from his youth . Dr. , a therapist , is asked to examine and finds him to have a volatile personality . 
 wants to leave her husband , but makes it clear he wo n't permit her to take their young child . hatches a diabolical plot . He will kill , but not before studying how to give the appearance of insanity , so that he will be sentenced to a psychiatric institution rather than to the gas chamber for murder . 
 The scheme works . Dr. 's testimony lands in a sanitarium rather than a prison cell . 's intention is to gradually prove to doctors that he is safe to be released back into society . In the weeks to come , however , the other inmates ' behavior drives slowly out of his mind . And when he finally is visited by , he discovers to his horror that she now has another man in her life . 
 A desperate plans to escape . He confides in Dr. , now believing her to be the only one who truly understands him , and even professes his love for her . The doctor , however , is only making sure that she was correct in her assessment that is unbalanced . Hospital security guards carry him away .

, who wants to be a schoolteacher , is returning home from boarding school by train to ( fictional ) Wolf City , Wyoming , to the ranch of her father , . On the way , she unwittingly helps accused cattle rustler elude his captor , Sheriff , when 's Uncle , a drunkard disguised as a preacher , distracts the lawman . 
 Arriving home , learns that the Wolf City Development Corporation is scheming to take the ranch from her father , whose sole defender is his ranch hand , educated Native American . and appear and reluctantly offer to help , and she hires legendary gunfighter to help protect her father from gunslinger , the hired killer who is threatening him . 
 arrives , and proves to be a drunken bum whose pants fall down when he draws his gun , and who is unable to hit a barn when he shoots . kills , and when the townspeople refuse to bring to justice , becomes a revenge - seeking outlaw known as . She and her gang rob a train carrying the Wolf City payroll , then take refuge in " Hole - in - the - Wall " , where desperados go to hide from the law , but are thrown out when it is learned what they have done , since Hole - in - the - Wall can only continue to exist on the sufferance of Wolf City . , inspired by his caring affection for , works himself into shape , dresses up in his finest gunfighting outfit , and goes into town to kill , casually revealing later that is his brother . 
 poses as a prostitute and confronts Sir , the head of the Wolf City Development Corporation . A struggle ensues , Sir is killed , and is sentenced to be hanged . With Sir dead , there 's no hope for Wolf City 's future , and the townspeople have no mercy for . As the noose is placed around her neck , Uncle appears , again dressed as a preacher , and cuts the rope just as the trapdoor is opened . falls through and onto a wagon and her gang spirits her away in a daring rescue .

Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Dwayne Hickman, Michael Callan, Nat King Cole, Stubby Kaye

The film takes place mostly against a backdrop of the pre - World War I years , World War I itself , the Russian Revolution of 1917 , and the Russian Civil War . A narrative framing device , set in the late 1940s or early 1950s , involves KGB Lieutenant General ( ) searching for the daughter of his half brother , Doctor ( ) , and ( " " ) ( ) . believes a young woman , ( ) , may be his niece and tells her the story of her father 's life . 
 After the burial of his mother in rural Russia , the orphaned is taken in by his mother 's friends in Moscow : ( ) and ( ) , and their daughter ( ) . 
 In 1913 , , as a medical student in training , but a poet at heart , meets as she returns to Moscow after a long trip to Paris . , only 17 , is involved in an affair with the older and well - connected ( ) , a friend of her mother 's ( ) . One night , the idealistic reformer ) ( ) drifts into left - wing extremism after being wounded by sabre - wielding dragoons during a peaceful demonstration . runs to , whom he wants to marry , to treat his wound . He asks her to hide a gun he picked up at the demonstration . 
 's mother discovers her affair with and attempts suicide . summons help from his physician ( ) , 's former professor , whom he accompanies back to 's home to treat her mother . When learns of 's intentions to marry , he tries to dissuade , and then rapes her . In revenge , the humiliated takes the pistol she has been hiding for and shoots at a Christmas Eve party , wounding him . insists no action be taken against , who is escorted out by . tends 's wound . Although enraged and devastated by 's affair with , marries , and they have a daughter named . 
 During World War I , is sent by the Bolsheviks to subvert the Imperial Russian Army . is reported missing in action following a daring charge attack on German forces . enlists as a nurse to search for him . is drafted and becomes a battlefield doctor . 
 During the February Revolution in 1917 , enlists 's help to tend to the wounded . Together they run a field hospital for six months , during which time radical changes ensue throughout Russia as arrives in Moscow . Before their departure , and fall in love , but remains true to , who is now his wife . 
 After the war , returns to his wife , son , and ( has since died ) , whose house in Moscow has been divided into tenements by the new Soviet government . , now a member of the Cheka , informs him his poems have been condemned by Soviet censors as antagonistic to Communism . arranges for passes and documents in order for and his family to escape from the new political capital of Moscow to the far - away Gromeko estate at Varykino , in the Ural Mountains . , , , and board a heavily guarded cattle train , at which time they are informed that they will be travelling through contested territory , which is being secured by the infamous Bolshevik commander named . 
 While the train is stopped early one morning , wanders away . He stumbles across the armoured train of sitting on a hidden siding . is summoned before , whom he recognizes as the former . During a tense interview , informs that his estranged wife is now living in the town of Yuriatin , then occupied by the anti - Communist White Army forces . He permits to return to his family , although it is hinted by 's right - hand man that most people interrogated by end up being shot . 
 The family lives a peaceful life in a cottage at the estate until finds in nearby Yuriatin , at which point they surrender to their long - repressed feelings . When becomes pregnant , breaks off with , only to be abducted and conscripted into service by Communist partisans . 
 After two years , at last deserts and trudges through the deep snow to Yuriatin where he finds . tells that had discovered her while searching for him , and that his family is now in Moscow . She reveals a sealed letter had mailed to 6 months ago to give to : , her father , and their children are being deported and will live in Paris . and renew their relationship . 
 One night , arrives and informs them they are being watched by the due to 's connection by marriage to and 's " counter - revolutionary " poetry and desertion . offers and his help in leaving Russia . They refuse . Instead , they return to the abandoned estate , taking up residence in the banned main house , where begins writing the " " poems . These will later make him famous but also incur government displeasure . reappears and tells that was captured only five miles away while apparently returning to , but then committed suicide en route to his own execution . Therefore , is in immediate danger of execution herself , as the had only left her free to lure out of hiding . sends and away with , who has been appointed a government official in the nominally independent Far Eastern Republic of the early 1920s . Refusing to accompany a man he despises , remains behind to face his fate . 
 Years later , finds a sick and destitute in Moscow during the Stalinist era and gives him a new suit and a job . While riding a tram , spots a woman he surely thinks is walking on a nearby street . Unable to call her from the tram , struggles to get off at the next stop . runs after her but suffers a fatal heart attack before he can even signal to her , and the woman walks away oblivious to 's presence . 's funeral is well attended , a surprise to as 's poetry was officially " unobtainable at the time " . approaches at the funeral and reveals she had given birth to 's daughter , but lost her in the collapse of the - controlled government in Mongolia . After vainly looking over hundreds of orphans with 's help , disappears during Great Purge of the late 1930s , and " died or vanished somewhere ... in one of the labour camps " , according to . 
 While strongly feels that is and 's daughter , he is still not convinced . But as leaves , notices that she carries a balalaika , an instrument that 's mother was especially gifted at playing . Questioning her further , he learns that is self - taught — in fact , her fiancé proclaims her an ' artist ' with the balalaika . smiles , " Ah . Then it 's a gift " , thereby implying she truly must be and 's daughter after all .

Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Rod Steiger, Geraldine Chaplin, Tom Courtenay, Alec Guinness

plays the titular mad scientist who , with the questionable assistance of his resurrected flunky , builds a gang of female robots who are then dispatched to seduce and rob wealthy men . ( 's name reflects his and his robots ' choice in footwear . ) and play the bumbling heroes who attempt to thwart 's scheme . The film 's climax is an extended chase through the streets of San Francisco .

When two mischievous teens ( ) and ( ) are home alone with 's younger sister ( ) , they amuse themselves by randomly dialing telephone numbers asking prank questions , telling whomever answers : " I saw what you did , and I know who you are . " places a call to ( ) , a man who has recently murdered his wife , ( ) and disposed of her body in the woods . Believing he has been found out , he decides to track down the caller to silence her . 
 's neighbor ( ) is in love with him and has been trying to woo him away from his wife . She finds out about the murder . fatefully decides to get a look at because she was intrigued by his voice and takes an increasingly frightened and in her parent 's car to 's address . discovers and chases her off , thinking she 's preventing from meeting with a younger lover but inadvertently saving the girl from being murdered by , who has seen her and grabbed a knife . also snatches 's mother 's car registration from the car seat before drives away , and gives it to , telling him to keep it as a souvenir , his last " Suzette " ( meaning involving himself with a much younger woman like his deceased wife ) . tries to blackmail him into marrying her , telling him she knows about his wife , but he stabs her to death after they have a drink . 's mother 's identification has the family address and phone number , which then uses to track down the girls . He calls asking if her parents are home . She innocently answers no , and he sets out to her home . 
 During this time the parents have been unable to contact the girls by phone . A policeman arrives at 's home to investigate just after the girls arrive at the house . swears to secrecy over their misadventure . 's father arrives to take her home . While he drives her home , the car radio announces that a woman 's body was found in the woods with a description of the man seen leaving the burial site . 
 enters the home and questions and about the call . convinces him it was just a prank . He returns her mother 's identification and leaves but waits outside . calls and describes . tells her that he matches the description of the killer just reported on the radio . overhears this and enters to silence and but they evade him . tells her father and he calls the police . tries to escape but can not start her parents ' car . emerges from the back seat and starts to strangle , but he is shot by a police officer . and return to their home to await their parents ' return from Santa Barbara .

During the American Civil War , Union cavalry officer Major ( ) has been relieved of his command for an unspecified tactical error at the Battle of Gettysburg ( it is implied that he showed too much initiative ) and sent to head a prisoner - of - war camp in the New Mexico Territory . After a family of ranchers and a relief column of cavalry are massacred by an Apache war chief named ( ) , , seizes the opportunity for glory , sends out his scout ( ) to locate and begins raising his own private army . He attempts to recruit Confederate prisoners led by his former friend turned rival from West Point , Captain ( ) . bears a grudge against and refuses his request . Before the war , cast the deciding vote in 's court - martial from the U.S. Army prior to the American Civil War for participating in a duel , leading to 's dismissal from the service and his later becoming an officer in the Confederate Army . 
 begins building his army . Among them are ( ) who is the only survivor of the massacre , as well as a horse thief , a drunken mule - packer , a vengeful minister , and a small group of black soldiers who were formerly slaves . reluctantly appoints the inexperienced Lieutenant ( ) as his second in command . Eventually , changes his mind and accepts 's offer . He binds himself and his men to loyally serve , but only until Charriba is " taken or destroyed . " 
 When the diverse factions of 's force are not fighting each other , they engage the Apaches in several bloody battles.[N 1 ] Though they rescue several young children captured by the Apaches , the Americans lose most of their supplies in an ambush , forcing them to raid a village garrisoned by French troops supporting Emperor Maximilian of Mexico . However , there is little to loot , and ends up sharing some of his dwindling food with the starving Mexicans . Beautiful resident ( ) , the Austrian widow of a doctor executed for his support of the rebels under , causes further tensions between and as they compete for her attention . makes it easy for his French prisoners to escape . When they return with reinforcements as he had expected , surprises them in a night attack and makes off with badly needed supplies . After the successful raid , the men of the command begin to get along . However , one of the Confederates , ( ) attempts to desert . is forced to order his execution , which again divides the men . 
 and then have a brief affair . In an unguarded moment with her , he is attacked by the Apaches and wounded in the leg , forcing him to seek medical help in French - held Durango . The doctor successfully removes the arrow , but has to remain there to recuperate . He is tended by a pretty Mexican , whom he eventually takes to bed . When comes upon them unexpectedly , her relationship with comes to an abrupt end . starts drinking heavily as a result . leads a small group of men to sneak into town to distract the French while shames into resuming his mission . 
 proves difficult to pin down , so pretends to give up and starts back for the United States . The Apaches give chase and end up in a trap . is killed by during the ambush . With their bargain concluded , and prepare to resume their personal battle , but the vengeful French appear , forcing the two men to set aside their differences . With the French having positioned a portion of their force on the American side of the Rio Grande , blocking 's forces from crossing into U.S. territory , the two cavalry forces charge each other at the Rio Grande , with major loss of life on both sides . 
 sees a French soldier seize the U.S. regimental colors , and seemingly moved by a patriotism he had thought dead , he takes back the captured American flag , and hands it over to   – only to be shot in the stomach . With his last strength , he rides off to singlehandedly delay a second detachment of French cavalry while the others escape across the Rio Grande . Most of the men under 's command have been killed , with only himself , , , , Sergeant , the Confederates and , and a few other soldiers escaping . 
 As 's force heads home , the narration notes that it 's now April 19 , 1865 , and the soldiers are still unaware that the Civil War is over and President has been assassinated .

In the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1864 , during the Civil War , family patriarch ( ) and his six sons , , , , , and ( who is 16 ) run the family farm , while his daughter ( ) and daughter - in - law ( ) take care of the housework . The family has no slaves . Though attends church weekly and considers himself a " God fearing " man , he does n't give credit for anything , but takes credit for himself especially during dinner prayer . He internally blames God for taking his wife from him . His family is constantly late for church and will force people out of their seats to make room for his family , much to the annoyance of the preacher and congregation . 
 's oldest son ( ) wants to join the war , but repeatedly tells his family that they wo n't join the war until it concerns them . Although a few of the boys want to join , they respect their father 's wishes and remain on the farm . 's daughter is courted by a young Confederate officer named ( ) . He wants to marry , and when gives his permission , the wedding occurs a few days later . As soon as the vows are said , a corporal rides up and announces that is wanted back immediately . leaves , much to the sorrow of his new bride . Shortly after leaves , then goes into labor , giving birth to a baby girl whom they name in honor of 's late wife . 
 While out hunting raccoon , 's youngest son ( ) and his friend ( ) stumble onto a Confederate ambush . They run away and stop for a drink at a pond . is wearing an old rebel soldier kepi cap that he found at the river . When a union patrol comes on them , they take as a prisoner of war , mistakenly thinking he is a rebel soldier . runs to tell the what happened . When hears the news , he and his sons and daughter leave to look for , leaving ( ) and his wife at the farm with their young baby . 
 The first place the look is a Union camp . They are told there are no prisoners there , but Colonel ( ) , who also has a sixteen - year - old son , directs them to a possible location , where Confederate prisoners are shipped North via railroad . However , the captain anchorage refuses to allow to look through the cars , as he " has schedules to keep " . So sets up a roadblock , then forces the conductor and Union troops to let him . He looks through the boxcars , but is not there , so he mounts his horse to leave . As he looks up , he sees young coming through the crowd . is overjoyed to see her husband . leaves with the , telling the soldiers to burn the train and go home . 
 After being taken to a different prisoner of war camp , is befriended by rebel soldier ( ) , who plans to escape and decides to let come along . They and a few other men successfully make it out of the camp and start heading south . Coming onto a Confederate camp , they are involved in a skirmish . is killed , and is shot in the leg . A Union soldier almost kills him , but it turns out to be his friend , , who instead helps him hide in a bush until after the battle . 
 Back at the farm , scavengers raid the place , killing both and , and it 's suggested that was raped . On their way home , the run across a Confederate patrol . A young sentry , startled by the sound of horses , takes a shot at , killing him instantly . starts to kill the sentry , but stops to ask him his age . The sentry replies , " Sixteen , sir . " Charlie , remembering that his youngest son is sixteen , emotionally tells the sentry that he wants him to live and be an old man and have many sons . He wants him to know what it feels like to lose one of them . 
 When the return home , the doctor tells them what happened to and . Their child is still alive , with an African - American woman acting as her nanny , and takes her in his arms . Next day at the breakfast table , begins his standard prayer , but is so heartbroken that he ca n't finish it . He goes out to the family graveyard to see his wife 's grave . He sees the graves of , and alongside hers , and he hears church bells ringing in the distance . 
 At the farmhouse , he demands to know why no one told him it was Sunday . The whole family gets dressed and ready for church , arriving as the singing begins . As the congregation completes the first song , the pastor ( ) starts to announce the next hymn . Boy stumbles through the back door on a crutch . The whole congregation looks , and turns to see what is happening . His face lights up , and he helps his son to the pew . Everyone joyously sings in unison as the story ends .

James Stewart, Doug McClure, Katharine Ross, Glenn Corbett, Rosemary Forsyth

The characters board a German ocean liner in Veracruz , Mexico , for a voyage to Bremerhaven , Germany , along with 600 displaced workers in steerage , being deported from Cuba back to Spain , and a not - so - exotic band of entertainers , for whom the voyage is just a job . Some are happy to be bound for a rising Nazi Germany , some are apprehensive , while others appear oblivious to its potential dangers . 
 The ship 's doctor , , takes a special interest in La , a countess from Cuba who has an addiction to drugs and is being shipped to a Spanish - run prison on Tenerife . Her sense of certain doom is contrasted by the doctor 's determination to fight the forces of oppression , embodied by his insistence that the people in steerage be treated like human beings rather than animals . The doctor himself has a secret , a terminal heart condition , and his sympathy for the countess soon evolves into love . 
 Several passengers are invited to dine each night at the captain 's table . There , some are amused and others offended by the anti - Semitic rants of a German businessman named who – although married – is beginning an on - board affair with , a busty blonde . The Jewish is invited instead to join a dwarf named for his meals , and the two bond over their exclusion : the character sometimes speaks to the audience , more often at the beginning and the end of this film . Eventually a passenger named seems shocked to find himself ostracized when learns that his wife is Jewish . 
 Others aboard include a young American couple , and , who bicker because is unhappy at his lack of success with painting . A divorcée , , drinks and flirts , on a quest to recapture her youth in Paris . is a former baseball player disappointed in the way his career never quite took off . They are distracted by the music and the professional dancers , whose flirtations seem to skirt the edges of solicitation , or dive right in to the seedy side of oblivion . 
 The ship stops in Spain where the displaced workers and La Condesa disembark . The doctor dies before the ship reaches Germany . Upon the arrival in Germany , everyone leaves the ship , but the Nazis have taken over . Addressing the audience , asks how important the appearance of the Nazis are to him and the others , to which he says the word " Nothing " .

Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Lee Marvin, José Ferrer, Oskar Werner, Elizabeth Ashley, George Segal

seems just about perfect in the eyes of California millionaire , who proposes marriage to her . She is beautiful , brilliant , financially independent , writes poetry and seems to personify exactly what he wants in a woman . 
 But as a precaution , brings in a private investigator , , to do a background check . travels to 's hometown of Pittsburgh , where to his surprise he learns that is a former prostitute and a blackmailer whose fortune mainly comes from illegal means . Raped by her stepfather , , she became a prostitute . She pretended to be married to . Librarian tells that always liked to read . 
 became friends with , a fellow prostitute , and helped her out once during an emergency . was raped by a client , , who offered her a bribe to keep quiet about it . took the money and invested it , using advice from 's husband . The investments helped became financially independent . 
 meets and says he is interested in her poetry . The two of them fall in love . He confesses the truth and she is upset . He refuses to give his report to and eventually forgives and they get together .

" Darn Cat " or " " is a wily , adventurous Siamese tomcat who lives with young , suburbanite sisters ) and ( ) , whose parents are traveling abroad at the time of the story . 
 One night , while making his rounds around town , teasing as usual , follows ( ) , a bank robber , to an apartment where he and his bank robber partner ( ) are holding hostage a bank employee , Miss ( ) . Without intention , the robbers let the cat in and he tries to eat the food that caused him to follow . 
 When Miss is alone for a moment ( but still under total eye surveillance of the robbers ) being forced to cook the meal for them , she removes 's collar and tries to put her watch around his neck with a help inscription . In the process , she attempts to scratch the word " help " into the back of her watch . Then she releases him into the outdoors . 
 When comes home , discovers the watch . She has a gut feeling that it belongs to the kidnapped woman and visits the FBI . She tells Agent ( ) of her discovery , and Supervisor ( ) assigns to follow DC in hopes he will lead them back to the robbers ' hideout . 
 sets up a headquarters in the ' house and assigns a team to keep the cat under surveillance , but through a couple of careless moves , DC manages to elude them . Eventually a bugging device is implanted in DC 's collar and the cat leads into a comical chase at a drive - in movie and several backyards . After several failed attempts and without hard evidence about the watch , Supervisor shuts down the operation . disguises herself as a hippie merchant who pretends to be a niece of a jeweler she knows well , Mr. ( ) , and she calls the FBI to persuade them that the watch belonging to Miss was indeed hard evidence . and rescue Miss and bring the robbers to justice . 
 Subplots involve a romance between 's sister and ( ) and a romance between herself and a surf - obsessed slacker neighbor , ( ) , and the meddling of nosey neighbor Mrs. ( ) and her disapproving husband , ( ) . At the end , it is revealed that the gray cat in the opening sequence and DC have started a family . At the end , they are taking their kittens on a prowl .

Colonel is a USAAC pilot who is shot down over Italy . He is taken to a POW camp , run by the cruel Major . insists that salute him as a superior officer , which is reluctantly translated by the sympathetic second - in - command , Captain . The camp is mainly populated by British prisoners . The previous Allied commanding officer , who was British , has recently died , due to being placed in the " sweat box " as punishment for hitting with a stick . When arrives in camp , Major is the senior British officer . , being senior , assumes command . 
 , aware that the Allies are close to liberating Italy , reveals several of the prisoners ' escape attempts , infuriating and the British soldiers . When refuses to improve camp conditions , orders the prisoners to strip and burn their filthy clothes , forcing to issue new ones . throws into the sweat box as punishment . 
 After hearing of the Italian surrender , the guards flee . The British promptly put on trial as a war criminal , and allow to defend him . portrays himself as a broken man who has repudiated fascism . orders him to not be executed , but instead , to be put in the sweat box . 
 The men head out across the Italian countryside to freedom . moves forward in an attempt to contact Allied forces . In the morning , the Germans recapture the prisoners . thinks has betrayed them . When the POWs are put on a train , they find a severely battered in the prisoner carriage . They realise betrayed them . The Germans shoot all the sick prisoners . blames for letting live . The train travels to Rome , where a German officer , Major von Klemment , takes command . 
 uses a metal bar to pry up the floorboards of the car . That night , when the train stops , , , and Lieutenant sneak out from underneath the train and kill several of the guards , then free a carload of POWs , who help them kill the remaining guards . and capture and his mistress , . As the train moves out , another train follows . reveals that the second train is carrying German troops and is on the same schedule . Further , is to receive orders at each railway station . A German - speaking Allied chaplain , Captain , is enlisted to impersonate the German commander to ensure their passage through the next station in Florence . 
 Through the documents received in Florence , they learn that both trains are headed towards Innsbruck , Austria . Through trickery , the prisoners switch their train onto a different line at Bologna . The troop train continues on toward Innsbruck . and are kept bound and gagged , but uses a shard of glass to sever their bonds . At a stop , and escape , killing . Both are shot by . 
 Meanwhile , Waffen - SS troops , led by Colonel , have discovered the ruse . The prisoners put the train on a siding , but discover that it leads to a German facility , which is subsequently bombed by Allied aircraft . The train races through , bombs exploding everywhere . Several cars catch fire , and several men are wounded . After they leave , the Italian engineer and disable the signals at one signal box , disabling the station 's track displays and confusing the Germans . The prisoners then reroute the train to neutral Switzerland through manual switching . 
 and his troops pursue them . As the Alps appear , the prisoner train is attacked by German aircraft . Rocket fire causes boulders to fall and destroy a section of track . The POWs replace the damaged rail as the SS race up from behind . , , and others hold off the Germans , but many are killed in the battle . The prisoner train moves out as the men run for the rear platform with the Germans in pursuit . makes it and reaches back for 's outstretched hand , but is gunned down by just as the train crosses into Switzerland .

Cattleman ( ) is contracted to deliver a herd to the Union Army in Virginia . As he nears the end of his long cattle drive , is captured by Confederate raiders led by Colonel ( ) . The Confederacy desperately needs the beef to feed its soldiers besieged in Richmond . 
 is " persuaded " to help shanghai and deliver the stolen herd to Richmond . Despite the hatred between the two men , they manage to work together . first teaches 's men how to drive cattle . Then , they proceed to capture and drive the herd away , despite the efforts of Union officer Major ( ) . As revenge , arranges passage for 's discontented fiancée , ( ) , on a blockade runner leaving the besieged city .

The United States and the Soviet Union have both developed technology that can miniaturize matter by shrinking individual atoms , but only for one hour . 
 The scientist Dr. ( ) , working behind the Iron Curtain , has figured out how to make the process work indefinitely . With the help of American intelligence agents , he escapes to the West , but an attempted assassination leaves him comatose with a blood clot in his brain . 
 To save his life , agent ( ) , pilot Captain ( ) , Dr. ( ) , surgeon Dr. ( ) , and his assistant ( ) are placed aboard a Navy submarine ( originally built to study the deep - sea spawning habits of fish ) at the C.M.D.F. ( Combined Miniature Deterrent Forces ) facilities . The submarine , named the Proteus , is then miniaturized and injected into Benes . The ship is reduced to " about the size of a microbe , " giving the team one hour ( 60 minutes ) to remove the clot . After the 60 minutes have elapsed , the Proteus and its crew will begin to revert to its normal size , become vulnerable to 's immune system , and ( in the words of 's novelization ) " kill regardless of the success of the surgery . " 
 The crew faces many obstacles during the mission . An arteriovenous fistula forces them to detour through the heart , where cardiac arrest must be induced to avoid turbulence . They must replenish their supply of oxygen in the lungs , and then pass through the inner ear ( all outside personnel have to remain silent to prevent turbulence ) . When the surgical laser needed to destroy the clot is damaged , it becomes obvious there is a saboteur on the mission . They are forced to cannibalize their wireless telegraph to repair the device . By the time they finally reach the clot , they have only six minutes remaining to operate and then exit the body . 
 Before the mission , had been briefed that was the prime suspect as a potential surgical assassin . But as the mission progresses , he pieces the evidence together and instead begins to suspect . During the critical phase of the operation , Dr. knocks out and takes control of the Proteus while the rest of the crew is outside for the operation . successfully removes the clot with the laser , but tries to crash the sub into the clot area to kill . fires the laser at the ship , causing it to veer away and crash . is trapped in the wreckage and killed when white blood cells attack and destroy the Proteus . saves from the ship and they all swim desperately to one of 's eyes , where they escape through a tear duct seconds before returning to normal size . 
 The original screenplay included a follow - up scene in which it is disclosed that , because of brain damage caused by the submarine , no longer remembers the formula for unlimited miniaturization . Surviving stills suggest that this scene was filmed but never used.[citation needed ]

and girlfriend are performers on a Mississippi River riverboat , which also has a casino . is a compulsive gambler who is down on his luck and in debt . 
 and his friend , a musician and composer , visit a gypsy camp to get his fortune told . A lady reads tea leaves and tells that he will soon meet a red - haired woman who will bring him luck . 
 Back on the boat , and promptly encounter , their boss 's on - again , off - again girlfriend . has just caught seducing another singer , . Since she has red hair , is persuaded by to touch his chips for luck . After he wins , is convinced that the gypsy must be correct . 
 finds out and becomes jealous , as does 's boss . In a bit of musical theatre , shoots for dancing with while singing 's latest song . A Broadway recruiter sees the riverboat show and buys the rights to this new song , suggesting that and should work together with him in New York City . 
 Landing in New Orleans , the musical cast and riverboat crew attend a masked ball . , and all rent the same Madame Pompadour costume . 
 is eager for the luck of redhead to win more money , contrary to 's expressed wishes . Being masked and in costume , and scheme to switch places to test 's lucky - redhead theory . wins $ 10,000 at roulette , but when he kisses the woman he believes to be , he discovers the switch . is furious and throws all the winnings out of a window , into the street . 
 , a dim - witted stooge who works for the boss , hears drunkenly complain about how he has lost . Thinking he can be of help , switches the blank cartridge in 's stage gun for a real bullet . 
 The boss tries to prevent the impending disaster , but arrives on stage too late and is shot for real . forgives his gambling as the love of her life appears to be dying but he stands up , apparently unhurt . was saved because the bullet struck a lucky medallion he was wearing that had given him .

( ) is well - known as an art collector , but actually he forges paintings to sell them . His daughter ( ) disapproves and is also afraid that he may get caught . lends a renowned " " statuette of to the Kléber - Lafayette Museum in Paris for an important exhibition . He has never sold it because modern testing would reveal it as a forgery ( by his father ) . 
 That night finds a burglar , ( ) , holding a " Van Gogh " forged by her father . She threatens him with an antique gun and it goes off accidentally . To avoid an investigation around the fake masterpieces , she does not call the police , but instead cleans 's flesh wound and drives him to his hotel . He suddenly kisses her goodbye . 
 Soon after , has a dinner date with American tycoon ( ) . She fears he knows her father 's secret , but in fact he is obsessed with owning the Cellini Venus : he arranged the dinner in order to buy it . Relieved , she kisses him and tells him that the statue is not for sale . 
 The next day , a museum employee arrives and has sign the insurance policy for the sculpture — and then mentions that has just consented to a technical examination of it . Desperate to save her father from prison , asks to use his burglary skills to steal the Venus for her . He agrees , but at first does not believe it is possible . 
 On the night of the heist , shows up again at and 's home . is so desperate to acquire the that he asks her to marry him . Not wanting to be late , she quickly accepts and leaves for the museum . and hide in a utility closet until the museum closes . After noting the guards ' routine , sets off the security alarm surrounding the Cellini Venus using a toy boomerang , then catches it and hides . The guards and police rush in and check the museum , but nothing is missing , so they soon leave and reset the alarm . 
 reveals that he knows why wants the statue stolen , which she confirms . He had suspected that it was a fake because it resembled ( her grandmother was the model ) . He is helping because he has feelings for her . They kiss , then sets off the alarms again . After realizing that nothing is missing , the frustrated guards decide the security system has malfunctioned . Because high - ranking politicians in the area have complained about the noisy alarm , they turn it completely off . then steals the statuette , hides it in a cleaner 's bucket , and they escape in the confusion after it is discovered missing . 
 The next morning , after the news of the robbery has spread , quickly looks for a lead on the missing statuette , desperate to acquire it at any cost . He meets , who says he will give the Venus to him , but that he can never mention the statue to anyone , or see again . He says will be contacted later about payment . Later , joins at his table to celebrate the robbery . finally reveals to that he is not a professional burglar , but an expert investigator hired by major art galleries to strengthen security and uncover forgeries . The Cellini Venus was , in fact , his first heist . 
 Later , at the steps of a private plane , passes the Venus . When he opens the box , also finds the engagement ring he had given to . 
 assures that the fake Venus is safely out of the country . is so relieved that he is only momentarily disappointed when tells him that the purchase price was , and will remain , zero dollars . and extract a promise from that he will stop selling forged paintings . 
 and marry . As they leave the mansion , however , a collector who earlier had admired ' new " Van Gogh " arrives and is welcomed by the old forger . explains him as a cousin , and fondly admires her new flair for lying .

In the West of the 1890s , a trio of outlaws , , , and , robs , tortures and brutally kills the white father and Indian mother of young . The outlaws have stolen the father 's grey horse with a double SS brand . sets out to avenge their deaths and uses this clue to trail the men . 
 During his travels in the desert , uncovers an old and rusty gun . When he comes upon , a traveling gunsmith , he tries to rob him . , recognizing that 's revolver is not loaded and is useless , convinces that his plan has failed . tells of his vengeful journey . takes pity on him , takes him in , feeds him and teaches him how to shoot . hunts the killers , who have separated . He tracks down to Abilene , Texas . With the help of dancehall girl , a woman from the same tribe as his mother , he confronts him in a salon . escapes and a knife fight ensues in a nearby corral . is killed but is severely wounded . takes him to her tribe 's camp , where she nurses him back to health . They become lovers . 
 Once he recovers , leaves to continue his pursuit . He reads that is in a prison camp in Louisiana for a failed bank robbery . He commits a bank robbery , deliberately gets caught , and is sent to the same prison where is serving time . does not recognize whose plan is to convince to join him in an escape attempt and kill him in the swamp . , a local Cajun girl working in the rice fields near the convicts ’ camp , gives comfort . She knows nothing about 's plan to kill but knows her way around the swamp . She finds a boat and joins the escape . The boat capsizes early on and is bitten by a snake . kills and dies of the snakebite . 
 , the last of the murderers , keeps a tobacco pouch with beaded deerskin made from the Indian dress of 's mother . Still blinded by revenge , pursues and manages to infiltrate 's gang , calling himself " " . is aware that has killed and and is out there somewhere , waiting to ambush him . Though he accepts " " into the gang , is wary of him . When the gang sets out to commit a robbery , is spotted by , who calls him by name . ignores him and the gang rides on . suspects that one of his men is . He vows to kill any man who makes a mistake . As the rest of the gang greedily scoops up the money from the robbery , observes them from a hill . realizes that " " is Sand , grabs his share of the loot and flees . pursues him and corners Fitch at a creek . The men exchange fire and surrenders but continues to fire non - fatal shots into Fitch . The outlaw begs to be finished off , but decides that Fitch is not worth killing and rides away .

Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Martin Landau, Arthur Kennedy, Janet Margolin, Suzanne Pleshette

Spy extraordinaire ( ) is an ex - agent of Z.O.W.I.E. ( Zonal Organization for World Intelligence and Espionage ) who is brought out of retirement to deal with the threat of Galaxy , a worldwide organization led by a trio of mad scientists : Doctor ( ) , Doctor ( ) , and Doctor ( ) . Impatient that the world 's governments will never improve , the scientists demand that all nations capitulate to Galaxy . To enforce their demands , they initiate earthquakes , volcanoes , storms and other natural disasters with their climate - control apparatus , for the only purpose to bring the nations to give up weapons and nuclear energy . 
 Initially reluctant , Flint decides to take them on after a preemptive assassination attempt by Galaxy 's section head , ( ) , who replaces a restaurant 's harpist while is dining with his four live - in " playmates " : ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . uses a harp string as a bow to fire a poisoned dart , which misses , but hits his former boss ( ) . squeezes the poison out of the wound , saving 's life . A chemical trace on the dart directs to Marseilles for bouillabaisse . In one of Marseilles ' lowest clubs he stages a brawl to gain some useful information from " famous " Agent 0008 ( ) , who is investigating the narcotics trade keeping Galaxy in business . Galaxy agent ( ) is in the club enjoying his favorite soup while waiting to rendezvous with . sends to ambush in the lavatory . ends up killing in a toilet stall , while escapes , leaving behind a cold cream jar she has booby - trapped with explosives . detects the trap and chases the bystanders from the club before detonating the bomb . 
 The remains of the jar lead to Rome . After investigating several cosmetic companies , arrives at Exotica , where he actually meets for the first time . lets him come to her apartment for an exchange of information . Following their encounter , he steals the keys to Exotica and breaks into the company 's safe , learning of Galaxy 's location before being trapped inside by 's assistant , ( ) . and assume that will soon run out of air in the safe as they transport it to a waiting submarine . During the journey , learns that his playmates have been kidnapped and taken to the headquarters on Galaxy Island in the Mediterranean Sea . He then uses his power of self - induced suspended animation to fool his captors into thinking they have successfully killed him . and take an evidence photograph of the " body " , which they send to , then carry back to headquarters on the submarine . 
 revives and sneaks into the Galaxy complex , but his infiltration is thwarted and he is taken before Galaxy 's trio of leaders . Offered a chance to join their new order , he refuses , and is sentenced to death by disintegration . 's failure to eliminate results in her being stripped of her leadership role and reassigned to become a Pleasure Unit   – a fate which has already befallen 's playmates . She thus changes sides , slipping his gadget - filled cigarette lighter before she is hauled away . With the help of the lighter , again escapes , sabotages the machinery , rescues his playmates and , and departs the island as it disintegrates . and the women are picked up by a waiting American warship , as they watch a volcano erupt on the island .

( ) is the wife of wealthy banker ( ) . decides to disguise herself as an old woman and rob her husband 's bank . While the police , including Lieutenant ( ) , rush to get to the bank , escapes in a red wig and yellow suit . She donates some of the stolen money to a Salvation Army worker and donates the suit to a second - hand thrift shop . Con artists ( ) and ( ) immediately recognize the suit as an original designer outfit from Paris , and purchase it for a mere $ 7 . 
 visits her psychiatrist , ( ) , and tells him all about her criminal activities . She says it began in college , when a professor ( ) lures her into his laboratory where he began his attempt to rape her , but she escapes , leaving her dress ripped off in the process . During the chase , she stole a diamond set watch of the Professor 's . She next stole on her wedding day . When she caught her maid of honor ( ) kissing , she swiped 's earrings and necklace . suggests she is stealing to attract attention from her distant husband . 
 A young woman , , is accused of being the thief . wants to return the stolen money to the bank , but panics when he hears police cars arriving . confesses and tries to clear the innocent , but the cop and husband do not believe her . and pay a visit , trying to blackmail her , but foils their blackmail attempt . 
 hosts a dinner party , having stolen from all the invited guests . She tries to return the stolen items , but all claim that they have never seen them before . , confused and frightened , runs away . She again robs ' bank , but unlike the previous time , she is crying . begs to find her . herself goes to with the stolen money , but the cop knows would not press charges against his own wife . 
 The psychiatrist , , explains the dinner guests denied recognizing the stolen items because they would lose the fraudulently inflated insurance claims they collected . breaks down and begs to run away with him . She refuses , telling him she is cured . realizes that he has neglected and starts seeing her face everywhere he turns . He goes to the psychiatrist 's office , where and happily reunite .

Seconds is a mystery dealing with the obsession with eternal youth and a mysterious organization which gives people a second chance in life . 
 ( ) is a middle - aged man whose life has lost purpose . He 's achieved success , but finds it unfulfilling . His love for his wife has dwindled and he seldom sees his only child . Through a friend , , he thought was dead , is approached by a secret organization , known simply as the " Company"[6 ] which offers him a new life . 
 Upon arriving for a meeting , arrives at a meat packing plant . He is given workman overalls and hat , then exits the facility out a different door where he is next seated inside the back of a truck which proceeds to another building . He disappears into a large complex filled with dark , empty hallways where he awaits his transformation . The Company gives the body of a young man ( ) through plastic surgery and a new identity , namely ' ' . He later discovers this identity has been taken from someone who recently passed on . 
 He is resettled into a community filled with people like him who are " reborns " . Eventually , decides the new life is n't what he wants . He contacts the Company , letting them know he wants a different identity and they agree , taking him back to wait for his new identity . There , he meets , who has also wished to go under yet another " rebirth . " is chosen and walked away from the waiting room . Later during the night , the owner of the Company discusses his original purpose for founding the organization , and assures that the issues he 's brought up will be looked into . learns as he is wheeled into the operating room , before being sedated , that he is to be killed . His body is used as the catalyst ( corpse ) for a new patient to be reborn . The film ends with the camera panning up to a surgical light as a drill is pushed through his head ; two figures walk along a beach .

Rock Hudson, Murray Hamilton, John Randolph, Salome Jens, Jeff Corey

The film is a frame story in which an unkempt girl , ( ) , tells the story of her dead sister ( ) to , a boy who she meets on the abandoned railroad tracks of Dodson , Mississippi in the 1930s . The viewer sees this story in flashback . 
 A stranger , ( ) , arrives in the small town of Dodson , and makes his way to the Starr Boarding House , where a loud birthday party is in progress for the landlady , Mrs. " Mama " ( ) . He meets , the youngest daughter of the house , and rents a room for the week , while remaining mysterious about his motives for being in town . It soon emerges that the eldest daughter , , is the " main attraction " at the party . Mr. , the oldest and richest worker for the railroad station , is anxiously waiting for her to show up . When she finally arrives , many men greet her and try to attract her attention or dance with her , including 's boyfriend , ) . and first meet in the kitchen , where the girl tells a fanciful story about one of the workers taking her dancing at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis . is entranced , but suspects the story to be make - believe . It becomes obvious that is anxious to leave , and dreams of going to New Orleans , where has come from . Later , enters 's room on a false pretense and begins confiding in him . He discourages her , suggesting that she is no more than a prostitute , and the girl leaves in tears . Mama explains to she must be kind to Mr , who has promised to look after her . 
 The next day , who is skipping Vacation Bible School , sees on his way to work . He has in fact come to town to lay off several railroad employees due to cutbacks made necessary by the Depression . In the evening , Mr. is waiting again for to get ready for their date , but she is avoiding it . She makes an excuse to get him to go inside , then leads into the garden to show him her father 's red - headed scarecrow . confronts about her arrangement with her Mama , which does n't want to face and wo n't admit to . She runs back angrily to Mr. and invites everyone in the house to go skinny - dipping . manages to get alone and comes on to her . He tells her has come to lay off most of the town . The workers grow increasingly hostile towards , but and become closer . They visit an abandoned train car decorated by 's father and the girl tells once again of her dreams of departure . When is beaten up by the laid - off men she takes care of him and the two spend the night together . Meanwhile , has arranged for the family to accompany Mr. to Memphis , where he will take care of them . She wo n't let go to New Orleans with . When the girl protests , she gets to believe he has been deceived , and was planning to go to Memphis all along . , , , and Mr. go out to " celebrate " their new arrangement . Drunk and angered , confronts and gets him to admit that he stays with Mrs to be with her . That night marries , but the next morning she steals his money and their marriage license and runs away to New Orleans . 
 In New Orleans , eventually finds , and they share happy days together . When is offered a job in Chicago , he proposes to to marry him and to send for . But one day the two come home to find , who wants to take back , and involve her in some new scheme . She reveals to that had married , something that finds hard to believe . runs out into the rain , crying . 
 The film cuts back to and on the railroad tracks . , who now wears her sister 's clothes and jewelry , explains that died of the " lung affliction " ( probably tuberculosis ) , which has been alluded to several times earlier in the film . has gone away with some man and lives on her own in the abandoned boarding house .

In 1965 , ( ) , a US physicist and rocket scientist , is traveling to a conference in Copenhagen with his assistant and fiancée , ( ) . receives a radiogram to pick up a book in Copenhagen ; it contains a message which says , " Contact π in case of emergency . " He tells he is going to Stockholm , but she discovers he is flying to East Berlin and follows him . When they land , he is welcomed by representatives of the East German government . realizes that has defected , and is appalled that , given the circumstances of the Cold War , if she stays with him , she will likely never see her home or family again . 
 visits a contact , a " farmer " ( ) , where it is revealed that his defection is in fact a ruse to gain the confidence of the East German scientific establishment , in order to learn how much their chief scientist ( ) and by extension , the Soviet Union , knows about anti - missile systems . 
 has made preparations to return to the West via an escape network , known as π . However , he was followed to the farm by his official guard , ( ) , an East German security officer . realizes what π is and that is a double agent , and as is calling the police , a tortuous fight scene commences that ends with being killed by and the farmer 's wife ( ) . and his motorcycle are then buried . The taxicab driver ( , uncredited ) who drove to the farm , however , reports on 's behavior to the police . 
 Visiting the physics faculty of Karl Marx University in Leipzig , 's interview with the scientists ends abruptly when he is questioned by security officials about the missing . The faculty try to interrogate about her knowledge of the American " Gamma Five " anti - missile program , but she refuses to cooperate and runs from the room , even though she has agreed to defect to East Germany . At this point , secretly confides to her his actual motives , and asks her to go along with the ruse . 
 finally goads Professor into revealing his anti - missile equations in a fit of pique over what believes are 's mathematical mistakes . When hears over the university 's loudspeaker system that and are being sought for questioning , he realizes that he has given up his secrets while learning nothing in return . and escape from the school with the help of the university clinic physician Dr. ( ) . 
 The couple travel to East Berlin , pursued by the Stasi , in a decoy bus operated by the π network , led by Mr. ( ) . Roadblocks , highway robbery by Soviet Army deserters , and bunching with the " real " bus result in the police becoming aware of the deception , and everyone fleeing . While looking for the Friedrichstraße post office , the two encounter the exiled Polish countess ( ) who leads them to the post office in hopes of being sponsored for a US visa . The group are spotted by a member of the public and trips the guard , allowing and to escape to their next destination . 
 Two men approach them on the pavement – one is the " farmer " . He gives them tickets to the ballet ; the plan is to travel in the luggage of the troupe to Sweden that evening . While attending the ballet and waiting for the pick - up , they are spotted and reported to the police by the lead ballerina ( ) , who flew to East Berlin on the same airplane as . 
 and escape through the crowd by shouting " fire " . They hide in two crates of costumes , and are ferried across the Baltic Sea to Sweden on a freighter . The ballerina , desperate to reveal the fugitives ' hiding place , identifies the wrong crates , which are machine - gunned while they are already dangling over the pier . Meanwhile , and have escaped by jumping overboard and swimming to a Swedish dock .

The plot provides the setup for a string of sight gags , puns , jokes based on Asian stereotypes , and general farce . The central plot involves the misadventures of secret agent , hired by the Grand Exalted High Majah of Raspur ( " a nonexistent but real - sounding country " ) to find a secret egg salad recipe that was stolen from him . 
 The movie has an ending unrelated to the plot , in which , a Playboy Playmate and then - wife of 's comic idol , who does not appear elsewhere in the film , does a striptease while explains that he promised he would put her in the film somewhere .

The film centers on the volatile marriage of a middle - aged married couple : , an associate history professor at a small New England college , and , the daughter of the university president . After they return home drunk from a party , reveals she has invited a young married couple , whom she 'd met at the party , for a drink . The guests arrive – , a biology professor ( whom mistakenly believes to be a math professor ) , and his wife , . As the four drink , and engage in scathing verbal abuse in front of and . The younger couple is first embarrassed and later enmeshed . 
 The wives briefly separate from the husbands , and upon their return , reveals that has told her about her and 's son , adding that she understands that the following day ( Sunday ) will mark his sixteenth birthday . is visibly angry that has divulged this information . 
 taunts aggressively and he retaliates with his usual passive aggression . tells an embarrassing story about how she humiliated him in front of her father . 's taunts continue , and reacts violently by breaking a bottle . and become increasingly unsettled , and , who has had too much to drink , runs to the bathroom to vomit . 
 goes to the kitchen to make coffee , and and go outside . The younger man confesses he was attracted to more for her family 's money than passion , and married her only because he mistakenly believed she was pregnant . describes his own marriage as one of never - ending accommodation and adjustment , then admits he considers a threat . also tells a story about a boy he grew up with who had accidentally killed his mother and years later , his father , and ended up living out his days in a mental hospital . admits he aims to charm and sleep his way to the top , and jokes that would be a good place to start . 
 When their guests propose leaving , insists on driving them home . They approach a roadhouse , and suggests they stop to dance . While and watch , suggestively dances with , who continues to mock and criticize . unplugs the jukebox and announces the game is over . In response , alludes to the fact he may have murdered his parents like the protagonist in his unpublished , non - fiction novel , prompting to attack until pulls him away from her . tells the group about a second novel he allegedly has written about a young couple from the Midwest , a good - looking teacher and his timid wife , who marry because of her hysterical pregnancy and money , then settle in a small college town . An embarrassed realizes indiscreetly told about their past and runs from the room . promises revenge on , and then runs after . 
 In the parking lot , tells his wife he can not stand the way she constantly humiliates him , and she tauntingly accuses him of having married her for just that reason . Their rage erupts into a declaration of " total war " . drives off , retrieving and , leaving to make his way back home on foot . When he arrives home , he discovers the car crashed on the drive and half conscious on the back seat and sees and together through the bedroom window . Through 's drunken babbling , begins to suspect that her pregnancy was in fact real , and that she secretly had an abortion . He then devises a plan to get back at . 
 When accuses of being sexually inadequate , he blames his lack of performance on all the liquor he has consumed . then appears holding snapdragons , which he throws at and in another game . He mentions his and 's son , prompting her to reminisce about his birth and childhood and how he was nearly destroyed by his father . accuses of engaging in destructive and abusive behavior with the boy , who frequently ran away to escape her attention . then announces he has received a telegram with bad news — their son has been killed in a car accident . 
 As begs not to " kill " their son , suddenly realizes the truth : and had never been able to have children , and filled the void with an imaginary son . By declaring their son dead , accordingly , has " killed " him . explains that their one mutually - agreed - upon rule was to never mention the " existence " of their son to anyone else , and that he " killed " him because broke that rule by mentioning him to . 
 The young couple departs quietly , and and are left alone as the day begins to break outside . starts singing the song " Who 's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? " , and responds , " I am , , I am . "

The story opens with going through his morning exercises during which he accidentally rips the stitching on his bottom . After repairing his torn rump he goes to his pantry for some breakfast , only to discover he is out of honey . He hears a bee fly by and decides to climb a nearby honey tree , but as he reaches the beehive , a branch he is sitting on breaks , causing him to fall and land in a gorse bush . Needing help , decides to go to house to get a blue balloon from him . His plan is to cover himself in mud to disguise himself as a rain cloud and use the balloon to float up to the hive . floats up to the honey tree and takes out a handful of honey , not seeing that there are bees all over it . eats the honey as well as the bees on it which fly around inside his mouth causing him to spit them out , one of which is the queen bee which he kicks down towards the muddy patch that he covered himself in . By now the others bees realise what has happened now that the mud is starting to drip off . The queen bee sees this and angrily flies up and stings his bottom . The sudden hit causes to swing back and forth , jamming his bottom into the bee hive . He is then freed due to every bee coming out of the hive to chase him . His balloon deflates and he caught by . The then bees proceed to chase the two down , and they barely manage to escape them by jumping into the mud puddle . 
 With honey still on his mind , heads to 's house in hopes of getting some . The reluctant invites in , despite realizing the bear 's vast appetite , and proceeds to eat him out of all his honey . ends up becoming very rotund , and as he tries to exit 's house , he finds himself stuck and unable to fit through his front door . After a worried tries to free by pushing his over - sized bottom , he runs off to get for help , flies by and examines 's predicament . The two are met by , who suggests that he blast out with dynamite for pay . returns with , and they unsuccessfully try to pull out . With refusing to push him back in , decides that will just have to wait until he gets thin again . decides to make the best of the bad situation and pleasures himself by disguising 's voluptuous bottom . 
 One night , while is asleep , appears once again , taking a break from his " swing shift " to eat lunch . One of the things is snacking on is a jar of honey , and manages to prevent from having some and wards off . Some time later , wakes up and discovers that 's shapely bottom has slightly shrunken , meaning it is now possible to get him out . He gets , who gathers , , , , and , and they all pull on from outside the house while pushes him from inside . Finally , charges into , which sends him flying out of the front door , through the sky , and into the honey tree , which scares away the bees inside . The gang arrives at the scene , and promises that they will help him get out again . However , tells them to take their time , for now he has an ample supply of honey to eat .

( ) , a free spirited young woman , and ( ) , a conservative , less free - spirited man , are a recently married couple , who move into a fifth floor apartment in Greenwich Village ( one of the ongoing jokes is the fact that everyone has to climb so many stairs to get to the apartment ) . decorates the small , leaky apartment , turning it into a picturesque little home for the two . One of the many odd people living in the apartment building , the quirky ( ) , befriends , even flirting with her . He lives in the attic of the building , and climbs through the ' apartment window to get to his . helps with the apartment , teaching her how to work the seemingly broken heating and plumbing . 
 sets up a dinner date with , , and 's mother , ( ) in a scheme to get 's mother to fall for . feels that her mother is lonely now that she lives alone and needs love . takes them all to an Albanian restaurant on Staten Island where he knows the owner . There , the group drinks , and and dance with the belly dancer , while and watch in embarrassment . Afterwards , and return to the apartment in high spirits as and drag themselves along with fatigue . As escorts outside , and begin an argument over their differences . feels her adventurous spirit is impeded by 's cautious demeanor . One of the examples she gives is that he would not go barefoot in the park with her one evening . His excuse was that it was freezing . says she will kick out and get a big dog to protect her from him . says maybe it will finally allow her to have someone who will go barefoot in the park with her . They eventually go to sleep , in their tiny bedroom and sleeping on the couch under a hole in the skylight on a snowy February night . 
 The next day , comes home with a fever , but still insists she wants a divorce . The two spend an awkward time together in their apartment before kicks out . She then gets a call from her aunt , saying that did not come home . panics , and eventually finds out that her mother was at 's apartment . While was escorting her to her home in New Jersey the previous night , slipped on icy stairs and fell . and some neighbors took her back to 's apartment where they spent the night . Strangely , was wearing nothing but her undergarments and 's Japanese kimono . It turned out that had 's dress drycleaned . 
 Meanwhile , a drunken skips work and sits in Washington Square Park . Heeding her mother 's advice , goes out searching for and finds him drunk and running shoeless and barefoot through the park . The once cautious is now a fun loving drunk while cautiously chases after him in order to get him to sober up . Eventually , says it 's his apartment too and he 's going back home . follows . Back at the apartment , , still drunk , climbs onto the roof of the apartment . Scared he might fall , begs him to come down while speaking to him through the hole in the glass ceiling . He says he will only come down if she repeats after him . He wants her to admit that her husband is a crazy drunk , when a few nights before she scolded him for being so cautious and practical even when he is drunk . Meanwhile , realizing where he is , becomes scared and almost falls off the building . asks to sing an Albanian folk song they had heard at the restaurant that had taken them to calm himself down . While he sings , climbs up to the roof to help him down . A crowd of onlookers starts to gather in the street , including 's mother , , and her new love , . When reaches , they kiss and climb back down as the crowd cheers .

In the middle of the Great Depression , ( ) and ( ) meet when tries to steal 's mother 's car . , who is bored by her job as a waitress , is intrigued by , and decides to take up with him and become his partner in crime . They pull off some holdups , but their amateur efforts , while exciting , are not very lucrative . 
 The duo 's crime spree shifts into high gear once they hook up with a dim - witted gas station attendant , ( ) , then with 's older brother ( ) and his wife , ( ) , a preacher 's daughter . The women dislike each other on first sight , and their feud only escalates from there : shrill has nothing but disdain for , and , while gun - moll sees 's flighty presence as a constant danger to the gang 's well - being . 
 and turn from pulling small - time heists to robbing banks . Their exploits also become more violent . When botches a bank robbery by parallel parking the getaway car , shoots the bank manager in the face after he jumps onto the slow - moving car 's running board . The gang is pursued by law enforcement , including Texas Ranger ( ) , whom they capture and humiliate before setting him free . A raid later catches the outlaws off guard , mortally wounding with a gruesome shot to his head and injuring . , and barely escape with their lives . With sightless and in police custody , tricks her into revealing 's name , who was up until now still only an " unidentified suspect . " 
 locates , and hiding at the house of 's father ( ) , who thinks the couple — and an ornate tattoo — have corrupted his son . The elder strikes a bargain with : in exchange for leniency for the boy , he helps set a trap for the outlaws . When and stop on the side of the road to help Mr. fix a flat tire , the police in the bushes open fire and riddle them with bullets . and his posse then come out of hiding , looking pensively at the couple 's bodies .

Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Michael J. Pollard

King is preparing for a great battle against his friend , Sir , a battle he does not wish to fight but has been forced into . reflects on the sad circumstances which have led him to this situation and asks his childhood mentor , , for advice . appears to him and tells to think back . 
 thinks back to the night of his marriage to his now - estranged wife , . It is an arranged marriage , and he has never met her before . He is understandably afraid of what lies ahead ( " I Wonder What the King is Doing Tonight " ) . His solitude is broken by , who has fled from her entourage and enters the same woods that he has taken refuge in . is also worried about marrying a man she has never met , and longs for the romantic life of a fought - over maiden ( " The Simple Joys of Maidenhood " ) . Overhearing and realizing who she is , accidentally falls out of the tree in which he is hiding . He and converse , and as she does not know his true identity , she fantasizes about traveling with him and escaping before his " wretched king " finds her . tells her what a wonderful place his kingdom is ( " Camelot " ) . She finds herself drawn to him , but they are interrupted by his men and her entourage . ’s identity is revealed , and gladly goes with him to be married . 
 The plot shifts to four years later . dreams up and explores with his idea for a " Round Table " that would seat all the noble knights of the realm , reflecting not only a crude type of democratic ideal , but also the political unification of England . Knights are shown gathering from all over England . Eventually , word of 's Round Table spreads to France . Inspired by ’s ideas , the French knight makes his way to England with his squire , boasting of his superior virtues ( " C'est Moi " ) . 's prowess impresses , and they become friends ; however , many of the knights instantly despise for his self - righteousness and boasting manner . 
 , who initially dislikes , incites three of the best knights – Sir , Sir , and Sir – to challenge him to a joust ( " Then You May Take Me To The Fair " ) . ponders this discord and how distant has become recently ( " How to Handle a Woman " ) . However , 's plan goes awry as easily defeats all three , critically wounding Sir . A horrified pleads for Sir to live , and as he lays hands on him , miraculously recovers . is so overwhelmed and humbled that her feelings for begin to change . Despite his vows of celibacy , falls in love with , leading to the famous love triangle involving , , and . The other knights are aware of the clandestine meetings between and . They accuse repeatedly , and several knights are banished after losing their armed challenges . 
 and meet in secret to discuss the latest accusation , the knight 's banishment , and their future . does not believe knows yet , but tells her that he does , which causes her much guilt and anguish . vows that he should leave and never come back , but finds it impossible to consider leaving ( " If Ever I Would Leave You " ) . 
 knows something is going on between and , but he can not bring himself to accuse them because he loves them both . He decides to rise above the scandal and ignore it . However , , 's illegitimate son from an affair with the Princess before he was crowned , arrives at Camelot bitter because will not recognize him as son and heir . is determined to bring down the fellowship of the Round Table by stirring up trouble . All this takes its toll on 's disposition , and tries to cheer him up ( " What Do the Simple Folk Do ? " ) despite her conflicted emotions . 
 cunningly convinces to stay out hunting all night as a test , knowing that will visit in her bedchamber . Everything happens as expected , except that and had intended to make this visit the last time they will see each other . They sing of their forbidden love and how wrong it has all gone ( " I Loved You Once In Silence " ) . But and several knights are waiting behind the curtains , and they catch the lovers together . escapes , but is arrested and sentenced to die by burning at the stake , thanks to 's new civil court and trial by jury . , who has promoted the rule of law throughout the story , is now bound by his own law and can not spare . " Kill the Queen or kill the law , " says . Preparations are made for 's burning ( " " ) , but rescues her at the last minute , much to 's relief . However , many knights are killed , and the knights demand vengeance . 
 The plot returns to the opening . is preparing for battle against , at the insistence of his knights who want revenge , and England appears headed back into the Dark Ages . receives a surprise visit from and , at the edge of the woods , where she has taken residence at a convent . asks if there is nothing to be done , but can think of nothing but to let the events ride out . They clasp arms in farewell , and leaves . and share an emotional farewell , his heart breaking when he sees that she has had all her glorious hair chopped off . She is beside herself that she may never see him again or know his forgiveness . 
 Prior to the battle , stumbles across a young boy named , who wishes to fight in the battle and become a Knight of the Round Table . espouses his commitment to 's original ideal of " Not might ' makes ' right , but might ' for ' right . " realizes that , although most of his plans have fallen through , the ideals of Camelot still live on in this simple boy . knights and gives him his orders — run behind the lines and survive the battle , so that he can tell future generations about the legend of Camelot . Watching leave , regains his hope for the future ( " Camelot ( reprise ) " ) .

Sir , a legendary British spy who retired from the secret service 20 years previously , is visited by the head of British MI6 , , CIA representative , KGB representative , and Deuxième Bureau representative . All implore to come out of retirement to deal with SMERSH who have been eliminating agents : spurns all their pleas . When continues to stand firm , his mansion is destroyed by a mortar attack at the orders of M , who is , however , killed in the explosion . 
 travels to Scotland to return 's remains to the grieving widow , Lady . However , the real Lady has been replaced by SMERSH 's Agent . The rest of the household have been likewise replaced , with SMERSH ’s aim to discredit by destroying his " celibate image " . Attempts by a bevy of beauties to seduce fail , but / Lady Fiona becomes so impressed with that she changes loyalties and helps to foil the plot against him . On his way back to London , survives another attempt on his life . 
 is promoted to the head of MI6 . He learns that many British agents around the world have been eliminated by enemy spies because of their inability to resist sex . is also told that the " sex maniac " who was given the name of " James Bond " when the original retired has gone to work in television . He then orders that all remaining MI6 agents will be named " " , to confuse SMERSH . He also creates a rigorous programme to train male agents to ignore the charms of women . Moneypenny recruits " " , a karate expert who begins training to resist seductive women : he also meets an exotic agent known as the Detainer . 
 then hires , a retired agent turned millionaire , to recruit baccarat expert , whom he intends to use to beat SMERSH agent . Having embezzled SMERSH 's money , is desperate for money to cover up his theft before he is executed . 
 Following up a clue from agent , persuades his estranged daughter to travel to West Berlin to infiltrate International Mothers ' Help , an au pair service that is a cover for a SMERSH training center . uncovers a plan to sell compromising photographs of military leaders from the US , USSR , China and Great Britain at an " art auction " , another scheme Le Chiffre hopes to use to raise money : destroys the photos . only remaining option is to raise the money by playing baccarat . 
 arrives at the Casino Royale accompanied by , who foils an attempt to disable him by seductive SMERSH agent Miss . Later that night , observes playing at the casino and realises that he is using infrared sunglasses to cheat . steals the sunglasses , allowing to eventually beat Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat . is apparently abducted outside the casino , and is also kidnapped while pursuing her . , desperate for the winning cheque , hallucinogenically tortures . rescues , only to subsequently kill him . Meanwhile , SMERSH agents raid base and kill him . 
 In London , is kidnapped by SMERSH in a giant flying saucer , and Sir and travel to Casino Royale to rescue her . They discover that the casino is located atop a giant underground headquarters run by the evil Dr. , secretly Sir ' nephew , a former MI6 agent who defected to SMERSH to spite his famous uncle . reveals that he plans to use biological warfare to make all women beautiful and kill all men over 4 - foot-6 - inch ( 1.37   m ) tall , leaving him as the " big man " who gets all the girls . has already captured The Detainer , and he tries to convince her to be his partner ; she agrees , but only to dupe him into swallowing one of his " atomic time pills " , turning him into a " walking atomic bomb " . 
 Sir , , and manage to escape from their cell and fight their way back to the Casino Director 's office where Sir establishes is a double agent . The casino is then overrun by secret agents and a battle ensues . American and French support arrive , but just add to the chaos . Eventually , counts down his atomic explosion . When it reaches the last hiccup , / Dr 's atomic pill explodes , destroying Casino Royale with everyone inside . Sir and all of his agents then appear in heaven , and is shown descending to hell .

David Niven, Peter Sellers, Woody Allen, Ursula Andress, Deborah Kerr, Daliah Lavi, Orson Welles

Decorated war veteran ( ) , is arrested for cutting parking meters off their poles one drunken night . He is sentenced to two years in prison and sent to a Florida chain gang prison run by a stern warden , the Captain ( ) , and a stoic rifleman , Walking Boss Godfrey ( ) , whose eyes are always covered by a pair of mirrored sunglasses . ( ) the floorwalker , tells the rules to the new set of prisoners , with any violations resulting in spending the night in " the box , " a small square room with limited air and very little room to move . 
 refuses to observe the established pecking order among the prisoners and quickly runs afoul of the prisoners ' leader , ( ) . When the pair have a boxing match , the prisoners and guards watch with interest . Although is severely outmatched by his larger opponent , he refuses to acquiesce . Eventually , refuses to continue the fight . 's tenacity earns the prisoners ' respect and draws the attention of the guards . Later , wins a poker game by bluffing with a hand worth nothing . comments that " sometimes , nothing can be a real cool hand " , prompting to nickname him " Cool Hand " . 
 After a visit from his sick mother , ( ) , becomes more optimistic about his situation . He continually confronts the Captain and the guards , and his sense of humor and independence prove to be both contagious and inspiring to the other prisoners . 's struggle for supremacy peaks when he leads a work crew in a seemingly impossible but successful effort to complete a road - paving job in less than one day . The other prisoners start to idolize him after he makes and wins a spur - of - the moment bet that he can eat fifty hard - boiled eggs in one hour . 
 One day , picks up a deadly rattlesnake from the grassy ditch and holds it up for Boss to shoot with his rifle . tosses the snake to the boss as a joke , before he hands him his walking cane . advises to be more careful about his actions pertaining to the " man with no eyes . " A rainstorm causes everyone to prematurely end their work . Before he joins the other prisoners in the truck , shouts to , testing him . On that same evening , receives a letter stating that his mother has died . 
 The Captain , anticipating that might attempt to escape in order to attend his mother 's funeral , has him locked in the box . After being released from the box , receiving word that his mother 's burial is completed and being told to forget about her , is determined to escape . Under the cover of a Fourth of July celebration , he makes his initial escape attempt . He is later recaptured by local police and returned to the chain gang , but not before one of the three bloodhounds sent after him dies from heat and overexertion , including the strain of repeatedly going under the wire fences , in his attempt to trail . After his capture and return , the Captain has fitted with leg - irons and delivers a warning speech to the other inmates , explaining , " What we 've got here is failure to communicate . Some men you just ca n't reach . So you get what we had here last week , which is the way he wants it . Well , he gets it . And I do n't like it any more than you men . " 
 A short time later , Luke escapes again by using string to shake a bush and deceive the guards about his location while taking a urination break behind said bush , afterwards visiting a nearby house where he uses an axe to remove his shackles . To keep the guard dogs from following his scent , he spreads curry powder and chili powder across the ground to send them into sneezing fits and overload their sensitive sense of smell . While free , mails Dragline a magazine that includes a photograph of him with two beautiful women . He is soon recaptured , beaten , returned to the prison camp , and fitted with two sets of leg irons . is warned by the Captain that if he ever attempts to escape again , he will be killed on the spot . is now annoyed by the other prisoners fawning over the magazine photo and reveals it to be a fake . At first , the other prisoners are angry , but after a long stay in the box , when is punished by being forced to eat a massive serving of rice , they come to help him finish it . 
 As further punishment for his escape , he is forced to repeatedly dig a grave - sized hole in the prison camp yard , fill it back in , and then be beaten . The prisoners observe his persecution , singing spirituals . Finally , as the other prisoners watch from the windows of the bunkhouse , an exhausted collapses in the hole , begging for mercy and pleads with the bosses not to hit him again . Believing is finally broken , the Captain stops the punishment . Boss warns that he will be killed if ever he runs away again , which promises in tears not to do . The prisoners begin to lose their idealized image of , and one tears up the photograph of with the women . 
 Seemingly broken , and again working on the chain gang , stops working to give water to a prisoner . Watched by the disappointed prisoners , he runs to one of the trucks to take Boss 's rifle to him . After Boss shoots a snapping turtle , retrieves it from a slough for him , complimenting the boss for his shot . takes one last stab at freedom when he is ordered to take the turtle to the truck . He steals the dump truck , as well as the keys to the other trucks . In the excitement of the moment , jumps in the dump truck and joins in his escape . Later , after abandoning the truck , tells that they should part ways . reluctantly agrees and leaves . enters a church , where he talks to God and blames Him for sabotaging him so he can not win in life . Moments later , police cars arrive . walks in and tells that the police and bosses have promised not to hurt if he surrenders peacefully . But , feeling that his life is no longer worth living , walks to and opens a door facing the police and mocks the Captain by repeating the first part of his speech ( " What we 've got here is a failure to communicate . " ) . He is immediately shot in the neck by Boss . carries outside , then charges at Boss and attempts to strangle him until he is beaten and subdued by the other guards . In tears , implores to live . The local police want to take to a nearby hospital , but the Captain tells them to take him to the prison hospital instead , a long enough distance that 's chances of survival are slim . As the Captain ’s car drives away , it crushes Boss 's glasses . After 's implied death , and the other prisoners reminisce about him . In the final scene , the prison crew is seen working near a rural intersection close to where was shot . is now wearing leg irons , and there is a new Walking Boss . As the camera zooms out , the torn photograph of grinning with the two women is superimposed on a bird 's eye view of the cross - shaped road junction .

In early Victorian England , ( ) takes his young friend ( ) to visit eccentric Doctor ( ) for an injured duck that had acquired from a local fisherman . , a former medical doctor , lives with an extended menagerie , including a chimpanzee named Chee - Chee ( Cheeta ) , a dog named Jip , and a talking parrot named Polynesia ( the uncredited voice of ) . claims that he can talk to animals . In a flashback , he explains that he kept so many animals in his home that they created havoc with his human patients , who took their medical needs elsewhere . His sister , who served as his housekeeper , demanded that he dispose of the animals or she would leave ; he chose the animals . Polynesia taught him that different animal species can talk to each other , prompting to study animal languages so that he could become an animal doctor . He is planning his latest expedition : to search for the legendary Great Pink Sea Snail . 
 The next day , while treating a horse for nearsightedness , is accused by the horse 's owner , General ( ) , stealing his horse and ruining his fox hunt by sheltering and protecting the fox ( a vixen named ) and her children . ' niece , ( ) , offended by his lack of human empathy , chides for his rudeness to her uncle , while he states his contempt for her and other humans who hunt animals , causing her to storm off . falls in love with her at first sight . 
 An American Indian friend of 's sends him a rare Pushmi - pullyu , a creature that looks like a llama with a head on each end of its body , so that can earn money for his expedition . takes the creature to a nearby circus , run by ( ) , where the Pushmi - Pullyu becomes the star attraction . The doctor befriends a circus seal named who longs to return to her husband at the North Pole . smuggles her out of the circus , disguises her in women 's clothing to convey her to the coast , and then throws her into the ocean . Fishermen mistake the seal for a woman and have Doctor arrested on a charge of murder . General is the magistrate in his case , but proves he can converse with animals by talking with ' dog and revealing details that only and the dog could know . Although is acquitted on the murder charge , the vindictive judge sentences him to a lunatic asylum . 's animal friends engineer his escape , and he , , , , and set sail in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail . , by this time fascinated by , stows away , seeking adventure . They randomly choose their destination : Sea - Star Island , a floating island currently in the Atlantic Ocean . 
 The ship is torn apart during a storm , but everyone washes ashore on Sea - Star Island , where and admit they have grown to like each other . The party is met by the island 's natives , whom they mistake for hostile savages . The populace are in fact highly educated and cultured from reading books that have washed ashore from innumerable shipwrecks . Their leader is the Tenth ( ) ; his name reflects the tribe 's tradition of naming children after favorite authors . explains that they are wary of strangers coming to the island , and that the tropical island is currently endangered because it is drifting north into colder waters and all the animals on the island have caught colds . Mistrust leads the islanders to blame the doctor and his party . persuades a whale to push the island south , but this causes a balancing rock to drop into a volcano , fulfilling a prophecy that dooms and party to be burned at the stake . However , the push by the whale also causes the island to rejoin the mainland , fulfilling another prophecy that dictates that the doctor and his friends be heralded as heroes , and they are freed . While treating the animals on the island , receives a surprise patient – the Great Pink Sea Snail , which has also caught a severe cold . discovers that the snail 's shell is watertight and can carry passengers . sends , , , Polynesia , , and back to England with the snail . wishes to stay on the island with him , but the Doctor is adamant that a relationship would never work . She finally admits her feelings for the Doctor , and kisses him goodbye . 
 can not go back because he is still a wanted man . Furthermore , he wishes to investigate the natives ' stories of another creature , the Giant Lunar Moth . After his friends have left , realizes painfully that he has feelings for . the seal arrives , accompanied by her husband . They bring a message : the animals of England have gone on strike to protest his sentence , and has agreed to pardon him . and the islanders construct a saddle for the Giant Lunar Moth , and flies back to England .

( ) unannounced early return from a Hawaiian vacation causes a stir when she brings her new fiancé to her childhood upper - class home in San Francisco in 1967 . He is ( ): a widowed , black physician.[7][8 ] 's parents — newspaper publisher ( ) and his wife , art gallery owner ( purported liberals who have instilled in her the idea of racial equality . Although they try to hide it , 's parents and in particular her father are initially upset that she is planning to marry a black man . The ' black maid , ( ) , is even more horrified , suspecting that is trying to " get above himself " by marrying a white woman . 
 is oblivious to the reactions of her parents . They are unsettled by her engagement with , since they never thought that her choice would be a black man , and further unsettled by 's decision that if 's parents do not accept the engagement that day , then he will end it . 
 Adding to the situation is that , at first intending to join in a few weeks in Geneva for their planned marriage ceremony , has changed her mind to leave after dinner on his flight to New York City and then onward to Europe . She has also invited 's parents ( and ) to dinner , so they can all become acquainted . Due to this invitation , what was intended to be a sit - down steak dinner for two turns into a meet - the - in - laws dinner party . Furthermore , is forced to reveal that he had not yet told his parents of his intention to marry a white woman . 
 's golf buddy Monsignor ( ) , a Catholic priest , stops by after earlier cancelled on playing golf . After learning of John , he shares 's enthusiasm for the pending nuptials and tells her father as much . says he can not give the couple his blessing , however ; he fears that will be hurt by the prejudice that and she will surely encounter . Meanwhile , one of 's employees at her gallery , ( ) , who had briefly met and earlier in the day , stops by the ' home to express her disapproval over the relationship , and though herself is still unsure of her own feelings about the matter , she is so offended at 's racism that she fires her on the spot . Later , when dressing for dinner , shares with her support for , even if it should mean having to fight her husband . 
 Cocktails at the home resemble a game of musical chairs , as different sets of parental characters share their views about the situation , with the mothers generally expressing more faith in their children than the fathers . Universally , the parents had been expressed that more than a few hours are necessary for a proper decision , but 's mother brings up her idea of what the men are missing about the situation : passion . When the elder tells that he is making a huge mistake , says that his father thinks of himself as a black man , whereas thinks of himself as a man . Mrs. tells that her husband and he , in growing old , have forgotten what it is like to feel romantic passion . If they remembered , they would see that in their children as being more important than any racial problem . 
 After thinking about the situation , and his conversation with Mrs. in particular , calls everyone together to make an announcement . He says that it does not matter what everyone else may think about and getting married ; all that matters is that they love each other . The film ends with the two families and Monsignor finally sitting down to dinner .

In late 19th - century Arizona , an Apache - raised white man , , faces prejudice in the white world after he returns for his inheritance ( a gold watch and a boarding house ) upon his father 's death . Deciding to sell the house in order to buy a herd of horses — which does not endear him to the boarders who live there or to the caretaker , — ends up riding a stagecoach with and unhappily married boarders and leaving town . 
 Three others ride with them : Indian agent Professor , his aristocratic wife and the crude . Upon discovering that is of Apache background , Professor requests that ride up top with driver . The stagecoach is robbed by a gang led by , who knew that Dr. had been carrying money that he stole from the very Apaches whom grew up with . rides off , taking Mrs. as a hostage . shoots two of the outlaws — one of whom is 's former lover , sheriff - gone - bad — who have the stolen money in their saddle bags . He insists that Dr. give the recovered money to him . His fellow passengers now appeal to to lead them to safety . After scouts ahead , Dr. disarms . returns as is about to leave with the money and supplies ; banishes him from the group . 
 's instincts to protect the group clash with their morality and desire to save the , especially when and his remaining gang offer to trade Mrs. for the money . Their pity for Mrs. 's life eventually outweighs the knowledge that is using her to bait a trap , and talks into saving Mrs. . gives the money to and asks him to take it back to the Indians from whom it was stolen . descends from the group 's hideout with saddle bags that he pretends are full of the money , while Billy stays in the hideout and aims a rifle at the Mexican outlaw who is at 's back . cuts Mrs loose , and she slowly makes her way up to the group , but by the time throws the saddle bags to , Mrs has collapsed at a point where she is obscuring target . In the ensuing firefight , although is able to kill , he and the Mexican outlaw shoot each other dead . As his last words , the Mexican outlaw says , " I would at least like to know his name " . replies , " He was called " .

Paul Newman, Richard Boone, Fredric March, Diane Cilento, Barbara Rush, Martin Balsam, Margaret Blye

buys a book , How to Succeed in Business , describing in step - by - step fashion how to rise in the business world . The ambitious young window cleaner follows its advice carefully . He joins the " World - Wide Wicket Company " and begins work in the mailroom . Soon , thanks to the ethically questionable advice in the book , he rises to Vice - President in Charge of Advertising , making sure that each person above him gets either fired or moved or transferred within the company . 
 begins to fall in love with , a secretary at the company . finds out that the president of the company , , has made advances towards , a beautiful but incompetent woman the company has hired . uses this information to assist his climb on the corporate ladder . 
 's annoying nephew , , also takes advantage of the situation and tries to get to the top before . By story 's end , however , has become chairman of the board , and might make the White House his next step to success .

In November 1959 , ( ) and " ( ) concoct a plan to invade the home of the family , as Mr. supposedly keeps a large supply of cash in a safe . When the two criminals execute the robbery , they are unable to find a safe as Mr. uses checks . In order to leave no witnesses , they murder Mr. and Mrs. and their two teenage children . The bodies are discovered the next day , and a police investigation is immediately launched . As the investigation builds , the two wanted men continue to elude law enforcement by heading south and crossing into Mexico ; but , after a while , they return to the U.S. and decide to travel to Las Vegas to win some money at gambling . There , they are arrested for violating parole , being in possession of a stolen car , and passing bad checks . 
 The police separately interrogate the two men about the murders . Both and admit to passing bad checks , but they deny knowing anything about the murders . The police claim that a mistake made by the men is that they left a witness , but they are slowed by 's refusal to provide answers . Next , the police confront them with evidence , such as a bloody footprint matching the boots worn by one of the men . Finally , confesses and states that he does not want to be executed for the crime , claiming that committed all of the murders . When learns that confessed , he recounts how , although it was he , , who wielded the knife and pulled the trigger for the four killings , was there beside him as an active accomplice . 
 The story of the murders is told in flashback , after the subjects ' arrests . and are both found guilty of the crime and sentenced to be hanged . A representation of their final moments and their execution is presented at the conclusion of the film .

In 1966 , a wealthy industrialist named has moved from Chicago to Sparta , Mississippi to build a factory . One night , police officer discovers that has been murdered . 
 Chief leads the investigation . A doctor estimates that had been dead for a few hours . finds a black man named at the train station and arrests him . quickly assumes that is the culprit and tries to get him to confess . However , he is embarrassed to learn that is a top homicide detective from Philadelphia . phones ' chief , who confirms this and recommends that should assist them . This idea does not appeal to or , but they reluctantly agree . 
 arrests another suspect , but clears him . The victim 's widow is frustrated by the ineptitude of the local police and impressed by . She threatens to stop the construction of the factory unless leads the investigation . Despite the rocky start , the two policemen begin to respect each other as they are forced to work together . 
 initially suspects plantation owner , a racist who publicly opposes the new factory . When attempts to interrogate , slaps him in the face and slaps him back . sends a gang of hooligans after . rescues him from the fight and tells him to leave town for his safety , but is convinced he can solve the case . He examines 's body and suggests the murder happened earlier than initially thought . He examines 's car and deduces that was murdered elsewhere and the culprit moved the body . asks to retrace his car patrol route on the night of the murder , and joins them . When notices that has changed his route , starts suspecting , though hints there is another reason . 
 discovers that made a sizable deposit into his bank account the day after the murder while , a local , files charges against for getting his 16 - year - old sister pregnant . arrests , despite ' protests , and is interrogated . is offended that a black man was present at the interrogation , and he gathers a mob to get revenge . reveals that the murder was committed at the site of the planned factory and clears . He also admits that he knew why had changed his route : is an exhibitionist and has been spying on her . 
 visits a backstreet abortionist , who reveals that someone paid for to have an abortion . When arrives , follows her outside and is confronted by the murderer , . 's mob tracks down and holds him at gunpoint ; he responds by proving that got pregnant . shoots dead before disarms him . is arrested and confesses : he robbed to fund 's abortion but accidentally killed him . 
 The film ends with boarding a train home , as respectfully bids him farewell .

After observing the launch of a new space platform , Z.O.W.I.E. ( Zonal Organisation World Intelligence Espionage ) Chief joins President ( ) for a game of golf . While on the links they are interrupted by a small group , two women disguised as boys and an actor disguised as an old man , all from the Fabulous Face organization . Discreetly substituting the presidential golf ball with a small gas bomb they succeed in temporarily immobilizing the presidential party and replacing the president with the now - undisguised actor , who has been surgically altered to look exactly like him . The Fabulous Face organization has conceived a plot to gain control of the world and run it entirely by a group of women led by ( ) ; has more - or - less inadvertently stumbled upon this world - domination plot . The women want to establish a matriarchy , and the first step in their plan is to gain control of a US space facility in the Virgin Islands . has established the spa there as a cover . The women establish their headquarters near the rocket base to brainwash their male - oriented sisters by planting tape recorders in their hair dryers . 
 Puzzled by an apparent three - minute time discrepancy - revealed by a perusal of a stopwatch that was active during the switch - visits former agent at his New York City home . Greeted by ' three female live - in companions in the living room of 's spacious Manhattan apartment , is informed that is experimenting with the creation a dolphin language dictionary . tells these undersea mammals are intelligent creatures and that they use sounds or sonics to communicate , a notion that had been only relatively recently reinforced by scientific experimentation at the time the film was produced . then shows a sonic device of his own invention that is integrated into a cigarette lighter ( and that , amongst many other uses mentioned - 82 are claimed for the gadget - is later revealed to service as a belt buckle ) , first moving and then shattering a white cue ball on the pool table . requests that investigate the " lost " three minutes recorded by the stopwatch . agrees to take up the matter after his return from a survival exercise in the Mojave Desert . During their meeting , ( ) , an operative of Fabulous Face , is meeting with 's three live - in girl friends , where she tricks the girls into accepting a free visit to the Fabulous Face Spa in the Virgin Islands . That evening encounters , whom Fabulous Face has re - tasked to deal with his unexpected interference with their plans , at an Italian restaurant . Disguised as a southern schoolteacher visiting the city , she drugs him using cigarettes treated with a soporific substance and stages a compromising scene with a prostitute at a hotel ; the scene is then photographed and published under the auspices of General ( ) , who is working with Fabulous Face . With framed as a libertine , the " imposter " President publicly suspends the disgraced spy chief from active duty . 
 Recalled from his exercise , hypnotizes with his watch , which incorporates lights specifically designed for such a purpose , and learns the details of the encounter with . Tests of trimmings from 's mustache ( secured through the use of the ubiquitous , multi - talented cigarette lighter ) reveal traces of " euphoric acid " , a drug that when mixed with alcohol leaves the subject mildly sedated and aroused . Investigating further , breaks into Z.O.W.I.E. headquarters and discovers that the two astronauts on the recently launched space platform are , in fact , Russian female cosmonauts . is interrupted by General and a force of turncoat guards who , after a struggle , believe they have killed when he apparently falls into a document incinerator . 
 Having actually escaped his supposed demise , travels to the Soviet Union to investigate the cosmonaut connection . Dancing in the Bolshoi ballet , he makes contact with ballerina , unaware that she is a Fabulous Face operative until she attempts to drug him with soporific cigarettes , as had done to in New York . manages to foil 's designs , but his subsequent interrogation of her is interrupted by the KGB , who arrive at her apartment intending to bring to the Soviet Premier . escapes their clutches and leads the KGB agents in a chase across the roof , tricking one agent to looking over the ledge by imitating a pigeon ( making cooing noises ) , then reaching up from his precarious perch beneath the building 's eaves and pulling the man to his death . , hopping atop roof again , evades the other agent and manages to propel a grappling hook , shot from his multi - purposed cigarette lighter , onto another nearby roof and , walking along the line he 's secured at his end , crosses over and escapes into a lower vent hatch . next sneaks into the Kremlin , where he overhears the Premier bluffing the ( fake ) U.S. President ; conversational clues point to the Fabulous Face spa in the Virgin Islands . 
 has also traveled to the Fabulous Face Spa to investigate further but he is captured and imprisoned with the real President . The Fabulous Face staff , in anticipation of coming to the spa , have imprisoned his girl friends in cryogenic freezing chambers . boards an Aeroflot flight for Cuba disguised as a bearded Cuban Revolutionary . An amusing scene ensues on the Russian airliner which pokes tongue - in - cheek fun at the idea of how an airline would be run in the Caribbean " socialist paradise " . Distracting the other passengers , he ties up the pilots , parachutes out over the Virgin Islands , and swims to the Fabulous Face complex . There he is intercepted by , who brings him before the Fabulous Face leadership , a group of female business executives who explain their plan to brainwash women ( through the use of subliminal messages transmitted by salon hairdryers , as revealed in the film 's opening scenes ) into overthrowing the male - dominated political order . As attempts to talk the women out of their plan , he is interrupted by General , who is dissatisfied with his subordinate role in the women 's plot and plans to take power himself with the aid of the fake president . After a fight , is captured by 's men and placed , along with , the captive U. S. President , and the Fabulous Face leadership with their lead staff , into cryogenic suspension . escapes his freezing chamber , where he has been imprisoned with the lovely Miss , with the sonic wave amplifier device he demonstrated to in his New York apartment . Subsequently , decides to join sides with the women in stopping 's plan to atomically arm the space station . , , the real President , and the women of Fabulous Face travel to the nearby base where the launch is scheduled to take place . Once they arrive , the women execute " Operation Smooch " , using their beauty and sexual allure to distract , seduce , and subdue the male guards . After the women thereby succeed in taking over the control room , ( who is on board the rocket ) threatens to activate the atomic warheads under his control unless he is allowed to proceed with the launch . manages to board the capsule just before it takes off ; once in orbit he and fight in zero gravity , causing the spacecraft to tumble . After overpowering , escapes the capsule , which is then destroyed with a nuclear missile launched from the surface . Using his wave amplifier , floats to the nearby space platform , where he enjoys the hospitality of the female cosmonauts there while awaiting return to Earth .

works with his friend to steal a large amount of cash from a courier transporting funds for a major gambling operation , with the deserted Alcatraz Island as a drop point . then double - crosses and shoots him , leaving him for dead . also makes off with 's wife , . 
 recovers . With assistance from the mysterious , who seems to know everything about everybody , sets out to find , take his revenge , and recover the $ 93,000 he is owed . used all of the money from the job to pay back a debt to a crime syndicate called " The Organization " and get back in its good graces . 
 With memories of happy times together , goes to Los Angeles to pay back his wife and his best friend for their treachery . He bursts in on and riddles her bed with bullets , just in case is in it . A distraught tells him she no longer wants to live , then takes an overdose of pills . 
 Walker is told that a car dealer named might know where can be found . He takes for a wild ride in one of his new cars , smashing the car and terrorizing him until reveals where is living . He is told that has now taken up with 's sister - in - law , . 
 Breaking in on , he learns that she actually despises and had considered the best thing ever to happen to her sister . Willing to help in any way , agrees to a sexual tryst with inside his heavily guarded penthouse apartment just so she can gain access and unbolt a door for . ties up some men in an apartment across from the penthouse and has a call made to police to report a robbery , creating a diversion that enables him to slip into the penthouse . 
 With a gun to 's head , persuades him to give up the names of his Organization superiors – , , and – so he can make somebody pay back his $ 93,000 . He then forces a naked off the balcony and watches him plunge to his death . 
 After next confronting for his money , is set up . A hit man with a high - powered rifle is assigned to kill him at a money - drop in a storm - drain river bed . sees to it that and are the ones who get shot . 
 takes him to a home belonging to . visits in her apartment , which has been trashed by The Organization . He brings her with him to the home belonging to , claiming she will be safer with him than by herself . waits for to return there . Angry at 's apparent disinterest in her , slaps and punches him as he regards her impassively , not defending himself . Then they make love . The following morning , comes home and is ambushed by , who demands his money . insists that no one will pay . Walker forces to make a phone call to The Organization to get his money . speaks with a Mr. , telling him that if they do not pay the money , he is going to be shot . refuses to pay , though , saying , " Threatening phone calls do n't impress me . " then shoots the phone . says that they can still get him the money in San Francisco through " The Alcatraz Run " in which large sums of money change hands . " The drop has changed , but the run is still the same , " explains . 
 They travel to Fort Point in San Francisco . does not trust him and refuses to show himself . receives the money by a courier in a helicopter . The hit man is also in the darkness with his rifle . He shoots , who falls to the ground thinking shot him . emerges from the shadows , telling him that it was not who shot him . calls out to , " This is Fairfax , ! Kill him ! " 
 / thanks ( who is still hiding in the darkness ) for eliminating his dangerous underlings , telling him : " Our deal 's done , . was the last one . " He then offers him an enforcer job , claiming he has looked for a man like him for years . remains silent and does not bother collecting the money . / and the hit man leave .

Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Carroll O'Connor, Keenan Wynn, Lloyd Bochner, John Vernon

In 1922 New York City , flapper ( ) is determined to find work as a stenographer to a wealthy businessman and then marry him – a " thoroughly modern " goal . befriends the sweet yet naive Miss ( ) as the latter checks into the Priscilla Hotel . When house mother Mrs. ( ) learns Miss is an orphan , she remarks , " Sad to be all alone in the world . " Unbeknownst to , the woman is selling her tenants into white slavery , and those without family or close friends are her primary targets . 
 At a friendship dance in the hall , meets the devil - may - care paper clip salesman ( ) , to whom she takes an instant liking . However , she carries on with her plan to work for and then marry a rich man , and when she gets a job at Sincere Trust , she sets her sights on the attractive but self - absorbed ( ) . later takes her and Miss on an outing to Long Island , where they meet eccentric widow ( ) . tells the girls that his father was 's former gardener . begins to fall for , but sees him summon Miss from her room for a late night rendezvous , and assumes the worst . 
 is determined to stick to her plan and marry . One morning , she goes to work dressed as a flapper and attempts to seduce him , but her effort fails . Eventually , sees Miss and falls in love with her and vice versa , leaving heartbroken . 
 Meanwhile , 's attempts to talk to are continually thwarted by no - nonsense head stenographer Miss ( ) . He eventually climbs up the side of the building and when he finally gets to talk to , she tells him she is quitting her job since Mr. is no longer available . 
 Mrs. makes several attempts to kidnap Miss and hand her over to her Chinese henchmen ( ) and ( ) , but manages to interrupt her every time . When Mrs. finally succeeds , finds drowning his sorrows , and he tells her Miss stood him up and checked out of the hotel . climbs into Miss 's room and lets in , and they find all of Miss 's possessions still there . realizes Miss is just one of several girls who have vanished without a word to anyone , except to Mrs. . Together with , they try to piece the puzzle together . When asks what all the missing girls had in common , mentions that they were all orphans . 
 disguises himself as a woman named seeking accommodations at the Priscilla Hotel , and " casually " mentions to Mrs. that she is an orphan . Mrs. spots sitting in his car in front of the hotel , becomes suspicious , and shoots him with a tranquilizer dart . is subsequently captured by Mrs. and , and follows them to Chinatown , where the unconscious has been hidden in a room in a fireworks factory where Miss is sleeping . Trying to look casual , has been smoking a cigarette outside the building , and when she begins to choke on it , she tosses it into a window , setting off the fireworks . As a series of explosions tear through the building , dashes into the factory and finds several white girls tied up and about to be sent off to Beijing . She unties a couple of them , who then free the other girls , and then bumps into Miss . They carry out of the building and head for Long Island and . 
 Mrs. , , and follow and the gang , but under 's leadership everyone manages to subdue the nefarious trio . then discovers and Miss are millionaire siblings and is their stepmother , who sent them out into the world to find partners who would love them for who they were and not for their money . marries and Miss marries .

A woman named ( ) takes a flight from Montreal to New York City , smuggling bags of heroin sewn inside an old - fashioned doll . When she disembarks , becomes worried upon seeing a man watching her at the John F. Kennedy International Airport and gives the doll to a fellow passenger , professional photographer ( ) for safekeeping . She is roughly escorted away by the man . Later , when she calls about the doll , he and his wife ( ) , who is blind from an auto accident , are unable to find it . 
 A few days later , con artists ( ) and ( ) arrive at and 's apartment , believing it to be 's . ( ) , the man who met at the airport , arrives to persuade and to help him find the doll . After the con men discover 's body , blackmails them into helping him dispose of it and convinces them to help him find the doll . The next day , sends on a photography assignment . Once is alone , the criminals begin an elaborate con game , posing as different people to win 's trust . Implying that has been murdered and will be suspected , the men persuade to help them find the doll . gives her the number for the phone booth across the street as his own after falsely warning her of a police car outside . 
 grows suspicious of and . ( ) , a girl who lives upstairs , sneaks in to return the doll and tells that there is no police car outside . finally realizes that the three are criminals and hides the doll . She tells them that the doll is at 's studio and the three leave after cuts the telephone cord . stays behind to stand guard outside the building . sends to the bus station to wait for . When she discovers that the telephone cord has been cut , she prepares to defend herself by putting the criminals in the dark along with her , breaking all the bulbs in the apartment except for the ' safe - light . ' When returns , he realizes that she knows the truth and demands the doll , but she refuses to cooperate . has come to admire for her quiet strength and ability to stand up to them , despite her disability . He admits to her that he and his confederates are part of a criminal plot , while is the particular danger . He assures her that he has sent to kill . However , having anticipated their plan , has killed instead and then kills . 
 Intent on acquiring the doll , threatens to set the apartment on fire . finally agrees to give him the doll but throws a chemical at 's face and unplugs the ' safe light ' as the apartment is plunged into darkness . obtains light by opening the refrigerator . , realizing that she has lost the battle , pulls the doll out from its hiding place and hands it to him . While is distracted with it , is able to arm herself with a large kitchen knife . then goes to rape but she stabs him and flees . She is unable to escape the chained front door and stumbles to the kitchen window to scream for help , but grabs her ankle . She wrenches free and conceals herself behind the refrigerator door . Just as he stands to stab her , she unplugs the refrigerator , leading to total darkness yet again . We hear scream in the dark . The police arrive with and , and is found , unharmed , behind the refrigerator door . She embraces , crying . is finally dead . 
 The movie was filmed partly on location " St Luke 's Place 27B ( now nr 5 ) in Greenwich Village New York City .

In an African desert millions of years ago , a tribe of hominids is driven away from its water hole by a rival tribe . They awaken to find a featureless black monolith has appeared before them . Seemingly influenced by the monolith , they discover how to use a bone as a weapon and drive their rivals away from the water hole . 
 Millions of years later , a Pan Am spaceplane carries Dr. to the huge Space Station 5 orbiting Earth for a layover on his trip to Clavius Base , a United States outpost on the Moon . After has a videophone call with his daughter , he rebuffs questions from his Soviet scientist friend and her colleague about rumors of a mysterious epidemic at Clavius Base . heads a meeting of Clavius Base personnel , apologizing for the epidemic cover story but stressing secrecy . His mission is to investigate a recently found artifact buried four million years ago . and others ride in a Moonbus to the artifact , a monolith identical to the one encountered by the ape - men . Sunlight strikes the monolith and a loud high - pitched radio signal is heard . 
 Eighteen months later , the United States spacecraft Discovery One is bound for Jupiter . On board are mission pilots and scientists Dr. and Dr. , along with three other scientists in suspended animation . Most of Discovery 's operations are controlled by the ship 's computer , HAL 9000 , referred to by the crew as " Hal " . states that he is " foolproof and incapable of error " . raises concerns about the nature of the mission to , which the latter ignores . then reports the imminent failure of an antenna control device . The astronauts retrieve it in an extravehicular activity ( EVA ) pod but find nothing wrong . suggests reinstalling the device and letting it fail so the problem can be found . Mission Control advises the astronauts that results from their twin HAL 9000 indicate that is in error . insists that the problem , like previous issues ascribed to HAL series units , is due to human error . Concerned about 's behavior , and enter an EVA pod to talk without overhearing , and agree to disconnect if he is proven wrong . secretly follows their conversation by lip reading . While is on a space walk outside his EVA pod attempting to replace the unit , takes control of the pod , severs his oxygen hose and sets him adrift . 
 takes another pod to rescue . Meanwhile , turns off the life support functions of the crewmen in suspended animation . When returns to the ship with 's body , refuses to let him in , stating that the astronauts ' plan to deactivate him jeopardizes the mission . opens the ship 's emergency airlock manually , enters the ship , and proceeds to Hal 's processor core . tries to reassure , then pleads with him to stop , and finally expresses fear . As gradually deactivates the circuits controlling 's higher intellectual functions , regresses to his earliest programmed memory , the song " Daisy Bell " , which he sings for . 
 When disconnects , a prerecorded video message from reveals the existence of the monolith on the moon , its purpose and origin unknown . The object has been inert save for a powerful radio emission aimed at Jupiter . Only had been told of the mission 's true objectives . 
 At Jupiter , leaves Discovery One in an EVA pod to investigate another monolith discovered in orbit around the planet . The pod is pulled into a vortex of colored light , and races across vast distances of space , viewing bizarre cosmological phenomena and strange landscapes of unusual colors . 
 finds himself in a bedroom appointed in the neoclassical style . He sees , and then becomes , older versions of himself , first standing in the bedroom , middle - aged and still in his spacesuit , then dressed in leisure attire and eating dinner , and finally as an old man lying in the bed . A monolith appears at the foot of the bed , and as reaches for it , he is transformed into a fetus enclosed in a transparent orb of light . The new being floats in space beside the Earth , gazing at it .

( ) arrives in a Maryland seacoast town , called Goldolphin , to take the position of track coach at Godolphin College . The night of his arrival coincides with a charity bazaar at the hotel where he will be boarding   — Blackbeard 's Inn , named after the notorious English pirate Captain and now run by the Daughters of the Buccaneers , elderly descendants of the pirate 's crew . The inn had been built by timbers of ships that had run aground in the bay . The owners are attempting to pay off their mortgage to keep the inn from being bought by the local crime boss , ( ) , who wants to build a casino on the land . quickly discovers his track team 's shortcomings and runs afoul of the dean of Godolphin College , its football coach , and . He also makes the acquaintance of attractive Godolphin professor ( ) , who is anxious to help the elderly ladies save Blackbeard 's Inn . 
 After a bidding war with the football coach at the charity auction , wins an antique bed warmer once owned by 's 10th wife , , who had a reputation of being a witch . Inside the hollow wooden handle of this bed warmer is hidden a book of magic spells that had once been the property of . recites , on a lark , a spell " to bring to your eyes and ears one who is bound in Limbo " , unintentionally conjuring up the ghost of ( ) , who appears as a socially - inappropriate drunkard , cursed by his wife to an existence in limbo unless he can perform a good deed . 
 and are bound to one another by the power of the spell , and only the very reluctant can see or hear the ghost . As a result , must deal with the antics of the wayward pirate while attempting to revive Godolphin 's track team and form a relationship with . is falsely arrested for drunk driving when attempts to drive 's automobile , steering it like a pirate ship . Because the arresting officer ca n't see ( and because riding the cop 's motorcycle crashed it into a tree ) , spends a night in jail . While in jail , reminds that if he does a good deed , his curse will be broken . asks for his treasure to help the Daughters of the Buccaneers save the inn , but admits that he spent all of the money . decides not to trust . 
 is released from jail the next morning due to lack of evidence but is put on probation with the college , forced to win the big track meet or be fired from his position . The problem is that 's team is sorrowfully weak and ordinarily do not stand a chance at winning . is firmly told by , more than once , not to interfere with the boys on his team ; or the opposing team , either . but creates further complications by stealing one of the Inn 's mortgage payments and betting it on 's track team . 's intention is to use his ghostly powers to help Godolphin win the track meet , and then use the winnings to pay the mortgage in full . is at first outraged by the pirate 's interference , but he decides the greater good is to win the money for the sake of the Inn . He also accepts the pirate 's help in shaking down and his thugs after refuses to pay out the winnings from the bet . 
 With the mortgage paid , has performed his good deed and is released from the curse . After asks the ladies and to recite the spell , thereby rendering visible to them , bids them all a cordial goodbye and departs to join his former crew , leaving and to pursue their future together .

Ambitious San Francisco politician is about to present a surprise star witness in a Senate subcommittee hearing on organized crime . , a defector from the Organization in Chicago , is to be put under protective custody over the weekend until his Monday morning appearance . Seeking to associate himself and his grandstanding mob - busting effort with a high - visibility SFPD detective , requests Lieutenant be put in charge . and his team , and , put under around - the - clock protection in a cheap hotel selected by . is on solo duty when the desk clerk unexpectedly calls at 1:00   a.m. , Saturday morning to announce that wants to come up . While checks by phone with , unchains the hotel room door . Two hitmen burst in and shoot and , seriously wounding both occupants . 
 At the hospital , holds responsible . Later , thwarts a second assassination attempt on before it can materialize , but soon dies of his original wounds . Helped by a sympathetic Dr. , who had been snubbed by , delays news of the death by spiriting the body out of the hospital by private ambulance service , registering it as a John Doe at the city morgue . finds the cab driver who drove to the hotel , and recreates ' movements upon arriving in town , learning that he made a long distance call from a phone booth . 's confidential informant , , reveals that was caught stealing $ 2 million ( $ 14.1 million today ) from the Chicago Mob and fled to San Francisco after escaping an attempted hit in Chicago . Meanwhile , serves 's captain with a writ of habeas corpus to force to produce . 
 While driving in San Francisco , is pursued by the hitmen in a 1968 Dodge Charger R / T. He flips the chase , turning the hunters into the hunted . They attempt to escape , and a high - speed chase ensues through the steep streets of Russian Hill and out onto the highway , ending when 's 1968 Ford Mustang GT forces the Charger off the road and into a gas station , where it explodes in a huge fireball . 
 and face their superiors on Sunday morning . They reveal that is dead and that their only leads are phone records showing that 's call was to in a hotel in nearby San Mateo . The detectives are given until Monday to deliver results . With his car out of commission , gets a ride from his girlfriend in her Porsche 356 . The detectives find strangled in her hotel room . sees police rushing in and follows , fearing for . Horrified by the crime scene , she later confronts him about his violent world , wondering whether she really understands him and where the life he leads will take them . 
 Back in San Francisco , and search ' luggage , discovering brand new sets of clothing , an airline ticket and passport folders , a travel brochure for Rome , and thousands of dollars in traveler 's checks made out to an and . requests passport information for the and a fingerprint check for the dead . again confronts , demanding a signed admission that died while in his custody . But refuses to comply . A facsimile of passport application arrives , showing the man they believed to be was actually , a used car salesman from Chicago with no criminal record bearing a startling resemblance to . points out that was duped by the real , who used him to fake his own death by setting up to die in his place , then murdered the wife to complete the cover - up . 
 discovers reservations for the on an evening flight to Rome . He and go to San Francisco International Airport to look for , traveling as . They stake out the Rome flight gate , only to find that has switched to a slightly earlier flight to London that is already taxiing toward takeoff . shows up to lay claim to his witness , even though he is now wanted for murder , and is again rebuffed by . has the plane stopped , but escapes . A foot chase across the busy runways ends in a tense pursuit inside the crowded passenger terminal . When bolts and shoots a security guard , shoots and kills . The empty - handed skulks away , and is driven off in his limousine bearing a " Support Your Local Police " bumper sticker . 
 Early the next morning , drives home and observes 's car upon approaching his apartment . He looks in and sees her sleeping in his bedroom , but does not wake her . He takes off his shoulder holster and balances it on a banister . As he begins to wash up at the bathroom sink , he looks up into his own reflection and contemplates himself for a long moment .

High school student ( former Miss Teen Sweden ) seemingly descends to Earth from space . In the relatively simple plot , she naively endures an escalating series of situations in which her oblivious allure[clarification needed ] triggers satirical porn - film - like encounters . wrote , " caroms from one man to another like a nympho in a pinball machine , and the characters she encounters are improbable enough to establish boredom with the conventions of pornography . "[3 ] 
 In school , her father ( ) is also her teacher . At a poetry recital , eccentric poet ( ) offers a ride home in his limousine . At her home , drunkenly waxes boisterously poetic , arousing and her gardener ( ) into sex . Scandalized , she and her family escape from 's three vengeful sisters and head for New York , where she embarks on a psychedelic journey during which she meets a number of strange people , including a sex - starved military general ( ) , a doctor who performs public operations ( ) , a hunchback ( ) , an obsessed underground filmmaker ( ) and a fake Indian guru ( ) . As the film ends , she meets a wise guru in an Indian temple ( who turns out to be her brain - damaged father in disguise ) , revisits some of the characters she met in the film , then wanders off into the desert before returning to outer space .

Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, Charles Aznavour, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, Ringo Starr

( ) , an intellectually disabled man with a strong desire to make himself smarter , has been attending night school for two years where he has been taught by ( ) to read and write . However , his spelling remains poor and he is even unable to spell his own name . 
 takes to the " - Straus " clinic run by Dr. and Dr. . and have been increasing the intelligence of laboratory mice with a new surgical procedure and are looking for a human test subject . As part of a series of tests to ascertain 's suitability for the procedure , he is made to race , one of the laboratory mice . physically runs through a maze while uses a pencil to trace his way through a diagram of the same maze . is disappointed that he consistently loses the races . Nevertheless , he is given the experimental surgery . 
 After the surgery , is initially angered that he is not immediately smarter than he was before and still loses in races against . Eventually , however , he beats in a race and then his intelligence starts increasing rapidly . continues to teach him , but he soon surpasses her . 's co - workers also try to tease him by making him work on a machine that they believe he will not be able to work . When shows he can work the machine , his co - workers are not pleased with the fact that he is now intelligent and can not be teased anymore . They sign a petition against him and he loses his job at the bakery . also starts staring at 's body as well as drawing and painting abstract nude figures of her . He also questions whether loves her fiancé . One night , follows back to her apartment and sexually assaults her , pulling her to the floor and kissing her forcefully until she breaks free by slapping him . 
 The film then uses a montage sequence to show – having escaped into the counterculture – wearing a mustache and goatee , riding a motorcycle , kissing a series of different women , smoking and dancing . At the end of the sequence , has returned home and comes to visit him , both having learned during their time apart that they want to be together . A further montage sequence shows and running through woods and kissing under trees accompanied by a voice - over of the two of them talking about marriage . 
 and present their research to a panel of scientists , including a question - and - answer session with . is aggressive during the session and then reveals that has just died , causing to believe that his own increased intelligence is only temporary . After suffering visions of his intelligence fading and of his pre - operative self following him , decides to work with and to see if he can be saved . discovers that there is nothing that can be done to prevent his own intelligence from fading . visits and asks him to marry her , but he refuses and tells her to leave . 
 In the film 's final scene , watches playing with children in a playground , having reverted to his former self .

Set in and around New York City just prior to and following World War I , the story opens with Ziegfeld Follies star awaiting the return of husband from prison , and then moves into an extended flashback focusing on their meeting and marriage . 
 is first seen as a stage - struck teenager who gets her first job in vaudeville and meets the suave following her debut performance . They continue to meet occasionally over the years , becoming more romantically involved as 's career flourishes and she becomes a star . eventually seduces , who decides to abandon the Follies to be with him . 
 After winning a fortune playing poker while traveling aboard the RMS Berengaria , agrees to marry . They move into an expensive house and have a daughter , and eventually returns to and the . Meanwhile , 's various business ventures fail , forcing them to move into an apartment . Refusing financial support from his wife , he becomes involved in a bonds scam and is imprisoned for embezzlement for eighteen months . 
 Following 's release from prison , he and agree to separate .

In the Oklahoma Territory in 1889 , is driving a small herd of cattle across a stream when a posse , composed of Capt . , , , , , , , , and surround him and accuse him of rustling the herd . He shows them a receipt for the cattle , but the man he bought them from was a rustler who killed the herd 's owners . explains that he knew nothing about the murder , but only expresses doubts about his guilt . After takes 's saddle and takes his wallet , the men hang him from a tree and ride away , leaving him for dead . 
 Federal Marshal sees and cuts him down while he is still alive . puts him in irons and takes him to Fort Grant , where the territorial judge , , determines that is innocent , sets him free , and warns him not to become a vigilante . He then shows the man who is responsible for the crimes he was accused of committing by the posse . The man , , is hanged for murder and rustling as Judge and watch . As an alternative to vigilantism , offers , a former lawman , the badge of a Deputy U.S. Marshal . accepts the post , and warns him not to kill the men who lynched him . 
 During his first assignment as a marshal , sees his saddle on a horse in front of a small - town saloon . He finds inside and tries to arrest him , but goes for his gun , forcing to shoot him dead . When word of this becomes public , turns himself in and provides the names of the rest of the hanging posse . finds , the blacksmith in the town of Red Creek , arrests him , and has Sheriff put him in jail . Most of the men seeks are respected members of the community , but honors 's warrants for their arrest . 
 On their way to 's ranch to make the arrests , and encounter an impromptu posse pursuing the perpetrators of another rustling and murder . and this posse catch the rustlers , who turn out to be and two teenage brothers , and . takes them to Fort Grant single - handedly after refusing to let the posse lynch them and the posse members refused to help bring them in . On the way , and insist that was the murderer . catches off guard and attacks him , but overpowers and subdues him while the brothers watch . 
 Judge sentences all three rustlers to be hanged , despite 's defense of the teenagers . insists that the public will resort to lynching if they see rustlers going unpunished , threatening Oklahoma 's bid for statehood . Some time later , Sheriff arrives at Fort Grant and pays for his cattle . He is trying to bribe into ignoring the rest of the men who lynched him . Cooper accepts the money but makes it clear that while " we are even , money - wise " , he will bring the attempted murderers to justice . realizes , " All right , now that makes three mistakes we 've made . The money ; we hung an innocent man ; and we did n't finish the job . We ca n't undo the first two ... but we can still finish the job . " and flee , but and remain loyal to , who has decided to kill . 
 At Fort Grant , , , and bushwhack while most of the town has gathered to watch the hanging of , , , and three other men . survives the shooting and is slowly nursed back to health by , a shopkeeper with whom he begins a relationship . On a picnic together , and become lovers . When Marshal is healthy enough to return to duty , he learns Captain , , and are holed up at 's ranch , and goes after them . 
 Sneaking up on the ranch house , is attacked by a German Shepherd guard dog that is accidentally killed by . He kills , who had come out after him with a knife , and then . Captain attempts to shoot as he crosses open ground to the house , but misses . On hearing break in , hangs himself . 
 On his return to Fort Grant , slaps his badge down on Judge 's desk and threatens to quit unless releases , who is both contrite and seriously ill . insists that justice must be served , but agrees to pardon . After listening to a memorable outburst from the judge in which curses the fact that he and his marshals are the only source of judgment and justice in the territory , agrees to continue as a Marshal . Judge then hands him fresh warrants for and , telling him , " The law still wants them . " nods and heads out the door with ' pardon , the two warrants , and his marshal 's badge in his hand .

Two unnamed WWII servicemen , one American ( ) and one Japanese ( ) , are stranded on an uninhabited Pacific island . The Japanese soldier suddenly discovers a military plane crash kit near his camp . The American , whose plane it recently came from , watches him salvage the kit and confronts him on the beach . After aggressive gestures from both men , the American notices that the Japanese has a small reservoir of drinking water and makes a dash to drink some , but is run off into the jungle . The Japanese sets fire to the jungle , smoking out the American . After chasing him off again , he wades out into the water to check his fishing trap . While his back is turned , the American makes another run for the drinking water , eventually stealing some and running off . 
 The next day , the American tries to steal more water , but is caught and falls on the reservoir , destroying it . After escaping , he destroys the fish trap , makes noises and plays tricks on the Japanese . After urinating on him from the cliff above , he 's chased into the jungle by the infuriated Japanese , but collapses from dehydration . The Japanese takes him prisoner , binds his arms to a log and makes him walk back and forth in the sand . Eventually , the American escapes , surprises the Japanese and then binds him to the log and makes him walk back and forth in the sand . After getting frustrated trying to cook a meal , the American cuts the Japanese loose so that he can do the cooking . They cease hostilities and share chores and food from then on . 
 Later , the American notices the Japanese trying to build a raft . He scolds him for stealing " his " log to make the raft and for being sneaky about its construction . After observing what a poor attempt the raft is , he gets the idea that they should build a better one together . They argue over the design , but eventually work together and build a large raft . After setting sail and overcoming the strong waves of the reef , they hit open water . 
 Days later , they come upon a new set of islands , on one of which there appears to be an abandoned base . The Japanese takes the lead , since he recognizes it as a Japanese base . The American then spots American supplies and runs after him , imploring any soldiers who might hear to not fire because the Japanese is his " friend " . At one point , startled by running into his friend , the American exclaims in relief , " for a moment there , I thought you were a Jap " . Realizing that the base truly is abandoned , they rummage around for useful items and luxuries , eventually finding shaving supplies , a bottle of wine , cigarettes and an issue of Life magazine . 
 That night , each seeing the other clean shaven for the first time , they drink wine together , sing songs and tell each other stories , despite the language barrier . Casually , the Japanese picks up and looks through the Life magazine and is horrified to see photos of dead and imprisoned Japanese soldiers . The American , now a little drunk , gets upset that the Japanese is n't answering a question and the two angrily glare at one another , too upset to notice the increasingly loud sounds of the island getting shelled . The Japanese stands up and walks a few paces away and the American gets up and kicks over the campfire . As the Japanese turns and walks back , a shell hits the building that they 're in and destroys it . In the alternate ending ( available on home video releases ) , no shell hit occurs and the two men are shown going their separate ways .

In 1968 , is a down - on - his luck racing driver , reduced to competing in demolition derby races against drivers half his age . lives in an old fire house overlooking San Francisco Bay with his friend and mechanic , , a jolly Brooklynite who constantly extols the virtues of spiritual enlightenment , having spent time amongst Buddhist monks in Tibet , and builds " art " from car parts . After yet another race ends in a crash ( and turns his Edsel into a sculpture ) , finds himself without a car and heads into town in search of some cheap wheels . He is enticed into an upmarket European car showroom after setting eyes on an attractive sales assistant and mechanic , . witnesses the dealership 's British owner , , being unnecessarily abusive towards a white Volkswagen Beetle that rolls into the showroom , and defends the car 's honor , much to 's displeasure . The following morning is shocked to find that the car is parked outside his house and that is pressing charges for grand theft . A heated argument between and is settled when persuades to drop the charges if buys the car on a system of monthly payments . 
 soon finds the car is prone to going completely out of his control and believes has conned him . Tennessee , however , believes certain inanimate objects to have hearts and minds of their own and tries to befriend the car , naming it Herbie . 's feelings about his new acquisition soon improve when it appears is intent on bringing him and together . He also discovers to have an incredible turn of speed for a car of his size and decides to take him racing . After watching and win their first race together , , himself a major force on the local racing scene , offers to cancel the remaining payments owes on if can win a race that they will both be competing in at Riverside later that month . accepts , and despite 's underhanded tactics , he and take the victory . Over the next few months , they go on to become the toast of the Californian racing circuit , while suffers increasingly humiliating defeats . finally snaps and persuades to take out on a date while he sneaks round to 's house . After getting Tennessee drunk on his own Irish coffee recipe , proceeds to tip the remainder of the alcoholic coffee and whipped cream into 's gas tank . At the following day 's race , an apparently hungover shudders to a halt and backfires while blasts to victory . However , as the crowd admires 's victory , blows some whipped cream out of his exhaust pipe , covering . 
 That evening , comes to 's house to help Tennessee repair Herbie . then hears the whole truth about having a mind of his own and had a great speed for winning races instead of . returns home in a brand new Lamborghini 400GT , and has agreed to sell Herbie to Thorndyke to pay the remaining installments he owes on it . states he needs a " big and strong car " for the upcoming El Dorado road race , but finds no sympathy from Tennessee , , or . also angrily confronts that he did n't care about and that he was n't winning any of the races he participated in . then jealously proceeds to damage the Lamborghini , proving to once and for all he has a mind of his own . , angered by the wrecking , starts to damage with a shovel . Tennessee tries to stop and says that was jealous and agrees because he gets the credit for winning races , and the damaging ends due to 's remark . By the time arrives to collect , refuses the money from after realizing what he had said about winning races and damaging . runs away and sets off into the night hoping to find and make amends before the car is seized by 's goons . After narrowly escaping being torn apart in 's workshop , and a destructive spree through Chinatown , during the Chinese New Year 's parade , is about to launch himself off the Golden Gate Bridge when reaches him . In his attempt to stop from driving off the bridge , nearly falls into the water . pulls back to safety , but then is impounded by the San Francisco Police Department . There , , ( ) a Chinese businessman whose store was damaged during 's rampage , demands compensation that can no longer afford . Using the Chinese he learned while in Tibet , Tennessee tries to reason with , and learns that he is a huge racing fan who knows all about and 's exploits . is willing to drop the charges in exchange for becoming Herbie 's new owner . agrees to this , as long as allows him to race the car in the El Dorado . If wins , will be able to keep the prize money , but has to sell Herbie back for a dollar . replies to this proposal in clear English : " Now you speak my language . " 
 The El Dorado runs through the Sierra Nevada mountains from Yosemite Valley to Virginia City and back . Before the start of the race , persuades to make a wager with him on its outcome . ( with his assistant acting as co - driver ) pulls every trick in the book to ensure he and his Thorndyke Special are leading at end of the first leg of the race . As a result of 's nutty , kooky antics , ( with and as co - drivers ) limps home last with missing two wheels and having to use a wagon wheel to get to the finish line . Despite Tennessee 's best efforts , it looks as if will be unable to start the return leg of the race the following morning . then arrives and claims that this makes him the new owner of the car . regretfully tells of the wager and that in accordance with its terms this is true . , thinking he is Herbie 's new owner , gloats to about what he 's going to do to and kicks 's front fender , and punches , but then unexpectedly lurches into life and chases from the scene , showing he is more than willing to race on . Thanks to some ingenious shortcuts , is able to make up for lost time in the second leg and is neck and neck with as they approach the finish line . In the ensuing dogfight , 's hastily welded - together body splits in two . The back half ( carrying Tennessee and the engine ) crosses the line just ahead of , while the front ( carrying and ) rolls over the line just behind , meaning takes both first and third place . 
 In accordance with the terms of the wager , takes over 's car dealership ( hiring Tennessee as his assistant ) , while and are relegated to lowly mechanics . Meanwhile , a fully repaired chauffeurs the newlywed and away on their honeymoon .

and drive to rural Pennsylvania to visit their father 's grave . is attacked by a strange man walking in the cemetery . tries to rescue his sister , but the man throws him against a gravestone ; strikes his head on the stone and is killed . After a mishap with the car , escapes on foot , with the stranger in pursuit , and later arrives at a farmhouse , where she discovers a woman 's mangled corpse . Fleeing from the house , she is confronted by strange menacing figures like the man in the graveyard . arrives and takes her into the house , driving the " monsters " away and barricading the doors and windows . While doing this , finds a radio and a hunting rifle . Throughout the night , slowly descends into a stupor of shock and insanity . 
 and are unaware that the farmhouse has a cellar , housing an angry married couple , and , along with their daughter . They sought refuge after a group of the same monsters overturned their car . and , a teenage couple , arrived after hearing an emergency broadcast about a series of brutal murders . has fallen seriously ill after being bitten by one of the monsters . They venture upstairs when turns the radio on , while awakens from her stupor . demands that everyone hide in the cellar , but deems it a " deathtrap " and continues upstairs , to barricade the house with 's help . 
 Radio reports explain that a wave of mass murder is sweeping across the East Coast of the United States . finds a television , and they watch an emergency broadcaster report that the recently deceased have become reanimated and are consuming the flesh of the living . Experts , scientists , and the United States military fail to discover the cause , though one scientist suspects radioactive contamination from a space probe . It returned from Venus , and was deliberately exploded in the Earth 's atmosphere when the radiation was detected . 
 plans to obtain medical care for when the reports list local rescue centers offering refuge and safety . and refuel 's truck while hurls molotov cocktails from an upper window at the ghouls . follows him , fearing for 's safety . accidentally spills gasoline on the truck , setting it ablaze . and try to drive the truck away from the pump , but is unable to free herself from its door , and the truck explodes , killing them both ; the zombies promptly eat the charred remains . 
 returns to the house but is locked out by . Eventually forcing his way back in , beats , angered by his cowardice , while the zombies feed on the remains of and . A news report reveals that only a gunshot or heavy blow to the head can stop them , aside from setting the " reactivated bodies " on fire . It also reports that posses of armed men are patrolling the countryside to restore order . 
 The lights go out , and the zombies break through the barricades . grabs 's rifle and threatens to shoot him . In the chaos , the two fight and manages to wrestle the gun away and shoots . stumbles into the cellar and , mortally wounded , collapses next to , who has also died from her illness . The ghouls try to pull and through the windows , but frees herself . She returns to the refuge of the cellar to see reanimated and eating 's corpse . is frozen in shock , and stabs her to death with a masonry trowel . , seeing among the zombies , is carried away by the horde and devoured . As the zombies overrun the house , fights off and seals himself inside the cellar , where and are reanimating , and he is forced to shoot them . 
 The next morning , is awakened by the posse 's gunfire outside . Upon venturing upstairs , the posse mistake him for one of the ghouls and kill him with a shot to the forehead . 's body is thrown onto a pile of corpses which are set ablaze .

Astronauts ( ) , ( ) and ( ) are in deep hibernation when their spaceship crashes in a lake on an unknown planet after a long near - light speed voyage , during which they aged 18 months due to time dilation while their fourth crewmate died and decayed due to a malfunction . The three survivors abandon ship when it immediately starts sinking , remaining on long enough to see the date is November 25 , 3978 , approximately two millennia after their departure in 1972 . Once ashore , Dodge performs a soil test and pronounces the soil incapable of sustaining life . 
 After abandoning their raft , the astronauts set off through a desolate wasteland in hopes of finding food and water before their provisions run out . They encounter plant life and go swimming at an oasis at the edge of the desert , ignoring eerie scarecrow - like figures around the edge . While they are swimming , their clothes are stolen . The astronauts pursue the thieves , finding their clothes torn to shreds and their supplies pillaged as the perpetrators , a group of mute primitive humans , raid a cornfield . The primitive humans are then set upon by armed gorillas on horseback who capture some of them while killing the rest , being killed in the chaos while is rendered unconscious . is shot in the throat and captured alongside the primitive humans , taken to Ape City where his life is saved after a blood transfusion administered by two chimpanzees : animal psychologist ( ) and surgeon ( ) . 
 While unable to speak as his throat wound is healing , called " Bright Eyes " by and placed with one of the captive primitive humans he later names " " , observes the enhanced society of talking apes and in a strict caste system : the gorillas being the military police , hunters and workers ; the orangutans overseeing the affairs of government , science , and religion ; and intellectual chimpanzees being mostly scientists . While their society is a theocracy similar to the beginnings of the human Industrial Era , the apes consider the primitive humans as vermin that are hunted , either killed outright , enslaved , or used in scientific experiments . 
 eventually gets 's attention , convincing her of his intelligence as she and her fiancé ( ) , an archaeologist , take an interest in him . But the couple 's orangutan superior Dr. ( ) learns of this and arranges for to be castrated . But escapes before the castration can occur , passing through a museum during his desperate flight through Ape City where he finds 's stuffed and eyeless corpse on display . When is recaptured by gorillas , he overcomes his throat injury while roaring : " Take your stinking paws off me , you damn dirty ape ! " 
 A hearing to determine 's origins is convened by the president of the Assembly ( ) , Dr. , and ( ) . Dr. ( ) is the prosecutor . mentions his two comrades at this time , learning that was subjected to a lobotomy that has rendered him catatonic and unable to speak . After the tribunal , believing to be of a human tribe from beyond their borders , privately threatens to castrate and lobotomize for the truth about where he came from . With help from 's socially rebellious nephew ( ) , and free and Nova and take them to the Forbidden Zone , a taboo region outside Ape City that has been ruled out of bounds for centuries by Ape Law where 's ship crashed . While and are intent to gather proof of an earlier non - simian civilization which the former came upon a year prior to be cleared of heresy , is more focused on the evolution of the ape world and to prove he is not of that world . 
 Arriving at the cave , is intercepted by and his soldiers , with holding them off while threatening to shoot if he has to . agrees to enter the cave to disprove their theories and to avoid physical harm to and . Inside , displays the remnants of a technologically advanced human society pre - dating simian history . identifies artifacts such as dentures , eyeglasses , a heart valve and , to the apes ' astonishment , a talking children 's doll . More soldiers appear and is overpowered , but holds hostage so he can arrange his escape . But admits to that he always knew of the ancient human civilization , revealing that " the Forbidden Zone was once a paradise , your breed made a desert of it ... ages ago ! " nonetheless thinks it best to search for answers , despite being warned that he may not like what he finds . Once and have ridden off , Dr. has the gorillas lay explosives to seal off the cave and destroy the evidence while charging , and with heresy . 
 and , at last free , follow the shoreline and discover the remains of the Statue of Liberty , revealing that this " alien " planet is actually Earth long after a nuclear war . Realizing what meant earlier , falls to his knees in despair and anger while condemning humanity for destroying the world .

In 1965 , and move into the apartment building . Their friend tries to dissuade them from taking the apartment , informing them of the 's association with cannibalism and murder . 
 meets a young woman , , a recovering drug addict whom and took in from the street . As admires a pendant necklace the gave to , she notices its strange smell . Returning home one night , and find that apparently threw herself to her death from the window of the ' seventh - floor apartment . 
 and are quickly befriended by the . gives 's pendant to , telling her it is a good luck charm and the odd smell is " tannis root " . lands a role in a play when the actor who was originally cast inexplicably goes blind . suggests to that they have a baby . 
 On the night they plan to conceive , brings them individual cups of chocolate mousse . passes out and experiences a dreamlike vision in which she is raped by a demonic presence in front of , the , and other tenants , all of them naked . When she wakes , she finds scratches on her body . tells her that he had sex with her while she was unconscious because he did not want to pass up the opportunity for her to conceive . learns that she is pregnant and is due on June 28 , 1966 . She plans to receive obstetric care from Dr. , who is recommended to her by her friend . However , the insist she see their good friend , Dr. , who says that will make a daily health drink . 
 For the first three months of her pregnancy , suffers severe abdominal pains , loses weight , becomes unusually pale , and craves raw meat and chicken liver . When sees 's gaunt appearance and hears that she is being fed tannis root , he is disturbed enough to do some research . Before he can tell his findings , he falls into a coma . tells that she plans to see Dr. , which angers . However , the abdominal pains suddenly disappear . 
 Three months later , dies . He managed to briefly regain consciousness , directing his daughter to give a book about witchcraft along with the cryptic message : " The name is an anagram " . deduces that is really , the son of a former resident of the Bramford who was accused of being a Satanist . She suspects her elderly neighbors and Dr. are part of a witch coven with sinister designs for her baby , and that is cooperating with them in exchange for help in advancing his acting career . 
 becomes increasingly disturbed and shares her fears and suspicions with Dr. , who , assuming she is delusional , calls Dr. and . They tell her that if she cooperates , neither she nor the baby will be harmed . goes into labor and is sedated by Dr. . When she wakes , she is told the baby died , which she refuses to believe . 
 In the hall closet , discovers a secret door leading into the ' apartment and hears a baby 's cries . She finds a congregation made up of the building 's tenants , as well as Dr. , gathered around her newborn son . It is remarked upon that the baby has " his father 's eyes , " to which protests that the baby 's eyes are nothing like 's . 
 It is then explained to that is not the child 's true father . Her newborn child , named , is actually the son of the Devil . urges her to become a mother to her son , as the other women are too old . attempts to calm a horrified by explaining to her that they will be generously rewarded , and that they can conceive a second child that will truly be theirs . spits in his face . tells that she should be honored to be the woman chosen to bear a child for Satan . Initially reluctant , goes to the cradle and gently rocks it , with a small smile on her face .

Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Charles Grodin, Ruth Gordon, Ralph Bellamy

At the age of 22 , Countess ( ) inherits the estate and lives a life of promiscuity and debauchery . While in the forest , her leg is caught in a trap and she is freed by her cousin and neighbor Baron ( ) , whom she has never met because of a long - standing family feud . She becomes enamored with , but he rejects her for her wicked ways . His rejection infuriates and she sets his stables on fire . is killed attempting to save his prized horses . 
 One black horse somehow escapes and makes its way to the castle . The horse is very wild and takes it upon herself to tame it . She notices at one point that a damaged tapestry depicts a horse eerily similar to the one that she has just taken in . Becoming obsessed with it , she orders its repair . During a thunderstorm , is carried off by the spooked horse into a fire caused by lightning that has struck . 
 In the early 19th century when northern Italy is under Austrian rule , an army officer named ( ) rushes to confess to a priest ( in a church of the " Città alta " of Bergamo ) that he has committed murder . then relates the story of his cruel ways throughout his life . After playing cards all night against the courtesan ( ) , his doppelgänger , also named , convinces people that has cheated . In a rage , the protagonist stabs the other to death with a dagger . After making his confession , commits suicide by jumping from the tower of " Palazzo della Ragione " , but when seen his corpse is transfixed by the same dagger . 
 Former Shakespearean actor ( ) is losing his acting career to alcoholism . He agrees to work on a film , to be shot in Rome , for which he will be given a brand new Ferrari as a bonus incentive . begins to have unexpected visions of macabre girl with a white ball . While at a film award ceremony , he gets drunk and appears to be slowly losing his mind . A stunning woman ( ) comforts him , saying she will always be at his side if he chooses . is forced to make a speech , then leaves and takes delivery of his promised Ferrari . He races around the city , where he sees what appear to be fake people in the streets . Lost outside of Rome , eventually crashes into a work zone and comes to a stop before the site of a collapsed bridge . Across the ravine , he sees a vision of the little girl with a ball ( whom he has earlier identified , in a TV interview , as his idea of the Devil ) . He gets into his car and speeds toward the void . The Ferrari disappears , and we then see a view of roadway with a thick wire across it , dripping with blood , suggesting has been decapitated . The girl from his vision picks up his severed head and the sun rises . Features music of and " Ruby " by , and is 37 minutes long .

Successful British box manufacturer ( ) meets ( ) when they both take a driver 's exam in New York City . She tries to get a few answers from him , but he is the one who gets expelled for cheating . They run into each other later and go out on a date . 
 When they return to her apartment , meets ( ) , 's older , vegetarian friend . Then ( ) bursts in ; he begs her to let him stay with her , but she has already packed his bag . After he leaves , asks her why referred to him as his successor . She explains that she has a " special therapy program " : She takes in a man for no longer than a month to diagnose and fix whatever problem he has . was October , and she wants him to be November . She believes his trouble is his devotion to his work . accepts , though he is only interested in a short fling . He tells his employee , ( King ) , to send him a telegram after a week so he will have an excuse to leave . 
 As November progresses , however , begins to fall in love ( for the first time in his life ) with the unorthodox . When he gets the prearranged telegram , he telephones to tell him to handle an important business meeting by himself . ( ) , another of 's projects , shows up , inciting 's jealousy , until informs him that he just wants to introduce her to his fiancée , ( ) . 
 becomes troubled by certain signs that may be ill . When he asks , his worst fears are confirmed : has only a little time left . She lives as she does so that she will be remembered after she is gone . tries hard to get her to break her self - imposed rule , and believes he has succeeded . She later admits to that , unlike all the others , she has fallen for , but wants him to remember her as she is now . Thus , when December ( and a clumsy ) arrives , she has secretly packed November 's bag . reluctantly leaves , promising he will never forget her .

In the winter of 1943–44 , U.S. Army Brigadier General ( ) , a chief planner for the Western Front , is captured by the Germans when his air transport to Crete is shot down . He is taken for interrogation to the Schloß Adler , a mountaintop fortress in the Alps of southern Bavaria , accessible only by cable car or helicopter . A team of seven Allied commandos , led by British Major of the Grenadier Guards ( Richard ) and U.S. Army Ranger Lieutenant ( ) , is briefed by Colonel ( ) and Admiral ( ) of MI6 . Disguised as German troops , they are to parachute in , enter the castle , and rescue General before the Germans can interrogate him . After their German Ju-52 transport drops them in Germany , secretly meets ( ) and ( ) , their presence known only to him ; arranges for to be a maid at the castle . 
 Although two of the team are mysteriously killed , continues the operation , keeping as a close ally and secretly updating and by radio . The commandos surrender themselves to the Germans ; and ( being officers ) are separated from the other three operatives , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . and quickly kill their captors , blow up a supply depot , and prepare an escape route for use at the end of their mission . They reach the castle by riding on the roof of a cable car , and climb inside when lowers a rope . 
 German General ( ) and Standartenführer ( ) are interrogating when the three new prisoners arrive ; all three identify themselves as German double agents . and intrude , weapons drawn , but forces to disarm . He identifies himself as Sturmbannführer of the SD of the SS intelligence branch . As proof , he discreetly shows the name of Germany 's top agent in Britain to , who silently affirms it . He now reveals that " General " is an impostor , a lookalike U.S. corporal named , further claiming that the other prisoners are British impostors . To test them , he proposes that they write down the names of their fellow agents in Britain , to be compared to his own list in his pocket . After the three finish their lists , and re - secure the room ; the former reveals that he was bluffing and the lists were the mission 's true objective . 
 Meanwhile , is visited by Sturmbannführer ( Major ) von Hapen ( ) , a Gestapo officer infatuated with her , but he soon becomes suspicious of flaws in her cover story . Leaving her , he happens upon the scene of 's interrogation just as finishes his explanation . puts everyone under arrest but is distracted when arrives . seizes the opportunity to kill and the other German officers with his silenced pistol . The group then makes its escape , taking the three agents as prisoners . sets explosives to create diversions around the castle , while leads the group to the radio room where he informs of their success . From there they head to the cable car station , sacrificing as a decoy . and break free and attempt their own escape in a cable car ; both are thwarted and killed by . The group eventually reunites with on the ground , boarding a captured bus they had prepared earlier as an escape vehicle . With enemy troops in hot pursuit , they battle their way on to an airfield and escape via their Ju-52 transport , where has been waiting . 
 As debriefs about the mission , reveals that the name confirmed as Germany 's top agent in Britain was 's own . had lured and the others into participating so MI6 could expose them ; 's trusted partner and the American ( who had no connection to MI6 ) had been assigned to the mission to ensure its success . attempts to kill with a machine gun , but , anticipating such a move , has removed its firing pin . To avoid a court martial and execution , is permitted to jump from the aircraft without a parachute . half - jokingly asks to keep his next mission " an all - British operation " .

( ) is a widow with three sons who runs the lumberyard that her husband owned . Her matchmaking sister ( ) tricks her into calling widower ( ) and inviting him to the business dinner party is having later that night . Not interested in the trouble his sexy , adultery - minded neighbor ( ) is trying to get him into , arrives at 's , only to be bored by all of the matchmaking dialogue . makes up an excuse to leave , but later runs into at an all - night supermarket . Embarrassed by being caught in a fib , meets at a local drive - in run by the wise - cracking ( ) and the two stay out until 2 a.m. A romance develops , much to the chagrin of 's teenage daughter , ( ) ; and 's three sons , , and Jason ( , , and ) . The children make certain that neither nor can be comfortable at the other 's home , so the pair wind up more than once at the drive - in , before finally falling in love . Getting fed up with the situation , they elope , not telling their children that they have married until the next day after being discovered in bed together . 
 Although now married , 's sons fight with 's possessive daughter , while and both are hostile to the idea of a step - parent . Even 's sheepdog and 's poodle are incompatible . Neither of their homes is large enough for the family of six — which does n't include 's live - in maid ( ) , and while they move into 's house and eventually put 's up for sale , the newlyweds borrow a camper , which they use as a bedroom . 
 The morning after a bedtime argument , drives off in a rage in the camper , with falling out in the process , clad only in boxers and clutching a teddy bear . After running through the neighborhood , he enlists to give him some clothing and a ride back to his house . Once discovers what has happened , she returns only to find gone . She is joined by a band of hippies she meets when she shows up at the drive - in . When the camper collides with a livestock truck carrying chickens , and the hippies are arrested . Hearing of the accident , and the children rush to her rescue , colliding with the same chicken truck . The angry driver assaults , and the children ( and the pets ) unite in his defense . At the station house parents and children are joyfully reconciled , and the family finally buys a huge two - story house big enough for a family of six , a maid , and two dogs . 
 The title of the movie comes from a scene where the family goes out for Chinese food , and one of the kids notices that because they are a large group , they get something extra : " With six you get eggroll ! "

is a Navy Chief Warrant Officer , recently detached from the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise and assigned as project officer for the Fresnel lens glide - slope indicator , or " meatball , " that would eventually become standard equipment on all carriers . is a civilian nurse working in the dispensary at NAS Alameda , the California U. S. Navy base to which is assigned . 
 meets , first by chance in the commissary on the base and again when brings his distraught teen - age daughter for treatment at the dispensary , where informs him that the young lady is simply growing up in a too - crowded house that lacks a mother 's guidance . They immediately hit it off and go on a date , all the while shying away from admitting their respective secrets : has ten children and has eight , from previous marriages ended by their spouses ' deaths . 
 When each finally learns the other 's secret , they initially resist their mutual attraction . But Chief Warrant Officer ( ) is determined to bring them together , so he " fixes up " each of them with a sure - to - be - incompatible blind date . 's date is an obstetrician ( ) who stands a good head shorter than she ( " had a malicious sense of humor , " observes in voice - over ) ; 's date is a " hip " girl ( ) who is not only young enough to be his daughter , but is also far too forward for his taste . As the final touch , makes sure that both dates take place in the same Japanese restaurant . As fully expects , and end up leaving the restaurant together in his car , with 's date sitting uncomfortably between them as they carry on about their children . 
 and continue to date regularly , and eventually he invites her to dinner in his home . This nearly turns disastrous when , , and ( , , and ) , 's three sons , mix hefty doses of gin , scotch , and vodka into 's drink . As a result , 's behavior turns wild and embarrassing , which can not comprehend until he catches his sons trying to conceal their laughter . " The court of inquiry is now in session ! " he declares , and gets the three to own up and apologize . After this , he announces his intention to marry , adding , " And nobody put anything into my drink . " 
 Most of the children oppose the union at first , regarding each other and their respective stepparents with suspicion . Eventually , however , the 18 children bond into one large blended family , about to increase — becomes pregnant . 
 Further tension develops between young and his teacher at the parochial school that he attends : his teacher insists that he use his " legal " name , which remains even after his mother marries . This prompts and to discuss cross - adopting each other 's children , who ( except for Philip ) are aghast at the notion of " reburying " their deceased biological parents . The subsequent birth of finally unites the children , who agree unanimously to adoption under a common surname . 
 The film ends with the eldest sibling , , going off to Camp Pendleton to begin his stint in the United States Marine Corps .

After a weekend of emotional honesty at an - style retreat , Los Angeles sophisticates and ( played by and ) return to their life determined to embrace complete openness . They share their enthusiasm and excitement over their new - found philosophy with their more conservative friends and ( and ) , though their friends remain doubtful . Soon after , , a filmmaker , has an affair with a young , blonde production assistant on a film shoot in San Francisco . He admits his liaison to after arriving home , describing the event as a purely physical act , not an emotional one . To 's surprise , is completely accepting of his extramarital behavior . Later , gleefully reveals the affair to and as they are leaving a dinner party . is particularly disturbed by 's infidelity , as well as 's candor , becoming physically ill on the drive home . She and have a difficult time coping with the news in bed later that evening . However , as time passes , they grow to accept that and really are fine with the affair . Later , admits to that he was tempted to have an affair once , but did not actually do it ; tells he should , rationalizing : " You 've got the guilt anyway . Do n't waste it . " 
 During another visit to San Francisco , decides to skip a second encounter with the blonde woman , and instead returns home a day earlier than expected . When he arrives , he finds that is having an affair of her own , with her tennis instructor . Although initially outraged , quickly realizes that , like his own affair , the encounter was purely physical . settles down , and even shares a drink and conversation with the tennis instructor . 
 When the two couples travel together to Las Vegas , and reveal 's affair to and . then admits to an affair on a recent business trip to Miami . An outraged demands that this new ethos be taken to its obvious conclusion : a mate - sharing foursome . is reluctant , explaining that he loves " like a sister , " but eventually acknowledges that he finds her attractive . After discussing it , all four remove their clothes and climb into bed together . Swapping partners , and kiss fervently , as do and ; however , after a few moments , all four simply stop . 
 The scene cuts to the couples walking to the elevator , riding it down , and walking out of the casino hand - in - hand with their original partners . A crowd of men and women of various cultures and races congregate in the casino parking lot , wherein the four main characters exchange long stares with each other and with strangers , reminiscent of the non - verbal communication shown in the early scene at the retreat . Over this final scene , the film 's theme song reminds the viewer that " what the world needs now is love . " As and and and look into each partner 's eyes , the film fades to black .

In late 1890s Wyoming , is the affable , clever , talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang . His closest companion is the laconic dead - shot " Sundance Kid " . The two return to their hideout at Hole - in - the - Wall ( Wyoming ) to discover that the rest of the gang , irked at 's long absences , have selected as their new leader . 
 challenges to a knife fight over the gang 's leadership . defeats him using trickery , but embraces 's idea to rob the Union Pacific Overland Flyer train on both its eastward and westward runs , agreeing that the second robbery would be unexpected and likely reap even more money than the first . 
 The first robbery goes well . To celebrate , and visit a favorite brothel in a nearby town and watch , amused , as the town sheriff unsuccessfully attempts to organize a posse to track down the gang . They then visit 's lover , schoolteacher . 
 On the second train robbery , uses too much dynamite to blow open the safe , blowing up the baggage car . As the gang scrambles to gather up the money , a second train arrives carrying a six - man team of lawmen pursuing and , who unsuccessfully try to hide out in the brothel and to seek amnesty from the friendly Sheriff by enlisting in the army . 
 As the posse remains in pursuit , despite all attempts to elude them , and determine that the group includes renowned Indian tracker " Lord " and relentless lawman , recognizable by his white skimmer . and finally elude their pursuers by jumping from a cliff into a river far below . They learn from that the posse has been paid by Union Pacific head to remain on their trail until and are both killed . 
 convinces and that the three should escape to Bolivia , which envisions as a robber 's paradise . On their arrival there , is dismayed by the living conditions and regards the country with contempt , but remains optimistic . They discover that they know too little Spanish to pull off a bank robbery , so attempts to teach them the language . With her as an accomplice , they become successful bank robbers known as . However , their confidence drops when they see a man wearing a white hat ( the signature of determined lawman ) and fear that 's posse is still after them . 
 suggests " going straight " , and he and land their first honest job as payroll guards for a mining company . However , they are ambushed by local bandits on their first run and their boss , , is killed . and ambush and kill the bandits , the first time has ever shot someone . recommends farming or ranching as other lines of work , but they conclude the straight life is n't for them . Sensing they will be killed if they return to robbery , decides to go back to the United States . 
 and steal a payroll and the mules carrying it , and arrive in a small town . A boy recognizes the mules ' brand and alerts the local police , leading to a gunfight with the outlaws . They take cover in a building but are both seriously wounded , after makes a futile attempt to run to the mules in order to bring more ammunition , while Sundance provides cover fire . As dozens of Bolivian soldiers surround the area , suggests the duo 's next destination should be Australia . The film ends with a freeze frame shot on the pair charging out of the building , guns blazing , before the Bolivian forces open fire .

( ) and ( ) are freewheeling bikers . After   smuggling cocaine from Mexico to Los Angeles , they sell their haul and receive a large sum . With the money stuffed into a plastic tube hidden inside the Stars & Stripes - painted fuel tank of 's California - style chopper , they ride eastward aiming to reach New Orleans , Louisiana , in time for the Mardi Gras festival . 
 During their trip , and stop to repair one of the bikes at a farmstead and have a meal with the farmer and his family . Later , picks up a hippyish hitch - hiker , and he invites them to visit his commune , where they stay for the rest of the day . The notion of " free love " appears to be practiced , with two of the women , and , seemingly sharing the affections of the hitch - hiking commune member before turning their attention to and . As the bikers leave , the hitch - hiker gives some LSD for him to share with " the right people " . 
 Later , while riding along with a parade in a small town , the pair are arrested for " parading without a permit " and thrown in jail . There , they befriend ACLU lawyer , who has spent the night in jail after overindulging in alcohol . helps them get out of jail and decides to travel with and to New Orleans . As they camp that night , and Billy introduce to marijuana . As an alcoholic and a " square " , is reluctant to try it due to the gateway drug theory but quickly relents . 
 Stopping to eat at a small - town Louisiana diner , the trio attracts the attention of the locals . The girls in the restaurant think they are exciting , but the local men and a police officer make denigrating comments and taunts . , , and decide to leave without any fuss . They make camp outside town . In the middle of the night , a group of locals attack the sleeping trio , beating them with clubs . screams and brandishes a knife , and the attackers leave . and suffer minor injuries , but has been bludgeoned to death . and wrap 's body in his sleeping bag , gather his belongings , and vow to return the items to his parents . 
 They continue to New Orleans and find a brothel had told them about . Taking prostitutes and with them , and wander the parade - filled streets of the Mardi Gras celebration . They end up in a cemetery , where all four ingest the LSD the hitch - hiker had given to and experience a bad trip . 
 The next morning , as they are overtaken on a two - lane country road by an old pickup truck , the passenger in the truck reaches for a shotgun , saying he will scare them . As they pass , the passenger fires , and has a lowside crash . rides down the road towards the pickup as it makes a u - turn . Passing in the opposite direction , the passenger fires the shotgun out the window . The gunshot is shown as a red blotch that fills the screen , followed by a reverse cut of the riderless motorcycle , flying through the air before landing and becoming engulfed in flames while lies motionless on the side of the road behind the wreck .

In 1920s Britain , is an established member of the teaching staff at the Brookfield School . He is a stodgy teacher of Latin , disliked by his pupils , who find him boring and call him " Ditchy , " short for " dull as ditch - water . " meets , a music hall soubrette , in the dining room of the Savoy Hotel in London on the eve of his summer holiday . Dissatisfied with her career and depressed by her romantic entanglements , she sets sail on a Mediterranean cruise and is reunited with by chance in Pompeii . Seeing in him a lonely soul similar to herself , she arranges an evening at the theatre after they return to Britain , and the two find themselves drawn to each other . When arrives at Brookfield for the autumn term , it is with his new wife on his arm , much to the shock of the staff and delight of the pupils , who find Mrs ' charm to be irresistible . 
 Although her close friend and confidante helps thwart Lord 's plan to deprive the school of a generous financial endowment because of the woman 's background , her past eventually deprives of his longheld dream of being named headmaster in 1939 . Still , the couple 's devotion to each other overcomes all obstacles threatening their marriage , extending through 20 years together , when is killed in 1944 by a German V-1 flying bomb while entertaining the troops at a local Royal Air Force base . Too late for his wife to share in his happiness , was picked as headmaster of Brookfield that same day , and lives out his years at the school , loved by his pupils and comforted by his happy memories .

In 1890 , all of New York City is excited because widowed , brassy ( ) is in town ( " Call On Dolly " ) . makes a living through matchmaking and numerous sidelines ( " Just Leave Everything to Me " ) . She is currently seeking a wife for grumpy ( ) , the well - known " half - a - millionaire " , but it becomes clear that intends to marry herself . travels to Yonkers , New York to visit . ( ) , a young artist , wants to marry 's weepy niece , ( ) , but opposes this because 's vocation does not guarantee a steady living . , who is the owner of Vandergelder 's Hay and Feed , explains to his two clerks , ( ) and ( ) , that he is going to get married because " It Takes a Woman " to cheerfully do all the household chores . He plans to travel to New York City to propose to ( ) , who owns a hat shop there . arrives in Yonkers and sends ahead to the city . Before leaving , he tells and to mind the store . 
 decides that he and need to get out of Yonkers . knows two ladies in New York City they should call on : and her shop assistant , ( ) . She enters and in the upcoming polka competition at the fancy Harmonia Gardens Restaurant in New York City , so can demonstrate his ability to be a breadwinner to Uncle . , , , and take the train to New York ( " Put on Your Sunday Clothes " ) . and open their hat shop for the afternoon . does not love and declares that she will wear an elaborate hat to impress a gentleman ( " Ribbons Down My Back " ) . and arrive at the shop and pretend to be rich . and arrive and and hide . screams when she finds hiding in an armoire . is about to open the armoire himself , but " searches " it and pronounces it empty . After hearing sneeze , storms out upon realizing there are men hiding in the shop , although he is unaware that they are his clerks . arranges for and , who are still pretending to be rich , to take the ladies out to dinner at Harmonia Gardens to make up for their humiliation . She teaches and how to dance since they always have dancing at such establishments ( " Dancing " ) . The clerks and the ladies go to watch the Fourteenth Street Association Parade together . Alone , asks her first husband 's permission to marry , requesting a sign . She resolves to move on with life ( " Before the Parade Passes By " ) . After meeting an old friend , ( ) , on a float in the parade , catches up with the annoyed as he is marching in the parade . She tells him the heiress ( changed from the stage version 's ; also ) would be perfect for him and asks him to meet her at Harmonia Gardens that evening . 
 is determined to get a kiss before the night is over . Since the clerks have no money to hire a carriage , they tell the girls that walking to the restaurant shows that they 've got " Elegance " . In a quiet flat , prepares for the evening ( " Love is Only Love " ) . At the Harmonia Gardens Restaurant , ( ) , the head waiter , whips his crew into shape for return . arrives to meet his date , who is really 's friend . As it turns out , she is not rich or elegant as implied , and she soon leaves after being bored by , just as she and planned . 
 , and their dates arrive and are unaware that is also at the restaurant . makes her triumphant return to the restaurant and is greeted in style by the staff ( " Hello , ! " ) . She sits in the now - empty seat at 's table and proceeds to tell him that no matter what he says , she will not marry him . Fearful of being caught , confesses to the ladies that he and have no money , and , who knew they were pretending all along , offers to pay for the meal . She then realizes that she left her handbag with all her money in it at home . The four try to sneak out during the polka contest , but recognizes them and also spots and . In the ensuing confrontation , fires and ( although they claim to have already quit ) and they are forced to flee as a riot breaks out . professes his love for because " It Only Takes a Moment " . declares that he would n't marry if she were the last woman in the world . angrily bids him farewell ; while he 's bored and lonely , she 'll be living the high life ( " So Long , " ) . 
 The next morning , back at the hay and feed store , and , and , and and each come to collect the money owes them . Chastened , he finally admits that he needs in his life , but she is unsure about the marriage until sends her a sign . spontaneously repeats a saying of 's : " Money , pardon the expression , is like manure . It 's not worth a thing unless it 's spread about , encouraging young things to grow . " becomes 's business partner at the store , and fills ' old position . tells life would be dull without her , and she promises that she 'll " never go away again " ( " Finale " ) .

Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Marianne McAndrew, Danny Lockin, Tommy Tune, Louis Armstrong

( ) is an American writer who has recently retired from boxing . Now unemployed and broke in France , he finds the wealthy widow of a French general . ( ) is attracted to 's stoicism and they become lovers . She also hires him to tutor her eight - year - old son ( ) . 
 is led to believe 's husband was killed in the Algerian conflict and is troubled by 's intense fear that Paul will be kidnapped . He then discovers the family has ties to a fascist organization that plans to take over all of Europe . He takes on the shady psychiatrist ( ) and mysterious family friend ( ) , both of whom scare whenever they are around . 
 is framed for his best friend 's murder as he and become the targets of the ambitious and maniacal schemers who wish to rule the entire European continent . and are hunted and chased around France while protecting from being abducted . The chase ends at the Coliseum in Rome , where and the villains engage in a showdown .

An old legend tells of a fortune in gold hidden in the " Cañon del Oro " , later called " The Lost Adams " , guarded by the Apache spirits . A man named is said to have found it when he was a young man , only to have the Indians capture and blind him after killing his companions . Years later , Marshal ( ) , a one - time gold prospector himself , wounds an old Indian shaman named ( ) who tried to ambush him . subsequently dies despite 's attending to him . thereby comes into possession of a map that supposedly shows the way to the treasure . Though skeptical , he memorizes the directions before burning the map . 
 Mexican outlaw ( ) and his gang have been tracking Prairie Dog to get the map , all the while being chased by the U.S. Cavalry . They take shelter in the house of the old judge of the town of Hadleyburg , kill the judge and kidnap his daughter , ( ) , to use as a hostage in case the cavalry catches up with them . 
 Colorado finds digging a grave for . When he sees that has burned the map , he takes captive , intending to force him to lead them to the gold . They return for the night to Colorado 's secret hideout to be safe from both the cavalry and marauding Apaches , who are also seeking the gold . The gang is made up of outlaws , including Colorado 's right - hand man , ( ) , and several Indians , among them a hulking Apache warrior named ( ) and a fiery Apache woman , ( ) . and his companions feel vengeful towards : he had previously run them out of the territory ; and - and were once lovers . 
 The next morning , ( ) , a gambler from the town of Hadleyburg , arrives with assorted townsmen who have caught " gold fever . " They have learned about Colorado 's plans , including of his hideout , when one of Colorado 's men got drunk in town and said too much . Colorado is forced to allow them to join his party . The townsmen include two wandering Englishmen ( and ) who overheard 's conversation with the others ; a newspaper editor , ( ) ; a storekeeper , ( ) ; a preacher ( ) who has convinced himself that God wants him to get a share of the gold and do great religious deeds with it ; and blind ( ) of the legend himself . Colorado persuades old to retell the story of how he discovered the canyon . The tale further raises the hopes of the gold - seekers , but later when sneaks off and warns a few of them to return home , that they will just get themselves killed searching for gold that does not exist ( he says the tale told is just a story he tells to get free drinks ) , they hesitate . However , when Colorado steps in and reveals that shot , the townsmen , who never liked , are convinced to continue the quest . 
 The cavalry , led by the cunning Sergeant ( ) , has been following Colorado 's party closely , and has without knowing it camped just outside his hideout . The party bypasses the cavalry by an ingenious diversion , during which tries unsuccessfully to escape with . But shortly thereafter the cavalry ambushes the party at a water hole , and most of the non - core members of the gang are killed . The remaining gold hungers continue on their way , and as they near the canyon , and begin to fall in love . A jealous , who now wants back , twice tries to kill but both times he stops her . 
 The cavalry is continuing its pursuit , and Sergeant periodically sends messengers back to his base to keep it informed of his whereabouts . Eventually , the patrol is whittled down to just and two others . kills them and persuades Colorado he should be allowed to join the gang . After another shoot - out with the Apaches and crossing dangerous river rapids , they reach " Shaking Rock " , the location where , according to the map , the gold is . tells Colorado they will see the canyon the next morning . 
 That night the two of them talk in almost a friendly way about what Colorado plans to do with his share of the gold . Later tries to enlist in a conspiracy against Colorado , but wants no part of it . tells to be alert for any opportunity to escape . When she protests that she too wants some gold he tells her emphatically there is no gold , that he has just been bluffing . and embrace , with looking on enviously . spends the night looking at the moon . 
 The next morning everyone is up and mounted before sunrise . When the first beam of sunlight shines down , it sets off an optical reaction that startles the horses . Then the shadow of the pinnacle of " Shaking Rock " starts to move . Watching this , for the first time believes in the legend . The shadow eventually ends at a hidden passageway cutting into a mountainside . They ride through it and emerge on the other side . 
 They see below them a large vein of pure gold . As all race to the canyon floor , - ke tries to kill , but fights back and falls to her death . Once on the floor , while Colorado and celebrate their great fortune , , realizing that Colorado does not intend to leave any of the party alive , tries to escape with up the canyon wall . is killed by and Colorado while stuffing his saddle bags with gold nuggets . Colorado then shoots at , but his gun is unloaded . tells him that during the night he took the bullets out of Colorado ’s gun , as the spirits had told him to do , and that Colorado also has to be killed because he is not Apache . However turns his back on Colorado , who kills him with a knife he had earlier taken from . 
 Colorado pursues and , catching up to them at an ancient Indian dwelling high up the cliff . They fight . Colorado has 's tomahawk so is the early aggressor , and would kill but for 's desperate intervention . gains the advantage over Colorado with some punishing blows , rendering him helpless . At that moment the marauding Apaches , presumably having followed the party 's tracks into the mountain , enter the canyon and shoot up at the three . The Apaches thunder down to the canyon floor , shouting excitedly . However , the noise and the pounding of the horses causes a rockfall which in turn causes the valley floor to buckle and quake . The Apaches flee , and the three survivors descend the cliff and scramble for horses , barely escaping the collapse of the canyon walls , which buries the gold beyond reach . This is followed by the crash of " Shaking Rock " . 
 Stunned and exhausted , Colorado and face each other . Colorado tells to stay away from him . tells Colorado to go far away and hide , that he will be coming after him . and ride off together . The camera tilts down to the left side of ’s mount , which happens to be Sgt . ’ horse , its saddle bags stuffed with gold nuggets .

Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas, Camilla Sparv, Julie Newmar

, a young Texan working as a dishwasher , dresses in new cowboy clothing , packs a suitcase and quits his job . He heads to New York City , hoping to succeed as a prostitute . Initially unsuccessful , he succeeds in bedding a well - to - do middle - aged New Yorker , but ends up giving her money after she lashes out at him when he requests payment . 
 then meets , a con man with a limp who takes $ 20 from by offering to introduce him to a known pimp . After discovering that the man is actually an unhinged religious fanatic , flees the encounter in pursuit of . spends his days wandering the city and sitting in his hotel room . Soon broke , he is locked out of his hotel room and his belongings are impounded . He tries to make money by agreeing to receive oral sex from a young man in a movie theater . When he learns that the young man has no money , Joe threatens him and asks for his watch , but eventually lets him go . The following day , spots and angrily shakes him down . offers to share the apartment in which he is squatting in a condemned building . accepts reluctantly , and they begin a " business relationship " as hustlers . As they develop a bond , 's health grows steadily worse . 
 In a flashback , 's grandmother raises him after his mother abandons him . He also has a tragic relationship with , a local mentally unstable girl . 's life story comes through stories he tells . His father was an illiterate Italian immigrant shoe - shiner , who worked in a subway station . He developed a bad back , and " coughed his lungs out from breathin ' in that wax all day " . learned shoe - shining from his father but wo n't stoop so low as to do it . He dreams of moving to Miami . 
 An unusual couple approach and in a diner and hand a flyer , inviting him to a party . They enter a - esque party scene . smokes a joint , thinking it 's a cigarette and , after taking a pill someone offered , begins to hallucinate . He leaves the party with a socialite , who agrees to pay $ 20 for spending the night with him , but can not perform . They play scribbage together and shows his limited academic prowess . She teasingly suggests that may be gay and he is suddenly able to perform . 
 In the morning , the socialite sets up her friend as 's next customer and it appears that his career is on its way . When returns home , is bedridden and feverish . refuses medical help and begs to put him on a bus to Florida . Desperate , picks up a man in an amusement arcade , and when things go wrong , he robs the man . With the money , buys bus tickets . On the journey , 's condition deteriorates . At a rest stop , buys new clothing for and himself , discarding his cowboy outfit . As they near Miami , talks of getting a regular job , only to realize has died . The driver tells there is nothing else to do but continue on to Miami . , with tears welling in his eyes , sits with his arm around his dead friend .

When a wagon crashes into a ravine , prospector finds two adult male occupants , brothers , one of whom is dead and the other of whom has a broken arm and leg . While burying the dead man , gold dust is discovered at the grave site . stakes a claim on the land and adopts the surviving brother as his " " while he recuperates . 
 is innocent and romantic , illustrated by him singing a love song about a girl named ( " I Still See " ) , who he later confesses exists only in his imagination . is a farmer who hopes to make enough in the gold rush to buy some land , and is suspicious of the drunken and seemingly amoral . claims that while he is willing to fight , steal , and cheat at cards , his system of ethics does not allow him to betray a partner . will share the spoils of prospecting on the condition that takes care of him in his moments of drunkenness and melancholy . 
 After the discovery of gold , " No Name City " springs up as a tent city with the miners alternating between wild parties ( " Hand Me Down That Can o ' Beans " ) and bouts of melancholy ( " They Call the Wind Maria " ) . The men become frustrated with the lack of female companionship , so the arrival of a Mormon , , with two wives is enough to catch the attention of the entire town . The miners persuade to sell one of his wives to the highest bidder . , 's younger and more rebellious wife , agrees to be sold based on the reasoning that whatever she gets , it ca n't be as bad as what she currently has . 
 A drunken winds up with the highest bid for . is readied for the wedding by the other miners ( " Whoop - Ti - Ay " ) , and is married to under " mining law , " with being granted exclusive rights to " all her mineral resources . " , not content to be treated as property , threatens to shoot on their wedding night if she is not treated with respect . While she believes is not the type to truly settle down , this is acceptable if he builds a proper wooden cabin to provide her with some security for when he inevitably leaves . , impressed by 's determination , enlists the miners to keep this promise , and rejoices in having a proper home ( " A Million Miles Away Behind the Door " ) . 
 Sensing the other miners becoming obsessed with her , is consumed by jealousy and paranoia . News comes of the pending arrival of " six French tarts " to a neighboring town and a plan is hatched to kidnap the women and bring them to " No Name City " ( " There 's a Coach Comin ' In " ) , thus providing the other miners with female companionship . heads up the mission and leaves in the care of . The two fall in love ( " I Talk to the Trees " ) , whereupon , saying she also still loves , convinces them that " if a Mormon man can have two wives , why ca n't a woman have two husbands ? " 
 As the town booms , the arrangement with , , and works well for a while . But soon the town becomes large enough that civilized people from the East begin to settle there . A parson begins to make a determined effort to persuade the people of No Name City to give up their evil ways , warning the townsfolk that they will be swallowed up by God 's wrath if they do not repent ( " The Gospel of No Name City " ) . As the gold plays out , and a group of miners discover that gold dust is dropping through the floor boards of many of the saloons . They tunnel under all the businesses to get the gold ( " The Best Things in Life Are Dirty " ) . 
 Meanwhile , a group of new settlers is rescued from the snow , and the strait - laced family is invited to spend the winter with and , who is assumed to be her only husband . is left to fend for himself ( " Wand'rin ' Star " ) . In revenge , he introduces one of the family , naive young , to the pleasures of saloon and cat house . This leads to dismissing both and from the log cabin . takes to gambling in 's ( " Gold Fever " ) . During a bull - and - bear fight , the streets collapse into the tunnels dug by and the others and the town is destroyed . A reprise of " The Gospel of No Name City " plays as the town is literally swallowed by the earth . 
 departs for other gold fields , commenting that he never knew 's real name , which then reveals : . and reconcile and plan to stay .

( ) works as a taxi dancer along with her friends , ( ) and ( ) . She longs for love , but has bad luck with men , being robbed and pushed off Gapstow Bridge in Central Park by one ex - boyfriend . She has another humiliating encounter with ( ) , a movie star . 
 After failing to find a new job through an employment agency , meets shy ( ) in a stuck elevator . They strike up a relationship , but does not reveal what she does for a living . When she finally does tell , he initially seems to accept it , but finally tells that he can not marry her . 
 The optimistic faces her future , alone for the time being , living hopefully ever after . 
 An alternate ending found on the Laserdisc and DVD versions picks up after leaves . starts to go crazy in his apartment and , feeling suffocated , goes for a walk in the park . He sees on their bridge in Central Park and thinks she is going to jump . Racing to rescue her , he trips and falls in the water . jumps in after him , but ca n't swim so rescues her . realizes is the only breath of fresh air in his life , proposes again , and she accepts . thought the ending was too corny , but filmed it in apprehension that the studio would demand a happy ending . In the end , though , they agreed with and kept the original ending from the stage version .

Shirley MacLaine, Chita Rivera, Ricardo Montalbán, John McMartin, Paula Kelly, Sammy Davis, Jr.

( ) story is told in documentary style , using both stock footage and interviews with people who knew him . He begins a life of crime at a young age . As a child , is a frequent target of bullies , who snatch his glasses and stomp on them on the floor . As an adult , is inept and unlucky , and both police and judges ridicule him by stomping on 's glasses . 
 falls in love with a young lady , ( ) , a laundry worker , and they live together . They even have a baby . 
 is arrested for trying to rob a bank after handing to a teller a threatening note with the word " gun " misspelled . He is sent to prison , but attempts an escape using a bar of soap carved to resemble a gun . Unfortunately for him , it was raining outside and his gun dissolves . He does escape , but by accident . Joining a mass breakout plan , is the only inmate not warned that the scheme had been called off . 
 Outside but unemployed , finds no way to support himself and his family . Eventually he is rearrested and sent to a chain gang , where he is undernourished ( the single meal of the day is a bowl of steam ) and brutally punished ( consigned to a steam box with an insurance salesman ) . 
 again escapes but is eventually captured when attempting to rob a former friend who reveals he is now a cop . He is sentenced to 800 years , but remains upbeat knowing that " with good behavior , I can get that cut in half " . In the last scene , he is shown carving a bar of soap and asking the interviewer if it is raining outside .

( ) , who had once dreamed of becoming a great film director , recalls the events leading to an unstated crime . In his youth , he saw a horse break its leg , after which it was shot and put out of its misery . Years later , in 1932 during the Great Depression , he wanders into a dance marathon about to begin in the shabby La Monica Ballroom , perched over the Pacific Ocean on the Santa Monica Pier , near Los Angeles . He is recruited by MC ( ) as a substitute partner for a cynical malcontent named ( ) , when her original partner is disqualified because of an ominous cough . 
 Among the other contestants competing for a prize of 1,500 silver dollars is ( ) , a middle - aged sailor ; ( ) and her partner ( ) , both aspiring actors ; and an impoverished farm worker ( ) and his pregnant wife ( ) . Early in the marathon the weaker pairs are eliminated quickly , while observes the vulnerabilities of the stronger contestants and exploits them for the audience 's amusement . Frayed nerves are exacerbated by the theft of one of 's dresses and 's displeasure at the attention receives from . In retaliation , she takes as her partner , but when he receives a job offer and departs , she aligns herself with . 
 Weeks into the marathon , in order to spark the paying spectators ' enthusiasm , Rocky stages a series of derbies in which the exhausted contestants , clad in track suits , must race around the dance floor , with the last three couples eliminated . has a fatal heart attack during one of the races , but the undeterred lifts him on her back and crosses the finish line . dies as drags him . , who witnesses his death , has a breakdown and is taken away . Lacking partners , and again pair up . 
 suggests the couple marry during the marathon , a publicity stunt guaranteed to earn them some cash , in the form of gifts from supporters such as Mrs. ( ) . When refuses , he reveals the contest is not what it appears . Expenses will be deducted from the prize money , leaving the winner with close to nothing . Shocked by the revelation , the couple drops out of the competition . 
 The two leave the dance hall and stand on the pier , overlooking the ocean . confesses how empty she is inside and tells that she wants to kill herself , but when she takes out a gun and points it at herself , she can not pull the trigger . Desperate , she asks , " Help me . " He obliges , and shoots her in the head , killing her . Questioned by the police as to the motive for his action , responds : " They shoot horses , do n't they ? " 
 The marathon continues with its few remaining couples , including and . The eventual winners are not revealed .

Jane Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, Gig Young, Susannah York, Red Buttons

In Copenhagen in 1962 , a high - ranking Soviet intelligence officer , ( ) , defects to the West . During de - briefing , CIA agent ( ) learns that Russian missiles with nuclear warheads are to be placed in Cuba . 
 Needing physical evidence , discloses 's name to French agent ( ) , asking him to bribe ( ) , a member of Cuba 's U.N. delegation , to provide photographs of documents confirming the missile bases in Cuba . decides to accompany his daughter ( on her honeymoon to New York City with son - in - law ( ) . 
 In New York , a French - Martinican agent , ( ) , is to contact , who is the secretary to Cuban official ( ) , who is staying at the Hotel Theresa in Harlem to show solidarity with the black community . 
 sneaks into the hotel . He bribes to take the documents from 's office to photograph . catches photographing the documents . Chased and shot at by Cuban revolutionaries , purposefully knocks into — who was watching events from the other side of the street — and slips him the camera . A red - headed Cuban guard helps to get up , but lets him go . escapes into the crowd around the hotel . 
 ' photos confirm that the Soviets are placing missiles in Cuba . , despite his wife 's accusations of infidelity , flies to Cuba . His mistress , ( ) , was the widow of a " hero of the Revolution " . This enables her to work undercover in the resistance . Upon his arrival , finds ( another lover of hers ) leaving 's mansion . asks to take photos of the missiles . 's loyal domestic staff , and , pose as picnickers and photograph the missiles . Pursued , the two hide the incriminating film before they are captured . 
 During a mass rally and lengthy speech by the " líder máximo " , the red - headed Cuban guard recognizes 's face from the New York incident . 
 has heard from the tortured that is their leader . He embraces her , shooting her dead to save her from extreme torture . 
 At the Havana airport , the Cuban authorities fail to find the microfilms on . When gets back , his wife has left him . is to be recalled to Paris . tells him about the existence of a Soviet spy organization called " Topaz " within the French intelligence service . He is given the name of NATO official ( ) , who leaked documents to the KGB . 
 researches the leak . He invites some of his old friends and colleagues , including , to a lunch at a fine Paris restaurant under the pretext of helping prepare for his inquiry . tells the others about , in order to provoke some reaction . claims it is misinformation , and says that died a year ago . 
 starts to panic . He visits the leader of the spy ring , Jacques ( ) . , , and were close friends from their days together in the French Resistance . tells it was a mistake to say was dead ; the Americans will easily discover that is lying . As is leaving 's house , 's wife arrives to meet , her lover . 
 sends his son - in - law , , to interview . and rush to 's flat and find dead , a staged suicide . has disappeared . After being clubbed and kidnapped , managed to escape from his captors ' car with an overheard phone number and his sketch of . 
 tells her family , with tearful eyes , that the phone number is 's , so he must be the leader of the Topaz organization . is exposed and then commits suicide ( in the USA and French versions ) or flees to the Soviet Union ( in the British version ) .

( ) is murdered by his hired hand , ( ) . 's young daughter , ( ) , travels to Fort Smith , Arkansas , where she hires aging U.S. Marshal ( ) to bring in , raising his fee by shrewdly horse trading with Colonel ( ) . has heard that has " true grit . " She gives him a payment to track and capture , who has taken up with outlaw " Lucky " ( ) in Indian Territory ( modern - day Oklahoma ) . 
 A young Texas Ranger , ( ) , is also pursuing and joins forces with , despite 's protest . The two try to ditch , but she catches up and is permitted to ride along . 
 After several days , the three discover horse thieves ( ) and ( ) , who are waiting for at a remote dugout cabin . captures and interrogates the two men . 's leg is injured and uses the injury as leverage to get information about . In terrible pain and about to talk , is stabbed by , who is then killed by . In the remaining minute before dies , he reveals that and his gang are due at the cabin that night to get fresh mounts . 
 and lay a trap . But as soon as and his men arrive , blows their cover by shooting and killing 's horse . A firefight ensues , during which and kill two of the gang , but and the rest of his men escape unharmed . , , and make their way to McAlester 's store with the dead bodies . tries to persuade to stay at McAlester 's , but she refuses . 
 The three resume their pursuit . Fetching water one morning , finds herself face - to - face with in a stream . When he comes toward her menacingly , she shoots with her father 's Colt Dragoon , injuring him and calling out to her partners . and his gang get there first , capturing her . then forces and to abandon the girl and ride away . decides to leave in the care of , who has lost his horse . He promises he will send a horse back for , vowing to kill him if any harm comes to the girl . 
 doubles back and attacks and his gang single - handedly . , meantime , finds . They watch from a high bluff as a mounted confronts 's gang . gives a choice between being killed right there or surrendering and being hanged in Fort Smith . Calling this " bold talk for a one - eyed fat man , " enrages , who charges the four outlaws , guns blazing . He kills two of the gang and mortally wounds . In the fight , shoots 's horse , trapping 's leg under him as he goes down . As a last act , the wounded prepares to kill , until makes a long shot with his Sharps Rifle , doing away with once and for all . 
 As and return to 's camp , comes out from behind a tree and strikes in the head with a rock , fracturing his skull and knocking him unconscious . is able to shoot and wound him , but , driven back by the recoil , falls into a snake pit and breaks her arm . begins to taunt about the snakes ; appears and shoots and kills , who falls into the pit as well . With great difficulty , descends into the pit on a rope to retrieve , who is bitten by a rattlesnake before can kill it . The mortally injured helps them out of the pit , saving their lives . dies from the effort . 
 is forced to leave body behind as they race to get help for at McAlester 's on 's pony . After stealing a buckboard , they arrive at their destination . There , an Indian doctor treats 's snakebite and broken arm . 
 Some time later , 's attorney , ( ) meets in Fort Smith . On 's behalf pays for 's part in 's capture . offers to wager the money on a bet that will recover just fine , a bet declines . 
 In the epilogue , her arm in a sling , is back at home recovering from her injuries . She promises he will be buried next to her in the family plot after his death . reluctantly accepts her offer and leaves , jumping over a fence on his new horse to disprove her good - natured jab that he was too old and fat to clear a four - rail fence , and rides off into the valley below .

John Wayne, Kim Darby, Glen Campbell, Dennis Hopper, Robert Duvall

Chicago is paralyzed by a snowstorm affecting Lincoln International Airport . A Trans Global Airlines ( TGA ) Boeing 707 flight crew misjudge their turn from Runway 29 onto the taxiway , becoming stuck in the snow and closing that runway . Airport manager is forced to work overtime , causing tension with his wife , . A divorce seems imminent as he nurtures a closer relationship with a co - worker , TGA customer relations agent . 
 is a TGA captain scheduled to be the checkride captain for the airline to evaluate Captain during its Flight 2 to Rome . TGA 's flagship international service , named The Golden Argosy , is being operated with a Boeing 707 . Although is married to 's sister , , he is secretly having an affair with , chief stewardess on the flight , who informs him before takeoff that she is pregnant with his child . 
 borrows TWA mechanic Joe Patroni to assist with moving TGA 's disabled plane blocking Runway 29 . and also deal with Mrs. , an elderly lady from San Diego who is a habitual stowaway on various airlines . 
 Demolition expert , down on his luck and with a history of mental illness , buys both a one - way TGA ticket aboard The Golden Argosy and a large life insurance policy with the intent of committing suicide by blowing up the plane . He plans to set off a bomb in an attaché case while over the Atlantic Ocean so that his wife , , will collect the insurance money of $ 225,000 . His erratic behavior at the airport , including using his last cash to buy the insurance policy and mistaking a U.S. Customs officer for an airline gate agent , attracts airport officials ' attention . finds a Special Delivery envelope from a travel agency and , realizing D.O. might be doing something desperate , goes to the airport to try to dissuade him . She informs airport officials that he had been fired from a construction job for " misplacing " explosives and that the family 's financial situation was desperate . 
 manages to evade the TGA employee assigned the task of putting her on a flight back to San Diego , talks her way past the gate agent , boards Flight 2 , and happens to sit next to D.O. When the Golden Argosy crew is made aware of D.O. 's presence and possible intentions , they turn the plane back toward Chicago without informing the passengers . Once is discovered , her help is enlisted by the crew to get to D.O. 's briefcase , but the ploy fails when a would - be helpful male passenger unwittingly returns the case to D.O. 
 Captain goes back into the passenger cabin and tries to persuade D.O. not to trigger the bomb , informing him that his insurance policy will be useless . D.O. briefly considers giving the bomb , but just then another passenger exits the lavatory at the rear of the aircraft , and the same would - be helpful passenger yells out that D.O. has a bomb . D.O. runs into the lavatory , locks it , and sets off the device . D.O. dies instantly and is sucked out through the hole blown in the fuselage by the explosion . , just outside the door , is injured in the explosion and subsequent explosive decompression , but the pilots retain control of the airplane . 
 With all airports east of Chicago unusable due to bad weather , they return to Lincoln International for an emergency landing . Due to the bomb damage , Captain demands the airport 's longest runway — Runway 29 , which is still closed due to the stuck airliner . Eventually orders the plane to be pushed off the runway by snowplows , despite the costly damage they would do to it . , who is " taxi - qualified " on Boeing 707s , has been trying to move the stuck aircraft in time for Vernon 's damaged aircraft to land . By exceeding the Boeing 707 's engine operating parameters , frees the stuck jet without damage , allowing Runway 29 to be reopened just in time for the crippled Golden Argosy to land . 
 In a brief epilogue , is enjoying her reward of free first - class travel on TGA . But as she arrives at the gate , she laments that it was " much more fun the other way . "

Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, Maureen Stapleton, Van Heflin, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, Lloyd Nolan, Dana Wynter, Barbara Hale

Following the events of Planet of the Apes , time - displaced astronaut and the mute , are riding on horseback through the desert of the Forbidden Zone . Without warning , fire shoots up from the ground and deep chasms open . Confused by the strange phenomenon , investigates a cliff wall and disappears before 's eyes . 
 Elsewhere in the Forbidden Zone , a second Earth spaceship has crash landed after being sent to search for and his crew . Its only survivor , while noting he is in the year 3955 , assumes he has traveled to another planet . He encounters and notices she is wearing 's dog tags . Hoping is still alive , he rides with her to Ape City , where he is shocked to discover the simian civilization . He observes the gorilla General leading a rally for the apes to conquer the Forbidden Zone and use it as a potential food source , against the objections of the orangutan Dr. . is wounded by a gorilla soldier and taken by to the home of the chimpanzees and , who treat his wound and tell him of their time with . The humans hide when Dr. arrives and announces that he will accompany on the invasion of the Forbidden Zone . 
 Attempting to flee the city , and are captured by gorillas . orders they be used for target practice , but helps them escape . They hide in a cave which soon discovers is the ruins of the Queensboro Plaza station of the New York City Subway , realizing he traveled through time to Earth 's post - apocalyptic future . After following a humming sound deeper into the underground tunnels , begins to hear voices telling him to kill . Entering the remains of St. Patrick 's Cathedral , he finds a population of telepathic humans who worship an ancient nuclear bomb . 
 and are captured and telepathically interrogated by the telepaths ' leadership under explaining themselves to be the descendants of humans who survived nuclear holocaust and mutated over generations . While claiming to be a peaceful society despite using mind - control and illusion on their enemies , the mutants force into revealing the apes ' march on the Forbidden Zone , their attempts to repel the invaders with illusions of fire and other horrors ultimately failing when sees through it . With the apes closing in , the telepaths plan to detonate their " Divine Bomb " as a last resort , holding a pseudo - religious ritual during which they remove their human - skinned masks to reveal their malformed skinless appearance from generations of radiation exposure . 
 is separated from and taken to a cell where he finds . The mutant , explaining that they can not let them leave the city alive , uses his telepathic powers to force and to kill each other . escapes her guard and runs to the cell , screaming her first word : " ! " This breaks 's concentration , freeing and from his control long enough to overpower and kill the mutant . describes the bomb the mutants worship to have Greek letters Alpha and Omega on its casing , recognizing it as a " doomsday bomb " capable of destroying the entire planet . 
 The apes invade the subterranean city , making their way to the cathedral with many of the mutants either captured , killed , or found to have committed suicide . After is killed in the midst of the chaos , and reach the cathedral as is shot dead after raising the bomb into activation position . The humans attempt to stop from accidentally setting off the weapon , but is shot as his pleas to fall on deaf ears . When is gunned down after killing , the mortally wounded collapses while bringing his hand down on the activation switch and triggering the bomb . The scene whites out and voiceover narration states : " In one of the countless billions of galaxies in the universe lies a medium - sized star , and one of its satellites , a green and insignificant planet , is now dead " .

Three young women — , , and perform in a rock band , The Kelly Affair , managed by , 's boyfriend . The four travel to Los Angeles to find 's estranged aunt , , heiress to a family fortune . 
 welcomes and her friends , even promising a third of her inheritance to her niece , but 's sleazy financial advisor , , discredits them as " hippies " in an attempt to embezzle her fortune himself . Undeterred , introduces The Kelly Affair to a flamboyant , well - connected rock producer , , who coaxes them into an impromptu performance at one of his outrageous parties , after a set by real - life band Strawberry Alarm Clock ) . The band is so well - received that Z - Man becomes their Svengali - style manager , changing their name to The Carrie Nations and starting a long - simmering feud with . 
 drifts away from and takes up with , a high - priced gigolo , who has designs on her inheritance . At first , fends off the sexually aggressive porn star , , but after losing , he allows to seduce him . soon tires of his conventional nature and inability to perform sexually due to increasing drug and alcohol intake . descends further into heavy drug and alcohol use , leading to a fistfight with and a drug - addled one - night stand with which results in pregnancy . ends her affair with after he severely beats . , distraught at getting pregnant and wary of men 's foibles , has a lesbian affair with clothes designer , who pressures her to have an abortion . 
 has a seemingly enchanted romance with law student . After a meet - cute at Z - Man 's party , they are shown running slow - motion through golden fields and frolicking in a haystack . Their fairy - tale romance frays when sleeps with , a violent prize fighter who beats up and tries to run him down with a car . 
 is reunited with her former fiancé . The Carrie Nations release records and continue to perform successfully , despite constant touring and drug use . Upset at being pushed to the sidelines , attempts suicide by leaping from the rafters of a sound stage during a television appearance by the band . survives the fall , but becomes paraplegic from his injuries . 
 devotes herself to caring for . forgives for her infidelity . and have a steamy , intimate romance , but this idyllic existence ends when invites , , and to a psychedelic - fueled party at his house . After tries to seduce , who spurns him , he reveals that he has female breasts , meaning he has been a female in drag all this time.[N 1 ] then goes on a murderous rampage : he beheads with a sword , stabs his servant to death , and shoots and , killing them . 
 Responding to a desperate phone call made shortly before her death , , , , and arrive at house and try to subdue him . is wounded in the melee , which ends in death . is able to move his feet , the start of his recovery from paralysis . 
 An epilogue follows , with a preachy , satirical , voice - over monologue and scenes of and ( now in crutches ) hiking on a log over a creek , and a final scene with the wedding of three couples in a courthouse — and , and , and and — with observing from outside the courthouse window .

Captain , a U.S. Army Air Force B-25 bombardier , is stationed on the Mediterranean base on Pianosa during World War II . Along with his squadron members , is committed to flying dangerous missions , and after watching friends die , he seeks a means of escape . 
 Futilely appealing to his commanding officer , Colonel , who continually increases the number of missions required to rotate home before anyone can reach it , learns that even a mental breakdown is no release when , explains the " Catch-22 " the Army Air Corps employs . As explained , an airman " would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he did n't , but if he was sane he 'd have to fly them . If he flew them he was crazy and did n't have to ; but if he did n't , he was sane and had to . " Another strange " catch " in the movie involves Major , who had recently gotten promoted by Brigadier General , who did n't like the look of the name " Capt . Major " on the roll call . Capt . was promoted to Major Major and put in charge of a squadron , but did n't want to be bothered , so he told First Sgt . that if someone wanted to talk to Major , the person had to wait in the waiting room until office hours were over , unless was n't in his office . Then the visitor could go right in , but would n't be there . 
 Trapped by this convoluted logic , watches as individuals in the squadron resort to unusual means to cope ; Lt . concocts elaborate black market schemes while crazed Captain " commits murder to silence a girl he raped . Lieutenant falls for a prostitute , Major delivers goofy pep talks before every bomb run and Captain keeps crashing at sea . Meanwhile , Nurse occasionally beds . 
 survives an attempt on his life when an unknown assailant stabs him ( in the novel it was " 's whore , " and in the director 's commentary says he regrets not making this clear in the film ): the murder attempt is shown in the film 's start and ending . Once recovered , sets out to sea in a raft , paddling to Sweden , after he learns from the Chaplain and Major that it is now the refuge for Captain , whose repeated ' crash ' landings had been a subterfuge for practicing and planning his own escape from the madness .

Alan Arkin, Jon Voight, Bob Newhart, Orson Welles, Buck Henry, Martin Sheen, Bob Balaban, Richard Benjamin, Charles Grodin, Art Garfunkel, Paula Prentiss

works in an oil field in Kern County , California with his friend , who has a wife and a baby son . spends most of his time with his waitress girlfriend , who has dreams of singing country music ; or in the company of , with whom he bowls , gets drunk , and has sex with other women . has not told that he is a former classical pianist who comes from a family of musicians . 
 gets pregnant and is arrested for having robbed a gas station . quits his job and goes to Los Angeles where his sister , also a pianist , is making a recording . tells him that their father , from whom is estranged , has suffered two strokes . She urges to return to the family home in Washington state . 
 threatens to kill herself if leaves her , so he reluctantly asks her along . Driving north , they pick up two women headed for Alaska , one of whom is obsessed with " filth " . The four of them are thrown out of a restaurant when gets into an argument with a waitress who refuses to accommodate his special order . 
 Embarrassed by 's lack of polish , registers her in a motel before proceeding to the family home on an island in Puget Sound . He finds giving their father a haircut , but the old man seems completely oblivious to him . At dinner meets , a young pianist engaged to his brother , a violinist . Despite personality differences , and are immediately attracted to each other and have sex in her room . 
 runs out of money at the motel and comes to the estate unannounced . Her presence creates an awkward situation , but when pompous family friend ridicules her , comes to her defense . Storming from the room in search of , he discovers his father 's male nurse giving a massage . Now more agitated , he picks a fight with the nurse , who knocks him to the floor . 
 tries to persuade to go away with him , but she declines , believing he does not love himself , or anything at all . After trying to talk to his unresponsive father , leaves with , who makes a playful sexual advance that he angrily rejects . When goes into a gas station for coffee , he gives her his wallet and abandons her , hitching a ride on a truck headed north .

During a thunderstorm in early September 1944 , units of the 35th Infantry Division are nearing the French town of Nancy . One of the division 's mechanized reconnaissance platoons is ordered to hold their position when the Germans counterattack . The outnumbered platoon also receives friendly fire from their own mortars . 
 Private , a former lieutenant scapegoated for a failed infantry assault , captures Colonel of Wehrmacht Intelligence . Interrogating his prisoner , notices the officer 's briefcase has several gold bars disguised under lead plating . Curious , he gets the colonel drunk and learns that there is a cache of 14,000 gold bars , worth $ 16,000,000 , stored in a bank vault 30 miles behind enemy lines in the town of Clermont . When their position is overrun and the Americans pull back , a Tiger I kills . 
 decides to go after the gold . He visits the opportunistic Supply Sergeant " Crapgame " to obtain the supplies and guns that will be needed for the operation . A spaced - out tank platoon commander known as " " and his three M4 Sherman tanks from the 6th Armored Division invite themselves into the plan . With their commanding officer , Captain , busily pursuing opportunities to enrich himself and seriously neglecting the welfare of his troops , the men of 's platoon are all eager to join . After much argument , finally persuades cynical Master Sergeant " Big Joe " to go along . 
 decides that his infantrymen and 's tanks will proceed separately and meet near Clermont . 's tanks fight their way through the German lines , managing to destroy a German railway depot , but their route is blocked when the bridge they need to cross is blown up by Allied fighter - bombers . This forces to bring a bridging unit in on the caper . An American fighter plane mistakes 's group for the enemy , destroying their vehicles and forcing them to continue on foot . They stray into a minefield , and Private Grace is killed . 's troops engage an enemy patrol ; Private and Corporal , still stuck in the minefield , are killed . 
 The two units rendezvous two nights later . They battle their way across the river to Clermont , losing two of the three tanks and leaving the bridging unit behind . When intercepted radio messages from the private raid are brought to the attention of the gung - ho Major General , he misinterprets them as the efforts of aggressive patrols pushing forward on their own initiative and immediately rushes to the front to exploit the " breakthrough " . 
 's men find that Clermont is defended by three Tiger tanks of the 1st SS Panzer Division with infantry support . The Americans are able to eliminate the German infantry and two of the Tigers , but the final tank parks itself right in front of the bank and 's Sherman breaks down , leaving them stalemated . At ’s suggestion , offers the German tank commander and his crew an equal share of the loot . 
 After the Tiger blows the bank doors open , the Germans and Americans divide the spoils and go their separate ways , just barely managing to avoid meeting the still - oblivious General , who is blocked from entering Clermont by the French residents who have been deceived by Big into thinking that General is coming . Not long after the freelancers have gone , Captain enters the bank , to find a and the words " Up Yours , Baby " painted by one of 's crew on the wall .

Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles, Carroll O'Connor, Donald Sutherland

In 1970 , 121 - year - old , the oldest living man in the world is residing in a hospice , and recounts his plentiful life story to a curious historian . Among other things , claims to have been a captive of the Cheyenne , a gunslinger , an associate of Wild , a scout for General , and the sole white survivor of the Battle of Little Bighorn . 
 begins his story in a flashback to 1859 , when he was 10 years old where he and his older sister survived the massacre of their parents by the Pawnee , and are discovered by a Cheyenne brave who takes the pair to his village . escapes , but is reared by the goodhearted tribal leader , Old Lodge Skins . As gets older , he unwittingly makes an enemy of another boy , ; however , Younger Bear eventually owes his life to since he saved his life from a Pawnee brave . is given the name " Little Big Man " because he is short but very brave . In 1865 , when is 16 , he is captured by U.S. cavalry troopers during a skirmish , and renounces his Cheyenne upbringing in order to save himself . He is put in the care of Reverend , and his sexually frustrated wife , , who tries to seduce . When he witnesses Mrs. having sex with the soda shop owner , leaves the household , and religion . 
 The following year , becomes the apprentice of the snake - oil salesman . The two are tarred and feathered when their customers realize that Meriweather 's products are fraudulent . One of the angry customers is 's now - grown sister , , with whom he reunites . She attempts to mold her brother into a gunslinger named the Soda Pop Kid . meets Wild at a saloon , and takes a liking to the young man . When is forced to kill a man in self - defense , loses his taste for gunslinging and deserts him . 
 Another year or so later , becomes a partner in a general store and marries a Swedish woman named . Unfortunately , 's business partner turns out to be a thieving scoundrel . The famous cavalry officer suggests the couple restart their lives further west and assures them they have nothing to fear of Indians . They set out , but their stagecoach is ambushed by Cheyenne warriors . is abducted and sets out in search of her . He is reunited with Old Lodge Skins . Younger Bear has become a Contrary , a warrior who does everything in reverse . makes friends with the Heemaneh Little Horse , but continues on his search for . 
 eventually becomes a " muleskinner " in 's 7th Cavalry , only because incorrectly determines that was 's past job . He takes part in a battle against the Cheyenne , but when the troopers begin killing women and children , turns on them . On the outskirts of the massacre , is attacked by , the Cheyenne brave who saved him as a child but now does not recognize him . is killed by a cavalryman , and discovers his daughter , , giving birth while hiding from the onslaught . He returns with her to Old Lodge Skins 's tribe . becomes his wife and bears him a child . again encounters Younger Bear , not a Contrary anymore , who is now the henpecked husband of the long - lost . does not recognize , who makes no attempt to make her remember him . asks to take in her three widowed sisters as wives and to father children with them . He is reluctant at first , but finally agrees . 
 In November 1868 , and the 7th Cavalry make a surprise attack on the Cheyenne camp at the Washita River . A now - blind and elderly Old Lodge Skins is saved by , but , their child , and her sisters are killed . tries to infiltrate 's camp to exact revenge , but loses his nerve to kill . 
 Disheartened , withdraws from life and becomes the town drunk living in Deadwood , South Dakota for the next several years . While in a drunken stupor , he is recognized by Wild , who gives him money to get cleaned up . is shot and killed while playing cards and , with his last breath , asks to bring some money to a widow he was having an affair with . visits the widow , now a prostitute who turns out to be . gives her the money that intended for her to use to start a new life , but again rebuffs her sexual advances . 
 soon becomes a trapper and hermit . His mind becomes unhinged after coming across an empty trap with a severed animal limb . He prepares to commit suicide , but sees and his troops marching nearby , and decides to return to his quest for revenge . hires him as a scout , reasoning that anything says will be a lie , thus serving as a perfect reverse barometer . tricks into leading his troops into a trap at the Little Bighorn by truthfully telling of the overwhelming force of Native Americans hidden within the valley . As 's troops are slaughtered by the combined Sioux and Cheyenne group , he begins to rave insanely . The mad attempts to shoot who is wounded , but is killed by Younger , who then carries away from the battlefield . Having thus discharged his life debt , Younger tells that the next time they meet , he can kill without becoming an evil person . 
 Back at the Indian camp , accompanies Old Lodge to a nearby hill , the Indian burial ground , where the old man , dressed in full chief 's regalia , has declared " It is a good day to die " , and decides to end his life with dignity . He offers his spirit to the Great Spirit , and lies down at his spot at the Indian Burial Ground to wait for death . Instead , it begins to rain . Old Lodge Skins is revealed to still be alive , and says , " Sometimes the magic works , and sometimes it does n't " . They return to his tepee to have dinner . 
 Back in the present , 's narrative ends and he dismisses the historian . The elderly now thinks with sadness about the memories of a world which is no more .

is the heir of an American upper - class East Coast family attending Harvard College , where he plays ice hockey . He meets , a quick - witted , working - class Radcliffe College student of classical music ; they quickly fall in love despite their differences . 
 When reveals her plans to study in Paris , is upset that he does not figure in those plans . He proposes , she accepts , and they travel to the mansion so she can meet 's parents , who are unimpressed with her and judgmental . Later , 's father tells him that he will cut him off financially if he marries . After graduation and marry nonetheless . 
 Without his father 's financial support , the couple struggle to pay 's way through Harvard Law School ; works as a teacher . graduates third in his class and takes a position at a respectable New York City law firm . They are ready to start a family , but fail to conceive . After many tests is told that is terminally ill . 
 attempts to live a " normal life " without telling of her condition , but she finds out after confronting her doctor . buys tickets to Paris but she declines to go , wanting only time with him . To pay for 's cancer therapy , seeks money from his estranged father , who asks if him if he has " gotten a girl in trouble . " simply says yes , and his father writes a check . 
 From her hospital bed , makes funeral arrangements with her father , then asks for . She tells him to not blame himself , insisting that he never held her back from music and it was worth it for the love they shared . 's last wish is made when she asks him to embrace her tightly before she dies . As grief - stricken leaves the hospital , he sees his father outside , having rushed to New York City from Massachusetts as soon as he heard the news about and wanting to offer his help . tells him , " 's dead , " and his father says " I 'm sorry , " to which responds , " Love – Love means never having to say you 're sorry . " walks back alone to the outdoor ice rink , where had watched him skate the day she was hospitalized .

General addresses an unseen audience of American troops to raise their morale , focusing in particular on the value placed on winning by American society . 
 Following the humiliating American defeat at the Battle of the Kasserine Pass in 1943 , is placed in charge of the American II Corps in North Africa . Upon his arrival , he immediately starts enforcing discipline among his troops . is then summoned to a meeting with Air Marshal of the Royal Air Force , where he claims that the American defeat was caused by lack of air cover . promises that he will see no more German aircraft – but seconds later the compound is strafed by Luftwaffe planes . then defeats a German attack at the Battle of El Guettar ; his aide Captain is killed in the battle , and is replaced by Lieutenant Colonel . is bitterly disappointed to learn that , commander of the German - Italian Panzer Army , was on medical leave , but reassures him that : " If you 've defeated 's plan , you 've defeated . " 
 After success in the North Africa campaign , and come up with competing plans for the Allied invasion of Sicily . 's proposal to land his Seventh Army in the northwest of the island with in the southeast ( therefore potentially trapping the German and Italian forces in a pincer movement ) initially impresses their superior General , but General rejects it in favor of 's more cautious plan , which places 's army in the southeast , covering 's flank . While the landing is successful , the Allied forces become bogged down , causing to defy orders and advance northwest to Palermo , and then to the port of Messina in the northeast , narrowly beating to the prize , although several thousand German and Italian troops are able to flee the island . insists that his feud with is due to the latter 's determination to be the " war hero , " and to deny the Americans any chance of glory . However , his actions do not sit well with his subordinates and . 
 While on a visit to a field hospital , notices a shell - shocked soldier crying . Calling him a coward , slaps the soldier and even threatens to shoot him , before demanding his immediate return to the front line . is relieved of command , and , by order of , forced to apologize to the soldier , others present , and to his entire command . As a result , he is also sidelined during the D - Day landings in 1944 , being placed in command of the decoy phantom First United States Army Group in southeast England . German General is convinced that will lead the invasion of Europe . 
 After begging his former subordinate for a command before the war ends , is placed under him in command of the Third Army and performs brilliantly by rapidly advancing through France , but his tanks are brought to a standstill when they run out of fuel – the supplies being allocated to 's bold Operation Market Garden , much to his fury . Later , during the Battle of the Bulge , brilliantly relieves the town of Bastogne and then smashes through the Siegfried Line and into Germany . 
 At a war drive in Knutsford , England , General remarks that the United States and the United Kingdom would dominate the post - war world , viewed as an insult to the Soviet Union . After Germany capitulates , directly insults a Russian general at a dinner ; fortunately , the Russian insults right back , much to 's amusement . then makes an offhand remark comparing the Nazi Party to American political parties . Ultimately , 's outspokenness loses him his command once again , though he is kept on to see to the rebuilding of Germany , where a runaway oxcart narrowly misses him . 
 Finally , is seen walking , his bull terrier , across the German countryside . 's voice is heard relating that a returning hero of ancient Rome was honored with a " triumph , " a victory parade in which " a slave stood behind the conqueror , holding a golden crown , and whispering in his ear a warning : that all glory ... is fleeting . "

Two sets of identical twins , played by and , are accidentally switched at birth . One set , and , is aristocratic and haughty , while the other set , and , is poor and dim - witted . On the eve of the French Revolution , both sets find themselves entangled in palace intrigues .

In August 1939 , a trade embargo imposed by the United States is depriving a belligerent Japan of raw materials . Influential army figures and politicians push through an alliance with Germany and Italy in September 1940 and make preparations for war . The newly appointed Commander - in - Chief of the Combined Fleet Admiral reluctantly orders the planning of a pre - emptive strike on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor , believing that Japan 's best hope of achieving control of the Pacific Ocean is to annihilate the fleet at the outset of hostilities . Air Staff Officer is chosen to mastermind the operation while his old Naval Academy classmate is selected to lead the attack . 
 Meanwhile , in Washington , American military intelligence has managed to break the Japanese Purple Code , allowing the Americans to intercept secret Japanese radio transmissions indicating increased Japanese naval activity . Monitoring the transmissions are U.S. Army Col . and U.S. Navy Lt . Commander . At Pearl Harbor itself , Admiral Kimmel and General do their best to enhance defenses which include increasing naval patrols around Hawaii and calling for Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers to patrol offshore to provide early warning of any enemy presence . recommends parking all aircraft at the base on the runways and not dispersed around the edges of the airfield to avoid sabotage by enemy agents . 
 Several months pass with diplomatic tensions continuing to escalate between the U.S. and Japan . As the Japanese ambassador continues negotiations to stall for time , the Japanese fleet sorties into the Pacific and soon is in position to begin the assault . On the day of the attack , and learn from intercepts that the Japanese plan to commence a series of 14 radio messages from Tokyo to the Japanese embassy in Washington with an instruction to destroy their code machines after receiving the final message . Deducing that this indicates that the Japanese plan to launch a surprise attack on American forces after the messages are delivered , attempts to warn his superiors of his suspicions but encounters several obstacles – Chief of Naval Operations is indecisive over notifying Hawaii without first alerting the President while Army Chief of Staff General 's order that Pearl Harbor be alerted of an impending attack is stymied by poor atmospherics that prevent radio transmission and bungling when a warning sent by telegram is not marked urgent . 
 At dawn on December 7 , the Japanese fleet launches its aircraft . Their approach to Hawaii is detected by two radar operators but their concerns are dismissed as the duty officer receiving their alert assumes it is a group of American B-17 Flying Fortresses inbound from the mainland scheduled to land later that day . As a result , the Japanese achieve complete surprise and a joyous commander , riding in a Nakajima B5N " Kate " , sends the code to begin the attack : " Tora ! Tora ! Tora ! " Meeting no opposition , the Japanese planes savage Pearl Harbor with a series of attacks . General 's anti - sabotage precautions prove a disastrous mistake that allows the Japanese aerial forces to destroy the U.S. aircraft on the ground with ease , thereby preventing an effective aerial counter - attack . The damage to the naval base is catastrophic with the Americans suffering severe casualties . Seven battleships are either sunk or heavily damaged . Hours after the attack is over , General and Admiral finally receive 's telegram warning of impending danger . 
 In Washington , the Secretary of State is stunned on learning of the attack and urgently requests confirmation before receiving the Japanese ambassador . The message that was transmitted to the Japanese embassy in 14 parts – a declaration of war – was meant to be delivered to the Americans at 1:00 pm , 30 minutes before the attack . However , it was not decoded and transcribed in time , with the result that the attack took place while the two nations were technically still at peace . The distraught Japanese ambassador , helpless to explain the late ultimatum and unaware of the ongoing attack , is bluntly rebuffed by a despondent . 
 Back in the Pacific , the Japanese fleet commander , Vice - Admiral , refuses to launch the scheduled third wave of aircraft for fear of exposing his force to American submarines which he believes are in the area . Aboard his flagship , Admiral solemnly informs his staff that their primary targets – the American fleet 's aircraft carriers , which had been dispatched into the Pacific days previously to search for Japanese vessels – were not at Pearl Harbor and thus escaped unscathed before lamenting the fact that the declaration of war was not received until after the attack began . Noting that nothing would infuriate the Americans more he concludes , " I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve . "

Jason Robards, So Yamamura, Martin Balsam, Joseph Cotten, James Whitmore, E.G. Marshall

Just after the American Civil War , a former soldier , , rides up on a naked woman about to be raped by bandits . kills the bandits , showing not only that he can shoot , but that he is an expert with explosives . He is taken aback when he sees that the woman he has saved is a nun . Sister is raising money to assist Mexican revolutionaries who are fighting the French . When requests that takes her to a Mexican camp , he agrees because he had previously arranged to help the Mexican revolutionaries attack the French garrison in exchange for half the garrison 's treasury , if they are successful . 
 As the duo heads towards the camp , is surprised that the nun drinks his whiskey . Before he attempts to detonate a charge to destroy a French ammunition train , he is shot with an arrow in the shoulder . is able to bandage him , but he is still unable to shoot the charge to disable the train himself . assists him in aiming his rifle , and the two succeed in destroying the train together . Eventually the two reach Juarista commander Col . 's camp and reveals the layout of the French garrison . She then reveals to that she is not a nun but a prostitute posing as a nun . Although is shocked , the two team up , infiltrate the fortress and open the gates for the Mexican revolutionary forces to swarm through . 
 A battle ensues . singlehandedly guns down several French soldiers . The French retreat and the Mexicans capture the fort . As promised , receives half the riches . Now wealthy and his job completed , sets off with , whom he has fallen in love with , to open a gambling house in San Francisco .

In a room at a university campus in 1970 , white and black students argue about an impending student strike . ( ) leaves the meeting after saying he is " willing to die , but not of boredom " for the cause , which draws criticism from the young white radicals . Following a mass arrest at the campus protest , visits a police station hoping to bail his roommate out of jail . He is told to wait but goes to the lock - up area , asks further about bail for his roommate , is rebuffed , calls out to the arrested students and faculty and is arrested . He gives his name as , which a duty officer types as " " . After he is released from jail , and another friend buy firearms from a Los Angeles gun shop , saying they need them for " self - defense " to " protect our women . " 
 In a downtown Los Angeles office building , successful real estate executive ( ) reviews a television commercial for Sunny Dunes , a new resort - like real estate development in the desert . Instead of actors or models , the slickly produced commercial features casually dressed , smiling mannequins . In the next scene talks with his associate ( ) about the greater Los Angeles area 's very rapid growth as the two drive through crowded streets . 
 goes to a bloody campus confrontation between students and police . Some students are tear - gassed and at least one is shot . As reaches for a gun in his boot , a Los Angeles policeman is seen being fatally shot , although it is unclear by whom.[8 ] flees the campus and rides a city bus to suburban Hawthorne where , after failing to buy a sandwich on credit from a local blue - collar delicatessen , he walks to Hawthorne Municipal Airport , steals a small Cessna 210 aircraft and flies into the desert . 
 Meanwhile , ( ) , " a sweet , pot - smoking post - teenybopper of decent inclinations " , is driving across the desert towards Phoenix in a 1950s - era Buick automobile to meet her boss , who may or may not also be her lover.[8 ] Along the way is searching for a man who works with " emotionally disturbed " children from Los Angeles . She finds the young boys near a roadhouse in the Mojave desert but they tease , taunt , and grab at her , boldly asking for " a piece of ass " , to which she asks in reply , " Are you sure you 'd know what to do with it ? " 
 flees in her car . While filling its radiator with water , she is spied from the air by , who buzzes her car and then flies only 15 feet over her as she lies face down in the sand . He throws a T - shirt out of the window of the aircraft for her to pick up . goes from upset to curious and smiling during this sequence . 
 They later meet at the desert shack of an old man , where asks her for a lift so he can buy gasoline for the aircraft . The two then wander to Zabriskie Point , where they make love and the site 's geological formations seem to come alive in a dusty orgy.[Note 2 ] 
 Later , a California highway patrolman suspiciously questions . Hidden behind a portable toilet meant for tourists , takes aim at the policeman but stands between the two of them to block this , apparently saving the policeman 's life before he drives away . asks if he was the one who killed the cop in Los Angeles . He states that he wanted to , but someone else shot the officer first and that he " never got off a shot " . 
 Returning to the stolen aircraft , they paint it with politically - charged slogans and psychedelic colors . pleads with to travel with her and leave the aircraft but is intent on returning and taking the risks that it involves . He flies back to Los Angeles and lands the plane at the airport in Hawthorne . The police ( along with some radio and television reporters ) are waiting for him , and patrol cars chase the aircraft down the runway . Instead of stopping , tries to turn the taxiing aircraft around across the grass and is shot to death by one of the policemen . 
 learns about 's death on the car radio . She drives to 's lavish desert home , " a desert Berchtesgaden"[8 ] set high on a rock outcropping near Phoenix , where she sees three affluent women sunning themselves and chatting by the swimming pool . She grieves for by drenching herself in the house 's architectural waterfall . is deeply immersed in a business meeting having to do with the complex and financially risky Sunny Dunes development . Taking a break , he spots in the house and happily greets her . She goes downstairs alone and finds the guest room that has been set aside for her but after briefly opening the door , she shuts it again . 
 Seeing a young Native American housekeeper in the hallway , leaves silently . She drives off but stops to get out of the car and look back at the house , her own imagination seeing it repeatedly blown apart in billows of orange flame and household items.[Note 3 ]

( ) is the protagonist , but he does not appear until after the opening credits . The cold open , which featured the assassination of the president of the fictional " banana republic " of San Marcos and a coup d'état that brings Gen. ( ) to power , sets up the situation in which would become embroiled . The scene was in the form of a championship boxing telecast on Wide World of Sports , with as the host and as the commentator.[4 ] 
 is a neurotic blue collar man who tries to impress social activist ( ) by trying to get in touch with the revolution in San Marcos . He visits the republic and attempts to show his concern for the native people . However , he is nearly killed by the local caudillo and then saved by the revolutionaries , putting him in their debt . then learns , clumsily , how to be a revolutionary . When the revolution is successful , the - style leader goes mad , forcing the rebels to place as their President . 
 When traveling back to the U.S. to obtain financial aid , he reunites with his activist ex - girlfriend and is exposed . In a classic courtroom scene , tries to defend himself from a series of incriminating witnesses , including a reigning Miss America and a middle - aged African - American woman claiming to be in disguise . One of the witnesses does provide testimony favorable to , but the court clerk , when asked to read back this testimony , replies with an entirely different , wholly unfavorable rendition . is eventually sentenced to prison , but his sentence is suspended on the condition that he does not move into the judge 's neighborhood . then agrees to marry him . The film ends with the between - the - covers consummation of their marriage , an event that was over much more quickly than had anticipated . Like the opening scene , it was accompanied by providing commentary .

During the Blitz , , , and are evacuated from London to Pepperinge Eye , where they are placed in the reluctant care of Miss , who agrees to the arrangement temporarily . The three children attempt to run back to London , but after observing Miss attempting to fly on a broomstick , they change their minds . Miss reveals she is learning witchcraft through a correspondence school with hopes of using her spells in the British war effort , and offers the children a transportation spell in exchange for their silence . She casts the spell on a knob , and adds only can work the spell . 
 Later , Miss receives a letter from her school announcing its closure , thus preventing her from learning the final spell . She convinces to use the enchanted bed to return the group to London , and locate Professor . They discover is actually a charismatic showman who created the course from an old book , and is surprised to learn the spells actually work for Miss . He gives the book to Miss , who is distraught to discover the final spell is missing . 
 The group travels to Portobello Road to locate the rest of the book . They are approached by , who takes them to the , who possesses the remainder of the book . They exchange their pieces , but learn only the spell was inscribed on a medallion , the Star of Astaroth , that belonged to a sorcerer of that name . The Bookman reveals the medallion may have been taken by a pack of wild animals , given anthropomorphism by , to a remote island called Naboombu . 
 It was said in the 17th century , a lascar claimed he saw Naboombu . The Bookman , however , does not believe the island exists , as he looked in every chart for it , until confirms its existence via a storybook . 
 The group fly on the bed , and land in the Island of Naboombu ’s lagoon ; there , the bed goes underwater , where Mr. and Miss enter a dance contest , and win first prize . Just then , the bed is fished out of the sea by a bear , who tells the five there is " No Peopling Allowed " . They are brought before King , who rules the island . He is wearing the Star of Astaroth , then invites Mr. to act as a referee in a soccer game . The chaotic match ends in ’ self - proclaimed victory , but Mr. cleverly swaps the medallion with his referee whistle as he leaves . Upon examining the Star , Miss finds the missing spell , “ Substitutiary Locomotion ” . When he discovers the theft , pursues the travelers , but Miss transforms him into a white rabbit , and the five escape . 
 Back home , Miss prepares to try out the spell , but the Star has vanished back into the fantasy world of Naboombu . reveals the spell " Substitutiary Locomotion " was actually in his storybook the whole time . Miss attempts the spell on Mr. ’s shoes ; while the spell works , and imbues the shoes with life , she finds she inadvertently brought other items throughout the house to life as well , and has difficultly controlling them . Mrs. informs Miss the children can be relocated with another family , but Miss wants them to stay . Mr. is leery of commitment , and when the children refer to him as a father figure , he attempts to return to London . 
 A platoon of Nazi commandos land on the coast , and invade Miss ’s house , imprisoning her and the children in the local museum . After observing more Nazis disabling phone lines , Mr. comes to the rescue , inspiring Miss to use " Substitutiary Locomotion " to enchant the museum ’s exhibits into an army . 
 The army of knights ' armour and military uniforms chase the Nazis away , but as the Nazis retreat , they destroy Miss ’s workshop , ending her career as a witch . Though disappointed her career is over , she is happy she played a small part in the war effort . Mr. enlists in the army , and departs with the local Home Guard escorting him , while reveals he still has the enchanted bedknob , hinting they can continue on with their adventures .

During the American Civil War in 1863 , , a 12 - year - old student at the Miss Martha Farnsworth Seminary for Young Ladies in rural Mississippi , discovers a seriously wounded Union soldier , . She brings him to the school 's gated enclosure where the school headmistress , , first insists on turning him over to Confederate troops , but then decides to restore him to health first . He is initially kept locked in the school 's music room and kept under watch . , the schoolteacher who has had no experience with men , takes an immediate liking to , as does , a 17 - year - old student who makes advances with an experienced air . 
 begins to bond with each of the women in the house , including the slave . As he charms each of them , the sexually repressed atmosphere of the school becomes filled with jealousy and deceit , and the women begin to turn on one another . After witnesses kissing in the garden , she ties a blue rag to the school 's entrance gate to alert the Confederate troops to the presence of a Yankee soldier . When a band of Confederate soldiers see it while passing the school , lies and helps pretend he is a relative loyal to the Confederacy . 
 also becomes infatuated with , and a flashback shows her having an incestuous relationship with her brother . considers keeping at the school as a handyman . She makes sexual advances toward him , which he resists . 
 Late one night , discovers having sex with in her bedroom . In a jealous rage , she beats him with a candlestick , causing him to fall down the staircase and break his leg . insists he will die of gangrene unless they amputate his leg . The women carry him to the kitchen where they tie him to the table . saws off his leg at the knee . When awakens and learns that his leg has been amputated , he goes into a fury , convinced that performed the operation as revenge for his rejection of her sexual advances . 
 and 's romantic relationship deepens , while his relationships with the other women deteriorates . One night in a drunken rage , , convinced that plans to hold him prisoner , reads some of the letters she received from her brother , gets hold of a pistol and threatens them all , even injuring 's pet turtle , which he instantly regrets . 
 As Union troops camp within sight of the school , convinces the others — aside from , who is not present — that they need to kill him to prevent him from denouncing them to the Union troops . She asks to pick mushrooms they can prepare " especially for him " and says she knows just where to find some . At dinner , apologizes for his actions , and reveals that she and have made plans to leave the school and marry . has been eating the mushrooms and the others pass the bowl without taking any except for . When she starts to eat some , cries out for her to stop . realizes he has been poisoned , and leaves the dining room disoriented , and collapses in the hallway . The following day , the women sew his corpse into a burial shroud and carry him out of the gate to bury . They agree he died of exhaustion , and denies she could ever pick a poisonous mushroom by mistake .

Clint Eastwood, Geraldine Page, Elizabeth Hartman, Darlene Carr, Jo Ann Harris

is a " half - breed " American Navajo Indian,[3 ] a Green Beret Vietnam War veteran , and a hapkido master . 
 defends the hippie - themed Freedom School and students from townspeople who do not understand or like the counterculture students . The school is organized by its director ( ) . 
 A group of children of various races from the school go to town for ice cream and are refused service and then abused and humiliated by ( David ) , the son of the county 's corrupt political boss ( ) , and his gang . This prompts a violent outburst by . Later . is raped by , who also murders an Indian student . confronts , whom he catches in bed with a 13 - year - old girl , and sustains a gunshot wound before killing him with a hand strike to the throat . After a climactic shootout with the police and pleading with , surrenders to the authorities and is arrested . As he is driven away , a large crowd of supporters raise their fists as a show of defiance and support .

The story follows the sexual exploits of two Amherst College roommates over a 25 - year period , from the late 1940s to the early 1970s . ( ) is gentle and passive , while ( ) is tough and aggressive . idolizes women , objectifies women . He frequently uses the term " ballbuster " to describe women as emasculating teases whose main pleasure is to deny pleasure to men ; he extends this term to mean women who want to get married instead of accepting that men mostly want unattached sex . Since each man 's perspective of womanhood is extreme and self - serving , neither is able to sustain a relationship with a woman . 
 The film has three parts . Part I occurs when and are college roommates . Part II follows the men several years after college . In the final part , the men have become middle - aged . 
 In the beginning , and are discussing women , and what kind appeals to each . wants a woman who is intellectual . is more interested in a woman 's physical attributes . 
 shyly meets ( ) at an on - campus event and they begin dating . Although they enjoy each other 's company , is reluctant to enter into a physical relationship . Unknown to , she is pursued by , who feels a physical attraction for her . They have sex . tries to convince not to have sex with , but after some delays , is also having sex with . Part I ends with and breaking up . 
 Part II finds married to , while is still searching for his " perfect woman " . now defines perfection by a woman 's bust size and figure . begins a relationship with ( ) , a beautiful woman who fulfills all of 's physical requirements . However , constantly berates for being shallow . finds that this purely physical relationship is no more satisfying than his previous relationship with . leaves her job at 's suggestion . She then becomes depressed , sleeping long hours doing nothing but sleeping in the apartment she shares with . The relationship deteriorates . berates for not cleaning up the apartment while he is out working a nine - to - five job all day . He claims that he does n't understand why breakups always have to end with " poison . " 
 's relationship with is faring no better . is dissatisfied and bored with the physical part of their relationship , even though he and " do all the right things . " He relates how they are " patient with each other " and concludes with a statement that perhaps sex is not " meant to be enjoyable with a person you love " . He says that being in bed with as she tells him what to do is like taking orders on a short order drill . 
 and end their relationship . He begins dating ( ) next . , , and find themselves together at 's apartment , where suggests privately to that they trade partners , to " liven things up a bit . " goes to the bedroom looking for . dances with and reprimands him for attempting to bed her with nearby , but indicates she is open to seeing him on his own , saying he should contact her at a more appropriate time . In the meantime , upset by an earlier fight with about her desire to get married , has attempted suicide . She is found by , who rings the hospital to have her taken to intensive care . 
 Part III opens with now - middleaged presenting a slideshow entitled " Ballbusters on Parade " to ( now in his 40s ) and his 18 - year - old girlfriend , ( ) . The slideshow consists of pictures of 's various loves throughout his life . He skips awkwardly over a slide of , but not before notices . He also shows an image of , saying they are divorced and had one child together , and he is paying her alimony . leaves in tears . idolizes his new lover , explaining that " she knows worlds which I can not begin to touch yet . " believes his friend is deluding himself . 
 Time passes . remains successful , but is alone . A prostitute ( ) is with him , and they go through a ritual dialogue about male / female relationships which is apparently a script written by . At the end , the prostitute recites a monologue ( again scripted by ) praising his power and " perfection , " which apparently has become the only way can now get an erection .

Jack Nicholson, Ann-Margret, Art Garfunkel, Candice Bergen, Rita Moreno

A mysterious killer ( ) uses a high precision rifle to kill a girl in a hotel rooftop swimming pool . Police arrive at the crime scene , where SFPD Inspector ( ) finds a blackmail note signed " Scorpio " ordering the city to pay $ 100,000 or the culprit will continue to kill . The mayor ( ) asks police officers what is being done to track the killer . 
 During lunch , Inspector foils a bank robbery . He kills two of the robbers and wounds a third . Confronting the wounded robber , delivers the film 's iconic line : 
 After the robber surrenders , he tells that he must know if the gun was still loaded . pulls the trigger with the weapon pointed directly at the robber , and laughs as it is revealed to be empty . 
 is assigned a new partner , ( ) , whom he believes to be an inexperienced rookie . is staking out potential victims near a public park , but is spotted by a police helicopter and runs away . and his new partner believe they see him that night on the streets , but in the course of tracing him to his home , looks into a window and briefly watches a sexual encounter before being caught by neighbors who try to beat him up as a peeping Tom , until interferes . 
 Based on Scorpio 's communications , the city decides he will next try to kill a Catholic priest . They set up a stake - out , and set and on another rooftop from which they can see the building from which they believe will strike . gets again distracted watching a sexual encounter . arrives and there is a shootout , in which a policeman disguised as a priest is killed . 
 delivers a second ransom demand to the police , stating he has now kidnapped a teenage girl who he says will die if his demands are not met . is assigned to deliver a case full of money . He waits near a pier as directed by who calls on a nearby pay phone , giving him instructions to go to another location in the city with another payphone , where he will call again . During his trip through the city , is confronted by would - be robbers and a young man seeking gay sex . Finally , encounters at the Mount Davidson cross . then beats into submission before telling him that he intends to let the girl die . has been following them and there is a shootout between his partner and , in which the former is wounded . After being stabbed in the leg with a knife by , escapes without the money and reports to a hospital . 
 The police learn of 's hospital visit , and a doctor recalls having met previously and remembers he lives in a room at Kezar Stadium where he also works . finds there . In a chase across the stadium field , first shoots , and then tortures him by standing on his wounded leg demanding to know where the girl is being held . confesses , but by then , it is too late as the girl is ultimately found dead . 
 The district attorney ( ) tells that 's rights have been violated , and they can not hold him , but must let him go . is outraged , but continues to shadow on his own time . pays a man $ 200 to beat him severely , then reports to a hospital claiming he is a victim of police brutality . 's new partner decides to quit the police force . 
 robs a liquor store and acquires a handgun . He then hijacks a school bus and contacts the police with yet another ransom demand for money and a flight out of the Santa Rosa airport . manages to jump onto the roof of the hijacked bus from an overpass . After forces off the bus , the latter flees to a nearby quarry and holds a boy at gunpoint . Having shot through the shoulder , reprises his line about losing count of his shots . Unlike the earlier encounter , does have one remaining bullet , with which he kills when the latter goes for his gun . takes out his inspector 's badge and throws it into the water before walking away .

Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Reni Santoni, Harry Guardino, John Vernon

is a middle - aged salesman driving on a business trip . He encounters a tanker truck on a two - lane highway in the Mojave Desert , traveling below the speed limit and expelling sooty diesel exhaust . passes the truck , but the truck then roars past him . When overtakes and passes it again , the truck blasts its horn . leaves it in the distance . 
 pulls into a gas station , and shortly afterward the truck arrives and parks next to him . Through the space beneath the truck bed , he sees the driver is wearing cowboy boots . phones his wife , who is upset with him after an argument the previous night . The gas station attendant refills 's car and mentions that it needs a new radiator hose , but he says he will get it fixed later . 
 Back on the road , the truck catches up , passes , and blocks ’s path each time he attempts to pass . After antagonizing for some time , the driver waves him past . However , when Mann attempts to pass he almost runs into an oncoming vehicle . He realizes the truck driver tried to trick him into a crash , so he passes the truck using an unpaved turnout next to the highway and taunts the driver as he speeds past . 
 The truck tailgates at high speeds , forcing him to increase his speed to avoid being rear - ended . finally drives his car off the road and collides with a fence opposite a diner . The truck continues down the road , and enters the diner to compose himself . Though he assumes the truck driver 's road rage has been satisfied , upon returning from the restroom he sees the truck parked outside . He studies the diner patrons and confronts a man wearing the same cowboy boots he saw on the truck driver . Offended , the driver strikes and drives away in a different truck . The pursuing truck leaves seconds later , indicating its driver was never inside the diner . 
 leaves the diner and stops to help a stranded school bus , but his front bumper becomes caught underneath the bus 's rear bumper . The truck appears at the end of a tunnel . panics , frees his car by jumping on the hood while the bus driver puts the car in reverse , and flees . To 's slight chagrin , the truck starts the bus by giving it a push - start to get it moving . Shortly afterward , is stopped at a railroad crossing when the truck pushes his car toward a passing freight train . After the train passes , crosses the tracks and pulls over . The truck continues down the road and follows . 
 stops at a gas station to call the police and replace his radiator hose , but when he steps into the phone booth , the truck drives into it . jumps clear just in time , However , the truck also drives into some glass cages , featuring wild animals , where barely escapes from getting bitten by a rattlesnake . The lady who runs the station cries out in horror as the truck destroys her cages and potentially kills some of the animals that lived in them . He gets into his car and speeds away . Around a corner he pulls off the road , hiding behind an embankment as the truck drives past , apparently without noticing him . 
 After a long wait , heads off again , but is shocked to find the truck waiting for him down the road . attempts to speed past , but it moves across the road , blocking his way . seeks help from an older couple in a car , but they flee when the truck backs up towards them at speed . The truck stops before hitting 's car and the driver waves him past . At one point , observes a black - and - white car parked on the side of the road . Thinking that it is a police car , he skids to a stop , only for him to realize that it is a pest control vehicle . He speeds off and the chase continues . The truck chases him up a mountain range . The radiator hose of 's car breaks , causing the car to overheat . He barely makes the summit and coasts downhill in neutral as the truck bears down on him . However , a sign states that trucks have to use low gear the next twelve miles and the truck driver is forced to slow down , allowing to gain speed . 
 's car cools off enough to allow him to drive up a dirt road and the truck follows him . He turns to face his opponent on a hill overlooking a canyon . He places his briefcase on the accelerator and steers toward the oncoming truck , jumping from the car at the last moment . The tanker hits the car , which bursts into flames , obscuring the truck driver 's view . The driver realizes it is too late and honks one final time at , before the truck plunges over the cliff , killing him . Above the wreckage , jumps up and down , laughing with glee and relief . Physically and mentally exhausted and with no way to get home , he sits at the cliff 's edge and throws stones into the canyon as the sun sets .

During the events of the preceding film Beneath the Planet of the Apes , occurring off - screen , ( ) and ( ) escaped Earth prior to its destruction when they accompanied their fellow chimpanzee Dr. ( ) in testing the salvaged and repaired spaceship used by . The shock wave of Earth 's destruction sends the ship through a time warp that brings the apes to 1973 Earth , splashing down off the Pacific coast of the United States . 
 The apes are transported to a secluded ward of the Los Angeles Zoo , under the observation of scientists Dr. ( ) and Dr. ( ) . With Dr. explaining their situation in private , the apes decide not to let the humans know that they can speak while agreeing not to reveal Earth 's destruction from the Ape War . But 's impatience exposes the apes ' power of speech during an experiment , Dr. killed moments later by a zoo gorilla who became agitated by the chimpanzees ' argument . tries to communicate with the apes that he is peaceful and he wishes to treat them as equals , winning their friendship as a result . 
 A Presidential Commission is formed to investigate the return of 's spaceship and determine how atypically intelligent apes came to be aboard it . The apes are brought before the Commission , where they publicly reveal their ability to speak . The council asks them about , but and tell them that they know nothing about him . They reveal that they came from the future and escaped Earth when war broke out . They are welcomed as guests of the government . and secretly tell and that they did know about , explain how humans are treated in the ape - dominated future , and about the Earth 's destruction . and are shocked but still sympathetic , the latter advising the couple to keep this information secret until they can gauge the potential reaction of their hosts . 
 The apes become celebrities , and are lavished with gifts and media attention . They come to the attention of the President 's Science Advisor Dr. ( ) , who discovers is pregnant . Fearing for the future of the human race , he offers her champagne ( which she has developed a taste for ) to loosen her inhibitions and questions her further while recording it . Her candid responses enable him to convince the Commission that and must be subjected to more rigorous questioning . 
 insists that he simply wants to know how apes became dominant over men . reveals that the human race will cause its own downfall and become dominated by simians , and that simian aggression against humans will lead to Earth 's destruction by a weapon made by humans . explains that the gorillas started the war , and the orangutans supported the gorillas , but the chimpanzees had nothing to do with it . suspects that the apes are not speaking the whole truth . 
 During the original hearing , had accidentally revealed that she dissected humans in the course of her work . orders to administer a truth serum to her while is confined elsewhere . assures that the serum will have the same effect as champagne . As a result of the serum , learns details about 's examination and experimentation on humans along with her knowledge of . 
 joins in confinement while takes his findings to the President ( ) , who reluctantly must abide by the council 's ruling to have 's pregnancy be terminated and that both apes be sterilized . In their chambers , labels and the others savages for 's treatment as she reminds that she did the same thing to humans and called them savages . is relieved to have revealed the truth because she was tired of lying . fears that the truth will get them killed . When an orderly arrives to offer the apes food , his playful reference to their unborn child as a " little monkey " made lose his temper while knocking the orderly to the floor . While assumed he knocked the orderly out while he and escaped , it turned out he inadvertently killed the human . uses the tragedy in support of his claim that the apes are a threat and calls for their execution , but is ordered by the president to bring them alive as he will not endorse punishment for the orderly 's death until due process has been served . 
 and help the apes to escape , taking them to a circus run by Señor ( ) , where an ape named has just given birth . gives birth to a son , whom she names in honor of their deceased friend . When , knowing that 's labor was imminent , orders a search of all circuses and zoos , insists the apes to leave for their safety . arranges for the apes to hide out in the shipyard in the Los Angeles harbor until the coast is clear to return to the circus as it heads to Florida , giving a pistol at the former pacifist 's request to use as a last resort . 
 But tracks the apes to the shipping yard and mortally wounds when she refuses to hand over the infant , firing several shots into the infant before being killed by . is shot by an unseen sniper and falls , tossing the dead baby over the side and crawling to die with her husband , witnessed by a grieving and . But it is later revealed that switched babies with prior to leaving the circus , with becoming guardian to the infant . When leaves him alone , plaintively asks for his mother .

The film 's plot largely follows that of the musical from which it is adapted . 
 In 1905 , , a poor Jewish milkman living in the Ukrainian village of Anatevka , a typical shtetl in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia , compares the lives of the Jews of Anatevka to a fiddler on the roof ( who appears throughout the film in this metaphorical role ) , using tradition to " scratch out a pleasant , simple tune " without breaking their necks . In town , meets , a radical Marxist from Kiev . invites to stay with his family , and offers him food in exchange for tutoring his daughters . 
 arranges for his oldest daughter , , to marry , a wealthy butcher . is in love with her childhood sweetheart , , and begs her father not to make her marry . Although he is initially angry , realizes that loves Motel and yields to his daughter 's demands . In order to convince his wife that should not be married to , claims to have had a nightmare . He says that 's deceased grandmother told him is supposed to marry Motel , and that late wife , , threatened to kill if the two are married . concludes that the dream was a message from their ancestors , and and arrange to be married . 
 Meanwhile , 's second daughter , , and begin to fall in love . They argue over the story of and the place of old religious traditions in a changing world . The two dance together , which is considered forbidden by Orthodox Jewish tradition . tells that they just changed an old tradition . 
 At and 's wedding , an argument breaks out after presents the newlyweds with gifts . When tries to speak to about the Torah , refuses to listen , arguing that the wedding should have been his all along . Minutes later , another argument breaks out over whether a girl should be able to choose her own husband . addresses the crowd and says that , since they love each other , it should be left for the couple to decide . He creates further controversy by asking to dance with him . The crowd gradually warms to the idea and and , then and , join in dancing . The wedding proceeds with great joy . Suddenly , the military presence in the town and the constable arrive and begin a pogrom . The constable stops the attack on the wedding celebration after is wounded in the scuffle with the Tsar 's men ; however , he allows the men to continue destroying property in the village . and the immediate family stand still , until angrily orders them to clean up instead of standing around . silently asks why allowed this to happen to them . 
 In its original theatrical release , the film was shown with an intermission and entr'acte music . [ 4 ] 
 Months later , prepares to leave Anatevka for the revolution . He proposes to , and she accepts . When they tell , he is furious that they have decided to marry without his permission , but he again relents because they love each other . tells his reasons for consenting to their daughter 's marriage , which leads them to re - evaluate their own arranged marriage . and ultimately realize that , despite having been paired by a matchmaker , they do love each other . 
 Weeks later , is arrested in Kiev and is exiled to Siberia . decides to join him there . She promises that she and will be married under a canopy . Meanwhile , and become parents , and finally buys the sewing machine for which he has long scrimped and saved . 
 's third daughter falls in love with a Russian Orthodox Christian named . tells to be distant friends with , because of the difference in their religions . When eventually works up the courage to ask 's permission to marry , tells her that marrying outside the family 's faith is against tradition . He forbids her from having any contact with or from even mentioning his name . The next morning , and elope and are married in a Russian Orthodox church . learns of the marriage when she meets up with the priest . When a grief - stricken tells about the marriage , he tells her that is dead to the family and that they shall forget her altogether . asks to accept her marriage . In a soliloquy , concludes that he can not accept marrying a non - Jew . He accuses her of abandoning the Jewish faith and disowns her . 
 One winter day , the Jews of Anatevka are notified that they have three days to leave the village or be forced out by the government . , his family and friends begin packing up to leave , heading for various parts of Europe , Palestine , and the United States . plans to emigrate to Chicago , to live with his former brother in law , whom he detests , but has no other living options . and share one last embrace before departing . , the Matchmaker , plans to emigrate to Jerusalem , Palestine , and says goodbye to with an embrace before departing . receives letters from mentioning that she is working hard while stays in the Siberian prison . It is hoped that when is released , they will join the others in the United States . and her husband come to 's house and tell the family that they are leaving , being unable to stay in a place that would force innocent people out . They head to Kraków , Poland . shows signs of forgiving by murmuring under his breath " And be with you , " silently urging to repeat his words to . calls out to and , telling them where they will be living in New York . 
 The Constable silently watches as the mass evacuation of Anatevka takes place . The community forms their circle at a crossroad one last time before scattering in different directions . spots the fiddler and motions to him to come along , symbolizing that even though he must leave his town , his traditions will always be with him .

Topol, Norma Crane, Molly Picon, Paul Mann, Leonard Frey, Rosalind Harris, Michele Marsh

( ) is a young man obsessed with death . He stages elaborate fake suicides , attends funerals , and drives a hearse , all to the chagrin of his socialite mother ( ] She sets him up appointments with a psychoanalyst , but the analyst is befuddled by the case and fails to get to talk about his real emotions . 
 At another stranger 's funeral service , meets ( ) , a 79 - year - old woman who shares 's hobby of attending funerals . He is entranced by her quirky outlook on life , which is bright and excessively carefree in contrast with his morbidity . The pair form a bond and shows the pleasures of art and music ( including how to play banjo ) , and teaches him how to " [ make ] the most of his time on earth".[5 ] Meanwhile , 's mother is determined , against 's wishes , to find him a wife . One by one , frightens and horrifies each of his appointed dates , by appearing to commit gruesome acts such as self - immolation , self - mutilation and seppuku . She tries enlisting him in the military instead , but he deters his recruiting officer uncle by staging a scene in which poses as a pacifist protester and seemingly murders her out of militaristic fanaticism . 
 When and are talking at her home he tells her , without prompting , the motive for his fake suicides : When he was at boarding school , he accidentally caused an explosion in his chemistry lab , leading police to assume his death . returned home just in time to witness his mother react to the news of his death with a ludicrously dramatized faint . As he reaches this part of the story , bursts into tears and says , " I decided then I enjoyed being dead . " 
 As they become closer , their friendship soon blossoms into a romance and announces that he will marry , resulting in disgusted outbursts from his family , analyst , and priest . 's 80th birthday arrives , and throws a surprise party for her . As the couple dance , tells that she " could n't imagine a lovelier farewell . " Confused , he questions as to her meaning and she reveals that she has taken an overdose of sleeping pills and will be dead by morning . She restates her firm belief that eighty is the proper age to die . 
 rushes to the hospital , where she is treated unsuccessfully and dies . In the final sequence , 's car is seen going off a seaside cliff but after the crash , the final shot reveals standing calmly atop the cliff , holding his banjo . After gazing down at the wreckage , he dances away , picking out on his banjo " If You Want to Sing Out , Sing Out " .

A Pennsylvania chemical company executive , , has disappeared . The police reveal that an obscene letter was found in 's office , addressed to a prostitute in New York City named , who had received several similar letters . After six months of fruitless police work , , a fellow executive at 's company , hires family friend and detective to investigate 's disappearance . 
 rents an apartment in the basement of ' building , taps her phone , and follows her as she turns tricks . appears to be liberated by the freedom of freelancing as a call girl while trying to get into acting and modelling , but in a series of visits to her psychiatrist , she reveals the emptiness of her life . refuses to answer 's questions at first . After learning that he has been watching her , says she does not recognize . She acknowledges being beaten by a john two years earlier , but can not identify from a photo . 
 takes to meet her former pimp , , whose fellow prostitute passed the abusive client on to . has apparently committed suicide , and their other colleague became a drug addict and has disappeared . 
 and develop a romance , though she tells her psychiatrist that she wishes she could go back to " just feeling numb " . She admits to a deep paranoia that she is being watched . They find , who tells them the customer was not based on the photo but an older man . 's body subsequently turns up in the river . connects the " suicides " of the two prostitutes , surmising that the client was using 's name and probably also killed and might kill next . He revisits 's acquaintances . By typographic comparison , the obscene letters are traced to , to whom has been reporting on his investigation . 
 asks for an additional $ 500 to buy the " black book " of clients of , telling he is certain it will reveal the identity of the abusive client . corners and reveals that he sent her the letters , explaining that had interrupted him when he was with and seen what they were doing . Believing that would use the incident as leverage against him within the company , attempted to frame by planting the letter in his office . follows and traps her and then confesses to the killings . After playing an audiotape he made as he murdered , he attacks . rushes in , and jumps or is thrown out a window to his death ( the conclusion is ambiguous ) . 
 moves out of her apartment with 's help , though her voiceover with her psychiatrist reveals her fear of being able to adapt to domestic life and the likelihood that the doctor will " see me next week " .

is a 27 - year - old interior designer who lives in a New York City rife with street crime , noise , obscene phone calls , power blackouts and unsolved homicides . When she sees a defenseless man being attacked by street thugs , she intervenes , but is surprised when the passive victim does n't even bother to thank her . She ends up attracted to the man , , a photographer , but finds that he is emotionally vacant , barely able to feel pain or pleasure . He permits muggers to beat him up until they get tired and go away . 
 is accustomed to molding men into doing her bidding . is different . When she brings him home to meet her parents and brother , he is almost non - verbal , except to tell her that he does n't care for families . He learns that had another brother who was murdered for no known reason . 's eccentric family is surprised when she announces their intention to we d , then amazed when their marriage ceremony conducted by the existential Rev. turns into a free - for - all . 
 Determined to discover why her new husband is the way he is , coaxes into traveling to Chicago to visit his parents . He has n't seen them since he was 17 , but asks them to help with a questionnaire about his childhood at 's request . 
 ultimately agrees to try to become 's kind of man , the kind willing to " fight back " . The instant that happens , a sniper 's bullet kills , again for no apparent reason . A blood - splattered goes to her parents ' apartment , New Yorkers barely noticing his state . He descends into a silent stupor , 's father even having to feed him . 
 A ranting , disturbed police detective , Lt . , drops by , almost unable to function due to the number of unsolved murders in the city . After he leaves , goes for a walk in the park . He returns with a rifle , which he does n't know how to load . 's father shows him how . Then the two of them , along with 's brother , take turns shooting people down on the street .

Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd, Doris Roberts, Elizabeth Wilson, Vincent Gardenia

In 1902 Washington State , a gambler named arrives mysteriously and mumbling to himself in the town of Presbyterian Church , named after its only substantial building , a tall but mostly unused chapel . quickly takes a dominant position over the town 's simple - minded and lethargic miners , thanks to his aggressive personality and rumors that he is a gunfighter . 
 establishes a makeshift brothel , consisting of three prostitutes purchased for $ 200 from a pimp in the nearby town of Bearpaw . British cockney arrives in town and tells him she could run a brothel for him more profitably ; unknown to him she is addicted to opium . The two become financially successful business partners , open a higher class establishment , including a bathhouse for hygiene , and a romantic relationship develops between the two . 
 As the town becomes richer , Sears and Hollander , a pair of agents from the Harrison Shaughnessy mining company in Bearpaw , arrive to buy out 's business , as well as the surrounding zinc mines . is notorious for having people killed when they refuse to sell . does not want to sell at their initial price of $ 5,500 , but he overplays his hand in the negotiations in spite of Mrs. 's warnings that he is underestimating the violence that will ensue if they do not take the money . 
 Three bounty hunters – , and – are dispatched by the mining company to kill , as well as make an example of him , but he refuses to abandon the town . Clearly afraid of the gunmen when they arrive in town , initially tries to appease them . confronts him about his earlier story that he is successful gunfighter " " , who shot someone in a card game . After hearing 's story , with the addition that the gun was a Derringer , proclaims that has never killed anyone in his life . later tries to find and to try to settle on a price , but upon learning that they have left the area , he visits lawyer to try to obtain legal protection from . Although the lawyer agrees to help bust the mining company 's monopoly on the area , returns to town convinced that he must face the bounty hunters on his own . 
 When a lethal confrontation becomes inevitable , arms himself and hides in the chapel during the early morning hours , but is evicted by the armed pastor , who is then shot by in a case of mistaken identity . A broken lantern starts a fire in the church and the townspeople rush to help extinguish it . continues his evasion and , by shooting them in the back from hidden positions , kills two of the would - be assassins , one of whom wounds as he falls . As the townsfolk mobilize to fight the chapel fire , plays cat - and - mouse with the last gunman , . is shot in the back and mortally wounded but feigns death and kills with a Derringer when he approaches to confirm 's identity . While the townspeople celebrate extinguishing the fire , dies alone in the snow as Mrs. lies sedated in an opium den .

Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, William Devane, René Auberjonois, Keith Carradine

Following a break - up , , a museum curator , becomes disillusioned by love and meaningful relationships . But after a chance encounter , she meets , a parking - lot attendant . After this event , falls in love with , trying desperately to get her to love him back .

is a KRML radio disc jockey who broadcasts nightly from a studio in Carmel - by - the - Sea , California , often incorporating poetry into his program . At his favorite bar , seemingly by chance , he encounters a woman named . drives her home , where she reveals that their meeting was not accidental ; she sought him out after hearing the bar mentioned on his radio show . He guesses correctly that she is the recurring caller who always requests the jazz standard " Misty " . The two have sex . 
 A casual relationship begins between and . But before long , begins to display obsessive behavior . She shows up at 's house uninvited , follows him to work , and calls to demand that he not leave her alone for a single minute . The final straw comes when disrupts a business meeting , mistaking 's lunch companion for his date . 
 His efforts to gently sever ties with lead her to attempt suicide in his home by slashing her wrists . After Dave rejects her again , breaks into his home and his housekeeper finds her vandalizing his possessions . stabs the housekeeper and is subsequently committed to a psychiatric hospital . 
 During 's incarceration , rekindles a relationship with his ex - girlfriend , . A few months later , again calls the studio to request " Misty " . She tells that she has been released from the mental hospital and is moving to Hawaii for a fresh start in life . She then quotes an poem , " Annabel Lee " . That night , while is asleep , she sneaks into his house and tries to kill him with a butcher knife . He fights her , she flees , and he contacts the police . 
 tells about and cautions her to stay away from him until the woman is caught . For her safety , she goes home . There , she meets with a girl who answered her ad for a roommate : , using the alias . eventually realizes that is when she sees the fresh scars on 's wrists , but before can escape , takes her hostage . also kills , a police detective who had come to check on . 
 makes the connection between 's roommate and the quote from " Annabel Lee " . When he calls to warn her , answers and says and she are waiting for him . switches from a live show to taped music and rushes to the house , where he finds bound and gagged . attacks him with the butcher knife , slashing multiple times . He punches , knocking her through the window , over a railing , down onto the rocky shore below . and look down at 's body as 's voice on the radio show dedicates " Misty " to one final time .

, a private detective , is informed that some gangsters are looking for him . Police Lt . meets and unsuccessfully tries to get information from him on the two gangsters . After leaves , spots one of the men waiting for him in his office building . He commandeers the first gangster , forcing him into his office where the second gangster is waiting . After a quick fight , dodges one of them who goes out the window , while the other surrenders and reveals to him that , the leader of a Harlem - based organized crime family , wanted brought uptown to Harlem for a meeting . 
 At the police station , lies to Lt . and the Detective assigned to the second gangster 's death at 's office , by saying that his friend was in an " accident " . He is allowed to return to the streets for 48 hours . arranges a meeting with , the leader of these gangsters , in his office . It turns out 's daughter has been kidnapped , and is asked to ensure her safe return . 
 After tracking down as suggested , a big shoot out ensues ; is told by after the shooting that himself , and not , was the target , and that tensions brewing between the uptown hoods belonging to and the downtown Mafiosi have culminated in a couple of murders . But the perception is black against white to the general public , with the possibility of an escalation into full - blown race war on the streets of the city . He also shows some pictures of two of the Mafia men who just arrived in New York . begs to explain what 's going on , although already knew was looking for . 
 Streetwise , surmises that mobsters are watching his pad from a local bar . pretends to be a barkeep and calls the police to have the mobsters arrested . later goes to the police station to set a meeting to find where 's daughter is being held captive . 
 tells that the room that he was in at the station house was bugged and he is supposed to bring him in for questioning , but instead leaves . and go to the apartment where is being held to make sure she 's alive . Once there , a gunfight ensues during which two hoods get killed and takes a bullet in the shoulder . 
 goes home and receives medical attention from a doctor working underground with him . tells to round up his men and meet him at the hotel where has been taken , to prepare to get her back . He also calls to tell him his daughter is fine and he is going to need some taxicabs to meet him at the hotel for the getaway . 
 's plan resembles a military commando - style operation . 's men all dress as hotel workers to avoid arousing suspicion . and one of 's men go to the roof and prepare to enter the room where is being held captive . 's plan is to cause a distraction with an explosive thrown through the window of 's room while and his men come down the hall and deal with the Mafia men as they leave their rooms . 
 The rescue plan is successful . is spirited out of the hotel into one of the waiting taxicabs . As the others get away in the remaining cabs , walks to a phone booth to call . informs as a result of the rescue there will be a huge mess to fix between the uptown crew and the mob in the near future . says to close it for him , meaning he wants to fix the trouble . replies , " You 're gon na have to close it yourself shitty " then hangs up the phone as he walks away laughing .

After securing a grant to study stellar structures , American applied mathematician ( ) moves with his glamorous young British wife ( ) to her natal village of Wakely in the Cornish countryside . 's ex - boyfriend , ( ) , and his cronies ( ) , ( ) and ( ) , immediately resent that the meek outsider has married one of their own . , a former convict , is also privately jealous of 's past relationship with . meets 's uncle , local drunkard ( ) , whose flirtatious teenage daughter ( ) seems attracted to ( ) , a mentally deficient man hated by the entire town . 
 The rent an isolated farmhouse , Trenchers Farm , and hire , , and 's cousin ( ) to repair its garage . Tensions in their marriage soon become apparent . criticizes 's condescension towards her and his escape from the volatile , politicized campus , thereby suggesting that cowardice was his true reason for leaving the US . He responds by withdrawing deeper into his studies , ignoring both the hostility of the locals and 's dissatisfaction . His aloofness results in 's attention - gathering pranks and provocative demeanor towards the workmen , particularly . David even struggles to blend in with the educated locals , as shown in conversation with the vicar , Reverend ( ) , and the local magistrate , Major ( ) . 
 When their dead cat appears hanging in their bedroom closet , claims or are responsible . She presses to confront the workmen , but he is too intimidated by them . The men invite to go hunting the following day . They take him to a remote location and leave him there with the promise of driving birds towards him . Having lured away , goes to Trenchers Farm where he initiates sex with . She resists , but is slapped and eventually relents to the rape . By the end of the scene , she appears to be at least partially consenting . As they lie together , enters silently , motions to move away at gunpoint and rapes , this time unambiguously , while reluctantly holds her down . When returns , says nothing about what happened , except for a double entendre that escapes his attention . 
 The next day , , still seemingly unaware of 's ordeal , fires the workmen for having ditched him during their hunting trip . Later , the attend a church social where becomes distraught after seeing her rapists . They leave the social early , drive through thick fog and accidentally hit . They take him to their home and phones the local pub to report the accident . Unbeknownst to him , minutes earlier had accidentally strangled daughter after she tried to seduce him . , now searching for her , learns she was last seen with , and is alerted by 's phone call to 's whereabouts . Soon enough , , , and are drunkenly pounding on the ' door . Inferring their intention to lynch , refuses to let them take him despite 's pleas . The standoff seems to unlock a territorial facet in : " I will not allow violence against this house . " 
 Major arrives to defuse the situation , but is accidentally shot dead by during a struggle . Realizing the danger in witnessing this homicide , improvises various makeshift traps and weapons , including boiling oil , to fend off the siege . He tricks into shooting his own foot and bludgeons to death with a poker . holds him at gunpoint , but 's screams alert both men when assaults her . suggests join him in another gang rape , but shoots him dead . disarms and in the ensuing fight snaps an ornamental mantrap around 's neck , killing him . Watching the mayhem around him and surprised by his own violence , mutters to himself , " , I got 'em all . " then brutally attacks him , but is shot by as he tries to break 's spine . 
 gets into his car to drive back to the village . says he does not know his way home . says he does not either .

In the 21st century , sexual intercourse and reproduction are prohibited , whereas use of mind - altering drugs is mandatory to enforce compliance among the citizens and to ensure their ability to conduct dangerous and demanding tasks . Emotions , coitus , and the concept of family are taboo . Everyone is clad in identical uniforms and has shaven heads to emphasize equality , except the police androids ( who wear black ) and robed monks . Instead of names , people have designations with three arbitrary letters ( referred to as the " prefix " ) and four digits , shown on an identity badge worn at all times . 
 At their jobs in central video control centers , SEN 5241 and LUH 3417 keep surveillance on the city . LUH has a male roommate , who works in a factory producing android police officers . At the beginning of the story , THX leaves the job while the loudspeakers urge the workers to " increase safety " — and congratulate them for only losing 195 workers in the last period — to the competing factory 's 242 . On the way home , he stops at a confession booth in a row of many , and mumbles prayers about " party " and " masses " , under the portrait of " OMM 0000 " . A soothing voice greets THX , and OMM ends every confession with a parting salutation : " You are a true believer , blessings of the State , blessings of the masses . Work hard , increase production , prevent accidents and be happy " . 
 At home , THX takes his drugs and watches holobroadcasts while engaging with a masturbatory device . LUH secretly substitutes pills in her possession for THX 's medications , whereupon THX eventually suffers physical discomfort ( vomiting ) along with mental / emotional changes ( confusion ) . The drug substitution also leads to LUH and THX becoming involved romantically , resulting in the two engaging in intercourse . THX later is confronted by SEN , who arranges THX as his new roommate , but THX files a complaint against SEN for the illegal housing mate change . Without drugs in his system , THX falters during a critical and hazardous phase of his job , and a control center engages a " mind lock " on THX which raises the level of danger . After the release of the mind lock , THX makes the necessary correction to that work phase . THX and LUH are arrested . THX enjoys a brief reunion with LUH , disrupted shortly after she reveals her pregnancy . 
 At THX 's trial , THX is sentenced to prison , alongside SEN . Most of the prisoners seem uninterested in escape , but eventually THX and SEN find an exit and they are later joined by hologram who starred in the holobroadcasts . During the escape , THX and SRT are separated from SEN . Chased by the police robots , THX and SRT are trapped in a control center , from which THX learns that LUH has been " consumed " , and her name has been reassigned to fetus 66691 in a growth chamber . SEN eventually escapes to an area reserved for the monks of OMM , where a lone monk notices that SEN has no identification badge . attacks him and later wanders into a child - rearing area , strikes up a conversation with children , and sits aimlessly until police androids apprehend him . THX and SRT steal two cars , but SRT crashes his into a concrete pillar . 
 Pursued by two police androids on motorcycles , THX flees to the limits of the city and escapes into a ventilation shaft . The police androids pursue him on motorcycles along the ventilation shaft to an escape ladder , but are ordered by Central Command to cease pursuit , on grounds that the expense of his capture exceeds their budget by 6 % . The city is then revealed to be entirely underground , and THX has escaped onto the surface , where he then witnesses the sun setting .

( ) is a millionaire who retreats into fantasy after his wife 's death , imagining himself to be , the legendary fictional detective . Complete with deerstalker hat , pipe and violin , he spends his days in a homemade criminal laboratory , constantly paranoid about plots hatched by his ( 's ) archenemy , Professor . 
 When his brother ( ) tries to place under observation in a mental institution so he can get power of attorney , attracts the attention of Dr. ( ) , a psychiatrist who becomes fascinated by his case . demonstrates a knack for what describes as " deduction " ( technically better categorized as abductive reasoning ) and walks out of the institution during the ensuing confusion . comes to his home to attempt treatment . is initially dismissive of 's attempts to psychoanalyze him , but when he hears her name , he enthusiastically incorporates her into his life as Doctor to his . 
 The duo then begin an enigmatic quest for , with Playfair / Holmes following all manner of bizarre and ( to ) unintelligible clues , and the two growing closer to each other in the process .

Ruthless East End gangster has plans for an ambitious raid on the wages van of a plastics factory . This is a departure from 's usual modus operandi and the job is further complicated by his having to work with fellow gangster 's firm . 
 Essentially a standard story about a heist , there are intricate sub - plots depicting : 
 In a growing trend for movies of the same era and genre ( Get Carter , A Clockwork Orange , The French Connection for example ) some of the violence is quite graphic especially during the heist and foreshadows several 1970s cop TV shows such as The Sweeney , Target and Special Branch .

is a meek social misfit who develops an affinity for rats . He lives in a large house with only his cranky and decrepit mother for company . On his 27th birthday , he is humiliated to come home to a birthday party thrown by his mother , where all of the attendees are her friends . After leaving the party in embarrassment , he notices a rat in his backyard and tosses it pieces of his birthday cake . The next morning he feeds another rat . His mother tells him that he needs to kill the rats , which refuses to do . 
 When goes to work , he is scolded by his boss for tardiness . He later returns home and begins playing with a rat he names . A white rat becomes his best companion and he names him . Numerous other rats emerge , including a bigger black specimen whom he names . 
 At work , continues antagonizing . sneaks into a party is hosting , opens a rat - filled suitcase , and urges them to get the food and ruin the party . and his guests are terrorized by the rats ' sudden appearance . The next day 's mother dies , and he discovers that the house is heavily mortgaged . is pressured by the banks to give up the house . 
 decides to bring and to the office . Later , his friend / temporary assistant , , feels sorry for him and in order to ease his loneliness , gives him a cat named , but he hands off to a stranger . 
 The rat population is growing too large and can not afford to keep feeding them . He decides to steal money from his one of his coworkers , using his now - trained rats . He sneaks into the coworker 's house and orders the rats to " tear it up " , putting them in front of his bedroom door , which results in the man and his wife waking up and fleeing the house upon opening the door and seeing the rats . 
 The next day , again takes and to work . One of the workers spots the rats and bludgeons to death , devastating . He gets another blow when he is fired , along with . Later that night , while is still at work , goes to back to the office , this time with all of his rats . He confronts over the death of and finds that is trying to mortgage and buy his house , but when lashes back , instructs the rats to kill him . Unnerved by 's gruesome death , abandons , goes home and begins sealing up any holes through which the rats could gain entry . 
 has dinner with , but he is startled to look up and see staring at him from a corner shelf . It is followed by his shocking discovery of hordes of rats in the basement invading his home . He orders to leave and locks the door before confronting . stalls , telling him that he will get him some food , yet begins mixing a box of rat poison with the food . 
 reads the box and squeals loudly , alerting the others . follows upstairs , trying to kill him as the rats pursue him . corners in a storage room in the house , but when he hears the rats coming , he barricades the door . The rats begin gnawing at the door and eventually break in to devour him as he shouts , " I was good to you , ! "

In a small town , , a poor paperboy , watches a group of children visit a candy shop . Walking home , he passes chocolate factory . A mysterious tinker recites the first lines of poem " The Fairies " , and tells , " Nobody ever goes in , and nobody ever comes out . " rushes home to his widowed mother and bedridden grandparents . After telling Grandpa about the tinker , reveals that locked the factory because other candy makers , including rival , sent in spies to steal his recipes . Wonka disappeared , but after three years resumed selling candy ; the origin of 's labor force is unknown . 
 The next day , announces that he hid five " Golden Tickets " in chocolate Wonka Bars . Finders of the tickets will receive a factory tour and a lifetime supply of chocolate . The first four tickets are found by the gluttonous , the spoiled , the gum - chewing , and the television - obsessed . As each winner is announced on TV , a man whispers to them . opens two Wonka Bars but finds no Golden Ticket . The newspapers announce the fifth ticket was found by a millionaire in Paraguay causing to lose hope . The next day , finds money in a sewer and uses it to buy a Scrumdiddlyumptious bar . With the change , he buys another Wonka Bar for . Walking home , as hears people reading the newspapers ; revealing that the Paraguayan millionaire 's ticket is a fake , he opens the Wonka Bar and finds the fifth golden ticket . While rushing home , he encounters the same man seen whispering to the other winners , who introduces himself as and offers a reward for a sample of 's latest creation , the Everlasting Gobstopper . 
 Returning home with the Golden Ticket , chooses as his chaperone . The next day , greets the ticket winners and leads them inside where each signs a contract before the tour . The factory includes a river of chocolate , edible mushrooms , lickable wallpaper , and other sweets and inventions . As the visitors sample these , they see 's workers , small men known as Oompa - Loompas . falls into the chocolate river and is sucked up a pipe to the Fudge Room . In the Inventing Room , everyone receives an Everlasting Gobstopper . Violet becomes a large blueberry after chewing an experimental gum containing a three - course meal , over 's warnings . The group reaches the Fizzy Lifting Drinks Room , where and ignore 's warning and sample the drinks . They float and have a near - fatal encounter with an exhaust fan before burping back to the ground . In the Chocolate Eggs Room , demands a golden goose for herself before falling into a garbage chute leading to the furnace , with her father falling in trying to rescue her . The group tests out 's Wonkavision , only for to teleport himself and become a few inches tall . 
 With and remaining , says they are not getting anything because they violated the contract by stealing the Fizzy Lifting Drinks . Infuriated by this , suggests to that he should give the Gobstopper in revenge , but returns the candy back to . With this selfless act , declares as the winner . He reveals that is actually Mr. , an employee of Wonka , and the offer to buy the Gobstopper was a morality test which only passed . The trio enter the " Wonkavator " , a multi - directional glass elevator that flies out of the factory . Soaring over the city , reveals that his actual prize is the factory ; created the contest to find an heir worthy enough , and so and his family can immediately move in . then reminds not to forget about the man who suddenly received everything he ever wanted . asks , " What happened ? " to which replies , " He lived happily ever after . "

While General is conducting the struggle against the British Empire on the battlefield , the Continental Congress in Philadelphia piddles away its time over trivial matters and continually refuses to begin debating the question of American independence . The leader of the independence faction is the abrasive of Massachusetts , whose continuous pushing of the issue has brought their cause to a complete standstill . of Pennsylvania leads the opposition that hopes for reconciliation with England . During his quieter moments , calls up the image of his wife , who resides in Massachusetts and gives him insight and encouragement ( these conversations are based on letters between the couple ) . Dr. of Pennsylvania suggests another colony that supports independence should submit a proposal . 
 of Virginia voluntarily rides off to Williamsburg , Virginia to get authorization from the Virginia Colony to propose independence . Dr. arrives to represent Georgia , and immediately , he is interrogated by his fellow delegates regarding his views on independence ( with framing it as " treason " ) . Weeks later , Lee returns with the resolution , and debate on the question begins . However , in the midst of debate , falters because of his cancer and is taken back to Delaware by fellow delegate , leaving the anti - independence to represent Delaware . 
 After heated discussions , the question is called without a majority of positive votes present . The New Jersey delegation , led by Reverend , arrives just in time to provide a vote supporting independence . In a move intended to defeat the resolution , Dickinson calls for a vote requiring unanimity for passage . The vote ends in a tie between the colonies , New York abstaining as it does in every vote . It is ultimately decided in favor of unanimity by , president of the Continental Congress , who argues that any objecting colony would fight for England against independence . Stalling for time to rally support for the resolution , and call again for a postponement , justifying their call by stating the need for a declaration describing their grievances . Once again tied and ultimately decided by , the vote is successfully postponed until such a document can be written . 
 appoints a committee that includes , , of Connecticut , of New York , and ( after declines due to an appointment to serve as governor of Virginia ) . resists because he desires to return home to Virginia to see his wife , , but the others present more compelling reasons to avoid the responsibility ; they opine that 's diplomatic nature and superior writing skill are required to draft the declaration . develops writer 's block due to missing his wife , so sends for : " It simply occurred to me that the sooner his problem was solved the sooner ours would be . " Upon meeting her , and are quite taken with . While maneuvering to get the required unanimity for the vote on independence , , and of Maryland visit the Colonial Army encamped in New Brunswick , New Jersey , at the request of General , to help convince Maryland . 
 When they return to Philadelphia , the declaration is read and then subsequently debated and amended . agrees to most alterations to the document , much to ' growing consternation . The debate reaches a head when the Southern delegates , led by of South Carolina , walk out of Congress when a clause opposing slavery is not removed . remains adamant that the clause remain , but appeals to him to allow the passage to be removed so that they can first achieve the vote on independence and the formation of a nation , deferring the slavery fight to a later time . leaves the final decision to , who reluctantly concedes . After removing that clause , 11 of 13 colonies are now in favor . New York abstains yet again ( since its delegates have never been given specific orders by the disorganized New York legislature ) . 
 The question is therefore up to the Colony of Pennsylvania , whose delegation is polled at 's request . votes for the declaration , but votes against . The outcome is now in the hands of their fellow Pennsylvanian Judge James . has always followed 's lead , but in this case votes in favor of the declaration , securing its passage , so that he would not be remembered by history as the man who voted to prevent American independence . After receiving word of the destruction of his property from General , finally withdraws New York 's abstention and agrees to sign the document . Finally , with the Declaration of Independence ready to be signed , places his signature first , whereupon the others ( including New York ) affix theirs to the Declaration , establishing the United States on July 4 , 1776 .

William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Donald Madden, Ken Howard, John Cullum, Ron Holgate, Blythe Danner

For the past ten years , Baltimore industrialist . has been spending a month at the Grand Hotel Excelsior in the Island of Ischia on the Bay of Naples , in Italy allegedly to soak in the therapeutic mud baths for which the resort island is known . When he is killed in an automobile accident , his straitlaced son journeys to Italy to claim his father 's body . Upon arrival he discovers his father was not alone in the Fiat he was driving ; with him was his British mistress , whose daughter , free - spirited London shop girl , also is on the scene , though she clearly knew of their parents ' clandestine romance beforehand . Hotel manager attempts to smooth things over , taking on all the arrangements for the body to be taken back to Baltimore in time for burial in just three days time . 
 Complications arise when the bodies disappear from the morgue . suspects , who has expressed a wish that they be buried in Ischia ; however , it is revealed that the actual bodysnatchers are the family , whose vineyard was damaged when the elder 's car drove into it during the fatal automobile accident . The brothers have stolen the bodies from the morgue , holding them for a two million lire ransom . 
 This is not 's only problem . , the hotel valet , is determined to get back to America after being deported and has compromising photographs of 's father and 's mother swimming nude in the bay . As the Italian atmosphere begins to affect them both and animosity gives way to friendship , manages to get pictures of and swimming naked as well , and tries to blackmail his way to an American visa . This displeases the maid , with whom was co - habiting , and in a fit of rage she lures to 's room , kills him , and then runs off . moves 's belongings into 's room to prevent an international incident , and the two are thrown together . 
 Appearing in a U.S. Navy helicopter to speed the repatriation is State Department official who , by posthumously appointing the deceased man to an embassy post , allows the U.S. government to recover his body . Finally , , and find the perfect solution - their parents are buried side by side in Ischia ( in the family plot ) whilst takes his place in the repatriated coffin , finding his way back to America after all . and part , with a vow to return next year , just as their parents did .

The film tells the story of Boxcar and " Big " , two train robbers and lovers who are caught up in the plight of railroad workers in the American South . When is implicated in the murder of a wealthy gambler , the pair become fugitives .

Barbara Hershey, David Carradine, Barry Primus, John Carradine, Bernie Casey

In the San Francisco of the 1970s , ( ) , who was born blind , has lived all his life with his mother ( ) . moves out into an apartment on his own , but finds himself all alone . He has made a contract that his mother will not come to see him for at least two months . 
 One month has passed . This is when ( ) moves into an apartment next door to . She listens to talking to his mother over the phone and turns on the radio . When asks her to turn the volume down , she invites herself over for a cup of coffee . They start talking and find each other friendly . does not realize that is blind until she sees him dropping his cigarette ash on the table . has never met a blind man before , so she asks all sorts of questions about how manages everyday chores . She tells that her favorite quote is : " I only ask to be free . The butterflies are free . Mankind will surely not deny to what it concedes to the butterflies . " ( From ' " Bleak House " ) . She takes him out shopping to buy bohemian and free - spirited clothing . Back home , makes up a song and starts to sing " Butterflies are Free " on his guitar . They discover they can unlock the door separating their two apartments . 
 Surprising with a visit , Mrs. sees that has attached himself to . She also encounters them in the apartment partially undressed . She fears that will break 's heart . She takes out for a lunch and tries to talk her out of 's life . has strong feelings for and tells Mrs. that if there is someone who should get out of 's life , it is she . 
 later breaks a dinner date at 's apartment bringing ( ) the director of the play she has auditioned for , and announces , hesitantly , that she will move in with him . is heartbroken and asks his mother if he can move back home . She talks him out of it and they finally make peace over their new roles in life . and fight over her moving out , and tells her she is the one who is disabled . She leaves but returns to , and the two reconcile .

In 1931 Berlin , young American ( ) performs at the Kit Kat Klub . A new British arrival in the city , ( ) , moves into the boarding house where lives . A reserved academic and writer , gives English lessons to earn a living while completing his doctorate . tries seducing and suspects he may be gay . tells that on three previous occasions he has tried to have physical relationships with women , all of which failed . They become friends , and witnesses 's anarchic , bohemian life in the last days of the German Weimar Republic . and become lovers despite their earlier reservations ; they conclude that his previous failures with women were because they were " the wrong three girls " . 
 befriends , a rich playboy baron who takes her and to his country estate ; it becomes ambiguous which of the duo is seducing . After a sexual experience with , loses interest in the two and departs for Argentina . During an argument , when tells that she has been having sex with , reveals that he has as well . and later reconcile , and reveals that left them money and mockingly compares the sum with what a professional prostitute gets . 
 learns that she is pregnant , but is unsure of the father . offers to marry her and take her back to his university life in Cambridge . At first they celebrate their resolution to start this new life together , but after a picnic between and , in which acts distant and uninterested , starts to doubt continuing with the pregnancy and is disheartened by the vision of herself as a bored faculty wife washing dirty diapers . Ultimately she has an abortion , without informing in advance . When he confronts her , she shares her fears , and the two reach an understanding . departs for England , and continues her life in Berlin , embedding herself in the Kit Kat Club . 
 subplot concerns ( ) , a German Jew passing as a Christian , who is in love with ( ) , a wealthy German Jewish heiress , who holds him in contempt and suspects his motives . The worldly gives advice , which eventually enables to win her love . However , in order to get her parents ' consent for their marriage , must reveal his true religious and ethnic background – a highly dangerous act , considering what is in store for Jews under the coming Nazi regime . Although the Nazis are not yet in power , some of them kill 's beloved dog one night . 
 The Nazis 's violent rise is a powerful , ever - present undercurrent in the film . Their progress can be tracked through the characters ' changing actions and attitudes . While in the beginning of the film National Socialist members are sometimes harassed and even kicked out of the Kit Kat Klub , the final shot of the film shows the cabaret 's audience is dominated by uniformed Nazi Party members . The rise of the Nazis is also dramatically demonstrated in the rural beer garden scene . In a sunlit outdoor setting a boy — only his face seen — sings to a relaxed audience of all ages what at first seem mild lyrics ( " Tomorrow Belongs To Me " ) about the beauties of nature and youth . The camera shifts to show that the singer is wearing a brown Hitler Youth uniform . As the gentle a capella ballad gradually transforms into a harsh and militant Nazi anthem , one by one , nearly all the adults and young people watching rise and join in the singing . The song culminates with the singer donning his Hitler Youth cap and lifting his hand in the Nazi salute . and return to their car after witnessing this show of growing support for the National Socialist movement , asking , " Do you still think you can control them ? " Later , 's one - man confrontation with a Nazi in the street is a futile gesture , leading to nothing but him being beaten up . 
 While he does not play a role in the main plot , the “ Master of Ceremonies ” ( ) serves in the role of storyteller throughout the film . His surface demeanor is one of benevolence and hospitality ( " Willkommen " ) , but his intermittent songs in the Kit Kat Klub are increasingly risqué and pointedly mock the Nazis initially , while later songs reveal the growing acceptance of anti - semitism .

In the year 1991 , following a pandemic from a spaceborne disease that wiped out all cats and dogs , the American government has become a series of police states that took apes as pets before establishing a culture based on ape slave labor . These events were foretold a few years earlier as testimony by , prior to him and his wife being killed . While it appeared their child was also killed , their son evaded death and was secretly raised by the circus owner as a young horseback rider . brings a fully grown to New York to distribute flyers for the circus 's arrival , explaining to the curious ape the events that led to their new reality while advising him not to speak in fear for his life . 
 Seeing apes performing various menial tasks and shocked at the harsh discipline inflicted on disobedient apes , shouts out " Lousy human bastards ! " after seeing an ape messenger being beaten and drugged . Though takes responsibility for the exclamation while defusing the situation , runs off in the commotion . Finding hiding in a stairway , tells the ape that he will turn himself to the authorities and bluff his way out while instructing to hide among a group of arriving apes for safety . follows 's instruction and hides in a cage of orangutans , finding himself being trained for slavery through violent conditioning . is then sold at auction to Governor , allowed by his owner to name himself by randomly pointing to a word in a book handed to him . The chimpanzee 's finger rests upon the name " " , feigning coincidence . is then put to work by 's chief aide whose African American heritage allows him to sympathize with the apes to the thinly veiled disgust of his boss . 
 Meanwhile , is being interrogated by Inspector , who suspects his " circus ape " is the child of the two talking apes from the future . 's assistant puts under a machine , " The Authenticator " , that psychologically forces people to be truthful . After admitting he had heard the name before , realizes he can not fight the machine and jumps through a window to his death after a brief struggle with a guard . When learns of his foster father 's death , he loses faith in human kindness and begins secretly teaching the apes combat while having them gather weapons . 
 By that time , through 's investigation that the vessel which supposedly delivered is from a region with no native chimpanzees , learns that is the ape they are hunting . reveals himself to after he covered for the ape twice when called by on 's whereabouts . While understands 's intent to depose , he expresses his doubts about the revolution 's effectiveness along with being dismissive of all humans . is later captured by 's men and is electrically tortured into speaking . Hearing him speak , orders 's immediate death . survives his execution because secretly lowers the machine 's electrical output well below lethal levels . Once leaves , kills his torturer and escapes . 
 begins his revolution by first taking over Ape Management to build his numbers , proceeding to the command center with the apes killing most of the riot police that attempt to stop them while setting the city on fire . After bursting into 's command post and killing most of the personnel , has marched out to be executed . attempts to plea not to succumb to brutality and be merciful to the former masters . ignores him and in a rage declares : 
 As the apes raise their rifles to beat to death , 's girlfriend voices her objection , " NO ! " She is the first ape to speak other than . reconsiders and orders the apes to lower their weapons , saying :

Four Atlanta men , , , , and , decide to canoe down a river in the remote northern Georgia wilderness , expecting to have fun and witness the area 's unspoiled nature before the fictional Cahulawassee River valley is flooded by construction of a dam . and are experienced outdoorsmen , while and are novices . While traveling to their launch site , the men ( in particular ) are condescending towards the locals , who are unimpressed by the " city boys " . 
 Traveling in pairs , the group 's two canoes are briefly separated , with and getting stranded on the riverbank . They encounter a pair of local men with a shotgun , who force them into the woods at gunpoint . is tied to a tree , while is forced to strip and is raped by one of the men while being forced to " squeal like a pig . " As the men prepare to sexually assault , sneaks up and kills the rapist with an arrow from his recurve bow while the other escapes . After a brief but heated debate between and about whether to inform the authorities , the men vote to side with ' recommendation to bury the dead man 's body and continue on as if nothing had happened . 
 The four continue downriver but encounter a dangerous stretch of rapids , during which suddenly falls into the water and disappears . The other three crash their canoes into rocks , which results in breaking his leg . Encouraged by , who believes was shot by the rapist 's partner and they are now being stalked , climbs a nearby rock face with the bow while stays behind to look after . hides out until the next morning when the stalker appears on the top of the cliff with a rifle ; clumsily shoots and kills the man , while accidentally stabbing himself with one of the spare arrows . and weigh down the body in the river to ensure it will never be found , and repeat the same with 's body which they encounter downriver . 
 Upon finally reaching the small town of Aintry , they take to the hospital . The men carefully concoct a cover story for the authorities about 's death and disappearance being an accident , lying about their ordeal to Sheriff in order to escape a possible double murder charge . The sheriff clearly does not believe them , but has no evidence to arrest them and simply tells the men never to come back , to which they agree . The trio vow to keep their story of death and survival a secret for the rest of their lives . Later on , awakens , startled by a nightmare in which a bloated human hand rises from the lake .

The story begins by recapping the events of the previous film , following Dr. ' murderous quest for vengeance against the doctors he blamed for the death of his wife , . eluded capture by placing himself in suspended animation in a sarcophagus he shares with the body of his wife , where he would remain until the moon had entered into a specific alignment with the planets . Three years later , the conjunction occurs , and rises from his sarcophagus . Summoning his silent assistant ( , replacing ) , prepares to take to Egypt ; there , in a hidden temple , flows the River of Life , promising resurrection for and eternal life for them both . Emerging from his basement , discovers that his mansion has been demolished , and a safe containing a papyrus scroll , showing the way to the River of Life , is now empty . 
 knows of only one person who could be seeking the same goal : Darius ( ) , a man who has lived for centuries through the use of a special elixir . After translating the papyrus , prepares to travel to Egypt to find the River of Life for himself and his lover ( ) . and enter 's house , kill his manservant and reclaim the papyrus , then leave for Southampton to take a boat to Egypt . travels with and his assistant ( ) on the same boat ; is killed by when he discovers 's body in the hold , and his body is stuffed in a giant bottle and thrown overboard . Inspector ( ) discovers 's body when the bottle washes ashore near Southampton . He and Superintendent ( ) question ( ) , the shipping agent for the boat ; upon hearing the descriptions of the tall woman ( ) and a clockwork band being brought aboard , they realize that has returned . 
 and pursue to Egypt , catching up to 's archaeological party near a mountain with the hidden temple . , having set up residence inside the temple , hides 's body in the hidden compartment of an empty sarcophagus . He also finds the silver key that opens the gates to the river . kills each of 's men using methods inspired by Egyptian mythology : one man is killed by a hawk , another is stung to death by scorpions . 's team eventually breaks into the temple and takes the sarcophagus , and discovers the key . uses a giant fan to simulate a wind storm , while enters the tent with the sarcophagus and crushes the man watching over it in a giant screw press . Though the sarcophagus is retaken and 's body is safe , discovers the key is gone . 
 is unmoved by the murders and insists on finding the River of Life . He sends with the last remaining team member , ( ) , back to England . leaves his truck to investigate a battalion of British troops , but finds they are really more of ' clockwork men . When he returns to the truck , is gone and he is sand - blasted to death , his truck crashing into 's tent . Realizing must have taken , confronts him . demands the key in exchange for 's life . Unable to break her free of ' trap , surrenders the key and apparently gives up his quest . unlocks the gates to the river and takes 's coffin through . Then , through an apparent secret passageway , he summons to join them . 
 instantly changes his mind and begs to take him . His pleas are ignored , all unbeknownst to and the officers who see this . She attempts to comfort her lover , who unknown to her begins to age rapidly . As , singing " Over the Rainbow " , and his boat fade from sight down the passage , it 's implied that dies of extreme old age .

Vincent Price, Peter Cushing, Robert Quarry, Beryl Reid, Fiona Lewis, Terry-Thomas

, a boxer past his prime , goes to a gym in Stockton , California to get back into shape and spars with , an 18 - year - old he meets there . Seeing potential in the youngster , suggests that look up his former manager and trainer . later tells combative barfly and her easygoing boyfriend how impressed he is with the kid . Newly inspired , decides to get back into boxing himself . 
 's life has been a mess since his wife left him . He drinks too much , can not hold a job , and picks fruit and vegetables with migrant workers to make ends meet . He still blames for mishandling his last fight . 
 tries moving in with after is sent to prison for a few months , but their relationship is rocky . 
 loses his first fight , his nose broken , and he is knocked out in his next bout as well . He gets pressured into marriage by because a baby 's on the way , so he picks fruit in the fields for a few dollars . 
 For his first bout back , is matched against a tough Mexican boxer named , who is of an advanced age and in considerable pain . They knock each other down before is declared the winner . His celebration is brief when discovers that he will be paid only $ 100 , which causes him to end his business relationship with . He then returns to 's apartment and finds there . , still paying the rent , assures him that the alcoholic wants nothing more to do with . 
 is returning home from a fight one night when he sees drunk in the street . tries to ignore him , but when asks to have a drink , he reluctantly agrees to coffee . The two men sit and drink , and looks around at all the people immediately around him , all of whom now seem at an impassable distance . says he needs to leave , but asks him to stay to talk a while . agrees , and the two men sit drinking their coffee together in silence .

Detectives ( ) , ( Weston ) , ( Welch ) and ( ) are part of the 87th Precinct 's team , investigating a murder - extortion racket run by a mysterious deaf man ( ) . While attempting to investigate and prevent the murders of several high - ranking city officials , they also must keep track of the perpetrators of a string of robberies . Further complicating matters is a rash of arson attacks on homeless men .

Burt Reynolds, Raquel Welch, Yul Brynner, Jack Weston, Tom Skerritt

is an unemployed former child star who supports himself as a hustler in Los Angeles . uses sex to get his landlady to reduce his rent , then seduces , a former Hollywood starlet . tries to help revive his career but her status as a mediocre ex - actress proves to be quite useless . 's psychotic daughter , , further complicates the relationship between and the cynical , emotionally numb .

Mexican War veteran takes up the life of a mountain man , supporting himself in the Rocky Mountains as a trapper . His first winter in mountain country is difficult , and he has a run - in with Paints - His - Shirt - Red , a chief of the Crow tribe . Some time later , he finds the frozen body of mountain man clutching a .50 caliber Hawken rifle . 's will gives his rifle to the man who finds his corpse . With his new rifle , Johnson inadvertently disrupts the grizzly bear hunt of the elderly and eccentric , nicknamed ' ' , who mentors him on living in the high country . After a brush with Crow Indians , including 's friend , and learning the skills required to survive , sets off on his own . 
 He comes across a cabin whose inhabitants were apparently attacked by Blackfoot warriors , leaving only a woman and her uncommunicative son alive . The woman , maddened by grief , forces to adopt her son . He and the boy , whom dubs " " , come across , a mountain man who has been robbed by the Blackfeet , who have buried him to his neck in sand and stuffed feathers up his nose . persuades to help recover his stolen goods , but counsels against violence when they find the Blackfoot camp . 
 The men sneak into the camp at night to retrieve 's possessions , but opens fire and the mountain men then kill the Blackfeet . takes several Blackfoot horses and scalps . , disgusted with the needless killing , returns to . Soon afterward , they are surprised by Christianized Flathead Indians , who take them in as guests of honor . unknowingly places the chief in his debt by giving him the stolen horses and scalps of the Blackfoot ( their mortal enemies ) ; according to Flathead custom , to maintain his honor the chief must now either kill him or give him a greater gift . The chief gives his daughter to be 's bride . After the wedding , goes off on his own and , and journey into the wilderness . finds a suitable location to build a cabin . They settle into this new home and slowly become a family . 
 is pressed by a troop of U.S. Army Cavalry to lead a search party to save a stranded wagon train of settlers . According to later dialogue , has discussed with that he is reluctant to help the search party because of his need to hunt Buffalo to feed his family . Ignoring 's advice , they travel through a sacred Crow burial ground . While returning home by the same route , notices that the graves are now adorned with 's blue trinkets ; he rushes back to the cabin , where he finds that his family has been killed . 
 sets off after the warriors who killed his family and attacks them , killing all but one , a heavyset brave who sings his death song when he realizes he can not escape . leaves him alive and the survivor spreads the tale of the mountain man 's quest for revenge throughout the region , trapping in a feud with the . The tribe sends its best warriors to kill , but he defeats them . His legend grows and the come to respect him . He meets again , and returns to the cabin of 's mother , only to find that she has died and a new settler named and his family are living there . Nearby the Crow have built a monument to 's bravery , periodically leaving trinkets and talismans as tribute . 
 and meet for a final time . It is at this poignant meeting between student and teacher that realizes the heavy toll has taken upon himself while fighting an entire nation alone in a vast and lonesome frontier . 's realization occurs when queries , " You would n't happen to know what month of the year it is ? " simply replies , " No , I truly would n't , . " later has a wordless encounter with Paints - His - Shirt - Red , presumed to be behind the attacks . While sitting astride their horses far apart , reaches for his rifle , but Paints - His - Shirt - Red raises his arm , open - palmed , in a gesture of peace that slowly returns . The film ends with the song lyrics , " And some folks say , ' He 's up there still . ' "

Three women in Florida have husbands serving in Vietnam who are reported missing in action . 
 has four children , the eldest of whom treats her with increasing hostility as she develops a friendship with , a school teacher . is married to a soldier in the Air Force and has received a telegram reporting that he has been killed . was we d just two weeks before her lieutenant husband went off to Vietnam . 
 The three women travel to Paris together to attend a Vietnam peace conference . To their shock , a film is shown there depicting the atrocities committed by American soldiers against Vietnamese civilians . A horrified becomes an anti - war advocate , even testifying before a committee in Washington , D.C. 
 Proof ultimately is provided that the deaths of husband and 's have indeed been confirmed . 's , however , is released in a weakened condition from a prisoner - of - war camp and she eagerly awaits his return home .

Rancher ( ) seeks the help of college president ( ) to combat thousands of rabbits that have invaded the area after their natural predators , coyotes , were killed off . asks for the assistance of researchers ( ) and ( ) because they respect 's wish to avoid using cyanide to poison the rabbits . proposes using hormones to disrupt the rabbits ' breeding cycle and takes some rabbits for experimentation . One is injected with a new serum believed to cause birth defects . However , the 's daughter ( ) loves the injected rabbit , so she switches it with one from the control group . is then given the injected rabbit as a pet , but it soon escapes . 
 While inspecting the rabbits ' old burrowing areas , and the find a large , unusual animal track . Meanwhile , 's son ( ) and go to a gold mine to visit 's friend but find him missing . finds more of the animal tracks in 's shed , while goes into the mine and runs into an enormous rabbit with blood on its face . Screaming in terror , she runs from the mine . 
 Mutilated bodies begin to crop up around town , including , a truck driver , and a family of four . , the , , and 's two ranch hands , ( ) and ( ) , go to the mine to try to kill the rabbits with explosives . As and set charges on top of the mine , and enter the shaft to get pictorial evidence . Outside , a rabbit surfaces and attacks before can shoot it . and escape the rabbits in the mine and run outside as the explosives are detonated . 
 The explosives fail to kill the rabbits , and that night they attack 's ranch , killing while , , , and 's housekeeper escape into the storm shelter . The rabbits make their way to the general store , killing housekeeper ( ) and eating everybody else in the small town of Galanos they find before taking refuge in the buildings for the day . In the morning , and leave to avoid the coming press but get stuck along a sandy stretch of road . and update Sheriff ( ) on the situation and , after realizing the rabbits have escaped the mine , call in the National Guard . As night falls , the rabbits leave to continue the rampage , making their way to the main town of Ajo and eating and killing everybody in their pathway . proposes using a half - mile wide stretch of electrified railroad track as a fence to contain and kill the rabbits . They recruit a large group of people at a drive in theater to help herd the rabbits with their car lights , with assistance from the machine gun fire of the National Guard . 
 Thousands of rabbits make their way into the trap , where they are shot and electrocuted . At the film 's ending , tells that normal rabbits , as well as coyotes , have returned to the ranch . 
 The ending shows and running on a grassy field where a normal rabbit is shown sitting on the grass just before the ending credits roll .

The notorious criminal lives under the pseudonym " " with her mentally ill mother , delinquent son , and traveling companion . They share a trailer on the outskirts of Phoenix , Maryland , next to a gazing ball and a pair of eponymous plastic pink flamingos . After learning that has been named " the filthiest person alive " by a tabloid paper , jealous rivals and attempt to usurp her title . 
 The run a black market baby ring : they kidnap young women , have them impregnated by their manservant , , and sell the babies to lesbian couples . The proceeds are used to finance a network of dealers selling heroin in inner - city elementary schools . also earns money by exposing himself — with a large kielbasa sausage or turkey neck tied to his penis — to women and stealing their purses when they flee . One of 's would - be targets , a transgender woman who has not completed gender reassignment surgery , thwarts his scheme by exposing her breasts , penis and scrotum , causing to flee in shock . 
 The enlist a spy , , to gather information about by dating . In one of the film 's most infamous scenes , and have sex while crushing a live chicken between them as looks on through a window . then informs the about ' real identity , her whereabouts , and her family — as well as her upcoming birthday party . 
 The send a box of human feces to as a birthday present with a card addressing her as " " and proclaiming themselves " the filthiest people alive " . Worried her title has been seized , declares whoever sent the package must die . While the are gone , dresses in 's clothes and imitates his employers ' overheard conversations . When the return home , they are outraged to find mocking them , so they fire him and lock him in a closet . 
 The arrive at the trailer to spy on 's birthday party . Her birthday gifts include poppers , fake vomit , lice shampoo , a pig 's head , and a meat cleaver . Entertainers include a topless woman with a snake act and a contortionist who flexes his prolapsed anus in rhythm to the song " Surfin ' Bird " . , who delivers eggs to daily , confesses his love for her and proposes marriage . She accepts his proposal and he carts her off in a wheelbarrow . Disgusted by the outrageous party , the call the police , but this backfires when and her guests ambush the officers , hack up their bodies with the meat cleaver , and eat them . 
 and head to the ' house , where they lick and rub the furniture , which excites them so much that fellates . They find and discover two pregnant women held captive in the basement . After and free the women with a large knife , the women use the knife to emasculate offscreen . 
 The burn 's beloved trailer to the ground . When they return home their furniture — cursed by being licked by and — " rejects " them : when they try to sit down , the cushions fly up and throw them to the floor . They also find that has bled to death from his emasculation and the two girls have escaped . 
 After finding the remains of their burned - out trailer , and return to the ' home , kidnap them at gunpoint , and bring them to the arson site . calls the local tabloid media to witness the ' trial and execution . holds a kangaroo court and convicts the bound - and - gagged of " first - degree stupidity " and " assholism " . and recommend a sentence of execution , so the are tied to a tree , coated in tar and feathers , and shot in the head by . 
 , , and enthusiastically decide to move to Boise , Idaho , site of a homosexual scandal from 1955 to 1957.[5 ] Spotting a small dog defecating on the sidewalk , scoops up the feces with her hand and puts them in her mouth — proving , as the voice - over narration by states , that is " not only the filthiest person in the world , but is also the world 's filthiest actress " .

Set in San Francisco , the film begins with the closing scenes of Casablanca , with and . We then see that the main character , , is watching the film in a cinema , mouth agape . He leaves the cinema regretting that he will never be like . 
 Apart from apparitions of he also has frequent flashbacks of conversations with his ex - wife , who constantly mocked his sexual inadequacy . 
 has just been through a messy divorce . His best friend , , and 's wife , , try to convince him to go out with women again , setting him up on a series of blind dates , all of which turn out badly . Throughout the film , he is seen receiving dating advice from the ghost of , who is visible and audible only to . 's ex - wife also makes fantasy appearances , as he imagines conversations with her about the breakdown of their marriage . On one occasion , the fantasy seems to run out of control , with both and appearing . 
 When it comes to women , he attempts to become sexy and sophisticated , in particular he tries to be like his idol , , only to end up ruining his chances by being too clumsy . Eventually , he develops feelings for , around whom he feels relatively at ease and does not feel the need to put on the mask . 
 At the point where he finally makes his move on ( aided by comments from ) a vision of his ex - wife appears and shoots , leaving him without advice . He then makes an awkward move . runs off but returns , realizing that loves her . The song " As Time Goes By " plays as they kiss , with flashes from Casablanca . 
 However , their relationship is doomed , just as it was for and in Casablanca . 
 comes home early from Cleveland and confides to that he thinks is having an affair , not realizing that her affair is with . expresses to Allan his love for . 
 The ending is an allusion to Casablanca 's famous ending . is catching a flight to Cleveland , is after him , and is chasing . The fog , the aircraft engine start - ups , the trenchcoats , and the dialogue are all reminiscent of the film , as nobly explains to why she has to go with her husband , rather than stay behind with him . 
 quotes a closing line from Casablanca , saying , " If that plane leaves the ground and you 're not on it , you 'll regret it ; maybe not today , maybe not tomorrow , but soon , and for the rest of your life . " " That is beautiful " , says , causing to admit , " It 's from Casablanca . ... I 've waited my whole life to say it ! " His journey is complete . The music from the scene in Casablanca resumes the theme " As Time Goes By " , and the film ends .

When and her roommate quarrel , moves into her aunt 's skid - row hotel in downtown L.A. rather than returning home to Ohio . The lodgers are strange , Aunt is a moralizer obsessed with funerals , murder is afoot , and the inexperienced and trusting may be the next victim . She wants to be treated like a woman , and she 's drawn to , a handsome photographer who longs for human contact but sleeps with a water - inflated doll and spies on Cheryl as she bathes . , a neighborhood clerk , may be 's only ally in what she does n't realize is a perilous residence haunted by family secrets . And , what happened to , a model who used to have 's room ?

In the future , all plant life on Earth has become extinct . A few specimens have been preserved in enormous , greenhouse - like geodesic domes attached to a fleet of American Airlines space freighters , currently just outside the orbit of Saturn . ( ) , one of four crewmen aboard the Valley Forge , is the resident botanist and ecologist who carefully preserves a variety of plants for their eventual return to Earth and the reforestation of the planet . spends most of his time in the domes , both cultivating the crops and attending to the animal life.[2 ] 
 Orders come from Earth to jettison and destroy the domes ( with nuclear charges ) and return the freighters to commercial service . After four of the six domes are jettisoned and blown up rebels and opts instead to save the plants and animals on his ship . kills one of his crew - mates who arrives to plant explosives in his favorite dome , and his right leg is seriously injured in the process . He then jettisons and triggers the destruction of one of the remaining domes , trapping and killing the remaining two crewmen . 
 Enlisting the aid of the ship 's three service robots , called " drones " , stages a fake premature explosion as a ruse and sends the Valley Forge careening towards Saturn in an attempt to hijack the ship and flee with the last forest dome . He then reprograms the drones to perform surgery on his leg and sets the Valley Forge on a risky course through Saturn 's rings . Later , as the ship endures the rough passage , Drone 3 ( later nicknamed Louie ) is lost , but the ship and its remaining dome emerge relatively undamaged on the other side of the rings . 
 and the surviving drones – which he nicknames Huey ( Drone 2 ) and ( Drone 1 ) after the cartoon characters – set out into deep space to maintain the forest . also reprograms and to plant trees and play poker . is damaged when accidentally collides with him while driving a buggy recklessly , and sentimentally refuses to leave 's side during the repairs . As time passes , is horrified when he discovers that his bio - dome is dying , but is unable to come up with a solution to the problem . When the Berkshire – another space freighter waiting to see if the Valley Forge has survived the trip – eventually re - establishes contact , he knows that his crimes will soon be discovered . It is then that he realizes a lack of light has restricted plant growth , and he races to install lamps to correct this situation . In an effort to save the last forest before the Berkshire arrives , jettisons the dome to safety . He then detonates nuclear charges , destroying the Valley Forge , the damaged Huey and himself in the process . The final scene is of the now well - lit forest greenhouse drifting into deep space , with tenderly caring for it , holding a battered old watering can .

The film follows the novel in presenting a first - person narrative from the point of view of ( ) , who becomes " unstuck in time " and experiences the events of his life in a seemingly random order , including a period spent on the alien planet of Tralfamadore . Emphasis is placed on his experiences during World War II , including the firebombing of Dresden , as well as time spent with fellow prisoners of war ( ) and the psychopathic ( ) . His life as a husband to ( ) and father to ( ) and ( ) are also depicted , as they live and sometimes even enjoy their life of affluence in Ilium , New York . A " sink - or - swim " scene with 's father is also featured . The scenes of extraterrestrial life on Tralfamadore feature Hollywood starlet ( ) .

An isolated and lonely farmer in rural Mississippi takes in a pregnant drifter who has been abandoned by the father of her child .

In early September 1962 in Modesto , California , on the last evening of summer vacation , recent high school graduates and longtime friends , and , meet , the drag - racing king of the town , and in the parking lot of the local Mel 's Drive - In diner . and are scheduled to travel the next morning to the Northeastern United States to start college . Despite receiving a $ 2,000 scholarship from the local Moose Lodge , Curt has second thoughts about leaving Modesto . gives his 1958 Chevrolet Impala to watch while he 's away at college until he returns at Christmas . 's girlfriend , , who is also 's sister , arrives in her car . suggests to , who is already glum about him going to college , that they see other people while he is away in order to " strengthen " their relationship . Though not openly upset , she is displeased with his proposal which affects their interactions the rest of the evening . 
 accompanies , last year 's high school student class president , and , the current head cheerleader , to the back - to - high - school sock hop . In one story line , is desperate to find a beautiful blonde girl driving a white 1956 Ford Thunderbird that he sees en route to the dance : at a stoplight , she appears to say " I love you " before disappearing around the corner . After leaving the hop , is coerced by a group of greasers ( " The Pharaohs " ) to participate in an initiation rite that involves hooking a chain to a police car and ripping out its back axle . The Pharaohs tell that " The Blonde " is a trophy wife or prostitute , but he refuses to believe either . Determined to get a message to the blonde girl , drives to the local radio station to ask DJ , who is omnipresent on the car radios , to announce a message for the blonde girl . Inside the radio station , encounters a bearded man who tells him that the voice of The Wolfman is pre - taped from afar . The man still accepts the message from to see what he could do . As he is leaving the station , sees the man talking into the microphone and hears the voice of The , and realizes the man is the actual DJ himself . Sure enough , The Wolfman eventually reads the message on the radio for " The Blonde " to meet or call him at a number which happens to be a telephone booth . waits by the telephone booth and early the next morning , he is awakened by the phone ringing . It turns out to be " The Blonde " who says she knows him and maybe she would see him cruising the coming night . replies probably not , intimating that he decided to go to college and will be leaving that morning . 
 The , in 's car , and , in his yellow 1932 Ford Deuce Coupé hot rod , cruise the strip of Modesto . , who is normally socially inept with girls , successfully picks up a flirtatious , and somewhat rebellious , girl named . inadvertently picks up , an annoying 12 - year - old who seems fond of him . Another drag racer , the handsome and arrogant , is searching out in order to challenge him to a race . 
 and have a series of arguments and make - ups through the evening . They finally split and , as the story lines intertwine , picks up in his black 1955 Chevrolet One - Fifty Coupé . finally finds and goads him into racing . A parade of cars follows them to " Paradise Road " to watch the race . rides shotgun with as starts the race . As begins taking a lead in the race , he loses control of the car when a front tire blows , and the car plunges into a ditch and rolls over . and leap out of their cars and rush to the wreck as a dazed and stagger out of the car before it explodes . Distraught , grips tightly and begs him not to leave her . He assures her that he will stay in Modesto . 
 At the airfield in the morning , says goodbye to his parents , his sister , , and The . As the plane takes off , , gazing out of the window , sees the white Ford Thunderbird belonging to the mysterious blonde driving down a country road . 
 An on - screen epilogue reveals that is killed by a drunk driver in December 1964 , is reported missing in action near An Lộc in December 1965 , is an insurance agent in Modesto , California , and is a writer living in Canada .

Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Candy Clark, Harrison Ford, Cindy Williams, Paul Le Mat, Mackenzie Phillips, Charles Martin Smith

Told as a flashback to the early 21st century , with a wraparound sequence narrated by the orangutan in " North America - 2670 A.D. " , this sequel follows the ape leader years after a global nuclear war has destroyed civilization . Living with his mate and their son , creates a new society while trying to cultivate peace between the apes and remaining humans . is opposed by gorilla , who wants to imprison the humans that freely roam Ape City while doing menial labor . 
 After defusing followers of who attacked a human teacher for saying " No " to apes , ponders if his own parents could have taught him how to make things better . , 's human assistant and younger brother of Mr. ( Conquest of the Planet of the Apes ) , reveals to that his brother told him of archived footage of and within the underground ruins of New York , now radioactive and known as the Forbidden City . travels with and orangutan to the Forbidden City to find the archives . 
 It is revealed that mutated and radiation - scarred humans are living within the city , under the command of Governor , the man who once captured . and his party view the recordings of his parents , learning about the future and Earth 's eventual destruction before they are forced to flee when 's soldiers attempt to kill them . 
 Fearing the mutants may attack Ape City , reports his discoveries . When Caesar calls and a select group of humans to the meeting , leads the gorillas away . 
 's scouts have found Ape City . believes that is planning to finish his people off . He stubbornly declares war on Ape City despite his assistant , , attempting to have him see reason . 
 plots a coup d'état in order for the gorillas to take control . happens to overhear from a nearby tree , and is critically wounded when spots him and hacks the tree branch he is on . The next day , after a gorilla scouting pair are attacked by 's men , takes advantage of a grieving 's absence to have all humans corralled while looting the armory . eventually dies from his wounds , leaving a devastated with a revelation that he was not hurt by humans . 
 When 's ragtag force launches their attack , orders the defenders to fall back . When finds lying among dozens of fallen apes , he expresses his intention to personally kill him . But it turns out the apes are feigning death , launching a counter - attack that captures most of the mutants . and his remaining forces escape , only to be slaughtered by 's troops once out in the open . 
 confronts about releasing the corralled local humans and orders the gorillas to kill them . When shields the humans and threatens him , ( having learned the truth from ) reveals 's role in ' death and that he broke their community 's most sacred law – " Ape shall never kill ape " . An infuriated pursues up a large tree , their confrontation resulting in falling to his death . 
 With realizing that apes are no different from their former slave - owners , he agrees to 's request for humans to be treated as equals , coexisting in a new society . They store their guns back in the armory : and reluctantly explaining to the overseer that they will still need them for future conflicts and can only wait for the day when they do n't need their weapons anymore . 
 The scene returns to the , saying that it has now been over 600 years since 's death . His audience is revealed to be a group of young humans and apes , the noting that their society still waits for a day when their world will not need weapons , while they " wait with hope " . A close - up of a statue of shows a single tear falling from one eye .

is a crop - duster and former stunt pilot . With his wife , , and , robs a bank in the rural community of Tres Cruces , New Mexico . While waits in the getaway car , the heavily disguised and his two accomplices draw their guns and the robbery begins . The license plate of their car is recognized as stolen by an officer in a passing police car . When they approach , she shoots , killing one instantly and seriously wounding the other , but the second officer returns fire , wounding her . The melee outside distracts the robbers , enabling the bank guard to kill . Sensing that the bank manager is concealing something , forces him to reveal two large satchels of cash . , , and flee , but dies soon after . and swap vehicles and prepare to blow up the getaway car , with 's body inside . They are stopped by another policeman , but before he can search their van , the explosion goes off and the officer races away . 
 When they count the money , it is much more than they expected : $ 765,118 . After a local news broadcast reports that only $ 2,000 was stolen , realizes the bank must be involved in a money laundering operation . He warns that the Mafia will pursue them relentlessly and that their only chance is lying low and not spending the money for three or four years , but will not listen . Meanwhile , , president of the bank , dispatches hitman to recover the money . 
 Realizing that 's rashness will doom them both , double - crosses him . Because he , , and all had dental work done recently , breaks into the surgery , stealing his and 's X - rays and swapping Harman 's for his . To obtain passports , contacts , an old accomplice of 's , who directs him to local photographer . He has his photograph taken , but he also gives her Harman 's driver 's license , thereby ensuring that will find . immediately informs on . also betrays , but he never returns for the passports . turns up at 's trailer and tortures to death to try to locate and the money . 
 meets secretly with Tres Cruces bank manager , advising that his Mafia superiors will suspect that the robbery was an inside job because it occurred during the brief period when the money was there . He suggests that will be tortured . is so terrified that he commits suicide . 
 purchases dynamite , then flies to Reno , where he has flowers delivered to 's secretary so he can identify her and follow her home . He seduces in her apartment . warns not to trust her boss . 
 then contacts , offering to return the money . He arranges a meeting at a remote automobile wrecking yard and insists that come alone . overflies the wrecking yard and spots 's car . After landing , hugs the confounded , acting overjoyed ; falls for the ruse and assumes that is 's co - conspirator , so he runs down with his car , killing him . then chases , who tries to fly away , but damages the crop - duster 's tail with his car and the aircraft flips over . Trapped in the wreckage , tells that the money is in the trunk of a nearby car . However , had flipped his aircraft on purpose . When opens the trunk , he sees 's body , wearing 's wedding ring , and the bank satchels ; an instant later , he is killed by a booby trap . throws a wad of hundred - dollar bills toward the burning car , then drives away .

Walter Matthau, Joe Don Baker, John Vernon, Andrew Robinson, Felicia Farr, Norman Fell, Jacqueline Scott, Sheree North

Early one morning , prevents her father from slaughtering a piglet as the runt of the litter . Deciding to let deal with nurturing the piglet , allows to raise it as a pet . She nurtures it lovingly , naming it . Six weeks later , , due to being a spring pig , has matured , and tells that has to be sold ( his siblings were already sold ) . sadly says good - bye to as he is sold down the street to her uncle , . At 's farm , a goose coaxes a sullen to speak his first words . Although delighted at this new ability , still yearns for companionship . He attempts to get the goose to play with him , but she declines on the condition that she has to hatch her eggs . also tries asking a rat named to play with him , but 's only interests are spying , hiding , and eating . then wants to play with a lamb , but the lamb 's father says sheep do not play with pigs because it is only a matter of time before they are slaughtered and turned into smoked bacon and ham . Horrified at this depressing discovery , reduces himself to tears until a mysterious voice tells him to " chin up " , and wait until morning to reveal herself to him . The following morning , she reveals herself to be a spider named , living on a web on a corner of 's barn overlooking 's pig pen . She tells him that she will come up with a plan guaranteed to spare his life . 
 Later , the goose 's goslings hatch . One of them , named , befriends . Eventually , reveals her plan to " play a trick on " , and consoles to sleep . The next morning , 's farmhand , , sees the words , SOME PIG , spun within 's web . The incident attracts publicity among 's neighbors who deem the praise to be a miracle . The publicity eventually dies down , and requests the barn animals to devise a new word to spin within her web . After several suggestions , the goose suggests the phrase , TERRIFIC ! TERRIFIC ! TERRIFIC ! , though decides to shorten it to one TERRIFIC . The incident becomes another media sensation , though still desires to slaughter . For the next message , then employs to pull a word from a magazine clipping at the dump for inspiration , in which he returns the word RADIANT ripped from a soap box to spin within her web . Following this , decides to enter in the county fair for the summer . reluctantly decides to accompany him , though at first has no interest in doing so until the goose tells him about all the food there . After one night there , sends to the trash pile on another errand to gather another word for her next message , in which he returns with the word , HUMBLE . The next morning , awakens to find has spun an egg sac containing her unborn offspring , and the following afternoon , the word , HUMBLE , is spun . However , 's brother , , discovers another pig named has won first place , though the county fair staff decides to hold a celebration in honor of 's miraculous pig , and rewards him $ 25 and a gold medal . He then announces that he will allow to " live to a ripe old age " . 
 Exhausted from laying eggs and writing words , tells she will remain at the fair to die . Not willing to let her children be abandoned , has retrieve her egg sac to take back to the farm , just before she dies . Once he returns to 's farm , he guards the egg sac until the winter . The next spring , 's 514 children are hatched , but leave the farm , causing to become saddened to the point of wanting to run away . Just as he is about to do so , the ram points out that three of them did not fly away . Pleased at finding new friends , he names them , , and , but as much as he loves them , they will never replace the memory of .

Voices of Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde, Henry Gibson, Pamelyn Ferdin

A nurse , known only as " " throughout the entirety of the film , seeks revenge for her younger sister 's drug - related death and the widespread violence that exists in her city . Under the guise of an attractive prostitute willing to do anything for a drug fix , she lures a drug pusher and a mob boss to their residences , killing them . After the killings , returns to her job at a local hospital operating room . 
 After her shift , ’s police friend offers to drive her home . is a straight - shooting officer who is not willing to bend the law for the mob or thugs who have been bribing many officers at his precinct . does n't believe his strong moral resolve until two hooded men break into 's house while she 's visiting him and beat severely , temporarily crippling him . This enrages , giving her further provocation to continue her work as a vigilante , killing those responsible for harming and her sister . 
 's boyfriend , , is a city councilman . admires for his contributions to the community . She is very happy when he announces his plan to run for Congress , and his purchase of a night club . 
 's next targets are a pimp named King , one of the largest suppliers of prostitutes and illegal drugs in the city , and Mafia boss , a criminal associate of 's . 
 questions and abuses a former patient of hers who was a known drug user to gain insight into the type of woman King likes and where he keeps his stash of drugs . shows no remorse for the drug - addled woman . is on a mission of revenge and no one will stand in her way . With the information she gets from the woman , tracks down and poses as a Jamaican woman looking to trick for him . 
 is immediately interested in her exotic nature and hires her . One of the prostitutes becomes jealous when she sees King taking an interest in . Later that day , and the other prostitutes get into a massive brawl . wins out , which attracts mob boss who demands that he must have her that night . 
 plans to murder and just when she is about to shoot , she is overtaken by his men . She lies and tells that King ordered her to kill him , which makes order to be murdered . 's men kill by tying him by the neck from their car , which they drive through an open field . 
 then discovers her clean - cut boyfriend is actually corrupt when she 's shown to him at a meeting of the mob and several police officials . He denies knowing her other than as a prostitute and is sent to her death . uses her sexuality to seduce her would - be killers . They try injecting her with drugs to sedate her , but she had switched these out for sugar earlier . Faking a high , she kills her unsuspecting hitmen with a pointed metal wire she fashioned herself and hid in her hair . 
 Running to avoid capture , carjacks a vehicle to escape . drives to 's house , murders him , and then goes to 's to do the same . He pleads for forgiveness and just as she is about to accept , a naked white woman comes out of the bedroom . At this , shoots in the groin . The film then closes with walking along the beach satisfied with having avenged her sister and . It 's unclear whether is held accountable for her crimes , including killing several police officers and shooting a politician .

and her husband inherit an old mansion from 's recently deceased grandmother . Shortly after moving in , she discovers a bricked - up fireplace in the basement den , and asks the estate 's handyman , Mr. , about it . He tells her that 's grandmother had him seal it up after her grandfather died and that it is better to leave it the way it is . After he leaves for the day and is alone in the room , she uses some of Mr. ' tools to try to remove the bricks herself . She is unable to budge the bricks , but is able to pry open a small side door that Mr. had said was used for removing ashes from the fireplace . Inside is not a fireplace at all but a large , dark , deep sub - basement . As leaves the den , several whispering voices are heard coming from behind the fireplace , calling her name , and proclaiming that " she set us free " . 
 soon begins to feel unsettled in the house . One night while sleeping , she is woken by voices whispering her name , and an ashtray mysteriously falls off her bedside cabinet . However , dismisses her concerns and believes she is suffering from nervous tension . The next evening , when she is alone in the house , something grabs her dress as she is walking down the stairs and she hears voices whispering " We want you " . She manages to free herself and sees something scuttling away behind a curtain , which she believes was a small animal of some kind . Soon afterwards , she hears the same whispering coming from behind the fireplace in the basement den . When returns home , he remains unconvinced of her story , but makes sure the fireplace is bolted securely shut to reassure her . 
 The following night , throws a dinner party for 's colleagues as he is up for partnership at his law firm . During the party , sees a small , hideous goblin - like creature near her leg under the dinner table . She screams , but nobody believes what she saw as the creature quickly vanishes . grows impatient with her and thinks she is becoming delusional . Later , while is in the shower , three of the goblin creatures make their way into the bathroom and turn out the lights so that they can attack her with a razor . As turns the light back on , the creatures shriek and retreat from the brightness into the bathroom cupboards where they disappear . She tells they should sell the house . 
 The following day , goes away on business and arranges to go and stay with her friend . However , before she goes , the creatures attempt to trip down a flight of stairs , but they accidentally cause the death of her interior decorator instead . tries to confront the creatures and asks them what they want , to which they reply they want her spirit as whoever frees them ( as did by opening the fireplace ) must become one of them . 
 That evening , 's doctor prescribes sedatives while her friend stays with her . begins to believe 's story about supernatural creatures in the house . However , returning early from his trip , remains unconvinced . then leaves to speak with their handyman regarding the history of the house and the bricked up fireplace . tries to stay awake after the creatures put the sedatives into her coffee but they cut the electricity . is locked outside by them while checking on the circuit breaker box . manages to walk downstairs , but the creatures trip her over in the dark . As she is semi - conscious , they then drag her into the basement den and into the unsealed fireplace before and can reach her . 
 Ultimately , , now one with the creatures and speaking with them , patiently waits for their next victim to move into the house .

is a motorcycle cop who patrols the rural Arizona highways with his partner . is an experienced patrolman looking to be transferred to the Homicide unit . When he is informed by of an apparent suicide via shotgun , believes the case is actually a murder as the victim has shot himself in the chest rather than the head , which is more usual . Detective agrees it is a homicide , after a .22 bullet is found amongst the pellets in the man 's chest during the autopsy , as well hearing about a possible missing $ 5,000 ( $ 27,600 today ) from the man 's home , and arranges for to be transferred to homicide to help with the case . 
 gets his wish , but his joy is short - lived . He begins increasingly to identify with the hippies whom the other officers , including Detective , are endlessly harassing . The final straw comes when discovers that has been sleeping with his girlfriend . The hostile workplace politics cause him to be quickly demoted back to traffic enforcement . 
 Despite being demoted , is able to solve the murder . The killer turns out to be , who confesses while goads him into talking about it . surmises did it because he was jealous of the old man he killed , who frequently had young people over to his house to buy drugs . Shortly after , it is discovered that stole the $ 5,000 , which he used to buy a fully dressed Electra Glide motorcycle . is forced to shoot after he becomes distressed and belligerent , and shoots at and in the direction of an innocent bystander while brandishing a gun . 
 As the film ends , is alone and back on his old beat , when he runs into a hippie that was needlessly harassing near the beginning of the film . lets him off with a warning but the hippie forgets his driver 's license , and drives up behind his van to return it to him . The hippie 's passenger points a shotgun out the back window and shoots , killing him .

( ) , a highly skilled Shaolin martial artist from Hong Kong , is approached by ( ) , a British intelligence agent investigating suspected crime lord ( ) . is persuaded to attend a high - profile martial arts competition on 's private island in order to gather evidence that will prove 's involvement in drug trafficking and prostitution . Shortly before his departure , also learns that his sister 's killer , ( ) , is working as 's bodyguard on the island . Also fighting in the competition are indebted gambling addict ( ) and fellow Vietnam war veteran ( ) . 
 At the end of the first day , gives strict orders to the competitors not to leave their rooms . makes contact with undercover operative ( ) , and sneaks into 's compound looking for evidence . He is discovered by several guards , but manages to escape . The next morning , has the guards publicly killed by chief guard ( ) for failing him . After the execution , faces in the competition and after an emotional battle ends up killing him . With the day 's competition over , confronts , who had also left his room the previous night to exercise , initially thinking him the intruder , and beats him to death when he refuses to cooperate . then reveals the scale of his drug operation to in the hope that he will join his organization . He also implicitly threatens to imprison , along with all the other martial artists who competed in 's tournament in the past , if refuses . Despite being initially intrigued , refuses after learning of ' fate . 
 sneaks out again that night and manages to send a message to , but is finally captured after a protracted battle with the guards . The next morning arranges for to fight , but refuses . As punishment , he is forced to fight instead but manages to overpower and kill him after a grueling encounter . Enraged by the unexpected victory , commands his remaining men to kill and . Facing insurmountable odds , they are soon aided by the island 's prisoners , who had been freed by . escapes , pursued by , who finally corners him in a hidden mirror room . The mirrors give an advantage , but breaks all the room 's mirrors to reveal 's location , and eventually kills him . returns to the main battle , which is now over . A bruised and bloodied sits victorious while the military finally arrive to take control of the island .

While sailing , ( ) comes across a golden tablet dropped by a mysterious flying creature . He wears the tablet as an amulet around his neck . That same night , dreams about a man dressed in black , repeatedly calling 's name , as well as a beautiful girl with an eye tattooed on the palm of her right hand . 
 A sudden storm throws the ship off course and the next day and his men find themselves near a coastal town in the country of Marabia . Swimming to the beach , encounters the man from his dream , Prince ( ) , who demands that he turn over the amulet . narrowly escapes into the city , where he meets the Grand Vizier of Marabia ( ) , who has been acting as Regent following the death of the Sultan , who had no heir . The Vizier , who wears a golden mask to hide his disfigured face , explains that 's amulet is but one piece of a puzzle , of which the Vizier has another . The Vizier relates to a legend , which claims that the three pieces , when joined together , will reveal a map showing the way to the fabled Fountain of Destiny , hidden on the lost continent of Lemuria . He who takes the three pieces to the Fountain will receive " youth , a shield of darkness and a crown of untold riches . " 
 agrees to help the Vizier in his quest for the Fountain and they join forces against the evil Prince , a magician bent on using the Fountain 's gifts to conquer Marabia . had previously locked the Vizier in a room and set it on fire , resulting in the disfiguring of the Vizier 's face . The creature that dropped the gold tablet was one of 's minions , a homunculus created by his black magic . uses the creature to spy on and the Vizier and learn of their plans . 
 Shortly afterwards , meets the woman he saw in his dream , a slave girl named ( ) . Her master hires to make a man out of his lazy , no - good son ( ) . agrees on the condition that comes along . hires a ship and a crew of his own and follows , using his magic several times to try to stop . However , each attempt drains away a part of his life force , and he ages noticeably each time . 
 On his journey , encounters numerous perils , including a wooden siren figurehead on his own ship , animated by 's black magic , which manages to steal the map , enabling to locate Lemuria . The wizard uses another homunculus to overhear ( an uncredited ) describe to what he will face in his search for the Fountain . seals the men inside the Oracle 's cave , but uses a makeshift rope to get everyone out . manages to destroy the homunculus as it attacks . After he is captured by hostile natives , animates a six - armed idol of , causing the worshipful natives to set him free . and his men arrive soon after . They fight and defeat the animated and find the final fragment of the puzzle within 's shattered remains . The natives capture and his crew , intending to kill them for desecrating their goddess , but after they see the eye tattoo on 's right hand , they instead intend to sacrifice her to a one - eyed centaur , the natives ' God of the Single Eye and the Fountain 's Guardian of Evil . 
 arrives at the Fountain of Destiny and drops the first piece of the tablet into the Fountain , which restores his youth . He then summons the centaur , which fights the Fountain 's Guardian of Good , a griffin . Meanwhile , and the others escape after the Vizier terrifies the natives into fleeing by removing his mask to reveal his twisted visage . After rescuing , they finally reach the Fountain . They watch as the centaur kills the griffin with 's aid , only for to kill the centaur . drops the second piece into the Fountain , which turns him invisible ( the " shield of darkness " ) . He engages in a swordfight and as he becomes invisible , he gains the upper hand , but before he can kill and claim the " crown of untold riches " , slays him after stands in the waters of the Fountain , rendering him visible . then drops in the third piece , after which a jewel - encrusted crown rises from the depths of the Fountain . A vision in the water shows him wearing the crown and the clothing of a Sultan . However , he gives the crown to the Grand Vizier . The crown 's magical properties cause the Vizier 's mask to dissolve , revealing his restored , unscarred face and transforms his clothes into a Sultan 's garb . Their quest completed , and his crew journey back to Marabia . When asks him why he rejected the crown despite the vision , says to her , " I value freedom . A king is never really free . Why , he must even be told who he is to marry . " The two of them kiss .

A mysterious stranger rides out of the desert into the isolated mining town of Lago , on the shore of a small lake in an unnamed western territory . Three men follow him into the saloon , taunting him , then follow him to the barbershop . When they challenge him , he kills all three with little effort . Attractive townswoman deliberately bumps into him in the street , knocks his cigar from his mouth , and loudly insults him . He drags her into the livery stable and rapes her . 
 That night , in his hotel room , the dreams of a man being brutally whipped . Then , in a flashback , , a federal marshal , is whipped to death in front of the hotel by outlaws and brothers and as the citizens look on . 
 Sheriff approaches the and offers him the job previously held by the men he killed : defending the town from and the , who are about to be released from jail . He declines . , in desperation , offers him anything he wants in return . The Stranger learns that the townspeople were complicit in 's murder ; they hired the outlaws to kill him after he discovered that the town 's only source of income , the mine , was on government land . They then double - crossed the murderers and turned them in . 
 Upon learning this , the accepts the job , and takes full advantage of the deal . He appoints barbershop employee as sheriff and mayor , and provides an Indian and his children with supplies at the shopkeeper 's expense . He orders the hotel owner and his guests to vacate the premises , leaving him its sole occupant . When ’s wife objects , he drags her , kicking and screaming , into her bedroom . The next morning , tells the Stranger that can not rest in peace , because he is buried in an unmarked grave outside of town . 
 The Stranger instructs the townspeople in defensive tactics , but they clearly lack the skills or courage for the job . He also orders that every building in town be painted blood red . Then , without explanation , he mounts his horse and rides out of town , pausing to replace " Lago " on the town sign with " Hell " . 
 Meanwhile , and his gang are on their way to Lago . The harasses them with dynamite and long - range rifle fire , leaving them to ponder the identity of their attacker . Returning to Lago , the inspects the preparations — town painted red , townsmen with rifles stationed on rooftops , picnic tables laden with food and drink , and a big " WELCOME " banner overhead — then he remounts and departs again . 
 The gang arrives and easily overcomes the inept resistance of the townspeople . shoots several of the civic leaders who double - crossed them . By nightfall the town is in flames , and the terrified citizens are huddled in the saloon . A mysterious sound is heard in the street ; when walks outside to investigate , everyone listens in horror as he is whipped to death . is found dead too , hanging from another whip . At last the Stranger reveals himself , beats to the draw , and kills him . 
 On his way out of town the following morning , the pauses at the cemetery as is finishing a new grave marker . " I never did know your name " , says . " Yes , you do " , the replies . As he rides past a bewildered into the desert , the writing on the new headstone is revealed : Marshal — Rest in Peace .

Clint Eastwood, Geoffrey Lewis, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Mitchell Ryan

Teenager ( ) is a troubled mental hospital outpatient who is taken by her father and sister to a government facility near the Craters of the Moon lava fields in Idaho . The project there was commissioned to develop matter transference , but made a different discovery : time travel . They also discovered that a mysterious ecological catastrophe will soon wipe out civilization . 
 The time travel process has negative health effects , though . Adults " not much older than 20 " are unable to survive for long , as their kidneys hemorrhage shortly after the experience . So the scientists decide to only send young people 56 years into the future so they can build a new civilization . 
 After the government takes over the project , the transfer machines are turned off , trapping a large number of project members in the future . Now trapped , they begin exploring the future world . The last survivor from the project is picked up by a family dressed in futuristic clothing . She is placed alive in the trunk of their car , ostensibly to be used as fuel . The small girl in the back seat asks what will happen when they run out of them ( people from the past   ? ) " Will we have to use each other , then ? "

The film is framed as a group of performers who travel to the desert to re - enact the Passion of Christ . The film begins with them arriving on a bus , assembling their props and getting into costume . One of the group is surrounded by the others , puts on a white robe and emerges as ( " Overture " ) . 
 This story begins with ( ) , who is worried about ' popularity ; he is being hailed as the Son of God , but feels he is just a man who is beginning to believe his own propaganda and fears the consequences of their growing movement ( " Heaven on Their Minds " ) . The other disciples badger for information about his plans for the future , but will not give them any ( " What 's the Buzz ? " ) . ' arrival and subsequent declaration that should not associate with dampens the mood ( " Strange Thing Mystifying " ) . Angrily , tells that he should leave alone , because his slate is not clean . He then accuses all the apostles of not caring about him . That night at the Temple , is worried that the people will crown as king , which the Romans will take for an uprising . tries to allay his fears , but he finally sees ' point and suggests that he convene the council and explain his fears to them ; agrees ( " Then We Are Decided " ) . As and his apostles settle for the night , soothes him with some expensive ointment , but says that the money spent should have been given to the poor . rebukes him again , telling him that the poor will be there always but will not ( " Everything 's Alright " ) . 
 The next day at the Temple of Jerusalem , the council of the priests discuss their fears about . tells them that there is only one solution : like , must be executed for the sake of the nation ( " This Must Die " ) . As and his followers joyfully arrive in Jerusalem , orders to disband the crowd for fear of a riot . refuses and speaks to the crowd instead ( " " ) . Later , the apostle ( ) and a crowd of followers voice their admiration for ( " " ) . appreciates this , but becomes worried when suggests directing the crowd towards an uprising against their Roman occupiers . sadly dismisses this suggestion , saying that they do not understand his true purpose ( " Poor Jerusalem " ) . 
 , the Roman governor of Judea , reveals that he has dreamed about a Galilean man ( ) and that he will be blamed for this man 's death ( " Pilate 's Dream " ) . and his followers arrive at the temple , which has been taken over by money changers and prostitutes ( " The Temple " ) . To ' horror and as the priests watch in the background , a furious destroys the stalls and forces them to leave . wanders alone outside the city , but is surrounded by a crowd of lepers , all wanting to be healed . tries to heal as many of them as possible , but is overwhelmed by the sheer numbers and eventually gives up , screaming at them to leave him alone . comforts and goes to sleep . loves , but is confused because he is so unlike any other man she has met ( " I Do n't Know How to Love Him " ) . goes to the priests and expresses his concerns , but he is worried about the consequences of betraying ( " Damned for All Time " ) . The priests take advantage of his doubts and offer him money if he will lead them to . initially refuses , but and win him over by reminding him that he could use the money to help the poor . reveals that will be at the Garden of Gethsemene on Thursday night ( " Blood Money " ) . 
 At the Last Supper ( set outdoors in a garden setting during the day ) , reveals that he knows ( ) will deny him and will betray him . A bitter argument between and ensues , in which berates for destroying their hopes and ideals and threatens to ruin ' ambition by staying there without helping him to reach the Glory ; tells to leave and finally runs off ( " The Last Supper " ) . As the apostles fall asleep , goes to to pray about his imminent death and reluctantly agrees to go forward with God 's plan ( " Gethsemane [ I Only Want to Say ] " ) . waits for , who arrives , accompanied by guards , and betrays him with a kiss . The disciples offer to fight the guards , but will not allow it . is taken to ' house , found guilty of blasphemy and sent to ( " The Arrest " ) . , meanwhile , fearfully denies three times after being accused of being one of ' followers ( " 's Denial " ) . is taken to 's house , where the governor , unaware that is the man from his dream , mocks him . Since he does not deal with Jews , sends him to ( " and " ) . The flamboyant King is excited to finally meet , for he has heard the hype . He tries to persuade to perform various miracles . When refuses to answer , orders the guards to take him back to ( " Herod 's Song [ Try It and See ] " ) . 
 The apostles and remember how things began and wish that they had not gotten so out of hand ( " Could We Start Again Please ? " ) . is flung into a cell , where he is seen by , who runs to tell the priests that he regrets his part in the arrest . He hurls his money to the ground and curses at the priests before running into the desert . Filled with regret for betraying , he blames for his woes by giving him the role of the betrayor and hangs himself ( " Judas ' Death " ) . is taken back to , who questions him ; is also present . Although he thinks is deluded , realizes that he has committed no actual crime and has scourged ; is gleeful at first but eventually sickened . 's bemused indifference turns to a frenzy of confusion and anger , both at the crowd 's irrational bloodthirstiness and ' inexplicable resignation and refusal to defend himself . realizes he has no option but to have executed or the masses will grow violent ( " Trial Before Pilate [ Including the Thirty - Nine Lashes ] " ) . After washes his hands of ' fate , ' appearance transforms , the heavens open , and a white - jumpsuit clad descends on a silver cross . laments that if had returned as the today , he would have been more popular and his message easier to spread . also wonders what thinks of other religions ' prophets . He ultimately wants to know if thinks he is who they say he is ( " Superstar " ) . ' questions go unanswered , and is sent to die ( " The Crucifixion " ) , with ominous , atonal music , with saying some of his final words before dying . 
 As the film ends , the performers , now out of costume , board their bus . Only the performers who had played , and notice the actor who had played is missing . A shepherd and his flock cross the hillside beneath the empty cross ( " John Nineteen Forty - One " ) .

To the pealing of church bells , begins to ascend into his pulpit to preach , but he is hindered by stomach cramps . It is 1525 at the time of the Peasants ' Revolt . He looks out facing the camera and sees a wounded knight wheeling in a hand cart that holds the body of a fallen comrade . The knight sardonically regales with some of his accomplishments but then accuses him of abandoning those who got his reformation for him . denies this , and the knight dips his right hand into his comrade 's blood and wipes it across 's white surplice , telling him he now looks like a butcher . stares silently . The film will return to this scene at this very point after the presentation of all the events of the story that precede it ( 1506–1525 ) . 
 The scene shifts to the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt in 1506 , when becomes a full - fledged monk of the Order of Eremites of St. Augustine at the completion of his novitiate . Following the vesting of the new monk the young knight takes on the role of narrator and commentator for the rest of the film , explaining that had become a monk to protect his soul from demonic attack and that he sought to outdo his brothers in the " counsels of perfection " in order to suppress internal murmurings of doubt . is shown serving his brothers in the refectory , cleaning the cloister 's latrines , washing the dishes , shivering in cold as he tries to sleep in his cell , and pacing back and forth in prayer . An important line of 's at this point is , " I am afraid of the darkness and the hole in it ... and there 's no bottom to it ! " He is so overwhelmed by his own sinfulness that he all but bursts open when he is making his confession . In a daily office he leaves the stalls where his brother monks are chanting a psalm , and he collapses in a fit before the altar . The knight reports that he suffered in that way for months but that he was able to cope with his doubts by " dropping them " from out of his head and into his bowels , i.e. , becoming constipated . 
 is then shown in his cell just before his first mass . His friend Brother comes in to tell him that his father has come to attend . In the course of vesting , has him confess the Apostles ' Creed , repeating twice the article , " the forgiveness of sins " to bring home to that he is expected to believe that his sins are forgiven if he confesses this creed . This is the first time in the film that is confronted . In this confrontation ends by telling , " is n't angry with you . It is you that are angry with him . " 
 When leaves , imagines he sees as a fearful judge seated on a rainbow with a sword poised to punish him . This image takes him into the saying of his first mass , which he does poorly by seeming to forget the words of the liturgy . He then faces his father at the reception in the refectory . When father and son are left alone , scolds his son for failing to keep the commandment to honor father and mother when he left the study of law to enter the convent . He also tells him that he believes that is murdering himself in the convent . This is the second confrontation . defends himself by affirming that he did see a vision in the thunderstorm that moved him to make a promise to St. Anne to become a monk . He also shares how he felt closest to his father . 
 The knight begins the next segment with the statement : " So the praising ended , and the blasphemy began . " is portrayed preaching indulgences with great pomp and circumstance . He makes the bold claim that his indulgences would even provide forgiveness for one who offered violence to the Virgin Mary . In the next scene comes upon his mentor Vicar General as he dozes under a pear tree . confronts for a third time with the accusation that he resents authority and makes it look ridiculous by his meticulous observance of his monastic rule . urges to articulate his position among his peers in Latin rather than in the vernacular German that would encourage the peasants and young knights to revolt . 
 then is shown preaching a sermon on the eve of All Saints ' Day , 1517 , in which he graphically tells how he discovered the gospel of justification by faith alone while sitting on the latrine . He declares that someone has to " bell the cat , " and with that he goes out to post his Ninety - five Theses . is then confronted for the fourth time by and at Augsburg in the fall of 1518 . warns that if he does not retract his " errors and sermons " that the unity of Christendom would be sundered . refuses , and concludes , " That man hates himself , and if he goes to the stake , , you can inscribe it : ' he could only love others . ' " 
 The next scene shows burning the bull Exsurge Domine in defiance of the pope . He then falls to the ground in a fit for a second time in the film . In a prayer he reminds that the cause he is fighting is God 's not his . He wonders if is dead , concluding that God can not die but only hide himself . 
 The famous session of the Diet of Worms is portrayed when appears for the second time . The inquisitor is portrayed as . is now confronted for the fifth time by , who interrupts his " Here I Stand " speech with the warning that the common man is so greedy as to be incited to revolt if he does not recant . refuses , and the momentousness of that action is emphasized in the film . The young knight exults in the moment : if wanted to he could have led a successful revolt against established authority . The knight breaks off his ardor by disgustedly stating that issued a plea for the extermination of the rebels , his Against the Murderous , Thieving Hordes of Peasants . is portrayed as standing before the emperor and the princes declaiming a portion of his notorious tract . The emperor and the princes walk past with their swords drawn to put down the peasants . 
 is then shown wandering through a devastated marketplace where peasants had been slaughtered . He is brought once again to where he had been confronted by the young knight , who wipes blood across his surplice : is confronted for the fifth time . defends himself with the assertion : " is the butcher . Address your abuse to him . " then tells the story of the Sacrifice of Isaac by , concluding that God gives life when nothing seems imminent but death . 
 is confronted for the seventh and final time by old who has come to visit and his wife . admits that the peasants had just cause but that as a mob they were against . is relieved to hear that was not sure when he took his stand at Worms . prays , " Help my unbelief . " comes in with their infant son , who can not get to sleep . repeats his superstition that passing air in the devil 's face wards him off : going from being anal retentive to being anal expulsive shows one has overcome one 's doubts and fears . In the final scene takes the baby into his pulpit and assures him that " the dark is n't quite as thick as all that , " that they should hope that will be true to his word , " A little while and you 'll not see me , and then again a little and you shall see me " ( 16:16 ) .

Mobster ( ) drives away from court and an angry mob after being acquitted on a legal technicality . An SFPD motorcycle cop stops ’s limo for a minor traffic violation . Suddenly , the patrolman pulls his service revolver , shoots all four men in the car , and rides away . 
 Inspector ( ) and his partner ( ) visit the crime scene , despite being on stakeout duty . 's superior , Lieutenant ( ) dismisses them , seeing and his tactics as reckless and dangerous . , in turn , quips , " A good man always knows his limitations , " mocking ' pride in not ever drawing his gun in the line of duty . and then stumble upon a hijacking attempt at the airport ; poses as a pilot and stops the two would - be terrorists . 
 Rookie cops ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) encounter at an indoor firing range . , after demonstrating his speed and accuracy with 's gun , reveals that he is an ex - Airborne Ranger and Special Forces veteran and that the others are as good or better shots than he . The young officers ' zeal and marksmanship impress . 
 Later , a motorcycle cop slaughters a mobster 's pool party using a satchel charge and a submachine gun . Shortly afterwards , a pimp ( ) who murdered one of his prostitutes ( ) is shot dead by another motorcycle officer . realizes that the pimp had let his killer approach him and offered a bribe . He deduces that a cop is likely responsible , and suspects his old friend ( ) , who has become despondent and suicidal after leaving his wife , ( ) . 
 Another motorcycle cop murders drug kingpin ( ) and associates using a Colt Python equipped with a suppressor . However , is under surveillance and 's old partner , ( ) , sees dump his bike outside 's apartment complex just before the murders . The motorcycle cop encounters in the parking garage and kills him to eliminate a potential witness . The motorcycle cop comes out of the garage to control the crowd , takes off his helmet and it is . Meanwhile , at headquarters presents his suspicions about to , who informs him of 's death . 
 At the annual combat pistol championship , a puzzled tells that was the first officer to arrive after the murders of and . As proceeds to break 's speed and accuracy records , borrows ' Colt Python and purposely embeds a slug in a range wall . That night he retrieves the slug , and ballistics reveals that it matches those found at the and crime scenes . begins to suspect that a secret death squad within the department is responsible for the murders . 
 ignores 's suspicions and insists that mob killer ( ) is behind the deaths . When obtains a warrant for 's arrest and tells to lead the raid , requests and as backup . and his gang are tipped off via a phone call and arm themselves ; in the ensuing gunfight is killed , along with and all his men . A search of 's offices turns up nothing that would incriminate him , raising 's suspicions further . 
 The three remaining renegade cops confront in his garage complex . They present with a veiled ultimatum to join their organization : " Either you 're for us or you 're against us . " He responds , " I ’m afraid you 've misjudged me . " While checking his mailbox , discovers a bomb left by the vigilantes and manages to defuse it , but a second bomb kills as phones to warn him . 
 summons and shows him the bomb . While driving to City Hall , suddenly draws his revolver and forces to disarm , revealing himself as the leader of the death squad . He cites the traditions of frontier justice and summary executions , and expresses disappointment for 's refusal to join his squad . appears behind the car , following along as backup . 
 distracts by sideswiping a bus and beats him unconscious . gives chase and shoots out the car 's rear windshield before manages to run him over . The two remaining motorcycle cops appear and flees onto an old aircraft carrier in a shipbreaker 's yard . As they stalk through the darkened ship , shoots recklessly and runs out of ammunition , allowing to ambush and beat him to death . runs onto the top deck and starts up 's motorcycle , leading in a series of jumps between ships before the two run out of deck space . manages to skid to a stop , but falls to his death . 
 makes his way back to the car , but a bloodied appears , intending to prosecute him for killing the vigilante police officers rather than just shoot him dead . As backs away from the car , he surreptitiously activates the timer on the mail bomb and tosses it in the back seat . is driving away when the car explodes , killing him . " Man 's got to know his limitations " , quips again , before walking away .

Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, Tim Matheson, David Soul, Robert Urich

is a young Italian - American man in New York City . He is hampered by his feeling of responsibility towards his reckless younger friend , a small - time gambler who owes money to many loan sharks . 
 works for his uncle , a powerful loan shark and political fixer , mostly collecting debts . He is also having a secret affair with cousin , who has epilepsy and is ostracized because of her condition — especially by 's uncle . 's uncle also wants not to be such close friends with , saying " Honorable men go with honorable men . " 
 is torn between his devout Catholicism and his illicit work for his uncle . becomes increasingly self - destructive and disrespectful of his creditors . Failing to receive redemption in the church , seeks it through sacrificing himself on 's behalf . 
 At a bar , , a small time loan shark , comes looking for to " pay up " . To his surprise , insults him . lunges at , who pulls a gun . After a tense standoff , walks away , and convinces that they should leave town for a brief period . insists on coming with them . borrows a car and they drive off , leaving the neighborhood without incident . 
 A car that has been following them suddenly pulls up , at the wheel and his henchman , , in the backseat . fires several shots at 's car , hitting in the neck and in the hand , causing to crash the car . An ambulance and police arrive at the scene , and paramedics take and away .

Con man ( ) meets 9 - year - old ( ) at 's mother 's graveside service , where the neighbors suspect he is 's father . He denies this , but agrees to deliver the orphaned to her aunt 's home in St. Joseph , Missouri . 
 At a local grain mill , convinces the brother of the man who accidentally killed 's mother to give him two hundred dollars for the newly orphaned . overhears this conversation and , after spends nearly half the money fixing his used Model A convertible , later demands the money , whereupon agrees to travel with until he has raised two hundred dollars to give to her . Thereafter visits recently widowed women , pretending to have recently sold an expensive , personalized Bible to the deceased husband , and the widows pay him for the bibles inscribed with their names . joins the scam , pretending she is his daughter , and exhibits a talent for confidence tricks , cheating a cotton candy vendor out of a large sum of money . As time passes , and become a formidable team . 
 One night , and " " ( as addresses him ) stop at a local carnival , where becomes enthralled with an " exotic dancer " named Miss ( ) , and leaves at a photo booth to have her photograph taken alone ( of herself sitting on a crescent moon , to suggest the film 's title ) . Much to 's chagrin , invites " Miss Trixie"—and her downtrodden African American maid ( join him and . soon becomes friends with and becomes jealous of . When subsequently discovers that has spent their money on a brand - new car to impress Miss , she and devise a plan . They convince a clerk at the hotel the group are staying at to pay a visit to , and sends up to 's room where he discovers the clerk and having sex , whereupon leaves Miss and behind , while leaves enough money to pay for her own passage home . 
 At a hotel in Kansas finds a bootlegger 's store of whiskey , steals some of it , and sells it back to the bootlegger . Unfortunately the bootlegger 's brother is the sheriff , who quickly arrests and . hides their money , steals back the key to their car , and the pair escape . To elude pursuit , they trade their new car for a decrepit Model T farm truck after beats a hillbilly in a " wrasslin ' match . " The sheriff finds them in Missouri and , unable to arrest , he and his cohorts beat and rob him . Humiliated , drops at her aunt 's house in St Joseph but , disappointed , rejoins him on the road . When he refuses her company she reminds him that he still owes her two hundred dollars and reveals that his truck has rolled away without him , whereupon they leave together .

( ) , a safecracker nicknamed because of the butterfly tattoo on his chest , is wrongly convicted of murdering a pimp . In 1933 he is sentenced to life imprisonment within the penal system in French Guiana . En route , he meets a fellow convict , ( ) , a forger and embezzler who is convinced that his wife will secure his release . offers to protect if he will underwrite the former 's escape once they reach French Guiana . Enduring the horrors of life in a jungle labor camp , the two eventually develop a friendship . 
 One day , defends from a sadistic guard and escapes into the jungle , but is captured and sentenced to solitary confinement . In gratitude , has extra food smuggled to . When the smuggling is discovered , the warden screens 's cell in darkness for six months and cuts his rations in half , believing that it will force him to reveal his benefactor . Though emaciated and half - insane , and reduced to eating insects to survive , refuses to give up . 
 After two years he is released and sent to the infirmary in St - Laurent - du - Maroni to recover . sees again and asks him to help arrange for another escape attempt . arranges for him to meet an inmate doctor , who offers to secure them a boat on the outside with the help of a man named . Fellow prisoner ( ) , and a homosexual orderly named ( ) join the escape plot . 
 During the escape , is knocked unconscious by a guard . Forced to subdue the guard , reluctantly joins and , and the three climb the walls to the outside . fractures his ankle in the fall . The trio meet and the men escape into the night . In the jungle the next day , delivers the prisoners to their boat . After he leaves they discover that it is a fake . They encounter a local trapper ( ) , who reveals that he had killed the bounty hunters that were waiting for them , and guides the three to a nearby leper colony , where they obtain supplies and a seaworthy boat . 
 The trio eventually land in Honduras , and are accosted by a group of soldiers , who open fire and wound . He is captured along with , still crippled by his broken ankle , while is forced to flee . evades the soldiers and lives for a long period with a native tribe ; he awakens one morning to find them gone , leaving him with a small sack of pearls . travels to a police checkpoint and pays a nun to take him to her convent . There he asks the Mother Superior for refuge , but she instead turns him over to the authorities . 
 is brought back to French Guiana and sentenced to another five years of solitary confinement . He emerges a graying old man along with , whom he sees just before he dies . is then moved to the remote Devil 's Island , where he reunites with , who has long given up all hope of being released . From a high cliff , observes a small cove where he discovers that the waves are powerful enough to carry a man out to sea and to the nearby mainland . 
 urges to join him in another escape , and the men make two floats out of bagged up coconuts . As they stand on the cliff side , decides not to escape and begs not to either . embraces a final time , and then leaps from the cliff . Grasping his float , he is successfully carried out to sea . 
 A narrator states that made it to freedom , and lived the rest of his life a free man . Footage of the real prison plays over the end credits , which is shown to be abandoned and covered in jungle growth .

In 1881 in Old Fort Sumner , New Mexico , , known as ( ) , is passing the time with friends shooting chickens for fun . An old friend of 's , ( ) , rides into town with Deputy Sheriff ( ) and joins the diversion . Later , over drinks , informs that the electorate want him out of the country , and that in five days , when he becomes Sheriff of Lincoln County , he will make leave . 
 Six days later , and his deputies surround the small farmhouse where and his gang are holed up . In the ensuing gun battle , ( ) and several other men on both sides are killed , and is taken prisoner . As awaits his execution in the Lincoln County Jail for the killing of , he is taunted and beaten by self - righteous Deputy Sheriff ( ) while the hangman 's gallows are being built nearby . warns not to taunt again or he will be fired and sent back to Texas ; then , leaves town to collect taxes leaving his two deputies to guard . again argues with but after intervenes , leaves to get a drink . finds a gun hidden for him in the outhouse and gets the drop on , shooting him in the back . He quickly retrieves 's shotgun loaded with " sixteen thin dimes " and shoots dead in the street , saying , " Keep the change , . " leaves town . 
 After returns to Lincoln and recruits a new deputy sheriff named ( ) , he rides to Santa Fe to meet with Governor ( ) who introduces him to a pair of powerful men from the Santa Fe Ring . They offer a thousand dollars for the capture of with five hundred dollars upfront . rejects the money saying they can pay him in full when is brought in and warns them that he will be successful as long as another cattle war is not started . 
 returns to his gang at Old Fort Sumner , where he decides to lie back for a few days . He is confronted by three strangers looking to kill him ; all three are killed in the subsequent shootout , helped by another stranger called ( ) , who kills one of the men with a knife through the neck . had witnessed 's escape from the Lincoln County Jail . 
 meets up with Sheriff ( ) , hoping he can provide information on 's whereabouts . and his wife ( ) go with to arrest some of 's old gang . In a gunfight , the gang members including ( ) are killed and is mortally wounded . 's wife comforts the dying lawman as he waits to die by a river . Later that evening , watches a barge floating down a river with a man shooting bottles in the water . and the two face off briefly from a distance before lowering their rifles . 
 is joined by a glory - seeking ( ) , who works for the Santa Fe Ring . The two ride southwest to meet ( ) , a powerful cattle baron , who informs them that has been rustling his cattle again and killed some of his men . Billy once worked for him and claims owes him back salary . 
 Anticipating 's arrival in Old Fort Sumner , 's friend ( ) and his family leave for Mexico , soon followed by . Along the way , stops at the Horrell Trading Post , which is owned by an old friend . By chance , ( ) is hosting 's new deputy , . After they finish eating , and step outside for a duel at ten paces , with shooting dead . Meanwhile , and arrive at a saloon . tells to ride on without him and that will pick him up in Roswell in five or six days . Three members of 's gang come into the saloon . After taunting ( ) and getting him drunk , shoots him dead after he pulls a knife . He tells to give a message that they had " a little drink together " . 
 rides to Roswell ahead of to gather more clues on 's whereabouts . beats up a prostitute named ( ) and learns from her that is in Fort Sumner . arrives in Roswell to find naked and in bed with several prostitutes , and confirms that is in Fort Sumner . recruits an old friend he helped become a sheriff and along with rides to Fort Sumner to find . 
 and his girlfriend , the daughter of , have sex as and his two deputies arrive . goes to get some meat and seeing 's deputies , backs into a bedroom where shoots him . angrily hits for attempting to cut off 's trigger finger . He stays on the porch until morning , when the townspeople of Fort Sumner , having heard the news of his death , gather to see 's lifeless body . mounts his horse and rides out of town , with a small boy throwing stones at him . 
 Twenty - eight years later in 1909 , near Las Cruces , New Mexico , is riding with some associates when he is ambushed and killed by men working for the Santa Fe Ring .

James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan, John Beck, Slim Pickens, Katy Jurado, Jack Elam, Chill Wills

( ) is an experienced but retiring Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) agent and assassin who is training free - lance hit - man ( ) ( alias " " ) to replace him . is teaching him as much about protecting himself from his patrons and never trusting anyone as how to get away clean . 
 The CIA tells to kill for suspected treason and collaboration with the Russians . is threatened with jail on a false narcotics charge if he does n't cooperate . follows ' trail across Europe . intends to bring his wife out from the country and get out from the spy - business . Despite blown covers , and many failed CIA attempts to ambush him , manages to stay one step ahead of his pursuers . 
 In a failed break - in at 's home , CIA agents shoot and kill his wife ( ) , causing to go back to America . He rejects protection from his Russian ally , whose agency wants to know secrets he knows as a senior field agent . helps to cover his tracks and reach America . successfully evades capture / detection by the CIA and manages to kill the agency director responsible for his wife 's death . CIA wants ' head on a platter and contracts again for the same . 
 The new CIA director and 's handler , shows him evidence that might have collaborated in the past with other foreign agents and was able to make a hefty sum from it . comes to know his girlfriend is working with . 
 Enraged by this perfidy , corners and and kills his girlfriend instantly without remorse . However , says she was a Czech courier and he is just a middleman between their agency for staying in the game and did n't betray . finishes off after hearing his last words of wisdom . Moments later , is also assassinated , as said he would be , when " They " were done with him . The viewer is left to speculate on who is behind 's death .

Working as a uniformed patrolman , excels at every assignment . He moves on to plainclothes assignments , where he slowly discovers a hidden world of corruption and graft among his own colleagues . After witnessing cops commit violence , take payoffs , and other forms of police corruption , decides to expose what he has seen , but is harassed and threatened by his peers . His struggle leads to infighting within the police force , problems in his personal relationships , and his life being threatened . Finally , after being shot in the face during a drug bust on February 3 , 1971 , he testifies before the Knapp Commission , a government inquiry into NYPD police corruption between 1970 and 1972 . After receiving a New York City Police Department Medal of Honor and a disability pension , resigns from the force and moves to Switzerland .

Advertising salesman ( ) is the victim of a prank on a Candid Camera - style television show and wins a dinner for two at a New York restaurant . He takes with him ( ) , a naive young Canadian model and aspiring actress who was hired as part of the prank . At dinner , they are interrupted by 's ex - husband ( ) , but has him thrown out by security . They arrive to 's Staten Island apartment , but spot waiting outside ; pretends to leave to lure him away , then returns through the back entrance and the two make love on the living room sofa . 
 The next morning , wakes and feels unwell . overhears an argument between her and her sister in the bedroom , and accidentally knocks 's pills down a drain . explains to that her twin sister had arrived to visit because it is their birthday , and also asks him to go to the drug store to pick up some more pills . He does so , and also buys a birthday cake for the two . When he returns , he is suddenly stabbed to death by , who is crazed and delirious . The murder is witnessed by ( ) , a reporter who lives in an apartment across the way , who calls the police . knocks on 's door and finds the scene , then helps her clean up the blood and hide 's body in the retractable couch . Two detectives arrive but are unhelpful and resentful toward because of an article she had previously written about police brutality . accompanies them on a search through 's apartment , who testifies that she had been alone all morning and the previous night ; they find no evidence , while finds the birthday cake with 's and 's names written on it , but trips and destroys the cake before she can show it to the detectives . 
 is convinced that is hiding the murderer , and convinces her editor to let her investigate the story . He agrees , but forces her to take along ( ) , a private investigator . He searches 's apartment under the guise of a window cleaner , and is convinced that the body is hidden inside the couch due to its unnatural weight , but is interrupted by moving men who are directed to remove the couch . follows the moving truck , while discovers that and were Canada 's first conjoined twins . was very shy while was talkative and outgoing . They were separated only recently , but died during the operation . then tails and to a mental hospital and witnesses him subdue and sedate her , but is caught . , a doctor at the hospital , convinces the staff that is a new patient and has her locked in a room where he hypnotises her , telling her that the murder did not happen . 
 has a bizarre dream about the twin 's past and their separation . She wakes screaming hysterically only to have coax her back to sleep . says that she wants while reminds her that is dead . refuses to believe it , afraid will kill him . makes her relax and tells her that whenever he tried to make love to her 's angry persona took control over her . And all he could do was give her the pills to keep her sedated . tells that he loves her and they kiss passionately . takes control of once again . After a struggle attempts to interrogate her about the murder but she cuts him in the inner groin with a scalpel and he bleeds to death over her . reawakens with lying dead on top of her and embraces his body . awakens too , when she sees hugging the dead , she screams in horror . The police arrest who denies that she committed any murders and that her sister died last spring . 
 Later , is interviewed by a detective about the death of , but still under 's hypnosis , she completely denies her previous accusations . The final scene shows , watching the sofa at a derelict train station in Canada while perched on a telephone pole .

( ) , a jazz musician and owner of the " Happy Carrot " health - food store in 1973 , is subjected to cryopreservation without his consent , and not revived for 200 years.[2 ] The scientists who revive him are members of a rebellion : 22nd - century America seems to be a police state , ruled by a dictator known only as " The Leader " , about to implement a secret plan known as the " Aries Project " . The rebels hope to use as a spy to infiltrate the Aries Project , because he is the only member of this society without a known biometric identity . 
 The authorities discover the scientists ' project , and arrest them . escapes by disguising himself as a robot , and goes to work as a butler in the house of socialite ( ) . When decides to have his head replaced with something more " aesthetically pleasing , " reveals his true identity to her , whereupon threatens to give to the authorities . In response , he kidnaps her and goes on the run , searching for the Aries Project . 
 and fall in love , but is captured and brainwashed into becoming a complacent member of the society , while joins the rebellion . The rebels kidnap and perform reverse - brainwashing , whereupon he remembers his past and joins their efforts . becomes jealous when he catches kissing the rebel leader , ( ) , and she tells him that she believes in free love . 
 and infiltrate the Aries Project , wherein they quickly learn that the national Leader had been killed by a rebel bomb ten months previously . All that survives is his nose . Other members of the Aries Project , mistaking and for doctors , expect them to clone the leader from this single remaining part . steals the nose and " assassinates " it by dropping it in the path of a road roller . 
 After escaping , and debate their future together . He tells her that will inevitably become as corrupt as the Leader . and confess their love for one another , but she claims that science has proven men and women can not have meaningful relationships due to chemical incompatibilities . dismisses this , saying that he does not believe in science , and points out that he does not believe in God or political systems either . asks if there is anything he does believe in , and he responds , " Sex and death — two things that come once in a lifetime — but at least after death you 're not nauseous . "[3 ] The film ends as the two embrace and kiss for the first time .

Car thief gets a parole from a penitentiary . He intends to go straight , but first he goes directly to see an old friend , only to be shocked to see get shot . 's dying words tell to find , a guy who supposedly knows where to find a stash of stolen cash that has hidden . Instead of dying slowly , blows himself up with dynamite . As flees the scene , a black van lurks in the trees . 
 Dick hitches a ride with , who starts out as a friendly free spirit , then turns into a nut case who robs a diner where she and go to eat . flees during her robbery and catches a passing bus . 
 turns out to be a small - time bandleader . He explains to that he and embezzled $ 320,000 , and paid a man named to stash it for them . He and his wife take to go get the money . They travel by car , with an Air Stream Land Yacht in tow . At 's office , they find a man named who tells them that moved to Pismo Beach . 
 As they follow 's trail , the trio worry about the black camper van that seems to follow them . It is labelled Willow Camp for Boys and Girls . At the beach , finds out that is now in Susanville . Somehow , tracks down and joins the crew . An identical black van joins the first , and when disappears , and the women become convinced that he is in one of the vans . 
 They track the vans to a trailer camp , and realizes that they are being followed by people he has encountered throughout the entire trip . creates a distraction which allows them to evade capture . One of the black vans leaves the camp in a hurry , and pursues them . In the ensuing chase , the other black van eventually catches up and drives and the trailer off the road . He creates a roadblock and forces the black van to crash into a waste pit . 
 In a shootout with one of the men from the van , wounds his attacker and tracks him to a roadside vegetable stand . The wounded man is , who confesses that he is really . He put all the money into the camp , but the location was n't suitable , and the business failed . arrives in a tow truck , revealing that he had simply gone for a tuna sandwich when and the women thought he was abducted . He is thrilled to learn that the money was used to buy land . walks away in disgust at the whole mess while plots with his wife about how to manage the land .

The 20th century 's industrialization led to overcrowding , pollution and global warming due to the greenhouse effect . In 2022 , 40 million people live in New York City ; housing is dilapidated ; homeless people fill the streets ; many are unemployed ; those few with jobs are only barely scraping by and food and working technology are scarce with most of the population surviving on rations produced by the Soylent Corporation . Their latest product is Soylent Green , a green wafer advertised to contain " high - energy plankton " from the World Ocean , more nutritious and palatable than its predecessors " Red " and " Yellow " but in short supply . 
 New York City Police Department detective lives with his aged friend and police analyst , . remembers life before its current state and often waxes nostalgic . He is well - educated and has a small library of reference materials to assist . While investigating the murder of , a member of the wealthy elite , questions a concubine , , and 's bodyguard , , who was escorting when the murder took place . searches 's apartment for clues and helps himself to 's whisky , fresh produce , and beef . 
 gives the classified Soylent Oceanographic Survey Report he found in 's apartment . 's research reveals was a member of the board of Soylent . tells his lieutenant , , that he suspects an assassination : nothing had been stolen from the apartment , security was absent , and the perpetrator used a meat hook instead of a gun to make it look like was killed in a burglary . , suspecting as one of 's murderers , visits 's apartment and interrogates 's concubine , , helping himself to a teaspoon of strawberry jam , later identified by as too great a luxury for the concubine of a bodyguard to afford . reveals that became troubled in the days before his death . questions a Catholic priest that visited ; the priest first fails to remember and is then unable to describe the confession . later murders the priest . 
 Governor closes the investigation , but ignores this and the Soylent Corporation dispatches 's murderer to kill . He tracks to a ration distribution center , where police officers are providing security . When the Soylent Green there is exhausted , the crowd riots . The assassin attempts to kill Thorn in the confusion but is crushed by a " scoop " crowd - dispersion vehicle . In retaliation , assaults and threatens both and ; warning and his accomplices not to follow him and returning to , with whom he has established a sexual relationship . 
 takes Soylent 's oceanographic reports to a group of researchers , who agree that the oceans no longer produce the plankton from which Soylent Green is reputedly made , and infer that it is produced from human remains , the only conceivable supply of protein matching the known production . They also deduce that was murdered by the corporation because he had found this out from the reports and his influence inside the corporation . is so disgusted with his degraded life in a degraded world that he seeks assisted suicide at a government clinic . 
 rushes to stop him , but arrives too late . is mesmerized by the euthanasia process ' visual and musical montage – extinct forests , wild animals , rivers and ocean life . Before dying , he tells his discovery and begs him to expose the truth . boards a human disposal truck to the disposal center , where he sees the human corpses converted into Soylent Green , but is spotted and has to flee . 
 Returning to make his report , he is ambushed by and others . In the ensuing firefight , kills his attackers but is himself wounded . When arrives , he tells him what he has discovered and urges him to tell the researchers so that they can make a case against Soylent and to spread the truth about Soylent Green . promises that he will . is taken away by paramedics , shouting out : " Soylent Green is people ! "

Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Edward G. Robinson

at his wife 's behest , retires from the professional wrestling ring and moves back to Tennessee to start a logging business with his father , . 
 With a friend , he visits a gambling and prostitution establishment , the Lucky Spot , and is beaten up after catching the house cheating at craps . is seriously injured with a knife and receives over 200 stitches . He complains to the sheriff but is ignored , and soon becomes aware of the rampant corruption in McNairy County . Later , working at his father 's lumber mill , makes a club out of a tree branch . Late one night , waits until after the Lucky Spot is closed and beats up the same thugs that left him for dead . The next day , is arrested and represents himself at trial . At one point , he rips off his shirt and shows the jury his scars . He informs them that " If you let them do this to me and get away with it , then you 're giving them the eternal right to do the same damn thing to any one of you ! " The jury finds not guilty , and he decides to clean up the county and runs for sheriff . The campaign is contentious against the incumbent sheriff who is killed trying to run off the road . is elected , and becomes famous for being incorruptible , intolerant of crime , and for his array of four - foot hickory clubs which he uses to great effect in dispatching criminals and destroying their clandestine gambling dens and illegal distilleries . 
 Some residents praise as an honest cop in a crooked town ; others denounce him as a bully willing to break some laws to uphold others . is betrayed by one of his deputies and is attacked several times . Finally , he and are ambushed in their car . is killed and is seriously injured . He is admitted to the hospital after being shot and while still in a neck and face cast , attends his wife 's funeral . Afterward he rams a sheriff cruiser through the front doors of the Lucky Spot , killing two of his would - be assassins . 
 As he leaves with two deputies , the townspeople arrive and begin throwing the gambling tables out into the parking lot . They light a bonfire as an overwhelmed wipes tears from his eyes .

In the then - future year of 1983 , a high - tech , highly realistic adult amusement park called Delos features three themed " worlds"—Westworld ( the American Old West ) , Medievalworld ( medieval Europe ) , and Romanworld ( the ancient Roman city of Pompeii ) . The resort 's three " worlds " are populated with lifelike androids that are practically indistinguishable from human beings , each programmed in character for their assigned historical environment . For $ 1,000 per day , guests may indulge in any adventure with the android population of the park , including sexual encounters and even a simulated fight to the death . Delos 's tagline in its advertising promises , " Boy , have we got a vacation for you ! " 
 ( ) , a first - time Delos visitor , and his friend ( ) , on a repeat visit , go to Westworld . One of the attractions is the Gunslinger ( Brynner ) , a robot programmed to instigate gunfights . The firearms issued to the park guests have temperature sensors that prevent them from shooting humans or anything with a high body temperature but allow them to ' kill ' the cold - blooded androids . The Gunslinger 's programming allows guests to draw their guns and kill it , with the robot always returning the next day for another duel . 
 The technicians running Delos notice problems beginning to spread like an infection among the androids : the robots in Roman World and Medieval World begin experiencing an increasing number of breakdowns and systemic failures , which are said to have spread to Westworld . When one of the supervising computer scientists scoffs at the " analogy of an infectious disease , " he is told by the chief supervisor ( ) , " We are n't dealing with ordinary machines here . These are highly complicated pieces of equipment , almost as complicated as living organisms . In some cases , they 've been designed by other computers . We do n't know exactly how they work . " 
 The malfunctions become more serious when a robotic rattlesnake bites in Westworld , and , against its programming , an android refuses a guest 's advances in Medieval World . The failures escalate until Medieval World 's Black Knight robot kills a guest in a swordfight . The resort 's supervisors try to regain control by shutting down power to the entire park . However , the shutdown traps them in central control when the doors automatically lock , unable to turn the power back on and escape . Meanwhile , the robots in all three worlds run amok , operating on reserve power . 
 and , recovering from a drunken bar - room brawl , wake up in Westworld 's bordello , unaware of the park 's massive breakdown . When the Gunslinger challenges the men to a showdown , treats the confrontation as an amusement until the robot outdraws and shoots , killing him . runs for his life and the robot implacably follows . 
 flees to the other areas of the park , but finds only dead guests , damaged robots , and a panicked technician attempting to escape who is shortly thereafter shot by the Gunslinger . climbs down through a manhole in Roman World into the underground control complex and discovers that the resort 's computer technicians suffocated in the control room when the ventilation system shut down . The Gunslinger stalks him through the underground corridors so he runs away until he enters a robot - repair lab . When the Gunslinger comes into the room , pretends to be a robot , throws acid into its face , and flees , returning to the surface inside the Medieval World castle . 
 With its optical inputs damaged by the acid , the Gunslinger is unable to track him visually and tries to find using its infrared scanners . stands beneath the flaming torches of the Great Hall to mask his presence from the robot , before setting it on fire with one of the torches . The burned shell of the Gunslinger attacks him on the dungeon steps before succumbing to its damage . sits on the dungeon steps in a state of near - exhaustion and shock , as the irony of Delos 's slogan resonates : " Boy , have we got a vacation for you ! "

Columbia Air Lines ' Flight 409 is a Boeing 747 - 100 on a red - eye route from Washington Dulles International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport . , meanwhile , is a New Mexican businessman flying his private Beechcraft Baron to an urgent sales meeting in Boise , Idaho . However , an occluded front has the entire West Coast socked in , with Los Angeles reporting zero visibility . Columbia 409 and 's Beechcraft are both diverted to Salt Lake City International Airport . 
 Salt Lake air traffic control assigns Columbia 409 to land ahead of 's Beechcraft . As Columbia 409 is about to start its descent , First Officer unlocks himself from his seat to check out a vibration . Just then , Freeman suffers a heart attack and unknowingly descends into the approach of Columbia 409 . The Beechcraft slams into Columbia 409 just above the co - pilot seat , blowing out of the plane to his death , destroying most of the Flight Engineer 's panel and fatally injuring Flight Engineer . Captain is struck in the face by debris and is blinded . , the First Stewardess , rushes to the flight deck , to find Flight Engineer dead , First Officer gone and Captain injured . Although severely injured and blinded , he is still alive . Using the last of his strength , Captain is able to engage the autopilot and the altitude hold switch before losing consciousness . 
 informs the Salt Lake control tower that the crew is dead or badly injured and that there is no one to fly the plane . She gives an assessment of the damage as a large hole on the right side of the flight deck that destroyed most of the instrument gauges over the engineer station . , Columbia 's Vice President of Operations , is apprised of Columbia 409 's situation . He seeks the advice of Captain , Columbia 's chief flight instructor , who also happens to be boyfriend , even though their relationship was " on the rocks " at that time . 
 and take the airline 's executive jet to Salt Lake . En route , they communicate with , learning that the autopilot is keeping the aircraft in level flight , but it is inoperable for turns . The jet is heading into the Wasatch Mountains , so starts to guide by radio on how to perform the turn when radio communications are interrupted and the Salt Lake tower is unable to restore contact . 
 Unable to turn , leaking fuel and dodging the peaks of the Wasatch Mountains , an air - to - air rescue attempt is undertaken from a HH-53 helicopter flown by the USAF Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service . While a replacement pilot is preparing to be released on a tether from the helicopter to Columbia 409 , Captain is able to give a cryptic clue regarding the decrease in airspeed during a climb in altitude . realizes that she must accelerate to be able to climb over the mountain and successfully does so . After Columbia 409 has leveled off , the replacement pilot is released towards the stricken airliner . Just as is helping him in , the release cord from his harness becomes caught in the jagged metal surrounding the hole in the cockpit . As he climbs in , his harness is released from the tether and he falls from the aircraft . 
 The only other person on the helicopter who can land a 747 is Captain . He is tethered to the helicopter , lowered to the jet and successfully enters it through the hole in the cockpit . He then lands the plane safely at Salt Lake City Airport , where the flight attendants successfully conduct an emergency evacuation of the passengers via the inflatable slides as and reconcile .

Charlton Heston, Karen Black, Gloria Swanson, George Kennedy, Susan Clark, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Linda Blair, Sid Caesar, Myrna Loy

When Socorro , New Mexico housewife 's uncaring husband is killed in an auto accident , she decides to have a garage sale , pack what 's left of her meager belongings , and take her precocious son to her childhood hometown of Monterey , California , where she hopes to pursue the singing career she abandoned when she married . 
 Their financial situation forces them to take temporary lodgings in Phoenix , Arizona , where she finds work as a lounge singer in a seedy bar . There she meets , who uses his charm to lure her into a sexual relationship that comes to a sudden end when his wife confronts . breaks into 's apartment while is there and physically assaults for interfering with his extramarital affair . When tells to calm down , he threatens her also and further smashes up the apartment . Fearing for their safety , and quickly leave town . 
 Having spent most of the little money she earned on a new wardrobe , is forced to delay her journey to the West Coast and accept a job as a waitress in Tucson so she can accumulate more cash . At the local diner owned by , she eventually bonds with her fellow servers - independent , no - nonsense , outspoken and quiet , timid , incompetent — and meets divorced local rancher , who soon realizes the way to 's heart is through . 
 Still emotionally wounded from the difficult relationship she had with her uncommunicative husband and the frightening encounter she had with , is hesitant to get involved with another man so quickly . However , she finds out that is a good influence on , who has befriended wisecracking , shoplifting , Ripple - guzzling , a slightly older girl forced to fend for herself while her mother makes a living as a prostitute . 
 and warily fall in love , but their relationship is threatened when objects to his discipline of the perpetually bratty . The two reconcile , and offers to sell his ranch and move to Monterey so can try to fulfill her childhood dream of becoming another Alice Faye . In the end , decides to stay in Tucson , coming to the conclusion that she can become a singer anywhere .

Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Diane Ladd, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Curtin, Vic Tayback, Alfred Lutter, Jodie Foster

, a stray dog who lives in an abandoned house on the outskirts of a small town , sets about his daily ritual of visiting human friends ; he has no fixed home but he desires one , and he likes the children of the family ( and 's ) best ( the housekeeper ) ( ) feeds him , but she knows that the childrens ' father must not find out about him ( he 'll fire her on the spot ) and one day their father is about to appear so they hide him under the table . After outwitting Dr. ( ) , the children leave for school and explains to that Dr. stubbornly dislikes dogs , but he is a nice man . Continuing on his route , chases a cat and greets Officer ( ) , who announces his wedding engagement and tells that he , too , will soon meet the lady of his dreams . At Bill ’s Café , wakes Bill ( ) from his morning nap and receives a bone as payment . Returning home , finds three suspicious characters , ( ) , ( ) and ( ) , breaking in . Although and are spooked by legends that the house is haunted , intends to propose the location as a hideout to their boss ( ) , mastermind of their illicit activities . leaves a bag of groceries behind and eagerly consumes an open pudding cup . 
 The next morning at the home , the children brush , hoping their father will accept him into the family , but tells them that the doctor will not change his mind . After impressing his human friends with his new hairstyle , encounters a pretty white dog in the park who is scavenging through his favorite trashcan . presents her with the bone he received from and she follows him back to the house where brushes her , brings her food and names her Tiffany after the jewelry store . and frolic in the park , but when they return to ’s home , they find that and have returned . points out that ’s groceries have been overturned and becomes increasingly anxious that the house is haunted . As and arrive to survey the property , tells that a pudding cup is missing , but warns him against upsetting their plans . 
 The following morning , Dr. tells his despondent children that carries diseases and forbids them from keeping him as a pet , in spite of 's tearful pleas . Later , writes a ransom note to extort money from Dr. by threatening his children , but throws it on the ground , writes a new one , and orders to deliver it when he gives him the signal . Meanwhile , surprises and by actually kidnapping the children . races to the home to tell the humans , but is shooed out by , not understanding his message . returns to steal the ransom note , hoping that by doing that , he 'll make the police follow him to the source of trouble but he is stopped and the note is taken from him . is at a loss at what to do next . He then follows Officer into the police station , but gets locked in but he barks through an intercom and is released by a passing policeman . 
 Returning to the crime scene , he snatches ’s first ransom note and is grabbed by . rushes out and bites him , and gets a vicious kick in return ; she is not killed , but her leg is sore and bruised runs home where he finds that has preceded him in an attempt to cut off his efforts . She snatches the note from and puts it in her purse . He growls and barks and berates him and carries him away , but he bites her and lunges at , causing the note to fall out . reads it and finally wakes up to what has been on about and rushes it to Dr. , who demands to know where his children are , and she breaks down in tears . leads the police , FBI , Dr. and back to the hideout . Meanwhile , the kidnappers are concerned that has not returned and and argue that they should leave . As they walk outside , however , the police hold them at gunpoint and the children are reunited with their father and . Their father is so proud of the dogs he says they can stay with them permanently , much to both their and the children 's delight .

In the American frontier of 1874 , construction on a new railroad will soon be going through Rock Ridge , a town inhabited exclusively by white people with the surname . The conniving attorney general wants to force Rock Ridge 's residents to abandon their town , thereby lowering land prices . After he sends a gang of thugs , led by his flunky , to shoot the sheriff and trash the town , the townspeople demand that Governor appoint a new sheriff to protect them . persuades the dim - witted to appoint , a black railroad worker who was about to be executed for starting a fight . A black sheriff , he reasons , will offend the townspeople , create chaos , and leave the town at his mercy . 
 With his quick wits and the assistance of , an alcoholic gunslinger known as , works to overcome the townspeople 's hostile reception . He subdues , an immensely strong , dim - witted , but philosophical henchman sent to kill him , and then beats German seductress - for - hire at her own game . , furious that his schemes have backfired , hatches a larger plan involving a recruited army of thugs , including common criminals , Ku Klux Klansmen , Nazis , and Methodists . 
 Three miles east of Rock Ridge , introduces the white townspeople to the black , Chinese and Irish railroad workers — who have agreed to help in exchange for acceptance by the community — and explains his plan to defeat 's army . They labor all night to build a perfect replica of their town , as a diversion ; but with no people in it , realizes it wo n't fool the villains . While the townspeople construct replicas of themselves , , , and buy time by constructing the " Gov. William J. Le Petomane Thruway , " forcing the raiding party to turn back for " a shitload of dimes " to pay the toll . Once through the tollbooth , the raiders attack the fake town populated with dummies , which are boobytrapped with dynamite bombs . After detonates the bombs with his sharpshooting , launching bad guys and horses skyward , the Rock Ridgers storm the villains . 
 The resulting brawl between townsfolk , railroad workers , and 's thugs breaks the fourth wall , spilling onto a neighboring set where director is directing a - style top - hat - and - tails musical number ; then into the studio commissary for a food fight ; and then out of the Warner Bros. film lot into the streets of Burbank . , realizing he has been beaten , hails a taxi and orders the driver to " drive me off this picture " . He ducks into Grauman 's Chinese Theatre , which is playing the premiere of Blazing Saddles . As he settles into his seat , he sees arriving on horseback outside the theatre . Bart blocks 's escape , and then shoots him in the groin . and then go into Grauman 's to watch the end of the film , in which announces to the townspeople that he is moving on . Riding out of town , he finds , and invites him along to " nowhere special " . They ride off into the sunset in a chauffeured stretch limousine .

Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Slim Pickens, Alex Karras

, the pregnant teenage daughter of a powerful Mexican landowner known only as " El Jefe " ( Spanish for " The Boss " ) , is summoned before her father and interrogated as to the identity of her unborn child 's father . Under torture , she identifies the father as , whom had been grooming to be his successor . Infuriated , offers a $ 1 million bounty to whoever will " bring me the head of " . 
 The search progresses for two months . In Mexico City , a pair of business suit - clad , dispassionate hit men , ( ) and ( ) , enter a saloon and encounter ( ) , a retired U.S. Army officer who makes a meager living as a piano player and bar manager . The men ask about , believing they will have more luck getting answers out of a fellow American . plays dumb , saying the name is familiar but he does n't know who is . 
 It turns out that everyone in the bar knows who is ; they simply do n't know where he is . goes to meet his girlfriend , ( ) , a maid at a ghetto motel . admits to having cheated on with , who had professed his love for her , something refuses to do . informs him that died in a drunk - driving accident the previous week . 
 Excited by the possibility of making money by simply digging up the body , goes to and in the hotel room of the man who hired them , business associate ) , and makes a deal for US$ 10,000 for 's head , plus a US$ 200 advance for expenses . convinces to go on a road trip with him to visit 's grave , claiming that he only wants proof that is in fact dead and no longer a threat to their relationship . 
 En route , proposes , promising that their future will soon change , and she can retire from her cleaning job . warns against trying to upset their status quo . While having a picnic , and are accosted by two bikers , who pull guns and decide to rape . seems unsure how to react . agrees to have sex with the bikers if they spare 's life , then goes off with one of them ( ) . He rips off her shirt , lets her slap him twice , slaps her back , then walks away ; she follows . knocks the second biker ( ) unconscious , takes his gun and finds about to make love with the first biker . shoots him dead and kills the second biker as well . 
 confesses to his plan to decapitate 's corpse and sell the head for money . A disgusted , still shaken from what has just happened , begs to give up this quest and return to Mexico City , where they can be married and live a modest life of relative peace . again refuses , although he agrees to marry in the church of the town where is buried . They find 's grave , but when he opens the coffin , is struck from behind with his shovel by an unseen assailant . He wakes up to find himself half - buried in the grave with , who is dead . The corpse of has been decapitated . 
 learns from villagers that his assailants are driving a station wagon . He catches up with the men after they blow out a tire . shoots them , searches their car , and claims 's head . Stopping at a roadside restaurant , he packs the sack containing the head with ice to preserve it for the journey home . begins addressing the head as if were still alive , first blaming for 's death and then conceding that both of them probably loved her equally . 
 is ambushed by members of 's family . They re - claim the head and are about to kill when they are interrupted by the arrival of and . The hit men pretend to ask for directions . produces a sub - machine gun and murders most of the family , but is fatally shot by one of them . As sorrowfully looks at 's corpse , asks : " Do I get paid ? " Sappensly turns to shoot , but kills him . returns to Mexico City , " arguing " with 's head all the while . 
 At his apartment , gives 's head a shower and then brings it to 's hotel room . Feigning willingness to surrender the head for his $ 10,000 , reveals he is no longer motivated by money ; he says was a friend of his and demands to know why Max and the others want his head so badly . He also blames 's death on the bounty and intends to kill everyone involved . Several men pull guns , but manages to evade fire and kill them all . He takes a business card from the desk with address on it . 
 After attending the baptism for his new grandchild , greets as a hero and gives him a briefcase containing the promised million - dollar bounty . calmly relates how many people died for 's head , including his beloved . responds apathetically , telling to take his money and throw the head to the pigs on the way out . Infuriated that the object responsible for 's death is viewed as nothing more than garbage , guns down all of bodyguards . 
 enters with her newborn son , causing to hesitate shooting . She tersely urges to kill her father . obliges , taking along Garcia 's head as he leaves the scene with the words : " You take care of the boy . And I 'll take care of the father . " drives away , only to be killed by men , their machine guns tearing him to pieces .

Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Helmut Dantine, Robert Webber, Gig Young

A friendship develops between ( ) and ( ) over their mutual love of gambling . is a wisecracking joker and experienced gambler constantly looking for the next score . Initially , is not as committed a gambler ( he works at a magazine during the day ) , but he is well on his way . The two bond when they are wrongfully accused of colluding at a casino 's poker table by an irate fellow player . 
 As the two men hang out more , becomes more addicted to the gambling lifestyle . He goes into debt to ( ) , his bookie . hocks possessions to fund a trip to Reno , where he and pool their money to stake in a poker game ( where one of the players is former world champion , portraying himself ) . wins $ 18,000 and becomes convinced he is on a hot streak . He plays blackjack , then roulette and finally craps , winning more and more money . 
 But something happens at the craps table . When he finally stops , is drained , almost apathetic . After they split their winnings ( $ 82,000 ) , he tells he is quitting and going home . does not understand it , but sees that his friend means what he says , so they go their separate ways .

A woman identifying herself as hires private investigator to surveil her husband , , chief engineer for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power . tails him , hears him publicly refuse to create a new reservoir that would be unsafe , and shoots photographs of him with a young woman , which are published on the front page of the following day 's paper . Back at his office , is confronted by a woman who informs him she is the real and that he can expect a lawsuit . 
 Realizing he was set up , assumes that is the real target . Before he can question him , Lieutenant fishes , drowned , from a reservoir . Under retainer to Mrs. , investigates his suspicions of murder and notices that although there is a drought , huge quantities of water are being released from the reservoir every night . is warned off by Water Department Security Chief and a henchman who slashes ' nose . Back at his office , receives a call from , who identifies herself as the imposter Mrs. . She is afraid to identify her employer but tells to check the day 's obituaries . 
 learns that was once the business partner of his wife 's wealthy father , . Over lunch at his personal club , warns that he does not understand the forces at work , and offers to double ' fee to search for 's missing mistress . At the hall of records , discovers that much of the Northwest Valley has recently changed ownership . Investigating the valley , he is attacked by angry landowners who believe he is an agent of the water department attempting to force them out by sabotaging their water supply . 
 deduces that the water department is drying up the land so it can be bought at a reduced price and that was murdered when he discovered the plan . He discovers that a former retirement home resident is one of the valley 's new landowners who seemingly purchased the property a week after his death . and bluff their way into the home and confirm that the real - estate deals were surreptitiously completed in the names of several of the home 's residents . Their visit is interrupted by the suspicious retirement - home director , who has called . 
 After fleeing and his thugs , and hide at 's house and sleep together . During the night , gets a phone call and must leave suddenly ; she warns that her father is dangerous . follows 's car to a house , where he spies her through the windows comforting 's mistress , . He accuses of holding the woman against her will , but she says is her sister . 
 The next day , an anonymous call draws to apartment , where he finds her murdered and waiting for ' arrival . tells him the coroner 's report found salt water in 's lungs , indicating that he did not drown in the fresh water of the reservoir . suspects of the murder and tells to produce her quickly . At 's mansion , finds her servants packing her things . He realizes her garden pond is salt water and discovers a pair of bifocals in it . He confronts about , whom now claims is her daughter . After slaps her , she tells him that is her sister and her daughter : her father raped her when she was 15 . She says that the eyeglasses are not 's , as he did not wear bifocals . 
 arranges for the women to flee to Mexico and instructs to meet him at her butler 's home in Chinatown . He summons to the home to settle their deal . admits his intention to annex the Northwest Valley into the City of Los Angeles , then irrigate and develop it . accuses of murdering . has take the bifocals at gunpoint , and they force to drive them to the women . When they reach the Chinatown address , the police are already there and detain . When approaches , shoots him in the arm and starts to drive away with . The police open fire , killing . clutches and leads her away , while orders released . , one of 's associates , tells him : " Forget it , . It 's Chinatown . "

Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston, Perry Lopez, Diane Ladd, Burt Young

In the mid 22nd century , mankind has reached a point in technological advancement that enables colonization of the far reaches of the universe . Armed with artificially intelligent " Thermostellar Triggering Devices " , the scout ship " Dark Star " and its crew have been alone in space for 20 years on a mission to destroy " unstable planets " which might threaten future colonization of other planets . 
 The ship is in a constant state of deterioration and frequent system malfunctions ( for example , an irreparable radiation leak , their cargo of intelligent talking bombs lowering from their bomb bay without a command to do so , an explosion destroying their sleeping quarters , the food processing computer repeatedly serving chicken - flavored liquid meals , and a storage bay " self destructing " and destroying the ship 's entire supply of toilet paper ) , and only the soft - spoken female voice of the ship 's computer for company . 
 " Dark Star " Commander was killed during hyperdrive as a result of an electrical short behind his rear seat panel , but remains onboard ship in a state of cryogenic suspension . The ship 's remaining crew consists of Lieutenant ( helmsman , and originally second - in - command ) , Sergeant ( bombardier ) , Corporal ( navigator ) , and ( target specialist ) . The crew members perform their jobs with abject boredom , as the tedium of their tasks over 20 years has driven them " around the bend " . They have created distractions for themselves : , formerly a surfer from Malibu , California , has constructed a musical bottle organ ; spends his time in the ship 's observation dome , content to watch the universe go by ; obsessively trims his moustache , enjoys smoking cigars , and shoots targets with the ship 's emergency laser rifle in a corridor . 
 plays practical jokes on the crew members , maintains a video diary , and has adopted a ship 's mascot in the form of a mischievous " beach ball"-like alien who refuses to stay in a storage room , forcing to chase it around the ship . With regard to , he may not actually be " Sergeant Pinback " at all ; in his video diary he claims he is actually liquid fuel specialist , who inadvertently took the " real " Sergeant 's place on the mission after the real committed suicide by jumping into a fuel tank . 
 En route to their next target ( the Veil Nebula[4 ] ) , the " Dark Star " is hit by a bolt of electromagnetic energy during a storm , resulting in yet another on - board malfunction , with " Thermostellar Bomb # 20 " receiving an order to deploy . With some difficulty , the ship 's computer convinces Bomb # 20 that the order was in error , and persuades the bomb to disarm itself and return to the bomb bay . notes the malfunction , and decides to investigate the fault ( to the complete disinterest of his crewmates ) , and discovers a damaged communications laser in the emergency airlock while the crew is engaging their next bombing run . While attempting to repair it , the laser malfunctions , blinding and knocking him unconscious , inadvertently triggering a more serious problem , causing extensive damage to the ship 's main computer , and damaging the bomb release mechanism on Bomb # 20 . 
 Due to the damaged ship 's computer , the crew members discover that they can not activate the release mechanism and attempt to abort the drop . To make matters worse , after two prior accidental deployments , and intent on exploding as it was programmed to do , Bomb # 20 refuses to disarm or abort the countdown sequence . As and try to talk the bomb out of blowing up underneath the ship , revives Commander , who advises him to talk to the bomb , and to teach the bomb the rudiments of phenomenology . After donning a space suit and exiting the ship to approach the bomb directly , engages in a philosophical conversation with Bomb # 20 until it decides to abort its countdown and retreat to the bomb bay for further contemplation . 
 Disaster appears to have been averted , but when attempting to re - enter the ship , inadvertently jettisons out of the airlock . As tries to rescue the now - conscious as he floats away from the " Dark Star " , addresses the bomb over the intercom in another attempt to disarm it . Unfortunately , has mistakenly taught the bomb Cartesian doubt and , as a result , Bomb # 20 determines that it can only trust itself and not external input . Convinced that only it exists , and that its sole purpose in life is to explode , Bomb # 20 states " Let there be light " , and promptly detonates . and are killed instantly . Commander is jettisoned into space encased in ice , and and are blown in opposite trajectories , drifting away from each other . drifts into the Phoenix Asteroids ( a cluster of glowing asteroids he has long had a fascination with ) , destined to circumnavigate the universe for eternity . As loses contact with , he sees that he is falling toward the unstable planet . Realizing he will burn in the atmosphere , he drifts into debris from the " Dark Star " , finds an appropriately surfboard - shaped hunk of debris , and " surfs " down into the atmosphere of the planet , dying as a falling star .

is an architect living in Manhattan with his wife and grown daughter . One day , and are followed home from D'Agostino 's by three thugs who invade the apartment , posing as deliverymen . They fatally injure and sexually assault . After his wife 's funeral during a snowstorm in Connecticut , has an encounter with a mugger in a darkened street . fights back with a homemade weapon - an improvised blackjack made from a sock with two rolls of quarters in it - causing the mugger to run away . is shaken and energized by the encounter . 
 's boss sends him to Tucson , Arizona to see , a client with a residential development project . A few days later is invited to dinner by at his gun club . is impressed with 's accuracy at the target range . reveals that he was a conscientious objector during the Korean War when he served as a combat medic . He had been taught to handle firearms by his father , a hunter , but after he was killed in a hunting accident 's mother made him swear never to use guns again . drives back to the Tucson airport , and presents with a gift for his work on the development , which he places into 's checked luggage . 
 Back in Manhattan , learns from his son - in - law , , that his daughter is severely depressed from the trauma of the assault and is now catatonic . and his son - in - law have his daughter committed to a mental hospital . learns that has given him a revolver . He loads it , then takes a late night walk during which he is mugged at gunpoint . shoots the mugger , and in a state of shock , he runs home to vomit . The next night walks through the city looking for violent criminals . Over the next few weeks , kills several people , some of whom he provokes into attacking him and others whom he sees attacking others . 
 NYPD Lt . investigates the vigilante killings . His department narrows it down to a list of men who have had a family member recently killed by muggers and who are war veterans . soon suspects and is about to make an arrest when the District Attorney intervenes and tells to " let him loose " in another city instead . The D.A. and the Police Commissioner do not want the fact to get out that street crime in New York City has dropped dramatically since became a vigilante and fear that if he is not stopped the whole city will descend into chaos . But they do n't want him to be arrested , because they do n't want a martyr . does not like the idea , but relents . 
 shoots two muggers on the stairs before being wounded in the leg by a third mugger with a pistol , who then pursues to a warehouse . When corners him , he challenges him to a fast draw , only to faint , with the mugger escaping . His gun is discovered by a young patrolman , who hands it to , and is told to forget he ever saw it . The press are informed that is just another mugging victim . Hospitalized , is ordered by to leave New York , permanently . tells to have his company transfer him to another city and , in exchange , will dispose of 's revolver . 
 arrives in Chicago Union Station by train . Being greeted by a company representative , he notices a group of hoodlums harassing a young woman . He excuses himself and helps the woman . The hoodlums make obscene gestures , but makes a finger gun at them and smiles .

Early one morning , an earthquake jolts the Los Angeles metro area . On his way to work , former USC football player , having just fought with his wife , visits , an actress who is the widow of one of his friends and co - workers . He drops off an autographed football for her son and helps rehearse her lines for a scene she is shooting later that day . 
 At the California Seismological Institute , staffer has calculated that Los Angeles will suffer a major earthquake in the next day or two . He frantically tries to reach his superior , Dr. . Another tremor hits as and his assistant are working in a deep trench and they are buried alive . The scientists at the center argue about whether or not to go public with their prediction of a major quake . The acting supervisor insists that if they are wrong their funding will be jeopardized . They agree on a compromise to alert the National Guard and police so that they can at least mobilize to help deal with the fallout . 
 While checking out at a grocery store , realizes she does not have enough money to pay for all her items , but , the store manager , says she can pay the difference next time . learns his Guard unit is being called up on the radio , so he leaves work to change into his NCO uniform . At home , his housemates harass and tease him for having posters of male bodybuilders on his wall . 
 The tremor cancelled 's shoot , so she heads to 's office , pretending to meet with a friend . The pair go back to 's house for drinks and end up making love . He promises to come back later that night and invites her and to spend the summer with him in Oregon while he oversees a project . Returning to work , his boss and father in - law offers to hand over the company presidency to . After asking for time to think about it , calls and breaks off their plans for later that night . He goes to 's office to accept his offer but is stunned to see there . He assumes she has convinced her father , , to offer the promotion to in order to save their marriage . storms out of the building , followed by , when a major earthquake measuring 9.9 on the Richter Scale strikes , destroying much of Los Angeles and killing thousands . 
 and most of his employees find themselves trapped on the upper floors of their 30 - story skyscraper . They descend most of the way by the stairs , but the earthquake has collapsed part of the stairwell . rigs a fire hose to a chair and lowers his staff down one at a time . Before he can descend himself , suffers a heart attack , and climbs up to rescue him . 's son , meanwhile , has been caught on a bridge over a spillway , which has become entangled with high voltage electric cables . finds him unconscious on the concrete and climbs down to save him . Unable to climb back out with her son , she hails a passing truck , driven by stuntman and his partner , . After saving and her son , they drive in search of help , coming across LAPD Sgt . , who is organizing rescue efforts and commandeers their truck to use it as an ambulance . 
 is arrested for looting by a National Guard unit led by . assumes is going to let her go , but he orders her to stay inside a secluded store for safety . Another group of troops arrive with 's housemates as prisoners . executes them in an act of revenge for all the ridicule he has endured from them , terrifying and his subordinates . 
 escorts his co - workers to the Wilson Plaza shopping center , now converted into a triage center , then goes off in search of and her son . Soon after , dies from his heart attack . ends up driving around in search of survivors and they come across and his regiment . threatens to fire on them if they come any closer . emerges from the store , screaming and begging for help . and drive away , but stop out of sight . sneaks back and gets the jump on , shooting in self - defense and rescuing . 
 As they drive away , they hear that another aftershock has destroyed Wilson Plaza . Surveying the damaged building , realizes there are survivors trapped in an underground garage three stories below ground . He and crawl into the sewer and , using a jackhammer , drill through to the garage . is overjoyed to find , who is one of the people trapped inside . As he hugs her , he sees his wife standing just behind her . 
 The Mulholland Dam , damaged by the earlier tremor , finally gives way , flooding the sewers . and make it up the ladder to safety , but as climbs out , a man steps on the rung she 's holding and she falls back into the flooded sewer . looks up at , but he can not bring himself to abandon his wife to death . He sacrifices himself when he swims after her and both of them are swept away , along with others . walks away from the manhole in shock and grief . 
 Dr. ( ) turns to , and says : " This used to be a hell of a town , officer . " " Yeah , " replies , as tears well up in his eyes . Meanwhile , the remaining survivors take in the devastated Los Angeles cityscape .

Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, Richard Roundtree, George Kennedy, Geneviève Bujold, Lorne Greene, Marjoe Gortner, Victoria Principal

, a delinquent high - school student , runs away from home after her parents refuse to buy her a specific kind of shoe — " cha - cha heels " — she wants for Christmas . hitchhikes a ride with a lecherous man , , who drives her to a dump where they have sex on a discarded mattress . becomes pregnant , but refuses to support her . She gives birth to a daughter , Taffy , a brattish child often beaten and severely punished by her mother . works various jobs , including stripping and waiting tables , and engages in criminal activities such as burglary and street prostitution with former high - school friends and . 
 begins frequenting the Lipstick Beauty Salon and marries , her hair stylist and next - door neighbor . and , the fascist owners of the beauty salon , recruit in a scheme to prove " crime and beauty are the same " . They entice to commit crimes by promising her fame , supplying her with drugs and money , and photographing her crimes to stoke her vanity . 
 's aunt , , is distraught over her nephew 's marriage because she hopes he will " turn nelly " and take a male lover . When the marriage fails , persuades the Dashers to fire , who moves to Detroit to work in the auto industry . blames for driving away and exacts revenge by throwing acid in her face , leaving hideously disfigured . 
 The Dashers discourage from having corrective cosmetic surgery and use her as a grotesquely made - up model . They kidnap and imprison her in a large birdcage in 's apartment . They also give an axe to chop off 's hand as revenge for the acid attack . 
 , now a teenager , is distraught over her mother 's criminal lifestyle and convinces her to reveal the identity of her father . finds her father living in squalor and drinking excessively . She stabs him to death with a butcher knife after he tries to sexually assault her . returns home , falsely claims she was unable to locate her father , and announces she is joining the movement . warns her she will kill her if she does . 
 , now with bizarre hair , make - up , and outfits provided by the Dashers , mounts a nightclub act . When appears backstage chanting mantras in religious attire , fulfills her threat and strangles her to death . brandishes a gun onstage during her nightclub act and begins firing into the crowd , wounding and killing several audience members . When police arrive to ostensibly subdue the crowd , they kill several audience members themselves . However , they allow the to leave when they claim to be upright citizens caught in a bloody rampage . flees into a forest , but is soon arrested by the police and put on trial for murder . 
 At the trial , the judge grants the Dashers immunity from prosecution for testifying against . The feign innocence and completely blame for the crimes she committed at their behest ; they also pay to lie on the witness stand . Although pleads not guilty by reason of insanity , the jury finds her guilty and sentences her to die in the electric chair . Before is executed , she and a female prisoner kiss and fondle each other . As the priest says a prayer and is strapped to the electric chair , she breaks the fourth wall , thanking the audience for her infamy before being electrocuted .

( ) seeks revenge when her government - agent boyfriend is shot down by members of a drug syndicate at her doorstep . She links her boyfriend 's murderers to a " modeling agency " run by ( ) and Miss ( ) that services local judges , congressmen , and police in the area . decides to pose as a prostitute to infiltrate the company , and helps save a fellow black woman from a life of drugs and sexual exploitation , and reunites her with her husband and child . Not long after she infiltrates the company , her relationship to her late boyfriend and , her brother who ratted him out , is exposed , and she is caught before she can escape . After an exchange of words and heated death threats , Miss decides to keep her alive in hopes of her being worth some money in the sex - slave trade . They give her a shot of heroin and then send her to a farm which is actually a drug manufacturing plant , with two of Miss 's henchmen . After she wakes from her sleep , she tries to escape her captors , but is caught by one of the henchmen with a whip and dragged back to the bedroom , where he proceeds to tie her to the bed . Then , 's second goon comes and gives another shot of heroin ; the dealer begins to eye , quoting , " I 'm beginning to get that ole feeling " before he begins fondling her breasts and rips off her bra . Tied up and defenseless , the dealer rapes her and leaves . Using her quick thinking , uses a razor to get free and escape her captors by setting the farm on fire . Ms. orders her boyfriend to kill . He attempts to scare information out of her brother , but to no avail . He then kills him and his girlfriend . asks her Black Panther brothers for help . They take and cut off his genitals . comes to Ms. 's house and shows her the jar containing 's genitals . She kills two of the guards and shoots in the arm . says that death is too easy for her and wants her to suffer the way that Ms. made her suffer .

is a New York City Harvard University – educated English professor and author with a gambling addiction that begins to spiral out of control . In the classroom , inspires his college students with his interpretations of work . In his personal life , has the affection of the beautiful and the admiration of his family , including his mother , who is a doctor , and his grandfather , a wealthy businessman . 
 Unbeknownst to them , 's reckless gambling has left him with a huge debt . His bookie , , likes the professor personally but threatens grave consequences if he does not pay up . When , having been informed by that he owes $ 44,000 , questions the wisdom of her associating with him , confidently tells her she loves his life 's dangers , including " the possibility of blood " . 
 After obtaining the $ 44,000 from his mortified mother , goes with to Las Vegas and gambles it into a small fortune , only to blow it all again on basketball bets . He takes out his anger on , who does not appreciate having loan sharks come to their apartment in the middle of the night . Expecting help from his grandfather , gets nothing but the older man 's disappointment and disgust . 
 's only way to avoid the debt is to lure one of his students , a basketball star , into accepting a bribe from 's creditors to shave points in a game . He does so . When the game has ended in accordance with the plan , says good - night to by wandering off into a black ghetto near the gymnasium where the game has been played ; he ignores a warning from that the area is a jungle . 
 proceeds to lure a pimp into a life - or - death fight by refusing to pay a prostitute . As beats him , nearly to death , the prostitute slashes him across the face . As is leaving the scene of the fight , he studies himself in a mirror and smiles enigmatically at the blood coming from the wound .

is a respectable insurance investigator who runs an automobile chop shop in Long Beach , California . He is also the leader of a professional car theft ring , who steals and re - sells stolen cars ; using the vehicle identification number ( VIN ) , engines , parts , and details ( such as parking decals and bumper stickers ) sourced from legitimately - purchased wrecks . As an insurance industry insider , does have one small idiosyncrasy : All vehicles stolen must be insured . 
 is approached by a South American drug lord who offers $ 400,000 in exchange for the theft of 48 specific vehicles , to be delivered to the Long Beach docks within five days . The list includes limousines , semi - trailer trucks , vintage cars , and exotics ; rendering the order difficult to fill within the time limit . Nevertheless , Pace is confident that the order can be filled by the March 2 , 1974 deadline . 
 Mapping out a basic strategy , the thieves scout out their vehicular targets ; all of which have been given female code names . The plan goes smoothly – with even some of the more eclectic vehicles acquired with relative ease – but obstacles mount . Chief of these difficulties is a yellow , 1973 Ford Mustang , code named " Eleanor . " The first " Eleanor " they come across is occupied ; they locate this car again but stealing it results in a chase as its drunken owner pursues Pace . A second " Eleanor " is acquired seemingly without issue . 
 Further tension enters into the picture when a white Cadillac – stolen as part of the order – is found to contain several kilos of heroin stashed in its trunk . 's brother - in - law , , sees the heroin as a profitable side business ; disagrees , viewing the heroin as a threat to the security of the operation . Against 's vehement protests , does not relinquish the heroin , and has the Cadillac and its contents burned at a remote location – unbeknownst to . 
 The theft of all 48 vehicles is soon completed , but the second " Eleanor " is discovered to be uninsured within hours of delivery to the docks . After pleas from fiancée , agrees to return it – only because he is aware of a third match for " Eleanor " at the International Towers in Long Beach . At the same time , learns of the Cadillac 's fate and attempts to start a brawl ; ultimately leaving the office in a rage . 
 prepares to steal the third " Eleanor " , unaware that has anonymously tipped off the police . As a result of the tip - off , two detectives ( and ) in an unmarked Mercury corner the disguised as he exits the International Towers . A 40 - minute car chase ( in which 93 vehicles are destroyed ) ensues , covering 6 California cities from Long Beach to Carson . Eluding the police with speed and driving skill , keeps from being caught by police – but not without causing irreparable damage to the car . 
 is now desperate ; police blockades and surveillance surround the areas . Pace spots another " Eleanor " Mustang pulling into a car wash . Realizing an opportunity , drives the abused Mustang up to the wash entrance , leaves it with the staff , and then dupes the owner of the fourth Mustang ( under the guise of being the manager of the car wash ) . After a quick license plate swap and removal of his disguise , he subsequently leaves the car wash with the intact Mustang . 
 Meanwhile , the duped owner is inquiring with the manager of the car wash as to the whereabouts of her Mustang – and faints at the sight of the wrecked car as it exits the wash bay . The police , spotting the wrecked Mustang , quickly descend upon the scene to arrest the manager of the car wash , who matches the description of . 
 The film ends as clears a police roadblock , driving the fourth " Eleanor " .

Notorious real estate magnate and demolition baron ( ) is ready to build his newest indoor shopping center , the 130 - story Hawk Plaza in San Francisco . His only obstacle is the 1892 firehouse inhabited by " Grandma " Steinmetz ( ) , widow of its former owner , Fire Captain , and aunt of mechanic ; her displaced neighbor , flight attendant ( ) ; and their sentient machines : a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle known as Herbie , " the Love Bug ; " an early 20th - century orchestrion that plays on its own ; and a retired cable car from the defunct Clay Street Line , known as " Old No . 22 . " Mrs. explains that Tennessee has gone to Tibet to visit his ailing philosophy teacher , while Herbie 's former owner , , has gone to Europe . She also explains that found Old No . 22 on a vacant lot whose owners were using it as a chicken house . All the while , Mr. , the construction boss , is growing impatient with 's alleged indecision , reminding him that the whole thing is costing him $ 80,000 a day . 
 has made numerous attempts at evicting Mrs. , intending to imprison her in a retirement home of his own making ; but 's lawyers have been unsuccessful in these attempts , and when his lawyer nephew ( ) comes to visit him , sends him to Mrs. in their stead . Having met the firehouse 's inhabitants , becomes disillusioned and decides to return home to Missouri . also punches in the face upon learning he works for . She offers him a ride in , and goes berserk after insults him twice , eventually taking the two to a car version of a joust tournament , which wins , earning a whooping $ 3.00 . The two then go to lunch , but tells an uninterrupted monologue on all the horrible things has done , including building a parking garage on the very same lot where and his brothers learned to play baseball . is upset about this and accidentally tells her that is his uncle , which enrages . She hits him with a broiled lobster in response , sending him splashing into the waters of Fisherman 's Wharf below . 
 Having lost him , attempts to capture ; but when insults him , causes a series of traffic collisions and jams ( even going as far as barging into a police car , which causes a chain reaction of wrecks ) and discards at his own office door , where orders his subordinates to capture again , followed by a policeman giving several tickets for traffic offenses . While takes Mrs. to market , they are chased by 's men ; whereupon makes several daring escapes culminating in travel through the 1909 landmark Sheraton Palace Hotel and along a suspension cable on the Golden Gate Bridge , leaving Mrs. unfazed ( and unaware ) of his activity throughout . 's secretary catches sight of on the bridge , but assumes she 's getting hysterical and orders her to take two aspirins and lie down . 
 having decided to go home in disguise , he is convinced by to stay after she hears him criticize his uncle while talking to his mother on the telephone . Mrs. asks and to pick up some groceries for her , and then suggests that they ought to drive to the beach . insists that they will just go and get some broccoli , which later confesses he does n't like , but still goes to the beach as a result of 's personal chauffeur chasing him , leading to think that Mrs. talked him into doing it . 
 On their return to the firehouse , they find that every item of furniture has been removed by ; whereupon Mrs. , , , and track the theft to a warehouse . The four break in and recover 's belongings , piling them all into " No . 22 " with Mrs. riding along , while and follow in . An inebriated old - timer named ( ) joins Mrs aboard " No . 22 , " thinking himself on a public cable car . pursues , but distracts him and later rescues Mrs. and from a potential crash after " No . 22 " rolls down a hill ( as well as into a building during a special dinner party ) by getting close enough so that he can jump aboard and use the handbrake . During this time , Mrs. becomes enamored with ( while being entirely oblivious to the fact the car is rolling down the hill ) . 
 thereafter recruits an independent demolition agent named ( ) ; while Mrs decides to confront herself . Accompanied by in spite of telling him not to let her do this , she drives onto the window - cleaning machine of ’s skyscraper to reach his 28th - floor office ( after fired his window cleaner ) , where Mrs. overhears a telephoned conversation with about the deal to demolish the firehouse . She activates the window cleaning machine to fill the office with foam and water . This done , pursues around the building 's perimeter ( in response to throwing an ashtray at him ) - even following him outside onto a ledge - until Mrs orders him to desist by mentioning a used car lot , and saying she would have to hate to call the used car man , Mr. Honest . 
 Disguising his voice to resemble his uncle 's , directs to demolish 's own house . then telephones to confirm the demolition , waking from several nightmares showing himself at the mercy of ; whereupon gives confirmation , but realizes too late that he has ordered demolition of his own residence , and subsequently attacks after a portion of his house is collapsed from a wrecking ball . 
 In the morning , calls a truce with Mrs. ( as well as plant a phony story in the newspaper with the headline " GIVES UP " ! ) , and thinking him to be sincere , and go for dinner ( to the same restaurant they were before when hit with the broiled lobster ) , while Mrs. invites to a similar meeting ; in spite of this , violates the truce by sending earthmovers to crush the firehouse and its inhabitants , prompting to go in search of and . In the absence of , the only means of defense is an antique Fire hose , which uses against the earthmovers , until it explodes and sprays all over him . 
 Having obtained and , rounds up several other Volkswagen Beetles from various places in the city ( some of which leave their owners behind ) , and comes after and his men as an army and ruin his scheme , taking advantage of 's irrational fear of . is pursued from the grounds by , and after nearly getting knocked down by a police car , is arrested after telling his bizarre tale of an army of Beetles chasing him . Later , and are married , and ride through an arch formed by his new Volkswagen Beetle friends .

The film jumps between various sections of 's life , including scenes of when he was in his prime and the burned - out , strung - out performer who , in the twilight of his life , used his nightclub act to pour out his personal frustrations . We watch as up - and - coming courts his " Shiksa goddess " , a stripper named . With family responsibilities , is encouraged to do a " safe " act , but he can not do it . Constantly in trouble for flouting obscenity laws , develops a near - messianic complex which fuels both his comedy genius and his talent for self - destruction . Worn out by a lifetime of tilting at Establishment windmills , dies of a morphine overdose in 1966 .

The story follows music composer / singer , heard by satanic record producer as he played an original composition following a set run through by the 1950s ' style nostalgia band The Juicy Fruits , which produces . believes 's music perfect to open " The Paradise " – 's highly anticipated new concert hall – and has his right - hand man steal it under the guise of producing him . One month later , goes to 's Death Records to follow up about his music but is thrown out . He sneaks into 's private mansion and observes several women rehearsing his music for an audition . One is , an aspiring singer , who deems " perfect " for his music . realizes 's plan to open the Paradise with his music after he is thrown out again . In response , disguises himself as a woman to sneak in and try to speak to . has beaten up and framed for drug dealing . is given a life sentence in Sing Sing Prison and his teeth are extracted and replaced with metal ones ( part of an experimental prisoner program to decrease infection amongst inmates , funded by the Swan Foundation . ) 
 Six months later , hears that The Juicy Fruits have made an anticipated hit record of his music with Swan 's backing . After a breakdown , escapes prison in a delivery box and breaks into the Death Records building . A guard startles as he is destroying the records and presses , causing him to slip and fall face first into a record press , which crushes and burns his face and destroys his vocal cords . A disoriented , and now deformed , sneaks into the Paradise costume department and dons a long , black cape and a silver , owl - like mask , becoming the Phantom of the Paradise . He terrorizes and his musicians and nearly kills The Beach Bums ( formerly The Juicy Fruits , who have traded doo - wop for surf music ) . The Phantom confronts who recognizes him as and offers the composer a chance to have his music produced " his " way . In a specially built recording studio , provides the Phantom with an electronic voice - box , enabling him to speak and sing . asks to rewrite his cantata with in mind for the lead . Although agrees and signs a contract in blood , breaks the deal by telling that he resents 's " perfection " for the role . The Phantom completes Faust , but replaces with a pill - popping male glam rock Prima donna named " " in the lead of 's Faust and moves to the role of backup singer . 
 steals the completed cantata and seals the Phantom inside the recording studio with a brick wall . escapes and confronts ( a comic allusion to the shower scene in Psycho ) and threatens to kill him if he performs . tries to flee , but is convinced by to stay and play with the band The Undeads ( the former Juicy Fruits and Beach Bums ) a glam / Goth act who all resemble from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari . As performs , the , hidden in the rafters , strikes and electrocutes with a stage prop . Horrified , orders onstage and is an immediate sensation . seduces in her dressing room after the show with promises of stardom . As she leaves , she is spirited away by the Phantom to the roof . The Phantom tells his true identity and implores her to leave the Paradise so wo n't destroy her . But does not recognize or believe him and flees . At 's mansion , the Phantom observes and in a tight embrace . Heartbroken , he stabs himself through the heart with a bowie knife . However , tells the that he can not die until himself has died . The Phantom attempts to stab , but is unharmed . Looking down at , hisses in an almost reptilian voice , " I 'm under contract , too . " 
 Rolling Stone announces the wedding between and during Faust 's finale . The Phantom learns that made a pact with the Devil over 20 years ago : will remain youthful forever unless the videotaped recording of his contract is destroyed , and photos age and fester in his place . The tape reveals footage of signing his contract with and a new one made with Phoenix . On a live TV camera , the Phantom realizes is planning to have assassinated during the ceremony . The Phantom destroys all the recordings and heads off to the wedding . During the wedding , the Phantom stops the assassin from hitting , who instead shoots and kills . The Phantom swings onto the stage and rips off 's mask , exposing him as a monster on live television . A crazed attempts to choke but the Phantom intervenes and stabs repeatedly . In doing so , the 's own stab wound reopens and he starts bleeding . As he is dying , is carried around by the audience , who join in stabbing him . The dying removes his mask to reveal his own face and holds out a hand to . dies , allowing to die of his own wound . As collapses , finally recognizes him as the kind man she met at Swan 's Mansion and embraces him in death .

The story centers on ( ) , a photographer whose boyfriend , nightclub owner ( ) , has been killed by mob boss ( ) and his men when he refused to sell the club to . seeks the help of a former voodoo queen named Mama Maitresse ( ) to take revenge on and his thugs . summons the voodoo lord of the dead , Baron ( ) , who enlists his army of zombies to destroy the men who killed and now want the club . Investigating the killings is 's former boyfriend , police Lt . ( ) .

As a young ne'er - do - well , ( ) steals a car . In the other sub - story , an assassin attempts to shoot a preacher delivering a sermon at his pulpit . The preacher escapes on foot . , who happens to be driving by , inadvertently rescues the preacher by running over his pursuer and giving the preacher a lift . 
 eventually learns that the " minister " is really a notorious bank robber known as " The Thunderbolt " ( ) for his use of a 20 millimeter cannon to break into a safe . Hiding out in the guise of a clergyman following the robbery of a Montana bank , is the only member of his old gang who knows where the loot is hidden . 
 After escaping another attempt on his life by two other men , tells that the ones trying to kill him are members of his gang who mistakenly thought had double - crossed them . He and journey to Warsaw , Montana to retrieve the money hidden in an old one - room schoolhouse . They discover the schoolhouse has been replaced by a brand - new school standing in its place . 
 and are abducted by the men who were pursuing them — the vicious ( ) and the gentle ( driven to a remote location where and fight each other , after which explains how he never betrayed the gang . 
 proposes another heist — robbing the same company as before — with a variation on the original plan ; the variation being due to inadvertently killing their electronics expert , , the man who tried to assassinate in the earlier scene . In the city where the bank is located , the men find jobs to raise money for needed equipment while they plan the heist . 
 The robbery begins as and gain access to the building . , dressed as a woman , distracts the Western Union office 's security guard , deactivates the ensuing alarm , and is picked up by . Using an anti - tank cannon to breach the vault 's wall , as they did in the first heist , the gang escapes with the loot . They flee in the car , with and in the trunk , to a nearby drive - in movie in progress . Upon seeing a shirt tail protruding from the car 's trunk lid ( which is a strong indication one or more people are hiding in the trunk to avoid paying ) , the suspicious theater manager calls the police and a chase ensues . is shot and throws him out of the trunk onto a dirt road , where he dies . 
 then forces Thunderbolt and to stop the car . He pistol - whips them both , knocking them unconscious , and kicks violently in the head . takes off with the loot in the getaway car but is again pursued by police , who shoot several times , causing him to lose control of the car and crash through the window of a department store , where he is attacked and killed by the store 's vicious watchdog . 
 Escaping on foot , and hitch a ride the next morning and are dropped off near Warsaw , Montana , where they stumble upon the one - room schoolhouse — now a historical monument on the side of a highway — moved there from its original location in Warsaw after the first heist . As the two men retrieve the stolen money , 's behavior becomes erratic as a result of the beating . 
 buys a new Cadillac convertible with cash , something said he had always wanted to do , and picks up his waiting partner , who is gradually losing control of the left side of his body . As they drive away celebrating their success with cigars , , in obvious distress , tells in a slurred voice how proud he is of their ' accomplishments ' , and slumps over dead . 
 snaps his cigar in half ( as it is no longer a celebration ) , and with his dead partner beside him , he drives off down the highway into the distance .

Dr. is a lecturing physician at an American medical school and engaged to the tightly wound socialite . He becomes exasperated when anyone brings up the subject of his grandfather , the infamous mad scientist ; to dissociate himself from his forebear , insists that his surname is pronounced ' ' . When a solicitor informs him that he has inherited his family 's estate in Transylvania after the death of his great - grandfather , the Baron Beaufort von Frankenstein , Frederick travels to Europe to inspect the property . At the Transylvania train station , he is met by a hunchbacked , bug - eyed servant named , and a lovely young personal assistant named . 
 Upon arrival at the estate , meets the forbidding housekeeper . Upon discovering the secret entrance to his grandfather 's laboratory and reading his private journals , is so captivated that he decides to resume his grandfather 's experiments in re - animating the dead . He and steal the corpse of a recently executed criminal , and sets to work experimenting on the large corpse . Matters go awry when is sent to steal the brain of a deceased revered historian , ; startled by his own reflection , he drops and ruins 's brain . Taking a second brain , returns with a brain labeled " Abnormal " which mistakenly thinks is a name ( " " ) , and unknowingly transplants it into the corpse . 
 Soon , Frederick is ready to re - animate his creature , who is eventually brought to life by electrical charges during a lightning storm . The creature takes its first halting steps , but , frightened by lighting a match , he attacks and is sedated . Meanwhile , the townspeople are uneasy at the possibility of continuing his grandfather 's work , unaware of the creature 's existence ; most concerned is Inspector , a one - eyed police official with a prosthetic arm , whose German accent is so thick that even his own countrymen can not understand him . visits the doctor and subsequently demands assurance that he will not create another monster . Upon returning to the lab , discovers setting the creature free . After she reveals the monster 's love of violin music and her own romantic relationship with 's grandfather , the creature is enraged by sparks from a thrown switch and escapes from the castle . 
 While roaming the countryside , the monster has frustrating encounters with a young girl and a blind hermit . recaptures the monster and locks the two of them in a room , where he calms the monster 's homicidal tendencies with flattery and fully acknowledges his own heritage , shouting out emphatically , " My name is ! " . offers the sight of " The Creature " following simple commands to a theater full of illustrious guests . The demonstration continues with and the monster launching into the musical number " Puttin ' On the Ritz " . However , the routine ends disastrously when a stage light explodes and frightens the monster , who becomes enraged and charges into the audience , where he is captured and chained by police . Back in the laboratory , attempts to comfort and the two wind - up sleeping together on the suspended reanimation table . 
 The monster escapes when 's fiancee arrives unexpectedly for a visit , taking captive as he flees . falls in love with the creature due to his inhuman stamina and his enormous penis ( referred to as Schwanstücker or Schwanzstück ) . The townspeople hunt for the monster . Desperate to get the creature back , plays the violin to lure his creation back to the castle and recaptures him . Just as the - led mob storms the laboratory , transfers some of his stabilizing intellect to the creature who , as a result , is able to reason with and placate the mob . marries the now erudite and sophisticated monster — with her hair styled identically to that of the female creature from the Bride of Frankenstein , while joyfully learns what her new husband got in return during the transfer procedure — the monster 's Schwanzstücker .

Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Kenneth Mars, Gene Hackman

An omniscient ( though possibly unreliable)[3 ] narrator relates that in 1750s Ireland , the father of is killed in a duel over a sale of some horses . The widow , disdaining offers of marriage , devotes herself to her only son . 
 As a despondent young man , becomes infatuated with his older cousin , . Though she charms him during a card game , she later shows interest in a well - off British Army captain , , much to Barry 's dismay . and her family plan to leverage their finances through marriage , while holds in contempt and escalates the situation until a fateful duel beside a river when shoots . In the aftermath , is urged to flee from incoming police and head through the countryside towards Dublin , but along the way he is robbed of purse , pistol , and horse by Captain , an infamous highwayman . 
 Dejected , carries on to the next town , where he hears a promotional spiel to join the British Army , offering the chance at fame and glory ( and a lifelong pension ) in return for good service . enlists . Some time after joining the regiment , encounters Captain , a warm - hearted family friend . informs him that did not in fact kill , his dueling pistol having only been loaded with tow . The duel was staged by 's family to be rid of so that their finances would be secured through a lucrative marriage . 
 ’s regiment is sent to Germany to fight in the Seven Years ' War , where Captain is fatally wounded by the French in a skirmish at the Battle of Minden . Fed up with the war , deserts the army , stealing an officer courier 's uniform , horse , and identification papers . En route to neutral Holland he encounters the Prussian Captain , who , seeing through his disguise , offers him the choice of being turned back over to the British where he will be shot as a deserter , or enlisting in the Prussian Army . enlists in his second army and later receives a special commendation from for saving 's life in a battle . 
 Two years later , after the war ends in 1763 , is employed by Captain 's uncle in the Prussian Ministry of Police to become the servant of the Chevalier de Balibari , an expatriate Irishman and professional gambler . The Prussians suspect he is a spy and send as an undercover agent to verify this . reveals himself to the right away and they become confederates at the card table , where and his fine eyesight relay information to his partner . After he and the cheat the Prince of Tübingen at the card table , the Prince accuses the ( without proof ) and refuses to pay his debt and demands satisfaction . When relays this to his Prussian handlers , they ( still suspecting that the is a spy ) are wary of allowing another meeting between the and the Prince . So , the Prussians arrange for the to be expelled from the country . conveys this plan to the , who flees in the night . The next morning , , under disguise as the , is escorted from Prussian territory by Prussian army officers . 
 Over the next few years , and the travel the spas and parlors of Europe , profiting from their gambling with forcing payment from reluctant debtors with sword duels . Seeing that his life is going nowhere , decides to marry into wealth . At a gambling table in Spa , he encounters the beautiful and wealthy Countess of . He seduces and later marries her after the death of her elderly husband , Sir . 
 In 1773 , takes the Countess ' last name in marriage and settles in England to enjoy her wealth , still with no money of his own . Lord , Lady 's ten - year - old son by Sir , does not approve of the marriage and quickly comes to despise , calling him a ' common opportunist ' who does not truly love his mother . retaliates by subjecting to systematic physical abuse . 
 The Countess bears a son , , but the marriage is unhappy : is openly unfaithful and enjoys spending his wife 's money on self - indulgent luxuries , while keeping his wife in seclusion . 
 Some years later , 's mother comes to live with him at the estate . She warns her son that if Lady were to die , all her wealth would go to her first - born son Lord , leaving and his son penniless . 's mother advises him to obtain a noble title to protect himself . To further this goal , he cultivates the acquaintance of the influential Lord and begins to expend even larger sums of money to ingratiate himself to high society . All this effort is wasted , however , during a birthday party for Lady . A now young adult Lord crashes the event where he publicly enumerates the reasons that he detests his stepfather so dearly , declaring it his intent to leave the family estate for as long as remains there and married to his mother . Seething with hatred , savagely assaults until he is pulled off by the guests . This loses all the wealthy and powerful friends he has worked so hard to entreat and he is cast out of polite society . Nevertheless , makes good on his word by leaving the estate and England itself for parts unknown . 
 In contrast to his mistreatment of his stepson , proves an overindulgent and doting father to , with whom he spends all his time after 's departure . He can not refuse his son anything , and succumbs to 's insistence on receiving a full - grown horse for his ninth birthday . The spoiled disobeys his parents ' direct instructions that ride the horse only in the presence of his father , is thrown by the horse , is paralyzed , and dies a few days later from his injuries . 
 The grief - stricken turns to alcohol , while Lady seeks solace in religion , assisted by the Reverend , who had been tutor first to Lord and then to . Left in charge of the families ' affairs while and Lady grieve , 's mother dismisses the Reverend , both because the family no longer needs ( nor can afford , due to 's spending debts ) a tutor and for fear that his influence worsens Lady 's condition . Plunging even deeper into grief , Lady later attempts suicide ( though she ingests only enough poison to make herself ill ) . The Reverend and the family 's accountant then seek out Lord . Upon hearing of these events , Lord returns to England where he finds drunk in a gentlemen 's club , mourning the loss of his son rather than being with Lady . demands satisfaction for 's public assault , challenging him to a duel . 
 The duel with pistols is held in a tithe barn.[4 ] A coin - toss gives the right of first fire , but he nervously misfires his pistol as he prepares to shoot . , reluctant to shoot , magnanimously fires into the ground , but the unmoved refuses to let the duel end , claiming he has not received " satisfaction " . In the second round , shoots in his left leg . At a nearby inn , a surgeon informs that the leg will need to be amputated below the knee if he is to survive . 
 While is recovering , re - takes control of the estate . A few days later , Lord sends a very nervous to the inn with a proposition : Lord will grant an annuity of five hundred guineas a year on the condition that he leave England , with payments ending the moment should ever return . Otherwise , with his credit and bank accounts exhausted , 's creditors and bill collectors will assuredly see that he is jailed . Defeated in mind and body , accepts . 
 The narrator states that went first back to Ireland with his mother , then to the European continent to resume his former profession of gambler ( though without his former success ) . kept his word and never returned to England or ever saw Lady Lyndon again . The final scene ( set in December 1789 ) shows a middle - aged Lady signing 's annuity cheque as her son looks on .

An earthquake releases a bunch of mutant cockroaches that can create fire by rubbing their cerci together . Eventually most of the bugs die because they can not survive in the low air pressure on the Earth 's surface , but a scientist , Professor ( ) , keeps one alive in a pressure chamber . He successfully breeds the mutant cockroach with a modern cockroach , creating a breed of intelligent , flying super - cockroaches .

After the " World Crash of ' 79 " , massive civil unrest and economic ruin occurs . The United States government restructured into a totalitarian regime under martial law . To pacify the population , the government has organized the Transcontinental Road Race , where a group of drivers is driving across the country in their high - powered cars , infamous for violence , gore , and innocent pedestrians being struck for bonus points . 
 In the year 2000 , the five drivers in the 20th annual race , who all adhere to professional wrestling - style personas and drive appropriately themed cars , include , the mysterious black - garbed champion and national hero ; , a Chicago tough - guy gangster ; , a cowgirl ; , a neo - Nazi ; and , a Roman gladiator . Each drives with a navigator of the opposite sex , who also implicitly functions as a love interest . The race is covered on national TV by a news team headed by the boisterous and comical , seductive matron , and laconic commentator ( a parody of ) . The game has sadistic rules , where killing babies and physically challenged people will give the player extra points . Machine Gun Joe is the main opposition to . 
 A resistance group led by , a descendant of 1770s American Revolutionary , plans to rebel against Mr. President 's regime by sabotaging the race , killing most of the drivers , and taking hostage as leverage against the President . The group is assisted by 's great granddaughter , 's latest navigator . She plans to lure him into an ambush to be replaced by a double . Despite a pirated national broadcast made by Ms. herself , the resistance 's disruption of the race is covered up by the government and instead blamed on the French , who are also blamed for ruining the country 's economy and telephone system . 
 At first , the Resistance 's plan works . is killed when he runs over a booby - trapped doll planted by the Resistance , which he mistakes for a real baby and proceeds to run it over to gain points . drives off a cliff while following a fake detour set up by the Resistance . Calamity Jane inadvertently drives over a land mine . This leaves only and in the race . 
 As nonchalantly survives every attempt made on his life during the race , comes to discover that the she knows is anything but a willing government stooge , nor is he the original man . The current is , in fact , one of a number of random wards of the state trained exclusively to race in the identity . " When one is used up , they bring in another , " he tells . The current also reveals that he has his own plans : when he wins the race and shakes hands with Mr. , he will detonate a grenade which has been implanted in his prosthetic right hand ( he calls it his " hand grenade " ) , which he has kept concealed by keeping his glove on at all times ( even while undressed ) . His plan goes awry , however , when Machine Gun Joe attacks and kills him using 's " hand " grenade . 
 Having successfully outmaneuvered both the rival drivers and the Resistance , is declared the winner , although he is wounded and unable to carry out his original grenade attack plan . instead dons 's disguise and plans to stab Mr. while standing in for him on the podium . As the president congratulates " " for his victory , in the process declaring war on the French and appointing leader of the war , is mistakenly shot and wounded by her own grandmother , who is desperate for revenge against for having supposedly killed her during the race ( he 'd actually just drugged her ) . The real takes advantage of the confusion and rams the President 's stage with his car , finally fulfilling his lifelong desire to kill him . 
 In the epilogue , and marry . , now President , abolishes the race and plans to rebuild the country . However , starts to protest against it . When unable to find a moral reason to continue the race , he starts shouting that it is a way of life , to keep America satisfied , to entertain and give the people what they want , now desperate to have the race perpetuate . , annoyed , runs him over with his car and drives off with to the cheers and applause of the crowd .

On August 22 , 1972 , first - time crook ( ) , his friend ( ) , and ( ) attempt to rob the First Brooklyn Savings Bank . The plan immediately goes awry when loses his nerve shortly after pulls out his gun , and is forced to let him flee the scene . In the vault , discovers that he and have arrived after the daily cash pickup , and only $ 1,100 in cash remains in the bank . 
 To compensate , takes a number of traveler 's cheques . He attempts to prevent the cheques from being traced by burning the bank 's register in a trash can , but this causes smoke to billow out the side of the building , alerting the business across the street to suspicious activities . Within minutes , the building is surrounded by the police . Unsure of what to do , the two robbers camp out in the bank , holding all the workers hostage . 
 Police Detective Sergeant ( ) calls the bank to tell the police have arrived . warns that he and have hostages and will kill them if anyone tries coming into the bank . tells that he is ready to kill the hostages if necessary . Detective acts as hostage negotiator , while FBI Agent ( ) monitors his actions . 
 ( ) , the security guard , has an asthma attack , so releases him when asks for a hostage as a sign of good faith . convinces to step outside the bank to see how aggressive the police forces are . Using head teller ) as a shield , exits the bank and begins a dialogue with that culminates in his shouting " Attica ! Attica ! " ( invoking the recent Attica Prison riot ) , and the civilian crowd starts cheering for . 
 After realizing they can not make a simple getaway , demands that a helicopter be landed on the roof to fly him and out of the country . When they are informed that the asphalt roof of the bank will not support a helicopter , demands that a vehicle drive him and to an airport so that they can board a jet . He also demands pizzas ( which are delivered to the scene ) for the hostages and that his wife be brought to the bank . When 's wife , ( ) , a pre - operative transgender woman , arrives , she reveals to the crowd and officials one of 's reasons for robbing the bank is to pay for 's sex reassignment surgery , and that also has an estranged divorced wife , ( ) , and children . 
 As night sets in , the lights in the bank all shut off . goes outside again and discovers that Agent has taken command of the scene . He refuses to give any more favors , but when the bank manager , ( ) , goes into a diabetic shock , Agent lets a doctor ( ) through . While the doctor is inside the bank , convinces to talk to on the phone . 
 The two have a lengthy conversation that reveals had attempted suicide to " get away from " and his abusive behavior . She had been hospitalized at the psychiatric ward of Bellevue Hospital until the police brought her to the scene . turns down 's offer to join him and wherever they take the plane . tells police listening to the phone call that had nothing to do with the robbery attempt , after which they say goodbye . 
 After the phone call , the doctor asks to let leave , and agrees . However , refuses to leave , insisting upon remaining with his employees . 
 The FBI calls out of the bank again . They have brought his mother to the scene . She unsuccessfully tries persuading him to give himself up , and Agent signals that a limousine will arrive in 10 minutes to take them to a waiting jet . Once back inside the bank , writes out his will , leaving money from his life insurance to for her sex change and to . 
 When the limousine arrives , checks it for any hidden weapons or booby traps . When he decides the car is satisfactory , he settles on Agent ( ) to drive , , and the remaining hostages to Kennedy Airport . Per 's earlier agreement , an additional hostage , ( ) is released , and the remaining hostages get into the limousine with and . sits in the front next to while sits behind them . repeatedly asks to point his gun at the roof so wo n't accidentally shoot him . 
 As they wait on the airport tarmac for the plane to taxi into position , is released and gives her rosary beads to help him through his first plane journey . again reminds to aim his gun up so he does not fire by accident . does so , and Agent forces 's weapon onto the dashboard , creating a distraction which allows to pull a revolver hidden in his armrest and shoot in the head . is immediately arrested , and the hostages are all escorted to the terminal . The film ends with watching 's body being taken from the car on a stretcher . Subtitles reveal that was sentenced to 20 years in prison , and her children subsisted on welfare , and had her sex reassignment surgery .

Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning, Chris Sarandon, James Broderick

Picking up two or three years after the original left off , narcotics officer ( ) is still searching for elusive drug kingpin ( ) . Orders from his superiors send to Marseille , France , to track down the criminal mastermind and bust his drug ring . Once in France , is met by Inspector ( ) , who resents his rude and crude crimefighting demeanor . Doyle then begins to find himself as a fish out of water in France , where he is matched with a language he can not understand . is shown round the police station where he finds his desk is situated directly outside the toilets . He tells that he is not satisfied with this positioning and hopes it is not a joke at his expense . informs that he has read his personnel file and is aware of his reputation and especially hopes he has not brought a gun with him as it is strictly forbidden in France for visiting police officers from other countries to carry firearms . 
 continues to struggle with the language and tries to order drinks in a bar . He eventually makes himself understood , befriending a bartender while buying him drinks and they eventually stumble out of the bar together at closing time . Determined to find on his own , escapes from his French escorts . While watches a beach volleyball match , sees him from a restaurant below . sends his henchmen to follow through the town , where they capture him and take him to a hotel for interrogation . 
 For several weeks , is injected with heroin in effort to force him into capitulation . Scenes of his growing addiction follow , including one in which an elderly lady ( ) visits him in his befuddled state . She talks to him , declaring herself to be English , and saying that her son is " just like " him , while stroking his arm . Initially she seems compassionate to his plight , but a change in the camera angle reveals her ' track ' marks and that she is slowly removing his watch . 
 has sent police to search for and , as the raids close in on where is detained , he is dumped barely alive but addicted in front of police headquarters . Scenes of resuscitation and drug withdrawal follow . In his effort to save both 's life and his reputation , immediately quarantines in the police cells and begins his cold turkey withdrawal from the heroin . Supervising his recovery , and at his side with both emotional support and taunts questioning his toughness , ensures completes the cycle of physical withdrawal . When he is well enough to be on his feet , starts back on the road to regaining his physical fitness . He searches Marseille and , finding the hideout / drug warehouse he was brought to , he sets it on fire . He breaks into a room at the hotel and finds 's henchmen , whom he interrogates as to the whereabouts of . is joined by and other inspectors who engage 's henchmen in a gun battle in a dry dock , which results in water from multiple spillways pouring out . The henchmen and inspectors are killed but rescues . The following raid on and his henchmen is successful , but escapes . , in a foot chase of , who is sailing out of the harbor on his yacht , takes his gun out of his holster , calls 's name , and finally shoots him dead .

During a beach party at dusk on Amity Island , a young woman , , goes skinny dipping in the ocean . While treading water , she is violently pulled under . The next day , her partial remains are found on shore . The medical examiner 's ruling that the death was due to a shark attack leads police chief to close the beaches . Mayor overrules him , fearing that the town 's summer economy will be ruined . The coroner now concurs with the mayor 's theory that was killed in a boating accident . reluctantly accepts their conclusion until another fatal shark attack occurs shortly thereafter . A bounty is placed on the shark , prompting an amateur shark - hunting frenzy . Local professional shark hunter offers his services for $ 10,000 . Meanwhile , consulting oceanographer examines 's remains , and confirms her death was caused by a shark — an unusually large one . 
 When local fishermen catch a tiger shark , the mayor proclaims the beaches safe . disputes that it is the same predator , confirming this after no human remains are found inside it . and find a half - sunken vessel while searching the night waters in 's boat . Underwater , retrieves a sizable great white shark 's tooth embedded in the submerged hull . He drops it in fright after encountering a partial corpse . discounts and 's claims that a huge great white shark is responsible for the deaths , and refuses to close the beaches , allowing only added safety precautions . On the Fourth of July weekend , tourists pack the beaches . Following a juvenile prank , the real shark enters a nearby estuary , killing a boater and causing 's oldest son , , to go into shock . then convinces to hire . 
 , , and set out on 's boat , the Orca , to hunt the shark . While lays down a chum line , waits for an opportunity to hook the shark . Without warning , it appears behind the boat . , estimating its length at 25 feet ( 7.6   m ) , harpoons it with a line attached to a flotation barrel , but the shark pulls the barrel underwater and disappears . 
 At nightfall , the shark returns unexpectedly , ramming the boat 's hull , and disabling the power . The men work through the night , repairing the engine . In the morning , attempts to call the Coast Guard , but smashes the radio . After a long chase , harpoons another barrel into the shark . The line is tied to the stern cleats , but the shark drags the boat backward , swamping the deck and flooding the engine compartment , before breaking the cleats off . severs the line to prevent the transom from being pulled out . He heads toward shore to draw the shark into shallower waters , but the overtaxed engine fails . 
 With the Orca slowly sinking , the trio attempt a riskier approach . puts on scuba gear and enters the water in a shark - proof cage , intending to lethally inject the shark with strychnine , using a hypodermic spear . The shark demolishes the cage before can inject it , but he manages to escape to the seabed . The shark then attacks the boat directly and devours . Trapped on the sinking vessel , stuffs a pressurized scuba tank into the shark 's mouth , and , climbing the mast , shoots the tank with a rifle . The resulting explosion obliterates the shark . surfaces , and he and paddle to Amity Island clinging to boat wreckage .

When ( ) invades Austria during the Napoleonic Wars , ( ) , a coward and pacifist scholar , is forced to enlist in the Russian army . Desperate and disappointed after hearing the news that ( ) , his cousin twice removed , is to we d a herring merchant , he inadvertently becomes a war hero . returns and marries the recently widowed , who does not want to marry him , but promises him that she will , in order to make him happy for one night , when she thinks that he is about to be killed in a duel . To her surprise and disappointment , he survives the duel . Their marriage is filled with philosophical debates but no money . Their life together is interrupted when invades the Russian Empire . wants to flee but his wife , angered that the invasion will interfere with their plans to start a family that year , conceives a plot to assassinate at his headquarters in Moscow . and debate the matter with some degree of philosophical doublespeak , and reluctantly goes along with it . They fail to kill and escapes arrest while is executed , despite being told by a vision that he will be pardoned .

A trade union lawyer named ( ) kills a burglar in his house . Only an unorthodox plain - clothes detective named ( ) believes that is guilty of something more than self - defense , but Chief of Police ( ) tells him that is wanted for " every federal law violation in the book " and is therefore " FBI property . " 
 To keep away from , the Chief orders him to stake out the home of ( ) , a wealthy man with ties to the mob whose " big scene " is the import and export of stolen merchandise . initially is unconcerned with and focuses primarily on . But he gets drawn in after discovers that ( ) , cousin of his mafioso benefactor ( ) , is bringing in a shipment of stolen heroin from Mexico without ' approval . 
 Meanwhile , a high - priced escort named ( ) shows up at 's apartment . allows her to come in , and after spending two nights with her and arresting her for possession of marijuana , he discovers that is paying her $ 1000 per night to entertain . After unsuccessfully trying to bribe with 's services and an offer of an illicit real estate deal , decides to work with to eliminate the annoying cop . is killed shortly thereafter during an attempt on 's life . 
 refuses to let use his port facilities to bring in the shipment , causing to send thugs to harass him . decides that the only ally he still has — aside from his faithful butler and bodyguard , ( , because he 's no good to the police dead . In exchange for his own freedom , offers to allow to pose as a chauffeur and pick up the shipment , putting him in a position to both confiscate the drugs and arrest . However , double - crosses by alerting to his real identity . He 's also double - crosses by replacing the heroin with chalk . decides to kill and dump the body on ' boat . 
 is killed in the subsequent gun battle , allowing to go after , who is attempting to flee the country by sea . is dropped onto the boat by helicopter and kills with a gaff hook . is killed by a close - range shot from an assault rifle after one final attempted double - cross fails , bringing the central plot to a close . 
 returns to his apartment to find awaiting him . brushes her off , pointing out that she is no longer being paid to keep him company . Despite this , wishes to spend the night with . However , he detects the scent of marijuana on her and the film concludes on what is intended to be a humorous beat , as prepares to haul off to jail for a second possession charge . 
 In 1980 , a heavily edited version of the 1975 film was released for broadcast television , in which most of the violence and all of the nudity and profanity were removed . Several scenes in the film were shot twice for this purpose .

The overarching plot takes place over five days leading up to a political rally for Replacement Party candidate , who is never seen throughout the entire movie . The story follows 24 characters roaming around Nashville , in search of some sort of goal through their own ( often overlapping ) story arcs . 
 Day One 
 The film opens with a campaign van for presidential candidate driving around Nashville as an external loudspeaker blares 's folksy political aphorisms , juxtaposed with country superstar ( ) recording an overblown patriotic song intended to commemorate the upcoming Bicentennial , and growing irritated with the accompanying musicians in the studio . An Englishwoman named ( ) who claims to be working on a documentary for the BBC appears in the studio but is told to leave by . Down the hall from 's session is ( ) , a white gospel singer recording a song with a black choir . 
 Later that day , popular country singer ( ) is returning to Nashville , having recovered from a burn accident , and the elite of Nashville 's music scene , including and his companion Lady ( ) , have converged on Berry Field to greet her plane as it arrives . Also present are Pfc . ( ) and the popular folk trio " , , and " who are in town to record an album . ( ) and ( ) are married , but largely unhappy , partly due to the fact that is in love with womanizing ( ) . Meanwhile , Mr. ( ) arrives at the airport to pick up his niece , ( ) , aka " L.A. Joan , " a teenage groupie who has come to Nashville ostensibly to visit her aunt who is sick in the hospital . However , repeatedly puts off visiting her aunt in favor of chasing after male musicians . Working at the airport restaurant are African - American cook ( ) , and his pretty waitress friend , ( ) , an aspiring country singer who refuses to recognize that she ca n't carry a tune . 
 After greeting the crowds on the tarmac , faints due to the heat , and her handlers , headed by her domineering husband - manager ( ) , rush her to the hospital . appearance having been cut short , those in attendance depart the airport and wind up stranded on the highway after a pile - up occurs . During the commotion , ( , an aspiring country singer , runs away from her husband , ( ) , after he refuses to take her to the Grand Ole Opry . gives a ride to ( ) , who has just arrived in town carrying a violin case . Opal takes advantage of the traffic jam to interview first and then ( ) , an African - American country singer who is performing at the Opry . and his entourage go to Lady Pearl 's club but , who is drinking and trying to pick up white girls at the bar , insults for being too " white " and starts a fight . 
 's husband , ( ) is working with political organizer , ( ) to plan a small fundraiser and a large outdoor concert gala for the campaign . appears at a local club 's open mike night in a provocative outfit , and despite her lack of singing ability , club manager ( ) recommends her to for the fundraiser based on her appearance . shows up at 's club trying to recruit musicians to record a demo with her , but sees her and chases her out . invites for family dinner with and their two deaf children . and are having communication problems and she focuses on the children rather than on him . In the middle of dinner , calls trying to make a date with , but she puts him off , so he takes back to his room instead . Pfc . sneaks into hospital room and sits in the chair by her bed all night , watching her sleep . 
 Day Two 
 calls again but , with listening on the other line , yells at and tells him not to call her any more . rents a room from Mr. . throws a pre - show party at his house before the evening 's Grand Ole Opry performance . At the party , tries to persuade to perform at the gala by telling him that if is elected , would back for state governor . says he 'll give his decision after the Opry show that night . 
 Later , , , and ( ) all perform at the Opry . is substituting for the hospitalized . tries unsuccessfully to get backstage . At the hospital , and have an argument because he is going to the after - show gathering to thank for substituting at the last minute . does n't want him to go and he accuses her of having another nervous breakdown like she did previously . finally subdues and leaves , but does n't seem happy to see him . tells Triplette that and never appear on the same stage , and that he ( ) will appear anyplace also appears . gets upset when his wife does n't show up all evening ; she is sleeping with . 
 Day Three 
 It is Sunday morning and the characters are shown attending various local church services . A Roman Catholic service includes Lady , and in attendance ; sings in the choir at a Protestant service ; and is seen in the choir at a black Protestant church as a baptism is taking place , with attending . At the hospital chapel , sings " In the Garden " from her wheelchair while Mr. and Pfc . , among others , watch . Mr. tells how he and his wife lost their son in WWII . wanders alone through a huge auto scrapyard making free - form poetic speeches about the cars into her tape recorder . Haven , and their families attend the stock car races , where also attempts to sing on a small stage but can not be heard . and argue in their hotel room and are interrupted by , who wants to recruit them for the concert gala . tries to get chauffeur ( ) to score him some pills . 
 Day Four 
 walks alone through a large school bus parking lot making more strange observations into her tape recorder . is discharged from the hospital at the same time Mr. shows up to visit his sick wife . asks after his wife and sends her regards . After and her entourage have left , a nurse tells Mr. his wife died earlier that morning . Back at Mr. 's house , gets upset when tries to look at his violin case . 
 performs at Opryland USA . and attend and try to convince to have play the concert gala at the Parthenon the next day , but he refuses . gets through the first couple of songs all right , but then begins to tell rambling stories about her childhood instead of starting the next song . After several false starts , escorts her from the stage and tells the disappointed audience that they can come to the Parthenon tomorrow and see perform for free , thus committing her to the concert . 
 calls and invites her to meet him that night at a club where he is playing . arrives but sits by herself because is trying to pick up . and are also there , and sits with them and talks about how she slept with , causing to become upset . tries unsuccessfully to pick up , while tries equally unsuccessfully to pick up . sings " I 'm Easy " and , moved , goes back to his room where they make love . When needs to leave , calls another woman and has a romantic conversation within 's earshot while she is getting dressed . 
 appears at the all - male fundraiser , but is booed off the stage when she sings poorly and does n't take off her clothes . and explain that the men expect her to strip and that if she does so , they will let her sing the next day at the Parthenon with . is visibly upset but strips anyway . shows up at the fundraiser hoping to get a chance to sing , but after she sees what is going on , she stays hidden behind a curtain . drives home and drunkenly comes on to her , but she is rescued by . After he hears what happened , tells she ca n't sing and asks her to go back to Detroit with him the next day . refuses because she is determined to sing at the Parthenon with . 
 Day Five 
 The performers , audience and and his entourage arrive for the Parthenon concert . In the performing lineup are , , and her choir , , and , , and who has shown up again hoping for a chance to sing . gets upset because will have to perform in front of a large Walker advertisement , but has to go along with it because his wife 's career will be harmed if he pulls her out of the show . Mr. and attend burial service and Mr. leaves angrily , vowing to find ( who is not at the service ) and make her show some respect to her aunt . Mr. and go to the Parthenon to look for . 
 The gala starts and and perform a song together , then sings a solo song . At the end of the song , takes a gun from his violin case and shoots and . Pfc . disarms as chaos breaks out . is carried bleeding and unconscious from the stage . tries to calm the crowd by exhorting them to sing , asserting that " This is n't Dallas " . As he is led from the stage for treatment of his wounds , he hands the microphone off to , who begins to sing " It Do n't Worry Me " and is joined by 's gospel choir . The film ends with the audience raptly listening to 's song — she has finally got her big break .

Keith Carradine, Karen Black, Ned Beatty, Ronee Blakley, Lily Tomlin, Barbara Harris, Gwen Welles

In 1963 Oregon , recidivist criminal is moved to a mental institution after serving a short sentence on a prison farm for statutory rape of a 15 - year - old . Though not actually mentally ill , hopes to avoid hard labor and serve the rest of his sentence in a relaxed environment . Upon arriving at the hospital , he finds the ward run by the steely , strict Nurse , who subtly suppresses the actions of her patients through a passive - aggressive routine , intimidating the patients . 
 The other patients include anxious , stuttering ; , who is prone to childish tantrums ; delusional ; the well - educated , paranoid ; belligerent ; epileptic ; and “ Chief ” Bromden , a tall Native American believed to be deaf and mute . soon sees ’s lively , rebellious presence to be a threat to her authority , confiscating the patients ’ cigarettes and rationing them . During his time in the ward , gets into a battle of wits with . He steals a hospital bus , escaping with several patients to go on a fishing trip , encouraging his friends to become more self - confident . 
 learns his sentence may become indefinite , and he makes plans to escape , exhorting to throw a hydrotherapy cart through a window . He , , and get into a fight with the orderlies after the latter becomes agitated over his stolen cigarettes . sends them to the “ shock shop , ” and discovers can actually speak , feigning being deaf and mute to avoid engaging with anyone . After being subjected to electroconvulsive therapy , returns to the ward pretending to have brain damage , but reveals the treatment has charged him up even more . and make plans to escape , but decide to throw a secret Christmas party for their friends after leaves for the night . 
 sneaks two women , and , into the ward , and bribes the night guard . After a night of partying , and prepare to escape , inviting to come with them . He refuses , not ready to leave the hospital . instead convinces him to have sex with . arrives in the morning to find the ward in disarray and most of the patients passed out drunk . She discovers and together , the former now free of his stutter , until threatens to inform his mother about his escapade . is overwhelmed with fear and locks himself in the doctor ’s office and commits suicide . The enraged chokes , before being knocked out by an orderly . 
 comes back with a neck brace and a scratchy voice . Rumors spread that escaped , rather than be taken " upstairs " . Later that night , sees being returned to his bed . He discovers has lobotomy scars on his forehead , and smothers his friend with a pillow . finally throws the hydrotherapy cart through the window and escapes into the night , cheered on by .

Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif, Danny DeVito, William Redfield, Will Sampson

( ) is the veteran star of the Houston rollerball team . He has become the sport 's most recognizable and talented player . After another impressive performance against Madrid , Mr. ( ) , chairman of the Energy Corporation , announces that will be featured in a " multivision " broadcast about his career . 
 tells that he wants him to retire . He offers the Rollerballer a lavish retirement package if makes the announcement during the special . He then preaches the benefits of corporate - run society and the importance of respecting executive decisions , never explaining why he must retire . refuses , and requests to see his former wife ( ) , who had been taken from him some time earlier by a corporate executive who had wanted her for himself . 
 Suspicious of a forced retirement , he goes to a library and asks for books about the corporation and history ; he finds all books have been digitized and then " edited " to suit the corporations , and are now stored on supercomputers at large protected company locations . 
 Rollerball degrades into senseless violence as the rules are changed to force out . Houston 's semi - final game against Tokyo has no penalties and only limited substitutions . The brutality of the match kills several players including Houston 's lead biker , . 's best friend and teammate , ( ) , is left in a vegetative state . Despite the violence , Houston is victorious and will play New York for the Championship . 
 hosts an executive teleconference to discuss the game 's future . They decide that the Houston – New York game will be played with no penalties , no substitutions , and no time limit in the hope that , if he decides to play , will be killed during the game . They reveal why must retire : Rollerball was conceived not only to satisfy man 's blood lust , but to demonstrate the futility of individualism ; 's popularity threatens this ideal . 
 make his way to Geneva to access the world 's central supercomputer , known as " Zero . " While revered as the repository of all human knowledge , Zero is flawed , which is revealed when the librarian mentions that Zero has " lost " the entire 13th century . 's goal is to find out how the corporations make their decisions , but the result is indecipherable computer double - talk . 
 Afterwards , receives a visit from his former wife , who has been sent to convince him to retire and to make it clear the coming game will be " to the death . " decides , despite the dangers , that he will play . 
 The Final match quickly loses all semblance of order as the players are injured or killed . The crowd , ecstatic at first , gradually become more subdued as the carnage unfolds and the game devolves into a gladiatorial fight . is soon the only player left on Houston 's team , while a skater and a biker remain from New York . After a violent struggle in front of Mr. , dispatches the skater and takes the ball . The biker charges , but counters , knocking him to the floor . He pins the biker down and raises the ball over his head , and pauses . Refusing to kill his fallen opponent , gets to his feet and painfully makes his way to the goal , depositing the ball inside , scoring the only point . 
 skates around the track in silent victory . The coaches and fans of both teams chant his name , getting louder as he skates faster and faster . Mr. exits the arena hurriedly . The film ends on a freeze frame of 's face , as the beginning of the Toccata and Fugue in D minor plays over the scene .

The film begins with making a patriotic speech to the boys of Rugby School framed by a giant Union Flag , in a scene which appears to be a parody of the opening sequence in the 1970 film Patton . There is a brief flashback to the events of the original Flashman , with the head of the Rugby School ( ) recounting 's exploits in Afghanistan . 
 The film then follows the plot of the book , which itself largely derives from The Prisoner of Zenda . is forced by to impersonate a Danish prince , who is about to marry a German princess ( ) . exacts this retribution partly in revenge for his humiliation at the hands of in London ; stole 's mistress , then manoeuvred him into boxing against a professional boxer , ( played by ) , at a house party . does not wish the Princess to marry a Dane , since this may tilt the balance on the Schleswig - Holstein Question and interfere with his plans for a united Germany.[2 ]

In 1968 , the eve of a presidential election ends with election to the American presidency . is a successful Beverly Hills hairdresser , whose occupation and charisma have provided him the perfect platform from which to meet and have sex with beautiful women , including his current girlfriend , . 
 Despite this , is dissatisfied with his professional life ; he is clearly the creative star of the salon , but is forced to play second fiddle to , the " nickel - and - diming " mediocre hairdresser who owns the place . He dreams of setting up his own salon business , but lacking the cash and other financial matters to do so , he turns to wealthy lover and her unsuspecting husband to bankroll him . 's meeting with supplies a second secret for him to keep from his would - be benefactor , 's current mistress , , who is 's former girlfriend , perhaps the most serious relationship he has ever had . 
 , who assumes is gay , invites him to escort to a Republican Party election night soiree , at which finds himself in the same room as a number of present and former sexual partners . The principals adjourn to a posh counterculture party , and the night quickly descends into drugs , alcohol , and sexual indulgence . Later on , and happen upon and having vigorous sex on a kitchen floor . Just before their identities are revealed , an impressed exclaims : " That 's what I call fucking ! Am I right , or am I right ? " When recognizes the writhing couple , she throws a chair at them ; as backpedals , trying to placate , flees . 
 realizes that is his true love , and proposes to her , but by then it is too late . announces that is divorcing and taking to Acapulco . leaves alone on a hilltop above her house as he watches her leave with .

Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Goldie Hawn, Jack Warden, Lee Grant, Carrie Fisher, Tony Bill

On June 17 , 1972 , security guard at the Watergate complex finds a door 's bolt taped over so that it will not lock . He calls the police , who find and arrest five burglars in the Democratic National Committee headquarters within the complex . The next morning , The Washington Post assigns new reporter to the local courthouse to cover the story , which is considered of minor importance . 
 learns that the five men , four Cuban - Americans from Miami and , had electronic bugging equipment and are represented by a high - priced " country club " attorney . At the arraignment , identifies himself in court as having recently left the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) and the others are also revealed to have CIA ties . connects the burglars to , a former employee of the CIA , and President 's Special Counsel . 
 , another Post reporter , is assigned to cover the Watergate story with . The two young men are reluctant partners , but work well together . Executive editor believes their work lacks reliable sources and is not worthy of the Post 's front page , but he encourages further investigation . 
 contacts a senior government official , an anonymous source whom he has used before and refers to as " . " Communicating secretly , using a flag placed in a balcony flowerpot to signal meetings , they meet at night in an underground carpark . speaks in riddles and metaphors , avoiding substantial facts about the Watergate break - in , but keeps advising to " follow the money . " 
 and manage to connect the five burglars to corrupt activities around campaign contributions to 's Committee to Re - elect the President ( CREEP ) . This includes a check for $ 25,000 paid to , whom Miami authorities identified when investigating the Miami - based burglars . Still , and others at the Post doubt the investigation and its dependence on sources such as , wondering why the administration should break the law when the President is almost certain to defeat his opponent , Democratic nominee . 
 Through former CREEP treasurer , and connect a slush fund of hundreds of thousands of dollars to White House Chief of Staff second most important man in this country"—and to former Attorney General , now head of CREEP . They learn that CREEP was financing a " ratfucking " campaign to sabotage Democratic presidential candidates a year before the Watergate burglary , when was lagging in the polls . 
 While 's demand for thoroughness compels the reporters to obtain other sources to confirm the connection , the White House issues a non - denial denial of the Post 's above - the - fold story . The editor continues to encourage investigation . 
 again meets secretly with , and demands he be less evasive . reveals that masterminded the Watergate break - in and cover - up . He also states that the cover - up was not just to camouflage the CREEP involvement but to hide " covert operations " involving " the entire U.S. intelligence community " , including the FBI and CIA . He warns and that their lives , and others , are in danger . When the two relay this to , he urges them to carry on despite the risk from 's re - election . 
 On January 20 , 1973 , and type the full story , while a television in the foreground shows taking the Oath of Office for his second term as President . A montage of Watergate - related teletype headlines from the following year is shown , ending with 's resignation and the inauguration of Vice President on August 9 , 1974 .

Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Jack Warden, Hal Holbrook, Stephen Collins, Jane Alexander, Martin Balsam, Ned Beatty, Lindsay Crouse

On a Saturday in Anderson , a crime - infested ghetto in South Central Los Angeles , members of a local gang known as Street Thunder have stolen a large number of assault rifles and pistols . At 3 a.m. , a team of heavily armed LAPD officers ambush and kill six members of the gang . Later , the gang 's four warlords swear a blood oath of revenge against the police and the citizens of Los Angeles . 
 During the day , three sequences of events occur parallel to one another : First , Lieutenant , a newly promoted CHP officer , is assigned to take charge of the decommissioned Anderson police precinct during the last few hours before it is permanently closed . The station is manned by a skeleton staff composed of Sergeant and the station 's two secretaries , and . 
 Across town , two of the Street Thunder warlords , along with two other gang members , drive around the neighborhood looking for people to kill . One of the warlords shoots and kills a little girl , , and the driver of an ice - cream truck . 's father , , pursues and kills the warlord and the other gang members chase him into the precinct . In shock , is unable to communicate to or what has happened to him . 
 Just before this , a prison bus commanded by stops at the station to find medical help for one of three prisoners being transported to the state prison . The prisoners are , , and , who is sick . As the prisoners are put into cells , the telephone lines go dead , and when prepares to put the prisoners back on the bus , the gang opens fire on the precinct , using weapons fitted with silencers . In seconds , they kill , the bus driver , , , and the two officers along with . unchains from 's body and puts and back into the cells . When the gang members cut the station 's electricity and begin a second wave of shooting , sends to release and , and they help and repel an attempted invasion , though is killed in the firefight . 
 Meanwhile , the gang members remove all evidence of the skirmish in order to avoid attracting outside attention . hopes that someone has heard the police weapons firing , but the neighborhood is too sparsely populated for nearby residents to pinpoint the location of the noise . is chosen to sneak out of the precinct through the sewer line and hot - wire a car , but is killed by a gang member hiding in the backseat . However , two police officers responding to reports of gunfire find the dead body of a telephone repairman hanging from a pole near the police station , and call for backup . 
 As the gang rallies for an all - out final assault , , , and retreat to the basement , taking the still - catatonic with them . Protected by a large durable sign , the gang then storms the building and rush the survivors . shoots a tank full of acetylene gas , which explodes and kills all the gang members in the basement . The remaining gang members retreat as more police support arrives to secure the station . Venturing down into the basement , the police officers find dozens of badly burned and killed gang members strewn about the hallway ; the only survivors are , , , and . An officer tries to cuff , but angrily stops him and asks to walk out of the station with him .

Coyote Bus Lines ' scientists and designers work feverishly to complete Cyclops , a state - of - the - art articulated jumbo bus , enabling man to achieve a new milestone in busing : non - stop service between New York City and Denver . Almost immediately after the bus 's engine is equipped with nuclear fuel , a bomb goes off , critically injuring Professor , the scientist in charge of the project . Cyclops itself is undamaged , but Coyote Lines has lost both its driver and co - driver . 
 , the professor 's daughter and the Cyclops designer , is forced to turn to , an old flame . Once a promising driver , was disgraced after he crashed his bus atop Mount Diablo , and was accused of saving his own life by eating all of his passengers . ( blamed his co - driver for cannibalism , insisting that he himself survived by eating the seats and the luggage , and only ate part of a passenger 's foot by accident . ) Narrowly surviving an assault by vindictive fellow drivers with the help of , is recruited to drive Cyclops . 
 Meanwhile , a sinister tycoon plots with oil sheikhs to destroy the bus . Known as " Iron Man , " he is encased in a huge iron lung while directing his brother to sabotage Cyclops using timebombs . would prefer to use a manmade earthquake , but insists that the bus be destroyed and discredited . Before its maiden voyage , sneaks aboard and hides a bomb within the bus . 
 Amid public fanfare , the bus finally leaves New York bound for Denver . Among the passengers are the , a neurotic married couple waiting for their divorce to finalize ; Father , a priest who has lost his way ; Dr. , a disgraced veterinarian ; , a man with only a few months to live ; and , whose father died in the aforementioned Mount Diablo bus crash . 
 At first , Cyclops ' journey is a success , and Torrance triumphantly breaks the 90   mph " wind barrier " ( referenced as " breaking wind " ) . Soon , however , disaster strikes . Investigating a mechanical problem , finds 's bomb . He disarms it only before an explosion rips through another part of the bus . Now unable to stop , Cyclops speeds across America . is determined to achieve Cyclops ' historic goal of non - stop service to Denver , but he also needs to surpass a treacherously curvy road where his father died . almost succeeds , but not before a truck collides into the upper deck windshield , and the bus runs partially off the road , finding itself teetering over a cliff . To save the bus , and shift all weight to the back of the bus by pumping all of the vehicle 's storage of carbonated beverages into the opposite end of the bus into the galley , as well as jettisoning all of the passenger luggage . 
 Knowing he has only one more chance to destroy , is finally persuaded by to use the earthquake . Unfortunately for , has somehow set the coordinates for house instead . 
 Back on the road , Cyclops is once again headed to its destination , when , only 25 miles outside of Denver , the front and rear halves of the bus split from each other .

Stockard Channing, Joseph Bologna, John Beck, Sally Kellerman, Richard Mulligan, Jose Ferrer, Murphy Dunne

The ( spelled " " in the novel ) family , who live in a cramped apartment in Queens , New York , takes a bargain - priced summer - long vacation at a large , shabby , remote neo - classical 19th - century mansion at the far eastern end of the North Fork of Suffolk County , Long Island . The address is 17 Shore Road . The family consists of housewife ( ) , her teacher husband ( ) , and their twelve - year - old son ( ) . 's elderly Aunt ( ) , who enjoys painting , joins them . The owners of the house are the siblings , and ( and ) ; there is also a caretaker , ( ) . 
 The inform the of a particularly odd requirement for their rental : their elderly mother , who they claim is 85 but could pass for 60 , will continue to live in her upstairs room , and the are to provide her with meals during their stay . The siblings explain that the old woman is obsessed with privacy and will not interact with them , so meals are to be left outside her door . eagerly accepts this task , having already begun to succumb to the allure of the ornate house and its period decor . She becomes obsessed with caring for the home , begins to wear the Victorian era garb she finds in Mrs. 's suite , and , increasingly , distances herself from her family . Of particular interest to her is a room near the bedroom of Mrs. , which contains collections of framed portraits of people from different eras , presumably former occupants of the house , and a music box . Mrs. 's meals go uneaten or " barely " eaten , according to , who expresses concern . Various unusual circumstances occur during the summer : after cuts his hand on a champagne bottle , a dead light bulb in the kitchen storeroom mysteriously is revived ; while playing in the pool , almost drowns ; a gas heater in 's bedroom turns itself on and the windows lock shut ; is haunted by a dream and a waking vision of an eerie , malevolently grinning hearse driver ( ) whom first saw or thought he saw at his mother 's funeral many years earlier . With each " accident " , the house renews itself . 
 Initially unknown to her family , is becoming possessed by the spirit of the house . When Aunt suddenly takes ill and dies , does not attend the funeral . She steps into a previously barren room with half - dead flowers only to discover a beautiful , ornate garden . and return , fatefully , to the house after the funeral . confronts , who retreats to the room outside Mrs. 's bedroom . angrily confronts her about what her obsession with the house is doing to their family . When she denies it , he reveals his intentions of leaving the next day , " with or without you " . 
 sleeps in an armchair in his son 's room but awakens to the sound of old shingles falling off the house . Looking out the window he sees that the house is rejuvenating itself . He attempts to escape with his son but a tree blocks the road . When drives them back to the house accuses her of being a part of what is going on , and then sees her as the chauffeur , and becomes catatonic . The next day , while is swimming and a still catatonic is watching him , the placid pool turns into angry , vicious waves , pulling the boy under as is unable to move . Only has the power to save her son . She dives in and rescues him , and the incident awakens out of his catatonic state . agrees that it 's time to leave . 
 As readies his family to leave , insists on going back inside to tell Mrs. they are leaving and give her their phone number . When fails to return to the car goes inside to get her , but can not find her . decides to confront Mrs. , whom he has never seen , face to face . is horrified when he finds that his wife is now the old woman in the attic . is thrown from an attic window , landing on the windshield of his car . In shock , runs toward the house and is killed when one of the chimneys falls on him . 
 With the house now fully rejuvenated and glistening like new , the siblings and magically reappear and are heard marveling at the restored beauty of their home and rejoicing over the return of their " mother " . The photo collection now includes photos of , and Aunt , the latest victims .

( ) and ( ) , a childless couple , live with 's wealthy mother , ( ) , who has already suffered a stroke . dislikes and is openly contemptuous of her infertile son - in - law . 
 dumps 's nitroglycerine pills down the toilet and replace them with worthless sugar substitutes . friend ( and 's godmother ) , ( ) , comes to visit , but Mrs. ( ) 's boarding house is not ready . Unable to find her own pills , uses some of 's now worthless ones , and dies on 's couch following a cardiac incident . tells the 911 operator that the deceased is , and Dr. ( ) provides the necessary paperwork for her remains to be taken away for cremation . wakes up , finds the body , and accuses him of murder . manages to dodge all her blows with her cane , which causes her to stumble and cut her head on the radiator . He buries his mother - in - law in the backyard and plants the new tree he purchased some time earlier on top of her remains . 
 goes to Mrs. 's boarding house to collect 's things . After will is read , in which 's portion is to be held in trust for any natural - born children , an investigation is opened to find , also a beneficiary of 's will .

A fake psychic , ( ) , and her boyfriend , ( ) , attempt to locate the nephew of a wealthy and guilt - ridden elderly woman , ( ) . 's recently deceased sister gave the baby boy up for adoption , but now wants to make him her heir , and will pay $ 10,000 if the man , , can be found . During his investigation , discovers that is thought to be dead , but he tracks down another criminal , ( ) , who paid for the tombstone over an empty grave . 
 Meanwhile , it is revealed to the viewers that murdered his adoptive parents , faked his own death and is now a successful jeweler in San Francisco known as ( ) . He and his live - in girlfriend , ( ) , kidnap millionaires and dignitaries , returning them in exchange for ransoms in the form of valuable gemstones . The duo conceal an enormous diamond in plain sight in a crystal chandelier . 
 When learns that is investigating him , he enlists ( the two had murdered 's adoptive parents long ago ) , to kill and . initially refuses to help , but then contacts and , telling them to meet him at a café on a mountain road . He cuts the brake line of 's car while the couple are in the café , but they manage to survive their dangerous high - speed descent . tries to run them over , but dies in a fiery explosion when he swerves to avoid an oncoming car and tumbles down the cliff . 
 At 's funeral , his wife ( ) tearfully confesses to that 's name is now . has to go to work driving his taxi for an evening shift , so tracks down various A. Adamsons in San Francisco , eventually reaching the jewelry store as it closes for the day . 's assistant Mrs. ( ) offers to let leave a note . lies that she is a friend of and convinces Mrs. to give her his address , instead . 
 and are bundling a kidnapped Bishop ( ) into their car when rings their doorbell . They attempt to drive out of their garage , but 's car is blocking their way . She tells that his aunt wants to make him her heir . sees the unconscious bishop , and swears she will not tell , but drugs her , leaving her in the cellar while they drop the bishop off for ransom . 
 Searching for , finds her car outside and 's house , but no - one answers the door . He breaks in and searches for her . and return home ; hides upstairs . He overhears 's decision to kill and frame her death as a suicide . manages to talk to , who is faking unconsciousness in the open cellar . and enter to carry out to the car , but she darts out and locks the kidnappers in . 
 then goes into a " trance " , climbs the stairs into the house and halfway up the next stairs , where she points at the huge diamond hidden in the chandelier . then " wakes " and asks what she is doing there . He excitedly tells her that she is indeed a real psychic . He calls the police to collect the reward for capturing the kidnappers and finding the jewels . A smiling looks at the camera and winks .

Karen Black, Bruce Dern, Barbara Harris, William Devane, Cathleen Nesbitt, Ed Lauter

( ) and her daughter , ( ) constantly quarrel . Following a disagreement on Friday the 13th , leaves to join a friend at a local diner . In sync , and ( who is in the family home 's kitchen ) both wish aloud , " I wish I could switch places with her for just one day " . Their wish comes true when they switch their bodies and subsequently lives . 
 and continue to live their everyday lives as each other . , as , remains at home , tending to laundry , car repair , grocery deliveries , carpet cleaners , dry cleaners , her housemaid , and the family Basset Hound , . As though did not have her hands full , ( ) coerces her to cook dinner for twenty - five as his catered dinner party plans fell through . enlists , a neighbor whom she has harbored a crush , to look after her younger brother and help make a chocolate mousse but all three manage to mess everything up , then later saving face by making everything into a smorgasbord . does have a bright spot with her brother , , such as getting to have personal discussions with him , when she picks him up from school . He tells her which qualities he envies about , and is able to share her loathing over the housemaid , who is constantly complaining about 's sloppiness , and then confesses when he tried to be messy to connect with , the housemaid said he did n't know better and cleaned up after him . Plus , between all the talks , they play baseball which adds to their affection . These combined situations lead to 's remorse for misjudging and getting a different outlook on him . 
 Meanwhile attends school as where she struggles with marching band , destroys her entire typing class 's electric typewriters , exposes her photography class 's developing film , and leads the school 's field hockey team to a loss . However , does have one bright point , in a US history class where she accurately recounts the Korean War , having lived through the 1950s as a little girl . In an effort to escape school , ( as ) runs to 's office . There , she encounters 's new attractive , young , and immodestly dressed secretary . attempts to intimidate the young woman by sharing how frightening " her mother " is . This effort appeared successful as the secretary adopts more modest clothing , glasses , and an unflattering hairstyle . ( as ) asks for access to his credit card in order to make herself over as her braces were scheduled to be removed that afternoon . approves , and chalks up his secretary 's awkward appearance to personal problems at home as her son is ill and her husband is unemployed , causing to scold herself for not trusting her husband . 
 The day ends in a comical twist when the mother - daughter pair wishing a new request : to return to themselves . This does happen , although in a different manner than before : they are physically transferred , with suddenly sitting now behind the wheel of a car with and , with none of them knowing how to drive and attracting the attention of several squad cars . in turn finds herself water skiing as she ( as ) was scheduled to participate in an aquacade . , who has prospective clients at the aquacade , fears unemployment as he sees flailing helplessly on skis , but her antics amuse the clients so much that wins the account . 
 With a new understanding of each other 's lives , mother and daughter forgive each other . Following the events of Freaky Friday , begins dating . is playing cards with , still trying to understand what happened . and are fine with taking to a pizzeria for a date , and surprises by letting him tag along with them . complains that he never gets to do fun stuff like his dad , who is getting ready for a business trip the following Saturday dirt biking with a Japanese motorcycle firm looking to enter the US market , while says should be more appreciative of a worry - free childhood . remarks he would love to spend one Saturday in his dad 's shoes , while says the same about , causing and to get nervous and urge and to drop the matter . As they wish to switch their places , nervously throws her cards into the air while facepalms .

Two years after the Westworld tragedy , the Delos corporation owners have reopened the park after spending $ 1.5 billion in safety improvements , and also shutting down Westworld . For publicity purposes , newspaper reporter and TV reporter are invited to review the park . 
 Just before the junket is announced , arranges to meet with a Delos employee who promises he has dirt on the corporation . During the meeting , the tipster is shot in the back and dies after giving an envelope . 
 At the resort , guests choose from four theme parks : Spaworld ( " where old age and pain have been eliminated " ) , Medievalworld , Romanworld and Futureworld . and choose Futureworld , which simulates an orbiting space station . Robots are available for sex as well as amusements like boxing . They are guided through the resort by Dr. , who shows them the marvels of Delos , demonstrating that all the problems have been fixed . 
 The reporters are stunned to find that the Control Center is staffed entirely by robots . That night , their dinners are drugged , and while they sleep , medical tests are conducted so Delos can make clones of them . A visiting Russian General and a Japanese politician are also tested for cloning . Back in her room a few hours later , wakes in a fright , remembering the experience as a nightmare . 
 and sneak out to explore the resort 's underground areas . They end up triggering a cloning machine , which generates three samurai . Just as they are about to be captured by the samurai , a mechanic named saves them . He takes them back to his quarters , where he cohabits with a mechanic robot he has named after 's alter - ego . The reporters interview , but they are interrupted and returned to their rooms . 
 The following day , while is testing out a Delos dream - recording device , slips out to see . takes to a locked door that he has never been able to enter , although robots routinely enter . Realizing the key is in the robot 's eyes , destroys a robot and steals its face . They return with and open the door . Inside , they find clones of themselves , as well as clones of the Russian and Japanese leaders . The clones are being programmed through subliminal messages ; they are instructed to always work for the good of Delos and to destroy their originals . explains that his tipster 's envelope was filled with clippings about leaders from around the world , realizing that Delos must be cloning the rich and powerful . 
 The trio decides to flee the resort on the next plane . The reporters return to their apartment where is waiting for them ; he explains that , by cloning world leaders , they can ensure that nothing harms ' interests , and that without " proper " guidance , humans will eventually destroy the planet . 
 Cloning the reporters would ensure favorable coverage , letting people forget about the Westworld tragedy . attacks but is easily overpowered with unnatural strength . shoots the doctor twice , and peels back 's face to reveal that he is a robot . As races to meet up with the reporters , he runs into 's clone , who kills him . and are then chased by their own duplicates , all the while taunting them with details about their lives . Eventually , one of each pair is killed , though which one is left unclear . When they find each other , seizes and kisses . 
 In the end , as they leave the resort with the other guests , Dr. meets them to make sure they are the clones . The reporters confirm that they will be writing positive reviews for Delos ; but , just as they reach the exit , 's badly injured clone stumbles towards him and realizes too late that he has been fooled . On the jetway , tells that his editor is running the exposé on Delos , that the whole world will know what they are up to , and that kissing her was his idea to figure out whether or not she was a duplicate .

In the year 2274 , the remnants of human civilization live in a sealed city contained beneath a cluster of geodesic domes , a utopia run by a computer that takes care of all aspects of their life , including reproduction . The citizens live a hedonistic life but in order to maintain the population levels everyone must undergo the ritual of " Carrousel " when they reach the age of 30 . There , they are vaporized and ostensibly " renewed " . To track this , each person is implanted at birth with a " life - clock " crystal in the palm of their hand that changes color as they get older and begins blinking as they approach their " Last Day " . Most residents accept this promise of rebirth , but those who do not and attempt to flee the city are known as " Runners " . An elite team of policemen known as " Sandmen " , outfitted in predominantly black uniforms and serving in an agency of the city called " Deep Sleep " , are assigned to pursue and terminate Runners as they try to escape . 
 5 and 7 are both Sandmen . After terminating a Runner , to whose presence they were alerted during a ritual , finds an ankh among his possessions . Later that evening , he meets 6 , a young woman also wearing an ankh pendant . takes the ankh to the computer , which tells him that it is a symbol for a secret group whose members help the Runners find " Sanctuary " , a mythical place where they will be safe to live out the rest of their lives ; it points out that the Sandmen have lost one thousand and fifty - six Runners that way . The computer instructs to find Sanctuary and destroy it , a mission he has to keep secret from the other Sandmen of Deep Sleep , which it code - names " Procedure 033 - 03 " . It then , by a procedure it calls " retrogram " , changes the color of his life - clock to flashing red , making him suddenly four years closer to . In order to escape , is now forced to become a Runner . meets and explains his situation . They meet with the underground group that leads them to the periphery of the city . finds that the ankh symbol is actually a key that unlocks an exit from the city . They come out into a frozen cave , with following closely behind . In the cave , they meet Box , a robot designed to capture food for the city from the outside . discovers to his horror that Box also captures escaped Runners and freezes them . Before Box can freeze and , they escape , causing the cave to collapse on the robot . 
 Once outside , and notice that their life - clocks are no longer operational . They discover that the remains of human civilization have become a wilderness . They explore an old , seemingly abandoned city , which was once Washington , D.C. In the ruins of the United States Senate chamber , they discover an elderly man . His appearance is a shock to them , since neither has seen anyone over the age of 30 . The old man explains what he remembers of what happened to humanity outside the city , and realizes that Sanctuary is a myth and had been all along . However , has followed them and he and fight . fatally wounds and as he dies , he sees that 's life - clock is now clear and assumes that has renewed . and persuade the old man to return to the city with them as proof that life exists outside the domed city . Leaving the man outside , the two enter and try to convince everyone that Carrousel is a lie and unnecessary . The two are captured by other Sandmen and taken to the computer . The computer interrogates about Assignment 033 - 03 and asks if he completed his mission , but insists , " There is no Sanctuary . " What he had found was " old ruins , exposed " , " an old man " , and that the missing Runners were " all frozen " . These answers are not accepted by the computer , even after scanning 's mind , and the computer overloads , causing the city 's systems to fail violently and release the exterior seals . , , and the other citizens flee the ruined city . Once outside , the citizens see the old man , the first human they have met who is older than 30 , proving that they can , indeed , live their lives much longer .

Michael York, Jenny Agutter, Peter Ustinov, Farrah Fawcett, Richard Jordan

is a history Ph.D. candidate and avid runner researching the same field as his father , who committed suicide after being investigated during the Joseph McCarthy era . 's brother , , known as " " , poses as an oil company executive but is actually a government agent working for a secret agency headed by . 
 When the brother of a Nazi war criminal is killed in a traffic accident , suspects that the criminal , Dr. , will come to New York to retrieve a valuable diamond collection . comes to New York under the guise of a visit to . Meanwhile , and his new girlfriend , , who claims to be from Switzerland , are mugged by two men dressed in suits . When takes and to lunch , he tricks into revealing that she has been lying to about her background . Though suspects she may be connected to , he tells that she is seeking an American husband so that she can become a U.S. citizen . After arrives in America , confronts him stating he is not welcome in the country . accepts the pronouncement , but then stabs with a blade concealed in his sleeve . makes it back to 's apartment and dies . 
 The police interrogate until government agents led by arrive . asks what told him before he died , and tells that his brother was a U.S. government agent . insists that his brother did not tell him anything , but is convinced would not have struggled all the way to 's apartment without giving him vital information . 
 is later abducted from his apartment by the two men who mugged him in the park , and he is tortured by . During his torture , is repeatedly asked " Is it safe ? " , but he continues to deny any knowledge . is then rescued by , who explains that is in America to sell off a large cache of diamonds which he had taken from Jews killed at Auschwitz . presses about 's dying words , but still insists he knows nothing . Frustrated , reveals himself as a double agent and returns to . Still unable to extract anything from , drills into one of his healthy teeth . eventually escapes , aided by his skills as a marathon runner . 
 phones , who agrees to meet him with a car . Arriving at a country home , guesses that has set him up , forcing her to confess that the home was owned by 's deceased brother . and 's men arrive , but takes hostage . kills 's men and offers to let kill in revenge for 's death if can have the diamonds . agrees , but as he leaves , tries to shoot , but kills instead . then shoots . 
 Attempting to determine the value of his diamonds , visits an appraiser in the Diamond District in midtown Manhattan . A shop assistant who is a Holocaust survivor believes he recognizes as a war criminal . After hurriedly leaves the shop , an elderly Jewish woman also recognizes him . Trying to cross the street to get closer to , the woman is hit by a taxi , causing a crowd to assemble to aid her . Amidst the confusion , the shop assistant appears again , directly confronting , who slits the man 's throat . 
 retrieves his diamonds but , as he attempts to leave , forces him at gunpoint into Central Park . tells he can keep as many diamonds as he can swallow . initially refuses , and begins throwing the diamonds into the water . relents and swallows one diamond , but then refuses to cooperate further . throws the rest of the diamonds down the steps towards the water ; dives for them , but stumbles , and falls on his own knife blade . heads out into Central Park , stopping to throw his gun into the reservoir .

Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, Marthe Keller, William Devane, Fritz Weaver

The film chronicles the Battle of Midway , a turning point in World War II in the Pacific . The Imperial Japanese Navy had been undefeated until that time and out - numbered the American naval forces by four to one . 
 The film follows two threads ; one centered on the Japanese chief strategist Admiral , and the other around two fictional characters : Captain and his son , Ensign , both naval aviators . is a senior officer who is involved in various phases of the US planning and execution of the battle , while is a young pilot romantically involved with , an American - born daughter of Japanese immigrants , who has been interned with her parents . Captain calls in all of his favors with a long - time friend to investigate the charges against the . He apparently has some success , as is free and at dockside when the injured younger is carried off the ship at the end of the film , while Captain himself was killed at the end of the battle when his plane crashed . 
 The film starts with the Doolittle Raid , April 1942 , and then goes on briefly to mention the Battle of the Coral Sea ( May 1942 ) . It then describes the planning for the Battle of Midway ( June 1942 ) , depicting the creation of a complicated battle plan . Unknown to the Japanese , American signals intelligence has broken the Japanese Naval encryption codes and suspects that the ambush will take place at Midway Island . They then trick the Japanese into confirming it . American Admiral , plays a desperate gamble by sending his last remaining aircraft carriers to Midway before the Japanese to set up his own ambush . The gamble pays off and all four of the Japanese carriers are destroyed in the battle of Midway . 
 Successful in saving Midway , but at a heavy cost , reflects that " had everything going for him " , asking " were we better than the Japanese , or just luckier ? "

Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Glenn Ford, Robert Wagner, Cliff Robertson, James Coburn

A group of five renowned detectives , each accompanied by a relative or associate , is invited to " dinner and a murder " by the mysterious . Having lured his guests to his mansion managed by a blind butler named , who is later joined by a deaf - mute , illiterate cook named , joins his guests at dinner . The house is then sealed off . announces that he is the greatest detective in the world . To prove his claim , he challenges the guests to solve a murder which will take place at midnight ; a reward of $ 1 million will be presented to the winner . 
 Before midnight the butler is found dead and disappears , only to re - appear dead from a stab wound immediately after midnight ; the cook is also discovered to have been an animated mannequin , now packed in a storage crate . The party spends the rest of the night investigating and bickering . They are manipulated by a mysterious behind - the - scenes force , confused by red herrings , and baffled by the " mechanical marvel " that is 's house , and they ultimately find their own lives threatened . Each sleuth presents his or her theory on the case , pointing out the others ' past connections to and their possible motives for murdering him . 
 When they retire to their guest rooms for the night , the guests are each confronted in their rooms by things that threaten to kill them : a snake , a venomous scorpion , a descending ceiling , poison gas , and a bomb . They all survive , and in the morning they gather in the office , where they find the butler waiting , very much alive and not blind . Each detective presents a different piece of evidence with which they each independently solved the mystery , and in each case , they accuse the butler of being one or another of 's former associates . 
 At first the butler plays the part of each of the persons , male or female , with whom he is identified , but then he pulls off a mask to reveal himself , alive . disparages the detectives , and metafictionally , the authors who created them , for the way their adventures have been handled , including such misdeeds as introducing crucial characters at the last minute for the traditional " twist in the tale " ( something the assembled detectives had been doing a few minutes earlier ) and withholding clues and information to make it impossible for the reader to solve the mystery . Each of the detectives departs the house empty handed , none of them having won the million dollars . When asked whether there had been a murder , replies , " Yes : killed good weekend . " 
 Alone in his home , pulls off yet another mask to reveal , who smokes a cigarette and laughs diabolically while rings of cigarette smoke fill the screen .

Peter Falk, Peter Sellers, David Niven, Maggie Smith, Alec Guinness, Elsa Lanchester, James Coco, James Cromwell, Eileen Brennan, Nancy Walker, Truman Capote

, the longtime anchor of the Union Broadcasting System 's UBS Evening News , learns from friend and news division president that he has just two more weeks on the air because of declining ratings . The two get drunk and lament the state of their industry . The following night , announces on live television that he will commit suicide on next Tuesday 's broadcast . UBS fires him after this incident , but intervenes so that can have a dignified farewell . promises he will apologize for his outburst , but once on the air , he launches back into a rant claiming that life is " bullshit . " 's outburst causes the newscast 's ratings to spike , and much to 's dismay , the upper echelons of UBS decide to exploit 's antics rather than pull him off the air . When 's ratings seem to have topped out , , who heads the network 's programming department , approaches and offers to help him " develop " the news show . He says no to the professional offer , but she also makes a personal offer and the two begin an affair . 
 , seeking just one hit show , cuts a deal with a band of radical terrorists for a new docudrama series called The Mao Tse - Tung Hour for the upcoming fall season . When decides to end 's " angry man " format , convinces her boss , , to slot the evening news show under the entertainment programming division so she can develop it . agrees , bullying the UBS executives to consent and fire . In one impassioned diatribe , galvanizes the nation , persuading his viewers to shout out of their windows " I 'm as mad as hell , and I 'm not going to take this anymore ! " Soon afterward , is hosting a new program called The Howard Beale Show , top - billed as " the mad prophet of the airwaves " . Ultimately , the show becomes the most highly rated program on television , and finds new celebrity preaching his angry message in front of a live studio audience that , on cue , chants 's signature catchphrase en masse : " We 're as mad as hell , and we 're not going to take this anymore . " At first , and 's romance withers as the show flourishes , but in the flush of high ratings , the two ultimately find their way back together , and leaves his wife of over 25 years for . 
 When discovers that Communications Corporation of America ( CCA ) , the conglomerate that owns UBS , will be bought out by an even larger Saudi Arabian conglomerate , he launches an on - screen tirade against the deal , encouraging viewers to send telegrams to the White House telling them , " I want the CCA deal stopped now ! " This throws the top network brass into a state of panic because the company 's debt load has made the merger essential for its survival . takes to meet with CCA chairman , who explicates his own " corporate cosmology " to , describing the interrelatedness of the participants in the international economy and the illusory nature of nationality distinctions . 's fanatical devotion to her job and emotional emptiness ultimately drive back to try returning to his wife , even though he does n't think she 'll agree , and he warns his former lover that she will self - destruct at the pace she is running with her career . " You are television incarnate , , " he tells her , " indifferent to suffering , insensitive to joy . All of life is reduced to the common rubble of banality . " persuades to abandon the populist messages and preach his new " evangel " . However , television audiences find his new sermons on the dehumanization of society depressing , and ratings begin to slide , yet will not allow UBS executives to fire . Seeing its two - for - the - price - of - one value — solving the problem plus sparking a boost in season - opener ratings — , , and the other executives decide to hire the Ecumenical Liberation Army to assassinate on the air . The assassination succeeds , putting an end to The Howard Beale Show and kicking off a second season of The Mao Tse - Tung Hour . A voiceover proclaims the film " the story of , the first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings . "

Peter Finch, William Holden, Faye Dunaway, Beatrice Straight, Robert Duvall, Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty

In 1959 , ( ) , a New Orleans real estate developer , has his life shattered when his wife ( ) and young daughter are kidnapped . The police recommend that he provide the kidnappers with a briefcase of shredded blank paper instead of the demanded ransom , as the kidnappers will then be more likely to surrender when cornered , rather than attempt to escape with cash in hand . agrees to this plan . This leads to a bungled car chase in which both kidnappers and victims are killed in a spectacular explosion . blames himself for the deaths of his wife and daughter . 
 Skipping forward sixteen years later in 1975 , is morbidly obsessed with his dead wife , and regularly visits a monument he has had built in her memory . The monument is a replica of the church ( Basilica di San Miniato al Monte ) where he and had met many years before in Florence , Italy . His real estate partner ( Lithgow ) convinces to tag along on a business trip back to Florence . While there , revisits the church , and suddenly comes face to face with a young woman named ( in a dual role ) who looks exactly like his late wife . The already slightly unhinged begins to court the young woman , and subtly attempts to transform her into a perfect mirror image of his dead wife . 
 returns to New Orleans with so they can marry . On their wedding night , is kidnapped and a ransom note is left behind by her abductors . It is an exact replica of the kidnappers ' message from sixteen years before . This time , Courtland decides to deliver the demanded cash . He withdraws massive quantities of money from his accounts and business holdings , financially ruining him and forcing him to sign over his interest in the real estate business to LaSalle . In the process , he discovers that his entire ordeal , including the original kidnapping , had been engineered by LaSalle as a way to gain sole control of Courtland 's company share holdings . The now nearly insane stabs LaSalle to death . 
 Knowing that must have been a willing accomplice in the plot against him , he goes to the airport to kill the escaping woman . On the plane , has a flashback to her part in the scheme ; she is in fact 's daughter : following the original kidnapping concealed her survival and sent her to live in secret with an Italian caretaker who raised as her own child and gave her the name of . Over the years , has told her lies about , convincing her that her father had not paid the ransom because he did not love her . , who has come to love , attempts suicide on the plane and is taken off the flight in a wheelchair . sees her and runs toward her , gun drawn . A security guard attempts to stop him but smashes the briefcase full of money against the guard 's head , knocking him unconscious . The briefcase breaks open and all of the money flies out . , seeing the fluttering bills , stands up and shouts : " Daddy ! You brought the money ! " now realizes for the first time who really is , and father and daughter fall into a deep embrace .

An aging is a trusted captain fighting for King in France , the Crusades long over . orders him to take a castle that is rumoured to hold a gold statue . Discovering that it is defended by a solitary , one - eyed old man who is sheltering harmless women and children , and convinced that there is no statue , and his right - hand man , Little , refuse to attack . King , angry at their insubordination , orders the pair 's execution , but before his orders can be carried out , he is mortally wounded by an arrow thrown by the old man . has the helpless residents massacred , with the exception of the old man , because likes his eye ; it also turns out that there never was a gold statue . The King offers to let beg for his life . When refuses , draws his sword , but lacks the strength to strike him and falls to the floor . helps him , and moved by his loyalty , with his last words , frees and Little . 
 After 's death , and Little return to England and are reunited with old friends and Friar in Sherwood Forest . When casually inquires about Maid , they tell him she has become an abbess . When he goes to see her , she finds him as impossible as ever . He learns that his old nemesis , the Sheriff of Nottingham , has ordered her arrest in response to the King 's order to expel senior leaders of the Roman Catholic Church from England . 
 wants no trouble , but rescues her against her will , injuring Sir , the Sheriff 's arrogant guest , in the process . Ignoring the Sheriff 's warnings , Sir pursues into the forest . His men are ambushed and devastated by arrows ; Sir is left unharmed only because orders him spared . When the news of 's return spreads , old comrades and new recruits rally once more to him . Sir asks King for 200 soldiers to deal with . 
 The Sheriff waits in the open fields beyond the Forest , knowing will attack . When does , he proposes that he and the Sheriff duel to settle the issue , despite the protests of Sir . Despite appearing to have superior skills at the start of the fight , it soon becomes clear that the Sheriff is surprisingly in fact far superior to , and more than a match for . More agile and resistant , the Sheriff begins dominating in the fight . Eventually the Sheriff has the wounded at his mercy and demands his surrender . Refusing , manages to kill the Sheriff with the last of his strength . Led by Sir , the soldiers attack and scatter 's ragtag band , many of whom are captured or killed . Little swiftly kills Sir . Then he and take to her abbey , where she keeps her medicine . 
 believes he will recover to win future battles . Little stands guard outside while tends to 's wounds . prepares a draft and takes a drink of it herself before giving it to . He drinks the medicine and notes that the pain has gone away and his legs have gone numb . Then , realizing that she has poisoned them both , he cries out for Little . However , he comes to understand that has acted out of love because he would never be the same man again . She tells him : 
 and try to touch each other 's hands as Little crashes through the door and weeps at 's bedside . asks Little for his bow and shoots an arrow from his deathbed through the open window , and tells him to bury them both where it lands . The arrow soars out of the window into the distance . Apples are seen decaying on the windowsill .

In late 1975 , the heavyweight boxing world champion , , announces plans to hold a title bout in Philadelphia during the upcoming United States Bicentennial . However , he is informed five weeks from the fight date that his scheduled opponent is unable to compete due to an injured hand . With all other potential replacements booked up or otherwise unavailable , decides to spice things up by giving a local contender a chance to challenge him . He settles in on , an aspiring southpaw boxer from an Italian neighborhood of Philadelphia , known by the nickname " The Italian Stallion " . 
 meets with promoter , unexpectedly presuming is seeking local sparring partners . Reluctant at first , eventually agrees to the fight which will pay him $ 150,000 . After several weeks of training , using whatever he can find , including meat carcasses as punching bags , accepts an offer of assistance from former boxer , a respected trainer and former bantamweight fighter from the 1920s , who always criticized for wasting his potential . 
 Meanwhile , meets , who is working part - time at the J&M Tropical Fish pet store . He begins to build a romantic relationship with , culminating in a kiss . 's brother , , becomes jealous of 's success , but calms him by agreeing to advertise his meatpacking business before the upcoming fight . The night before the fight , begins to lose confidence after touring the arena . He confesses to that he does not expect to win , but is content to go the distance against and prove himself to everyone . 
 On New Year 's Day , the fight is held , with making a dramatic entrance dressed as and then . Taking advantage of his overconfidence , knocks him down in the first round — the first time that has ever been knocked down . Humiliated , takes more seriously for the rest of the fight , though his ego never fully fades . The fight goes on for the full fifteen rounds , with both combatants sustaining various injuries . As the fight progresses , 's superior skill is countered by 's apparently unlimited ability to absorb punches , and his dogged refusal to go down . As the final round bell sounds , with both fighters locked in each other 's arms , they promise to each other that there will be no rematch . 
 After the fight , the sportscasters and the audience go wild . announces over the loudspeaker that the fight was " the greatest exhibition of guts and stamina in the history of the ring " , and calls out repeatedly for , who runs down and comes into the ring as distracts arena security . As declares the winner by virtue of a split decision ( 8:7 , 7:8 , 9:6 ) , and embrace and profess their love to each other , not caring about the result of the fight .

Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Burgess Meredith, Tony Burton

The film is set in Hollywood , Los Angeles.[4][5 ] ( ) , a great film director , is now recovering from a drinking problem and down on his luck . He sets out to Big Picture Studios to pitch a new script to the Chief , aided by his ever - present sidekicks ( ) and ( ) . His big idea : the first silent motion picture in forty years . At first the Chief ( ) , who is in danger of losing the studio to the ( literally ) rabid and greedy New York conglomerate Engulf & Devour ( and ) , rejects the idea , but convinces him that if he can get Hollywood 's biggest stars to be in the film , he could save the studio . 
 , , and proceed to recruit various people for the film . Their first target is , whom they first surprise in his shower . This does not go well , but they are able to sign him on by appearing at his house in disguise ( and almost getting him killed by a steamroller ) . They recruit despite a disastrous lunch in his broken trailer , and then torture at the studio commissary ( fortunately for them , she already badly wanted to be in the movie ) . They then disguise themselves as Flamenco dancers to get close to at a nightclub , and sign her on as well after a comical dance sequence . News breaks out that the Chief has taken ill and is in the hospital . While there , phones in Paris who apparently declines the offer , delivering the only line of dialogue in the film , in French : " Non ! " When asked by the others what said , explains he does n't understand French . is seen on the hospital grounds . After leading them on a wild Hollywood - style chase in electric wheelchairs , he asks to be in the film . and company reply with the typical Hollywood - esque " We 'll get back to you . " In the next shot , a newspaper ad indicates that they " ink " to do the movie . 
 In the process of their search for stars , the trio have a number of brief but funny misadventures , including a mixup between two German Shepherds ( one trained as a seeing - eye dog , the other most assuredly not ) , a flying blueberry pie , and several ( mostly unsuccessful ) efforts by Marty to seduce various women . Their most notable encounter involves a Coca - Cola machine that dispenses cans by launching them like grenades . 
 and , meanwhile , worry that will save Big Picture Studios and they will be unable to buy it . They attempt to " stop with sex " by sending voluptuous nightclub sensation ( ) to seduce and pretend to be in love with him . falls head over heels , but when and reveal the truth to him on the day before filming begins , the director returns to drinking . Ironically , moments after this turn of events , is seen calling Mr. with the news that she is quitting : she has fallen for Funn for real . We see stopping by a liquor store and buying what first appears to be an advertising prop in the store 's window , but is actually a genuine giant bottle of liquor . After a misadventure involving a Skid Row hotel room and a murphy bed , ends up in an alley where he dispenses booze from his giant bottle and is proclaimed " King of the Winos " . After a few hours of hitting the local gin mills , and 's associates find the would - be " King " passed out in a pile of his " subjects " , but several hundred cups of coffee sober him up . 's silent movie is completed in record time . However , the only copy of it is stolen from the theater by Engulf & Devour just before its big premiere . 
 volunteers to stall the movie theater 's audience with her nightclub act while and his associates go out to steal back their film . They succeed , but are chased by Engulf and Devour 's thuggish executives . They are eventually cornered , but they are near the violent Coke machine , which they use against their foes . Most of the executives , including Mr. , are disabled by the exploding cans of Coke , allowing , , and Bell to escape . They hurry the film to the theater , where it is shown for the first time . In the meantime , has gotten himself tangled up in the film and he is immediately rushed up to the projection booth with the film wrapped around him . After the movie is over , the audience applauds wildly and leaps to its feet while balloons and streamers fill the air . " They seem to like it , " says . 
 The film ends with the jubilant audience filing out of the theater past , , , , and the recovered studio chief . At the end , a title card is shown : " This was a true story . "

Mel Brooks, Dom DeLuise, Marty Feldman, Sid Caesar, Bernadette Peters, Marcel Marceau, Anne Bancroft, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, James Caan

Book editor travels from Los Angeles to Chicago for his sister 's wedding aboard a train called the Silver Streak . On board , meets a vitamin salesman named and a woman named . works for Professor , a well - known but reclusive art historian who is on a publicity tour for his new book on . 
 sees a dead body dangling outside the window and then falling away , but he is drunk and insists he must have imagined it . In the morning , he sees 's book , with the author 's photo : he was the dead man . Inside the book is an envelope . 's killers are , , and . goes to 's room , and throws him off the train . meets a farmer and they overtake the train in her biplane . 
 sees with ( who is impersonating ) , , and art dealer . apologizes to for the " misunderstanding " involving . After mentioning " the letters , " says he will return to his room for a glass of scotch . 
 goes to the club car and begins drinking , confiding in about his situation . reveals himself as an undercover FBI agent named . He confirms 's suspicions : the real did not drink alcohol . is a criminal who passes himself off as an art expert , and , , and work for him . His plan is to have , disguised as , discredit the book that exposes for authenticating two forgeries as original . They find the envelope saw . It contains letters written by , proving 's guilt . But then kills and tries to kill . Their fight ends on the roof , where shoots but is knocked off the train by an overhanging signal . 
 On foot again , finds the local sheriff , but is accused of murdering . He escapes , stealing a patrol car which was transporting thief . and work together to reach the train at Kansas City . disguises as a black man and he gets by police and reboards the train . 
 is captured , but he and are rescued from 's room by , disguised as a steward . After a shootout , and jump off the train and are arrested and taken to a train station , where federal agent explains that he planted the murder story to protect . tells about 's plan , and arranges for the train to be stopped by his men . Meanwhile , burns the letters . 
 Once the train has stopped and the passengers are off , another intense shootout ensues . boards the train a fourth time , with , as climbs onto the locomotive and orders the engineer to start moving . An agent shoots , shoots , and shoots the engineer and places a toolbox on the Dead man 's switch to keep the engine running . is then shot by , falls , and is hit by an oncoming train . 
 With no one alive in the locomotive cab , the throttle wide open , and the dead man 's switch held down by a toolbox , the train is running wild . 's men had also disabled the emergency brakes . With the help of a steward ( ) , uncouples the passenger cars from the engine . The runaway engine roars at full speed into Chicago 's Union Station , smashes through the end - of - track barrier , and on into the terminal , destroying everything in its path . The uncoupled passenger cars glide safely into the station . steals a sports car and drives away , and and leave together .

Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Jill Clayburgh, Patrick McGoohan, Ned Beatty, Clifton James

When a powerful storm knocks Fly Creek , Georgia 's power lines down onto wet soil , the resulting surge of electricity drives large , bloodthirsty worms to the surface and out of their soil - tilling minds . The townspeople soon discover that their sleepy fishing village is overrun with worms that burrow right into their skin . Inundated by hundreds of thousands of carnivorous creatures , the terrorized locals race to find the cause of the rampage before becoming tilled under themselves .

, a 26 - year - old honorably discharged U.S. Marine , is a lonely , depressed young man living in isolation in New York City . He takes a job as a taxi driver to cope with his chronic insomnia , driving passengers every night around the city 's boroughs . He also frequents the porn theaters on 42nd Street and keeps a diary in which he consciously attempts to include aphorisms , such as " You 're only as healthy as you feel . " 
 becomes infatuated with , a campaign volunteer for Senator and presidential candidate . After watching her interact with fellow worker through her window , enters to volunteer , as a pretext to talk to her , and takes her out for coffee . On a later date , he takes her to see a pornographic film , which offends her , and she goes home alone . His attempts at reconciliation by sending flowers are rebuffed , so he berates her at the campaign office , before being kicked out by . 
 confides in fellow taxi driver about his thoughts , which are beginning to turn violent ; however , assures him that he will be fine , leaving to his own destructive path . is disgusted by the sleaze , dysfunction , and prostitution that he witnesses throughout the city . His worldview is furthered when an adolescent prostitute and runaway , , enters his cab , attempting to escape her pimp , . drags from the cab and throws him a crumpled $ 20 bill , which continually reminds of her and the corruption that surrounds him . 
 In attempting to find an outlet for his frustrations , begins a program of intense physical training . A fellow taxi driver refers him to an illegal gun dealer , " Easy " , from whom buys several handguns . At home , practices drawing his weapons , and modifies one to allow him to hide and quickly deploy it from his sleeve . One night , enters a convenience store moments before an attempted armed robbery , and he fatally shoots the robber . The shop owner takes credit for the deed , taking ' handgun . Later , encounters again and hires her , but attempts to dissuade her from continuing in prostitution rather than having sex with her . He fails to completely turn her from her course , but she does agree to meet with him for breakfast the next day . leaves a letter to at his apartment saying he will soon be dead , and money for her to return home . 
 After shaving his head into a mohawk , attends a public rally where he plans to assassinate , but Secret Service agents notice him with his hand in his coat and chase him off . flees and later goes to the East Village to invade Sport 's brothel . A violent gunfight ensues , and kills , a bouncer , and a mafioso ; is severely injured , sustaining multiple gunshot wounds . witnesses the fight and , hysterical with fear , pleads with to stop the killing . After the gunfight , attempts suicide , but has run out of ammunition and resigns himself to lying on a sofa . When the police arrive , he places his index finger against his temple , pantomiming the act of shooting himself . 
 Having recovered from his wounds and returned to work , finds himself hailed as a local hero in the press for shooting the three men . He receives a letter from ' father , thanking him for saving her life and revealing that she has returned home to Pittsburgh , where she is going to school . Later , reconciles with when dropping her off at her home in his cab . When she tries to pay her fare , he smiles at her and turns off the meter . As drives off , he suddenly becomes agitated after noticing something in his rear - view mirror .

Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Albert Brooks

Before the " Phantom - attacks " , which occurred about eight months after World War II , Texarkana was pleasant and citizens were preparing for a good future . On the night of Sunday , March 3 , 1946 , and park on a lovers ' lane . Soon , the hood of the car opens and closes and a man with a bag over his head with holes cut out for his eyes is seen holding wires he had yanked from the engine . While tries starting the car , the man breaks his window and pulls him out , cutting him on the broken glass . The man then gets inside the car with . 
 The next morning , is found on the side of the road barely alive . While at the crime scene , Deputy reports that both victims are still alive . He leaves a message for Sheriff to meet him at Michael - Meagher Hospital . At the hospital , a doctor tells Sheriff that was not raped but that her back , stomach , and breasts were " heavily bitten ; literally chewed . " At the police station , suggests to Police Chief to warn teens and college students from parking on lonely roads . 
 On March 24 , while investigating a lovers ' lane in heavy rain , hears gunshots and finds dead in a ditch and the corpse of his girlfriend , , tied to a tree . spots the hooded man escaping in a car . Panicked , the town sells out of guns and other home safety equipment . Sheriff calls in help and tells they are getting the most famous criminal investigator in the country , the " Lone Wolf " of the Texas Rangers , Captain . After arriving , explains he will be in charge of the investigation and calls the unidentified attacker a Phantom . is assigned to assist , and Patrolman is to be his driver . 
 At the barber shop , explains to his theory that the Phantom attacks every 21 days . The next attack falls on the day of a high school prom , and decoys are set up on the edges of town . After the dance , on April 14 , trombone player leaves with her boyfriend . Despite her worries , they go to Spring Lake Park in the middle of town . When they leave , the Phantom jumps on the driver 's door and pulls out of the car , causing to crash . She flees as the Phantom beats , but he catches her and ties her hands around a tree . awakens , but is shot to death while attempting to escape . The Phantom attaches a pocket knife to the distal end of the slide of 's trombone and kills her while " playing " the instrument by repeatedly projecting the slide - with - knife forward into her back while she is tied to the tree . 
 and other officers meet with psychiatrist Dr. at a restaurant , where he explains that the Phantom is a highly intelligent sadist with a strong sex drive , between the ages of 35 and 40 . As expresses his doubts about their chances of capturing the Phantom , the Phantom 's shoes are shown , revealing that he had heard the entire conversation . At the station , a man named says that he was robbed and forced to drive a man to Lufkin at gunpoint . While on the road , receives a report about an armed suspect , and a brief chase ensues . The suspect , , at first denies everything , then confesses to being the Phantom , but Morales is unconvinced . identifies him as his robber . 
 On May 3 , is seen by the Phantom leaving a grocery store . At home that night , asks her husband , who is sitting in front of a window in his armchair , if he hears somebody walking outside . After he replies that he does not , the Phantom shoots him through their window . inspects and sees dying . As she uses the telephone to call police , the Phantom breaks through the screen door and shoots her twice in the face . Despite her wounds , she drags herself out of the house and into a cornfield while the Phantom inspects 's body . The Phantom stalks her with a pickaxe , but leaves when she gets help at a nearby house . News of this attack causes the town to panic , and people begin boarding up their windows . 
 Later , and receive a report about a stolen car that matches the one from the and murders . While investigating a sand pit , they encounter the Phantom . shoots at him but misses , causing him to run into the woods . The Phantom escapes by jumping past a moving train , but is shot in the leg . While the officers are waiting for the train to pass , the escapes . They continue their search , but never find him . Years later during the Christmas season of 1976 , the film The Town That Dreaded Sundown premieres in Texarkana and the shoes of the Phantom are seen on someone standing in line .

A privately owned luxury Boeing 747 - 100 , ' Flight 23 , flies invited guests to an estate in Palm Beach , Florida , owned by wealthy philanthropist , who also owns the jetliner . Valuable artwork from 's private collection is also on board the jetliner , to be eventually displayed in his new museum . Such a collection motivates a group of thieves led by co - pilot to hijack the aircraft . 
 Once Captain leaves the cockpit and is knocked unconscious , the hijackers ' plans go into action . A sleeping gas , which one of the hijackers secretly installed before the flight , is released into the cabin and the passengers lose consciousness . Knocking out the flight engineer , moves forward with the hijacking , and Stevens ' Flight 23 " disappears " into the Bermuda Triangle . Descending to virtual wave - top altitude , Flight 23 heads into a fog bank , reducing visibility to less than a mile . Minutes later , a large offshore drilling platform emerges from the haze , Flight 23 heading straight for it at nearly 600 knots . 
 Chambers pulls back on the yoke in a banking left turn , but an engine clips the derrick and catches fire . Chambers immediately hits the fire extinguishing button , and the flames are momentarily extinguished . Because the aircraft is at such a low altitude , the sudden loss of airspeed threatens to stall the airplane . As the engine reignites , Chambers is forced to use another fire suppression bottle . But by this time , the aircraft stall alarm is activated and the aircraft 's tail hits the water . All the passengers wake up , and realizing what is happening , most panic . is able to pull up , but the plane 's right wing hits the water again . The plane lifts into the air for a moment , then hits the water . Because of the hard impact , the plane becomes grounded in the ocean and begins to sink . 
 The ocean floor is above the crush depth of the fuselage . Many of the passengers are injured , some seriously . Two of the would - be thieves die in the initial crash . is in the hold securing the art for the transfer when a cargo container causes a breach of the outer skin , crushing and drowning him . dies when he slams into the flight panel on impact . Since the aircraft was off course , search and rescue efforts are focused in the wrong area . Involved in these efforts are and . The only way to signal rescue efforts to the proper region is to get a signal buoy to the surface in a small dinghy . Captain and a professional diver and passenger enter the main cargo , but is crushed to death by the hatch . , out of oxygen , swims to the surface and activates the beacon after he climbs into the dinghy . Getting a fix on the new signal , an S-3 Viking overflies the crash site , confirming the location of Flight 23 . 
 The Navy dispatches a sub - recovery ship , the USS Cayuga , the destroyer USS Agerholm , and a flotilla of other vessels . The aircraft is ringed with balloons , and once inflated , the aircraft rises from the bottom of the seafloor . Just before the plane breaks surface , one of the balloons breaks loose , prompting the Navy captain to reduce the air pressure of the remaining balloons , thus keeping the plane just beneath the waves . One of the doors in the cargo hold bursts open , causing the plane to flood . The cascade of sea water sweeps through the passengers ; First Officer dies when he is pinned under a sofa . 's widow , Dorothy and a Stewardess drown as the Navy captain orders more air pressure into the balloons , finally raising the plane successfully . Once on the surface , the remaining passengers are evacuated . With the survivors on their way to waiting ships , Captain and ' assistant , , are evacuated from the aircraft after escaping through the 747 's upper deck . The 747 then slips under the waves for the last time .

Jack Lemmon, Brenda Vaccaro, James Stewart, Lee Grant, George Kennedy, Joseph Cotten, Olivia de Havilland, Christopher Lee, Darren McGavin

The comedian is trying to understand why his relationship with ended a year ago . Growing up in New York , he vexed his mother with impossible questions about the emptiness of existence , but he was precocious about his innocent sexual curiosity . 
 and , in a line for The Sorrow and the Pity , overhear another man deriding the work of and ; himself steps in at 's invitation to criticize the man 's comprehension . That night , shows no interest in sex with . Instead , they discuss his first wife , whose ardor gave him no pleasure . His second marriage was to a New York writer who did n't like sports and was unable to reach orgasm . 
 With , it is different . The two of them have fun making a meal of boiled lobster together . He teases her about the unusual men in her past . He met her playing tennis doubles with friends . Following the game , awkward small talk led her to offer him first a ride up town and then a glass of wine on her balcony . There , what seemed a mild exchange of trivial personal data is revealed in " mental subtitles " as an escalating flirtation . Their first date follows 's singing audition for a night club ( " It Had to be You " ) . He suggests they kiss first to get it out of the way . After their lovemaking that night , is " a wreck " , while she relaxes with a joint . 
 Soon admits she loves him , while he buys her books on death and says that his feelings for her are more than just love . When she moves in with him , things become very tense . Eventually , he finds her arm in arm with one of her college professors and the two begin to argue whether this is the " flexibility " they had discussed . They eventually break up , and he searches for the truth of relationships , asking strangers on the street about the nature of love , questioning his formative years , and imagining a cartoon version of himself arguing with a cartoon portrayed as the Evil Queen in Snow White . 
 returns to dating , but the effort is marred by neurosis , bad sex , and finally an interruption from , who insists he come over immediately . It turns out she needs him to kill a spider . A reconciliation follows , coupled with a vow to stay together come what may . However , their separate discussions with their therapists make it evident there is an unspoken divide . When accepts an offer to present an award on television , they fly out to Los Angeles , with 's friend , . However , on the return trip , they agree that their relationship is not working . After losing her to her record producer , , he unsuccessfully tries rekindling the flame with a marriage proposal . Back in New York , he stages a play of their relationship but changes the ending : now she accepts . 
 The last meeting for them is a wistful coda on New York 's Upper West Side , when they have both moved on to someone new . 's voice returns with a summation : love is essential , especially if it is neurotic . sings " Seems Like Old Times " and the credits roll .

( ) is a ten - year - old girl , living with her parents , and ( and ) , in New York City . Her parents notice a stranger stalking them over the course of a few weeks , and discover , over lunch with him , that his name is ( ) . is convinced that is a reincarnation of his daughter , who died in a fiery car accident , along with his wife , two minutes before was born . had come to believe this through information given to him by two clairvoyant psychics . asks a friend of his , an attorney , to hide in their apartment to hear 's full story to build a case against him , but when speaks 's name out loud , hears him from her room and enters an altered state where she can not be calmed down without the assistance of . In this state , she bangs her hands on a window and becomes burned , which says is a result of his daughter 's experience of being burned alive in the car . 
 is afraid of but is also concerned for her daughter , while is hostile to and demands he stay away . continues to be disturbed by nightmares , which worsen . appears at their home during one of her nightmares , and at the request of the mother , is able to calm down by calling to her as but is arrested for allegedly briefly abducting her to his recently rented upstairs apartment . 
 The film then segues to an ongoing trial , where is attempting to persuade a jury that his actions were necessary to grant his daughter 's spirit peace . The trial has become a worldwide phenomenon , with a Hindu holy man giving an explanation of reincarnation as testimony . testifies in court that after his daughter 's death , had traveled to India and become a believer in reincarnation and Hinduism . comes to believe 's story , and testifies as much , but does not , and has their lawyer request be hypnotized to show she is not a reincarnation of . During the hypnosis , revisits the traumatic car crash as and dies during the relived trauma . 
 The last scene is writing a letter to thanking him for transporting / 's ashes to India , and indicating this is with her husband 's permission , whom she says has started to accept what she and believe to be true . The movie closes on a quotation from the Bhagavad - Gita :

( ) is appointed a United States Senator to fill out the remaining term of another senator . It is hoped that he will quietly vote the party line , but his term in the Senate runs into trouble when he proposes a bill to fund a national youth camp which happens to be on the property where a nuclear power plant is also being proposed . His fellow senator , ( ) , claims to oppose nuclear power but is secretly taking graft to influence his votes in favor , and moves to try to keep out of the way when the bill is being debated . 
 Seeking to keep out of the Senate on a day when a controversial energy bill is being voted on , Senator suggests he should meet with a grassroots group that day instead . The group is working to pass a national initiative and becomes convinced of their cause . 
 is invited to meet with a group of lobbyists attempting to offer him bribes and other perks if he will vote their way . Up against a man named ( ) who wields a powerful influence in his home state , has his political career and reputation at stake if he does not cooperate . responds with anger at their threat . 
 The next day in the Senate , he tries to speak on the floor in opposition to the nuclear power plant . responds by proposing to expel from the Senate as unfit for office . 's assistant quits after the murder of a lobbyist , fearing for her own safety , but returns after is about to be expelled from the Senate , to help him learn Senate procedure in order to filibuster . collapses on the Senate floor in the effort , whereupon confesses to his colleagues that every word spoke was the truth .

Con - artist ( ) believes that the lost treasure of pirate captain is hidden at Candleshoe , the large country estate of Lady St. Edmund ( ) . Having gained access to Captain 's hidden will with the help of a corrupt former cleaning woman at Candleshoe , recruits American ( Foster)—an unwanted foster child and hooligan — into the plot , employing her to pose as Lady St. Edmund 's granddaughter , the Honourable , 4th Marchioness of St. Edmund , who was kidnapped at age four by her father and subsequently disappeared after her father 's death . is the right age to pass for and possesses several identifying scars that young was known to have . agrees to go along with the con and discover further clues in exchange for a cut of the treasure . 
 Lady St. Edmund , however , is living in genteel poverty , and quickly learns that Candleshoe itself is constantly on the verge of being unable to pay its taxes . ( ) , the estate 's butler ( who is forced to pose as various members of the household to conceal that all the other servants have been let go ) manages to keep one step ahead of foreclosure by pawning the house 's antiques , conducting tours of the estate , and selling produce at market . Four local orphans adopted by Lady St. Edmund assist . 
 eventually becomes part of the family and decides to find the treasure for the benefit of , rather than for . This nearly costs the girl her life when she is seriously injured trying to prevent from stealing money from Lady St. Edmund . , now unconscious with a severe concussion , is taken to a hospital , and remains there for several days . Meanwhile , without the money has stolen , Candleshoe is unable to pay its taxes and is within days of being foreclosed on . When learns that Lady St. is preparing to go to a retirement home and the children back to the orphanage , she breaks down and tells them about the treasure . After unraveling the final clue together , the household returns to Candleshoe to find and his crew tearing the place apart to find the hidden treasure . , , and the children manage to fight off the thieves until the police arrive , inadvertently discovering the treasure in the process . 
 With Candleshoe safe and her scheme discovered , prepares to return to Los Angeles , but is stopped by Lady St. Edmund , who offers her a real home at Candleshoe . expresses doubt , wondering what will happen if Lady St. Edmund 's real granddaughter ever returns , but she is eventually persuaded to return to Candleshoe with Lady St. Edmund . The ending is ambiguous as to whether truly is the real . 
 The four clues revealed in the hunt for the treasure :

In the Sonoran Desert , French scientist and his American interpreter , cartographer , along with other government scientific researchers , discover Flight 19 , a squadron of Grumman TBM Avengers that went missing more than 30 years earlier . The planes are intact and operational , but there is no sign of the pilots . An old man who witnessed the event claimed " the sun came out at night , and sang to him . " They also find a lost cargo ship in the Gobi Desert named SS Cotopaxi . At an air traffic control center in Indianapolis , a controller listens as two airline flights narrowly avoid a mid - air collision with an unidentified flying object ( UFO ) , which neither pilot chooses to report , even when invited to do so . In Muncie , Indiana , 3 - year - old is awakened in the night when his toys start operating on their own . Fascinated , he gets out of bed and discovers something or someone ( off - screen ) in the kitchen . He runs outside , forcing his mother , , to chase after him . 
 Investigating one of a series of large - scale power outages , Indiana electrical lineman experiences a close encounter with a UFO , when it flies over his truck and lightly burns the side of his face with its bright lights . The UFO , joining a group of three other UFOs , is pursued by and three police cars , but the spacecraft fly off into the night sky . becomes fascinated by UFOs , much to the dismay of his wife , . He also becomes increasingly obsessed with subliminal , mental images of a mountain - like shape and begins to make models of it . also becomes obsessed with sketching a unique - looking mountain . Soon after , she is terrorized in her home by a UFO which descends from the clouds . The presence of the UFO energy field makes every appliance in 's house malfunction and is abducted by unseen beings . 
 and — along with a group of United Nations experts — continue to investigate increasing UFO activity and strange , related occurrences . Witnesses in Dharamshala , India report that the UFOs make distinctive sounds : a five - tone musical phrase in a major scale . Scientists broadcast the phrase to outer space , but are mystified by the response : a seemingly meaningless series of numbers ( 104 44 30 40 36 10 ) repeated over and over until , with his background in cartography , recognizes it as a set of geographical coordinates , which point to Devils Tower near Moorcroft , Wyoming . and the U.S. military converge on Wyoming . The United States Army evacuates the area , planting false reports in the media that a train wreck has spilled a toxic nerve gas , all the while preparing a secret landing zone for the UFOs and their occupants . 
 Meanwhile , 's increasingly erratic behavior causes to become upset and leave him , taking their three children with her , never to be seen again . When a despairing inadvertently sees a television news program about the train wreck near Devils Tower , he realizes the mental image of a mountain plaguing him is real . sees the same broadcast , and she and , as well as others with similar visions and experiences , travel to the site in spite of the public warnings about nerve gas . 
 While most of the civilians who are drawn to the site are apprehended by the Army , and persist and make it to the site just as dozens of UFOs appear in the night sky . The government specialists at the site begin to communicate with the UFOs by use of light and sound on a large electrical billboard controlled by a multiple - manual synthesizer . Following this , an enormous mother ship lands at the site , releasing animals and over a dozen long - missing adults and children , all from different past eras . Among these returned abductees include the missing pilots from Flight 19 and sailors from the Cotopaxi , all of whom have strangely not aged since their abductions . is also returned and reunited with a relieved . The government officials decide to include in a group of people whom they have selected to be potential visitors to the mothership , and hastily prepare him . 
 As the aliens finally emerge from the mothership , they select to join them on their travels . As enters the mothership , one of the aliens pauses for a few moments with the humans . uses hand signs that correspond to the five - note alien tonal phrase . The alien replies with the same gestures , smiles , and returns to its ship , which ascends into space , as bids goodbye .

Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Francois Truffaut, Bob Balaban

, a neurotic , delusional , suburban housewife , and her overweight maid , , go on the lam after smothers 's husband , , to death . The two are arrested by a cross - dressing policeman who gives them an ultimatum : go to jail or be exiled to Mortville , a filthy shantytown ruled by the evil Queen and her treasonous daughter , Princess . 
 and choose , but still engage in lesbian prison sex . They become associates of self - hating lesbian wrestler , who wants a sex change to please her lover , . Most of 's social outcasts — criminals , nudists , and sexual deviants — conspire to overthrow Queen , who banishes after she elopes with a garbage collector , who is later shot to death by the guards . hides in and 's house with her dead lover . When betrays to the Queen 's guards , fights them , and dies when the house collapses on her . , however , joins the queen in terrorizing her subjects , even infecting them ( and Princess ) with rabies . 
 Eventually , Mortville 's denizens , led by , overthrow Queen and execute by shooting a gun up her anus . To celebrate their freedom , the townsfolk roast on a spit and serve her , pig - like , on a platter with an apple in her mouth .

After refusing a demand for kinky sex from a frisky customer named ( ) , naive prostitute ( ) is evicted from the town brothel by the Madame , Miss ( ) . makes her way to the decrepit Starlight Hotel , located deep in the remote swampland of rural Texas , where she encounters the hotel 's mentally - disturbed proprietor , ( ) . Suffering from his own demented sexual frustrations , attacks with a pitchfork , then chases her outside where she is attacked and eaten by his pet Nile crocodile , who lives in the swamp beside the hotel . 
 Some days later , a fractious couple , the outgoing ( ) and the disturbed ( ) , arrive at the hotel , along with their young daughter , ( ) . Shortly after their arrival , the family dog , Snoopy , is brutally attacked by the resident crocodile , which sends little into shock . In retaliation , goes out to kill the carnivorous swamp creature , but is stabbed and killed by , who is wielding a large scythe . then straps onto her bed and attempts to grab , but she is able to escape and hides under the hotel 's porch . 
 Later , ( ) and his daughter , ( ) , also arrive at the Starlight Hotel seeking information on the now - deceased , who is 's runaway daughter , but leave when denies having seen her . Accompanied by Sheriff ( ) , and question Miss , who also denies ever seeing . returns to the creepy swamp hotel alone , while goes for dinner and drinks with the sheriff . After discovers a captive in her hotel room , murders him , once again implementing his giant scythe . 
 Meanwhile , after being kicked out a bar by the sheriff , and his underage girlfriend , ( ) , venture to the Starlight , much to the annoyance of . When hears screams coming from 's room , he tries to rescue her , but is pushed into the swamp by and devoured by the crocodile . 
 Later , arrives back at the hotel and manages to untie from her bed and retrieve from under the porch . Consumed with madness , chases the three survivors into the swamp where he is finally attacked and killed by his own pet reptile.[2 ]

, a magistrate , asks her platonic friend , a disillusioned psychiatrist who works with disturbed teenagers at a hospital in Hampshire , England , to treat a 17 - year - old stable boy named after he blinded six horses with a sickle . With only singing TV commercial jingles , goes to see the boy 's parents , the non - religious and his Christian fundamentalist wife . She had taught her son the basics of sex and that God sees all , but the withdrawn replaced his mother 's deity with a god he called , incarnated in horses . discloses to that he witnessed late at night in his room , haltered and flagellating himself , as he chanted a series of names in Biblical genealogy - fashion which culminated in the name Equus as he climaxed . 
 begins winning the respect and confidence of , who shares his earliest memory of a horse from when he was six and a man approached him on a horse named Trojan . imagined the horse spoke to him , and said his true name was Equus , and this was the name of all horses . The man took up on Trojan , which the boy found thrilling , but his parents reacted negatively and injured him taking him off the horse . also meets the stable manager , who reveals secured his job through another employee , . Devastated at the horses ' injuries she indirectly caused , has taken medical leave . 
 Eventually , admits to that he would secretly take horses away from the stables at night to ride them nude , chanting prayers to until he reached orgasm , after which he caressed them lovingly . envies the boy 's passionate paganism , in comparison to his own empty life , where he has ceased intimacies with his wife and is plagued by nightmares of ritualistically slaughtering children in 's Greece , wearing the Mask of Agamemnon . Given an aspirin serving as a placebo " truth drug , " further reveals that one evening tempted him to go to a Swedish pornographic film at a local cinema , where he was shocked to see his father . Going back with to the stables , she stripped and offered him sex but he was unable to perform and , although she was sympathetic , told her to leave . Naked , and tormented that sees all and is a jealous god , he blinded the horses . 
 is left troubled by the fact that he can treat to take away his pain but in the process will deprive the boy of his passion , leaving him as emotionally neutered as himself .

The Man in the Planet pulls levers in his home in space , while the head of floats in the sky . A giant spermatozoon - like creature emerges from 's mouth , floating into the void . The Man in the Planet appears to control the creature with his levers , eventually making it fall into a pool of water . 
 In an industrial cityscape , walks home with his groceries . He is stopped outside his apartment by the Beautiful Girl Across the Hall , who informs him that his girlfriend , , has invited him to dinner with her family . leaves his groceries in his apartment , which is filled with piles of dirt and dead vegetation . That night , visits 's home , conversing awkwardly with her mother . At the dinner table , he is asked to carve a chicken that 's talkative father , calls " man - made " ; the bird writhes on the plate and gushes blood . After dinner , is cornered by 's mother , who tries to kiss him . She tells him that has had his child and that the two must marry . , however , is not sure if what she bore is a child . 
 The couple move into 's one - room apartment and begin caring for the child — a swaddled bundle with an inhuman , snakelike face , resembling the spermatozoon - like creature . The infant refuses all food , crying incessantly and intolerably . The sound drives hysterical , and she leaves and the child . attempts to care for the child , and he learns that it struggles to breathe and has developed painful sores . 
 begins experiencing visions , again seeing the Man in the Planet , as well as the Lady in the Radiator , who sings to him as she stomps upon spermatozoon - like creatures . After a sexual encounter with the Beautiful Girl Across the Hall , has a vision where he is decapitated by a creature resembling the child , revealing a stump underneath that resembles the child 's face . Soon afterwards , 's head sinks into a pool of blood and falls from the sky , landing on a street below . A boy finds it , bringing it to a pencil factory to be turned into erasers . 
 seeks out the Beautiful Girl Across the Hall , but finds her with another man . Crushed , returns to his room , where the child is crying . He takes a pair of scissors and for the first time removes the child 's swaddling . It is revealed that the child has no skin ; the bandages held its internal organs together , and they spill apart after the rags are cut . The child gasps in pain , and cuts its organs with the scissors . The wounds gush a thick liquid , covering the child . The power in the room overloads ; as the lights flicker on and off the child grows to huge proportions . When the lights burn out completely , the child 's head is replaced by the planet . appears amidst a billowing cloud of eraser shavings . The side of the planet bursts apart , and inside , the Man in the Planet struggles with his levers , which are now emitting sparks . is embraced warmly by the Lady in the Radiator , as both white light and white noise crescendo .

, a priest struggling with his faith , attempts to exorcise a possessed South American girl who claims to " heal the sick " . However , the exorcism goes wrong and a lit candle sets fire to the girl 's dress , killing her . Afterwards , is assigned by the Cardinal to investigate the death of Father , who had been killed four years earlier in the course of exorcising the Assyrian demon from . The Cardinal informs ( who has had some experience at exorcism and has been exposed to 's teachings ) that is facing posthumous heresy charges because of his controversial writings . Apparently , Church authorities are trying to modernize and do not want to acknowledge that Satan actually exists . 
 , although now seemingly normal and staying with her guardian in New York City , continues to be monitored at a psychiatric institute by Dr. . claims she remembers nothing about her ordeal in Washington , D.C. , but believes her memories are only repressed . 
 Father visits the institute , but his attempts to question about the circumstances of Father 's death are rebuffed by Dr. , who believes that 's approach would do more harm than good . In an attempt to plumb her memories of the exorcism , and specifically the circumstances in which died , Dr. hypnotizes the girl , to whom she is linked by a " synchronizer " , a revolutionary biofeedback device used by two people to synchronize their brainwaves . After a guided tour by of the Georgetown house where the exorcism took place , returns to be coupled with by the synchronizer . The priest is spirited to the past by to observe Father exorcising a young boy , , in Africa . Learning that the boy developed special powers to fight , who appears as a swarm of locusts , journeys to Africa , defying his superior , to seek help from the adult . 
 has become a scientist studying how to prevent locust swarms . learns that attacks people who have psychic healing ability . is able to reach telepathically inside the minds of others ; she uses this to help an autistic girl to speak , for instance . Father , who belonged to a group of theologians that believed psychic powers were a spiritual gift which would one day be shared by all people , thought people like and were forerunners of this new type of humanity . In a vision , asks to watch over . 
 and return to the old house in Georgetown . The pair are followed in a taxi by and , who are concerned about 's safety . En route , tempts by offering him unlimited power , appearing as a succubus who is a doppelgänger of . The taxi crashes into the Georgetown house , killing the driver , but his passengers survive and enter the house , where sets herself on fire . Although initially succumbs to the succubus , he is brought back by and attacks her doppelgänger while a swarm of locusts deluge the house , which begins to crumble around them . However , manages to kill the doppelgänger by beating open its chest and pulling out its heart . In the end , banishes the locusts ( and Pazuzu ) by enacting the same ritual attempted by to get rid of locusts in Africa ( although he failed and was himself possessed ) . Outside the house , dies from her injuries and tells to watch over . and leave while stays to answer police questions .

( ) and the kids , and ( and , respectively ) , take a vacation to Athens , Greece , with and in tow . ( Dr. remains back home on business , planning to join the family later , hence the reason for him not appearing in the film . ) 
 becomes lost in Athens , trying to reunite with and the kids while secret agents pursue him , seeking a formula which was glued to his paw in order to get it past customs . hides in the archaeological site of the ancient Athenian marketplace , where he is befriended by another stray , and in the narrow streets of an old Greek neighborhood , where he is pursued by , a criminal who — with the help of a vicious — abducts in order to seize the formula . eventually manages to escape 's clutches and flees back to the ' hotel . is then shocked to see parked in front of the hotel , holding hostage in his car at gunpoint . then dashes forward toward the car and lunges at 's hand that is holding the gun and bites it , causing to let go of the gun . is then rescued and is arrested by police at gunpoint .

is a successful aerospace engineer in Los Angeles , where he and wife have a lovely house , with a swimming pool and new lawn under way . Due to financial reversals at the business , however , 's boss , , suddenly fires him . 
 and owe more than $ 70,000 and abruptly find themselves with no income . His attempts to find other gainful employment fail . lands a fashion modeling appearance at a restaurant that becomes a fiasco . ends up applying for unemployment and food stamps , while 's wealthy parents , rather than helping , advise them to use this experience positively as a life lesson . 
 Unable to come up with any other solution to their problems , and turn to a life of crime . They make an effort to select their victims judiciously – robbing the telephone company , for example , which makes the customers in line cheer . In time , and weigh their guilty consciences against their needs , trying to get back their old lives and stay out of jail .

The film stars as returning champion race car driver , joined by his somewhat cynical and eccentric riding mechanic ( ) . Together with , the " Love Bug " , a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle , they are participating in the fictional Trans - France Race , from Paris , France , to Monte Carlo , Monaco . According to dialogue , they hope to stage a racing comeback in the event . 
 For the Trans - France Race , and have three major opponents : 
 and her Lancia unfortunately crash into a lake towards the end of the race , and with victory in sight . But and manage to save both car and woman from drowning . Because of this , she soon changes her attitude toward after he saves her life and she witnesses towing her Lancia out of the lake . All three watch as crawls next to the Lancia and the two cars hold doors like holding hands . When seems to have trouble restarting because of being determined to stay with the Lancia , is now fully convinced that cars can have minds of their own because she now knows her own car is alive as well . She encourages the little car not to relent in the quest for victory in the Trans - France Race ( with the added agreement of the Lancia 's horn ) , and bids good luck with a light kiss on one cheek . 
 With now out of the race ( followed shortly thereafter by in the aforementioned crash ) , pursues through the streets of Monte Carlo , combatants in a thrilling duel for the win . In the end , though , is overtaken by the little car in the famous tunnel of the Formula One race track , outracing him by outsmarting him through driving upside down on the tunnel roof . drives to victory for ( also according to dialogue ) the 20th time in their careers . 
 As the film progresses , two thieves , ( ) and ( ) , steal the famous Étoile de Joie ( French for " Star of Joy " ) diamond and cleverly hide it in 's fuel tank ( was fitted with an external fuel filler cap for this film - a 1963 Beetle 's cap actually being inside the front luggage compartment ) in order to avoid being captured by a swarm of searching policemen . But little did they know that they picked the wrong car to hide it in , because of one car that was alive and had a mind of its own . That causes them to blow every chance they get in getting back the diamond they hid in him . Because of this , and on a count of an attempt where they at one point tried to threaten and at gunpoint to relinquish the car to them , an encounter from which managed to escape , and thanks to a misunderstood conclusion thereafter that would have tried to mastermind the whole event . Subsequently , is placed under the protection of the French police . It is also revealed not too far in that Inspector ( ) , also known as " Double X " especially as a code name to the thieves , is the mastermind behind the museum robbery , though the fact of his scheme is revealed near the end of the movie . It is the eager , and somewhat knee - jerk and unpunctual young detective ( ) , of whom the Inspector is the superior officer , who unravels the mystery of L'Étoile de Joie , and has clapped in handcuffs . All the way through the plot , Inspector appears to have an annoyance and sour attitude towards Detective . The reasons are never plain , but some of them could be due to things that the Inspector tells the Head Official of Monaco about the detective when he tries to persuade him to cancel out a diamond search that the detective ordered for . 
 In the end , and begin to fall in love , as do and the Monte Carlo trophy girl ( ) ; even breaking a pact they made in the beginning . Most of all , and ( 's ) fall in love again as well .

Arriving at Los Angeles International Airport , Dr. ( ) has several odd encounters ( such as a flasher impersonating a police officer , and a passing bus with a full orchestra playing inside it ) . He is taken by his driver , ( ) to the Psycho - Neurotic Institute for the Very , Very Nervous , where he has been hired as a replacement for Dr. , who died mysteriously . has a condition of nervousness , and he takes pictures when he gets nervous . Upon his arrival , is greeted by the staff , Dr. ( ) , Dr. ( ) , and Nurse ( ) . When he goes to his room , a large rock is thrown through the window , with a message of welcome from the violent ward . 
 hears strange noises coming from Nurse 's room and he and go to investigate . claims it was the TV , but it was actually a passionate session of BDSM with Dr. . The next morning , is alerted by a light shining through his window . It is coming from the violent ward . Dr. takes to the light 's source , the room of patient ( ) , who thinks he is a Cocker Spaniel . 
 wants to leave the institute and argues with . After she lets him go , he drives home , but the car has been rigged to blast rock music loudly through the radio . is trapped in his car , his ears hemorrhage , and he dies from a stroke , aggravated by the loud music . 
 and travel to San Francisco , where is to speak at a psychiatric convention . He checks into the Hyatt Regency San Francisco , where , much to his dismay , as he suffers from " high anxiety " , is assigned a room on the top floor , due to a reservation change by " Mr. " . He pesters the bellboy ( ) with repeated requests for a newspaper , wanting to look in the obituaries for information concerning Dr. 's demise . He then takes a shower , during which the bellboy comes and in a frenzy mimics stabbing with the paper while screaming " Here 's your paper ! Happy now ? ! Happy ? " The paper 's ink runs down the drain . 
 After his shower , ( ) , the daughter of , bursts through the door . She wants help in removing her father from the institute . She says that Nurse and Dr. are exaggerating the illnesses of wealthy patients so the institute can milk rich families of millions of dollars . agrees to help after discovering that the patient he met was not the real . 
 To stop , and hire " Braces " ( ) , the silver - braced man who organized Dr. 's and 's murders , to impersonate and shoot a man in the lobby . Now with the police after him , must prove his innocence . After he is attacked by pigeons , he contacts , and realizes took a picture of the shooting . The real was in the elevator at the time , so he should be in the picture . 
 He requests to enlarge the picture . When he goes to call , " " tries to strangle him ; however , is able to kill him with a shard of glass from the phone booth . enlarges the photo , and is indeed visible in the picture . Nurse and capture and take him to the North Wing . and head back to Los Angeles where they rescue and see and taking the real ( ) to a tower to kill him . 
 Due to 's high anxiety he is prevented from climbing the tower 's steep stairs and helping . But with the help of Professor ( ) , he overcomes his phobia . knocks 's orderly ( ) out a tower window , saving . Nurse leaps out from the shadows and attacks with a broom , but falls out the tower window . She falls to her death , laughing hysterically and riding the broom . Dr. appears from the shadows and gives up before being accidentally knocked unconscious by a trapdoor being opened . is reunited with her father , gets married to , and they go on their honeymoon .

Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Howard Morris, Ron Carey

Pretty and privileged ( ) is , at the age of 16 , a borderline schizophrenic who spends most of her waking hours in a bizarre fantasy realm . After a failed suicide attempt , she lands in a mental institution , where the hostile environment threatens to destabilize her condition even further . It 's only through the focused attention of the sympathetic Dr. ( ) that is gradually able to distinguish between dreams and reality again . The film was directed by .

The young and her friend , daughter of a wealthy family being brought up by her grandparents in the U.S. , enjoy a childhood together and an extremely close relationship in late adolescence . Later , while medical student / physician ( ) attends Oxford and the University of Vienna and studies with such luminaries as , ( ) , a struggling writer , suffers through revisions of her play with her mentor and sometime lover , famed author ( ) at a beachhouse . 
 's school in Vienna is overrun by Nazi thugs and is severely injured trying to protect her colleagues . receives word of 's condition , and rushes to Vienna to be with her . is taken away for " treatment " and is unable to find her again since the hospital denies any knowledge of her being treated there . She remains in Europe to try to find again , but is unsuccessful . 
 Later , during the Nazi era , has become a celebrated playwright , and is invited to a writers ' conference in Russia . , having taken on the battle against Nazism , enlists en route to smuggle money into Nazi Germany to assist the anti - Nazi cause . It is a dangerous mission especially for a Jewish intellectual on her way to Russia . 
 departs for Russia via Berlin and the movements of her person , and placement of her possessions ( a hat and a box of candy ) , are carefully guided by compatriots of through border crossings and inspections . In Berlin , is told to go to a cafe where she finds . They are able to speak only briefly . divulges that the " treatment " she received in the hospital in Vienna was the amputation of her leg . tells her that the money she has brought will save 500 to 1,000 people , many of them Jews . also learns that has a daughter , , who is living with a baker in Alsace . After leaves in the cafe and boards the train to Moscow , a man tells her to avoid passing through Germany again after she leaves Russia . 
 is stabbed and fatally wounded in her room by Nazi agents . When reaches London , she is informed that has been killed although the details of her death are shrouded in secrecy . unsuccessfully looks for 's daughter in Alsace . She returns to the United States and is reunited with . She is haunted by her memories of and is distraught over not having found 's baby . She is shocked that 's family pretends not to remember , clearly wanting to excise from their memory a daughter who refused to conform at a time when conformity caused the murder of many innocent people . 
 The film ends with an image of seated in a boat alone , fishing . She reveals in voiceover that she continued to live with for another 30 years , and outlived him by several more .

Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards, Meryl Streep, Rosemary Murphy, John Glover, Hal Holbrook

The film portrays 's ( ) life from 1942 , before the Battle of Bataan in World War II , to 1952 , after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President ( ) for insubordination . It is recounted in flashback as visits West Point in 1962 .

As the film opens , a young man , travelling on an overnight train from Indianapolis to Pittsburgh , sedates a young woman with a syringe full of narcotics , slices her wrist with a razor blade , and drinks her blood . The next morning , he is met at the Pittsburgh train station by a mysterious man in white who escorts him away , whereupon the pair board a local train destined for Braddock , Pennsylvania . The young man , named , has romantic monochrome visions of vampiric seductions and torch - lit mobs , but it is impossible to tell if these visions are real or imagined . The man in white is 's elderly granduncle , . Due to the death of 's immediate family in Indianapolis , has reluctantly agreed to give room and board , sharing the house with him and cousin . 
 is a Lithuanian Catholic who treats like an Old World vampire . He forbids his nephew from speaking to and tries unsuccessfully to repel him with traditional methods : strings of garlic and holy objects like a crucifix and blessed statues . mocks these attempts and says bitterly , " There 's no real magic ... ever . " also says forcefully to that he is a family member , not someone to be treated like a " Nosferatu " . warns that if murders anyone in Braddock , he will stake him through the heart . While making deliveries for 's butcher shop , meets several local women , most distinctly the lonely housewife Mrs. . He runs from her attempts at seducing him but , curious , later returns to her . He seeks advice on women from a radio disc jockey , who calls him " the Count " , and tries to set the record straight about vampires , saying there is no " magic stuff . " The DJ realizes his listeners consider a hit . 
 Eventually overpowered by his thirst , sneaks out to Pittsburgh and targets a woman he sees at a local market . Believing her to be alone while her husband is on business , he breaks into her house only to discover her in bed with a lover . feeds on the man , then drugs and rapes the woman . Back in Braddock , eventually gives in to what he calls the " sexy stuff " and begins a full - fledged affair with Mrs. , losing interest in other women as victims to feed his hunger . , frustrated by her disagreements with as well as her unhappy relationship with her boyfriend , moves out of the house . On a feeding binge in the city , in which targets two derelicts for the first time , he narrowly escapes the police . Safely back at home , he visits Mrs. only to find that she has committed suicide . , believing to be the culprit , stakes him through the heart and buries him in the backyard . 
 As the credits roll , radio callers can be heard asking what has happened to " the Count . " The final shot shows in his garden , placing a crucifix on 's fresh grave .

The story opens on V - J Day in 1945 . A massive celebration in a New York City nightclub is underway , music provided by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra . While there , selfish and smooth - talking saxophone player ( ) , meets small - time USO singer ( ) , who , although lonely , still wants nothing to do with , who keeps pestering her for her phone number . 
 The next morning , they end up sharing a cab , and , against her will , accompanies to an audition . There he gets into an argument with the club owner . , to get the audition back on track , begins to sing the old standard , " You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me " ; joins in on his sax . The club owner is impressed and , to 's astonishment , they are both offered a job — a boy - girl act . From that moment on , and 's relationship deepens into a mix of obsession and love . But there are problems — mainly , 's tendency to fight with his co - workers , and his increasingly violent arguments with , who becomes pregnant with his child . An especially bad shouting match between them results in going into labor . rushes her to the hospital , where she delivers a baby boy . But is not ready to be a father , or a good husband , and he abandons his wife , declining even to see his newborn son as he leaves the hospital . 
 Several years later , in a recording studio , records " But the World Goes Round " , a powerful anthem which makes the charts and turns her into a popular entertainment figure . In the years that follow , and both find success in the music industry ; he becomes a renowned jazz musician and club owner , while she becomes a successful singer and film actress . 
 records a song of his on his saxophone which tops the jazz charts , and cements her stardom after singing that same song , " New York , New York , " for which she has provided the lyrics . Her performance , received by a wildly appreciative audience , takes place in the same nightclub where , years earlier , she and had met . After the show , telephones his ex - wife , suggesting they get together for dinner . is tempted , heads toward the stage door exit , but at the last moment changes her mind . , waiting on the sidewalk , realizes he has been stood up and heads off down the street , accompanied by the song he has written — the " Theme from New York , New York " .

( ) appears as a kindly old man to ( ) , an assistant supermarket manager . After a few failed attempts in trying to set up an " interview , " tells that he has been selected to be His messenger to the modern world , much like a contemporary . Timidly at first , tells his wife ( ) , children and a religion editor of the Los Angeles Times of his encounters with God and soon becomes a national icon of comedic fodder . 
 soon appears on television with and describes the look God takes when he encounters him . The next day , after is stranded from a car breakdown , appears as a taxi driver to take home , where they are met by a bunch of chanting " religious nuts . " Before he disappears , consoles that he has the " strength that comes from knowing . " 
 Skeptical at first , finds his life turned upside down as a group of theologians attempt to discredit him by challenging him to answer a series of written questions in Aramaic while locked in a hotel room alone to prove God is contacting him directly . To 's relief after an agonizing wait , , working as room service , delivers food to and answers the questions . After being sued for slander by a charismatic preacher that directed to call a " phony , " decides to prove his story in a court of law . 
 argues that if God 's existence is a reasonable possibility , then He can materialize and sit in the witness chair if He so chooses . At first , fails to appear and the judge threatens to charge with contempt for " what you apparently thought was a clever stunt . " argues that when everyone waited for a moment to see what would happen when he raised the mere possibility of making a personal appearance in the courtroom , that proved that He at least deserves the benefit of the doubt , although given that a plaintiff in an American civil lawsuit needs only prove his / her case by a preponderance of the evidence in order to win , the mere establishment of reasonable doubt ( including merely establishing that a given doubt is reasonable ) is not enough to guarantee a defense verdict . 
 Suddenly , without opening the doors , appears and asks to be sworn in , concluding the procedure with " So help me Me . " " If it pleases the court , and even if it does n't please the court , I 'm , your honor . " 
 provides some miracles , first in the form of a few rather impressive card tricks for the judge . Then , to help the people believe , he leaves the stand , walks a few steps and , with everyone watching , literally disappears before their eyes . His disembodied voice then issues a parting shot : " It can work . If you find it hard to believe in Me , maybe it will help to know that I believe in you . " 
 Sometime later , after hearing the ringing of a public telephone , meets up with once again . states he 's going on a trip to spend some time with animals . expresses worry that they failed , but compares him to , saying he was given the best seeds and they 'll take root . then says he has lost his job and that everybody thinks he 's a nut , but assures him that there are other supermarkets and that he 's in " good company . " had said to earlier : " lose a job ; save a world . " gets ready to leave and says that he will not be coming back . then asks what if he needs to talk with him . says to him " I 'll tell you what , you talk . I 'll listen . " He then disappears . smiles as departs .

In 1975 , bodybuilders are preparing for the upcoming Mr. Universe amateur competition and Mr. Olympia professional competition in Pretoria , South Africa . The first part of the film documents the life of , a hopeful for the title of Mr. Universe . was bullied in his youth for being Jewish and wearing glasses , which spurred him to become a pro football player ; when his career with the New York Jets was ended by a leg injury , he became a bodybuilder . His psychological balance is thrown off by a prank by fellow contender , who steals 's lucky shirt before the competition . wins Mr. Universe and comes in fourth . Fighting back tears , cheerfully appraises the situation before calling home to check on his wife and children . He then congratulates . 
 The film then switches focus to the rivalry between and , professional bodybuilders competing for the title of Mr. . , at this point a ten - year veteran of bodybuilding , has won Mr. for five consecutive years and intends to retire after a final competition . , who at a height of 6   ft 5 in ( 1.96 m ) and 275   lb ( 125   kg ) is the largest bodybuilder to date , is determined to be the man to finally dethrone . The film contrasts each man 's personality , home environment , and training style : is extroverted , aggressive , and works out with other bodybuilders at Gold 's Gym and Muscle Beach , whereas the quiet , reserved — who went partially deaf after a childhood ear infection — trains with his father in a dimly lit , private , basement gym . While surrounds himself with his family , is accompanied wherever he goes by other bodybuilders , reporters , and beautiful women . 
 In between interviews and workout demonstrations with and , the latter explains the basic concepts behind bodybuilding . Although he emphasizes the importance of physique in bodybuilding , also stresses the psychological aspects of competition , crediting meticulously crafted strategies of psychological warfare against his opponents for his numerous victories . The film briefly looks at 's training partner , , a favorite to win the under-200   lb division at Mr. . A former boxer from the tiny village of Ollolai , Sardinia , returns home to celebrate a traditional dinner with his family , who still adhere to old world values and are skeptical of the overt aggression of boxing and bodybuilding . Nevertheless , impresses his family with a display of strength by lifting the back end of a car and moving it down a street . 
 In South Africa , wages his psychological warfare on , befriending and then subtly insulting him over breakfast with 's family . later attends the judging for the under-200   lb class to scope out who his competition will be for the overall Mr. title , jokingly disparaging . The appearance of stuns , who praises another bodybuilder for the only time in the film , openly admiring 's physique and posing prowess . places first and he moves on to compete against the winner of the over-200   lb category . 
 , , and prepare to go onstage and compete for the over-200   lb category . In the locker room , engages in some last - minute intimidation of , who is visibly shaken onstage and subsequently ends up placing third behind and , who is declared the winner . and engage in a posedown for the title of Mr. . uses his stage presence and intimidating looks to unnerve , and is declared Mr. . In a post - victory speech , he announces his official retirement from professional bodybuilding . Later , at an after - party for the competitors , celebrates his victory by smoking marijuana and eating fried chicken . With the competition over , he wishes happy birthday and leads the other competitors in singing " Happy Birthday to You " as a cake is revealed . The film ends with , , and 's parents riding together to the airport .

An unnamed man ( ) ( simply called " young man " in the credits ) sneaks into Ocean View Amusement Park and places a small radio - controlled bomb on the tracks of the park 's wooden roller coaster , The Rocket . The bomb detonates , a coaster train derails , killing and injuring the riders . Safety inspector ( ) , who initially cleared the ride , is called to the park to investigate . A park worker tells that he saw what he thought was a park maintenance man up on the tracks earlier that day but did not state that the man was someone other than the park had authorized to be there . 
 In Pittsburgh the bomber causes a fire on a dark ride at another park . suspects the incidents might be linked , and learns that the executives of companies running the largest amusement parks in America are holding a meeting in Chicago . flies to Chicago and intrudes on the meeting . One of the executives plays a tape sent by the bomber , wherein he demands $ 1 million to stop his activities . 
 Back home , is visited by FBI Agent ( ) , who says the extortion money is to be delivered by at Kings Dominion . There , is ordered to wait at a telephone . The bomber calls , warning him there is a bomb in the park . He sends a two - way radio so that he can keep contact , then orders to go on various rides in the park . While is on the Skyway , the bomber tells that the bomb is in the radio . He warns not to throw it away , because it will explode on impact on the paths below which are occupied by many of the park 's visitors . He orders to falsely signal that he has made the delivery , in order to distract the FBI , then leave the money on a bench . complies and walks away . Later , admits that he marked the money ( violating the bomber 's instructions ) . demands to be sent home and leaves the bomb radio with the bomb squad . 
 Back home , gets another call from the bomber . He blames for the marked money , and threatens another attack . Assuming it will be directed at personally , he deduces that the next target will be The Great American Revolution roller coaster at Magic Mountain . The FBI rejects 's hypothesis , but decide to investigate anyway because the ride is scheduled to debut on July 4 , when park attendance will be at its highest for the season . Agents disguised as park maintenance men eventually find a bomb attached to the tracks and disarm it . 
 The bomber returns to his car and gets a new bomb just as the Revolution is about to open . In order to get on board , he pays a park guest $ 100 for his " Gold Ticket " , which entitles the holder to be one of the first passengers . He places the bomb under his seat in the rear of the train . Following the inaugural ride , recognizes the bomber 's voice during his ride exit interview with a reporter . He chases the bomber , and alerts the agents that he might have placed something in the coaster train . The train leaves the chain lift on its second ride through . 
 The bomber is eventually cornered and threatens to blow up the ride , holding the detonator in his hand while the agents try to jam the signal . He demands a firearm . takes one from an agent and begins to hand it to him . Agents succeed in jamming the detonator 's signal , and alert . retains the gun but in doing so accidentally shoots the bomber , who then runs away . He hops a fence into the area below the Revolution and runs blindly , eventually circling back toward . The bomber climbs onto the track , but sees and freezes . He is hit and killed by the coaster train . The ride re - opens following the accident .

In The Gambia , West Africa , in 1750 , is born to ( ) , a Mandinka warrior , and his wife , ( ) . When ( ) reaches the age of 15 , he and a group of other adolescent boys take part in tribal manhood training , ending with a ceremony , after which they become recognized as men and Mandinka warriors . While trying to carry out a task to catch a bird and take it home unharmed , sees white men carrying firearms , along with their black collaborators . Later , while fetching wood outside his village to make a drum for his younger brother , is captured by black collaborators under the direction of white men . He is then sold to a slave trader and placed aboard a ship under the command of Capt . ( ) for a three - month journey to Colonial America . During the voyage a group of rebels among the human cargo try but fail to stage a mutiny and to take over the ship . 
 The ship eventually arrives in Annapolis , Maryland , in 1767 , where the captured Africans are sold at auction as slaves . ( ) , a plantation owner from Spotsylvania County , Virginia , near Fredericksburg , buys and gives him the name . assigns an older slave , ( ) , to teach to speak English and to train him in the ways of living and working as a chattel slave . , in a persistent struggle to become free again , makes several unsuccessful attempts to escape . Further , to preserve his Mandinka heritage and maintain his Mandinka roots , he wants not to change his name , and he resists such a change . An overseer , ( ) , gathers the slaves and directs one of them to whip after his latest attempt to escape and to continue whipping him until he finally acknowledges his new name . For events that occur in 1775 , between the above period and the post - Revolutionary War , where the next section begins , see Roots : The Gift . 
 In 1776 the adult ( ) experiences serving as a chattel slave and feels haunted by his Mandinka roots and his memories of freedom at home in Africa . , his owner , does not receive as much cash as he has expected from the sale of his crop of tobacco , so , to settle a debt to his brother , Dr. ( ) , the local physician , transfers several of his slaves , including and , to . tries again to escape , but a pair of slave - catchers seize him , bind him , and chop off about half his right foot ( to limit his ability to run away again ) . meets ( ) , the cook for 's family . successfully treats both 's mangled foot and his wounded spirit . By 1780 he eventually submits to the harsh life , and he marries in a ceremony , which includes jumping across a broom . bears a daughter , to whom gives the name , which means " stay put " in the Mandinka language . continues to mentor and befriend , and eventually dies at an old age in 1790 . 
 An adulterous relationship between Dr. and wife ( ) produces a daughter , , whom apparently believes to be his own offspring . ( ) and ( ) , about two years younger than , become playmates and best friends within the social limits of the plantation culture . secretly teaches to read and write , and both and , 's mother , strictly and severely caution to avoid allowing anyone else to learn about her clandestine and forbidden education . In 1806 , in her teen years , falls in love with ( ) , another slave at 's plantation , but runs away and is caught and returned . During a beating reveals that has forged for him a traveling pass by copying a similar pass which has given to . has previously assured his slaves that he would keep them all together at his plantation , not selling away any of them against their will as long as they " follow the rules " . However , William regards the pass and the escape to be such serious breaches of trust that he separately sells both and . Much weeping and wailing attend the departure of , who desperately reaches out to for help , only to be coldly shunned by her for helping in his escape . sells to ( ) , a planter in Caswell County , North Carolina , who promptly rapes her , impregnating her with a son , to whom he gives the name . 
 In 1824 ( ) , a fancy carriage driver and a suitor who seeks to impress , takes for a short visit to the plantation of Dr. , in the hope that she can see her parents . learns that has been sold away , and that has died two years back . sees her father 's grave and his wooden marker ; using a small stone , she scratches over the name and writes below it " " . ( ) , under the tutelage of ( ) , an older slave , learns much about cockfighting , and , by direction of , their master , takes over as the chief trainer , the " cock of the walk " . befriends a free black man and fellow cockfighter , who informs him about the possibility of buying his own freedom . In 1841 , a now adult continues to believe to be a friend until he realizes his master 's true feeling when he and his family are threatened at gunpoint by and his wife , as a result of the rebellion . Although none of 's slaves are personally involved in the rebellion , they become victims of the paranoid suspicions of their master , so they start planning to buy their freedom . In an emotional scene reveals to the identity of his father . 
 becomes an expert in cockfighting , thus earning for himself the moniker " " . Squire ( ) , 's main adversary in the pit , arranges for a British owner , Sir ( ) , and twenty of his cocks to visit and to participate in the local fights . eventually bets a huge sum on his best bird , which has trained , but he loses , and he can not pay . Under the terms of a settlement between and , goes to England to train cocks for and to train more trainers and is forced to leave behind ( his mother ) , ( , his wife ) ( ) , and his sons , and ( and ) . promises to set free after returns . In one brief scene and , both elderly , face each other one last time , and denies that she " recollects " a " darkie by the name of " . then spits into 's cup of water without 's realizing . 
 returns 14 years later , in 1861 , shortly before the start of the Civil War . He proudly announces that , after some reluctance on 's part and some persuasion on 's part , has kept his word by granting his freedom . He learns that has died two months before , that and now belong to ( ) , that ( ) has become a blacksmith on the plantation , and that has a wife , ( ) , and two sons . He also learns that his relatives have spoken well of him during his absence . He further learns that , according to a law in North Carolina , if he stays 60 days in that state as a freed slave , he will lose his freedom , so he heads northward , seeking the next stage in his career as a cockfighter and awaiting the end of the war , the emancipation of the slaves , and another reunion of his family . 
 While the war continues to its inevitable end , a hungry and destitute young white couple from South Carolina , and ( and ) , arrive and ask for help , and the slave family take them in . soon gives birth , but the child is stillborn . The white couple stays on with and his wife , and becomes a part of their community . meets harassment at the hands of two brothers , and ( and ) . Eventually , a month before the surrender by the South , deserts the Confederate Army during the final desperate days of the war , and he shows up at 's blacksmith shop . reluctantly runs an errand for him but , on returning , he finds trying to rape , and in the resulting fight drowns him in the quenching tub . Later , now an officer in the Confederate cavalry , arrives at the shop , demands to know about , gets no answer , and angrily tells Tom that he has not yet finished with him . 
 After the war several local white men , led by and wearing white hoods ( made from fabric sacks from 's store ) begin to harass and terrorize , his family , and other members of his community . emerges as the leader among his group . As the local blacksmith , devises a horseshoeing method to identify the horses involved in the raids by the hooded men . But when reports his suspicions and his evidence to the sheriff , in sympathy with and knowing every member of the white mob , tips off . 's mob leads another raid against , during which is whipped savagely . , in his capacity as the overseer of the plantation , intervenes and is forced to whip once , to his own horror and disgust , in order to save his friend 's life . 
 Meanwhile , the former owner of the farm , , is forced to surrender all of his property to Senator ( ) , a local politician intent on acquiring as much land as possible . Under the terms of the surrender , his former slaves are allowed to stay on as sharecroppers , with eventual rights to own a part of the land . However , because no written deed has been filed , the senator deems the agreement void and imposes heavy debts on the black farmers . 
 Several years later unexpectedly returns , raises the spirits of his relatives and friends , and begins to plot their next step . He reports that he has bought some land in Tennessee . Using some cunning and deception of their own , the group makes preparations for their move away . After one final confrontation with and his gang , and his company start their trek from North Carolina to Tennessee . In the last scene and his group arrive on his land in Henning , Lauderdale County , Tennessee , to start their new life . retells part of the story from in Africa to himself in Tennessee . Then briefly narrates a montage of photographs of family members connecting 's daughter , , a great - great - granddaughter of , to himself . For the continuation of the story from the late 19th century into the 20th century , see Roots : The Next Generations .

LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett, Jr., John Amos, Ben Vereen, Cicely Tyson, Georg Stanford Brown, Richard Roundtree, O. J. Simpson, Leslie Uggams, Madge Sinclair, Ed Asner, Chuck Connors, Lloyd Bridges, Sandy Duncan

is a 19 - year - old Italian American man from the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn , New York . He lives with his parents , grandmother , and younger sister , and works at a dead - end job in a small hardware store . To escape his day - to - day life , every Saturday night goes to 2001 Odyssey , a local disco club . has four close friends : , , , and A fringe member of his group of friends is , a neighborhood girl who longs for a more sexual relationship with . 
 and his friends ritually stop on the Verrazano – Narrows Bridge to clown around . The bridge has special significance for as a symbol of escape to a better life on the other side - in more suburban Staten Island . 
 agrees to be 's partner in an upcoming dance contest , but her happiness is short - lived when is mesmerized by another woman at the club , , whose dancing skills exceed 's . Although rejects 's advances , she eventually agrees to be his partner in the dance competition , provided that their partnership remains professional . 
 's older brother , , who was the pride of the family since he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest , brings despair to their parents and grandmother when he tells them he quit the priesthood . shares a warm relationship with , but feels pleased that he is no longer the black sheep of the family . 
 While on his way home from the grocery store , is attacked by a gang and hospitalized . He tells and his friends that his attackers were the . Meanwhile , has been trying to get out of his relationship with his devout Catholic girlfriend , , who is pregnant with his child . Facing pressure from his family and others to marry her , asks if the Pope would grant him dispensation for an abortion . When tells him such a thing would be highly unlikely , 's feelings of desperation increase . 
 Eventually , the group gets their revenge on the , and crash car into their hangout . , , and get out of the car to fight , but takes off when a gang member tries to attack him in the car . When the group visit in the hospital , they are angry when he tells them that he may have identified the wrong gang . Later , and dance at the competition and end up winning first prize . However , believes that a Puerto Rican couple performed better , and that the judges ' decision was racially motivated . He gives the Puerto Rican couple the trophy , and leaves with . Once outside in a car , she denigrates their relationship and he tries to rape her . She resists and runs from him . 
 's friends come to the car along with an intoxicated . says she has agreed to have sex with everyone . tries to lead her away , but is subdued by and , and sullenly leaves with the group in the car . and rape . pulls the car over on the Verrazano - Narrows Bridge for their usual cable - climbing antics . Instead of abstaining as usual , performs stunts more recklessly than the rest of the gang . Realizing that he is acting recklessly , tries to get him to come down . 's strong sense of despair , the situation with , and 's broken promise to call him earlier that day all lead to a suicidal tirade about 's lack of caring before slips and falls to his death in the water below . 
 Disgusted and disillusioned by his friends , his family , and his life , spends the rest of the night riding the subway into Manhattan . Morning has dawned by the time he appears at 's apartment . He apologizes for his bad behavior , telling her that he plans to relocate from Brooklyn to Manhattan to try and start a new life . and salvage their relationship and agree to be friends .

In the kingdom of Charak , a celebration is taking place for the coronation of Prince ( ) . But 's evil stepmother , ( ) , places a curse on him and turns into a baboon ( one of 's stop motion creations ) just as he was going to be crowned caliph . 
 ( ) , sailor and Prince of Baghdad , moors at Charak , intent on seeking permission from Prince to marry 's sister , Princess ( ) . He quickly gets used to the city and its people , but finds it under curfew . When and his men shelter in a nearby tent , one is poisoned and are attacked by , 's son , but defeats him . Soon a witch ( whom the audience later learns is ) summons a trio of ghouls , which emerge from a fire and attack and his men . disposes of the ghouls by crushing them under a pile of huge logs . 
 meets with , who believes 's curse is one of 's spells and if can not regain his human form within seven moons , then 's son will be caliph instead . , , and the baboon set off to find the old Greek alchemist named ( ) , a hermit of on the island of Casgar , who is said to know how to break the spell . and ( ) follow in a boat propelled by the robotic bronze Minoton , a magical creature created by the sorceress which looks like a minotaur . During the voyage , proves to be the only person capable of calming the baboon . is convinced that the baboon is after he witnesses it playing chess with and writing his name on the wall . 
 and land at Casgar and find and his daughter ( ) , who agree to help them . says they must travel to the land of Hyperborea where the ancient civilization of the Arimaspi once existed . On the way to Hyperborea , and also become convinced that the baboon is . Besides , enjoys having 's company and develops a love interest towards her . 
 uses a potion to transform herself into a gull to spy on . Once aboard his ship , she turns into a miniature human and listens in as tells how to cure . Alerted by , and capture . Unfortunately , her potion spills and a wasp ingests some of it . The wasp grows to enormous size and attacks the two men , but kills it with a knife . takes what is left of her potion , turns into a gull , and flies back to her own ship . But there is too little of the drink left : While is restored to human form and full size , the lower part of her right leg remains a gull 's foot . 
 After a long voyage , 's ship reaches the north polar wastes . and his crew trek across the ice to the land of the Arimaspi , but are attacked by a giant walrus . It destroys most of their supplies and kills two men , but and the others fend it off with spears . uses an ice tunnel to reach the land of the Arimaspi , and she , , and the Minoton climb subterranean stairs to emerge in the warm , Mediterranean - like valley above . 
 and his crew also reach the valley . While resting , they encounter a troglodyte , a 12 - foot ( 3.7   m ) tall creature somewhat like a fur - covered caveman , with a single horn coming out of the top of its head . The troglodyte proves to be not dangerous , but rather friendly and follows the adventurers to the giant pyramidal shrine of the Arimaspi . and arrive at the shrine first , but she has no key to enter . She orders the Minoton to remove a block of stone from the pyramid 's wall . He succeeds , but the block crushes the Minoton and destabilizes the shrine 's power . 
 and his friends arrive minutes later , and realize has entered the pyramid . They enter the shrine 's main chamber , the interior of which is covered in ice and is guarded by a Smilodon frozen in a block of ice . orders to attack and is about to hurt with a knife , but he is attacked by and is killed falling down the temple stairs . Momentarily overcome with grief , cradles her son while and investigate how to get into the column of light at the top of the shrine which will break the spell . Having come to her senses again and seeing restored to human form , transfers her spirit into the Smilodon . Breaking free of its icy prison , the giant cat attacks the group but the troglodyte then enters the scene and engages the Smilodon in combat . Initially gaining the upper hand and even slamming the beast to the ground , the Smilodon disarms the troglodyte of its spear and pins it to the wall , inflicting more damage before killing it via biting the neck . and his men fight against the Smilodon but are overpowered by its speed and is killed . The Smilodon then attacks who uses the troglodyte 's spear to jab it in the chest , killing both the and . With the spell on broken and dead , the adventurers flee the temple as it collapses and is buried in snow and ice . 
 , , , , and return home just in time for to be crowned . and smile at each other and and share a kiss . The film fades to black , and the eyes of appear on the screen .

In the fictional small town of Charlestown , the local mill is about to lay off 10,000 workers , indirectly threatening the existence of the town 's minor league hockey team , the Charlestown Chiefs . After discovering that the team is to be folded , player - coach lets the Hanson Brothers , the club 's recent acquisitions , loose on their opponents . The brothers ' actively violent and thuggish style of play excites the fans . retools the team , using violence to draw big crowds . 
 The team 's new style produces unintended consequences that affect not only , but the Chiefs ' star player , , along with the rest of the team . exploits 's marital troubles in his efforts to get him to take part in the team 's brawling , to no avail . Several games devolve into bench - clearing brawls , including one that takes place before the opening face - off , and another that brings the local police into the locker room to arrest the Hanson Brothers . 
 Eventually meets the owner of the team , and discovers his efforts to increase the team 's popularity through violence have been for naught , as the owner plans to fold the team as a tax write - off . By the time decides to abandon the new strategy of violence over skill , the Chiefs ' main rivals in Syracuse have already upped the ante by stocking their team full of goons in preparation for the league 's championship game . After a crushing defeat in the first period , the disgusted team owner tells them that he was actually hoping that the Chiefs ' habitual escapades would get them scouted and signed up by the National Hockey League . 
 Upon hearing these news , decides to have his team revert to their previous violent approach , much to the joy of the spectators . When witnesses his wife cheering for the Chiefs , he adopts a similarly radical but still non - violent way of participation by performing a live striptease on the rink amidst rousing cheers . When the Syracuse team 's captain protests against this daredevil demonstration and hits the refree for dismissing him , Syracuse is disqualified , granting the Chiefs the championship .

Paul Newman, Strother Martin, Michael Ontkean, Lindsay Crouse, Jennifer Warren, M. Emmet Walsh

Wealthy Texan and his son seek a truck driver willing to bootleg Coors beer to Georgia for their refreshment . At the time , Coors was regarded as one of the finest beers in the United States,[3 ] but it could not be legally sold east of the Mississippi River . Truck drivers who had taken the bet previously had been caught and arrested by " Smokey " ( CB slang for highway patrol officers , referring to the – type hats worn in some states ) . 
 The find legendary trucker competing in a truck rodeo at Lakewood Fairgrounds in Atlanta ; they offer him $ 80,000 to haul 400 cases of Coors beer from Texarkana , Texas back to Atlanta in 28 hours ; has sponsored a driver running in the Southern Classic stockcar race and " when he wins I want to celebrate in style . " accepts the bet and recruits his partner to drive the truck , while drives the " blocker " , a black Pontiac Trans Am bought on an advance from the Burdettes , to divert attention away from the truck and its illegal cargo . 
 The trip to Texas is mostly uneventful except for at least one pursuing Arkansas State Trooper whom evades with ease . They reach Texarkana an hour ahead of schedule , load their truck with the beer and head back toward Atlanta . Immediately upon starting the second leg of the run , picks up runaway bride , whom he eventually nicknames " " because she is " kinda cute like a frog " and " always hoppin ' around " . But in so doing , makes himself a target of Texas Sheriff , a career lawman whose handsome but slow - witted son was to have been 's bridegroom . Ignoring his own jurisdiction , Sheriff , with in tow , chases all the way to Georgia , even as various mishaps cause his cruiser to disintegrate around them . 
 The remainder of the film is one lengthy high - speed chase , as 's antics attract more and more attention from local and state police across Dixie while barrels on toward Atlanta with the contraband beer . and are helped along the way via CB radio by many colorful characters , including an undertaker with his hearse driver and their funeral procession , an elderly lady , a drive - in waitress and all her customers , a convoy of trucks , and even a madam who runs a brothel out of her RV . Neither Sheriff Justice nor any other police officers have any knowledge of 's illegal manifest . 
 The chase intensifies as and get closer to Atlanta ; moments after crossing back into Georgia , comes to the rescue when is pulled over by a Georgia State Patrol motorcycle patrolman , and state and local police step up their pursuit with more cruisers , larger roadblocks , and even a police helicopter to track 's movements . Discouraged by the unexpected mounting attention , and with just four miles left to go , is about to give up , but refuses to listen and takes the lead , smashing through the police roadblock at the entrance to the fairgrounds . They arrive back at Lakewood Speedway ( while the Southern Classic race is being run ) with only 10 minutes to spare , but instead of taking the payoff , and accept a double - or - nothing offer from Little   — a challenge to run up to Boston and bring back clam chowder in 18 hours . They quickly escape in one of Cadillac convertibles , passing Sheriff 's badly damaged police car by the side of the road . first directs Sheriff to Big and Little , but then in a gesture of respect , reveals his true location and invites to give chase , leaving behind .

Earth has been devastated by a nuclear war instigated by five terrorists , and it has taken two million years for the radioactive clouds to once again allow sunlight to reach the surface . Only a handful of humans have survived , while the rest have changed into mutants who roam the radioactive wastelands . In the idyllic land of Montagar , the true ancestors of man   – fairies , elves and dwarves – have returned and live in peace . During a celebration of 3,000 years of peace , queen of the fairies , falls into a trance and leaves the party . Puzzled , the fairies follow her to her home and discover that she has given birth to twin wizards . , a kind and good wizard , spends much of his boyhood entertaining his mother with beautiful visions , while , a mutant , never visits his mother , but spends his time torturing small animals . 
 After many years , dies . is excited , believing that he will take over her leadership and rule the land . opposes his evil brother and challenges him to a fight for the kingship . 's magic is empowered by his grief , allowing him to defeat . leaves Montagar with a vow to return and " make this a planet where mutants rule " . 
 Years later , has risen to lead the dark land of Scortch , where he and his vast army of goblins , ogres and mutants salvage and restore ancient technology . He tries to attack Montagar twice , but is foiled both times when his mutant warriors become bored or sidetracked in the midst of battle . then discovers an old projector and reels of Nazi propaganda footage . He enhances the projector with magical power and uses it in battle to both inspire his own soldiers and horrify enemy troops . The mutants destroy the elf army . 
 Meanwhile , in Montagar , has become a tutor tasked with training the president 's daughter to become a full - fledged fairy . Suddenly , the president is assassinated by Necron 99 , a robot sent by to kill believers in magic . confronts the robot and battles it using brain reading . Necron 99 loses the desire for war and changes his name to " in the hopes that he will bring it " . learns from the robot that the " dream machine "   – the projector   – is 's secret weapon , inspiring his armies with images of ancient warfare . , , , and the elf spy set out to destroy the projector and save the world from another Holocaust . 
 In a forest inhabited by fairies , has an intuition that something is amiss shortly before the group is accosted by the leader of the fairies , . realizes that is missing , when an unseen assassin kills and kidnaps . and begin to search for in the forbidden Fairy Sanctuary , but falls into a chasm and insists that leave him and find the girl . He locates her , captured by fairies and small human - like creatures , just as she is about to be killed . attempts to explain that they did not kill , but the fairies do n't believe him , and shoot him with an arrow . Wounded in the shoulder , refuses to fight back , which impresses the fairy king . Instead of executing them , he merely teleports and to a snowy mountaintop . and resume their journey , despite the poor conditions , but they soon realize that they are wandering in circles . and finally find them , and together , they find their way out of the mountains . Soon and the others encounter the encamped army of an elf General who is preparing to attack Scortch the following day , but launches a sneak attack that night . is outside with when one of Blackwolf 's mutants sneaks into camp and attacks her , but is able to stop it before it hurts her . Things turn for the worse , though , as a battle tank arrives to destroy the camp . manages to disable the crew , but as he inspects the vehicle , kills him with a sword and climbs into the tank . It drives away as and watch in confusion . 
 The next day , and enter Scortch by ship and make for 's castle while the General leads his elf warriors in a bloody battle to distract 's forces . The pair split up , tracking while goes after . nearly kills , but she explains that had been controlling her mind ever since she first touched . declares his magic superior to 's and demands his surrender . admits that he has n't practiced magic in some time , and offers to show one last trick that their mother showed him when was n't around . then pulls a gun and fatally shoots . With the loss of their leader , the mutants give up fighting . With 's safety secured , returns home as the new ruler , but and decide to go start their own kingdom instead .

( ) is the wealthy owner of a new ski resort nestled below a snow - covered mountain . He invites his ex - wife , ( ) , to come to the resort for the grand opening , which also kicks off a ski tournament and a figure skating competition . Among the many guests is 's feisty mother , ( ) , ( ) a world famous ski champion , and two rival figure skaters . 
 , a magazine reporter , divorced as he is a control freak , but invited her to the resort in an attempt to rekindle their marriage . has to be " King of the Mountain , " and opened the resort in what was considered uninhabitable country due to the heavy avalanches . ( ) the timid book keeper , explains to that had to negotiate with land developers and put his own money into building the resort . While taking her on a tour of the grounds , runs into ( ) , an environmental photographer who claims the resort is environmentally unsafe due to the heavy snowfall scheduled to arrive , but his protests are ignored . finds herself becoming attracted to , which only infuriates and brings out his controlling side . 
 Due to considerable red tape involved in the construction of the resort , urges one of his business partners to fly in to settle matters despite the snow . He hosts a large party in the resort the night of the opening , where everyone dances and drinks the night away . , after confronting over his controlling nature , runs into and they go off together to 's cabin . As the night goes on the snowfall increases , adding more weight to the mountain . The next morning sees the start of the ski and figure skating events , and leaves in the cabin to go shoot some of the fresh snow off of the mountain with a snow gun to avoid an avalanche . 
 Unfortunately , the plane carrying 's business partner crashes into the mountain due to low visibility , starting an avalanche . Tons of snow roll down the mountain , destroying the ski ramp , the skating rink and the resort , resulting in an immense loss of life . gets trapped at the skating rink but manages to dig himself out . He makes it to the resort , where and are trapped under a staircase in the dining room . A gas leak in the kitchen causes an explosion , injuring more people and taking out the phone lines . The nearest town 's fire department comes to the rescue , bringing along a camera crew to document the destruction . manages to ski away from the impending avalanche , but is buried alive . The ski ramp is destroyed and everyone is buried except for a boy named and ( ) , a television host . The two are stuck in a partly collapsed ski ramp chair , dangling in the air . 
 sees the avalanche from the cabin and heads to the resort , meeting up with . After dynamiting and digging through the snow , they come across and , who is near death due to hypothermia . resuscitates her through mouth to mouth and accompanies her on the ride to the hospital . , still alive , is found by a team of search and rescue people and is carried off in critical condition . and a group from the fire department go to the ski ramp to rescue and , telling them to fall into the safety trampoline . goes first and is safe , but the metal rope drags across the pulley and causes an electrical shock , electrocuting . 
 As and load body bags into a truck another ambulance arrives , the driver telling that the bridge leading to the hospital is still unsafe due to the snow . Realizing that and are heading that way , and drive off to intercept them . The ambulance carrying the women skids over a patch of ice and careens off the road , causing to be thrown out . The vehicle crashes into a gorge under the bridge and explodes on the way down , killing the driver and . and make it to the scene minutes later to find clinging to the bridge 's collapsed railing , hanging over the ledge . The men work together to pull up , tying a rope around her and pulling her to safety . The three then look on as the ambulance continues to burn under them . 
 The scene cuts to arriving at the destroyed resort to say goodbye to before leaving . She runs into , who is leaving as well ; he says it will take years to reclaim everything buried in the snow . tells her he likes her just the way she is , and they part on good terms . goes inside the resort and has a final word with , who admits that the entire incident is his fault , surprising . She tells him that she loves him and then departs , leaving alone with the destruction of his accomplishments .

The film tells the story of three young friends whose passion in life is surfing . The friends include : ( ) , a self - destructive type who has a devil - may - care attitude ; ( ) , the calm and responsible one of the bunch ; and ( ) , whose nickname tells a lot about his personality . 
 Their surfing lives are traced from the summer of 1962 to their attempts of dodging the Vietnam War draft in 1965 ( including faking insanity , homosexuality , and all manner of medical ailments ) , and to the end of their innocence in 1968 when one of their friends is killed in Vietnam . The three make the difficult transition to adulthood with parties , surf trips , marriage , and the war . 
 The friends reunite years later , after has served time in Vietnam , for the " Great Swell of ' 74 . " With this reunion , the transition in their lives becomes the end point of what the 1960s meant to so many as they see that the times have changed , and what was once a time of innocence is gone forever .

Dr. ( ) is a surgical resident at the prestigious Boston Memorial Hospital . is devastated when a patient , ( ) , who happens to be her best friend , is pronounced brain - dead and is comatose after minor surgery at the hospital . Initially accepting this as an unfortunate allergic reaction to the anesthetic , her suspicions are aroused when another young and otherwise healthy patient , ( ) , also falls comatose during knee surgery for a recent sports injury , but while under a different combination of anesthetics . 
 Looking at the records , finds that over the previous year an unusual number of other fit , young people have suffered the same fate . She discovers two similarities among the cases : they all took place in the same operating room ( operating room eight ) , and all the comatose bodies were subsequently moved to a remote facility called the Jefferson Institute . She continues to investigate , and angers Chief of Anesthesiology , Dr. ( ) - a powerful figure in the hospital whose wife is also an heiress - by asking to review the relevant case patient charts , implying that his own investigation was somehow flawed . Increasingly alone and under mounting pressure from both superiors and colleagues , she begins to wonder if she can even trust her own boyfriend , Dr. ( ) . She also visits the morgue where a postmortem examination is being performed on the body of her friend , who had since died . The pathologists are puzzled , and this leads to speculation on how to commit the perfect murder , to which one of the pathologists suggests carbon monoxide poisoning . 
 is called into the office of Chief of Surgery , Dr. ( ) , owing to her trouble with Dr. , and given a weekend off to help recuperate from the loss of her friend . She and travel to the seaside and spend a relaxing weekend together . On the way back to Boston , however , they happen to drive past a sign indicating the Jefferson Institute . They stop , and pleads with to drive back to see it . After traveling a distance from the highway along an access road , an imposing and unmarked concrete building reveals itself . wants to go inside , but refuses , allowing her to go alone while he waits in the car . After pressing the buzzer at the entrance , she is greeted by the stony Nurse ( ) . announces herself as Dr. , and asks if she can enter , but is informed that the facility is closed to all visitors . She 's told , however , that the next tour for physicians is Tuesday morning . 
 Returning on Tuesday morning to join the tour , conducted by Nurse , she finds what is apparently an advanced care facility for comatose patients . However , she decides after the tour is over to investigate the large areas of the building that were not visited over its course . Eventually , she discovers that the Jefferson Institute is in fact a front for black - market organ sales , where the patients ' organs are sold to the highest bidder . Boston Memorial itself is complicit – purposefully inducing comas in select patients whose organs match those of potential buyers . As she earlier uncovered , the patients are rendered brain - dead via covert carbon monoxide poisoning through a line that leads from a tank in the basement to the OR , and is controlled by a radio signal . While she investigates the Jefferson Institute , she 's caught on surveillance cameras by building security , and , after a chase , manages to escape atop the roof of an ambulance leaving to transport harvested organs to Logan Airport for delivery . 
 Initially , thinks that Dr. is the mastermind of the entire scheme , and she rushes to her supervisor , Dr. , with whom she has been confiding in all along , and explains what she has discovered . Dr. expresses shock , but also seems supportive of her claims – even offering her a celebratory drink , which she accepts . The drink is in fact drugged , and begins to incapacitate while also causing severe abdominal pain that mimics appendicitis . As she begins to lose consciousness , Dr. reveals that it is in fact he who is the mastermind , and rationalizes this with a speech about how physicians must take charge of certain issues themselves , as neither the government nor the general public is informed enough or inclined to do so themselves . He phones in an emergency from his office , and reserves operating room eight , offering to perform the surgery on himself , in order to silence her by rendering her brain - dead under the pretext of an appendectomy . However , as they are preparing for surgery , Dr. is informed that operating room eight is not available . His vehement insistence upon using room eight arouses the suspicions of , who , now realizing the truth , rushes off and finds in the basement the gas tank and line to room eight – disconnecting it before the carbon monoxide can permanently injure . 
 While in surgery has some medical difficulty , having breathed the carbon monoxide for several minutes , but with the supply cut off , she manages to awaken – much to Dr. ' surprise – after surgery , and is wheeled out of the operating room holding 's hand . Meanwhile , a defeated Dr. is left back in operating room eight , while two police officers wait outside to arrest him .

Geneviève Bujold, Michael Douglas, Richard Widmark, Elizabeth Ashley, Rip Torn

In 1968 California , , a loyal and conservative military wife , is married to , a captain in the United States Marine Corps , who is about to be deployed to Vietnam . As a dedicated military officer , sees it primarily as an opportunity for progress . At first , dreads being left alone , but after a while , she feels liberated . Forced to find housing off the base , she moves into a new apartment by the beach and buys a sports car . With nothing else to do , she decides to volunteer at a local veterans ' hospital . This , in part , is motivated by her bohemian friend , whose brother has come home after just two weeks in Vietnam with grave emotional problems and now resides in the VA hospital . 
 At the hospital , meets , a former high school classmate . Like his friend , had gone to Vietnam but came back wounded . He is recuperating at the hospital from the injuries he sustained which left him a paraplegic . Filled with pain , anger and frustration , is now opposed to the war . at first is a bitter young man , but as he is increasingly thrown into contact with , a relationship starts to develop . Eventually , is released from the hospital , and , newly mobile with his own wheelchair , begins to rebuild his life . His relationship with deepens . She is also transformed by him and her outlook on life starts to change . They have happy times , play at the beach , and the two fall in love . Meanwhile , , traumatized by his experiences at war , commits suicide by injecting air into his veins . Driven by ’s suicide , padlocks shut and chains himself to the gates of a local recruitment centre in a vain attempt to stop others from enlisting . 
 and eventually make love , confronting his handicap . It is the first time has had an orgasm . However , she remains loyal to her husband , and both she and know their relationship will have to end when her husband returns home . does return , too soon , claiming he accidentally wounded himself in the leg . He is also suffering from post traumatic stress disorder from what he has seen in combat . discovers ’s affair from Army Intelligence , who had been spying on since the gate incident , and both and agree that should try to patch things up with . loses control ; menacingly confronting the lovers with a loaded rifle , but ultimately turns away . The film ends with speaking to young men about his experience in Vietnam , intercut with placing his neatly folded Marine dress uniform on the beach , and swimming out into the ocean in the nude .

A week after the burial of and , archaeologist ( ) learns of the survival of their adopted son . Confiding to his friend ( ) that is the Antichrist , attempts to convince him to give 's guardian a box containing the means to kill . As is unconvinced , takes him to some local ruins to see the mural of Yigael 's Wall , which was said to have been drawn by one who saw the Devil and had visions of the Antichrist as he would appear from birth to death . Though believes him upon seeing an ancient depiction of the Antichrist with 's face , both he and are buried alive as the tunnel collapses on them . 
 Seven years later , the 12 - year old ( ) is living with his uncle , industrialist ( ) and his wife , ( ) . gets along well with his cousin ( ) , 's son from his first marriage , with whom he is enrolled in a military academy . However , is despised by 's aunt , ( ) , who sees him as a bad influence on . Though threatens to cut out of her will if he does not separate the two boys , she dies of a heart attack while visited by a raven in the dead of night . Soon after , through his friend and curator of the Thorn Museum , Dr. ( ) , is introduced to journalist ( ) . was a colleague of , the journalist decapitated seven years previously after befriending to investigate the circumstances surrounding 's birth and adoption by the . has pieced together the circumstances of ' death after seeing Yigael 's Wall . Though no one believes her , believes she may have been mistaken about until she sees his face at his school and drives off in a panic . On the road , after her car 's engine mysteriously dies , is attacked by the raven as it pecks out her eyes and then watches her get run over by a passing truck . 
 At Thorn Industries , manager ( ) suggests expanding the company 's operations into agriculture ; however , the project is shelved by senior manager ( ) , who calls 's intention of buying up land in the process unethical . At 's birthday , introduces himself to , invites him to see the plant , and also speaks of his approaching initiation . seemingly makes up with , who drowns after falling through the ice at a hockey game on a frozen lake the following day . A shocked leaves on vacation , leaving to oversee the agriculture project in principle and returning to find that he initiated land purchases on his own . 
 Meanwhile , at the academy , 's new commander , Sgt . ( ) , is revealed to be a secret Satanist like as he takes the boy under his wing while advising him not to draw any attention to himself until the right moment . He also points him to the Biblical Revelation , chapter 13 , telling that , for him , the book is precisely that ; a revelation . reads the passage , discovering the 666 Mark of the Beast on his scalp . Learning his true nature he flees the Academy grounds in a terrified panic . Later , alerting that he intends to tell that some of the land they obtained was taken from people who were murdered after having refused to sell their land , Dr. ( ) is killed when he and his assistant suffocate from toxic fumes during an industrial ' accident ' . The incident injures 's class , who were visiting the plant at the time . When alone is found to be unharmed by the fumes , a doctor ( ) suggests keeping him in the hospital as a precaution . The doctor discovers that 's marrow cells resemble those of a jackal ; before he can investigate any further or report his findings , however , he is cut in half by a falling elevator cable . 
 Meanwhile , 's box has been found during an excavation of the ruins and delivered to the Thorn Museum . Dr. opens it and finds the Seven Daggers of Megiddo , the only weapons able to kill , along with a letter by explaining that is the Antichrist . rushes to inform Richard , who angrily refuses to believe it as leaves to see Yigael 's Wall for himself . The next day , confronts with the letter , but she convinces him that it is preposterous . But matters worsen when , who overheard 's altercation with , confronts . Reluctantly , and then proudly , admitting to being the Devil 's son , pleads with to join him on his rise to power . But 's steadfast refusal forces to kill by causing an aneurysm in his cousin 's brain . Shaken by his son 's death , goes to New York City ( Chicago buildings visible in the background ) to see a half - crazed before being taken to the train station where Yigael 's Wall is being stored in a cargo carrier . As a horrified sees 's image , a switching locomotive impales and crushes him against the carriage , destroying the wall and convincing beyond doubt that is the Antichrist . Upon his return , has picked up from his graduation at the academy while taking to the museum . When they find the daggers in 's office in the Thorn Museum , uses them to kill , revealing herself to be a Satanist who " always belonged to him " . Having heard the altercation from an outside corridor , wills a nearby boiler room to explode , setting fire to the building , with consumed in the flames . then exits the burning museum and is picked up by the family driver , , as the fire department arrives .

The United States is devastated by a mysterious phenomenon that reanimates recently deceased human beings as flesh - eating zombies . Three weeks after it began — despite the best efforts of the U.S. government and local authorities to control the situation — millions of people have been killed and reanimate ; social order is collapsing . Some rural communities and the National Guard have been effective in fighting the zombie hordes in open country , but urban centers are helpless and largely overrun . 
 Confusion reigns at the WGON television studio in Philadelphia by the phenomenon 's third week , where staff members and are planning to steal the station 's traffic helicopter to escape the city . Meanwhile , police SWAT officer and his team raid a housing project where the residents are defying the martial law of delivering their dead to National Guardsmen . Some residents fight back with handguns and rifles , and are killed by both the overzealous SWAT team and their own reanimated dead . During the raid , meets , part of another SWAT team , and they partner up together . tells that his friend intends to steal his workplace 's helicopter and flee , and suggests that come with them . They are informed of a group of zombies trapped in the basement , which they assist in the grim job of destroying . 
 That night , and rendezvous with and and leave Philadelphia in the helicopter . Following some close calls while stopping for fuel , the group comes across a shopping mall , which they decide to make their sanctuary . The group devise an operation to block the mall entrances with trucks to keep the undead masses outside from building up enough cumulative force to break through . and also craft a wooden barrier to cover the access to the stairwell that leads to their living space . During the blockade operation , suffers from a mental break , becomes reckless and is bitten by the zombies . 
 After clearing the interior of zombies , the four are able to enjoy a hedonistic lifestyle with all the goods available to them , furnishing their makeshift apartment with the mall 's many commodities . eventually succumbs to his wounds , soon reanimates and is shot by . After several months , all emergency broadcast transmissions cease , suggesting that the government has collapsed and a large portion of the population has been killed and reanimated . , now visibly showing her pregnancy , presses to be prepared to leave the shopping mall . Ammo and other supplies are loaded into the helicopter , and teaches how to operate the helicopter in case of emergency . 
 A gang of nomadic motorcyclists , having seen the helicopter during one of 's flying lessons , arrive to conquer the mall , destroying the barriers and allowing hundreds of zombies inside during the incursion . and try locking the gates to prevent looting , but the rioting bikers enrage and he foolishly starts a gun battle with them . and flee to the apartment , but as tries to escape through an elevator shaft , is shot in the arm , then cornered by the undead and bitten several times . As some of the bikers , shot by , are consumed by the zombies , the rest retreat with their stolen goods . A reanimated , acting on a remnant of his former memories , tears down the false wall covering the stairwell and leads the undead to and . As enters their hideout , kills him while escapes to the roof . then locks himself in a room and contemplates suicide . When zombies burst into the room , he has a change of heart and fights his way up to the roof , where he joins . The two then fly away in the partially fueled helicopter to an uncertain future .

In 1916,[7 ] ( ) , a Chicago manual laborer , knocks down and kills a boss ( ) in the steel mill where he works . He flees to the Texas Panhandle with his girlfriend ( ) and his young sister ( ) . and pretend to be siblings to prevent gossip . The three hire on as part of a large group of seasonal workers with a rich , shy farmer ( ) . overhears a doctor apparently telling the farmer he has only a year to live , although the nature of the illness is n't specified . 
 After the farmer falls in love with , encourages her to marry him so they can inherit his money after he dies . The marriage takes place and stays on the farm as 's " brother " . The farmer 's foreman suspects their scheme . The farmer 's health unexpectedly remains stable , foiling 's plans . Eventually , the farmer discovers 's true relationship with . At the same time , has begun to fall in love with her husband . After a locust swarm and a fire destroy his wheat fields , the incensed farmer goes after with a gun but kills him with a screwdriver , fleeing with and . The foreman and the police pursue and eventually find them . is killed by the police . inherits the farmer 's money and leaves at a boarding school . leaves town on a train with soldiers departing for World War I. runs away from school with a friend .

is a truck driver living in the San Fernando Valley . He lives in a small house , with an orangutan named , behind that of his friend , , and his mother . makes money on the side as a bare - knuckle fighter ; he is often compared to a legendary fighter named . 
 One night becomes smitten with , an aspiring country music singer he meets at the Palomino Club , a local honky - tonk . His relationship with her seems to be going well until one day she and her camper disappear from the trailer park . Believing that he is falling for her , decides to set off for 's home in Denver , Colorado . 
 Along the way , he has a run - in with a motorcycle gang called " The Black Widows " , who incur 's wrath after two gang members insult him and at a traffic light . chases them down and takes their bikes ( which he repaints , repairs , and resells ) , and every attempt they make to get even results in disaster . also incurs the wrath of LAPD cop named , with whom he gets into a fight at the Palomino . Both the officer and the learn of 's trip to Colorado and head off to find him . 
 and accompany to Denver , and on the way , they meet a woman named who becomes 's girlfriend . They earn money along the way by booking fights for . After a fight in a slaughterhouse , the man holding the money tries to stiff . fires two shots from a .38 , and the man hands over the money . 
 Knowing that has come to look for her , helps the Black Widows lure him into a trap . sees and attempts to talk to her , but finds himself surrounded by the . He manages to fight most of them until intervenes . Using a garbage truck with a dumpster hoist , he dumps all the motorcycles into the back of the truck . The Widows charge the garbage truck , but gets away . , , and then escape . 
 finally finds and she reveals her true nature to him . Hurt by her callousness , says that he is the only one dumb enough to want to take her further than her bed . erupts in a fit of rage , striking him repeatedly until she collapses in tears . 
 learns that , based in the area , is ready to retire after one more fight . makes the arrangements , and faces his elderly nemesis . During the fight , the crowd , initially pro - Murdock , begins to insult him , with some murmurs that is going to be the next . lets his guard down , intentionally giving a clear shot , knocking down for the count . , having regained the crowd 's esteem , is allowed to retire undefeated . , and head home the next day .

Clint Eastwood, Ruth Gordon, Beverly D'Angelo, Geoffrey Lewis, Sondra Locke

( ) is a glamorous fashion photographer who specializes in stylized violence ( based upon the work of , who provided the photos used for the film ) . In the middle of controversy over whether her photographs glorify violence and are demeaning to women , begins seeing , in first person through the eyes of the killer , real - time visions of the murders of her friends and colleagues . 
 ( ) , the lieutenant in charge of the case , shows unpublished police photographs of unsolved murders that very closely mirror 's fashion shoots . 's visions continue , including visions of the killer stalking her and continuing to murder those around her . Meanwhile , and fall in love . The murders continue as 's various colleagues , acquaintances and past romantic interests come in and out of focus as potential suspects or victims , until a final confrontation between and the killer occurs . 
 At her apartment , is affected by one last vision of the killer , who has now come for her . The killer attempts to break in through her front door , but deadbolts it before he / she can enter . Upon hearing her distress , ( who had been on his way to meet her ) breaks through her balcony window . He proceeds to tell they have caught the killer , a troubled colleague of hers named , and begins an elaborate explanation of 's motivations and back story . Knowing well , recognizes this as a lie . , still talking about the killer , users I. realises that is talking about himself , and that himself is the killer . As details more of his own story , it is implied that he may have multiple personalities . Because of this , and his love for her , he can not bring himself to murder her and instead asks that she end his life . She shoots him to death , calling the police as the camera view closes in on her eyes .

Recent divorcée ( ) is a San Francisco librarian . While attending a party , she is encouraged by a friend to leave herself open to new experiences . On the way home , picks up an attractive man named ( ) when she encounters him and his disabled car on Highway 1 . She impulsively accepts 's invitation to join him at the movies that evening , and before they part ways he asks her to take his pack of cigarettes in order to help him curb his smoking . Unbeknownst to her , has secreted a roll of film in the pack . That evening , a seriously wounded meets in the theater and warns her to " beware of the dwarf " before dying . When his body mysteriously disappears while seeks help from the theater manager , she is unable to convince anyone of what has transpired . 
 At the end of the following work day , is attacked in the library by albino ( ) . She manages to escape and seeks refuge with ( ) , a would - be ladies ' man who assumes she is picking him up to have sex . Shocked by his misunderstanding , she flees and returns to her apartment , where she is attacked by a man with a scar who demands the cigarette pack had given her . When he attempts to strangle her with a scarf , stabs him in the stomach with a pair of knitting needles and calls the police for help . When her attacker tries to stop her , he is killed by through the kitchen window , and faints . When she awakens , all traces of what has happened have disappeared , and she is unable to convince two San Francisco policemen , Lt . ( ) and his partner Inspector " Fergie " ( ) , or even her landlord Mr. ( ) that she was attacked . 
 is abducted by ( ) , the chauffeur of a limousine in which she earlier had seen riding , but she manages to subdue him with Mace and brass knuckles given to her by her friend and fellow library employee , ( ) . Later , takes her to his Sausalito houseboat , where the two become involved romantically . Upon further investigation , discovers that a contract killer named ( alias " the Dwarf " ) was under investigation by an undercover detective named , who had received a tip that a major assassination would take place in the city on a certain night . is now assigned to protect from her would - be killers . and fall in love and they sleep together at 's houseboat . 
 When and discover that the limousine is registered to the Archdiocese of San Francisco , they visit the office of Archbishop ( ) , unaware that the man they 're interviewing is in fact the Archbishop 's twin brother , who is involved in a plot to assassinate Pope ( played by prominent San Francisco businessman ) during his upcoming visit to San Francisco . has murdered his twin in order to impersonate him . The following day , kidnaps and uses him to lure into a trap . She manages to hide in a massage parlor , where she encounters yet again , but then is found and abducted by and . 
 At 's request , has researched an organization known as the Tax the Churches League , and discovered that the League is a radical fringe group , founded by one and her husband . For the , organized religion is a corrupt , greedy sham involving powerful billion - dollar corporations . gives the results of her findings to , who returns to the Archbishop 's residence with Mr. . Sneaking into the wine cellar , Tony discovers the imprisoned , who informs him that was hired by the to assassinate the Pope during a performance of The Mikado at the San Francisco Opera House that evening . is attacked by and kills him in self - defense by toppling shelves of wine upon him , but then is held at gunpoint along with by the fake archbishop 's assistant ( ) , who is really . 
 then details her " contingency plan " to eliminate the Pope : If His Holiness is not yet terminated at the end of Act I , will open fire from one of the auditorium 's two organ bays ( " He will also open fire should the Pope unexpectedly leave his seat , or if the police arrive in the auditorium , " explains ) . Mr. knocks out and defeats in a martial arts duel , and and race to the Opera House , having some unusual problems along the way ( such as crashing into an Italian restaurant and commandeering a limo carrying a pair of Japanese emigres ) . After making it backstage , is grabbed by , who kills one of several security guards who have joined the pursuit . An enraged attempts to attack , who simply shoves her to the floor . This gives the room he needs to shoot the albino , thus thwarting the plan to kill the Pope . As the performance ends , and are revealed onstage along with the now - dead bodies of and the guard , but the Pope , who seems not to have noticed anything unusual , leads the audience in applause for the cast , the orchestra , and the conductor - .

Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Dudley Moore, Eugene Roche, Burgess Meredith

In the summer of 1958 , greaser and nice Australian girl meet at the beach and fall in love . When the summer comes to an end , , whose family is returning to Australia , worries that they might never meet again , but tells her that their love is " only the beginning . " At the beginning of the new school year at Rydell High School ( " Grease " ) . reunites with his fellow gang members , , of whom his best friend , along with , , and are members . Meanwhile , unbeknownst to , arrives at school , with her family 's plans having changed , with her new friend , a member of the Pink Ladies . Other Pink Ladies , , and also arrive , excited to be seniors . 
 At lunch , introduces to the other Pink Ladies while and the T - Birds make fun of practicing football players , including the handsome . Each group asks and , respectively , about their summers and they each independently describe their romance without using the other 's name . 's version emphasizes the romance , truth and purity , while 's version is more sexual ( " Summer Nights " ) . Headed back to class , reveals that it was she met , and teases that perhaps she 'll meet him again . 
 At a pep rally before a football game , performs with the cheerleading squad and catches eye . arrives with a beat up car he says he plans on rebuilding so he can race it at Thunder Road , a popular street race spot . puts and together , surprising both of them . is thrilled , but , trying to impress the other T - Birds , acts obnoxious and indifferent , upsetting . invites to a sleepover with the Pink Ladies to cheer her up . 
 and the other girls pressure into smoking a cigarette and having a drink of wine at the sleepover . reveals that she plans to drop out of Rydell to go to beauty school and in an effort to prove herself , tries to pierce 's ear , making sick . makes fun of her innocent nature ( " Look At Me , I 'm " ) and leaves when the T - Birds arrive in 's car . tries to make jealous by flirting with , but is unmoved and leaves . leaves with , stranding , , and . laments over her feelings towards , despite his earlier behavior ( " Hopelessly Devoted to You " ) . 
 and , while in the midst of sex , are interrupted by and , rival greasers . insults and deliberately crashes his own street racer into 's . At the same time , 's condom breaks . 
 The next day , the T - Birds look over 's car , and although they are initially skeptical of its potential , and explain the modifications they could add to make it a hot - rodding sex machine ( " Greased Lightnin ' " ) . At the popular hangout The Frosty Palace , apologizes to for his behavior at the pep rally , but she rejects him . In an attempt to impress , approaches Coach about joining a team . After picking fights with the jocks in basketball , wrestling and baseball , suggests cross - country running . He succeeds at getting 's attention and the two reconcile . 
 takes to the Frosty Palace for a date . finds them and the gang sits together ; and , uncomfortable around the others , leave . asks to the upcoming school dance and she agrees . and get into an argument and go their separate ways . , whose hair has turned bright pink , tells a waitress she has dropped out of beauty school and is visited by a guardian angel who advises her to return to ( " Beauty School Dropout " ) . 
 Everyone is excited about the school dance as it will be broadcast live on a television show hosted by . attends with and , with whom flirts much to 's chagrin . arrives with . When the dance contest begins , and do well ( " Born to Hand Jive " ) , but splits the couple up , allowing to win with . , , and moon the national TV audience , prompting Principal to threaten to tell federal authorities . 
 apologizes to and tries to make it up to her by taking her to a drive - in movie theater . She 's unmoved by his pleas for forgiveness until he asks her to wear his ring , which she gleefully accepts . then tries to make out with her , causing to angrily throw his ring at him and run off , leaving distraught ( " " ) . Meanwhile , admits she may be pregnant to and asks her to keep it a secret , but the story gets back to . tells the baby is n't his , which both relieves and upsets him . 
 The next day , the T - Birds have finished 's car and he is eager to race it against 's at Thunder Road . tells she plans to watch the race and offers to help despite the rumors about 's character that have been spread around school . She thanks and muses to herself about how her sins are not as bad as they could be ( " There Are Worse Things I Could Do " ) . 
 The T - Birds , Pink Ladies , and Scorpions gather for the race , with the winner receiving the loser 's car as a prize . Just before the race begins , hits his head and asks to race for him . agrees and despite using bladed hub caps ( in a sequence paying homage to ) , wins the race . watches from afar and concludes that she must change her approach to life , asking for help ( " Look At Me , I 'm Sandra Dee ( Reprise ) " ) . 
 The gang celebrates graduation at a school carnival where tells she is n't pregnant and they reunite . arrives wearing a letterman 's sweater and vowing to do whatever is necessary to win . shocks the T - Birds when she arrives with a new hair style and wearing a revealing black outfit and leather jacket . In song , and reaffirm their commitment to each other ( " You 're the One That I Want " ) . worries that after graduation , the gang wo n't see each other again , but disagrees . They celebrate their friendship ( " We Go Together " ) and and depart in a red hot rod , which takes flight as they wave goodbye to their friends .

John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar, Frankie Avalon, Edd Byrnes, Didi Conn

In 1963 , on Halloween night in Haddonfield , Illinois , , dressed in a clown costume and mask , inexplicably stabs his older sister to death with a kitchen knife in their home . He is subsequently hospitalized at Warren County 's Smith 's Grove Sanitarium . Fifteen years later , on October 30 , 1978 , 's child psychiatrist , Dr. , and his colleague , , arrive at Smith 's Grove Sanitarium to take to court . escapes from the sanitarium , stealing ’ car . Returning home to Haddonfield , kills a mechanic for his uniform and steals a white mask , a couple of knives , and some rope from a local store . 
 The next day , on Halloween , stalks high school student after she and drop off a key at his former house , so her father can sell it . Throughout the day , notices following her , but her friends and dismiss her concerns . arrives in Haddonfield in search of , knowing his intentions . After discovering that headstone has been stolen from the local cemetery , meets with 's father , Sheriff . The two begin their search at 's house , where tries to warn the skeptical sheriff about the danger poses , explaining that is pure evil and capable of further violence , despite years of catatonia . Sheriff patrols the streets while waits and watches the house , expecting to return there . 
 Later that night , goes over to babysit , while babysits just across the street , unaware that is watching them . When 's boyfriend , , calls her to come and pick him up , she takes over to the house to spend the night with and . is just about to leave in her car when , who stowed away in the back seat , strangles her before slitting her throat , killing her . 
 Soon after , and her boyfriend arrive at the house . After having sex , goes downstairs to get a beer for , but stabs him with a knife which pins him to the wall , killing him . then poses as in a ghost costume and confronts , who teases him , having no effect . calls ; just as picks up , strangles to death with the telephone cord . Meanwhile , discovers the stolen car and begins combing the streets . 
 A suspicious goes over to the house . There , she finds the corpses of , , and in an upstairs bedroom , as well as headstone.[11 ] Horrified , cowers in the hallway , when suddenly appears and attacks her , slashing her arm . Barely escaping , races back to the house . gets in and attacks her again , but manages to fend him off long enough for and to escape . sees the two children fleeing the house , and goes to investigate , finding and fighting upstairs . shoots six times , knocking him off the balcony ; when goes to check 's body , he finds it missing . Unsurprised , stares off into the night . Places where had previously been are shown as his breathing is heard , indicating he could be anywhere , and the last view is of the house .

Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P.J. Soles, Charles Cyphers, Kyle Richards

( ) runs the rough - and - tumble town of Bloodshy — named after him because he founded it — which lives in fear of 's gunslinging son ( also played by ) . has just found out he has another son named ( again , played by ) , who lives in Philadelphia . 
 It turns out that years ago , 's crazy ways were too much for his bride from England , so she left — leaving behind one twin — and returned to England . With the help of his English butler , he writes a new will that mentions , then fakes his death by pretending to fall off a cliff in front of 's corrupt mayor ( ) and sheriff ( ) , both of whom he has just told about his second son . 
 We next meet , who turns out to be the opposite of Wild . has been trained to live for the Lord . He works as a Salvation Army missionary in Philadelphia with orphans named ( ) and ( ) . 
 One day , during a fight in which people are throwing vegetables at him and the children , receives a telegram informing him about his father 's death , a father he did n't know existed . He decides to accept the invitation to come to Bloodshy for his inheritance and take and . 
 Their stagecoach is held up by the brothers , a group of outlaws that has sent to run off . Unfortunately , nobody was told that 's other son was a twin , so they mistake for Wild Billy ( the first of many to mistake the two ) . 
 The return to Bloodshy , but did cause the stagecoach to run off , leaving , , and stranded . On their way to Bloodshy ( by foot ) , they meet a woman named ( ) who is also headed for Bloodshy to start a school . They head for the town together . 
 brings the will to Sheriff to deliver to Ragsdale . From there , it 's learned that a contest is involved in the inheritance . sends to find and tell him that the fortune is his . 
 The contest is a miles - long obstacle course known as the Bloody Bloodshy Trail that involves operating train engines , crossing a gorge using a rope , climbing a mountain , and driving a wagon . 
 During the contest both and realize that has set them up to kill each other so that he would collect the entire fortune . Both brothers make up and expose for what he really is . Soon after is imprisoned . becomes the new mayor and makes his sheriff , who throughout the film was trying to get his job as sheriff .

Short story writer ( ) lives in Manhattan and rents an isolated cottage in Kent , Connecticut near the Housatonic River in the Litchfield County countryside to write her first novel . The arrival of the attractive and independent young woman attracts the attention of , the gas station manager , and and , two unemployed men . has her groceries delivered by , who is mildly mentally disabled . is friends with the other three men and reports back to them about the beautiful woman he met , claiming he saw her breasts . 
 and start cruising by the cottage in their boat and prowl around the house at night . One day , the men attack . She realizes they planned her abduction so can lose his virginity . She fights back , but the three men rip her bikini off and hold her . refuses to rape out of respect and pity for her , so rapes her first ; anally rapes her next . After she crawls back to her house , they attack her again . finally rapes her after drinking alcohol . The other men ridicule her book and rip up the manuscript , and sexually assaults her . She passes out ; realizes she is a witness to their crimes and orders to stab her to death . can not bring himself to do so , so he dabs the knife in her blood and returns to the other men , claiming he has killed her . 
 In the following days , a traumatized pieces both herself and her manuscript back together . She goes to church and asks for forgiveness for what she plans to do . The men learn has survived and beat up for deceiving them . calls in a grocery order , knowing will deliver it . He takes the groceries and a knife . At the cabin , entices him to have sex with her under a tree . She then hangs him and drops his body into the lake . 
 At the gas station , seductively directs to enter her car . She stops halfway to her house , points a gun at him , and orders him to remove all his clothing . insists the rapes were her fault because she enticed the men by parading around in revealing clothing . She pretends to believe this and invites him back to her cottage for a hot bath , where she gives him a handjob . When says that has been reported missing , states that she killed him ; as he nears orgasm , she takes the knife brought with him and severs 's genitals . She then leaves the bathroom , locks the door , and listens to classical music as screams and bleeds to death . She dumps the body in the basement and burns his clothes in the fireplace . 
 and learn that is missing and take their boat to 's cabin . goes ashore with an axe . swims out to the boat and pushes overboard . tries to attack her but she escapes with the axe . swims out to rescue , but plunges the axe into 's back , killing him . moves towards the boat and grabs hold of the motor to climb aboard , begging not to kill him . She repeats an order he made to her during the sexual assaults : " Suck it , bitch ! " She starts the motor , disemboweling him , and speeds away .

is a young girl from a small town in Iowa who dreams of becoming a champion figure skater . Her boyfriend , , dreams of being a hockey player . 
 Coached by a family friend and former skater , enters a regional championship over her father 's protests . There she is discovered by an elite coach who sees her potential despite a lack of training and a relatively advanced age for figure skaters . Over her father 's objections , moves from her home in Waverly , Iowa to train at the legendary Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs , Colorado . She becomes unpopular with the other female skaters in training because of the attention lavished on her natural talent and the media attention her coach obtains for her in an effort to make her known to the skating world . proves and enhances her skating abilities and qualifies for the senior championship level . 's life changes drastically in the process . She becomes a star , alienates her boyfriend and begins dating an older man , , who is a television broadcaster , following her training . 
 becomes uncomfortable with the changes in her life and in herself . leaves a party for skating sponsors and goes down to the outdoor rink nearby to skate . Her coach and the party goers notice her , and are watching through the windows as skates . She attempts a difficult triple jump , but lands off the ice onto a set of tables and chairs that are chained together near the edge of the rink . suffers a serious head injury , with a blood clot in her brain that robs her of her eyesight . She can see only light and blurry shapes . The doctor is uncertain if her injury is permanent . 
 goes home and becomes a recluse . , who still resents her affair with , demands that she get out of the house and back onto the ice . Despite their mutual resentment and 's depression , they work through their estrangement and rediscover their love for each other . With help from , her father and original coach , begins to believe she can still fulfill her dreams . She is virtually blind , but can still see the boards at the edge of the rink , so she learns how to skate around her disability . She enrolls in the sectional championship and competes once again . presents a flawless , beautiful program and wins an enthusiastic standing ovation from the crowd . Her ruse , however , is discovered when she trips over the roses , thrown onto the ice by adoring fans after her performance , and falls to the ice . rushes to her side and says , " We forgot about the flowers , " as the crowd realizes that she has not recovered from her injuries but has risen above them .

The film centers around the three children of ( ) , a corporate attorney , and ( ) , an interior decorator . ( ) is a poet whose husband , a struggling writer , feels eclipsed by her success . ( ) is a vain actress who is away most of the time filming ; the low quality of her films is an object of ridicule behind her back . ( ) , who is in a relationship with ( ) , can not settle on a career , and resents her mother for favoring , while resents their father 's concern over 's lack of direction . 
 One morning , unexpectedly announces that he wants a separation from his wife and would like to live alone . , who is clinically depressed and mentally unstable , attempts suicide . The shock of these two events causes a rift between the sisters . returns from a trip to Greece with ( ) , a high - spirited and more " normal " woman , whom he intends to marry . His daughters are disturbed that would disregard 's suicide attempt and find another woman , whom refers to as a " vulgarian " . 
 and marry at and 's former summer home , with , and in attendance . Later in the evening , lashes out at when accidentally breaks one of 's vases . In the middle of the night , drunkenly attempts to rape . Meanwhile , finds in the house , and somberly explains how much she has given up for her mother , and how disdainfully she is treated . walks out onto the beach and into the surf . attempts unsuccessfully to save , but almost herself drowns in the attempt . She in turn is rescued by and resuscitated by . 
 The film ends with the family silently attending 's funeral , each placing a single white rose , 's favourite flower and a symbol of hope to her , on 's wooden , perfectly polished coffin .

Geraldine Page, Diane Keaton, Maureen Stapleton, Mary Beth Hurt, Richard Jordan, E. G. Marshall

Prior to a new hotel opening on Amity Island , a great white shark ambushes and kills two divers , who are photographing the wreckage of the Orca . A couple of days later , their camera is recovered , and the shark goes after a female water skier and speedboat driver , killing the skier , while the driver fends off the shark using a gas tank and flare gun , causing the boat to explode , killing her and burning the shark 's head . 
 Along with these disappearances , a killer whale carcass is found beached . Police Chief believes that these events are a shark 's responsibility . explains his concerns to Mayor , who highly doubts that the town is under another shark crisis . Later , finds debris from the destroyed speedboat in the surf just off the beach . He wades over to retrieve it , and uncovers the boat driver 's burnt remains . That evening , calls for assistance , but he is unable to return to Amity due to a research expedition he is currently part of , thus , is on his own . 
 The following day , at the beach , sees a dark shadow that approaches the swimmers . Thinking that it is a shark , he frantically orders everyone out of the water , and fires from his gun . However , the shadow is revealed to be a rather harmless school of bluefish . His fears are confirmed when he acquires a close - up picture of the shark from the diver 's camera . The Amity town council , including local developer , deny the evidence , and vote out as police chief . 
 The next morning , 's teenage son , , disobeys his father 's orders by sneaking out to go sailing with his friends after his love interest , , goads him to , but his younger brother , , catches him , and persuades to bring him along . After an argument at the dock , , one of 's friends , playfully lets come in her boat with her , and after a couple of other grouping arrangements , they head out , going past a team of divers , led by instructor . Moments after submerging , encounters the shark . Panicking , he rushes to the surface , causing an embolism . Soon after , the shark hits teenagers and ; falls into the water and is killed by the shark . 
 and his wife , , follow an ambulance to the docks , where they find , as he is put on a stretcher ; the divers suspect something scared him underwater . Deputy , 's replacement , tells them that went sailing with his friends , so , along with and , takes the police boat to rescue them . They find hiding in the bow of her boat , and she informs them of the shark 's presence . and take to shore , where the truth is revealed , while goes on to find the kids . 
 Meanwhile , the shark attacks the other kids , striking one of their boats , causing most of them to capsize and crash into each other in the ensuing chaos , throwing several of them , including and , into the water . The other teens help them out of the water , while two of them pull out as the shark goes for him and head back to get help . and the others remain adrift on the wreckage of tangled boats . A Coast Guard marine helicopter that contacted arrives to tow them to shore , but the shark sinks the chopper with the pilot at the controls . It then knocks into the water , but saves him , only for herself to be killed while doing so . 
 finds , who tells his father that is with his friends , drifting towards Cable Junction , a small island housing an electrical relay station , and apologizes for disobeying him . accepts his apology while telling him to get to safety and quickly finds them , but when the shark returns , he panics and maroons the police boat on Cable Junction . He then tries to pull them in with a winch , but hooks an underwater power cable . The shark 's next move sends most of the teenagers into the water , and they swim to the edge of Cable Junction , while and are still on the boats . Using an inflatable raft , taps the power cable with an oar to lure the shark . The shark bites the cable , and is fatally electrocuted . picks up and , and they join the others on Cable Junction to await rescue .

On October 6 , 1970 , while on holiday in Istanbul , Turkey , American college student straps 2   kg of hashish blocks to his chest . While attempting to board a plane back to the United States with his girlfriend , is arrested by Turkish police on high alert due to fear of terrorist attacks . He is strip - searched , photographed and questioned . 
 After a while , a shadowy American ( who is never named , but is nicknamed " " by due to his thick Texan accent ) arrives , takes to a police station and translates 's English for one of the detectives . On questioning tells them that he bought the hashish from a taxicab driver , and offers to help the police track him down in exchange for his release . goes with the police to a nearby market and points out the cab driver , but when they go to arrest the cabbie , it becomes apparent that the police have no intention of keeping their end of the deal with . He sees an opportunity and makes a run for it , only to get cornered and recaptured by the mysterious American . 
 During his first night in holding at a local jail , a freezing - cold sneaks out of his cell and steals a blanket . Later that night he is rousted from his cell and brutally beaten by chief guard for the blanket theft . 
 He wakes a few days later in Sağmalcılar Prison , surrounded by fellow Western prisoners ( an American — in for stealing two candlesticks from a mosque ) , ( an English heroin addict ) and ( a Swede , also in for drug smuggling ) who help him to his feet . tells that the prison is a dangerous place for foreigners like themselves , and that no one can be trusted — not even the young children . 
 meets his father along with a U.S representative and a Turkish lawyer to discuss what will happen to him . is sent to trial for his case where the angry prosecutor makes a case against him for drug smuggling . The lead judge is sympathetic to and gives him only a four - year sentence for drug possession . and his father are horrified at the outcome , but their Turkish lawyer insists that the term is a very good result . 
 tries to encourage to become part of an escape attempt through the prison 's tunnels . Believing he is to be released soon , rebuffs who goes on to attempt an escape himself ; he is brutally beaten when he 's caught . finds out afterwards ( 1974 ) , out of the blue one day , that his sentence is overturned by the Turkish High Court in Ankara after a prosecution appeal ( the prosecutor originally wished to have him found guilty of smuggling and not the lesser charge of possession ) , and he is ordered to serve a 30 - years - to - life term for his crime . He is in shock . 
 goes along with a prison - break has masterminded . , , and try to escape through the catacombs below the prison , but their plans are revealed to the prison authorities by fellow - prisoner . His stay becomes harsh and brutal : terrifying scenes of physical and mental torture follow one another , culminating in having a breakdown . He beats up and nearly kills . Following this breakdown , he is sent to the prison 's ward for the insane , where he wanders in a daze among the other disturbed and catatonic prisoners . These scenes are moving and show 's profound pain . 
 In 1975 , 's girlfriend comes to see him . Devastated at what has happened to , she tells him that he has to escape or else he will die in there . She leaves him a scrapbook with money hidden inside as " a picture of your good friend Mr. from the bank " , hoping can use it to help him escape . Her visit moves strongly , and he regains his senses . 
 He says goodbye to , telling him not to die , and promising to come back for him . He then tries to bribe into taking him where there are no guards , but takes to another room and prepares to rape him . is clearly afraid and powerless , but he is still fighting back , and suddenly he inadvertently kills by pushing his head / skull onto a coat hook sticking out of the wall . This is clearly the miracle he has been waiting for four years . He seizes the opportunity to escape by putting on a guard 's uniform and walking out of the front door . In the epilogue , it is explained that on the night of October 4 , 1975 , he successfully crossed the border to Greece , and arrived home three weeks later .

Two teenagers come upon an apparently abandoned military installation at night . They take advantage of what appears to be a swimming pool to skinny dip . The teenagers are attacked by an unseen force in the pool and disappear under the water . 
 A determined but somewhat absent - minded skiptracer named is dispatched to find the missing teenagers near Lost River Lake . She hires surly backwoods drunkard to serve as her guide . They come upon the abandoned compound , which functioned as a fish hatchery before being militarized . They discover bizarre specimens in jars and indications of an occupant . locates the drainage switch for the outside pool and decides to empty it to search the bottom , but the moment she activates it a haggard man appears and tries to stop her until he is subdued by . The two find a skeleton in the filtration trap of the empty pool , and learn it was filled with salt water . The man awakens and steals their jeep , but crashes it due to his disorientation , and is taken to 's home where they spend the night . They take 's raft down the river , where the man wakes up and tells them that the pool in the facility was filled with a school of lethal piranha fish , and that has released them into the river . They are skeptical until they hear a dog barking and they come across the corpse of 's friend , who has bled to death from an attack on a fishing dock . 
 The man reveals himself to be Doctor , lead scientist of a defunct Vietnam War project , Operation : Razorteeth , tasked with engineering a ravenous and prodigious strain of piranha that could endure the cold water of the North Vietnamese rivers and inhibit Viet Cong movement . The project was shut down when the war ended , but some of the mutant specimens survived , and tended to them to salvage his work . realizes that if the local dam is opened , the school will have access to the Lost River water park resort , and the nearby summer camp where his daughter is in attendance . They encounter a capsized canoe with a boy whose father has been killed by the fish . rescues the boy but suffers mortal injuries when the school attacks him ; he dies before he can reveal how to kill them . Blood from 's corpse causes the piranha to tear away the raft 's lashings , and they barely reach shore . stops the dam attendant from opening the spillway and calls the military . 
 A military team led by Colonel and former Razorteeth scientist Dr. feed poison into the upstream section , ignoring the protests that the fish survived the first attempt . When discovers that a tributary bypasses the dam , and quarantine them to prevent the agitated pair from alerting the media . After they escape , alerts law enforcement to capture them . The school attacks the summer camp during a swimming marathon , injuring and killing many children and a supervisor . escapes due to her fear of water , and aids her camp mates in escaping . 
 The school continues downriver . and arrive at the water park to intercept and , but the piranha attack the resort and kill many vacationers and . and commandeer a speedboat and rush to the shuttered smelting plant at the narrowest point of the river . Remembering the empty facility pond , realizes the fish can survive in salt water ; if the school passes the delta , they will reach the ocean and spread over the world . He intends to open the smelting refuse tanks , hoping the industrial waste will kill the fish . They arrive at the plant ahead of the fish , but the elevated water level has submerged the control office , and must go underwater ; he ties a rope around his waist and instructs to count to 100 before pulling him out . struggles to move the rusted valve wheel when the school arrives and attacks him . He manages to open the valves just as pulls him to safety . takes back to the water park , where a massive MEDEVAC is tending to the victims ; his injuries are severe and he is seen in a catatonic state . 
 gives an on - site television interview , providing a sanitized version of events and downplaying the existence of piranha . Her voice is heard carrying out over a radio on the shore of a West Coast beach . As she says " there 's nothing left to fear " , the piranha 's characteristic trilling sound drowns out the waves on a beach .

and his sister are in need of a vacation . Uncle drops them off in their flying saucer at the Rose Bowl stadium in Los Angeles , California , after which the siblings quickly become separated from each other . A man named Dr. ( ) and his assistant ( ) happen to see using his powers to save 's nephew from certain death . Realizing that has supernatural powers , Dr. drugs the boy with a tranquilizer shot and takes him back to their laboratory . There , Dr. successfully tests a new mind - control technology on him . Under its influence , is completely hypnotized and does everything that his kidnappers want him to do , including stealing gold from a museum exhibit and stopping from finding them . With at his robotic bidding , Dr. hopes to achieve recognition within the scientific community and worldwide power , while merely wants a return on her investment . 
 A group of would - be tough boys whom she comes across , called the Earthquake Gang are chased by the Golden Goons , telepathically gets rid of them . The gang of boys accept her into their gang and help look for her brother . They let her sleep in their secret hideout . She often gets many visions of where her brother is . First at the gold museum where is controlled by a chip attached to his ear . He unstacks the gold but is chased by Mr. the truant officer who thinks has to go to school and chases the doctor , aunt , nephew and in his mini bus . Unsuccessfully Mr. destroyed public property and ends up losing his job . Next uses her telepathy to trace 's hideout but is caught by and is under the influence of chloroform . She telepathically asks the goat who is in the house to find the Earthquake gang . They chase the goat back to the hideout . In the mean time , , and drive to a Plutonium Plant as it is more expensive than gold . traces their location and describes it to be a " Big round ball " One of the members assume the location to be another place and is upset . They come across Mr. who tells them he lost his job and the only thing that works is the radio . The news given about the plutonium plant stresses on the word " molecular flow . " 
 then asks Mr. to drive them to the location after she magically repairs the mini bus . After and gang reach the site , he shuts down the plant 's cooling system . In exchange to turn it on he requires 5 million dollars in cash . The people working at the plant make arrangements for money as soon as possible . reaches in time where she and battle to turn on the cooling system . manages to turn it on but commands to kill his sister . In this course of time , she understands how he is been controlled and destroys the device . explains what had happened to him . He makes , and go on to the ceiling with no way of getting down . Mr. drives the kids to the Rose Bowl Stadium and the Earthquake gang come along to say bye . and bid farewell to the kids after they board the flying saucer back to Witch Mountain .

( ) , a major businessman and secretly the head of the French Connection , is suspected by his New York Mafia drug trading partners of weak leadership and improperly conducting his criminal affairs . To demonstrate otherwise , 's aide ( ) suggests a show of force with the murder of the famous Chief Inspector ( ) . 
 Unfortunately for , his first attempt at bombing fails , and the subsequent attempt by Chinese martial artist ' Mr. ' ( an uncredited appearance by the founder of American Kenpo , ) is thwarted when successfully fights him off ( believing him to be 's valet ( ) , who has orders to keep his employer alert with random attacks ) . tries again by posing as an informant to lure into a trap , but the Chief Inspector 's car and clothes are stolen by transvestite criminal ( ) , who is unknowingly killed by 's men instead . Subsequently , and the French public believe is dead ; as a result of this assumption , 's ex - boss , former Chief Inspector ( ) , is restored to sanity and is released from the lunatic asylum to perform the investigation ( despite being seemingly disintegrated in the previous film ) . 
 In 's clothes and insisting on his true identity , is taken to the asylum himself but escapes into ' room , who faints from the shock of seeing alive . manages to disguise himself as and is driven home by ( ) . At home , finds , who , despite having turned 's apartment into a Chinese - themed brothel , is relieved to see he survived and the two plan revenge on the sponsor of 's assassination . Meanwhile , is assigned to read a eulogy at 's funeral by the police chief 's wife , on pain of his own discharge . During his recital , is barely able to control his incredulity and laughter at the praise of , but his reaction is disguised by his tears and muffled laughter . At the cemetery , attends the burial disguised as a priest and then surreptitiously reveals himself to , who recognizes him , faints , and falls into the grave . escapes . 
 Meanwhile , due to his unfaithfulness , 's wife threatens him with divorce . Needing her respectability , tells his secretary and paramour ( ) that their relationship is over , to which reacts angrily . Fearing that she will reveal his crimes , gives orders to have killed at her nightclub , but having been told by an informant ( ) of the possibility of trouble there , and inadvertently manage to save her . At 's flat , reveals his identity , prompting her to reveal that ordered 's assassination . Attacked by more hit men , and escape into a nearby flat , which coincidentally happens to be ' . overhears telling of 's plan to meet the New York Mafia godfather ( ) in Hong Kong , but again faints when he beholds . 
 After evading their pursuers , , , and follow to Hong Kong in disguise , unaware that the now suspicious has followed them . There , impersonates while distracts the real one , but the plan goes awry when one of 's men spots leaving their hotel with a stranger and exposes his own disguise . A car chase begins , ending in a crash at the Hong Kong docks , where finds , goes berserk and pursues him into a firework warehouse . Inside , mistakenly sets the fireworks off and the resulting explosions sow chaos among all the participants , which eventually leads to the arrests of and . is awarded for their arrest by the President of France , and he and spend an evening together .

The film opens in Saigon at the height of the Vietnam War . 
 , a disillusioned war correspondent , approaches , a merchant marine sailor and acquaintance of 's from the US , for help in smuggling a large quantity of heroin from Vietnam to San Francisco , where he will exchange the drugs for payment with 's wife , who has become addicted to Dilaudid . 
 When discovers he is being followed by thugs connected either to Converse or his suppliers , he goes on the run with and the heroin , and is eventually pursued by corrupt DEA Agent , who initially set the deal in motion . As is separated from her supply of Dilaudid , she experiences withdrawal , and decides to help wean her off her addiction by using the heroin . also attempts to find another buyer for the heroin before his pursuers can catch up to him .

Nick Nolte, Tuesday Weld, Michael Moriarty, Anthony Zerbe, Gail Strickland

( ) is an African - American teenager in South - Central Los Angeles , being raised by a single mother and beginning to drift away from school . Before long , is running with a tough local street gang , the Kingsmen , who christen him with the nickname " " . greatly looks up to the gang 's leader , ( ) , an angry Vietnam War veteran who is beginning to accept the fact that he 's getting to be too old to be involved in the street gang lifestyle . 
 Shortly after joins the Kingsmen , they move from merely battling other similar street gangs to becoming involved in a full - scale war against a local cartel of drug dealers . And , unknown to and the Kingsmen , the head of the organization is 's own older brother .

During a surprise 42nd birthday party for wealthy , well - known composer , thrown by his actress girlfriend , he finds he is coping badly with incipient middle age . From his car , glimpses a bride - to - be and is instantly obsessed with her beauty , which he rates as " 11 " on a scale that goes up to 10 . Following her to the church , he crashes into a police cruiser , is stung by a bee , and nearly disrupts the wedding ceremony . 
 George visits the priest , and learns the woman is , daughter of a prominent Beverly Hills dentist . Later that night , and have an argument about 's failure to give her the attention she needs , his use of the term " broad " , and the fact that he uses a telescope to watch a neighbor ( a porn producer ) perform carnal acts . The final straw for occurs when makes a remark subtly impugning her femininity , at which point leaves in a huff . 
 The following day , spies on his neighbor again , hits himself with the telescope , and falls down an embankment , causing him to miss 's phone call . Still obsessed with the young bride , schedules a dental appointment with 's father and learns that and her husband have gone to Mexico for their honeymoon . The examination reveals a mouthful of cavities , requiring fillings . The after - effects of the novocaine , aggravated by his heavy drinking , leave completely incoherent . finally reaches him on the phone , but mistakes him for an intruder and calls the police , who hold at gunpoint while trying to understand his gibberish . Unnerved by the day 's events , visits his neighbor 's house to take part in an orgy . arrives at 's and spots him through his telescope , widening the rift between them . 
 While his songwriting partner consoles and says she will need to decide how long to wait for to grow up , impulsively boards a plane and follows the newlyweds to their exclusive resort in Manzanillo , Colima , Mexico . In the bar , becomes acquainted with a friendly bartender , plays the piano , and encounters an old acquaintance , , who suffers from a lack of self - confidence because she blames herself for a series of failed relationships . When they attempt a fling , interprets 's inadequacy in bed as confirmation of her own insecurities . 
 At the beach , sees Jenny―wearing a swimsuit with her hair braided in cornrows―and is awestruck again by her beauty . He notices that , her husband , has fallen asleep on his surfboard . learns that beyond a certain point are powerful currents that can sweep a swimmer or surfer dangerously far from land . He rents a catamaran , clumsily but successfully rescues , and becomes a hero . sees him on a TV newscast and tries to contact him , but ( unaware that it is ) refuses the call . , badly sunburned , is hospitalized , allowing and to spend time alone together . After dinner , in her room , smokes marijuana and then seduces to the sounds of Boléro . 
 Although is initially elated to find all of his fantasies being fulfilled , he is horrified when takes a call from her husband while in bed with him and casually informs him of 's presence . He is even more confused when responds with a complete lack of concern ( he had called to thank for saving his life ) . When explains their open relationship and mutual honesty , and that they only got married due to pressure from her conservative father , is appalled ; realizing that in contrast to the complete infatuation he has had with her , sees him as nothing more than a " casual lay " , so loses interest . 
 After flying back home , reconciles with by apologizing and demonstrating a new maturity . Taking an idea from , he starts Boléro on the phonograph and they make love . This is in full view of the neighbor 's telescope , shortly after the neighbor has walked away in disgust , complaining that he has had enough of providing erotic entertainment to and getting nothing in return .

Dudley Moore, Julie Andrews, Bo Derek, Robert Webber, Brian Dennehy, Dee Wallace

On Saturday , December 13 , 1941 , at 7:01   a.m. , a woman goes swimming somewhere on the California coast , only to find a Japanese submarine surfacing beneath her . The submarine crew believes they have arrived in Hollywood , and the vessel submerges while the woman swims to safety . 
 Later that morning , a 10th Armored Division M3 Lee tank crew , consisting of Sergeant , Corporal , and Privates , , and , are at a restaurant where dishwasher works . is planning to enter a dance contest with , against the wishes of , her father . takes an instant dislike to , particularly his civilian attire , and trips him . A fight ensues , leading to losing his job . later takes his friend shopping for a zoot suit and steals one . 
 In Death Valley , cigar - chomping , unruly United States Army Air Forces Captain lands his Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter near a grocery store and gas station ; while refueling , accidentally blows up the station . 
 In Los Angeles , Major General attempts to keep the public calm . At a press conference at Daugherty Field in Long Beach , Captain is attracted to the General 's secretary , . He lures her into a bomber to seduce her , aware that is sexually aroused by airplanes . When his attempts at seduction fail , she punches him and accidentally knocks him out ; as he falls , he lands on a bomb release control , sending a bomb rolling towards the podium just as the General promises , " There will be no bombs dropped here . " It explodes , though escapes . 
 At the family home in Santa Monica , is told by and her friend , both USO hostesses , that he can not enter the USO dance because he is not a serviceman . is forced to hide when shows up . Sgt . and his tank crew arrive to deliver an anti - aircraft battery ; is attracted to and about to ask her to the dance when falls on him from a loft . and dump him in a garbage truck . 
 The Japanese sub becomes lost trying to find Los Angeles when the ship 's compass is broken . A landing party looking for " Hollywood " instead captures , who reveals only his name , occupation , and social security number . They see he has a small Cracker Jack compass , but he swallows it . escapes , hoping to find the authorities . 
 That night , goes to a showing of Dumbo . and are at the 501st Bomb Disbursement Unit in Barstow , where Colonel " Mad Man " shows them the unit 's aircraft . , convinced the Japanese are sending paratroops into the hills near Pomona , lets and borrow a plane , assuming they are going on a reconnaissance flight . , stimulated by the entire experience , eagerly ravishes during the flight . 
 Outside the USO , kicks aside and drags into the dance . tags along . sneaks in by wearing a stolen Shore Patrol uniform , He steals away and they win the dance contest whilst evading , who is pursued by . As the contest ends , finally punches , setting off a brawl between soldiers and sailors . 
 Sgt . arrives with his team , just as L.A. goes to Red Alert with an unknown aircraft in the air . At the ' home , spots the sub . and fly over L.A. , causing anti - aircraft batteries to open fire . shoots down 's plane , which lands in the La Brea Tar Pits . then sees the submarine , only to be shot down by two spotters on the Ferris wheel who mistake his plane for a Japanese fighter . 
 is about to make off with when she is rescued by , who knocks cold . They find , who informs them about the sub . Wearing an army uniform , commandeers 's tank and heads toward Pacific Ocean Amusement Park . begins firing at the submarine , causing massive damage to his house in the process . The submarine returns fire , hitting the Ferris wheel , which rolls into the ocean . The tank sinks when the pier collapses . drives a motorbike into the ocean and swims to the submarine , where he is captured by the Japanese ; undaunted , he declares , " Turn this tub around ! You 're takin ' me to Tokyo ! " 
 On Sunday morning , December 14 , arrives at the remains of the home , where most of the other protagonists have gathered . delivers an inspirational speech to those present , vowing that Christmas will not be ruined ; to punctuate his point , he nails a wreath to his front door , jarring the unstable house so that it collapses into the ocean . mutters , " It 's gon na be a long war , " and walks away as everyone begins arguing and fighting .

John Belushi, Ned Beatty, Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Toshirō Mifune, Robert Stack, Warren Oates, Tim Matheson, Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Treat Williams, Slim Pickens

The commercial space tug Nostromo is on a return trip to Earth with a seven - member crew in stasis : Captain ( ) , Executive Officer ( ) , Warrant Officer ( ) , Navigator ( ) , Science Officer ( ) and two Engineers , ( ) and ( ) . Detecting a transmission from the nearby planetoid LV-426 , the ship 's computer , Mother , awakens the crew . Company policy requires crews to investigate such transmissions , so they land on the planetoid , sustaining damage from its atmosphere and rocky landscape . and repair the ship while , and head out to investigate . They discover the signal comes from a derelict alien spacecraft and head inside it , losing communication with . Inside , they find the remains of a large alien creature . 
 deciphers part of the transmission , determining it 's not a distress signal , but a warning of some kind . In the spacecraft , discovers a chamber containing hundreds of large egg - like objects . When he touches one , it opens and a creature springs out and attaches to his face through the facemask of his spacesuit . and carry the unconscious back to the Nostromo . As acting senior officer , refuses to let them aboard , citing quarantine regulations , but ignores and lets them in . The crew unsuccessfully attempt to remove the creature from 's face , discovering that its blood is an extremely corrosive acid . It later detaches on its own and is found dead . The ship is partly repaired , and the crew lifts off . awakens with some memory loss but otherwise unharmed . During a final crew meal before returning to stasis , he chokes and convulses in pain , then dies as a small alien creature bursts from his chest and escapes into the ship . The crew attempts to locate it with a tracking device and capture or kill it with nets , electric prods and flamethrowers . 
 follows the crew 's cat , Jones , into an engine room and the now fully - grown alien ( ) attacks him and disappears with his body into an air shaft . After heated discussion , the crew decide the creature must be in the air ducts . enters the ducts , intending to force the alien into the airlock , but it ambushes him . implores the others to abandon ship and escape in its small shuttle . Now in command , explains that the shuttle will not support four people and pushes to continue with Dallas ' plan of flushing out the alien . 
 Now with access to Mother , discovers that has been secretly ordered to return the alien to the company , with the crew deemed expendable . confronts and he tries to choke her to death . intervenes and clubs , knocking off his head and revealing him to be an android . reanimates 's head and they learn he was assigned to the Nostromo to ensure the creature was returned for analysis at any expense , including the crew 's lives . taunts them about their chances against the " perfect organism " . disconnects and burns his smashed remains with a flamethrower . 
 , , and agree to self - destruct the Nostromo and escape in the shuttle . and are killed by the alien while gathering life - support supplies . initiates the self - destruct sequence and heads with the cat to the shuttle to find the alien in her path . She retreats and attempts unsuccessfully to abort the self - destruct . She returns to the shuttle , where the alien is gone , and she narrowly escapes in the shuttle as the Nostromo explodes . 
 As she prepares for stasis , finds the alien has stowed - away aboard the shuttle . She puts on a spacesuit and opens the shuttle 's airlock . The explosive decompression forces the alien into the airlock doorway . She shoots it with a grappling hook to propel it into space , but the gun catches as the airlock closes , tethering the alien to the shuttle . It attempts to crawl into one of the engines but fires them to blast the alien into space . After recording the voyage final log entry , she places herself and the cat into stasis for the trip home to Earth .

Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Harry Dean Stanton, Veronica Cartwright, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto

is a theater director and choreographer trying to balance staging his latest Broadway musical with editing a Hollywood film he has directed . He is a workaholic who chain - smokes cigarettes ; without a daily dose of , Visine , Alka - Seltzer , Dexedrine , and sex , he would n't have the energy to keep up the biggest " show " of all — his life . His girlfriend , his ex - wife , and daughter try to pull him back from the brink , but it is too late for his exhausted body and stress - ravaged heart . In his imagination , he flirts with an angel of death named . 
 's condition gets progressively worse . He is rushed to a hospital after experiencing chest pains during a particularly stressful table - read ( with the production 's penny - pinching backers in attendance ) and is admitted with severe angina . brushes off his symptoms , and attempts to leave to go back to rehearsal . He collapses in the doctor 's office , and is ordered to stay in the hospital for several weeks to rest his heart and recover from his exhaustion . The show is postponed , but continues his antics from the hospital bed , in brazen denial of his mortality . Champagne flows , endless strings of women frolic around his hospital room , and cigarettes are constantly being smoked . As cardiogram readings show no improvement , dances with death . The negative reviews for his film — which has been released without him — come in , and has a massive coronary event . He undergoes coronary artery bypass surgery . 
 The show 's backers must decide whether it 's time to pack up , or replace as the director . Their matter - of - fact , money - oriented negotiations with the insurers are juxtaposed with graphic scenes of 's open - heart surgery . The producers realize that the best way to recoup their money and make a profit is to bet on dying : the insurance proceeds would result in a profit of over half a million dollars . Meanwhile , elements from 's past life are staged in dazzling dream sequences of musical numbers he directs from his hospital bed while on life support . Realizing death is imminent and his mortality unconquerable , has another heart attack . In the film 's glittery finale , he goes through the five stages of grief — anger , denial , bargaining , depression and acceptance — featured in the stand - up routine he had been editing . As death closes in on , his fantasy episodes become more hallucinatory and extravagant . In an epilogue set up as a monumental variety show featuring everyone from his past , takes center stage . 
 The final shot shows his corpse being zipped up in a body bag .

In the ( then - near future ) year 1998 , the United States has run out of oil , and many Americans are living in their now - stationary cars and using nonpowered means of transportation such as jogging , riding bicycles and rollerskating . Many Americans wear sweatsuits . Paper money has become completely worthless , with all business transactions being conducted in gold ; even a coin - operated elevator warns , " Gold Coins Only " . In search of leadership , Americans elect ( ) as President . , a " cosmically inspired " former governor of California , proves to have little in common with or other than his name . , an overly - optimistic man who quotes positive affirmation slogans , stages a number of highly publicized fund raising events , all of which fail . He becomes interested in having a relationship with Vietnamese American pop superstar . Real money comes in the form of loans from a cartel of Native Americans , led by billionaire ( ) , in control of Nike ( which has been renamed " National Indian Knitting Enterprise " ) . 
 The federal government , now housed in " The Western White House " ( a sub - leased condominium in Marina del Rey , California ) , finds itself facing national bankruptcy and in danger of being foreclosed and repossessed when goes public on national television with the fact that he lent America billions of dollars and now wants the money back , the alternative being foreclosure and the country reverting to its original owners , stating , " Hey , I have to eat , too . Does that make me a bad guy ? " . 
 In desperation , hires a young television consultant ( ) to help produce a national raffle . Instead , they decide that the only way enough money can be raised to save America is instead to run a national telethon , and hire vapid TV celebrity ( ) to host it . However , Presidential adviser ( ) is secretly plotting to have the telethon fail so that representatives of the United Hebrab Republic ( formed by the merger of Israel and the Arab states ) can purchase what is left of the country when Birdwater forecloses .

, a defense attorney in Baltimore , is in jail on a contempt of court charge after punching Judge while arguing the case of . was stopped for a minor traffic offence , but then mistaken for a killer of the same name and has already spent a year and a half in jail ; has repeatedly stymied 's efforts to have the case reviewed . Though there is strong new evidence that is innocent , refuses his appeal due to its late submission and leaves him in prison . 
 , starts a new case , defending transgender , arrested for small crime and becoming a victim of the legal system . 
 pays regular visits to his grandfather in a nursing home , who is progressively becoming senile . It is revealed that was abandoned by his parents at a young age , and it was who raised him and put him through law school . also begins a romance with a legal ethics committee member , . has a friendly relationship with Judge Francis , who takes him on a hair - raising ride in his personal helicopter , laughing as he tests how far they can possibly go without running out of fuel , while a terrified begs him to land . , a veteran of the Korean War , is borderline suicidal and keeps a rifle in his chambers at the courthouse , an M1911 pistol in his shoulder holster at all times , and eats his lunch on the ledge outside his office window , four stories up . 
 One day , is unexpectedly requested to defend Judge , who has been accused of brutally assaulting and raping a young woman . As the two loathe each other , feels that having the person who publicly hates him argue his innocence will be to his advantage . blackmails with an old violation of lawyer - client confidentiality , for which will likely be disbarred if it were to come to light . 
 's friend and partner , , is also unstable . He feels guilt from gaining acquittals for defendants who were truly guilty of violent crimes , showing up drunk at 's apartment when one commits another murder after his acquittal . After a violent breakdown at the courthouse , throwing plates at people , is taken to a hospital . Before leaving in the ambulance , asks , another partner , to handle court hearing in his absence . gives a corrected version of 's probation report and stresses that it must be shown to the judge so that will get probation rather than jail time . 
 Unfortunately , fails to appear on time and is sentenced to jail . is livid and attacks 's car . When argues that 's trial was nothing but " nickels and dimes " and beneath him , reminds him that " they 're people " and then reveals that 30 minutes after he was sentenced , hanged himself . Meanwhile , , sexually and physically abused by other inmates , finally snaps and takes two hostages . pleads with him to surrender , promising to get him out , but a police sniper shoots and kills when he moves in front of a window . 
 A clearly disturbed takes on 's case . He tries to talk the prosecuting attorney , , into throwing the case out but , who recognizes the prestige that convicting a judge would earn him , refuses to back down . meets with another client , , who gives him photographs that show engaged in BDSM acts with a prostitute . warns him not to betray a client , revealing that the ethics committee has been keeping their eye on him ever since the contempt of court incident . He shows the pictures to , who freely admits he is guilty of the rape . 
 As the trial opens , makes a casual remark to about wanting to rape the victim again , which pushes an already disgusted to a breaking point . In his opening statement , begins by mocking ' case while speculating on the ultimate objective of the American legal system . He appears to be making a strong case to exonerate but unexpectedly bursts out and says that the prosecution is not going to get , because he is going to get him and declares that his client is guilty . 
 Judge shouts that is " out of order , " to which retorts , " You 're out of order ! You 're out of order ! The whole trial 's out of order ! " is dragged out of the courtroom , venting his rage all the way and condemning for his and the legal system 's abuse of the law . As the courtroom spectators ( including ) cheer for , sits down in defeat , and a fed - up storms out . 
 In the end , sits on the courthouse 's steps , knowing his antics will probably cost him his career in law . A supposedly cured passes by and tips his wig to in greeting , leaving him sitting on the steps in disbelief .

Al Pacino, John Forsythe, Christine Lahti, Jack Warden, Jeffrey Tambor

In 1969 , during the Vietnam War , United States Army Special Forces Colonel has gone insane and now commands his own troops , inside neutral Cambodia , as a demi - god . Colonel and General , increasingly concerned with 's vigilante operations , assign MACV - SOG Captain to " terminate " " with extreme prejudice " . 
 , initially ambivalent , joins a United States Navy river patrol boat ( PBR ) commanded by , with crewmen , " " , and " ( Mr. ) " to head upriver . They rendezvous with surfing enthusiast Lieutenant Colonel , 1st Cavalry commander , to discuss going up the Nùng . scoffs , but befriends after discovering his surfing experience and agrees to escort them through the Nùng 's Viet Cong – held coastal mouth . They successfully raid at dawn , with ordering a napalm strike on the local cadres . gathers his men to the PBR and journeys upriver . 
 Tension arises as believes himself in command of the PBR while Chief prioritizes other objectives over 's . Slowly making their way upriver , reveals his mission partially to the Chief to assuage his concerns about why his mission should proceed . As night falls , the PBR reaches the American Do Lung Bridge outpost on the Nùng River . and enter seeking information for what is upriver . Unable to find the commander , orders the Chief to continue as an unseen enemy launches an assault on the bridge . 
 The next day , learns from dispatch that another MACV - SOG operative , Captain , who was sent on an earlier mission identical to 's , had joined Kurtz.[a ] Meanwhile , as the crew read letters from home , activates a smoke grenade , attracting the attention of a camouflaged enemy , and Mr. is killed . Further upriver , is impaled by a spear thrown by the natives and attempts to kill by impaling him . suffocates him , and buries in the river . reveals his mission to , but despite his anger towards the mission , he rejects 's offer for him to continue alone and insists that they complete the mission together . 
 The PBR arrives at 's outpost and the surviving crew are met by an American freelance photojournalist , who manically praises 's genius . As they wander through they come across a near - catatonic , along with other US servicemen now in 's renegade army . Returning to the PBR , later takes with him , leaving behind with orders to call in an airstrike on 's compound if they do not return . is later killed by . 
 In the camp , is subdued , bound , and brought before in a darkened temple . Tortured and imprisoned for several days , is released and given the freedom of the compound . lectures him on his theories of war , the human condition , and civilization while praising the ruthlessness and dedication of the Viet Cong . discusses his family , and asks that tell his son about him after his death . 
 That night , as the ceremonially slaughter a water buffalo , stealthily enters 's chamber , as he is making a recording , and attacks him with a machete . Mortally wounded , whispers " ... The horror ... the horror ... " and dies . All in the compound see departing , carrying a collection of 's writings , and bow down to him . then leads to the boat and the duo motor away . 's final words echo eerily as everything fades to black .

Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Frederic Forrest, Sam Bottoms, Laurence Fishburne, Dennis Hopper, Albert Hall

The middle - aged and simple - minded lives in the townhouse of an old , wealthy man in Washington , D.C. He has spent his whole life tending the garden and has never left the property . Other than gardening , his knowledge is derived entirely from what he sees on television . When his benefactor dies , naively tells the lawyers that he has no claim against the estate and is ordered to move out . 
 wanders aimlessly , discovering the outside world for the first time . Passing by a TV shop , he sees himself captured by a camera in the shop window . Entranced , he steps backward off the sidewalk and is struck by a chauffeured car owned by , an elderly business mogul . In the car is 's much younger wife , , who mishears " , the gardener " , in reply to the question who he is , as " " . 
 brings to their home to recover . He is wearing expensive tailored clothes from the 1920s and ' 30s , which his benefactor had allowed him to take from the attic , and his manners are old - fashioned and courtly . When meets him , he takes " Chauncey " for an upper - class , highly educated businessman who has fallen on hard times . admires him , finding him direct , wise and insightful . 
 is also a confidant and adviser to the President of the United States , whom he introduces to " Chauncey " . In a discussion about the economy , takes his cue from the words " stimulate growth " and talks about the changing seasons of the garden . The President misinterprets this as optimistic political advice and quotes “ ” in a speech . now rises to national public prominence , attends important dinners , develops a close connection with the Soviet ambassador and appears on a television talk show . During the latter , goes into detail about what a serious gardener should do and is misunderstood as giving his opinion about what would be his presidential policy , given the chance . 
 Though he has now risen to the top of Washington society , the Secret Service and some 16 other agencies are unable to find any background information about him . During this time 's physician , Dr. , becomes increasingly suspicious that is not a wise political expert and that the mystery of his identity may have a more mundane explanation . Dr. considers confiding this to but , realizing how happy is making him during his final days , he decides not to . 
 The dying encourages to become close to " " . She is already attracted to him and makes a sexual advance . has no interest in or knowledge of sex , but mimics a kissing scene from the 1968 film The Thomas Crown Affair , which happens to be on the TV . When the scene ends , stops suddenly and is confused . She asks what he likes , meaning sexually ; he replies " I like to watch , " meaning television . She is momentarily taken aback , but decides she is willing to masturbate for his voyeuristic pleasure , thereby not noticing that he has turned back to the TV and is now imitating a yoga exercize on a different channel . 
 is present at 's death and shows genuine sadness at his passing . Questioned by Dr , he admits that he " loves very much " , and also that he is just a gardener . When he leaves to inform of 's death , says to himself , " I understand " , but it is left to the viewer to work out exactly what that means . 
 At 's funeral , while the President delivers a speech , the pall - bearers hold a whispered discussion over potential replacements for the President in the next term of office and unanimously agree on as successor . Oblivious to all this , wanders off through 's wintry estate . He straightens out a pine sapling flattened by a fallen branch and then walks off across the surface of a lake . He pauses , dips his umbrella deep into the water under his feet ( confirming for the viewer that it is not just a skim of water on the ground ) , then continues on , while the President is heard quoting : " Life is a state of mind . "

Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Basehart, Richard A. Dysart, Jack Warden

The capsized luxury liner S.S. Poseidon is still afloat after six survivors have been rescued via helicopter . 
 Tugboat captain ( ) discovers the shipwreck . Accompanied by second mate ( ) and passenger ( ) , he heads out to claim salvage rights , as the tugboat Jenny lost her cargo in the same tsunami that capsized the Poseidon . 
 They are soon followed by Dr. ( ) and his crew , who claim to be Greek Orthodox medics who received the ship 's SOS . They board the doomed vessel through the bottom hull opening left by the rescue team ( from the previous movie ) , then become trapped after the entrance collapses . The group with encounters the ship 's nurse , ( ) and two passengers , elegantly dressed ( ) and war veteran ( ) , who is searching for his missing daughter ( ) . is found , as are elevator operator ( ) and a " billionaire " called " " ( ) who clings to a valuable bottle of wine . Later they also find the blind ( ) and his wife ( ) , who were waiting to be rescued . 
 Water continues to submerge decks and more explosions occur . and his group find the purser 's office , where decides he and his men will search for other survivors , parting ways with 's group . Another explosion causes the safe in the purser 's office to fall through the bulkhead and open , revealing gold coins ( each worth 100 times its weight in gold ) , diamonds and cash . and excitedly gather the coins . 
 Unknown to and the survivors , is actually working with . She takes a list containing information about a cargo of crates from the purser 's office . Going off on her own , she gives the document but decides to rejoin 's group . orders , one of his men , to kill . He shoots her , but before she dies she strikes with an axe , killing him . While making their way up through the decks , and the others find 's corpse and reach the unpleasant conclusion that a murderer is on board . 
 dislocates her shoulder while helping her husband . and his men are found gathering a cargo of plutonium . reveals that his real intention for boarding the Poseidon was to retrieve his lost shipment of plutonium , adding that he ca n't let and his group go now . However , before anyone is killed , another explosion occurs , allowing 's group to escape through another cargo room . 
 , and find guns and attempt to make a fight of it . In the ensuing shoot - out , and , another of 's men , are killed . Water floods the deck as 's group proceeds up to the next deck , where an injured is unable to climb a ladder : she falls into the rising water and drowns . While trying to rescue her , loses all of his salvaged gold . and his one remaining gunman head back up to the ship 's stern , where the rest of 's team attempt to use a crane to raise the plutonium up to the hull , which is still above water but is slowly sinking . 
 In another section of the ship , and the survivors exit the ship through an underwater side door , but due to shortage of scuba tanks , ( unknown to and his group ) sacrifices himself by swimming underwater and disappearing . and swim to the tugboat Jenny and move it closer to the Poseidon as the remaining survivors swim towards it . 's men see them and open fire . , who in reality was not a wealthy passenger but a sommelier ( part of the Poseidon 's crew ) , holds onto his wine bottle as he is gunned down and perishes . The rest of 's group makes it to his tugboat and they sail away . Water continues to flood the Poseidon , causing the boilers and then the plutonium cargo to erupt , exploding the ship 's hull . and his men are killed . 
 On board 's boat , accepts that his tugboat Jenny will be taken from him when they get to port , but reveals a diamond she salvaged from the Poseidon . asks , " Are you going to kiss me now ? " and replies , " I was going to kiss you anyway . " They do so and the tugboat Jenny sails away into the sunset with the survivors .

Michael Caine, Sally Field, Telly Savalas, Shirley Jones, Karl Malden, Mark Harmon

, , , and are working - class friends living in the college town of Bloomington , Indiana . Now turning 19 , they all graduated from high school the year before and are not sure what to do with their lives . They spend much of their time together swimming in an old abandoned water - filled quarry . They sometimes clash with the more affluent Indiana University students in their hometown , who habitually refer to them as " cutters " , a derogatory term for locals related to the local Indiana Limestone industry and the stonecutters who worked the quarries . 
 is obsessed with competitive bicycle racing , and Italian racers in particular , because he recently won a Masi bicycle . His down - to - earth father , a former stonecutter who now operates his own used car business ( sometimes unethically ) , is puzzled and exasperated by his son 's love of Italian music and culture , which associates with cycling . However , his mother is more understanding and prepares Italian dishes for him . 
 develops a crush on a university student named and masquerades as an Italian exchange student in order to romance her . One evening , he serenades " " outside her sorority house ( aria " M ' Apparì Tutt ' Amor " ) , with providing guitar accompaniment . When her boyfriend finds out , he and some of his fraternity brothers beat up , mistaking him for . Though wants no trouble , insists on tracking down and starting a brawl . The university president ( real - life then President Dr. ) reprimands the students for their arrogance toward the " cutters " and , over their objections , invites the latter to participate in the annual Indiana University Little 500 race . 
 When a professional Italian cycling team comes to town for a race , is thrilled to be competing with them . However , the Italians become irked when is able to keep up with them . One of them jams a tire pump in 's wheel , causing him to crash , which leaves him disillusioned . He is depressed to realize that the Italians were winning races because they were cheating . He subsequently confesses his deception to , who tearfully slaps him before storming off . 
 's friends persuade him to join them in forming a cycling team for the Little 500 . 's parents provide T - shirts with the name " Cutters " on them . privately tells his son how , when he was a young stonecutter , he was proud to help provide the material to construct the university , yet he never felt comfortable on campus . Later , runs into , who 's going to be leaving for a job in Chicago ; they patch things up , and she wishes him luck in the race . 
 is so much better than the other competitors in the Little 500 that , while the college teams switch cyclists every few laps , he rides without a break and builds up a sizable lead . However , he is injured in a crash and has to stop . After some hesitation , , , and take turns pedaling , but soon the Cutters ' lead vanishes . Finally has them tape his feet to the pedals and starts to make up lost ground ; he overtakes , the current rider for the favored fraternity team , on the last lap , and wins for the jubilant Cutters . 
 is proud of his son 's accomplishment and takes to riding a bicycle himself . later enrolls at the university , where he meets a pretty French student . Soon , he is extolling to her the virtues of the Tour de France and French cyclists .

Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Paul Dooley, Barbara Barrie

is the young heir to the throne of his great uncle , the syphilis - ridden , half - mad Emperor . One morning , a blackbird flies into his room ; considers this a bad omen . Shortly afterward , the head of the Praetorian Guard , tells that demands his immediate presence at Capri , where the Emperor lives with his close friend , a dim - witted relative , and 's younger stepbrother . Fearing assassination , is afraid to leave but his sister and lover persuades him to go . 
 At Capri , finds that has become depraved , showing signs of advanced venereal diseases , and embittered with Rome and politics . enjoys swimming with naked youths and watching degrading sex shows that often include children and deformed people . observes with fascination and horror . Tensions rise when tries to poison in front of . commits suicide and tries to kill but loses his nerve . Proving his loyalty to , kills instead with as a witness . 
 After ' death and burial , is proclaimed the new Emperor , then proclaims as his equal , to the apparent disgust of the Roman Senate . , fearful of 's influence , persuades to get rid of him . sets up a mock trial in which is intimidated into testifying that murdered , then has 's wife banished from Rome . After is executed in a gruesome public game , appoints ' former adviser as his personal assistant while pronouncing the docile Senator as the new head of the Praetorian Guard . 
 tries to find a wife among the priestesses of the goddess Isis , the cult they secretly practice . wants to marry , but she insists they can not marry because she is his sister . Instead , marries , a priestess and notorious courtesan after she bears him an heir . reluctantly supports their marriage . Meanwhile , despite 's popularity with the masses , the Senate expresses disapproval for what initially seem to be light eccentricities . Darker aspects of 's personality emerge when he rapes a bride and groom on their wedding day in a minor fit of jealousy and orders 's execution to provoke a reaction from . 
 After discovering that is pregnant , suffers severe fever . nurses him back to health . Just as he fully recovers , bears him a daughter , . During the celebration , collapses with the same fever he suffered . Soon afterward , receives another ill omen in the form of a blackbird . Despite his praying to out of desperation , dies from her fever . Initially unable to accept her death , suffers a nervous breakdown and rampages through the palace , destroying a statue of while clutching 's body . 
 Now in a deep depression , walks the Roman streets disguised as a beggar ; he causes a disturbance after watching an amateur performance mocking his relationship with . After a brief stay in a city jail , proclaims himself a god and becomes determined to destroy the senatorial class , which he has come to loathe . The new reign he leads becomes a series of humiliations against the foundations of Rome — senators ' wives are forced to work in the service of the state as prostitutes , estates are confiscated , the old religion is desecrated and the army is made to embark on a mock invasion of Britain . Unable to further tolerate his actions , conspires with to assassinate . 
 enters his bedroom where a nervous awaits him . Another blackbird appears but only is frightened of it . The next morning , after rehearsing an Egyptian play , and his family are attacked in a coup headed by . While leaving the stadium , 's and are murdered , and stabs in the stomach . With his final breath , he defiantly whimpers " I live ! " As and his family 's bodies are thrown down the stadium 's steps and their blood is washed off the marble floor , is proclaimed the new Emperor .

On January 18 , 1960 , ( ) arrives at the maximum security prison Alcatraz . Soon after arriving , he is sent in to meet the warden ( ) , who curtly informs him that no inmate has ever successfully escaped from Alcatraz . Among the inmates , makes acquaintances with the eccentric , ( ) who is fond of desserts , English ( ) , a black inmate serving two life sentences for killing two white men in self - defense and the elderly artist and chrysanthemum grower ( ) . 
 also makes an enemy of a rapist called ( ) , who harasses him in the showers and later attacks him in the prison yard with a knife ; both men spend time in the hole . When the warden discovers that has painted an ungainly caricature of him , as well as other policemen on the island itself , he permanently removes 's painting privileges ; in response , a depressed hacks off his own fingers with a hatchet from the prison workshop and is led away . Later , encounters bank robber brothers and ( and ) , who are his old friends from another prison sentence , and he makes the acquaintance of prisoner ( ) . Later , during mealtime , places one of 's chrysanthemums at the table in honor of , but the warden stops by and crushes it . is enraged , but as he reaches out to grab the warden , he suffers a fatal heart attack . The warden coldly reminds that " some men are destined never to leave Alcatraz — alive . " 
 notices that the concrete around the grille in his cell is weak and can be chipped away , which evolves into an escape plan . Over the next few months , the and dig through the walls of their cells with spoons ( which have been soldered into makeshift shovels ) , make papier - mâché dummies to act as decoys , and construct a raft out of raincoats . On June 11 , 1962 , the inmates decide to leave . has been released from solitary confinement and prepares to stab with a knife , but is able to intercept him . That night , , the and plan to meet in the passageway and escape . panics and fails to rendezvous with them . Carrying the flotation gear , and the Anglins access the roof and avoid the searchlights . From there , they scramble down the side of the building into the prison yard , climb over a barbed - wire fence and make their way to the shoreline of the island where they inflate the raft . The three men enter the water ; partially submerged , they cling to the raft and use their legs as the primary propelling force and kicking . When their escape is discovered the following morning , a massive manhunt ensues . The warden does not want to blemish his perfect record and insists that the men drowned , despite no bodies being found . On a rock on the shore of Angel Island , he finds a chrysanthemum and throws it in the water after being told that they do not grow there .

( ) , ( ) , and ( ) are three senior citizens who share a small apartment in Queens , New York City . Their days are spent on a park bench , reading newspapers , feeding pigeons , and fending off obnoxious children . It is a dull life , and is desperate to break the monotony . After their monthly visit to their local bank to deposit their social security checks , suggests : " How would you guys like to go on a stick - up ? " They have no experience as criminals , but puts together a plan . " Do you think it 'll work ? " asks . " Who cares ? replies . " I feel like I 'm 50 again ! " 
 They pick a suitable bank in Manhattan ; surreptitiously borrows three pistols from the gun collection of his nephew , ( ) , who lives with his wife and children a few miles away . is an honest , hard - working guy who dreams of opening his own gas station , but his living expenses consume his entire modest salary . 
 The trio , disguised with – style novelty glasses , pulls off the heist , netting $ 35,000 . The excitement is too much for , who suffers a fatal heart attack later that day . At his funeral , and give $ 25,000 to and his family , claiming it is the proceeds from 's life insurance policy . They decide to splurge the rest on a whirlwind excursion to Las Vegas . 
 After 's funeral , they board the first flight of their lives . At a fancy Las Vegas hotel , they take $ 2,500 to a craps table . , gambling for the first time , goes on an incredible streak , winning more than $ 70,000 . notices several pit bosses staring at them , and worries that they might be asking questions about the old guys with all the money . He and cash their chips and catch the first plane back to New York City . After sleeping late , wakes up and turns on the radio for the afternoon news . He hears that their eccentric robbery has become the talk of the town . tries to wake , but his friend has died in his sleep . 
 informs that his uncle has died , then tells him about the bank heist and the Las Vegas adventure . He says he has a feeling that police are closing in on him . He gives the remaining bank loot and the Vegas winnings , and tells him to store the cash in his safe deposit box and never tell anyone about it . The next day , on his way to 's funeral , 's hunch proves correct , and he is arrested . At the police station , he immediately confesses to the robbery and says he hid the money where no one will ever find it . A nervous young prosecutor patronizes him , and says he might avoid jail if he returns the cash . tells him to " go to hell " . 
 visits in prison and suggests giving back at least the stolen portion of the money in the hope of a lighter sentence . explains that he 's an old man with no family and now , no friends . " I 'm a prisoner , in prison or out . " Now , he no longer has to cook or clean for himself , eats three square meals a day , and is being treated like a king by his fellow inmates , who will soon start asking where he hid the money . He tells to enjoy his " inheritance " , and not to worry about him . " Besides , " he says , with a wink , " no tinhorn joint like this could ever hold me ! "

Hair is a rock musical focusing on the lives of two young men against the backdrop of the hippie counterculture of the Vietnam era . 
 is a naive Oklahoman sent off to New York City after being drafted by the Army ( " Age Of Aquarius " ) . Before his draft board - appointment , takes a self - guided tour of New York , where he encounters a close - knit " tribe " of hippies led by . As looks on , the hippies panhandle from a trio of horseback riders including upper - class debutante ( " Sodomy " ) . later catches and mounts a runaway horse , which the hippies have rented , and with which exhibits his riding skills to ( " " ) . then returns the horse to , who offers to show him around . 
 That evening , gets stoned with and the tribe . He is then introduced to various race and class issues of the 1960s ( " Hashish " , " Colored Spade " , " Manchester " , " I 'm Black / Ain't Got No " ) . The next morning , finds a newspaper clipping which gives 's address . The tribe members — , , and " Woof Daschund"—crash a private party to introduce to , who secretly enjoys the disruption of her rigid environment ( " I Got Life " ) . After and company are arrested , uses his last $ 50 to bail out of jail — where 's refusal to have his hair cut leads into the title song of the soundtrack ( " Hair " ) . 
 When is unable to borrow any money from her father , returns to his parents ' home . His mother gives him enough cash to bail out his friends . They subsequently attend a peace rally in Central Park , where drops acid for the first time ( " LBJ " , " Electric Blues / Old Fashioned Melody " , " Hare Krishna " ) . Just as proposes marriage to , in order to keep him out of the Army , shows up to apologize . 's " trip " reflects his inner conflict over which of three worlds he fits in with : his own native Oklahoman farm culture , 's upper - class society , or the hippies ' free - wheeling environment . 
 After snapping out of his acid trip , has a falling - out with and the tribe members , ostensibly due to a practical joke they pull on ( taking her clothes while she 's skinny - dipping , which forces her to hail a cab in just her underwear ) , but also due to their philosophical differences over the war in Vietnam - and over personal versus communal responsibility . After wandering the city ( " Where Do I Go ? " ) , finally reports to the draft board , completes his enlistment , and is shipped off to Nevada for basic training . 
 It 's now Winter in New York when writes to from Nevada ( " Walking In Space " ) . She in turn shares the news with and his friends . devises a scheme to visit in Nevada . Meanwhile , 's fiancée - with whom he has a son , - wants to marry as they had apparently planned to earlier ( " Easy To Be Hard " ) . The tribe members trick 's brother out of his car , then head west to visit . 
 Arriving at the Army training center where is stationed ( " Three - Five - Zero - Zero " , " Good Morning Starshine " ) , the tribe is turned away , ostensibly because the base is on alert ( the MP on duty also assumes a condescending attitude toward . caricaturing his perceived vernacular ) . Some time later , chats up army sergeant at a local bar . She lures the sergeant , with intimations of sex , to an isolated desert road , acquiring his uniform . The tribe members steal 's car , both of which uses to infiltrate the Army base . He finds and offers to take his place for the next head count , so that can meet and the others for a going - away picnic they 're having for him in the desert . 
 As fate would have it , just after a disguised slips away to the picnic , the base becomes fully activated with immediate ship - outs for Vietnam . 's ruse is ( somehow ) never discovered ; clearly horrified at the prospect of joining the war , he is herded onto the plane and shipped out . arrives back to see the base empty and the plane is presumably on taking off and flying to Asia ( " The Flesh Failures " ) . 
 Much later , , and the tribe gather around 's grave in Arlington National Cemetery , in a scene implying he was killed in the war . As " Let the Sunshine In " plays , they mourn the loss of their friend . The movie ends with a full - scale peace - protest in Washington D.C.

is a civil servant in his early 30s , working in the Department of Development , Salt Lake City , Utah , and an impetuous romantic . One day he meets in the filing department of his office and it is love at first sight . 
 is a married woman who has just moved out on her husband , a log home salesman . She is disillusioned by her own marriage and wants to find herself . gathers his courage and asks her out . Soon , she moves in with him and seems happy , but starts having second thoughts . According to , he loves her too much . " You have this exalted view of me , and I hate it . If you think I 'm that great then there must be something wrong with you . " 
 leaves and goes back to her husband , . , recently unemployed as a jacket salesman , moves in with , who tries to grapple with the loss of . 's mother , meanwhile , is an eccentric who has suicidal thoughts . 
 begins to make efforts to win back . finds out from his secretary , , that has left Ox once again and is living in an apartment with a roommate . confronts , finally asking her to decide if they will have a future together . Will this be another Chilly Scene of Winter ?

( ) is a workaholic advertising executive who has just been assigned a new and very important account . arrives home and shares the good news with his wife ( ) only to find that she is leaving him . Saying that she needs to find herself , she leaves to raise their son ( ) by himself . and initially resent one another as no longer has time to carry his increased workload and misses his mother 's love and attention . After months of unrest , and learn to cope and gradually bond as father and son . 
 befriends his neighbor ( ) , who had initially counseled to leave if she was that unhappy . is a fellow single parent , and she and become kindred spirits . One day , as the two sit in the park watching their children play , falls off the jungle gym , severely cutting his face . sprints several blocks through oncoming traffic carrying to the hospital , where he comforts his son during treatment . 
 Fifteen months after she walked out , returns to New York to claim , and a custody battle ensues . During the custody hearing , both and are unprepared for the brutal character assassinations that their lawyers unleash on the other . is forced to testify that she had advised an unhappy to leave , though she also attempts to tell on the stand that her husband has profoundly changed . Eventually , the damaging facts that was fired because of his conflicting parental responsibilities which forced him to take a lower - paying job come out in court , as do the details of 's accident . 
 The court awards custody to , a decision mostly based on the assumption that a child is best raised by his mother . discusses appealing the case , but his lawyer warns that himself would have to take the stand in the resulting trial . can not bear the thought of submitting his child to such an ordeal , and decides not to contest custody . 
 On the morning that is to move in with , and make breakfast together , mirroring the meal that tried to cook the first morning after left . They share a tender hug , knowing that this is their last daily breakfast together . calls on the intercom , asking to come down to the lobby . She tells how much she loves and wants , but she knows that his true home is with , and therefore will not take custody of him . She asks if she can see , and says that would be fine . As they are about to enter the elevator together , tells that he will stay downstairs to allow to see in private . After she enters the elevator , wipes tears from her face and asks her former husband " How do I look ? " As the elevator doors start to close on , answers , " You look terrific . "

Dustin Hoffman, Justin Henry, Meryl Streep, Jane Alexander, JoBeth Williams, Howard Duff

The film opens with a montage of images of Manhattan and other parts of New York City accompanied by Rhapsody in Blue , with ( ) narrating drafts of an introduction to a book about a man who loves the city . is a twice - divorced , 42 - year - old television comedy writer dealing with the women in his life who quits his unfulfilling job . He is dating ( ) , a 17 - year - old girl attending the Dalton School . His best friend , college professor ( ) , married to ( ) , is having an affair with ( ) . 's ex - husband and former teacher , ( ) , also appears , and 's ex - wife ( ) is writing a confessional book about their marriage . has also since come out of the closet as a lesbian and lives with her partner , ( ) . 
 When meets , her cultural snobbery rubs him the wrong way . runs into her again at an Equal Rights Amendment fund - raising event at the Museum of Modern Art hosted by ( playing herself ) and accompanies her on a cab ride home . They chat until sunrise in a sequence that culminates in the iconic shot of the Queensboro Bridge . In spite of a growing attraction to , continues his relationship with Tracy but emphasizes that theirs can not be a serious relationship and encourages her to go to London to study acting . In another iconic scene , at 's request , they go on a carriage ride through Central Park . 
 After Yale breaks up with , he suggests that ask her out . does , always having felt that was too young for him . breaks up with , much to her dismay , and before long , has virtually moved into his apartment . is curious about 's new girlfriend . The two couples enjoy a day out and upon walking down a street spots 's new book Marriage , Divorce , and Selfhood . proceeds to read passages of the book , and even discusses an incident covered in the book of a ménage à trois had with and another woman , and an incident where attempted to run over , much to and Yale 's amusement . Thoroughly humiliated , confronts , who stoically responds about the book , and the film rights deal she has acquired . Upon returning home , learns from that she is returning to Yale and wants to break up . A betrayed confronts Yale at the college where he teaches , and Yale argues that he found first . responds by discussing Yale 's extramarital affairs with , but Yale told her that introduced to him . 
 In the dénouement , lies on his sofa , musing into a tape recorder about the things that make " life worth living " . When he finds himself saying " 's face " , he sets down the microphone . He leaves his apartment and sets out on foot for 's . He arrives at the lobby of her family 's apartment just as she is leaving for London . He says that she does not have to go and that he does not want " that thing about [ her ] that [ he ] like[s ] " to change . She replies that the plans have already been made and reassures him that " not everybody gets corrupted " before saying " you have to have a little faith in people . " He gives her a slight smile , with a final coy look to the camera then segueing into final shots of the skyline with some bars of Rhapsody in Blue playing again . An instrumental version of " Embraceable You " plays over the credits .

After the fictional asteroid Orpheus is hit by a comet , a five - mile chunk of Orpheus is sent on a collision course towards Earth , which will cause an extinction - level event . While the United States government engages in political maneuvering , smaller asteroid fragments precede the main body , wreaking havoc on the planet . The United States has a secret orbiting nuclear missile platform satellite named Hercules , which was designed by Dr. ( ) . It was intended to defend Earth against a massive space rock , but instead was demoted to become an orbiting super weapon now aimed at Russia . However , its fourteen nuclear missiles are not enough to stop the meteor . 
 The United States discovers that the Soviet Union also has a weapons satellite . The President ( ) goes on national television and reveals the existence of Hercules , explaining it was created to meet the threat that represents . He also offers the Soviets a chance to save face by announcing they , too , had the same program and their own satellite weapon . requests a Soviet scientist named Dr. ( ) to help him plan a counter - effort against . 
 and ( ) of NASA meet at the control center for Hercules , located beneath 195 Broadway in Lower Manhattan . Major General ( ) is the commander of the facility . and his interpreter ( ) , arrive and gets to work on breaking the ice between them . Since can not admit the existence of the Soviet device , he agrees to 's proposal that they work on the " theoretical " application of how a " theoretical " Soviet space platform 's weapons would be coordinated with the American ones . 
 Meanwhile , more meteor fragments strike Earth and the Soviets finally admit that they are willing to join in the effort . It appears that the satellite has a lot in common with Hercules , with sixteen nuclear missiles to be used against a large space rock , but is now an orbiting super weapon aimed at the United States . The satellite is christened Peter the Great , and both satellites are turned towards the asteroid . Unfortunately , smaller fragments continue to strike the planet , causing great damage , including a deadly avalanche in the Swiss Alps and a tsunami which devastates Hong Kong . On Sunday morning , Peter the Great 's missiles are launched first because of its relative position to the asteroid . Hercules 's missiles are fired 40 minutes later . 
 Just after Hercules 's missiles are launched , New York City is struck by a large fragment , destroying most of the city . Several workers inside the control center are killed when the facility is destroyed , and the survivors slowly work their way out of the control center by going through the New York subway system , which has become a trap due to water from the East River flooding the tunnels . Meanwhile , the two packs of missiles link up into three successively larger waves . The Hercules crew reaches a crowded subway station and waits while others try to dig them out . 
 Eventually , the missiles reach the meteor . The first wave of missiles strikes the rock , causing a small explosion , the second wave follows with a larger blast , and the third wave creates an enormous explosion . When the dust clears , the asteroid appears obliterated . In New York City , the radios broadcast the good news : is no longer a danger to Earth . Just then , the subway station occupants are rescued . 
 Later , at an airport , , , and others exchange goodbyes before and depart on a plane for the Soviet Union .

The film , set over the course of four consecutive New Year 's Eves from 1964 to 1967 , depicts scenes from each of these years , intertwined with one another as though events happen simultaneously . The audience is protected from confusion by the use of a distinct cinematic style for each section . For example , the 1966 sequences echo the movie of Woodstock using split screens and multiple angles of the same event simultaneously on screen , the 1965 sequences ( set in Vietnam ) shot hand - held on grainy super 16 mm film designed to resemble war reporters ' footage . The film attempts to memorialize the 1960s with sequences that recreate the sense and style of those days with references to Haight - Ashbury , the campus peace movement , the beginnings of the modern woman 's liberation movement and the accompanying social revolt . One character burns his draft card , showing a younger audience what so many Americans had done on the television news ten years before the movie 's release . Other characters are shown frantically disposing of their marijuana before a traffic stop as a police officer pulls them over , and another scene shows the police brutality with billy clubs during an anti - Vietnam protest . 
 The listed fates of the main characters at the ending sequence of American Graffiti were updated again at the end of this sequel . In More American Graffiti , was revealed to have been killed by a drunk driver in December 1964 , with the ending scene of the movie driving his trademark yellow Deuce at night on a lonely , hilly highway toward another vehicle 's headlights . After disappearing over a small hill , neither his taillights nor the approaching car 's headlights are seen again , hinting that the fatal crash occurred there . Set on New Year 's Eve 1964 , it is never actually shown that his tragic end comes after his racing win on the last day of the year , very probably instead into the first few moments of 1965 , given that the 1967 segment was just barely into 1968 . The anniversary of 's death is mentioned in both the 1965 and 1966 sequences . classification as " missing in action " faked his own death being there was no body , he would n't be classified as killed in action and as he says he is going to Europe meaning he most likely wo n't return to America . is believed to be dead by his superiors in 1965 and by his friends – in 1966 and and in 1967 . ( the leader of " The Pharaohs " ) , 's war partner , vividly meets his death with a sniper 's bullet to the chest in one scene after having promised to make a Pharaoh once they get back from Vietnam . 
 The relationship of and is strained by 's insistence that she start her own career , though forbids it saying he wants her to be a mom to their young twins . Free - spirited has turned from Old to marijuana and has given up her platinum blonde persona for a hippie / groupie one in a long , strange trip that ends with her performing with a country - and - western music group . briefly reprised his role , but in voice only . The drag racing scenes for More American Graffiti were filmed at the Fremont Raceway , later Baylands Raceway Park ( now the site of automobile dealerships ) , in Fremont , California .

is a minimum - wage worker in a cotton mill that has taken too much of a toll on the health of her family for her to ignore their poor working conditions . She is also a single mother with two children by different fathers , one dead and the other negligent , and frequently has flings with other men to alleviate her loneliness and boredom . Initially , management tries to divert her frequent protests by promoting her to " spot checker , " where she is responsible for making sure other workers are fulfilling work quotas . She reluctantly takes the job for the pay hike , but when fellow employees , including her own father , shun her for effectively being a " fink " to the bosses , she demands to be fired ; instead , she is demoted back to the line . 
 Two men enter her life that change her perspective . A former co - worker , , asks her out after earlier causing trouble for her at the mill . Divorced with a daughter , he proposes marriage after a short courtship ; recognizing how long it has been since she met a non - selfish man to keep company with , she accepts his offer . And after a few charged encounters with a New York union organizer , , listens to him deliver a speech that spurs her to join the effort to unionize her shop . This causes conflict at home when observes she 's not spending enough time in the home , and is frequently exhausted when she is present . When her father drops dead at the mill , a death that could have been averted had he been allowed to leave his post early instead of wait for his allotted break , she is more determined to continue the fight . 
 Management retaliates against the organization efforts , first by rearranging shifts so that workers are doing more work at less pay , and then by posting fliers with racial invective in the hope of dividing white and black workers and diluting the momentum . demands she copy down the racist flier word for word in order to use it as evidence for government sanctions against her mill . When she attempts to transcribe the flier , management attempts to stop her , then fire her on grounds of creating a disturbance , and call the police to remove her from the plant . While awaiting the sheriff , takes a piece of cardboard , writes the word " UNION " on it , stands on her work table , and slowly turns to show the sign around the room . One by one , the other workers stop their mill machines , and eventually , the entire room becomes silent . After all the machines have been switched off , is taken to jail but is freed by . 
 Upon returning home to her family , decides to talk to her children and tell them the story of her life , their questionable parentage , and recent arrest , so that they are prepared for any smears that may come from those hoping to discredit her efforts . After a tense exchange with , asks her if they have been intimate ; she says no , but acknowledges " he 's in my head . " , in turn , tells her there 's no other woman in his head and he will always remain with her . 
 An election to unionize the factory takes place , with and listening as best as possible from outside the mill as reporters and TV cameras observe the vote count . With a difference shy of 100 votes , the result is a victory for the union . Shortly after , says goodbye to ; despite his being smitten with her throughout the movie , they only shake hands because he knows she is married and loves her husband , and heads back to New York .

Wide receiver plays for a late 1960s - era professional football team based in Dallas , Texas , named the North Dallas Bulls ( which closely resembles the Dallas Cowboys).[2][3 ] 
 Though considered to possess " the best hands in the game " , the aging has been benched and relies heavily on painkillers . and popular quarterback are outstanding players , but they also characterize the drug- , sex- , and alcohol - fueled party atmosphere of that era . wants only to play the game , retire , and live on a horse farm with his girlfriend , who appears to be financially independent , and has no interest whatsoever in football . 
 The Bulls play for iconic Coach , who turns a blind eye to anything that his players may be doing off the field or anything that his assistant coaches and trainers condone to keep those players in the game . The coach is focused on player " tendencies " , a quantitative measurement of their performance , and seems less concerned about the human aspect of the game and the players . One player , , finally erupts to assistant Coach : " Every time I call it a game , you call it a business . And every time I call it a business , you call it a game . " The coaches manipulate to convince a younger , injured rookie on the team to start using painkillers . 
 's nonconformist attitude incurs the coach 's wrath more than once , and at one point , the coach informs that his continuing attitude could affect his future with the Bulls . After the Bulls lose their final game of the season in Chicago , learns that a Dallas detective has been hired by the Bulls to follow him . They turn up proof of his marijuana use and a sexual relationship with a woman who intends to marry team executive , brother of owner . Though the detective witnessed quarterback engaging in similar behavior , he pretends not to have recognized him . After they tell him that he is to be suspended without pay pending a league hearing , , convinced that the entire investigation is merely a pretext to allow the team to save money on his contract , quits the game of football for good .

Nick Nolte, Mac Davis, G. D. Spradlin, Charles Durning, Dabney Coleman, Dayle Haddon

( ) and a woman ( referred to in the credits as " Lady in Lavender , " played by ) have sex in Morningside Cemetery , after which the woman kills with a knife . 
 Later , 's friends , including 24 - year - old musician and family man , attend 's funeral at Morningside , believing he committed suicide . explains that he did n't bring his 13 - year - old brother , , because their parents died recently and he felt would be traumatized by another funeral . However , has been secretly observing the funeral from the bushes ; after the mourners leave , witnesses a tall man in a suit who seems to be the Morningside mortician lift 's 500 - pound casket with superhuman strength and load it into his hearse instead of completing the burial . He also seems to telekinetically knock off his motorbike as he flees the cemetery . 
 relays this story to a fortune teller ( ) and her granddaughter ( ) , as well as his fears about the possibility of departing and leaving him in the care of his aunt . Through her granddaughter , the fortune teller tells not to worry about , assuring him that would take along if he chose to leave town . Then , she seems to magically produce a small black box and instructs to put his hand into it . After the box grips his hand , is told not to be afraid , and as the panic subsides , the box relaxes its grip . After leaves , the fortune teller 's granddaughter investigates the Morningside mausoleum , where she finds a strange room filled with white light . She screams at what she sees , and is not seen again in the film . 
 Later , the Lady in Lavendar seduces in a bar and takes him to Morningside Cemetery to have sex . , who has taken to secretly following in the wake of their parents ' deaths , has an aggressive encounter with a short , hooded figure while spying on his brother . He runs screaming from the bushes , interrupting mid - coitus . When catches up to him , frantically tries to tell him about the hooded figure , but dismisses the story . 
 After another violent encounter with more hooded figures and seeing the Tall Man walk down the street and react strangely to cold air coming out of 's ice cream truck , resolves to investigate Morningside and obtain proof of his suspicions to show to . While exploring the mausoleum , a silver sphere flies through the air , narrowly missing as he dives under it . He is accosted by a Morningside caretaker , but escapes just as the sphere is making another pass ; it impales itself in the caretaker 's skull and drills into his brain , killing him . The Tall Man approaches , but he escapes by exercising control over his fear , surprising the Tall Man and trapping his hand in a heavy door . cuts the fingers off of the hand , causing the Tall Man to bellow an alien roar while yellow blood gushes from the wound . takes one of the Tall Man 's still - moving fingers and escapes the mausoleum , narrowly avoiding capture by the hooded figures . 
 The finger is enough for to believe 's stories about Morningside . Meanwhile , the finger transforms into a vicious , oversized fly - like insect that attacks . Reggie coincidentally witnesses this , and joins the brothers in their suspicions about Morningside . decides to go on his own investigation alone . He is chased away from Morningside by a seemingly driverless hearse , but is rescued by in 's Plymouth Barracuda . The two run the hearse off the road and discover it was driven by one of the hooded figures , whom they discover to be a re - animated . 's body has been unnaturally shortened , although he weighs significantly more than average . 
 and resolve to defeat the Tall Man . is taken to an antique store owned by 's friend ( ) . There , discovers an antique photograph of the Tall Man . begs to take him home ; on the way they see 's ice cream truck overturned . finds a handprint melted into a block of ice with the same yellow blood that came out of the Tall Man . tries to get and her friend to leave the scene quickly , but all three are attacked by a mob of hooded dwarves . survives by being thrown out of the back window , while the girls drive off into the night , screaming . assumes they and are all dead . 
 locks in his room to keep him safe , then goes to Morningside to execute his plan to kill the Tall Man . escapes his bedroom and tries to leave to help , but the Tall Man is waiting for him outside his front door . He kidnaps in a hearse , but thwarts him by shooting out the back window and a rear tire , causing the hearse to strike a pole and explode . 
 While looking for in Morningside , opens his father 's casket and sees that it is empty , prompting him to scream and attract the attention of the silver sphere . destroys it with a shotgun . Suddenly , appears and explains that he rescued and several other girls . The three then open the mysterious door the fortune teller 's daughter opened earlier . Inside , they find oil drum - like canisters with more dwarfed re - animated corpses inside them . accidentally falls through a portal and catches a brief glimpse of a red , hot planet where the dwarves are toiling as slaves . He is quickly snatched back to Earth by , after which he deduces that the Tall Man must come from the red planet and that the corpses are shortened so they can withstand the increased gravity and temperatures . 
 The trio is suddenly split up by a power outage . remains in the dwarf storage room alone , and places his hands on the portal , mirroring an earlier scene when he stopped a tuning fork from vibrating . This causes the portal to become a powerful vacuum that narrowly escapes . It also stuns the Lady in Lavender , revealed to be a shape - shifted Tall Man , and saves from being stabbed . However , in the chaos , stumbles upon the Lady in 's body , and she kills him . and flee , and the mausoleum vanishes . 
 The brothers devise a plan to lure the Tall Man into a local deserted mine shaft and trap him inside . once again controls his fear and succeeds in the plan , after which he suddenly wakes up in his bed . 
 , still alive , tells that much of what he experienced was a nightmare , which has been happening frequently since died in a car crash . appears to remember this and believe it . tells that he will take care of him like did , and that they should go on a road trip together . When enters his bedroom to pack , he is shocked to see the Tall Man is waiting for him . Hands crash through the glass of his bedroom mirror , pulling into a dark void .

A documentary filmmaker ( ) enlists a family for a new cinematic and scientific experiment that intends to capture every waking moment of their daily life on film . Out of all the families that are chosen , the ordinary family of the of Phoenix , Arizona are chosen . It is a project confidently announces to a large gathering in the city , even greeting them with a song . Two other doctors are enlisted in order to evaluate the family through the progression of the project . 
 The concept is for the and their two children to go about their business at their Phoenix home , work and school as if nothing is different from a typical day , ignoring the fact that men wearing cameras that look like Star Wars helmets are recording every move they make and every word they say . 
 promises to be as unobtrusive as possible , taking up a separate residence in the neighborhood and promising not to interfere . Little by little , though , the stress of everyday life is complicated by the presence of the film crew . also becomes the unwitting object of Mrs. 's attentions . 
 , a veterinarian , becomes grief - stricken when he is filmed accidentally causing a horse 's death . A grandparent 's death similarly upsets . Soon the couple stops talking , becoming , as puts it , " lifeless " in their every day life . The unscrupulous man from Hollywood is likely to go to any lengths to make his film more interesting , even if it means dressing up as a clown to cheer them up . After a meeting between Brooks and the others , one of the doctors leaves the project , citing how it seems to have lost control . He soon publishes a book that is negative of the project , equating it to a cult . At one point , a film crew from a television station attempts to write a " fluff piece " about the family , but angrily throws them out of the house . Soon after , the news stations attempt to get coverage of the family , barraging their lives no matter where they go . Not long after , another meeting of and the people of the institute occurs , revolving around the possibility of ending the project . attempts to defend keeping the project going by bringing the , but the family decides to abandon the project . Despite his pleas for them to stay , they do not change their minds . Soon after , decides that the only way to keep the project going is to set their house on fire , citing the burning of Atlanta from Gone with the Wind , joyfully exclaiming on how spectacular of an ending this is .

On New Year 's Day in 1976 , has defended his heavyweight title in a split decision . He and are taken to the same hospital . challenges to a rematch , but declines and retires from professional boxing . His girlfriend , , supports his choice , and so do his doctors , who reveal that he will require surgery for a detached retina , a condition that could lead to permanent blindness . In a private moment , goes to see a recuperating , and wants a truthful response if gave his all in the fight , to which agrees . After is released from the hospital , he enjoys the benefits of his life 's changes : 's new fame attracts an agent who sees as a potential endorsement and sponsorship goldmine , and his sudden wealth encourages him to propose to . She happily accepts , and they marry in a small ceremony . Soon after , reveals that she is pregnant . 
 Meanwhile , fueled by hate mail , becomes obsessed with the idea that a rematch is the only way to prove that 's performance was simply a fluke . Determined to rectify his boxing career 's only blemish , ignores all pleas by his friends and family to forget the fight , and move on to other potential opponents , and instead demands his team do whatever necessary to goad out of his hiatus and have a rematch with him . 
 , at first , seems unaffected by 's smear campaign , but his inexperience with money causes him to run into financial problems . After several unsuccessful attempts to find employment , visits , his trainer and manager , at his gym to talk about the possibility of returning to boxing . At first , declines , concerned about 's health , but he soon accepts after publicly insults . confronts about the danger of returning to boxing and reminds him of the risk to his eyesight . argues that he knows nothing else , so this is the only way he can provide . , furious at for breaking his promise , refuses to support him . 
 and begin training , but 's mind is not fully set due to 's disapproval . 's brother , , confronts his sister about not supporting her husband , but she faints during the confrontation , and is rushed to the hospital , where she goes into labor . Despite being premature , the baby is healthy , but falls into a coma . blames himself for what happened , refusing to leave 's bedside until she wakes up , and will not go to see his new baby until they can see it together . When comes out of her coma , she finds by her bedside , and the couple are shown their new baby , a boy , which they name gives her blessing to the rematch , and quickly gets into shape for the match . When he makes the same training run that he did before , ending at the stairway by the Philadelphia Museum of Art , he is now followed by a crowd of hundreds of children , some of whom followed him with his consent near the start of his run . 
 The night of the match arrives , and has made a public goal of beating in no more than two rounds to prove the first match going the full fifteen rounds was a fluke . This match is not nearly as close this time as , fighting right - handed to protect his eye instead of his natural southpaw , is knocked down twice by and outclassed for much of the fight . By the fifteenth round , is well ahead on points and only needs to stay away from to win the fight by decision . , not wanting the fight to end like it did the first time , ignores his trainer 's pleas , and decides to carry on alone . In the final round , switches back to his natural stance , and in dramatic fashion , both men , exhausted , trade punches until they knock each other down . gets back up at the count of nine while collapses from fatigue , giving the win by knockout , and making him the new world champion . then gives an impassioned speech to the crowd and holds the belt over his head with a message for his wife , who is watching the fight on TV : " Yo , , I did it ! "

Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young

In 2271 , a Starfleet monitoring station , Epsilon Nine , detects an alien force , hidden in a massive cloud of energy , moving through space towards Earth . The cloud easily destroys three of the Klingon Empire 's new K't'inga - class warships and the monitoring station en route . On Earth , the starship Enterprise is undergoing a major refit ; her former commanding officer , , has been promoted to Admiral and works in San Francisco as Chief of Starfleet Operations . Starfleet dispatches Enterprise to investigate the cloud entity as the ship is the only one in intercept range , requiring her new systems to be tested in transit . 
 takes command of the ship citing his experience , angering Captain , who had been overseeing the refit as its new commanding officer . Testing of Enterprise 's new systems goes poorly ; two officers , including the Vulcan Enterprise science officer , are killed by a malfunctioning transporter , and improperly calibrated engines nearly destroy the Enterprise . 's unfamiliarity with the ship 's new systems increases the tension between and , who has been temporarily demoted to first officer . Commander arrives as a replacement science officer , explaining that while on his home world undergoing a ritual to purge all emotion , he felt a consciousness that he believes emanates from the cloud , and was unable to complete the ritual because his human half felt an emotional connection to the consciousness . 
 Enterprise intercepts the energy cloud and is attacked by an alien vessel within . A probe appears on the bridge , attacks and abducts the navigator , . She is replaced by a robotic replica , another probe sent by " V'Ger " to study the crew . is distraught over the loss of , with whom he had a romantic history . He becomes troubled as he attempts to extract information from the doppelgänger , which has 's memories and feelings buried within . takes a spacewalk to the alien vessel 's interior and attempts a telepathic mind meld with it . In doing so , he learns that the vessel is V'Ger itself , a living machine . 
 At the center of the massive ship , V'Ger is revealed to be Voyager 6 , a 20th - century Earth space probe believed lost . The damaged probe was found by an alien race of living machines that interpreted its programming as instructions to learn all that can be learned , and return that information to its creator . The machines upgraded the probe to fulfill its mission , and on its journey the probe gathered so much knowledge that it achieved consciousness . realizes that V'Ger lacks the ability to give itself a focus other than its original mission ; having learned what it could on its journey home , it finds its existence empty and without purpose . Before transmitting all its information , V'Ger insists that the Creator come in person to finish the sequence . Realizing that the machine wants to merge with its creator , offers himself to V'Ger ; he merges with the Ilia probe and V'Ger , creating a new form of life that disappears into another dimension . With Earth saved , directs Enterprise out to space for future missions .

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Persis Khambatta, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei

The film opens in Texas , where ( ) challenges obese pinball champion ( ) , appropriately nicknamed " The Whale , " to a $ 400 match . When gets caught cheating , he heads off to California , where he meets teen runaway ( ) , a 14 - year - old pinball wizard . watches as and the owner of Mickey 's Bar hustle an unaware gambler in a game of pinball , and immediately decides to team up with her . He tells her that he is a hopeful country and western star and needs to raise money to make a demo tape of his songs . After hearing 's musical talent , she 's impressed and agrees to help by traveling with him , raising cash with her pinball skills . When the two eventually end up back in his hometown , sets up a $ 3500 game between and the Whale . However , he does n't realize that has caught on to his lies and manipulation , and his big plans may not go as he hoped .

In 1893 London , popular writer displays a time machine to his skeptical dinner guests . After he explains how it works ( including a " non - return key " that keeps the machine at the traveler 's destination and a " vaporizing equalizer " that keeps the traveler and machine on equal terms ) , police constables arrive at the house searching for . A bag with blood - stained gloves belonging to one of 's friends , a surgeon named , leads them to conclude that might be the infamous killer . races to his laboratory , but the time machine is gone . 
 has escaped to the future , but because he does not have the " non - return " key , the machine automatically returns to 1893 . uses it to pursue to November 5 , 1979 , where the machine has ended up on display at a museum in San Francisco . He is deeply shocked by the future , having expected it to be an enlightened socialist utopia , only to find chaos in the form of airplanes , automobiles and a worldwide history of war , crime and bloodshed . 
 Reasoning that would need to exchange his British money , asks about him at various banks . At the Chartered Bank of London , he meets liberated employee , who says she had directed to the Hyatt Regency hotel . 
 Confronted by his one - time friend , confesses that he finds modern society to be pleasingly violent , stating : " Ninety years ago , I was a freak . Now ... I 'm an amateur . " demands he return to 1893 to face justice , but instead attempts to wrest the time machine 's return key from him . Their struggle is interrupted and flees , getting hit by a car during the frantic chase . follows him to the San Francisco General Hospital emergency room and mistakenly gets the impression that has died from his injuries . 
 meets up with again and she initiates a romance . returns to the bank to exchange more money . Suspecting that it was who had led to him , he finds out where she lives . , hoping to convince her of the truth , takes a highly skeptical three days into the future . Once there , she is aghast to see a newspaper headline revealing her own murder as the 's fifth victim . 
 persuades her that they must go back – it is their duty to attempt to prevent the fourth victim 's murder , then prevent 's . However , they are delayed upon their return to the present and can do no more than phone the police . kills again , and is arrested because of his knowledge of the killing . is left alone , totally defenseless , and at the mercy of the " San Francisco Ripper . " 
 While unsuccessfully tries to convince the police of 's peril , she attempts to hide from . When the police finally do investigate her apartment , they find the dismembered body of a woman . The police release a broken - hearted . However , he is contacted by , who has actually killed 's coworker and taken hostage in order to extort the time machine key from . 
 flees with the key – and as insurance – to attempt a permanent escape in the time machine . While bargains for 's life , she is able to escape . As starts up the time machine , removes the " vaporizing equalizer " from it . As had explained earlier , this causes the machine to remain in place while its passenger is sent travelling endlessly through time , with no way to stop ; in effect he is destroyed . 
 proclaims that the time has come to return to his own time , in order to destroy a machine that is he now knows is too dangerous for primitive mankind . pleads with him to take her along . As they depart to the past , she jokes that she is changing her name to . The film ends with the caption- " married , who died in 1927 . As a writer , he anticipated Socialism , global war , space travel , and Women 's Liberation . He died in 1946 . "

( ) is babysitting the children of Dr. ( ) at their home . When the children are asleep , receives a telephone call from a man who asks her if she has checked the children . At first , dismisses the telephone calls as a practical joke . However , as the calls become more frequent and threatening , becomes frightened and decides to call the police , who promise to trace the caller if keeps him on the telephone line long enough . , frightened to extreme measures , arms herself as she receives one final call from the nefarious stalker . Soon after the conversation , receives a call from the police , only to find out that the stalker is calling from inside the house . A light comes on at the top of the staircase , and sees the stalker 's shadow . In a panic , she immediately runs to the door , unhooks the chain lock and screams . The scene segues to a close - up of detective ( ) , who enters the very same doorstep to investigate shortly afterwards . Patrol officer ( ) explains that is unharmed , but the children had been murdered by the perpetrator several hours earlier , before 's ordeal even started . The killer is identified as an English merchant seaman named ( ) , and is subsequently sent to an asylum . 
 Seven years later , escapes from the asylum . Dr. hires , now a private investigator , to find . Not knowing is after him , is now a homeless , vagrant loner . He is beaten after disturbing a woman , ( ) , in a tavern , and later follows her to her apartment . Feeling sorry for his appearance and her involuntary role in the beating , makes light conversation with him and does not explicitly rebuff his awkward proposal to visit her for coffee the next night , hoping this will be the last of him she will see . 
 Meanwhile , an increasingly obsessed confides to his friend ( now Lieutenant ) his intention to kill rather than arrest him . , who was also present in the crime scene , agrees to collaborate . follows the trail to the tavern where was beaten , and from there to 's residence — the same night is likely to arrive for his visit . tells just how dangerous her situation has become , revealing that had literally torn and hacked up ' children with his bare hands , rendering their bodies unrecognizable . reluctantly accepts to be 's bait at the tavern that evening . , hiding in her closet , does not appear until after leaves her place . screams for help when attacks her , and returns and chases him away from the scene , losing his trail in the streets of downtown Los Angeles . 
 ( née ) is now married with two young children . One night , she and her husband ( ) go out to dinner in celebration of a promotion , while their children are babysat by ( ) . At the restaurant , gets a telephone call and hears 's voice again : " Have you checked the children ? " . She panics and calls ; nothing seems to be wrong at first , but then the call is suddenly disconnected . The police escort back home and find that everything is fine , and the go to bed . is tipped off by and tries to call Jill , but finds that the line is disconnected . When goes for a glass of milk , the lights suddenly go out and she goes back her bedroom . The closet door opens a little , the phone line is dead and she hears 's voice , at which point she tries to awaken -- only to realize that the man lying next to her is actually . He chases her around the room and tries to strangle her , but arrives and shoots him dead . is revealed to be in the closet , unconscious but alive . As comforts , the last view is of the house , superimposed to the frightening eyes of .

As a parody film , Airplane ! tells its story intermixed between several cut - away scenes , comedic scenes , and visual and running gags . 
 Ex - fighter pilot ( ) , is a traumatized war veteran turned taxi driver . Due to his pathological fear of flying and " drinking problem " ( being unable to take a drink without splashing it on his face ) , he has been unable to hold a responsible job . His wartime girlfriend , ( ) , now a flight attendant , leaves him before boarding her assigned flight from Los Angeles to Chicago . drops everything and buys a ticket on the same flight to try to win her back . However , she still continues to reject him during the flight . 
 After the in - flight meal is served , several of the passengers and the flight crew fall ill , including Captain ( ) . Passenger Dr. ( ) discovers one of the offered courses caused food poisoning . With the flight crew incapacitated , contacts the Chicago control tower for help , and is instructed by tower supervisor ( ) to activate the plane 's autopilot , a large inflatable pilot doll named " Otto " , which will get them to Chicago , but will not be able to land the plane . and Dr. convince to take the controls . When learns that is piloting , he contacts 's former commanding officer , ( ) , now serving as a commercial pilot , so that he can help talk through landing the plane . becomes troubled when starts giving instructions , and briefly stresses out from flashbacks to the war , both and Dr. bolster 's confidence and he takes the controls under 's guidance . 
 As the plane nears Chicago , the weather becomes harsh , making landing difficult . With 's help as co - pilot and 's guidance , is able to land the plane , damaging the landing gear but with only minor injuries to the passengers . Rescue vehicles arrive to help unload the plane . Impressed by 's display of courage , embraces and kisses him , rekindling their relationship . The two watch as " " takes control of the plane , inflates a female companion , and takes off .

Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Leslie Nielsen, Peter Graves, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

A teenage girl purchases a baby American alligator while on vacation with her family at a tourist trap in Florida . After the family returns home to Chicago , the alligator , named by the girl , is promptly flushed down the family 's toilet by her surly , animal - phobic father and ends up in the city 's sewers . 
 Twelve years later , the alligator survives by feeding on covertly discarded pet carcasses . These animals had been used as test subjects for an experimental growth formula intended to increase agricultural livestock meat production . However , the project was abandoned due to the formula 's side effect of massively increasing the animal 's metabolism , which caused it to have an insatiable appetite . During the years , the baby alligator accumulated concentrated amounts of this formula from feeding on these carcasses , causing it to mutate , growing into a 36 foot ( 11   m ) monster resembling a Deinosuchus or Sarcosuchus , as well as having an almost impenetrable hide . 
 The alligator begins ambushing and devouring sewer workers it encounters in the sewer , and the resulting flow of body parts draws in world - weary police officer ( ) who , after a horribly botched case in St. Louis , has gained a reputation for being lethally unlucky for his assigned partners . As works on this new case , his boss Chief ( ) brings him into contact with reptiles expert ( ) , the girl who bought the alligator years earlier . The two of them edge into a prickly romantic relationship , and during a visit to 's house , bonds with her motormouthed mother . 
 's reputation as a partner - killer is confirmed when the gator snags a young cop , ( ) , who accompanies into the sewer searching for clues . No one believes 's story , due to a lack of a body , and partly because of ( ) , the influential local tycoon who sponsored the illegal growth experiments and therefore does n't want the truth to come out . This changes when obnoxious tabloid reporter ( ) , one of the banes of 's existence , goes snooping in the sewers and supplies graphic and indisputable photographic evidence of the beast at the cost of his own life . The story quickly garners public attention , and a citywide hunt for the monster is called for . 
 An attempt by the police to flush out the alligator comes up empty and David is put on suspension , after the alligator escapes from the sewers and comes to the surface , first killing a police officer and later a young boy who , during a party , is tossed into a swimming pool in which the alligator is residing . 
 The ensuing hunt continues , including the hiring of pompous big - game hunter Colonel ( ) to track the animal . Once again , the effort fails : is killed , the police trip over each other in confusion and the alligator goes on a rampage through a high - society wedding party hosted at 's mansion ; among its victims are himself and the mayor . The alligator also kills the groom ( who happened to be the lab scientist performing the illegal experiments ) . and finally lure the alligator into the sewers before setting off explosives on the alligator , killing it . As the film ends with and walking away after the explosion , a drain in the sewer spits out another baby alligator , repeating the cycle all over again .

is an abnormal psychologist who , while studying schizophrenia , begins to think that " our other states of consciousness are as real as our waking states . " begins experimenting with sensory deprivation using a flotation tank , aided by two like - minded researchers , and . At a faculty party he meets fellow " whiz kid " and biological anthropologist , and the two eventually marry . 
 The film skips ahead seven years . and have two daughters , are on the brink of divorce , and reunite with the couple who first introduced them . When hears of a Mexican tribe that experiences shared illusion states , he travels to Mexico to participate in what is apparently an Ayahuasca Ceremony . During the walk into the bush his guide says that the indigenous tribe they are meeting works with Amanita muscaria , which they are collecting for next year 's ceremonies . The tribe call one of the ingredients of the mixture they use " First Flower . " An indigenous elder is seen with Banisteriopsis caapi root in his hand before cutting 's hand , adding blood to the mixture he is preparing . Immediately after consuming the mixture , experiences bizarre , intense hallucinations . He returns to the U.S. with a tincture and continues taking it to trigger altered states of consciousness . 
 When toxic concentrations of the substance make increased dosage dangerous , returns to sensory deprivation , believing it will enhance the effects of the substance at his current dose . Repairing a disused tank in a medical school , uses it to experience a series of increasingly drastic visions , including one of early hominids . Monitored by his colleagues , insists that his visions have " externalized " . Emerging from the tank , his mouth bloody , frantically writing notes because he is unable to speak , insists on being X - rayed before he " reconstitutes . " A radiologist inspecting the X - rays says they belong to a gorilla . 
 In later experiments , experiences actual , physical biological devolution . At one stage he emerges from the isolation tank as a feral and curiously small - statured , light - skinned caveman , going on a rampage before returning to his natural form . Despite his colleagues ' concern , stubbornly continues . 
 In the final experiment , experiences a more profound regression , transforming into an amorphous mass of conscious , primordial matter . An energy wave released from the experiment stuns 's colleagues and destroys 's tank . arrives to find a swirling maelstrom where the tank had been . She searches the vortex for , finding him as he is on the brink of becoming a non - physical form of proto - consciousness and possibly disappearing from our version of reality altogether . 
 His friends bring home , hoping that the transformations will end . Watched over by , begins to regress again , the transformations no longer requiring intake of " first flower " or sensory deprivation . Urging to fight the change , grabs his hand , immediately being enveloped by the primordial energy emanating from . The sight of his wife apparently being consumed by the energy , stirs the human consciousness in 's devolving form . He fights the transformation and returns to his human form . In the final scene , embraces , and his love returns her to normal .

is a male escort in Los Angeles , whose job supports and requires an expensive taste in cars and clothes , and affords him a luxury Westwood apartment . He is blatantly materialistic , narcissistic and superficial . However , he takes pleasure in his work from being able to sexually satisfy women , especially older ones . 
 's procuress , , sends him on an assignment with a wealthy old widow , Mrs. , who is visiting town . Afterwards , he goes to the hotel bar and meets , the senator 's wife , who becomes obsessed with him . 's friend , , sends him to Palm Springs on a " substitute " assignment to the house of Mr. , a wealthy financier . asks to have violent sex with his wife , while watching them . The next day , berates for sending him to a " rough trick " and makes it clear he declines kinky or gay assignments . in turn warns that the wealthy , older women he serves will turn on him and discard him without a second thought . 
 As begins to have a relationship with , he learns that has been murdered . Los Angeles Police Department Detective identifies as a primary suspect . Though was with another client , , on the night of the murder , she protects her marriage and does not give an alibi for . 
 discovers the evidence about the murder . He realizes that he is being framed and grows increasingly desperate . His mounting anguish is visually represented by a degeneration in style ; his clothes become rumpled , he goes unshaven , and drives a cheap rental car ( after ruining his Mercedes to find 's jewelry planted in it ) . He neglects to pick up an important client for that he has been scheduled to escort , and she shuns him . warns that he is in trouble and tells her to leave him alone . 
 concludes that and are the ones trying to frame him , and that one of 's other gigolos was the murderer . goes to confront , telling him about the truth and clearing his name . However , he refuses to help him and remains implacable . pushes off from the apartment balcony to his death . With no one to help him , ends up in prison , hopelessly awaiting trial for 's murder . While reconciles with , she sacrifices her reputation and marriage .

Two years after throwing his fight with , is still fighting in underground bare - knuckle boxing matches to make money on the side . decides to retire when he realizes that he has started to enjoy the pain . and his manager decide to end his career . The problem is , a new breed of fighter from the east coast who mixes martial arts with boxing . He is so effective at maiming his opponents that his handlers can not book fights for him . 
 The Black Widows , the biker gang with a long - running grudge against , make their return . They still want revenge for the destruction of their bikes . However , bests them in a chase that runs through an asphalt machine during a road - paving project . They lose their hair and must wear wigs and penciled - on eyebrows to camouflage their appearance . 
 After a fight between a mongoose and a rattlesnake , one of the handlers realizes that if , king of the west coast brawlers , agreed to fight it would be the biggest draw in the history of bare - knuckle boxing . The Handlers , led by handicapper , in conjunction with the Mafia , kidnap 's love interest , country - western singer , in order to coerce to agree to the fight . 
 , however , is a prize fighter with a sense of right and wrong . After learning of the plot , and helping and rescue , he decides they really do n't need to fight to prove who is best . On the other hand , both fighters ' personal pride makes them wonder who would have won . The brawl between the two characters ends up taking place , but is punctuated by pauses and personal reflections on their mutual admiration . breaks 's arm and offers to end the fight , but the two men continue the brawl . Meanwhile , the Black Widows bet everything they have on because , despite their rivalry , they know he is the better fighter . When the mobsters decide to kill once he gains the upper hand , the Black Widows protect their investment by beating up the Mafia men . After a long fight , knocks out long enough to qualify for a win . helps to the hospital to have his arm looked at , and the fighters and their friends have a beer at a bar .

Auditions 
 In New York City , a group of teenagers audition to study at the High School of Performing Arts , where they are sorted into three different departments : Drama , Music , and Dance . Accepted in the Drama department are , a closeted homosexual , , a shy Jewish girl , and , who succeeds after failed auditions for Music and Dance . In the Music department , is an aspiring keyboardist whose electronic equipment horrifies Mr. , a conservative music teacher . is accepted in the Dance department , despite having no interest in the subject . is accepted in all three departments because of her all - around talent . goes to the school , performing as part of a dance routine for an auditioning friend , but the dance teachers are more impressed by his talents than hers . 
 Freshman year 
 The students learn during their first day of classes that academics are weighed equally with performance . , overwhelmed by the energy and spontaneity in the lunchroom , flees and meets . As the year progresses , tries to convince to book performing gigs with her . befriends , but worries that she is too ordinary against the colorful personalities of the other students . and his English teacher , Mrs. , clash over his refusal to do homework . It is later revealed that is illiterate and ashamed to admit it . and his father argue over 's reluctance to play his electronic music publicly . Miss , the school 's Dance teacher , warns that she is not working hard enough . , a graduating senior , wins a prestigious scholarship and tells that the William Morris Agency wants to send him out for auditions for television pilots . 
 Sophomore year 
 A new student , , joins the school 's Dance department and seduces . and Mr. debate the merits of traditional orchestras versus synthesized instruments . 's father plays his music ( the title song ) outside the school , inspiring the student body to dance in the streets . As an acting exercise , the students are asked to divulge a painful memory . discusses discovering his homosexuality , while coming out in front of his classmates ; relates her humiliation at being forced by her stage mother to sing at a child 's birthday party ; and tells of learning about the death of his idol . Miss drops from the Dance program , and after seemingly considering suicide in a New York City Subway station , drops her dance clothes on the subway tracks and decides to join the Drama department . 
 Junior year 
 and discover their mutual attraction , but their growing intimacy leaves feeling excluded . brings home , much to the shock of her father and stepmother . 's young sister is attacked by a junkie and lashes out at his mother 's attempts to comfort the child by taking her to the local Catholic church , instead of to a doctor . begins to question her Jewish upbringing , changing her name to " " and straining the relationship with her mother . During a late - night showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the 8th Street Playhouse , encourages to smoke marijuana . Intoxicated , takes part in the stage show during the film 's " Time Warp " musical number . The next day , she realizes that as an actress she can put on any personality she wants , but is sobered upon running into , who is struggling as an actor and waiting tables . 
 Senior year 
 performs stand - up comedy at Catch a Rising Star , where he garners some initial success . He falls into a hard - party lifestyle , which upsets . Given a prime spot at another comedy club , he bombs after clashing with both and over his new lifestyle . Disgusted with himself , believes his career is over , but is comforted by , who tells him that failure is a part of the entertainment business . , now pregnant , plans to have an abortion and move to California to take a position with the San Francisco Ballet company . is approached in a diner by a man claiming to be a director ; she naïvely goes to his apartment for a screen test , but discovers that he is an amateur pornographic film director . He manipulates her into taking her shirt off , as he films her sobbing . is offered a position in dance company , but to be accepted he must graduate . He confronts Mrs. outside her husband 's hospital room and lashes out at her for giving him a failing grade . However , upon realizing that Mrs. has her own problems , he comforts her . During graduation , the student body showcases their talents by performing an original song , " I Sing the Body Electric " . The opening lines are sung by , , and . Intercut with the performance are scenes of dancing and playing with a rock band , finally sharing his music with others .

To relieve his boredom , Emperor of the planet Mongo declares that he will play with and destroy Earth by remotely causing natural disasters . On Earth , New York Jets football star boards a small plane , where he meets travel agent . Mid - flight , the cockpit is hit by a meteorite and the pilots are lost . takes control and manages to crash land into a greenhouse owned by Dr. . , who believes the disasters are being caused because an unknown source is pushing the moon towards Earth , has secretly constructed a spacecraft that he plans to use to investigate . 's assistant refuses to go , so lures and aboard . The rocket launches , taking them to Mongo , where they are captured by 's troops . 
 The trio is brought before , who orders be prepared for his pleasure . tries to resist , but is overpowered . orders be reprogrammed and executed . 's daughter , Princess , seduces 's surgeon into saving , to whom she is attracted . As they escape , sees being brainwashed by , the metal - faced head of the secret police . and flee to Arboria , kingdom of Prince , 's lover . En route , teaches to use a telepathic communicator to contact . He lets her know he is alive . is locked in 's bedchamber but , encouraged by , she escapes . sends to intercept , who tells him and that is alive . then reveals he resisted the brainwashing , and escapes Mingo City with . They are quickly captured by Prince 's Hawkmen and taken to Sky City . 
 and arrive at Arboria . asks the Prince to keep safe . A distrustful , in love with , agrees not to kill , but then forces him to perform a deadly ritual . and take turns sticking their hands into a hollow stump with a giant scorpion - like Wood Beast inside . When has to take an extra turn , he pretends to be stung as a distraction and escapes . follows , but they are both captured by the Hawkmen . 
 informs that is alive and is given authority to find out who is responsible . returns and is taken prisoner and tortured by and General . They force her to confess and orders her banished to the ice moon Frigia once his wedding has taken place . Meanwhile , and are taken to Sky City , where and are briefly reunited . is forced to fight in a death match , but instead saves 's life , causing to join him . arrives and and kill him . Knowing this will bring retribution , orders the Hawkmen to evacuate , leaving , , and behind . 's ship arrives and he orders , and to be taken aboard . is impressed with and offers him lordship over Earth in exchange for loyalty . refuses . gives the order to destroy 's kingdom along with . finds a rocket cycle and escapes before Sky City is destroyed . 
 contacts , who is hiding on Arboria , and they plot an attack on Mingo City . pretends to attack Mingo City alone on his rocket cycle . General dispatches the war rocket Ajax to kill , but the Hawkmen ambush and seize the rocket . Meanwhile , Princess overpowers her guard and frees and from the execution chamber . and the Hawkmen attack Mingo City in Ajax and activates the defenses as 's and 's wedding begins . Mingo City 's lightning field can only be penetrated by flying Ajax into it at a suicidal speed . volunteers to stay at the helm to ensure success and enable the Hawkmen to invade the city . 
 and enter the control room to stop the lightning field , encountering , who refuses to deactivate it . She attempts to kill , but shoots and kills her . Without , they are unable to deactivate the field from that control room . tells to hold the fort while he heads to Sector Alpha 9 . keeps trying , but is unable to deactivate the shield . 
 fights through 's guards and gets to Sector Alpha and deactivates the lightning field before hits it . flies the rocket ship into the city 's wedding hall and the ship 's bow impales . He falls off the rocket nose , seriously wounded , and offers to spare his life if he will stop the attack on Earth . refuses . attempts to use his power ring on , but his power falters and nothing happens . He then aims the ring at himself and is seemingly vaporized by its remaining power , seconds before the counter to the destruction of the Earth reaches zero . A huge victory celebration ensues . 
 and become the new leaders in 's place . names the leader of their armies . , and discuss returning to Earth . says he does n't know how they will get back , but they will try . tells them all they 're welcome to stay , but says she 's a New York City girl , and it 's now too quiet around . 
 The final frame shows 's ring being picked up by the hand of an unseen person . 's evil laugh echoes as the ending credits roll . Following the credits , the text " The End " is shown on the screen before a question mark ( ? ) is appended .

In the summer of 1958 at Camp Crystal Lake , two counselors named and sneak away from a campfire and into a storage barn . They prepare to have sex before an unseen assailant enters and murders them . 
 Twenty one years later , on Friday , June 13 , 1979 , newly hired counselor asks for directions to the reopened Camp Crystal Lake . An elderly man , , warns her against going , believing that the camp has a " death curse . " A friendly truck driver named agrees to give a lift halfway to the camp . During the drive , warns about the camp , informing her that a young boy drowned at Crystal Lake in 1957 and about the two murders the following year . After drops her off , hitches another ride from an unseen assailant , who chases her into the woods and slashes her throat . 
 At the camp , counselors , , , , , and , along with the owner , refurbish the cabins and facilities . As a thunderstorm approaches , leaves the campground to stock supplies . Meanwhile , the killer arrives at the camp and begins to murder the counselors one by one . After a few strange incidents , sees someone walk into one of the cabins and follows . As and have sex in one of the cabin 's bunk beds , they are unaware of 's body directly above them , with his throat slit . Soon after , is killed when his throat is pierced with an arrow from beneath the bed , and the killer murders by slamming an axe into her face . hears a child 's voice calling for help and ventures outside her cabin to the archery range , only for the range lights to turn on as she is attacked off - screen . returns to the camp and is confronted by the unseen killer , who he recognizes before being stabbed . 
 and are worried by their friends ' disappearances , and they leave the main cabin to investigate , only to discover a bloody axe in 's bed , the phones disconnected , and the cars inoperable . When the power goes out , goes to check on the generator . then heads out to look for him . Upon finding 's body impaled with arrows to the generator room 's door , she flees back to the main cabin to hide only to be traumatized further when 's body is thrown through the window . 
 sees a vehicle pull up and rushes outside , thinking it is . Instead , she is greeted by a middle - aged woman named Mrs. , who claims to be an old friend of 's . As brings her inside , Mrs. reveals that her son was the boy who drowned in 1957 . She blames his death on the counselors who were supposed to be watching him but instead were having sex , not paying attention to 's drowning . Revealing herself as the killer , Mrs. turns violent and rushes toward with a bowie knife , attempting to kill her . In the ensuing chase , Alice finds 's body inside Mrs. ' car and 's body hanging from the roof . Following a confrontation in which Mrs. is knocked out , escapes to the shore . Just as she begins to relax , Mrs. finds her and attempts to kill her again . During the final struggle , decapitates her with a machete . Afterwards , a traumatized boards and falls asleep inside a canoe , which floats out on Crystal Lake . 
 Just as Alice awakens and sees police arriving , 's decomposing body suddenly emerges and drags her underwater . She then awakens in a hospital , where a police officer and medical staff tend to her . When she asks about , the officer says that there was no sign of any boy . says , " He 's still there , " as the lake is shown at peace .

Hangar 18 involves a U.F.O. cover - up , following an incident aboard the Space Shuttle . The orbiter is launching a satellite , which collides with a nearby unidentified object . The collision kills an astronaut in the launch bay . The incident is witnessed by astronauts and . 
 After returning to Earth , both men investigate what they know happened , but which the government tries its best to hide . The damaged alien spacecraft has been recovered after making a controlled landing in the Arizona desert , and brought by scientists to an Air Force base to be concealed and studied . Entering the ship , the scientists find it to have been manned by a crew of two aliens — both now dead . The technicians make three discoveries — a woman in some sort of stasis , who later awakens screaming ; symbols on the control panels match those used in ancient Earth civilizations ; the ship 's computer reveals extensive surveillance footage of power plants , military bases , industrial plants and major cities worldwide . One of the scientists deduces that the ship could not have reached Earth on its own , and that a mother ship — larger , faster and more long ranged than the one recovered — is still out there . 
 Meanwhile , with their dogged pursuit to uncover the truth , both and are targeted by the government . Chased by agents , manages to get away , but is killed . eventually manages to make his way to Hangar 18 , where the alien craft is being studied . 
 As the researchers discover evidence aboard the spacecraft that the aliens were planning to return to Earth , government agents remotely fly a jet filled with explosives into the hangar — a move aimed at killing off all involved in the cover - up in a final attempt to maintain secrecy . After the explosion , a news bulletin is released about the hangar explosion , causing a congressional hearing for evidence about the activities in Hangar 18 . It is revealed that and a few others survived the explosion , since they were inside the alien ship .

Loosely picking up where Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo left off , protagonist ( ) has inherited from his uncle and travels to Puerto Vallarta , Mexico with his friend ( ) to retrieve the car . There , they befriend ( ) , a comically mischievous , orphaned pickpocket . 
 and board the Sun Princess , a cruise ship , to Rio de Janeiro to enter in the Brazil Grand Primeo , while follows hidden in Herbie 's cargo compartment . En route they meet an anthropology student named ( ) and her extravagant , eccentric aunt ( ) , who is trying to find a husband for her niece . When wreaks havoc on board , pretends to court , intending that her Aunt will sponsor their race . 
 Meanwhile , helps , who has dubbed the car ' Ocho ' , escape captivity . When the ship 's captain ( ) has his costume party wrecked by the boy and car , he has dropped into the sea . However , later on land , a rusty resurfaces from the water to reunite with , who then goes into business with as a taxi . 
 Thereafter follow three villains ( , , and ) seeking to capture an antique gold disc , and to find as earlier he had pickpocketed their wallets which contained important film by threatening to use an acetylene torch to cut up ; 's matador part in a bullfight ; romance between Aunt and Captain ; and bananas initially used to conceal among farm vehicles traveling to market and later used by and to stop the villains escaping justice . Ultimately , the villains are captured , and the protagonists re - unite on the Sun Princess . and resume their plans to enter in the Brazil Grand Primeo with dressed as the driver ( concedes that and have a better connection than would have if he drove in the race . ) finally asks why he keeps referring to as " " , since that is Spanish for eight . looks at 's " 53 " and remarks that 5 + 3=8 . After that , , Aunt , and have a toast hoping for to win the race with giving a thumbs up .

At Munich 's Oktoberfest , veteran CIA field agent ( ) and his team foil a microfilm transfer . Upon 's return to Washington , his boss , ( ) , reassigns him to a desk job because did not arrest , the head of the KGB in Europe . explains that he knows how thinks , and it would take time to identify and learn about his replacement , to no avail . 's good friend and protege , ( ) , gets his mentor 's job . 
 Instead of accepting the situation , shreds his personnel file and flies to Salzburg , Austria , to visit ( ) , whom he has not seen in a long time . Inspired by 's chance remark , decides to write a memoir exposing the CIA 's dirty tricks and general incompetence . is horrified , saying that will send agents to kill him . She nevertheless helps out and mails copies of 's first chapter to spy chiefs in the U.S. , Russia , China , France , Italy , and Great Britain . assigns to stop . also pursues . 
 baits his pursuers by periodically informing them of his location . Leaving Europe , he returns to the U.S. , cheerfully renting 's own unoccupied Georgia family home , where he writes a few more chapters . After leaking his address , maneuvers the FBI ( which has jurisdiction ) into shooting up 's home . 
 flies to Bermuda , then on to London to meet with his publisher and present the last chapter of his memoir . informs that one of his agents spotted purely by chance in London . buys a used biplane and hires an engineer to do custom work on it . 's publisher rebuffs 's threats , and all the pursuers meet up at 's now vacated hotel room . There , they read copies of the final chapter left for them . 
 later ambushes in his hotel room , ties him up and gags him , and informs that he will be flying out in the morning from a small airfield near the English Channel . gives her CIA minders the slip , crosses the Channel by hovercraft to rendezvous with . Everyone converges on the airfield in the morning . On the way , suffers a flat tire and is taken by the local police to the station . When a policeman thinks he recognizes him from a fugitive bulletin , escapes by short - circuiting an electrical socket and stealing a police car . 
 He reaches the airfield , but the Americans and arrive soon after by helicopter . He takes off in his vintage biplane and is pursued by in the helicopter . He evades 's pistol shots for a while , but the plane is finally hit and explodes over the Channel . assumes that is dead . , however , remarks that " He better stay dead . " 
 sneaks away , discarding the remote control console he used to fly the biplane . He and set for a few weeks in the south of France . Months later , the explosive memoir has become a bestseller . buys a copy in a bookstore disguised as a Sikh , much to 's exasperation .

Anglers from the fishing village of Noyo , California catch what appears to be a monster . The young son of one of the anglers falls into the water and something unseen drags him under the surface . Another angler prepares a flare gun but he slips and accidentally fires it into the deck , which is soaked with gasoline dropped earlier by the boy . The vessel bursts into flames and explodes ; everybody aboard is killed . ( ) and his wife witness the explosion . Later , and 's dog goes missing and the pair finds its dismembered corpse on the nearby beach . 
 The following day , teenagers ( ) and ( ) go for a swim at the beach . is abruptly pulled under the water . believes it is a prank until she discovers his mutilated corpse . screams and tries to reach the beach but a monstrous figure attacks her and drags onto the sand . The humanoid creature tears off her swimsuit and rapes her . 
 That night , two more teenagers are camping on the same beach . ( ) is about to have sex with his girlfriend , ( ) when another humanoid monster claws its way inside , kills him and chases onto the beach . She outruns her assailant but then runs into the arms of yet another monster , which throws her to the sand and rapes her . More attacks follow ; not all of them successful , but few witnesses survive to tell the public about the incidents ; only Peggy is found alive , though severely traumatized . 's brother is also attacked , prompting to take a personal interest in the matter . 
 A company called Canco has announced plans to build a huge cannery near Noyo . The murderous , sex - hungry mutations are apparently the result of Canco 's experiments with a growth hormone they had earlier administered to salmon . The salmon escaped from Canco 's laboratory into the ocean during a storm and were eaten by large fish that then mutated into the brutal , depraved humanoids that have begun to terrorize the village . 
 By the time and Canco scientist Dr. ( ) have deduced what is occurring , the village 's annual festival has begun . At the festival , many humanoids appear , murdering the men and raping every woman they can grab . devises a plan to stop the humanoids by pumping gasoline into the bay and setting it on fire , cutting off the humanoids ' way of retreat . Meanwhile , is attacked at home by two of the creatures , but manages to kill them before arrives . 
 The morning after the festival , normality seems to have returned to the village . asks the sheriff about Dr. . The sheriff mumbles that she went back to the lab , where she is coaching a pregnant , who has survived her sexual assault . is about to give birth when her monstrous offspring bursts from her womb , with screaming at the screeching baby .

plays , a songwriter and entertainment manager , driven by his desire to discover the next big act . After watching a local band play , approaches the talented saxophone player , ( ) , convincing him to trade his instrument for a microphone . After some months under the guidance of , the newly named " " becomes a rock ' n ' roll sensation . 
 Moving forward from his success with , prepares another act in the form of ( ) , a local teen who had been working as a busboy . With even more gusto and single - mindedness , embarks on a destructive journey to control every aspect of his new act 's image . 
 Despite his obvious flair for making idols , 's girlfriend , ( ) , is concerned that his obsession is destroying everyone around him , including himself .

A group of teenage girls from Atlanta go to summer camp , and , unbeknownst to the adults , two of them make a bet as to which one will lose her virginity first , with all the girls in camp betting money on the contest . The girls involved in the contest are opposites and rivals : cynical , suspicious and streetwise poor girl , and naive , prissy and romantic rich girl . They rest of the girls divide into two " teams " , each rooting for and egging on either or . The two girls then choose " targets " , or guys they want to be the ones they lose their virginity with . Both girls discover that sex is not what they thought it would be . At the same time , the girls engage in typical teenage behavior , such as food fights and other activities . 
 thinks of love as romance and wine and flowers . She imagines herself swept off her feet by , the camp counselor . When she lies about " making love " with him , the biological side manifests itself in others ' reactions to what she said she did . She discovers that , at least in the context of a camp counselor having sex with a fifteen - year - old , sex can be hurtful and its consequences ugly . Her attitude is now more grounded in reality ; she has become more like street - wise . 
 approaches the same issue from the other side . She views winning the contest as a mechanical , purely biological function , " no big deal " as her mother has told her . But when she tries to do " it " with in the boathouse , she becomes confused by feelings she did not know she had . She behaves very defensively , as if is trying to force her to have sex . , who could take it or leave it , is put off by her recalcitrance and leaves . She then must admit to herself that sex is not a mechanical function she can cynically turn on and off , but is something she deeply wants to do . 
 reconnects with Randy later with a much improved attitude , one closer to ' . This time she pays attention not to clothing removal procedures and condoms , but to her feelings for and proceeds to lose her virginity with him . 
 In the end , discovers that love involves sex , which is not always romantic , and discovers that sex involves love , which deeply touches her and transforms her soul . They both grow up that summer .

Tatum O'Neal, Kristy McNichol, Matt Dillon, Armand Assante, Cynthia Nixon

In the opening scene , loses control of his motorcycle and crashes in the Nevada desert . That night , he is discovered lying on the side of a stretch of U.S. Highway 95 when stops his pickup truck so he can relieve himself . The disheveled stranger , refusing to allow to take him to the hospital , asks him to instead drive him to Las Vegas . En route , the two engage in stilted conversation until cajoles his passenger into joining him in singing a Christmas song he wrote . then suggests they sing his favorite song " Bye Bye Blackbird " , and they do . The man warms up to his rescuer and before he is dropped off at the Desert Inn ( which owns and therein resides ) without revealing his identity as the reclusive billionaire . 
 Most of the remainder of the film focuses on 's scattered , up - and - down life , his spendthrift , trust - in - luck nature , his rocky marital life with first wife , and his more stable relationship with second wife . leaves him and their daughter to dance in a sleazy strip club , but eventually returns , but she remains frustrated by her husband 's futile efforts to achieve the American dream . convinces her to appear on Easy Street , a game show hybrid of The Gong Show and Let 's Make a Deal , and although her tapdancing initially is booed by the audience , she wins them over and nabs the top prize of living room furniture , a piano , and $ 10,000 cash . 
 agrees to invest in an affordable house in a new development , but while tries to keep their finances under control , he rashly buys a new car and a boat , prompting her to take their daughter and toddler son and sue for divorce . is comforted by , the payroll clerk at the dairy where he drives a truck , and the two eventually we d and move to Utah , where they take over the operation of a service station her relatives had owned . 
 One day , a mysterious man in a limousine stops at the station ostensibly to buy a pack of cigarettes , but after he drives off discovers an envelope marked " Last Will and Testament of Howard Hughes " on his office desk . Afraid to open it , he takes it to Mormon headquarters and secrets it in a pile of incoming mail . It does n't take long for the media to descend upon him and his family , and eventually finds himself in court , admitting he once met but vigorously denying he forged the will that finally fulfills his dreams .

Farmer and his younger sister live on a farm with an attached motel , named “ Motel Hello ” ( but the neon ‘ O ’ flickers ) . 's renowned smoked meats are actually human flesh — he sets traps on nearby roads to catch victims . He buries the victims up to their necks in his " secret garden " , then cuts their vocal cords to prevent them from screaming . They are kept in the ground and fed until ready for harvest . helps Vincent , as she sees the victims as only animals . 
 shoots out the front tire of a couple 's motorcycle . The male , , is placed in the garden , but brings the female , , to the motel . Sheriff , and 's naïve brother , arrives the next morning . tells her boyfriend died in the accident and was buried : a trip to the graveyard shows his crude grave marker . , with nowhere to go , decides to stay at the motel . and continue to capture more victims for the garden . gradually becomes attracted to 's honest manner and folksy charm , much to 's dismay , who tries to woo her himself without success . 
 captures more victims by placing wooden cutouts of cows in the middle of the highway to cause his victims to stop , allowing him to capture them . He also places a fake ad and lures in a pair of swingers , believing the hotel to be a swing joint . The next day , suggests he teach to smoke meat . becomes jealous and attempts to drown , but arrives to save her . This causes to fall completely in love with him , and she tries to seduce . denies her advances , saying they must first marry . She agrees to marry the following day . 
 comes to the motel to protest 's choice . He tells that has " syphilis of the brain " . arrives and drives off his brother with a shotgun . To prepare for the wedding , , , and drink champagne , but drugs 's glass and she faints . and then prepare some victims for the wedding . Meanwhile , investigates the disappearances and becomes suspicious of his brother . 
 and kill three victims and take them to the slaughterhouse . In removing the other three , the dirt around loosens and he begins to escape . sneaks back to the motel to rescue , but returns . She ambushes and knocks him out , then takes at gunpoint to the meat processing plant where tells her his secret . is horrified by the prospect of smoking human flesh . Meanwhile , escapes and frees the other victims from the garden . sends back to the motel to fetch his brother , but the victims attack her and knock her out . tries to escape , but gasses her , and then ties her to a conveyor belt . He is interrupted by , who crashes through a window , but strangles the weakened . 
 awakens , finds one of his brother 's shotguns , and goes to the plant , but finds that his brother has armed himself with a giant chainsaw and placed a pig 's head over his own as a gruesome mask . disarms his brother , but grabs his own chainsaw and duels . During the fight , the belt restraining is activated , sending her slowly to a cutting blade . Despite his wounds , drives the chainsaw deep into 's side . frees , and then returns , who gasps his final words , leaving the farm and " secret garden " to , and lamenting his hypocrisy of using preservatives . 
 and go to the " secret garden " and find only , who is buried head first . They leave the motel ; comments he is glad he left home when he was eleven . suggests burning the motel , claiming it is evil . The neon sign saying “ Motel Hello ” fully shorts out , permanently darkening the ‘ O ’ .

lives in an upscale Chicago luxury hotel with his father , the hotel manager , and his grandmother . spends his nights with his family relaxing on the rooftop patio and spying on the neighbors through a telescope . He is the new kid at Lake View High School , where he arrives in a limousine . 
 becomes a target of abuse from a bully , , and his gang , , , and . 's gang regularly extort money from other students , allegedly to protect them from a school outcast , . According to school legend , has killed several people , including his own little brother . A teacher tells that the only violence she 's aware of from 's past occurred when his younger brother died accidentally while playing with a gun . 
 works up the nerve to approach and asks him to be his bodyguard . refuses , but the boys become friends after saves from a beating by and his gang . Ricky has emotional issues over the death of his nine - year - old brother a year earlier , and is slow to come out of his shell , but has been rebuilding a motorcycle that he cherishes . The friendship between the two boys is strengthened as successfully helps search junkyards for a hard - to - find cylinder for the motorcycle 's engine . 
 As , , and a few friends from school , , , and an unnamed girl , eat lunch in Lincoln Park , and his gang approach . Moody has enlisted an older bodybuilder named to be his bodyguard . intimidates and physically abuses and vandalizes his motorcycle before pushes it into the lagoon . runs away . He later comes to to ask for money , ostensibly to pay for pulling the motorcycle out of the lagoon . Feeling used , follows him and the two argue before reveals that he accidentally shot his brother while babysitting him . As a result , he is overwhelmed with guilt and remorse . 
 and return to the park to continue bullying the other children . is there retrieving his motorcycle . notices and demands the motorcycle , which refuses . summons and and fight , with winning . urges to fight while coaches him . initially fights incompetently , but finally lands a solid punch which knocks down . sits on the ground , whining . retrieves his motorcycle and jokingly asks to be his bodyguard .

The are an upper - middle - class family in suburban Chicago trying to return to normal life after the death of one teenaged son and the attempted suicide of their surviving son , ( ) . has recently returned home from a four - month stay in a psychiatric hospital . He feels alienated from his friends and family and begins seeing a psychiatrist , Dr. ( ) . learns that was involved in a sailing accident in which his older brother , , whom everyone idolized , died . now deals with post - traumatic stress disorder and survivor 's guilt . 
 's father , ( ) , tries to connect with his surviving son and understand his wife . 's mother , ( ) , denies her loss , hoping to maintain her composure and restore her family to what it once was . She appears to have loved her older son more ( though perhaps more what he represented ) , and because of the suicide attempt , has grown cold toward . She is determined to maintain the appearance of perfection and normalcy . works with Dr. and learns to try to deal with , rather than control , his emotions . He starts dating a fellow student , ( ) , who helps him to begin to regain a sense of optimism . , however , still struggles to communicate and re - establish a normal relationship with his parents and schoolmates , including ( ) , with whom he gets into a fist fight . He can not seem to allow anyone , especially , to get close . makes several constrained attempts to appeal to for some semblance of normality , but she ends up being cold and unaffectionate towards him . She is consistently more interested in getting back to " normal " than in helping her son heal . 
 Mother and son often argue while tries to referee , generally taking 's side for fear of pushing him over the edge again . Things come to a climax near Christmas , when becomes furious at for not wanting to take a photo with him , swearing at her in front of his grandparents . Afterward , discovers has been lying about his after - school whereabouts . This leads to a heated argument between and in which points out that never visited him in the hospital , saying that she " would have come if was in the hospital . " replies , " never would have been in the hospital ! " and take a trip to see ’s brother in Houston , where Calvin confronts , calling her out on her attitude . 
 suffers a setback when he learns that ( ) , a friend of his from the psychiatric hospital , has committed suicide . A cathartic breakthrough session with Dr. allows to stop blaming himself for 's death and accept his mother 's frailties . , however , emotionally confronts one last time . He questions their love and asks whether she is capable of truly loving anyone . Stunned , decides to leave her family rather than deal with her own , or their , emotions . and are left to come to terms with their new family situation .

Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland, Timothy Hutton, Judd Hirsch, Elizabeth McGovern

, a sailor , arrives at the small coastal town of Sweethaven ( " Sweethaven — An Anthem " ) while searching for his long - lost father . He is immediately feared by the townsfolk simply because he is a stranger ( " Blow Me Down " ) , and is accosted by a greedy taxman . He rents a room at the family 's boarding house where the ' daughter , , is preparing for her engagement party . Her hand is promised to Captain , a powerful , perpetually angry bully who runs the town in the name of the mysterious Commodore . In the morning , visits the local diner for breakfast ( " Everything Is Food " ) and demonstrates his strength as he brawls with a gang of provocative ruffians who give him and the other customers a hard time . 
 On the night of the engagement party , and the townsfolk arrive at the ' home . sneaks out of the house , after discovering that the only attribute she can report for her bullying fiancé is size ( " He 's Large " ) . She encounters , who failed to fit in with the townsfolk at the party . The two eventually come across an abandoned baby in a basket . adopts the child , naming him , and the two return to the ' home . has grown increasingly furious with 's absence . He realizes that she means to break off the engagement . He eventually flies into a rage and destroys the house ( " I 'm Mean " ) . When he sees and with , beats into submission and declares heavy taxation for the . 
 The taxman repossesses the remains of the ' home and all their possessions . The ' son , , decides to compete against the local heavyweight boxer , , in the hopes of winning a hefty prize for his family . is no match for and is savagely beaten and knocked out of the ring . takes the ring in 's place and defeats , putting on a show for the townsfolk and finally earning their respect . Back at home , and sing to sleep ( " Sailin ' " ) . 
 The next day , tells that during his match with , she discovered that can predict the future by whistling when he hears the correct answer to a question . , the local con artist and petty gambler , overhears and asks to take out for a walk , though he actually takes him to the " horse races " ( actually a mechanical carnival horse game ) and wins two games . is outraged , and vents his frustrations to the racing parlor 's customers ( " I Yam What I Yam " ) . Fearing further exploitation of his child , moves out of the ' home and onto the docks ; when the taxman harasses him , pushes him into the water , prompting a celebration by the townspeople . In the chaos , , who has been intimidated by , kidnaps for him . That night , remarks to herself about her budding relationship with ( " He Needs Me " ) , while writes a message in a bottle for ( " Swee'Pea 's Lullaby " ) . 
 sees taking into the Commodore 's ship ; he and inform . Inside , presents the boy to the curmudgeonly Commodore , promising that he is worth a fortune ; however , the Commodore refuses to listen , reminding that his buried treasure is all the fortune he needs . His patience with the Commodore exhausted , ties him up and takes himself ( " It 's Not Easy Being Me " ) . storms the ship and meets the Commodore , realizing that he is his father , . initially denies that is his son ; to prove it , tries to feed canned spinach , which he claims is his family 's source of great strength . hates spinach and refuses to eat it . kidnaps as well and sets sail to find 's treasure . , , and the family board 's ship to give pursuit . sails to Scab Island , a desolate island in the middle of the ocean , while argues with his son and rants about children ( " Kids " ) . 
 catches and fights him , but despite his determination , is overpowered . During the duel , recovers his treasure and opens the chest to reveal a collection of personal sentimental items from Popeye 's infancy , including a few cans of spinach . A gigantic octopus awakens and attacks from underwater ( after saves from a similar fate ) . With in a choke hold , throws him a can of spinach ; , recognizing 's dislike for spinach , force - feeds him the can before throwing him into the water . The spinach revitalizes and boosts his strength ; he knocks down in one punch , then swiftly deals with the giant octopus , sending it flying hundreds of feet into the air . turns yellow and he swims away as celebrates his victory and his new - found appreciation of spinach ( " Popeye the Sailor Man " ) .

( ) , a 28 - year - old from a sheltered wealthy upbringing whose lifelong dream is to " marry a professional man , " joins the U.S. Army after , her new husband ( ) , dies on their wedding night during sex . Adrift , meets an Army recruiter , SFC ( ) , who leads her to believe military life will provide the " family " she seeks . He also tells her that the service is glamorous , comparing it to a spa vacation . She has a rude awakening upon arriving at Basic Training . wants to quit almost immediately , and is astonished to learn that she can not , contrary to the assertions of her recruiting sergeant . 
 Army regulations and the continuing disapproval of both Captain ( ) and SFC ( ) , her drill sergeant , frustrate her , but when 's parents " " ( ) and Harriet ( ) arrive at Fort Biloxi to take her home , she decides to stay and finish basic training , which she does with distinction after a wargames exercise where her squad exposes an affair between a member of her training platoon and an Officer from another Company , and take the leaders of both sides hostage . Upon completion of basic training , meets ( ) , a French doctor , who is in Biloxi for a medical conference . They separate after a brief romance ; returns to Paris , and enters training for the Thornbirds , an elite paratrooper unit , after basic training . 
 She quickly finds that she was chosen for paratrooper training because the unit 's commander finds her attractive ; he attempts to sexually assault her . When she refuses to comply , he attempts to have her transferred as far away from Biloxi as soon as possible . Rather than accept what she sees as an undesirable post in Greenland or Guam , she negotiates an assignment to SHAPE in Belgium , and meets up with again on a visit to Paris . He proposes marriage and she accepts , but when Captain discovers that is a communist , is forced to choose either her Army career or love . 
 After she chooses and gets engaged , discovers 's controlling side . He tries to " remake " her , and also insists she sign a prenuptial agreement ( in French ) to protect his family home held for centuries . Then , when she finds out is still in love with his ex - girlfriend , and has cheated on her with their maid , she realizes that she is capable of doing whatever she wants , and that she does not need in her life . In the final scene , just as is about to get married again , she walks out on at the altar to go and live her own life .

In 1974 , 11 - year - olds , , , and play hide and seek in an abandoned convent . 10 - year - old tries to join them , but they start teasing her by repeating " Kill ! Kill ! Kill ! " . is then backed up towards a window from which she falls to her death . Instead of reporting the incident to the police , the children make a pact not to tell anyone what happened and keep the incident a secret , but after they leave , a shadow falls across 's body . Later a known rapist , is mistakenly blamed for 's death and is arrested . 
 Six years pass and it is 1980 . 's family attend her memorial on the anniversary of her death . 's teenage sister , , and fraternal twin brother , , are also preparing for the school prom to be held that evening . Their parents will also attend , as their father is the school principal . , and begin receiving obscene phone calls from an unknown figure , while ignores his ringing phone . and , whom she is dating , are attending prom together ; is asked by goofy jokester whom she meets by chance that morning ; is going with her boyfriend ( who is preoccupied with having sex with her despite objections ) , while , previously 's girlfriend , asks the school rebel , with plans to embarrass and at prom . 
 In the changing room after gym class , and Kelly discover the locker room mirror severely cracked and a shard missing . The offender blamed for 's death has escaped and Lt . , 's father , investigates . Also during the day , , and discover their year book photos in their lockers torn and stabbed with a piece of glass . During the senior prom , and perform a dance number to impress who had insisted would be getting back with her after the prom . Later , and make out in the changing room , but refuses to continue to full sex , resulting in angrily leaving . As gets dressed , an unidentified figure wearing a ski mask and all - black clothing stealthily approaches her and slits her throat with a mirror shard . and have sex and smoke marijuana in 's van parked outside school grounds . Unbeknownst to them , they are being watched and are then attacked by the masked killer , who stabs 's throat . struggles with the killer while attempting to drive away but the killer escapes from the van ( with inside ) as it tumbles off a cliff and explodes into a wreckage . , staking out the prom , is informed that the sex offender blamed for 's death has been caught . He is relieved and ends his scrutiny of the event . 
 In the bathroom , the killer , now wielding an axe , confronts and chases through the school . She evades the killer several times , but is caught and killed after she screams upon discovering 's body in a storage room . and prepare to be crowned prom king and queen but 's plan is put into action by and his lackeys who tie up with taking his crown and assuming his position back stage . Mistaking him for , the killer approaches behind and decapitates him . 's severed head rolls down the runway and onto the dance floor , sending the prom - goers fleeing in horror . 
 finds and frees him . As they prepare to escape , they are confronted by the killer who attacks but not . Eventually in the ensuing brawl , bluntly strikes the killer 's head with his own axe . She and the killer then stare at each other for a moment and realizes who he really is . He runs outside where the police have arrived . As guns are raised screams for Lt . not to shoot him . Although he obeys , the killer collapses , as he is already dying from his head wound . The killer is then revealed to be , who explains to that he was trying to avenge 's death and that , , and were responsible for their sister 's death . He cries 's name and dies in 's arms . cries at the death of another sibling .

In a brief scene in 1964 , an aging , overweight Italian American , , practices a comedy routine . In 1941 , is in a major boxing match against , where he received his first loss . 's brother , , discusses a potential shot for the middleweight title with one of his Mafia connections , . Some time thereafter , spots a fifteen - year - old girl named at an open - air swimming pool in his Bronx neighborhood . He eventually pursues a relationship with her , even though he is already married . In 1943 , defeats , and has a rematch three weeks later . Despite the fact that dominates during the bout , the judges surprisingly rule in favor of and feels won only because he was enlisting into the Army the following week . By 1945 , marries . 
 constantly worries about having feelings for other men , particularly when she makes an off - hand comment about , 's opponent in his next fight . His jealousy is evident when he brutally defeats in front of the local Mob boss , , and . As discusses the victory with journalists at the Copacabana , he is distracted by seeing approach a table with and his crew . speaks with , who says she is giving up on his brother . Blaming , viciously attacks him in a fight that spills outside of the club . later orders them to apologize , and has tell that if he wants a chance at the championship title , which controls , he will have to take a dive first . In a match against , after briefly pummeling his opponent , does not even bother to put up a fight . He is suspended shortly thereafter from the board on suspicion of throwing the fight , though he realizes the error of his judgment when it is too late . He is eventually reinstated , and in 1949 , wins the middleweight championship title against . 
 A year later , asks if he fought with at the Copacabana because of . then asks if had an affair with her ; refuses to answer , insults , and leaves . directly asks about the affair , and when she hides from him in the bathroom , he breaks down the door , prompting her to sarcastically state that she had sex with the entire neighborhood ( including his brother , , and ) . angrily walks to 's house , with following him , and assaults in front of his wife and children . After defending his championship belt in a grueling fifteen - round bout against in 1950 , he makes a call to his brother after the fight , but when assumes is on the other end and starts insulting and cursing at him , says nothing and hangs up . Estranged from , 's career begins to decline slowly and he eventually loses his title to in their final encounter in 1951 . 
 By 1956 , and his family have moved to Miami . After he stays out all night at his new nightclub there , tells him she wants a divorce ( which she has been planning since his retirement ) as well as full custody of their kids . She also threatens to call the cops if he comes anywhere near them . He is later arrested for introducing under - age girls to men in his club . He tries and fails to bribe his way out of his criminal case using the jewels from his championship belt instead of selling the belt itself . In 1957 , he goes to jail , sorrowfully questioning his misfortune and crying in despair . Upon returning to New York City in 1958 , he happens upon his estranged brother , who forgives him , but is elusive . Returning to the opening scene in 1964 , refers to the " I coulda been a contender " scene from the 1954 film On the Waterfront starring , complaining that his brother should have been there for him but is also keen enough to give himself some slack . After a stagehand informs him that the auditorium where he is about to perform is crowded , starts to chant " I 'm the boss " while shadowboxing .

The film opens on the fictional island of Svardlov in the far Barents Sea above the Soviet Union where an American spy breaks into an old mine where he discovers the frozen body of a US Army sergeant and mining expert . Next to the frozen corpses is a newspaper from 1912 , as well as some mining tools from the early part of the 20th century . Using a radiation meter , the spy discovers that what he seeks , an extremely rare mineral named byzanium , was there but had been mined out leaving only traces . He is then chased and shot by Soviet forces , but is rescued at the last moment by ( ) , a former U.S. Navy officer and a clandestine operator . 
 It is explained by scientist ( ) and the head of the National Underwater and Marine Agency ( NUMA , a NASA - like agency for sea exploration ) admiral ( ) that the mineral their man was trying to find is needed to fuel a powerful new defense system , codenamed " the Sicilian Project " . This system , using laser technology , would be able to destroy any incoming nuclear missiles during an attack and " make nuclear war obsolete " . 
 The CIA and soon find out that boxes of the raw mineral were loaded onto the Belfast - built RMS Titanic by an American in April 1912 . A search is then conducted in the North Atlantic to locate the sunken ocean liner . The search team is aided by one of the Titanic 's last survivors ( ) who explains he was also the last person to see the American alive . Just before the Titanic foundered , the sailor said he locked the man inside the ship 's vault containing the boxes of mineral , his last words being " thank God for Southby ! " At this point it is decided that the only way to get a hold of the byzanium is to literally " raise the Titanic " from the ocean floor . comes up with a salvage plan that presents to the president . The President signs off on the plan and is put in charge of the operation . 
 At this time the Soviet KGB station chief in Washington D.C. , ( ) , is receiving bits of information on the project and leaks them to a reporter , ( ) , who is also Seagram 's lover as well as a former girlfriend of 's . The story blows the project 's secret cover and must hold a press conference to explain why the ship is being raised . Questions are raised about byzanium , but are not answered . 
 After a lengthy search , the Titanic is located and the search team , with help from the U.S. Navy , begins the dangerous job of raising the ship from the seabed . One of the submersibles , Starfish , experiences a cabin flood and implodes . Another submersible , the Deep Quest , is attempting to clear debris from one of the upper decks when it suddenly tears free of its supports , crashes through the skylight above the main staircase and becomes jammed . decides they must attempt to raise the ship before the Deep Quest crew suffocates . 
 Eventually , the rusting Titanic is brought to the surface by using explosives to break the hull loose from the bottom suction and compressed air tanks to fill buoyancy aids . During the ascent , the Deep Quest safely breaks away from the ship . 
 When , who has been aboard a nearby Soviet spy ship , sees the Titanic , he arranges a fake distress call to draw the American naval escorts away from the operation . He then meets with , and aboard their vessel . He tells them that his government knows all about the mineral and challenges them for both salvage of the Titanic as well as ownership of the ore , claiming it was illegally taken from Russian soil . says that if there is to be a " superior weapon " made from the mineral , then " Russia must have it ! " tells that they knew he was coming and what he would threaten them with . then escorts him to the deck where U.S. fighter jets and a nuclear attack submarine have arrived to protect the Titanic from their attempted piracy . leaves in defeat . 
 The ship is then towed into New York harbor and moored at the old White Star Line dock , its original intended destination . The arrival is greeted with much fanfare , including huge cheering crowds , escorting ships , and aircraft . On entering the watertight vault , the salvage team discovers the mummified remains of the American , but no mineral . Instead , they find only boxes of gravel . As they contemplate their probable failure , tells and Seagram that in addition to powering the defensive system , they were actually thinking of a way to weaponize the byzanium and create a superbomb , which went against everything the scientist believed in . As listens , he goes through the belongings of the dead American found in the vault and finds an unmailed postcard . He then realizes that there was a clue in those final words , " thank God for Southby ! " . The postcard showed a church and graveyard in the village of Southby on the English coast , the place the American had arranged a fake burial for the frozen miner prior to sailing back to the United States on the Titanic . and Seagram alone go the small graveyard and find that the byzanium had indeed been buried there . They decide to leave the mineral in the grave because they agree its existence would destabilize the status quo that maintains the peace between the West and the Soviet Union .

The movie takes place in April 1961 , prior to the proposed Bay of Pigs Invasion . Two soldiers , ( Judge ) and ( ) , are just finishing a two - year Infantry tour in the Army in Panama . They hitch a ride on a military C-47 back to their home state , Florida . has stolen a footlocker full of surveillance equipment ( punishable with time in Leavenworth ) . During the flight to Florida the plane makes a brief stopover on some secret Caribbean island base . While at the island , goofing around , unwittingly takes photographs of the base and of ( thereby identifying him ) with an infra - red camera . He leaves the tear - off part of the negative on the C-47 's floor . The plane then continues to Florida , where and disembark and workers ( presumably anti - castrist Cubans ) sweep up the aircraft and find LeRoy 's camera tear - off . The workers take the negative to two superiors ( and ) , who are planning an invasion of Cuba from the secret island base . They develop LeRoy 's negatives and now can visually identify . 
 The anti - castrists know the plane was heading to Florida and now think that and are spies sent to give away the secret of the island base and presumed invasion . and assemble a large number of armed men and proceed to search for and locate LeRoy and throughout the Florida Everglades . When and return home they try to re - adjust to civilian life . They thumb a ride with a teenage boy who is on his way to school and drives a souped - up hot rod car . The boy , who has fantasies of joining the army himself , gives and a crazy high - speed ride through the back country , dropping them off in town . 
 Afterward , they go to a diner where the latest music ( " Runaway " ) and ( " Decided By The Angels " ) is playing on a jukebox and they encounter two young high school girls with a station wagon . One of the teenage girls shows a new dance called The Twist . The boys go to a secluded spot with the girls and " score " with the girls before they go off to school . However , the boys have not been off the plane for long before 's armed men , having identified them in the diner , are chasing and shooting at them in the night . makes it out of the first ambush and gets back to his parents ' home . loses contact with him but survives the ambush . 
 The next morning is searching for when a fancy convertible driven by an attractive , rich young woman named stops to give him a lift . She at first refuses to take to 's parents ' house , and he threatens to cut up her car seats with a razor blade if she abandons him on the road . consents to take to 's parents ' house deep in the Everglades swamp , where her car breaks down in the driveway . , and are reunited . It is revealed that 's father " ( ) runs an illegal moonshine operation . The , and , have been out shopping and return to encounter and who helps with the groceries . temper hits the roof when he sees broken down convertible in the driveway , as it easily gives away the location of his home and that he 's running an illegal liquor operation . The soldiers track and to ' parents ' home after spotting car . 
 A shootout occurs at the home . is angry that his moonshine secret is out , and curses his son . , along with and , steal one of Mister 's airboats and an exciting long chase continues through the swamp . later returns to his own father 's ( ) house and encounters his old girlfriend . She , seeing , thinks that has impregnated . also returns with to her parents ' ( who are vacationing in Europe ) palatial estate and the two clean themselves up . After much adventure eluding , and their men , and eventually overcome them . A romance has developed between and the wealthy .

In the distant future , an overcrowded Earth relies on research conducted by scientists in remote stations across the solar system . Contact is maintained by spaceships shuttling between the stations and large orbiting space stations . Captain is preparing to depart from one of these stations when he is murdered by Captain ( ) . , who was marked " Potentially unstable " on a mental exam , steals 's cargo ship and departs the station for one of the remote stations , a small experimental hydroponics research station on Saturn 's third moon . Arriving there , he finds the station run solely by ( ) and his colleague and lover ( ) . , the younger , and their dog , , enjoy their isolation far from an overcrowded and troubled Earth . The couple have been on Saturn 3 for three years , but has spent all her life in space , and knows little of the habits and mores of humans who live on Earth . 
 and 's idyll is broken when reveals his mission is to replace at least one of the moon 's scientists with a robot . The robot - named Hector - is one of the first of its kind , a " Demigod Series " , relying on " pure brain tissue " extracted from human fetuses and programmed using a direct link to 's brain . tells that he is the likely candidate for removal , being that he 's close to " abort time " and will have to leave anyway . 
 With Hector assembled , begins preparing the robot , using the neural link implanted in 's spine . So connected to , quickly learns of 's failure on the test of psychological stability , and also of his murder of . With little barrier between the robot 's brain and 's , is soon imprinted with 's homicidal nature and his lust for . The robot rebels . and manage to disable the robot while it 's recharging , and remove the brain . 
 Believing the danger over , accuses of gross incompetence , ordering him to dismantle the robot and return to Earth when an eclipse ends ( this eclipse also prevents communication to other stations ) . Unknown to , , or , remains functional enough to take control of the base 's older robots , using them to reassemble his body and reconnect his brain . Unaware of 's resurgence , attempts to leave the station while dragging with him . Resuscitated , murders before he can leave with . destroys 's spacecraft before the scientist can escape in it , trapping them all on Saturn 3 , and assumes control of the station 's computer . 
 Trapped in the control room , both and are surprised to see 's face on their monitor . The two are directed by a voice they recognize as 's to leave the control room , both surprised that is even alive . To their shock , the two are confronted by , now wearing 's decapitated head . 
 A short time later , and wake in their own rooms . To her horror , finds that has installed a brain link at the top of 's spine , much like the one that had , and one which will give direct access to 's brain . Before can make the connection , destroys it , sacrificing himself by detonating explosives hidden on his person . 
 In the final scene , , now alone , is shown aboard an Earth - bound spacecraft .

( ) , an out - of - luck writer , has the use of a friend 's oceanside cabin in Big Sur , California . He is interrupted by a pair of bank robbers who use him to rob a bank in Carmel . Their M.O. is to take an innocent person , force them at gunpoint to rob a bank , and then take the money and toss their captive out of their car . Unfortunately for ( in one of Chase 's signature pratfalls ) , he trips in the bank , is helped up and looks directly into a security camera . 
 The bank 's picture of comes to the attention of Los Angeles district attorney ( ) when his assistant , ( ) , recognizes it to be ' wife 's ex - husband . Because of his desire to become State Attorney General , is frustrated and upset , thinking this could harm his campaign . 
 's wife , ( ) , is a lawyer herself . A public defender , often tries to rehabilitate her clients by giving them odd jobs around their house , as with her chauffeur / butler ( ) . After a long day in court , comes home to mixed news — joy for running for Attorney General and surprise when gives her the news about . She wants to defend because of her disbelief that he would ever do such a thing . 
 The robbers ditch and he desperately makes his way to and 's Brentwood home . During a party , , while searching for one of her dogs , finds hiding in her garage . He begs for help and she tries to get him some food , despite most of the leaders of law enforcement being in her house . explains what happened , but refuses to help unless he turns himself in . finally agrees to let him sleep in a guest room over the garage . 
 The next day decides he wants to personally go after the guys who did this to him . After some comically close run - ins with the police , , and her feisty maid , ( ) , she manages to keep anyone from knowing was there . He later robs her of her car but then reappears over her garage , and another confrontation ensues between and . 
 soon discovers was telling the truth about the two men who forced him to rob the bank . About to have the Governor of California coming to the house for dinner , must deal with court cases , with her maid having foot surgery ( which could ruin the party without the governor 's favorite dish ) , and with getting drunk in the kitchen . The party takes a hilarious turn when , coming back to turn himself in , ends up serving dinner to the governor , , , and . The dinner ultimately ends in a fistfight between a jealous and , during which is knocked out . 
 , , , , the dogs and the robbers ultimately end up in the courtroom of 's favorite Judge ( ) . While the judge is overwhelmed by the happenings in the household , the police bring in the bank robbers . They admit 's innocence in exchange for a reduced sentence after getting caught by and the dogs when they attempted to force her to rob a bank , just like they had done with . 
 After all is said and done , is free , but he and still have unresolved feelings . She decides to stay with and kisses good - bye . Some time later , and decide to take a car trip to forget recent events . They end up in an accident trying to avoid a cow on the road . breaks his leg , so has to go for help . She ends up at the only place around : a cabin with all the lights on . pounds on the door begging for help . The door opens and she discovers the cabin is 's .

arrives at the mountain - isolated Overlook Hotel , which is twenty - five miles from the closest town , to be interviewed for the position of winter caretaker . Once hired , plans to use the hotel 's solitude to write . The hotel , built on the site of a Native American burial ground , becomes snowed - in during the winter ; it is closed from October to May . Manager warns that a previous caretaker , , developed cabin fever and killed his family and himself . In Boulder , 's son , , has a terrifying premonition about the hotel , viewing a cascade of blood emerging from an elevator door , and then falls into a trance . 's wife , , tells a doctor that has an imaginary friend named , and that has given up drinking because he dislocated 's shoulder following a binge . 
 The family arrives at the hotel on closing day and is given a tour . The chef , , surprises Danny by telepathically offering him ice cream . explains to that he and his grandmother shared this telepathic ability , which he calls " shining " . asks if there is anything to be afraid of in the hotel , particularly room 237 . tells that the hotel has a " shine " to it along with many memories , not all of which are good . He also tells to stay away from room 237 . 
 A month passes ; while 's writing goes nowhere , and explore the hotel 's hedge maze , and goes to Florida . learns that the phone lines are out due to the heavy snowfall , and has frightening visions . , increasingly frustrated , starts behaving strangely and becomes prone to violent outbursts . 's curiosity about room 237 overcomes him when he sees the room 's door open . Later , finds screaming during a nightmare while asleep at his typewriter . After she awakens him , says he dreamed that he killed her and . arrives and is visibly traumatized with a bruise on his neck , causing to accuse of abusing him . wanders into the hotel 's Gold Room and meets a ghostly bartender named . serves him bourbon whiskey while complains about his marriage . later tells that told her a " crazy woman in one of the rooms " attempted to strangle him . investigates room 237 , encountering the ghost of a dead woman , but tells that he saw nothing . and argue over whether Danny should be removed from the hotel and a furious returns to the Gold Room , now filled with ghosts attending a ball . He meets the ghost of who tells that he must " correct " his wife and child and that has reached out to using his " talent " . Meanwhile , grows concerned about what 's going on at the hotel and flies back to Colorado . starts calling out " redrum " and goes into a trance , referring to himself as " " . 
 While searching for , discovers he has been typing pages of a repetitive manuscript : " all work and no play makes a dull boy " . She begs to leave the hotel with , but he threatens her before she knocks him unconscious with a baseball bat . She drags him into the kitchen and locks him in the pantry , but she and are both trapped at the hotel : has disabled the hotel 's two - way radio and snowcat . Later , converses through the pantry door with , who unlocks the door . 
 writes " REDRUM " on the outside of the bathroom door in the family 's living quarters . When sees the word reversed in the bedroom mirror , the word is revealed to be " MURDER " . begins hacking through the quarters ' main door with a firefighter 's axe . sends through the bathroom window , but it will not open sufficiently for her to pass . breaks through the bathroom door , shouting " Here 's ! " , but retreats after slashes his hand with a butcher 's knife . Hearing arriving in a snowcat he borrowed , leaves the room . He murders with the axe in the lobby and pursues into the hedge maze . runs through the hotel looking for , encountering ghosts and the cascade of blood envisioned in Boulder . She also finds 's corpse in the lobby . lays a false trail to mislead , who is following his footprints , before hiding behind a drift . escapes from the maze and reunites with ; they escape in 's snowcat , while freezes to death in the snow . In an old photograph in the hotel hallway dated July 4 , 1921 , smiles front and center amid a crowd of party revelers at the Overlook .

Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Scatman Crothers, Danny Lloyd, Anne Jackson, Barry Nelson

Big is running for Governor of Texas against another candidate , . After a figurative and literal " mudslinging , " both are confronted by the outgoing governor and given a thorough tongue - lashing . overhears the governor yelling at an assistant to take responsibility for transporting a crate of unknown content from Miami to the Republican Party convention in Dallas . schemes to deliver the crate to the convention . He enlists and to carry out the task . 
 attempts to convince the Bandit to " do it one last time . " Unfortunately , in the time since their previous challenge , the Bandit has split from his love interest , a.k.a . " " , and become an alcoholic . The Bandit is said to be " the only man in the world to drink up a Trans Am . " seeks the help of to encourage the Bandit to sober up , since Big has raised the stakes to $ 400,000 . abandons her second attempt at marrying son . She is initially persuaded more by the money than her love for . She buys him a 1980 Pontiac Trans Am named " Son of Trigger , " powered by the Pontiac 301 Turbo , by trading in 's car . 
 A race ensues as the trio once again tries to outrun and outwit and . Their cargo is in quarantine for three weeks , and they need to get it to Dallas in three days . When they steal it , the mysterious cargo turns out to be an elephant ( mascot of the Republican Party ) , whom they name after says she reminded him of his Aunt and smelled like her , too . When opens the crate , nearly tramples . The Bandit saves the day by doing a backflip onto the elephant 's back and riding her out of the quarantine shed . Noticing a splinter stuck in her foot , the removes it , and the elephant takes a shine to him . fears is in poor health . They meet an Italian gynecologist at a gas station . The doctor refuses to help , but sees his ambulance driver speed away , leaving him stranded . After the and bribe him , he agrees to ride in the truck with the elephant . is discovered to be pregnant . 
 As they try to make 's deadline , the doctor pleads with the Bandit for some time off so can rest off . He reluctantly gives in twice , citing 's desire to regain his lost fame of the past . At a restaurant , she sees him scribbling on a napkin a picture of cradled by suspended netting to keep her off of her feet . She becomes furious and leaves . The follows and says when he likes himself again , she would consider seeing him again . 
 makes his drawing a reality , in a near drunken stupor . The doctor agrees the idea will work . In pursuit , enlists the help of his brothers , ( a Mountie loosely based on 's earlier " " character ) from Quebec , and ( an effeminate cop from another part of Texas ) , with both played by in a triple role . lures the into a valley , with a line of Mounties ( in red police cars ) on one hillside , Texas Rangers , in white cars , on the other . orders to continue delivering Charlotte to Dallas . returns with a convoy of trucks to help destroy all of the police cars . After the mass destruction , only , , and come out relatively unscathed . and escape by driving across a bridge of tractor trailers . As the Justices follow , a trailer pulls out , resulting in their cars being destroyed . 's car is still operable , though folded in the middle and missing its doors and roof . and drive off the road , hitting an embankment , throwing into a pond . When asked what he was thinking about , simply says , " Retiring . " 
 informs he likes himself again , and that he does not want to spend the rest of his life without her . When she asks about 's bet , he says they could still get the elephant to Dallas safely ( though late ) . He shows her and her baby in circus - like chariots . is overjoyed . asks if it is fine to marry , to which responds loudly . They drive away with and her baby in tow , with pursuing them in a bus .

Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed, Dom DeLuise

On May 19 , 1972 , college theatre student ( ) is celebrating the debut of a play he has written . During the celebration , he is approached by an elderly woman ( ) who places a pocket watch in his hand and pleads , " Come back to me . " does not recognize the woman , who returns to her own residence and dies soon afterward . 
 Eight years later , is a successful playwright living in Chicago , but has recently broken up with his girlfriend and is struggling with writer 's block . Feeling stressed from writing his play , he decides to take a break and travels out of state to the Grand Hotel . While looking at a display in the hotel 's museum , becomes enthralled by a photograph of a beautiful woman . With the assistance of ( ) , an elderly bellhop who has been at the hotel since 1910 , discovers that the woman is ( ) , a famous early 20th century stage actress . Upon digging deeper , learns that she was the aged woman who gave him the pocket watch eight years earlier . Traveling to the home of ( ) , 's former housekeeper and companion , he discovers a music box had made , in the shape of the Grand Hotel , that plays his favorite melody . He also discovers among her effects a book on time travel written by his old college professor , Dr. ( ) . Learning that read the book several times , becomes obsessed with the idea of traveling back to 1912 and meeting , with whom he has fallen in love . 
 Visiting Dr. , learns that the professor believes that he very briefly time traveled once to 1571 through the power of self - suggestion . To accomplish this feat of self - hypnosis , tells , one must remove from sight all things that are related to the current time and trick the mind into believing that one is in the past . He also warns that such a process would leave one very weak , perhaps dangerously so . buys an early 20th - century suit and some vintage money ; he cuts his hair in a time - appropriate style . Dressing in the suit , he removes all modern objects from his hotel room and attempts to will himself into the year 1912 using tape - recorded suggestions , only to fail for lack of real conviction . Later , while searching the hotel 's attic , finds an old guest book from 1912 with his signature in it and realizes that he will eventually succeed . 
 again hypnotizes himself , this time with the tape recorder hidden under the bed . He allows his absolute faith in his eventual success to become the trigger for the journey back through time . He drifts off to sleep and awakens on June 27 , 1912 to the sound of whinnying horses . looks all over the hotel for , even meeting as a little boy , but he has no luck finding her . Finally , he stumbles upon walking by a tree near the lake . She seems to swoon slightly at the sight of him , but suddenly asks him " Is it you ? " 's manager , ( ) , abruptly intervenes and sends away . stubbornly continues to pursue until she agrees to accompany him on a stroll through the surrounding idyllic landscape . It is during their boat ride that hums the theme from the 18th variation of opus 43 , and says that it 's lovely but she never heard it before . ( It was written 22 years into the future . In 1980 had learned that it was her favorite piece of music and he hears her recording of it . ) ultimately asks why wondered aloud " Is it you " . She replies that somehow knows that she will meet a man one day who will change her life forever . shows the same pocket watch , which she will eventually give him in 1972 , but he does not reveal its origin , merely offering that it was a gift . 
 accepts 's invitation to her play , where she recites an impromptu monologue dedicated to him . During intermission , he finds her posing formally for a photograph . Upon spotting , breaks into a radiant smile , the camera capturing the image which first saw 68 years later . Afterward , receives an urgent message from requesting a meeting . tries to get to leave , saying it is for her own good . When professes his love for her , has him tied up and locked in the stables so he will miss the departure of the theatre company to Denver , and thus , that same night . Later , tells that has left her and is not the one , but she does not believe him . She says that she loves . 
 wakes the next morning and manages to free himself . He runs to 's room , 117 , and finds that her party has left . Despondent , he goes onto the hotel 's porch . Suddenly , he hears calling his name and sees her running towards him . They return to his room , 416 , and make love . The next morning they agree to marry . tells him that the first thing she will do for him is buy him a new suit , as the one he has been wearing is about 15 years out of date . begins to show her how practical the suit is because of its many pockets . He is alarmed when he reaches into one and finds a Lincoln penny with a mint date of 1979 . Seeing an item from his real present wrenches him out of his hypnotically induced time trip , and feels himself rushing forward in time . screams his name in horror as he is pulled inexorably out of 1912 . 
 awakens back in 1980 , in the same room , 416 , where he and were last together in 1912 . He is drenched in sweat and very weak , apparently exhausted from his trip through time and back . He scrambles desperately back to his own room , 313 , which he had previously cleared of 1980 furniture and objects , and tries to hypnotize himself again , without success . Heartbroken , after wandering the hotel property and sitting interminably at the places where he spent time with , he eventually retires to his room . He remains there unmoving for days until discovered by and the hotel manager , who send for a doctor and paramedics . takes a final breath , suddenly smiles , and sees himself drifting above his body . Having presumably died of a broken heart , he is drawn to a light shining through the nearby window , where he is reunited with , who had died eight years prior on the very night she gave him the pocket watch .

The film follows famous filmmaker , who is plagued by fans who prefer his " earlier , funnier movies " to his more recent artistic efforts , while he tries to reconcile his conflicting attraction to two very different women : the earnest intellectual and the more maternal . Meanwhile , he is also haunted by memories of his ex - girlfriend , the unstable .

Film writer and actor are both fired from their jobs in New York City and leave for Hollywood . Along the way , they take odd jobs to make money . During one such job in Arizona , and perform a song and dance routine dressed as woodpeckers as part of a promotion for a bank . While the duo are on break , two men steal the costumes and rob the bank . However , and are arrested , whisked through a speedy trial and handed 125 - year jail sentences . Their court - appointed lawyer , , advises them to wait until he can appeal their case . 
 Life in a maximum - security prison proves troublesome for and . After a failed attempt at faking insanity , they make friends with , a bank robber , and , a gay man who killed his stepfather , and meet inmates such as contrabandist , ax murderer and intimidating mass murderer . 
 Strangely , while is understandably terrified of the brutality of the guards and inmates , seems to be optimistic and happy about the situation . At one point , the guards put in a small , dark box for a few days of solitary confinement expecting to find him a crazy mess when they bring him out . Instead he asks them for one more day as he " was just beginning to get into [ himself ] " . 
 Three months later , and are brought to see Warden and Deputy Warden , the head guard . They wish to run a " test " with and on a mechanical bull in the warden 's office . To everyone 's surprise , rides the bull at full power , so selects him to compete in the prison 's annual rodeo competition . 
 and inform and of the truth behind the rodeo : it is a crooked operation run by and Warden , who heads the neighboring prison . The money from the rodeo , which is supposed to go to the prisoners , ends up in the wardens ' pockets . Knowing will be selected as the prison 's new champion , and hatch a plan for escape involving refusing to participate . This backfires as the warden orders to " straighten out " , and the guards torture and . However , this too fails ; as continues to enjoy himself and when the guards suspend from the floor with manacles in one of the cells they only succeed in fixing his bad back injury that he got from riding the mechanical bull earlier . 
 and are visited by , who introduces them to his partner in the mission to prove them innocent , his cousin , to whom is immediately attracted . Later , meets with to make a deal . In exchange for his participation in the rodeo , requests his own crew ( , , and ) , along with a larger jail cell . agrees , telling to have a guard watch them at all times . reveals to the guard , , that will not leave the rodeo alive . 
 While practicing for the rodeo , , , , , and acquire tools they need for their escape , using the prison 's metal shop to transform them into seemingly everyday items . gets a job as a waitress in a country western strip club searching for possible suspects and encounters the real crooks . She calls and the police . 
 The rodeo begins , but attempts to kill fail . During the major events , each member of 's team escape through a secret opening , taking them through air vents to either a restroom where ' wife provides them disguises , or through a vent to a hollow pushcart manned by ' brother . Once through , they put on their disguises and re - enter the grounds as audience members . 
 is to compete against champion to swipe the prize : a bag of money from the horns of a large , Brahman bull . asks if he is tired of being his warden 's stooge , suggesting that they give the money to the prisoners and offering to help win if he agrees to do so . Both contestants play hard , but wins . Inspired by , throws the bag to the inmates . prepares his escape through the secret opening , but shows up , suspicious . knocks out and escapes into the pushcart . The group drive off . 
 At a secret meeting spot , and bid and farewell as they leave for Mexico . and get in the other car , only to be stopped by a car containing and . She tells and that the police have captured the real crooks . and decide to resume their original plan of heading to Hollywood . asks to go with him , and agrees .

Before the destruction of Krypton , the criminals General , and are sentenced to banishment into the Phantom Zone . Years later , the Phantom Zone is shattered near Earth by the shockwave of a space - borne hydrogen bomb . The three criminals are freed and find themselves with superpowers granted by the yellow light of Earth 's sun . They travel to the White House and force the President of the United States to surrender on behalf of the entire planet during an international television broadcast . When the President pleads for to save the Earth , demands that come and " kneel before ! " 
 The Daily Planet sends journalist — whose secret identity is — and his colleague to Niagara Falls . suspects and are the same person . That night , when recovers ' comb from a lit fireplace , discovers that his hand is unburned , forcing to admit he is . He takes her to his Fortress of Solitude in the Arctic , and shows her the traces of his past stored in energy crystals . One is the green crystal that created the Fortress and opened 's contact with his parents . declares his love for and his wish to spend his life with her . After conferring with the artificial intelligence of his mother , removes his superpowers by exposing himself to red Kryptonian sunlight in a crystal chamber , becoming a mortal . and spend the night together , then leave the Fortress and return from the Arctic by automobile . Arriving at a diner in Metropolis , is beaten up by a truck driver named . It is there that and learn of 's conquest . Realizing that humanity alone can not fight , returns to the Fortress to try to regain his powers . 
 escapes from prison with help , leaving his accomplice behind . and infiltrate the Fortress of Solitude before and arrive . learns of 's connection to and General . He finds at the White House and tells him is the son of , their jailer , and offers to lead him to in exchange for control of Australia . The three Kryptonians ally with and go to the offices of the Daily Planet . arrives , after having found the green crystal that restores his powers , and battles the three . realizes cares for the humans and takes advantage of this by threatening bystanders . realizes the only way to stop and the others is to lure them to the Fortress . flies off , with , , and in pursuit , kidnapping and taking along . Upon arrival , declares has outlived his usefulness and plans to kill both him and . tries to get to lure the three into the crystal chamber to depower them , but , eager to get back in 's favor , reveals the chamber 's secret to the villains . forces into the chamber and activates it ; however , crushes 's hand and tosses him into a crevice . deduces that reconfigured the chamber to expose the trio to red sunlight while was protected from it . falls into another crevice when trying to fly over it and knocks into a third . flies back to civilization , returning to prison and home . 
 At the Daily Planet the following day , finds upset about knowing his secret and not being able to be open about her true feelings . He kisses her , using his abilities to wipe her mind of her knowledge of the past few days . Later , returns to the diner and has a rematch with the truck driver and defeats him easily . restores the damage done by , replacing the flag atop the White House .

Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas, Jack O'Halloran, Clifton James, Marc McClure, Valerie Perrine

, a legendary frontier scout and tracker who helped capture , drifts around the quickly disappearing western frontier . The story begins as he rides into a small town and provokes prizefighter , ending up in a livery stable , unconscious and badly bruised . 
 Cattle company owner finds in the livery and offers him his ranch to recuperate . He also offers him work investigating and deterring cattle rustlers who steal from the grazing association to which belongs . He implies that the association will support in implementing vigilante justice . accepts the offer and receives the approval of U.S. marshal at an association picnic where he also catches the eye of , the local schoolteacher . 
 Calling himself a " stock detective , " confronts cowboys at an auction whose cattle bear 's brand . After giving them fair warning , he goes on a one - man crusade to kill or otherwise drive off anyone who rustles the cattle of his benefactors . 
 's methods are brutal but effective . After a public gunfight , the local townspeople become alarmed at his violent nature and public opinion turns against him . The owners of the large cattle companies realize that while he is doing exactly what they hired him to do , his tactics will ultimately tarnish their image and begin to plot his demise . , who has political ambitions , wants out of the way for the same reasons . Their conspiracy is set in motion when a young boy tending sheep is shot by a .45 - 60 ; the same caliber rifle is known to use . 
 is slow to realize that he is being set up . Proud and convinced of his own innocence , he refuses to leave the county or avoid the town . and try to warn him to be careful , but ignores the warning . coaxes from a saloon and back to his office where a man transcribing their conversation is hidden in the next room . does not admit to the murders but states that " If I did shoot that boy , it was the best shot I ever made . " Based on this conversation , is taken prisoner . 
 Unaccustomed to being unable to come and go as he pleases into his beloved hills , seems lost . He breaks out of jail and attempts to flee . He is recaptured and convicted based on the testimony of the newspaperman who skewed the conversation between and . 
 As his execution nears , accepts his fate and remains resolved in the moments before he is hanged .

moves to Houston for a job in the city 's oil refinery industry . He hopes to save enough money to move back to his hometown of Spur , Texas and buy some land . stays with his Uncle and his family , with whom is close . takes to the local honky tonk , Gilley 's , an actual bar in Pasadena , co - owned by singer and his record producer . quickly embraces the local nightlife . gets a job at the oil refinery where works and quickly befriends his co - workers . 
 At the club , meets , who asks if he is a real cowboy . They fall in love , and soon asks to marry him . Their wedding reception is held at Gilley 's , and they move into a brand new mobile home . Although they are in love and passionate , and have many quarrels . is a feisty , independent woman , while believes in traditional gender roles . However , their lives settle into a routine of work by day and Gilley 's at night , where likes to ride the mechanical bull . When also wants to ride , he forbids her from doing so . 
 is released on parole from Huntsville Penitentiary , and lands a job at Gilley 's running the mechanical bull with his old friend , and Gilley 's employee , . He openly flirts with , who is flattered and attracted to , but a drunken is enraged at the insult , and ends up in a fist fight with . , against 's wishes , spends time at Gilley 's during the day with , , and her friend , learning how to ride the mechanical bull . Meanwhile , at the refinery has a serious accident and is sent home for the day . That night at Gilley 's , and convince to ride the bull . She does it to impress , but he becomes angry and resentful that defied and lied to him , and he challenges her . When falls off during his second ride in the challenge , intentionally swings the bull around fast , breaking 's arm . At home , asks if she is having an affair with which she denies , and forbids her from riding the bull anymore . accuses of being jealous because she rides the bull better than he can . slaps her and throws her out of the trailer . 
 The next night and Bud see each other at Gilley 's , but is angry , and refuses to talk to . To make jealous , introduces himself to a beautiful girl named , and dances with her , while dances with . and leave together to have sex but , hurt and upset , declines ' sexual advances . Later , moves out of 's trailer , and into the run - down trailer behind Gilley 's where lives . 
 wants to enter the mechanical bull riding rodeo at Gilley 's to win the $ 5,000 prize and starts training with his uncle , a former rodeo champion . One night while working at the refinery , advises to swallow his pride and make up with , citing his own past behavior that nearly cost him his wife and children . is killed that night when lightning strikes the refinery . Meanwhile , returns to their mobile home to pick up her things , but also cleans house and leaves a note saying she hopes they can get back together . arrives and after leaves , and throws the note away . Meanwhile , arrives home and catches having sex with her friend , another Gilley 's employee . orders to cook him a meal and when she , hurt at his infidelity , angrily refuses becomes physically abusive . 
 At 's funeral , tells that was fired from Gilley 's for hurting too many people with the mechanical bull and is unable to find another job . They plan on going to Mexico after wins the $ 5,000 prize at the bull riding rodeo . It is who wins the contest , however , and , realizing that still loves , admits that cleaned the trailer and that she tore up a card left for him out of jealousy . She encourages him to reconcile with . leaves to find before she departs for Mexico with . 
 refuses to go to Mexico with , but relents after he hits her . He orders her to wait for him in her car behind Gilley 's . Unknown to , is inside Gilley 's stealing the prize money . finds in the parking lot and tells her he still loves her and apologizes for hitting her . She reciprocates and they embrace . Seeing 's bruised face , a furious goes after and a fight ensues at the bar entrance . The fight causes to drop his gun , and the stolen money falls from his jacket . overpowers by punching him several times and pins him down on the floor . 's staff , having discovered the robbery , apprehend . and , reconciled , go home together .

The film opens in the Rocky Mountains on the Colorado ranch of Dr. , a journalist furiously trying to finish a story about his former attorney and friend , . then flashes back to a series of exploits involving the author and his attorney . 
 In 1968 , is fighting to stop a group of San Francisco youngsters from receiving harsh prison sentences for possession of marijuana . He convinces to write an article about it for Blast Magazine . 's editor , , reminds that he has 19 hours to deadline . The judge hands out stiff sentences to everyone , and the last client is a young man who was caught with a pound of marijuana and receives a five - year sentence . reacts by attacking the prosecuting attorney and is then jailed for contempt of court . 
 The magazine story about the trial is a sensation , but does not hear from until four years later , when is on assignment covering Super Bowl VI in Los Angeles.[2 ] appears at 's hotel and convinces him to abandon the Super Bowl story and join his band of freedom fighters , which involves smuggling weapons to an unnamed Latin American country . goes along with and the revolutionaries to a remote airstrip where a small airplane is to be loaded with weapons , but when a police helicopter finds them , and his henchmen escape on the plane while refuses to follow . 
 's fame and fortune continues . He is a hit on the college lecture circuit and covers the 1972 presidential election campaign . After being thrown off the journalist plane by The Candidate 's press secretary , takes the crew plane and gives straight - laced journalist from the Post a strong hallucinogenic drug and steals his clothes and press credentials . At the next campaign stop , in the airport bathroom , is able to use his disguise to engage The Candidate in a conversation about the " Screwheads " and the " Doomed " . 
 , still posing as , returns to the journalist plane . then appears , striding across the airport tarmac in a white suit . He boards the plane and tries to convince his old friend to join his socialist paradise somewhere in the desert . After causing a disturbance , and are thrown off the plane and 's papers that describe the community are blown across the airport runway . , presumably , is not heard from again . 
 The action then returns to 's cabin , just as the writer puts the finishing touches on his story , explaining that he did n't go along with -- or -- because " it still has n't gotten weird enough for me . "

Miami liquor wholesaler ( ) , who is the son of a deceased criminal , awakes one day to find himself a front - page story in the local newspaper , indicating that he is being investigated in the disappearance and presumed murder of a local longshoremen 's union official , . 
 The story was written by Miami Standard newspaper reporter ( ) , who reads it from a file , left intentionally on the desktop of federal prosecutor ( ) . As it turns out , is doing a bogus investigation and has leaked it with the purpose of squeezing for information . 
 comes to the newspaper 's office trying to discover the basis for the story , but does not reveal her source . 
 's business is shut down by union officials who are now suspicious of him since he has been implicated in 's murder . Local crime boss , 's uncle , has him followed , just in case he talks to the government . 
 ( ) , a lifelong friend of , tells the reporter that could not have killed because took her out of town to get an abortion that weekend . A devout Catholic , she does not want to reveal the abortion , but includes it in the story anyway . When the paper comes out the next morning , picks up the copies from her neighbors ' yards before they can be read . Later , offscreen , she commits suicide . 
 The paper 's editor tells that has committed suicide . goes to to apologize , but an enraged assaults her . Nevertheless , she attempts to make it up to him by revealing 's role in the investigation . 
 hatches a plan for revenge . He arranges a secret meeting with District Attorney ( ) , offering to use his organized - crime contacts to give exclusive information on 's murder , in exchange for the D.A. calling off the investigation and issuing a public statement clearing him . Both before his meeting with and after 's public statement , makes significant anonymous contributions to one of 's political action committee backers . , thankful for 's help , also begins a love affair with her . 
 is mystified by 's exoneration of , so he places phone taps on both and begins a surveillance of their movements . He and federal agent obtain evidence of 's donations to 's political committee . They also find out about and 's relationship . 
 , as a friend , warns about the investigation to keep her out of trouble , but she breaks the story that the office of the district attorney ( D.A. ) is investigating 's attempt to bribe the D.A. 
 The story makes the front page again and causes a huge uproar over the government investigating the District Attorney . The US Assistant Attorney General ( ) ultimately calls all of the principals together . After the truth comes out , suggests resign . ( 's donations to 's political committee , though not illegal , cast suspicions on 's motives in issuing his statement clearing . ) also suspects that set everything up , but can not prove it , so he will not investigate further . Finally , fires for malfeasance . The newspaper now prints a new story written by a different reporter revealing details of the incidents . 
 It is unclear whether keeps her job , or whether 's relationship with will continue , but the final scene shows them having a cordial conversation on the wharf where 's boat is docked before he sails away and leaves the city .

Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon, Wilford Brimley

is the manager of a tag team of gorgeous lady wrestlers . On the road , they endure a number of indignities , including bad motels , small - time crooks and a mud - wrestling match , while trying to reach Reno for a big event at the MGM Grand .

In Imperial Russia during the late 1890s , a rabbi 's wife and her young son escape to America while the rabbi is killed by the Cossacks . Shortly after their arrival in New York City , is recruited by , a performer at a burlesque house , to hand out chorus slips . As grows into adolescence , he spends more time with backstage at burlesque shows . When 's mother dies in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire , he begins working with full - time at a small theatre . Though aspires to be a singer , he is beginning to enter puberty and his changing voice becomes a significant obstacle . When World War I strikes , travels the globe performing for the troops as the bottom half of a pantomime horse and sustains a wound to his throat during a German air raid , which ends his singing career . 
 When returns to New York , he briefly continues performing as a clown , and falls in love with a stripper named , vowing to make her a famous singer and getting involved with mobsters in order to do so . After impregnates her , he uses money from mob boss to pay for their wedding . achieves modest success , but she is killed after opening a package containing a bomb intended for . Their son , , who is already an introverted child , focuses all of his efforts into becoming a talented jazz pianist . marries 's daughter at 's request and enlists to fight in World War II seeking redemption for his family , despite pleas from his father . is killed in Nazi Germany when he stops to play on an abandoned piano and is caught off - guard by a Nazi soldier ; begins to play and the Nazi closes his eyes in bliss , but when the song ends , the Nazi pauses only to thank before riddling him and the piano with gunfire . 's wife and son , named , now live in a suburban Long Island town , and they watch as testifies against on television , calling him a rat . 
 A teenage steals his stepfather 's car and drives across the country for four weeks , ending up in Kansas , where he spends the day washing dishes at a diner and spends the night with a waitress . In California , takes another job dishwashing , but soon grows tired of it and quits . A six - piece rock group invites him to write songs for them after hearing him playing harmonica under their doorstep . The band becomes successful but slowly starts to decompose because of the heroin addictions of female lead singer and himself . becomes addicted to drugs after being hospitalized from falling off a stage while on acid at one of 's shows . and the band 's drummer , marry , but divorce after two weeks , and begins an affair with . In Kansas , the band is set to perform after , but overdoses backstage , and meets a blonde , blue - eyed boy , Little , whom realizes is his son , conceived the night he spent with the waitress . 
 moves back to New York City accompanied by , where he becomes heavily involved with drug dealing . makes a small amount of money playing the acoustic guitar , but takes any money that earns to buy drugs for himself . gives 's harmonica to , then takes 's guitar to pawn it , telling to wait on a city bench . The next morning , a man approaches and gives him a small package of drugs to sell and tells that said goodbye to him . After years of selling drugs to rock bands , refuses to sell the band members any more cocaine unless they are willing to listen to his music . Playing " Night Moves " , his talent stuns both the band and the management and they agree to record and hire him on the spot . The film ends with performing in concert with the band , images of his ancestors appearing during his performance .

( ) is a dutiful housewife of the early 20th century . But when her husband ( ) objects to a wife with a career , leaves her husband and comfortable lifestyle . She goes on to devote her life to teaching sight - and - hearing - impaired students at a tradition - bound special school . teaches the impaired students how to speak , as most of the students have never heard their own name . 's students take on a team of " normal " kids at a football game .

is a spoiled alcoholic from New York City , who likes to be driven in his chauffeured Rolls - Royce Silver Wraith limousine through Central Park . is heir to a portion of his family 's vast fortune , which he is told will be his , only if he marries the upper class , the daughter of a business acquaintance of his father . He does not love , but his family feels that she will make him finally grow up . During a shopping trip in Manhattan , accompanied by his valet , witnesses a young woman , , shoplifting a necktie . He intercedes with the store security guard on her behalf , and later asks her for a date . Despite his attraction to her , remains pressured by his family to marry . 
 While visiting his grandmother , shares his feelings for , but is warned again that he will be disowned if he does not marry . , who has been more like a father to him than 's real father , realizes that is beginning to grow up , and secretly encourages to attend 's engagement party . confides in that he senses loves her . crashes the party , held at the estate of 's father , and she and eventually spend time alone together , which is tracked by both families . is later hospitalized , and rushes to his side , vowing to care for the person who has long cared for him . After several weeks , dies , and then Arthur , who has been sober the entire time , goes on a drinking binge . On his wedding day , he visits the diner , where works , at and then proposes to her . At the church , he jilts , resulting in her abusive father , , attempting to stab with a cheese knife , though he is prevented by . 
 A wounded and groggy announces in the church that there will be no wedding then passes out soon after . Later , attends to his wounds , and they discuss living a life of poverty . A horrified tells that he can have his fortune , because no has ever been working class . declines , but at the very last minute , he talks privately to . When he returns to 's side , he tells her that he declined again – 's dinner invitation , he means – but he did accept $ 750 million . 's pleased chauffeur drives the couple through Central Park .

Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Jill Eikenberry, Ted Ross

While in post - production on a low - budget slasher film , Philadelphia sound technician ( ) is told by his producer that he needs a more realistic - sounding scream and better wind effects . While recording potential sound effects at a local park , he sees a car careen off the road and plunge into a nearby creek . The male driver is killed , but manages to rescue a young woman , ( ) , and accompanies her to a hospital . There , a detective interviews about the accident , and asks out for a drink . He learns that the driver of the car was Governor , and that was his escort . Associates of attempt to conceal 's involvement , and persuade to smuggle her out of the hospital . 
 listens to the audio tape he recorded of the accident , wherein he distinctly hears a gunshot just before the tire blow out that caused the accident . He learns from a news report that , seemingly by coincidence , ( ) was also in the park that night and filmed the accident with a motion picture camera . When sells stills from his film to a local tabloid , splices them together into a crude movie and syncs them with the audio he recorded , becoming suspicious that the accident was actually an assassination . 
 Unbeknownst to , and were both co - conspirators in a larger plot against , a presidential hopeful . A rival candidate had hired ( ) to hook with a prostitute , take their pictures , and publish them so that would drop out of the race . However , decided to alter the plan by blowing out the tire of 's car with a gunshot , thereby causing an accident . When the authorities arrived to find with , would be there to film it all . Although had n't planned for to be killed , he is little bothered by the development since that still accomplished the goal of eliminating . 
 Aware that and are trying to prove that the car 's tire was shot , plots to destroy 's evidence and kill . He begins murdering local women bearing a resemblance to , whose deaths are attributed to a serial killer , " , " so that he can cover up the future murder of . draws into his own private investigation of the incident . Though initially reluctant , she eventually agrees to cooperate with him . When they go out for a drink , reveals how he left his prior career in the police force after a wiretap operation he was involved in led to the death of an undercover cop . 
 To help investigate 's murder , steals 's film , which , when synced to 's audio , clearly reveals the gunshot that precipitated the blow out . Nevertheless , nobody believes 's story and every move he makes is immediately silenced by a seemingly widespread conspiracy . A local talk - show host , ( ) , asks to interview Jack on air and release his tapes , to which eventually agrees . follows the development through a tap on 's phone , calls as , and asks her to meet him at a train station with the tapes . When tells about 's call , he becomes suspicious . He copies the audio tapes but does n't have time to copy the film before 's meeting . 
 Shadowing a wired from a distance , is alarmed to see that his supposed contact is actually . Immediately realizing that she is in danger , attempts to warn her , but and slip out of range and into a parade . makes a mad dash across Philadelphia , attempting to head them off and rescue , but crashes his Jeep and is knocked out . By the time he awakens , has gotten the film from and thrown it into a river . He then takes to a rooftop and attacks her . Still listening in on his earpiece , spots them . takes by surprise and manages to stab him to death with his own weapon , but it 's too late : he has already strangled to death . A devastated takes her lifeless body in his arms . 
 Ironically , 's death , combined with the loss of the film , tie up the last loose end . 's audio tapes alone are insufficient to prove a gunshot and the cover - up is a success . begins listening to the recording of 's voice over and over again , becoming obsessed with it . In the last scene , he is back in the editing room and has used 's death scream in the exploitation film . The producer is ecstatic that he found a perfect scream and plays it multiple times , forcing to cover his ears .

During a particularly intense Florida heatwave , inept lawyer begins an affair with , wife of wealthy businessman , . One night arrives at the mansion and playfully propositions a woman who he mistakenly thinks is . The woman is , 's visiting high school friend . Soon after , tells she wants to divorce , but their prenuptial agreement would leave her with little money . suggests murdering so can inherit his wealth . He consults a shady former client , , an expert on incendiary devices , who supplies with a bomb , though he strongly encourages to abandon whatever he is scheming . 
 , aided by , kills and moves the body to an abandoned building connected to 's business interests . detonates the bomb to look like died during a botched arson job . Soon after , 's lawyer contacts about a new will that supposedly drafted for and was witnessed by . The new will was improperly prepared , making it null and void , resulting in inheriting 's entire fortune while disinheriting his surviving blood relatives . later reveals to that she forged the will , knowing it would be nullified . 
 Two of 's friends , assistant deputy prosecutor , and police detective , begin to suspect is involved in 's death . They inform that 's eyeglasses , which he always wore , are missing . has also disappeared . Nervous over the mounting evidence implicating him , and questioning 's loyalty , happens upon a lawyer who once sued him over a mishandled legal case . The lawyer says that to make amends , he recommended to , and admits he told her about 's legal incompetence . 
 informs that on the night of the murder , hotel phone records show that repeated calls to 's room went unanswered , thereby weakening his alibi . tells about a woman wanting another incendiary device , and that he showed her how to booby trap a door . calls and says 's glasses are in the estate boathouse . arrives later that night and spots a long twisted wire attached to the door . When arrives , asks her to retrieve the glasses . walks toward the boathouse and disappears from view ; the boathouse explodes . A body found inside is identified through dental records as ( née ) . 
 Now in prison , , knowing duped him , tries to convince Detective that she is still alive . He lays out for him the scenario that the woman he knew as " " assumed the real identity in order to marry and murder for his money . The " Mary Ann Simpson " that met had discovered that was using her identity . She was blackmailing , only to be murdered by her . Had been killed in the boathouse explosion , the police would have found both suspects ' bodies . 
 obtains a copy of 's high school year book . In it are photos of and , confirming his suspicion that assumed identity , eventually becoming . Below the real 's picture is the nickname " " and " Ambition — To Graduate " ; below is the nickname " The Vamp " , swim - team membership , and " Ambition — To be rich and live in an exotic land " . 
 The real ( ) is last seen lounging on a tropical beach , seated next to a man speaking Spanish .

William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, Mickey Rourke

( ) is a convict who violates his parole after a failed attempt to lift a bunch of televisions from a store in Philadelphia . After a dramatic attempt at reverse psychology with the judge , he is given a second chance at parole , and his parole - officer , ( ) , has him do something for him . 
 is also involved with school teacher ( ) , whose school was just closed down by the city due to budget cuts . While most of the children have been relocated , eight special needs students have yet to be relocated . decides to take them to her aunt 's farm in rural Washington . is against it , and at first gets to tell her the old bus she planned on using would not work . However , that blows up in his face , but then decides to have go ahead and drive the bus to Washington . 
 As , , and the kids get rolling , we learn a little more about some of the kids : 
 We also learn that all thinks he is there for is to fix and drive the bus , but he finds out his true knack for helping out the kids , especially shown when he reads the riot act for her hooker - talk , and saves from setting another person 's property on fire , and even takes the kids fishing for the first time . 
 After fixing the bus in the rain on a dirt road , and have trouble getting it out of the mud . When leaves to get help , he is found walking in lock step with a group of Ku Klux Klansmen , who follow him back to the bus . then manages to talk the head Klansman and the rest into getting the bus out to get the kids to a hospital in Washington . They agree sympathetically and push them out of the mud . 
 Somewhere in Montana , catches up with them at a motel , after finding out lied to him and falsified the kids records . After trying to flee in the middle of the night , catches up with them and demands they return to Philadelphia , which the kids , and all resist . 
 After arriving at the farm , meets with a banker in order to secure a $ 15,000 loan to save . One of the other kids overhears them and tells the rest of the kids this . then confronts the kids , who are whining and protesting about their fate . learns about this as well and heads into town where he sees an ad for a " trapezoid scheme " and goes in to learn about it , dressed as a cowboy from Texarkana . Eventually he works his way into sitting with the group and schemes to rip them off . He does and gets her $ 15 K , then leaves with her , while two guys from the group chase pursue them . After evading them and burning the money , they go back to the farm where they have an argument about the money . 
 Then they realize the old Rolls Royce from the bank is there , and found out the kids told the president of the bank ( who is also the mayor of the town ) a bunch of lies about what good things and did , and it convinced the mayor to give the loan and make the kids a part of the community . After they celebrate , shows up with a police officer demanding they all return to Philadelphia but has a confrontation with the mayor that he ends up losing . However , it did seem was going to go back to Philly with , but gets to the end of the driveway , and changes his mind and lets stay .

( ) is a bullied and scrawny caveman living in " One Zillion BC – October 9th".[2 ] He lusts after the beautiful but shallow ( ) , who is the mate of ( ) , their tribe 's physically imposing bullying leader and brutish instigator . After being banished along with his friend ( ) , falls in with a band of assorted misfits , among them the comely ( ) and the elderly blind man ( ) . The group has ongoing encounters with hungry dinosaurs , and rescues from a " nearby ice age " , where they encounter an abominable snowman . In the course of these adventures they discover sedative drugs , fire , invent cooking , music , weapons , and learn how to walk fully upright . uses these advancements to lead an attack on , overthrowing him and becoming the tribe 's new leader . He rejects and takes as his mate , and they live happily ever after .

Ringo Starr, Dennis Quaid, Shelley Long, Barbara Bach, John Matuszak, Jack Gilford

King of Argos imprisons his daughter , jealous of her beauty . When the god impregnates her , banishes his daughter and his newborn grandson to sea in a wooden chest . In retribution , kills and orders to release the last of the Titans , a gigantic sea monster called the Kraken , to destroy Argos . and safely float to the island of Seriphos , where grows to adulthood . 
 , evil son of the sea goddess , is engaged to marry Princess , daughter of Queen of Joppa ; but for committing several atrocities against , including destroying 's sacred flying horses ( excepting only Pegasus ) , transforms into a deformed monstrous creature . In revenge , transports an adult from Seriphos to an abandoned amphitheater in Joppa , where he befriends an elderly poet named and learns that is under a curse and can not marry unless her suitor , upon the threat of execution if he fails , successfully answers a riddle concocted by . sends a god - crafted helmet from which makes its wearer invisible , a magical sword from , and a shield from . , wearing the helmet , captures and follows ' giant vulture carrying off 's spirit during her sleep to learn the next riddle . is discovered and nearly killed by , but manages to sever one of ' hands , losing his helmet in the process . 
 The next morning , presents himself as suitor and correctly answers the riddle , winning 's hand in marriage . Finding that can not act against , instead demands that she takes vengeance on . At the wedding , Queen compares 's beauty to that of herself , whereupon demands be sacrificed to the Kraken on pain of 's destruction . seeks a way to defeat the , but is captured by and his men . commands to give her owl Bubo ; but she orders to build a golden replica of instead , who leads to the Stygian Witches . By taking their magic eye , forces them to reveal that the only way to defeat the is by using the head of , who lives on an island in the River Styx at the edge of the Underworld . The next day , the group continues on their journey without and , who return to . 
 On the Gorgon 's island , fights and kills 's guardian , a two - headed dog named . then enters the Gorgon 's lair , where he uses the reflective underside of his shield to deceive , decapitate her , and collect her head ; but the shield is dissolved by her caustic blood . As and his party set to return , enters their camp and punctures the cloak carrying 's head , causing her blood to spill and produce three giant scorpions . and the scorpions attack and kill ' remaining escorts , but overcomes the scorpions and thereafter kills . 
 Weakened by his struggle , sends to rescue from ' henchmen and reaches the amphitheater in Joppa , where he collapses from exhaustion . is shackled to the sea cliffs outside Joppa , and the Kraken itself is summoned . diverts the Kraken 's attention until , whose strength was secretly restored by , appears on . In the subsequent battle , petrifies the Kraken with 's head , causing it to crumble to pieces . He then tosses the head into the sea , frees , and marries her . 
 The gods predict that and will live happily , rule wisely , and produce children , and forbids the other gods to pursue vengeance against them . The constellations of , Andromeda , Pegasus , and Cassiopeia are created in their honor .

Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Maggie Smith, Burgess Meredith, Ursula Andress, Judi Bowker, Claire Bloom

is an imaginative , yet eccentric , comic book writer and illustrator who demands a sense of realism for his comic book hero " Condorman " , to the point where he crafts a Condorman flying suit of his own and launches himself off the Eiffel Tower . The test flight fails as his right wing breaks , sending him crashing into the Seine River . Later after the incident , is asked by his friend , CIA file clerk , to perform what appears to be a civilian paper swap in Istanbul . Upon arriving in Istanbul , he meets a beautiful Soviet woman named , who poses as the Soviet civilian with whom the exchange is supposed to take place , but it is later revealed that she is in fact a KGB spy . does not tell his real name , and instead fabricates his identity to her as a top American agent code - named " " . During the encounter , fends off a group of would - be assassins and saves her life by sheer luck before accomplishing the paper trade . Impressed by , and disgusted by how she was treated by her lover / boss when she returns to Moscow , decides to defect and asks the CIA to have " " be the agent that helps her . 
 Back in Paris , 's encounter with inspires him to create a super heroine patterned after her named " Laser Lady " . He is then notified by and his boss that he is to escort a defecting Soviet agent known as " The Bear " . refuses to do the job , but when reveals that " The Bear " is , he agrees to do it on the condition that the CIA provides him with gadgetry based on his designs . 
 meets up with in Yugoslavia and protects her from 's henchmen led by the homicidal , glass - eyed assassin . After joining in Italy , the trio venture to Switzerland , where discovers the truth about when a group of children recognize her from his comic books . Their journey back to France is compromised when puts and out of commission and 's men recover before retreating to their headquarters in Monte Carlo . is told that the mission is a failure and he and are ordered to return to Paris , but he asks for two more days to conduct an operation to rescue . 
 Disguising themselves as Arab sheiks , and create a diversion at the Monte Carlo Casino to recover from and his men . As drives away in a Rolls - Royce , uses an improved version of his Condorman suit to fly himself and out of the casino and onto the pier , where the trio make their getaway aboard the Condorboat . They manage to destroy 's speedboats following them , but and pursue them in their own speedboat . The Condorboat reaches its pick - up point , but shows his intent on ramming it . When ignores his commander 's orders to return to base , abandons ship . The Condorboat is lifted by the CIA helicopter in time to prevent a collision , causing to crash on an island rock . 
 Days later , , and are at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles , where they see the Goodyear Blimp flash a sign welcoming to the U.S. Aboard the blimp , contacts and has him ask if he is interested in taking to another assignment .

A Chicago newspaper reporter , ( ) , is investigating a corrupt city councilman . After doing an expose on some corrupt land dealings by the councilman , he is assaulted by two crooked police officers sent by the councilman and ends up in the hospital . 
 's editor decides to send him out of town for his own safety . A city boy , reluctantly travels to the Rockies to interview the reclusive Dr. ( ) , who has been conducting research on bald eagles for several years . 
 The two are at odds at first . After finding out he is a reporter , she is reluctant to let him stay , but realizes he is not able to survive in the mountains without his guide , who is not scheduled to return for two weeks . He is skeptical about her work , but comes to admire for her strong character and dedication . Eventually , they fall in love . At first she lets him stay as long as he does n't write his story . As they learn to respect each other , she agrees to let him write about her . In his adventures , he sprains his back in an accident , is mauled by a mountain lion and meets an All - American football player who has left civilization and become a mountain man . 
 returns to Chicago with her still very much on his mind . When he finds out that one of his sources has been " accidentally " killed , he once again pursues the investigation until the day the councilman flees the country . 
 The same day , finds out that is coming to Chicago to do a presentation at a symposium . With some uncertainty , decides to attend the presentation . They rekindle their relationship . Happy as they are together , they can not reconcile the different paths each has taken in life , and so they reluctantly decide to part again . 
 , seeing her off on the train , ends up traveling with her all the way back to Wyoming . After getting off at her stop , they decide that they can not do without each other , and decide to marry . The movie ends with him catching the train back to Chicago , and the newlyweds promising to meet again very soon .

One rainy night , ( ) car breaks down in an alleyway . He spots a large , mysterious car in the distance . A man dumps something into a garbage can . At first , thinks nothing of it and proceeds to meet his friend , Vietnam veteran ( Heard ) . The next day , a young girl is found brutally murdered in the same alleyway where abandoned his car . He becomes a suspect . When spots the man he thinks is the murderer in a parade later that day – local tycoon ( ) – begins to take an interest in the mystery that unfolds . His interest soon becomes a conspiracy theory that develops into a troublesome investigation with his skeptical friend and the dead girl 's sister ( ) along for the ride .

A sixth - century post - Roman kingdom called Urland[3 ] is being terrorized by a 400   year - old dragon named “ Vermithrax Pejorative”.[3 ] To appease the dragon , King ( ) offers it virgin girls selected by lottery twice a year . An expedition led by a young man called ( ) seeks the last sorcerer , of Craggenmoor ( ) , for help . 
 A brutish soldier from Urland named ( ) , who has followed the expedition , intimidates the wizard . invites to stab him to prove his magical powers . does so and dies instantly , to the horror of his young apprentice ( ) and his elderly servant ( ) . cremates 's body and places the ashes in a leather pouch , informing that wanted his ashes spread over a lake of burning water . 
 is selected by the wizard 's magical amulet as its next owner ; encouraged , he takes it upon himself to journey to Urland . On the way , he discovers is really a young woman , who is disguised to avoid being selected in the lottery . In an effort to discourage the expedition , kills ; before dying , he hands the pouch of ashes and dies with the words " Burning water   ... " on his lips . 
 Arriving in Urland , inspects the dragon 's lair and attempts to seal its entrance by causing rocks to fall from the cliff . 
 apprehends and takes him to the court of King . King guesses that is not a real wizard and complains that his attack may have angered the dragon instead of killing it , as his own brother and predecessor once did . The king confiscates the amulet and imprisons . His daughter ( ) comes to taunt , but is shocked when he informs her of rumors that the lottery is rigged to exclude her name and those who are rich enough to pay to have the names of their children removed . is unable to lie convincingly when she confronts him regarding this . 
 Meanwhile , the dragon frees itself from its prison and causes an earthquake . narrowly escapes from his prison , but without the amulet . The village priest , Brother ( ) , leads his congregation to confront the dragon , denouncing it as the Devil , but the dragon incinerates him and then heads for the village , burning all in its path . 
 When the lottery begins anew , Princess rigs the draw so that only her name can be chosen . Consequently , King returns the amulet to so that he might save . 
 uses the amulet to enchant a heavy spear that had been forged by 's father ( which he had dubbed , or " Dragonslayer " ) with the ability to pierce the dragon 's armored hide . gathers some molted dragon scales and uses them to make a shield , and the two realize they have romantic feelings for each other . 
 attempts to rescue Princess , and fights and kills , but the Princess is determined to make amends for all the girls whose names had been chosen in the past , and descends into the dragon 's cave and to her death . follows her and finds a brood of young dragons feasting on her corpse . He kills them and finds resting by an underground lake of fire . He manages to wound the monster but the spear is broken . Only 's shield saves him from incineration . 
 After his failure to kill , convinces to leave the village with her . As the two lovers prepare to leave , the amulet gives a vision that explains his teacher 's final wishes : He used to deliver him to . had asked that his ashes be spread over " burning water " , which is in the dragon 's cave , and realizes that the wizard had planned his own death and cremation , realizing he was too old and frail to make the journey . 
 returns to the cave . When he spreads the ashes over the fiery lake , the wizard is resurrected within the flames . reveals that his time is short and that must destroy the amulet “ when the time is right ” . The wizard then transports himself to a mountaintop and confronts the dragon . After a brief battle , the monster snatches the old man and flies away with him . Cued by , crushes the amulet with a rock . The wizard clutched to its chest explodes and kills the dragon , whose corpse falls out of the sky . 
 In the aftermath , villagers inspecting the wreckage credit with the victory . The king arrives and drives a sword into the dragon 's broken carcass to claim the glory for himself . 
 As and leave Urland together , he confesses that he misses both and the amulet . He says " I just wish we had a horse . " A white horse appears to take the incredulous lovers away .

In 1988 , following a 400 % increase in crime , the United States government has turned Manhattan into a giant maximum - security prison . A 50 - foot ( 15   m ) containment wall surrounds the island , and routes out of Manhattan have been dismantled or mined , while armed helicopters patrol the rivers , and all prisoners there are sentenced to life , with no means of leaving . 
 In 1997 , while traveling to a peace summit between the United States , China and Russia , Air Force One is hijacked by a domestic terrorist posing as a stewardess . The President is given a tracking bracelet and his briefcase ( containing an audiotape describing the secret to using nuclear fusion for power generation ) handcuffed to his wrist . He makes it to an escape pod , and lands in Manhattan just before Air Force One crashes , killing everyone else aboard . 
 Police are dispatched to rescue the President . However , , the right - hand man of the Duke of New York ( the top crime boss in the prison ) warns them that the has taken the President hostage , and that he will be killed if any further rescue attempts are mounted . Commissioner offers a deal to , a former Special Forces soldier convicted of attempting to rob the Federal Reserve in Denver , Colorado : if rescues the President and retrieves the cassette tape , will arrange a presidential pardon . To ensure his compliance , has injected with micro - explosives that will rupture 's carotid arteries within 22 hours ; if returns with the President and the tape in time , will have the explosives neutralized . 
 is sent into Manhattan in a stealth glider , landing atop the World Trade Center . He tracks the President 's life - monitor bracelet to a vaudeville theater , only to find it on the wrist of an insane old man . He meets " , " who takes in his armored taxi cab to , an advisor to the and a former associate of 's . tells that the Duke plans to unify the gangs in a mass exodus across the heavily guarded Queensboro Bridge , using the President as a human shield and a map has created to avoid the landmines . forces and his girlfriend to lead him to the Duke 's compound at Grand Central Terminal . He finds the President , but is captured by the Duke 's men . 
 While is forced to fight in a deathmatch with , a prisoner , and kill and flee with the President . As kills , the Duke learns of 's treachery and rallies his gang to chase them . , , , and the President race to the World Trade Center in an attempt to use 's glider to escape from Manhattan . After a group of crazies destroy it , the group returns to the street and encounters , who offers to take them across the bridge . When reveals that he has the secret tape ( having traded it to earlier for his hat ) , the President demands it , but keeps it . 
 The Duke pursues the group onto the bridge , setting off mines as he tries to catch up . With navigating through the minefield , manages to avoid most of the explosives , but the cab hits a mine and is blown in half , killing . As the group flees on foot , is killed when he steps on another mine . refuses to leave him . She stands in the middle of the road , shooting at the 's car until he runs her down , killing her . and the President reach the perimeter wall , and the guards raise the President on a rope . The Duke opens fire on the wall , killing the guards and forcing to dive for cover , but the President shoots the dead . is lifted to safety , and the micro - explosives in his neck are neutralized . 
 As the President prepares for a televised speech to the leaders at the summit meeting , he thanks for saving him . asks how he feels about the people who died saving him , but the President only offers half - hearted regret . As walks away in disgust , offers a job , which he refuses . The President 's speech commences , and he offers the contents of the cassette ; to his embarrassment , the tape is 's cassette of the swing song " Bandstand Boogie " . As walks away , he intentionally tears the magnetic tape out of the cassette reel with the actual message that was intended to be delivered by the President .

Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Donald Pleasence, Adrienne Barbeau, Isaac Hayes, Ernest Borgnine

The sorcerer retrieves Excalibur from for , who secures a brief alliance with , the Duke of Cornwall . 's lust for 's wife soon ruins the truce , and agrees to help to seduce on the condition that he gives whatever results from his lust . transforms into 's likeness with the Charm of Making . 's daughter senses her father 's mortal injury during his assault on 's camp ; and , while is fooled by the disguise and impregnates her , sees through it , watching as dies in battle . Nine months later , takes 's son . pursues but is mortally wounded by ' knights . thrusts Excalibur into a stone , crying that " Nobody shall wield Excalibur , but me ! " , and proclaims , " He who draws the sword from the stone , he shall be king . " 
 Years later Sir and his sons , and attend a jousting tournament . Sir wins the chance to try pulling Excalibur from the stone , but he fails . 's sword is later stolen , and pulls Excalibur from the stone while trying to replace the stolen sword . Word spreads , and announces to the crowd that is 's son and , hence , the rightful ruler . immediately proclaims his support for the new king , but not all are willing to accept . While the others argue , and enter the forest , where tells that he is the rightful king and that the king and the land are one . Overwhelmed , falls into a long sleep . When he wakes , goes to aid , whose castle is under siege by 's enemies , led by Sir . During the battle , defeats and then demands knight him , handing him Excalibur to do so . is tempted to kill him but is deeply moved by 's display of faith and decides to knight him ( is stunned , as this is something he did not foresee ) . falls to his knees to declare his loyalty , which leads the others to follow suit . meets 's daughter soon afterwards and is smitten but foresees trouble . 
 Years later , the undefeated knight blocks a bridge and will not move until he is defeated in single combat , seeking a king worthy of his sword . defeats and his knights , so summons Excalibur 's magic and defeats but breaks Excalibur in the process . is ashamed of abusing the sword 's power to serve his own vanity and throws the sword 's remains into the lake , while admitting his mistake . The Lady of the Lake offers a restored Excalibur to the king , is revived and and his knights unify the land . creates the Round Table , builds Camelot and marries ; confesses that he has fallen in love with her too . 's half - sister , a budding sorceress and still bitter towards , becomes apprenticed to in hopes of learning the Charm of Making from him . 
 stays away from the Round Table to avoid . He meets , a peasant boy and takes him to Camelot to become a squire . Sir , under 's influence , accuses of driving away , " driven from us by a woman 's desire " , forcing to duel with to defend his and 's honor . The preceding night , is attacked by himself in a nightmare and awakens to find himself wounded by his own sword . hastily knights when is late to the duel but appears just in time and defeats , while nearly dying from his wounds . heals him and he rides out to the forest to rest . realizes her feelings for and they consummate their love in the forest ; meanwhile , lures to his lair to trap her , suspecting that she is plotting against . 
 finds and asleep together . Heartbroken at their betrayal , he thrusts Excalibur into the ground between the sleeping couple . 's magical link to the land impales him on the sword and seizes the opportunity to trap him in a crystal with the Charm of Making . takes the form of and seduces . On awakening to the sight of , flees in shame and lies weeping . 
 bears a son , , and a curse caused by 's unnatural incestuous origin strikes the land with famine and sickness . A broken sends his knights on a quest for the Holy Grail , in hopes of restoring the land . Many of his knights die or are bewitched by . captures , who narrowly escapes . encounters an ugly bearded old man with armor under his tattered robes , who preaches to followers that the kingdom has fallen because of " the sin of Pride " . A shocked recognizes the man as . After fails to convince to come to 's aid , and his followers throw into a river . has a vision of the Grail , during which he realizes that and the land are one . Upon answering the riddle he gains the Grail and takes it to , who drinks from it and is revitalized , as is the land , which springs into blossom . 
 finds at a convent and they reconcile . She gives him Excalibur , which she has kept safe since the day she fled . Frustrated in preparation for battle against 's allies , calls to , unknowingly awakening the wizard from his enchanted slumber . and have a last conversation before vanishes . The wizard then appears to as a shadow and tricks her into uttering the Charm of Making , producing a fog from the breath of the dragon , and exhausting her own magical powers that had kept her young . She rapidly ages and kills her , repulsed by the sight of his once beautiful mother now reduced to a decrepit old crone . 
 and 's forces meet in battle , with 's army benefiting from the fog that conceals their small size . arrives unexpectedly and turns the tide of battle , later collapsing from his old , self - inflicted wound which had never healed . and reconcile and dies with honor . stabs with a spear but further impales himself to get closer and kills with Excalibur . refuses to carry out 's dying wish , that he throw Excalibur into a pool of calm water , reasoning that the sword is too valuable to be lost . tells him to do as he commands and reassures him that one day a new king will come and the sword will return again . throws Excalibur into the pool , where the Lady of the Lake catches it . returns to see lying on a ship , attended by three ladies clad in white , sailing into the sun toward the Isle of Avalon .

The death of , Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court , has created a vacancy on the high court . The president 's appointee turns out to be , a staunch conservative from Orange County , CA , who is confirmed as the first female Associate Justice . 
 She and Associate Justice , a committed liberal and many years older than and with many years on the Supreme Court , clash intellectually on just about every judicial issue before them . One case involves a pornographic film and involves arguments about freedom of speech . 
 Another is a lawsuit , sent up from the lower court , brought by a company 's stockholders regarding the suppression of a possibly revolutionary new power source , a momentum engine . The patent is controlled by the board of directors of Omnitech International , and its CEO , who 's has not been seen in public for a decade and is unavailable by subpoena . 
 With time , the two judges develop a liking and respect for each other . They realize this while is recovering in the hospital from a " heart episode " suffered while he and were debating the complexities of the momentum engine / Omnitch case , after hours , in the court room . 
 Based on something intimated during their debate , returns to Orange County , overnight . There , in a records storage center , she discovers proof that her late husband and his law firm covered up the death of their client , CEO . Because of her former association with the law firm , she concludes she has a serious conflict of interest on the Omnitech case , and must now resign her Associate Justice position . When hears this , he leaves the hospital abruptly and after more debate , talks her out of resigning . They head by taxi to the Supreme Court to announce her discovery , one that will no doubt shake up the Omnitech case and get it on the docket for the high court to review .

Two months after the Camp Crystal Lake massacre , sole survivor is recovering from her traumatic experience . In her apartment , she wakes up to take a shower . As opens the refrigerator to get her cat some food , she finds the decapitated head of in her refrigerator and is murdered by an unseen adult with an ice pick to her temple . 
 Five years later , camp counselor hosts a counselor training camp near Camp Crystal Lake . The camp is attended by , her boyfriend , troublemaker , tomboy , wheelchair - bound , sweet - natured , jokester , and 's assistant , as well as many other trainees . Around the campfire that night , tells the counselors about the legend of , of how he survived his drowning , grew up living in the woods , and is now seeking to kill any intruders to avenge his mother 's death . As appears with a mask and a spear , reassures everyone that is dead and that Camp Crystal Lake is off limits . That night , Crazy wanders onto the property to warn the group but is garroted from behind a tree by . The following day , and sneak off to Camp Crystal Lake upon finding a carcass , before getting caught by Deputy and return to the camp . Later , spots ( revealed to be wearing a burlap sack over his face ) and chases him into the woods before he is killed with a hammer claw . 
 Back at camp , offers the others one last night on the town before the training begins ; only and accept his offer . and are forced to stay behind as punishment for sneaking off . At the bar , muses that if were still alive and witnessed his mother 's death , it may have left him with no distinction between life and death , right or wrong . dismisses the idea , proclaiming that is nothing but an urban legend . At the camp , appears at the camp site and kills the counselors one by one . has his throat slit with a machete while caught in a rope trap . finds his dead body and is killed offscreen . is hit in the face with a machete and falls down a flight of stairs . then moves upstairs and impales and with a spear as they have sex , and stabs with a kitchen knife . 
 Later , and return to find the place in disarray . In the dark , ambushes and then chases throughout the camp and into the woods , where she comes across his shack . After barricading herself inside , she finds an altar with head on it , surrounded by a pile of 's victims ( the sheriff , , and a decomposing ) with his mother 's machete placed on the altar . puts on 's sweater and tries to psychologically convince that she is his mother . The ruse fails when he spots his mother 's head on the altar and attacks . appears and attacks , but he is quickly overwhelmed . Just as is about to kill with a pickaxe , picks up the machete and slams it down into his shoulder , seemingly killing him . 
 and return to the cabin . They think that has followed them , but when they open the door , they are greeted by 's dog , Muffin . Suddenly , an unmasked bursts through the window from behind and grabs . She then awakens to her being loaded into an ambulance and calls out for , who is nowhere to be seen and his fate left ambiguous . Back in the shack , head remains on the altar as is nowhere to be seen .

In a small New England town during the frigid winter season of 1979 , four elderly friends — businessman , lawyer , Dr. , and Mayor — form the Chowder Society , an informal men 's club who get together each week to share tales of horror . 's son , living in New York City , falls from his apartment window after seeing a girl he 's been sleeping with suddenly turn into a living corpse . His other son , , comes home at 's request . Some time after 's funeral , sees him walking through town during a snowstorm and follows him to a bridge , where he disappears . Calling out to his dead son , he suddenly sees the female apparition that killed , and falls to his death from the bridge . Meanwhile , two escaped patients from a mental asylum , and , have taken up residence in the old house , now in ruins . 
 Doubting his father committed suicide , approaches the remaining three friends and tells them a " ghost " story to gain membership into the Chowder Society . In a flashback , tells the story of how he , a college professor in Florida , began a torrid sexual affair with a mysterious secretary named . The two of them immediately hit if off and before long they got engaged . insist she wants to marry in his home town of Milburn but he is reluctant as he considers the town a boring place . However , soon began to suspect that something was terribly wrong with , a gut feeling that was vindicated one night when he touched her and realized she was as cold as a corpse . eventually broke things off with , and , furious , disappeared from his life . He falls into a depression , which ends up costing him both his reputation and his job . A month later , he called his brother in New York and learned to his horror that began dating not long after he broke off their engagement , and that now he 's going to marry her . desperately tries to warn his brother to get away from , declaring she 's dangerous . However , his brother scoffs at the warning and hangs up . Not long after , was killed and suspected her of being involved in his death . The elderly friends react to 's story . remains very skeptical . then shows the four elders an old photograph from the 1920s he 'd found among his father 's possessions . In it there is a striking young woman who is a dead ringer for . , realizing what has happened , pleads with his friends to tell the truth , but is rebuffed . 
 The next day , has a nightmare about and dies of a heart attack . Finally , and explain to that , in the spring of 1929 , the four friends became smitten with a young flirtatious girl of mysterious origins named . first took her to bed , but he was impotent with her . Outside her house , the other three friends serenaded in hopes of catching a glimpse of her when a shirtless came to the window instead , giving the impression that he did sleep with her . left with his friends , and the four became very drunk , discussing 's prowess in the bedroom . They returned to her house , where all but danced with her . When it was proposed that they leave , suggestively insisted on getting his dance , to which she pointedly responded that she intended to dance with all of them . She confronted about what he had told his friends , then was about to tell them the truth when Young leaped to silence her , knocking her down , accidentally smashing her head into the stone fireplace . Horrified , the young men believed that the unresponsive was dead . They considered calling the police , but realized it would only mean wrecking their lives . Instead , they loaded her body into her car , then pushed it into the nearby lake . As the car descends , stirred inside , looking out at them from the back window , screaming and hammering at the glass as the car sank beneath the surface , taking her with it . 
 Back in the present , and reveal that the Chowder Society never talked about it again , not even with each other . Due to 's reputation , the townsfolk were relieved when she 'd gone missing and assumed that she 'd simply skipped town . However , they admit that her death has haunted them all these years . Whereas is dubious , both and believe that and are the same woman and that her ghost has returned to seek revenge . 
 suggests they go to 's old house , now in ruins , to confront the past and her ghost once and for all . They go there , but falls on the rotting stairs and breaks his leg . leaves in his car to seek help , leaving and behind . While driving through the snowstorm , comes upon 's apparition . He slams on the brakes , and swerves to the side of the road . He survives , but is attacked and killed by , one of 's accomplices . 
 believes something 's happened to Sears and leaves to get help . He 's picked up by , who tells him of 's plans for them both , but stabs him and escapes to get to the authorities , telling them to pull 's car up from the lake to reveal her body inside . This is intercut with , who confronts the rotting specter of / Eva . and the authorities drag out the ancient car and wrench open the rusted , corroded door . The rotting corpse of lunges into view and falls harmlessly to the ground . Now that the truth about is known , is spared from her vengeance , and the town is restored to peace .

On October 31 , 1978 , is shot six times and falls off a balcony . Taking shelter to recover from his injuries , steals a kitchen knife from the home of an elderly couple , and kills a teenage girl living next door . , who narrowly survived being killed by earlier in the night , is taken to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital , while psychiatrist Dr. , continues his pursuit of . While with Sheriff , spots and chases after teenager , who is dressed like , but an oncoming police car suddenly crashes into the teenager , killing him in the process . Sheriff receives news of the death of his daughter , . Blaming for her death , Sheriff goes home to tell his wife about it , leaving Deputy in charge to help . 
 At the hospital , paramedic develops romantic feelings for , much to the chagrin of head nurse Mrs. . discovers 's location via the radio , due to the news of the murders reaching the media , and makes his way to the hospital . Once there , he cuts the phone lines , disables the cars , and kills the hospital personnel . Security guard Mr. goes downstairs to fix the power in the basement , and is killed with a hammer claw to his skull . Paramedic is strangled , while Nurse is scalded to death in the hospital 's hot tub , while Mrs is hooked up to an IV by as the device slowly drains Mrs ' blood . Meanwhile hurries off to find Dr. , only to find him dead with a needle jammed into his eye . Before she can flee , kills her with a syringe . and Nurse search the hospital for , who is trying to evade ; finds Mrs. ' corpse , and slips in a pool of blood on the floor , losing consciousness . 
 Elsewhere , is informed that broke into the local elementary school . As he investigates , 's colleague , , and a marshal come to escort back to Smith 's Grove on the governor 's orders . Along the way , tells that is 's sister , but that information was kept secret for her safety . With the realization that is after , orders the marshal to drive back to Haddonfield . 
 Just after finding , is killed by a scalpel - wielding , who then pursues through the hospital . escapes to the parking lot , and hides in 's car . Regaining consciousness , exits the hospital , and gets in the car to seek help , but he falls unconscious on the steering wheel horn because of his injuries , alerting to their location . , , and the marshal reach the hospital just in time to save . shoots five more times . As attempts to contact the police , kills the marshal , and chases and into an operating room . stabs in the stomach , wounding him , but shoots in the eyes , blinding him . and fill the room with ether and oxygen gas . orders to run and sacrifices himself by igniting the gas , which blows up the operating room with him and inside , immolating them both in the fire . , engulfed in flames , stumbles out of the room before finally falling dead.[3 ] Early the next morning , is put in an ambulance and driven to safety , having visions of 's burning body playing in her head .

The title sequence story opens with a space shuttle orbiting the Earth . The bay doors open , releasing a Corvette . An astronaut seated in the car then begins descending through Earth 's atmosphere , landing in a desert canyon . 
 In the framing story , the astronaut arrives at home , where he is greeted by his daughter . He says he has something to show her . When he opens his case , a green , crystalline sphere rises out and melts him . It introduces itself to the terrified girl as " the sum of all evils " . Looking into the orb known as the Loc - Nar , the girl sees how it has influenced societies throughout time and space . 
 In a dystopian New York City in the year 2031 , cynical taxicab driver narrates his day in film - noir - style , grumbling about his fares and occasional robbery attempts , which he thwarts with a disintegrator installed behind his seat . He stumbles into an incident where he rescues a girl from a gangster named , who had murdered the girl 's father . She tells him about her father 's discovery : the Loc - Nar , an artifact over which people are killing each other . takes the girl back to his apartment , where she climbs into his bed and has sex with him . The next day , one of his fares is , who threatens if he does not cooperate . The girl decides to sell the Loc - Nar to and split the proceeds with . At the exchange , takes the Loc - Nar out of its case and is disintegrated . Meanwhile , the girl informs that she 's keeping the money for herself and pulls a gun on him . is forced to use his disintegrator on her . He keeps the money and writes it up as a " two - day ride with one hell of a tip " . 
 A nerdy teenager finds a " green meteorite " and puts it in his rock collection . During a lightning experiment , the orb hurls the boy into the world of Neverwhere , where he transforms into a naked , bald - headed muscular man called , an acronym for his earth name , . After getting a nearby article of clothing to keep anyone from seeing his " dork " hanging out , witnesses a strange ritual , rescuing a nubile young woman who was about to be sacrificed to Uhluhtc . Reaching safety , she introduces herself as from the British colony of Gibraltar . While she demonstrates her gratitude with sexual favors , they are interrupted by the minions of , an immortal man who wants to obtain the Loc - Nar for himself . He orders to get the Loc - Nar from the Queen , who performed the ritual . agrees and infiltrates the palace , but is promptly caught by the Queen , who offers leniency if he has sex with her . He complies distracting the Queen while the raiding party steals the Loc - Nar . escapes and races back to rescue from . Recreating the lightning incident that drew him to Neverwhere , he is able to banish and the Queen . 's voice - over has him suspecting that they were teleported to his mom 's house and she will be surprised . Refusing the opportunity to take the Loc - Nar for himself , rides with into the sunset content to remain in Neverwhere . As for the Loc - Nar , it rises into the sky and lands on a space station where it is picked up by someone . 
 On a space station , crooked space captain is on trial for numerous serious charges presented by the prosecutor consisting of 12 accounts of murder on the first degree , 14 counts of armed theft of Federation property , 22 accounts of piracy in high space , 18 counts of fraud , 37 counts of rape , and one moving violation . Pleading " not guilty " against the advice of his lawyer , explains that he expects to be acquitted because he bribed a witness . takes the stand upon being called to the stand by the prosecutor , but his perjury is subverted when the Loc - Nar , now the size of a marble , causes him to blurt out the truth about 's evil deeds . rants with such fury that he changes into a hulking muscular form and chases throughout the station , breaking through bulkheads and wreaking havoc . Eventually , he corners , receives his promised payoff , and promptly shrinks back to his gangly original form . opens a trap door under , ejecting him into space . The Loc - Nar enters Earth 's atmosphere with 's flaming hand still clinging to it . 
 Because of time constraints , a segment called " Neverwhere Land " , which would have connected " Captain Sternn " to " B-17 " , was cut . 
 The story follows the influence of the Loc - Nar upon the evolution of a planet , from the Loc - Nar landing in a body of water , influencing the rise of the industrial age , and a world war . This original story was created by . 
 The original rough animatics are set to a loop of the beginning of Pink Floyd 's " Time " . The 1996 VHS release included this segment at the end of the tape . On the DVD release , this segment is included as a bonus feature . In both released versions , the sequence is set to the music of " Passacaglia " ( from Magnificat ) , composed and conducted by . 
 A World War II B-17 bomber nicknamed the " Pacific Pearl " makes a difficult bombing run with heavy damage and casualties . As the bomber limps home , the co - pilot goes back to check on the crew . Finding nothing but dead bodies , he notices the Loc - Nar trailing the plane . Informing the pilot , he heads back to the cockpit , when the Loc - Nar rams itself into the plane and reanimates the dead crew members as zombies . The co - pilot is killed , while the pilot parachutes away in time . He lands on an island where he finds a graveyard of airplanes from various times , along with the wrecked airplanes ' zombified airmen . 
 Dr. , a prominent scientist , arrives at the Pentagon for a meeting regarding mysterious mutations that are plaguing the US . At the meeting , the doctor tries to dismiss the occurrences , but when he sees the Loc - Nar in the locket of , a beautiful buxom stenographer , he behaves erratically and attempts to sexually assault her . A colossal starship drills through the roof and abducts the doctor and , by accident , . The ship 's robot is irritated at , who is actually a malfunctioning android , but its mood changes when it sees . With the help of the ship 's alien pilot and co - pilot and , the robot convinces to stay on board and have " robot sex " . Meanwhile , and snort a massive amount of plutonian nyborg before flying home , zoning out on the cosmos . Too intoxicated to fly straight , they crash land unharmed in a huge space station . 
 Original story by and ; inspired by ' stories . 
 The Loc - Nar , now the size of a giant meteor , crashes into a volcano on an unnamed world , changing a tribe of human outcasts into mutated barbarians who ravage a peaceful city . The elders desperately try to summon the last of a warrior race , the Taarakians . , a strong , beautiful , and mute Taarakian warrior maiden , arrives too late to stop the massacre and resolves to avenge the city . Her search leads to the barbarians ' stronghold , where she is captured , stripped of her clothing , tortured , and left for dead . With the help of her Taarakian mount , she escapes , places her outfit back on , and confronts the barbarian leader . Though wounded , she defeats him . With readying her final attack on the Loc - Nar , it tells her not to sacrifice herself as she can not destroy it . She does not relent , and her self - sacrifice destroys the Loc - Nar . 
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 As the final story ends , the Loc - Nar terrorizing the girl is similarly destroyed , blowing the mansion to pieces . 's reborn mount appears outside and the girl happily flies away on it . It is then revealed that 's soul has been reincarnated in the girl . The girl 's hair color changes to that of and she reveals a Taarakian mark on her neck . 
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, the president of Alpha Sigma Rho , decides that four new pledges — bookish , rich , party girl , and surfer — should have an initiation . They are to spend the night in a supposedly " haunted " estate , Garth Manor , where murders occurred 12 years prior . The house 's former owner , , strangled his wife , , to death and killed his three deformed children — , , & — before finally hanging himself . However , the youngest child , , was never found , and is rumored to still be in the house . 
 After being escorted to the house , and have sex , leaving and in the parlor to talk . Meanwhile , , , and have rigged mechanical devices to scare the pledges . In the parlor alone , sees what she believes is the ghost of , and she and hear groaning and witness the windows slam open . Outside , May is attacked and dragged into a pit , where she is decapitated . While is on the roof rigging another device , he is also killed by an unseen assailant . After tries and fails to pull a prank on , he climbs up to the roof and finds hanging from a wire . flees into a hedge maze on the property where he is attacked by a second assailant who kills him with a scythe . 
 Meanwhile , the group of pledges discover the sound effects and scares set up around the house . and retreat back upstairs . While is in the bathroom , an unknown person emerges from the closet . He returns and , thinking is under the covers , pulls them back , only to discover May 's severed head . leaves the manor by climbing the fence to get help . Meanwhile in the house , and discover 's corpse . The two notice a light coming from the hedge maze . While goes to investigate , locks herself in a bedroom . In the maze , finds 's body , and discovers the light was coming from 's flashlight . 
 and assume that the real murderer is , in fact , . As they discuss the matter , a shape begins to form in the large rug behind , who turns around and screams in terror . arms himself with a pitchfork , and impales the figure . The two pull back the piled - up rug to reveal a trapdoor , and that the figure beneath the rug has fallen back into the hole below . They enter the trapdoor and discover a system of tunnels beneath the house ; while searching , the pair discover 's body , which is sitting with another pair of mummified corpses . 
 They are then confronted by a lumbering and deformed man who chases them , enraged . tries to fight back , but is knocked down and injured and thrown down a flight of stairs when a second killer appears on the scene . The two apparent sons trap and , but escape through another passageway . The pair escape and head back to the bedroom . 
 Meanwhile , arrives at the police station , where he is scolded and the police dismiss his story and threaten to put him in jail . sneaks away , steals a shotgun and buckshot shells , and climbs out a window . He then hijacks a car from a man and tells him he 's going to Garth Manor . arrives at Garth Manor where he follows one of the sons from the main gate and through a hole in the fence surrounding the house . He is attacked by the second son , but manages to shoot him to death . finds and in the parlor , but is grabbed by who drags him into the darkness ; and hear a gunshot , and watch the shotgun slide alone across the floor . They think for a minute if is still alive or dead . attempts to obtain the shotgun , but lunges from the darkness and chases and back upstairs into the bedroom . escapes out the window onto the roof , but is thrown to his death by . 
 retreats into the hedge maze where she discovers 's body ; she notices his hand has keys gripped in it , which she retrieves . The keys successfully open the gate , and attempts to leave in the stolen car arrived in . She is able to hotwire the vehicle just before leaps onto the hood . He attempts to strangle her , and she crashes into gate , knocking it off one of its hinges . She then drives the car again toward the spiked tips of the gate , impaling as he spews blood , writhing in agony and dies . passes out from exhaustion . She awakens in the morning , with still impaled on the toppled gate and the crashed car . She gets out of the car in stunned silence , dazed as the film ends .

The film is a parody of the historical spectacular film genre anthology , including the sword and sandal epic and the period costume drama subgenres . The four main segments consist of stories set during the Stone Age , the Roman Empire , the Spanish Inquisition , and the French Revolution . Other intermediate skits include reenactments of the giving of the Ten Commandments and the Last Supper . 
 Cavemen ( including ) depict the invention of fire , the first marriages , the first artist ( which in turn gives rise to the first critic ) , and early attempts at comedy and music , by smashing each other 's feet with rocks and thus creating an orchestra of screams ( until performing 's " Hallelujah Chorus " at the end ) . 
 ( ) is shown coming down from Mount Sinai carrying three stone tablets after receiving the Law from God ( the voice of an uncredited ) . When announcing the giving of the reception of the law to the people , proclaims , “ The Lord has given unto you these fifteen ... ” ( whereupon he drops one of the tablets , which promptly shatters ) “ Oy ... ten ! TEN Commandments ! For all to obey ! ” 
 ( again ) , a stand - up philosopher , is notified by his agent ( ) that he has landed a gig at 's palace . En route to the palace meets and falls in love with a Vestal Virgin named ( Mary - ) and befriends an Ethiopian slave named ( ) . ' life is spared when he is conscripted into the service of the Empress ( ) . In ancient Roman culture , could have freed just by touching him , because she was a vestal virgin . ' arrival at 's palace was filmed at the Caesars Palace hotel in Las Vegas . 
 At the Palace , Emperor ( ) gorges on food , ogles pretty maidens and waits to be entertained . forgets his audience and begins to crack insulting one - liners about the emperor 's abundant body contours and corrupt ways . absentmindedly pours a jug of wine into 's lap and is ordered to fight to the death in a gladiatorial manner . They fight their way out of the palace , assisted in their escape by , Empress and a horse named . 
 After helps , and briefly find refuge in Empress 's home , is " outed " among a row of eunuchs after " reacting " to a seductive dancer 's performance , and the group is chased by Roman soldiers led by ( ) . As the soldiers gain on the group 's cart ( pulled by ) , instructs them to pull over in a field and requests lots of papyrus . He takes " Roman Red " marijuana which is growing alongside the road and rolls it into the papyrus , forming a device he calls Mighty Joint , sets fire to it and mounts it to the back of their chariot , trailing smoke into the chasing army . 
 The resulting smoke confuses and incapacitates the trailing Roman army . The escaping group then sets sail from the port to Judea . While waiting tables at a restaurant , blunders into a private room where the Last Supper is taking place , as is telling the apostles " One of you has betrayed me tonight " . The Apostles are in fear . says " . " , startled , almost jumps out of his seat as replies " Do you want some mulled wine ? " , and interrupts ( ) repeatedly ( using his name as an expression for dismay or concern , right in front of him ) . Eventually , ( ) arrives to paint the group ’s portrait . Dissatisfied that he can only see the backs of half of their heads , he has them move to one side of the table and paints them with behind , holding a silver plate which doubles as a halo.[4 ] 
 The Spanish Inquisition segment is performed in the style of a grandiose Busby Berkeley production . The segment is one long song - and - dance number featuring as the infamous . The segment opens with a herald introducing and making a play on his name , noting that despite the pleas for mercy from the condemned , that you " ca n't Torquemada anything " ( talk him outta anything ) . Several instances of " comical " torture are shown including a spinning iron maiden and " water torture " re - imagined as an - style aquatic ballet with nuns . and have cameos in this scene as Jewish torture victims . 
 In her tavern Madame Defarge ( ) incites a mob to plot the French Revolution . Meanwhile , King of France ( again ) is warned by his advisors , Count de Monet ( played by and mistakenly called " Count da Money " by the king and others ) and his associate ( ) , that the peasants do not think he likes them — a suspicion reinforced by the king 's use of peasants as clay pigeons in a murderous ( and humorous ) game of skeet . A beautiful woman , ( ) , asks King to free her father , who has been imprisoned in the Bastille for 10 years because he said " the poor ai n't so bad . " He agrees to the pardon under the condition that she have sex with him that night , while threatening that should she refuse , her father will die . He then gives her 10 seconds to decide between " hump or death " and at the last second she agrees to " hump " . 
 De manages to convince the king that the revolution is building and he needs to go into hiding , so they will need a stand - in to pretend to be him . Thus ( also ) , the garçon de pisse ( a.k.a . " piss - boy " ) , is chosen to impersonate the real king . Later that night , , unaware of the subterfuge , arrives and offers herself to the piss - boy who is dressed as the king . As she invites him to take her virginity , he pardons her father without requiring the sexual favors . After and her senile father ( ) return from the prison , the peasants burst into the room and capture the piss - boy “ king ” and . They are taken to the guillotine for the crimes committed by the crown . When asked if he would like a blindfold or any last words , declines . However , when they test the guillotine , make a final request for Novocain . The executioner declares " there is no such thing known to medical science " , to which replies " I 'll wait " . Just as is about to be beheaded muses that " only a miracle can save him now " , and arrives in a cart pulled by Miracle , the horse from the film 's Roman Empire segment . They all escape Paris , riding away in the cart . The last shot is of the party approaching a mountain carved with the words “ THE END . ” 
 The end of the film presents a mock teaser trailer for History of the World , Part II , narrated by , which promises to include Hitler on Ice , a Viking funeral , and " Jews in Space " , a parody of Star Wars . 
 Despite the preview , no sequel has been released , and the “ Part I ” of the film ’s title is merely a historical joke[5 ] ( The History of the World was written by Sir while prisoner in the Tower of London ; he had only managed to complete the first volume before being beheaded).[6 ]

Mel Brooks, Gregory Hines, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, Pamela Stephenson, Mary-Margaret Humes, Sid Caesar, Dom DeLuise, Ron Carey, Shecky Greene, Orson Welles

Dr. ( ) , a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon , is puzzled when four beautiful models working in television commercials request cosmetic surgery to make changes so minor as to be imperceptible to the naked eye . When these models later start dying under mysterious circumstances , he discovers they are all linked to the same advertisement research firm . 
 The Digital Matrix research firm rates advertising models using a scoring system to measure the combined visual impact of various physical attributes in television commercials . In an experiment to increase their scores , some models are sent to Dr. to get cosmetic surgery to maximize their visual impacts . Though the models are physically perfect after the surgeries , they still are not as effective as desired , so the research firm decides to use a different approach . Each model is offered a contract to have her body scanned digitally to create 3D computer - generated models , then the 3D models are animated for use in commercials . The contract deals seem to be incredibly lucrative for the models : once their bodies are represented digitally , they get a paycheck for life , never having to work again , since their digital models are used for all their future work in commercials . 
 However , when these same models start dying under mysterious circumstances , becomes suspicious and decides to investigate Digital Matrix . He has a strong interest in investigating the deaths : He is considered a prime suspect by the police ( from evidence planted at the scene of one of the murders ) and his most recent patient , ( with whom he is involved in a relationship ) ( ) , is the last of the models to be digitally scanned . 
 During his investigation , discovers some advanced technology devices the Digital Matrix corporation is using to hypnotize consumers into buying the products they advertise . He also discovers the Light Ocular - Oriented Kinetic Emotive Responses ( L.O.O.K.E.R. ) gun , a light pulse device that gives the illusion of invisibility by instantly mesmerizing its victims into losing all sense of time .

( ) is an air traffic controller at New York 's Kennedy Intl . Airport whose life is slowly going down the drain . His girlfriend , ( ) , has just left him because of his jealousy . Now , everywhere he goes he seems to run into her with another man , driving him nuts . One night while he 's driving home from a party at a gay nightclub in Lower Manhattan , a tanker truck spills nuclear waste onto his car and through his open sunroof , covering him with glowing green goo . The next day , he notices that he has developed telekinetic powers . With this newfound discovery , decides to put his powers to use by striking back at his tormentors to win back the love of . 
 He is asked to spend the weekend at the summer beach house of a paraplegic friend ( ) , who has also invited some other friends , including 's ex - wife ( ) as well as his ex - girlfriend , plus self - confidence author and womanizer ( ) who has designs on . constantly demeans and derides , while trying to seduce ( although his egomanical bragging and unabashed nudity just seems to alienate her ) . 
 gets his revenge by using his powers to humiliate his rival , meanwhile freaking out the other guests . Finally , he sees himself becoming a monster , and by a fortuitous stroke of lightning his powers are transferred to , the voodoo - practicing maid ( ) . 's girlfriend forgives him and he realizes that she truly does love him .

is a driven actress and compulsively clean housekeeper who tries controlling the lives of those around her as tightly as she controls herself . To prepare to work at MGM Studios , she rises at 4:00 a.m. , scrubbing her face and arms with soap and boiling water before plunging her face into a bowl of witch hazel and ice to close the pores . When , a new maid , thinks 's living room is spotless , finds one minor detail she overlooked and loses her temper . 
 is in a relationship with Hollywood lawyer , but her career is in a downswing . Despite wanting a baby , she can not get pregnant : seven pregnancies when she was married to actor ended in miscarriages . When she is denied an application for adoption , she enlists 's help to secure a baby . adopts a girl , , and then a boy , . lavishes with attention and luxuries such as an extravagant birthday party , but also enforces a code of denial and discipline . When is showered with birthday gifts , allows her to choose one to keep and donates the rest to charity . 
 overtakes in a swimming pool race and laughs at the child . When reacts angrily , locks her in the pool house . Later , discovers wearing her makeup and imitating her . She hysterically cuts off chunks of 's hair to humiliate her . 
 resents 's allegiance to studio boss and argues with after a dinner at 's restaurant . guzzles down glasses of vodka and throws a drink in 's face after he tells her she is getting old . After breaks up with , she cuts him out of photos . When forces to leave MGM after theater owners brand her " box office poison " , she hacks down her prize rose garden with a pair of large gardening shears and an axe . 
 On another occasion , , her face slathered in cold cream , goes into 's bedroom in the middle of the night to return a dress to her closet . Finding one of 's dresses hanging on a wire hanger . She screams at the girl and then yanks dresses from 's closet , throwing them all over her room and beating her with the hanger . Stating the clean bathroom floor is dirty , throws cleaning powder all over it before striking across the back with the can and screaming at her to clean it up . 
 sends to Chadwick School . Years later , when a teenage is caught in a compromising position with a boy , brings her home . , a reporter from Redbook magazine , is writing a puff piece on 's home life . After lies about being expelled from Chadwick , confronts her in front of the reporter . slaps twice across the face . questions her mother on why she was adopted . As tries to confess that it was partially a publicity stunt but that she really loves , an outraged yells , " I am not one of your fans ! " throws to the floor and begins strangling her . 's live - in assistant and the reporter pull away . 
 sends to Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy , demanding stricter discipline than other students , with allowed no contact with the outside world . marries , CEO of Pepsi Cola , moves to New York City and pressures him to shoulder a great deal of debt to fund their lavish lifestyle . After his death , the all - male board tries to force her to resign , but coerces them into letting her retain her seat by threatening to publicly condemn Pepsi . 
 After graduating from Flintridge , rents an apartment in Manhattan , where she acts in a soap opera . When is hospitalized for an ovarian tumor , she is temporarily replaced on the show by her visibly drunk mother . dies of cancer in 1977 , whereupon and learn their mother disinherited them in her will . When says their mother has managed to have the last word , questions that .

Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Mara Hobel, Steve Forrest, Rutanya Alda, Howard Da Silva

Three armed assailants attack a woman who turns out to be NYPD Detective Sergeant in drag . His partner , Detective Sergeant , immobilizes two of the assailants ; chases the third upstairs to a subway - station platform , taunts him and incapacitates him with a scarf . That day in London , terrorist ( alias ) bombs a department store . In New York City , and serve a high - risk warrant in the Bronx . They raid a drug - distribution spot , where they discover corrupt police officers among the dealers . After the arrests meets his estranged wife , , and tells her he loves her ; although she initially rebuffs his advances , they eventually reconcile . 
 meets a member of his network at a party to receive travel documents and money . Suspicious of the delivery man , kills him and three Metropolitan Police Service officers sent to arrest him . He escapes , and the police superintendent berates lead investigator Inspector . In Paris meets his partner , , and learns that his handlers are ostracizing him because the bombing killed a number of children . undergoes facial surgery to alter his appearance and decides to move his terrorist campaign to New York City . 
 Lt . transfers and to the newly - formed ATAC ( Anti - terrorist Action Command ) squad , where they meet . and clash , since believes that American police are not ruthless enough to deal with a terrorist such as . Although he hesitates to condone killing , absorbs his new training and begins to understand the terrorist . In New York , moves in with a flight attendant and kills her when she discovers his arsenal . Acting on a tip , orders and to search every nightclub the flight attendant had visited . They find in a nightclub and , after a shootout and foot chase through the subway , first takes a woman hostage and uses her as a human shield , preventing from shooting . then escapes by slashing 's face with a knife . At the hospital , admonishes for not shooting . 
 vows to kill , and ATAC guards a United Nations function at the Metropolitan Museum of Art . , infiltrating the party in disguise , corners on an escalator and kills him . After hijacking a tram car , executes the wife of the French ambassador while watches from a hovering police helicopter . demands that board the tramway to receive an infant that he wishes to be taken to safety . is winched up to the aerial tram and confronts , demanding to know why killed the woman . says that he killed her because he wanted to ; considering himself a speaker for people who can not speak for themselves , he says that all people are victims . 
 The police agree to 's demands for a bus to escort him and the hostages to an airport , where a jet will be waiting . and hide among the hostages . As they board the bus , plays a hidden recording of a lecture denouncing . , enraged , breaks away from the hostages and shoots her with a sniper rifle . escapes by driving the bus off a ramp into the East River , but after searching the area , the police can not find him . 
 At 's safe - house , ATAC finds detailed information on the individual team members and . breaks into 's home , tracking her into the kitchen as she does dishes . As he sneaks up behind to kill her , " " suddenly turns to face , revealing in disguise . As aims his revolver at , lunges at him ; fires twice at the terrorist , sending his body crashing into the street . walks out of the house and sits beside on the front steps of 's house .

An aging couple , and , continue the long tradition of spending each summer at their cottage on a lake called Golden Pond , in the far reaches of northern New England . When they first arrive , notices the loons calling on the lake " welcoming them home " . As they resettle into their summer home , 's memory problems arise when he is unable to recognize several family photographs , which he copes with by frequently talking about death and growing old . They are visited by their only child , a daughter , , who is somewhat estranged from her curmudgeon of a father . She introduces her parents to her fiance and his thirteen - year - old son . tries to play mind games with , an apparent pastime of his , but wo n't hear of it , saying he can only take so much . In another conversation , discusses with her frustration over her relationship with her overbearing father , feeling that even though she lives thousands of miles away in Los Angeles , she still feels like she 's answering to him . Before they depart for a European vacation , and ask the to permit to stay with them while they have some time to themselves . , seeming more senile and cynical than usual due to his 80th birthday and heart palpitations , agrees to 's staying . tells him that he 's the sweetest man in the world , but she is the only one who knows it . 
 is at first annoyed by being left with elderly strangers with no friends nearby and nothing to do . He resents 's brusque manner , but eventually comes to enjoy their Golden Pond fishing adventures together . and soon grow obsessed with catching 's fish rival , named " Walter " , which leads to the accidental destruction of the ' motorboat . returns to find out her father has made good friends with her fiance 's , now husband 's , son . But when she sees the change in her father 's demeanor , attempts something Billy accomplished that she never could : a backflip . successfully executes the dive in front of a cheering , , and . and finally fully embrace before she departs with back home . 
 The final day on Golden Pond comes and the are loading the last of the boxes . tries to move a heavy box , but starts having heart pain and collapses onto the floor of the porch . tries unsuccessfully to get the operator to phone the hospital . then says the pain is gone and attempts to stand to say a final farewell to the lake . tells him she has always known about death but for the first time it felt real , thinking was going to die on the spot . helps to the edge of the lake where they see the loons and notes how they are just like him and , that their offspring is grown and gone off on her own , and now it is just the two of them .

Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Fonda, Dabney Coleman, Doug McKeon

Off the coast of a Caribbean island , a young couple flee a hotel to have sex in the sea . But they swim into a sunken wreck which is also a piranha lair and they are both killed and eaten by the unseen piranha . 
 The next day , a group of tourists , including , are taking the diving courses provided by , an employee of the Hotel Elysium . One of her divers swims into the wreck , which she has strictly forbidden to her divers . Leaving to take over and lead the others to the surface , she discovers almost immediately that her ' missing ' student has been killed there when his badly chewed up body is found . 
 's estranged husband , , a police officer , refuses to listen to about her wanting to have a look at the body , because she needs to know what happened . The death does not seem to match the attack pattern by any of the marine life in this area , which she knows better than anyone . For her not to know what killed a diver is a dangerous sign . intercepts , a dynamite fisherman , and his son , and threatens to confiscate their boat , but as explains to , and he are old friends . 
 Meanwhile , as the guests begin to flirt with each other , and , a pair of women , arrive on a large boat . By their own admission , they are sea bandits . sneaks into the kitchen to steal food , but is intercepted by , a cook . She flirts with him , and he offers instead to make her a wonderful dinner . But as he goes to their boat with the meal , they take the meal and then unlock , letting the boat drift . and try to convince to jump , and he tries , and fails , so they mock him and sail off . They sail too far out , and are attacked and killed by the piranha , who have developed the ability to fly . 
 Worried about what is going on , Anne finds that she is being frequently bothered by , so she takes him with her to the morgue to get a look at the body . It is revealed there that she became a marine biologist before she married , and so she begins taking pictures . There , she finds that the bodies have been eaten in many parts . A nurse comes in and kicks them out , unaware that a piranha was hiding in the body and escaped it . Armed with the power to fly , it kills the nurse and escapes out a window . 
 In her hurry , left her credit card behind at the scene . and have a one - night stand , but in the morning , while he sleeps , she begins to study the pictures , and is horrified by what she discovers . arrives , throwing the card at her , angry first that she went to the morgue in defiance of him , and secondly that she has a man in her bed . She tries to warn him of what she has discovered , but he ignores her and thinks she is a murderess . 
 tries to tell the managers that she is canceling the dives because it is not safe . He at first pretends to be concerned , but swiftly fires her , thinking she is crazy . Attempting to capture one for further study , or at the very least take some pictures so she can prove what she is trying to tell and the manager , she is intercepted by , who swiftly informs her that he is a biochemist and member of a team which has developed the ultimate weapon : a specimen of genetically modified piranha , with some other fish 's genes intermixed , capable of flying . Earlier , and unfortunately , the team mistakenly deposited ( or lost ) a cylinder full of these fish in the water where the dead couple were found . 
 provides the proof needs to , calling him and showing him , not merely some flying piranha he has recently caught , and never seen before , but also that they are a serious danger , because they are turning on each other . This is a sign that they are running out of food and will soon attack whatever they come near , including humans . At a meeting , tries her best to reason with the manager , to no avail . surprises her , standing up for her and proving her case for her a piranha wing in a bag onto the table . tells her that she can not trust , because the army says he is crazy . She argued that has just been using her to get the message of the piranha out for him , to protect both himself and the residents of the hotel . 
 Later on , a piranha attacks 's son and kills him , leaving a bereft to vow revenge by killing the fish in the wreck in which they hide . tries to dissuade him , but it is too late . Having ignored 's advice , the manager , , hosts a nighttime fish party to capture grunion , who come up to the beach to spawn at this time , making them easy prey for humans to capture and kill . Unfortunately for the residents , the piranha are also partially grunion and share the same instinct . gets a man named to patrol the beach but he is lured to the sea where the piranha mutilate and kill him . During the fishing party promoted by the resort , the piranhas fly out of the water and attack and kill some of the guests on the beach and at the hotel 's courtyard pool . leads those who survive into hotel , where they shut the doors and windows . tries to attack the flying piranha , but they easily overwhelm and kill him , while the guests watch helplessly . 
 In the morning , the flying piranha withdraw back into the ocean , for had discovered that they are not fond of daylight . and decide to undertake 's plan , and blow up the ship to destroy the predators . Meanwhile , the situation gets even tenser , for not only can the piranha fly , but and 's son has been hired , against their wishes , by a local ship ' Captain ' Dumont and his lovely daughter . They sail away and strand themselves on an island , leaving them vulnerable to piranha attacks that never actually happen . Getting lost at sea , they try to set sail again , heading straight toward the wreck . 
 When and are stranded in a raft above the shipwreck , and arrive in a motorboat and don scuba gear to dive down to the wreck to plant the timer charges that left behind . With only 10 minutes to get out of the wreck before the bomb explodes , and are trapped in one of the sunken ships rooms by the murderous piranha who all return to the wreck . On the surface , , piloting a police helicopter , ditches the chopper and swims to and 's motorboat where and are . With minutes left to spare before the bomb explodes , powers up the boat and takes off . Down in the wreck , while swimming through the vents , becomes stuck and is eaten by the piranhas . escapes out of a porthole , then ties a survival rope around her waist , allowing herself to be pulled away by the motorboat on the surface . At the last second , gets clear and the bomb detonates , destroying the sunken ship and all the piranha with it . With all the piranhas dead , swims to the surface and is picked up by , and in their boat .

The life of fat housewife ( Divine ) is crumbling around her in her middle - class suburban Baltimore home . Her husband ( ) is a polyester - clad lout who owns an X - rated theater , causing anti - pornography protesters to picket the ' house . She also states that " all the neighborhood women spit at me " whenever she is at the shopping mall . 's children are ( ) , her spoiled promiscuous daughter , and ( ) , her delinquent glue - sniffing son who derives illicit pleasure from stomping on women 's feet . Also adding to 's troubles is her snobby , class - conscious , cocaine - snorting mother ( ) who robs her blind and only cares about her " valuable shopping time . " 
 seeks solace in her best friend ( ) , an independently wealthy , simple - minded woman and the world 's oldest debutante . was once the ' housekeeper , but she inherited a large sum of money from a very affluent family that she used to work for , and has befriended . This infuriates , who admonishes , " She was a scrub - woman . Give her carfare ... a ham at Easter , but for God 's sake , do n't hang around with her ! " tries to cheer with " seize - the - day " bromides , to no avail . 
 discovers that her husband is having an affair with his secretary , ( ) , and later confronts them during a motel tryst and demands a divorce . then falls into alcoholism and depression , exacerbated by her children 's behavior : becomes pregnant by her delinquent boyfriend ( ) and she tells her mother , " I 'm having an abortion , and I ca n't wait ! " ; and after is arrested at a supermarket for stomping on a woman 's foot , the media reveal that he 's the " Baltimore foot stomper " . 
 goes to a family planning clinic for an abortion , but is harassed by anti - abortion picketers . She flees , returns home , and tries to induce a miscarriage , causing to call an unwed mothers ' home . Two nuns arrive , cart out of the house , lock her in the trunk of a car , and take her to a Catholic home for unwed mothers . Meanwhile , on Halloween evening , is shot by and his friend , who have come to trash the house . manages to retrieve the gun and shoots dead . comes home from the unwed mothers ' home and , upon discovering her dead boyfriend , tries to commit suicide by sticking her head in the oven . comes home , sees her daughter 's suicide attempt , and faints . After this , 's life begins to change . is released from jail , completely rehabilitated . suffers a miscarriage from her suicide attempt and sees the error of her ways , turning from a high - school harlot to an artistic flower child who enthuses , " Look , Mother , I 've discovered macramé ! " . finally summons the strength to tell off La Rue . A beacon of light arrives in the form of lounge - suit - wearing , Corvette - driving ( ) , lifting 's spirits . proposes marriage to an elated , who accepts . 
 However , it is soon revealed that is romantically involved with La Rue and they are conspiring to embezzle 's divorce settlement and drive her insane . Meanwhile , and break into the house to kill , but are felled by and . steps on 's foot , causing her to accidentally shoot ; uses her macramé to strangle . and her German chauffeur / fiancé ( ) arrive and run over La Rue and . 
 The film concludes with a happy ending for , her children , and and .

The film begins with a newsreel montage , depicting celebrities of the turn of the 20th century such as , and the architect ( ) , as well as life in New York City . The newsreel is accompanied by ragtime pianist ( ) . The millionaire industrialist ( ) , makes a scene when 's latest creation , a nude statue on the roof of Madison Square Garden , is unveiled . The model for the statue is ( ) , a former chorus girl who is now 's wife . becomes convinced has corrupted and humiliated him , and publicly shoots , killing him . 
 Meanwhile , an unnamed upper - class family resides in a comfortable suburban home in New Rochelle . The family 's Father ( ) owns a factory , where his wife 's Younger Brother ( ) is employed as a fireworks maker . Their passive , sheltered existence is disturbed when an abandoned African American baby is found in their garden . The child 's mother , an unmarried washerwoman named ( ) , is discovered and brought to their home . When she learns that the police intend to charge with child abandonment and attempted murder , Mother ( ) intervenes and takes and her child into the home , despite Father 's objections . Some time later , arrives at the house in search of , driving a new model T Ford and acting in a brash manner unlike the subservient attitude expected of the African American community at the time . Realizing that he is the baby 's father , he announces to a skeptical Father that he intends to marry . 
 Younger Brother witnesses 's murder and becomes obsessed with , leaving home for long periods of time to follow her throughout the city . 's lawyer , ( ) , bribes with a million - dollar divorce settlement ( which she accepts ) to keep silent about 's mental instability at his trial and to testify that had abused her . Passing through the tenements of the Lower East Side , encounters a street artist known as ( ) and sees him throw his wife ( ) out of their home after learning of her infidelity . He takes their daughter and leaves New York , taking with him the flip book he has created , which he begins to sell successfully . , who has become fond of the little girl , is troubled by their disappearance , but distracted when Younger Brother declares his love to her . She begins an affair with him as she begins to plan her return to the stage . He assumes that they will eventually marry and plans to introduce her to his family . However , after is found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity , his lawyers interrupt one of 's trysts with and inform her that will be suing her for divorce on the grounds of infidelity , offering her a much smaller divorce settlement , which she takes . The affair ends shortly thereafter , leaving Younger Brother alone and adrift . 
 In New Rochelle is targeted by a crew of bigoted volunteer firemen , led by fire chief ( ) , who refuse to allow his automobile to pass by their firehouse . He leaves to find a policeman ( ) , and returns to find his car 's front seat soiled with horse manure . His protests end with the racist policeman placing him under arrest for parking his car illegally . is not arrested . After Father arranges for 's release , they discover his car has been vandalized further . pursues legal action , but can find no lawyer willing to represent him . Father , who believes has no legal recourse open to him due to his race , and Younger Brother , who supports , have a confrontation in front of , who is informed by an infuriated Father that it is up to her to get to see sense . She sneaks out of the house to attend a presidential rally , where she attempts to tell President about 's case but is pushed back and beaten by guards . She is severely injured , and soon after dies from her wounds . 
 After 's funeral , and a group of supporters ambush the volunteer firemen , killing several of them . He sends a letter to the police and newspapers threatening to attack other firehouses , demanding that his car be restored and that be turned over to him for justice . Father is disgusted at 's violence , but Younger Brother tracks him down and joins his gang , bringing with him his knowledge of explosives . 
 Ostracized by their own white community and hounded by reporters for their involvement in a black man 's issues , Father and Mother leave New Rochelle for Atlantic City , where they encounter , who is now a film director working on a photoplay with . Mother is attracted to him , and she and Father quarrel . Meanwhile , and his gang force their way into the Pierpont Morgan Library , holding the priceless collection hostage in exchange for and the car . The building is soon surrounded by police and National Guard units . Police Commissioner ( ) arrives to take command of the siege . He sends men to retrieve 's child to use a bargaining chip , but Mother refuses to give him up . This angers Father , who demands she turn the child over , and he returns to New York alone to assist . In his absence Mother checks out of their hotel . 
 Noted black educator ( ) is called in as a mediator but fails to persuade to surrender , as does in a meeting at the library . , who has fled , is captured by the police , and forced to phone Coalhouse and apologize . Commissioner is disgusted by and his racist attitude , who he calls " a piece of slime , " yet can not submit to terrorist demands and has him arrested instead . Coalhouse ultimately agrees to surrender if will permit his supporters to safely depart in his restored car . agrees after Father volunteers to stay inside the library as a hostage . 's supporters escape in the car , and he drives out the library . He prays , seeming ready to blow himself up , but instead surrenders to the police . As he steps out of the building with his hands raised , orders a sniper to shoot him . stumbles a short distance and falls dead . 
 The film ends with another newsreel montage : dances in vaudeville , and is released from an asylum . escapes from a straight jacket while dangling several stories above the ground , while below him , the newspapers announce that war has been declared ( presumably the start of World War I ) . Younger Brother returns to his job as a fireworks maker . In the final shot , Father watches from the house in New Rochelle as Mother departs with and 's son .

Elizabeth McGovern, Howard Rollins, James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Kenneth McMillan, Mary Steenburgen, James Olson, Mandy Patinkin, Brad Dourif, Moses Gunn, Robert Joy, Donald O'Connor, Norman Mailer

In 1915 , married socialite encounters the radical journalist for the first time at a lecture in Portland , Oregon , and is intrigued with his idealism . After meeting him for an interview on international politics that lasts an entire night , she realizes that writing has been her only escape from her frustrated high - society existence . Inspired to leave her husband , joins in Greenwich Village , New York City , and becomes acquainted with the local community of activists and artists , including anarchist and author and the playwright . Later , they move to Provincetown , Massachusetts , to concentrate on their writing , becoming involved in the local theatre scene . Through her writing , becomes a feminist and radical in her own right . becomes involved in labor strikes with the " " of the Communist Labor Party of America . Obsessed with changing the world , he grows restless and heads for St. Louis to cover the 1916 Democratic Convention . 
 During 's absence , falls into a complicated affair with . Upon his return , discovers the affair and realizes he still loves . The two marry secretly and make a home together in Croton - on - Hudson , north of New York City , but still have conflicting desires . When admits his own infidelities , takes a ship to Europe to work as a war correspondent . After a flare - up of a kidney disorder , is warned to avoid excessive travel or stress , but he decides to take the same path . Reunited as professionals , the two find their passion rekindled as they are swept up in the fall of Russia 's Czarist regime and the events of the 1917 Revolution . 
 The second part of the film takes place shortly after the publication of Ten Days that Shook the World . Inspired by the idealism of the Revolution , attempts to bring the spirit of Communism to the United States , because he is disillusioned with the policies imposed upon Communist Russia by and the Bolsheviks . While attempting to leave Europe , he is briefly imprisoned and interrogated in Finland . He returns to Russia and is reunited with at the railway station in Moscow . By this point , is growing progressively weaker as a result of his kidney disorder . helps nurse the ailing , who eventually dies .

Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Gene Hackman, Maureen Stapleton, Jerzy Kosinski, Paul Sorvino, Jack Nicholson

is a cab driver who , in the span of a few hours , loses his job , his apartment , his car , and his girlfriend . Realizing that he is a loser with no prospects , he decides to join the Army . Talking his best friend , a teacher of English as a second language , into joining with him , they go to a recruiting office and are soon sent off to basic training . 
 Upon arriving at Fort Arnold , they meet their fellow recruits , and their drill sergeant , Sergeant . Moments after arriving , angers Sgt . and is ordered out to do push - ups . He stands out as a slacker throughout basic training . Their commanding officer is the arrogant and incompetent Captain . As basic training progresses , and become romantically linked to female MPs and . Not long before graduation , Sgt . is injured when , trying to impress a visiting colonel , orders a mortar crew to fire without setting target coordinates . 
 The men go to a mud wrestling bar , where convinces to wrestle a group of women . When the club is raided by MPs and police , and cover for and . The rest of the platoon are returned to base , where a furious threatens to make them all repeat basic training . 
 After partying with and , the buddies return to the barracks , and motivates the platoon with a passionate speech and begins to get them in shape for graduation . After a long night of practice , they oversleep and almost miss the ceremony . They rush to the parade grounds in their fatigues . There they give an eccentric , yet highly coordinated , drill display led by . General is impressed when he finds out that they had to complete training without a drill sergeant , and decides they are just the kind of " go - getters " he wants working on his EM-50 project in Italy . 
 Once in Italy , the platoon is reunited with a recovered Sgt . and assigned to guard the EM-50 Urban Assault Vehicle , an armored personnel carrier disguised as a recreational vehicle . Fed up with their boring assignment , and steal the EM-50 to visit their girlfriends , stationed in West Germany . When finds the EM-50 missing , he launches an unauthorized mission to get the vehicle back before his superiors find out it is gone . urges not to go , but is overruled . 
 inadvertently leads the platoon across the border into Czechoslovakia . , recognizing where they are , jumps out of the truck just before it is captured by the Soviet Army . He makes a mayday radio call that is heard by and , who realize that the platoon came looking for them and are now in danger . , , , and take the EM-50 and infiltrate a Russian base where the platoon is being held . With some assistance from , they save the entire platoon . 
 Upon returning to the US , John , , , , and are treated as heroes , each being awarded the Distinguished Service Cross . retires and opens the HulkaBurger franchise . appears on the cover of Penthouse , makes the cover of Tiger Beat , recreates his firefight with the Russians for Guts magazine , and is featured on the cover of Newsworld . Captain is reassigned to a weather station near Nome , Alaska .

Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, John Candy, Sean Young, P.J. Soles, John Larroquette

A corporate conglomerate called " The Ellison Group " acquired four breweries , all of them experiencing financial trouble . Enter ( ) , a young manager hired by to help reorganize one of the ailing breweries . The only thing , though , was that brewery was a major employer in his home town . Originally , his old friends , who were working at the brewery , gave him a cold welcome , as they thought he would be unable to revitalize the brewery . But when informed them that the brewery was drowning in red ink , and that they may be losing their jobs soon , they welcomed him with open arms , and ramped up the brewery 's sales and production . The brewery has improved so much , that The Ellison Group decided to sell it to a Texas oil millionaire , who does n't know the first thing about running a brewery — or apparently — running a business .

Bunker Hill Military Academy has just concluded another school year . Cadet , a junior , meets privately with the academy commandant , retired Brigadier General . promotes to Cadet Major , the paramount rank at BHMA . also reflects on the time when he was a cadet at West Point ( 's intended college ) , as well as a graduate of BHMA prior to that , and how he dreads his forthcoming retirement . is congratulated first by his friend Cadet Captain , as well as by Cadet Captain and Cadet Lieutenant . leads a celebration in the hallway . The commencement is celebrated with a parade and pass and review . Following the ceremonies , General announces that BHMA 's board of trustees is selling the school to real estate developers . The school will remain open for one year in order to allow the seniors to graduate and give the underclassmen time to apply to other schools . The delay gives many cadets hope that BHMA can be saved . also hopes that the institute can be saved , as he remarks to " We are here , and the condos are not " . 
 The graduation ceremony is followed by a ball that evening . Outside the gates , a brawl erupts when several local teenagers harass the cadets , which escalates into one local assaulting a sentry . General tries to break up the fight , but his service pistol is seized by one of the teens and the weapon discharges , killing a second teen . Although the magazine had been removed , a round was still in the chamber . is arrested and charged with manslaughter . However , the trauma of the event combined with the arrest triggered a heart attack and is hospitalized in critical condition . The board of trustees closes BHMA immediately . 
 Since is ill , meets with the officers of the cadet corps and they take control of Bunker Hill . The Dean of Students arrives with the local Sheriff to empty the armory . They find the weapons in the hands of an armed cadre led by Major , who demands to meet with General and the trustees so that BHMA will be kept open . The Dean and Sheriff are escorted off the campus by armed cadets , who secure the perimeter . 
 More cadets are sent to a local warehouse for the purpose of restocking BHMA 's provisions , but one of the trucks breaks down on the way back . As is fixing the engine , townies surround the truck , demanding vengeance for the death of their friend . fires several bursts from his M16 into the air , dispersing the mob . The cadets abandon the stalled truck , fleeing the scene in the second truck , ramming a police car that was blocking their path . 
 The police surround the campus , but oversees a defense of the wall which turns into a standoff . A delegation of parents and trustees is admitted . The parents include 's father , a master sergeant in the US Army , who bluntly orders his son to end the standoff . He fails to sway . To show the police and parents that none of the boys are being held against their will , assembles the cadets and offers them a chance to walk out . They all choose to stay . The siege grows more tense when the National Guard , led by Colonel , arrives . negotiates with ; the Colonel admires the academy , and does not wish to see it closed . But his loyalty is to the state legislature , which has been inundated with calls from concerned families and from locals who are scared by the standoff . Despite the Colonel 's diplomatic approach , he fails to sway . 
 The next morning , it is discovered that eleven cadets have fled . assembles the battalion , to whom he again offers the opportunity to leave . Led by Lt . , a number of the cadets discard their weapons and leave . Shortly thereafter , the Academy 's water and electricity are shut off . Cadet is burned while restarting the school 's gasoline - powered generator . An ambulance is permitted to enter and take the injured away . Colonel once again tries to reason with , and agrees , provided he be brought to the hospital and orders him to stand down . says that died the night before . The cadets hold a military memorial service in his honor . and the Guardsmen stand at attention at the front gates . 
 The next night , a tank approaches the main gate . Two young cadets , and , are on sentry duty . , the younger of the two , panics and rushes to surrender . tries to stop him . drops his rifle , which goes off as it hits the ground . The Guardsmen open fire . safely reaches the gate , but is killed . 
 's death weakens ’s resolve and persuades him to end the occupation . They muster the cadets and order them to stand down . Everyone complies except , who opens fire from the barracks with an M60 machine gun . As the Guardsmen return fire , and rush inside to stop . When attempts to stop , they are both riddled with bullets . carries 's body out of the barracks as , the National Guardsmen , and the remaining Cadets look on .

George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton, Ronny Cox, Sean Penn, Tom Cruise

( ) is a jewel thief and ex - convict who has a set structure to his life . With a pair of successful Chicago businesses ( a bar and a car dealership ) as fronts for his criminal enterprise , sets out to fulfill the missing part of his life vision : a family with ( ) , a cashier he has begun dating . 
 After taking down a major diamond score , gives the diamonds to his fence , . However , before can collect his share , is murdered for skimming from the mob collection money . ( ) , 's friend and associate making the pick - up , discovers that a plating company executive was working for , Attaglia , is responsible for ' murder and stealing 's payoff . In a confrontation at Attaglia 's plating company , demands his money back . 
 This leads to a meeting with 's employer ( ) , a high - level fence and Chicago Outfit boss . Unknown to , has been receiving 's goods from for some time . He admires 's eye for quality stolen goods and professionalism , and wants him working directly for him , offering large profits . Their meeting is monitored from a distance by police surveillance . 
 At first is reluctant , not wanting the added exposure or complications . But later that night , conversation with changes his mind when she agrees to be part of his life , after he relates a tale of prison survival by way of a toughened mental attitude . now agrees to do just one big score for , telling that this will be their last job . After being rejected at the state adoption agency , with 's help is able to acquire a baby boy on the black market , whom he names after his mentor , nicknamed ( ) . 
 After resisting a shakedown from a group of corrupt police detectives , and then subsequently ditching their surveillance , and his crew are involved in a large - scale West Coast diamond heist organized by . All goes well with 's " burn job " and he is expecting the agreed - upon sum of $ 830,000 for the unmounted stones of wholesale value $ 4   million . But when returns from the job , gives him less than $ 100,000 . This is all that will receive in cash according to , who says he invested the rest of 's cut in shopping centers , an idea had previously rejected . In addition , sets up a Palm Beach score for in six weeks without consulting him . tells that their deal is over and takes the cash as he leaves , demanding the rest of his money in 24 hours . 
 drives to his car lot unaware that 's henchmen have already beaten and captured , and are waiting in ambush . is knocked out and is killed by , one of 's enforcers . awakens with staring down at him , surrounded by his henchmen . informs him that he , , their child , and everything he owns are 's property . He threatens 's family if he does not continue working for him . warns to focus on his responsibilities . returns home . He orders an uncomprehending out of their house , telling her their marriage is over . He instructs an associate to drive her , the baby and $ 410,000 in cash to somewhere where they can not be found , informing that more money will be coming at regular intervals , but that he will not be joining her . 
 With nothing to lose , blows up their home using high - explosive charges . He then drives to his business establishments and does the same . Armed with a pistol , he quietly breaks into 's house in a peaceful neighborhood and pistol whips in the kitchen . hunts for , who is hiding , finding him and killing him . then pursues as he tries to escape from the house , but is confronted in the front yard by and another henchman . In the ensuing gunfight , is shot , but manages to kill the trio . loosens what appears to be a bulletproof vest he was wearing beneath his jacket , and walks away into the night .

James Caan, Tuesday Weld, James Belushi, Robert Prosky, Willie Nelson

The story involves the , a family who drank from a magic spring from the ' little forest and became immortal ( hence the name " Tuck Everlasting " ) . 
 During an autumn harvest carnival in the fictional town of Treegap at the turn of the century , somewhere in upstate New York , a young man named ( ) , who is immortal , is riding on the Ferris wheel where he works . He decides to show off the crowd by doing dangerous stunts . People begin to notice including a man in a " jaunty " yellow suit . The man who runs the Ferris wheel stops its motor , causing it to stop spinning which leaves on top . This makes a constable to threaten to charge the man if the boy gets hurt . begins doing dangerous stunts which frightens the crowd . The Ferris wheel 's brake was n't on and when somebody bumps into it , it causes the wheel to turn causing to fall to the ground , making people think he broke many bones . After sitting , opens his eyes and jumps up , scaring the crowd . They eventually find it funny when the constable begins chasing after but escapes on a horse to a forest . This interests the man ; the only person not laughing . 
 Meanwhile , a very depressed , bored 12 - year - old girl ( ) is sitting on her front lawn . She is so bored that she begins talking to a turtle which goes waddling by . She tells the turtle how much she hates it at home , and that she is not allowed to go to the fair . Two boys talking about are walking by . After talking to the turtle her mother and Grandmother call her in for lunch and then to practice piano . She says goodbye to the turtle as it goes to hide in a bush . 
 The next scene shows the at their pond on the other side of the wood , at their brown one story house . ( ) is talking to ( ) but is called " " only a couple of times throughout . He is simply known as " , " or " Mister . " She asks him why he is n't waking up as it is already mid - morning . He says he likes sleeping as he dreams about he and his family are in heaven and never knew about . But she tells him he has to wake up to get the area ready as they will be having their ten - year reunion with their boys , ( the one on the wheel ) and , and that nothing is going to change . Still asleep , he tells her to put her shawl away s the weather has n't changed . warns her about going into town or the woods . But she says otherwise . She then asks to fix her music bx even though she is leaving in a few hours . He makes up excuses not to fix it but he agrees to fix it when she 's back . She says she 's going to keep it as long as she lived which is n't possible as they are both immortal as well . After asks what the boys have been doing , she then turns to talking about how fast time flies . And states 10 years is " as long as it takes to make a pot of coffee . " She is on her horse in the late afternoon admiring the mountains and grasslands and cornfields of the upper New York countryside . The next scene shows a large beech tree with all kinds of twisty branches . At the bottom of the trunk , underneath an opening , is a small spring . The same spring the drank out of 87 years ago . 
 Meanwhile , is allowed outside again , as her mom practices piano . She swings on her swing , which is actually a noose used for Hanging but she uses it as a swing . She then looks at the bush the turtle hides in , and notices it covered with fireflies . She manages to catch one . Just then , the man in the yellow suit ( ) , the same man from the fair . He greets her and starts asking questions about fireflies but it then turns to questions about her personal life after she looses the firefly . After asking her if they have lived there long , she responds , " We 've lived here forever , " although an exaggeration , the man responds , " Forever , you say . " 
 Her grandmother notices the man and comes out and asks the man what is business is on their property . He tries to be polite by calling her " good looking " and " , " but she does n't buy it . She 's about to tell him to leave when she hears the sound of 's music box , as is riding through the wood . Grandmother claims it 's the fairy music , and it only comes every ten years . Although it 's only reuniting with the boys every ten years . Even though says it 's the elves , the man knows something is up . 
 It 's bedtime and is listening to her Grandmother telling 's parents that it 's the elves but her parents object . Father , Mr. ( ) , tells her grandmother to cut it out as he does n't want in the woods as a man murdered his wife there . 
 The next morning , 's mother chases a bunch of bunny rabbits away from her raspberry bush . Then , the milk float for the town comes to their house . takes her chance to escape while mother and the milkman are talking about the elves and ( the man who killed his wife in the wood . ) She does n't know that the man is watching her , as he had been hiding there overnight . She runs to the entrance of the wood and then walks slowly and admires the wildlife running around and listens to the birds chirp . She notices the large beech tree , and she sees in one of the branches . He notices her staring and jumps down ( as he ca n't be hurt ) . He then starts drinking out of that little spring under it . He notices neat feather and picks it up . They notice each other and they begin talking , when wants a drink , he keeps pulling her back from it . After she asks how old he is , he says 104 , but then says he 's 17 . She feels the water , noticing that it 's clean and cold , but he interrupts saying it 's terrible , so she does n't drink it . She tries to drink it but he pulls her back and helps her climb the tree , as it 's nice and cool . is coming , with , and still playing the music box . She recognizes it from that night . She says it 's elf music but tells her it 's just their mom . When realizes about the girl , she begins to look worried . Then the grandmother is not to far behind , so they grab and take her to their place . On the way there is the man , but holding a French pistol from the early 1800s . Only knows the man exists , and so he starts asking the questions . He says the gun does n't work and fires it at . They both claim it was just a misfire even though he actually shot . But since is immortal , he ca n't die . The man lies saying it 's only a blank . On the way there , after crossing a bridge less river , carries her across and shows off his immortality by jumping into a deep part of the river . After she gets worried , scares her by putting his hand on her shoulder . Unknown to them , but the man was watching the whole entire time . 
 They go to the house where is outside working on his wooden horses . is surprised to see her and offers her to go swimming with the boys . enjoys watching them play in the pond . tries to get to get into the water by splashing water . While and were playing , , and became increasingly worried about the man in the yellow suit . 
 Since the do n't have a dining area in their home , they ate supper in their den , gets lonely and asks to be taken home . They tell her their story . says that 87 years ago before that , they say they 're from the east , to find a place to live , and at the time , it was part of a large forest , and after a while of traveling they came to the area which is the now the wood . So they rested by the tree by its knobby roots , they drank the water , even the horse , everybody except the cat , named " . " They later developed a farm , and a house , and began living a good life . But then when was getting rid of some branches but fell out of the tree and it was believed that he broke his neck . And then one night at sunset , and they shot her , mistaking her for a deer . The bullet when right through and did n't even leave a mark . got bit by a copperhead , ate poison mushrooms , and cut herself slicing bread ( disease was easy to get then . ) After making friends , they realized that they were not getting any older . was then more than 40 , had a wife and a daughter , but he still looked to be 25 . Their friends began to leave them , there was talk of witchcraft and black magic . They left the farm and went back , they noticed the tree and the spring . The tree had n't grown one width since they saw it , and realized it must 've been the spring . then demonstrates b melting a spoon in a fireplace using his bare hand and making a ring out of it . This amazes . 
 Early the next morning , takes out on a row boat out on the pond and tells her the dangers of selling the water , as somebody will most likely make it into a business , and just that little spring could create a world war . This was n't thought of at the time as World War I would n't start for another decade . 
 Meanwhile , the man is riding on the 's horse to 's house . 
 While is giving good advice , he is interrupted when yells that the horse had been stolen . They believe the man stole it , they ask and she tells them about the man asking questions and coming to her house but she could n't finish as she begins crying into chest while he hugged her . only says , " I forgot what it was like being scared . " is up in the attic area where doves live , and so she " uncorks the bender . " Music begins to play and they dance around . 
 Meanwhile , the man rides horse to the house where he makes a deal where he 'll find with the constable ( from the beginning ) and look for her if they give him the wood . They do n't know why he wants it , ( he only wants the water . 
 Back at the , and talk about and they have a " woman to woman " talk . Later that night , as 's sleeping on the couch , wants her to drink the water when she 's 17 so they can be with each other forever . 
 That night , the man and the constable are riding on different horses , the constable decides to stop and let his horse rest , the man decides to go on farther . The constable tells the man not to do anything and the man says yes . 
 A bit later , is sleeping when she hears a noise and gets scared when woken up . She asks if it 's when it 's actually again . says , " No , he 's asleep , but dreaming of you I bet . " hums Hush , Little Baby to her . 
 The next morning there is a layer of snow on the ground . At breakfast time , begins to mention his concerns about the horse , as it 's still alive somewhere and there 's a possibility someone might know . could n't get any fish for flapjacks as the pond is to icy . comes down for breakfast and asks if she wants to come home but the man interrupts them , breaking the constables promise . He tells about how he was a little kid and was told tales about a family that would never die . Afterward . he pulls out his old pistol and pulls outside , threatening to make her drink the water and use her as a circus show and make the water a business , which warned about . He puts the gun to 's head and threatens to kill her when comes with his double - barreled shotgun and shoots the man in the spine send him flying off of the hill and landing on a branch . The constable surprises them , and introduces himself as " Constable . " is arrested and put in the town jail . If the man survives , will be free , if he dies , then he will be sentenced to death by hanging . The next day is back home , but is only sitting sadly on her swing . They believe she 's in shock and think she had a horrible experience , when in reality , she is really sad about . 
 The next morning , the milk wagon comes , and the milk man says the man died that night , and will be hung . As the carriage is leaving , jumps off the back , and when tells him , Jesse says they will break out of jail at Midnight . 
 That night , the grandfather clock chimes 12 and 's hanging upside down by the window and does a back flip in . They jump out of the window and run by foot to the sheriffs , using and ear of corn as a torch . They use Roman candles and firecrackers to distract the constable , as he deals with a group of teenagers who he believes are lynchers while the are busy at work . They replace with and they all say goodbye to her . 
 The next morning 's father ( ) is directing her home and then they both apologize to each other . They notice a group of boys who becomes friends with later on . 
 Back at home , is a few years older , and her grandmother is on her last legs , as all she 's doing is sitting and knitting . The doorbell rings and a salesman is selling turtles for stew , notices one of the turtles and realizes that it 's her turtle . She gets to keep it but the man warns her that if he finds it again , it will be made into stew . upset , runs upstairs to her room . 
 , a teenager now is in a dry cornfield talking to the turtle , she still has a bottle of the spring water that gave to her and pours it all over the toad , but then she realizes that if they do try to kill it and it does n't work , then they 'll wonder , so she puts it into the woods and hides it . 
 There is an epilogue at the end . It 's the late 1970s and and are driving a Late 1960s Chevy C / K and they are saddened and also surprised how much changed over the years . They decide to stop and ask . They drive through the modern day Treegap and stop at a diner and grab coffee . They ask the waitress behind the counter about the wood , she tells them that lightning destroyed the whole forest and was replaced by a bunch of houses . They find a cemetery and find out that died in 1976 . While sad that she had passed away , they were glad that she did n't drink the water . 's working back at the carnival and meets a girl on a carousel named , most likely 's granddaughter . and get back into their truck when notices the turtle . He moves it while saying , " Darn fool thing thinks it 's gon na live forever . " The movie ends with the truck driving away and the turtle , 's turtle , watching the cars pass .

Convicted thief is working as part of a road gang in California , when a big Native American man named drives up in a pickup truck and asks for water to cool off his truck ’s overheating radiator . and exchange insults and proceed to stage a fight with each other , wrestling in a river , and when the guards try to break up the fight , slips a gun to , and and kill two of the three guards and flee the scene . Two days later , and kill ( ) , an associate of theirs . Later that same day , Inspector of the San Francisco Police Department 's criminal investigation bureau joins two of his friends and co - workers Detective and Detective at the Walden Hotel to check out a man named , who is in room 27 . waits downstairs while and head to room 27 , where it turns out that is . He kills and , and escapes with , taking 's revolver . 
 The police station issues a new pistol and fellow cop tells about 's former partner , who is in prison with 6 months to go on a three - year sentence for armed robbery . manages to work alone in the search for and then visits at the prison . gets a 48 - hour leave from the prison so Reggie can help find and . leads to an apartment where 's last remaining associate lives . When looks around , shoots at him and refuses to be interrogated , so puts him in jail . That night , leads to Torchy 's , a redneck hangout where used to be a bartender . , on a challenge from , shakes the bar down , single - handedly bringing the crowd under his control . They get a lead on 's old girlfriend , but this also leads nowhere , as the girlfriend says she threw out . confesses that he , , , and had robbed a drug dealer of $ 500,000 some years earlier and that the money was ( and remains ) stashed in the trunk of 's car in a downtown parking garage . Instead of splitting the cash , sold out , resulting in his incarceration . It was also the reason why and took 's girlfriend : they wanted to get 's money in exchange for her safe return . 
 However , goes and gets the car , and and tail him to a Muni station where comes to get the money . , however , recognizes , and and escape , while chases after . Left with nothing , ends up going back to the police station and waits for to call . goes to Vroman 's , in the Fillmore district , to find , who has tracked to a hotel across the street . , humbled , apologizes for continuously berating and insulting . He lends some money to pay for a hotel room to have sex with a girl he 's met , but as he leaves the club with her , he sees leave the hotel . gets onto a stolen bus driven by and hands over the money to , who shoots and presumably . spots and following them , and a car chase / gunfight ensues , which ends when forces 's Cadillac through the window of a Cadillac showroom . At this point following a heated verbal thrashing from 's boss , and are ready to resign themselves to the fact that they failed to catch . 
 At a local bar , wonders if might go back to see his girl and use her place as a hideout . and force their way inside and after a brief confrontation shoots . escapes into a maze of alleyways , capturing , before being killed by . Finally , takes to go see the girl he had met earlier at Vromans . leaves the money in 's car , but asks for a loan on another Cadillac when he gets out a changed man . disapproves and takes back to prison .

Nick Nolte, Eddie Murphy, Annette O'Toole, James Remar, David Patrick Kelly

In the near future , the Moon has been colonized and supports a station on its surface . A lunar shuttle known as Mayflower One is being rushed to launch from Houston . The head of the ground crew , The Sarge , does not like what is occurring , but he defers to the airline 's management . 
 On the flight crew are Captain , navigator / co - pilot , , and first officer / flight engineer , . Also on board is computer officer . Elaine has long left , and is now engaged to one of the flight crew , . has in the meantime , been committed to an insane asylum . He was declared mentally incompetent in a lawsuit following a test flight that piloted and in which the lunar shuttle crashed . believes that the lawsuit was used to silence him , because he knew there were problems with the lunar shuttle that made it unsafe . He is once more haunted by his actions in " The War " – causing a relapse of his " drinking problem " , specifically the events that took place over " Macho Grande " , where he lost his entire squadron . When reads of the upcoming lunar shuttle launch , he escapes the asylum and buys a ticket for the flight . 
 During the flight , Mayflower One suffers a short circuit , causing the artificially intelligent computer , ROK , to go insane and send the ship toward the Sun . and try to deactivate the computer , but are blown out of an airlock . tries to stop ROK , but the computer gasses him . abandons and leaves in the only escape pod . Once again , is called upon to save the day , but first he has to figure out how to make the computer relinquish control . ; the air traffic controller , reveals that a passenger , , had boarded Mayflower One with a bomb in a briefcase , intending to commit suicide so that his wife can collect on insurance money . manages to wrestle the bomb from , and uses it to blow up ROK and set course for the Moon as originally intended . 
 Using the bomb to destroy the computer causes collateral damage to the shuttle , so , the flight is not out of danger yet . On the way to the Moon , control of the flight is shifted to a lunar base , commanded by Commander . He has a high level of contempt for because of Macho Grande , but agrees to help anyway . They manage to land the craft on the Moon . and fall back in love and are married at the end . After the wedding , looks into the cockpit and asks for his briefcase back . 
 A postcredit scene shows a screen that says " Coming From Paramount Pictures : " Airplane III " . is then seen saying " That 's exactly what they 'll be expecting us to do ! "

Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Chad Everett, William Shatner, Rip Torn, Sonny Bono

Dr. is the replacement for Dr. , a psychiatrist at Dr. 's psychiatric haven . Dr. has taken a position at a psychiatric hospital in the nearby city of Philadelphia . , his wife , and daughter , have recently moved into a house in the area . 's sister arrives for a visit . operates the haven through very lenient methods . The 3rd floor patients : paranoid former POW , pyromaniac preacher , obese child molester , and homicidal maniac initially treat with mixed hostility . learns from staff worker that the 3rd floor patients believe he has killed Dr. . Later , the four men on the 3rd floor talk of killing Dr . 
 That evening , , , and go to a punk rock club . and her babysitter , , remain home . A regional power blackout occurs . realizes the security system keeping patients in check has failed . The four men begin to carry out their plan . and kill . The four escape in a doctor 's car . They drive to a store in the middle of a looting raid to pick up weapons and new clothes . slashes an innocent bystander and runs away . The others take the murdered man 's van and drive off . arrives at the hospital to discuss the escaped patients and the people they killed , with . 
 The next morning , with the blackout still in effect , arrives at the residence to deliver a telegram but is at the hospital . and leave to participate in a demonstration at a nuclear power plant and are arrested . arrives home from school and nobody except is there , and he claims to be the replacement babysitter for . 
 calls from jail to tell him she , and , were arrested . phones to have her go to the residence to check in on and to stay with . arrives at the residence and finds asleep . She invites her boyfriend over to have sex . After hearing a noise , is dragged and killed underneath the bed by , and is strangled by . arrives home with , , and , a man who and met in jail , claiming he was arrested at the same demonstration they were at , and allowed them to take his turn on the phone to call . When they see police all over the house , they are concerned for the family 's safety . wakes up unharmed , but she tells them about . The police have n't found out about the murdered and nor do they find anyone else in the house . 
 The police leave but invites Detective to stay for dinner . investigates noises outside the home and is killed by 's crossbow . attacks the family . With the phone line out , the family barricades the windows from the crossbow bolts . Meanwhile , is told by the telephone operator that the phone line to the residence is out of order , causing him to drive over to the house where he is slashed and axed by . recalls telling him that the four men want to kill him because they believe he killed . screams at the men outside , telling them that he did not murder Dr. , but he gets no reply . Suddenly , 's dead body is thrown through a window by , and the group stacks furniture against it as shoots his crossbow through the broken window . sets a fire in the basement , prompting to the basement where he injures and extinguishes the fire . attacks the group before getting killed by a meat cleaver . 
 While starts 's car , 's nose bleeds , revealing his identity as , the fourth patient in the group , and he attempts to strangle . runs back inside and grabs away from his sister . stabs , killing him . Suddenly , comes out of the basement and struggles with him . manages to stab and throws him back into the basement . As , , , and gather together for comfort , reappears standing in the kitchen doorway with his crossbow aimed right at them and shouts " It 's not just us crazy ones who kill " . pleads with to spare his family . Suddenly , the electricity comes back on and sees being interviewed in a news report on television . Upset , breaks the TV , leaves the house , and escapes into the night . then walks through the town and enters the club . While watches the punk rock band perform , a drugged out girl walks up to him , and he pulls out his pistol and points it at her neck . She looks at it and laughs , and so does .

and his wife , , move into the house of their dreams with their children , , , , and " " . Things go well at first , but everything changes after it is discovered that there is a tunnel in the basement leading into the house from an unknown place . 
 An evil presence is shown to be lurking within , unknown to the family . After unusual and paranormal activities , like unknown forces banging on the door at night , when nobody is outside , and an ugly demonic message painted on the wall of 's room , tries to have the local priest , Father , bless the house but an argument breaks out within the family shortly after arrives and orders him to leave . leaves , disgusted at 's behavior . He finds his car door open and the Bible on the passenger seat torn to pieces . The situation inside the home continues to deteriorate . is shown to be strict , abusive , and sacrilegious towards the Church . trys to keep it together for the youngest kids . Also , and are revealed to have started to have sexual feelings for each other , due to mutual attraction that neither can act on . 
 The family goes to church with , so he can apologize for being rude to . stays at home , claiming to feel unwell . He soon hears an alarming noise and goes downstairs to get his father 's gun . He hears demonic laughter and follows it to the tunnel in the basement . The unseen presence pursues a frightened to his room , and he then falls victim to demonic possession . Now possessed , approaches to play a game with him . They pretend he is a famous photographer and she is his nude model . agrees to pose naked and the pair end up having incestuous sex . later tells , that when the two of them were alone , she enjoyed having sex with him , and does n't feel guilty about it . 
 goes to tell Father this , but has a breakdown before she can confess . becomes more sinister and demon - like , as his face starts contorting demonically . Startled , he tries to keep his family away , but is unsuccessful due to the demon 's influence . On 's birthday , he isolates himself from his birthday party and calls and she goes to check on him . She freely offers him sex , but , due to his demonic phases and his body 's gradual demonic contortions , sends her away , using foul language . runs away crying , and she tries to tell that she thinks is possessed , but he does not respond . Later that night , the evil spirit tells to " kill them all " . goes and gets his father 's rifle , and shoots his parents , , , and , after hunting her down . 
 The next day the cops arrive , pick up the bodies , and is arrested . He lies and says he does not recall killing his family . then realizes that is possessed and asks the church if he can perform an exorcism on , but they refuse , not believing him . He takes it upon himself to perform an exorcism , without the support of the church . After freeing him from police custody , he takes to church . attacks him , and escapes after seeing the crosses on the doors . runs after , traces him to the house , and performs the exorcism , releasing 's soul . As the cops arrive , asks Father to take away from him . takes outside , where the police arrest him and take him back into custody . It is revealed that the demon has transferred itself into . Without revealing Father 's fate , eventually the house is put back on sale .

In the year 2036 , an android named Max 404 , and its creator , Doctor , reside aboard a remote space station . Although is a machine , it has a growing interest in all things human , especially sex , and is caught by watching a sexual instruction video . After admonishes , it eavesdrops on the doctor 's report that 's growing insubordinate behavior could lead to mutiny similar to an incident back on Earth known as the " Munich Revolution " , after which androids were outlawed . However , is illegally working on another android , Cassandra One , a female which he believes will be a superior machine . 
 receives a distress call from a ship that seeks repairs . Upon hearing the pilot 's female voice , excitedly permits them to land , not realizing that the ship is a prison transport and that the pilot , , and her associates , and , the latter her lover , are all escaped fugitives . Once aboard the station , the convicts settle in , posing as the transport 's crew ( who had actually been killed during the prison break ) . becomes infuriated when he learns allowed the ship to land and demands they leave immediately , but he quickly changes his decision when he meets the attractive , and he invites her to have dinner with him in his personal garden . 
 joins but the dinner goes wrong when a jealous pranks the doctor with some embarrassing mischief , such as ball - bearings in the wine bottle and cutting the doctor 's orchids . then pointedly asks if she would link up with his female android in an attempt to transfer sexual experiences to the machine . Learning that she would have to be sexually stimulated by the doctor during the procedure , declines the offer . becomes frustrated and demands help him , but she makes a hasty exit . returns to the lab and angrily reports in his log , again overheard by , that once is ready he will be deactivating . 
 While the criminals work on the ship , a TerraPol police cruiser arrives , having detected a still - active transponder on their ship , and contacts to inform them of their presence . denies that the fugitives are on board , even after checking the crew 's identity and confirming they are indeed escaped convicts . When the police demand permission to land , destroys their ship with a laser . 
 later tells that it knows she is a fugitive , but has saved her from the police , and asks that she take with her when she leaves the station . is unsure what to do , but later sneaks away from and meets in the lab for an intimate encounter . However , the two are interrupted when activates , and is horrified when reveals that is also an android . 
 returns to her quarters , but she is confronted by a furious , who demands to know where she wandered off to . When he notices her disheveled appearance and unbuttoned shirt , he begins to beat her . interrupts and tries to stop , but he is knocked unconscious . then attacks again in her quarters . Later , when awakens , he sees is dead and believes has killed her . He searches for him and finds him in a room of spare android parts . states there are enough parts to build an android of their own , but attacks him from behind . The two struggle , but is overpowered and kills him with a blow to the head . 
 Eventually arrives , suitcase in hand , at 's quarters , but finds her dead . returns to 's lab , where the doctor is already aware of the murder and has locked in the guest lounge . has sit in a chair and opens a panel on the back of its head to reprogram it for a new task , during which he tells that murder must be punished and is to blame . sends out to kill , and in the meantime , more police ships arrive to forcefully board the station . 
 After killing , goes to 's room , touches her lifeless body , and finds a flashlight Dr. said he had earlier misplaced . now realizes that it was who had killed , not . returns to the lab , where has made sexual advances to , who has resisted him and is holding him at bay . asks to hold for him . After refuses to obey his orders , begins to struggle with the two androids and eventually they rip his head off : this reveals that is also an android . then disposes of 's head in a trash chute and begins to reprogram . She tells they are not meant to obey the whims of men , and there are other androids on earth in hiding , and has a plan to join them . 
 When the police arrive at the lab , thanks them for coming to their rescue . is now dressed in a lab coat and posing as Dr. and as the assistant . The two androids are escorted out by the police , who say they will take them back to Earth .

In 1933 , during the Great Depression , a young orphan named is living in the Hudson Street Orphanage in New York City . With half of a locket as her only possession , she remains optimistic that her parents , who left her on the doorstep as a baby , will return for her . The orphanage is run by Miss , a cruel alcoholic who forces the orphans to clean the building daily . sneaks out with help from laundry man , Mr. , adopting a stray dog which she names . is returned to the orphanage shortly after by a police officer . 
 Shortly after , , secretary to billionaire , arrives to invite an orphan to live with for a week to improve his public image . is chosen . She and travel to ' mansion , meeting his many servants including his bodyguards Punjab and the Asp . is at first dismissive of , preferring a boy , but charms him into letting her stay . He takes and Grace to Radio City Music Hall to watch a film . begins to develop affection for . urges him to adopt and he meets with Miss , convincing her to sign the adoption papers . 
 However , upon revealing his plans to , even offering her a new locket , declines . She explains the purpose of her broken locket , hoping her parents will return with the other half . appears on the radio show of , offering $ 50,000 to find 's parents . This causes mass hysteria with many would - be parents appearing to claim the money . To escape the madness , flies to the White House , introducing her to President and his wife . informs them of his plan to introduce a social welfare program to help America 's impoverished , and asks to head it . He is encouraged by to help . Upon returning home , is disheartened when reveals none of the potential parents knew about the locket . 
 Miss is visited by her brother , , a con artist , and his girlfriend . They plot to pose as 's parents to gain the reward . The trio search the orphans ' belongings . Miss reveals 's parents died , and she possesses the other half of the locket . 's friends overhear the conversation and try to sneak out , but are caught and locked away . and proceed with the plan , but 's departure from Warbucks is sombre . Annie is kidnapped minutes after leaving . Her friends reach , informing him of the ruse . informs the police , who begin a city - wide search . 
 convinces the felons to pull over , only to escape and tear apart ' cheque . chases up a bridge in an effort to kill her after Miss fails to stop him in remorse . Punjab rescues and she reunites with and . and are arrested . Later , is officially adopted by , throwing a party which the orphans , a redeemed Miss , and the attend . gives a new locket and she embraces her new father . The film ends with fireworks writing 's name .

Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Tim Curry, Bernadette Peters, Ann Reinking, Geoffrey Holder, Edward Herrmann, Aileen Quinn

arrives in New York City with a locked wicker basket . After he gets a room at a cheap hotel , the contents of the basket are finally revealed : in it lives his deformed Conjoined twin brother , . Although conjoined at birth , the twins were surgically separated at an early age against their will , and deeply resents being cut off from his normal - looking brother . 
 As the twins seek revenge against the doctors responsible for their separation , befriends a nurse , . Jealous , attacks and kills her when he becomes frustrated with his inability to rape her . Enraged at his brother for his actions , attempts to kill , which results in the two brothers falling from a hotel window .

In 2019 Los Angeles , former police officer is detained by officer , and brought to his former supervisor , . , whose job as a " blade runner " was to track down bioengineered beings known as replicants and " retire " ( kill ) them , is informed that four are on Earth illegally . starts to leave , but ambiguously threatens him , and he stays . The two watch a video of a blade runner named administering the " Voigt - Kampff " test , which is designed to distinguish replicants from humans based on their emotional response to questions . The test subject , , shoots on the second question . wants to retire and the other three Tyrell Corporation Nexus-6 replicants : , , and . 
 has meet with so he can administer the test on a Nexus-6 to see if it works . expresses his interest in seeing the test fail first and asks him to administer it on his assistant . After a much longer than standard test , concludes that is a replicant who believes she is human . explains that she is an experiment who has been given false memories to provide an emotional " cushion . " 
 Searching 's hotel room , finds photos and a synthetic snake scale . and investigate a replicant eye - manufacturing laboratory and learn of , a gifted genetic designer who works closely with . returns to his apartment where is waiting . She tries to prove her humanity by showing him a family photo , but after reveals that her memories are implants from 's niece , she leaves his apartment . Meanwhile , locates and manipulates him to gain his trust . 
 A photograph from 's apartment and the snake scale lead to a strip club , where works . After a confrontation and chase , kills . orders him also to retire , who has disappeared from the Tyrell Corporation . After spots in a crowd , he is attacked by , who knocks 's pistol out of his hand , and attempts to kill , but uses 's pistol to kill . They return to 's apartment , and , during an intimate discussion , he promises not to track her down ; as she abruptly tries to leave , restrains her , making her kiss him . 
 Arriving at 's apartment , tells that the others are dead . Sympathetic to their plight , reveals that because of " Methuselah Syndrome " , a genetic premature aging disorder , his life will also be cut short . and gain entrance into 's secure penthouse , where demands more life from his maker . tells him that it is impossible . confesses that he has done " questionable things " , but dismisses this , praising 's advanced design , and accomplishments in his short life . kisses , then kills him . runs for the elevator , followed by , who rides the elevator down alone.[nb 1 ] is later told by that was found dead . 
 At 's apartment , is ambushed by , but he kills her as returns . 's body begins to fail as the end of his lifespan nears . He chases through the building , ending on the roof . tries to jump to an adjacent roof , but is left hanging between buildings . makes the jump with ease , and as 's grip loosens , hoists him onto the roof , saving him . Before dies , he delivers a monologue about how his memories " will be lost in time , like tears in rain " . arrives and shouts to about : " It 's too bad she wo n't live , but then again , who does ? " returns to his apartment and finds asleep in his bed . As they leave , notices an origami unicorn on the floor , a calling card that recalls for him 's earlier statement . and leave the apartment block .

Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, William Sanderson, Joanna Cassidy, Brion James, Joe Turkel

A sword is forged by a blacksmith , who then shows it to his young son , , as he tells him of the " Riddle of Steel " , an aphorism on the importance of the metal to their people , the Cimmerians . One day , the Cimmerians are massacred by a band of raiders led by ; 's father is killed by dogs , and his sword is taken by to decapitate 's mother , aided by 's entrancing gaze . The children are taken into slavery and then chained to work a large mill , the Wheel of Pain . survives into adulthood , becoming a massive , muscular man . His master eventually trains him to be a gladiator ; after winning countless fights and receiving training and education in the East , is freed . He is soon chased by wild dogs and seeks refuge in a warrior 's tomb , where he retrieves an ancient sword . wanders the world , encountering a prophetic witch in a hut and then befriends , a Hyrkanian thief and archer . 
 Following the witch 's advice , and go to the city of Zamora to seek out . There , they meet , a female brigand . They burgle the Tower of Serpents , stealing jewels and other valuables from a shrine , slaying a giant snake in the process . After escaping with their loot , the thieves celebrate , and has sex with . The city guards capture the trio and bring them to King , who requests they rescue his daughter — now a zealot in 's cult — for a handsome reward . and refuse to take up the quest ; , however , motivated by his hatred for and his desire for vengeance , sets off alone to the villain 's Temple of Set . 
 Disguised as a priest , infiltrates the temple , but he is discovered , captured , and tortured . lectures him on the power of flesh , which he demonstrates by hypnotically enticing a girl to leap to her death . He then orders for to be crucified on the Tree of Woe . The barbarian is on the verge of death when he is discovered by and brought to , the Wizard of the Mounds , who lives on a burial site for warriors and kings . The wizard summons spirits to heal and warns that they will " extract a heavy toll " , which is willing to pay . These spirits also try to abduct , but he is restored to health after and fend them off . 
 and agree to help complete 's quest and infiltrate the Temple of Set . As the cult indulges in a cannibalistic orgy , the thieves attack and flee with the princess , but is unable to engage , who has magically transformed into a large snake and slithered away . is mortally wounded by after he shoots a stiffened snake at her . She dies in 's arms , acknowledging the price of the " toll " forewarned by the wizard in exchange for 's life , and is cremated at the Mounds , where prepares with and the wizard to battle . asks , the god of his people , to grant him revenge . By using booby traps and exploiting the terrain , they manage to slay 's warriors when they arrive . Just when is about to overcome , reappears for a brief moment as a Valkyrie to save him from the mortal blow . After losing his men , shoots a stiffened snake at the princess , but blocks the shot with his shield and the villain flees to his temple . The battle ends with having recovered his father 's sword from his enemies , a sword splintered by his own . 
 sneaks back to the temple where is addressing the members of his cult . He confronts , who receives him with open arms and attempts to mesmerize him , but the barbarian resists and uses his father 's broken sword to behead his nemesis . After the disillusioned cultists disperse , burns down the temple and returns the princess to .

A young boy named gets yelled at and slapped by his father , , for reading a horror comic titled Creepshow . reminds his wife that he had to be hard on because he does not want their son to be reading such " crap " . As sits upstairs cursing his father with hopes of him rotting in Hell , he hears a sound at the window , which turns out to be a ghostly apparition in the form of The Creep from the comic book , beckoning him to come closer . 
 The first story , " Father 's Day " , is an original story by written for the film . , the miserly old patriarch of a family whose fortune was made through bootlegging , fraud , extortion and murder - for - hire , is killed on Father 's Day by his long - suffering spinster daughter . was already unstable as the result of a lifetime spent putting up with her father 's incessant demands and emotional abuse , which culminated in his orchestrating the murder of her sweetheart , . 
 The sequence begins in 1979 when the remainder of 's descendants — including 's granddaughter , his great - grandchildren , , and 's husband — get together for their annual dinner on the third Sunday in June . 
 , who typically arrives later than the others , stops in the cemetery outside the family house to lay a flower at the grave site and drunkenly reminisce about how she murdered her insufferable , overbearing father . When she accidentally spills her whiskey bottle in front of the headstone , it seems to have a reanimating effect on the mortal remains interred below . Suddenly , 's putrefied , maggot - infested corpse emerges from the burial plot in the form of a revenant who has come back to claim the Father 's Day cake he never got . slowly avenges himself on and the rest of his idle , scheming , money - grubbing heirs , killing them off one by one ( which includes some apparent supernatural abilities such as making a heavy tombstone move by will ) before finally attaining his Father 's Day cake , topped with 's severed head . 
 While the ending is left ambiguous in the film , with gloating over a terrified and in freeze - frame , the comic book based on the film gives a vague hint that 's next act was to " blow out their candles . " 
 Based on the short story " Weeds " . ( played by himself ) , a dimwitted backwoods yokel , thinks that a newly discovered meteorite will provide enough money from the local college to pay off his $ 200 bank loan . 
 As the meteorite is too hot to touch , he douses it with water , causing it to crack open and spew a glowing blue substance that comes into contact with his skin . He then finds himself being overcome by a rapidly spreading plant - like organism that begins growing on his body . 
 As the weeds start to grow on the house and everything has touched , pours himself a bottle of vodka . He falls asleep and wakes up moments later , only to find out that it was not a dream and that he has now grown a beard of weeds . 
 As starts to take a bath , he is cautioned by the ghost of his father that the parasite wants water and to not get in the tub . But when the itching from the growth on his skin becomes unbearable , succumbs to temptation and collapses into the bathwater . 
 By the next morning , and his farm have been completely covered with dense layers of the hideous alien vegetation . In despair , he reaches for a shotgun and blows the top of his head off , thus killing himself . A radio weather forecast announces that heavy rains are predicted and the audience is left with the dire expectation that this will accelerate the spread of the extraterrestrial plant growth to surrounding areas . 
 , a vicious , wealthy psychopath whose spry jocularity belies his cold - blooded murderousness , stages a terrible fate for his unfaithful wife , , and her lover , , by separately luring them out to his secluded beach property and then , at gunpoint , burying them up to their necks below the high tide line . He explains that they have a chance of survival — if they can hold their breath long enough for the sand to loosen once the seawater covers them , they could break free and escape . 
 sets up closed - circuit TV cameras so he can watch them die from the comfort of his well - appointed beach house . However , is in for a surprise of his own when the two lovers he murdered return as a pair of waterlogged , seaweed - covered revenants intent on revenge . He tries to shoot them , but they remind him : " You ca n't shoot us dead , , because we 're already dead ! " The final scene reveals that is now the one buried in the beach , facing the approaching tide — and the sight of two sets of footprints disappearing into the surf . While the tide is rising , he laughs hysterically , his sanity shattered by the experience , and screams : " I can hold my breath for a long time ! " The frame freezes into animation and the flipping comic pages stop on the title of the next story . 
 Based on the short story " The Crate " . A college custodian , , drops a quarter and finds a wooden storage crate marked " Arctic Expedition - June 19 1834 " hidden under a staircase . He notifies , a college professor , of the find . The two decide to open the crate and it is found to contain a multi - fanged ape - like creature , which despite its diminutive size promptly kills and entirely devours , leaving behind only his boot . Escaping , runs into a graduate student , , who is skeptical and investigates . The crate has been moved back under the stairs and is killed by the creature as he examines the crate . flees to inform his friend and colleague at the university , the mild - mannered Professor . 
 , now traumatized and hysterical , babbles to that the deadly monster must be disposed of somehow . sees the creature as a way to rid himself of his perpetually drunk , obnoxious and emotionally abusive wife , , whom he often daydreams of killing . He contrives a scheme to lure her near the crate , where the beast does indeed maul and eat her . secures the beast back inside its crate , then drops it into a nearby lake , where it sinks to the bottom . He returns to assure that the creature is no more . However , it is subsequently revealed to the audience that the beast has escaped from its crate , and is , in fact , alive and well . 
 is a cruel , ruthless businessman whose mysophobia has him living in a hermetically sealed apartment controlled completely with both electric locks and surveillance cameras . During a particularly severe lightning storm , he finds himself looking out over the concrete canyons of New York City , as a rolling blackout travels his way . When it hits his apartment tower , the terror begins for Mr. , who now finds himself helpless , when his flat becomes overrun by hordes of cockroaches . As the situation rapidly becomes worse , he locks himself inside a panic room , only to find the cockroaches have already infested the room as well . With no way to escape , he is swarmed upon by the roaches which induce a fatal heart attack . Later , as electricity returns to the building , 's corpse is shown in the panic room , now devoid of roaches . However , 's body soon begins to contort , as roaches grotesquely burst out of his mouth and body , re - enveloping the panic room . 
 The following morning , two garbage collectors find the Creepshow comic book in the trash . They look at the ads in the book for X - ray specs and a bodybuilding course . They also see an advertisement for a voodoo doll but lament that the order form has already been redeemed . Inside the house , complains of neck pain , which escalates and becomes deadly as repeatedly and gleefully jabs the voodoo doll as he finally gets revenge on his accursed father for his past abuse .

Hal Holbrook, Adrienne Barbeau, E. G. Marshall, Ted Danson, Fritz Weaver, Leslie Nielsen, Stephen King

In the opening scene , ( ) , noted scientist and cheesemaker , dies in a single - vehicle car accident ( represented by the car wreck scene from Keeper of the Flame ) . In the next scene , private investigator ( ) is reading a newspaper when 's daughter , ( ) , enters his office and faints when the paper 's headline reminds her of her father 's death . Upon coming to , she hires to investigate the death , which she thinks was murder . In Dr. 's lab , finds two lists , one titled " Friends of Carlotta " and the other " Enemies of Carlotta " , as well as an affectionately autographed photo of singer , whose name appears on one of the lists . His search is interrupted by a man posing as an exterminator ( , in This Gun for Hire ) , who shoots in the arm and frisks the lists from the seemingly dead investigator . 
 manages to find his way to 's house , where she sucks out the bullet , snakebite - style , and points to the club at which sings . also reveals a note to her father from her alcoholic brother - in - law , , which in turn reveals that Dr. gave him a dollar bill " for safekeeping " . Despite warnings that the mentally disturbed will not be of much use , calls , who after a rambling discussion , hangs up ( , in Sorry , Wrong Number ) . On the way out , asks to leave further news with her butler or cleaning woman . Mention of the latter causes to go berserk due to his own father running off with the cleaning woman and his mother dying of a broken heart . 
 tracks down alcoholic ( , from Lost Weekend ) and gets Dr. 's dollar , which has " FOC " ( Friends of Carlotta ) names scrawled on it — including and ( 's boyfriend ) . tracks down ( , from The Killers ) at the Brentwood Room . He asks if she 's one of 's friends , which causes her to leave abruptly . He trails her to a restaurant , where she ditches her brooch into her soup . subsequently retrieves the brooch , which contains an " EOC " ( Enemies of Carlotta ) list , on which all names are crossed out , except . visits ( , from The Killers ) but while prepares his famous " java " , is killed . 
 is also shot , in the same arm as last time , causing to suck out another bullet . calls waking ( , from The Big Sleep ) , his mentor , for assistance . hands over a key from Dr. 's desk , a key to a train station locker . The accompanying note , " most recent rat " , tells to look for locker 1936 , the last Chinese Year of the Rat . Upon exiting , she asks to call with any progress . arrives ( , from In a Lonely Place ) , and picks up the EOC list to check against unsolved murders . 
 goes to the train station to collect the contents of locker 1936 , which contains more lists . A " handsome " guy ( , from Suspicion ) follows him onto a train , but puts him to sleep with the help of his harmonica . finds , whose name he found on one of the lists and who turns out to be a " classy dame with bedroom eyes , " throwing a party ( , from Notorious ) . She flirts with ( represented by silhouette ) , then drugs his drink and steals the locker key . 
 wakes up after crawling back to his office , where finds him . She informs that has died falling out of a window reaching for a bottle of whiskey . She also has a New York Times reference for him from her father 's office . The reference is to an article about a South American cruise ship called Immer Essen ( German for always eating ) on whose last voyage was a passenger . When ( , from The Big Sleep ) calls , questions him about , the ship 's owner , and learns that cruises supermarkets looking for blondes . 
 offers to dye her hair to serve as bait , but is protective of her as more than a client . He first tries to recruit ( , from The Glass Key ) , but she 's not as willing as she used to be . Next he tries ( , from Deception ) , she offers coffee and sandwiches but he ruins his chances with her by strangling her for saying " cleaning woman " . Then he successfully recruits ( , from , and the apartment scene from The Postman Always Rings Twice ) and unsuccessfully attempts to make peace with her father ( , from ) by giving him a puppy . He then is beaten up by four thugs ( and others from I Walk Alone ) . 
 After this , disguises himself as a blonde and meets ( from Double Indemnity ) . drugs him and finds documents about the Immer Essen , including a passenger list identical to an EOC list , and articles about the ship 's imprisoned captain , , who refuses to talk to anyone about it but his mother . then dresses up as 's mother to visit in prison without arousing the prison guards ' suspicion ( from White Heat ) . He tries to win 's confidence by explaining the Friends of Carlotta are after him . does n't learn anything from though , so he cashes in a favor with the warden to act as a prisoner for a few days . turns out to be a Friend of after all , kidnaps on a jail break , and shoots him while he 's still in the trunk of the getaway car . 
 After sucking out a third bullet , leaves for the drugstore for medicine . On her way out , a call comes in from an old flame ( , in Humoresque ) . overhears parts of it on an extension in the next room , and thinking is two - timing her , calls from a pay phone and closes the case . While is drinking , thinking himself betrayed by , ( from Dark Passage ) calls and tips off that Carlotta is an island off Peru . At a cafe , finds ( , from The Bribe ) there . ( ) , a local policeman from 's gun - running past , warns of the locals , including 's new boyfriend , . The next day , one of the characters warned of ( , from The Bribe ) approaches him and tries to bribe into leaving the island . 
 Next , drops by 's room . calls to tell him is in town with a group of Germans when the telephone line is cut . then drugs 's drink , causing him to pass out . He wakes up to see ( , from The Bribe ) trying to suffocate him . After exchanging shots and chasing through the " Fiesta de Carlotta " fireworks celebration ( much of it archived footage from The Bribe ) , shoots and frisks the corpse for instructions leading him to a hideout where he finds Juliet , her father ( actually still alive ) , and her butler , who introduces himself as Field Marshal ( ) . 
 and the Field Marshal compete about the right to explain what happened by interrupting each other 's monologue . It turns out that Dr. had been tricked into divulging a secret cheese mold by Nazis posing as a humanitarian organization . Once he discovered their true intent , to use the mold 's corrosive properties to destroy America with strategically placed cheese bombs and make a comeback , he assembled a list of Nazi agents , the " Friends of Carlotta . " Before he could divulge the names to the FBI , he was abducted and his death faked to prevent a police investigation . The Immer Essen , a cruise ship passing by , witnessed the corrosive effects of the mold tests , making all passengers " Enemies of " and targets for murder . is captured but gets the Field Marshal to say " cleaning woman , " causing to go berserk , break his chains and overpower the Nazis . While gets , the Field Marshal manages to pull one of the switches , destroying Terre Haute , Indiana , before being shot dead by . rounds up the other Nazis while shares a long kiss with .

Famed playwright debuts the latest in a series of Broadway flops and returns to his opulent Long Island home and his wife . Although their financial situation is not dire , is starving for a hit . He receives a manuscript of a play called Deathtrap , written by one of his students , , that he considers to be near - perfection . recently attended one of 's writing workshops and is now asking for input on his play . tells that the best idea he has had lately is to murder and produce the play as his own . realizes that 's he 's not just talking idly . 
 invites to their secluded home , decorated with weapons from his plays , to discuss 's play . arrives by train . Over the course of an evening , tries desperately to convince to work with as equal partners but to no avail . then attacks and strangles him with a chain . removes the body but still has to convince to conspire with him . She reveals nothing when they receive an unexpected visit from the psychic , a minor celebrity staying with the ' neighbors . senses pain and death in the house . Before she leaves , she warns about a man in boots who will attack him . 
 As prepares for bed , she begins to come to terms with what has done . She heads downstairs for a drink but a sound spooks her and she flees back upstairs , suspecting an intruder . takes her back downstairs to prove that all is well and they return to the bedroom . The calm is broken when bursts through the bedroom window and beats with a log . chases through the house until her weak heart gives out and she collapses and dies . 
 calmly descends the stairs , uninjured , and joins . They exchange a few words about what to do with 's body , then exchange a passionate kiss . The previous few hours are revealed to be an elaborate ruse to kill . moves in with and the two work together at a partner 's desk . suffers from writer 's block but busily types page after page of a new play that he suspiciously keeps under lock and key . While is out grocery shopping , tries to break into the drawer but fails to before returns home . He waits for to retrieve his play , then switches 's manuscript with a fake . 
 is horrified to read that is using the true story of 's murder as the basis of a new play called Deathtrap . He angrily confronts , who boasts about the play 's potential and insists he will write it with or without 's approval . offers to share the credit with , who comes to believe that is a sociopath . plays along with the collaboration on Deathtrap while he plots a solution . A few days later , stops by , ostensibly for candles in anticipation of a predicted thunderstorm . Almost immediately after meeting , she warns that is the man in boots . 
 asks to arm himself with an axe to demonstrate a bit of stage business , then produces a gun . He intends to shoot , claim it was in self - defense and dispose of the Deathtrap manuscript . But finds his gun to be empty . had anticipated some such scheme from him and has loaded the bullets into a different gun . now intends to use ’s attempted betrayal - and - axe scheme in the play . He secures to a chair with manacles and tells him he is going to pack up and leave . He warns to not try to stop the production of the play . 
 However , is unaware the manacles are trick shackles , once the property of . easily releases himself , grabs a crossbow and incapacitates with a single shot . Before can dispose of the body , the storm hits with full force and plunges the scene into darkness . A flash of lightning illuminates the living room and a fleeting figure scurries through . It is , thinking is in danger and coming to help . 
 She realizes that actually poses the threat and grabs a gun while finds a knife . regains consciousness and trips . The gun goes flying and a struggle for it ensues . stumbles to his feet , grabs the axe and swings it at . In that moment , the scene transitions to a stage version of itself , with actors before a full house . The on - stage struggle culminates with " " stabbing " " and both dying , leaving " " victorious . The opening night audience erupts in thunderous applause , and at the back of the theatre stands an exultant , now the author of a hit Broadway play called Deathtrap .

While visiting the earth in a California forest at night , a group of alien botanists land in a spacecraft . When government agents appear on the scene , the aliens flee in their spaceship , leaving one of their own behind in their haste . At a suburban home , a ten - year - old boy named is spending time with his brother , , and his friends . As he returns from picking up a pizza , he discovers that something is hiding in their tool shed . The alien promptly flees upon being discovered . Despite his family 's disbelief , leaves Reese 's Pieces candy to lure the alien to his house . Before going to sleep , realizes it is imitating his movements . He feigns illness the next morning to stay home from school and play with it . Later that day , and their five - year - old sister , , meet it . They decide to keep it hidden from their mother , . When they ask it about its origin , it levitates several balls to represent its planetary system and then demonstrates its powers by reviving dead chrysanthemums . 
 At school the next day , begins to experience a psychic connection with the alien , including exhibiting signs of intoxication ( because it is at his home , drinking beer ) , and he begins freeing all the frogs in his biology class . As the alien watches kiss in The Quiet Man on television , then kisses a girl he likes in the same manner and is sent to the principal 's office . 
 The alien learns to speak English by repeating what says as she watches Sesame Street and , at 's urging , dubs itself " E.T. " E.T. reads a comic strip where , stranded , calls for help by building a makeshift communication device and is inspired to try it himself . receives 's help in building a device to " phone home " by using a Speak & Spell toy . notices that 's health is declining and that is referring to himself as " we " . 
 On Halloween , and dress as a ghost so they can sneak him out of the house . That night , and head through the forest , where they make a successful call home . The next day , wakes up in the field , only to find gone . returns home to his distressed family . searches for and finds dying next to a culvert , being investigated by a raccoon . Michael takes E.T. home to , who is also dying . becomes frightened when she discovers her son 's illness and the dying alien , just as government agents invade the house . Scientists set up a hospital at the house , questioning , and while treating and E.T. Their connection disappears and E.T. then appears to die while recovers . A grief - stricken is left alone with the motionless E.T. when he notices a dead chrysanthemum , the plant E.T. had previously revived , coming back to life . E.T. reanimates and reveals that his people are returning . and steal a van that E.T. had been loaded into and a chase ensues , with 's friends joining them as they attempt to evade the authorities by bicycles . Suddenly facing a police roadblock , they escape as uses telekinesis to lift them into the air and toward the forest , like he had done for before . 
 Standing near the spaceship , 's heart glows as he prepares to return home . , , and " " , a friendly government agent , show up . says goodbye to and , as she presents him with the chrysanthemum that he had revived . Before boarding the spaceship , he tells " I 'll be right here " , pointing his glowing finger to 's forehead . He then picks up the chrysanthemum , boards the spaceship , and it takes off , leaving a rainbow in the sky as everyone watches it leave .

Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas, Peter Coyote, Drew Barrymore, Robert MacNaughton

is a popular senior at Ridgemont High School and is looking forward to his final year of school and almost has his 1960 Buick LeSabre paid off . He has a job at All - American Burger , where his girlfriend also works ; is eventually fired for lashing out at an obnoxious customer . When trying to tell how much he needs her , she informs that she wants to break up with him in order to date other guys . then quits his job at Captain Hook Fish & Chips because of the humiliation of having to wear a pirate costume when delivering food . 
 's sister is a 15 - year - old sophomore and also a virgin . She works at a pizza parlor at the Ridgemont Mall alongside her outspoken friend , the popular and sexually active . One night at work , takes an order from , a 26 - year - old stereo salesman who asks her out after she tells him she 's 19 years old . She later sneaks out of her house to meet him and they have sex in a dugout at a softball field . never hears from again , revealing to the loss of her virginity . 
 , a somewhat smooth - talking know - it - all , who earns money taking bets and scalping concert tickets , fancies himself a sagacious and worldly ladies ' man . 's shy but amiable friend works at the movie theater across from the pizza parlor at the mall . When proclaims his love for to him , lets in on his five secrets for picking up girls . later convinces to ask out on a date to a German restaurant . Afterwards , at her home , invites into her bedroom , where they look at 's photo album together . They begin to kiss , but abruptly leaves after attempts to seduce him . mistakenly interprets 's shyness as disinterest . Eventually becomes interested in and she invites him to have a swim in her pool , which leads to them having sex in the pool house . later informs that she is pregnant , and tells him she 's scheduled an abortion and wants him to pay half of the bill . On the day of her appointment , embarrassed at being unable to raise the money for his half of the bill , begins to ignore . asks to drive her to a bowling alley to meet friends , but sees enter the abortion clinic across the street . waits for and he confronts her about the abortion . has promise not to tell their parents . When tells , becomes angry at , leading to an almost physical confrontation between and in the boys ' locker room until it is broken up by the gym teacher . 
 is a stoner and surfer who runs afoul of strict history teacher Mr. , who is intolerant of 's disregard of the rules of his classroom . One night , wrecks the 1979 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 of Ridgemont star football player , during a joyride with 's younger brother . decides to park the car in front of the school with slurs painted on it , supposedly written by Ridgemont 's rival , Lincoln High . When Ridgemont plays Lincoln , ( furious about his car ) thrashes several of Lincoln 's players and wins the game for Ridgemont . On the evening of the graduation dance , Mr. shows up at 's house and informs him that since he has wasted eight hours of class time over the past year , Mr. intends to make up for it that night . They have a one - on - one session that lasts until Mr. is satisfied that has understood the lesson . 
 In the end , and get back together . takes a job at a convenience store and is promoted to manager after foiling a robbery . saves from drowning and then spends the reward money hiring to play at his birthday party . gets accepted to UC Riverside and moves in with her Abnormal Psychology professor . gets arrested for scalping tickets and gets a job at 7 - Eleven , and Mr. still believes everyone is " on dope " .

Sean Penn, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Robert Romanus, Brian Backer

A joint Anglo - American plot is devised to steal a highly advanced Soviet fighter aircraft ( MiG-31 , NATO code name " Firefox " ) which is capable of Mach 6 , is invisible to radar , and carries weapons controlled by thought . Former United States Air Force Major , a Vietnam veteran and former POW , infiltrates the Soviet Union , aided by his ability to speak Russian ( due to his having had a Russian mother ) and a network of Soviet dissidents , three of whom are key scientists working on the fighter itself . His goal is to steal the Firefox and fly it back to friendly territory for analysis . 
 However , the KGB has gotten wind of the operation and is already looking for . It is only through the dissidents that remains one step ahead of the KGB and reaches the air base at Bilyarsk , where the Firefox prototype is under heavy guard . The dissidents working on the Firefox help infiltrate the base . Dr. , one of the scientists , informs Gant that there is a second prototype in the hangar that must be destroyed . The diversion will allow to enter the hangar and escape with the first Firefox . knocks out Lt . Colonel , a Soviet pilot assigned to take the first prototype on its maiden flight during a visit from the Soviet First Secretary . The scientists cause an explosive disruption , but the second prototype is undamaged . As the guards kill the scientists , uses the commotion to enter the Firefox and fly it off the base . 
 Evading the Soviets ' attempts to stop him , barely reaches the Arctic ice pack and lands , making a rendezvous with a US submarine whose crew refuels and rearms the aircraft . However , 's last - minute refusal to kill has consequences ; the Soviet pilot flies the second prototype , with orders to intercept him at the North Cape area . completes the rendezvous and is on the way home when engages him in a dogfight . After a long battle , finally remembers to fire one of his rearward missiles and 's plane is destroyed . Satisfied that there are no other Soviet forces chasing him , begins his flight to safety .

Born in Seattle , Washington , is a rebel from a young age , winning $ 100.00 in 1931 from The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for a high school essay called God Dies . In 1935 , she becomes controversial again when she wins , and accepts an all - expenses - paid trip to the USSR to visit its Moscow Art Theatre . Determined to become an actress , is equally determined not to play the Hollywood game : she refuses to acquiesce to publicity stunts , and insists upon appearing on screen without makeup . She marries her first husband , , despite being advised not to , but cheats on him with alleged Communist on the night of her hometown 's premiere of Come and Get It . Her defiance attracts the attention of Broadway playwright , who convinces that her future rests with the Group Theatre . 
 But after leaving Hollywood for New York City and appearing in the Group Theatre play , Golden Boy , learns , much to her chagrin , that the Group Theatre exploited her fame only to draw in more customers , replacing her with a wealthy actress for her family 's needed financial backing for the play 's London tour , and ends their affair upon his wife 's upcoming return from Europe . Her desperate attempts to restart her film career upon returning to Hollywood results in being cast in unchallenging roles in forgettable B - films . Her increased dependence on alcohol and amphetamines in the 1940s and the pressures brought on her by her wannabe mother , who becomes her legal guardian after her multiple legal problems , result in a complete nervous breakdown . After her first hospitalization at Kimball Sanitarium in La Crescenta , she tells her mother that she does n't want to return to Hollywood but instead wants to live alone in the countryside , assaulting and threatening her in the resulting argument . While institutionalized at Western State Hospital , is abused by the powers - that - be : she is forced to undergo insulin and electroconvulsive shock therapy , is cruelly beaten , periodically raped by the male orderlies and visiting soldiers from a nearby military base and involuntarily lobotomized before her release in 1950 . 
 In 1958 , is paid honor on This Is Your Life television program , which watches from his home . When asked about alcoholism , illegal drugs and mental illness , denied them all and said , " If you 're treated like a patient , you 're apt to act like one " . The film ends just after a party honoring her at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel with walking down a street with , talking about her parents ' deaths , how she sold their house and that she 's a " faceless sinner " with a slower paced lifestyle ahead of her in the future . The end credits state that she moved to Indianapolis shortly afterwards , hosting a local daytime TV program ( Frances Farmer Presents ) from 1958 - 1964 before dying alone of esophageal cancer on August 1 , 1970 at age 56 .

On the day of 's assassination on 30 January 1948,[7]:18–21 after an evening prayer , an elderly is helped out for his evening walk to meet a large number of greeters and admirers . One visitor , , shoots him point blank in the chest . exclaims , " Oh , ! " , and then falls dead . 
 In 1893 , the 23 - year - old is thrown off a South African train for being an Indian sitting in a first - class compartment despite having a first - class ticket.[8 ] Realising the laws are biased against Indians , he then decides to start a nonviolent protest campaign for the rights of all Indians in South Africa . After numerous arrests and unwelcome international attention , the government finally relents by recognising some rights for Indians.[9 ] 
 In 1915 , as a result of his victory in South Africa , is invited back to India , where he is now considered something of a national hero . He is urged to take up the fight for India 's independence , ( , Quit India ) from the British Empire . agrees , and mounts a nonviolent non - cooperation campaign of unprecedented scale , coordinating millions of Indians nationwide . There are some setbacks , such as violence against the protesters and 's occasional imprisonment . The 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre is also depicted in the film . 
 Nevertheless , the campaign generates great attention , and Britain faces intense public pressure . In 1930 , protests against the British - imposed salt tax via the highly symbolic Salt March . He also travels to London for a conference concerning Britain 's possible departure from India ; this , however , proves fruitless . After the Second World War,[10 ] Britain finally grants Indian independence.[11 ] Indians celebrate this victory , but their troubles are far from over . The country is subsequently divided by religion . It is decided that the northwest area and the eastern part of India ( current - day Bangladesh ) , both places where Muslims are in the majority , will become a new country called Pakistan . It is hoped that by encouraging the Muslims to live in a separate country , violence will abate . is opposed to the idea , and is even willing to allow to become the first prime minister of India,[12 ] but the Partition of India is carried out nevertheless . Religious tensions between Hindus and Muslims erupt into nationwide violence . Horrified , declares a hunger strike , saying he will not eat until the fighting stops.[13 ] The fighting does stop eventually . 
 spends his last days trying to bring about peace between both nations . He thereby angers many dissidents on both sides , one of whom ( ) is involved in a conspiracy to assassinate him.[14 ] is cremated and his ashes are scattered on the holy Ganga.[15 ] As this happens , viewers hear in another voiceover from earlier in the film .

Ben Kingsley, Edward Fox, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Martin Sheen, Candice Bergen

It is 1961 , two years after the original Grease ended . The first day of school has arrived and the T - Birds and the Pink Ladies dance and sing as they enter the high school ( " Back to School Again " ) . The Pink Ladies are now led by , who feels she has " outgrown " her relationship with her ex - boyfriend , the arrogant and rather immature new leader of the T - Birds . 
 A new arrival comes in the form of clean - cut English student ( a cousin of from the previous film ) . He is welcomed and introduced to the school atmosphere by , who was asked by to help show around . reveals she has returned to Rydell to get her high school diploma so she can start her own cosmetics company . eventually meets and quickly becomes smitten with her . 
 At the local bowling alley , a game ( " Score Tonight " ) turns sour due to the animosity between and . retaliates by kissing the next man who walks in the door , who happens to be . Bemused by this unexpected kiss , asks her out , but he learns that she has a very specific vision of her ideal man ( " Cool Rider " ) . As he realizes that he will only win her affection if he turns himself into a cool rider , accepts payment from the T - Birds to write term papers for them ; he uses the cash to buy a motorcycle . 
 Following an unusual biology lesson ( " Reproduction " ) given by Mr. , a substitute teacher , a gang of rival motorcyclists called the Cycle Lords ( most of whom are members of the defunct Scorpions ) led by , surprise the T - Birds at the bowling alley . Before the fight starts , a lone mysterious ( unnamed ) biker appears ( who is in disguise ) , defeats the enemy gang and disappears into the night ( " Who 's That Guy ? " ) . is fascinated with the stranger . Meanwhile , , one of the T - Birds , attempts to trick his sweetheart , one of the Pink Ladies and 's friends into losing her virginity to him by taking her to a fallout shelter and faking a nuclear attack ( " Let 's Do It for Our Country " ) . 
 The next evening while working at a gas station / garage , is surprised again by the Cool Rider , and they enjoy a romantic twilight motorcycle ride . Just as is about to reveal his identity , they are interrupted by the arrival of the T - Birds and Pink Ladies . Before leaves , he tells that he will see her at the school talent show , in which the Pink Ladies and T - Birds are performing . , enraged by 's new romance , threatens to fight the Cool Rider if he sees him with her again . The Pink Ladies walk away haughtily , but this has little effect on the T - Birds ' self - confidence ( " Prowlin ' " ) . 
 At school , 's poor grades in English lead her to accept 's offer of help . , upon seeing them together in a discussion , demands that quit the Pink Ladies to preserve his honor ( " rep " , reputation ) . Although still enamored with the Cool Rider , interactions with reveal that she has become romantically interested in him as well . ponders over his continuing charade he puts on for ( " Charades " ) . 
 At the talent show , and meet but are ambushed by the T - Birds who pursue on their respective motorcycles , with and the Pink Ladies following in a car . They chase him to a construction site which conceals a deadly drop , and the biker 's absence suggests that he has perished below , leaving heartbroken and inconsolable . and his T - Birds remove the competing Preptones - preppie boys - by tying them to a shower pole in the boys ' locker room and drenching them . During the Pink Ladies ' performance in the talent show ( " Girl for All Seasons " ) , enters a dreamlike fantasy world where she is reunited with her mystery biker ( " ( Love Will ) Turn Back the Hands of Time " ) . She is named winner of the contest and crowned the queen of the upcoming graduation luau , with hailed as king for his performance of " Prowlin ' " with his fellow T - Birds . 
 The school year ends with the luau ( " Rock - a - Hula Luau " ) , during which the Cycle Lords appear and begin to destroy the celebration . However , the Cool Rider reappears . After he defeats the Cycle Lords again , he reveals himself to be . Initially shocked , gives him a T - Birds jacket , officially welcoming him into the gang , and accepts that she can now be with him . As a reward , and kiss for their new love for each other . All the couples pair off happily at the seniors ' graduation as the graduating class sings ( " We 'll Be Together " ) . The credits start rolling in yearbook - style , as in the original film .

Maxwell Caulfield, Michelle Pfeiffer, Adrian Zmed, Didi Conn, Eve Arden, Sid Caesar, Dody Goodman, Eddie Deezen, Connie Stevens, Lorna Luft

On October 23 , shop owner runs along a barren road in Northern California , chased by mysterious figures in business suits . He makes it to a gas station , clutching a jack - o'-lantern mask . He is driven to the hospital by station attendant . At the hospital , is placed in the care of Dr. . That night , another mysterious man in a suit enters 's hospital room , kills him , then goes to his car and immolates himself . 
 The next morning , 's daughter , , arrives to identify her father 's remains . and agree to investigate his murder , leading them to the small town of Santa Mira , California . The motel manager explains that and his company , Silver Shamrock Novelties , which produces wildly popular latex jack - o - lantern , witch and skeleton masks for Halloween , are responsible for the town 's prosperity . While signing the motel register , learns that stayed at the same motel . Other motel guests include shop owners and , 's wife , , and their son , Little , who all have business at the company 's factory . 
 finds a microchip on the back of a Silver Shamrock button , and is electrocuted by its laser beam after poking it with a hairpin . and learn of 's accident , and attempts to help , but is forced away by a group of men dressed in lab coats , who drive away in a van with 's body . The next morning , and tour the factory with the , and discover 's car there , guarded by more men dressed in suits . They return to the motel , but can not contact anyone outside the town . While attempts to phone for the authorities , is kidnapped by the men in suits , and driven to the factory . 
 pursues them , breaks into the factory , and discovers that the men in suits are androids created by . is captured by the androids and reveals his plan to sacrifice children wearing his masks on Halloween , thus bringing about a resurrection of the ancient age of witchcraft . For " Big Giveaway " , which will air at 9:00 P.M. on all television channels following the " Horrorthon " , each of these masks contain a fragment of Stonehenge implanted in its trademark microchip . When activated by a flashing signal of the commercial 's on - screen " magic pumpkin " , the microchip cause the mask wearer to succumb to the brain damage from absorbing the energy of Stonehenge and unleash a swarm of insects and snakes that came out of the wearer 's corpse and kill anyone nearby . To demonstrate , kills the this way . 
 That night , puts the Silver Shamrock mask on , and leaves him to die the same fate as the trick - or - treating children , who will come back home for the big giveaway . But , after destroying the television set and removing the mask , escapes through a ventilation shaft and rescues . He dumps the chips from the overhead rafters , and activates their signal with the commercial , killing and his employees , and destroying the computer chips along with the entire Silver Shamrock factory . As the two drive away , attacks , revealing that replaced the real with an android duplicate . crashes the vehicle and decapitates the android with a tire iron . On foot , makes it to ' gas station . contacts the television stations and convinces all but one of the station managers to remove the commercial . He persuades them to take it off channels one and two , but not channel three where the giveaway keeps on playing , right onto the magic pumpkin . desperately tries to convince the company to stop playing the commercial , yelling on the telephone , as the commercial 's pumpkin head blinks non - stop in front of him . The film ends with screaming for the final station to turn off the commercial.[7 ]

is the widow of a Broadway showman called , who died after falling down a staircase at their home . is now planning to remarry , to a stuffed - shirt named , and they live in the same house . Suddenly returns to her life as a ghost . 
 Seen only by her , meddles in 's affairs and causes her mother and others to question her state of mind . On a romantic weekend in the country together , and are accompanied by , who is annoyed by 's pretending to be able to see and hear him . The situation comes to a head back at the house , where a colleague of 's attempts to stage an exorcism . , finally convinced that will be okay without him , kisses her goodbye for good . The film ends with and getting married at the wedding rehearsal rather than waiting until the next day .

The film opens with statement that the events of the film are true . At first , When arrives in the unnamed Latin American country , which is clearly meant to be Chile , where his son worked , blames his son 's and daughter - in - law 's radical political views for his disappearance . He is later crushed when discovering that the government he reveres so highly has been involved with 's disappearance and possible death as a witness in the killings by the Pinochet Junta , aided by the American government . 
 He finds that his son was sincere about his politics but terrified of violence , and that the U.S. had many interests in the country that have been enhanced by the coup and its aftermath . One U.S. diplomat is polite and friendly but constantly lies to him ; a high - ranking American military attache is blunter and basically tells that whatever happened to was his own fault , noting " You play with fire , you get burned . " When receives proof that was murdered by the junta and that the U.S. let it happen , he tells the diplomat that he 's going to file a lawsuit and see that he 's put in jail for his evil deeds . 
 As a bookend of sorts to assertion that the events of Missing are true , the film ends with a postscript stating that after his return to the United States , received the body of his son seven months later , making an autopsy impossible , and that a subsequent lawsuit against the US government was dismissed . It also adds that the State Department denies their involvement in the coup , a position maintained to the present day .

, the narrator , tells of the summer ( in his " favorite year " of 1954 ) he met his idol , swashbuckling actor . In the early days of television , works as a junior comedy writer for a variety show called Comedy Cavalcade starring broadcast live from the NBC studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza . As a special upcoming guest , they get the still - famous , , who is largely washed up . However , when he shows up , they realize that he is a roaring drunk . is ready to dump him , until intervenes and promises to keep him sober during the week leading up to the show . 
 As watches out for , or at least tries to keep up with him . They learn much about each other , including the fact that they both have family they try to hide from the rest of the world . In 's case , it 's his Jewish mother , who is married to a Filipino former bantamweight boxer , , and 's embarrassing relatives , such as uncouth Uncle . For , it is his young daughter , , who has been raised entirely by her mother , one of his many ex - wives . He stays away , but continues to keep tabs on her secretly , frustrated that he can not muster the courage to reconnect with her . 
 During the week of rehearsals , is threatened by corrupt union boss , who does not appreciate being parodied on the show . " Accidents " start happening when refuses to stop performing the " Boss Hijack " sketches . 
 In a subplot , tries , clumsily and over - enthusiastically , to win the affections of co - worker . advises him on the right approach , which includes crashing a party at the home of 's affluent parents . 
 The night of the show finally arrives , but minutes away from going on - air , suffers a panic attack when informs him that the show is broadcast live . ( He is accustomed to getting many takes to get his lines right , exclaiming , " I 'm not an actor , I 'm a movie star ! " ) gets drunk , and bolts from the studio , but is confronted by , who angrily tells him that he always thought of as the swashbuckling hero he saw on the big screen , and that deep down , possesses those qualities as a person . As puts it , " Nobody 's that good an actor ! " 
 As the " Boss Hijack " sketch gets underway , 's men show up backstage and begin beating up . The fight spills onto the stage during the live broadcast ( with the audience thinking that it is part of the comedy sketch ) . and observe the melee from a balcony , when the audience suddenly notices and breaks into enthusiastic applause . grabs a rope and swings into action ( dressed as a Musketeer for a later skit ) , saving in front of an appreciative if still clueless audience . 
 narrates the epilogue , relating that , his confidence bolstered , finally gets up the nerve to visit his daughter the next day and the two apparently have a heartfelt reunion .

Peter O'Toole, Mark Linn-Baker, Joseph Bologna, Lainie Kazan, Jessica Harper, Bill Macy

, formerly a successful stockbroker , has found a refuge from the ulcer - inducing Wall Street rat race in his job as an attendant at the New York City morgue . His displeasure at being " promoted " to Night Shift Supervisor to make room for his boss 's nephew is exacerbated by the irrational exuberance of , his new co - worker . They are inspired by the plight of 's prostitute neighbor , , to apply 's financial acumen and 's entrepreneurial spirit to open a prostitution service headquartered at the morgue . 
 falls in love with , but their relationship becomes complicated when refuses to quit prostitution . 's passiveness keeps him from telling he loves her . Meanwhile , and 's foray into the prostitution business draws the ire of dangerous pimps who come to the morgue and threaten to kill . inadvertently leads undercover cops to the morgue where is being assaulted by the pimps . A shootout ensues . and are rescued , but are arrested for promoting prostitution . Because their arrest would be a political embarrassment , the guys are offered their old jobs back and a dismissal of all charges . accepts this , but sees it as an opportunity to bargain with the mayor 's office . and fight and part ways . 's fiancée breaks up with him . 
 sees in the hall of their apartment complex , but again fails to express his true feelings for her . leaves , and becomes angry with himself for being afraid . With renewed determination , finds working in an adult club and professes his love for her . He also finds is employed there . The three leave the club together and go out on the town .

In the near future , an atomic disaster has reduced the world to poverty . Instead of a government , America is run by an organization called the Merchants , who exploit the degenerate remains of society . In order to keep control of the populace , the Merchants force Dr. to create a new life form , a parasite that feeds on its host . Realizing the deadly potential of such a being , escapes the Merchants with the parasite , infecting himself in the process . 
 Now on the run , he travels from town to town , studying the parasite so that he can find a way to destroy it , all the while keeping one step ahead of a Merchant named , who is hunting for him . While resting in a desert town , he is attacked by a gang of hooligans , , , , , and , led by , former slave of the Merchants . The gang steal a silver canister containing the parasite , not realizing what it is , and it escapes and infects one of the members . 
 Meanwhile , befriends a pretty young lemon grower named , who promises to help him destroy the escaped parasite . , trying to save the life of his friend , comes to for help , only to be confronted by . , , and manage to evade , but when they return , the parasite has spread to another member and grown into a fleshy worm with a mouthful of deadly teeth . becomes a turncoat and attempts to help , but ends up getting killed by . A friendly diner owner , named , comes to aid the group . After helps kill the parasite bonded to by electrocuting it , the remaining parasite attacks who is then blown up by , , and .

and live a quiet life in an Orange County , California planned community called Cuesta Verde , where is a successful real estate developer and looks after their children , , and . awakens one night and begins conversing with the family 's television set , which is displaying static following a sign - off . The following night , while the sleep , fixates on the television set as it transmits static again . Suddenly , a ghostly white hand emerges from the television , followed by a violent earthquake . As the shaking subsides , announces " They 're here " . 
 Bizarre events occur the following day : a drinking glass of milk spontaneously breaks , silverware bends and furniture moves of its own accord . The phenomena seem benign at first , but quickly begin to intensify . That night , a gnarled backyard tree comes alive and grabs through the bedroom window . While rescues , is sucked through a portal in her closet . The realize she has been taken when they hear her voice emanating from the television set that is tuned to an empty channel . 
 A group of parapsychologists from UC Irvine — Dr. , , and — come to the house to investigate and determine that the are experiencing a poltergeist intrusion . They discover that the disturbances involve more than just one ghost . also finds out in an exchange with his boss , , that Cuesta Verde is built where a cemetery was once located . 
 After and are sent away for their safety , and call in , a spiritual medium . states that the ghosts inhabiting the house are lingering in a different " sphere of consciousness " and are not at rest . Attracted to life force , these spirits are distracted from the real " light " that has come for them . then adds that there is also a demon known as the " Beast " , who has under restraint in an effort to restrain the other spirits . 
 The assembled group discovers that the entrance to the other dimension is through the children 's bedroom closet , while the exit is through the living room ceiling . As the group attempts to rescue , passes through the entrance tied by a rope that has been threaded through both portals . manages to retrieve , and they both drop to the floor from the ceiling , unconscious and covered in ectoplasmic residue . As they recover , proclaims afterward that the house is now " clean " . 
 Shortly thereafter , the begin the process of moving elsewhere by packing up their belongings . During their last night in the house , leaves for the office in order to quit his job and goes on a date , leaving , , and alone in the house . The " Beast " then ambushes and the children , aiming for a second kidnapping by attempting to restrain and . is attacked by a clown doll in his bedroom , and is attacked by an unseen force that moves her up the wall and over the ceiling in her room . The unseen force drives to the backyard dragging her into the swimming pool . Skeletons surround her as she tries to swim to escape , but she manages to climb out of the pool and make her way back into the house . She rescues the children , and they eventually escape to the outside only to discover coffins and rotting corpses erupting out from the ground in their yard and throughout the neighborhood . 
 As and return home to the mayhem , confronts after realizing that rather than relocating the cemetery for the development of Cuesta Verde , merely had the headstones moved and the bodies left behind . The flee Cuesta Verde while the house implodes into the portal , to the astonishment of onlookers . The family checks into a hotel for the night , and rolls the television outside into the walkway .

A group of Florida high school students plan on losing their virginity . They go to Porky 's , a nightclub out in the Everglades , believing that they can hire a prostitute to satisfy their sexual desires . takes their money , but humiliates the kids by dumping them in the swamp . When the group demands their money back , the sheriff , who turns out to be 's brother , arrives to drive them away , but not before his minions extort the rest of their money and cause them more embarrassment . After ( who returned to 's for revenge ) is beaten so badly he has to be hospitalized , the gang becomes hellbent on exacting revenge on and his brother , eventually succeeding in sinking his establishment in the swamp . and his men , joined by the sheriff , chase after the group , but they make it across the county line ( out of 's brother 's jurisdiction ) , where they are met by a group of the local police officers , one of whom is 's older brother , and the high school band . After repeatedly damages 's car , he says that all charges against for driving an unsafe vehicle will be dropped if the night 's events are forgiven . Because the boys were too young to be legally allowed in 's in the first place , and his brother have no choice but to agree . The film ends with the group getting their revenge and finally losing his virginity . 
 In a subplot , the boys also peep on female students in their locker room shower . After ( apparently ) several unsuccessful attempts , , , and finally see several girls showering , but gives them away when he shouts at a particularly fat girl ( who has been blocking his view ) to move so he can see . While a few girls run out , most stay , finding the situation funny . To test their attitude , sticks his tongue out through his peephole , but gets it smeared with soap . Infuriated , he drops his pants and sticks his penis through the opening just before female coach ( who has a running feud with ) walks into the shower area . Spotting the protruding member , she sneaks up on , grabs his protruding part and pulls with all her might . manages to pull free and escape , but is now determined to prove that the offending member ( which has a mole on it ) belongs to , going so far as to request that Principal hold a police - type line - up of the boys in the nude so she can identify it . However , balks at such a request , and while the other basketball coaches laugh almost uncontrollably , Coach suggests getting the police involved . When this gets even laughing , leaves in a huff . The film ends with Ms. sneaking out of the bushes to ambush and actually dragging his pants down , but she is pulled off him by police and dragged away screaming that she saw " it " and that she can identify him . The film ends as breaks the fourth wall and saying " Jeez ! " to the camera .

Three years after winning the heavyweight championship against , has had a string of ten successful title defenses . His fame , wealth , endorsements , and celebrity profile have increased . He decides to participate in an exhibition charity event against the world wrestling champion , . 
 's manager , , worriedly eyes a young and powerful contender rapidly rising through the ranks named . While unveiling a statue of himself at the stairway by the Philadelphia Museum of Art , just prior to announcing his retirement , is publicly challenged by , now the number - one contender . accuses of intentionally accepting challenges from lesser opponents , and after he makes a remark toward 's wife , , decides to accept the challenge . 
 initially wants no part of it . Pressed by , confesses that he handpicked the opponents for 's title defenses in order to spare him from the beating gave him in their rematch . He explains that is young and powerful , and most of all he 's " hungry " , and that wo n't last three rounds , because he has lost his edge and become " civilized " . , not wanting to retire and knowing that he never really defended his title against the best opponents , convinces to work with him a little while longer , pledges to " live in the gym " , and be more focused than ever . Despite his promise to , trains in a Las Vegas style training camp that is filled with distractions , and is clearly not taking his training seriously . In contrast , trains with ruthless determination and vigor . 
 and meet at Philadelphia 's Spectrum . In a brawl backstage , is violently shoved out of the way by , causing to suffer a heart attack . Distraught , requests to call the match off , but urges him on while he stays in the dressing room . By the time of the match , is both enraged and severely distracted by his mentor 's condition . The match begins with pounding with several huge blows , going for an early knockout , but the bigger , stronger , and better - prepared quickly recovers and takes charge , dominating , and knocking him out with a haymaker left hook in the second round , winning the heavyweight championship title . After the match , returns to in the dressing room . Kneeling at his side , tells him about the match , revealing it ended in a second round knockout without saying who the victor was . An exhausted falsely believes won and then peacefully succumbs to his heart attack and dies . , lapsing into severe depression , mourns over 's death afterwards . 
 Stopping by 's closed gym , the forlorn encounters his former nemesis , , who witnessed the match as a guest analyst . offers to help train for a rematch against for a favor later . At first , is too demoralized to put forth his best efforts , which leaves concerned ; but he regains his momentum after helps him come to terms with 's death . then trains at the gym where he once trained , Tough Gym in Los Angeles . infuses 's brawling style with more of the footwork , skill , and speed that is 's trademark . 
 The rematch takes place at Madison Square Garden . lends the American flag trunks that he once wore during their first match . As the match is under way , sprints from his corner , fighting with a level of skill and spirit that no one ever expected . As a result , completely dominates the first round . After the bell , an enraged has to be restrained by his trainers . 
 In the second round , gains the upper hand , and adopts an entirely different strategy that bewilders by intentionally taking a beating from , even getting knocked down twice , all the while taunting that he can not knock him out . 
 By the third round , , who is used to winning matches swiftly with knockouts in the early rounds , becomes increasingly furious over 's taunts . He quickly exhausts his energy trying to finish off with repeated knockout blows , which blocks or dodges . With rattled and vulnerable , seizes the opportunity to finish off in a knockout to reclaim the heavyweight championship . 
 Afterwards , fulfills 's favor : a private rematch with him at 's gym . However , this time , they are fighting in the spirit of friendly competition rather than as fierce rivals . The film concludes with both fighters throwing their first punch simultaneously as the final frame freezes and morphs into a painting of the moment .

Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Talia Shire, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young, Mr. T, Hulk Hogan

The story begins at a prison work site where attempts to help his old friend , , escape by causing a diversion and getting away in a crudely disguised vehicle . Surprisingly , 's efforts were unnecessary , as was scheduled for parole later that same week . The two friends roam the area , searching for food and shelter while continuing to evade the police . 
 Meanwhile , in the wealthy part of town , a six - year - old girl , named , is feeling lonely and unwanted by her affluent parents . Her father is a candidate for the United States Senate and is more concerned with his public image than he is with his daughter . Feeling sad and motivated by an old episode of Our Gang , decides to run away during a trip to the park with her aunt and cousin , and leaves a note before she flees . Unfortunately , a gust of wind blows her note under her parents ' bed , out of view . 
 Meanwhile , and arrive at that park in an old vehicle they stole earlier . While the children play hide - and - go - seek , decides to hide in the backseat of the car , and and unknowingly drive off with her . After a run - in with a police officer , they pretend she is 's niece . They attempt to return her to the park , but she does n't want to leave , and they decide to care for her in the meantime . 
 After learning is missing , and his wife contact the authorities . Believing was kidnapped , they also hire a private detective , . The police officers soon piece together evidence and eyewitness testimony and conclude that Savannah was kidnapped . However , the eyewitnesses feel Savannah was not actually kidnapped , given the genuine surprise shown by and . is hesitant to go along with the kidnapping theory and disagrees with how to proceed . While wanting to appear tough on crime for the benefit of his Senatorial campaign , agrees to follow ' strategy . 
 The following day , after reading a newspaper article , discovers 's identity and the $ 100,000 reward for her safe return . As he and are fugitives , he is unsure how they can retrieve the reward . In the meantime , they do their best to take care of and entertain her . attempts to make a deal with a waitress / singer he meets at a local bar , to turn in and split the reward . She turns him down but befriends in the process . 
 Over the next few days , and grow closer to , and she is happy to have them in her life . They play games , tell stories , and even go on a picnic together . While getting ice cream , gives a free puppy . As continues to plan to get the reward money , begins to have second thoughts and would rather just give back without the reward . On the way back to their hideout , they are spotted by local police officers , who notify . , along with a team of officers , surround the hideout and attempt to capture and . After an errant shot by one of the officers , realizes what is happening , and he and take hostage in order to escape . Before they can leave , they are approached by the Driscoll Family priest , Father , who tries to be the peacemaker . Not wanting to make peace just yet , orders Father to accompany them on their escape . Father goes along to assure 's safety , under the condition that he be dropped off at a nearby wedding ceremony he is scheduled to perform . The group uses the wedding to continue their getaway , by switching vehicles and escaping during the post - wedding procession . They are successful , and proceed to the resort area previously visited during their picnic day . 
 While at home waiting to hear from the alleged kidnappers , is handed the note had left behind , which her nanny has found . Not wanting to create confusion or change his stance , burns the note and instructs the nanny to keep that information between the two of them . He takes a call from Father , notifying them of the fugitives ' whereabouts . notifies and his team , then goes to the resort area with . Once arriving at the resort , and Father travel down the mountain to meet the , to negotiate 's safe return . assures they will not press charges so long as is returned . declines the reward money he originally sought and agrees to the terms . He and Father proceed back up the mountain . Meanwhile , and are waiting atop the mountain . After a while , takes her new puppy for a walk , but he gets away from her , and she ends up disappearing into the woods . and Father arrive , and along with , discover is missing . Father urges and to leave while a clean getaway is still possible , but they refuse and begin a search for instead . and his team arrive at the site and surround the area . They easily capture , then wait for who is still searching for . The , too , arrive . finds , but then sees the officers have him surrounded . Before turning himself in , he wants to say good - bye to . He explains to her that their time together is over , and although they had fun , they need to go back home . , against 's wishes , rushes to meet with and as they approach . Father shows his support and escorts into the custody of the officers . Disgusted with the turn of events , decides to take back home on her own and leave . and are arrested , but are happy is back home , safe . They feel fortunate to have spent time with a little girl who changed their lives for the better .

In 1947 , relocates to Brooklyn in order to write a novel and is befriended by , a Polish immigrant , and her emotionally unstable lover , . 
 One evening , learns from that she was married but her husband and her father were killed in a German work camp and that she was interned in the Auschwitz concentration camp . 
 is constantly jealous , and when he is in one of his violent mood swings he convinces himself that is unfaithful to him and he abuses and harasses her . There is a flashback showing with who is near death due to anemia shortly after her immigration to the U.S. 
 eventually reveals that her father was a Nazi sympathizer . 's wartime lover , , who lived with his half - sister , , was a leader in the Resistance . tried to convince to translate some stolen Gestapo documents , but declined , fearing she might endanger her children . Two weeks later , was murdered by the Gestapo , and was arrested and sent to Auschwitz with her children . 
 tells and that the research he is doing at a pharmaceutical company is so groundbreaking that he will win the Nobel Prize . At a meeting with 's physician brother , learns that is a paranoid schizophrenic and that all of the schools that had attended were " expensive funny farms . " He has a job in the library of a pharmaceutical firm , which his brother got for him , and only occasionally assists with research . 
 After discharges a firearm over the telephone in a violent rage , and flee to a hotel . She reveals to him that , upon arrival at Auschwitz , she was forced to choose which one of her two children would be gassed and which would proceed to the labor camp . To avoid having both children killed , she chose her son , , to be sent to the children 's camp , and her daughter , , to be sent to her death . 
 and make love , but while is sleeping returns to . and commit suicide by taking cyanide . recites the poem " Ample Make This Bed " by — the American poet that was fond of reading . 
 moves to a small farm his father recently inherited in southern Virginia to finish writing his novel .

In the year 2285 , Admiral oversees a simulator session of Captain 's trainees.[4 ] In the simulation , Lieutenant commands the starship USS   Enterprise on a rescue mission to save the crew of the damaged ship Kobayashi Maru . When the Enterprise enters the Klingon Neutral Zone to reach the ship , it is attacked by Klingon cruisers and critically damaged . The simulation is a no - win scenario designed to test the character of Starfleet officers . Later , Dr. joins Kirk on his birthday ; seeing in low spirits , the doctor advises to get a new command and not grow old behind a desk . 
 Meanwhile , the USS Reliant is on a mission to search for a lifeless planet for testing of the Genesis Device , a technology designed to reorganize matter to create habitable worlds for colonization . Reliant officers Commander and Captain beam down to the surface of a possible candidate planet , which they believe to be Ceti Alpha VI ; once there , they are captured by genetically engineered tyrant . Fifteen years prior ( see " Space Seed " ) , the Enterprise discovered 's ship adrift in space ; exiled and his fellow supermen to Ceti Alpha V after they attempted to take over the Enterprise . After they were marooned , Ceti Alpha VI exploded , shifting the orbit of Ceti Alpha V and destroying its ecosystem . blames for the death of his wife and plans revenge . He implants and with indigenous creatures that enter the ears of their victims and render them susceptible to mind control , and uses the officers to capture the Reliant . Learning of Genesis , attacks space station Regula I where the device is being developed by 's former lover , Dr. , and their son , David.[5 ] 
 The Enterprise embarks on a three - week training voyage . assumes command after the ship receives a distress call from Regula I. En route , the Enterprise is ambushed and crippled by the Reliant , leading to the deaths and injuries of many trainees . hails the Enterprise and offers to spare 's crew if they relinquish all material related to Genesis . stalls for time and uses the Reliant 's prefix code to remotely lower its shields , allowing the Enterprise to counter - attack . is forced to retreat and effect repairs , while the Enterprise limps to Regula I. , , and beam to the station and find and alive , along with slaughtered members of 's team . They soon find and hiding deep inside the planetoid of Regula . , having used and as spies , orders them to kill ; resists the eel 's influence and kills himself while collapses as the eel leaves his body . then transports Genesis aboard the Reliant . Though believes his foe stranded on Regula I , and use a coded message to arrange a rendezvous . directs the Enterprise into the nearby Mutara Nebula ; static discharges inside the nebula render shields useless and compromise targeting systems , making the Enterprise and the Reliant evenly matched . notes however that 's tactics are two - dimensional , indicating inexperience in space combat , which then exploits to critically disable the Reliant . 
 Mortally wounded , activates Genesis , which will reorganize all matter in the nebula , including the Enterprise . Though 's crew detects the activation of Genesis and attempts to move out of range , they will not be able to escape the nebula in time due to the ship 's damaged warp drive . goes to the engine room to restore the warp drive . When tries to prevent 's entry , as exposure to the high levels of radiation would be fatal , incapacitates the doctor with a Vulcan nerve pinch and performs a mind meld , telling him to " remember " . successfully restores power to the warp drive and the Enterprise escapes the explosion , though at the cost of 's life . The explosion of Genesis causes the gas in the nebula to reform into a new planet , capable of sustaining life . 
 After being alerted by , arrives in the engine room and discovers dying of radiation poisoning . The two share a meaningful exchange in which urges not to grieve , as his decision to sacrifice his own life to save those of the ship 's crew is a logical one , before succumbing to his injuries . A space burial is held in the Enterprise 's torpedo room and 's coffin is shot into orbit around the new planet . The crew leaves to pick up the Reliant 's marooned crew from Ceti Alpha V. 's coffin , having soft - landed , rests on the Genesis planet 's surface.[6 ]

In the swamps of Louisiana , Doctor works with his sister on a top - secret bio - engineering project to create a plant / animal hybrid capable of thriving in extreme environments . Government agent arrives just as makes a major breakthrough , and begins to develop feelings for him . However , a paramilitary group led by the evil Dr. , who is obsessed with immortality , kills while trying to steal the formula for their own purposes . 
 During the attack , escapes and is covered in chemicals , caught on fire , and runs screaming in the swamp , presumably to die . However , he returns as a monstrously mutated plant creature . As the Swamp Thing , battles 's forces to protect , and eventually takes on himself , also mutated by the formula .

A coming - of - age adventure about two brothers , and struggling to make it on their own when their mother dies and their father leaves them in their Oklahoma home .

is a respected but perfectionist , pedantic actor . Nobody in New York wants to hire him because he is difficult to work with . According to his long - suffering agent , 's attention to detail and difficult reputation led a commercial he worked on to run significantly over - schedule , because the idea of a tomato sitting down was " illogical " to him . After many months without a job , hears of an opening on the popular daytime soap opera Southwest General from his friend and acting student , who tries out for the role of hospital administrator , but does n't get it . In desperation , and as a result of his agent telling him that " no one will hire you " , he dresses as a woman , auditions as " " and gets the part . takes the job as a way to raise $ 8,000 to produce a play , written by his roommate , and to star , titled Return to Love Canal . plays his character as a feisty , feminist administrator , which surprises the other actors and crew who expected to be ( as written ) another swooning female in the plot . His character quickly becomes a television sensation . 
 When catches in her bedroom half undressed because he wanted to try on her clothes in order to get more ideas for 's outfits , he covers up by professing he wants to have sex with her . They have sex despite his better judgment about her self - esteem issues . believes is too emotionally fragile to handle the truth about him winning the part , especially after noticing her strong resentment of . Their relationship , combined with his deception , complicates his now - busy schedule . Exacerbating matters further , he is attracted to one of his co - stars , , a single mother in an unhealthy relationship with the show 's amoral , sexist director , . At a party , when ( as himself ) approaches with a pick - up line that she had previously told she would be receptive towards , she throws a drink in his face . Later , as , when he makes tentative advances , -- having just ended her relationship with per 's advice -- confesses that she has feelings about her which confuse her , but is not emotionally ready to be in a romantic relationship with a woman and she is worried that she might have led on . 
 Meanwhile , has her own admirers to contend with : older cast member and 's widowed father . proposes marriage , insisting / " think about it " before answering ; he leaves immediately and returns home to find co - star , who almost forces himself on until walks in on them . apologizes for intruding and leaves . The tipping point comes when , due to 's popularity , the show 's producers want to extend her contract for another year . finds a clever way to extricate himself . When the cast is forced to perform the show live , he improvises a grand speech on camera , pulls off his wig and reveals that he is actually the character 's twin brother who took her place to avenge her . and , who are all watching at home , react with the same level of shock as the cast and crew of the show . The one exception is , who was aware of his roommate 's " dual role " and remarks , " That is one nutty hospital ! " The revelation allows everybody a more - or - less graceful way out . , however , is so outraged that she slugs him in the stomach in front of the cast once the cameras have stopped rolling before storming off . Some weeks later , is moving forward with producing 's play . He awkwardly makes peace with in a bar , and shows tentative support for 's attraction to . Later , waits for outside the studio . resists talking but finally admits she misses . confesses , " I was a better man with you as a woman than I ever was with a woman as a man . " At that , she forgives him and they walk off , asking him to lend her a dress .

Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Charles Durning, Bill Murray, Dabney Coleman, George Gaynes

is a leading software engineer formerly employed by the computer corporation ENCOM , who now runs a video arcade and attempts to hack into ENCOM 's mainframe system . However , ENCOM 's Master Control Program ( MCP ) halts his progress . Within ENCOM , programmer and his girlfriend , engineer , discover that the MCP has closed off their access to projects . When confronts the senior executive vice president , , claims that the security measures are an effort to stop outside hacking attempts . However , when privately questions the MCP , he discovers the MCP has expanded into a powerful virtual intelligence and has become power - hungry , illegally appropriating personal , business , and government programs to increase its own capabilities . The MCP blackmails with information about his plagiarizing 's games if he does not comply with its directives . 
 deduces that is the hacker , and she and go to his arcade to warn him . reveals that he has been trying to locate evidence proving 's plagiarism , which launched 's rise in the company . Together , the three form a plan to break into ENCOM and unlock 's " Tron " program , a self - governing security measure designed to protect the system and counter the functions of the MCP . Once inside ENCOM , the three split up and comes into direct conflict with the MCP , communicating with his terminal . Before can get the information he needs to reveal 's acts , the MCP uses an experimental laser to digitize and download into the ENCOM mainframe cyberspace called the Grid , where programs are living entities appearing in the likeness of the human " Users " ( programmers ) who created them . 
 learns that the MCP and its second - in - command , , rule and coerce programs to renounce their belief in the Users . The MCP forces programs that resist to play in deadly games and begins pitting in duels . meets other captured programs , Ram and Tron , between matches . Partnered , the three escape into the mainframe during a light cycle match , but and become separated from Tron by an MCP pursuit party . While attempting to help , who was wounded in the pursuit , learns that he can manipulate portions of the grid by accessing his programmer knowledge . recognizes as a User and encourages him to find Tron and free the system before " derezzing " ( dying ) . Using his new ability , rebuilds a vehicle and disguises himself as one of 's soldiers . 
 enlists help from Yori , a sympathetic program , and at an I / O tower , receives information in his identity disk from necessary to destroy the MCP . rejoins them , and the three board a hijacked solar sailer to reach the MCP 's core . However , 's command ship destroys the sailer , capturing and , and presumably killing . leaves the command ship and orders its deresolution , but keeps it intact by again manipulating the Grid , while reaches the MCP 's core on a shuttle carrying captured programs . While the MCP attempts to absorb captive programs , , who turns out to have survived , confronts and critically injures him , prompting the MCP to give him all its functions . Realizing that his ability to manipulate the Grid might give an opening , leaps into the beam of the MCP , distracting it . Seeing the break in the MCP 's shield , attacks through the gap and destroys the MCP and Sark , ending the MCP 's control over the Grid , and allowing the captured programs to communicate with users again . 
 reappears in the real world , rematerialized at his terminal . Tron 's victory in the Grid has released all lockouts on computer access , and a nearby printer produces the evidence that had plagiarized 's creations . The next morning , enters his office and finds the MCP deactivated , and the proof of his theft publicized . is subsequently promoted to CEO of ENCOM , and is happily greeted by and as their new boss .

In the civil rights era of the United States , Actress accidentally runs over a stray White German Shepherd Dog . After the vet treats him , takes him home while trying to find his owners . A rapist breaks into her house and tries to attack her , but the dog protects her . She decides to adopt him , against the wishes of her boyfriend . Unbeknown to her , the dog was trained by a white racist to attack black people on sight . The dog sneaks out of the house , and kills a black truck driver in an attack . Later , takes the dog to work with her , and he attacks a black actress on the set . 
 Realizing something is not right with the dog , takes him to a dog trainer , , who tells her to kill the dog . Another dog trainer named , who is black , undertakes training the dog as a personal challenge . He dons protective gear and keeps the dog in a large enclosure , taking him out on a chain and exposing himself to the dog each day and making sure he is the only one to feed or care for the dog . 
 The dog escapes and kills an elderly black man in a church , after which manages to recover him , and opts not to turn him over to authorities to continues the training , over 's protests . He warns her that the training has reached a tipping point , where the dog might be cured or go insane . He believes that curing the dog will discourage white racists from training dogs like this . 
 After a lengthy time , it seems the dog is cured , in that he is now friendly towards . confronts the dog 's original owner , who has come to claim him , and who presumably trained him to attack black people . She angrily tells him the dog has been cured by a black person in front of his grandchildren who knew the dog to be a loving pet . 
 Just as and celebrate their victory , the dog , without warning , turns its attention to and brutally attacks him . The dog had not previously shown any aggression towards him ; no explanation for this is given , but the implication is that the dog 's programming has somehow been reversed , though that was never 's intention , or that has a similarity to the dog 's original owner . To save his employer 's life , is forced to shoot and kill the dog , and the film ends with the image of the dog 's body lying in the center of the training enclosure while weeps over his dead body .

A brilliant young trainee can not stand the sight of blood . A doctor romances the head nurse in order to get the key to the drug cabinet . There is a mafioso on the loose disguised as a woman - in other words , all the usual ingredients are present and correct , though in this case the laughs are intentional .

At Ralph Waldo Emerson High School , bookish student ( ) performs various scientific experiments on laboratory mice until his friend , yearbook photographer ( ) , retrieves him for a class assembly . questions ’s disinterest in finding a girl friend as the students rally in preparation for an upcoming baseball game against a rival high school . Afterward , seduces one of the school administrators , , and returns to his experiments . 
 At the insistence of the pesky class president , ( ) , promises to take photographs of posing with the genetically modified orchids he has been growing for the school principal , . drops the beaker containing the mice ’s feeding solution , producing a cloud of shimmery smoke that knocks him unconscious . Sometime later , he awakens and returns home , where his uptight mother chastises him for his tardiness and antisocial behavior . As she yells , ’s bedroom door mysteriously slams shut . During English class the next day , fantasizes about a popular girl named ( ) . When the teacher , , calls on him unexpectedly , furrows his brow , causing the map above the chalkboard to fall on her head . 
 That afternoon , asks on a date , but she reminds him that she has a college - aged boyfriend . As stares at ’s chest , her cardigan bursts open , leaving everyone confused . In the lab , experiments with his new telekinetic abilities by levitating various objects across the room , unaware of and are watching through the window . When his friends confront him , however , convinces them to keep his powers a secret . At home , propels his model spaceship through the air , imagining the crew members inside have come alive . He then animates a ventriloquist dummy , which frightens Mrs. so much that she believes her son is possessed . 
 On the day of the big baseball game , manipulates the ball and hits the winning home run . Meanwhile , Principal attempts to break into ’s lab to check the growth of his orchids , but can not obtain the key . After agrees to let write a report about him for her older sister ’s college science journal , they notice Mrs. sneak into his lab and uncover a pot of ’s marijuana hidden behind the orchids . She retrieves Principal , but they return to discover the plants are missing . Baseball coach finds and stuffing the plants in the incinerator , and the smoke causes him to become intoxicated : under the influence , he imagines riding a bicycle with while being chased by his wife , who is dressed like a Viking warrior . 
 Over the weekend , , , and go to a pre - graduation celebration at an amusement park , during which challenges ’s boyfriend , , to a beer - drinking contest . While on a spinning ride , increases the speed of ’s compartment , causing him to vomit and lose the bet . That night , brings home and seduces her by pretending to act older and more mature . Meanwhile , and have dinner and talk about former crushes . The pair spend the next afternoon together in the park before returning to ’s lab , where they make love . 
 At school on Monday , admits that she regrets having sex with and returns to her boyfriend . , however , invites to a casino - themed college fraternity party with the hopes of winning the money owes him for the drinking contest . begs to attend so he can manipulate the roulette wheel , but becomes angry that he would use his powers to gamble . Meanwhile , Mrs. convinces Principal to respond to a personal advertisement in the newspaper to meet a woman for a date . 
 At the restaurant , Principal discovers that his date is , and the two finally succumb to their long - time attraction by having sex under the table . During the fraternity party , attempts to manipulate the roulette ball , but causes a commotion among the guests when he accidentally levitates the entire wheel . When refuses to answer his telephone calls , he spends the night in his laboratory drinking whiskey . Hung over the next morning , he apologizes to and arranges to meet her at the prom that evening . Before he leaves for the dance , however , Mrs. hires two priests to perform an exorcism on her son , and uses his ventriloquist dummy to chase them around the house so he can get away . 
 and are crowned prom king and queen , and rejects ’s continued advances . As dances with , ruins the moment by offering his friend airplane tickets to Las Vegas , Nevada , where they can continue gambling . When confronts about the roulette game , apologizes and gives him a packet of nude photographs he took of . Enraged , attacks , and uses telekinesis to summon a large gust of wind that tears off the students ’ clothes and sends everybody running outside . A wayward fire hose knocks unconscious and he wakes up believing that he has lost his powers . However , while leaving the school , grabs by the waist and propels them through the night sky in a cloud of shimmery dust .

( ) is a Serbian American high school defensive back who is gifted in both sports and academics . He is seeking a college football scholarship to escape the economically depressed small western Pennsylvania town of Ampipe and a dead - end job and life working at the mill like his father and brother . He dreams of becoming an engineer right after he graduates from college . Ampipe is a company town whose economy is dominated by the town 's main employer , American Pipe & Steel , a steel mill struggling through the downturn of the early 1980s recession . gets through his days with the love of his girlfriend , ( ) , and his strong bond with his teammates . 
 Most of the film takes place after the big football game against undefeated Walnut Heights High School . Ampipe appears headed to win the game , when a fumbled handoff in the closing seconds — as well as 's pass interference penalty earlier in the game — leads to a Walnut Heights victory . Following the game , Coach ( ) lambastes the fumbler in the locker room , telling him he " quit " the game . When retorts that the coach himself quit , the coach kicks him off the team . 
 In the aftermath , disgruntled Ampipe fans vandalize Coach 's house and yard . is present and is a reluctant participant , but is nonetheless seen by as the vandals flee . From there , deals with personal battles , including dealing with the coach blackballing him among colleges because of his attitude and participation in the desecration of 's yard and house . gets in an argument with , and his best friend ( ) declines college and plans to marry his girlfriend who is pregnant . 
 , frustrated by what did , angrily confronts his former coach which ends in a shouting match out in the street . But decides to talk to 's wife to try and help . In the end , realizes he was wrong for blackballing . He has accepted a coaching position at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and offers a full scholarship to play football there , which he accepts .

After he exposes a pair of con artists with his partner ( ) in the infamous 112 Ocean Avenue house in Amityville journalist ( ) is persuaded to purchase the house by real estate agent ( ) . While preparing the house for , investigates footsteps in the attic . He is locked in the room , where a swarm of flies attack and kill him . believes died of a stroke , even after shows him some photos she took of the real estate agent before his death which depict him as a rotting corpse . 
 While is at work , he nearly dies in a malfunctioning elevator . Simultaneously , experiences bizarre occurrences in 's house . She is found later that night by , cowering and hysterical against the wall . Her attempts to convince that something is inside the house fall on deaf ears . Later , while looking over blowups of the photos of , discovers a demonic - looking face in the pictures . When she attempts to show the photos to , she is killed in a horrific car accident . 's death is ruled accidental by everyone , including , who remains oblivious to the evil in his home . 
 While is away one day his daughter ( ) and her friend ( ) and two boyfriends use a Ouija board in the attic . The game tells them is in danger . Growing bored , and the others go out in 's motorboat . 's mother ( ) , who has come to look for her , is surprised to see a drenched silently walk up the stairs . Outside arrives home to find 's friends bringing her lifeless body to shore . has a nervous breakdown and believing is still alive and will return shortly , refuses to leave , even for 's funeral . 
 After having nightmares about the old well in the basement and unable to deal with 's delusions that is still alive , allows his friend , paranormal investigator Doctor ( Robert ) , and a team of paranormal investigators to set up in the house , to help prove if actually saw something or not . As and watch , is confronted by a spectral being speaking in 's voice . follows the spectre into the basement , where the old well has filled with liquid . urges whatever is in the well to reveal itself and restore to life . Instead , a demon leaps from the well , burns 's face with fiery breath and drags him to Hell . The house begins to implode . Much of 's team is killed by flying and exploding objects , but and and several others escape through a window . As and leave , the well bubbles ominously as an eerily glowing fly emerges from it .

( ) is a 16 - year - old Irish - American hoodlum from Chicago . While most of 's crimes involve snatching purses , vandalism , and getting into brawls , he aspires to bigger and meaner things , which leads him to attempt ripping off a Puerto Rican[2 ] rival , ( ) . Everything goes wrong : 's partner and best friend ( ) is killed , and , while trying to escape the police , accidentally runs over and kills an eight - year - old boy who happens to be 's brother . is sent to the Rainford Juvenile Correctional Facility rather than a state prison for adults . Most of the wardens and counselors seem to have lowered themselves to the role of zookeepers . The only exception is ( ) , a former gang member who talks tough to the inmates , but holds out hope for some of them , especially . 
 's cellmate is ( ) , a small , wiry , brainy Jewish kid who firebombed a bowling alley after some boys there severely beat him ( for flirting with their girlfriends ) . Their cell block is dominated by a pair of brawny sadists named " Viking " ( ) and ( ) , who take an immediate dislike to . puts up with them at first , but after he witnesses kill a small boy by throwing him off the catwalk ( the small boy tried to stab in retaliation for raping him ) , he refuses to be intimidated by them . When and go into 's cell to attack him , beats them bloody with a pillowcase full of soda cans . His victory over and earns him the respect of the block and recognition as the new " barn boss " . Meanwhile , to avenge his brother 's death , rapes 's girlfriend ( ) . After hearing of the rape , is desperate to see her , so he and escape the double perimeter fences during football practice through the use of a corrosive paste placed on the fences , making the fences weak enough to kick open . escapes , but falls on barbed wire and is then caught where a counselor beats him up for calling him names and escaping . believes that had gone to 's house , and soon picks him up . He then takes him on a trip to a maximum - security prison to show what 's in store for him , should he continue down the path of crime . 
 After 's arrest upon the police finding out about the rape on , he is sentenced to the same dormitory at Rainford that is in . The staff are fully aware of this potential danger , but no other reform school has a vacancy . attempts to provoke into a fight , but avoids the confrontation as he has a chance of early release if he stays out of trouble . However , he also loses the respect of many of the inmates , who now want to see put away . Meanwhile , in an attempt to injure for , plants fertilizer into a radio that he has placed in and 's cell . When the charge explodes prematurely and only injures , is condemned to solitary confinement , a fate he fears more than any other . 
 Eventually , 's transfer is arranged , so he plans his showdown with for the night before . While was on night patrol , fakes a ruptured appendix so comes to his aid . is assaulted , then caged in the office . The door into the cells is then barricaded , and the entire dormitory is aroused by the brawl . Eventually , comes out on top , and the film ends with him very nearly killing while being encouraged by the others to do it . However , resisting at the last second , he doesn´t do it . He then drags a beaten in front of the caged and other detention officers and heads back to his cell , crying in remorse .

In 1983 , ( ) is a Los Angeles Police Department ( LAPD ) air support division officer and troubled Vietnam War veteran with post traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD ) . His newly assigned field partner is ( ) . The two patrol Los Angeles at night and give assistance to police forces on the ground . 
 is instructed to attend a sunrise demonstration in the Mojave Desert at " Pinkville " ( 34 54'41.46 " N , 118 13'11.99 " W ) , and is selected to pilot the world 's most advanced helicopter , originally conceived in name as The Special , and hung with the nickname , " Blue Thunder " , it is one of two prototypes of a military - style combat aircraft intended for police use in surveillance and against possible large - scale civic disobedience during the 1984 Olympic venue . With powerful armament , and other accoutrements such as infrared scanners , powerful microphones and cameras , built - in mobile telephone , computer and modem , and a U - Matic VCR , Blue Thunder appears to be a formidable tool in the war on crime . notes wryly that with enough of these helicopters " you could run the whole damn country . " 
 When the death of city councilwoman turns out to be more than just a random murder , begins his own covert investigation . He discovers that a subversive action group is intending instead to use Blue Thunder in a military role to quell disorder under the project codename T.H.O.R. ( " Tactical Helicopter Offensive Response " ) , and is secretly eliminating political opponents to advance its agenda . 
 suspects the involvement of his old wartime nemesis , former United States Army Colonel ( ) , the primary test pilot for Blue Thunder and someone who felt was " unsuitable " for the program . and use Blue Thunder to record a meeting between and the other government officials which would implicate them in the conspiracy , but looks out the window and sees Blue Thunder and realizes what has happened . After landing , secures the tape and hides it , but is captured upon returning to his home , interrogated , and killed while trying to escape . steals Blue Thunder and arranges to have his girlfriend ( ) retrieve the tape and deliver it to the local news station , using the helicopter to thwart her pursuers . arrives at the news station , but is almost captured by one of the conspirators ; the reporter was sent to find intercepts and gets the tape back , while the conspirator is knocked unconscious by a security guard . 
 Two Air National Guard F-16 fighters are deployed to deal with , but he manages to shoot one down and evade the other . However , in the process , one missile destroys a barbeque stand in Little Tokyo and a second impacts a building in Downtown Los Angeles . The operation is then suspended by the mayor . , disobeying orders to stand down , confronts Blue Thunder in a heavily armed Hughes 500 helicopter , and after a tense battle , is able to shoot him down after executing a 360 ° loop through use of Blue Thunder 's turbine boost function . then destroys Blue Thunder by landing it in front of an approaching freight train . 
 In the meantime the tape is made public and as a result the conspirators are arrested .

( ) is a cocky , nihilistic drifter in Las Vegas , obsessed with Marvel Silver Surfer comic books , the rock and roll music of , and ( ) , a UCLA architecture undergraduate whom he knows only from a weekend fling in Vegas . As the film opens late at night , he steals a Porsche , intending to drive to Los Angeles . As he speeds down the highway and looks through the owner 's possessions , he discovers a handgun in the vehicle 's glovebox . Seeing his reckless driving , a policeman gives chase and is forced off the road and becomes stuck . When the policeman orders him to step away from the car , impulsively grabs the gun and shoots the officer . Fleeing to Los Angeles , finds his picture splashed all over the newspaper and TV news as the " cop killer . " 
 On the run , under the alias of , he breaks into 's apartment and waits for her to return home . She discovers him naked in her bed . She initially declines his advances but later has sex with him in her shower . He then moves in with her . She is captivated by this reckless American and resumes her affair with him . However , she is a star student with big plans and is jealous of the powerful , successful men in her life . 
 After 's photograph appears in the newspaper , he is recognized on the street right after dropping off at a groundbreaking ceremony downtown . The police find her and question her on the street . She seems increasingly ambivalent about , repelled by his instability but drawn to his sense of risk and danger ; she does not turn him in . When the police start following her right before comes back to pick her up , she impulsively accepts his offer to flee to Mexico together . 
 On the way to Mexico , finds that her picture is on the front page of the national newspaper alongside 's . Realizing the impossibility of her romantic fantasy , she phones the police , but then returns to tell him she did so and plead with him . The police corner them on the street , and he sings " Breathless " to her before grabbing a gun from the ground at his feet as she runs towards him . The film ends in a freeze - frame of turning to face the police with the gun .

In Detroit , Michigan September 1957 , at a Chrysler Corporation assembly plant , a line worker props open the hood of a newly assembled 1958 Plymouth Fury , rests his hand in front of the radiator and bends down to inspect the front end . Without warning , the hood slams down on the worker 's hand . As he is taken for medical attention , another worker who is smoking a cigar , sits behind the wheel . Whilst smoking his cigar , he drops a large piece of ash on the passenger seat . There is a cut to the end of the shift . Everyone leaves . The line supervisor notices the worker still slumped in the car seat . When he opens the door , the worker rolls out - stone cold dead with a look of terror on his face . 
 21 years later , in September 1978 , ( ) is an awkward and unpopular teenager , in Rockbridge , California , with only one friend , ( ) . 's life begins to change when he buys a used , badly battered red - and - white 1958 Plymouth Fury named " Christine " ( the same car from the assembly plant ) , in need of extensive repairs . Due to his parents being against him keeping the car in their yard , begins to restore Christine at Darnell 's Autobody , a local repair shop and junkyard , but as he spends more of his time working on the car , he discards his glasses , dresses more like a 1950s greaser , and develops an arrogant personality . investigates and learns of the car 's dark past , that its obsessive previous owner and his wife both died in it and their daughter was choked to death inside the car , but does not know this . 's new girlfriend , ( ) , narrowly escapes her death when she is choking on a hamburger inside the car while on a date with . 
 Angry with after a shop class confrontation leads to his expulsion , school bully ( ) and his gang vandalize Christine . is devastated and determined to repair Christine . As he examines the ruined car , he hears the creaking of metal and notices the engine is now fully restored . tells the car , " Show me . " Christine flips on its lights and restores itself to showroom quality , then , driving itself , seeks out the vandals . ( ) is targeted first and chased down by into an alley and is crushed to death . and are caught in a gas station explosion ( which sets on fire ) ; and is chased down a lonely road until he is run over and burned to death by the flaming car . ( ) , owner of the garage and junkyard where restored and keeps his Plymouth Fury , is murdered by in the garage when he sits in the car and is crushed between the seat and the steering wheel . Rumors begin to spread about and the car , as state policeman ( ) becomes suspicious of . 
 On New Year 's Eve , and decide that the only way to stop and save is to destroy the car . scratches " Darnell 's Tonight"—referencing the name of the junkyard — into 's hood , then makes his way there with . waits in a bulldozer while heads to the office so that she can shut the door after arrives , trapping the car . , who has been lying in wait the entire time , shines the headlights from under a pile of trash and charges after . crashes into 's office in an attempt to kill , and ( revealed to have been driving the car himself ) is thrown through 's windshield . He is impaled through a shard of glass and dies , reaching out to touch one last time . and engage in a fight against with the bulldozer . continues to attack and , repeatedly sustaining damage and regenerating . pulls into the cab of the bulldozer ; the two then smash , driving back and forth over the car with the bulldozer as it mocks them by playing " Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay " over the radio until at last it is too shredded to regenerate again . 
 , , and survive and leave behind the remains of the car . The closing shot of the film is of , now having been crushed into a cube by a car crusher , as a piece of the grille slowly begins to move and " Bad to the Bone " plays .

Keith Gordon, John Stockwell, Alexandra Paul, Robert Prosky, Harry Dean Stanton

When first shows up to prep school , he is laughed at for wearing his school uniform . He then goes up to his dorm and meets his new roommate , who introduces himself as but tells to call him " . " then takes off his bath robe and is shown to be wearing a red bra and panties . He explains to the shocked that it is n't what it looks like and that it 's a tradition for the seniors to parade around campus wearing only girls ' underwear . When does n't have any , gives him a set that he had in his dresser . and travel out of the dorm together until they get to the final door where stays behind and locks the door . The other students begin to laugh and mock for wearing girls ' underwear . Mortified , attempts to flee the scene . After discovering that has locked all the doors , climbs a trellis that leads into his dorm where he finds lying on the floor laughing hysterically . 
 tries to tell that it was all just a practical joke and to just laugh it off , but is too embarrassed to see the humor . Later , during lunch time in the cafeteria , the other students again begin to taunt as he tries to eat his meal . When invites over to his table to sit with him and his friends , turns to reveal that he is crying from shame . is now deeply remorseful for having played such a prank on as he sees Jonathan flee the cafeteria . 
 When returns to their room to apologize to he finds hanging with a rope around his neck in an apparent suicide . goes to get help , but when he returns to the room where hanged himself , and the gathering crowd find not but a mannequin with a picture of the 's face attached to its head . The crowd begins to laugh hysterically at as the says he wants to see both and in his office . As the crowd disperses , hears laughter coming from the closet . Upon opening the closet door finds very much alive and laughing at telling that it was just a joke . grudgingly accepts the prank reversal and the two become fast friends . After becoming friends the two share secrets and admits to that he cheated on the SAT . 
 After several failed attempts to find a date , decides that it is his sworn duty to help his friend have a successful sexual encounter . decides to send to Chicago to meet a girl and gain sexual experience before both of their reputations are ruined . is picked up by , a beautiful older woman , and has an affair with her . begins to fall in love with even though the older woman knows it to be just a fling between them . lies and claims to be a Ph.D. student . When proclaims his love to during one of their sessions , begins to have second thoughts about continuing the relationship . Her decision is finalized when she discovers that Jonathan is not only much younger than he had originally claimed to be , but he also attends the same school that her own son attends . 
 Over Christmas break , invites to spend Christmas with him and his family at the estate . It is here that discovers that is 's mother and is married . tries to end the affair , but 's mother contacts several times . Eventually agrees to meet to talk . He lies to , claiming to need time alone . When and Ellen meet , they end up in bed again . In an attempt to cheer up his friend , and friends go to 's hotel room . There they discover in bed with 's mother , upsetting . Later , and have a fist fight , but finally make up .

, an easygoing St. Bernard , chases a wild rabbit and inserts his head in a cave , where a rabid bat bites his nose . Meanwhile , the family – advertiser , housewife , and their sensitive young son – take their car to the rural home of abusive mechanic for some repairs , where they meet ( the dog from the prologue ) , who is the family 's pet . notices 's bite , but thinks little of it . Later , and 's marriage is tested when learns that is having an affair with her ex - boyfriend from high school , , while Vic 's advertising for a cereal commercial is failing . and , 's wife and son leave the house for a week to visit 's sister . When the bite infection drives mad , he kills their alcoholic neighbor , and ( who fails to call the authorities ) . 
 goes out of town on a business trip , as and return to the 's house for more car repairs . attacks them , and they take shelter in their Ford Pinto . tries to drive home , but the car 's alternator dies and the two are trapped inside . The hot sun makes conditions nearly unbearable , and realizes that she must do something before they both die from heatstroke or dehydration . However , attempts at escape are foiled by 's repeated attacks . returns home to rekindle his marriage , only to find and missing and his house vandalized by . He suspects the possessive of kidnapping , but then realizes his wife and son might be at the ' residence . 
 The local sheriff , , arrives at the house and has a brief standoff , before kills him , knocking him off the catwalk in the barn , mauling him to death . Meanwhile , takes advantage of a momentary distraction and hits with a baseball bat until it breaks , leaving only a jagged handle . jumps at her and is impaled in the stomach by the broken bat . takes the sheriff 's revolver and retrieves a dehydrated and overheated . As revives in the house , a recovered breaks through the kitchen window and tries to kill them . However , shoots dead , before arrives and reunites with his family .

Dee Wallace, Danny Pintauro, Daniel Hugh Kelly, Christopher Stone

is a hard - living , heavy - drinking , pot - smoking , gambling family man who makes his living as a baby photographer in New Dorp , Staten Island . He loves his wife but has a very tense relationship with his wealthy , snobbish mother - in - law , Mrs. , who runs a successful department store chain and hates the way acts and lives . There is an added ethnic rivalry between and his wife 's family , as he is Italian and they are Irish . 
 The irresponsible can not even pick up a wedding cake for his engaged daughter without fouling up . He and his best friend are smoking marijuana while driving , and an accident destroys the cake . 
 After Mrs. dies unexpectedly , his family is in for an inheritance . Attorney reveals that Mrs. left a stipulation in her will that if is able to curb his vices for a year by going on a diet and giving up drugs and gambling , he will receive $ 10 million . If not , the family gets nothing . 's wedding to the peculiar goes off without a hitch , at least until the wedding night . The guys would drink and gamble with are also interested in whether or not can really give up everything and bet whether or not he will make it . 
 and go to the mother - in - law 's department store and find awkward fashions , catering to a clientele which clearly do not include the likes of and . argues that it may not be worth it to if this is the kind of atmosphere he will be exposed to , but points out he must tough it out to provide for his wife and daughters , not just him . Meanwhile , Mrs. 's scheming right - hand man does his best to undermine 's resolve so the money and department store can instead be left to him . 
 ultimately reforms . When the entire year is up , he and the family celebrate aboard a boat . To his chagrin though , Mrs. turns up . She had faked her own death simply to persuade her slovenly son - in - law to straighten up . Ultimately though , she gives the money to on the basis he upheld her stipulation . Now rich , and his family live in a mansion . However , hints the " clean living " clause has just expired as he kisses his mother - in - law good night and fakes heading to bed . proceeds to a hideaway to join and his friends for pizza , poker , and beer .

A television reporter named ( ) investigates the mysterious disappearance of legendary rock star ( ) . Flashbacks dramatize 's life and the rise and fall of his rock and roll band , and the Cruisers . 
 The band gets its start at a Somers Point , New Jersey club called Tony Mart 's . Not adept at writing lyrics , hires ( ) aka " " to be the band 's keyboard player and lyricist , over the protests of band manager ( ) and bassist ( ) . Rounding out the Cruisers are saxophonist ( ) , background singer and 's girlfriend ( ) , and drummer ( ) . 
 The band 's first album , Tender Years , became a major hit , but recording their next album , A Season in Hell , turns out to be a nightmare . Inspired by the bleak , fatalistic poetry of , pushes his bandmates beyond their limits , musically and personally . wants to be great , but bassist replies , " We ai n't great . We 're just some guys from Jersey . " makes this clear that if the band can not be great , there is no reason to ever play music again . A Season in Hell is ultimately rejected by Satin Records on the grounds that it is " dark and strange " . In the early morning hours , 's car crashes through the railing and over the Stainton Memorial Causeway . vanishes without a trace , his body never found . 
 Almost 20 years later , Satin re - releases the band 's first album , which charts even higher than it did originally . A television documentary is soon in the works , exploring the mystery of the band 's second album , which had disappeared from the vaults of Satin Records the day after 's disappearance . All of the original Cruisers are set to participate in it except and , who had died of an overdose in August 1963 at age 37 . The others are now living ordinary lives : fronts a Cruisers tribute band . is a high school English teacher in Vineland . works as a radio disc jockey in Asbury Park . is a stage choreographer in Wildwood , and works in an Atlantic City casino . 
 During the documentary interviews , the band expresses a desire to relive the past , even though many of their memories are humiliating . For example , during a concert at Benton College , where was once a student , ridicules repeatedly by referring to him as " " after seeing him and kissing before the concert . The other Cruisers members share similar stories . 
 is able to complete the one piece of the puzzle that could not : revealing what happened to the band 's second album . After storming from the studio , brought her to the Palace of Depression , a makeshift castle made of garbage and junk that he visited often as a child . She reveals it was in fact she who took the master tapes for the album from Satin Records , hiding them in the Palace of Depression , where she felt they belonged . 
 and go back to the Palace of Depression to retrieve the master tapes . A mystery man driving a blue ' 57 Chevy Bel Air convertible identical to 's arrives at the house and calls to . But before she can reach the car , unmasks the impostor , revealing him to be , who was after the master tapes all these years . Moved by his story , and give him the master tapes . drives off into the night vowing that the Cruisers will finally conquer the world this time . 
 In a surprise reveal at the ending , a bearded , much older looking is shown alive , watching the ending credits of 's documentary tribute to him and the band roll through the window of an appliance store . He smiles serenely , proud to know that his work is finally being heard , and then disappears into the night .

The subject of her professor 's romantic designs , a college girl from Wisconsin , packs up and moves to New York City , finding a job as a waitress while she attempts to launch a career as a fashion model . 
 As her career takes off , she meets , a violinist , who aggressively stalks until they begin an affair . When work takes her to Paris , however , encounters a terrorist named and her life is placed in considerable danger .

From their stronghold in Icepeak , the evil Queen ( ) and her son , ( ) , send forth a wave of glaciers , forcing humanity to retreat south towards the equator . sends a delegation to King ( ) in Firekeep to request his surrender , but this is a ruse orchestrated by Queen for ’s sub - humans to kidnap ’s bikini - clad daughter , Princess ( ) ; Queen feels that should take a bride to produce an heir . However , is incensed and rejects the notion of peace , and his mother 's plan . 
 Later , makes an escape and comes upon ( ) , a young warrior and the only survivor of a village razed by glaciers , who offers to escort her back to Firekeep . As is recaptured , teams with the mysterious ( ) to save and then travel to Icepeak to stop . faces and kills him as Icepeak succumbs to lava released by King and is destroyed . 
 The film finishes with about to kill a beaten sub - human until stops him saying that " it 's over " and embraces him . is seen atop a cliff ; he watches the pair , smiles and then disappears . and kiss as the credits roll .

( ) is an eighteen - year - old welder at a steel mill in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , who lives with her dog in a converted warehouse . Although she aspires to become a professional dancer , she has no formal dance training , and works as an exotic dancer by night at Mawby 's , a neighborhood bar and grill which hosts a nightly cabaret . 
 Lacking family , forms bonds with her coworkers at Mawby 's , some of whom also aspire to greater artistic achievements . ( ) , a waitress , is training to be a figure skater , while her boyfriend , short - order cook ( ) , wishes to become a stand up comic . 
 One night , catches the eye of customer ( ) , the owner of the steel mill where she works . After learning that is one of his employees , begins to pursue her on the job , though turns down his advances at first . is also approached by ( ) , who wants to dance at his nearby strip club , Zanzibar . 
 After seeking counsel from her mentor ( ) , a retired ballerina , attempts to apply to the Pittsburgh Conservatory of Dance and Repertory . becomes intimidated by the scope of the application process , which includes listing all prior dance experience and education , and she leaves without applying . 
 Leaving Mawby 's one evening , and are assaulted by and his bodyguard , . intervenes , and after taking home , the two begin a relationship . 
 At a skating competition in which she is competing , falls twice during her performance and sits defeated on the ice and has to be helped away . Later , feeling she will never achieve her dreams , and after has left Pittsburgh to try to become a comic in Los Angeles , begins going out with and works for him as a Zanzibar stripper . Finding out that she is dancing nude , drags her out while she protests and cries . 
 After seeing with a woman at the ballet one night , throws a rock through one of the windows of his house , only to discover that it was his ex - wife ( ) whom he was meeting for a charity function . and reconcile , and she gains the courage to apply for entrance to the Conservatory . uses his connections with the arts council to get Alex an audition . is furious with , since she did not get the opportunity based on her own merit and decides not to go through with the audition . Seeing the results of others ' failed dreams and after the sudden death of , becomes despondent about her future , but finally decides to go through with the audition . 
 At the audition , initially falters , but begins again , and she successfully completes a dance number composed of various aspects of dance she has studied and practiced , including breakdancing which she has seen on the streets of Pittsburgh . The board responds favorably , and is seen joyously emerging from the Conservatory to find and waiting for her with a bouquet of roses .

The film is a retelling of the story of ( ) battling the wizard ( ) , who uses " science " in an attempt to take over the world . must stop him and rescue his princess love in the process .

( ) is a vampire , promising specially chosen humans eternal life as her vampire lovers . As the film begins , her companion is ( ) , a talented cellist whom she married in 18th century France . In a night club in New York , they connect with a young couple who they bring home and feed upon by slashing their throats with a bladed pendant . The bodies are disposed of by an incinerator in the basement of and 's elegant New York townhouse , where they pose as a wealthy couple who teach classical music . 
 Approximately 200 years after his turning , begins suffering insomnia and ages years in only a few days . realizes 's promise that periodically killing and feeding upon human victims would give him immortality was only partially true : he will have eternal life but not eternal youth . He seeks out Dr. ( ) , a gerontologist , alongside her boyfriend ( ) , who specialises in the effects of rapid aging in primates , hoping she will be able to reverse his accelerating decrepitude . assumes that is a hypochondriac or mentally unbalanced and ignores his pleas for help . As leaves the clinic in a rage , is horrified to see how rapidly he is aging . rebuffs her once she tries to help him . 
 One of the ' students , ( ) , drops by their townhouse to say that she can not attend the next day 's lesson . In a last attempt to regain his youth , murders and feeds upon , whom was grooming to be her next consort when she came of age , to no avail . begs to kill him and release him from the agony of his decrepit body . Weeping , tells him there is no release . After collapses in the basement , carries him into the attic full of coffins and places him in one . Like , 's former vampire lovers suffer an eternal living death , helplessly moaning and trapped in their coffins . Later , a police official comes to the residence , looking for the missing . feigns ignorance and claims that her husband is in Switzerland . 
 comes looking for at his home but only finds , who now feels alone after losing both and . The two have a sexual encounter , during which bites her arm and some of 's blood enters 's body . attempts to initiate in the necessities of life as a vampire , but is repulsed by the thought of subsisting on human blood . 
 returns home and goes out to dinner with , who becomes argumentative about her 3 - hour disappearance at the residence , of which she is strangely quiet . The next day at the lab , the team investigates 's blood by 's authority and reveal she has some kind of infection that is taking over . Confused , returns to confront about her sudden changes . Still reeling from the effects of her vampiric transformation , allows to put her to bed in a guest room . 
 arrives on 's doorstep , trying to find . shows him to the upstairs bedroom . , starving and desperate , kills . assures her that she will soon forget what she was . As the two kiss , drives 's ankh - knife into her own throat and holds her mouth over 's , forcing to ingest her blood , possibly working on a hunch regarding the " blood borne metabolic aging disease " and " host " relationship she was told about affecting her blood . carries upstairs , intending to place her with her other boxed lovers . A rumbling occurs and the mummies of 's previous lovers - including - emerge from their coffins , driving her over the edge of the balcony . As she rapidly ages , the mummies become dust , ostensibly providing the trapped souls with release . 
 The police investigator returns to find a real estate agent showing the townhouse to prospective buyers . is now in London , standing on the balcony of a chic apartment tower , admiring the view as dusk falls . From a draped coffin in a storage room , repeatedly screams 's name .

While following an unsuspecting team of water skiers , a great white shark enters SeaWorld Orlando through its closing gates . Meanwhile , Florida announces the opening of the park 's new underwater tunnels . , the park 's senior marine biologist , and her assistants , notice the resident dolphins are afraid of leaving their pen . , a mechanic , dives into the water to repair and secure the gates . He is attacked by the shark and killed , leaving only his severed right arm . Later that night , two men sneak into the park and go underwater to steal coral they intend to sell , but both are killed by the shark in the process . 
 The next day , and are informed of 's disappearance . They go down in a submarine to look for his body , and during the search , they encounter a smaller shark . The dolphins rescue and , but the shark escapes back into the park . The news of the shark is disbelieved by , the park manager , though it excites his hunter friend , , who states his intention to kill the shark on network television . protests and suggests capturing and keeping the shark alive in captivity , to guarantee more publicity for the park . The shark is successfully captured , and and her staff nurse it to health . , desperate to start the money rolling in immediately , orders it moved to an exhibit , but the shark dies . 
 Later , 's corpse is discovered . Reviewing the body , realizes that the shark that killed him is the first shark 's mother , and that it must also be roaming the park . She is able to convince about this newest development , when the shark itself shows up at the window of the underwater cafe . Flushed out from her refuge inside a filtration pipe , the shark begins to wreak havoc on the park , injuring a water skier , and causing a leak that sends everyone into a fleeing panic in the underwater tunnel . and his assistant , , go down to the filtration pipe in an attempt to lure the shark back in as a trap . leads the shark into the pipe , but is then killed . 
 Hearing that the shark has been lured into the pipe , and go down to repair the underwater tunnel , so the technicians can restore air pressure , and drain the water . orders the pump to be shut down immediately to suffocate the shark , but this act instead allows the shark to break free from the pipe , and go after and , but they are saved by the dolphins . They make their way back to the control room , but the shark appears in front of the window , and smashes through the glass , flooding the room , and killing a technician . notices 's corpse still in the shark 's mouth with a grenade , and uses a bent pole to pull its pin , triggering the grenade 's explosion , and killing the shark . In the aftermath , and celebrate with the dolphins , who survived their decisive battle with the shark .

Four teenagers from late 1950s Los Angeles are on their way to Tijuana , Mexico : , , , and 's brother . , , and are there to lose their virginity , while came along to buy fireworks . They end up picking up a woman named , who goes with them because she wants a fast divorce from her husband , and they get into a series of hijinks and misadventures south of the border .

Psychoanalyst takes on a patient temporarily as a favor to a colleague friend , , who is infatuated with her . After her doctor dies , comes to see Dr. and immediately he is smitten with her , too . 
 The doctor - patient relationship is violated by Dr. 's romantic impulses toward and by his intense jealousy of anyone who comes near her , including , an arrogant Broadway actor with whom she has become involved . The psychiatrist 's wife also is carrying on an affair with , an artist . 
 The ghost of Dr. , the father of modern psychology , visits Dr. from time to time to dispense warnings and wisdom . 's work begins to suffer as he abandons patients like Mrs. , finding her tedious , and treats the paranoia of another , , by designing a peculiar handmade hat for him to wear . 
 A board of inquiry calls in Dr. to consider revoking his license . In the end , he admits his feelings to and concludes that he prefers true love to treating the sick .

Living with his wife , , and their three children , , , and , in a Detroit suburb during the early 1980s recession , and his friends and lose their engineering jobs at the Ford Motor Company . , having been a housewife for years , utilizes her college education and experience working in advertising before she left to raise children to re - enter the workforce , leaving to deal with new and bewildering responsibilities of being a stay - at - home dad . 
 discovers that childcare and house maintenance is a complex juggling act , and his initial struggles in daily errands gains the attention and company of other neighborhood housewives . Eventually , he hits his stride and although somewhat distracted by the flirtatious ( a neighbor and friend of 's ) , he begins to feel confined by suburban domestic life . Simultaneously , he feels threatened by 's responsibilities and work - life as a fast - climbing ad executive . 
 Meanwhile , contends with challenges in the workforce : her maternal and housekeeping instincts jeopardize her position as a sophisticated executive , and her boss is intent on having his way with her . However , during a pitch to a hard - to - please client , 's insight as a budget - conscious housewife proves invaluable . The client 's president wants her to fly to Los Angeles to help shoot a commercial and in the meantime , 's former employer invites him to interview for his old job , but his former boss , , betrayed his reputation . He lectures them on dirty practices and storms out . 's boss , , tries to convince her to leave and marry him , while continues to try and seduce . After a commercial shoot in Los Angeles , relaxes in her hotel bathtub . sneaks into her room with champagne . Back home , tries calling her so the kids can talk to her , but answers . He hangs up , leading to think she 's having an affair with him . fends off 's attempts and quits her job . 
 The next day dawns with repair people in the home to fix a broken television and spray for bugs . arrives home unexpectedly , and she and talk over their misunderstandings , reuniting as a stronger couple . stops by , begging to come back to his company , as the client thinks that only she can properly handle his account . However , she has missed spending time with her children . also comes begging for to return to work . He accepts his old job on the condition that and join him . On the newly repaired TV , the national commercial helped produce is being broadcast .

The movie opens with scenes of an aerobics class juxtaposed with a classroom of students taking an examination . The movie 's two protagonists are featured in these scenes , with ( ) participating in the aerobics and ( ) taking , not very well it turns out , his last high school final , in French . 
 At first , 's main goal for the summer before college appears to be losing his virginity , if not with his unrequited high school crush , ( ) who dates a college student , then with any takers . Soon , though , the poor results of the French final are in , and must take a make - up examination and score at least 85 % in order to retain his acceptance at his wealthy lawyer father 's alma mater , Yale University . Mr. ( ) hires , a skilled French tutor , to live in the home during the summer and work with on passing his exam . In addition to her normal compensation , Mr. offers to give a bonus payment of $ 10,000 should pass . 
 and begin working together but 's lack of interest in both French and Yale soon become apparent . His real goal is to attend UCLA and study astronomy . is sympathetic but reminds that wherever he ends up going to college , he will need to pass his French final . With 's help , begins to make some progress . 
 At night , after she thinks everyone in the home is asleep , uses the family 's pool to skinny dip . However , sees her one night and begins watching her regularly ( especially as his group of friends fail several attempts to lose their virginity ) . After one such evening , follows back to her room , only to have her sneak up behind him and surprise him . gently admonishes for spying on her but it is clear that they have a mutual attraction . After yet another evening out with his friends , returns home to find an upset , who had earlier discovered her on - and - off - again boyfriend cheating on her . later heads to the pool for her regular swim . She finds waiting for her and she pulls him into the pool with her and the two begin a love affair . 
 The summer 's end approaches and has to take his French examination . Despite 's attempts to keep their relationship casual , has developed serious feelings for and resists her insistence that the affair end once he takes his exam . Matters worsen when Mr. , who himself lusts for , sees his son and kissing one night . After successfully passes the test with a score of 91 % , Mr. reveals to his promise to pay the $ 10,000 bonus , implying that 's affection for was driven by greed . reacts by angrily confronting his father in regards to his overbearing ways and tells him that he will be attending UCLA to study astronomy and now that he is an adult he will no longer allow him to dominate every aspect of his life anymore . He proceeds to storm out to find . He confronts her with the information , calling her a hooker and flees after angrily denies the accusation . 
 Later , seeks out , his old crush , and , using his new - found confidence with women , is able to persuade her to begin dating him . prepares to leave the home and approaches her to say good - bye . He begins by apologizing to her for his rash accusations and then telling her that he will never forget her . tells him matter - of - factly that she will never forget him . The two share one last kiss , and drives off . leaps into the air , looking forward to the future .

, wanting to spend more time with his wife and children and , decides to lead the family on a cross - country expedition from the Chicago suburbs to the southern California amusement park Walley World , billed as " America 's Favorite Family Fun Park . " wants to fly , but insists on driving , so he can bond with his family . He has ordered a new car in preparation for the trip , but the dealer claims that it will not be ready for six weeks . is forced to accept a Wagon Queen Family Truckster , an ugly , out - sized station wagon , as the car he brought to trade in has already been hauled away and crushed . 
 During the family 's travels , they run into numerous mishaps , such as being tagged by vandals in a rundown area of St. Louis , while is tantalized numerous times by a beautiful young woman driving a flashy red 1983 Ferrari . They stop in Coolidge , Kansas to visit 's cousin and her husband , who foist cranky Aunt and her mean dog Dinky on the , asking them to drop her off at her son 's home in Phoenix . After stopping at a decrepit and dirty campground in Colorado for the night , forgets to untie 's leash from the bumper before driving off the next morning , killing the dog . A state trooper pulls the over and angrily lectures over animal cruelty but accepts 's apology ; learns of her dog 's death and becomes more irate with . Exiting Colorado , loses her bag which had her credit cards , forcing to have to cash a check for future spending . 
 While and argue during a drive between Utah and Arizona , they crash and become stranded in the desert . After setting off alone in the desert to look for help , eventually reunites with his family , who have been rescued and taken to a local mechanic . The mechanic extorts the remainder of 's cash only to make the car barely operational . Frustrated , they stop at the Grand Canyon ; when can not convince a hotel clerk to cash a personal check because HIS credit card was reported stolen , he takes cash from the cash register behind the clerk 's back and leaves the check . Leaving , they find that Aunt has died in her sleep . They tie the deceased to the roof of the car , wrapped in a tarpaulin . When they reach 's home , they discover he is out of town and leave 's body at the back door . Having enough of the road - trip and of the mishaps they encountered , and the children want to go back home , but has become obsessed in reaching Walley World and they continue on . After an argument with , eventually meets the Ferrari - driving blonde beauty at a hotel and goes skinny - dipping with her in its pool , but they are discovered by the family before anything untowards can transpire . forgives , and the couple goes skinny - dipping as well . 
 Despite the family 's misfortunes , they finally arrive the next day , only to find that the park is closed for the next two weeks for repairs . Finally slipping into madness and realizing that all his efforts have been for nothing , buys a realistic - looking BB gun and demands that park security guard take them through Walley World ; and the kids follow , attempting to placate . Eventually , an LAPD SWAT team arrives , along with park owner . Roy understands 's impassioned longing to achieve the perfect vacation , bringing back memories of his own family 's vacation headaches . He decides not to file criminal charges against the and lets the family – and the SWAT team – enjoy the park as his guests .

Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, John Candy, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron

Young , naive Canadian biologist ( ) is assigned by the government to travel to the isolated Canadian arctic wilderness and study why the area 's caribou population is declining , believed to be due to wolf - pack attacks ; amongst his orders to study them he is also given a gun and required to kill one wolf and examine its stomach contents . receives a baptism of fire into bush life with a trip by bush plane piloted by ( ) . After landing at the destination , leaves in the middle of a sub - zero frozen Arctic lake . is at a loss of what to do about his situation until he is rescued by a traveling Inuit named ( ) , who transports him and his gear off the ice and builds a shelter for him . 
 Alone , divides his days between research and survival , while nights are fraught with nightmares of wolf attacks upon him . He soon encounters two wolves — which he names and , who have pups , and discovers they seem as curious of him as he is of them . He and the wolves begin social exchanges , even urine - marking their territories , producing trust and respect between them . Noticing that they have n't eaten any caribou and only mice , he begins a side experiment of eating only mice for protein sustenance . 
 Another Inuit named ( ) encounters , sent by for companionship . knows English and Inuit , translating between and . , the elder , is content and curious about , while the younger seems not only more reserved but unhappy with the Inuit way of life , confessing to his social apprehensions , this is mainly due to the fact that is missing nearly all his teeth as well as telling about the time he met a girl and how she was comfortable with him until he smiled . discovers that is a wolf hunter , killing for pelts to sell to make a living . demonstrates a trick he has learned : by playing certain notes on his bassoon , he can imitate a wolf howl , calling other wolves in . 
 Autumn nears , and hears that the caribou are migrating south , which will provide an opportunity for him to study the concept his superiors want to confirm . takes on a two - day hike to where the caribou will be . The caribou show up as predicted and observes the wolves make several unsuccessful attacks . helps drive caribou towards the pack , which soon takes one down . takes a bone and samples the marrow , discovering the dead caribou to be diseased . It confirms that the wolves are not ruthless killers but rather their predation kills off only the weaker caribou . 
 One day , encounters with two hunter - guests , making plans to exploit the area 's resources . insists on flying out , who refuses . then offers to extract from his research campsite in two days , the time it will take to hike back . 
 returns to the base to find things very still . He ventures into the wolves ' territory and goes into their den , only to find the pups cowering in fear and the two wolves nowhere in sight . 's aircraft approaches outside . Believing that killed and , shouts at to leave , then shoots at 's plane , which makes him fly away . 
 goes back to his camp to find , whose nervous demeanor causes to suspect that it was , not , who killed the two wolves . confirms 's suspicions by smiling with a full set of new dentures and leaves , hiking for home . 
 Some time later , as the first snow begins to fall , plays the wolf call on his bassoon , bringing in other wolves from and 's pack . He reflects on his time in the wilderness and how he may have helped bring the modern world to this place . The narration implies that will return to civilization and recover from his experiences here . has returned , and in the final scene he and break camp and trek across the fall tundra to the south , enjoying each other 's company , along with the words of an Inuit song that translates :

The Angel Beach High School Drama Club is producing a Shakespeare Festival in which the group from the first film is participating . Unfortunately , a religious leader named wants to halt the production because he and his group , " The Righteous Flock , " maintain that is indecent and profane . The gang seeks out the help of Seward County Commissioner , who initially promises that he will pull some strings to keep the Shakespeare Festival running . However , the gang quickly learns that only agreed in order to secure a date with seventeen - year - old . When refuses him , he reneges on his promise . The local Ku Klux Klan chapter joins the movement to shut down the Shakespeare Festival when the Klan learns that , a Seminole student , will play opposite a white played by . welcomes the Klan 's support of his movement . The Angel Beach gang plot their revenge against , Commissioner , the rest of the county commissioners , and the Klan . 
 The teens discover that the county commissioners , who are publicly riding the political wave of decency and morality , secretly gather to watch pornographic movies in the courthouse basement . The gang takes a tape recorder to the courthouse basement and record the commissioners ' crude commentary on the films , which include remarks that provided the pornography . 
 informs the gang of 's attempt to seduce her , and they agree to help her get revenge . Pretending that she has changed her mind , agrees to an out - of - town dinner date with . arrives at the restaurant dressed in a deliberately showy , vulgar gown with her breasts artificially inflated by a secret container of fake vomit . All through dinner , she constantly shouts out Commissioner 's name , his upcoming reelection , and her own age , alerting the other patrons to the situation . Once she has the attention of the entire restaurant , she announces that took her virginity while she was still a Girl Scout Cadette and that she is now carrying his child . Finally , to complete 's humiliation , she uses the fake vomit concealed in her dress to pretend to throw up in a fountain . When tries to sneak away , jumps out with a camera to capture his humiliation , with the promise to send the photos to the local newspapers . 
 Meanwhile , the Klan attack and beat for refusing to give up his role as . Learning of this , the gang lures the Klan members ( who are on their way to 's celebratory revival meeting at the high school ) into the school gym , where a group of Seminoles hold down the Klansmen while the gang 's Jewish friend shaves their heads with an izmel . The Angel Beach gang and the Seminoles then strip the Klansmen naked and force them to run across the stage of 's revival . feigns shock and denounces the naked men , whom he pretends not to know . While this is happening , the gang commandeers the public address system and plays the recording from the courthouse basement . The outraged crowd turns on both and the county commissioners . Their revenge complete , the gang departs just in time for the reinstated Shakespeare Festival , which is a roaring success .

( ) lies in bed narrating a trashy romance novel to ( ) , her roommate at the Cherryvale Academy for Girls . Meanwhile , three students of the nearby Freemount Academy for Men , including ( ) and his overweight , slobbish friend ( ) , sneak into Cherryvale to peek on the girls . ( ) , showering at the time , sees that the boys are peering at her and enlists and 's help to drive them away ; the three boys fall off the side of the building . In response to being disturbed , the roommates light a bag of feces on fire and put it in front of 's door . 
 About a week later , at a co - ed dance , reveals that is her boyfriend ; as the couple are dancing , tells that she has decided she wants to surrender her virginity to him . After a speech by headmistress Miss ( ) , the band plays a slow song while dances alone and conspires against . , sporting an erection from Miss 's speech , sneaks off to the headmistress ' office with to drink and have sex ; however , the two are caught in the act by the headmistress and her friends . The following day , after morning aerobics , books a hotel for and herself . 
 After another period of time , students of the two schools are riding horses together . trots past where and are talking and flashes her breasts at . In revenge , steals 's shirt , forcing the latter to ride nude in front of the headmistress et alumni . That weekend , goes to buy condoms , but is distracted by the pharmacist ( in an uncredited role ) and ends up buying dental hygiene products ; when goes to buy the protection herself , she is distracted and eventually seen by Miss . 
 After a time in the arcade where is forced to speak romantically over the phone to by his friends , swears greater revenge . The following day , , , and another friend dress as women to sneak into the girls shower room . is caught by , who arouses him with a cold bottle and forces him to give her a massage . Meanwhile , meets up with for a tryst , but leaves before they have sex . As is exiting the building through the ledge of 's bathroom , he witnesses massaging . When he is startled by , he falls off the ledge . Meanwhile , after confesses to that he is in fact really a boy ( which was already known to ) , she pretends to scream and kicks him out of the room , leading to finding out about their indiscretion . storms out of the building , heartbroken . 
 After several weeks of unsuccessfully trying to get back , during parent visitation day , asks for the help of her father . After and he tell to take back , she does ; and then leave for the hotel . After failing to have sex during the night because finds the hotel too kitschy , as well as getting sick from the room - service food , they have sex on the beach in the morning . 
 Meanwhile , 's father ( ) has sex with her new stepmother while the chauffeur ( ) listens in . Not long afterwards , Miss , who has mistaken for Mr. ( 's father ) , has sex with him in the back of car . and , looking to have another tryst , climb into the front seat and turn on the loudspeakers , ensuring that the chauffeur and Ms. 's indiscretion are known by everyone present at the program . Upon realizing what has done , Miss lunges at him , eventually resulting in the car going into the pool . Afterwards , begins hitting on , eventually leading to paying him a midnight visit ; when catches them together , she is apoplectic . The film ends with graduation day , where the graduating girls moon the camera .

After 22 years in a mental institution , has been cured of his insanity and accepted that his mother is dead . As such , the court has him released . , sister of , vehemently protests , but her plea is dismissed . Against the advice of Dr. , takes up residence in his old home behind the Bates Motel . He reports to a prearranged job at a nearby diner , where an old lady named works . After work , a young waitress at the diner , , has been thrown out of her boyfriend 's place . offers to let her stay at the motel , then extends the offer to his home when he discovers that the motel 's new manager , , has been using the motel for dealing drugs and other sleazy activities . He immediately fires . 
 's adjustment back into society appears to be going well until he begins to get mysterious notes from " Mother " at the house and diner . Phone calls come from someone claiming to be 's mother . The next day , a drunk picks a fight at the diner . suspects of making the notes and phone calls . Becoming increasingly sympathetic to and impressed by 's fight to keep his sanity , takes up permanent residence in a guest room at his house . 
 A figure in a black dress stabs to death as he is packing to leave the motel . As is renovating his motel , he hears voices in the house . He enters his mother 's bedroom to find it exactly as it was 22 years ago . A sound lures him to the attic , where he is locked in . A teenage couple sneaks in through the cellar window to make out . They notice a female figure pacing in the next room . As they try to climb out , the boy is stabbed to death . The girl escapes and alerts police . finds in the attic and he shows her his mother 's bedroom , only to find it back to its state of disuse . The sheriff arrives and questions them about the boy 's murder . claims they were out walking together at the time . After the sheriff leaves , rebukes her for lying . He fears he may have killed the boy , since told him the attic was unlocked when she found him . 
 That evening , and find a bloody article of clothing that has been stuffed down the toilet . is horrified , believing he committed another murder , but insists he is innocent . goes down to check the motel . In the parlor she is surprised by , who is 's mother . and have been making the phone calls and notes , even posing at the window dressed as Bates . altered 's room and locked in the attic so she could change it back . All of this was an attempt to drive insane again and have him recommitted . However , 's growing friendship with has made her convinced he is no longer capable of killing . She suspects someone else is in the house , pointing out that was locked in the attic at the time of the boy 's death . 
 Dr. discovers 's identity as 's daughter and tells that and must be the ones harassing him . He also has the corpse of exhumed , to prove is not being haunted by his mother . is only partially convinced , saying the one behind everything must be his " real mother " , despite there being no record of him being adopted . confronts with what Dr. told him . She says that she has given up her part in 's ruse , but will not stop . Later , becomes too terrified to leave his room , saying he saw his real mother in the house . admits to that his sanity is beginning to erode and stays to comfort him . 
 While is retrieving her " Mother " costume from a loose stone in the cellar floor , a figure steps out of the shadows and murders her . Meanwhile , the police dredge the swamp and find a car , with 's body in the trunk . runs to the house to try to convince to flee . The phone rings , answers , and starts speaking to " " . listens in ; nobody is on the line with . While debates with " " about her command to kill , runs into the cellar and dresses up as , complete with butcher knife , in an unsuccessful bid to get to " hang up " . Dr. Raymond grabs her from behind , thinking he has caught her in the act of trying to drive insane , and in her fright plunges the butcher knife into his heart . Confronted by the sight of " " standing over Dr. 's bloody corpse , 's sanity snaps and he advances upon , babbling . backs into the fruit cellar and stumbles upon 's body , buried in a pile of coal . Assuming is responsible , raises her knife to kill him but is shot dead by the incoming police . The ensuing investigation is inconclusive , but in light of an overheard argument between and , 's attempt to kill , and her dressing as , the police deduce most likely committed all the murders . 
 That evening , , the diner manager , visits . believes herself to be his real mother , saying that Mrs. was her sister , who adopted as an infant while was institutionalized . She reveals that she was the murderer , having killed anybody who tried to harm her son . In response , strikes her in the head with a shovel , killing her . He then begins pretending she is , carrying the body upstairs to Mother 's room , and insinuating in Mother 's voice that he will resume killing young women who stay at the motel .

is a high - achieving high school student who lives with his wealthy parents in the North Shore area of Chicago . His father wants him to attend Princeton University , his alma mater , so participates in Future Enterprisers , an extracurricular activity in which students work in teams to create small businesses . When his parents go away on a trip , 's friend , , convinces him to take advantage of his newfound freedom to have some fun . On the first night , he raids the liquor cabinet , plays the stereo loudly , and dances around the living room in his underwear and pink dress shirt to " Old Time Rock and Roll " . The following day , calls a call girl named on 's behalf . turns out to be a tall , masculine transvestite . pays to go away , but before he leaves , he gives the number for , another prostitute . That night , is unable to sleep and hesitantly calls . She turns out to be a gorgeous blonde and they have sex all night . 
 asks for $ 300 for her services . He goes to the bank , but when he returns , is gone , along with his mother 's expensive Steuben glass egg . finds and demands the egg back , but they are interrupted by 's pimp , who pulls a gun . While in his father 's Porsche 928 , is chased by , but eventually escapes . tells that the egg is with the rest of her stuff at 's . lets stay at his house while he goes to school . When he returns , his friends are over , and has invited another prostitute to stay , but rejects the idea . That night , , , , and 's friend go out . They get stoned , and while and wander away , and talk . takes exception to something says and leaves . While retrieving her purse from 's car , she moves the shifter out of gear . Moments later , the car rolls down the hill and onto a pier , despite 's futile attempt to stop it . The pier collapses , dumping the Porsche into Lake Michigan . 
 When takes the car to a repair shop , he is horrified to learn how much it will cost to fix it . He and later decide to turn his parents ' house into a brothel for a night ; 's share of the profits will pay for the car repairs . The party is a huge success ; the house is packed with 's friends and classmates and 's co - workers . However , the recruiter from Princeton , chooses that night to interview for admission to Princeton . The interview is plagued by interruptions , and is unimpressed by 's resume . Afterwards , he stays at the party and becomes acquainted with 's friends . After the party , and go and have sex on the Chicago " L " . 
 The next morning , finds his house has been burgled . When he tries to call , answers ; he tells that he will let buy back his furniture . and his friends manage to get everything moved back in just as his parents walk in , though his mother notices a crack in her egg . Later , 's father congratulates him ; the interviewer was very impressed and has indicated will be accepted into Princeton . meets at a restaurant , and they speculate about their future . She tells him that she wants to keep on seeing him ; he jokes that it will cost her . 
 The remastered 25th - anniversary edition offers " both the upbeat studio ending and Mr. 's original , more tentative and melancholic conclusion".[2 ]

( ) , a worker at the Kerr - McGee Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site ( near Crescent , Oklahoma ) , shares a ramshackle house with two co - workers , her boyfriend ( ) and her lesbian friend ( ) . She makes plutonium fuel rods for nuclear reactors , where she deals with the threat of exposure to radiation . She has become a union activist , concerned that corporate practices may adversely affect the health of workers . She is also engaged in a conflict with her former common - law husband in an effort to have more time with their three children . 
 Because the plant has fallen behind on a major contract — ostensibly to provide fuel rods for a breeder reactor at the Hanford Site — employees are required to work long hours of overtime . She believes that managers are falsifying safety reports and cutting corners wherever possible , risking the welfare of the personnel . approaches the union with her concerns and becomes active in lobbying for safeguards . She travels to Washington , D.C. to testify before the Atomic Energy Commission . She interacts with union officials who appear to be more interested in the publicity she is generating than her welfare and that of her co - workers . 
 When and other workers become contaminated by radiation , plant officials try to blame her for the incident . When she discovers that negatives of photographs of faulty fuel rods have been retouched and records of inadequate safety measures have been altered , she decides to conduct an investigation of her own . Complications arise in her personal life when , a funeral parlor beautician , joins the household as 's lover . Unable to deal with 's obsession with gathering evidence , moves out . 
 Once she feels she has gathered sufficient documentation , contacts a reporter from The New York Times and arranges a nighttime meeting . In the film 's final moments , the scene fades out as , on her way to the meeting , sees approaching headlights in her rear - view mirror , which draw up so close that they blind her and make her unable to watch the road ahead . The scene fades in on the aftermath of her fatal one - car crash , and the viewer is left to decide whether the crash was an accident .

In 1975 , and his boyfriend take 's children , and on a boating trip . While on a sailboat in the lake near Camp Arawak , the children prank their father by capsizing the boat . They attempt to swim ashore where is waiting for them . However , they swim into the path of a reckless motorboat towing a water skier , , and driven by one of the camp ’s counselors , . and are struck and killed as screams in horror for help . 
 Eight years later in 1983 , , still traumatized by the accident , has been living with her eccentric aunt , Dr. , and her cousin . is sent to Camp Arawak for the first time , along with , who has attended the camp previously . 
 Due to her introverted nature , is bullied , mostly by her bunkmate and their counselor . ’s other counselor and the camp ’s head counselor , are sympathetic to her situation and do what they can to help her feel at home . 
 The head cook , , attempts to sexually assault . Later , an unseen figure causes to get severely scalded by the water he is boiling . 's incident is deemed accidental by camp owner . 
 At a social , campers and mock , prompting and his friend to get into a fight with them . Afterwards , befriends . Later that night , is drowned , his death also ruled accidental at 's insistence , even though and police officer , voice their skepticisms . 
 soon asks to attend a movie with him . Later , campers and throw water balloons at , and is soon killed next , stung to death when he is trapped in a bathroom stall with a nest filled with bees . starts thinking there is a killer in the camp . 
 The relationship between and grows strained when kisses her , causing her to have a flashback to her youth when she and her brother witnessed their father in bed with . recoils from and runs away . 
 During a game of Capture the Flag , is seduced by , and the two are found kissing by . Guilty , later attempts to explain himself to at the lake , but is shooed away by and , who throw into the water . After being rescued by , then has sand flung at her by small children . She is comforted by , who swears revenge on her aggressors . 
 That night , is stabbed to death in the shower while getting ready to meet with . At the camp social , apologizes to again and she tells him to meet her at the water later on . Meanwhile , finds 's body and is convinced that is the killer , since had threatened most of the people killed so far , for bullying . 
 At the same time , the six children who threw sand at , are camping in the woods with their counselor , when two of them ask him to take them back to the camp . He returns to find the four remaining children hacked to death with his hatchet . Back at the camp , is killed by being burned with a hot curling iron and smothered to death with a pillow . The camp is thrown into a panic with all the deaths . Thinking is the killer , beats him mercilessly , only to be shot in the throat with an arrow by the real killer . 
 the police officer is called and begins searching with the counselors for the missing campers . is at the beach with , who suggests they go skinny dipping . discovers unconscious , but alive . 
 and find sitting on the beach and humming , with appearing to be resting his head on her lap as she strokes his hair . They are shocked when jumps up holding a hunting knife , dropping ’s severed head , and they discover that not only is she the killer , but that " " is actually , her thought - to - be - dead brother . 
 It is revealed that the real died in the accident and survived . After gained custody of him , she decided to raise as the girl she always wanted , already having a son . Shocked , exclaims " How can it be ? My God , she ’s a boy ! ” , as the nude and blood - covered , " " with male genitalia in full view , stands before the horrified and , while letting out an animalistic sound .

In Green Town , Illinois , a small town enjoying the innocence of an upcoming autumn as the days grow shorter , two young boys , a reserved , and somewhat rebellious , leave from an after - school detention for " whispering in class " and hurry off for home . When the boys hear about a strange traveling carnival , Mr. 's Pandemonium Carnival , from a lightning - rod salesman , they decide to see what it is all about , but is fearful , as most carnivals end their tours after Labor Day . 
 When the ominous Mr. , the Illustrated Man , rides into town on a dark midnight , setting up his massive carnival in a matter of seconds , the boys are both thrilled and terrified . It seems to be just another carnival at first , but it is not long before the forces of darkness begin to manifest from the haunting melodies of the carousel – which can change your age depending on which direction you ride it – and from the glaring Mirror Maze . 
 With his collection of freaks and oddities , intends to take control of the town and seize more innocent souls to damn . It will take all the wit and hope of the two boys to save their families and friends , with aid from an unlikely ally , 's father , the town librarian , who understands more than anyone else that " something wicked this way comes . "

Set in the early 22nd century , the film opens with the destruction of a space cruise liner that becomes irreparably damaged and destroyed by a bolt of nebular lightning . The only apparent survivors are three beautiful women – ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) – who get away in an escape pod and land on the nearest habitable planet . There , they are quickly accosted by the hostile natives and taken aboard a sail - driven vehicle resembling a pirate ship on rails . 
 In space , an alert goes out for the safe return of the women with a reward of 3,000 " mega - credits " . A small - time salvage operator named ( ) intercepts the message and heads to the planet . Joining him is his female engineer ( ) , who learns the planet – called Terra XI – is a failed colony that fell victim to a deadly plague and civil warfare . risks the dangers believing the reward will solve his debt problems . 
 After landing on the barren world , and set out in a 4 - wheel drive vehicle called the " Scrambler " . Soon , they join a battle in progress between a group of marauders ( called the " Zoners " ) and a band of nomads ( the " Scavs " ) . The Zoners take the women before can stop them and fly away on jet - powered hang - gliders . learns from the Scavs that the women were taken into " The Zone " which is ruled by " " – their sworn enemy . Returning to the Scrambler , finds – who is really an android – has been " killed " . continues on alone , but soon catches a teenage Scav named ( ) trying to steal his Scrambler . She convinces that he needs a tracker if he is to survive The Zone and reluctantly takes her lead . 
 In the meantime , the three women are taken before " The Chemist " ( ) , the chief henchman of Overdog who administers pacifying drugs to the girls and prepares them for Overdog 's pleasure . 
 Elsewhere , and make camp , but soon come under attack by a strange plow - like vehicle . manages to disable the machine and learns the driver is a former military acquaintance of his – a soldier named ( ) , who reveals he too has come to rescue the women . His only problem is that he crashed his ship and has no way off world . refuses to help his rival and leaves him to fend for himself . 
 Back in the Zone , the women are taken to see the Overdog ( ) , who is revealed to be a hideous cyborg , almost entirely machine , with two metal claws for hands . 
 Still led by , gets into more predicaments – from being attacked by mutated ( very obese ) human beings , to strange amazon - like women and a water dragon ( which the amazon - like women fear ) . He even loses his trusty Scrambler and is forced to continue on foot . Eventually , they are found by Washington and finds the situation reversed as he now begs his rival for help . Washington assists , but only if cuts him in 50/50 on the reward . 
 and Washington team up and sneak into 's fortress where they find the Zoners entertained by captured prisoners forced to run through a deadly maze of lethal obstacles , hazards and traps . spots the women being held in a cage and forms a rescue plan , but a bored ( who was left out of the rescue for her safety ) decides to snoop around . She is captured and sent into the maze . spots in the maze and tries to rescue her , but she uses her prowess to reach the end where congratulates her and drags her back to his lair . There , she is hooked to a machine that slowly drains her life energy . The energy in turn recharges Overdog . comes to the rescue and jabs a sparking power cable into one of Overdog 's claws . The power feedback fries Overdog and thus causes cascading blowouts throughout the entire fortress . As the fortress explodes around them , and run for cover and are rescued by the timely arrival of , who is driving the plow machine with Nova , and driving another commandeered vehicle . They all race out of the fortress in the nick of time as it explodes behind them . 
 As the complex explodes , the three heroes , and the three rescued women , manage to get away . In the ending , invites to stay with him and she agrees since they made good partners .

, a former disco king , acts on his brother 's advice and his own dreams of dancing professionally . He is now living in a Manhattan flophouse , working as a dance instructor and waiter at a dance club , searching for a big break in the modern dance productions on Broadway . The break from his Brooklyn life , family , and friends seem to have somewhat matured and refined his personality , including his diminished Brooklyn accent , an avoidance of alcohol , and less use of profanity . Other attitudes remain unchanged , such as his disregard for his girlfriend , the forgiving , who is a dancer and rock singer . Still acting immature , maintains some of his other macho and childish double standards , such as seeing other women but being offended if he sees with other men . 
 watches a show , which features as a dancer in the chorus , but focuses on the lead , a seemingly - wealthy English dancer , . pursues her with seduction in mind , and spends the night with her . He is annoyed when she dismisses him afterward , not understanding that she intended their encounter to be a one - night stand . coldly justifies her treatment of him by saying that " Everybody uses everybody , " and implies that used her in order to get a dance role in her upcoming show . 
 Unable to trust , breaks up with him . , , and then all audition for the Broadway production Satan 's Alley . and land small roles , and is casted as the lead female dancer . 
 begins to realize how callous he has been to , and walks all the way from Manhattan to his old Bay Ridge neighborhood in Brooklyn in the middle of the night . When he walks past the 2001 Odyssey , he sees that the discotheque , which was his former hangout , is now a gay nightclub , and he realizes how much his life has changed since he left Brooklyn . When goes to visit his mother , and apologizes for his selfishness and the trouble - making ways of his youth , she points out that his selfish behavior as a teen was what helped him escape a dead - end life in Bay Ridge . feels better after this and heads back to Manhattan to repair his relationship with . His hostility and distance from the arrogant increase as the production progresses . 
 decides to take a shot at replacing the male lead of Satan 's Alley , and requests to help him practice the number . is disgusted when succeeds and openly displays her resentment at having to partner him in the show . They can not hide their chemistry on stage despite her animosity , which pleases the show 's director . 
 Satan 's Alley sells out , and the cast takes the stage to a standing - room - only crowd . The first act is a success despite 's brash disregard for the script when he kisses at the end of their number . furiously retaliates by clawing 's face . The director blasts backstage , telling him to take his personal war away from the production . seems to offer a truce when she asks to see him after the show to " clear things up . " , now fully aware of her manipulative ways , coldly tells her that he has other commitments , and snidely responds that he lacks star quality . 
 The second act is a dazzling display of dance and special effects , and suddenly abandons the script near the end of the show . He hurls away and gives way to his frustration in a solo dance . He finishes and holds out his hand to with a command to jump . She halts amid 's and the director 's commands , but finally leaps in his arms for a climactic finish to the show . The thrilled audience gives a standing ovation . 
 celebrates with his jubilant cast mates and reconciles with . He says that what he really must do is " strut " in celebration . He leaves the theater and struts through Times Square , beaming with his newfound success .

Two unemployed brothers , and ( and ) , place a live mouse in a beer bottle in an attempt to blackmail the local beer store into giving them free Elsinore beer , but are told to take up the matter with management at the Elsinore brewery . The brothers are given jobs on the bottling line inspecting for mice in the bottles . 
 Meanwhile , the evil Brewmeister ( ) is perfecting a secret plan to take over the world by placing a mind - control drug in Elsinore beer which , while rendering the consumer docile , also makes him or her attack others when certain musical tones are played . tests this adulterated beer on patients of the neighbouring Royal Canadian Institute for the Mentally Insane , which is connected to the brewery by underground tunnels . 
 and learn that the brewery 's former owner , , has recently died under mysterious circumstances and his daughter ( ) has been given full control of the Elsinore brewery . While exploring the massive brewery , they find a shuttered cafeteria containing an old Galactic Border Patrol video game which supernaturally reveals that murdered and that 's bumbling Uncle ( ) was deeply involved . Also , recognizes a brewery employee as one - time hockey great ( ) , who suffered a career - ending nervous breakdown and has fallen under 's control . 
 Eventually , and wander into the 's operations room while he is away and takes a floppy disk containing a video of murder ( thinking it is a " new wave EP " and not realizing the importance of its contents ) . and tranquilize the brothers and arrange to frame them for murder , concealing and her father 's friend , , in beer kegs in the back of their sabotaged van , and instruct the brothers to deliver the kegs to a party . Unable to stop , the brothers crash the van into Lake Ontario . All survive ( with apparent memory loss ) , and the brothers are arrested . 
 The brothers ' antics at their trial cause the judge to declare them insane and put them under care at the asylum . soon finds them and helps them escape , and they find and rescue . Having figured out 's plan , foments an uprising among the brainwashed mental - patient test subjects . The brothers separate for the first time in their lives ; helps overpower and the spirit of , possessing the brewery 's electrical system , fatally strikes him with lightning . Meanwhile , has locked and in a brewery tank and is filling it with beer ; they escape this possible death when consumes all the beer , expanding to a cartoonish size . 
 ghost warns them that has already shipped tainted beer to Oktoberfest and urges them to stop them . The police accompany the brothers back to their house to retrieve their dog , Hosehead , to invade the party . Enticed by promises of free beer and sausages , leaps into the air and flies over the city like . He crashes into the tent at the celebration and , mistaken for a skunk , frightens people away from the tainted beer . In the end , the McKenzie Brothers save the day and and find in each other true love . As for the contaminated beer , and are allowed to haul away the lot , apparently to try to drink it all .

A college - age artist , , and her sister are raped by a group of young men , after being betrayed by female friend . The brutal rape leaves 's sister in a vegetative state from the physical and emotional trauma . Ten years later , seeks revenge on the attackers . She kills one of the rapists ( ) with two shots — one to the genitals and one to the head — from a .38 Colt Detective Special revolver . leaves San Francisco because of the subsequent police investigation . Relocating to the town of San Paulo ( a fictional place portrayed by the seaside town of Santa Cruz , California ) , begins restoring its boardwalk 's historic carousel near the beach where the rapes occurred . 
 Meanwhile , San Francisco Police Department Homicide Inspector is frustrated when a judge yet again dismisses a case of his due to what she sees as unreasonable search and seizure . Later , at his favorite diner , the inspector interrupts a robbery and kills three of the criminals . When the surviving robber takes a hostage , targets the man with his .44 Magnum and challenges him to " Go ahead , make my day " . The criminal surrenders . later causes powerful crime lord to suffer a fatal heart attack at his granddaughter 's wedding reception when threatens him with prosecution in a murder case . 
 Lieutenant , 's supervisor and other angry senior officers call in . They can not fire or suspend the notorious inspector because , as the police commissioner admits , his " unconventional methods ... get results , " albeit with many deaths and bad publicity for the department . They instead order him to take a vacation , which spends target shooting with his .44 AutoMag and shotgun - armed partner . 's relaxation is short - lived , as four of 's hitmen attack him . The inspector dispatches three , and the fourth escapes in an armored limousine . The suspect from the dismissed case and his friends also attack , throwing two Molotov cocktails into 's car . He retrieves an unbroken firebomb and throws it at the attackers ' car , causing them to swerve and drive into the bay , killing them . Lieutenant immediately sends the inspector to San Paulo to investigate the murder of the man killed . While the victim is from there , the assignment is also to protect both and civilians . As notes , " People have a nasty habit of getting dead around you . " 
 Upon arriving in sleepy San Paulo , chases down a would - be robber . The reckless hot pursuit using a commandeered vehicle draws the anger of the local police . While jogging with his bulldog Meathead , accidentally runs into . She is less than thrilled . Upon returning to his motel , is targeted by the surviving hitman . The inspector kills him after being warned of his presence by . Meanwhile , kills a second rapist , , at the beach . recognizes the modus operandi , but local police chief refuses to work with the famous " big city hotshot . " 
 learns that the victims and local figure are friends of ' son , . figures out that the rapists are being targeted and warns two of them ( and ) . After fighting 's uncooperative brothers - in - law , and , meets again , at an outdoor cafe . Over drinks , he learns that she shares his emphasis on results over methods when seeking justice . But , the inspector adds the caveat " ' til it breaks the law . " He reveals that he is investigating the San Francisco murder of , which rattles . 
 visits 's home and finds him dead , another victim of 's vigilantism . stays at ' home , where both await a probable attack . When the inspector visits them for questioning , attacks him . After subdues and takes him to the police station , arrives and guns down , who had set up and her sister for the gang - rape . and meet again and have sex together . On his way out he notices 's car , which he had seen earlier at ' house . He goes back there and finds ' body . and bail out of jail . Meanwhile , arrives at 's motel to celebrate the easing of tensions in San Francisco . He meets and his henchmen instead , who have been waiting in 's motel room . is killed , is neutered by switchblade , and finds . The inspector is brutally beaten and thrown into the ocean , losing his long - barreled Model 29 in the process . 
 arrives at the home with the intention of killing , who was one of the rapists . She finds is catatonic ; a guilty conscience caused him to attempt suicide via a car crash that left him with permanent brain damage . Chief admits that to protect his reputation and his only child , he " fixed " the crimes and failed to jail the guilty parties . He convinces to spare 's life and promises that , whom he does not know is free , will now be punished . and the others capture and kill the chief with her .38 . 
 survives 's assault and retrieves his AutoMag from the motel . Enraged at what 's gang have done to and , sets out after them . 's gang brings to the beach boardwalk for another rape , but she escapes to the carousel . They recapture her , but are startled by the inspector 's apparent return from the dead . After killing and , chases , who absconds with atop the Giant Dipper rollercoaster ride . The inspector reiterates his famous challenge " make my day"—this time to . When laughs at , uses the diversion to break free . shoots , who plunges through the carousel 's glass roof to a grisly death , impaled on a carousel unicorn . 
 The police arrive and find 's .38 on ; ballistics , states , will prove that " his gun … was used in all the killings . " A compassionate and a vindicated leave the crime scene together .

, a chronically unemployed ne'er do well , discovers a talent for computer programming , and is hired at the Metropolis - based Webscoe . embezzles from his employer , bringing him to the attention of CEO . is intrigued by 's potential to help him rule the world financially . Joined by sister and " psychic nutritionist " , blackmails into helping him . 
 convinces his Daily Planet boss , , to let him return to Smallville for his high - school reunion . En route , as , he extinguishes a fire in a chemical plant containing unstable Beltric acid , which produces corrosive vapor when superheated . At the reunion , is reunited with childhood friend , a divorcée with a young son named , and harassed by , her ex - boyfriend . 
 Infuriated by Colombia 's refusal to do business with him , orders to command Vulcan , an American weather satellite , to create a tornado to destroy Colombia 's coffee crop for the next several years . travels to Smallville to use the offices of WheatKing , a subsidiary of Webscoe , to reprogram the satellite . Though Vulcan creates a devastating storm , 's scheme is thwarted when neutralizes it , saving the harvest . orders to use his computer knowledge to create Kryptonite , remembering Daily Planet interview with . uses Vulcan to analyze Krypton 's debris ; he discovers that one of the elements of Kryptonite is an " unknown " compound , and substitutes tar . 
 convinces to appear at 's birthday party , but Smallville turns it into a town celebration . and , disguised as Army officers , give the Kryptonite , though it appears ineffective . soon becomes selfish , focusing on his lust for , causing him to delay rescuing a truck driver from a jackknifed rig hanging from a bridge . becomes depressed , upset , and casually destructive , committing petty acts of vandalism , such as blowing out the Olympic Flame , and straightening the Leaning Tower of Pisa . 
 , feeling used , gives crude plans for a supercomputer and agrees to build it in return for creating an oil embargo by directing all oil tankers to the middle of the Atlantic Ocean until further notice . When the captain of one tanker insists on maintaining his original course , has seduce into waylaying the tanker and breaching the hull , causing a massive oil spill . The villains decamp to the computer 's location in Glen Canyon . 
 goes on a drinking binge , is overcome by guilt , and suffers a nervous breakdown . In a junkyard , splits into two personas : the immoral , corrupted and the moral , righteous . They engage in a battle , ending when strangles his evil identity . Restored to his normal self , repairs the damage his counterpart caused . 
 After defending himself from rockets and an MX missile , confronts , Vera , and . 's supercomputer identifies him as a threat and attempts to determine his weakness , unleashing a beam of pure Kryptonite . 
 Guilt - ridden and horrified by the prospect of " going down in history as the man who killed " , destroys the Kryptonite ray with a firefighter 's axe , whereupon flees . The computer becomes self - aware , defending itself against 's attempts to disable it . and escape the control room , but is transformed into a cyborg . attacks her brother and with beams of energy that immobilize them . returns with a canister of the Beltric acid . places the canister by the supercomputer , which does not resist as it suspects no danger . The intense heat emitted by the supercomputer causes the acid to turn volatile , destroying the supercomputer . flies away with , leaving and his cronies to the authorities , and drops off at a West Virginia coal mine . 
 returns to Metropolis . As , he pays a visit to , who has found employment as new secretary . He is attacked by , who has stalked to Metropolis , only to end up falling into a room service cart . He restores the Leaning Tower of Pisa , and the film ends with flying into the sunrise for further adventures .

Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Robert Vaughn, Annette O'Toole

( ) , a washed up , alcoholic country singer , awakens at a run - down Texas roadside motel and gas station after a night of heavy drinking . He meets the owner , a young widow named ( ) , and offers to work in exchange for a room . , whose husband was killed in the Vietnam War , is raising her young son , ( ) , on her own . She agrees to let stay under the condition that he does not drink while working . The two begin to develop feelings for one another , mostly during quiet evenings sitting alone and sharing bits of their life stories . 
 resolves to give up alcohol and start his life anew . After some time passes , he and we d. They start attending a Baptist church on a regular basis . One day , a newspaper reporter visits the motel and asks whether he has stopped recording music and chosen an anonymous life . When refuses to answer , the reporter explains he is writing a story about and has interviewed his ex - wife , ( ) , a country music star who is performing nearby . 
 After the story is printed , the neighborhood learns of 's past , and members of a local country – western band visit him to show their respect . Although he greets them politely , remains reluctant to open up about his past . Later , he secretly attends 's concert . She passionately sings several songs that wrote years earlier , and he leaves in the middle of the performance . Backstage , he talks to Dixie 's manager , his old friend ( ) . gives him a copy of a new song he has written and asks him to show it to . tries to talk to , but she becomes angry upon seeing him and warns him to stay away from their 18 - year - old daughter , ( ) . 
 Upon his return home , assures he no longer has feelings for , whom he describes as " poison " to him . Later , visits to tell him , seemingly at Dixie 's urging , that the country music business has changed and his new song is no good . Hurt and angry , drives away and nearly crashes the truck . He buys a bottle of whiskey but , upon returning home to a worried and , he tells them he poured it out . He tells them he tried to leave , but found he could not . Some time later , and Sonny are baptized together in church . 
 Eventually , visits , their first encounter since she was a baby . asks whether she got any of his letters , and she says her mother kept them from her . also reports that Dixie tried to keep her from visiting and that she plans to elope with her boyfriend despite her mother 's objections . admits he used to hit and that she divorced him after he tried to kill her in a drunken rage . asks whether Mac remembers a song about a dove he sang to her when she was a baby . He claims he does not , but after she leaves he sings to himself the hymn " On the Wings of a Dove , " which references a dove from the Lord saving and descending at ' baptism . 
 Boys at school bully about his dead father , and he and grow closer . The members of the local country band ask permission to perform one of his songs , and he agrees . begins performing with them and they make plans to record together . His newfound happiness is interrupted when dies in a car accident . attends his daughter 's funeral at 's lavish home in Nashville and comforts her when she breaks down . 
 Back home , keeps quiet about his emotional pain , although he wonders aloud to why his once sorry existence has been given meaning and , on the other hand , his daughter died . Throughout his mourning , continues his new life with and . In the final scene , finds a football has left him as a gift . watches the hotel from a field across the road and sings " On the Wings of a Dove " to himself . thanks him for the football and the two play catch together in the field .

Widowed ( ) keeps several suitors at arm 's length , focusing instead on her close but controlling relationship with daughter ( ) . Anxious to escape her mother , marries young to college professor ( ) over her mother 's objections , moves away and has three children . Despite their frequent spats and difficulty getting along , and have a tie between them that can not be broken , and keep in touch by telephone . 
 and soon run into financial and marital difficulties . has trouble managing the children and household , and she and both have extramarital affairs . relies increasingly on her mother for emotional support . Meanwhile , the lonely overcomes her repression and begins a whirlwind romance with her next door neighbor , retired astronaut ( ) . 
 The family moves from Houston to Des Moines and eventually to Nebraska , apparently for 's career , but mostly so he can be near his girlfriend . is diagnosed with cancer , which becomes terminal . stays by 's side through her treatment and hospitalization , even while dealing with her own pain after suddenly ends their relationship . The dying shows her love for her mother by entrusting her own children to 's care . After 's death , reappears in the family 's life and begins to bond with 's young children .

Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Jeff Daniels, Danny DeVito, John Lithgow

brothers and own a successful commodities brokerage in Philadelphia . Holding opposing views on the issue of nature versus nurture , they make a wager and agree to conduct an experiment switching the lives of two unwitting people at opposite sides of the social hierarchy and observing the results . They witness an encounter between their managing director — the well - mannered and educated , engaged to the ' grand - niece — and a poor street hustler named ; Valentine is arrested at 's insistence because of a suspected robbery attempt . The Dukes decide to use the two men for their experiment . 
 is publicly framed as a thief , drug dealer and philanderer by at the request of the Dukes . is fired from Duke & Duke , his bank accounts are frozen , he is denied entry to his Duke - owned home , and he quickly finds himself vilified by and his former friends . He befriends , a prostitute who agrees to help him in exchange for a financial reward once he is exonerated . Meanwhile , the bail out of jail , install him in 's former job and grant him use of 's home . soon becomes well - versed in the business using his street smarts to achieve success , and begins to act well - mannered . 
 During the firm 's Christmas party , is caught planting drugs in 's desk in an attempt to frame him , and he brandishes a gun to escape . Later , the discuss their experiment and settle their wager for one dollar , before plotting to return to the streets . overhears the conversation , and seeks out , who attempts suicide by overdosing on pills . , and 's butler nurse him back to health and inform him of the ' experiment . On television , they learn that is transporting a secret USDA report on orange crop forecasts . and recall large payments made to by the Dukes and realize that the Dukes plan to obtain the report to corner the market on frozen orange juice . 
 On New Year 's Eve , the four board ' Philadelphia - bound train , intending to switch the original report with a forgery that predicts low orange crop yields . uncovers their scheme and attempts to kill them , but he is knocked unconscious by a gorilla being transported on the train . The four disguise with a gorilla costume and cage him with the real gorilla . After delivering the forged report to the in ' place , and travel to New York City with 's and 's life savings to carry out their part of the plan . 
 On the commodities trading floor , the commit all their holdings to buying frozen concentrated orange - juice futures contracts ; other traders follow their lead , inflating the price . Meanwhile , and Winthorpe sell futures heavily at the inflated price . Following the broadcast of the actual crop report and its prediction of a normal forecast , the price of orange - juice futures plummets . Valentine and Winthorpe close their futures position by buying futures at the lower price from everyone but the Dukes , turning a large profit . The Dukes fail to meet a margin call , and are left owing $ 394 million . and Winthorpe explain to the Dukes that they had made a wager on whether they could simultaneously get rich while making the poor . collects $ 1 from Winthorpe while collapses holding his chest and shouts angrily at his brother about their failed plan . Later , the now wealthy , , , and vacation on a tropical beach , while and the gorilla are loaded onto a ship heading for Africa .

Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Don Ameche, Ralph Bellamy

Taking place in the early 1980s and set in the context of the Vietnam War POW / MIA issue , retired Marine Colonel ( ) is obsessed with finding his son , listed as " missing in action " ( MIA ) since 1972 . After 10 years of searching Southeast Asia and turning up several leads , believes that is still alive and being kept in Laos as a prisoner of war . 
 After petitioning the United States government for help , but receiving none , Colonel brings together a disparate group of Vietnam War veterans , including some who were a part of 's platoon : ( ) , a " tunnel rat " who suffers from PTSD ; " " , a demolitions expert ( ) ; and " " , a crazed , yet loyal machine gunner ( ) . Additionally , two helicopter pilot acquaintances of , Distinguished Flying Cross recipient ( ) and ( ) , join the group . A young , former Force Recon Marine ( ) joins the team and later turns out to be the son of a pilot who was shot down in Vietnam and listed as MIA . 
 With the financial backing of good friend and rich oil businessman ( ) , whose son served in 's platoon and is also listed among the missing , the men train near Galveston , Texas in preparation to undertake a rescue mission at a remote POW camp in Laos . As the team arrives in Southeast Asia , the CIA , fearing an international crisis from ' actions , intercepts him in Bangkok and confiscates his weapons and equipment . Still determined to rescue their comrades , the team members put together their expense money given to them by to purchase replacement weapons and supplies . contacts an acquaintance , deposed local drug baron ( ) , who joins the expedition with his two daughters and . manages to supply them with outdated but capable World War II - era weapons . In the course of the expedition , gradually forms a relationship with . 
 Near the Laotian border , the group is attacked by a border patrol unit and is killed . Later , the group divides : leads , , and as the " air team " to a helicopter compound to secure escape transportation , while , , and scout out the prison camp as the " ground team . " The ground team later discovers four Americans among the prisoners , but are unable to ascertain 's whereabouts . 
 The teams spend the night preparing before commencing the attack the next morning . In a heated battle , they manage to spring the prisoners , among them 's son , but is not among them . , and are killed in the process . From 's son , learns that became ill soon after his capture and died , despite 's son 's best efforts . It is revealed that was the soldier who stopped to carry a wounded during the platoon 's evacuation to the helicopters in Vietnam in 1972 ( as seen in the opening scene ) , but they were left behind as the helicopter carrying Blaster , and departed the hot landing zone . 
 Stateside , the group is joyously welcomed by their families with media attention and fanfare . finds that in learning the fate of his son , he has gained some closure for his wife and himself .

is a Valley girl who seems to have it all : good looks , popularity , and a handsome Valley dude boyfriend , , but she is having second thoughts about her relationship with the arrogant and selfish . At the end of a shopping trip with her friends , , , and , runs into and breaks up with him . Later that day at the beach , trades shy glances with a young man in the distance . 
 That night , at a party at 's house , locks eyes with , a Hollywood punk who has crashed the party with his friend , . They hit it off , especially after learns was the young man at the beach . is jealous , and tries to bed . He fails and gets his cronies to eject and from the party . Undaunted , sneaks back into the house , and hides in an upstairs bathroom shower . waits in the shower for to enter the bathroom as various partygoers come and go , talking about and trying to have sex , and doing drugs . When enters , convinces her to leave the party with him . brings a reluctant along for the ride with and . While at 's favorite Hollywood nightclub , and rapidly grow closer as continually rebuffs 's advances . 
 's friends , dismayed by her relationship with , pressure her to get back together with . asks her father for advice , and he kindly tells her she should follow her heart . Despite this , reconciles with and later dumps . A heartbroken gets severely drunk , makes out with his ex - girlfriend , and nearly gets into a fight with a gang of low riders before saves him . chides for moping over , but tells him he needs to fight if he truly wants her back . After flits about the Valley for the next few days just so he can get a glimpse at , says he has a plan that will both reunite with and get revenge against . 
 A subplot involves and her stepmother , , vying for the attention of a boy named . At her party , tells , who is chaperoning , about , whom she likes and hopes will show up . When arrives , is attracted to him . is also attracted to and goes out of his way to go to see her without finding out . One day , enters 's house , apparently looking for . He goes upstairs and finds a woman in the shower in 's bedroom . and this woman , whose face is not shown , are then shown making love . Another woman arrives home and goes upstairs . The bedroom door opens , enters , and only then it is shown was in the shower and in bed with . and go to the prom together . 
 As the girls make prom decorations , and chat over their post - prom plans . reveals made a reservation at the Valley Sheraton Hotel as an after - prom " surprise " for . 
 and ride to the prom in a rented stretch limousine ; and arrive shortly after and sneak backstage . becomes increasingly annoyed with watching the Valley High kids dance , but assures him all is going according to plan . and are escorted backstage , waiting to be introduced as king and queen of the prom . confronts , and the two begin to brawl . When the prom king and queen are announced , the curtain pulls back to reveal beating up . knocks out , then escorts a thrilled from the stage through the crowd . recovers and storms through the crowd towards and , who start a food fight to slow down and facilitate their escape from the venue in 's rented limousine . 
 As the happy couple ride into the night towards the Valley Sheraton , removes 's I.D. bracelet , which had been a sign of the relationship between the two during the entire film , and throws it out the window . The scene , which echoes the final scene of the film The Graduate , pans to the overview of the Valley , while the limo turns past the Sherman Oaks Galleria glowing in the night .

is the president of CIVIC - TV , a Toronto UHF television station specializing in sensationalistic programming . Displeased with his station 's current lineup ( which mostly consists of softcore pornography and gratuitous violence ) , is looking for something that will break through to a new audience . One morning , he is summoned to the clandestine office of , who operates CIVIC - TV 's unauthorized satellite dish which can intercept broadcasts from as far away as Asia . shows Renn Videodrome , a plotless television show apparently being broadcast out of Malaysia which depicts the brutal torture and eventual murder of anonymous victims in a reddish - orange chamber . Believing this to be the future of television , orders to begin unlicensed use of the show . 
 experiences a hallucination , the first of many . Appearing on a talk show , defends his station 's programming choices to , a psychiatrist and radio host , and professor , a pop - culture analyst and philosopher who will only appear on television if his image is broadcast into the studio , onto a television , from a remote location . delivers a speech prophesying a future in which television supplants real life . 
 dates , who is sexually aroused when he shows her an episode of Videodrome and coaxes him into having sadomasochistic sex with her while they watch it . goes once again to 's office , where tells him that the signal delay which caused it to appear to be coming from Malaysia was a ploy by the broadcaster and that Videodrome is being broadcast out of Pittsburgh . tells this and she excitedly goes to Pittsburgh to audition for the show under the guise of a business trip , but never returns . contacts , a softcore pornographer , and asks her to help him find out the truth about Videodrome . Through , learns that not only is the footage not faked , but it is the public " face " of a political movement . further informs him that knows about Videodrome . 
 tracks down to the Cathode Ray Mission , a mission where homeless people are provided food , shelter , and clothing , and encouraged to engage in marathon sessions of television viewing . He discovers the mission is run by 's daughter , , with the goal of helping to bring about her father 's vision of a world in which television replaces every aspect of everyday life . 
 Later , views a videotape in which informs him that Videodrome is a socio - political battleground in which a war is being fought for control of the minds of the people of North America . Shortly thereafter , begins experiencing disturbing hallucinations in which his torso transforms into a gaping hole that functions as a VCR . tells him these are side - effects from having viewed Videodrome , which carries a broadcast signal that causes the viewer to develop a malignant brain tumour . helped to create it as part of his vision for the future , but when he found out it was to be used for malevolent purposes , he attempted to stop his partners ; they used his own invention to kill him . In the year before his death , recorded tens of thousands of videos , which now form the basis of his television appearances . 
 Max is contacted by Videodrome 's producer , the Spectacular Optical Corporation ; an eyeglasses company that acts as a front for a weapons manufacturer . The head of Spectacular Optical , , has been secretly working with to get exposed to Videodrome and to have him broadcast it , as part of a conspiracy to " purge " North America , giving fatal brain tumours to " lowlifes " fixated on extreme sex and violence . 
 then inserts a brainwashing video tape into 's torso . Under 's influence , murders his colleagues at CIVIC - TV , and later attempts to murder , but she manages to stop by showing him a videotape of being strangled to death . then ' reprograms ' him to turn against Videodrome . On her orders , kills and . Afterwards , takes refuge on a derelict boat , where appears to him on a television . She tells him he has weakened Videodrome , but in order to completely defeat it , he has to ascend to the next level and " leave the old flesh " . The television then shows an image of shooting himself in the head , which causes the set to explode . Reenacting what he has just seen on the television , utters the words " Long live the new flesh " , and shoots himself .

During a surprise drill of a nuclear attack , many United States Air Force Strategic Missile Wing controllers prove unwilling to turn the key required to launch a missile strike . Such refusals convince and other systems engineers at NORAD that missile launch control centers must be automated , without human intervention . Control is given to a NORAD supercomputer , WOPR ( War Operation Plan Response ) , programmed to continuously run war simulations and learn over time . 
 , a bright but unmotivated Seattle high school student and hacker , uses his computer to break into the school district 's computer system and change his grades . He does the same for his friend and classmate . Later , while war dialing numbers in Sunnyvale , California to find a computer game company , he connects with a system that does not identify itself . Asking for games , he finds a list that starts with chess , checkers , backgammon , and poker , as well as titles like " Theaterwide Biotoxic and Chemical Warfare " and " Global Thermonuclear War , " but can not proceed further . Two hacker friends explain the concept of a backdoor password and suggest tracking down the referenced in " Falken 's Maze , " the first game listed . discovers that was an early artificial intelligence researcher , and guesses correctly that his dead son 's name , , is the password . 
 does not know that the Sunnyvale phone number connects to WOPR at the Cheyenne Mountain Complex . He starts a game of Global Thermonuclear War , playing as the Soviet Union . The computer starts a simulation that briefly convinces the military personnel at NORAD that actual Soviet nuclear missiles are inbound . While they defuse the situation , WOPR nonetheless continues the simulation to trigger the scenario and win the game , as it does not understand the difference between reality and simulation . It continuously feeds false data such as Soviet bomber incursions and submarine deployments to NORAD , pushing them into raising the DEFCON level and toward a retaliation that will start World War III . 
 learns the true nature of his actions from a news broadcast , and FBI agents arrest him and take him to NORAD . He realizes that WOPR is behind the NORAD alerts , but because he fails to convince , he faces espionage charges . escapes NORAD by joining a tourist group and , with 's help , travels to the Oregon island where lives . and find that has become despondent and believes that nuclear war is inevitable , that it is as futile as a game of tic - tac - toe between two experienced players . The teenagers convince that he should return to NORAD to stop WOPR . 
 The computer stages a massive Soviet first strike with hundreds of missiles , submarines , and bombers . Believing the attack to be genuine , NORAD prepares to retaliate . , , and convince military officials to cancel the second strike and ride out the attack . WOPR tries to launch the missiles itself , however , using a brute - force attack to obtain the launch code . Without humans in the control centers as a safeguard , the computer will trigger a mass launch . All attempts to log in and order to cancel the countdown fail , and all weapons will launch if the computer is disabled . 
 and direct the computer to play tic - tac - toe against itself . This results in a long string of draws , forcing the computer to learn the concept of futility and no - win scenarios . WOPR obtains the missile code , but before launching , it cycles through all the nuclear war scenarios it has devised , finding they , too , all result in stalemates . Having discovered the concept of mutual assured destruction ( " WINNER : NONE " ) , the computer tells Falken that it has concluded that nuclear war is " a strange game " in which " the only winning move is not to play . " WOPR relinquishes control of NORAD and the missiles and offers to play " a nice game of chess . "

portrays , a girl living in an Ashkenazi shtetl named Pechev[2 ] in Poland in the early 20th century . 's father , ( ) , secretly instructs her in the Talmud despite the proscription of such study by women according to the custom of her community . 
 After the death of her father , decides to dress like a man , take her late brother 's name , , and enter a Jewish religious school in Bychawa . Upon entering the yeshiva , befriends a fellow student , ( ) , and meets his fiancée , ( ) . Things get complicated when 's family cancels her wedding to over fears that his family is tainted with insanity ( his brother committed suicide ) , and decides that she should marry instead . Meanwhile , develops romantic feelings for ( as ) , while herself is falling in love with . After much turmoil , and are reunited , while leaves Europe to go to the United States , where she hopes to lead a life with more freedom .

Set in the 1920s and 1930s , the film focuses on ( ) , a nondescript man who has the ability to transform his appearance to that of the people who surround him . He is first observed at a party by , who notes that related to the affluent guests in a refined Boston accent and shared their Republican sympathies , but while in the kitchen with the servants , he adopted a coarser tone and seemed to be more of a Democrat . He soon gains international fame as a " human chameleon " . 
 Interviewed in one of the witness shots , makes the following comment:[2 ] 
 Dr. ( ) is a psychiatrist who wants to help with this strange disorder when he is admitted to her hospital.[3 ] Through the use of hypnotism , she discovers yearns for approval so strongly that he physically changes to fit in with those around him . Dr. eventually cures of his compulsion to assimilate , but goes too far in the other direction ; for a brief period he is so intolerant of others ' opinions that he gets into a brawl over whether or not it is a nice day . 
 Dr. realizes that she is falling in love with . Because of the media coverage of the case , both patient and doctor become part of the popular culture of their time . However , fame is the main cause of their division ; the same society that made a hero destroys him . 
 's illness returns , and he tries to fit in once more . Numerous women claim that he married them , and he disappears . Dr. finds him in Germany working with the Nazis before the outbreak of World War II . Together they escape and return to America , where they are proclaimed heroes ( after , using his ability to imitate one more time , mimics 's piloting skills and flies back home across the Atlantic upside down ) .

Professional football player ( ) is released by his team . Aging , injured and in need of money , he is contacted by an old acquaintance , the shady gambler and nightclub owner ( ) , who wants to find 's girlfriend ( ) , daughter of the Outlaws ' owner . claims that assaulted him , stole money and fled . is reluctant to take on the job , but needs the money and knows is capable of blackmailing him . 
 gets in touch with 's mother ( ) , ostensibly to find out where can be found , but mainly to convince Mrs. and her business partner ( ) to reinstate him on the team . Mrs. makes clear that she has no interest in his football career . She 's willing to pay him more than would if he will find for her . Beyond that , she has no use for him . ( ) , the team 's trainer , strongly advises to stay away from and offers to help get a coaching job . is convinced his days as a player are not over and instead decides to work for to tide him over until the next season , when he can try to continue his playing career . 
 finds living in Cozumel . He makes multiple attempts to approach , but she rebuffs him , aware that he must have been sent by either or her mother . tires of pursuing a spoiled brat and packs to leave , but appreciates that he has n't revealed her whereabouts and invites him to see where she is staying . They become lovers . confides the leverage has over him is the knowledge that once shaved points in an important game after he had fallen into debt . 
 and remain happily together for a few weeks , with continuing to tell he 's been unsuccessful in locating her . is sent by to investigate . He catches the lovers alone at the ruins of Chichen Itza . Wielding a gun , demands that turn over the girl and warns him she 's " no good . " He , too , has been involved in corruption with 's sports syndicate . A struggle between the men ensues and fatally shoots . She wants to flee , as the two will be unable to offer an explanation that will allow them to avoid jail . But when refuses , insisting that the two can not just run away from the matter , abandons him . 
 After disposing of 's body , returns to Los Angeles and finds to his astonishment that has returned to . He is bitter toward her , but maintains a hold over him with the point - shaving incident , as well as 's sudden disappearance . is sent to break into the office of ( ) , the team 's corrupt lawyer , who is also involved in 's gambling operation . 's mission is to retrieve 's files , which implicate everyone involved . 
 breaks into the office only to find dead . A security guard has been hired to kill and make it look like committed the murder . fights off the security guard , then hides 's body . He finds a local bar frequented by 's secretary , ( ) , where he tells her what has happened and that she too is in danger . tells him about a secret box that contains the information to bring down the entire syndicate and local politicians . They return to the office to retrieve the box , where a fight occurs with another two guards , but again escapes , this time with and the files . 
 remains at 's side but claims to be still in love with . She knows that is behind 's murder and informs , telling him that has been handling bets on his old football team using information he 's been given by and . What she does n't know is that is actually 's boss at the syndicate . 
 takes charge . He arranges to meet at the site of a new construction project that he and Mrs. are backing . is able to disarm 's armed henchman ( ) . He says his price for turning over the files is that must take down . indicates he is receptive to that idea , whereupon pulls his own gun and threatens to kill , forcing to drop his weapon . While the men have their attention focused on each other , retrieves the dropped gun and shoots . 
 Having killed both and , she must agree to terms set by to avoid going to jail . 's terms include returning to her estranged mother 's side and ending her relationship with . 
 Months later , stays in the background while attending a publicity function for 's and Mrs. 's construction project . He just wants a last look at before leaving Los Angeles to play for a team in Miami . reminds him that he is no longer a part of 's life . acknowledges that this is true for the moment , but predicts that some day will break free of the hold that and Mrs. have on her . In the meantime , all and can do is stare at one another from a distance .

Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward, James Woods, Richard Widmark, Dorian Harewood, Alex Karras, Jane Greer

Dissatisfied 38 - year - old attorney ( ) is dating his boss ' daughter and is also an aspiring jazz guitarist . A difficult , eccentric millionairess named ( ) has been bedridden since childhood . hires to make some unusual final arrangements to her will . 
 Having discovered she is dying , has enlisted the aid of a culture - shocked mystic named ( ) , who has mastered the secret of transferring human souls . She has made an arrangement with ( ) , a beautiful young woman . wants her own soul placed in 's vacated body so that she can finally experience youth and health . is to change 's will so that , her future self , is her sole beneficiary . , unsurprisingly , believes the whole plan is " bananas " . 
 dies at the law office . The soul - transfer works , but the vase temporarily holding her soul falls out the window and hits . ends up with 's soul sharing his body . She has control over the right side of his body and he the left . She causes him to lose both his girlfriend and his job . Besides being able to hear her thoughts , talks to 's image that appears in mirrors and other reflective surfaces . Their relationship gradually warms up , but both of them want out of his body . , meanwhile , is shocked to learn that the soul - transference really works , as she only agreed to it to get 's fortune . tries to prevent from reaching the holy man , but when he does , she refuses to cooperate . 
 When , and 's blind friend ( ) sneak into 's bedroom , she is waiting with a loaded gun . She intends to kill and pass him off as an intruder , but manages to gain the upper hand . Rather than go to jail for life as a three - strikes loser , consents to having her soul placed into the body of her favorite horse and let take up residence in her body as originally planned . The final shot shows and ( who now resides in 's body ) dancing together .

An elderly confesses to the murder of his former colleague , and attempts to kill himself by slitting his throat . Two servants take him to a mental asylum where a priest , Father , implores him to confess . 
 recounts how , even in his youth , he desired to be a composer , much to the chagrin of his father . He prays to God that , if he will make a famous composer , he will in return promise his faithfulness . Soon after , his father dies , which takes as a sign that God has accepted his vow . He is educated in Vienna and becomes court composer to Emperor . 
 arrives in Vienna to perform at the request of his employer , the Prince - Archbishop of Salzburg . attends the performance to meet , discovers that is obscene and immature , and yet finds 's talent to be transcendent . 
 The Emperor desires to commission to write an opera and , despite the reservations of his advisers , summons him to the palace . happily accepts the job , much to the annoyance of . premieres Die Entführung aus dem Serail to mixed reviews from the Emperor . suspects that has slept with the star , , despite his engagement to . 
 The Emperor desires that instruct his niece , Princess , in music , but discourages him from doing so . visits to persuade him to make the Emperor reconsider , but she is unsuccessful . 
 is enraged that has bestowed upon the talent he has so desperately desired and vows to destroy . , meanwhile , struggles to find work and begins drinking . His father , , comes to visit him in Vienna . and take to a masked party ( which also attends ) , where entertains the guests with musical antics . disapproves of his son 's hedonism and the family argues until leaves town . 
 hires a young girl to pose as the ' maid while spying for him . She takes him to the residence , where he discovers that is working on an opera based on the play The Marriage of Figaro , which the Emperor has forbidden . When is summoned to court to explain , he manages to convince the Emperor to allow his opera to premiere , despite and the advisers ' attempts at sabotage . 
 Messengers arrive in Vienna with news of 's death , and in response a grief - stricken pens Don Giovanni . recognizes the dead commander as symbolic of and hatches a plan . Wearing 's party mask , visits and commissions a Requiem Mass. plots to kill once the piece is finished , then premiere it at 's funeral , claiming the work as his own . 
 At a parody of one of 's own operas , asks to write an opera for his theater . , desperate for money , obliges , despite 's insistence that he finish the Requiem Mass. The couple fight and leaves with their young son , . 
 collapses during a performance of his finished work , The Magic Flute . takes him home and offers his assistance on the Requiem . transcribes 's verbal commands , and they work through the night . The next morning , a gravely ill apologizes to for his previous behavior . A guilty returns home and locks the unfinished Requiem away , only to find that has died from overwork . is taken out of the city and unceremoniously buried in a mass grave . 
 Having finished his tale , asks how a merciful God could destroy his own beloved just to keep a mediocrity like from sharing in his glory . As he is pushed down the hall in a wheelchair , declares himself " the patron saint of mediocrities " and mockingly absolves the other patients of their own inadequacies . 's high - pitched laugh is heard as the screen fades to black .

Party - animal ( ) , who makes his living as a Catholic school bus driver , decides to finally settle down and marry his girlfriend ( ) . After gathering his buddies to give them the news , his shocked friends ( led by ( ) ) decide to throw him the bachelor party to end all bachelor parties . The bride 's wealthy , conservative parents are not at all happy with her decision and her father decides to enlist the help of 's ex - boyfriend ( ) to break them up and win her back . 
 While worries and goes off to her bridal shower thrown by her friends , heads off to the bachelor party and promises to remain faithful . Both parties start off on the wrong foot thanks to a little sabotage by . As the bachelor party starts to heat up , and the girls decide to get even with and his friends by having a party of their own . Both parties eventually collide leading to accusing of infidelity . 
 Both parties end up becoming one big drunken orgy and the bachelors ' hotel room ends up getting trashed much to the chagrin of the hotel 's ever - frustrated manager ( ) . Adding to the confusion is 's friend , who has become despondent over his wife breaking up with him . At various points during the movie , he riotously botches every suicide he attempts . He even tries slitting his wrists with an electric razor to which says , " Well ..... at least your wrists will be smooth and kissable . " 
 convinces of his love and faithfulness just as the party is raided by the police . In the ensuing melee , and become separated and kidnaps leaving and his friends to chase after them culminating in a showdown between and , which includes a chase through a 36 - screen movie theater . and have a humorous fist fight just below the movie screen which is showing a 3D movie . The fight is in direct synchronization to the on - screen fist fight . A female audience member gets punched in the face but attributes it to a 3D movie effect . wins and he and embrace . After the wedding , and are driven to the airport for their honeymoon in 's school bus driven by a laughing .

Set in the South Bronx , the film follows the lives of a pair of brothers and their group of friends , all of whom are devoted to various elements of early hip hop culture . ( ) is a budding disc jockey and Master of Ceremonies , and his younger brother , ( ) is a hardcore b - boy who dances with Beat Street Breakers ( the New York City Breakers ) . 's best friends are ( ) , a graffiti artist known by his tag , " " , and ( ) , his self - styled manager / promoter . 
 The film begins with the main characters preparing for a house party set in an abandoned apartment building , where is the featured DJ . An uninvited and his breakdancing friends crash the party , and nearly get tangled into a battle with a rival troupe , the Bronx Rockers ( the Rock Steady Crew ) . The battle of mostly words is broken up by ( ) , a squatter who lives in the building and is befriended by , , and ( ) . 
 has dreams of performing in New York City 's top nightclubs . No club is bigger than the Roxy , and on one visit he crosses paths with ( ) , a college music student and composer . A breakdance battle between the Breakers , Rock Steady ensues and admires 's performance . She then invites him to audition for a television show focusing on dancing . , and their crew arrive during a dance rehearsal , and gives his performance only to find out he wo n't be on television . Protecting his brother 's interests , rips into for leading on ; steals a videotape of 's dance as the crew walk out . 
 A remorseful then shows up at the Kirkland home to apologize . was not home but was , working on a mix tape . clarifies her story , saying that she did not promise to that he was going to be on the TV show . She then takes an interest in 's mixing and the two find common ground . and then head into the subway , where they meet up with , and spray painting an abandoned station platform . They pack up and leave when they hear noises , thinking it may be the police ; it turned out to be a rogue graffiti artist known as who defaces 's work ( and the work of other artists ) by spraying his tag over it . As the group take the train back uptown , and break away and spend the rest of the evening together , striking up a romance while walking and talking . 
 talks into a guest spot at the Burning Spear , a club run by DJ . not only spins but presents a special Christmas - themed skit performed by the Treacherous Three , and the Magnificent Force . The crowd 's positive reaction convinces to invite back . But both and see the regular gig as a stepping stone to their bigger goal . They return to the Roxy , where auditions are being held for new talent . convinces to let him do the talking , and waits for the auditions to end before he succeeds in getting the talent scout to check out at the Burning Spear . 
 The scout keeps his word , and is impressed enough that he offers a performance on New Year 's Eve . offers to help out by allowing him to work on a computer keyboard system at her studio . However , accidentally presses a wrong button and deletes his work . Stubborn and frustrated , leaves the studio , saying he had enough material for New Year 's Eve . 
 Meanwhile , is feeling pressure from two sources . His father , ( ) , who despises his graffiti , wants him to find honest work , while his girlfriend ( ) , the mother of his son , longs for them to be together as a family . eventually gets a job in a hardware store , and he then takes and their baby to live with him in 's building . But does not stop thinking of the subway trains that are his canvas . When he sees a white painted one pass him by , he vows to put his mark on it . 
 Later that evening , and find the train and proceed to paint one side of the lead car . As they work on the second side of the car , hears noises , and they discover the rogue graffiti artist , , defacing the completed side . and chase through the tunnel and into a station , and a fight ensues . sprays paint in 's eye , and both men tussle on the roadbed before they roll onto the electrified third rail , which kills them instantly . 
 As the group mourn the death of their friend , considers not performing for the New Year 's Eve show at the Roxy . However , with the help of and despite initial reluctance from , turns his big break into a celebration of 's life . The show is the film 's grand finale starting with a rap performance by while images of and his work were shown on a screen in the background . is followed by Grandmaster & the Furious Five and a Bronx gospel choir , and backed by dancers and breakdancers .

The movie takes place as two parallel plots separated by a couple of years : In 1982 , ( ) is an engineer developing a targeting system on a tank for the United States Army . In 1984 , is US Army Lt . , an American tank commander sent to Kuwait to demonstrate " XM-10 Annihilator " , America 's latest main battle tank , which is equipped with 's system . Because of the tank 's poor design and shoddy construction , and his crew are barely able to control or navigate the XM-10 before it leaves the proving grounds and wanders into a combat zone during Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait ( an unintentional foreshadowing of the Gulf War that occurred six years after the release of the film ) . 
 and never directly interact during the film , but the plot shows how the decisions made by affect 's tank . ( A cut scene showed both and together , but was edited out from the final film . ) 
 , an engineer for a troubled defense contractor , is in charge of designing the " DYP - gyro " , a gyroscope for the army 's new tank . The company 's future hinges on the success of the project . 's gyro fails a crucial test , dooming the company . Downtrodden , later crosses paths with another engineer named ( ) who has also designed a DYP - gyro . , fearful of what will happen in his meeting with , secretly hides the plans in 's briefcase . After is murdered , discovers the plans . 's co - worker and best friend ( ) later puts 's name on the plans , and when the " new " gyro works , is hailed for saving the company . 
 In 1984 , Landry 's tank comes under fire from Iraqi jets , leading to plead that he does n't belong in this war , shouting " I 'm from Cleveland ! " at the attacking planes . 
 Back in 1982 , is contacted by ( ) , a deep - cover KGB agent who tries to obtain the DYP plans . The FBI , knowing that took credit for somebody else 's work , forces him to act as bait for in a set - up operation . The set - up nearly fails - is killed during a gun battle , and himself is shot . Realizing his mortality while being put on an ambulance , Cooper confesses to ( ) , an attractive co - worker , that he stole the DYP . This triggers an angry response from and also from his wife ( ) who , arriving on the scene , realizes that has been cheating on her . Surviving the bullet , receives even worse news from a co - worker : the DYP - gyro he claimed credit for wo n't work , because it will cause overheating in the WAM , another critical component , crippling the tank 's fire control and , in a combat situation , dooming the tank . 
 The film reaches its climax in a sequence weaving between 1982 when a more conscientious , having recovered , confronts his employers about the flaws in the DYP , while in 1984 , Landry attempts to fire the main gun while under attack by an Iraqi gunship . As had been predicted , the DYP causes failure in the WAM , suggesting that 's protest was ignored . 
 Instead , the camera cuts to the innards and shows that the DYP has been redesigned according to an idea that had in 1982 while fixing one of his son 's toys . The redesign works , enabling the tank 's air defense rockets to launch and destroy the Iraqi gunship . The film ends with and as heroes in their respective jobs .

Young and reckless Detroit police detective 's latest unauthorized sting operation goes sour when two uniformed officers intervene , resulting in a high - speed chase through the city which causes widespread damage . His boss Inspector reprimands for his behavior and threatens to fire him unless he changes his ways on the force . arrives at his apartment to find it has been broken into by his childhood friend , . did time in prison , but ended up working as a security guard in Beverly Hills , thanks to a mutual friend , . shows some German bearer bonds and wonders how he got them , but chooses not to question him about it . After going out to a bar , they return to 's apartment , where two men knock unconscious and then confront about the bearer bonds , assault him , and kill him . 
 asks to investigate 's murder , but Inspector refuses to allow it because of his close ties to . uses the guise of taking vacation time to head to Beverly Hills to solve the crime . He finds working in an art gallery and learns about 's ties to , the gallery 's owner . Posing as a flower deliveryman , goes to 's office and tries to question him about , but is thrown through a window by 's bodyguards and arrested . At the police station , Lieutenant assigns Sergeant and Detective to follow . After a series of encounters , including the trio 's foiling of a robbery in a striptease bar , the three develop a mutual respect . 
 On the trail of 's killers , sneaks into one of Maitland 's warehouses , where he finds coffee grounds , which he suspects were used to pack drugs . He also discovers that many of Maitland 's crates have not gone through customs . After being arrested again , this time after a scuffle at 's country club , admits to that is a smuggler . Police Chief , who has learned of 's ill - advised investigative actions , orders that be escorted out of town . However , convinces to pick up instead and take her with them to 's warehouse , where a shipment is due to arrive that day . 
 and break into the warehouse and discover several bags of cocaine inside a crate . Before can get this new found evidence to , and his associates arrive . takes and leaves to be killed , but after some hesitation , enters the warehouse and rescues . tracks and to 's estate , where he joins the two in their efforts to rescue and bring to justice . After wiping out most of 's men , kills 's right - hand man , identifying him as 's killer . With 's help , fatally shoots and rescues . fabricates a story to that covers for all the participants without discrediting the Beverly Hills Police force . Realizing that he will be fired in Detroit , asks to speak to Inspector and smooth things over for him . Later , and meet as he checks out of his hotel , and pay his bill . invites them to join him for a farewell drink , and they accept .

Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, Bronson Pinchot, Ronny Cox

In a 1960s working - class neighborhood in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , a teenage boy nicknamed " " befriends his next - door neighbor , and relates to him his fascination with birds and their ability to fly . The two begin pursuing 's hobby of catching pigeons and caging them in a large , wooden aviary that he has built outside his parents ' home . One night , they climb atop a refinery building , where hangs on the ledge to catch the pigeons roosting on it . loses his grip and falls several stories , but lands on a pile of sand . Slightly dazed , he tells that during the fall , he flew . After is hospitalized for minor injuries , his parents dismantle the aviary . 
 concedes to 's wishes of pursuing another venture . After they purchase a 1953 Ford and restore it , 's father , Mr. , registers the vehicle . drives to an Atlantic City boardwalk , but are arrested the next day after Mr. reports the car stolen . After bailing the boys out of jail , Mr. sells the vehicle . later confronts him , claiming that the car was not his to sell , and refuses a sum of money offered to him on principle . 
 builds a new aviary in his bedroom and purchases two canaries . He names the female and the male after his friend . Upon returning to school , encounters a classmate , , and Al encourages him to ask her out on a date . At the prom , dances unenthusiastically with , leaving her confused and humiliated . Afterwards , drives him to a secluded spot , where lightly rejects her sexual advances . returns home to his bedroom and lies down naked in the aviary . In a semi - conscious state , he expresses that he wants to die and be born again as a bird . He then imagines himself flying like a bird around his room , throughout the house and outside in the neighborhood . 
 Upon graduation , and enlist in the United States Army and serve in the Vietnam War , during which is placed in a mental hospital after being missing in action for a month . A flashback reveals that he was the sole survivor of a helicopter crash . is hospitalized in the same facility , his face heavily bandaged for injuries that he sustained from an exploding bomb . Major , 's doctor , informs that although 's injuries are relatively minor , he has not spoken since he was found . speaks to at length , but grows increasingly frustrated by his lack of response . He is then elated when smiles at a joke he makes . dismisses the response as dissociative behavior . 
 suspects of feigning insanity to hide from the world , and expresses to him that he too wishes to hide due to his own injuries . unexpectedly responds by telling that he is " full of shit " . alerts of 's response , but when the doctor arrives , remains silent . Not seeing any progress , orders to leave , but pushes the doctor aside . After flees , two orderlies are sent in to subdue , who fights them off and takes to the roof of the hospital . rushes to the ledge , raises his arms and jumps off the side of the roof as if he were about to fly . runs over to the ledge and finds on another level of the roof perfectly fine .

is married to , and father to teenaged daughter , . , 's colleague and best friend , who is going through a divorce , is father to 17 - year - old . 
 's marriage is not going well for reasons not explained . Just before they are to leave for a trip to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , says she is going on vacation by herself to " think about everything . " and decide to go to Rio with their daughters . 
 and share a room , where she says to , " Your father is so sweet ... I used to have a crush on him " , to which replies , " Me , too " . At the beach , and pass numerous women walking around topless . The fathers spot their daughters in the distance , and the girls turn around to reveal that they are topless , also . 
 After dropping the girls off at a wedding , the men visit a pub . After pairs off with a local divorcée , winds up at the wedding , where he runs into . They eventually share a passionate kiss , which witnesses . and have sex on the beach . stresses it can never happen again . begins coming onto in various , inappropriate situations . At one point , she takes a naked Polaroid of herself and gives it to in public . 
 tearfully confesses to her dad that she had an affair with an " older man " . becomes furious and sets out to hunt down the mystery man , expecting to help . tries to talk into ending their relationship , but she is determined to never give him up . 
 ultimately discloses to his friend that it was he with whom had the affair . is not as angry as expects , because it is revealed that had been having an affair with . 
 tries to commit suicide with an overdose of birth control pills . She survives and the incident brings all closer together , although the men constantly bicker about each other 's sexual misconduct . and decide to work on their marital problems , begins dating a young male nurse she met while recuperating in the hospital , and thanks daughter for being the only one who has not misbehaved . 
 As closing credits roll , , in voice - over narration , says , " You only live once , but it does help if you get to be young twice " .

Michael Caine, Joseph Bologna, Michelle Johnson, Demi Moore, Valerie Harper

and are driving through a heavy downpour at night , discussing 's bad marriage . drives to a motel , where he and have sex . 's husband , , has hired a private detective , , to follow . takes photos of the tryst and delivers them to . is a bartender working at 's bar . 
 is humiliated when his attempt to kidnap from 's home fails , so he then hires to kill the couple . breaks into 's home , steals 's gun , and photographs the sleeping couple through the bedroom window . He presents a doctored photo of the couple 's " corpses " to as evidence that they have been killed . goes to the bathroom to vomit then opens the safe to give his fee . shoots with 's gun , leaving her gun at the scene as evidence that she killed . 
 returns to the bar and accidentally kicks 's gun , firing it . He finds a motionless and decides to cover up the murder , which he assumes has committed . He loads the body into his back seat and puts 's gun in the coat pocket . While is driving down a country road at night , he realizes that is still alive , although badly wounded . buries alive , but not before retrieving the gun . 
 A distraught tells , " I cleaned up your mess . " insists she " has n't done anything funny . " By the time leaves 's apartment each is convinced that the other has done something to harm . leaves the gun , now containing one round , with . 
 observes first and later visiting the bar office . When leaving the bar notices that he is being followed and leaves for 's apartment realizing that she might be in danger . After arrives , , firing from a nearby rooftop with a rifle , shoots through the window . When hears footsteps approaching she quickly takes 's knife and hides in the bathroom . enters the bathroom to kill her , but finds the bathroom empty and the window open . Reaching out the window , he opens another window to the next room , but slams the sash down on his wrist and drives the knife through his hand into the sill . He shoots through the wall , then punches through it and removes the knife , while retreats and waits outside the bathroom , holding her gun . As is about to emerge , she fires through the door , hitting him . , lying on the bathroom floor , mortally wounded , bursts into laughter .

John Getz, Frances McDormand, M. Emmet Walsh, Dan Hedaya, Samm-Art Williams

( ) is a struggling actor who has lost his role as a vampire in a low - budget horror movie after his claustrophobia thwarts shooting . After returning home to discover his girlfriend ( ) cheating on him , he splits and is left without a place to stay ( the residence belongs to her ) . At a method acting class he meets ( ) who closely monitors 's revelation of his fears and the childhood cause of his claustrophobia . They go to a bar where is offered a place to stay ; 's rich friend has gone on a trip to Europe and needs a house - sitter for his ultra - modern home in the Hollywood Hills . 
 During the tour of the house with , is especially enthusiastic about showing one feature : a telescope , and through it a female neighbor , ( ) , who erotically dances at a specific time each night . voyeuristically watches each night until he sees her being abused by a man she appears to know . The next day he follows her when she goes shopping . makes calls to an unknown person promising to meet them . also notices a disfigured " Indian , " a man he had noticed was watching a few days prior . follows her to a seaside motel where apparently has been stood up by the person she was there to meet . On the beach the Indian suddenly snatches her purse . pursues him into a nearby tunnel but is overcome by his claustrophobia . walks him out of it . They impulsively and passionately kiss before she retreats . That night is again watching through the telescope when the Indian returns and breaks into 's home . races to save her but is attacked by 's vicious dog . is brutally murdered by the Indian with a huge handheld drill . 
 alerts the police , who determine it was a botched robbery . Detective ( ) , however , becomes suspicious after finding a pair of 's panties in 's pocket . Although does not arrest him , he tells that his voyeuristic behavior , as well as not alerting the police sooner , helped cause 's murder . Unable to sleep , watches a pornography TV channel . He observes that the actress , ( ) , dances in exactly the same sensual manner that did . To meet , he pretends to be a porn producer hiring for a new film . 
 learns from that Sam hired her to impersonate each night , dancing in the window , knowing would be watching and later witness the real 's murder . , offended at the suggestion she was involved in a killing , storms out of the house . She is picked up by the Indian who knocks her unconscious and drives her away . follows them to an aqueduct where the Indian is digging a grave . During their fight , discovers the Indian is in heavy make - up . was a scapegoat providing , who was 's abusive boyfriend , with an alibi during the murder . is overpowered and thrown into the grave and is incapacitated by his claustrophobia . However , he overcomes his fear and climbs out as is knocked into the aqueduct and drowned . 
 During the end credits , is shown having been recast in his previous vampire role as watches from the sidelines .

Protagonist ( ) is a young dancer training under the supervision of a traditionalist choreographer , ( ) . Through her friend , is introduced to two street dancers , ( ) and ( ) on the boardwalk at Venice Beach . becomes enamored with their dancing and becomes friendly with the men , dancing and talking with them . Eventually , after dancing together the three form a team . eventually leaves her studio as her choreographer as he does not respect breakdancing and makes unwanted advances on her . Later , attends a dance audition and is shut down by harsh directors . then wanders to a breakdancing event where she finds and Turbo in the midst of a dance battle that they eventually lose against rivals " Electro Rock " . is very defeated and is consoled by and she convinces him and to enter a dance competition . 's agent friend ( ) , sees what the group can do and agrees to back them . However , the group is technically not allowed to perform in the dance audition because they only want " respected " forms of dance . and the crew dress up in black tie clothes to fool the judges and then start their auditon . When the judges see their breakdancing they are initially shocked and disapproving . However , the three eventually win over the judges and are chosen from the audition . The group goes on to be popular , remain friends , and dance in the community.[6 ]

Breakin ' 2 features three characters from Breakin ' – ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) – who struggle to stop the demolition of a community recreation center by a developer who wants to build a shopping mall . , , and ( who was little known then ) also appear as dancers .

The story of ( ) is told in flashback , an anecdote shared amongst a group of comedians over lunch at New York 's Carnegie Deli . 
 's one - man talent agency represents countless unorthodox , unsuccessful entertainers , including washed - up lounge lizard ( ) , whose career is on the rebound . On those rare occasions any of 's acts do succeed , they invariably leave him for better representation . 
 , who has a wife and three kids , is having an affair with a woman , ( ) , who had previously dated a gangster . wants her to accompany him to a big gig has landed for him at the Waldorf Astoria , where he will perform in front of , who could potentially hire him for even bigger things . 
 At the singer 's insistence , acts as a " beard , " masquerading as 's boyfriend to divert attention from the affair . 's ex - boyfriend is extremely jealous , and believing 's relationship with to be real , he orders a hit on , who finds himself in danger of losing both his client and his life . 
 and narrowly escape , as at gunpoint says 's real boyfriend is one of 's clients who believes is on a cruise for a few weeks . and escape and show up at the Waldorf to find drunk and unprepared to perform . sobers with a unique concoction that he has come up with over the years ; Lou sobers up , and gives a command performance . With a new prestigious talent manager in attendance at the performance , , in front of ( and with her encouragement ) , fires and hires the new manager . , feeling cheated , goes to the Carnegie Deli where he hears that the client he ratted on to save himself was beaten up by the hit men and is now in the hospital . goes to the hospital to console his client and pays his hospital bills . 
 , who has left his wife and kids to marry , becomes a success . , feeling guilty for not sticking up for , is depressed and they eventually split up . It is now Thanksgiving and is hosting a party with all of his clients there . shows up to the door and apologizes , asking to remember his uncle 's motto , " acceptance , forgiveness , and love . " At first turns away , but later catches up with her and they appear to make up . During this closing shot , the voiceover of the group of comedians talking about the story is heard . They praise , and say that he was eventually awarded Broadway 's highest honor : a sandwich at Broadway 's best - known deli was named after him .

Having lost the first Cannonball Run race , Sheik ( ) is ordered by his father ( ) to go back to America and win another Cannonball Run in order to " emblazon the name as the fastest in the world . " When Sheik points out that there is no Cannonball Run that year , his father simply tells him to " buy one . " 
 To make sure his ulcer does not prevent him from winning , the Sheik hires Doctor ( ) , who teamed with ( ) and ( ) in the first race as his in - car physician . Most of the participants from the first race are lured back , including and , who have taken jobs working with a flying stunt crew . 
 In a subplot , ( ) and ( ) are in financial trouble with ( ) , who in turn is in financial trouble with mob enforcer ( ) . After the Sheik manages to bail out and by handing one of thugs a stack of cash , hatches a plot to kidnap the Sheik in an attempt to extort money from him . 
 The race begins with and dressed as a US Army general and his driver , a private . They catch the attention of ( ) and ( ) , who are dressed as nuns for a musical , but remain in character and hitch a ride with and when they think the guys could become overnight millionaires . They do not lose their habits until later . 
 Other racers include Mitsubishi engineer , teamed with a giant behind the wheel ( ) in a car — a Mitsubishi Starion — able to go under water . In a red Lamborghini ( white at first ) with " two great - looking chicks in it " ( as the cops chasing them continually say ) is the duo of ( ) and ( ) . Another team ( and ) is accompanied by an orangutan , who at times appears to be the driver . They are pulled over at one point by traffic cops and . 
 and stop along the way to help a stranded soldier , ( ) . They also get much better acquainted with their passengers , and , who change into something a little more comfortable . 
 enforcers ( including and Godfather film actors , and ) continue to blunder along the way , with disastrous results . 
 After gang capture the , the racers band together to invade " Pinto Ranch " . , , and infiltrate it in drag , dressed as belly dancers . Others barrel in by car and rescue the Sheik , who is reluctant to leave , since he has his pick of women there . The three " dancers " and go to their Leader ( ) to seek help , only to have him jump into the race himself . 
 In the end , the bankrolls Don Don 's Ranch and then declares that he is upping the stakes to $ 2 million for the winner . All jump into their vehicles and make a dash for the finish line , avoiding traffic patrollers on the way . 
 The Sheik , as it turns out , loses yet again , this time blaming the doctor who rode with him for injecting him with an unknown substance . But he convinces his father that he will win the return - trip race , having hired the winner of this one . It turns out to be the orangutan with a penchant for destructive behavior and giving elderly ladies the middle finger .

Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis, Jr., Marilu Henner, Jackie Chan, Telly Savalas, Frank Sinatra

The film is set in the fictional town of Gatlin , Nebraska , an agricultural community surrounded by huge cornfields . When the corn crop fails one year , the townsfolk turn to prayer to ensure a successful harvest . However , twelve - year - old takes all of the children in Gatlin into the cornfields and indoctrinates them into a religious cult based around a bloodthirsty deity called “ He Who Walks Behind the Rows ” . and his subordinate lead the children in a revolution , murdering all of the adults in town as human sacrifices . Only and his sister refuse to participate , as they can see visions of the future , drawing them on paper . 
 Three years later , and her boyfriend travel through rural Nebraska for Seattle , where will start working as a physician . Elsewhere , a young boy named tries to flee Gatlin , but is attacked in the corn , stumbling out into the road , and is run over by ’s car . However , discovers his throat has been cut beforehand . They place the boy and his suitcase in the trunk and search for a phone to call for help . They come across an elderly mechanic , the last adult in Gatlin , but he refuses them service . The mechanic is actually in an agreement to supply the children with fuel in exchange for his life . However , the merciless breaks the pact and murders him , against ’s wishes . 
 and explore the abandoned town , finding alone in a house . searches the town , while stays with . and his followers appear , capturing and taking her to the cornfield , where they place her on a cross to be sacrificed . enters a church where a congregation of children , led by a girl named , are performing a cultural birthday ritual for her boyfriend by drinking his blood . scolds the children , enraging , and is chased by and others . rescues and they hide in a fallout shelter with , learning was captured . 
 The zealous scolds for his treachery , only for to grow tired of ’s preaching and take over , ordering ’s sacrifice instead of . warns that sacrificing him will break their pact with He Who Walks Behind the Rows and the children will be severely punished . At night , sneaks into the cornfield to rescue . During ’s sacrifice , a supernatural light appears and devours the screaming . emerges and fights , but suddenly reappears , revived by He Who Walks Behind the Rows , tells that he wants him too , he seizes and kills the terrified by breaking his neck . 
 A storm appears over the cornfield , and and shelter the children in a barn . They read a passage in the Bible that implies the cornfield must be destroyed to stop the false god . sprays the cornfield with gasoline and tosses a Molotov cocktail into the field , setting it alight and destroying the demon . , , , and return to their car to leave Gatlin , only to find it disabled . attacks , but he knocks her out with the car door . Just before the survivors set out on foot , quips that they should all send a get - well card from Seattle , with and ostensibly deciding to adopt and .

In Kansas City , 1933 , police lieutenant goes to a diner for coffee . Two men arrive , looking for a former cop turned private eye named . and were good friends , until left the force . The men pounce on the minute he arrives . ignores them until a goon causes him to spill his coffee . Both goons are thrown through the front door . sarcastically thanks for saving his life . 
 The two rivals have eyes for 's secretary . She loves both and proves it when , after tenderly kissing goodbye , goes on a date with . has a new romantic interest , a rich socialite named , but finds himself unable to commit . 
 and go to a boxing match at which the mob boss is present . 's partner is also there , and seems to be in cahoots with and his gang . is in possession of a briefcase , whose contents are supposed to be the accounting records of Coll 's operations . The ledgers are the target of both 's and 's gangs . Coll ’s financial records are actually in the possession of his bookeeper , who met and colluded with earlier at the Club where sings . 
 leaves the boxing ring , tailed by and , and is confronted by and his thugs at his apartment with who is taken hostage . manages to escape but is killed during a struggle with . A thug opens the briefcase but it 's empty . He picks up 's body and throws it out the window , where it lands on the roof of 's parked car ( which is occupied by the horrified , who waits after goes to investigate in the apartment ) . 
 vows revenge on for killing his partner . He asks for assistance and they form an alliance . After meeting with at a movie , is confronted by 's thugs outside the theater . As she tries to escape , she is hit by a car and seriously injured . 
 After shows the “ laundry ” which contains the missing financial records , two goons blow bullet holes through the door . Then a huge gun fight breaks out on the street below . hides and the rival thugs battle it out until one puts a round through 's car windshield . pulls out a 12 gauge shotgun and finishes the fight . and vow to avenge and also to rescue , who has been kidnapped by 's gang to force to hand over the missing records . A final showdown with and his gang occurs in a warehouse . 
 In a high class bordello and rescue . shows up holding at gunpoint and demands his records . hands over the briefcase in exchange for , but the case is booby - trapped . 's car is blown up with him in it .

Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Madeline Kahn, Richard Roundtree, Jane Alexander, Rip Torn

( ) is an 11 - year - old boy living in San Antonio , Texas , with his father , ( ) . His mother has recently died , leaving only him and his father , a military air traffic controller who has problems relating to his child . is a lonely child and still grieving over his mother , so he immerses himself in the fantasy world of Cloak & Dagger , an espionage game which exists in both role playing and video forms . has one friend , ( ) , a girl living nearby with her single mother . is interested in the world of espionage and his hero is the character from the game . He wants to live an action - packed life like and he carries around a water pistol as his " gun " and a softball as his " grenade " . spends much of his free time playing Cloak & Dagger and spinning elaborate fantasies involving , an imaginary friend who takes the form of a more dashing version of his father ( the role of is also played by ) . 
 One day , 's friend ( ) , who owns a game shop in the local mall , sends and on an errand , where witnesses a murder . Right before the victim dies , he gives a Cloak & Dagger video - game cartridge and says that the cartridge contains important military secrets , and that he must get it to the FBI . seeks help from the authorities but they simply believe him to be engaging in fantasy play . 
 Heavily armed but inattentive spies , led by Dr. ( ) , chase relentlessly as he flees across the city . The action moves from 's house , to a series of tour boats , to the Alamo . Along the way manages to continually evade his pursuers with the aid and advice of the imaginary . However , along the way 's relationship with becomes more strained as his own sense of morality and concern for his friend collide with 's harsh methods and cavalier attitude . This comes to a head when is cornered by along the River Walk . 
 During the fight , urges to set up the two spies into the " Crossfire Gambit " , causing one to kill the other . convinces to pick up the gun of the dead spy , but rather than shoot , panics and runs away down a dead - end path . arrives and corners . Assuming the gun holds is the same red ink - filled water pistol from earlier , taunts him by threatening to shoot both his kneecaps and stomach and allowing him to die in agony . When proves unwilling to shoot first , tries to get 's attention . Standing in front of a blank wall ( and holding his Agent - X bulletproof beret in front of him for protection ) , dares to shoot him . looks to , warning him not to do anything , and instinctively turns and fires a burst at the wall , thinking " " is a hidden ally . An enraged fires his pistol , killing and causing his lifeless body to fall into the river . 
 Realizing that had tricked him into shooting the spy , throws away the pistol , pulls the miniature of out of his pocket and , with a shout of " I do n't want to play anymore ! " breaks the miniature in two , stomping it into the concrete . tells his father behaved the same way at his age , growing tired of playing " Cowboys and Indians " . As he speaks , blood begins to pour from the bullet holes that now riddle his body , and abruptly collapses . While expressing regret about the rule , " ... leaving when they stop believing , " confesses was always his favorite playmate . Distracting by asking for a smoke , fades away into nothing . When calls to , saying he ca n't do it alone , 's voice reassures him that he always could , and tells him to go save . 
 Earlier in a scene at the Alamo , had been befriended by a kind elderly couple . Seemingly the only adults to believe him , or at least the only ones who are willing to humor his adventures , the couple turn out to be enforcers working for the spies . manages to escape their clutches , but without the game cartridge , and he chases the couple to the airport where they are attempting to flee the country . At the airport , forces the couple 's hand by pretending that they are his parents and that they are abandoning him . When security attempts to intervene , tells the guard the proof is the game cartridge he knows they have . Cornered , the couple kidnaps at gunpoint and commandeers a plane , unaware that has brought with him a bomb which the spies had intended to use to kill . Unwilling to listen to about the bomb , the couple requests a pilot . Meanwhile , has arrived at the airport with 's mother , and after being informed of the hostage situation , he volunteers to be the pilot . As the plane moves to the runway , tries to summon for help ; his father hears him and identifies himself as " " and calls to the cockpit . When the female enforcer shows up to bring him , she discovers the bomb and panics , calling for her husband . As the two enforcers try to disable the bomb , succeeds in getting out of the plane through the cockpit window . runs after the plane as it continues to taxi down the runway , calling for his father , until the bomb explodes , killing the enforcers , incinerating the cartridge , and leaving the wreckage in flames . As stares at the flames a figure appears and approaches him , looking at first like the silhouette of before revealing that it is in fact his father . As the two embrace asks how he was able to escape , to which replies with the Cloak & Dagger catchphrase , " always escapes . " The film ends with the two reunited and insisting he no longer needs because he has his father .

( ) and his companion , the thief ( ) , are confronted by Queen ( ) of Shadizar . She tests their combat ability with several of her guards . Satisfied , she tells that she has a quest for him . He refuses her , but when she promises to resurrect his lost love , , agrees to the quest . He is to escort the Queen 's niece , ( , a virgin , who is destined to restore the jeweled horn of the dreaming god ; a magic gem must first be retrieved that will locate the horn . and are joined by ( ) , the captain of 's guard . has secret orders to kill once the gem is obtained . 
 The gem is secured in the fortress of a powerful wizard , so seeks the help of his friend , ( ) , the Wizard of the Mounds . has been captured by a tribe of cannibals , and must first be rescued . The adventurers encounter ( ) , a powerful bandit warrior being tortured by vengeful villagers . Freeing at 's request , accepts the indebted warrior 's offer to join their quest . 
 The adventurers travel to the castle of ( ) , where the gem is located . As they camp for the night , the wizard takes the form of a giant bird and kidnaps . The others wake in time to see the bird enter the castle . Sneaking in through a water gate , they search the castle , but is separated from the group , and the others are forced to watch him battle a fierce man - beast . mortally wounds the creature , which is revealed as another form of Thoth - Amon . With the wizard 's death , the castle begins to disintegrate , forcing the group 's hasty retreat . They are ambushed by 's guards , but drive them off . feigns ignorance about the attack . The gem reveals the location of the jeweled horn . expresses romantic interest in , but he rebuffs her and declares his devotion to . 
 They reach an ancient temple , where the horn is secured . obtains it while deciphers engravings . He learns that will be ritually sacrificed to awaken . They are attacked by the priests who guard the horn . A secret exit is revealed , but blocks the others ' escape and seizes . Despite this treachery , and his allies escape from the priests and trek to Shadizar to rescue . 
 shows them a secret route to the throne room . confronts and kills him in combat . impales the Grand Vizier ( ) before he can sacrifice . The rising ( ) becomes distorted from a beautiful human form into a monstrous entity . kills , then attacks . and join the fight , but are effortlessly swept aside by the entity . Grappling with the monster , tears out 's horn , weakening the creature enough to kill it . 
 The newly crowned Queen offers each of her companions a place in her new court : will be the new captain of the guard , the queen 's advisor , and the court jester . offers marriage and the opportunity to rule the kingdom with her , but he declines and departs to find further adventures and his own place in the world .

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Grace Jones, Wilt Chamberlain, Olivia d'Abo, Mako

( ) is a psychic who has been using his talents solely for personal gain , which lately consists mainly of gambling and womanizing . When he was 19 years old , had been the prime subject of a scientific research project documenting his psychic ability , but in the midst of the study , he disappeared . After running afoul of a local gangster / extortionist named ( ) , evades two of 's thugs by allowing himself to be taken by two men , ( ) and ( ) , who identify themselves as being from an academic institution . 
 At the institution , is reunited with his former mentor Dr. ( ) who is now involved in government - funded psychic research . , aided by fellow scientist Dr. ( ) , has developed a technique that allows psychics to voluntarily link with the minds of others by projecting themselves into the subconscious during REM sleep ( in other words , while they are dreaming ) . equates the original idea for the dreamscape project to the practice of the Senoi natives of Malaysia , who believe the dream world is just as real as reality . 
 The project was intended for clinical use to diagnose and treat sleep disorders , particularly nightmares , but it has been hijacked by ( ) , a powerful government agent . convinces to join the program in order to investigate 's intentions . Alex gains experience with the technique by helping a man worried about his wife ’s infidelity , and by treating a young boy named ( ) who is plagued with nightmares so terrible that a previous psychic lost his sanity trying to help him . 's nightmare involves a large sinister " snakeman " . 
 A subplot involving and ’s growing infatuation culminates with him sneaking into 's dream to have sex with her . He does this without technological aid , something no one else has been able to achieve . With the help of novelist ( ) , who has been covertly investigating the project for a new book , learns that intends to use the dream - linking technique for assassination . 
 murders and to silence them . The president of the United States ( ) is admitted as a patient due to recurring nightmares ; assigns ( ) , a psychopath who murdered his own father , to enter the president 's nightmare and assassinate him - people who die in their dreams also die in the real world . considers the president 's nightmares about nuclear holocaust a sign of political weakness , a liability in the upcoming negotiations for nuclear disarmament . 
 and manage to get close enough to the president ’s room for to project himself into the president 's dream - a nightmare of a post - nuclear war wasteland - to try and protect him . After a fight in which rips out a police officer 's heart , attempts to incite a mob to attack the president , and battles in the form of the snake - monster from 's dream . assumes the appearance of 's murdered father ( ) in order to distract him , allowing the president to impale with a spear . The president is grateful to but reluctant to confront , who wields considerable political power . To protect himself and , enters ’s dream and kills him before can retaliate . 
 The film ends with and boarding a train to Louisville , Kentucky , intent on making their previous dream encounter a reality . They are surprised to meet the ticket collector from 's dream .

Dennis Quaid, Christopher Plummer, Kate Capshaw, Max von Sydow, David Patrick Kelly

In the distant future , the known universe is ruled by Padishah Emperor . The most important substance in the empire is the drug known as melange or " the spice " . It has many special properties , such as extending life and expanding consciousness . The most profitable and important of its properties is its ability to assist the Spacing Guild with folding space , which allows safe , instantaneous interstellar travel . 
 Sensing a potential threat to spice production , the Spacing Guild sends an emissary to demand an explanation from the Emperor , who confidentially shares his plans to destroy House . The popularity of Duke has grown through the empire , and he is suspected to be amassing a secret army , which Emperor sees as a potential threat to his rule . 's plan is to give House control of the planet Arrakis ( also known as Dune ) , the only source of spice . Once installed on Arrakis , he intends to have them ambushed by their longtime archenemies , the Harkonnens , with assistance from the Emperor 's elite troops , the Sardaukar . The Guild Navigator also commands the Emperor to kill Duke 's son , , a young man who dreams prophetic visions of his purpose . The execution order draws the attention of the Bene Gesserit sisterhood , as is tied to its centuries - long Bene Gesserit breeding program which seeks to produce the universe 's superbeing , the Kwisatz Haderach . Before he leaves for Arrakis , is tested by the Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother by being forced to place his hand in a box which induces excruciating pain . To 's surprise and eventual satisfaction , he passes the test . 
 Meanwhile , on the industrial world of Giedi Prime , the sadistic Baron tells his nephews and about his plan to eliminate the by manipulating someone in House into betraying the Duke . The leave their homeworld Caladan for Arrakis , a barren desert planet populated by gigantic sandworms . The native people of Arrakis are called the Fremen , a mysterious people who have long held a prophecy that a messiah would come to lead them to freedom . Upon arrival on Arrakis , is informed by one of his right - hand men , , that the Fremen have been underestimated , as they exist in vast numbers and could prove to be powerful allies . begins to gain the trust of the Fremen , but before the Duke can establish an alliance , the launch their attack . 
 While they had anticipated a trap , 's traitor within House Atreides , Dr. , Duke 's personal physician , has disabled critical shields and destroyed their sonic weapons , leaving them nearly defenseless . In the attack , Idaho is killed , is captured , and nearly all of House Atreides is wiped out . While captured , dies in a failed attempt to assassinate the Baron using a poison gas capsule planted in his tooth by Dr. , who is double - crossed by Baron and executed by . However , 's concubine Lady and his son survive the attack and are able to escape into the deep desert , where they discover a sietch of Fremen , led by . and are taken in by the Fremen ; becomes their Reverend Mother , and falls in love with , a Fremen warrior he had previously seen in one of his visions . 
 takes on the Fremen name , and emerges as the leader for whom the Fremen have been waiting . He teaches the Fremen to build and use Weirding Modules — sonic weapons developed by House Atreides — and begins to target spice mining production , which is back in control of the Harkonnen , overseen by . Over the next two years , spice production is effectively halted , a fact tries to keep hidden from the empire . The Spacing Guild returns to the Emperor to warn him of the deteriorating situation on Arrakis . They also fear that will consume the Water of Life , a powerful poison used by the Bene Gesserit to help induce their abilities . The meeting is revealed to in a prophetic dream , but then the dreams suddenly stop . Shaken by the absence of his visions , he goes out into the desert , drinks the Water of Life and enters into a trance . Upon awakening , he is transformed , obtaining powerful psychic abilities and the ability to control the sandworms . has also regained his ability to see into space and the future , and learns the Emperor is amassing a huge invasion fleet above Arrakis to wipe out the Fremen and to regain absolute control of the planet . 
 Upon the Emperor 's arrival at Arrakis , he executes for failing to remedy the spice situation , calling in Baron to demand an explanation . At the same time , launches a final attack against the Harkonnens and the Emperor 's Sardaukar at the capital city of Arrakeen . His Fremen warriors , riding in on sandworms and brandishing their sonic weapons , easily defeat the Emperor 's legions , while 's sister kills Baron . Once in Arrakeen , faces the Emperor and engages in a duel to the death ; kills and relieves Emperor of power . then demonstrates his newfound powers and fulfills the Fremen prophecy that he is the promised messiah by causing rain to fall on Arrakis for the first time ever , as declares him to be .

Kyle MacLachlan, Sting, Sean Young, Kenneth McMillan, Francesca Annis, José Ferrer, Patrick Stewart, Alicia Witt, Virginia Madsen

( ) met his future wife , ( ) , in college while they were earning money by participating in an experiment in which they were given a dose of a low - grade hallucinogen called LOT-6 . The experiment grants them telepathic abilities ; has the ability to read minds , and can take over minds and make others do and believe what he wants , but the effort gives him nosebleeds ( the novel revealing them to be " pinprick " hemorrhages ) . and went on to get married , and they now have a nine - year - old daughter named ( ) , who has pyrokinetic abilities ( she can create heat and start fires with her mind ) . can also see the near future . 
 comes home from work one day to find that has been murdered and abducted ; the family had already suspected that the government agency that sponsored the experiment , the Department of Scientific Intelligence ( " the Shop " ) , was checking on them . The government wants to harness her powerful ability as a weapon . rescues from abduction by agents of the Shop by making the agents blind , and for the next year , they are on the run . 
 To protect themselves , writes letters to major newspapers , but mailing them reveals their location . They need to rest and end up taken in by a farmer and his wife . tells the farmer the truth so when the Shop arrives , he is ready to stand with them . However , he soon sees that there is no need since makes quick work of the agents who have invaded the quiet refuge they have found . They again are on the run , but is weak from the use of his gift . They go to their secluded cabin to rest and prepare to finally go public with their story . Unfortunately , the head of the Shop , Captain ( ) , sends Agent ( ) to capture them and stop the release of information . After capture , father and daughter are kept separated . is medicated and subjected to tests , which show his powers have decreased . Meanwhile , takes on the role of " the friendly orderly " to befriend and gain her trust to encourage her to submit to the tests . 
 's powers increase exponentially , and she continually demands to see her father as they promised . is revealed to be faking the acceptance of his drugs , meaning that his powers have never decreased and it was all a ruse to make drop his guard . Then , once alone on a walk far from the house , he uses his power to get information from ( such as 's true identity ) and arranges to leave with that night . He slips a note and she immediately tells " " about the escape . He has wanted to kill since first hearing about her and hides in the barn so he can kill her father , as well . enters the barn first and " " succeeds in convincing her to begin the climb up the ladder to him . His plan is put to an end once enters and instead runs to her father . She tells him that is present and asks if they can take him with them . She is saddened and angered to find out the truth , yet believes when he states that he will not kill her father if she comes to him . To save his daughter , instructs to shoot at . However , kills and fatally wounds , and after , he causes to leap to the ground , breaking his leg . then kills and cries at her father 's wound . He pleads with her to use her powers to bring the facility down after he takes his last breath . The entire security team arrives and she dispatches them all one by one to make her way off of the property . 
 returns by hitchhiking back to the farm . Without a word , she reveals what has happened since she left with her father and is welcomed back . Shortly afterwards , and the farmer head to New York City to tell her story to the media .

Drew Barrymore, David Keith, George C. Scott, Martin Sheen, Heather Locklear, Louise Fletcher

, a teenager raised in Chicago , moves with his mother to the small town of Bomont to live with his aunt and uncle . Soon after arriving , befriends , and from him learns the city council has banned dancing and rock music . He soon begins to fall for a rebellious teenage girl named , who has an abusive boyfriend , , and a strict father , , who is a reverend of the local church . 
 After trading insults with , is challenged to a game of chicken involving tractors . wins when his shoelace becomes stuck and prevents him from jumping from the tractor . Reverend distrusts , and he grounds , forbidding her to see him . and his classmates want to do away with the no - dancing law and have a senior prom . He drives , , and 's best friend , , to a country bar about 100 miles away from Bomont to experience the joy and freedom of dancing , but once there , is unable to dance and gets into a jealous fight with a man who dances with . Later , teaches to dance . 
 decides to challenge the anti - dancing ordinance so that the senior class can hold a senior prom . He goes before the city council and reads several Bible verses to cite scriptural support for the worth of dancing to rejoice , exercise , or celebrate . Although Reverend is moved , the council votes against 's proposal . , 's wife , is supportive of the movement and explains to that he can not be everyone 's father and that he is hardly being a father to . She also says that dancing and music are not the problem . feels betrayed that even his wife does not believe in him even though she assures him that she always did , telling him , " , it 's 20 years now I 've been a minister 's wife . And I 've been quiet , supportive , unobtrusive ; and after 20 years I still think you 're a wonderful , wonderful preacher . You can lift a congregation up so high they have to look down to see Heaven . But it 's the one - to - one where you need a little work . " 
 Despite further discussion with about his own family losses in comparison to 's losses and 's opening up about her own sinful past , even going so far as to admit that she has had sexual relations , can not bring himself to change his stance . His son was killed in a car crash while returning from a night of dancing , resulting in 's arranging to ban music and dancing in the community . However , he has a change of heart after seeing some of the townsfolk burning books that they think are dangerous to the youth . Realizing the situation has gotten out of hand , stops the book - burning , rebukes the people , and sends them home . 
 The following Sunday , asks his congregation to pray for the high school students putting on the prom , which is set up at a grain mill just outside the Bomont town limits . Shaw and listen outside , dancing for the first time in years . and his friends arrive and start a fight with , who with knocks them out . , , , and rejoin the party and happily dance the night away .

Kevin Bacon, John Lithgow, Lori Singer, Dianne Wiest, Chris Penn

Parapsychologists , , and are scientists working for Columbia University . After being called to the New York Public Library to investigate recent paranormal activity , they encounter a full - fledged ghost but she frightens them away . They lose their jobs , so the trio establish the Ghostbusters , a paranormal investigation and elimination service . They develop high - tech equipment to capture ghosts and open their business in a disused , run - down firehouse . In their first outing , Egon warns them never to cross the energy streams of their proton pack weapons , as this could cause a catastrophic explosion , and they capture their first ghost , , depositing it in a specially built containment unit in the firehouse basement . As paranormal activity increases in New York City , they hire a fourth member , , to cope with demand . 
 The Ghostbusters are retained by cellist , whose apartment is haunted by a demonic spirit , , a demigod worshipped as a servant to , a shape - shifting god of destruction and chaos . competes with 's neighbor , accountant , for her affections . As the Ghostbusters investigate , is possessed by Zuul , which declares itself the " Gatekeeper " , and by a similar demon , , the " Keymaster " . Both demons speak of the coming of the destructive and the release of the imprisoned ghosts . The Ghostbusters take steps to keep the two apart . 
 , a lawyer representing the Environmental Protection Agency , has the Ghostbusters arrested for operating as unlicensed waste handlers and orders their ghost containment system deactivated , causing an explosion that releases the ghosts and Louis / Vinz . The ghosts wreak havoc throughout the city while Louis / Vinz advances toward / 's apartment . Consulting blueprints of 's apartment building , the Ghostbusters learn that mad doctor and cult leader , declaring humanity too sick to deserve existing after World War I , designed the building as a gateway to summon and bring about the end of the world . 
 The Ghostbusters are released from custody to combat the supernatural crisis . On the apartment building roof , and open the gate between dimensions and transform into supernatural hellhounds . , in the form of a woman , is subdued by the team , disappearing entirely , as her voice echoes that the " destructor " will follow , taking a form chosen by the team ; inadvertently recalls a beloved corporate mascot from his childhood—"something that could never , ever possibly destroy us"—and the destructor arrives in the form of a giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man that attacks the city . The Ghostbusters cross their proton pack energy streams and fire them at Gozer 's portal ; the explosion closes the gate , destroys Stay Puft / Gozer , and frees and . The Ghostbusters are welcomed on the street as heroes .

Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts

, a struggling inventor , visits a Chinatown antique store in the hope of finding a Christmas present for his son . In the store , encounters a small , furry creature called a mogwai ( Cantonese : 魔怪 , " monster " ) . The owner , Mr. , refuses to sell the creature to . However , his grandson secretly sells the mogwai to , warning him to remember three important rules that must never be broken – do not expose the mogwai to bright lights or sunlight which will kill it , do not let it get wet , and never feed it after midnight . 
 returns home to Kingston Falls where he gives the mogwai to as a pet . works in the local bank , where he fears his dog will be captured and killed by the elderly Mrs. . names the mogwai “ Gizmo ” and makes sure to treat him well . When ’s friend spills a glass of water over , five more mogwai spawn from his back , a more troublemaking sort led by the aggressive . shows one of the mogwai to his former science teacher Mr. , spawning another mogwai , on whom experiments . Back at home , ’s gang tricks into feeding them after midnight by chewing out the power cord to his bedside clock . They make cocoons , as does ’s mogwai . Shortly after , the cocoons hatch and they emerge as mischievous , reptilian monsters that torture and try to murder ’s mother , while is killed by his gremlin . 
 All of the Gremlins are killed except , who escapes to a local YMCA and jumps into a swimming pool , spawning an army of gremlins who wreak chaos around Kingston Falls . tries to warn the police , but they do n’t believe him . Many people are injured or outright killed by the gremlins ' rampage , including Mrs. , who is launched out of her house on a stair lift that has been sabotaged by the creatures . At the local bar , the gremlins have fun until the barmaid , ’s girlfriend , flashes them with a camera and escapes into the bank with and . While hiding , she reveals her father died in a chimney while dressed as . and discover the town has fallen silent and the are watching Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the local theater . They set off an explosion , killing all the Gremlins except . 
 chases into a Montgomery Ward store , where climbs into a water fountain and tries to spawn more gremlins . arrives in a toy car and opens a skylight , exposing to sunlight and melting him . In the aftermath of the rampage , Mr. arrives to collect , scolding the for their carelessness , thinking the Western world is not ready but comments that might some day be ready to care for properly . likewise believes so , having become attached to . Mr. departs with in tow .

Two friends in their mid 30s , ( ) and ( ) , each arrive at crossroads in their lives . is a painter specializing in fetishistic portraits of women , usually selling his images to porn magazines . 's father wants him to take over the family 's undergarment business that has been paying for 's playboy lifestyle in the fast paced and decedent Los Angeles of the 1980s . 
 is given an opportunity to have his work featured in gallery showing as legitimate art if he can create enough new pieces to fill out a show . His sexy busty model ( ) has a crush on , and to please him even appears willing to participate in a threesome including . 
 An ex - flame , ( ) , brings out the jealous worst in now that she is seeing an artist rival of his ( ) . 's self - destructive behavior also puts at risk his relationship with ( ) , the manager of an art gallery about to exhibit his work .

Peter Coyote, Nick Mancuso, Kathryn Harrold, Max Gail, Carol Wayne

The film stars as , a young and ambitious freestyle skier from Idaho who is determined to prove himself in a freestyle skiing competition at Squaw Valley . Along the way he teams with a pack of fun - loving incorrigibles who called themselves the " Rat Pack " ( whose leader , is played by ) , picks up an Austrian nemesis named ( ) , and enters a love triangle with a pair of blondes , a young woman named ( ) and the more mature ( played by 1982 Playboy Playmate of the Year in just her second major film role ) . The movie ends with an extended race scene , all of the characters take part in a ' Chinese Downhill ' to determine the real champion of the competition .

In 1935 , narrowly escapes the clutches of , a crime boss in Shanghai , China . With his 11 - year - old Chinese sidekick and the nightclub singer in tow , flees Shanghai on an airplane that , unknown to them , is owned by . While the three of them sleep on the plane , the pilots parachute out , and they leave the plane to crash over the Himalayas while dumping its fuel . , , and discover this and narrowly manage to escape by jumping out of the plane on an inflatable raft , and then riding down the slopes into a raging river . They come to Mayapore , a fictional village in northern India , where the poor villagers believe them to have been sent by to retrieve the sacred sivalinga stone stolen from their shrine , as well as the community 's children , from evil forces in the nearby Pankot Palace . During the journey to Pankot , hypothesizes that the stone may be one of the five fabled Sankara stones that promise fortune and glory . 
 The trio receive a warm welcome from the Prime Minister of Pankot Palace , . The visitors are allowed to stay the night as guests , during which they attend a lavish but grotesque banquet given by the young Maharaja , . rebuffs 's questions about the villagers ' claims and his theory that the ancient cult is responsible for their troubles . Later that night , is attacked by an assassin , leading , , and to believe that something is amiss . They discover a series of tunnels hidden behind a statue in 's room and set out to explore them , overcoming a number of booby - traps along the way . 
 The trio eventually reach an underground temple where the Thugs worship with human sacrifice . They watch as the Thugs chain one of their victims in a cage and slowly lower him into a ceremonial fire pit , burning him alive . They discover that the Thugs , led by their high priest , are in possession of three of the five Sankara stones , and have enslaved the children to mine for the final two stones . As tries to retrieve the stones , he , , and are captured and separated . is whipped and forced to drink a potion called the Blood of Kali , which places him in a trance - like state where he begins to mindlessly serve the Thugs . , meanwhile , is kept as a human sacrifice , while is put to work in the mines alongside the enslaved children . breaks free and escapes back into the temple where he burns with a torch , shocking him out of the trance . After defeating , stops 's cage and cranks it out of the pit just in time before it has a chance to enter the fire . They go back to the mines to free the children , but is caught up in a fight with a hulking overseer . The Maharajah , who was also entranced , attempts to cripple with a voodoo doll . spars with the Maharajah , ultimately burning him to snap him out of the trance . With his strength returned , kills the overseer . The Maharajah then tells how to get out of the mines . While escapes , and rescue and retrieve the three Sankara stones , the village children escape . 
 After a mine cart chase to escape the temple , the trio emerge above ground and are again cornered by and his henchmen on a rope bridge high above a crocodile - infested river . Using a sword , cuts the rope bridge in half , leaving everyone to hang on for their lives . utters an incantation which causes the stones to glow red hot . Two of the stones fall into the river , while the last falls into hand , burning his hand . catches the now - cool stone , while falls into the river below and gets devoured by hungry crocodiles . The then attempt to shoot with arrows , until a company of British Indian Army riflemen , summoned by the Maharajah , arrive and open fire on the Thuggee archers . , , and return to the village with the children and give the missing stone back to the villagers .

1935 . A pet shop owner catches a young boy shoplifting a puppy . To discourage the kid from a life of crime , the owner tells a story . 
 1910 . Young is a poor but honest newsboy in New York City . 's mother , , needs an operation they can not afford . Since the execution of 's father , , has supported and his younger brother , , who is fascinated by the law . 
 's fight with a local kid ( Danny Vermin ) attracted the notice of local crime boss , who offers a job . Seeing no honest way to earn the money for his mother 's operation , agrees to work for Dundee , even though it probably means " breaking his mother 's heart . " He helps rob the nightclub belonging to Dundee 's rival , . When asked his name , coins " Johnny Dangerously " , but , a malapropist of swearwords , claims he " never forgets a fargin ' face . " 
 Years pass . With 's continuing medical problems , goes to work for Dundee full - time . The whole neighborhood ( including the Pope ) knows that is really , except for and , who think he is a nightclub owner . Similarly , the gang knows nothing of 's mother and brother . 
 comes to Dundee 's headquarters to find he has taken on two new gang members : and his sidekick . Danny has lived up to his potential and become a total scumbag , with a taste for using opera audiences as shooting galleries with his .88 Magnum pistol ( according to , " They made it for him special . " then adds , " It shoots through schools ! " ) . 
 As the two gangs continue to war , falls for , a young showgirl new to the big city . ( " Do you know your last name is an adverb ? " she asks . ) Eventually , becomes the boss of the gang and negotiates a truce with . 
 A running gag has playing the owner of a newsstand who is repeatedly knocked out by a pile of newspapers flung from a delivery truck . He temporarily loses one of his primary senses whenever he comes to . At various points throughout the movie , his character alternates between blindness , deafness , and amnesia . 
 Eventually , graduates from law school ( funded by 's illicit earnings ) , and he goes to work for the District Attorney 's office , under , who is on 's payroll . tries to sidetrack , who has become a major public figure after hearings looking into 's activities . ( The rival crime boss is deported to Sweden , though he protests that he 's " not from there . " ) Meanwhile , and conspire to kill . is badly injured but survives . has killed , but this leaves as the new D.A. 
 discovers that is the D.A. 's brother — and overhears chortling about it . confronts , who agrees to turn over the evidence against himself to the Crime Commissioner — whom killed , framing . Not only that , steals 's prized cigarette / gum case ! 
 is arrested but says the holder of the case is the guilty party . is found guilty , sentenced to the electric chair and sent to death row . But when congratulates , notices that he has 's case . sucker punches in the crotch , and they realize that " did n't do it . " 
 arrives on Death Row , where he receives rock star treatment from the starstruck warden . hears word that is in danger , and plots an escape , prevailing on the warden to move up his execution . As he is taken to the chair , assembles what looks like a tommy gun from parts handed to him by inmates . He escapes in a laundry truck driven by . 
 , by way of a wild car chase involving several layers of shelf paper , arrives at the movie theatre where is to be killed . He shoots and wounds , saving . The governor pardons as is arrested . 
 Back to 1935 . The young shoplifter is round eyed . He is given a kitten as says " Do n't forget , crime does n't pay . " The kid goes on his way . , dressed in a tux , heads off in a limo with , looks at the camera and admits , " Well , it paid a little ! "

Michael Keaton, Marilu Henner, Griffin Dunne, Joe Piscopo, Maureen Stapleton, Peter Boyle

This in - name - only sequel to the first Meatballs summer camp movie sets us at Camp Sasquatch and revolves around two main plots . The owner of Sasquatch , , tries to keep his camp open after , the owner of Camp Patton located just across the lake , wants to buy the entire lake for Camp Patton . suggests settling the issue with the traditional end - of - the - summer boxing match over rights to the lake . A tough , inner city punk named is at Camp Sasquatch for community service as a counselor - in - training . is recruited to box in order to save Sasquatch . The second main subplot involves . She is a naive teen whom sets his sights on . 's teenage girl co - campers arrange for to see a man naked after she confesses she 's never seen a " pinky . " A recurring subplot throughout the movie is the campers hiding an alien from the adults . The alien , dropped off by his parents to learn Earth culture , is called " Meathead " by the kids ( after he repeated one of them saying " Me , Ted").The plot takes a disturbing turn when the Bridge Troll uses her “ shower - head ” urination powers to disrupt The ’s bathroom exploits .

Colonel is a US military officer who spent seven years in a North Vietnamese POW camp , which he escaped 10 years ago . After the war , accompanies a government investigation team that travels to Ho Chi Minh City to investigate reports of US soldiers still held prisoner . obtains the evidence then travels to Thailand , where he meets , an old Army friend turned black market kingpin . Together , they launch a mission deep into the jungle to free the US POW 's from General .

, a saxophonist with the Moscow circus , lives in a crowded apartment with his extended family . He stands in lines for hours to buy toilet paper and shoes . When , the apparatchik assigned to the circus , criticizes for being late to rehearsal and suggests may miss the approaching trip to New York , gives a pair of shoes from the queue that made late . While is riding in his friend 's Lada , stops to buy fuel for his car from a mobile black market gasoline dealer . While the friends wait for the gasoline seller to fill 's jerrycans , the two practice their English . 
 The circus troupe is sent to perform in New York City . , who has talked of little else but defecting , ca n't bring himself to go through with it ; and , who had opposed the scheme as reckless and foolhardy , suddenly decides to do it . He runs from his Soviet controllers and hides behind a perfume counter at Bloomingdale 's under the skirt of the clerk , . When local police and the FBI arrive , stands up to his controllers and defects with news cameras rolling . is left with nothing but the clothes on his back , the money in his pocket , and a pair of blue jeans he had planned to buy for his girlfriend in Moscow . 
 , an African American security guard who protected from his Russian handlers during the defection , takes him home to Harlem to live with 's mother , unemployed father , sister , and grandfather — a living arrangement noticeably similar to 's family back in Moscow . 
 With the help of sympathetic immigration attorney , a Cuban emigrant , soon adapts to life in the United States . attempts to find work despite speaking little English and fearing the threat of his former KGB handlers . He initially works as a busboy , McDonald 's cashier , sidewalk merchant , and limousine driver . Although these jobs enable to eventually move into his own apartment , he begins to doubt he will ever play saxophone professionally again . 
 starts a relationship with . At a party celebrating 's becoming an American citizen , proposes to her ; but she refuses and breaks up with him . decides to return to Alabama to be close to his minor son . However , more bad news comes in a letter from 's family that his grandfather has died . 
 Grieving , goes to a Russian nightclub to ease his mind . When he returns home late to his apartment building drunk , he is mugged by two African American youths . He reports the incident to the police with his attorney present ; and the two go to a diner where rants about his misfortunes . During a confrontation with a burly man who reveals himself also as a Russian defector , comes to appreciate his good fortune of living in the United States . Soon after , reunites with telling him that she is not ready for marriage but would love to live with an immigrant . Lionel moves back from Alabama and takes over 's job driving a limousine . 
 encounters his former KGB handler , who is now a street vendor selling hotdogs . He admitted he had to flee the USSR himself due to his failure to prevent 's defection , but has also come to appreciate New York City . soon gets a job in a nightclub , where he once again plays saxophone .

The Earth is passing through the tail of a comet , an event which has not occurred in 65 million years and coincidentally with the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs . On the night of the comet 's passage , which takes place eleven days before Christmas , large crowds gather outside to watch and celebrate . 
 18 - year - old works at a movie theater in southern California . She is annoyed to find the initials DMK have the sixth highest score on the theater 's Tempest video game , on which all the other scores are hers . She stays after the theater closes to play until DMK 's score is removed and to have sex with her boyfriend , the theater projectionist , in the steel - lined projection booth . Meanwhile , 's 16 - year - old sister argues with their stepmother , who punches her in the face . then spends the night in a steel backyard shed . 
 The next morning , a reddish haze covers everything , and there are no signs of life , only piles of red dust and heaps of clothing . Unaware that anything strange has happened , goes outside and is killed by a zombie wielding a pipe wrench . When goes looking for , she encounters the zombie , but escapes . She heads home to find her sister . Because both and spent the night shielded from cosmic effects by steel , they were saved from the comet 's effects . 
 After figuring out what has happened , they hear a disc jockey and race to the radio station , only to find it was just a recording . They come across another survivor there , , who spent the night in the back of his steel truck . When talks into the microphone , she is heard by researchers in an underground installation out in the desert . As they listen to , and debate what to do , the scientists note that the zombies , though less exposed to the comet , will eventually disintegrate into dust themselves . leaves to see if any of his family survived , but promises to come back . and then go shopping at a mall . After a firefight with some zombie stock boys , the girls are taken prisoner , but are saved by a rescue team sent by the scientists . 
 is taken back to their base . , a disillusioned scientist , offers to dispose of , who was diagnosed as having been exposed , and to wait for . After she fakes euthanizing by injecting her with a sedative that only put her to sleep , she kills the other remaining scientist . When returns after an encounter with a zombie child , briefs him on the situation and then gives herself a lethal injection . He and set out to rescue . The researchers had suspected and prepared for the comet 's effects , but inadvertently left their ventilation system open and the fans running during the comet 's passage , allowing the deadly dust to permeate their base . Meanwhile , has become suspicious , escapes , and discovers that the dying scientists have hunted down and rendered healthy survivors brain dead . They harvest their untainted blood to keep the disease at bay while they search desperately for a cure . saves a boy and a girl before they are processed , then unplugs the other victims from their life support machines . and get the trio out of the base . 
 Eventually , rain washes away the red dust , leaving the world in a pristine condition . After pairs up with , feels left out , as the others are kids . When she ignores 's warning and crosses a deserted street against the still - operating signal light , she is almost run over by a sports car driven by , a teenager about her own age . After apologizing , he invites her to go for a ride . As they drive off , the car is shown sporting the initials " DMK " on the vanity plate .

Gangsters enter a Chinese puppet theater , looking for a marked man . The proprietors slip into a hidden opium den and warn a man named " " , but he pays no attention . In a flashback , he watches the police remove three disfigured corpses from a street . He successfully kills one of the three thugs that are after him but learns that the thugs have murdered his girlfriend while looking for him and finds that someone else has stolen his money . He leaves the city . 
 struggles as a street kid in Manhattan ’s Lower East Side in 1920 . He and his friends , , and little commit petty crimes under the supervision of local boss . Planning to rob a drunk at the moment a passing truck hides them from a policeman , they 're foiled by the older , who jumps off the truck to rob the man himself . confronts , but a crooked policeman steals the watch they were fighting over . Later , 's camera enables them to blackmail the policeman , who was having sex with a teenage girl , and thus start their own gang independent of , who had previously enjoyed the policeman 's corrupt protection . The boys establish a suitcase money fund , which they hide in a locker at the railway station , giving the key to , a reliable friend who 's not part of the operation . is in love with sister , who aspires to be a dancer and actress . One day , ambushes the boys and shoots little , who dies in ' arms , then stabs to death and injures a police officer who tried to intervene . is arrested and sentenced to 12 years in prison . 
 Adult is released from jail in 1932 and is reacquainted with his old gang : , , and , who are now major players in the bootlegging industry during Prohibition . reunites with and tries to rekindle their relationship . Meanwhile , during a robbery , the gang meets , who soon becomes 's girlfriend . The gang prospers from bootlegging under Prohibition , providing muscle for union boss . tries to impress on an extravagant date , then rapes her on their way home in a limousine , after which he becomes remorseful . 
 The gang 's financial success ends with the repeal of Prohibition , when considers a suggestion to set up what was to become the Teamsters ' union , which refuses and leaves . runs after him and they go to Florida together . While there , suggests robbing the New York Federal Reserve Bank , but sees it as suicidal . , who also fears for 's life , convinces to call the police on his friend for a minor offence , just to keep him in jail for a short time . does this at an end - of - Prohibition party . Shortly after , , who has followed him to the office , knocks him unconscious for calling him crazy . Regaining consciousness , finds out that , , and have been killed by the police , and is consumed with guilt over making the phone call that led to the beginning scenes of the film . is then seen boarding the first bus to leave New York , going to Buffalo , where he will live in hiding under a fake identity for the next 35 years . 
 In 1968 , receives a letter informing him that the cemetery where his friends are buried has been sold and asking him to make arrangements for their reburial . Realising that someone has deduced his identity , returns to Manhattan and stays with above his still - open restaurant . While visiting the new cemetery , finds there , visibly hung for him to take it , a key to the railway locker once kept by the gang , and further notes the license plate of a car that is following him there . Opening the locker , he discovers a suitcase full of cash , like the one kept there and taken away , now with a note saying the money is a down payment on his next job . hears about the lavish estate of Secretary , an embattled political figure whose name has been mentioned in news reports of the car explosion that killed the District Attorney . 
 visits , who lives at a retirement home run by the Bailey Foundation . She tells him that planted the idea of and tipping off the police because he wanted to die rather than go insane like his father , who died in an asylum . He opened fire on the police to ensure his own death . While at the home , sees a photo of at the institution 's dedication . tracks down , now a successful actress . He questions her about Secretary , telling her that he has received an invitation to a party at 's house . claims not to know much about , but already knows they have lived together for years . In the end , tells him was a starving immigrant who married a very wealthy woman who died in childbirth . She begs him to not go to the party but leave via the back exit and not the main door of her dressing room , where a young man named is waiting for her . leaves via the main door and explains that the young man is Secretary 's son , named ( which is also ' given name ) . bears an obvious resemblance to as a young man ( and is played by the same actor ) , implying that Secretary is . 
 Secretary is revealed to be . meets with in his private room at the party . explains that corrupt policemen helped him fake his own death so that he could steal the gang 's money and steal ' love interest , , in order to begin a new life as Mr. , a man with contacts to the Teamsters ' union . Now faced with ruin and the spectre of a Teamster assassination , asks to kill him . refuses despite 's permission and goading , because , in his eyes , died with the gang . As leaves 's estate , he hears a garbage truck start up and looks back to see a man standing at the driveway 's gated entrance . As he begins to walk towards , the truck passes between them . As the truck passes , sees its auger grinding down rubbish , the man nowhere to be seen . 
 In a flashback , a young adult enters the opium den after his gang 's murder , taking the drug and broadly grinning .

Robert De Niro, James Woods, Tuesday Weld, Elizabeth McGovern, Joe Pesci, Jennifer Connelly, Treat Williams, William Forsythe, Danny Aiello

walks alone through the West Texas desert , before stumbling into a building and losing consciousness . A German doctor examines him and determines he is mute , but discovers he possesses a telephone number and calls it . The call is answered by , ' brother from Los Angeles . has not seen or had contact with for four years , and agrees to travel to Terlingua , Texas , to retrieve him . His French wife , , is concerned about the matter , as they have adopted ' son , with 's biological mother also missing . reaches Terlingua , and finds wandering from the clinic where he was found . The two brothers begin driving back to Los Angeles . With becoming increasingly frustrated with ' muteness , finally utters the name " Paris " , asking to go there . mistakenly assumes he means Paris , France . Farther down the road , shows a photograph of empty property in Paris , Texas , which he had purchased , believing he was conceived in that town . 
 The reach Los Angeles where is reunited with and . , aged seven , has very little memory of his father , and is wary of until the family watches home movies from days when they were all together . realizes that still loves . As and become reacquainted , reveals to that has had contact with her , and makes monthly deposits into a bank account for . has traced the deposits to a bank in Houston . realizes he can possibly see if he is at the Houston bank on the day of the next deposit , only a few days away . He acquires a new vehicle and borrows money from . When he tells he is leaving , wishes to go with him , though he does not have or 's permission . 
 and drive to Houston , while recounts the Big Bang and the origins of Earth . When they arrive at the Houston bank , identifies his mother in a car , making a drive - in deposit . He calls for via walkie - talkie , and they follow her car to a peep - show club where she works . While waits outside , goes in , finding the business has rooms with one - way mirrors , where clients converse with strippers via telephone . He eventually sees , though she can not see him , and leaves . 
 The next day , leaves at the Méridien Hotel in downtown Houston , with a message that he feels obliged to reunite mother and son , as he feels responsible for separating them in the first place . returns to the peep show . Seeing again , and with her seemingly unaware of who he is , he tells her a story , ostensibly about other people . He describes a man and younger girl who meet , marry and have a child . The man descends into alcoholism , while the young wife suffers from baby blues and dreams of leaving the family . The man also dreams of withdrawing to an unknown place " without language or streets " . A fire in the trailer home , after an incident of domestic abuse , finally parts the family . Eventually , realizes she is speaking to , and he tells her that is in Houston and needs his mother . has longed to be reunited with her boy , and enters the hotel room where is waiting , while watches from the parking lot . He climbs into his vehicle and drives away .

It is 1935 and Waxahachie , Texas is a small , segregated town in the midst of a depression . One afternoon the local sheriff , , goes to investigate trouble at the rail yards . He dies after being accidentally shot by a young black boy , . Local white vigilantes tie to a truck and drag his body through town before hanging him from a tree . 
 The sheriff 's widow , , is left to raise her children alone and maintain the family farm . The bank has a note on the farm and money is scarce ; the price for cotton is plummeting and many farms are going under . The local banker , Mr. , pays her a visit . He pressures her to sell the farm as he does n't see how she can afford to make the loan payments . 
 A drifter and handyman , a black man by the name of , appears at her door one night , asking for work . He offers to plant cotton on all her acres and cites his experience . declines to hire him due to some of her own racism but offers him a meal and sends him on his way . In desperation , steals some of her silver spoons before he leaves . Similarly desperate , finally resolves to keep her family together on the farm . When the police capture with her stolen silver and bring him back to confirm the theft , lies that he is her hired man . 
 The next day , visits Mr. to relay her decision not to sell the farm but to work the land and raise cotton . He manipulates the situation when he unloads his blind brother - in - law , , on , compelling her to take him in as a lodger . 
 realizes she can not make the next payment even if she sells all her cotton . The bank declines 's request for relief , but she learns of the Ellis County contest ; a $ 100 cash prize is awarded to the farmer who produces the first bale of cotton for market each season . realizes the prize money plus the proceeds from the sale of her cotton would be enough to allow her to keep the farm . knows she will need more pickers though and despite his initial protests , agrees to help her find the help so they can harvest the cotton on time . 
 Their efforts pay off as and find themselves first in line at the wholesaler with the season 's first bale of cotton . carefully coaches on how to negotiate with the buyer , and as a result he is unable to cheat her . That night , is accosted by Ku Klux Klan members and savagely beaten . , who recognizes all the assailants ' voices as local white men , confronts and identifies them one by one ; they all run off and ' life is saved . realizes he will have to leave the farm , however , under threat of future attacks . 
 The story ends with community and in the midst of prayer . In a highly symbolic and imaginary scene , communion is passed among the assembled congregants at the church , hand to hand and mouth to mouth , between both the living and the deceased . The last line of the film is spoken by to , " Peace of God ” . The film closes with all the characters gathered in church singing in unison .

Sally Field, John Malkovich, Danny Glover, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan

Due to a shortage of police officers , the newly elected mayor of an unnamed American city has announced a policy requiring the police department to accept all willing recruits , effectively abolishing fitness requirements , educational levels , and medical standards . Not everyone in the police force is happy about the new changes . 
 ( ) is an easy - going man who has repeatedly gotten himself in trouble with the law when standing up to arrogant people . is forced to join the police force as an alternative to jail , a proposal by Captain who has been lenient on because of knowing his father , who was also a policeman . reluctantly agrees to this , deciding that he will get himself thrown out as a loophole . However , the chief of police , ( ) , outraged by the Mayor 's lowered requirements , decides that the new cadets should be forced to quit rather than being thrown out . 
 Lieutenant ( ) , who trains the cadets , agrees with the plan and employs tactics to make their lives as miserable as possible so that they do in fact quit . However , Commandant ( ) is the only one who does not agree with both and 's schemes . He wants to give the new cadets a chance . is also implied to be seeking 's place as the leader of the academy . asks for the help of two cadets he takes a liking to , ( ) and ( ) , to inform him of any improper conduct done by the other cadets . appoints them as squad leaders to help him force these cadets to quit . 
 tries several schemes to get thrown out but eventually he has a change of heart and decides to stay for good , having fallen in love with another cadet , ( ) . While in the academy , becomes friends with fellow cadets ( Michael ) a human beatbox and sound effects man who was arrested with before they came to the academy ( pulled some strings with to let go with to attend the academy ) ; ( ) , a ladies man ; ( ) , a gun - obsessed adrenaline junkie who was an ex - security guard and was a military veteran ; ( ) , an overweight cowardly man ; and ( ) , a giant of a man with incredible strength . 
 At Lt . ' request , and try to learn where a weekend party , organized by , is going to be held , to investigate it for any cadet unlawful behavior . Wary that they 're using an intimidated to force him to reveal where the party is , tricks and into attending a party at the Blue Oyster gay bar where the horrified men are intimidated into dancing the whole night . 's party turns out to be relatively sedate . 
 At night , tries to sneak into the women 's bunk for some fun , as he always does , but is caught by Sgt . . He is pulled into a room by and she throws him on the bed , pounces on him and they have sex . The next day , after a voice training exercise , confides to that he had fallen in love with Sgt . and that he speaks with a fake Spanish accent in order to get girls . 
 helps prepare for a critical driving test . They go for a practice drive the night before the exam by stealing cadet 's car . They are chased by the police for crashing into another car and speeding , but manages to escape and in the process greatly sharpens his driving skills . After he passes the driving test , is very thankful to . Unfortunately , immediately afterwards , when racially insults fellow cadet ( ) for accidentally running over his feet during her driving test , is offended and lifts and overturns the police car in which is seated , despite ' demands and ' pleas for him to stop . This leads to promptly eject from the academy , much to and many of the other cadets ' dismay . 
 Shortly after this , and are having lunch in the cafeteria and talking about 's expulsion . is finally fed up with the academy , but refuses to quit . and attempt to get to fight them so they can give a reason to expel him , but resists . Having enough of their misconduct towards , stands up for him and shocks everyone by throwing the first punch , hitting with a lunch tray . After watching faint , an offended punches back for foiling them , which promptly gets involved in a brawl with him . After the fight , when Lt . asks them who started the fight , originally told him that started it by hitting with a lunch tray . While cleaning his baton , Lt . nonchalantly decides to expel the latter along with his dog . Soon convinces to let him take the blame for throwing the first punch to protect , which finally gives the green light to expel his most despised cadet . 
 Before actually leaves the premises , however , a major riot breaks out downtown , inadvertently caused by cadet who always attracts accidents to others around him . decides to join the academy students in the mission to pacify it . The resulting police emergency forces the cadets into real action for the first time , and they are accidentally transported to the very epicenter of the rioting instead of the planned peripheral area ( due to giving the wrong location ) . During the riot , one criminal manages to steal two police revolvers from and . The two run to hide from the criminals but , to their horror , end up at the Blue Oyster bar again . manages to avoid the rioters , but finds himself confronted by the same men who bullied him when he was working at a picture developing booth , who are now apparently stealing some furniture . Despite their attempts to bully him again , gives them a beating after having learned self - defense . Soon he orders the men to return the furniture and leave , only to learn that the men were actually moving their own things out due to the riots . 
 The outlaw with the stolen police handguns then proceeds to capture in the confusion , taking the officer to the roof of a nearby building as a hostage . attempts a rescue but is taken as a second hostage . Just as both are about to be killed , suddenly appears on the rooftop . The former cadet manages to fool the madman into thinking he is a fellow crook and demands that he kill . When the criminal tries to pull the trigger , knocks him unconscious and he falls onto the stairs . When he wakes up to kill , quickly apprehends him by entering the back door to the building ( which she attempted to tell Sgt . about earlier , but she could n't hear her ) . 
 and are both reinstated as cadets and graduate from the academy a few days later . For their rescue of Lt . and capture of his kidnapper , they also receive the academy 's highest commendation and medals . All of the cadets graduate with flying colors ( minus and ) , finally winning a respectful salute from the reluctant .

Steve Guttenberg, Kim Cattrall, G. W. Bailey, Bubba Smith, George Gaynes, Leslie Easterbrook, David Graf, Michael Winslow, Donovan Scott

is a seemingly ditzy blonde who works as a cocktail waitress in Washington , D.C. She rents a small room in the home of a gay couple , has a lousy love life and drives a rust bucket of a car that she can not afford to repair . 
 The car breaks down , blocking the route of a diplomatic convoy that is traveling to the White House . Unsympathetic to 's predicament , the Diplomatic Security Service treat the incident as a possible security threat and move into full security mode , guns drawn . is naive to the seriousness of her situation , concerned only that she will now be late for work . 
 At the Safari Club where works , her night is getting worse . Her date cancels and she is forced to wear an emu suit because all of the other costumes are now taken by waitresses who arrived on time . She hates the costume because it invites unwanted sexual propositions . Even though she is " so broke , " she refuses an offer from a patron requesting special " favors " in return for cash , as well as a loan from a waitress friend , . 
 On her way home , is curious about the media attention surrounding a gala dinner , so she stops to watch the dignitaries leaving the event . A man of Middle Eastern descent rudely pushes past her . feels something hard in his coat pocket . She asks if he has a gun . To her horror , he does . A shot is fired , but prevents him taking aim at his target by biting his arm . In the ensuing commotion , both and the gunman are forced to the ground and another shot is fired . cries out , realizing she has been shot . 
 Through news media reports , we learn that has been taken to the hospital and is being lauded as a heroine . She has prevented the assassination of a visiting , who had been in Washington to further relations between the US and his " small , but strategic Middle Eastern country . " Doctors remove a bullet from 's left buttock . While recovering , she finds herself thrust into public adoration , receiving mail from celebrities and countless marriage proposals . 
 , a Middle Eastern desk chief from the State Department , pays a visit to help get through her first press conference since the shooting . answers each question about her life with humor and charm , revealing herself to be hugely likeable , intelligent and patriotic . She also reveals that she has never voted , preferring to consider herself as just an American , rather than any political label . 
 Back at the White House , politicians and are watching the conference . They joke that if is to be believed , she could run for office because of her appeal to so many large groups of voters , including working women , small town folk , senior citizens , gays , the " law - and - order bunch , " baseball fans , barflys and animal lovers . They contact the President of the United States ( who is napping during this most important speech ) , and arrange for him to call at the hospital . 
 The Emir whose life saved was being wooed by the US , which wants to establish a military base in his country because of its ideal geographic location in the Middle East . He decides that he will allow the US to build its base in his country — on the proviso that they allow him to claim as another wife . Without the President 's knowledge , the State Department decides to trade for the base without her knowledge . 
 The Vice President of the United States offers her a job within the Protocol Department of the Government . She has to look up what " protocol " means in a dictionary , but when she realizes he is offering her a well - paying job , she accepts . 
 approaches her new job with nervous excitement , She attends formal dinners and meets dignitaries from foreign countries . At one dinner , she is introduced to , who thanks on behalf of the Emir , and presents a car to her , as a thank - you gift from the Emir . She returns it , having researched that as a government employee , she is unable to accept gifts . But this act infuriates both the Emir and the State Department . 
 is unaware that in the Emir 's country , the local population is aware that is to be a new Queen , and anger is growing . is told that the Emir wants to meet her personally , and that she is to " show him a good time . " She looks upon this invitation as a way to help her old boss ( ) by arranging a party at his failing Safari Club , where she used to work . has not closed the bar to his regular patrons and has invited friends of her own . The party gets out of control , the Police make arrests and all of this is filmed by the media . 
 Ambassador sees this as a perfect opportunity to finally make the trade . She tells to go with the Emir to " represent her country " and make amends . arrives in the Emir 's country to find a mural of herself in wedding attire . She realizes it 's a set - up , that she was traded so the US could build its base . 
 The Emir confirms this . Unable to produce sons , he needs a new wife . Before an angry can respond , a violent coup d'état takes place in the Emir 's country of Otah , and the two are forced to flee . 
 Back in the US , the government denies knowledge of the trade and the public is now questioning whether knew all along of the plan . She must also face a Congressional inquiry to find out the truth . quits his job in disgust at what was done to . 
 At the inquiry , cuts the proceedings short by accepting blame , having taken an important job without fully understanding the political affairs of her country . But she reminds everyone that leaders have a responsibility toward the people . She warns the political powers in the room that , from now on , she will watch all of them " like a hawk . " 
 Two years later , has married and they have a baby . She is also running for Congress in her hometown of Diamond Junction in Oregon , and gets a call telling her that she has won .

" The Kid " is the talented but troubled frontman of his Minneapolis - based band , The Revolution . To escape his difficult home life – his father is verbally and physically abusive , and his mother is emotionally abusive – he spends his days rehearsing and his nights performing at the First Avenue nightclub . First Avenue 's three house band slots are held by The Revolution , the flashy and his group The Time , and and his group The Modernaires . , aware that The Revolution 's guitarist and keyboardist are frustrated by the Kid 's unwillingness to play their compositions , lobbies , the nightclub 's owner , to replace The Revolution with a girl group which is already forming . He targets the Kid 's girlfriend – an aspiring singer and new arrival in Minneapolis – to lead his group , and tries to persuade her that the Kid wo n't help her because he 's too focused on himself . She eventually joins 's group , which names Apollonia 6 . When she reveals her partnership to the , he becomes furious and slaps her , as his father had struck him earlier . 
 At the club , the responds to the internal band strife , the pressure to draw more crowds , and his strained private life with the uncomfortably personal " Darling Nikki " . His performance publicly humiliates , who runs off in tears , and angers both and , worsening his situation . confronts the , castigating him for bringing his personal life onto the stage and warning him that he 's wasting his musical talent like his father did . The debut of Apollonia 6 is a success , and warns the that his First Avenue slot is at risk . The Kid seizes Apollonia from a drunken and the two argue and fight ; Apollonia then abandons him . Returning home , he finds the house in tatters , with his mother nowhere to be found . When he turns on the basement light , his father – who had been lurking in the basement with a loaded handgun – shoots himself in the head . In a frenzy after a night of torment , the tears apart the basement to release his anger , only to find a large box of his father 's musical compositions . The next morning , the picks up a cassette tape of one of and 's compositions , a rhythm track named " Slow Groove " , and begins to compose . 
 That night at First Avenue , all is quiet in The Revolution 's dressing room until The Time stops by to taunt the about his family life . Once on stage , the announces that he will be playing " a song the girls in the band wrote " , dedicated to his father – revealed to be " Purple Rain " . As the emotional song ends , the rushes from the stage and out the back door of the club , intending to ride away on his motorcycle . However , before he can mount his motorcycle , he realizes that the crowd is thrilled by his new song . The Kid returns to the club , to be greeted by the approval of his fellow musicians and the embrace of a teary - eyed . The Kid returns to the stage for two encores with The Revolution , to the wild approval of the crowd ( even ) ; overlaid scenes show the visiting his father and mother in the hospital and sorting his father 's compositions in the basement , accompanied by . A montage of all the songs plays as the credits roll .

The United States has gradually become strategically isolated after several European nations ( except the United Kingdom ) withdraw from NATO . At the same time , the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact partners aggressively expand their sphere of influence . In addition , the Ukrainian wheat harvest fails while a Communist coup d'etat occurs in Mexico . 
 On a September morning , in the small town of Calumet , Colorado , a local high school teacher pauses when he sees Soviet paratroopers landing in a nearby field . The paratroopers open fire when the teacher confronts them . Pandemonium follows as students flee amid heavy gunfire . In downtown Calumet , Cuban and Soviet troops are trying to impose order after a hasty occupation . Cuban Colonel instructs the KGB to go to a local sporting goods store and obtain the records of the store 's gun sales on the ATF 's Form 4473 , which lists citizens who have purchased firearms . 
 Brothers and , along with their friends , , , and , flee into the wilderness after hastily equipping themselves at the sporting goods store owned by 's father . While on the way to the mountains , they run into a Soviet roadblock , but are saved by an attacking U.S. Army UH-1 helicopter gunship . After several weeks in the forest , they sneak back into town ; and learn that their father is being held in a re - education camp . They visit the site and speak to him through the fence ; Mr. orders his sons to avenge his inevitable death . 
 The kids visit the Masons and learn that they are behind enemy lines in " Occupied America . " 's father is revealed to have been executed because of the missing inventory from his store . The Masons charge and with taking care of their two granddaughters , and . After killing Soviet soldiers in the woods , the youths begin an armed resistance against the occupation forces , calling themselves " Wolverines , " after their high school mascot . The occupation forces initially try reprisal tactics , executing groups of civilians following every Wolverine attack . During one of these mass executions , the fathers of , and are killed . 's father , Mayor , is a collaborator and tries to appease the occupation authorities . Despite the reprisal tactics the occupation forces get nowhere . 
 The Wolverines find a downed pilot , Lt . Col . , who informs them of the current state of the war : several American cities , including Washington , D.C. , were destroyed by nuclear strikes ; the Strategic Air Command was crippled by Cuban saboteurs ; and paratroopers were dropped from fake commercial airliners to seize key positions in preparation for subsequent assaults via Mexico and Alaska . The middle third of the U.S. has been taken over , but American counterattacks have halted Soviet advances along the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River and the lines have stabilized . The only remaining U.S. allies , the UK and China , are militarily crippled . Concerned about nuclear fallout , both sides refrain from the further use of nuclear weapons . 
 assists the Wolverines in organizing raids against the Soviets . Soon after , in a visit to the front line , and are killed in the crossfire of a tank battle . is caught by the Soviets after being turned in by his collaborating father . Using threats of torture , KGB officers force to swallow a tracking device , then release him to rejoin the guerrillas . Spetsnaz are sent into the mountains carrying portable radio triangulation equipment , but are ambushed by the Wolverines . The group trace the source of the signal to , who confesses and pleads for mercy , but is executed by after executes a captured Soviet soldier . 
 The remaining Wolverines are ambushed by Mi-24 helicopter gunships , and and are killed . and attack the Soviet headquarters in Calumet to distract the troops while and escape . The plan works , but and are wounded . Though Colonel comes across the brothers , he is unable to bring himself to kill them and lets them go . Nevertheless , it is implied the brothers die in the park where they spent time as kids . 
 narrates that the U.S. repelled the Soviet invasion some time later . A plaque is seen with Partisan Rock in the background , with each dead ( presumed ) 's name inscribed upon it . The rock is fenced off and an American flag flies nearby . The plaque reads :

Patrick Swayze, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Grey, Harry Dean Stanton, Powers Boothe, Ben Johnson

In the Mojave Desert , a policeman pulls over a 1964 Chevrolet Malibu driven by Dr. . The policeman opens the trunk , sees a blinding flash of white light , and is instantly vaporized , leaving only his boots behind . 
 , a young punk rocker in L.A. , is fired from his job as a supermarket stock clerk . His girlfriend leaves him for his best friend . Depressed and broke , is wandering the streets when a man named drives up and offers him $ 25 to drive a car out of the neighborhood . 
 follows in the car to the Helping Hand Acceptance Corporation , where he learns that the car he drove was being repossessed . He refuses to join as a " repo man , " and goes to his parents ' house . He learns that his burned - out ex - hippie parents have donated the money they promised him for finishing school to a crooked televangelist . He decides to take the repo job . 
 After repossessing a flashy red Cadillac , sees a girl named running down the street . He gives her a ride to her workplace , the United Fruitcake Outlet . On the way , shows pictures of aliens that she says are in the trunk of a Chevy Malibu . She claims that they are dangerous because of the radiation that they emit . Meanwhile , Helping Hand is offered a $ 20,000 bounty notice for the Malibu . Most assume that the car is drug - related , because the bounty is so far above the actual value of the car . 
 arrives in L.A. , but he is unable to meet his waiting UFO compatriots because of a team of government agents led by a woman with a metal hand . When pulls into a gas station , Helping Hand 's competitors , the brothers , take the car . They stop for sodas because the car 's trunk is so hot . While they are out of the car , a trio of 's punk friends , who are on a crime spree , steal the Malibu . 
 After they visit a night club , appears and tricks the punks into opening the trunk , killing one of them and scaring the other two away . Later , he picks up and drives aimlessly , before collapsing and dying from radiation exposure . takes the car back to Helping Hand and leaves it in the lot . The car is stolen from the lot , and a chase ensues . By this time , the car is glowing bright green . 
 Eventually , the car reappears at the Helping Hand lot with behind the wheel , but he ends up being shot . The various groups trying to acquire the car soon show up ; government agents , the UFO scientists , and the televangelist . Anyone who approaches it bursts into flames , even those in flame - retardant suits . Only , an eccentric mechanic at Helping Hand , is able to enter the car . He slides behind the wheel and beckons into the Malibu . After he settles into the passenger seat , the Malibu lifts straight up into the air and flies away .

Best friends and nerds and enroll in Adams College to study computer science . The Alpha Betas , a fraternity that includes most of the Adams ' football team , carelessly burn down their house , and urged by Coach , take over the freshmen dorms . designates temporarily living space in the gymnasium , and allows the freshmen to rush the fraternities . , , and several other nerds fail to join fraternities , but are able to secure a dilapidated house on campus and repair to shape . 
 The Alpha Betas , led by star quarterback , are irked by the nerds ' success , and sets his fellow members to pull pranks against the nerds . The nerds try to get campus police to help , but they are bounded by the Greek Council that adjudicates all such pranks , of which is currently president . The nerds decide to seek membership on the Greek Council by joining a national fraternity . The only one that considers them is the black fraternity Lambda Lambda Lambda ( Tri - Lambs ) , led by . is wary of their application but agrees to a probationary period . The nerds set up a large party with the Omega Mu sorority , similarly made up of nerds including 's girlfriend , and invite to attend . The party is dull until Booger provides them with high quality marijuana . Suddenly , the Alpha Betas and the Pi Delta Pis , the sorority which 's girlfriend belongs to , disrupt the party with a sounder of swine . The nerds get back at both groups by pulling similar pranks . is impressed with the nerds ' tenacity against the hazing , and grants them full membership . 
 The nerds go to appeal to the Council , but remains indifferent . The nerds realize the only way to get the Council to help is to put one of their own as president , which they can do by winning the Greek Games during homecoming . Working along with the Omega Mus , the Tri - Lambs are able to use their wits to hold close to the Alpha Betas / Pi Delta Pis during the athletic events . At the charity event , the nerds readily outsell the Alpha Betas by offering pies with naked pictures of and other Pi Delta Pis on the bottom . During this , , who has fallen in love with , steals 's costume and tricks her into having sex with him . is surprised when reveals his identity , but later admits to that she is " in love with a nerd " . Finally , the nerds readily win the musical competition with a techno - computer - driven musical production , winning the overall games . immediately nominates as the new Council president . 
 Coach lambasts the Alpha Betas for losing to the nerds , and leads them in destroying the Tri - Lamb house . The nerds become despondent , and decides to barge into the middle of the homecoming pep rally to address his complaints . The Alpha Betas try to stop him , but then and the other national Tri - Lambs arrive to intimidate the players , giving the opportunity to give a rousing speech about being discriminated as nerds and standing up to that . and the other Tri - , several alumni , and even join in as they cheer on , soundly shaming the Alpha Betas . instructs Coach that the Tri - Lambs will be living in the Alpha Beta house , while the Alpha Betas can live in the gym until they can repair the Tri - Lamb house .

Anthony Edwards, Robert Carradine, Timothy Busfield, Curtis Armstrong

is a successful but lonely romance novelist in New York City whose editor believes she is waiting to meet a romantic hero like the ones she writes about . gets a call from her sister , who has been kidnapped by antiquities smugglers , cousins and . As leaves her apartment to meet her editor , , she is handed a letter containing a map , sent to her by her late brother - in - law , . Returning to her apartment , she finds it ransacked and the apartment supervisor dead . then receives a frantic phone call from ( held at knife - point by ) , who instructs to go to Colombia with the map she received ; it is 's ransom . 
 Flying to Colombia , is detoured from the rendezvous point by Colonel , the man who killed 's husband , . He tricks her into boarding the wrong bus , heading deep into the interior of the country instead of to the coastal city of Cartagena , where is being held . When distracts the bus driver by asking where they are going , the bus crashes into a Jeep , wrecking both vehicles . As the rest of the passengers walk away , is menaced by but is saved by the Jeep 's owner , American exotic bird smuggler . For getting her out of the jungle and to a telephone , promises to pay $ 375 in traveler 's cheques . 
 and travel the jungle while eluding the military police and , who wants the treasure map . After spending a night hiding in a marijuana smuggler 's crashed C-47 aircraft , they encounter a drug lord named , who is a big fan of 's novels and helps them escape from . 
 After a night of dancing and passion in a nearby town , suggests to that they find the treasure themselves before handing over the map . They follow the clues and locate an enormous emerald called El Corazón ( " The Heart " ) . Unbeknownst to and , they used 's car for the last leg of their journey while was sleeping in the back . takes the emerald from them at gunpoint . When appears , steals the jewel back , but and are chased into a river and go over a waterfall . They end up on opposite sides of the raging river ; has the map , but has the emerald . directs to Cartagena , promising that he will meet her there . 
 In Cartagena , meets with and , who are still holding , but the exchange is interrupted by and his men , who have also captured . surrenders the emerald to , but a crocodile bites off 's hand and swallows it along with the emerald . As a gun battle takes place between 's soldiers and 's gang , and dash for safety , pursued by . tries to stop the crocodile from escaping but lets it go when he sees that is in danger . charges at , who eventually dodges his wild knife slashes , knocking into the crocodile pit . and his men escape , but is left behind as the authorities arrive . After a kiss , dives into the water after the crocodile , leaving behind with her sister . 
 Some time later , is back in New York City , delivering a new manuscript based on her adventure to , who is moved to tears by the story and tells she has another best - seller on her hands . Returning home , she finds waiting for her in a sailboat named the Angelina , after the heroine of 's novels , and wearing boots made from the crocodile 's skin . He explains the crocodile died from ingesting the emerald and he had sold it , using the money to buy the boat of his dreams . They go off together , planning to sail around the world .

In the near future , robots are commonplace — a part of everyday life like any other electrical appliance — and are just as prone to malfunctions . When a robot malfunctions , it could pose a threat to people or property . Such robots are known as " runaways . " Since they are more dangerous than the average machine , they are handled by a division of the police trained in robotics . The " runaway " squad , however , is treated as an easy and unexciting assignment and often ridiculed . 
 Sgt . ( ) is a veteran police officer who joined the runaway squad after discovering his previously unknown fear of heights , which resulted in a family 's death at the hands of a man he let escape . After years on the job , has found himself one of the division 's few real experts . His new partner ( ) is enthusiastic about the job , but he assures her there is little excitement involved , saying that mostly it involves flipping a switch . This changes when they find themselves handling a new threat — the first robotic homicide . Investigating a household robot that murdered a family with a kitchen knife and handgun , discovers strange integrated circuits , which not only override a robot 's safety features but also direct it to attack humans . These circuits are not hacked chips , but created from a series of master templates , enabling them to be mass - produced . 
 Despite being unable to learn anything from uncooperative informants who end up dead , refuses to give up and soon discovers the perpetrator is sociopathic genius Dr. ( ) . , while working for a defense contractor , developed a program that allows a robot to thermographically identify a human from amidst cover and to even differentiate between humans . Seeing the profit potential , he killed his fellow researchers and tried to sell the technology on the black market . A failed attempt to arrest - complicated by having to remove an explosive shell from 's arm - results in the recovery of another of 's weapons , a smart bullet : a miniature heat seeking missile capable of locking onto a human target 's unique heat signature , pursuing them wherever they run , even around corners . 
 While investigating another of 's partners , and find ( ) , who was once 's lover . She double - crossed him and stole the circuit templates , intending to sell them herself . She is scared because she believes will stop at nothing to kill her . When they create a ruse to transfer to safety , attacks the police convoy with robotic smart bombs . They discover that the bombs are zeroing in on a bug in 's purse ; they throw the bag out the window before the bomb reaches the car . decides to make a public appearance with at a restaurant to draw out , but instead captures and wants to exchange her for and the templates . Before making the exchange , gives some of the templates to , for insurance that wo n't kill her . But kills her anyway , after discovering the missing templates . He then fires his smart bullets into the crowded restaurant and flees . 
 To retrieve the missing templates , plans to attack . He uses the police computers to discover everything about 's personal life , including his son . Once discovers his information has been hacked , he races home to find his household robot damaged and his son missing . calls to confirm he kidnapped and wants to exchange him for the missing templates . agrees to meet at an unfinished skyscraper . gets the templates while in exchange sends his son down in an elevator whereupon informs him that a legion of " assassin " robots — small , spider - like robots which kill by injecting their victims with acid — are waiting to kill the first person exiting the elevator . arrives and helps stay out of reach of the robots . Furious , begins firing smart bullets , but turns on the robotic construction equipment , creating multiple heat sources which cause the bullets to miss . uses this distraction to escape and jump on to an elevator to go down . However , the elevator malfunctions , skyrocketing up to the very top with onboard and stops . is forced to overcome his fear of heights by reaching a reset button underneath the elevator to restart it , while encountering 3 robot spiders . is able to defeat the spiders and restart the elevator downward . The elevator makes a stop on the floor is on , with approaching in the elevator and exchanging words with him , causing to start the elevator back down again and engage a struggle with during the descent . Ramsay manages to gain the upper hand by pressing the elevator 's stop button , catapulting over the side , and the inventor lands on his back , in the midst of his robot spiders . Programmed to kill whoever came down from above , the robots rush , injecting him in multiple places . 
 helps his son down and then cautiously approaches the motionless villain . Screaming , reaches up to grab , but falls back , dead , while the spiders self - destruct around him .

While investigating rumors of a mystical " healing earth " whose powers are said to flow forth from the sacred Gudjara Mountain , geologists and ( and ) are killed in a cave - in , leaving their young daughter an orphan . 
 is adopted by , a woman of the native Zambouli tribe ( Princess Elizabeth of Toro ) , and because of a prophecy about the cave - in ( " when the sacred mountain cries out " ) she is viewed as a child of the gods and renamed , Queen of the Jungle . 
 As she grows up , ( ) learns much from about the lore of the jungle and the ways of all its creatures . She is even entrusted with the secret of telepathic communication with the animals . Outsiders rarely disturb their territory , since that part of Tigora is under the special protection of King ( ) . 
 But trouble is brewing in Tigora ; the King 's ex - football champion younger brother Prince ( ) is conspiring with his brother 's fiancée , Countess ( ) , to have assassinated so that they can exploit the titanium - rich Zambouli land . ( This may or may not have something to do with the healing properties of the soil , but this is never explained ) . 
 Experiencing a vision foretelling the death of the King , the Shaman hastens to Tigora 's capital of Azan to try to warn him , but is arrested by corrupt police officers working for . 
 's old " friend " , reporter ( ) , and his cameraman ( ) are in Tigora to do a story on the former football player . When King is killed and the is framed for it , and realize they are on to a much bigger story than they had anticipated . 
 Heading to a remote prison compound to interview the , they bear witness to her rescue by and her animal friends : " Chango " , an elephant ; " Marika " , a zebra ; and " " , a chimpanzee . As they escape back into the jungle after destroying the prison , and follow . Soon after however , dies of injuries . 
 obtains the services of Colonel ( ) and his small army of soldier mercenaries , the Black Berets . Their mission is to eradicate the Zambouli people so their territory will be open for strip - mining . must join forces with to stop the evil and his army , and along the way , and fall in love . 
 The climax of the film takes place on the African serengetti , where leads her people against the mercenaries and . successfully shoots in the heart with her arrow and fulfills the prophecy , but she is also positioned to be hit by 's vehicle . saves her life by crashing into 's vehicle , resulting in severe burn wounds . is healed with the earth , and wants to stay with , but realizes if he tells his story to the outside world , then other corporations will destroy 's home . and his cameraman leave on an airplane back to New York . Before leaving , records a farewell message on his tape recorder , wishing him a safe journey . And at the end , takes a ride on to celebrate her victory .

In 1971 , 5 - year - old and his family go to visit a nursing home where his catatonic grandfather stays ; when remains alone with him for a few minutes , his grandfather suddenly awakens and tells how he has to be afraid of , as he give presents only to the children who 've been good all year , but punishes the ones who 've been naughty , no matter how briefly . While driving back , a criminal dressed in a outfit , who robbed a liquor store and killed the store clerk , seemingly has car trouble and gets 's family 's attention to pull over and help . As they pull over , the - clad criminal shoots the father with a pistol and slits the mother 's throat with a switchblade in front of and his younger brother . then runs off to hide leaving in the car . 
 Three years later in 1974 , and are celebrating Christmas in an orphanage run by Mother Superior , a strict disciplinarian who persistently strikes children who misbehave and considers punishment for their wicked actions a good thing . Sister , the only one who sympathizes with the children , tries to help play with the other children , but is constantly subject to Mother 's scrutinizing eyes and regularly punished . On Christmas morning , the orphanage invites a man in a suit to visit the children ; gets dragged by Mother Superior and he punches the man before fleeing to his room in horror . 
 Ten years later , in Spring of 1984 , a now adult Billy leaves the orphanage to find a normal life , and obtains a job as a stock boy at a local toy store thanks to Sister . At the store , he develops a crush on his coworker ; he has sexual thoughts regarding her which are often interrupted by morbid visions of his parent 's murders . On Christmas Eve , the employee who plays the store 's has been injured the night before and as a result 's boss Mr. makes him take his place . After the store closes , the staff has a Christmas Eve party . ( still dressed in a suit ) tries to have a good time at the party , but he keeps having memories of his parents murder causing him to feel depressed . At one point , he sees his co - worker making out with and they both walk into the back room . walks after them and sees trying to rape . This finally psychologically triggers his insanity ; he hangs with a string of Christmas lights and stabs with a utility knife , uttering darkly that punishment is good . A highly intoxicated Mr. goes into back room to check on the noises he heard . Just when he 's about to leave , murders him with a hammer . turns off the store 's lights , causing his manager Mrs. to go check out the back room . She screams at the sight of Mr. ' corpse and tries to call the police but takes a double - bit axe to cut the phone line , causing her to run and hide . walks around the store trying to find her and at one point Mrs. jumps out and trips , stealing his axe . Before she can do this , shoots her with a bow and arrow , killing her . 
 As Sister discovers the carnage and returns to the orphanage to seek help via telephone , breaks into a nearby house where a young couple named and are having sex and a little girl named is sleeping ; then impales on a set of deer antlers before he throws through a window . When this awakens , then confronts her and asks her if she has been nice or naughty ; she says nice and gives her the utility knife he had used earlier . After this , he witnesses bullies picking on two sledding teenage boys and decapitates one of the bullies with his axe as the other screams in horror . 
 The next morning , the orphanage is secured with Officer and Captain aided by Sister , who knows that has committed the murders . The deaf pastor , Father , who was dressed in a outfit , is mistakenly shot by upon coming forward and is soon axed by while distracted . Due to his outfit , gains access into the orphanage and confronts Mother , who remains in a wheelchair . She taunts due to her disbelief in and just as he prepares to kill her with his axe , appears and shoots him in the back much to Sister 's disapproval . As the dying lays on the ground , he utters to the nearby children " You 're safe now , is gone . " before succumbing to his wounds . As the children gather around , his younger brother witnesses this and coldly staring at Mother Superior , he utters " naughty " .

High school sophomore struggles to go through the day on her 16th birthday , which her entire family has forgotten about because her older sister , , is getting married the next day . She is also plagued by infatuation with a popular and attractive senior , . At school , she fares no better when she finds out that a completed " sex quiz " , which she tried to surreptitiously slip to her friend , never reached her friend and , unbeknownst to either of them , was picked up by . Despite her name not being on the quiz , is still a bit panicked because the quiz contains sensitive information , such as how she is a virgin and is saving herself for . 
 During gym class , opens up to his friend , admitting that he feels like things with his girlfriend have become stagnant . He also tells him how he thinks it is cool that he keeps catching looking at him from time to time . 
 Meanwhile , an outgoing geeky freshman named is in love with . On the school bus ride home , he tries to hit on her , only to have her spurn him with some trash - talk before she gets off . 
 At home , has a whole new set of problems when she discovers that all four of her grandparents are staying at the home during the wedding . One set of grandparents has brought along a bizarre Chinese foreign exchange student , . The grandparents force to take him along to her school 's senior dance that night and , to 's amazement , it takes " The Donger " only five minutes to find an unlikely girlfriend — the tall , large - breasted jock , . 
 As the freshmen hang out at the gym , 's two best friends , and , watch as crashes and burns after he once again hits on and fails , with an upset running off . Undeterred by this latest rejection , accepts a bet from his friends that he can score with . For proof , they need to bring them her panties . While and are slow dancing , he sees 's interaction with , so asks him what he knows about her . Shocked that a senior is talking to him , opens up a bit and boldly states that hopes to take home with him after the dance . 
 Looking for some solace , finds her way to the school 's auto shop . finds her and sees that she is still upset . She opens up to , telling him how disappointed she was with her family forgetting her birthday . also confesses her love for . Upon hearing this , tells her that had been asking about her at the dance , and they agree that should just go and talk to him . As she is leaving , reveals the wager he made with his friends , so agrees to let him borrow her panties . 
 After , , and have an impromptu peep show in the boys bathroom to show off the panties , they head over to 's house for the dance 's after - party . Almost immediately , the trio find themselves in an awkward situation , knocking over a huge beer can pyramid . With 's parents away for the weekend , his home becomes trashed by the dozens of students that crashed the party . Disgusted , he heads to his bedroom alone and tracks down 's phone number after finding her picture in the school yearbook . He tries to call her , only to get tongue - tied when her grandparents answer instead . 
 At night 's end , finds trapped under a table and they begin to talk . inquires further about , and explains the situation . makes a deal with : If gets to return the panties to , then gets to drive a very drunk home in 's father 's Rolls Royce . 
 The next morning , goes to 's house , only to have a hungover miscommunicate that was at church getting married . then finds and making out in the back of his dad 's banged - up Rolls . With this turn of events , and mutually agree that it is time for them to break up and remain friends . then drives to the church just in time to meet an incredulous after her sister 's wedding . 
 The film concludes with and sharing a kiss over a birthday cake with 16 candles . tells her to make a wish , but says that her wish has already come true .

In 1964 , 8 - year - old ( ) is vacationing with his family near Cape Cod . While taking a sight - seeing tour on a small boat , he sees something below the ocean surface that fascinates him . jumps into the water , even though he can not swim . He grasps the hands of a girl ( ) who is inexplicably under the water with him and an instant connection forms between the two . can now breathe under water as he is holding her hands . However , is pulled to the surface by the deck hands and the two are separated , though apparently no one else sees the girl . comes to believe the encounter was a near - death hallucination , but his bond with the mysterious girl proves so strong that his subsequent relationships with women fail as he subconsciously seeks the connection he felt with her . 
 20 years later , ( ) is now co - owner of a wholesale fruit and vegetable business in New York City with his womanizing brother ( ) . Depressed after his latest breakup , returns to Cape Cod , where he encounters eccentric scientist Dr. ( ) . After is left alone when his motorboat breaks down , he falls into the sea , and is knocked out when the boat hits his head . He wakes up with a headache on a beach , where he encounters a beautiful naked woman with long blonde hair and the inability to talk ( ) . After kissing him , she dives into the sea , where she transforms into a mermaid , and leaves alone on the beach . , while diving in order to seek proof of strange sea creatures , also encounters the mermaid in her sea form , causing him to become obsessed with finding her again . 
 The mermaid finds 's wallet in the water and goes to a sunken boat where she finds a map . Using 's wallet to find where he is from , she then decides to find him in New York . She comes ashore naked at the Statue of Liberty , where she is arrested for indecent exposure . Using information from 's wallet , the police contact , and the mysterious girl gets released into his care . She learns how to speak English from watching television , and is eager to see a big city for the first time in her life . Unable to say her real name in human language , she selects from a Madison Avenue sign . She tells that she will be in New York for " six fun - filled days when the moon is full " , but if she stays longer , she can never go home again ( the reason for this is unexplained ) . Despite 's occasional unusual behavior , she and fall in love . proposes to , but she declines and runs away . After pondering her reason for coming to the city in the first place , returns to and agrees to marry him , with the added promise of telling him the truth about herself at an upcoming dignitary dinner to welcome the President of the United States . 
 Meanwhile , , realizing that the naked woman at Liberty Island was the mermaid he had encountered , pursues the couple trying to expose her as a mermaid by splashing her with water . Many attempts are unsuccessful , and ends up with multiple injuries including a badly broken arm and whiplash . finally lies in wait with water tanks at the dignitary dinner , splashing with an attached hose and successfully proving the existence of mermaids . is seized by government agents and taken to a secret lab , headed by 's rival Dr. ( ) , for examination . regrets his actions after he learns that is due to be dissected , as he just wanted to prove that he was n't crazy . 
 is shocked by 's secret , but when he voices his disillusionment to his brother , lashes out at him , telling his brother how unbelievably happy he was with her . Realizing he still loves , tries to make contact with government officials to let him see , but to no avail . He then confronts a guilt - ridden , who agrees to help him rescue her . 
 Impersonating Swedish scientists , and enter the lab with and smuggle outside . decides to be arrested in 's place , while unsuccessfully tries to stop United States troops from catching the couple . Despite being under hot pursuit by troops , and make it back to the docks at the New York harbor . tells that he can survive under water as long as he is with her , causing to realize she was the young mermaid he had met so long ago . Although warns him that if he comes to live in the sea he ca n't return , he jumps into the water after her . They elude their pursuers and discards his jacket , signifying him forsaking his miserable life on dry land . The credits roll as they swim along the ocean floor , while shows how beautiful life in the ocean is . The last shot of the film is the loving couple as they swim toward what appears to be an underwater kingdom . It is assumed never returned to dry land and that and lived happily ever after .

The Federation Starship Enterprise returns to Earth following a battle with the superhuman Khan , who tried to destroy the Enterprise by detonating an experimental terraforming device known as Genesis . The casualties of the fight include Admiral 's Vulcan friend , , whose casket was launched into space and eventually landed on the planet created by the Genesis Device . On arriving at Earth Spacedock , Doctor begins to act strangely and is detained . Commander - Starfleet , Admiral visits the Enterprise and informs the crew the ship is to be decommissioned ; the crew is instructed not to speak about Genesis due to political fallout over the device . 
 ( 's son , a key scientist in Genesis 's development — and Lieutenant ( ) are investigating the Genesis planet on board the science vessel Grissom . Discovering an unexpected life form on the surface , and transport to the planet . They find that the Genesis Device has resurrected in the form of a child , although his mind is not present . admits that he used unstable " protomatter " in the development of the Genesis Device , causing to age rapidly and meaning the planet will be destroyed within hours . Meanwhile , ( ) , the commander of a Klingon vessel , intercepts information about Genesis . Believing the device to be potentially useful as a weapon , he takes his cloaked ship to the Genesis planet , destroys the Grissom , and searches the planet for the survivors . 
 's father , ( ) , confronts about his son 's death . The pair learn that before he died , transferred his katra , or living spirit , to . 's katra and body are needed to lay him to rest on his homeworld , Vulcan , and without help , will die from carrying the katra . Disobeying orders , and his officers spring from detention , disable the USS Excelsior , and steal the Enterprise from Spacedock to return to the Genesis planet to retrieve 's body . 
 On Genesis , the Klingons capture , and and before can interrogate them their ship signals that the Enterprise has arrived and immediately beams back to the Bird of Prey . 
 In orbit , the undermanned Enterprise initially gains the upper hand in battle , but the Klingons return fire and disable the ship . In the standoff that follows , orders that one of the hostages on the surface be executed . is killed defending and . and company feign surrender and activate the Enterprise 's self - destruct sequence , killing the Klingon boarding party while the Enterprise crew transports to the planet 's surface . Promising the secret of Genesis , lures to the planet and has him beam his crew to the Klingon vessel . As the Genesis planet disintegrates , and engage in a fistfight ; emerges victorious after kicking off a cliff into a lava flow . and his officers take control of the Klingon ship and head to Vulcan . 
 There , 's katra is reunited with his body in a dangerous procedure called fal - tor - pan . The ceremony is successful and is resurrected , alive and well , though his memories are fragmented . At 's prompting , remembers he called " " and recognizes the crew . His friends joyfully gather around him.[4 ]

Launched in 1977 , the Voyager 2 space probe carried a gold phonographic disk with a message of peace , inviting alien civilizations to visit Earth . The probe is intercepted by an alien ship which then sends a small scout vessel to establish first contact with Earth . However , instead of greeting the alien craft , the US government shoots it down . Crashing in Chequamegon Bay , Wisconsin , the lone alien occupant , looking like a floating ball of glowing energy , finds the home of recently widowed ( ) . While there , the alien uses a lock of hair from her deceased husband , , to clone a new body for himself as a terrified watches . The alien " Starman " ( ) has seven small silver spheres with him which provide energy to perform miraculous feats . He uses the first to send a message to his people stating that Earth is hostile and his spacecraft has been destroyed . He arranges to rendezvous with them in three days ' time . He then uses the second sphere to create a holographic map of the United States , coercing into taking him to the rendezvous point in Arizona . 
 is initially both hostile and frightened of him and attempts to escape . Having a rough understanding of English language from the Voyager 2 disk , the Starman learns to communicate with and assures her that he means no harm . He explains that if he does not reach the rendezvous point , Arizona 's Barringer Crater , in three days , he will die . Sympathetic but still wary , Jenny teaches him how to drive a car and use credit cards so he can continue the journey alone , but when she witnesses him miraculously resurrect a dead deer , she is deeply moved and decides to stay with him . However , they are pursued across the country by the authorities and , after nearly being caught , is shot and critically wounded by a police officer . In order to escape , the crashes their car into a gas tanker and uses another sphere to protect the two of them from the explosion . They take refuge in a mobile home that is being towed . He uses another silver sphere to heal . After being assured that will recover , the proceeds to hitchhike towards Arizona without her , but manages to catch up to him while he and his driver are stopped at a roadblock . Reunited , the two of them hitchhike together , resuming their journey towards the crater . 
 Later , while stowing away on a boxcar train , the couple makes love . The tells " I gave you a baby tonight . " explains that she is infertile and can not have children , but he assures her she is now pregnant . He explains that the baby will be the son of her dead husband , because he ( ) is a clone of , but as a child of as well , their son will possess all of the 's knowledge and will grow up to be a teacher . offers to stop the pregnancy if she wishes , but the joyful embraces him , accepting the gift . 
 The couple mistakenly travel too far on the train and arrive in Las Vegas . realizes she has lost her wallet . The uses one of their last quarters in a slot machine , which he manipulates in order to win the $ 500,000 jackpot . They then buy a new car to complete their journey to Arizona . 
 Meanwhile , National Security Agency director learns that the Starman 's flight trajectory , prior to being shot down , was to the Barringer Crater . arranges to have the Starman captured by the Army , dead or alive . SETI scientist , another government official involved in the case , criticizes 's heavy - handed approach and reminds him that the Starman was invited to Earth . Appalled to learn that is planning to vivisect the alien , then resolves to help the escape rather than allow to capture him . 
 and the now dying Starman reach the crater as Army helicopters pursue them . Just as they are surrounded , a large , spherical spaceship appears and descends into the crater . Light surrounds the couple , and the Starman is instantly restored to health . As he prepares to leave , he tells he will never see her again . begs him to take her with him , but he says she would die on his world . He then gives her his last silver sphere , telling her that their son will know what to do with it . watches as the ship departs .

The film is a three - act story about ( ) , who lives in New York City , and his interactions with the two other main characters , ( ) and ( ) . 
 In the first act , 's cousin comes from Hungary to stay with him for ten days because Aunt , whom she will be staying with , will be in the hospital . at first makes it clear that he does not want her there . He even orders Eva to speak English for the ten - day period , not Hungarian . However , soon begins to enjoy her company . This becomes especially true when steals food items from a grocery store and gets a TV dinner for , " You 're alright . " He ends up buying her a dress , which she later discards . After ten days , leaves , and is clearly upset to see her go . , who had met previously , sees her right before she goes . 
 The second act starts a year later and opens with a long take showing and winning a large amount of money by cheating at a game of poker . decides , because of all the money they now have , to go to Cleveland to see . However , when they get there they are just as bored as they were in New York . They end up tagging along with and a friend , , to the movies . They play cards with and 's aunt . They eventually decide to go back to New York . 
 The final act begins with and , on their way back to New York , deciding instead to go to Florida . They turn around and " rescue " . The three of them get to Florida and get a room at a motel . The two men leave in the Motel - room and end up losing all of their money on dog races . wanders outside in the windy bleak rainy afternoon to the beach -- which appears not much more appealing than the windy bleak snowy Lake Erie scene from which they fled , in Cleveland . When they come back is annoyed . At this point , and decide to go back and bet on horse races . refuses to let come along , so she goes out on the beach for a walk . Given her flamboyant wide - brimmed straw hat , she is mistaken by a drug carrier to be a dealer waiting to be paid , and is given a large sum of money . She goes back to the motel , leaves some of the money for and , and writes them a note explaining that she is going to the airport . and , having won all of their money back at the horse races , return to the motel , and find is gone . reads her note and they go to the airport to stop her from leaving . We see conversing with the airline employee about various options for flying to Europe , ending with a mention that there is a plane leaving in 44 minutes for her home city of Budapest . She appears indecisive . When and get to the airport , conceives a plan : buy a ticket to Budapest , get on the plane , and convince to stay in the United States . The second to last shot shows outside watching the plane flying overhead , lamenting that was apparently not able to get off the plane and that now both and are headed to Budapest . The final shot , however , shows back at the motel , returning to an empty room , toying with the striped straw hat .

A hitchhiking teenage runaway , ( ) , is picked up on Interstate 605 in the Greater Los Angeles Area by a woman with a toddler . When the car gets a flat tire , they find a telephone booth on the edge of an abandoned tract housing district . While the mother is on the phone , the toddler is attacked and killed by a stray dog . 
 Another teenage runaway , ( ) , leaves his suburban home and alcoholic mother , ending up at a punk rock concert by ( ) slips drugs into his drink , and the concert ends abruptly when a female attendee has her clothes torn off by the punks in the audience . ( ) offers a place to stay at " T.R. House " , a punk house in the abandoned tract housing district off Interstate 605 . Along the way they pick up ( ) , who also intends to move into the house . changes his mind when he learns each resident must be branded with the letters T.R. , for " The Rejected " , but winds up coming back and accepting the brand after discovering his father is homosexual . He begins to form a romantic relationship with , who has also moved into the house . 
 The next morning , several men from " Citizens Against Crime " , including ( ) and ( ) , drive through the neighborhood shooting at the packs of wild dogs that roam the area . T.R. kids ( ) and ( ) confront them , but the situation is defused by 's African - American stepfather , police officer ( ) . , , and steal food for the house by raiding the garages of a nearby suburban neighborhood , and make further enemies of and by disrupting their garage sale . When sees on the news that his mother has been arrested for drunk driving , he collects his younger brother ( ) and brings him to live at T.R. House , where gives him a mohawk . admits to that she was physically and sexually abused by her father . 
 During a T.S.O.L. concert , the T.R. gang get into a fight defending . The men they were fighting with enter the concert and stab a security guard , framing the T.R. kids for the crime by using the knife to hang a flier with " T.R. " written in blood . and next witness the T.R. crew vandalizing a convenience store . At a meeting of the Citizens Against Crime , they accuse and the rest of the police of not doing enough to curb the teenagers ' criminal behavior , declaring their willingness to take the law into their own hands . goes to T.R. House and implores the teens to stay out of trouble . That night , and invade the house and threaten the teens , assaulting in the process . The next morning , the kids find that has killed herself by overdosing on 's drugs . Not knowing what to do , they bring her body back to her parents . When the T.R. kids come to the funeral , 's father ( ) insists that they leave . reveals his knowledge of 's abuse , and a fight breaks out , hospitalizing 's father . 
 At a Vandals concert that night , shows up and warns the T.R. kids to clear out of T.R. house immediately , before their actions bring the Citizens Against Crime down on their heads , but they decide to stay . Learning of the violence at the funeral , and show up at the house and are attacked by the teens , who drive them off . They bring their car back around for another pass , accidentally running over and killing . arrives , but is too late to prevent the tragedy .

lives in an isolated Kryptonian community named Argo City , in a pocket of trans - dimensional space . A man named allows to see a unique and immensely powerful item known as the Omegahedron , which he has borrowed without the knowledge of the city government , and which powers the city . However , after a mishap , the Omegahedron is blown out into space . After overhearing the wariness of her parents , follows it to Earth ( undergoing a transformation into " Supergirl " in the process ) in an effort to recover it and save the city . 
 On Earth , the Omegahedron is recovered by , a power - hungry would - be witch assisted by the feckless , seeking to free herself from her relationship with warlock . Whilst not knowing exactly what it is , quickly realizes that the Omegahedron is powerful and can enable her to perform real magical spells . arrives on Earth and discovers her new powers . Following the path of the Omegahedron , she takes the name , identifies herself as the cousin of , and enrolls at an all - girls school where she befriends , the younger sister of who happens to be studying there . also meets and becomes enamoured with , who works as a groundskeeper at the school . 
 also catches the eye of , who drugs him with a love potion ( which will make him fall in love with the first person he sees for a day ) ; however , regains consciousness in 's absence and wanders out into the streets . An angry uses her new - found powers to animate a construction vehicle which she sends to bring back , causing chaos in the streets as it does so . rescues and he falls in love with her instead while in the guise of . 
 and repeatedly battle in various ways , until uses her powers to put in an " eternal void " known as the Phantom Zone . Here , stripped of her powers , she wanders the bleak landscape and nearly drowns in an oily bog . Yet she finds help in , who has exiled himself to the Phantom Zone as a punishment for losing the Omegahedron . sacrifices his life to allow to escape . Back on Earth , misuses the Omegahedron to make herself a " princess of Earth " , with as her lover and consort . Emerging from the Phantom Zone through a mirror , regains her powers and confronts , who uses the Omegahedron 's power to summon a gigantic shadow demon . The demon overwhelms and is on the verge of defeating her when she hears 's voice urging her to fight on . breaks free and is told by the only way to defeat is to turn the shadow demon against her . quickly complies and begins flying in circles around her , trapping her in a whirlwind . is attacked and incapacitated by the monster as the whirlwind pulls in as well . The three of them are sucked back into the mirror portal , which promptly reforms , trapping them all within forever . Free from 's spell , admits his love for and that he knows that she and are one and the same , but knows it is possible he may never see her again and understands she must save Argo City . The final scene shows returning the Omegahedron to a darkened Argo City , which promptly lights up again .

This is Spinal Tap is presented as a serious rock documentary , purportedly filmed and directed by the fictional ( , who was also the actual director of the movie ) . The faux documentary covers a 1982 United States concert tour by the fictional British rock group " Spinal Tap " to promote their new album Smell the Glove , interspersed with one - on - one interviews with the members of the group and footage of the group from previous periods in their career . 
 The band was started by childhood friends , ( ) and ( ) , during the 1960s . Originally named " The Originals " , then " The New Originals " to distinguish themselves from an existing group of the same name,[6 ] they settled on the name " The Thamesmen " , finding success with their skiffle / rhythm and blues single " Gimme Some Money " . They changed their name again to " Spinal Tap " and enjoyed limited success with the flower power anthem " Listen to the Flower People " . Ultimately , the band became successful with heavy metal and produced several albums . The group was joined eventually by bassist ( ) , keyboardist ( ) , and a series of drummers , each of whom mysteriously died in odd circumstances , including spontaneous human combustion , a " bizarre gardening accident " and choking to death on the vomit of unknown person(s ) ; their current drummer is ( ) . 
 interviews with St. and reveal that they are competent composers and musicians , but are dimwitted and immature . While showing his guitar collection to , claims that the band has an amplifier with volume knobs that go to eleven . asks , " Why do n't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder ? " After a long pause , replies , " These go to eleven . " later plays a somber quasi - classical music composition on piano for ; he claims it is a " Mach piece " ( a hybrid between and ) , and then reveals that the composition is entitled , " Lick My Love Pump " . 
 As the tour starts , concert appearances are repeatedly canceled because of low ticket sales . Tensions continue to increase when several major retailers refuse to sell Smell the Glove because of its sexist cover art and there is growing resentment shown towards the group 's manager ( ) . Tufnel becomes even more perturbed when girlfriend ( manipulative yoga and astrology devotee — joins the group on tour , begins to participate in band meetings , and attempts to influence their costumes and stage presentation . The band 's distributor , Polymer Records , opts to release Smell the Glove with an entirely black cover without consulting the band . The album fails to draw crowds to autograph sessions with the band . 
 To revive interest , Tufnel suggests staging a performance of " Stonehenge " , an epic song that is to be accompanied in concert by a lavish stage show , and asks to order a giant Stonehenge megalith for the show . However , Tufnel , rushing a sketch on a napkin , mislabels its dimensions , using a double prime symbol instead of single prime . The resulting prop , seen for the first time by the group during a show , is only 18   inches high ( instead of the intended 18 feet ) , making the group a laughingstock on stage . The group accuses Faith of mismanagement , and when St. suggests should co - manage the group , Faith quits in disgust . 
 The tour continues , rescheduled into smaller and smaller venues . Tufnel becomes marginalized by and St. . At their next gig ( at a United States Air Force base near Tacoma , Washington ) is upset by an equipment malfunction and leaves the group in the middle of a show . In their next gig , in an amphitheater at an amusement park in Stockton , California , they find that 's absence severely limits their repertoire . They are forced to improvise a fusion - esque , experimental song entitled " Jazz Odyssey " , which is poorly received . 
 At the last show of the tour , the remaining group considers retirement and venturing into forgotten side projects such as a musical theatre production on the theme of Jack the Ripper entitled Saucy Jack , and acoustic pieces with the London Philharmonic . Just before they go on stage , reappears and informs them that he is " a messenger " from and the Spinal Tap song " Sex Farm " is wildly popular in Japan ; in fact it has reached number 5 in the charts there . He then tells that would like to arrange a new tour in that country . St. Hubbins is initially cool to the idea , but later on during their show , St. convinces to join them on stage , reuniting the band . With Faith as manager once again , and despite losing their drummer as he inexplicably explodes onstage , the film ends with Spinal Tap playing a series of sold - out arena shows for enthusiastic fans on their Japanese tour .

A young woman walking home from her birthday party is stalked by a man in distinctive sneakers . After she drops one of her presents , a police officer offers to escort her to her front door . The camera reveals that the policeman is wearing the same sneakers as the stalker . 
 The next day , divorced New Orleans police detective ( ) is playing football with his daughters and . They take in a stray dog , adding to the several strays they have already taken in . As the family gets ready to go to a Saints game , is summoned to a crime scene , forcing him to break his plans with his daughters . 
 The young woman has been strangled in her bed . Her killer left no fingerprints , but he waited in her apartment until midnight to kill her , even pausing to make himself coffee . visits a brothel where the woman worked , and interviews a prostitute with whom she would perform group sex . The prostitute seduces , loosening his necktie , which he accidentally leaves behind . 
 The murderer rapes his victims , and he has been leaving behind a great deal of forensic evidence , including a residue of glass fragments and barley . ( ) runs a rape prevention program , and she advises on the case . The second victim is also a sex worker , and she is strangled in a jacuzzi . tracks down one of her co - workers and interviews her while the two prepare to have sex . He handcuffs the woman to the bed . 
 While inquires about the victims at another brothel , he has sex with a prostitute . The hidden killer watches and the prostitute . The next morning , is called to the scene of a third victim . He is shocked to realize that it is the prostitute he had been with the night before . Under the guise of working on the case , flirts with , and the two spend the rest of the day together . 
 The killer taunts by sending a doll with a note , which directs him to another brothel . Once there , a dominatrix informs that an unknown man has hired her to be whipped by . She is then supposed to send to a gay bar . At the bar , meets up with a man who has been hired by the killer to have sex with . instructs the man to pick up his pay as scheduled and follows him , hoping to catch the killer . However , is too late , and the man is killed . 
 The killer kidnaps the friend of the third victim , and he dumps her body in a public fountain . He drapes 's abandoned necktie on a nearby statue . and go out on a second date , escorting his children , while secretly observed by the killer disguised as a Mardi Gras participant . When they are in bed later , shies away from intimacy with , and then has a nightmare that he attacks her in the guise of the killer . 
 One of the victim 's clothes has some cash in it , which the police trace to the payroll of a brewery . The money has the same glass and barley residue on it that has been cropping up at all the crime scenes . When goes to the brewery to investigate , the killer watches him during his visit . That night , the killer breaks into 's home , killing the nanny and some of 's pets , and handcuffing and gagging . is nearly strangled in a struggle after he arrives and is only saved when one of his surviving dogs repeatedly bites the killer . fires two shots at the killer as he escapes . The killer is later seen watching from concealment as the police investigate the scene . 
 While going through news clippings , comes across the name of a cop , ( ) , whom he arrested for raping two girls . Further investigation reveals that had been paroled and was working at the brewery . and his team stake out 's apartment , but has gone to attack at her home ( successfully slaying the cops guarding her ) . Realizing that she is in danger , races to her home , where he disturbs 's attempt to strangle her ( despite being stabbed twice with scissors ) . chases through a cemetery and into a rail yard . During their final scuffle , they end up in the path of an oncoming train ; manages to roll out of the way in time , but is run over and killed . accepts a woman 's touch after he tells everything will be okay .

, an American rock star ( " Skeet Surfin ' " ) , travels to East Germany ( which is represented as like 's regime ) to perform at a cultural festival , which secretly serves the East German government as a diversion for an illegal military operation with the intent of reuniting Germany under their rule . At a dinner , encounters , a member of the local resistance movement , attempting to avoid the authorities . He pretends to be her date to get to know her , and performs an impromptu song and dance ( " Tutti Frutti " ) , mistakenly thinking he was asked to do so , to the delight of and the diners but to the annoyance of General , the mastermind of the " reunification " plot . 
 later sees at a ballet , where she expects to rendezvous with the resistance leader but she is met by the police instead . saves her and they try to escape , but turns himself in so that can get away . He is taken to a prison where he is questioned and tortured , but he knows nothing and does not break . In an escape attempt , he ends up in the secret prison lab of Dr. , a brilliant scientist developing the " Polaris naval mine " , a device that can destroy the entire NATO submarine fleet as part of the government 's plot . The Germans force him to work by threatening to kill his daughter . is recaptured and scheduled for execution . 
 The East Germans decide that must perform to avoid an international incident , and he does so to the rapturous joy of the local girls ( " How Silly Can You Get"/"Spend This Night with Me " ) . He is rescued by at the end of his performance , after which they spend the night in the loft of a Swedish bookstore . plays for her ( " Are You Lonesome Tonight ? " ) and they make love . The next morning , they are moved to the " Potato Farm " where they meet members of the French Resistance , led by , who was a lover of from when they were stranded on an island as youths . is upset by 's residual love for , but accepts that they must work together for the cause . After fighting off an attack by the Germans , who were tipped off by a mystery traitor , they move to a pizza restaurant , where proves he 's not the traitor by performing for the locals ( " Straighten Out the Rug " ) . 
 The resistance group stages a rescue of Dr. , where and , a resistance leader , dress up in a fake cow outfit to disable the prison 's defenses . While the other members successfully infiltrate the prison , reveals himself as the traitor . Dr. is rescued , but makes off with , and is forced to rescue her in an underwater bar room fight . With their flight about to leave , chooses to go with and her father to America .

After a long and boring day at work , , a computer word processor , meets in a local cafe in New York City . They discuss their common interest in . leaves her number and informs him that she lives with a sculptor named , who makes and sells plaster of Paris paperweights resembling cream cheese bagels . Later in the night , under the pretense of buying a paperweight , visits , taking a cab to her apartment . On his way to visit , his $ 20 bill is blown out the window of the cab , leaving him with only some spare pocket change . The cab driver is furious that he can not pay . This is the first in a long series of misadventures for that turn hostile through no fault of his own . At the apartment , meets the sculptor and , and comes across a collection of photographs and medications which imply that is severely disfigured from burns on her legs and torso . As a result of this implication , and as a result of a strained conversation with , abruptly slips out of the apartment . 
 then attempts to go home by subway , but the fare has increased at the stroke of midnight , and he finds that his pocket change is no longer sufficient to purchase a token . He goes to a bar where , a waitress , becomes enamored with him . At the bar , learns that there have been a string of burglaries in the neighborhood . The bar 's owner , , offers to give money to cover the subway fare , but he can not open the cash register . They exchange keys so that can go to 's place to fetch the cash register keys . Afterward , spots two actual burglars , ( ) and ( ) , with one of 's sculptures . After he attempts to confront them , they flee , dropping the sculpture in the process . When returns the sculpture to and 's apartment , he finds has committed suicide . and a stout man named have already left to go to Club Berlin , a nightclub . 
 attempts to return to 's bar , but it is locked with a sign indicating that will be back in half an hour . meets , the waitress , in the street , who invites him up to her apartment to wait for to reopen the bar . goes back to 's bar , finding grieving over , who was his girlfriend . returns to 's apartment where she begins to sketch his portrait while they talk . Ultimately , rejects 's advances and leaves . He goes to Club Berlin to find and , where a group of punks attempt to shave his head into a mohawk . meets who mistakes him for the burglar , and she and a mob of local residents relentlessly pursue him . then witnesses a murder . 
 He meets a man who he asks for help , and the man assumes that he ’s looking for a gay hookup . finds again , but the mob ( with the assistance of , , and 's Mister Softee truck ) chases . discovers that as payback for rejecting her , used his image in a wanted poster which names him as the burglar . He ultimately seeks refuge back at the Club Berlin . uses his last quarter to play " Is That All There Is ? " by and asks a woman named June to dance . explains he 's being pursued and , also a sculptress , offers to help him . She protects him by pouring plaster on him in order to disguise him as a sculpture . However , she wo n't let him out of the plaster , which eventually hardens , trapping in a position that resembles the character depicted in painting The Scream . The burglar duo then breaks into the Club Berlin and steals him , placing him in the back of their van . He falls from the burglar 's cargo right outside the gate to his office building as the sun is rising . brushes himself off and goes to work , bringing the film full circle .

Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Linda Fiorentino, Catherine O'Hara, Teri Garr, John Heard

In a Roman Catholic convent near Montreal , Quebec , Canada , during evening prayers , the nuns hear screams coming from the room of Sister , a young novice . is found in her room bleeding profusely , and in a wastepaper basket there is a dead baby with its umbilical cord wrapped around its neck . 
 Sister is suspected of killing the baby , so psychiatrist is assigned by a court to determine if she is competent to stand trial . In an interview , claims she does n't remember being pregnant or giving birth , and shows a lack of understanding of how babies are conceived . Mother tells that is an " innocent " who was kept at home by her mother and knows nothing about the world . She is desperate to keep naive , and declares that she could n't have known what pregnancy was or remember the father . 
 Mother tells about the time stopped eating in the belief she was getting fat , and then exhibited stigmata in her hand that healed itself within a day . tells of her friendship with Sister , the oldest nun , who showed her a " secret place " -- a bell tower , which she then shows . They argue about ' mother and birth , and how much knows about sex and pregnancy . 
 Mother tells that must have conceived on January 23 , because that is the night burned her bedsheets confessing they were " stained " . While looking around the convent grounds , comes across a barn . She and a young monsignor argue about whether her lack of faith will leave her unable to treat with dignity . learns that ' mother was verbally and sexually abusive , telling her she was a " mistake " ; and that is Mother 's niece . 
 receives permission from the court to hypnotize , but Mother is strongly against it , believing it will strip her of her innocence . While hypnotized , admits she gave birth and that another woman in the convent knew she was pregnant , but will not reveal who . discovers that a workroom in the convent has a concealed staircase to an underground tunnel leading to the barn . ( A historian explains that many old convents have " secret " tunnels , to let the nuns move between buildings during the winter . ) Mother tries to have removed from the case , but she appeals to the court authorities and is retained . 
 obtains a second court order to put under hypnosis again . Mother admits that she knew was pregnant and put the wastebasket in her room , but denies she killed the baby . Under hypnosis , reveals that on the night Sister died , she told she 'd seen " Him " from the bell tower and directed to meet " Him " in the barn . Under questioning , she appears to describe an encounter with a real presence -- human or divine . Suddenly , exhibits stigmata in her hands , and begins bleeding profusely . declares that raped her , and that she hates God for it . She admits that Mother was present when the baby was born , but then left briefly ; whereupon killed the child believing that , like herself , the baby was a " mistake " . 
 is found not guilty by reason of insanity and returned to the convent where a doctor can visit periodically . She tells the judge that she heard " Him " singing beneath her bedroom window for six nights in a row , and then on the seventh night he lay on top of her .

Sports physician ( ) persuades his younger brother ( ) to train with him for a three - day bicycle race across the Rocky Mountains known as " The Hell of the West . " 
 There is a history of cerebral aneurysm in the family , which killed their father . Their mother ( ) is concerned that the condition may now be affecting as well . convinces to undergo testing at his sports medicine center . Following the test , overhears a conversation in which says that he does not want to worry about something . assumes that he does have an aneurysm . 
 convinces to embark on a cross - country journey to the bicycle race in Colorado , along with ' girlfriend ( ) . Along the way , they pick up a beautiful , hippie hitchhiker named ( ) . 
 realizes that needs to train to be prepared for the race . The brothers engage in fun training , such as practicing sprinting against an angry vicious dog . They even go so far as have an impromptu bikes vs. horses race . The group also has run - ins with some of 's old cycling rivals , including 's ex - husband , ( ) . 
 In the three - stage race in the Rockies , with mountain and prairie backdrops , the brothers compete against the world 's top cyclists on dangerous roads at breakneck speeds . crashes his bike at the end of the first stage and barely qualifies for the next round . works out how much time needs to regain and develops a strategy for the second leg of the race . During the race , it turns out that it is , intending to hide his condition from his brother , who eventually suffers an aneurysm during the second stage and drops out . 
 faces a dilemma : to quit and look after his brother , or continue to defy the odds and win the race . decides to quit the race , but is encouraged by to keep in the race . sprints to an early lead , which the competitors put down to youthful exuberance . But after a few miles they realize that is able to maintain the savage pace . As they enter the mountain stages one of the riders approaches to throw the race and settle for second . He pushes on and races for the finish . As he hits the line , the clock ticks down and there has to be a gap of 11 seconds between him and the second placed rider to be assured of the win . As the clock ticks down scrapes the win and runs to celebrate with .

Kevin Costner, David Marshall Grant, Rae Dawn Chong, Alexandra Paul, Janice Rule, John Amos

Private ( ) is conscripted into the U.S. Army by a judge , as an alternative to prison . ends up fighting off the Black Star Order of ninjas while stationed in the Philippines . He saves ( ) — daughter of Colonel , 's commanding officer — from a kidnapping attempt . Although the rest of 's platoon is wiped out by the Black Star ninjas , 's popularity with his fellow GIs takes a nosedive , even as he is targeted for revenge by the Black Star Master ninja ( ) . 
 While performing chores on the base , Corporal ( ) goads into a fight . proves no match for 's ninjitsu expertise , which greatly impresses their fellow soldiers to boot . Shortly thereafter , discovers that is an amnesiac ; he remembers very little of his past , other than running with various street gangs and mastering a number of exotic martial arts . The grateful organizes a date for herself with . and a third soldier , ( ) , sneak off the base . They are caught during dinner by Sergeant , who is in the middle of a business meeting with black marketeer ( whose payroll the sergeant is on ) . To get out of the way , leads him to an abandoned warehouse - ostensibly for the purpose of dropping off supplies . Black Star ninjas ambush , who defeats all of them . Then 's truck is stolen and he gives chase using a motorcycle . The truck driver runs off the road , wiping out the bike ; thinking dead , the driver brings the truck to . , however , hides under the truck and is brought to the heart of 's operation - which encompasses the Black Star ninja training camp . 
 is paying the Black Star Order for weapons stolen from the Army , which he then resells to the highest bidder . is discovered by the ninjas - for - hire , but escapes with the aid of 's servant ( ) . returns to the base , where he is promptly arrested by military police who think he is fencing the arms . realizes that has been set up , but his protests are wasted on . The Black Star Master infiltrates the stockade that night , slaughters the on - duty MPs and then tries to slaughter as well . But 's would - be - assassin is thwarted by the sudden arrival of MP reinforcements , none of whom see the Black Star Master fleeing the scene . One of the dead MPs is found with a throwing star lodged in his head , which further implicates in the bizarre goings - on . 
 Only , , and believe that is innocent of the charges he now faces . They tell her father everything they know about the hijacking and murders , but he just scoffs at their story . After briskly dismissing them , Colonel meets in private - revealing that the Colonel himself is on 's payroll . Colonel orders to finish off . Then the Black Star Master steals into the Colonel 's residence and kidnaps , since her father is becoming a less - than - reliable partner . attempts to run off the road , only to be killed himself . returns to 's mansion and the Black Star training camp , where he is reunited with . 
 It is revealed that , a former Japanese holdout soldier , adopted at birth after the boy 's parents died . He trained in the ways of ninjitsu , until the two were separated by a bomb blast ; each has believed the other to be dead for years . Now completes 's training and they launch a surprise attack on the Black Star camp . sacrifices his life to help defeat the Black Star Master ; meanwhile , Colonel leads his own assault on the manor , both to rescue his daughter and to tie up loose ends - in other words , wipe out anything that might connect the Colonel to 's weapon - jacking . flees by helicopter with as his hostage , after gunning down her father . , however , infiltrates 's chopper ; he and jump to safety just before shoots down the helicopter , killing .

( ) is an instructor at a US Army Air Corps flying school in 1918 . While he is teaching a young pilot , the aircraft crashes during a landing attempt and bursts into flames . The student is killed , though survives . 
 Ten years later , is a Contract Air Mail pilot flying the rugged CAM-5 route between Elko , Nevada and Pasco , Washington . When asked to take a passenger , reluctantly agrees , revealing that the last time he had a passenger in his aircraft , it was the doomed trainee . 
 ( ) is outspoken and rebellious . She makes it clear that she does not want to go to her aunt 's house , but her father demands it . He uses his influence as banker for the airline to secure passage for her . annoys with her questions , and he acts coldly towards her . 
 During the stopover at Boise , Idaho , 's pilot friend , ( ) changes the oil in the engine , but neglects to tighten a hose . The tension between and continues to escalate , and when the flight resumes , decides to take a shortcut over the mountains , deviating from the normal route . However , the engine loses oil pressure and soon fails , causing to crash land on a remote ridge . 
 blames for stranding them , and calls a jinx . During the night , accidentally blows up the remains of the aircraft with a cigarette . Afterward , 's anger subsides as he seems to accept the hopelessness of their situation . 
 The next day , goes out hunting and manages to shoot a rabbit with his pistol . However , while returning to camp he is attacked by a pack of wolves who steal the rabbit and badly injure his arm . manages to sew the wound shut and bandages his arm . Faced with the continued threat of the wolves , and since the remains of the aircraft have been destroyed , and decide to climb down the cliff to the canyon below . 
 During their descent , a search aircraft flies overhead . and jump on a ledge to try to signal the aircraft , but falls and breaks her leg . The two are forced to spend the night on the cliff face , and a mutual affection develops . The next day , carries to the canyon floor , where he makes a travois to haul her . 
 When spots some telephone lines , heads off to investigate , leaving his revolver . Meanwhile , one of the search pilots has determined the location of the crash , and flies toward the crash site . As returns to the clearing where he has left , he is again attacked by a wolf , within sight of . The rescuers fly overhead and spot , but are powerless to help . manages to crawl out of her travois and shoots the wolf , saving 's life . They are rescued , with hints of a romantic relationship developing .

In 1985 Hill Valley , California , teenager and his girlfriend , , are chastised by the school principal for lateness . auditions for the Battle of the Bands , but is rejected for being too loud . At home , 's father is bullied by his supervisor , , while his mother is an overweight , depressed alcoholic . recalls how she met when her father hit him with his car . 
 is invited by his friend , eccentric inventor Dr. , to meet him in a parking lot in the early hours . unveils a time machine built from a modified DeLorean and powered by plutonium stolen from terrorists . Preparing to demonstrate the time machine , sets the date to November 5 , 1955 : the day he invented time travel . The terrorists arrive and shoot . escapes in the DeLorean , but inadvertently activates the time machine . 
 finds himself in 1955 without enough plutonium to return . He encounters the teenaged George , who is bullied by his classmate . After saves from an oncoming car , he is knocked unconscious and awakens to find himself tended to by , who is infatuated with him . 
 tracks down 's younger self for help . With no plutonium , explains that the only power source capable of generating the necessary 1.21 gigawatts of electricity for the time machine is a bolt of lightning . shows a flyer from the future that recounts a lightning strike at the town 's courthouse due the coming Saturday night . 
 instructs to not leave his house or interact with anyone , as he could inadvertently alter the future ; because of this , refuses to heed warnings from about his death in 1985 . realizes that he has prevented his parents from meeting and warns him that will be erased from existence if he does not find a way to introduce to . formulates a plan to harness the power of the lightning , while sets about introducing his parents . 
 After asks to the school dance , concocts a plan : he will feign inappropriate advances on , allowing to " rescue " her . The plan goes awry when a drunken attempts to force himself on . , enraged , knocks out , and follows him to the dance floor , where they kiss while performs with the band . 
 As the storm arrives , returns to the clock tower and the lightning strikes , sending back to 1985 . Doc has survived the shooting , as he had listened to 's warnings and worn a bullet - proof vest . takes home and departs to the future . awakens the next morning to find that is a successful author , is fit and happy , and is now an obsequious auto valet . As reunites with , the DeLorean appears with , insisting they accompany him to 2015 to resolve a problem with their future children . The trio board the DeLorean and warp to the future .

Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson

is a young girl who is upset at not winning a penmanship medal at school , having lost to her classmate . During a school trip to the beach , tries to get to give her the medal , he refuses and she chases him onto a fishing pier . 
 Teacher , , notices is missing during a roll call . They organize into search teams to look for him . When he is found , unsuccessful attempts are made to revive him on the shore near the pier , and the death is ruled as an accidental drowning . 
 's mother is discussing all of the deaths has seen with neighbors and . saw the TV news reports about her father 's death . recalls the death of a neighbor , Mrs. , who adored , in an accidental fall down some stairs . worries when appears to be unaffected by 's death . and assure her that this is normal because children have a defense mechanism to process these things . 
 asks about a book he 's writing about a female serial killer . mentions a name and case of a serial killer , , that 's father , , worked on years earlier and the name seems to resonate with . is outside playing when the maintenance man , mentions that she does n't seem sorry about 's death , to which she replies , " Why should I feel sorry ? He 's the one that 's dead . " 
 is goes to meet with Ms. to discuss something important . Ms. says that may finish out the remainder of the current school term , but that she will not be welcomed back next semester , to The Fern Academy due to concerns about her behavior . Ms. says others witnessed arguing with , and that he was last seen running from her . denied this , and Ms. thinks deliberately lied . Ms. says the penmanship medal was missing . insists she did n't take the medal , but admits she lied to Ms. because she did n't want to be blamed . 
 When they get home , there is a couple , and , that have come to talk with them . knows was the last person to see alive and she is looking for the medal . goes out to play and invites The to come inside for coffee . is desperate to find the medal , because of the significance to that winning it was . apologizes , but is adamant that she and do not know where it is . As the leave , mentions the bruises on 's body . 
 comes by to get the locket she 'd given as a gift so that she can take it to the jeweller to have the gemstone changed for her . As is horrified to find the penmanship medal while looking for the locket . She confronts about it , and she admits that she lied . She says she asked if she could see the medal , and he said no . She offered him money to let her carry it around , and he agrees . She says she lied because she thought people would think she stole it . 
 is outside playing when brings up his theory about her killing . She counters his attack by bringing up things she knows about him and they threaten each other with info that could be used as blackmail . 
 considers whether a lack of morality can be hereditary . Later , has a nightmare that she is a little girl who is being chased through a corn field by a woman , , with a knife . She awakens and realizes she is related because she is called by " " . The next day , confirms that the details of 's recurring nightmare are actually a true memories , and they adopted her after was arrested . They did n't tell her about it because they thought she was too young to remember . 
 is playing when provokes her into argument . He mentions that trace evidence can be found even if someone tries to wash it away and that there is an electric chair for children . She thinks he is lying until he calls over to verify that some things mentioned are true . continues to worry that may have inherited psychopathy from . 
 catches trying to dispose of her shoes . She realizes they were used in 's killing because of the bruises he had . lies to by telling her he got her shoes out of the incinerator before they burned up . He becomes her next victim when she locks him into a shed and sets it on fire . attempts a murder - suicide by giving an overdose of sleeping pills , and shooting herself with a revolver . survives and goes to live with .

In the land of , is an " assistant pig - keeper " on the small farm of Caer Dallben , home of the Enchanter . learns that the Horned King is searching for a mystical relic known as the Black Cauldron , which is capable of creating an invincible army of undead warriors , the " Cauldron - Born " . fears the Horned King may try to steal his pig , which has oracular powers , and use her to locate the cauldron . directs to take to safety ; unfortunately , 's foolish daydreaming causes to be captured by the Horned King 's forces . 
 follows them to the Horned King 's stronghold . Along the way , he encounters the small , pestering companion , who joins on his search . Frustrated by 's antics , leaves the former to sneak into the castle and rescues , but although escapes from the castle , is arrested and thrown into the dungeon . A fellow captive named Princess frees as she is trying to make her own escape . In the catacombs beneath the castle , and discover the ancient burial chamber of a king , where arms himself with the king 's sword . It contains magic that allows him effectively to fight the Horned King 's minions and so to fulfill his dream of heroism . Along with a third prisoner , the comical , middle - aged bard , they escape from the castle and are soon reunited with . Upon discovering that has escaped , the Horned King orders his dwarf companion to send the to follow and bring him back alive . 
 Following trail , the four stumble into the underground kingdom of the Fair Folk who reveal that is under their protection . When the cheerful , elderly King reveals that he knows where the cauldron is , resolves to go destroy it himself . , , and agree to join him and 's obnoxious right - hand man is assigned to lead them to the Marshes of Morva while the Fair Folk agree to escort safely back to Caer Dallben . At the marshes they learn that the cauldron is held by three witches — the grasping , who acts as leader ; the greedy ; and the more benevolent , who falls in love with at first sight , which causes a frightened to abandon the group . agrees to trade the cauldron for 's sword , and he reluctantly agrees , although he knows that to yield it will cost his chance for heroism . Before vanishing , the witches reveal that the cauldron is indestructible , and that its power can only be broken by someone who climbs in under his own free will , which will kill him . Although feels foolish for aspiring to destroy the cauldron alone , his companions show their belief in him ; and it seems that and will kiss . Suddenly , the celebration is interrupted by the Horned King 's soldiers who have finally reached the marshes themselves . They seize the cauldron and arrest everyone but , and take their prisoners back to the castle . The Horned King uses the cauldron to raise the dead and his Cauldron - born army begins to pour out into the world . 
 manages to free the captives and decides to cast himself into the cauldron , but stops him and jumps into the cauldron himself . The undead army collapses . When the Horned King spots at large , he infers the turn of events and saying that has interfered for the last time , throws the youth toward the cauldron ; however , the cauldron 's magic is out of control . It consumes the Horned King in a tunnel of fire and blood , trapping him in the cauldron as well as destroying the castle , using up all its powers forever . The three witches come to recover the now - inert Black Cauldron . However , has finally realized 's true friendship , and he persuades them to revive the wild thing in exchange for the cauldron , forcing him to give up his magical sword permanently . challenges the reluctant witches to demonstrate their powers by the revival , and upon hearing 's remarks , the witches honor the request , restoring back to life . After is resurrected , he pushes and into a kiss . The four friends then journey back to Caer Dallben where and watch them in a vision created by , and finally praises for his heroism despite the fact that he prefers to be a Pig - Boy .

is a low - level government employee who frequently daydreams of saving a damsel in distress . When a fly gets jammed in a printer and results in the incarceration and accidental death during interrogation of cobbler – instead of renegade air conditioning specialist and suspected terrorist – is assigned the task of rectifying the error . Visiting 's widow , encounters their neighbour , and is astonished to see that she resembles the woman from his recurring dreams . is trying to help Mrs. determine what happened to her husband , but her efforts are obstructed by bureaucracy . Unknown to her , she is now considered a terrorist accomplice of for attempting to report the mistake of 's arrest . approaches , but she avoids giving him full details , worried the government will track her down . 
 During this time , comes in contact with , who once worked for Central Services but left due to his dislike of the tedious and repetitive paperwork . helps deal with two Central Services workers , and , who return to demolish 's ducts and seize his apartment under the guise of fixing the air conditioning . discovers that the only way to learn about is to get transferred to Information Retrieval , where he can access her classified records . He had previously turned down a promotion arranged by his mother , , who is obsessed with the rejuvenating plastic surgery of cosmetic surgeon Dr. . retracts his refusal by speaking with Deputy Minister Mr. at a party hosted by . Obtaining 's records , tracks her down before she can be arrested , then falsifies the records to fake her death , allowing her to escape pursuit . The two share a romantic night together , but are soon apprehended by the government at gunpoint . Charged with treason for abusing his new position , is restrained to a chair in a large , empty cylindrical room , to be tortured by his old friend , . learns that was killed while resisting arrest . 
 When is about to start the torturing , and other members of the resistance break into the Ministry , shooting , rescuing , and blowing up the Ministry building . and flee together , but disappears amid a mass of scraps of paperwork from the destroyed building . stumbles into the funeral for 's friend , who died following excessive cosmetic surgery ; finding resembling and being fawned over by young men , falls into the open casket and through a black void . He lands in a street from his daydreams , and attempts to escape police and monsters by climbing a pile of flex - ducts . Opening a door , he passes through it and is surprised to find himself in a trailer driven by . The two leave the city together . However , this " happy ending " is a delusion : he is still strapped to the chair . Realising that has descended into blissful insanity , and Mr. declare him a lost cause and leave the room . remains in the chair , smiling and humming " Aquarela do Brasil " .

Jonathan Pryce, Kim Greist, Michael Palin, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond

Ten - year - old ( ) is an aspiring yet shy fifth grader living in a financially struggling family . Ten - year - old ( ) is the new girl at his school , just arriving on its athletics day . She enters a running event which she wins with ease , despite her classmates calling it a " boys only " race . is , at first , quite sour about this and wants nothing to do with her , but her persistence in meeting him soon pays off , with them becoming friends . He shares his secret love of drawing with her ; she shares with him her love of fantasy stories . Together they venture into the woods , where they go across a creek on the trunk of a partially fallen tree , and later build a " castle " ( actually a small shed ) on the other side . Here , they invent a whole new world , Terabithia , and it comes to life through their eyes , which they explore together . They base the Creatures of Terabithia on the people that give them a hard time at school . 
 Their teacher , Miss ( ) , notices ' artistic skills and decides to take him on a field trip to an art museum . He has an unspoken crush on her and does not want to share the trip with , so he goes without inviting her . 
 When returns home , his family is worried sick , as they neglected to listen when he said he was going , then tells him the horrific news : died after trying to cross the fallen tree over a rain - swollen creek , only to fall in and drown , possibly hitting her head in the fall . grieves for her , and he and his parents visit hers together . 
 feels overwhelming guilt for 's death , thinking that it would not have happened had he invited her along on his trip with Miss . He is consoled by his father that their intense friendship should be kept alive for her sake . Later , after crossing the creek , he hears a girl 's voice calling for help and finds his little sister , , on the fallen tree trunk , frozen with terror after trying to follow him across . He rescues her , takes a minute to comfort her , then invites her to be the new queen , who is delighted after being previously denied every opportunity to enter Terabithia . She and bring it back in even greater splendor ; he the king and she the new queen , and they rule over the free people of the kingdom together forever .

A stray tom tabby cat is chased by a dog , and nearly gets run down by a car . He hides from the dog in a delivery truck , which drives to New York City . The tomcat hears the disembodied voice of a young girl pleading for help because something is threatening her . The cat is then captured by an employee of Quitters , Inc. 
 Smoker is advised by a friend to join Quitters , Inc. to kick his habit . Clinic counselor explains that the clinic has a 100 % success rate due to a uniquely persuasive method : every time smokes a cigarette , horrors of increasing magnitude will befall his wife and child . 
 Using the tomcat that 's assistant has caught in the street , demonstrates the first of these horrors : the cat is locked in a cage and tormented with electric shocks . explains that if his new client should be caught with a cigarette , 's wife will be subjected to the same shocks while he is forced to watch . For subsequent infractions , his young daughter ( who has Down Syndrome ) will be subjected to the shocks , then his wife raped , and after the fourth infraction , they give up . Not wanting to worry them , hides the looming threat from his family . 
 That night , is angered by the methods Quitters uses and notices a pack of cigarettes in his desk . He prepares to smoke one , but notices a pair of feet in his closet , realizing Quitters Inc. is serious about their threat to ensure he is not smoking . The following day , visits his daughter and gives her a doll . is also at the school , warning that if he strays the only thing his daughter would understand is that someone is hurting her because her father misbehaved . 
 During a stressful traffic jam , loses his will and smokes after finding an old forgotten pack of cigarettes in his glove box , not realizing he is being watched by in a nearby car . After watching suffer in the electric cage , an enraged attacks and , allowing the tomcat to escape in the scuffle . After regaining the upper hand , says he understands and forgives . is determined never to smoke again and tells his wife everything , after which they embrace . 
 Time passes , and is apparently smoke free at last , but has put on a little weight as a result of quitting . Dr. prescribes diet pills and sets a target weight for . jokingly asks what will happen if he continues to gain weight , whether a man would attack his house with a flame thrower . chuckles and says that 's not what they have in mind ; instead someone will cut off his wife 's pinky finger . Later and his wife have a dinner party with the friends who recommended Quitters , Inc. , and they toast the company for a job well done . As she raises her glass , discovers was not joking around : his friend 's wife is missing her little finger . 
 The tomcat ( having escaped Quitters , Inc. and left Manhattan via the Staten Island Ferry ) briefly befriends a group of vagrants and travels to Atlantic City , New Jersey , where it hears the same disembodied girl 's voice asking for his help . Meanwhile , gambler and former tennis pro is involved with a woman whose jealous husband , , is a crime boss and casino owner . , who will bet on anything , wins a wager that the cat will successfully cross the busy road outside his casino . He takes the tomcat home . 
 has kidnapped . As revenge , blackmails into a dangerous ordeal : he must circumnavigate the narrow exterior ledge of 's penthouse apartment in a skyscraper . If he can make it all the way around , will grant his wife a divorce . If refuses , will call the police and have him arrested for possession of drugs , which have been planted in ' Mustang by a henchman named . 
 agrees . harasses by startling him with a horn and turning on a fire hose at the halfway point to keep from lingering . A pigeon lands beside and pecks at his foot , to the point of causing it to bleed . Despite these distractions and a moment alone hanging from a dislodged neon sign , makes it back to the apartment . says he honors his bet : the drugs have been removed ; can have a bagful of cash and " his wife " , as evidenced by her severed head . springs upon , while is tripped by the cat and drops his gun . uses the gun to shoot , then points it at . forces to undergo the same ordeal on the ledge . The tomcat watches as loses his balance and falls to his death . 
 The tomcat hops a freight train and travels to Wilmington , North Carolina , where it is adopted by a little girl , , who names him . The cat runs afoul of the girl 's mother , who believes he will harm their parakeet , . 
 Despite 's protests , her mother puts out at night . As a consequence , he is unable to protect from a small , malevolent troll that he witnessed taking up residence in the house . When sleeps , the troll emerges via a retractable hole in one of the walls in 's room . The troll slays the parakeet with a tiny dagger and then tries to steal 's breath . finds a way into the house and battles the troll . After wounding the cat 's shoulder with his dagger , the troll quickly finds itself outmatched by an enraged . It successfully flees , leaving and her parents to discover the death of the bird . The parents are convinced that killed , but the father discovers a wound on the Tomcat too large to have been caused by a parakeet . He starts to doubt the mother 's belief that slew the bird . 
 is then taken to the animal shelter by the mother to be euthanized the next day . When night falls , the troll returns and uses a small rubber bookshelf to wedge the child 's room door shut from the inside . Again it attempts to take the sleeping girl 's breath . Meanwhile , at the animal shelter , manages to escape when his last meal is brought . He rushes back to 's house , which he enters by way of the chimney . 
 arrives in the nick of time to save Amanda and again battles the troll , causing a great deal of noise . Knowing that he is no match for the cat , the small creature tries to flee . But cuts off the troll 's escape route by knocking down a thick hardcover storybook , covering the wall hole . Grabbing on to a bunch of foil balloons , the troll tries to float out of the furious cat 's reach , landing on 's record player . The quick - witted tomcat then uses the record player to hurl the troll into a box fan , slicing it to bits . The ruckus awakens 's parents , who are initially prevented by the blocked door from reaching her . Once they break into her room , the girl explains to them that saved her from the troll . The parents are at first unwilling to believe the story until parts of the troll 's dismembered corpse are discovered , as well as the tiny dagger that had caused 's wound . uses the justification that will keep her safe in case others like her first assailant appear , and is allowed to stay inside at night to act as a protector for . 
 The next morning , sneaks into the parents ' bedroom ( where was sleeping ) and climbs onto 's stomach . He then licks her face . She wakes up and ( excited to see him ) cuddles him .

A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by ( ) . After the initial eliminations , sixteen hopefuls remain . Arriving late is former lead dancer ( ) who once had a tempestuous romantic relationship with but left him to take a job in Hollywood . Now she has n't worked in over a year , and is desperate enough for work to even just be part of the chorus line . Whether he 's willing to let professionalism overcome his personal feelings about their past remains to be seen . 
 As the film unfolds , the backstory of each of the dancers is revealed . Some are funny , some ironic , some heartbreaking . No matter what their background , however , they all have one thing in common : a passion for dance .

In 1954 , six strangers are invited to a dinner party at Hill House , a secluded New England mansion . They are met by the butler , , who gives each of them a pseudonym , with none of them knowing or being addressed by their real names . The guests – Colonel , Mrs. , Mrs. , Mr. , Professor , and Miss – are served by and the maid , . 
 During dinner , a seventh guest , Mr. , arrives . Afterwards , reveals the real reason they are there : Mr. has been blackmailing the other guests for some time now , and they are here to confront him and turn him over to the police ( is also seeking justice for his wife , who committed suicide after also being blackmailed by Mr. ) . 
 Mr. however reminds them that if he is arrested , their guilty secrets for which he has been blackmailing them will be exposed . He then gives each of the other guests a different weapon as a gift ( a candlestick , a dagger , a lead pipe , a revolver , a rope , and a wrench ) , suggesting that one of them kill instead to avoid exposure and humiliation . When he turns out the lights , a gunshot rings out , and when the lights are turned back on , they find Mr. apparently dead with no visible trace as to how . Later , the cook Mrs. is found dead , stabbed with the dagger , and Mr. 's body disappears , only to be rediscovered dead again but with new injuries from the candlestick . 
 Shortly thereafter , a stranded motorist arrives and is locked in the lounge . Colonel proposes they split into pairs and search the house to make sure no one else is there . While they are searching , the motorist is killed with the wrench . Later , a police officer investigating the motorist 's abandoned car arrives , after which the guests resume their search of the mansion . The electricity is then turned off . , the cop , and a singing telegram girl are subsequently murdered with the rope , lead pipe , and revolver respectively . 
 and the others regroup after he turns the electricity back on , and he reveals he knows who the murderer is . He proceeds to recreate the events of the night so far so to explain how the murders occurred , and he reveals that the other five people who died with Mr. were his accomplices , who gave him vital information about the different guests . After an evangelist interrupts them , continues and shuts off the electricity again . 
 In the theatrical showing , at this point audiences would then be shown one of the three following endings after brings the lights back up . In the home media , all three endings were included , with " Ending A " and " B " identified as possible endings but " Ending C " being how the events really occurred . 
 murdered the cook and Mr. under orders from Miss , for whom she once worked as a call girl . Miss then killed her along with the other murder victims . She wanted to keep her business of extortion safe , and now plans to sell the other guests ' secrets . She intends to shoot , who asserts there are no more bullets in the gun . then reveals himself to be an undercover FBI agent , takes the gun from Miss and apprehends her . The evangelist , revealed to be a police chief , arrives with cops and agents . To prove that the gun was empty , fires it towards the ceiling . However , it still contained one bullet , and the gunshot brings down the hall chandelier right behind Colonel , narrowly missing him . 
 Mrs. killed all the victims to cover up her engagement of bribes from foreign powers . Mrs. holds the others at gunpoint while she escapes to her car , but she is caught by the chief ( the evangelist ) . reveals he is an undercover FBI agent planted to spy on her activities as to secure her arrest . 
 Each murder was committed by a different person . Professor killed Mr. , Mrs. killed the cook , Colonel killed the motorist , Mrs. killed ( out of hatred ) , and Miss killed the cop . Mr. is therefore accused of killing the singing telegram girl , but reveals he killed her , and that he is in fact the real Mr. ( the man Professor killed was his butler ) . With the witnesses to each of their secret activities dead , and the evidence destroyed , Mr. now plans on continuing to blackmail them all . Mr. suddenly pulls out a revolver and kills Mr. . He reveals himself as an undercover FBI agent , having been on Mr. 's case . He brings in the chief / evangelist to arrest the others .

Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Lesley Ann Warren, Martin Mull, Eileen Brennan, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Colleen Camp

About 10,000 years ago , peaceful aliens from the planet Antarea set up an outpost on Earth on Atlantis . When Atlantis sank , twenty aliens were left behind , kept alive in large rock - like cocoons at the bottom of the ocean . Now , a group of Antareans have returned to collect them . Disguising themselves as humans , they rent a house with a swimming pool and charge the water with " life force " to give the cocooned Antareans energy to survive the trip home . They charter a boat from a local captain named , who helps them retrieve the cocoons . spies on , a beautiful woman from the team who chartered his boat , while she undresses in her cabin , and discovers that she is an alien . After the aliens reveal themselves to him and explain what 's going on , he decides to help them . 
 Next door to the house the Antareans are renting is a retirement home . Three of its residents , , , and , often trespass to swim in the pool next door . They absorb some of the life force , making them feel younger and stronger . Eventually caught in the act , they are given permission to use the pool by the Antarean leader , , on the condition that they do not touch the cocoons or tell anybody else about it . Rejuvenated with youthful energy , the three men begin to let the advantages of the pool take hold as they are relieved of their ailments . 
 Meanwhile , and grow closer and decide to make love in the pool . Since she can not do so in the human manner , she introduces him to the Antarean equivalent , in which she shares her lifeforce energy with him.[9 ] 
 The other retirement home residents become suspicious after witnessing 's wife climb a tree . Their friend reveals the secret of the pool to the other residents , who rush to the pool to swim in its waters . When finds them damaging one of the cocoons he ejects them from the property . Later that evening , finds his wife ( ) has stopped breathing and carries her body to the pool in an attempt to heal her , only to be informed by that the pool no longer works due to the other residents draining the force in the rush to make themselves young . 
 explains that the cocoons can not now survive the trip back to Antarea , but will be able to survive on Earth . With the help of , , and , the Antareans return the cocoons to the sea . The Antareans offer to take residents of the retirement home with them to Antarea , where they will never grow older and never die . Most of them accept the offer , but chooses to remain on Earth . 
 Upon leaving , tells his grandson , ( ) , that he and are leaving for good . As the residents are leaving , 's mother finds out about their destination and quickly drives to the retirement home , where they find the majority of the rooms vacant and contact local authorities . 
 While the police are searching for the residents , notices the boat starting and jumps onto the side as it pulls away . The boat is being chased by the Coast Guard , so with little time left , says a tearful goodbye to and before jumping off into the water . The Coast Guard boats stop to pick him up , giving the others a chance to get away . Out of nowhere , a thick fog appears and strands the remaining Coast Guard boats and they call off the chase . 
 As the Antarean ship appears , pays for his services and the boat . embraces for the last time and they share a kiss . He then says farewell to everyone before jumping into an inflatable raft as the boat starts rising up into the Antarean vessel . watches as the boat disappears inside the ship and departs . 
 Back on earth , a funeral is held for the missing residents . During the sermon , looks toward the sky and smiles . The film ends with the Antarean vessel going towards a bright looking planet , assumed to be Antarea .

Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Maureen Stapleton, Steve Guttenberg, Brian Dennehy

Set in rural Georgia during the first forty years of the twentieth century , the film centers on the life of a fictional character named , an oppressed black woman . In the film , endures rape , sexism , the loss of her children at birth , a tyrannical husband , domestic violence , chauvinism , the loss of her sister , and the demoralization of her friend ( ) , who also loses her freedom to the law . and the other characters tell a story of overcoming racism and misogyny in the rural South during this time period , depicting a struggle for equality . maintains her resolve throughout the story . By the end of the film , the characters have undergone remarkable changes and relationships have begun to heal.[4][5][6 ]

Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Laurence Fishburne, Adolph Caesar, Rae Dawn Chong

Retired United States Special Forces Colonel is informed by his former superior Major General that all the other members of his former unit have been killed by unknown mercenaries . The mercenaries , among them , an Australian ex - member of 's team fired for excessive violence , attack 's secluded mountain home and kidnap 's young daughter . While trying to intercept them , is also overpowered and abducted by the mercenaries . He is taken before their leader , , a South American former dictator who blackmails into carrying out a political assassination in his home country of Val Verde , where wishes to lead a military coup . previously led a United States - backed revolution that deposed , who has chosen because the new US - puppet president trusts him implicitly . With 's life on the line , reluctantly accepts the demand . 
 After boarding a plane to Val Verde , manages to kill his guard , , and jumps from the plane just as it is taking off . With approximately 11 hours , he sets out after another of ' men , . He enlists the aid of an off - duty flight attendant , , and instructs her to follow to a shopping mall . first assumes that is a maniac , but after she sees pull a gun on in the ensuing fight , she has a change of heart and henceforth assists him in his endeavor . After a lengthy car chase , catches up with and drops him off a cliff to his death . Taking a motel key from 's jacket , tracks down and confronts , a former Green Beret in ' employ . He kills after a lengthy fight and learns where is being held after searching 's car . 
 breaks into a surplus store to equip himself with military weaponry , but is immediately arrested by the police . helps him escape with a rocket launcher and , after commandeering a seaplane from a nearby marina controlled by , and land the plane off the coast of ' island hideout . instructs to contact General and then proceeds to ' villa , killing the leader as well as his men on the way . escapes her confinement to the villa 's basement , but is captured by . tracks them and kills with a steam pipe impalement . arrives with a military detachment and asks to rejoin the Special Forces Unit , but declines and departs the island aboard the seaplane with and .

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Dan Hedaya, Vernon Wells, Bill Duke, David Patrick Kelly

has been sentenced to death , sitting in an electric chair . In a flashback , we learn that once was a promising young technician in the employ of Trend - Odegard Security . Mr. , co - owner of the company , has learned of a plan by his partner to sell the company to and responds by hiring two exterminators who promise to " kill all sizes " in order to eliminate and his plan . When , who has been installing security cameras in 's apartment building , seems about to go back to the store , distracts him with a lecture about " the grand design " and sends on a quest to find his dream girl . 
 The dream girl is found in the form of , who responds minimally to but is enamored of . and several residents of the building , including Mrs. , run afoul of the killers , and a seemingly random series of slapstick murders occur , for all of which Victor is ultimately blamed . inevitably becomes target and saves her and kills the exterminators after a long comical fight sequence . The flashback ends and is in the electric chair , and awaits his execution while an elaborate race sequence occurs in which , accompanied by several nuns , drive manically , at the wheel , to the scene in order to prove his innocence . Before the switch is pulled however , arrives just in time and clears his name . The movie concludes with their marriage .

" " ( whose name is an acronym for " Data - Analyzing Robot Youth Lifeform " ) ( ) is an experiment in artificial intelligence , created by the government . Although physically indistinguishable from an ordinary ten - year - old boy , his brain is actually a supersophisticated computer with several unique capabilities . These include exceptional reflexes , superhuman multitasking ability , and the ability to " hack " other computer systems . The D.A.R.Y.L. experiment was funded by the military , with the intention of producing a " super - soldier " . One of the original scientists has misgivings about the experiment and decides to free , but is killed in the process . 
 is found by an elderly couple and taken to an orphanage . He does not remember who or what he is . Though a normal pre - adolescent boy in most aspects , begins to exhibit extraordinary talents after he goes to live with foster parents ( ) and ( Michael ) , including uncanny abilities at baseball , interaction with an ATM , and in playing Pole Position , where he can play and react faster than humanly possible . He is also introduced to the neighbors of the : ( ) and ( ) and their children ( ) and " " ( ) . Due to being raised in isolation , 's social skills are rather limited , but manages to help him develop such skills . 
 However , just as the have truly begun to form a bond with , their new - found happiness is shattered when the government agents find him and return him to the facility where he was created . Once there , his memory is restored and he is debriefed on the lessons he learned during his time with the . Notable lessons include his decision to strike out at a baseball game , because " under certain conditions [ relating with others ] , error was more efficient than maximum performance " , and his subjective preference for chocolate- over vanilla - flavored ice cream . Because has revealed a capacity for human emotions , including fear , the D.A.R.Y.L. experiment is considered a failure by the military and the decision is made that the project be " terminated " . Dr. ( ) , one of 's designers , decides to free so he can return to the family . Unfortunately , despite the cooperation of Dr. ( ) in the escape , who was originally skeptical about 's humanity and had alerted the military to 's continued existence , they do not get away cleanly . When asked by the military to justify her complicity , Dr. offers a reformulation of the test : " General , a machine becomes human   ... when you ca n't tell the difference anymore , " implying that she is no longer certain that is not human . 
 and Dr. escape the first wave of pursuers , thanks to 's advanced driving skills , apparently acquired through playing the Pole Position video game and watching a driving stuntman on television . However , when passing two police roadblocks , Dr. is mortally wounded by a police officer . With his dying words , he assures that he is indeed a real person . Continuing his escape , steals a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird from a nearby airbase . After being told that plane will be blown up mid - flight by the U.S.A.F. using a self - destruct mechanism , as their missiles can not intercept it , ejects at the last moment , faking his own destruction . The ejection knocks him unconscious and his parachute falls into a lake , causing him to drown and show no signs of life . In the hospital , Dr. finds him and reactivates his electronic brain , restoring him to life . Officially dead , is free to run back to his foster family , and he is reunited with the and the .

Zombies have overrun the entire world , outnumbering humans 400,000 to 1 . The remaining live humans live in barricaded camps and secure underground bunkers . In an underground facility in the Everglades that houses scientists and soldiers , the scientists are trying to find a solution to the zombie pandemic , in exchange for the soldiers to protect them and to facilitate their work . Dr. ( ) , her boyfriend Private ( ) , radio operator ( ) , and helicopter pilot ( ) fly from their underground base to Fort Myers , Florida , in an attempt to locate additional survivors . They encounter a large horde of the undead and return to their army base . 
 Dr. ( ) , the lead scientist — also known as " Frankenstein " due to his grisly surgical dissections of zombies — believes that the zombies can be trained to become docile , and accordingly has amassed a collection of test subjects , which are kept in a large underground corral in the compound , in spite of the objections of Captain ( ) . The tension between soldiers and scientists worsens in the face of dwindling supplies , loss of communication with other survivors , and slow progress in research . 
 During a meeting between the scientists and the soldiers , announces that , following the death of the previous base commander Major , he is taking command of the base . He also informs the scientists that henceforth they will work under his orders , and that anyone who objects will be executed instantly . Dr. hopes to secure ' cooperation by showing him the results of his research . He is especially proud of " Bub " ( ) , a docile zombie who remembers some parts of his past life and engages in rudimentary human behavior : listening to music , aiming a pistol , saluting Captain and even repeating a string of garbled words . " Civility must be rewarded , " tells . " If it 's not rewarded , there 's no use for it . " , however , is not impressed . 
 During a zombie roundup mission , two of the soldiers , ( ) and ( ) are killed after a zombie escapes its harness , whereupon attempts to kill the creature , but is bitten on the arm . amputates the arm and cauterizes it with fire to stop the spreading infection . then calls off the experiments and demands that all captive zombies be destroyed . and later discover a crude form of Dr. 's experimentation involving the bodies of and and an audio tape in which a crazed talks to his " Father " and " Mother " ; shocked ; both and plan to leave in the helicopter immediately before someone else does . 
 Conditions worsen further when finds out that has been feeding the flesh of his dead soldiers to as a reward for his docility and positive behavior . Enraged , kills and his assistant Dr. . He then locks and inside the zombie corral and attempts to force to fly him and his men away from the base , which refuses to do . 
 manages to escape from his chain and finds Dr. 's corpse . In a display of human emotion , he expresses sadness and then becomes enraged . He finds a pistol discarded on the floor and goes in search of revenge . Meanwhile , , who has become suicidal , opens the gates to the compound , allowing the horde of zombies lurking outside to enter onto the industrial - sized platform - elevator , devouring him . Before they kill him , he lowers the platform , allowing them to enter the compound . While is doing this , overcomes his captors , knocks both and out , steals their weapons , and goes into the zombie corral to rescue and . The zombies rapidly enter the complex ; Pvt . ( ) and Pvt . ( ) are torn apart by the horde while Pvt . ( ) attempts to shoot through a covered window , but gets bitten on the neck by another zombie . Refusing to be eaten alive or succumb to the infection , he commits suicide by shooting himself in the head . attempts to escape , but is chased and shot several times by a gun - toting . chases , staggering and cursing but still alive , into a horde of zombies and mocks with a salute and departs , as the other zombies tear to pieces . 
 reunites with and inside the zombie corral . They escape together to the surface , board the helicopter , and fly to a safely deserted island on which they will spend the rest of their lives .

( ) has come back to New York City after being banned for a history of vigilante justice to visit his Korean War buddy ( ) , who is attacked by a gang in his East New York apartment . The neighbors hear the commotion and call the police . arrives and collapses dead in his arms . The police mistake for the murderer and arrest him . At the police station , Inspector ( ) recognizes as " Mr. " . lays down the law before is taken to a holding cell . In the same cell is ( ) , leader of the gang who killed . After a fight between him and , is released . The police receive daily reports about the increased rate of crime . offers a deal to : he can kill all the punks he wants , as long as he informs of any gang activity he hears about so the police can get a bust and make news . 
 moves into 's apartment in a gang - turf war zone . The building is populated by elderly tenants terrified of 's gang . They include ( ) , a World War II veteran and ’s buddy ; Mr. and Mrs. , an elderly Jewish couple ; and a young Hispanic couple , ( ) and his wife ( ) . After a few violent muggings , buys a used car as bait . When two gang members try to break into the car , shoots them with his Colt Cobra . twice protects from the gang , but is unable to save her a third time . She is assaulted and raped , later dying in hospital from her injuries . 
 orders a new gun , a hunting pistol . He spends the afternoon with handloading ammunition for it . He then tests the gun when The Giggler ( ) steals his Nikon camera . is applauded by the neighborhood as and the police take the credit . also throws a gang member off a roof . Public defender ( ) is moving out of the city and offers to take her to dinner . While waiting in his car , is knocked unconscious by and the car is pushed downhill into oncoming traffic . It slams into another car and explodes , killing . 
 places under protective custody , fearing he is in too deep . After 's taxi shop is blown up , he tries to get even but his machine gun jams . The gang cripples . is taken by to the hospital , where he escapes after tells him where to find a second machine gun . and collect weapons . They proceed to mow down many of the criminals before running out of ammo . Other neighbors begin fighting back as sends in reinforcements . 
 decides to help and he and take down much of the gang together . goes back to the apartment to collect more ammo , but finds him there . arrives and shoots , but not before getting wounded in the arm . As calls for an ambulance , ( who was secretly wearing a bulletproof vest ) rises and turns his gun on the two men . As distracts him , uses a mail - ordered M72 LAW rocket launcher to obliterate . The remainder of the gang rush to the scene and see 's smoldering remains . Surrounded by the angry crowds of neighbors , the gang realizes they 've lost and flee the scene . As the neighbors cheer in celebration and with police sirens in the distance , gives a head start . gives a look of appreciation and takes off .

In 1959 , , a 35 - year - old English professor at Columbia University in New York City , travels to Reno to establish residency in Nevada ( a process that takes six weeks ) , in order to obtain a quickie divorce . She stays at a guest house ranch for women who are waiting for their divorces to be finalized . The guest ranch is owned by . 
 meets , a younger , free - spirited sculptor whom loves as if she were her mother . works at a casino as a change operator in Reno , and is ending a relationship with , her boss , because as she put it , she " allowed ( her)self to be attracted to his attraction " for her . When arrives , notices her immediately , and the tightly controlled and elegant , in turn , is taken aback by 's boldness and lack of concern of what others think of her ( and her romantic / sexual preferences ) . reveals that she has had relationships with women in the past . jealously notices that is becoming a bigger and bigger part of 's life , and resents her for it , afraid that will leave her and the ranch , and she will be left alone . sees as her only " family , " even though is not her actual child , but rather the daughter of ' " man " who has been dead several years . 
 When everyone attends an engagement party for 's best friend and co - worker , , drives a drunken to see Lake Tahoe afterwards and kisses her . returns the kiss passionately and is so surprised by her response to 's advance that she begs to take her home . When they return to the ranch in the early morning , has 's bags and a taxi waiting for her , furious that ( presumed ) she has seduced . leaves the ranch immediately , and transfers to a hotel room at the Riverside Casino for the rest of her stay . 
 After some days apart , both and are clearly confused and hurt . goes to visit at the hotel and overcomes 's resistance to making love with her , and they start a relationship . With the impending finalization of 's divorce , the two must sort out the future of their relationship . is afraid of what people in her academic circle will think of her being in a relationship with another woman , and is unsure of what she would ever do in New York City . At 's wedding , and are in attendance , and are brought back together , and admits to that has " reached in and put a string of lights around my heart . " 
 In the final scene , after 's divorce has become finalized , she packs up and goes to the train station to return to New York . accompanies her to the station , and as the train is pulling out , convinces to come with her , at least as far as the next station .

( ) is an unfulfilled suburban housewife living in Fort Lee , New Jersey , who is fascinated by a woman she knows about only by reading messages to and from her in the personals section of a New York City tabloid . Her fascination reaches a peak when an ad , with the headline " Desperately Seeking Susan , " seeks a rendezvous in Battery Park with the man who regularly seeks her ( , played by ) . goes to Battery Park , too , sees the woman ( ) , and in a series of events involving mistaken identity , amnesia , and other farcical elements , goes from voyeur to participant in an Alice in Wonderland – style plot , ostensibly motivated by the search for a pair of stolen Egyptian earrings . With both of them trying to locate , her husband ( ) encounters the wild .

( ) is an engineer who has moved to Brazil with his family to work on a large hydro - electric dam . The film opens on , his wife ( ) , his young son ( ) , and his daughter ( ) having a picnic on the edge of the jungle , which is being cleared for the dam 's construction . wanders from the cleared area , and an Indian ( ) from one of the indigenous tribes known as the Invisible People notices and abducts him . pursues the pair into the forest but does not find his son . 
 Ten years later , the dam is nearing completion . A 17 - year - old ( ) , now called , has become one of the Invisible People . marries a woman named ( ) and undergoes a vision quest , where his spirit animal tells him he must retrieve sacred stones from a remote spot deep in the jungle . Chief , the man who abducted and adopted , warns him that the quest will be dangerous , as it will take him into the territory of the cannibalistic Fierce People . 
 Meanwhile , has finally identified his son 's abductors . and a journalist decide to set off bottle rockets to attract the attention of the Invisible People . Instead , they attract the Fierce People and are captured . Armed with a CAR-15 carbine , is able to defend himself long enough to talk with Chief ( ) who releases for the night , promising to hunt him down in the morning , while the Fierce People kill and butcher the journalist . Close to dawn , stumbles into collecting the sacred stones . The two recognize each other just as the Fierce People arrive , shooting in the shoulder . and his father manage to escape , leaving 's carbine behind . In the care of the Invisible People , recovers from his injuries and undergoes a vision quest , waking up back at the dam 's construction zone . 
 , recognizing the destructive power of 's carbine , visits a seedy brothel at the edge of the construction zone and arranges to exchange women for ammunition and more guns . and his friends return to their village to discover that many of the Invisible People have been murdered and all the young women abducted by the Fierce People . Desperate for help , navigates the city to his parents ' condo , and agrees to help rescue the women from the brothel . 
 That night , initiates a shootout in the brothel while and his friends release the enslaved women from captivity . In the ensuing battle , the Fierce People kill several members of the Invisible People , including Chief . is later sworn in as the new chief of the tribe . warns that the almost - completed dam will end the tribe 's way of life , but insists that the Invisible People are safe . During a storm , places demolition explosives at key points along the dam , blowing it up . 
 The film ends with and sitting at the swimming hole near their village in the jungle , watching the members of their tribe splash and play .

In the late 21st century , an interstellar war between the humans ( associated as the Bilateral Terran Alliance , or BTA ) and the Dracs ( a sentient , bipedal reptilian humanoid race ) is fought . Battles are periodically fought between fighter spacecraft , and no human pilot hates the Dracs more than ( ) . During one such battle , and Drac pilot ( ) engage in a dogfight which results in both crash - landing on Fyrine IV , an alien world uninhabited by intelligent life , with two moons , a breathable atmosphere , water , native fauna , and a hostile environment . 
 After initial hostilities , the two eventually learn to cooperate to survive . They work together to build a shelter for protection against meteorite storms , a natural phenomenon that periodically strikes the planet . Over the next three years , they overcome their differences , become friends and learn each other 's languages and cultures . Each saves the other 's life several times . 
 , haunted by dreams of spaceships landing on the planet , leaves in search of help . He finds evidence of humans , but learns that the planet has only been periodically visited by human miners known as " Scavengers " , who use Dracs as slave labor . He returns to warn , ( nicknamed " " ) , only to discover that is pregnant ; Dracs are hermaphroditic and reproduce asexually . 
 A blizzard and an attack by an indigenous predator forces and to flee their shelter . To pass the time teaches his full lineage . later slowly dies in childbirth , but not before making swear to take the child back to the homeworld and recite his full ancestry , so that he can join Drac society . raises the child ( ) . and form a very close bond and the young loves as any sentient child loves a parent , despite referring to as " uncle " . 
 One day a ship flies overhead and goes to investigate . However , is curious and follows . He is discovered by a pair of Scavengers . attacks the men , but inadvertently stands between and one miner , and is gunned down . Later , a BTA patrol ship finds apparently dead , and returns him to his base space station . 
 On the station during an impersonal funeral ceremony , suddenly awakens when a disposal technician tries to steal the book gave him years before to learn the Drac language . 's old team vouch for his loyalty , even after they find he speaks the enemy 's language fluently . is later reinstated to duty , but not as a pilot , as his superiors want to make sure he has not been brainwashed by the Dracs . Unable to get help in rescuing , steals a spaceship to find the child by himself . He manages to find the Scavenger ship and sneak aboard . speaks to the Drac slaves in their own language as he searches for . The slaves know who is and realize that is " uncle " . enters the facility and fights with one miner after another as he searches for . In the confusion caused by , the slaves revolt against the miners . Towards the end of the battle , is assisted by the BTA crew who pursued the stolen ship . They realize that whatever it was he experienced while missing in action ( MIA ) has made him more human ; he no longer hates Dracs . 
 In the epilogue , and return to the Drac homeworld of Dracon for 's heritage ceremony before the Drac Holy Council . As he promised , recounts the complete Jeriba ancestry before the Holy Council in the traditional ritual as he was taught . The narrator explains that when " in the fullness of time , Zammis brought its own child before the Holy Council , the name of ' ' was added to the line of . "

While the family , , , , and , are preparing to leave the forest moon of Endor , the Ewok village is attacked by a group of Marauders ( originally crash landed from Sanyassa ) led by and his witch - like sorceress . Many Ewoks are killed . escapes , but is forced to leave , , and to their doom , both parents having already been hit by enemy fire ; her mother and brother killed when a Marauder blaster - cannon destroys a hut in which they had taken refuge from the battle . 
 While running away from the carnage , and meet , a small , fast native of Endor . takes them to the home of , a human man who is angered by their uninvited presence , and throws them out . Eventually he proves himself to be a kindhearted man , letting steal food for them , and inviting the two in when they attempt to build a fire for warmth . 
 At the Marauders ' castle , is ordered by to find , assuming she knows how to use " the power " in the energy cell stolen from 's star cruiser . Meanwhile , , , and are becoming friends . It is revealed that is rebuilding his own broken star cruiser , only missing the energy cell . 
 is awakened one morning by a song her mother used to sing to her . She follows the voice to find a beautiful woman singing . The woman transforms into , who takes her to . He orders her to activate " the power . " When she can not , she and are both imprisoned with the Ewoks . Outside , , , and sneak into the castle , making their way to the cellblock , where they free and the other Ewoks . They escape with the energy cell . 
 , , and the Marauders pursue them back to the ship , where leads the Ewoks in defense of the cruiser , and installs the energy cell in his ship . The Ewoks put up a valiant effort , and are nearly beaten by the time powers up the ship and uses its formidable laser cannons to fend off the Marauders . When goes to save , she is captured by , even as the other Marauders retreat . and face off , with finally coming to the rescue , killing and simultaneously leaving trapped in bird form for eternity . 
 Shortly thereafter , goodbyes are said , as and leave the forest moon of Endor aboard 's starship .

is a young teen living in the suburbs of Washington , D.C. , who experiences vivid dreams about flying through clouds and over a vast , city - like circuit board ... usually after falling asleep watching old sci - fi films ( The War of the Worlds is a favorite ) . Every night , upon waking from the dream , he draws the circuit board . shows the sketches to his friend , child prodigy . At school , develops a crush on , but he is n't sure whether it 's mutual . Both boys meet punkish - but - likable , with whom they share their circuit board - concepts . builds an actual microchip based on 's drawings . The chip enables the generation of an electromagnetic bubble which surrounds a pre - determined area . As the boys discover , the bubble is capable of moving at near - limitless distances and speeds without the usual ill - effects from inertia . They construct a rudimentary spacecraft out of an abandoned Tilt - A - Whirl car ; they name their ship the Thunder Road , after song of the same title . Their experiments with the Thunder Road draw attention from the US government , which sends agents to scout the area for UFOs . 
 After receives more dreams about the circuit board , discovers a means of producing unlimited sustainable oxygen ; this means longer flights , whereas previously they were limited to whatever a typical oxygen tank could hold . They finalize their plan to explore the galaxy in search of alien life . The boys complete lift - off , despite interference from the authorities ( one of whom silently wishes them well ) . Shortly after breaking Earth 's orbit , something overrides the boys ' personal computer - controls . The Thunder Road is tractor - beamed aboard a much larger spaceship . The boys venture out to meet their " captors " , and : two green - skinned aliens whose knowledge of Earth comes almost entirely from junk culture , particularly TV reruns . The young explorers hit it off with their extraterrestrial hosts , but then the alien ship is suddenly intercepted by a larger - still alien vessel . Feigning an attack by space - pirates , urges the boys to leave . They are in the process of doing so when they 're cut off by a gigantic brown extraterrestrial , this one bearing a close resemblance to the other two , who gestures furiously while grinding out barely - comprehensible alien language . As it turns out , and are brother and sister ; they 've taken their father 's ship out for a " joy ride " , sending the dreams to the boys in the hopes of meeting humans . Transmissions of old black - and - white movies have kept the extraterrestrial populace at a distance – except for the curious and – due to the way humans generally depict violence toward alien life . 
 and 's father allows the Thunder Road and its crew to depart , after and give the boys a parting gift : an amulet which , according to the extraterrestrials , is " the stuff dreams are made of " . The boys make it safely back to Earth , but a malfunction results in them crashing the Thunder Road into their neighborhood lake . Now they 're back to square one ... or so they think . A week later , has a dream at school in which he envisions another vast circuit board while flying through more clouds overhead . This time – thanks to and 's amulet – is joined in the dream by , , and . They proclaim that the circuitry is " really complicated " , and wonder where this one will take them once they 've constructed it . smiles at while holding his hand .

In 1971 at a fraternity house on the University of Texas campus in Austin , Texas , ( ) is throwing darts at a picture of himself and his ex - girlfriend ( ) . He rejoins the graduation party going on downstairs , but not before tearing the picture in half . 
 is a member of a clique called the Groovers , whose other members include ( ) who 's engaged to be married , and ROTC geek ( ) . 's parents have come to town and to the fraternity house just in time to see another Groover named ( ) pass out . ( He remains unconscious for most of the film . ) They also meet the strong , quiet seminary student ( ) . 
 interrupts the festivities by announcing his student deferment has expired and he is now to be drafted into the Army . is not surprised : his own notice came weeks before . also reveals he has decided to call off his engagement to on account of being drafted . reacts ( strangely ) with some joy and relief . The decide to celebrate their last days before the draft by going on a road trip , intending to visit a notorious roadhouse , then " dig up " someone - or something - named near the Rio Grande . They drive all night before making a " rest stop . " Some , most notably , resist going on , but presses them on . 
 's car runs out of gas and the must decide whether to walk to the nearest town or hitch . is adamant about not leaving his car behind , when someone gets an idea : a train is about to pass on a railroad track parallel to the road . grabs some cable from a fence and makes a lasso . He attaches the other end to the front bumper of the car , as the train passes , lassos the back of the train . The are in the car , waiting , when asks , " How are we going to stop ? " but this is answered when the front end of the car is pulled off , leaving the car in place . 
 The manage to push the car to the nearest town , leave it at a garage , and eat at a Sonic Drive - In . They meet up with some townie girls ( one of whom is played by ) and eventually end up playing in a cemetery operated by the undertaker father of one of the girls , where they come upon the tombstone of a fallen Vietnam War veteran . says , " I ca n't go ( to Vietnam ) . " replies , " Then do n't . " They end up sleeping at the former movie set of Giant . 
 When the car is repaired the next morning with a front end from a different make and model , the continue on their way . complains about wanting to go back – and thinks might flee to Mexico to avoid the draft – when shouts angrily at him . Gardner confesses they only let hang with them because they felt sorry for him . 
 Humiliated , retorts that he will take on any challenge . The group sees a sign for a parachute school that gives jumping lessons . reluctantly agrees to try it . cons the rather hippie - ish instructor , one ( ) , into giving them a free lesson . 
 is terrified but goes up into 's aircraft anyway . Then the boys realize that 's pack is lacking a parachute because it is full of 's dirty laundry . They try desperately to warn him ( there 's no ground - to - aircraft communication ) but fail . Fortunately , and are connected by walkie - talkie , so when the main chute fails , , scared stiff , is able to open the emergency chute on his stomach with much prompting from . The get a picture for their efforts , letting get some of his wounded pride back . 
 After discovering the charred , abandoned remains of the roadhouse , the press onward . At last they reach a bluff overlooking the Rio Grande and dig up Dom – which turns out to be a magnum of Dom Perignon champagne . Each takes a drink before drinks a toast to " freedom and youth . " 
 is disheartened ; he has had second thoughts about calling off the engagement . Pondering a bit on the nature of love , decides to make things right . He calls , gets her to accept the engagement again , and arranges for transport for her from Dallas to the border town ; agrees to fly there and back . Through a bit of trickery , reminiscent of stone soup , he sets up a beautiful wedding for and . and share one last dance before she goes . ( She is the girl whose picture threw darts at earlier and whom he has more than one dream about . ) 
 After the ceremony , lets and have his car as a wedding present . goes to hitch a ride " anywhere " and and shake hands before leaving . Perched atop a cliff overlooking the town and more specifically viewing the remaining lights of the wedding reception , lifts a beer in salute to his friends . [ Note 2 ]

Sports writer ( ) volunteers to do a series of articles for the Los Angeles Herald Examiner about a compulsive gambler he calls " Mr. Green" ... who is , in fact , himself . 
 becomes obsessed with gambling in Las Vegas , which lands him deeply into debt . He compounds his money and gambling problems by dealing with associated loan sharks , including the mean and dangerous L.A. bookmaker known as " The Dutchman " ( ) . soon learns that a local pro football quarterback , whose team he covers , is also on the Dutchman 's payroll - as a means of cutting his own gambling debts . After clearing the story with his sports editor , , journeys to Las Vegas for a field report on his gambling series ; through a casino owner he meets a sexy casino cocktail hostess named ( ) . Loving the tables , at 's urging he gambles with at roulette and wins , instead of taking her to bed . In Las Vegas also checks out assorted Las Vegas bookmakers , including . meets various Vegas gambling and business figures , including famed Las Vegas Sun publisher , for more insights into the Las Vegas gambling world . He is unaware that the Dutchman 's tough guy enforcer , " " is closely following him until the Hat confronts him at the hotel pool as attempts to relax on a chaise lounge . orders to return to Los Angeles immediately , and settle up with the Dutchman , or there will be dire consequences . 
 's risk - addiction and perennial gambling money - losses ultimately spill over into his personal life . After a day trip to Knott 's Berry Farm brings his young daughter ( ) to Hollywood Park ; At the track pressbox , they see and chat with his colleagues , famed Los Angeles newspaper sportswriters and . is now trying to stop gambling - but at the racetrack watching the races , he is physically assaulted by a track - goer to whom he owes money . Reporting to work the next day at the Herald Examiner , his newspaper editor ( ) says he loves the " Mr. Green " series which the newspaper has been running , enough so that advances $ 10,000 dollars for " Mr. " to use as seed money for more gambling . 
 Upon more reflection on how truly dangerous gambling can be , visits Gamblers Anonymous in order to end his gambling compulsion . still returns to Las Vegas , where he becomes increasingly acquainted with Las Vegas high - roller ( hopes of making a large score and breaking even . He also hopes of helping him get the Dutchman 's head thug , ( ) , off 's back . Finally decides to stop gambling " forever " 
 Returning to Los Angeles , to celebrate " kicking " his gambling habit , places a few dollars into a slot machine at the Las Vegas Airport , where he magically scores a huge jackpot . immediately gets an attorney to hold the huge score in trust fund for his daughter . When he asks the attorney to reassure him " even I can not touch the money ? " , his attorney replies , " especially not you . "

Los Angeles Times reporter ( ) is writing an article exposing drug trafficking on the beaches of Los Angeles . Posing as an addict during his investigation , he is approached by Boyd Aviation executive vice president ( ) who mistakenly assumes is a junkie . claims to have bone cancer , with only months left to live , and wishes to avoid the pain and suffering . offers $ 50,000 for to come to his mansion in a few days time , kill him , and then escape to Rio de Janeiro , staging the murder to look like a burglary . 
 , while not completely convinced on the truth of 's story , reluctantly agrees to the plan . Along with his colleague ( ) , he begins investigating instead of completing his drug trafficking exposé , much to the disapproval of his overbearing editor ( ) . Disguised as a doctor , accesses 's file at the hospital and learns lied about having cancer . 
 visits 's wife ( ) at her tennis club . Pretending to be a tennis instructor and friend of 's , he flirts with her during an impromptu tennis lesson . Looking into 's finances , finds that recently converted $ 3 million of her personal stock in Boyd Aviation into cash for her husband , to buy a ranch in Provo , Utah . breaks into the realtor 's office and discovers the deed lists the sale price as only $ 3,000 . 
 Meanwhile , LAPD Chief ( ) learns of 's drug article . He warns that the article will jeopardize his undercover operation on the beach . threatens to kill unless he agrees to drop the investigation . At the tennis club , overhears an arrogant club member , Mr. , insulting a waiter and decides to use 's tab to treat to an expensive lunch in her private cabana . reveals 's murder scheme to her and tells her the true price of the ranch . 
 watches making a suspicious briefcase exchange with Chief , but is unable to determine the nature of their relationship . He returns home to find LAPD officers lying in wait at his apartment . He flees , but is pursued in a harrowing car chase . Forced to go into hiding , returns to Provo . Posing as an insurance investigator , he interviews 's parents . discovers has been secretly married to another woman for eight years ; his bigamous marriage to allowed him access to her personal wealth . 
 arrives at 's mansion on the night of the planned murder , but finds prepared to kill him instead . reveals his discovery of 's real plan : to fake his own death by killing and burning his body beyond recognition , then escape to Brazil with his first wife and 's $ 3 million . was also using his private jet to smuggle cocaine from South America to supply Chief , who blackmailed ex - convicts to peddle it on the beaches . arrives unexpectedly ; learning of 's intention to flee with $ 800,000 of the Chief 's drug money , he kills . and fight over the gun until strikes from behind , rendering him unconscious . 
 is indicted with 's testimony . begins dating and , in the final scene , takes her on a vacation to Rio , again using Mr. 's tab .

Seventeen - year - old is a fan of both traditional horror films and a horror TV series entitled Fright Night , hosted by former movie vampire hunter . One evening , discovers that his new next door neighbour , is a vampire responsible for the disappearances of several victims . tries to tell his mother and asks his friends for help . In desperation , he contacts the cops , Detective goes with to 's house to question him but his " roommate " tells them that is " away on business " . reveals his suspicions and the detective furiously leaves . That night , is surprised to see in his house after his mother invites him in ( after 's friend " Evil tells him a vampire ca n't enter someone 's home without an invitation ) . Later on , gets a visit from , who offers a choice : forget about his vampire identity - or else . refuses , brandishing his crucifix at . When stops and slowly tries to push him out the window to his death , stabs 's hand with a pencil . Enraged , destroys 's car in retaliation and informs that he will do much worse to him tomorrow night . 
 turns to for help , but dismisses as an obsessed fan . 's girlfriend , , fearing for 's sanity and safety , hires the destitute to " prove " that is not a vampire by having him drink what they claim is " holy water " , but it turns out to only be tap water ; has claimed to that drinking actual holy water would be against his religious convictions . discovers 's true nature after glancing at his pocket mirror and noticing 's lack of a reflection , causing him to accidentally drop and smash the mirror . then flees , but learns of his discovery after finding a piece of his pocket mirror on the floor . 
 hunts down and turns him into a vampire . then visits and , revealing himself , tries to attack him , only to be warded off when injured by a crucifix . Meanwhile , chases and into a nightclub . While is trying to call the police for help , hypnotizes and abducts , who bears a resemblance to 's lost love , and bites her after an intimate moment . With nowhere left to turn , attempts to gain Vincent 's help once more . A frightened initially refuses , but he then reluctantly resumes his " Vampire Killer " role as approaches his neighbor 's house . The two are able to repel 's attack using a crucifix , though only 's works since he has faith in its spiritual power . appears and knocks unconscious over the banister , leaving to flee to 's house . There he is surprised by , who attacks him in the form of a wolf , only to be pierced through the heart with a broken table leg held by . Removing the stake from 's corpse , goes to rescue and battle . 
 Meanwhile , is locked in with , who is slowly transforming into a vampire . manages to free him before she awakens , and says the process can be reversed if they destroy before dawn . and are then confronted by , who is revealed to be an undead , though non - vampiric servant , and manage to destroy him . appears , but is able to lure the overconfident vampire in front of a window using a crucifix ( now working due to his renewed faith in its abilities ) . Just before the morning sun , transforms into a bat and attacks and before fleeing to his coffin in the basement . and pursue ; breaks open 's coffin and tries to stake him through the heart while fights off , who has almost completed her transformation . By breaking the blacked - out windows in the basement , and expose to the sunlight , destroying him . 's destruction leads to reverting to her human form , and the three embrace . 
 A few nights later , returns to his Fright Night TV series and announces a hiatus from vampires by instead presenting Octaman . The series is being watched by and as they embrace in bed . As gets up to turn off the TV , he at first sees red eyes in 's now - vacant house , but dismisses them . Unbeknownst to both and , the still undead ( hiding in the darkness ) laughs and says , " Oh , you 're so cool , ! "

( played by ) is an army brat who is thrilled when her father , , is transferred to Chicago , the home of her favorite dance show Dance TV . At her Catholic girls school , she quickly makes a new friend in ( ) due to their shared love of dance and Dance TV . When nixes the idea of her traveling to downtown Chicago to try out , accompanies to the auditions . 
 At the auditions , an enemy is made of spoiled rich girl when she rudely parks her car where is walking . The auditions are going well until 's partner gets her cut ( it is later found out that paid him to have her kicked out ) . and a dreamboat named both shine , albeit partnered with others at first . They are later paired once the final cut is made . loves to dance although his father is drilling him to go to trade school and is following his heart instead of his father 's wishes . 
 The two butt heads initially due to their disparate upbringings . Despite 's natural ability to dance , he has never taken a class . has been taking both gymnastics and dance classes for ten years . Helping them to get off on the wrong foot is also 's inability to practice when it 's convenient for . Things are further complicated by 's meddling ( she finds out that skipped choir practice to meet and calls her father to tell , posing as " Sister " ) . 
 An excellent opportunity for both girls to get back at presents itself when is invited to her coming out party . They make copies of her invitation ( provided by 's best friend ) and pass them out to strangers all over town . and attend the party and watch the chaos ensue when all of the extra invited people show up ( as do , and 's sister ( ) , watching from the window ) . and have become close through their rehearsals . One night , he tells her to meet him not at the rehearsal studio but at a club . While they are enjoying some unstructured dance time , is taken away by a girl who locked her keys in her car . Meanwhile , a large admirer moves in on her . On 's return , a fight ensues and after sucker punches the much larger man they run out of the club together . Once at 's house , she is aglow over what her life has become : she 's in the running to become a Dance TV regular , has a great best friend , as well as a boyfriend . They finally kiss before she excitedly runs inside . 
 Given the total wreck the party became , the rivalry with has intensified . She convinces her father to become more involved in insuring her win . This is an easy feat considering that her father owns the company that 's father works for . One day , 's father , , corners and tells him that if does n't win , his father will lose his job . This puts him in a bad mood and he fights with when he arrives at rehearsal . Her mood quickly matches his when she arrives home and sneaks in the house only to find that her father has installed a security system . He then grounds her for her continuous deception , making it virtually impossible for her to attend the dance contest finals . 
 Meanwhile , 's surly attitude and decreased desire to be in the contest is noticed by his father . Once he finally gets his son to talk , he simply asks if he can win the contest . When answers yes he is instructed to do so , job be damned . However , is still on restriction and does n't know has changed his mind . However , that changes when her little brother brings her a message that will compete and she employs to get her out of the house undetected . 
 Once arrives , cuts the wires to the security system and escapes the clutches of the guard dog . When they arrive at the station , makes the elevator up to the studio and does n't . She runs upstairs to make the beginning of the show , embracing and kissing as she arrives . The show begins and the competition is underway . Midway through the show , 's family turns to the contest on the television and sees her dancing . Her father , furious , storms out of the house , on the way to the studio . Meanwhile , 's mother is in tears with pride as her younger brother cheers his sister on and 's father watches the show from his neighborhood pub . 
 After all of the dancers are done , the decision comes back : there is a tie between and and and her partner . A dance - off ensues . goes first and when done , strolls off the stage proudly , believing she 's won . But after tells " Let 's do it . " , they pull out all the stops with a series of synchronized gymnastics has taught over their time together . When the judges deliberate again , the decision is unanimous : and win ! is furious and begins to berate her partner over costing her the contest . When she goes to her father to complain , he finally puts his foot down and tells his spoiled child to shut up , to her amazement . When spots her father in the studio , she thinks she 's in for trouble , but nothing could be further from the truth as he is extremely proud of her . Miss Dance TV is called to the stage and when she enters , it is none other than , who has received the job when the former Miss Dance TV quit during the show .

Facing foreclosure of their homes in the Goon Docks area of Astoria , Oregon , to an expanding country club , a group of children who call themselves " the Goonies " gather for a final weekend together . The Goonies include optimist , his older brother , , the inventive , the talkative and the overweight klutz . 
 Rummaging through the ' attic , they come across a 1632 doubloon and an old treasure map purporting to lead to the famous pirate " One - Eyed " Willy 's hoard located nearby , whom considers to be the original " " . The kids elude and make their way to a derelict restaurant on the coast that coincides with the map ; soon follows , along with , a cheerleader with a crush on him , and , 's friend . The group quickly discovers the defunct restaurant is being used as a hideout by the criminal family : , , and " . " The find an underground tunnel described on the map and follow it , but is captured by the family and tied up with their deformed , immensely strong younger brother , . The torture until he reveals where the have gone , and begin pursuit . is left behind with , but befriends him . frees them , and calls the police . They both then follow the . 
 The Goonies evade several deadly traps along the tunnels while staying ahead of the . Finally , they reach the grotto where 's pirate ship , the Inferno , is anchored . The kids discover the ship is filled with treasure and start filling their pockets ; warns them not to take any on a set of scales in front of , considering that to be 's treasure and their tribute to him . As they leave the ship , the appear and demand they drop all the treasure before they plan to kill them . arrives with and distract the long enough for the Goonies to jump overboard . holds open a cave opening so they can escape the grotto , but has to stay behind . With the children gone , the proceed to grab all the treasure they can , including those on 's scales . This triggers another trap causing the grotto to collapse , and the barely make it out in time . 
 On shore , the see their families and the police arrive , capturing the when they get to shore , but prevents from being arrested . As the kids eagerly describe their adventure to their parents , discovers that his marble bag had not been taken by the and is filled with gems he took from the ship . 's father rips up the foreclosure papers , declaring they have enough money to buy their homes back . invites to live with him . As the Goonies celebrate , they see the Inferno , having broken free of the grotto , sailing off on its own in the distance .

Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, Jonathan Ke Quan, Anne Ramsey, Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano

UCLA college student ( ) is playing a game called " Gotcha " ( popular on mid-1980s college campuses as " Assassin " or " Tag " ) , wherein the players are all assigned a mock " hit " on another player by use of a harmless paintball gun . and his apartment roommate go on a vacation to Paris , France . After touring some of Paris , in a cafe meets ( ) , a Czechoslovakian girl . Eventually , has intercourse with , losing his virginity . 
 decides to leave ( who is heading to Spain ) and go with to West Berlin to spend more time with her . believes that he is in love with . There , and continue to have sex and even go to an Oktoberfest beer gathering . One night , tells that she has to go to East Berlin to pick up a package . One night after arriving in East Berlin , Sasha leaves their hotel room and walks to dark street corner . There , meets a German man who tells her the location of the pickup of her package . Meanwhile , was being monitored by a Soviet agent , who was sitting in a car at a distance . During the day , tells that if she gives him a certain message , it means that he has to leave East Berlin immediately . At a cafe , gives a package and says that a strudel is inside . A little later , tells to meet her at the butcher shop near their hotel . All of a sudden , a Soviet agent begins to chase after . decides to use ( who is holding her package ) to unknowingly get the package over to West Berlin . Meanwhile , is taken by the Soviet agent and East German secret police . 
 goes to Checkpoint Charlie to cross the heavily fortified border into West Berlin . At the East German customs search , is stripped of his clothes and given a cavity search . Meanwhile , is stripped and searched for possible espionage evidence . arrives at the border crossing to search for , however passes the border safely before he can be captured . Once in West Berlin , feels liberated by the Westernized society . In the hotel , receives a message from to meet him at a specified location . finds out that his hotel room was broken into and robbed of his traveler 's checks . Soviet agents eventually find in West Berlin and chase him throughout a public park . jumps into a water canal and manages to escape from the Soviets and stumbles upon a German rock group headed for Hamburg , who offer him a ride to the airport . 
 The rock group successfully get to the airport ( using full - face makeup to sneak him past a checkpoint ) and finally arrives in Los Angeles Tom Bradley International Airport and to his apartment . Soon , and a band of Soviet agents arrive too in Los Angeles . Once home , stumbles upon a film canister , which was planted by . visits his parents and tells them what happened in Germany but they can not believe a word of it and think is on drugs . decides to call the FBI then the Central Intelligence Agency for help . returns to find his apartment broken into and looted . 
 The CIA officer tells to give them the photo film canister . At the Los Angeles headquarters of the CIA , spots who looks like she was working there . eventually meets up with . admits that she is , a CIA agent , originally from Pittsburgh . Out of nowhere , and his gang begin to chase and on the UCLA campus . eliminates all the Soviets with a tranquilizer gun which he gets from the campus veterinary sciences building . The Soviets are arrested , the CIA agents thank for his ( indirect ) help in obtaining the film , and tells him she wants to continue their relationship . 
 After they part , talks to a pretty student who rebuffs him coldly . As she walks away , he aims the tranquilizer pistol and shoots her in the rear .

An intruder in a black mask ties up San Francisco socialite at her remote beach house and kills her with a hunting knife . He writes the word " Bitch " on the wall with her blood . Her husband is arrested for her murder by , a district attorney . tries to hire high - profile lawyer to defend him . used to work for , and she is reluctant to take the case , as she stopped working in criminal law after an incident with . 
 runs into . He tells her that " hanged himself in his cell , " which distresses her . visits , a private detective who used to work for 's office as well . He stopped private investigations at the same time that left 's office , and it becomes clear that the case was the reason . decides to take the case . 
 While preparing for the trial , and spend a great deal of time together , and eventually sleep together . warns that is just trying to make her care more about his case . Her office begins receiving anonymous typed letters that mention things about the case . All of the letter t 's are slightly raised , and analysis determines that they were written on a 1942 Corona typewriter . 
 In a pre - trial meeting , tells the judge that has a history of not meeting his discovery obligations . The prosecution 's case relies mainly on circumstantial evidence . Witness testifies that told her she was divorcing , but discredits her with evidence , including a love letter , that her advances had been rejected by , causing to cut off all communication with her . discredits , a locker - room attendant at a private club who claims to have seen a hunting knife in Forrester 's locker , when he admits that the knife was in another member 's locker . 
 calls , who had an affair with Forrester . As details her relationship with Forrester , finds it eerily similar to her own relationship with Forrester . She feels manipulated and now believes is guilty , but agrees to continue out of a sense of duty . Another note arrives at her office saying , " He is innocent . Santa Cruz . January 21 , 1984 . Ask . " 
 interviews , who testifies at the trial that she was attacked in the same manner as . All the details match , but she says her attacker seemed to stop himself from killing her . As objects that the attack on is unrelated to the one on , he lets slip that his office had investigated the attack and not revealed it in discovery . In chambers , the judge threatens to have disbarred . insists that staged the earlier attack in order to create an alibi of sorts for 's murder , which he had planned for 18 months . also insists that has been sending the anonymous notes . 
 After is found not guilty , announces to the media that she left 's office over the case , where suppressed evidence that proved was innocent . walks off in disgust . 
 goes to 's house to celebrate , and they sleep together again . In the morning , she discovers a typewriter in his closet . She tests it , and the " t " is raised , just as in the anonymous notes . She throws clothing over the typewriter and flees with it , pretending to that her little boy is sick . 
 When calls , she tells him that she found the typewriter . says that he is baffled and that he is coming over . calls , on the brink of telling him that is a killer , but instead hangs up . A masked figure breaks in and confronts her in her bedroom . As he starts to attack , throws back the covers to reveal her gun . She shoots him several times until he falls to the floor . comes in and unmasks the attacker : It is Forrester .

While moored at a port in the South of France , ( ) and ( ) romance has grown stale . , suffering writer 's block , wants to return to New York , while prefers aimlessly sailing the world on his boat , the Angelina . At a book signing engagement , meets ( ) , a charming Arab ruler who wants to write his biography . accepts and leaves with over Jack 's protests . later runs into ( ) , the swindler from and 's previous adventure in Colombia , who demands turn over the gem and found . Shortly after , an Arab , ( ) , informs about 's true intentions and claims that has the " Jewel of the Nile " ; just as finishes his explanations , the mysteriously explodes . and team up to find and the fabled jewel . 
 soon discovers that is a brutal dictator rather than the enlightened ruler he claimed will unite the Arab world . In the palace jail , encounters ( ) , a holy man who is the " Jewel of the Nile " and whom fears . [ Note 1 ] The pair escape and find , and they flee into the desert in 's hi - jacked F-16 fighter aircraft . is captured by 's rebel Sufi tribe who are sworn to protect the so he can fulfill his people 's destiny . 
 After encountering a Nubian mountain African tribe , and 's romance is rekindled . tells that the jewel is Al - Julhara and not a gem stone . In Kadir , intends to use a smoke - and - mirror - special effect provided by a British rock promoter to convince onlookers that he is the prophet who will unite the Arab world . , , and arrive to expose but are captured . suspends and with ropes over a deep pit ( a scenario taken from 's biggest - selling novel , The Savage Secret ) while is in a stockade ; , along with the Sufi tribe , arrives in time to rescue the three prisoners . 
 As takes center stage to address the Arab people , and disrupt the ceremony while the Sufi battle 's guards . A fire breaks out , engulfing 's stage . and are separated , and corners atop the burning scaffolding . Aided by using a giant crane , reaches in the nick of time and knocks over the side and down into the flames , killing him . rises and safely walks through the flames , fulfilling the prophecy that he is the true spiritual leader . 
 The following day , and are married by . While is genuinely happy for and , he laments once again having gained nothing for his efforts , but acknowledges that he is a true Sufi friend and presents him with a jeweled dagger as and happily sail away down the Nile .

is an aspiring teenage journalist in Phoenix who feels that her teachers do n't take her articles seriously because of her good looks . After failing to get her dream job as a newspaper intern , she comes to the conclusion that it is because she is a girl . 
 With her parents out of town on a two - week Caribbean vacation , decides to remedy the situation . Enrolling at a rival high school , she enlists the help of her little brother , , and her best friend to disguise herself as a boy . Along the way she meets , a nerd who becomes her pet project . After helping him through an image makeover and encouraging him to start talking to girls , starts to fall for him . 
 After many episodes in and out of school , including fending off a group of bullies led by bodybuilder , dealing with her real college boyfriend and being set up on a blind date with a potential new girlfriend named , manages to be accepted as " one of the guys " . However , she is stunned when she turns in an article and her teacher still criticizes her work , making realize her gender and looks were never the issue . 
 At the senior prom , a jealous picks a fight with , who ultimately trounces the bully in front of the entire class . When 's boyfriend shows up unexpectedly and discovers the ruse , assumes that 's big secret was that she was gay . To prove otherwise , opens her shirt and reveals her breasts to . Although she admits to loving him , rejects her , prompting a desperate to kiss him in front of everyone . To placate the awestruck students , derisively announces that " has tits " before leaving the prom and behind . 
 Heartbroken and humiliated , retreats to her room and writes a long article on what it is like to be a girl in boy 's clothing , detailing all of her experiences , both good and bad . 
 returns to her own school . When her article is printed in the newspaper , she receives high praise and finally earns her dream job at the newspaper . Nevertheless , she still finds herself yearning for , who has not spoken to her since the prom . One day during the summer , suddenly turns up after reading her article . Realizing their true feelings for each other , they reconcile and make plans for another date . They decide to go for a drive in 's car , but before can join them , an attractive blonde on a motorcycle rides up and beckons to him with a smile . then climbs onto the back of her motorcycle , and both couples happily drive away .

The film tells of two very different individuals who share a prison cell in Brazil during the Brazilian military government : , who is imprisoned ( and has been tortured ) due to his activities on behalf of a leftist revolutionary group , and , a transgender woman in prison for having sex with an underage boy . 
 , who identifies as " she , " passes the time by recounting memories from one of her favorite films , a wartime romantic thriller that 's also a Nazi propaganda film . She weaves the characters into a narrative meant to comfort and distract him from the harsh realities of political imprisonment and separation from his lover , . encourages to have self - respect and opens her up to political commitment . Despite 's occasionally snapping at over her shallow views of film watching and unrealistic romance , an unlikely friendship develops between the two . 
 As the story develops , it becomes clear that is being poisoned by his jailers to provide with a chance to befriend him , and that is spying on on behalf of the secret police . has apparently been promised parole if she succeeds in obtaining information that will allow the secret police to break up the revolutionary group . 
 When declares herself in love with , a physical consummation of that love occurs on 's last night in prison . is granted parole in a surprise move by the secret police . provides with a telephone number and a message for his comrades . at first refuses to take the number , fearing the consequences of treason , but she relents , bidding farewell with a kiss . 
 Now out of prison , calls the telephone number , and a meeting is arranged with the revolutionary group . But the secret police have had under surveillance , and at the rendezvous , a gun battle occurs , with the revolutionaries shooting . As she wanders the streets wounded , the secret police catch her and demand the telephone number , but refuses and dies . On the orders of the police chief , the policemen dump 's body in a rubbish pit and fabricate a story about her death and her presumed collaboration with the revolutionary group . 
 In the prison , is being treated after being tortured . After a sympathetic doctor risks his job by administering morphine to help him sleep , finds himself on an idyllic tropical island with .

In 13th century Europe , is a thief facing execution who escapes from the dungeon of via the sewers , and flees to the countryside . The corrupt Bishop of is furious because no one has ever escaped from his prison . He sends his Captain of the Guard , , to hunt down . At a country tavern , offers to buy a drink for anyone who will celebrate with him , for he is the only man to have seen the inside of 's prisons and lived . Unfortunately for him , and his men are drinking in disguise . As they try to apprehend , they are foiled by a mysterious black knight who reveals himself to be their former Captain , . rides back to to warn the Bishop of 's return . The Bishop summons , the wolf trapper . 
 travels with a well - trained hawk . He saved because of his boast about escaping from 's dungeon and needs 's unique knowledge to lead him inside to kill the Bishop . That night , is saved from a murderer by an enormous black wolf . He also encounters a beautiful blonde woman , who mysteriously greets the wolf as though they are old companions . 
 and the hawk are wounded by crossbows in another encounter with the Bishop 's men . sends the hawk with to the old monk to heal her . At ' ruined castle , places the hawk on a table . When appears in the hawk 's place , with a crossbow arrow through her left breast , realizes that she is the hawk . reveals that the hawk is a woman named , who came to live in Aquila after her father , the Count of Anjou , died fighting in the Crusades . All who saw her fell in love with her , including the Bishop , but was already in love with , with whom she secretly exchanged vows . 
 Accidentally betrayed by their confessor , , they fled . In his insane jealousy , the Bishop made a demonic pact to ensure that they would be " Always together ; eternally apart " . By day becomes a hawk , and by night becomes a wolf . Neither has any memory of their half - life in animal form . Only at dusk and dawn of each day can they see each other in human form for one fleeting moment , but they can never touch . 
 tells that the curse can be broken in two days at the castle , if both and appear before the Bishop in their human form . knows this is impossible , but insists that there will be a day without night and a night without day when the Bishop is taking the clergy 's confessions in the cathedral . dismisses as an old drunk . He proceeds to intent on simply murdering the Bishop , knowing that will make the curse irrevocable . , convinced by , joins with him to convince ; with all three ranged against him , agrees to their plan . 
 The next night , with in wolf form in a crude cage , and enter through the main gate while swims in via the sewers , retracing his escape route . Before his attack , orders to euthanize the hawk if he hears the church bells ring , because that will mean has failed and is dead . infiltrates the clergy confession and unlocks the cathedral doors . rides into the church and duels with . During their bout , throws his helmet at and breaks a window . As the duel continues , sees a solar eclipse through the broken window , reminding him of ' plan to break the curse . A guard rings the bells , and thinks that has killed the hawk . In a rage , he kills . He is just about to kill the Bishop as appears in the cathedral . Together , they stand before the Bishop , breaking the curse . When the Bishop flies into a rage and attempts to kill , throws his sword through the Bishop 's chest . and embrace in the cathedral .

Set in New York City , the movie follows a martial artist named ( ) ( also known as " " ) , who has dreams of becoming a great martial artist like his idol . His master ( ) explains that he has reached the final level of martial arts accomplishment known as " The Last Dragon " . Martial artists who reach this final level are said to be able to concentrate such mystical energy into their hands that they begin to glow . Only a true martial arts master would be able to exhibit " The Glow " over his entire body . does n't fully understand and , in possession of a medal supposedly belonging to , embarks upon a journey to find Master , whom his master claims can help unlock the power of " The Glow " . 
 Another martial artist , ( ) ( also known as " The Shogun of Harlem " ) sees as the only obstacle to being acknowledged as the true master of martial arts . refuses to fight him and a furious vows that he will defeat . and his gang later break in and assault one of the students at 's martial arts school , ( ) , demanding that bow before . Finally , and his gang attempt to send a message to by destroying the family pizza restaurant . 
 Meanwhile , video arcade mogul ( ) sends his men to kidnap 7th Heaven video host ( Vanity ) in the hopes of getting his girlfriend ( ) new music video featured on her show . The kidnap attempt is thwarted by who easily fends off the thugs . He loses his medal during the struggle , which recovers . Later , witnesses being kidnapped by 's brutish henchman ( ) . A clue left behind reveals that the kidnappers work for Eddie Arkadian Productions . 
 refuses to promote video on her program , but as 's men prepare to coerce her by force , suddenly bursts into the room and rescues once again . Back at her apartment , gratefully returns 's medal . Consumed with vengeance , hires to defeat and takes control of the 7th Heaven studio , capturing and 's younger brother , , who has snuck in hoping to woo . 
 Posing as a pizza delivery man , manages to infiltrate the assumed lair of Master within a fortune cookie factory , but is shocked to discover that the " Master " is only a computer churning out cookie fortunes . consults his former master for answers , but his master suggests that has known the answers all along . 
 Not wanting anyone to get hurt in the process of achieving her stardom , leaves Arkadian and asks Johnny to warn about his plan . As returns to 7th Heaven , he is ambushed by an army of violent thugs hired by . 's students , led by , charge into the studio to even the odds . Using as bait , lures to a dilapidated building where he finally faces off against . During the battle , reveals his ability to use " The Glow " , his hands pulsating with a red aura , and beats viciously before attempting to force him to acknowledge as " The Master " . As recent events flash before 's eyes , he realizes that his former Master was correct and that everything he needed to achieve the " Final Level " was within him all along . His entire body bathed in the sublime golden light of " The Glow " , uses his newfound power to defeat . 
 appears and fires a single bullet which catches between his teeth before detaining for the police . and are reunited at the studio where the two kiss .

In order to establish eternal night , ( ) sends the goblin ( ) on a mission to kill the unicorns that guard the light and bring him their horns . and his colleagues ( ) and ( ) follow impetuous Princess ( ) and her forest dweller paramour ( ) to the lair of the unicorns . When distracts one of the unicorns by stroking it , poisons it with a dart from his blowpipe . makes light of 's fears that she broke the law of the forest by touching the sacred animals and sets him a challenge by throwing her ring into a pond , declaring that she will marry whoever finds it . While dives in after the ring , the goblins find the dying unicorn and sever its alicorn . An apocalyptic winter descends ; runs off in terror and is barely able to break through the surface of the now frozen pond . 
 Taking refuge in a frozen cottage , overhears the goblins talking about their slaying of the unicorn and testing the alicorn 's magical powers . She follows the goblins to a rendezvous with , who orders them to hunt and kill the surviving mare . Meanwhile , accompanied by the hot - headed elf ( , voiced by ) , the fairy ( ) , and the dwarves and ( and ) , finds the lifeless stallion and his mate ; the mare tells that the alicorn must be recovered and returned to the stallion . Leaving to guard the unicorns , and the others retrieve a cache of ancient weapons . While they are gone , the goblins overpower and capture the unicorn mare and . Learning what has transpired , and his group make their way to 's lair in the middle of a swamp . On the way , they are nearly killed by a swamp hag named ( ) , but defeats her by flattering her appearance and then decapitating her . 
 After making it to the temple , and his group fall into a dungeon in 's hellish kitchen . There they encounter , revealed to be an elf gone astray , before he is dragged off by an ogre cook to be baked into a pie . is able to escape their cell and retrieve keys to free the others to search for and the mare . 
 Having fallen in love with , tempts her with jewelry , a beautiful dress and promises of power and glory . Seemingly seduced by his promises , she agrees to we d him under the condition that she kills the mare in the upcoming ritual . Overhearing their conversation , and learn that can be destroyed by daylight . After saving , the group takes the ogres ' giant metal platters to reflect the sunlight to the chamber where the mare is to be sacrificed . 
 As the ritual begins , frees the unicorn , but is knocked out by . While the others relay the light of the setting sun , fights , finally wounding him with the severed alicorn . As the redirected sunlight blasts him into the void , warns them that because evil lurks in everyone , he will never truly be vanquished . returns the stallion 's horn , returning him to life . retrieves the ring from the pond and returns it to , reviving her . 
 The film concludes ( depending on its targeted market ) with one of three endings :

The crew of the space shuttle Churchill finds a 150 - mile - long spaceship hidden in the coma of Halley 's Comet . Inside , the crew discovers hundreds of dead bat - like creatures and three naked humanoid bodies ( two male and one female ) in suspended animation within glass containers . The crew recovers the three aliens and begins the return trip to Earth . However , during the return journey , mission control loses contact with Churchill and a rescue mission is launched to investigate . 
 The rescuers discover that Churchill has been severely damaged by fire , yet the three containers bearing the aliens remain intact . The aliens are taken to the European Space Research Centre in London . Prior to an autopsy , the female alien awakens and drains the life force out of a guard . She then escapes the facility and proceeds to drain other humans of their life force , revealing an ability to shape - shift . 
 Meanwhile , in Texas , an escape pod from is found , with Col . inside . is flown to London , where he describes the course of events , culminating in the draining of the crew 's life force . explains that he set fire to the shuttle with the intention of saving Earth from the same fate and escaped in the pod . However , when he is hypnotised , it becomes clear that possesses a psychic link to the female alien . and SAS Col trace the alien to a psychiatric hospital in Yorkshire . There , the two believe they have managed to trap the alien within the heavily sedated body of the hospital 's manager , Dr Armstrong . and later learn that they were deceived , as the aliens had wanted to draw them out of London . 
 As and are transporting Dr back to London , the female alien escapes from her sedated host and disappears . In London , a plague has overtaken the city and martial law has been declared . The two male vampires , previously thought destroyed , have escaped from confinement by shape - shifting into the soldiers guarding them ; the pair then transform most of London 's population into zombies . After their life force has been drained by the male vampires , the victims seek out other humans to absorb their life force , perpetuating the cycle . The absorbed life forces are channeled by the male vampires to the female vampire , who transmits the accumulated energy to their spaceship in orbit . 
 Dr impales one of the male vampires with an ancient device of " leaded iron " . admits to that , while on , he felt compelled to open the female vampire 's container and to share his life force with her . She is later found inside St. Paul 's Cathedral , lying upon the altar , transferring the energy to her spaceship . She reveals , much to 's shock , that they are a part of each other due to the sharing of their life forces , thus their psychic bond . follows into the cathedral and is intercepted by the second male vampire , whom he kills . impales himself and the female alien simultaneously . The female is only wounded and returns to her ship with in tow , releasing a burst of energy that blows open the dome of St. Paul 's . The two ascend the column of energy to the spaceship , which then returns to the comet .

and are typical 1980s yuppies in Los Angeles who are fed up with their lifestyle . He works in an advertising agency and she for a department store . But after he fails to receive a promotion he was counting on and is instead asked to transfer to the firm 's New York office , angrily insults his boss and is fired . He coaxes his wife to quit her job as well and seek a new adventure . 
 The decide to sell their house , liquidate their assets , drop out of society , " like in Easy Rider " , and travel the country in a Winnebago recreational vehicle . They leave L.A. with a " nest egg " of a hundred thousand dollars but do not get very far . The plan goes awry when loses all their savings playing roulette at the Desert Inn Casino in Las Vegas , where a desperate tries in vain to persuade a casino manager to give the money back . 
 With nowhere to go , the couple quarrels at Hoover Dam , then ends up in Safford , Arizona . unsuccessfully applies for a delivery job at a local pharmacy and resorts to an employment agency . After a counselor obnoxiously reminds him that he was fired from his high - paying job in advertising , accepts the best position available — as a crossing guard , taunted by local school kids . 
 , meanwhile , finds employment as the assistant manager at the local Der Wienerschnitzel , working under a kid half her age . 
 Only a few days after beginning their pursuit of the dream of dropping out of society , and are living in a trailer park , almost broke , working dead end jobs and accountable to brats . They decide that it is better to get back to their old lifestyle as soon as possible . They point the Winnebago toward New York , where begs for his old job back .

With the world climate altered to a parched nuclear summer , crosses the Australian desert in a camel - drawn wagon when he is attacked by a pilot named and his son in a Transavia PL-12 Airtruk , stealing his wagon and belongings . Continuing on foot , follows their trail to the seedy community of Bartertown . While refused entry at first , is brought before the founder and ruler of Bartertown , the ruthless . She offers to resupply his vehicle and equipment if he completes a task for her . 
 explains that Bartertown depends on a crude methane refinery powered by pig feces , which is run by a dwarf called and his giant bodyguard . " Master Blaster " holds an uneasy truce with for control of Bartertown ; however , has begun to challenge 's leadership . instructs to provoke a confrontation with in Thunderdome , a gladiatorial arena where conflicts are resolved by a duel to the death . enters the refinery to size up Master Blaster and befriends , a convict sentenced to work for slaughtering a pig to feed his family . finds his stolen vehicle in Master Blaster 's possession , and helps disarm his booby - trapped engine to converse with him . Here he discovers that Blaster is exceptionally strong but extremely sensitive to high - pitched noises . 
 then faces in the Thunderdome and uses his weakness to gain the upper hand . He refuses to kill him after discovering he is mentally retarded with the intellect of a child . He tells it was not part of their deal , thus revealing her plot . , previously unaware of this arrangement to kill , is furious and vows to shut down the refinery and , by extension , Bartertown . An enraged has executed , imprisoned , and exiled . He is bound on a horse and sent off in a random direction through the wasteland . When his mount perishes in a sinkhole , frees himself and presses on . 
 Near death , is found by a desert dweller named , who hauls him back to her home , a primitive community of children and teenagers who live in an oasis . The children , survivors of a crashed Boeing 747 , were left by their parents who went to find civilization . They believe to be the flight captain ( Captain ) , returned to fix the aeroplane and fly them to civilization . Max denies this and insists that they remain in the relative safety of the oasis , knowing that the only " civilization " within reach is Bartertown . 
 Some of the children , led by , leave anyway , determined to find the prophesied " Tomorrow - morrow Land . " stops them by force , but another tribe member known as , sets them free during the night and leaves with them . Their leader , , asks to go after them , and he agrees , taking a few of the children with him to help . They find 's group in danger but are unable to save one of the children from a sinkhole . With no supplies left , they are forced to head for Bartertown . 
 The group sneak in via the underground , and , with help , free and escape in a train - truck , destroying Bartertown 's methane refinery in the process . leads the inhabitants in pursuit , catching up to the train . 's group slows them down while Scrooloose hijacks one of the pursuing vehicles , which happens to be 's stolen vehicle . The group comes across and his son , and coerces into helping his group escape with their aeroplane . uses his vehicle to clear a path through 's men , allowing the aeroplane to take off and escape , leaving him at 's mercy . spares his life , having come to respect him ; she says sardonically , " Well — ai n't we a pair , raggedy man ? Goodbye , soldier , " and departs to presumably make good on her vow to rebuild Bartertown . 
 flies the children to the coast , where they discover the nuclear - devastated ruins of Sydney . Years later , the children have established a small society of themselves and other lost wanderers in the ruins . , now leader of the group , recites a nightly story of their journey and the man who saved them , as , still alive in the desert , wanders on to places unknown .

In Azusa , California in 1978 , ( ) , who has craniodiaphyseal dysplasia , is accepted without question by his freewheeling biker mother 's boyfriends , his " extended motorcycle family " , and his maternal grandparents who share his love of baseball card collecting ; but is treated with fear , pity , awkwardness , and teasing by those unaware of his humanity , humor , and intelligence . 's mother , ( ) , is determined to give as normal a life as possible , in spite of her own wild ways as a member of the Turks biker gang , as well as her strained relationship with her parents . She fights for 's inclusion in a mainstream junior high school and confronts a principal who would rather relegate him to a special education school , despite the fact that his condition has n't affected his intelligence . They then go to the doctor for 's semi - annual physical , where claims to be feeling well , despite continuing headaches , that his mother can sing away . A young doctor tells that will probably not live for more than six months which scoffs at , as the doctors had been making predictions in the past that would be blind , deaf etc . , none of which came to be . 
 goes on to thrive at school . He wins friends by assisting a fellow student with remembering his locker combination . Using humor when faced with an awkward silence during roll call , just repeats the prior new student 's line , " Wow , thanks a lot . " The class turns to smile and laugh with . He entertains his history class by giving a rendition of the story of the Trojan Horse and it being the turning point of the Trojan War . Gradually overcoming discrimination and tutoring his classmates for $ 3 per hour , is asked by the principal to accept a job as a counselor 's aide at Camp Bloomfield , a summer camp for blind children . At his graduation from junior high , takes home academic achievement prizes in mathematics , history , and science . 
 feels the need to leave his chronically depressed and drug - addicted mother , and helps her break her drug habit . At camp , falls in love with ( ) , a blind girl who can not see ( but feels ) his deformed skull and is entranced by 's kindness and compassion . uses his intelligence to explain to words like " billowy " , " clouds " , " red " , and " green " by using cotton balls as a touchable vision of " billowy clouds " , a warm rock to explain " red " and " pink " , and a frozen rock to explain " icy blue . " introduces to her parents , who are put - off by 's appearance , and do not want to spend time with him . 
 Near the end of the film , faces the pain of separation from the two people to which he feels closest . His dream of a motorbike trip through Europe collapses when his best friend ( ) , who was to come with him , tells him that he is moving back to Michigan for good . This drives into berating and calling him " stupid " , then finally revealing to that he conned him out of a card . However , feels better after taking a bus trip by himself to visit at the equestrian stables , located near Griffith Park . tells that her parents prevented her from receiving his phone messages . But then , she reveals that she is going away to a private school for the blind , and can not be with him . To add to this , a member of his biker family , , passes away ( presumably from cancer ) . Also , he attends high school , where none of his friends are , and where he used to respond to taunts with wit and humor , he responds to a boy by pushing him against a locker and calling him a son - of - a - bitch . 
 One evening when 's " biker family " is visiting , is fighting a fierce headache and quietly withdraws to his room , removes the tacks from his map of Europe , and goes to bed . The next morning , tries to wake up for school and flies into a fit of grief - stricken rage when she realizes he has died . After destroying the kitchen , mourns the death of and says " Now you can go anywhere you want , baby . " She then re - pins his map of Europe . 
 The movie ends with 's mother , her boyfriend / biker , and biker , visiting his grave , leaving flowers and some 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers baseball cards by his headstone and a voice - over by himself , who recites the poem he wrote for English class earlier in the film .

In Nelsonville , Ohio , in 1956 , the relationship between the introverted , clumsy and the nonconformist , extroverted begins to develop . 's main objective is to win over the sexy , in spite of his shyness , while has his own love life to maintain with his girlfriend , as well as counseling on how to attract women . also has to defend and himself from the wealthy class bully , Kenny , 's jealous jock boyfriend , while trying to work out a borderline relationship with his widowed father , who has zero tolerance for his often wild escapades .

Ten years before freeing the US POWs from a brutal General , Colonel ( ) was held in a North Vietnamese POW camp run by sadistic Colonel ( ) , who forces the POWs to grow opium for a French drug runner named ( ) , and tries to get to admit to and sign a long list of war crimes . During his team 's time in captivity , they are relentlessly subjected to various forms of humiliating torture , and being told that his wife has left him and has remarried . , another US POW , starts to suffer from malaria , and exchanges an admission of guilt to 's charges of war crimes for medicine for the infected soldier . However , breaking his deal with , gives the soldier a lethal dose of opium instead . Enraged , escapes from the camp , and plots to free his fellow prisoners and destroy the prison camp . then betrays , taking control of his drug ring . inflicts several losses against 's men , leading to 's second - in - command to dress a Vietnamese soldier as Colonel and shoot him in an attempt to lure into the open . however notices that the decoy is not wearing 's boots , and proceeds to kill 's men . Eventually , fights hand to hand in 's quarters . Subduing , escorts the prisoners to an awaiting helicopter although not before igniting explosive charges planted around 's quarters .

( ) is a 33 - year - old , divorced mother who moves to a rural Arizona town to make a living by training and boarding horses . She becomes friends with the town 's druggist ( pharmacist ) , ( ) , but a romance between them seems unlikely due to 's age and because allows her ex - husband , ( ) , to move back in with her and their 12 - year - old son , ( ) . 
 struggles to make ends meet , but is helped by , an idiosyncratic widower who drives an otherwise immaculate antique automobile decorated with several political bumper slogan stickers terms his " causes " . While refusing to help her outright with charity or personal loan , buys a horse and pays to board it with , while encouraging others to do the same . He also introduces to the town 's local politicians and provides much - needed emotional support for as well as , who is looking for a father figure to emulate . A rivalry soon develops between and . This contest of wills continues until a character shows up from recent past that surprises everyone , while forcing and to reevaluate the nature of their relationship .

In 1957 , the United States military secures a crashed UFO in a hangar bay . President ( ) enters to see the craft and simply orders his men to " get rid of it . " 
 In 1985 , a high school senior named ( ) , whose only interest is muscle cars , reluctantly searches for something to turn in for his final science class project . While on what his bookworm friend ( ) , thinks is a date , breaks into a government aircraft boneyard and stumbles upon a hidden fallout shelter . There , he finds a glowing , plasma globe - like piece of equipment and grabs it just as a military guard approaches and chases him away . 
 The next day , cleans up the device in auto shop class and unwittingly activates it , causing it to leech power from a nearby boombox . His friend , ( ) , tries to talk him out of attaching the device to an automotive battery , whereupon the device emits a swirl of colorful energy that manifests into an Ancient Greek vase as the battery melts . The two leave the auto shop for their next class , but soon realize they inexplicably lost two hours of time and missed their final science exam . 
 After more strange occurrences with the machine , takes the device , referred to as " the gizmo , " to his ex - hippie science teacher Dr. ( ) . Believing it is a portal to another dimension , he plugs it into an electrical outlet . While bathing in the cosmic energy of the gizmo and contemplating the wonders of the universe , suddenly disappears , leaving behind his peace symbol medallion . is unable to disconnect the machine from the outlet and decides his only solution is to destroy the power lines leading to town . 
 and obtain dynamite from the backroom of a hardware store owned by 's father ( ) , and race to outrun a wave of energy traveling along the lines before it reaches the local power plant . They blow up a tower , stopping the wave and causing a blackout , but upon returning to town are arrested for Dr. ' disappearance . calls and asks her to go to the school to retrieve the gizmo , hoping to prove his innocence by showing it to the police . At the school , she runs into ( ) , an obnoxious nerd , who hooks the gizmo up to the outlet again , creating a massive time warp over the school and causing a black out in town , allowing and to escape the police . Returning to the school , they find the whole building consumed in a vortex of space / time as objects and people from the past and future manifest around them and a crazed , who fears the world is ending and tells them that is in danger . 
 Dragging along , and grab weapons from a platoon of fallen Vietnam War soldiers and make their way to the science lab , battling a T - rex in the gymnasium and a mob of post - apocalypse mutants along the way . They reach and successfully deactivate the gizmo , causing time to return to normal just as emergency crews and police show up . Moments later , Dr. reappears , rejoicing in an unexpected trip to Woodstock , and proudly gives an " A " grade on his science project under the condition that he gets rid of the machine , saying it 's not something mankind is ready for . is then arrested by the local sheriff ( ) , who thinks he blew up the power lines - as had accidentally left 's peace medallion at the hardware store . 
 As promised , returns the gizmo back to the junkyard where he found it . On the way back , the car breaks down and he and leave it by the side of the road ; in contrast to his previous devotion to it , he says " It 's just a car . "

John Stockwell, Danielle von Zerneck, Dennis Hopper, Fisher Stevens

Being 400 years old , the Countess has collected a stable of young men and women who accompany her on her centuries - old journey through eternal night - and youth . While she is immortal , she is required to drink the blood of a young male virgin three times by Halloween each year to keep her immortality and youthful appearance - a task she finds increasingly and extremely hard , since attractive young male virgins are almost impossible to find in the 1980s , particularly in hedonistic cities , in this case , Los Angeles . 
 Meanwhile , high school student wants to have sex , but is being put off by his girlfriend . One night , and his best friends and go into a singles bar in Hollywood . meets the Countess and he goes back to her mansion , and after she seduces him , he passes out when she bites his thigh . When he wakes up , she pretends they have had sex and tells him that he is now hers . does not know what she means by that , and over the next few days , he begins showing strange behaviors ; having strange dreams , avoiding direct sunlight , and even drinking blood ( from raw meat ) . After the Countess gets a second bite , notices 's odd behavior and confronts the Countess during a dance - off at the high school 's Halloween dance . 
 While it appears that has won back , this is only temporary . The Countess kidnaps to lure to her mansion for a final bite before her deadline expires , and it is up to , , and to stop her . Eventually , to save from the Countess 's clutches , and have sex in a coffin while being chased by the Countess 's minions , thereby taking 's virginity , bringing him back to normal . This renders him useless to the Countess as she has to drink virgin blood . Defeated , the Countess then begins to grow old and decrepit before their eyes . The Countess ' assistant , , tells her not to worry as there are other virgins in the world despite the fact that the Countess doubts she will find another virgin . The movie ends with and continuing to have sex in the coffin .

recalls her life in Africa where in 1913 she , as an unmarried wealthy Danish woman , is spurned by her Swedish nobleman lover , and moves to Nairobi , British East Africa to complete a marriage of convenience with her lover 's brother , Baron ( ) . has gone through his money and is reduced to seducing the servant girls ; the couple plans to establish a dairy cattle farm . En route to Nairobi , she meets , a local big - game hunter . 
 It is that greets her at the train station ; is nowhere to be found . So , at Muthaiga Club , she enters the men 's bar to ask for him , and she is asked to leave . and marry before the day is out in a " long " ceremony . As Baroness she learns that has changed their agreed upon plan , to instead establish a coffee farm . However , his interest is more in running big game hunting on safari than at management of the farm . 
 Eventually , does develop feelings for , but she contracts syphilis from him during the First World War . agrees to manage the farm while she takes treatment in Denmark . When she returns , he resumes working on safari . They begin to live separately . 
 The relationship between and develops , and he comes to live with her . and get a divorce . When invites a mutual woman friend on safari , comes to realize that does not want the same type of relationship she seeks . He assures her that when he is with her he wants to be with her , and that a marriage is immaterial to their relationship . He moves out . 
 The farm eventually yields a good harvest , but a fire greatly damages 's farm and causes her tremendous financial harm . prepares for her departure from Kenya Colony to Denmark by appealing for land for her Kĩkũyũ workers to allow them to stay together , and by selling at a rummage sale the things that she will not take with her to Denmark . 
 Before the rummage sale , visits the empty house and comments that the house should have been so all along ; says that he was just getting used to her things . They agree that the coming Friday will fly her to Mombasa ; to continue on to Denmark . Friday comes ; arrives to tell her that ' biplane has crashed and burned . 
 Following the funeral , she goes to ' club to complete arrangements for managing any mail that in her absence may arrive ; the members extend to her a toast . At the train station , she says goodbye to , then turns back to ask him to say her name . 
 later became an author and a storyteller , writing about her experiences in Africa , though she never was to return .

Outside the snowy mountain town of Lahood , California , thugs working for big - time miner ride in and destroy the camp of a group of prospectors and their families who have settled to pan for gold in nearby Carbon Canyon . While leaving , they shoot a dog belonging to fourteen - year - old . As buries her dog in the woods and prays for a miracle , thunder rolls and a stranger rides down the slopes . 
 's mother , , is being courted by . When heads to town to pick up supplies , four of the thugs begin to beat him with axe staves but he is rescued by the stranger . invites him to dinner and while the stranger is washing , notices what look like six bullet wounds in his back . Shortly after , he appears wearing a clerical collar and is thereafter called " Preacher " . 
 son attempts to scare the off with a show of strength from his giant work - hand , , who breaks a large rock in half with a single hammer blow . When attempts to attack the Preacher , he hits in the face with his hammer and delivers a blow to 's groin , then gently helps him onto his horse . The miners now team together to smash the rest of the boulder . 
 Meanwhile , returns from Sacramento and is furious to learn about the Preacher ’s arrival , saying that his presence would strengthen the resolve of the tin - panners . Failing to bribe the into settling in the town instead , is persuaded to offer the miners $ 1000 per claim provided they evacuate within 24 hours . threatens to hire a corrupt Marshal named to clear them out if they refuse . 
 The miners initially consider accepting the offer but when reminds them of their purpose and sacrifices , they decide to stay and fight . The next morning , however , the leaves without notice and retrieves his revolver from a bank box . Meanwhile the miners find that 's men have blown up the creek running through their camp , causing it to dam up . They have a brief discussion but agree to stay and continue mining the now drying creek bed . , who has grown fond of the , goes looking for him and rides into the Lahood strip mining camp , where attempts to rape her , while his cohorts look on and encourage him . At that moment , the arrives on horseback and rescues , shooting in the hand in the process . 
 and his six deputies arrive at the town and describes the Preacher to , who appears startled and says that he sounds like someone that he once knew , but it could n't be , since that man was dead . , a miner at the camp , recovers a large gold nugget and rides into town , where he yells drunken abuse at from the street . After gunning him down , tells 's sons to tell the to meet him in town the next morning . 
 The following morning , the Preacher and blow up 's site with dynamite . To stop from following him , the Preacher then scares off 's horse and rides into town alone . In the gun fight that follows he kills all but two of 's men and then , one by one , all six of 's deputies as they spread through the town searching for him . When he goes face - to - face with , the latter recognizes him in disbelief and goes for his gun . The Preacher draws first and shoots him , sending six bullets out through his back , before shooting him in the head . , watching from his office , aims a rifle at the , only to be shot and killed by , who enters through a back door . 
 The Preacher nods at and remarks , " Long walk " , before galloping toward the snow - capped mountains . now drives into town and shouts her love and thanks after the . Her words echo through the canyon as he rides off .

Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Richard Dysart, Chris Penn

has a heavily accessorized bicycle that he treasures and that his neighbor , , covets . A bike shop employee , , has a crush on , but he does not reciprocate it . bike is stolen while he is shopping at a mall . The police tell that they can not help him find his bike . thinks took it , and confronts him . ' father convinces that did not steal the bike . then offers a $ 10,000 reward for his bike . , who did indeed pay to have someone steal the bike , is frightened by relentlessness and then pays to have it sent away . After holding an unsuccessful meeting to locate the bike , angrily rejects 's offers of help . Desperate , he visits " Madam Ruby " , a phony psychic . , inspired by the Al and Moe 's Bargain Basement shop across the street , tells that his bike is in the basement of the Alamo Mission in San Antonio . hitchhikes to Texas , getting rides from a fugitive , ; and from Large Marge , the ghost of a deceased truck driver . 
 At a truck stop , discovers his wallet is missing and pays for his meal by washing dishes . He befriends , a waitress who dreams of visiting Paris . As they watch the sunrise at a dinosaur museum , encourages her to follow her dreams , but tells him about her jealous and large boyfriend , , who disapproves . arrives and tries to attack , who escapes onto a moving train and meets . eventually arrives at the Alamo , but learns at the end of a guided tour that the building does not have a basement . At a bus station , encounters , who tells him that she and broke up and she is on her way to Paris . She tells not to give up finding his bike . calls at the bike shop and apologizes for his behavior . spots and resumes his attack . evades at a rodeo by disguising himself as a rodeo bull rider . Forced to ride for real , does well but receives a concussion . 
 enters a biker bar to make a phone call , but the outlaw motorcycle club threatens to kill him after he accidentally knocks over their motorcycles . makes a last request , dancing to the song " Tequila " . His dance wins over the bikers , who give him a motorcycle for his journey . crashes his motorcycle immediately afterwards . wakes up in a hospital and learns from a television news report that his bike is being used as a prop in a movie starring a bratty child named . sneaks into Warner Bros. Studios and takes the bike . He is chased by security across the studio lot and through several sets before escaping . 
 Later , discovers a burning pet shop and rescues the animals . Although the firefighters declare a hero , the police arrest him for his disruption at the studios . meets the president of Warner Bros. , , and explains his journey to retrieve the bike . decides to drop the charges and make a special movie about and his bike , which is returned to him . 
 Later at a drive - in theater , and attend the premiere of his biopic , an action movie starring as " " and as . The two must retrieve a sport bike called the X-1 , which contains an important microfilm and has been stolen by the Soviets . has a cameo appearance as a hotel bellhop , though his voice has been dubbed . At the drive - in , gives refreshments to all the people he met along his journey . also encounters , who tells reporters that he is best friend who taught him how to ride . claims to be knowledgeable about bike , but accidentally catapults himself into the air using one of the bicycle 's gadgets . As leaves the drive - in , asks why he is not staying for the rest of the movie . answers , " I do n't have to see it , . I lived it . " He and then ride off together at the movie screen in silhouette .

Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, Mark Holton, Jan Hooks, Morgan Fairchild, James Brolin

Rolling Stone reporter ( ) is sent from New York to Los Angeles to write an article about a businessman arrested for a drug dealing . During his stay in L.A. , sees a chance to collect material for another story about how " Fitness clubs are the singles bars of the ' 80s " . 
 He visits " The Sport Connection , " a popular gym where he meets workout instructor ( ) and asks for an interview . Because of a previous bad experience with the press when she was a competitive swimmer , declines . 
 joins the fitness club and soon coaxes other club members to tell him about the gym and its impact on their love lives . Some , such as fun - loving and , are all too candid about their experiences with the opposite sex . 
 Although she does n't agree to be a part of his story , a romance does ultimately develop between and , resulting in a moral dilemma ; as a journalist he has lost his objective point of view . 
 comes to trust him . Less cynical than before , makes a concerted effort to show that not all journalists are out for the cheap sensation . He writes an in - depth , fair - minded analysis of fitness clubs as a singles meeting scene . But it is deemed unacceptable by his boss , Rolling Stone 's editor in chief ( ) . 
 's article is turned over to others for editing , using material supplied by colleague , a photographer . She finds 's long - ago appearance in a magazine with embarrassing details about a romance . travels to Morocco for another assignment and is unaware of the changes being made in his story and too late to stop it . This has devastating impact on , as well as on others like and , described as " the most used piece of equipment in the gym . " 
 tries to explain the whole situation to , but ca n't . Meanwhile , he must attend a trial at which he 's supposed to testify . As a reporter , using rights granted by the First Amendment , he decides not to comply with a judge who orders to hand over tapes from the businessman 's interview . is jailed for contempt of court . 
 can see that is a man of his word and believes him that he did not write the article the way it appeared in Rolling Stone .

John Travolta, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jann Wenner, Marilu Henner, Laraine Newman

After a random attack the night before by a local gang known as " The Scullions " and their infantile leader ( ) , Chief ( ) arrives at the 16th precinct and notifies its captain , ( ) that the precinct is the worst in the city . protests saying that his officers are outmanned and old , and ca n't get the job done any longer . Nevertheless , gives 30 days to turn the precinct around or he is out . Before leaves , Lieutenant ( ) schemes his way into getting a promotion to Captain should fail . Capt . then calls his brother ( ) who is in charge of the Police Academy and asks him for six new recruits . is seen talking with his dim - witted partner , Sgt . ( ) , as he attempts to take control of the precinct . 
 Commandant 's top graduates ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) arrive from the police academy and join the 16th precinct with some of them assigned to a veteran officer partner . is assigned with ( ) , to ( ) , and to Sgt . ( ) . later confides to that he may have fallen in love with . 
 attempts numerous times to sabotage the new recruits while personally targeting . During a patrol , and spot a robbery at a merchant 's place , but the robbers escape in the confusion caused in part by responding officers . is ready to suspend them , but makes a passionate plea that convinces to give them another chance . While all this is going on , and his gang go " shopping " in a supermarket , causing havoc and chaos . 
 gives a new assignment : patrolling a tunnel which results in him and his partner being covered with soot . He gets revenge on by switching his shampoo with Tackleberry 's epoxy resin solution from a helmet repair kit , which glues 's hands to his hair . He ends up embarrassing himself in front of the station and has to wear a wig through the remainder of the film . Capt . spots some of 's men and tries to deal with them , but is over - powered and spray - painted . This humiliating act emboldens to allow the precinct to use " whatever means possible " to help contain the gang . Progress is made and most of the gang is captured in an incident at The Blue Oyster Bar , but informs the captain that he had most of the charges dropped due to excessive force and procedure violations . sees that did this on purpose , so as revenge he informs the nurse in charge of a body cavity search ordered earlier to perform the procedure on . 
 Later , goes on a date with Kirkland , where they stay out late dancing . They profess their love for each other and they make love ( after removing their numerous concealed weapons first before ) . Captain goes to see his brother at a Japanese steakhouse and comes up with an idea to hold a fair . On the night of the fair though , 's men trash the place . is out of a job the next day , while is promoted to captain . His first act is to remove and , who is quick to object to 's dismissal . 
 , , and get together in a last - ditch attempt to stop the gang . They send in undercover to infiltrate the gang . and wire him , using duct tape and a radio microphone . Under the guise of " , " formerly of the gang " The Archies " , he is able to infiltrate the gang and find out both their hiding spot and the name of their leader . However , his cover is blown after the microphone cuts into a radio ad , which leads to Captain calling every man to the location . The officers arrive , but are stopped by . attempts to conduct a raid , but accidentally bumps him in an air duct and pushes him inside , which leads to being captured by and his gang . The officers stage their own raid and manage to overpower and arrest the gang . attempts to escape with , but blocks his escape and prepares to shoot . However , punches down a flight of stairs , where arrests him . It 's then revealed that 's gun was n't loaded , as he " has n't carried live ammo since ' 73 " . is later reinstated as captain , as are and on the force , while demoted back to lieutenant for nearly blowing 's raid . 
 The film ends with the officers ( including the re - instated ) attending and 's wedding . They drive off the police academy lot in the monster truck Bigfoot .

During the semi - final basketball game , the cheerleaders promise them an orgy if they win . The boys do so . After the game , they are led to one of the girls ' homes , and everyone strips down to their underwear and jumps in a swimming pool . In the pool , the girls throw their underwear out . The boys do likewise , and swim toward the girls . Soon , but too late , they realize the girls are clothed after all and wind up parading nude before the clothed girls and a home movie camera . 
 now owns a riverboat with a casino and strip club . According to , is extorting money from Coach because he owes money to him . The gang decide to go to the boat to take pictures of the illegal casino to give to the D.A. During this time , runs into 's sex - crazed daughter , , who forces herself on him . The boys ' plan fails because catches them in the act and is about to kill them . But when they mention the State Championship game , he realizes that they could help him out by throwing the game so he can bet against them . 
 Meanwhile , has a problem with cutting up dead animals . The gang goes to Miss 's apartment to get a copy of the final exam . They discover her and Mr. , the School Guidance Counselor , having rather kinky extramarital relations . 
 A letter is written to Ms. arranging a rendezvous at a motel with an old boyfriend of hers , while is enticed to the same motel room by the promise of a night of passion with a beautiful Swedish exchange student . tricks into going to another location while he heads to the motel room . Ms. arrives first followed by , and they are horrified to find themselves unclothed and in bed with each other . To make up for their prank on Ms. , the gang contacts her old boyfriend and actually gets them together . 
 During the final game , is benched because Miss intentionally failed him . She discovers the blackmail photos and a note , causing her to change her mind . The second half resulted in a victory for Angel Beach while is outraged . tells him that is her boyfriend and they " went all the way " , infuriating him even more . He then suggests to his two subordinates that and be married . 
 During the senior prom , is abducted by and his men . The gang decide that this is the last straw and go after them . Just as the wedding is about to start , the power goes out and is liberated by and . Meanwhile , 's boat is chasing the guys in their rowboat and they are headed for the drawbridge . After the rowboat gets through , lowers the bridge , resulting in the destruction of 's boat . 
 At graduation , the guys trick into taking off all his clothes , except the graduation gown . As he 's about to get his diploma , Principal steps on the gown , causing it to come off and reveal in his nudity , just as he dreamed at the beginning of the film .

and star as and , respectively , teen buddies who are on the sexual prowl for beautiful , wealthy girls at a posh Miami resort where they are weekend guests . Also on the prowl is The Maestro ( ) , a skilled jewel thief who is pursuing the diamond necklace of society woman ( ) . When they accidentally run afoul of the Maestro , and suddenly have their hands full .

is a hit man for a New York crime organization headed by the elderly , whose business is generally handled by his sons and and by his longtime right - hand man , , who is 's father . 
 At a family wedding , is quickly infatuated with a beautiful woman he does n't recognize . He asks , estranged daughter of , if she recognizes the woman , oblivious to the fact that still has feelings for , having once been his lover . is in disfavor with her father for running off with another man after the end of her romance with . 
 flies to California to carry out a contract to kill a man named for robbing a Nevada casino . He is surprised to learn that is the estranged husband of , the woman from the wedding . She repays some of the money stole as naively ( or willfully ) believes that was not involved with the casino scam . By this point they have fallen in love and eventually travel to Mexico to marry . A jealous travels west on her own to establish for a fact that has double - crossed the organization . The information restores to good graces somewhat with her father and the don . 's father later reveals that ( who had claimed to be a tax consultant ) is a " contractor " who , like , performs assassinations for the mob . 
 , acting on his own , wants out of the way and hires someone to do the hit , not knowing that he has just given the job to 's own wife . sides with his son , and is so appalled by his brother 's actions that he helps set up 's permanent removal from the family . 
 and team up on a kidnapping that will enrich the family , but she shoots a police captain 's wife in the process , endangering the organization 's business relationship with the cops . The don is also still demanding a large sum of money from for her unauthorized activities in Nevada , which she does n't want to pay . In time , the don tells that his wife 's " got ta go . " 
 Things come to a head in California when , acting as if everything were all right , comes home to his wife . ( A famous line from the movie , spoken by , is " Do I marry her ? Do I ice her ? Which one of these ? " ) Each pulls a weapon simultaneously in the bedroom . ends up dead , and ends up back in New York , missing her , but consoled by .

Jack Nicholson, Kathleen Turner, Robert Loggia, Anjelica Huston, William Hickey, John Randolph, Lee Richardson

As noted above , re - edited The Protector for the Hong - Kong and Asian markets , which involved filming an entire subplot , removing content he disapproved of , and dubbing the entire movie . Since the basic narrative is the same in both versions , and because the Hong Kong version uses much of the US footage , the following plot summary will simultaneously summarize the plots of both versions , where differences between the two versions will be noted . 
 New York police officers ( ) and ( ) are patrolling a new New York City neighborhood one night . After their patrol , they decide to have a drink at a bar in celebration of 's 10th year in America . goes to the bathroom while orders another round . Outside , a gang plans to rob the bar , unaware of the cops inside . They charge in busting the door and start roughing up the customers and gathering them by the till . , still in the bathroom , has heard the commotion . He shoots dead one of the gangsters who breaks into the bathroom , and shoots another gangster before he can kill , but is then shot by the two remaining gang members . kills the third gangster , and the fourth gangster escapes . tells in his last words " Get those fuckers , . " chases the last gang member to the marina across town . The gangster commandeers a yacht , so forces a marina at gunpoint to give him the keys to the fastest boat . The captain orders to let the harbor police catch the thief , but refuses and speeds off . He calls an air unit who arrives on the scene and hoist him a line . grabs onto the line , and lets his speedboat run into the gangster 's boat , destroying both and killing the gangster . 
 is scolded by his captain ( ) for disobeying a direct order and for causing an explosion in the harbor , and is then demoted to crowd control . He goes to a fashion show party undercover , hosted by , the daughter of a locally known gangster . At the party , he meets his new partner , ( ) , who has also been demoted due to claims of police brutality . In the middle of the fashion show , masked gangsters armed with machine guns storm in and kidnap , and nobody knows why . They later learn that crime boss ( ) and are suspected of smuggling drugs from Hong Kong to New York , and that may have kidnapped 's daughter , ( ) , and taken her to Hong Kong for ransom . The men get a lead – 's bodyguard " Superfoot " Wallace ) has made several calls to a Hong Kong massage parlor . 
 While investigating the massage parlor , and get massages , but notices that the masseuses are trying to kill them . and fight off the remaining massage parlor employees , before they are cornered and held at gunpoint by the parlor manager . The manager questions them , revealing that he knows they are cops , and then threatens to kill them . However , and overpower him and his men , and leave the parlor . 
 and go to see ( ) on his boat , and show him coin to gain his trust . However , is reluctant to give any information , noting that he retired . A man named ( ) gets on the boat , and warns and they are being followed by the massage parlor manager and his men . , and easily get rid of the other gangsters , then pursues the parlor manager to get more information , and almost catches him but fails . After witnessing this , agrees to help them , telling the cops to come back the next day after he gets information from various contacts about . and head back to their hotel , finding cash in a suitcase on the bed . then calls them , telling them to take the money and leave Hong Kong at once . During the phone call , they are attacked by 's men , and the cops manage to kill them , but not before one of the gangsters sets off a grenade in a suicide attempt to kill them . They are taken to the police station in Hong Kong , where they are scolded by the Royal Hong Kong Police chief superintendent ( Richard ) for the ruckus . refuses to believe that was behind the most recent attack , and tells the cops about 's charitable reputation in Hong Kong , informing them that at a press conference will announce that all the winnings from a race horse he owns will be donated to charity . The next day , and arrive at 's press conference ( where is also present ) and embarrass by publicly showing the crowd his attempted bribe to them . 
 The next day , , , and 's daughter visit to see what he found , while follows . But instead , they see that has been killed and his boat burned . At a loss for information , and visit a fortune teller . The fortune teller cryptically informs them that has come to Hong Kong to make an exchange for . But he warns them that if they interfere , there will only be death and betrayal . Meanwhile , follows to a shipyard , and deduces that it 's 's drug lab with inside . , and go to the drug lab . They destroy it and save in the process . , however , fails to escape with them after he is shot by , and is held hostage unless returns to . decides to leave with Superintendent . 
 meets and at the shipyard . He sees that is still alive , but then learns that was on 's payroll the whole time , and is now holding hostage ( confirming the " betrayal " that the fortune teller cryptically warned about ) . As " one last piece of entertainment " for , engages in a one - on - one hand - to - hand fight , which wins despite 's attempts to cheat and help . Then dispatches 's guards and is eventually about to kill , but comes after with a cut - off saw . In the ensuing fight , is electrocuted by trying to slice open 's head , but misses and hits an electric panel instead . and arrive to help untie and rescue . escapes in a helicopter , and follows after him , but a guard blocks his way . and the guard fight on a cargo lifter , where prevails by eventually knocking the guard off to a long fall to his death . goes outside with the gang and kills a sniper with a 6 - shot 20 mm cannon . eventually makes inside of a crane , and kills when he drops the contents of the crane onto 's helicopter . 
 With dead and saved , and are given a NYPD Medal of Honor . 
 The basic narrative of this version is the same as the US version . However , it begins to deviate after and leave the massage parlour . Earlier in both versions , mentions to that a Chinatown contact named gave him a coin as a " calling card " . The day after he and investigate the massage parlor , goes to a theater to look for a woman named . However , the woman he is looking for goes by the name , and quickly deduces who she is among the dancers she 's rehearsing with . disturbs her during rehearsal by showing her coin , but she denies having any friends from New York and tries to avoid . Two men competing for 's affection try to fight but are easily beaten before pulls out his gun to end the fight . and then go to a restaurant , where she reveals that her father and another man were " partners " of , until killed her father . She changed her name in order to hide from . She tells him to visit , the other partner of her father . However , unbeknownst to and , one of 's men has overheard the conversation . 
 After this scene , the movie stays the same as the US version until after 's press conference . In the Hong Kong version , after the press conference , tells 's bodyguard that he will wire in the money after checking on , and says that the 's refusal to pay 's last shipment was a simple " misunderstanding " . He expresses his concern about and 's knowledge of their drug operation , and that he 'd like to do something about it . 's bodyguard tells him to " come along tonight " . 
 Later that night , meets with his contact ( - ) at a seafood warehouse to find information about . tells that is being held in shipping containers at the shipyard , and reveals that the shipping containers contain 's heroin factory . However , they are suddenly attacked by a group of men with ice picks and . easily beats up the rest of the men , but is overpowered and killed by in a fight . 
 Later , meets with 's daughter to meet with and his contact . They arrive at the warehouse , but find both 's and 's dead bodies . Realizing that may be in danger , visits her at her house , where he later realizes that 's substitute maid was working for , and planted a bomb under 's bed . diffuses the bomb . Minutes later , the massage parlor manager arrives to warn that is coming after her . reveals that the manager is actually her uncle , and " a family black sheep " . It had been revealed in an earlier scene ( also exclusive to the Hong Kong Version ) that the manager had been " demoted to pimping " after failing to kill , , and on 's boat , and that they are aware of 's visit with . After the uncle arrives , more men working for ( this time with guns ) arrive to kill them , but they fail and retreat . 's uncle tells that is being held at a shipyard in a container . Afterwards , helps and her uncle find his contact in the United States to build a new life and start over . 
 After this scene , the movie is the same as the US version .

Set in New Jersey during the Great Depression in 1935 , the film tells the story of ( ) , a clumsy waitress who goes to the movies to escape her bleak life and loveless , abusive marriage to ( ) , whom she has attempted to leave on numerous occasions . 
 The latest film sees is a fictitious RKO Radio Pictures film , The Purple Rose of Cairo . It is the story of a rich Manhattan playwright named ( ) who goes on an exotic vacation to Egypt with companions ( ) and ( ) . While in Egypt , the three meet archaeologist ( ) . is brought back for a " madcap Manhattan weekend " where he falls head - over - heels for ( ) , a chanteuse at the Copacabana . 
 After sits through the film several times , , noticing her , breaks the fourth wall , and emerges from the black - and - white screen into the colorful real world on the other side of the cinema 's screen . He tells that he is attracted to her after noticing her watching him so many times , and she takes him around her New Jersey town . Later , he takes her into the film and they have a great evening on the town within the film . The two fall in love . But the character 's defection from the film has caused some problems . In other copies of the film , others have tried to exit the screen . The producer of the film learns that has left the film , and he flies cross - country to New Jersey with actor ( ) ( the " real life " actor playing the part of in the movie ) . This sets up an unusual love triangle involving , , and . must choose between them and she decides to choose the real person of rather than the fantasy figure of . She gives up the chance to return with to his world , choosing to stay with and have a ' real ' life . Then she finally leaves her husband . 
 But 's professions of love for were false — he wooed her only to get to return to the movie and thereby save his own Hollywood career . abandons and is seen quietly racked with guilt on his flight back to Hollywood . Having been left without a lover , job , or home , ends up immersing herself in the frothy escapism of Hollywood once again . The final scene shows sitting by herself in a theater watching and dancing to " Cheek - to - Cheek " in the film Top Hat , forgetting her dire situation and losing herself in the film .

Mia Farrow, Jeff Daniels, Danny Aiello, John Wood, Deborah Rush, Van Johnson

Three years into his sentence , former commando is visited by his old commander , Colonel . With the war in Vietnam over , the public has become increasingly concerned over news that a small group of US POWs have been left in enemy custody . To placate their demands for action , the US government has authorized a solo infiltration mission to confirm the reports . As one of only three men suited for such work , agrees to undertake the operation in exchange for a pardon . He is taken to meet , a bureaucratic government official overseeing the operation . is temporarily reinstated into the US Army and instructed that he is only to photograph a possible camp and not to rescue any prisoners or engage enemy personnel , as they will be retrieved by a better equipped extraction team upon his return . 
 During his insertion , 's parachute becomes tangled and breaks , causing him to lose his guns and most of his equipment , leaving him with only his knives and a bow with specialized arrows . He meets his assigned contact , a young intelligence agent named , who arranges for a local river pirate band to take them upriver . Reaching the camp , spots one of the prisoners tied to a cross shaped post , left to suffer from exposure , and rescues him against orders . During escape , they are discovered by Vietnamese troops and attacked . When a gunboat manages to catch up , the pirates betray them out of fear . gets the POW and - to safety , destroys the boat with an rocket launcher , and kills the pirates . When reaches the extraction point , the helicopter is ordered to abort by , who claims has violated his orders . When confronts him , also reveals that he never intended to save any POWs if any should be found , but to leave them to save Congress the money it would take to buy their freedom and evade any possibility of further war . 
 - escapes , but and the POW are recaptured and returned to the camp . There , learns that Soviet troops are arming and training the Vietnamese . He is turned over to the local liaison , Lieutenant Colonel , and his right - hand man , Sergeant , for interrogation . Upon learning of 's mission from intercepted missives , demands that broadcast a message warning against further rescue missions for POWs under fatal cost . Meanwhile , infiltrates the camp disguised as a prostitute and comes to the hut in which is held captive . at first refuses to cooperate , but relents when the prisoner he tried to save is threatened . But instead of reading the scripted comments , directly threatens , then subdues the Russians with 's help and escapes into the jungle . They kiss , and agrees to take back to the United States . However , a small Vietnamese force attacks the pair , and is killed . An enraged kills the soldiers and buries 's body in the mud . 
 With the use of his weapons and guerrilla training , systematically dispatches the numerous Soviet and Vietnamese soldiers sent after him . After barely surviving a barrel bomb dropped by 's helicopter , climbs on board , throws out of the cabin in a brief but intense fight , and takes control . He lays waste to the prison camp and kills all of the remaining enemy forces before extracting the POWs and heading towards friendly territory in Thailand . , pursuing in a helicopter gunship seemingly shoots them down and moves in for the kill . Having faked the crash , uses a rocket launcher to destroy the aircraft , killing the gunner , the co - pilot , and . 
 Returning to base with the POWs , , after using the helicopter 's machine gun to destroy 's office , confronts the terrified man with his knife , demanding that rescue the remaining POWs . then confronts and tries to convince him to return home now that he has been pardoned . An angry responds that he only wants his country to love its soldiers as much as its soldiers love it . The film credits roll as walks off into the distance while his mentor watches him .

Sylvester Stallone, Julia Nickson-Soul, Charles Napier, Richard Crenna

At University of Zurich Institute of Medicine in Switzerland , brings his dead professor , Dr. , back to life . There are horrific side - effects , however ; as explains , the dosage was too large . When accused of killing , counters : " I gave him life ! " 
 arrives at Miskatonic University in New England in order to further his studies as a medical student . He rents a room from fellow medical student and converts the building 's basement into his own personal laboratory . demonstrates his reanimating reagent to by reanimating 's dead cat . 's fiancée , daughter of the medical school 's dean , walks in on this experiment and is horrified . 
 tries to tell the dean about 's success in reanimating the dead cat , but the dean does not believe him . When insists , the dean infers that and have gone mad . Barred from the school , and sneak into the morgue to test the reagent on a human subject in an attempt to prove that the reagent works , and thereby salvage their medical careers . The corpse they inject comes back to life , but in a frenetic and violent zombie - like state . Dr. stumbles upon the scene and , despite attempts by both and to save him , he gets killed by the reanimated corpse , which then kills with a bone - saw . Unfazed by the violence and excited at the prospect of working with a freshly dead specimen , injects Dr. 's body with his reanimating reagent . Dr. returns to life , also in a psychotic , zombie - like state . chances upon the scene , and is nearly hysterical . 
 Dr. 's colleague Dr. , a professor and researcher at the hospital , takes charge of Dr. , whom he puts in a padded observation cell adjacent to his office . He carries out a surgical operation on him , lobotomizing him . During the course of this operation , he discovers that Dr. is not sick , but dead and reanimated . 
 Dr. goes to 's basement lab and attempts to blackmail him into surrendering his reagent and notes , hoping to take credit for 's discovery . offers to demonstrate the reagent and puts a few drops of it onto a microscope slide with dead cat tissue . As Dr. peers through the microscope at this slide , West clobbers him from behind with a shovel , and then decapitates him , snarling " plagiarist ! " as he drives the blade of the shovel through Dr. 's neck . then reanimates Dr. 's head and body separately . While is questioning Dr. 's head and taking notes , Dr. 's body sneaks up behind him and knocks him unconscious . The body carries the head back to Dr. 's office , with 's reagent and notes . 
 In his re - animated state , Dr. acquires the ability to control other re - animated corpses telepathically , after conducting brain surgery on them . He sends Dr. out to kidnap from . While being carried to the morgue by her reanimated father , faints . When she arrives , Dr. straps her unconscious body to a table and strips her naked . She wakes up in the middle of this experience . then sexually abuses her , including shoving his bloody , severed head between her legs . 
 and track to the morgue . distracts Dr. while frees . Dr. reveals that he has reanimated and lobotomized several corpses from the morgue , rendering them susceptible to mind control as is . However , 's voice reawakens a protectiveness in her father , who then fights off the other corpses long enough for and to escape . In the ensuing chaos , injects Dr. 's body with a lethal overdose of the reagent . Dr. 's body mutates rapidly and attacks , who screams out to to save his work before being pulled away by Dr. 's mutated entrails . 
 retrieves the satchel containing 's reagent and notes . As and flee the morgue , one of the reanimated corpses attacks and strangles . takes her to the hospital emergency room and tries to revive her , but she is quite dead . In despair , he injects her with 's reagent . As the scene fades to black , , apparently revived , can be heard to scream .

The CIA is secretly developing " Crossbow " , a space shuttle - mounted laser weapon precise enough to incinerate a single target , planning to use it for illegal political assassinations . However , they struggle with its power source , and have covertly hired Professor at Pacific Technical University to develop this . has assembled a group of genius students in physics to do the work for him , though outside of his graduate student , purposely does not tell them the reason for their research . 
 recruits high - school student to join the team . is roomed with , a " legend " in the physics area . becomes dismayed that is more of a goof - off than a hard - working student . Along with , is introduced to others on 's team , including , , and the mysterious , a middle - aged man that lives in ' closet . Despite his youthfulness and inexperience , assigns to lead the team instead of , believing can bring in line . 
 is pressured by the CIA to hurry the project , and assigns the team a rigorous timetable . dismisses this , and instead convinces to join him at a pool party . reports this to , and in turn , lambastes ; in tears , calls his parents and tells them he is considering dropping out , unaware had recorded the call . The next day , plays the recording over the school 's public address system , embarrassing . takes aside and confides in him about his outlook on life . had known was a brilliant student like himself , devoting his life to his studies , but when he had discovered that his research was being used for weapons , he had a breakdown and became the recluse he is today . does not want the same to happen to him , and puts his enjoyment of life before studies . With that , offers to help get back at , and with the others , prank by deconstructing and reconstructing his car within 's dorm room . 
 As the project is still lagging , threatens to expel if he does not ace the upcoming exam in his class . fears he will fail the test , but repays for his help earlier to help provide the motivation to study and get a perfect grade on the test . Further , comes to inspiration to finalize the laser project , and the team successfully create a powerful , but stable , laser beam . The team goes out to celebrate , but as they talk , they realize that a laser that powerful could only have one use , for hostile purposes . By the time they return to the lab , they find the laser equipment has been taken by . 
 The students are able to implant a radio transmitter in one of 's fillings , and use it to speak to him as ; divulges the location of a nearby Air Force base where will be demonstrating the equipment . They decide to get back at . and sneak into the base and remove the circuits that would prevent the laser from overheating . repositions the targetting of the laser to aim at 's home , and the other students fill the house with a mass of unpopped popcorn . As the test starts , the laser hits a prism on the house , heating and popping the popcorn , which fills and overwhelms the house completely . , who had been brought to the house by " God " , takes this as a religious moment and is buried in popcorn . The laser soon fails , and the CIA dismiss from the project . He returns home to find his house destroyed . , , and the others look on in amusement , while , who had been entering a number of sweepstakes contests with calculated mathematical odds , prepares to leave with his recently - won RV and other prizes , ready to move on with his life .

, a young , red - haired woman , is raped and left for dead by the soldiers of Queen , a despot who murdered 's parents and brother after she scarred the queen 's face in rejection of her sexual advances . Answering her cry for revenge , the red goddess appears to her and gives her heightened strength , stamina , agility and fighting skills on the condition that she never lie with a man unless he defeats her in fair combat . She trains under a sword master called " The Grand Master " and is distrustful of all men besides him . At a nearby temple , , 's sister , is a member of an order of priestesses who are preparing to banish a mystical light - powered relic , the Talisman , that created the world and all living things . The Talisman can only be used and touched by women – men vanish if they touch it – and has become too powerful to control . However , 's army and her aide - de - camp intervene and slaughter the priestesses and shield maidens before they can imprison it to permanent darkness . 
 watches steal the Talisman before escaping , but is mortally wounded . She is discovered by , the Lord of Hyrkania , who goes to find and bring her back to . Before dying , tells to find the Talisman and send it into darkness before it ravages the world with storms and earthquakes . asks to accompany her , but she rejects the offer . After witnessing the Talisman in use , arrives to the now - ruined kingdom of Hablock . She meets the young Prince and his servant , who say that used the Talisman to completely decimate Hablock when refused to surrender . , demanding vengeance , announces that he will crush and invites to work for him as a cook . She politely declines before being told that is based in Berkubane , the land of Perpetual Night . 
 Arriving at the mountain gate , fights Lord after he refuses her passage for not paying him a ' tender tribute ' . When she kills him and takes his key , his troops surround her ; , who has secretly been following her , attacks their rear , allowing to escape . comes across again , being tortured by bandits . She frees and kills the bandits with . They decide to stay together and travel onward toward Berkubane . 's wizard uses a large magic dish to show the approaching party ; recognizes and orders that she be brought to the fortress unharmed . Using the Talisman to conjure up a storm , she forces 's group to take shelter in a watery cavern where an " Icthyan Killing Machine " is unleashed upon them . appears and helps blind the beast so they can escape . 
 accepts 's company after learning he is a descendant of the lords who entrusted the Talisman to the priestess temple . He flirts with her , so she warns him that " no man can have her " unless he can defeat her in a sword fight . challenges her and they fight to a draw . The party arrives at Castle Berkubane and , to protect , they convince him to stay behind and guard the front entrance . , realizing is insane when she refuses his pleas to stop utilizing the unstable relic , plans to escape the castle with bags of 's gold . confronts in her council chamber while and deal with her guards in the castle 's dining hall . is stopped by at the entrance and meets an unpleasant end . 
 No match for , flees to the Chamber of Lights where the Talisman is stored . Now powerful beyond control , the Talisman causes the floor to split open and reveal a chasm of molten lava beneath the castle . and duel in the Chamber ; runs through with her sword , sending the evil ruler plunging into the lava below . throws the Talisman in after her , destroying it and starting a chain reaction that tears Castle Berkubane apart . The heroes manage to escape as the castle is consumed by the rising volcano . Prince and eventually depart to rebuild Hablock while and halfheartedly spar again before kissing .

is a tough Brooklyn , New York City street cop and Vietnam - era Marine Corps veteran . He is unwillingly recruited as an assassin for a secret United States organization , CURE . The recruitment is through a bizarre method : his death is faked and he is given a new face and a new name . Rechristened " " ( after the name and location of the manufacturer of the bedpan in 's hospital room ) , his face is surgically altered and he is trained to be a human killing machine by his aged , derisive and impassive Korean martial arts master . 
 Though 's training is extremely rushed by 's standards , learns such skills as dodging bullets , running on water and wet cement . teaches the Korean martial art named " Sinanju " . 's instruction is interrupted when he is sent by CURE to investigate a corrupt weapons procurement program within the US Army .

On July 3 , 1984 . At a medical supply warehouse in Louisville , Kentucky , a foreman named tries to impress the company 's newest employee by showing him military drums that accidentally wound up in the basement of the building ; the drum contains the remains of a military experiment gone wrong . accidentally unleashes the toxic gas , which renders the two unconscious . When waking up , and find that the body inside the drum is gone and that the gas reanimated a cadaver inside a meat locker , and contact their boss and warehouse owner to help them deal with the situation . When decapitation can not kill the cadaver , decides to bring the corpse to the nearby mortuary to have its dismembered parts burned in an attempt to destroy it once and for all . 
 Meanwhile , 's friends learn of his new job from his girlfriend . The group , consisting of , , , , , and , decide to pick up after he finishes his shift and wait inside the local cemetery . leaves the graveyard and enters the warehouse to look for . Her search leads her to the basement , where she unwittingly draws attention from the half - melted corpse from the drum barrel ( dubbed " Tarman " ) who was initially thought to have dissolved . She locks herself inside a metal closet after a failed attempt to run , but the zombie finds a chained hook and tries to pull the door off . 
 At the mortuary , gets the mortician to burn the remains , not realizing that it causes the gas to contaminate the air and bringing a toxic rainfall to resurrect the dead in the graveyard . The acid rain forces 's friends to refuge inside the warehouse . Once inside , the group hears the basement commotion and immediately rush down to rescue , but is killed by in the process . The group barricades the door to stop from coming up . Outside , the group runs through the cemetery to look for , but are split up when the zombies begin rising from their graves . While the group is running gets surrounded by and eaten by zombies , dying the way she described earlier as the worst way to die . , , and go to the mortuary , and head back to the warehouse where remains trapped downstairs . 
 and have grown increasingly ill from their exposure to the gas and a medical test from paramedics implies that they are no longer alive . When and find out about the graveyard zombies , they quickly barricade the mortuary after a failed attempt to escape using the ambulance . is killed while protecting the barricade and the zombies continue to eat the paramedics and police who arrive in the area . With and showing signs of becoming zombies themselves , has them locked in the chapel and stays with . Meanwhile , rises as a zombie and starts a semi - organized horde that attacks the reinforcements head - on . 
 succumbs as zombie and tries to eat , but is blinded with acid thrown by . also escapes and cremates himself inside the retort . and use a police car outside to escape , but the growing horde of zombies leaves them unable to come back for and . They retreat to the warehouse and the car explodes due to a gasoline leak . and reunite with and , and go to the basement 's phone after knocks off 's head with a baseball bat . With the police massacred by the zombies , decides to call the military drum 's number . The call goes to Colonel , a military officer looking for the barrels . When learns that the gas has been released , he activates a containment protocol with a nuclear artillery shell to destroy the area . Just as a blinded breaks into an attic where and are hiding , the shell destroys 20 square blocks of Louisville and ultimately kills both the survivors and zombies . With footage shown of the destroyed area , describes the outcome with less than 4,000 dead and dismisses reports of the acid rain , which soon restarts the zombie rising all over again .

In October 1899 , six months after returning home from the Land of Oz , is melancholic . Her Aunt and Uncle take her to Dr. , known for his electrotherapy treatments , and leave her under the care of Nurse . During a thunderstorm , the lab suffers a blackout and is saved by a mysterious girl , who reveals to that Dr. is using his machines to brain damage the patients . They escape with Nurse in pursuit , and fall into a river . clambers aboard a chicken coop , but the other girl appears to have vanished underwater . 
 Upon awakening , finds herself back in Oz in the Deadly Desert with her chicken Billina , who can now talk . They find the Emerald City in ruins and its citizens ( including and ) turned to stone . Pursued by Wheelers ( humans who have wheels instead of hands and feet ) , and hide in a room accessed by a glyph key earlier had found . They meet a mechanical man , , who explains that King has been captured by , a rock demon who is responsible for the Emerald City 's destruction . The three visit princess in hopes of getting more information , but she is working with the Nome King and imprisons them . 
 , , and meet , who explains he was brought to life via Mombi 's Powder of Life . uses the powder to vivify the Gump , the head of a moose - like animal whose body they put together using two sofas , palm leaves , a broom , and rope . Using the Gump as transport , the group escapes and flies across the Deadly Desert to reach the Nome King 's mountain . sends the after them , but half the pack are killed via being turned to sand in the Deadly Desert . In his underground domain , the Nome King tells that the stole the emeralds from him to build the Emerald City , and should be punished . He does not listen when protests that the emeralds preceded the at the city . The has been turned into an ornament , and the group has three guesses each to identify which one he is , or they will be turned into ornaments themselves . The , and Tik - Tok each fail and are turned into ornaments . gives the chance to go home unscathed since he has her discarded ruby slippers , but refuses to use them to leave her companions . 
 Meanwhile , the surviving half of the return to 's castle , and then makes them take her to the Nome King 's mountain via a tunnel underneath the deadly desert . arrives minutes after goes into guess . On her last guess , she locates the , having deduced that people from Oz turn into green ornaments . The hunt for green ornaments yields and , but the enraged , angry at for allowing to escape , traps in a cage , and confronts and company and transforms in a monstrous form where he eats the 's couch body . He tries to eat , but , hiding in 's head , lays an egg in fright and it falls into mouth . Due to eggs being toxic to , the Nome King and his subterranean kingdom crumble to pieces all around and her friends . finds the ruby slippers and wishes she and her friends be returned to a restored Emerald City . There , they mourn the loss of Tik - Tok until notices a green medal stuck to one of the 's antlers ; uses one more " guess " and Tik - Tok materializes . 
 At a celebration , is asked to be Queen of Oz but refuses , realizing she must return to Kansas eventually . She learns that the girl who helped her escape the hospital is Princess , 's long - lost creator , and the rightful ruler of Oz , who had been enchanted by at the Nome King 's request . forgives the no - longer - magical . She takes her place on the throne and hands over the ruby slippers . opts to stay in . sends home , promising that is welcome to return . 
 Back in Kansas , 's family finds her on a riverbank . Aunt reveals that 's hospital was struck by lightning and burned down , and died trying to save his machines . They see Nurse , arrested and locked in a cage on a horse buggy . Upon returning to the farmhouse , sees and peering at her through her bedroom mirror . When entreats Aunt to come to her room to see , silently instructs her to keep her and a secret .

Fur trapper unwillingly participates in the American Revolutionary War after his son is drafted into the Army . Later , his son is captured by the British , and taken by the strict Sergeant Major . attempts to find him , and along the way , becomes convinced that he must help fight for the freedom of the Colonies , alongside the disgraced and idealistic aristocrat .

, a Soviet boxer , arrives in the United States with his wife , , a Soviet swimmer and a team of trainers from the Soviet Union and Cuba . His manager , , takes every opportunity to promote 's athleticism as a hallmark of Soviet superiority . Motivated by patriotism and an innate desire to prove himself , challenges to an exhibition bout . has reservations , but agrees to train despite his misgivings about the match . He asks whether the fight is against , or " you against you ? " 
 During a press conference regarding the match , hostility sparks between and 's respective camps . The boxing exhibition takes place at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas.[5 ] enters the ring in an over - the - top patriotic entrance with performing " Living in America " complete with showgirls . The bout starts tamely with landing several punches that are ineffective against , and retaliates with devastating effect . By the end of the first round , and 's trainer , , plead with him to give up , but refuses to do so , and tells not to stop the match " no matter what . " continues to pummel him in the second round , begs to throw in the towel . Eventually , lands one final punch on , killing him . In the aftermath , displays no sense of remorse commenting to the assembled media : " If he dies , he dies . " 
 Enraged by guilt and the Soviets ' cold indifference , decides to challenge himself . 's camp agrees to an unsanctioned 15 - round fight in the Soviet Union on Christmas Day , an arrangement meant to protect from the threats of violence he has been receiving in the U.S. travels to the Soviet Union without , setting up his training base in Krasnogourbinsk with only and brother - in - law to accompany him . opens up to , stating that he actually raised , and that his death felt like a father losing his son . He expresses his faith in to prevail . To prepare for the match , uses high - tech equipment , steroid enhancement , and a team of trainers and doctors monitoring his every movement . , on the other hand , lifts and throws heavy logs , chops down trees , pulls an overloaded snow sleigh with atop , jogs through heavy snow under treacherous icy conditions , and climbs the largest icy mountain . arrives unexpectedly to give her support after initially refusing to travel to the Soviet Union , because of her worry that would be killed like . 
 Before the match , is introduced with an elaborate patriotic ceremony , inspired by intro . The home crowd is squarely on 's side and hostile to . In stark contrast to his match with , immediately goes on the offensive . takes a fierce pounding , and is thrown and shoved across the ring in the first round , but comes back toward the end of the second round , and cuts 's left eye , stunning both him and the crowd . This prompts to continue punching even after the bell rings . While and encourage , they remind him that is not a machine , but rather still human . ironically comments to his trainers that " is not human , he is like a piece of iron , " after his trainers reprimand him for his performance against the " weak " American . 
 The two boxers continue their battle over the next dozen rounds , with managing to continually hold his ground , despite 's valiant efforts . His resilience and persistence rallies the previously hostile Soviet crowd to his side , which unsettles to the point that he picks up by the throat and throws him off the ring for berating his performance . In the final round , overcomes with a knockout , to the shock of the Soviet politburo members watching the match . 
 gives a victory speech , acknowledging that the local crowd 's disdain of him had turned to respect during the fight . He compares it to the animosity between the U.S. and the Soviets , and says that seeing him and fight was " better than 20 million " , alluding to a possible war between the U.S. and the Soviets . finally declares , " If I can change , and you can change , then everybody can change ! " The Soviet General Secretary stands up and reluctantly applauds , and his aides follow suit . ends his speech by wishing his son watching the match on TV a Merry Christmas , and raises his arms into the air in victory as the crowd applauds .

Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Brigitte Nielsen

is a ruthless bank robber and hero to the convicts of Alaska 's Stonehaven Maximum Security Prison . After two previous escape attempts , was put in solitary confinement for three years . A court order compels sadistic Associate Warden to release him from solitary . Planning a third break out , is forced to advance his plan to mid - winter after he is stabbed . recruits young prisoner to help in the complicated plan . After an arduous cross - country hike , including a swim across a freezing river , the two hop on board a train . 
 After the men stow away , the elderly railroad engineer has a heart attack . As the driverless train accelerates , dispatchers and are alerted to the situation . They try to keep the tracks clear , but the runaway smashes the caboose of another train . The collision damages the cab of the lead locomotive and jams the front door of the second engine , an old EMD F - unit . The convicts are now aware something is wrong . 's superior orders him to derail the train . 
 At this point the train 's horn blows , alerting the authorities ( and the two fugitives ) that someone is on the train . cancels the derailment . concludes that his two escaped convicts are fleeing by rail . Meanwhile , the two fugitives are discovered by , a locomotive hostler , who explains that she sounded the horn and that the train is out of control . She convinces them that jumping off the train would be suicidal and explains that the only way to stop the train would be to climb into the lead engine and press its kill switch , a near - impossible feat . 
 The dispatchers divert the runaway onto a branch after determining it is only five minutes away from a head - on collision . Further ahead the train has a tight curve near a chemical plant . agrees that they must crash it , thus condemning the three people , rather than risk a chemical explosion . Warden forces to help him reach the train by helicopter . 
 tries to force into a suicidal scramble around the outside of the second engine 's frozen nose . 's intervention on 's behalf forces an armed face - off . Emotionally broken , all three slump into depression . Suddenly 's accomplice dies trying to board the lead engine via helicopter — has now caught up with the train . 
 Spurred on by the appearance of his arch - enemy and resolved not to return to prison , makes a perilous leap to the lead engine . He barely makes it , crushing his hand . boards the locomotive from the helicopter , but ambushes him and handcuffs him . orders to stop the train before it crashes , but has chosen to die rather than be recaptured . When reminded of and in the second engine , uncouples his out - of - control lead engine . He waves goodbye , ignoring 's screaming pleas to shut down the lead engine , and climbs onto the roof of the lone engine in the freezing snow , his arms stretched out , ready to meet his end . and 's fellow inmates mourn in their cells as the lone engine disappears into the storm . The film closes with an on - screen quote from :

Sometime in the 14th century , is a woodcarver in his mid-50s who , with his wife , delivers his gifts to the children of local villages . One night , , and their two reindeer , and , are caught in a blizzard and succumb to the cold weather . In death , they are transported to the vast " ice mountains , way up at the top of the world . " Their expected arrival is heralded with the appearance of several elves , or as 's people call them in their legends , the Vendequm , led by the venerable and wise elf named . and also meet inventive elf , and the more down - to - earth . tells it is his destiny to deliver toys to the children of the world every Christmas Eve , which the elves will make in their large workshops . and are joined by six other reindeer and fed magic food that allows them to fly . When Christmas Eve comes , is approached by the oldest of elves , , who renames him as " Santa Claus " . 
 Centuries pass as the mythology of Santa is created , until the 20th century , where is exhausted by the continuous workload he must do every year due to the world 's increasing population . suggests he enlist an assistant , to which and compete to earn via a competition to produce the most toys in a limited amount of time . uses a machine he has invented , and although he wins , it begins to produce shoddy works without his knowledge ( due to putting the machines on a faster speed ) . During his annual deliveries , befriends a homeless 10 - year - old orphan boy named in New York City and takes him for a flight around the skyscrapers of Manhattan in his sleigh . lets take the reins , who flies the sleigh underneath the Brooklyn Bridge much to 's horror , who then playfully gets his own back on by having his reindeer perform the " Super Duper Looper " , around the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center - an aerial trick that involves them doing a complete 360 degree turn , but always fails due to acrophobia . takes on his deliveries where they meet 9 - year - old , a wealthy child and also an orphan who fed one previous night . 
 On Christmas Day , 's toys begin to fall apart , prompting him to quit his job and let take over . Traveling to New York , meets , 's step - uncle and a scheming executive of a toy company that faces a total shutdown by Congressional investigation due to unsafe products . Believing 's toys are popular due to witnessing several toys being removed from a shop window , Patch decides to help make better toys , using some of the reindeer feed to create lollipops which can make people fly and giving them to children for free ( the latter fact causing to sputter and yell , " FOR FREEEEE ? ! " ) . also constructs a hovercraft called the Patchmobile to deliver the products like Santa and helps create a new holiday on March 25 , which deems " Christmas 2 " . disapproves of 's actions ( unaware the plan is to make appreciate him again ) and feels disheartened about continuing his job if the children of the world do not care anymore . Meanwhile , is disturbed when plans to turn himself into the face of Christmas , and asks to develop candy canes which enable flight . 
 While works at night , 's assistant , Dr. , appears at his house and reveals the candy canes will explode if exposed to heat . proposes they flee to Brazil and let take the fall for their criminal neglect , which eventually approves of , despite initially urging to reconsider his actions as children are involved . and eavesdrop on the conversation , but is caught and locked up in the basement of 's factory . finds and discovers made a carving for that resembles him ( which was unintentional , but pointed out by ) . Thrilled that remembers him , and set off in the Patchmobile to the North Pole . sends a letter to informing him of the situation . Despite and Cupid having the Flu , gathers up the other six reindeer and he arrives to pick up . and pursue the Patchmobile , which is carrying a huge supply of candy canes on the verge of exploding . convinces his reindeer to perform the Super Duper Looper in order to catch and as the Patchmobile explodes . Meanwhile , 's crimes are uncovered when calls the police . As Dr. and 's chauffeur , , are arrested , attempts to evade the cops by eating several candy canes and tries to fly out of his office window only to fly up into the sky . 
 The film ends with the inhabitants of the North Pole celebrating the triumph with a joyous dance party , where and have been adopted by , his wife and his elves , whilst , in spite of his pleas for help , is doomed to float off into the depths of space , among the equally - affected remains of the Patchmobile as the end credits roll .

is a high school student who receives an anonymous love letter . is obsessed with , the class beauty , and his best friend , , convinces him that the letter is from her . However , he is totally oblivious that his friend is in love with him . writes an anonymous love letter in return , and asks to give it to her . reads the letter and realizing it 's poorly written and unromantic ( since had copied words from greeting cards ) , she rewrites it . 
 , mother , discovers the letter . Her jealous police officer husband , , sees her reading it . He steals the letter , and believes that his wife is having an affair . He suspects his neighbor ( and bridge partner ) . also reads the letter ( although by mistake ) because 's wife is his night school teacher and it somehow ends up in his book . When asks her about it , he assumes she wants to have an affair with him , despite the fact his wife and she are friends . Meanwhile , shows the letter to 's wife , , and proposes that they expose the adulterers . Receiving no response from , writes a second letter , which again rewrites . 
 experiences a series of wacky adventures with his friends throughout the summer before his Senior year in High School . After arranges a meeting between the two , he tells that he wrote the love letters , and she finally agrees to a real date , during which they are almost caught by 's jock college " quasi boyfriend " , but intervenes by pretending to seduce him and later ditches him . After a short while realizes is snobby and shallow , not like he expected her to be and begins to realize his true feelings for . Eventually , and break up at his birthday party , refusing to sleep with her when she intends for his birthday present . Eventually , and can not control themselves at a bridge party : assaults , and has a breakdown in front of her friends . 
 When returns home , finding his parents arguing and his mother reading his letter . angrily tells his parents the letter actually belongs to him while scolding them for invading his private mail , leaving them in a state of shock . At 's house , confronts about the letter , overhears him reading the words and tearfully reprimands him , revealing the letter is hers . Angered that her parents invaded her privacy , heads to her room and breaks down into tears . 
 Later , returns to 's house , confessing that nothing happened between him and and in the process confesses his feelings for and wonders if anything can ever happen between them . However , refusing to admit her feelings after everything that happened , rejects . 
 Just as the fall semester is about to start , confronts about the love letters , but upon seeing them learns they are n't the letters he wrote and realizes that wrote the original love letter ( by comparing 's letter to 's handwriting ) . He races to her home , but is told that she has left for a study abroad program aboard a ship that will keep her away for her Senior Year . rushes to the dockyard after a brief scuffle with , screaming his love for . After shouting her love for him as the ship continues to sail away , he dives into the water , but can not reach the ship . dives into the water , too . The lovers embrace in the water and kiss .

is ambushed by three men while he sleeps in an isolated shack . In a brief gunfight , he kills all of the assailants . As he sets out for the town of Silverado , finds a man , , lying in the desert , having been robbed and left to die . 
 and stop in the town of Turley , where it turns out that 's brother , , is locked up and awaiting hanging for killing a man in self - defense . is thrown in the same cell after he encounters and kills one of the men who robbed him . aids them in a breakout with the help of , a cowboy run out of town by sheriff . 
 After helping a wagon train of settlers recover stolen money from thieves , then leading them to Silverado , the four men part ways . and visit their sister , whose husband , the land agent for the area , informs them that rancher is attempting to maintain the open range , which he will dominate with his enormous herds of cattle , by driving all lawful claimants off the land . had killed 's father years earlier in a gunfight . also learns that hired the men who attempted to kill him upon his release from prison . 
 finds his father left destitute after his home had been burned down and his land overrun by cattle . has a sister , , who has gone off on her own , taking up with , a shifty gambler . 
 A ruthless sheriff named , an old acquaintance of 's , is now on 's payroll . arranges for to supervise the gambling in a saloon owned by and managed by , an honest woman who despises and welcomes 's presence . , a young widow from the wagon train , has also caught 's eye . 
 's men murder , burn the land office , and kidnap 's young nephew , so once again , , , , and join forces to set things right . They stampede 's cattle to provide cover for a raid on his ranch , in which most of the bandits are killed and the kidnapped boy is rescued . 
 The men return to town , where , in a series of encounters , each defeats his own personal enemy . First , is hunted by , 's right hand , whom he outsmarts and shoots dead . rescues from and stabs him fatally with his own knife . and battle on horseback ; when rams and his mount from a higher point , his horse 's hoof strikes in the head and he falls to his death . Finally , faces off with in a showdown in the street , and is quicker to the draw . 
 and leave for California , their long - stated goal , while and his sister reunite and decide to rebuild their father 's homestead . is named the new sheriff of Silverado and settles there .

Scott Glenn, Kevin Kline, Kevin Costner, John Cleese, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldblum, Brian Dennehy, Rosanna Arquette, Linda Hunt

is a basement - dwelling codebreaker at the Pentagon who aspires to escape his under - respected job to become a secret agent . , a wisecracking , pencil - pushing son of an envoy , takes the foreign service exam under peer pressure . and meet during the test , on which openly attempts to cheat after an attempt to bribe his immediate supervisor in exchange for the answers backfires . , however , was forced to take the test , having had only one day to prepare after his supervisor gives him a notice that was two weeks old . 
 Needing expendable agents to act as decoys to draw attention away from a more capable team , the DIA decides to enlist the two , promote them to be Foreign Service Operatives , put them through minimal training , and then send them on an undefined mission into Soviet Central Asia . Meanwhile , professional agents are well on their way to reaching the real objective : the seizure of a mobile SS-50 ICBM launcher . The main team takes a loss , while and - escape enemy attacks and eventually encounter , the only surviving operative from the main team . 
 In the Pamir Mountains of the Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic , the trio overpowers a mobile missile guard unit using hastily constructed extraterrestrial outfits and tranquilizer guns . Following orders in real - time from the intelligence agency ( operating from a military bunker located deep under an abandoned drive - in theater ) , they begin to operate the launcher . At the end of their instructions , the vehicle launches the ICBM into space , targeting an unspecified area in the United States . Thinking they have begun a nuclear war , the American agents and their Soviet counterparts pair up to have sex before the world ends . 
 Meanwhile , the military commander at the operations bunker , initiates the conversion of the drive - in theater to expose what is hidden beneath the screens and projection booth : a huge black - op SDI - esque laser and collector / emitter screen . The purpose of sending the agents to launch a Soviet ICBM is thereby exposed as a means to test this anti - ballistic missile system . Unfortunately , the laser fails to intercept the nuclear missile , which is heading for the U.S. and will almost certainly trigger a global thermonuclear war . 
 Back in the Soviet Union , horrified at the thought of having launched a nuclear missile at their own country , the American spies and the Russian soldiers use Millbarge 's technical knowledge to force a malfunction in the launcher vehicle and transmit junk instructions to the traveling missile , sending it off into space where it detonates harmlessly . Immediately after , the underground bunker is stormed by U.S. Army Rangers , and the intelligence and military officials involved in the covert operation are arrested . , , and go on to become nuclear disarmament negotiators , playing a nuclear version of Risk - meets - Trivial Pursuit against the Soviets .

Recent Georgetown University graduates ( ) , his girlfriend ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) are waiting to hear about the conditions of their friends ( ) , a sweet - natured girl devoted to helping others , and ( ) , a former frat boy and now reluctant husband and father , after a minor car accident . At the hospital , Kirby sees a female medical student named ( ) , with whom he has been infatuated since college . 
 The group gathers at their favorite college hangout , St. Elmo ’s Bar . has been fired from the job that helped him secure , and his marriage is unstable . At their apartment , pressures to marry him , but she thinks that they are n’t ready . is telling of his love for when shows up , asking to spend the night as he can not deal with his wife . accuses of being gay and loving . When visits and for dinner , confesses to him that he had sex with a lingerie saleswoman . 
 and get drunk together , and reveals that she ’s a virgin . They kiss , and makes fun of her girdle . insists they just remain friends because she thinks that he ’s trying to take advantage of her . At St. Elmo ’s , reveals to that she is having an affair with her married boss . sees his wife with another man in the crowd and attacks him . is thrown out of the bar but reconciles with his wife . The girls confront about the affair and her reckless spending , but she insists that everything is under control . 
 takes a job working for Mr. , a wealthy Korean businessman , and invites to a party that he ’s holding at Mr. ’s house . arrives with , a boy that her parents set her up with . announces that he and are engaged , upsetting . She confronts him about her suspicions of his infidelity , and the two break up . accuses of confessing to . gives a ride home , and makes a pass at her . Furious , throws him out of her car , and ’s wife witnesses the confrontation . 
 When skips the party , drives to the ski lodge where she is staying but learns she has a boyfriend . His borrowed car gets stuck , and and her boyfriend invite him in . The next morning , as prepares to leave the lodge , tells him that she ’s flattered by him . He kisses her , and then takes a photo with her before leaving . 
 goes to ’s apartment to spend the night after the breakup and discovers photographs of her . confesses his love for her , and the two sleep together . goes to the apartment to apologize to and finds there , and then and argue . 
 tells her father that she wants to be independent and move into her own place . has been fired from her job , fallen behind on her credit card payments , and her possessions have been seized . locks herself in her apartment and opens the windows , intending to freeze to death . Her friends attempt to coax her out , but she is unresponsive . fetches , who landed a job at a gas station courtesy of , to calm down . convinces to come out . 
 moves into her own place , where visits and informs her that he is getting a divorce and moving to New York City , and the two have sex . At the bus station , the group gathers once more to say goodbye to . urges to make up with , but declares that she does not want to date anyone for a while . and make up , and the group decides to get brunch . However , they decide not to go to St. Elmo 's and instead choose Houlihan 's because there are " not so many kids " there .

Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andrew McCarthy, Mare Winningham, Andie MacDowell

Overworked air traffic controller ( ) is given four paid weeks off as an alternative to being fired after nearly causing a mid - air collision on the job and having an outburst over what turned out to be a fly covering a radar blip . He uses this time off to take his wife and children , , and on a summer vacation from the Atlanta area to the Gulf Coast resort town of Citrus Cove , Florida , where they are beset by a never - ending barrage of problems . First they are bumped out of the front of the line of an upscale seafood restaurant in favor of arrogant local sailing champion , who becomes 's main nemesis throughout the film . Then the family misreads the address , moves into the wrong house , and are forced to leave in the middle of the night , ending up in a decrepit shack on a public beach with a constant stream of beach - goers tromping through . then suffers a leg injury that prevents him from spending time with his family . 
 Later , again locks horns with , the owner of the dubious piece of real estate where the are staying after the previous owner died . gives the check for $ 1,000 to cover the rent for the next two weeks , but tears up the check and orders the to leave the house when their first two weeks expire or he 'll throw them out personally . 
 To avoid an early eviction , challenges to a race at the upcoming Citrus Cove Regatta : If wins , will pay him the $ 1,000 rent and take his family home ; if wins , he keeps the money and earns the right to stay in the house for two more weeks rent - free . scoffs at the notion that could ever defeat him in a race , but accepts the challenge . However , has n't sailed for many years and does n't even have a boat . , a local saloon keeper with a pirate 's mentality whom the Chesters met earlier , befriends and volunteers to help him on both counts . 
 The bored Chesters come to life by helping make his new vessel seaworthy . This motley crew is at first no match for or anybody else in the race , but tossing useless garbage overboard , a strong breeze and a large pair of pants enable to win a victory at sea .

( ) is unhappily married and playing small - time gigs in the tri - state area consisting of Virginia , West Virginia , and Maryland when she meets ( ) , whose charm and aggressive self - confidence catch her attention . is married but is planning to divorce . After her divorce , and marry , and she is free to pursue music , and focus on raising their children . After gets drafted into the U.S. Army , focuses on singing more , and after joining forces with manager , becomes a rising star on the country music scene . 
 However , 's success fuels her self - confidence , much to 's annoyance , and he becomes increasingly physically and emotionally abusive as attempts to assert her independence . was at the peak of her popularity as one of the first great female stars of country music when she died in a plane crash on March 5 , 1963 , at the age of 30 .

is a seventeen - year - old high school student who is sick of being average . Living in a small town , his only claim to popularity is playing on the Beavers , his school 's basketball team ( which is very unsuccessful ) , and fawning after his crush , who is dating his rival . plays for the Dragons , an opposing team who tends to bully on the court . Completely oblivious to his best friend 's affections , he constantly rebuffs her advances due to their history together . 
 After a series of startling changes such as long hair suddenly sprouting , hands suddenly getting hairy , he decides to quit the team , but his coach changes his mind . Scoring a keg with his friend for a party , and end up alone in a closet and gets rough when they begin making out , accidentally clawing 's back . When he returns home , he undergoes a strange transformation and discovers he is a werewolf . His father confronts him and reveals he too is a werewolf , and that he 'd hoped would n't inherit the curse because " sometimes it skips a generation " . 
 reveals his secret to , who agrees to keep it a secret , but when becomes stressed on the court at the next basketball game , he becomes the wolf and helps win their first game in three years . This has an unexpected result of fame and popularity as the high school is overwhelmed with " Wolf Fever " , which quickly alienates from and from his teammates as he begins to hog the ball during games . 
 merchandises " Teen Wolf " paraphernalia and finally begins paying attention to . After he gets a role as a ' werewolf cavalryman ' in the school play alongside her , she comes onto him in the dressing room and the two have sex . Later , after a date set up to intentionally make jealous , tells that she 's still seeing him and is not interested in as a boyfriend , much to his disappointment . tells he is responsible for vice principal breathing down his neck , due to a scare he 'd given him when he was in high school , and advises him to be himself and not the wolf . 
 With the upcoming spring dance , agrees to go with , but only if he goes as himself , not the . goes by himself as the and has a great time . , however , is n't impressed . She takes out into the hallway and they kiss , which turns back into himself . When they return to the dance , everyone pays attention to him , including . gets upset and taunts until the Wolf comes out and attacks him . His fans then turn on him and he runs out right into , who threatens to expel from school . appears and after sending home , tells to back off . He then reminds of what he is capable of by leaning into him and growling , causing the Vice Principal to pee himself . 
 renounces using the wolf all the time , quitting the play and the basketball team , who have come to expect it . During the championship game , arrives and rallies his teammates to play without the wolf in order to win the game . Despite the odds , the team begins to play together and they make ground against the Dragons . During the final quarter , behind by one point , is fouled by at the buzzer . He makes both shots , winning the game and the championship to everyone 's delight . Brushing past , kisses as his father comes down and hugs the two of them . tells that they should leave , but she tells him to " drop dead " and storms off while everyone else celebrates the victory .

and are United States Secret Service agents assigned as counterfeiting investigators in its Los Angeles field office . has a reputation for reckless behavior , while is three days away from retirement . Alone , stakes out a warehouse in the desert thought to be a print house of counterfeiter . After and , his bodyguard , kill , explains to his new partner , , that he will take down no matter what . 
 The two agents attempt to get information on by putting one of his criminal associates , attorney , under surveillance . falls asleep on watch , and consequently they fail to catch in the act of murdering . While wants to go by the book , becomes increasingly reckless and unethical in his efforts to catch . While relies on his sexual - extortion relationship with parolee / informant for information , meets privately with ' attorney , . , acknowledging a potential conflict of interest that could ruin his legal practice , agrees to set up a meeting between his client and the two agents , who engage by posing as bankers from Palm Springs interested in ' counterfeiting services . is reluctant to work with them , but ultimately agrees to print them $ 1,000,000 worth of fake bills . 
 In turn , demands $ 30,000 in front money , which is three times the authorized agency limit for buy money . To get the cash , persuades to aid him in robbing , a man whom previously told is bringing $ 50,000 cash to purchase stolen diamonds . and intercept at the train station and seize the cash in an industrial area . 's cover people follow them , though , open fire and accidentally shoot . and try to evade them through the streets , freeways and even one of the flood control channels , before a final escape by going the wrong way on the freeway . The next day , the end of their daily briefing includes an FBI bulletin that was its undercover agent , kidnapped , robbed and murdered while on a sting operation . Only a generic description of the assailants and their vehicle is given . While and did not kill , is nonetheless consumed by guilt , while is apathetic and focused solely on getting . Unable to persuade to come clean about their role in 's death , meets with , who advises him to turn himself in and testify against in exchange for a lighter sentence . refuses to implicate his partner . 
 and meet with for the exchange . After inspecting the counterfeit million , the agents attempt to arrest and , but pulls a shotgun . and fatally shoot each other , and escapes . gives chase , going to a warehouse a previous informant had told them about . By the time he arrives , has set fire to everything inside , destroying all evidence . confronts and during a brief struggle , asks why he did not take ' advice to turn his partner in , revealing that was working on ' behalf all along . While is stunned at the revelation , grabs a board and knocks him unconscious . then covers with shredded paper and is about to set him on fire when wakes up and shoots . drops his lighter and accidentally sets himself ablaze , while empties his gun on the burning man , killing him . 
 visits as she packs up to leave L.A. He mentions 's death , deducing she had known all along that was FBI . He knows had left her with the remaining cash that his agency now wants back , but says she needed it to pay debts she owed . declares that is working for him now , turning into the same " whatever it takes " agent that his partner was .

William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Turturro, John Pankow, Darlanne Fleugel, Dean Stockwell

The movie concerns the life of ( ) who works as a mechanic and her hopes to become a stock car driver .

( ) , is a spoiled rich kid who just graduated from Yale ( " A College " ) Class of 1962 with a $ 28,000 gambling debt . After his father , ( ) , refuses to pay his son 's debt , escapes his angry creditors by trading places with his college roommate ( ) and jumping on a Peace Corps flight to Thailand . 
 There he is assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with Washington State University graduate from Tacoma ( ) and the beautiful , down - to earth ( ) . What they do not realize is that the bridge is coveted by the Central Intelligence Agency , a local communist force , and the powerful drug lord ( ) .

Tom Hanks, John Candy, Rita Wilson, Tim Thomerson, George Plimpton

Nerdy social outcasts and are humiliated by and for swooning over their girlfriends and . Dejected and disappointed at their direction in life and wanting more , convinces the uptight that they need a boost of popularity in order to get their crushes away from and . Alone for the weekend with 's parents gone , is inspired by the 1931 classic Frankenstein to create a virtual girl using 's computer ; infusing her with everything they can conceive to make the perfect dream woman . After hooking electrodes to a doll and hacking into a government computer system for more power , a power surge creates , a beautiful and intelligent woman with seemingly endless powers . Promptly , she conjures up a Cadillac to take the boys to a bar , using her powers to manipulate people into believing and are of age . 
 They return home drunk and happen upon , 's mean older brother , who extorts money from him to buy his silence . agrees to keep herself hidden from him , but realizes that and , while extremely sweet , are very uptight and need to unwind . After a humiliating experience at the mall where and pour an Icee on and in front of a crowd , tells the bullies about a party at 's house , of which had no prior knowledge , before driving off in a Porsche 928 she conjured for . Despite 's protests , insists that the party happens anyway in order to loosen the boys up . She goes to meet 's parents , and , who , to 's embarrassment , are shocked and dismayed at the things she says and her frank manner . After she pulls a gun on them ( later revealed to to be a water pistol ) , she alters their memories so that forgets about the conflict ; however , forgets that they had a son altogether . At the house , the party has spun out of control while and take refuge in the bathroom where they resolve to have a good time , despite having embarrassed themselves in front of and . Meanwhile , 's grandparents arrive and confront about the party , but she freezes them and hides them in a cupboard . In 's bedroom , and convince and to recreate the events that created , but chides them over their misuse of the magic to impress their tormentors . She also mentions that they forgot to connect the doll ; thus , with the bare but live electrodes resting on a magazine page showing a Pershing II medium - range ballistic missile , a real missile appears through the house . resolves that the boys need a challenge to boost their confidence and has a gang of mutant bikers invade the party , causing chaos and sending the boys running . 
 When the bikers take and hostage , and confront the bikers with a new boost of confidence , and their bravery makes and fall in love with them . The bikers leave , and the next morning , uncovers the disarray in which the house is   — including the missile and his catatonic grandparents   — before confronting and . tells the boys to escort the girls home while she talks to alone . narrowly escapes being pulled over by the police in a conjured Ferrari , while proclaims his love for before being sprayed by her parent 's lawn sprinklers , and both girls reciprocate their feelings to the boys . Returning to the house , the boys discover , now transformed into a giant , talking turd , who apologizes to for his behavior . assures them that will return to normal , and realizing that her work is done and that they do not need her anymore , she kisses both and before dematerializing . As she leaves , the disarray is magically transformed back to normal , including and the house . 's parents return home , unaware anything odd has happened at all . 
 Sometime later at their high school , becomes the gym class coach for a group of adolescent boys .

Anthony Michael Hall, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Kelly Le Brock, Bill Paxton, Robert Downey, Jr.

( ) is a Soviet ballet dancer who had defected from the Soviet Union . The plane carrying him to a next performance in Tokyo has engine trouble and crashes in Siberia . He is hurt and is soon recognized by KGB officer Colonel ( ) . then contacts African - American tap dancer , ( ) , who has defected to the Soviet Union , and gets them both to Leningrad . wants to dance at the season 's opening night at the Kirov , and to babysit . To convince , uses ( ) , a former ballerina who never left the Soviet Union and is an old flame of . 
 After an initial period of racial and artistic friction , the two dancers ( and defectors in opposite directions ) become strong friends . When finds that his wife ( ) is pregnant , he decides he does n't want their child to grow up in the Soviet Union , and together , with , they plan an escape , with the help from , who still has feelings for . While the escape plan is going on , chooses to stay behind to delay , gaining time for and to get to the Consulate at Leningrad . Even though is incarcerated when the whole plan is revealed , he is finally traded by the Soviets for a political prisoner from Latin America , and reunites with and .

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Helen Mirren, Isabella Rossellini, Geraldine Page

In 1984 , an Amish community attends the funeral of , who leaves behind his wife and eight - year - old son . Later , and travel by train to visit 's sister , which takes them into Philadelphia . While waiting for a connecting train , goes into the men 's room and witnesses two men attack and murder a third , narrowly escaping detection as he hides in the stalls . 
 Detective is assigned to the case , and he and his partner , Sergeant , question . It turns out the victim was an undercover police officer . is unable to identify the lone perpetrator whose face he saw from mug shots or a lineup . However , at the police station , sees a newspaper clipping in which narcotics officer is honored for his exemplary service , and points him out to . remembers that was previously responsible for a seizure of chemicals used to make amphetamines , but the evidence had disappeared . 
 confides his suspicions to Chief , who advises to keep the case secret so they can work out how to move forward . But is later ambushed in a parking garage and badly wounded by . Since only knew of 's suspicions , realizes is also corrupt and tipped off . calls and orders him to remove the file from the records . He then hides his car and uses his sister 's car to return and to Lancaster County . While attempting to return to the city , passes out in the vehicle in front of their farm . 
 argues that taking to a hospital would allow the corrupt police officers to find him while putting in danger . Her father - in - law reluctantly agrees to shelter him , despite his distrust for the outsider . slowly recovers in their care , and begins to develop feelings for , who is likewise drawn to him . The ' neighbor had hoped to court her , and this becomes a cause of friction . 
 John 's relationship with the Amish community grows as they learn he is skilled at carpentry . He is invited to participate in a barn raising for a newly married couple and gains 's respect . However , the attraction between and is evident and clearly concerns and others . That night , comes upon as she bathes , and she stands half - naked before him , but he walks away . 
 goes into town with to use a payphone , and learns that has been killed . He deduces that it was and , who are intensifying their efforts to find him and are joined by a third corrupt officer , . In town , is harassed by locals . Breaking with the Amish tradition of nonviolence , retaliates . The fight is reported to the local police , who inform . 
 The next day , the corrupt officers arrive at the farm and search for and , taking and hostage . John orders to run to 's home for safety , then tricks into the corn silo and suffocates him under tons of corn . He retrieves 's shotgun and kills . then forces and out of the house at gunpoint ; signals to to ring the farm 's bell . confronts , who threatens to kill , but the loud clanging from the bell summons the Amish neighbors . With so many witnesses present , realizes he can not escape , and gives up . 
 As prepares to leave , he says goodbye to in the fields . He and share a long loving gaze on the porch . Finally , wishes him well " out there among them English " , signifying his acceptance of as a member of their community . smiles , drives away , and exchanges a wave with on the road out .

( ) is a decorated police captain and Vietnam War veteran assigned to New York City 's Chinatown , where he makes it his personal mission to come down hard on Chinese organized crime . 
 comes into conflict with ( ) , a young man who ruthlessly rises to become the head of the Chinese triad societies , and as a result of his ambition , creates a high profile for himself and the triads ' activities . Together , they end the uneasy truce that has existed between the triads and the police precinct , even as they conduct a personal war between themselves . 
 The married captain also becomes romantically involved with ( ) , a television reporter , who comes under brutal attack from the criminals , as does 's long - suffering wife . This makes him even more determined to destroy the triads , and especially . 
 also hires an up - and - coming Chinese rookie cop , , to go undercover as one of 's restaurant workers . manages to get inside information on a drug shipment but is betrayed by corrupt cop and loses his life when is informed by that 's a cop . Now that has raped , killed his wife and , wastes no time in confronting just as the shipment comes in . 
 At the harbor , and his bodyguard are on their way to the shipment when attempts to arrest them . drives by yelling abuse , shoots and kills but draws a gun and shoots in the hand accidentally killing his bodyguard . flees on a train bridge . That leads to a showdown where and run at each other while shooting bullets recklessly . shoots leaving him wounded . Rather than suffer , asks for 's gun to die in front of him .

Teenagers and meet and become good friends as students at Brompton Academy , a school in London . is introduced to , who is ' love interest . He is also introduced to , 's uncle , a retired Brompton professor and inventor . is close to Professor , his fencing instructor , who warns that he is too emotional and impulsive . 
 Meanwhile , a mysterious hooded figure uses a blowpipe to shoot and Reverend with hallucinogenic thorns , causing the men to experience nightmare - like hallucinations resulting in their deaths . suspects foul play about the murders , which were presumed as suicides , but is rebuffed by Scotland Yard policeman when he suggests a connection between the deaths . is later expelled from Brompton after getting framed for cheating by his rival . As reluctantly prepares to leave , is shot with a hallucinogenic thorn and accidentally stabs himself while trying to fend off imaginary gremlins . As dies he whispers the word " Eh - Tar " to . 
 secretly meets with and and begins his investigation with the murders . During their investigation , the trio uncover the existence of Rame Tep , an ancient Egyptian cult of worshippers . The cult 's main weapons were blowpipes , which were used to shoot thorns dipped into a solution made of plant and root extracts which , when injected into the bloodstream , causes the victim to experience realistic , nightmare - like hallucinations . , , and then track the cult to a London warehouse , where the Rame Tep are performing human sacrifices in a secret underground wooden pyramid . After they interrupt their sacrifice of a young woman , the Rame Tep chases the trio and shoots them with thorns , but the three manage to escape into a cemetery . They begin to experience hallucinations ( is being chased by the undead , is force fed by sentient pastries , and ' dead father is angry with him for uncovering his adulterous life ) , but is able to keep them all level - headed and they survive . 
 The following evening , at 's loft , and discover a picture of the three victims and a fourth man , , who is the remaining victim . However , they are discovered by Professor and Mrs. , the school nurse , who plan to expel and in the morning . That night , while heads to 's loft to salvage his work , and head to see Mr. , who explains that in his youth he and the other men had discovered an underground pyramid of Tep and the ancient tools of five Egyptian princesses while building a hotel in Egypt . Their find led to an angry uprising by the people of a nearby village which was violently put down by the British Army . The men returned safely to England . However , a local boy of Anglo - Egyptian descent named and his sister vowed revenge against them after their parents were killed in the attack . They also vowed to replace the bodies of the five Egyptian princesses . is then shot by a poisoned thorn and tries to kill , but is knocked unconscious by who reconsidered advice after he himself was accidentally poisoned by the thorn . 
 As they return to the school , a chance remark by causes to realize that is none other than Professor , but he and arrive too late to stop him and Mrs. , who is revealed to be sister , from abducting . Using 's latest invention , a flying machine , and travel to the warehouse just in time to prevent - from sacrificing as the fifth and final " princess " . They burn down the Rame Tep pyramid and Mrs. accidentally swallows one of her poisoned thorns in a fight with and is burned to death , but escapes with . successfully stops - Tar by sabotaging his carriage . then tries to shoot , but intervenes and is mortally wounded instead . Enraged , duels - Tar and manages to get the better of him when Eh - Tar falls through the frozen River Thames . returns to 's side and holds her as she dies . 
 Afterwards , decides to transfer to another school to get his mind off . As he exchanges goodbyes with , explained how he deduced the identity of . also points out that " " is " Eh - Tar " spelled backwards , a clue that failed to notice . gives a pipe as a Christmas and farewell present . As leaves with his new detective outfit , 's older self ( the Narrator ) expresses that he was certain he would have more adventures at side . 
 In the post - credits scene , is revealed to be alive ; he checks himself into an Alpine inn with a new name , " Moriarty " , foreshadowing his role as ' future nemesis .

( ) is a successful industrialist living in the suburbs of Los Angeles whose wife ( ) is running for city council while he is having an affair . is confronted by three blackmailers demanding $ 105,000 for a videotape of him and his mistress , ( ) . 
 Because of his wife 's political aspirations , he ca n't go to the police . 's lawyer advises him that paying the blackmailers wo n't likely make them go away , so he refuses to pay . The three criminals up the ante by murdering , capturing the killing on videotape and framing for the murder , demanding $ 105,000 a year for the rest of his life to keep the evidence they have on him under wraps . 
 opens his financial records to one of the blackmailers , ( ) , the ringleader of the group and who also has a background in accounting . Seeing their mark owes money to the government and can not afford the $ 105,000 , agrees to accept 's counter offer of $ 52,000 , at least as a first payment . then turns the blackmailers against one another , putting his wife 's life in grave danger in the process . 
 A stripper , ( Vanity ) , helps , is assaulted by 's accomplice , ( ) , who then kills their third partner , , believing he has betrayed them . successfully ambushes and kills both and , then kidnaps 's wife and sedates her with a narcotic using a hypodermic needle . In the final scene , brings the $ 52,000 ransom and also gives his sports car , which explodes after turns the key .

and are two single men who live in Chicago . When meets at Mother Malone 's ( " Mother 's " ) , a bar in the Chicago Gold Coast , the two start a relationship from a one - night stand . The film follows the couple for the first year of their relationship : their meeting after a softball game , her moving in with him , mutual friction at Thanksgiving , their breakup on New Year 's Eve , his apology and declaration of love on St. Patrick 's Day , and their reconciliation at a softball game .

has been in stasis in a shuttle for 57 years . She is rescued and debriefed by her employers at the Weyland - Yutani Corporation ; they are skeptical of her claims that an Alien creature killed her entire crew and forced her to destroy her ship the Nostromo , and they subsequently revoke her flight officer license . 
 The exomoon LV-426 , where the Nostromo initially encountered the derelict ship containing alien eggs , is now home to the terraforming colony . When contact is lost with the colony , Weyland - Yutani representative and Colonial Marine Lieutenant ask to accompany and a colonial marine unit to investigate the disturbance . Despite suffering from recurring nightmares about her original experience with the alien , she eventually joins the expedition on 's word that their mission is to exterminate the creatures . Aboard the spaceship USS Sulaco , she is introduced to the colonial marines and the android , toward whom is initially hostile following her experience with the traitorous android aboard the Nostromo . 
 A dropship delivers the expedition to the surface of LV-426 , where they find the colony deserted . Inside , they find makeshift barricades and signs of a struggle , but no bodies ; two live facehuggers in containment tanks in the medical lab ; and a traumatized young girl nicknamed , the sole survivor , who used the extensive ventilation system to evade the aliens . The crew uses the colony 's computer to locate the colonists grouped beneath the fusion powered atmosphere processing station . They head to the location , descending into corridors covered in alien secretions . 
 At the center of the station , the marines find the colonists cocooned , serving as incubators for the creatures ' offspring . When the marines kill a chestburster , the other aliens are roused and ambush the troops , killing , , , and while capturing and alive to be cocooned as hosts . When the inexperienced panics , assumes command , taking control of their armored personnel carrier , and rams the nest to rescue Corporal , Private and Private , the only three survivors . orders the dropship to recover the survivors , but a stowaway alien kills the pilots and , causing it to crash into the station . The remaining group barricade themselves inside the colony command center . 
 discovers that sent the colonists to investigate the derelict spaceship where the Nostromo crew first encountered the eggs , believing he could become wealthy by recovering alien specimens for use as biological weapons . She threatens to expose him , but informs the group of a greater danger : The power plant was damaged by the dropship crash and will soon explode with the force of a 40 - megaton thermonuclear weapon . He volunteers to crawl through several hundred meters of piping conduits to reach the colony 's transmitter and remotely pilot the Sulaco 's remaining dropship to the surface . 
 and fall asleep in the medical laboratory , awakening to find themselves locked in the room with the two " facehuggers " , which have escaped from their tanks . triggers a fire alarm to alert the marines , who rescue them and kill the creatures . accuses of releasing the facehuggers so that they would impregnate her and , allowing him to smuggle the embryos past Earth 's quarantine , and of planning to kill the rest of the marines so that no one could contradict his version of events . Before the marines can " waste " , the power is cut , and aliens assault through the ceiling . In the ensuing firefight , attempts to flee but is cornered by an alien , while is dragged away after covering the others ' retreat . and the injured detonate a grenade and sacrifice themselves ; is injured , and is captured . 
 and reach in the second dropship , but refuses to abandon . The group travels to the processing station , allowing a heavily armed to enter the hive and rescue . As they escape , the two encounter the alien queen in her egg chamber . The queen , sensing that carries a weapon and is capable of destroying her eggs , signals her offspring to allow to leave . However , when an egg begins to open , uses her flamethrower to destroy the eggs and the queen 's ovipositor . Pursued by the enraged queen , and reunite with and on the dropship . All four escape moments before the station explodes with the colony consumed by the nuclear blast . 
 On the Sulaco , the group is ambushed by the queen , who stowed away in the ship 's landing gear . The queen tears in half and advances on , but battles the creature using an exosuit cargo - loader and expels it through an airlock into space . , , , and the critically damaged enter hypersleep for their return trip to Earth .

Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Carrie Henn, Bill Paxton, Paul Reiser, Jenette Goldstein

On the weekend leading up to April Fools ' Day , a group of college friends , consisting of , , , , , , and , gather to celebrate spring break by spending the weekend at the island mansion of 's cousin , . The tone is set almost immediately , with preparing details around the house when she finds an old jack - in - the - box she remembers in a flashback sequence . Her friends , meanwhile , joke around on the pier while awaiting the ferry . En route to the island , as their antics become more boisterous , local deckhand is seriously injured in a gruesome accident . 
 Once on the island , it turns out that has set up a variety of pranks throughout the mansion , ranging from simple gags such as a whoopee cushion and dribble glasses and exploding cigars to more complex and disturbing pranks , such as an audiotape of a baby crying in someone 's room and heroin paraphernalia in a guest 's wardrobe . In spite of this , the group try to relax , until goes missing , and catches a glimpse of what looks like his dead body . Soon , and also go missing . During a search for the pair , falls into the island 's well , where she finds the severed heads of and , along with the dead body of . The remaining group members then discover that the phone lines are dead and there is no way to get off the island until Monday . 
 One after another , members of the group either vanish or get killed before their bodies are found . After putting some clues together , and realize that everyone 's earlier assumption is wrong ; the kinsman of the deckhand injured when they arrived is a red herring . It also turns out that has a violently insane twin sister named , who has escaped . In fact , the " " they have been around since the first night was , pretending to be . They discover 's severed head in the basement . 
 chases them with a curved butcher 's knife , and the couple gets separated . flees from by escaping into the living room where she finds everyone else there , alive and calmly waiting for her . It was all a joke , or more accurately , a dress rehearsal . It is revealed to the audience that the whole film was never a slasher film from the start , but rather pretending to be one . hopes to turn the mansion into a resort offering a weekend of staged horror . She even had a friend who does special effects and make - up in Hollywood help . Each " victim " agreed to take part as things were explained to them . 
 Everyone has a huge laugh and they break out lots of bottles of champagne . Later that night , a half - drunk goes to her room and finds a wrapped present on her bed . She unwraps it , and the present is the jack - in - the - box . Savoring the surprise , she turns the handle slowly and when " " finally pops out , , who knew from acting class , emerges from behind her and slits her throat with a razor . screams , but then realizes she is not really bleeding and that used a trick razor and stage blood . The film ends with the jack - in - the - box winking at the audience .

Officer ( ) of the LAPD is framed for the theft of a television set by two corrupt detectives . He is dismissed from the force , but escapes criminal punishment at his day in court . The court 's next case features hapless defense attorney ( ) attempting to defend a white supremacist leader , who threatens him with death should fail to keep him out of prison . A fearful reveals his ineptitude and the death threat to the judge ( ) , who agrees to render a long sentence if promises to leave law behind . 
 and meet one another when they both apply for work at Guard Dog Security , a low - rent firm run by gruff " Captain " ( ) and part of a security guard 's union requiring heavy contributions represented by ( ) and ( ) . Becoming licensed security guards after a single afternoon of training , and Kane are made partners by supervisor ( ) and assigned to night duty at a pharmaceutical company 's warehouse . After being loudly ordered to take a lunch break by senior guard ( ) , happens upon an armed robbery of the warehouse and calls to for help , but they prove no match for the thieves . 
 The next day , the pair are berated and fined $ 100 each by for their failure , leaving them suspicious . While venting their anger toward , reveals that she is his daughter . and then attend a meeting of the union , where 's attempt to file a grievance against Guard Dog is quashed by union president ( ) . pointedly questions about how the union dues , adding to about $ 4 million per year , are spent . After rejects an evasive answer from Union treasurer ( ) , an enraged threatens Kane with violence should he ever attend another union meeting and abruptly adjourns . 
 Over the next few days , and find themselves assigned to work at a landfill and a toxic waste dump . Convinced something illegal is afoot after hearing a similar story from two fellow burned - out security guards about a similar robbery , the pair track down at his gym and interrogate him . admits that it was who had him order them to lunch the night of the robbery . and flee from the gym and an enraged . The pair then visit an informant friend of 's for information on . Upon learning of 's corrupt reputation , they bring their suspicions to , but she rejects them as having no evidence to back them up . 
 and next attend a party thrown by in hopes of gathering some evidence . Eavesdropping on a meeting between and , they learn of 's use of the pension fund to finance dealings with a Colombian drug cartel and his plans to have the money robbed from an armored car , with insurance covering the loss . Fearing an investigation by the insurance company , urges not to go through with the robbery . In response , instructs and to execute him . and attempt to save , but are too late to prevent his murder and instead find themselves framed for his death . After a night spent evading police , the two make plans with a now receptive to prevent the armored car robbery . and take over driving the truck , while plans to meet them ahead of the would - be robbers . 
 has problems with his motorcycle and is forced to hitch a ride with ) , a wild trucker who eagerly disobeys traffic laws . Meanwhile , and avoid assaults from multiple cars attempting to hold them up . With The Cowboy 's help , is able to arrive in time to save the armored car from a guided missile strike and foil a final attack from and . , no longer willing to abide the scheme , arrives having captured and his associates , the two detectives who originally framed . 
 The criminals are arrested and is invited back to the police force , along with a reluctant .

is the leader of an organized crime family . One night , his estranged oldest son , , contacts him after a fight with his mother 's boyfriend and stays with him at his home in Homeville , Pennsylvania . Eventually , he becomes involved with his father 's criminal activities , and starts a gang with his half - brother , . The boys attempt a daring heist , which results in their arrest . All of them are bailed out except 
 During time in jail , another member of the gang receives a grand jury subpoena . believes that they will inform on him , so he rapes 's girlfriend , , as a warning . feels his only recourse is to eliminate every witness that can connect him with his sons and their gang . He kills himself and orders a hit against , who is seriously wounded , is also killed . threatens his father with a gun , intending to kill him , but decides that he wants to " die every day for the rest of his life , " and instead testifies against him in court . His father is sentenced to life in prison .

Christopher Walken, Sean Penn, Chris Penn, Mary Stuart Masterson

is a rags - to - riches story . The son of an Italian immigrant tailor , he is shown as a boy ( ) in his father 's shop , bearing a report card with poor grades . His ambition is to go into his father 's line of work , but his father reprimands for his poor schoolwork , and tells him no matter how hardworking , skilled or wealthy one may be , " if a man has got no education , he has got nothing " . 
 As decades pass , is shown opening his first " Tall and Fat " clothing store and eventually becoming a corporate giant , complete with a TV commercial in which he asks : 
 He also has changed his last name to " " ( from the original " Meloni " ) . 
 After his college - student son ( ) cancels a visit , goes home to ( ) , his second wife . is a widower and is a social climbing gold digger , unable to bear her crude husband . Upon agreeing to a divorce , he threatens to expose her adulterous affairs ( showing her Polaroids of her with other men , including a midget ) after she threatens to sue him for half of his net worth . 
 tells his friend , chauffeur and bodyguard ( ) to drive him to 's college . It turns out has been keeping secrets from his father . He is not on the Grand Lakes diving team , but instead works as a towel boy , treated badly by star diver ( ) . has only his best friend ( ) for support and intends to drop out . pleads with him , offering to go to college with his son if he 'll stay , and also tells that he has no reason to be ashamed of his failures , considering 's early mediocre life . 
 Possessing neither a high school diploma nor any transcripts or SAT scores , ’s efforts seem to be stalled . But when the university 's " Dean " Martin — a play on the crooner — played by , asks how he can possibly admit an unqualified student , the next scene cuts to a groundbreaking of the university 's new Thornton Melon School of Business . 
 's bribery earns him the wrath of Dr. ( ) , dean of the business school . The wrath is further exacerbated when Dr. 's ivory tower ways are at odds with 's knowledge of business gained from actual experience . promptly strikes up a romance with Dr. ( ) , an attractive literature professor and free spirit , who is dating . 
 At the same time , begins to attract the interest of ( ) , a girl that has been trying to impress . 's popularity on campus also increases thanks to his father ’s generosity and party - throwing . even earns a spot on the diving team as well after — who claims to have once been a spectacular diver himself — talks the Grand Lakes coach ( ) into giving the kid another look . 
 As a student , even though is inspiring a deeper appreciation of literature , prefers partying to studying . He hires a team of professionals to complete his assignments , including author , to write a paper on for literature class . To 's surprise , a disappointed , recognizing the fraud , gives an F on his paper , telling him that she will not accept work from him that was written by someone else , and adding that whoever did write the paper does n't know the first thing about . Meanwhile , is fed up with his father , his school , his status and his own failures . At his dad 's big party , he gets drunk , punches and disappears . 
 ’s fraud is further exposed by Dr. , who challenges him before Dean to pass an oral examination from all of his professors . If fails any part of it , he will be expelled . Not believing that he will be able to pass that oral exam , packs up and prepares to leave , knowing that he ca n't be expelled if he drops out . But stops him and reminds him of how he wanted to drop out , too , but talked him out of it . believes that can do it and says that they 'll help him . then decides that he 's up to the challenge . 
 With limited time to prepare , crams for exams with help from , , and . When the big day comes , begins by telling that he has only one question , " ... in 27 parts . " seems to falter , but is inspired to answer the question with the screaming assistance of crazed Contemporary American History professor ( and as revealed earlier , a Vietnam vet ) , ( ) . He passes , nevertheless , after Dr. inspires him by having him recite poem " Do not go gentle into that good night . " 
 At the championship dive meet , father and son patch things up and , with a little distraction , fouls up the opposing team ’s dives , while gives a lackluster effort , followed by a near - perfect performance from . fakes a cramp out of spite in an effort to make the team lose . This gives the coach an inspiration . He calls upon , who comes out of the grandstand to perform an “ impossible ” dive , the legendary “ Triple Lindy , " to win the meet . 
 learns that he has passed all his classes with D 's , except from , who has given him an A. The movie closes with lecturing the graduating class that the real world is hard , so : " Move back in with your parents ... let them worry about it ! " and " Look out for Number One , but do n't step in Number Two!"[4 ]

Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Keith Gordon, Ned Beatty, Adrienne Barbeau, Burt Young, Robert Downey Jr.

The story involves a group of five juvenile delinquents in their teens who are doomed to be prosecuted as adults for their crimes unless they take part in a new and experimental " program " led by a Vietnam veteran Native American named " Indian Joe " Tegra ( ) from the Everglades . The five teens include two rival gang leaders , ( ) , the leader of the Home Boys serving a 3 - year sentence for aggravated assault and armed robbery ; ( ) , the leader of the 27th Avenue Players also serving a 3 - year sentence for assault and armed robbery ; ( ) , a drug trafficker serving a 4 - year sentence after being arrested in a police sting ; ( ) , a violent punk serving a 10 - year sentence for manslaughter of his abusive and alcoholic father and various arson charges , ( ) , a car thief serving three - plus years for various auto theft and over 15 escape attempts from various juvenile halls . 
 Forced into the swamps , the teens must learn to survive in the dangerous swamp and how to work together . Upon completion of the program , the group buys a vacant house in a dangerous part of Miami and slowly rebuilds the neighborhood , kicking out the pimps , prostitutes and drug dealers . However this offends the former illegal inhabitants of their house , all loyal customers of drug baron Cream ( ) . The conflict leads to armed fights , in which is killed . The film 's climax has the remaining group taking the fight directly to a drug manufacturing facility that is equipped with an M-134 Minigun .

Colonel ( ) is a U.S. Airborne commando who comes to Vietnam with a special mission to liberate imprisoned American soldiers . He gets caught in a North Vietnamese POW camp where there are other airbornes as well as regular soldiers . Action is set at the end of the war and he , as the highest - ranking officer in the POW camp , is to be sent to Hanoi and prosecuted by the North Vietnamese . Camp commander ( ) gets an order to send him to court but instead of obeying it , he offers a deal - he will help him get to the American sector and then , in return , would help him immigrate to the USA , where has family . 
 promptly disregards his proposition , as he 's a tough soldier who would rather sacrifice his own life than help the enemy . However is persistent persuading him , threatening that if he 'll not accept his deal , then all of the fellow prisoners from his camp will die . Given that threat reconsiders 's offer , and accepts the deal , but under one condition - all of the camp prisoners must go with them . , being short of time ( as Hanoi set deadline for sending to court ) OK 's the plan and so they leave camp in column of two jeeps and a truck ( prisoners are hidden in a tank truck while goes with in a jeep ) . Their journey wo n't be without obstacles as they need to go through zones controlled by The North Vietnamese , and through the jungle wilderness .

is a Los Angeles insurance agent with a problem on his hands . He has teenage triplets who are all gifted musicians , but wife insists that the kids attend college at Yale , requiring more than $ 40,000 in tuition , rather than less expensive schools like nearby UCLA . 
 This situation is on 's mind when he pays a business call to the Beverly Hills mansion of and . He is met by a flirtatious and scantily clad , who explains a problem of her own — is dying , with less than a week to live , but accidentally let his life - insurance policy lapse . 
 A scheme is hatched involving a policy with a double - indemnity clause . has to die in an unexpected fashion for this to happen , but he may or may not cooperate .

Big - talking rough - and - tumble truck driver ( ) wins a bet with his restaurant owner friend ( ) . To make sure he follows through on payment , accompanies him to the airport to pick up 's Chinese fiancée ( ) . 
 A Chinese street gang , the Lords of Death , tries to kidnap another Chinese girl at the airport , who is being met by her friend ( ) , intending to sell her as a sex slave . After intervenes , they take by mistake . 
 and track the Lords of Death to the back alleys of Chinatown , where they find a funeral procession that quickly erupts into a tong war between the Chang Sing and Wing Kong , two ancient Chinese societies . When " The Three Storms " - Thunder , Rain , and Lightning , mighty warriors with weather - themed powers - appear , slaughtering both sides , attempts to gun his big - rig through the crowd , but runs over ( ) , a decrepit man directing the Three Storms . Horrified , exits his truck , but finds unfazed and glowing with magic . hurriedly guides through the alleys ; the two escape the carnage and mayhem , but 's truck is stolen . 
 takes to his restaurant , where they meet up with , her journalist friend , 's friend ( ) , and magician ( ) , a local authority on mysticism and . They try to explain to an incredulous ( who only wants his truck back ) the ancient knowledge and sorcery the Chinese brought with them to America . The group devises a plan to infiltrate a brothel , where they believe is held . They break in with some difficulty , but are interrupted by the Storms tearing off the ceiling and making off with , taking her to their master . and track down the front business used by and impersonate electricians to gain access , but are quickly subdued by . After being tied up and beaten by , the two meet - however , he now appears as a crippled old man . 
 tells that needs a special green - eyed girl to break an ancient curse , and he intends to sacrifice . Centuries ago , , a great warrior and even greater wizard , was defeated in battle by the first sovereign emperor , . The Emperor cursed with incorporeality ; although can be temporarily granted a decrepit body by supplication to the gods , he must marry a woman with green eyes to appease , the God of the East , and sacrifice her to satisfy the Emperor . When and 's friends attempt to save them , they are also captured , and notes that has green eyes , too . decides to sacrifice , while making his unwilling wife . After getting the drop on Thunder , and escape , and free many women kept in holding cells in the process ; a horrible orangutan - like monster recaptures before she leaves . 
 and regroup with and surviving and , and as a group they enter an underground cavern to return to headquarters . pours each of the group a potent potion that says makes him feel " kind of invincible " . The group interrupts the wedding ceremony , which breaks out into a battle . 
 accidentally knocks himself out by shooting a piece of the ceiling that falls on his head , and promptly is trapped under a suit of armor when he comes to . kills in a sword duel , while and chase the newly - alive . joins them , and just when all seems lost , kills with a skillful knife throw . Thunder - who had been distracted with - reappears , and , furious at finding Lo dead , explodes . , , , and are cornered by in a corridor , who triggers a collapse with his powers . rescues them with a rope and kills by dropping a stone statue on him when he tries to follow . After finding 's truck and dealing the remaining guards , the group busts out and escapes back to 's restaurant . 
 The group celebrates their victory in the restaurant with the rescued women ; and prepare to marry , while pairs with . sets off on a long - due vacation - suggests his homeland , but says that China is in the heart . , though attracted to , turns down an offer to stay and begins trucking again , not wanting to be tied down . Unbeknownst to him , the orangutan - like monster survived the battle in the labyrinth and has stowed away on his truck .

returns to his logging home town of Lumberton , North Carolina , from Oak Lake College after his father suffers a near - fatal stroke . While walking home from the hospital , he cuts through a vacant lot and discovers a severed ear . takes the ear to police detective and becomes reacquainted with the detective 's daughter , . She tells him details about the ear case and a suspicious woman , , who may be connected to the case . Increasingly curious , enters 's apartment by posing as an exterminator , and while is distracted by a man dressed in a yellow suit at her door ( whom later refers to as the Yellow Man ) , steals her spare key . 
 and attend 's nightclub act , in which she sings " Blue Velvet , " and leave early so can sneak into her apartment to snoop . He hurriedly hides in a closet when she returns home . However , , wielding a knife , discovers him and threatens to kill him . Believing his curiosity is merely sexual and aroused by his voyeurism , makes undress at knife - point and begins to fellate him before their encounter is interrupted by a knock at the door . hides in the closet . From there he witnesses the visitor , , inflict his bizarre sexual proclivities — which include inhaling an unidentified gas , dry humping , and sadomasochism — upon . is an extremely foul - mouthed , violent man whose orgasmic climax is a fit of both pleasure and rage . He continually refers to her as " Mommy " and to himself as both the " Daddy " and the " Baby , " who " wants to fuck . " has kidnapped 's husband and son to force her to perform sexual favors ; to " Do it for . " When leaves , a sad and desperate tries to seduce again and demands that he hit her , but when he refuses , she tells him to leave . When moves to leave , she asks him to stay , though he leaves anyway . 
 relays ( only ) what he saw to , asking her why there are people like . in turn tells him of a wonderful dream she had about robins that she interprets as a sign of hope for humanity . and find themselves attracted to each other , though has a boyfriend . 
 again visits 's apartment and she tells him that although she knows nothing about him , she has been yearning for him . attends another of 's performances at the club , where she sings the same song . At the club , spots in the audience fondling a piece of blue velvet fabric he cut from 's robe . follows and spends the next few days spying on him . Shortly afterwards , two men that calls and the Yellow Man exit an industrial building that frequently visits . concludes the men are criminal associates of , and tells his new findings to . The two briefly kiss , though she feels uncomfortable about going any further . immediately visits again , and the two have sex . However , when he refuses to hit her , she pressures him , becoming more emotional . In a blind rage he knocks her backwards and is instantly horrified , but derives pleasure from it . 
 Afterwards , catches and together and forces them both to accompany him to the apartment of , his suave , effeminate partner in crime who is holding 's son . lip - syncs a performance of " In Dreams , " sending into maudlin sadness , then rage . takes to a lumber yard and when he molests , stands up to by punching him . 's cronies drag out of the car and kisses 's face , intimidates him , and then savagely beats him to the overture of " In Dreams . " wakes the next day at the same place and walks home , overcome with guilt and despair . 
 goes to the police station , where he notices that 's father 's partner is the Yellow Man — an officer named Lieutenant Detective . Later , he goes to 's home and tells 's father about . He is amazed by 's story , but warns to stop his amateur sleuthing lest he endanger himself and the investigation . and go to a dance together and profess their love ; on the way home they are chased by a car . thinks it is , but it turns out to be 's boyfriend . A confrontation is averted when the group finds — naked , battered , and distressed — on 's front lawn . Barely conscious , reveals her intimacy with , causing to become upset and to slap , although she later forgives him . 
 insists on returning to 's apartment and tells to immediately send the police there , including her father . At 's apartment , finds 's husband , who is dead from a gunshot to the head and identifiable by his missing ear , as well as the Yellow Man , who bears a gruesome head wound , leaving him barely conscious and unresponsive but still standing . When tries to leave , he sees the Well - Dressed Man coming up the stairs and recognizes him as in disguise . talks to Detective over the Yellow Man 's police radio , but lies about his location inside the apartment , remembering from their " joyride " that has a police radio . enters the apartment and brags about hearing 's location over his own police radio . While searches for him in the wrong room , retrieves the Yellow Man 's gun and hides in the same closet in which he hid during his first visit to the apartment . fires sporadically , knocking over the dead Yellow Man , who had still been standing up , and when he opens the closet door , fatally shoots him in the head . Detective , gun drawn , enters with a moment later . and now go ahead with their relationship and note the unusual appearance of robins in their town . and her son are reunited .

Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper, Hope Lange

( ) is a troubled young deaf woman working as a janitor at a school for the deaf and hard of hearing in New England . An energetic new teacher , ( ) , arrives at the school and encourages her to set aside her insular life by learning how to speak aloud . 
 As she already uses sign language , resists 's attempts to get her to talk but she is resistant because of a history of rape . Romantic interest develops between and and they are soon living together , though their differences and mutual stubbornness eventually strains their relationship to the breaking point , as he continues to want her to talk , and she feels somewhat stifled in his presence . 
 leaves and goes to live with her estranged mother ( ) in a nearby city , reconciling with her in the process . However , she and later find a way to resolve their differences .

is a Chicago firefighter who is injured on the job . Using his disability , he retires to the small Caribbean island of Saint Nicholas , and buys a small property . , appointed by the British crown as governor of St. Nicholas , is more concerned with vacationing than governing . Miss , who is visiting St. Nicholas with some friends , decides to stay permanently and becomes 's girlfriend . 
 befriends financially troubled reggae musician and they form Club Paradise , which they market as a Club Med - style resort complete with a brochure that features photographs of in various disguises on every page . This attracts a handful of tourists , including and who are there for the marijuana and the women . Much of the film involves the tourists ' comic misadventures adjusting to island life and the low - rent facilities of Club Paradise . Also traveling to the island is New York Times travel writer who ends up spending most of her time in the company of Governor . Adding to the fun is suburban housewife , who is vacationing with her husband . 
 plays a key role , as a developer who wants to run and off their property so he can build a massive high - end casino on the beach as part of a deal he 's making with two business partners . To do that , he uses the help of the local prime minister and the prime minister 's men to cause trouble and get Club Paradise to close " legally . " and go so far as to sneak aboard 's yacht to provide some " useful intelligence " for Governor by finding out what is going to happen to the future of Saint Nicholas . They skin dive to the yacht where they are captured by local police and thrown in jail . When Prime Minister 's strong arm tactics do n't work , he orders a military takeover of the island . builds up a resistance force , and St. Nicholas is soon threatened with the possibility of civil war , which is averted at the last minute with assistance from and Governor . When 's takeover fails , and his partners leave Saint Nicholas and head for the Cayman Islands .

The story focuses on the sisters — , , and — who reunite at the family home in Hazlehurst , Mississippi , after shoots her abusive husband . The three were raised by Old Granddaddy after their mother hanged herself and the family cat and have been eccentric ever since . is a wallflower who bemoans her shriveled ovary . Egocentric is a singer whose Hollywood career ended abruptly when she suffered a nervous breakdown . Unruly and impulsive shocks her sisters with stories about her affair with a teenage African American boy . Past resentments bubble to the surface as the women are forced to deal with assorted relatives and previous relationships while coping with the latest incident that has disrupted their dysfunctional lives .

On an asteroid prison , a group of dangerous aliens known as Crites are set to be transported to another station . The engineer an escape and hijack a ship , prompting the warden to hire two shape - changing bounty hunters to pursue them to Earth . Studying life on Earth via various satellite television transmissions , the first bounty hunter assumes the form of rock star , while the second remains undecided , thus retaining his blank , featureless head . 
 On a rural Kansas farm , the family sits down to breakfast . Father and mother send teenage daughter and younger son off to school while waiting on mechanic . A former baseball pitcher , has become the town drunk and crackpot , with claims of alien abductions foretold by messages through his fillings . 
 Playing with selfmade ( and overly potent ) fireworks and 's slingshot , takes the blame when accidentally shoots and is grounded as a result . On the roof that evening , mistakes the Critters ' crashing spaceship for a meteorite ; and investigate and interrupt the creatures consuming a cow . The creatures thereafter kill and feed on a local police officer , and later besiege the farm and cut its electrical connection . While checking the circuit breaker , is attacked by one of the Critters and , being severely wounded , just barely manages to escape . 
 In the barn , is about to have sex with her boyfriend when he is slain by the one of the Critters ; the creature itself is killed when it devours one of 's lit firecrackers . The remaining Critters sabotage the ' and 's cars , forcing the to hole up inside the main house . Meanwhile , the two bounty hunters search the town for the Critters , causing a panic at the church and bowling alley , with the second hunter assuming the form of various townspeople , including . escapes the farm to get help and runs into the bounty hunters , and upon learning of their true nature and intentions , he leads them to the ' location . 
 The last surviving Critters kidnap and return to their ship when the bounty hunters arrive , and attempt to flee . and manage to rescue , but drops a large firecracker he intended to use to destroy the ship when the Critters discover their escape . Just as the take off and destroy the farmhouse out of spite , throws a Molotov cocktail made from his whiskey bottle into the ship , causing a fire which detonates the cracker and kills the Critters . The bounty hunters leave in their ship after giving a handheld device to contact them in case of future invasion , and also restore the house . At the end , Critter eggs can be seen in the barn inside a chicken 's nest that seem to be ready to hatch .

Teenage science genius ( ) and his single mother ( ) move into their new house in the town of Welling . He soon becomes friends with newspaper delivery boy ( ) . Living next door to is the beautiful ( ) and her abusive , alcoholic father ( ) . built a robot named BB ( ) , which occasionally displays autonomous behavior , such as being protective of . , , and meet 's professor , Dr. ( ) , at Polytech , a prestigious university has a scholarship at . Dr. gives them a tour of the new laboratory will have access to . 
 While helps teach how to deliver newspapers , they stop at the house of reclusive harridan ( ) , who threatens the boys with a double - barreled shotgun and expresses instant dislike for . Walking away , the three encounter a motorcycle gang led by bully ( ) . When intimidates by pushing him into garbage , assaults him by grabbing his crotch and squeezing his testicles . The gang rides away with vowing revenge . 
 , , , and begin to develop a close friendship , much to 's annoyance . One day , while playing basketball , accidentally tosses the ball onto 's porch . She stomps out of her house and takes the ball , refusing to give it back , with taking note of 's hostile attitude . On Halloween night , comes over with a bloody nose ( presumably from her father 's abuse ) and asks for ice . goes out with , , and . decides to pull a prank on . unlocks her gate and rings her doorbell . When alarms go off , they hide in a shrubbery nearby . When sees standing near her porch , she shoots him with her shotgun without hesitation , destroying him . is devastated by the loss of his robotic friend . 
 On Thanksgiving Day , joins and for dinner . Afterwards , and share their first kiss . returns home late at night , outraging her father . He punches her and pushes her down the stairs . At Polytech 's hospital , learns that is now brain - dead and will also be on life support for 24 hours , after which the plug will be pulled . As BB 's microchip can interface with the human brain , decides to use it to revive . The boys enter the hospital using the key taken from 's father , who works as a security guard there . After deactivates the power from the basement , takes to his lab . He inserts the microchip into 's brain and takes her back to his house , hiding her in the shed . After he activates the microchip , " wakes up " , but her mannerisms are completely mechanical , suggesting BB is in control of her body . 
 The police arrive at 's home and inform that her body has disappeared . In the middle of the night , finds staring at the window , looking at her father , and he deactivates the microchip . The next morning , awakens and finds gone . He searches for her in the street to no avail . goes back to her house and down the cellar . When finds the cellar door open and goes downstairs , she attacks him , breaks his wrist and snaps his neck . finds and 's corpse in the cellar . Horrified , he hides the body , takes back to his home and locks her in his bedroom . At night , breaks into 's house and attacks her by throwing her to the wall of her living room . As screams in horror , kills her by throwing the basketball she stole from at her head with extreme strength , causing it to explode . 's headless corpse then staggers around the living room until it collapses . 
 When learns of 's rampage , he and get into a fight . threatens to call the police and end this once and for all . Still being protective of , jumps out the attic window and attacks , with and intervening . Trying to get her under control , slaps , which results in her trying to strangle him . , quickly coming to her senses , then lets him go and runs away . As goes after her , he again encounters , who gets into a fight with him . goes back for , grabs and throws him at an incoming police car , killing him on impact . She runs back to 's shed , where comforts her and realizes she 's regaining some of her humanity . However , the police arrive with their weapons pointed at , who yells out 's name in her human voice . She runs towards him , trying to protect him , with Sergeant ( ) thinking she 's trying to attack him and shooting her . She says 's name one more time before dying in his arms . 
 Later at the morgue , tries to steal 's body once more , not having learned his lesson . Suddenly , grabs 's neck and her face rips apart , revealing a terrifying variant of BB 's head . Her skin strips away , revealing half - robotic bones underneath . With a robotic voice , tells him to come with her . When screaming refuses , she snaps his neck off - screen , killing him .

Three men , previously unknown to each other , are arrested in New Orleans and placed in the same cell . Both ( ) , a disc jockey , and ( ) , a pimp , have been set up , neither having committed the crime for which they have been arrested . Their cellmate ( , in his first international role[2 ] ) , an Italian tourist who understands minimal English , was imprisoned for manslaughter . 
 and soon come to blows and thereafter avoid speaking to each other . has an irrepressible need for conversation . He hatches a plan to escape , and before long the three are on the run through the swamp surrounding the prison . Hopelessly lost and with a simmering hatred between and almost causing the party to split up , they are brought together by 's ability to provide food . The trio eventually chance across a house in the forest , the residence of ( ) . and instantly fall in love , and decides to stay with her in the forest . and go their separate ways — an unspoken , begrudging friendship hanging between them as they part .

( ) is a young woman who works in a museum and lives with two female roommates , ( ) and ( ) in Los Angeles . One night , while getting into her car , she is attacked at knifepoint by a masked assailant ( ) , who forces her to touch him sexually . 
 manages to escape , but not before the mugger makes off with her purse . She goes to the police but is told there is very little they can do . One week later , while 's roommates are at work , her nightmare comes true as the assailant ( named ) casually enters her house , having used her personal information to find out where she lives . 
 A terrifying sequence of events unfolds as subjects to a continuous barrage of mental and physical assaults . The tables finally turn , however , when overpowers by spraying his eyes and mouth with insect repellent as he 's getting ready to rape her . 
 then ties up and subjects him to the same kind of physical and mental assaults he used on her earlier , even reducing him to tears as he pleads for his life when he learns that he 's ingested some of the insect repellent sprayed at him . When and return home , they try to convince , who is contemplating murdering , to think about the consequences of her actions , because did n't actually rape or attempt to kill her . attempts to fabricate a story that he had a one - night stand with at a party some time ago , which her roommates almost believe . calls him a liar and attacks him , finding the sheath knife he used on her in the first attack , proving her story to and . 
 forces to admit his guilt by torturing him with the blade , and at one point threatens to castrate him if he does not tell the truth . Defeated , a sobbing confesses that he watched the house and stole letters to find out details of the women 's lives , and that he intended to rape and kill and her roommates that day . He also confesses to the rapes and presumed murders of three other women . Finally at peace , allows and to get the police .

is hired by the Justice Department to stage the murder of mob informant . is set to testify against his former Mafia bosses and go into witness protection , but the Justice Department is afraid he will be killed before the trial . rigs a gun with blanks and fixes up with radio transmitters and fake blood packs to simulate bullet hits . The Justice Department supervisor on the case , , asks to be the " assassin " wearing a disguise . He is paid $ 30,000 and assured by that he is " 100 % protected " . 
 wears 's rig to an Italian restaurant and the public " assassination " goes flawlessly . When is picked up by the Justice agent in charge , , the agent tries to shoot him . In the struggle for 's gun , the driver is killed and the car crashes , allowing to escape . He contacts , who instructs him to wait for other agents to take him to a safe location . Another man thought to be is killed by the agents and he retreats to his girlfriend 's apartment . In the morning , is shot and killed by a sniper aiming for . kills the sniper after a fight when he enters the apartment to finish the job . 
 Manhattan homicide detective becomes interested in the case because he has been pursuing for years . He discovers that the assassination was faked and that planned it . When he is suspended by his captain for his reckless methods , manages to steal his boss 's badge and gun . 
 Using an elaborate phone prank , brings out in the open and kidnaps him in his official car . He stuffs into the trunk and takes him on a rough ride to get 's address out of him , believing that is hiding there . steals back his impounded van with the help of his assistant and escapes following a chase through Lower Manhattan with 's partner . goes to 's mansion where , using his special effects expertise , he kills 's guards . arrives and seeing two dead guards at the gate , he alerts the State Police . 
 and figure out that has found them . shoots out several windows in 's study and falls through one of the windows , appearing to be dead . and try to leave the house when a helicopter arrives , but receives an electric shock when he touches the metal screen on an outside door , rigged by . The shock disrupts 's pacemaker . Before he dies of heart failure , coerces and takes from him a key to a Swiss safe deposit box containing the funds stole from the Mafia . 
 prepares to escape , but is surprised by the appearance of , who points an Uzi submachine gun at him . tries to bribe with the key , proposing that they split the money , but urging immediate departure . places the gun on a table and tells that the plan wo n't work . picks up the gun and demands the key back . shows the bullets for the gun and a tube of Krazy Glue . With the gun glued to 's hands , shoves him out the front door . Misinterpreting his action of walking towards them , yet making pleas that " It 's a mistake " , he is shot by the police . 
 's " body " is found and taken to the morgue . He gets out of the body bag , removes the makeup simulating death and jumps out a window to escape . He is confronted by . The film ends with impersonating at the bank in Geneva and retrieving the $ 15 million in Mafia funds , after which he and make a getaway with the cash .

In suburban Chicago , near the end of the high school year , senior fakes sickness to stay home . Throughout the film , frequently breaks the fourth wall to talk about his friends and give the audience advice on how to skip school . His parents believe him , though his sister is not convinced . Dean of Students suspects is being truant again and commits to catching him . convinces his friend , who really is absent due to illness , to help get ' girlfriend out of school by reporting that her grandmother has died . To trick , sways to let them use his father 's prized 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder to collect . is dismayed when continues to use the car to drive them into downtown Chicago to spend the day , but promises they will return it as it was . 
 The trio leave the car with parking garage attendants who immediately take the car for a joy ride after they leave . , , and sightsee around the city , including the Art Institute of Chicago , Sears Tower , Chicago Mercantile Exchange , and Wrigley Field , while narrowly dodging sight by Mr. . remains disinterested , and attempts to cheer him up by impromptu joining a parade float during the Von Steuben Day parade and lip - syncing cover of " Danke Schoen " , as well as a rendition of The Beatles ' " Twist and Shout " that excites the gathered crowds . 
 Meanwhile , investigates the home to try to prove ' truancy , getting into several pratfalls . At the same time , , frustrated that the entire school believes has come down with a deadly illness , skips class and returns home to confront him , only to hear someone outside trying to break in . flees while she calls the police ; when they arrive they arrest her for filing a false report and contact her mother to collect her . While waiting , she meets a juvenile delinquent who advises her not to worry so much about . Mrs. arrives at the station , upset about having to forgo a house sale , only to find kissing the delinquent , infuriating her more . 
 and his friends collect the Ferrari and depart for home , but shortly discover many miles have been added to the odometer and becomes catatonic . Back at 's garage , sets the car on blocks and runs it in reverse to try to take miles off the odometer without success . finally snaps , and lets out his anger against his controlling father by repeatedly kicking the car . This causes it to fall off the blocks and race in reverse through the back of the garage and into the ravine below . offers to take the blame , but asserts he will stand up against his father . 
 returns home and realizes his parents are due home soon . As he races on foot through the neighborhood he is nearly hit by , who is driving their mother home . She speeds off trying to beat home . makes it home first to find waiting for him outside . races into the house as their mother talks to their father about her behavior that day . discovers threatening and tells that she was just helping to return from the hospital and shows his wallet that she had found from his earlier break - in . flees from the family dog while rushes back to his bedroom to greet his parents while feigning his waning illness . As they leave , reminds the audience , " Life moves pretty fast . If you do n't stop and look around once in a while , you could miss it . " 
 A defeated heads home and is picked up by a school bus , further humiliated by the students .

In this fact - based adolescent melodrama , is a juvenile delinquent who falls in love with , a beautiful Catholic girls ' school student , in an Oregon forest . The two meet by accident when the troubled young man stumbles upon her while being chased by his peers in a training exercise , and sees the lovely girl floating in a small lake as she works on a photography assignment , recreating the Pre - Raphaelite painting Ophelia by . The two are immediately drawn to each other , but neither of their custodians encourage contact with the opposite sex , and when their relationship is discovered there is trouble all around , forcing the young lovers to flee . The question then remains : Will they be able to escape the law and other authorities long enough to find happiness ?

and play and , two soldiers of fortune , whose adventures rarely result in any notable gain . They are befriended by an inscrutable woman of mystery ( ) . 's map leads them on a quest for treasure in Central America . The name of the movie comes from the powerful guardian of the treasure . 
 This movie is famous for a fight scene in which single - handedly defeats almost every male customer in a Mexican bar and destroys the bar in the process . Another aspect of ' character is his inability to properly use a firearm ; in one scene , he kills a native by luck after misfiring , the result was the bullet bouncing off the walls before hitting its target .

On the night of July 4 , 1978 , in Fort Lauderdale , Florida , 12 - year - old walks through the woods to pick up his 8 - year - old younger brother from a friend 's house when he accidentally falls into a ravine and is knocked unconscious . When he comes to , he discovers that 8 years have passed and the year is now 1986 . While he has not aged at all , his parents are now middle - aged and is 16 years old . Meanwhile , an alien spaceship crashes through power lines and is promptly confiscated by NASA . is taken to a hospital for tests where his brainwaves reveal images of the spaceship . Dr. , who has been studying the spaceship since its arrival , persuades to come to a NASA research facility for just 48 hours for extra tests , promising him that they can help him learn the truth about what happened to him . There , discovers that 's mind is filled with alien technical manuals and star charts covering expanses of the galaxy far exceeding anything humans have recorded . 's subconscious mind tells the scientists that he was taken to a planet called Phaelon , 560 light years away , in just over 2.2 hours . They realize that has experienced severe time dilation as a result of having traveled faster than the speed of light , explaining why eight years have passed on Earth , but not for him . is unable to comprehend what tells him and flees the room , leaving muttering that 48 hours will be insufficient to finish his investigation . 
 The next morning , following a telepathic communication from the ship , secretly boards it and meets its robotic commander called " Trimaxion Drone Ship " ( or " Max " for short ) , which refers to as the " Navigator " . After they escape from the facility , Max tells that its mission was to travel across the galaxy , collect biological specimens , take them to Phaelon for analysis , and then return them to their homes . Phaelon 's scientists discovered humans only use 10 % of their brain and , as an experiment , filled the remainder of 's with miscellaneous information . This includes all of the star charts discovered by Phaelon 's astronomers , some of which were shown to the NASA scientists during 's interrogation . then returned him to Earth , but did not take him back to his own time , having determined that a human would be unlikely to survive a trip back in time . Before leaving Earth , accidentally crashed the ship , erasing all the computer 's star charts and data . Therefore , needs the information in 's brain to return home . 
 programs the ship for a mind transfer , and is shown the eight remaining alien specimens on board , and bonds with a " Puckmaren " , a tiny bat - like alien , that is the last of his kind after a comet destroyed its planet . performs the mind transfer on to reacquire the star charts , but in the process also contracts human emotional attributes , resulting in eccentric behavior . and start bickering while their antics trigger several UFO reports in Tokyo and other cities . Meanwhile , NASA intern contacts 's family and tells them about his escape in the ship ; as a result , has the family confined to the house and is sent back to the facility . 
 When the ship stops at a gas station in the Florida Keys , calls and asks him to send a signal to locate the family 's new home . sets off fireworks on the rooftop . and arrive near the house , but NASA agents , having tracked the ship 's every move , get there first . Fearing that he would be institutionalized for life if he remains in 1986 , he orders to return him to 1978 , regardless of the risk to his life . After the journey back in time , wakes up in the ravine , walks home , and finds everything as he left it . During the Fourth of July celebration , he watches flash across the sky against the backdrop of fireworks while is surprised to see the in 's backpack .

After the events at Pinehurst Halfway House , , who killed mass murderer , returns to Crystal Lake , now renamed Forest Green . , still suffering from hallucinations ever since his past encounter with , arrives with his friend , hoping to cremate 's body and finally end his hallucinations once and for all . At the cemetery , they exhume 's corpse but seeing it causes to have an audio flashback to murdering , and he stabs 's body with a metal fence post . As he turns his back on , two lightning bolts strike the post and revive , who kills with a punch through the heart and retrieves his hockey mask . 
 flees to the sheriff 's office to warn the police of 's return , but he is caught and arrested . His warning that has returned goes unheeded by Sheriff . The sheriff , who is aware of 's institutionalization and thinks he is imagining , locks in a cell . On the road , camp counselors and get lost looking for the camp . They are both killed by , who impales them both with the metal rod that resurrected him . 
 The following morning , ' daughter and her friends , , and arrive to report and missing . warns them about , but as he is now considered an urban legend , they ignore the warnings , though becomes attracted to him . In the woods , happens upon a corporate paintball game ; he kills the players for their equipment . During these kills , discovers that he is far stronger than before when he rips off a man 's arm . 
 At Camp Forest Green , the children arrive , and the teens do their best to run the camp without and . Meanwhile , decides to escort out of his jurisdiction due to his influence on . tries to make a run for 's grave but finds that the caretaker had covered it up to deny responsibility for it being dug up , and ' body is buried in its place . is then handcuffed and escorted out of town by , who warns him to never return . That night , murders the caretaker and a nearby couple who witness the murder . Meanwhile , goes out to have sex with a girl named , but kills them both . The sheriff 's men find the victims ' bodies and immediately implicates in the murders , believing he has gone insane imagining . 
 contacts and convinces her to help him lure back into Crystal Lake . Meanwhile , makes his way to the camp and kills and , but refrains from harming the children . Meanwhile , and are pulled over by . Despite 's alibi that she was with , he does not believe him to be innocent and arrests him , and then goes to the camp to investigate . As and develop a ruse to trick the watching deputy and escape , kills and two other deputies when they arrive at the camp . 
 is about to kill when calls to him from the lake ; apparently remembering his killer , goes after instead . is attacked in a boat in the middle of the lake and ties a boulder around 's neck to trap him . fights back , holding underwater long enough to drown him . rushes out to save him but is nearly killed when grabs her leg ; she turns the boat 's activated motor around onto 's neck , and he releases her . She takes back to shore and uses CPR to revive him . says that it is finally over and is home . Under the water , anchored to the bottom of the lake , is still alive . The final shot of the film is his eye staring off into the water , waiting patiently for an opportunity to return .

Dr. ( ) is a scientist who has developed the Resonator , a machine which allows whoever is within range to see beyond normal perceptible reality . His assistant , Dr. ( ) , activates the machine and soon sees strange creatures in the air . When he is bitten by one of them , he urges to turn the machine off . However , the crazed refuses . Events transpire to the point where panics , fleeing outside . When the police arrive , they find decapitated . is subsequently arrested and accused of murder . 
 is committed to a psychiatric ward , where he is treated by Dr. ( ) . After gives his account of ' death , orders that undergo a CAT scan , showing that 's pineal gland is enlarged and growing . Convinced of 's innocence , has him released to her custody , and plans on taking him back to ' house and the Resonator . They are accompanied by Detective ( ) , who investigated ' death . 
 Upon returning to the house , and rebuild the Resonator . reactivates the machine , which causes more creatures to appear . A severely deformed , still alive , appears in the attic and tells the trio of a world beyond that is more pleasurable than normal reality . A panicking shuts off the Resonator , making and the creatures vanish . 
 The next morning , insists that the Resonator could shed light on the victims of schizophrenia , as well as possible treatments and suggests that they turn the machine back on , but and disagree . While and are asleep , gets back up to feel the pleasure from the machine and turns it back on , bringing forth a worried and the now almost unrecognizable and mutated . enters the scene as grabs , preparing to eat her mind and take her to the world of beyond . and go down into the basement to shut off the power , but encounter a giant worm - monster . succeeds in shutting off the power , rescuing and and sending away . 
 When decides that they should leave the house , all of a sudden , somehow returns and the Resonator turns back on , as all three of them run up into the attic to deactivate it . and are attacked by little bee - like creatures , and as pushes them out of the way , he is devoured to the bone . fights off and succeeds in freeing , but then his enlarged pineal gland pops out of his forehead . short circuits the machine by spraying it repeatedly with a fire extinguisher . 
 She then takes back to the hospital , where she is evaluated for insanity and schizophrenia , since her story was just like 's . As is being prepared for shock treatment by a sadistic staff member , has developed an overwhelming hunger for human brains and kills Dr. ( ) . escapes and drives back to the house with a bomb and a crazed following her . 
 puts the bomb on the Resonator and goes to leave when attacks her . As he is about to eat her brain , she bites off his pineal gland , reverting him to his senses . However , is pulled away and eaten by a completely deformed , mutated . finally escapes , right as the whole attic explodes . 
 She lands on her legs , breaking one , and as the neighbors gather around her , she goes from sobbing to laughing hysterically as she tells them , " It ATE him ! " .

The local auto plant in fictional Hadleyville , Pennsylvania , which supplied most of the town 's jobs , has been closed for nine months . The former foreman ( ) goes to Tokyo to try to convince the Assan Motors Corporation to reopen the plant . The Japanese company agrees and , upon their arrival in the U.S. , they take advantage of the desperate work force to institute many changes . The workers are not permitted a union , are paid lower wages , are moved around within the factory so that each worker learns every job , and are held to seemingly impossible standards of efficiency and quality . Adding to the strain in the relationship , the Americans find humor in the demand that they do calisthenics as a group each morning and that the Japanese executives eat their lunches with chopsticks and bathe together in the river near the factory . The workers also display a poor work ethic and lackadaisical attitude toward quality control . 
 The Japanese executive in charge of the plant is ( ) , who has been a failure in his career thus far because he is too lenient on his workers . When first meets in Japan , the latter is being ridiculed by his peers and being required to wear ribbons of shame . He has been given one final chance to redeem himself by making the American plant a success . Intent on becoming the strict manager his superiors expect , he gives a large promotion on the condition that he work as a liaison between the Japanese management and the American workers , to smooth the transition and convince the workers to obey the new rules . More concerned with keeping his promotion than with the welfare of his fellow workers , does everything he can to trick the American workers into compliance , but the culture clash becomes too great and he begins to lose control of the men . 
 In an attempt to solve the problem , makes a deal with : if the plant can produce 15,000 cars in one month , thereby making it as productive as the best Japanese auto plant , then the workers will all be given raises and jobs will be created for the remaining unemployed workers in the town . However , if the workers fall even one car short , they will get nothing . When calls an assembly to tell the workers about the deal , they balk at the idea of making so many cars in so short a time . Under pressure from the crowd , lies and says that if they make 13,000 , they will get a partial raise . After nearly a month of working long hours toward a goal of 13,000 — despite 's pleas for them to aim for the full 15,000 — the truth is discovered and the workers walk off the job . 
 At the town 's annual 4th of July picnic , , the mayor of Hadleyville ( ) addresses to the people that Assan Motors plans to abandon the factory again because of the work stoppage , which would mean the end of the town . The mayor threatens to kill , but ( ) , one of the workers , intervenes , insisting that it was n't 's fault for the closure . The mayor , even more furious with the townspeople taking 's word over his , abandons the picnic . comes clean about the 15,000 car deal . He responds by addressing his observations that the real reason the workers are facing such difficulties is because the Japanese have the work ethic that too many Americans have abandoned . While his audience is not impressed , , hoping to save the town and atone for his deception , and , desperate to show his worth to his superiors , go back into the factory the next day and begin to build cars by themselves . Inspired , the workers return and continue to work toward their goal and pursue it with the level of diligence the Japanese managers had encouraged . Just before the final inspection , and the workers line up a number of incomplete cars in hopes of fooling the executives . The ruse fails when the car that had supposedly bought for himself falls apart when he attempts to drive it away . The strict CEO ( ) is nonetheless impressed by the workers ' performance and declares the goal met , calling them a " Good team , " to which replies " Good men . " 
 As the end credits roll , the workers and management have compromised , with the latter agreeing to partially ease up on their requirements and pay the employees better while the workers agree to be more cooperative , such as participating in the morning calisthenics .

Michael Keaton, John Turturro, Mimi Rogers, Gedde Watanabe, George Wendt

The story is told in three main arcs , with most of it occurring during a 24 - month period beginning and ending at Thanksgiving parties , held at The Langham , hosted by , and her husband , . serves as the stalwart hub of the narrative ; most of the events of the film connect to her . 
 becomes infatuated with one of 's sisters , , and eventually begins an affair with her . attributes his behavior to his discontent with his wife 's self - sufficiency and resentment of her emotional strength . has lived for five years with a reclusive artist , , who is much older . She finds her relationship with no longer intellectually or sexually stimulating , in spite of ( or maybe because of ) 's professed interest in continuing to teach her . She leaves after he discovers her affair with . For the remainder of the year between the first and second Thanksgiving gatherings , and carry on their affair despite 's inability to end his marriage to . finally ends the affair during the second Thanksgiving , explaining that she is finished waiting for him to commit and that she has started dating someone else . 
 's ex - husband , a television writer , is present mostly in scenes outside of the primary story . Flashbacks reveal that his marriage to fell apart after they were unable to have children because of his infertility . However , they had twins who are not biologically his , before divorcing . He also went on a disastrous date with 's sister , when they were set up after the divorce . A hypochondriac , he goes to his doctor complaining of hearing loss , and is frightened by the possibility that it might be a brain tumor . When tests prove that he is perfectly healthy , he is initially overjoyed , but then despairs that his life is meaningless . His existential crisis leads to unsatisfying experiments with religious conversion to Catholicism and an interest in Krishna Consciousness . Ultimately , an unsuccessful suicide attempt leads him to find meaning in his life after unexpectedly viewing the Marx Brothers ' Duck Soup in a movie theater . The revelation that life should be enjoyed , rather than understood , helps to prepare him for a second date with , which this time blossoms into love . 
 's story is the film 's third main arc . A former cocaine addict , she is an unsuccessful actress who can not settle on a career . After borrowing money from , she starts a catering business with , a friend and fellow actress . and end up as rivals in auditions for parts in Broadway musicals , as well as for the affections of an architect , . abandons the catering business after the romance with fails and decides to try her hand at writing . The career change forces her once again to borrow money from , a dependency that resents . She writes a script inspired by and , which greatly upsets . It is suggested that much of the script involved personal details of and 's marriage that had been conveyed to through ( having been transmitted first from ) . Although this threatens to expose the affair between and , soon disavows disclosing any such details . sets aside her script , and instead writes a story inspired by her own life , which reads and admires greatly , vowing to help her get it produced and leading to their second date . 
 A minor arc in the film tells part of the story of and . They are the parents of and her two sisters , and still have acting careers of their own . Their own tumultuous marriage revolves around 's alcoholism and alleged affairs , but the long - term bond between them is evident in 's flirtatious anecdotes about while playing piano at the Thanksgiving gatherings . 
 By the time of the film 's third Thanksgiving , has married someone she met while taking classes at Columbia , while and have reconciled their marriage . The film 's final shot reveals that is married to and that she is pregnant .

Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey, Dianne Wiest, Woody Allen, Michael Caine, Max von Sydow

( ) and ( ) are performers on radio 's " Manhattan Mystery Theater " who decide to get married . has been plagued with on - air panic attacks and speech impediments since proposing marriage . thinks it is just pre - wedding jitters , but his affliction could get them both fired . 
 's uncle , Dr. , decides that needs to be cured . decides to treat him with a form of shock therapy to " scare him to death " in much the same way someone might try to startle someone out of hiccups . 
 chooses a castle - like mansion in which he grew up as the site for their wedding . gets to meet 's eccentric family : great - aunt ( in drag ) , who plans to leave all her money to ; his uncle , ; and 's cousins , , , , and the cross - dressing Also present are the butler and wife , the maid ; 's old girlfriend , who is now dating ; and 's magician husband , . 
 begins his " treatment " of and lets others in on the plan . Unfortunately for all , something more sinister and unexpected is lurking at the Abbot Estates mansion . The pre - wedding party becomes a real - life version of and 's radio murder mysteries , werewolves and all .

Gunnery Sergeant is nearing mandatory retirement from the Marine Corps . He finagles a transfer back to his old unit , the Second Marine Division . On the bus trip to his new assignment , he meets fellow passenger , a wannabe rock musician who borrows money from for a meal at a rest stop and then steals his bus ticket , leaving him stranded . 
 When finally arrives at the base , more bad news awaits . His new Operations Officer , Major , is an Annapolis graduate who transferred over from Supply and has not had " the privilege of combat . " He sees as an anachronism , and assigns him to shape up the Reconnaissance Platoon . " Recon " is made up of undisciplined Marines who had been allowed to slack off by their previous platoon sergeant , an old veteran who was just about to retire . Among his new charges , finds Corporal . quickly takes charge and starts the men on a rigorous training program . They make a last - ditch attempt to intimidate him with " Swede " Johanson , a heavily muscled Marine just released from the brig , but their plan fails after easily defeats . They begin to shape up and develop esprit de corps . 
 repeatedly clashes with and Staff Sergeant over his unorthodox training methods ( such as firing an AK-47 over his men 's heads to familiarize them with the weapon 's distinctive sound ) . makes it clear that he views Highway 's platoon as only a training tool for his own elite outfit . Major goes so far as to make the Recon platoon lose in every field exercise . However , is supported by his old comrade - in - arms , Sergeant Major , and his nominal superior officer , the college - educated but inexperienced Lieutenant . After 's men learn that he had been awarded the Medal of Honor in the Korean War , they gain respect for him and close ranks against their perceived common enemy . 
 's ex - wife , , is working as a waitress in a local bar and dating the owner , . attempts to adapt his way of thinking to win back , even resorting to reading women 's magazines to gain insights into the female mind . Initially , is bitter over their failed marriage , but tentatively reconciles with . Then the 22nd Marine Amphibious Unit is deployed for the invasion of Grenada . 
 After a last - minute briefing in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS   Iwo Jima   ( LPH-2 ) , 's platoon mounts their UH-1 Huey , and are dropped by helocast into the water in advance of the rest of the Battalion Landing Team . While advancing inland , they come under heavy fire . Highway improvises , ordering to use a bulldozer to provide cover so they can advance and destroy an enemy machine gun nest . They subsequently rescue American students from a medical school . Later , when they are trapped in a building by enemy forces , the radioman is killed and his radio destroyed , cutting them off from direct communication . Lieutenant shows initiative and comes up with the idea of using a telephone to make a long distance call to Camp Lejeune and call in air support . 
 After getting out of the jam on the hilltop , despite ' explicit orders to the contrary , Lieutenant , , and the Recon Platoon take out a key enemy position and capture the Cuban soldiers manning it . When Major learns this , he bawls and out and threatens with a court - martial , but their commanding officer , Colonel , arrives and reprimands for discouraging the men 's fighting spirit , calling " a walking clusterfuck as an infantry officer . " 
 When and his men return to the U.S. , they are met by a warm reception , complete with an honor guard and the division band . To 's mock dismay , informs him that he is going to re - enlist and make a career in the Marine Corps , while confides to he is taking mandatory retirement . is there to welcome him back , and the two of them walk off together .

Manhattan food writer and Washington , D.C. political columnist meet at a mutual friend 's wedding . Both have been married before and has a reputation for being a serial womanizer . After a whirlwind courtship , the two marry , despite 's reservations . They purchase a dilapidated Georgetown townhouse and struggles to adapt to being a wife in Washington 's political high society . The ongoing renovations of their house create some stress in and 's marriage , but they are brought closer together when discovers she is pregnant . experiences a difficult labor in which the baby 's life is briefly threatened , but she gives birth to a healthy baby girl named . 
 Soon after , discovers evidence of 's extramarital affair with socialite during her pregnancy with her second child . She leaves him and takes their daughter to New York , where she moves in with her father and gets her job back as a food writer . Although she insists that she has left him for good , is dismayed when he fails to call her after several days . She inadvertently leads a burglar to a group therapy session she is attending in her therapist 's apartment ; he robs the group and takes 's wedding ring . Just after , arrives and asks her to come back , insisting he will never see again . 
 gives birth to their second child , but struggles to fully forgive . She spreads a nasty rumor about having Chlamydia but is caught out by . The New York police return 's wedding ring after they catch the burglar . When she takes it to the jeweler 's to get the stone tightened , she discovers that has bought a very expensive necklace , which coincides with 's birthday . Realizing that he has returned to the affair , sells her wedding ring and leaves with both her children for New York , this time for good .

is a drifter who murders scores of people - men , women , and children - as he travels through America . He migrates to Chicago , where he stops at a diner , eats dinner , and kills two waitresses . 
 , a drug dealer and prison friend of 's , picks up his sister , who left her abusive husband , at the airport . brings back to the apartment he shares with . Later that night , as and play cards , asks about the murder of his mother , the crime that landed him in prison . He tells her he stabbed his mother because she abused and humiliated him as a child , though he later claims he shot her . reveals that her father raped her as a teenager . 
 The next day , gets a job in a hair salon . That evening , kills two prostitutes in front of . , though shocked , feels no remorse . He does , however , worry that the police might catch them . assures him that everything will work out . Back at their apartment , explains his philosophy : the world is " them or us " . 
 and go on a killing spree together . says that every murder should have a different modus operandi so the police will not connect various murders to one perpetrator . He also explains that it is important never to stay in the same place for too long ; by the time police know they are looking for a serial killer , he can be long gone . tells that he will have to leave Chicago soon . The pair then slaughter a family , while recording the whole incident on their video camera , then watch it back at their apartment . 
 quits her job so she can return home to her daughter . and argue after their camera gets destroyed while is filming female pedestrians from the window of 's car . gets out of the car and goes for a drink , while returns to the apartment . tells her plans , and they decide to go out for a steak dinner . After , she tries to seduce him , but he seems scared of her advances . A drunken enters and asks if he 's interrupting anything . Embarrassed , leaves to buy cigarettes . He returns to find has raped and is strangling her . kicks off her and a fight ensues . gets the upper hand and smashes a bourbon bottle onto 's face . is about to kill when stabs in the eye with the handle of a metal comb . stabs , causing him to bleed to death , and dismembers his body in the bathtub , telling that calling the police would be a mistake . 
 and dump 's body parts in a river and leave town . suggests that they go to his sister 's ranch in San Bernardino , California , promising they will send for her daughter when they arrive . In the car , confesses that she loves . " I guess I love you too " , replies , unemotionally . They book a motel room for the night . 
 The next morning , leaves the motel alone , gets into the car and drives away . He stops at the side of the road to dump 's blood - stained suitcase in a ditch , then drives away .

In 1985 , , also known as the Highlander , is confronted by fellow immortal in a New York City arena parking garage . decapitates him , upon which an energy surge from enters and destroys several cars around him . hides his sword just as police officers swarm the garage and arrest him . 
 's history is revealed through a series of flashbacks throughout the film . In the Scottish Highlands in 1536 , The assists Clan Fraser against the Clan MacLeod in exchange for the right to slay . In battle , the stabs but is driven off by the clansmen before he can cut off his head . When makes a complete recovery , his family and friends are convinced it is the work of the devil . They attempt to have burned , but he is instead exiled by the clan 's Chief as an act of mercy and he wanders about , eventually becoming a blacksmith . 
 The flamboyant appears and tutors in sword - fighting and the history of the immortals . explains that they belong to a group of immortals , who can be killed only by decapitation . When one immortal decapitates another , the winner receives a transfer of power from the deceased called " The Quickening " . Eventually , all the immortals must meet in " The Gathering " and do battle until there is only one left alive ; the survivor will receive " The Prize " . tells that the , the strongest of the immortals , must not win the Prize , or mankind will enter an eternal dark age . One night while is away , the attacks , decapitating . Some years later , 's wife dies of old age in his arms . had explained earlier that immortals can not have children , but and chose to be we d regardless . 
 In 1985 , the police release after he denies knowing . One of the detectives , who is named is an expert in metallurgy and recognises 's sword as an extremely rare Toledo Salamanca broadsword . Later , returns to the garage to retrieve his own sword but sees looking at the crime scene . She finds metal shards embedded in a concrete column . 
 lives under the alias and is a wealthy antiquities dealer . tails but the attacks them . The fight is interrupted by a police helicopter and everybody flees . analyzes the metal shards and discovers them to be from a Japanese katana dated about 600 B.C. but made with medieval - era technology . She makes a date with in an attempt to entrap him . recognizes the ruse , tells her to stop digging and leaves . 
 meets with fellow immortal . They talk about " The Gathering " and joke about old times . Meanwhile , discovers that has been alive for centuries ; every few decades he fakes his death , signs his assets over to children who had died at birth , and assumes their identities . She confronts , who demonstrates his immortality . After this revelation , and become lovers . However , he breaks up with her shortly after , citing 's warnings about immortals forming attachments to mortals . 
 The finds and kills him . On 's birthday , lights a candle for her in a Roman Catholic Church , as he has done every year since her death . The arrives and informs him that only they remain . However , by immortal tradition they can not fight on holy ground . 
 The finds out about 's relationship with and kidnaps her to draw to Silvercup Studios in Queens . After a long battle , defeats and beheads the . He receives the Prize , which manifests itself as a massive Quickening . Now mortal and capable of having children , returns to Scotland with . now can read people 's thoughts around the world , and promises to use his gift to encourage cooperation and peace .

Author is a troubled man , having been separated from his wife ; their only son disappeared without a trace and his aunt committed suicide by hanging . On top of everything else , he has been pressured by his publisher to write another book . To the chagrin of his fans and publisher , plans a novel based on his experiences in Vietnam , instead of another horror story , as a way to purge himself of the horrors that he had experienced while there . 
 After his aunt 's funeral , decides to live inside her house to write instead of selling it , as recommended by the estate attorney . After moving in , begins to have powerful graphic nightmares , including thoughts about his comrade , , who died in Vietnam . In addition , strange phenomena spring forth from the house , haunting him in his waking hours . He tries communicating his fears to his next door neighbor , but he thinks that is crazy . 
 One night while investigating a noise coming from his late aunt 's bedroom , is attacked by a deformed monster inside the closet . Soon , more attacks occur : levitating garden tools attack him , his wife appears and transforms into a hideous hag - like creature to attack him , and gremlin creatures attempt to kidnap a neighbor 's child whom is reluctantly babysitting . Eventually discovers an entry into a sinister other - world through the bathroom medicine cabinet and is pulled into the darkness , where he fortuitously locates his lost son . 
 manages to escape with but is soon confronted by an undead Big who wants revenge on him ; was taken prisoner and tortured before dying , and he blames for failing to save him . confronts , no longer afraid of his fears , and destroys him with explosives as he and his son escape the burning house . In the end , he triumphantly glances back at the house while regaining control of his life and reunites with his wife and child .

27 - year - old lives on Duckworld , a planet similar to Earth , but inhabited by anthropomorphic ducks and orbited by twin moons . As he is reading the latest issue of Playduck magazine , his armchair begins to quake violently and propels him out of his apartment building and into outer space ; eventually lands on Earth , in Cleveland , Ohio . Upon arriving , encounters a woman being attacked by thugs . He defeats them using a unique style of martial arts . After the thugs flee , the woman introduces herself as , and decides to take to her apartment and let him spend the night . The following day , takes to , a scientist who hopes can help return to his world . After is revealed to be only a janitor , resigns himself to life on Earth and rejects 's aid . He soon applies for a job as a janitor at a local romance spa . soon quits and rejoins , who plays in a band called Cherry Bomb . At the club where Cherry Bomb is performing , comes across their manager , and confronts him when he insults the band . A fight breaks out , in which is victorious . 
 rejoins backstage after the band 's performance and accompanies her back to her apartment , where persuades him to be the band 's new manager . The two begin to flirt , but they are interrupted by and two of his colleagues , who reveal that a laser spectroscope they were inventing was aimed at 's planet and transported him to Earth when it was activated . They theorize that can be sent back to his world through a reversal of this same process . Upon their arrival at the laboratory , the laser spectroscope malfunctions when it is activated , raising the possibility of something else being transported to Earth . At this point , Dr. is possessed by a life form from a distant region of space . When they visit a diner , the creature introduces itself as a " Dark Overlord of the Universe " and demonstrates its developing mental powers by destroying table utensils and condiments . A fight ensues when a group of truckers in the diner begins to insult . is captured and is almost killed by the diner chef , but the Dark Overlord destroys the diner and escapes with . 
 locates , who is arrested for his presence at the laboratory with no security clearance . After they escape , they discover an ultralight aircraft , which they use to search for the Dark Overlord and . At the laboratory , the Dark Overlord ties down to a metal bed and plans to transfer another one of his kind into her body with the dimension machine . and arrive and apparently destroy the Dark Overlord with an experimental " neutron disintegrator " . However , the creature has only been forced out of 's body . The Dark Overlord reveals his true form at this point . fires the neutron disintegrator at the hideous beast , obliterating him . He then destroys the laser spectroscope , preventing more Dark Overlords from arriving on Earth , but also ruining 's only chance of returning to his planet . then becomes 's manager , hires as an employee on her tour , and plays guitar with on stage .

, son of veteran U.S. Air Force pilot Col . , is a hotshot civilian pilot , hoping to follow in his father 's footsteps . His hopes are dashed when he receives a notice of rejection from the Air Force Academy . Making matters worse is the news that his father has been shot down and captured by the fictional Arab state of Bilya while patrolling over the Mediterranean Sea . Despite the incident occurring over international waters , the Arab state 's court finds Col . guilty of trespassing over their territory and sentences him to hang in three days . Seeing that the U.S. government will do nothing to save his father 's life , decides to take matters into his own hands and come up with his own rescue mission . He requests the help of Col . , a Vietnam veteran pilot currently in the Air Force Reserve , who , while not knowing Col . personally , had a favorable run - in with him years prior to meeting and " knew the type . " is skeptical at first ; but convinces him that , with his friends , he has full access to the airbase 's intelligence and resources and can give him an F-16 fighter for the mission . To 's surprise , had already begun planning a rescue operation himself after he learned the outcome of Col . ' trial . The combined efforts of and 's team result in a meticulously planned mission and the procurement of two heavily armed F-16B jets , with flying the second unit . 
 On the day of Col . ' execution , and fly their jets to the Mediterranean Sea and cross into the enemy state 's airspace . In the ensuing battle , they take out three MiG-23 fighters and destroy an airfield , but 's plane is damaged by an anti - aircraft gun . He tells to climb to a high altitude and play the tape he made him the night before , then his engine fails and listens as 's fighter goes down . 's recorded voice gives encouragement and details that help him to complete the mission and rescue his father . Making the enemy believe he is leading a squadron , threatens the enemy state into releasing his father for pickup . Before lands his plane , Col . is shot by a sniper , causing to destroy the airbase and engulf the runway with napalm to keep the army at bay while he lands and picks up his wounded father . Just as they take off , and his father encounter another group of MiGs led by Col . , himself an ace pilot . The lone F-16 and 's MiG engage in a dogfight until a missile from finishes off . Low on fuel and ammunition , the F-16 is pursued by the other enemy MiGs when a squadron of U.S. Air Force F-16s appear , warding off the MiGs before escorting and his father to Ramstein Air Base in West Germany . 
 While Col . is being treated for his wounds , is reunited with , who had ejected from his plane and was picked up by an Egyptian fishing trawler . The two are summoned by an Air Force judiciary panel for their reckless actions . Seeing that any form of punishment for the duo would expose an embarrassing lapse in Air Force security , the panel forgoes prosecution as long as and never speak of their operation to anyone . In addition , convinces the panel to grant admission to the Air Force Academy . Days later , a plane assigned by the President returns to the U.S. , reuniting , , and Col . with family and friends .

( ) transfers funds for the First National Bank in Manhattan , New York . She does not quite fit with the bank 's corporate image , despite being a good employee and well - liked by her co - workers . She is often chastised by her no - nonsense boss ( ) . 
 Set against the backdrop of the pre - Glasnost Cold War , receives the message , " Knock , Knock , " and is contacted by a man calling himself " who turns out to be a British Intelligence agent in Eastern Europe who is being pursued by the KGB . After being given a riddle for his password , determines the password to be B - flat , after the key in which " Jumpin ' Jack Flash " is supposedly written ( as the actual song by the Rolling Stones is recorded in the key of B - flat ) . sends her to the British Consulate to deliver the message " Dog 's barking , ca n't fly without umbrella " to Department C. Despite feeling ludicrous , delivers the message to ( ) who is apparently puzzled and informs her there is no Department C. then asks her to enter his apartment in New York to retrieve a frying pan , on which are 's CIA contacts to acquire a passport . Meanwhile , ( ) arrives at First National Bank as a new coworker and , unbeknownst to her , is being watched . 
 A computer technician ( ) shows up at the bank to repair her terminal , but when calls Sperry Corporation to confirm his identity , the technician vanishes . As she enters the taxi upon leaving 's apartment , she is frightened to find him as the driver . His plan to abduct her fails when she knocks him out with the frying pan and flees the cab . 
 Using the contacts on the frying pan , attempts unsuccessfully to contact , but does reach ( ) , who meets her at the docks . After being stunned to realize is a civilian and has no relationship at all with the intelligence community , notices they are being watched and pushes off the docks and into the East River to save her life , but is shot and killed himself . The police dismiss 's claim of the murder and comes to the station and takes her home . After finding a listing in the local obituaries , goes to funeral , where she meets ( ) , the wife of , one of 's contacts and another of his contacts , ( ) . tries to talk to , but he leaves before she can . invites back to her home and gives her some information about and her husband , who she assumes is still with . When tells him about her meeting with and later that night , they both deduce that has been killed . then tells her how to break into the British Consulate central computer . Conning her way in under the guise of an entertainer , she manages to enter the mainframe with help from , who is also there , but finds and deactivates the computer link before receives a contact . quickly goes to 's house for help , only to find her and her children gone and the house deserted . As leaves , she is approached by , who informs her that and the children have been relocated and given new identities by the CIA . He then tells to " get off the stage before she gets carried off " . Going through one of 's romantic contacts , ( ) , is rebuffed and then captured by the KGB , who lock her in a phone booth and drag her around the city . After escaping when the booth is knocked over , is injected with truth serum by the computer tech , this time posing as a police officer , but escapes after trapping his arm in a car window and rolling the car into traffic . In a drug - induced haze , again locates and makes an impassioned plea for her help . tells she would rather let be killed than risk losing face . A disgusted chastises for her indifference to 's plight and walks out . She then stumbles into work and , after embarrassing Mr. by yanking off his hairpiece in front of the entire office , passes out . 
 awakens at home and is dropped in on by , who has had a change of heart and gives her a contact . After passing the contact to , she is again captured by the KGB and learns that is a KGB mole and the contact he provided ( via 's husband , head of MI5 ) is a setup to kill . After nearly being tortured with a reciprocating saw , escapes and frightens the embassy receptionist into calling the police , who escort her away from . After realizing the police are unwilling to let her go to warn and are arresting her , blinds the driver and escapes from the crashed police cruiser . She rushes to the bank to warn , but the KGB and are already there , masquerading as bankers . is ordered to tell nothing 's wrong , but she tricks into sitting on a chair adjusted for a pregnant employee , causing him to fall over . One of 's henchmen opens fire on the office with an Uzi , sending everyone diving for cover . manages to type out her warning about the contact being a setup to , but grabs her before she can send it and the two begin fighting . 's other henchman , , grabs and is about to kill her when he is shot by . After shoots the gunman , manages to bite 's groin and send the message as collapses , saving him . then reveals to that he is really , one of the CIA contacts on the frying pan , and gives the correct contact to ensure his safe return . 
 That same evening , arrives at the restaurant where she and had planned to have dinner together , but she becomes despondent when never shows up . As the restaurant is closing , arrives and tells that is n't coming because of another engagement . is crushed , but comforts her , saying how much wanted to see her . The next morning , 's co - workers are discussing the news that Mr. is being promoted and transferred to Silver Springs and that she will be taking over his old position . is still depressed about the night before , but receives a " Knock , Knock " message on her terminal from . berates him for not showing up , even as he tries to placate her with thanks from the Queen . When she slams her glasses down in frustration , advises against it , and realizes he can see her . When he reaches over her shoulder to type on her keyboard , turns ... and sees ( ) for the first time . He embraces her , thanking her personally for saving his life and offers to make it up to her by taking her out to dinner again . introduces him to her co - workers , who all greet warmly , including Mr. ( now sans hairpiece ) , who now seems to have a newfound respect for . The film ends with and leaving the office with the entire office applauding as they exit and the credits roll .

King , after being shot down from the World Trade Center , is kept alive in a coma for about 10 years at the Atlanta Institute , under the care of surgeon , Dr. ( ) . In order to save 's life , Dr. must perform a heart transplant and give a computer - monitored artificial heart . However , he has lost so much blood that a transfusion is badly needed , and to complicate matters , says there is no species of ape or other animal whose blood type matches 's . Enter adventurer , and 's eventual love interest , ( ) , who travels to Borneo ( as he theorizes that Borneo and the island from the first film were once part of the same landmass ) and captures a giant female gorilla who is dubbed " Lady Kong " . brings her to the institute to use her blood for King 's operation . The transfusion and the heart transplant are a success , but escapes along with Lady . 
 ( ) , an insane army lieutenant colonel , is called in with his men to hunt down and kill the two apes . Lady is captured alive by 's troops and imprisoned ; falls from a cliff and is presumed dead . However , as and soon discover , 's artificial heart is beginning to give out , forcing them to attempt a jailbreak . They discover that Lady is pregnant with 's offspring . The jailbreak is successful thanks to Kong , who has survived the fall and breaks his mate out . After being followed , attacked , and shot by the military , kills Lt . Col and dies slowly near a military base on a farm where Lady gives birth to a healthy baby son . reaches out to touch his son just before dying . Having returned to Borneo , Lady lives peacefully with her son in the jungle .

Fifteen - year - old rehearses a play in the park with her dog but becomes distracted by a line she is unable to remember while being watched by a barn owl . Realizing she is late to babysit her baby brother , she rushes home and is confronted by her stepmother before she and her father leave for dinner . has many toys that she has grown out of and realizes that is in possession of her treasured teddy bear . Frustrated by this and his constant crying , rashly wishes be taken away by the Goblin King , a character in the play she is rehearsing . She is shocked when disappears and the Goblin King confronts her and transports her to his kingdom . He refuses to return the baby but gives thirteen hours to solve his labyrinth and find him before is turned into a goblin forever . meets a dwarfish man named , who aids her in entering the Labyrinth . She has trouble finding turns and corners but then meets a talking worm who inadvertently sends her in the wrong direction . 
 ends up in an oubliette , where she reunites with . After they confront and escape one of his traps , the two encounter a large beast named . flees in a cowardly fashion while befriends . After another riddle , she loses him in a forest . encounters , who gives him a drugged peach and instructs him to give it to , calling his loyalty into question , as he was supposed to lead her back to the beginning of the maze . is assaulted by a group of creatures called Fireys with detachable body parts who try to remove her head , but comes to her aid . She kisses him , and magically sends them to the Bog of Eternal Stench as punishment , where they reunite with . , , and meet a guard of the bridge out of the swamp named Sir , an anthropomorphic fox , and his Old English Sheepdog " steed " named . After howls and summons a trail of rocks to save from falling into the bog , joins the group ( her three new friends are just like some of the toys in her room ) . After the group gets hungry , gives the peach and runs away as she falls into a trance and begins to lose her memories . She has a dream where comes to her at a masquerade ball , proclaiming his love for her , but she begins to remember and escapes , falling into a junkyard . After an old Junk Lady fails to brainwash her and her memory is jogged , she is rescued by and , and they are right outside Goblin City near 's castle . They are confronted by the gate guard , but bravely comes to their rescue . Despite his feeling unworthy of forgiveness for his betrayal , and the others welcome him back , and they enter the city together . 
 is alerted to their presence and sends his goblin army to stop them , but howls and summons a mountain 's worth of rocks to chase the guards away , and they enter the castle . insists she must face alone and promises to call the others if needed . In a room modeled after an staircase drawing , she confronts while trying to retrieve . She recites the lines from her play that mirror her adventure to that point , but she still can not remember the last line . As begs her to fear him and obey him , promising he will love her , and give her anything she wants , she remembers the line , " You have no power over me ! " Defeated at the last second , returns and home safely and turns into a barn owl , flying away . 
 Realizing how important is to her , gives him and returns to her room . After she hears her father and stepmother come in , she sees her friends in the mirror and realizes even though she is growing up , she still needs them in her life every now and again . In an instant , a number of the major characters from the Labyrinth appear in her room for a raucous celebration , and she reunites with , , , and . As they celebrate , , in his owl form , watches from outside and then flies away into the night .

( ) is an Assistant District Attorney in the New York City District Attorney 's Office , who is on his way to becoming the new District Attorney . Into his life enters ( ) , an attorney who is representing ( ) . is accused of stealing a painting from millionaire Mr. ( ) . However , claims that the painting is actually hers , as her father made it for her and signed it to her on her 8th birthday 18 years ago – the same day that her father and most of his paintings went up in smoke in a mysterious fire . 
 eventually manages to talk into helping them ( after she creates an impromptu press conference at the dinner where is being introduced as the new candidate for District Attorney ) . However , things turn even more mysterious when suddenly drops all charges against since he has swapped the painting for a Picasso with museum curator ( ) , Kelly and find out about this after they go to 's house to ask him about the alleged crime . That night police detective ( ) comes up with proof that the paintings that supposedly were lost in the fire — which were worth millions in insurance — are still in existence and that 's father was murdered and the murder was covered up , something which he claims put a strain on his career since it was his investigation . also continues coming on to , coming to his apartment being fearful of someone following her . When goes to investigate , he is shot at but the shooter misses and escapes . agrees to continue trying to protect while and him continue her investigation into the paintings . After an attempt by to blow up a warehouse with incriminating information — which almost blows and up as well — and find evidence of a massive insurance fraud between , and , a third man who was sent to prison . 
 goes to 's apartment with a gun , with the intent to threaten him and obtain information . What happens then is not seen but goes back to 's apartment after being there . She tells him what she had done , claims that managed to get the gun from her and hit her and she is now afraid of the repercussions . 's daughter from his ex - wife , ( ) , is there and does not take kindly to her which leads her to worsen 's ex - wife 's view on what is actually happening when she comes to take their daughter to her home and finds in 's apartment . After they are alone makes a bed for her to sleep on her own but during the night goes into 's bed and he fails to resist , they sleep together . Next morning police bust into 's room waking both up and arresting for 's murder . 's career as an Assistant District Attorney is finished . reluctantly teams up with , which is also encouraged by 's daughter who thinks the two make a good couple . Realizing that a sculpture claimed to them was priceless but told was worthless , goes to find while and go to an exposition in honor of to find the sculpture . Before they can make it far an assassin tries to run them over with a car , saving the lawyers split ways long enough for to go on his way pursuing the assassin who fights back but fails to kill since he is hit by a taxi , taking this opportunity Logan steals the man 's wallet with information he had taken from them through a bug while comes to his rescue in 's car that she barely manages to drive there since she does not know how to drive . They split again with going to the police department to find and have him bring the police force while and go to 's museum where the exposition in his honor is being held . There , the person they thought was reveals himself as , finds out on his own since the real is a different man , a cop that was n't aware that someone had been using his identity . , having realized that was not who he thought he was , races to the gallery . forces and to break open the hollow sculpture , grabs the painting inside and cuffs to a table while struggling with , eventually leaving her unconscious . He then sets fire to another part of the gallery , forcing an evacuation as a way to leave with the painting and without anyone noticing . arrives and interrupts 's escape , and fight , with eventually falling to his death . finds and , grabs the painting and the three escape from the burning gallery , where tearfully reveals the signature " To Chelsea " on the back of the painting . After all charges against are dropped , 's former boss offers to take him back , based on 's publicity . , however , decides to stay with , and the two set up an office together .

Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah, Brian Dennehy, Terence Stamp, Steven Hill

In Colombia , an American engineer named is overseeing the opening of his company 's water pipeline . In the middle of the unveiling ceremony , a group of rebels arrives to kidnap an American diplomat who is in attendance . In the process , is also kidnapped . 
 Word of the kidnapping reaches 's brother and his friends , , and , who were all awaiting 's return . The men , coworkers at a factory , learn that 's kidnapping was orchestrated by a drug lord named . and travel to Washington , D.C. to seek assistance from the U.S. government , only to be told that there are no plans to mount a rescue . 's father , , is despondent over the kidnapping of his son . 
 reminds his friends that they all personally owe something , and that their only choice is to rescue him themselves . Despite some resistance and skepticism from and , all the men eventually agree to go . Before heading to Colombia , they enlist the financial help of a sympathetic local car salesman , , who insists on going along as a condition of funding the rescue , and the military expertise of a mercenary named . Due to the urgency of the mission , is only able to give the group perfunctory training in military tactics . 
 Once in Colombia , the group encounters resistance , both from local officials and from the U.S. government . The group eventually lands in jail after being set up by one of 's contacts who was going to supply them with weapons . They are handed over to U.S. officials and put on a plane back to the U.S. Just prior to takeoff , the group manages to escape , but decides to give up and go home . 
 The group resumes their trek toward 's camp . Eventually , they are engaged by rebels . is killed in a firefight while saving one of the men 's lives . The group ventures on with the help of a local woman , , and they eventually find 's hideout . In the ensuing shootout with 's men , is killed . The group is able to save and escape , destroying 's camp in the process . 
 and the men return home to a hero 's welcome .

A three - girl " Greek chorus"—Crystal , , and — introduce the movie , warning the audience that some horror is coming their way ( " Prologue : Little Shop of Horrors " ) . ( ) and his colleague , ( ) , work at 's Flower Shop in a run - down , rough neighborhood referred to as " Skid Row " in the slums of New York City . They lament that they can not escape the neighborhood ( " Skid Row " ( Downtown ) " ) . Struggling from a lack of customers , Mr. ( ) decides to close the store , but suggests he may have more success by displaying an unusual plant that owns . Immediately attracting a customer , explains he bought the plant , which he dubbed " Audrey II " , from a Chinese flower shop during a solar eclipse ( " Da - Doo " ) . Attracting business to 's shop , the plant soon starts dying , worrying . Accidentally pricking his finger , he then discovers needs human blood to thrive ( " Grow for Me " ) . 
 takes and is interviewed on the radio , and misses the broadcast due to being " hand - cuffed a little " by her sadistic , mean - spirited boyfriend ( ) . The three girls suggest dump and get another man to protect her , like , but states she does n't deserve a nice guy . Despite this , has feelings for and secretly dreams of running off with him to the suburbs ( " Somewhere That 's Green " ) . continues to grow rapidly and becomes a local celebrity ( " Some Fun Now " ) . soon attempts to ask out , but she turns him down because she has a date with her boyfriend , revealed to be a dentist ( " Dentist ! " ) . After Seymour closes up shop , begins to talk to , demanding more blood than can give . The plant proposes that murder someone in exchange for fame and fortune : initially refuses , but agrees after witnessing beating ( " Feed Me ( Get It ) " ) . 
 After finishes with his masochistic patient , ( ) , who requested " a long , slow , root canal " , books an appointment with and arms himself with a revolver ; however , he can not bring himself to use it . , who abuses nitrous oxide , puts on a type of venturi mask to receive a constant flow of the gas . Accidentally breaking an intake valve and unable to remove the mask , begs for help removing it , but does nothing . When asks what he ever did to him , coldly replies , " Nothing , it 's what you did to her . " dies from asphyxiation and drags his body back to . While dismembering the body to feed to the plant , is unknowingly witnessed by , who flees in fear . 
 After feeding 's parts to , which has grown to enormous size , discovers the police investigating 's disappearance . , feeling guilty about wishing would disappear , is comforted by and the two admit their feelings for each other ( " Suddenly , " ) . That night , confronts about what he saw and holds at gunpoint , threatening to report him to the police . then changes his mind , saying that since was " like a son " to him , he 'll allow to leave town , blackmailing him into giving the plant to . With no choice , steadily backs him towards the plant , which swallows whole ( " Suppertime " ) . 
 Despite widespread success , worries about growth and unbridled appetite ( " The Meek Shall Inherit " ) . Offered money and a contract for a botany TV show , plans to escape Skid Row with using the money , leaving the plant to starve . After accepts 's marriage proposal , catches leaving and demands another meal : agrees , but insists on meat from a butcher . While is gone , the plant telephones , coaxes her into the shop , and then tries to eat her . , returning in time to save , escapes the store with her . Explaining that he fed the plant to become successful and win 's heart , discovers she has always loved him . Approached by an executive from a botanical company named ( ) , is offered a contract to breed and sell the saplings worldwide . Horrified by the idea , drives away , and realizes he must destroy for the sake of humanity . 
 Returning to the shop , learns that is actually an alien from outer space ( " Mean Green Mother from Outer Space " ) . traps and destroys the shop , but grabs an exposed electrical cable and electrocutes . Leaving the destroyed shop , safely reunites with . The two we d and move to the suburbs : as they arrive at their new home , which is the one seen in 's daydreams , a smiling bud can be seen among the flowers in their front yard . 
 During production , director shot a 23 - minute ending based on the off - Broadway musical 's ending . However , after audiences at the preview screenings did not react positively to it , the ending had to be rewritten and re - shot for the theatrical release with a " happier ending . "[3 ] 
 In the original ending , when is attacked by the plant , pulls her from its jaws but is too late to save her , as she is mortally wounded . As she is dying she tells him what the plant said about and , and then confesses that he fed them to the plant . requests that feed her to the plant too so that it will live and can earn the success he deserves ( " Somewhere That 's Green ( Reprise ) " ) . After fulfilling her dying wish , he attempts suicide by jumping off the roof of a building , only to be stopped by . offers to reproduce and sell Audrey IIs and has already grown a smaller Audrey II from one of the clippings that he harvested earlier . He also warns that his consent is not necessary , as plants are considered to be in the public domain . Realizing is planning global domination , climbs down from the roof with the resolution to destroy the plant . Returning to the shop , he confronts and tries to kill , who tears down the shop , fishes him from the rubble and eats him alive . The plant then spits out 's glasses and laughs victoriously ( " Mean Green Mother from Outer Space ) " . 
 The three chorus girls appear in front of a large American flag and tell how although buds became a worldwide consumer craze , the buds grew into an army of monstrous plants who begin to take over the Earth.[4 ] Giant Audrey II plants are shown destroying cities , toppling buildings , as well as eating people . The United States Army attempts to fight the buds as they ascend the Statue of Liberty and eventually bursts through the movie screen and presumably eats the viewers ( " Finale ( Do n't Feed The Plants ) " ) .

is an intelligent and nerdy 14 - year - old high school student . He becomes acquainted with , an attractive older girl who had just moved to town . After meeting on one of his entomological quests , befriends him , spending time with him during the remainder of the summer until school begins . 
 , who finds himself a frequent victim of bullying and teasing , has a protector of sorts , , an older student and football player . was once one of ' tormentors , until contracted hepatitis and , for reasons no one ever knew , brought him his homework every day , ensuring that did n't fail and have to repeat a year of school . 
 Even though deems it beneath her , becomes a cheerleader for the football team in order to get closer to , on whom she has a growing crush . Angered and offended by continuing to ignore him , begins to chastise , continuing to castigate her cheerleading as " superficial " and making the incorrect assumption that she will be his date to an upcoming school dance . complains to that she 's interested in activities other than being with him . 
 On the night of the dance , is dumped by his girlfriend over his attraction to , which she had been noticing . A depressed finds comfort with at her house — much to the chagrin of , who has arrived , in tuxedo , to pick her up for the dance . Even though and invite him out for pizza , he rebukes them and rides off on his bike . , one of ' friends , encounters as he sits alone , watching the dance from across a lake . It 's obvious has feelings for , and she consoles him as he frets about and him being " from two different worlds . " Meanwhile , and are out on their pizza date ; and as happens to ride by and notice them kissing , he is crushed . 
 In a last - ditch attempt to impress and perhaps win her back and gain the respect he so desperately craves , the diminutive joins the football team . In the shower after practice , endures yet another prank from his constant tormentors and . At the end of the day , flees in embarrassment to his favorite hiding place ( beneath a railroad overpass near the school ) and chases him to talk with him . After tells him that she wants him to be her friend , tries to kiss her . recoils , and a heartbroken screams at her to leave . 
 The next day at the football game , removes his helmet during a play and is seriously injured after being tackled and is rushed to the hospital . , , and attempt to contact ' parents , though discovers that she does not know as well as she thought she did . Correcting 's misguided impression that lives in the large luxurious house where she has seen him several times , shows them that lives in a dilapidated trailer in a junkyard with his alcoholic father and only works as a gardener at the large house . 
 Meanwhile , ' schoolmates hold vigil for him in the hospital as he recuperates . visits ' room that evening and sternly tells him never to play football again . promises , and the two reconcile , picking up their friendship where they left off . and speculate as to where they will be when the locusts return seventeen years later ; both express the hope that they will still be in touch when the locusts return again . 
 returns to school a short time after his recovery , with schoolmates all casting surprised looks at him as he walks through the hall . Upon reaching his locker , he finds and there waiting for him , but he tries to ignore them as he opens his locker . Inside is a varsity letter jacket , with ' name and number on the back . As takes it out in shock , starts the " slow clap , " and the entire hallway starts applauding . , , and are there as well , leading the applause as raises his arms triumphantly and smiles .

In a dark room , a large illuminated balanced - arm desk lamp named Luxo Sr . sees a small yellow ball with a blue stripe and a red star on the front rolling up to it . eyes the ball curiously , and pushes it away , but the ball comes back to it . It pushes it away again . The ball comes back to it , but this time , it rolls past it . A smaller desk lamp , named Luxo Jr. , appears and continues playing with the ball . then balances itself on top of the ball , causing it to deflate . flips the deflated ball onto its side and looks up at who admonishes then hops off - screen and is later seen playing with a beach ball . looks at the camera , then shakes its head in embarrassment .

is a former FBI criminal profiler who has retired because of a mental breakdown after being attacked by a cannibalistic serial killer , Dr. , whom he captured . is approached at his Florida home by his former FBI superior , who is seeking help with a new serial killer case . Promising his wife that he will do nothing more than examine evidence and not risk physical harm , agrees to visit the most recent crime scene in Atlanta , where he tries to enter the mindset of the killer , now dubbed the " Tooth Fairy " by the police for the bite marks left on his victims . 
 Having found the killer 's fingerprints , meets with . They are accosted by tabloid journalist , with whom has a bitter history ; ' paper had run photographs of taken secretly while he was hospitalized . pays a visit to , a former psychiatrist , in his cell and asks for his insight into the killer 's motivations . After a tense conversation , agrees to look at the case file . Later , manages to obtain 's home address by deceit while ostensibly making a phone call to his attorney . 
 travels to the first crime scene in Birmingham , Alabama , where he is contacted by , who tells him of ' tabloid story on the case . also patches through to , 's warden , who has found a note in 's personal effects . Reading it , they realize it is from the Tooth Fairy , expressing admiration for — and an interest in . brings to the FBI Academy at Quantico , where a missing section of the note is analyzed to determine what has removed . It is found to be an instruction to communicate through the personals section of the National Tattler , ' newspaper . 
 The FBI intends to plant a fake advertisement to replace 's , but they realize that without the proper book code the Tooth Fairy will know it is fake ; therefore , they let the advertisement run as it is , and organizes an interview with , during which he gives a false and derogatory profile of the Tooth Fairy to incite him . After a sting operation fails to catch the killer , is kidnapped by ( ) . Waking in the killer 's home , he is shown a slideshow of The Great Red Dragon paintings , along with past victims and slides of a family the killer identifies as his next targets . is forced to tape - record a statement before being set on fire in a wheelchair and killed , his flaming body rolled into the parking garage of the National Tattler as a warning . 
 is told by that they have cracked 's coded message to the Tooth Fairy — it is 's home address with an instruction to kill and his family . rushes home to find his family safe but terrified . After the FBI moves 's family to a safe house , he tries to explain to his son why he had retired previously . 
 At his job in a St. Louis film lab , — — approaches a blind co - worker , ( ) , and ends up offering her a ride home . They go to 's home , where is oblivious to the fact that is watching home - movie footage of his planned next victims . She kisses him and they make love . is confused by this newfound relationship , though it helps suppress his bloodlust . Just as comes to realize how much the Tooth Fairy 's desire for acceptance factors into the murders , watches as is escorted home by another co - worker . Mistakenly believing them to be kissing , murders the man and abducts . When she calls him , he tells her : " is gone . Forever . " 
 Desperately trying to figure out a connection between the murdered families , realizes that someone must have seen their home movies . He and deduce where the films were processed . They identify the lab in St. Louis and fly there immediately . has been casing the victims ' homes through home movies , enabling him to prepare for the break - ins in extreme detail . determines which employees that match their profile information have seen these films and obtains 's home address , to which he and travel with a police escort . At 's home , is terrified as he contemplates what to do with her . As he struggles to kill with a piece of broken mirror glass , police teams assemble around the house . Seeing that has someone inside with him , lunges through a window . He is quickly subdued by , who retrieves a shotgun and uses it to wound and kill two police officers . Wounded in the firefight , returns to the kitchen to shoot , but misses because of his injuries and is killed himself when returns fire . , , and are tended to by paramedics before returns home and retires permanently .

William Petersen, Dennis Farina, Brian Cox, Joan Allen, Tom Noonan, Kim Greist, Stephen Lang

As the Earth passes through the tail of a comet , previously inanimate machines suddenly spring to life and turn homicidal . In a pre - title scene , a man ( in a cameo ) tries to withdraw money from an ATM , but it instead calls him an " asshole " , and he whines to his wife ( 's real life wife ) . Chaos soon begins as machines of all kinds come to life and begin assaulting humans : a drawbridge inexplicably raises during heavy traffic , resulting in multiple accidents , most notably a black AC / DC van and a watermelon truck ; At a roadside truck stop just outside Wilmington , North Carolina , a waitress is injured by an electric knife and arcade machines in the back room electrocute another victim . Employee and ex - convict begins to suspect something is wrong . At a Little League game , a vending machine kills the coach by firing canned soda point - blank into his groin and then to his skull ; a driverless steamroller flattens one of the fleeing children , but one named manages to escape on his bike . 
 The carnage spreads as humans and even pets are brutally killed by lawnmowers , chainsaws , electric hair dryers , pocket radios , and RC cars . A married couple , ( ) and ( ) stop at a gas station , where a red truck tries to kill , but he and escape in their car . Back at the truck stop , a black Western Star 4800 sporting a giant mask on its grille , run down two individuals ( including 's father ) . Later , all the trucks big rig trucks roar to life , led by the Green Goblin and surround the truck stop , trapping the rest of the civilians inside the truck stop 's diner . 
 Meanwhile on the main highway , and are chased by a truck , but they make it crash off the side of the road . suggests that they should call the police from the Truck Stop , only to find the trucks surrounding the stop . The two try to drive into the parking lot through a gap between the trucks , but the car is hit and flips over . rushes out to help them and uses M72 LAW rockets stored in a bunker hidden under the diner and destroy many of the trucks . That night , the survivors hear one of the victims outside is still alive and and sneak out to help him by climbing through the sewers . has been hiding from the trucks just outside the truck stop and and rescue him from a truck . The next morning , a Caterpillar D7 G bulldozer and a M274 Mule drive through the diner . uses the rocket launcher to blow the bulldozer away . The Mule fires its post - mounted M60 machine gun into the building , killing several including the waitress when she rants at them . The Mule then demands , via sending morse code signals through its horn , that the humans pump the truck 's diesel for them in exchange for keeping them safe ; the survivors soon realize they have become enslaved by their own machines . suggests they escape to a local island just off the coast , on which no vehicles or machines are permitted . 
 During a fueling operation , sneaks a grenade onto the Mule vehicle , destroying it , then leads the party out of the diner via a sewer hatch to the main road just as the trucks demolish the entire truck stop . The survivors are pursued to the docks by the Green Goblin truck . The survivors try and hid behind a diner , but a electronic menu blares " Humans Here " till uses a machine gun to destroy the sign . An ice cream truck barrels toward them , but and destroy it with machine guns . The team makes it the docks and the Green Goblin truck follows them- managing to kill one more trucker after he steals a large diamond ring from a female corpse in a car ( ) . destroys the truck once and for all with a direct hit from an M72 LAW rocket shot . The survivors then sail off to safety ; a title card epilogue explains that two days after the machines ' rampage , a UFO was destroyed by a Soviet " weather satellite " conveniently equipped with class IV nuclear missiles and a laser cannon and that six days later , the Earth passed out of the tail of the comet 's tail .

In 1959 , on board a spacecraft , two aliens race to keep an experiment from being released by a third member of the crew . The seemingly possessed third alien shoots the canister into space where it crashes to Earth . Nearby , a college man takes his date to a parking spot when they see a falling star and investigate . It lands in the path of an escaped criminally insane mental patient . As his date is attacked by the axe - wielding maniac , the boy finds the canister , from which a small slug - like thing jumps out and into his mouth . 
 Twenty - seven years later in 1986 , pines over a love lost , supported by his disabled friend During pledge week at Corman University , spots a girl , , and falls instantly in love . To get her attention , he decides to join a fraternity . 's boyfriend , who heads the Beta Epsilon fraternity , tasks them with stealing a cadaver from the university medical center and depositing it on the steps of a sorority house . and find a frozen corpse in a secret room , but when it grabs them , they flee . The thawed corpse then kills a medical student working at the lab . 
 Detective , a haunted cop , is called in to the cryogenics lab break - in , where he discovers one of the bodies – the boy who discovered the alien experiment in 1959 – is now missing , set free by and The corpse makes its way back to the sorority house where he picked up his date twenty - seven years ago . There , his head splits open and releases more of the slugs . Called to the scene , Det . finds the body , interpreting the condition of the head as the result of an axe wound in the face . 
 The next day , the fraternity brothers confront and , who they believe to be responsible for the previous night 's incident . They are then taken in for questioning by the police . Based on the testimony of a janitor that witnessed them running out of the university medical center , " screaming like banshees , " they confess to breaking in but deny moving the corpse . That night , the dead medical student rises from his slab and runs into the janitor . 
 attempts to convince and that the attacks are zombie - related , but they are skeptical . When sees leaning on ' shoulder , leaves the two alone and is attacked by the slugs that emerge from the possessed janitor . After walks back to the sorority house , he runs into Detective , who has overheard their conversation . At his house , Detective explains to that the escaped lunatic 's 1959 victim was his ex - girlfriend , and that he secretly hunted down and killed the axe - murderer in revenge . After Detective reveals that he buried the body under what is now the sorority house , he gets a call that the same axe - wielding lunatic has killed the house mother . Detective blows off the corpse 's head with his shotgun , which releases more slugs . 
 The next night , while everyone prepares for a formal dance , finds a recorded message that posthumously left for him . says that the slugs have incubated in his brain , but he has discovered that they are susceptible to heat . recruits Detective , who was in the midst of a suicide attempt , and they retrieve a flamethrower from the police armory . They arrive at the sorority house just as breaks up with , who has become possessed . After killing him , the Beta fraternity brothers show up , despite having been killed in a bus crash . and team up to destroy the outside zombies , and Detective clears the house . 
 After they stop the horde , spots more slugs racing toward the basement ; explains that a member of the sorority had received specimen brains for biology class . In the basement , they find an enormous pile of slugs , and Detective , tape across his mouth , prepping a can of gasoline . Detective begins counting down as he splashes gasoline and counts down in sync with him as he and race out of the house . As opens up house 's gas valve , several slugs leap to attack him . He flicks his lighter and the house goes up in a fiery explosion . and share a kiss as they watch the house burn . The movie ends when the dog who caused the bus accident returns and approaches . As bends down toward it , the dog opens its mouth and a slug jumps out toward her . 
 Though not shown theatrically upon its original release , the original ending showed and standing in front of the burning sorority house , with the camera moving to the street where police cars race towards the burning building . The police cars race by the charred and ' zombified ' who is shuffling down the street , still smoking a cigarette , when he suddenly stops and falls to the ground . His head then bursts open , with the slugs that incubated inside his brain scamper out and slither towards a nearby cemetery , suggesting the slugs have found new hosts to inhabit . Searchlights appear from the night sky , revealing the source to be the spaceship from the beginning of the film , with the aliens intending to retrieve their experiment , proposing a sequel . 
 This original ending is on the official DVD and Blu - ray release of the film , and can be seen in some television broadcast versions of the film , via Crackle 's online streaming service , some US VHS copies , and on bootleg DVD copies . 
 Zombie Town was marketed in some regions as a sequel , being alternatively titled Night of the Creeps 2 : Zombie Town in Germany.[3 ]

is a Chicago cop on the vengeance trail as he follows his partner 's killers to New Orleans to settle his own personal score . flees through the Louisiana bayous with , the beautiful Cajun mistress of a murderous crime lord who aims to destroy the Chicago detective before he can avenge his partner 's murder . and fall for each other , although they clash repeatedly while handcuffed together as they attempt to elude the brutal underworld figure and his henchmen .

( ) who seeks love and escape from her mundane ordinary life meets a traveling Shakespeare troupe offering a community acting workshop .

Happy - go - lucky advertising executive , who recently got a promotion at his Chicago ad agency , returns to work from a vacation . He is carefree , until his parents split up , after 36 years of marriage . It soon becomes apparent that he must care for his aging , bitter father , as well as support his emotionally fragile mother , especially since his father has also just been fired from his 35 - year career in the garment industry . Although his girlfriend , , is sympathetic , she also tells him he needs to " grow up " , but fears that if he tried to be less child - like , his advertising work could be adversely affected . At work , is developing a commercial for Colonial Airlines , owned by the rich and bullish . A successful ad campaign would likely gain a promotion to partner in his company . develops a relationship with 's daughter , . His father is well aware of 's playboy nature . Asking at one point whether his son is in bed with a woman , adds : " Anybody you know ? " 
 The parents separately each begin to rely more on , frequently calling him on the phone . His mother needs help moving to a new apartment . His father needs to be driven to an eye doctor . Late one night , 's mother calls to be rescued from a bar after going out on a date , having become frightened when the man tried to kiss her goodnight . At the bar , 's mother confides that his father Max had cheated on her and humiliated her in their marriage . An enraged goes to confront . Their argument ends with saying : " Tomorrow I 'm shooting a commercial about a family who loves each other , who cares about each other . I 'm fakin ' it . " The next day , is distracted by his problems with his father , affecting his work . As a peace offering , offers to take to a nightclub to hear some of his favored jazz music . While there , accidentally discovers that his father has been dealing with diabetes and his foot has gangrene . 
 must have surgery . Beforehand , he and share thoughts about their life together , and she condemns him for his treatment of her . Alone , sobs in regret . At the agency , insists that accompany him to New York to promote the new ad campaign for his airline . refuses , saying he wants to be with his father , who is scheduled for surgery . After complains , loses his temper with this important client , and is fired . The next day , accompanies his dad to the operating room . His boss is sympathetic and assures that he will personally smooth things over with , so can take time to be with his father . has two toes amputated . When he goes home from the hospital , pushes his wheelchair . tells him : " You were the last person I thought would ever come through for me . " Later , recovers his job and gets to show what his work is about .

Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, Eva Marie Saint, Sela Ward, Barry Corbin, Héctor Elizondo

, a recent high school graduate , fails to get a basketball scholarship , disappointing his parents . He hopes to be admitted to the Rhode Island School of Design , and must write and illustrate a love story for his application . He joins with his friends , siblings and , to spend the summer on the island of Nantucket , Massachusetts . En route , they pick up a young rock singer named , who is pursued by a motorcycle gang at the time . Once on the island , and , along with his island friends the twins and , must help save her grandfather 's house from the greedy Family . Along the way , must find a way to write his cartoon love story . 
 With the prize returned and the house spared , and engage in a kiss , and she gives him a love story for his application . In the final scene , 's uncle ( having been driven insane every summer for trying to win a $ 1 million prize from a radio contest ) finally wins , but his phone gets disconnected and his prize is given away to someone else ; he snaps and promptly uses a rocket launcher to blow up the radio station , just as the twins arrive and head to the fiery remains to roast marshmallows .

Wearing her original prom dress from 1960 , sets off for her 25 - year high school reunion in 1985 with her daughter , , as company . has just separated from her high school sweetheart , now husband , due to his infidelity . She is wary of attending the reunion because of everyone questioning her about 's absence - they were married right after graduation , when became pregnant . 
 She arrives at the reunion and is happy to reconnect with her old best friends , and Carol . unexpectedly arrives at the reunion , causing an awkward scene with ignoring him . The awkwardness is ended when the event MC announces the reunion ’s " king and queen . " The king is , a former class geek turned billionaire inventor . is named the queen and walks on stage , but after they wheel out the reunion cake , she faints . 
 When awakes , she finds herself back in the spring of 1960 , her senior year of high school , after she passed out after donating blood in the school gym ( where the reunion was ) . She finds all of her friends that she just left to also be their teenage selves , not just her . Still in shock , she allows herself to be taken home while she sees her surroundings are the way they were 25 years before . After a rough first night , she decides to have fun with the experience and behave as if everything is normal . However , when given the chance to break up with , she thinks it might be best since she knows how it will end . 
 makes friends with , the class geek ( and future billionaire ) , to figure out what is going on with her . gets jealous when she ignores him at lunch and makes arrangements to meet after school to discuss time travel with him . When she tells him her secret , at first he thinks it is a joke . But , what she said about him and the world would come from someone who had knowledge about the future . has decided to break up with ; she is the only one who wants that . 
 One night after a party , decides to sleep with . He then flips out and reminds her that she had rebuffed him the weekend before and therefore believes she is playing games , then drives her home . Instead of going inside , she takes a walk and ends up at an all - night cafe . As she walks by , she sees — the artsy loner in school she always wished she ’d slept with — and goes in to talk to him . After finding out they have more in common than originally thought , they ride off on his motorcycle . In a field , they smoke weed and find out more about one another . When he asks if she is going to marry , she responds that she already did that and will not do it again . After he recites some of his poetry for her , they have sex . 
 reveals that he wants her to go with him and another woman to Utah ( where polygamy is legal ) so they can marry and support him while he writes . After his revelation , she tells him he should go and to write about their night together . In the middle of their conversation , she hears a voice she recognizes singing . When she looks at the stage , she sees that it is and realizes that she did not know everything about him . is upset , thinking that she declined his offer for and is ready to go . After they leave , is auditioning for a music agent and is rejected . The next day when goes to talk to , he lashes out at her and she gives him a song she " wrote " for him ( which ends up being " She Loves You " , by The Beatles ) . She then goes to to say goodbye , saying she wants to stop messing up her life and everyone else 's since the reason stopped singing was her becoming pregnant right before they graduated . proposes , but she refuses because she does not want to marry anyone and he has to be valedictorian . Confused , she visits her grandparents for her birthday . After her grandparents tell her that her grandmother can see the future , she tells them her story . Her grandfather and his lodge friends then try a strange séance ritual to send her back to 1985 . 
 is then kidnapped by , leaving everyone at the Lodge thinking that the ritual worked . He tells her that he told his dad that he gave up singing and was given 10 % of the business so he can support her . He then proposes and gives her the locket she wore at the beginning of the film . When she looks inside , she sees baby pictures of her and , which resemble their children . sees how much he loves her and how much she loves him , and they kiss . They begin to make love , which would again lead to getting pregnant and marrying him . In the next moment , is transported back to 1985 . 
 awakes in a hospital , with at her side . He is deeply regretful of his adultery and tells he wants her back . When she questions him about his girlfriend , he swears it is over . It seems there is hope for a reconciliation when looks at with new eyes and ( citing a reference from her grandfather who claimed that her grandmother 's strudel kept the family together ) says , " I 'd like to invite you over to your house for dinner on Sunday with your kids . I 'll make a strudel . "

Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Catherine Hicks, Joan Allen, Jim Carrey, Helen Hunt

In 1967 , U.S. Army volunteer arrives in South Vietnam and is assigned to an infantry platoon of the 25th Infantry Division near the Cambodian border . The platoon is officially led by the young and inexperienced Lieutenant , but in reality the soldiers defer to two of his older and more experienced subordinates : the hardened and cynical Staff Sergeant , and the more idealistic Sergeant . 
 is immediately sent out with , and veteran soldiers on a planned night ambush for a North Vietnamese army force . The NVA soldiers manage to get close to the sleeping Americans before a brief firefight ensues ; 's fellow new recruit is killed and himself lightly wounded . After his return from hospital , bonds with and his circle of marijuana - smokers while remaining aloof from and his more hard - edged followers . 
 During a subsequent patrol , three men are killed by booby traps and unseen assailants . Already on edge , the platoon is further angered when they discover an enemy supply and weapons cache in a nearby village . , through a Vietnamese - speaking soldier , , aggressively interrogates the village chief about whether the villagers have been aiding the NVA , and cold - bloodedly shoots his wife dead when she snaps back at him . then arrives , getting into a physical altercation with over the killing before breaks it up and orders the supplies destroyed and the village razed . later prevents a gang - rape of two girls by some of ' men . 
 When the platoon returns to base , the veteran company commander Captain declares that if he finds out that an illegal killing took place , a court - martial will ensue , leaving worried that will testify against him . On their next patrol , the platoon is ambushed and pinned down in a firefight , in which numerous soldiers are wounded . More men are wounded when Lieutenant accidentally directs an artillery strike onto his own unit before calls it off . takes and two other men to intercept flanking enemy troops . orders the rest of the platoon to retreat and goes back into the jungle to find ' group . finds alone and shoots him , then returns and tells the others that was killed by the enemy . While the platoon is extracting via helicopter , they glimpse , mortally wounded , emerging from the treeline and being chased by a group of North Vietnamese soldiers , who kill him . Noting ' anxious manner , realizes that he was responsible . 
 At the base , attempts to talk his group into fragging in retaliation when , having overheard them , enters the room and mocks them . assaults the intoxicated but is quickly overpowered . cuts near his eye with a push dagger before departing . 
 The platoon is sent back to the front line to maintain defensive positions , where shares a foxhole with . That night , a major NVA assault occurs , and the defensive lines are broken . Much of the platoon , including and most of ' followers , are killed in the ensuing battle . During the attack , an NVA sapper , armed with explosives , destroys the battalion headquarters in a suicide attack . Now in command of the defense , Captain orders his air support to expend all their remaining ordnance inside his perimeter . During the chaos , encounters , who is wounded and driven to insanity . Just as is about to kill , both men are knocked unconscious by an air strike . 
 regains consciousness the following morning , picks up an enemy Type 56 rifle , and finds , who orders to call a medic . Seeing that wo n't help , contemptuously tells to kill him ; does so . , who survived the battle unharmed , deliberately stabs himself in the leg and reminds that because they have been twice wounded , they can return home . The helicopter carries the two men away . Overwhelmed , sobs as he glares down at multiple craters full of corpses .

18 - year - old , an alumnus of Benjamin Franklin High School in New York City , lives in an apartment with his mother and a charitable sister named . One day in July , he discovers they have inherited the Hotel Majestic , a long - closed facility in Bethany , Pennsylvania — and along with it , $ 8,000 in unpaid taxes ( equal to $ 17,860 today).[2 ] 's great - aunt once owned the place , but died before she could pay them off . Unknown to them , a firm called Pritchard Chemicals is willing to acquire the property for its Fox River project , and turn it into a chemical waste dump . 
 discusses the scenario with two friends : a would - be entertainer named , and an athletic type named . To earn enough money for keeping the Majestic , attempts to open a bank account , while and become suburban salespeople — but to no avail . Afterward , the three disguise themselves as members of the Boy Scouts , and successfully sell a lot of mint cookies to office workers . 
 eventually makes proud , not only with his earnings , but with a bundle of food supplies for a few needy neighbors . Soon , he and his friends travel to Hawley on a decorated van , but the worn - down state of the Majestic catches them off - guard . , a residing hermit , gives them a tour that leaves the newcomers more appalled . They begin to renovate the building and transform it into " The New Hotel Majestic ... For Kids Only " , promising " MTV in every room " once it re - opens . But several of the townsfolk express their displeasure over what could happen to their town , and even take measures to keep and friends out of their lives . 
 Meanwhile , suggests that recruit stockholders to manage the hotel . In doing so , scouts the New York streets and hires many of his friends for that purpose . Arriving in Hawley , the stockholders of Majestic Enterprises are as dismayed as , and Silk previously were ; the luxury they expected of the Majestic is nowhere in sight . Instead , they are put to the task of fixing up the place within a month , after which inspection will take place .

The film begins in a large garage structure , where Lt . ( ) and Commandant ( ) meet up with former cadets ( now Sgts . ) ( ) and ( ) from Commandant 's police academy . It seems one of the two police academies is getting the axe due to the state government 's unwillingness to continue financing two academies , and wants and to make sure screws up . The men agree to the plan , knowing this may be their only chance at revenge against for ( somewhat deservingly ) graduating them at the bottom of their class . 
 The following day , after the governor 's speech in which he will appoint a committee to evaluate which of the two academies should remain open , starts getting an edge by kissing up to the governor , but Sgt . ( ) quickly prevents this by discreetly humiliating in front of the governor with his noise imitations . Commandant ( ) gets an idea on how to win : along with now Sgt . and Lt . ( ) , he calls back Sgt . ( ) , Sgt . ( ) , Sgt . ( ) , and Sgt . ( ) to help train the new recruits . Among the new recruits are Sgt . 's wife ( ) , whom Sgt . is against being trained to be a police officer ; ( ) and ( ) , who have a history from the second movie as a meek small business owner being harassed by a gang led by ) ; ( ) ; and 's brother - in - law ( ) . ( ) is at first a recruit of 's academy , but transfers him in with 's academy instead in hopes of sabotaging the latters ' academy further . 
 After a few weeks of training , is lovestruck over . contemplates quitting after , whom he was forced to room with , drives him crazy , but talks him out of it and takes him under his wing . and make the recruits do things that would make the committee think they are incompetent . The recruits fail and are teased by and . However , gets back at them by taping 's eyes closed while doing a taste test . succeeds in removing the tape , but the tape pulls off 's eyebrows . 
 Both and give a pep talk to each of the cadets before training resumes . At the policepersons ' ball , meets up with his hooker friend from the first film ( ) , and has her do a favor on after the latter insults and . The hooker tricks into removing all his clothes and then locking him out of the hotel room , and while trying to get back to his academy , accidentally enters the Blue Oyster Bar . Meanwhile , insults in front of the recruits by telling him that he is winning , so gets him back by giving a speech at the ball and then putting the microphone in a pitcher of water . When grabs it , the microphone shocks him . 
 On the final day of the cadet training / evaluation competition , one recruit from each academy attends the governor 's ball ( misunderstands and sends in two , one of whom is portrayed by ) . and play with the computer system and send cars to the wrong locations in their attempt to help win , but they are caught by , who knocks them out cold . At the governor 's party , a gang of thieves dressed as busboys start robbing the guests and take the governor hostage . 's cadets promptly faint upon being threatened by the thieves , but 's cadet ( ) manages to sound the alarm , prompting and the gang to rescue the governor . 's academy proves to be ineffective to react to the emergency , but 's squad arrives just in time to fight off the thieves and rescue the governor . 
 As a result of the governor 's final judgment , 's academy stays open , and the epilogue shows delivering a speech on how the academy is grateful for the " many , many " recruits . The graduating class salutes the camera as the film ends .

One year after the house poltergeist intrusion , Cuesta Verde is being evacuated and turned into an archaeological paranormal dig centered around the spot where the ' home stood before it imploded . The excavation leads to the discovery of an underground cave by a ground crew . Its existence is revealed to psychic ( ) , who tells a friend of hers , ( ) , a Native American shaman . After investigating the cave for himself , realizes that Rev. ( ) , a deceased , insane preacher , has located and goes to defend her . 
 The family — ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( relocated to Phoenix , Arizona , and now live in a house with 's mother , " Grandma Jess " ( ) . Having lost his real estate license , Steven is reduced to selling vacuum cleaners door - to - door while filing repeated insurance claims to cover the missing home . Grandma Jess is highly clairvoyant , and says that and are clairvoyant as well . Grandma later dies from natural causes , but not before telling one last time that she 'll always " be there " if she needs her . The fact that the spirits do not bother the family until Grandma dies suggests that she was keeping them out , perhaps indirectly , with her powers . 
 shows up as begins his first assault on the home . Unable to get in through the television as the family has removed all television sets from the home , 's minions are forced to find another way in , this time through toy telephone . The attack fails , and the family gets out of the house quickly . introduces himself and convinces them that running would be a waste of time since would only find them again , and they return to the house , which has made safe for the time being . 
 himself shows up at the home one day in human form and demands to be let in , but refuses . congratulates him for resisting , and then takes to the desert and gives him the " Power of Smoke " , a Native spirit that can repel . shows up at the house and helps to understand 's history and how he became the Beast that is now stalking the family by forcing to use her powers on a photograph . She also points out that is unique in that she is one of the only few people on earth who have ever been to the spirit world while living , during the rescue of . It is revealed that led his followers into the cave because he believed that the end of the world was coming , then left them to die after the date he predicted came and went . Because he was so evil , became a monster after death . warns the family that is extremely clever and will try to tear them apart . 
 One night , lets his guard down and gets drunk , swallowing a Mezcal worm that is possessed by , who then temporarily possesses him . He attacks and tries to rape , who cries out that she loves him . then vomits up the worm possessed by , which grows into a huge , tentacled monstrosity . In this form , attacks from the ceiling , but uses the smoke spirit to send him away . The Beast then decides on another assault , and this time , the family decides to confront the Beast on his own turf , the Other Side . 
 The return to Cuesta Verde and enter the cavern below their former home , where pulls and over into the Other Side . and jump in after them through a fire started by . On the Other Side , , , , and unite , but ( now a horrifying , gigantic monster ) grabs . gets a charmed Native spear into 's hands , and Steven stabs with it , defeating the monster and causing him to fall into the afterlife . nearly crosses over into the afterlife as well , but Grandma ' spirit appears and returns her to the family . The then return safely and thank and . 
 gives the car to and drives away with . After the realize that they have no ride home , they run after the car .

JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke, Oliver Robins, Zelda Rubinstein

High school senior lives with her underemployed working class father , , in a Chicago suburb . 's best friend , , is in love with her , but is afraid to tell her how he truly feels . In school , and , along with their friends , are harassed and bullied by the arrogant " richie " kids , specifically and her boyfriend , who is secretly interested in . 
 While working after school at TRAX , a new wave record store , starts talking about her school 's senior prom to her manager , who advises to go , despite not having a date . , one of the preppy boys and 's best friend , starts talking to and eventually asks her out . 
 On the night of the date , waits for at TRAX , but he is late . comes in and asks to go out with him , but she ignores him . Feeling like she got stood up , gives a pep talk , while , still oblivious , asks what 's wrong . When arrives , is upset and starts an argument with , with trying to convince her that will only hurt her . storms off and goes on with her date . suggests going to a house party is throwing , but is treated poorly by everyone , including a drunk and . , in turn , suggests going to the local club , where they discover sitting with , who is hostile towards . After another argument with , and walk out of the club . , feeling that their night did n't go so well , tells that she wants to go home , but when offers to take her home , she refuses , admitting that she does n't want him to see where she lives . She eventually allows him to drop her off and he asks her to the prom , which she accepts and they share their first kiss . visits at her apartment the next day to talk about the date . Meanwhile , , pressured by , begins distancing himself from . 
 comes home one night and surprises with a pink dress he bought for her . Questioning how he was able to afford it , tells him that she knows he has been lying about going to a full - time job . They have a big argument until breaks down , revealing that he is still bitter and depressed about his wife having left him . At school , confronts for avoiding her and not returning her calls . When asked about prom , he claims that he had already asked somebody else but had forgotten . starts calling a liar and tells him that he is ashamed of being seen with her . runs away as a teary - eyed leaves , with criticizing . overhears and attacks him in the hallway . The two fight before teachers intervene . goes to , crying and telling her about what happened , and then asks for 's old prom dress . 
 Using the fabric from 's dress and the dress her father bought , creates a new pink prom dress . When she arrives at the prom , has second thoughts about braving the crowd on her own until she sees . They reconcile and walk into the ballroom hand in hand . As a drunk begins mocking the couple , confronts him and finally realizes that resents because she had turned down his advances . then approaches the two , shaking 's hand and then apologizing to , telling her that he always believed in her and that he will always love her , kissing her cheek before walking out . concedes that is not like the other rich kids at school and advises to go after him , joking that he 'll never take her to another prom if she does n't . then sees a girl smiling at him , signaling him to come over and dance with her . catches up with in the parking lot and they kiss passionately .

Molly Ringwald, Andrew McCarthy, Jon Cryer, Harry Dean Stanton, Annie Potts, James Spader

In 1982 , works at the Bates Motel and lives with the preserved corpse of his mother , . Local law enforcement and 's ex - boss , , are concerned because Mrs. has been missing for over a month . , a sleazy musician desperate for money , is offered the job of assistant motel manager to replace the late who was fired by . , a journalist from Los Angeles , is working on an article about serial killers being released . She believes is killing again , so when appears at the diner , attempts to talk with him . Unaware of her ulterior motives , opens up to her but is distracted when , a young , mentally unstable former nun , enters . He is startled because she resembles his former victim , . Seeing the initials " " on her suitcase , panics and leaves the diner . 
 " Mother " enters 's bathroom later that night , intending to kill her , only to find that has attempted suicide by cutting her wrists . The shock of this causes to reassert his personality while a delirious mistakes " Mother " holding a knife for the Virgin Mary holding a silver crucifix . brings to a hospital and offers that she stay as long as she needs to . After she is released , they begin a romantic relationship . Later that night , picks up a girl named at a bar , but after makes it clear that she wants more than just a fling , throws her out . tries to call a cab , but " Mother " shatters the phone booth door and stabs to death . The following day , tourists arrive at the motel , where they plan to watch a local football game . Meanwhile , searches Mrs. 's apartment . She discovers the Bates Motel 's phone number written on a magazine cover repeatedly . 
 , the only sober guest , is murdered by " Mother " . discovers 's body and buries her in the motel 's ice chest outside the office . The next morning , Sheriff and Deputy appear to investigate 's disappearance . tells about 's past , causing to stay with Father , who took care of her at the hospital . finds that his mother 's corpse is missing and finds a note stating that she is in Cabin 12 . demands a large sum of money to keep quiet or else he will turn Norman over to the police . They fight and beats with his guitar until he loses consciousness . drives 's car to the swamp with and 's bodies in it . then regains consciousness and attacks , who accidentally drives into the swamp . escapes the car while drowns . Meanwhile , talks to and about Mrs. and discovers she was working at the diner before bought it from . meets with , a resident at an assisted living facility , and is informed that Mrs. had also been institutionalized for murder . 
 convinces herself that is her true love and returns to the motel . and share a tender moment at the top of the staircase when " Mother " shouts furiously at , startling him . He loses his grip on 's hands , causing her to fall down the stairs , killing her . Enraged , promises " " that he will get her for this . enters the house and finds dead , then sees dressed as " Mother " bearing a knife , but is unable to flee . She tries reasoning with by explaining his family history : was his aunt and was in love with 's father , but he married her sister , . Mrs. kidnapped when he was a baby , after killing Mr. , believing was the child " she should have had with him " . When she was caught , was returned to while Mrs. was institutionalized . discovers Mrs. 's corpse in the bedroom . takes off his dress . " Mother " orders him to kill , but when raises the knife , he attacks " Mother " instead , dismembering Mrs. 's corpse . Sheriff takes to his squad car . informs that they may never release him from the institution again . replies : " But I 'll be free ... I'll finally be free . " In the back of the squad car , caresses a trophy he concealed : the severed hand of Mrs. . He strokes the hand and smiles craftily .

( ) is a young floor trader who loses all of his company 's and family 's savings on a risky business decision . Deflated and disenchanted with his profession , he quits his job and becomes a bicycle messenger . has to deal with his parents and his girlfriend , who are disappointed with his new job . Along with the colorful characters that work with him , he saves a troubled young woman named ( ) from a gang . 
 Although frustrated , enjoys the freedom that comes with his lower responsibility . He also uses his education and business acumen to help his co - workers . When some of them are involved in dangerous or difficult matters , must decide whether he should become involved . Those matters lead to a sinister web of murder and intrigue . 
 later makes a killing on the stock market , restoring his family 's fortune and securing his friends ' financial future .

In Northern California , an adolescent boy , ( ) , throws a doll into a river . On the opposite bank , he sees teenager ( ) smoking a cigarette ; next to him is the nude corpse of his girlfriend , ( ) . Later at a convenience store , encounters arguing with the clerk over buying beer . returns home where his brother ( ) and mother are searching for his little sister 's doll . ( ) arrives and picks up , and the two drive to the home of ( ) , a neurotic ex - biker and drug dealer , to buy marijuana . On the car ride there , recounts a party from the night before where and were arguing . At school , and smoke with their friends ( ) , ( ) , and ( Josh ) . talks about wanting to run away to Portland , which dismisses . arrives , and mentions that he killed . and think he 's joking , and leave for class . He brings and to view her body ; is disturbed , while is singularly concentrated on covering up the crime . 
 The group all plan to go see 's body that evening , which assumes is a practical joke . An older acquaintance , , agrees to drive them in his truck , and they each see 's body for themselves . Later that night , calls , but he is reluctant to talk to her . Meanwhile , goes back to the scene and pushes 's body into the river . Later , while driving with , he notices police cars near 's house . panics , but remains calm . They drive to 's house , and leaves there to hide . Meanwhile , directs police to the river , where they find 's body washed up on the shore . is subsequently interrogated by police , who threaten to charge him with being an accessory after the fact . returns home and argues with his mother and her boyfriend , and then gets into a fight with , hitting him in the face . After , and his friend steal 's father 's car to drive to 's . 
 In the middle of the night , , and drive to 's house , but 's father chases them off with a shotgun . argues with and kicks her out of his car . gets out and walks with her . They stop at a convenience store and run into and . and break into 's house in search of a gun , but find his stash of marijuana instead ; they each get stoned and pass out in his house . and go to a park to talk , where they confide their mutual apathy over 's murder . Meanwhile , and have gone to the river 's edge to drink beer . discusses a murder he committed years prior of his own girlfriend , and drunkenly begins to brag about killing , recounting his strangling her to death with relish . and have sex in the park nearby before falling asleep , while drives around town in a panic , compulsively taking pills . 
 At dawn , falls asleep on the river bank , and shoots him in the head . He returns to his home , where and accost him and steal his gun . Police find unconscious in his car , and bring him in for questioning . At school , news reporters interview and , who seem dispassionate . During history class , the teacher , Mr. , discusses morality , and asks what meant to her in front of the class ; she does n't respond . calls 's house asking where is , and tells him he 's gone to the river ; in the middle of the phone call , police break down 's door . The group of teenagers go to the river together , and finds 's body nearby . arrives at the scene with 's gun and threatens to kill for hitting him the night before , but talks him out of it . 
 Police arrive and escort the teenagers away as medical examiners remove 's body . In the hospital , admits to killing " because there was no hope for him , " and confesses to his girlfriend 's murder from years prior . Later , at 's funeral , each of the teenagers show emotion during the wake .

Crispin Glover, Keanu Reeves, Ione Skye Leitch, Daniel Roebuck, Dennis Hopper

Millionaire ( ) hates his wife ( ) . He plans on murdering her to gain control of her $ 15 million family fortune and run off with his mistress ( ) . He goes home to murder his wife , but he ca n't find her . The phone rings and he answers . An anonymous man tells him that has been kidnapped and if informs the media , the police or any of their detailed demands are not met - they will kill his wife . 
 Overjoyed , informs the media , the police and deliberately disobeys all of the kidnapper 's demands , believing this will ensure his wife 's death . However ... 
 The kidnappers are ( Judge ) and ( ) , who want revenge on for stealing 's fashion design , along with the ' life savings . is imprisoned in the ' basement , where she proves a handful to the amateur kidnappers . When does n't show up with the ransom on several occasions , even when the price is dropped , it becomes obvious that does n't want his wife back , and would rather she were dead . 
 , having learned of 's plan to kill , secretly intends to blackmail , with the help of her handsome but dim - witted boyfriend ( ) . Knowing plans to dump his wife 's body in the Hollywood Hills at night , has lie in wait with a video camera . He mistakenly films a rendezvous between a prostitute and her client performing noisy sex in the front seat of a car . , hearing the woman 's screams , thinks the murder is happening right in front of him . 
 Without watching the tape , sends an anonymous copy to , who sees the sex act and thinks has sent it to him as a tittilating birthday present . He tells he will do the same thing to her , causing her to think he plans to kill her . sends another anonymous copy to police chief ( ) — who happens to be the prostitute 's client . , thinking that he is being blackmailed , asks for the demands . tells him to arrest for murdering his wife . 
 orders a search of 's house , planning to plant evidence , but real evidence turns up — a bottle of chloroform intended to use to sedate his wife . There also are pictures of with . The kidnapping investigation , which has led to by now , is immediately called off , and is arrested . now faces the unhappy prospect of having to get his wife back in order to prove his innocence . 
 While being held captive in the 's basement , takes up exercising to relieve her boredom . half - mentions that she looks great and that it looks like has lost at least 20 pounds . Unexpectedly , bonds with , letting wear some of her dress designs to show off her new figure . loves them , and offers to go into business with . During their bonding , reveals why they originally kidnapped her , because said she was his partner when he ripped them off . laughs and says she never was and was mostly likely " passing the buck " . Much to her shock , tells her would n't pay their ransom demand . Even though it was n't a big problem , she tells that complained and they even tried lowering the price . She cries , stating " I 've been kidnapped by K - Mart ! " 
 Permitted to leave , later returns to the residence as soon as she finds out from the newspaper about 's mistress ; now realizes wanted her dead . Unbeknownst to and the , a notorious local serial killer , , had just entered their home and confronts both and since they reminded him of his much hated parents . The serial killer ends up attacking , but instead falls down the basement steps and dies . 
 , Ken , and now set a revenge plot in motion against . Desperate to prove his wife is alive , offers to pay the ransom the moment calls him again . Armed with 's inside knowledge of 's finances , they have increased the ransom to equal 's entire net worth : over $ 2 million . is outraged , but has no choice . He withdraws the cash , but begs the police to watch the drop - site . finally views the videotape in a video store , but unknowingly puts the image on every TV in the store , and the police chief is recognized by his wife . realizes now really was kidnapped . learns the time and place of the ransom drop . 
 waits with his life savings in cash in a briefcase . arrives in disguise to get the money , but then scores of hidden police suddenly appear . gives the briefcase to , but arrives with a gun , intent on robbing . He instead tries to rob ( who is holding the briefcase ) . In the ensuing confusion , is captured by the police . 
 takes the briefcase and drives toward the waterfront , with many police cars following him . He drives onto — and eventually off of — the end of Santa Monica Pier with the ransom cash inside . The police search the water and bring up the car , with the body of inside ( dressed in 's clothes and disguise ) . Only a few thousand dollars of money are recovered from the ocean . 
 Although he has lost all his money , holds out hope that will now definitely be killed . According to the kidnappers , if anything went wrong , they 'd kill her , and he 'd inherit her $ 15 million fortune . But shows up and lies to the police that her kidnapper ( the serial killer ) was schizophrenic , believing himself to have an accomplice , and so she was able to escape as soon as he left . The police walk away in satisfaction . 
 , meanwhile , is taken aback by how great looks with her weight loss . As they embrace , she beats him up in retaliation for all he 's done and did n't do during her kidnapping ( while the detectives in charge of the case remark about how much and seem to love each other , unaware of the assault right behind them ) , and pushes him into the water . On a nearby beach , emerges from the water in scuba gear , carrying the briefcase with the ransom cash . runs to embrace him . They are joined by , walking along the beach happily together .

Bette Midler, Danny DeVito, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Anita Morris, Bill Pullman

A year after his election , a youthful Pope ( ) longs to be involved in ordinary people ’s lives again , as he was when he was a priest . 
 During an audience , the Pope communicates with a deaf mute young girl whose village has no priest . Accidentally locked out of the Vatican , the Pope travels to the small impoverished and demoralized village , his identity concealed by his beard growth . He realizes that the people need to rebuild a dilapidated aqueduct but , more importantly , that they must regain their community spirit and self - sufficiency . Without expertise and , initially , only the help of some street - wise orphans , he starts construction . All this is watched skeptically by a mysterious neighbour played by and opposed by local thugs led by ( ) whose ill - gotten gains depend on the village remaining overly dependent on outsiders .

is a sleazy , down - on - his - luck con man struggling to sell glow - in - the - dark neckties in Shanghai . When he encounters the lovely , a missionary nurse who wants to obtain a supply of opium to ease the suffering of her patients , he decides to help her get hold of a stolen supply of the valuable drug . The only problem is that a lot of other people want to secure the stolen opium as well — gangsters , smugglers , thugs and a host of dangerous lowlifes .

is a young , attractive Brooklynite who juggles three suitors : the polite and well - meaning ; the self - obsessed model ; and the immature , motor - mouthed . is attracted to the best in each of them , but refuses to commit to any of them , cherishing her personal freedom instead , while each man wants her for himself . 
 Her carefree , sexually liberated lifestyle ultimately comes to an end when her three male suitors meet and compare notes on . While justifies 's callous behavior by claiming that she sees the three not as individuals but as a collective , and become bitter over how little cares for all three men . 
 Realizing that and are too scared of losing to force her to choose one of them , tells her that she must choose a single lover . scoffs at this , and visits him several days later at his apartment for casual sex . rapes , while mockingly asking her if he 's as good sexually as or . has an epiphany : realizing that her choices have turned against her , she decides to call his bluff . dumps and and tells that she is ready for a monogamous relationship . Believing that her sexual activity has prevented her from committing to a single guy , tells their relationship has to be celibate for the time being . After at first rejecting 's " no sex " decree , agrees to it . 
 and 's reunion , however , is followed by a coda which dismantles the " happy ending " of the couple coming together . In a monologue delivered to the camera , reveals that her vow of celibacy and her decision to be with exclusively was " a moment of weakness " . She says that she soon began to cheat on and their relationship collapsed . proudly proclaims that monogamy is a form of slavery and that her lifestyle is freedom in its purest form . The film closes with a view of going to bed alone .

NOVA Laboratories robotics experts and develop several prototype robots called S.A.I.N.T. ( Strategic Artificially Intelligent Nuclear Transport ) for the U.S. military to use in Cold War operations , though and would rather seek peaceful applications of the robots . During a live demonstration for the military , one unit is struck by lightning , scrambling its programming , and making it sentient . It then escapes the NOVA facility . 
 The robot ends up in Astoria , Oregon , and is found by , an animal care - giver , who mistakes it for an alien . She takes the robot to her home , where she provides it " input " in the form of visual and verbal stimuli , allowing the robot to improve its language skills , and eventually names itself " Number 5 " , being the fifth prototype produced . continues to help the curious Number 5 robot learn about the world . She eventually discovers that Number 5 was built by NOVA , and contacts them about the lost robot . The president of NOVA Laboratories , Dr. , orders and to recover it , so they can disassemble and rebuild it . While waiting for NOVA to arrive , Number 5 learns about death when he accidentally crushes a grasshopper , and concludes that if NOVA disassembles him , he will die , and escapes in 's truck . However , NOVA uses a tracking device on Number 5 to corner him and deactivate the robot for return to the facility . During transport , Number 5 is able to reactivate itself and remove the tracking device , and flees back to . 
 Because of these unusual actions , tries to convince that Number 5 may be sentient , but refuses to believe it . Instead , sends their security chief Captain and three other S.A.I.N.T. prototypes to recapture Number 5 . Number 5 is able to outwit the other robots by reprogramming them to act as The Three Stooges , and escapes . Taking a NOVA van with spare robot parts , finds Number 5 with , and Number 5 is able to convince of his sentience . They find that has called in the United States Army to capture Number 5 . , , NOVA security guards , and the military officers corner the three , and lies to them to stall . As desperately tries to persuade to surrender Number 5 , orders NOVA 's security forces to attack Number 5 . To protect and , Number 5 leads the Army away from them and appears to be destroyed in a firefight . laments the loss of the prototype and dismisses , while resigns from NOVA , and drives away with in the NOVA van . They are surprised to discover that Number 5 had hidden itself under the van , having assembled a decoy Number 5 from spare parts to confuse the others . decides to take Number 5 to his father 's secluded Montana ranch where there will be lots of " input " for the robot , and agrees to come with them , as long as she can bring her animals . As they drive off , Number 5 asserts that its name should now be " Johnny 5 " based on the song " Who 's Johnny " playing on the van 's radio .

( ) , is the pampered son of a rich family who is about to attend Harvard Law School along with his best friend ( ) . Unfortunately , his father 's neurotic psychiatrist talks his patient into having more fun for himself instead of spending money on his son . Faced with the horrifying prospect of having to pay for law school by himself , decides to apply for a scholarship , but the only suitable one is for African - Americans only . He decides to cheat by using tanning pills in a larger dose than prescribed to appear as an African - American . then sets out for Harvard , naïvely believing that blacks have no problems at all in American society . 
 However , once immersed in a black student 's life , finds that people are less lenient than he imagined and more prone to see him as a black person instead of a fellow student . He meets a young African - American student named ( ) , whom he first only flirts with ; gradually , however , he genuinely falls in love with her . As it turns out , she was the original candidate for the scholarship which he had usurped , and now she has to work hard as a waitress to support herself and her son while studying . Slowly , begins to regret his deed , and after a chaotic day — in which , his parents ( who are not aware of his double life ) and his classmate ( ) , who is also his landlord 's daughter , make surprise visits at the same time — he drops the charade and openly reveals himself to be white . 
 declares to his professor ( ) that he wishes to pay back the scholarship and do charity work to make amends for his fraud . When asked what he has learned , he says that he realizes that he could have changed back to being white at any time and so does not really know what it means to be black . 
 decides to give him another chance , and decides to work his way through college .

Four teenagers : , , , and 12 - year - old , go to space camp at Kennedy Space Center near Cape Canaveral , Florida for three weeks during the summer to learn about the NASA space program and mimic astronaut training . They meet their instructor , a NASA - trained astronaut who is frustrated that she has not yet been assigned to a shuttle mission . Her bitterness is compounded by the fact that her husband , camp director , is an astronaut who has walked on the moon . 
 befriends a robot named Jinx , which was deemed unsuitable for space work because it overheated and was overly - literal . and the robot declare themselves to be " friends forever " . Meanwhile , pursues romantically , shares his wish to open the first fast food franchise on the moon and reveals that despite appearing to be a Valley girl , she is a genius with a photographic memory . 
 and sneak away for some romance near the launch pad , but unintentionally gives them away when and discover they are missing . During a confrontation , explains that she believes has what it takes to accomplish her ambition , and explains the necessity of the harsh treatment is giving her . While vows to improve her performance , 's conversation with is less successful . 
 takes out his anger on . Upset , states " ... I wish I was in space ... " . overhears and takes what he said literally . The group are allowed to sit in the Space Shuttle Atlantis during a routine engine test . secretly enters NASA 's computer room and triggers a " thermal curtain failure " , causing one of the boosters to ignite during the test . In order to avoid a crash , Launch Control is forced to ignite the second booster and launch the shuttle . 
 The shuttle is not flight ready , has no long range radio and there is not enough oxygen on board to last to the re - entry window at Edwards Air Force Base . takes the shuttle to the partially constructed Space Station Daedalus to retrieve oxygen stored there . Realizing that while they have no voice communications with NASA they do have telemetry , begins using a switch to send a Morse code signal to NASA , but it is not noticed by ground control . 
 is slightly too big to reach the oxygen cylinders , so suits up for an EVA . During a critical moment , begins to panic until , knowing that is a fan of Star Wars , begins calling him " Luke " , and tells him to " use the Force " , which calms him enough that he can complete the mission , allowing and to retrieve the containers . 
 In the shuttle , attempts to decipher the technical schematics to work out how to feed the oxygen into the shuttle 's tanks . His lack of confidence combined with the time pressure frustrates , who tries reading the diagram herself and gives instructions that conflict with 's . follows 's correct instructions . 's self - confidence is shaken as she realizes her interference nearly caused disaster . 
 The second oxygen container malfunctions , injuring . Unaware of this , Ground Control begins the autopilot sequence to land the shuttle – closing the bay doors and stranding outside . regains consciousness and urges them to leave her and take the re - entry window , as the shuttle does not have enough oxygen to make the next window . is unable to make a decision , but finally shows himself to be the shuttle Commander and overrides the autopilot enabling to rescue . Having missed the Edwards re - entry window , the crew comes up with a plan to land at White Sands , New Mexico after briefly mentions the 1982 Space Shuttle mission that landed there . Armed with this news , uses Morse Code to signal NASA to let them land there . 
 At Ground Control , brings the signal to 's attention and they prepare for the White Sands landing . With injured , fulfils her role as pilot , but begins fretting and doubting her abilities until cajoles and teases her into landing the shuttle .

Author reads in the newspaper that his childhood friend has been stabbed to death . narrates a flashback ( later revealed to be writing ) to a childhood incident when he and three buddies undertook a journey to find the body of a missing boy near the town of Castle Rock , Oregon , over Labor Day weekend in 1959 . 
 Young is a quiet , bookish boy who likes to tell stories . His parents , grieving the recent death of 's older brother , neglect their younger son . 's friends are , who comes from a family of drunks and criminals ; , a joker who was burned and physically scarred by his mentally ill father ; and , who is overweight and timid . 
 overhears his older brother and his friend discussing , a young boy who is missing and presumed dead . , , , and decide to find 's body , hoping to become local heroes . steals his father 's M1911 pistol , and the boys set out , stopping at the town 's junkyard to drink from its water pump . The boys hang out in the junkyard for a while , while leaves to buy food for the journey . When returns , he sees his friends jumping the fence to escape , the junkman , and his dog Chopper . escapes as well . , infuriated , threatens to call the boys ' parents and calls 's father a " loony " ; an enraged attempts to attack , but the boys restrain him and they leave . 
 At nighttime , tells the other boys a story of , an overweight boy who is constantly teased and bullied . enters a pie - eating contest , but his goal was not to win , but to exact revenge . Prior to the contest , consumed a full bottle of castor oil and a raw egg . After eating several pies and briefly dominating the contest , vomits , inducing the vomiting of the contestants and crowd members , humiliating and embarrassing his tormentors . 
 After a series of misadventures and self - revelations , the boys locate the body . However , local hoodlum " and his gang , including ' older brother " , arrive to claim the body and the credit for finding it . When refuses to allow this , draws a switchblade with intent to kill him , but intervenes with the pistol had stolen . and his gang leave and vows revenge . 
 The boys agree to report the body via an anonymous phone call to the authorities and hike back to Castle Rock and bid each other farewell until they see each other in a few days , in the local junior high school . 
 The present - day writes that while he and remained friends , they drifted apart from and shortly after that day . notes how everyone 's life turned out : Vern married immediately after high school , has four children , and drives a forklift at a local lumberyard . tried enlisting in the Army but was turned down because of bad eyesight and an ear injury ; he later served time in prison and now does odd jobs around town . went to college and became a lawyer ; when attempting to break up a fight in a fast - food restaurant , he was stabbed to death . 
 After finishing the story , adult , a successful , published writer , walks outside and drives away with his son and his son 's friend to take them swimming .

Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, Kiefer Sutherland

In 2286 , an enormous cylindrical probe moves through space , sending out an indecipherable signal and disabling the power of any ships it passes . As it takes up orbit around Earth , its signal disables the global power grid and generates planetary storms , creating catastrophic , sun - blocking cloud cover . Starfleet Command sends out a planetary distress call and warns starships not to approach Earth . 
 On the planet Vulcan , the former officers of the USS Enterprise are living in exile ( after the events of Star Trek III : The Search for Spock ) . Accompanied by the Vulcan , still recovering from his resurrection , the crew — except for , who remains on Vulcan — take their captured Klingon Bird of Prey ( renamed the Bounty , after the Royal Navy ship ) and return to Earth to face trial for their actions . Hearing Starfleet 's warning , determines that the probe 's signal matches the song of extinct humpback whales , and that the object will continue to wreak havoc until its call is answered . The crew uses their ship to travel back in time via a slingshot maneuver around the Sun , planning to return with a whale to answer the alien signal . 
 Arriving in 1986 , the crew finds their ship 's power drained . Hiding their ship in San Francisco 's Golden Gate Park using its cloaking device , the crew split up to accomplish several tasks : Admiral and attempt to locate humpback whales , while , , and construct a tank to hold the whales they need for a return to the 23rd century . and are tasked to find a nuclear reactor , whose energy leakage can be collected and used to re - power the Klingon vessel . 
 and discover a pair of whales in the care of Dr. at a Sausalito aquarium , and learn they will soon be released into the wild . tells her of his mission and asks for the tracking frequency for the whales , but she refuses to cooperate . Meanwhile , , McCoy , and trade the formula of transparent aluminum for the materials needed for the whale tank . and locate a nuclear powered ship , the aircraft carrier Enterprise . They collect the power they need , but are discovered on board . is beamed back but is captured , and subsequently severely injured in an escape attempt . 
 learns the whales have been released early , and goes to for assistance . , , and rescue from a nearby hospital and return to the now recharged Bird of Prey . After transporting the whales aboard the ship , the crew returns with to their own time . On approaching Earth , the ship loses power and comes down in San Francisco Bay . Once released from near - drowning , the whales respond to the probe 's signal , causing the object to reverse its effects on Earth and return to the depths of space . For their part in saving the planet , all charges against the Enterprise crew are dropped , save one for disobeying a superior officer , leveled solely at . is demoted from Admiral to the rank of Captain and returned to the command of a starship . and part ways , as she has been assigned to a science vessel by Starfleet . The crew departs on their ship , the newly christened USS Enterprise ( NCC-1701 - A ) , and leaves on a shakedown mission .

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Catherine Hicks, Walter Koenig, Robin Curtis, Mark Lenard, Brock Peters

College history professor ( ) is about to have his fact - based historical novel about The American Revolution turned into a Hollywood motion picture being filmed in the North Carolina town where he lives . His book is being converted into a steamy tale of lust and betrayal with two movie stars , the egotistical lothario ( ) and the seemingly sweet Method actress ( ) . 
 The excitement of having show - business people in town is short - lived when becomes increasingly exasperated seeing his novel get mauled beyond all recognition by a low - brow scriptwriter ( ) and a condescending director ( ) . They want a Hollywood version of history , complete with rebellion against authority , violence , nudity and a total distortion of the truth . 
 While both stars argue for more screen time , deals with his mother ( ) and his girlfriend ( ) . He tries to be a supportive son but has to tolerate 's quirks such as a belief that TV radiation neutralizes her poisoned food and that the Devil lives in her kitchen . He has been trying to persuade to live with him , but cheats behind her back when he falls for , finding her to be so much like the character she is portraying in the film . 
 turns the tables , becoming receptive to the advances of . The married actor is a swordsman in many ways , not only flirting with and the Mayor 's wife ( ) but humiliating repeatedly in bouts of fencing . 's wife ( ) also turns up , complicating matters further . 
 turns out to not be what she seems to be , merely behaving the way she does to get into character . becomes fed up with all the Hollywood tomfoolery . When the men from a local Revolutionary War reenactor company who were supposed to participate in a scene are subject to bullying and mockery from the film 's crew , persuades them to get back at their tormentors . He ends up deliberately sabotaging his own film . 
 The locals cause explosions during a horribly inaccurate recreation of the Battle of Cowpens . throws the arrogant director 's own words back at him , that he is providing : ( 1 . ) Rebellion against authority , by 's and the reenactor 's refusal to do as ordered in battle ; ( 2 . ) Violence , by blowing up a house before the director is ready , and ( 3 . ) Nudity , when all the men celebrate their onscreen victory by prancing around naked . 
 By the time the film 's premiere is held in town , everything is pretty much back to normal for , who comes to the premiere with , who is pregnant . can only respond with a strained look when he gets asked by a Hollywood correspondent how it feels to see history come alive .

Alan Alda, Michael Caine, Michelle Pfeiffer, Bob Hoskins, Lise Hilboldt, Lois Chiles

( ) and ( ) are gangsters who 've served a 30 - year prison sentence for hijacking a Southern Pacific train called The Gold Coast Flyer , ready to collect Social Security . 
 Their parole officer , ( ) , who seems to be more of a fan of historically notable criminals than a representative of law enforcement , meets and at the gates and offers them a ride . Meanwhile , ( ) , an elderly hit man with bad eyesight who still has an outstanding contract on them , immediately tries to kill them . and manage to get away . 
 At 's office , they are informed of the conditions of their parole . , at age 72 , is committed to a retirement community ; despite his desire to work , he 's past the mandatory retirement age of 70 . , still allowed to work at age 67 , takes a job at an ice cream parlor and later a restaurant . They are told not to have further contact with each other for at least three years . 
 Both are in for a shock at how much the world has changed from 1956 to 1986 . Clothing , sexual lifestyles ( their old bar is now an openly gay - mens ' club , women are more assertive ) , the advance of technology , lack of respect from the younger generation . The two old tough guys stop a bank robbery by taking down the two young armed gunmen one of whom faints when un - armed and turn the tables on them . Then , outnumbered 3 - to - one the two old tough guys trash six young street punks trying to rob them . But , 's young restaurant manageress treats him badly , while is denied proper food by a nasty retirement home orderly and receives even worse treatment from the home 's even nastier manageress . 
 reconnects with an old flame named ( ) , and they sweetly reminisce about old times . embraces the much changed contemporary scene and at a unisex high - tec gym the young manageress , ( ) sets her sights on as the only ' real man ' there . She gets to adopt faddish clothes and meet him at a trendy disco the ' Chainsaw ' where they girate to new wave music , and then start a steamy affair which ageing ca n't sustain . Ultimately , neither nor can fit into 1980s society . 
 Tired of trying to adjust , and go back to their old ways . First they try to rob a bank with members of their old gang , but all are now either crippled , invalids or dead . Then they hijack an armored truck , only to find it empty except for a roll of quarters . When the media mock them for their blunder and mistake them for younger men in masks , decides to hijack the Gold Coast Flyer again as it makes its final southbound run . refuses , but decides to do it anyway with or without his help . 
 stops the Flyer just as it 's leaving the railyard and is soon joined by . The media and dignitaries aboard are surprised , but and gladly answer their questions and pose for pictures . To their surprise , arrives and explains why he 's after them : an old enemy of theirs paid him $ 25,000 and he has waited 30 years for them to get out of jail . ( ) , the police officer who first arrested and , soon arrives with a full SWAT team . , disguised as a SWAT officer , boards the train and starts it moving again . 
 , , and temporarily join forces . They decide to take the train to Mexico , but unfortunately the tracks end a few feet from the border . throws from the cab ; the hit man vows to get them even if it takes another 30 years . then takes back to the coaches and uncouples the train , advising to tell the police that he was kidnapped . and drive 4449 at full throttle through a fusillade of bullets from U.S. border police . They crash through , burying the engine partially in the soil of Mexico a few feet across the border . A Mexican border patrol arrives to arrest them . A tough guy till the end , kicks the lead officer in the groin .

The film is presented as a series of vignettes centered around as an unnamed , cowboy - hat - wearing stranger who visits the fictional Texas town of Virgil , where he observes the citizens as they prepare for the " Celebration of Specialness " to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of the town . The event is being sponsored by the Varicorp Corporation , a local computer manufacturing plant . 
 Among the many characters the visitor meets and interacts with , the most prominent are :

is the daughter of a famed football coach who is dying to head her own team . When her wish is finally granted , leaves her job coaching girls ' track at an affluent high school ( Prescott High School ) to take over a football team at an inner - city Chicago high school ( Central High School)--the kind of place where guard dogs are needed to patrol the campus . At first the new coach ’s idealism and optimism are suffocated with racial and gender prejudice , but eventually her overriding spirit begins to whip her unruly team into shape . At the same time , she must also struggle to win a battle for the custody of her two young daughters . The real test for comes when her Central High team faces Prescott in the city championship .

Goldie Hawn, Swoosie Kurtz, Nipsey Russell, Robyn Lively, Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes

is a young man just out of college . On the night of his high school graduation , he got drunk and stole a car . With a grand theft auto conviction he is branded a felon and as a result can not hold down a decent job . Seeing no future for himself , takes a left turn : he decides to become a criminal " for the people , " evocative of . After seeing news reports about impoverished farmers and working class people being sent to the bank to pay ownership debts , goes on a bank robbing spree with his girlfriend , ; they erase loan and mortgage records , buying time for the poor to pay their debts . 
 With the FBI after them , things take a turn for the worse when a panicky kills a local sheriff . She and make a run for the Canada – United States border , but when is shot by a police helicopter , leaves her in the care of some high school students and their teacher . He resumes his flight but is surrounded by police and federal agents at a college football field . As appears to be reaching for his gun , he is riddled with gunfire and dies . 
 wakes up where the film started , in his parents ' bathroom . He emerges from the shower and proceeds to get ready for his job interview . His entire story has apparently been a daydream .

In 1949 , is in search of obscure classics and British literature titles that she has been unable to find in New York City . She notices an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature placed by antiquarian booksellers Marks & Co , located at the titular address in London . She contacts the shop , where chief buyer and manager fulfills her requests . A long - distance friendship develops over time between the two and between and other staff members , as well , including birthday gifts , holiday packages and food parcels to compensate for post – World War II food shortages in Britain . Their correspondence includes discussions about topics as diverse as the sermons of , how to make Yorkshire pudding , the Brooklyn Dodgers and the coronation of . 
 postpones visiting her English friends until too late : dies in December 1968 and the bookshop eventually closes . She finally visits Charing Cross Road and the vacant shop in the summer of 1971 .

After her boyfriend cancels their anniversary date , invites her friend over to her Oak Park , Illinois , house to cheer her up , but is convinced by her mother to babysit the ' daughter , 8 - year - old , while they attend a party in downtown Chicago . Fifteen - year - old is supposed to go to his friend 's house to spend the night , but he changes his mind when he finds that is the sitter . After receiving a frantic phone call from , who ran away to the bus station downtown , plans to go alone to pick her up but is coerced by , , and to take them with her . On the freeway , their station wagon suffers a flat tire and they are picked up by a tow truck driver , " Handsome " , who offers to pay for the tire when realizes she left her purse at the ' . En route , gets a call from his boss with evidence that his wife is cheating on him , and he rushes to his house to confront the infidelity ; 's mother 's car is damaged when accidentally shoots out the windshield while aiming to kill his wife 's lover . and the kids hide in the adulterer 's Cadillac , which is then car - jacked by a thief named . 
 Reaching their hideout in the South Side , the kids realize they have stumbled upon a chop shop , and is chided by , the operation 's second - in - command , for bringing witnesses . They are detained in an upstairs office but escape . They enter a blues club where the band on stage wo n't let them leave until they sing the blues . , , , and recount their events that night to the audience and are allowed to leave , just as , , and their boss catch up . 
 tells about his feelings toward her but finds they are not reciprocated . After separating from a streetwalker who is a runaway , is reminded of . They are found and chased again by and but escape on the Chicago ' L ' train and wind up in the middle of a gang fight . is injured when one of the gang leaders throws a switchblade onto his foot . They take to the university hospital , where he receives a stitch . They run into , who is now on the run for his earlier attacks ; he tells the kids he replaced the windshield , but wants $ 50 for the tire . The kids come across a fraternity house party , and becomes attracted to , a gentleman who learns of ' problem and donates $ 45 . He takes them to Dawson 's Garage and drops them off . 
 When they find , his blond hair and sledge hammer lead to believe he is her hero Thor . He denies them their car because of the $ 5 shortage , but when offers him her toy Thor helmet , he changes his mind and lets them go . Meanwhile , tells about their troubles , and the three are waiting to follow them . The kids find the restaurant where was supposed to take and discover he is there with another girl . slips away to look at a toy store while yells at . stands up for his friend while kicks into a food cart , ruining the dinner . spots , and chases her to an office building where she hides ; the others note her disappearance and follow , accidentally coming across the ' party . After climbs out an open window and slides down the building , spots her and they run upstairs to help . 
 After the group pulls from outside the window , confronts them . knocks his boss out , before giving him a Playboy Magazine that had stolen , which contained important notes that the criminals wanted , then says he is getting out of crime . The kids retrieve from the bus station and rush home , narrowly avoiding the on the way . Once home , cleans up the mess left earlier , settling into place just as the enter . arrives with one of 's missing skates . He says he needs a babysitter and is disappointed when says she is retired ; he confesses the babysitter was for him . decides that retirement can wait and gladly agrees to babysit . With 's encouragement , and kiss outside as closes the blinds . 
 In a post credits scene , is shown standing on the ledge , still trying to find his way to safety .

Elisabeth Shue, Maia Brewton, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, Vincent D'Onofrio, Penelope Ann Miller

After surviving their expedition to King Solomon 's Mines , and have settled down in colonial Africa . They are engaged to be married and plans that they will travel to America for the wedding . But is restless . 
 A man chased by two strange masked men emerges from the jungle , and is recognised as one of 's friends . He is delirious and is cared for by and , but at night , his pursuers return and kill him . 
 Before he dies , he tells that his brother , supposedly lost , is alive , and that they have found the legendary ' Lost City of Gold ' . immediately starts preparing for an expedition to find his lost brother . is furious and stalks off , but then realises how important this is to . 
 and are assisted by , a fearless warrior and old friend of 's , to put together an expedition . , a spiritual guru , and five Askari warriors , accompany them . The group crosses the Sahara desert ; two Askari are lost when trips a trap that opens a pit under the road to the city . Another member of the party is lost when savage Esbowe warriors attack the group . Many spears get thrown at and his friends , but deflects most of them by with his giant axe . 
 and his friends indeed discover the city . The inhabitants , both black and white , are friendly , and meets his brother , seemingly in good health and at peace in the society . The city boasts two queens — the noble and beloved , and her power - hungry sister , . But the real leader is the evil High Priest , , feared by all . 
 raises the population against and , who musters an army to recover the city by force . realizes that they can make all the weapons they need out of gold , which is mined by the population . The final battle ends when , atop the temple , during a lightning storm , uses ' axe to channel the lightning and melt the gold ( into liquid form ) causing it to flow off the side of the structure and pour over the attacking horde , turning and his army into gold statues .

( ) , a 12 - year - old boy from Montana and the son of a military jet pilot , becomes anxious after seeing a Minuteman missile on a school field trip , which is intensified by a nightmare of a fork dropping after being told that the speed and effectivess would be done " before a dropped fork hits the floor " . protests the existence of nuclear weapons by refusing to play baseball , which results in the forfeit of a Little League game by his team . 
 " Amazing Grace " , a fictional Boston Celtics player ( played by NBA star ) , catches a blurb about the story in his newspaper and decides to emulate , saying he will no longer participate in professional basketball unless there are no more nuclear weapons . This gives it nationwide coverage , inspiring more pro athletes to join the protest against nuclear weapons . then moves to Montana to meet with and buys an old barn , which he and the other athletes renovate into their residence . 's agent , ( ) is unsure about what he hopes to accomplish but decides to support him and . 
 The film reaches a climax when the President of the United States ( ) personally meets with , admiring his resolve but at the same time explaining the practical difficulties of disarmament .

Jamie Lee Curtis, Gregory Peck, William L. Petersen, Joshua Zuehlke, Alex English

Fictional television station WIDB - TV ( channel 8) experiences problems with its late - night airing of science - fiction classic Amazon Women on the Moon , a 1950s B movie in which Queen ( ) and Captain ( ) battle exploding volcanoes and man - eating spiders on the moon . Waiting for the film to resume , an unseen viewer begins channel surfing — simulated by bursts of white noise — through late night cable , with the various segments and sketches of the film representing the programming found on different channels . The viewer intermittently returns to channel 8 , where Amazon Women continues airing before faltering once more . 
 These segments feature : 
 An alternate version of the " Pethouse Video " sketch was filmed for the television broadcast of the film , with in lingerie instead of appearing naked throughout the segment . However , most European television broadcasts of the film retained the original theatrical version . Bullshit or Not ? was retitled Baloney or Not ? for the television version . 
 The American television edit , in addition to the alternative " Pethouse Video " sketch , features an additional bridging sequence between the death of and his subsequent celebrity roast . In it , the mortician successfully cons 's widow into having the celebrity roast as part of the funeral , and her performance gets such strong positive feedback , it becomes a continuing performance series lasting for weeks . 
 The DVD release features an unreleased sketch titled " The Unknown Soldier " , starring . Some television broadcasts of the film featured the sketches " Peter Pan Theater " and " The French Ventriloquist 's Dummy " , which were not present in the theatrical version .

Arsenio Hall, Carrie Fisher, Sybil Danning, Griffin Dunne, Kelly Preston, David Alan Grier, Steve Forrest, Steve Allen, Steve Guttenberg, Rosanna Arquette, Michelle Pfeiffer

In 1955 , , a New York City private investigator , is hired by to track down , a crooner known professionally as " " , whom had helped become successful . stands to benefit from unspecified collateral on 's death and suspects that a private upstate hospital , where the war invalid was receiving psychiatric treatment for shell shock , is issuing false reports . goes to the hospital and discovers that a backdated transfer record has recently been added by a drug addicted physician named . 
 After breaks into his home , admits that 12 years ago he was bribed by a man and woman to allow to leave while maintaining the fiction that he was still a patient at the hospital . Believing that is still withholding information , locks him in his bedroom without access to his drugs to pressure the doctor info revealing more . Hours later , he finds the doctor murdered . Unnerved , tells that he no longer wants the job , but agrees to continue after offers him $ 5,000 . 
 He soon discovers that had a wealthy fiancée named . He also begun a secret love affair with a woman named . travels to New Orleans and meets with , who divulges little information , telling him that is dead . then discovers that is also dead , but is survived by her 17 - year - old daughter , , who was conceived during her mother 's love affair with . 
 When is reluctant to speak , tracks down , a blues guitarist and former bandmate of . After uses force to try to extract details of 's last - known whereabouts , refers him back to . The following morning , police detectives inform that has been murdered . returns to 's home , where he finds her murdered , her heart removed with a ceremonial knife . 
 is later attacked by enforcers of Ethan — a powerful Louisiana patriarch and 's father — who tell him to leave town . returns to his hotel and finds on his doorstep . He invites her into his room , where they have aggressive sexual intercourse , during which has visions of blood dripping from the ceiling and splashing around the room . He later confronts in a gumbo hut , where the latter reveals that he and were the ones who helped leave the hospital . He also explains that was actually a powerful magician who sold his soul to Satan in exchange for stardom , but then sought to renege on the bargain . 
 In 1943 , kidnapped a young soldier and performed a Satanic ritual on the boy , murdering him and eating his still - beating heart in order to assume his identity and hide from the Devil . was supposed to drop out and resurface as the soldier he murdered , but was unexpectedly drafted into the war , injured , then sent home with amnesia . Hoping to jar his memory , the took from the hospital and released him into Times Square , never to be seen again . has a panic attack and runs into the bathroom . He returns to find drowned in a cauldron of boiling gumbo . 
 goes to 's home , where he finds a vase containing a clue to 's true identity : a set of dog tags with 's name stamped on them . is in fact . then appears , and deduces that " " is a homophone for . confirms that he is the Devil and proclaims that he can at long last claim what is his : 's immortal soul . In a fugue state that induces , it is revealed that / Johnny has murdered , , the , and . 
 A frantic / Johnny returns to his hotel room , where the police have found raped , brutally murdered and wearing 's dog tags . When / Johnny reveals that was his daughter , a detective tells him that he will " burn " for what he has done to her , to which replies , " I know . In Hell . " . is seen standing inside an iron Otis elevator which is descending . It soon stops , with an immobile / Johnny inside . As the screen fades to black , can be heard whispering , " " and " " , announcing his dominion over both their shared souls.[3 ]

( ) is a senior member of the Secret Service . On the day before the Inauguration of the new president , has just returned from a six - month sick leave . He is given a new assignment : to protect the First Lady , ( ) . 
 Being highly qualified and a seasoned veteran of the service , is dismayed that he is not on the Presidential detail . To make matters worse , proves to be an extremely difficult charge . She is arrogant , condescending , demanding , and she detests the presence of . 
 With the First Lady doing what she wants and ignoring all of 's suggestions , it becomes apparent that someone wants dead — especially when a biker tries to shoot her . 
 A wild cross - country adventure ensues as attempts to protect and flush out the assassin and his contractor — and the assassination attempts may have originated from the White House . It turns out that , because of a war injury , the President is impotent and that his wife is about to file in a divorce at the end of his first term . Believing , that the divorce will eliminate the chances of another term , the president 's right - sided supporters staged the assassination attempts , to keep the President 's impotence a secret and gain him the peoples support in his grief . 
 is able to unravel the conspiracy .

( ) is a driven Manhattan career woman ( nicknamed the " Tiger Lady " ) typical of the 1980s whose fast - paced life leaves her with no time for romance or relaxation ( or as the narrator in the beginning puts it she works " 5 to 9 " ) , though she derives pleasure from her frantic schedule and demanding job . She works as a management consultant and lives with an investment banker , ( ) , whose job and life are likewise hectic . Her life is thrown into turmoil when she inherits a toddler , ( twins and ] ) , from a deceased cousin whom she had not seen in over 30 years . 
 tries to give up for adoption but finds that she has grown too attached to the child , forcing a reevaluation of her priorities . When learns of this , he is not thrilled . explains to that a lot of working people raise kids and she believes she can , too . is aware of that but tells that he just ca n't raise the baby with her as raising children just does n't fit into his hectic life . packs his belongings and moves out . is left to raise the child on her own , though she hires a nanny to watch while she 's at work . 
 Her boss , ( ) tells her that ( Pat ) , the head of " The Food Chain , " a major organization that owns and operates many brands of foods , is looking for someone to manage The Food Chain account . tells J.C. that landing this account could make her a partner . manages to land the account with her tough business attitude and is put in charge of it . also decides that ( ) , J.C. 's young apprentice whom she also recruited 2 years ago , is ready for the big time and will be on her team with the Food Chain account . 
 Caring for the child soon occupies much of her time and her career begins to suffer , especially when she starts bringing to classes that are intended to help boost babies ' intelligence . As a result , starts taking up the slack on the Food Chain account without 's consent , though it pleases and . This starts to get on 's nerves , especially when starts making decisions without her . tells that she wants off the Food Chain account but instead to her surprise , tells her that he 's decided that for the good of the account and the company , he 's going to take her off the Food Chain account and have take over as the one in charge of it . is offended as she got them the account in the first place . , knowing how unstable has become , tells her that he ca n't afford to take risks with the Food Chain account . He tells that he wants her to do low profile accounts from now on as he feels they would be better suited for her now that she is raising a child . has too much pride to take such a big step down and quits her job instead . 
 She moves into a house in the country in Vermont . Purchasing the home without first having seen it in person or having it inspected she finds it is riddled with problems ( failing plumbing and heating , lack of water , bad roof ) . Suffering a nervous breakdown and on the brink of financial collapse , she sees an opportunity to sell baby food applesauce she had concocted for from fresh ingredients . Amid the clamor for her new products she develops a relationship with local veterinarian ( ) . At first annoyed by him , she is opposed to 's overtures and is focused now on returning to New York as fast as possible . Finding a buyer for the house proves almost impossible as it was for sale for 5 years and she was the only interested buyer . 
 After a rough start she succeeds in selling " Country Baby " , her gourmet baby food , and soon business is booming . Orders for it start pouring in from all over America . and start to grow closer , even grows fond of him . Finally , her old boss and his client , take notice . The Food Chain offers to buy her company for millions , take her product nationwide , and give her back her career and high - prestige life . On the brink of accepting , she decides that she can grow her enterprise on her own without having to sacrifice her personal life . She returns to Vermont , to her new lover and adopted daughter .

Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis, Sam Wanamaker, James Spader

and are a husband and wife living in Ohio — far from the surf and sand of their earlier lives together . is a stressed out car salesman and former " Big Kahuna " of the surf scene in California while bottles her own sense of angst up in a bevy of shopping . Together they are raising a son , , who is in the throes of rebellion against his seemingly square folks . 
 One day , the family decides to take a vacation to Hawaii . Deciding to stop in California to visit their daughter ( ) , and are appalled to learn that she has been making time with surfer ( ) throughout her time there . The family misses their flight to Hawaii , and ultimately end up staying in California , much to the chagrin of . and get caught up with the lives of their old friends and their old beach , and thus their last beach adventure begins . 
 Along the way , must work together with a new generation of younger surfers while nearly ruining his marriage by dallying with — one of several pop - culture icons appearing in the film , including , , , , , , , , , , , and . In the end The Big Kahuna overcomes his own fears and proves that he is still the king of the surfers , as he takes back his title and saves the beach from a gang of beach punks .

Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Bob Denver, Connie Stevens, Don Adams, Paul Reubens

( ) is a destitute alcoholic who lives in a rundown apartment and works menial jobs when he can find them . An intelligent man and keenly aware of his circumstance , he finds solace in expressing his feelings and perceptions of the world through writing poetry and short stories which he submits to magazines and papers for a few extra dollars . 
 At night , he frequents a local establishment where he drinks , hangs out with other down and out alcoholics , and eventually gets into altercations with other patrons along with the tough guy bartender he hates , named ( ) . One night , comes into the bar very drunk ; he begins to drink uncontrollably out of other customers ' glasses and promptly throws him out into the street telling him to never come back . Humiliated , the next day wakes up determined to focus on beating . 
 During routine evening stops at the local bar , constantly challenges , in a quest to prove to himself and others that he could beat the sober and tough talking bartender , who represents everything despises , including shallowness and self - promotion . His regular fights with in the back alley behind the bar attract other bar goers who cheer for their favorite and place wagers on the fight . The bar owner , who has a soft spot for and has faith in him , puts a wager on him to beat . This time wins the fight , the Bar owner wins his bet which he then gives to so that he can buy a couple drinks for the night . He then tells that although he likes him , he is no longer welcome at the bar because of his disruptive activities , the fights with , and the harassment of the other bar - goers . 
 then staggers on to another establishment down the street , where he continues his imbibement . There , he meets ( ) , a fellow alcoholic and a kept woman , who , lonely in her own right , invites to drink with her , with booze she buys on her lover 's account at the liquor store . She invites to her shabby apartment to drink whiskey , and he quickly takes up residence with her . They share a bed and drink to excess , on the tab of 's older lover . The next day they set out to get jobs to finance the booze soaked life together . then takes back to his usual establishment to show the owner and everyone there that he has changed , is settling down , and only there for celebratory drinks before he departs for a job interview . 
 However , things become very acrimonious between and when discovers that not only knows , but has slept with him previously . Nevertheless , stays with and continues to drink his nights away with her by his side , writing his poems and stories during the day , and submitting his work to magazines and book publishers . 
 In the meantime , is tracked down by a wealthy female book publisher , , who has been impressed with his writing and is interested in publishing some of his work . She finds him through a private investigator she has hired , who breaks into 's apartment one afternoon and takes pictures of some of 's writing to verify to the promise of 's work . Knowing is destitute , pays him an " advance " of five hundred dollars and takes him back to her home where , after pouring some drinks for the two of them , the two sleep together . 
 At first , is impressed with the promise of wealth and security , including an endless supply of booze that working for could provide . However , he begins to realize that he is uncomfortable being involved with , romantically or professionally , because of class differences , telling her that she is " trapped in a cage with golden bars " . determines he must leave , that returning to his life of destitution and alcoholism is the only truth he knows . 
 After leaving 's house , returns to his usual bar and to . heads out to see if she can change his mind , and finds him at the bar where a drunken , jealous proceeds to beat her up . When does n't intercede , realizes that does not care about her and does n't want her help . So she leaves the bar and gives up on publishing his work , realizing that her pursuit of him was futile . 
 The film ends with buying drinks for all of his " friends " at the bar . suspects has no money and is itching for a fight , so he tells that he owes him forty dollars for the drinks . To 's surprise , pays with some of the advance he received from and sarcastically leaves a tip for , saying , " Buy a drink on me . " calls out and they go out behind the bar for another fight . As and the other barflies follow out the door , the camera pans out to the front of the bar to the sound of punches and the crowd cheering the two men on .

has become lost in a remote area of Oregon after a boating accident . He finds himself struggling to survive in the wilderness , avoiding close encounters with a timber wolf , a brown bear , and a territorial female cougar with her cub . made friends with other animals including an owl , a fawn , two ferrets , a fox and a raccoon . 
 Shortly after washing ashore , sees a cougar gunned down by a hunter . attempts to comfort the dying animal , but is chased away by the hunter , who then retrieves the dead cat and marches off with her draped over his shoulders . subsequently encounters four orphaned cougar cubs , belonging to the killed cougar , and he attempts to shield them from predation . He finds another mother cougar and spends most of the film trying to introduce the orphans to the mother so she will adopt them . Meanwhile , 's master , is searching for him by helicopter and deliberately hides so as not to be prevented from saving the cubs . 
 A black timber wolf relentlessly pursues the cubs . One of the cubs is carried off by an eagle . In the final encounter and chase with the timber wolf , tricks the timber wolf by hiding in the bushes that shields the cliff behind it and sends the timber wolf falling off the cliff to his death . 
 ultimately succeeds in having the mother cougar adopt the cubs and in the final scene heads in the direction of the search helicopter to be rescued . 
 Apart from a news report at the beginning of the movie setting up the plot and three encounters with the hunter , the action is entirely animal activity in the wilderness .

The movie opens in 1972 as a group of gunmen wearing Halloween masks steal evidence from a police evidence storage unit , killing several officers in the process . Officer ( ) is seriously wounded after stabbing one of the robbers . He survives and publishes a book titled Inside Job based on his experience . Years later , , who by now has become an acclaimed author and a much decorated detective , is working on his next novel . He now suffers from writer 's block , and is a widowed father raising his daughter , ( ) . 
 On a case at the docks , a suspect runs as gives chase . A man named ( ) joins the chase . The suspect hides in an overhead crane and attempts to shoot , but kills the man , then mysteriously disappears . 
 arranges a meeting with , and tries to convince him to write a book about his history as a paid assassin for a corporate empire , Kappa International . intimidates Kappa 's founder , ( ) about 's next book , and promises to show evidence to back up his claims . They proceed to take trips to New York and Texas where tries to convince of his history of hits . While they are in Texas , it is revealed that was the injured masked gunman that had stabbed years earlier . , through his legal representatives , tries to bribe but fails . 
 When an enforcer tries to steal a manuscript of 's novel and attempt to kill , intervenes by killing him . When attempts to keep safe by sending her to 's agent , ( ) . , however , manages to kidnap . decides to have a meeting with at the latter 's oceanfront estate . storms into the house , and guns down all of 's bodyguards . then sacrifices his own life to save from . arrests , before comforting a dying . reminds about the book and says " Remember I 'm the hero " . At the end of the film , it is revealed that has published the book titled Retribution : The Fall of David Madlock and Kappa International and it has had 28 weeks on the best seller list .

Beverly Hills Police Captain , Detective , and Sergeant are trying to figure out who is behind the " Alphabet Crimes , " a series of mostly high end store robberies distinguished by their monogrammed envelopes with an alphabetical sequence the assailants leave behind . Complicating matters is the new " political " state of the Beverly Hills Police Department , headed by incompetent and verbally abusive new police chief , who is doing everything he can to stay on Mayor Ted 's good side . Unimpressed when calls the FBI to help solve the case , holds responsible as commanding officer and suspends him , despite 's efforts to convince the chief that was only following a hunch . also punishes and by placing them on traffic duty . On the way home , is shot and injured by , the chief enforcer of , who is secretly the mastermind behind the Alphabet Crimes . After hearing about the shooting by a news report , abandons his current undercover duties and immediately flies out to Beverly Hills to help find out who shot . and agree to assist because of 's attempts to find an excuse to get them fired . 
 Posing as an undercover FBI agent to get past with the aid of Detective , soon starts making the connection between the robberies and . He first finds out that the ammunition fired at one of the robberies was designed by , the manager of a gun club owned by . has 's daughter use her connections as an insurance agent to find out about 's financial dealings . is robbing his own businesses on purpose in order to finance firearms transactions with an arms dealer named and is discreetly using as the front man for his operations . was shot because his investigation was on the correct track into the case . 
 Having foiled a robbery attempt at a bank depot , is able to trick 's accountant into using his computer and discovers that and are planning to leave the country . also learns from that all of 's businesses have had their insurance coverage canceled and are about to go bankrupt except his race track , which he is convinced might be the next target . On the way to the race track , solves the latest riddle sent to the police , and is convinced that this riddle was made easily solvable in order to implicate as the Alphabet Bandit . However , knows is a patsy designed to throw the authorities off 's trail . 
 The trio arrive too late to prevent the robbery and find , shot by , among those killed . While announces publicly that the Alphabet Crimes have been solved , notices some red mud at the stables , which leads him , and to 's oil field , where is making his final arms deal with Thomopolis . The three get into a shootout with everyone involved in the deal . confronts in the warehouse , but gets distracted by one of 's henchmen on the roof above him and gets away . then crashes through the wall in his car and shoots through the windshield , sending his car down a hill and erupting in flames , after running over . appears and is about to kill , but is shot dead by . 
 Just as the last criminals are about to flee , the police arrive on the scene and arrest the remainder of 's goons and . and Mayor come as well . tries to fire and for their insubordination , and also tries to arrest . However , both and stand up to an infuriated and prove that was the real Alphabet Bandit and the rest of the alphabet crimes were about the arms deal . They are also able to convince Mayor of 's incompetence , and the Mayor fires for his abusive attitude towards his own men . 
 Mayor chooses to replace as the new Police Chief . returns to Detroit , but not before he gets chewed out by Inspector over the phone , after called to congratulate him on allowing to assist them on this case .

Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Brigitte Nielsen, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, John Ashton

( ) is told by his mother to pick up his cousin ( ) at a factory before she leaves for Fresno . arrives shortly before immigration officials raid the factory looking for illegal immigrants . Because he is carrying no identification , and his mother and sister are not available to verify he is a US citizen , is deported with the undocumented immigrants to Mexico . 
 Ironically , can not speak more than very simple Spanglish , though he is fluent in German from having served in Germany in the United States Army . 
 In Tijuana , becomes friends with a guy named ( ) and a waitress named ( ) . Unable to contact his mother , makes repeated attempts to cross the border , all ending in failure . 
 offers to get him back home for a price . Having left home without his wallet , works for as doorman at a strip club , earning extra money selling oranges and teaching five would be illegal immigrants , two Central Americans and three Asians , to walk and talk like East Los Angeles natives . They become called the " Waas Sappening Boys " or " What 's Happening Boys " . 
 falls in love with and finally raises the money needed to be smuggled across the border . He goes on a date with and the next day , bids farewell to , receives a last kiss goodbye from and climbs into the coyote 's truck . He sees a woman pleading to also be taken as her husband is already in the truck and their family is in the United States , but she lacks the money to pay for her to be smuggled . gives the woman his place . 
 stands for the last time on the hill of the Mexico – United States border while two immigration officers sit in their truck watching in laughter . The song " America " by is heard as raises his arms and hundreds of people appear and race forward to reach the American Dream . The immigration officers hide in their truck . , , and their " Waas Up " friends walk with their heads up high into the United States . 
 The television version contains an extended ending : 
 and are kidnapped by coyotes and held for ransom , coincidentally , across the street from 's home . He calls his cousin from across the street to bring him his wallet , which he does to pay off the kidnappers . Then la migra storms in , headed by the man in the sunglasses and cowboy hat who had deported in the beginning . 
 shows his identification this time to the immigration officer , who says he 's going to send back to El Salvador . and make a dash and escape during the East Los Angeles Cinco de Mayo parade . Not knowing where to turn , and hop onto the float with a priest ; asks if he can marry them . and both look at each other in happiness as they are we d. 
 The immigration officer arrives to place under arrest . then explains that they 've just been married , making a legal resident . The crowd , witnessing everything , cheers .

The film revolves around three characters who work in television news . ( ) is a talented , neurotic producer whose life revolves around her work . 's best friend and frequent collaborator , ( ) , is a gifted writer and reporter ambitious for on - camera exposure who is secretly in love with . ( ) , a local news anchorman who until recently was a sports anchorman , is likeable and telegenic , but lacks news experience and knows that he was only hired for his good looks and charm . He is attracted to , although he is also intimidated by her skills and intensity . 
 All three work out of the Washington , D.C. , office of a national television network . is drawn to , but resents his lack of qualifications for his new position as news anchor . also is appalled by 's lack of experience and knowledge , but accepts his advice when finally getting an opportunity to anchor a newscast himself . Unfortunately , he lacks 's poise and composure in that seat , and his debut as an anchor is a failure . 
 acknowledges to that he is in love with her while trying to dissuade her from pursuing a romantic relationship with . As a massive layoff hits the network , resulting in many colleagues losing their jobs , tenders his resignation , and tells her he plans to take a job in Portland , Oregon . However , before he leaves , he briefly tells of an interview had conducted with a victim of date rape in which appeared to be crying out of sympathy ; quickly gives evidence that this was not authentic , then leaves . later discovers , upon looking through the footage , that 's tears were indeed staged . 
 As is at the airport waiting for for a romantic getaway , she angrily confronts him , saying that his actions were a breach of journalistic ethics and that she can not in good conscience become personally involved with him . She no longer has either man in her personal or professional life , at least until the three of them reunite several years later .

William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Joan Cusack, Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Jack Nicholson

, a former San Francisco burglar , resumes her life of crime when a corrupt police officer named blackmails her . 
 A dentist , Dr. , hires to break into her ex - husband 's home and steal back her jewelry . Things take a turn for the worse when is murdered while is robbing his home , and thanks to and her lawyer , is the only suspect . 
 To clear her name and her friend hop from bar to bar looking for someone who knew . They find out that had quite a few girlfriends ... and boyfriends . has three new suspects after an old flame of 's tells her about an artist , a bartender , and a mysterious man known only by his nickname : " Heeeeeeere 's Johnny ! " 
 investigates the artist and the bartender only to have them show up dead . With no clues or witnesses , waits for Dr. in her home to confront her . Demanding she tell her everything she knew about , she concludes that herself had sex with her ex the night he was murdered . 
 During the conversation the TV flashes to an episode of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson . realizes knew the doctor 's ex . calls to meet her in the park with the bag of jewelry was commissioned to steal in the first place . has also deduced that was in love with himself . A scuffle ensues and , along with her friend and , capture .

is a typical high school nerd living in suburban Tucson , Arizona . He has spent all summer mowing lawns to save up for a telescope . At an opportune moment , he makes a deal with next - door neighbor and popular cheerleader . had borrowed an expensive suede outfit belonging to her mother , without her permission , to wear to an end - of - the - summer / back - to - school party , and needs to replace it quickly after accidentally spilled red wine on it at the party . Having few options , save for telling her mother the truth , reluctantly agrees to 's proposal : he will give her $ 1000 to purchase a new suede outfit , and she will help him look " cool " by pretending to be his girlfriend for a month , even though she already has a boyfriend named who is away at his freshman year at the University of Iowa . feels that he can be a part of the popular crowd if they think Cindy is dating him . Both agree never to reveal their financial arrangement . 
 then trades his nerdy , yet loyal , friends for the popular , but shallow , students , and undergoes a complete clothing and hair makeover under 's direction . Over the course of the month , they discover each other 's individuality and a bond develops organically between the two . soon starts to genuinely like and appreciates his company . As he washes her car at her house , she opens up to him , fetching a poem that she had written that means the world to her and letting read it . She gets to know him better as he reveals his interests in astronomy and space travel . They gaze at the moon and he tells her how , when they are their parents age , " people will be working there and living there ... maybe even us . " On the last date which has " paid " for , hints that she would like to kiss , signifying that she has real feelings for him , but he misunderstands and assumes she wants to talk about ending their arrangement . They dramatically " break up " in front of a crowd at school , but takes things too far and says some hurtful things about in front of their friends . She becomes cool and distant , but warns him that popularity is hard work and he needs to make sure that he " stays [ him]self " . The next day , appears disgusted with when she sees him behaving arrogantly at school , and becomes jealous when she sees him flirting with her best friends and , whom he later takes out on dates . 
 continues playing " cool " by hanging out with the jocks and hot chicks . He takes to a dance at school , where he performs a dance he learned from an African cultural show on public television ( he mistakenly thought he was watching American Bandstand ) . At first , the other kids are mystified , but they soon join in , and 's new " trendy " dancing further increases his popularity at school . On Halloween night , he and some other boys drive to the house of , 's best friend , where the jocks test his loyalty by coercing him to hurl dog feces at 's house . is lying in wait and catches , but lets him go before his dad can call the police . ignores the next day at school . 
 At a New Year 's Eve party at Big 's house , gets drunk and has sex with his date , in the bathroom . has a reputation for nailing a lot of popular guys . walks by and hears reciting to the very poem that she had written and allowed him to read . Devastated , she starts drinking heavily . Later , as a surprise , 's boyfriend , , shows up at the party , as he still has strong ties to the athletes at the school . After he learns about her relationship with , through and , he breaks - up with in front of her friends . She tries to explain the situation to Bobby , that paid her to go out with him , but he still walks out on her and the party . In anger and frustration , she tells the party - goers the truth about her relationship with and his " cool " pretenses . She scolds her friends for falling for his act and for being " a bunch of followers " . " Our little plan worked , did n't it ? " says as she crushes his popularity , sending back to the bottom rung of the high school social ladder . Rejected and dejected , leaves the party alone to spend the night in his garage , crying himself to sleep . When school resumes after the holiday break , he immediately finds himself ostracized as a social pariah . The " jocks " once again tease and throw food at him , and he soon finds that the nerdy crowd has abandoned him also . His distress only deepens when his attempts to reconcile with both and are rebuffed . 
 A moment for to redeem himself comes when he defends against a potentially violent encounter with . , while helping with her math homework , is approached by , who orders him back to his side of the cafeteria , or take a serious beating . intervenes , threatening to break 's pitching arm if he does not leave , who had only been tutoring out of sincere kindness and with no ulterior motive . points out that the three were all friends at one time : when they were nine , had fallen out of their tree house and broken his arm . and carried him twelve blocks to the hospital , with crying all the way . confesses he was desperate to run with the popular crowd , but had messed up by trying to buy his way in . , however , was just trying to make friends by being himself . goes on to say that the cool / nerd dynamic is " all bullshit , it 's tough enough just being yourself " , and walks away . apologizes to and the two shake hands as the whole school applauds . finally redeems himself with everyone . 
 Following the incident , recognizes 's worth , and the two reconcile when she decides to hop on the back of his riding lawn mower instead of hanging out with her popular friends . He asks her to prom and the two kiss as the title song plays . Closing credits roll while the two of them ride off into the sunset on the lawn mower .

In the year 2017 , the United States has fragmented into post - apocalyptic wastelands and limited civilized areas . One of the effects of the economic crisis is a decline in manufacturing , and heavy emphasis on recycling aging 20th - century mechanical equipment . Society has become increasingly bureaucratic and hypersexualized , with the declining number of human sexual encounters requiring contracts drawn up by lawyers prior to sexual activity . At the same time , robotic technology has made tremendous developments , and female androids ( more properly , gynoids ) are used as substitutes for wives . 
 Business executive ( ) owns a " Cherry 2000 " gynoid as his wife . After she short - circuits during sex , is told by a repairman that she is damaged beyond repair . A gynoid dealer tells that the " Cherry 2000 " model has since gone out of manufacture , and that the only remaining ones are in a defunct factory in " Zone 7 " , a particularly dangerous , lawless area . With Cherry 's memory disk , hires ( ) , a tough tracker , to guide him to the factory . 
 As they enter Zone 7 , they encounter , a wasteland overlord with deranged subordinates . and enter an underground reservoir occupied by Six - Fingered , an elderly tracker who was 's mentor . When 's men attack , the three attempt to escape , but is knocked unconscious and taken to a 1950s - styled motel / village run by . He is greeted by his ex - girlfriend , , who now calls herself and works for . tells that he was the only one spared by 's men . decides to induct into the group , and goes along . When he witnesses the group sadistically murdering a tracker , he decides to escape . As he escapes 's group , runs into and . stays behind to create some distractions , and gives 's memory disk to , though he had earlier led to believe the chip had been lost . 
 , realizing is a veteran of earlier wars , begins to see him in a new light and have feelings for him . realizes he is attracted to , but feels guilty when he is reminded of Cherry . After fighting off 's goons , they continue on to the factory . goes to a brothel / gas station owned by , a friend of , to borrow his light plane . betrays them to . is killed , but and escape in the plane . 
 suggests that they turn around , but is determined to find a Cherry 2000 model so 's death will not be meaningless . As they land , Zone 7 is revealed to be actually the ruins of Las Vegas , now a ghost town . The gynoid " factory " is actually a casino called " Pharaoh 's Casino " . finds a functional Cherry 2000 , and activates her with the memory disk . 
 When 's gang finds them , and manage to evade and kill many of his henchmen . Escaping to the plane , the three find that their combined weight prevents takeoff . jumps out , despite rejecting the idea . turns the plane around to help the now - trapped . sends to get him a Pepsi , then has get aboard . is killed trying to stop them from escaping . and then kiss as they fly away . tells he intends to pay her for “ services rendered ” , tells him “ Baby , you ’ve already paid me ” .

A delivery truck pulls up to a newsstand in a small town , Dexter , Maine where a young boy named ( named after and confused with the boy from Creepshow ) arrives eagerly waiting for it . The truck 's back shutter opens to reveal a sinister figure who drops off a package onto the sidewalk   — the latest issue of Creepshow , much to 's delight . As the film momentarily turns into an animation , the package opens of its own accord , ( revealing the cover of the comic is the same as the cover in the final scene of the previous film ) . As begins to read , the delivery man reveals his true identity as the Creep . 
 An elderly couple named and ( and ) in a small , fictional , southwestern town called Dead River , oversee a general goods store whose decor includes a cigar store Indian named " Old Chief Wood'nhead " ( ) on the front porch . They are humbled to see their old , run - down town coming to a bitter end . The are then visited by a Native American elder named from a local tribe who gives them turquoise jewellery , which are his tribe 's sacred treasures , as collateral for the debt the tribe has incurred . 
 The elder bids them and Old Chief ( who nods to him , briefly startling him ) farewell and returns to his tribe . Later that night , the are subject to a vicious robbery led by 's estranged ne'er - do - well nephew , ( ) armed with a shotgun , and his two friends , and . After ransacking the store , demands that hand over the turquoise . The refuse and are fatally shot by . The three thugs then leave in their car and begin preparations to run away to Hollywood , California , where the vain expects to become a movie star , in part due to his long , dark hair . Old Chief Wood'nhead then comes to life after they leave , and goes out on a vicious warpath to kill them and avenge the murdered . 
 After brutally killing and , Old Chief Wood'nhead corners in his home , with being unable to fight back as the shells from his shotgun have no effect on his wooden assailant . attempts to lock himself in his bathroom and escape through a window , but Old Chief Wood'nhead breaks through the wall , grabs by his long hair , pulls him through the wall , and scalps him . 
 When wakes up in the morning , he finds the bag containing the turquoise jewelry by his side . He visits the 's general store to find Old Chief on his pedestal , holding his nephew 's bloody scalp , a blood - stained knife , and fresh war paint adorning the chief 's face . Now aware of what has happened to the and what Chief has done to the killers , wishes the old warrior a peaceful afterlife and drives away . 
 After reading Old Chief Wood'nhead , is seen at the town post office , receiving a package from when he sent a product ad from his copy of the Creepshow magazine . Incensed by the skeptical clerk 's dismissal of paying $ 9.99 for a toy from the " funny papers , " reveals that the package actually contains the bulb for a carnivorous Venus flytrap . The clerk doubts the actuality of the package and sets off for home and the Creep presents another tale . 
 Four college students , , , and , go swimming in a desolate lake far from civilization . After they make their way to a wooden raft , they are terrorized by a floating black blob resembling an oil slick that grabs a hold of and consumes her . 
 Panicked , plans to swim to shore so he can bring back help . Before he can , the blob seeps through the raft 's cracks and pulls through the raft , killing him . and evade the creature until it gives up trying to grab them from under the raft . and are afraid to fall asleep in fear that the creature will attack . 
 They manage to sleep and is the first to wake up , relieved to find that he and made it through the night . He begins caressing 's sleeping body and fondling her breasts . She awakes screaming in agony as the creature is revealed to have seeped through the cracks and has covered the right half of her face , much to 's horror . As the oil - like blob pulls her off the raft and begins consuming her , jumps off to swim to shore . He ultimately makes it , barely escaping the creature , and yells " I beat you ! " However , the creature rears up from the water like a wave and engulfs . It returns to the lake , leaving no evidence of the four students ever having visited the lake , other than their still - running car . Unknown to the students , there was a " no swimming " sign barely visible behind some thick vegetation . 
 On his way back home from the post office and reading The Raft , is ambushed by a gang of neighborhood bullies , who harass him and take his package from him . The gang 's leader then smashes and opens the package , finding the Venus Flytrap bulb , and throws it on the ground , crushing it with his foot . In retaliation , kicks in the groin and flees , with and his gang in hot pursuit . The Creep then appears and presents another tale . 
 An adulterous businesswoman named ( ) gets up from bed after sleeping with a gigolo , realizing that she has to get home before her wealthy attorney husband to avoid suspicion . hops into her car and heads for home several miles away . As she speeds down a dark road , she accidentally kills a hitchhiker ( ) . Seeing that no one witnessed the incident , she takes off . Shortly after she leaves , the area of the incident is crowded with passersby , who report the hit - and - run to the police . 
 Miles away from the scene , thinks about what she has done and the consequences involved . She ultimately concludes that no one has anything on her and thinks that everything will be fine . Before she can continue , however , the hitchhiker she killed suddenly appears outside her window and utters " Thanks for the ride , lady , " a line he repeats throughout the story . speeds off in terror , but everywhere she goes , the hitchhiker always reappears . She repeatedly runs him over , hurls him off the top of her car , slams his body into trees , etc . and he only gets more and more battered and bloody without dying . At one point , he pulls up his sign , reading " You killed me " . eventually loses control of her car and drives off the road , down a hill and into a tree , knocking herself out . 
 awakens a while later , not seeing the hitchhiker anywhere and believes it to be a nightmare . She gets back on the road and drives home , succeeding in getting there before her husband . As she begins to step out of her car , the hitchhiker , gruesomely mangled from the trip , appears from under her car and attacks her . While vainly attempts to fight him off , the garage door swings shut and the interior begins to fill with smoke . Later , 's husband - the same man who reported the hit and run - finally arrives home to find in her car , dead from carbon monoxide poisoning caused from her still - running car , with the hitchhiker 's sign saying " DOVER " around her neck . 
 As the Creep is about to drive away , he spots still being chased by the bullies . leads his pursuers into a vacant lot swarming with out - of - control plant growth . As he rides into what seems to be a dead end , the bullies move in to pummel him , only to learn that the bulb they smashed was not the first one had ordered , as a quintet of Giant Flytraps emerge from the surrounding weeds and devour the thugs one by one . The spectacle is witnessed by the , who cackles in glee as he drives off in his delivery truck to deliver the latest issue of Creepshow to another town . In a post - credits scene , the following text appears : 
 " Juvenile delinquency is the product of pent up frustrations , stored - up resentments and bottled - up fears . It is not the product of cartoons and captions . But the comics are a handy , obvious , uncomplicated scapegoat . If the adults who crusade against them would only get as steamed up over such basic causes of delinquency as parental ignorance , indifference , and cruelty , they might discover that comic books are no more a menace than Treasure Island or Jack the Giant Killer " . 
 Colliers magazine , 1949[3 ]

( ) , the teenage daughter of ( ) , current girlfriend , goes with boyfriend ( ) to an arcade to meet up with a man named ( ) and another buddy , ( ) . offers her crack cocaine , and dies from an overdose . Having seen smoke a joint with while in his car the previous night , suspects was involved with 's death , so he follows him to the arcade . confronts and threatens to go to the police . murders to prevent this . promptly shoots , who falls onto the roof of the bumper - car ride and is fatally electrocuted . 
 At home , receives a call from secretive tabloid publisher ( ) . says that because his daughter became addicted to drugs and eventually died of an overdose , he wants to hire Paul to wipe out the drug trade in LA . There are two major gangs competing for the local drug supply : one led by ( ) , the other by brothers ( ) and ( ) . accepts and supplies him with weapons and information . LA detectives ( ) and ( ) investigate the arcade deaths . 
 infiltrates 's manor . After bugging a phone , he witnesses murder a colleague who has stolen a big deal of cocaine from the cartel 's South American connection . discovers and captures and orders him to help carry out the dead body . A hired hitman , , helps hide the corpse in the trunk of a car . kills with the car 's trunk cover in self - defense . 
 proceeds to kill three of favored hitmen at a restaurant with a bomb concealed in a wine bottle . He kills drug dealer ( ) , leader of ' street dealers , disguised as a sex video trader . He confronts the Romeros 's top hitman ( ) in order to find out more about their cartel , but a fight ensues and falls off his apartment to his death . A few days later , instructs to go to San Pedro , Los Angeles , where a local fisherman wharf acts as a front for 's drug operations . Breaking in , kills eight more criminals and blows up the drug processing room with a bomb . Detective reveals himself to be a corrupt cop working for , and demands that tell him who he works for . refuses and kills him . He lures and the brothers into a trap , leading to a shootout in an oil field in which both cartels are completely destroyed . personally kills with a suppressed and scoped high - powered rifle . congratulates , but sets him up with a car bomb . Enraged , returns to the White Manor only to find a stranger who claims to be the real ; the impersonator who hired was actually a third drug lord who used him to dispose of the rival cartels . is approached by two cops , who arrest him , but he recognizes them as fakes , causes their car to flip over , and escapes . 
 To get rid of , the impersonator kidnaps and uses as a bait . Detective waits inside 's apartment to kill him out of vengeance for 's murder , but knocks him out . He arms himself with a M16 with a M203 grenade launcher and goes to the meeting place designated by the drug lord , the parking lot of 's commercial building . The car rolls forward and the drug dealers spray it with bullets before realizing that 's not in it . fires a grenade , destroying a van full of bandits , then fires another to kill as he betrays his crew and tries to drive away . follows the drug lord into a roller rink , but he escapes through a back door , still holding hostage . attempts to escape , but the drug lord shoots from behind and kills her . Distraught over 's death , fires a last grenade that finishes him off . arrives and orders him to surrender , threatening to shoot as walks away . replies , " Do whatever you have to " , and lets him go .

In the summer of 1963 , 17 - year - old is vacationing with her family at Kellerman's,[5 ] a resort in the Catskill Mountains . , the younger of two daughters , plans to study economics in underdeveloped countries and enter the Peace Corps . Her father , , is the doctor and friend of , the resort proprietor . develops a crush on the resort 's dance instructor , , and meets his cousin , . The staff holds secret after - hours parties in their quarters , and is surprised by their " dirty dancing " . Intrigued , receives a brief , impromptu dance lesson from . 
 discovers that 's dance partner , , is pregnant by , a womanizing waiter who is cheating on 's older sister , . borrows money from her father to pay for 's illegal abortion without explaining why . eventually accepts the money but identifies another issue . will miss her weekly dance performance if she goes for the abortion , forfeiting 's and 's salary for the season . suggests that fill in for her . 's scoffing overcomes 's initial resistance . and insist that can teach anyone to dance . teaches the mambo , and the two spend several awkward practice sessions together . gradually improves , and they develop a romantic attraction . 
 takes to an abortionist . 's and 's performance is mostly successful , although is too nervous to accomplish the dance 's climactic lift . and return to Kellerman 's and find in agony . explains that the " doctor " turned out to be a back - alley hack . brings her father to help . claims responsibility for her pregnancy out of fear that will be fired if her relationship with is revealed . treats but forbids from associating with or his friends . After apologizes to for her father 's behavior , they dance and have sex . At breakfast , tells his family they will be leaving the resort early but relents when they object . continues to see despite her father 's warning . She pulls off the footpath when her father is nearby , and is hurt that she will not stand up for him . After taunts them , assaults him . 
 Due to his growing feelings for , refuses payment for sex with another guest , . has sex with in his cabin , and accidentally interrupts them . When leaves the cabin the next morning , she sees leave 's cabin . Over breakfast , and reveal to the that wallet was stolen . accuses of the theft in a fit of jealousy . is unable to provide a verifiable alibi , to protect his relationship with . To save from being fired , confesses she was with him . is cleared of the theft after it is revealed that two elderly guests , Mr. and Mrs. , stole several guests ' wallets . fires anyway for having a fraternizing affair with . and embrace and bid farewell to each other , saying they will never regret their affair . pointedly apologizes to for lying about her relationship with but not for the relationship itself . 
 and her parents watch the end - of - season talent show . gives a tip in an envelope . thanks , and reveals that he got pregnant ; yanks the envelope back . Staff and guests ( including ) are singing the closing song together when interrupts them to perform the last dance of the season . leads onstage and makes a brief speech about how " Frances " has made him a better man . and dance a more provocative version of their mambo duet , and the other " dirty dancers " join in . runs to and executes the elusive lift move they practiced . The dirty dancers pull guests from their seats to join in the celebration . apologizes to for thinking he got pregnant and reconciles with . All dance joyously to " ( I 've Had ) The Time of My Life " .

Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach, Cynthia Rhodes, Jack Weston

A violent thunderstorm strands six people in the gothic English countryside : little , who is traveling with her selfish , uncaring father , , and her callous , arrogant stepmother . They are accompanied by , an amiable , mild - mannered businessman , who has given a ride to and , two British punk rock girls who are hitchhiking . They all wind up at a mansion inhabited by and , a kindly elderly couple who appear to be toy makers ; their house literally abounds with dolls , puppets , and other beautifully detailed toys . They give a new doll , Mr. , after she had been forced to give up her old teddy bear by her cruel stepmother before they arrived at the house . The invite the stranded travelers to join them for dinner and stay as guests until the storm ends . 
 One by one , the overnight guests ( excluding ) are attacked by dolls , who turn out to be cursed , immoral people that have been killed and imprisoned in toys to pay for their crimes . The first to suffer the wrath of the dolls is one of the two female punks , , for trying to steal antiques from the house which she thinks are valuable . She is brutally beaten by the dolls , who smash her head into a wall repeatedly before dragging her into the attic to become one of them . goes looking for her and is shot by a group of toy soldiers after finding her nearly transformed friend and attempting to escape . For her constant berating of her stepdaughter , is ambushed and stabbed repeatedly by the toys before accidentally leaping to her death out of a window into a mutilated mess . Her body is brought back to the bedroom , where she is found by her husband . Thinking that murdered her , prepares to kill him . 
 In the meantime , accompanies for her search of the first punk girl after he notices blood on the little girl 's slippers . They encounter the dolls in the attic and reveals they 're alive . , in terror , tries to drag to safety and begins to assault the dolls , who fight back in self defense and pin to the floor . Before any further damage is done , appeals to the dolls to stop hurting him . The dolls appear to obey her and , after what appears to be discussion among the dolls , they agree to let them leave the . However , they are both attacked and knocked out by 's maddened father ; but before he can kill , the dolls intervene , dragging the unconscious and away to safety while Mr. distracts . Mr. is destroyed by after a fierce struggle . 
 is then confronted by and . It is revealed that and are actually a wizard and witch couple who see toys as the heart and soul of childhood and believe toys will be around for as long as children ( or even those with the hearts of children ) want them . They also believe that the bitterness adults feel can turn to love if they surrender to the goodwill that toys provide . They explain that people come to their house every now and then and spend the night . When this happens , they test their visitors to see if they can change , giving them a sporting chance to save themselves . Some people like ( people who are able to see the love and respect of childhood ) are saved / spared and leave the house with a much better perspective of life . However , the ones like , , and the two punk girls who refuse to show respect to childhood and do n't change their ways , never leave and have to start over and play a new role in the world of children by becoming toys . It is shown what that new role is when is transformed into a doll to replace Mr. . 
 The next morning , and wake up and are convinced by and that the night 's events were all just a dream , and receive a letter saying that is leaving behind because he never was a good father to her and that she will be much happier living in Boston with her mother . The letter also states that her father and stepmother are moving to another country and changing their names and have also taken the two girls with them , but have left enough money behind for and to buy plane tickets back to Boston . and then leave the house together after being bid farewell by and , who invite them to come back whenever they want . As they get into 's car , is overjoyed to find her lost teddy sitting in the front seat , but then decides he would be happier living with the dolls and gives him to the old people as a gift As they drive off to the airport , , who has grown quite fond of , tells him that he will really like her mother and hints to him that if he would like to stay with her and her mother , he could be 's new father . Though does not answer , he seems interested in the idea . 
 The film ends with Mr. and Mrs. and the punk girls sitting on a shelf as dolls . Just then , another car with another family with a set of obnoxious parents suddenly arrives , and their car gets stuck in a mud hole yards from the mansion .

The film opens with a pre - taped sketch depicting a scene from 's childhood . At a family Thanksgiving in November 1968 , the children take turns showing their talents to the assembled relatives ( including one played by himself ) . Young ( ) shocks the family with a rude joke about a monkey and a lion . 
 After emerging on stage for the live show , begins by discussing the angry reactions of celebrities parodied in his previous stand - up show , Delirious , specifically Mr. T and , as well as homosexual viewers offended by his jokes about " faggots . " then narrates a phone call he received from chastising him for using profanity on stage . Angered by 's assumption that his entire act was nothing but " filth flarn filth , " calls for advice . declares that his only concerns should be making audiences laugh and getting paid , and recommends that he tell to " Have a Coke and a smile and shut the fuck up . " elaborates on his admiration for the " raw " comedy of , running through a routine from his own teenage years about defecation , in 's voice . He then goes on to talk about how people who do n't speak English only pick up the curse words in his act , and shout them at him on the street . 
 Next comes a lengthy routine about dating and relationships . explains that the rise of deadly sexually transmitted infections has motivated him to seek marriage , but the divorce of and ( in which she sought 50 % of his assets ) has left him paranoid about the financial risk of marriage , concluding that " no pussy is worth $ 150 million . " He mocks the aggression and materialism of American women ( compared to the meekness of Japanese women ) , referring to the popularity of song " What Have You Done for Me Lately . " He jokes that he intends to go deep into Africa to find a " bush bitch " who has no concept of Western culture ... at least until American women convince her to stand up for herself and demand " HALF ! " This develops into a broader warning to men to avoid " the pussy trap , " and a warning to women that men never remain faithful — once a man has evoked a powerful orgasm from a woman ( " ooohhhh ! " ) she will tolerate all kinds of misbehavior , although she may pursue infidelity of her own . 
 The next segment narrates a childhood memory of his mother promising to cook him a hamburger " better than McDonald 's , " only to produce a disgusting " welfare burger , " a lump of beef filled with onion and green peppers on Wonder Bread ( while the neighborhood children show off their McDonald 's hamburgers in a call - back to the ice cream segment of Delirious ) . 
 then talks about white people out on the town , criticizing their embarrassing dance moves , leading onto Italian - Americans being inspired by , then culminates to a bit about fighting in a discotheque with , eventually starting a large - scale brawl after which " everybody sued me " for millions of dollars . 
 After the fight , calls his parents , leading to a long impression of his drunken stepfather ( another call - back to a popular bit from Delirious ) . This final segment runs for over 10 minutes and incorporates his stepfather 's habit of misquoting Motown songs ( including " Ai n't Too Proud to Beg " , which opened the film ) .

Amidst Japan 's invasion of China during World War II , — a British upper middle class schoolboy — is enjoying a privileged and spoiled life in the Shanghai International Settlement . After the attack on Pearl Harbor , the Japanese begin to occupy the settlement , and in the ensuing chaos , is separated from his parents . 's mother shouts at him over the panicked mob to wait at their house and promises that they will come back for him . He spends some time living in his deserted home , but after eating all the food he ventures out into the city . 
 Hungry , tries to surrender to some Japanese soldiers , who shrug and laugh him off . After being chased by a street urchin , he is taken in by — an American expatriate and hustler — and his partner , who nicknames him " " . They intend to leave the boy in the streets when they are unable to sell his teeth for cash , but promises to lead them back to his neighborhood where there are valuables to loot . There , finds his house lit and sees a figure in the window whom he thinks is his mother . He runs to the door only to discover the house is occupied by Japanese troops , who take the trio prisoner . They are then taken to Lunghua Civilian Assembly Center in Shanghai for processing . A truck later arrives to take selected internees to the Suzhou Creek Internment Camp ; is among those selected to go but is not . Because he knows of the camp 's location , a desperate convinces the soldiers to take him . 
 It is now 1945 , nearing the end of the Pacific War . Despite the terror and poor living conditions of the camp , survives by establishing a successful trading network — which even involves the camp 's commander , Sergeant . Dr. , the camp 's British doctor , becomes a father figure and teacher to . One night after a bombing raid , orders the destruction of the prisoners ' infirmary as reprisal . He only stops when ( now fluent in Japanese ) begs forgiveness . Through the barbed wire fencing , befriends a Japanese teenager , who is a trainee pilot . also visits in the American POW barracks , where idolizes the Americans and their culture . 
 One morning at dawn , witnesses a kamikaze ritual . Overcome with emotion , he salutes and sings the Welsh song " Suo Gân " . The base is suddenly attacked by a group of American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft . is overjoyed and climbs the ruins of a nearby pagoda to better watch the airstrike . Dr. chases up the pagoda to save him , where the boy breaks down in tears — he can not remember what his parents look like . As a result of the attack the Japanese decide to evacuate the camp . escapes during the confusion , though he had promised to take with him . The camp 's prisoners march through the wilderness where many die of fatigue , starvation , and disease . 
 Arriving at a football stadium near Nantao — filled with luxuries confiscated by the Japanese — recognizes his parents ' . spends the night there and witnesses flashes from the atomic bombing of Nagasaki hundreds of miles away . 
 wanders back to Suzhou Creek . Along the way he hears news of Japan 's surrender and the end of the war . He encounters the Japanese teenager he befriended earlier , who has since become a pilot but is now disillusioned . The youth remembers and offers him a mango , and will cut it for him with his katana . reappears with a group of armed Americans who have arrived to loot the Red Cross containers being airdropped over the area . One of the Americans , thinking is in danger , shoots and kills the Japanese youth . offers to help find his parents , but — infuriated over his friend 's death — chooses to stay behind . 
 is eventually found by American soldiers and placed in an orphanage , where he is reunited with his mother and father .

A pow wow opening features a medicine man tossing a knife , arrow , and tomahawk at a young brave warrior to test his faith in the Great Spirit and true courage . He also shoots an arrow at him to test his purity of heart . Centuries later , works as a maintenance man at Kamp Kikakee but hopes to become a counselor . With his typical enthusiasm , he pours himself into the role and quickly becomes a valuable addition to the staff , in particular for his passion at learning the sign language used by Kikakee 's owner , , who does not speak English . 
 A small group of juvenile delinquents from Midstate Boys Detention Center , the Second Chancers , are among the campers at Kikakee . Head Counselor assigns as their counselor . is quite unhappy with this , and treats the boys with harsh authoritarianism . This comes to a head when the boys topple his lifeguard perch into the lake . This leaves with a serious leg injury and unable to perform as a counselor . Recognizing that the camp is already shorthanded , offers ' position to an overjoyed . 
 The Second Chancers initially give trouble , but they start to show a little respect during a campfire session when Nurse translates her grandfather 's description of the warrior initiation ritual for his tribe . The initiate must hold still while a knife , a stone hatchet , and an arrow are thrown or shot at the target . It is implied that the courage of the young warrior actually alters the course of all three to prevent his death . They build a tepee and wish to display it , only to find it burned . The Second Chancers discover that , one of the regular campers , is responsible , and a fight ensues . is poised to expel the Second Chancers , but persuades him to give them another chancer . 
 Meanwhile , an evil mining corporation run by the ruthless has its sights on Kikakee , a site rich with the fictional mineral petrocite . However , Chief St. Cloud refuses to sell . manipulates , one of the few people who speaks the chief 's language , into convincing St. Cloud to sign away the land , believing it to be a conservation petition . Using as an interpreter , signs the deed away . sadly announces to the camp that the Chief signed away the land , and the camp must close . Nurse confronts , the only one besides herself who could communicate with Chief . He stammers that he will fix the situation . 
 With the Second Chancers in tow , storms into the construction site and demands words with the boss . is not present , so the foreman ( ) meets 's challenge instead , savagely beating him up . A dispirited then leaves the camp for a while to be alone . When Nurse overhears the kids verbally demeaning 's effort , she chastises them and reveals that is the only person who has defended them , both to the authorities and to the camp staff , mostly because he was the only one who really cared about them . When they learn about the sacrifices that has made on their behalf , they resolve to find him and apologize . 
 is poised to demolish Kikakee , and when the regular staff and campers are sent home , the group decides to risk openly attacking the construction site to stall for time . Recruiting the Second Chancers and the chefs and , plans a full - scale assault as the construction company begins to demolish Kikakee ; they are later joined by their regular camper rivals , and . 
 The group works feverishly to create a series of improvised , non - lethal weapons . Prior to the attack , Chief arrives to pass along a native blessing , though Nurse St. Cloud begs them not to go through with it , warning that legal representation is needed . The assault quickly cripples the construction site 's equipment . However , the foreman escapes in a bulldozer and destroys several camp buildings . The group stops him by filling the back of 's motorized maintenance cart with explosives ( including and 's Eggs Erroneous ) and rolling it into the bulldozer . then knocks out the foreman . 
 , along with his lawyer , arrives . Angered at the sabotage , he pulls out his high - powered hunting rifle , targeting . Echoing 's ancient testimonial pow wow , faces down and apparently passes the age old test as takes three shots at him , missing every time . then plugs 's hunting rifle with his finger and laughs in his face , signaling his defeat . Aside , 's lawyer remarks that has finally encountered a force too powerful for him to deal with . As retreats , Nurse St. Cloud returns with an injunction against the demolition . 
 Some time later , Kamp Kikakee is operational with all campers and a full staff again . Nurse St. Cloud thanks for all he has done , and reveals was arrested for fraud . Chief St. Cloud now seems to understand English , and is a full - fledged counselor . When trying to rebuild the Kamp Kikakee sign , ( in his usual way ) falls .

is a successful , happily married Manhattan lawyer whose work leads him to meet , an editor for a publishing company . While his wife , , and daughter , , are out of town for the weekend , has an affair with . Though it was initially understood by both as just a fling , starts clinging to him . 
 spends a second unplanned evening with after she persistently asks him over . When tries to leave , she cuts her wrists in a suicide attempt . He helps her bandage the cuts and then leaves . He thinks the affair is forgotten , but she shows up at various places to see him . She waits at his office one day to apologize and invites him to a performance of Madame Butterfly , but he politely turns her down . She then continues to call him until he tells his secretary that he will no longer take her calls . then phones his home at all hours , claiming that she is pregnant and plans to keep the baby . Although he wants nothing to do with her , she argues that he must take responsibility . After he changes his home phone number , she shows up at his apartment ( which is for sale ) and meets , feigning interest as a buyer . Later that night , goes to 's apartment to confront her , which results in a scuffle . In response , she replies that she will not be ignored . 
 moves his family to Bedford , but this does not deter . She has a tape recording delivered to him filled with verbal abuse . She stalks him in a parking garage , pours acid on his car , and follows him home one night to spy on him , , and from the bushes in their yard ; the sight of their content family literally makes her sick to her stomach . Her obsession escalates further when approaches the police to apply for a restraining order against ( claiming that it is " for a client " ) . The lieutenant claims that he can not violate her rights without probable cause , and that the " client " has to own up to his adultery . 
 At one point , while the are not home , kills 's pet rabbit , and puts it on their stove to boil . After this , tells of the affair and 's supposed pregnancy . Enraged , she demands that leave . Before he goes , calls to tell her that knows about the affair . gets on the phone and warns that she will kill her if she persists . Without and 's knowledge , picks up from school and takes her to an amusement park . panics when she realizes that she does not know where is . She drives around frantically searching and rear - ends a car stopped at an intersection . gets injured and is then hospitalized . later takes home , asking her for a kiss on the cheek . Following 's release from the hospital , she forgives and they return home . 
 barges into 's apartment and attacks her , choking her and coming close to strangling her . He stops himself , but as he does , she lunges at him with a kitchen knife . He overpowers her but decides to put the knife down and leave , while is leaning against the kitchen counter , smiling . The police begin to search for her after confronts them about having her arrested . 
 prepares a bath for herself when suddenly appears , again with the kitchen knife . She starts to explain her resentment of , nervously fidgeting ( which causes to cut her own leg ) and then attacks . Dan hears the screaming , rushes in , wrestles into the bathtub , and seemingly drowns her . She suddenly emerges from the water , swinging the knife . , who went searching for 's gun , shoots in the chest , killing her . The final scene shows police cars outside the ' house . As finishes delivering his statement to the police , he walks inside , where is waiting for him . They embrace and proceed to the living room as the camera focuses on a picture of them and .

Detective ( ) an undercover narcotics police officer , stages an undercover buy with drug dealer . During the bust she sees her friend and informant being dragged out of the bar by her pimp and runs to her aid , thus alerting of her being an undercover cop . After saving and shooting the pimp , notices all the money used for the buy is missing . retreats to a warehouse in Los Angeles where a family of Asian immigrants is preparing plastic envelopes of imported cocaine stamped with the gang 's brand name " Fatal Beauty " . One worker , however , has been sampling too much of the drug and , in his intoxicated state , prepares envelopes with a fatally high concentration of cocaine and a misaligned stamp . discovers the error but before they can correct it , the house is attacked by two small - time hoods , and ( and ) who kill everyone within including and steal the lethal product . 
 Back at the police station , is chewed out by her boss , Lt . ( ) , for ruining the bust . He receives a call saying is needed at the warehouse where the drugs were being made . At the warehouse identifies ( the only victim authorities were n't able to identify because his face was mutilated during the attack)by pointing out the diamond pinkie ring on his finger bearing his initials that he showed earlier that evening . also discovers traces of " Fatal Beauty"and body , which was stuffed in a van labeled " Kroll Enterprises " . The next morning receives a call from , asking for money . When refuses , offers some information about the drug - related murder the previous night , hoping to sway to give her the money . tells that there is a goon squad looking for the killers . She also tells her that the person , to whom all the drugs belonged , drove a " Rolls . " That prompts to pay a visit to ( ) , whom she accuses of drug dealing . 
 After leaving 's home , hears a call for assistance over the scanner involving a police standoff . Realizing that lives there , she immediately rushes to the location . At the location a man who is hopped up on drugs emerges from 's house and is shot several times but does n't go down right away . After the man finally falls to the ground and dies , runs into 's house , where she attempts to resuscitate her with no success . is told by a boy at the location that both and the man who was shot , were both taken out by the new drugs and that they got it from 's new pimp , " " . and her partner Detective ( ) find him in a restaurant , where places him under arrest ; when he tries to escape , she shoots him in the buttocks . After hanging him up in the freezer and threatening more bodily harm , gets him to reveal that he purchased the drugs from a buy house from a man named . heads to the buy house the pimp told her about and is greeted by a man named , who tells her he will get her what she wants . She is able to get to take her to , but a hood from the night she staged the bust with recognizes her as a cop and immediately alerts and . is able to get locked in a room with , where she gets to admit he is fronting for and right as two of his crew members shoot their way inside . dives for safety , but is killed in the crossfire . shoots down one of the thugs , but the other gets the drop on her , but she is saved by the timely arrival of , 's bodyguard ( ) who shows up at the buy house to help , and admits that he has been following her around since the night before by using a transmitter concealed under her bumper . After taking out the rest of 's gang , and come close to apprehending and when a section of the a roof collapses on ; immediately runs to her aid , letting and escape . 
 is taken to a nearby hospital , Vista Verde where goes to visit her . Upon walking into 's room , sees and going over the mug shots of and and immediately leaves after 's arrival . When goes toward the elevator he notices from the mug shot carrying a package and orders him to freeze . pulls out a shotgun from the package and fires at , missing him . After getting into an argument about what 's boss is allegedly doing , agrees to let drive her home . notices her cat on the roof and explains to about her cat 's fear of heights and her front door being open . They both go into her residence see ( ) asleep . tells that all his friends have died from using Fatal Beauty . This is further confirmed when he , and arrive at the home of one of the kids who threw the party and finds them all lying dead in the living room . tells he got the drugs from his mother , ( ) . When goes to in an attempt to get information about where the drugs came from , the two get into a physical altercation until arrives to break it up and takes home . At home invites into her house for some coffee and receives a phone call that four young children had died from using Fatal Beauty ; then has a breakdown and tells that she is a recovering drug addict , having quit after her daughter got into her drug stash and drowned in a swimming pool . takes a shower , during which she receives a call and notices has left , and that he went through her police files of the suspects she was after . At the point learns that had sent not to protect , but to spy on her to find out who ripped him off . 
 receives a call from learning that had cut his wrist and was in the hospital . asks to meet her at the hospital where she reveals who she bought the drugs from and that her supplier , , will be making a pickup from his suppliers Nova and at Kroll Plaza . and head to Kroll plaza and are spotted by Kroll 's security team . and are watching and orders to get the drugs away from some kids that they spotted selling to . When gets the drugs from the kids he is knocked out by one of Kroll 's security men . When is alerted to 's presence , who is with Kroll notices and entering the plaza . orders one of his men to take out and and then orders to take out . meanwhile notices , , and his bodyguard , meeting together in a mall store to discuss drug distribution and follows them into the store . is followed into the store by Kroll 's security team with their guns drawn . Just as is about to bust , , and she is accosted by who warns her it is a wipeout in which all five of them are going to be killed . then punches , which frightens , , and . When running in the store , is grabbed by one of the security guards . He then stabs him in the stomach . The security guard falls to the ground knocking over a rack of clothes . Frankenstein then is grabbed by 's bodyguard , and is shot three times in the stomach . slashes 's arm with his switchblade , forcing him to back off , but dies seconds later while calling to for help . then shoots after he fires at her . and the security guards pursuit and , who open fire in the mall , killing several guards and , and then retreat into a sporting goods store , followed by another of 's men and three surviving guards . and race to the back of the store and shoot the fuse boxes , cutting the main power to the store lights ( but the emergency lights come on seconds after ) . cautiously makes her way through the store , but the security guards get the drop on her , but she is inadvertently saved by and when they gun the guards down . A short gun fight ensues between and the two men , but she runs out of ammunition . Nova and try to move in and finish her off , but she manages to give them the slip long enough to break into a gun cabinet and get a shotgun and some bullets . After kills 's other bodyguard who was poised to ambush her from above and takes his gun , the shelf he was standing on collapses on her and prepares to kill her ; at the last minute , however , appears and guns him down . wounds before he , in turn , is wounded by , and retreats from the store . pursues and runs into , who is about to kill her when jumps out of a hiding place and kills him . follows into a parking garage and shoots him several times , apparently unable to injure him . After reveals to he was wearing a bullet - proof vest this whole time pulls out a gun she stole from the dead guard and shoots in the throat , killing him . 
 meets the paramedics outside the plaza , where is waiting along with , who muses to that he might be going to jail for a long time because of his connection to . agrees , but tenderly tells him that she 'll be waiting for him when he gets out . She then gives him a kiss and tells him with a smile that he 'll be fine .

After the sudden death of their father , four children — teenagers and and 5 - year - old twins and — find themselves penniless and forced to travel with their mother to live with her wealthy parents ( whom the children had neither met nor been told about before ) . informs her children that there has been tension between herself and her parents for many years , but does not elaborate and simply says they had cut her out of their lives for something she had done of which they disapproved . The children trust her , though is skeptical as she wonders what happened that caused the rift between her mother and her parents . 
 's mother , , a religious fanatic , takes her daughter and her children into her home , though with the harsh condition that the children must be sequestered away in a locked room so that her husband ( who is dying ) will never know of their existence . To that end , the children are shut inside one bedroom of the mansion , only with access to the mansion 's attic via a secret stairway . It is on their first day there that their grandmother reveals the shocking truth of what caused to be disowned and stricken from her father 's will years ago : 's husband was really her uncle , her father 's half - brother , making their love incestuous and their children the product of incest . When finally returns to the children that night , she is forced to show the children that she had been savagely bullwhipped by her mother as punishment for her marrying her uncle and having children from the union . confesses to the children that she and their father were niece and uncle , and her parents were livid as they believed disgraced the family ; the children do not say anything but seem to accept it . tells the children that her parents made it clear that if she had any children by her uncle she would be disinherited , but because her father does n't know about them she still has a chance to get the money when he passes away . She says that their confinement will only be for a short time : her father is deathly ill , and once she is able to convince him to secure her inheritance , they will be free and they will leave . 
 The plot focuses on the children 's ordeal as shut - ins and their clashes with the ultra - religious grandmother , who loathes the children due to their incestuous conception . The children struggle to survive , even as their mother 's visits quickly taper off . In particular , becomes obsessed with and , out of the warped belief that they have become lovers and are repeating the same incestuous acts like and her uncle did . Discovering them sleeping in the same bed one morning , the grandmother smashes 's ballerina music box , given to her by her deceased father . After later discovers the two innocently talking while is bathing , she calls them sinners . manages to chase her out , but later ambushes in the bedroom , locks in the closet preceding the attic , and hacks off 's hair with a pair of scissors . She then starves them for a week , and is forced to feed his own blood so he does n't die of starvation . 
 As time goes on , the children are often sick , especially and . and manage to secretly remove the hinges from their locked door on a few occasions to sneak out of their room , and discover that their mother has been living a life of luxury as well as dating a young lawyer , . She does eventually come to visit them again , and they confront her about not visiting them anymore and leaving them to suffer at the hands of their grandmother . is very defensive and acts insulted , cries that they are cruel to think that she is deliberately neglecting them or enjoying life while they are locked up , then storms out . Shortly after , becomes deathly ill . The children ask and to take to the hospital , which they do , but later returns to inform them has died . The children are devastated , but not long after they discover their pet mouse is found dead after eating part of a cookie did n't finish , arousing suspicion in and he investigates the cookie . researches and discovers that and their mouse were killed via arsenic poisoning , mixed in the sugar on the cookies they are served with breakfast , and they believe it 's their grandmother who 's been poisoning them . The remaining siblings decide to leave the attic once and for all . 
 sneaks out to steal money before they escape and discovers that their mother is planning to marry at the mansion the next morning . Though upset , he suggests to they dress in fancy clothes from the attic , and use the wedding as a cover to sneak out of the house . When secretly enters their bedroom the next day , hoping to catch them once more doing something " evil " , takes her by surprise and beats her unconscious with a bedpost . As they are leaving , , not wanting her mother to get away with what she did to them and leaving them to suffer by their grandmother 's hands , tells they need to find their grandfather and tell him the truth so would lose her inheritance ; they had come across him sleeping in his room once before while out and investigating their mother 's absence . However , when they enter his room , they find it empty , with the bed dismantled : their grandfather has been dead for months . They also find a copy of his will that was two months old , which reveals a clause that states that if it is ever revealed had children from her first marriage , even after his death , she will be disinherited and lose all of her money . They realize that was the one poisoning the cookies , not their grandmother , and their mother was trying to kill them all so no one would know of their existence and secure her inheritance . 
 The children crash the wedding ceremony and expose their mother to the guests and the groom ; refuses to acknowledge the children as her own , and and scold their mother for saying that she would come get them after her father died but breaking the promise when he did pass away , and reveals they found the recent will and told her she knew no one could find out about them or she would lose everything , even after her father 's death . denies it , then shows everyone the dead mouse , proving that she tried killing them all , succeeding with , when the new will was made . demands to know why her mother did those horrible things to them and offers her mother an arsenic - coated cookie as a wedding present , and in fury tries to force her mother to eat it , chasing her out to a balcony . After a brief struggle , accidentally falls and dies . Afterward , the children leave the mansion as their grandmother looks on with scorn ; the narrator ( an older 's voiceover ) explains that the children did manage to survive all by themselves , went to medical school and became a doctor , got a job and started dancing again , although was " never truly healthy " . She wonders aloud if her grandmother is still alive , anticipating 's eventual return to claim the family 's fortune .

Fresh out of law school , ( ) can not stand the tedium of case filing and research . Desperately wanting to " practice law " and go to trial , one morning he intentionally withholds the fact that a trial is scheduled to begin that very afternoon to compel his superiors to let him try the case because he is the only one familiar with the facts of the case . During his meeting with the client ( the president of a bank who intentionally struck another banker ) , the banker declares the " simple assault case " to be a no - winner ( explaining that he hits people all the time ) , but wants the one - day trial to somehow be stretched to three days to run up the other banker 's court fees . 
 Weathers prolongs the case by creating a 1st Amendment constitutional challenge as to the admissibility of the word " asshole " . Escalating the case into a media frenzy , the senior partners of the law firm are embarrassed by Weathers ' behavior and unconventional methods and try to fire him . The client retaliates on ' behalf threatening to take the bank 's business elsewhere . appears to be crafty and intuitive , but in reality , had conspired with the other attorney ( a friend of his ) to stage a brilliant legal engagement to make themselves look good . wins the trial and in doing so attracts a plethora of new clients to the firm which skyrockets him to be a junior partner . 
 In an act of unfair retaliation , is assigned to be lead defense counsel in a first - degree murder case involving university professor ( ) who is almost certainly guilty of bludgeoning a prostitute to death with the claw of a hammer . wanted because he saw him in the previous case . takes the case and his loud and odd courtroom behavior soon amazes the judge , the spectators and sometimes embarrasses his girlfriend ( ) . Determined to impress his employers by winning a verdict of not guilty , no matter what , his courtroom antics soon visibly gain even the jury 's favor and raise the likelihood of acquittal . 
 unsuccessfully tries to get to accept a plea - bargain to manslaughter charges and soon discovers that is guilty by a veiled confession where vividly describes to him the " clarity of mind " it takes for a man to be able to split someone 's skull open with the claw of a hammer while the person remains alive . becomes conflicted between his sense of duty and ethics and his moral obligation to see pay for his crime . Despite the possibility of being disbarred , he decides to antagonize into a confession on the stand . 
 is found guilty .

During the United States ' involvement in the Vietnam War , a group of new U.S. Marine Corps recruits arrive at Parris Island , South Carolina , for basic training . After having their heads shaved , they meet Senior Drill Instructor Gunnery Sergeant , who employs forceful methods to turn the recruits into combat - ready Marines . Among the recruits are Privates " " , " " , and the overweight and slow - witted , who earns the nickname " " after incurring 's wrath . 
 Unresponsive to 's harsh discipline , is eventually assigned to 's squad . improves with 's help , but his progress halts when discovers a contraband jelly doughnut in 's foot locker . Believing the recruits have failed to improve , adopts a collective punishment policy : every mistake makes will earn punishment for the rest of the platoon , with being spared . In retaliation for 's failures , the platoon hazes him with a blanket party , restraining him in his bunk while beating him with bars of soap wrapped in towels and used like blackjacks . After this incident , reinvents himself as a model Marine . 's collective punishments cease , but begins to recognize signs of mental breakdown in , such as him talking to his M14 rifle . 
 Following their graduation , the recruits receive their Military Occupational Specialty assignments ; is assigned to Basic Military Journalism , while most of the others ( including and ) are assigned to Infantry . During the platoon 's final night on Parris Island , discovers , who has now gone completely insane , in the bathroom , loading his rifle with live ammunition . attempts to calm , who executes drill commands and loudly recites the Rifleman 's Creed . The noise awakens the platoon as well as , who angrily confronts and orders him to surrender the rifle . After being insulted by the Senior Drill Instructor in the process , shoots dead and then kills himself , while watches in horror . 
 In January 1968 , , now a sergeant , is a war correspondent in South Vietnam for Stars and Stripes with Private First Class , a combat photographer . wants to go into combat , as claims he has done . At the Marine base , is mocked for his lack of the thousand - yard stare , indicating his lack of war experience . They are interrupted by the start of the Tet Offensive as the North Vietnamese Army unsuccessfully attempts to overrun the base . 
 The following day , the journalism staff is briefed about enemy attacks throughout South Vietnam . is sent to Phu Bai , accompanied by . They meet the Lusthog Squad , where is now a sergeant . accompanies the squad during the Battle of Huế , where platoon commander " " is killed by the enemy . After the Marines declare the area secure , a team of American news journalists and reporters enters Huế and interviews various Marines about their experiences in Vietnam and their opinions about the war . 
 While patrolling Huế , , the squad leader , is killed by a booby trap , leaving in command . The squad becomes lost and orders to scout the area . A Viet Cong sniper wounds and the squad medic , , is also wounded while attempting to save him against orders . learns that tank support is unavailable and orders the team to prepare for withdrawal . The squad 's machine gunner , , disobeys and attempts to save his comrades . He discovers there is only one sniper , but and are killed when attempts to indicate the sniper 's location . While maneuvering toward the sniper , is shot and killed . 
 Animal Mother assumes command of the squad and leads an attack on the sniper . discovers the sniper , a teenaged girl , and attempts to shoot her , but his rifle jams and alerts her to his presence . shoots the sniper , mortally wounding her . As the squad converges , the sniper begs for death , prompting an argument about whether or not to kill her . decides to allow a mercy killing only if performs it . After some hesitation , shoots her . The Marines congratulate him on his kill as stares into the distance , displaying the thousand - yard stare . The Marines march toward their camp , singing the " Mickey Mouse March " . states that despite being " in a world of shit , " he is glad to be alive and no longer afraid .

Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Baldwin, Dorian Harewood, Arliss Howard

While and blame each other 's leadership of Cobra as the root cause of the organization 's failures , , a woman from the secret civilization of Cobra - La , infiltrates the Terror Drome . While there , she reveals to that Cobra - La was responsible for planting the idea in Doctor 's mind to create Serpentor . At her urging , plans to capture latest weapon — the Broadcast Energy Transmitter ( B.E.T. ) . 
 Cobra assaults the Joes as they test the B.E.T. in the Himalayas . The Joes use the B.E.T. to activate their automated weapons systems . Serpentor is captured and Cobra Commander orders a retreat . Cobra Commander leads his troops into Cobra - La. 
 As the Joes celebrate their victory , a new group of rookie Joes are brought onto the team , including the unlucky kunoichi , military police officer and his dog Order , former basketball player , EOD specialist , covert operative , and 's reckless half - brother , the green beret Lt . . 
 In Cobra - La , the forces are ambushed and detained within the Lovecraftian living environment . The Cobra soldiers are met by the civilization 's ruler , , who has and his other henchman , , arrest . While there , Cobra learns about their history : 40,000 years ago , Cobra - La was an ancient civilization that ruled Earth . However , the Ice Age , the evolution of humans and their development of scientific technology resulted in Cobra - La 's survivors being forced into caverns within the Himalayas . Cobra - La rebuilt their society in secret as centuries passed . vowed to destroy humanity so that his people could re - claim the earth . He eventually discovered a nobleman who was working on biological weapons . The nobleman later became , charged with conquering the world for Cobra - La. However , Cobra Commander 's repeated failures caused to use a Psychic Motivator on to create Serpentor . 
 Meanwhile , takes his girlfriend to G. I. Joe headquarters . His girlfriend is really in disguise , and her visit was a ruse to infiltrate Serpentor 's holding cell . For abandoning his training , puts on guard duty until he says otherwise . After abandons his post to flirt with , the and the Nemesis Enforcer free Serpentor , injuring Alpine , , and in the process . General is furious with for abandoning his post and confines him to his quarters until court - martial . 
 In Cobra - La , is tried for his repeated failures , and reveals his plans to launch spore pods , filled with mutative spores into space and use the B.E.T. to hatch them . The spores will cause mankind to devolve into mindless beasts , allowing Cobra - La to reclaim the earth . punishes by exposing him to the spores , which transforms into a snake . He flees and makes his way to the ' camp with . 
 Convinced by to spare a harsh punishment , General reassigns to the " Slaughter House " where he is to be retrained by Sgt . and his " Renegades " consisting of ex - Viper , former football player , and former acrobat . On a weaponless recon mission in the Terror Drome , the five learn of Cobra 's plans and that the Baroness has discovered the location of the B.E.T. As and the others destroy the Terror Drome , Cobra launches an assault on the Joes . The Joes launch a counterattack on Cobra , but the B.E.T. is stolen . attempts to kill with one of his snake spears , but jumps in front of at the last minute . The spear hits , knocking him into a coma . 
 , the Renegades and the new recruits head to the Himalayas to stop Cobra - La. The other Joes are led to Cobra - La 's lair by . The new recruits prove themselves valuable soldiers as the Joes rescue their captured teammates . , and Sgt . confront , , and . The ensuing fight culminates in and sending and the Nemesis Enforcer falling to their apparent demise . Finally , sends Serpentor out of Cobra - La and reconfigures the B.E.T. to incinerate the spore pods in space . The B.E.T. overloads , destroying Cobra - La as Golobulus escapes . Immediately following the battle , the strike team receives news that Duke has come out of his coma and is recovering .

voices of Don Johnson, Burgess Meredith, Sgt. Slaughter, Chris Latta, Michael Bell, Neil Ross

A hardened Korean and Vietnam War veteran , Sergeant First Class ( ) would rather be an instructor at the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning , Georgia , to train soldiers for Vietnam but instead he is assigned by the Army to the 1st battalion 3d Infantry Regiment ( The Old Guard ) at Fort Myer , Virginia . 
 The Old Guard is U.S. Army 's Honor Guard . It provides the ceremonial honor guard for the funerals of fallen soldiers and guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery . calls them the " toy soldiers " and hates his job until ( ) , the son of an old friend and fellow veteran , is assigned to his platoon and he sees an opportunity to make sure at least one man comes home alive . 
 tries to warn about Vietnam but the young man sees it as his duty as a soldier to fight for his country , no matter what kind of war . hates how the war in Vietnam is being fought and feels that good soldiers are being wounded and killed in the " wrong " war in which the U.S. is not fighting to win . 
 Among the others in 's life are his longtime friend and superior , Sergeant Major " Goody " ( ) , and his girlfriend ( ) , a writer for The Washington Post who is against the Vietnam War for different reasons . 
 marries a colonel 's daughter named ( ) , who at first refuses to marry as long as he is a soldier . also hates the war in Vietnam and is afraid for her husband . 
 is divorced and has n't seen his son in years due to the bitter divorce . After 's father , who is a retired U.S. Army master sergeant and a former Korean War comrade in arms of 's and 's , dies of a heart attack , comes to look upon as a " son . " He tries to teach all he can about soldiering and surviving in combat . 
 in turn tries to teach his platoon - mate Private , a chronic screw - up , how to be a soldier . is later ordered to Vietnam , where he distinguishes himself as a heroic soldier and effective combat infantryman . He returns from Vietnam promoted to the rank of sergeant and is a recipient of the Medal of Honor for heroism in combat . Sergeant ( ) , a fellow member of 's platoon , receives his orders for Vietnam at the same time . 
 excels , is promoted to the rank of sergeant and then is recommended to attend Officer 's Candidate School , which he completes and is commissioned as a second lieutenant . He is ordered to serve in a combat unit in Vietnam . writes from Vietnam about all the good men in his platoon that he is losing in combat . then finds out that has been killed in action when he sees the burial orders for 's remains . 
 requests to be sent to Vietnam for his third tour of duty as a platoon sergeant in a combat infantry unit . He places his Combat Infantryman Badge on 's flag - draped coffin at the chapel at Arlington National Cemetery . and , at that time both sergeants and just recently returned from Vietnam , are also present at 's funeral . 
 The film ends with military honors being rendered at 's graveside at Arlington and speaking to the mourners prior to the firing of the rifle salute and the playing of " Taps " .

James Caan, Anjelica Huston, James Earl Jones, D. B. Sweeney, Mary Stuart Masterson, Dean Stockwell

In 1965 , Airman First Class arrives in Saigon to work as a DJ for Armed Forces Radio Service . He is taken to the Army base by PFC where his attitude and demeanor contrasts sharply with many staff members . His show consists of reading strictly censored news and irreverent humor segments mixed with rock and roll music , which is frowned upon by his superiors , Second Lieutenant and Sergeant Major . adheres to strict Army guidelines in terms of humor and music programming while is generally abusive to all enlisted men . However , Brigadier General and the other DJs quickly grow to like and his brand of comedy . 
 follows , a Vietnamese girl , to an English class ; after bribing the teacher to let him take over , instructs the students in American slang . Once class is dismissed , he tries to talk to but is stopped by her brother ; realizing the futility of pursuing her , instead befriends and takes him to Jimmy Wah 's , a local GI bar . Two soldiers , angered at 's presence , initiate a confrontation that escalates into a brawl . 
 reprimands for the incident . While relaxing in Jimmy Wah 's one afternoon , he is pulled outside by , saying that wants to see him . Moments later , the building explodes , killing two soldiers and leaving shaken . The cause of the explosion is determined to be a bomb ; declares the news censored , but locks himself in the studio and reports it anyway . cuts off the broadcast and is suspended . takes over the show , but his poor attempts at humor and polka music choices lead to a flood of letters and phone calls demanding that be reinstated . 
 Demoralized , spends his time drinking and pursuing , only to be repeatedly rebuffed . At the radio station , intervenes , ordering to reinstate , but he refuses to go back to work . and 's vehicle is stopped in a congested street amidst a convoy of soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division , where persuades him to do an impromptu " broadcast " before they go off to fight . The incident reminds why his job is important , and he soon returns to work . 
 seizes an opportunity to permanently rid himself of by approving his request to interview soldiers in the field , knowing that the highway to An Lộc is controlled by the Viet Cong . and 's Jeep hits a mine and they are forced to hide from VC patrols . In Saigon , learns of the trip after fails to show up for English class and steals a van go after them . After finding them , the van breaks down and they flag down a Marine helicopter to take them back to the city . 
 Back at the base , tells that he is off the air for good after is revealed as a VC operative and the one responsible for the bombing of ; has arranged for 's honorable discharge . General informs that , regrettably , he can not help him since his friendship with would damage the reputation of the US Army . After leaves , informs that he is being transferred to Guam , citing his vindictive attitude as the reason . 
 chases down , decrying his actions against American soldiers . Emerging from the shadows , retorts that the US army has devastated his family , making the United States is his enemy ; then disappears again . On his way to the airport with , under MP escort , sets up a quick softball game for the students from his English class and says goodbye to . He gives a taped farewell message and boards the plane ; – taking 's place as DJ – plays the tape on the air the next morning .

Robin Williams, Robert Wuhl, Forest Whitaker, Bruno Kirby, J. T. Walsh

In 1969 , a platoon of soldiers fight in Vietnam , ending with a soldier dying on a helicopter . As they prepare to be sent into action again , a platoon of the 3rd Battalion , 187th Infantry , part of the 3rd Brigade , 101st Airborne Division , receives five FNGs as replacements - , who constantly complains that he wo n't be able to remember everything he has been taught ; , who is obsessed with sex and annoyed when people mispronounce his name ; , a quiet , conservative man and the only African - American in the batch of replacements ; , who is outgoing and has volunteered for combat duty in Vietnam ; and finally , the quietest but most promising of the new soldiers . 
 Taken under the wing of their war - weary squad leader , Sgt . , the recruits spend their early days filling sand bags and struggling to sleep before being placed in ' squad . They are then given a crash - course in battlefield skills , including everything from oral hygiene to a demonstration by a Viet Cong deserter on how skilfully enemy troops can penetrate perimeter U.S. defenses . does his best to prepare the new soldiers for combat , but expresses frustration before the VC deserter silently penetrates a barbed wire barrier and aims a rocket launcher at them . 
 Aside from the replacements , the platoon has a new commander , Lieutenant , and Sergeant First Class . The platoon 's machine gun team is composed of the burly Private and his mismatched , bespectacled companion , Private . There are also three African - American veterans in the unit : Motown , " Doc " and Sgt . ( who has less than a month left on his tour ) , all of whom have first - hand knowledge of the racial discrimination still practiced in the army . 
 The new arrivals get their first , sudden taste of war when a quiet spell beside a river is interrupted by an enemy mortar barrage . calls for counter battery fire ending the attack . Several civilians are killed in the exchange and one of the replacements , , is decapitated by a shell fragment . The death of a soldier further riles up Sgt . . 
 Soon , the platoon takes part in a major operation and is air - lifted into the A Shau Valley . Shortly after disembarking at the landing zone , they come under automatic weapons fire and a firefight ensues . The North Vietnamese soldiers withdraw after suffering at least one apparent casualty . is also killed . This loss provokes considerable bitterness and tension from " Doc " , as he blames for not getting the short - timer a less dangerous assignment . 
 The battalion is initially ordered to reconnoiter a nearby mountain , but is unexpectedly diverted and commences an assault on the enemy - held Hill 937 which soon grows into a major battle as unexpectedly heavy resistance is encountered . The North Vietnamese , rather than using hit - and - run tactics , as they had in previous engagements , instead defend well - entrenched positions . The platoon is forced to attack the hill repeatedly against stubborn opposition . Between assaults , US air - strikes steadily strip away all vegetation with napalm and white phosphorus , leaving the hill a barren , scorched wasteland . 
 In one assault , a battle - crazed and wounded , wielding an M60 , seems on the verge of carrying the day as enemy resistance begins to crumble . However , botched air support by helicopter gunships causes several friendly casualties , and to the horror of Lt . and his radio telephone operator , . The assault fails and is among the fatalities . 
 In between attacks , the shrinking platoon tries to rest , chattering about social upheaval and unrest back home . is devastated by a letter from his girlfriend , whose college friends have told her that it is immoral to remain partnered with a soldier . gets a letter on tape from his girl back home and is surprised ( and moved ) that she mentions his name . Sergeant describes to his comrades the alienation and hostility he encountered on his return home from his previous tour of duty , along with the collapse of his marriage and how a good friend , whose son had been killed in Vietnam during the Battle of la Drang in 1965 , had been driven to an emotional breakdown by cruel phone calls from anti - war college students gloating over his son 's death . relates a story on how he volunteered for the airborne . " The only reason I went airborne was , " he said . However , when orders came down for a dangerous operation , " " refused to participate . Later , also has a confrontation with a TV reporter , telling him that he has more respect for the NVA on the hill than for the reporter . 
 The increasingly exhausted platoon continues their attempt to capture Hill 937 , but to no avail . The tenth assault takes place in torrential rains . is killed , and " Doc " Johnson are both wounded . Before he is evacuated , tells and Motown to capture the hill so that they will at least have something to be proud of , but appears to succumb to his wounds moments later as a medevac helicopter lands . , despite having received a " million dollar wound , " decides to return to his unit . 
 The eleventh and final assault is mounted by the remaining troops whose bitterness and exhaustion is overcome by desperation and unit pride . The final enemy positions are overrun but the cost is heavy . Lieutenant is seriously wounded , losing his arm . , , Motown , and are all killed before the few remaining troops make it to the summit . , stunned by the loss of so many friends , is dazed and wounded by an enemy bayonet . , also wounded , but enraged , leads the final push to the summit . A bleeding and weak also makes it to the top and rests by a stump alongside and as the battlefield finally goes silent . 
 The final image is the now battle - aged , tear - streaked and haunted face of as he gazes at the carnage below . Constant radio chatter is overheard , but there is no reply .

( ) is returning to his suburban Seattle home with his family from a camping trip in the nearby Cascade mountains when they hit something with the family Ford Country Squire . investigates , and discovers to his horror and awe , that they have hit a Sasquatch . Thinking they have killed it , they decide to take the creature home , strapping it to the roof of their car . Meanwhile , a mysterious hunter has been tracking the creature and discovers the ' license plate , which fell off when they hit the creature . 
 Later that night , goes out to the garage to examine the creature and discovers that it is not dead , and has escaped . He hears noises from his kitchen and sees the creature , which has knocked over the fridge looking for food . The family realizes that the creature is friendly and kind . has a change of heart ; at first he wished to make money from the creature , but now decides to take him back to the wild . Naming the creature " , " tries to lure him into the station wagon , but believes that the mean him harm and instead he disappears . 
 Saddened , the family resume their normal lives , but sightings of become more frequent and the media fervor heightens . tries to find in order to keep him safe . visits the " North American Museum of Anthropology " to speak with Dr. , an expert on Bigfoot , but is disheartened when he realizes its ramshackle state . Giving his number to the clerk ( ) inside the Museum , resumes his search for . The hunter from the woods is ( ) , a legendary hunter who became obsessed with Bigfoot and has hunted for one ever since becoming a laughingstock . tracks down the and is closer to finding . 
 After a sighting , goes into the city to search for him . Meanwhile , the police are dealing with the " Bigfoot Mania " by apprehending multiple Bigfoot hunters ( chalking up the seen Bigfoot to some joker in a costume ) . Following a car chase , is able to save from , and is arrested by police officers . At work , 's father asks to make a poster of a violent Sasquatch in order to drum up gun sales . works on such a picture , but throws it away , replacing it with a proper depiction of . However , finds the discarded picture and realizes this is the image he gives to people . 
 The next day , calls Dr. from the museum and invites him to dinner to speak about Bigfoot . The museum clerk shows up at the , revealing he is Dr. . Dr. tells and the family to give up on Bigfoot , as it has destroyed his life and will destroy theirs , but then he meets , his enthusiasm restored . By this time , has been bailed of jail and heads to the house . and escape the house with Dr. in his old truck . gives chase and eventually catches up with the family . 
 Fleeing back to the mountains , tries to make leave , going so far as to hit . Confused and upset , does not leave . catches up to them and attacks the dog . attacks , but intervenes . Through 's faith and 's kindness , changes his mind and decides that deserves to live peacefully . As the family says goodbye , thanks for all he has done for the family and tells him to take care of himself . to which replies " Okay " ( his first spoken word ) . As leaves , several other Sasquatches appear from their hiding places and also disappear into the wilderness with him , to the amazement of the . When Dr. asks what he 's going to do next , replies , " I do n't know . There 's always Loch Ness . " As the two of them laugh at that comment , the keep waving goodbye to .

This film is set in a post - apocalyptic wasteland where few fertile men and women exist due to atomic fallout . As a result , the government places a high priority on those that can still breed . Shortly before the movie opens , a group of mutant amphibians ( who have been exiled to the desert by humans ) capture a group of fertile women and are using them as sex slaves . 
 ( ) is a nomadic traveler who wanders the countryside . He is eventually captured by an organization of warrior - nurses , the closest thing to a government in his region of the world , who reveal that they located him by tracking the trail of pregnant women left in his wake . Their original plan was to use him as breeding stock with their collection of fertile women , but this was the group captured by the mutants . With their own attempts to capture the women failing , the group presses into service as a mercenary ; he is to infiltrate the mutant city ( derogatorily referred to as " Frogtown " ) and rescue the women . To make sure that the rebellious follows his orders , he is forced to wear an electronic protective codpiece that will explode if he disobeys or tries to abort his mission . Having already taken numerous samples of reproductive material from him , he is now deemed far more expendable than the women themselves . To aid him in his mission ( and make sure he follows the plan ) , he is paired with one of the nurses , ( ) , and an aggressive guard named ( ) . 
 During their journey to Frogtown , tries numerous times to escape but quickly learns that a device carries will shock his genitals if used or if he gets too far away from it . Despite their rocky start and 's initial cold demeanor , the pair grow closer during the journey and eventually fall in love . When they reach Frogtown , everyone involved is captured . The frogs ' second - in - command , ( ) , tortures and attempts to remove the codpiece for its technology . Meanwhile , a slightly drugged is forced to work as a slave and dance for the frogs ' Commander ( ) in the notable " Dance of the Three Snakes " sequence . Proving more successful than she had wished , the nurse soon finds herself at the mercy of the aroused commander . However , with the codpiece now removed ( finally removed it with a chainsaw , but it blew up and killed him ) , the escaped Hell rescues her along with the group of fertile women ( , , , and ) held captive .

Long Island housewife in the midst of a tarot card reading by her occult sister , . Just as exclaims something is going to happen , begins to choke to death on a South Korean Chicken Ball . The film shows the difficulty of 's loved ones , including , had in coping with her death . But the grief turns to excitement when receives a book of spells called The Wisdom of Catagonia . Within the book finds a spell that requires perfect astronomical timing — the moon , the earth , and the dog star must form a perfect isosceles triangle . performs the spell and appears . 
 begins to reacquaint herself with living and with her family who are shocked to see her alive again , one year later , and soon discovers that she can not simply pick her life back up where she left off . She returns to find her widower husband has sold their home and married her greedy and double - crossing friend from college . Her son , meanwhile , has opened his own successful restaurant and married , instead of going to Columbia . 
 When she returns to the hospital at which she died , the emergency room doctor who tried to revive her begins to fall for her . confides in the doctor that if does not find love by the next full moon , she will have to go back to the spirit world . He does not believe . Eventually the press finds out that came back from the dead , and plague her , her family , and the hospital the ER doctor works at . Her college friend becomes jealous of her media attention and the attention is getting from Mr. . She holds a news conference of her own and tells the media made the whole thing up — claiming that used tetrodotoxin as a means to fake her own death . does not defend herself , as she sees this as an opportunity to rid herself and her friends of the media . Instead , the doctor gets fired , her sister 's occult store is vandalized and she is hated by almost everyone , except her family . She decides to end the debacle once and for all by tricking her college friend into admitting she lied about faking her death in front of the media at a party the hospital is having . , the doctor , and her family walk away happily . As the credits roll we see that both and get married and have children with their new loves ( has twins ) . 's son also becomes a father .

Shelley Long, Corbin Bernsen, Judith Ivey, Gabriel Byrne, Sela Ward

In Morocco , buys a puzzle box from a dealer . In a bare attic , when solves the puzzle , hooked chains emerge and tear him apart . Later , the room is filled with swinging chains and covered with the remnants of his body . A black - robed figure picks up the box and returns it to its original state , restoring the room to normal . 
 Some time afterward , 's brother moves into the house to rebuild his strained relationship with his second wife , , who had an affair with Frank shortly before their marriage . 's teenage daughter , , has chosen not to live with them and moves into her own place . cuts his hand carrying a bed up the stairs , and lets his blood drip on the attic floor . The blood resurrects as a skinless corpse , who is soon found by . Still obsessed with , she agrees to harvest blood for him so that he can be fully restored , and they can run away together . begins picking up men in bars and bringing them back to the house , where she murders them . consumes their blood , regenerating his body . explains to that he had exhausted all sensory experiences and sought out the puzzle box , with the promise that it would open a portal to a realm of new carnal pleasures . When solved , the " " came to subject him to the extremes of sadomasochism . 
 spies bringing men to the house ; believing her to be having an affair , she follows her to the attic , where she interrupts 's latest feeding . attacks her , but throws the puzzle box out the window , creating a distraction and allowing her to escape . retrieves the box and flees , but collapses shortly thereafter . Awakening in a hospital , solves the box , summoning the Cenobites and a bizarre monster called the Engineer , which narrowly escapes from . The Cenobites ' leader explains that although they have been perceived as both angels and demons , they are simply " explorers " from another dimension seeking carnal experiences , and they can no longer differentiate between pain and pleasure . Although they attempt to force to return to their realm with them , she informs that has escaped . The Cenobites agree to take back and , in exchange , say they will consider giving her freedom ; however , the catch is that they need to hear confess to his crimes and escape . 
 returns home , where has killed and taken his identity by stealing his skin . shows her what is purported to be 's flayed corpse in the attic , locking the door behind her . The Cenobites appear and , not fooled by the deception , demand the man who " did this " . tries to escape but is held by and . reveals his true identity to and , when his sexual advances are rejected , he decides to kill her to complete his rejuvenation . He accidentally stabs instead and drinks her blood without remorse . chases to the attic and , when he is about to kill her , the Cenobites appear after hearing him confess to killing her father . Now sure he is the one they are looking for , they ensnare him with chains and tear him to pieces . They then ultimately attempt to abduct . Ripping the puzzle box from 's dead hands , banishes the Cenobites by reversing the motions needed to open the puzzle box . 's boyfriend shows up and helps her escape the collapsing house . 
 Afterward , throws the puzzle box onto a burning pyre . A vagrant who has been stalking walks into the fire and retrieves the box before transforming into a winged creature and flying away . The box ends up in the hands of the merchant who sold it to , offering it to another prospective customer .

Revealed shortly into the movie , ( ) and two others , all stockbrokers , have managed to pass bogus bonds for a mobster awaiting trial . After an evening out at a bar , one of the stockbrokers is killed in his home . The next morning , the FBI take the other two into protective custody . After convincing his FBI hosts that he wants breakfast and out of the safe house , and his FBI bodyguards are followed by hitmen hired to eliminate them . One of the FBI bodyguards is killed in a diner , the other injured , and flees the scene . While running from the hitmen , he manages to board a train and temporarily escapes . eludes the killer and hitchhikes with a truck driver to Topsail Bay , Delaware , where he phones his Aunt , who tells him to meet her at the high school where she works . cuts off his beard and dyes the sides of his hair blonde to give himself a punk look . He trades his $ 500 Italian sports coat for a black pea coat from a bum to complete the look . When he goes to Topsail High School to meet his Aunt , the office personnel mistake him for a new student and send him to register for classes . 
 Needing a safe place to hide , , under disguise , attempts to contact his cousin , , ( played by ) and aunt ( portrayed by , real - life mother ) , arranging to meet the latter at the high school at which she works as a nurse . While sitting in the nurse 's office , he impulsively opts to enroll , taking the name of ( off a Maxwell House coffee can ) and begin high school all over again . He pulls his cousin aside and reveals himself , eventually using 's house to sleep in , unbeknownst to his aunt . 
 Not willing to take the attitude of teachers , becomes a hero to those tired of the school 's status quo , which upsets ( played by ) , the current class president , and captures the heart of ( ) . During an afternoon at the local diner , he accidentally drops a birthday card meant for his grandmother ( who had raised him ) and it gets mailed . Later , a hitman posing as an FBI agent contacts his grandmother and sees the card and its postmark , telling him where is hiding . 
 One night , on the way back from a date with , stops from entering the house . FBI agents have arrived , knowing is close because of his use of an ATM card . steals his mother 's keys and ends up using the high school as his refuge . He meets the school janitor , , and shares a drink with him , revealing who he truly is . embraces the opportunity to run for class president , not knowing the election committee has already decided to rig the results in favor of . 
 Bored with high school , decides to drop out . During the presentation of class election results , is announced the winner . However , demands a recount , which reveals that most want as class president . As starts to address the crowd , a hitman begins firing at the stage . , watching the proceedings , manages to dispose of one of the hitmen , while the other moves up into the rafters of the gym . chases him and a spotlight is used to blind the hitman . The hitman loses his grip and falls to the gym floor below . 
 Images of graduation are spliced into images of taking the stand in a court against the mobster for whom he had sold the bogus bonds . After his testimony , is given a few minutes to say farewell to his grandmother before being placed in the Federal Witness Protection Program . 
 The last scene is of , sitting under a tree at a university . , now known as , appears from behind the tree and tells her he has decided to become a teacher .

( ) is a middle class black male aspiring to become an actor . He practices his lines in the bathroom , with his younger brother ( ) watching as he plays a stereotypical " jive " character for the audition for Jivetime Jimmy 's Revenge , a movie about street gangs . 's grandmother ( ) overhears the " jive talk " and expresses disapproval . His mother ( ) , is more supportive , and assures her that if he lands the part , everything will change . 
 After the audition , talks with his boss Mr. , who questions 's dedication to his restaurant , Winky Dinky Dog . A limousine arrives , and its passenger is ( ) , who plays in There 's a Bat in My House . Ecstatic , asks how to determine a good role . tells him that if his character does not die in the script , then it 's a good part . also says that it is not about art , it is about the sequel . 
 gets a call from his agent and learns that his audition went well , but they wanted an " - type " . Regardless , gets a callback . That night , he has a nightmare in which the director ( ) , writer ( ) , and casting director ( ) hound him to be . Waiting in line with a group of clones , starts turning into himself until he wakes up in shock . 
 The next day , 's co - workers , and , belittle 's career as an actor and his constant excuses for missing work , telling him that he will never make it as an actor . quits his job . 
 Later that night , visits his uncle , , and expresses his doubts in pursuing his acting career . encourages to try to follow his dreams . During his callback , the director , writer , and casting director are thrilled at 's performance , calling it " very black " and give him the eponymous lead role . At home , celebrates getting the part with his girlfriend , when his grandmother comes home early and the three watch a film noir . has another fantasy of him playing the lead in his own film noir , Death of a Breakdancer . 
 That night , dreams of the roles that he wants to play , from a Shakespearean king , to a black superhero , to . His final dream is that of him winning his fifth Oscar . 
 returns to the studio the next day to start filming Jivetime Jimmy 's Revenge with his family in the audience . Due to his overwhelming guilt of playing such a stereotypical character , quits in the middle of the shoot . With his grandmother steadfastly telling him there is work at the post office , ends the film shooting a commercial for the US Postal Service .

Beginning just before the start of the Second World War , the film tells the story of the family : , his sisters and , and his parents and , living in a suburb of London . After the war starts , joins the army , leaving alone to watch over the children . 
 Seen through the eyes of 10 - year - old , the " fireworks " provided by the Blitz every night are as exciting as they are terrifying . His family do not see things in quite the same way as the bombs continue to drop , but their will to survive brings them closer together . The nightly raids do not provide the only drama , however , as his older sister , , falls for a Canadian soldier , becomes pregnant[4 ] and , finding her life turned upside down , soon discovers the value of her family . The family eventually moves to the Thames - side home of 's parents when their house burns down ( not in an air raid , but in an ordinary fire ) . This provides an opportunity for to spend more time with his curmudgeonly grandfather .

High school student ( ) misses the plane he was supposed to be on with his rich girlfriend and her family on the way to a Caribbean vacation during a school break . He flies there alone , and runs into a series of characters and misadventures as he tries to catch up . Ganja - smoking island natives give him a lift in their vehicle , but they do n't quite make it as the family takes off on a chartered yacht . A crusty old sailor ( ) with his own reasons takes up the chase with on a decrepit sailboat . then runs into corrupt cops and winds up in jail . Finally , he catches up to the yacht , only to find that the family has been taken hostage by pirates . He comes to the rescue .

Young urban professionals ( ) and his girlfriend ( ) move into an old mansion that has been in 's family for generations . They are soon joined by 's goofy friend ( ) , who brought along his diva girlfriend ( ) , in the hopes of being discovered by , who works for a record company . 
 has returned to the old family mansion after his parents were murdered when he was a baby . While going through old things in the basement , finds a picture of his great - great grandfather ( and namesake ) in front of an Aztec temple holding a crystal skull with jewels in the eyes . In the background is a man learns is , a former partner of his great - great grandfather turned bitter enemy after a disagreement over who would get to keep the skull . 
 Reasoning that the skull must be buried with him , and decide to dig up 's great - great - grandfather in the hopes of procuring the skull . They unearth the casket only to be attacked by the corpse ( Royal Dano ) , who then shows himself to be friendly when reveals his identity as the senior 's great - great grandson . and take the cowboy zombie , nicknamed " " , back to the house , where he is horrified to learn that the skull has not rejuvenated his body as he had hoped . 
 and go out drinking and driving , and later the boys listen for hours to ' stories of the old west and his outlaw life . explains that the house was built using stones from the Aztec temple , and that its rooms act as a hidden doorway across space and time , with the skull acting as a key . He charges and with defending the skull against the forces of evil , who are drawn to possess the skull . 
 During an impromptu Halloween party thrown by , makes an appearance ( though he is overlooked as it is a costume party ) , leaves Jesse ( taking with her ) after he is seen with an old girlfriend by her smarmy boss ( ) , and and pick up two new pets in the Jurassic era , a baby pterodactyl and a caterpillar - dog , after a barbarian / cave - man arrives at the party and steals the skull . 
 ( ) , an electrician and " part - time adventurer " , arrives to inspect the house 's old wiring . While seemingly a buffoon , he pulls a short - sword from his tool case and leads the boys through " one of those time - portal things ... you see these all the time in these old houses . " In the mystic past , the three rescue a Mexican virgin who was about to be sacrificed , who seems to like but throws things at . 
 Eventually , a zombified makes his appearance . Still after the skull , shoots , who then gives his guns and reveals that it was who shot and killed 's parents when he was a baby . jumps through a window into the Old West , and eventually succeeds in killing by blasting off his head with a rifle . , who has been mortally wounded , begins to pass away . says goodbye to and tells hims he is so happy to have met his great - great - grandson . then gives a final warning about the power of the skull , encouraging to get what he wants from the enchanted object and then get rid of it . As passes , embraces him in a hug . 
 The film ends with the revelation that used the skull to travel back into the Old West , where he , and the rest of their friends drive off in a wagon , leaving the crystal skull behind , marking ' new grave .

is a psychiatrist who has achieved success with her recently published book , but who feels unfulfilled . During a session one day , , a patient , informs her that his life is in danger because he owes money to a criminal figure named and brandishes a gun , threatening to kill himself . persuades him to surrender the weapon to her and promises that she will help . 
 That night , visits a pool hall owned by and confronts him . says that he is willing to forgive 's debt if accompanies him to a back room poker game and identifies the tell of , another player . She agrees , and spots playing with his ring when he bluffs . She discloses this to , who calls the bluff . However , wins the hand and demands that pay the $ 6,000 bet , which he is unable to do . pulls a gun but intervenes and offers to pay the debt with a personal check . She then notices that the gun is actually a water pistol , and realizes that the entire game is a set - up to trick her out of her money . She is excited , however , and returns the next night to request that teach her about cons so that she can write a book about the experience . appears skeptical , but agrees . 
 begins to enchant by showing her several small tricks . Eventually , the two steal a hotel room and make love . While in the room , he instructs her that all con artists take a small token from every " mark " to signify their dominance . While is in the bathroom , she takes a small pocket knife from the table , believing that it belongs to the man who rented the room . Afterwards , says that he is late for another , large con with his associates at the same hotel . is eager to tag along and , reluctantly , allows it . The con involves , his partner and the " mark , " a businessman discovering a briefcase full of money , and taking it to a hotel room . There they will discuss whether to turn it in or split it among themselves . In the hotel room , discovers that the businessman is actually an undercover policeman , and the trick is a sting operation . She tells and they attempt to escape , but the policeman blocks their way and tries to arrest them . There is a struggle that ends with accidentally shooting the officer dead . The three leave via the stairwell and end up in the garage , where they force to steal a car , driving past two uniformed police officers , the con men concealed in the back seat . While abandoning the car , they realize that the briefcase , containing $ 80,000 borrowed from the Mafia for the con , has been lost . finally offers to pay $ 80,000 of her own money so he can pay back the mob . 
 tells that they must split up so as not to draw any attention from the police , and says that he is flying away to hide . is riddled with guilt but , by chance , spots driving the same red convertible . She tracks him to a bar , where she spies on and the entire group , including the undercover policeman , discussing how the preceding events were a scheme to con her out of $ 85,000 . 
 After overhearing that is flying to Las Vegas that night , waits for him at the airport . She says that she 's been so worried about the police that she has withdrawn her entire life savings , and pleads to start a new life with him . They go to a restricted baggage handling area that is deserted , where finds out he 's being tricked when she lets it slip that she stole his pocket knife . He says that he ca n't return her money because it has already been divided . , however , produces 's gun and demands that he beg for his life . refuses , thinking that he is calling her bluff , but shoots him in the leg . When curses her , she shoots him three more times , killing him . She calmly conceals her gun and walks away . 
 Later , is shown just returned from a vacation , having moved on from the ordeal . While talking with a colleague , she seems to show no remorse for killing . While at a restaurant , distracts another diner so as to steal a gold lighter from her purse , relishing the brief thrill .

In San Francisco , California , down - on - his - luck naval aviator Lt . ( ) resigns his commission and volunteers for a secret miniaturization experiment . He is placed in a submersible pod and both are shrunk to microscopic size . They are transferred into a syringe to be injected into a rabbit , but the lab is attacked by a rival organization — led by scientist Dr. ( plans to seize the experiment and steal the miniaturization technology . 
 Experiment supervisor ( ) , knowing their intentions , escapes with the syringe . A chase ensues with one of 's henchmen , Mr. ( ) , which ends at a nearby shopping mall . After being shot , injects and the pod into an unsuspecting ( ) , a hypochondriac Safeway grocery clerk , the first person he comes into contact with . 
 On regaining consciousness , is unaware of what has happened and believes he 's been injected into the rabbit . After attempts to radio the lab are unsuccessful , navigates the pod to the optic nerve and implants a camera so he is able to see what the " host " sees . Realizing he is inside a human , makes contact by attaching another device to 's inner ear , enabling him to talk to , initially with embarrassing consequences . explains that the pod has only a few hours ' supply of oxygen and needs his help in order to extract him by going back to the lab . 
 At the lab , the scientists explain to and that the other group stole one of two computer chips that are vital to the process . That group 's mastermind is ( ) . His henchmen include , , and " The Cowboy " ( ) . 
 contacts 's estranged girlfriend ( ) , a reporter who has had dealings with The Cowboy . They learn that The Cowboy plans to buy the computer chip from . After knocking the Cowboy unconscious using the pod 's equipment , controls the muscles of 's face , altering 's features so he looks identical to the . and , posing as the , meet with to steal the chip from him . However , as they are about to take possession of the chip , 's nervousness overrides the transformation of his face , exposing the scam . captures and and takes them to the lab . While imprisoned , and share a kiss , which , unknown to them , transfers into 's body through their saliva . Once taken to the lab , the criminals miniaturize and inject him into to locate , kill him , and obtain the other chip , which is attached to the pod . 
 Once has been injected , and escape , steal back the chip and order everyone in the lab at gunpoint into the miniaturization device , including and . However , not knowing how to operate it , they only manage to miniaturize everyone to half the original size . , now inside , finds a growing baby and realizes that she is pregnant with his child . By going to 's eardrum and playing their song ( " Cupid " ) , he is able to alert them what has happened . and kiss again to transfer back . They frantically drive back to the lab in order to enlarge , not realizing that miniature versions of and are hiding in the back seat . While the villains attempt to subdue and , locates in 's esophagus and attacks him . disables 's craft and is killed after drops him into 's stomach . 
 Back at the lab , with only minutes of supplemental oxygen left in the pod , follows 's instructions to eject the pod from his lungs by making himself sneeze after using hairspray which his doctor says he 's allergic to . and the pod are successfully enlarged , and he is reunited with and finally gets to meet in person . The film ends at and 's wedding , held at Wayfarers Chapel , where wears the chips from the experiment as cufflinks . When they climb into the limousine , it is revealed that is the driver and and are hiding in the trunk , inside a suitcase . Now confident and in control of his life , recognizes the Cowboy and jumps into 's vintage 1967 Mustang , pursuing the limousine to rescue the newlyweds .

( Hoffman ) and ( Beatty ) are inept songwriters who are down on their luck , but dream of becoming a popular singing duo in the mould of and . Though they are poorly received at a local open mic night , agent ( Weston ) offers to book them as lounge singers in a hotel in Marrakesh , Morocco , explaining that the last act quit due to political unrest in the area . Nearly broke , both single and without any better options , and decide to take the gig . 
 When they arrive in the fictional neighboring country of Ishtar , agrees to give his passport to a mysterious woman who claims her life is in danger . She promises to meet him in Marrakesh . Unfortunately , learns at the U.S. Embassy that it will take longer than expected to get a new passport . goes to Morocco in a bid to save their booking while stays behind . 
 Alone in Ishtar , meets CIA agent . agrees to be a mole for the CIA and , in return , gets to Morocco by the next evening . 
 Now together again , and unwittingly become involved in a plot to overthrow the Emir of Ishtar . The mysterious woman , named , has a map that she needs to get to the leftist guerrillas opposing the government of . gets involved when contacts and . 
 Both and the CIA attempt to use and to further their own agendas , resulting in and getting lost in the desert , and unwittingly exposing the CIA 's top secret operation in Ishtar . To keep the situation quiet , the CIA ends up having to support leading social reforms in the country , and back an album written by and with a tour starting in Morocco . At the show , is in the audience . Meanwhile , a military officer orders the rest of the men in uniform that make up the audience to " APPLAUD ! " when songs are finished .

Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin, Tess Harper, Jack Weston

On Amity Island , , famous for his role as Police Chief and his heroism during the previous events , has recently died from a heart attack . His wife , , attributes it to the fear of sharks . She now lives with 's younger son , , and his fiancée , . now works as a police deputy , and is dispatched to clear a log from a buoy a few days before Christmas . A great white shark appears and kills him , sinking his boat in the process . 
 's older son , his wife , and their five - year - old daughter , , come to Amity for the funeral , and encourage to come from Massachusetts to the Bahamas with them . At the islands , meets carefree airplane pilot . , along with partners , , and , works as a marine biologist studying conch . 
 A few days later , they encounter the same shark that killed . is eager to do research on the shark , because great white sharks hardly come to the Bahamas as the water there is warm , and sharks are misunderstood creatures , but asks him not to mention the shark due to 's attempts to convince him to find a job on land . becomes so obsessive that she begins having nightmares and premonitions of being attacked by a shark . Then , she starts getting psychic feelings when the shark is near or attacks . She and the shark have a strange connection that is unexplained . decides to attach a device to the shark that can track it through its heartbeat . Using chum to attract it , stabs the device 's tracking pole into the shark 's side . The next day , the shark chases through a sunken ship , and he narrowly escapes . 
 goes on an inflatable banana boat with her friend and her mother , while presents her new art sculpture . The shark goes for , but attacks and kills 's mother instead . boards 's boat to track down the shark , intending to kill it to save the rest of her family . After hearing about what happened , confesses about the shark , infuriating . and are flown by to search for , and they find the shark in pursuit of their boat . During the search , explains to about 's belief that the shark that killed is after her family . When they find her , lands the plane on the water , ordering and to swim to the boat as the shark drags the plane and underwater . 
 Fortunately , escapes from the shark . and hastily put together an explosive , powered by electrical impulses . They begin blasting the shark with the impulses , which begin to drive it mad ; it repeatedly jumps out of the water , roaring in pain . As moves to the front of the boat , the shark lunges , giving it the chance to pull under and maul him alive . He manages to get the explosive into the shark 's mouth before he is taken underwater . 
 continues to blast the shark with the impulses , causing it to leap out of the water again , igniting the bomb as steers the sailboat towards the shark while thinking back to 's demise , the shark 's attack on , and when her husband defeated the first shark . The broken bowsprit impales the shark in the exact spot where the bomb is , causing it to explode on impact . The shark 's corpse then sinks to the bottom of the sea . then hears calling for help , seriously injured , but alive and conscious , floating in the water . The four survive the deciding encounter , and safely make it back to land . then flies back to Amity Island .

plays , a CIA spy - turned - restaurateur . According to the opening sequence of the movie , the title refers to the idea that this film is actually the sixth installment of a series of films featuring the adventures of , as parts one through five were locked up in the interests of world security . In actuality , there are no films preceding this one . 
 The theatrical release poster points out that is , at the time of his reluctant return to action , coping with domestic issues : 
 The film starts with being called out of retirement by his CIA director ( ) to save the world from evil vegetarian ( ) , who brainwashes animals to kill people . The film ends with infiltrating 's headquarters ( an " International Tuna " factory ) , fending off the vegetarians with magic meat he received from a Gypsy , freeing the captive animals , and flooding the base using Alka - Seltzer . He escapes by riding an ostrich across the roof ; the unlikely steed flies him to the ground .

( ) is a straitlaced college freshman on the East Coast of the United States , who returns home to Los Angeles , California , for Christmas to find things very different from the way he left them . His high school girlfriend , ( ) , has become addicted to cocaine and has been having sex with his high school best friend , ( ) . , whose life has gone downhill after his startup record company fell apart , has become a drug addict . He has also been cut off by his family for stealing to support his habit and reduced to homelessness . is also being hassled by his dealer , an old classmate named ( ) , for a debt of $ 50,000 that he owes to him . 
 's relationship with rekindles and 's behavior becomes more volatile . His addiction is worsening and since he does not have the money to pay off his debt , forces him to become a prostitute to work off the debt . After suffering through a night of withdrawal and hiding from , decides to quit and begs his father ( ) to help him . The next day , tells his plans for sobriety , which does not believe . soon lures back into doing drugs and hooking . finds and rescues him ; after a violent confrontation with and his henchman , , and all escape and begin the long drive through the desert so can attempt to achieve sobriety once and for all . However , the damage has already been done ; the next morning dies from heart failure in the car . 
 After 's funeral , and are sitting on a cemetery bench reminiscing about him . then tells , that he is returning to the East Coast and wants her to go with him . She agrees to his offer . We see the snapshot of the three of them at graduation — the last time all three of them were happy together .

Shortly after his 50th birthday , LAPD Homicide Sergeant is partnered with Sergeant , a transfer from narcotics . is a former Special Forces soldier who lost his wife in a car accident three years prior , has turned suicidal , and has been taking his aggression out on suspects , leading to his superiors requesting his transfer . and quickly find themselves feuding with each other . 
 is contacted by , a Vietnam War buddy and banker , but before they can meet , learns that 's daughter , , apparently committed suicide by jumping from her apartment balcony . Autopsy reports show to have been poisoned with drain cleaner , making the case a possible homicide . tells that he was concerned about his daughter 's involvement in drugs , prostitution , and pornography , and was trying to get to help her escape that life . 
 and attempt to question 's pimp , but find a drug lab on the premises , leading to a shootout . kills the pimp and saves the life of , who starts to tolerate his new partner . Though the case seems closed , is aware that the only witness to 's apparent suicide was , another prostitute who was working away from her normal streets . They attempt to question at her home , but it explodes as they approach it . finds parts of a mercury switch from bomb debris , indicating a professional had set the bomb ; children who had been nearby witnessed a man approach the house with a tattoo similar to ' , and suspects knows more than he has told him . 
 The two approach before 's funeral , where he reveals that he had previously been part of " Shadow Company , " a heroin - smuggling operation run by former special forces operators from the Vietnam War , masterminded by retired General and his right - hand man , Mr. . had been laundering the money , but wanted to get out , and when found out he 'd contacted , the general had killed . As they talk , arrives in a helicopter and kills . Shadow Company attempts to kill in a drive - by shooting , but he is saved by a bullet - proof vest . and fake his death to gain the upper hand . 
 Shadow Company later kidnaps 's daughter and demand turn himself over to them for her return . and plan an ambush at the exchange at El Mirage Lake with providing sniper support , but is caught by and all three are taken to an unknown location . and are tortured for information , but manages to overpower his captors , frees and , and they escape to find themselves at a busy nightclub used as a front for Shadow Company . Their cover blown , and attempt to escape separately . manages to get away , but ends up crashing his car on Hollywood Boulevard and is killed when hand grenades in the car detonate . and race to 's home , knowing will be after his family . They arrive in time to stop him , and beats him in a violent fist fight on the front lawn . As officers arrive to take away , he breaks free and grabs a gun , but both and pull their guns and shoot him dead . 
 After visiting his wife 's grave , spends Christmas with the , having become best friends with and bonding with the rest of the family . also gives a symbolic gift : an unfired hollow - point bullet which he had been saving to commit suicide , as he does not need it anymore .

Loosely based on the historical Children 's Crusade , the story follows an exiled young knight , played by , who leads a band of orphans to join the Third Crusade with King while protecting the children from ( ) , a disillusioned crusader turned child slave trader ( not to be confused with the real - life , the Black Prince ) .

In a small Pennsylvania town in 1957 , ( ) dreams of escaping small town life and moving to California with his girlfriend . But leaves him with his motor running and takes off alone . Along the way , he rescues a woman and her children from a river but perishes himself . He finds himself in Heaven , where his Aunt greets him , and explains the rules and regulations . Once in the ethereal realm , falls in love with a heavenly guide named ( ) . 
 Their love is abruptly interrupted because has not yet earned her wings on Earth ; she must leave on a tour of duty and put in time inhabiting a human body . is beside himself with despair , but the heavenly powers , in the form of , chain - smoking and sporting an orange crew - cut , offer him a deal . can return to Earth , with the stipulation neither he nor will remember each other . He then has thirty years in which they must find each other again .

( ) is a spoiled rich girl in her mid 20 's whose hard partying lifestyle and lack of self - respect as well as a lack of respect for others is starting to wear thin on her widowed father ( ) , a wealthy philanthropist , and on her boyfriend ( ) , who breaks up with her after finally getting fed up with her immature and self - destructive behavior . When is arrested for drunk driving and drug possession , she finally pushes beyond his limits . He is frustrated and disappointed and feels regret for spoiling her as a way to help her cope with the death of her Mother from cancer when she was a young child . While in the company of family retainer ( ) , he says the one thing he thought he 'd never say .... he wishes he 'd never had a daughter . In pops ( ) , a fairy godmother who has been assigned to the family . To keep from ruining her life , casts a spell " erasing " 's life as it is , as if did never have a daughter . Then she bails out of jail . 
 When tries to go home , her father does n't recognize her and claims that he has no daughter . appears and tells her that she 's getting what she deserves . She tells that if she wants to eat and have a place to sleep , she 'll have to find employment . , a college dropout who has never worked a day in her life , is forced to find work as a live - in maid for an eccentric couple named ( and ) who got rich by winning the lottery some years back who are trying to make it in the music industry as talent agents . 
 has to interact with the other mansion staff , consisting of former singer - turned - cook ( ) , Hispanic servant ( ) , and chauffeur ( ) , a struggling songwriter . learns the true meaning of love , friendship , hard work , and self - respect . When she chooses the happiness of her new friends over her own , she is rewarded with having her old life returned to her , albeit vastly improved .

( ) is an emotionally repressed scientist who can not stand others because of their intellectual inferiority . He dreams of deep space exploration , which would be difficult because of the lack of human contact for long periods of time . He develops the Ulysses android ( which looks exactly like him ) for the purpose of space exploration , since an android would not be affected by the isolation . 
 ( ) is hired to do public relations for the project . As a part of her job , she must get to know the android better , in order to " humanize " him for the benefit of the project 's sponsors in Congress . However , in his interaction with her , the android develops emotions and develops better social skills than the scientist himself . At one point the android impersonates in order to leave the laboratory , and stows away in 's Chevrolet Corvair . After escaping he encounters human society at a shopping mall , buys a tuxedo , goes on a date with a woman ( ) who thinks he is , reducing her to an emotional wreck , and then loses his head ( literally ) over 's best friend ( ) who has taken refuge in 's apartment after walking out on her husband who is a star on the popular daytime soap opera New Jersey . 
 also develops feelings for the android and befriends on a lesser level . 's mother , ( ) learns from 's ex - boyfriend 's ( ) mother that has a doctor boyfriend ( ) and expects to bring him to the wedding of 's sister . persuades to come , but again absconds from the lab and gate - crashes the wedding . 's jealous TV - star husband crashes the wedding and gets into a fight with . short - circuits and crashes into the swimming pool , turning the occasion into a public relations disaster . is fired from her job and forbidden contact with or anyone on the project . She attempts to say goodbye on launch day by using her connections with a former client and boyfriend ( ) , a candidate for Congress , but she only sees during his farewell speech , in which he bemoans the tendency of humans and their tragic emotional relationships . 
 Eventually , it becomes clear that ' final speech was actually made by , who has realized he can not deal with people . Due to his lack of social skills , Jeff realizes that the lack of human contact will not be a hardship for him . decided to go into space while the android takes his place on Earth so and ( who by now are deeply in love ) can be together .

On the planet Eternia , at the center of the Universe , 's army seizes Castle Grayskull , scatters the remaining Eternian defenders , and captures the Sorceress of Grayskull , planning to add her power to his own by the next moonrise . 
 's archenemy , the warrior , veteran soldier , and his daughter rescue from 's forces . , a Thenorian locksmith , reveals that has acquired his invention : a " Cosmic Key " that can open a portal to anywhere by utilizing sound keys . The device was stolen by 's second - in - command , , allowing to breach Castle Grayskull . 
 With 's remaining prototype of the Key in hand , and his friends travel to the Castle . They attempt to free the Sorceress but are overwhelmed by 's army and forced to flee through 's hastily opened portal , transporting them to Earth . The Key is misplaced on their arrival and discovered by two New Jersey teenagers , orphaned high school girl and her boyfriend . The pair attempt to figure out what the Key is and accidentally send a signal that allows to track the Key and send her henchmen – , , and – to recover it . 
 , an aspiring musician , mistakes the Key for a synthesizer and takes it to a music store run by his friend . 's team arrives and chases until comes across her and rescues her . 's team returns to Grayskull where , incensed by their failure , kills and sends the others back to Earth , with a larger force under command . Unable to find , is taken to 's house by , a detective investigating the disturbance created by 's team . Suspecting the Key is stolen , confiscates it from and leaves . Immediately afterward , captures and interrogates for the Key 's location with a mind control collar , before pursuing . 
 and the Eternians release from the collar before they go after and the . They manage to get hold of them in 's store , but 's forces catch up with them , and a pitched battle ensues . recovers the key and summons to Earth . 's forces capture the Eternians , and is mortally wounded by 's lightning blast , which simultaneously erases the memory storage of 's Key . surrenders to save his comrades and is returned to Eternia as 's slave . demands that He - Man kneel before him for all of Eternia to witness , before he is killed . He - Man refuses and is lashed by 's laser whip in an attempt to make him submit . is still standing when the moon rises , and absorbs the powers of the universe . Declaring himself the Master of the Universe , asserts his victory and continues to torture with energy blasts . 
 Back on Earth , repairs the Cosmic Key , and recreates the tones necessary to create a gateway to Eternia . The group , including who attempts to arrest them , are transported to Castle Grayskull , where they begin battling 's forces . Resenting that absorbed the power of the Universe without sharing it with her , deserts him along with the other henchmen . accidentally frees , who reclaims the Sword of Grayskull , and they battle until shatters 's staff , removing his new powers and restoring him to his normal state . He - Man offers mercy , but draws a concealed sword and attempts to kill ; He - Man knocks into a towering pit below . The freed Sorceress heals , and a portal is opened to send the Earthlings home . Hailed as a hero for his bravery , decides to remain on Eternia . 
 awakens on the morning of her parents ' deaths by plane crash . She prevents them from taking the ill - fated flight by taking their keys , and runs outside to find . confirms that their experiences were real , producing a souvenir from Eternia : a small blue sphere containing a scene of in front of Castle Grayskull with his sword raised above his head . 
 In a post - credits scene , 's head emerges from the water at the bottom of the pit , saying " I 'll be back ! " .

Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Courteney Cox, Billy Barty, Chelsea Field, Jon Cypher, Robert Duncan McNeill, James Tolkan, Christina Pickles

It was 1920 in the southwest West Virginia coal fields , and , as the narrator recalls , " things were tough . " In response to efforts by miners to organize into a labor union , the Stone Mountain Coal Company announces it will cut the pay miners receive , and will be importing replacement workers into town to replace those who join the union . The new workers are African Americans from Alabama and are coming in on the train , but the train is stopped outside town and the black men are told to get off . Derided as " scabs " , they are then attacked by the local miners , but manage to get back on the train and continue their journey . 
 Witnessing the attack is ( ) , a passenger on the train and an organizer for the United Mine Workers . He arrives in Matewan and takes up residence at a boarding house run by a coal miner 's widow , ( ) , and her 15 - year - old son , ( ) , who is also a miner and a budding Baptist preacher . 
 and the local leader , , then go around to meet the rest of the black miners as well as a contingent of Italians to try to bring them into the union , and are met with reluctance . But later , caught between the company 's guns and the local miners , the blacks and the Italians throw down their coal shovels and take up the union cause . , an agent provocateur for the coal company who has infiltrated the union , tries to goad the miners towards violence , which says will only weaken their cause . The infiltrator also pens a note to the Baldwin – Felts Detective Agency , which provides armed agents as strike breakers to the coal company , saying there is a " Red " organizer in town . 
 The next day , two Baldwin – Felts men , and , show up in town and take up residence at the boarding house . at first refuses to give rooms to and , but voluntarily moves to the hotel , freeing up a room for the two men and averting trouble for Mrs. . and then start their campaign against the union by forcibly evicting miners from company - owned houses in town . Mayor and Police Chief refuse to let them be evicted without eviction writs from Charleston . deputizes all the men in town and tells them to go home and come back with their guns . 
 The – Felts men then turn their attention on the strikers ' camp outside town , where the miners and their families are living in tents . At night , the armed strikebreakers fire shots into the camp , injuring some strikers . The next day , they enter the camp to demand that all food and clothing purchased at the company store with scrip be turned over to them . But then some armed foothill people , whose land was taken by the coal company , enter the camp . Expressing disdain for the noise caused by the gunmen 's automobile the night before , their presence and sympathy for the miners compels the – Felts men to leave empty - handed . One of the hill people is carrying a caplock rifle and when asked mockingly by a departing – Felts agent if it was a relic from the Spanish – American War , he replied , " Nope , War Between the States " . 
 The slow arrival of the union 's thinly stretched strike funds tests the patience of and other miners who become disillusioned and turn to violence in spite of 's warnings . The miners are involved in a night - time shootout with the agents and is wounded . He is rescued by some hill people but not before he recognizes as the infiltrator . 
 tries to drive a wedge between and the miners by convincing a young widow , , to falsely accuse of sexual assault , and he plants a letter which makes appear to be the infiltrator . Danny overhears and talking about the scheme but is caught and held by the two men . The agents intend to keep a watchful eye on , but become drunk and are not paying attention that night when , while preaching at the Freewill church , relates a parable about that convinces the miners that they have been deceived by a false story . One of the miners hurries to the camp to find ( ) , who had drawn the short straw for who would kill for his assumed treachery . Few Clothes tells he is there to guard him when he comments on the gun the black miner has . Asked whether he knows how to use it , Few Clothes says yes , that he was in the Spanish – American War of 1898 . tells him that he was in Fort Leavenworth Military Penitentiary in 1917 , and saw Mennonites imprisoned for refusing to bear arms passively resist having their beards shaved and rip the buttons off their prison clothes , since all these were against their religion . They were punished by being handcuffed to cell bars for eight hours per day , until the cuffs had cut into their wrists and caused gangrene . Despite it all , they ripped off re - sewn buttons with their teeth , not one giving up . says he never saw braver men , and ironically they were in there for refusing to fight . This tale of bravery and injustice leaves Few Clothes conflicted and unsure about his mission to execute . Another miner arrives and tells Few Clothes the truth and 's execution is called off just in time . Meanwhile , has made his way back to town and informed the others of 's betrayal , furiously burning down his restaurant . flees town by swimming across the Tug Fork River . 
 Later , , a young man and a friend of , is kidnapped by the – Felts agents . is tortured and promised freedom if he gives up the names of five union miners . instead gives the names of five men buried in a nearby cemetery who perished in the coal mines and the agents kill by cutting his throat . , who has rejoined the – Felts agents , recognizes the names as those of men who had died in a mine five years earlier . 
 The situation between the – Felts men and Chief reaches a boiling point with the arrival of reinforcements with orders to carry out the evictions . The mayor tries to negotiate as comes running to try to stop the fight . The sudden movement sets off a climactic gunfight between the exposed mercenaries and the armed townspeople firing from barricades and rooftops . shoots two men and survives the battle , but is killed and the mayor is shot in the stomach . is brought down , while escapes to boarding house , where he is shot and killed by . Seven – Felts men and two townspeople are ultimately killed . 
 In the epilogue , the narrator ( revealed to be an elderly recalling those days in " Bloody Mingo " ) recounts that Mayor succumbed to his wounds and the mayor 's wife married Chief . But was later gunned down in broad daylight on the steps of the McDowell County Courthouse in Welch , with stepping up to deliver the coup de grâce .

Thirty - seven - year - old ( ) , an Italian - American widow , is a bookkeeper in Brooklyn Heights , New York , where she lives with her family : her father ( ) a successful plumber ; her mother ( ) ; and her paternal grandfather ( ) . Her boyfriend ( ) proposes to her before leaving for Sicily to be with his dying mother ; she accepts , but is insistent that they carefully follow tradition as she believes her first marriage was cursed by her failure to do so , resulting in her husband 's death . asks to invite his estranged younger brother ( ) to the wedding . returns home and informs her parents of the engagement . dislikes and is reluctant to commit to paying for the " real " wedding insists on , while is pleased that likes but does not love him ; she believes that one can easily be driven crazy by a partner whom one loves . 
 The next day , goes to see at his bakery . He reveals that he has a wooden prosthetic hand , and he explains that he blames for the loss of his hand and his own fiancée ; became distracted while talking to as he cut bread for him , his hand was mangled in the slicer , and his fiancée left him . insists that they discuss the matter upstairs in his apartment , where she cooks for him and then tells him that she believes he is a " wolf " who cut off his own hand to escape the trap of a bad relationship . reacts furiously and passionately , kissing ( who responds to his kiss ) and then carrying her to his bed where they make love . At the same time , is dining with his mistress ( ) and giving her jewelry . 
 That evening , 's brother ( ) and his wife ( ) join and for dinner , and they all wonder where is . recalls that when he was a boy and was courting , he thought that a particularly bright moon one night was somehow brought to the house by because of his love for . That night , remains at 's apartment and sees such a moon ; sees it as well , and it leads him and Rita to make love . The next morning , tells they can never see each other again . She slaps him when he claims to be in love with her ( " Snap out of it ! " ) and he agrees to never see her again if she will attend the opera ( his other great love ) with him that night . She agrees . She then goes to church and confesses her infidelity . She unexpectedly sees her mother there , and tells her that is having an affair ; is doubtful . then goes to and 's store to close out the cash register , after which she impulsively goes to the hair salon and buys a glamorous evening gown . 
 and ( wearing a tuxedo ) meet at Lincoln Center , and each is impressed with the other 's appearance . is deeply moved by her first opera , 's La bohème . But as they leave , sees and , and she confronts her father . He sees that she is with , and he suggests that they simply agree that they did n't see each other at all , but is conflicted . then intends to return home alone , but leads her back to his apartment where he passionately and desperately persuades her into another tryst . The same night , dines alone at a restaurant and sees a college professor , ( ) , being dramatically dumped by a female student , a similar scene having played out with a different girl the night proposed to . invites to dine with her , asks him why men pursue women , and then shares with him her belief that men pursue women because they fear death . walks home and tries to convince her to invite him in ; she refuses " because I 'm married . Because I know who I am . " Later , unexpectedly returns from Sicily after his mother 's " miraculous " recovery and goes to 's house ; explains that she 's not there and then asks him why men chase women . He tells her it may be because they fear death , with which agrees . After this exchange he leaves , planning to return in the morning to see . 
 In the morning , returns home in a reverie but is then distressed to learn from that will be there soon . then arrives , and notes their matching " love bites " and invites him for breakfast over 's objections . and his father emerge from upstairs , and the older man cajoles into agreeing to pay for 's wedding . then confronts and , after he acknowledges in response to her questioning that she has been a good wife , demands that he end his affair ; he is upset but agrees and , after insistence from , also agrees to go to confession , and they then affirm their love for each other . and also arrive , concerned and seemingly reluctantly suspicious , to find out why did n't make the previous day 's bank deposit ; they are relieved to learn that she merely forgot and still has the money . When finally arrives , he breaks off the engagement , superstitiously believing that their marriage would cause his mother 's death . , momentarily offended by his breaking the engagement , chastises for breaking his promise and throws the engagement ring at him . Seizing the moment , borrows the ring and asks to marry him ; she accepts . To 's chagrin , declares that she loves . The family toasts the couple with champagne and a befuddled joins in at the grandfather 's urging , as he will now be part of the family after all .

Cher, Nicolas Cage, Olympia Dukakis, Danny Aiello, Vincent Gardenia, John Mahoney

The protagonist , space archaeologist , discovers a fossilized " Munchie " in a cave in Peru and accidentally reanimates it . Bringing the specimen back to the United States , 's son and girlfriend name it . , 's evil twin brother and snack food entrepreneur , kidnaps while and are making out . 
 When is hurt by his kidnappers , it becomes aggressive and attacks 's adopted son . Attempting to kill , they chop him into quarters , but instead of dying , multiplies into four new Munchies . The quartet of creatures develop a love of women , beer , attacking people , and junk food in the process .

It 's 1954 in Austin , Texas , and a slightly pregnant ( ) is in a lot of trouble . She 's gone to sleazy photographer 's studio to reclaim some photos from him because they were " lots more artistic than I bargained for . " assures her that he knows and she will certainly make it to the top . But has second thoughts , she wants her photos , and when she goes back to the studio to retrieve them , gets caught up in the middle of a murder scene . She grabs an envelope with her name on it and hightails it out of there . 
 Unfortunately , she gets the wrong pictures . She has stolen plans for a new highway development that ends up in the hands of her estranged husband ( ) , a handsome , wise - mouthed bum who owns a bar called the Blue Bonnet which no one goes to and that 's not the worst of it . He 's fooling around with a former who works for the Lone Star Brewing company ( ) . He sees a way to make a bundle of money in all this . 
 Shady real estate kingpin ( ) wants the plans back and will stop at nothing to get them . The couple is soon on the run not only from Buford but from police who believe they 've killed . All this time , and want a divorce , and has n't told she 's pregnant with his baby .

One night , ( ) , a young man in a small town , meets an attractive young drifter named ( ) . Just before sunrise , she bites him on the neck and runs off . The rising sun causes 's flesh to smoke and burn . arrives with a group of roaming vampires in an RV and takes him away . The most psychotic of the vampires , ( ) , wants to kill but reveals that she has already turned him . Their charismatic leader ( ) reluctantly agrees to allow to remain with them for a week , to see if he can learn to hunt and gain the group 's trust . is unwilling to kill to feed , which alienates him from the others . To protect him , kills for him and then has him drink from her wrist . 
 's group enters a bar and kills the occupants . They set the bar on fire and flee the scene . After endangers himself to help them escape their motel room during a daylight police raid , and the others are temporarily mollified , with asking how old he was and told he fought for the South . 's father ( ) searches for 's group . A child vampire in the group , ( ) meets 's sister ( ) and wants to turn her into his companion , but objects . While the group argues , 's father arrives and holds them at gunpoint , demanding that be released . taunts him into shooting but regurgitates the bullet before wrestling the gun away . In the confusion , opens a door , letting in the sunlight and forcing the vampires back . Burning , escapes with his family . 
 suggests they try giving him a blood transfusion to attempt to cure him . The transfusion successfully reverses 's transformation . That night , the vampires search for and . distracts by trying to persuade him to return to her while the others kidnap his sister . discovers the kidnapping and his tires slashed but gives chase on horseback . When the horse shies and throws him , he is confronted by . commandeers a tractor - trailer and runs over . The injured vampire suddenly appears on the hood of the truck and manages to rip apart the wiring in the engine . jackknifes the vehicle and jumps out as the truck explodes , killing . Seeking revenge , and his girlfriend ( ) pursue him but are forced to flee in their car as dawn breaks . 
 Not wanting to become another childlike monster , breaks out of the back of the car with . 's flesh begins to smoke as she is burned by the sun but she carries into 's arms , taking refuge under his jacket . attempts to follow , but as he runs he dies from exposure to the sun . and , their sunproofing ruined , also begin to burn . They attempt to run and over but fail , dying as the car blows up . awakens later , her burns now healed . She too has been given a transfusion and is cured . She and comfort each other in a reassuring hug as the film ends .

When an undercover detective is shot dead while investigating a string of Porsche 911 thefts , Lieutenant assigns 22 - year - old San Diego officer to infiltrate a Porsche garage suspected to be a front for the grand theft auto scheme . is chosen because of his extensive mechanical knowledge of German cars and his rookie status , which dissuades others from suspecting that he is a cop . wants to obtain evidence that millionaire playboy is the mastermind behind the thefts and the murder of the detective . 
 Using the alias " " , moves to Los Angeles and gets a job at Technique Porsche as a mechanic . After fixes 's Porsche one night , the two men become close friends , and becomes romantically attached to 's sister . also discovers the presence of a rival syndicate led by , which leads him to believe that is not the prime suspect despite 's insistence . 
 Eventually , brings into his side business of stealing Porsches , with garage manager coordinating the operations . 's first few attempts at stealing cars fail miserably , with 's syndicate catching on and slashing his hand as a warning . While doing a job at the mall , and are confronted by and his thugs , but they manage to lose them in a lengthy car chase . rewards with a red Porsche that night . The next day , goes to Technique Porsche and finds has been murdered . In retaliation , he kills at a night club . 
 During a phone conversation at a party , corrupt police Lieutenant - who was hired by to take out the detective in the film 's opening - tells about 's real identity . The next night , has meet at a warehouse for a payoff . When tries to kill , runs him over to save his friend in spite of what he knows . Later , stops at 's house to inform him of what happened with , and accuses the Lieutenant of conspiring with him . kicks out , but tells him to call in the morning so they can work things out . drives off , unaware that is nearby , spying on him . 
 The next day , 's cover is blown in front of when his uncle pays him a visit at his apartment . He goes to 's house , only to find that has murdered him . is preparing to flee the country when convinces him to meet up at the mall , where he tries to arrest for the murders . refuses to go quietly and a gunfight breaks out ; is wounded , but manages to shoot and kill .

Refined but struggling actress ( ) finally has a chance to study with the great theatre professor ( ) . ( ) , a brash , loud actress , decides through happenstance to also study with . and take an instant dislike to each other when they first meet in 's class , but unknown to each other , both women begin dating the same man , ( ) . 
 When " dies " in a gas explosion at a local store , and figure out that may have faked his death , and they form an uneven alliance to follow leads across the country to find him and force him to choose between them . During their quest , and are chased by CIA agents , as well as Russian assassins who are also after . 
 When and finally find , he tries to kill both of them and they are forced to run until they are captured by the federal agents . and learn that is a double agent for the CIA who has now gone rogue , also working for the KGB , and that he has stolen a toxin that could destroy huge areas of nature with just a few drops . The CIA wants to find to force him to give back the toxin bio - weapon , while the Russian assassins are men cheated by the double agent who work for , their theatre professor . 
 The chase leads to rural New Mexico when is taken hostage by and his rogue associates who force a trade with the CIA for the toxin , and with with the stolen cash he intended to give to . When the trade goes awry , gets away with both the money and the toxin , with in hot pursuit . Cornered on a series of mountain tops , uses her former ballet skills to evade him , culminating in a grand jeté , as pursuing slips and is presumably killed on the rocks far below while the money is lost to Native Americans . The women form a lasting friendship , and go on to perform Hamlet together , with in the title role and as .

( ) is a struggling trucker who arm wrestles on the side to make extra cash while trying to rebuild his life . 's estranged wife , who is very ill , asks that pick up their son from military school so that the two of them can get to know each other ; had left them ten years earlier . 's controlling grandfather , a wealthy man who hates and disapproved of his daughter 's relationship with him , believes that Hawk has no right to be in his grandson 's life . is very distrusting and bitter towards initially and treats him with contempt at every turn . 
 Over the course of a trip from Colorado to California , comes to trust , especially after rescues him from kidnappers ( who were actually goons hired by to retrieve ) . However , when they arrive at the hospital , is despondent to learn they have arrived too late ; as died in surgery earlier that day . Feeling he would have been there with her if not for , leaves for his grandfather 's estate . An attempt to retrieve ends with being arrested for trespassing when he resorts to ramraiding after being turned away from 's gated mansion . visits his father in jail and forgives him , but tells that he feels more secure living with his grandfather . 
 After his release , leaves to compete in the World Armwrestling Championship in Las Vegas . His hope is to win the grand prize of $ 100,000 and a brand new , larger semi - truck and thus start his own trucking company . is a clear underdog , having a size disadvantage over just about every other participant , including his old rival , who is the odds - on favorite out of the other 500 competitors . When he arrives , he sells his truck for $ 7,000 and uses the money to place a bet on himself ( as a 20 - 1 long shot ) to win the tournament . Meanwhile , finds all the letters that had sent over the years and realizes that his grandfather has been hiding the truth about his father from him . did everything possible to drive his parents apart and had been intercepting and hiding the regular letters had written to him . Stunned by his grandfather 's deceptions , steals one of his grandfather 's many vehicles ( pickup truck ) to go to Las Vegas to find . 
 advances to the final eight competitors in the double - elimination tournament before suffering his first loss , injuring his arm in the process . Afterwards , summons to his presidential suite and tells him that he 's always been a loser , but offers a way out and a chance for a fresh start : $ 500,000 and a top of the line semi ( even better than the contest 's grand prize ) on the condition that he stay out of their lives for good ( at this point had already signed over custody papers ) but refuses . He returns to the tournament with a much tighter focus and powers his way through the rest of the field to advance to the final match against , who has remained undefeated . then finds and apologizes for misjudging him , which gives the emotional support he needs to compete . After a titanic struggle , is able to conquer his old rival . As father and son celebrate , ( who had followed to the competition ) looks on in silence and with grudging respect for all that sacrificed to get back . A triumphant and take their new truck and winnings and drive off to start a new life together .

Sylvester Stallone, Robert Loggia, David Mendenhall, Susan Blakely

Spoiled , selfish heiress is accustomed to a wealthy life with her husband , . While waiting for their yacht to be repaired in the rural hamlet of Elk Cove , Oregon , she hires local carpenter to remodel her closet . He puts up with her rude and condescending attitude and produces quality work which is dismissed by her because he used oak instead of cedar , despite her not having specifically requested this at the start . He agrees to redo the closet if he is paid for the work he has already done ; she refuses to pay and they have an argument , during which he notes that she is inventing things to complain about because her life is so pampered and boring . This is overheard by the yacht 's crew on the intercom , who applaud him for telling her off . Their argument concludes with her pushing him off the ship . 
 That night , as the yacht sails away , goes on deck to retrieve her wedding ring and falls overboard . The next day , a story is aired on the local TV news about her having been picked out of the water by a garbage scow . She is suffering from amnesia and is taken to the local hospital , where no one can determine her identity . Once discovers she has fallen overboard , he sails back to retrieve her . After seeing her mental state and her lashing out at hospital employees , he denies knowing her and returns to the yacht to embark on a spree of parties with younger women . 
 After seeing her story on the news , , who is a widower living in squalor with four sons , seeks revenge by getting to work off her unpaid bill . He goes to the hospital and tells her that she is , his wife for thirteen years and the mother of his four sons . lacks legal documentation to take her home , but is granted her release after telling the hospital staff about a small birthmark on her buttock , which he saw on the yacht when she was wearing a revealing swimsuit . She reluctantly goes home with him and is appalled by his residence , but feels some obligation to pitch in , having come to think of herself as " " . 
 initially has difficulty dealing with 's sons and the heavy load of chores , but she soon adapts . As she masters her responsibilities , she learns about the boys ' school and family issues and that is secretly working two jobs to pay bills . She begins to fall in love with him and to develop motherly love toward his sons , and starts streamlining the money problems with more efficient budgeting . also convinces to step up and be a father to his sons rather than simply be their friend , as his sons are doing poorly in school and struggle with literacy , yet he simply brushes these issues aside rather than fixing them . 
 Seeing struggle , makes his dream come true by helping him design a miniature golf course based on her untapped knowledge of the Seven Wonders of the World . Although he has also fallen in love with her , he does n't tell her the truth about her real identity for fear that she will leave . , a friend who created doctored photos of the couple to cement the alibi of their prior relationship , tells that his family needs . 
 Meanwhile , after 's mother , , threatens to castrate ( who has been continually lying that is " too indisposed " to talk to her ) if he does n't produce in one week , he reluctantly ends the partying and returns to Elk Cove to retrieve her , tracing her to the residence . She greets him and her memory instantaneously restores . She is shocked and hurt when she realizes that lied and has been using her for months . She returns with to their yacht . 
 now finds her old lifestyle pretentious and is particularly offended by how rude and snobby her husband and mother act to the helpers on the boat . She apologizes to her butler , , for her spiteful treatment of him . He then helps to realize how happy she was with and his sons . commandeers the yacht and turns back toward Elk Cove . When finds out , says she does n't love him anymore and , in return , reveals that he never loved her and that he left her at the hospital upon seeing her there . After and reunite , she tells him that all of the money is actually hers , not 's . As the kids make their Christmas lists in the middle of June ( including a Porsche ) , asks her what he could ever give her that she does n't already have . looks at the four boys and replies " a little girl . "

Commandant ( ) decides that the police force is overworked and understaffed , so he comes up with the idea of recruiting civilian volunteers to work side - by - side with his officers in a program called " Citizens On Patrol " ( COP ) . ( ) and his friends ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) are in charge of training the civilians . The civilians include the enormous ( ) , gung - ho senior citizen ( ) , 's own father - in - law , and skateboarding delinquents ( ) and ( ) . They were caught by Capt . , and the judge is about to throw the book at them until speaks to the judge to let and join the COP program as alternative punishment . The judge agrees to this , and the boys are joined by their unsuccessful attorney , ( ) . 
 Captain ( ) believes " the concept of citizens doing police work is asinine " and is determined to see the COP program fail and take over 's job at the academy . When leaves on an overseas conference , , along with his right - hand man Lt . ( ) , are put in charge of the academy and immediately plots to make the COP volunteers quit and leave the police work to the officers . The volunteers , however , do well in their training . Mrs. excels in firing Tackleberry 's .44 Magnum , and the two find a friendly bond in each other . In training for water safety and drowning victim rescue , " rescues " a cadet but experiences a personal loss of his no longer functioning watch , saying it was the last thing he ever stole before joining the academy . Through his loss , gains a love interest , ( ) , a reporter / photographer who has come to the academy to view 's COP program and takes a fancy to . Unfortunately ruins the moment and insults and , which causes to replace ' deodorant with mace , which burns his armpits . Despite the pranks played upon him during the various training exercises the volunteers take , is determined to make the Citizens on Patrol program fail . 
 learns that volunteers , , and believe themselves ready to go out and catch criminals , so , , , and play a prank on the boys , locking the boys in a prisoner transport van with , who is posing as a Voodoo practitioner who reanimates his " dead " brother , played by , as a - esque maniac with a chainsaw to make them take their training more seriously . Later , after being yelled at again by Captain and being called a disgrace , is comforted again by , who says she thinks he is perfect . 
 After several volunteers accidentally foil an undercover police sting , the Citizens on Patrol program is suspended , much to ' delight . believes that he did that on purpose to shut down the COP program and pays him back by putting superglue on the mouthpiece of ' bullhorn , causing the mouth guard part to get stuck on the rims of his mouth . Sometime later , gives some prominent citizens a tour of his precinct when messes up and is tricked into releasing every inmate at the precinct 19 jail , including a team of ninjas , and special guest . After the criminals imprison and his guests , they make their escape from the precinct , only to run into Mrs. , who wastes no time informing the academy . 
 When 's officers hear of the jailbreak , the COP volunteers are dispatched along with the regular officers to catch the escaped felons . After stopping a robbery and a high - speed air balloon chase , the felons are all recaptured . Meanwhile , , , , and save and from drowning in a river after the latters ' attempt ( and failure ) to participate in the chase , and impresses his girlfriend by saving 's life after they both fall out of a plane in mid - air . Several of the police chiefs who had gone to witness 's program in action congratulate and compliment on his program and his officers , much to ' dismay .

Steve Guttenberg, Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, George Gaynes, David Graf, David Spade, Leslie Easterbrook, Bobcat Goldthwait, Corinne Bohrer

A spacecraft flies near Earth and releases a bright object which enters the atmosphere . In the Val Verde jungle , US Army Major and his Special Forces team — medic , tracker , gunner , explosives expert , and radio operator — are tasked by the CIA with rescuing an official held hostage by insurgents . CIA agent , a former commando and an old friend of , is assigned to supervise the team , despite 's objections . 
 The team discovers the wreckage of a helicopter and three skinned corpses , whom identifies as members of another US Army Special Forces unit that he knew personally at Fort Bragg . They reach the insurgent camp and kill the insurgents , including a Soviet intelligence officer searching through secret CIA documents . Confronted by , admits the mission was a setup to retrieve intelligence from captured operatives and that the dead military unit disappeared weeks earlier in a failed rescue . After capturing , a guerrilla member , the team proceeds to extraction , unaware that it is being tracked with thermal imaging by an unseen observer . escapes and is chased by , but they are ambushed by the creature . It spares but kills and drags his body away . Dutch organizes a manhunt , during which is killed by the creature 's plasma weapon . An enraged initiates a firefight which wounds the creature , revealing luminescent green blood , but fails to draw it out . The unit regroups and questions , learning that the stalker is a creature that locals call " el demonio que hace trofeos de los hombres " ( " the demon who makes trophies of men " ) . 
 That night , mistakes a wild pig for the creature and kills it . In the confusion , the creature steals 's body , leading Dutch to realize that their enemy uses the trees to travel . The next day , an attempt to trap the creature fails , leaving injured . and pursue the alien , but it outmaneuvers and kills them both . It catches up with the others , killing and and wounding . Realizing the creature does not target unarmed prey because there is " no sport " , sends to the helicopter unarmed . The creature pursues through a river , causing its cloaking device to malfunction . Though the creature is only a few feet from , it does not see him and moves on . realizes that mud covering his body is masking his heat signature , deducing that the creature must see in infrared . 
 While the creature collects trophies from the bodies , crafts traps and weapons and lures the creature with a war cry . He disables its cloaking device and inflicts minor injuries , but becomes cornered in the pursuit . Acknowledging as a worthy foe , the creature discards its mask and plasma weapon , and engages him in hand - to - hand combat . is almost beaten , but crushes the creature under a trap 's counterweight . As the creature lies dying , Dutch asks in disgust , " What the hell are you ? " . The alien simply repeats the question in garbled English before activating a self - destruct device , laughing maniacally as the countdown begins . Dutch takes cover just before the device explodes , resulting in a mushroom cloud which is visible to the extraction team . He is picked up by his commander , , and in the helicopter .

A priest invites quantum physics Professor and his students to join him in the basement of an abandoned Los Angeles church . He requires their assistance in investigating a mysterious cylinder containing a swirling green liquid . Among the thirteen academics present are wise - cracking , demure , and lovers and . 
 They decipher text found next to the cylinder which describes the liquid as the corporeal embodiment of Satan . The liquid appears sentient , and broadcasts increasing complex streams of data . The academics use a computer to analyze the data , and find that it includes differential equations . Over a period of two days , small jets of liquid escape from the cylinder . Members of the group exposed to the liquid become possessed by the entity and attack the others . Anyone attempting to leave is killed by the growing mass of enthralled schizophrenic homeless people who surround the building . 
 and the priest theorize that Satan is actually the offspring of an even more powerful force of evil , the " Anti - God " , who is bound to the realm of anti - matter . The survivors find themselves sharing a recurring dream ( apparently a tachyon transmission sent as a warning from the future year " one - nine - nine - nine " ) showing a shadowy figure emerging from the front of the church . The hazy transmission changes slightly with each occurrence of the dream , revealing progressively more detail . The narration of the transmission each time instructs the dreamer that they are witnessing an actual broadcast from the future , and they must prevent this possible outcome . 
 , trapped in a closet , witnesses the possessed bring the cylinder to a sleeping . It opens itself and the remaining liquid absorbs into , transforming her into the physical vessel of Satan : a gruesomely disfigured being , with powers of telekinesis and regeneration . attempts to summon the Anti - God through a dimensional portal using a mirror , but the mirror is too small and the effort fails . 
 While the rest of the team is occupied fighting the possessed , finds a larger wall mirror and draws the Anti - God 's hand through it . is the only one free to act : she tackles , causing both of them to fall through the portal . The priest shatters the mirror , trapping , the Anti - God , and in the other realm . is seen briefly on the other side of the mirror reaching out to the portal before it closes . Immediately , the possessed die , the street people wander away , and the survivors ( , , , and the priest ) are rescued . 
 has the recurring dream again , except now , apparently possessed , is the figure emerging from the church . awakens and finds , gruesomely disfigured , lying in bed with him . This is still part of his dream , however , and he awakens screaming . Rising , he approaches his bedroom mirror , hand outstretched .

Graduate student ( ) has trained a chimpanzee named to use American Sign Language . When her research grant is not renewed , she is forced to sell . Despite her being assured that will be sent to an animal sanctuary , instead he is taken to an Air Force base to be used in a top - secret research project involving platforms designed to simulate the operation of aircraft . 
 Airman ( ) is assigned to the same chimp project ; he begins to bond with and they become attached . discovers that has been taught sign language . informs his superior , Dr. ( ) , but is not interested . 
 Unbeknownst to , the chimps trained on the flight simulators will be killed by radiation poisoning . Once they reach a certain level in operating the flight simulator , the chimps will be exposed to a lethal pulse of radiation in the simulator chamber to determine how long a pilot may survive after a nuclear exchange known as the second - strike scenario . 
 When a dead chimp is removed from the simulator , breaks away from and escapes to the room adjacent to the vivarium . sees the dead body , returns to the vivarium , and screeches to the other caged chimps . does not know that is communicating to the others of their impending peril . 
 later becomes aware of the chimps ' fate . He searches 's file and phones , who comes to the base . Concerned about his military career , initially tells that she should not have come and refuses to tell her anymore about 's fate . Later , goes to 's hotel and finds her as she is leaving . tells she is going to go to Washington to inform the National Science Foundation of the deception . tells that she does not have enough time because is scheduled to die soon . 
 and return to the base as is about to be placed within the flight simulator chamber for his final run . challenges Dr. , the assembled military guests , and assorted politicians about the value of the project . points out that the hypothetical pilot , knowing of the implications of the second - strike scenario , would know he is dying , and would , therefore , be affected by that knowledge . However , the chimps would not have the same awareness ; thus , the project is flawed . This enrages Dr. , who promises that his military career is finished . 
 Meanwhile , in the vivarium , some of the chimps have used a mop to get the keys to open their cages and have stacked crates and boxes in an attempt to escape through a skylight . and walk in to see the chimps escaping . , at the top of the stack , is about to break the skylight with a crowbar when the authorities enter . the chimp becomes very angry and fights with Dr. , who has obtained a cattle prod and is attempting to use it to foil the chimps ' escape . The authorities are chased from the room . and end up in the flight simulator room , and a fire extinguisher is jammed , forcing the radiation generator in an exposed condition , potentially leading to an uncontrolled radiation blast . gets and some other chimps out , but continues smashing the simulator and is caught inside . and convince to yank out the extinguisher , but dies from radiation because the chamber can not be opened until the radiation falls below lethal levels . 
 and steal a military plane to help the chimps escape , but they are stopped by military police . While the police are holding them , pilots the plane , and the chimps fly away . They eventually crash land in the nearby Everglades and evade a search . Just as the search is being abandoned , and see hiding in the bush with his chimpanzee girlfriend . signs to that he and the others are now " free " . The chimps disappear into the Everglades .

The film opens by following two American high school acquaintances , a few years after graduation . They are now suffering from deep anger and anguish , because they are not as successful as they hoped to be . ( ) is the high school basketball star who gets into college on an athletic scholarship only to lose the scholarship to a better player . Unable to succeed in college based on his academic merit , he returns to his hometown , becomes a police officer and is slowly moving into a middle - class mediocrity with his cheerleader girlfriend , , who is in college and plans to major in the arts . is still stewing over the fact that he is no longer the sports star and that his girlfriend is not only reluctant to marry him but may end up being more successful than he . 
 ( ) is the academic " nerd " who was supposedly destined to be so successful that he earned the nickname " Senator " . It was felt by some that one day he would become a decent and just politician . He has returned home with his unrestrained , unpredictable , overbearing bride , ( ) . 
 After a quick Christmas Eve reunion with his parents , learns that his father is dying . He is unable to accept that while he left town with great expectations , he has returned a poor drifter . His desire to run from his problems again , however , prompts to mock his manhood in front of some of his high school friends at a bar and the two decide to hold up a convenience store perhaps as a means for to prove his manhood or because that is just what " Hollywood white trash " would do . 
 Just then , , unaware that has returned to town , drives into the store 's parking lot arguing with his girlfriend about the future of their relationship . Interrupting the robbery , he fatally shoots and wounds . then suffers something of an emotional breakdown . and are shown to really have little in common except that once had a crush on and perhaps a repressed crush on . 
 As other police officers and paramedics arrive on scene , drives with his girlfriend to an open field where he had previously shared , with his police partner , some of his frustrations . He screams to how he feels he has been lied to while growing up . Later has to personally inform 's father that he has killed his son .

, the narrator , relates how two burglars got involved in a radio game after picking up the phone . He goes on to explain that he associates old radio songs with childhood memories . 
 During the late 1930s and early 1940s young lived in a modest Jewish - American family in Rockaway Beach . His mother always listened to Breakfast with Irene and Roger . His father , who regularly gave him a beating , kept his occupation secret . later found out that he was ashamed of being a taxi driver . Other family members were Uncle and Aunt , grandpa and grandma , and Aunt . The latter was a serial dater , always on the lookout for a potential husband . 
 's own favourite radio show was The Masked Avenger . It made him dream of buying a secret decoder ring . In 's fantasy the Masked Avenger looked like a hero , but in reality the voice actor was short and bald . Other radio memories are stories about sporting heroes , news bulletins about World War II , a report of an extraterrestrial invasion , and a live report of the search for a little girl who fell into a well . 
 With his friends from school was searching for German aircraft , but instead they saw a woman undressing in her bedroom . She later turned out to be their substitute teacher . Alone on the coast saw a German U - boat , but he decided not to tell anyone because they would n't believe him . 
 was fascinated by the glitz and glamour of Manhattan , where the radio broadcasts were made . He visited the Radio City Music Hall , and described it as the most beautiful thing he ever saw . 
 collected stories of radio stars , including that of , whose dreams of becoming famous were hampered by her bad voice and accent . Starting as a cigar salesgirl she got stuck on the roof of the radio building with , who was cheating on . After she witnessed a crime the gangster wanted to kill her , but following his mother 's advice he ended up using his connections to further her career . She finally became a reporter of celebrity gossip . 
 On New Year 's Eve was brought down from his room to celebrate the transition to 1944 . Simultaneously the radio stars gathered on the roof of their building . The narrator concludes that he will never forget those radio voices , although with each passing of a New Year 's Eve they seem to grow dimmer and dimmer .

Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Julie Kavner, Michael Tucker, Josh Mostel, Seth Green

Convenience store robber ( ) and police officer ( ) meet after she takes the mugshots of the recidivist . With continued visits , learns that 's fiancé has left her . proposes to her after his latest release from prison , and the two get married . They move into a desert mobile home , and gets a job in a machine shop . They want to have children but is infertile , and they can not adopt because of 's criminal record , despite the fact that is a police officer . Devastated , resigns her job . The couple learns of the " Arizona Quints , " sons of locally famous furniture magnate ( ) ; and kidnap one of the five babies , whom they believe to be . 
 and return home and are soon visited by 's cellmates , and ( John and ) , who have just escaped from prison . Under the brothers ' influence , is tempted to return to his felonious ways . Their problems get worse when 's supervisor , ( ) , proposes wife swapping and assaults him . That night , decides to steal a package of diapers for the baby , but gets carried away and starts to rob the convenience store . sees this and , furious , drives off without him . is then forced to flee on foot from the convenience store , chased by two police officers and two armed cashiers , who attempt to shoot him down , as well as a pack of neighborhood dogs , but he manages to outrun and lose them . eventually picks him up , leading to a tense ride home . 
 At the residence the next day , approaches to fire him , and reveals that he has deduced 's identity because of the newspaper article he read about missing , and blackmails , threatening to turn him over to the police unless and get custody of . and overhear this conversation and turn on , tying him to a chair and taking for themselves . and leave with plans to rob a " hayseed " bank with in tow . When comes home , she frees and the two arm themselves and set out together to retrieve the child . En route , suggests that they should end their marriage after recovering the boy . Meanwhile , is approached by the bounty hunter ( ) who offers to find the child for $ 50,000 . declines the offer , believing that himself is his son 's kidnapper . decides to recover the child anyway to sell on the black market . He begins tracking and and learns of their bank robbery plans . 
 and rob a bank but leave there as they make their getaway . One of the bank 's anti - theft dye canisters explodes in their loot sack , blocking the car 's windows and incapacitating them . At the bank , arrives for just ahead of and . grabs the baby and flees ; is able to fend off for a while , but is eventually overwhelmed by ' superior strength , armament and viciousness . As throws to the ground and prepares to kill him , holds up his hand to reveal that he has pulled the pin from one of the hand grenades on ' vest . attempts to get rid of the grenade , but he can not get it off in time and is blown to pieces when the grenade explodes and sets off all his weapons . 
 and sneak back into the Arizona home and are confronted by After learns why they took his son , he understands the couple 's predicament and decides not to turn them over to the police . He counsels them : when and say that they are splitting up , he advises them to sleep on it . and go to sleep in the same bed , and has a dream about and reforming after returning to prison , realizing they " were n't ready yet to come out into the world " ; gets his due from a Polish - American police officer whom he has no luck getting to listen to his " wild tales " about and after he " threw in one joke too many " ; and gets a football for Christmas from " a kindly couple who wish to remain unknown " , later becoming a football star . The dream ends with an elderly couple ( implied to be and ) together enjoying a holiday visit from a large family of children and grandchildren .

A drug bust is about to go down and Chicago cop is on the case . Things go horribly wrong , though . His fellow officers get slaughtered and takes the blame , getting fired from the force . 
 , a high - priced hooker , happened to be in the hotel at the time and caught a good look at the killer 's face . Now she 's scared and needs protection . She tracks down , who ca n't find employment other than as a security guard . offers him a fee to be her bodyguard until the killer is caught . 
 The lunatic everyone 's after is called , partly because he likes to bust a move in front of a mirror whenever he gets the chance . A former police officer , , is around to give advice and assistance , at least until it 's revealed that is now totally corrupt . 
 manages to save 's life , and after quite a bit of bickering , they discover a mutual attraction as well .

The Lambda Lambda Lambdas from Adams College are packing their suitcases to get ready for a national fraternity convention in Fort Lauderdale , Florida . Just before heading to the airport , ' ( ) best friend ( ) explains to him that he feels stupid that he can not come , due to breaking his leg ( during a chess match ) . 
 After the group arrive at Fort Lauderdale and head to the Royal Flamingo Hotel , a trainee named ( ) informs that their reservation is canceled and has been given to the Alpha Betas . The Royal Flamingo acting manager ( ) explains to that they do not want nerds staying in this hotel . The Tri - also meet ( ) , a geeky bellboy at the hotel who is also friends with . finds another ( albeit dilapidated ) hotel called the Hotel Coral Essex , located in a shady neighborhood , and makes their reservation there . ( ) , the president of the local chapter of Alpha Betas ( and chairman of the regional conference ) is seen planning with his fellow jocks to get rid of the Tri - Lambs by any means necessary . Furthermore , ( ) is revealed to be at the conference , scheming with and the Alphas . 
 The arrive at the Florida swamplands hoping to attend the United Fraternity pre - conference barbecue . They go the wrong way ( intentionally given wrong directions by ) and see a group of Seminole Indians capture an Indian maiden and throw her into a flame ( an act concocted by the Alphas to humiliate the Tri - Lambs into leaving the conference ) . They are captured and forced to strip to their underwear , until ( ) tests their ethnicity by yelling " Bite my crank " at them in Seminole , to which no one responds . They 're chased off by Ogre , and forced to make their way across town back to their hotel in their underwear . 
 The next day , announces a new bylaw to be voted upon by the conference ; " Proposition 15 " , a rule that would require physical as well as academic standards to be met by all members of the conference . Before can make any argument against the proposition , he is co - opted by a wet - nightie contest happening poolside . The decide to beat the Alphas at their own game and throw a party at the Hotel Coral Essex . The neon sign outside the hotel is deliberately broken ( so that it reads " HOTel cORAL esSEX " ) , which draws people for miles . The Tri - ( along with ) perform a rock / rap " No On 15 " song outside of the Hotel Coral Essex , winning over the crowd , and Prop 15 is voted down the next morning . At this time , , seemingly sincere , expresses a desire to make peace once and for all with the Tri - Lambs , and to that end he proposes a bylaw stating that any fraternity found to be guilty of a crime will be expelled from the national conference and their charter revoked . The , satisfied that the Alphas now can not attack them without being expelled from the conference , accept their offer of friendship and their luxurious hotel suite at the Royal Flamingo . encourages to grab a couple of girls and take the Tri - to the beach in his car . is able to procure alcohol at a liquor store , despite being under - age , using a fake ID proclaiming he is an admiral in the Navy . While on the beach and get to know and like each other . Unfortunately , has reported his car stolen , and the are arrested . 
 and bail the - out of jail . apologizes and tries to explain that she knew nothing of 's plan , but does n't believe her . Before she can explain , The Alpha Betas kidnap the - along with and dump them on an uninhabited island . Disgusted by 's actions , jumps overboard . When they realize can not be trusted to keep his mouth shut , they also throw him into the water , despite the fact that he can not swim . Upon seeing drowning , jumps into the ocean and rescues him , though he is seemingly ungrateful . After smoking some of the weed discovered on the island , and the others realize he is not so different from them after all . As the group sleeps has a dream about , who explains to him that all is not lost and implores not to give up . He also points out that is acting like a jerk to , who is stranded with him on this island by choice . This helps give the confidence he needs to apologize to for his behavior and to try to find a way off the island . 
 The next morning The Tri - Lambs , using their combined intelligence and ingenuity , find a Cuban military officer 's hidden cache of military supplies , including an amphibious vehicle . Meanwhile , at the conference , is presiding over the vote to expel the Tri - , when , decked out in military gear , they literally crash the conference , driving right through the conference room wall , then chase the attendees out to the pool . is unfazed and tries to continue to have the voted out for stealing his car , until reveals that set them up and kidnapped them . states that it does n't matter since he will always be cool , popular , and good - looking and the will always be weird , different , and pathetic , and that there 's nothing they can do or say about it . takes a moment and quietly agrees with , stating that there 's nothing he can say , but that there is " something I 've got ta do about it . " and punches in the jaw , knocking him into the pool . The fraternity Council favors the nerds , cheer for them and vote and the Alphas out of the fraternity council and their charter for good . 
 Back at Adams College , and lead an induction ceremony for the newest member of Lambda Lambda Lambda , .

In the near future , Detroit , Michigan , is a dystopia on the verge of total collapse due to financial ruin and a high crime rate . The mayor signs a deal with the mega - corporation Omni Consumer Products ( OCP ) , giving it complete control of the underfunded Detroit Police Department . In exchange , OCP will be allowed to turn the run - down sections of Detroit into a high - end utopia called Delta City . OCP 's new CEO proposes assisting the police with the ED-209 law enforcement droid . At its first demonstration , however , ED-209 malfunctions and gruesomely kills an executive . , an ambitious junior executive , uses the opportunity to introduce his own experimental cyborg design , " RoboCop " . To 's anger , the company chairman ( referred to as the Old Man ) approves 's plan . 
 OCP ostensibly reassigns officers into crime - ridden districts in anticipation that someone will be killed in action for use as a test subject for RoboCop . Alex is newly - partnered to ; on their first patrol , they chase a gang of criminals , led by . 's gang hides in an abandoned steel mill and and separate on foot to find them . While manages to kill two of them , he is caught by and the others ; the gang tortures , brutally gunning him down before personally executes him . He is declared dead and OCP selects him as the RoboCop candidate ; they replace most of his body with cybernetics , leaving his human brain . RoboCop is programmed with three directives : serve the public trust , protect the innocent , and uphold the law ; RoboCop , , and his team are unaware of a classified fourth directive . 
 RoboCop , assigned to 's former district , proceeds to efficiently rid the streets of crime . Meanwhile the deteriorating situation in Detroit lead by the mismanagement of OCP leads the human officers to threaten to strike . believes RoboCop is Murphy based on his exhibiting some of 's behaviors . As RoboCop suffers from latent memories from , he discovers his true identity and that his wife and son moved away after 's death . , fearing he will be displaced by the newly - promoted , discreetly hires to murder . 
 During a hold - up at a gas station , RoboCop recognizes the robber as one of 's gang , triggering memories of 's execution . reviews police records , identifies the other gang members including , and confronts them . During 's arrest , he admits to being hired by . With this evidence recorded on video , RoboCop attempts to arrest at OCP ; openly admits his role in 's death before revealing what the fourth directive is : it prevents RoboCop from arresting any OCP executive officer or staff member . With RoboCop 's programming limiting his abilities , sends the ED-209 ( which has been stationed in his office ) to attack RoboCop , severely damaging him . also asks police to meet them at the tower . , who had been following RoboCop , helps him escape to safety of the same steel mill and undergo repairs . 
 The police follow through with their strike , creating chaos in the city . and his gang are released from prison and acquire new high - powered rifles to finish off RoboCop . , using a tracking system provided to him by , heads towards the steel mill . and work together to eliminate the gang , though is injured . heads to OCP HQ alone and uses one of the rifles to destroy the ED-209 guarding the entrance . He barges in on an executive meeting where the Old Man and are present and shows them the video of ' confession . takes the Old Man as a hostage , knowing that the fourth directive still protects him . The Old Man promptly fires , nullifying the protection and allowing to shoot , who falls out of a window to his death . Grateful , the Old Man commends RoboCop 's shooting and asks what his name is ; smiles and answers , " " , indicating his humanity is restored .

Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer

, the fire chief of the small ski town of Nelson , Washington is intelligent , humorous , charismatic , athletic and skilled . is sensitive about his large nose , which many in town have learned to not mention . He is unable to have it surgically altered because of a dangerous allergy to anesthetics . He is close to many in town , especially his godsister , , who owns the town diner and several rental homes . He becomes immediately attracted to beautiful newcomer , an astronomy graduate student renting from Dixie while searching for a new comet during the summer . She adores , but only as a friend , preferring , a handsome but dim fireman . 
 goes to for help when fails to advance their relationship further than curious glances . Through a turn of events , she falsely believes is deeply intelligent . When informs of 's interest , gets sick , intimidated by intelligent women . starts to write her a letter , but takes all day with little result . He convinces to write the letter , with prose that soon woos . When informed that wants to meet him , again gets sick and refuses to meet until comes up with a plan to allow him to be as brilliant as his letter makes him appear . arrives at 's house with a hunter 's cap on , hiding the earphones that relay ' words . When the equipment fails , Chris bungles the meeting by speaking his own crass thoughts . After storms back into the house furious , begs to fix his mess again . At first he repeats what he is told from under a tree beneath 's window , but soon also ruins that . Then they switch jackets and hats so can speak the words as . They achieve their goal , and she invites in to make love . 
 gets word about the comet and has to go out of town for a week . Since she can not find , she gives the address of her hotel and asks him to tell to write to her . writes her several times a day , each letter more incredible than the last . They affect so deeply that she returns early . is writing a new letter to her in Dixie 's diner when he finds out that ( who knows nothing about the letters ) is on his way to see . He arrives at her home and warns that would be mentioning some letters that he supposedly wrote . She tries to get to be the man in the letters , revealing that his looks are only secondary to her . Knowing that his looks are all he has , runs out , leaving her confused . puts the last letter under her door and after reading it , calls over . 
 prepares to leave town with a bartender , , whom he met while was away . When she asks if he has told ( the women are acquaintances ) , he replies that he will write her a letter since he has a history of it . 
 arrives , unaware that knows the truth . She asks him to read one of the letters and then to look at the back , which shows that Dixie revealed its true author . She explodes in anger that he lied to her . He retorts that he simply wanted to tell her how he felt about her , but she was only interested in 's attractiveness . When he reminds her that it only took a few nice words for to get her into bed , she punches him in the face and throws him out . As he prepares to say more , he stops and sniffs the air . He slowly walks back to the firehouse and alerts his team , who then " follow his nose " until they find and extinguish the fire . During their celebration afterwards , someone mentions his nose and although everyone thinks he will get upset , he does n't . 
 Back home , sitting on his roof , hears someone speaking his words to him . It 's , declaring that she realizes now that it was everything from that she loved , not ' looks . descends from the roof and they reconcile . During the credits , she reveals that she named the comet " Charlie"—after her father .

Steve Martin, Daryl Hannah, Rick Rossovich, Shelley Duvall, Fred Willard, Michael J. Pollard

After a failed suicide attempt , has moved into her country house to recuperate in Vermont . Her best friend , , has come to join her for the summer to have some time away from her husband . 's brassy , tactless mother , , has recently arrived with her physicist husband , 's stepfather . is close to two neighbors : , a struggling writer , and , a French teacher . is in love with , is in love with , and Peter is in love with . 
 , once a well - known actress , wants to write her biography , primarily because , many years earlier , a teenage supposedly shot her mother 's abusive lover . does not want this painful event to go back in the spotlight , but thinks it would make a great story . 
 One evening , decides to host a party , ruining 's plans with . arrives early and confesses to that he has wanted to be alone with her for a long time . Outside , there is an electrical storm , and the lights go out . Candles and piano music create a romantic setting . finds her old Ouija board and talks to the spirits of her previous lovers . A very drunk finally reveals his feelings to , who does not return them . tells that he does not share her feelings . seems to take the rejection well . When everyone else has gone to bed , tries seducing , but she is conflicted , later following him back to his house . 
 The next morning , a real estate agent is showing a couple around the house ; is counting on the money from the sale to move back to New York . is feeling depressed : she has not taken 's rejection well after all , exacerbating 's guilt . Soon after , arrives and kisses , just as opens the door to show the room to prospective buyers , and is shocked . insists that it meant nothing , while tells that the two of them have deep feelings for each other . comes downstairs , announcing that she and her husband are going to move into the house permanently . becomes even more distraught , insisting that gave the property a long time ago . dismisses it as one of her own drunken whims . experiences a breakdown , accusing her mother of being fake and insensitive . 
 The film 's climax comes when an anguished cries , " You 're the one who pulled the trigger ! I just said what the lawyers told me to say " , thus revealing that was actually the one who shot her abusive lover . Presumably 's lawyers thought it would be better if took the fall , as she would be treated leniently . The ordeal has obviously been hugely detrimental to . finally concedes that if she could go back , she would behave differently . 
 Everyone leaves except and . The film ends with encouraging to move on and " keep busy " .

, who survived the events of the first film as an adolescent , is now a senior in high school who is plagued by night terrors stemming from the event . In her nightmares , she is recurrently confronted by the killer , now reincarnated as a greaser armed with a guitar fashioned with a massive drill bit on the neck . At school , takes a liking to her classmate , , and invites him to spend her birthday weekend with her and her friends , , , and . They plan to stay at a condominium in an undeveloped complex outside town where the girls , who have their own band , can practice music . 
 Upon arriving , the girls ' classmates and arrive at the house and spy on the girls as they have a pillow fight before entering the house through an unlocked door and frightening them . That night , has a dream in which the killer murders while she sleeps beside her . In the morning , she inexplicably awakens on the kitchen floor . Throughout the day , her visions grow increasingly violent , but she is comforted when arrives at the condominium . After has a grotesque vision of 's head bursting open , disappears and the group are unable to find her . calls the police , who are angry when returns to the house , having left to go to the store . 
 The group leave to get dinner in town , leaving and alone . Trying to comfort her , surprises with a birthday cake , and the two begin to have sex , but are interrupted by the killer , who impales through the chest with his drill . He chases her downstairs , where he confronts the group who have just returned . They attempt to dial 911 , but the phone is destroyed when the killer impales with the drill , which breaches the wall and shatters the wall receiver . The group disperses in the chaos , with fleeing alongside , whose leg has been injured . , , and leave in his car , but is impaled by the killer hiding in the backseat . and return to the house , barricading themselves in a bedroom . They attempt to call police , but the operator believes it to be a prank based on the earlier house call . 
 Meanwhile , and run to a nearby house for help , but are confronted by the killer , who eviscerates manages to return to the condominium and stumbles upstairs . The killer appears downstairs , where he dances and sings an original musical number which echoes throughout the house . He ascends the stairs and murders before and are able to unblock the bedroom door . and escape out the window , and the killer pursues them through a construction site , where falls to her death from an upper floor of the building . discovers a propane tank , which she uses to light the killer on fire . 
 Police arrive in the morning , and load 's corpse onto a stretcher . When attempts to say goodbye , suddenly comes to life , cackling in the killer 's voice . awakens next to , realizing the events prior have been a nightmare . She and begin to kiss , but he suddenly morphs into the killer . She again awakens from the dream - within - a - dream , this time inside a psychiatric ward ; as she lies in bed , a drill bursts through the floor .

The film opens with a handsome young prince traveling in the woods when he stumbles upon a dead Snow White lying in a glass coffin . To find the answer , the prince visits the seven dwarfs , who tell story through flashback . 
 A courageous King and his fair Queen rule their kingdom well . One winter 's day while sewing with her maids , the Queen accidentally pricks her finger with her needle , and a single drop of blood falls on the snow outside her windowsill . The King declares they will have a child with hair as black as ebony , cheeks as red as blood , and skin as white as snow . The Good Queen eventually gives birth to a daughter , whom she names , but dies shortly after her child is born . 
 When ( ) has grown into a kind child , her father marries again . However , the new queen ( ) is evil and vain and jealous of , fearing her beauty could surpass her own , so the Evil Queen hires her assassin , a huntsman ( ) to take into the forest and kill her . During a hunting trip , the huntsman succeeds in taking away from her father , but avoids death ( even though she realizes her punishment of illegally surpassing her stepmother is at hand ) , and hides herself into the forest where she finds a cottage belonging to seven kindly dwarfs - , , , , , and - who allow her to stay with them . The King is heartbroken when he is told that had been eaten by wild animals , and later he is killed in battle . 
 Ten years later , ( ) grows into a beautiful young woman . When the Evil Queen asks her magic mirror " who is the fairest one of all " , she learns that is still alive since ten years . The Evil Queen then cooks up three plots to eliminate . First , she disguises herself as a gypsy woman and laces up in a tight bodice , only for the dwarfs to cut the lace with scissors . Next , she disguises herself as an Asian comb seller and gives a poisoned comb , only for the dwarfs to remove the comb from her hair . Finally , the Evil Queen disguises herself as an old peddler woman and offers a poisoned apple . resists at first , but relents when the Evil Queen cuts the apple in half so they may share it . eats the poisoned half of the apple and collapses . The dwarfs are unable to revive her , and place her inside a glass coffin . 
 The film returns to the present , where the dwarfs allow the Prince to take to a proper resting place . When is being transported , the coffin accidentally falls off the wagon , causing the piece of poisoned apple to dislodge from her throat , and awakens . At first , the Prince was shocked by this accident , but he is enchanted that magically revived herself and asks her to marry him , and she accepts . 
 Invitations to the wedding are sent throughout the land , and the Evil Queen receives one as well , leaving the magic mirror into concluding that the Prince 's bride is the fairest in the land . The Evil Queen is enraged and smashes her mirror , which causes her to age rapidly . She rushes to the church in time to see that the bride is , and then disintegrates into ashes before heading back to the carriage . and the Prince are married and live happily ever after .

The film is set against the strict social hierarchy of an American public high school . Blue collar mechanic ( ) and his tomboyish friend ( ) , who has been subjected to vicious rumors that she is a lesbian , aspire to improve their social standing . When asks out the most popular and attractive girl in school , ( ) , realizes her feelings for him are much deeper . tells that will appreciate a good kisser , and shows how to kiss . He later uses his college fund , with in tow , and selects a pair of earrings for . 
 Meanwhile , ( ) , 's narcissistic ex - boyfriend from a wealthy neighborhood , plots trouble for by inviting him and to a party after their date . jealously plans to have beaten up . finds out about the plot , believing to be part of it , but goes ahead with the date anyway , spending the rest of his college money on an expensive dinner and roping in ( as chauffeur ) to help make the date special . At 's party , the timely arrival of other " misfits " saves from taking a beating . also tells off by reminding him that no matter what happens that his narcissism and vindictive ways have done nothing but prove what an insecure and pathetic person he really is and he feels nothing but pity for him because of it . The misfits attempt to turn the tables and beat instead . tells he is " over , " and slaps 's face . 
 In the end , decides that she needs to learn to stand on her own , find out who she is and make real friends . She returns the earrings that gave to her . , pleased with the result , and realizing that he is in love with his best friend , bids goodbye with a kiss on the cheek , after she urges him to go after . Keith catches up to and they kiss , whereupon confesses to that he had no idea how she really felt about him . then gives the earrings after she admitted that she wanted them the whole time , and jokes that knew she was going to get them , and she says that she hoped but that she did n't know . asks how they look , and he replies , " You look good wearing my future . "

Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson, Craig Sheffer, John Ashton, Elias Koteas, Maddie Corman

Socialite ( ) attends a party and art show sponsored by one of her oldest friends , ( ) . Accompanying her is her straitlaced boyfriend , ( ) . In another part of town , there is another party , this one for newly appointed NYPD detective ( ) . 
 is accosted by a former partner , ( ) , who is angry because had not come to him to borrow money for his new art studio . After a short argument , he stabs to death . witnesses the killing as she steps out of the elevator ; she screams and is spotted by . He pursues her , but she manages to get back into the elevator just in time . 
 The police are called in and the new detective is there . He is a married man , but immediately falls for . Along with fellow cops , he is assigned to protect until she can make a positive ID of ( once he is arrested ) and testify in court . 
 is determined to protect and goes to extremes to do so . makes numerous threats and attempts on her life , nearly succeeding at one point . and his wife ( ) separate over his involvement in the case . He and acknowledge their love but can not bring himself to simply abandon his family . 
 At the end , , who draws out by taking his son hostage , is shot by and killed . breaks up with her staid boyfriend and intends to go to Europe to get over , who returns to his wife and son .

Tom Berenger, Mimi Rogers, Lorraine Bracco, Jerry Orbach, Andreas Katsulas

When ( ) is a little girl , her brother ( ) kills her whole family and attempts to kill her . When he is caught , he is committed , and she grows up with a new family . Years later , goes to college , where she joins a sorority . Due to a memory block , she does n't remember that the sorority house was her childhood house , however her memory soon starts to return . Meanwhile , senses her presence in the house and escapes the mental asylum so he can finish the job he was unable to complete . He steals a hunting knife in a hardware shop killing the elderly owner . 
 As settles into the sorority , many of the girls leave for the weekend , leaving only her , ( ) , ( ) and ( ) in the house . As the girls enjoy having the house to themselves , ( ) , ( ) and John ( ) come over . tells the story of 's family murders , scaring her . She goes to bed and has a nightmare about her brother , becoming more scared . She remembers her brother hiding a knife in the fireplace , and when the group investigate , they find the knife . Realizing the time , leaves in a rush , only to be confronted by and stabbed to death . hypnotizes , who recalls attacking her . Afterwards , and go outside to the tipi they set up earlier , while and go to bed . attacks and , shredding the tipi with his knife . As they try to escape , is stabbed to death . runs into the house and alerts and who try to phone the police but find the lines have been cut . They attempt to warn and , but both have fallen asleep . As approaches them , wakes and runs upstairs to the others , but is murdered . 
 The survivors barricade themselves inside a room , before escapes out the window down a safety ladder . While he holds it steady for to climb down , stabs to death before climbing up the ladder for . manages to make it back through the window and the others remove the ladder , making fall . Thinking he is dead , the girls try to escape the house but upon discovering he is still alive barricade themselves back into the room . However , comes in through the window and they flee outside . They once more encounter , who manages to repeatedly stab . Meanwhile , 's search party realize he will have gone to his old house and send the police there . 
 and run down into the basement where finally realizes what happened to her when she was younger . When once more attacks them , the girls run upstairs . corners but manages to hit him with a shovel . Thinking he is dead , they begin to leave the house , but stabs before attacking who over powers him and stabs him in the neck , killing him . The police arrive . is taken to the hospital where she continues to have nightmares about her brother .

Planet Spaceball , led by the incompetent President , has squandered all of its fresh air . schemes to force King of the neighboring planet Druidia to give them the code to the shield that protects Druidia , allowing them to steal all their air , by kidnapping his daughter Princess on the day of her pre - arranged wedding to the narcoleptic Prince . sends the villainous Dark Helmet to complete this task with Spaceball One , an impossibly huge ship helmed by Colonel . Before they can arrive , abandons her wedding and flees the planet in her Mercedes spaceship with her droid of honor , Dot Matrix . 
 contacts mercenary and his mog ( half - man , half - dog ) sidekick , offering a lucrative reward to retrieve before she is captured . readily accepts , as he is in major debt with the gangster . In their Winnebago space ship the Eagle 5 , and are able to reach before Spaceball One , rescue both her and Dot , then escape . Spaceball One tries to follow , but foolishly orders the ship to " ludicrous speed , " causing it to overshoot the escapees by a large distance . 
 Out of fuel , Lone Starr is forced to crash - land on the nearby " desert moon of Vega " . The escapees travel on foot in blazing sun and pass out . They are found by the , a group of diminutive sparkly brown - clad aliens , and are taken to a cave occupied by a sage named , who is old and wise . introduces to " The Schwartz " , a metaphysical power similar to the Force . also introduces the audience to the film 's merchandising campaign . and begin to flirt , but insists she can only be married to a prince . 
 and break the fourth wall by using a VHS copy of the film to discover 's location , and orders Spaceball One to the moon . The Spaceballs capture and , and return with them to planet Spaceball . Their captors threaten to reverse Vespa 's nose job , forcing to give the code to the shield that protects Druidia . and take Spaceball One to Druidia , while and rescue and from the Spaceballs prison complex . When they arrive at Druidia , the Spaceball One ship transforms into Mega Maid , a robotic maid with a vacuum cleaner . The vacuum is then turned on , sucking the air off of the planet . When the vacuum bag is almost full , uses the Schwartz to reverse the vacuum , successfully blowing the air back onto the planet . 
 Once the air is successfully returned to the planet , and his allies enter the Mega Maid to attempt to destroy it . is forced to fight with lightsaber - like " Schwartz rings " near the ship 's self - destruct button . manages to defeat , causing him to involuntarily strike the button . and his friends escape the ship . while , , and fail to reach any escape pods in time , trapping them in the robot 's head as the ship explodes . Subsequently , they land on a nearby planet , much to the chagrin of its Planet of the Apes - like population . 
 With debt to Pizza nullified by the gangster 's untimely death , he returns to and leaves , taking only enough money to cover his expenses . After a lunch break at a diner , and a strange incident involving an alien and an astronaut similar to the events in Alien , finds a final message from informing him that he is a prince and thus eligible to marry . He manages to reach in time to stop her wedding to , announces his royal lineage , then marries .

John Candy, Bill Pullman, Rick Moranis, Joan Rivers, Daphne Zuniga, Mel Brooks

After retrieving a mysterious parcel for his ex - wife , eccentric down - on - his - luck artist ( ) enlists the help of private eye ( ) when he suddenly becomes embroiled with thugs and a murder investigation . The combination of 's many comic eccentricities and 's straight - and - narrow , naive personality ends up working in their favor to help solve the crime .

Detectives and are assigned to the night shift on a stakeout of Latina waitress . 's former boyfriend , , has escaped from a prison following a brawl with several guards , with help from his cousin , , who helped him escape in a truck . 
 The FBI asks for cooperation from and in capturing . They believe may return to an old girlfriend , , who lives in Seattle . Meanwhile is going through a divorce from his wife . He comes home and finds out that she moved out and took his furniture , leaving him in despair . 
 telephones but the line gets cut off so the calls can not be traced . He has a large amount of money that he secretly hid in an armchair prior to his incarceration . and spy on , hoping will turn up at her door so they can arrest him . pretends to be a telephone lineman , in order to get close to . He also helps 's brother to get a job so he can stay out of trouble . 
 Fate takes a turn for the worse as falls in love with and the Seattle police suspect him as one of 's allies . While is asleep in 's bed , and break into her house , with shooting in the face . wakes up , however , to find out it was only a nightmare . Realizing he slept in , he must leave the house without being seen . At the police station , scolds him for sleeping with , and reminds that he 's a good cop who made one mistake . 
 After killing a cashier in a gas station , and have a run - in with several officers waiting for them outside Seattle , causing a shootout and having their car to crash into the river . manages to escape from the vehicle before it sinks , with wounded and dying in the sunken car . tells his secret to , but she starts to get upset , only to run into , who tells and that he stashed half - million dollars in a couch that he bought for her years prior . He was hoping that he and would have a great life together in Canada , but ruined it for them . 
 After capturing , plans to murder both cops . The climax of the film takes place at a paper mill , where and have a shootout , resulting in being shot in the chest . and start a relationship .

On the last day of school before summer vacation , physical education teacher ( ) is preparing to leave on a vacation to Hawaii with his girlfriend , . Vice principal ( ) informs several underachieving students , including easily distracted ( ) ; " nocturnal " , a male stripper ( ) ; football jock ( ) ; pregnant ( ) ; geeky ( ) ; dyslexic ( ) ; intimidating ( ) , and two horror - film - obsessed underachievers , ( ) and , a.k.a . ' ' ( ) , that they must attend summer school for remedial English . 
 After the teacher scheduled to teach the class ( ) wins the lottery and immediately quits work , searches for a replacement among the teachers still on school grounds , but each manages to evade him after learning what he wants them to do . He finally manages to corner , and blackmails him into taking the job or risk losing tenure . 
 On his first day , meets ( ) , who is teaching History next door . falls for her , but she is already dating . 's first day is a disaster . Most of the students do not attend , and goes to the bathroom and does n't return . A beautiful Italian transfer student , ( ) , is transferred to the class in order for her to work on her English , much to the delight of and . After the remaining students attempt to leave class as well , admits he has no idea how to teach them . Rather than studying , he and the students spend their first few days having fun and going to the beach , a theme park , and a petting zoo until finds out . 
 threatens to fire unless his students pass the end - of - term test . promises each teen a favor if they study . The kids agree , so gives driving lessons , accompanies to classes , gives football lessons , allows to throw a party in his house , gives a bed in the classroom , lets arrange a screening of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in class and allows to move in with him . Seeing he is still floundering as a teacher , tells to make learning fun . begins to grow closer to the kids . They study to pass their English basic skills exam , worried that is going to fire unless all his students pass . 
 is arrested when he covers for and after they are found in possession of alcohol . and bail him out of jail . then inadvertently exposes his true self to when he states he cares nothing for or his students and she overhears him , causing her to storm off . loses his stripper job when he is found out by his aunt ( who kisses him with tongue ) and his mother ( who even puts Five Dollars in his G - string before she finds out who he is ) , who are attending the club where he works . The students make more demands on and he throws an English Book against the chalkboard , and after a few choice words , quits his job in anger . He is convinced to return when his students start feeling guilty about what they did , and scare off 's replacement with a series of gory stunts reminiscent of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre . 
 and his students then begin preparing for the test in earnest , and even , who had " gone to the bathroom " weeks before , returns . The exam goes smoothly despite going into labor soon after it starts . Not all pass , so is ready to follow through with his firing threat . However , the parents of the students come to 's defense . Because of the students ' marked improvement , Principal ( ) grants tenure for his positive efforts .

saves a spaceship of cosmonauts whose ship was thrown off course by debris , then visits his home - town of Smallville as . Now that his adoptive parents have died , has inherited their now - unattended farm . In an empty barn , he uncovers the capsule that brought him to Earth , and removes a luminescent green Kryptonian energy module . A recording left by his mother states that its power can be used only once . Unwilling to sell the farm to a mall developer , returns to Metropolis , where he stops a runaway subway train after the conductor collapses at the controls . 
 After returning to the Daily Planet , learns that the newspaper went bankrupt and has been taken over by , a tabloid tycoon who fires and hires his own daughter as the new editor . takes a liking to and tries to seduce him ; agrees to go on a date with her . Following the news that the United States and the Soviet Union may engage in a nuclear arms race , is conflicted about how much should intervene . After receiving a letter from a concerned schoolboy , travels to the Fortress of Solitude to seek advice from the spirits of his Kryptonian ancestors . They recommend that he let Earth solve its own problems , or seek new worlds where war has been outlawed . After asking for advice from , attends a meeting of the United Nations General Assembly , announcing to the assembly that he will rid the planet of nuclear weapons . Various nations fire their nuclear warheads into space , which are collected by into a giant net and then thrown into the sun . 
 Meanwhile , young breaks his uncle out of prison . Returning to Metropolis , and steal a strand of 's hair from a museum , and create a genetic matrix which attaches to a U.S. nuclear missile . After the missile is test launched , intercepts it and throws it into the sun . A glowing ball of energy is discharged , which develops into a superhuman . This " Nuclear Man " makes his way back to Earth to find his ' father ' , who establishes that while his creation is powerful , he will deactivate without solar light . A vicious battle ensues between 's creation and . While saving the Statue of Liberty from falling onto Metropolis , is infected with radiation sickness by a scratch from Nuclear Man 's radioactive claws . kicks into the distance with such strength that 's cape falls off . 
 To ' disgust , the Daily Planet ( which has been reformatted as a tabloid newspaper ) publishes the headline " Superman Dead ? " indicates a desire to quit and seizes 's recovered cape for herself . is also upset and reveals to that she cares for . ventures to 's apartment where she proclaims her love for . Felled by radiation sickness , staggers to his terrace where he retrieves the Kryptonian energy module and attempts to heal himself . Having developed a crush on , threatens mayhem if she is not brought to him . The newly restored agrees to take him to her to prevent anyone else from being hurt . lures into an elevator car , trapping him inside and then depositing it on the far side of the moon . As the sun rises , breaks free due to a crack in the elevator doors and is again forced to defend himself . At the end of the battle , it appears as though has been defeated , and he is driven into the moon 's surface by Nuclear Man . 
 Nuclear Man forces his way into the Daily Planet and abducts , carrying her into outer space . frees himself from the moon 's surface and pushes it out of its orbit , casting Earth into an eclipse , nullifying Nuclear Man 's powers and leaving helpless in space . rescues and returns her to earth , then recovers Nuclear Man and deposits him into the core of a nuclear power plant , destroying him . What had been Nuclear Man becomes electrical power for the entire electrical grid . secures a loan to buy a controlling interest in the newspaper , making a minority shareholder and protecting the paper from any further takeovers . In a press conference , declares only partial victory in his campaign , saying , " There will be peace when the people of the world want it so badly that their governments will have no choice but to give it to them " . also recaptures the fleeing . He places in Boys Town , telling the priest that has been under a bad influence , and returns to prison .

Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Mariel Hemingway, Jon Cryer, Jackie Cooper

An earthquake leaves the California coastline in ruins and reduces the beaches to a state of chaos . A group of neo - Nazis led by ( ) , the self - proclaimed " Führer of the new beach " , takes advantage of the resulting chaos by fighting off several rival surfer gangs to seize control of the beaches . Meanwhile , an African American oil well worker named ( ) is killed by the surf Nazis while jogging on the beach . 's mother , " Mama " ( ) , devastated by the loss of her son , vows revenge . After arming herself with a handgun and grenades , she breaks out of her retirement home and exacts vengeance on the Surf Nazis .

Architect ( ) , cartoonist ( ) , and actor ( ) are happy living their lives as bachelors in their lofty New York City apartment where they have frequent parties and flings with different women . Their lives are disrupted when a baby named arrives on their doorstep one day . A note with her , written by a lady named , indicates that she is 's , the result of a tryst between the actor and actress when they were both in a Shakespeare in the Park production of The Taming of the Shrew a year prior . arrives in his absence – he is in Turkey shooting a B movie , leaving and to fend for themselves in taking care of her . Prior to leaving , had made arrangements with a director friend to have a " package " delivered to the apartment as a favor . Before 's arrival , he calls and leaves a message with and informing them of it and to keep it a secret per the director friend 's wishes . When she arrives , they mistakenly believe she is " the package " , even though there is a note from her mother . 
 and are totally befuddled on how to care for , and leaves to go buy whatever supplies are needed . While he is gone , Mrs. ( ) , the landlady , delivers a small box ( which is the actual " package " containing heroin ) to the apartment and tosses it aside while trying to keep under control . After returns , they eventually figure out her proper care , right down to diaper changes , baths , and feedings . 
 The next day , two men ( who are drug dealers ) arrive at the apartment to pick up the package . and mistakenly give to them instead , and shortly after they leave , discovers the actual package . He runs downstairs to intercept them , but trips and stumbles , and the package 's contents spill . He gathers it and retrieves from them , but retains the heroin while allowing them to take a can of powdered milk . After the exchange , a police officer attempts to ticket them for illegal parking , but they escape . He accosts and detains him in the apartment until Sgt . ( ) , a narcotics officer , arrives to question him and about the drugs . They successfully hide them from him during the interrogation , in which they learn that 's friend is a drug dealer as well . leaves with suspicions and puts them and the apartment under surveillance . 
 and are able to persuade Mrs. to babysit while they work . Once they get home , however , they find her bound and gagged and the apartment ransacked , apparently by the dealers demanding the heroin . is safe , however . They continue with their care of her , adjusting to surrogate fatherhood and growing attached to her , until returns . 
 Once returns , and question him about the entire drug deal and . He replies that he knew nothing about the heroin and initially denies everything about until he reads the note from . He then recalls the tryst that eventually led to her being born . and do not hesitate in taking their revenge and passing all responsibility of looking after to , but he quickly grows to love her . 
 Later , discovers in the mail a news clipping of 's director friend being hospitalized after a mugging ( presumably by the drug dealers ) , with a handwritten note , " Do n't let this happen to you . " They formulate a plan to meet and trap them when they negotiate a deal to deliver the illicit goods . With a recording of the conversation , they prove their innocence to and the dealers are arrested . 
 By now , they have fully embraced their role as 's guardians . However , one morning , ( ) arrives , asking for her back intending to take her to London to live with her family . Handing her over , they quickly find themselves miserable and desperately missing her . Deciding to stop her and from leaving , they rush to the airport to try and persuade the latter to stay , but they arrive just as her plane is backing up from the gate . Defeated , they return home , where they find both and , who did not go to London after all . tearfully explains she does n't want to give up her acting career but ca n't do so if she has to raise alone , so quickly invites her and to move in with them with and 's agreement , and she agrees .

Meek high school student ( ) and his kid sister ( ) have the house to themselves as their parents are on vacation . 's day begins badly when he wakes late , and gets worse when he nearly wrecks his car while driving his sister and his school friend ( ) to Weaver High School , where the students this morning are gossiping about the new student ( ) , a violent delinquent who has transferred in today from a continuation high school . 
 's first hour is at the school newspaper where his best friend , ( ) , is the editor . The teacher has the idea of doing an article about to welcome the " new kid " and she assigns to do the interview . In a men 's room , sees and clumsily attempts to introduce himself and brings up the idea of the article . Through a series of poorly chosen statements , realizes he is only making angry and ultimately decides to cut his losses and tells to " ... just forget this whole thing happened " , giving a friendly tap on the arm . , who does not like being touched by others , responds by tossing against a wall and stating that the two must fight in the parking lot after school at 3 o'clock . 
 With little more than six hours until the encounter , tries different strategies to avoid the fight . Trying to reason with in the hallway does n't work . suggests that he plant a switchblade in 's locker to get him kicked out of school ( which backfires ) . advises him to simply skip school , but when tries to drive away , he finds the switchblade stuck in the steering wheel , and the car ignition wires cut . Trying to run , is caught by an overzealous school security guard , ( ) , who finds the switchblade and takes to the office of Mr. ( ) , the Dean of Discipline . Seeing an otherwise perfectly clean school record , the now suspicious Mr. informs that he will be keeping his eye on him from now on and lets him go . 
 makes several other attempts to avoid the fight : he steals money from the school 's student store , which he manages , and pays an upperclassman to take care of ; he tries to get thrown into detention by making a pass at his English teacher ; he lets cheat by copying his answers during his final period math quiz . All of these efforts fail . 
 Ultimately after trying to befriend , he offers him the cash he took earlier to call off the fight . accepts the money , but scornfully calls " the biggest pussy I ever met in my life . " , seized with self - loathing and anger , decides to confront and demand his money back . When refuses , insists that he is no coward and declares that the fight is on . 
 The fight begins in a parking lot , with hundreds of eager students observing . Principal , Mr. , , and even the guilt - plagued attempt to intervene , but easily disposes of them . , though obviously out - matched , still manages to stand his ground and ultimately uses 's brass knuckles to knock out the bully and win the fight . 
 The next day , many students show their appreciation to for giving them such a great fight ( one student had set up a betting pool and did quite well ) , and begin buying individual sheets of paper from the school store for $ 1 each ( at the suggestion of a remorseful ) to help make up the lost student store cash . shows up silencing the bustling crowd and begrudgingly shows respect by returning the $ 350 . Weaver High is now filled with gossip as replaces as the hot talk of the school , with the rumors having a wide and humorous range of alignment with the truth .

Novelist ( ) struggles with writer 's block due to his resentment towards his ex - wife ( ) , who stole his book and garnered mainstream success and critical acclaim with it . ( ) is a timid , middle - aged fellow who still lives with his overbearing , abusive , and paranoid mother ( ) . fantasizes about killing his mother but ca n't summon the courage to bring his desires into fruition . As a student in 's community college writing class , is given advice by to view an film to gain some insight into plot development for his mystery stories . He sees Strangers on a Train , in which two strangers conspire to commit a murder for each other , figuring their lack of connection to the victim will , in theory , establish a perfect alibi . Having overheard 's public rant that he wished his ex - wife dead , forms a plan to kill , believing that will , in return , kill his mother . 
 He tracks down to Hawaii and eventually follows her onto a cruise ship she is taking to her book signing . He then apparently pushes her overboard while she tries to retrieve an earring that fell . returns from Hawaii to tell of 's death and that now " owes " him the murder of his mother , lest he inform the police that was the killer . After having spent the night drinking alone during the hours of 's disappearance , panics because he lacks a sufficient alibi . That , along with a news report announcing that the police suspect foul play , convinces that he 's the prime suspect . He decides to stay with and his mother in an attempt to hide from the police . meets Mrs. , but despite her harsh treatment of him he refuses to kill her . Eventually , when Mrs. drives to breaking point , finally relents and agrees to go through with the murder . 
 After two unsuccessful attempts , flees the home when Mrs. recognizes him as a suspect from a news broadcast about his ex - wife 's disappearance . He boards a train to Mexico and , surprisingly , and Mrs. come along so as to avoid having to lie for him . During the journey , 's patience with Mrs. finally runs out when she impolitely gives him advice on writing . He follows her to the caboose with the intent of throwing her from the train , but begins having second thoughts about having his mother killed and gives chase . In the ensuing fight , Mrs. falls from the train but is rescued by and a repentant . Mrs. is grateful at her son for saving her , but unappreciative of 's help and kicks him , resulting in him losing his balance , landing on the tracks and breaking his leg . 
 During his recovery in hospital , discovers that is still alive ; she simply fell overboard by accident and was rescued by a Polynesian fisherman whom she has decided to marry . Much to his annoyance , learns that plans to sell the rights of her ordeal for $ 1.5 million . On the advice of a fellow patient , chooses to free himself of his obsession with his ex - wife and instead focus on his own life , thereby freeing him of his writer 's block . 
 A year later , has finished a novel based on his experiences with and Mrs. entitled Throw Momma from the Train . visits and informs him that his mother has died ( of natural causes ) and that he 's going to New York City for the release of his own book . Unfortunately for , reveals that his book is also about their experiences together . Thinking that his book has been scooped once again , an enraged proceeds to strangle him , but stops when shows him that his book is a children 's pop - up book called Momma , and Owen , and 's Friend , with the story drastically altered to be suitable for children . Months later , , , and 's girlfriend ( ) vacation together in Hawaii , reflecting on the final chapter of 's book . and 's books have now become best - sellers , making them both successful writers as well as close friends .

Set in the year 1963 , and are two very different door - to - door aluminum siding salesmen in Baltimore , Maryland . Working for different companies , the " tin men " are prepared to do almost anything — legal or illegal — to close a sale . 
 Their first meeting is in the opening scene when buys a new Cadillac and almost immediately crashes into another Cadillac driven by . The accident is caused by BB , as he reverses into the street from the dealer 's forecourt . , though distracted , clearly has the right of way . Both and blame each other for the car accident and declare war . 
 After BB smashes 's headlights and smashes BB 's car windows in return , takes it a step further . He sets out to seduce 's wife as an act of revenge . When he calls immediately after having sex with her to hear his reaction , tells to keep ; he wants to be rid of her . 
 In between their personal war , the two tin men 's personal lives are shown over the course of the film ; is a smooth - talking con - artist who scams naive and comely young women with his sales pitches . soon does some soul searching for himself when his much older partner and mentor is hospitalized with a serious heart condition . In contrast to BB , is a hapless loser who ca n't make a sale no matter how hard he honestly ( or dishonestly ) tries . also has a serious gambling problem and squanders what little money he makes on horse race bets which creates a rift between him and his long - suffering wife . Because of 's addiction to gambling , he is heavily in debt to various creditors and the IRS . , who works as a local secretary , is frustrated by 's indifference to his gambling addiction as well as his irresponsibility to pay house bills and indifference to life in general . Also , finds his life falling apart when the IRS begins confiscating his possessions for unpaid property taxes which include his house and , at the end of the film , his own car . 
 Exhausted by their rivalry , the two men decide to play a game of pool to decide who should get in order to end to their personal war . loses , but he does not honor the bet . He has fallen in love for the first time , and has moved in with to make a future with him . 
 The climax of the film is set at the newly formed Maryland Home Improvement Commission which is charged with uprooting corrupt sales practices in the home - improvement industry , which subpoenas both men . After , and then BB , give testimony about their sales practices , the commission takes away both of their sales licenses . While gives up his license reluctantly , BB does so willingly as part of his outlook on his life 's new direction . In the final scene , BB , seeing that has lost everything including his car , takes pity on him and gives him a ride in his . Having lost their jobs and reconciled to their fate of being unemployed , and begin sharing ideas for a new business they can create for themselves .

In 1985 , ( ) is working as a junior stockbroker in New York City at Jackson Steinem & Co. He wants to work with his hero , ( ) , a legendary Wall Street player . After calling 's office 59 days in a row trying to land an appointment , visits on his birthday with a box of 's favorite , contraband Cuban cigars . Impressed at his sheer boldness , grants an interview . pitches him stocks , but is unimpressed . Desperate , provides him some inside information about Bluestar Airlines , which he has learned in a casual conversation from his father , ( ) , the union leader for the company 's maintenance workers . Intrigued , tells he will think about it , but also that he " [ looks ] at a hundred deals a day , " but " [ chooses ] one . " A dejected returns to his office . However , places an order for Bluestar stock and becomes one of 's clients . gives some capital to manage , but the other stocks selects lose money . 
 offers another chance , and tells him to spy on British CEO Sir ( ) and discern 's next move . learns that is making a bid for a steel company . Through 's spying , makes big money , and is forced to buy Gekko 's shares off him to complete his takeover . 
 becomes wealthy , enjoying 's promised perks , including a penthouse on Manhattan 's Upper East Side and a trophy girlfriend , interior decorator ( ) . is promoted to a senior stockbroker as a result of the large commission fees he is bringing in from Gekko 's trading , and is given a corner office with a view . He continues to maximize inside information and use friends as straw buyers to provide more income for him and . Unknown to , several of his trades attract the attention of the Securities and Exchange Commission . 
 pitches a new idea to : buy Bluestar Airlines and expand the company , with as president , using savings achieved by union concessions and the overfunded pension . Even though is unable to persuade his father to support him and , he is able to get the unions to push for the deal . Soon afterward , learns that plans to dissolve the company and sell off Bluestar 's assets in order to access cash in the company 's pension plan , leaving and the entire Bluestar staff unemployed . Although this would leave a very rich man , he is angered by 's deceit and racked with the guilt of being an accessory to Bluestar 's impending destruction , especially after his father suffers a heart attack . resolves to disrupt 's plans , and breaks up with when she refuses to go against , her former lover . 
 devises a plan to drive up Bluestar 's stock before manipulating it back down . He and the other union presidents then secretly meet with and arrange for him to buy controlling interest in Bluestar at a significant discount . , realizing that his stock is plummeting , dumps his remaining interest in the company on 's advice . However , when learns on the evening news that is buying Bluestar , he realizes that has engineered the entire scheme . triumphantly goes back to work at Jackson Steinem the following day , only to be arrested for insider trading . 
 Sometime later , confronts in Central Park . physically assaults as he berates him for his role with Bluestar and accuses him of ingratitude for several of their illicit trades . Following the confrontation , it is revealed that has turned state 's evidence and was wearing a wire to record his encounter with . He turns the wire tapes over to the authorities , who suggest that he may get a lighter sentence in exchange for helping them make a case against . Later on , 's parents drive him down FDR Drive towards the New York State Supreme Court Building downtown to answer for the crimes he committed under 's influence . tells him he did right in saving the airline . The film ends with going up the steps of the courthouse , knowing that while he is likely going to prison and his career is ruined , he now has a clear conscience .

Charlie Sheen, Michael Douglas, Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen, Hal Holbrook, Terence Stamp

School is out for the summer , and a group of young teenagers go on a hike with , an experienced guide . One teen , , butts heads with during the film , as the life lessons attempts to teach annoy him . The more defiant gets , the more extreme the lessons come from . 's defiance and 's aggressive lessons culminate in disaster and winds up breaking his leg . then has to use his skills and some of 's to get down from the mountain .

is a millionaire playboy and businessman who is about to turn 81 years old just as his grandson is about to turn 18 , but laments his old age and wishes to get back to his teens once more . When an accident switches their souls , gets to live his grandson 's life and all that it entails : school , sports and romance . Unfortunately , gets the " short end of the deal , " as not only is he trapped in his grandfather 's 81 - year - old body , but he is also in a coma . The only one who knows the truth is his longtime friend , whom was able to convince by recounting experiences only they knew . 
 gets to approach his family from a fresh point of view and does n't always like what he sees : he 's been a distant parent for his son and has repeatedly disregarded his ideas for improving the family company . The college fraternity that he coerced into joining ( his old alma mater ) is bullying him on a regular basis and forcing him to write their test finals for them . He also finds out that his trophy wife is unfaithful when she tries to seduce him , whom she thinks is her young step - grandson . Deciding to set things right , in 's body decides to take charge by convincing his father ( or rather , 's son ) to implement his ideas on the family business and uses his poker playing skills to beat the frat boys while betting $ 1000 that he will beat the lead frat boy in the upcoming track meet . also impresses a girl named , who is taken with 's old - fashioned style with bow ties and his vividly recounting the Second World War and meeting President . 
 However , realizes too late that he has willed everything to , who convinces and his wife to disconnect 's 81 - year - old body from life support . Knowing that this will kill , and rush to the hospital to prevent this , wheeling 's body away . When they crash in the hospital chapel , and 's minds are returned to their rightful bodies , and awakens . still has unfinished business , as in 's body he challenged the fraternity president to a race , and now must face him . gives a pep talk , and beats the frat president . then encourages to pursue an interested . In private , tells that his greatest mistake was trying to get him and to relive his own life , and encourages to nurture 's interest in art , which will do as well by getting involved in the graphic design aspect of the family business . Finally , confronts by saying he knows that she made a pass at and is well aware that she is a gold digger only interested in his bank account , He lets her know that he will divorce her and that he has rewritten his will to include his family and his faithful butler , whom he promptly orders to have thrown out . As and start their relationship , starts a new one with 's widowed grandmother .

The boys , and , hitchhike home from college , arriving on Easter morning and shout their greetings across the glen to their family during a lakeside Easter Sunrise service , much to the amusement of 's younger sister , , and mother , , and embarrassment of 's mother , , and father , . Later that day , they drive 's older brother , , who 's shipping off to Vietnam , to the bus depot ; pushes when says that his Marine brother is afraid to go to Vietnam . They begin fighting until their father arrives wondering what is going on . 
 A few weeks later , and again return home from college to attend 's high school graduation , where they learn that has disappeared and is considered Missing in Action . learns that has flunked out of college ( thus making him eligible to be drafted ) . and hatch a plan to steal their files from the local draft board office , but they are caught , and is arrested . 
 is now determined to avoid 's fate and plans to leave town and head to Canada to avoid the draft . invites to travel in his van on his trip out of town and to stay away until the end of the war . They admit their attraction to each other . Later , the two decide to visit in jail to tell him that they are leaving . 
 and get to the Canada – US border and are about to cross but have a change of heart and head back to Maryland . When they get home , they learn of 's death . leads a huge march downtown in the midst of 's funeral , where is released from jail and the two friends are reunited .

Robert Downey, Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, Bruce Dern, Winona Ryder, Joanna Cassidy, Mariette Hartley

Sergeant , a native of Palermo , is a detective in the Chicago Police Department ’s vice squad . At an early age he became interested in martial arts , and moved to Japan to study . In 1969 , was recruited into the CIA by Special Agent and was involved in covert operations on the Vietnamese - Cambodian border during the Vietnam War . There , he became disgusted with station chief , who tortured prisoners . A stand - off occurred when tried to stop a torture session , and he left the CIA . returned to Chicago , joined the CPD , and got married . 
 and his new partner Detective , are now investigating a drug ring , and after busting two of the dealers , including Salvadorian drug dealer , finds C4 explosives . Shortly afterward , the men that and arrested are released at the request of Federal officials , and is asked to stand down . Later , the priest of ’s parish is killed in an explosion during Mass. calls and tells him to move his family to a safer location , saying that is in danger . Under pressure from the Feds , is asked to turn in his badge . eventually finds that the dealers he busted are linked to , who is still with the CIA , and who is accused of human rights violations by a Central American priest who was being sheltered by 's priest . While is torturing the priest , bursts in and a gun battle ensues . Detective and are wounded during the shoot - out , and has to flee . 
 Senator is investigating 's group to reveal their covert operations and drug dealing . When finds out that killed the priest and is planning to kill , he goes after . confronts , but they are interrupted by Zagon 's men . is killed and is captured . is held in the kitchen of a hotel during a campaign rally . Before Zagon can kill , breaks free and kills and all of his remaining men . After , meets Sen. , who has been informed of everything . promises justice for what they did and says he is now willing to testify on his experiences with Zagon and covert operations in the CIA .

The story prologues with two auto - worker union officials addressing the recent death of a peer . Within moments , both are brutally murdered by a group of shadowy , almost supernatural killers that seem to move , disappear and reappear at will during a daring skyscraper assault . 
 Detroit Police Department Detective Sergeant , known locally as " " , was a celebrated lieutenant in the police force but demoted ( nearly two years prior ) because of a case he headed involving the criminal son of successful businessman . The fall out over the case also collapsed 's marriage and put the law - school - educated , star athlete and hometown hero at odds with the public . Even after his demotion , 's continued interest leads to conflicts with his commander , Captain , but he begins investigating 's professional exploits , eventually uncovering a string of murdered trade - union members connected to 's company . He discovers is secretly maneuvering his way into a " behind - the - throne " seat of power and has been using a group of assassins , dubbed The Invisible Men , to kill uncooperative union officials . 
 is assisted by 's mistress , , a local lounge singer and heroin addict whom the businessman has assisted financially . He is eventually framed for murdering 's wife ( killed by her husband after she discovers his plot and goes to for help ) . On the run from the police , is helped by friends from his old neighborhood , kid , a local hotel owner and retired professional boxer , and , a lively , local hairdresser ( and gossip informant ) who gives a way to discreetly get to . 
 and arrange a meeting with 's figurehead replacement for the auto union , unaware that The Invisible Men had been tracking them and allowed the meeting so that could confront face to face . Before he leaves with in tow , arrogantly reveals the reasoning for his plans and intends to exact it using as a pawn . He intends to kill , put one of The Invisible Men in his place , have him kill an important union official , and then have 's charred body discovered after he failed his getaway . " , one of these days you are really going to piss me off , " calls after his nemesis as he leaves with all but three of The Invisible Men . " We 're going to have ourselves a little barbecue , " The Invisible Men 's leader claims as they prepare to burn alive . But is suddenly rescued by 's bodyguard and the pair kill all three Invisible Men . ( " Barbecue , huh ? How do you like your ribs ? " asks the leader before he kills him with his own grenade launcher . ) 
 's escape leads to a fight at 's mansion during the birthday party for the union leader plans to have assassinated . During the melee , the other members of The Invisible Men are killed by ( who personally deals with the one set to make the kill and frame him ) , , 's old partner Detective , and a rehabilitated young thief named . However , takes hostage and hides inside a bedroom in his mansion . After being given a gun by , commandeers a car being displayed at the party , crashes into the house , kills 's butler / bodyguard by ramming him into a wall as the latter fires at him , and roars upstairs to crash into the room is holding in . After a brief standoff , , ( a trained martial artist ) challenges to hand - to - hand combat . At first has the upper hand , but after ramming into a car window , he is abruptly shoved back by , who turns and shouts " Now you 've pissed me off ! " proceeds to thrash . In desperation , goes for his gun , only for to seize his own and engage in a crossfire exchange , with killing and receiving a wound in the shoulder in return . Captain arrives with reinforcements , informs that he wants a full report on his desk " in the morning" ... and calls " Lieutenant . " soon reveals she plans to go " cold turkey " off of heroin , promising can have her " on Thanksgiving . " replies , " Can I have you any sooner ? " giggles and the two kiss passionately as the screen fades to black .

The year is 1991 ; three years since an unidentified flying object bearing 300,000 enslaved aliens , the Newcomers , landed in the Mojave Desert on planet Earth . Los Angeles later becomes their new home . 
 ( ) , a police detective , loses his partner ( ) in a shootout ; the detectives had been trying to stop two Newcomer criminals murdering another Newcomer named at a grocery , in what appeared to be a robbery . The next day , ' superior Captain ( ) , informs his squad that they will have to work with the newly promoted Newcomer detective ( ) . Although biased , enlists to work with to investigate a similar homicide with a Newcomer named , feeling that if he investigates that crime , he will also find opportunities to investigate his partner 's death ( which he is officially forbidden to do ) . 
 While at a crime lab , trying unobtrusively to establish a connection between the two cases , detects an abnormality on the body of one of the Newcomer criminals who was killed in the robbery . Later , and are led to a nightclub to investigate a link in the killings with a Newcomer named ( ) . However , they end up interviewing his girlfriend instead , after is murdered by a criminal ring led by Newcomer businessman ( ) and his henchman ( ) . 
 is in the latter stages of launching advanced plans to exploit the alien race by attempting to mass - produce and sell a drug called Jabroka . The drug was used in the past to pacify the Newcomers when they were slaves , but has no effect on humans . The abnormality noticed by on the body of the Newcomer criminal earlier turns out to have been a visual sign of the drug 's influence . In addition , the Newcomers , and were involved in the planning phases of the operation , but were later murdered due to Harcourt 's desire to exclude them from any future financial rewards . Ultimately , and track down Harcourt , where he is secretly negotiating a timetable for a release of the potent narcotic . The detectives attempt to foil his plans , as they are later led on a car chase with and his cohort through the streets of downtown Los Angeles . Following a head - on collision where both parties are injured , attempts an escape on foot . pursues and corners onto a desolate drawbridge . then purposely overdoses on a sample of the stimulant . 
 As mistakenly believes has died , is taken away by an ambulance , but later mutates into a significantly larger and more muscular Newcomer intent on causing violence . The duo pursue , catching up with him near a fishing pier . later ends up in a physical confrontation with in the open sea . dies , as his body disintegrates due to the effects of direct contact with salt water , which is hazardous to Newcomer physiology . commandeers a police helicopter , and rescues from the water . With the and murder cases solved , the authorities dismantle 's illicit scheme . Later , and – now friends – attend 's daughter 's wedding together .

( Ireland ) is a nerdy social misfit with large glasses and an intolerable squeaky voice who lives in Los Angeles and works at a diner . After being dumped by her boyfriend for " not having a sense of adventure " , is informed by a letter that her father , an archaeologist , has died . She flies to North Africa and while going through her father 's belongings , she finds his notes about Atlantis , apparently an alien ship that crashed millennia ago and sank into the center of the Earth . comes across a chamber beneath her father 's apartment and accidentally sets off a chain of events that ultimately cause her to fall into a deep hole . 
 An unharmed wakes up deep within the Earth to find ( ) , a miner whom she protects from being slain by two people . , who has a very inconsistent Australian accent , agrees to help find her father , whom she believes is alive and trapped underground . soon discovers that both she and her father are believed to be spies planning an invasion of Atlantis . During her adventures , 's appearance changes from nerdy to attractive ( by removing her glasses and using a steam vent to clean her skin ) . People from the surface world are referred to as " aliens " by Atlanteans , who appear virtually identical to surface dwellers , and when is overheard talking about Malibu Beach by a low - life informant ( ) , she soon becomes a hunted woman and must dodge efforts at capture , both from the mysterious " Government House " and from thugs in the pay of the crime lord ( ) . During these sequences , many references to Wanda 's " big bones " are made , as though it were a trait by which she could be identified ; however , no obvious physical distinction between Wanda and the Atlanteans is noticeable . 
 Wanda 's efforts at escape are aided by ( ) , a handsome rogue who ( briefly ) assists her flight and falls for . She is ultimately captured by the evil General ( again ) , who wants to kill both and her incarcerated father . The Atlantean leader decides to free and her father , provided they remain quiet about Atlantis . shows up and helps the duo escape while fighting off General and her soldiers . and her father board a ship that takes them back to the surface and the film ends with on the beach , wearing a bikini and a sarong . She refuses the advances of her ex - boyfriend and is soon reunited with , who inexplicably appears on a motorcycle .

is a New York philosophy professor past the age of 50 on a leave of absence to write a new book . Due to construction work in their building , she sublets a furnished flat downtown to have peace and quiet . 
 Her work there is interrupted by voices from a neighboring office in the building where a therapist conducts his analysis . She quickly realizes that she is privy to the despairing sessions of another woman , , who is disturbed by a growing feeling that her life is false and empty . Her words strike a chord in , who begins to question herself in the same way . 
 She comes to realize that , like her father , she has been unfair , unkind and judgmental to the people closest to her : her unsuccessful brother and his wife , who feel they embarrass her ; her best friend from high school , who feels eclipsed by her ; her first husband , who eventually committed suicide ; and her stepdaughter , who admires her but resents her high - handedness . 
 She also realizes that her marriage to her second husband , , is unfulfilling and that she missed her one chance at love with his best friend . She finally manages to meet the woman in therapy as she contemplates a painting called " Hope " . Although she wants to know more about the woman , she ends up talking more about herself , realizing that she made a mistake by having an abortion years ago and that at her age there are many things in life she will not have anymore . 
 She leaves after catching him having an affair . She resolves to change her life for the better , and takes steps to repair her relationship with and . By the end of the film , she reflects that , for the first time in years , she feels hopeful .

( ) is still rich and still drinks too much , but he and ( ) are now happily married . The one thing missing in their life is a child . Seeking revenge , billionaire ( ) , the father of ( ) , the wealthy woman whom he jilted at the altar , takes control of his inheritance , leaving him broke and homeless . wants him back and is willing to break up his marriage if that 's what it takes . 
 tries to sober up to rise up to the occasion and find a job , knowing his financial plight could ruin any chance he and have of adopting a baby . She assures a representative from the adoption agency that , despite his drinking , he would make a good father . Through an elaborate scheme , he plots to get even with the and get his money back . In the end , he not only is able to get his money back and adopt a child , but discovers she 's pregnant .

Dudley Moore, Liza Minnelli, John Gielgud, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Kathy Bates

During the last days of the Vietnam War , USAF Lieutenant Colonel ( ) call sign BAT-21 Bravo , is flying on board a EB-66C electronic warfare aircraft , engaged in electronic countermeasures preparatory to a major bombing strike . Without warning , a number of SA-2 Guideline surface to air missiles are launched from South Vietnam , targeting their aircraft . A massive SAM explosion tears off the tail and , in the navigator 's position , ejects as the sole survivor of the six - man crew . 
 While still coming down by parachute , makes radio contact with Captain ( ) , the pilot of a Cessna O-2 Skymaster , flying a Forward Air Control mission near where the EB-66 was destroyed . becomes 's link to rescue . 
 , an expert on electronic weapons systems and who holds valuable information , is known to the North Vietnamese , who begin an all - out search , attempting to capture him . An effort to steal supplies from Vietnamese villagers is not successful , as is discovered and kills an aggressive peasant farmer , apologizing to his grieving family as he escapes . 
 Knowing that his current location is too dangerous for rescue aircraft , devises a plan to reach safer territory . He plots a course to the river which is the boundary of the target area , then communicates his intended path to in a code composed of various golf courses he knows well . This will allow the rescuers to keep track of his progress , making it easier for them to pick him up . 
 Several attempts are made to recover . Two helicopters are lost and members of its crews are killed or captured . ultimately flies a " Huey " helicopter rescue mission , but as he retrieves , the pair are shot down by ground fire , with being wounded . A F-100 bombing raid both assists and hinders their progress through the jungle , as North Vietnamese irregulars are trailing them . In the end , and are rescued by a US river boat patrolling nearby on the Cam Lo River . 
 Portions of Bat*21 were highly dramatized , including the climactic battle . Some characters were composites of real people , while others were created for the film . However , some other details were accurate , including the fact that rescuer Captain was of African American descent.[3 ] 
 The actual rescue took over 11 days , during which a major attack was delayed , resulting in numerous South Vietnamese soldiers being killed and wounded . A Forward Air Observer aircraft was shot down and USAF 1Lt and USMC 1Lt parachuted to the ground safely , eluding capture . In an ensuing attack , six more Americans lost their lives attempting to rescue him . The North Vietnamese , alerted by the intense efforts to find the flyer , increased their efforts to find . was discovered and killed by the Vietnamese forces . During a nighttime , covert operation from more than 2 miles ( 3.2   km ) behind enemy lines , was finally rescued in a land operation by U.S. Navy SEAL Lt . and VNN Petty Officer Third Class ]

The story of two friends from different backgrounds , whose friendship spans more than 35 years through childhood , love , and tragedy : , a New York actress and singer , and , a San Francisco heiress and lawyer . The film begins with middle - aged receiving a note during a rehearsal for her upcoming Los Angeles concert . She leaves the rehearsal in a panic and tries frantically to travel to her friend 's side . Unable to get a flight to San Francisco because of fog , she rents a car and drives overnight , reflecting on her life with . 
 It is 1958 ; a rich little girl , , meets child performer , under the boardwalk on the beach in Atlantic City , New Jersey . is lost and is hiding from her overbearing stage mother . They become fast friends , growing up and bonding through letters of support to each other . A grown - up goes on to become a human rights lawyer , while 's singing career is not exactly taking off . They write to each other regularly and give updates on their lives . shows up at the New York City dive bar where is performing , their first meeting since Atlantic City . She moves in with C.C. and gets a job with the ACLU . is now performing singing telegrams , leading to a job offer from , the artistic director of the Falcon Players , after she sings his birthday telegram . 
 A love triangle ensues as and are instantly attracted to one another , leaving C.C. in the cold and feeling resentment toward her best friend . Matters are made worse when and sleep together on the opening - night of C.C. 's first lead in an off - Broadway production . When returns home to care for her ailing father , the two friends resolve their issues about , as does not have romantic feelings for C.C. After her father passes away , spends time at her family beach house with lawyer , eventually marrying him . and spend a lot of time together , start dating and eventually marry . and travel to New York to see perform on Broadway , where she has become a star . When finds out that has stopped working as a lawyer , she accuses of giving up on her dreams . responds that has become no more than a " pretentious social climber " who is obsessed with her career . After the argument , ignores 's letters , throwing herself into being a dutiful , but unchallenged , wife . 
 tells that her self - centeredness and obsession with her career has him feeling left behind and he asks for a divorce . Despite the separation , tells her , ' I love you , I 'll always love you . I just want to let go of us before us gets bad . ' Upset at the thought of her marriage failing , turns to her mother , who lives in Miami Beach . Her mother tells her that she has given up a lot for her daughter , and starts to understand when her mother tells her the effect that her selfishness has had on those closest to her . Meanwhile , returns home from a trip earlier than expected to find her husband having breakfast with another woman , both wearing pajamas . When learns that is performing in San Francisco , she makes contact for the first time in years . They learn of each other 's divorces , then discover that they have been secretly jealous of each other for years : is upset that she has none of the talent or charisma that C.C. is noted for , while admits she has always been envious of 's beauty and intelligence . The two then realize that their feud could have been avoided by honest communication . 
 tells that she is pregnant and that she has already decided to keep the baby and raise the child as a single parent , a decision that wins her much admiration from the feisty and independent , who promises she will stay and help her out . even starts talking of settling down and having a family of her own , having become engaged to 's obstetrician . However , when 's agent calls with the perfect comeback gig for her , quickly abandons her fiancé and any notions of the domestic life and races back to New York City , discovering that the comeback gig is at her ex - husband 's theater , bringing her full circle to where she began her theatrical career . eventually gives birth to a daughter , whom she names . When is a young girl , finds herself easily exhausted and breathless , a state she attributes to her busy schedule as a mother and a lawyer . When she collapses while at court she is diagnosed with viral cardiomyopathy requiring a heart transplant if she is to live . Having a rare tissue type , she realizes she will most likely die before a heart is found . 
 In the meantime has become a big star , having won a Tony award and completed her latest hit album . When she learns of 's illness she agrees to accompany and to the beach house for the summer . becomes depressed due to her debilitated state and inadvertently takes her frustration out on who she sees having fun with and connecting with . eventually begins to accept her prognosis bravely , appreciating her time with and C.C. and return to San Francisco , while heads to Los Angeles for her concert . While is packing to travel to the concert , collapses , leading to the note receives at the start of the movie which prompts her overnight drive to San Francisco . takes and to the beach house . The two friends watch the sun setting over the beach , transitioning directly to a scene of and at a cemetery ( all with singing " Wind Beneath My Wings " in the background ) . 
 After the funeral , tells that her mother wanted her to live with her . admits that she is very selfish and has no idea what kind of a mother she will make , but also tells her : " there 's nothing in the world that I want more than to be with you " . She then takes into her arms and the two console each other in their grief . goes forward with her concert , and after the show , she leaves hand - in - hand with , and begins telling stories of when she first met her mother . 's and 's voices fade as we hear the younger and from 1958 : " Be sure to keep in touch , , OK ? " " Well sure , we 're friends are n't we ? " The film ends with a young and taking pictures together , in a photo booth , on the day they first met .

Bette Midler, Barbara Hershey, John Heard, James Read, Lainie Kazan, Spalding Gray

and decide to spend their vacation decorating their idyllic Connecticut country home . As the two are driving home from a trip to town , swerves to avoid a dog and the car plunges into a river . After they return home , decides to retrace their steps as they can not recall how they got home . Upon stepping outside , he is taken to a desert world with monstrous sandworms before being pulled back in by . Even though he had been gone for less than a minute , claims he had been gone for two hours . She and notice that they now lack reflections and they discover a Handbook for the Recently Deceased and realize they did not survive the crash . 
 The house is sold and the new owners , the family , arrive from New York City . is a former real estate developer ; his wife , a sculptor ; and his goth daughter , from his first marriage , is an aspiring photographer . Under the guidance of interior designer , begins to transform the house into a posh modern art piece . Consulting the Handbook , the travel to a netherworld waiting room populated by other distressed souls , where they discover that the afterlife is structured according to a complex bureaucracy involving vouchers and the usual overworked caseworkers . The ' own caseworker , , informs them that they must remain in the house for 125 years . If they want the out of the house , it is up to them to scare them away . 's and 's attempts at scaring the family prove counterproductive , despite their ability to shape - shift into monsters . 
 While the are away seeing , discovers the handbook and reads it . Although and remain invisible to and , can see the ghost couple and befriends them . Against 's advice , the contact the miscreant , 's former assistant and now freelance " bio - exorcist " ghost , to scare away the . However , quickly offends the with his crude and morbid demeanor ; and they reconsider hiring him , though too late to stop him from wreaking havoc on the . The small town 's charm and the supernatural events inspire to pitch his boss on transforming the town into a tourist hot spot , but wants proof of the ghosts . Using the Handbook for the Recently Deceased , conducts what he thinks is a séance and summons and , but they begin to decay and die , as had unwittingly performed an exorcism instead . Horrified , begrudgingly summons for help ; but he agrees to help her only on the condition that she marry him , enabling him to freely cause chaos in the mortal world . saves the and disposes of , his wife , and , then prepares a wedding before a ghastly minister . The intervene before the ceremony is completed , with riding a sandworm through the house to devour . 
 Finally , the and agree to live in harmony within the house . is stuck in the afterlife waiting room ; there , he attempts to cut in front of a witch doctor , who shrinks his head in retaliation . Being , however , he remains upbeat : " This could be a good look for me " . Meanwhile , , , and are seen in a remodeled part of the house dancing to " Jump in the Line " ( with floating in the air ) to celebrate getting an " A " on her math test at school .

Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder

  Twelve - year - old , who lives with his parents and infant sister in Cliffside Park , New Jersey , is told he is too short for a carnival ride called the Ring of Fire , while attempting to impress , an older girl . He puts a coin into an unusual antique arcade fortune teller machine called Zoltar Speaks , and makes a wish to be " big " . It dispenses a card stating " Your wish is granted " , but is spooked to see it was unplugged the entire time . 
 The next morning , has been transformed into a 30 - year - old man . He tries to find the Zoltar machine , only to see an empty field , the carnival having moved on . Returning home , he tries to explain his predicament to his mother , who refuses to listen and then threatens him , thinking he is a stranger who kidnapped her son . Fleeing from her , he then finds his best friend , , and convinces him of his identity by singing a rap that only they know . With 's help , he learns that it will take a long time to find the machine , so rents a flophouse room in New York City and gets a job as a data entry clerk at MacMillan Toy Company . 
 runs into the company 's owner , Mr. , at FAO Schwarz , and impresses him with his insight into current toys and his childlike enthusiasm . They play a duet on a foot - operated electronic keyboard , performing " Heart and Soul " and " Chopsticks . " This earns a promotion to a dream job : getting paid to test toys as Vice President in charge of Product Development . With his promotion , his larger salary enables him to move into a spacious luxury apartment , which he and fill with toys , a rigged Pepsi vending machine dispensing free drinks , and a pinball machine . He soon attracts the attention of , a fellow MacMillan executive . A romance begins to develop , to the annoyance of her ruthless former boyfriend and coworker , . becomes increasingly entwined in his " adult " life by spending time with her , mingling with her friends , and being in a steady relationship . His ideas become valuable assets to MacMillan Toys ; however , he begins to forget what it is like to be a child , and he never has time to hang out with his best friend because of his busy schedule . 
 MacMillan asks to come up with proposals for a new line of toys . He is intimidated by the need to formulate the business aspects of the proposal , but says she will handle the business end while he comes up with ideas . Nonetheless , he feels pressured , and longs for his old life . When he expresses doubts to her and attempts to explain that he is really a child , she interprets this as fear of commitment on his part , and dismisses his explanation . 
 learns from that the Zoltar machine is now at Sea Point Park . He leaves in the middle of presenting their proposal to and other executives . also leaves , and encounters , who tells her where went . At the park , finds the machine , unplugs it and makes a wish to become " a kid again . " He is then confronted by , who , seeing the machine and the fortune it gave him , realizes he was telling the truth . She becomes despondent at realizing their relationship is over . He tells her she was the one thing about his adult life he wishes would not end and suggests she use the machine to turn herself into a little girl . She declines , saying that being a child once was enough , and takes him home . After sharing an emotional goodbye with , he becomes a child again . He waves goodbye to one last time before reuniting with his family . The film ends with and hanging out together , with the song " Heart and Soul " playing over the credits .

Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins, Robert Loggia, John Heard, Jared Rushton, Mercedes Ruehl

has a dream of being a famous singer . He makes his exit by disguising himself as . One of the fans asks him for his autograph , but his disguise is promptly exposed . They chase after him and he flies off to his ranch . finally awakens from his dream that morning to work on his farm with the pig ( ) . Later , he has lunch with his fiancée , school teacher ( ) . Next , he races to a general store owned by Mr. ( ) to order a cheese sandwich . 
 The Sheriff ( ) warns everyone of a large storm approaching town . After the storm ends , emerges from his storm shelter to discover that an entire traveling circus has been blown into his backyard . Befriended by Cabrini Circus manager ( ) , is hoping to impress Gina ( ) , a trapeze artist and the circus ' star attraction , thereby incurring the jealousy of his relationship with until she meets 's older brothers , the Piccolapupula Brothers . leaves when she finds out about , but later returns to him when she realizes that actually loves her . 
 wants to join the circus , but his attempts fail . then tells about her deceased father who was a famous aerialist who suffered a fall performing the Spiral of Death . states that should try walking the tightrope in his honor . 
 comes up with a brilliant idea : to stage a three - ring spectacular saluting the American Farm . The problem is that the majority of the town 's residents are careless elderly people who have been demanding the circus Pee - wee is helping leave town . 
 The Sheriff and Mr. lead the elderly townspeople show up as the Sheriff attempts to arrest . The Sheriff promises to drop the charges if the circus leaves town . While the Circus is packing , tells they will do the circus elsewhere to prevent from going to prison . saves the day when he sneaks modified cocktail weenies from his hot dog tree to the elderly townspeople , causing them to become children once again . Without any memories of what happened , the children attend 's circus and watch perform .

Paul Reubens, Penelope Ann Miller, Kris Kristofferson, Valeria Golino

U.S. Army Captain ( pronounced " " ) , trained from his youth in the ways of ninjutsu by , honors his mentor by taking the place of 's deceased son in the illegal martial - arts tournament Kumite in Hong Kong . During his childhood , and a group of friends broke into 's home to steal a katana , but was apprehended by the while attempting to return the katana to its display rack . Impressed by 's honesty and lack of fear , trained him together with in martial arts . Following 's death , agreed to train as a member of the clan . When 's superiors learn of his invitation to the , they refuse to let him go . goes absent without leave , saying goodbye to his mentor and leaving for Hong Kong . Two Criminal Investigation Command ( CID ) officers , and , are summoned to track down and arrest for desertion . 
 After arriving in Hong Kong , befriends American fighter and , who becomes the manager and liaison for and . The two Americans and the defending Kumite champion — a fighter with a savage streak — all make it through the first day of the Kumite . earns the enmity of after breaking his record for the fastest knockout . He becomes involved with American journalist , who is attempting to investigate the secretive Kumite , but is shocked by its violence . On the second day of the tournament , is matched against . Although gains the upper hand , he gloats instead of finishing off . recovers and brutally beats , landing him in hospital . vows that he will avenge . tries to convince to pull out of the tournament for his own safety , but he refuses . 
 On the last day of the competition , is cornered by and , but he defeats them and the local police . He then promises to give himself up once the tournament is over . advances to the tournament final to face , who alienated the audience by killing his semifinal opponent . gains the upper hand , but cheats by blinding him with a crushed salt pill . uses his other senses as had taught him to overcome the handicap and defeat , becoming the first Western winner of the Kumite . He then returns to the United States with the CID officers .

Colonel ( ) , Vietnam War veteran , had believed his Asian wife ( ) to be dead since the war ended in 1975 , but he hears from a missionary , Reverend ( ) , that is not only alive , but that she and have a 12 - year - old son named ( ) . 
 At first , does not believe it , but when cold - blooded CIA boss ( ) tells to disregard that information , that 's when knows it 's true . heads back into Vietnam through Parachute deployment and with the help of an Australian C-47 pilot . After parachute descent , outruns Vietnamese Navy Patrol Boats with a Jet - Powered speedboat . 
 Reverend leads to and . Attempting to flee the country , , , and are captured by the soldiers of the sadistic Vietnamse General ( ) . kills on the spot , and has his soldiers take and to a compound to be tortured . 
 Later , overpowers his guards , frees , and heads for the mission that is run by . anticipates the move and takes all the mission children into captivity , along with and , and sets out to free them all from by going to his weapons cache that he had hidden a few days prior . He equips himself with a modified Heckler & Koch G3 battle rifle with an underslung 6 - shot rotary grenade launcher and attachments including a spring - loaded bayonet . He raids the camp killing the guards and loading up one of the trucks with all the children including his son , and the Reverend . Soon after escaping they are followed and attacked by a Vietnamese - captured US UH-1 Huey . 
 After they escape takes the children on foot and find a Vietnamese airstrip . silently takes out the guards and hijacks a C-47 Dakota plane . The plane is then assaulted by Vietnamese guards causing fuel to leak out of the plane , eventually crashing just outside the Cambodian - Thailand border . then raids the border station where Thai and US troops are watching on the other side , cheering on . When kills all the opposing troops more pour in . is injured by a grenade . When General then flies in on a Vietnamese Mil-24 Hind gunship thinking he has all to himself , two US helicopters on the side of the Thai border confront 's gunship . Taunting each other to cross , and his son fire at 's ship , hitting the pilot . The gunship crashes , killing . The US troops pour over the border and bridge and help the wounded and the children .

" Crash " Davis ( ) , a veteran of 12 years in minor league baseball , is sent down to the single - A Durham Bulls for a specific purpose : to educate hotshot rookie pitcher ( , playing a character loosely based on ] about becoming a major - league talent , and to control 's haphazard pitching . immediately begins calling by the degrading nickname of " " , and they get off to a rocky start . 
 Thrown into the mix is ( ) , a " baseball groupie " and lifelong spiritual seeker who has latched onto the " Church of Baseball " and has , every year , chosen one player on the Bulls to be her lover and student . flirts with both and and invites them to her house , but walks out , saying he 's too much of a veteran to " try out " for anything . Before he leaves , further sparks Annie 's interest with a memorable speech listing the things he " believes in " , ending with " I believe in long , slow , deep , soft , wet kisses that last three days ... Good night " . 
 Despite some animosity between them , and work , in their own ways , to shape into a big - league pitcher . plays mild bondage games , reads poetry to him , and gets him to think in different ways ( and gives him the nickname " " ) . forces to learn " not to think " by letting the catcher make the pitching calls ( memorably at two points telling the batters what pitch is coming after rejects his calls ) , and lectures him about the pressure of facing major league hitters who can hit his " heat " ( fastballs ) . also talks about the pleasure of life in " The Show " ( Major League Baseball ) , which he briefly lived for " the 21 greatest days of my life " and to which he has tried for years to return . 
 Meanwhile , as matures , the relationship between and grows , until it becomes obvious that the two of them are a more appropriate match , except for the fact that and are currently a couple . 
 After a rough start , becomes a dominant pitcher by mid - season . By the end of the movie , is called up to the majors . This incites jealous anger in , who is frustrated by 's failure to recognize all the talent he was blessed with . leaves for the big leagues , ends their relationship , and overcomes his jealousy to leave with some final words of advice . The Bulls , now having no use for 's mentor , release . 
 then presents himself at 's house and the two consummate their attraction with a weekend - long lovemaking session . then leaves 's house to seek a further minor - league position . 
 joins another team , the Asheville Tourists , and breaks the minor - league record for career home runs . We see one last time , being interviewed by the press as a major leaguer , reciting the clichéd answers that had taught him earlier . then retires as a player and returns to Durham , where tells him she 's ready to give up her annual affairs with " boys " . tells her that he is thinking about becoming a manager for a minor - league team in Visalia . The film ends with and dancing in 's candle - lit living room .

A clan of terrorists , of all backgrounds and types , seize the " Thunderblast " top - secret super tank , hiding it in Mexico . The task of recovering it is entrusted to " Bulletproof " , a former secret agent and current cop . plays , the stereotypical die - hard main character in this film , as he attempts to recover the Thunderblast and his ex - girlfriend .

( ) is the daughter of a wealthy and widowed real estate developer of Armenian and Jewish descent.[2 ] Eager to improve her lot in life , she makes friends with ( ) , a snooty WASP girl , who encourages her and her father to join their country club . 
 and her father , ( ) , apply for membership at Bushwood , the club from the first movie . is a self - made millionaire , yet remains self - effacing , friendly and generous despite his wealth . His crude personality foils him on many occasions . 
 When the current members meet , who builds low - income housing in more upscale neighborhoods , his application to join is rejected . The rejection is borne out of his oafish personality and an earlier confrontation with President ( and 's father ) ( ) wife . The glamorous ( ) had tried unsuccessfully to persuade to build his housing complex away from her neighborhood , but her less - than - subtle snobbery leads to chase with a bulldozer . It 's actions like these that build a divide between and . 
 ( ) returns , this time as the club 's majority owner , and while he admires , he prefers to stay out of the way of the club 's day - to - day operations . 
 The elitist members of Bushwood reject 's membership application and pull strings to suspend his housing operation . In retaliation , buys the majority stock to Bushwood from and turns it into an amusement park . , incensed at the thought of a mere " nouveau - riche " individual getting the better of him , hires Captain ( ) ( who code - names “ Mrs. ” ) , a shell - shocked mercenary operating out of a lunch wagon , to " discourage " from building any more structures on property . The bumbling decides to use explosive golf balls to do this . 
 Meanwhile , uses his lawyers and connections to shut down 's housing construction site . suggests that the dispute should be resolved like gentlemen , by facing each other in a golf match . If wins , loses his construction site and the country club , and if wins , he keeps the Bushwood and the housing project . Despite 's poor performance early in the match , with luck he ties the match before the final hole . However , during the hole , is faced with a 50 - foot putt , while faces a simple 2 foot putt . Using advice given to him by before the match , manages to use spiritual chanting and the adage " be the ball " to sink the nearly impossible putt . needs to sink the easy 2 foot putt to tie the match . Meanwhile , , who foolishly shoots himself in the buttocks with a poison dart , fails to eliminate as a gopher steals his explosive ball . The mischievous gopher replaces 's ball with the explosive ball , and as his family encouragingly crowds around him as he taps in his final swing , the ball bursts and wins the match . 
 Though is embarrassed by her father 's actions , she is still loyal to him , as evidenced when she commiserates to , who suggests that she change her last name from Hartounian to . Bewildered at the thought of turning her back on her family name , turns her back on and makes up with her father .

Jackie Mason, Dyan Cannon, Randy Quaid, Robert Stack, Jonathan Silverman, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd

On the night of November 9 , 1988 , serial killer and fugitive is seen running through the streets of South Side , Chicago . is left behind after his accomplice manages to escape . After he is fatally shot in a toy shop by homicide detective , transfers his soul into a " Good Guy " doll via a Haitian Vodou spell . A bolt of lightning causes the shop to explode . , who survives the explosion , finds ' body . 
 The next day , widow purchases the same doll ( now known as Chucky ) from a peddler as a birthday gift for her six - year - old son . Later that evening , 's friend babysits . After putting to bed , is hit in the face with a hammer and falls out the window to her death . The police search the apartment . Detective deems a suspect , much to the annoyance of , who orders and the police to leave once they complete their investigation . 
 The next morning , orders to skip school and take the Chicago " L " downtown . While is urinating , sneaks into 's lair , turning off a stove 's pilot light but turning up the gas . As shoots the stove , the house blows up , killing him . , once again a suspect , is placed in a psychiatric hospital . That night , discovers that 's batteries were never inserted , and that was telling the truth about functioning on his own power . While she is inspecting the doll , comes to life , bites her arm , and escapes . She then finds at the station and shows him the bite wound that made . He does not believe her and leaves . After being attacked by in his car , finally agrees to help . 
 goes to , former voodoo teacher . When asks why he is able to bleed , informs him that the longer his soul remains trapped within the doll , the more human the doll will become ; in order to escape the doll 's body , must transfer his soul to the first person he revealed his possession to , which happens to be . When rejects 's plea for help , fatally stabs using a voodoo doll . escapes just before and arrive on the scene . Before dying , tells them that although is a doll , his heart is not fully human and vulnerable to fatal injury . 
 At the mental hospital , steals the key to 's cell , but is able to trick with pillows under the bed sheets and escape his cell . Dr. finds in the surgery room . Just before is being sedated , stabs Dr. and electrocutes him with an Electroconvulsive therapy machine , killing him . He chases home , knocking him unconscious with a baseball bat . then begins possessing . and arrive and stop him before 's soul is transferred . slashes , then goes after and . Soon , the pair trap in the fireplace and burn him alive . and leave the room to help , but a heavily burned follows them and attempts to kill them , since burning him alive did n't work . is again thought to be killed when shoots off his head , arm , and leg . 's partner arrives at the apartment , and disbelieves the trio 's story just before 's body then bursts through a ventilation duct and tries to strangle . During the struggle , tells to aim and shoot at 's heart ( as told them to do ) which does finally killing him . While , and go to the hospital , turns off the bedroom 's lights and looks back at 's burned remains before closing the door .

The film tells the story of a family in crisis . The mother , ( ) , escapes to Jamaica to grieve the loss of her baby daughter , , who died of sudden infant death syndrome . While there she meets kindly housekeeper ( ) . pulls out of her depression with a blunt , no - nonsense style . is so taken with her that she brings back to their home in Baltimore to be housekeeper and nanny to young son ( ) . At first he is resistant and sees her as an intruder , but as the parents are completely wrapped up in their own grief and dissolving marriage , comes to trust and to depend on her . harbors her own dark secret , which when revealed , serves to firm the bond between these two very different , but loving , characters .

gets a part - time job as a bartender at night while studying for a business degree by day . Over time , he learns the tricks of the trade , including flairing , from his mentor , . His advice usually begins with " Coughlin 's Law " . has high personal aspirations , but is leery of the two starting their own bar together . intends to call his bar " Cocktails & Dreams " . 
 Eventually , and 's bartending act becomes popular and they end up working at a trendy nightclub . As their popularity rises , becomes the focus of attention from a brunette named . is alarmed that is coming between their partnership and bets that will leave by week 's end . Unknown to , tricks into sleeping with him . He secures his bet by sharing a kiss with in front of . and get into a fight , ending their partnership . 
 Three years later , takes a job in Jamaica as a bartender to raise money for his own place . He finds a romantic partner in , an aspiring artist and waitress . shows up in Jamaica , now married to , a wealthy woman who openly flirts with other men . bets to show how he can ' pick up ' a new customer named , a wealthy older woman . accepts the challenge and wins over . As they go back to 's room , sees them . Devastated , she takes a plane back to New York . 
 The next morning , regrets sleeping with . He goes to find but learns that she 's gone . teases about the situation but decides to upstage by returning to New York with . He reluctantly assumes a role of kept - boy and grows annoyed by her lifestyle . They have a blow - up during an art exhibit when gets into a fight with the artist . 
 shows up at the diner where works . She rejects his flirting but agrees to listen to his apology after work . They talk but keeps saying the wrong things and repeatedly tells him to leave . Then , to his surprise , she tells him she is pregnant with his child . He decides to prove to her that , despite being a bartender , he would make a worthy father . 
 learns that her family is wealthy , and goes to her parents ' Park Avenue penthouse to speak with her . 's father attempts to buy off , but he refuses the money . refuses his advances , not wanting to be hurt again . 
 meets up with , who confides that his wife 's money is nearly gone , lost in the commodities market . is unwilling to admit to his bride the precarious position they are in . Later , makes take her home when is too drunk . Once inside her apartment , she attempts to seduce him . stops it from going any further out of respect for his friendship with . is angry at being rejected and calls a coward . 
 goes to check on and discovers he has slashed his throat and wrists with a broken bottle . After the funeral , sends a letter , which is revealed to be 's suicide note . realizes that killed himself because his life was a sham . 
 Reeling from losing his friend to suicide , he returns to 's parents ' home and begs her again for forgiveness . He tells her that killed himself because he was too proud to ask for help and that does n't want to make the same mistake . He promises to take care of her and their child . and leave together , with her father pledging not to give a dime to the couple . 
 and get married and have their wedding reception at his Uncle Pat 's bar in Queens . Uncle lends the money to open a neighborhood bar called " Flanagan 's Cocktails & Dreams " . At the Grand Opening , reveals that she is pregnant with twins . offers free drinks to celebrate , much to his Uncle 's chagrin .

Five years after they left , the Antareans return to Earth to rescue the cocoons that were left behind . Before they can be retrieved , one of the cocoons is discovered by a science research team and taken to a secure laboratory for testing . The aliens and their human allies must find a way to retrieve the cocoon in time for their rendezvous with the rescue ship , while the humans travelling with them must decide whether to return to Antarea or stay on Earth and become mortal again . 
 learns that his leukemia has returned , but he knows it will be cured again as soon as he and leave Earth . When is hit by a car while saving a child , gives up the last of his lifeforce , saving her life but sacrificing his . Before dying , he tells to accept a job offer at a preschool and that he loves her . and learn that is pregnant , and decide to raise the child on Anterea so they will live long enough to see him grow up . Ben and reconnect with their family and friends , including who is shown to have found love with , alleviating his suicidal depression over 's death . And although a lovelorn once again attempts to woo , she instead grants him a vision of his future , showing him children and a wife with a small heart - shaped birthmark on her neck . 
 The next night , before , , and leave to meet the Antareans , tells them she is staying on Earth to work at the preschool . , , , and his grandson ( ) then rescue the Antarean from the Oceanographic Institute . , one of the scientists working at the institute , becomes aware of the company 's plans to hand the alien over to the military . Unhappy about this , when she discovers the rescuers , she allows them to escape . 
 After the four get the Antarean on 's boat out at sea , makes it known to everyone that he and were going to stay on Earth as well , since family was more important than living forever and that they should not outlive their children . When the space ship arrives , they are met by before the Antareans , , , and the cocoons left behind from the previous trip are brought aboard the space ship which departs for their homeworld . 
 Back at port after he has said his goodbyes to , , and , is approached by asking if he knows of a place where she could get some gas . They walk and talk for a bit , where tells him she just quit her job . He eventually notices the small heart - shaped birthmark on her neck .

Don Ameche, Hume Cronyn, Wilford Brimley, Steve Guttenberg, Jessica Tandy, Maureen Stapleton, Tahnee Welch, Barret Oliver, Courteney Cox

Two white cops , , a respected 19 - year LAPD officer and Vietnam veteran , and rookie officer have just been teamed together in the C.R.A.S.H. unit that patrols East L.A. and South central . 
 The older cop is appreciated on the local streets . He is diplomatic on the surface , preaching " rapport " to gang members to encourage them to offer help when it is truly needed and recognizes that every action cops take is scrutinized by the very people they are trying to help . explains his view on policing to his young partner with a joke about bulls and cows . Although the pair bond quickly , life lessons are seemingly lost on the aggressive , cavalier , whose stunted actions soon bring him quick notoriety with the local gang members and the people themselves , such as attacking a graffiti artist by spraying his eyes with the paint can . When wrecks their first unmarked car during a pursuit , its replacement , painted a vivid yellow , results in being nicknamed " Pac - Man " by officers and gang members alike . 
 also has a short lived romance with a waitress named who , like the offended , feels the weight of the Pac - Man persona . Amidst the strains of these relationships , the murder of a Bloods gang member leads to a series of escalations between two other street gangs . A series of seemingly random incidents culminates in a plot that finds the two partners in the middle of the Crips , Bloods and Hispanic Barrio war . The 21st Street Gang , led by a criminal named , attempts to negotiate a peace similar to and steer clear of the melee . To protect his partner , unwittingly exposes as his source on the Crips leader ( ) with his scheme to kill . Each group attempts to right the wrongs against their respective crews as police work to prevent the hit and stand their authority over the fall out . 
 In the end , the unit moves in on the would - be last crew standing – the 21st Street Gang . While arresting , is fatally shot by a gunman trying to enact the hit on . With medics en route , comforts and breaks down with regret as the elder partner falls into delirium and dies . 
 Sometime later , a more conservative has a rookie partner , a black cop who grew up in the neighborhood where they patrol and sports an attitude similar to the " Pac - Man " . tells him the same joke about the bulls that taught him , and the younger officer reciprocates in the same way as the younger did . The film ends with considering the cycle as the pair drive on and continue their patrol .

In the fictional African nation of Zamunda , crown prince lives a pampered life , but he wishes to do more for himself . When his parents , King and Queen , present him with an arranged bride - to - be , takes action . Seeking an independent woman who loves him for himself , not his social status , and his best friend / personal aide , , travel to the New York City borough of Queens and rent a squalid tenement in the neighborhood of Long Island City under the guise of poor foreign students . Beginning their search for 's bride , they end up invited by some locals to a rally that is raising money for the inner city . During the rally , encounters , who possesses all the qualities he is looking for , and upon his insistence he and get entry - level jobs working at the local fast food restaurant called McDowell 's — an obvious ripoff of McDonald 's — owned by widower , Lisa 's father . 
 's attempts to win 's love are complicated by 's lazy and obnoxious boyfriend , ( ) , whose father owns Soul Glo ( a Jheri curl – like hairstyling aid ) . After announces their engagement — without 's consent — to their families , she starts dating , who claims that he comes from a family of poor goat herders . Meanwhile , although thrives on hard work and learning how commoners live , is not comfortable with living in such meager conditions . After a dinner date with is thwarted when furnishes their apartment with a jacuzzi and other luxuries , confiscates his money and donates it to two homeless men . wires a telegraph to King for more money , prompting 's parents to travel to Queens and expose his identity as a prince . 
 Mr. , initially disapproving of as he did not want to see his daughter with a poor man , is ecstatic that he is actually an extremely wealthy prince . , however , becomes angry and confused that lied to her about his identity . explains that he wanted her to love him for who , not what he is , even offering to renounce his throne ; but , still hurt and angry , refuses to marry him . Despondent , resigns himself to the arranged marriage , but as they leave , King is reprimanded by Queen for clinging to out - dated traditions instead of thinking of his son 's happiness . 
 At the wedding procession , a still - heartbroken waits at the altar as his veiled bride - to - be makes her way down the aisle , but when lifts the veil to kiss her , he finds in the wedding gown . Following the ceremony , they ride happily in a carriage to the cheers of Zamundans . Witnessing such splendor , is both surprised and touched by the fact that would have given it up just for her . offers again to abdicate if she does n't want this life , but playfully declines .

LAPD detective Sgt . ( ) discovers the brutal murder of a young woman . Her body hangs over her bed , and her blood is splattered all over her apartment . notices a great deal of feminist literature with titles like Rage in the Womb on her bookshelf . He also sees two classified ads for anonymous sexual encounters . When he returns home , his 8 - year - old daughter wakes up and begs him for a story . He launches into a profane description of one of his cases , much to the girl 's delight . His wife orders him to stop , and they have an argument over the inappropriateness of his stories . Frustrated , he calls up his buddy ( ) , and they go on a stakeout , which culminates with shooting the suspect . asks to stay at the scene and file the paperwork so that he can take the suspect 's voluptuous girlfriend home and have sex with her . 
 tracks down ( ) through the classified ads at the victim 's apartment . is a washed - out actress who sells drugs and works as an escort to get by . She also hosts swinger parties , and the victim was planning on attending one of the parties to research a book . Back at the station , opens a letter that was sent to the victim . It is a poem written in blood , which refers to " all the rest " , making think he is hunting a serial killer . He asks Dutch to get him all the files for unsolved murders of single women in the past 15 years . When he returns home , he finds a note from his wife explaining that she has taken their daughter and left . phones , and he goes over to her place to have sex . After narrowing down the unsolved murders to a few cases , summons Deputy Sheriff to a meeting and brusquely interrogates him about two suicides that took place on June 10 a year apart on his beat . goes to ' apartment and discovers a wiretap which has captured dealing drugs . 
 In the process of canvassing feminist bookstores for leads , visits one run by ( ) who agrees to accompany him to a party at 's house . Over the course of the evening , culminating in a long conversation back at 's house , she reveals a high school trauma where she was gang raped by a group of boys who were hostile towards her feminist poetry club . She reveals to that an anonymous suitor has sent her flowers and a poem every year . Looking through her old yearbook , is stunned to find a picture of and a male prostitute nicknamed whose name was mentioned on the surveillance tapes made at 's apartment . 
 When turns up dead in a motel room , the wall is smeared with blood , and the motto from 's high school is written in the stains . returns to 's apartment and surprises him as he comes home , carrying 's police file . claims is his snitch , but knows that was running drugs and male prostitutes through . He puts a gun to 's head and gets him to confess to raping with in high school . offers information on police corruption to get off the hook . Then , he tries to surprise with a shotgun , but kills him . 
 tells to lay low while the mess he has created is sorted out . Pratt invites over for sex , but when he gets there , she has been murdered and placed on the stove in the position that she last had sex with . At the station , and get to go through the yearbook against a cross - reference of suspects . They are interrupted by their superior who suspends . When returns to the interrogation room , he sees that has run to a phone booth across the street . She calls , who was in the poetry club with her , warning him that is dangerous and will suspect that he is the killer . She realized has sent her the poems every year , and she refuses to believe that he could be a murderer . When grabs the phone , she hears threaten him and realizes that he is in fact the killer . and agree to meet at the high school , where they have a shootout in the gym . When runs out of bullets , he taunts , believing that he has to lawfully arrest him . tells : " Well there 's some good news and there 's some bad news . The good news is you 're right , I 'm a cop and I have to take you in . The bad news is I 've been suspended and I do n't give a fuck ! " , and quickly shoots three times .

works for a New York bookstore which supports authors through public readings . When author ( ) , comes to the bookstore to give a reading , he shows an interest in , who is enamored with the intellectual world that is very different from her traditional Jewish upbringing . 
 pays frequent visits to her ( grandmother ) , ( played by Yiddish theatre star in her only film role ) , who lives on the Lower East Side of Manhattan . Anxious for her granddaughter to settle down , turns to the local marriage broker ( ) . Although shocked and annoyed , allows the matchmaker to introduce her to ( ) , who owns the pickle shop . 
 At first is not interested in , believing that he is too working - class for her . Instead , she sets her sights on and the New York intelligentsia . But she also feels guilty for how rude she was to , so she tries to make it up to him by setting him up with her girlfriend . In the process , she learns that he did not hire a matchmaker out of desperation and in fact has admired from afar for several years . She is deeply touched and begins to like him , but it seems has given up on her and starts dating . 
 One day at a book reading shows up . arrives as well . leaves with , and later agrees to meet him the next day at her grandmother 's house . 
 After work , however , she is sidelined by and , believing that he is romantically interested in her , goes to his apartment . She discovers instead that wants the convenience of an assistant , not a true partner . Finally seeing through him , the disgusted races to her grandmother 's apartment , finding it empty with sleeping on the couch . Heartbroken , she believes she has ruined her chances with the honest and caring . As she cries , enters from the balcony . The two finally are united and feigns confusion , but is gleeful that her plan has succeeded .

In pre - Revolution Paris , the Marquise de Merteuil plots revenge against her ex - lover , the Comte de Bastide , who has recently ended their relationship . To soothe her wounded pride and embarrass , she seeks to arrange the seduction and disgrace of his young virgin fiancée , . She has only recently been presented to society after spending her formative years in the shelter of a convent . 
 calls on the similarly unprincipled to do the deed , offering him her own sexual favors as a reward . declines , as he is plotting a seduction of his own : Madame de , the chaste , devoutly religious wife of a member of Parliament , currently a houseguest of 's aunt , Madame de Rosemonde . is amused and incredulous . Never one to refuse a challenge , modifies the proposal : If he succeeds in sleeping with , must sleep with him as well . accepts , on the condition that he furnish written proof of the liaison . 
 rebuffs all of 's advances . Searching for leverage , he instructs his page to seduce 's maid to gain access to 's private correspondence . One of the letters he intercepts is from Madame de , 's mother and 's cousin , warning that is a nefarious and untrustworthy individual . On reading this , resolves to seduce after all , as revenge for her mother 's accurate denunciation of him . 
 Meanwhile , in Paris , meets the charming Chevalier , who becomes 's music teacher . Slowly , with coaxing from ( who knows that , a poor commoner , can never qualify as a bona fide suitor ) , they fall in love . 
 After gaining access to 's bedchamber on a false pretense , rapes her as she pleads with him to leave . On the pretext of illness , remains locked in her chambers , refusing all visitors . A concerned Madame de Volanges calls upon to speak to her . , naively assuming that has her best interests at heart , confides in her . advises to welcome 's advances ; young women should take advantage of all the lovers they can acquire , she says , in a society so repressive and contemptuous of women . The result is a " student - teacher " relationship ; by day , is courted by , and each night she receives a sexual " lesson " from . In the meantime , begins an affair with . 
 Meanwhile , somehow manages to win 's heart — but at a cost : the lifelong bachelor playboy falls in love . In a fit of jealousy , mocks and threatens to trash his reputation as a carefree gigolo . She also refuses to honor her end of their agreement , since has no written proof that the relationship has been consummated . abruptly dismisses with a terse excuse : " It is beyond my control " . , meanwhile , after a night in 's bed , miscarries his child . 
 , overwhelmed with grief and shame , retreats to a monastery where her health deteriorates rapidly . warns of 's ulterior motives in seducing him ; retaliates by informing that has been sleeping with . challenges to a duel , and mortally wounds him . With his dying breath , asks to communicate to — by now near death — his genuine love for her . He gives his collection of intimate letters from ; all of Paris learns the entire range of her schemes and depredations . Humiliated at the opéra by her former friends and sycophants , flees the city in disgrace . , guilt - ridden , returns to the convent to become a nun .

Michelle Pfeiffer, Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Keanu Reeves, Uma Thurman, Swoosie Kurtz, Mildred Natwick

Detectives and are called to the scene of a rather violent jewelry store robbery . The robbers take on a squadron of police in a messy shootout , but neither seem affected when they are riddled with bullets . Thanks to the combined , albeit extreme measures of and , they are able to take out the criminals , their acts narrowly avoiding termination . Meanwhile , a coroner friend of 's , informs the detectives that the two bodies they had brought in had previously been to the morgue : not only do they have autopsy scars , but she herself clearly remembers performing the autopsy and has pictures to prove it , suggesting they simply got up and left the morgue at their own volition . 
 There is a preservative chemical compound found in the bodies that connect the pair of detectives to a company that had ordered a great amount of it recently . and investigate and meet the company 's head public relations person , who gives them a tour of the facility . When wanders off to investigate a suspicious room , he encounters the reanimated corpse of a biker on a strange machine and in the fray , is knocked into a decompression room used to humanely kill failed test animals and is asphyxiated to death . 
 Encountering the machine , and realizing it is capable of bringing people back from the dead , and successfully bring back from the dead . He says he feels fine , yet he has no heart beat and his skin is cold to the touch , surmises he has about twelve hours before the reanimation process ends and he dissolves into a puddle of mush . decides to take this time to find and exact his vengeance on the person who killed him . They go to 's house just shortly before she is attacked by two more undead thugs , which the partners are able to subdue . says that she is the daughter of a rich industrialist , and the owner of the company she works for until his death , . 
 The two of them pay another visit to , who says that she might have found a way to keep in healthy condition indefinitely , but the unsure nature of the theory has him decide to spend his final hours finding the man who killed him . He and pay a visit to 's tomb and admits she 's not his daughter , more a protégé or daughter he 'd never had . While there , they encounter a numeric code , which discovers later is a vital clue . Upon returning to 's home , they find dead , having been suspended and drowned in a fish tank for some time . tells that she too is undead , having been one of Laudermilk 's first test subjects for resurrection , shortly before abruptly dissolving while asking for 's forgiveness . 
 confronts the head coroner Dr. who was indicated by the secret numeric code that had found , but he turns the tables on , capturing him , then locking him in an ambulance with 's dead body in order to wait out his last hour to dissolution . He releases the brakes on the ambulance and puts it in neutral , sending it careening down the highway into a massive collision , from which he emerges , even more zombified and scarred almost beyond recognition . He returns to the hospital where and a resurrected Laudermilk are pitching the resurrection machine to a group of very rich clients . breaks in and the ensuing crossfire between him and 's men kill off most of the rich clients , leaving Laudermilk cowering in a corner . 
 reveals a test subject ; , resurrected from the machine . But because he 's been dead for hours , the brain deterioration leaves him little more than an obedient zombie with no memory of who is . Before he can obey 's orders to kill however , manages to trigger 's short term memory and bring him back to normal . The pair go after who immediately kills himself before they can do anything . and put onto the resurrection table and resurrect him , but starts the resurrection process again and it overloads , causing a screaming to explode in the machine . Despite 's pleas and promises of eternal life , the pair then destroy the machine completely , leaving the room pondering about the afterlife and reincarnation ; 's fond wish of being reincarnated as a girl 's bicycle seat intriguing the both of them . says finally , " This could be the end of a beautiful friendship . "

and are identical twins and gynecologists who jointly operate a highly successful clinical practice in Toronto that specializes in the treatment of female fertility problems . , the more confident and cynical of the two , seduces women who come to the Mantle Clinic . When he tires of them , the women are passed on to the shy and passive , while the women remain unaware of the substitution . 
 An actress , , comes to the clinic for her infertility . It turns out that has a " trifurcated cervix " , which means she probably will not be able to have children . seduces and then urges to sleep with her . However , becomes emotionally attached to , and this upsets the equilibrium between the twins . also begins sharing 's abuse of prescription drugs , which he abets through his doctor 's authority . When learns that has been taking sexual advantage of her by impersonating , she is angry and confronts them both in a bar , but later decides to continue a relationship with exclusively . 
 Eventually , leaves town to work on another film . This sends into clinical depression , more prescription drug abuse , and paranoid delusions about " mutant women " with abnormal genitalia . seeks out metallurgical artist and commissions a set of bizarre " gynecological instruments " for operating on these mutant women . After assaults a patient during surgery with one of 's tools , both brothers are immediately suspended from practice and put on administrative leave by the hospital board . 
 With their medical career now ruined , locks into the clinic and tries to clean him up , taking pills himself in order to " synchronize " their bloodstreams . When returns , leaves the clinic to be with her . After recovering his sobriety , he is concerned about his brother , and goes back to the clinic . There he finds the clinic in a shambles and despondent and intoxicated . Their positions are reversed as cares for . Drugged and despairing , they celebrate their mock birthday and volunteers to be killed , " to separate the Siamese twins " . disembowels on an examination couch with the same claw - like instrument of 's that he had used to assault his patient in the operating room . 
 Shortly after , pulls himself together , leaves the clinic and calls on a payphone . When she asks , " Who is this ? " , leaves the payphone , walks back into the clinic and dies in 's dead arms .

On Christmas Eve , NYPD detective arrives in Los Angeles , intending to reconcile with his estranged wife , , at the Christmas party of her employer , the Nakatomi corporation . is driven to the party by , an airport limousine driver . While changes clothes , the party is disrupted by the arrival of a German terrorist , , and his heavily armed team : , , , , , , , , , , , and . The group seizes the tower and secures those inside as hostages except for , who slips away , and , who gets trapped in the garage . 
 interrogates Nakatomi executive for the code to the building 's vault and reveals that he plans to steal $ 640 million in bearer bonds , with terrorism merely a distraction . refuses to cooperate and is murdered by . secretly watches , but accidentally gives himself away and escapes . He sets off a fire alarm in an attempt to alert authorities , so sends to investigate . kills , pocketing his weapon and radio , using it to contact the LAPD . As Sgt . is sent to investigate , sends and to stop , who kills them both . arrives and is greeted by , posing as a concierge . Finding nothing unusual , prepares to leave , but drops 's corpse onto his patrol car to gain his attention . summons the LAPD , who lay siege to the building . steals 's bag containing C-4 explosives and detonators . 
 and use anti - tank missiles to disable a SWAT armored car , but drops C-4 into the elevator shaft , blowing up their floor and killing them . 's coworker , , attempts to mediate between and for the return of the detonators . refuses , so kills . While checking explosives attached to the roof , is confronted by ; passes himself off as an escaped hostage . offers him a gun and attempts to shoot , but the gun is empty . , , and arrive ; kills and , but is forced to flee , abandoning the detonators . 
 FBI agents take command of the siege , ordering the building 's power shut off . This , as anticipated , disables the vault 's final lock . demands a helicopter on the rooftop for transport , but the FBI prepare to double - cross him by sending helicopter gunships . discovers that intends to detonate the explosives on the roof , faking the deaths of his team so they can escape with the bearer bonds . sees a news report by intrusive reporter that features 's children and , from a desk photo , deduces that is 's husband . The criminals order the hostages to the roof , but takes with him to use against . defeats in a fight , kills , and sends the hostages downstairs before the explosives detonate , destroying the roof and the FBI helicopter . 
 retrieves their getaway vehicle , but is knocked unconscious by . A weary finds with and his remaining men , and knocks unconscious . surrenders his machine gun to spare , but distracts and , allowing him to grab a concealed pistol taped to his back . shoots and kills ; crashes through a window but grabs onto 's wrist . unclasps 's wristwatch and falls to his death . 
 Outside , and meet . emerges and attempts to shoot , but is shot dead by . crashes through the parking garage door in the limo . arrives and attempts to interview , but punches him , and and are driven away by .

Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Bedelia, William Atherton, Paul Gleason, Reginald VelJohnson, Alexander Godunov

is an intelligent and sophisticated British con artist operating in the French Riviera with the help of manservant and corrupt police official . He seduces wealthy and morally suspect women and steals their money . His only concern is a con artist known as " The Jackal " who has been preying on other wealthy victims . 
 When underachieving American hustler searches for easy marks in Beaumont - sur - Mer , 's home base , believes the has shown his face . Worried that 's inexperienced antics will scare away his prey , has arrested and put on the next plane out of town . However , meets one of 's former marks and deduces that he is also a crook . 
 Returning to Beaumont - sur - Mer , forces to take him on as a pupil in exchange for his silence . attempts to teach about high culture with limited success . He also involves him as a subordinate player in his cons , making him play the mentally challenged and socially inept in order to scare away their female targets after their money has been acquired . , tired of not getting paid and the humiliating part he has to play , strikes out on his own . 
 believes there are not enough potential victims in Beaumont - sur - Mer for both of them , so a bet is proposed to decide who will stay . The first to con $ 50,000 out of a selected mark may remain ; the other must leave town . The two select , a naive American heiress , and embark on their separate strategies while ruthlessly sabotaging each other . poses as a psychosomatically crippled U.S. veteran unable to walk after seeing his fiancee cheat on him with Dance U.S.A. host , and who needs to borrow $ 50,000 for treatment by the celebrated Liechtenstein psychiatrist Dr. . When discovers this scheme he claims to be Dr. , insisting 's condition is one he can cure , stipulating that pay the $ 50,000 fee directly to him . 
 discovers that is not wealthy but on vacation as a contest winner ; she intends to liquidate most of her assets to pay for 's treatment . Touched by 's kindness , calls off the bet . agrees , but proposes a new bet : herself , with the first to bed her declared the winner . refuses to bed ; instead the bet will be whether or not can succeed . 
 keeps from having any time alone with in which they might consummate a relationship . With the help of some British sailors , waylays and rushes to 's hotel room where he demonstrates his love by walking to her . However , is not alone . is present and declares cured of his ailment . Ushering out of the room he explains that the sailors released him after discovering that he is a Royal Naval Reserve officer . The sailors , angry at being duped by , keep him occupied at a party while puts on a plane to America . Despite his impending loss , becomes inebriated and enjoys the party . 
 The next day , instead of boarding her flight , returns to her hotel room to find a repentant there . They kiss , close the door and begin undressing . The news reaches and he accepts his defeat with grace . While is waiting for to return and gloat over his victory , arrives in tears . She tells him that stole the money her father sent . compensates her with $ 50,000 of his own , calls to have arrested , and takes to the airport . 
 At the last minute before boards the plane , she gives the bag to , saying , " I ca n't take this . It does n't belong to me . " As the plane leaves , the police arrive with , wearing nothing but a bathrobe , who claims that robbed the both of them , including stealing 's clothes . opens up the bag to find 's clothes and , underneath , a note from admitting to having taken the $ 50,000 and revealing herself to be the . is furious while is impressed . 
 The following week , and are at 's villa contemplating their loss . They are about to part company when the , posing as a New York City real estate developer , arrives in a yacht filled with wealthy people . She promptly has the shocked and assume roles in her scheme and , after sending her guests off to refresh themselves , takes the pair aside and announces that while she made three million dollars the previous year , " [ their ] fifty thousand was the most fun " . Joining arms , they set out to fleece their latest victims .

and are twin brothers living together in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . has a learning disability , and cares for him . , who is studying to become a doctor at a local hospital , receives an offer to complete his education at Stanford University but fears that will not be able to take care of himself . is a trash collector , a job which finances 's education . He and his best friend , , work for Mr. . tells that will leave him for a better life . 
 helps , a nurse at his hospital , to study for her exams and becomes fond of her . mentions this to , who tells him that they may get married and abandon him . Although is from an affluent family , she is charmed by the brothers ' relationship and their humble surroundings . A drug dealer pays the unknowing ten dollars to deliver an illegal drug , wrapped in newspaper , to a drug user in a rough neighborhood . forgets the delivery but tells his brother , who worries about his naivete and gullibility . 
 The night of their birthday , must work late at the hospital and calls a disappointed to tell him . wants to take to a Wrestlemania event he and were going to see , but brings him to visit Mrs. , with whom occasionally has sex . goes outside while and Mrs. are busy , and is surprised to see , Mrs. 's neighbor and 's acquaintance , with bruises on his face . When asks where the bruises are from , says that he fell . Not knowing that 's father , , abuses him , believes him . 
 and get drunk , and taunts about 's relationship with . goes home , finds and talking and tells he knows he is " screwing " . , angry , shoves before sending him to bed and an embarrassed leaves . 
 , his dog , , , , and next - door neighbor , Mrs. , go on a picnic and is hit by a car . Several days later , is collecting trash at 's house and sees hitting and shoving him down a flight of stairs . calls 911 , saying that fell . He sees , who is inconsolable at what he has seen . An ambulance takes to the hospital and runs after it , leaving his co - workers . 
 At the hospital , tells that is dead and threatens to kill him if he tells anybody that he pushed the boy ; flees . He takes a gun from Mr. 's truck and returns to 's house , where family and friends are grieving . takes 's baby brother , , from and his wife at gunpoint , believing that he is protecting from , and is cornered by a SWAT Team in an empty building . 
 , , and race to the building , and is sent in to retrieve and . He confronts , whose sight of 's abuse had triggered memories that their father had beaten him about the head . breaks down , admitting that is right ; he had protected from their father , taking blows meant for his twin . Sobbing , he tells that he is sometimes afraid of his anger at him and does not want to become violent like their father . comforts , telling him he is not like their father and he loves him . 
 They leave the building and give to ; protests when the Pittsburgh police handcuff . pulls a gun aimed at . and two police officers subdue him , and tells everyone that killed . is horrified ; is released , and is arrested . 
 kisses when he leaves for Stanford Medical School , and she promises to give her phone number . The twins embrace , and leaves . As the credits roll , is on his garbage route with a new understanding of himself .

Three furry aliens — the blue Mac , the yellow Zeebo , and the red Wiploc – are traveling in a space ship . It has been a long time since they have had female companionship , and they receive a broadcast showing human females . They are titillated by these " hairless " , shapely creatures , and when they discover that the broadcast came from Earth , they set off and land in Southern California . 
 Valley girl is a manicurist at the " Curl Up & Dye " hair salon . When she becomes dissatisfied with the lack of sexual affection from her fiancé , medical doctor , she decides to seduce him by dressing up in a white corset , suspenders , underwear , stockings and pink high heels . Instead , she catches him cheating on her with his nurse . She kicks him out and refuses to see him again . The next day , she is sunbathing when the aliens ' spaceship crash lands in her pool . She befriends them and calls her friend to come drain the pool so the aliens can work on their ship and get it flying again . Meanwhile , she brings them into her home ; and , though there is a language barrier at first , the aliens prove to be quick learners and absorb American pop culture and language by watching television . 
 Wanting them to blend into their surroundings , takes them to her friend at the salon . After shaving off the aliens ' fur , they turn out to be human looking and attractive . They all go out ; and party at Los Angeles nightclubs where their looks , athleticism , and incredibly long tongues soon make them the envy of every female in the place . and begin to fall for each other and go back to 's house . There , they find out that they are anatomically compatible and have sex . 
 The next day , the pool is drained , and and are working on their ship when stops by and offers to take them to the beach . They agree ; and , after accidentally holding up a convenience store , and are soon driving down the L.A. Freeway the wrong way , in reverse , with the police in pursuit . finds out his crew mates are in trouble and goes to help and gets arrested along with in a case of mistaken identity . smashes the police vehicle to get arrested too , so she can go with . 
 The police pursuit ends in a crash , and and are taken to the emergency room . There , they are examined by , who discovers they have two hearts . While he is envisioning achieving fame and fortune from his discovery , and elude the police and enter the emergency room disguised as a doctor and a nurse ; they manage to convince he is delusional . They then escape back to 's house where work continues on the space ship . Meanwhile , and reconcile and plan to go to Las Vegas to get married immediately . 
 is heartbroken and prepares the ship for take - off . Valerie comes out to say good - bye , followed by , who discovers the ship . While she is struggling to keep him from calling the authorities , comes to the realization that is the one she truly loves . She gets in the ship , and they take off .

In 1919 , the Chicago White Sox are considered one of the greatest ever assembled , however , the stingy team 's owner , , gives little inclination to reward his players for a spectacular season . 
 Gamblers " Sleepy " Bill Burns and get wind of the players ' discontent , offering shady player to convince a select group of Sox — including star knuckleball pitcher , who led the majors with a 29–7 win – loss record and has an earned run average of just 1.82 — more money to play badly than they would have earned by winning the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds . 's motivation for being involved was because refused him a promised $ 10,000 should he win 30 games for the season . was nearing the milestone until ordered team manager to bench him for 2 weeks ( missing 5 starts ) with the excuse that the 35 - year - old veteran 's arm needed a rest before the series . 
 A number of players , including , , and , go along with the scheme . Shoeless , an illiterate and the team hitting star is also invited , but is depicted as being not bright and not entirely sure of what is going on . , meanwhile , insists that he is a winner and wants nothing to do with the fix . 
 When the best - of - nine series begins , ( pitching in Game 1 ) deliberately hits Reds leadoff hitter in the back with his second pitch in a prearranged signal to gangster that the fix was on . then pitches poorly and gave up 5 runs in four innings — four of them in the 4th , including a triple given up to Reds pitcher . He is then relieved by , though the Sox lose the first game , 9–1 . also pitched poorly in Game 2 , while , and made glaring mistakes on the field . Several of the players become upset , however , when the various gamblers involved fail to pay their promised money up front . 
 Chicago journalists and grow increasingly suspicious . Meanwhile continues to hear rumors of a fix , but he remains confident that his boys will come through in the end . 
 A third pitcher not in on the scam , rookie , wins Game 3 for the Sox , making both gamblers and teammates uncomfortable . Other teammates such as catcher continue to play hard , while and show no visible signs of taking a dive with continuing to deny being in on the fix . loses again in Game 4 . With the championship now in jeopardy , intends to bench from his next start , but he begs for another chance . The manager reluctantly agrees and is given an easy Game 7 win . Unpaid by the gamblers , also intends to win , but when his wife 's life is threatened , he purposely pitches so badly , he was quickly relieved with " Big " in the 1st inning . hits a home run off Reds pitcher in the 3rd inning , but the Sox lose the final game . 
 Cincinnati wins the Series ( 5 games to 3 ) . writes an article condemning the White Sox . An investigation begins into the possible fixing of the Series . In 1920 , and admit that a fix existed ( though the illiterate is implied as having been coerced into making his confession ) . As a result of the revelations , , , , , , , , and are tried . The eight men are acquitted of any wrongdoing . However , newly appointed commissioner bans the eight men for life because they either intentionally lost games or ( as did ) knew about the fix and did n't report it to team officials . 
 The final scene , some years later , shows an older playing semi - pro ball under an assumed name as fans , amazed by his incredible hitting and fielding , start to suspect his real identity . One fan says that he actually saw play and describes him as simply " the best " at all the aspects of the game . Some others ask him directly if could be the player they are watching . He denies it , stating that all those players are " gone now . " The fan turns out to be , protecting his old friend and former teammate .

John Cusack, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn, John Mahoney, Clifton James, D. B. Sweeney, Studs Terkel

A man claiming to be arrives in Orlando , Florida , where is working as a taxi driver . He picks up , who tells that he is on his way to inform a local celebrity named that he has been chosen to be the new . hosts a local children 's program with emphasis on manners and integrity . 
 While they are driving , a runaway teenage girl who says she is named joins and in the cab . When they get to their destination , possesses no legal currency ( only play money ) , so in his giving Christmas spirit , lets him ride for free . The decision gets fired from his job . later discovers that left his magic sack in the cab , and begins a quest to find the old man and return it to him . 
 At the Orlando Children 's Museum , tries talking to , but is rudely interrupted and rebuffed by 's agent . begins to worry when he discovers his sack is missing , and becomes more discouraged because of his increasing forgetfulness , a result of being 151 years old . tries to explain his predicament , but does not believe him and has arrested . poses as an employee of the governor with as the governor 's niece , and the two help escape from jail by convincing the police chief that must be taken to an insane asylum . explains to and that he was handed down the job of in 1889 and has enjoyed it ever since , but the magic grows weaker over time . The only way to restore its full strength is to pass it on to someone else which is why he must find and make him the new by 7 pm . disguises himself as a snake rancher so he can sneak into a movie studio . presses to quit his children 's job and instead land a part in a horror film titled Christmas Slay , about an alien which terrorizes children on Christmas Eve , which offends so deeply he punches the director . 
 later tracks down at his home . He explains about passing the position of over to him because otherwise the magic will eventually die . also explains that from Orlando , must leave to deliver the presents by 7 pm ; if he leaves any later , he will run into daylight before he finishes . declines , but later is overcome by conscience when the film director wants him to use foul language , which he refuses to say in front of the children on the set . 
 and ( whose real name is later revealed by to be ) discover the magic power of Santa 's sack , and starts to abuse it . She steals the sack , and attempts to run away again . On Christmas Eve , however , her conscience prevails , and she rushes back to find and and return the sack . meets 's elves at the airport and they retrieve the reindeer and sleigh from the holding dock . Because they are short on time , decides to fly the sleigh to the children 's museum , much to the helpers ' objection . Having trouble controlling it at first , the reindeer and the sleigh fly all over the sky . At a meeting , sees the reindeer and sleigh flying and it convinces him that everything told him is real . turns down the acting job and leaves to find . 
 finds at 6:57 pm at the children 's museum and tells that he wants the job . , very pleased , transforms into the new . and the helpers arrive at the museum at 6:58 . has called her mother and has decided to come home . The new Santa decides to have be his special helper and then take her home , and allows to be the sleigh driver for the night . The old Santa resumes his former identity , , and spends Christmas Eve with an elderly museum employee named . The new Santa takes off at 7 pm to deliver the gifts .

( ) is a former U.S. Marine who wants to become an FBI Agent . However , while she has great physical skills , she struggles at the academic level . Conversely , her roommate ( ) is as smart as they come , but physically very weak . Overcoming the male recruits ' assumptions of them , and team up to help each other through the basic training so they can both become federal agents . 
 During their training , and must deal with an instructor who seems determined to fail the pair , a fellow trainee who seems more interested in flirting with ( until asserts her Marine training and pins him against the wall in one exercise ) , and befriend a geeky co - trainee who seems unable to complete the smallest task . 
 Joining forces , the three tackle the final practice simulation , ( badly ) forging the instructor 's signature ( ' he sneezed ' ) and breaking into the telephone room to discover the location of the " hostage " and use their radio to redirect the other agents to make sure they do n't find the hostage first . 
 The two graduate with honors and in the credits scene , both and are assigned as partners to the Los Angeles office .

Dr. ( ) is a surgeon visiting Paris with his wife ( ) for a medical conference . At their hotel , she is unable to unlock her suitcase , and determines that she picked up the wrong suitcase at the airport . While is taking a shower , his wife mysteriously disappears from their hotel room . 
 Still jet - lagged , he searches for her in the hotel with the help of a polite but mostly indifferent staff and then wanders outside to search himself . A vagrant overhears him in a café and says he saw 's wife being forced into a car . is skeptical until he finds his wife 's ID bracelet on the cobblestones . He contacts the Paris police and the U.S. Embassy , but their responses are bureaucratic , and there is little hope anyone will look for her . 
 As carries on the search himself ( with input from a very sympathetic but wary desk clerk at the hotel ) , he stumbles onto a murder scene and then encounters the streetwise young , who had mistakenly picked up his wife 's suitcase at the airport . It transpires that is a career smuggler but does not know for whom she is working . She reluctantly helps in his increasingly frantic attempt to learn what was in the switched suitcase and to trade whatever it is for the return of his wife . 
 It turns out that hidden within a small replica of the Statue of Liberty is a krytron , a small electronic switch used in the detonators of nuclear devices that had been stolen and smuggled by Arab agents . The American embassy , working with Israeli agents , want it back and are willing to let die in the process of reacquiring it . Thus , the doctor is forced to try to save his wife with , who wants her money for her work . The film ends with a confrontation beside the River Seine where 's wife is released . However , a firefight ensues between the Arab and Israeli agents who followed them . During the crossfire , the Arab agents are killed but is also shot and dies with and at her side . 
 Angry and upset , throws the krytron into the river while the helpless Israeli agents look at him . He then carries 's body away from there . Soon after , the , traumatized because of what happened , leave Paris .

While the undead and decomposing remains chained to the bottom of Crystal Lake since the events of the previous film , young witnesses her alcoholic father physically abusing her mother . unlocks previously latent telekinetic powers , which results in her father 's death at the bottom of Crystal Lake . 
 Ten years later , , who is now a teenager , is still struggling with the guilt surrounding her father 's death . 's mother , , takes her to the same lakeside residence so that her powers can be studied by her psychiatrist . Dr. begins a series of experiments ( verbal assaults ) designed to agitate 's mental state , forcing her powers to become more pronounced . However , it is revealed that Dr. is really trying to exploit 's psychic powers . 
 After a particularly upsetting session with Dr. , runs from the cabin and to the dock thinking about her father 's death . While thinking about him , she wishes he would come back . Instead , 's torment from her psychic powers is increased as the chain around 's neck is broken . emerges from the lake and his reign of terror descends on the area once again . 
 Next door to the residence is a group of teens who are throwing a birthday party for their friend . The group includes 's cousin , preppy and his girlfriend , and his girlfriend , science fiction writer , stoner , perky , shy , and snobby socialite . , who has arrived just for the party , becomes attracted to , much to 's chagrin . attempts to break up and , even going as far by kissing to make jealous , but her schemes are to no avail . tells about and has a vision of murdering . Meanwhile , kills in real life , along with 's girlfriend , and later kills another couple camping in the woods . 
 While goes off with to find her mother , proceeds to kill the other teens . and go to the lake for a swim . While goes skinny - dipping , is killed with an axe to his face . discovers his body before she is pulled under the water . goes looking for but finds 's body . She runs for help , but attacks her in a nearby barn and kills her with a sickle . then kills by crushing his skull and then by driving a party horn into her eye . While is downstairs , slices his neck and stabs . finds 's body and is thrown out a window to her death . When attacks Dr. , he saves himself by using as a human shield , but eventually kills him with a tree saw . finds her mother 's body shortly afterwards and uses her powers to electrocute and to crash the house down on him . and try to tell what happened . thinks she is crazy and tries to leave the house , but kills her with an axe slammed into her face . 
 tries to fight off , but he is quickly subdued . unleashes her powers , which forces 's mask to tighten until it breaks in two , revealing his disfigured face . As the battle rages on , the lakeside cabin is destroyed by an explosive fire . Although is unable to kill , she unknowingly summons the spirit of her father , who emerges from the lake and drags back down with him into the depths of Crystal Lake , chaining the killer once more . 
 The following morning , and are taken away in the ambulance . While someone finds 's broken mask in the wreckage , the screen fades to black while 's whispers can be heard from far away .

owns a bar called the Blue Water Grill in a town of that name on an island off the gulf coast of Texas . He has lost interest in almost everything in the year since the mysterious disappearance of his wife , neglecting his business and staying home to watch old home movies of their life . 
 's father - in - law , known to all as the General , uses a wheelchair and is trapped in the throes of dementia . An intellectually disabled local man called comes by to look after the General at times when ca n't be there . 
 Into their lives comes , a school bus driver who is falling for and trying to get him to come out of his stupor . Land opportunists are trying to seize his property and taxes need to be paid . With the troubles piling up , is eventually forced to confront his future .

( ) is a New York City sports writer who moves with his wife , ( ) to the seemingly charming town of Redbud , Vermont , so he can write a novel . They do not get along well with the residents , and other quirks arise such as being given exorbitant funeral bills for a long - dead man buried on their land years before they acquired the house . Marital troubles soon arise from the quirkiness of Redbud as well as the fact that was critical of 's manuscript , while secretly getting her ideas for children 's books published . They soon decide to divorce and sell their home . To expedite the sale , the offer the town 's residents a $ 15,000 donation to Redbud , and $ 50 cash each if they help make a good impression on their prospective home buyers . To that end , the citizens remake Redbud into a perfect - style town . Their charade dazzles a pair of prospective buyers , who make the Farmers an offer on the house ; however , declines to sell , realizing that he genuinely enjoys small - town living . He and decide to stay together in Redbud , much to the chagrin of the locals , who are now angry that they lost their promised money . Though the mayor does not hold the Farmers liable for the $ 15,000 , as the sale of their house did not occur , decides to pay everyone in Redbud their $ 50 , which helps improve his standing among the townspeople . The film ends with taking a job as a sports writer for the Redbud newspaper , and , now pregnant with their first child , having written multiple children 's stories .

In Baltimore , Maryland in the year 1962 , and her best friend , , audition for The Corny Collins Show , a popular Baltimore teenage dance show ( based on the real - life ) . is too nervous and stumbles over her answers , and another girl , , is cut for being black ( the show has a " Negro Day " on the last Thursday of every month , she is told ) . However , despite being overweight , is a strong enough dancer to become a regular on the show , infuriating the show 's reigning queen , , a mean , privileged , beautiful high school classmate whose racist parents , and , own Tilted Acres Amusement Park and have banned African Americans from going there . steals 's boyfriend , , and competes against her for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963 , fueling 's hatred of her . 
 's growing confidence leads to her being hired as a plus - size model for the Hefty Hideaway clothing store owned by Mr. . She is also inspired to bleach , tease , and rat her big hair into styles popular in the 1960s . At school , a teacher brands her hairdo a " hair - don't " and sends her to the principal 's office , from which is sent to special education classes , where she meets several black classmates who have been put there to hold them back academically . The students introduce to , an R&B record shop owner and host of the monthly " Negro Day " on The Corny Collins Show . They teach , , and dance moves and begins an interracial romance with son , . This horrifies 's parents , and , who imprison their daughter in her bedroom and try to brainwash her into dating white boys and oppose integration with the help of Dr. , a quack psychiatrist . later helps her break out of the house and run away . It is implied that she will never return , as she has finally broken free from her parents . 
 Undeterred , uses her newfound fame to champion the cause of racial integration with the help of , , his assistant , and her own agoraphobic , slightly overbearing , overweight mother , . After a race riot at Tilted Acres results in Tracy 's arrest , the Von grow more defiant in their opposition to racial integration . They plot to sabotage the Miss Auto Show 1963 pageant with a bomb hidden in 's towering bouffant wig . The plan literally blows up in 's face when the bomb detonates prematurely , and the Von are dragged away by the Baltimore police . , who had won the crown but was disqualified for being in reform school , dethrones after the governor of Maryland pardons her ; then shows up at the competition , integrates the show , and encourages everyone to dance .

Ricki Lake, Sonny Bono, Debbie Harry, Divine, Jerry Stiller, Ruth Brown, Pia Zadora

On October 30 , 1988 , , who has been in a comatose state for ten years since since the explosion at Haddonfield Memorial Hospital , is transferred to Smith 's Grove Sanitarium by ambulance . En route , awakens upon hearing that , who died in a car accident , has a daughter , ( ) . kills the ambulance personnel , and makes his way to Haddonfield in search of his niece . Fellow survivor Dr. ( who actually seems to get burned - to - death in the first sequel ) goes to Haddonfield after learning that has escaped transfer . He follows to a gas station , where he has killed a mechanic for his clothes , along with a clerk and disabled the phones . then escapes in a tow truck and causes an explosion , destroying 's car in the process . is then forced to catch a ride to Haddonfield . 
 Meanwhile , is living in Haddonfield with her foster family , and , and their teenage daughter , . knows about , but she is unaware that he is the strange man she has been having nightmares about . and head out for the night , and leave to babysit , causing her to miss her date with her boyfriend , . After school , takes to buy some ice cream and a Halloween costume . At that point , has already arrived in Haddonfield , and nearly attacks in the store . 
 That night , as takes trick - or - treating , goes to the electrical substation , and kills a worker by throwing him into high voltage , plunging the town into darkness . Meanwhile , arrives in Haddonfield and warns the new sheriff , , that has returned . attacks the police station and kills all of the officers . A lynch mob is formed by the town 's men to kill . discovers cheating on her with the sheriff 's daughter , , and loses track of . After being chased by , finds . 
 Sheriff and arrive and take the girls to the sheriff 's house with , , and a deputy . They barricade the house , and departs to look for . With Sheriff in the basement awaiting the arrival of the state police , sneaks in and kills the deputy and . Discovering the bodies , , , and realize that they are trapped in the house . and flee to the attic when appears , but stays to fend him off , and is killed . The girls climb through a window onto the roof , and is lowered down safely , but attacks and knocks her off the roof . 
 Pursued by , runs down the street and finds . They take shelter in the school , but appears and subdues before chasing through the building . trips , and falls down a flight of stairs . Before can kill her , , who survived the fall , subdues him with a fire extinguisher . The lynch mob and the state police arrive at the school after hearing the alarm go off . The lynch mob agrees to take and to the next town in a pickup truck . However , climbs aboard the truck , and kills the men . With at the wheel , she continuously tries to throw off . She succeeds in doing so , and then rams him with the truck , sending him flying into a ditch near an abandoned mine . Sheriff , surviving members of the lynch mob , and the state police arrive , but when approaches and touches his hand , he rises . , the state police , and the lynch mob relentlessly shoot before he falls down a mine shaft.[5 ] 
 and Sheriff take the girls back home ; and , who have arrived home , console their traumatized children . As goes upstairs to run a bath , she is suddenly attacked by , who is now consumed with 's rage . hears 's screams and races halfway up the stairs , before he stops dead in his tracks . He sees the horrific sight of an emotionless standing at the top of the stairs , wearing a clown mask , holding a pair of scissors in her hand , and her costume stained with blood ( similar to when he killed his older sister ) . backs against the wall and raises his gun to shoot her . Sheriff stops and disarms him . devastatingly kneels , as , , and Sheriff watch in horror .

is one of the most popular girls at Westerburg High School in Sherwood , Ohio . In addition to , the popular clique consists of three wealthy and beautiful girls with the same first name : , , and . Though they are the most popular students , the are feared and hated . has had enough of their behavior and longs to return to her old life and her " nerdy " friends . 
 When a new student , a rebellious outsider named Jason " pulls a gun on jocks and , who were trying to bully him , and fires blanks at them , finds herself fascinated with him . When attends a frat party with , but refuses to have sex with a frat brother and throws up , vows to destroy her reputation . shows up at 's house and they end up having sex outside , after which tells she wants to make puke her guts out . The next morning , and break into 's house . serves a liquid he claims is a hangover cure but is actually drain cleaner , killing her . urges to forge a dramatic suicide note in 's handwriting . 
 The school and community look on 's apparent suicide as a tragic decision made by a popular but ostensibly troubled teenager . soon steps into former role as clique leader and begins wearing a red scrunchie that had belonged to . 
 Several days later , and spread a false rumor about giving them oral sex , ruining her reputation . proposes that lure them into the woods with the promise to " make the rumors true , " then shoot them with nonfatal " " bullets . shoots and kills but misses , who runs away . realizes the bullets are real ; chases back towards Veronica , who panics and fatally shoots him . plants gay materials beside the boys , and a suicide note stating the two were lovers participating in a suicide pact . At their funeral , the boys are made into martyrs against homophobia . Although she keeps dating , is increasingly disturbed by his behavior . 
 , an obese student known as " " , pins a suicide note to her chest and walks into traffic . She survives , but is badly injured and mocked for trying to " act like the popular kids . " calls a popular radio show one night while and are listening and talks of depression in her life ; the next day , tells the entire school about radio call . attempts to take her life by overdosing on pills in the girls ' bathroom but is saved by . 
 tells that she will not participate in any more killings . He climbs into her room with a revolver to kill her , but has used a harness to make it look like she has hanged herself . Assuming she is dead , he rambles about his plan to blow up the school during a pep rally . A petition that he has been circulating to get the band Big Fun to perform on campus , which most of the students have signed , is actually a mass suicide note . 
 confronts in the boiler room , where he is rigging explosives . She shoots him when he refuses to stop the bomb . As collapses , he stabs the timer and it stops . walks out through the pep rally with everyone cheering . The severely injured follows her outside with a bomb strapped to his chest , offers a personal eulogy , and detonates the bomb . 
 confronts , takes the red scrunchie , says " my love , there 's a new sheriff in town , " and invites to hang out on prom night and watch movies with her . and walk down the hallway while watches .

We see the origin of as a British military officer , , who uses the Lament Configuration , the doorway to the world of the Cenobites , and becomes a Cenobite . 
 has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital , still haunted by visions of the unspeakable horror that destroyed her family . Interviewed by Doctor , and his assistant , , she tells her account of the events depicted in the first film , and pleads with them to destroy the bloody mattress her murderous stepmother , , died upon . Despite her frantic urging , is the only one who seems to believe her . 
 However , it is revealed that the obsessive Dr. has been searching for the Lament Configuration for years , and has several similar boxes . Dr. also has several patients locked in the maintenance level of the hospital . After hearing 's story , he has the mattress brought to his home , and has one of his more deranged patients ( from maintenance ) lie on the mattress and cut himself with a straight razor . The resulting bloodflow frees from the Cenobite dimension , as it did with in the first film , though 's physical form is immediately whole , only lacking skin due to the amount of blood . is a witness , having snuck inside Dr. 's house to investigate 's claims , and found multiple puzzle boxes and diagrams depicting various body parts , as well as a chalkboard with mysterious writing on it . 
 Meanwhile , meets a young patient named . , who has n't spoken for years , demonstrates an amazing aptitude for puzzles . Later that night is awakened in her room to a vision of her skinless father , who tells her in writing that he 's in Hell and to help him . Come morning , arrives back at the hospital and informs he believes everything is true . The two decide to return to Dr. 's house so can attempt to save her father who she believes is still trapped in Hell . 
 Meanwhile , Dr. , seduced by , has surreptitiously brought more mentally ill patients to his home for her to feed on . When and the others arrive at 's home , heads to the attic , and discovers the grisly remains of their bodies . , her skin almost completely regenerated , appears and kills him , consuming his essence and completing her regeneration . hears the commotion and rushes up to the attic , and walks in on the scene . Enraged , she attacks , but is knocked unconscious . 
 kidnaps and he and use her as a proxy to unlock the Lament Configuration puzzle box and enter the world of and the Cenobites . Here it is learned that the act of opening the Lament Configuration is not in and of itself reason to be targeted by the Cenobites . As states , stopping his fellow Cenobites from attacking , it is " not hands that call [ them ] , but desire . " Thus , it was desire who made him use to open the box and he is the Cenobites ´ target . When enters 's office , she finds the box had used and frantically tries to return it to its normal configuration . The Cenobites find her , seizing the opportunity to change the box to a more complex configuration and lock open the doors to the labyrinth . tells she is free to explore the maze but they 'll be waiting to capture and torture her . 
 and enter the Labyrinth of Hell which is run by the god , who dwells in the shape of a gigantic , elongated diamond rotating in space above the labyrinth and emanating black beams which make remember some of the atrocities he has committed . calls the " god of flesh , hunger , and desire ... the Lord of the Labyrinth . " betrays to the Labyrinth to be turned into a Cenobite ; as screams during the procedure , reveals that she has a mission to bring souls to Leviathan , including 's . 
 ventures into the Cenobites ' domain and encounters . He reveals that he is condemned to Hell , and that his punishment is to be teased and seduced by writhing female figures on beds that withdraw into the walls , depriving him of any pleasure . He also reveals that he tricked her by pretending to be her father to lure her into Hell so that he can use her for his own pleasures . At this point , appears and destroys in revenge for killing her . 
 and encounter and the other Cenobites . shows a photograph of him that she took from 's study , and he gradually remembers that he was human , as the other Cenobites also remember they were human . Suddenly , appears . In an attempt at seizing power , kills and his minions , as they stand between and and . Before dying , , who has been transformed by 's power back into , exchanges a poignant glance with . 
 later tricks Doctor by donning the deceased 's skin , giving the opportunity to finish the Lament Configuration puzzle , killing Doctor , altering Leviathan into the box shape of a Lament Configuration , and allowing them to return home and close the gate between the two worlds . The movie ends with and leaving the now unoccupied hospital . Two men are removing what remains in the doctor 's house and one of the movers comes across a blood - stained mattress on the floor . As he bends down to examine it , two arms reach out from the pool of blood , killing him as they withdraw , taking his upper half with them . 
 When the second mover finally enters and observes the scene , a large spinning pillar rises from the bloody floor , decorated with several Cenobite faces inset , including 's . Staring at the ghastly faces , one of them ( the vagrant from the first film ) speaks to the mover , asking his usual question : " What 's your pleasure , sir ? " .

is , the owner of a dilapidated Irish castle which has been converted to a bed and breakfast supplying the only employment for the local villagers . Owing money to an Irish - American businessman by the name of , has the idea to turn the castle into " The most haunted castle in Europe " for the tourist trade , inspired by his mother 's stories of the castle 's history of ghosts . He and his wacky staff of Irish characters set about creating ghost costumes and effects for their first group of American lodgers . 
 At first annoyed by the inept hauntings , the American guests ( including , , , and ) soon get what they paid for as the genuine ghosts of Castle Plunkett take umbrage with being cheaply exploited and stage a full - scale paranormal event . 
 The ghosts of two dead people , and ( played by and ) become romantically entangled with and 's characters . This romantic twist is the focus of most of the plot .

Peter O'Toole, Daryl Hannah, Steve Guttenberg, Beverly D'Angelo, Liam Neeson, Peter Gallagher, Jennifer Tilly

When private detective ( ) tries to track down a teenage runaway ( ) , he runs into a cult of Egyptian chainsaw - worshipping prostitutes led by " The Master " ( ) .

Soldier ( ) returns home to Any Ghetto , U.S.A. after receiving news that his brother , , died of an “ OG ” – an overdosing on gold chains . Surveying the old neighborhood , observes the effect of gold chains on his community and desires revenge not only for his brother ’s death , but for the community at large . He vows to destroy Mr. Big ( ) , the neighborhood chain lord responsible for the epidemic that claimed ’s life . asks for the aid of his childhood idol and local hero ( ) in planning the demise of Mr. ’s empire . Together , they form a team including ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . With the help of his crew , sets out to take down Mr. and the gold trade in his streets .

While on a routine patrol on United States airspace west of Alaska , pilots and test the g - forces of their F-16C planes . Their antics get them carried away , as they stray over Soviet airspace . As they are being escorted back into U.S. airspace , one of the Soviet planes has on missile - lock . This leads to a brief dogfight . In the ensuing battle , loses control of his plane and is too late to save , who is shot down by the Soviets . The next day , the U.S. Secretary of Defense publicly denies the incident , claiming a training accident caused by a fuel system malfunction killed . 
 At the United States Air Force Museum in Arizona , Col . is taken out of reserve duty and promoted to Brigadier General to lead " Operation Dark Star " , a top - secret military operation . He meets up with and the rest of the operation 's selected pilots and soldiers at an undisclosed military base in Israel . The ragtag group is shortly joined by a group of Soviet pilots that comprise the other half of the operation , much to their dismay . During their briefing , it is revealed that an unnamed Middle Eastern country has completed construction of a nuclear weapons compound capable of launching warheads towards both the United States and the Soviet Union . Their mission is to destroy the compound , as its nuclear arms will be ready within two weeks . Both the Americans and Soviets have difficulty cooperating with each other . The situation is further complicated when realizes that ace pilot is the one who shot down . At the same time , he slowly develops a relationship with female pilot . 
 After a mock dogfight followed by a fist fight that gets them grounded , and settle their differences . Then , tragedy strikes when Major , the lead American pilot , is killed during a training exercise due to his claustrophobia . is later informed that the joint operation is canceled . He realizes that as both the American and Soviet teams consist of delinquent soldiers , the operation was doomed to fail from the beginning . Nevertheless , he is grateful that both factions have the courage to cooperate with each other . His pep talk encourages the entire operation to continue with the mission against General 's orders . 
 For the mission , the F-16 units are to fire their missiles at the compound through the ventilation shafts while the MiGs provide high - altitude cover against enemy aircraft . Ground units are also necessary to take out the anti - aircraft defenses . Upon entering enemy airspace , the transport plane carrying the APCs is shot down . orders the pilots to abort the mission , but and his wingman disobey and provide air cover to the ground units . Both pilots are outnumbered by the opposing fighters , but and arrive to even the playing field . Meanwhile , the enemy prepares to launch a warhead while the U.S. and Soviet forces order bombers on standby in case the operation fails . and the ground forces manage to destroy the guidance tower controlling the SAM launchers , but is killed in the process . They reach the target point , but is shot down by an anti - aircraft gun . takes over while provides cover . She fires her two remaining missiles ; one of which penetrates through the ventilation shaft , obliterating the compound completely . 
 After the joint operation is congratulated , is offered continued service under General , but he adamantly declines the offer . and bid each other farewell , but reveals to him that they are flying to Moscow on Tuesday as part of a pilot exchange program .

is the top high school quarterback prospect who is heavily recruited by many schools . His best friend , , thinks he should hold out for the best offer . His girlfriend , Georgia , wants him to go to State with her and get a solid education . The colleges offer him everything he could possibly want — girls , cars , cash , free room and board , etc . One school even buys a car , while another offers to provide him with male companions if he is n't interested in women . His coach , , who he really ca n't stand , even tries to sell him out by striking a deal with one of the interested colleges to become their next head coach . Although he has all the skills a coach would want in a quarterback , he is unsure where he wants to go and is tempted by the offers because of all of the praise and attention . His recruitment is followed closely by a recruiting investigator who is trying to make sure everything is on the " up and up " . Although lives with his mother , grandfather , younger brother , and sister , he is offered everything and anything by every interested college except for the local state college , which is where he ends up going .

Just outside the town of Crescent Cove , ( ) and his girlfriend ( ) are parked with other couples at the local lovers ' lane when they spot a strange glowing object falling to Earth . Nearby , farmer ( ) also spies the object , and believing it to be Halley 's Comet , he ventures into the woods to find the impact site . He instead stumbles upon a large circus tent - like structure , and he and his dog are abruptly captured by mysterious clown - like aliens , the " Klowns " . Shortly thereafter , and arrive to investigate for themselves . Entering the structure , they discover a complex interior with elevators and various bizarre rooms . They soon find encased in a cotton candy - like cocoon and are spotted by a klown , who shoots popcorn at them from a large gun . The couple flees , pursued by a group of klowns and a balloon animal dog that comes to life . 
 Narrowly escaping , and travel to the police station to report the incident to 's ex - boyfriend , Deputy ( ) , and his curmudgeonly partner , Deputy ( ) . The skeptical believes the story to be a hoax . After taking home , and return to the woods , only to find the circus tent has vanished , leaving a large crater in its place . They then travel to the lovers ' lane , only to find all the cars abandoned and covered in a cotton candy - like substance . Back in town , the klowns arrive and begin capturing townspeople in cocoons using rayguns that resemble toys . Several klowns perform pranks and mock circus acts , all resulting in the deaths of several onlookers . 
 and witness one of the klowns using shadow puppets to shrink a crowd of people into the palm of its hand , then dump them into a sack of popcorn , revealed to be sentient creatures that eagerly gobble up their human prey . Back at the police station , is inundated with calls from townspeople reporting incidents with the klowns , but he dismisses all of them . Soon after , a klown arrives at the station and arrests it , believing it to be a teen prankster . returns to the station to find two prisoners encased in cocoons , and the now escaped klown using a deceased as a ventriloquist 's dummy . shoots the klown several times before destroying its nose , which causes it to spin wildly and explode . 
 Elsewhere in town , meets up with his friends , the brothers ( and ) , and using the intercom on an ice cream truck , they drive around town attempting to warn people of the invading klowns . At 's house , popcorn stuck to her clothes from her earlier encounter with the klowns mutates into monsters and attack her . She fends off the creatures , but another group of klowns arrive and trap her in a giant balloon . , , and the witness 's capture and give chase , following the klowns to an amusement park , and the relocated circus tent . Journeying through a funhouse leading to the klowns ' lair , the brothers become separated and meet two female - looking klowns . After and witness a klown using a crazy straw to drink liquefied townspeople , they rescue and flee into a maze full of tricks and traps . 
 When they emerge , the trio find themselves under a massive circus tent and surrounded by klowns . The arrive in their ice cream truck and use the intercom to distract the aliens . A gargantuan klown marionette , ( ) , descends from the ceiling , breaks free from its strings , and attacks . After destroys the ice cream truck , apparently killing the , creates a distraction and and are able to escape the structure . The tent begins to spin and rises into the air , revealing it to be a massive spaceship . Back inside , grabs hold of , who removes his police badge and uses it to destroy the klown 's nose . explodes , destroying the entire ship along with him . and briefly mourn the loss of their friends , until a klown car suddenly drops out of the sky and and the brothers emerge . As the group watches the fireworks created by the exploding ship , pies fall from the sky and hit them in their faces .

( ) is a 16 - year - old living in Southern California who tries to get his driver 's license and falls in love with ( ) . 
 After failing the knowledge portion of his driver 's exam , inadvertently causes a computer surge . The Department of Motor Vehicles lets him pass the exam as his failing score was thought to be irretrievable , assuming as his twin sister had scored so highly , that twins could not be too different . He eventually also passes the road test , but when his test scores are finally retrieved , his new license is torn up and he is officially failed . lies to his parents and friends , convincing them that he has passed the test . Unfortunately , his parents find out the truth , and as a result , is grounded for the next two weeks . That night , having already made plans to use his new license , he sneaks out of the house with his grandfather 's prized 1972 Cadillac Sedan de Ville for a night on the town with Mercedes . After showing him how Los Angeles looks from far away on a hill , she tells him that her father used to bring her to the hill . While Mercedes is getting drunk , she and cause the hood of the car to slightly cave in by dancing on it . then passes out . 
 panics and goes to his best friend 's house , where ( ) fixes the dent in the car 's hood . persuades to go out for a joyride , along with their friend ( ) , who are both still unaware that does not have a license . The three , along with a blacked - out Mercedes ( who they put in the trunk of the car ) , end up getting into all kinds of trouble and hilarity ensues as they cause even more damage to the Cadillac . Meanwhile , ' extremely pregnant mother , late in the night , wakes up her husband , shouting that she is in labor . 
 The next day , drops off and . Mercedes finally comes to and believes the fragments of the night that she does recall were a dream . She and kiss after he drops her off at her house . later does get in trouble with his father after returning home with the Cadillac , which is by now seriously damaged . Luckily , is able to drive his father , his mother and little brother to the hospital — in reverse , because the Cadillac is so badly damaged it can no longer be put into drive . After they get there , and ' mother is taken into the hospital , a crane fails and a falling steel girder crushes the Cadillac , much to the shock of and his father . The family prepares to explain the state of the Cadillac to ' grandfather , expecting the worst , but ' grandfather laughs it off when he reveals that he has severely damaged ' father 's own car , a BMW , in an accident . 
 ' father tells that the BMW is all his now , and laughingly tells him to take good care of it . Although thanks his father , he has changed his mind about getting a BMW , saying he does not need it anymore . Mercedes pulls up in a white Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet , while says " I already have a Mercedes " . He then runs over and hops into the Cabriolet . drives off with Mercedes , without his license .

( ) , a brash hyperactive high school student lives in a San Diego suburb with his parents , who own a successful garden center . Keen to fly , he has applied for entry to the Air Force Academy . 
 During a routine background check on , FBI agent ( Poitier ) finds contradictory information on his parents , making him suspect that all is not as it should be . Further investigations reveal that they may be sleeper agents for the Soviet Union with a teenaged son . 
 Unable to arrest them as they have not done anything illegal , continues his investigation , moves into the house across the street from the family , and worms his way into their confidence . 
 He eventually confronts with his suspicions and seeks 's cooperation to learn more about his parents . Initially unbelieving , is soon forced to accept the facts and discovers that even his name is fictitious and that his real name is . 
 confides to that twenty years earlier , his partner was killed by a Soviet agent , known only as ' ' ( ) , and that he is still at large . ' ' is now a rogue agent , killing KGB agents one by one , including " sleepers " . Meanwhile , a Soviet spy - catcher , ( ) , has been sent from the Soviet embassy in Mexico City to ' reel in ' . 
 is captured and held as a hostage at gunpoint by , as he and ' Scuba ' make their way to the Mexican border on the San Diego Trolley . has also confronted them and is holding at gunpoint . At the border , the situation resolves itself ; and ' Scuba ' cross into Mexico , and the family remain in the United States .

In New York City , a waitress named is on her way home when she is assaulted by two muggers and seeks aid from a police officer , who kills her by breaking her neck . Over the next two nights , the hence - forth dubbed " Maniac Cop " kills a man named and an unnamed musician . This prompts Lieutenant ( ) , who was told by his superiors to suppress eyewitness accounts that the killer was wearing a police uniform , to pass on information to a journalist , in an attempt to protect civilians . Unfortunately , this causes panic and dissent among the city and results in innocent patrolmen being shot to death or avoided on the streets by paranoid people . 
 ( ) , who suspects that her husband ( ) may be ( who has also murdered a US Delegate off - screen ) , follows him to a motel . There she catches him in bed with a fellow officer , ( ) . Distraught , runs out of the room and is slain by the Maniac Cop . is arrested under suspicion of murder , but believes has been framed . gets to tell him about his relationship with , who is attacked by the Maniac Cop while working undercover as a prostitute . and fight off the killer , who is deathly cold even through his gloves and does not appear to breathe . Even though they shoot him several times , the killer appears completely unfazed . 
 hides out in 's apartment while he investigates ( ) , the only person told about her affair . follows to a warehouse , where she meets with the Maniac Cop and refers to him as " " . Returning to police headquarters , discovers files on , a fellow officer who was imprisoned in Sing Sing for police brutality and closing in on corruption in city hall ( having killed at least five criminals prior ) . While is looking into his past , flashes back to being mutilated and killed in a shower room in Sing Sing . 
 When and visit , they tell him that they think is the real killer and plan to visit the chief medical examiner at Sing Sing . leaves to go to the clerical room , and he is attacked by . She is in hysterics , convinced that is going to turn on her because he found out she gave info to ( and cause she 's " no good " to him ) . After finding a policeman hung from the ceiling by his belt , is grabbed by and beaten to death against the wall . Hearing the commotion , and break out of the interrogation room and find the corpses of six more officers strewn around the building ( and in a bonus scene it 's mentioned that two more were also slain ) . tells to go to 's car while he searches for , who disappears after throwing out a window , killing him . , who looks like the one responsible for the carnage to responding officers , flees with . 
 The two go to see medical examiner , who admits that while he was preparing to autopsy , the officer showed faint signs of life . The examiner secretly released into 's care , convinced he was completely brain dead . During the 50th Annual St. Patrick 's Day Parade , waits outside as warns Commissioner ( ) and Captain ( ) about . The two refuse to believe her and have her arrested . stabs and to death , then targets , killing officer left to guard her . escapes through a window , while is arrested and placed in a van , which hijacks . 
 and another officer chase the van , which takes to his warehouse hideout , running over and killing the watchman on the way in . attacks and , kills officer , and tries to escape in the van when backup arrives . clings to the side of the van and fights for control of it , distracting and causing him to drive into a suspended pipe , which impales him . loses control of the vehicle , which crashes into the river , and sinks . The van is fished out , and , as it is searched , his body is nowhere to be found . is proven innocent as not being the Maniac Cop . As everyone leaves , 's hand can be seen rising out of the water . 
 In the extended cut , corrupt mayor relaxes in his office , content is gone . After 's assistant leaves , , who was hiding behind a curtain , murders the mayor offscreen as he screams in agony and the credits roll .

Tom Atkins, Bruce Campbell, Robert Z'Dar, William Smith, Richard Roundtree,

( ) is the wife of mafia up - and - comer ( ) , who gets violently dispatched by Mob boss ( ) when he is discovered in a compromising situation with the latter 's mistress ( ) . wants to escape the mafia scene with her son , but is harassed by who puts the moves on her at 's funeral . This clinch earns her the suspicion of FBI agents ( ) and ( ) , who are conducting surveillance , and also of 's wife ( ) , who repeatedly confronts with accusations of stealing her husband . To further complicate things , is assigned to monitor all of 's movements as part of an undercover surveillance operation , but can not resist becoming romantically involved with himself . 's attempts to break away from the Mob result in comic mayhem and a climactic showdown in a honeymoon suite in Miami .

Michelle Pfeiffer, Matthew Modine, Dean Stockwell, Mercedes Ruehl, Oliver Platt, Alec Baldwin, Nancy Travis

Young yachting captain ( ) is having an affair with ( ) , the wife of his boss , ( ) , in the upscale town of Southampton , Long Island . is the new captain of 's racing sailboat Obsession . Young heiress ( ) , following the recent death of her mother , returns home to Southampton after graduating from college . At a party , is introduced to , who asks her to dance . Impressed with her knowledge of sailing , asks her to go sailing with him , and she accepts . 
 is living in the family mansion with her alcoholic stepfather , ( ) , and his new live - in girlfriend , ( ) . Her mother 's will provided that retain access to the family 's eight properties . has nothing but contempt for her stepfather , who married her mother for her money . At her family attorney 's office in New York City , learns she can not restrict 's access to her homes , and the nearly one million dollars a year he receives from the estate barely covers his gambling debts . 
 and go sailing on her boat Masquerade , which was her late father 's pride and joy . Later , at 's mansion , they are confronted by a drunk who insults , his former sailing competitor . In the coming days , and begin dating and eventually fall in love . 's newfound happiness , however , is soon offset by another ugly confrontation with who tells her as her " guardian " he wants out of her life . confides to her aunt that is the first man she 's felt comfortable with and that he is n't interested in her money . Later that day , at a lobster house on the outskirts of town , and meet surreptitiously to discuss their conspiracy to murder for her money . When expresses doubts , threatens to expose his past . He tells him the next step is to gain 's confidence by having defend her against him . 
 That weekend , and have passionate sex in the mansion . Afterwards , a drunken breaks into 's room as planned , but kills him with his own pistol . Believing they will be accused of murdering , covers up 's role in the killing by claiming she killed in self - defense . establishes an alibi with an unsuspecting by resetting her bedside clock . During the investigation , Officer ( childhood friend with a romantic interest in — finds evidence that may have been involved in the killing , but he does not report it to his captain , presumably because of his feelings for . 
 's girlfriend , , begins questioning the investigation 's findings , and tells the authorities about and . Meanwhile , breaks up with , who later confirms 's alibi to the police . Not long after informs that her friend saw at a diner with , she is found hanged in an apparent suicide . requests an autopsy . 
 While sailing aboard Masquerade , asks to marry her , but he is reluctant , telling her he once spent 30 days in jail for writing bad checks . He also tells her about his affair with . His " honesty " convinces he is the right man , and the couple are soon married . Later , reveals she is pregnant . That night , drives to the marina where he meets secretly with , who was part of the original conspiracy — who in fact planned everything . is reluctant about killing , but insists she must die in a staged car accident . He threatens to put away for 's murder if he does n't cooperate . 
 When learns that has no intention of killing and that they are planning to sail for Florida on Masquerade the next day , he sabotages 's sailboat and plants incriminating evidence in 's linen drawer . discovers 's treachery and races to the marina to save , but is killed in the gas explosion meant to kill . In the marina office afterwards , discovers a newspaper clipping with a picture of , , and , just as enters the office . Seeing that she has figured out the conspiracy , he tries to kill her . In the ensuing struggle , pushes out a window causing his death . 
 At 's funeral , learns from her family attorney that recently insisted he be removed from 's will , and however it may have started , he came to love in the end.[3 ]

After a heart attack , , a New York doctor , goes to Los Angeles to see his father , , who works in Hollywood as the " king of the extras . " Their relationship has been strained for several years . 
 , the romantic interest in 's life , also comes for a visit and bonds with , who gets along famously with everyone but his son . begins having memory loss and eventually is diagnosed with a brain aneurysm . He and his son grow closer in time and , before it 's too late , tries to get a speaking role in a film .

Bounty hunter is enlisted by bail bondsman to bring accountant back to Los Angeles . The accountant had embezzled $ 15 million from Chicago mob boss before skipping on the $ 450,000 bail had posted for him . must bring back within five days , or defaults . says the job is easy , a " midnight run , " but demands $ 100,000 . is then approached by FBI Agent , who wants to be a witness against and orders to keep away from . takes no notice of this and instead steals 's ID , which he uses to pass himself off as an FBI agent along his journey . ’s henchmen and offer $ 1 million to turn over to them , but he turns them down . 
 captures in New York City and calls from the airport , not knowing that 's line is tapped by the FBI and that his assistant is secretly tipping off 's men . However , fakes a panic attack on the plane , forcing the two men to travel via train . When and fail to show up in Los Angeles on time , brings in rival bounty hunter to find them . tracks them to the train and attempts to take The Duke from , but gets the drop on him and leaves the train . However , he discovers when he attempts to purchase bus tickets with a credit card that canceled the card . 
 Without funds , he is forced to rely on other means to get across the country , including stealing cars , borrowing his ex - wife ’s car in Chicago , and hitchhiking . Meanwhile , word of the skirmish on the train reaches 's ears and he leads a task force to find and . 
 eventually reveals that , 10 years before , he was an undercover officer in Chicago trying to get close to a drug dealer who had almost the entire police force on his payroll . Eventually , just as was going to bust the dealer , he had heroin planted in his house by corrupt cops . In order to avoid either going to prison or working for the dealer , resigned from the force , left Chicago and became a bounty hunter , while his wife divorced him and married a corrupt lieutenant . Since then , however , has clung to the vain hope that he will one day be reunited with his ex - wife . Later , learns that the drug dealer was . 
 In Arizona , takes away from , who is found by . While arguing with over the phone , realizes that intends to turn over to for $ 2 million . However , accidentally reveals to 's men where he is keeping and is knocked unconscious by 's men , who go after themselves . 
 calls 's men and bluffs that he has computer disks created by with enough information to put away , but promises to hand the disks over if returns to him unharmed . meets up with while wearing a wire and being watched by the FBI . spots and interrupts the exchange , unknowingly disabling the wire . After takes the disks , the FBI closes in , arresting and his henchmen . 
 Mosely turns over to with enough time to return him to Los Angeles by the deadline . However , realizes that he can not bring himself to send to prison , and lets him go . Before parting , gives a watch that his wife gave him before their marriage , symbolizing he has finally let go of her . In return , gives $ 300,000 in a money belt he had been hiding . flags down a taxi and asks the driver if he has change for a $ 1,000 bill , but the taxi drives away , so he heads home on foot .

Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, John Ashton, Dennis Farina

The film takes place in a single day and night . The film opens with the two main characters , ( ) and ( ) , meeting at the La Brea Tar Pits and immediately falling in love . After spending the afternoon together , they make a date to meet after her shift ends at midnight at a local coffee shop , but a power failure means 's alarm fails to wake him and leaves for home . 
 When awakes that night he realizes what 's happened and rushes to the shop , arriving at 4 AM . tries to call on a pay phone , but only reaches her answering machine , where he leaves an apology . When the phone rings moments later he picks it up , hearing a frantic man ( presumed to be in a missile silo ) telling his dad that nuclear war is about to break out in less than seventy minutes . When finally gets a chance to talk and asks who 's calling , the caller realizes he has dialed the wrong area code . then hears him plead with to call his father and apologize for some past wrong before he is being confronted and presumably shot . An unfamiliar voice picks up the phone and tells to forget everything he heard " and go back to sleep " before disconnecting . 
 , confused and not entirely convinced of the reality of the information , wanders back into the diner and tells the other customers what he 's heard . As the patrons scoff at his story , one of them , a mysterious businesswoman ( ) named , calls a number of politicians in Washington on her wireless phone and finds that they are all visiting South America at the same time . Convinced of the danger , she immediately charters several private jets out of LAX to a compound in a region in Antarctica with no rainfall . Most of the customers and staff leave with her in the owner 's delivery van . When the owner refuses to make any stops , , unwilling to leave without , arranges to meet the group at the airport and jumps from the truck . 
 Harry is helped and hindered by various strangers , who are initially unaware of the impending apocalypse . In the process he inadvertently causes several deaths and is deeply shaken by that , yet still he goes on . When he finds and later tells her , she notes that there is no confirmation of the attack . Desperate to reach the airport and not having a car , finds a helicopter pilot ( ) and tells him to meet them on the roof of the Mutual Benefit Life Building . has also tried to find a pilot on her own , and in the moments it takes to find her , Los Angeles descends into violent chaos . There is still no confirmation any of this is real , and wonders if he has sparked a massive false panic in the example of . However , when he uses a phone booth to contact the father of the man who called him ( using the number of the booth and the area code the man was trying to use ) he reaches a man who says his son is a soldier . tries to pass on the message he was given , but the man hangs up before finishes . 
 When they reach the top of the Mutual Benefit building they find the pad empty , and the roof manned only by a yuppie ( ) taking every drug he can find . Any doubts about a false alarm are eliminated when a warhead can be seen streaking across the sky . As they fear the end , the helicopter suddenly returns with the pilot badly wounded but fulfilling his promise to come back for them . After they lift off from the roof , several warheads hit and the EMP from the detonations causes the helicopter to crash into the La Brea Tar Pits . 
 As the helicopter sinks and the cabin fills with natural asphalt tar , tries to comfort a hysterical by saying someday they will be found and they will probably be put in a museum , or maybe they will take a direct hit and be turned into diamonds . , accepting her fate , calms down and takes comfort in 's words , and the movie fades out as the tar fills the compartment . A final explosion seems to imply a direct hit has taken place .

In 1964 , three civil rights workers — two Jewish and one black — go missing while organizing a voter registry for African Americans in Jessup County , Mississippi . The FBI sends two agents , , a former Mississippi sheriff , and , to investigate . The pair find it difficult to conduct interviews with the local townspeople , as Sheriff and his deputies exert influence over the public , and are linked to a branch of the Ku Klux Klan . The wife of Deputy Sheriff reveals to Anderson in a discreet conversation that the three missing men have been murdered . Their bodies are later found buried in an earthen dam . deduces Mrs. 's confession to the FBI and informs , who brutally beats his wife in retribution . 
 and devise a plan to indict members of the Klan for the murders . They arrange a kidnapping of Mayor , taking him to a remote shack . There , he is left with a black man , who threatens to castrate him unless he speaks out . The abductor is an FBI operative assigned to intimidate , who gives him a full description of the killings , including the names of those involved . Although his statement is not admissible in court due to coercion , 's information proves valuable to the investigators . 
 and exploit the new information to concoct a plan , luring identified KKK collaborators to a bogus meeting . The Klan members soon realize that it is a set - up , and leave without discussing the murders . The FBI then concentrate on , a Klansman of interest who exhibits a nervous demeanor , which the agents believe might yield a confession . The FBI pick him up and interrogate him . Later , is at home when his window is shattered by a shotgun blast . After seeing a burning cross on his lawn , tries to flee in his truck , but is caught by several hooded men who intend to hang him . The FBI arrive to rescue him , having staged the whole scenario ; the hooded men are revealed to be other agents . 
 , believing that his fellow Klansmen have threatened his life because of his admissions to the FBI , incriminates his accomplices . The Klansmen are all charged with civil rights violations , as this can be prosecuted at the federal level . Most of the perpetrators are found guilty , and receive sentences from three to ten years in prison . , however , is acquitted of all charges , and , on the other hand , is later found dead by the FBI in an apparent suicide . Mrs. returns to her home , which has been completely ransacked by vandals , and resolves to stay and rebuild her life , free of her husband . Before leaving town , and visit an integrated congregation , gathered at an African - American cemetery , where the black civil rights activist 's desecrated gravestone reads , " Not Forgotten " .

The film follows the exploits of film actor ( ) , who is filming in the small , fictional South American country of Parador when Paradorian President , a - style dictator , suddenly dies of a heart attack . Not wanting to lose his position in power , the president 's right - hand man , ( ) forces to take the ' role of a lifetime ' - that of the dead president , as the two men look so much alike . accepts , eventually winning over the people and even the dead president 's mistress , ( ) . However , when Paradise proves to be too boring , needs to find a way to get out while keeping out of the loop .

( ) is an alien sent on a secret mission to Earth , and ( ) is a widowed scientist who is working on different ways to send radio waves into deep space . accidentally sends a radio wave out of the galaxy to 's home world ( Cosine N to the 8th ) which causes a disruption of gravity on her planet . She is sent to investigate who could affect gravity and how it was done , believing that it was an attack . She is aided by an alien device ( called Bag ) resembling a tentacle with an eye , which hides in a designer purse to aid with her encounters on Earth . Bag is able to create any object , such as diamonds and designer dresses almost instantaneously . crashes a party hosted by 's brother ( ) , where she immediately draws attention to herself by making dated references to old TV shows and political slogans under the mistaken belief that it was current ( her superiors had just collected the information , which had taken 92 years to get from Earth to her home world ) . 
 's inexperience almost results in her exposing herself as alien when she struggles with simple tasks like trying to kiss for the first time or cooking . She goes home with and spends the night , after teaches her what sex is ( which she greatly enjoys ) . ( ) , 's 13 - year - old daughter , is at first happy that her father has found someone ( her mother died five years previously ) but becomes suspicious when she observes eating the acid out of batteries , and pulling hard boiled eggs out of boiling hot water with her bare hands . However , she can not convince her smitten father that something is unusual about , and when tells him that she must leave in 24 hours he impulsively proposes , and she accepts . also has his doubts about and tries to dissuade from marrying on the idea she is an illegal immigrant or planning economic espionage , but then admits he is jealous his brother found his dream girl whereas he will never find a girl like Princess of Monaco . 
 encounters new experiences such as sneezing and love . When finally confronted about being an extraterrestrial by , admits her home world is without emotion . plans to depart once she discovers how created the radio signal and gets him to recreate it ( which she says will reverse the gravity problems on her world ) , but is put in a quandary by , who says it will devastate her father , for whom has now developed feelings . After argues with her dad , she runs away and is nearly hit by a car , but is saved by 's powers . This reveals to that is indeed an alien and that she has fallen in love with him and accepted as her own daughter . 
 eventually realizes how he was able to create the radio wave and manages to repeat it , reversing the gravity on 's planet and saving it . After destroying Bag ( which tried to kill them ) , the leaders of 's home world report in and ask her to destroy the planet Earth . She and manage to convince them it was not an act of aggression , but an accident , and that Earth has many benefits that require further studying . They accept the explanation and demand that return to explain human culture to them , but settle for a native of Earth to serve as ambassador to their world as a token of goodwill . The ambassadorship is accepted by , who departs for 's world in a spaceship served by several flight attendants , all of whom look like Princess .

The film is about the coming of age of two sisters and their friend through the romantic lives of the three main characters : ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , who are waitresses at Mystic Pizza in Mystic , Connecticut . In the film , Mystic is represented as a fishing town with a large Portuguese - American population . The film also touches on an Old World work ethic . 
 and are sisters and rivals : studies astronomy , works at the planetarium in the famous Whaling Museum of The Mystic Seaport , as well as the restaurant , and has been accepted to attend Yale University on a partial scholarship . just wants to find love through lust while trying to get out of Mystic . is the apple of her Portuguese mother 's eye , while is not because her mother feels she is more wild and is not as goal - oriented as her younger sister . 
 meets a handsome young man named ( ) at a bar , and the two are immediately attracted to each other , and begin a relationship , much to her mother 's dismay , believing that the relationship will prevent her making something of herself like . However , at a family dinner , his relatives unintentionally make insensitive comments about her ethnicity , and overreacts . breaks up with him , believing that his family 's remarks were harmless and that he was simply using her to show up his parents . 
 There is also chemistry between and her Anglo - American employer , ( ) , a father who has hired her to look after his young daughter , , while his wife is away . A relationship develops between them , and they eventually make love , but it results in heartache for when the wife returns and her illusion of an actual relationship with is shattered . and bond when is devastated after 's and her evening together and comforts her baby sister . 
 is trying to have sex with her boyfriend ( ) , whom she attempted to marry at the beginning of the movie , but fainted after deciding she could n't go through with it . However , refuses to have sex with her until they are married , which is something she still is n't ready for . Seeing how she tries to look for every chance to have sex with him , believes that does n't love him like he does her , and is only after him for sex , and breaks up with her . 
 After all those events , at work , a famous TV food critic , nicknamed " The Fireside Gourmet " ( ) , comes to the pizzeria to sample a pizza . Not showing any emotion towards the pizza that he eats , he leaves after eating only a few bites , leaving the girls in suspense . However , a few days later , the critic gives the pizzeria his highest rating , calling it " superb . " 
 In the end , receives her last paycheck from ( which she tears up and throws away ) , and never sees him again . finally agrees to marry , and at their wedding , and reconcile . The film ends with the three girls together overlooking the water from the balcony of the restaurant , reminiscing about their time together .

Julia Roberts, Annabeth Gish, Lili Taylor, William R. Moses, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Storke

The storyline is told through a series of flashbacks . The movie opens with regaining consciousness in an alley in the middle of the night with no idea of how he got there . 
 Through a series of flashbacks , he remembers that he was waylaid on his way to the prom the night before . In the meantime , he has to figure out what happened to his wallet , his car keys , his prom date , and why a pimp named " " wants him dead . 
 After losing a bet on a football game , has to go to prom with the flattered but clueless nerd . In the hijinks that follow , manages to get them lost in the ghetto , befriend a hooker named ( ) , and accidentally sell to a diminutive pimp named ( ) . spends the remainder of the evening searching for in the seedy underworld of Los Angeles whilst seeking to avoid 's wrath after discovers the identity of 's father . In the end , gets the girl , escapes from the pimp and even recovers his dad 's car from a car thief named " " . 
 An abbreviated version of the Funk - Rock collective , Parliament - Funkadelic appears in the movie under the name the Rat 's Nest Band .

On Fifth Avenue , an orphaned kitten named is left abandoned after his fellow orphaned kittens are adopted by passersby . Wandering the streets by himself in search of someone to adopt him , meets a laid - back mongrel named who assists the kitten in stealing food from a hot dog vendor named . then flees the scene without sharing his bounty with . follows all throughout the streets until he eventually arrives at the barge of his owner , a pickpocket named , along with his meal , to give to his friends : the chihuahua , the Great Dane , the Afghan Hound , and the bulldog . sneaks inside , located below the docks , and is discovered by the dogs . After a moment of confusion , he is then received with a warm welcome . comes in and explains that he is running out of time to repay the money he borrowed from , a nefarious shipyard agent and loan shark . tells that the money must be paid in three days , under the threat of resolving to violence . 's dobermans , and , attack , but the cat is defended by 's dogs . Immediately thereafter , a depressed returns to the barge , lamenting that he only has three days to find the money he owes . After the dogs cheer him up , is introduced to , and , considering that they all need help , accepts him into the gang . 
 The next day , and his pets , now including , hit the streets to sell some shoddy goods and perhaps steal money . and attempt to sabotage a limousine driven by , a butler who is chaperoning , a lonely rich girl whose parents are away on a trip . However , the plan backfires when accidentally slips on the ignition keys , starting the car and electrocuting . then helps untangle from the wires and adopts him out of loneliness , much to the disgust of , the family 's pompous and pampered poodle . and the others manage to steal from the family and bring him back to the barge , but he explains that he was treated kindly and did not want to leave , much to the shock of who feels that is being ungrateful , but allows him the opportunity to leave . However , arrives and concocts a plan to ransom , then sends a ransom note . discovers the note and sets out to get back , while informs of his plan . 
 Later , meets up with , who is shocked that the " very rich cat owner person " is only a little girl . Bothered by his conscience after seeing distraught over losing , gives back freely . Just then , comes out of the shadows and kidnaps , intending to ransom her and declaring 's debt paid . 
 rallies and the other dogs to rescue from , but the animals are confronted by and his Dobermans after they free her . saves the group with his scooter and a chase ensues throughout the streets and into the subway tunnels . is pushed onto the hood of 's car after he rams it against the scooter , where she holds onto the hood ornament , and and attempt a rescue . and fall off the car in the struggle and land on the subway 's third rail , electrocuting them . takes control of 's scooter as manages to retrieve , and drives the scooter up the side of the Brooklyn Bridge as ' car drives straight into the path of an oncoming train , killing him and throwing him and his car into the East River . and manage to avoid the collision thanks to throwing them off him before the impact and are reunited with and the others . Later , celebrates her birthday with the animals , and . That same day , receives a phone call from 's parents in Rome saying that they will be back Stateside in Manhattan tomorrow . opts to stay with , but he promises to remain in contact with and the gang .

voices of Billy Joel, Joey Lawrence, Bette Midler, Dom DeLuise, Cheech Marin, Robert Loggia, Sheryl Lee Ralph

The film introduces , a young woman whose psychic bond to and manifests in the form of prophetic nightmares . pleads for to find her , as she fears that when her grandfather dies , the Tall Man will take him . The scene then transitions where the first film left off , the Tall Man and his minions attempt to kidnap , but manages to save him by blowing up the house . 
 Seven years later , , who has been institutionalized after the events of the first film , fakes his recovery to make contact with . When returns to Morningside Cemetery to exhume the bodies of his parents , interrupts him and explains that the earlier attack never took place . However , reveals the coffins are empty and urges to help him hunt down the Tall Man . En route to 's house , has a premonition and frantically tries to warn seconds before an explosion kills 's entire family . Convinced by 's futile warning , agrees to accompany . They break into a hardware store and stock up on supplies and weapons . Traveling country roads , they encounter abandoned towns , pillaged graveyards , and a few of the Tall Man 's traps ; one is an apparition of a nude , deceased young woman . The clues lead them to Périgord , Oregon . 
 Meanwhile , 's grandfather dies , and her sister disappears during the funeral ; while searching for , finds the Tall Man and flees . The presiding priest , Father , maddened with fear and alcohol withdrawal , desecrates the grandfather 's body with a knife in a desperate attempt to thwart its reanimation , but the corpse rises and kidnaps 's grandmother . In the morning , finds a funeral pin in her grandmother 's empty bed , and the Tall Man psychically tells to return at night if she wants to rescue her grandmother . Prior to their arrival in Périgord , awakens to find that has picked up a hitchhiker named Alchemy who eerily resembles the nude apparition . They find deserted and decrepit . When arrives at the mortuary , she is confronted by Father , who tries to convince her to escape with him , but he is killed by a flying sphere . She encounters the Tall Man and discovers that her grandmother is now one of his Lurkers ; she flees and runs into in the cemetery . Later that night , the Tall Man captures and drives away in his hearse ; Mike and chase after him . After the Tall Man runs them off the road , their car explodes . 
 At the crematorium , is taken to the furnace room by the Tall Man 's mortician assistants , but she escapes and sends one into the furnace . and break into the mortuary and find the embalming room . While pours acid into the embalming fluid , discovers a dimensional portal that requires a sphere to open . They then split up to find . searches the basement , where he fights off a and several Lurkers with a chainsaw and quadruple shotgun . After a vicious fight castrates the to death and guns down the Lurkers . saves from a silver sphere , and , when it becomes embedded in the wall , they use it to access the portal . Before they can destroy the building , the Tall Man surprises them , but they fight him off and pump him full of the acid - contaminated embalming fluid , which causes him to melt . They set the building on fire , escape , and are greeted by , who has procured an abandoned hearse . 
 As they ride off , reveals herself to not be human , and the hearse swerves wildly , then stops . , bloody and battered , falls to the ground ; and , trapped in the hearse , try to convince themselves that this is all just a dream , but the slot to the driver 's cabin opens and reveals the Tall Man , who tells them , " No , it 's not . " Hands break the rear window and pull and through it , mirroring the ending of the first film .

Undercover cop ( ) brother ( ) is accused of killing his teacher , Mr. ( ) at Adlai Stevenson High School . loses his temper with ( ) , the detective in charge , and gets suspended . 's partner ( ) pretends to be 's dad to enroll him as a student . gives pointers to get people to talk to him . deals with bullies , girls with crushes on him , teachers and staff who range from quirky to bizarre , and a teacher , ( ) , to whom he is attracted who thinks he is a teen . The turning point in his popularity ( and therefore his ability to get information ) happens in the classroom metaphor scene , in which poem she being brand new , is used in its entirety . The character ( ) , who had a large part in the script but was mostly edited out of the film , makes his only appearance in this scene . 
 Along the way , and narrow the probable motives down to jealousy ( was trading grades for sex with ( ) , the girlfriend of ( ) , the leader of the bullies ) or self - preservation ( was blackmailing some staff about running a real estate scam on the other teachers ) . 's identity is discovered by ( ) , one of the con artist 's gang , and it all comes to a head at the Pagan May Fest ( the school 's mascots are the Pagans ) . and find out that they are probably on the wrong track - ( ) , one of the gang 's members is missing and an emotional confession from points to as the murderer - not to stop the blackmail , but because was engaged to , with whom used to have an affair and whom he still loves . also found the love letters in which claims to have killed 's husband . 
 appears and implicates himself with words and actions . A chase ensues , ending with being cornered finding the evidence that cements 's guilt . is saved twice in quick succession , once by a schoolmate 's opportune distraction , and once by an excellent shot of 's at the perfect time . makes a date with , who now knows he is an adult , and the real - estate scammers are arrested . looks very foolish . is released from jail and ca n't wait to get back to school .

The family has sent ( ) to live with 's sister ( ) and her husband ( ) in Chicago . has been told she is living with her aunt and uncle temporarily to attend a unique school for gifted children with emotional problems , though thinks it is because and just wanted out of their house . and are unaware of the events that the family had endured in the previous two films , only noting that was involved in a bad land deal . Along with ( ) , 's daughter from a previous marriage , they live in the luxury skyscraper ( Chicago 's 100 - story John Hancock Center ) of which is the manager . 
 has been made to discuss her experiences by her teacher / psychiatrist , Dr. ( ) . believes her to be delusional ; however , the constant discussion has enabled the evil spirit of Rev. ( ) to locate and bring him back from the limbo he was sent during his previous encounter with her . Not believing in ghosts , Dr. has come to the conclusion that is a manipulative child with the ability to perform mass hypnosis , making people believe they were attacked by ghosts . Also during this period , ( ) realizes that has found and travels cross - country to protect her . 
 That night , drains the high rise of heat and takes possession of reflections in mirrors , causing the reflections of people to act independently of their physical counterparts . When is left alone that night , attempts to use the mirrors in her room to capture her , but she escapes with the help of , who telepathically tells to break the mirror . and her boyfriend , , see a frightened running through the high rise 's parking lot , and move to rescue her ; however , before they can , all three are taken to the Other Side through a puddle by and his people . By this point , and Dr. are both at the high rise , along with and . Dr. stubbornly assumes that has staged the entire thing , while tries to get her back . 
 is seemingly released from the Other Side through a pool in the high rise , and reappears after is taken by disguised as . is left at his home with his parents . Nobody notices that the symbols on 's clothing are reversed from what they were before she was taken . As Dr. attempts to calm , sees reflection in the mirror and chases her while follows . Dr. is not far behind , and he believes he sees in the elevator . However , after Dr. approaches the elevator doors , appears behind him and pushes him to his death down the empty elevator shaft . At this point it is revealed that what came back was not , but a reflection of her under 's control , which then vanishes back into the mirror with a reflection of at its side . 
 However , even in death is still more powerful than expects . She returns long enough to give and her necklace and an important piece of advice . and struggle to find , but is captured and eventually is forced to prove her love for in a final face - off against . manages to convince to go into the light with her . , , and are returned to . The final scene shows lightning flashing over the building , and 's evil laughter is heard .

( ) is a struggling medical student who moonlights as a stand - up comedian . It quickly becomes evident that he is lousy at the former and excels at the latter . And yet , when he is given a chance at the big time , he cracks under the pressure . ( ) is a dedicated housewife who yearns to be a comic . She has the raw talent but does not have the command of craft that possesses . 
 At first , he does n't give the time of day . is derailed by the unexpected appearance of his father and brother , both medical professionals . 's unfailing support wins 's affections and he teaches her the fundamentals of stand - up comedy . has spent her cookie jar money to buy jokes . advises her to connect with the audience to unveil the honest humor in her life as a wife and mother . discovers her natural gift of making people laugh . An uneasy friendship develops between the two as they share the personal conflicts they must resolve : 's desire to make it big vs. his inability to do so and 's love of comedy vs. her love for her family . 
 , beginning to appear emotionally unstable , develops a romantic attraction to - to her dismay . struggles to remain loyal to her family and her friend , while maintaining her conviction and love of comedy . mimes a painful rendition of famous dance routine from Singin ' in the Rain . 
 The film culminates in a competition at the " Gas Station " comedy club where , and other aspiring comedians have been performing . A judges panel of television executives promise the winner a prime time opportunity and possible stardom . As they compete on stage , the characters also grapple with conflicts among their desires for success on stage , their loyalties to one another , and the expectations of their families . Pending the judges ' final tally , with a note of support from her husband in her hand , and hearing has only two of the five judges ' votes , withdraws " in case the winner is me " and persists in leaving when the club owner reveals she was in fact the winner . She leaves with her husband who , after watching his wife do stand - up for the first time , is won over and begins suggesting ideas for her next set . The pair walk away arm in arm reminiscing about the funny and endearing sayings of their children . Inside , is declared the winner of the show , which reflects 's judgment and that of their competing fellow comics .

In this film , transforms from cat to man and when he puts his boots on , he transforms back again .

is in the middle of importing four Lamborghinis to Los Angeles for resale . He needs to deliver the vehicles to impatient buyers who have already made down payments in order to repay the loan he took out to buy the cars , but the EPA is holding the cars at the port due to the cars failing emissions regulations . directs an employee to lie to the buyers while he stalls his creditor . 
 When learns that his estranged father has died , he and his girlfriend travel to Cincinnati , Ohio , in order to settle the estate . He learns he is receiving the classic 1949 Buick Roadmaster convertible which he and his father fought over , but the bulk of the $ 3 million estate is going to an unnamed trustee . Through social engineering , he learns the money is being directed to a mental institution , where he meets his older brother , , of whom he was previously unaware . 
 has savant syndrome and adheres to strict routines . He has superb recall , but he shows little emotional expression except when in distress . spirits out of the mental institution and into a hotel for the night . becomes upset with the way treats his brother and leaves . asks 's doctor , Dr. , for half the estate in exchange for 's return , but he refuses . decides to attempt to gain custody of his brother in order to get control of the money . 
 After refuses to fly back to Los Angeles , they set out on a cross - country road trip together . During the course of the journey , learns more about , including that he is a mental calculator with the ability to instantly count hundreds of objects at once , far beyond the normal range of human subitizing abilities . He also learns that actually lived with the family when was young and he realizes that the comforting figure from his childhood , whom he falsely remembered as an imaginary friend named " Rain Man " , was actually . 
 They make slow progress because insists on sticking to his routines , which include watching Judge on television every day and getting to bed by 11:00 PM . He also objects to traveling on the interstate after they pass a bad accident . 
 After the Lamborghinis are seized by his creditor , finds himself $ 80,000 in the hole and hatches a plan to return to Las Vegas , which they passed the night before , and win money at blackjack by counting cards . Though the casino bosses are skeptical that anyone can count cards with a six deck shoe , after reviewing security footage they ask and to leave . has made enough to cover his debts and has reconciled with who rejoined them in Las Vegas . 
 Back in Los Angeles , meets with Dr. , who offers him $ 250,000 to walk away from . refuses and says that he is no longer upset about what his father left him , but he wants to have a relationship with his brother . At a meeting with a court - appointed psychiatrist is shown to be unable to decide for himself what he wants . stops the questioning and tells he is happy to have him as his brother . 
 In the final scene , brings to the train station where he boards an Amtrak train with Dr. to return to the mental institution . promises that he will visit in two weeks .

Colonel visits his old friend and ally in Thailand . He explains that he is putting together a mercenary team for a CIA - sponsored mission to supply anti - Soviet fighters in Afghanistan . Despite being shown photos of civilians suffering at the hands of the Soviet military , refuses to join , as he is tired of fighting . proceeds anyway and is ambushed by enemy forces near the border , resulting in all of his men being killed . is captured and sent to a large mountain base to be interrogated by Soviet Colonel and his henchman Sergeant . 
 Embassy official informs of 's capture but refuses to approve a rescue mission for fear of drawing the United States into the war . Aware that will die otherwise , gets permission to undertake a solo rescue on the condition that he will be disavowed in the event of capture or death . immediately flies to Peshawar , Pakistan , where he intends to convince arms dealer to bring him to Khost , the town closest to the Soviet base where is held captive . 
 The Mujahideen in the village , led by chieftain , hesitate to help free . Meanwhile , a Soviet informant in 's employ informs the Russians , who send two attack helicopters to destroy the village . Though manages to destroy one of them with a turret , the rebels refuse to aid him any further . Aided only by and a young boy named , attacks the base and inflicts significant damage before being forced to retreat . , as well as , are wounded during the battle and sends him and away before resuming his infiltration . 
 Skillfully evading base security , reaches just as he is about to be tortured with a flamethrower . He and rescue several other prisoners and hijack a Hind helicopter to escape the base . The helicopter is damaged during takeoff and quickly crashes , forcing the escapees to flee across the sand on foot . An attack chopper pursues and to a nearby cave , where destroys it with an explosive arrow . A furious sends commandos under to kill them , but they are quickly routed and killed . An injured attacks with his bare hands , but is overcome and killed . 
 As and make their way to the Pakistani border , and his forces surround them . But before the duo are overwhelmed , 's Mujahideen forces attack the Soviets in a surprise cavalry charge . Despite being wounded , takes control of a tank and uses it to attack 's chopper head - on ; the two vehicles collide , but survives . At the end of the battle , and say goodbye to the Mujahideen and leave Afghanistan .

Captain of the Moscow Militia sets a trap for , a Georgian drug kingpin and crime lord . The ambush severely backfires ; flees the Soviet Union and comes to the U.S. , after gunning down several other Moscow cops , including 's partner . 
 Loudmouthed Chicago Police Department Detective - Sergeant , investigates several local murders committed by 's cartel . When is arrested in Chicago , is dispatched to escort him back to Moscow to face justice in the Soviet Union . Unexpectedly , and find themselves partnered together when escapes custody , gunning down 's partner , , in the process . is frustrated when his lack of a diplomatic license prohibits him from carrying a weapon . He shares his candid observations with : " This Chicago is very strange city . Your crime is organized , but your police is not . " 
 and pursue and his henchmen around Chicago . Finally , and commandeer a couple of Greyhound buses , then engage in a high - speed chase , which concludes with 's collision with a freight train . When confronts him , shoots at him , only to be gunned down . returns to Moscow after exchanging wristwatches with as an act of goodwill .

Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Ed O'Ross, Peter Boyle, Laurence Fishburne, Gina Gershon

Parents and are on the run , as they were responsible for the anti - war protest bombing of a napalm laboratory in the 1970s . The incident accidentally blinded and paralyzed a janitor who was n't supposed to be there . They 've been on the run ever since , relying on an underground network of supporters who help them financially . At the time of the incident , their son was two years old . As the film begins , he is in his late teens , and the family , now with younger son , are again relocating and assuming new identities . 
 's overwhelming talent as a pianist catches the attention of his music teacher at school . The teacher begins to pry into 's personal life , particularly questioning why records from his previous school are unobtainable . While he pushes to audition for Juilliard , also falls in love with , the teacher 's teenage daughter . 
 As the pressure to have his own life and realize his own dreams intensifies , reveals his family secret to . Meanwhile , finds out about 's audition , and begins to come to terms with the fact that she must let her son go and find his own way . This does not sit well with , even as risks their safety to contact her estranged father and arrange a home and life for , if they should decide to leave him behind . 
 When hears on the radio that one of their underground colleagues has been shot and killed running from the authorities , he realizes that it is better for his son to pursue his dreams than to continue living a dangerous life , on the run from crimes for which bears no responsibility . The family leaves behind and heads off for their next identity in a new town .

IBC Television president is pushing his company to broadcast an extravagant live production of A Christmas Carol on Christmas Eve , making the staff work throughout the holiday . fires executive for disagreeing with him , and sends cheap IBC - monogrammed towels to all on his Christmas list , including his personal assistant , and his brother . 's boss , seeing the stress is under with the production , brings in to provide assistance , though secretly wants 's job . 
 The night before the show , is visited by the ghost of his mentor , who died in an accident as an unloved miser . warns him three more ghosts will appear to him over the next day to help avoid the same fate . Before it vanishes , the ghost dials up , 's lost love from years ago . comes to the network to talk to , but does not make time for her , and she returns to the homeless shelter where she works . 
 As rehearsals start , is visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past , appearing as a taxi driver . He takes to see his past : how he found solace in television after his mother left his father , and how he had fallen in love with but lost her favor when he prioritized his television career over her . When back in the present , goes to see , hoping to make amends . However , his attitude quickly sours when he refuses to buy a cup of coffee for , one of the homeless , and after 's co - workers pester her about 's disdain for the homeless . He returns back to the studio . 
 The Ghost of Christmas Present arrives as a clumsy fairy . She takes him to 's apartment , showing his assistant 's struggles to support her large family , including her youngest son who has remained mute since seeing his father murdered . The Ghost then shows him , who still respects as his brother despite declining invitations to his Christmas celebrations and cheap gifts . The leaves him in a utility space under a sidewalk with , frozen to death due to 's selfishness . desperately tries to escape , breaking through a boarded up door to end back up on the set of the production . directs to take over rehearsals to give some time off . 
 Retiring to his office , finds waiting for him with a shotgun , as after being fired , lost everything . escapes into the elevator where the reaper - like Ghost of Christmas Future awaits . The Ghost takes him to the future , where has become catatonic and been institutionalized , and had heeded 's words and shunned the homeless to become just like . Finally , the Ghost shows 's cremation ceremony , with only and his wife in attendance . , having come to a revelation about his life , is shocked when he finds himself in the coffin as is it about to be incinerated , and breaks his way out , ending up back out of the elevator facing . 's completely changed demeanor surprises , particularly when offers him a high - level executive position . 
 With 's help , returns to the production set , secures in the control room , and breaks the show 's live broadcast to speak of his new appreciation for life . He apologizes on air to , , and the cast and crew , and makes a passionate plea to to come back to him . sees this at the shelter , and makes for the network with the help of the Ghost of Christmas Past . As and reunite , comes up to and speaks for the first time , reminding him to say the closing words of the Carol , " God bless us , everyone " , much to 's elation . leads the crew in singing " Put a Little Love in Your Heart " , and sees , the three Ghosts , and the ghost of smile and wave back to him .

Bill Murray, Karen Allen, Alfre Woodard, John Forsythe, Robert Mitchum, John Glover, Bobcat Goldthwait, Carol Kane

This film is an existential look at the lives of " " ( ) and ( ) , from their wedding day until the birth of their first child . Beginning on their wedding day , it follows both their lives , but more so 's , with his voiceover commentaries and several imaginary scenes based on actual or feared future events . asks his best friend , ( ) before the wedding if he thinks he 'll be happy , to which his friend says , " Yeah , you 'll be happy . You just wo n't know it . " This is the underlying theme of the movie , 's existential crisis of , " Is this all there is ? Is this really my life ? " 
 After their wedding , and head off for New Mexico , where works towards gaining a Master 's Degree , but leaves before finishing , describing it as " high school with ashtrays . " They return to Chicago where , by " setting new records for lying in the job market , " impresses his potential employers so much that they give him work as an advertising copywriter . wants to be a writer and tells his bosses this , which amuses and threatens one boss who had failed at ever writing a book . also gains work as a research analyst , and they are able to buy a " three - bedroom mortgage " in the suburbs ; while their lives are typical , they do not do many things out of the ordinary . 's best friend suddenly visits after not seeing him for two years , which causes the two to both envy one another 's lives , and to also reaffirm their own . tells them that his father has died , and and are supportive , allowing him to stay the night . Things take a turn for the worse when makes a physical pass at , by trying to get her bathrobe open and proclaiming his feelings , but turns him down , telling him that she is in love with . Meanwhile , begins fantasizing about having an affair with a mysterious young French model , who is wise beyond 's years . 
 and then continue to adjust to their new lives until unilaterally decides to cease taking contraceptives without telling , until after several months , she informs him that he has been unable to impregnate her . knows who she is and what she wants in life and seemingly always has . feels pressure , from society and from his wife , to have a child . He does n't know what he wants . The couple begins a program to assist their efforts to become pregnant , which eventually succeed . They inform their parents of this , and while all are overjoyed , 's mother casually informs them that she had a difficult birth with and nearly died . The movie culminates with a traumatic yet eventually successful labor and 's realization that his lack of satisfaction and sense of detachment are not due to external factors but his own selfishness and immaturity . is called into 's hospital room , worried , but she smiles at him , stating that she wanted to be the one to tell him that they have a son . 
 The last scene of the film reveals that 's voiceover was the new father reading his novel entitled She 's Having a Baby to his wife and son . 
 As the credits roll , there is a rapid succession of suggestions for the name of the baby by numerous cameos including , , , , , , and . , , and were in character as , , and during the end credits .

( ) is peddling sophisticated toy robots that he makes by hand on the street corners of New York City . One robot wanders away from his stand and makes its way into the office of ( ) , a scout for a major toy company . tracks down and orders 1,000 of his toys . Overhearing this offer is con artist ( ) , who smooth - talks his way into becoming 's business partner in the deal and acquires the funding needs from a loan shark . 
 and move into a derelict warehouse which is the base of operations for thieves who are tunneling into a bank vault across the street to steal a set of jewels known as the Vanderveer Collection . The thieves attack and and destroy their equipment , preventing them from completing 's order . However , 's friends and have sent 5 , a human - sized sentient robot whom helped to create . When the thieves return , defends against them , then sets up self - defense mechanisms should they try to break in . sets to work mass - producing the toys to meet 's deadline but later leaves to explore the city . He runs afoul of many New Yorkers , who are rude and unfriendly . However , he befriends one man , ( ) , who works at the bank across the street from and 's warehouse . 
 , having learned that is worth $ 11 million , tries to sell the robot . Discovering this , escapes into the city , is taken into custody by the police , and is placed in the stolen goods warehouse , where he is claimed by . uses his robotic abilities to help court . 
 With time running out before the Vanderveer Collection is moved from the bank , the thieves lock and in the freezer of a Chinese restaurant . It is revealed that is the mastermind of the heist , and he tricks into finishing the tunnel leading to the vault . and get to save them , using polyphonic renditions of songs that learned on his date with her as clues to their location . Having discovered the Vanderveer Collection , deduces 's true intentions but is attacked by the thieves and is severely damaged . attempts to repair him by breaking into a Radio Shack and following 's guidance . then locates and traps his accomplices . However , flees and steals a boat . uses a dockside crane to capture , who is later apprehended by the police . After 's main power supply runs dry , keeps him alive with a defibrillator . 
 The film concludes with and becoming US citizens . Asked about how he feels by reporters , , now painted gold , jumps into the air , shouting that he feels , " Alive ! "

Three nerdy frat boys , , , and , follow and spy on the Tri - Delta sorority group , where they are having an initiation . Sorority members , , and prepare for the ritual while newcomers and await . Watched by the frat boys outside their house , the two initiates get spanked from a paddle and are sprayed with whip cream during the initiation . While the girls clean themselves , the boys enter the house and are caught by the girls . Due to this , the boys are sent with the pledges on a mission to steal a trophy from a nearby bowling alley . Unbeknownst , ' father runs the mall where the bowling alley is at and watches the group through the security cameras . 
 When the group enters the bowling alley , they encounter and meet , a biker trying to rob the alley with a crowbar . With her help , they break into the trophy room and upon accidentally dropping the bowling trophy , unleash an imp named Uncle who offers three wishes from freeing him . gets a wish of gold stacks , gets a wish of being the Prom Queen , and gets a wish of having sex with . After this , Uncle soon possess the sorority trio from the camera ; is turned into and is turned into a demon minion while flees . After is rendered unconscious from touching the mall 's electric doors , the group finds out that the wishes were turned rather false , with 's gold made out of wood and 's dress disappearing . 
 is killed by the minions and his head is used for a bowling ball , and furiously tries to have sex with . and hide from in a closet , where they find a pistol and shoot with it before fleeing . After escaping from , is killed by by shoving his face into a stove , and is pulled apart by the minions . awakes and fights , who shoves her into the alley and is seemingly killed by a bowling ball by . With dead , is possessed and turned into a demon minion . 
 and find the janitor , who reveals that the was summoned to help a bowler , and the was trapped for 30 years due to the creature killing people . Meanwhile , after kills with a paddle , she is burned to death with a Molotov cocktail tossed by . After and find the janitor dead , they are chased by with an axe . gains the upper hand and decapitates her , and the severed head knocks the doors open . While starts up a car and is attacked by from the backseat , successfully traps Uncle in a box . 's struggles to control the car , and ends up crashing upside down ; apparently survives this and is killed from the crash . In the morning , drives to her house in her motorcycle while Uncle is seen trapped in the box at the curb , asking someone to let him out .

becomes a math teacher at James A. Garfield High School in East Los Angeles . The school is full of Hispanic students from working - class families who are far below their grade level in terms of academic skills and also have a lot of social problems . seeks to change the school culture to help the students excel in academics . He soon realizes the untapped potential of his class and sets a goal of having the students taking AP Calculus by their senior year . instructs his class under the philosophy of ganas , roughly translating to " desire " or " motivation . " 
 The students begin taking summer classes in advanced mathematics with , who must withstand the cynicism of the other faculty , who feel that the students are not capable enough . As they struggle with the lower expectations that they face in society , helps them to overcome adversity and to pass the AP Calculus exams . 
 To his dismay , the Educational Testing Service questions the success of the students , insisting there is too much overlap in their errors and suggesting the students cheated . defends his students and feels that the allegations are based more on racial and economic perceptions . He offers to have the students retake the test months later , and the students all succeed in passing the test again , despite only a day to prepare , which ends all concerns of cheating .

In the 1980s , ( ) is a thirty - something washed up baseball player who now works as a high school groundskeeper , spending his days tending to the field and drinking . One afternoon he receives a phone call informing him that , an old acquaintance , has died . 
 The bulk of the film consists of extended flashbacks to the 1960s explaining and 's relationship . was a slightly older neighborhood girl who befriended 's mother , ( ) , and who became his babysitter . acts as a mentor to the young , and , as he grows up , gives him advice on women and dating . As ages he begins to develop feelings for , though the rebellious and worldly wise is interested in older men . Nevertheless , the two share a flirtatious relationship , and comes to regard as her closest friend and confidante . One summer in his late teens , 's father dies in a car accident , and , , and go on vacation to recover from the tragedy . While sharing a beach house , encourages to have a one - night stand . An enraged attacks the man whom she brings home , thinking that having sex with another man so soon is disrespectful to his father 's memory . He and argue , but later that night make up and sleep together . The next day , tells that she 's leaving the country with a man she 's been seeing , intending to live a life of adventure . In voice over narration , recalls that this is the last time he ever saw . 
 In the present , visits 's family . Her father tells that went through a series of failed and abusive relationships getting married and divorced 4 times and that she had seemed chronically unhappy for some time . Despite apparently rebounding from her most recent breakup , she unexpectedly committed suicide . 's father tells that her suicide note requested that be responsible for disposing of her ashes , and entrusts them to . 
 reunites with his childhood friend ( ) , and the two engage in a night of reminiscing and carousing with 's ashes while trying to decide what will be the most respectful way to dispose of them . Eventually , recalls a memory of telling him a story about watching an Atlantic City show in which a horse ran down a pier and jumped into the water , admiring the image of freedom it offered her . The next morning , locates the same pier and scatters 's ashes there . Seeing a new sense of possibility in his own life , reunites with a former girlfriend and joins a minor league baseball team ; the film ends with , his girlfriend , and celebrating after a game .

, a Jewish radio personality in Dallas , Texas , is a host with a caustic sense of humor and a knack for condescending his audience with his controversial politically left - wing views . 
 's radio show is about to go nationwide . A former suit salesman , he achieves his rise to fame through guest shots on the radio show . begins to steal the show with his acerbic sense of humor and sharp wit , which aggravates . is subsequently given his own show which rises to the top of the Arbitron radio ratings . receives calls from people who appreciate him for what he does and how he does it as well as people who seem to hate him . Attacking everyone from gays to drug addicts to rednecks to African Americans , he has a substantial number of hostile callers , from people who take offense to his attitude to radical right wingers to hate groups phoning in to harass and intimidate him . He receives threatening fan mail when one caller makes a bomb threat . His rise to fame is accompanied not only with attention from radical far - right elements , but also with the alienation of his wife . 
 As his show is going through a final audition to go into national syndication , grows increasingly isolated and asks his ex - wife to come and visit him , saying he needs her input and that she 's the only person he trusts . They attempt a return to their relationship . Using a fake name and calling from the radio studio , talks to on the air — the only place he seems to relate to people openly — in an attempt to reach him , to bring him back from the depression he seems to be suffering from . She begs for him to come back , but refuses , bitterly attacking her as the radio production staff , all friends of , watch in horror ; walks away . confesses his true intentions , admitting he cares more for personal gain than the societal ills he addresses and refusing to apologize for his hypocrisy . He shouts that the American people scare him because of what has happened to his friends , family , and co - workers . He berates his callers that they have nothing worth saying , and that they tolerate his abuse and return for more . He screams at them to go away , seemingly unaware of the obvious fact that he attracts his own listeners and most of the ire he receives . In the end he realizes he has made his own bed and is as stuck with them as they are with him . Despite 's meltdown , his co - workers tell him it 's now the highest rated segment in the show 's history and his boss adds that the show is going to go national . 
 While walking to his car , an apparent fan asks for his autograph . As signs it , the " fan " pulls out a gun and shoots him several times , killing him . As the film ends , callers to 's show , then his co - workers and , speak on air about him . They say that was a talented , smart and funny man , but maybe he finally pushed someone too far .

After losing their jobs as security guards , best friends ( ) and ( ) start a music video production company called " Video Aces " . When they meet their childhood heroes , 1970s soul duo ( and ) , and concoct a scheme to give them a new audience by hijacking a Menudo concert , getting them to perform in 's place , and broadcasting it live across the country on a television satellite hook - up . 
 The movie also features a fake ad spot for a real Los Angeles restaurant , Roscoe 's House of Chicken ' n Waffles . Notable appearances in the film include : , of the nighttime soap opera Dallas ; character actors and ; footballer ; 1960s icon ; Soul Train host ; singer ; Navasota singer ; original " Human Beat - Box " ; ska - punk band Fishbone ( who also perform the incidental score ) as " Ranchbone " ; The Dead Boys and The Lords of the New Church singer ; ; " Weird Al " ; and Dead Kennedys singer , in a cameo as an FBI agent .

( ) is a former drug dealer trying to go straight . His close friend ( ) is a Detective Lieutenant with the Los Angeles County Sheriff 's Department who , in spite of their long - term relationship going back to high school , is duty - bound to bring to justice if he is selling drugs again , as DEA Agent ( ) believes to be the case . 
 is attracted to stylish restaurant owner ( ) . becomes acquainted with while attempting to learn more about 's activities , in particular his relationship with the Mexican drug kingpin , whom the DEA agents and Mexican federal police commandante ( ) believe is coming to town . has a legitimate business and is raising a son , trying to distance himself from his former drug smuggling ways . But he tries to help his lawyer ( ) sell some cocaine , and feels indebted to his old friend , who is pressuring to do one last job . 
 succumbs to 's charms and a love affair begins . genuinely cares for but she becomes angry when accuses of spying on him on 's behalf . She accuses of using her to gather information because often eats at her restaurant and hires her to cater his son 's birthday party . admits he is investigating and that he originally approached her because of that . But he truthfully admits that he really has fallen in love with her . ends her relationship with for his initial deception . and his associates , meanwhile , set a trap for and the mysterious , whose face none of them except has seen . 
 In time , realizes that is in love with her and that she has fallen for him . figures out that 's cousin ( ) is an informer for the DEA . also realizes that has become dangerously obsessed with catching , willing to use any means necessary . and make love at his house . is called to her restaurant on business . meets her there , gives her a pistol for protection , and tells her to stay away from tonight because is expected there . She does not heed 's warning and returns to 's house , where she discovers that is , in fact , . 
 relieves her of 's pistol and takes her to his yacht at the marina . He knows that is the informer and has him killed , leaving his body next to a shipment of gasoline contaminated cocaine . and find 's body and the cocaine at the beach . meets with to warn him that is in danger . pulls a gun on and rushes to the marina . pressures him to kill because she now knows too much . refuses , threatens at gunpoint and gets to safety on a speedboat . nevertheless promises that he will be at the rendezvous site as arranged to conclude their business . explains to that Escalante is actually and heads for the marina . arrives first and is double - crossed by , whereupon a fight ensues between them . As they struggle over the pistol , it discharges into 's abdomen , fatally . 
 shows up and begins shooting , first to kill with a shot to the face , and at as he is raising his hands to surrender . The gunfire causes the boat 's fuel tank to catch fire , just as jumps in the water . arrives at the marina . He hears the gunfire , draws his weapon and orders to cease fire , but continues shooting , forcing to shoot him in the back , wounding him . The fire causes the boat to explode , and with it the millions of dollars of cocaine on board . 
 The story ends with asking to meet him at the beach . She arrives to instead find , running to embrace him in the waves . A pleased watches from a distance .

Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kurt Russell, Raul Julia, J.T. Walsh, Arliss Howard

Drifter " John Nada " finds construction work in Los Angeles and befriends fellow construction worker , who leads him to a shantytown soup kitchen . A disruptive television signal and a preacher both warn of conspiracies , and discovers a nearby church is a front for scientific equipment . After the church is raided and the shantytown bulldozed , retrieves a box of sunglasses from the church 's wall , wearing one pair and hiding the rest in an alley dumpster . The sunglasses reveal a hidden reality : media and advertising hide omnipresent subliminal commands to obey , consume , reproduce , and conform , while many of the elite are actually humanoid aliens with grotesque faces . 
 When confronts an alien woman , she alerts others via a wristwatch communicator . Two alien police confront , but he kills them and goes on a shooting spree with their guns , killing aliens in a nearby bank while one uses its wristwatch to vanish ; Nada spares a human police officer . escapes , taking Cable 54 assistant director hostage . She rejects his claims and pushes him through the window of her luxurious hill - top home before calling the police ; escapes , but loses his sunglasses in the fall . 
 Now a fugitive , returns to the alley and retrieves the box of sunglasses from a garbage truck . meets to give him his paycheck . also disbelieves , but forces a pair of sunglasses onto his face after an extended street fight . Accepting what he has now seen , goes into hiding with . They learn of a secret meeting for anti - alien activists , where they are given contact lenses to replace the sunglasses . The aliens control Earth as they have other planets in the past ; they deplete each planet 's resources and destroy its environment before moving on to others . If the source of the aliens ' broadcast signal can be destroyed , all of humanity will see the hidden reality . arrives to join the cause , apologizing to . The meeting is raided by police , who kill several anti - alien activists ; and use a stolen alien wristwatch to escape through a portal , entering the aliens ' secret command center . 
 and discover a banquet celebration of aliens and human collaborators , one of whom ( a former shantytown resident ) gives them a tour of the facility , assuming they are also collaborators . and exit into the basement of Cable 54 , the source of the signal . They fight their way through the building to the roof where the alien transmitter is disguised as a satellite dish . They encounter , who joins them but then murders ; she is a collaborator . kills and destroys the transmitter , but is fatally wounded by aliens in a helicopter . With the signal destroyed , humans all over the world discover the aliens in their midst .

Detroit engineer has been interested in building cars since childhood . During World War II he designed an armored car for the military and made money building gun turrets for aircraft in a small shop next to his home in Ypsilanti , Michigan . is supported by his large , extended family , including wife and eldest son 
 As the war winds down , has a dream of finally building the " car of the future . " The " Tucker Torpedo " will feature revolutionary safety designs including disc brakes , seat belts , a pop out windshield , and head lights which swivel when you turn . hires young designer to help with the design and enlists New York financier to arrange financial support . Raising the money through a stock issue , and acquire the enormous Dodge Chicago Plant to begin manufacturing . hires to run the new Tucker Corporation on a day - to - day basis . 
 Launching " the car of tomorrow " in a spectacular way , the Tucker Corporation is met with enthusiasm from shareholders and the general public . However , the Tucker company board of directors , unsure of his ability to overcome the technical and financial obstacles ahead , send Tucker off on a publicity campaign and attempt to take complete control of the company . While travels the country , and directors change the design of Tucker 's car to a more conventional design , eliminating the safety and engineering advances Tucker was advertising . At the same time , faces animosity from the Big Three and the authorities led by Michigan Senator . 
 returns from his publicity tour and confronts , who curtly informs him that he no longer has any power in the company to make decisions , and the engine originally planned for the car is not viable . then receives a call from , who sends a private plane to bring to his aircraft manufacturing site . advises to purchase air - cooled motors , which can supply both the steel needs , as well as a small , powerful helicopter engine that might replace 's original " 589 " power plant . 
 Faced with being unable to change 's design , modifies the new engine and installs it in a test in the secrecy of his backyard tool and die shop . This prototype proves successful in both durability and crash testing . However , is confronted with allegations of stock fraud . 's investigation with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) , causes , once convicted of bank fraud , to resign , fearful that his criminal record will prejudice the hearings . Yellow journalism starts ruining 's public image even though the ultimate courtroom battle is resolved when he parades his entire production run of 50 Tucker Torpedoes , proving that he has reached production status . 
 After giving a speech to the jurors on how capitalism in the United States is harmed by efforts of large corporations against small entrepreneurs like himself , is acquitted on all charges . Nevertheless , his company falls into bankruptcy and dies of lung cancer seven years later , never able to realize his dream of producing a state - of - the - art automobile . 
 The film ends with all 50 Tucker Sedans being driven down the streets of downtown Chicago , admired by everyone as they pass .

and are fraternal twins , the result of a secret experiment carried out at a genetics laboratory to combine the DNA of six fathers to produce the perfect child . To the surprise of the scientists , the embryo split and twins were born . The mother , , was told that died at birth , and not told about at all . was placed in an orphanage run by nuns in Los Angeles and told his mother abandoned him . With no one but himself to rely on , Vincent escaped from the orphanage and became an indebted , small - time low - life . was raised on a South Pacific island by Professor , one of the scientists from the experiment , who put him through intense physical training and extensive study . Each twin was unaware of the other 's existence . 
 On 's 35th birthday , finally tells about Vincent.[4 ] With 's blessing , proceeds to the United States to find his brother . discovers that lives in L.A. and eventually tracks him down in jail for unpaid parking tickets . 
 bails out , but does not believe his story and abandons him in a car park . pursues to his workplace and finds him being beaten up by , a loan shark enforcer . subdues , earning 's trust and respect . He later meets 's girlfriend and enters a romantic relationship with her sister . Over dinner , shows a document he stole from the orphanage that shows their mother is actually still alive , but believing that she abandoned him at birth , shows no interest in finding her . tracks one of their six fathers to the address on the document . The father directs to in New Mexico , the other professor who headed the experiment . 
 steals a late model Cadillac Sedan de Ville for his chop shop contact and finds a prototype fuel injector in the trunk that was to be delivered to an industrialist , , in Houston , for five million dollars . decides to pose as the delivery man , Mr. , and deliver the fuel injector himself so he can collect the money and pay off his debts . He reluctantly allows , and to accompany him to New Mexico to find professor , while begins pursuing . 
 In New Mexico , reveals the truth to the twins and directs them to Santa Fe , where their mother lives in an art colony . On the way to Santa Fe , the twins are accosted by the brothers , but they fight them off for the last time . At the art colony in Santa Fe , a painter informs and that their mother has died . They leave , unaware that the painter was in fact their mother , , who did n't believe their story . 
 bitterly heads to Houston alone to deliver the prototype to , leaving and the girls behind in New Mexico for their safety . chases after , and finds him seconds after the exchange with . appears and kills , demanding the money from . intercepts in order for to escape , but returns and agrees to give the money to save . 
 decides to kill them anyway for seeing his face , but kills him by unloading a heavy chain onto his head and burying him . and return both the prototype and $ 4 million ( skimming $ 1 million ) , and use that along with the reward to pay off 's debts and start a consulting firm . Their publicity reaches the art colony and learns that her sons are alive . She violently confronts for concealing the truth and tracks and down to their workplace , where they share a warm reunion . 
 Sometime later , and marry the sisters . Both marriages produce twin children , and the couples are last seen meeting their mother and Professor on an outing .

( ) is the well - born , 21 - year - old , eldest daughter of a powerful Alabama senator and heiress to an old and respectable Southern family . After graduating from college , returns home to her parent 's house for the summer to await her semiarranged marriage to her fiancé ( ) . When a carnival comes to the town , and accompany 's two younger sisters to the fairgrounds , where sees from a distance a rugged carnival roustabout and drifter named ( ) . When accidentally leaves her purse behind in one of the rides , returns it to her and introduces himself ( after having looked inside and gotten 's name and home address ) . Intrigued by the mysterious drifter , returns to the carnival that evening to talk with , but she refuses his advances . 
 A few days later , while is away for the weekend on business and her parents and siblings are also away , begins a sordid affair with when he shows up one morning at 's house and uses her shower . Despite telling him to leave , can not restrain her urges for and the two of them have sex . cries afterwards over it and leaves . 
 The next day , visits her grandmother ( ) , who is aware about 's secret urges towards rugged men due to confiding in about her past infatuations . After leaves , asks the local sheriff ( ) to keep an eye on her . 
 returns to the carnival that evening to see , only to become dismayed and jealous when she finds him drunk and in the company of a fellow drifter and cowgirl who introduces herself as ( ) who takes with her in 's truck for a " bourbon run " to get more hard liquor for him . During the drive , rambles on about her life and hometown and clearly flirts with . At the carnival , when a ride malfunctions and endangers the people on it , gets into a brawl with other fairground workers . and return and join in on the brawl until 's pet dog is killed by one of the workers and the rest of them order and the women to leave . 
 After burying his dog in a field , and take the depressed out to a bar and pool hall where again flirts with and invites her to dance with her . However , instead of taking advantage of 's curiosity , urges her to go back to and continue their tryst . After leaves town , takes on a ride on his motorcycle , where they check into a motel and have sex again . 
 In the morning , leaves to pick up her car , which she left behind at the fairgrounds after the carnival moves out , unaware that Sheriff is following her . returns to the motel and gets into a big argument with when she catches him flirting with two motel housekeepers . To defuse their tension , she takes him out to have breakfast at a local restaurant , where she tells him more about her life and about a family property at the edge of a lake called the Two Moon Junction which is her childhood playground . However , tells that they must part ways , as she must return home and to her privileged life . After she leaves , Sheriff appears and arrests for burying his dog on private property of a local farm . forces to dig up his dog and burn it , and then drives him to the state line and gives an implied threat never to come around the area again . 
 A few weeks later , on the day before 's wedding , she has another encounter with , who shows up to work at constructing the tents on her family 's property for the wedding reception . He is also spotted by , who threatens him to leave town and offers him a bribe , but refuses to accept it . then makes a call to Sheriff to inform him that 's lover is back in town and to deal with it . 
 That evening , while is having his bachelor party , shows up at the Two Moon Junction , a run - down pavilion at the edge of a lake , where she meets , who had left a message to meet him there . offers money to leave town and never return , but again refuses and urges her to act out her fantasies that she has long suppressed since her childhood . and again make love , only for to again cry and walk out on for good to return to her life . 
 The next morning on the day of the wedding , as is preparing to leave town , one of Sheriff 's deputies attempts to kill , but he subdues the deputy and escapes . At the church , as is preparing to walk down the aisle to the altar , tries to persuade her not to abandon her privileged lifestyle and lies to her that left town for a bribe . does not believe her , but she nevertheless walks down the church aisle to get married to . 
 Sometime later , is seen working as a dishwasher at a blues nightclub in another town . After work , as returns to his motel room for the night to care and feed his new pet dog , he finds in his bathroom taking a shower , reliving their first sexual encounter . joins in the shower and they kiss . The film ends with , wearing 's wedding ring , making love with in the shower , strongly implying that and she will continue their secret affair .

plays ( pronounced with an emphasis on the " kel " , as she points out ) , a trance - medium who has contact with a wisecracking spirit guide named . She first began communicating with after falling from a ladder at the age of twelve and remaining comatose for two weeks . Subsequently , taught her astral projection while was placed in special homes for being " different . " At a study of physics , she meets fellow psychic ( ) , a psychometrist who can determine the history of events surrounding an object by touching it . has a history of bad luck with men , and her overly flirtatious behavior turns off right away . 
 comes home to her apartment one night to find ( ) lounging in her kitchen . He claims to want to hire her for $ 50,000 if she 'll accompany him to Ecuador where his son has allegedly gone missing . recruits who is reluctant but also eager to leave his job as a museum curator where his special talents are abused like a circus act . 
 Once the two get there , they initially set out to where 's son was last seen , only to have 's powers tell them that is up to something . confesses that what he is actually looking for is a lost city of gold up in the mountains and that his last partner , who discovered it , went insane . angrily retreats back to the hotel followed by who feels embarrassed over being fooled by yet another man . 
 At the hotel is attacked by a woman who tries to drug and then stab him , saying " You think you can just come here and take it away from us ? " Convinced that there is something important , if dangerous , at work he agrees to trek back into the mountains to search for this lost city . The group makes a detour to visit 's former partner , who is in a vegetative state in the hospital . When lays hands on him he receives a jolt of tremendous psychic energy ; the former partner immediately dies . 
 Unexpectedly , the three are set upon by ( ) , another psychic from their test group . He holds them at gunpoint and threatens to kill them , but uses to get in touch with his long lost mother and the group escapes . They begin their journey anew only to once again be confronted by and by Doctor ( ) . throws a knife into 's back and kills him , and the other two are taken hostage . They are forced to lead the way to this alleged city of gold . 
 Upon arriving , the group discovers an ancient pyramid shaped structure with mystical carvings . translates them and they appear to reveal that the location was built by an ancient alien race who has embedded all of the psychic energy of the world into this pyramid . Using the translation provided , attempts to decipher the secret to harnessing the energy , but before he can , lays hands on the pyramid and allows the dangerous forces to flow through her . She kills their captors and is nearly killed herself , but survives . However , she permanently loses contact with her spirit guide , who sacrifices her connection to in order to save her and , in the process . 
 The two return to their hotel , battered and bruised but thankful that they played a part in releasing a dangerous force . Later that night they reconvene in 's room and bring to fruition a romantic flirtation that has permeated the film . Before they can make love , however , hits her head on the headboard and reveals that a spirit guide has re - entered her life . It is not , however , but the ghost of .

When a prophecy states that a female child with a special birthmark will herald the downfall of the evil sorceress Queen , she imprisons all pregnant women in her realm to prevent its fulfillment . When the child is born , the mother begs the midwife to hide the infant and smuggle her to safety . The midwife reluctantly accepts and leaves Nockmaar Castle unnoticed . The mother is executed ; the midwife is hunted down and eventually found . Knowing she can not escape , the midwife sets the baby on a makeshift raft of grass and sends her down a river before being killed by Nockmaar hounds . , furious about the escape , sends her daughter and her army 's commander , General , to find the baby . 
 The baby drifts downriver to a village of Nelwyn ( dwarves ) . She comes into the care of , a kind farmer and conjurer with hopes to become a real sorcerer . His wife and his children fall in love with the baby immediately , and , after some resistance , quickly grows to love her as well . The village is attacked by a lone Nockmaar hound ; after being killed by the village warriors , they deduce it was after a baby . reveals the baby to , the village sorcerer . He declares the child special and that she must be taken back to the Daikini ( humans ) . , due to his love for the child , is selected to accompany the party of volunteers in returning the baby . At the Daikini Crossroads , they find a human warrior named trapped in a crow 's cage . While the rest of the party want to give the baby to and go home immediately , and his friend refuse , so the others leave . After spending the night at the crossroads and meeting an army led by , an old friend of 's marching against , reluctantly decides to free and hand the baby over to him . 
 As and are headed home , they find the baby was stolen by a group of Brownies . They chase the Brownies and are trapped , but are rescued by the Fairy Queen . tells that the baby is , the future empress of , and 's bane . She gives her wand and assigns him the task of helping fulfill her destiny . sends home and two of the Brownies , and , are assigned to help find the sorceress . The three of them find at a tavern , where he is disguised as a woman to hide from , a cuckolded husband . arrives and reveals his identity ; , furious upon the realization that is not a woman , starts a brawl , allowing , , and the brownies to escape . guides them to the lake where lives before departing . 
 They find , but discover she has been transformed into a possum by . and his party return with her to shore but encounter , who already has in custody . They are taken to a snowbound mountain camp of the Nockmaar army where tries to restore , but turns her into a rook instead . is accidentally dosed with love dust by the Brownies during their escape and winds up declares his undying love for , much to her disbelief . The prisoners escape with the baby and reach a village at the foot of the mountain . While hiding , they again encounter and what remains of his army , recently defeated by 's forces . proclaims his loyalty to the and promises to protect and . 
 They take hostage , but she escapes to tell where they are going . They arrive at the castle of Tir Asleen only to discover that it is now overrun by trolls and the inhabitants have all been cursed by . finds armor and weapons as he prepares for the assault from and . During the fighting , realizes she has feelings for and decides to join him and in opposing her mother . accidentally turns a troll into an eborsisk , a massive , fire - breathing , two - headed dragon - like monster that begins attacking everything it sees . arrives with his army , turning the tide of battle . kidnaps and escapes to Nockmaar where he reports 's betrayal to . She orders the preparation of the ritual to banish 's soul . 
 's army , , and the others arrive at Nockmaar to lay siege , but turns most of them into pigs . escapes when has him use a spell to avoid transformation . He succeeds in turning human again , and she removes 's spell from the army . They trick their way into the castle and , in the ensuing battle , is killed by , who is in turn slain by after a lengthy sword duel . leads and to the ritual chamber , interrupting 's sacrifice . incapacitates and then duels magically with ; loses but is only knocked out . uses an " old disappearing pig trick " to fool into thinking that has been sent to a dimension beyond her reach ; enraged , accidentally triggers the final part of the ritual , banishing her own soul instead . 
 is rewarded with a magic book to aid him in becoming a sorcerer , and and remain in a restored Tir Asleen to raise together . returns home to a hero 's welcome and performs a true magic trick , much to the delight of the High Aldwin , before being happily reunited with his family .

Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, Billy Barty

is an American working - class stockbroker 's secretary from Staten Island with a bachelor 's degree in Business from evening classes . She works in the mergers and acquisitions department of a Wall Street investment bank . aspires to reach an executive position . Tricked by her boss into a date with his lascivious cocaine snorting colleague , she gets into trouble by publicly insulting him and is reassigned as secretary to a new financial executive , . Seemingly supportive , encourages to share ideas . suggests that a client , Trask Industries , should invest in radio to gain a foothold in media . listens to the idea and says she 'll pass it through some people . Later , she says the idea was n't well received . But when breaks her leg skiing in Europe , she asks to house - sit . While at 's place , discovers some meeting notes where plans to pass off the merger idea as her own . At home , finds her boyfriend in bed with another woman . Disillusioned , she returns to 's apartment and begins her transformation . 
 uses her boss 's absence and connections , including her errant beau , executive , to put forward her own idea for a merger deal . She sets up a meeting with , using her boss 's name as an entrée . She wants to see the evening before the meeting at a party , which she will attend in a dress of 's . Before the party , when suffers a panic attack , her friend gives her a valium from 's bathroom . At the party , unknowingly meets , who is fascinated by her . They have a couple of drinks , and the combined effect of valium and alcohol lead to her waking next morning in 's bed . She leaves before he wakes and , entering the meeting , realizes is the man she had spent the night with . She feels the pitch goes badly . Back at her desk , she is mortified about the night before , but comes in and says they are happy with 's idea . Days later , and gatecrash 's daughter 's wedding and pitch their plan . is interested , and a meeting is set up . Later , and end up in bed together . wants to explain her true situation but keeps quiet after learning has been in a relationship with , which he says is all but over . 
 comes home on the day of the meeting with . overhears asking to confirm his love for her , but he avoids answering and hurries out . also rushes off , leaving her appointment book , which reads . The meeting goes well until storms in , accusing , a mere secretary , of having stolen her idea . protests but leaves , apologizing . Days later , clears out her desk and then bumps into , , and in front of the lobby elevators . confronts and starts to tell everyone her side of the story . tries to lead the group away , but says he believes . When hears a convincing tidbit , he hops off the closing elevator , leaving still in the lift . gets on another elevator with and , where then gives her elevator pitch to , telling him the roundabout way in which she came up with the idea for the merger . When they get to their office floor , confronts , asking her how she came up with the idea . She stumbles and balks and ca n't really explain where the idea came from . is fired on the spot for her fraud , and offers an " entry - level " job with his company . 
 starts her new job , armed with a lunchbox prepared by . Directed to an office , she sees a woman on the phone , assumes she is her new boss , and seats herself in the typing pool . The woman identifies herself as and reveals that she is , in fact , ’s secretary and that is the new junior executive for whom she is working . insists they work together as colleagues , showing she will be very different from . She then calls from her office overlooking Manhattan to say she 's landed her dream job .

Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Joan Cusack, Alec Baldwin, Philip Bosco, Oliver Platt, Nora Dunn

( ) , an educated Englishman and cattle rancher in Lincoln County , New Mexico , hires wayward young gunmen to live and work on his ranch . is in heavy competition with a well - connected Irishman named ( ) , who owns a large ranch ; their men clash on a regular basis . recruits ( ) and advises him to renounce violence saying that " He who sows the wind will reap the whirlwind . " Tensions escalate between the two camps , resulting in the murder of . , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , " Dirty " Steve Stephens ( ) , and ( ) , consult their lawyer friend ( ) , who manages to get them deputized and given warrants for the arrest of 's murderous henchmen . 
 quickly challenges 's authority as leader , vowing revenge against and the men responsible for killing . The men dub themselves The Regulators and arrest some of the murderers , but hot - headed is unable to wait for justice . He guns down unarmed men and goes on to kill one of his fellow Regulators ( later arrival ) in the paranoid ( but correct ) belief that he was still in league with . The men are stripped of their badges , which they find out about by reading a newspaper . That same paper also confuses for , showing a picture of labeled the Kid , a nickname to which takes an immediate liking . 
 While the local authorities begin their hunt for and the boys , the argue about continuing with their warrants or to go on the run . One of the men on their list of warrants , ( ) , tracks them down , barricades himself in an outhouse , and dies in an intense shootout . appoints himself as the new leader , the gang becomes famous and the U.S. Army is charged with bringing them to justice under 's corrupt political influence . 
 The gang eludes attention for some time , and gets married in Mexico . While attending the wedding , meets ( ) who is not yet a sheriff , but warns of an attempt on 's life by 's men that will happen the next day . Thus the gang packs up and heads off to save . 
 Back in Lincoln , 's men , led by , surround 's house , trapping the Regulators , and a shootout begins . A ceasefire is called for the night . In the morning , accompanied by , the army comes in and torches the house , but escapes out the back . While the house is burning , the men come up with an escape plan . They begin throwing 's possessions out the windows of the second floor . places himself inside of a large trunk , and when it lands in front of the house , he leaps out and begins to open fire . 
 Meanwhile , bursts out of the side stairway , followed by and . Everyone makes it to the lawn , but is shot twice in his arms . challenges the bounty hunter ( ) ; shoots and fires back , killing each other . 
 comes from behind the army on horseback , and jumps the barricade to get extra horses to the . jumps on one horse , but is shot trying to get on another . still manages to pick up his girlfriend ( ) , 's Chinese sex - slave , and they ride off . tries to get on a horse , but is wounded and falls to the ground . helps on to a horse , but is left alone and unarmed . The Army and 's men shoot and kill . 
 cheers on the boys as they ride away . The army opens fire on him with a Gatling gun and he is killed . As the remaining men ride away , hurls threats and curses after them , but is stunned when turns back and shoots right between the eyes , killing him . 
 The final scene is a voice - over of explaining what happened afterwards : 's widow caused a congressional investigation into the Lincoln County War . took work at a farm in California . moved east to New York and married , whom he had saved from . continued to ride until he was found and shot dead by . was buried next to at Fort Sumner . A stranger went to the grave of late one night and made a carving in the headstone . The epitaph read only one word : " PALS " .

Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Charlie Sheen, Lou Diamond Phillips, Dermot Mulroney, Casey Siemaszko

In 1939 New Orleans , and his best friend escape from the dog pound and return to their casino riverboat on the bayou , formerly run by himself and his business partner , . Refusing to share the profits with , persuades him to leave town with 50 % of the casino 's earnings . agrees , but is later intoxicated and killed by by getting run over by a car . He is sent to Heaven , where he meets a whippet angel ( later known as ) , who tells him that a gold watch representing his life has stopped . He steals and winds it , returning to Earth , but is told that if he dies again , he will not return to Heaven and will end up in Hell instead . After reuniting with , they discover that has kidnapped a young orphaned girl named , who has the ability to talk to animals and gain knowledge of a race 's results beforehand , allowing to rig the odds on the rat races in his favor . They rescue her , intending to use her abilities to get revenge on , though tells her that they plan to give their winnings to the poor and help her find some parents . The next day at the race track , steals a wallet from a couple as they talk to and become alarmed by her unwashed appearance . 
 and use their winnings to build a successful casino in the junkyard where they live . , upon discovering that she had been used , threatens to leave . To persuade her to stay , brings pizza to a family of poor puppies and their mother , , at the old abandoned church . While there , becomes upset at for stealing the wallet . She goes to the attic and wishes to live with the couple in the future . After a nightmare in which he is sent to Hell for eternity , wakes up in the room , only to find gone . The couple , and , welcome into their home , serving waffles . While they privately discuss adopting her , arrives and tricks her into leaving with him . Walking home , is shot by and , but finds that he is unable to be harmed as long as he is wearing the watch , rendering him immortal until it stops running . - and hide in an abandoned building , but the ground breaks and they fall into the lair of King Gator , an effeminate oversized sea creature . He and strike a chord as kindred spirits and he lets them go , but starts falling ill with pneumonia . 
 After beating up , and his thugs destroy and 's casino . berates , who seems to care more about than him . angrily declares that he is using her and will eventually " dump her in an orphanage " . overhears the conversation and tearfully runs away before she is kidnapped by , and follows them . , hearing scream , sends to get help from and , and he rouses the dogs of the city by his side . returns to 's casino , where he is ambushed by and his thugs . They attack , inadvertently setting an oil fire that soon engulfs the whole structure . 's pained howls from their attacks summon King , who arrives and chases off . drops his watch into the water , however , he pushes to safety onto some debris , and dives into the water to retrieve it , but it stops before he can get to it . - and a redeemed are discovered by , , , , and the authorities , as the boat sinks into the water . 
 Sometime later , and adopt , who has also adopted . returns in ghost form to apologize to . The whippet angel appears and tells him that because he sacrificed his life for , has earned his place in Heaven . awakens , and they reconcile . asks her to take care of , and bids his sleeping friend goodbye . When goes to sleep again , reluctantly leaves and returns to Heaven where finally arrives , having been caught and eaten by King . A post - credits scene shows angerly ripping off his angel wings and halo while planning to get his revenge against King by taking one of the clocks ; until he warned by the whippet angel that if he takes the clock , he can " never come back " before being chased by her . The film ends with watching getting chased away , until he looks at the audience and says " He 'll be back " before winking and retrieving his halo-(ending the film ) .

( ) is an aerial firefighter , flying a war - surplus A-26 bomber dropping fire retardant slurry to put out forest wildfires . His excessive risk taking in the air deeply troubles his girlfriend , ( ) , a pilot who doubles as a dispatcher , and is also of concern to his best friend , ( ) , a fellow fighter . On one flight , makes one extra drop , runs out of fuel , and barely manages to glide onto the runway . 
 shrugs off his brush with death and surprises with a stunning white dress for her birthday , although it turns out to be the wrong day . Irate at first , she eventually puts on the dress anyway , and the couple dance to their song , " Smoke Gets in Your Eyes " . 
 sits down for a beer and likens their situation to wartime England ( Nissen huts , beer , and hotshot pilots flying bombers ) in order to emphasize the key difference : " , there ai n't no war here . And this is why you 're not exactly a hero for taking these chances you take . " suggests take a safer job that has just opened up , training firefighting pilots in Flat Rock , Colorado . flatly refuses to consider it . However , when confronts and tells him that she hates worrying about him all the time , he decides to take 's advice . 
 takes one last mission , despite 's gloomy premonition . While on a bombing run , Al 's Catalina water bomber hits a burning tree and an engine catches fire . When Al 's fire suppression equipment fails to put it out , he appears doomed . In desperation , makes a dangerously steep dive to skillfully douse the engine with slurry . He saves Al , but in trying to recover from his dive , his bomber flies through the forest fire . manages to pull up and climb back up to a safe altitude beside , but a small engine fire spreads to his fuel tank , and his aircraft explodes . 
 The next thing he knows , is walking through the burnt - out forest . Soon , in a forest clearing , he meets ( ) , who explains to that he is dead and that he now has a new purpose : just as he himself was inspired by others throughout his life when he needed it most , it is now his turn to provide Spiritus ( " the divine breath " ) to others . As she puts it , “ They hear you inside their own minds as if it were their thoughts . ” 
 Six months have elapsed in the real world . is assigned to guide a new firefighting pilot , ( ) . To 's anguish , falls in love with , and she begins to respond and recover from her mourning . selfishly tries to sabotage the growing relationship . The next day , wakes up back in the forest with . She reminds him his life is over , and also he was sent back not just to inspire , but to say good - bye to . 
 , with 's inspiration , puts together an extremely dangerous mission to rescue a ground crew of firefighters surrounded by flames . Unable to bear the thought of losing another loved one , steals 's aircraft to do the job herself . , unseen to , tries to talk her down , but she wo n't listen . completes the dangerous task , with 's unseen help . On the way back , he tells her all the things he wanted to say , but never got around to while he was alive . 
 is forced to make an emergency water landing on the lake . As the aircraft sinks into the lake and the cabin fills with water , appears reluctant to try to escape until appears before her , extending his hand . She takes his hand and they swim to the surface . As wades ashore ( now alone ) to the waiting and , releases her heart so that can take his place , saying , “ That 's my girl ... and that 's my boy . ” 
 As and embrace , smiles and walks the other way down the runway to take his place in Heaven .

Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Brad Johnson, Audrey Hepburn

On October 26 , 1985 , Dr. arrives in the DeLorean time machine and persuades and his girlfriend , , to travel to the future with him , and help their future children . witnesses their departure . They arrive on October 21 , 2015 , where electronically knocks out , and leaves her asleep in an alley , explaining that she should not have too much knowledge of future events . He has pose as his own son and lookalike Marty Jr. to refuse an offer to participate in a robbery with 's grandson , thus saving both of 's children from prison . 
 switches places with and refuses 's offer , but goads into a fight . and his gang are arrested , saving 's future children . Before rejoining , purchases an almanac , containing the results of major sporting events from 1950 to 2000 . discovers it and warns about attempting to profit from time travel , but before Doc can adequately dispose of it , they are interrupted by the police , who have found incapacitated , and are taking her to her 2015 home . They pursue , as does , who has overheard their conversation , and picked up the almanac that discarded . 
 wakes up in her 2015 home and hides from the family . She overhears that her future self 's life with is not what she expected , due to his involvement in an automobile accident . She witnesses being goaded by his co - worker , , into a shady business deal , which leads to 's firing . Attempting to escape the house , encounters her 2015 self and they both faint . While and attend to her , steals the time machine and uses it to travel back to 1955 and give the almanac to his younger self to get rich betting , then returns to 2015 . , , and an unconscious return to 1985 , unaware of 's actions . 
 The 1985 they return to has altered : has become wealthy and corrupt , and has changed Hill Valley into a chaotic dystopia . 's father , , was killed in 1973 and has forced 's mother , , to marry him . has been committed to an insane asylum . and determine that the 2015 took the time machine to change 1985 , and learns from the alternate 1985 Biff that he got the almanac on November 12 , 1955 . attempts to confront , but flees and returns to 1955 with , leaving on her own front porch . 
 secretly follows the 1955 , and watches him receive the almanac from his 2015 self . then follows him to the high school 's dance , being careful to avoid interrupting the events from his previous visit . and the 1955 steal the almanac back and forth , but and retrieve it , until crashes into a manure truck . burns the almanac , reversing 's changes to the timeline , as hovers above in the time machine . Before can join him inside , the DeLorean is struck by lightning , and disappears . A Western Union courier immediately arrives and delivers a letter to ; it is from , who explains that he was transported back to 1885 . races back into town to find the 1955 , who had just helped the original return to 1985 . Shocked by 's sudden reappearance , faints .

, a widower and father of a five - year - old son , , is chosen to represent the United States of America in an international martial arts tournament against Team Korea , despite a shoulder injury that once forced him into retirement . Also chosen for the team is , a man seeking revenge against a member of Team Korea for the death of his brother during a previous tournament . The rest of Team USA consists of , an extremely brash fighter with a short fuse ; , a devout Buddhist ; and , a streetwise fighter from Detroit . 
 Coached by veteran trainer , the team prepares to meet an unstoppable group of true martial arts experts . Their chances of winning are virtually non - existent , as the Koreans train all year long and are known as the best the sport has to offer . Along their journey , the Americans have to deal with their personal conflicts and tragedies , before they become a team . 
 When the tournament starts , and are out classed by their Korean opponents . does his best to psyche up the team with his brash attitude leading to a sudden death tie - breaking challenge with his opponent . invites 's family to motivate him to win ; however , his shoulder is severely re - injured during his bout . Instead of giving up , he implores to " pop " the shoulder back into place and resumes the fight with one arm , ultimately defeating his opponent . 
 Finally , faces the captain of the Korean team , , the man responsible for the death of his brother . After a slow start , gets the upper hand and delivers a series of moves that forces solely on the defensive . As the match nears its end , has brought the American team within two points of outright victory . Consumed with vengeance , prepares to end the fight , but realizing that the battered would likely not survive the attack , orders to stand down , saving the man 's life but forfeiting the victory as time expires . consoles afterwards , telling him , " You won that match , do n't ever forget that " . 
 At the medal ceremony , approaches and praises him for his honorable act . He then apologizes for the death of 's brother , and in return offers himself as a brother to . accepts , and hands over his medal before the two men embrace . The other members of Team Korea then follow suit , awarding their medals to their respective American opponents .

In 1988 San Dimas , California , slackers and rather pursue their band the Wyld Stallyns than schoolwork . 's father , the local police chief , threatens to send to military school if they should flunk their history class , ruining their dreams of success . The two struggle to assemble a final report for the class , which is to describe how historical figures would see modern - day San Dimas . 
 In 2688 , humanity has built a utopia thanks to the music and wisdom of Bill and . The Supreme Beings of this world instruct to travel back in time by a time machine disguised as a phone booth to give aid to and to assure they pass their class . lands by the two as they work on their report near a Circle K. As he introduces himself , a second phone booth lands nearby and future versions and come out , proving their identity to their younger selves and telling them to trust before they leave . offers to show the teens how the machine works , taking them to Austria in 1805 where is commanding the French army . Assured the machine works , , and return to the present , though , knocked back by an explosion , is caught in the phone booth 's wake and dragged with them . Back at 's house , provides the teens additional instructions and then leaves . The two find nearby , and come upon an idea of taking historical figures from the past to bring them to the present to complete their report . They leave with 's younger brother and set out . 
 Separately , they gain the trust of from 1879 and from 410 BC and bring them along . They next land in medieval England and see two princesses who flirt with them . In their attempt to see the princesses , they are caught by their father , the local duke , and ordered to be beheaded , but they are rescued by and . suggests that since they still have time before their report is due , they go for extra credit and set out to obtain more historical figures , including , , , and . With no more space in the booth , they decide to return home , but end up at the Circle K , witnessing their younger selves on the night before the report . They repeat their advice to them about , and then ask how to get to their present time . 
 Back in their current timeframe , with hours before the report presentation , and leave the historical figures at the local mall to experience San Dimas , while they try to track down , whom had ditched the previous night . They find at the Waterloo water park , but by the time they return to the mall , the historical figures had caused a commotion and are now in prison under 's dad watch . They develop a plan to use the time machine to plant elements to help free the historical figures , and make their way to the school , barely arriving in time for their presentation . With the help of the historical figures , the two give an impressive presentation that assures they pass the course . 
 After returning the historical figures , and return to practice , when shows up with the two princesses in tow , having rescued them himself since he knows they will be their wives and bandmates in the future . As the band starts to play , terribly , does explain to the audience that they will get better .

is a New York City police officer facing possible criminal charges ; Internal Affairs believes was involved with his partner who was caught taking criminal money in a corruption scandal . is divorced from his wife , who has custody of their two children . also has financial difficulties . 
 At a restaurant , and his partner observe two Japanese men meet with Mafia gangsters . 's suspicions are validated when another Japanese man enters the restaurant , seizes a small package at gunpoint , kills two people , and leaves . and chase and arrest the suspect after he nearly kills . The suspect , a Yakuza gangster named , is to be extradited to Osaka and given to the police there . Though angered will not be prosecuted in the US , agrees to escort him . ’s captain believes it will keep from causing more trouble and exacerbating the already biased Internal Affairs investigation . 
 When they arrive in Osaka , they surrender to the Japanese police , only to be told that they were duped by impostors . convinces the Osaka police to allow them to observe the investigation , though their weapons are confiscated . They are assigned to . behaves rudely and offends , while attempts to be more polite . also makes contact with an American nightclub hostess , , who explains that and represent American inefficiency and stupidity to the Japanese . Through her , discovers is fighting a gang war with a notorious crime boss , , and traveled to New York to disrupt 's counterfeiting scheme . 
 joins a police raid without permission and takes a few $ 100 bills from the crime scene . The next day , explains they have dishonored themselves , him , and the police force by his theft , which has been reported in America ; calls him a snitch and demonstrates the money is counterfeit by burning one of the bills . At night , and walk back to their hotel drunk and unescorted , despite warnings about their safety . In an apparent prank , a young motorcyclist steals 's coat and leads him to an underground parking garage . Separated from , watches in horror as and several others briefly torture and kill him . comforts the distraught at her apartment . Later , hands him 's service pistol . 
 As and trail one of 's operatives , admits he stole money in New York . The operative retrieves a sample counterfeit note , which she passes to a gangster . and tail him to a steel foundry , where they find is meeting , and the package from New York is a printing plate for American $ 100 bills . confronts , who escapes when swarming police arrest for waving a gun in public . Though deported , sneaks off the plane to pursue on his own , as has been suspended and demoted . helps him meet , who explains that making counterfeit US currency is his revenge for the " black rain " , or nuclear fallout , after the bombing of Hiroshima in World War II . suggests a deal where can use to retrieve the stolen plate from , leaving 's reputation and hands clean . 
 drops at a remote farm with a shotgun . arrives , and they deduce plans a massacre . During a meeting with , cuts off one of his fingers in atonement , stabs , and escapes with the plates , prompting a gunfight between 's and 's men . escapes the fight on a dirt bike , pursues , and the two fight briefly . gains the advantage and , having at his mercy , has the choice of whether or not to kill for and all the humiliation he has suffered . and walk a handcuffed into police headquarters to the amazement of everyone and later receive commendations , which accepts gratefully . Before boarding his flight home , thanks for his assistance and friendship , and gives him a dress shirt in a gift box . Underneath it , finds the counterfeit printing plates .

The movie tells the highly fictionalized story of the latter years of , a flamboyant Governor of Louisiana , brother of assassinated governor and U.S. Senator and uncle of longtime U.S. Senator . According to the novel and film , allegedly fell in love with a young stripper named .

While serving in Vietnam , American soldier ( ) was blinded by a mortar explosion . Rescued by local villagers , he recovered his health and , though he remains blind , was trained to master his other senses and be an expert swordsman . 
 Years later , having returned to the United States , he visits old army buddy ( ) , only to find that is missing . meets 's son ( ) and his mother ( ) , 's ex - wife . Minutes later , 's evil boss , ( ) henchman ( ) arrives with two corrupt police officers to kidnap to use as leverage over . stops them ; the officers are killed , is knocked unconscious , but mortally wounds 's mom before he escapes . With her last words , tells to take to his father in Reno , Nevada . 
 At a rest stop on the way to Reno , tells about his mother 's death . runs away from and is grabbed by and some henchmen . escapes as rescues a second time , and and ( now called ) become fond of one another . 
 They reach Reno and find 's girlfriend , who agrees to take them to . After escaping yet another attempted kidnapping by 's men , suggests they hide out at the home of her friend . takes to 's casino , where is making 's drugs . returns to 's to watch over while saves . and are reunited ; takes the key ingredient in MacCready 's drugs and destroys the lab . Avoiding casino security , and escape and head to 's to reunite with his dad ; they find dead , and kidnapped , and a note instructing them to bring the drugs to 's mountain penthouse in exchange for and . 
 Knowing it is an ambush , and arm themselves with homemade napalm bombs . After killing all of 's men , they find holding and at gunpoint . hired a Japanese assassin ( ) to defeat , but after an epic swordfight between the two , wins by electrocuting the assassin in a hot tub . shoots Nick in the shoulder and throws his sword at , impaling him . then tries to interfere only to be stopped by . escapes his rope and throws 's sword to him , but it lands in the hot tub . As reaches for his gun , grabs hold of the assassin 's sword and slashes him , cutting him in half and causing him to fall out of a window . 
 is reunited with his son and , and all are about leave for San Francisco . Nick drops his ticket , choosing not to go ; follows , telling him that he needs him . says that he is fond of , but tells him to go back to his dad . He then crosses the street and vanishes as a bus passes him . Saddened by leaving , throws his dinosaur off the bridge where catches it . calls out to one last time and tells him that he 'll miss him as catches up to and they embrace ; smiles , sheds a tear , puts on his sunglasses and heads to Reno on his own , with 's dinosaur in his sling .

In the summer of 1956 in Massapequa , Long Island , New York , 10 - year - old plays soldier in the woods and attends a Fourth of July parade . After watching the Inaugural address of , he is inspired to enlist in the Marines . Later , attends an impassioned lecture about the United States Marine Corps . He decides to enlist and misses his prom because he is unable to secure a date with his love interest , . He confronts her at the prom and has a dance with her on his last night before leaving . 
 Now a Marine sergeant and on patrol during his second Vietnam tour of duty in October 1967 , 's unit kills a number of Vietnamese civilians in a village , believing them to be enemy combatants . During the retreat , accidentally kills one of the new arrivals to his platoon , a younger private named . During a firefight in January 1968 , is critically wounded , but a fellow Marine rescues him . Paralyzed from the mid - chest down , he spends several months recovering at the Bronx VA hospital , where the hospital conditions are poor , with rats roaming the floors ; the doctors and nurses ignore patients and abuse drugs , and the equipment is too old to be useful . desperately tries to walk again with the use of crutches and braces , despite repeated warnings from his doctors . 
 In 1969 , returns home , permanently in a wheelchair . Though he tries to maintain his dignity as a United States Marine , gradually becomes disillusioned , despite being paralyzed , and resorts to alcohol . In 's absence , his younger brother has already become staunchly anti - war , remarking to what the war had done to him . During an Independence Day parade , shows signs of Post - traumatic stress disorder when firecrackers explode . When he is asked to give a speech , a baby in the crowd starts crying . After being unable to finish the speech and wheeled off stage , he reunites with his old high school friend , who is also a wounded veteran , and the two spend 's birthday sharing war stories . Later , goes to visit in Syracuse , New York , where the two reminisce and she asks him to attend a vigil for the victims of the Kent State shootings . He and are separated when she and her fellow students are taken away by the police for demonstrating against the Vietnam War . goes to a bar , almost gets into a fight with a fellow Marine . After has a heated argument with his mother , his father decides to send him to Mexico . 
 He arrives in The Village of the Sun , which seems to be a haven for paralyzed Vietnam veterans . He has his first sexual intercourse with a prostitute , whom he believes he loves , until he sees her with another customer . He hooks up with another wheelchair - bound veteran , , and the two travel to what they believe will be a friendlier village . After annoying their taxicab driver , they end up stranded on the side of the road and arguing with each other . They are picked up by a man with a truck and driven back to the " Village of the Sun . " Going back to Long Island , travels to Georgia to visit 's parents and family . He tells them the true story about their son 's death and confesses his guilt . 
 joins Vietnam Veterans Against the War and travels to the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami . He tells a reporter about his negative experiences in Vietnam and the VA hospital , that the Vietnam War is wrong , all of which fuels rage from the supporters . His interview is cut short when guards eject him and his fellow vets from the hall and attempt to turn them over to the police . They manage to break free from the police , regroup , and charge the hall again , though not successfully . speaks at the 1976 Democratic National Convention , shortly after the publication of his autobiography .

Four great friends come together after a 20 years estrangement to find their once - innocent gang were no more .

The story is presented as a flashback of , a Vietnam veteran . 
 Lt . leads his platoon of American soldiers on a nighttime patrol . They are attacked by the Viet Cong after a panicked soldier exposes their position . While on flank security , the ground cracks under and he ends up partially stuck in a Viet Cong tunnel . 's squad leader , Sergeant , pulls out of the hole and eventually , the platoon retreats out of the jungle . 
 The platoon takes a break outside a river village in the Central Highlands . While relaxing and joking around , one of 's friends , Specialist , is killed when the Viet Cong ambushes them . 's death has a major impact on Meserve . Shortly afterward , the platoon is sent back to their barracks at Wolfe Base . Private First Class arrives as the replacement radio operator . 
 Frustrated because his squad has been denied leave for an extended period , orders the squad to kidnap a Vietnamese girl . strenuously objects but , Cpl . , and Private First Class ignore 's objections . Before the five - man squad disembarked , talks about his concerns to his closest friend , . At nightfall , the squad enters a village and kidnaps a Vietnamese girl , . 
 As the squad treks through the mountains , begins to reconsider raping and begs to back him up . The squad and eventually take refuge in an abandoned hooch , where is confronted and threatened by , , and . As the taunting continued , decides to go along with the rape in order to avoid ridicule . , who is now outnumbered , is ordered to the guard the hooch as the rest of the men take their turn raping . 
 At daybreak , is ordered to guard while the rest of the squad takes up a position near a railroad bridge overlooking a Viet Cong river supply depot . 
 Through his acts of kindness , manages to earn 's trust and prepares to go AWOL and return to her family . However , sends to get and to go to the bridge before can carry out his plan . 
 has order close air support for an assault on the depot and then orders to be stabbed to death by . Before can kill her , fires his rifle into the air , exposing them to the nearby Viet Cong . In the midst of the firefight , tries to escape . tries to save her but is stopped by , who knocks down with the butt of his gun . watches helplessly as the entire squad shoots numerous times until she falls off of the bridge . 
 After the battle , wakes up in a field hospital on Wolfe Base . eventually bumps into and tells him everything that happened . suggests that sees Lt . and company commander Captain . Both and prefer to bury the matter and is told that he will be reassigned to a Tunnel Rat unit . In addition , the other four men were to be split up and reassigned to other units . 
 Later that evening , an attempt on 's life is made by while he is using the latrine . confronts and his men , and using a shovel , strikes across the face , scaring the rest of the men . 
 then meets a chaplain at a bar and tells him the story of what happened during the patrol . There is an investigation and the four men who participated in the rape and murder are court martialed : receives 10 years hard labor and a dishonorable discharge , is sentenced to life in prison , receives 15 years hard labor , and receives eight years hard labor . 
 At the end of the film , wakens from a nightmare to find himself on a J - Church transit line in San Francisco , just a few seats from a Vietnamese - American student who resembles ( same actress ) . She disembarks at Dolores Park and forgets her scarf and runs after her to return it . As she thanks him and turns away , he calls after her in Vietnamese . She surmises that she reminds him of someone , and adds that he has had a bad dream . They go their separate ways , and is somewhat comforted .

Young is hit by a car and dies in 1964 , but manages to slip by the pearly gates and is instantly reborn . In 1987 , 23 years later , his widow still misses him , ignoring the frustrated devotion of his best friend , who has pretty much raised 's only daughter as his own . , while a student at Yale University , meets , who works in the library but is about to graduate . 
 After graduation , heads to Washington , DC , where he makes his way to the offices of The Washington Post . His first attempts to meet with thwarted , schemes his way into 's office by pretending to be a delivery man . walks into 's office , with behind him . , confounded by the young man , asks who is . When attempts to remind him of their meeting at Yale , vouches for him , which changes 's mind about giving him a meeting . Unfortunately , feels needs more time working on smaller papers before he can offer him a job . , feeling defeated , leaves his office . finds downstairs in the lobby . offers a ride , during which invites to meet the family over dinner . begins to have flashbacks that take place in the home , a home to which he 's never been . Freaked out , he begins to act crazed and confused . Putting the pieces together , realizes he is , 's dead husband , reincarnated . 
 His memories of his life as return just as begins a romantic involvement with 's ( i.e. , his own ) daughter . Instead , then spurns his daughter 's advances and begins romancing his widow , frustrating 's attempts to court , and resulting in a number of comic mixups . 
 Soon , however , / realizes and should be together and arranges things so they can realize their love and he can get out of their way . 
 / bursts into the courtroom accusing the judge of accepting a bribe ( remembers taking a photograph of the then younger judge taking the bribe ) and tells where the camera with the pictures of the judge are . falls down the stairs , hits his head , and ends up in the hospital . While unconscious , is administered a special injection he should have received at the pearly gates 23 years previous , to make him forget his past life as . When he wakes , he tells that the last thing he remembers is them kissing in the corner of the refrigerator . He happily resumes romantic interest in , which she gladly accepts , having never been informed of his other identity by anyone . Newspaper headlines show the judge charged with accepting the bribe . accepts a job offer as a reporter . His and 's relationship continues with and 's full knowledge and approval , although neither of them has forgotten " " lives on in .

Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey, Jr., Ryan O'Neal, Mary Stuart Masterson

In 1985 , New York based author ( ) lives with his wife and child in Manhattan and seems to be successful . However he is woken at night by paranoid dreams that someone else is in the room . 
 On a trip to the family cottage in the woods , on the first night the intruder alarm is triggered and sees a face watching him from the doorway . Bright light fills the cottage windows and wakes his son and two other family friends but his wife remains asleep . 
 Disturbed by this they all return to New York and life seemingly returns to normal but finds that his work and personal life are becoming affected by recurring nightmares and visions of strange alien beings including greys , blue doctors and bugs . This upsets his son and puts strain on his marriage . 
 After an incident at their cottage in which is so convinced that there are alien beings inside the home that he pulls his gun out and almost shoots his wife , and signs that his son is beginning to have the same visions , he is finally convinced to see a psychiatrist specialising in hypnotic regression therapy ( Sternhagen ) . 
 The therapy confirms that he has possibly been abducted by unknown beings and experiments have been performed on him however he is still skeptical about it and reluctancly attends a group therapy session of fellow ' abductees ' . 
 Eventually he realises he has to confront his visions , real or not , and returns to the cottage where most of the incidents seem to occur . He interacts with the alien beings and realises he has been in contact with them his whole life and it was passed on from his father and he will , in turn , pass it on to his son . 
 Making up with his family comes to accept the alien visitors as part of his life and in the last scene he sits in his office and embraces the face of a ' grey ' alien .

( ) and ( ) meet at the marriage of 's uncle and 's mother ( ) . Newly made cousins - by - marriage , they find they have more in common than expected as their respective spouses , insecure ( ) and boorish ( ) begin an affair . Over a series of ritualized family events , dreamer and repressed decide to exact revenge on their spouses by pretending to have an affair themselves . Their good - natured plan takes on unexpected gravity when they learn not only are they great friends , but they realize they 're falling in love with each other . 
 They consummate the affair , but the ramifications shake their families , including 's artistic son ( ) and 's adorable but aggressive daughter ( ) . They end the affair to bring stability back into their families ' lives . Meanwhile , ( after the sudden death of Uncle ) , 's father ( ) becomes interested in his widowed sister - in - law and courts her . 
 and meet again some time later at and 's wedding . Encouraged by ( who had split from earlier in the film ) , he asks to " dance with him " , angering but convincing to break free from her unhappy marriage . In an epilogue , and are seen sailing away with their children , living a fantasy they had shared from their earlier affair .

Ted Danson, Isabella Rossellini, Sean Young, William Petersen, Norma Aleandro, Lloyd Bridges

The story follows two main characters : ( ) , a successful ophthalmologist , and ( ) , a small - time documentary filmmaker . 
 , a respectable family man , is having an affair with flight attendant ( ) . After it becomes clear to her that will not end his marriage , threatens to disclose the affair to 's wife , ( ) . She is also aware of some questionable financial deals has made , which adds to his stress . He confides in a patient , ( ) , a rabbi who is rapidly losing his eyesight . advises openness and honesty between and his wife , but does not wish to imperil his marriage . Desperate , turns to his brother , ( ) , a gangster , who hires a hitman to kill . Before her corpse is discovered , retrieves letters and other items from her apartment in order to cover his tracks . Stricken with guilt , turns to the religious teachings he had rejected , believing for the first time that a just God is watching him and passing judgment . 
 , meanwhile , has been hired by his pompous brother - in - law , ( ) , a successful television producer , to make a documentary celebrating 's life and work . grows to despise him . While filming and mocking the subject , falls in love with 's associate producer , ( ) . Despondent over his failing marriage to 's sister ( ) , he woos , showing her footage from his ongoing documentary about Prof. ( psychologist ] ) , a renowned philosopher . He makes sure is aware that he is shooting 's documentary merely for the money so he can finish his more meaningful project with . 
 's dislike for becomes evident during the first screening of the film . It juxtaposes footage of with clownish poses of addressing a throng of supporters from a balcony . It also shows yelling at his employees and clumsily making a pass at an attractive young actress . fires him . learns that Professor , whom he had been profiling on the strength of his celebration of life , has committed suicide , leaving a curt note , " I 've gone out the window . " When visits to comfort him , he makes a pass at her , which she gently rebuffs , telling him she is n't ready for another romance . 
 Adding to 's burdens , leaves for London , where is offering her a producing job ; when she returns several months later , is astounded to discover that she and are engaged . Hearing that sent white roses " round the clock , for days " while they were in London , is crestfallen as he realizes he is incapable of that kind of ostentatious display . His last romantic gesture to had been a love letter which he had mostly plagiarized from . 
 In the final scene , and meet by happenstance at the wedding of the daughter of rabbi , who is 's brother - in - law and 's patient . has worked through his guilt and is enjoying life once more ; the murder had been blamed on a drifter with a criminal record . He draws into a supposedly hypothetical discussion that draws upon his moral quandary . says that with time , any crisis will pass ; but morosely claims instead that one is forever fated to bear one 's burdens for " crimes and misdemeanors " . cheerfully leaves the wedding party with his wife , and is left sitting alone , dejected . the rabbi , who is now blind , shares a dance with his daughter while the voice of Prof. is heard , saying that the universe is a dark and indifferent place which human beings fill with love , in the hope that it will give the void a meaning .

Martin Landau, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Alan Alda, Anjelica Huston, Sam Waterston, Jerry Orbach

A plague known as the living death cripples civilization . A small group of surviving scientists and doctors — located in Atlanta , Georgia , home of the CDC — work on a cure to save what remains of humanity . To complete their work they need information stored on a computer system in New York City . volunteers for the dangerous courier mission and is made into a cyborg through surgical augmentation . 
 , accompanied by bodyguard , retrieves the data in New York but is pursued by the vicious and his gang of pirates . wants the cure so he can have a monopoly on its production . , badly injured while fighting the pirates , tells to leave him and find a mercenary , known as a " slinger " , who can escort her to safety . She gets cornered but is saved by a slinger named . After she explains her situation , they are overrun by 's gang , and is knocked out by falling debris . demands that she accompany him to Atlanta or die . 
 's gang slaughters a family and steals their boat . They head south for Atlanta via the Intracoastal Waterway with the captive . , who had been tracking the pirates , arrives at the scene of slaughter later that night . A shadowy figure attacks him , but he disables her . She turns out to be , a young woman who mistook him as a pirate . , whose family was wiped out by the plague , joins . is less concerned with a cure for the plague than with killing . and trek southward through the wastelands , where bandits ambush them . Concerned for , unsuccessfully attempts to convince her to stay away . After declining sex with , reveals that all he cares about is revenge against , who killed his lover and destroyed his chance to have a normal life and family . 
 Intercepting and his crew near Charleston , South Carolina , defeats most of his men , but shoots him with an air rifle . Now nursing a gunshot wound , realizes ( his dead lover 's younger sister whom kidnapped ) is now a loyal member of ’s crew . He flees the pirates and ends up alone with and . refuses to go with him — she calculates that is not strong enough to defeat and will be unable to get her to Atlanta safely . She says she will go along with and lure him to his death in Atlanta , where she has resources at her disposal . 
 Tired , wounded and badly outnumbered , flees with through the sewer into a salt marsh , where they are pursued by the rest of the pirates and eventually separated from each other . is thoroughly beaten by and crucified high on the mast of a beached , derelict ship . lingers at the scene but still leaves with . spends the night on the cross . In the morning , near death , he kicks the mast repeatedly with his dangling foot in a last fit of rage . The mast snaps , sending him crashing to the ground , his arms still tied and nailed to the cross . Finally , appears out of the marsh to free him . 
 and intercept Fender once again in Atlanta , this time better prepared . ’s gang is taken down one by one until he and face off . During their fight , rushes Fender with a knife , but he stabs and kills her . in turn stabs in the chest . Thinking him dead , embraces , who , during the battle turned decisively against Fender . However , Fender gets back up , and they continue to battle in a nearby shed , where finally kills by impaling him on a meat hook . and escort to her final destination , before heading back off .

( ) is a busy executive . He learns during a meeting that his mother has collapsed and been rushed to the hospital . Flying immediately to Los Angeles , he ends up becoming a caretaker of his father ( ) while ( ) recovers from her heart - attack . A retired aerospace industry worker , has become somewhat feeble and totally reliant on his wife , so attempts to get him more involved in day - to - day things like taking care of the house . 
 Father and son bond . invites his dad to a business meeting and takes him out for a Bingo game . They play catch with a baseball in the yard . Late one night , college - aged grandson ( ) turns up as well . begins to appreciate while spending quality time with his dad that he has been neglecting his own boy . 
 returns home from the hospital . She is a strong , willful woman with little personal warmth . is very happy to have everyone around him again during family dinners with the kids , including daughter ( ) and son - in - law ( ) , but the glum resents the intrusion . One day , finds blood in his urine and is taken to a doctor . has a single request at the hospital — to avoid the word " cancer , " which terrifies his dad . An arrogant doctor named ( ) who feels he knows what 's best decides that a patient has a right to know . immediately loses his bearings and ends up in a coma . 
 A fiercely protective stays by his dad 's side constantly and a more sympathetic doctor named ( ) volunteers his help . unexpectedly wakes up one day and seems perfectly fine . Upon coming home , acts reborn and reinvigorated . He confuses his wife by dressing in an odd manner , studying new languages , visiting the neighbors and even wanting sex at night . feels his dad is just trying to enjoy life , something his bitter mother seems incapable of doing . Something more is definitely wrong with , however . He is having delusions about being the head of a different family on a far - away farm . 
 A psychiatrist concludes that sought joy in a fantasy world while being unable to experience a sufficient amount in his own . has a relapse . In the hospital , he reminisces with his son about things that made him happiest , like work and baseball , before passing away . , a better man for the experience , returns to his old life .

Jack Lemmon, Ted Danson, Ethan Hawke, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Baker, Kevin Spacey

( ) is involved in a car crash which results in the death of her son . Her older husband , Royal Australian Navy officer ( ) , suggests that they help deal with their grief by heading out for a vacation alone on their yacht . In the middle of the Pacific , they encounter a drifting boat that seems to be taking on water . A man , ( ) , rows over to the ' boat for help . He claims that his boat is sinking and that his companions have all died of food poisoning . 
 Suspicious of 's story , rows over to the other ship , leaving alone with . Inside , discovers the mangled corpses of the other passengers and video footage indicating that may have murdered them in a feat of extraordinary violence . rushes back to his own boat , but he 's too late as awakes , knocks out and sails their yacht away , leaving behind . 
 As attempts to keep 's ship from sinking and catch up with them , awakens and tries to convince to go back for her husband . denies her request and keeps on sailing , alternating between kindness and bouts of rage . manages to get through to his wife on the radio , but the water damage makes him unable to reply save for clicks on his boat 's radio receiver . He can respond only yes or no to her questions . assures her that he is following close by . Rae tries to stall the yacht by turning off the engine and tossing the keys overboard . Her dog jumps in to retrieve the keys and brings them back as he had done earlier with his fetch ball . starts the yacht back up and tries to convince to be friends with him . accepts , attempting to earn his trust . After a while , she goes back to the radar room to contact . A blip appears on the edge of the radar 's range , signifying the damaged boat . She soon learns that it is too far gone and will sink in the next several hours . With unable to come to her rescue , assures her husband that she will come back for him . 's radio shorts before has a chance to tell him that she loves him . Unable to make further contact with him , breaks down and cries . 
 comes down to see sobbing , and heads over to soothe her . formulates a plan to seduce and gain his trust long enough for her to get to the shotgun on deck . She and start to make out and undress on the floor . stalls for time by telling him that she has to go to the bathroom . She runs on deck to assemble the shotgun , but the dog follows her . Before she has a chance to load the gun , the dog starts barking causing to go investigate . In a panic , leaves the gun behind and takes cigarettes down with her as an excuse for being on deck . She eases his suspicion by kissing him and taking him to the bedroom , realising she has no choice but to follow through with sex . She fixes some lemonade , putting a heavy dose of her prescription sedatives into his drink . Claiming to go get dressed , heads back for the shotgun , and is discovered soon after . As a fierce storm approaches , and come to blows . takes hold of the shotgun , but the effects of the sedative cause him to aim poorly and shoot the radio by mistake . eventually takes hold of a harpoon gun and locks herself in the bedroom . As the door opens she fires off a harpoon . Seeing blood she pushes it open , only to discover she killed her dog . comes out of hiding to strangle her , but passes out from the drugs . ties him up and sails back to rescue . comes to and cuts himself free with a shard of broken mirror , but after making his way to , she shoots him in the shoulder with a harpoon and knocks him unconscious . She then sets him adrift in the boat 's life raft and continues to look for her husband . 
 Meanwhile , the damage and the storm have caused the other boat to sink almost completely . The storm intensifies and breaks the boat 's main mast , trapping below deck . The water rises and eventually he is submerged over his head , able to breathe only through a piece of pipe leading to the deck . The only way he can go is down into the boat 's hull , in search of an opening . He takes one last breath from the pipe and dives . Through a gaping hole in the bottom of the boat , emerges back on the surface . He sets the wreck on fire to signal his location to , who is now desperate to find him . Dusk sets in as notices the flames and sets course to the faint fire on the horizon . Without any means to signal his wife , all can do is wait on a piece of floating debris . After night falls , the pair reunite when arrives and pulls aboard . 
 Later they find the life raft and shoots it with a flare , setting it on fire . The next day they are relaxing on deck when takes a break from washing 's hair to prepare breakfast for her . Her eyes closed , feels a pair of hands begin massaging her scalp and assumes it is , but when she opens her eyes she sees a bloody , who begins to strangle her . While struggles , arrives from below deck . Seeing being attacked , shoots in the mouth with a flare , killing him instantly .

In the autumn of 1959 , shy begins his senior year of high school at Welton Academy , an all - male , elite prep school . He is assigned one of Welton 's most promising students , , as his roommate and is quickly accepted by 's friends : , , , , and . 
 On the first day of classes , they are surprised by the unorthodox teaching methods of the new English teacher , a Welton alumnus who encourages his students to " make your lives extraordinary " , a sentiment he summarizes with the Latin expression carpe diem . Subsequent lessons include having them take turns standing on his desk to teach the boys how they must look at life in a different way , telling them to rip out the introduction of their poetry books which explains a mathematical formula used for rating poetry , and inviting them to make up their own style of walking in a courtyard to encourage them to be individuals . His methods attract the attention of strict headmaster . 
 Upon learning that was a member of the unsanctioned Dead Poets Society while he was at Welton , restarts the club and he and his friends sneak off campus to a cave where they read poetry and verse , including their own compositions . As the school year progresses , 's lessons and their involvement with the club encourage them to live their lives on their own terms . pursues , a girl who is dating a football player from a public school and whose family is friends with his . discovers his love of acting and gets the role as in a local production of A Midsummer Night 's Dream , despite the fact that his domineering father wants him in the Ivy League ( and ultimately medical school ) . helps come out of his shell and realize his potential when he takes him through an exercise in self - expression , resulting in his composing a poem spontaneously in front of the class . 
 However , takes things too far when he publishes an article in the school newspaper in the club 's name demanding that girls be admitted to Welton . uses corporal punishment to coerce into revealing who else is in the Dead Poets Society , but he resists . also speaks with , warning him that he should discourage his students from questioning authority . 
 's father discovers 's involvement in the play and forces him to quit on the eve of the opening performance . Devastated , goes to , who advises him to stand his ground and prove to his father that his love of acting is something he takes seriously . 's father unexpectedly shows up at the performance . He takes home and says he has been withdrawn from Welton , only to be enrolled in a military academy to prepare him for Harvard . Unable to find the courage to stand up to his father , a distraught commits suicide . 
 investigates 's death at the request of the family . blames 's death on to escape punishment for his own participation in the Dead Poets Society , and names the other members . Confronted by , urges the rest of them to let take the fall . punches and is expelled . Each of the boys is called to 's office to sign a letter attesting to the truth of 's allegations , even though they know they are false . When 's turn comes , he is reluctant to sign , but does so after seeing that the others have complied . 
 is fired and takes over teaching the class . interrupts the class to collect personal articles ; before he leaves , shouts that all of them were forced to sign the letter that resulted in his dismissal and that 's death was not his fault . stands on his desk and salutes with the words " O Captain ! My Captain ! " . , , , and over half of the class do the same , ignoring 's orders to sit down . is deeply touched by their gesture . He thanks the boys and departs .

The story begins in a small town in western Montana where New Jersey based bank robber has been hiding out from the law after a series of bank robberies in Newark . Upon realizing that the local bank contains a large amount of cash , recruits four former accomplices to come to town and help him rob the bank . Among them are , a nervous and possibly alcoholic safecracker ; , an old school explosives expert with a heart condition ; , a young , wisecracking auto thief and getaway driver ; and , a well - manicured lookout and weapons expert . 
 Before they can arrive , however , two New Jersey detectives ( and ) catch up with , arrest him , and extradite him back to New Jersey . But soon escapes and becomes hopelessly lost in the Montana wilderness as he flees and 's custody . 
 Unaware of 's arrest and escape , the four accomplices arrive and realize that he is nowhere to be found . They finally decide to take down the bank on their own but must go through several humorous ordeals before they can complete their plan . The four successfully rob the bank and escape . is caught shortly thereafter and accused of the robbery , despite having not taken part . Learning that his police bail has been set at $ 1 million , three of the four ( against 's wishes ) decide to use their loot to rescue .

( ) is a 25 - year - old delivery man living in Bedford - Stuyvesant , Brooklyn with his sister ( ) . He and his girlfriend ( ) have a toddler son named ( ) . He works at the local pizzeria , but lacks ambition . ( ) , the pizzeria 's Italian - American owner , has been in the neighborhood for 25 years . His older son ( ) intensely dislikes blacks , and does not get along with . Because of this , is at odds with both his father , who refuses to leave the increasingly African - American neighborhood , and his younger brother ( ) , who is friendly with . 
 The neighborhood is full of distinct personalities , including ( ) , a friendly drunk ; Mother Sister ( ) , who watches the neighborhood from her brownstone ; Radio Raheem ( ) , who blasts Public Enemy on his boombox wherever he goes ; and ( ) , a mentally disabled man , who meanders around the neighborhood trying to sell hand - colored pictures of and 
 While at 's , 's trouble - making b - boyish friend ( ) questions about his " Wall of Fame " , a wall decorated with photos of famous Italian - Americans . Buggin ' Out demands that put up pictures of black celebrities since 's pizzeria is in a black neighborhood . replies that it is his business , and that he can have whomever he wants on " The Wall of Fame " . Buggin ' Out attempts to start a protest over the Wall of Fame . Only Radio Raheem and Smiley support him . 
 During the day , the heat and tensions begin to rise . The local teenagers open a fire hydrant and douse the street , before police officers intervene . and begin arguing over race . confronts about his negative attitudes towards African Americans , even though his favorite celebrities are . Various characters then spew flowery racial insults into the camera : against Italians , against African Americans , Latino ( ) against Koreans , white police officer ( ) against Puerto Ricans , and Korean store owner ( ) against Jews . and talk about the neighborhood , with expressing his contempt for African - Americans , and insisting that he is not leaving . almost fires , but intervenes , before confronts her for being too close to . 
 That night , Buggin ' Out , Radio Raheem , and march into 's and demand that change the Wall of Fame . 's boombox is blaring and demands that he turn it off , but he refuses . Buggin ' Out calls and sons " guineas " , threatening to close down the pizzeria until they change the Wall of Fame . , in a fit of frustration , calls him a " nigger " and destroys the boombox with a baseball bat . attacks , leading to a violent fight that spills out into the street , attracting a crowd . While Radio Raheem is choking , the police arrive . They break up the fight and apprehend Radio Raheem and Buggin ' Out . Despite the pleas of his fellow officers and the onlookers , one officer refuses to release his chokehold on , killing him . Realizing that has been killed in front of onlookers , the officers place his body in the back of a squad car and drive off , leaving , , and unprotected . 
 The onlookers , enraged about Radio Raheem 's death , blame and his sons . grabs a trash can and throws it through the window of 's pizzeria , sparking the crowd to rush into the restaurant and destroy it , with finally setting it on fire . Da Mayor pulls , , and out of the mob 's way . Firemen and riot patrols arrive to put out the fire and disperse the crowd . After police issue a warning , the firefighters turn their hoses on the rioters , leading to more fighting and arrests . and sit on the curb , watching in disbelief . wanders back into the smoldering building and hangs one of his pictures on what is left of 's Wall of Fame . 
 The next day , after an argument with , returns to , who feels that betrayed him . demands his weekly pay , leading to an argument . They cautiously reconcile , and finally pays . Mister ( ) , a local DJ , dedicates a song to . 
 The film ends with two quotations expressing different views about violence , one from and one from , before fading to a photograph of them shaking hands . Prior to the credits , dedicates the film to the families of six victims of police brutality : , , , , , and .

Danny Aiello, Spike Lee, John Turturro, Bill Nunn, Ossie Davis, Giancarlo Esposito, Richard Edson, Rosie Perez, Ruby Dee

( ) is a slacker high school student who , while running through a short cut through a backyard in his neighborhood one night , collides with ( ) , over whom has recently been obsessing . During the collision , elderly professor ( ) is performing a meditation exercise in the yard with his wife ( ) , theorizing that if he and his wife can enter a meditative alpha state together voluntarily , they will be able to live together forever . However , just as the are on the verge of completing their meditation experiment , the teenagers ' collision renders both teens unconscious , enacting a type of body switch between the four characters . 
 wakes up in his bedroom to find his best friend ( ) and his parents asking him if he 's okay , but " " has no idea who these people are because he is actually trapped in body . leaves the house to find his wife but returns when he can not find her or make any sense of the situation . On his return to 's home , plays up the role of for his family and friend , just wanting to go to sleep to see if the alpha state he attains in dreams will give him any clue to what has gone wrong with the experiment . 
 In his dream , is greeted by the real , who appears to be trapped in a dream partially generated by 's own subconscious . discovers that , skeptical of her husband 's " dream state " theory from the beginning , is also trapped in the dream but is unable to communicate with him because part of her mind has been transferred to 's body . informs that he has very little time to prevent what 's left of his wife from forgetting about him and becoming lost in the dream forever . 
 claims to know the secret to switch them all back , yet is reluctant to help do so , finding the dream - world he now inhabits to be more satisfying than the physical world in which he existed as a troubled teen . realizes he only has a few days ( while pretending to be ) to overcome generation gaps , high - school bullies , 's violent and unstable boyfriend , and 's bitter and manipulative divorced mother in order to improve 's grades , love - life , relationships with his family and friends , and connect with ( who is not particularly fond of ) enough to convince her to recreate the meditation experiment that might save his beloved wife .

Corey Feldman, Corey Haim, Meredith Salenger, Jason Robards, Piper Laurie

In 1948 , Mrs. , or Miss ( ) , a 72 - year - old wealthy , Jewish , widowed , retired school teacher , lives alone in Atlanta , Georgia , except for a black housemaid named ( ) . When Miss drives her 1946 Chrysler Windsor into her neighbor 's yard , her 40 - year - old son ( ) buys her a 1949 Hudson Commodore and hires ( Morgan ) , a black chauffeur . Miss at first refuses to let anyone else drive her , but gradually gives in . 
 As Miss and spend time together , she gains appreciation for his many skills . After dies in 1962 , rather than hire a new maid , Miss decides to care for her own house and have do the cooking and the driving . 
 The film explores racism against black people , which affects at that time . The film also touches on anti - semitism in the South . After her synagogue is bombed , Miss realizes that she is also a victim of prejudice . But American society is undergoing radical changes , and Miss attends a dinner at which Dr. gives a speech . She initially invites to the dinner , but he declines , and suggests that Miss invite . However , Miss only asks him to be her guest during the car ride to the event and ends up attending the dinner alone , with , insulted by the manner of the invitation , listening to the speech on the car radio outside . 
 arrives at the house one morning in 1971 to find Miss agitated and showing signs of dementia , believing she is a young teacher again . calms her down with a conversation in which calls her " best friend . " arranges for Miss to enter a retirement home . In 1973 , , now 85 and rapidly losing his eyesight , retires . , now 65 , drives to the retirement home to visit Miss , now 97.[4 ]

Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Esther Rolle, Patti LuPone

is the leader of a crew of drug addicts consisting of him , his wife , , his best friend , , and 's girlfriend , a teenager named . Together , they travel across the U.S. Pacific Northwest in 1971 , supporting their drug habits by robbing pharmacies and hospitals . 
 After successfully robbing a Portland , Oregon pharmacy , they go straight home to use the drugs they just stole . During the process of getting high , a local low - life named visits the group in search of hard - to - find dilaudid . lies and says they have none but offers to trade him morphine for speed instead . initially declines , but talks him into trading anyway . After leaves , the police bust down their door . The lead detective correctly assumes it was their group that has just committed the pharmacy robbery he 's investigating . The police are unable to find the drugs because the group wisely buried them outside . However , in the process of searching , the police completely trash the group 's house . 
 The group then moves into an apartment . plans to get back at the police by setting up an elaborate scheme . The scheme succeeds , and one of the policemen is shot by a neighbor who thought the cop was a peeper thanks to 's scheme . The next day , ( knowing was behind it all ) assaults outside his apartment . Seeing the assault as a sign of a hex and had previously brought upon the group by speaking about dogs , they leave their apartment to go " crossroading . " One night on the road , they come across a drugstore with an open transom . They proceed to sneak in and rob the pharmacy , extremely pleased to find their haul includes vials of pure powdered dilaudid worth thousands of dollars each . , using the logic " When you 're hot , you 're hot " , convinces his wife he should finally rob the hospital he 's always wanted to . 
 During the robbery , is almost captured and the robbery is a complete failure . Upon arriving back at the motel , the group discovers has fatally overdosed by sneaking a bottle of dilaudid during their last score . To make matters worse , she has also put the " worst of all hexes " on them by leaving a hat on the bed . After temporarily storing 's body in the motel 's attic , they are alerted by the motel manager that their room was previously booked for a police convention , and they must check out immediately . , under tremendous anxiety and stress while having visions of handcuffs and prison , manages to sneak the body out of the motel in a large duffel bag . Right before burying in a remote forest , alerts his wife that he is going to get clean and begin a 28 - day methadone program . She is shocked and confused by 's sudden dramatic decision . He asks her to get clean with him , but she declines , telling him , " You know I ca n't " . 
 Going their separate ways , moves back to Portland into a long - stay motel and gets a low - level manufacturing job . One day at the methadone clinic , he sees an elderly drug - addicted priest named . They reminisce about the old days when drugs were n't so demonized . Another day , on the street , runs into , who is bullying a kid who supposedly owes money . stops from hurting the kid any further , and the kid runs away , much to 's disgust . 
 After adjusting to his new life , is visited by both and on separate occasions . warns the policeman got shot has been making threats and might act on them . reveals she and are now in a relationship and that he is in charge of their new group . then asks what happened out on the road to make him suddenly change his life so drastically . He answers that 's death , the hex she put on them with the hat , and the possibility of serious prison time all contributed to his eventual decision . He then reveals to her a deal he made with a higher power that if he could safely get 's body out of the motel , past the cops , and into the ground without being caught , he would then straighten his life out in return . 
 After explaining this to , he begs her to stay the night with him , but she declines . Before she leaves , she gives a package of drugs as a gift . , instead of using them and relapsing , gives the drugs to the priest , , who is very pleased . Upon re - entering his room , is attacked by two masked figures . The leader turns out to be . They think is still an addict and has drugs on him . tells them the truth , that he is clean and does n't have any drugs , but does n't believe him and ends up shooting him . A neighbor hears the shot and calls 911 . While is getting loaded onto an ambulance , asks him numerous times who shot him and if it was the policeman . Bob tells it was " the hat " and " the TV baby " . 
 During the ambulance ride , thinks out loud how he got in his situation . He comes to the realization that no matter how hard he tries , he can never fully escape the drug life . He also jokes about how he now has a free ticket to the " fattest pharmacy in town . " The film ends with him saying , " I 'm still alive " , and , " I hope they can keep me alive . "

( ) is a Scots - Irish American widower who emigrated with his Sicilian wife to New York in 1946 . A lovable rogue , incorrigible womaniser and tough guy , is proud of his criminal past and lifestyle . He raised son ( ) to follow in his footsteps , but went straight at 21 when his son was born . now runs a thriving wholesale Twelfth Avenue meat - packing warehouse and has left his criminal life behind . 
 Ashamed of his family 's past , married his middle - class Jewish sweetheart and has tried set a good example for their son , which in his mind means keeping ( ) away from his criminally minded yet charming grandfather . Little does understand that this strategy has backfired , the mystery surrounding , coupled with his strict educational upbringing , causing to idolize his grandfather . even puts up bail , borrowing it from , one night after is charged with assault from a tavern fight . 
 is in college with a scientific scholarship and has a bright future . However , six months before graduating , he drops out , complaining to that he was already " being put on a pension plan and they had my whole future mapped out . " So when he unveils a scheme for a burglary , it impresses his grandfather , but is surprised and bitterly disappointed . He warns his son not to pursue this and even slaps his face in a bar to drive home the point . This pushes even closer to his grandfather , who ca n't wait to take a shot at a million - dollar payday . 
 is eager to reenlist his reformed son , calling the scheme " the sweetest deal of my life . " The more he hears , the more tempted is to give up the safe but dull life he has carved out for himself and return to the wild days of his youth . So the three generations of embark on one great criminal adventure , begrudgingly saying yes on the premise that he is there to watch out for along the way . 
 The plan is to steal valuable scientific research from a lab . It backfires horribly when , having seemingly pulled off the heist successfully , forgets to take a logbook that is a vital prerequisite to being paid the million dollars . dashes back into the building to retrieve it , but in his haste he sets off an alarm on his way out . and can only watch helplessly from afar as is captured by the police . At the last minute , manages to throw the logbook over a fence . 
 is heartbroken and dreads his wife finding out what has happened . He and hire an expensive shyster lawyer for 's defense , but are told the only way for to avoid a 15 - year sentence is to give up his two mystery accomplices and " the goods " taken in the heist . 's wife angrily instructs him to give himself up along with , whatever it takes to get a reduced sentence . locates the vials stolen from the lab that 's girlfriend has been safekeeping , instructing him to " get that kid out of jail . " 
 Discovering that the scientific research they stole had been faked , tracks down 's former professor ( who had double - crossed by selling him on the robbery idea ) and makes pay . A crestfallen , meanwhile , gives in to his wife 's suggestion that he give himself and his father up . He turns over the stolen goods , whereupon is taken into custody . 
 In court a judge finds all three to be at fault , but after generously placing both and his son on probation , he throws the book at , giving him a 15 - year sentence , tantamount at his age to a sentence of life imprisonment . 
 visits his grandfather devotedly in jail while banning from his life . 's explanations that he did what he did for 's own good fall on deaf ears . calls him a " piece of garbage " and lambasts him for having " ratted out your own father . " 
 dies in prison , as arrives minutes too late to say a last goodbye . As the body is being carted away , makes an attempt to view the body on its way to the morgue . The doors close and breaks down in tears . 
 and eventually make their peace months later . agrees with that the most fun they have had as a family was the caper . Together , they give a grand sendoff , scattering his ashes from the roof of 's childhood home .

During World War II , American deserter escapes a Japanese firing squad . Hiding himself in the wilds of Borneo , is adopted by a head - hunting tribe of Dayaks , who consider him divine because of his blue eyes . Before long , is the reigning king of the Dayaks . When British soldiers approach him to rejoin the war against the Japanese , resists . When his own tribe is threatened by the invaders , decides to fight for their rights , and to protect their independence .

In September 1942 , U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Colonel ( ) who oversaw construction of the Pentagon is assigned to head the ultra - secret Manhattan Project , to beat the Germans in building an atomic bomb . 
 picks University of California , Berkeley physicist ( ) to head the team of the project . was familiar with northern New Mexico from his boyhood days when his family owned a cabin in the area . For the new research facility , he selects a remote location on top of a mesa adjacent to a valley called Los Alamos Canyon , northwest of Santa Fe . 
 The different personalities of the military man and the scientist often clash in keeping the project on track . in turn clashes with the other scientists , who debate whether their personal consciences should enter into the project or whether they should remain purely researchers , with personal feelings set aside . 
 Nurse ( ) and young physicist ( ) question what they are doing . Working with little protection from radiation during an experiment , drops a radioactive component during an experiment dubbed Tickling the Dragon 's Tail and retrieves it by hand in order to avoid disaster , but is exposed to a lethal dose of radiation . In the base hospital nurse can only watch as he develops massive swelling and deformation before dying a miserable death days later . 
 While the technical problems are being solved , investigations are undertaken in order to thwart foreign espionage , especially from communist sympathizers who might be associated with socialist organizations . The snooping reveals that has had a young mistress , ( ) , and he is ordered by to stop seeing her . After he breaks off their relationship without being able to reveal the reasons why , she is unable to cope with the heartache and is later found dead , apparently a suicide . 
 As the project continues in multiple sites across America , technical problems and delays cause tensions and strife . To avoid a single point of failure plan , two separate bomb designs are implemented : a large , heavy plutonium bomb imploded using shaped charges ( " Fat Man " ) , and an alternate design for a thin , less heavy uranium bomb triggered in a shotgun design ( " Little Boy " ) . The bomb development culminates in a detonation in south - central New Mexico at the Trinity Site in the Alamogordo Desert ( 05:29:45 on July 16 , 1945 ) , where everyone watched in awe at the spectacle of the first mushroom cloud with roaring winds , even miles away . 
 In the end , both bombs , Fat Man and Little Boy , were successful , ushering in the Atomic Age .

is a novice Iowa farmer who lives with his wife , , and daughter , . In the opening narration , he explains how he had a troubled relationship with his father , , who had been a devoted baseball fan . While walking through his cornfield one evening , he hears a voice whispering , " If you build it , he will come . " He continues hearing this before finally seeing a vision of a baseball diamond in his field . is skeptical , but she allows him to plow the corn under in order to build a baseball field . As he builds , he tells the story of the 1919 Black Sox Scandal . Months pass and nothing happens ; his family faces financial ruin until , one night , spots a uniformed man on the field . recognizes him as , a deceased baseball player idolized by . Thrilled to be able to play baseball again , he asks to bring others to the field to play . He later returns with the seven other players banned as a result of the 1919 scandal . 
 's brother - in - law , , ca n't see the players and warns him that he will go bankrupt unless he replants his corn . While in the field , hears the voice again , this time urging him to " ease his pain . " 
 attends a PTA meeting at which the possible banning of books by radical author is discussed . He decides the voice was referring to . He comes across a magazine interview dealing with 's childhood dream of playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers . After and both dream about him and attending a baseball game together at Fenway Park , he convinces her that he should seek out . He heads to Boston and persuades a reluctant , embittered to attend a game with him at Fenway Park . While there , he hears the voice again , this time urging him to " go the distance . " At the same time , the scoreboard " shows " statistics for a player named , who played one game for the New York Giants in 1922 , but never had a turn at bat . After the game , eventually admits that he , too , saw it . 
 and then travel to Chisholm , Minnesota where they learn that had become a doctor and had died sixteen years earlier . During a late night walk , finds himself back in 1972 and encounters the then - living , who states that he had moved on from his baseball career . He also says that the greater disappointment would have been not having a medical career . He declines 's invitation to fulfill his dream ; however , during the drive back home , picks up a young hitchhiker who introduces himself as . While sleeps , reveals to that had wanted him to live out his dream of being a baseball star . He stopped playing catch with him after reading one of 's books at 14 . At 17 , he had denounced Shoeless Joe as a criminal to and that was the reason for the rift between them . expresses regret that he did n't get a chance to make things right before died . When they arrive back at 's farm , they find that enough players have arrived to field two teams . A game is played and finally gets his turn at bat . 
 The next morning , returns and demands that sell the farm . says that they will not need to because people will pay to watch the ballgames . agrees , saying that " people will come " in order to relive their childhood innocence . , after much thought , refuses and a frustrated scuffles with him , during which is accidentally knocked off the bleachers . The young runs from the field to help , becoming old , complete with bag , the instant he steps off of it , and saves from choking ( she had been eating a hot dog when she fell ) . realizes that sacrificed his young self in order to save her . After reassuring that his true calling was medicine and being commended by the other players , leaves , disappearing into the corn . Suddenly , is able to see the players and urges not to sell the farm . 
 After the game , invites to enter the corn ; he accepts and disappears into it . is angry at not being invited , but rebukes him : if he really wants a reward for having sacrificed so much , then he had better stay on the field . then glances towards a player at home plate , saying " If you build it , he will come . " The player then removes his mask , and recognizes him to be as a young man . Shocked , realizes that " ease his pain " referred to , and believes that was the voice all along ; however , implies that the voice was himself . then disappears into the corn . 
 introduces to and . As he heads towards the corn , asks him if he wants to play a game of catch . They begin to play and happily watches . Meanwhile , hundreds of cars can be seen approaching the baseball field , fulfilling and 's prophecy that people will come to watch baseball .

Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta, Burt Lancaster, Timothy Busfield, Gaby Hoffmann

, a reporter in Los Angeles for the Los Angeles Times , is contacted by the executor of his late aunt 's will , attorney . informs he has inherited his aunt 's 80 - acre plantation , Belle Isle , in Thibodaux , Louisiana . Upon arriving , is disappointed to find the mansion terribly dilapidated , but he agrees to keep on its caretaker , . has dinner with at her home , and she tells him of an anonymous $ 225,000 bid for Belle Isle . 
 awakens the next morning to find dead . is charged with ' murder and taken into custody , nearly being raped by his cellmate , spared only because is released on bail . 's lawyer manages to get released . When declines a second , even larger offer for Belle Isle , this time presented by realtor , he starts getting harassed . First , a hired group of Ku Klux Klansmen harasses him . Then , an arsonist burns down the mansion . Finally , tries to kill during a raccoon hunt with some locals . discovers the land on Belle Isle is polluted by toxic waste . He determines to uncover the identity of the anonymous buyer , whom he suspects is attempting to intimidate him into selling . 
 He learns the local megachurch , Farnsworth Ministries , is interested in obtaining the Belle Isle property . investigates televangelist , and discovers 's daughter is . The toxic chemicals in the soil of Belle Isle are traced back to Bly Bio , a chemical waste facility in Mississippi . obtains an invoice from the plant 's manager , which proves that ordered the waste dumped on the Belle Isle land . 
 confronts with the evidence at a costume party fundraiser hosted by at his home . admits he polluted Belle Isle out of revenge for the way he feels took advantage of 's mother shortly before she died . persuaded her in her confused mental state to give away her valuable land , on which the church then built a profitable amusement park . intended to devalue the land owned by Farnsworth Ministries . He killed when she realized his plan . is captured by Dover and brought to 's mansion , and orders Dover to kill and her . creates a distraction by spilling out the urn containing 's mother 's ashes , and and he escape . They flee to the Farnsworth Ministries church nearby , interrupting a televised service in progress . follows them , intending to kill , but is shot by . Afterwards , reveals himself to be FBI Special Agent working undercover as part of an investigation of Farnsworth Ministries ' financial dealings . 
 Returning to Los Angeles with , is thrown a welcome home party by his co - workers and receives a $ 100,000 insurance claim check for the mansion fire . His ex - wife 's alimony lawyer , , appears , offering to forego all future alimony payments in exchange for the Belle Isle property . happily signs over the polluted land .

Two graduating high school students are aboard a houseboat on Crystal Lake . tells his girlfriend the legend of , before playing a prank on her with a hockey mask and a prop knife . The boat 's anchor damages some underwater cables , which shocks 's corpse and revives him . He sneaks on board , takes the mask , and kills with a harpoon gun before impaling , who tries to hide from him , with a barb . 
 The next morning , the SS Lazarus is ready to set sail for New York City with a graduating senior class from Lakeview High School , chaperoned by biology teacher Dr. and English teacher . brings 's niece along for the trip despite her aquaphobia , much to his chagrin . sneaks on board and kills rock star - wannabe with her guitar before hiding . That night , a young boxer who lost to champion is killed when slams a hot sauna rock into his abdomen while , searching for her pet Border Collie Toby , discovers prom queen and doing drugs . nearly catches them moments later and pushes overboard , suspecting she told on them . She uses video student to record in a compromising situation with her but rejects 's advances afterward . kills with a shard of broken mirror as she showers . 
 sees visions of a young throughout the ship , but the others ignore the deckhand 's warnings . kills Captain and his first mate . 's boyfriend and Captain 's son , , discovers them and tells the others before calling for an emergency stop . finds 's body and flees , but when she goes into the disco room , follows her and violently strangles her . The students agree to search for while decides that the deckhand is responsible ; however , the deckhand is found with a fire axe in his back . tosses student to his death , and is knocked overboard . In the hold of the ship , comes upon 's body and is thrown into an electrical box by ; his corpse catches fire and causes the ship to sink . With the other students dead , , , , and escape aboard a life raft and discover and are alive . 
 They row to New York where stalks them through the streets . is kidnapped by a pair of junkies , and the group splits up to find help . fights but becomes exhausted after does not go down ; he is then decapitated by a single punch from . escapes from when he kills the punks that kidnapped her . She runs into , and they reunite with the teachers and the police before kills the officer who is helping them . crashes a police car after a vision of distracts her . is incinerated in the car when it explodes , and it is revealed that is responsible for 's fear of water , having pushed her into the lake as a child . They leave him behind , and drowns him in a barrel of waste . 
 chases and into the subway . incapacitates by knocking him onto the electrical third rail . When revives , he chases them through Times Square , where they try to escape through a diner . They flee into the sewers and encounter a sewer worker . He warns them that the sewers will be flooded with toxic waste at midnight before appears and kills him . is injured , and draws off , wounding him with a splash of acidic waste . is forced to take off his mask , horrifying . She and climb the ladder as staggers to get them . Just as he is about to kill them , the sewers flood and engulf him . sees a final vision of a child - form of as the waste recedes . The two escape to the street , where they are reunited with , who had run away earlier , and walk off into the city .

After saving New York City from the demi - god , the Ghostbusters — , , , and — are sued for the property damage they caused , and barred from investigating the supernatural , forcing them out of business . owns an occult bookstore and works as an unpopular children 's entertainer with , works in a laboratory conducting experiments into human emotion , and hosts a pseudo - psychic television show . 's former girlfriend has had a son , , with an ex - husband , and works at the " Manhattan Museum of Art " . After an incident in which 's baby carriage is controlled by an unseen force and drawn to a busy junction , turns to the Ghostbusters for help . Meanwhile , 's colleague Dr. is indoctrinated by the spirit of , a powerful legendary sixteenth - century tyrant and magician trapped in a painting in the gallery . orders to locate a child that can possess , allowing him to return to life on the New Year . 
 The Ghostbusters ' investigation leads them to illegally excavate First Avenue at the point where the baby carriage stopped . Lowered underneath , discovers a river of pink slime filling the abandoned Beach Pneumatic Transit line . Attacked by the slime after obtaining a sample , accidentally causes a citywide blackout , and the Ghostbusters are arrested . They are found guilty of investigating the supernatural , but before they can be taken away , the slime taken as evidence reacts to the judge 's angry outburst and explodes , releasing two ghosts who were murderers that the judge had executed that proceed to devastate the courtroom . The Ghostbusters imprison the ghosts in exchange for the restraining order being rescinded and that they be allowed to resume their Ghostbusting business . 
 Later , the slime invades 's apartment and attacks her and . She seeks refuge with , and the two begin to renew their relationship . Investigating the slime and 's history , the Ghostbusters discover that the slime reacts to emotions , and suspect that it has been generated by the negative attitudes of New Yorkers . While and have dinner together , , , and explore the underground river of slime . While measuring the depth , gets pulled into the flowing river , and and jump in after him . After they escape back to the surface and begin arguing , but realizes that they are being influenced by the slime , so they strip off their clothes . They also learn the river is flowing directly to the museum . 
 The Ghostbusters go to the mayor with their suspicions , but are dismissed ; the mayor 's assistant , , has them committed to a psychiatric hospital to protect the mayor 's interests as he runs for governor . Meanwhile , a spirit resembling kidnaps from 's apartment , and pursues them to the museum alone . After she enters , the museum is covered with a barrier of impenetrable slime . 
 New Year 's Eve sees a sudden increase of supernatural activity as the slime rises from the subway line and onto the city streets , causing widespread paranormal activity with ghosts attacking citizens . In response , the mayor fires and has the Ghostbusters released . After heading to the museum , they are unable to breach the power of the slime barrier with their proton packs . Determining that they need a symbol of powerful positivity to rally the citizens and weaken the slime , the Ghostbusters use positively - charged mood slime , and a remix of " Higher and Higher " to animate the Statue of Liberty and pilot it through the streets before the cheering populace . As they arrive at the museum , the slime begins to recede and they use the Statue 's torch to break through the museum 's ceiling to attack and . 
 is neutralized with positively - charged slime , but immobilizes the Ghostbusters and attempts a transfer into 's body . A chorus of " Auld Lang Syne " by the citizens outside weakens , returning him to the painting and freeing the Ghostbusters . momentarily possesses , and the other Ghostbusters attack him with a combination of proton streams and positively - charged mood slime . Dressed in full Ghostbusters attire , attacks the weakened slime barrier around the building with a proton stream of his own . This combination destroys and changes the painting to a likeness of the four Ghostbusters standing protectively around . Outside , the Ghostbusters receive a standing ovation from the crowd and , at a later ceremony to restore the Statue , the Key to the City from the mayor .

Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Peter MacNicol

is an underachieving high school student in Orange County , California . An avid skateboarder along with many of his friends , is frequently at odds with his parents for his increasingly reckless behavior , which has landed him in jail on more than one occasion . The only person in the family can relate to is his adopted Vietnamese brother , who works as a shipping clerk for the Vietnamese Anti - Communist Relief Fund ( VACRF ) , an organization whose stated purpose is to send medical supplies to Vietnam . 
 When discovers a suspicious inaccuracy in VACRF 's shipping records , he brings it to his boss Colonel , who dismisses the matter as a clerical error . But when tries to investigate further , Colonel abruptly fires him . Determined to find out the truth , sneaks into Westpac Medical Supplies ( WMS ) , the warehouse responsible for VACRF 's shipping , but is apprehended by the warehouse 's owner , . He is then taken to a local motel and interrogated by and , another of Colonel 's employees . When Colonel himself arrives at the motel , it is revealed that he and are conspirators in a scheme to smuggle illegal weapons and ammunition to Vietnam . Convinced that poses no threat to their operation , intends to set him free , but unfortunately dies from being strangled by . The next morning , a housekeeper enters the room and finds 's body hanging from a noose , staged to look like he committed suicide . 
 After the funeral , finds the same list of medical supplies was investigating in their room , written in Vietnamese . While looking for someone to translate it , he encounters who immediately begins to follow him . When stops to use a pay phone , slips unnoticed into the backseat of his car . In a secluded area , meets with and and attempts to extort them for $ 50,000 and plane ticket to Bangkok in exchange for information on . A struggle ensues , and is inadvertently shot to death by . When and depart , flees to notify the police . However , the authorities find no trace of the crime . confides in Detective , believing that his brother did not commit suicide . While skeptical , offers to do what he can to help . 
 As 's suspicion of Colonel grows , he decides to reach out to 's daughter , a fellow high school student and 's ex - girlfriend . After an image makeover , asks her out on a date and the two become closer . He attends one of VACRF 's social functions with , where he notices and learns of his connection to and WMS . Following in his brother 's footsteps , sneaks into 's warehouse and successfully uncovers a cache of weapons in a shipping crate . 
 Taking matters into his own hands , causes an explosion at the warehouse and plants evidence to incriminate , but immediately suspects and admonishes him for the act . However , the incident causes to panic and send his wife and daughter away to his brother 's house , for their own safety . A distressed spends the night with instead and discovers a lighter belonging to her father in 's room , leading to explain all his suspicions to her . angrily confronts her father about the conspiracy , who is shamed by his involvement and contacts to remove himself from the operation . In response , begins to target directly , sending a group of Vietnamese motorcyclists to run him down on the street . The police manage to apprehend the bikers and , with the aid of an interpreter , is able to confirm 's role in the attack . 
 Meanwhile , visits his friend , who builds a newer , faster skateboard for and rallies the rest of the skateboarding clique . and the police both converge upon Colonel 's house , where takes hostage at gunpoint . When tries to wrestle the gun away , crashes into the room through the window , but shoots and kills before making his escape in a stolen police car . A chaotic chase ensues , with , , and the entire skateboarding crew eventually cornering . As prepares to shoot him , soars into the air on his skateboard and knocks him out , injuring himself in the process . At the hospital , tries to comfort in the wake of her father 's death and suggests that they go back to school together , implying that their relationship will continue . The film ends with and visiting 's grave before driving away .

( ) plays piano ( as opposed to a guitar like most other rock artists ) during rock and roll 's early years from 1956 to 1958 . is a man with many different sides : a skilled performer with little discipline , and an alcoholic . As rises to the top of the charts with such hits as " Crazy Arms " , " Whole Lotta Shakin ' Goin On " , and " Great Balls of Fire " , he falls in love with ( ) , the 13 - year - old daughter of his first cousin ( and bass player ) ( ) , and eventually marries her ( eloping to Mississippi ) , much to the anger and chagrin of her parents . 
 A subplot deals with relationship with another cousin , ( now - televangelist ) ( ) , who , during this period , was a struggling Pentecostal preacher . 's career kept him in constant conflict with his cousin 's wild rock and roll career and brings out some uncomfortable exchanges between the two . The now - financially successful buys a new car and gives it to his cousin , and when praises the Lord for the gift , replies , " Do n't thank , thank ! " 
 While is touring in England in 1958 , a British reporter discovers he is married to his teenage cousin . is then condemned as a child molester and a pervert by the public . is booed and ridiculed off stage at his opening concert ; and as a result , his British tour is cancelled and he is deported from England . Confident that his career will remain a success , is undaunted ; however , the scandal follows him back to the States . 
 then begins drinking heavily when record sales and concert attendances are significantly down . He becomes furious when requested to print a public apology in Billboard and becomes increasingly abusive toward . It was during one of these abusive episodes that informs that she is pregnant , and he collapses into 's arms , crying hysterically . 
 In a last - ditch effort to improve his life , , with in tow , attends one of 's church services . During the altar call , offers one more chance to become saved and get right with God ; but again refuses , declaring , " If I 'm going to hell , I 'm going there playing the piano ! " The caption preceding the closing credits reads , " is playing his heart out somewhere in America tonight . "

On October 31 , 1988 , ( ) is shot and falls down a mine shaft . The state troopers toss dynamite down the mine , but manages to escape . He stumbles into a nearby river , where he floats downstream and washes up at a riverside shack inhabited by a local hermit . falls into a coma , placing him in the hermit 's care . On October 30 , 1989 , awakens , kills the hermit , and returns to Haddonfield , where his niece ( ) continues to live after nearly being killed by the year before . 
 has been committed to a children 's hospital , having been rendered mute due to psychological trauma suffering from nightmares and seizures , and being treated for attacking her foster mother under ’s influence , but exhibits signs of a telepathic link with her uncle . Dr. ( ) becomes aware of 's psychic link with , and tries to convince Sheriff ( ) that is still alive . Meanwhile , kills 's sister ( ) by stabbing her in the chest with a pair of scissors , and begins stalking their friend ( ) , also killing 's boyfriend with a sharp rake to his head . 
 Later that night , and her friends and go to a Halloween party at a farm . Sensing that is in danger , , having regained her ability to speak , goes to warn her ; her friend goes with her . While and are having sex in the barn , murders them . is impaled with a pitchfork and is sliced across the chest with a garden scythe . then leaves the barn and kills two deputies that had asked to keep an eye on for her protection . After the party , goes to the barn and discovers the bodies . chases , , and with a car . sacrifices herself to save , and fatally stabs her in the chest . , Sheriff , and the police arrive on the scene and rescue and . finally agrees to put herself in danger to help stop for good . 
 With 's help , lures back to his abandoned childhood home . In the old house , and the police create a set - up . senses that has arrived at the clinic and is in danger , which causes Sheriff , along with most of his backup , to leave the house . Eventually , arrives at his old home and kills the two remaining officers . tries to reason with him , but subdues him and then goes after . 
 hides in an old laundry chute , but she is forced to abandon it after finds her and repeatedly stabs the chute . She races upstairs to the attic where she finds a coffin that was stolen from the cemetery earlier , and the bodies of , , and 's dog . finds , but before he can kill her , she tries to appeal her uncle 's humanity . At 's request , takes off his mask . However , touches 's face , sending him into a fit of rage . appears , using as bait , and lures into a trap to weaken him with a tranquilizer gun . After beating unconscious with a wooden plank , suffers a stroke and collapses . is locked up in the sheriff 's station , to eventually be escorted to a maximum - security prison , where , says , he will remain " until the day he dies , " to which responds , " He 'll never die . " After is escorted out to be taken home , a mysterious " Man in Black " arrives and attacks the police station , killing the officers , including Sheriff . In the aftermath , walks through the station , and discovers her uncle 's cell empty , prompting her to begin sobbing in terror .

In Harlem , New York , 1918 , Sugar Ray has a dice game . Nearly killed by an angry customer , is saved by seven - year - old errand boy , who shoots the man . After being told that his parents are dead , decides to raise the boy as his own . And because of the boy 's savvy , he is nicknamed " . " 
 Twenty years later , and run a nightclub called " Club Sugar Ray " , with a brothel in back run by madam . , who works for the gangster , and Miss , 's mistress , arrive . and have come to see the club and report to . Later , sends corrupt detective Sgt . to threaten with shutting the club down unless gets a cut . 
 decides to shut down , but first wants to make sure he 's provided for his friends and workers . An upcoming fight between challenger and defending champion ( and loyal Club Sugar Ray patron ) will draw a lot of money in bets . plans to place a bet on to make think will throw the fight . also plans to rob 's booking houses . A sexy call girl named is used to distract 's bag man . 
 thinks is stealing and has him killed . is noticed near the scene by ' brother who tries to kill him . kills him and his men . sends to seduce and kill . realises he is being set up and kills . 
 has Club Sugar Ray burned down . seduces and tells him she has a pickup to make . agrees to pick her up on the way to collect money for . gets into an accident orchestrated by 's henchman . and , disguised as policemen , attempt to arrest , telling him that the woman he 's riding around with is a drug dealer . attempts to switch the bag that held 's money with the one had placed in the car , but two white policemen " real boys " arrive . explains that he 's on a run for , so they let him go . 
 The championship fight begins . Two of 's men blow up 's " Pitty Pat Club " , to retaliate against for destroying Club Sugar Ray . At the fight , realizes it was not fixed as he thought , and hears that his club has been destroyed . and arrive at a closed bank . arrives , having followed them . 's crew seal him inside the bank vault . 
 arrives to deliver 's money , but tells that the bags of money had been switched with bags of ' heroin ' , which turns out to be sugar . then deduces that was behind the plot . visits and tells them where to find and . and his men arrive at 's house . One of his men trips a bomb , killing them all . and pay off the two white men who disguised themselves as the policemen earlier , revealing there are white people who are aware of the mis - treatment that has been happening . and take one last look at Harlem , knowing they can never return and that there will never be another city like it . Despite this , they happily depart for an unknown location as the credits roll .

Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Danny Aiello, Redd Foxx, Jasmine Guy, Michael Lerner, Stan Shaw, Arsenio Hall

( ) is an American mystery novelist who comes across a dazzling Romanian murder suspect named ( ) when she is arraigned in the courtroom he is visiting . Instantly falling for her , poses as a Roman Catholic priest in order to meet her while is held pending her continued arraignment . With the help of his publisher and friend , ( ) , invents an alibi for to secure her release . 
 then takes up residence with , serving as the inspiration for a novel that will decide the fate of his and 's careers in writing and publishing , all while evading operatives from communist Romania . The climax of the film takes place during The Funeral of Grimaldi , a jovial memorial service in which many clowns gather to celebrate the life of .

In 1982 , Scientist and inventor lives in his suburban home attempting to perfect a ray gun capable of shrinking objects , but the ray keeps blowing up the apples he uses as test subjects instead . After an argument between and his wife , she spent the previous night with her mother and is currently at work , worrying her teenaged daughter , and their son , who has inherited his father 's inventive ingenuity and intelligence . The ' next door neighbors , the , are getting ready for a fishing trip , but ' oldest son is less than enthusiastic , as he and his father 's interests often clash , resulting in him feeling belittled , and he is more interested in meeting than spending the weekend camping . Younger son , however , is enthusiastic , though his relationship with is strained when he inadvertently sets off a booby trap in the yard . 
 instructs and to clean the house in preparation for 's return home before leaving for his conference . is assigned to do the lawn , but he makes a deal to let his friend mow the lawn with the remote - controlled mower , but he ( ) has to leave and promises to do it later . Later , accidentally hits his baseball through the ' attic window , which inadvertently activates the machine and blocks its targeting laser . Caught by little , he is made to confess to and , and has her brother take to retrieve his ball and pay for the window , the two encounter the machine and are hit by its beam , thus shrinking them . 
 At his conference , is laughed at for failing to provide proof of his shrink ray and leaves in frustration , while at the house and go to check on their siblings and are shrunk by the ray . When returns home , they try to get his attention , but their voices are too small and he is unable to hear them . Frustrated by his day and the broken window he discovers , takes it out on the machine , damaging it and nearly crushing the children with the shrapnel of parts . He then sweeps the debris ( and the children ) into a dust pan and takes them out in a trash bag . They escape and enter the uncut yard 's wilderness where calculates over 3.2 miles at their size to get back to the house and they start walking . 
 Meanwhile , returns home and she and make up , but they soon grow concerned about and . While trying to summon their dog Quark , falls into a flower and is picked up by a bee , and jumps on it to help him . The bee flies around the backyard while and hold tight and are nearly killed by as he tries to swat the bee with a baseball bat but causes it to crash land . realizes that a baseball was what caused the window to break in the attic since does n't play sports . Once in the attic , he finds his shrunken couch and realizes what happened to the kids ; afraid to step on the lawn he uses stilts to search for the kids and accidentally activates the sprinklers which causes chaotic torrents to come down on them . is nearly drowned when she is knocked into a pool of mud , but saves her with Mouth - to - mouth resuscitation . 
 Meanwhile , arranges a sling to hover over the grass and search for the children . Next door , and are forced to call off their trip because their boys have n't returned yet and they call the police to report them missing . 
 Soon , the kids ' hunger is saved by one of 's oatmeal creme cookies , but their meal is interrupted by an ant scouting it . decides to tame it in order to take them home , but soon they grow attached to " " and try to set him free , but he instead decides to follow like a loyal pet . After calling the police , is told what happened to the kids and she joins in the search after a short panic attack , she convinces to tell the , who are extremely skeptical . angrily threatens , but leaves his porch light on just in case . The kids find a Lego block to camp for the night , and after a heartfelt conversation about their feelings for each other , and kiss . However , they are interrupted by an arrival of a scorpion which traps in the Lego while the others escape . comes to rescue , but is fatally stung before the kids unite and wound the scorpion , driving it off . is heartbroken when dies , and they bury him . The next morning , returns to mow the lawn . recognizes this and they run , seeking shelter in an earthworm burrow ; and stop just in time to save the kids who are blown out of the burrow by the mower 's blades , but they despair when they still ca n't get the ' attention . Riding Quark into the house , loses his grip and falls into 's bowl of Cheerios ; he is nearly eaten before bites on the ankle , making him aware of and the other kids ' presence . 
 Back in the attic , and the others manage to communicate that the baseball made the machine work and realizes the laser it blocked was giving it too much heat , causing things to blow up . He corrects the mistake and volunteers as a test subject , which is almost successful ( his hat no longer fits , but then again , took the cigarettes he was hiding them in ) . The kids are then restored to their normal sizes and are reunited with their families . Months later , at Thanksgiving the and , now close friends , are toasting over an enlarged turkey . and are apparently dating now while and are friends , while is eating from an enlarged Milk - Bone treat . finally gets a joke that told him about learning CPR in " French " class . He laughs .

Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman, Kristine Sutherland

In 1912 , thirteen - year - old is horseback riding with his Boy Scout troop at Arches National Park in Utah . While scouting caves , discovers a group of grave robbers who have found a golden crucifix belonging to and steals it from them , hoping to donate it to a museum . The men give chase through a passing circus train , leaving with a bloody cut across his chin from a bullwhip and a new phobia of snakes . escapes , but the local sheriff makes him return the cross to the robbers . Impressed with 's bravery , the leader of the robbers gives his fedora , and tells him that he may have lost this battle , but that he does n't have to like it . 
 In 1938 , recovers the cross off the coast of Portugal and donates it to museum . Later , is introduced to , who informs him that his father , , has vanished while searching for the Holy Grail , using an incomplete inscription as his guide . then receives 's Grail diary via mail from Venice . Realizing that he would not have sent the diary unless he was in trouble , and travel to Venice , where they meet 's Austrian colleague , Dr. . Beneath the library where was last seen , and discover the tomb of a First Crusade knight , which also contains a complete version of the inscription that had used , this one revealing the location of the Grail . They flee , however , when the catacombs are set aflame by the Brotherhood of the Cruciform Sword , a secret society that protects the Grail from evildoers . and capture one of the Brotherhood , , and tells him that his goal is only to find his father and that he has no interest in finding the Grail . tells him that is being held in Castle Brunwald on the Austrian - German border . later reveals a map drawn by of the route to the Grail , which begins in Alexandretta . removes the pages containing the map from the diary , gives it to for safekeeping and sends to İskenderun , the city built on the ruins of Alexandretta to rendezvous with their old friend , and he and head to Castle Brunwald . 
 At Castle Brunwald , rescues , but learns that and are actually working with the Nazis , and are using him to find the Grail for them . Meanwhile , is captured in Hatay , while waiting with . The escape from Castle Brunwald . tells that to reach the Grail , one must face three booby traps and his diary contains the clues to guide them through the challenges safely . They recover the diary from at a book burning rally in Berlin . They then board a Zeppelin to leave Germany , but the Nazis soon discover the are aboard and they escape in a parasite biplane . They crash while engaging in a dogfight with Luftwaffe fighters . 
 The two meet up with in Hatay , where they learn of 's abduction . The Nazis are already moving toward the Grail 's location , using the map possessed by . In exchange for a Rolls - Royce , the Sultan of Hatay has given the Nazis full access to his equipment for the expedition , including a large tank . , , and find the Nazi expedition , which is ambushed by the Brotherhood . During the battle , is captured by SS Colonel while attempting to rescue from the tank ; and his comrades are killed . The younger pursues the tank on horseback and , with the aid of , saves and . He is then caught up in a fight with , and barely escapes before the tank goes over a cliff , sending to his death . 
 , , , and catch up with the surviving Nazis , led by and , who have found the temple where the Grail is kept but are unable to pass through the three protective booby traps . mortally wounds in order to force to risk his life in the traps to find the Grail and use its healing power to save . Using the information in the diary and followed by and , safely overcomes the traps and reaches the Grail 's chamber , which is guarded by a knight . He has been kept alive for seven hundred years by the power of the Grail , which is hidden among dozens of false Grails ; only the true Grail brings life , while a false one claims it . purposefully selects the most princely grail , a golden chalice studded with emeralds , for , who ages into dust after drinking from it , proving it to be false . selects the true Grail , a simple pewter cup , which the knight warns can not be taken beyond the temple 's entrance . fills the Grail with holy water and takes it to , which heals him instantly . , disregarding the knight 's warning , then takes the Grail and attempts to leave with it . The temple begins to collapse and falls to her death trying to recover the Grail after it is dropped down a chasm . nearly suffers the same fate but persuades him to let it go . The , , and escape the temple and ride off into the sunset .

Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Denholm Elliott, Alison Doody, Julian Glover, John Rhys-Davies, River Phoenix

is a man with a disfigured face , mocked by others as " . " He and a friend are double - crossed by two accomplices in a crime , and her partner , and a Judge sends to jail , where he vows to get even once he gets out . In prison , meets a surgeon named , who is looking for a guinea pig so he can attempt an experimental procedure in reconstructive cosmetic surgery . , figuring he has nothing to lose , is given a new , normal - looking face ( making him unrecognizable to the people who knew him ) before he is released back into society . 
 Lt . , a dour New Orleans law enforcement officer , is not fooled by 's new look or new life , even when lands an honest job and begins seeing , a normal and respectable woman who knows little of his past . The lieutenant tells that , on the inside , is still a hardened criminal and always will be . The cop is correct . can not forget his sworn vengeance against and , joining them for another job , which ends violently for all .

San Diego Police Detective leaves his car to contact his girlfriend , , when a helicopter suddenly appears and opens fire on his car , which ignites . Presuming him dead , the assassins leave the scene . At the police station , argues with his lieutenant , refusing to take a partner ; instead , he decides to get a police dog . At home , he finds with another man and spends the night in his new car . The next day , coerces , an informant , into revealing that the drug lord is responsible for the attack . is assigned a German Shepherd named ] whom he dislikes . 
 and head to a warehouse assumed to be filled with drugs . When does not follow 's orders , the workers laugh at him . is forced to leave after finds only a cigarette when commanded to find drugs . The duo drive to a pub where stakes out in an attempt to charge . When his cover is blown , saves from a beating ; with the dog 's help , subdues and learns the location of 's next shipment . Meanwhile , kills and demands that his henchman kill before the shipment arrives . 
 At 's apartment , steals the spotlight after accepts 's story that he rescued the dog from the streets . The next day , and bond when they eat together and spy on . The two are nearly killed when someone shoots at them , and the two chase the assailant to an empty building . leads to the man , who falls to his death after a fistfight with . In the man 's car , finds a clue that leads him to an auto - dealer shop . There , identifies a red Mercedes owned by Lyman , and learns from , the owner of the dealership , that he works for Lyman . Later , falls in love with a poodle to the disapproval of its owner . 
 When returns home , he discovers has kidnapped . Infuriated , crashes a party at 's mansion and demands her return . pretends to know nothing , and is arrested by an officer from his own department and put in a squad car . Angry , 's lieutenant calls him crazy . When flatulence annoys the other officers , uses it to his advantage and escapes with the dog . As tells how he met , he spots a truck driven by that is pulling a trailer with 's Mercedes . purses the truck , and blows a tire . After shoots at , kills . 
 Meanwhile , in a stranded desert in San Diego , holds hostage in his limo and becomes suspicious when is late . arrives with the truck and trailer , which is revealed to be the next shipment of drugs . Not worrying about the case anymore , orders to surrender his girlfriend to him , or he will blow up the truck . calls 's bluff , and a shootout ensues . kills 's henchmen and chases as he runs for his helicopter . Unable to outrun the dog , shoots ; enraged , shoots and kills . and rush to a hospital , where the reluctant surgeon operates . In the recovery room , delivers a eulogy to , not knowing that he is alive . When the surgeon tells him he is going to be fine , responds in anger , thinking he was speaking to a dead dog . licks 's face out of love , making him give in . 
 To take a break from police work , , , , and a poodle spend a vacation together in Las Vegas .

( ) is the cornerman for his brother ( ) , the United States kickboxing world champion . After another successful title defense , is enticed by the media to compete in Thailand , where kickboxing was started , to further establish his legacy . and travel to Bangkok where they are matched against ( ) , Thailand 's undefeated top fighter . is supremely confident but Kurt is apprehensive , particularly after witnessing kicking a concrete pillar in preparation for the fight . begs his brother not to go forward with the fight , but dismisses any concerns . 
 The first round is a one - sided affair in which dominates with his superior strength . In between rounds , once again begs to forfeit the fight , but refuses to give up and continues to be beaten badly in the second round . throws in the towel , but kicks the towel out of the ring and continues his assault . He viciously strikes in the back with his elbow , immobilizing him , then rips apart 's world championship belt . retrieves the belt and leaves with his brother on a stretcher , but the fight officials simply leave them on the street and lock them out of the arena . ( ) , a retired US Army special forces member agrees to help the pair and drives them to the hospital . As a result of brutal assault , is told that is paralyzed from the waist down and will never be able to walk , let alone fight , again . 
 Enraged , vows to avenge his brother . tells him about , a famous local trainer living in a remote area of Thailand . Although reluctant at first , agrees to train in the art of Muay Thai ( " Thai boxing " ) . trains using many primitive methods , focusing on speed , agility , and the ability to protect himself through balance and timely breathing . While training , attempts to foil the operations of a group of Thai mobsters led by , who continuously steal money from the store of 's niece , and threaten her . After makes short work of the thugs in a bar fight with looking on , is able to convince to arrange a match between and . It is determined that they will fight in the " ancient way " , in which both fighters wrap their hands in hemp rope , which is then coated in resin and dipped in broken glass to make them deadly weapons . 
 arranges to have the fight fixed , and borrows $ 1 million from the crime syndicate 's boss to bet on . In the days leading up to the match , is beaten and raped by , while is kidnapped so can blackmail into losing the fight . To save his brother 's life , is instructed by to go the distance with before losing the match . He endures a torturous beating , but and locate and rescue before the fight concludes . Just before the final round , whistles from the crowd & gives the thumbs - up while leading the crowd to chant “ ( white warrior ) . With his brother out of danger , defeats in vicious fashion , avenging his brother as and his friends celebrate his victory .

A group of prostitutes , union workers , and drag queens all lead difficult lives within an existence of drugs , crime and violence in a working class Brooklyn neighborhood .

By 1987 , the once successful Eastside High School in Paterson , New Jersey , has deteriorated due to drugs and crime . The majority of students can not pass basic skills testing , and even the teachers are not safe from gang violence . Mayor ( ) learns that the school will be turned over to state administration unless 75 % of the students can pass the minimum basic skills test . He consults with school superintendent Dr. ( ) , who suggests the school hire elementary school principal , aka " Crazy Joe " ( ) , a former teacher at Eastside High , as the new principal . Reluctantly , the mayor hires . 
 's immediate radical changes include expelling 300 students identified as drug dealers or abusers and troublemakers , instituting programs to improve school spirit including painting over graffiti - covered walls , and requiring students to learn the school song , and be punished if they can not sing it on demand . When one of the expelled students is found beating up another student , orders the doors of the school chained shut during school hours since alarmed security doors can not be purchased . 
 Some parents react strongly to these measures , including ( ) , mother of one of the expelled students , who presses the mayor to oust . 's radicalism causes him to come into conflict with members of the faculty , particularly English teacher Mr. , whom suspends for picking up a piece of trash during a recital of the school song , and choir teacher Mrs. , whom fires for being insubordinate after he cancels a pre - planned choral event , the school 's upcoming annual Lincoln Center concert . sets straight over these incidents and lectures him to start being a team player . reinstates Mr. , though he is too late to re - hire Mrs. . 
 His actions begin to have a positive effect on his students . , a student expelled for crack use , pleads to be allowed to return to school and gradually reforms . also reunites one of his old elementary students , , with her estranged mother . Unfortunately , a practice basic skills test fails to garner enough passing students . confronts his staff for their failure to educate their students and to prepare them for the world . He institutes a tutorial program to strengthen academic skills and encourages remedial reading courses on Saturdays which parents may attend alongside their children . 
 When the minimum basic skills test is finally assessed , the students are much better prepared and filled with a sense of self - worth . Before the results can arrive , the fire chief raids the school and discovers the chained doors . is arrested for violating fire safety codes . That evening , the students gather at the meeting of the Paterson Board of Education , where school board member Ms. , is leading for 's removal . The students demand that be released from jail and retained as principal . The mayor has released from jail and talk to the students to go home . calls for his students to return to their homes . He is interrupted by assistant principal Ms. who reports that more than 75 % of the students have passed the basic skills test . He announces the results over his megaphone . As a result , the school 's current administration remains intact , and is allowed to keep his job as principal of Eastside High . The students break into their school song in celebration . The film ends with the senior students graduating high school and handing them their diplomas .

drives a cab . His friend , also a cab driver , has a secret microphone in his taxi to record his passengers ' conversations . has a tape of two men talking about a horse race and how one of the horses , due to some unethical practice by its owner , is a sure thing to win big . goes to the track to place a bet — despite the fact that the day before , he told his wife that he would quit betting and be home to " start their marriage over " at noon . In the restroom of the bar next door , he prays to God , " Just one day , that 's all I 'm asking for , one day , I 'm due . " A man exiting the bathrooms says " Ya ? So 's . Let it ride . " promptly places a $ 50 bet . The horse wins in a photo finish and pays $ 28.40 to win ( earning him $ 710 ) . 
 Armed with a newfound sense of confidence , approaches the two men from 's cab and generously gives them the tape of their conversation . Out of gratitude , they give him a tip for the next race . He places a bet and wins again . 
 Sensing that this could be his " lucky day , " goes on picking winner after winner , letting it ride ( betting all of his winnings each time ) . As he accumulates more money and uses his new friends ' membership in the track 's exclusive dining room , he starts coming into contact with other gamblers , including the wealthy Mrs. and a sexy vixen named . He becomes a hero to the ticket seller ( ) whose window he uses every time , and to the customers of the track 's bar . 
 However , he has totally neglected his wife . flies into a rage when she confronts her husband at the track . He can not stop . He takes a survey of the track patrons and , eliminating any selection they give him , bets on the remaining horse — Fleet Dreams , which wins . decides to call it a day and goes home to , buying her a diamond necklace on the way . At home he finds intoxicated and passed out . 
 He heads back to the track to help the patrons of 's bar across the street , but when he suggests sharing his luck by betting their money together , they balk at the idea . Disconcerted , he goes for a walk around the track . offers to " go to bed with him . " " breaks the fourth wall " by saying to the audience , " Am I having a good day or what ? " Ultimately , he turns down by professing his love for his wife . 
 makes a final bet of $ 68,000 ( his winnings for the day ) after advises him not to bet on Hot to Trot . As the race begins , and argue over everything , and the main characters all make resolutions . In 's case , she vows to give up rich guys and consider a poor one , looking at . The race comes down to a photo finish . While everyone awaits the result , shows up to thank for his lovely gift and to tell him not worry about the money , when the announcer reports the winner : Hot to Trot . The entire racetrack erupts in celebration , and asks , " Why is everyone cheering ? " replies , " Because I 'm having a very good day . "

Two years after the events of the first film , LAPD sergeants and are pursuing unidentified suspects transporting an illegal shipment of gold krugerrands . The Afrikaner apartheid government of South Africa subsequently orders Los Angeles consul - general ( ) and security agent ( ) to warn both detectives off the investigation ; they are reassigned to protecting an obnoxious federal witness , ( ) , after an attack on 's home . 
 It soon becomes clear that both cases are related : After an attempt on 's life , and learn of the former 's murky past laundering funds for vengeful drug smugglers . leads them to the gang , but upon dispatching his would - be assassin and returning with backup they are confronted by , who invokes diplomatic immunity on behalf of his unscrupulous " associates . " 
 Though instructed to leave the case alone , begins to openly harass the South African consulate , defying and romancing his secretary , ( ) , a liberal - minded Afrikaner who despises her boss and his racial philosophy . is dispatched to murder all of the officers investigating them while deduces that is attempting to ship funds from his smuggling ring in the United States to Cape Town via Los Angeles Harbor . Two assassins attack at his home , but he kills them in the ensuing fight , though is abducted in the process . 
 After killing many of the investigating officers , seizes at apartment and discloses that he was responsible for the death of 's wife years earlier during a botched assassination attempt on . He succeeds in drowning , but a vengeful manages to escape . He phones , declaring an intention to pursue and avenge his wife , , and their fallen friends ; the other policeman willingly forsakes his badge to aid his partner . After rescuing and destroying 's house , they head for the Alba Varden , ' freighter docked in the Port of Los Angeles , as the South Africans prepare their getaway with hundreds of millions in drug money . 
 While investigating a guarded 40 foot cargo container at the docks , and are locked inside by 's men . They break out of the box , scattering two pallets of 's drug money into the harbor in the process . and engage in a firefight with some of 's men aboard the Alba Varden before separating to hunt down . confronts and fights hand - to - hand , culminating when stabs with his own knife and crushes him by dropping a cargo container on him . retaliates by shooting in the back multiple times with an antique Broomhandle Mauser pistol . Ignoring his claim to diplomatic immunity , kills with a single shot from his revolver and tends to , sharing a laugh with him as more LAPD personnel respond to the scene .

Miss , the CEO of Tri - Oceanic Corp. , hires geologist to supervise an undersea mining operation for six months . The crew consists of members Dr. , , , , , and . While working outside their deep sea station in a pressure suit , discovers a Soviet shipwreck , Leviathan . The crew salvage a safe from Leviathan , finding records detailing the deaths of several crew members as well as a video log from the captain . also finds a flask of vodka which he shares with . Doc and review the captain 's video , which describes puzzling medical problems amongst his crew . They also discover that Leviathan was scuttled . 
 The following morning , feels sick and discovers lesions along his back . He dies a few hours later , but and keep it quiet to avoid a panic . checks the crew to confirm no one else is sick , but does not have the chance to examine . While and confer with on the surface , begins feeling ill . She finds Sixpack 's corpse , which is mutating and growing . When 's hair starts falling out , she realizes the same thing is happening to her . and request emergency evacuation , but reports a severe storm on the surface that will delay evacuation for 12 hours . 
 finds that killed herself . Her body is taken to sickbay , where it merges with Sixpack 's . When the crew discovers the mutating bodies , they decide to dump both of them in the ocean . As they are about to " flush " the cadavers , the body bag begins squirming . Believing someone inside may be alive , the crew opens it . The creature inside claws before they eject it . They realize that Leviathan was experimenting on its unwitting crew with mutagens . The mutagen was mixed with the vodka that the crew , and later Sixpack and , drank . The ship was scuttled when the experiment escaped control . 
 A tentacle was severed when the corpses were ejected ; it mutates into a lamprey - like creature that attacks in the kitchen . seals the kitchen 's pressure doors and goes for help . He asks to watch the door , but when he searches for a weapon , the creature assimilates and rips its way out of the kitchen . It then grows tentacles that attack the crew . 
 The creature attacks the medical bay , devouring blood and plasma from the cooler . This inspires to use a pint of his blood to attract the beast , then attempt to flush it the same way they did with the Sixpack and Bowman creature . ejects the escape pods so that no one can escape and risk bringing the mutagen to the surface . consults with for emergency evacuation . assures them that they will not be left behind , but that she can not carry out the rescue because of a hurricane . 
 's injuries worsen , causing him to mutate and infect . escapes as and try trapping the creature . They escape to another part of the station . The crew tries accessing weather information through the computer , but it is blocked . asks the computer for a financial report from the company and they discover that Tri - Oceanic Corporation has declared them dead , labeling it an accident . 
 The creature damages vital systems , causing the pressure to drop and an implosion to occur . They decide to use their dive suits to escape . The creature attacks them , but is crushed by the lift as escapes . They make it to the surface , which is calm and sunny . As they are met by a Coast Guard helicopter , the mutant surfaces nearby and tries to take . He keeps it from escaping at the cost of his own life , and throws a demolition charge into the creature 's mouth , causing it to explode . 
 After they are dropped off on a Tri - Oceanic oil drilling platform , the two survivors are greeted by . tells them she believed they would make it , smiling insincerely and asking how feels . punches in the face , knocking her out , and then answers her question by saying " Better . A lot better . "

's family has moved to a new town , and he feels isolated in his new neighborhood . One morning , finds himself blamed for several things he apparently has not done . A quart of melted ice cream is left in the cupboard , 's bike is left on the driveway ( causing his father to crash into it on his way to work ) . insists he is innocent and blames his younger brother , , who claims to have seen a monster the night before . As revenge , snatches 's lunch and tosses it out the window , hitting , the school bully who boards the bus and antagonizes . 
 That night , while sleeping in 's room for a bet , hears a loud noise , the source of which quickly disappears under 's bed . subsequently is unable to make it through the night in 's room , making his way to the downstairs couch for the remainder of the night . The next morning , and his friend find on the couch and joke about being unable to sleep the entire night in 's room . bets " double or nothing " to sleep in 's room another night . The next night , a determined sets booby traps , leaving bait in the form of cheese Doritos to attract the alleged " monster " and alters the legs on the bed to collapse once he determines the monster has come out from under the bed . He succeeds with this method , trapping the monster intruder : a blue - skinned monster named . Though scared and startled at first , soon discovers that he and share the same interests and befriends him . Over the course of several nights , shows him a fun time in the monster world beneath 's bed . It consists of every child 's dream : all the junk food and video games they want , and no adults to tell them what to do . It also has innumerable staircases leading to the spaces beneath children 's beds , from which the monsters cause trouble . and have fun making mischief in other people 's homes , and feels he has found a true friend at last ; although seems to be changing . 
 One night , brings along with several other monsters to the bedroom of an infant baby , with intentions to scare the baby . finds this to be cruel , and attempts to turn on the lights to cause the monsters to collapse into clothes ( this happens when the monsters experience any form of light ) . He opens the bedroom door , exposing the hallway light to the baby 's bedroom . In doing this , learns that he is turning into a monster , as his body parts shrink when the light hits him . 
 He escapes the house through the front door and walks through 's backyard , where is sleeping in a treehouse . falls from the treehouse and sees . He shines his flashlight on , shrinking 's arm in the process . This causes concern for . 
 This changes 's mind about and he saws off the legs of all the beds in the house . Due to 's failure to convert ( all monsters are former children ) , is kidnapped by ( another monster ) through the couch bed in the living room . enlists the help of his friends , , , and . Gathering an assortment of bright lights , they enter the monster universe in search of . " Zapping " various monsters along the way , they march to the master staircase , where , the ruler of the monster world , resides . offers to let and 's friends go if agrees to convert , but refuses . The bright lights are destroyed and they are all placed with in a locked dungeon - type room . They manage to escape by turning into a pile of clothes ( via an improvised light ) and slide him through the door crack . They re - arm themselves with more powerful light and destroy , explode , and rescue . 
 After puts himself back together and blocks their only exit , the kids appear to have lost until appears with a flamethrower . He sets ablaze , allowing and the others to escape . Unfortunately , they find that they can not return home because the sun has risen . Faced with the prospect of turning into monsters if they do not return to the human world by sunrise , the children travel in the monster world from the Eastern time zone to Malibu where the sun has not risen yet and they manage to escape . and share a heartfelt goodbye , and gives his leather vest to remember him by , as the kids play in the beach . tells , " remember , where there 's a bed , there 's a way , " implying that they could possibly meet again someday . inside a telephone booth calls his parents , and tells them that is fine and that they 're in Malibu . When his parents ask why they 're in Malibu , responds that it 's a long story . The film ends in a freeze frame of , still on the phone with his parents .

It is the late 1870s.[2 ] Captain and Captain , two famous retired Texas Rangers , run the Hat Creek Cattle Company and Livery Emporium in the small Texas border town of Lonesome Dove . Working with them are , an excellent black tracker and scout from their Ranger days ; , another former Ranger who is reliable but unintelligent ; , a retired Mexican bandit who works as their cook ; and , a 17 - year - old boy whose mother was a prostitute named and whose father is widely thought by the outfit to be , though has never acknowledged this . 
 , another former Ranger , arrives in Lonesome Dove after an absence of more than 10 years , during which he has travelled widely across the United States . He is on the run , having accidentally shot a dentist in Fort Smith , Arkansas . The dentist 's brother happens to be the sheriff , . 
 Reunited with and , 's description of Montana inspires to gather a herd of cattle and drive them north to begin the first cattle ranch north of the Yellowstone River . , who has grown listless in retirement , is attracted to the romantic notion of settling pristine country . is less enthusiastic but changes his mind when reminded that the love of his life , , lives on the Platte River near Ogallala , Nebraska , which would be on the route to Montana . The Hat Creek outfit rustles cattle from across the border in Mexico and recruits local cowboys in preparation for the drive . 
 Ironically , decides not to go at all , having made himself comfortable with the town 's only prostitute , , who is smitten with him after he promises to take her to San Francisco . At 's insistence , however , she and ultimately trail along behind the cattle drive . 
 In Fort Smith , the sheriff has departed town on the trail of , taking his 12 - year - old stepson with him . 's wife , who regrets her recent marriage to him , leaves shortly afterwards to search for her former lover . Inept deputy sheriff is sent after July to inform him of her disappearance , and has many misadventures and strange encounters through Arkansas and Texas , assisted by a young girl named who escapes from sexual slavery to accompany him . eventually reunites with and when they rescue him and from bandits in Texas . 
 As the cattle drive moves north through Texas , tires of and abandons her to go gambling in Austin . Left alone , she is abducted by an Indian bandit named , an old nemesis of the Texas Rangers ' . goes in pursuit , and while travelling along the Canadian River he encounters 's group . and attack bandit encampment , killing the bandits and rescuing ; however , has already made his escape , having murdered , , and in the process . 
 A devastated continues his journey in search of Elmira , while and return to the cattle drive . has been repeatedly raped and , suffering from post - traumatic stress disorder , is frightened of interacting with anybody other than . The two of them , still following the cattle drive north , sleep in a tent some distance behind the other cowboys . 
 Meanwhile , is in Fort Worth . Hearing that has been looking for him , leaves Texas in a hurry in the company of the brothers , whom he soon realizes are bandits . becomes increasingly alarmed by the brothers ' actions as they travel north into Kansas ; the gang progresses from robbery to outright murder , but is too frightened and outnumbered to either kill them or escape . 
 When the gang attacks a trail boss known to and , the former Rangers of the Hat Creek outfit go in pursuit of them . The ex - Rangers are dismayed when they apprehend the brothers and find alongside them . pleads with his former comrades that he had no choice but to go along with things for fear of his own life , but and stand firm that he has " crossed a line , " and they solemnly hang him alongside the brothers . , who had idolized as a child , is left deeply upset . 
 Meanwhile , , pregnant with July 's child , has come into the company of a rough buffalo hunter named , a simple man who seems to believe he is now " married " to her . Arriving in Nebraska they come across the horse ranch of , 's former love , whose husband has become a brain - damaged invalid after being kicked by a mustang . delivers 's baby son , but and leave almost immediately afterwards for Ogallala . 
 is held in the Ogallala jail , scheduled to be hanged for his accidental murder of a settler ; collapses while speaking to him , and is hanged while she recuperates in a doctor 's house , leaving her heartbroken and depressed . arrives at 's ranch , learns what has transpired , and goes to see her , but refuses to speak to him . Shortly afterwards she orders to take her east , back towards St. Louis . 
 feels compelled to follow her , but at 's insistence he remains at the ranch with her family and his son instead , anguished and heartbroken . Word later reaches them that and were killed by Sioux . 
 The Hat Creek outfit arrives in Nebraska , and takes , , and to visit . She is happy to see him but has no desire to rekindle their romance ; however , she takes in , whose PTSD is easing and who feels comfortable with and her daughters . , rebuffed by and no longer 's sole carer , decides to go with the cattle drive and see the journey to Montana through to its end . 
 In Wyoming , several horses are stolen by half - starved Indians . , , and chase after them , and is killed in the ensuing confrontation by the group 's only remaining brave . Shortly afterwards informs that is his father , something has always dreamed of , but he is too upset by ' death to give it much thought . 
 The cattle drive arrives in Montana , which is as lush and beautiful as had described . Scouting ahead of the main herd , Gus and are attacked by Blood Indians , and is badly wounded by two arrows to the leg . Besieged in a makeshift dugout in the bank of the Musselshell River for several days , ' wounds become infected , and his health declines . After a heavy rain he sends down the swollen river to seek help , but loses his clothing in the river and stumbles naked across the plains . Starving , delirious and suffering from exposure , he returns to the main herd on the verge of death . then sets out alone to rescue . 
 Meanwhile , leaves the river shortly after Pea Eye , feverish and dying , taking his chances and escaping the Indians . He makes it to Miles City , Montana , and collapses unconscious , waking to find that a doctor has sawed off his gangrenous leg . His other leg is also infected , but refuses to let the doctor amputate it . arrives in Miles City and fruitlessly tries to convince to have his other leg removed ; , however , would rather die than be an invalid . asks to bury him by the spring in Texas where he used to picnic with , and begrudgingly agrees . After writing letters to and , and urging to accept as his son , dies of blood poisoning . 
 leaves ' body in storage in Miles City , intending to return him to Texas after the winter . He continues north with the cattle drive , despondent over losing his closest friend . 
 Eventually , he establishes a ranch between the Missouri River and the Milk River . suffers from depression all winter , no longer caring about the cattle drive or the ranch , and contemplating what to do about . Before leaving in the spring , he puts in charge of the ranch and gives him his horse , his rifle , and his family watch , but still can not bring himself to claim the boy as his son . is inwardly upset but accepts the gifts nonetheless . , ashamed of himself , leaves the ranch . 
 retrieves ' body , packed in a coffin with salt and charcoal , and begins the long journey south . In Nebraska , he gives ' letters to and . considers the journey a whimsical folly typical of and urges to bury him on her ranch , but refuses , having given his word . tells she despises him as a " vain coward " for refusing to claim as his son,[3 ] and he leaves Nebraska haunted by her condemnation.[4 ] 
 The story of the cowboy transporting his dead friend 's body spreads across the plains , and takes a circuitous route through Colorado and New Mexico to avoid the increasing attention . In Santa Rosa , New Mexico , he discovers that has been captured by a sheriff 's deputy . visits in his jail cell , and the Indian taunts him , pointing out that he raided , killed , raped , and kidnapped with impunity throughout his life despite the best efforts of the Texas Rangers . On the day of his hanging , tackles the sheriff 's deputy who caught him through an upper - story courthouse window , killing them both . 
 Arriving back in Texas exhausted and despondent , buries by the spring in San Antonio , true to his word . He then rides on to Lonesome Dove , where the cook , who had abandoned the cattle drive before it left Texas , is delighted to see him again . In town , finds that the saloon has burned down ; the proprietor was in love with and committed suicide after her departure .

Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Diane Lane, Danny Glover, Anjelica Huston, Robert Urich, Rick Schroeder, D. B. Sweeney, Frederic Forrest, Glenne Headly, Barry Corbin, Chris Cooper

is an accountant living in New York City who has an affair with , a womanizing executive who is married with two children , and becomes pregnant . During her pregnancy , and keep their indiscretion secret , under the idea she was artificially inseminated , and that plans to leave his wife and their two children to be with her . and her friend happen to catch fooling around with his interior decorator and he admits he is planning on living with her after his divorce is finalized . leaves upset , and immediately goes into labor . She gets into a cab where the driver , , recklessly speeds through downtown traffic in order to get her to the hospital on time , and he is inadvertently a witness to her son 's birth . then begins to make commentary on his life and interacts with things through an inner voice which can also communicate with other babies . 
 Hoping to get her life back on track , becomes a dedicated single mother ; refusing to be superficial about hopeful fathers , but rejecting several men over small quirks that may reflect badly upon in the future . She meets again at her apartment building and discovers he used her mailing address to set up residency in order to get his grandfather into a nice care home . She agrees to continue the ruse when he agrees to babysit , which almost comes to a halt when he takes the baby out to the airport , where he is a part - time commercial pilot while she is taking a nap ( leading her to believe he had kidnapped ) . A year passes , and , realizing his feelings for cause him to start sabotaging one of her dates , she soon realizes the bond he and share and decides to give him a chance . After a visit to ' grandfather at his new home , takes her for flying lessons and she realizes she 's falling for him , but when they become intimate , she imagines their life together and resists . tells that he loves her , but she says she only wants what is best for and kicks him out . Back at work , is forced by her boss to continue to work with , who insists upon seeing and she agrees . But when visits , he meets and the two get into an argument , the secret upsetting he asks if she loves and she claims she does not know . When he suggests the idea of being the closest thing to a father has , tells him that he is like a big kid and is not responsible enough to be a father . calls her out for using to push men away including himself and he storms out . At the playground , is told by his friends what " daddies " are , and he realizes he wants to be his daddy . comes to the apartment and tells that he will not be around any more , and listens over the baby monitor as he pours his heart out to who admits he will miss too . 
 takes to 's office to meet him , but when claims he does not want the responsibility of being a father , realizes he has not changed and she and ruin several pieces of his furniture before storming out and putting out of their lives for good . Back at home , she receives a call from 's home telling her that he is a disruptive influence and abusive to the staff , and she rushes over to clear up the error , managing to convince them to keep as he was given a chocolate stash that had earlier instructed an orderly ( who did not speak English ) not to let him have more than one a day or it would cause these outbursts . arrives and he and make up . Meanwhile , wanders off on his own , searching for when he sees a taxi cab outside . After making his way out to the alley he gets into a car and is towed away while and search frantically for him . After spotting him , and give chase in his cab and eventually cut off the tow truck , but discover had gotten out of the car and is now standing in the middle of heavy traffic . and run to reach him and take him to safety , where unofficially asks to be his father by saying his first word " Da - da " . and realize that already sees as his father , and they decide to give it a chance , kissing passionately while considers telling him he needs a new diaper , before deciding to wait . 
 Nine months later , gives birth to her and ' daughter . When greets his half - sister she " tells " him she had a day he would not believe .

( ) is a rebellious college slacker , living with his girlfriend ( ) . His father , furious over 's lack of direction or work ethic , forces to come back home and get a job . eventually finds work as a pizza delivery boy at Señor Pizza , but his pitiful earnings will not allow him to fund college on his own and he despairs of being able to return to next semester . In his capacity as delivery boy , he soon makes the acquaintance of a middle - aged , wealthy Italian woman , ( ) , who pampers and seduces him . She and enjoy a quiet , brief , passionate affair . During the affair , 's increasingly stylish appearance , unusually chipper demeanor and gifts being delivered by 's handsome Italian co - worker , ( signed " Love , Alex " ) , inspire 's father to believe his son is gay . 
 Eventually , must return to Italy . is disappointed ; he has enjoyed his relationship with , both for the lavish gifts of money and expensive clothing , and for the experience at pleasing women he can bring to his relationship with upon returning to college . tells him on their last night together that the next time Señor Pizza receives a delivery order for pizza with extra anchovies , it will be her summoning him again . 
 However , the next order for extra anchovies comes from an unhappily married Asian woman , . Further orders come from Dr. , director of a women 's health practice , and isolated aspiring photographer ( ) . 's relationships with these women lead him to better understand women 's wants and needs . 
 Through and 's acquaintances , and the women recommends to among her patients , soon has a thriving escort business based around the " extra anchovy " order , which he manages to conceal from Señor Pizza 's management . Eventually , the three women 's husbands become suspicious . In an attempt to pin down who is sleeping with their wives , the three husbands go through their wives ' financial statements and credit card bills , leading them to Señor Pizza to confront the delivery boy who is apparently sleeping with all three of their wives . 
 Meanwhile , has come to town to surprise , and has learned from ( ) , a rival of 's , that is seeing other women without her knowledge . is not there , having received an order for extra anchovies -- from his mother . He escapes the situation before she sees him , and passes the pizza off to , with instructions that they are out of anchovies . then learns from his other co - worker about 's visit and having told her about the other women . and go out back of Señor Pizza to fight , but the husbands arrive , intent on assaulting . They grab and are about to rough him up when ( 's husband ) realizes that is Joe 's son ; had told during a semi - drunken conversation that he believes to be gay , and dismisses him as a suspect on those grounds . The husbands then assault an unsuspecting . 
 confesses to about the reasons he agreed to become a paid escort . is hurt and uncertain she wants to continue their relationship , but agrees to accompany him to his parents ' anniversary party . The husbands follow to the party , where the party dissolves into melee , resulting in their arrest for assault . is humiliated when he discovers that his own mother was one of 's customers . forgives and agrees to fund college again .

Former Las Vegas showgirl ( ) inherits the Cleveland Indians baseball team from her deceased husband , . receives a lucrative offer to move the team to Miami , but she must first trigger the escape clause in the team 's contract with the city of Cleveland . To do this , she must cause attendance at the games to fall below a certain level . She decides to replace existing players with aging veterans and inexperienced rookies in the hopes that a bad team will cause attendance to decline . They need to finish dead last to void the lease to move the team to Miami . hires , a manager for the Toledo Mud Hens , to manage the team . 
 During spring training in Tucson , and veteran catcher discover the new team has a number of interpersonal issues as well as their own struggles with the game . Problems include prima donna third baseman , the weakening arm of veteran pitcher ; 's knee issues ; the inability of outfielder to hit curveballs ; and dangerous lack of pitching control . , who invited himself to Spring Training , has excellent baserunning speed , but is a terrible hitter . The team starts the season on a losing streak and is about to demote to the minors until he accidentally discovers that has poor vision . After being fitted with glasses , 's performance improves and the team begins to win . discovers that his ex - girlfriend is living in Cleveland and tries to reconcile with her despite her being engaged to another man . , angered by the team 's improvement , tries to demoralize them by removing team amenities . She replaces their chartered team jet with a rickety propeller plane , refuses to fix their workout equipment , and even has the hot water to the locker room turned off . Despite her efforts the team continues to win and brings themselves into contention for the division championship . 
 The team GM visits and informs him of ' plan to make the team lose . He tells that no matter how well they do , they will be fired or released after the season . holds a team meeting and lets the players know of ' plan . speaks up and , given that they will not have jobs in Cleveland next season , tells the players they might as well win the title anyway . comes up with a way to motivate them into winning enough games to capture the title by using a standing cardboard cutout model of from her showgirl days . The team succeeds in tying the division with the New York Yankees , leading to a one - game playoff to determine the champions . In the playoff game in Cleveland , the Yankees take an early lead but is able to overcome his inability to hit a curveball and hits a home run to tie the game . In the top of the 9th with the bases loaded , manages to strike out nemesis , the Yankees ' best hitter , and preserve the tie . 
 With the game tied and the Indians down to their last out in the bottom of the ninth , manages a single to get on base . He then steals second base while is batting , leading to suggest a trick play . steps in to bat and points to the outfield to " call his shot " like famously did . Yankees pitcher The brushes off home plate by intentionally throwing at his head , but a stubborn gets back up and again points to the outfield . With the Yankees prepared for to swing away , he instead bunts at the same time is stealing third base . beats the throw to first base which allows to slide into home safely and win the game . As the team celebrates , spots in the stands , no longer wearing her engagement ring . The two rush to hug each other as the city celebrates the victory . 
 The theatrical release 's ending includes , apparently unable to move the team because of increased attendance , angry and disappointed about the team 's success . An alternate ending on the " Wild Thing Edition " DVD shows a very different characterization of Phelps.[3 ] tenders his resignation and tells that he ca n't in good conscience work for her after she sought to sabotage the team for her own personal gain . then tells him that , in fact , she loves the Indians and never intended to move them . However , when she inherited the club from her late husband , it was on the brink of bankruptcy . Unable to afford top flight players , she decided to take a chance on unproven players from the lower leagues , whom she personally scouted , and talented older players who were generally considered washed up . She tells that she likewise felt that he was the right manager to bring the ragtag group together . 
 conceived the Miami scheme and adopted a catty , vindictive persona to unify and motivate the team . As the players believed that she wanted the Indians to fail , she was able to conceal that the team could not afford basic amenities such as chartered jet travel behind a veil of taking them away to spite the players . 
 does not resign , but Phelps reasserts her authority by saying that if he shares any part of their conversation with anyone , she will fire him . 
 This alternate ending was actually the original ending and was filmed and shown to test screening audiences before the movie 's release . The producers said that although the twist ending worked as a resolution to the plot , they scrapped it after preview audiences responded negatively , preferring the character as a villain .

Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, Rene Russo, Wesley Snipes, Bob Uecker

A US passenger airliner in 1989 is about to be struck from above by another airliner on a landing approach . The pilot handles the plane as well as he can while the flight engineer goes back to check on the passenger cabin . He comes back in the cockpit screaming , " They 're dead ! All of them ! They 're burned up ! " 
 is a National Transportation Safety Board investigator hired to determine whether the collision and subsequent crash of both aircraft was due to some mechanical fault or human error on the part of either pilot . He and his team of investigators are confused by the flight engineer 's words on the cockpit voice recorder , as there is no evidence of a fire on board before the plane hit the ground . At the same time , a theoretical physicist named Dr has a professional curiosity about the crash , which borders on science fiction . While giving a lecture , he talks about time travel and the possibility of visitors from the future . 
 Time travellers are visiting the present day and stealing passengers from doomed aircraft . In the future , because of pollution , the human population is no longer able to reproduce , so teams are sent in to the past to abduct groups of people who are about to die and keep them in stasis until they will be sent into the far future to repopulate the Earth . While many people in the future are in poor health , some are healthy enough to successfully pass for 20th Century humans , and are given the best of food and care so that they can successfully infiltrate , using reproductions of contemporary clothing . 
 Every incursion into the past causes an accompanying " timequake " whose magnitude is proportional to the effects of the incursion . Each " timequake " causes physical damage in the time from which the incursion has been made . This is why they are abducting people who will not be able to affect the future any further and replacing them with copies of those who would have died . Thus , the flight engineer 's strange comment came because all the passengers had been replaced with pre - burned duplicates in preparation for the impending crash . 
 While on a mission to 1963 , a time travel operative on board a plane is shot before it crashes , losing a stun weapon as a result . This weapon winds up in the possession of Dr , setting him on the path to working out what is happening . Twenty - five years later finds a similar artefact among the wreckage of the crash portrayed at the beginning of the film . 
 Worried that the 20th century discoveries made by and might change history , travels back to 1989 to distract and discourage him from pursuing his investigation further . gains 's trust and seduces him into a one - night stand , which she hopes will complete the distraction . It is later revealed that becomes pregnant as a result of this encounter . As a consequence of further errors on the part of the time travel team and paradoxical events , becomes even more suspicious . He soon pays a visit to Dr . materializes from the future and reveals her mission to both of them in the hope that they will voluntarily keep quiet . In a mishap with the stun weapon , inadvertently kills himself . 
 was instrumental in the development of the Gate technology that made time travel possible , so his death results in an unresolvable paradox – a force infinity timequake – which will destroy the entire civilisation of the " present " future . The only course of action is to send all of the people who have been collected into the distant future before the Gate is permanently destroyed . goes with to the future . 
 and step through the Gate and disappear : they are transported to another time and place , saving their lives , and allowing them to fulfil a destiny to repopulate the Earth . As a cataclysmic explosion destroys the Gate and the blast wave engulfs him , Sherman the Robot quotes : " This is not the end . This is not the beginning of the end . It is the end of the beginning . "

Chicago defense attorney learns that her father , Hungarian immigrant , is in danger of having his U.S. citizenship revoked . The reasons are that he stands accused of war crimes . He insists that it is a case of mistaken identity . Against the advice of her former father - in - law , corporate attorney , resolves to defend her father in court . One of her reasons is how deeply her son , , loves and admires his grandfather . 
 According to prosecuting attorney of the Office of Special Investigations , is not , as he claims , a simple political refugee , regular churchgoer , and family man . Rather , he is " , " the former commander of an Arrow Cross death squad . During the Siege of Budapest , 's unit sadistically tortured and murdered scores of Hungarian Jews , Roma , and their Gentile protectors . To , these allegations are absurd . The loving single father who raised her could not possibly have committed such crimes . 
 Later , tells that her father has no conscience , zero empathy , and that his love for his family is a façade . An enraged replies by accusing of murdering his recently deceased wife . 
 Meanwhile , her father 's accounts reveal large payments to a fellow Hungarian immigrant named . Her father claims these were loans to help a destitute friend and which he was unable to repay before his death . 
 As the hearing unfolds before a Jewish judge named , the crimes of 's unit are described in grisly testimony by the few who survived contact with them . All the witnesses identify 's father as the man who tortured them . Equally damning is an Arrow Cross identification card that bears his photograph and the name , " . " An FBI agent initially confirms its authenticity . Her father claims that this is all a frame - up by Hungary 's then Communist government and its secret police , the ÁVO . He says that it is retaliation for his protest against the U.S. tour of a Hungarian ballet troupe several years earlier . 
 locates a Soviet defector who testifies about the KGB 's program to produce flawless forgeries of such documents to frame anti - Communists in the West . The defector further explains that this technique was shared with every secret police service in the Soviet Bloc . He explains that the Hungarian ÁVO was " very interested " in this tactic . This revelation , combined with 's questioning the reliability of witnesses who still live under a police state , throws 's case into serious doubt . 
 then announces that there is a witness who can testify that is " . " Due to his medical problems , however , he is incapable of leaving Budapest . , , and Judge travel to Hungary . 's father refuses , claiming that the Communists will assassinate him if he returns . Before her departure , 's legal assistant brings more details about , who died in a hit - and - run car accident . She further declares " It feels like was blackmailing your father . " She gives the address of 's sister . 
 At her Budapest hotel , is visited by a mysterious man who claims to be a friend of her father . He leaves a box with a hidden folder of documents . The next day , after hearing the damning testimony of the witness , produces the documents — signed past affidavits in which the witness had identified three completely different men as " . " 
 Despite the pleading of and the witness , Judge dismisses the prosecution 's case . A devastated tells that , while it is too late to save the victims , he thinks that it is important to remember what happened to them . He accuses of living in a fantasy world and urges her to visit the bridge where threw his victims into the Danube River . At the time , the Red Army was storming Berlin and the Second World War was effectively over , yet Hungarians were still massacring their Jewish countrymen . An infuriated screams " Some Hungarians ! Not my father ! " 
 As 's local guide is driving her back to her hotel , they casually pass through Széchenyi Lánchíd , which is the bridge mentioned several times earlier in the court testimonies as the place of 's executions . asks the driver to stop so she can have a walk . After looking down on the river and seeing the place of the atrocities , takes a cab to apartment . 
 introduces herself saying she knew , so welcomes her warmly and mentions that the only thing she has of 's is his wallet , sent to her by the Chicago Police Department . She produces from it a pawn shop ticket . Saying that she has little else to remember her brother , implores to retrieve whatever pawned and mail it to her . Before leaving , a horrified sees a picture of young with a characteristic scar on his left face , and realizes he had been 's Arrow Cross partner in the atrocities , also mentioned several times in the testimonies . 
 Back in Chicago , visits the pawn shop and retrieves 's music box . winds it up and watches it go , taken in by its charm . Then , sobs inconsolably as the music box dispenses a set of old black - and - white photographs . They depict her youthful father in an Arrow Cross uniform -- sadistically torturing and murdering Jewish men , women , and children . 
 At a party at mansion to celebrate the dismissal of the case , confronts her father , accusing him of being and of running down with his car . With bottomless self - pity , her father laments that " the Communists " have poisoned his daughter against him . Visibly sickened , asks her father why he can not just tell her the truth . 
 In the film 's climax , tells her father that she does not ever want herself or to ever see him again . Her father calmly explains that will never believe her . As watches in silent horror , " " goes out to play with his grandson . 
 is then seen typing a letter to , saying that she went to the Danube . She encloses photographs and negatives in the envelope . 
 picks up a newspaper with a front - page headline : " : War Criminal ! Justice Department Releases Atrocity Photos . " The film fades out as stops from going to school and sits down to talk to him .

Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest, Lukas Haas

The film consists of three stories that take place on the same night in downtown Memphis . The three stories are linked together by the Arcade Hotel , a run - down flophouse presided over by the night clerk ( ) and bellboy ( ) , where the principal characters in each story spend a part of the night . Every room in the hotel is adorned with a portrait of . 
 The first story , " Far from Yokohama " , features ( ) and ( ) , a teenage couple from Yokohama making a pilgrimage to Memphis during a trip across America . is obsessed with to the point where she believes that there is a mystical connection between , and the Statue of Liberty . The film follows the couple as they travel from the train station , through downtown Memphis and an exhausting tour of Sun Records , to the Arcade hotel . 
 The second story , " A Ghost " , is about an Italian widow , ( ) , who is stranded in Memphis while escorting her husband 's coffin back to Italy . , who has been conned twice and stuck with armfuls of magazines , is forced to share a room at the hotel with ( ) , a young woman who has just left her boyfriend ( from the final story ) and who plans to leave the city in the morning . is kept awake by constant talking , and when the young woman finally does go to sleep , she is visited by an apparition of Memphis ' most famous icon – . 
 The final story , " Lost in Space " , introduces ( ) . Upset after losing his job and his girlfriend ( ) , – known , much to his chagrin , as – drunkenly brandishes a gun in a bar before leaving with his friend ( ) and his ex - girlfriend 's brother Charlie ( ) , who believes to be his brother - in - law . They stop at a liquor store , which robs using the gun and severely wounds the owner in the process . Fearing the consequences of the incident , , and retire to the hotel to hide out for the night ; there , gets drunker . realizes that shares the same name as the character from the television show Lost in Space , which has never heard of . and Johnny proceed to tell him about the show , and comments that that is how he feels then with and : lost in space . The next morning , discovers that is n't really his brother - in - law , which angers him because of what they 've been through . attempts to shoot himself , and while struggling to prevent him , is shot in the leg . Leaving the hotel , the three rush to escape a police car that is n't even looking for them . The closing credits show the train , the airport and the final views of the characters from the first two stories .

, an acclaimed abstract artist who finds himself unable to paint during the days before a scheduled gallery exhibition of his new work . is 's assistant and former lover . is still infatuated with her , but wants only his tutelage , which makes things difficult since they live in the same studio - loft . dates other people , including a performance artist and a painter . 
 These deliberate provocations on 's part make insanely jealous — and fuel his creativity . and , it becomes clear , have been using each other : using her sexually , using him as a means of entry into the higher spheres of the New York social and art scene . wants to give up and go home to her parents but persuades her to stay because New York is where a painter needs to be . 
 pours his anxiety and repressed passion into his work . Paintings around the studio show visual metaphors from relations past : stormy skies , burning bridges , and tormented clowns . realizes that he needs the emotional turmoil of his destructive relationships in order to fuel his art . At the art exhibit , meets another attractive young woman , a struggling painter . He persuades her to become his assistant and potentially his lover , beginning the cycle anew . 
 is a schoolgirl who lives in a luxury hotel . She helps return to an Arab princess a valuable piece of jewelry that the princess had given to 's father and had been subsequently stolen and recovered . tries to reconcile her divorced mother , a photographer , and father , a floutist . 
 New York lawyer has problems with his overly critical mother . complains constantly to his therapist about her , wishing aloud that she would just disappear . takes his shiksa fiancée , , to meet his mother , who immediately embarrasses him . The three , as well as 's children from a previous marriage , go to a magic show . His mother is invited on stage to be a part of the magician 's act . She is put inside a box that has swords stuck through it and she disappears , just as she is supposed to , but then she never reappears . 
 Although he is furious at first , this development turns out to be great for because , with her out of his life , he can finally relax . But soon , to his horror , his mother reappears in the sky over New York City . She begins to annoy and ( with the whole city now watching ) by constantly talking to strangers about his most embarrassing moments . This puts a strain on his relationship with , who leaves him . is persuaded by his psychiatrist to see a psychic , , to try to get his mother back to reality . 's experiments fail , but falls for her . When he introduces to his mother , she approves and comes back to Earth .

Nick Nolte, Rosanna Arquette, Giancarlo Giannini, Talia Shire, Heather McComb, Mae Questel, Woody Allen, Mia Farrow

( ) , raised in Appalachia , has migrated to Chicago to become a police officer . Married to ( ) , who is pregnant , he seems to have made the transition from hillbilly to respectable lawman . When the local coal mine closes , persuades his younger brother ( ) to look for work in Chicago . But things take a turn for the worse when soon after landing a job as a truck driver , 's vehicle is hijacked by mobsters and is killed by ( ) , the nephew of mob boss ( ) . 
 returns to Kentucky for the funeral . When his surviving brother , ( ) , insists on a traditional mountain blood feud , urges his family to let the police deal with 's murder . finds 's reluctance to be disgraceful . Determined to deal with the murderers in his own way , travels to Chicago in search of his youngest brother 's killer . 
 Meanwhile , desperately tries to solve the crime before takes revenge on his own . He approaches and explains the mountain code to him . He suggests that if 's murderer surrenders peacefully , it would save them both a lot of trouble . , however , refuses on general principle , and is left to continue his investigation . 
 After arriving in town , gets a room at a flop house . Before he leaves , he gives the front desk clerk the phone number of his cousin back home and asks him to call the number if he does n't return by morning . 
 Not wasting any time , goes looking for information on the man who killed and , during his search , shoots up a local mob hangout . When arrives a little later , , embarrassed by the attack , says he is not pressing charges against . He intends to " handle things " himself . When Papa says he feels things are getting out of hand , dismisses the threat , saying that the family , " plow rocks for a living . " responds , " That 's what they said about ' our ' people back in Sicily . " 
 Working together for a time , and learn the identity of the hijackers from a witness . pressures ( ) , the son of Papa , to turn state 's evidence against . goes to for help , only to have betray him . 's body is found with evidence of being tortured , and 's shotgun is found at the scene . goes to , who devastated by his son 's death , sanctions a hit on the supposed culprit . Before he can , breaks into 's trucking company and engages in a gunfight with 's crew and kills two of 's guys before shoots twice . Fatally wounded , dies in 's arms . 
 When the flop house desk clerk hears about the deaths at the Trucking Company on the news , he calls the phone number that gave him . 
 Even though both and the police know that the evidence against was planted , and that 's death was an ambush , there is no proof . resigns from the police force and goes after the mob himself . As the family gathers together and travels to Chicago to begin a war against the Outfit , goes on the offensive and throws one of 's guys through the window of a restaurant . When comes out , he finds " You forgot one , " painted on 's car , and he vows to kill without Papa John 's permission . 
 lures the crew to a darkened cemetery , where an extended battle ensues , including the arrival of the clan ( and their hound dogs and rattlesnakes ) . In the end , has pinned on the ground with a knife to his throat only to be stopped when Poppa arrives with members of the family held at gunpoint . He orders to drop the knife and move out of the way . Papa has learned the truth about 's murder , and to 's horror , he points the gun not at , but at him . asks him what is he going to do . The Don tells , " This is for killing my son , " and he fatally shoots . 
 The and families call a truce . Back at the police station , finds and tells her , " You 're my family . "

Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson, Adam Baldwin, Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton

is the World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Champion , and his appearances on network television have been a thorn in the side of , the head of the struggling World Television Network . The day after 's most recent title match , attempts to bribe the champion into joining his network , but declines the offer . After disposes of 's thugs on his way home , visits the No Count Bar , where he comes up with his own wrestling program called Battle of the Tough Guys . The show is successful due to the introduction of , an ex - convict and former protege of 's trainer . wins the $ 100,000 tournament and becomes 's prized fighter . 
 , a beautiful corporate spy , is sent by to seduce . However , 's good nature and dedication to charity wins her over , and she confesses her identity to the wrestler and turns to his side . After this fails , attempts to have raped ; foils the plot and dispatches the would - be rapist into a tree trunk . Meanwhile , and crash an outdoor charity event is appearing at , demanding that prove his honor by fighting live on 's new show . Once again , avoids violent conflict , not wanting to set a bad example for the children present and attempts to reason with , who leaves in anger . 's younger brother and his friend , , decide to check out for themselves , attending an illegal fight being held in a warehouse . After watching defeat the monstrous , foolishly identifies as 's brother to and his associates . attempts to defend himself , but brutally beats him , sending him to the hospital . Enraged , accepts ' challenge to avenge his brother . 
 On the night of the match , has kidnapped and orders to go ten minutes through the fight then lose the fight to save her life . As the battle begins , manages to escape , but just as 's goons corner her , rescues her by knocking them out with a fire extinguisher . has the upper hand at the start of the fight , ruthlessly pummeling , even trying to kill him by ripping out one of the steel posts and trying to run through . cheers to urge his brother to fight back . is re - energized by 's words and once he sees is safe , gains a second wind and starts to turn the tides on . The fight destroys the ring , with and continuing the battle up the through the stands as a disbelieving watches from the control room . finally puts an end to the match by knocking off a catwalk , which causes him to fall through the ring and lose . A frustrated begins destroying electrical equipment , in total disbelief over ' loss . angrily goes after intending to repay him for his misdeeds . In fear , retreats , but accidentally touches live wires he has exposed in his tirade and dies from being electrocuted . With his enemies now vanquished , celebrates his victory with and his friends .

, a neurotic sales executive , is trying to balance his family and his career . When he finds out that his eldest son , , has emotional problems and needs therapy , and that his two younger children , daughter and youngest son , both have issues as well , he begins to blame himself and questions his abilities as a father . When his wife , , becomes pregnant with their fourth child , he is unsure he can handle it . 
 is also frustrated and fearful that the financial burdens of another child and office politics at work are turning him into the detached workaholic he despised his own father , , for being . Humbled by family and work issues , opens up to about his doubts as a parent . tells him that he worries too much , and the two have a reconciliation of sorts with telling that worry for one 's children never ends . 
 's sister , , is a divorced bank manager whose ex - husband wants nothing to do with their children , and . Garry , who has just entered puberty , is quiet , withdrawn , and likes to be alone in his room with a mysterious paper bag . At first worries that the bag contains drugs or alcohol , but it actually contains pornography . 
 is still in high school , but is not interested in her education . She and her boyfriend , , get married , becomes pregnant , and moves into 's house . asks to talk with , believing he would be more comfortable confiding to another male . is able to reassure that his obsession with girls and sex is normal for a boy his age , to 's relief . This also increases 's respect for . Eventually , she supports and her daughter 's relationship to the extent that when wants to break up with him , orders her to face her fears and work on their relationship . 
 's other sister , , is a middle school teacher married to a scientist , . They have a precocious daughter , . Susan wants more children , but is more interested in their daughter 's cognitive development . lashes out by compromising her diaphragm as a plan to get pregnant against 's wishes . She eventually gets so frustrated that she leaves him . eventually comes to one of her classes and serenades her to win her back , promising her he will try to change . agrees to move back home . 
 , 's brother , is the black sheep of the family , but is 's favorite . Rather than settle into a career , he has drifted through life trying to cash in on get - rich - quick schemes . He has recently shown up , along with his son , , asking to borrow money from his father . It soon becomes apparent that needs the money to pay off his gambling debts , or else he must pay with his life . is disillusioned , but still loves him and tries to help . refuses to bail him out completely , but offers to teach him the family business so he can take over for , who has to put off retirement , and uses the income to pay off the debt . instead suggests another get - rich - quick scheme which involves him going to Chile . agrees to look after knowing that will most likely never return . 
 The family is reunited at the hospital when gives birth to a baby girl . holds his grandson , . and are together , raising their son . is visibly pregnant . and are now the parents of four .

Steve Martin, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest, Keanu Reeves, Martha Plimpton, Jason Robards, Rick Moranis

& appear on a television show where jokingly comments that he wishes someone were trying to kill him . Soon after , the magicians are off to a scheduled show in Atlantic City . At the airport , a religious zealot confronts about his comments from the television show the night before . and play a prank on while going through security and gets back at by planting a toy gun on him while at the airport . 
 After exposing fraudulent psychic surgery to 's wealthy Uncle , and are kidnapped by angry Filipinos wishing revenge for damaging their reputation . Immediately before being brutally tortured , the situation is revealed to as a birthday prank played by , and Uncle . 
 Soon after , while leaving the theatre from their nightly performance , someone opens fire on , shooting him in the arm . is accused of hiring an assassin as a joke , but as time goes on it becomes clear that is not part of the joke . purchases a gun for self - defense and femme fatale Officer vows to keep safe from snipers . 
 Officer announces that a nameless villain , a supposed vehement & fan ( ) who dresses and acts like , has been arrested . and get to tour his bizarre apartment turned & shrine . innocuously disposes of his gun in a trashcan of the apartment . Shortly after departs , Penn is stabbed in the stomach by an assailant on the street . rushes off to hospital where , once is out of sight , he appears perfectly fine . proceeds to pursue the would - be assassin in a peculiar chase scene back to the apartment . 
 The madman , dressed as , forces to enact a & routine with him , hanging in gravity boots in front of a camera . He then uses duct tape to secure the hapless to the gravity boot rig . Officer returns and the assassin leaves to finish off . confesses to her contempt of & . The confused is able to grab the gun from the wastebasket and threatens with it . He hears a voice behind him and as the individual grabs him , he shoots the individual only to realize it 's , who appears to fall over dead . 
 laughs , thinking that it 's a new joke . She then reveals herself as . The implications of what has just happened suddenly catch up with them : The whole event had been a joke on who turned everything around on the players . , breaking silence for the first time , immediately thinks they switched the gun for a replica , but then realizes the gun he was holding is real and he just killed his partner . turns the gun on himself . 
 , stricken with grief , throws herself out the window . Upon returning to his apartment and finding everyone dead , the " hired assassin " , realizing he 'll certainly be implicated in the deaths , shoots himself . Others who come into the apartment and find the carnage shoot themselves . Gunshots are heard in the distance , while the Bee Gees song " I Started a Joke " plays in the background . In a voice over , explains this is the definitive end of it all .

The family — , , and their children and — move from Chicago to rural Ludlow , Maine , after is offered a job as a doctor with the University of Maine . They befriend their elderly neighbor , who takes them to an isolated pet cemetery in the forest behind the ' new home . 
 On his first day at work , meets , a jogger who is brought in with severe injuries from a car accident . He warns about the pet cemetery before he dies , calling by name despite the fact they have not previously met . After he dies , comes to in the night and leads him to the Pet Sematary , warning him not to cross the barrier because the ground beyond is " sour " . awakens assuming it was a dream , but notices his feet are covered in dirt . 
 During Thanksgiving while the family is gone , 's cat , Church , is run down on the highway in front of the house . Realizing that will be devastated , takes beyond the cemetery and deep into the woods , where they reach an abandoned Micmac burial ground . Without explanation instructs to bury the cat and warns him not to tell anyone else about what they have done . The next day comes back to life , though a shell of what he was before ; he stinks , moves sluggishly , and is vicious towards . explains that he himself revived his beloved pet dog in the Micmac ground as a boy , and that although the cat might be different , it will save the grief of losing her favorite pet . 
 Sometime later , is killed by a truck along the same highway . The family is devastated , and anticipates that is considering burying his son in the Micmac ground , although denies it . believes that introducing to the ritual ground aroused the malevolent forces present there , which caused 's death . 
 He tells him the story of a local named who buried his son in the Micmac ground after he was killed in World War II . returned as a malevolent zombie , terrifying the townsfolk . A group of men including tried destroying by lighting the house on fire , only for the deranged to perish with his son . insists that the burial ground is evil and must never try to bury his son there . 
 After the funeral , and leave for Chicago while remains home . Despite and Jud 's warnings , exhumes his son 's body and buries him at the ritual site . In Chicago , appears to in a dream and warns her that is about to do something terrible . is unnerved by her daughter 's dream , but is only able to reach when she calls , who tells her is not home . She decides to return to Maine , much to 's alarm . 
 That night , returns home and steals a scalpel from his father 's bag . He taunts before slashing his Achilles tendon and throat , killing him . returns home and is lured into 's house by the voice and specter of her dead sister , only to discover that she is actually seeing , holding a scalpel . In shock and disbelief , reaches down to hug her son and he kills her . 
 Waking up from his sleep , notices 's muddy footprints in the house and discovers that his scalpel is missing . Receiving a phone call from that he has " played " with and , he fills two syringes with morphine and heads to 's house . Encountering , he kills the cat with an injection before entering the house . taunts him further and is startled by 's corpse falling hanged from the attic before he is attacked by his son . 
 After a brief battle , kills with the morphine injection . He then lights the house on fire , leaving it to burn as he carries 's body from the fire . appears and warns not to " make it worse " but , now grief - stricken to the point of insanity , believes that because was not dead as long as was , burying her " will work this time " . cries out in frustration and vanishes as passes through him . 
 That night , the horribly mutilated returns to and the couple embrace . takes a large knife from the counter ; screams as the screen cuts to black .

A white supremacist group is chasing ( ) , whose no - good husband ( ) is a member . She has inadvertently taken counterfeit money from them by running away with his car ( the pink Cadillac ) , which held the supremacists ' stash . 
 ( ) is a " skip - tracer " ( bounty hunter ) whose speciality is dressing up in disguises , such as a rodeo clown , to fool whomever he is after . takes on the job of finding because she skipped bail . 
 When he finally finds her in Reno , Nevada , slowly becomes enamored . and his gang kidnap their baby , whom has left with her sister ( ) , so decides to help get the baby back instead of turning her in . While driving through the West , seeking the baby , romance blossoms . They eventually fight the evil supremacists and retrieve the baby .

The police must investigate a series of robberies along a strip of land in the city . The mayor ( ) assigns Captain ( ) and Lt . ( ) to the case . While on stakeout the - Heights gang , composed of ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , manages to slip through their fingers . When the squad arrives and points out the fur store that was robbed , revealed he tried to tell about it , but the latter would n't listen . In his office , the mayor is furious with the latest crime spree and reprimands for his precinct 's slow response and for not being strict with the former . Despite arguing their case , he points out that because of their slow response , everyone thinks he 's incompetent to do his job and are leaving town . Under threat by the governor with revocation of his job , the mayor orders , and to work with Commandant ( ) to apprehend the gang . assembles a seven - man team consisting of ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and 's nephew , ( ) . 
 After distributing flyers as to the information of the gang and getting nowhere , stumbles upon a paper reporting an antique diamond heading to a museum , and gets an idea to use it as bait : however the robbers nab the diamond anyway by cutting a hole in the truck and escaping through the sewer system . then decides to go undercover to get information regarding a possible hideout , but decides to go undercover to get a confession . Despite his fear of heights , goes undercover as a window washer at a tall building and gets a confession of himself on tape after accidentally knocks him over the balcony . 
 The robberies are committed by a group of three dimwitted criminals who do n't seem to be able to do this on their own , and it 's revealed they are being guided by a shadow figure known as the " Mastermind , " who speaks to the three behind a wall of glass and uses a voice distortion device . He devises a plan to get the cops out of the way . 
 Commandant and his men are later suspended after jewelry from the gang 's last robbery is found in 's office , pending an investigation . The gang decides to clear his name by nabbing the gang and the ringleader . Accessing data files from a computer , deduces that the robberies are occurring along a bus route , thus intentionally lowering property values in that part of the city . They also learn that someone must be leaking information to the bad guys , which is why they are always one step ahead of the police . 
 The police academy force finds and does battle with the gang , taking down , , and , while chases the leader . A pursuit follows , which leads to Commissioner 's ( ) office . Though the others are fooled by the fact there are two versions of Commissioner , was n't fooled and is able to help them point out the real from the fake with a test . With that , removes the mask and reveals the " Mastermind " as the mayor . Caught , the mayor admitted that Captain has been unwittingly leaking information during his daily meetings with him and how he could 've made billions off the properties if it had n't been for and his team . tells to take the mayor into custody with his gang . He apologizes and reinstates the force , and a plaque is given to honor the officers ' bravery the next day . As the movie closes , is sitting in a chair when a string tying the balloon float is cut , lifting his chair and floating him up into the air as he shouts 's name . As he floats away , it is revealed that it was Commander who actually cut the string out of revenge for ' actions for getting him and his team off the case with his manipulation .

8 - year - old is raised by her older brother , , and widowed father , . Their apple farm has fallen on hard times . is temporarily being helped by his sister - in - law , . 
 While walking home after a school Christmas pageant , witnesses a plastic reindeer fall from a Christmas decoration being hung above the main street in town . She concludes that it was Prancer from the order given in the poem " A Visit from St. Nicholas " ( a.k.a . " The Night Before Christmas " ) . 
 Afraid he will be unable to provide for , discusses a plan for to take her in to raise temporarily . She overhears this , but initially does n't know the full details . She and her friend , , go sledding and knock down some flowers at a house owned by a reclusive widow , Mrs. . While walking home , encounters a live reindeer in the woods . It runs away , disappearing into the darkness . Later , while walking home from school , she finds reindeer tracks and follows them into the woods once more . She hears a gunshot , and continues to walk . eventually finds her , but almost hits the reindeer who is now standing in the road . Noticing it is wounded , he grabs his rifle , intending to shoot it . As pleads for him not to do so , it disappears . 
 Later while dreaming of , is startled awake by the scene of the reindeer falling from earlier . She hears a noise and sees the window to the barn outside is open . Investigating , she finds the reindeer is now inside among the other animals . Afraid will find him , she moves him to a shed . Certain that he is the " real " Prancer , she takes it upon herself to nurse him back to health . She calls a veterinarian who initially refuses , but comes over to find him . 
 later tells a mall Santa that she has Prancer , and gives him a Polaroid picture along with a letter to give to the real Santa before Christmas Eve . He takes them to the editor of the local newspaper . Eventually , apologizes to Mrs. , and asks her if she can have a job to help pay for oats for the reindeer . Mrs. agrees to pay her if she cleans a room in the house , and they become friends . The newspaper editor , inspired by 's faith , writes an article which is then read by the local pastor in the middle of his sermon , which makes find out that she has been outed to the entire town . She becomes mad at , who she thinks squealed . She then terminates her friendship with , and later finds the article in the paper . 
 , meanwhile , is reading the paper . Before he finds the article , he discovers has let all the other animals out of the barn . While he tries to round them up , goes inside the house and wrecks it . Townspeople begin to converge on the farm , wanting to see him . grabs his rifle , threatening to shoot him when a local butcher stops him , offering to buy . , afraid the butcher will kill him , runs away in the night determined to rescue him . The butcher keeps him as a sales tool for his Christmas tree lot . runs after her , telling her that he loves her even though they fight . She attempts to open the cage but falls , injuring her head . 
 stays in her bedroom , becoming despondent . goes to her and she asks him to read a passage from " Yes , Virginia , there is a Santa Claus " . He tells her that times may continue to be hard for a long time but while he could bear losing the farm , he wo n't lose her . He changes his mind about sending her away . He suggests they take to Antler Ridge , which would be the perfect place for to pick him up . The townspeople gather outside her window and begin singing to cheer her up . is taken to Antler Ridge where he runs out of sight . Following his tracks up the ridge , and notice that they vanish at the edge of a cliff . The faint sound of sleigh bells can be heard , and a streak of light is seen rising to meet 's sleigh . It flies across the full moon towards the ' farm - its very first stop . bids farewell , and to always remember her .

In the prologue set in 1957 , waits inside his farm cabin with his wife and young son , . A doomed man seeks sanctuary at 's cabin , but refuses and threatens to shoot him if he does not leave . Watching through a window , witnesses the man caught and killed by a grotesque monster . 
 In the present , owns a small store in the country . He briefly leaves his young son alone while he runs an errand . A group of teenage campers stop by 's , and , while riding their dirt bikes , they mortally injure 's son . One teen , , stays with the boy until his father 's return ; the rest flee the scene . At their cabin , the campers fight about whether or not to call the police . , who is personally responsible for the boy 's injury and is on probation for a similar incident , rips out the phone cord , knocks one of his friends unconscious and locks him and another girl in the closet to stop them from contacting the authorities . 
 , with his pet dog Gypsy , goes to see a supposed witch , who says she can not bring his son back . Instead , says that he wants revenge ; the witch agrees to help , but she warns him that vengeance comes with a terrible price . On her orders , goes to an old graveyard in the mountains , digs up a disfigured corpse , and brings it back to the witch 's home . The witch uses blood from father and son to resurrect the corpse , which rises as a gigantic , spindly demonic monster named Pumpkinhead . 
 Back at the cabin , begins to experience remorse for his actions and determines to turn himself in to the police . The monster , however , has already arrived . One of the girls , , hears a voice whispering her name . Seemingly hypnotized , she follows the voice outside the cabin . brings her out of her trance , but kills him . experiences the murder through the monster 's eyes . While the campers search for , Pumpkinhead drags away , and again experiences the ensuing murder . He returns to the witch and begs her to stop the monster 's actions . The witch laughs mockingly and says that can not be stopped , and warns that will die if he interferes with the killing spree . 
 confronts with a knife , but it swats him aside and drags off , whom it drops from a fatal height . The three remaining campers unsuccessfully beg the locals for help . arrives and shoots , but when checks to see if the creature is still alive , it grabs a fallen rifle and impales him with it . A local boy , , helps the two remaining campers , and , reach an abandoned church . relates the legend of the monster , explaining that the monster avenges one who was wronged . If anyone tries to stop or help his victims , that person becomes marked , too . As ' dirt bike fails to start , he sees that has removed the drive chain ; he lifts up the bike , with still on it , and throws it against a tree . He then drags his body back to 's house , where , , and have taken shelter . 
 captures , and as experiences the attack , is terrified to see that the monster 's head now resembles 's . She runs outside and finds struggling to crawl away as prepares to kill . stumbles out of the barn but is accidentally stabbed in the arm by a pitchfork . Both and cry out in pain , and releases . notices that 's head is turning more human , then realizes that he and are one : the only way to kill the monster is to die himself . 
 grabs by the neck , but before he can kill her , shoots himself in the head . momentarily collapses to the ground , then grabs again . takes the gun and begs her to finish him off . , now fully changed , tries to attack . She shoots him until both he and fall to the ground dead . , , and then watch as bursts into flames . Later that night , back in the pumpkin patch , the witch buries 's now - disfigured corpse in 's grave , ready for the next person seeking vengeance , and still wearing the necklace his son made him .

In 1939 Bodega Bay , California , an old puppeteer named is putting the finishing touches on a living puppet named . A living oriental puppet , named , stares out of the window for . Meanwhile , scouts the grounds of the Bodega Bay Inn that is staying . Two Nazi spies get out of a car and head for 's room but beats them there and puts , and into a chest with an Indian puppet , named , before hiding the chest in a wall panel . As the Nazis break down the door , shoots himself in the mouth with a pistol . 
 50 years later , in 1989 , psychics , , and make contact with an old colleague of theirs , , and conclude that he found hiding place . Each one of them experiences a different vision ; Alex sees pointing a gun at a young woman 's head , and dreams of leeches sucking blood out of his stomach , while foresees her possible death . 
 The psychics meet at the Bodega Bay Inn that resides at and meet 's wife , , the woman from 's vision . They also meet the housekeeper , . The psychics are skeptical that took a wife but it is forgotten when tells them that shot himself . , , and leave the body , leaving , and . stabs a long pin into 's corpse to verify that he is in fact dead . 
 Each psychic experiences a vision ; tells not to go near the fireplace , sees wearing a mask while dancing with in the dining room , and sees assaulting a woman in the elevator . As the sun sets , , who is another living puppet , climbs out of 's casket . That night at dinner , makes several remarks about Neil that causes to leave the table . goes after her and explains about the powers of the people in the group . is a psychometrist , and she can touch an object and give the object 's history , can tell fortunes and locate things and people , and himself has premonitions in his dreams and when he 's awake . All four of them were helping in his research of alchemy , and during that time , and discovered that the Egyptians created a method of giving life to inanimate figurines , a power passed down to practitioners of magic , and tracked down the location of , the last true alchemist , to the hotel . But because he had not made contact with them in a while , and the rest think he abandoned them and took whatever he was looking for himself , and they are there to take it and settle the score . 
 When night falls , goes near the fireplace and is knocked out when hits her with a poker . Someone moves 's body to a chair , and causes to become ill . Before going to bed , puts protection spells around and his room , forcing to leave alive for now . and spend some intimate time together to open up a channel and make contact with in their hotel room but two more living puppets , Tunneler and Leech Woman , enter . kills by drilling into her face and Leech Woman vomits leeches onto 's body , which drain his blood , which disrupts in his sleep . Meanwhile , 's body reappears in 's room , and she puts a spell on him to put him at rest until she is attacked by , who breaks her leg . chases her and repeatedly strangles and punches her until she manages to knock him away , only to have her throat cut by , using his knife - hand , fulfilling her fortune . 
 has a premonition of taking him to 's room when nightmares of having a gun put to her head by and the other psychics being found dead block him from seeing the room , but is eventually awoken by , who takes him into the room that was in , and tells him that found 's secret to bringing inanimate objects to life . has a vision of shooting him and they go downstairs to escape when senses the others in the dining room , and finds their dead bodies sitting around a table . They are stopped by the newly resurrected . He explains that " metaphysically speaking " , he did commit suicide , but he used 's secrets to become immortal . He contacted them all so they would n't take the secret from him , and he hopes to use their bodies for future human experiments , expressing disgust of working with the puppets and violently throws at a chair . Seeing this attack on one of their own , the puppets revolt against , brutally killing him in front of and . 
 The film cuts to saying goodbye to and leaving the hotel . Now alone , picks up 's taxidermied dog , and in the following scene , the dog becomes completely animate , walking up the stairs with , suggesting that she , too , has learned 's method .

is a recent widow , dealing with everything from house guest , to 's libidinous ex , , to family problems . She is also being haunted by the ghost of her recently deceased husband , . 
 's houseboy and 's chauffeur make a bet on which of them can seduce the other 's employer first . The bisexual puts up cash for the wager but if he wins he wants to sleep with him . wins the bet but claims that he lost and has sex with anyway .

New York City homicide detective is a burned - out alcoholic . His wife left him and married one of his colleagues , and he is depressed about reaching his 20th year on the police force . He is assigned to investigate the murder of a man in Manhattan , shot dead while face down in his bed , naked , listening to an old 45rpm recording of " Sea of Love . " has three clues — a lipstick - smeared cigarette , a want - ad that the dead man placed in a newspaper , and fingerprints of the perpetrator . 
 A second man dies in the same manner in Queens . Detective from the local precinct suggests that he and collaborate . Both victims had placed rhyming ads in the lonely hearts column of the newspaper , seeking dates . The detectives track down , the only other man with a rhyming ad . He 's a married man who admits placing the ad but swears that he threw away all the letters and never saw anyone . gets an idea to place a rhyming ad in the paper , meet women who respond in a restaurant and take the prints from their drinking glasses . 's precinct chief is skeptical , but changes his mind when turns up dead in the same manner as the other two murder victims . 
 has dinner with several women , while — posing as a waiter — puts their glasses into evidence bags . One woman , divorcee , shows no interest in and leaves without taking a drink , so is unable to get her fingerprints . bumps into her again at a market , but this time she is more friendly . manages a chic upscale shoe store . does not reveal his true occupation . 
 takes her to his place , against his better judgment and a warning from not to do so . They start getting passionate , but panics after finding a gun in her purse and treats her roughly . It turns out to be a starting pistol . apologizes , and they have sex . 
 and begin a romance . He has a chance to obtain 's fingerprints on a glass but decides to wipe the glass clean . Their relationship becomes strained when she discovers that he is a cop . One night when he is drunk , he nearly gives away the fact that was involved in a sting . He starts to confess his feelings for her , but then discovers that she responded to each of the victims ' ads . When he confronts her , refuses to admit to anything , so he throws her out . 
 Moments later , the real killer bursts into the apartment : 's ex - husband , who has been stalking and murdering the men she dates . At gunpoint , he makes lie on his bed and show how he made love to , just as he had done to his other victims before murdering them . manages to overpower and tries to call the police , but lunges at him and , in the ensuing struggle , throws through the bedroom window to his death . 
 Several weeks later , a newly sober reunites with . She forgives him , and they resume their relationship .

A blind man named ( ) and a deaf man named ( ) meet when applies for a job in 's New York City concession shop . 
 After a brief period of confusion and antagonism , and become close friends . reads lips and guides when they travel , and tells about invisible sounds and what people say behind his back . At a local bar , defeats an aggressive bully in a fistfight with assistance from , who uses clock - face directions to tell where his opponent is . hires . 
 One morning , as waits outside for the day 's newspapers , a man walks into 's shop . When the man is approached by a beautiful woman named ( ) , he quickly removes a gold coin from a suitcase and places it in a box of coins sitting on the counter . The woman takes the suitcase and shoots the man in the stomach as - whose back is turned - reads the information on a box of antacid pills . neither sees nor hears the shooting , but he notices 's legs as she leaves the shop . , who heard the gunshot , walks into the shop and trips over the man 's dead body . then rushes to help and picks up the gun , which left at the scene . When the police arrive , they find and standing over the body with holding the gun . Before they are arrested , tells to collect the coins from the box . 
 At the police station , and are interrogated by Captain ( ) , a detective who immediately takes a dislike to them and makes them his prime suspects due to their relative uselessness as witnesses . When and her accomplice ( ) - hoping to recover the coin - arrive to bail them out by posing as attorneys , recognizes 's perfume and recognizes her legs , but ignores them when they insist that she is the killer . Wishing to avoid and when they are released , and escape from the police station , but the criminals soon find them . takes the coin from 's pocket and telephones her boss Mr. ( ) for instructions , allowing to learn the criminals ' plans by reading her lips . When tries to kill and , they use the fistfighting method they learned in the bar to knock him unconscious . They then steal an unattended police car , and drive away with , and chasing them . Working together to guide the patrol car , and evade both the police and the criminals , but they accidentally launch the car onto a waterborne garbage barge . 
 After hiding the police car , the two men walk to a motel and telephone 's sister ( ) for help . The police follow and search her motel room , but she , , and avoid detection , and they drive away after the police have left . Having incorrectly read 's lips , believes they need to find a woman named " " , but realizes that must have been referring to a resort called " Great Gorge " . At the resort , before impersonates a visiting professor while steals the coin from . Meanwhile , distracts by crashing her car into his . However , and kidnap and take her to 's estate . 
 After a tragic mishap with the car , and put their rescue plan into action , with the result that escapes but the two men are captured . In his study , – who is also blind – reveals that the coin is a room - temperature superconductor , which is extremely valuable . and are killed during an argument over sharing the profits from the coin 's theft , after which and escape the study and have a violent altercation with and her helicopter pilot . When the police arrive , the remaining criminals are arrested , and and are released having been cleared of the charges . Shortly thereafter , the two men go to a local park and reprise a scene from the beginning of the film by dumping ice - cream cones on each other 's head , enjoying each other 's company .

lives in Baton Rouge . She is unhappily married to , a successful lawyer , and they live in a comfortable home . has a personal complaint about intimacy she expresses to her sister : she has never experienced an orgasm . She is in therapy . is an old close college friend of . He is now a seeming drifter with some money saved up . Nine years after college returns to visit and perhaps live in Baton Rouge . arrives at 's to meet . Later she learns that has invited to stay with them until he finds an apartment . When arrives home , 's demeanor becomes remarkably more guarded , due in large part to 's subtle disapproval of 's bohemian persona . The men discuss the fact that 's college girlfriend , , is still living in Baton Rouge . 
 is cheating on with her sister , , a free - spirited and friendly bartender . He rationalizes it by blaming 's frigidity . frequently leaves his law office mid - day to meet for trysts with , instructing his secretary to reschedule clients , even when they are already in the lobby waiting to see him . ends up helping look for an apartment . After finds a place , makes an impromptu visit to 's apartment . While visiting she notices stacks of camcorder videotapes , all with women 's names on them around the television . When pressed , explains that he interviews women about their lives , sexual experiences , and fantasies , and records them on videotape . After hearing , is suddenly overcome with shock and confusion , and quickly leaves his apartment . 
 Within a day , 's outgoing sister appears uninvited at 's apartment and introduces herself . presses to explain what incident " spooked " the preceding day . briefly and reluctantly explains the sexual interview videotapes , and admits to his sexual dysfunction : that he is impotent when in the presence of another person , and that he achieves gratification by watching these videos in private . propositions to make an interview tape , assuring her that no other person is allowed to see the tapes . She believes him , and agrees . reports doing a videotape with back to , who is horrified . Later also tells about her videotape and he also reacts very negatively ( though more than a little possessively ) . 
 Cleaning her home the next day , discovers 's pearl earring in her bedroom ( she knows the earring belongs to her sister , since she had mentioned that she had lost it ) while vacuuming . is then furious . She heads over to 's apartment with the intention of making a videotape . objects , telling her making a videotape is something she would not do in a normal frame of mind . insists on making a videotape , and relents . 
 Afterward at home , then angrily demands a divorce from . In the ensuing shouting argument , quickly learns that has been to 's , and that she made a sexual video . rushes to 's apartment , suddenly hits him and then locks him out of the house . then watches 's tape . In the video , says she has never felt any kind of ' satisfaction ' from sex . After asks if she ever thinks of having sex with other men , she admits she has thought of . later turns the camera on , who resists but she persists . confesses that he is haunted by , and that his motivation in returning to Baton Rouge is an attempt to achieve some closure . explains that he was a pathological liar , which destroyed an otherwise rewarding relationship with . He explains that he has since gone to great lengths to keep people at a distance and avoid relationships . starts touching and kissing ; turns off the camera ; it is implied that the two have sex . 
 A chastened joins on the front porch and , with obvious pleasure , confesses to having sex with while she and were a couple . But also helps see his ex in a more realistic way . He states , " She was no saint . She was good in bed , and she could keep a secret . That 's all I can say about her . " and then leaves . This statement makes furious and he goes into a rage and destroys all of the videotapes , as well as his video camera . 
 The next day , is summoned to his boss 's legal office , where it ’s implied that he is about to be fired due to his frequent cancellations of meetings with important clients of the firm to have sexual trysts with . In the next scene , and reconcile at the bar tends . then goes to 's place and joins on the front porch , as they appear to be a couple .

James Spader, Andie MacDowell, Peter Gallagher, Laura San Giacomo

Widower ( ) is a radio manager from California who lives with his two daughters , ( ) and ( ) . When turns 15 , she feels it 's time to start looking more grown - up . She 's been dating , the boy next door , whom her father adores , since middle school . In addition , her unflattering wardrobe has been complemented by her thick glasses and full set of braces . When leaves on a business trip , transforms herself into a beauty with help from her father 's girlfriend ( ) . 
 When returns , he is shocked to find boys from every walk of life interested in dating . When his obsession with and her boyfriends reaches extreme limits , suggests that needs psychiatric help and he seeks out an expert who gives him advice that goes wrong whenever it is applied . Throughout the latter half of the film , has three boyfriends , two of whom she eventually stops dating . At the end of the film , takes a class trip to Europe and reunites with again – at which point , her younger tomboy sister , begins her own dating spree . also finds out the " expert " was anything but , as he never had a daughter himself .

is a frumpy , overweight wife and mother , who tries desperately to please her husband , an accountant trying to boost his business . After meets , a narcissistic romance novelist , at a dinner party , they begin an affair . , aware of the affair , confronts while his parents are visiting , and leaves her . As he packs his suitcase , he says his assets are his home , his family , his career , and his freedom . Angry , vows revenge on him and . writes a list titled " Bob 's Assets " , with the four assets that stated . She crosses off each one when it is destroyed . 
 With away at 's and the kids at school , she sets the house on fire , which is destroyed in a gigantic explosion . She drops the children off with ( now living with ) and tells him that she will not be returning . However , she is still working behind the scenes to destroy 's remaining assets . It is revealed that 's second asset , his family , is being destroyed , too , as 's selfish refusal to learn how to be a mother causes tension in her relationship with . 
 takes a job at a nursing home under the pseudonym , where she befriends 's foul - mouthed , estranged mother , and arranges for her to return to 's life at an inopportune moment . She also meets Nurse , a woman who has worked for the nursing home for twenty - two years and put aside her earnings for a considerable life savings . They form a partnership and start an employment agency for downtrodden women who have been rejected by society and need a second chance . The agency is a success , and the women has helped assist her in getting revenge on . 
 writes a new novel loosely based on her romance with , which her publisher considers strange and off putting , because of its focus on laundry and the protagonists ' name , . , an attractive but ditsy young blonde applies to 's agency , and she finds her a position as 's secretary . He soon starts sleeping with her , but when she proclaims her love , he immediately dumps and fires her . reveals to that is a fraudster who cons money out of his clients by underreporting interest on their holdings . hacks his files and exposes this to clients and the police , thus destroying his career . 
 's career goes downhill , too . As she is being interviewed for a puff piece by People , her mother reveals embarrassing secrets about that get titled " Dethroning the Queen of Romance " . throws a party for to cheer her up , which goes well until state troopers appear with a warrant for 's arrest . 's lawyer bribes a judge to ensure the verdict is favorable , and unknowingly informs that has been stealing from her account as well . As leaves , he realizes that what he did to has happened to him and he has ended up with nothing because of his greed , selfishness , and infidelity . A woman , who gained employment as a court clerk thanks to 's agency , pays back by reassigning 's case to an unbiased judge . is convicted of embezzlement and sent to prison , thus destroying his fourth and final asset : his freedom . Meanwhile , sells her mansion when her novel fails , while 's business thrives . 
 One year later , and her children visit a greatly reformed , who says he will be free soon and is looking forward to catching up with them . It is loosely implied that he and have divorced but are now on considerably more amicable terms with each other . ends by saying she believes a person can change , as has , but that not everyone does so . The final scene shows at a book signing for 's new novel – in which she tells all about her affair . asks to make the autograph out to , and does a double take . Next in line after is a man whom clearly tries to become more personal with , indicating she has not changed her ways . The film ends with , a smile on her face as she walks down a busy street in Manhattan , accompanied by women from her firm .

The story begins with , a young Jewish teen , as she is completing her senior year of high school . Her Brooklyn neighborhood is falling apart and SING ! is one of the only traditions that keep the neighborhood alive . Newly arrived teacher , Miss grew up in the neighborhood and returned to be their SING ! leader . One cold Christmas night , Miss is leaving a neighborhood party when a young man hails her a cab , then attempts to mug her . In self - defense , she bites his hand to release his grip and he screams in pain and terror and flees . The cab driver jokes about not starting the meter yet . 
 On the first day back at school , Miss runs into difficulty when her students are uninterested and misbehaved . One such student , named , gets scolded for bringing stolen watches to school and putting his feet up on the desk . On the day of SING ! leader elections , Miss recognizes as her mugger by the bandage on his hand and decides to blackmail him into being co - SING ! leader of the Senior class along with , who was rightfully elected . The school kids work hard to plan their SING ! productions . and clash along the way as uses traditional SING ! planning strategies while wants to introduce the flavor of the youth in the neighborhood . In order to put and on the same page , Miss suggests that accompany to a local club . At first , the two are equally hesitant but agrees on the terms that it is not a date . 
 However , by the end of the night , uses to make her ex - boyfriend , , jealous , and due to this , and start seeing each other in a different light . accompanies on her walk home and the two share a romantic kiss . Once the two are finally uniting and getting along , the Dept . of Education informs the school that it will close forever at the end of the semester and therefore , there wo n't be enough resources for them to complete this year 's SING ! . This fuels the kids to work even harder on their productions and the neighborhood comes together even more to help finance the show , despite the school authorities ' ban . 
 Just as things are starting to look up , reluctantly accompanies his brother on a robbery of 's mother 's diner , their sole source of income which already was at risk of failure due to the school 's upcoming closure . A classmate sees standing outside the diner at the time of the crime and informs about it . Devastated , confronts and he promises to get the money back for her . He then steals the money from his brother and returns it to the diner , restoring 's faith in him . The recent events have discouraged from fulfilling his co - SING ! leader duties and he had been skipping out on rehearsals . In a moment of great need as the senior 's main performer is injured and knocked unconscious , steps in to save the show . He sheds his bad - boy demeanor and exceeds all expectations . The underclassmen and seniors perform to a record - high sold - out audience . At the end of the show , makes a moving speech motivating the community to rejoice and always remember that despite compromising circumstances , they completed a successful SING ! and proved their community 's worth .

is a successful author who has a weakness for alcohol and beautiful women . 's mistress walks in on him in the process of cheating on her with her attractive hairdresser , followed by his estranged wife discovering his mistress about to shoot him with his revolver . Following the breakup of those relationships , engages in a long period of binge - drinking and solace - seeking with a string of women . He avoids work , continues to strain relations with his ex - wife and drunkenly attends a formal party dressed in a genie 's costume . 
 's affairs include one with a volatile woman named who deliberately leaves him hooked up too long to a skin - treatment electro - therapy machine that gives his body quivering spasms from head to toe . He also has a one - night stand with a remarkably muscular female bodybuilder named , telling her before sex that he feels " like Mrs. . " One gag scene is portrayed in total darkness , with wearing a luminous condom as he prepares to have sex with yet another woman he has just met , . When her boyfriend returns to the hotel room similarly equipped , the two men engage in a frantic fight , their glow - in - the - dark attire bouncing crazily across the darkened room . 
 After disrupting his ex - wife 's wedding day , it finally dawns on just how out of control his lifestyle has become . He sobers up , abstains from womanizing , and begins to write again . Achieving the trifecta of recovery that predicted he could n't achieve , he wins back her love .

The crew of the newly commissioned USS Enterprise ( NCC-1701 - A ) are enjoying shore leave after the starship 's shakedown cruise goes poorly . At Yosemite National Park , recently demoted back to Captain after the events of the previous two films , is camping with and Dr. . Their leave is interrupted when the Enterprise is ordered by Starfleet Command to rescue human , Klingon , and Romulan hostages on the planet Nimbus III . Learning of the Enterprise 's mission , the Klingon Captain decides to pursue for personal glory . 
 On Nimbus III , the Enterprise crew discovers that renegade Vulcan , 's half - brother , is behind the hostage crisis . reveals the hostage situation was a ruse to lure a starship to Nimbus III . wants to use a ship to reach the mythical planet Sha Ka Ree , the place where creation began ; the planet lies behind a seemingly impenetrable barrier near the center of the galaxy . uses his unique ability to reveal and heal the innermost pain of a person through the mind meld to subvert the wills of the hostages and crew members . Only and prove resistant to ; is unmoved by the experience and refuses the 's offer , telling him that his pain is what makes him human . reluctantly declares a truce with , realizing he needs his leadership experience to navigate the Enterprise to Sha Ka Ree . 
 The Enterprise successfully breaches the barrier , pursued by 's vessel , and discovers a lone blue planet . , , , and journey to the surface , where calls out to his perceived vision of . An entity appears , and when told of how breached the barrier , demands that the starship be brought closer to the planet . When a skeptical inquires , " What does God need with a starship ? " , the entity attacks him in retribution . The others doubt a god who would inflict harm on people for pleasure . 
 Realizing his foolishness , sacrifices himself in an effort to combat the creature and allow the others to escape . Intent on stopping the being , orders the Enterprise to fire a photon torpedo at their location , to little effect . and are beamed back to the ship , but 's vessel attacks the Enterprise before can be transported aboard . The vengeful entity reappears and tries to kill when 's vessel destroys it in a hail of fire . is beamed aboard the Klingon ship , where and the Klingon General force to stand down . The Enterprise and Klingon crews celebrate a new détente , and , , and resume their vacation at Yosemite .

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, James Doohan, Laurence Luckinbill

, a reserved beauty school graduate , is hired by Truvy Jones to work in her home - based beauty salon in northwestern Louisiana . At the same time , in another part of the neighborhood , , and her daughter , , are preparing for 's wedding , which is taking place later that day . They arrive , along with , the cheerful widow of the former mayor , to have their hair done . Suddenly , , who has type 1 diabetes , falls into a hypoglycemic state , but recovers quickly with the help of her mother 's quick thinking . Later that afternoon , short - tempered , grouchy , and sarcastic Ouiser " Boudreaux arrives in the salon and questions about where she has moved from , forcing to reveal that her husband has recently left her while fleeing the police , taking all their money and their car . Moved by 's emotional confession , invites her to the wedding , where meets , who is tending bar . 
 Several months pass and returns to town to celebrate Christmas . During the festivities , she announces that she and her husband , , are expecting their first child . 's father is thrilled , but is too worried to share in the joy . , , and had originally thought that could n't have children , but on the night of the big announcement , clarifies for them that the doctors said should n't have children because of her health . It becomes clear that could actually die due to pregnancy complications related to her diabetes . Unable to give her any words of wisdom , suggests they focus on the joy of the situation : and 's first child , as well as and 's first grandchild , as well as their sons , and 's , first niece or nephew . agrees , saying that nothing pleases more than proving her wrong . 
 successfully delivers a baby boy , , but begins showing signs of kidney failure and starts dialysis around the time turns one . successfully donates a kidney and seemingly resumes a normal life . and offer to make sure that 's husband , , , and have enough food to last until returns home after the transplant . Later , on Halloween , , , , and throw a surprise wedding shower , as she is now engaged to . is unavailable to attend due to a conflicting schedule with her nursing job , and is later found by unconscious on the porch of her house . is rushed to the hospital , where it is determined that her body rejected the new kidney , and she is now in a coma . The doctors inform the family that is likely to remain comatose indefinitely , and they all jointly decide to take her off life support . At the funeral , after the other mourners have left , breaks down in hysterics in front of , , , and , but is comforted by them . 
 Later , at the wake , begins to accept her daughter 's death and focuses her energy on helping raise , now married and pregnant , asks if she could name her own baby after , since was the reason and met . gives her blessings and assures that would 've loved it . Months later , on Easter morning , goes into labor during an Easter egg hunt , is rushed to the hospital by and her husband , and another life begins .

Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Roberts, Tom Skerritt, Dylan McDermott, Kevin J. O'Connor, Sam Shepard

Beverly Hills LAPD Lieutenant ( ) and Downtown Los Angeles Lieutenant ( ) have earned themselves reputations for disrupting crime lord 's ( ) smuggling operation in their respective jurisdictions . plans an elaborate scheme to discredit and humiliate them before finally torturing them to death ( he says simply having them killed is too " quick and easy " ) . Individually informed of a drug deal taking place later that night , the detectives meet for the first time at the location . They discover a dead , wire - tapped body just before the FBI arrive and surround the duo . Agent ( ) finds 's backup pistol with attached suppressor on the floor and arrests them . At their murder trial , and are incriminated by an audio tape ; verified in court by ( ) , an audio expert , it appears to reveal them shooting the undercover FBI agent after discussing a drug purchase . With the evidence stacked against them , they plead no contest to a lesser charge in exchange for reduced sentences in a minimum - security prison ; instead , they get transported to a maximum - security prison and are housed with many of the criminals they had each arrested . 
 Once in prison , and are roused from their beds and tortured by ( ) , 's henchman , and a gang of prisoners , until ( ) , the assistant warden and Cash 's former commanding officer , rescues them . recommends that they escape and provides them with a plan , but chooses not to go . When tries to escape , he finds murdered and is pursued by the guards . rescues him and they head to the roof ; manages to zipline outside the prison walls , but is attacked by ( ) . kills him by knocking him into a transformer , electrocuting him , before also escaping . To clear their names , they decide to separate and tells that if he needs to contact him , he can go to the Cleopatra Club and ask for " . " 
 The detectives visit the witnesses who framed them in court . intercepts , who admits that was in charge of the setup ; gets killed in a car bomb while trying to escape . discovers that made the incriminating tape himself ; he starts destroying 's expensive equipment until he agrees to help exonerate them . finds ( ) , 's sister , but is quickly surrounded by cops ; she helps escape the night club by dressing him as a female . Later that night , reunites with and the duo are met at 's house by ( ) , 's commanding officer . He gives them 's address and tells them they have 24 hours to find out who he works for ; and apprehend and trick him into telling them 's name . 's weapons expert friend ( ) lets them borrow a high - tech assault vehicle and the duo storm into 's headquarters to confront the crime lord . However , has kidnapped and starts a timer that will trigger the building 's automatic self - destruct procedure . After killing 's core security personnel , holds at knifepoint but throws her aside to fight the detectives hand - to - hand . kills and appears in a hall of mirrors and holding a gun to 's head ; both detectives pick out the correct , shooting him in the forehead . They gather and barely escape as the building explodes . They joke half - seriously about 's desire to date as newspaper headline announces they 've been completely vindicated .

has been in prison for armed robbery . On the day he is released , he gets taken hostage by , an incompetent , novice criminal who robs a bank ( to get money for treatment for his ill daughter , ) at the moment just happens to be there . 
 Detective assumes they must be in it together and sets about tracking them down . Several chases , an accidental shooting , treatment from a crazy vet who thinks he 's a dog and other capers follow , all the while trying to ditch his idiotic companion and prove his own innocence . 
 Whilst avoiding the law , the two form an unlikely partnership to help cure the silent and make good their escape . They rescue from the care home she 's in ( with nearly ruining the whole affair with his clumsiness ) and flee for Canada , pretending to be a married couple with a son . 
 All appears to end well . However , in the closing scene , enters a Canadian bank to change some currency only to find himself taken hostage by a different bank robber in the same manner he originally kidnapped . Because of this unexpected development , does not need to say goodbye to , with whom he has formed a bond .

, the Prince of Darkness , resurfaces in Los Angeles with a new look , new life and new love . But with the new life comes an old nemesis who has waited an eternity to settle the score .

A stevedore in Thessaloniki , Greece , passion is boxing . Captured along with his family and fiance in 1943 and interned in Auschwitz , is used by his SS captors as entertainment , forced to box against fellow prisoners . He knows that if he refuses , his family will be punished ; if he wins , he will be given extra rations which he can share with them ; if he loses , he will be sent to the gas chamber . As his family and friends die around him , he has only his love of and his grim determination to keep him alive . 
 The film follows the early life story of , though it takes some artistic liberties including the early introduction of wife ( a pseudonym for ) , whom did not actually meet until after the liberation of the camp.[2][3 ]

On the last day of school in 1989 , is a socialite Beverly Hills wife with a heart of gold recently separated from her husband , , a wealthy owner of an auto shop chain . feels has become a self - absorbed " shopaholic " who never follows through on her commitments , and that she has drifted from the caring , imaginative , personality that made him marry her . To prove him wrong , decides to become the new den mother of their daughter , 's , unruly , leaderless local girl scout troop of Wilderness Girls . 
 While is boutique - hopping along Rodeo Drive , the council is reviewing her application , then approving it as they believe has the makings of an excellent den leader . Although severely lacks the skills found in most troop leaders , she resolves to teach the girls how to survive in " the wilds of Beverly Hills , " even customizing new merit badges for her troop . One campout results in the troop getting hit by a rain squall , which and the girls flee to the Beverly Hills Hotel . Despite her unorthodox ways , demonstrates an unwavering commitment to the girls ' well - being and acts as a surrogate mother / friend to the girls , some of whom are sometimes neglected by their own wealthy and distracted parents . remarks he was hoping to see learn a few outdoors and civil defense skills , such as first aid , and he is unsure about that under ' mentorship . 
 ' unorthodox methods also run afoul of another scout leader , , a mean - spirited , retired army nurse who ensures the Culver City " Red Feathers " in which her own daughter , , is a member , runs like a military unit . Because has considerable pull at the regional council level , she declares ' customized merit badges ineligible and sends her assistant troop leader , , to infiltrate Troop Beverly Hills . 
 Much to 's dismay , Troop Beverly Hills , which is yet unrecognized by the regional council , can gain recognition by passing a series of tests at an upcoming Jamboree . However , in order to qualify for the Jamboree , and to show up , the troop needs to sell cookies , 1,000 boxes . To prevent this from happening , sabotages Troop Beverly Hills by selling cookies in their own neighborhood . Seeing this , as well as realizing 's true personality , becomes ' assistant for real , offering her abilities to get the girls recognized merit badges . The parents of the girls , appreciative of and 's leadership , offer to buy the cookies themselves in order to go to the jamboree , but suggests another idea both to beat at her own game and teach the girls salesmanship - a series of star - studded cookie sales in an untapped district . This proves successful , as the girls sell over 4,000 boxes of cookies , more than enough to qualify for the Jamboree . 
 is then hit with a one - two punch : even though has broken up with his new girlfriend , he wants to proceed with the divorce , including joint custody of ; and meanly tries to talk her out of attending the Jamboree , warning that it 's in the backcountry , 20 miles from the nearest campsite , and 100 miles from the nearest 4 - star hotel . She sinks into a deep depression and finally decides to disband the troop , but and the other girls talk her out of it . 
 During the Jamboree , the Red Feathers try to get ahead of Troop Beverly Hills by misdirecting them into a snake - infested swamp which causes the troop to lose vital radio contact with , but a skunk scares and the girls into running through a shortcut , making them first in the qualifying event . In the final run , takes charge of the Red Feathers herself and cuts down a rope bridge , but this also fails . However , when cheats a final time by going into a restricted area used only for hunting , she wounds herself after falling into a hole . 's boot and sock are removed and it 's confirmed that her ankle is broken . The Red Feathers , especially , leave her behind for the sake of winning . Troop Beverly Hills finds her , barefoot and bitter , and reluctantly carries her to the finish , but only after reminds the girls that they have to be considerate to those in need , even if they are adversaries . 
 The Red Feathers cross the finish line first but are disqualified because council law stipulates the leader must be with the troop . Although and her friend run off with the trophy , Troop Beverly Hills is declared the winners of the Jamboree and are validated as true Wilderness Girls . , the regional leader , fires from the Wilderness Girls Organization for cheating on the trail and for putting the Troop Beverly Hills girls in jeopardy . In turn hurls insults at the councilwomen for recognizing Troop Beverly Hills . The girls ' families show up moments later and are very proud of them . , impressed by ' complete turnaround , decides to call off the divorce , and he and get back together . 
 The next year , Troop Beverly Hills is the designated Poster Troop and is forced to take a humiliating job at Kmart , a final fate she tried to threaten with earlier .

is a highly studious and obsessively well - ordered police investigator for the small Northern California town of Cypress Beach . Bored with the lack of serious crime with his current work , is set to transfer to a much better position in Sacramento , leaving fellow investigator to replace him . shows around in the three days left before his transfer , meeting with long time friend for a final time . The two investigators are then called to the discovery of $ 8,000 found at the local beach - an unusual discovery for such a quiet community . That same evening , is murdered by an affiliate of local seafood magnate when reveals his suspicions of 's operations . is alerted to the crime the following morning , ultimately resulting in hesitantly taking in , ' pet Dogue de Bordeaux . immediately takes to the new town veterinarian . pleads with to take in as he has no experience of handling such an animal before . However , insists that will be good for , who lives alone . 
 Immediately returning home however , 's noisy , destructive nature clashes intensely with 's tightly - tuned routine and lifestyle . leaves alone one night to buy dog food , only to return to a home that has been completely ransacked by unintentionally . Furious , kicks out , only to return later with 's female dog , . Seeing an opportunity to get rid of , drives both and back to the Veterinary clinic , only to be caught by as he leaves . invites inside , and the two proceed to continue painting the house that earlier abandoned for the night . leaves later on and although he expresses his disinterest in taking things further with , it becomes clear that the two are starting to like each other . 
 takes to the Police Precinct the next day , where a wedding occurs just across the street . identifies the wedding photographer as ' killer and gives chase , almost taking 's desk with him . The murderer is able to escape from his pursuers , but is able to identify the killer as , a former Marine with several prior arrests and also fits the profile in which was killed ( had earlier speculated that ' murderer must have had special experience in killing as the stab wound performed on ensured total discretion ) . also speculates that was n't murdered in a robbery attempt , but in order for to cover up an illegal operation near to where he lived . This theory matches with ' regular complaints to about the noises he heard going on at Boyett Seafood , the company in which is registered as an employee . 
 Celebrating the approval to search Boyett Seafood , treats but notices his refusal to eat - considering this as a consequence of ' death , the long term owner and presumably , only companion to . and are seen to establish a closer bond with each other . The next day , the police search Boyett Seafood but find no evidence of any illegal activity . With his transfer pending the following day , is relieved of jurisdiction of the case and is given to by Police Chief . Frustrated with reaching a dead end in the case , meets with , leading the two to spend the night together . In a eureka moment , finally realises why the earlier search of Boyett Seafood turned up nothing - instead of searching for imports , Boyett Seafood was actually exporting goods . Armed with this new lead , takes back to the factory to stake - out . The following morning , arrives upon 's request with the earlier recovered $ 8,000 from the beach . On a hunch , commands to trace the scent of the money to anything he can find within the factory , ultimately returning with the exact type of bag the wad was discovered in . 
 travels to the Lazy Acres Motel , the false address that which was listed as a tenant . interrogates the Motel owner into revealing where is , only to be held up at gunpoint by him moments later . orders into his car to drive away , but crashes the Cadillac into a concrete barrier , propelling through the windshield and pinning him down by the neck , provided assistance of . interrogates into revealing that he killed , and also revealing that is in on the illegal money trade going on at his factory , but is not in charge of it , to 's surprise . returns with to the factory , and is unexpectedly joined by Chief . Already suspicious of 's earlier confession , confronts , believing him to be in charge of the money laundering operation at the docks , using the gigantic ice cubes to cover the wads of cash being sent out of the country . A firefight soon occurs between against and , with being able to ambush from above , although is able to shoot in the process . Confronting , is initially coerced by the corrupt Police Chief to frame , who is subsequently killed by . However , knows that is an entirely honest police officer , and calls his bluff . manages to struggle to his feet , and briefly distract long enough for to kill him . 
 Realizing 's wound , races to 's clinic to save his life . However , , who lost a lot of blood , dies on the operating table , with a tearful and in audience . During the aftermath , is made police chief while is the leading investigator . is also married to , with the couple now caring for and her litter of puppies , one of whom that looks and acts exactly like .

Tom Hanks, Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson, J. C. Quinn, Reginald VelJohnson

Based on 1981 novel Oh!,[1 ] the film relates the story of the eccentric family during the event of a tornado 's hitting their rural Kansas home . The head of the family is ( ) , who built soda pop and mini - golf empires and lives off the proceeds . His two adult children , ( ) , and ( ) , live with him in his mansion along with 's daughter , and , the housekeeper . is plagued by unwanted visits from her ex , ( ) , who has recently returned from Canada with the intention of marrying and becoming a father to . is enrolled in a local university and pursues rolling interests in painting , music , and theater , all with an Absurdist slant . He is also desperately trying to convince , a young groundskeeper from the University , to marry him and go off to Europe . , exasperated with 's high - brow attitude and 's sullen listlessness , spends his time drinking and courting , a local host of a Christian children 's TV program . The group continuously annoy each other , fight , and try to find themselves in an isolated little world where all of the necessities of life are provided , but purpose is lacking . 
 finds an envelope with their mother 's address and he and take with them in an effort to track her down . The address on the envelope leads them to a farm in which they meet an unnamed character played by . tells them he bought the farm from her and met her once when they were in escrow ; that " " spoke with her mostly . When the kids ask if they can speak to , replies : " got kicked in the head by a horse last year . [ He ] went around killing horses for a while , until he ate the insides of a clock and he died " ( a line originally found in 1907 play Playboy of the Western World ) . He then indicates that he thinks she moved to Ireland and that becomes the focus of their drive to see her and forgive her . 
 , frustrated with 's condescending attitude toward his family , breaks up with her . During a particularly heated dinner one evening , overreacts to 's insults and explodes , tipping over bowls of gazpacho . reveals to his father that he and have actively attempted to find their mother . informs them that she died in a mental institution and did n't even recognize him toward the end . 
 and decide to get married and goes back to her old boyfriend . Meanwhile , absconds from his immediate family and goes off to destinations unknown with .

( " ) is a - esque daydreamer whose hyperactive imagination keeps him and his friend ( ) from holding a steady job . 's uncle ( ) wins the deed to Channel 62 , a UHF television station on the verge of bankruptcy , in a poker game . His wife ( ) talks him into giving control of Channel 62 to the out - of - work . and meet the Channel 62 staff which is made up of the receptionist and wannabe reporter ( ) , dwarf photojournalist and cameraman ( ) , an unnamed overweight cameraman ( ) , and eccentric engineer ( ) . attempts to introduce himself to the rival VHF network station Channel 8 , but its owner , the grumpy and mean - spirited ( ) , angrily chases him out . On his way out of the station he encounters childlike janitor ( ) , who had just been unfairly fired by for supposedly pitching a very valuable research report , which had been on 's desk chair all the time . offers him a janitorial job at Channel 62 . 
 Though creates new original programming ( along with running standard independent station fare like The Beverly Hillbillies reruns and and the Road Runner cartoons ) in an attempt to revive the station 's fortunes , ratings stay flat and determines that Channel 62 is days away from insolvency after going through the station 's books . and stay late at the station brainstorming ways to keep it afloat , which causes to accidentally stand up his girlfriend ( ) on her birthday , causing her to break up with him . The next day a despondent walks out in the middle of the live kid 's show " Uncle Nutzy 's Clubhouse " so he can go to the bar and drown his woes with a drink . He flippantly hands hosting duties to , whose bizarre antics are an instant hit with the audience by the time reaches the bar ; " Stanley Spadowski 's Clubhouse " becomes a massive ratings smash that saves the station from bankruptcy . Channel 62 finds success with a line up of bizarre original shows and as its flagship star . 
 is initially dismissive of reports of Channel 62 's popularity ( believing that such a station could never be a threat to a major network VHF outlet like Channel 8) but is infuriated when he learns of the upstart independent overtaking Channel 8 in the ratings and plots revenge . then receives a call from his bookie , informing him that he lost all of his bets on that day 's horse race ; as a result , has $ 75,000 of gambling debt that he must repay within two days . offers the $ 75,000 to buy out Channel 62 . learns of the deal and calls his Aunt , who forces to give a chance to match 's offer . , clandestinely observing 's predicament of raising $ 75,000 and his understandable fears of possibly undermining his efforts , wiretaps the Channel 8 offices late that night , in order to keep tabs on and his goons . , in a deleted scene , tries taking out a bank loan to cover his uncle 's debt and save the station , but to no avail ; the bank president , although impressed with 's initiative , denies him the loan while a thug from Channel 8 watches with interest . is despondent and worried as to how to raise the money ... until he suddenly hits on a brilliant idea : the station will air a telethon offering the people of the community a chance to buy stock in Channel 62 . The goal is to sell 7,500 shares at $ 10 apiece to the people by 10 pm this Friday evening , and if they succeed , Channel 62 will become a publicly - owned station . 
 Led by 's boundless energy , the telethon gets off to a quick start but grinds to a halt after he is kidnapped by a group of Channel 8 henchmen . Eventually , in watching taped footage of the Channel 8 news office , spies on the screen , thus officially confirming everyone 's suspicions : was abducted by the Channel 8 news goons . He shows , who then leads a group to infiltrate Channel 8 and rescue . airs an editorial criticizing Channel 62 as counter programming to the telethon , which replaces with a recording of when insulted the townspeople to earlier in the movie through broadcast signal intrusion . Despite 's return , the telethon ends with the station $ 2,000 short of its goal , and arrives to pay off 's bookie . However , their deal is scuttled by the timely arrival of a bum that insulted earlier in the film , who buys all the remaining shares , thereby allowing to pay off Big Louie instead , just in the nick of time , and Channel 62 is not only saved , it officially becomes a publicly - owned company . The bum later explains to that the penny he mockingly gave him earlier was a rare 1955 doubled die cent worth a substantial fortune , which explains how he was able to buy the remaining $ 2,000 worth of Channel 62 shares ( and a Rolex watch , to boot ) , while public backlash from the candid video of causes the FCC to revoke Channel 8 's broadcast license . As the film ends , and rekindle their relationship , while the rest of the employees and fans of Channel 62 celebrate . 
 Throughout the film , there are cutaway scenes that are comic homages to popular shows , through either 's imagination or shows specifically for Channel 62 . A dream sequence includes a music video for 's " Money for Nothing / Beverly Hillbillies * " in both the audio and visual style of the Dire Straits ' " Money for Nothing " , and fake commercials for Plots ' R Us Mortuary Service , Gandhi II , Conan the Librarian , and Spatula City are shown throughout the film .

and and their three kids , 15 - year - old , 8 - year - old , and 6 - year - old , have recently moved from Indianapolis to the Chicago suburbs because of 's promotion . Late one night , they receive a phone call from Indianapolis informing them that 's father has suffered a heart attack . They make plans to leave immediately to be with him . After hearing the news , , bitter about having been forced to move , accuses of abandoning her father . 
 suggests asking his brother , , to come watch the children , to which objects . They are middle class suburbanites , whereas is unemployed . He lives in a small apartment in Chicago , drinks and smokes , and earns his living by betting on rigged horse races . He drives a dilapidated 1977 Mercury Marquis that pours smoke and backfires . His girlfriend , , owns an automobile tire shop . and have been together for eight years ; she wants to get married and start a family , and has grudgingly accepted a new job at her shop . Since no one else is available to help and , they have no choice but to turn to . cheerfully informs that he ca n't start his job yet due to the family emergency . thinks is trying , as usual , to lie his way out of working a job . 
 Upon arriving , quickly befriends and , but the rebellious is aloof , and the two engage in a battle of wills . When meets 's obnoxious boyfriend , , warns her that is only interested in her for sex . repeatedly thwarts her plans to sneak away on dates with . Over the next several days , he deals with a number of situations in comedic fashion , including taking the kids to his favorite bowling alley , making enormous pancakes for ' birthday , ejecting a drunken birthday clown from the property , speaking with the school assistant principal about , and handling the laundry when the washing machine does n't work . 
 Eventually , exacts revenge on for meddling in her relationship with ; she causes to think is cheating on her with their neighbor , . and have an argument , and leaves him . 
 The following weekend , concerned after sneaks out to a party , decides to go looking for her rather than attend a horse race which would have provided him with enough money for the entire following year . He calls and begs to watch and as he searches for . At the party , thinking that is taking advantage of her in a bedroom , he forces the door open by drilling out the lock , but walks in on with another girl . He kidnaps . After he finds wandering the streets , she apologizes to him and acknowledges he was right about . lets out of the trunk to apologize to her . When is finally released , he threatens to sue . then strikes him with a few golf balls , making him retract his apology and flee . At home , helps reconcile with by admitting her lie , and tells that would be a good husband and father . also agrees to start his job at the garage . 
 and return from Indianapolis , 's father having recovered . Upon entering the house , surprises her mother with a hug . and then leave for Chicago , with and exchanging a loving wave goodbye .

John Candy, Amy Madigan, Jean Louisa Kelly, Macaulay Culkin, Gaby Hoffmann

In the 18th century , the Marquise de Merteuil ( ) , a beautiful wealthy widow , learns from her cousin Madame de ( ) that ' 15 - year - old daughter ( ) has been betrothed to a middle - age man named ( 's own secret lover . confides in that the arranged marriage required that be raised in a convent to ensure her chastity . Unaware that is 's paramour , reveals that according to , he is having trouble breaking off relations with his " former " mistress who is mentally unbalanced . 
 Angered over the loss of her lover and his slight of her character , devises a devious plan of revenge . She approaches her former lover , ( ) , and proposes that he seduce the virgin prior to her wedding night when will learn he was " not the first to arrive " . declines 's request . He is more interested in pursuing Madame de Tourvel ( ) , a beautiful married woman staying at his aunt 's estate . When the subject of infidelity is introduced , insists she would never be unfaithful to her husband who is in Rouen on business . later mocks for his futile desire for and makes him a wager : if succeeds in bedding Madame de Tourvel , he may also bed ; if he fails , he must consign himself to a monastery . 
 After learning that 's music teacher , ( ) , has been writing love letters to , gains the confidence of the young girl who confesses she loves . then convinces her cousin to allow to join her in the country while helping write secret love letters to . Soon after , and join at his aunt 's country estate where flirts playfully with the innocent young girl . When suggests that help write a love letter to , agrees and ends up taking 's virginity . When confides in about her experience with , encourages the girl to marry and keep as her lover . 
 Meanwhile , is unsuccessful in his numerous attempts at wooing , who has been warned of his sexual scheming and debauchery . When feels her defenses weakening and her attraction to growing , she flees to the city to get away from the temptation . After learning of her departure , rides to her residence and is there when she arrives . Surprised by 's romantic actions and unable to resist her feelings for him , finally returns his affections and they make love . In the morning , says she has written her husband about her new love . She then leaves for the market to prepare a meal for her lover , but when she returns is gone . 
 Soon after , arrives at 's residence to collect his " prize " from her . When initially refuses to honor her wager , and then offers herself in the wrong way , leaves in anger . He goes to and convinces her to write a letter explaining that encouraged her to marry and keep as her lover . later comes to and spends the night , leaving before he wakes the next morning . Later , when reads 's letter , he visits and threatens her , demanding she send a letter to recommending that she call off her marriage . When arrives , he discovers that has already seduced and revealed that took 's virginity . 
 The next day , challenges to a duel set in the morning . That evening , prepares for the duel by drinking himself into a drunken stupor . The next morning , arrives at the duel hung over and refuses to duel him in his condition . Refusing to apologize to for his actions , he charges toward the young man with his sword drawn and is slain after a brief exchange . At the funeral , reveals to 's aunt that she believes she is carrying her ( the aunt 's ) dead nephew 's child . The elderly aunt is overjoyed by the news . and are soon married in a grand ceremony in the presence of the king , with looking on — alone . 
 Sometime later , Madame de Tourvel visits the country estate and lovingly places a single flower on 's grave .

( ) and ( ) are two low - level financial employees at an insurance corporation in New York City . While going over actuarial reports , discovers a series of payments made for the same death . and take their findings to the CEO , ( ) , who commends them for discovering insurance fraud and invites them to his Hamptons island beach house for the Labor Day weekend . Unbeknownst to and , Bernie is behind the fraud . Nervously meeting with his mob partner ( ) , asks to have and killed . However , after leaves , decides has been attracting too much attention with his greed and his relationship with 's girlfriend , ( ) , and orders that he be killed instead . 
 arrives at the island before and and plans the murders with ( ) , the hitman , on the phone , unaware the conversation is being recorded on his answering machine . then plants cash and a fake confession note implicating and in the insurance fraud . arrives , killing with a drug overdose . When and arrive at 's house , they find 's body . Before they can call the police , guests arrive for a party that used to host every weekend . To and 's amazement , the guests are too engrossed in their partying to notice he is dead , with the dopey grin from the fatal injection and his sunglasses concealing his lifeless state . Fearing implication in 's death , and wanting to enjoy the luxury of the house for the weekend , proposes he and maintain the illusion that is still alive , a notion that finds absurd . Only the arrival of 's office crush , ( ) , a summer intern for the company , convinces him to go along with 's plan . 
 Later that night , arrives at the house , and has and direct her to . There , she also fails to realize he is dead . At that moment , , one of 's mobsters witnesses the two of them apparently making love . Fooled into thinking 's assassination failed , he notifies . The next morning , is appalled to discover furthering the illusion of being alive by manipulating his body 's limbs . attempts to call the police but instead activates the phone message detailing 's plot against them . Unaware of the circumstances of 's death , they mistakenly believe they are still the targets of a mob hit and decide to use 's corpse as a prop for protection . and make various attempts to leave the island . All attempts are thwarted , as they repeatedly misplace and recover 's body . Finally , and are forced to return to 's home . Meanwhile , , unhinged at his apparent failure to kill , returns to the island . 
 At the house , confronts and , who confess that has been dead since their arrival . then appears and opens fire at , then turns his attention to , , and . Chasing after the trio , corners , who clumsily manages to subdue him with a phone cord and a punch . The police eventually arrive and place under arrest , taking him away in a straitjacket as he continues to insist is still alive . is loaded into an ambulance , however , his gurney rolls away and topples off the boardwalk , dumping him onto the beach right behind , , and , who run away after noticing him . Eventually , a young boy comes along and starts to " play " with , scooping buckets of sand over his body .

In 1977 , and graduate from the University of Chicago and share the drive to New York City , where is beginning journalism school and is starting a career . is dating 's friend . During the drive , and discuss their differing ideas about relationships ; disagrees with 's assertion that men and women can not be friends , as " the sex part gets in the way " . At a diner , is angered when tells her she is attractive ; she accuses him of making a pass at her . In New York , they part on unfriendly terms . 
 Five years later , and find themselves on the same flight . is dating 's neighbor , and is engaged , which surprises . suggests they become friends , forcing him to qualify his previous position about the impossibility of male - female friendships . They separate , concluding that they will not be friends . 
 and run into each other again in a bookstore five years later . They have coffee and talk about their previous relationships ; and broke up because she wanted a family and he did not want to marry , and 's wife left him for another man . They take a walk and become friends . They have late - night phone conversations , go to dinner , and spend time together , discussing their love lives . 
 During a New Year 's Eve party , and find themselves attracted to each other . Though they remain friends , they set each other up with their respective best friends , and . When the four go to a restaurant , and become fast friends , and later become engaged . Over the phone , tearfully tells that her ex is getting married . He rushes to her apartment to comfort her , and they have sex ; leaves the next morning distressed . Their friendship cools until a heated argument at and 's wedding dinner . attempts to mend his friendship with , but she feels that they can not be friends . 
 At a New Year 's Eve party that year , feels alone without by her side . spends New Year 's alone , walking around the city . As decides to leave the party early , appears and declares his love for her . She argues that the only reason he is there is because he is lonely , but he lists the many things he realized he loves about her . They kiss and marry three months later .

While visiting a health studio in Beverly Hills , fashion model , the daughter of millionaire , is kidnapped . Her father turns to a family friend , , who is president of the detective agency Crumb & Crumb , to investigate the case . 
 is reluctant to supply with one of his capable detectives because , as it turns out , himself is the organizer of the kidnapping . To give the appearance of taking the investigation seriously , offers the services of , the last descendant of the agency 's founders . secretly knows that is incompetent and counts on this fact to get away with the crime . 
 returns to Los Angeles ( by bus ) from an assignment in the firm 's Tulsa , Oklahoma branch office ( which he messed up , as usual ) . He is assisted in his investigation by 's younger daughter , , who is considerably smarter than he is . deduces that 's stepmother , , is having an affair with tennis coach , and concludes she is behind the kidnapping . is desired by , but all she is interested in is money . She tries to get rid of her husband on several occasions and does her best   – along with   – to get the ransom for herself . 
 Also assigned to the case is Police Detective , who ( unlike ) is competent and experienced in kidnapping cases , and has a strongly negative opinion of private eyes and is no exception . throughout the course of the film builds a rivalry with . 
 escapes to the airport , bound for Buenos Aires . He makes the mistake of informing of his plans ; she and take the money and leave him bound and gagged . arrives to confront and just as their plane prepares to take off . is freed and is found . Fed up with 's dumb luck , confesses and is taken into police custody . is thanked for his heroism in the case and even Det . applauds for solving the case . In the end , takes over as the new president of his family 's business , and promptly accepts a new assignment to investigate another case , this time a murder committed in a gay bar .

In late 1969 , ( ) works as a helicopter traffic pilot for a Los Angeles radio station . When he breaks several safety regulations by flying low , the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration suspends his pilot 's license . However , his piloting skills , bravery and disregard for the law are noticed by a mysterious government agent , who tells that he can get his license back if he accepts a job in Laos , working for a " strictly civilian " company called Air America . It is readily apparent that Air America is a front for CIA operations in Laos . 
 Unemployed and unable to find work , takes the job . In Laos , he is introduced to Air America 's unorthodox pilots and aircraft , being taken under the wing of ( ) , a cynical and eccentric pilot and an arms dealer who uses official flights to buy black market weapons for his private cache . His dream , which he refers to as his " retirement plan " , is to make a sale big enough so that he can afford to quit his job at Air America . 
 The next day , Senator ( ) arrives in Laos on a " fact finding mission " , to investigate rumors about Air America transporting drugs on behalf of Laotian forces . Major ( ) and ( ) , CIA leaders of Air America , show the Senator around refugee camps , shrines , temples , and major cities in a careful deception to hide from him that Air America is indeed transporting drugs . 
 While airdropping livestock into rural villages in their C-123 cargo aircraft , and ( ) are shot down . The Pilatus PC-6 of General ( ) arrives at the crash site and his soldiers load bags of opium on board , but leave and behind with Communist forces moving in . and another pilot arrive and rescue them ; boards 's helicopter while the rest of the crew escape in another aircraft . 
 and 's helicopter is shot down on the way back , and they are captured by a rural tribe . notices that the tribe is using obsolete and unreliable guns and strikes a deal to supply them with better weapons . Allowed to go free , and retreat to 's house , where is surprised to discover that has a wife and children . Already disillusioned with US actions in Laos , convinces to quit his job with Air America , but wants to get even with General for betraying him when he crashed . 
 Meanwhile , Senator is losing patience with and , and demands to know who is smuggling heroin . Soon after their return to base , the pilots learn that during his search for and , was killed and and claim that he was the ring leader behind the drug trafficking . Enraged , purchases grenades on the black market and uses them to blow up the heroin factory , but guards see him running away . is still unsatisfied and demands more concrete evidence . 
 The next day , finds a buyer for his arsenal , allowing him to leave gunrunning , quit Air America , and take his family out of the country . Meanwhile , accepts one more flight before he actually quits . With co - pilot ( ) , he is assigned to transport flour to a refugee camp but they are instructed to divert to a nearby airstrip for " routine inspection " . immediately suspects a set - up , and a search reveals several kilos of heroin hidden in the flour sacks . With his fuel gauge tampered with , and decide to crash - land on the same airstrip where crashed a few days earlier , and use the wreckage of the previous crash to hide the smaller aircraft . 
 , on his way to make his final , largest weapons delivery , flies in to rescue and after wondering why ca n't seem to keep anything in the air . convinces him to respond to a distress call from a refugee camp caught in the crossfire between General 's men and local rebels . tries to rescue the United States Agency for International Development official ( ) in charge of the camp , however , she refuses to leave without the refugees . After some initial resistance , dumps the weapons to make room for the refugees , blowing up the weapons cache to cover their escape . 
 In the air , and come up with a scheme to sell the aircraft to give his money back . Senator recognises the set up for what it was , and the Senator threatens to reveal and 's operation to Washington .

is an upper - class New York housewife , who spends her days shopping , getting beauty treatments , and gossiping with her friends . She has been married to wealthy for fifteen years , and they have two children , who are being raised by a nanny . 
 One day , she has a brief encounter with , a handsome jazz musician . She finds herself mysteriously attracted to him and experiences Catholic guilt for these feelings . This inner turmoil manifests itself in a backache . She is referred to Dr. , an Asian herbalist who puts her under hypnosis . She reveals that what initially attracted her to her husband were in fact his superficial qualities : looks and money . She also reveals her feelings about . 
 Dr. gives ancient herbs that make her act on her feelings toward . They agree to meet . When the herbs wear off , is appalled at her behavior . She does not go to meet him as planned . The next herbs she receives turn her invisible . She spies on going to visit his ex - wife . Much to prudish 's horror , they make love in 's office . is now glad she did not go to meet . However , the next herbal remedy allows to communicate with the ghost of her first lover , . He encourages her to find out more about . and finally meet , under the pretense of their children having a ' play - date ' . and 's meetings become increasingly frequent . 
 When her guilt over her relationship with becomes too much , returns to Dr. . Inhaling the soothing contents of a pipe , falls asleep in Dr. 's rooms . She has vivid dreams about her Catholic upbringing . She remembers her mother . She remembers that she was at her happiest when she was helping people . She realizes that she has lost sight of many of her goals in her materialistic luxurious lifestyle . She also realizes this at a fundraising evening in honor of Mother , one of 's idols . After the fundraiser , Joe and sleep together . realizes she is falling in love with him . 
 shares the remaining invisibility herbs with . She hears two of her friends gossiping about her and . The gossip then moves onto , where it is revealed that he has been having affairs , too . Invisible , goes to his office party , where she sees kissing a colleague . Her invisibility wears off and she confronts about his affairs . decides to leave once and for all . She tells this to . However , has decided to reunite with his ex - wife after he spied on her therapy sessions when invisible and realized she still has feelings for him . 
 Stunned , goes to Dr. , who is leaving town . He gives her one final packet of herbs , telling her that these will create a potent love potion . must choose between and . She goes to her sister for advice . However , is having a Christmas party , and the herbs get mixed in with the eggnog . All the men in the party become enamored with . She flees in panic . 
 At home , tells that their marriage is over . She reveals her plans to go to Calcutta and work with Mother . scoffs at this , doubting that could survive without the luxuries she has grown accustomed to . However , is proved wrong . goes to Calcutta , where she meets Mother . On returning to New York , she moves into a modest apartment , raises the children on her own , and does volunteer work in her spare time .

( ) , a professional burglar specialized in sabotaging electronic surveillance systems , stands before his release from yet another stint in prison . Following a fellow inmate 's suggestion , he decides to switch to bank robbery instead , with a special twist of his own design : first by having the security cameras record TV shows he would connect them to with a modified remote control , then entering disguised as a celebrity ; the confusion over this unexpected appearance would serve to confound a detailed description . 
 's first heist ( disguised as ) is successful , but shortly afterwards he witnesses a young boy about to be overrun by a van ; he impulsively pushes the child away and is himself hit . While in the hospital , he has a nebulous experience ( which may have been caused by Highway to Heaven playing on the room 's TV ) in which he meets God ( ; this is used as a pun later on ) who introduces himself as 's ' probation helper ' . Though has lived a sinful life , his last deed , impulsive as it was , has earned him a second chance to save his soul - by doing God 's work as an angel in training . 
 After reawakening , tries another bank hold - up ( this time disguised as ) , but a stroke of luck occurs and a gang of amateur robbers interfere . As they escape , one of the thugs tries to shoot , but gun was loaded with blanks by one of the other thugs . Thinking himself to be an immortal angel now , reconsiders his ways , seeks advice in a church , and then he follows several ' signs ' to another town . In a bar , he meets ( ) , an embittered young man confined to a wheelchair by a terminal sickness . In order to bring out of his self - pity , engages him in a fist - fight on equal terms , sitting fixed on a stool . , taken with 's acceptance of him as a person , not a cripple , strikes up a friendship with and offers him a place to stay at the youth center for children and teens , which he runs with his sister ( ) . 
 is at first suspicious about , but proves himself by slyly intimidating two drug dealers into leaving the center 's area and helping out as much as he can , and gradually falls in love with him . The center itself , however , is in financial difficulties , since its backer ( ) , while claiming himself to be a faithful Christian , refuses to provide any more funds . Since he has no angel 's powers , uses his technical know - how to convince otherwise : by recording and re - editing a segment from TV evangelist Rev. 's ( ) telecast ( which watches reverently ) , and fitting the cross at the rooftop of the center 's church with lighting effects , triggered by his universal remote . 
 At the evening where drops by , however , two police detectives close in on . , who happens to overhear them , rushes off in his wheelchair to warn , but during the flight he injures himself critically , slowly bleeding to death . Just after has left , he arrives at the center , and while runs to calls an ambulance , delivers his warning . Afraid of death , feels lost , but is reassured he will find a place in Heaven when uses the remote to trigger the lighted cross , creating a sign from . No longer afraid of death , dies in the arms of and . 
 then announces that he has to leave , and trying to comfort , he reveals that he is " almost an angel " . is understandably skeptical , but after leaves , she checks his universal remote which he had left her as a keepsake , only to discover that it contains no batteries , and the cross nevertheless begins to shine brilliantly on its own . She runs after and calls out to him . Distracted , slips and falls right before a speeding truck and is about to be run over . is shocked to witness that the truck passes right though him , proving he was really an angel all along . Having passed his angel 's exam , continues on his quest to do God 's work ( though not without promising to return ) , and is left comforted at last .

Veteran San Francisco police officer has been after drug dealer " the Iceman " for the past four years . At the Hunter 's Point Raceway , confronts and . kills , while escapes . Despite killing in self - defense , is now under investigation , as 's gun can not be found at the scene . , the head of the Internal Affairs division , becomes determined to prosecute on a third - degree manslaughter charge . finds a picture that proves that the has put a price on the head of , who is scheduled to be released from prison the next day . 
 has completed his prison term for robbing a payroll ( a crime for which he claims complete innocence ) , and is scheduled to be released . tries to convince to help him clear his name and find the . requests that gives him the $ 500,000 that has been holding on to for him . refuses to give the money unless helps him . After the bus transporting is attacked by two bikers and gets shot , forces to help him by having the hospital release into his custody . recognizes one of the two bikers as , the brother of , the escaped convict killed years earlier . and his partner are the hitmen who have been hired to kill . , who works for the Iceman , was trying to hire as insurance , just in case and failed . When the murders and 's primary contact man , , kills , after the latter reveals himself to be an associate for the . 
 is captured by and , and confronts the two criminals at a local nightclub where — 's friend and fellow officer — is revealed to be the Iceman , with another detective , , serving as an accomplice . A gunfight ensues , with wounding and killing . After killing both and , is held captive by and used as a human shield . sarcastically begs to shoot him . does so , firing a shot into 's shoulder , wounding him and throwing him off . then shoots , killing him . Before is transported to the hospital , he and share a few parting words . As the ambulance leaves with , realizes that has once again stolen his lighter .

Entomologist Dr. searches the Amazon rainforest with the hope of discovering new species of insects and arachnids finding a very aggressive new species of spider . The spider is captured and chloroformed for research ; and is later revealed to be lacking sex organs , thus making it a drone , or soldier . A nature photographer , unknowingly has a fertile ( non - drone ) male spider of the same species jump into his backpack , later that day sneaking into his sleeping bag and biting him . has a massive seizure from the venom and dies . The remainder of the scientists take his body back to the United States , blaming 's death on a fever . The spider crawls into the box and is sealed in with the corpse . 
 's body arrives at the funeral home in his ( fictional ) hometown of Canaima , California . The spider makes it outside , only to be picked by a crow until the spider bites it and it falls to the ground dead , in front of the barn of the family . is a family physician , who had moved to the town from San Francisco . 
 He faces a lack of patients due to elderly rival , who was supposed to retire and shift his patients to , but decided to maintain his practice . The Amazonian spider mates with a female domestic house spider and makes a nest in ' barn , producing hundreds of infertile drone offspring , all of which have a lethal bite . , along with his son Tommy , has arachnophobia , making them targets of ridicule to wife and daughter . 
 's first patient , , dies after being bitten . Dr. diagnoses a heart attack , although suspects that something else was at work . After a spider also kills a football player whom treated , he becomes known to the town as " Dr. Death " . When Dr. himself is bitten , in his own bedroom , and dies , suspects deadly arachnids could be infesting the town . 
 and county coroner perform an autopsy on the victims and confirm ' suspicion that the deaths were caused by spider bites . arrives in town with his assistant , joining , Sheriff and exterminator in the spider investigation . They discover that the killer spiders have a short life expectancy due to being a mixed breed . tells them that the spiders are soldiers , sent out to eliminate potential threats for the general male spider . He also learns that the general spider produced a queen , which it likely mated with to produce a second nest someplace , guarded by the queen , which could produce fertile offspring . 
 elaborates that the transplanted spiders can progressively expand their territory , possibly culminating in their worldwide dispersal . The group sets out to destroy both nests and kill the queen and general . 
 Deducing that the nest is in his barn , sends to destroy it . finds Dr. dead , having been bitten by the general after disturbing the web . gets the family out of their infested house , but falls through the floor into his wine cellar , which turns out to be the spiders ' second nest , guarded not only by the queen but also the general spider . 
 After electrocuting the queen , battles the general while also attempting to burn the second egg sac . He becomes trapped underneath fallen debris , with the general about to deliver the killing strike , when flings the general into the fire . As the egg sac hatches , the general jumps out of the fire . shoots it with a nail gun and the projectile sends the burning spider into the egg sac , destroying the nest with fire and ending the plague . 
 The family immediately moves back to San Francisco , appreciating city life once more , despite such minor inconveniences as earthquakes .

It is the late 1940s and early 1950s , and much has happened to the family of Russian Jewish immigrant since he first arrived in America in 1914 and eventually settled in Baltimore . 
 Television is new . Neighborhoods are changing , with more and more families moving to the suburbs . Wallpaper has been 's profession , but his son wants to try his hand at opening a large discount - appliance store with his cousin , , maybe even do their own commercials on TV . 
 and his wife , , still live with his parents , but is quietly enduring the way that her opinionated mother - in - law dominates the household . is a modern woman who even learns to drive a car , although refuses to ride with her and takes a streetcar instead . 
 The family contributes to a fund to bring more relatives to America . Slights , real or imagined , concern the family , as when and finally move to the suburbs , a long way for their relatives to travel . After arriving late and finding a Thanksgiving turkey has been carved without him , Uncle is offended and storms out , beginning a feud with . 
 also can not understand the methods his grandson 's teachers use in school , or why and have changed their surnames to and as they launch their business careers . But when various crises develop , including an armed holdup and a devastating fire , the family members generally see them through together .

Aidan Quinn, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Joan Plowright, Elizabeth Perkins, Kevin Pollak

In 1969 , Dr. ( ) is a dedicated and caring physician at a local hospital in the New York City borough of The Bronx . After working extensively with the catatonic patients who survived the 1917–1928 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica , discovers certain stimuli will reach beyond the patients ' respective catatonic states ; actions such as catching a ball , hearing familiar music , and experiencing human touch all have unique effects on particular patients and offer a glimpse into their worlds . ( ) proves elusive in this regard , but soon discovers that is able to communicate with him by using a Ouija board . 
 After attending a lecture at a conference on the subject of the L - Dopa drug and its success with patients suffering from Parkinson 's Disease , believes the drug may offer a breakthrough for his own group of patients . A trial run with yields astounding results : completely " awakens " from his catatonic state . This success inspires to ask for funding from donors so that all the catatonic patients can receive the L - Dopa medication and experience " awakenings " back to reality . 
 Meanwhile , is adjusting to his new life and becomes romantically interested in ( ) , the daughter of another hospital patient . also begins to chafe at the restrictions placed upon him as a patient of the hospital , desiring the freedom to come and go as he pleases . He stirs up a revolt by arguing his case to and the hospital administration . notices that as grows more agitated , a number of facial and body tics are starting to manifest , which has difficulty controlling . 
 While and the hospital staff are thrilled by the success of L - Dopa with this group of patients , they soon find that it is a temporary measure . As the first to " awaken " , is also the first to demonstrate the limited duration of this period of " awakening " . 's tics grow more and more prominent and he starts to shuffle more as he walks , and all of the patients are forced to witness what will eventually happen to them . He soon begins to suffer full body spasms and can hardly move . puts up well with the pain , and asks to film him , in hopes that he would someday contribute to research that may eventually help others . acknowledges what is happening to him and has a last lunch with where he tells her he can not see her anymore . When he is about to leave , dances with him , and for this short period of time his spasms disappear . and reconcile their differences , but returns to his catatonic state soon after . The other patients ' fears are similarly realized as each eventually returns to catatonia no matter how much their L - Dopa dosages are increased . 
 tells a group of grant donors to the hospital that although the " awakening " did not last , another kind — one of learning to appreciate and live life — took place . For example , he himself overcomes his painful shyness and asks Nurse ( ) to go out for coffee , many months after he had declined a similar proposal from her . The nurses also now treat the catatonic patients with more respect and care , and is shown visiting . The film ends with standing over behind a Ouija board , with his hands on 's hands , which are on the planchette . " Let 's begin , " says .

Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, Penelope Ann Miller, John Heard, Julie Kavner, Ruth Nelson

On November 12 , 1955 , discovers that his friend Dr. was trapped in 1885 . and 's 1955 self use the information in 's 1885 letter to locate and repair the DeLorean . spots a tombstone with 's name , dated six days after the letter , learning that was killed by great - grandfather , . takes a picture of the tombstone and travels back to 1885 to save . 
 arrives on September 2 , 1885 , in the middle of a Cavalry pursuit of Indians . When the fuel line is torn , hides the car in a cave and walks to Hill Valley . He meets his Irish - born great - great - grandparents , and , and runs afoul of and his gang . tries to lynch , but rescues him . agrees to leave 1885 , but because commercial gasoline is not yet available , the DeLorean can not reach 88 miles per hour under its own power . 
 devises a plan to use a locomotive to push the DeLorean up to the required speed . While he and explore a rail spur they intend to use , they spot a horse - drawn wagon going amok . saves the passenger , , and the two fall in love . thwarts 's attempt to kill at a town festival , whereupon challenges to a showdown in two days . 's name disappears from the photograph of his tombstone , but the date remains unchanged ; warns that he might be the one killed by . 
 The night before their departure , and place the DeLorean onto the rail spur . Unable to convince the truth that he is from the future , is spurned . returns to the town saloon for a binge , but goes to the saloon , and convinces to leave with him . drinks a single shot of whiskey and passes out . arrives early and calls out , but refuses to duel . revives after drinking the bartender 's special " Wake - Up Juice " and tries fleeing with , but 's gang captures , forcing to duel . During a fistfight , destroys the tombstone , is knocked unconscious into a wagon full of manure , and is then arrested for an earlier robbery . and depart to steal the locomotive . 
 As Clara is leaving on the train , she overhears a salesman discussing how heartbroken was at the saloon . applies the emergency brake and goes back to town . She discovers 's model of the time machine and rides after him . Having stolen the train at gunpoint , and begin pushing the DeLorean along the spur line , attempting to get it up to 88 miles per hour . boards the locomotive , while climbs towards the DeLorean . encourages to join him . As she climbs to , falls and hangs by her dress . passes his 2015 - era hoverboard to so he can save . They coast away from the train as returns alone to 1985 while the locomotive falls off the unfinished bridge . 
 arrives on October 27 , 1985 , escaping the powerless DeLorean before it is destroyed by an oncoming freight train . He discovers that everything has returned to the improved timeline , and finds sleeping on her front porch . He uses the lessons he learned in 1885 to avoid being goaded into a street race with , avoiding a possible automobile accident . Remembering that this accident would have sent 's life spiraling downward by 2015 , opens a fax message she kept from 2015 , and watches as its text regarding 's firing disappears . 
 As and witness the time machine wreckage , a locomotive equipped with a flux capacitor appears , manned by , , and their two children and . gives a photo of the two of them by the clockworks at the 1885 festival . asks about the fax , and tells them it means that the future has not been written yet . departs and the train disappears into an unknown time .

Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson

is a construction contractor from Long Island , New York , with two grown daughters . One of them , , is about to be married . 
 Money is tight in the household , but , much to the distress of his wife , , decides that it is important to throw a lavish wedding to impress the well - off family of the man is to marry . Everyone in the family is throwing advice 's way , even the ghost of his father . 
 A new house is building is adding to his financial and emotional woes . In desperation , he turns to his crooked brother - in - law , , who ends up getting involved with loan sharks . A young man named is sent to keep an eye on , but instead turns his gaze to , who is not only a police officer but the bride 's sister . 
 's wedding ultimately goes on as scheduled , but is disrupted by a torrential downpour of rain .

Alan Alda, Molly Ringwald, Ally Sheedy, Madeline Kahn, Joe Pesci, Anthony LaPaglia, Catherine O'Hara

( ) is a successful lawyer completing a business deal in in Detroit , Michigan . At a gas station , she crosses paths with a man that looks suspiciously like her ex - fiancé , ( ) , who had disappeared 15 years previously and was presumed dead . The man feigns ignorance and leaves ; he later makes a call saying that he has been recognized and needs to be moved . had helped convict a drug - dealing DEA agent named ( ) and was placed in the witness protection program . Unfortunately , his old handler has retired and his new handler , ( ) , is a corrupt FBI agent working with . 
 is released from prison after serving his sentence ; his partner , ( ) , picks him up and they set out to kill for revenge and to smooth the passage of their latest deal with drug dealers . returns to confront just as and show up at the gas station with guns blazing . During the gunfight , gets buckshot in his buttocks and his kindly old boss is killed . escapes with , but and pin the boss ’ murder on . They are forced to go on the run as wipes out ’s file and sends police to catch them . 
 To clear their names , needs to reach his old handler . They use contacts from 's former life - in - hiding , including a beauty salon where he was a star employee , and an old flame of a veterinarian that removes the buckshot . 
 During a night spent in a hotel room , tells everything that happened 15 years ago and they rekindle their feelings for each other . 
 They reach the home of his old handler and find out he has Alzheimer 's disease , and thus does n’t remember . , and show up , so and retreat to a nearby zoo where had worked . He releases animals from their cages to assist in their defense , and all three men are killed in various ways by the animals . Wounded , winds up suspended over a tiger in a pit , requiring to save him . Not quite able to reach him , he offers her the extra incentive of marriage and children , which does the trick . They are then seen boating into the sunset in the Caribbean .

Mel Gibson, Goldie Hawn, David Carradine, Bill Duke, Stephen Tobolowsky, Joan Severance

Eight months after the events of Re - Animator , doctors and are working as medics in the middle of a bloody Peruvian civil war . In the chaos of battle and with plenty of casualties to work on , they are free to experiment with 's re - animation reagent . When their medical tent is stormed by the enemy troops , and return home to Arkham , Massachusetts . There , they resume their former jobs as doctors at Miskatonic University Hospital , and returns to the basement laboratory of 's house to continue his research . 
 Using parts pilfered from both the hospital 's morgue and from the cemetery conveniently located next door , discovers that his reagent can re - animate body parts by themselves . He becomes determined to create an entire living person from disparate body parts . discovers the heart of , 's fiancée , in the hospital morgue . With the promise to use her heart to re - animate a new , convinces to help him with his project . Also stored in the morgue is the rest of the evidence from the previous " Miskatonic Massacre " . Inside , pathologist Dr. discovers a vial of 's reagent and the severed head of Dr. . Using the reagent , he re - animates 's head . 
 Meanwhile , police officer Lt . begins investigating and . He bears a grudge against the pair , as they were the only unaffected survivors of the Miskatonic Massacre ; the dead body of 's wife was re - animated into a crazed zombie during the incident . suspects and were responsible . When he stops by their house to question them , he discovers 's corpse - filled lab and the two get into an ugly confrontation . A fight ensues and ends up killing by means of cloth treated with a chemical which causes cardiac arrest when inhaled ( a product of 's research into obtaining the freshest possible corpses for his experiments ) . then re - animates the police officer with the intention of covering up his crime . violently wanders out of the house and into the cemetery next door . 
 also bears a grudge against , as was responsible for his decapitation , the destruction of his body , taking away ( with whom he was obsessed ) , and having better theories about reanimation than himself . Using hypnotic powers , commands to force Dr. to stitch bat wings onto his neck , giving him back his mobility . He also extends his mental control to all of the zombie survivors of the Miskatonic Massacre . 
 When one of 's patients , the beautiful , dies , collects the last piece he needs for his creation : her head . With a complete body stitched and wired together , and inject the re - animation reagent into 's heart . While waiting for the reagent to take effect , a package is delivered to their house . retrieves and opens it . From inside , 's winged head flies out . Simultaneously , all of the zombies he controls break into the house . retreats back to the basement lab , where his creation , the Bride , has awoken . 
 A catfight breaks out between the Bride and 's current girlfriend , Italian journalist , whom he met in Peru . rejects the Bride 's love and sides with . Heart - broken , the Bride rips 's heart out of her own chest and then literally falls to pieces . diagnoses this as tissue rejection . 
 and his zombies force , and to retreat through the wall of the lab and into a crypt in the neighboring cemetery . Inside , all of 's prior test subjects arise and make their way towards him , stopping only when commands them to . The unstable crypt begins to collapse , trapping , and the zombies . and manage to escape the debris and claw their way to the surface of the cemetery together . , stuck in the debris , laughs manically , while 's heart , still in the hand of the Bride , stops beating .

Queens car salesman ( ) must deal with the ever - increasing pressures in his life : he has an ex - wife demanding alimony , a daughter who is missing , a married mistress ( ) and a single mistress ( ) who are both desperately in love with him , and a two - day deadline to either sell twelve cars or lose his job . In addition , he has an outstanding loan to a Mafia don which he must either quickly repay , or lose his life . 
 On the day of the big dealership car sale ( and the final day of 's deadline ) , the car dealership is taken hostage by an AK-47 - toting motorcyclist ( ) who believes his wife ( ) is cheating on him . manages to talk the man out of doing any harm to the other hostages , as police surround the dealership . Without realizing that the assailant 's gun is not loaded , the police wound him after most of the hostages have already been released which prompts to promise to remain with him while he recovers . The crisis solves all of 's problems : his mistresses learn of each other and dump him , his daughter returns , his job is secure , the Mafia don ( whose son was among the hostages ) forgives his debt , and he begins to reconcile with his ex - wife .

Robin Williams, Tim Robbins, Pamela Reed, Lori Petty, Fran Drescher

Two years after was destroyed by the Barclays and detective , the killer " Good Guy " doll ( voiced by ) is rebuilt from scratch by the PlayPals company to prove there is no fault with the dolls . As a result of ( ) blaming for the murders committed , the company has suffered . One of the men working on Chucky is killed by electrocution ; as a result , the CEO of the company Mr. Sullivan ( ) orders his assistant ( ) to cover the accident and get rid of . 
 Meanwhile , is now in foster care , due to his mother being in a mental hospital for supporting his story about . is adopted by ( ) and ( ) . In his new home , meets his new foster sister ( ) . 
 After work , goes to a corner store and while he leaves his car , uses the car phone to ring ( ) , the manager of 's foster center . He claims to be a relative of 's in order to get his new address . He then hijacks the car and orders to drive outside the household at gunpoint . then kills him by suffocating him with a plastic bag . In the house , accidentally activates " " , another " Good - Guy " doll , and destroys him with 's ornament . then buries the doll in the garden and takes his place as " " . punishes the children believing one of them broke the ornament . After spends the rest of the day with , waits for nightfall and ties up in order to possess him , but the ritual is stopped by . After claimed tied him up , throws in the basement . 
 The following day , hitches a ride on the bus to 's new school . 's teacher Miss ( ) discovers an obscenity wrote on his worksheet . Believing was responsible , she forces to stay in the classroom as punishment and locks in the closet . manages to escape , and beats Miss to death with a yardstick . After insisted got him in trouble , considers taking him back to the foster center . 
 Later that night , tries to kill with an electric knife in the basement , but attacks him . goes to investigate the commotion but trips and neck - snaps him , killing him . , convinced that murdered , sends him back to the foster center . discovers the buried doll in the garden and realizes was telling the truth all along and rushes in to warn only to find her dead . attacks and orders her to take him to the center to find . There , during a false fire alarm , kills and orders to take him to the PlayPals " Good - Guy " factory for the transfer . 
 follows and to the factory . After knocking unconscious once again , attempts the ritual to transfer his soul into , but it fails midway since he spent too much time within the doll 's body . Enraged , decides to kill both and instead . murders a factory worker . He then loses one of his hands , which he replaces with his knife , and his legs , but still goes after the two . and then pour molten plastic over him before inserting an air hose in his mouth , which causes his head to explode and finally defeating him . and leave the factory for " home " , with asking where " home " is and responding that , in truth , she does n't know . 
 The last scene features a piece of Chucky in a vat of molten plastic . The plastic is then molded into a new head and then it grins evilly , which was not shown in theaters .

In the early 1950s , tells her pre - adolescent daughter about her father and the life that she barely remembers , as the two of them are walking to a rural train station . 
 In 1936 , is a motion picture projectionist , involved in a campaign of harassment against non - union theaters in New York City . One such attack turns fatal , as one of his fellow union members starts a fire . 's boss , knowing that the feelings of guilt would likely cause to go to the police , urges him to leave the area . moves to Los Angeles where his brother lives . 's role as a " sweatshop lawyer " strains an already - rocky relationship with who is willing to have any job , barely keeping his family afloat during the Great Depression . 
 Taking the name , finds a job as a projectionist ( ironically , non - union ) in a movie theater run by a Japanese American family by the name of . He falls in love with , his boss ' daughter . Forbidden to see one another by her Issei parents and banned from marrying by California law , the couple elopes to Seattle , where they marry and have a daughter , . 
 When World War II breaks out , and their daughter are caught up in the Japanese American internment , rounded up and sent to Manzanar , California . , away on a trip , is drafted into the United States Army with no chance to help his family prepare for their imprisonment . 
 Finally visiting the camp , he arranges a private meeting with his wife 's father , telling him that he has gone AWOL and wants to stay with them , whatever they have to go through . They are his family now and he belongs with them . The older man counsels him to return to the Army , and says that he now believes that is truly in love with , and a worthy husband . 
 Returning , ready to face his punishment for desertion , he is met by FBI agents , who have identified " " as being the wanted for his part in the arson of years before . 
 Finally , in the 1950s , the train arrives and and reunite with , who has served his time in prison and is now returning to his family .

In 1954 Baltimore , is the leader of a gang of " drapes " , which includes his sister , a teenage mother ; , who is facially disfigured ; , who is constantly embarrassed by her post World War II normal parents ; and , devoted boyfriend . 's ability to shed a single tear drives all the girls wild . One day after school , he is approached by , a pretty girl tired of being a " square " , and the two fall in love . That same day , approaches the " square " part of town to a talent show at the recreation center where 's grandmother hosts events , and introduces himself to her , who is skeptical of his motives . invites to a party at Turkey Point , a local hangout spot for the drapes . 
 Despite her grandmother 's skepticism , accompanies Cry - Baby to Turkey Point and sings with the drapes . As - and tell each other about their orphan lives ; father was sent to the electric chair after being the " Alphabet Bomber " – a killer who bombed places in alphabetical order and his mother tried to stop him , but also got sent to the electric chair as a result ; 's parents took separate flights to avoid orphaning her if they crashed , but both their planes went down . 's jealous square boyfriend , , then starts a riot . is blamed for the fight and sent to a penitentiary , outraging all his friends and even 's grandmother , who is impressed by Cry - Baby 's posture , manners , and musical talent . 
 As , a loose girl with a crush on Cry - Baby , but constantly rejected by him , claims to be pregnant with his child , feels betrayed and returns to and the squares , though her grandmother advises her against rushing into a decision . Meanwhile , in the penitentiary , Cry - Baby gets a teardrop tattoo . He tells the tattoo artist , fellow drape ( ): " I 've been hurt all my life , but real tears wash away . This one 's for , and I want it to last forever ! " . 
 Eventually after performing with and the , is persuaded by the newly established alliance between the and her grandmother to stand by Cry - Baby and join the campaign for his release . Cry - Baby is released , but immediately insulted by , who after revealing that his grandfather is the one who electrocuted father , challenges him to a chicken race . wins , as chickens out , and is reunited with . 
 The film ends with all watching the chicken race crying a single tear , except for and , who has finally let go of the past , enabling him to cry from both eyes .

Johnny Depp, Amy Locane, Susan Tyrrell, Iggy Pop, Ricki Lake, Traci Lords, Polly Bergen

In 1863 , First Lieutenant is wounded in battle at St. David 's Field in Tennessee . Choosing death in battle over amputation of his leg , he takes a horse and rides up to and along the Confederate lines . Despite numerous pot shots , the Confederates fail to hit him , and while they are distracted , the Union Army successfully attacks the line . survives , receives a citation for bravery , and proper medical care . He recovers fully and is awarded Cisco , the horse who carried him , and his choice of posting . requests a transfer to the western frontier so he can see it before it disappears . 
 is transferred to Fort Hays , a large fort presided over by Major , an unhinged officer who despises 's enthusiasm . He agrees to post him to the furthest outpost they have , Fort Sedgewick , and kills himself shortly afterwards . travels with , a mule wagon provisioner ; they arrive to find the fort deserted . Despite the threat of nearby native tribes , elects to stay and man the post himself . He begins rebuilding and restocking the fort , and prefers the solitude , recording many of his observations in his diary . is killed by Pawnee people on the journey back to Ft . Hays ; his death , together with that of the major who had sent them there , prevents other soldiers from knowing of 's assignment , and no other soldiers arrive to reinforce the post . 
 initially encounters his Sioux neighbors when attempts are made to steal his horse and intimidate him . Deciding that being a target is a poor prospect , he decides to seek out the Sioux camp and attempt dialogue . On his way , he comes across Stands With A Fist , the white adopted daughter of the tribe 's medicine man , who is ritually mutilating herself while mourning for her husband . brings her back to the Sioux to recover , and some of the tribe begin to respect him . Eventually , establishes a rapport with , the warrior Wind In His Hair and the youth Smiles A Lot , initially visiting each other 's camps . The language barrier frustrates them , and Stands With A Fist acts as an interpreter , although with difficulty ; she only remembers English from her early childhood before the rest of her family was killed during a Pawnee raid . 
 discovers that the stories he had heard about the tribe were untrue , and he develops a growing respect and appreciation for their lifestyle and culture . Learning their language , he is accepted as an honored guest by the Sioux after he tells them of a migrating herd of buffalo and participates in the hunt . When at Fort Sedgewick , also befriends a wolf he dubs " Two Socks " for its white forepaws . Observing and Two Socks chasing each other , the Sioux give him the name " Dances With Wolves . " During this time , also forges a romantic relationship with Stands With A Fist and helps defend the village from an attack by the rival Pawnee tribe . eventually wins approval to marry Stands With A Fist , and abandons Fort Sedgewick . 
 Because of the growing Pawnee and white threat , decides to move the tribe to its winter camp . decides to accompany them but must first retrieve his diary from Fort Sedgewick as he realizes that it would provide the army with the means to find the tribe . However , when he arrives he finds the fort reoccupied by the U.S. Army . Because of his Sioux clothing , the soldiers open fire , killing and capturing , arresting him as a traitor . Two officers interrogate him , but can not prove his story , as a corporal has found his diary and kept it for himself . Having refused to serve as an interpreter to the tribes , is charged with desertion and transported back east as a prisoner . Soldiers of the escort shoot Two Socks when the wolf attempts to follow , despite 's attempts to intervene . 
 Eventually , the Sioux track the convoy , killing the soldiers , and freeing . They assert that they do not see him as a white man , but as a Sioux warrior called Dances With Wolves . But , at the winter camp , decides to leave with Stands With A Fist because his continuing presence would endanger the tribe . As they leave , Smiles A Lot returns the diary , which he recovered during 's liberation , and Wind In His Hair shouts to , reminding him that he is 's friend , a contrast to their original meeting where he shouted at in hostility . U.S. troops are seen searching the mountains , but are unable to locate them , while a lone wolf howls in the distance . An epilogue states that thirteen years later , the last remnants of the free Sioux were subjugated to the American government , ending the conquest of the Western frontier states and the livelihoods of the tribes on the Great Plains .

Dr. is developing a new type of synthetic skin to help burn victims , but can not get past a flaw that causes the skin to rapidly disintegrate after 99 minutes . His girlfriend , attorney , discovers the Bellasarious Memorandum , an incriminating document that proves developer has been bribing members of the zoning commission . When she confronts , he confesses , showing that he plans to design a brand new city , creating a substantial number of new jobs . He warns that mobster also wants the document . 
 At 's lab , and his assistant are testing the skin when the lights go out . The synthetic skin is stable after 100 minutes ; deduces the skin is photosensitive . Their joy is short lived as and his men show up and demand the Memorandum , which knows nothing about . They search for the document , and has his men kill and beat , burning his hands and dipping his face in acid . After finding the document , they rig the lab to explode ; it does so as watches . The blast throws a hideously burned Westlake through the roof and into the river . As , he is brought to a hospital and subjected to a radical treatment which cuts the nerves of the spinothalamic tract ; physical pain is no longer felt at the cost of tactile sensation . This loss of sensory input gives him enhanced strength due to adrenal overload and keeps his injuries from incapacitating him , but also mentally destabilizes him . 
 Believed dead by , re - establishes his lab in a condemned building and begins a long process of digitization to create a mask of his original face . uses the time to plot revenge against and his men ; he kills 's henchman after forcing him to reveal the identities of the other men , then studies them to subdue and impersonate them . When his face mask is complete , manages to convince that he was in a coma rather than dead . He mentions that he is aware of seeing after his supposed death ; she responds that only comforted her . Keeping his disfigurement from her , instead probes whether or not she would accept him , regardless of his appearance . 
 sows dissension and confusion among ’s henchmen by assuming their identities . On a date at a carnival with , an altercation causes to lose his temper , revealing to that something is wrong with him . He flees as his face begins to melt , and she follows him , discovering the discarded mask ; she calls to that she still loves him regardless . tells she can no longer see him before discovering the stolen Memorandum on his desk , confirming he was collaborating with the entire time . She reveals is still alive , but tells her as long as he has the memorandum , no charges can be filed . When leaves , enters and is told to capture and kill . 
 intercepts , kidnapping her before attacking 's lair . Two of his men enter the lab to locate and kill , but are outmaneuvered and eliminated . flees in a helicopter with dangling from an attached cable , which he uses to crash the helicopter . Impersonating , meets up with and a captive at the top of an unfinished building . 's ruse is broken by and they fight ; eventually gains the upper hand and dangles by his ankle in the air . says that killing him would not be something he could live with ; drops , remarking : " I 'm learning to live with a lot of things . " tries to convince that he can still return to his old life , but he tells her he has changed on the inside as well , and can not subject anyone to his new , vicious nature . He rushes from as they exit an elevator , pulling on a mask and running into a crowd of pedestrians . As unsuccessfully searches for him , narrates , " I am everyone and no one . Everywhere . Nowhere . Call me ... . "

is a young racer from Eagle Rock , California , with years of experience in open - wheel racing , winning championships in the United States Auto Club ( USAC ) . His goal was to win the Indianapolis 500 , but realizes that " To win in Indy I 'd need a great car , but stock cars are all the same " . He is recruited by Chevrolet dealership tycoon to race for his team in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series . also convinces former crew chief and car builder Harry to come out of retirement and lead 's pit crew . After sets a fast time in a private test at Charlotte Motor Speedway , builds him a new Chevrolet Lumina to drive in the Winston Cup , though the season has already started . 
 During his first few races , has difficulty adjusting to the larger NASCAR stock cars and communicating with his crew while being intimidated on the track by Winston Cup Champion ; this results in not finishing the races , mostly due to crashes and blown engines . After discovering that does not understand the common terminology used by NASCAR teams , puts him through rigorous training . This pays off at the Darlington race , when uses a slingshot maneuver from the outside line to overtake and win his first race . 
 The rivalry between and intensifies throughout the season until tragedy strikes . At the Firecracker 400 in Daytona , both drivers are seriously injured after being caught in " The Big One " . While recovering from his injuries in Daytona Beach , Cole develops a romantic relationship with Dr. , a neurosurgeon at Halifax Hospital who was senior doctor on duty when he was brought in after his crash and who was attending to his health . At the same time , NASCAR president brings and together in a meeting and warns them that he and his sport will no longer tolerate any hanky - panky from the two rivals . Afterwards , and go out to lunch together by persuasion , and settle their differences by banging rental cars on the beach . and change from bitter rivals to close friends . 
 As is still undergoing therapy , Daland hires hot - shot rookie as a substitute to fill the seat . Weeks later , returns to active duty , with Daland now fielding two teams   – the second car driven by which disapproves of . Though shows signs of his old self , he now finds himself in a rivalry with his new teammate with no help from his inexperienced owner . At North Wilkesboro , blocks 's path during their pit stop . He also forces into the outside wall on the last lap to win the race . In retaliation , crashes his car into 's car following the race , resulting in Daland firing and . 
 When discovers that he has to undergo brain surgery to fix a broken blood vessel , he asks to drive his car at the Daytona 500 , so his sponsors will pay for the year . reluctantly agrees and convinces to return as crew chief again . Hours prior to the race , discovers metal in the oil pan , a sign of engine failure , so he manages to have Daland provide him a new engine . During the race , 's car suffers a malfunctioning transmission after being spun out by , but the combined efforts of his pit crew , as well as those working for Daland , manage to fix the problem and get him back on the lead lap . This sets the tone for a final showdown between and . On the final lap , predicts that will attempt his signature slingshot maneuver from outside , but tricks him with a crossover , overtaking him from the inside to win his first Daytona 500 . 
 drives into victory lane , where he and his pit crew celebrate with . As he looks around to see where is , he spots him sitting alone on a concrete barrier near the teams pit stall . walks up to to ask for him to say something , but is lost for words . asks to walk with him and agrees . As he begins to walk , turns to smiling and challenges him to a foot race to victory lane .

Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Nicole Kidman, Cary Elwes

On Christmas Eve , two years after the Nakatomi Tower Incident , is waiting at Washington Dulles International Airport for his wife to arrive from Los Angeles . Reporter , who exposed 's identity to in the Nakatomi Tower , is assigned a seat across the aisle from her . In the airport bar , spots two men in Army fatigues behaving suspiciously . He follows them into the baggage area . After a shootout , he kills one of the men while the other escapes . Learning the dead man is an American soldier believed to be killed in action while originally serving in Honduras , relates the situation to airport police captain , who dismisses any concerns . 
 Former U.S. Army Special Forces Colonel and other members of his unit establish a base in a church near Dulles . They hack into the air traffic control systems , cut off all communication to the planes and turn off the runway lights , leaving Dulles ATC powerless to land any planes . Their goal is to rescue General , a drug lord and dictator of Val Verde , who is being extradited to the United States to stand trial on drug trafficking charges . They demand a Boeing 747 cargo plane so they can escape to another country with in tow , and warn the airport controllers not to try to restore control . With his wife on one of the planes circling above Washington , D.C. with too little fuel to be redirected , prepares to fight the terrorists , allying himself with a janitor , , to gain larger access to the airport . 
 communications director heads to the unfinished Annex Skywalk with a SWAT team to re - establish communications with the planes . Just before reaching the Skywalk , the entire group and are ambushed by 's henchmen and the SWAT team is killed in the ensuing firefight . With 's help , races to the Skywalk , rescues and kills 's men . retaliates by recalibrating the instrument landing system and then impersonating air traffic controllers to crash a British jet , killing all 230 passengers and crew on board . A U.S. Army Special Forces team led by Major is called in . By listening in on a two - way radio that was dropped by one of 's henchmen , finds out that , having killed his captors and now piloting the plane carrying him to Dulles , is landing . 
 With 's aid , reaches the aircraft before 's henchmen . traps him and the mercenaries throw grenades into the cockpit . escapes via the ejection seat mere seconds before the grenades detonate and the aircraft explodes . helps locate the mercenaries ' hideout and they tell and his team to raid the location , but the mercenaries escape on snowmobiles . pursues them but is stunned to discover the mercenaries ' guns are loaded with blanks , concluding that the Special Forces team are in fact 's subordinates . 
 demands intercept the Boeing 747 in which the mercenaries will escape ; refuses to listen until fires at him with the blank gun , thus proving his story . Aboard Holly 's flight , a suspicious is monitoring airport radio traffic and learns about the situation from a secret transmission to the circling planes from . He phones in a sensational and exaggerated take on what is happening leading to panic and preventing the officers from reaching the escape plane . subdues with a stun gun . 
 hitches a ride on a news helicopter that drops him off on the wing of the taxiing mercenaries ' 747 . He jams the left inboard aileron with his jacket , preventing the plane from taking off . , who is flying the jet , is shocked when he sees on the wing . emerges and fights , but the former is knocked off the wing and into an engine , killing him . then comes out and succeeds in knocking off the plane before removing 's jacket . However , he fails to notice that had opened the fuel hatch . then uses his cigarette lighter to ignite the trail of fuel which causes the jet to explode killing all aboard . The planes circling above use the fire trail to help them land . and his wife are happily reunited as the passengers from the other aircraft are safely rescued .

An elderly woman tells her granddaughter the story of a young man named who has scissor blades for hands . As the creation of an old Inventor , is an artificially created human who is almost completed . The Inventor homeschools , but suffers a heart attack and dies before he could attach hands to . 
 Some years later , , a local Avon door - to - door saleswoman , visits the decrepit Gothic mansion where lives . She finds alone and offers to take him to her home after discovering he is virtually harmless . introduces to her family : her husband , their young son , and their teenage daughter . Despite their initial fear of , they come to see him as a kind person . 
 The ' neighbors are curious about their new house guest , and the throw a neighborhood barbecue welcoming . Most of the neighbors are fascinated by and befriend him , except for the eccentric religious fanatic and 's boyfriend . repays the neighborhood for their kindness by trimming their hedges into topiaries . This leads him to discover he can groom dogs ' hair , and later he styles the hair of the neighborhood women . One of the neighbors , , offers to help open a hair salon . While scouting a location , attempts to seduce , but scares him away . tells the neighborhood women that he attempted to seduce her , reducing their trust in him . The bank refuses to give a loan as he does not have a background or financial history . 
 Jealous of 's attraction to , suggests pick the lock on his parents ' home to obtain a van for and . agrees , but when he picks the lock , a burglar alarm is triggered . flees and is arrested . The police determine that his period of isolation has left without any sense of reality or common sense . takes responsibility for the robbery , telling a surprised he did it because she asked him to . is shunned by the neighborhood except for the . 
 During Christmas , carves an angelic ice sculpture modeled after ; the ice shavings are thrown into the air and fall like snow , a rarity for the neighborhood . dances in the snowfall . arrives and calls out to , surprising him and causing him to accidentally cut 's hand . accuses of intentionally harming , but , fed up with 's jealousy , breaks up with him . runs off in a rage , destroying his works until he is calmed by a stray dog . tells her parents what happened , and they set out to find . returns to the home to find and there . tries apologizing for 's behavior and asks him to hold her , but fears he will hurt her . drives around in a drunken rage and nearly runs over , but pushes to safety , inadvertently cutting him . tells those witnessing the event that is attacking , and he tries attacking . defends himself , cutting 's arm , and then flees to the mansion . 
 races after , while obtains a handgun and follows . In the mansion , ambushes and fights with him ; refuses to fight back until he sees slap as she attempts to intervene . Enraged , stabs in the stomach and pushes him from a window of the mansion , killing him . confesses her love to and kisses him before departing . As the police and neighbors gather , leads them to believe that and killed each other . 
 The elderly woman finishes telling her granddaughter the story , revealing that she is and saying that she never saw again . She prefers not to visit him because decades have passed and she wants him to remember her as she was in her youth . She thinks is still alive , immortal because he is artificial , and because of the " snow " which creates when carving ice sculptures .

Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Alan Arkin, Anthony Michael Hall, Vincent Price, Kathy Baker

Security guards and play a game of Red light / Green light while being night watchmen for Howard County Bank and Trust and are obsessed with elaborate schemes of would - be thieves . They hear a sound coming from a floor polisher that ( who works as a night custodian but dreams of being a clerk ) is trying to turn on for operation , but he ends up making a mess in the bank and he becomes magnetic from a mishap with the floor polisher . The next day , bank president 's assistant , orders him to clean up his supernatural mess . wants to terminate 's employment at the bank , but has a soft heart for misfits and stray dogs , so she argues on his behalf . takes a bath at home in a tumble dry washing machine and uses a blow dryer with a windtunnel force for his evening dinner with in a restaurant . He later receives in the mail a summons to jury duty in court and tells the two watchmen about it . During the trial , Dracup Maximum Security Prison convict notices that is a dead ringer for death row inmate . 's lawyer convinces the jury to tour the prison , where is kidnapped by and another inmate named and forced to switch places with . Even though he tries to tell the guards he is not , they refuse to believe him . also does not know that he has a death sentence , which is for . 
 While having lunch , a guard tells them to stand up and be quiet , when he notices is making a lot of noise , which almost sends him into the cell . tries to tell one of the prison guards that he is , not , but the guard calls him " Mr. Funny Man " ( which is a mistaken lie ) , angrily says that he is not funny , and is lying and throws him into the cell right in front of , who pushes him back . When he pushes him near the prison bars , he tells a prison guard that he was beaten up ( and accidentally slamming the guard 's head on the bars ) . A prison guard tells that he will be sent to the hole , which makes realize he is in jail . tells him that has assumed his identity and warns him to keep his mouth shut . makes several unsuccessful escape attempts , and is soon sent to the electric chair by the prison warden ( ) . 
 The electrocution fails , and is transformed into a type of superhuman , with the ability to shoot lightning bolts from his hands . He successfully escapes the prison by blasting a hole in the main gates . Making his way home , he discovers that his Pee - wee Herman - like décor has been replaced by a slick Lounge Lizard style of decorating . He exclaims , " I 've been vandalized - by ! " Meanwhile , is preparing to blast open the bank 's vault with a time bomb , with and an unconscious bound nearby . begs not to go through with it , and he blurts the truth about being an impostor . does n't believe it until he points out he 's done a far better job cleaning the floors than ever had . arrives and he and do battle . gets electrocuted yet again when throws him against an electric cage that the bank had rigged to drop from the ceiling to catch robbers . Now has become polarized and gained the ability to fly . He uses his super powers to fly through the skylight of the bank with the bomb which leads to a spectacular mid - air explosion . Everyone especially thinks that has been killed , until he falls through the skylight and lands on , which leads the warden and the guards to find out was right all along . tiredly declares , " I came , I saw , I got blowed up " and then passes out .

( ) , a hippie and a former New Left radical ( in the vein of ] ) who has been on the run from the law for 20 years for something he did not do , disconnecting train car in Spokane , Washington . ( ) is an FBI agent who is set to transport back to Spokane for trial . 
 Their journey forces them to cross paths with a corrupt Sheriff and the two end up fleeing for their lives . As the story progresses , it is revealed that was raised on a communal farm and that his given name is . As learns to reconcile his past with his present , does as well .

, a medical student , convinces four of his medical school classmates — , , , and — to help him discover what lies beyond death . flatlines for one minute before his classmates resuscitate him . While " dead " , he experiences a sort of afterlife . He sees a vision of a boy he bullied as a child , . He merely tells his friends that he can not describe what he saw , but something is there . The others follow 's daring feat . 
 flatlines next , and he experiences an erotic afterlife sequence . He agrees with 's claim that something indeed exists . is third to flatline , and he sees a vision of a girl , , whom he bullied in grade school . The three men start to experience hallucinations related to their afterlife visions . gets physically beat up by twice . , engaged to be married , is haunted by his home videos of his sexual dalliances with other women . finds on a train , and she verbally taunts him the way he taunted her . 
 decides to flatline next on Halloween . tries to stop the others from giving their same fate , but she is already " dead " when he arrives . nearly dies for good after the power goes out , and the men are unable to shock her with the defibrillator paddles . Luckily , she survives , but she , too , is haunted by the memory of her father committing suicide when she was young . 
 The three men finally reveal their harrowing experiences to one another , and decides to put his visions to a stop . Meanwhile , 's fiancée , , comes to his apartment , and she breaks up with him after she discovers his videos . 's visions cease after leaves him . 
 goes to visit , now grown up , and apologizes to her . accepts his apology and thanks him . immediately feels a weight lifted off his shoulders . Then , finds , who accompanied to visit , beating himself with a climbing axe . In 's mind , however , is attempting for a third time to beat him to death . stops him , and they return to town . 
 seeks comfort in the arms of , and the two spend the night together . While and are together , takes and to a graveyard . He reveals that he killed as a kid by throwing rocks at him until he fell out of a tree . storms off , leaving and stranded . 
 leaves alone in order to rescue and at the cemetery . While alone , goes to the bathroom , and finds her father . He apologizes to his daughter , and her guilt over his death is lifted when she discovers that he was addicted to heroin . Then , calls , and he tells her that he needs to flatline again in order to make amends . He apologizes for involving her and their friends in his stupid plan . 
 The three men race to , who has been dead for an estimated nine minutes already . soon finds them , and the four friends work feverishly to save . In the afterlife , is experiencing himself as a young boy being stoned by from the tree . dies in the afterlife from the fall , and his friends can not revive him . When they are about to give up , forgives , and gives one last shock . This bring him back , and tells them , " Today was n't a good day to die . "

Julia Roberts, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin, Oliver Platt

In 2031 , Dr. and his team work to develop the ultimate weapon , an energy beam that will completely remove whatever it is aimed at . hopes he can create a weapon so powerful that it will end all war and have the added benefit of no impact on the environment . Unfortunately , the prototype has unpredictable side effects , creating erratic global weather patterns and rifts in space and time that have caused some people to vanish . As he drives home from the testing facility , himself is caught in one such rift . 
 and his futuristic computer - controlled car reappear in Switzerland in 1817 . In a village , he meets . The men discuss science over dinner and it is revealed that 's young brother has been killed . A trial is to determine the guilt or innocence of the boy 's nanny , who is suspected in the murder . 
 Several villagers claim to have seen a monster in the woods and suggest this is the killer . observes the trial and becomes interested in a young woman taking notes . She turns out to be , author of the novel . gives credence to the talk of monsters , but the judge does not . The nanny is found guilty and sentenced to die at the gallows . knows the monster killed the child . He implores to come forward and reveal the truth , but refuses . then asks for help , telling her that he is from the future . They are attracted to each other , but , fearing to know too much about the future and her own destiny , chooses not to become involved . is on his own . He drives his car to 's workshop and finds the doctor in discussion with the monster . 
 The monster has killed 's fiance , saying that if a mate was not made for him then he would deprive of his . asks to use his knowledge of electricity to assist in resurrecting the dead woman . instructs the monster to run cables to a weather vane on the roof . While the monster is distracted , re - routes some of the electrical cables to begin powering up the prototype laser in his car . 
 As the lightning strikes the tower again and again , the battery on the laser begins to charge and the corpse on the table begins to move . At the same moment , the woman is restored to life and 's energy beam is fully charged ; he fires . The castle is destroyed . 
 But the laser opens another space - time rift , sending , and the two monsters far into the future . They land on a snowy mountain with no sign of civilization . and the monster both try to entice the woman to them , only to have her force to shoot and kill her . Enraged , the monster kills and trudges off into the snowstorm . follows , hoping to kill the monster before he reaches a city and kills again . 
 Eventually the monster is cornered in a cave filled with computers and machines . When enters , the machines chirp to life and a voice says " Welcome back , Dr. . " The monster tells that the cave is the central brain for the nearby city , the last one remaining after the world has been devastated by 's ultimate weapon . engages security devices and the monster is burned to death by lasers . makes his way to the nearby city through the snow . 
 As he walks , the monster 's voice is heard saying that he can not truly be killed , for now he is " unbound . "

, a banker , and his girlfriend , a potter , renovate and move into an apartment in Manhattan with the help of 's friend and co - worker . One afternoon , confides in his discovery of unusually high balances in obscure bank accounts . He decides to investigate the matter himself , declining 's offer of assistance . That night , and are attacked by a mugger who kills in a scuffle before stealing his wallet . sees crying over his body and discovers he is now a ghost ; invisible and unable to interact with the mortal world . 
 remains distraught in the days after 's death , as remains close to her . comes over and suggests take a walk with him and can not bring himself to follow . Moments later , the mugger enters the apartment in search of something . When returns , scares their cat into attacking the thug , who flees . follows the mugger to his Brooklyn apartment and learns that the man , , was sent by an unknown party . 
 After leaving 's residence , happens upon the parlor of psychic , a charlatan pretending to commune with dead spirits who is shocked to discover her true psychic gift when she can hear speaking . persuades her to warn that she is in danger . To allay 's skepticism , relays information that only could know . gives 's address to ; she then goes to the police , who have no file for but they show her lengthy one as a forger and con artist . 
 Meanwhile , follows and is devastated to learn he and are working together . is laundering money for drug dealers and he had rob to get his apartment key , which uses to obtain 's book of passwords and transfer the money into a single account under the fictitious " " . 
 learns from a violent poltergeist haunting the subway system how to manipulate objects with his mind . then persuades to help him thwart . Before can transfer the money for his clients , impersonates , closes the account , and gives the $ 4 million cashier 's check to charity . As desperately searches for the money , reveals his presence by typing his name on the computer keyboard . goes to , who reveals she spotted closing an account at the bank . and go to place but warns her to take shelter . When arrives , tosses objects at him until flees into the street in a panic and is killed by an oncoming car . Shadowy creatures emerge from the darkness to drag 's ghost down to Hell . 
 and return to the apartment where — by levitating a penny into 's hand — he convinces that is telling the truth about him . allows to possess her body so he and can share a slow dance . breaks into the apartment but is too exhausted from the possession to fight . The women run onto the fire escape , to a loft under construction , but catches and holds her at gunpoint , demanding the check . A recovered pushes off her so takes hostage , pleading with for the check . disarms and attacks him again . tries to escape through a window and tosses a suspended hook at ; the hook swings back to shatter the window and it slides down , fatally impaling with a glass shard . The shadowy creatures return to claim 's ghost for Hell . 
 asks if the women are all right . Miraculously , can now hear him . A heavenly light shines in the room , illuminating 's presence . Realizing that it is time for him to go with his task now completed , he and share a tearful goodbye and one final kiss . thanks for her help , and she tells him that he is being called home . then walks into the light and onward to Heaven .

( ) is a workaholic widower who is about to land the deal of a lifetime at work , which he hopes will win him a promotion and a company car . After he forgets his daughter 's birthday , he attempts to make it up to her by promising her she can have his car when he secures the deal at work on the coming Thursday . After being persuaded to give the car to his daughter early , must hail a taxi from work , which is driven by Satanist ( ) , who drives erratically and speeds out of control . Attempting to get the taxi stopped , announces that he is Satan and commands him to stop the taxi . Shocked to see his " Evil Master " , drives off a bridge and into the river . 
 emerges from the accident scene , only to learn that he is a ghost when a police officer fails to notice him and a speeding bus goes straight through him . When he gets home he discovers that his three children can see him , but only in a totally dark room , and they ca n't hear him . He struggles to tell them what happened when he is whisked away to London by paranormal researcher Sir ( ) , who tells him he is a ghost who has yet to enter the afterlife because " they screwed up " ; his soul will not cross over until Thursday . 
 The pressures of work and family life lead to many comedic events , as attempts to get a life insurance policy and complete his company 's merger , so his family will be provided for once he crosses over . One day , he must choose between staying in an important work meeting and helping his son with a magic trick at school . He eventually decides that his family 's happiness is more important and walks out on his furious boss , Mr. ( ) , who later smugly fires him . Dejected , reveals himself as a ghost to his love interest , ( ) , whose initial shock soon turns to sympathy . 
 arrives from London to announce that is not dead ; his spirit jumped out of his body in fright . They also work out that the only previous known case of this happening was 's father . In the excitement to find 's body to reunite his spirit with it , trips on a pair of skates that her little sister left on the stairs ; she falls and is seriously injured . The family rush her to the hospital where her spirit has also jumped out of her body . As she delightedly flies around , begs her to re - enter her body ; his own has started to " flicker " . When he collapses , becomes concerned and races into the intensive - care unit to find her father 's body . She helps him into the room and they discover that had swapped wallets with , meaning was wrongly identified by the hospital as . returns to his body and wakes up ; does the same and jumps off the operating table to tell the family what has happened . 
 As the reunited family leave the hospital , spots a yellow taxi parked outside and behind the wheel . Delighted to see his " Evil Master " , returns 's wallet and tells he will do whatever commands . commands to go to hell and sit on red - hot coals waiting for him " until it snows " . agrees enthusiastically and drives off while , , and the family leave the hospital .

In 1955 , works for and his associates : , a truck hijacker ; and , a fellow juvenile delinquent . In April 1967 , they commit the Air France robbery . Enjoying the perks of their criminal life , they spend most of their nights at the Copacabana nightclub carousing with women . meets and later marries , a Jewish woman from the Five Towns area of Long Island . is initially troubled by 's criminal activities but is soon seduced by his glamorous lifestyle . 
 On June 11 , 1970 , , a mobster in the Gambino crime family , insults with persistent remarks about him having been a shoeshine boy in his younger days . Enraged , and attack and kill him . Knowing their murder of a made man would mean retribution from the Gambino crime family , which could possibly include being ordered to kill them , , , and cover up the murder . They transport the body in the trunk of 's car and bury it in upstate New York . Six months later , learns that the burial site is slated for development , forcing them to exhume the decomposing corpse and move it . 
 sets up his mistress , , in an apartment . When finds out about their relationship , she tries to confront and then threatens at gunpoint . moves out to live with , but gets involved , mediates between the couple and directs him to return to after completing a job for him . and are sent to collect a debt from a gambler in Tampa , but they are arrested after being turned in by the gambler 's sister , a typist for the FBI . and receive ten - year prison sentences . 
 In prison , sells drugs smuggled in by to support his family on the outside . In 1978 , is paroled , and expands his cocaine trade behind 's back , getting and also involved . and a lot of 's associates commit the Lufthansa heist at John F. Kennedy International Airport , stealing $ 6 million . After a few members buy expensive items and the getaway car is found by police , has most of the crew killed . is eventually killed in retribution for ' murder , having been fooled into thinking he would become a made man . 
 By May 11 , 1980 , has become a nervous wreck from cocaine use and insomnia . He tries to organize a drug deal with his associates in Pittsburgh , but he is arrested by narcotics agents and jailed . After he is bailed out , tells him that she flushed $ 60,000 worth of cocaine down the toilet to prevent FBI agents from finding it during their raid , leaving the family virtually penniless . Feeling betrayed by 's drug dealings , gives him $ 3,200 and ends their association . Facing federal charges and realizing plans to have him killed , decides to enroll in the Witness Protection Program . He gives sufficient testimony to have and arrested and convicted . Forced out of his gangster life , now has to face living in the real world . He narrates : " I 'm an average nobody . I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook " . 
 The end title cards reveal that is still in the Witness Protection Program and in 1987 , he was arrested in Seattle , Washington for narcotics conspiracy and he received 5 years probation . Since 1987 , has been clean . and separated in 1989 after 25 years of marriage . died in 1988 in Fort Worth Federal Prison at the age of 73 due to respiratory illness . is serving a 20 years to life sentence for murder in a New York prison and that he wo n't be eligible for parole until 2004 when he will be 78 years old .

Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Vincent, Michael Imperioli

( ) , a horticulturalist and an environmentalist , enters into a sham marriage with ( ) , an illegal alien from France , so he may obtain a green card . In turn , uses her fake marriage credentials to rent the apartment of her dreams . After moving in , to explain her spouse 's absence , she tells the doorman and neighbors he is conducting musical research in Africa . 
 Contacted by the Immigration and Naturalization Service for an interview to determine if her marriage is legitimate , tracks down , who is working as a waiter . Although the two have little time to get their facts straight , the agents who question them appear to be satisfied with their answers . But when one of the agents asks to use the bathroom and directs him to a closet , their suspicions are aroused , and they schedule a full , formal interview to be conducted two days later at their office . 
 Advised by her attorney she could face criminal charges if their deception is uncovered , reluctantly invites to move in with her . They try to learn about each other 's past and their quirks and habits but quickly find they can barely tolerate each other . is a fiery - tempered selfish slob and smoker who prefers red meat to vegetarian food , while is shown as uptight and cold , obsessed with her plants and wrapped up in environmental issues . 
 's best friend 's parents plan to leave New York City and may donate their trees and plants to the Green Guerrillas , a group overseeing the development of inner city gardens . is invited to a dinner party to discuss the issue and discovers is there , having been asked by . He so impresses the with an impressionistic piano piece set to a poem about children and trees that they agree to donate their plants to the Green Guerrillas . When 's parents later arrive at the apartment for an unannounced visit , pretends to be the handyman . 
 When 's boyfriend returns from a trip , reveals he is her husband . angrily kicks out , but the pair nonetheless appear at the immigration interview the next day . The two are questioned separately , and when is caught out by the interviewer , he confesses the marriage is a sham . He agrees to deportation but insists not be charged for her role in the charade . He lets believe the interview was a success and the two go their separate ways . 
 A few days later , invites to join him at the cafe where they first met . When she notices one of the immigration agents is seated nearby , she realizes is being deported , and finally aware she loves him , tries to stop him from leaving . promises to write every day asking the same question " When are you coming , ? " , a line he had also used when describing their fabricated courtship to the INS . Then , is deported back to France , just as they have admitted their love for each other .

After the death of his owner Mr. , the mogwai becomes the guinea pig of scientists at Clamp Enterprises , a state - of - the - art office building in Manhattan , run by eccentric billionaire . At the mercy of the chief researcher Dr. , is rescued by his friend and his fiancée , both of whom work for the company . befriends upon being impressed by his skills in concept design , also sparking the interest of 's superior . is left in the office , where water spills on his head and spawns four new mogwai ( , , and ) who then lock in the vents . They eat after midnight , turning into gremlins . 
 After finds a way out of the vent , tortures him by beating him , shocking him with an electrical wire , putting him in the photocopier , putting Velcro strips on him and ripping them off , and finally ramming him with a toy train while the other gremlins cause the fire sprinklers to go off and spawn a gremlin army that throws the building into chaos . attempts to lure the gremlins into the lobby , where sunlight will kill them ; after briefs on gremlin knowledge , exits through a secret tunnel to cover the front of the building in a giant sheet to trick the creatures . The gremlins devour serums in the lab ; one becomes the intelligent Brain Gremlin , who plans to use a " genetic sunblock " serum to immunize them to sunlight . One gremlin turns into a female , while a third becomes pure electricity and is trapped in 's answering machine by . All the while " Grandpa Fred " films the chaos on camera with help from a Japanese tourist named Mr. . 
 , 's neighbor from Kingston Falls who is visiting New York City , encounters a bat - hybrid gremlin and covers it with cement , effectively turning it into a gargoyle . realizes that he is not crazy and that he has to help ; when escapes the building using his secret route , uses it to sneak inside to aid . and chief of security team up , but is stalked and chased off by the female gremlin . finishes torturing and devours a spider serum , transforming into a monstrous half - gremlin , half - spider hybrid . He attacks and , but confronts and kills him with an ignited bottle of white - out . Outside , a rainstorm frustrates 's plan as the gremlins gather in the building 's foyer , singing " New York , New York " . 
 formulates a plan to kill the Gremlin army : Mr. sprays the army with water while releases the electric gremlin , electrocuting them . charges in with the police and press , but sees the battle is over ; he is so thrilled by the end result that he gives , , , and promotions and hires Mr. as a cameraman . and then return home with . notifies that he 's trapped at the highest floor of the building . The female gremlin corners him and entices him to marry her .

A nomad scavenger treks through an irradiated wasteland and discovers a buried robot . He collects the pieces and takes them to junk dealer , who is talking with , a former soldier , and 's friend . When steps away , buys the robot parts from the nomad and sells all but the head to . Intrigued by the technology , begins to research its background . and visit , 's reclusive girlfriend , and , after an initially distant welcome where checks them with a Geiger counter , presents the robot head as a Christmas gift . , a metal sculptor , eagerly accepts the head . After leaves , and argue about a government sterilization plan and the morality of having children . Later , they have sex , while being unknowingly watched by their foul - mouthed , perverted , voyeuristic neighbor via telescope . 
 works the robot head into a sculpture , and says that he likes the work , but he does not understand what it represents . Frustrated , says it represents nothing and resents 's suggestion that she make more commercial art to sell . They are interrupted by , who urges to return to the shop , as he has important news about the robot , which he says is a M.A.R.K. 13 . Before he leaves , checks his Bible , where he finds the phrase " No flesh shall be spared " under Mark 13:20 , and he becomes suspicious that the robot is part of a government plot for human genocide . finds dead of a cytotoxin and evidence that the robot is an experimental combat model capable of self - repair ; 's notes also indicate a defect , a weakness to humidity . Worried , contacts and asks him to check on , but is in the middle of a drug trip and barely coherent . 
 Back at the apartment , the robot has reassembled itself using pieces of 's metal sculptures and recharged by draining her apartment 's power network . It attempts to kill , but she traps it in a room after the apartment 's doors lock . sees the robot close the blinds while trying to peep on , and , after he briefly manages to open the apartment door and sexually harasses her , offers to override the emergency lock that traps them in her apartment . dismisses her warnings of a killer robot , and , when he attempts to open 's blinds so that he can more easily peep on her , the M.A.R.K. 13 brutally kills him . flees into her kitchen , where she reasons that her refrigerator will hide her from the robot 's infrared vision . She damages the robot before , , and the apartment 's security team arrive and open fire on it , apparently destroying it . 
 As and embrace , the M.A.R.K. 13 drags her out a window , and she crashes into her neighbor 's apartment . races back upstairs to help , who is alone with the M.A.R.K. 13 . Overconfident , engages the robot in battle , and it injects him with the same toxin that killed . experiences euphoria and a series of hallucinations as he dies . After reenters her apartment , the M.A.R.K. 13 sets her apartment doors to rapidly open and close ; the security team die when they attempt to enter , and is trapped outside . hacks into the M.A.R.K. 13 's CPU and unsuccessfully attempts to communicate with it ; however , she discovers the robot 's weakness and lures the M.A.R.K. 13 into the bathroom . , who has managed to quickly jump through the doors , gives her time to turn on the shower . The M.A.R.K. 13 short circuits and is finally deactivated . The next morning , a radio broadcast announces that the M.A.R.K. 13 has been approved by the government , and it will be mass manufactured .

plays police sergeant , a bigoted cop ; and plays , an adorable but sleazy ambulance chasing lawyer who hates . 's years of bad habits , such as overeating , smoking , and drinking , finally catch up with him . At the same time , is gunned down in a drive - by shooting . After suffering a heart attack , wakes up to find out that his new heart was once 's , and the dead lawyer 's ghost has become his constant companion . Now , will have to solve 's murder .

The family is preparing to spend Christmas in Paris , gathering at and 's home outside of Chicago on the night before their departure . and 's youngest son , eight - year - old , is being ridiculed by his siblings and cousins . A fight with his older brother , , results in getting sent to the third floor of the house for punishment , where he wishes that his family would disappear . During the night , heavy winds cause damage to power lines , which causes a temporary power outage and resets the alarm clocks , causing the entire family to oversleep . In the confusion and rush to get to the airport , is accidentally left behind . 
 wakes up to find the house empty and , thinking his wish has come true , is overjoyed with his newfound freedom . However , soon becomes frightened by his next door neighbor , " Old Man " , who is rumored to have murdered his family with a snow shovel in 1958 ; as well as the " Wet Bandits " , Harry and , a pair of burglars who have been breaking into other vacant houses in the neighborhood and have targeted the ' house . tricks the pair into thinking his whole family is home , forcing them to put their plans on hold . 
 discovers mid - flight that is missing and , upon arrival in Paris , the family discovers that all flights for the next two days are booked . and the rest of the family go to his brother 's apartment in the city while manages to get a flight back to the United States , only to get as far as Scranton , Pennsylvania . She attempts to book a flight to Chicago but again , everything is booked . Unable to accept this , is overheard by , the lead member of a traveling polka band , who offers to let her travel with them to Chicago on their way to Milwaukee in a moving van , which she graciously accepts . 
 Meanwhile , and realize that is home alone , and on Christmas Eve , overhears them discussing plans to break into his house that night . goes to church and watches a choir perform . He meets Old Man , who sits with and they briefly speak ; he learns that is actually a nice man and that the rumors about him are false . He points out his granddaughter in the choir , whom he never gets to meet as he and his son are estranged and have not been on speaking terms for some time . suggests that he try to reconcile with his son . 
 returns home and rigs the house with numerous booby traps . and break in , spring the traps , and suffer various injuries . While the duo pursues around the house , he calls the police and flees the house , luring the duo into a neighboring vacant home . and manage to catch him and discuss how they will get their revenge , but sneaks in and knocks them unconscious with his snow shovel before they can harm . The police arrive and arrest and , having identified all the houses they burgled due to the latter 's habit of flooding them . 
 On Christmas Day , is disappointed to find that his family is still gone . He then hears enter the house and call for him ; they reconcile and are soon joined by the rest of the , who waited in Paris until they could get a direct flight to Chicago . keeps silent about his encounter with and , although finds 's missing gold tooth . then observes reuniting with his son and his family . notices and the pair wave to each other before and his family go inside his house . suddenly calls out , " , what did you do to my room ? ! " at which point runs off .

Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O'Hara

In their high - school cafeteria , , also known as " " announces to his friends aka " and that he will be having a party at his house that night , as his parents are on vacation . The reluctant is to be the DJ . is then involved in an altercation with school bully and his two brothers and . When comes home , he tries to convince his father , " " to let him go to the party . relents at first , but when a note from school informs him of the fight , he forbids from going to the party . Rather than miss the party of the year , sneaks out while is sleeping in front of – but the door closing behind awakens . On his way to the party runs into and his brothers , jumps over a fence where a fat man name is having sex with his lady , and is shot at along with the three punks by . ducks into a nearby Alpha Delta Sigma reunion to escape them . Crashing the reunion , has the DJ scratch and mix a few of his old doo wop records so that he can liven the party with a rap , until and the others arrive . Trying to escape from , accidentally knocks down an older man . and the bullies are caught by the neighborhood police , who humiliate the four teenagers before letting them go . 
 The party is in full swing when finally arrives . and soon get into a dance contest with attractive girls and , then have a quick freestyle battle . and his friends attempt to break up the party , but are arrested a second time by the policemen , who take delight in the prospect of beating them up . 's father eventually makes his way to the party , demanding to know where is ( upstairs helping get her coat ) and , not finding him , vows to wait for him at home . Play stops the party because his bathroom toilet was broken by party members . Although and have eyes for each other , decides to flirt with openly , much to 's disgust . The three soon leave the party , but when tries to make advances on , she rebuffs him . then walks back home , and after some argument the pair finally calm down and talk quietly . 
 allows to sneak into her house , and the two are about to have sex in 's room when she stops him , wanting to know if she is simply his second choice . admits that was his first choice all along , but they do not do anything when they see that the only condom has is too old to be used . When 's parents come home – now revealed as one of the couples at the high - school reunion , including the man ran into – hastily helps sneak out of the house . He manages to get out of yet another scrape with and his brothers , and they all end up in a jail cell . The men tell what they 're in jail for and entertains the rest of the men in the cell by rapping , distracting them long enough for , , , and to arrive with enough cash to bail him out . Later , the five friends say their goodnights . and share a long passionate kiss goodnight . After and drops him off , sneaks in the house and gets undressed . As he is about to get into bed , he looks up to find holding a belt , as the credits roll , we can hear whacking ( yelping with each hit ) during the credits . 
 At the very beginning of the movie , kids are seen dancing inside of a house with the noise being so loud that it literally blows the roof off of the house . During the credit roll , the same roof flies and lands on top of the policemen in a parking lot .

( ) is the owner of a pizza parlor located in Tacoma , Washington , and has been married to ( ) for years . Their marriage seems a typical one until discovers in the public library that is a womanizer and has been cheating on her for a long time . 
 does not want to allow the pleasure of having every woman he wants , so she refuses divorce . Taking extreme measures , she enlists the help of her mother ( ) , and her young co - worker ( ) , who 's secretly in love with her , to kill in order to put an end to his infidelity . They also hire two incompetent , perpetually stoned hit - men , cousins and ( and ) . 
 To her surprise , proves impossible to kill . Even though poisons with sleeping pills , he simply gets a stomach cramp , and dismisses it as a virus . When 's cowardice stops him from being present at 's murder , shoots , only wounding him behind the ear . Eventually a convict at the local commissary reveals their plan , and when the police arrive they find the wounded in some pain . is taken to the hospital , and , her mother , , and the cousins are arrested . Recognizing the errors in his ways and at his mother 's behest , Joey refuses to press charges and bails everyone out of jail . As he waits for with flowers and a box of chocolates , he meets the , with whom he makes peace . After meeting again , he asks her to take him back , but still offended , she runs out . manages to catch her and in the janitors ' closet they reveal their love with some intimacy , much to 's dismay and the surprise of 's mother .

Kevin Kline, Tracey Ullman, River Phoenix, Joan Plowright, William Hurt, Keanu Reeves

On 6   October 1971 , American soldier is with the 1st Air Cavalry Division , deployed in a village in the Mekong Delta during the Vietnam War , when his close - knit unit comes under attack . As many of 's comrades are killed or wounded , others exhibit abnormal behavior with some suffering catatonia , convulsions and seizures . A terrified flees into the jungle , only to be bayoneted in the gut by an unseen assailant . 
 is next seen awakening on a subway train in 1975 . He now works as a postal clerk and lives in a rundown apartment in Brooklyn with his girlfriend , . misses his wife and their three sons , especially the youngest , , who was killed in a car crash before the war . He is increasingly beset by disturbing experiences and apparitions . An inexplicably locked subway exit results in him almost being run over by a train . He periodically glimpses faceless vibrating figures in the shadows and narrowly escapes being run over by a pursuing car . At a party thrown by friends , he appears to witness an enormous creature penetrating before he collapses with a dangerous fever . Flashbacks to his time in Vietnam reveal , badly wounded , being discovered in the jungle by American soldiers before being evacuated under fire in a helicopter . At various times he also experiences visions of . 
 , a member of his old unit , contacts him and reveals he is suffering from similar experiences but is immediately killed when his car explodes . is dragged away from the wreckage by a bespectacled man . Commiserating after the funeral , the members of 's old platoon confess that they have all been experiencing horrifying hallucinations . Believing that they are suffering the effects of a military experiment performed on them without their knowledge or consent , they hire a lawyer to investigate but he backs out of the case after reading military files documenting that the soldiers were never in combat and were discharged for psychological reasons . 's comrades soon apprehensively back down – angrily suspects they have been threatened into doing so . A group of intimidating , suited men abduct him in a car and warn him against further investigation . jumps from the moving vehicle , is injured and then taken to a hospital where he is restrained on a stretcher and wheeled down corridors full of grotesquely deformed patients before surgeons , wielding barbaric metal instruments , inform him he is dead . 
 He is rescued from the hospital by his friend who later quotes the 14th   century Christian mystic : 
 is approached by a distressed , the man who treated his wound in a medevac helicopter in Vietnam and who dragged him away from 's burning car . tells a story of having been a chemist with the Army 's chemical warfare division in Saigon . There he designed a drug he called " the Ladder " , which when ingested massively increased aggression . To test its effectiveness , a dose was secretly given to 's unit causing them to turn on each other in a homicidal frenzy . The revelation triggers 's full recall of the moment he was attacked in Vietnam , where it is revealed that a fellow American soldier bayoneted him . Now at peace thanks to this knowledge , returns to his family 's home . He is stunned to find at the foot of the stairwell who takes him by the hand and leads him up the steps into a bright light that engulfs the screen . 
 In a wartime triage tent in 1971 , military doctors fruitlessly treating reluctantly declare him dead after " putting up a hell of a fight " and remark on the peaceful expression that has settled upon his face .

In the late 21st century , Spacely Sprockets and Spindles has opened a new mining colony on an asteroid . The proposed project is meant to increase productivity at 1/10 the cost of making the items on Earth . However , the factory continues to be sabotaged by someone or something . As ( voiced by and ) checks up on the " Orbiting - Ore Asteroid " again , he learns from the plant engineer , Rudy-2 , that the latest head of the factory , , has run off , making four vice presidents of the new plant that Spacely has lost so far . Fearing for his company ( and profits ) , names ( voiced by and ) as 's successor and sends and his family to the plant . While the family is thoroughly upset at being thrown from their normal lifestyle ( and the plans that they had coming up that week ) , they set up apartments on the adjoining apartment community to the asteroid and its neighboring shopping complex , while it takes the family time to adjust . 
 Rudy-2 ( voiced by ) , shows around the plant as they prepare for the grand re - opening of the plant . Meanwhile , ( voiced by ) is having a hard time adjusting , and accepting the fact that she lost her chance at a date with rock star ( voiced by ) ( which a friend of hers later takes ) , but soon feels better after meeting a teenaged boy named ( voiced by ) . ( voiced by ) meets Rudy-2 's son , Teddy-2 ( voiced by ) , with whom he first is at odds , but eventually befriends . soon figures that he is ready to set the plant running again , and Mr. is all set to see the plant working full - throttle , and soon to churn out the one - millionth Spacely sprocket . However , the opening - day festivities give way to panic as the factory is sabotaged once again . Over the next several days , and Rudy-2 try to fix things , but the problems persist , to the point that , fed up with the problems and thinking is responsible , Mr. heads on up to check on things personally . Thinking he has to take charge , stays overnight , only to fall asleep and be taken off by the mysterious creatures . , Teddy-2 , and their neighbor ( voiced by ) sneak into the plant , and meet ( voiced by ) , a member of a furry alien race known as Grungees . 
 tells them ( with Teddy-2 translating ) that the factory is actually drilling into his people 's community , which is based inside the asteroid . Soon , , , , Rudy-2 , and show up , and realize what is happening , as well . is found hog - tied in the ' colony , and although he soon realizes just what the factory is doing , Spacely does not . Seeing his factory at a stand - still , he starts it up ( despite that it is the night and after disconnecting Rudy-2 , who tries to stop him ) , nearly burying and alive under rubble , and prompting everyone in the asteroid to get top - side , where manages to shut down the factory and show his boss exactly what he is doing . After some talk , when finally stands up to his boss , telling him that all he cares about is money , they come to an agreement : the will run the plant , and create new Spacely sprockets through recycling old ones ( thus stopping the further destruction of the ' homes inside the asteroid ) . 
 Spacely Sprockets reaches the millionth sprocket at long last , and when asks about being vice president , Spacely retorts , stating , " he 's lucky that he 'll be getting his old job back " . Only when pressured by everyone else does he reluctantly promote him to vice president ( without a raise ) . However , knows that with the now running the plant , he is no longer needed as head of the asteroid . With heavy hearts , the then bid their new friends goodbye , including , who attempted to stow away aboard the ' car . They then return home to Earth . As the family passes over the factory , the arrange themselves to form the words : " THANKS " , as a grateful goodbye to him for saving their home .

is a downtrodden everyman from Staten Island , working a clerical job in a dreary factory for an unpleasant , demanding boss , . Joyless , listless and chronically sick , regularly visits doctors who can find nothing wrong with him . Finally , Dr. diagnoses an incurable disease called a " brain cloud " , which has no symptoms , but will kill within five or six months . Ironically , says that 's ailments are actually psychosomatic , caused by his experiences in his previous job as a firefighter . advises him , " You have some life left ... live it well . " tells his boss off , quits his job , and asks former coworker out on a date , but when he tells her that he is dying , she becomes upset and leaves . 
 The next day , a wealthy industrialist named unexpectedly makes a proposition . needs " bubaru " , a mineral essential for manufacturing superconductors . There are deposits of it on the tiny Pacific island of Waponi Woo . The resident Waponis will only let him mine it if he solves a problem for them . They believe that the fire god of the volcano on their island must be appeased by a voluntary human sacrifice once every century , but none of the Waponis are willing to volunteer this time around . offers to pay for whatever wants to enjoy his final days , as long as he jumps into the volcano within 20 days . With nothing to lose , accepts . 
 spends a day and a night out on the town in New York City , where he solicits advice on everything from style to living life to the fullest from his wise chauffeur . He also purchases four top - of - the - line , handcrafted , waterproof steamer trunks from a fanatically dedicated luggage salesman . 
 then flies to Los Angeles , where he is met by one of 's daughters , , a flighty socialite who labels herself a " flibbertigibbet " . The next morning , takes to a yacht , the Tweedledee , owned by her father . The captain is her half - sister . reluctantly agreed to take to Waponi Woo after promised to give her the yacht in return . 
 After an awkward beginning , and begin to bond . Then they run into a typhoon . is knocked unconscious and flung overboard . After jumps in to rescue her , lightning strikes , sinking the yacht . Fortunately , is able to construct a raft by lashing together his steamer trunks . does not regain consciousness for several days . doles out the small supply of fresh water to her , while he gradually becomes delirious from thirst . He experiences a revelation during his delirium and thanks for his life . When finally awakens , she is deeply touched by 's self - sacrifice . They then find that they have luckily drifted to their destination . 
 The Waponis treat them to a grand feast . Their chief asks one last time if anyone else will volunteer , but there are no takers and heads to the volcano . tries to stop him , declaring her love for him . He admits he loves her as well , " but the timing stinks . " persuades to have the chief marry them . 
 Afterwards , refuses to be separated from . When he is unable to dissuade her , they jump in together , but the volcano erupts at that moment , blowing them out into the ocean . The island sinks , but and land near their trusty steamer trunks . At first ecstatic about their miraculous salvation , tells about his fatal brain cloud . She recognizes the name of 's doctor as that of her father 's crony and realizes that has been set up . He is not dying and they can live happily ever after .

After years of pursuing drug kingpin , LAPD Detective arrests him for murder ; a witness saw murder an informant after getting information regarding the whereabouts of his former wife , who allegedly stole millions of dollars from before fleeing with his son , 
 Partnered with former - teacher - turned - detective , goes undercover in Astoria , Oregon to find and offer her immunity in exchange for testifying against in court . To this end , must act as a substitute teacher in kindergarten class at Astoria Elementary School . 
 gets a terrible case of stomach flu , falling ill at the last moment , so takes her place as teacher . The suspicious school principal , Miss , is convinced will not last long before quitting . Overwhelmed at first , adapts quickly to his new status , despite not having any formal teaching experience or training . With the use of his pet ferret as a class mascot , positive reinforcement , his police training as a model for structure in class , and his experience as a father , he becomes a much - admired and cherished figure to the children . 
 begins to enjoy his undercover role . He deals with a case of child abuse , winning 's favor . In observation of his teaching style , she assures him that even though she does not agree with his methods , she can see that he is a good teacher . becomes fond of fellow teacher , his student 's mother . is estranged from her husband and will not speak of him , and tells that he lives in France . 
 Conversing with the gradually more - trusting , deduces that she is and that is In California , the case holding in jail is closed after the witness dies from using tainted cocaine provided by 's mother , . is liberated from prison and immediately travels to Astoria with his mother to search for . When learns has been released , he confronts about her identity , saying he can protect her if she cooperates . Outraged that he misled her , she tells that lied about her stealing the money to convince drug dealers he knows to help him find her ; the real reason was to find his son , as he was angry that his wife disappeared with him . 
 starts a fire in the school library as a distraction to kidnap , but uses him as a hostage when arrives . 's ferret bites on the neck , allowing to escape ; shoots in the leg before fatally shoots him . Outside , injures with her car before going inside and discovering her dead son ; she wounds in the shoulder , but an enraged appears and vengefully attacks and beats her unconscious with a baseball bat . 
 is arrested and the unconscious is hospitalized with , both making a full recovery . returns to the police force in California while decides to retire , staying in Astoria to become a teacher for the kindergarten at the school . joins and kisses him while everyone cheers .

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed, Linda Hunt, Richard Tyson, Carroll Baker

, a drug lord , is riding into New York in a limousine after being released from Sing Sing . , a Colombian drug dealer , is shot dead and the killers leave a newspaper headline announcing 's release . 's partner , King , is in a hotel room with and , who are negotiating the purchase of cocaine . and shoot and his bodyguards and steal the cocaine . 
 Later , in a suite at the Plaza Hotel , is greeted by , and other members of his gang , who welcome him home . leaves to meet two of his lawyers , and , for dinner . expresses his desire to be mayor and asks to set up a meeting with Mafia boss . He and leave to take a ride on the subway . Confronted by muggers , first brandishes his gun then gives them a wad of money , telling them to ask for him at the Plaza if they want work . 
 goes to Little Italy , to set up a meeting with but the Mafia don urinates on 's shoes and tells him it is a message for his boss . , and other members of the gang go to 's social club , where tells that he wants a percentage of all 's profits . When insults him , shoots the . As he leaves , tells 's men that they can all find employment at the Plaza . 
 The next night , is confronted by Detectives , and of the NYPD narcotics squad . They drive him to an empty lot where they show him the body of in the trunk . When refuses to confess , and beat him and leave him in the lot . sends to Chinatown to make contact with Triad leader , who has $ 15 million worth of cocaine . demands $ 3 million up front and another $ 500,000 after the drugs are sold . counters that the two should team up , then split the profits evenly . turns him down and demands that decide immediately whether he wants to buy the drugs . declines . 
 and several of 's lieutenants are arrested by and , who reveal that one of 's bodyguards is alive and willing to testify . When learns of his men 's arrest , he orders his lawyers to arrange their release . They head to Chinatown , where they kill and his gang and take the cocaine . 
 , and other officers pose as drug dealers and bribe into leading them to the nightclub where and his men are partying . They burst in shooting , slaying several members of 's gang . Fleeing over the Queensboro Bridge , and trade shots with the police , killing all but and . After evading their pursuers , the two men split up . shoots in the chest , puncturing his vest . kills with a shot to the head . A few days later at 's funeral , kills . 
 After his men kill , goes to 's apartment , telling him that he has placed a $ 250,000 bounty on every detective involved in the case . Holding at gunpoint , explains that he killed , , and because he disapproved of their involvement in human trafficking and child prostitution . 
 Frank forces to handcuff himself to a chair . As heads to the subway , uses a hidden gun to free himself . corners in a subway car . shoots , killing him but the policeman is able to fire a last shot . In a taxi in Times Square , realizes that he has been hit . As police officers surround the car , closes his eyes and goes limp .

Christopher Walken, Wesley Snipes, Laurence Fishburne, Victor Argo, David Caruso

The movie picks up with the now married ( ) and ( ) having sex and ( voice of ) getting scared . and tell that he 's got to be potty trained . discovers she 's pregnant again ( this time a girl ) and is working diligently . learns that with his little sister , , on the way , he has to be a responsible big brother . When is about to be born , her umbilical cord gets caught around her neck , putting her in distress . She is born through a c - section and is taken to the nursery area for observation . 
 When meets , she is unimpressed . , on the other hand , quickly begins to resent his sister when his dreams of being a responsible big brother do n't match the reality . Meanwhile , 's slacker right - wing brother , , comes to stay , to whom takes an immediate dislike . This , combined with being pressured into taking a demanding piloting job arranged by 's parents and his belief that is too protective of , causes several arguments between the pair which eventually lead to leaving . is upset about this and , believing he has left because of , tears up one of his sister 's stuffed animals . occasionally hangs out with his kids ( including scamming their way into a movie theater ) and has fun with them . Following a burglary , 's best friend moves in with her and she soon starts dating . 
 Following the ' death ' of her beloved stuffed penguin ( whom she named ) , decides to learn to walk and leave . Later , manages to walk to the sofa without support . sees this and is initially excited but then saddened that is n't there to share the moment . As he watches sleep one night , realizes how badly he 's treated her and resolves to change his ways . decides to win back and dresses sexily for him , but he is n't interested . As the two bicker , uses the toilet for the first time and calls his parents , who are immensely proud of him and share a tender moment . 
 One night as prepares to fly , watches the news and learns that storms are all around the area . She goes to get before he takes off , leaving with and . She catches him and tries to persuade him not to take off , just as the control tower cancel the flight . The two then makes up . Meanwhile , a burglar ( presumably the same one who also robbed ) breaks in and runs when comes in with his unloaded gun . pursues him having forgotten about the kids and completely oblivious to the fact that he left paper on a hot stove which quickly causes a fire to start . does n't panic and takes charge , pushing out of the apartment to safety . and the burglar run into who subdues the thief . and soon find out the kids were left alone and spot the fire in the apartment , only for and to emerge from the elevator as the two prepare to head in to save them . then puts out the fire before it can cause too much damage . 
 The next day , , , , , and 's parents attend a barbecue . There , asks why he saved her when they 're always fighting . tells her that for as much as they get on each other 's nerves , they 're the kids and should stick together since the grown - ups never make any sense to them . The two then walk off hand - in - hand .

John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Bruce Willis, Roseanne Barr, Olympia Dukakis, Elias Koteas, Damon Wayans

A film is found that features young German officer ( ) sleeping with . Years later , is running for chancellor of West Germany and arranges for the murder of anyone who has seen the film . The killings take place in the Washington D.C. area , and Metropolitan Police officers ( ) and ( ) are sent to investigate the crimes . 
 suffers from a multiple personality disorder , which is aggravated when he is confronted with violence . This results in several episodes where he blacks out and assumes the personalities of popular culture characters , including , Captain Kirk and . 
 " , " as he 's called , and attempt to track down the film through pornographer ( ) , who informs them that to do so they need to get to New York City . They decide to take a train , but first must evade a team of FBI agents led by ( ) , whose orders are to prevent any embarrassment to by intercepting the film before it reaches the public domain . They all meet up at Washington 's Union Station , where and trick and his team into boarding the New York - bound train they originally intended to take , while they jump off and hop onto one on the opposite track bound for Cleveland instead . While on board that train , notices another undercover team that has been trailing them , which , as it turns out , is led by ( ) , a Mossad agent assigned to the Embassy of Israel in Washington , D.C .. 
 After surviving a helicopter attack on the train by Nazi sympathizers , , and jump off a bridge into a river and eventually make their way to New York . finds the film in a locker on one of the upper levels of Grand Central Station and , during an exchange of gunfire with more Nazis , throws it to , who has just arrived on the Main Concourse below . It is screened that same evening during a speech that delivers . , and all suffer gunshot wounds and , as the movie ends , are seen recuperating in the same hospital . jokes to that he is converting to Judaism that evening in order to move to Israel the next day to join the Mossad , but is uncomfortable about undergoing circumcision .

An aircraft carrying 24 young American military school cadet boys returning home crash lands into the sea near a remote , uninhabited , jungle island in the Pacific Ocean . The pilot of the plane Captain ( ) , the only adult survivor , is seriously injured and delirious . All of the survivors arrive on the island . During the night , , the most independent cadet , finds a river and notifies the other boys , to which they all drink out of it and explore the island afterwards . Meanwhile , on the beach , an overweight cadet with glasses who is only known by his nickname " " , finds a seashell and takes it to the grouped cadets , who adopt it to signal the right to speak and be heard by the group . The senior cadet , and one of the elder boys , Cadet Colonel , organizes a meeting to discuss surviving their predicament . and another of the older boys , , emerge dominant , and an impromptu election is held to determine an official leader for the group . is declared the winner . They start a fire using 's glasses to try and alert any passing craft . Things go smoothly for a while , but tensions soon begin to grow between and . 
 One night , as they sleep , the delusional Captain wanders away from the boys and into the jungle , eventually making his way to a cave deep inland . brings all of his hunters to hunt in the jungle , leaving no one watching the fire . The fire goes out , preventing a passing helicopter from noticing them . blames for failing to keep it going . During the ensuing fight , , tired of listening to and , leaves and forms his own camp , taking many of the boys with him . As more and more boys defect to 's side , one of the younger boys , , finds Captain in the cave , mistakes him for a monster and stabs him , and then tells the other boys . and his second - in - command ( ) then go to the cave 's entrance and mistakes Captain 's dying groans for the sounds of a monster . 
 One night , and his savages steal a knife from so they can make more spears , but accidentally trample on 's glasses in the process , breaking one lens . Expecting to be rescued , 's civilized leadership establishes a permanent signal - fire to alert passing ships of their presence on the island . Not expecting or wanting to be rescued , 's savage leadership adapts to circumstance ; he establishes his camp as spear - bearing hunters who provide meat for both camps . They kill a Wild pig and leave its head as an offering to the " monster " that they believe is in the cave . Eventually , identical twins and ( and ) , two of 's friends , leave him to join 's tribe , leaving with only and left . 
 Meanwhile , finds the pig 's head on the stick . He then uses a glow stick to explore the cave and discovers the corpse of Capt . . realizes Capt . was what the boys thought was the monster and runs to the beach in an attempt to alert the boys of his discovery , but his waving of the glow stick frightens the other boys , who mistake him for the monster and stab him to death with their spears . The following morning , blames himself and for not stopping the hunters from killing . Meanwhile , tells his gang that the " monster " can come in any different form . 
 After 's glasses are stolen by 's savages that night so they could make fire , and travel to 's camp at Castle Rock , attempting to call a meeting using the conch . insists that everyone be sensible and work together , but 's savages refuse to listen . As speaks , pushes a boulder off a cliff which lands on and kills . swears revenge on , and takes it as a threat . With his hunters , drives away by throwing rocks at him . Later that night , secretly returns to Castle Rock to visit and , who warn him that the hunters will chase after on 's orders to protect himself from . 
 The following morning , and his hunters begin setting the jungle on fire to force out of hiding and kill him . Just barely dodging the spreading fire and 's hunters , makes a desperate run to the sea . He falls onto the beach , where he encounters a U.S. Marine Corps officer who has just landed on the island after having seen the fire that engulfed much of the island . The officer then asks " What are you guys doing ? " as breaks down in tears . All the hunters , especially and , are scared at what will happen to them for killing and and their failed attempt to kill as more Marines show up .

, a stockbroker , and his wife , a TV Reporter / Anchorwoman , are a successful yuppie couple with an idyllic California life , aside from a toilet with a faulty handle . It is interrupted when both of them find out that 's timid cousin , , and his pregnant wife , , are flying in from New Jersey to visit that same day . The first days are slightly chaotic - particularly because of 's cat - yet bearable . gives them 300 dollars to spend in the city and grant the couple some alone time . They are interrupted when 's gold digger sister arrives demanding hospitality . She had a fight with her rich Middle Eastern husband , whom she divorces after he cancels her credit cards . and 's visit , meant to last only five days , is extended when falls on the way to the car . She is instructed by her doctor , Dr. , not to leave until the baby is born . 
 At a local bar , motivates to quit being 's pet , but takes the message too far and leaves " to find himself . " Meanwhile , 's next door neighbor and carpenter builds a machine for to be comfortable in bed all day . Having to be waited on hand - and - foot , becomes increasingly irritating , even demanding constant burials for her cat who ' dies ' multiple times ( but comes back each time ) . 's son also comes to live with them . tries getting to seduce , but things take a turn for the worse when and inadvertently burn down 's villa , which ca n't be rebuilt for three months . As a result , , his delinquent son and his phone - obsessed daughter move in ; and are forced to accept them to avoid an arson lawsuit . helps get a job as a mail room clerk . 
 As the days pass , chaos persists for the couple with them essentially being forced out of their own home . 's friend and colleague finds them outside living like hippies , after fails to show up for work . motivates to resist a little longer , especially as is on the verge of closing a successful deal for his boss , . At work , gets a box from Bogota containing cocaine - sent to him but requested by . tells to sell a set of stocks due to a scandal , but forgets to before leaving work with the cocaine . comes back , having grown a mustache and now owning a baby elephant . Police arrive at the house and find the cat overdosing on cocaine ; they subsequently destroy 's house during their drug bust , which gets televised by 's TV station . The stress for manifests into an expletive - filled mental breakdown on live TV . Pushed to their limit and facing apparent ruin and imminent charges , and decide to abandon the house to the guests and leave town to start new lives . 
 The next day , and return to salvage what they can find . They hear a recording from Dr. stating was never pregnant to begin with , breaking what little sanity they had left . An enraged catapults from her bed to the backyard and forces her to confess to knowing she was n't pregnant . She then ruins her sister 's expensive clothes to force out while terrorizes with an electric saw , making him leave with his two children . Lastly , puts fireworks on 's cocaine bag , which explodes as he tries to flee in 's ( loaner ) Lotus . and then threaten to torch their own house in order to keep away their parasitic visitors for good . The police arrive and apologize , stating that their only evidence - 's cat - disappeared , and that they will pay for all damages incurred . arrives and , believing had meant to keep the stocks , declares that he amassed a small fortune when the scandal was found to be false . He offers a portion of the profit and a promotion . takes the opportunity to seduce , and starts flirting with one of the police officers , much to 's chagrin . The cat returns , but has changed sides , preferring to remain with and . and depart , with taking much more control than before . and try to get cozy before , as a last touch , smashes the ever - malfunctioning toilet with a sledgehammer . 
 In the epilogue it states that and - who earned a TV show of her own due to her angry on - air outburst - move to a 3 bedroom house in Malibu and live happily ever after ... until their parents come to visit .

After being impaled by a pipe and plunging into a river at the end of the previous film , the undead Maniac Cop acquires a junked police cruiser and continues his killing spree through New York City . Finding a convenience store in the middle of a robbery , he kills the clerk ; the thief is subsequently killed in a shootout with police . As stalks the streets , his enemies Officers and are put back on duty by Deputy Commissioner , who has the two undergo a psychiatric evaluation under Officer . While is content that is long gone and wants to go on with his life , is convinced that is still alive and plotting his revenge . 
 At a newsstand , is stabbed through the neck by , which kills him and leaves distraught and prompts her to appear on a talk show to inform the public about , as the police have kept 's supposed return covered up , as Commissioner was involved in originally framing and sending him to Sing Sing . A traffic cop is murdered by later when he was towing someone 's car . The man who was having his car towed is arrested on suspicion on the cop 's murder . While en route to a hotel in a taxi , is joined by , and the two are attacked by , who kills the cabbie and forces and off the road . After handcuffing to the steering wheel of a car and sending her into the busy streets , kills by snapping her neck . Gaining control of the car , crashes and is found and given medical attention . 
 Elsewhere , a stripper named is attacked in her apartment by , who has strangled at least six other exotic dancers . As brutalizes , arrives , murders the two officers earlier called by , and helps escape . Grateful for the help , befriends and takes him back to his apartment , where stays for a short while . After leaves , goes out to find another victim but is identified at a strip club by . He is arrested and placed in a holding cell by and Detective Lieutenant . 
 taunts , telling him will break him out . 's assumption proves correct , as breaks into the police station and murders a total of nineteen police officers and frees and several unnamed convicts . Using as a hostage , , , and another criminal named hijack a prison bus and head to Sing Sing , where believes wants to free all the inmates and create an army of criminals ( even enforces this point by killing an inmate who disagreed and questioned him ) . and follow , and convinces to reopen 's case and rebury his casket with full honors on the assumption that this will appease . 
 bluffs his way into the prison using 's paperwork , and he kill a guard for his keys . Shortly after entering death row , is contacted over the prison PA system by , who admits to that he was set up and states that his case has been reopened . After hearing 's announcement , abandons , , and and heads deeper into the prison , where he is attacked with a Molotov cocktail by the three inmates who originally mutilated him . While burning , finally gets revenge and murders on the three convicts who mutilated him and assaults the other prisoners ( killing one of them , who did n't mutilate him , in the process ) , only to be attacked by , who realizes used him . As and fight , the two crash through a wall , fall onto the bus below , and seemingly dies when the vehicle explodes ( killing in the process ) . 
 Sometime later , is buried with full honors alongside other fallen officers ; and attend his funeral . As 's casket is lowered , throws 's badge into the grave , leaves with , and delivers a monologue about how there is a little bit of in every officer , and that every member of the force needs to rise above becoming a Maniac Cop . Before the credits roll , 's hand bursts through the lid of his casket and grabs his badge .

Robert Davi, Laurene Landon, Robert Z'Dar, Bruce Campbell, Michael Lerner, Leo Rossi

Chicago DEA agent returns from Colombia , where drug dealers killed his partner . As a result of 's death and years of dead end work , retires and heads to his family 's home in suburban Chicago . He visits the local school to meet his old friend and former U.S. Army buddy ( ) who works there as a football coach and physical education teacher . 
 As and celebrate their reunion , a gunfight breaks out between local drug dealers and a Jamaican gang at the bar where they celebrate . The gang , known as the Jamaican Posse , is led by a notorious psychotic drug kingpin named ( ) full of West African Vodun and sadism . arrests one of 's henchmen as the gunfight ends . News of Posse crimes occurring in Chicago and across the United States spread as the Posse expands its operations and recruits more members . The next day , and his henchmen do a drive - by shooting on the house where , his sister , and 's 12 - year - old daughter live . is injured and hospitalized in critical condition . 
 encounters a gangster named whom he is forced to kill . A Jamaican gangster named arrives and is subdued by , who asks about . gives information but tells him to go after alone and jumps out the window to his death . The next day , discovers a strange symbol engraved on a carpet , and with the help of Jamaican voodoo and gang expert , a detective for the Chicago Police Department , he learns that it is an African blood symbol used to mark their crimes . decides to come out of retirement to join in a battle against . 
 At the same night of their rendezvous , gets a phone call from , which is cut short when and his men invade the household , but they leave upon his arrival . The next day , and encounter another batch of 's henchmen which results in a car chase wherein one of the henchmen is killed . The chase ends in a mall wherein the surviving three are subsequently killed by the duo amidst the chaos of shoppers fleeing the scene . During a meeting with , realizes that the only way to stop the Jamaican Posse is to bring down . That evening , ambushes under the guise of a construction crew ; escapes and survives after plants a molotov cocktail in his car . 
 The two team up with , a Jamaican - American detective of the Chicago police , who has been trailing for five years , and trying to get to the root of the drug problem in the city . They acquire weaponry from a local weapons dealer , and , after testing the arsenal , they head for Kingston , Jamaica to find . Upon arrival , and ask people in the streets for information about 's and his hideout . A Jamaican local presents them a photo of a woman who is acquainted with . meets her in a nightclub , and she describes hanging out with , his drug business , and his hideout , as well as the death of her sister in 's hands . The woman also informs of a cryptic clue : the secret of 's power is that he has two heads and four eyes . 
 By nightfall , , , and ( disguised as members of the Posse ) head for 's mansion , where a party is being held . Secretly infiltrating the premises through a nearby plantation , assassinates three henchmen on the estate 's balcony with a silenced sniper rifle , plants a bomb at a nearby power station and infiltrates the inner grounds by climbing across roofs . While and keep a lookout , detonates the bomb , causing the party to erupt into violence and gunfire . With and opening fire on the ambushing gang , enters the building and disposes of many henchmen . He finds a sacrificial area but is captured by and his remaining henchmen . manages to break free and kills every henchman before decapitating in a sword fight . 
 Upon returning in Chicago , the trio displays 's severed head to the Chicago Posse to blackmail them in ending their crimes and leave . However , is impaled by a man identically resembling , causing the gang ( as well as the audience ) to think that has returned from the dead . At this point , it is revealed that is actually a set of identical twin brothers posing as one man , and that despite both brothers being masterminds of Posse crimes in the entire United States , the twin himself was the real Chicago Posse crime mastermind . The meeting erupts in chaos , and the gang members open fire on the duo . 
 During the gunfight , holds off the henchmen despite being shot in the leg while disposes more gang members before he engages 's twin brother in a sword fight . The fight moves to a nightclub owned by the twin himself wherein gives him more fatal injuries by gouging his eyes and breaking his spine before dropping him down an elevator shaft , impaling the twin in the process . As the surviving Posse members look at their dead boss , their fate remains ambiguous although the death of the brothers implies their arrest by law enforcement . 
 The final scene shows carrying ' body with limping next to him before ending with song " John Crow " being played in the credits .

In May 1943 , the crew of the Memphis Belle , a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress of the US Army Air Force , are grounded in England while their aircraft is repaired . The group is under the command of Col . ( ) , a no - nonsense , stoical leader , tasked with keeping the pressure on Nazi targets . An Army publicist , Lt . Col . ( ) is visiting the base , to interview the Belle crew in anticipation of their flying their 25th mission , a requirement to complete their tour of duty . is eager to use the crew on a war bonds tour stateside . He believes their success would help the war effort and confides to that many people back home are upset at the losses the Air Force has suffered . Some are beginning to think daylight bombing is ineffective , while openly favours it . 
 The officers of the squadron are informed the target for the day will be Bremen , Germany . After a delay due to poor weather over the target , the Memphis Belle and her squadron are airborne . They are soon assembled in formation with bomb group and their escort of North American P-51 Mustang fighters . They face frequent harassment by defending German Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters along the way . Eventually , the escorting fighters , low on fuel , turn away , while the bombers continue alone . 
 Back at the base , and have harsh words after the latter starts decorating the mess hall for a celebration upon the Belle 's return . accuses Harriman of being cold - hearted and concerned only with advancing his military career . In response , Harriman brings Derringer into his office and angrily dumps a pile of letters on his desk and forces to read some of them . They are replies received from the grieving families of lost airmen . 
 Meanwhile , the bombers have suffered significant losses . The German interceptors focus their attacks on the leading aircraft in the formation . The first lead bomber , Windy City , loses its engines and explodes in front of the Belle , piloted by Captain ( ) and co - pilot 1st Lt . ( ) . More attacks ensue , and the replacement lead bomber , C Cup , is forced to break formation when its nose is crippled by a Bf 109 . The crew of the Belle watch in horror when they see an airman fall out of the stricken aircraft without a parachute . The Belle is then tasked to lead the formation to the target . 
 Finding the target – an aircraft assembly plant – becomes difficult as bombardier 1st Lt . ( ) ca n't see the target because of a smokescreen the Germans have created . aborts the initial bomb run and orders the formation to circle around for a second attempt , which frustrates the Belle crew who have had to endure the ongoing attacks from the Germans . On the second run , spots the assembly plant through a gap in the smokescreen and the bombers successfully hit their target . Once clear of the anti - aircraft fire , they are again attacked by fighters . Staff Sgt . 's ( ) ball turret is destroyed , but he is saved by the safety strap . The attacks continue , blasting a hole in the fuselage , tearing off a large chunk of the tail , and setting the number four engine on fire . Radio operator Staff Sgt . ( T/3 ) ( ) , is wounded in the attacks , which puts in a difficult position when the crew enlists his self - exaggerated medical " expertise " to save the injured radioman . Meanwhile , and skillfully drop the aircraft into a steep dive and put the fire out , despite great risk of losing the aircraft . 
 As the B-17 limps closer to base , orders the landing gear dropped . Only one wheel descends due to electrical failure caused by battle damage , but the crew are able to manually lower the malfunctioning wheel just before landing . The ground crew and a humbled Lt . Colonel race to greet them with jubilant cheers . The crew exits the battered bomber and celebrate their victory with on an ambulance .

Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, John Lithgow, Harry Connick, Jr., Sean Astin, Billy Zane, D.B. Sweeney, Tate Donovan, David Strathairn

( ) and ( ) are a pair of troublemaking garbagemen who dream of owning a surf shop . The two uncover an illegal toxic dumping operation in their own city , Las Playas . The film begins with the pair collecting trash as they usually do , by tossing garbage cans in the street and making noise that disturbs the residents . One of the local cops , , hassles them frequently , but and seem to have gotten used to this treatment and shrug it off . 
 After work , the pair spy on a woman living across the street with a telescope ; they discover that she is being mistreated by a man who is with her . Determined to right the wrong , shoots the man in the rear with a pellet gun . He and both hide and laugh . Moments later , the man - a city councilman named ( ) , who 's running for mayor - is strangled and ends up found the next day by and in a yellow drum . They decide that turning in the body would implicate themselves , as they had shot him earlier . 
 and ask the advice of crazed Vietnam War vet ( ) , who helps them to stash the body after reassuring them that the man died by strangulation , not any shooting . goes over to meet ( ) , the woman who they saw with the night before . ends up exacerbating the situation when he kidnaps a pizza delivery man who sees with the body . 
 , , the pizza man and the stiff end up leaving the apartment to follow and , but they are pulled over by and his partner , . , however , uses the pellet gun to get them out of trouble and to cuff and together in a compromising position at a playground . Meanwhile , and are discovered by and , the hitmen who had killed . The couple are eventually stuffed into cans and set to be disposed of in a lake that serves as an illegal toxic dump for a local businessman , , who was also the man who had killed . 
 and manage to escape from the cans and reunite with the others . The group fights the toxic dump workers and brings down .

The film is narrated by , a quirky and awkward 15 - year - old girl living in Oklahoma with her single , eccentric mother , ( whom she calls " Mrs. " ) , and her sweet nine - year - old sister , . 's daughters have different fathers — is a product of a teenage romance and is from an affair with an athlete . 
 The narration begins in early fall of 1963 . Just as 's latest fling with her married employer ends , she decides to relocate with and once again . This time , they move to a new home near a convent in the small town of Eastport , Massachusetts . has an unusual obsession with Catholicism , strengthened by her mother 's disapproval , and idolizes the nuns living in the convent . , on the other hand , loves all things swimming and is an avid competitor , apparently getting it from 's Olympic one night stand from which she was conceived . 
 In Eastport , becomes especially interested in , the 26 - year - old handsome caretaker of the convent and local school bus driver , while falls in love with a local shop owner named . After the assassination of , finds ringing the convent bell and consoles him . However , they begin to kiss and feeling filled with sin she flees . After the encounter , she begins fasting in order to purge her sinful thoughts , but eventually passes out from hunger and the fear of immaculate conception and starts eating again . 
 Soon fearing that God may be punishing through pregnancy and unable to talk to her mother about it , she steals her car and runs away . She stops at the house of a " perfect nuclear family " in New Haven , Connecticut , asking to spend the night , telling them her name is and other wild stories , which they do n't seem to completely believe . Later on , she is picked up by and taken home after the family reports her , where immediately receives a harsh scolding from believing she could have been murdered . 
 When calms down , she tells that she was worried sick about her safety , and , thinking that it 's her fault that ran away from home , admits that even though she 's not an expert in parenting , she 's willing to compromise and try her best to take care of both and . The next day , makes an appointment at the nearest clinic under the name Joan Arc , where she sees an obstetrician and is told she is still a virgin and therefore can not be pregnant . Relieved , she goes home , dispelled of her assumption that " one kiss can get you pregnant " . 
 At a New Year 's Eve costume party sometime after a large fight with , he asks to marry / move in with him but she declines both , reminding him that he 's still married . However , she 's not willing to break up with him nor let their relationship progress either . This ends with calmly leaving in disappointment . then asks for a ride home , before she wishes him a happy New Year and kisses him . sees this and feels that her mother is trying to steal him away . 
 The night after the incident , dresses up in 's clothes and makeup in an attempt to show that she can be just as appealing as her mother . She and get drunk on wine and talk on the porch about 's birth . Hearing the church bells ringing , then takes to the convent and tells her that she 'll be back . decides to drunkenly collect rocks while goes up to the bell tower to find , where they have sex . Unbeknownst to them , falls into a river and almost drowns due to her inebriation , but is saved by the nuns and is taken to the hospital . 
 Outraged at the turn of events , and argue , eventually leading to an understanding of each other as mother and daughter and not just friends . convinces to stay in Eastport for at least another year . 
 Time passes in the small town and 's relationship with continues . moves to California and opens up a plant nursery , but keeps in touch with via postcards . , in turn , gains a reputation in high school due to her sexual encounter with and replaces her Catholicism obsession with Greek mythology and a less conservative look ; now reminding her that they are not Greek . has recovered and is swimming again , although the accident left her hearing sometimes " sounding fuzzy " . The film ends with all three of them dancing while setting the table for dinner .

Cher, Winona Ryder, Bob Hoskins, Michael Schoeffling, Christina Ricci

Shot on location in Manhattan and Long Island , the film depicts the lives of young , well - educated upper - class New Yorkers ( or , as one character calls them , the " urban haute bourgeoisie " ) home on winter break from their first year of college during debutante ball season . 
 Middle - class Princeton student , an admirer of socialism , attends a dress ball one evening on a whim . After the ball , a mix - up leads to his meeting a small group of young Upper East Side socialites known as the Sally Fowler Rat Pack , after the girl whose apartment they use for after - hours parties . Believing that they accidentally stole a taxi from , they decide to invite him to their after - hours party , to prevent ill feelings . 
 decides to attend the party , and befriends several other attendees , including , a cynical dandy[3 ] who takes under his wing ; , a shy[4 ] girl who enjoys Regency era literature and has a crush on ; and , an overly philosophical nerd[3 ] with an unrequited love for . learns that he and the Rat Pack have some common friends , including his ex - girlfriend , with whom he remains infatuated . 
 Under 's tutelage , ingratiates himself to the Rat Pack and soon becomes a full - fledged member . Much of the film is composed of dialogues in which and the Rat Pack discuss the nebulous social scene they occupy , including how they are coming of age just as the yuppie culture in which they were raised is ending , leaving them with uncertain social futures . During these discussions , reveals that he , too , was raised wealthy , but that his father abandoned the family to marry another woman , leaving and his mother with limited financial resources . As a result , harbors a love - hate relationship with wealth and the upper class . 
 has been dating , a young , titled aristocrat notorious for his womanizing . At a party after the International Debutante Ball , alienates himself from the group by accusing of getting a girl drunk and convincing her to " pull a train " several years before , after which she committed suicide . Other members of the Rat Pack point out holes in 's story . later admits that the story was not literally true but a " composite " of incidents from 's life . Shortly thereafter , leaves Manhattan , giving his top hat as a token of friendship . 
 Believing that is not interested in her romantically , decides to leave Manhattan to spend the rest of vacation in the Hamptons with and another girl from the Rat Pack . Realizing that he 's developed feelings for , recruits to help him rescue her from . The two travel to the Hamptons together , bonding en route . Against their expectations , they arrive to find in no peril . and nonetheless instigate a fight with , which ends with them being kicked out of his beach house . Afterward , and talk on the beach , with saying that she is planning to attend college in France , and contemplating going to visit her there . The film ends with , , and hitchhiking together towards Manhattan .

( who asks to be called " " ) , a violent psychopath recently released from a California prison , starts a new life in Miami . Before leaving the airport , he steals luggage and kills a Hare Krishna after breaking his finger . checks into a hotel and hooks up with , a naive prostitute who is a student at a community college . They become romantically involved and take a house together , with blissfully unaware of 's criminal activities and harboring fantasies of living happily ever after . 
 An investigation of the murder leads grizzled policeman Sgt . to come knocking on their door . shares a home - cooked dinner with the couple , upon 's suggestion , and plays it cool while seemingly indicating to that he 's on to him . He overtly suspects has been in prison and wants him to come to the police station for a lineup . Being a proactive criminal , goes to 's home the next day , assaults him , and steals his gun , badge and dentures . 
 One interesting scene is when is with and she is busy taking a bath and working on a haiku . He decides to break into a nearby apartment . He steals an IMI Desert Eagle handgun and a steak . As he is doing this , he speaks aloud a haiku of his own , " Breaking entering . The dark and lonely places . Finding a big gun " . begins using the badge , demanding bribes as rewards after breaking up robberies , only to keep the loot for himself . He 's highly enjoying his new role as criminal with a badge and the perks it holds for him . 
 happily cooks for him . While at a grocery store , witnesses an armed robbery and decides to break it up . He lectures the gunman about avoiding a life of crime , but the gunman runs a truck over him . complains to that the " straight life " has made him too soft . tracks down the couple through a utility account opened up in 's name . He pretends to run into her at the grocery store , where they swap recipes . After she lies that she has left , tells her that is a murderer and that he and the police are looking for him . 
 Back home , to test whether he will lie to her , deliberately ruins a pie by adding too much vinegar to it . To her disappointment , compliments the dessert and eats it with gusto . The next day , asks to drive him around town on errands . Their first stop is a pawn shop , which he robs . In the course of the robbery , the pawnbroker chops off several of 's fingers before being killed by him . 
 Badly injured , he limps to the car , but drives away upon realizing what he 's done . pursues him to the house , where he shoots and kills . Being ironic with his last words , tells , " 's gon na get you , . " then arrives and asks why she stayed with him for so long . She explains that he ate everything she ever cooked and never hit her .

is the right - hand man for , an Irish mobster and political boss who runs a U.S. city during Prohibition . When 's rival , the Italian gangster , announces his intent to kill bookie , goes against 's advice and extends his protection to . is the brother of , who has begun a relationship with – while also carrying on an affair with . 
 tries everything he can to convince to give up to to prevent a war ; he attempts to convince that is playing him to protect her brother , but will not be swayed . After an assassination attempt on , reveals his affair with to to prove that she is dishonest . beats , and turns his back on both of them . then approaches looking for work , and commands him to kill in the woods at Miller 's Crossing to prove his loyalty . pleads with Tom to spare him , saying " Look in your heart " . fires his gun to fake the killing and tells to run and hide . 
 assumes 's position as boss of the city , controlling the police and using them to destroy 's operations . Meanwhile , begins sowing discord between and his trusted enforcer , the brutal . Upon finding that his men did n't actually see kill , takes back to Miller 's Crossing to see if 's body is there . nearly cracks as they approach the location , but they find a body that had been shot in the face and disfigured by birds . Unknown to , returned to town and killed 's lover , who was 's lover too , and placed the body where his should have been . holds this over 's head and tries to blackmail into killing . 
 uses 's unknown whereabouts to convince that has betrayed him . denies it , and has to decide whom he believes , and whom he will kill . In a rage , he beats before shooting him in the head . then arranges a meeting with , but sends instead on the pretext that he will be meeting . gets the jump on and kills him . arrives and tricks into giving up his gun , saying they can blame , then reveals that is dead , and that he intends to kill in retribution for blackmailing him . again begs for mercy , saying " Look in your heart " , but asks " What heart ? " and shoots him . 
 With and dead , resumes his post as boss . has won her way back into 's good graces , and she reacts coldly to . On the day is buried , announces that has proposed to him , and offers his job back . refuses , and remains behind , watching as departs .

Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Jon Polito

Famed novelist is the author of a successful series of Regency romance novels featuring a character named . Wanting to focus on more serious stories , he writes a manuscript for a new novel that he hopes will launch his post - Misery career . While traveling from Silver Creek , Colorado to his home in New York City , is caught in a blizzard and his car goes off the road , rendering him unconscious . A nurse named finds and brings him to her remote home . 
 regains consciousness and finds himself bedridden with broken legs and a dislocated shoulder . claims to be his " number one fan " and talks a lot about him and his novels . Out of gratitude , lets read his new manuscript . While feeding him , she is angered by the profanity in his new work and spills soup on him but apologizes . Soon after , reads the latest Misery novel , discovers that Misery dies at the end of the book and flies into a rage . She reveals to that nobody knows where he is , and locks him in his room . 
 The next morning , forces to burn his new manuscript . When he is well enough to get out of bed , she insists he write a new novel titled Misery 's Return , in which he brings the character back to life . complies , believing might kill him . One day , when is away , sneaks out and begins stockpiling his painkillers . He tries poisoning during dinner , but fails . later finds a scrapbook of newspaper clippings about 's past . He discovers that she was tried for the deaths of several infants , but the trial collapsed due to lack of evidence . had quoted lines from his Misery novels during her trial . later drugs and straps him to the bed . When he wakes , she tells him that she knows he has been out of his room and breaks his ankles with a sledgehammer to prevent him from escaping again . 
 The local sheriff , , is investigating 's disappearance . When a shopkeeper informs the sheriff he has sold considerable quantities of typing paper , pays a visit . When he finds drugged in the basement , shoots and tells that they must die together . He agrees , on the condition that he must finish the novel in order to " give Misery back to the world " . He conceals a can of lighter fluid in his pocket . 
 When the manuscript is done , asks for a single cigarette and a glass of champagne , to which complies . Using the match gives him , sets the manuscript on fire , and as rushes to save it , he hits her over the head with the typewriter . They fight and is killed . 
 Eighteen months later , , now walking with a cane , meets his agent , , in a restaurant in New York City . The two discuss his first non - Misery novel , and tells him about the positive early buzz . replies that he does not care , and that he wrote the novel for himself . asks if he would consider a non - fiction book about his captivity , but declines . Seeing a waitress , he imagines her as . The waitress says she is his " number one fan " , to which uncomfortably responds , " That 's very sweet of you " .

The film begins with a scene set in Brooklyn , New York in 1969 . A group of four boys walk up to brownstone and ask him to come out and play baseball with them . 's mother insists that he continue his trumpet lesson , to his chagrin . His father becomes concerned that will grow up to be a sissy , and a family argument ensues . In the end , continues playing his trumpet , and his friends go away . 
 The next scene brings us to the present ( over twenty years later ) , with an adult ( ) performing on the trumpet at a busy nightclub with his jazz band , The Bleek Quintet ( , , and ) . ( , one of his boyhood friends from the previous scene and current manager of 's band ) , is waiting in the wings , and advises him to stop allowing his saxophone player ( ) to grandstand with long solos . 
 The next morning wakes up with his girlfriend , ( ) . She leaves to go to class , while he meets his father by the Brooklyn Bridge for a game of catch , telling him that while he does like , he likes other women too and is not ready to make a commitment . Later in the day while he is practicing his trumpet , another woman named ( ) visits him . She suggests he fire as his manager ; he suggests that they make love ( which he refers to as " mo ’ better " ) . She bites his lip and he becomes upset about it , saying , " I make my living with my lips " , as he examines the bleeding bottom lip . 
 is with his bookie , betting on baseball . Then he goes to the nightclub and argues with the doormen about what time to let the patrons into the club . He meets inside with the rest of the band , except for the pianist , ( ) , who arrives late with his French girlfriend and is scolded by . Later goes to the club owners ’ office , points out how busy the club has been since and his band began playing there , and unsuccessfully attempts to renegotiate their contract . 
 meets his bookie ( ) the next morning , who is concerned that Giant is going too deep into debt . shrugs it off , and places several new bets . He then stops off at 's home to drop off a record . confides in him that he is cheating on his girlfriend . This leads to the next scene where is in bed with , and she asks him to let her sing a number at the club with his band , to which he declines . 
 and are fending off requests from the other members of the band , especially , for a raise due to the band 's success at the club . goes to the club owners to see about more money , which they refuse , reminding him that it was who locked him into the current deal . 
 That night at the club , both and arrive at the club to see . They are wearing the same style dress , which had purchased for them both . attempts to work it out with each girl , but they are both upset with him over the dresses , and though he sleeps with them each again they leave him ( after he calls each of them by the other 's name ) . However , tension rises with , who has feelings for . 
 and go for a bike ride , where insists to Giant that he do a better job managing and bringing in money . promises to do so , then asks for a loan to pay off his gambling debt . declines , and later is apprehended by two loan sharks ( and ) who demand payment . Giant ca n’t pay and gets his fingers broken . Later Giant tells that he fell off his bike on the ride home , but does not believe him . asks the other band members for money and loans him five hundred dollars . When loan sharks stake out Giant 's home , he goes to Bleek for a place to stay . agrees to help him raise the money , but fires him as manager . 
 misses both his girlfriends , leaving messages for each , but has begun a new relationship with . finds out about it , and fires after the two fight backstage before a gig . The loan sharks track down at the club before can come up with the money , take him outside and beat him while plays . goes outside to intervene , and gets beaten as well . Additionally , one loan shark ( ) takes 's own trumpet , and smacks him across the face with it . This not only puts in the hospital , but it also permanently injures his lip , making him unable to continue playing trumpet . 
 Months later , reunites with , who has gotten a job as a doorman and stopped gambling . He drops in to see and , who are now performing together with the rest of 's former band . invites him on stage , and they play together . still has scars to his lips , and is unable to play correctly . He walks off the stage , gives his trumpet to , and goes directly to 's house . She is angry with him because she has n’t heard from him in over a year . She tries to reject him , but agrees to take him back when he begs her to save his life . 
 A montage flashes through their wedding , the birth of their son , , and teaching his son to play the trumpet . In the final scene of the movie , is ten years old , and wants to go outside to play with his friends . Indigo wants him to finish practicing his trumpet lessons . However , unlike the ( almost identical ) opening scene in the beginning of the film , relents and allows his son to leave and play with friends . This final scene uses exactly the same dialogue as the first , with changes only in the delivery of the dialogue . A major part of the film 's themes is cause and effect and fate . In letting stop practicing which never did , then maybe his life will lead to an alternate , and ultimately happier , conclusion .

Exploratory adventures of 1857 , Sir ( ) and ( ) , try to discover the true source of the Nile river .

The story begins on " the strangest day " of ( ) life ( his 35th birthday ) consisting of a series of comic and dramatic misadventures . , who blames all of his life 's problems on the fact that he struck out during a key moment of his state high school baseball championship game on his 15th birthday , wishes he had done things differently . His wish is granted by a guardian angel - like figure named ( ) , who appears at various times as a bartender , a cab driver , and so on . soon discovers that has transferred into an alternative reality in which he had won the pivotal high school game . He now finds himself rich and ( within his company ) powerful , and married to the boss 's ( ) sexy daughter ( ) . At first , his new life seems perfect , but he soon begins to miss his best friend ( ) and wife Ellen ( ) from his previous life ; he also discovers that his alternative self has created many enemies , like ( ) , and as 's problems multiply , he finds himself wishing to be put back into his old life . 
 The story begins with 's car , an old Ford LTD station wagon , stalled out in a dark alley . Suddenly the pink lights of " The Universal Joint , " a bar , come on . goes inside to call a tow truck , and tells bartender his troubles . He reviews the day he just had , which ended with his getting fired after discovering his department head 's ( ) scheme to sell the company under the nose of its owners to a group of naive Japanese investors . He tells that he wishes he 'd hit that last pitch out of the park , after which fixes him a drink called " The Spilt Milk . " The Spilt Milk was a drink that gave him his wish that he hit that home run in that championship game . 
 leaves the bar , walks home ( his car apparently towed ) and discovers someone else living in his house , which is now fixed up ( previously his yard and driveway were muddy and unfinished ) . appears as a cab driver and drives him to his " new " home , a mansion in Forest Hills , explaining that he did in fact hit the last pitch and won the game . He soon discovers that is his wife and he 's the president of his company , Liberty Republic Sporting Goods . Being a classic car buff , he 's shocked to find that he owns a collection of priceless antique automobiles . 
 soon discovers that has a low - level job in the accounting department and is quite insecure , as opposed to the jokester he was before . is shop steward ( in both realities ) and is married to another man . , a forklift operator in the previous reality , is now 's mistress and his secretary . hates and he discovers that the union is threatening a walkout due to massive layoffs and increased production , since is selling Liberty Republic in both realities . Seeing , he realizes how much he misses her and agrees to all the union 's demands , providing agrees to dinner at his favorite restaurant . She reluctantly agrees , and eventually convinces her that they were married in a previous life . 
 After discovering that has agreed to union demands , takes revenge , by telling both and of 's dinner date with . He then plots to kill at the office that night . However , company owner arrives to deliver a note to , announcing his termination , and kills him by mistake . Discovering the note , calls the police who attempt to arrest for 's murder . escapes while jealous creates pandemonium outside in her attempts to shoot him ( and shoots out a number of police cars in the process ) , leading to a police chase . is eventually cornered in a dark alley , but the pink glow of " The Universal Joint " comes on and he runs into the bar . Unable to find , attempts to make the " Spilt Milk " himself , the ingredients clearly aged . 
 The flashing lights of the police cars appear and surrenders , but instead of cops , a tow truck driver named enters ( the police car lights now tow truck lights ) . Confused at first , sees back behind the bar and realizes he 's back in his old life . thanks for everything and , upon exiting the bar , suddenly realizes that the deal with the Japanese investors is happening shortly . Driven by to company headquarters , barges into the boardroom , decks and exposes his scheme just as is about to sign the deal . 
 Thinking everyone forgot his birthday , returns home ( which still has the muddy driveway and lawn ) to a surprise party with his family and friends in attendance . Soon after , and her husband ( ) , the company president , arrive . offers ' job to , plus a company car , a new Mercedes , and he accepts . 
 Back in the past , young is about to leave the stadium , still upset about the loss , when he 's approached by a mysterious stranger ( ) who reassures him that everything will be all right . thanks him for the reassurance , but walks off wondering who thinks he 's kidding .

James Belushi, Michael Caine, Linda Hamilton, Hart Bochner, Jon Lovitz, Rene Russo

The USS   Forrestal , an aircraft carrier on station in the eastern Mediterranean Sea , receives a mayday from a cargo ship . The ship reports that they have been attacked , are on fire and adrift . A deployed Navy SH-3 helicopter attempts to rescue the crew , but is downed by a gunboat and the aircrew is captured . 
 Meanwhile , a squad of United States Navy SEALs ( , , , , , Bill , and ) are recovering from a bachelor party . ( ) is to be married , but the wedding is canceled at the last minute when the whole Team is paged to rescue the captured aircrew . 
 In the Mediterranean , the leader of the terrorists that shot at the Navy helicopter , , ( ) , orders the execution of the hostages . One crewmember is executed on the spot and another is beaten up , but the SEAL team arrives just in time to prevent any further executions . Responding to a suspicious noise , ( ) breaks silence when he encounters in an adjoining room , inadvertently alerting the terrorists . claims to be an Egyptian sailor also being held by the terrorists , and is left by the SEALs . As the SEALs evacuate the hostages from the area , and stumble across a warehouse containing Stinger missiles . attempts to return to the warehouse to destroy the missiles , only to be ordered by ( ) to proceed with extraction . 
 On board an aircraft carrier later that night , the individual Team members are debriefed by Naval Intelligence . 's decision to leave the Stinger missiles behind is questioned , but retorts that his primary mission was to rescue the aircrew and that Naval Intelligence did not do their job properly . Meanwhile , is highly agitated by the mission and has trouble dealing with the emotional upheaval the mission provided . tries to calm him down but is rebuffed by . 
 At the Pentagon , is seen in a video interview . The Joint Chiefs of Staff identify and his organization , the Al Shudadah . They also identify the interviewer as ( ) , a journalist and author who is half Lebanese . Her questioning of yields an admission that he and his group participated in the bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon in 1983 . admits the complicity freely , saying they only sought revenge for the bombing of their homes by Navy ships and warplanes . The Joint Chiefs are briefed on the recent mission and requests permission to destroy the Stingers , but Navy Intelligence has learned they have already been relocated . The SEALs are ordered on R&R and enjoy a game of golf . , brooding over the previous mission , reads a book authored by . During the golf outing , convinces his fiancée ( ) to try to finish the wedding again , regardless of the hazards of 's job . 
 The team receives their orders for the next mission . Naval Intelligence has heard that the Stinger missiles are on board a merchant ship , the Latanya , off the coast of Syria . The SEALs deploy from a submerged submarine , the USS Nyack , and successfully board the ship , neutralizing two disguised gunmen , only to find out from an EOD team that the missiles are not on board after all . 
 Frustrated by the recent unreliable intelligence , solicits 's cooperation . takes on a tour of Navy SEAL training and attempts to woo the journalist over an elegant dinner . is initially wary but opens up to after learning that a Stinger has been used to shoot down a peace delegation in Lebanon . provides pictures of men she has encountered who may possibly provide information that may lead the SEALs to the location of the missiles . While trying to identify possible contacts , tells and that one of her contacts is missing , most likely having been kidnapped by the Israelis . Inspired by this , and an outburst by , presents the idea of kidnapping a potential informant to his superiors who subsequently recommend the proposal at a National Security Council meeting . A CIA executive at the meeting identifies one of the targets as a known CIA informant who could be co - opted if taken into custody . On that basis , the SEALs are authorized to bring him in . 
 The SEALS infiltrate the area by performing a HALO jump and swimming to shore . leads several of the team inside a house to secure the informant while , , and remain outside . When is pinned down by patrolling militia , disobeys 's order to stay quiet and instigates a firefight . Although finally succeeds in killing the militiamen , is killed during the firefight . 
 reluctantly informs 's fiancée of his death , and a funeral with full military honors is held . After the wake , the men drown their sorrows at a pizza bar . gives a toast to for being the best friend a guy could have . scolds for his carelessness that caused 's death . Later , arrives at 's houseboat to find a still grieving , leafing to a night of intimacy . quietly leaves the next morning with in bed . 
 The SEALs are deployed to Beirut , this time to meet a local resistance fighter who will guide them to the building containing the Stingers . Although ( ) is killed while attempting to set up a sniping overwatch position , the SEALs do locate the Stingers in an old school building in a heavily - bombed area of the city . leads ( ) and ( ) inside the building to destroy the missiles while and maintain overwatch outside . shoots a local gunman questioning him , alerting the terrorists . Leaving the building , gets shot in the abdomen and thigh . is pinned down near the building door and orders to destroy the building regardless of 's being in the blast radius . disobeys the order and rescues while the other SEALs provide suppressing fire before the building is finally destroyed . The SEALs commandeer a car and attempt to exfiltrate from the city while evading pursuit by an enemy BTR-152 with a machine gun . The automobile is eventually hit by gunfire and killed by a stray bullet to the head . , using a recovered Stinger missile launcher , manages to destroy the APC , and the four remaining SEALs escape to the beach . 
 steals a boat from a pier - side fisherman and follows the SEALs across the water . He spots 's body floating in the sea . As he attempts to pull the body from the water he is attacked by the SEALs and , in an underwater fight , kills . The other SEALs take out the remaining topside terrorists and destroy the small boat . With the mission finally accomplished , the designated exfiltration submarine surfaces , recovering the SEALs .

Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn, Joanne Whalley, Rick Rossovich, Bill Paxton, Dennis Haysbert

dreams of Midian , a city where monsters are accepted . At the request of girlfriend , is seeing psychotherapist Dr. , who convinces that he committed a series of murders . is actually a masked serial killer who has murdered several families . drugs with LSD disguised as lithium and orders to turn himself in . 
 Before he can , is struck by a truck and taken to a hospital . There , overhears the rants of , a seemingly insane man who seeks to enter Midian . Convinced that is there to test him , gives directions to the hidden city before tearing the skin off his face in order to show his " true " face . He is quickly subdued by hospital staff , and leaves . 
 makes his way to Midian , a city beneath a massive graveyard in the middle of nowhere . He encounters supernatural creatures and . says that they should bring him below , but refuses to allow in a normal human . claims to be a murderer , but smells his innocence and attacks him . escapes only to encounter a squad of police officers led by . is gunned down after tries to get him to turn himself in and then yells that has a gun . 
 Due to 's bite , returns to life in the morgue . When he returns to Midian , he finds there and he is inducted into their society by the Nightbreed 's leader . In an initiation ceremony , he is touched by the blood of their deity . 
 Seeking to understand why left her , investigates Midian . She befriends a woman named and drives out to the cemetery with her . Leaving at the car , explores the cemetery , where she finds a dying creature . A female Nightbreed named pleads for to take it out of the sunlight . Once in the shadows , it transforms into a little girl who is 's daughter . asks after , but is rebuffed by and scared off by . While leaving the cemetery , discovers corpse and her killer . attempts to use to draw out of hiding . rescues and learns that can not be killed due to his transformation . escapes and takes into Midian . explains to that the monsters of folklore were peaceful beings who were hunted to near - extinction by humans . and are banished from Midian by . learns how to kill the Nightbreed and murders the residents of the hotel where and are staying . When discovers the crime scene , he is unable to control his thirst for blood and begins drinking . The police find and take him into custody . At 's urging , the police form a militia led by Police Captain . A drunken priest named joins them as God 's servant in their upcoming battle against Midian . , and rescue , and the four return to Midian where convinces the Nightbreed to stand and fight . 
 During the battle , learns that there are women and children among the Nightbreed . When he tries halting the attack , he is beaten by . finds the idol of and swears allegiance to it . When he is splashed by its blood , he is burned and transformed . Boone learns from that plans to destroy Midian . argues to release the Berserkers , a monstrous feral breed that were imprisoned due to their insanity . When is killed before he can open the cages , releases them and the Beserkers turn the tide of battle . confronts and is killed . When faces , says that has caused the end of Midian , which has been foretold . charges with finding a new home for the Nightbreed and renames him . 
 leaves with and meets with the remaining Nightbreed in a barn where he says his goodbyes to and promises to find a place where they will be safe . In the ruins of Midian , stands in front of 's corpse and states that he wants vengeance on and the Breed . When he presses 's blood to 's wound , springs back to life with a scream as repeatedly hollers " Hallelujah . " 
 In an alternate ending used in The Cabal Cut of the film , the Nightbreed await in a barn whilst says his goodbyes to as he must find a new home for the Nightbreed . promises to return to her . Fearing she will become old whilst will retain his youth , stabs herself . resurrects as a Nightbreed . was killed earlier in the battle by so he is not present during these events . Meanwhile , Captain wanders the underground remains where he stumbles upon the transformed who desires revenge . shares this desire , but rejects 's offer , kills him , and starts his hunt for the Nightbreed . The resurrection of does not occur .

( ) is in bed with a woman , ( ) , when he is suddenly attacked and beaten by two men . After the men have left , calmly tells , " The worst is over " . 
 The scene shifts to San Francisco , where an unmarried couple , ( ) and ( ) , purchase an expensive 19th - century polychrome house in the exclusive Pacific Heights neighborhood . They rent one of the building 's two first - floor apartments to the , a kindly Japanese couple . Soon after , visits to view the remaining vacant unit and immediately expresses a desire to move in . drives an expensive Porsche and carries large amounts of cash on his person , but is reluctant to undergo a credit check . He convinces to waive the credit check in exchange for a list of references and an upfront payment of the first six months ' rent , to be paid by wire transfer . 
 Before any of this money is paid , however , arrives unannounced one morning and shuts himself into the apartment . As the days pass , ' promised wire transfer fails to materialize . From inside the apartment , sounds of loud hammering and drilling are heard at all hours of the day and night , however the door is seldom answered . When finally makes an attempt to enter ' apartment , he finds that the locks have been changed . attempts to put an end to the constant noise and drive out by cutting the electricity and heat to the apartment , but summons the police , who side with and reprimand . 
 and hire a lawyer , ( ) , however the eviction case is thwarted by 's actions . , safe from eviction for the time being , infests the house with cockroaches , which prompts the to move out and pushes and further into debt . The heavy stress takes its toll on the couple ; drinks heavily and suffers a miscarriage . visits the couple to offer his condolences , but an infuriated attacks him and is arrested by the police , whom had already called to the scene in anticipation of an assault . 
 The assault allows to file a civil lawsuit against and , unbeknownst to the couple , assume control of 's possessions and identity . also files a restraining order , which forces from the building . Once is gone , begins stalking and harassing , in an apparent ploy to lure back to the building in violation of the restraining order . The ploy succeeds , as becomes concerned and comes to check on . confronts and shoots him , then plants a crowbar at the scene to prevent any criminal charges . 
 While is in the hospital , the eviction is finally handed down and authorities force entry into ' apartment . By this time however , has disappeared , and the apartment has been destroyed and stripped bare of all its appliances , light fixtures , wood paneling , and even the toilet . Later , while cleaning out the destroyed apartment , finds an important clue : an old photograph of as a young boy . Written on the back is the name " " , which deduces is ' real name . She phones ( ) , the Texas attorney whom had provided as a reference ( albeit under his alias ) . confides to her that has a long history of wrongdoing and has been disowned by his family . 
 travels to 's last - known address , a condominium in Desert Spring . There she finds , his girlfriend and previous co - conspirator who had earlier come looking for him in San Francisco . tells that is the name of the property 's former landlord , and that assumed ' identity and took possession of the condominium after ( the genuine ) hired two thugs to carry out the assault shown in the film 's opening scene . also shows a postcard from Danforth , written on the letterhead of a hotel in Century City , which had just arrived the day before . 
 tracks down at the hotel , where he has checked in under 's name . bluffs her way into his suite by posing as his wife , and while rummaging through his personal effects she discovers he is using legal and financial documents in 's name . She calls and tells him to cancel all of his credit cards and freeze the couple 's joint bank account . She then places an exorbitant order for room service , which leads to being arrested . 
 is bailed out of prison by a wealthy widow , ( played by ) , whom he was apparently vetting to be his next victim . Once out on bail , returns to San Francisco to seek revenge against and . Upstairs , he bludgeons with a golf club , then attacks in the downstairs apartment where she is busy making repairs . A struggle ensues , and a badly - wounded makes his way into the crawl space between the basement and the first - floor apartment . He reaches through a hole in the floor and grabs by the ankle ; loses his balance and is killed when he falls backward and is impaled by a water supply line . 
 Some time later , and have put their newly repaired building up for sale and show the property to another couple . The story ends with the couple having a private discussion about making an offer of $ 850,000 , which is $ 100,000 more than what and had originally paid for it .

In 1997 , Los Angeles is suffering from both a heat wave and a turf war between heavily armed Colombian and Jamaican drug cartels . A watches a shootout between the police and Colombians , observing as Lieutenant charges into the firefight to rescue two wounded officers and drive the Colombians back into their hideout . 
 The Predator assaults the Colombians , causing a disturbance that prompts and his police detectives and to defy orders and enter the hideout . They find the Colombians have been slaughtered . pursues the crazed gang leader onto the roof and shoots him in self - defense , believing him to be attacking , when the latter panickedly opens fire at the camouflaged Predator . himself catches a glimpse of the alien , but dismisses it as an effect of the extreme heat and his acrophobia . At the station , is reprimanded by his superiors for his defiance . He is introduced to Special Agent , leader of the task force investigating the cartels , and Detective , the newest member of 's team . 
 Later that evening , several Jamaican cartel members storm the Colombian drug lord 's penthouse . After they ritualistically murder him , they are slaughtered by the Predator . 's team enter the penthouse where they find the Jamaicans ' skinned corpses suspended from the rafters , noting the similarity to the earlier Colombian massacre . arrives and kicks 's team out . later returns to continue investigating . After he finds one of the Predator 's speartip weapons in an air conditioning vent , the lurking Predator kills him . vows to bring down 's killer , believing they are dealing with an assassin . Forensic analysis reveals the speartip is not composed of any known element on the periodic table . Seeking answers , meets with Jamaican drug lord , a voodoo practitioner , in an alley . King tells that the killer is supernatural , and that he should prepare himself for battle against him . , even more puzzled , leaves before the Predator kills King , taking his head as a trophy . For 's persistence , the Predator begins to mark him as his ultimate hunting challenge . 
 Tracing a lead indicating 's killer had recently been in a slaughterhouse , arranges to meet his team at a warehouse district to investigate . and take the subway to the rendezvous when the Predator , hunting 's subordinates , suddenly attacks during a standoff between a gang and a group of vigilantes . The Predator kills the gang and multiple vigilantes ; faces off against the Predator and is killed . is spared after the Predator 's scan of her body reveals that she is pregnant . Arriving on the scene to find numerous armed civilians dead in addition to , chases the fleeing Predator but is intercepted by ' men . reveals that the killer is an extraterrestrial hunter with infrared vision that uses active camouflage and has been hunting humans for sport throughout armed conflicts , most recently in Central America . and his team have set a trap in a nearby slaughterhouse , using thermally insulated suits and cryogenic weapons to capture it for study . 
 When the Predator arrives , the trap is sprung . However , the Predator uses its mask to scan through various electromagnetic wavelengths to identify the light from the team 's torches . It easily outmaneuvers and slaughters the men before heavily wounding . then attacks the Predator , badly wounding it before it rallies , destroys his weapon and closes in . is saved by the sudden reappearance of , who tries to incapacitate the alien but is killed by its throwing disc . The Predator chases to a roof and the two foes clash , leaving them hanging from a ledge . The alien activates a self - destruct device on its forearm which then severs using the throwing disc , rendering the device harmless . The Predator falls through an apartment window , treats its wounds and flees through the building . 
 follows it down an elevator shaft and finds a spacecraft in an underground chamber . Inside the ship , after briefly glimpses a trophy room with various skulls ( including a Xenomorph ) , he and the Predator face off in a final duel ending when finally kills the Predator using its throwing disc . Several other Predators suddenly appear , collecting their dead comrade , and one of them presents with an antique flintlock pistol as a trophy . escapes from the ship as it takes off . He reaches the surface just as the remainder of ' team arrives . As ' subordinate curses their lost opportunity to capture the alien , privately muses that the creatures will return .

Danny Glover, Gary Busey, Rubén Blades, María Conchita Alonso, Bill Paxton

is a prosecutor and the right - hand man of district attorney . When his colleague is found raped and murdered in her apartment , insists that take charge of the investigation . With the election for District Attorney approaching , , the acting head of the homicide division , has left to join the rival campaign of . , a married man , faces a conflict of interest since he had a brief sexual affair with . As he had shown little ambition and would have therefore been of little use in advancing her career , abruptly dumped him . has since reconciled with his wife , but is still obsessed with . 
 Detective is initially in charge of the murder investigation , but has him replaced with his friend Detective , whom he persuades to narrow the inquiry so that his relationship with is left out . soon discovers that is making his own inquiries . Aspects of the crime suggest that the killer knew police evidence - gathering procedures and covered up clues accordingly . Semen found in the victim 's body contains only dead sperm . The killer 's blood is type A , the same as 's . When wins the election , he and accuse of the murder and push to get evidence against him . 's fingerprints are found on a beer glass from 's apartment , and fibers from his carpet at home match those found on her body . is removed from the case , and 's inquiries uncover the affair . 
 grows furious with 's handling of the case , but admits that he had also been romantically involved with at one time . calls on , a top defense attorney . At trial , it is revealed that the beer glass is missing , and persuades Judge to keep this from the jury . testifies and perjures himself , claiming that insisted on handling the investigation , thus confirming the defense 's claim of a frame - up . discovers that had acquired a file for a bribery case involving a man named . Upon being confronted by and , confesses that he paid Judge $ 1,500 to have criminal charges against him dropped , with acting as a facilitator . 
 The thrust of 's defense is that and have framed in order to cover up the bribery case . During the cross - examination of the coroner , it is revealed that underwent a tubal ligation , thus having no reason to use the spermicidal contraceptive which was found on her . asserts that the only explanation for this discrepancy is that the fluid sample was not actually taken from 's body . Based on the disappearance of the beer glass , the lack of motive and the fact that the fluid sample was rendered meaningless , Judge dismisses the charges . confronts for bringing up the bribery file in the case . swears him to secrecy , revealing that had a brief sexual encounter with . also confesses that he and knew that was taking bribes , and although had offered his resignation , felt that he was a brilliant judge and deserved another chance . meets with and reveals the missing beer glass , explaining that he never returned it to evidence when the investigation was turned over to and . throws it into a river . 
 At his home , discovers a small hatchet covered with 's blood and hair on it . As he washes the tool , admits that she murdered , her motive being 's adulterous affair . She expresses that she had left enough evidence for to know that she committed the crime , but did not anticipate him being charged with the murder . In a voice - over , explains that 's murder has been written off as unsolved , since trying two people for the same crime is " a practical impossibility " and he can not leave his son without a mother even if she could be tried . regrets that it was his own lust that caused his wife to commit murder .

Harrison Ford, Greta Scacchi, Bonnie Bedelia, Brian Dennehy, Raúl Juliá, Paul Winfield, John Spencer

High - powered businessman has broken up with his girlfriend after an unpleasant phone call wherein he asked her to escort him during his business trip - she is offended that he treats her as his " beck and call girl " . Leaving a business party in the Hollywood Hills , he takes his lawyer 's Lotus Esprit sports car , and accidentally ends up on Hollywood Boulevard in the city 's red - light district , where he encounters prostitute . Having difficulties driving the car , he asks her to get in and guide him to the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel , where he is staying . It becomes clear that knows more about the Lotus than he does , and he lets her drive . charges $ 20 for the ride , and they separate . She goes to a bus stop , where he finds her and offers to hire her for the night ; later , he asks to play the role his girlfriend has refused , offering her $ 3,000 to stay with him for the next six days as well as paying for a new , more acceptable wardrobe for her . That evening , visibly moved by her transformation , begins seeing in a different light . He begins to open up to her , revealing his personal and business lives . 
 takes to a polo match in hopes of networking for his business deal . His attorney , , suspects is a corporate spy , and tells him how they truly met . later approaches , suggesting they do business once her work with is finished . Insulted , and furious that has revealed their secret , wants to end the arrangement . apologizes , and admits to feeling jealous of a business associate to whom paid attention at the match . 's straightforward personality is rubbing off on , and he finds himself acting in unaccustomed ways . Clearly growing involved , takes by private jet to see La Traviata at the San Francisco Opera . is moved to tears by the story of the prostitute who falls in love with a rich man . breaks her " no kissing on the mouth " rule ( which her friend taught her ) and they have sex ; in the aftermath , tells she loves him , but he does not respond . offers to put her up in an apartment so she can be off the streets . , she refuses , says this is not the " fairy tale " she dreamed of as a child , in which a knight on a white horse rescues her . 
 Meeting with the tycoon whose shipbuilding company he is in the process of " raiding , " changes his mind . His time with has shown him a different way of looking at life , and he suggests working together to save the company rather than tearing it apart and selling off the pieces . , furious at losing so much money , goes to the hotel to confront , but finds only . Blaming her for the change in , he attempts to rape her . arrives , wrestles off her , punches him in the face and throws him out of the room . 
 With his business in L.A. complete , asks to stay one more night with him , but because she wants to , not because he 's paying her . She refuses . re - thinks his life and has the hotel chauffeur detour to 's apartment building , where he leaps from out the white limousine 's sun roof and " rescues her . " asks , " So what happens after he climbed up the tower and rescues her ? " to which responds , " She rescues him right back . "

Julia Roberts, Richard Gere, Héctor Elizondo, Jason Alexander, Laura San Giacomo, Ralph Bellamy

( ) is a good - natured yuppie working for his father , " Big " ( ) , a very successful , but tyrannical sporting goods dealer running for mayor . Although has worked under his father 's employ without as much as a raise or promotion in return , his father plans on handing over control of the company and ownership of the land to the Japanese rather than following the classic " father - son " tradition , seeing his son as " too nice " to be his heir . and his social - climbing wife , ( ) , have been unable to conceive , because the fertility doctor told them they were both infertile . 
 approaches an adoption agent , ( ) with his dilemma , and presents him and with a cute 7 - year - old boy named ( ) . However , he is hardly a model child ; devilish and incorrigible , he leaves a path of serious destruction in his wake , and is even pen pals with ( ) , a notorious serial killer . The film is interspersed with an imprisoned looking to escape and meet up with , whom he misconstrues as a fellow criminal named " " 
 Shortly after and bring home , visits , and is shocked that they adopted . 's bedroom catches fire when he shorts out the clowns in it , and calls him " The Devil . " throws the cat at and they both fall down the stairs . 
 messes up a camping trip with the neighbors by urinating on the campfire , and manipulating a practical joke played on the kids by their father . He then terrorizes his neighbors ' daughter 's birthday party , after , the snobby birthday girl , bans him from her magic show , though her snobby banning possibly spurred him into terrorizing the party . Finally , he displays his effective but unethical method for winning in Little League , which involves beating rival players up with a baseball bat after they bullied him . is having serious doubts about him , and decides to take him back to the orphanage . However , upon hearing he was returned 30 times , he decides to keep and love him , something no one has ever done . accuses of lying to him . left the keys in the car , and drives it into Big Ben 's sporting goods store . has finally given up when his financial advisor calls and says his individual retirement account has been seized by Big to pay for the damage done to his store . then arrives at the house , who claims as his uncle , and sees this as a chance to be rid of him . He kidnaps them by pretending to take them on a family outing , and leaves a ransom note for . 
 While first sees this as good riddance to and , he soon notices signs that the latter is not the monster he appeared as . Through a series of pictures he drew , he depicts children and adults who treated him poorly as deformed monsters with hostile surroundings , but depicted as a happy man in a pleasant background , revealing that he did value him as a father figure . , realizing that 's behavior was simply a reaction to how he himself was treated by the rather selfish and condescending people he had been surrounded by most of his young life , undertakes a rescue mission to get him back from . 
 Now exerting a more assertive attitude , first steals his neighbor 's car and hat and drives it all over their yard . He also appeals to for the ransom money . When says ought to see the circumstances as the ultimate change for the better and let and rot , pushes a button that puts him unknowingly on camera , where he ends up revealing his true nature on the news , even mooning the camera . catches up with and at the circus . is rescued after escaping from through a trapeze act , and he calls " Dad " for the first time . 
 drives away , but the are now on his tail . , who was stuffed in a suitcase , tells she wants a divorce , and he tells her to shut up . Eventually , the suitcase flies over the wall , and ends up in the back of a pig farmer 's truck . is arrested , but not before getting a shot off , which hits in the chest . Thinking he has died , tearfully apologizes and says he loves him . He wakes up and realizes the bullet ricocheted off his good - luck prune . removes his bow tie and throws it over the bridge after tells him he just wants him to be himself .

John Ritter, Jack Warden, Michael Oliver, Gilbert Gottfried, Amy Yasbeck, Michael Richards

( Slater ) , a high school student in a sleepy suburb of Phoenix , Arizona , starts an FM pirate radio station that broadcasts from the basement of his parents ' house . is a loner , an outsider , whose only outlet for his teenage angst and aggression is his unauthorized radio station . His pirate station 's theme song is " Everybody Knows " by and there are glimpses of cassettes by such alternative musicians as The Jesus and Mary Chain , Camper Van Beethoven , Primal Scream , Soundgarden , Ice - T , Bad Brains , Concrete Blonde , , and The Pixies . By day , is seen as a loner , hardly talking to anyone around him ; by night , he expresses his outsider views about what is wrong with American society . When he speaks his mind about what is going on at his school and in the community , more and more of his fellow students tune in to hear his show . 
 Nobody knows the true identity of " Hard Harry " or " Happy Harry Hard - on , " as refers to himself , until ( ) , a fellow student , tracks him down and confronts him the day after a student named commits suicide after attempts to reason with him . The radio show becomes increasingly popular and influential after confronts the suicide head - on , exhorting his listeners to do something about their problems instead of surrendering to them through suicide — at the crescendo of his yelled speech , an overachieving student named Paige ( who has been a constant listener ) jams her various medals and accolades into a microwave and turns it on . She then sits , watching the awards cook until the microwave explodes , injuring her . While this is happening , other students act out in cathartic release . 
 Eventually , the radio show causes so much trouble in the community that the FCC is called in to investigate . During the fracas , it is revealed that the school 's principal ( ) has been expelling " problem students , " namely , students with below - average standardized test scores , in an effort to boost the district 's test scores while still keeping their names on the rolls ( a criminal offense ) in order to retain government funding . 
 Realizing he has started something huge , decides it is up to him to end it . He dismantles his radio station and attaches it to his mother 's old jeep , creating a mobile transmitter so his position ca n't be triangulated . Pursued by the police and the FCC , drives the jeep around while broadcasts . The harmonizer he uses to disguise his voice breaks , and with no time left to fix it , decides to broadcast his final message as himself . They finally drive up to the crowd of protesting students , and tells them that the world belongs to them and that they should make their own future . The police step in and arrest and . As they are taken away , reminds the students to " talk hard . " As the film ends , the voices of other students ( and even one of the teachers ) speak as intros for their own independent stations , which can be heard broadcasting across the country .

, dressed as a clown , robs a bank in midtown Manhattan . He ingeniously sets up a hostage situation and then slips away with an enormous sum of money ( $ 1 million ) and his accomplices : girlfriend and best friend . 
 The heist itself is comparatively straightforward and easy , but the getaway turns into a nightmare . The relatively simple act of getting to the airport to catch a flight out of the country is complicated by the fact that fate , luck and all of New York City appears to be conspiring against their escape . 
 To begin with , the trio is seeking the Brooklyn - Queens Expressway to get the airport , but the signs were taken during construction work , resulting in the three robbers becoming lost in an unfamiliar part of the city . Then , a con - artist / thief robs the trio of everything they have ( except the bank money , which they have taped under their clothes ) . 
 When changing into new clothes , they are almost gunned down by the stressed incoming tenant of ' apartment , as members of the fire department respond to a call by pushing their hydrant - blocking car out of the way only to make it roll into a ditch . 
 When the three crooks eventually manage to flag down a cab , the driver is hopelessly non - fluent in English . This leads to jumping out of the moving cab to grab another , but he runs into a newsstand and the driver leaves , thinking he 's killed . An anal - retentive bus driver , a run - in with mobsters and ' increasing desperation to tell the news that she is pregnant with his child add further complications . 
 All the while , , a world - weary but relentless chief of the New York City Police Department , is doggedly attempting to nab the fleeing trio . A meeting on board an airliner at the airport occurs between the robbers and the chief , who gets the added prize of having a major crime - boss dropped in his lap with their assistance . Unfortunately the chief only realizes who they were after their plane has taken off .

Bill Murray, Geena Davis, Jason Robards, Randy Quaid, Tony Shalhoub, Phil Hartman

( ) is an American cowboy and sharpshooter with a specially modified rifle with which he can shoot accurately at extraordinary distances . He answers a newspaper advertisement that asks for a man with a special talent in long - distance shooting , using just four words , " 900 yards , " written on a copy of the advertisement that is punctured by five closely spaced bullet holes . 
 When he arrives in Australia , he gets into a fight with employees of the man who hired him , who are trying to force " Crazy Cora " ( ) onto their wagon . After he identifies himself , he is taken to the station of ( ) , who informs his sharpshooting skills will be used to eradicate the increasingly elusive Aborigines . turns down the offer and throws out of his own house . 
 The aborigine manservant knocks over the head and 's men beat him and unconscious and dump them in the outback with no water and little chance of survival . However , they are rescued by Aborigines . now reveals that she comes from Texas . When her home was attacked by Comanches , she hid in the cellar and accidentally suffocated her child while trying to prevent him from crying . Her husband had then put her alone on a ship to Australia . Now consistently calls by her husband ’s name ( ) , much to his annoyance . 
 When 's men attack the Aborigines who helped them , kills three . Escaping on a single horse , they encounter more of the men driving Aborigines over a cliff . drives them off with his deadly shooting and rescues an orphaned baby she finds among the dead Aborigines . Leaving and the infant in the desert with food and water , rides alone to a nearby town . There he obtains new ammunition from a local German gunsmith , who hates for his murdering ways . also learns that he has become a legendary hero among the Aborigines . 
 's men are also in town and recognize 's horse . When they attack , cornering him in a burning building , he escapes through a skylight and kills all but one of them . The injured survivor is sent back to say he will be following . First returns to and the baby , which she has just saved from an attack by dingoes . At first she had tried to stop it crying , but then told it to make as much noise as it liked as she gunned the animals down . Back in town , she gives the baby to Aborigines living there after tells her that the child has ' a right to happiness ' . 
 The next morning , rides away to confront at his station . At first he shoots the defenders from his location in the hills but is eventually shot in the leg and captured by 's last two men . , who has noticed that only ever carries a rifle , decides to give him a lesson in the " quick - draw " style of gunfighting . As the two face off , makes the first move , but is beaten to the draw by , who shoots the two remaining men as well . As lies dying , refers to an earlier conversation , telling him , " I said I never had much use for one [ a revolver ] ; I never said I did n't know how to use it . " 
 's servant comes out of the house and gives his rifle back , then walks away from the ranch , stripping off his western - style clothing as he goes . An army troop now arrives to arrest for murder until they notice the surrounding hills are lined with Aborigines and decide to withdraw . Later he and book a passage back to America in the name of , ’s husband , since is still wanted . On the wharf she reminds him that he once told her that she had to say two words before he would make love to her . Smiling broadly , she calls him " " and the two embrace for the first time .

Father ( ) casts out the devil from the body of young ( ) . Seventeen years later , in 1990 , 's body is possessed once again , however , while watching The Ernest and Fanny Miracle Hour , a religious broadcast . 
 After a visit to the hospital , and a visit from Father ( Starke ) , concludes that is indeed possessed . , however , refuses to perform the exorcism , claiming he is too weak , and that both he and barely survived her previous exorcism . then visits the Supreme Council for Exorcism Granting . and ( and ) of The Ernest and Fanny Miracle Hour are also present . concludes that an exorcism is warranted , and convinces the Council to televise 's exorcism . They agree , believing it will convert millions , so presents Ernest and Fanny 's Exorcism Tonight to the network . 
 Feeling he may be needed , visits " Bods - R - Us " , a gymnasium , to restore his physical strength . There , approaches him , informs him of the televised exorcism , and attempts once more to convince to conduct the exorcism , though he refuses again . The night of 's exorcism arrives , presented by and . 
 After a montage of attempts to free 's body using phone donations , song , and insults ( " You 're so tough , how come you possessed a woman 's body ? " ) , Ernest and Fanny 's Exorcism Tonight is announced as having the largest audience in history . Upon hearing this , the devil , in 's body , sets the studio on fire , causing the audience to flee . He reveals to and that he used them to get the largest audience , and turns them into a pantomime horse . 
 Using the camera , the devil tries to claim the souls of the viewing audience , but is stopped by , who destroys the camera . The devil announces he knows another way to claim their souls , and runs away , heading for a satellite transmitter . He is pursued by religious figures from around the world , who have gathered at 's command . teases the devil about his defeat to . 
 Back in the studio , the devil successfully uses the camera to lure to him for a rematch . The exorcism , with commentary by and , is ineffective until the devil mentions that he hates Rock ' n Roll . Turning the TV studio into a live concert , the song " Devil with a Blue Dress On " is played to the devil by the various religious figures , including The Pope on guitars . The devil is tormented so that he is finally driven from 's body , declaring " I 'll be back ! " .

The story is narrated by , who is in a coma after falling into diabetic shock after a Christmas party . Her husband , the dissolute European aristocrat , is charged with attempting to murder the hypoglycemic by giving her an overdose of insulin . ' strained relationship with his wife and his cold and haughty personal demeanor lead most people to conclude that he is guilty . In need of an innovative defense , turns to law professor . is initially convinced of ' guilt , but takes the case because agrees to fund ' defense of two poor black teenagers accused of capital murder . Employing his law students as workers , proceeds to defend , wrestling with his client 's unnerving personal style and questions of guilt or innocence .

After the success of the RoboCop program , Omni Consumer Products ( OCP ) has a new scheme to have Detroit completely under their control . They plan to have the city default on its debt , then foreclose on the entire city , taking over its government . They will then replace the old neighborhoods with a new city . 
 To rally public opinion behind urban redevelopment and Delta City construction , OCP sparks an increase in street crime . As Detroit Police Department is owned by OCP , they terminate police pension plans and cut salaries , triggering a police strike . RoboCop , due to his directives , is unable to strike and remains on duty with his partner , . The two raid a manufacturing plant of Nuke , a new designer drug that has been plaguing the streets of Detroit . RoboCop kills all the criminals , except for a young criminal named , who shoots him and escapes . 
 Later watches his wife in front of the property and his wife sees him and later complains of harassment , he is told he can never have his old life back and to not bother her again , he tells her the same to spare her feelings effectively allowing his wife to move on . 
 Meanwhile , OCP struggles to develop " RoboCop 2 " , which is expected to be mass - produced and completely replace police officers . To their frustration , all the newly resurrected officers immediately commit suicide . Dr. , an unscrupulous psychologist , concludes that strong sense of duty and his moral objection to suicide due to his Irish Catholic religion were the reasons behind his ability to adapt to his resurrection as RoboCop . convinces the Old Man to let her control the project , this time using a criminal with a desire for power and immortality . Despite executive 's objection , Faxx is allowed to proceed . 
 Nuke 's distributor , the power - hungry , feels threatened by the Delta City plan . He fears that he will lose his market if the city is redeveloped into a capitalistic utopia . He is assisted by his girlfriend , , , and , a corrupt police officer and Nuke addict . tracks down and beats 's location out of him . He confronts 's gang at an abandoned construction site , but is overwhelmed . The criminals cut apart his body and dump the pieces in front of his precinct . has vivisected for revealing their location , and forces to watch . 
 RoboCop is repaired , but Faxx reprograms him with over 300 new directives , severely impeding his ability to perform his duties . One of his original technicians suggests that a massive electrical charge might reboot his system . RoboCop shocks himself with a high voltage transformer . The charge erases all of his directives , including the original ones , allowing his human brain ( ) to be in complete control . motivates the officers to aid him in raiding 's hideout . As tries to escape , RoboCop intercepts and heavily wounds him . escapes and takes control of 's drug empire . Believing she can control him with Nuke , Faxx selects for the RoboCop 2 project , and puts his brain in a towering and heavily armed body . 
 arranges a meeting with the Detroit mayor , saying that the mayor needs to institute a " hands off " policy towards Nuke . In exchange , presents the mayor with a truckload of cash and gold in order to retire the city 's debt to OCP , which would nullify the Delta City project . Threatened by this move , OCP sends RoboCop 2 / Cain to the meeting to kill . slaughters everyone in sight , except for the mayor who manages to escape . He kills by breaking her neck and fatally wounds . As RoboCop arrives , identifies the attacker and dies . 
 During the unveiling ceremony for Delta City and RoboCop 2 , the Old Man presents a canister of Nuke as a symbol of the current crime wave . Seeing Nuke , goes berserk and attacks the crowd . RoboCop arrives and fights . The two battle throughout the building , and the fight eventually extends to the street . The police force arrives and engages , who opens fire at officers and civilians alike . RoboCop recovers the Nuke canister and has give it to , who stops fighting to administer the drug to himself . As feels the drug 's effect , leaps onto his back , shoots through his armor and rips out his brain . He crushes the brain , ending 's rampage . 
 The Old Man decides to scapegoat Faxx to escape blame , and leaves . As complains that OCP is escaping accountability again , insists they must be patient because " We 're only human . "

Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Tom Noonan, Belinda Bauer, Gabriel Damon

Fifty years after a nuclear holocaust , mankind is decimated and the surviving nations - the western - influenced Market and the Russian - influenced Confederation - have agreed to outlaw traditional open war . In their place , disputes are settled with gladiator - style matches between giant robots operated by pilots called " robot jox " who are contracted to fight ten matches . The Confederation champion is ( ) , who has killed his last nine opponents thanks in part to a spy in the Market leaking information to the Confederation . The Market 's champion , ( ) has won nine fights and will fight his final match against for the territory of Alaska . is supported by robot designer " Doc " Matsumoto ( ) and strategist ( ) , the only jox to win all ten of his contract fights . 
 As gets the upper hand in the match , launches a rocket fist at him . The projectile goes out of control and heads toward the bleachers . intercepts the projectile but his robot takes the full force of the impact and is knocked into the crowd , killing over 300 people . The referees declare the match a draw and order a rematch , but , shaken by what happened , declares this was his contractual tenth match and announces his retirement . He goes to live with his brother and his family , and finds he is publicly branded a traitor and a coward . Meanwhile , a new jox is chosen to face , a genetically engineered " gen jox " named ( ) , who is the first female jox . Worried for and attracted to her , returns to the Market and agrees to fight again , infuriating . 
 As ' robot is rebuilt , refuses to divulge any knowledge of its construction so it can not be leaked by the spy , and confides in he believes is the spy . confronts in his office . reveals he has analyzed 's final fight and deduced that the " lucky " laser hit claims allowed him to defeat a clearly superior opponent was in fact deliberately aimed ; accuses of being a Confederation agent . confesses and shoots , who secretly records the deed as part of the mission briefing . informs the Market leadership that was the spy . On the day of the fight drugs and steals his jox suit to commandeer the robot . Unable to stop the fight once she takes the field , the Market decides to support her . While watching 's briefing on the robot 's new weaponry , the footage of killing is played and jumps down the robot 's elevator shaft to his death . 
 takes the field against and takes an early advantage , incapacitating her . The fight is declared in 's favor and referees order him to stand down . arrives on the field and takes over the robot from Athena while smashes the referee hovercraft ; the two jox stand to continue the fight . critically damages ' robot , forcing him to flee for cover to an arm of 's robot Athena sliced off earlier in the fight . hotwires the arm to launch its fist at , destroying his robot . emerges from the wreckage and the two battle with poles before finally convinces a match does not have to end with the death of a jock . throws down his weapon , and they salute each other with the jox 's traditional " crash and burn " fist bump.[Note 2 ]

Shortly after victory over in Moscow , he , his wife , his brother - in - law , and his trainer , return to the United States , where they are greeted by 's son , . At a press conference , boxing promoter attempts to goad into fighting his boxer , , who is now the top - rated challenger , but declines the offer . refuses to give up on the huge payday fight with and surmises he needs to come up with an angle to convince him to fight . 
 After returning home , it is discovered that unknowingly had sign a " power of attorney " over to 's accountant , who had squandered all of his money on real estate deals gone sour ; in addition , the accountant had failed to pay 's taxes over the previous six years , and his mansion had been mortgaged by $ 400,000 . His lawyer confirms this , but tells that it is fixable with a few more fights . Unwilling to go bankrupt , decides to accept the mega fight with . After seeing a doctor , however , he is diagnosed with permanent brain damage . convinces him to retire , which he reluctantly accepts . returns to working part - time at the J&M Tropical Fish pet store . plans to reopen Mighty Mick 's Boxing Gym , willed to his son by his late trainer . He walks through the vacant gym and reminisces about a training session between the two just before fought the rematch against years before . 
 One day , and meet a young fighter from Oklahoma named , and takes him under his wing . Training the young fighter gives a sense of purpose , and rises to become a top contender . becomes so distracted with 's training that he ends up neglecting , who is being bullied at school . After learning to defend himself , he falls in with the wrong crowd and becomes withdrawn and angry toward his family . 
 wins the vacant world heavyweight title , while continues rising through the ranks . Still wanting to do business with , sees 's knockout streak and relationship with as a way of gaining control of him . showers with luxuries and promises him that he is the only path to a shot against for the title . hopes to take control of as his manager and keep on as head trainer . 
 On Christmas Eve , visits the house with to explain the new scenario , which would financially benefit all of them . However , insists dealing with will end badly and is dirty business . drives off in a huff , leaving for good . attempts to comfort , but his frustration boils over . He confesses his life had meaning again when he was able to live vicariously through 's success . She reasons with him , telling him never had his heart and spirit — something he could never learn . When this realization hits him , embraces his wife and they begin to pick up the pieces . After finding hanging out on a street corner , apologizes to his son and they mend their broken relationship . 
 fights for the heavyweight title as watches on television , still rooting for his protégé . wins the fight with a first round knockout but is jeered by spectators for leaving and hounded by reporters after the fight . They insist that was nothing but a " paper champion " , because did not win the title from . They claim he will never be the real champion unless he fights a worthy opponent , like ; they drive the point home when one reporter announces , " ... he 's ! " With incensed by the press 's reaction , convinces him that he needs to secure a title fight with to refute the notion that he is not the real champion . and show up at the local bar with a live television crew to goad into accepting a title fight . declines and tries to reason with him , but rebukes it and calls him weak , prompting to stand up for . When attacks , accepts the challenge , but tells him " my ring is outside . " 
 Despite 's warnings to keep the fight in the ring , accepts . During the fight , is seemingly beaten down before he hears the voice of urging him to get up and continue the fight , to go just " one more round . " gets up and , with , , and the entire neighborhood cheering him on , utilizes his vast street fighting knowledge to defeat his former protégé . While is escorted away by the police , threatens to sue if he touches him . After a brief hesitation , knocks him onto the hood of a car and quips , " Sue me for what ? " 
 The next morning , and explore the Philadelphia Museum of Art , and gives his son 's cufflink , given to him years ago as a gift from . The film ends with a shot of 's statue looking out over the Philadelphia skyline .

Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Tommy Morrison, Richard Gant, Sage Stallone

has been married for eight years and is tired of her husband 's neglect and his snooty relatives , most of them doctors . One day her sister , , urges her to break out of her rut and have a fling . 
 At a grocery store , allows herself to be picked up for a quick sexual tryst . Unfortunately , her lover dies during the act . Even more unfortunately , the dead man turns out to be 's long - absent brother . 
 Complications ensue , some of them involving a blinds salesman -- not a blind one , but a man who sells vertical blinds -- named who feels responsible for the man 's death , as well as 's brother , a police officer investigating the case .

Kirstie Alley, Scott Bakula, Bill Pullman, Jami Gertz, Sam Elliott, Carrie Fisher

The space armada from Mars , known as the Imperial Atomic Space Navy ( Battle Group Seven ) , fights an interstellar war against their long - time enemy , the Arcturans . The armada is forced into battle by Enforcer Droids , tasked to keep the Martian soldiers in line , despite objections by some that it wo n't work . Meanwhile , an incompetent crew of a small Martian spaceship , from the Civilian Asteroid Patrol , intercept a distress signal from the fleet , followed by a Halloween rebroadcast of 1938 The War of the Worlds radio dramatization . 
 Mistaking this for a real invasion and not wanting to miss out on the glory , they land their ship in the tiny community of Big Bean , Illinois and begin their invasion of Earth . The ship 's smart - mouthed pilot , , with more common sense than the others , does n't think it 's a good idea , but he is ignored by the rest of the crew : Captain , the overzealous optimist of the group ; Lieutenant , the ambitious , know - it - all hothead ; Dr. , the careful and calculating scientist ; and Corporal , who is overeager , yet timid . They search for the invasion fleet they think has already landed . Because it 's Halloween , everyone assumes they are just kids in very good costumes . Eventually , though , a few locals realize the truth . Among them is the town sheriff ( ) , his daughter ( ) and an elderly farmer named ( Royal Dano ) , on whose farm the Martians have crash - landed . The sheriff finds out about the aliens when his deputy records their ship doing 3,000   mph . 
 The deputy tracks down the ship to give the occupants tickets for having no license , no registration , no headlights , no taillight , no wheels , and going 2945 miles over the posted limit . The sheriff 's daughter , , discovers the aliens when they join a group of trick - or - treating kids . She befriends the Martians ' " Scout - in - a - Can " , a small robot that folds up into a sphere and is considered " smart , efficient , easy to use and expendable . " Mr. tries to cash in on the Martians ' existence in order to save his farm . Captain gets hit by a truck and turns a gas station attendant named into his robotic slave . , and try to blow up the town 's Co - Op and instead just heat up a silo of corn kernals , creating a gigantic hot air popcorn popper . 's new friend , ( the Duck ) captures by hitting him with a trashcan lid . He then tries to help the alien repair his ship . tries to blow the ship up and gets trapped in a paralyzing beam . The desperate Martians try to blow the Earth up using the D.O.D. ( Doughnut Of Destruction ) , but it falls apart instead . The Martians finally realize they made a horrible mistake . 
 Things get worse when the ship 's " hyperdriver " starts to go into meltdown , threatening to create a black - hole . Their ship 's Enforcer Drone wo n't let them leave , making things even more complicated . The humans manage to destroy the Enforcer Drone with dynamite and help the grateful " invaders " return to space . As an unintentional gift the Martians jettison their ship 's sewage tank while flying over Wrenchmuller 's field to lighten the load on their ship so that they can reach gravitational escape velocity . 
 The alien manure rejuvenates the drought - stricken farmland and turns the regular green beans ( for which the town is famous ) into gigantic , 6 foot tall pods , enabling Wrenchmuller to save the town from greedy real - estate developers . As the Martians head home Captain suggests they go to Arcturus to " help torture prisoners " , which is shot down by the rest of the crew .

, a widow still grieving 6 months after the loss of her husband , works in a baking factory in Connecticut and lives in a high - crime area . She lives from paycheck to paycheck as she raises her two children , and . Also staying with her are her sister and 's abusive husband , both unemployed . With money already tight for the family , discovers she is pregnant , which makes matters worse . 
 makes the acquaintance of , a cook in the bakery 's lunchroom cafeteria , when he comes to her aid after her purse is snatched on a bus . But as their friendship develops , she begins noticing peculiarities about − he does n't own a car ( he instead bicycles wherever he needs to go ) , he lives with and supports his elderly father , becomes frustrated when asked to sign his name , does n't believe in opening Chinese fortune cookies , and can not pick out a specific item from a shelf . soon realizes that is illiterate , and when she innocently mentions this to 's boss , is fired the next day over food safety and legal concerns , despite being a good cook and model employee . Afterwards , is unable to obtain any steady work , forcing him to move into a garage and put his father in a shabby retirement home . His father dies in the home only a few weeks later , upsetting over the fact that his illiteracy prevented him from caring for his father properly . seeks out and asks her to teach him to read , explaining that his traveling - salesman father moved him all over the country when was a boy , bouncing him to nearly 50 different schools in total , resulting in developing no reading or writing skills from this lack of educational stability . begins giving basic reading lessons and he gradually grows close to her and her family . It is during one of these reading exercises that he tells her that he has wanted to be intimate with her since they first met , but is hesitant . 
 tests 's developing reading skills by making him a map and having him meet her at a certain street corner in 15 minutes , but gets hopelessly lost . Hours later , he reaches the corner where a frantic is still waiting . Frustrated , marches off alone without saying a word , his interest in learning to read gone . visits him at his garage home to try to persuade him to continue learning to read . Looking around , she sees a large mechanical project that is working on , as he invents things as a hobby . He has designed a cake - cooling machine that can outperform anything in the commercial marketplace . is immensely impressed and reveals that a local company has shown interest in his invention and even offered him a job . agrees to start reading again with , and in time learns to write short sentences . surprises by cooking a big dinner for her and her family , and the two of them begin to grow close again . 
 After has her baby , is displeased when she drops out of school to work at the bakery , as she does n't want her daughter wasting her life in the kind of dead - end job she herself is in . and finally decide to make love , but is still clinging to her late husband 's memory . This threatens their budding relationship further and they do n't see each other for some time . Not prepared to give up on the way she did n't give up on him , finally goes to see her . hands him an unmailed letter she wrote to him , and surprises her by reading it aloud nearly perfectly . , now ready to start letting go of the past , accompanies to a fancy hotel where they order room service and spend the night together . 
 soon moves to Detroit for a new , well - paying job he has been offered , his inventing ability finally having paid off . Several months later , back in Connecticut , is walking home carrying groceries when an expensive car pulls up next to her and she is surprised to find behind the wheel . tells her that he 's been given a raise and is looking to buy a large six - bedroom house in Detroit − and that he wants her to move there with him as his wife . accepts .

returns to Hell 's Kitchen in New York City after a 10 - year absence , where his unpredictable childhood friend is involved in an Irish crime organization run by his older brother . also rekindles an old relationship with 's sister . 
 is actually working as an undercover cop , and confesses it to , who is reluctant to have anything to do with him after being told by her brother that he is now a member of his gang for killing two people , although he explains it was staged with his undercover boss , firing only blanks . 
 is drinking in a bar one night when three members of a rival Italian gang enter . He snaps , and ends up killing all three for intruding on his gang 's territory ; he also suspects their involvement in the killing of his friend , . Soon , is summoned to a meeting by the Italian Mafia boss and is instructed to kill his brother , who has become a " thorn " in " our side " . has told to lie in wait in case the meeting goes wrong and becomes a hit , and only manages to avert a war by hugging the Italian leader outside the restaurant in full view of his gang , causing them to retreat . 
 arranges for to collect $ 25,000 after lying to him that the Italians are actually supporting them and that this is their reward , telling him to go to Battery Park . tags along as 's secret backup , finding that the location has been changed to Pier 84 . As they wait at Pier 84 , arrives with his top enforcer just as has stepped away to frantically phone his handlers to inform them that they have been sent to the wrong location . shoots in cold blood . The police finally arrive and tells that he is quitting as an undercover operative . 
 At 's funeral , reveals to that he was at Pier 84 , and also hands him his police badge . Hours later , while is watching the St. Patrick 's Day parade alone , goes to the bar where and his gang are waiting . In a deadly shootout , and all of his men are killed . Having been shot three times , slumps to the floor before the film fades to black .

Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright, John Turturro, John C. Reilly

A convicted car thief and diehard Chicago Cubs fan , ( ) wins tickets to the World Series . Unfortunately , he still has a couple of days left to serve in prison and the warden ( ) will not let him leave and come back . With the help of other inmates , stages a riot so he can sneak out of prison to see the game . On the way , he finds the Filofax of uptight and spineless advertising executive ( ) , which promises a reward if it is found . 
 Over the next day , takes on ' identity — staying in the Malibu beach house of 's boss , flirting with the boss 's daughter , even taking a meeting with a powerful Japanese food company magnate named ( ) . The fake " " 's unorthodox methods , such as beating the magnate at tennis and telling him about the poor quality of his food products , gets the attention of the taken aback . However his unconventional negotiations with the food company insult some of the executives , seemingly ruining 's reputation . Meanwhile , lacking his precious Filofax , the real is spiraling into the gutter . Losing all his clothes , his car and money , he has to rely on an old high school flame , the neurotic and overbearing ( ) who keeps trying to rekindle a relationship with him . 
 Finally and come together at a meeting with the advertising executives , where is sacked by his boss . As a consolation takes to the World Series , where makes a spectacular catch on a home - run ball hit by , who makes a cameo . When security goes after , who was spotted on the Jumbotron , they escape by using 's Filofax to slide down a support wire and out of the stadium . patches up his marriage with his wife , who had become exasperated with his overworking . sneaks back into prison with 's help , serves his last couple of hours and is released , only to find waiting to pick him up . With the promise of a beautiful girlfriend and a well - paying job in advertising working with , 's future looks bright , as does that of his beloved Cubs , who won the World Series .

James Belushi, Charles Grodin, Héctor Elizondo, Mako, Veronica Hamel

The movie opens with , an affluent suburban housewife and modern - day witch ( ) , planning a dinner party . The main dish is to be ( ) , a young boy whom she has captured and chained up in her pantry . To stall her from stuffing and roasting him , the boy tells her three horror stories from a book she gave him , titled Tales from the Darkside . 
 In the first segment , adapts short story " Lot No . 249 " . A graduate student named ( played by ) has been cheated by two classmates , ( ) , and ( ) , who framed him for theft to ruin his chances of winning a scholarship for which they were competing . As revenge , reanimates a mummy and uses it to murder them both . 's brother ( ) kidnaps , and burns the parchment and mummy . He considers killing , but in the end can not bring himself to commit real murder . However , brings and back from the dead ( having switched the reanimation parchment with a similar one ) and dispatches them to 's dorm , where they greet the terrified by saying that sends his regards . 
 In the second tale , adapts a short story of the same name . is a wealthy , wheelchair - bound old man ( ) who brings in a hitman named ( ) for a bizarre hire : kill a black cat , which believes is murderously evil . explains that there were three other occupants of his house before the cat arrived : his sister , ( ) , her friend ( ) , and the family 's butler , ( ) . claims that one by one , the cat killed the other three , and that he is next . 's pharmaceutical company killed 5,000 cats while testing a new drug , and he is convinced that this black cat is here to exact cosmic revenge . 
 does n't believe the story , but is more than willing to eliminate the cat since is offering $ 100,000 . But when returns to the house to see if the deed is done , he finds that the cat has killed by climbing down his throat . The cat emerges from the hitman 's corpse and jumps at , giving him a fatal heart attack . 
 The third and final segment is written by and based on the Yuki - onna , a spirit or yōkai in Japanese folklore or more specifically version in Kwaidan : Stories and Studies of Strange Things . A despondent artist named ( ) witnesses a gruesome murder committed by a gargoyle - like monster . The monster agrees to spare 's life as long as he swears never to speak of what he saw or describe the monster 's appearance to anyone . The monster vanishes , leaving traumatized and confused , but bound by his oath never to talk about the incident . 
 After that night , 's life takes many turns for the better . He meets a beautiful woman named ( ) , and they fall in love , marry , and have two children . 's struggling art career becomes wildly successful , and life seems promising , but he is tormented by memories of his encounter with the monster , and his vow of silence weighs on him . One night he breaks down and tells about the monster , even showing her a statue he sculpted of it . She appears upset and at first , assumes she thinks he is lying . But then she lets out a heartbroken screech and reveals herself to be the very same creature he met that night . 
 With 's promise broken , she can no longer remain human , and their children transform into monstrous forms as well . She kills ( though she says that she loved him ) , gathers their children and flies away . The final scene shows that the gargoyle and children have turned to stone upon a building ledge , staring down at 's body with sorrowful expressions . 
 remarks that saved the best story ( " Lover 's Vow " ) for last , but he says that the next one is best , and has a happy ending . She replies that it 's too late as she has to start cooking him , and that none of the stories in the book have happy endings . As advances on , he narrates his own actions - throwing some marbles on the floor causing her to slip and fall on her butcher 's block , impaling herself on her own tools . releases himself and pushes her into her oven . The film ends with helping himself to a cookie and breaking the fourth wall by saying " Do n't you love happy endings ? "

As a crime wave rises in New York City , reporter covers the mysterious ninja Foot Clan . The , the Foot leader , orders silenced . She is attacked by the Foot in a subway and knocked unconscious . , one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , emerges from the shadows , defeats the Foot , and carries her to the turtles ' hideout , unaware that one of the Foot is following him . , their rat master , explains to that he and the turtles were once ordinary animals , but were mutated into intelligent creatures by toxic waste . After the turtles escort home , they find their hideout ransacked and kidnapped . They return to April 's apartment and spend the night there . 
 , the delinquent son of 's supervisor , is recruited by the Foot . After bailing out of jail for robbery , stops at 's apartment , where glimpses one of the turtles hiding . He reports this to . 
 At April 's apartment , and argue . goes to the roof , where the Foot ambush him . He is knocked unconscious and the turtles scramble to defend themselves , assisted by the vigilante . The building catches fire during the melee , and the turtles retreat to a farm belonging to 's family . recovers and the turtles train while and fall in love . contacts through meditation , and the turtles return to New York to rescue him . 
 has secretly been taking counsel from , who tells him the story of his master 's murder by a rival ninja , , over the love of a woman , while was an ordinary rat . During the struggle , 's cage was broken and he lunged at 's face , clawing and biting him . , enraged , sliced off part of his ear with a katana . When learns intends to have killed , he and set him free . 
 The turtles engage the Foot in battle , but the defeats them . As the prepares to kill , appears and challenges him to a fight . names as ; removes his mask and touches his scar , remembering how gave it to him . He charges , who ensnares the 's yari with 's nunchaku , leaving him dangling over the roof 's edge . throws a knife from his belt , but when reaches to catch it , his grip is released and falls into a garbage truck . pulls the lever to activate the compactor , crushing the Shredder . As the police arrive , the teens tell them where the stolen goods are . Reunited with , the turtles watch as and kiss .

The three men – , , and – are living happily together with , who is now five , and her mother , . and continue their careers as an architect and cartoonist , while has very few acting roles . has become a famous actress and is dating her director who wishes to marry her , but is unsure how it will effect . and are clearly in love with each other , has difficulty admitting his true feelings . 's visiting mother advises her daughter that may never be able to properly express or admit his true feelings . , realizing she wants to get married and start a real family , accepts 's marriage proposal and announces to the group she and will be moving to the United Kingdom after the wedding . 
 The group invites to a get together at the apartment . tells that he has no experience with children and believes he wo n't be a good father for . When leaves , confronts about his behaviour , leading to a falling out when tells he is selfish and reminds about abandoning ( first film ) . 
 and leave the next day for the UK . This depresses , and , who attempt to cheer themselves by renewing their bachelor lifestyle and throwing a party , but still find themselves miserable without or . The gang decides to go to the UK to visit , who is miserable and lonely without them . and ( plans to fly over later ) are reunited with and at the rehearsal dinner . is introduced to Miss , headmistress of Pileforth Academy for Girls , who takes a liking to . leads her to believe that has feelings for her , but has difficulty admitting them . and reconcile , apologizing for their previous behaviour . 
 With the wedding fast approaching , is troubled to hear reveal that dislikes her . and realize that intends to pack off to the Pileforth boarding school , but Edward denies everything and refuses to believe , knowing he has disliked from the beginning . In the middle of the argument , arrives and and leave . confronts about his true feelings for , and finally admits he always expected and would reconcile and he ultimately would have caused everyone to get hurt . assures that loves only him and he must be true to his feelings . 
 The day of the wedding , goes to Pileforth in an attempt to get proof of 's scheme . Miss believes is finally admitting his " feelings " for her and attempts to seduce him , but manages to get away . When his car breaks down , he calls and , confirming he has the proof , but he will be delayed . , and conspire to stall the wedding . kidnaps the vicar and disguises himself as an elderly replacement . , with help from Miss , heads to the wedding and during the ride , she confesses informed her of 's affections . reveals that made it all up , but apologizes for the misunderstanding . 
 and Miss arrive at the church after numerous delays . He confronts with the truth , Miss herself confirming that has been lying . admits the truth but states it is too late as they are already married . then reveals himself – not only has he finally proved his acting skills , but the marriage is null and void . reveals his true colors when he calls a " little shit " to her face and in turn punches him . 
 declares her intention to go home , but stops her and declares his love . They we d with as their bridesmaid .

Construction worker is having troubling dreams about Mars and a mysterious woman there . His wife dismisses the dreams and discourages him from thinking about Mars , where the governor , , is fighting a rebellion . At Rekall , a company that provides memory implants of vacations , opts for a memory trip to Mars as a secret agent . However , something goes wrong during the procedure , and starts revealing suppressed memories of actually being a secret agent . They sedate him , wipe his memory of the visit , and send him home . On the way , is attacked by his friend and some other men and he is forced to kill them . He is then attacked in his apartment by , who states that she is n't his wife ; their marriage is a false memory implant , and Cohaagen sent her to monitor . He is then attacked and pursued by armed men led by , Cohaagen 's operative . 
 After evading his attackers , is given a suitcase containing money , gadgets , fake IDs , and a video recording . The video is of himself , who identifies himself as and explains that he used to work for Cohaagen , but switched sides after learning about the artifact and underwent the memory wipe to protect himself . instructs to remove a tracking device located inside his skull before ordering him to go to Mars and check into the Hilton Hotel with a fake ID . makes his way to Mars and goes to Venusville , primarily populated by people mutated as a result of poor radiation shielding . He meets , a taxi driver , and , the woman from his dreams , but she spurns him , believing that he is still working for Cohaagen . 
 later encounters Dr. and , who claim has suffered a " schizoid embolism " and is trapped in a fantasy based on the implanted memories . warns that is headed for a lobotomy if he does not return to reality , then offers a pill that would waken him from the dream . puts the pill in his mouth , but sees sweating , so he kills and spits out the pill . 's men burst into the room and capture , but rescues him , with killing in the process . and race back to Venusville and escape into the tunnels with . Unable to locate , Cohaagen shuts down the ventilation to Venusville , slowly asphyxiating its citizens . , , and are taken to a resistance base , and is introduced to . reads 's mind and tells him that the alien artifact is a turbinium reactor that will create a breathable atmosphere for Mars , eliminating Cohaagen 's monopoly on breathable air . reveals that he works for Cohaagen , whose forces burst in and kill most of the resistance , including . 
 and are taken to , who explains that the persona was a ploy by to infiltrate the mutants and expose , thereby wiping out the resistance . orders 's memory to be reimplanted in and programmed as 's obedient wife , but and escape into the mines where the reactor is located . attacks them in an excavation machine , but kills . then confronts and his men , killing them , too . 
 reaches the reactor control room , where is waiting with a bomb . During the ensuing struggle , Cohaagen triggers the bomb , but throws it away , blowing out one of the walls of the control room and causing an explosive decompression . is sucked out onto the surface , killing him . manages to activate the reactor before and he are also pulled out and begin to experience the decompression effects . Before they die , the reactor releases air into the atmosphere , saving , , and the rest of Mars ' population . As humans walk onto the surface of the planet , momentarily pauses to wonder whether he is dreaming or not , before turning to kiss .

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Ronny Cox

and work as handymen in Perfection , Nevada , an isolated ex - mining settlement in the high desert east of the Sierra Nevada mountains . They eventually tire of their jobs and leave for Bixby , the nearest town . As they leave , they discover the dead body of another resident , , perched atop an electrical tower , still grasping the tower 's crossbeams and his .30 - 30 Winchester rifle . , the town doctor , determines that died of dehydration , apparently afraid for some reason to climb down . 
 Later on , an unknown force kills shepherd " Old Fred " and his flock of sheep . After discovering his severed head buried in the sand , and become convinced that a killer is on the loose ; they head back to town to warn the other residents . Two construction workers ignore and 's warning and are killed by the same force , causing a rock slide . 
 and try to get help , but find the phone lines are dead , and the only road out of town is completely blocked by the rock slide . Out of sight , a snake - like creature wraps itself around their truck 's rear axle ; the creature is torn apart when stomps on the accelerator and drives away , and they find it when they return to town . 
 and return to Perfection and borrow horses . They come upon and his wife 's buried station wagon near their trailer , but the couple is missing ( they were killed the previous night ) . As they press on , something suddenly erupts out of the ground , revealing the snake - like creature to be one of multiple - tentacled " tongues " joined to an enormous burrowing worm - like creature ( later named a " graboid " by general store owner ) . Thrown from their horses , the two men run for their lives . The chase ends when the eyeless creature violently rams itself into the concrete wall of an aqueduct and dies from the impact . , a graduate student conducting seismology tests in the area , stumbles onto the scene ; she deduces from previous soundings that three other graboids are in the area . , , and become trapped overnight atop a cluster of boulders near one of the creatures . has a brainstorm and grabs one of several left - behind fence poles ; the three of them pole vault from each residual boulder to her truck , finally making their getaway . 
 After the people return to town , the graboids attack , eventually killing and forcing the other citizens to the town 's rooftops . Meanwhile , nearby survivalist couple and manage to kill another one of the creatures after unknowingly luring it from town to their basement armory . In town , the two remaining graboids attack the building foundations , knocking over the trailer belonging to and dragging him under . Realizing they can not stay any longer , commandeers a bulldozer and chains a partial truck trailer to the rear , while everyone else distracts the creatures ; the survivors use it to try to escape to a nearby mountain range . On the way there , both graboids create an underground sinkhole trap that disables the bulldozer , forcing the survivors to flee to the safety of large boulders . 
 has an idea to lure in the creatures , then to trick them into swallowing 's homemade pipe bombs . While this works on one graboid , the other spits it back towards the survivors , forcing , , and to vacate the rock quickly to avoid the explosion . With one last pipe bomb , lures the creature to chase him to the edge of a cliff and then explodes the bomb behind it , frightening the graboid into tunneling through the cliff face , where it plummets to its death . The group returns to town , where they call in the authorities to begin an investigation , and pushes into approaching romantically .

Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross, Reba McEntire

has always dreamed of being a farmer , and arranges a home exchange vacation in which he and his family will move into a house in the rural farming community of Nilbog ( which is " goblin " spelled backwards ) for a month . The night before the family is scheduled to leave , 's son is contacted by the ghost of his dead grandfather , , warning him that vegetarian goblins want to transform him and his family into plants so that they can eat them . tells that goblins can turn people into plants by feeding them poisoned food or drink . 
 Meanwhile , 's sister , , receives a visit from her boyfriend . accuses of being a homosexual since he seems to prefer spending time with his friends . promises to show his devotion by accompanying the family on vacation . 
 The next morning , fails to arrive and the family leaves without him ; they encounter him en route to Nilbog , riding in an RV with his friends , , and . Outside of Nilbog , Seth appears as a hitchhiker , who warns that Nilbog is the kingdom of the goblins , and that if his family eats anything while they are there , they will be turned into plants . The family disbelieves 's warnings and continue on to Nilbog . There , sets about destroying or contaminating all of the food the family finds or acquires . 
 goes for a walk outside of Nilbog and encounters a girl being chased by goblins . They flee to a chapel in the woods , where they encounter the goblins ' queen , Druid , who uses the " Stonehenge Magic Stone " to give the goblins power . tricks them into drinking a magic potion that dissolves the girl into vegetable matter and turns into a plant . 
 sneaks away from home and eavesdrops on a goblin church sermon , which bewails the evils of eating meat . The parishioners capture him and attempt to force feed him poison ice cream ; walks in on the scene and becomes suspicious , taking home . 
 Later , goes to the town because there are no food or drinks in the RV . The sheriff takes him in his car and gives him a green hamburger . When he arrives in the town , goes to the store and the owner offers him poisonous Nilbog milk . Feeling dizzy , he goes to a chapel and finds , who has turned into a plant . drags him out , but appears . She knocks him out and chainsaws into pieces . is then killed offscreen . 
 At the house , the family discover that the townspeople have prepared them a surprise party to apologize for the events at the church . attempts to make contact with , only for to appear in goblin form . 's ghost appears and chops her hand off . returns to her chapel , where she transforms herself into a beautiful woman in revealing clothes ; she then travels to 's RV , where she seduces and drowns him in popcorn . 
 , , , and hold a séance to communicate with , who returns from the dead and tells them that he can retain a physical form for exactly 10 minutes before he has to return to the afterlife . gives a paper bag containing a " secret weapon " to use against the goblins . The goblins break into the house and transport to 's chapel , where opens the bag , revealing a " double - decker Bologna sandwich " . He eats the sandwich , making his body poisonous to the goblins ; he then touches the Stonehenge Stone , which destroys Creedence . 
 The family returns home , where 's mother is seen eating food from the refrigerator . The food , unknown to the family , has been poisoned by the family of goblins who took over their home during their exchange in the country . The film ends with walking in on a group of goblins eating his mother 's green , bloated torso off of the kitchen counter and offering him a bite . screams in horror .

Trust concerns the unusual romance between two young misfits wandering the same Long Island town . When ( ) , a recent high school dropout , announces her unplanned pregnancy to her family , her father dies of heart failure , her mother immediately evicts her from the household and her boyfriend breaks up with her . Lonely and with nowhere to go , wanders her town in search of a place to stay . Along the way , she meets ( ) , a highly educated and extremely moody electronics repairman . The two begin an unusual romance built on their sense of mutual admiration and trust .

( ) is a successful self - made demolitions expert who blows up buildings for a living . In the midst of one such project , a group of protesters stops the last building on a lot , the Dutch House , from being demolished . When appears on TV to dismiss the protests , he is made to look foolish . Returning home , his three college - aged children - ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) - ridicule him for appearing on camera . 
 Feeling his children are spoiled and soft , kicks them out of the house . Giving them each $ 750 , he drops them off at the Dutch House to live . The house is dilapidated and on the verge of collapse . In order to finance their new lives , the children take on housemates . These include a fashion designer ( ) named ; a homeless magician , ( ) ; a stockbroker , ( ) ; and , an amateur occultist ( ) . is commissioned to finish a calendar for an insurance company . has to complete his designs for a fashion show . uses her roommates in the calendar and ends up using some of them to model for his show . 
 The story is told against the backdrop of a stockmarket crash which brings to ruin . He desperately attempts to stave off a hostile takeover of his demolition company and fails . He loses his home and becomes destitute . Ultimately , his children take him in and he starts to see the world in an entirely different light .

Young lawyer ( ) travels to New York City for an interview with an international law firm , which immediately offers her a job on the condition that she can fly to Rio de Janeiro the following morning . agrees and is introduced to ( ) , one of the firm 's top executives . They arrive in Rio to finalize the purchase of a hotel , but angry must fly to Buenos Aires , Argentina , to meet the hotel 's owner . instructs to cover her date for the night . While viewing the hotel , sees two locals having animalistic sex , which unnerves her and she returns to her own hotel . She meets 's date ; a wealthy man named ( ) . They have dinner , accompanied by ' bodyguards . 
 intrigues ; he is quiet and asks personal questions without being demanding or rude . After dinner , they attend a street carnival ; leaves after a masked man who looks like tries to seduce her . The next morning , wakes to find watching her . He gives her a bouquet of orchids and denies making advances to her the previous evening , and as an apology , he offers to show her the city . She is initially reluctant but consents ; they attend a party with a married couple that they noticed in the restaurant the night before . Some navy sailors at the party try to make advances on the wife ; fights them and he , , and the couple leave quickly in his limousine . The married couple is having marital problems because of the wife 's infidelity . She wants to reconcile with her husband . encourages the couple to have sex in the limo , which they do . finds their actions disturbing . and then visit the hotel that her firm wants to buy , and she tells that she fears he would disappear if she touched him . When hugs , he pulls away from her , telling her that he does not like to be touched . 
 The married couple gives a necklace ; he gives it to . That night , dresses up for the carnival festivities and is propositioned by a man in a mask , who offers her the key to his room . She initially refuses the offer but encourages her to accept . She realizes is incapable of acting upon his own emotions and tries to experience passion through others . agrees to the stranger 's proposal and has sex with him . 
 The next day , returns to Rio with the hotel 's owner and arranges a meeting at the airport . is humiliated ; ( ) , the owner 's attorney , is the stranger she slept with . uses this information to intimidate to get a better deal for his client . discovers the truth and uses the information to threaten ; if he does not complete the deal , she will tell his wife about the affair . and get a very good deal . After the meeting , asks about her impressions of . She tells that was an only child who stuttered , and is a completely self - made man . says that she has become obsessed with , but that he would never touch her . 's assistants tell her that a man bought the deed to the old hotel before the deal was finalized ; both women realize it was , who confirms it was him . is angry and decides to proceed with the hotel 's sale even though she does not own it , hoping that she will be able to circumvent ' actions . 
 arranges a huge party to commemorate the sale of the hotel . The next morning , invites a young surfer to her room , and asks — who can speak Portuguese — to translate what the surfer says . , and the surfer are about to have sex when interrupts them . accuses of setting people up to disappoint him and then throwing them aside when they do . He responds that he never sets anybody up and that they disappoint him of their own accord . leaves and shouts after him . Later that day , a package is delivered to 's room ; has signed over the old hotel 's deed to her , saving the deal . goes to the hotel , finds and tells him she loves him , but leaves when he does not respond . 
 Later that night , returns to her room , where is waiting for her . He tells that he hardly spoke for years after his father abandoned him as a child , and that because of this his teachers thought he was intellectually disabled . He left school at a young age and worked hard , and while still a teenager , he bought a run - down house and repaired it . After he began to accumulate wealth , women became attracted to him and he started playing games to keep things interesting . The games became a way of life and he can not stop playing them . encourages to reach out to her , offering him her love if he makes an effort to touch her . At first he resists , but reaches out and holds her when he thinks she will leave him . The two embrace and have sex . They ride away happily on a motorcycle together .

Lovers and are separated after he is jailed for killing a man who attacked him with a knife ; the assailant , , was hired by 's mother , . Upon 's release , picks him up at the prison where she hands him his snakeskin jacket . They go to a hotel where she reserved a room , make love and go to see the speed metal band Powermad . At the club , gets into a fight with a man who flirts with , and then leads the band in a rendition of " Love Me " . Later , back in the room , after making love again , and finally decide to run away to California , breaking 's parole . arranges for private detective – her on - off boyfriend – to find them and bring them back . Unbeknownst to , however , also hires gangster to track them and kill . 's minions capture and kill , sending into a guilt - fueled psychosis . 
 Unaware of all of the events happening back in North Carolina , and continue on their way until – according to – they witness a bad omen : the aftermath of a two - car accident , and the only survivor , a young woman , dies in front of them . With little money left , heads for Big Tuna , Texas , where he contacts " old friend " , who might be able to help them , although she secretly knows he is under contract to be killed by 's mother . While agrees to join up with gangster in a feed store robbery , waits for him in the hotel room , trying to conceal that she is pregnant with 's child . While is out enters the room and forces to implore him to make love with her , but in the end he refuses , stating he has no time . This traumatizes , who was raped as a child . 
 The robbery goes spectacularly wrong when Peru unnecessarily shoots the two clerks . then admits to he 's been hired to kill him and realizes he has been given a pistol with dummy ammunition . Chasing out of the store , Peru is about to kill him when the sheriff 's deputy opens fire on him and accidentally blows his own head off with his own shotgun . is arrested and sentenced to six years in prison . 
 While is in jail , has their child . Upon his release decides to reunite with him . Rejecting her mother 's objections over the phone , she throws water over her mother 's photograph and goes to pick up with their son . When they meet , he reveals he will be leaving them both , having decided while in prison that he is n't good enough for them . While he is walking a short distance away , encounters a gang who surround him . He insults them and they quickly knock him out . While unconscious , he sees a vision in the form of the Good Witch , who tells him , " Do n't turn away from love , " . When he awakens , he apologizes to the men , tells them he realizes the error of his ways , then runs after . The photograph of in 's house sizzles and vanishes . As there is a traffic jam on the road , begins to run over the roofs and hoods of the cars to get back to and their child in the car . sings " Love Me Tender " to , having earlier said that he would only sing that song to his wife .

Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Willem Dafoe, Harry Dean Stanton, Isabella Rossellini

In 1950 , attorney is contacted by an elderly man named " . tells that he is dying and wants to receive a pardon that he was promised 70 years before by the Governor of New Mexico , claiming that he is really aka " , whom " everyone " knows to have been shot and killed by in 1881 . then asks if has any proof that he is the famous outlaw . 
 story begins with the remaining Regulators having gone their separate ways . has become part of a new gang with " Arkansas " ( ) and ( ) . The New Mexico governor has issued warrants for the arrests of those involved in the Lincoln County Wars , including , ( ) , and ( ) , who are dragged into town and imprisoned to await hanging . 
 Meanwhile , meets with the new governor who agrees to pardon if he testifies against the - Murphy faction . soon finds out that he was tricked into being arrested with no chance of testifying against his old enemies . After escaping , along with the help of and , pose as a lynch mob to spring and from jail . When the gang successfully escape , mentions the Mexican Blackbird ( a broken trail only he and few others know that leads down to Mexico ) . decides not to go with the gang and , instead , open a boarding house . It is clear that , in competition with , wants to lead the gang . As they make a run for the border along with farmer ( ) and 14 - year - old ( ) , cattle baron ( ) and Governor approach to offer him the job as Lincoln County Sheriff and $ 1000 to use whatever resources he needs to hunt down and kill him . agrees and , forming a posse , begins his pursuit of the gang . 
 and the gang soon come to the town of White Oaks where they meet up with former companion , ( ) who runs a local bordello . Later that night , the town lynch mob comes for the gang and are intent on a hanging . Deputy tries to negotiate a deal , " the Indian " ( ) for a safe rideout . refuses the offer and pushes the Deputy out the door , who is then accidentally killed by the lynch mob . soon tracks to the bordello , but is too late . and his gang are continuously tracked by the posse , narrowly evading capture , but ( being mistaken for ) is soon shot dead by . As they hideout , admits that the Mexican Blackbird does n't exist ; it was just a pawn to get the gang back together and to keep riding . is angered and tries to leave for home , but he is shot by one of 's men and sacrifices himself to enable his friends to escape . 
 the Kid is soon brought back into Lincoln by and is sentenced to death by hanging . He is visited by , who arranges to leave a pistol in an outhouse . uses the pistol to kill two guards and escapes to Old Fort Sumner . By the time he arrives , has abandoned the group to make his way to Mexico , and is dying from a bullet wound . During the night finds unarmed . asks to let him run to Mexico and tell the authorities that he killed him . declines because he believes would not be able to resist coming back to the United States ( which would lead to 's death for lying ) . turns around , forcing to have to shoot him in the back , which he does not . In the morning , a fake burial is staged for and Garrett 's horse is seen being taken by an unknown figure ( implied to be ) . admits he never stole a horse from someone he did n't like , and further admits he did n't like ; he loved him . , convinced that is , agrees to help him . 
 The epilogue reveals that Arkansas was beheaded once he reached Mexico to discourage more outlaws from crossing the border ; 's book detailing his pursuit of was a dismal failure and he is eventually shot and killed in 1908 ; met with the Governor of New Mexico but despite corroboration from several surviving friends of The Kid , he was discredited and died less than a month later ; whether or not was remains a mystery . The final shot shows pointing his gun at an off screen target , saying to the target " I 'll make you famous " .

Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater, William Petersen

Two firefighters of Engine 17 of the Chicago Fire Department are brothers . Lt . , the elder , is experienced , while has labored under his brother 's shadow his entire life . returns to firefighting after a number of other careers falter , though has doubts that is fit to be a firefighter . In 1971 , witnessed the death of their firefighting father , Captain , while accompanying him on a call . 
 The longest serving of all the men at Engine 17 , , served under the ' father , and was like an uncle to the boys when their father died . He attacks fires head on , but is concerned about 's unorthodox methods and disregard for safety procedures . is 's estranged wife and the mother of their son , . has grown fearful of 's dedication to firefighting and the risks he takes . While they are still in love , she separated from to protect herself and Sean . 
 is an alderman on the Chicago City Council . hopes to be elected mayor , but has made budget cuts to the fire department . Many of the rank and file firemen believe the cuts are endangering firefighters ' lives . 
 Fire Department Captain is a dedicated arson investigator and veteran firefighter . He is called in , because a number of recent fires resemble fires committed by pyromaniac , who has been imprisoned for years . is reassigned as his assistant after a falling out with . manipulates 's obsession with fire to ensure 's annual parole application is rejected . It is revealed during an investigation that was paid off by contractors to shut down firehouses , so they could be converted into community centers , with the contractors receiving contracts for the construction . 
 When Engine 17 answers a call in a high - rise , urges them to move in quickly to take out the fire despite 's advice to wait for back - up . 's friend and fellow trainee , , opens a door , only to be met by a backdraft . His face is burned beyond recognition , but he barely survives . and both blame 's condition on 's reckless tactics . 
 and go to 's home to confront him , but interrupt a masked man about to set the place alight . The latter attacks them with a flashlight , but is burned by an electrical socket on his back . saves and from the house , but is injured in an explosion . In his hospital bed , tells to visit again . helps realize that only a firefighter would be so careful as to not let the backdraft fires rage out of control . 
 suspects , but later spots a burn in the shape of an electrical socket on 's back , and reveals his suspicions to his brother just before an alarm . When Brian realizes has heard their exchange , he jumps aboard Truck 46 after borrowing some turnout gear . confronts about the deadly backdrafts during a multiple - alarm fire at a chemical plant . admits that he set the fires to kill associates of , because was benefiting from the deaths of firefighters . When an explosion destroys the catwalk they are on , grabs 's hand while hanging on to the remains of the catwalk . refuses ' advice to let go of him , but loses his grip on the catwalk . is killed , but , although seriously injured , survives . dies on the way to the hospital with at his side , his final request being that not reveal that was behind the fires until after receives a fitting burial . 
 After and 's funeral , and , with the help of the police , interrupt at a press conference . questions on a fake manpower study that led to the deaths of several firemen , including and . They also state that engineered the downsizing of the Chicago Fire Department . This effectively destroys 's mayoral ambitions . continues as a firefighter despite the loss of his father and brother .

Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Robert De Niro, Scott Glenn, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay

In 1941 , first Broadway play , Bare Ruined Choirs , has achieved critical and popular success . His agent informs him that Capitol Pictures in Hollywood has offered him a thousand dollars per week to write film scripts . hesitates , worried that moving to California would separate him from " the common man " , his focus as a writer . He accepts the offer , however , and checks into the Hotel Earle , a large and unusually deserted building . His room is sparse and draped in subdued colors ; its only decoration is a small painting of a woman on the beach , arm raised to block the sun . 
 In his first meeting with Capitol Pictures boss , explains that he chose the Earle because he wants lodging that is ( as says ) " less Hollywood " . promises that his only concern is 's writing ability and assigns his new employee to a wrestling film . Back in his room , however , is unable to write . He is distracted by sounds coming from the room next door , and he phones the front desk to complain . His neighbor , , is the source of the noise and visits to apologize , insisting on sharing some alcohol from a hip flask to make amends . As they talk , proclaims his affection for " the common man " , and describes his life as an insurance salesman . Later , falls asleep , but is awakened by the incessant whine of a mosquito . 
 Still unable to proceed beyond the first lines of his script , consults producer for advice . Irritated , the frenetic takes him to lunch and orders him to consult another writer for assistance . While in the men 's room , meets the novelist , who is vomiting in the next stall . They briefly discuss movie writing and arrange a second meeting later in the day . When arrives , is drunk and yelling wildly . His secretary , , reschedules the meeting and confesses to Barton that she and are in love . When they finally meet for lunch , , , and discuss writing and drinking . Before long , argues with , slaps her , and wanders off , drunk . Rejecting 's offer of consolation , explains that she feels sorry for since he is married to another woman who is " disturbed " . 
 With one day left before his meeting with to discuss the movie , phones and begs her for assistance . She visits him at the Earle , and after she admits that she wrote most of 's scripts , they apparently have sex ; later confesses to they did so . When awakens the next morning , he , again , hears the sound of the mosquito , finds it on 's back , and slaps it dead . When does not respond , turns her onto her side only to find that she has been violently murdered . He has no memory of the night 's events . Horrified , he summons and asks for help . is repulsed but disposes of the body and orders to avoid contacting the police . After a meeting with an unusually supportive , tries writing again and is interrupted by , who announces he is going to New York for several days . leaves a package with and asks him to watch it . 
 Soon afterward , is visited by two police detectives , who inform him that 's real name is . is a serial killer wanted for several murders ; after shooting his victims , they explain , he decapitates them and keeps the heads . Stunned , returns to his room and examines the box . Placing it on his desk without opening it , he begins writing and produces the entire script in one sitting . After a night of celebratory dancing , returns to find the detectives in his room , who , after handcuffing to the bed , reveal they 've found evidence of 's latest murders . Each of the men notes how hot it is , before as the hotel is engulfed in flames . Running through the hallway , screaming " I 'll show you the life of the mind ! " , shoots the policemen with a shotgun . As the hallway burns , speaks with about their lives and the hotel , breaks the bed frame to which is handcuffed ( thus freeing him ) , then retires to his own room , saying as he goes that he paid a visit to 's parents and uncle in New York . leaves the still - burning hotel , carrying the box and his script . Shortly thereafter he attempts to telephone his family , but there is no answer . 
 In a final meeting , a disappointed , in uniform ( as he attempts to secure an Army Reserve commission ) , angrily chastises for writing " a fruity movie about suffering " then informs him that he is to remain in Los Angeles ; although will remain under contract , Capitol Pictures will not produce anything he writes so he can be ridiculed as a loser around the studio while is in the war . Dazed , wanders onto a beach , still carrying the package . He meets a woman who looks just like the one in the picture on his wall at the Earle , and she asks about the box . He tells her he does not know what it contains nor who owns it . She then assumes the pose from the picture .

John Turturro, John Goodman, John Mahoney, Judy Davis, Michael Lerner, Steve Buscemi

One winter 's night , an enchantress disguised as a beggar offers a cold - hearted prince a rose in exchange for shelter . When he refuses , she transforms him into a beast and his servants into household objects . She bestows the Beast with a magic mirror before hexing the rose and warning him that , unless he learns to love another and earns their love in return by the time the last petal falls , he and his servants will lose their humanity forever . 
 Ten years later , a beautiful girl named dreams of adventure and brushes off advances from , an arrogant hunter . Lost in the forest while traveling to a fair to present his latest invention , 's father seeks refuge in the 's castle . After befriends the castle 's servants , however , the Beast discovers and imprisons him . ventures out in search for him and finds him locked in the castle 's dungeon . The Beast agrees to let her take 's place . 
 Befriending the castle 's servants , is treated to a spectacular dinner . When she wanders into the forbidden West Wing where the rose is kept , the Beast flies into a rage , causing to flee the castle and into the woods . She is attacked by wolves , but the Beast rescues and gets injured in the process . He begins to develop feelings for her while she nurses his wounds and he delights her by showing his extensive library . 
 Returning to the village , tells the townsfolk of 's predicament , but convinces the townsfolk to send to an insane asylum if refuses to marry . 
 After sharing a romantic dance with the , discovers her father 's predicament using the magic mirror . The Beast releases her to save , giving her the mirror to remember him with . Back at the village , proves 's sanity by revealing the in the mirror to the townsfolk . Realizing that loves the , has her thrown into the basement with her father and rallies the villagers to follow him to the castle to kill the . With 's aid , and escape and rush back to the castle . 
 The servants battle the invading villagers , driving them out of the castle . attacks the in his tower , who is too depressed to fight back , but regains his will upon seeing return . He spares 's life before reuniting with . stabs the , but he loses his footing and falls to his death.[a ] The nearly dies from 's stab before the last petal falls . When tearfully professes her love to him , the curse is broken , repairing the castle and restoring the Beast 's and servants ' human forms . The Prince and host a ball for the kingdom , where they dance happily .

Robby Benson, Paige O'Hara, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury (voices)

The music of and 's band , Wyld Stallyns , has created a utopian future society . , who detests this society , steals one of the time - traveling phone booths and sends two robots modeled after and back to the late 20th century to prevent and from winning the San Dimas Battle of the Bands . attempts to stop but seemingly becomes lost in the circuits of time . 
 In the present , three years after and first traveled through time , is preparing for the contest . Though and 's current fiancées and former 15th - century princesses and have become skilled musicians , and are still inept . Despite this , the organizer Ms. assures them a slot in the contest as the final act . 's stepmother divorces his father in favor of 's , who threatens with military school should they fail the Battle of the Bands . Evil and Evil arrive and the robots eventually replace and , killing them by throwing the two over the side of a cliff at Vasquez Rocks . The robots behave rudely to the princesses and work to ruin the duo 's fame . 
 and 's souls are met by who challenges them in a game for their souls . and escape after giving a " melvin " . They attempt to alert their families but their ethereal forms prove difficult , and at one point , are cast down into Hell at a séance held by . In Hell , they are tormented by Satan , made to face their own fears , manifesting as , the Easter Bunny , and , and realize their only escape is to take Death 's offer . Taken to 's chambers , the spirit gives them the option of what game to play . and , to Death 's dismay , select modern games like Battleship , Clue and Twister,[5 ] easily beating Death . Death admits defeat and unwillingly becomes their servant . and recognize they need to locate the smartest person in the universe to help build robots to counter evil robots . Death escorts the two to Heaven , and with God 's help , are directed to an alien named Station who has the ability to split into two identical twins , and readily offers to help and . 
 Death brings them back to the mortal world , where it is the night of the Battle of the Bands . Bill and take Station to a hardware store , and then race in their van back to the concert while Station constructs good robots . Just as the evil robots take the stage , and arrive , and Station 's robots easily defeat the evil ones . appears in the time booth , ready to defeat and himself , and overrides the broadcasting equipment to send the video footage of this to everyone on the planet . The two recognize they can later go back in time to arrange events for to be trapped in the present , aided by Death and Station ; though is apparently able to do the same , and gain the upper hand with the explanation that it is only the winners who get to go back , and is arrested by 's father . Ms. reveals herself to be a disguised , having assured and 's spot in the concert , and urges them to play . 
 As and reunite with their fiancées , they realize they are still terrible musicians , and the four use the time booth ; though they return immediately , " an intense 16 months of guitar training plus a two week honeymoon " have passed for them , they have married the princesses and each is raising a young infant " Little " and " Little " . They begin to perform a stunning rock ballad , joined by Death , Station , and the good robots . The worldwide broadcast set by De Nomolos continues , and music is played across the globe , creating harmony . Over the credits , it 's shown through newspaper articles that the band , along with Death , go through many perks of fame before eventually taking their act to Mars .

Keanu Reeves, Alex Winter, Joss Ackland, Pam Grier, George Carlin

is a poor teenage boy from the Bronx . One day he catches the attention of gangster . Changing his last name to , after a local street , he goes to work for 's organization , serving mostly as a gopher for . is present when murders his former partner , who believes betrayed him . then begins a relationship with 's beautiful , married , girlfriend , . 
 Facing legal charges in a court in upstate New York , brings and along . He successfully charms the locals , presenting himself as charming and good natured . While his boss stands trial , 's job is to watch over . His loyalties to are tested as he begins falling in love with the flirtatious . Realizing that is about to be killed , calls her husband , who hurries to town and takes her home before 's men can make their move . 
 Having beaten the rap in court , is indicted again on federal tax evasion charges . He wants to have federal prosecutor murdered , but his request is rejected by the Mafia Commission . sends to another gangster with some bribe money , but the effort is rejected . When returns with the bad news , he and have a falling out and is fired by 's associate , who lets him keep the bribe money as a severance package . As leaves , he is abducted and beaten by gangsters working for Lucky Luciano . The men storm 's hideout and kill everyone inside . is taken before , who warns him that he knows where 's family lives , before letting him go .

Dustin Hoffman, Bruce Willis, Nicole Kidman, Steven Hill, Loren Dean

( ) is a psychologist working with convicted killers at a prison . While driving to work , gets in a horrific car accident and loses an arm . At the hospital , Dr. ( ) convinces ’s wife to sign off on an experimental transplant surgery . is wheeled into the operating room where he notes several armed police in hospital scrubs . While 's surgery takes place , Dr. removes the unknown donor ’s head from his body on a nearby operating table . 
 awakens from the surgery and begins to adjust to his new arm . After he is released from the hospital , he resumes his work and things seem to be back to normal . However , starts seeing visions of horrible acts of murder ( as if he is committing them ) and occasionally loses control of his new arm . At the prison , , a convict whom is interviewing , tells that the tattoo on his new arm is only given to inmates on death row . has a police friend scan his new fingerprints and is shocked to discover the arm came from convicted serial killer ( ) , who had murdered 20 people . 
 confronts Dr. , who dismisses his concerns . Unconvinced , he follows her and finds the identities of two other patients : ( ) and ( ) who received the killer ’s legs and other arm , respectively . visits , who was a struggling artist before the transplant but now is making a small fortune selling paintings he made with his new arm . Noting ’s paintings depict the same visions he had , tells him that he is painting what the killer saw . , however , only cares about his newfound success and dismisses ’s warnings . meets and tries to warn him but is just happy to be able to walk again and advises to be grateful and move on . 
 becomes increasingly agitated and violent . He involuntarily hits his son and almost strangles his wife to death while sleeping . For the safety of his family , stays in a hotel . He demands that Dr. remove his arm but she refuses , stating that the problems he is experiencing are insignificant compared to her experiment 's success . meets up with and at a bar . A drunk man recognizes from news about the surgery , and demands to see his arm . snaps and a bar fight breaks out where single - handedly takes out several men and almost kills one before being stopped . 
 As returns home , his legs suddenly stop functioning . Scared , calls , who hears yell and struggle with someone . goes to ’s apartment and finds him dead , with both legs ripped out and missing . calls the police and implores the lead detective to check on . However , they are too late as — who is still alive , having his head transplanted onto a new body — rips 's arm off and throws him out a window . 
 As and the detective stop at a traffic light , pulls up in a car beside them and handcuffs his wrist to 's . speeds away , and the detective desperately tries to keep up , lest ’s arm gets ripped off . eventually uses the detective 's gun to destroy the handcuff just before they hit a divider that splits the road in two . As the detective leaves the car and opens fire on , drives away to pursue the killer . brings his old limbs back to Dr. . 
 Armed with a gun from the detective ’s car , enters the hospital . He finds an operating room where he sees the gruesome sight of ’s torso and limbs in a glass case , wiggling as if having a mind of their own . Dr. appears and says she is ready to take the arm back , and knocks unconscious . wakes up strapped to an operating table . As Dr. approaches him with a circular saw , he breaks his restraints , knocks her out and wrestles with for his shotgun . Right before can pull the trigger , is able to snap his neck . He destroys the glass case and shoots at ’s body parts . , still alive , aims at with the detective 's gun , but accidentally kills Dr. . shoots in the head , killing him for good . 
 sits with his wife in a park . In his journal , he notes that he has n’t had any other problems with the arm after 's death , and he is still thankful to both Dr. and for the new arm .

Ten - year old lives with his single mother , in Watts , Los Angeles . After gets into a fight at school , his teacher informs that is highly intelligent but has a volatile temper and lacks respect . Worried about 's future , sends him to live in the Crenshaw neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles with his father , , from whom she hopes will learn valuable life lessons and to be able to mature , but assures him he will be permitted to return to her one day . 
 In Crenshaw , reunites with his friends , , 's maternal half - brother , and , their mutual friend . After chatting for a bit , immediately has rake the leaves off the front lawn . That night , tells that he has him work to teach him how to be responsible . That night , hears his father shooting at a burglar who tries to rob the house . Two policemen arrive an hour later , and while the white officer is civil and courteous , the black one is disrespectful towards . The next day , and his friends go out with who shows them a dead body . While there , a group of older boys in the Crip gang steal 's football and tries to retrieve it , but is defeated . While the older boys walk away , one of them gives his ball back . Later in the day , spends father / son bonding time with , taking him fishing by the seaside and tells the boy more about his life prior to having him , including his military experience in the Vietnam War , in hopes of making his son proud of him . He concludes his story by advising to never join the army , stating that a black man has no place in the army . When returning home , they see and being arrested for shoplifting ( had said earlier on that they were going to the store , but had no money ) , while and look on . 
 At a barbecue , is now a Crip gang member and is celebrating his recent release from jail , along with most of his friends , including , who is now paralysed and uses a wheelchair as a result of a gun wound , and new friends and , also Crip members . , now a star running back for Crenshaw High School , lives with his single mother , girlfriend , and their infant son . has grown into a mature and responsible teenager , works at a clothes shop at the Fox Hills Mall , and aspires to attend college with his girlfriend , , but their relationship is somehow deteriorating over 's desire to have sex , while , a devout Catholic , wishes to wait until after marriage . 
 hopes to win a scholarship from USC . After a visit from a recruiter , a mildly embarrassing experience for due to his unkempt home and his brother 's rudeness , he is informed that he must score a 700 or higher on the SATs test in order to qualify . and take the test on the same day . Afterwards , they go to see at his office to unwind . takes and to Compton , California to talk about the dangers of decreasing property values in the black community . That night , during a local street racing gathering , is provoked by , a member of the Crenshaw Mafia Gangsters . In response , brandishes his handgun , leading to a brief argument between the two gangs . When the two gangs are finished arguing , fires his own gun in the air causing everyone to leave . While talks about leaving Los Angeles , he and are pulled over by the police . The cop is the exact same one who was disrespectful towards his father seven years earlier ; he intimidates and threatens with his gun , knowing he ca n't do anything . Distraught , goes to 's house , where he finally breaks down . After she consoles him , they have sex for the first time . 
 The following day , has a fight with . While and walk to a nearby store , they see and his gang driving around the neighborhood and in an attempt to avoid them , the pair cut through back alleyways and split up . As turns back to , ' car pulls up . turns to run but one of ' men shoots in the leg with a shotgun . A second shot hits in the back through the chest , killing him . and his gang , who had sensed that and were in trouble , catch up with them , but are too late . Devastated and helpless , the boys carry 's lifeless body back home . When and see 's corpse , they break down in tears and blame , who unsuccessfully tries to comfort them and explain the truth . That night , a distraught reads 's SAT results , discovering he scored a 710 , enough to qualify for the scholarship he wanted . 
 The remaining boys vow vengeance on and his crew . Furious finds preparing to take his .357 Magnum , but convinces to abandon his plans for revenge . However , and catch sneaking out of his bedroom window to join . That night , as the gang drives across the city , asks to be let out of the car and returns home , realizing that his father was right to keep him from falling into an endless cycle of violence . When gets home , is waiting for him . They both look at each other without saying a word , and retreats into his bedroom . Meanwhile , finds ' gang at a local fast - food outlet , and opens fire on them , killing one and wounding the other two . gets out and kills the other wounded gang member and executes . 
 The next day , visits , now understanding 's reasons for leaving the gang . knows that he will soon face retaliation for ' death , and accepts the consequences of his crime - ridden lifestyle . He plaintively questions why America does n't care about the life in the ghetto . He sorrowfully says that he has no family left now after 's death and 's disownment of him , but is embraced by , who says to that he has a brother in him . 
 The epilogue reveals that saw buried the next day and was murdered two weeks later . and resume their relationship , and go on to attend Morehouse and Spelman Colleges in Atlanta , respectively .

Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Morris Chestnut, Laurence Fishburne, Angela Bassett, Nia Long

Gangster , who works for and , goes to Los Angeles and instantly falls in love with , a tough - talking Hollywood starlet . The two meet for the first time when visits actor on a film set . He buys a house in Beverly Hills , planning to stay there while his wife and two daughters remain in Scarsdale . 
 is in California to wrestle control of betting parlors away from gangster . robs 's operation one day . He is confronted by , who decides he should be in business with the guy who committed the robbery , not the guy who got robbed . is put in charge of the betting casinos ; is forced to admit to a raging Bugsy that he stole $ 14,000 , and is told he now answers to . 
 After arguments about Virginia 's trysts with drummer and a variety of bullfighters and 's reluctance to get a divorce , Virginia makes a romantic move on . On a trip to Nevada to visit a gambling joint , comes up with the idea for a hotel and casino in the desert . He obtains $ 1 million in funding from lifelong friend and other New York mobsters , reminding them that in Nevada , gambling is legal . 
 wants no part of it until puts her in charge of accounting and begins construction of the Flamingo Las Vegas Hotel Casino in Las Vegas , but the budget soon soars to $ 6 million due to his extravagance . tries everything to ensure it gets completed , even selling his share of the casino . 
 is visited in Los Angeles by former associate . has betrayed his old associates to save himself . He has also run out of money , from a combination of his gambling habits and being extorted by prosecutors who want his testimony . Though he is 's trusted friend , has no choice but to kill him . He is arrested for the murder , but the only witness is a cab driver who dropped off in front of 's house . The driver is paid to leave town . 
 is waiting for outside the jail . He gives a satchel of money to his friend . " does n't have to know about it , " he tells , but warns , " I ca n't protect you anymore . " The Flamingo 's opening night is a total failure , and $ 2 million of the budget is unaccounted for , whereupon discovers that stole the money . He tells her to " keep it and save it for a rainy day . " He then tells never to sell his share of the casino because he will live to thank him someday . 
 Later that night , is shot and killed in his home . is told the news in Las Vegas and knows her own days could be numbered .

Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Ben Kingsley, Harvey Keitel, Joe Mantegna, Elliott Gould, Wendy Phillips, Bebe Neuwirth, Bill Graham

is a self - proclaimed " people person " and dreamer who is perceived as lazy and good for nothing . After being fired from numerous low - paying jobs , is given the choice by his father , , to either land a job at the local Target or be put on a bus to St. Louis . 
 is hired as night cleanup boy at Target . On his first shift at his new job , is locked alone in the store by his boss , the head custodian , who leaves him there until his shift ends at 7 am . He encounters , a stereotypical " spoiled rich girl " whom he has known all his life . had spent the past several hours asleep in a dressing room after backing out of shoplifting some merchandise in a half - hearted attempt to run away from her abusive father , . and begin to connect with each other , realizing they are not so different . They begin to form a romantic relationship , and proceed to enjoy the freedom of having such a large store to themselves . , having $ 52,000 in her purse , convinces to run away with her to California as soon as they get out of the store in the morning . Meanwhile , teams up with the town sheriff to search for his runaway daughter all night . 
 Things become complicated when two incompetent crooks , and , break in and hold the two hostage . Eventually , seduces one of the crooks and convinces him to take her with them after robbing the store . While the criminals are loading stolen merchandise into their car , jumps into the front seat and drives away , leaving the two men stranded in the parking lot . Meanwhile , in the building , loads up a shotgun found in the head custodian 's locker and tricks and by luring them to the back of the store and holding them at gunpoint . 
 In the morning , the sheriff arrives and stumbles upon the two crooks , having been tied up by . and run away and we see them lounging next to a pool in Los Angeles .

Before going away to college , two childhood friends , and ( ) , decide to symbolically cleanse themselves of the " dirt " of their small town by swimming laps in an abandoned church crypt . drops her crucifix , which drifts down onto the submerged remains of an ancient vampire , Czakyr . awakes and kills . ( ) , a school teacher from a nearby town , gets directed to Allburg by an old friend of his , Father ( ) . Once there he tries to help , as she has now become the target of a town - turned - vampires , due to her " virgin blood " . , , and a drunken preacher make camp in an abandoned building outside of town and make plans to fight the vampire army . Utilizing the preacher 's " cross mobile " they battle 's entire vampire populace , ultimately taking on the evil . Once has been killed , the town 's folk return to normal , with some complaining of " splinters in their chests " .

Eight years after Chucky 's second demise in the Play Pals factory , the Play Pals company has recovered from bad publicity brought along by 's ( voiced by ) murder spree and resumes manufacturing of the Good Guy dolls . The company revives the abandoned factory ( where 's mutilated body still remains ) and starts releasing a new line of Good Guy dolls . However , in the process , the workers accidentally mix Chucky 's blood into a vat of plastic . Since the soul of serial killer still inhabits the remains , the mixture of the plastic and his cursed blood causes to revive . Chucky is unwittingly given to Play Pals ' CEO Mr. , whom he kills with a variety of toys . He then uses computer records to locate . 
 Meanwhile , 16 - year - old ( ) , still troubled by his past encounters with , has been sent to Kent Military Academy after having failed to cope in several foster homes . Colonel ( ) , the school 's commandant , begrudgingly enrolls but advises him to forget his " fantasies " about the doll . befriends cadets ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , for whom he develops romantic feelings . He also meets ( ) , a lieutenant colonel who routinely bullies the cadets . 
 Shortly after arrives , is asked to deliver a package to his room . realizes that the package contains a Good Guy doll and , excited , takes it to the cellar to open it , only to have burst free from the package . Remembering the rule that he can possess the first person who learns his true nature and that he has a new body , tells his secret , but just as is about to possess him , they are interrupted by who takes the doll away . throws into a garbage truck , but escapes by luring the driver into the truck 's compactor and crushing him . That night , attacks and tells him his plans for taking over 's soul . Before can attack , comes in and takes the doll from him . tries to get the doll back by sneaking into 's room , but catches him in the act . Upon realizing the doll has vanished , suspects it stolen and forces all the cadets to do exercises in the courtyard as punishment . 
 unsuccessfully tries to warn about . At one point , lures into playing hide - and - seek in 's office , where he attempts to possess again . However , they are interrupted by and , moments later , himself . When the cadets leave , is suddenly confronted by a knife - wielding . The resulting shock causes to suffer a fatal heart attack . later kills the cruel camp barber ( ) by slashing his throat with a razor . 
 Despite 's death , Sgt . declares that the school 's annual war games will proceed as planned , with and on the same team . However , secretly replaces the blank paint bullets of the Red team with live ammunition . When the simulation begins , accosts . stabs with a pocket knife and flees , trying to find . then attacks and holds her hostage , attempting to lure the teams into fighting each other to save her . forces to exchange for . 
 Suddenly , the Red team descends upon the area and obliviously opens fire with their live rounds , with being killed in the crossfire . Amidst the chaos , makes a quick getaway , but before giving chase , tosses a live grenade at the quarreling cadets . Recognizing the danger , bravely leaps on top of the grenade and sacrifices himself to save the others . With no time to mourn his friend , heads off in pursuit of , with close behind . 
 Eventually , the chase leads the group into a fake haunted house at a nearby carnival . tries to get a security guard to help him , but kills the guard offscreen and kidnaps . In the ensuing melee , shoots in the leg , leaving to fight alone . When is inadvertently knocked out , seizes the opportunity to possess him , but intervenes , shooting him several times . Enraged , attempts to strangle , but uses 's knife to cut off 's hand , dropping him into a giant fan which mutilates him . Afterwards , is taken into custody by the police for questioning , while is rushed to the nearby hospital .

The film is about an all - female motorcycle gang named the " Cycle Sluts " , who cruise into the isolated town of Zariah looking for a good time . Here , an evil scientist - turned - mortician has been killing local townspeople with the aid of his long - suffering dwarf assistant ( " If wanted you to do normal things , he would have made you look like normal people " ) and turning them into zombies to use as labor at an abandoned mine . The mine is too radioactive after underground nuclear testing to be mined by living people . Although the scientist later admits that the real reason he 's been doing it is not the money , but because he 's just plain mean . 
 The zombies escape after a curious little boy removes the lock to explore the mine , becoming the zombies ' first victim ( " Daddy , is that you ? Aaaiiigh ! " ) . Around this point , we meet another one of the parties involved , a bus - load of blind orphans , who are stranded just on the outskirts of town as their ride breaks down . Luckily their bus - driver always keeps an Uzi on the bus " for sentimental reasons " . 
 With vague memories of life to guide them , the zombies eventually find their way back to town and begin devouring live flesh . Going against the wishes of their leader and despite some rough treatment from the locals earlier in the film , the Cycle Sluts ride to the rescue . Driven by a combination of personal history with , maternal instinct and possibly even a little true love , the bad - ass mamas start hacking off zombie heads using chainsaws , baseball bats , welding torches , a garrotte and a staple gun . 
 In the final scene , the Cycle Sluts use fresh meat to lure the remaining zombies to the town church , which they have packed with dynamite . They are now aided by the doctor 's dwarf who has decided that there are better lines of work than being a henchman . With all the undead inside and the church sealed up , the timer goes off and the church goes up in flames , zombies and all . The Cycle Sluts are rewarded with a sack full of cash and induct the dwarf and several of the blind orphans as honorary Cycle Sluts . They then ride out of town with some of the men folk in tow ( their new " bitches " ) and throw the sack of money to the wind .

In New York City , , a radio advertisement executive , has turned 39 years old and is going through a midlife crisis . His best friends , and , experience problems of their own : is trapped in a 12 - year loveless marriage to his wife , ; and is a successful sporting goods salesman and playboy who has recently married an underwear model but is struggling with monogamy and the pressure of having children . 
 At 's birthday party , Phil and present a gift of a two - week cattle drive from New Mexico to Colorado . is confronted by a co - worker , , who accidentally reveals her affair with , which leads to his separation from . Despite 's plans to go to Florida with his wife to visit her parents , persuades him to instead go with his friends and find some purpose before he contemplates adultery or suicide . In New Mexico , , and meet the ranch owner , , and their fellow drivers . develops a rivalry with the ranch 's professional cowboys , and , when they proposition one of the drivers , . The standoff is stopped by the trail boss , , who inadvertently humiliates in front of his friends . 
 During the drive , as , and begin to change their outlook on life , accidentally causes a stampede which wrecks most of the camp . In retribution , orders him to help gather the lost cows , but over time , the two develop a bond when learns that , despite his tough exterior , is actually a very wise man . advises to discover the " one thing " in his life which is the most important to him , which will solve all of his problems . Along the way , helps deliver a calf from a dying cow , which kills out of mercy . adopts the calf and names him . 
 suddenly dies of a heart attack , leaving the drive under and T.R .. Trouble begins when the cook , , gets drunk and accidentally destroys their food supply , and and intoxicate themselves with 's hidden stash . A fight ensues when they threaten and assault , leading to lash out at them and unleash a lifetime of stress on them at gunpoint . and abandon them to avoid reprisals from . Though the remaining drivers consider leaving the herd to seek out civilization , and remain behind to finish the drive alone . has a change of heart and joins them while the others continue to Colorado . 
 After braving a heavy storm , they finally manage to drive the herd to Colorado , but gets stuck in the river . saves him but they are both swept away with the current . and only barely manage to save them both and finally overcome their crises while resting on the bank . They reach ranch in Colorado shortly afterwards . offers to reimburse them for their troubles , but reveals that he is selling the herd to a meat company . Having changed their outlook on life , , and decide to rebuild their lives , and purchases from to save him from slaughter . 
 returns to New York City with and a happier man , and reunites with his family while bringing home for a few days until he can be placed in a petting zoo . enters a relationship with , and becomes open to the idea of having children .

Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Patricia Wettig, Helen Slater, Jack Palance

The story is about a lawsuit concerning injuries caused by a defective automobile . The suit takes on a personal dimension because the injured plaintiff 's attorney , ( ) discovers that the automobile manufacturer 's attorney ( ) is his estranged daughter . 
 is a liberal civil rights lawyer who has based his career on helping people avoid being taken for a ride by the rich and powerful ; he 's pursued principle at the expense of profit , though he has a bad habit of not following up on his clients after their cases are settled . 
 's daughter , , has had a bad relationship with her father ever since she discovered that he was cheating on her mother , ( ) , and while she also has made a career in law , she has taken a very different professional route by working for a high - powered corporate law firm and has adopted a self - interested political agenda . 
 is hired to help field a lawsuit against a major auto manufacturer whose station wagons have a dangerous propensity to explode on impact while making a left turn , but while his research indicates he has an all but airtight case against them , the case becomes more complicated for him when he discovers that is representing the firm he 's suing . 
 The auto manufacturer in the film also utilizes a " bean - counting " approach to risk management , whereby the projections of actuaries for probable deaths and injured car - owners is weighed against the cost of re - tooling and re - manufacturing the car without the defect ( exploding gas tanks ) with the resulting decision to keep the car as - is to positively benefit short term profitability .

and his young companion are the archetypal homeless folks with hearts of gold . Their scams are aimed not at turning a profit , but at getting enough to eat . After moving from Detroit to Chicago , the duo cons the rich divorce lawyer into believing she backed her Mercedes into , in hopes of a free meal . When accidentally collides with for real , she insists on putting the two up for the night , even over the objections of her snotty fiance . After a confrontation with exposing the truth of the con , lets them stay for as long as they need when she understands the precarious position the homeless pair are in . One night , tells that he is not 's father , he met 's mother one night in Florida . After 's mother died , raised her himself , growing to love her like his own , thus when they lost their home and money , could not find it in his heart to give up and put her into an orphanage , so he took with him . , thinking has been neglecting and abusing by using her in his cons and scams , suggests stay with her when he leaves , but this only angers , who says that after all the years he looked after her , if he gave up now , people would make fun of her for being on welfare . He tells her that he is not neglecting or abusing ; he cares about and his cons are to provide for . However , when it becomes apparent that is completely unable to read or write ( despite spelling a difficult word earlier ) , begins to push even harder for to leave with her . Eventually , realizes that this is where she belongs - in a home , cared for by someone that can give her the advantages that his homeless , nomadic existence lacks . turns them in and gets put into welfare . is arrested , because he never actually had custody of the child . Eventually , gets out and Bill is freed . and return to their apartment , and discover a tin ring ( the one which was stolen earlier ) , which takes as a sign that chose to leave her behind with . ( It is implied that pawned a ring left to by her mother , which he would return to her when it came time for the two to part forever ) However , the ring is accompanied by a note that says that he is in another room . happily turns to find , realizing that the ring is not a sign that he will leave her but a sign that he is going to abandon his old lifestyle in order to give the home she needs and in order to pursue a romance with .

Alisan Porter, James Belushi, Kelly Lynch, John Getz, Fred Dalton Thompson

Daughters of the Dust is set in 1902 among the members of the family , Gullah islanders who live at Ibo Landing on St. Simons Island , off the Georgia coast.[5 ] Their ancestors were brought there as enslaved people centuries ago , and the islanders developed a language and culture that was creolized from West Africans of Ibo , Yoruba , Kikongo , Mende , and Twi origin.[6 ] Developed in their relative isolation of large plantations on the islands , the enslaved peoples ' unique culture and language have endured over time . Their dialogue is in Gullah creole.[5 ] 
 Narrated by , the future daughter of and , whose voice is influenced by accounts of her ancestors , the film presents poetic visual images and circular narrative structures to represent the past , present and future for the Gullah , the majority of whom are about to embark for the mainland and a more modern way of life . The old ways are represented by community matriarch , who practices African and Caribbean spiritual rituals and who says of , " We are two people in one body . The last of the old and the first of the new . " 
 Contrasting cousins , , a devout Christian , and , a free spirit who has brought her lover , , from the city , arrive at the island by canoe from their homes on the mainland for a last dinner with their family . plans to leave for Nova Scotia after her visit . Mr. , a mainland photographer , accompanies and takes portraits of the islanders before they leave their way of life forever . Intertwined with these narratives is the marital rift between and his wife , who is about to give birth after being raped by a white man on the mainland . struggles with the fact that the unborn child may not be his . 
 Several other family members ' stories unfold between these narratives . They include , a cousin who finds the old spiritual beliefs and provincialism of the island " backwards , " and is impatient to leave for a more modern society with its educational and economic opportunities . Her daughter longs to be with her secret lover , a Native American , who will not leave the island . 
 While the women prepare a traditional meal for the feast , which includes okra , yams and shellfish prepared at the beach , the men gather nearby in groups to talk . The children and teenagers practice religious rites on the beach and have a Bible - study session with . leads a Muslim prayer . evokes the spirits of the family 's ancestors who worked on the island 's indigo plantations . and reveal the history and folklore of the slave uprising and mass suicide at Igbo Landing . The family members make their final decisions to leave the island for a new beginning , or stay behind and maintain their way of life .

Newspapers detail the 1949 murder of ( ) , who was stabbed during a robbery ; her anklet is missing . Her husband , composer ( ) , is found guilty of the crime and condemned to death . Before his execution , is visited by reporter ( ) . Asked if he killed , appears to whisper something in ’s ear ; does not disclose 's answer . 
 Forty years later , private detective ( ) investigates the identity of a woman who has appeared at the orphanage where he grew up . She has amnesia , can not speak and has nightmares . takes her in and asks his friend , ( ) , to publish her picture and his contact information . Antiques dealer and hypnotist ( ) approaches , suggesting that hypnosis may help her recover her memory . When the session is unsuccessful , suggests that they experiment with past life regression . is skeptical , but the woman details and 's lives in third person , from courtship to their wedding . When the session ends , she can speak but still has amnesia . shows them copies of Life from the murder ; and the woman bear a striking resemblance to and . visits disgraced psychiatrist ( ) , who insists that they continue to see ; delving into the problems between and may resolve her amnesia . 
 nicknames the woman " " , and falls in love with her . ( ) appears and claims that is his fiancée , but discovers he is lying and chases him away . Hypnotized , remembers that suffers from writer 's block and is broke . He believes that is flirting with , whom she met on their wedding day . can not convince that she is faithful and catches , the son of their housekeeper , looking through her jewelry box . She asks to dismiss them but refuses , saying that they saved his life in Germany . 
 sees standing over with scissors , and is convinced he intends to kill her . insists that he would never hurt her , but when he accidentally calls her " " , he agrees to let regress him . During his regression , he realizes he was and that was actually , but is unable to tell or this revelation . 
 then tells that he has identified as artist . , still afraid of , accompanies and to her apartment ; her artwork focuses on scissors . gives her a gun to protect herself from . visits in a nursing home and asks him about 's secret , but insists that said nothing to him . is convinced that did not kill his wife and urges to find , who would know what happened . 
 realizes that is ; he questions , who explains that she declared her love for , but he rebuffed her advances . blamed for his mother 's unhappiness and killed her with scissors ; he then stole her anklet . stumbled in , and was found covered in his wife 's blood and holding the murder weapon . After 's execution , brought to London ; he learned about hypnotherapy and past - life regression . After returning to Los Angeles , was convinced that ’s spirit would seek revenge . When he saw ’s picture in the paper , he knew she has returned . He hired , an actor , to separate and and distract while he waited to kill her . apologizes for her role in 's death , and gives the anklet . After leaves to find , smothers with a pillow . 
 tells the truth ; terrified , she shoots him . arrives , revealing his true identity ; tries to shoot him , but the gun jams and he knocks her out . He puts the scissors he used to kill in 's hand and tries to make it look like killed him and committed suicide . wakes up and stabs in the leg with the scissors . falls onto a scissors sculpture , which impales and kills him . and then embrace , which is shown beside and together .

( ) , a Los Angeles advertising executive , dies in a car accident on his 39th birthday and is sent to the afterlife . He arrives in Judgment City , a Purgatory - like waiting area populated by the recently deceased of the western half of the United States , where he is to undergo the process of having his life on Earth judged . and the rest of the recently deceased are offered many Earth - like amenities and activities in the city while they undergo their judgment processes — from all - you - can - eat restaurants ( which cause no weight gain and serve the best food ) , to bowling alleys and comedy clubs . 
 His defense attorney , ( ) , explains to that people from Earth use so little of their brains ( only three to five percent ) that they spend most of their lives functioning on the basis of their fears . " When you use more than five percent of your brain , you do n't want to be on Earth , believe me , " says . If the court determines that has conquered his fears , he will be sent on to the next phase of existence , where he will be able to use more of his brain and thus be able to experience more of what the universe has to offer . Otherwise , his soul will be reincarnated on Earth to live another life in another attempt at moving past his fears . 
 's judgment process is presided over by two judges ( played by and ) . argues that should move onto the next phase . His formidable opponent is ( ) . informs that she is known as " the Dragon Lady . " Each utilizes video - like footage from select days in the defendants ' lives , shown to the judges to illustrate their case . 
 During the procedure , meets and falls in love with ( ) , a woman who lived a seemingly perfect life of courage and generosity , especially compared to his . ( She died after slipping on the ground and falling into her pool and drowning . ) The proceedings do not go well for . shows a series of episodes in which did not overcome his fears , as well as various other bad decisions and mishaps . The final nail in his coffin , it seems , is when , on the last day of arguments , plays footage of his previous night with , in which he declines to sleep with her , for what believes is his same fear and lack of courage . It is ruled that will return to Earth . Meanwhile , is judged worthy to move on . Before saying goodbye comforts with the knowledge that the court is not infallible and just because won it does n't mean she 's right . remains disappointed . 
 finds himself strapped to a seat on a tram poised to return to Earth , when he spots on a different tram . On impulse , he unstraps himself , escapes from the moving tram , and risks electrocution and injury to get to . Although he can not enter her tram at first , the entire event is being monitored by and , who convinces the judges that this last - minute display of courage has earned the right to move on . The judges agree and open the doors on ’s tram , allowing in , reuniting him with , and allowing them to move on to the next phase of existence together .

is the lead writer and producer of the soap opera Beyond Our Dreams . Consumed by his work , he harbors an unspoken attraction to , the selfish actress playing the lead character , . 
 crosses paths with , who is there to audition for the part of , a character did not want introduced . then has a contentious meeting with his co - producers , the . The reveal that they are displeased with several elements of 's outline for the upcoming season and wish to kill off , due to 's outrageous contract demands . Feigning compromise , the immediately hire , a rival of 's , to make the changes they desire . At the same time , has suggested a new character , , a ruthless tycoon . The make no promise of writing into the show , despite 's interest . 
 Planning a trip to Vermont for the weekend , is contacted by . She has just broken up with her boyfriend , the actor who plays Dr. on the show , and wishes to accompany . As loads their luggage into the trunk , suddenly calls out to . looks up to see them kissing just as the trunk lid hits him in the head . Upon awakening , he leaves for Vermont alone . Not far out of New York , he crashes his car . 
 Upon waking , finds himself in Ashford Falls Community Hospital , one of the settings of his show . Thinking himself the victim of a prank by the actors , he goes to the window to confirm his suspicions , only to see a real town . Incredulous , he manages to convince Dr. of his good health and checks out of the hospital . He is immediately intercepted by . She believes him to be , who is seeking to buy a miracle weight - loss formula developed by her late father . rebuffs her , denies he is and says that he is only a writer . As she leaves in frustration , she angrily tells him to " write his way out " . On a whim , gets out his typewriter and writes a scene of the local mechanic calling to say that his damaged car is fixed . Immediately after , the mechanic calls and confirms the repairs are finished . realizes that he can control events by writing them . 
 seizes his new found power to pursue , saving her from the death arranged for her by . Despite his writing skills , she ignores him . His efforts are redeemed by the attentions of . He assists her in her efforts to avoid the machinations of the , including patriarch and his sons , and . The own a large pharmaceutical company , and wish to acquire her formula at any cost . The version of appears , but sends him on a business trip to Cleveland . 
 As works to ingratiate himself to , he continues to run into . The episodes culminate in a party at the mansion , where accidentally breaks his typewriter . , a nurse at the hospital reveals that and were switched at birth , with being 's actual daughter . is confronted by a gun - wielding , who has been experiencing side effects of an overdose of medication prescribed by , a scheme orchestrated by . shoots and she is rushed to the hospital , where convinces to kill her in surgery . must race against time to repair his typewriter and write back to health . As begins to write , he is confronted by , who is furious at having been sent to Cleveland and shoots at with a shotgun , hitting the typewriter . 
 wakes up back in New York , on the set of his own show , tended to by and . He immediately confronts about her behavior , revealing to her that she will be fired from the show . He confronts the about their plans for the show , and ensures that they will do things his way . He finds in a delicatessen , gets her the part of , and begins a relationship with her .

Dr. is a promising young surgeon working in Washington , D.C. with plans of making more money working for a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon . On his last day , he realizes that none of his colleagues care enough about him to say good - bye to him , instead leaving him a cake with an insult written on it . 
 Driving out west in a 1956 Porsche 356 Speedster , swerves to miss a cow on the highway and crashes into the fence of a local resident in the rural hamlet of Grady , South Carolina . The resident is local Judge , who sentences him to community service at the nearby hospital as punishment rather than allow to pay for the fence with cash . Defeated and stranded due to the damage to his car , reports to the local clinic , where Nurse further humbles him by recording his community service hours by clocking him in and out , like a factory worker . 
 Though upset , makes friends with Mayor , who is also the owner of the town 's cafe , and , the local mechanic tasked with repairing his car . soon finds the clinic work is more laid - back than the emergency room , with simple cases , such as spots before the eyes of an elderly patient not cleaning her glasses , fishing hook impaling and even reading mail for a young illiterate couple , and , whose baby he later delivers . 
 The small - town experience humbles further when he misdiagnoses a young boy as having mitral valve regurgitation leading to late cyanosis , a case the town 's curmudgeonly doctor , , treats with a Coca - Cola . explains that the boy had chewed his father 's tobacco and was given too much bismuth subnitrate as an antacid , causing a blue tinge ; the carbonic acid component of the soda would relieve his stomachache . The two finally bond when saves after he suffers a near - fatal heart attack . Since is eager to retire , Ben is urged by the locals to stay and replace him . Although he is tempted by his budding romance with a tomboyish ambulance driver , , better known as " , " a single mother to a four - year - old named , soon confides to her that he grew up in a small town in rural Indiana , where his parents lived and died , and how he ca n't see himself confined to a small town . 
 is also pursued by , a local insurance salesman . He waits for at the mayor 's lakeside lodge , where has been staying . expects a fight , but explains that though he ca n't give what can , he 's still a better man for her . After the two men talk , comes to realize he 's not selfless enough for a life with and plans to not see her anymore . is soon pardoned from community service for saving , allowing him to head to California for his job interview . With his car fixed , he tries to sneak out of town , but his departure is delayed when he finds and stranded by the side of the road with in deep labor . While he 's delivering their baby , a tractor trailer smashes into his Porsche and he must leave town without it . 
 's new boss , Dr. , hires him at the interview , based on an unexpected recommendation from . However , soon tires of the superficiality of Beverly Hills , even going so far as calling to check the weather in Grady on his phone . The next day , he 's surprised to receive a message at work from a woman with a " heavy Southern accent " and rushes to a restaurant , where he noticed his restored Porsche in the parking lot . , the mayor 's daughter , and have come to California , and tells he took his own advice to " do what a man 's got ta do . " returns to Grady , hoping to patch things up with , who takes him back .

The first portion of the film is set on November   21 , 1963 ( the day before President was assassinated ) . and three of his Marine buddies have arrived in San Francisco for twenty - four hours , before shipping off to Vietnam , and are planning on attending a " dogfight " ( a party where Marines compete to bring the ugliest date , unbeknownst to the girls they bring ) later that evening . They separate into the city to attempt to find dates . After a few women reject his advances , ducks into a coffee shop , where he encounters , a waitress , on her break , practicing her guitar . She is not particularly " ugly " , but rather plain , shy and awkward . attempts to charm her , complimenting her on her guitar playing , and inviting her to a party . She is suspicious of his motives , but decides to accept his invitation . 
 While walking to the bar where the party is to be held , begins to have second thoughts about playing such a cruel trick on after realizing she 's not ugly enough to compete , and attempts to talk her out of going in . However they encounter one of 's buddies and his " date " in front of the bar , and so he has no choice but to proceed with into the dogfight . proceeds to get drunk , presumably feeling guilty . Shortly after , convinces to dance with her , though at first he resists because he knows that 's where the dates get judged . The alcohol and dancing eventually make feel dizzy , and she rushes off and ends up getting sick in the rest room . does not win the dogfight ; , the date of 's friend , is the winner . In the ladies ' room , it is revealed that is actually a prostitute whom has hired ( which is a violation of the rules of the dogfight ) and clues in to the true nature of the party . is devastated , tears into , and then storms off . immediately regrets having treated so cruelly , and chases after her . He convinces her to let him buy her dinner , in an attempt to make it up to her . 
 After dinner , the two walk to a club where hopes to perform soon , and then to an arcade . is surprised to find himself enjoying spending time with , so much so that he forgets that he was to have met up with his three buddies at a tattoo parlor where they were to get matching tattoos to solidify their friendship . tells about her dream to become a folk singer , and he reveals to her that he will be shipping off to Okinawa the following day , and from there on to " a little country called Vietnam , " he hopes . She offers to write to him , and asks if he will write back . walks home , and they share an awkward moment on her doorstep , before she hesitantly invites him in . They attempt to talk , but end up engaged in a self - conscious yet endearing sexual encounter . 
 As he is leaving at dawn , gives him her address and asks him to write . meets up with his buddies , where they board their bus . makes up a story that he did not show up because he spent the night with the beautiful wife of an officer . later shares with that he saw him with ; counters that he is aware that 's " date " , , was actually a prostitute . They agree to keep one - another 's secrets , as tears up 's address and throws it out the window of the bus . 
 is then shown with her mother , weeping and watching coverage of President 's assassination on TV . The film then cuts to 1966 , where and his three friends are shown in Vietnam . They are playing cards and trying to pass time , when they are suddenly mortared . The scene descends to chaos . 
 is then shown getting off of a Greyhound bus in San Francisco . Discharged from the Marines , he is walking with a limp ( presumably wounds received from combat ) , and it is suggested that his three friends were all killed . He is taken by how much things have changed in the three years since he was last there , with hippies and flower children everywhere . He walks to the neighborhood where 's coffee shop is , and goes to a bar across the street to have a drink . The bartender tells him that 's mother has turned the coffee shop over to . He then makes his way across the street and into the coffee shop . , not having heard from him in three years , is surprised to see him , and can only say " hi " . She walks over to him , and they fall into an ambiguous embrace , as the film ends .

( ) is a 17 - year - old high school graduate who , due to a lack of funds , can not go to Europe for the summer with her friends . She is about to head to college in the fall . However , when her mother goes on a vacation to Australia with her boyfriend , looks forward to an entire summer of freedom with her siblings : slacker / drug addict ( ) , 14 - year - old ladies ' man Zach ( ) , 13 - year - old tomboy ( ) , and 11 - year - old TV fanatic ( ] Much to dismay , her mother hires a live - in babysitter , Mrs. , a seemingly sweet , humble old woman who assures Mrs. that she can take care of all five children . As soon as Mrs. leaves , Mrs. shows her true colors as an evil tyrant , quickly drawing the ire of the children . However , she later dies of a heart attack . When her body is discovered by , the children agree to stuff the babysitter in a trunk and drop her off at a local funeral home and keep her car . They discover that the envelope given to Mrs. by their mother with their summer money is empty ; she had it on her when they delivered her body to the funeral home . 
 With no money to pay the family 's bills , finds work at a fast food restaurant called Clown Dog . Despite a budding relationship with her co - worker named , she quits because of the obnoxious manager . then forges a résumé under the guise of a young fashion designer and applies at General Apparel West ( GAW ) , hoping to secure a job as a receptionist . However , ( ) , a company executive , finds her résumé so impressive that she offers a job as an administrative assistant , much to the chagrin of , a receptionist on 's floor who was initially in line for the job . While having dinner at a restaurant that night , Mrs. 's car is stolen by drag queens , forcing to call in a favor from to bring them home . then obtains the keys to her mother 's Volvo , and begins stealing from petty cash at GAW to support the family , intending to return it when she receives her paycheck . 
 At work , has to balance the adult responsibilities thrust upon her while still trying to enjoy herself as a teenager . The double life strains her relationship with when she discovers that he and are brother and sister . then finds herself tested when she learns that GAW is in danger of going out of business . She takes it upon herself to create a new clothing line and suggests holding a fashion show to exhibit their new designs . offers to host the party , convincing her siblings to help clean up the house , beautify the yard , and act as caterers . Although she manages to pull off the party , it comes to an end when Mrs. comes home early and catches in the act , forcing her to confess her lie in front of everyone . While apologizing to after the party , learns that her unique designs had saved GAW . then offers the real the job as her personal assistant , which she respectfully declines in favor of going to college first . tells that she can " pull some strings " to get her in to and they make plans to get together for dinner . 
 In the end , and make up , but are soon interrupted by Mrs. , who inquires about Mrs. 's whereabouts . As the credits roll , the scene cuts away to the cemetery , where two morticians look over a gravestone that reads " Nice Old Lady Inside , Died of Natural Causes . "

The story begins with the opening of the Hong Kong Victoria Harbour tunnel by business partners and . attends with his wife , and their twin infant sons , and . However , after the celebrations , the family is followed home by a Triad hit squad on orders from and crime lord . A shootout ensues , in which and some henchmen are killed . 's wife begs them to spare the kids but is killed by ( ) , the top henchman . is rescued by the family bodyguard , , and raised abroad . is dropped off on the doorstep of a Hong Kong orphanage by the family maid . 
 In the present day , and are running a successful martial arts business in Los Angeles when reveals a new " business " for the two of them in Hong Kong . also tells a surprised that he is not his uncle . Soon after arrival , they find 's long - lost twin brother and explains their shared past . It is revealed that would never wear black silk underwear , the only discernible difference between the identical twins . also has a girlfriend who works for ’s company , . After escaping the Hong Kong Marine Police for trying to illegally sell foreign cars with electronics inside , ( mistaken for ) is taken in by the Triads to discuss the incident . During the interrogation , learns about a drug lab in Causeway Bay . 
 and arrange to destroy the lab by planting C4 in the complex one night , but 's clumsiness triggers a massive gunfight . The lab is destroyed , but loses any respect for . Later , and talk on a ferry and discuss a meeting that will take place soon in a night club in Hong Kong , with and other bosses in attendance . , and endure their third mission to take down using Cognac boxes with C4 encased in them . 
 discovers that both and are not only twins , but the twins from 25 years ago . locates the document she had been sent to recover , but is stopped and sexually harassed by , 's muscle bound assassin . She reports her findings to , who goes to meet her alone . He brings her to one of 's hideouts in a bar , but they are forced to flee when the Triad comes looking for them . Due to an incomplete phone call , suspects of having an affair with his girlfriend and starts drinking heavily as he dreams of and having sex . He attacks and fights in a drunken rage upon his return , after which the brothers angrily part ways . 
 After a massive hangover , a sober returns to the house to find it being raided by armed soldiers working for and , who capture and . They are taken hostage on the Golden Glory ship 's furnace room where they are tortured . Despite the ongoing tension between them , and join forces to infiltrate the ship and rescue and . The duo , well - armed , arrived at the ship where they fight their way through and 's henchmen . While fights and kills , saves but not , following his escape . is also killed by a knife in her chest . After a climactic showdown , and are confronted by who tried to kill with a big vehicle . fakes his death by jumping to the sea , and then , he kills after getting into 's vehicle . kills by making him fall to his death , and comes out alive , the duo are reunited as they decide to put their rivalry aside .

( ) is an unassertive and repressed woman , domineered by her controlling mother , ( ) . 
 While taking her lunch break from work , she visits her husband , ( ) , from whom she is separated , hoping to sort out their problems . He reasserts his desire for a divorce and says that he is in love with another woman named , making believe that the whole ordeal was her idea . 
 While at a public phone , talking with best friend ( ) , a man walking down the street smashes her car window and steals her purse . Another man walking by , notices the smashed out window and steals her car with her chasing after it . 
 Forced to run back to work ( at the courthouse ) , she arrives late and loses her job . While leaving the courthouse she runs into an old friend , ( ) . is at the courthouse , following up on his divorce and explains that he ’s won custody of his daughter , . He mentions that is a lot like used to be , bringing up childhood memories , which include memories of 's childhood imaginary friend , . explains how he believed ’s claims about , but since only she could see see him , everybody else thought she was crazy . 
 After leaving the courthouse , meets with , who attempts to lift her spirits and unsuccessfully provides a pep talk . They arrive at ’s apartment , which she used to share with , and is surprised by her mother , , who has already begun to pack ’s suitcase . harshly suggests to that she move back home with her . Lacking self - esteem and the ability to stand up for herself , eventually complies with her mother ’s request . 
 Arriving at her childhood home , settles into her old bedroom . While rummaging through past belongings in her old closet , she stumbles across the taped - shut jack - in - the - box that supposedly trapped in years earlier . She sets the jack - in - the - box next to the window and gets into bed . While asleep , she dreams about being awoken as a child to a mysterious hand creeping out from behind her pillow , smacking the top of her head as she lies in bed . Startled awake by her dream , she finds the jack - in - the - box slowly playing music on its own . The box continues to play itself , faster and faster , until it abruptly stops . Curious , walks over to the box , takes it back over to her bed , sits down , and rips the old tape off , sending Drop Dead Fred flying out of the box , finally freed after all these years . 
 ( ) is excited to see , calling her “ Snotface ” . Upon noticing that she is much older , he openly expresses his disdain . Ransacking her old closet , looking for toys , explains that she is grown up and no longer plays with toys . Excited by the idea of more grown up things , Drop Dead Fred ruins ’s newly shampooed carpet and crisp white furniture with dog poo that he purposely tracked inside . As an attempt to rid her mother ’s home of , suggests a game of Hide - N - Seek , to which expresses his delightment and runs off in search of a place to hide . 
 The next morning , wakes up to scrubbing “ what can only be described as dog mess ” from the carpet and furniture . Having coffee in the kitchen , is surprised by , who magically appears from thin air . Angry about hiding in the garden shed all night while went back to bed , is surprised to see , whom he refers to as the “ Mega Bitch ” . He expresses his deep disliking towards , which only hears , causing her to laugh out loud and startle . 
 Joining at the kitchen table , explains that it ’s no wonder left her , as she does n’t know how to make a marriage work . Shocked at hearing that has gotten married , exclaims that she ’s “ been doing it like the pigeons ” and proceeds to appear out back in her mother ’s yard , shovel in hand , yelling and swinging at pigeons . 
 After a small scuffle , runs off into the street , allowing himself to be hit by a fire truck . The ordeal takes back to a memory of one of her many adventures with , that resulted in believing the house had been broken into ( for which she phoned the police ) and ’s father , , being arrested for tackling a policeman he believed to be the burglar . It is revealed in this scene that was often the victim of mental and emotional abuse at the hands of for many years , and was the one that helped her through most of it . 
 Back in present time , takes for a makeover in efforts to help her win back , ending with having the exact hairstyle and clothing as , which claims is much more grown up . Upon entering their house , they find a note from , expressing that he misses “ ” and would like to meet her back at their old apartment . 
 Overjoyed , heads to the old apartment , expecting to see but is instead , frightened by , who explains that he wrote the note and proceeds to laugh at her and make fun of her new appearance . Upset by such a cruel joke , she begins to cry , leading to seemingly feel bad about his joke and he begins to comfort her . He agrees to help her become happy again , which she believes will only happen when she wins back . 
 Still in shock about the presence of her childhood imaginary friend , sneaks out of her apartment , believing to be asleep , and visits during a romantic evening with her married boss at her houseboat . She stays the night , much to ’s disliking , during which cuts off a large portion of her hair . 
 The next morning , she believes that she sees riding in their boat and calls out to him , to no avail . Determined to catch his attention , begins following him , using ’s houseboat to do so . Meanwhile , inadvertently causes the house boat to sink during a series of destructive antics . then shows up at ’s job , still in her soaking wet clothes , to inform her that has sunk her houseboat . appears , and , believing she has captured him in an office chair , begins swinging at thin air and yelling at the office chair with her coworkers and boss watching in disbelief and confusion . 
 ’s childish antics continue to do more harm than good . He causes havoc at a restaurant while and are meeting for a lunch date causing them to be escorted out , and even makes attack a person playing a violin in a shopping mall . 
 Worried by 's recent strange behavior , brings her to a ( children 's ) psychologist . In the waiting room , is seen meeting up with the imaginary friends of other patients , who are all children , engaging in unusual antics and rituals . The doctor prescribes medication to rid her of him , whom he and believe is a figment of her imagination . 
 and head back to their home , and has hired an aggressive , rotund nurse to care for . After a heartfelt moment between and , they decide to leave and attend a party that will also be attending . Their plan is thwarted by and the nurse , and they are returned back to ’s room and locked in . Desperate to escape , breaks her bedroom window with a telephone and they both climb out of the window , running into , who is returning a dress that she left behind at the restaurant earlier that day . 
 Elizabeth and arrive at the party , dressed to impress , and begins looking for , unknowingly leading to , ’ mistress . The two women engage in awkward conversation and are interrupted by , who is in awe over ’s new look . During a moment of panic , flees back to her old apartment and scolds her about her panicked behavior . , now wanting her back , walks into the apartment and exclaims that she looks incredible . She is overjoyed , and the two begin kissing . 
 They move their passionate kiss to the bedroom and are interrupted by the sounds of someone attempting to enter their apartment . Wanting to protect , hits , who he believes to be the violent friend of , in the head with a frying pan . The intruder turns out to be the nurse hire , and accompanied , by . explains to that has been exhibiting strange , crazy - like behavior and has been prescribed medication to rid her of her delusions of an old imaginary friend . Confident that he can handle it , sends and the nurse on their way . 
 Moments later , while on their couch , seconds away from lovemaking , ruins the moment by reminding of and making love on that same couch . then reaches for ’s medication and seductively gives her a pill that causes internal harm to . 
 Over the next few days , and after a few more related incidents , is frustrated over ’s presence and gives Elizabeth the ultimatum of him or . She yells that she chooses him and will make everything up to him . walks away to another room and phones , without ’s knowledge , as she prepares a romantic salad for dinner . Now bickering with about her devotion to , takes another pill , causing more internal harm to . Becoming more frustrated by ’s questions , she threatens to take the last pill , the “ goodbye pill ” . then directs her to listen in on the phone call between and . She peeks in the room and hears the two talking , making her feel ill . Heartbroken , she tells that she can not leave , because she is scared of being alone . They escape to a dream sequence in which she is finally able to reject , stand up to , and declare she is no longer afraid of her . She frees her imprisoned childhood self . tells her that she no longer needs him because she now has herself to rely on , so they kiss and he disappears into her eternal subconscious . 
 Upon awakening from the dream , leaves by dumping the romantic salad all over him , drives his car to her mother ’s house , asserts herself to , who then blames her for her father , , leaving home . Before leaving , she reconciles with , and encourages her to find a friend to escape her own loneliness . 
 She goes to her friend 's house , and upon meeting , they both express interest in becoming more than just friends . After his daughter , , comes up to them and blames for mischief that has just prompted her nanny to quit , realizes that he is now with . She can no longer see him , but he is now helping another , and she smiles contentedly .

( ) attends a ritzy party with his girlfriend , ( ) . He stands out terribly among the upper - class aristocrats – wearing a cheap suit and making boorish comments . 's relaxed , less rigid personality also does not fit with the rest of the patrons . also meets 's snobbish , wealthy ex - husband ( ) , who tells that he will have to break his Thanksgiving plans with their son ( ) for an unexpected business trip to London . also threatens to strip 's divorce benefits and custody of if she gives any trouble , much to 's chagrin . 
 calls at his private school in Georgia and invites him home for Thanksgiving , but rudely refuses the offer and expresses his disdain for his mother , solely blaming her for the divorce . Despite this , sees an opportunity to get to know and further his relationship with , so he offers to go to Georgia and bring back to Chicago for the holidays . 
 Upon arriving in Georgia , finds to be much like his father : snobbish , selfish and an elitist . He welcomes by throwing a book at his face , kicking him and shooting him in the groin with a BB gun , to which promises revenge . ultimately hogties to a hockey stick and carries him to the car to start on the drive back home . 
 The trip entails several mishaps : A fireworks show Dutch gives in an attempt to make warm up to him goes awry when one lit rocket lands in the bag of fireworks and sets them off all at once ( destroying his coat in the process in an attempt to extinguish the explosion ) . Later , after throwing a lit cigar in 's lap , throws out of the car and makes him walk to the next motel by himself . gets even by parking 's car in the middle of the highway , where it is hit and totaled by a truck . They hitch a ride with two prostitutes ( and ) who steal their luggage and leave them stranded with no money . 
 calls his father , whom he discovers has lied about his trip to London ; he instead spent the holidays with a girlfriend . Stunned by his father 's betrayal , and wounded by 's accusation that he " hates his mother " , begins to regret his callous attitude . initially gives up and wants to call for assistance , but refuses and insists on getting home on their own . They sneak a ride on the back of a semi truck and are assaulted by security guards at a trailer drop yard ; feigns insanity and pretends that voices in his head are telling him to kill the guards ( they make the guards think his BB gun is a bullet - loaded firearm ) , which frightens the guards enough to allow them to escape . 
 The two enter a restaurant , where they meet a married couple who takes them to a homeless shelter in Hammond , Indiana for the night . At the shelter , grows fond of a young girl and her family . While getting to know them , he finally realizes that he has been neglecting his mother and indeed wants to be with her for the holidays . The next day , the family drives and to 's home , where is waiting . shares an emotional embrace with his mother and reveals to that he knows the truth about his trip to London . decides to stay with his mother instead of going with for Thanksgiving . An angry evicts from the house , which he owns . follows outside as he departs and hits in the forehead with his pinky ring . He then demands that show more respect to and become a better father to , to which a dazed agrees . 
 The film ends with , and at the dinner table about to begin the Thanksgiving feast . Before they commence , asks to retrieve 's coat , as it contains a very special gift for . As turns to walk away , pulls the BB gun originally shot him with and finally gets his revenge on by shooting him in the groin .

( ) is a pretty , outgoing yet cautious young woman who has had little luck in work or love . After recently parting ways with her boyfriend when she caught him cheating , finds herself living with her eccentric mother ( ) . One day , answers an ad in a newspaper for a nurse only to find herself being escorted out before the interview starts . 
 ( ) is a well - educated , rich , and shy 28 - year - old . As the film progresses , 's health worsens progressively , due to leukemia . Despite his father 's protests , hires to be his live - in caretaker while he undergoes a traumatic course of chemotherapy . becomes insecure of her ability to care for after her first exposure to the side effects of his chemotherapy treatment . She researches leukemia and stocks healthier food in the kitchen . 
 is " finished " with his chemotherapy and suggests they take a vacation to the coast . They rent a house and begins to feel that she is no longer needed to care for him . They fall in love and continue living at the coast . hides his use of morphine to kill the pain . During dinner with one of the friends they made at the coast , starts acting aggressively and irrationally . He collapses and is helped to bed . searches the garbage and discovers his used syringes . She confronts him and he admits he was not finished with his chemotherapy . explains that he wants quality in his life and says that he has been lying to her . She calls his father , who comes to take him home , but wants to stay for one last Christmas party . and reconnect at the party and he tells her that he is leaving with his father to go back to the hospital in the morning . 
 After speaking with 's father , who says wants to spend one night alone before leaving , goes back to the house they rented only to find packing clothes , ready to run away and not go with his father to the hospital . confronts him about running away and admits that he is afraid of hoping . At this confession , finally tells she loves him and they then decide to go back to the hospital , where he will fight for his life with . The last frame of the movie shows and leaving the house , which has a small picture of Adam and Eve ( the first painting shows ) in the window .

Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colleen Dewhurst, David Selby

is a demonic troll who transforms children into wooden dolls to feast upon their energy out on Briarville , Missouri in the late 19th Century . He is captured by townsfolk and sealed under an oak tree . One of the village elders , , an ancestor of , establishes the seal under the condition that can only be released on the night before Halloween and by the hands of a – and that every generation of would get " dumber and dumber and dumber " , culminating in . 
 Two hundred years later , , a sanitation worker , helps a few of his middle school friends , , and , construct a tree house in the same tree that unknowingly contains the dormant creature , after the mayor 's sons demolished their own cardboard haunted house . When Old Lady discovers this she angrily leaves . When follows her , he learns the story of and reports it to the kids . Inadvertently , releases the troll . is walking home from the tree house when he hears something rustling through the tress slowly walks and his shoes start to sink mud and slips into a muddy hole . screams for help and tries to climb out but it 's too slippery and grabs hand and turns him into a wooden doll . finds Sheriff , who is 's dad , and explains the situation but they do not believe him . After none of the townsfolk will assist Ernest because they care about the Halloween party , he mounts a one - man ( and one - dog ) defense operation in preparation for 's appearance . Meanwhile , captures a boy on a skateboard for his second victim . 
 and , hoping to take advantage of , sell him a variety of fake troll traps , but one backfires on the mayor 's sons and is fired from his job . , and return to Hackmore , where they learn that " the heart of a child , and a mother 's care " are the only defenses against the troll . Later that night , claims as his third victim after sneaking out of the house . is walking to the tree house when chases after her , is slowly walking backwards and almost falls in the same mud hole got stuck in . gets to the top f the tree house when hears Old lady voice calling for her walks to the edge of the tree house an grabs 's ankle . and a friend named are walking , uses 's voice to lure away , then takes as a fourth victim . Despite parents being upset at their missing children , Mayor and Sheriff still proceed with a Halloween party at the school and they believe the missing children will be at the party . appears there and takes the mayor 's oldest son as his fifth and final wooden doll . In the ensuing fight between and , turns 's dog Rimshot into a wooden doll before being driven off by soft serve ice cream covering 's hands . realizes that " mother 's care " refers to milk and rallies a troll - fighting team to destroy them . 
 Back at the treehouse , successfully summons dozens of trolls while tries but fails to stop them . The townspeople show up ; however , the trolls overwhelm and beat them up . and his friends arrive and begin destroying the trolls with milk . During the fight escapes beneath the tree where he summons powers making him invincible , especially to milk . unsuccessfully tries to destroy , who turns into a doll as well . With the rest of the townsfolk now backing him up and telling him to douse in milk , realizes that the troll children were susceptible to the milk , while himself would be weak against unconditional love : " the heart of a child . " He takes and dances with him while the mob watches , filling him with as much love as possible and finishing it off with a kiss to his snot - ridden nose , which causes to explode . 
 With 's destruction , is proclaimed a hero . All of the wooden dolls are restored , including those from the 19th century , and life returns to normal . Sheriff apologizes to his son for not believing him and . is happy that his dog is back to normal .

EVE VIII is a military gynoid created to look and sound exactly like her creator , Dr. . When the robot is damaged during a bank robbery , it accesses memories it was programmed with by her creator . The memories used though are dark and tragic ones . 
 The robot is also programmed as a killing machine if anyone tries to stop her mission . Colonel is tasked with eliminating the unstoppable machine . With the help of Dr. , he tries to outthink the intelligent and emotional robotic doppelgänger .

In the early 1990s , retired entertainer ( ) has a commitment to attend a Hollywood ceremony being televised live to honor her and her longtime show - biz partner ( ) . When a young man from the TV show comes to pick her up , balks and explains what brought and her together , as well as what drove them apart . The majority of the film is an extended flashback . 
 's story begins during World War II when she receives an offer to entertain the troops overseas as part of 's act . is an instant hit with the boys in uniform , but wants her gone , ostensibly because he finds her kind of humor too coarse , but really because she stole the show by topping his jokes . does n't care for him much either , but fellow entertainers and her joke - writer uncle ( ) persuade her to stay . 
 wins her over , particularly by reuniting with her soldier husband on stage . However , later in the war , 's husband dies in battle . 
 Despite her distaste for , she continues working with him back in the U.S. to support herself and her son . is married with daughters , but treats 's son as if he were his own . 
 As the Korean War breaks out , announces on stage that he and will be performing for the US troops there , without having told of his plans first . In revenge , announces that made a $ 100,000 donation to the Red Cross . Reluctantly , she travels to Korea with him . On their way to the camp , they encounter a unit of soldiers which has been ambushed . cares for a wounded soldier but can not save him : he is pronounced dead on arrival at the field hospital . and appear to spend the night together . At the Christmas dinner , a fight ensues after announces to everybody that has fired him for being a communist sympathizer . 
 In the meantime , ( ) has grown up to be a soldier like his father , and is deployed to Vietnam . eventually agrees to perform there for Christmas with . On their way to the camp , the performers are warned of the camp possibly getting attacked , because of which they are to be flown out immediately after their performance . Before going on stage , and meet , who reveals to them the barbarity which is spreading among his comrades . The show begins with the performance of a dancer , who starts getting harassed by the soldiers , and only 's intervention prevents the situation from getting out of control . comes on stage and makes some cynical remarks about the soldiers , then sings “ In My Life ” . While she is still on stage , the camp is attacked in a mortar barrage . and manage to seek shelter , but is killed right in front of them , which they both mourn . 
 has not forgiven for his part in all this , and they have another heated argument in the dressing room . goes out on stage alone . But , at the last minute , because he speaks of their joint loss in Vietnam , joins him on stage for one last song and dance , before appearing to accept their mutual love for one another .

, a timid , unhappy housewife in her 40s , meets elderly in an Anderson , Alabama , nursing home . Over several encounters with , tells her the story of the now abandoned town of Whistle Stop , and the people who lived there . The film 's subplot concerns 's dissatisfaction with her marriage , her life , her growing confidence , and her developing friendship with . The narrative switches several times between 's story , which is set between World War I and World War II , and 's life in 1980s Birmingham . 
 's story begins with tomboy , the youngest of the children , whom describes as her sister - in - law . 's close relationship with her charming older brother , , is cut short when he is hit by a train and killed . Devastated , she recedes from formal society for much of her childhood and adolescence until 's former girlfriend , the straitlaced , intervenes at the request of the concerned family . 
 initially resists 's attempts at friendship , but gradually a deep attachment develops between them . leaves Whistle Stop to marry and moves to Valdosta , Georgia . tries to forget her but later visits her house to find her pregnant and subject to physical abuse from . Against his wishes and violent attempts to stop her , she returns to Whistle Stop with , where her baby , a boy whom she names , is born . Papa gives money to start a business so she can care for and She and open the Whistle Stop Cafe , employing the family cook , , and her son , , who excels with a barbecue that becomes popular with their patrons . 
 eventually returns to Whistle Stop to kidnap , but his attempt is thwarted by an unseen assailant , and he is later reported missing . Once his truck appears at the bottom of a nearby drying lake without its owner , is immediately a suspect , as she had publicly threatened violence against him for beating . She is detained along with Big for his murder by , the local sheriff , who offers to release her and pin the crime solely on Big ; she refuses to sacrifice him . During the subsequent trial , the local minister , Reverend , has no problem lying , providing and Big with sound alibi for the time of 's disappearance . Taking into account his reputation for getting drunk , the judge rules his death an accident and dismisses the case . and are cleared of all charges . 
 After the trial , is diagnosed with cancer , becomes very ill , and eventually dies . Following her death , the café closes . Over time , many Whistle Stop residents eventually move away , bringing to the end of her story , but not before the revelation of what really happened to . killed him with a blow to the head with a heavy cast iron frying pan while trying to prevent him from kidnapping got Big to barbecue 's body , which was later served to an investigator from Georgia searching for him . The investigator ate with gusto , proclaiming his meal the best pork barbecue he 'd ever tasted . 
 discovers that during 's temporary stay at the nursing home , her house was condemned and torn down . , having become friends with her , offers her a room in her house which she accepts . As they walk away from the empty lot where her house used to be , they pass 's grave , freshly adorned with a jar of honey , a honeycomb , and a card which reads , " I 'll always love you , " . The Bee Charmer is 's old nickname for , and the note reveals that she is still alive .

Kathy Bates, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jessica Tandy

After attending a Lakers basketball game , an immigration lawyer named ( ) finds himself at the mercy of potential muggers when his car breaks down in a bad part of Los Angeles late at night . The muggers are talked out of their plans by ( ) , a tow truck driver who arrives just in time . sets out to befriend , despite their having nothing in common . 
 In the meantime , 's wife ( ) and his best friend ( ) , a producer of violent action films , are experiencing life - changing events . encounters an abandoned baby while jogging and becomes determined to adopt her . suddenly becomes interested in philosophy rather than box - office profits after being shot in the leg by a man trying to steal his watch , vowing to devote the remainder of his career to eliminating violence from the cinema . 
 The film chronicles how these characters — as well as various acquaintances , co - workers and relatives — are affected by their interactions in the light of life - changing events . In the end , they visit the Grand Canyon on a shared vacation trip , united in a place that is philosophically and actually " bigger " than all their little separate lives .

Kevin Kline, Danny Glover, Alfre Woodard, Steve Martin, Mary-Louise Parker, Mary McDonnell

A man who dislikes stable work environments has been away for too many years when he finds out that his wife had divorced him and is planning to remarry . He comes home to confront her , trying to convince her not to get married , aided by their daughter , who loves him despite his wandering ways . The couple finds out they still have feelings for each other but must decide how best to handle the contradiction of their lifestyles .

In the near future , ( ) travels from Texas to Burbank , California to reconnect with his old friend ( ) at their old haunt ; Rock N ' Roll Bar & Grille . Their mutual friend ( ) holds animosity towards over an affair he and his now - wife ( ) had years prior . The bar has fallen on hard times , and the Great Trust bank has threatened foreclosure , planning to demolish the building to make way for a skyscraper . and convince to help them rob one of the Bank 's armoured cars in order to collect the funds necessary to renew the building 's lease . The robbery most goes off without a hitch , but the trio are intercepted by a group of security agents who almost foil their getaway . Upon escaping , they discover the loot they stole from the van contains not money , but a new , experimental street drug called " Crystal Dream . " 
 The bank 's head of security ( ) is ordered by CEO ( ) to recover the stolen drugs and kill the thieves . Meanwhile , is pulled over for speeding by a motorcycle cop ; his ex - lover ( ) . The two spend the night together , during which learns that she 's engaged . takes to breakfast the next morning , during which she tells him that Crystal Dream is 100 % addictive and causes lasting neurological damage and , eventually , death . , fuming about Virginia 's upcoming marriage , steals her fiancé 's motorcycle . He and go to the bank 's headquarters and talk to via telephone . They demand $ 2.5 million in exchange for the drugs . agrees to have someone meet them that night in the airplane graveyard for the exchange . shows up with the money and the transfer goes off without any problems . That night , while they hang out in the bar 's back room celebrating , Marlboro is suspicious of the ease of the exchange . Suddenly , and his men show up . Watching through a one - way mirror , the owner ( ) tries to convince them that the gang is n't there . appears to walk away as if to leave and suddenly turns around and shoots him . They open fire on the room behind the mirror ; and are the only ones who escape alive as the others are cut down in brutal fashion . 
 The two retreat to the nearby airport and hide in the baggage compartment of a plane . One of the agents nearly finds them but they escape to Las Vegas , where they check into a hotel , only to be tracked down by . The two escape to the hotel 's roof and jump off into the swimming pool . finds out that they 've been tracked with a device hidden in the dollar coin given to them by . The two hop a freight train headed east after deactivating the tracker , but leaves after telling that they owe it to the dead friends that helped them to go back to LA and settle things . refuses to go and jumps off the train . has a change of heart , and catches up with and they form a plan to meet with , reactivating the tracker in the coin . traces them to the airplane graveyard , finding the briefcase that contained the money but only finding the dollar coin inside . However , he sights and nearby and a gunfight ensues . is able to kill both of Alexander 's two remaining men , however , catches and holds him hostage . tries to shoot and misses , hitting . finally summons up the aim to hit and the two finally manage to kill him . 
 The duo bribe 's helicopter pilot into taking them to 's office . They give his money back and demand he change the lease on the bar . is unwilling to do so and orders his men to kill them when the pilot , paid off by and Marlboro , appears hovering in his chopper outside . He opens fire on the office with the chopper 's cannon , killing 's thugs . insults Marlboro 's dead father ; begins to beat him up until dangles out the window of his office , holding onto Marlboro 's disintegrating cowboy boot . helps him out , the boot comes apart and falls to the street . 
 and part ways at a rodeo , where is riding a bull . As rides away , he picks up a beautiful hitchhiking woman .

Mickey Rourke, Don Johnson, Tom Sizemore, Daniel Baldwin, Chelsea Field, Vanessa L. Williams, Giancarlo Esposito, Tia Carrere

The story revolves around an attempt by ( ) to revive the fortunes of his Liverpool nightclub by promising his patrons that he will produce . After a series of unfortunate bookings ( including , most notably , , a impersonator ) , books the mysterious Mr. , a man who insists that he can not be booked as due to the legal issues that would invariably ensue . The elusive left England during the 1950s to avoid paying taxes , leaving behind " a beauty queen , a Jaguar sportscar , and a pedigree dalmatian , all of them pining . " 's personal and professional life are left in ruin after the beauty queen , , exposes his Mr. as a fraud . returns to Ireland to find the one true and bring him back .

In August 1994 , news broadcasts announce that the ozone layer is fading , and will be completely gone in a matter of months . In Africa , millions have perished from the effects of unfiltered sunlight . Among the dead is wife , . Before dying , extracts a promise from that he will solve the problem of the ozone layer . 
 By 1999 , becomes the supervisor of a scientific team headed by Dr. , which attempts to create an electromagnetic shield to cover the planet , and protect it from the Sun ’s radiation . The team succeeds , in effect giving Earth an artificial ozone layer . and are proud to have saved humanity , and believe they will be remembered for a thousand years . 
 The shield has the side effect of condemning the planet to a state of constant night , a high average global temperature , and high humidity . By 2024 , the years of darkness have caused humanity to lose hope and fall into a decline . The shield has fallen under the control of the Shield Corporation . The corporation ’s current chief executive , , is focused on profit , and is imposing fees for the corporation ’s services . A number of terrorist groups have begun trying to take down the Shield , among them , a former employee of the Shield Corporation . 
 Meanwhile , , now a frail old man , expects to eventually die of natural causes . As he watches a performance of ’s Götterdämmerung , an image of appears , and induces to recall a forgotten event of his past . On the planet Zeist , a last meeting is held between the members of a rebellion against the rule of General . The rebellion ’s leader , , chooses " a man of great destiny " from among them — — to carry out a mission against . At this moment , and his troops attack , crushing the rebellion . orders his men to capture and alive and kill the rest of the rebels . The two captives are put on trial by Zeist 's priests , who sentence them to be exiled and reborn on Earth in pursuit of " The Prize . " Winning the Prize gives the victor the choice to either grow old and die on Earth , or to return to . is unsatisfied with their decision , but the sentence is executed , leading to the events of the original 1986 film . 
 Back in 2024 , discovers that the ozone layer has in fact restored itself naturally , which means that the shield is no longer needed . The Shield Corporation is aware of this development , but has chosen to hide it from the general public in order to maintain its main source of profit . Meanwhile , on Zeist , decides that can not be allowed to return , and sends his immortal henchmen , and , to kill him . 
 manages to reach first , and asks for his help in taking down the Shield . To her disappointment , she finds the passionate person she once admired has grown into a tired old man . explains to her that he is dying and expresses his disapproval of terrorism . Before they can finish their conversation , and attack . manages to decapitate them both , absorbs their energy during the Quickening , and regains his youthful appearance . In the process , summons back to life . 
 In Glencoe , Scotland - the location of his death in the first Highlander film - is revived . He finds himself on a theatrical stage during a performance of Hamlet . Meanwhile , has found a new lover in . He attempts unsuccessfully to explain to her the concepts of his immortality . Elsewhere , General arrives in New York , the scene of The Gathering and begins wreaking havoc . 
 Both and soon adapt to their new environment . ’s earring is valuable enough to pay both for a new suit he acquires from the finest and oldest tailor ’s shop in Scotland , and for an airplane ticket to New York City . finds New York much to his liking . After entertaining himself for a while , encounters at a church . Since immortals are forbidden from fighting on holy ground , they do not fight each other , but expresses rage at being immortal once again . 
 Soon thereafter , is contacted by , who joins them in their plan to take down the Shield . , expecting this , forges an uneasy alliance with , who mentions that shutting down the planetary shield would require so much energy that the planet would be destroyed . The conflict between the two sets of allies eventually leads to the deaths of Dr. , , and General himself . succeeds in taking down the Shield by using the combined energies of his final Quickening from General . sees the stars for the first time in her life . then claims The Prize by returning to Zeist with .

Christopher Lambert, Virginia Madsen, Sean Connery, Michael Ironside

is a successful corporate lawyer living in San Francisco . As a workaholic , he spends little time with his wife , , and children , 12 - year - old and 7 - year - old , and even misses 's Little League Baseball game , which is straining his relationships with them . They fly to London to visit 's grandmother , . is ostensibly the true creator of the stories , with , her childhood neighbor , merely having transcribed the tales . During their stay , angrily yells at the children while their playing disturbs his important call , leading to an audacious argument with , who throws his cellphone out of the window . 
 , and go out to a charity dinner honoring 's long life of charitable service to orphans . Upon their return , they discover the house has been ransacked and the children have been abducted . A cryptic ransom note , signed Captain , has been pinned to the playroom door with a dagger . confesses to that the stories of are true and that himself is , having lost all of his childhood memories when he fell in love with . In disbelief , he gets drunk up in the playroom , but appears and takes him to Neverland to rescue his children from . 
 and his pirates confront but become depressed when they realize he does not remember his former life and identity . makes a deal with that will regain his memories in three days for a climactic battle . He is reacquainted with the Mermaids and meets the new generation of Lost Boys , led by , who refuses to believe that he is the real . They help him train , and in the process he regains his imagination and lost youth . One of them , , gives him marbles that were left behind by , who is now an old man living with . Elsewhere , talks into manipulating and into loving him to break 's will . While refuses to be taken in , comes to view as a father figure . 
 arranges a makeshift baseball game for , which watches as treats like his own son . Horrified , runs off and tries to fly , but is led to the old treehouse of the Lost Boys by his own shadow . helps him remember his childhood and how he fell in love with , and he realizes his happy thought is being a father . He flies up into the sky , returning as , and surrenders his sword and leadership back to him . The child - minded returns to who grows human - sized and kisses him , confessing her unrequited love to him and reminding him of his reason for being in Neverland . On the third day , he and the Lost Boys attack the pirates as promised , leading to a lengthy battle . He rescues and promises to be a better father to both her and . fights a duel with but is mortally wounded and dies in 's arms . 
 and duel , leading to 's victory . Refusing to leave honorably , attacks one last time , but the stuffed crocodile , whom once feared , springs to life and his mouth falls on top of him , eating . gives his sword to , promoting him the new leader of the Lost Boys , and leaves Neverland for good . He awakens in Kensington Gardens , meeting a sweeper who bears a strong resemblance to and bidding farewell to a tearful . He climbs up the drain pipe of 's house , reuniting and reconciling with his family and returning ' marbles to him . discovers the bag contains pixie dust , and he flies out the window to return to Neverland . wonders if 's adventures are over , but he replies , “ To live would be an awfully big adventure ” as we see fly off before the screen fades .

Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Charlie Korsmo, Maggie Smith, Amber Scott, Caroline Goodall, Dante Basco

The film begins at Flemner Air Base 20 years in the past . A pilot named ( ) loses control of his plane and ejects , leaving his co - pilot ( ) to crash alone ; although survives , he 's mistaken for a deer owing to the branches stuck to his helmet and is shot by a hunter . Topper ( ) wakes up from a nightmare he 's having about the event when Lt . Commander ( ) asks him to return to active duty as a pilot in the U.S. Navy , to help on a new top secret mission : Operation Sleepy Weasel . starts to show some psychological problems , especially when his father is mentioned . His therapist , ( ) , tries to keep from flying , but she relents , and also starts to build a budding romance with . Meanwhile , gets into a rivalry with another fighter pilot , ( ) , who hates Topper because of the loss of his father " " to , and believes can not handle combat pressure . 
 Meanwhile , starts privately meeting with an airplane tycoon , Mr. , who has recently built a new " Super Fighter " that will make the American pilots superior . reveals that he brought back Topper for the reason of making Sleepy Weasel fail . would then report that it was the Navy 's planes that were the real reason for the mission failure and that they need to be replaced with 's planes . During one of the last training missions , an accident between ( ) leaves Dead Meat dead and Wash Out reassigned to radar operator . believes this is enough to convince the Navy to buy new fighters , but calls it a " minor incident " , saying the planes need to fail in combat . 
 Meanwhile , starts to show more feelings for Ramada , but she is also smitten with . On the carrier U.S.S. Essess , reveals the mission to be an attack of an Iraqi nuclear plant and assigns to lead the mission , much to 's chagrin . Meanwhile , , who is also on board , coerces a crew member to sabotage the planes , putting the pilots ' lives at risk . mentions to , who becomes overcome with emotion and unable to lead the mission . just starts to call out for the mission to be aborted when Iraqi fighters attack the squadron . All the planes ' weapons fail and realizes what has happened . He then tells that he saw what really happened with and , that tried to do everything possible to save , but ended up falling out of the plane , failing in his attempts . Inspired , single - handedly beats the Iraqi fighters and bombs the nuclear plant . Back aboard ship , 's plan is revealed and his standing with the military is lost . Back in port , accepts as a great pilot and lets be with Topper .

Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Jon Cryer, Lloyd Bridges

gives 's college scholarship check to a con artist posing as a record executive . is given one week by the dean to pay his tuition fee or face being kicked out of college . The dean 's assistant helps with an extension and a job in the dining hall . steals the key to the faculty dining hall . In order to raise the money , , , and 's roommate , secretly hold a pajama themed party for the students in the faculty dining hall to raise money for to stay in college until sees the con artists and sees with . , and campus security go upstairs to stop the con artists and . fights on the roof . The dean and the police come in to stop the party . tells the dean where 's check went to the con artists , and are arrested and is arrested and fired from his job . The dean tells , , and to clean up the faculty dining hall or they will face expulsion . gives the money to Mr. for the damages , goes to his pop 's grave where he meets , who arrives with the tuition money . Meanwhile , 's former high school rivals , and take jobs as campus security in order to make 's life miserable one more time as tries to balance work and study along with his relationship with .

( " is a nickname for the bracing winds off the Hudson River — is a master catburglar and safe - cracker , attempting to celebrate his first day of parole from prison with a cappuccino . Before he can get it , he is blackmailed by various entities , including his own parole officer , a minor Mafia family headed by the Mario Brothers , and the CIA into doing several dangerous art heists with his singing partner in crime , ( ) . 
 The holders of the puppet strings turn out to be a " psychotic American corporation " , Mayflower Industries , run by husband and wife ( ) and ( ) and their blade - slinging butler , ( ) . The company , headquartered in the Esposizione Universale Roma , seeks to take over the world by reconstructing La Macchina dell'Oro , a machine purportedly invented by ( ) that converts lead into gold . A special assembly of crystals needed for the machine to function are hidden in a variety of 's artworks : the maquette of the Sforza , the Da Vinci Codex , and a scale model of 's helicopter design . Sister ( ) is an operative for a secretive Vatican counter - espionage agency , which has arranged with the CIA to assist in the Roman portion of 's mission , though apparently intending all along to foil the robbery at St. Peter 's Basilica . 
 Throughout the adventure , is foiled in attempts to drink a cappuccino . After blowing up an auctioneer to cover up the theft of the , the Mario Bros. take away in an ambulance . sticks syringes into face and falls out of the ambulance on a gurney , and the try to run him down with the ambulance as his gurney speeds along the highway . The brothers are killed when their driver , startled by the array of syringes in 's face , crashes the ambulance . Immediately afterwards , meets CIA head ( ) and his CIA agents – ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( take him to and . successfully steals the Da Vinci Codex from another museum , but later refuses to steal the helicopter design . fakes his death so they can escape . They are discovered and attacked by the CIA Agents , and reveals that he and his agents stole the piece , and unlike and , had no problem killing the guards . and escape when and are killed -Snickers by a misfired explosive , in the ensuing blast after being incapacitated by a backfired paralysis dart- and pursue the remaining agents . and take to the castle where the Macchina dell'Oro is being reconstructed . 
 A showdown takes place at the castle between the remaining CIA agents , the , and the team of , , and . and are betrayed and killed by , although frees before he dies . fights and inside 's speeding limo , and fights on the roof of the castle . topples from the castle and lands of the roof of the limo . plants a bomb in the limo and escapes with ; is trapped inside and is hanging onto the hood . The bomb detonates as the limo speeds over a cliff . and force to put together the crystal powering the machine , but intentionally leaves out one small piece . When the activate the machine , it malfunctions and explodes , killing and . battles , using 's own blades to decapitate him . and escape the castle using a flying machine and discover waiting for them at a cafe , having miraculously escaped death through an improbable combination of airbags and a sprinkler system in the limo . finally gets to enjoy a cappuccino .

Bruce Willis, Danny Aiello, Andie MacDowell, James Coburn, Sandra Bernhard, Richard E. Grant, David Caruso

Eighteen - year - old ( ) of Detroit , Michigan , is a slacker . Rather than attending his high school French class , he spends all of his time drinking and partying , until come graduation when all of his debauchery catches up to him and he learns that he can not graduate without a French credit . He has only one more chance to obtain the credit : the French teacher , Mrs. ( ) , and the French Club are headed to France for summer school , and must accompany them and participate if he wants to graduate next summer . 
 However , at the airport , a CIA agent also named ( ) who is on his way to France as well , is killed by the assassin ( ) , henchwoman and surrogate mother of the villainous ( ) who seeks to steal all of the gold in Europe and use it to mint his own coins under the guise of a common currency . Because important details about the agent 's identity ( including his actual age ) have been kept meticulously secret , is mistaken for the CIA agent . He is inexplicably boarded first class on his flight to Paris , and upon arrival is whisked away by British Intelligence . 
 The late Agent 's mission had been to protect , who ( being not suspected to be evil ) has been murdering European finance ministers as part of his plan . After some efforts to explain that he is n't the they think he is , agrees to play along once it becomes apparent that he will be allowed to utilize high - tech gadgets , including X - ray glasses , exploding chewing gum and L.A. Gear sneakers with suction cups , as well as a Lotus Esprit . At first , he enjoys the thrilling adventures the life of a spy provides , but begins to rethink his decision once his life begins being endangered by 's deadly assassins , including ( ) , a henchman with a prosthetic gold hand , and ( ) , who kills her victims using her poisonous pet scorpion . 
 however captures 's teacher and classmates and holds them all hostage at his remote castle stronghold , and now teams up with a girl his own age named ( ) , the daughter of Agent ( ) whom and his gang murdered , to bring the villains down and save his friends as well as all of Europe 's gold . Despite being briefly captured and imprisoned by 's men , escapes , rescues Mrs. and his friends , and battles and defeats in the film 's climax . 
 , his duplicitous nature exposed by , kidnaps and attempts to escape with his gold in his Eurocopter Ecureuil helicopter . manages to rescue , and is subsequently killed when he falls out of the helicopter , and it and the onboard gold supply both drop on him . Afterwards , Mrs. agrees to give the French credit .

Richard Grieco, Linda Hunt, Roger Rees, Gabrielle Anwar, Roger Daltrey

The film opens with newsreel footage , including the farewell address in 1961 of outgoing President , warning about the build - up of the " military - industrial complex " . This is followed by a summary of years as president , emphasizing the events that , in 's thesis , would lead to his assassination . This builds to a reconstruction of the assassination on November 22 , 1963 . New Orleans District Attorney subsequently learns about potential links to the assassination in New Orleans . and his team investigate several possible conspirators , including private pilot ( ) , but are forced to let them go after their investigation is publicly rebuked by the federal government . 's suspected assassin is killed by , and closes the investigation . 
 The investigation is reopened in 1966 after reads the Warren Report and notices what he believes to be multiple inaccuracies . and his staff interrogate several witnesses to the assassination , and others involved with , , and . One such witness is ( ) , a male prostitute serving five years in prison for soliciting , who reveals he witnessed discussing a coup d'état . As well as briefly meeting , was romantically involved with a man called " " . ( ) , a teacher who says she witnessed shots fired from the grassy knoll , tells the investigators that Secret Service threatened her into saying three shots came from the book depository , revealing changes that were made to her testimony by the Warren Commission . 's staff also test the single bullet theory by aiming an empty rifle from the window through which was alleged to have shot . They conclude that was too poor a marksman to make the shots , indicating someone else , or multiple marksmen , were involved . 
 In 1968 , meets a high - level figure in Washington D.C. who identifies himself as " X " ( ) . He suggests a conspiracy at the highest levels of government , implicating members of the CIA , the Mafia , the military - industrial complex , Secret Service , FBI , and 's vice - president and then president as either co - conspirators or as having motives to cover up the truth of the assassination . explains that the President was killed because he wanted to pull the United States out of the Vietnam War and dismantle the CIA . encourages to keep digging and prosecute New Orleans - based international businessman for his alleged involvement . When is interrogated , the businessman denies any knowledge of meeting , or , but he is soon charged with conspiring to murder the President . 
 Some of 's staff begin to doubt his motives and disagree with his methods , and leave the investigation . 's marriage is strained when his wife ( ) complains that he is spending more time on the case than with his own family . After a sinister phone call is made to their daughter , accuses Garrison of being selfish and attacking only because of his homosexuality . In addition , the media launches attacks on television and in newspapers attacking 's character and criticizing the way his office is spending taxpayers ' money . Some key witnesses become scared and refuse to testify while others , such as , are killed in suspicious circumstances . Before his death , tells that he believes people are after him , and reveals there was a conspiracy around 's death . 
 The trial of takes place in 1969 . presents the court with further evidence of multiple killers and dismissing the single bullet theory , and proposes a Dealey Plaza shots scenario involving three assassins who fired six total shots and framing for the murders of and officer but the jury acquits after less than one hour of deliberation . The film reflects that members of that jury stated publicly that they believed there was a conspiracy behind the assassination , but not enough evidence to link to that conspiracy . died of lung cancer in 1974 , but in 1979 testified that had been a part - time contact of the Domestic Contacts Division of the CIA . The end credits claim that records related to the assassination will be released to the public in 2029 .

Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary Oldman, Joe Pesci, Kevin Bacon, Sissy Spacek, Donald Sutherland, Laurie Metcalf, John Candy, Ed Asner, Michael Rooker, Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau

( ) , a successful and happily married architect from Harlem , is married to ( they have one daughter , ( ) . At work , he discovers that an Italian - American woman named ( ) has been hired as a temp . lives in Bensonhurst with her father , ( ) , and her two brothers , ( ) and Jimmy ( ) . and her boyfriend ( ) have been dating since high school , and he runs a corner store . 
 and begin to spend many nights in the office working late but , one night , the two have sex . The sexual encounter begins their tumultuous relationship . Afterwards , somehow demands to be up for a promotion at work but when refused by the company for the position accuses them of racism and abruptly quits his job . Eventually , he admits his infidelity to his longtime friend ( ) . criticizes for having an affair with a white woman but pleads with him not to tell anyone including his wife . Later , learns about his affair , through 's wife , and throws him out . in retaliation insults 's wife and in doing so strains his friendship with . moves in momentarily with his father , ( ) and Mrs. ( ) . Later , comes home to a severe and brutal beating with a belt from her father after word gets out that she is dating a black man . and decide to find a place and move in together . As a couple , they encounter discrimination such as when being refused and ignored entirely by a waitress ( Queen ) for dating a white woman , police harassment , and financial issues . Eventually they break up . 
 Things begin to turn worse for when his crack - addicted brother ( ) steals and sells his mother 's TV for crack . searches all over Harlem for , soon finding him in a crack house . He finally gives up on his brother and tells him he is not giving him any more money . When arrives at their parents ' house to ask for money , he gets into an altercation with his father that ends with Dr. shooting and killing him , proclaiming his son to be " evil and better off dead " . He collapses as Mrs. weeps over 's body . 
 Another subject the film focuses on is ( ) who was the former fiancé of and begins to have problems as his friends begin to taunt him for losing his girlfriend to a black man . He asks a black woman , who is one of his customers , on a date . On his way to the date , he is surrounded and assaulted viciously by his friends in his attempt at an interracial relationship . later is accepted back into her father 's home and tries to mend his relationship with his wife but is unsuccessful . He talks to his daughter as she 's in bed . As he leaves his house , a young crack - addicted prostitute propositions him -- calling him " daddy " ; in response , he throws his arms around her and cries out in torment , realizing a similar future for his own daughter .

Wesley Snipes, Annabella Sciorra, Spike Lee, Anthony Quinn, John Turturro, Samuel L. Jackson, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Halle Berry

When the entire British royal family is killed in a freak accident outside Buckingham Palace , Sir leads a search for any surviving heirs to whom to pass the crown . After days of researching , his team finally locates a living heir in the form of an American named . Shortly after being fired from his job as a lounge singer in Las Vegas , is informed by 's assistant private secretary that his grandfather , the first Duke of Warren , had an affair with a hotel waitress while visiting the United States , resulting in having royal blood . provides further proof by showing the ring that was bequeathed by his grandmother . 
 is flown to London , where gives him a crash course on royal etiquette . In only his second day as King , he goes to a strip club and meets , an out - of - luck exotic dancer and aspiring fashion designer , and dares her to go out on a date with him if the British press proves his claim to the monarchy . Meanwhile , Lord is opposed to having an American on the throne and proposes to declare the reigning House of Wyndham at an end and replace it with the House of Stuart , of which he is patriarch . Prime Minister states that 's succession is legitimate unless he commits a grievous error . With this in mind , bribes a cash - strapped to stir up controversy by having a public relationship with . Despite warnings by not to commit a mistake similar to that of King , sneaks out of the Palace to have a romantic date with at Hyde Park . The next day , returns the money to , but he already has photographs of her affair with . In order to preserve 's reputation , breaks up with him . 
 Despite 's reluctance to accept British culture and his ineptness in formal affairs , he makes a positive impression on King of Zambezi during the latter 's state visit . The two monarchs share their concerns about the role of leadership they have assumed and the economic interests of their nations . accumulates a small but loyal following . 
 's staff arrange for him to marry Princess of Finland to continue the royal bloodline and guarantee jobs for the UK in Finland 's newly discovered oil reserves in the Baltic Sea . On the night of the Finnish Royal Family 's visit , is turned off by Princess 's unusually deep voice and her desire to marry just for royalty . attends the royal ball as a set - up by and photos of her affair with are given to King , which , along with 's wild musical number , results in Finland turning down the UK in favor of Japan for the offshore equipment contract . Having failed to realize that the role of King comes with certain expectations , and that he can not rely on his charm or blue - collar background , accepts a stern rebuke from and endeavors to set things right . confesses to her role in the scandal before he walks out on her . Ralph develops suspicions about his circumstances , and learns through that is another heir to the throne and had refused the role . 
 addresses Parliament , apologizing for his recent actions and informing the country that he has worked out a deal with King for to purchase £ 200 million worth of British mining equipment and to open three car engine plants in Britain , ensuring jobs for 's family and thousands of Britons . He then reveals that has been sabotaging his succession to the throne and has him arrested for violating the Treason Act 1702 . Finally , he announces that he will abdicate and reveals as his successor . 
 After accepts his duty as King , is appointed as the Third Duke of Warren , with a lucrative annual salary and his own recording studio in the Palace . He also marries and raises a family with her while running his own band .

( ) is a TV meteorologist living in Los Angeles . He is in a dead - end relationship with his social - climbing girlfriend ( ) . He wants to find some meaning and magic in his life , having grown increasingly weary of what he sees as the rather shallow and superficial city of LA . 
 At a luncheon with a group of friends , he meets ( ) , a journalist from London , with whom he immediately becomes infatuated . 
 Driving home that night , his car breaks down on the freeway . He notices that a freeway traffic condition sign seems to be displaying messages intended solely for him . It offers him cryptic advice on his love life throughout the movie . 
 He begins to fall for , but she is conflicted because she has pledged to reconcile with her ex - husband , ( ) . Feeling that a relationship with is unlikely , begins dating * ( ) , a ditzy aspiring spokesmodel , whom he meets at a clothing store . After his first date with her , discovers that has been cheating on him for three years with his agent . The discovery leads him to pursue his romantic interest in . This is complicated by his new relationship with SanDeE * and by 's feeling of obligation to . 
 By the conclusion , he has successfully wooed – with some encouragement and advice from the sign .

Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Marilu Henner, Richard E. Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker

( ) is the callous CEO of Bolt Enterprises . shows little regard for other people 's needs or for the environment , and has his eye on the slum of Los Angeles so he can tear it down . makes a bet with his biggest rival , ( ) , who also has an interest in the property , that he can survive on those streets for 30 days . Should lose , owns the property , but should win , will sell it for practically nothing . 
 There are three conditions : # 1 ) will be completely penniless ; # 2 ) He must wear an electronic anklet that will activate if he leaves the boundaries , forfeiting the bet if he exceeds 30 seconds out of bounds ; # 3 ) At no time can he reveal to any of the slum area residents that he is . To add to the look , has his mustache shaved off , then confiscates his toupee and rips the top pocket of his jacket . 
 Unbeknown to , schemes to make 's stay on the streets as bad as possible . , homeless , hungry and filthy , is befriended by skid - row inhabitants like ( ) and ( ) and given the nickname " " after falling asleep in a crate with a Pepto - Bismol logo on its side . In the process , he meets and eventually becomes attracted to Molly ( ) , a homeless woman who used to be a dancer on Broadway . During a scuffle with two muggers , is pushed out of bounds , which activates his anklet . To prevent the " 30 - second forfeiture " , rushes back in , which impresses with his supposed bravery as it looks like he is tackling the muggers . 
 learns a series of important life lessons during his ' adventure ' , namely that life is not about accomplishments or material success but rather the integrity of the human spirit . However , is unaware that the unscrupulous has no intention of honoring their bet . When realizes is honoring the bet fair and square , bribes 's lawyers into fabricating the story that had lost his mind and has his property seized . Forced to live on the streets for good and remanded to a free clinic by mistake , a drugged murmurs that " life stinks " , but implores him to remember small things such as the two of them waltzing that make life livable . , meanwhile has his own plans for the slum area , planning to tear it down as well . incites and the other slum residents to stage a mock battle on the ceremony while it is televised . attempts to stop with a hydraulic excavator , to which fights in another hydraulic excavator akin to " dinosaur fights " . When 's grapple has plucked and has him hanging by his jacket , the scene is freeze - framed into a news report saying that , in a court case , was forced to admit he made a bet with in order to get him to understand the slum conditions , then reneged on the terms . , now in control of the area , has plans to renovate it into the " Bolt Center " which will give the slum residents employment , renovate the tenements into livable homes and give the children a private school financed entirely out of pocket by . The news report ends by saying has married and the press are expecting an extravagant CEO - type event , only to then be shown and taking their wedding vows in a simple chapel in the slum area , then driving off in a limousine with a vanity plate " PEPTO " .

( ) is a single mother , a working - class woman of average intelligence raising her seven - year - old son , ( ) . shows every indication of being a genius . 's reading and mathematics abilities are remarkable , and he plays the piano " at competition level , " but his intellect has isolated him from his public school classmates . 
 's abilities come to the attention of ( ) , a former music prodigy and now a psychologist running a school for gifted children . She asks permission from to admit to the school , in order to develop his intellectual gifts in ways that a public school can not . is reluctant , preferring that have a more normal upbringing , but when no friends come to 's seventh birthday party , consents . 
 joins other brilliant young people , and participates in Jane ’s Odyssey of the Mind event for part of the spring . There he meets one of his heroes , who is one of 's prized pupils , the brilliant but slightly bizarre " Mathemagician " ( ) , a whiz at math who wears a black cape wherever he goes . After unintentionally upstages at one of the competitions at Odyssey of the Mind , is upset with . however warms up to when out horseback riding on ’s ranch , and is 's first insight to a world outside academia . Damon tells him , " it is not how much IQ a man has ; it is how he uses it " . attempts to become more nurturing , but is unable to relate to as anything other than a case study . 
 is later enrolled at a university , where he studies quantum physics while his mother , aunt and cousins travel to Florida for the summer . An adult student named ( ) accidentally hits with a globe when goofing around . To make it up to , takes him out for a ride on his moped and shows him things such as how to shoot pool ; it is good for to spend time with someone who is not a genius . However , when walks into 's room while is in bed with a coed , runs out and chases after him . explains that he can not be a babysitter for ; although he enjoys 's company , needs to find friends closer to his own age . The return to isolation takes its toll on Fred , as he suffers from nightmares in which he is treated as a freak and an outsider . 
 is asked to bring onto a TV panel discussion show on the topic of gifted children . attends but breaks down . He claims his mother is dead , and recites a childish poem ( a word for word repetition of a poem by one of his former grade school classmates ) before taking off his microphone and walking out of the studio . witnesses some of this as it is being broadcast , and flies back to New York . is unable to find , but discovers him back at their apartment , and embraces him . 
 One year later , has adjusted to the pressures of being a child genius , particularly after an even younger student is admitted to 's school . hosts a well - attended birthday party for , reconciling 's emotional development with his intellect .

The film begins on August 6 , 1990 , the day after the final show of the Blond Ambition Tour in Nice . cleans up her hotel room while , in a voice - over , she explains that she is not as emotional as the rest of her group over the end of the tour . She has already grieved , she says , but it will hit her later and she hopes she will be in a safe place when it happens . 
 In a flashback to April 1990 , the tour is about to kick off in Japan . Everything is a mess ; there are sound problems and did not realize that the tour is during the rainy season in Japan . Because it is cold and wet , and the dancers scrap their costumes for warmer attire . In a voice - over , confesses that the only thing keeping her from " slashing my wrists " is the thought of returning to North America and performing the show as it is meant to be . In America , meets the families of her dancers . One dancer , , sees his father for the first time in several years , while talks with her father , , on the phone . Though she insists that she can get him tickets , he is reluctant to impose . 
 The Blond Ambition tour stops in Los Angeles , where sound problems abound . Despite reassurances , focuses on the technical problems and yells at her manager , , for allowing so many people from the music industry , who appeared bored by her performance , in the front rows . Though then - boyfriend tries to console her , he is distracted by the cameras and walks away laughing . parties with several celebrities , including co - stars and , and . offends by calling her show " neat " . pretends to gag after he leaves . Despite the lively atmosphere , still seems bothered by the cameras ' presence . During her stay in Washington , D.C. , Madonna attends the premiere of Dick Tracy with , with whom she co - starred . In another voice - over , she describes a dream that she had the night before : came to her show and she thought about how jealous would be that she met him first . She declares it " a good dream " . On the final night of the show in Toronto , is informed that plainclothes officers are prepared to arrest her if she performs the simulated masturbation scene at the end of " Like a Virgin " . refuses to change her show , stating , " Last time I was on tour , ] was in jail . I guess it 's my turn . " bets that the threat of arrest will only make go further and no one takes his bet . According to a news report , Toronto police decide not to arrest the singer , claiming that no threats were made . 
 The Blond Ambition tour goes to 's hometown of Detroit . In a voice - over , expresses the difficulty she has going back home , especially since fame seems to change one 's loved ones . At the end of " Holiday " , calls her father on stage and sings " Happy Birthday to You " . Backstage , and his wife , , compliment ( and ) on the show , though expresses his displeasure at some of the more " burlesque " aspects . and wait for their older brother , , to show up while they discuss his substance abuse problems . By the time arrives , has left and has gone to bed . reunites with her " childhood idol " , . gives a painting she made entitled " Madonna and Child " , and asks to be the godmother to her unborn child . Before leaving Detroit , visits her mother 's grave as " Promise to Try " plays in the background . It is the first time she has visited her mother 's grave since she was a little girl . lies down beside her mother 's grave as watches and whispers that , " I 'm going to fit in right here . They 're going to bury me sideways . " 
 As the tour continues , 's throat problems worsen while becomes more fed up with the cameras . During a throat examination in 's hotel room , chastises her for the documentary , telling her the atmosphere is driving everyone insane . ignores , and when she declines to have the rest of her examination done off camera , starts laughing , saying , " She does n't want to live off - camera , much less talk ... What point is there of existing off - camera ? " 
 Due to 's throat problems she cancels some of her shows . In New York , 's doctor instructs her not to talk and she finds herself isolated in her apartment with only her assistant , , as contact to the outside world . Everything seems to fall apart and she loses contact with the dancers . Star reports that dumped for one of her dancers , . The other dancers torment him and chastises them . , a make - up artist , is drugged and sodomized while partying . In a prayer circle before the final show in New York , attempts to pull everyone back together . 
 The third leg of the tour kicks off in Europe with everyone in better spirits . and the dancers visit Chanel in Paris , fool around at 's birthday party and imitate 's 1984 " Like a Virgin " music video . As the tour nears Italy , the Pope attempts to have it banned , forcing to cancel two shows . appears to cheer up . asks who would really blow her away if she could meet them and replies , " God , I think I 've met everybody ... oh , except that guy who 's in all of films — . " When throws a party in Madrid and invites the future Evita co - stars , spends a week thinking up ways to seduce . It turns out that he is married , ending 's two - year crush . 
 While works in her hotel room , voice - overs from her family , friends , and co - workers describe the star . Though she is happier now than she was on her last tour , does not think that she takes enough time to enjoy her successes . Others describe her in unflattering terms . says , " I just feel like she 's a little girl lost in the storm sometimes . You know , there 's just a whole whirlwind of things going on around her , and sometimes she gets caught up in it . " As the tour winds down , the group plays a game of Truth or Dare ? and is dared to perform Fellatio on a glass bottle . is asked , " Who has been the love of your life for your whole life ? ? " replies without hesitation , " " invites her dancers , and backup singers , one - by - one , to join her in bed , where she imparts words of wisdom to each . 
 While the show 's closing act , " Keep It Together " , plays , a montage of saying good - bye to her dancers is shown . The film ends with a clip of telling director to go away and , " Cut it , ! Cut it , Goddamnit ! "

In the summer of 1957 , is a 14 - year - old girl in Louisiana who , according to her father , is " too big to be running off by herself . " and her older sister , who is going off to college in the fall , are very close . helps take care of their younger sister , , while their mother is pregnant . however prefers to run off to the neighbor 's creek to go swimming in the nude . It is here that she meets her new neighbor , 17 - year - old . Court kicks out of his creek . When goes home , her mother tells her to wash up because an old childhood friend is coming for dinner with her children . The ' old friend turns out to be a widow , Mrs. with her three sons , , and . When realizes who is , the two dislike each other . calls " a little girl " . When 's father tells to accompany into town for groceries , and drive into town and start to get along . finally realizes that she is in love with . 
 goes on a date to a dance with her boyfriend . When they leave the dance , wants to park his car and have sex . gets angry and breaks up with because she believes " love should be beautiful " . The next day , asks for advice on how to kiss a boy . demonstrates by practicing on her hand . and continue to go swimming during the hot sunny days and become very close friends . The two agree to meet to go swimming at night , since has too much work to do during the day . sneaks off and swims with until they reach the point where they are about to kiss . pushes away and says she is a little girl that does n't know what she 's doing , and runs off home . leaves too just as a thunderstorm is breaking out . wakes up , knowing is n't home , and runs outside looking for her . Just as gets home , and runs to her mother , her mother also runs and trips on a root , falls and hits her head . 's father races her to the hospital , where she is kept for treatment ( concussion and toxemia ) . When her father returns home from the hospital , he spanks with his belt . The next day , brings food to the house and apologizes to for the other night . , still hurt , just ignores him at first , until says he would still like to be friends . The next time they go swimming the two share 's first kiss . is still hurt and angry at her father for hitting her . When he tries to talk to her the next day feeling remorseful for using his belt on her , she only replies with " Yes Sir " or " No Sir " to his questions . 
 Once has made up with her father , he tells to invite over once in a while so he can get to know him better . When comes over for dinner , he finally meets . can tell it is love at first sight for the two of them . While visits her mother in the hospital , comes over to the house and kisses . Over the next few days , is getting pushed away by . While the rest of the family goes to pick up and the new baby from the hospital , and claim their love for each other , consummating their love in a field . When leaves for home , goes back to plowing the fields and falls off the tractor , and is badly injured . sees this , and races home to tell her father . When returns home , he has some of 's blood on his clothes and the family realizes that has died . hides her pain at first , while bursts into tears . After 's funeral , continues to be angry at for stealing away from her . tells that although she has a right to be hurt , being mad wo n't bring back , and will be her sister for life . comforts as she weeps on 's fresh grave , and the film ends with and talking outside on the porch at night as the summer draws to a close , looking up at the moon becoming close again .

The film starts off in a forest with a family being attacked by a family of huge Brazilian Cocorada . It then moves to a typical - looking family moving into a well - off suburban Ohio neighborhood . They are the bugs that were seen earlier , after they took on human form and met every " normality " standard from the magazine Family Bazaar . They moved to the suburbs after the husband , , got a job at a nuclear power plant ; he works there in order to cause an explosion one day that will rid the world of humans and leave bugs in peace . But after a while they drift from all - American family normalities — the son , , a straight - laced A student , begins listening to heavy metal and becomes a junkie ; and his wife , , drift away from each other , he having an affair at work and she becoming attached to her credit card ; lastly the daughter , , becomes a pregnant lesbian after being raped by a jock from the high school . 
 They each show their true bug form at least once in the film : while smoking marijuana with his metalhead buddies , while being raped by the jock , when infiltrating the nuclear plant , and when two Family Bazaar agents come to their house . As they drift away from normality ( and nearly being found out by the neighbors ) their aunt , , is sent to help . She becomes a nuisance and they decide she should be taken care of . decides to not blow up the plant , and kills instead . At the end of the movie they return to their lives in Brazil , and are visited by the townspeople that grew to love them . Although the plant did not blow up , enough radiation was released to remove the hair from much of the town 's population . 
 A deleted scene reveals that Aunt survived and still intends to destroy the world .

In 1972 , dictator enacts the policy of the forceful removal of Asians from Uganda . ( ) his wife , ( ) , and their daughter , ( ) , a family of third - generation Ugandan Indians residing in Kampala reluctantly and tearfully leave their home behind and relocate . After spending a few years in England , , , and settle in Greenwood , Mississippi to live with family members who own a chain of motels there . Despite the passage of time , is unable to come to terms with his sudden departure from his home country , and can not fully embrace the American lifestyle . He dreams of one day returning with his family to Kampala . The effects of 's dictatorship have caused to become distrustful towards Black people . 
 , on the other hand , has fully assimilated to the American culture and has a diverse group of friends . She feels stifled by her parents ' wish to only associate with members of their own community . She falls in love with ( ) , a local African American self - employed carpet cleaner . is aware that her parents will not approve and keeps the relationship somewhat secret . The pair decide to spend a romantic clandestine weekend together in Biloxi , where they are spotted by members of the Indian community , and the gossip begins to spread . is outraged and ashamed , and forbids from ever seeing again . also faces both subtle and outright dislike from the Black community . confronts , who reveals his experiences and racist treatment in Uganda , causing to call out on his hypocrisy . Ultimately , the two families can not fully come to terms with the interracial pair , who flee the state together in 's van . 
 's wish finally becomes reality when he travels to Kampala to attend a court proceeding on the disposition of his previously confiscated house . While in the country however , he sees how much it has changed and realises that he no longer identifies with the land of his birth . returns to America and relinquishes his long - nurtured dream of returning to Uganda , the place he considered home .

is interrogated by two investigators at the police station . The deposition given by is supported by detailed flashbacks . The interrogation arouses particular suspicion about whether 's own husband could have informed the police about the incident and anything which his wife could have confided in him . 
 In flashback , and are best friends who work together . 's husband , , is abusive , both physically and emotionally , and she expresses a desire to kill him several times . One night , accompanies , and , to a festival . When becomes drunk and picks a fight with , he heads back to their van to go home . follows him to make sure he gets to the van and to take the keys from him , to let him sleep it off in the van . makes an advance to , who spurns him and leaves him at the van . Later is found dead in the van , with his throat cut . 
 After 's husband , , is found shot to death , she comes forward to the police to tell her version of events . She also tells the police she thinks killed to keep him from going to the police about what told him . Meanwhile , she did n't think was capable of killing him , so she did n't take her threats seriously . The police release , and bring in for interrogation at the same time . 
 In a final flashback , we see what happened with and at the festival . He attempted to rape her when she helped him into the van . She grabbed a box cutter and sliced his throat to get away from him . and initially head for the hospital , but the fear that will go to jail . 's belief that would kill both of them if he recovers convinces to turn around . They take the van back to the festival and leave him there to bleed out as if the attack involved someone else . is then seen heading back to the police station to make a confession .

In the summer of 1972 , in Madison , Pennsylvania , is an 11 - year - old girl and a hypochondriac . , 's father , is an awkward widower and funeral director who does not understand his daughter , so he constantly ignores her . Their house , which operates as the town funeral home , has led his daughter to develop an obsession with death . regularly cares for her grandmother , ' ' , who has Alzheimer 's disease and whose wandering mind likewise affects . Her Uncle lives near by and frequently stops by to help the family . 
 hangs out with her best friend , , an unpopular boy her age who is allergic to " everything " . However , other girls except tease the two , thinking they are more than just friends . often accompanies when she visits the doctor , who assures her that she is not sick and that she has no chicken bone stuck in her throat . 
 's summer begins well . She befriends , the new makeup artist at her father 's funeral parlor , who provides her with guidance . She also develops a crush on her fifth - grade school teacher , Mr. , and hears about an adult poetry writing class that he is teaching . steals some money from the cookie jar in 's trailer to cover the cost of the class . When advised to write about what is in her soul , fears that she killed her mother , who died two days after giving birth to her . 
 When and start dating , this affects 's attitude towards . One night , follows and to a bingo game and brings along to disrupt it . On the Fourth of July , when 's ex - husband arrives , hopes that he is there to take back , but to no avail . becomes even more shocked when and announce their engagement at a carnival , leading her to contemplate running away with 
 is starting to see changes within herself . As she runs around screaming that she is hemorrhaging , politely explains to that her first period is a completely natural process . As realizes this only occurs with girls , she does n't want to see , who happens to come by shortly afterward . A couple of days later though , and are sitting under a tree by the river , where they share an innocent first kiss . 
 and come across a bee hive hanging from a tree , which decides to knock down . loses her mood ring in the process , so they start looking for it , but the search is cut short as the bees start swarming , making them run away . later returns by himself and finds the ring . Unexpectedly , because he kicked the bee hive beforehand , the bees begin to swarm just as he finds the ring . Unable to escape , he dies from an allergic reaction . 
 is left to deliver the tragic news to , which devastates her so much that she will not even leave her bedroom . When she attends funeral , her emotions become so strong that she runs away . hurries to Mr. 's house , wanting to stay with him , and discovers that he is about to get married to someone else . She then runs to her and favorite spot near the tree to reflect on what has happened . When returns home , everyone is relieved , including , whom begins to accept as her future stepmother . Her grief also manages to mend the rift between her and her father . explains to that her mother 's death was n't her fault and things like that can happen without explanation . 
 Toward the end of summer , and her father see Mrs. , who still struggles with her son 's death . She gives her mood ring back that had found and gives Mrs. some comfort . On the last day of writing class , reads a poem about the loss of her best friend before going out to spend time with her new friend .

, a street hustler , is standing alone on a deserted stretch of highway . He starts talking to himself and notices that the road looks " like someone ’s face , like a fucked - up face . " He experiences a narcoleptic episode and dreams of his mother comforting him as he replays home movies of his childhood in his mind . 
 Later , after being fellated by a client in Seattle , returns to his favorite spots to pick up potential clients . He is picked up by a wealthy older woman who takes him to her mansion where he meets two fellow hustlers also hired by the woman . One of them is , 's best friend , and the other is . While preparing to have sex with the woman , experiences another narcoleptic fit and awakens the next day with in Portland , Oregon . 
 and are soon reunited with , a middle - aged mentor to a gang of street kids and hustlers who live in an abandoned apartment building . , the son of the mayor of Portland , admits to in private that when he turns 21 , he will inherit his father ’s fortune and retire from street hustling . yearns to find his mother , and he and leave Portland for Idaho to visit 's older brother , who lives in a run - down trailer . Along this journey confesses that he is in love with . tries to tell who his real father is , but says that he knows it is . Richard tells that their mother works as a hotel maid ; when and visit the hotel , they find she has gone to Italy in search of her own family . 
 and travel to Italy where they find the country farmhouse where 's mother worked , as a maid and as an English tutor . The young woman , , who lives there tells that his mother returned to the United States months ago . and fall in love and return to the U.S. , leaving to return home on his own , brokenhearted . 's father dies , and inherits his fortune . 
 Back in Portland , and his gang confront a newly reformed at a fashionable restaurant , but he rejects them . That night has a fatal heart attack . The next day the hustlers hold a rowdy funeral for , while in the same cemetery , a few yards away , attends a solemn funeral for his father . is back on the deserted stretch of the Idaho highway . After falling into another narcoleptic stupor , two strangers pull up in a truck , take his backpack and shoes , and drive away . Moments later , an unidentified figure pulls up in a car , picks the unconscious up , places him in the vehicle and drives away .

( ) quickly learns that his perfect big brother ( ) is n't all he 's cracked up to be while on a night on the town with the girl next door ( ) , during which is harassed by unpleasant strangers , threatened by mobsters , pursued by police , attacked by an irate florist , accused of murder , and has his date kidnapped — all because everyone thinks he 's ... and the classic 1959 DeSoto Firesweep he borrowed off his brother has two dead bodies in the trunk .

is an exterminator who finds that his wife is stealing his insecticide ( pyrethrum ) to use as a drug to get high . When is arrested by the police , he begins hallucinating because of " bug powder " exposure . He believes he is a secret agent with two handlers in the forms of a talking insectoid typewriter and an alien " Mugwump " . The bug assigns him the mission of killing . She is allegedly an agent of an organization called Interzone Incorporated . dismisses the bug and its instructions and kills it . He returns home to find having sex with , one of his writer friends . Shortly afterwards , he accidentally kills her while attempting to shoot a drinking glass off her head in imitation of . 
 Having inadvertently accomplished his mission , flees to Interzone , a city somewhere in North Africa . He spends his time writing reports for his imaginary handler , and it is these documents which , at the insistence of his literary colleagues who later visit him , eventually become the titular book . Whilst is under the influence of assorted mind - altering substances , his replacement typewriter , a Clark Nova , becomes a talking insect which tells him to find Dr. by seducing , who curiously is a doppelgänger of his dead wife . After coming to the conclusion that Dr. is , in fact , the secret mastermind of a narcotics operation for a drug called " black meat " which is supposedly derived from the guts of giant centipedes , completes his report and flees Interzone to Annexia with . 
 Stopped by the Annexian border patrol and instructed to prove that he is a writer as he claims , produces a pen . As this is insufficient proof for passage he inexplicably offers a demonstration of his routine using a glass atop head . He again misses badly and thus re - enacts the earlier killing of his wife . The border guard cheerfully bids him welcome to Annexia . is shown shedding a tear at this bittersweet accomplishment .

The Texas State University Fightin ' Armadillos were once one of the most powerful teams in college football . After winning consecutive national championships , massive NCAA violations resulted in the program having to forfeit years ' worth of victories . All of the coaches were fired and all of the players are banned from returning and expelled from college except , the only " clean " player , who never got to play despite having " heart " . 
 All of the coaches were forced out as well , forcing new head coach ( ) to build an almost entirely new team with little assistance . No athletic scholarships are available , forcing them to hold tryouts . Along with this , they must worry about ( ) , who wants the team to fail so he can scrap it . The coaches soon have a makeshift team in place . 
 Due to declaring many prospective players ineligible , only 17 players are allowed on the team — not enough for separate offensive and defensive squads . The are thus forced to play ironman football . The team lacks experience and talent in all areas , especially at quarterback , placekicker , and the defensive line . Assistant coach ( ) finds ( ) , a 34 - year - old high school star who never attended college due to his father 's death . convinces him to enroll and become the Armadillos ' quarterback . 
 arrives on campus and catches everyone 's attention due to his age , especially Professor ( ) . then recruits a graduate student teaching assistant named ( ) , who is also enrolled at the school and still has some eligibility remaining . convinces him to join , and he is positioned on the defensive line , where he excelled years earlier . Even with the new members , the team is unable to win . 
 tells that she knows him from years earlier . 's ex - boyfriend was a high school football star , but and his team humiliated him and his team in a championship game . This episode actually caused to become infatuated with . Now , years after the fact , the two begin a romantic relationship which opposes due to their student - teacher dynamic — not to mention ' own interest in . 
 Coach makes one more recruiting move to secure a kicker . He shocks everybody by selecting ( Ireland ) from the school 's women 's soccer team . When she is brought on board , the team has its first taste of success , as kicks a field goal in a driving rainstorm to forge a 3–3 tie with Kansas ( in real life , Kansas holds the all - time NCAA Division I - A record for number of tie games with 57[3 ] ) . After this game , quits the team after arguments with and , but convinces himself to come back after a teammate , who is also quitting , inadvertently changes his mind and both come back . 
 With the coaches and players now on the same page , the team plays their last game of the season against the number one ranked team in the country , the University of Texas Colts , with whom the Armadillos were involved in a barroom brawl earlier in the season . They head into the game as huge underdogs , and without , who is hospitalized just before the game for a potential heart attack , leaving Coach in charge . After a horrible first half , they rally in the second half to cut the deficit to one , and returns to the sideline , having only suffered from indigestion , though he lets Coach call the final play . The team decides to try to win it all with a two - point conversion . They fake a point after attempt and pass for two . scrambles and finally finds in the end zone to win the game . After learning about his scheme to get rid of the football program , TSU president fires .

Scott Bakula, Héctor Elizondo, Sinbad, Kathy Ireland, Harley Jane Kozak

As evening falls , tomboy cabby ( ) picks up Hollywood executive ( ) from the airport , and as drives , tries to conduct business on her phone . Despite their extreme differences socially , the two develop a certain connection . When suggests that cab driving is not much a career , counters that her dream in fact is to become a mechanic . During the ride , who is evidently a talent scout , comes to realise that would be ideal for a part in a movie she is casting , but rejects the offer because she intends to be a mechanic . 
 ( ) , an immigrant from East Germany who was a clown in his home country , has found work as a taxi driver . After dark , he picks up a passenger named ( ) , a streetwise young man who wants to go to Brooklyn . Increasingly alarmed at 's inability to handle automatic transmission , ignorance of New York geography and feeble command of the English language , takes over the wheel . is glad to pick up tips from his fare on how to become part of the culture of his new home . On the street in skimpy clothing , sees his sassy sister - in - law ( ) and forces her into the car to take her back home . is amused and instructed by the vituperation flowing between the two . When they are dropped off , he faces the problem of mastering the gears and navigating back to Manhattan . 
 At night , a cab picks up two drunk African diplomats , who mock the lowly driver ( ) and find it hilarious that he is from the Ivory Coast . In French , when he says he is ivoirien , they say il voit rien ( he ca n't see a thing ) . Sick of their insults , he throws them out without making them pay . Next he picks up an attractive young woman ( ) , who is blind . As she can not see the colour of his skin , he asks her where she thinks he is from . After a moment 's thought , she says the Ivory Coast . Prickly and sexually provocative , she rejects most of his efforts to be friendly , regarding him as beneath her , but he is genuinely fascinated by her and her predicament . So much so that , after dropping her off , he watches her walk beside a canal in the dark and drives into another car , whose driver angrily accuses him of being blind . 
 In the early morning hours , an eccentric cabbie ( ) picks up a priest ( ) . As he drives , he starts to confess his sins . Much to the priest 's discomfort , he goes into great detail about how he discovered his sexuality , first with a pumpkin and then with a sheep , then details a love affair he had with his brother 's wife , miming the actions and mouthing the cries . Already ailing , overwhelmed by the barrage of unwanted information , the priest has a fatal heart attack . Unable to revive him , the cabbie leaves him on a bench to be found once it is light . 
 After an evening spent drinking heavily , three workers ( , , and ) , one of whom has just been fired from his job and has passed out , climb into a cab to return home . On the way , the two conscious workers talk about the terrible situation their unconscious friend is in , being out of work and having to face a divorce and a pregnant daughter . The driver , ( ) , then tells them all the saddest story they have ever heard . The workers are terribly moved and depressed by the story , and even become unsympathetic toward their drunken , laid - off companion . Leaving him in the cab , they pay up and stagger off to their homes . drags him out and leaves him in the snow for someone to find .

In 1984 , an Iranian physician , wants to visit Iran with his American family . He claims that his Iranian family wants to meet his wife and daughter , and asks them to come with him for a two - week visit . 
 Despite her deep fears about visiting Iran , particularly due to the Iranian Hostage Crisis of several years earlier , reluctantly agrees . Upon their arrival , they are all greeted warmly by 's family , but shortly before their flight back to the United States , announces to his wife that he wishes for them to stay in Iran . realizes that she has been deceived by her husband , even though took an oath that they would return to the United States , swearing on the sacred Quran . When she protests , strikes her , and nobody in 's family sympathises with her . 
 becomes more hostile and abusive , preventing her from leaving the house or using the telephone . briefly manages to visit the American Interests Section of the Swiss Embassy , but is told that she is now an Iranian citizen since she is married to an Iranian , and as long as she lives in Iran , she can not leave the country without her husband 's written consent and has no parental rights over her daughter . , alarmed by 's absence from the house , threatens to kill her if she tries anything again . 
 Knowing that her chances of escape are minuscule , conforms to her husband 's wishes in order to gain 's trust . By chance , during a trip to the marketplace , she meets a sympathetic shopkeeper who overhears her telephone conversations with the Swiss Embassy and puts her in contact with a pair of humanitarian Iranians , and his sister , who offer to help and in their passage back to the United States . accepts 's assistance , especially after he mentions that could be at risk of being forced into marriage at nine years old or be chosen to serve in the military as a child soldier . 
 The plan becomes complicated when receives news from the U.S that her father is seriously ill and may be dying . allows to return to see her dying father , but will not let go with her . decides to wait to return to the United States with , but unknowingly foils her by having her booked on a flight several days early thanks to his relatives ' contacts in the airport . 
 eventually gets what seems to be her last chance to escape when is suddenly called to the clinic for an emergency . On the pretense of going to buy presents for her father , takes and they contact , who manages to send and off with some Iranian smugglers , and using fake identity documents , they make their way past the checkpoints . 
 Despite the difficult and very dangerous journey , and are eventually dropped off in a street in Ankara , where they see the flag of the American Embassy in the distance . The film 's end title cards reveal that and eventually made it back home to the United States , and became a successful author and dedicates herself to helping those in need .

( ) , a 38 - year - old Chicago policeman , still lives with his overbearing Irish mother , ( ) . A lonely bachelor , falls in love with ( ) , an introverted , lonely girl who works in her father 's funeral home as a cosmetician . On their first date , he takes her to Comiskey Park and has a picnic on the field . Their courtship eventually becomes very difficult because begins to feel threatened that is trying to steal her son away ; the fact that is not Irish ( she is Sicilian and Polish ) only exacerbates the situation . 
 's brother ( ) tries to convince to remain unmarried so that and can move down to Florida , where can take care of her ; ( ) , one of 's married friends and fellow police officers , tries to tell that he can do better and not to settle down just yet , as he did . Because of this , begins to feel guilty about his relationship with , especially towards his mother . This leads to his interrupting dates with to check on his mother . 
 When is finally introduced to at a fancy dinner , immediately begins to put her down . stands up to , and complains to as to why he did n't stand up for her . After leaves , scolds his mother for being so cruel to , saying that her way of " telling it like it is " is really her attempt to hurt people . He then reminds her that she lost a $ 450,000 account for his late father 's company by making racist remarks . then tells that he will propose to , whether she approves or not . 
 That night , apologizes to and proposes to her from the bucket of a Chicago fire truck . She says yes and the two are set to be married . However , even though Rose finally does approve of , on the night before the wedding , calls to check on his mother in front of . Angered at the fact that they might never be alone , walks off . Both and fail to show up for the wedding , thus , the two do n't marry . A few weeks later , 's friends question what caused them to call off the wedding , but avoids an answer . Then , when a friend of the family , ( ) passes away , alone with no wife or children , realizes that he does n't want to end up that way , and realizes that he ca n't let go . 
 Finally , the day and are scheduled to move to Florida , tells that he ca n't let go and by leaving her behind , he 'd be leaving behind the best thing that ever happened to him . Reluctant at first , finally agrees to 's plan and goes to Florida without him , instructing her son to get married , have a family and be happy . then goes to Luna 's Funeral Home to look for . However , her father tells him that she left for New York City by train . contacts the railroad station manager , who agrees to stop the train at a suburban station outside the city . There , apologizes to and proclaims his love for her . He tells her that he will move to New York with her and join the New York City Police Department . Having no more guilt about his mother , the two re - board the train for New York to live the rest of their lives together . 
 Throughout the film , the ' Greek neighbor , ( ) , who encourages to pursue , attempts to woo . is salty towards him in the beginning , but as she gradually softens her stance regarding 's relationship with , she ultimately warms to and he takes 's place on the flight to Florida to be with .

John Candy, Maureen O'Hara, Ally Sheedy, Anthony Quinn, James Belushi

In the prologue , gangster ( ) promises his dying father ( ) that he will give up a life of crime , and instead " go straight " . 
 A month later , awakes at his mansion and begins his important morning . He has a meeting with several prominent bankers , as he hopes to donate a large sum of cash and join the bank ’s board of trustees , thereby having an honest job and keeping his word to his father . , 's young , good - natured accountant , arrives at the mansion and tells his boss that he ’s in love , asks for a 250 % raise , then tells the true love he speaks of is actually " ' daughter . " is furious , does not want his daughter marrying and goes to talk to his daughter , . 
 is the only child of and , a spoiled daughter whose dreams of seeing the world ’s great sights run into a roadblock because of her overly protective father . Wishing to move out of the house , she lies to her parents ( at the suggestion of the maid , ) and claims to be pregnant . , believing the father to be ( as he wants to marry " ' daughter " ) , is shocked when says the father is , the former chauffeur who is now serving overseas in the military . 
 Things get even more complicated when learns that , the woman he fell in love with , is not actually ' daughter as she had claimed to be . Before can catch on , tricks him into agreeing to marry his actual daughter , , who is supposedly pregnant but without a husband . Both and are unhappy at the hasty arrangement , and the pair luck out when falls in love with someone else : Dr. , ' dialectician , whose frequent world travels appeal to her adventurous nature . 
 Meanwhile , local police lieutenant is keeping an eye on the mansion , believing that is meeting with Chicago mobsters soon . Also watching Snaps is mob rival , who , too , believes that is meeting Chicago mobsters . plans a hit on in the early afternoon while plans a raid at the same time to catch red - handed . 
 While seeks out , meets his mansion 's new maid , . As it turns out , is an old flame of , and the pair talk memories and the life that never was . comes to the mansion and is revealed to be 's daughter — who was actually fathered by long ago — making her dad after all . The impromptu celebration of both his daughters ' engagements is cut short by the arrival of the bankers . During the meeting , senses the bankers are giving him a raw deal — they do n't intend to give him any actual influence in the bank 's operations , despite the money he 's willing to invest . The meeting is interrupted by police officers and , who is embarrassed to find no money or gangsters present on site . He leaves the mansion just in time for 's car full of armed men to crash right outside . smiles for reporters and arrests the men . 
 With the realization that he 'd rather deal with gangsters and gunmen than " respectable " bankers , decides to abandon his short - lived honest ways and return to a life of crime ( looking skyward and admitting to his father , " Sorry , pop ... I did the best I could " ) . The final scene of the movie shows a double wedding for both his daughters . himself finally appears and objects to 's marriage , but he is carried off by ' men and the weddings end happily .

Sylvester Stallone, Ornella Muti, Peter Riegert, Vincent Spano, Marisa Tomei, Tim Curry

( ) is a successful corporate raider who has become rich buying up companies and selling off their assets . With the help of a computerized stock analyzing program called " Carmen " , has identified New England Wire & Cable Company as his next target . The struggling company is run by the benevolent and folksy ( ) and is the primary employer in its small Rhode Island town in New England . The company is doing okay and stock is rising . 
 decides to take over the company . After learns that he has filed a Schedule 13D report , and after stubbornly insisting that no outsider can seize control of a business his father began , is finally persuaded to hire his stepdaughter ( ) , a big - city lawyer , to defend against a hostile takeover . is instantly smitten with the beautiful , although he is on to her tactics and does not waver from his goal of becoming the majority stockholder of New England Wire & Cable . tactlessly and unsuccessfully tries to seduce her . Despite their antagonism , finds herself attracted to 's bold nature . 
 The takeover attempt begins to fracture the New England Wire & Cable Company family . 's mother ( ) secretly travels to 's offices to offer one million dollars in greenmail to if he 'll go away , but he refuses , stating , " I do n't take money from widows or orphans . " Trusted company president ( ) , fearful that the takeover will leave him with nothing , offers to let vote his shares in the company in exchange for a million - dollar payout . agrees , but specifies that will get only half as much if his shares fail to make up the margin of victory . 
 concedes to Jorgy 's offer to let the matter be settled at the annual shareholder 's meeting . Relying on the support of longtime friends and investors , Jorgy makes an impassioned plea to save the company , appealing to the traditions of manufacturing as opposed to the new breed of capitalism which represents , in which buyers of companies create no products or jobs and are interested only in money . The shareholders seem swayed by 's speech and boo when he gets up to give a rebuttal . 
 In his rebuttal , compares New England Wire & Cable to the last buggy whip manufacturer , arguing that even though the company 's product may be high quality , changing technology has rendered it obsolete . Rather than running a failing business into the ground , he contends that the shareholders should follow his lead and get what value they can from the stock before the company 's inevitable demise . At least when this company is liquidated , he says , they 'll end up with a few dollars in their pocket . 
 When the vote is taken , the shareholders agree to give controlling interest in the company . The margin of victory is greater than Coles ' shares and thus he does not receive the full amount he betrayed to get . 
 Back at home in Manhattan , finds himself uncharacteristically despondent after his victory , having realized he has lost his chance for a romance with . Just then , calls . She 's been having discussions with a Japanese automaker that wants to hire New England Wire & Cable to manufacture stainless steel wire cloth for making automobile airbags , something which will make the company profitable again on a new expanding industrial product . An excited invites her to dinner to discuss it .

Danny DeVito, Gregory Peck, Penelope Ann Miller, Piper Laurie, Dean Jones

is a 10 - year - old boy who is sent by his mother to stay with her best friend , who lives in the Delta shrimp - fishing country in a town called Paradise . and her husband have been living in an unmentioned emotional vacuum since the death of their own three - year - old boy . makes friends with the local 9 - year - old tomboy , who teaches him to be comfortable with himself . When gains a handle on his own emotions , he can now help and to connect , overcome grief and rediscover themselves .

Former Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback and rookie FBI Agent is assigned to assist experienced agent and veteran in investigating a string of bank robberies by the " Ex - Presidents " , a gang of robbers who wear face - masks depicting former US presidents , , , and to disguise their true identities . They raid only the cash drawers in the banks that they rob — never going for the vault — and are out within 90 seconds . 
 Pursuing 's theory that the criminals are surfers , Utah goes undercover to infiltrate the surfing community . He fabricates a personal family tragedy in order to persuade orphaned surfer to teach him to surf , after she saved him from drowning during his first attempt at surfing . Through her , he meets , the charismatic leader of a gang of surfers consisting of , , and . The group are initially wary of Utah , but accept him when recognizes him as the former college football star . As he masters the art of surfing , finds himself increasingly drawn to the surfers ' adrenaline - charged lifestyle , 's philosophies , and . Following a clue retrieved by analyzing toxins found in the hair of one of the bank robbers , and lead an FBI raid on another gang of surfers , resulting in the deaths of two of them . Despite their criminal records , these surfers turn out to not be the Ex - Presidents and the raid inadvertently ruins a DEA undercover operation . 
 Watching 's group surfing , Utah begins to suspect that they are the " Ex - Presidents , " noting how close a group they are and the way one of them moons everyone in the same manner one of the robbers does when leaving a bank . Utah and stake out a bank and the Ex - Presidents appear . While wearing a mask , the gang leader ( implied to be ) leads Utah on a foot chase through the neighborhood , which ends when Utah causes an old knee injury to flare up again after jumping into an aqueduct . Despite having a clear shot , Utah does not shoot and the leader escapes . 
 At a campfire that night , it is confirmed that and his gang are the Ex - Presidents . discovers Utah 's FBI badge and angrily terminates their relationship . Shortly afterwards , aggressively recruits Utah into going skydiving with the group and he accepts . After the jump , reveals that he knows Utah is an FBI agent and has arranged for his friend , a non - surfing thug , to hold hostage . Utah is thus blackmailed into participating in the Ex - Presidents last bank robbery of the summer . As a result , , along with an off - duty police officer and a bank guard — who both attempt to foil the robbery — are killed . Outraged by 's death , knocks Utah out and leaves the scene . 
 Defying their senior officer who arrests Utah for armed robbery , and head to the airport where , , and are about to leave for Mexico . During a shootout , and are killed , whereas is seriously wounded . With aboard , forces Utah onto the plane at gunpoint . Once airborne and over their intended drop zone , and put on their parachutes and jump from the plane , leaving Utah to take the blame again . With no other parachutes available , Utah jumps from the plane with 's gun and intercepts him . After landing safely , Utah 's knee gives out again , allowing to escape Utah 's grasp . meets with and releases , who reunites with Utah . dies of his wounds , and and leave with the money . 
 Nine months later , Utah tracks at Bells Beach in Victoria , Australia , where a record storm is producing lethal waves . This is an event had talked about experiencing , calling it the " 50 - Year Storm . " Utah attempts to bring into custody , but refuses . During a brawl in the surf , Utah manages to handcuff himself to , who begs Utah to release him so he can ride the once - in - a - lifetime wave . Knowing will not come back alive , Utah releases him , bids him farewell , and sees him step towards the wave . While the authorities watch surf to his death , Utah walks away , throwing his FBI badge into the ocean .

After 's divorce from , he and , move from Cold River , Illinois to Mortville , Oregon , a quiet community , as a way to start over . Before they arrive at their new house , sees a girl roller skating on the sidewalk with a balloon . He pops it with his sling shot and laughs at her as he goes by . and arrive at their new house , and moments later , dozens of women line up in their front yard , all of them wanting to date . 
 When Junior starts his first day of third grade , he sees that ( ) , the adoption agent from the first film , happens to be the principal of his new school . panics at the sight of and promptly promotes him to the sixth grade . There meets ( ) , the school bully who 's incapable of learning , and gets on his bad side when he tapes him to the chalkboard . retaliates by trying to drop the school 's satellite dish on , but it misses him and hits instead , knocking him out . When he comes to , he sees school nurse and becomes smitten with her . , annoyed at 's sudden love interest , retaliates by attempting to draw a mustache on 's picture hanging in the hall , only to be foiled by ( ) , the girl whose balloon he popped earlier . Throughout the film , they engage in an escalating prank war . 
 decides to date again to find a new wife and mother , but is against it . His first date is with ( ) a divorced woman whose ex - husband , ( ) is a slob , eats dog food , and is insanely jealous . hires a babysitter named to look after . Unfortunately , she is an irresponsible slob who eats junk food and watches a TV documentary on pigs . After she insults , he calls and tells him about 's date , causing him to storm the restaurant where she and are . gets into a fight with , but this only causes to have a change of heart about him . 
 Back at the house , 's scuzzy boyfriend shows up on his motorcycle and they decide to have sex in the master bedroom . uses 's video camera to record what they 're doing , and puts on a movie showcase on the front of the house for the whole neighborhood to see . 
 While is driving home , and ferociously make out in the passenger seat , and sees several cars parked in his driveway , along with the whole neighborhood watching and her boyfriend having sex . He is shocked and reminds they 're new in the neighborhood and they needed to attempt to fit in . Afterward , 's father , ( ) and his dog , Nippy , arrive to live with them after losing all of his money in a bad investment . 's second date is with ( ) , and rewires the doorbell and she gets electrocuted . is shocked at her appearance , and she falls face first onto the ground after closes the door . 
 Around the same time , ( ) , the richest , snootiest , kid - hating lady in Mortville , takes an interest in , much to 's chagrin . While and are gone for the day , she redecorates the house to impress . ruins a dinner she makes by putting live cockroaches in the food . Afterwards , she tells him that when she is his mother she will send him to boarding school in Baghdad . He tries to tell this , but he refuses to believe him , saying he 's no longer credible . 
 While at a school function , sees the puppet show go awry . He stops it but is surprised to see it was ruining it . It is also revealed that is her mother . rushes to take her home : tries to tell her he understands what it is like raising a problem child and thinks they can help one another . She tells him she likes him , but if they date , 's behavior would only get worse . He proposes to believing she is the only woman who will marry him . 
 By a chance meeting in a pizza restaurant , , , , and dine together and have a good time , even after the food fight that the kids start with and his girlfriend gets them thrown out . and apologize and decide their parents should date . He tries to stop the wedding by switching 's blood sample with that of a rabid dog . While celebrating her engagement to , she gets cake icing on her face , which bears a striking resemblance to foaming at the mouth ( a symptom of rabies ) . As a result , she is handcuffed by animal control officers and sent to the hospital for observation . 
 At the altar , shows up operating a bulldozer with the Love Rock and gets trapped underneath it . tells she 's the one he really wants , and tells to marry himself , which he does . uses his sling shot with 's firecracker , causing the cake to blast off and land on and .

John Ritter, Michael Oliver, Amy Yasbeck, Jack Warden, Laraine Newman, Ivyann Schwan, Gilbert Gottfried

The film begins in 1990 , when grave is being excavated in Shady Oaks , a cemetery in the backyard of the Bodega Bay Inn . We see digging grave . opens up the coffin , climbs out , and pours a vial of the potion on the skeleton , with , , and watching . After pouring the formula , the skeleton raises its arms , indicating that is alive again . A few months later , a group of parapsychologists , led by , are sent to the hotel to investigate the strange murder of and the lunatic ravings of a now insane . It is explained that 's brain was extracted through her nose ( by ) , and , suspected of the murder , is now locked up in an asylum . While at the asylum , he begins to experience terrible seizures and premonitions . 
 That very evening , one of the investigators , , decides to leave after spotting two of the puppets in her room . However , while packing , and attack and kidnap her . The next day , talks to about the disappearance of his mother , due to finding 's belongings and car still at the hotel . That very evening 's brother ( ) gets his head tunneled by . Another investigator , ( ) runs in , knocks out , and kills him by crushing him with a lamp . After dissecting , they realize that the puppets are not remote controlled , but rather that their gears and wood are run by a chemical . From this , they deduce that the chemical must be the secret of artificial intelligence . 
 The next morning , while still trying understand the puppet 's motivation , a man named comes in , stating that he had inherited the hotel , and that he was in Bucharest while the investigators moved in . Afterwards , 's son travels to the hotel , trying to figure out what happened to his mother . That very evening , and go to a local farmer 's house , where kills the husband , , but gets thrown into the fireplace by the wife , . Just before shoots with her shotgun , a new puppet , , walks in and burns with his flame - throwing arm . It is then revealed that is really and he created after being brought back to life , and he believes that is a reincarnation of his now deceased wife , . 
 then has a flashback of him and buying the formula of eternal life from a Cairo Merchant . The next morning , and go into town to find and to find out more about . During this , it is revealed that the puppets are killing because they are growing weaker and need the secret ingredient that makes that formula : brain tissue . finds no records of , and starts to connect to the disappearance of and the death of her brother , . At the same time , she also realizes she has a crush on . That same evening , and kiss , and have a little romantic interlude , as do and , the remaining two investigators . While goes back to her room , kills , killing afterwards . After killing them , he uses their tissue for the formula . 
 During this , sneaks into 's room , and finds two life sized mannequins in the wardrobe . sneaks up behind , and still thinking she is , ties her up . , hearing her screams , wakes up and goes to rescue her , all while fighting off , , and . On his way up , the dumbwaiter opens , revealing and 's dead mother , . transfers his soul into one of the mannequins , and explains that after seeing , he decided for them to live together forever . The puppets , upon hearing this , realize used them for his evil needs , and start torturing him . then breaks into the room , saves , and the two run out of the hotel . Up in the attic , sets on fire , causing him to fall out a window and die . Afterward , goes back to 's body with the remaining of the formula . 
 Several days later , it is revealed that 's soul has been put in the woman - sized mannequin , and is now running her own little puppet show . , , and , are locked up in a cage , leaving free . takes them to the Bouldeston Institution for the mentally troubled tots and teens . puts the puppets in the back of her car , and up on the passenger 's seat , and drives off , leaving this movie as a cliff - hanger .

The film is set during 1941 in World War II Berlin . A scientist named Dr. is forced by the Nazis , especially his Gestapo liaison Major , to create a drug capable of animating corpses to use as living shields on the battlefield after losing too many on the Eastern Front . But , Dr. can not get it right : While the corpses do reanimate , they have a tendency towards mindless violence . In a small theater downtown , has set up a politically satirical puppet show for children , starring a six - armed American Old West puppet named , who attacks an inanimate reconstruction puppet of . The show is , next to a crowd of children , also attended by Lt . , ' driver . After the performance , and his wife feed the puppets with the formula which sustains their life force , but they are watched by , who informs his superior the next morning . , genuinely fascinated by the formula , wants to freely share the secret with him , but wants to take in for treason and insulting of the Führer . 
 The next day , gives a puppet crafted in her likeness as a gift , but soon afterwards , , and a squad of soldiers break into the atelier and take , , and . When attempts to prevent them from taking the formula as well , she is shot by one of the escort , and is dragged away from her . When prepares to leave , the wounded spits at him in defiance , and in retaliation , shoots her dead in cold blood . However , while transporting off , the two soldiers guarding him are killed by and , enabling to escape . 
 After hiding for the remainder of the night , returns to his theater to find that the stage has been burnt by the Nazis . He finds Six - Shooter and and leaves with them , then discovers a partially destroyed hospital and decides to set up camp in it . Seeking revenge , , , and break into the morgue to get his wife 's life essence and inserts it into the woman puppet he made for her , and as she comes to life , he inserts several leeches he found in a jar into her . Later that night , carries out the first revenge attack on while he fixes ' car , along with , and . On his flight from his pursuers , subsequently finds shelter in a bombed - out building . 
 Back in his lab , Dr. is studying 's formula , and desperate to meet and talk with him , he goes back to the old theater . Meanwhile , some friends from the puppet show , a boy named and his father , find and decide to live with him after 's mother was arrested on charges of espionage . The next day , sends Six - Shooter to kill General , the supervisor of the Nazi reanimation project , while is visiting a brothel . Six - Shooter manages to kill the general , but shoots off one of the puppet 's arms beforehand . goes back to 's old atelier to look for a replacement arm and is caught by Dr. , who treats him kindly and gets him to take him to Toulon . 
 Dr. finds and talks to , who tells him about the puppets ' secret , and the two become friends . But 's father betrays by telling Major about his hideout in exchange for a pardon for his family . and his men storm the ruin , but the puppets fight back , enabling and to escape . stops and his father , demanding to know where is ; fights against and is shot by . While searching the nearby houses , one of ' men is shot by ; but when approaches him , the soldier puts a knife into him before expiring . dies from the injury , telling to keep fighting . returns once more to his old theater , where he falls asleep from exhaustion and is soon joined by the now orphaned . 
 At night , Major returns to his office , only to fall prey to an ambush by and his puppets , now joined by , infused with ' essence . takes terrible revenge on by hanging him from the ceiling by his limbs and neck , which are impaled by sharp hooks . After having a halberd from ' office decorations planted into the floor , point up , sets the rope on fire ; the rope eventually snaps , and fatally falls right onto the halberd . The film ends with , posing as , and leaving the country for Geneva on the express train .

Ambitious , callous , narcissistic , and at times unethical , is a highly successful Manhattan lawyer whose obsession with his work leaves him little time for his prim socialite wife , , and troubled preteen daughter , . He has just won a malpractice suit in which he defended a hospital against a plaintiff who claims , but is unable to prove , that he warned the hospital of an existing condition that then caused a problem . 
 Running out to a convenience store to buy cigarettes one night , is shot when he interrupts a robbery . One bullet hits his right frontal lobe , while the other pierces his chest and hits his left subclavian vein , causing excessive internal bleeding and cardiac arrest . He experiences anoxia , resulting in brain damage . 
 survives but initially he can neither move nor talk and he suffers retrograde amnesia . He slowly regains movement and speech with the help of a physical therapist named . Upon returning to his apartment , he , almost childlike , is impressed by the surroundings he once barely noticed . As he forges new relationships with his family , he realizes he does not like the person he was before the shooting . 
 As thinks it is best for all of them , is put into an out - of - town elite school for girls , as had been planned but now that she and her father are closer than ever , she is not happy to go . At orientation , he tells her a fib to encourage her to enjoy the new surroundings and people . He and become much closer , as they had been when they first met . He also misses dearly . 
 His firm allows him to return to work out of deference to his previous contributions to its success . suggests they relocate to a smaller , less expensive residence . As his firm takes away his old assignments and large office and essentially assigns him only busy work , he begins to realize he does not want to be a lawyer anymore either . While he and are at a dinner party , they overhear several of their " friends " making derogatory comments about him . 
 He finds letters to from a former colleague disclosing an affair they had , becomes angry and upset , and leaves home . He is confronted by , a fellow attorney at his firm , who reveals that they were also having an affair and that he had told her he would leave for her , making him have second thoughts about himself and his relationships . 
 He gives documents from his last case that were suppressed by his firm to the plaintiff who was in the right all along and apologizes . He then goes back to the firm and resigns , says goodbye to , and realizing that ( as had said ) everything had been wrong before but was now so much better , returns to her and they reconcile . They go to 's school and withdraw her and she is overjoyed to be with her parents . As they leave the building , she tosses her school - uniform hat away .

In 1897 , Mrs. , a widow , and two young children are cast off from the ship they are travelling on , because the ship 's crew are infected with cholera . After days afloat , , a sailor who has been sent with them , tries to kill the boy because of his excessive crying . angrily beats to death with a harpoon and dumps his body overboard . The trio arrives at and is stranded on a beautiful tropical island in the South Pacific . tries to raise them to be civilized , but soon gives up , as the orphaned boy was born and raised by young lovers on this same island , and he influences the widow 's daughter . They grow up , and educates them from the Bible , as well as from her own knowledge , including the facts of life . She cautiously demands the children never to go to the forbidden side of the island . 
 Ten years later , when and are about 12 and 10 years old , respectively , dies from pneumonia , leaving them to fend for themselves . is buried on a scenic promontory overlooking the tidal reef area . Together , the children survive solely on their resourcefulness , and the bounty of their remote paradise . Six years later , both and grow into strong and beautiful teenagers . They live in a house on the beach and spend their days together fishing , swimming , and exploring the island . Both their bodies mature and develop , and they are physically attracted to each other . lets win the child 's game easter egg hunt and dives to find an adult 's pearl as her reward . His penchant for racing a lagoon shark sparks a domestic quarrel ; thinks he is foolhardy , but the liveliness makes feel virile . 
 awakens in the morning with her first menstrual period , just as described the threshold of womanhood . awakens in the morning with an erection , and suffers a nasty mood swing , which he can not explain . They then get into an argument regarding privacy and their late mother 's rules . One night , goes off to the forbidden side of the island , and discovers that a group of natives from another island use the shrine of an impressive , Kon - Tiki - like idol to sacrifice conquered enemies every full moon . camouflages himself with mud and hides in the muck ; meanwhile , worries about his disappearance . escapes unscathed , though he is seen by a lone native . Ultimately , after making up for their fight , and discover natural love and passion , which deepens their emotional bond . They fall in love , and exchange formal wedding vows and rings in the middle of the jungle . They consummate their new - found feelings for each other for the next several months . 
 Soon after , a ship arrives at the island , carrying unruly sailors , a proud captain , and his beautiful but spoiled daughter , . The party is welcomed by the young couple , and they ask to be taken back to civilization , after many years in isolation . tries to steal from and seduce him , but as tempted as he is by her strange ways , he realizes that is his heart and soul , upsetting . angrily leaves behind in the middle of the fish pond , in plain view of the landing party . Meanwhile , , a sailor , ogles in her bath and drags her back to the house . He tries to rape her and steal her pearl , before comes to her rescue . opens fire on who flees . lures to his death in the jaws of the shark in the tidal reef area . Upon returning , he apologizes to for hurting her and she reveals that she is pregnant . She tells him that if he wants to leave , then she wo n't stop him , but that she wants to raise their child away from civilization , and from guns . They decide to stay and raise their child on the island , as they feel their blissful life would not compare to civilization . The ship departs and the two young lovers stay on the island , and have their baby , a little girl .

of Locksley — an English nobleman who joined , King of England in the Third Crusade — is imprisoned in Jerusalem along with his comrade , . Facing the amputation of 's hand by the Ayyubid prison guards , escapes with , saving the life of a Moor named in the process . , , and escape through a sewer and into an alley , but is shot and mortally wounded by an archer . Before making his last stand against the approaching guards , has swear to protect his sister , . returns to England with , who has vowed to accompany him until 's life - debt to is repaid . 
 In England , with King away in France , the cruel Sheriff of Nottingham rules over the land , aided by his cousin of Gisbourne , the witch , and the corrupt Bishop of Hereford . At Locksley Castle , 's father , who is loyal to King , is killed by the Sheriff 's men after refusing to join them . 
 returns to England to find his father dead , his home in ruins , and the Sheriff and his men oppressing the people . After telling of 's demise , and while fleeing the Sheriff 's forces afterwards , and encounter a band of outlaws hiding in Sherwood Forest , led by Little . Among the band is , who holds a belligerent grudge against . Robin assumes command of the group , training them to defend themselves and fight against . They rob soldiers and convoys that pass through the forest , then distribute the stolen wealth among the poor . One of their early targets is Friar , who subsequently joins these Merry Men . begins to sympathize with the band and renders any aid she can muster . 's successes infuriate the Sheriff , who increases the mistreatment of the people , resulting in greater local support for . 
 The Sheriff kills for his failure to prevent the looting of several convoys , and hires Celtic warriors from Scotland to assist his forces in assaulting the hideout . The Sheriff manages to locate the outlaws ' hideout and launches an attack , destroying the refuge and capturing most of the outlaws . With the Bishop 's help , the Sherrif has confined when she tries to summon help from France . To consolidate his claim to the throne , the Sheriff proposes to ( who is 's cousin ) , claiming that if she accepts , he will spare the lives of the captured outlaws . Nevertheless , several of the rebels are due to be executed by hanging as part of the wedding celebration . Among the captured is , who makes a deal with the Sheriff to find and kill in exchange for his freedom . 
 meets up with and a handful of his aides who survived the 's assault . informs of the Sheriff 's plans to marry and execute 's men . continues to display anger against , which motivates to question why hates him so much . then reveals himself to be 's younger illegitimate half - brother ; 's mother was a peasant woman with whom 's father took comfort after 's mother died . 's anger toward his father caused him to separate from her and leave fatherless . Despite his anger , is overjoyed to learn that he has a brother , and reconciles with . 
 On the day of the wedding and hangings , and his men infiltrate Nottingham Castle , freeing the prisoners . Although 's band originally planned to free their friends and retreat , reveals himself and his willingness to fight the Sheriff , inciting the peasants to revolt . After a fierce fight , kills the Sheriff , but is attacked by with a spear . slays , fulfilling his life - debt to . kills the Bishop by burdening him with treasure and throwing him out a window . 
 and profess their love for each other and are married in the forest . Their wedding is briefly interrupted by King , who blesses the marriage and thanks for his deeds .

Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Alan Rickman, Christian Slater

Boston law student and part - time mechanic ( ) was asked by his boss to deliver a new Porsche from Boston to Atlantic City for a client . When he gets close to Atlantic City , the Porsche breaks down . 
 While waits for the car to be repaired , a cab driver ( who mistakes for being an Atlantic City high roller ) takes him to an undercover casino that has a bar room and kitchen , so can get something to eat . 
 At the casino , earns the wrath of ( ) , who takes exception to beating him at poker . In the resulting fight , trips over a potted palm , accidentally hits his head on the sharp corner of a counter , and dies . 
 is now on the spot , because happens to be the son of a mob boss named ( ) , who is the owner and despot of the casino and most of the police force . 
 Wrongfully accused of murdering , finds himself on the run from both the cops and 's henchmen , all of whom want to collect the $ 50,000 bounty that placed on . With only one ally , reluctant witness ( ) , finds himself in a deadly game of cat and mouse . 
 The bodies pile up as dodges flying bullets and bowling pins , explosions from numerous assault weapons and miscellaneous shrapnel and twisted auto parts as he is pursued on a nightmare race through racetracks , amusement parks , bowling alleys and shopping malls . 
 and confront each other at 's dog - race track . dies as he is impaled by a mechanical pacer greyhound that was speeding toward him .

In Texas , seasoned undercover narcotics police officer is told by his superior Lt . to choose a partner from a group of recent police academy graduates for his undercover investigation , which has been ongoing for two years . His choice of surprises , but is confident she is the right fit for what he needs . 
 explains to that all they will have is each other in this assignment . They are caught between the legal world and the illegal underworld , belonging to neither and able to trust only one another . Though initially startled by 's intensity , insists she is capable of doing whatever it takes to get the job done . Later at 's apartment , he teaches how to properly shoot up heroin . informs that she was instructed how to fake drug use at the police academy , which prompts a strong rebuke from . He informs her in no uncertain terms that she will be put in situations where she will have to take the drugs they will be buying . The drug dealers they will be doing business with are not stupid , and if she tries to fake drug use in front of them , she will get both of them killed . 
 and now 's main objective in their operation is to take down the cunning , mysterious , and powerful . While ( and the police department ) is certain is the main drug boss in the town , is an expert at avoiding detection , and deeply mistrustful of . Unable to secure access to him , and buy large quantities of drugs from minor dealers in the town . These drugs are cataloged and given to , along with information detailing from whom they bought the drugs . and quickly go from pretending to be lovers to the real thing . 
 As predicted , is soon put into a position where she is forced to inject drugs in front of a drug dealer . tries to intervene and tell the dealer that " his lady does n't fix " , but the dealer insists at gunpoint . first tries nervously to talk her way out of the situation , then yanks off her jacket and with shaking hands begins to prepare a heroin shot as had taught her . Seeing her high level of anxiety , takes the prepared needle from her and injects it into her arm . While the dealer watches approvingly and laughs , quietly vomits off screen . 
 Soon enough , is addicted to the drugs she has to use to maintain her cover , and arrives home one day to find combing the carpet , desperately searching for any crumbs of drugs that may have fallen . nurses through her withdrawal while appearing largely unaffected by his own drug use . However , over the course of the film he becomes even more addicted than she . Eventually , both are able to get clean , but remain traumatized and scarred by their drug experiences . 
 Though they have successfully infiltrated the town 's drug underworld , and are no closer to obtaining evidence against . Under pressure from the department , they falsify evidence against in order to secure his arrest and indictment . They move into a small trailer awaiting the beginning of the trial . is startled awake one evening by a double barrel shotgun caressing her face . A gunfight ensues in which is shot in the thigh , striking his femoral artery . frantically goes for help , then returns to the trailer to find barely conscious . He dies in her arms . 
 At 's trial , is on the witness stand . During her testimony , she mentions that she has resigned from the police force . Her testimony sticks to the fabricated story and she concocted , and appears to earn the support of the jury and courtroom spectators . When she looks directly at , however , he slides two fingers down the bridge of his nose , mimicking the movement of the shotgun that eventually killed . Stunned , retracts her statements about 's involvement in the drug trade , and testifies that they were ordered to fabricate evidence by the Chief of Police . This of course secures 's acquittal . 
 Freed from police custody , gets into his car a few nights later . As he drives down the road , he notices someone hiding in the backseat . pulls over , and as he turns to confront them , he is killed by a double barrel shotgun blast to the face . The killer is never shown , but it is implied is that it is Cates .

( ) , a sports lawyer , is married to psychotherapist and author ( ) . After years of being happily married , reveals to that he has had an affair . She is soon shocked and requests a divorce , but later admits that she herself has been unfaithful .

( ) is awakened from a deep sleep by a vigilante mob . They claim to be looking for a serial killer who strangles his victims and to need his help . Before he leaves , his landlady , who wants to marry him , gives him a small paper bag with pepper in it . 
 ( ) and her boyfriend ( ) , performers at a circus , are having a dispute about getting married and having a baby . leaves and goes to another tent where , a tightrope artist ( ) , waits for him . They begin to have sex , but catches them and runs away to the city . There , she meets a prostitute ( ) who brings her to a house of ill - repute , where she is comforted by other prostitutes ( and ) . Then , a student named ( ) comes into the whorehouse and is immediately bewitched by ; he insists on having sex with her , paying $ 700 . 
 On the street , walks aimlessly around the city . He stops at a coroner 's house , where the doctor ( ) explains that his role in the hunt is purely scientific . They each have a glass of sherry . After leaves , the doctor is murdered by the . 
 , seeing a local family being evicted as ' undesirables ' , goes to the police station to try to stop the eviction . Whilst there , a police officer arrives with news of the coroner 's death , saying that there is a clue – a glass with fingerprints on it . panics , realizing that his fingerprints are on the glass . is there as well , because she had been taken to the police station when the police raided the whorehouse . Insisting she is a whore and needs a license , they fine her fifty dollars and allow her to leave . protests her innocence and , in the confusion , is able to steal the glass with his fingerprints on it . leaves and , startled by , engages her in conversation , during which they walk into the night together . A vigilante shows an alley where they think the killer might be . and enter the alley warily , and find that the person is 's boss , Mr. , peeping into a window at a woman . Mr. angrily accuses him of incompetence . Ashamed , and move on into the night . 
 arrives in the city , looking for . He goes into a bar where , the student who had sex with , is having a drink . The student reflects on the wonderful experience he had with " a sword - swallower " . is shocked , although does not know why . 
 Back on the street , tells that she does n't want the money and asks him to give the $ 650 she has left after paying the fine at the police station to charity in a church . He does , finding two men compiling a list of names . When he gives them the money , they gratefully erase his name from the list . Outside , on the steps of the church , they see a starving mother with a child , and the two run away from parent and child . After some thought , decides she wants to give half of the money to the woman and asks to go back to the church to get it back . Reluctantly , he returns and asks for half the money ; the two men reinstate his name to the list . 
 tries to get a place to stay by asking his fiancée , but she refuses to let them in . At a pier , they look out at the night and the feeling is very romantic , until the vigilante mob ambushes them . It turns out that everyone has a " plan . " Then , , a man who smells people like a psychic bloodhound , starts to sniff . He says that " has something in his pocket , " and the sherry glass is revealed . Angry and believing he is the killer , the mob prepares to lynch him . blows pepper in their faces and escapes . He tries to find a safe haven in the house of his first ex - fiancée , ( ) , whom he left standing at the altar while he had a dalliance with her sister . He apologizes , but she throws him out , shouting " Get out and die ! " 
 Meanwhile , and meet , and at first is ready to kill for sleeping with another man . They break off their fight when they find the starving woman whom and had met earlier , murdered , and the baby lying on the ground . They decide to keep the child and return to the circus , which is preparing to leave the city . 
 Ahead of the mob , arrives at the whorehouse , where he meets and has an existential conversation with . When he is unable to express his views , a whore ( ) coaxes him into a back room where he fails to perform , blaming existential angst . The mob arrives , asking after . He escapes via the roof , after which he meets and is taunted by his rival ( ) for promotion at work , and who also reveals has gone back to the circus . follows her there . 
 At the circus , meets the magician ( ) , whom he greatly admires . The arrives and is about to kill both of them when the magician mesmerizes him with a mirror trick and chains him up . While and are congratulating each other , the somehow escapes . The angry mob arrives on the scene and , thwarted , gives up for the night . The movie ends with accepting 's invitation to become his assistant , and and continuing their careers as circus performers while raising their newfound child . As and prepare to leave , the magician sums it all up by saying , " They need illusions like they need the air . " And with a gesture , the two disappear in a mirror and a puff of smoke .

Woody Allen, John Cusack, Mia Farrow, Jodie Foster, Kathy Bates, John Malkovich, Madonna, Lily Tomlin

While driving at night along the northern California coast , architect ( ) and wife ( ) are involved in a car wreck . suffers major injuries and brain trauma , resulting in psychogenic amnesia . After extensive plastic surgery , returns home in 's care . 
 relies on those close to him to help him restore his past , including his business partner ( ) and 's wife , ( ) . has frequent flashbacks he believes to be events that led up to the car crash . 
 finds discrepancies in the stories about his former self . He stumbles upon photographs of sleeping with another man . finds an expensive bill to a pet store and follows up with its proprietor , ( ) . says the payment was for services provided as a private investigator to follow , and it revealed she was cheating with ( ) . 
 arranges a meeting with and follows her . stops at an old shipwreck slated for removal by 's company . Assuming the wreck is a key in remembering his past , has its removal postponed . 
 's wife accuses of planning the accident to eliminate . As he works with to keep tabs on his wife with a wiretap , tails her to a hotel where she and are to meet , but leaves and a chase ensues through a wooded area . After gunshots are fired from 's car , and crash while escapes . 
 That night at home , arms himself and lies in wait . At gunpoint , an intruder is revealed as disguised as . She explains that is actually dead , killed by on the night of the accident . had intended to stop the affair with . says she and covered up the murder by disposing of 's body in the shipwreck . When reveals he postponed the ship 's removal , becomes hysterical and suggests they should flee . 
 receives a phone call from imploring him to see her , but when arrives , he finds dead . He is confronted at gunpoint by , who followed him , thinking must have murdered . Pleading for his life , convinces to visit the shipwreck , where they find a chemical storage container . dredges up a body of a man who looks exactly like himself . realizes he is not ; he is . 
 In a flashback , it is revealed that an abusive confronted his wife with evidence of her infidelity . She called for help and raced to her home , arriving too late to prevent her from shooting her husband in the head . wanted to go to the police , but convinced him to cover up the murder and hide 's body . After doing so , told he wanted out of the relationship . This angered and distracted , who drove into the car wreck . 
 had banked on the chemical dissolving 's body , but because it was actually Formaldehyde , she had preserved it . is shot by , and falls into the water . forces to leave with her . She drives erratically down the same stretch of road from the night of the accident , confessing to the murder of , saying she had figured everything out and had to be killed . 
 She hid the facts from so he 'd have plausible deniability . After the crash , she told the plastic surgeons that the man she was with was her husband . Distracted by a police helicopter , loses control of the gun , and grabs it , demanding she stop the car . decides to kill them in a murder - suicide car crash . , at the last second , rolls out , while she plummets to her death . 
 The police helicopter lands , and an injured emerges . survived his plunge into the water after being shot thanks to his asthma inhaler . The two board the helicopter , with referring to as , presumably securing 's fortune for him . The helicopter lifts off , flying over the burning car at the bottom of the cliff .

Tom Berenger, Greta Scacchi, Bob Hoskins, Joanne Whalley, Corbin Bernsen

Slacker follows a single day in the life of an ensemble of mostly under-30 bohemians and misfits in Austin , Texas . The film follows various characters and scenes , never staying with one character or conversation for more than a few minutes before picking up someone else in the scene and following them . The characters include as a talkative taxi passenger , a UFO buff who insists the U.S. has been on the moon since the 1950s , a conspiracy theorist , an elderly anarchist who befriends a man trying to rob his house , a serial television set collector , and a hipster woman trying to sell a pap smear . The woman selling the pap smear appears on the film poster , and was played by Butthole Surfers drummer ] Most of the characters grapple with feelings of social exclusion or political marginalization , which are recurring themes in their conversations . They discuss social class , terrorism , joblessness , and government control of the media .

lives in a beautiful home by the beach on Cape Cod with her husband , , a charming , handsome and wealthy investment counselor . Beneath his charm , has extreme obsessive control issues , who has been physically and emotionally abusing throughout their marriage . He makes her keep everything in order in the house , tells her what she should wear , picks out what music she listens to , and limits her social activities . 
 One day , believes has been flirting with an attractive neighbor , and he physically assaults her in a jealous rage . In an effort to escape , fakes her own death at sea in a storm while the couple are boating . Because had deliberately led to believe that she could not swim , he believed she had drowned once she was lost overboard . However , was able to swim safely to shore , because she had recently taken swimming lessons at the YWCA . secretly returns home , retrieves some clothing and cash she had hidden away in preparation , disguises herself , and leaves home after flushing her wedding ring down the toilet . 
 moves to Cedar Falls , Iowa . In preparation , she has told that her blind mother , , died and pretends to attend the funeral , but secretly moves her from a nursing home in Minneapolis to Iowa . She rents a modest house , and adopts the name . In Cedar Falls , she meets , who teaches drama at University of Northern Iowa . A relationship develops , but suffers a setback when discovers that her real name is not . After a date , is unable to be physically intimate with , and the next day , she confesses that she is on the run from her abusive husband . 
 Meanwhile , receives a chance phone call from a friend of 's from the YWCA and learns of 's swimming lessons . His suspicions aroused , heads home and finds 's wedding ring in the toilet bowl where it failed to flush . From the Minneapolis nursing home , he learns that 's mother is alive , and has a private investigator trace her to the nursing home in Iowa . He visits 's mother and tells her he is a police officer needing information about . He learns from her that is seeing a college drama teacher in Cedar Falls . 
 finds and at a local fair , then follows her home . After leaving idiosyncratic clues of his presence around the house for to find , such as the cans lined up in the cabinet , confronts her . appears at the front door and , brandishing a gun , threatens to kill if she does n't make him leave . talks to and he appears to leave , but then he breaks down the door and struggles with , who knocks him unconscious . As points the gun at , distracts then attacks him . He drops the gun and manages to take control of it ; she fires at but misses . 
 holds at gunpoint while she calls the police . She tells the police that she just killed an intruder , hangs up the phone and shoots three times . 
 When falls to the ground , she drops the pistol and collapses , sobbing . , not yet dead , picks up the gun and attempts to shoot her , but the gun only clicks empty and he dies . is revived by . They embrace as 's dead body lies on the ground with 's wedding ring inches from his hand .

, the long - time star of the embattled daytime drama The Sun Also Sets , is targeted by her ambitious co - star ; connives to supplant as the show 's star by promising sexual favors to its producer , . To make the audience hate 's character , and come up with a last - minute plot change in which she will accidentally kill a young , destitute deaf - mute , played by the newly - cast Lori . Despite the strong objections of head writer and herself , the scene plays out , but is interrupted by 's recognition of as her real - life niece . Network honcho sees potential in the relationship and makes a regular cast member , hoping to boost the show 's flagging ratings . 
 and seek to further unnerve by bringing back , an actor whom arranged to be fired from The Sun Also Sets decades before , after his romantic relationship with went sour . Bitter at being reduced to performing dinner theater for uninterested seniors in Florida , relishes the chance to needle . Outwardly despising but perhaps still harboring some feelings for him , becomes unhinged when and seem to be about to begin a romantic relationship , seemingly from jealousy . However , when and are about to enact a scripted onscreen kiss , stops them by revealing that is actually her daughter by . On camera , explains that she was responsible for getting fired because she was distraught about the pregnancy . Then she went home , passed off as her niece , and had her parents raise , all due to pressure from the network . This incites disgust and scorn from nearly everyone on the show towards , but the scandal ignites renewed interest in the show , causing the ratings to skyrocket . A board meeting between the show 's staff — including , who speaks out in 's defense — takes place thereafter , where insists that she be fired , but he is quickly overruled as the situation has not only resulted in positive press for the show , but has generated a great deal of public sympathy for . 
 The next day , after an unpleasant exchange with , goes to and pleads with him to speak to on her behalf . is resistant at first , but after gives him advice on how to approach her and break the ice , the conversation leads to and embracing . Just when it seems the two are about to reconcile , interrupts them and claims that she and slept together the previous night . Disgusted , storms off , leaving the situation between her and even worse than before . The dilemma is further inflamed when — who by now is no longer angry with — shows her a tabloid newspaper proclaiming that is pregnant with 's child . After an explosive exchange between the three of them takes place over this , , and go to the head of the network with their concerns and demand that some action must be taken to solve the problem . But it 's who delivers an ultimatum stating , " Mr. -- it 's them or me -- that is the bottom line here ! They go or I go ! " 
 A decision is made by the network , and the actors head into a live episode still not knowing who will be written off the show . They will read their lines from a teleprompter so that the secret will be kept until the last minute . It is revealed that 's character has " brain fever " and will die ; still hoping to be rid of , ad - libs and suggests that a brain transplant can save her . is shocked by the revelation , but in character , immediately plays along , offering her own brain for the operation . Touched by the sacrifice , asks and not to leave the show , and softens to her newfound parents . , desperate to stop them , reiterates that she is pregnant with 's child , but she is publicly ruined by who , with the help of vengeful , who wanted for herself , reveals the secret from a high school yearbook that is actually a transsexual called " , of Syosset , Long Island . " is shocked and flees the set , screaming in horror . Later , , , and win soap opera awards while is relegated to performing dinner theater at 's former venue .

Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey, Jr., Elisabeth Shue, Cathy Moriarty, Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Carrie Fisher, Teri Hatcher

Praxis , a Klingon moon , explodes without warning . The starship USS Excelsior , commanded by Captain , is struck by the shock wave and its crew discovers that much of the moon has been obliterated . The loss of their key energy production facility and the destruction of the Klingon homeworld 's ozone layer throws the Klingon Empire into turmoil . No longer able to maintain a hostile footing , the Klingons sue for peace with their longstanding enemy , the United Federation of Planets . Accepting the proposal before the Klingons revert to a more belligerent approach , Starfleet sends the USS Enterprise - A to meet with the Klingon Chancellor , , and escort him to negotiations on Earth . Enterprise 's captain , , whose son was murdered by Klingons years earlier , opposes the negotiations and resents his assignment . 
 After a rendezvous between Enterprise and 's battlecruiser they continue towards Earth , with the crews sharing a tense meal aboard Enterprise . Later that night , Enterprise appears to fire on the Klingon ship with a pair of photon torpedoes , disabling the artificial gravity aboard the Klingon vessel . During the confusion , two figures wearing Starfleet spacesuits and gravity boots beam aboard the Klingon ship and grievously wound before beaming away . surrenders to avoid armed conflict , and beams aboard the Klingon ship with Doctor to attempt to save 's life . The chancellor dies , and 's chief of staff , General , has and arrested and put on trial for his assassination . The pair are found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment on the frozen asteroid Rura Penthe . 's daughter , , becomes the new chancellor , and continues diplomatic negotiations ; for reasons of security , the conference is relocated and the new location is kept secret . While several senior Starfleet officers want to rescue and , the Federation President refuses to risk full - scale war . likewise refuses to invade Federation space , stating that only will pay for her father 's death . 
 and McCoy arrive at the Rura Penthe mines and are befriended by a shapeshifter named , who offers them an escape route ; in reality , it is a ruse to make their arranged deaths appear accidental . Once her betrayal is revealed , transforms into 's double and fights him , but she is killed by the prison guards to silence any witnesses . Just before the prison warden reveals who set them up , and are beamed aboard Enterprise by Captain , who had assumed command and undertaken an investigation in 's absence . Determining that Enterprise did not fire the torpedoes but that the assassins are still aboard , the crew has begun a search for them . The two assassins are found dead , but and trick their accomplice into believing they are still alive . When the culprit arrives in sick bay to finish off the assassins , and discover that the killer is 's protégé , . To discover the identity of the conspirators , initiates a forced mind - meld , and learns that a group of Federation , Klingon , and Romulan officers plotted to sabotage the peace talks , fearing the changes their success might bring the titular " undiscovered country " ( the future ) , and that is one of the conspirators . The torpedoes that struck 's cruiser came from a prototype Bird of Prey that can fire while cloaked , and hovered just below Enterprise at the time of the assassination . 
 The crew contacts Captain , who informs them the conference is being held at Camp Khitomer . Both ships head for the talks as fast as they can . As Enterprise nears the planet , 's cloaked Bird of Prey moves to intercept . With Enterprise unable to track his ship 's position , inflicts severe damage on Enterprise and then Excelsior . At the suggestion of , the Enterprise 's communications officer , and modify a photon torpedo to home in on the exhaust emissions of 's vessel , using equipment originally intended to study gaseous anomalies . The torpedo impact reveals Chang 's location , and Enterprise and Excelsior destroy the Bird of Prey with a volley of torpedoes . Crew from both ships beam to the conference and halt an attempt on the Federation President 's life . pleads for those present to continue the peace process . Having saved the peace talks , and crew are contacted by , who bids farewell to his old friends and the Excelsior departs . Enterprise is ordered back to Earth by Starfleet Command to be decommissioned , but the crew decide to take their time on the return voyage . As Enterprise cruises towards a nearby star , proclaims that though this mission is the final cruise of Enterprise under his command , others will continue their voyages.[5 ]

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Christopher Plummer, Kim Cattrall, David Warner, Iman, Brock Peters, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols

Interstellar warrior ( ) is on a mission to capture intergalactic despot General ( ) . The general kidnapped President , the ruler of an entire planet . boards 's flagship but is unable to rescue , who is killed by , who turns into a berserk reptilian alien after wounds him . barely escapes , but is able to blow up the ship as he does so . 
 Due to his failure in saving the President , 's superior officer ( ) suggests that he is " stressed out " and should take a vacation . Annoyed , accidentally smashes his control systems and is forced to crash land on Earth . He will have to stay until his spaceship repairs itself . He has little knowledge of Earth 's customs , and his temper and sense of justice causes problems with everyone he meets , especially a mime artist he frequently runs into and tries to help , such as getting him out of his ' invisible box ' . 
 ( ) is a weak - willed architect working for the fawning and hypocritical ( ) . His wife ( ) unsuccessfully encourages him to stand up for himself . In order to help out financially , she rents out 's hobby shed as a vacation cabin , which leases . 's appearance and behavior makes nervous , and he begins to spy on his guest . He soon discovers 's advanced equipment and begins experimenting with it , not knowing that the power sources are traceable and its whereabouts are now being tracked by 's men . They send a pair of intergalactic bounty hunters after . also requires several rare crystals to fix his ship , the closest samples of which can be found in 's office . helps get into his boss 's office during a company party , but then the bounty hunters corner them . After winning a furious fight , and head home to repair the ship . 
 After the bounty hunters ' defeat , , who has escaped the destruction of his ship , comes to Earth . He takes 's family hostage , forcing to lead him to . begins torturing , enjoying himself before he intends to kill the warrior . Finding his courage , injures , who then turns into his monstrous form . Physically outmatched , is forced to set his ship to self - destruct , and he and manage to escape the ship 's explosion , which destroys for good . 
 leaves Earth using the bounty hunters ' ship . He takes 's secretary , , with him , hoping for a quiet family life . , though , has become bolder from his experiences ; he appears in 's office the following morning , shouting at his boss in front of witnesses , and finally quits his thankless job . Later , solves his final problem by using one of 's weapons to destroy an annoying set of traffic lights that never changed at the right time and receives cheers from the other motorists .

One year after the events of the first film , a young pizza delivery boy named inadvertently encounters burglars on his route and tries to stop them . Seeing him as a witness , the burglars attack , who proves to be an expert martial artist , but he is soon overwhelmed before the arrival of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . They vanish after rescuing , tying the burglars up , and taking the pizza he was delivering , leaving behind the money to pay for it . 
 , , and , along with their master , are living with while they look for a new place to live following the events of their last adventure . wants to remain in the shadows , while thinks they should live out in the open . At a junkyard where the remnants of The Foot and 's second - in - command are hiding out , they are met by their master , who has been disfigured by his previous defeat but did not die as they thought . 
 interviews Professor of Techno Global Research Industries ( TGRI ) about a possible toxic waste leak . He assures her that everything is fine , but at the same time their scientists discover dandelions which have been mutated by the leak . , a spy for the Foot posing as 's cameraman , discovers this and reports it to his master , who decides to have interrogated . Back at 's apartment , reveals to her and the turtles that the canister of mutagen ( dubbed " Ooze " by the Turtles ) which mutated them into their current state 15 years prior was created by TGRI , and they too decide to talk to him . The Foot gets to first and kidnaps him , salvaging the last vial canister of ooze in the process . The turtles attempt to get the canister back , but ultimately fail . Afterward , gets into 's apartment under the guise of delivering pizza and discovers and the turtles . 
 At the 's hideout , is forced into using the remaining ooze on a wolf and a snapping turtle , which mutate into and . With the imminent threat to April 's safety by the Foot , the turtles start to actively look for a new home . After an argument with , breaks off from the group , while , who soon discovers an abandoned subway station , deems it a perfect hideout . and defy 's orders and implant into the Foot Clan to find their hideout . However , they are caught and is captured , while escapes to warn the others . When they come , they are ambushed by and the Foot ; saves the group , but leaves as they face and , who prove too strong to defeat . finds and the five of them make a tactical retreat . Once back in their hideout , explains that the creation of the ooze was an accident , disheartening , who saw a higher purpose for their existence . 
 unleashes and into a nearby neighborhood to cause damages . The next day , sends a message to that and will be released into Central Park if the do n't meet the Foot Clan at the construction site . develops an antidote to the mutations and when they confront the two , and trick and into eating it . They discover the trick and brutally attack , throwing into a public dance club . A big fight ensues among hundreds of witnesses and eventually the turtles turn and into their natural state , while improvises the " Ninja Rap " . attacks , threatening a citizen with a final vial of ooze , but intervenes and the turtles overload an amplifier , causing to be blasted out onto the docks behind the club . They follow and discover that had drunk the last vial , transforming into a " Super Shredder " with immense super strength , who begins to destroy the support structure holding the dock up . Not caring about his own life , attempts to kill the turtles by collapsing the dock on top of them , but the group escapes the collapse using their aquatic nature , and surface in time to witness 's last breath . 
 In a press release , reads a note from , thanking the turtles for saving him , and when they return home , they deny being seen by the humans , but holds up the evening 's newspaper on which they are plastered across the cover . He then orders the four of them to do flips as punishment , chanting the theme song they were dancing to at the club " Go Ninja , Go Ninja , Go ! " exclaiming he " made another funny " as the scene freezes .

In 1995 , is living in Los Angeles with foster parents . His mother had been preparing him throughout his childhood for his future role as the Human Resistance leader against Skynet – the artificial intelligence that will be given control of the United States ' nuclear missiles and initiate a nuclear holocaust called " Judgment Day " on August 29 , 1997 – but was arrested and imprisoned at a mental hospital after attempting to bomb a computer factory . Skynet sends a new Terminator , designated as T-1000 , back in time to kill . The T-1000 is an advanced prototype made out of mimetic poly - alloy ( referred to as " liquid metal " ) that gives it the ability to take on the shape and appearance of almost anything it touches , and to transform his arms into blades and other shapes at will . The T-1000 arrives under a freeway , kills a policeman and assumes his identity . Meanwhile , the future has sent back a reprogrammed T-800 ( Model 101 ) Terminator to protect his young counterpart . 
 The Terminator and the T-1000 converge on in a shopping mall , and a chase ensues after which and the Terminator escape together on a motorcycle . Fearing that the T-1000 will kill in order to get to him , orders the Terminator to help free her . They encounter as she is escaping from the hospital , although she is initially reluctant to trust the T-800 . After the trio escapes from the T-1000 in a police car , the Terminator informs and about Skynet 's history . In addition , it would create machines that will hunt and kill the remnants of humanity.[a ] learns that the man most directly responsible for Skynet 's creation is , a Cyberdyne Systems engineer working on a revolutionary new neural net processor that will form the basis for Skynet . 
 gathers weapons from an old friend and plans to flee with to Mexico , but after having a nightmare about Judgment Day , she instead sets out to kill in order to prevent Judgment Day from occurring . Finding him at his home , she wounds him but finds herself unable to kill him in front of his family . and the arrive and inform of the future consequences of his work . They learn that much of his research has been reverse engineered from the damaged CPU and the right arm of the previous Terminator . Convincing him that these items and his designs must be destroyed , they break into the Cyberdyne building , retrieve the CPU and the arm , and set explosives to destroy 's lab . The police arrive and is fatally shot , but he rigs an improvised dead man 's switch that detonates the explosives when he dies . The T-1000 relentlessly pursues the surviving trio , eventually cornering them in a steel mill . 
 The T-1000 and the T-800 engage in physical combat and the more advanced model seriously damages and shuts down the T-800 . However , unbeknownst to the T-1000 , the T-800 brings itself back online using emergency power . The T-1000 nearly kills and but the T-800 takes it by surprise and blasts it into a vat of molten steel with an M79 grenade launcher , destroying it . tosses the arm and CPU of the original Terminator into the vat as well . As expresses relief that the ordeal is over , the Terminator explains that to ensure that it is not used for reverse engineering it must also be destroyed . It asks to assist in lowering it into the vat of molten steel , since it is unable to " self - terminate " . Although begs the Terminator to reconsider , it bids them farewell and hugs a tearful before it is lowered into the vat , giving a final thumbs - up as it disappears into the molten steel . and drive down a highway and says in a voice over , “ The unknown future rolls toward us . I face it for the first time with a sense of hope . Because if a machine , a Terminator can learn the value of human life , maybe we can too . "

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Robert Patrick, Edward Furlong

Best friends and set out for a weekend vacation at a fishing cabin in the mountains , to take a break from their dreary lives in Arkansas . , a ditzy housewife , is married to a disrespectful and controlling man , , while sharp - tongued works as a waitress in a diner , and is on - off dating a musician , , who spends most of his time on the road . 
 On the way they stop for a drink at a roadhouse bar where meets and dances with a flirtatious stranger , . When he takes her outside to the parking lot to get some fresh air , he starts kissing her and taking her clothes off without her consent . resists but hits her , and then starts raping her . finds them and threatens to shoot with the gun that brought with her . stops but as the women walk away , he yells that he should have continued the rape and continually insults them . Enraged , responds by shooting him dead , and the pair flee the scene . 
 At a motel , they discuss how to handle the situation . wants to go to the police but fears that no one will believe 's claim of attempted rape and they will be subsequently charged for murder . They decide to go on the run , but demands they travel from Oklahoma to Mexico without going through Texas . Something happened to in Texas , and suspects it was something similar to what had happened with but adamantly refuses to discuss it . Heading west , the women come across an attractive young drifter , , who quickly falls for , and she convinces to let him hitch a ride with them . then contacts and asks him to wire transfer her life savings to her . When she goes to pick up the money , she finds that has come to see her to deliver the money in person , and the two spend the night together . proposes to but she refuses . Meanwhile , invites to her room , and they sleep together . She then learns he is a thief who has broken parole . 
 The following morning , leaves in her motel room while she meets downstairs for breakfast and , when they return , they discover has stolen 's life savings and fled . is distraught , so a guilty takes charge and later robs a nearby convenience store using the tactics she learned from listening to Meanwhile , the FBI are getting closer to catching the fugitives after witnesses at the bar saw 's 1966 Ford Thunderbird convertible speeding out of the parking lot the night of the shooting . Their whereabouts are also questioned by the owner of the fishing cabin after the women failed to arrive for the weekend . Arkansas State Police Investigator leads the investigation and questions both and , and taps into the phone line at 's house . He discovers that had been raped years earlier in Texas , so sympathizes with her situation and understands why they did n't report 's murder to the authorities . During a couple of brief phone conversations with , he expresses his sympathy , but is unsuccessful in his attempts to persuade her to surrender . 
 tells she understands if she wants to go back home , knowing she has waiting for her , but explains she can not go back to . promises they will keep going together . The pair are later pulled over by a New Mexico state trooper for speeding . Knowing he will soon discover they are wanted for murder and armed robbery , holds him at gunpoint and locks him in the trunk of his police car , while takes his gun and ammunition . They drive away from the scene . On the road , they encounter a foul - mouthed truck driver who repeatedly makes obscene gestures at them . They pull over and demand an apology from him , but when he refuses , they fire at the fuel tanker he is driving , causing it to explode . 
 and are finally cornered by the authorities only one hundred yards from the edge of the Grand Canyon . arrives on the scene , but he is refused the chance to make one last attempt to talk the women into surrendering . Rather than be captured and spend the rest of their lives in jail , proposes that they " keep going " . asks if she is certain , and says yes . They kiss , then steps on the accelerator , and they ride the car over the cliff to their deaths .

Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, Brad Pitt, Christopher McDonald, Stephen Tobolowsky

In Barranquilla , Colombia , terrorist ( ) has taken over the Palace of Justice with a ruthless team of mercenaries . He demands the release of his drug kingpin father , , only to be told that his father has already been delivered to the United States for trial . They escape by helicopter and with the weapons and logistics assistance of ' second - in - command , an American named , they enter the U.S. through Mexico . 
 In the United States , the Regis High School is a prep school for teenage boys with wealthy and influential parents , half of whom have been expelled from other schools . A group of pranksters led by ( ) that includes ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) is carefully watched over by their teachers and the stern but well - meaning ( ) . 
 's father is the Federal Judge presiding over trial , so the entire family is taken to a safe location as a precaution . Unaware of this , invades the school to capture , killing the Campus Police , and a faculty member who interferes . Furthermore , they rig the campus with heavy firearms and remote - detonated explosives . With nowhere to be found and the sons of numerous influential individuals in his grasp , takes the entire school hostage . 
 Underestimating the threat , the local Sheriff attempts to intervene but is repelled by fire from a .50 caliber M2 machine gun , although he and his deputies are able to fall back to safety . The State Police , FBI and US Army are called in , keeping their distance to avoid provoking the terrorists . releases the school faculty except for the cooks and headmaster , ( ) but institutes hourly headcounts to keep track of the boys . 
 The students , under 's leadership , use their expertise in skirting authority to collect tactical information about the occupying forces , which covertly brings to the authorities on the outside . They wo n't allow to return , but with 's encouragement , he escapes and narrowly rejoins the students in time to be counted , preventing the killing of and four students in response . 
 's father , New York mafia boss arranges through ' father for the boy to be released . , contemptuous of his father , refuses to go . He steals a weapon and opens fire on another terrorist , but is killed . tries to impress upon , who comes to retrieve the body , that it was an accident , but takes revenge by having killed in prison . 
 Knowing they must act before can learn of his father 's death , the authorities undertake a rescue mission . FBI Hostage Rescue Team personnel ( trailed by ) , supported by the Army , covertly infiltrate the school and begin taking out terrorists . Meanwhile , and his friends sabotage the detonator for the explosives , incapacitate several more terrorists with surprise attacks and lead the students and to a secret basement chamber . Overwhelmed by the assault , in which most of the terrorists are killed , takes at gunpoint and holds him in 's office . and commandos converge and kill , then being wounded in the process . The few remaining terrorists are subdued and the students are liberated .

is a good - natured man with great work ethic , but he suffers from multiple phobias and is divorced because his ex - wife likes . He feels good about the results of an initial session with Dr. , an egotistical New York psychoanalyst . However , is immediately left on his own with a copy of 's new book , Baby Steps , when the doctor goes on vacation to Lake Winnipesaukee , New Hampshire for a month . Unable to cope , Bob follows to his vacation home . is annoyed because he does not see patients on vacation , but seeing how desperate is tells him to " take a vacation " from his problems . seems to have made a breakthrough , but the next morning , he tells that he decided to take a vacation in spirit and fact at Lake Winnipesaukee as a guest of the , a couple who own a coffee shop and happily welcome as their guest . The couple encourages to be around , as they hold a grudge against Dr. for purchasing the lakeside home they had been saving for years to buy . 
 suggests that they start a friendship , but thinks being friends with a patient is beneath him and attempts to avoid any further contact . However , swiftly ingratiates himself with 's family , who think may have some foibles , but is otherwise a balanced and sociable man . 's children , and , find that relates well to their problems , in contrast with their father 's clinical approach . gains an enjoyment of life from his association with them ; he goes sailing with and helps to dive into the lake , which was unable to help him with . then angrily pushes into the lake , and 's wife , , insists on inviting to dinner to apologize . , who believes 's slights against him are accidental and/or part of his therapy , accepts the invitation . After dinner , a thunderstorm forces to spend the night . wants out of the house early the next morning before Good Morning America arrives to interview him about Baby Steps . The television crew arrives early and , oblivious to 's discomfort , suggest having on the show as well . is tense and makes a fool out of himself during the interview while is relaxed and speaks glowingly of and the book , unintentionally stealing the spotlight . 
 Outraged , throws a tantrum and then attempts to have committed , but is soon released after telling the staff of the institution therapy jokes , easily demonstrating his sanity . Forced to retrieve him , then abandons in the middle of nowhere , but quickly gets a ride back to 's house while various mishaps delay until nightfall . is then surprised by the birthday party that has been secretly planning for him , and he is delighted to see his beloved sister . But when appears and puts his arm around , becomes enraged and attacks him . remains oblivious to ’s hostility until explains that has a grudge against , who then agrees to leave . Meanwhile , breaks into a general store , stealing a shotgun and 20 pounds of explosives . kidnaps at gunpoint , and leads him deep into the woods , ties him up , and straps the explosives onto him , calling it " death therapy " . then returns to the house , gleefully preparing his cover story . Believing the explosives to be props and used as a metaphor for his problems , applies 's " Baby Steps " approach and manages to free himself both of his physical restraints and his fears ; he reunites with the and praises for curing him with " death therapy " . The ' vacation home detonates after reveals that he left the explosives inside . The shock leaves in a catatonic state . 
 Some time later , the still - catatonic is brought to and 's wedding . Upon their pronouncement as husband and wife , regains his senses and screams , " No ! " but the sentiment is lost in the family 's excitement at his recovery . Text at the end reveals that went back to school and became a psychologist , then wrote a best selling book titled Death Therapy , and that is suing him for the rights .

Bill Murray, Richard Dreyfuss, Julie Hagerty, Charlie Korsmo, Kathryn Erbe

In the late 19th Century , a young explorer named arrives in Alaska from San Francisco to look for his deceased father 's mining claim . meets a musher named and , 's father 's buddy , who reluctantly agrees to guide to his father 's claim in the Yukon . While on their journey , they are stalked by a large pack of wolves . One night , while resting at a campfire , a female wolf named manages to lure one of the sled dogs ( Digger ) away from the group , and another wolf appears and chases the dog into the woods . uses his ammunition to wound one wolf and gives chase to save his dog , but is killed and devoured by the rest of the pack . Later that night the wolves return but are scared off by and using burning branches . The following morning the wolves attack the two men , but they are saved when another sled team arrives with one of the men fatally shooting a male wolf . His pup ( who is half - dog ) is left to fend for himself . and reach a town where they plan to stay for the winter . A band of Native Americans , meanwhile , find the pup , and the chief , realizing he is not a ( full ) wolf from the color of his teeth , names him . 
 As spring comes , and resume their quest , but stop off at the Native Americans ' settlement . The chief explains that has been raised to obey , not to be friendly , but seeks to change that . 's chance comes when he is chased and cornered by a grizzly bear . intervenes , saving 's life . and later leave the settlement . Not long after , is unfairly traded to a brutal dogfighter named ( who previously stole 's money ) ; he blackmails the Native American for the wolfdog , saying that ownership of a wild animal is considered illegal . and his gang train to be vicious in order to enter him into illegal dogfights . eventually meets his match in a brutal fight against a bulldog , but happens upon the fight and intervenes in the nick of time . Having earlier reached his father 's claim and begun the work of digging for gold , returns with White Fang to the cabin where he seeks to transform vicious and territorial nature . 
 's attempts to tame White Fang eventually succeed ; both wolfdog and man develop a close and trusting bond . helps mine for gold and they strike it rich with the help of White Fang . One morning , travels to the town to claim proper ownership to the gold when notices with him . Seeking retaliation and planning to steal the gold , and his men attack the cabin site . attacks , who accidentally discharges his gun , wounding . White Fang subdues until he 's ordered by to back down . and take their assailants prisoner and force them at gunpoint to haul gold ore into town . 
 and his wife offer to take back to San Francisco , but he lets know that city life is no place for a wolf ; he must let run free in the wild . Though can not understand why is trying to leave him , 's efforts by using a stick ( which hated / feared when he was under ) finally succeed in scaring the wolfdog off . Later , just as he 's boarding the ship back to San Francisco , realizes that his rightful place is in the Yukon and he decides to stay behind alone and live off the land ; congratulates him by saying that it is what 's father would have wanted . After a short time , returns to the cabin site where he and are happily reunited.[3 ]

In the beginning , is obsessed with making a trip westwards to Asia , but lacks crew and a ship . The Catholic theologians at the University of Salamanca heavily disapprove of it , and they are not keen on ideas that go against the writings of . After continuous warnings at the monastery , he becomes involved in a brawl with the monks , ending up lying in the monastery courtyard to pay penance . His eldest son , , one of the monks , looks on disapprovingly . As continues his penance through a vow of silence , he is approached by , a shipowner from Palos , who introduces to the banker . Queen ( ) owes money to . meets with the queen , who grants him his journey in exchange for his promise to bring back sufficient amounts of riches in gold . 
 tricks many crewmen by telling them that the voyage would only last seven weeks . He goes to confession at the monastery to absolve his sins , and the monk reluctantly gives him absolution , as he is unable to inform the crewmen without breaking his oath . The next morning , three ships leave for the trip to Asia , with the flagship being the Santa Maria . During the voyage at night , Captain notices him navigating by the stars , a skill previously known only to the Moors . then happily teaches how to use the quadrant to find the North Star and that the 28th parallel must be followed to find land . Nine weeks go by and still no sign of land . The crew becomes restless and the other captain turns against . He tries to reinvigorate them , to let them see the dream that he wishes to share . While some of the crewmen were still not convinced , the main sail suddenly catches the wind , which the crewmen see as a small act of God 's willingness . At night , notices mosquitoes on the deck , indicating that land is not far off . Some days later , Columbus and the crew spot an albatross flying around the ship , before disappearing . Suddenly , out of the mist they see Guanahani ( " San Salvador " ) with lush vegetation and sandy beaches , their first glimpse of the New World . 
 They befriend the local natives , who show them gold they have collected . teaches one of them Spanish so that they are able to communicate . He then informs them that they are to return to Spain momentarily to visit the Queen and bring the word of . They leave behind a group of crewmen to begin the colonisation of the New World . receives a high Spanish honour from the Queen and has dinner with the Council . They express disappointment with the small amount of gold he brought back , but the Queen approves of his gifts . On the 2nd expedition , takes 17 ships and 1,500 men with him to the island ; however , all the crewmen left behind are found to have been killed . When the tribe is confronted by and his troops , they tell him that other strangers came and savaged them . chooses to believe them , but his commanding officer is not convinced . They begin to build the city of La Isabela and eventually manage to hoist the town bell into its tower , symbolising the arrival of Christianity in the New World . 
 Four years later , cuts the hand off one of the natives , accusing him of lying about the whereabouts of gold . The word of this act of violence spreads throughout the native tribes and they all disappear into the forest . begins to worry about a potential war arising , with the natives heavily outnumbering them . Upon return to his home , he finds his house ablaze by and his followers , confirming his unpopularity among a certain faction of the settlers . Soon , the tribes arrive to fight the Spaniards and the island becomes war - torn , with ' governorship being reassigned with orders for him to return to Spain . 
 is accused of nepotism and offering administrative positions to his personal friends , thereby injuring the pride of the nobles such as ; so , he is replaced by . It is revealed that has already travelled to the mainland America . Therefore , returns to Castile . is sentenced to many years in prison , but he is bailed out by his sons soon after . When summoned by the Queen about seeing the New World again , he makes a case for her about his dream to see the New World . She agrees to let him take a final voyage , with the proviso that he does not go with his brothers nor returns to Santo Domingo or the other colonies . and his son go to Panama . The closing scene shows him old , with his youngest son writing down his tales of the New World .

Every year , 12 - year old , 10 - year old and 8 - year old visit their Japanese grandfather , at his cabin . trains his grandchildren in the art of Ninjutsu . As the summer comes to an end , gives each of them a new " ninja " name based on their personalities : ' ' , ' ' , and ' Tum - Tum ' . Meanwhile , their father , , is an FBI agent who stages a sting operation to entrap in the sale of warheads . escapes the trap with the use of his own ninja henchmen . decides to test 's fighting skill . The boys ignore 's orders to stay in the house and aid by defeating two ninjas on their own . threatens 's family if he does n't get off his back , and chides the boys briefly for interfering in his personal affairs . When they return home , they find their father unenthusiastic to see what they had learned during their visit and more annoyed at their new names . , a friend of 's , compliments his new name and agrees to ride with them to school the next day . develops a plan to kidnap the boys to use them as leverage to get to back off . Since the FBI watches them , his assistant contacts his nephew and his buddies and , in the midst of a convenience store robbery , to kidnap the boys . Due to and his FBI crew 's presence , they are unable to capture the boys . The next day , and his friends attempt to follow the boys to school but are side - tracked by a fender bender with a police car . becomes separated from the boys and encounters a group of bullies who steal her bike . becomes upset with for showing off and walks to school alone . At recess , the boys challenge the bullies to a two - on - two basketball game to ten , and they spot the bullies nine points . The brothers effortlessly score ten consecutive points , winning 's bike and respect back . That night , learns that , who they assumed was a friend of 's , is actually the criminal their father is after , and they begin to suspect is involved in crime . They are left with a babysitter when leaves to pick up , and and his friends break into the house with a fake pizza order , subduing the babysitter . A series of intricate household traps keep the bumbling would - be kidnappers off of them and they use a device in 's bedroom to call over and use her as a hostage . Due to an earlier trap , and run to the bathrooms sick to their stomachs , and the boys ( and mainly ) defeat . and are subsequently defeated . After freeing the babysitter , the boys are overpowered by and 's bodyguard . offers to sneak in alone to find the boys so as not to raise the alarm to . The boys escape their captivity and after a series of fights through the ship , they come across . Using a lesson they got on their last day and inspired by their grandfather who came to rescue them , they manage to subdue and are reunited with . confronts and challenges him to a fight for the boys ' freedom . Due to his youth and speed , almost proves too much for , until he remembers a handful of jelly beans which had given him for luck and uses them to gag . Refusing defeat , grabs a gun from one of his subordinates but is suddenly shot and subdued by who had arrived just in time . and his men are arrested . later apologizes to for underestimating him and gives him a hug before being advised from a pained that a bow would work just fine . then tells his partner to complete the paperwork of the night 's events on his own as he has a whole family of heroes to take out for pizza , which detests , as he hates pizza . 
 The international cut of the film features a number of small parts of scenes that were cut from the movie for its American release , most likely to ensure a PG rating . Among the cut scenes are [ not all - inclusive ] : Extra footage of 's escape in which he confronts two FBI agents who he promptly defeats , a scene in which the robbers fire a gun in the convenience store and tie up the clerk behind the counter , a scene in which the robbers get the family address from , additional footage of trailing to his ship hideout , numerous small portions of the scene where the robbers invade the household , including beating the robbers after getting them under a tarp in the room being renovated and a scene of , the leader of the robbers asking his uncle ( ) if he can be paid , extra sarcastic dialogue while the boys are locked up in 's ship , an extended scene in which the boys are reunited with , footage of knocking himself unconscious on a pipe and subsequently complaining about his pain when being taken away by the Feds . Additionally , in the international version the boys lose the basketball challenge and their bikes , so a scene ends the international version of the film in which they fight the bullies to get them back .

Many centuries ago in the fictional city of Agrabah , , the Grand vizier of the Sultan , and his parrot , seek the lamp hidden within the Cave of Wonders , but are told that only a " diamond in the rough " may enter . identifies a street urchin named . and his pet monkey , , meet Princess , who refuses to marry a suitor , and temporarily leaves the palace . and become friends and eventually fall in love . When the palace guards capture , lies to that has been executed . 
 Disguised as an old man , frees and from prison , and sends them to the cave , ordering them to retrieve the lamp . There , finds a magic carpet and obtains the lamp . Unaware to touch nothing but the lamp , grabs a red jewel , and the cave collapses . hands over the lamp to , who throws back down with the cave trapping him . Trapped , rubs the lamp and meets the , who is trapped inside of it . He tells him that he will grant him three wishes . tricks the into freeing themselves from the cave without using a wish , and he uses his first to become " Prince " in order to woo . 
 At 's suggestion , plots to become Sultan by marrying . When greets and the Sultan at the palace , becomes upset at them . Refusing the advising him to tell the truth , takes on a flight on the magic carpet . When she deduces his identity , he convinces her that he dresses as a peasant to escape the stresses of royal life . After sends home , he is ambushed by , but is rescued from drowning by the with his second wish . tries to hypnotize the Sultan into agreeing to his marriage to , but appears , and prevents from doing so ; however , spots the lamp and thus discovers 's true identity . Then , flees and orders to retrieve the lamp from . 
 Fearing that he will lose if the truth unveils , refuses to free the in order to maintain his charade . steals the lamp , and becomes the 's new master . He uses his first two wishes to usurp the Sultan , and become the world 's most powerful sorcerer , exposing 's identity and exiling him , , and the carpet to a frozen wasteland . However , they escape , and return to the palace , where tries to use his final wish to make fall in love with him , but the ca n't grant the wish as it 's against the three genie rules ( other than killing people and raising people from the dead ) . Upon noticing , pretends to be interested to distract , and tries to retrieve the lamp . stops , traps inside an hourglass , and overpowers with his magic , but tricks him into using his last wish to become an all - powerful genie . According to the rules of the genie , however , is now bound to his new lamp , and he and end up trapped inside it . 
 With the palace returned to normal , the Genie sends 's lamp far away through the desert , and suggests to use his third wish to regain his royal title , so the law will allow him to stay with . Realizing that he has to be himself , decides to keep his promise and frees the . Realizing and 's love , the Sultan changes the law to allow to marry whom she chooses . The leaves to explore the world , while and plan their marriage .

The film depicts 30 years of Chicano gang life in Los Angeles . It focuses on , a teen who , with his friends , ( ) and ( ) , form their own gang . They soon find themselves comitting crimes and are arrested . 
 In juvenile hall , murders a fellow inmate ( ) who had raped him and as a result , has his sentence extended into Folsom State Prison after he turns 18 . Once there , ( now played by ) becomes the leader of a powerful gang , La Eme . Upon his release he tries to relate his life experiences to the society that has changed so much since he left . La Eme has become a feared criminal organization beyond Folsom , selling drugs and committing murder . 
 starts to see the error of his ways but before he can take action , is sent back to prison for drug possession . There , he tells his former lieutenant that he is no longer interested in leading La Eme . However , following a precedent set by himself earlier in the film , his men murder him to show the other prison gangs that , despite having no leader , they are not weak .

After dropping off his two young sons at Catholic school , an unnamed NYPD police lieutenant ( ) takes a few bumps of cocaine and drives to the scene of a double murder in The Bronx . Wandering away , the Lieutenant finds a drug dealer and gives him a bag of drugs from a crime scene , smoking crack during the exchange ; the dealer promises to give him the money he makes from selling the drugs in a few days . At an apartment , the Lieutenant gets drunk and engages in a threesome with two women . Meanwhile , a nun is raped inside a church by two young hoodlums . 
 The next morning , the Lieutenant learns that he has lost a bet on a National League Championship Series game between the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Dodgers . He tries to win back his money by doubling his wager on the Dodgers in the next game . At another crime scene , the Lieutenant rifles through the car and finds some drugs which he stashes in his suit jacket . However , he is too impaired to secure the drugs , and they fall out onto the street in front of his colleagues . The Lieutenant tries to play it off by instructing them to enter the drugs into evidence . 
 At the hospital , the Lieutenant spies on the nun 's examination , and learns that she was penetrated with a crucifix . Later that evening , he pulls over two teenage girls who are using their father 's car without his knowledge to go to a club . As they have no driving license , the Lieutenant tells one of the girls to bend over and pull up her skirt , and the other to simulate oral sex while he masturbates . The following day , he listens in on the nun 's deposition , where she says she knows who assaulted her but will not identify them . 
 While drinking in his car , the Lieutenant listens to the final moments of the Dodgers game and shoots out his car stereo when they lose . Despite being unable to pay the $ 30,000 wager , he doubles his bet for the next game . Eavesdropping on the nun 's confession , he hears her state that she has no anger about what happened , and begins cursing at God before breaking down in tears and sobbing that he wants to redeem himself . The Lieutenant drinks in a bar when the Dodgers lose again . After scoring cocaine in a nightclub , he tries to double his bet yet again . His friend refuses to make the wager , insisting that the bookie would kill him . 
 Continuing his drug use , the Lieutenant picks up his $ 30,000 share from the drug dealer and calls the bookie personally to place his bet . He then visits a woman ( ) and does heroin with her . At the church , he tells the nun that he will kill her attackers , but she repeats that she has forgiven them and leaves . In the resulting emotional breakdown , the Lieutenant sees the perforated and tearfully curses him before begging forgiveness for his crimes and sins . The figure is revealed to be a woman holding a gold chalice , which turns out to have been pawned at her husband 's shop . 
 With the help of the woman , the Lieutenant tracks the two rapists to a nearby crack den in Spanish Harlem and cuffs them together . He holds them at gunpoint and smokes crack with them as the Mets win the pennant . Instead of booking the rapists , he drives them to the Port Authority Bus Terminal and puts them on a bus with a cigar box containing the $ 30,000 . He demands that they never come back to New York . After he leaves the terminal , he parks on the street in front of Penn Station . Another car drives up beside him , and a voice yells , " Hey , cop ! " before two shots ring out . Bystanders gather around the car , followed by police , realizing that the Lieutenant has been murdered .

In San Francisco , homicide detective investigates the murder of retired rock star , who has been stabbed with an ice pick during sex by a mysterious blonde woman . 's only suspect is 's bisexual girlfriend , crime novelist , who has written a novel that mirrors the crime . It is concluded that either is the murderer or someone is attempting to frame her . is uncooperative and taunting during the investigation , smoking and exposing herself during her interrogation . She has an alibi and passes a lie detector test . discovers has a history of befriending murderers , including her girlfriend , who killed several young boys on impulse , and , who killed her family . 
 , who accidentally shot two tourists while high on cocaine , attends counseling sessions with police psychologist Dr. , with whom he once had an affair . discovers that is basing the protagonist of her latest book on him , wherein his character is murdered after falling for the wrong woman . Catherine has bribed Lt . for information from 's psychiatric file ; gives it to after he recommends 's termination . After assaults , he becomes a prime suspect when is killed . suspects , and when he joins in her behavior in front of his co - workers , he is put on leave . 
 and begin a torrid affair with the air of a cat - and - mouse game . arrives at a club and witnesses doing coke with and another man . and dance , make out , and are later observed having sex by . ties to her bed with a white silk scarf the same way the blonde woman did with , but does not kill him . , jealous of , attempts to run him over with 's car , but dies when the car crashes . grieves 's death and tells about a previous lesbian encounter at college that went awry . The girl became obsessed with her , causing to believe that may not have killed . identifies the girl as , who acknowledges the encounter , but claims it was who became obsessed . 
 discovers the final pages of 's book in which the fictional detective finds his partner 's body . breaks off their affair ; becomes upset and suspicious . later meets his partner , who has arranged to meet with 's college roommate at an office building to find out what really went on between and . As waits in the car , is stabbed to death with an ice pick . runs into the building , only to find ' body in a manner similar to the scene described in the book . , standing in the hallway , explains that she received a message to meet . suspects she murdered and , believing she is reaching for a gun , shoots her , only to find that was only fingering an ornament on her key chain . 
 A search of the scene and 's apartment turns up the evidence needed to identify her as the killer . Despite knowing 's apparent foreknowledge of ' death , that she must actually have been the killer , and that she must have set up , tells no one . He returns to his apartment where meets him . She explains her reluctance to commit to him and the two have sex . As they discuss their future , an ice pick is revealed to be under the bed .

Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn

In the prologue , socialites and give birth to a deformed baby boy , . Disgusted by his appearance and wild demeanor , they confine the baby to a cage and ultimately throw him into the sewer , where he is discovered by a family of penguins . 
 Thirty - three years later , millionaire proposes to build a power plant to supply Gotham City with energy , though he is opposed by the city Mayor . During 's speech , Gotham is attacked by a disgraced former circus troupe , the Red Triangle Gang . Despite the efforts of to stop the violence , is abducted and taken to the sewer , where he meets , the gang 's secret leader now known as the . The blackmails with evidence of his corporate crimes into helping him return to the surface , and he accepts . Meanwhile , 's secretary , , discovers the true purpose of 's power plant to drain Gotham of its energy and bring the city under 's control . pushes her out of a window to silence her , but she survives the fall and vows revenge , taking up the mantle of . 
 The Penguin makes his presence known by " rescuing " the Mayor 's baby from a staged kidnapping attempt , and requests to be allowed into the Hall of Records to find his parents . 's alter - ego , , voices his suspicions about The Penguin 's true motives and investigates his background and connection to the Red Triangle Gang . During a meeting with , meets and the two become attracted to one another . In order to remove his enemies , pushes for The Penguin to run for Mayor and discredit the current Mayor by having the Red Triangle Gang wreak havoc on the city . intervenes and meets as she attempts to sabotage one of 's businesses ; she escapes , but is injured and swears revenge on by allying with The to frame him for an undiscussed crime . 
 As Wayne and begin a romantic relationship , The Penguin abducts Gotham 's and kills her , framing for the act , at the same time sabotaging his Batmobile to rampage throughout Gotham ( until disconnects the controlling device ) , and ends his partnership with , who did n't anticipate the murder , when she rejects his advances ; he attempts to kill her with one of his flying umbrellas , but she survives after falling into a greenhouse . During the chase , records the 's disparaging remarks about the people of Gotham and later plays them during his next speech , destroying his image and forcing him to retreat to the sewer , where he reveals his plan to abduct and kill all of Gotham 's firstborn sons as revenge for what his parents did to him . At a charity ball hosted by , and meet and discover each other 's secret identities . The appears and reveals his plan , intending to take 's son , , with him , but gives himself up in his son 's stead . 
 foils the kidnappings and heads for the 's lair . The attempts to have his army of penguins bomb the city and kill everyone in Gotham , though and his butler , , jam the signal and order the penguins to head back to the sewer . arrives and confronts The . In the ensuing fight , The Penguin falls through a window into the sewer 's toxic water . escapes but is confronted by , who intends to kill him . pleads for to stop , unmasking himself in the process . draws a gun and shoots , and then shoots multiple times , but she survives and electrocutes herself and with a stun gun . , who was wearing body armour , finds 's remains but is nowhere to be found . The Penguin emerges from the water , but eventually dies from his injuries and from the toxic sewage , and his penguin family lay his body to rest in the water . In the aftermath , as drives him home , sees 's silhouette in an alley but only finds her cat , who he decides to take home with him . The Bat - Signal appears in the sky as , who survived , watches .

A group of puppies are stolen from a pet store by two thieves . A St. Bernard escapes and sneaks into the ' home . The workaholic father , , does n't want the responsibility of owning a dog , but his wife , , and their children , , and , convince him . When plays a portion of Fifth Symphony on the piano , he barks along and they name him . 
 helps the children overcome their problems : he helps talk to her crush , scares off the bullies for and saves 's life when she falls in the swimming pool of an irresponsible babysitter . , jealous of the affection receives , feels neglected as the family fawns over the dog . 's antics ruin a barbecue he is hosting for and , venture capitalists looking to invest in and secretly swindle him out of his car freshener firm . 
 The family takes to a veterinarian , Dr. , for a routine medical examination and immunizations . They are unaware that he is involved in unethical and deadly animal experimentation and that he hired the two thieves . He speaks to and tells him of a supposed mental instability among St. Bernards making them potentially dangerous to humans and advises him to watch closely for any sign of viciousness . He actually requires large - skulled dogs such as St. Bernards for an ammunition test . 
 Dr. visits the home under the guise of doing a follow - up exam on . He puts fake blood on his arm and hits until he leaps on him . He tells that has to be euthanized or he will press charges . , who saw Dr. hit him , protests that the attack was fake , but , fearing for his family 's safety , reluctantly takes him to Dr. 's office . It is on the way there that discovers his own affections for him : he remembers his father had to take their dog to the vet to be euthanized and he never forgave him for it . He fears that his own family will hate him now for taking to be put down . When he returns home with the empty leash and collar , his family leaves the dinner table rather than remain with him . 
 After recognizing the children 's sadness and having a conversation with , the family goes to Dr. 's office , but he claims that has already been put down . notices that Dr. has no bite marks on his arm and punches him . The family follows Dr. to his warehouse . breaks free but is recaptured by and , while calls the police . crashes through the skylight just as Dr. prepares to shoot . Before he can , a captive bites him in the crotch , causing him to fire a shot in the air . During the fight , drives the car into the building , launching numerous syringes into , sedating him . As the family frees all the captive dogs , they notice and trying to escape and send the dogs after them . They escape into a junkyard , only to be attacked by a pack of Dobermans guarding it . 
 Dr. , , and are arrested for animal abuse . The family is praised as heroes by the news and takes a new liking to . also gets a phone call from her crush . The family then goes to sleep , saying good night to and all of the dogs they rescued , who are all sleeping in the ' bedroom .

Three men board the same plane at Heathrow Airport bound for Venice : , a shy and unassuming clerk with an assignment of purchasing a house in Venice under penalty of losing his job ; , a hitman en route to Venice to kill his next mark , and Lord , a rather large man who is mayor of a small city in the United Kingdom . 
 All register in the Hotel Gabrielli . The first to check in is . He establishes that his name is with an overeager bellboy who struggles with properly pronouncing the letter " H " . arrives next . He is checked in by the hotel 's manager , who initially believes that he and Mr. are the same person until clarifies the spelling of his name . Third to arrive is . They are all expecting messages : from a real estate agency that is selling a worthless villa in the Lido , from the Mafia and from a dating agency called Medi - Date . When the bellboy receives the message for , he mistakenly delivers it to . The message from Medi - Date goes instead to , who now believes that his " mark " is the woman was supposed to meet with . , meanwhile , receives 's instructions to ' visit ' a local mob boss . 
 is shown around the villa by , who has received instructions to sell the house immediately . If she gets the money in cash , her commission will be tripled , allowing her to purchase a speed boat . is under the false impression that they are on a date , planning to have sex with her , but is baffled by the fact that she seems very intent ( supported by double entendre ) to get to " the nitty gritty . " 
 is following ( who was supposed to be 's date ) around Venice , trying to find the courage to kill her , since he is having second thoughts about his chosen profession . calls seeking Mr. , a mafioso who knows he is being sought by a killer , and is detained by thugs , taken to a cellar and tortured . 
 takes out for lunch , and has noticed following her around and engages him in conversation . is unsure of what to make of this , since he believes he is there to kill and she believes he is trying to go on a date with her . is permitted to call his boss in England , trying to prove his story that he is there to buy Mr. 's extravagant house rather than kill him . While and his men listen , thunders abuse at and hangs up . remarks that is living life like a worm , letting his boss insult him so freely , but is still convinced he and this " Mr. " want dead . The interrogation resumes , with 's men preparing to use electricity on 's genitals , but he remembers a man at his hotel- Maurice- with a similar last name . and his men , now suspecting as the assassin , head to the hotel and take with them . 
 has tried to make a move on , who is offended , both still mistaking other 's agenda . His belief that she is a prostitute is compounded by her confusion that he would pay cash for the villa if she agrees to have sex with him . 
 Mike is about to kill but stops at the last minute . Everyone returns to the hotel : and to have sex , to figure out what to do with , and to check out and run for his life . 
 is trapped again by the mafiosi and led upstairs to a new room . and have clarified that she is not his mark and that Medi - Date is a legitimate company , not a cover . , after having sex with , informs her he is n't going to buy the villa , since he lives in England and has little use for a home in Venice . is being tortured again when the bellboy comes in , escorting Mrs. , who is irritated to discover she 's been led to the wrong room . 
 is in 's bathroom , considering the possibility that may very well cheat her out of the money he 'd promised when the bellboy brings Mrs. in . She has become suspicious that is cheating on her , and after speaking with his secretary became certain was going to Venice to meet another woman . uses this as a chance to blackmail , implying that if he pays one hundred thousand pounds , in cash , she will keep their tryst secret . 
 calls his bank manager in the UK to have the money transferred to him in Venice , a conversation overheard by and the mafiosi . and assume that has killed the mark and received the money , since one hundred thousand pounds was 's fee . The mafiosi have decided to kill Mr. and Mr. , convinced the former is a cleverly disguised assassin and that the latter knows too much . They obtain a remotely detonated bomb , intending to make use of it later . 
 receives the money , places it in a briefcase , and leaves it in the hotel safe . The mafiosi get a matching briefcase in which they hide the bomb , and upon placing it in the hotel safe swap tags on the two identical briefcases . takes his briefcase and leaves for the villa with and the mafiosi in pursuit . and try to steal the suitcase and a struggle ensues between them , the , and over the money . , sitting in a raft offshore , is ordered to set off the bomb by an impatient Mr. , whose boat is sitting further offshore , unable to get any closer . As tries to comply , one of 's henchmen realizes a horrifying mistake- he and another of 's men both swapped the tags on the briefcases . Realizing the bomb is on the boat , screams at his men to throw the briefcase overboard and begins firing at with a pistol . is trying to stop him from setting off the bomb , but assumes the have become impatient and are telling him to hurry up . The detonator finally works , and 's boat explodes and sinks . 
 retreats to the Hotel Gabrielli in a panic . The organization he works for does n't forgive mistakes , and given what has happened he now fears for his life . When the bellboy knocks on the door , grabs him and holds him at gunpoint while reads the message from 's employer : since his mark ( actually Mr. ) and two of his top men were killed , he has been paid a generous bonus in addition to his original fee . 
 calls Mr. and tricks him out of £ 355,000.00 , the price for Mr. 's house in Venice . Mr. arrives at 's house sometime later , and Mr. 's men avenge their boss . 
 The epilogue states that takes the money and runs for the Bahamas , where he sets up a sporting goods business specialising in testicle protectors . finally gets the speedboat she has long dreamed of owning , but it crashes due to faulty engineering and she cheerfully sues the boat 's maker for all the money she can get . She later marries a sumo wrestler . The ' villa falls apart and so does their marriage . The former Mrs. soon finds a new and better husband , while is still looking for love . and , having become very fond of each other in their time in Venice , decide to marry . finally ends his career as an assassin , opening up a flower shop as he had long desired to do . goes on to represent England in the Olympics , having become exceptionally skilled with short - barrel firearms . And the bellboy eventually gets the sack .

After her mother dies in a mysterious car accident , 17 - year - old ( ) , daughter of a wealthy businessman , lives a reckless lifestyle . A year later , she is almost killed by a horse who has lost control , though she is rescued by ( ) , a young man who works at the ski resort owned by her father ( ) . Grateful , she invites him to her party , where she thanks him again by being intimate with him in her father 's bed . The next morning , comes home and almost catches them . Even though he does not , he angers by forbidding her to see any guys . Unlike , 's girlfriend ( ) does find out about the affair , and dumps him . wastes no time and enters into a passionate relationship with . She soon introduces him to her father , but he disapproves of him , and tells that they can not see each other any longer . 
 Devastated , turns to his womanizing half - brother ( ) for comfort , who encourages him to do everything to get back . He follows her to a bar , where she is seen giving a large sum of money to a criminal - looking man . catches her getting intimate with the guy , and knocks him down as a response . then apologizes to , and claims that she did not think that he really loved her and was only testing him in order to see how much he would be willing to do for her . He immediately takes her back , and they accompany each other to a bar , where always hangs out with his friends . While is arguing with , who accuses him of going out with her only because of her money , is seen talking with . As they go to their home together , they run into , who calls his daughter a slut for bringing a boy home , resulting in a huge fight between them . 
 decides to go home , where he finds sleeping with . Enraged , he tries to beat up , but stops them by informing that he does not own her ; later , apologizes to , saying that he should not have taken his feelings of anger out on him , and accepts ( while remarking that it had been a while since they " had a few rounds " ) , and then apologizes for what he did . decides to return to 's place , where she — fed up with fighting with her father — convinces him that her father killed her mother and that they should kill him , and run off with the money . However , , blinded by the potently sexual relationship , is in two minds about what to do . 
 The next day , and are shocked to find out that has been killed in a horse riding accident . Meanwhile , turns out hospitalized and claims to that her father is to blame . , seeing how severely beaten up she is , fears losing her someday to 's abuse , and promises her to help her . As they return home , tells that she has placed a bomb in his bike , and that ' it will all be over soon ' . The next morning , is invited by to accompany him on a bike ride , causing to witness the explosion that throws him almost off a cliff . As falls to his death , he tells that he did not kill his wife . starts to suspect that may not be who he thinks she is , and meanwhile , he becomes the prime suspect in 's death in the investigation of Detective ( ) . Despite 's attempts to make him turn in , denies any involvement in the entire ordeal , though evidence points against him . is shocked that his brother would have killed anyone , and is mad at him for not having killed their own abusive father . 
 Shortly later , bails out , and gives him her car to skip town with . She promises him that she will follow him soon after collecting her father 's money . drives off . However , now distrustful of , he checks the car and finds a bomb in it . He is able to get away just in time for the explosion and immediately rushes to her house . 
 There , it is revealed that and were lovers all along and planned the murders and schemes together in order to be together . confronts his half - brother , and informs him that he tried to frame him because he has always hated him . As is about to shoot , Megan kills . She tries to put the entire blame on , but does not believe her , prompting her to reveal that she was the mastermind behind it all . As she tries to shoot , the police arrive , killing immediately in self - defense . was wired throughout the final scene , which clears him from all charges ( although he has nobody important in his life anymore , leaving him empty inside ) .

takes place in Pennsylvania , USA in 1990 . It depicts a fictitious senatorial race between a conservative Republican country singer , ( ) , and the incumbent Democrat , ( ) . The film is shot through the perspective of ( ) , a British documentary filmmaker who is following the campaign . Through his lens we see travel across the state , performing songs about drug users , lazy people and the triumph of traditional family values over the rebelliousness of the 1960s . As the campaign continues , remains in the lead until a scandal arises involving him and a young woman who was seen emerging from a car with him . claims that she was a friend of his granddaughter whom he was driving home , but he can not shake the accusations . 
 Throughout the campaign , reporter ( ) attempts to use the documentary being made about as a way to expose him to the public as a fraud . believes that ' anti - drug charity , Broken Dove , is connected to an old Central Intelligence Agency drug trafficking scheme . As the election approaches , is asked to appear on a network 's sketch comedy show . When announces that he will not be playing the song he had originally proposed , a dispute breaks out between the cast and producers of the show . This new song turns out to be nothing more than a thinly veiled campaign endorsement , and an angry staff member of the network pulls the plug mid - performance . As is leaving the studio , he is seemingly shot by a would - be assassin . , who has been causing problems for the campaign , is initially linked to the shooting , but he is later cleared when it is found that due to constrictive palsy in his right hand he physically could not have fired the gun . Following the incident , contends that was never actually shot and that the gun was fired into the ground . 
 The campaign is boosted by public support following the assassination attempt , and wins the election with 52 percent of the vote . Although claims that his wounds have left him paralyzed from the waist down , he is seen tapping his feet at a celebration party . While is interviewing ' supporters outside the new Senator 's hotel , a boy runs up shouting , " He 's dead , he 's dead , they got him ! " When asks him what he is talking about , the boy shouts , " ! He 's dead ! They got him ! " A joyful celebration breaks out among ' supporters , the shot changes to an image of his hotel room , and an upright walking shadow suggesting ' profile passes the window before the lights go out . The film ends with a radio news report about 's death at the hands of a right - wing fanatic and a shot of standing in the Jefferson Memorial , looking at the words , " I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man " , inscribed there .

High school senior ( ) is introduced as a stereotypical " popular girl " at Hemery High School in Los Angeles whose main concerns are shopping and spending time with her rich , snooty friends and her boyfriend , . While at school one day , she is approached by a man who calls himself ( ) . He informs her that she is The Slayer , or Chosen One , destined to kill vampires , and he is a Watcher whose duty it is to guide and train her . She initially rebukes his claims , but is convinced that he is right when he is able to describe a recurring dream of hers in detail . In addition , is exhibiting uncanny abilities not known to her , including heightened agility , senses , and endurance , yet she repeatedly tries 's patience with her frivolous nature , indifference to slaying and sharp - tongued remarks . 
 After several successful outings , is drawn into conflict with ( ) , a local vampire king and his acolyte , ( ) . Two young men , ( ) , and best friend ( ) , who resented and her friends due to differing social circles , are out drinking when they are attacked by . is turned but is saved by . As a vampire , visits and tries to get him to join him . Later , when and his boss are discussing , tells him to run if he sees him . also abducts , a studious girl from 's class , to sacrifice to . When her body is found , the news spreads through LA and Hemery High , but her murder is met with indifference from 's clique . 
 When realizes there is something wrong with and that he is no longer safe , he decides to leave town . His plan is thwarted , however , when he encounters and his tribe of vampires . hitches a ride on the hood of his van which crashes into a tree just before loses an arm . and arrive to rescue him and flees the fight to talk to . After this encounter , and start a friendship , which eventually becomes romantic , and becomes 's partner in fighting the undead . 
 During a basketball game , finds out that one of the players , and a friend of 's , is a vampire . After a quick chase to a parade float storage yard , finally confronts , shortly after she and take down his gang . puts in a hypnotic trance , which is broken due to 's intervention . turns on and stab him with the stake he attempted to use on him . leaves , saying that is not ready . As dies , he tells to do things her own way rather than live by the rules of others and he says " remember about the music . " Because of her new life , responsibilities , and heartbreak , becomes emotionally shocked and starts dropping her Slayer duties . When she arrives at school , she attempts to explain everything to her friends , but they refuse to understand her as they are more concerned with their upcoming school dance , and falls out with them as she realizes she is outgrowing their immature , selfish behavior . 
 At the senior dance , tries to patch things up with her friends but they turn against her , and she is dismayed to find has dumped her for one of her friends . However , she meets up with and as they start to dance and kiss , leads the remainder of his minions to the school and attacks the students and the attending faculty . confronts the vampires outside while fights the vampiric . After overpowering the vampires , she confronts inside the school and kills . hypnotizes again and when the dance music stops , she remembers 's words and is ready to defend herself . ignites her cross but she uses hairspray to create a makeshift flame - thrower and burns him before escaping back into the gym . sees everybody recover from the attack , but emerges again getting into a fight with , who then stakes him . 
 As all of the survivors leave , and decide to finish their dance . The film then ends with the two of them leaving the dance on a motorcycle , and a news crew interviewing the students and the principal about the attack during the credits .

Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland, Luke Perry, Rutger Hauer, Paul Reubens

, a Chicago graduate student who is researching urban legends , hears of a local story about the . The legend claims that can be summoned by saying his name five times while facing a mirror , whereupon he will kill the summoner with a hook jammed in the bloody stump of his right arm . She encounters two cleaning ladies who tell her about , a resident in the notorious Cabrini - Green housing project who they claim was killed by . 's research turns up 25 other murders in the area similar to Ruthie Jean 's . Later that evening , and her friend , skeptical of 's existence , call 's name into the mirror in 's bathroom ; nothing happens . 
 learns from Professor that was the son of a slave who became prosperous after developing a system for mass - producing shoes during the Civil War . He grew up in a polite society and became a well - known artist , sought after for his talent in producing portraits . After falling in love with and fathering a child with a white woman in 1890 , was set upon by a lynch mob hired by his lover 's father ; they cut off his painting hand and replaced it with a hook . He was smeared with honey stolen from an apiary , attracting hungry bees which stung him to death . His corpse was burned in a pyre and his ashes were scattered across the area where Cabrini - Green now stands . 
 decides to write a thesis on how the residents of Cabrini - Green use the legend to cope with the hardships of living there . She and enter the housing project to visit the scene of murder . There , they meet , one of the residents , and a young boy named , who tells the disturbing story of a child who was castrated in a public restroom by . While explores the run - down restroom , she is attacked by a gang leader who carries a hook and has assumed 's moniker in order to enhance his " street cred " . survives the assault and is able to identify her attacker to the police , who believe him to be responsible for the killings attributed to . tells that is a made - up character that is n't real . 
 In a parking garage , is confronted by the real , who explains that since has discredited his legend , he must " shed innocent blood " to perpetuate belief in himself and continue his existence . blacks out and wakes up in apartment , covered in blood . , whose dog has been decapitated and whose baby is missing , attacks ; in the midst of defending herself , the police arrest . , 's husband , bails her out of jail , but appears to again and cuts her neck , causing her to bleed to the point of unconsciousness . appears at the apartment and is murdered by , who frames for the murder . is sedated and placed in a psychiatric hospital . 
 After a month 's stay at the hospital , is interviewed by a psychologist in preparation for her upcoming trial . She attempts to prove her innocence by summoning , who kills the psychologist and allows to escape . She returns home and briefly confronts , who is now living with , one of his female undergraduate students . then flees to Cabrini - Green to confront and locate , finding murals depicting 's lynching . tracks down , who tells her to surrender to him to ensure the baby 's safety . Offering immortality , opens his coat to reveal a ribcage wreathed in bees and kisses her . After vanishes with , finds a mural of alongside his lover , who bears a striking resemblance to . This and a message left by imply that is the reincarnation of his lover . 
 promises to release if helps him incite fear among Cabrini - Green 's residents . However , in order to feed his own legend , reneges and attempts to immolate them all in a bonfire when it is lit by the residents . manages to save while is destroyed in the fire , but succumbs to severe burns . The residents , including and , pay their respects at her funeral , with tossing 's hook into her grave . Afterwards , faces his bathroom mirror and says 's name five times in grief . As a result , 's vengeful spirit is summoned and kills with 's hook , leaving his body to be found by . In 's former lair , a new mural of with her hair ablaze is seen , showing she has now entered folklore .

is a middle - aged office worker who lives in Chicago with his wife , , 16 - year - old daughter , , and 11 - year - old son , . When he learns his recently deceased uncle has bequeathed him a 60 ' yacht once owned by , he decides to take his family to the island of St. Pomme de Terre ( " Saint Potato " ) to retrieve it so he can sell it . resists the idea , but agrees after announces she has just gotten engaged . 
 When the arrive at the island , they discover that the yacht , the Wanderer , is in terrible condition . Upon hearing this , the yacht broker cancels his plan to send an experienced captain to help them sail it to Miami , and instead hires a local sailor , Captain , a one - eyed man with a very laid back attitude , and Navy veteran who claims to have piloted the USS Saratoga . He launches immediately when he sees the car he arrived in roll off the dock and sink . Its owner arrives at the dock and shoots at him . 
 Captain takes 's money in a game of Monopoly , giving him beer to drink and charging him for it later , but shows loyalty to , who he refers to as " Boss " . , who does n't like him , calls him " " in his diary , and believes that he does n't know what he 's doing . 
 The decide to stop off in the Caribbean , but learn that Captain does n't know how to navigate . While on a random island , decides to go on a nature hike , but runs into guerrillas led by General . Captain bargains for 's freedom by giving them a lift to the next island , and receiving some firearms in return to fight off pirates . This angers , as he declares there will be no firearms on his yacht and tosses them overboard , before realizing that without them , he is going to have to give the guerrillas a lift . 
 In the yacht 's cabin , shows the initials of and marked on the bedpost . They are so excited that they share their feelings and have passionate sex . 
 When they arrive at their next destination , San Juan , Puerto Rico , and are arrested for smuggling the guerrillas . and party with the locals and Captain , which ends with getting a tattoo , breaking his glasses , and Captain losing his glass eye . and are released from jail , but forced to leave that night . decides to leave Captain behind and they encounter pirates who steal the yacht , and are stuck floating in a raft . 
 They land in Cuba and discover the yacht there . The pirates find them , but with the help of Captain , they are able to escape with the yacht . Captain learns that they underrate , and he decides to play hurt , forcing to take control of the escape . Using the skills that Captain taught them , they are able to get the sails up after the engine breaks from lack of oil to distance themselves from the pirates . The United States Coast Guard fires once at the pirates , scaring them away and creates a safe passage to Miami . 
 They arrive in Miami and part ways with Captain . As they sail to their destination , they decide to turn the yacht around and keep it . In the final scene , Captain appears to have cleaned up his appearance and has quickly taken on a new role as a captain for wealthy couple and their small motorboat . Notably he is no longer wearing an eye patch . This has led many to believe that Captain is in fact a con man who has assumed many different appearances across his travels . What exactly he gained from the Harvey Family Con , remains something of a mystery .

The film is structured around lengthy flashbacks as the elderly ( now living in Switzerland ) recollects moments from his life during a conversation with fictional character , the editor of his autobiography . 
 's recollections begin with his childhood of extreme poverty from which he escapes by immersing himself in the world of the London music halls . After his mother has an attack of nerves on stage during a performance , the four year old takes his mother 's place on the stage . retires from performing and is eventually committed to an asylum after developing psychosis . In the years that follow , and his brother gain work with variety show producer , where becomes a hit with his comedy drunk act . He begins a relationship with his first love ; the night before he is due to leave for America he proposes to her but she declines , reasoning she is too young . promises to return to England for her when he is a success . 
 is sent to America by and is given a job by , the most famous comedy producer in Hollywood . While there , he creates his iconic persona and due to the terrible directorial capabilities of 's wife , is allowed to direct his own movies . Before the year is over , directs over 20 movies . After joins him in America to become his manager , decides to break away from to have complete creative control over his films with the goal of one day owning his own studio . In 1917 , completes work on The Immigrant which causes some concern over the film 's political subject matter and starts a brief romance with actress . 
 Years later at an industry party thrown by , meets and begins dating child actress . eventually becomes wealthy and profitable enough to set up his own studio and becomes " the most famous man in the world " all before his thirtieth birthday . reveals to that he is to marry as she is pregnant , but later at a party thrown by , the pregnancy is revealed to be a hoax . At the same party , has an uncomfortable confrontation with about actor / directors and their responsibilities with regards to audiences , this confrontation sparks a forty year long vendetta and attempts to ruin 's reputation . 
 and separate after the premature death of their only child and 's utter devotion to his films . During the divorce proceedings , 's lawyers attempt to steal 's movie The Kid reasoning that it is an asset , however and finish editing the film in a remote hotel in Salt Lake City , Utah , and smuggle it successfully back to Los Angeles . 
 The brothers eventually arrange for their mother to join them in America . is initially happy to see her but has been away from her for so long that he is unable to cope with her worsening mental illness . In 1921 , seeking a break from film - making and his private life , returns to England to attend the UK premiere of The Kid . He reunites with and hopes to locate , but sadly informs him that she died in a flu epidemic shorty after the war . also discovers that although most are happy to see him , his success has meant that the poverty stricken working class British no longer consider him to be one of their own and resent him for not fighting in the war as they did . 
 Back in America , is beginning to investigate 's private life , suspecting that he may be a member of the Communist Party , and is forced to consider the implications the introduction of " talkies " may have on his film - making career . Despite the arrival of sound pictures drawing nearer , vows never to make a talkie featuring the . 
 In 1923 , makes The Gold Rush and marries his leading lady , with whom he goes on to have two children , however later confides to that he always thought of her as a " total bitch " and dedicates no more than five lines to her in the finished autobiography . Years pass and although finds a new wife in he feels a sense of guilt and sympathy to the millions of Americans who have recently been made unemployed due to the Wall Street Crash ( avoided losing all of his money in The Great Depression by selling most of his shares the year before ) . decides to address the issue in his next movie Modern Times ( the final movie to feature The Tramp ) but his complete dedication to getting the movie finished puts excessive strain on his home life and eventually results in the breakup of his marriage . 
 At an industry party causes a minor scandal when he refuses to shake hands with a visiting member of the Nazi party . ( with his health in great decline ) comments that looks a lot like , providing with inspiration for his next movie in their final encounter before ' death in 1939 . 's film satirizing the Nazis The Great Dictator is a huge hit throughout the world but tries to portray the film as a work of anti - American propaganda . 
 settles down with and marries , an actress who looks identical to his first love and the woman he will spend the remainder of his life with . However is hit with another scandal when it is alleged that he is father to the child of his former lover and despite a blood test proving that the child is not his , is ordered to provide financial support for the child . His reputation severely damaged , stays out of the public eye for over seven years until re - emerging to produce a new film Limelight . 
 In 1952 during the height of the scandal , leaves America with on a trip back to Britain , but subsequently finds out that the U.S. Attorney General has revoked 's permit to re - enter the United States . 
 In 1972 , 10 years after and complete his autobiography , is invited back to America in order to receive a special Lifetime Achievement award at the 1972 Academy Award ceremony . Though is initially still resentful at being exiled from the country and fearful that no one will remember him , the audience happily rejoices upon seeing his classic film clips . stands on the stage and is moved to tears when the audience provide him with the Oscar 's longest standing ovation .

The plot involves the dark goings on in Hemingford , Nebraska , a town near Gatlin ( the original film 's setting ) . The people of Hemingford decide to adopt the surviving children from Gatlin , intending to help them start new lives . Unfortunately for the well - meaning locals , the children return to the cornfield where one of the cult members , , is possessed by He Who Walks Behind the Rows , the demonic entity the cult worships . 
 Caught in the middle are city reporter and his son , who are having a bitter falling out over 's failed relationship with 's mother . is in town working on a story about the children to save his career , presently in a downward spiral . He runs into two of his former coworkers , and fellow reporter , who are on their way out of town before being killed in a nearby cornfield after taking a shortcut in their van by a mysterious , powerful storm which lasts only minutes and causes the surprisingly sharp cornstalks to wreak havoc . Back in town , meets bed and breakfast owner and they soon become lovers . , looking to distance himself from his father , befriends orphaned local girl , , who tells him a few disturbing details about Gatlin . 
 and the other children murder a local woman , , by sabotaging the hydraulic jacks supporting her house while she is underneath it , causing it to descend and crush her . then kills another person in the town , , during church services with a knife and a wooden voodoo doll , which causes him to bleed to death . begins to ask the town doctor questions about what is going on , but the doctor acts suspiciously and asks to leave . The doctor is later stabbed to death in his office by the children . and the children later kill Mrs. 's sister , Mrs. , in the road making it appear that she had been struck by a car . 
 partners with , a professor at a nearby University , to try and make some sense of the recent chaos and death . They discover that certain residents of the town are selling spoiled corn from the previous year 's harvest along with the new crop . The spoiled corn has a dark green acidic toxin growing on it which they believe is filling the town 's air and contributing to a spate of delusions in the children , rendering them emotionless and violent . The town Sheriff discovers them spying on the site of his ( and the dead town doctor 's ) misdeeds , ties them up , and tries to kill them with a corn harvester , but they escape . 
 The Sheriff and the rest of the adults attend an emergency town hall meeting to discuss the situation , but the children lock them inside and set the building on fire killing all of them . The children then kidnap and and bring them out into the cornfield where they are pressuring a confused to join them in sacrificing . and arrive driving the harvester . One of the children shoots with an arrow , wounding him . and free and and attempt to escape but the cornfield seemingly never ends and they shortly return to where they started . attempts to harness the power of He Who Walks Behind the Rows until restarts the harvester , before finally dying . 's robe becomes caught in the machine , as he calls for help . 's face transforms , first into the demon that possessed him , then back to himself again . runs in to help him but is too late . is pulled in by the harvester and killed . The rest of the children scatter , and , , , and leave the clearing . 
 and later reconcile as they burn 's body and give him a funeral before they , , and drive off together , presumably returning to the city . 
 Some unspecified time later , it is revealed that 's spirit has become the protector of .

The titular Genoese navigator overcomes intrigue in the court of King and Queen of Spain and gains financing for his expedition to the West Indies , which eventually leads to the discovery of the Americas .

  Genius high school student is getting ready for graduation , but is somewhat disheartened to find out that , despite his perfect SAT score and 4.0 GPA , prestigious Hafford University ( parody of Harvard University ) will not admit him unless he can pass phys . ed . Ex - convict is released from jail , and told by his parole officer that the condition of his release is satisfactory graduation from high school . A mishap results in their pictures being swapped on their permanent school records . In effect , is surprised to find out that he is being placed in gifted classes , while is shocked to be placed in minimal classes with substandard conditions and miscreants for classmates . 
 realizes this and sees as his ticket permanently out of jail , since could pass his classes with ease . He transforms into a version of himself with dreadlocks , and does his best to teach how to act and talk like a gangsta . Having no grasp of hip hop culture , 's parents begin to worry about their son 's new " friend " ; his father especially , beginning to suspect is gay . 
 manages to smooth - talk his way through his advanced classes , even successfully executing a dissertation on sexual intercourse ( one of his favorite subjects ) . ends up running into a high school thug named , and gets in trouble , but also ends up discovering an uncanny ability to kick field goals , and joins the school 's football team . Both and end up with girlfriends that the other would have , with smooth - talking the intelligent but excitement - seeking and being pursued by the wild ( ) . 
 A drug dealer named was told by his employee that was stepping into his territory and a chase involving the guys and their girlfriends and one of 's new buddies ensues . The gang briefly lose and and go to 's work ( a wax museum ) , but are discovered by and . Once there , the girlfriends realize that their men are swapped , and both guys eventually end up dumped . Still , manages to knock out in the museum , while handles , but they all end up in jail . 
 After the mix - up is corrected , , and company are all set free . In an anti - climax , and both enter a Knowledge bowl in an effort to get back with . They succeed when answers a tiebreaker question to win the competition , recalling a choice tidbit once told him . Afterward , both couples end up together . In a final scene , 's dad finds out the hard way that is definitely not gay by catching him and having sex in 's bedroom . However , after returning to his room with his wife , he expresses relief and noted that his son 's girlfriend is " stacked " . 
 Walking in each other 's shoes dramatically changed the lives of both and . In the epilogue , the audience learns that graduated from high school and attended Hafford ( even wearing preppy attire ) , while attended Stanford on a football scholarship .

In 1945 Las Vegas , World War II veteran returns from Italy with a motorcycle and reunites with his mother . However , and his mother are struck in a traffic collision with a drunk driver while riding his motorcycle , resulting in the death of 's mother ; is transported to an animated realm named the " Cool World " . Forty - seven years later , detained cartoonist creates a comic book named Cool World , which features the femme fatale . voices her desire to enter the real world , but is declined help from , who is now a detective in the Cool World . After being released from prison , is transported to the Cool World and is smuggled into a club by . becomes aware of 's presence in the Cool World and aggressively confronts him , informing him that Cool World has existed long before created the comic series and warns him that " noids " , humans from the real world , are not allowed to have sex with " doodles " , the inhabitants of the Cool World . brings back into the Cool World and the two have sex , causing to transform into a human . 
 While attempts to mend his relationship with doodle , he temporarily leaves detective duties to his assistant . and leave for the real world , causing damage to the interdimensional barrier between the real world and the Cool World . discovers that has been done away with and decides to venture into the real world to pursue and . While contemplating their situation , tells about the " Spike of Power " , an artifact placed on the top of a Las Vegas casino by a doodle who crossed into the real world . When displays skepticism about the idea , abandons to search for the spike on her own . When pursues on the casino , kills him by kicking him off the building . finds and takes the Spike of Power , transforming her and into doodles and releasing numerous monstrous doodles into the real world . Fighting off an increasing number of doodles as a superhero doodle , returns the Spike of Power to its place , trapping him , and the rest of the doodles in Cool World . Since was killed by while she was in doodle form , he is reborn in Cool World as a doodle , allowing him to pursue his relationship with .

In 1978 , narcissistic , manipulative actress performs in an awful musical version of Sweet Bird of Youth on Broadway . She invites long - time rival , an aspiring writer , backstage along with 's fiancé , plastic surgeon . is smitten with , and breaks off his engagement with to marry her . Seven years later , in 1985 , winds up in a psychiatric hospital after fixating upon . Obese and depressed , feigns rehabilitation and is released , plotting revenge on . 
 Another seven years later , in 1992 , lives in Beverly Hills with , but they are miserable . 's acting career has faded with age , and is an alcoholic reduced to working as a reconstructive mortician . Receiving an invitation to a party celebrating 's new book , rushes to a spa where she regularly receives facial treatments . Understanding 's situation , the spa owner gives her the business card of , a woman specializing in youth rejuvenation . 
 and attend the party for 's novel , Forever Young , and discover that somehow , is now slim , youthful and beautiful . Dumbfounded and depressed by 's appearance , visits her young lover but discovers he is with a woman his age . Dejected , drives to 's home . is a mysterious , glamorous , wealthy socialite claiming to be 71 , but looks much younger . She reveals to the secret of her beauty and youth : an expensive potion that promises eternal life and an everlasting youthful appearance . purchases and drinks the potion and is rejuvenated , regaining her beauty . As a condition of purchase , must disappear from public life after ten years to keep the existence of the potion secret . warns to take good care of her body . 
 seduces and convinces him to kill . When returns home , she and argue , during which falls down the stairs , breaking her neck . Believing dead , phones for advice , not seeing stand and approach him with her head twisted backward . assumes she has a dislocated neck and drives her to the emergency room . is told she is technically dead and faints . She is taken to the morgue due to her body having no pulse and a temperature below 80 ° F . After rescuing , takes the sign of her " resurrection " as a miracle , returns home with and uses his skills as a mortician to repair her body . 
 demands information about 's situation . Overhearing and discussing their plot to stage 's death , shoots with a shotgun . Although the blast creates a hole in her stomach , survives , revealing that she drank the same potion . Fed up with the pair , prepares to leave , but and convince him to do one last repair on their bodies . They realize they will need constant maintenance and scheme to have drink the potion to ensure he will always be available . 
 After bringing to , she offers to give him the potion free of charge in exchange for his surgical skills . refuses rather than being immortal . He pockets the potion and flees , but becomes trapped on the roof . and implore to drink the potion to survive an impending fall . refuses and drops the potion to the ground several stories below , but after falling he lands in 's pool and escapes . After banishes and from her group , the pair realize they must rely on each other for companionship and maintenance . 
 Thirty - seven years later , and attend 's funeral , where he is eulogized as having lived an adventurous and fulfilling life with a large family and friends . They are parodies of their former selves , with cracked , peeling paint and putty covering most of their grey and rotting flesh . trips and teeters at the top of a staircase . After hesitates to help her , grabs and the two tumble down the stairs , breaking to pieces . As their disembodied heads totter together , sardonically asks , " Do you remember where you parked the car ? "

In the town of Moorehigh in 1957 , the patients of Dr. kept disappearing . After some investigation , the citizens of Moorehigh found that he and his son ( nicknamed " Dr. " for his hideous laugh ) , were ripping out patients ' hearts — in an attempt to bring back the doctor 's dead wife . The townspeople stone Dr. to death , but disappeared . 
 Thirty - five years later , Dr. escapes from a mental asylum , killing everyone in his path . In Moorehigh , 19 - year - old , her boyfriend , and their friends are planning their spring break . , upset that her father is dating again shortly after her mother 's death , is further angered when she is diagnosed with a heart condition and is forced to wear a heart monitor to determine if she needs surgery . Meanwhile , Dr. breaks into his father 's abandoned office and starts going through the doctor 's old files , gathering a list of names . He begins to stalk and kill several of the town 's residents , including 's friends . 
 comes home from a party , and deciding that she 's had enough of her heart monitor , dumps it in a fish tank . 's father finds her heart monitor and goes to look for her , leaving his girlfriend behind to also be killed by Dr. . returns to the party and sees kissing another girl . Distraught , she runs into a house of mirrors . Dr. sees and notices that she has the same heart condition as his mother and goes after her . He follows and kills the other girl was kissing , but sees him coming and manages to escape . Officers and find her and take her to the police station . 
 Through a flashback , Office explains to that he knows how escaped the night that Dr. was killed . He was in the morgue where the bodies of Dr. and his dead wife were . He noticed the dead wife 's body moving and then witnessed cutting his way out of her with a scalpel . He realized that escaped by cutting open his mother 's corpse and sewing it shut with him in it . That experience has left an alcoholic and an insomniac . 
 Dr. makes his way to 's house and attacks her father . Officer goes to investigate 's house and finds her father there , lying in a pool of blood . Dr. mortally wounds who , recognizing him as , angrily shoots him in the side before dying . arrives soon after , finding his partner dead and 's father wounded , but alive . Meanwhile , Dr. returns to his hideout , performing surgery on himself to remove the bullet . He then kidnaps and tells her that he plans to replace her " broken " heart with one of those he took from the bodies of her friends . and arrive to save her . puts up enough of a fight with Dr. that and manage to escape . Dr. manages to kill , but is unable to escape before his father 's house explodes apparently killing him . 
 is taken to the hospital , where she is told that the traumatic events of the evening have damaged one of her heart valves , and she is going to need surgery to replace it . While she is being prepped , Dr. reappears , having survived the explosion , and is cutting a bloody path through the hospital staff to get to . He chases her to a janitor 's closet where she spills a bottle of cleaning fluid onto the floor and hits him with a pair of defibrillator paddles , electrocuting him . She finally kills him by stabbing him through the chest with two of his own instruments . Dr. then breaks the fourth wall , staring at the camera and asking , " Is there a doctor in the house ? " before dying . 
 Recovering in the hospital , is visited by and her also - recovering father .

During the first ice age , a caveman attempts to make fire with his girlfriend . An earthquake causes a cave - in that buries the two of them . 
 This segues into a present - day Los Angeles earthquake that awakens average teenager . He , along with his best friend , strives to attain popularity in high school but comes off more as a reject and an outcast . is in love with , a sweet and attractive girl who has been his best friend since grade school , and , until she reached adolescence , had been rejected by on several occasions . Her boyfriend , , is a stereotypical athlete and school bully who is constantly responsible for making both and the objects of ridicule by humiliating them in various ways , usually directly due to 's growing affections toward . 
 One day , as is digging a pool in his backyard , he comes across a chunk of ice that has the body of a man in it following an earthquake . They leave the ice block unattended in the garage and space heaters left on cause the ice to melt , releasing the caveman from the opening of the film . The caveman falls head first into the 20th century , discovering a garbage truck which he misinterprets as a mammoth from his time , and television which he discovers upon entering 's house . When the boys return home , they find hand paint covering the walls and the house is in disarray . Investigating a beeping smoke alarm , they discover the caveman in 's bedroom , attempting to start a fire " Indian - style " by rotating a stick in the center of a pile of kindling . At first , the caveman panics at the sight of them , but then quickly calms him by using the flame of a lighter to mesmerize him after he panics from the phone ringing . After bathing him and trimming him to look like an average teenager , names him " " as in the missing link . 
 They manage to fool 's family into thinking he is actually an Estonian exchange student sent to live with them , and enroll him in school where 's bizarre behavior and supreme athletic skills shoot and to popularity by association , allowing to get closer to , to 's chagrin . It soon becomes apparent that 's bizarre attitude is having an effect on 's actions and speech , which causes a rift between and and after a fight with at a skating rink , as well as an attraction developing between and . During a school field trip to a natural history museum , gets upset realizing that the cavepeople he knew are all dead and the gravity of his situation , but and console that he is not without friends in this time , causing the trio to make a pact . tries to send away , but a fight between him and cause to come running back . and then make up . On prom night , is a hit at the party with as his date while stays in for the evening . breaks into 's bedroom and steals photographic evidence that is a caveman . As and go after and his friends , another earthquake happens . At the prom , 's plan to uncover the " freak " backfires as the information instead makes even more popular . and make up , and the three boys lead the entire prom in an impromptu caveman - like dance . 
 After the prom , the students attend 's house for a pool party where and kiss . Meanwhile , and follow clues similar to when they found him ranging from breast prints on the slider and paint covering the walls . They follow the muddy footprints to the bathroom and discover a beautiful cavewoman in the bathtub who turns out to be 's girlfriend from the beginning of the film . He joins her in the bathtub as cheers them on and embraces her happily as she is also made to look like a modern human .

In Ireland in 1892 , family home is burned down by his landlord 's men because of unpaid rent . 's father just died and made a promise to his father that he will run his own land someday . unsuccessfully attempts to kill the landlord , Mr. . Instead injures himself , and Mrs. and their daughter nurse him back to health with the intent of hanging him . meets , who rebels against family tradition and plans to run away from home , board a ship , and claim free land in America . She offers to take with her as her servant so she , a single woman , can travel without scandal . 's does n't believe her and refuses to travel with . 
 plans to duel 's foreman , he is the man who set fire to the family home . meets before the duel , and tells him that he had nothing do with 's family 's eviction or that of any of the other tenant farmers , since the land is managed by . The duel begins , and is very close to shooting , but dashes in with her horse and buggy , rescuing at the last moment . 
 Together on a ship bound for America , meets Mr. , who tells her and about America 's arable free land in Oklahoma , informing them that once they get to America , they must head out by train to Oklahoma and race everyone else for a claim to stake . divulges that her collection of valuable silver spoons will cover all expenses to get the pair to Oklahoma , and offers to help her find a shop to sell them to once they arrive in America . 
 On arriving in Boston , is shot , and 's spoons fall out of his clothing and get snatched up by passersby . rescues her , but not the spoons . Soon the two immigrants are introduced to , a Boston ward boss , and an Irish - American himself . finds and jobs , and a room to rent in a brothel , which they must share . To avoid scandal , says is his sister . Because they are working - class people , it would be dangerous for their fellow Irish immigrants to find out about her privileged background . 
 As the pair continues to share a room , and become attracted to each other , but both keep up a front of indifference . One night , rushes out to Boss 's club , where a bare - knuckle boxing match is underway . challenges the winner , knocks him out , and soon becomes a regular at the club to make extra cash while both he and work in a chicken - plucking plant . 
 Back in Ireland , the ' house is burned down by angry tenants in the Irish Land War , so the decide to emigrate to America , hoping also to find their daughter . 
 Meanwhile discovers that has gone to 's club . He discovers on stage as a burlesque dancer . He tries to cover her with his jacket , demanding that she stop dancing . The Irish men surrounding the couple beg him to fight and offer him a small fortune ( $ 200 ) . , who previously scorned boxing , urges him to fight , since the money would get them to Oklahoma . agrees and is winning until he notices one of his backers ( a member of the city council ) groping , who is sitting on his lap . pushes through the crowd to free her , but is pushed back into the ring , where his foot accidentally " toes " the line , but he is n't ready and his opponent lands a sucker punch , after which is defeated . 
 In retaliation for the hundreds of dollars 's boxing loss has cost Boss and his friends , is thrown out of 's club . meets a policeman who shows him a photograph of , asking if he 's seen her . returns to their room in the brothel to find and his thugs searching their room for the money he and saved . takes their money , and and are thrown out into the streets , homeless . 
 Cold and famished , the pair enter a seemingly abandoned and luxurious house . encourages to pretend the house is hers and he is her servant , but she begs him to pretend they are married and the house is theirs . During that tender moment , the owners of the house return and chase them away , shooting in the back . , who knows the are looking for her in Boston , brings to the home where they 're staying . He decides will be better cared for by them , and leaves , despite his obvious feelings for her . 
 heads west to the Ozarks . He finds work laying train track , seemingly abandoning his dream of owning land . He sees a wagon train out the door of his boxcar . Knowing it is headed for the Oklahoma land rush , abandons the railroad and joins the wagon train , arriving in Oklahoma Territory just in time for the Land Run of 1893 . 
 finds , , and the already in Oklahoma . , having seen talking to , threatens to kill him if he goes near again . buys a horse for the land rush , but the horse dies in a few hours , and he is forced to ride an unruly horse he manages to tame . He discovers that has cheated by illegally inspecting the territory before the race , and is headed for the extremely desirable land he found . On this other horse , quickly outpaces everybody and catches up with and . 
 is ready to plant his claim flag , but Chase rushes on horseback at . A fight breaks out , with falling and crushed by the horse . runs to his side and rejects when he questions her actions . professes his love for . passed out a little and was revived . They both drive the land stake into the ground and claim their prize land before the other settlers get there .

is a fairy with a curious nature living in FernGully , a pristine rainforest free from human intervention . The fairies of FernGully once lived in harmony with humans , but believe them to have gone extinct after having been driven away by a dark spirit named . is the apprentice of , a motherly - figure fairy who imprisoned in a tree . One day explores a new part of the forest and meets , a bat who claims to have been experimented on by humans , giving him an obstreperous and unstable personality . However , fairies refuse to believe him , except for , who volunteers to investigate the situation . She sees , a young lumberjack whom accidentally shrinks when she tries to save him from being crushed by a falling tree , though does not know how to restore him to normal size . 
 The tree that is imprisoned in is cut down by and , 's superiors . quickly begins to regain his powers by feeding on pollution . He manipulates the humans to drive to FernGully . In FernGully , meets , a fairy envious of 's relationship with . begins to fall in love with , but hides the true reason that the humans had returned . When the signs of 's resurrection begin to manifest themselves in poisoned trees and rivers , he finally admits that humans are destroying the forest . The fairies mount an attempt to defend their homes , but knowing their fight is hopeless , convinces to aid him in stopping the machine before it destroys them . When makes his presence known to and , takes over the machine and begins to wildly destroy the forest . 
 sacrifices herself to give the fairies a chance , and she tells to remember everything she 's learned . manages to stop the machine , depriving the source of his power , but he manifests himself within the oil in the machine and begins to ignite the forest ablaze . seemingly sacrifices herself by allowing herself to be devoured by and all seems lost , until he begins to sprout limbs and leaves like a tree . and the rest of the fairies rally to the powers they have been given , which causes the seed that fed him to start growing wildly . is imprisoned by the newly grown tree at the very border of FernGully which bursts into bloom . appears after the fight , having survived her ordeal and successfully succeeded as a magical fairy . She gives a seed , begging him to remember everything that has transpired and she sadly restores him to his human size . Remembering the seed in his hand , promises to remember his adventure , and buries the seed in the soil before telling and that things need to change as they leave the forest behind . The seed sprouts new growth for , as follows with behind her .

Jonathan Ward, Samantha Mathis, Tim Curry, Robin Williams, Christian Slater

is a top - notch , San Francisco - based Freudian psychiatrist , who has on the patient 's couch . He is treating her for frightening and horrific childhood memories , which include images of her drunken father and his death in a fire for which she was n't blamed . 
 One night , enters 's office and says that she is 's sister . She asks for information about her sister 's case . It is implied , as part of the treatment , that speak to Heather to find out more about her sister 's past experiences and determine if she might provide information that has forgotten . 
 Not long after , seduces , and a steamy affair follows . However , there is a problem — is married to , a violent and wealthy Greek gangster . She also has a way of embarrassing in public by taking a sip of wine and then flipping into an attack of " pathological intoxication " , which can end with the restaurant in shambles . 
 It turns out that is trying to involve unsuspecting in a plan to murder and collect a $ 4 million double indemnity life insurance policy on him . She is also using as bait and wants framed for the murder .

Richard Gere, Kim Basinger, Uma Thurman, Eric Roberts, Keith David

In 1939 , Captain ( ) is a United States Army Air Corps test pilot . After a successful run and subsequent crash landing in a prototype North American B-25 Mitchell bomber at Alexander Field in Northern California , is greeted by his longtime friend , ( ) who is a scientist . confides that his latest experiment , " Project B " , has succeeded in doing the impossible . The machine , built by and his team of scientists , is a prototype chamber for cryonic freezing . When 's girlfriend , ( ) goes into a coma from an accident and the doctors doubt she will ever recover , insists he be put in suspended animation for one year , starting November 26 , 1939 , so he will not have to watch die . 
 Fifty - three years later , two boys are playing inside a military storage warehouse which is being emptied in preparation for its demolition . They discover the suspended animation chamber containing and are enticed by it . Believing it to be a miniature submarine , they proceed to play with its dials and controls and accidentally activate the restoration process . The chamber opens and reflexively grabs one boy 's coat , causing them to flee in terror , leaving the coat clasped in 's hand . Shortly after , awakens to the realization that it is now 1992 . After appropriating shorts and a shirt from a clothesline , he first approaches the military about his experiences . When they dismiss him as crazed , becomes more determined to learn what happened to , , and the world that has seemingly evolved overnight around him . 
 An address tag inside the jacket leads to the owner , 10 - year old ( ) , one of the two boys who opened the chamber . Though the boys are initially terrified , is able to calm and his friend with the truth of his story . While hiding in 's tree house with a secret stash of junk food , he witnesses 's single mother ( ) being assaulted by her abusive , alcoholic ex - boyfriend , and goes to her defense . After receives a gash in the fight , , a nurse , fixes it up and a bond develops between the two . This bond is strengthened when she offers a place to stay , until he can discover what to do with his search . Nonetheless , 's time is running out , as his body starts to age rapidly because the suspended animation chamber process was not entirely successful . 
 When another " aging attack " practically cripples , is told the amazing truth . , 's daughter , informs him that her father died many years earlier before she was born ( the government later specifies it was a warehouse fire in the early ' 40s , while trying to save the frozen from the chaos ) . also gives her father 's journals , hoping he can use them to reverse his own condition . However , according to the journals , the subject did not properly stop aging , but rather postponed it , thus explaining 's own rapid aging . Before leaving , gives one further revelation : is alive . The government is also after , but in the end , hands over the crucial information on " Project B " and no one is arrested as the government investigates what went wrong . gave the government the journals that wrote , to help them to fix their problem . notices is gone and he was last in the plane with . The Government will wait for and to get back and escort them back home , so they can finish their research on 's machine and research from the hospital on 's condition too . 
 's final task is to find in the present day . commandeers a B-25 bomber from an air show with a stowaway on board . helps land when another attack nearly kills him . His true age having finally caught up with him , the now - elderly reunites with the elderly and asks her to marry him and she accepts .

In 2009 , the super - wealthy achieve immortality by hiring " bonejackers " , mercenaries equipped with time travel devices , to snatch people from the past , just prior to the moment of their deaths , for use as substitute bodies . Those who escape are known as " freejacks " and are considered less than human under the law . In this dystopian future , most people suffer from poor physical health as a result of rampant drug use and environmental pollution , making them unattractive as replacement bodies . 
 is a Formula One racer who is about to die in a spectacular 1991 crash when a time machine snatches him from the cockpit and into 21st century New York City , now a futuristic dystopia populated by scavengers and killers . When 's captors are ambushed by a hit squad , escapes from , a hardened mercenary who has snatched him on behalf of the powerful McCandless Corporation . 's former fiancée is now an executive at McCandless , handling high - stakes mineral negotiations with a rival Japanese firm . 
 spends much time escaping the clutches of , a ruthless pursuer who nevertheless lives by a code of honor , and rekindling his relationship with . , 's boss , is revealed to have died and seeks to install his backed - up personality into 's body . Besides evading 's army of mercenaries and police personnel , and also have to deal with fleeing from the private guards of ' corporate X.O. , , who is gunning for McCandless ' position . finds he can not trust his old friends from 1991 , who are now eager to sell him out . 
 Tired of running , pretends to take hostage and negotiates with to arrange a meeting , counting on 's not knowing about their past relationship ; however , has seen the footage of 's grief after 's 1991 accident . After she slaps him in return for his mockery , the couple flees . They are thwarted when they encounter a gunfight in the lobby between two factions , now in opposition : 's security guards and 's mercenaries . Despite 's plan to leave the building through an " escape module " on the hundredth floor , the elevator takes them automatically to the complex at the very top of the building where ' mind is in storage . In a virtual reality encounter with 's essence , he explains his goal : to use 's body to satiate his love for . Apologizing , he offers to die and let run the company under the guise of being . 
 As they consider the offer , arrives , and reveals he was merely stalling for time . fights the process as stumbles in , wounded from fighting 's soldiers . In the confusion , grabs the gun of the soldier holding her and fires off a shot that disrupts the transfer process . The results are inconclusive as to whether or not it is or in 's body now . The scientists can not determine the answer , but can , as only knows a secret code gave him . 
 reads the code , slowly , and asks him to continue . finishes the code quickly . tries to kill but is gunned down by 's men . remarks about how he feels in his " new " body , before telling that she will be dressed more appropriately so that the two of them can take a drive . Hours later , after the coup is over , and get into one of ' favorite vehicles ; tells the driver that he will do the driving today . stops them as the car leaves the estate . It turns out that the transfer was not complete after all ; got McCandless ' secret number wrong , though went along with it . He simply waited until made a mistake : did not know how to drive . admonishes that " you 'll have to coach him better than that " , then leaves while and speed away .

and his father have just moved to start a new life . 's father has accumulated many gambling debts but has found a new job that requires him to travel extensively , leaving his son alone at home . also has a hard time fitting in at school , having crossed gang members . He takes a job at a local diner and enters into a romantic relationship with , the daughter of the owner , but is jumped by the gang members outside the restaurant . Seeing how well is able to fight , a local boxing promoter by the name of offers a chance to fight in an illegal underground boxing operation . When two men arrive announcing that 's father owes a large sum of money to pay off gambling debts , convinces his boss , boxing promoter to buy out the debt , which forces to pay off his father 's debts by boxing . 
 enjoys a great deal of success and develops a friendship with and , two fellow fighters . However , he continues to be harassed by gang members , and discovers that two of them , " Black Death " and " Short Cut " are boxers who fight dirty , using elbows , kicks , knees , and low blows , and counting on the crooked refs to overlook the clear violations . defeats Black Death in the ring , but Short Cut hides a fluid in his gloves , which he uses to blind during a match . Unable to defend himself , is brutally beaten in the ring and is declared brain dead by the doctors . Short Cut later tries the same trick on , but has learned to fight dirty , and still defeats Short Cut despite being unable to see . 
 Meanwhile , shows signs of possible brain damage and is told to quit fighting for at least 60 days or else suffer permanent brain damage . Despite this , arranges a match between and . Afraid of killing , takes a beating until the two are unwilling to continue the match . In revenge , , a former boxer who retired undefeated , punches severely enough to knock him out of the ring . 
 Furious , challenges to a match . If wins , will continue to work for him indefinitely , but if wins , his father 's debt is wiped clean . accepts on the condition that they fight bare - knuckle . 's vast experience with boxing initially gives him the upper hand , and 's confidence influences him to play with and humiliate as a result . eventually uses the various forms of advice he has received throughout his brief boxing experience to outthink : he fakes a broken hand to give even more confidence , and then uses the element of surprise to defeat , freeing himself from 's contract .

The film depicts two days in the lives of four real estate salesmen who are supplied with leads : the names and phone numbers of prospects ; they use deceitful and dubious tactics to make sales . Many of the leads rationed out by the office manager lack either the money or the desire to actually invest in land . 
 ( ) is sent by and , the owners of Premiere Properties , to motivate the sales team . unleashes a torrent of verbal abuse on the salesmen and announces that only the top two will be allowed access to the more promising Glengarry leads and the rest of them will be fired . 
 ( ) , a once powerful and successful salesman , now in a long - running slump and with a chronically ill daughter in the hospital with an unknown medical condition , knows that he will lose his job soon if he can not generate sales . He tries to persuade office manager ( ) to give him some of the Glengarry leads , but refuses . tries first to charm , then to threaten him , and finally to bribe him . is willing to sell some of the prime leads , but demands cash in advance . can not come up with the cash and leaves without better leads . 
 Meanwhile , ( ) and ( ) complain about and , and proposes that they strike back at the two by stealing all the leads and selling them to a competing real estate agency . 's plan requires to break into the office , stage a burglary and steal all of the prime leads . wants no part of the plan , but tries to coerce him , saying that is already an accessory before the fact simply because he knows about the proposed burglary . 
 At a nearby bar , ( ) , the office 's top " closer " , delivers a long , disjointed but compelling monologue to a meek , middle - aged man named ( ) . does not broach the subject of a Glengarry Farms real estate deal until he has completely won over with his speech . Framing it as an opportunity rather than a purchase , Roma plays upon 's feelings of insecurity . 
 The next day , when the salesmen come into the office , they learn that there has been a burglary and the Glengarry leads have been stolen . and the police question each of the salesmen in private . After his interrogation , leaves in disgust , only after having one last shouting match with Roma . During the cycle of interrogations , arrives to tell Roma that his wife has told him to cancel the deal . Scrambling to salvage the deal , Roma tries to deceive by telling him that the check he wrote the night before has yet to be cashed , and that accordingly he has time to reason with his wife and reconsider . 
 abets Roma by pretending to be a wealthy investor who just happens to be on his way to the airport . , unaware of Roma and 's stalling tactic , lies to , claiming that he already deposited his check in the bank . Upset , rushes out of the office , and Roma berates for what he has done . then enters 's office to take his turn at being interrogated by the police . 
 , proud of a massive sale he made that morning , takes the opportunity to mock in private . In his zeal to get back at , accidentally reveals that he knows lied to minutes earlier about depositing Lingk 's check and had left the check on his desk and had not made the bank run the previous night — something only a man who broke into the office would know . catches 's slip of the tongue and compels to admit that he broke into the office . finally caves in and admits that he and conspired to steal the leads . attempts to bribe to keep quiet about the burglary . scoffs at the suggestion and tells that the buyers to whom he had made his sale earlier that day are in fact bankrupt and delusional and just enjoy talking to salesmen . , crushed by this revelation , asks why he seeks to ruin him . coldly responds , " Because I do n't like you . " 
 makes a last - ditch attempt at gaining sympathy from by mentioning his daughter 's health , but cruelly rebuffs him and leaves to inform the detective about 's part in the burglary . walks out of the room as enters . Unaware , talks to about their forming a business partnership . The detective calls for , who walks into 's office . leaves the office to go for lunch . returns to his desk to make his sales calls .

Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Ed Harris, Kevin Spacey, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin, Jonathan Pryce

( ) is a pickpocket and petty criminal who anonymously rescues survivors including TV reporter ( ) at an airplane crash . His motives are not " pure " as he enters the burning plane in order to steal some of the passengers ' purses and wallets , losing a shoe in the process . After finding his car is towed away from the crash scene , he flags down ( ) , a homeless Vietnam veteran , and tells him about the rescue at the crash site , giving him his remaining shoe . When ( ) , the television station news director , offers $ 1 million to the " Angel of Flight 104 " , realizes he ca n't claim the reward , due to his arrest while fencing credit cards he stole from the people he rescued . , however , contacts , recounting 's tale of the rescue and provides the single shoe to take credit for the selfless act . 
 When tries to tell people that John is a fake , the media , after sensationalizing his heroic image , will not believe . , as one of the crash survivors , considers herself to be in 's debt and soon grooms his public image . She finds herself falling in love with him even though she has questions about his authenticity . Despite his reluctant acceptance of his fame , he turns out to be a decent person , using his notoriety and reward money to help sick children and the homeless . 
 finds himself in an ethical dilemma since his persona is inspirational to countless people . Meanwhile , continues to aggravate his ex - wife , ( ) , and fails to bond with his son , ( ) , who is now enamored with . He begins to feel that if is going to idolize anyone , perhaps is the better choice . 
 A police detective tells her credit cards were recovered during 's arrest . She and her cameraman , ( ) , break into 's apartment with the help of ( ) , the landlord . While searching for evidence to incriminate , finds a stolen Silver Microphone Award that she won in New York City , the night before the crash . arrives only to be confronted by her , who speculates that stole her purse in a moment of weakness during the rescue , sold it to , and accuses him of attempting to now blackmail . They are interrupted by , who says is on television , about to commit suicide by jumping from the ledge of a high - rise skyscraper . 
 rushes to the scene and brings along , threatening to have him prosecuted if leaps to his death . In addition , she demands apologize for the attempted blackmail . and rush there as well , with reminiscing how is selfish and cynical , but always becomes a great person in a crisis . 
 When they arrive , goes out on the ledge , hatching a scheme to milk the media attention for all its worth . Ultimately , he convinces that the world needs a hero , and that he is clearly the right one for the job , though he does negotiate a discreet share of the $ 1 million . When slips off the ledge , grabs him and pulls him to safety , a ( true ) hero once more . When sees 's face covered with dirt , as on the night of the crash , she realizes it was he who saved her . She confronts him " off the record " with her supposition , but he insists that was the hero . 
 As leaves , however , she thanks for saving her life ; and he impulsively replies , " You 're welcome . " She tells him to tell the truth . agrees to continue playing the part of public hero . While on an excursion to the zoo , decides to tell the true story of the crash . After he does so , a lady cries out that her daughter has fallen into the lion 's cage . pleads with him to help , to which he sighs , slips off his shoes , and heads off to see what he can do .

On July 30 , 1975 , and his longtime friend , are impatiently waiting in the parking lot of a roadhouse diner . Moving in vignettes from his early years when was a Teamsters union organizer who was working to organize the various trucking firms and laundries around Detroit , Michigan , 's life over the preceding four decades gradually unfolds . In 1935 , a young approaches a parked truck , inside of which driver is taking a nap . pitches the benefits of joining the Teamsters and gives a business card , on which he has written : " Give this man whatever he needs . " A few days later , reports to work to find attempting to organize the workers . blurts out they 'd ridden 85 miles together , and is fired . later accosts with a Bowie knife , but 's associate pulls a gun and drops the knife . joins the pair in the arson bombing of a laundry whose owner has refused to cooperate with the Teamsters . is badly burned and dies . succeeds him as 's right - hand man . 
 During a Teamsters strike , strikers fight with non - union workers and police , is taken to a local Mafia boss . , who speaks Italian , comes along and translates . An alliance between the Teamsters and the mob is formed . meets , who would become his closest mob ally . rises to the presidency of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters . His illegal activities include the use of Teamster funds to make loans to the mob . At a Congressional hearing , is questioned by regarding his suspicious union activities . A loud and bitter feud between and grows , especially after is elected President and becomes Attorney General . 
 , on a hunting trip with , discusses ways to exploit the union 's pension fund . Having no paper with them , the plans are sketched on the back of a hunting license . Subsequently , is betrayed by a junior associate , , who testifies at 's trial . The critical evidence against is the hunting license on which the plans to raid the Teamster 's pension fund were written . surrenders to federal officials and serves time in a Pennsylvania federal prison while 's uncle , , takes over as Teamsters boss . , also convicted and imprisoned , is freed and immediately begins working for 's release . suggests that the Teamsters endorse for President , so that in exchange for Teamster endorsement , will receive a presidential pardon . 
 gets out and expects to again run the Teamsters , but learns that one of the conditions of his release is that he is ineligible to run the union for 10 years . meets with and demands to the gangster that be killed , which resulted in someone wiring 's car to explode . believes that is " too hot " and says , " I ca n't get close to it . " leaves with the matter unresolved . 
 delivers a message to that unless the matter of can be settled , will go to the press . says to tell that " everything 's gon na be all right " , and they should all meet the next day at " the roadhouse " , a remote diner . 
 and spend several hours waiting in the parking lot , but never arrives . A purported union driver has been waiting for hours in the diner , allegedly for a part for his truck , engaging in conversation . He is invited to meet in person by bringing a cup of coffee to the car . The driver reveals himself to be a hit man as he draws a gun . Just exactly who sent this ' hit man ' is not revealed , however , the implication is that he was sent by in retaliation for 's threat to ' go to the press ' . and are gunned down in the parking lot . Several associates arrive and dump 's body on top of 's and they get in the car and drive it into the back of a large truck that had driven up as the shootings were taking place . The camera focuses on the roll - up door of the truck showing the different state plates , implying a final bit of irony : that the truck driver , in all likelihood , is a Teamster driver . The truck drives off into the sunset .

In Chicago , the family is preparing for a Christmas vacation in Miami . On the night before their departure , the entire family gathers at and 's home , where their youngest son , , sees Florida as contradictory to Christmas , on his opinion of the lack of Christmas trees in Florida . During the school Christmas pageant , 's older brother humiliates him during his solo , causing to retaliate , thereby ruining the performance . While fakes an apology to in front of the ( who are convinced it is sincere ) , refuses to apologize to and storms to the third floor of the house . Prior to the pageant , has unknowingly caused the alarm clock to reset ; consequently , the family once again oversleeps . In the confusion they have to rush to reach the airport on time , falls behind everyone else , and mistakenly boards a flight bound for New York City while trying to replace the batteries for his Talkboy and carrying 's bag containing his wallet and a large amount of money ; upon arrival in Miami , realizes that is missing again . In New York , tours the city and meets a homeless woman tending to pigeons at Central Park , where he runs off . goes to the Plaza Hotel , where he tantalizes the staff into checking in with 's credit card , knowing the hotel takes Visa.[5 ] 
 On Christmas Eve , tours the city in a limousine and visits a toy store where he meets its philanthropic owner , Mr. . learns that the proceeds from the store 's Christmas sales will be donated to a children 's hospital . donates $ 20 to the hospital . As a token of appreciation , Mr. offers a pair of ceramic turtledoves as a gift , instructing him to give one to another person as a sign of eternal friendship . After running into and , who have recently escaped from prison and are now called " The Sticky Bandits " , retreats to the Plaza Hotel . The hotel 's concierge , Mr. , maniacally confronts about the credit card , which has been reported stolen . flees after evading Mr. , but is captured by and . The duo discuss plans for breaking into the toy store that night . manages to escape by pinching a woman in front of him , which results in the woman attacking the duo . [ 5 ] 
 's family travels to New York after tracking the whereabouts of the stolen credit card , and searches the city for . Meanwhile , goes to his uncle 's townhouse , only to find the house vacant and undergoing renovations , while and his family are in Paris . At Central Park , he encounters and befriends the pigeon lady . They go to Carnegie Hall , where an orchestra is performing . The pigeon lady explains how her life collapsed and how she dealt with it by taking care of the pigeons in the park . gives the pigeon lady some advice and promises that he will be her friend.[5 ] 
 After remembering what the bandits said , returns to the townhouse and rigs it with numerous booby traps . arrives at the toy store during and 's robbery and throws a brick through the window , setting off the store 's alarm . then lures the duo to the townhouse , where he springs the traps and and suffer various injuries . When the duo chase around the townhouse , he escapes and calls the police . and catch him and take him down to Central Park to kill him , but the pigeon lady sneaks in and throws birdseed on the duo , and the pigeons storm in to incapacitate them . sets off fireworks he had bought earlier to signal the police . The police arrive and arrest the bandits . At the toy store , Mr. finds a note from attached to the brick , explaining about what happened.[5 ] 
 , still searching for on foot , remembers his fondness for Christmas trees . After observing making a wish at the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree , meets him there and they reconcile . On Christmas Day , a truckload of gifts arrive at the ' hotel room from the toy store . and reconcile , and allows him to open up the first present . goes to Central Park to give the pigeon lady the second turtledove . At the Plaza , receives the bill for 's stay from and shows it to . suddenly shouts out , " , you spent $ 967 on room service ? ! " at which point runs off.[5 ]

Five years after inventor accidentally shrunk his and his neighbors ' children , his family have moved to Nevada , and welcomed a new son , mischievous two - ish - year old . ’s wife leaves on a Friday with their daughter for college , leaving to look after and their teenage son , who struggles with puberty . He develops a crush on , who later arranges to babysit . One Saturday , takes his sons to Sterling Labs , where he has constructed an advanced derivative of his shrink ray which could make objects grow . He tests it out on ’s toy Big Bunny . However , when and ’s backs are turned , retrieves his toy and is zapped by the machine , which appears to short circuit and not enlarge the targeted object . 
 Back home , and Big Bunny are exposed to electrical waves from the microwave oven and grow in size , now seven feet tall . and try to take back to the lab to reverse the process , but are caught by ’s superior Doctor , who dislikes , later discovering his folly . returns home and discovers the truth . and drive to a warehouse and retrieve ’s first prototype to turn back to normal . When arrives to babysit , she panics and faints . then ties her to a chair and gags her so she can not run away or scream . removes her gag , only for to scream and run out the door . He then regags her , and has her feet bound as well . Once she has calmed back down , ungags her a second time . is exposed to a television ’s electrical waves and grows to fourteen feet , before escaping through a wall . 
 and search for him , but they and are taken into custody , placed into a truck . and return home , finding the smug waiting for them . He has summoned , the company chairman , with the plan to fire and experiment on . arrives , praising when he admits his mistake and agrees to help , firing the rude as well . grows even larger , escaping confinement , and heads for Las Vegas , pursued by his family and the authorities . mistakes and for toys and puts them in his overalls pocket . 
 gets permission to board a military helicopter and tranquilize . needs to stand still for twelve seconds so he can be shrunk . At first , he tries using Big Bunny to pacify but it backfires when suggests his son takes a nap ( which he hates ) . After wandering through Las Vegas , saves the escaped and in a sports car from falling off the Kicking Lady of Glitter Gulch ( Fremont Street ) and puts the car inside his pocket again , before pursuing an ice cream truck driven by to distract him away from the city . However , he continues to grow even larger and heads towards the Hard Rock Café , where he plays the lit up guitar . arrives in the helicopter shooting tranquilizer cartridges at , hitting the guitar instead and causing him to drop the guitar , crying from electric shock . convinces to enlarge her so she can hug , preventing from harming her son and getting to stand still for the needed time period for the shrinking ray to work . then fires the shrink ray , returning and to normal size . arrives , attempting to justify his actions , but punches him in the face . 
 In the closing scene , and are revealed to have been shrunk inside the car from inside 's pocket to the size of insects , only to be quickly found by . is proud of his son getting a girlfriend and decides to give them a few minutes of privacy before unshrinking them . The only problem left is to shrink gigantic Big Bunny to normal size .

( ) has sworn to his mother while she was on her deathbed that he would never get married . Years later , he goes back on his promise and proposes to his girlfriend , ( ) , and quickly arranges a Las Vegas marriage . They check into the Bally 's Hotel . 
 Before the wedding , however , a wealthy professional gambler , ( ) , sees and notices a striking resemblance to his beloved late wife . He arranges a crooked poker game ( with as one of the other players ) where borrows $ 65,000 after being dealt a straight flush ( 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - of clubs ) , only to lose to the gambler 's higher straight flush ( 8 - 9 - 10 - Jack - Queen of hearts ) ; , however , promises to erase the debt - if he can spend the weekend with 's fiancée . 
 After getting to agree to no sex , the desperate couple agrees . tries desperately to get back and discovers that has taken her to Hawaii , where he has a vacation home . The gambler also has a taxi driver friend , ( ) , and asks him to keep as far as possible from him and . discovers this , steals the taxi , and sees outside the Kauai Club , where he 's attacked by and arrested . After Dr. bails out of jail , meets him outside and admits that left for Vegas with and has convinced her to marry him . races to the airport . decides she can not go through with the wedding and escapes from . 
 Meanwhile , after changing many planes and finding himself stuck in San Jose , tries frantically to find a flight to Vegas . Finally , he finds a group about to depart for Vegas , but , much to his surprise , finds out mid - flight that they are the Utah chapter of the " Flying Elvises " - a skydiving team of impersonators . now realizes that he will have to skydive from 3,000 feet in order to get to . eventually is able to overcome his fear and lands and spots , which then ruins 's plans . 
 The final scene shows and getting married in a small Las Vegas chapel with the Flying Elvises as guests , still in his white illuminated jumpsuit and in her stolen showgirl outfit .

( ) is a struggling architect . After building his dream house for himself and his longtime girlfriend ( ) in his hometown , he is crushed when she refuses to marry him . He is unable to bring himself to live in the house , and leaves it abandoned and with a debt he can not afford . Some time later , meets a waitress named ( ) at a Hungarian restaurant in Boston . Believing that she can not speak English , he spills out his sob story about and the abandoned house . After the restaurant closes for the night , learns she merely pretended to be Hungarian , and can speak English . He walks her home , which turns out to be a small apartment upstairs at the restaurant . They end up sleeping together . 
 The next morning , finds that left in the middle of the night . However , he unintentionally left behind the drawing of the house he 'd built for . Interest piqued by the drawing , takes a bus ride out to see the house . She is charmed by it , and decides to move in . goes to the town 's general store , where she charges her groceries to the " Davis " account . When questioned about this , , who it becomes clear is a natural liar , says that she is 's wife . meets , and spins a lengthy romantic story about how they fell in love , which surprises and impresses . also meets 's parents , who are heartbroken that got " married " without telling them , but manages to smooth things over with them with her charm . 
 Soon after , travels to his hometown and is shocked to see that his house is lived in . When he finds out what has done he is initially furious , but he soon sees the potential in her being there . starts creating all sorts of opportunities for : mending his relationship with his parents , helping out with his career by befriending 's boss and highlighting his long - ignored talent , and making jealous . and come to an agreement in which will help win , and in return she 'll get all the furniture in the house . Through their time together , begins to rely more on beyond their agreement , and starts to feel attached to her life with . It is also revealed that became a compulsive liar in order to escape from what she feels is her own inadequate background , and that she has " changed " her life numerous times . 
 The film culminates with a reception held at the house in which the sub - plots of 's career , family and affections for are brought together . Annoyed with for her superior and suspicious attitude , confronts her in front of everyone , accusing her of trying to win back . storms out of the house in tears , and follows her , thinking it is still part of the plan . Outside alone , praises for her brilliance , but replies that she wanted their marriage to work . Her feelings for him are apparent . watches , confused , as leaves . takes the opportunity to make a move on , and asks whether all of 's elaborate stories were real . answers that they were all true and chases after . 
 stops as she is about to board a bus to leave town . Although she resists , follows her example and begins telling an outlandish romantic story of something they " did " , which makes decide to stay . The film ends on the note of and being happily married and living together in the house . As and go into the house to have sex , the final spoken words are of saying " I love you , " and replying , " Actually , it 's . "

The film is about two couples : ( ) and ( ) , and ( ) and ( ) . The film starts when and arrive at and 's apartment and announce their separation . is shocked , but takes the news personally and is very hurt . Still confused , they go out for dinner at a Chinese restaurant . 
 A few weeks later goes to the apartment of a colleague . They plan to go out together to the opera and then to dinner . asks if she can use his phone , and calls . Learning from him that he has met someone , she accuses him of having had an affair during their marriage . 
 and are introduced to 's new girlfriend , , an aerobics trainer . While and shop , calls 's new girlfriend a " cocktail waitress " and tells him that he is crazy for leaving for her . About a week later , introduces to ( ) , 's magazine colleague who she clearly is interested in herself . asks out , and they begin dating ; is smitten , but is dissatisfied with the relationship . 
 Meanwhile , has developed a friendship with a young student of his , , and has her read the manuscript of his novel . She comments on its brilliance , but has several criticisms , to which reacts defensively . 
 At a party , learns from a friend that is seeing someone , and flies into a jealous rage . He and break up after an intense argument , and drives back to his house to find in bed with . He asks to give their marriage another chance , but she tells him to leave . 
 Less than two weeks later , however , and are back together and the couple meet and for dinner like old times . After dinner , and get into an argument about her not sharing her poetry . After makes a failed pass at her , tells him she thinks the relationship is over ; a week later moves out . begins seeing . 
 goes to 's 21st birthday party , and gives her a music box as a present . She asks him to kiss her , and though the two share a romantic moment , tells her they should not pursue it any further . As he walks home in the rain , he realizes that he has ruined his relationship with . 
 tells he needs time alone , then says he ca n't help still having feelings for . Angry and hurt , walks out into the rain . Highlighting her " passive aggressiveness , " follows and begs her to stay with him . A year and a half later they marry . 
 At the end , the audience sees a pensive and back together . and admit their marital problems still exist ( her frigidity is not solved ) , but they find they accept their problems as simply the price they have to pay to remain together . 
 is living alone because he says he is not dating for the time being , as he does not want to hurt anyone . The film ends with an immediate cut to black after asks the unseen documentary crew , " Can I go ? Is this over ? "

Woody Allen, Mia Farrow, Judy Davis, Sydney Pollack, Juliette Lewis, Liam Neeson, Blythe Danner

Former Los Angeles policeman is teetering toward burnout after the collapse of his marriage . At the invitation of an old friend and colleague , , heads to rural northern California , for a job with the Eureka police force . Instead , prickles his new colleagues , especially , who was passed over for promotion in order to make room for . 
 After finding a woman 's severed hand in a garbage bag at the local dump , reopens the case of an unidentified murdered girl , nicknamed " " , which went unsolved despite a full - time six - month effort by the department . notes an unusually large number of scars on the hand as well as wear on the finger - tips which he realizes came from reading , determining that the girl is blind . He begins to believe the cases are related . does his best to convince and his fellow officers of his suspicions , but , and police chief , refuse to believe that the hand found at the dump is in any way connected to the other cases . 
 After consulting his former colleagues in L.A. , discovers that in the previous four years , six women , most of them blind , have either been found dead or are still missing , all within a 300 - mile radius of San Diego . He becomes convinced that " " was the 7th victim and the girl whose hand was found at the dump is " Jennifer 8 " , or victim # 8 . While investigating the links between the dead and missing blind girls , he meets blind music student , determining that her roommate was the eighth victim . becomes obsessed with the case , despite an almost complete lack of hard evidence , and becomes romantically involved with , who resembles his ex - wife . 
 After an attack on , accompanies on a stakeout at the institute where lives in a dorm , after leaving with ' wife . When they see a flashlight shining on the same floor as 's apartment , investigates and is knocked unconscious by the killer , who then shoots and kills with Berlin 's .32 pistol . A grueling interrogation of Berlin by FBI special agent ensues . makes clear to that he figures him for 's murderer , but also inadvertently reveals information which helps realize that Sgt . is the true killer . tells and who he believes the killer to be , but his deductions are met with disbelief . is arrested for 's murder , but is bailed out by , who believes that is not the killer . 
 Upon making bail returns to 's house only to learn that has taken back to the institute . Fearing that and are in danger , rushes to the institute , but fails to arrive ahead of , who breaks in and chases a woman he believes to be through the dorm . Finally catching up to her , he is shocked to discover that the woman he 'd been pursuing is actually , who shoots him dead , avenging her husband and closing the case .

( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) are four teenage African - American friends growing up together in Harlem . They regularly skip school , instead spending their days hanging out at 's apartment , at a neighborhood arcade , and also a record store where they steal LPs for Q 's DJ interests . Generally , they are harassed daily by the police or a Puerto Rico gang led by ( ) . 
 Fed up with all of the torment he and his friends have endured , decides that the group must go on to do bigger things in order to win respect . However , is unsure if he wants to become involved in a life of crime . One Saturday night , under 's persistence , the friends decide to rob a local convenience store to teach the owner , , a lesson . At first hesitates to go through with the robbery , unsure whether it will be successful . He also fears it will affect his chances of participating in a DJ competition in which he has yearned to compete for years . After being pressured by his fellow crew members , he decides to join in . manages to sneak out of the nightclub where he is working as a DJ and joins his friends . During the heist , shoots the owner in the head , killing him . 
 After fleeing the scene , the four young men gather in an abandoned building where they argue over the evening 's events . , and become angry at for killing Mr. , and demands that give the gun to him ; resists . A struggle ensues between the two , and shoots dead . Panicking , , and flee to another abandoned building , where threatens to kill and if they reveal to anybody that he murdered . 
 and realize that is beginning to break down and is becoming addicted to the thrill of killing . They agree to give as wide a berth as possible . However , while attending 's funeral , they are surprised to see there . goes as far as to hug 's mother and promise to find his killer . and are mostly generally able to avoid , but he finds them and confronts them one at a time , questioning their loyalty . 
 After a scuffle , kills . In order to cover his tracks , he begins planning to frame for the murders of , and . Fearful of , resorts to buying a gun for his own protection . Meanwhile , confronts in an alley , accusing him of disloyalty , and shoots him . However , survives the attack and is rushed to the hospital , where he informs 's girlfriend ( ) that he has been framed by . Frustrated with both the tension and troubles brought upon him , throws his gun into the river and decides to confront unarmed . and meet up , where a scuffle and chase ensues . 
 is shot once in the arm during the chase , and he is subsequently chased into a building where a party is being held . begins firing into a group of partygoers in an attempt to hit , but escapes unharmed . disarms while he 's distracted , and leaves the scene with following him . eventually finds on the roof of a high - rise building , and the two become engaged in a physical confrontation . eventually falls off the ledge , but is caught by Q. begs not to let go , but eventually loses his grip , and falls to his death . 
 As is leaving the rooftop , a crowd from the party gathers to see what happened . One of the people in the crowd turns to and says , " Yo , you got the juice now , man . " turns to look at him , shakes his head in disgust , and walks away . The film ends with a flashback clip of the four friends together in happier times as yells , " Wrecking Crew ! "

, an irresponsible 21 - year - old high school dropout from San Francisco , has walked out on his pregnant girlfriend . Having lost his job and with no other prospects , visits his brother , , to ask for money . serves as an officer in the San Francisco Patrol Special Police , a civilian auxiliary police unit that has potential officers assign themselves specific areas and work on a for - hire basis . , unwilling to loan any money , suggests join him as a Patrol Special and work under him . Before can decide on accepting the offer , a man named shoots in a church . tries to help as nonchalantly walks away from the scene , and is rushed to the hospital . 
 is brought in for a lineup where he identifies as the shooter , but the police are forced to release him because did not actually see fire the gun . Shortly after , is told by Captain , a friend of 's , that died from his injuries and that has been bequeathed 's district . Local businessman tries to purchase the district so he can control it , but decides to keep it and train to be a police officer . Seen as unskilled and rude , draws the mocking of his fellow Patrol Specials and the ire of Officer -a police liaison who has been assigned to work with the Patrol Specials as punishment for having an affair with the police chief 's wife . spikes 's coffee with sleeping pills while on duty , resulting in getting suspended . 
 After is shot and wounded by a suicidal writer , his life begins to improve . He cracks a criminal enterprise run out of a Chinese dry cleaner by , gaining respect and admiration from his fellow officers , and also reconnects with . gets justice for his brother 's murder by killing ( in self - defense ) during a failed ambush in 's apartment . His joy is short lived , however ; gives 's high school transcript to the Patrol Specials -proving is ineligible to be a police officer because he never graduated- and declares he will take control of the district . 
 does n't stop tracking and seeks out the still - suspended for help . They wind up in a massive rooftop shootout with ' goons and are eventually joined by the rest of the police unit . corners in the lowest level of a parking garage and fatally shoots him in self - defense . 
 marries and becomes the proud father of a baby girl named . At 's suggestion , he took the high school equivalency exam and passed , allowing him to continue working as an officer . He also took out a loan to expand his brother 's district .

( ) is desperate for a promotion at work and some respect from his boss . To impress his boss , he claims to have been a good soccer player in his youth and is badgered into coaching a girls ' team called the Ladybugs . Dragging his assistant ( ) along as assistant coach , figures the gig easy as the Ladybugs , sponsored by his company , are a dynasty , having dominated previous seasons . If he can get this team to a championship , he will get the promotion . Unfortunately , only one player has returned for the new season . The new team , which includes the boss 's daughter , ( ) , are clueless , make a dreadful start to the season and the boss is less than impressed . 
 In his personal life , is engaged to ( ) , who has a son , ( ) , from a previous marriage . just happens to be a great athlete , but poor grades get him kicked off the soccer team . invites to watch the Ladybugs practice and to get some tips . has a crush on from school and it is partly due to this that persuades him to dress like a girl and play for the team under the name . With only , and knowing the secret of 's identity , the team wins the rest of its games to get to the championship game . makes friends with , not knowing " she " is in fact . 
 Just before the championship game , finds out that has been dressing as a girl to play . She becomes angry with , making him drop from the team . , who has not been playing well , is also dropped on the request of 's boss . 
 The Ladybugs go down 3 - 0 in the first half . At halftime , reveals to and the rest of the team that he is . His honesty fires the team up and with 's encouragement , scores the winning goal on a penalty kick . As the Ladybugs win the championship , gets his promotion . and get married while and begin dating . is now managing the company 's girls softball team , where the entire team are boys dressed as girls . says to the audience " I finally got some respect . "

Faith healer ( ) makes a living traveling across America holding tent revival meetings and conducting purported " miracles " . He is helped by his friend and manager ( ) , and an entourage of fellow con artists . 
 One of their trucks breaks down in the fictional town of Rustwater , Kansas . Rustwater , with its 27 percent unemployment rate , is in desperate need of rain to save its crops . Learning they will be stuck in Rustwater for days waiting for replacement parts to come in for one of the many big trucks of their fleet , decides to hold revival meetings despite the town 's small size in an effort to cut some of their losses while the truck is being repaired . Early on , meets , a waitress in a local café . She rebuffs his persistent advances . 
 Local sheriff ( ) is skeptical and tries to prevent his townspeople from being conned out of what little money they do have . First , he engages in some legal harassment , sending all of the city and county inspectors to examine his facilities . After seeing the excessive pageantry of the first show and the counting of money by the team on ' tour bus , decides to investigate ' past . He learns that , claiming to have been born in a humble log cabin in the Appalachians , is in fact , a native of New York City . Between the age of 15 and 18 he lived a life of crime , including petty theft and drug possession . shares this information with the townspeople who have gathered for another tent revival . storms off the stage , soon returning to successfully spin 's report , leaving the crowd more energized than ever , much to 's exasperation . 
 also gives back the collections for the day , saying he could not take their money in good conscience knowing that they doubted him and that if his faith was strong God would send them a sign . He also has his crew secretly plant an additional $ 80 among the crowd , setting up the believers for a miracle the next day . The next morning , the huge crucifix forming the backdrop of the revival tent with ' eyes normally closed is found to somehow have his eyes opened . A shocked , in front of all the townspeople and numerous television cameras from the region 's network affiliates , proclaims it a miracle which is amplified as townsfolk who had money planted on them reveal their unexplained fortunes . 
 Throughout all of this is a subplot involving and , who find themselves falling for each other . She becomes enchanted by 's simple farm life and his interest in butterflies . However , after 's disclosure of ' past breaks off their budding relationship . They soon , however , meet again and confesses to that she is tired of manipulating people . He makes it clear he would like a permanent relationship with her if she will stay . 
 Meanwhile , ca n't understand why wo n't date him . points to her brother who walks with crutches following an auto accident in which also their parents died . explains that doctors could n't find anything physically wrong with him , so as a last resort she took him to a faith healer who subsequently blamed it on 's supposed lack of faith . now detests faith healers , having had one blame her brother for his own psychosomatic disability . 
 comes to believe that can make him walk again . He goes to the revival and implores to heal him . finishes the show while pretending not to notice the boy , but is compelled to return to the stage after the crowd begins to chant " one more . " 
 spins the expected failure to heal by blaming , who is present , saying that if a failure occurs , it will be due to 's skepticism . walks to the open - eyed crucifix and touches the feet of . He drops his crutches and begins to walk unassisted . The awed crowd sweeps the stage . After the show , an enraged rails to that he was conned and that upstaged him . does n't believe it was a con . The production crew are thrilled with all the money that came in as a result of being healed and want to join the show . A clearly annoyed reluctantly agrees and stalks off the bus . follows him out and they argue . 
 After the revival , enters the empty , darkened tent and mocks the crucifix and Christianity . walks in while is talking . thanks for healing him , but insists angrily that he did nothing . says it does n't matter , that the job still got done . accuses of being a better con artist than he himself . wants to join on the road , telling him a lot of ways he can help out exist and promising to earn his keep . agrees to meet the following morning , implying can come . Then 's sister arrives . She sends him out of the tent saying that people are looking for him . She thanks , who tells her that he will not be meeting her brother the next morning . He asks her to tell that " just because a person did n't show up does n't mean that the person does n't care about them . " referencing a set up earlier in the movie where defended by telling the story of a five - year - old waiting in vain for four days for his mother to return , for many years while living in an orphanage holding steadfast to the belief that one day she indeed would . ( The line is also found in the 1999 film adaptation of The End of the Affair . ) 
 leaves the tent and sees the crowd that has gathered just outside it , many praying , some sleeping in groups , and others feeding the crowd that has gathered . He begins to understand that 's miracle , and the faith that enabled it , are real after all . He packs a bag and departs alone under the cover of darkness , leaving behind his entire road show and most of all of the rest of everything that he owns - including his silver - sequined jacket and an envelope for containing his ring that she had long coveted - and hitches a ride on the nearby Interstate from which they had come to Rustwater at the start of the story . and drive to ' motel room and find him gone . 
 hitches a ride with a truck driver bound for Pensacola , Florida . When asked by the driver if he is in some kind of trouble , replies " No sir , no sir . Probably for the first time in my life " . As they continue to ride along , the drought , threatening the crop harvest that is the centerpiece of the town 's economy , comes to a dramatic end in a miraculous downpour . laughs silently to himself as he realizes the truth , and the film ends as he rides off into the stormy evening , hanging out the truck window loudly thanking for the rain .

Steve Martin, Debra Winger, Liam Neeson, Lolita Davidovich, Lukas Haas

A week before his retirement , L.A.P.D. Sergeant ( ) and his partner ( ) are demoted to uniform duties after trying to defuse a bomb before the bomb squad arrived , causing the destruction of an otherwise empty office building . While on street patrol they witness the theft of an armored car , and help to thwart the crime . One of the two thieves gets away , but the other is taken into police custody . The suspect is found to be a known associate of ( ) , a former LAPD lieutenant who is believed to be running an arms smuggling ring in Los Angeles . The department is further concerned that the thieves were using armor - piercing bullets , informally referred to as " cop killers " . and are re - promoted and assigned to work with Sergeant ( ) from internal affairs to track down . 
 is currently negotiating with mobster ( ) regarding his arms deal . The armored car thief that escaped is brought to , who subsequently kills him in front of for putting the police on his trail . then uses his old ( but still valid ) police credentials to enter the interrogation room and kill the suspect in custody before he can be interviewed . is unaware that closed - circuit cameras have been installed in the station , and is able to affirm ' identity . While the three are reviewing the footage , their good friend ( ) - who has been helping sell his house - arrives and immediately recognizes from several prior business deals and his love of ice hockey . and narrowly miss capturing at a hockey match that afternoon , but has provided them with information of a warehouse owns , which they suspect is where he has stored his arms shipments . 
 and contact for backup before they raid the warehouse . While they wait , they witness a drug deal which they step in to stop . A gun fight breaks out , and kills one of those involved who had fired back at them , while the rest escape . is shocked to find the dead man is , a close friend of his son . With emotionally distraught , goes with to the warehouse , where they successfully overpower ' guards and secure his next arms shipment delivery . That night , and find they have feelings for each other and sleep together . later goes to , who is still overwhelmed with guilt , and helps to counsel him in time for 's funeral . There , 's father passionately insist that find the person responsible for giving the gun . 
 finds that 's gun , the armor - piercing bullets , and the arms they recovered were originally in police custody , meant to be destroyed , and were likely stolen by ; they assure that his credentials are completely revoked from the system . They further tie the guns to and interrogate him . quickly reveals what he knows of ' plans , including an auto garage where many of his henchmen work from . , , and are able to take several of the men into custody there . Meanwhile , finds he can not use his credentials anymore , and has one of his men hack into the computer system to find another arms storage area . He then forces Captain ( ) under gunpoint to take him to this new facility so he can steal the guns using 's credentials . finds the evidence of hacking and 's absence , and the three , along with a rookie cop who looks up to and , go to intercept . They are able to rescue and stop and his men before he can take the weapons , but the rookie is killed as they give chase , and and vow to stop . 
 provides information on a housing development under construction by a company owned by . tries to join them but they shoot his tires out to stop him from coming . and instead bring along to infiltrate the site at night , and find themselves met by and his men who have been waiting for them . A large - scale gunfight breaks out , in which sets the construction site on fire and most of ' men are killed . appears to be shot by and falls , inciting . When uses a bulldozer to chase down , using its blade as a bullet shield , tosses 's gun , now loaded with the armor - piercing bullets , to , who then shoots and kills through the blade . is found to be alive and safe , having worn two protective vests . admits his love for her as she is taken away in a chopper . 
 The next day , 's family are celebrating his retirement , when reveals to that he has decided to not sell the house and stay with the force , preserving his partnership with . As the film ends , announces to that he and are in a relationship .

When a Senator is killed in an explosion , the FBI investigates . The agent in charge is bomb expert ( ) , who is separated from his wife ( ) ( due to the accidental drowning of their only child in their pool ) and behaving very erratically . Initially the investigation does not reveal the kind of explosive used or even what was used to detonate it . Eventually it is learned that terrorists led by ( ) have developed an " invisible " liquid explosive which is activated within the human body ( by stomach acid ) . It also does not help that they have to report to Senator ( ) , the man whom is having an affair with and whom also assaulted . 
 Later , another senator is killed while riding in a limousine ; the limo being driven by one of 's henchmen . The henchman is subsequently struck by a moving car , taken into custody and brought into court , and since he is now considered a risk by , the judge in the case is slipped the liquid and she spontaneously explodes ; the witness is subsequently killed , though discovers the cause of the explosions - the chemically enhanced water in the judge 's pitcher . 
 It becomes obvious that the next target is Senator , so , concerned that may become collateral damage , trails his every move . At a fundraiser , is targeted by 's main henchman , ( ) , disguised as a clown . alerts the public to the bomb 's presence , and in desperation , ingests some of the infected liquid . subdues and gets him away from party in a wheelchair just before he explodes . In the aftermath , and finally reconcile . 
 Aware that is still not safe , infiltrates the senator 's heavily guarded mansion , at a very convenient time as it is being overrun by the terrorists . concocts a cornucopia of home - made weapons , even building bombs using fertilizer found in the kitchen cabinet . All the terrorists are killed except for , who holds hostage in front of him and . 
 swallows some of the liquid , sealing his fate but intending to bring them all down with him . manages to free and send her to safe ground . He and however are cornered and are thus subsequently forced to jump from the third floor due to 's explosion . lands on a wrought - iron fence which impales and kills him , though survives . A year later , he has a second child with .

is a bright and vibrant young boy living in the Comoro Islands , as his father works for the World Bank and is stationed there . However , when his parents relocate back to the United States , he begins to show signs of neurological problems ( such as falling , loss of hearing , tantrums , etc . ) . The boy is diagnosed as having adrenoleukodystrophy ( ALD ) , which is fatal within two years . Failing to find a doctor capable of treating their son 's rare disease , and his wife set out on a mission to find a treatment to save their child . In their quest , the clash with doctors , scientists , and support groups who are skeptical that anything could be done about ALD , much less by laypeople . But they persist , setting up camp in medical libraries , reviewing animal experiments , enlisting the aid of Professor , badgering researchers , questioning top doctors all over the world , and even organizing an international symposium about the disease . 
 Despite research dead - ends , the horror of watching their son 's health decline , and being surrounded by skeptics ( including the coordinators of the support group they attend ) , they persist until they finally hit upon a therapy involving adding a certain kind of oil ( actually containing two specific long chain fatty acids , isolated from rapeseed oil and olive oil ) to their son 's diet . They contact over 100 firms around the world until they find an elderly British chemist , , who is working for Croda International and is willing to take on the challenge of distilling the proper formula . The oil , erucic acid , proves successful in normalizing the accumulation of the very long chain fatty acids in the brain that had been causing their son 's steady decline , thereby halting the progression of the disease . There is still a great deal of neurological damage remaining which could not be reversed unless new treatments could be found to regenerate the myelin sheath ( a lipid insulator ) around the nerves . The father is seen taking on the new challenge of organizing biomedical efforts to heal myelin damage in patients . 
 Finally , , at the age of 14 , shows definite improvement ( swallowing for himself and answering " yes " or " no " questions by blinking ) but more medical research is still needed . Ultimately it is revealed that has also regained his sight and is learning to use a computer .

follows the life of African - American activist Rising from a troubled childhood , in which his father , a preacher , is murdered by the Black Legion and his mother is institutionalized for insanity , gets a job as a Pullman porter , calling himself . After getting involved with a Harlem gangster named West Indian with whom he has a falling out , flees to Boston and decides to become a burglar . He and his best friend , ( played by Spike ) are arrested by the police and is sentenced to a ten - year prison term . In prison , a fellow inmate , , introduces him to the teachings of the Nation of Islam . 
 begins religious conversion as a disciple of . During this fervent immersion into the Nation of Islam , he becomes an incendiary speaker for the movement changing his name to and marries . preaches a doctrine of separation from white society . However , a pilgrimage to Mecca softens his beliefs , teaching him that Muslims come from all races , even whites , and he endeavors to break free of the strict dogma of the Nation of Islam , with tragic results . He is assassinated on February 21 , 1965 , in New York City . 
 In the present day , numerous children of African descent , both in the United States and Africa , declare " I am " Among them is anti - apartheid activist and future South African President who begins quoting one of speeches .

Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Spike Lee, Albert Hall, Delroy Lindo

( ) runs a guard dog service and is going through counseling with his wife , ( ) . A serial killer is on the loose in Los Angeles , so when the apartment of classical singer ( ) is ransacked and she starts receiving threatening phone messages , moves into the Hollywood Hills home of her sister , ( ) . 
 does n't feel safe there , either , because she 's harassed by 's ex - lovers . She hires a guard dog from 's company , and soon is providing more than protection for the beautiful singer . 
 is a natural - born liar who , because of his profession , feels that he lives by a code of honor — even if he ca n't quite explain it — as one thing after another spins out of his control . is soft and vulnerable as she is badgered by her conductor husband , harassed by unknown callers , menaced by men from her sister 's past , and " helped " by .

A pharmaceutical company sends biochemist Dr. ( ) into the Amazonian rainforest to locate researcher ( ) , after his wife and research partner abandon him . is bringing equipment and supplies , but is upset the research partner is not forthcoming . He tries to send home , but she demurs , as she has been assigned to determine whether 's research deserves continued funding . 
 has found a " cure for cancer " , but attempts to synthesize the compound have failed . With supplies of the successful serum running low , isolates a derivative of a species of flower from which the formula can be synthesized and with 's help is determined to find its source . A logging company is building a road headed straight for the village , threatening to expose the native population to potentially lethal foreign pathogens , as has happened before . In fact , 's wife left him because he could not forgive himself for the tragedy . 
 A small boy appears with malignant neoplasms and , Crane , the boy , and his father set out in search of 's predecessor , a medicine man from whom once acquired his knowledge of flowers . Upon encountering 's entourage , the medicine man flees in fear . Though he is reluctant to pursue the man further , convinces him circumstances demand that he must . rescues from a fall , then locates the medicine man , whom he is compelled to fight in order to heal the medicine man 's wounded pride and gain further necessary information . Unfortunately , the medicine man reveals that the flowers have no " juju"—power to heal . Father and son agree to return another time . Back at the village , initially refuses to allow to inoculate the boy with the last of the serum until more can be synthesized . But when the boy 's condition worsens , she gives in and the boy is inoculated . 
 The next morning , the boy is better but the village is in tumult . The logging road is nearly finished . appeals to the company 's workers to halt construction until he can conclude his research , but it refuses . In desperation and after new samples fail to contain the missing compound , runs the chromatograph one more time and accidentally discovers that the source of the cure is not the flower but a species of rare ant indigenous to the rainforest . demands the construction stop . A fight results and a bulldozer catches fire , destroying the village and the research station along with many acres of rainforest . 
 The next day , promises to send new equipment and the research assistant he 'd originally requested . She is about to return home when she meets the medicine man . He symbolically passes on his mantle to , and accepts an invitation to continue working with him in exchange for recognition for co - discovering the source of the compound .

( ) is a stock analyst who spends most of his life avoiding responsibility and connections with other people . At his favorite bar , the Academy Club , his friend ( ) introduces him to ( ) , a TV documentary producer . Sharing an instant attraction , and make out in the ladies ' room and set a lunch date for Friday . 
 The following morning , a hungover attends a shareholders ' meeting at Magnascopic Laboratories . Unable to endure the droning presentation by Dr. ( ) , leaves the room for a nap . A lab technician ( ) accidentally spills his mug of coffee onto a computer console , causing a meltdown , and the entire building is evacuated . The building seems to explode , but there is no debris . Instead , much of the building is rendered invisible , including . 
 Shady CIA operative ( ) arrives on the scene , and discovers 's condition . While they are transferring him to an ambulance , the agents joke about how will spend the rest of his life being studied by scientists . In a panic , flees . convinces his supervisor ( ) not to notify CIA headquarters so that they can capture and take credit for , who could become the perfect secret agent . 
 hides at the Academy Club . He locates Dr. and asks for his help to reverse his condition . agrees to help , but kills him to keep 's invisibility a secret . ' team gets a hold of 's background information but it does n't prove very useful in finding him . It says that has never been married , his parents are both dead , he has no relatives , a few friends but none that he 's real close to and he 's not really dedicated to his job as he does it fast and loose . After reviewing 's profile , says that was an invisible man even before the accident . infiltrates the CIA headquarters to find any information that can be used against them . discovers and tries to recruit him , but is disgusted by the idea of him killing people . They have a confrontation , but gets away . 
 goes to San Francisco and stays in 's remote beach house . arrives with his wife ( ) , , and another friend , to spend the weekend . phones and tells her to meet him nearby . He reveals his condition to Alice , and she promptly faints . When she revives , decides to stay with and help him . They travel to Mexico , where can start a new life . To make money , he trades stocks using as a proxy . tracks them down , and shoots with a tranquillizer gun . falls into a river , revives and escapes . He makes his way to a video store , where he records his memoirs on video tape , including an ultimatum for : exchange for the tape , or will give it to the CIA and the press . agrees to the exchange . 
 At the arranged time for the exchange , puts into a cab and orders his men to surround the phone booth where he thinks is . The man in the phone booth turns out to be , who is dressed in 's concealing clothing . is disguised as the cab driver ; he takes away , pursued by . They continue the chase on foot into a building still under construction , in the course of which gets covered with concrete dust , outlining his silhouette . At the top , by taking off his jacket ( which has the largest amount of dust on it ) , tricks into thinking that he has become desperate enough to commit suicide , thus making lunge at the jacket and plunging off the building to his death . 
 Believing to be dead , releases . reunites with and they leave for Switzerland . The film ends with shots of 's apparently empty clothing skiing down a mountainside towards their chalet , where a pregnant greets him with a hot drink and a kiss .

who works for the Dynasty Card Company is murdered by ( ) and his men on the street , they switch the tape before police arrive . ( ) is a lifelong con - man who meets a girl , ( ) , and tries to impress her by cleaning up his act and doing things the honest way . He becomes a mailroom clerk at the credit card firm where she works and soon finds that he needs money to impress . So , he develops a scheme to commit identity theft ( though this term was not used for the crime in 1992 ) with the credit card information of deceased cardholders to which he has access due to his mailroom position . He justifies his actions because he knows that he is only stealing from the company and not harming the individual cardholders . trains how to do the job , until threatens in the men 's restroom making him feel scared . Lt asks questions about , is stabbed and killed by 's hitman in the subway station . Lt investigates 's murder and find credit card receipts on him . promotes from mailroom clerk to supervisor to replace who was killed . 
 With the help of his brother and fellow conman ( ) , he charges large amounts of money to the cards with the intention of impressing . The supervisor , ( who is responsible for a virtual stolen credit card empire ) , records stealing a returned credit card and cons him into joining his credit card ring . takes the stolen credit card trying to buy a four fingered ring , but a security alarm came on saying card stolen . tries to escape but is caught by mall security and questioned by police . The police authorized a sting operation on to tape 's conversation and to capture him . Lt becomes furious about the sting operation . 's hitman is trying to kill for blackmail until he shoots in the arm . kidnaps and goes after him until he escapes . tries to kill by shooting him in the shoulder . A fight ensues between them until kills him by hanging him . and visit lying in the hospital bed injured and decides to settle down .

Emperor ( ) , with General ( ) at his side , takes over a small planet at the edge of the galaxy populated entirely by idiots , and renames it after himself . He has all the resources of the planet engaged to create his " Super Death Ray Laser " to destroy Earth , thus making Spengo the greatest planet in the Universe . When peeks at the laser 's planned point of impact ( a Southern California suburb ) , he beholds housewife ( ) and instantly falls in love . Using his Magnobeam ( a giant magnet ) , he kidnaps and her husband ( ) on their way to their 20th - anniversary weekend , hoping to make his wife . 
 and get separated on Spengo : is sent to the lap of luxury , waited on by servants with fish or dog heads , while is thrown into a dungeon . In his cell , meets the rightful king of Spengo , ( ) , who gives him plans for his son , called the White Bird , leader of a band of rebels out in the desert . In the meantime , finds that his advances towards are failing , so he tries to read 's mind in order to discover the secret to her heart before having him executed . Upon witnessing 's devotion to , 's interrogator , ( ) , has a change of heart and helps escape . Despite the stupidity of his captors , is soon discovered and forced down a garbage chute to the sewers , where he encounters a pack of carnivorous mushroom - like creatures called Lub - Lubs and is forced to run for his life . 
 manages to escape the sewers and steal an escape pod , and winds up crashing in the desert , where he meets the rebels led by King 's son , ( ) , and daughter , ( ) , all of them dressed as 6 - foot - tall birds , although such creatures are not naturally found on . At first , the rebels do n't trust ; but when reveals that he shared a cell with and that he is on their side , their attitude quickly changes , and rises to the rank of war leader . Using what little resources he can scrounge up , he devises a plan to sneak back into 's palace and save . In the meantime , General , the only intelligent person among 's forces and resentful of his emperor 's antics , believes that and are the key to ending 's rule , so he switches the love serum meant for with water and informs her of his intentions to recover . However , overhears 's plan and has him placed in the barrel of the laser , to die when the weapon is fired at Earth . 
 While 's wedding with is prepared , a detachment of 's soldiers go into the desert to finish the rebels , but find their camp deserted , and one by one they fall victim to a Light Grenade ( which desintegrates anyone touching it ) left on 's pallet . Simultaneously , and the rebels approach 's fortress inside a large wooden bust of , which has brought into the chapel , and in the midst of the wedding ceremony the rebels emerge from the Trojan bust . As fighting rages in the castle , retreats to his lab with and prepares to fire the laser at Earth . and clash with swords , but neither gains the upper hand . manages to free herself and help throwing into the sewers , where he is eaten by the Lub - Lubs . At the last second , and manage to shut down the laser , saving Afir and the Earth . 
 With deceased , is reinstated as the rightful king , and he reverses the polarity on the Magnobeam to send and back to Earth . Upon arriving home , and proceed to show their son ( ) , daughter ( ) , and her boyfriend ( ) slides ( including an image of their space journey to Planet Spengo ) from what they claim is " Santa Barbara " . To end their anniversary , they share drinks on the roof , watching the stars .

is an aging American baseball player unsuspectingly put on the trading block during Spring Training in 1992 by the New York Yankees in favor of " rookie phenom " first baseman ( played by Hall of Famer ) , and there 's only one taker : the Nagoya Chunichi Dragons of Japan 's Nippon Professional Baseball . 
 Upon arrival in Japan , the arrogant clashes with the Japanese culture and the team 's manager , and before long he alienates his new teammates . He believes the rules and management style of his new skipper , ( ) , are ludicrous , and continues to do things his way , which leads his already dwindling performance to suffer even more . His only ally on the team is another American ballplayer , ( ) , with whom he commiserates about his frustrations , but even becomes fed up with 's attitude and lack of respect for the game and his team . At the same time , develops a relationship with the beautiful ( ) , who is , he later learns , 's daughter . 
 After one too many outbursts , including knocking out his interpreter during a brawl , is suspended from play . After meeting 's family , including , admits to that he hired him over the objections of management and now his own career , not just 's , is in jeopardy . After hearing this , swallows his pride and admits his deficiencies . becomes his mentor . In a rare show of humility , he apologizes to the team in Japanese ( erroneously saying he wants to build a " chopstick " rather than a " bridge " of friendship ) and the team rallies around him and teaches him the value of sportsmanship and respect for hard work . lifts his suspension and begins to work with on improving his play . The reinvigorated 's enthusiasm for team play is contagious and the mediocre Dragons become contenders for the Central League pennant . In the process , he also utilizes a Japanese tradition of being able to tell off while intoxicated to convince him to encourage his players to be more aggressive and " have a little fun . " 
 Eventually , gets the opportunity to break 's record of seven consecutive games with a home run , but not before his positive response to a call from his American agent complicates his relationship with . His newfound respect for team play becomes apparent in a crucial game against the Yomiuri Giants . With the bases loaded , two outs and his team down 6–5 , the team brass expects to signal for a bunt to try to tie the game , even though it would deny the chance to break the home run record . goes to and asks if he read the sign correctly . nods and tells him to swing away , knowing that a home run would break his record . takes a called strike one with a questionable call on the first pitch . fouls the second pitch back . Faced with a no - ball , two - strike count , sees the Giants ' infield is playing deep and bunts . The Giants are caught off - guard and the bunt is successful in allowing the tying run to cross home plate . As the Giants struggle to field the ball , , approaching first base , veers slightly inside the baseline and knocks over the Giants ' pitcher covering first on the play , which allows the winning run to score from second base . 
 With the Dragons winning the pennant , can keep his job and ends his five - year career in NPB by signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers . , who marries , becomes a coach and mentor with the Detroit Tigers . The movie ends with one of the players calling him , which is the same as he called in Japan .

Mr. Saturday Night details how stand - up comedian became a television star , with the help of his brother and manager , , but alienated many of those closest to him once his career began to fade . 
 Through a series of flashbacks , the brothers are seen during childhood entertaining their family in the living room . The older continues his career as a comic in the Catskills , where he meets his future wife , . 
 's fame grows , as does his ego . He hits the big time with his own Saturday night television show . But despite the warnings of his brother , uses offensive material on the air , costing him his show and beginning his career slide . 
 As an older man , long past his prime , is estranged from as well as from his daughter , . A chance at redemption comes when a young agent named finds him work and even gets a shot at a role in a top director 's new film . nevertheless gives in to his own self - destructive nature , continuing to take its toll on the comic 's relationships with his family .

Driving through Alabama in their 1964 Buick Skylark convertible , and , college students from New York who just got scholarships to UCLA , shop at a convenience store and accidentally shoplift a can of tuna . After they leave , the store clerk is robbed and killed , and and are arrested for the murder . Due to circumstantial evidence and a confession to the shoplifting that is misconstrued as one to the shooting , is charged with murder , and as an accessory . 's mother reminds him there is an attorney in the family : his cousin . travels there , accompanied by his fiancée , . Although he is willing to take the case , is a personal injury lawyer from Brooklyn , newly admitted to the bar , and with no trial experience . 
 manages to fool the trial judge , , about being experienced enough for the case . His ignorance of basic courtroom procedures , dress code , and his abrasive attitude cause the judge to repeatedly hold him in contempt . Much to his clients ' consternation , does not cross - examine any of the witnesses in the preliminary hearing . Except for lack of a murder weapon , it appears that the district attorney , , has a strong case that will lead to convictions . After 's poor showing at the hearing , fires him and uses the public defender , , and nearly convinces to do the same . 
 Despite his missteps , shows that he is able to make up for his inexperience with an aggressive and perceptive questioning style . quickly discredits the testimony of the first three witnesses , and and 's faith is restored . 
 On the trial 's third day , produces a surprise witness , FBI analyst , who testifies that the pattern and chemical analysis of the tire marks left at the crime scene are identical to the tires on 's Buick . With only the lunch recess to prepare his cross - examination and unable to come up with a strong line of questioning , lashes out at . However , realizes that one of 's photos holds the key to the case : the flat and even tire marks going over the curb reveal that 's car could not have been used for the getaway . 
 After requesting a records search from the local sheriff , drags into court to testify as an expert witness . During 's questioning , testifies that only a car with an independent rear suspension and positraction could have made the tire marks , which rules out 's 1964 Buick Skylark . However , one model of car with these features is the similar - looking 1963 Pontiac Tempest . re - calls , who confirms this . then re - calls the local sheriff , who testifies that two men who fit and 's descriptions were just arrested in Georgia for driving a stolen green Pontiac Tempest , and were in possession of a gun of the same caliber used to kill the clerk . moves to dismiss all charges . The judge congratulates and , as they drive away , he and bicker about their wedding plans .

Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Marisa Tomei, Mitchell Whitfield, Fred Gwynne

In 1899 , 17 - year - old is one of many struggling newspaper hawkers in New York City , selling copies of the New York World on the streets of Manhattan . When and his younger brother join the " newsies " , notices 's intelligence and ' marketable cuteness and self - servingly takes them under his wing . is invited to the ' home , becomes enamored of their sister , and sings of his desire to escape to Santa Fe , New Mexico . 
 Attempting to outdo his business rival , New York World publisher raises the prices that the newsies must pay to buy newspapers from his distribution centers . Angered , and galvanize the other Manhattan newsies to go on strike . While the others spread the word to newsies in New York 's other boroughs , and confront and are thrown out of his office . , a reporter for The Sun , takes an interest in the boys ' story . and take their cause to the Brooklyn newsies , but their leader " is reluctant to join the strike . This dejects the Manhattan newsies , but riles them up until they ambush the distribution center and destroy all of the newspapers . Disabled newsie " Crutchie " is captured by Pulitzer 's enforcers the brothers and placed in an orphanage called the Refuge , run by the sketchy , who neglects the orphans so that he can embezzle money given to him by the city for their care . 
 The newsies try to ward off strikebreakers , but the struggle turns violent and turns out to be a trap set by the . Just as the newsies are about to be arrested , arrives with the Brooklyn newsies and the two groups unite to repel the police . puts the story on the front page of The Sun , and the newsies plan to hold a rally . informs Pulitzer that is an escapee from the Refuge , giving legal cause to have him arrested . has breakfast with on the roof of the ' apartment building ; he tells her of his desire to flee to Santa Fe , and wonders if she would miss him . 
 The police break up the rally and arrest the newsies , but steps in to pay their legal fines . testifies against and reveals to the others that 's real name is ; his mother is deceased and his father incarcerated . is sentenced to four years of rehabilitation in the Refuge . is reassigned as a war correspondent and can no longer report on the strike . is taken to see , who offers to waive his sentence and pay him a salary if he will work as a strikebreaker . When threatens to have the other newsies thrown into the Refuge , complies . The boys attempt to rescue , but he tells them to leave . 
 The newsies are shocked and dismayed to see report for work the next day . When the attack the children , steps in to save them , knowing this will break his deal with Pulitzer . The newsies learn from that their strike has had little effect on public opinion , since the city thrives on child labor and Pulitzer has ordered newspapers not to report on the strike . Using an old printing press of Pulitzer 's , they publish a " Newsie Banner " which they distribute to child workers citywide . shares the paper with Governor , exposing the mistreatment of children at the Refuge . Numerous child laborers join the strike , bringing the city 's workforce to a standstill . and confront , who finally gives in to their demands . 
 has arrested , releases the children from the Refuge , and thanks for alerting him to the situation . He offers a ride , and asks to be taken to the train yards so he can head to Santa Fe . The newsies are disheartened by this , but returns shortly , having been convinced by that he still has things to accomplish in New York . As the newsies celebrate his return , and kiss , and gets a ride back to Brooklyn from .

Three criminals , , and ( 's girlfriend ) , commit six brutal murders over the course of one night in Los Angeles as they seek a cache of money and cocaine . The trio leave for Houston to sell the cocaine to a friend of 's . 
 The LAPD Detectives and are investigating the case . After getting a few leads , they discover that the three are possibly headed for Star City , Arkansas . The LAPD contacts the Star City police chief , , who is excited about the case , as it gives him an opportunity to do " some real police work " . He is well - known throughout the small county , chatting with locals while on patrol . The detectives fly to Star City and meet . He attempts to ingratiate himself with the detectives , whom he reveres , while they pretend to respect him . 
 After stopping at a convenience store , a state trooper pulls over and attempts to arrest and but kills him as she is asked to get out of the car . Word of the trooper 's murder gets to the detectives in Star City , and the trio review surveillance photos of and in the store confirming their identity . informs the detectives that is and she grew up in Star City . He recalls she was a troubled youth who left for Hollywood with dreams of an acting career . 
 The detectives sense may know better than he is letting on after they stop by her mother 's house . They question 's mother and brother Ronnie about 's whereabouts and if she had contacted them recently . They also meet a young boy who is revealed to be 's young son . The detectives suspect that will be coming home to see him . 
 , and arrive in Houston to sell the drugs as planned . takes a bus to Star City . Angry that their buyers are reneging on the previously agreed upon price for the cocaine , and kill them and flee . They drive to Star City to meet up with and plan their next move . 
 When arrives in Star City , she hides at a rural house . confronts her , and it is revealed that the boy is and 's son , conceived during an affair years earlier . After tense conversation , they make a deal . She will lure and to ensure their arrest and in exchange , will help her leave town . 
 and arrive at the house and are immediately confronted by an armed . stabs in the stomach and shoots . draws his gun and runs outside while shooting at . The two fire at each other , but stops from killing , only to have errantly shoot her in the head . Shot in the chest , steadies himself and shoots , killing him . walks outside and falls dead in the grass . calls for help with his police radio , and the LAPD detectives arrive , amazed at what has accomplished . The boy walks over and talks to as he lies bleeding , and he asks the boy to tell him about himself .

is a doll 's house designer who is dumped by his fiancée a mere few hours before they are to depart for a vacation in Mexico . , a travel agent , informs that his tickets are non - refundable . Upset , goes to a bar where he meets , a drunk party girl recently dumped by her rich boyfriend after he reunited with his estranged wife : she agrees to travel along with to Mexico . 
 When sobers the following morning , she has no recollection of sleeping with or traveling with to Mexico . Despite her initial reservations , he convinces to stay with him for the duration of the getaway . During their vacation , she continually flirts with and then rejects , manipulating him and having him take her on a shopping spree at the resort as well as an expensive dinner , where she pays little attention to and flirts with other men . 
 During dinner at the hotel , runs into again , who is photographing the restaurant for a travel brochure of the resort , and thanks her for not allowing him a refund . After dinner , leads to a jacuzzi pool where she asks him to strip and wait for her in the water while she goes back to retrieve a missing earring . While he waits , flirts with various men at the bar . is a no - show once again after returns to the hotel room and draws a romantic bubble bath , falling asleep . He now begins to see for the shallow gold digger she truly is . 
 Eventually and begin a romance , only to have it disturbed by throughout the vacation .

International psychopath terrorist ( ) , known as " The Rane of Terror " , is caught by the FBI and local authorities just as he is about to receive plastic surgery to alter his features to evade the law . The FBI make plans to return to Los Angeles aboard a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar passenger aircraft , for him to stand trial . 
 ( ) is a retired United States Secret Service agent who is trying to recover from the haunting memories of his wife 's death in a convenience - store robbery , and has taken to training flight attendants in self defense , including ( ) . After one class , is approached by an old friend , ( ) , who offers the vice presidency of a new antiterrorism unit for his company , Atlantic International Airlines . is reluctant , but and the company 's president , ( ) , convince him to accept the offer . 
 boards as the 57th passenger on an Atlantic International flight to Los Angeles , where is one of the flight attendants . and his two FBI escorts are also aboard . After the flight takes off , several men in 's employ , posing as flight attendants and passengers , kill the FBI agents , release , and secure the plane by also shooting the captain . , in the lavatory at the time , manages to use the plane 's on - board phone to warn of the situation , but is soon discovered by one of 's agents . 
 overpowers the agent and takes his weapon ; he then uses the agent as a shield to confront . is indifferent and shows his ruthlessness by taking a passenger hostage and then killing him without mercy . also shoots his own agent in a further show of force . realizes he is outmatched and escapes with to the plane 's cargo hold , dispatching another of 's men , , who is disguised as a caterer . 
 dumps the plane 's fuel , forcing to order the surviving pilots to land at a small Louisiana airfield . jumps from the plane as it lands , but is caught by and kept aboard . The local sheriff , Chief ( ) , arrests , thinking he is a terrorist , and takes him to the airport building . 
 contacts the field 's tower and demands refueling , for which he promises half the passengers will be freed . For every five minutes of resistance or indecision , will order five passengers to be executed . also asserts that is one of his own men turned against him . gives the go - ahead for refueling , and as the passengers are freed , and his men escape from the plane , having given orders to those still on board to kill the rest of the hostages if their plans are interfered with . recognizes the passenger release as a diversion , escapes from the sheriff , and chases and his men into a local county fair . FBI agents arrive and confirm 's true identity to . is able to kill one of 's men and gets into a fight with before police arrive and capture him . 
 Back at the tower , announces that if he does not contact the plane and give flight clearance , his men aboard have been instructed to kill the rest of the hostages . The FBI agents arrange to return to the plane , escorted by two agents , with plans to have a sniper take down and allow them to storm the plane to save the hostages . However , the sniper is , who kills the escorts , but is shot dead by , and makes it inside safely . orders the pilots to take off , while , with ' help , manages to jump onto the speeding plane before it takes off . 
 Inside , deals with more of 's accomplices before getting into a fight with . Their fight blows out one of the plane 's windows , causing the bulkhead door to blow out due to the explosive cabin decompression . manages to get close to the open door and kicks him out of the plane , sending him plummeting to his death . The plane quickly returns to the airfield , where the FBI agents secure 's remaining agents and the remaining hostages are freed . Amid congratulations and celebration , and make their quiet escape into the distance hand - in - hand , but not before Chief offers them a ride .

, a New York daytime soap opera actress , is left paralyzed after an accident on her way to getting her legs waxed , which she finds ironic . As the film opens , she lies in a hospital bed , confused and scared , watching her own show on TV and shrieking , " That was supposed to be my close - up ! " 
 With no other options , she returns to her family 's old and empty home in Louisiana , where she drinks hard , offends every caregiver and wallows in self - pity . 
 Her outlook begins to change with the arrival of , a nurse with her own life problems . The two gradually find a heartfelt connection with each other , and as a result , their lives subtly change .

Retired CIA analyst is on vacation with his family in London . They witness a terrorist attack on Lord , Secretary of State for Northern Ireland . intervenes and is injured , but he kills one of the assailants , , while his older brother looks on . The remaining attackers flee , as is apprehended by the police . While recovering , is called to testify in court against , who is part of a splinter cell of the Provisional Irish Republican Army . is later convicted for his crimes . 
 While being transferred to HM Prison Albany on the Isle of Wight , 's escort convoy is ambushed by his comrades , including , who execute the police officers , and coordinates an escape . and his companions flee to North Africa to plan another kidnapping attempt on Lord . also persuades several members of the group to accompany him to the U.S. to kill and his family . 
 survives an assassination attempt by two terrorists outside the United States Naval Academy . Later , and a henchman attack 's wife and daughter on a busy highway , injuring them both . Enraged over the attack on his family , decides to go back to work for the CIA , having earlier rejected the appeal of his former superior , Vice Admiral . 
 's work leads him to conclude that has taken refuge in a training camp in Libya . A Special Air Service team attacks and kills everyone in the camp while looks on through a live satellite feed . Unbeknownst to , and his companions had already fled the camp and were on their way to the U.S. to stage their next attack . 
 Lord decides to visit at his home to formally present his honorary knighthood . With the aid of Lord ' traitorous assistant , 's group tracks to 's house in Maryland . They kill the DSS agents and state troopers guarding the residence , and make an attempt to kidnap Lord . leads and his family to safety while he attempts to lure and his companions away from the home . 
 The FBI 's Hostage Rescue Team scrambles to pick up . develops a ruse to leave his family and Lord behind , near a shoreline , while racing away from the coast on a boat . , and follow suit , and chase him in a secondary boat . Upon realizing that is leading them away from , and try to persuade him to turn around . But an enraged kills them both and continues his pursuit of . reaches 's boat , jumps aboard , and attacks . impales on an anchor , killing him .

Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Sean Bean, Patrick Bergin, James Earl Jones, Polly Walker, Thora Birch, Richard Harris

( ) is a teenage girl at a private school for the wealthy . At a local hangout , she first meets ( ) , a street - smart but poor and trashy girl , and witnesses mercy - killing a heavily wounded dog . 
 In their second meeting , when 's father ( ) comes to pick her up , asks for a ride , and reluctantly agrees . makes an excuse to sit in the front with . She puts her feet on the dashboard and deliberately allows her mini - skirt to fall back onto her hip , revealing her legs , which notices . 
 A few weeks later , invites to her house . She tells that is her adoptive father and that her biological father is African - American . She also says that she once tried to kill herself . They meet 's sickly mother , ( ) , whom later wins over by talking about her scholarship and helping her unblock her oxygen tank . 
 Soon after , as both of 's parents enjoy 's company , they practically allow to move in . and share clothes and sleep in the same bed . As they have similar figures , lends some of her clothes . 
 In an attempt to improve his failing career , decides to throw a party at his house , and enlists to help him . However , is needed at work on the night of the party ( due to 's interference ) , so eventually assists during the party . After the party , she dances with in the kitchen and they hug . walks in on them and storms upstairs . apologizes to and claims that was under stress and she was only comforting him . believes , accepts a glass of champagne drugged with sleeping pills , and falls asleep . sits on the bed next to and begins to massage with her foot while he kisses her legs . 
 Over the next few days , continues changing her appearance and wears 's clothing more often . becomes increasingly irritated with for her growing presence in her family , and her anger reaches a breaking point when even her dog chooses over her ( in fact , it was because has some dog treats in her pockets ) . skips school and tries to spend some time alone . picks up and they go into the forest , where Ivy gets drunk and has sex with him . 
 The next morning , plays a cassette tape that made for her and walks out onto her balcony . walks up behind , talks to her and without warning , pushes her off the balcony . As is known to have a mental illness and has threatened to commit suicide previously , is not suspected . A few weeks later , talks into going for a ride in her mother 's sports car . When becomes suspicious of her involvement in 's death , crashes the car , then moves the unconscious into the driver 's seat . 
 In the hospital , hallucinates that her mother is sitting in front of her . This inspires her to get back to her house in an attempt to save her father from . When she gets to her house there is a raging storm . She runs inside to get out of the rain , experiencing hallucinations all along the way . When she gets inside , she sees and having sex and flees the room . 
 As goes to look for , goes up to 's old room , plays the tape made for , wears 's robe and walks out the balcony . sees and , because of her head injury , believes that it is her mother , and makes her way to the balcony . tells that she loves her and says she loves too . When they kiss , begins to use her tongue , which breaks out of her hallucination . says wanted to die and now the three of them can be a family . pushes over the balcony , but holds onto 's necklace . The chain breaks and falls to her death . 
 The film ends with narrating that she still loves and misses " her " , following the parallel between and .

Despite her pessimistic outlook on life , , a liberal , free - spirited , aspiring graphic designer , and communist , who earns a living as a bartender , falls in love with , and , marries , the conservative employee of a Chicago publishing house . At their wedding , they are approached by , a lonely , elderly man , who requests permission to kiss . When he does , their spirits switch places , leaving with an aged man 's soul inside his newlywed bride . Only when he can see beyond the physical , and embrace the beautiful soul he loves , will agree to return to his cancer - riddled body by kissing her again .

At Hamilton High School 's 1957 prom , students and leave the festivities to have sex in 's car . Before the two can undress , they are distracted by a noise , revealed to be someone putting candles on the hood of the car . After spotting the candles , has her throat slashed by a metal crucifix , wielded by psychotic religious fanatic , Father ; he then stabs in the chest before igniting the car in flames . After committing this double homicide , Father reveals he had suffered sexual abuse from priests in the church , and displays stigmata . He is transported from St. Basil Seminary to the St. George Church by a group of fellow priests led by Father , who refers to the rambling Father as an abomination and believes him possessed by dark forces . 
 In 1991 at St. George Church , young Father is informed by the now - elderly Father that his trip to Africa for missionary work has been put off and that he has been ordered by the church with watching over Father , who has been held captive in the church basement for thirty - three years in a drug - induced stupor ; shortly after showing the catatonic , passes away , officially leaving as ’s new guardian . Believing he can help , neglects drugging him , an act which allows to regain consciousness . Father escapes , killing before fleeing to St. Basil Seminary . Discovering 's death and 's escape , Cardinal stages 's murder to appear as a suicide before going off in search of . 
 At the St. Basil Seminary , which has long since been abandoned and converted into a summer home , two young couples - consisting of the summer home owner 's son , his girlfriend , the mischievous and her boyfriend - arrive planning to celebrate their graduation privately instead of going to prom , but find most of the electronics and appliances in the house have been stolen . Deciding to stay party anyway , the group is stalked by , who acquires his old metal crucifix and uses it to kill 's younger brother , who had followed the group to the house . 
 After injuring herself in the wine cellar , receives an obscene phone call from while is away getting the first aid kit to tend to her wounds . After calling , enters the house through his old lair and kills , subsequently moving her body . While looking for the missing , and find 's lair , while searches the attic . Finding what looks like , approaches the figure , only to find it is wearing ’s scalp ; proceeds to kill by crushing the boy 's skull with his bare hands . 
 Going outside to look around , and rush back inside where they find and 's bodies crucified and ablaze . As tries to call the police arms himself with a gun and has flee outside when appears . Rushing to the roof of the house , is stabbed in the foot through the roof by , causing him to fall to the ground below . stabs mark to death with his crucifix , and then pursues , who temporarily manages to incapacitate him by spraying him in the face with bug spray . Outside , arms herself with a gun had dropped , gets bullets from inside and , after being phoned by the police ( a call which is interrupted by ) goes to the wood shed . After missing several times , manages to shoot and , believing him dead , begins praying for forgiveness , only to be attacked mid - prayer by the still living , who begins setting the barn on fire using an aspergillum that emits flames instead of holy water . Grabbing a shovel , beats with it and rushes outside and locks the door , leaving to burn and subsequently be blown up when the shed explodes . 
 In the morning is loaded into an ambulance , while the charred and seemingly dead is placed in another , which is manned by Cardinal and his followers . While in the back of the ambulance , opens his eyes , while elsewhere does the same simultaneously .

observes his two sons fighting ; with one insisting that a promise does n't mean anything . To make them understand that a promise does mean something , he tells them the story of his youth . , his little brother , , their mother , , and their German Shepherd , , all move to a new town after their father / husband leaves them . There , marries a new man , , who likes the others to call him " The King " . Unbeknownst to , the King is an alcoholic who often gets drunk and beats . 
 The two boys , seeing that has found happiness at last with the King , are reluctant to tell either her or the police about the abuse . They instead try to avoid the King by exploring and having adventures amidst the turmoil and traumatic experiences . In the process , the two devise a plan for to escape the King once and for all . 
 Inspired by the urban legend of a boy named who attempted to fly away on his bicycle , the two convert their eponymous Radio Flyer toy wagon into an airplane . With it , flies away . Though never sees him again , he continues to receive postcards from him from places all over the world .

Elijah Wood, Joseph Mazzello, Lorraine Bracco, John Heard, Adam Baldwin

Dr. ( ) is a respected child psychologist . His wife , ( ) , becomes concerned that is obsessively studying their daughter , ; he regards her like a scientist tracking the development of his creation . But himself suffers from multiple personality disorder consisting of , a street hustler , , a shy 7 - year - old boy , and , a middle - aged nanny . and are killing young mothers to procure their children for his experiments . 
 is having an affair with ( ) , the widower of a former patient . She had a relationship with him years ago , but he left her . Now she plans to leave and elope with him . When accidentally discovers their tryst , he descends completely into his madness and begins leaving subtle clues for the police that is the real killer . Next , he attempts to kill by submerging her car in a lake . She escapes and confronts at home . Unable to find , demands tell her where she is . replies that she is with his father , whom knows has been dead for years . 
 The police contact Dr. ( ) who co - wrote a book with called Raising Cain , about a boy with multiple personality disorder . had extensive detailed knowledge of 's tortured childhood , including taped recordings of their sessions . However , was never allowed to meet . She pieced the situation together : dispassionately put his own son through years of severe child abuse to gain firsthand accounts of his traumatic psychological development and study the emerging personalities . Horrified , quit the project . After making the connection , is apprehended for attempted murder . is sent in alone to interrogate him . 
 During interrogation , and act and speak for . recites a rhyme and vanishes , and assumes control . She stonewalls from any further questioning . Eventually , and break from their confines . They pounce upon Dr. , knocking her unconscious and leaving the building disguised as her . The police soon find begging them to arrest before any children are harmed . 
 ( ) is in fact alive , having faked his own death to elude prosecution for attempting to buy babies . He has established a new identity and a clandestine research facility in Norway . He has been using and his multiples to procure the children so he will have an adequate control group to study the development of MPD . follows who she thinks is to a motel , but it is actually / Cain . She follows / Cain , who is now , into an elevator . When it opens , she sees with her daughter . While begs for to give back her daughter , , and stabs " their " father from behind . arrives with the police , and and his personalities disappear . 
 The movie ends with and in a park . runs off into the woods calling " Daddy , Daddy " . follows her and finds , who says her father has gone away . When bends down to pick up , appears behind her in a wig and a dress ; is now in control . holds in her arms , oblivious to who is behind her .

The film opens in Thailand , with ( ) , a mafia drug distributor visiting long - time associate ( ) , a drug kingpin . is having troubles and wants them to work together , but his request is not reciprocated . 
 Turned off from politics after witnessing the death of his father at Tiananmen Square in China , Los Angeles art student ( ) is lured to a party of Chinese pro - democracy activists . While there , he witnesses killing party sponsor ( ) , who was an associate of . When and his men attempt to kill , he swiftly disarms them using martial arts techniques . is placed under protective custody by federal agents , who coerce him into coming to Chicago and testifying against . 
 When the agents at the safe house are revealed to be corrupt , escapes through the window and encounters a young police detective named ( ) , with whom he develops an immediate bond . ' partner , Lieutenant ( ) , helps evade his pursuers and reveals that he had been pursuing for 10 years . 
 is persuaded by to help him exploit 's FBI ties and obtain information about 's next shipment . Though the sting operation is successful , is nearly killed in a barrage of gunfire and assaults after he reveals his involvement was n't necessary . Later that night , and begin a romance and have sex in her apartment , while and his team lead a raid at the revealed location of the next shipment : 's laundry factory . Both the lovemaking and the events of the raid are shown alternately as they occur in actual time , culminating with being murdered in his cell by one of 's henchman . 
 , and subsequently team up to bring down once more . Though and are captured by 's men , rescues them and eventually kills at a train platform . He and then evacuate from the burning factory and ride to the hospital together in an ambulance .

( ) is a drifter living out of his car after being discharged from the Marine Corps . A job on an oilfield falls through due to his unwillingness to conceal a war injury on his job application , so wanders into rural Red Rock , Wyoming , looking for other work . A local bar owner named ( ) mistakes him for a hit man , " from Dallas " , whom has hired to kill his wife . offers him a stack of cash—"half now , half later"—and plays along by taking the money . 
 visits 's wife , ( ) and attempts to warn her that her life is in danger instead of killing her . She offers him more money to kill . tries to leave town but a car accident leads him to encounter the local sheriff , who turns out to be . manages to escape from but runs into the real from Dallas ( ) . and quickly figure out what has transpired , while desperately tries to warn before finds her . 
 The next morning , when comes to get money from , he kidnaps both and , who are trying to retrieve hidden cash from 's office . and are revealed to be wanted for embezzlement and is arrested by his own deputies . returns with and hostage and gets out of jail to retrieve their stash of money . At a remote graveyard , Wayne pulls a gun from the case of money and holds at gunpoint before throws a knife into 's neck . and fight , with ending up being impaled on a grave marker . When rises to attack , shoots him dead . 
 and escape onto a nearby train , but when tries to betray , he throws the money out of the speeding train and then throws off to be arrested by the police accompanied by a wounded . 's train continues its journey into a new town .

Eight men eat breakfast at a Los Angeles diner before carrying out a diamond heist . Six of them use aliases : Mr. , Mr. , Mr. , Mr. , Mr. , and Mr. . The others are mob boss and his son and underboss " Nice Guy " , who are responsible for planning the job . 
 After the heist , flees the crime scene with , who was shot during the escape and is bleeding severely . At one of 's warehouses , and rendezvous with , who believes that the job was a setup and that the police were waiting for them . informs him that is dead , and are missing , and murdered several civilians during the heist ; is furious that , his old friend , would employ such a " psychopath " . has hidden the diamonds nearby ; he argues with over whether or not they should get medical attention for Orange . arrives with a kidnapped policeman , . 
 Some time earlier , meets with the . has completed a four - year jail sentence . To reward him for not having given 's name to the authorities for a lighter sentence , they recruit him for the job . 
 In the present , and beat for information . arrives and orders them to retrieve the diamonds and ditch the getaway vehicles , leaving in charge of and . denies knowledge , but ignores him and resumes the torture , cutting off his ear with a straight razor . He is about to set on fire , but is shot dead by . explains to that he is an undercover police officer and that the police will arrive soon . 
 Hours earlier , is shot and killed while escaping from the crime scene with and . When and attempt to steal another car , is shot by the driver of the car , whom he shoots and kills in response . 
 In the present , when , , and return , tries to convince them that planned to kill them and steal the diamonds for himself . kills and accuses of lying , since was loyal to his father . arrives with news that the police have killed . He is about to execute , who he suspects is the traitor behind the setup , but intervenes and holds at gunpoint . points his own weapon at , creating a Mexican standoff . All three shoot ; both Cabots are killed , and White and are wounded . 
 , the only person who has not been shot , takes the diamonds and turns to flee only to get arrested by the arriving cops . As cradles the dying in his arms , confesses that he is a police officer . holds his gun against 's head . The police storm the warehouse and order to drop his gun . Gunshots sound .

Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Chris Penn, Michael Madsen, Lawrence Tierney

A new generation of nerd students now rule on campus at early-90 's Adams College . The Alpha Betas are respectful of the nerds ' prominence , some even wishing their fraternity could have a better academic record . Everything changes when a successful but reprehensible businessman , ( ) , becomes a member of the Adams College Board of Regents . A new generation of jocks has also just come to Adams , including 's nerd - hating son . Former Alpha Beta , now a motorcycle police officer , is installed as the new Dean of Students by . 
 , who chairs Adams ' Computer Science Department , has been distancing himself from his nerd past by growing a ponytail and asking people to call him " " rather than . His nephew , now a student at Adams , is surprised at his uncle 's behavior , pointing out that in his day was the " George Washington of nerds " . , now married to and also an art professor at Adams College , tries to remind him that she fell in love with him because he had the courage to be himself . But is more interested in becoming friends with the new dean , not noticing that hopes to break up his marriage and win back . Meanwhile , and his friend pledge , whose group now includes an obese kilt - wearing English inductee and a Korean impersonator , who emphasizes that he is South Korean when asked about his dixie accent . successfully makes it through the Tri - Lam 's " rush week " . However , a barbeque celebrating the new members is disrupted by in ski masks . More harassment comes , and the Tri - Lams look for legal help , but have a hard time finding a suitable alumni due to most of them getting technical jobs . However , one alumni is an attorney , . warns about the harassment , but leaves in disgust when he sees and socializing with , calling a " self hater " . 
 reaches out to to help defend the - , but says no . angrily reminds that he was forgiving of their rocky past and even defended him when others were telling him was worthless . But says that he is not ' friend and that will always be a nerd . This betrayal finally spurs to once again embrace his nerd self . He arranges bail for the arrested - Lambs by putting up his house as collateral . He then calls upon all nerds , those on campus and in the city , who are sympathetic to their cause to participate in a massive nerd strike . Many of the city 's basic utilities and services become crippled . To end the strike , decides to frame for embezzling college funds and harvesting marijuana in the basement of the - Lam house . thinks has gone too far , and remembering his law enforcement past , can not fathom robbery and illegal drugs , yet does not object to 's actions . The strike is called off after it is public that was arrested . then confronts about getting released , even offering herself to him . becomes deeply ashamed , saying he still has a little pride left . 
 Many of ' old Tri - Lamb friends as well as his father have returned to support him , despite believing they would never forgive him for denying his nerd self . When the trial begins , things look bad for ; the judge denies all of 's arguments and says that is guilty . After introspection , has a change of heart and testifies against , admitting that he has proof that framed for the theft and also planted the marijuana . also admits that he is a nerd and has always wanted to read books and learn as much as possible , but his family always discouraged it . is arrested , and the charges against are dismissed . The Tri - Lambs are cleared , and the Alpha Betas are defeated once again , this time losing their Adams fraternity charter . feels it best that he resign as Dean of Students , but convincingly argues to stay on . The nerds accept as one of their own , once again guaranteeing nerd freedom at Adams College .

Robert Carradine, Ted McGinley, Curtis Armstrong, Julia Montgomery

OCP is on the verge of bankruptcy after a series of failed business plans and drop of stocks , and are now struggling with their plans to create the new Delta City . To speed up the process , OCP creates an armed force called the Urban Rehabilitators , nicknamed " Rehabs , " under the command of ( ) . Ostensibly its purpose is to combat rising crime in Old Detroit , augmenting the ranks of the Detroit Police Department in apprehending violent criminals . In reality , it has been set up to forcibly relocate the residents of Cadillac Heights . , a Japanese - American computer whiz kid , loses her parents in the process . 
 The police force is gradually superseded by the , and violent crime begins to spiral out of control . The Delta City dream of the former OCP CEO , " Old Man " , lives on with the help of the Japanese Kanemitsu Corporation , which has bought a controlling stake in OCP and is trying to finance the plan . ( ) , Chairman of the Kanemitsu Corporation , sees the potential in the citywide redevelopment , and moves forward with the plans to remove the current citizens in order to create Delta City . The company develops and uses its own ninja androids called " Otomo " ( ) to help and the new OCP president , The CEO ( ) overcome the resistance of anti - OCP militia forces . 
 ( ) and partner ( ) try to defend civilians from the Rehabs one night , but is killed by . Unable to fight back because of his " Fourth Directive " , members of a resistance movement composed of and residents from Cadillac Heights save RoboCop and he joins them . Due to damage sustained in the shoot - out , RoboCop 's systems efficiency plummets , and he asks the resistance to summon Dr. ( ) , one of the scientists who created him . Upon arrival she begins to treat RoboCop , deleting the Fourth Directive in the process . 
 After recovering from his injuries , conducts a one - man campaign against the Rehabs and OCP . He finds and attempts to subdue him , but escapes . then learns the location of the resistance fighters ' base from a disgruntled resistance member named ( ) . The Rehabs attack and most of the resistance members are either killed or taken prisoner . returns to the rebel base to find it abandoned . One Otomo unit arrives and attacks him . experiences another power drain and his left arm and auto gun is destroyed , but eventually he overcomes his opponent with his arm - mounted gun . infiltrates the OCP building and assists a captured in broadcasting an improvised video , revealing OCP 's responsibility for the criminality in the city and implicating them in the removal and killing of the Cadillac Heights residents . The broadcast causes OCP 's stock to plunge , driving the company into financial ruin and bankruptcy . 
 decides to execute an all - out strike against Cadillac Heights with the help of the Detroit police , but the police officers , enraged at the company 's sadistic ways , refuse to comply and instead defect to the resistance in order to get revenge for and their salaries and pensions , escalating the rebellion against OCP into a full - scale city war . As a result , turns to hiring street gangs and hooligans to assist with his plans . 
 Having heard ' broadcast , RoboCop provides aerial support for the entrenched resistance forces , using a jet pack prototype the resistance had stolen during an earlier raid on an armory . He then proceeds to the OCP building and confronts the waiting . RoboCop is then attacked , and nearly defeated , by two Otomo robots . and succeed in reprogramming them using a wireless link from a laptop computer forcing them to attack each other . The Otomos ' self - destruct system activates , forcing RoboCop to flee with and . The flaming discharge from the jet - pack immobilizes , leaving him to perish in the blast . 
 As Old Detroit is being cleaned up , Kanemitsu arrives on the scene . He fires the OCP president and orders the shutdown of OCP and cancellation of its Detroit operations , before finally bowing to RoboCop and his group in deference .

is a rooster , whose job is to wake the sun up every morning , but the Grand Duke of Owls , who hates sunshine , sabotages him to make it look like the sun comes up on its own without 's crow . Detested by the farm animals as a result , has no choice but to leave the farm to find work in the city . Afterwards , perpetual darkness and rainfall threaten the farm with flooding . 
 Turning out to be a story read to in 1959 Midwest Tennessee , it seems that the flooding has found his family , and when his mother goes to help them stop it , he calls out to and is heard by the Grand Duke himself , who takes a dislike to 's attempts to foil his plans . He turns him into a kitten to devour him , but he is saved at the last second by , a bloodhound who struggles to learn on how to tie the knots on his shoes , from 's farm . He is accompanied by , a claustrophobic magpie and , an intellectual field mouse , as well as several animals from the farm , hoping to find and apologize to him for their behavior . accompanies , and to the city ( Which is Los Angeles , CA ) , while the rest of the animals remain at 's house . En route , they are attacked by , the 's diminutive nephew , assigned by him to stop and the others from finding . They narrowly escape and enter the city . 
 has risen to fame in the city , thanks to his manager , employed by the Duke to keep the rooster in the city . At a show featuring an - type theme , he is introduced to as a distraction in case 's friends come to find him . soon grows genuinely attracted to , and realizes 's true intentions when he captures and the others trying to get a letter to . 
 Meanwhile , the Duke and his party stalk the farm animals at 's house , who continually use a flashlight to drive them off as long as the batteries hold out . Realizing that she is in love with him , confesses to that his friends had come to see him , and blackmails to attend his show or never see his friends again . goes on with the show , inadvertently frees and the others , and they help and make a grand escape in a helicopter , foiling 's plans and destroying his Cadillac at the same time . They return to the farm . 
 After their batteries run out , the denizens of the farm are nearly made a meal of by the and his minions when they are driven off by the helicopter 's spotlight . confronts the , but realizes he has forgotten how to crow . The Duke taunts him and tries to drown him , but refuses to lose hope and starts chanting 's name in hopes to revive his spirit . The Duke grows tired of this and magically strangles to his loss of consciousness . starts to chant 's name , followed by everyone else , and the Duke transforms himself into a massive , violent tornado to silence them . finally remembers how to crow , and begins to sing for the sun to emerge ; his cries are heard and the sun rises , driving the Duke 's minions away and shrinking him to a very minuscule size . barely recognizes his uncle , but uses this to exact revenge by chasing him with a fly swatter . 
 transforms back into his human form in front of the others , who realize he was telling the truth about being a little boy . As tries to wake him , he does so in his own room , with his mother watching over him after an accident where a tree collapsed into his room . The sun is shining outside and the floods have ended , but his family does not believe him about his adventures and he is told to get his rest . He picks up 's book and thanks him for coming back , before he is magically transported into 's world , where he witnesses the rooster singing to make the sun shine .

is a student at the Baird School , an exclusive New England prep school . Unlike most of his peers , was not born into a wealthy family , and attends the school on a scholarship . To pay for a flight home to Oregon for Christmas , accepts a temporary job over Thanksgiving weekend looking after retired Army Ranger Lieutenant Colonel , whom discovers to be a cantankerous , blind alcoholic . 
 and , another student at the Baird School , witness three students setting up a prank that publicly humiliates the headmaster , Mr. . Incensed over the prank , quickly learns of the two student witnesses and presses and to divulge the names of the perpetrators . Once has left the office , offers a bribe : a letter of recommendation that would virtually guarantee his acceptance to Harvard . remains silent , but is conflicted about what to do . 
 Shortly after arrives , unexpectedly whisks off on a trip to New York City . reserves a room at the Waldorf - Astoria . During dinner at the Oak Room , glibly states the goals of the trip , which involve enjoying luxurious accommodations in New York before committing suicide . is taken aback and does not know if is serious . 
 They pay an uninvited visit to 's brother 's home in White Plains for Thanksgiving dinner . is an unpleasant surprise for the family , as he deliberately provokes everyone and the night ends in acrimony . During this time , the cause of Frank 's blindness is also revealed : he was juggling live hand grenades , showing off for a group of second lieutenants , and one of the grenades exploded . 
 As they return to New York City , tells about his complications at school . advises to inform on his classmates and go to Harvard , warning him that will probably give in to the pressure to talk , and had better cash in before does . Later at a restaurant , is aware of , a young woman waiting for her date . Although blind , leads in a spectacular tango ( " Por una Cabeza " ) on the dance floor . That night , he hires a female escort . 
 Deeply despondent the next morning , is initially uninterested in 's proposals for something to do until he suggests they test drive a Ferrari Mondial t. smooth - talks the initially - reluctant Ferrari dealership salesman into letting , who says is his son , test - drive the car . Once on the road , is unenthusiastic until allows him to drive , quickly getting the attention of a police officer . Once again being calm and charming in a potentially difficult situation , talks the officer into letting them go without giving away his blindness . 
 When they return to the hotel , sends out on a list of errands . initially leaves the room but quickly becomes suspicious . returns to find in his full dress blues uniform , preparing to commit suicide with a pistol from which had made promise to remove the bullets earlier . simply says " I lied " as he loads the sidearm . intervenes and attempts to grab 's pistol . , however , easily overpowers him , threatening to shoot before himself . They enter a tense fight , with both grappling for the gun ; however , backs down after bravely calms him . The two return to New England . 
 At school , and are subjected to a formal inquiry in front of the entire student body and the student / faculty disciplinary committee . As Headmaster is opening the proceedings , unexpectedly returns to the school , joining on the auditorium stage for support . For his defense , has enlisted the help of his wealthy father , using his poor vision as an excuse before naming all three of the perpetrators . When pressed for more details , passes the burden to . Although struggling with his decision , gives no information , so recommends 's expulsion . 
 can not contain himself and launches into a passionate speech defending and questioning the integrity of a school that punishes students for defending their classmates and rewards those for snitching . reveals that there was an attempt to buy 's testimony and that regardless of whether his silence is right or wrong , refuses to sell anybody out to advance his future . tells the committee that has shown integrity in his actions and insists they do n't expel him because this is what great leaders are made of , and promises that if allowed to continue on , will make them proud in the future . After brief deliberations , the disciplinary committee decide to place the students named by on probation , deny of any accolades for his testimony and excuse from punishment , allowing him to have no further involvement in the proceedings . On this announcement , the hall erupts to thunderous applause from the students . 
 As escorts to his limo , a female political science teacher , , who is part of the disciplinary committee , approaches him , commending him for his speech . Seeing a spark between them , tells that served on President 's staff . In their brief encounter , deftly establishes is single and surprises her by correctly identifying her perfume scent as Fleurs de Rocaille ; they agree to get together sometime and " talk politics " . 
 takes home . The colonel walks towards his house and happily greets his niece 's young children as watches by the limo .

( ) is a working - class Jewish teenager from Scranton , Pennsylvania , during the 1950s who is given a football scholarship to St. Matthew 's , an exclusive Massachusetts prep school , for his senior year due to his grades and ability to play football . Upon his arrival , he meets his teammates ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and his roommate ( ) and learns of the school 's cherished honor code system . Soon learning that his new friends are prejudiced against Jews , he suppresses his background . 
 becomes the team hero and wins the attentions of beautiful débutante ( ) , whom claims is his girlfriend . In the afterglow of a victory over the school 's chief rival St. Luke 's , inadvertently discovers that is Jewish and , out of jealousy , makes this widely known , causing and his teammates to turn against — soon after , he finds a sign above his bed bearing a swastika and the words " Go home Jew " . is constantly harassed by his classmates , led by ( ) and his bodyguard - like roommate ( ) ; only and another unnamed student remain loyal to . 
 Overwhelmed by pressure from his prestigious family , uses a crib sheet to cheat in an important history exam . and each spot him doing so , but remain silent . gets pushed while leaving class and drops the sheet on the floor after the test ; when the teacher , Mr. ( ) , discovers it , he informs the class that he will fail all of them if the cheater does not confess . He leaves the task of finding the cheater up to the students , led by , the head prefect . 
 When confronts and threatens to turn him in if he does not confess , unsuccessfully attempts to buy 's silence with money . Just when is about to reveal to the other students , accuses . Both agree to leave and to trust the rest of the class to decide who is telling the truth . The majority of the class blame out of anti - Semitic prejudice , while , the unnamed student , and , going against his own self - professed anti - Semitism , argue that it is unlike to cheat or be dishonest . Despite this , the class votes that is guilty , prompting to tell him to report to the elitist headmaster , Dr. ( ) , to confess to cheating . 
 goes to 's office and says that he was the cheater , but unbeknownst to him , has already told the headmaster that the real offender was . tells and that they should have reported the offense , but absolves them ; , meanwhile , is expelled . As leaves the headmaster 's office , he sees leaving the school . says that he will be accepted to Harvard anyway and that years later everybody will have forgotten about his cheating at school , while will still just be a Jew . " And you 'll still be a prick , " replies , and walks away .

In 1940 , ( ) , a young woman of Irish / German Jewish parentage , applies for a job as a secretary with a New York City law firm , but is rejected as she did n't graduate from a prestigious women 's college . 
 Because she can speak German fluently , she becomes translator to ( ) , a humourless attorney . After America officially joins forces with the Allies , he emerges as a colonel in the OSS . She accompanies him to confidential meetings in New York and Washington D.C. , and they become lovers . When he is suddenly posted away , she is left alone and devastated . Assigned to work in the War Department , hears nothing of until one evening in a restaurant - bar he reappears with an attractive female officer . Reluctant to resume their affair , he does re - employ her . 
 He and his colleagues abruptly need to replace a murdered agent in Berlin at very short notice . Despite knowing little about intelligence work , volunteers and Ed is persuaded by her fluent German and passion to contribute to the war effort . Her mission is to bring back data on the V-1 flying bomb . They travel to Switzerland , where he hands her over to master spy ( ) , who introduces her to his niece , ( ) , a socialite also working as an Allied agent . 
 is planted as a cook in the household of a social - climbing Nazi , but her first dinner is a disaster and she is sacked . She is then taken on as a nanny to the children of Nazi officer ( ) . While searching for 's confidential papers - intending to photograph them - she locates her cousins through her contact and reveals their location to . 
 With the children in her care , she tracks down her relatives ' hiding place but they have been captured . Air raid sirens blare , and residents run through the streets as buildings are blown apart by bombs . 
 The attack causes the frightened children to reveal the existence of a hidden room , which finds and secretly photographs 's top - secret papers . When invites her to the opera , her cover is blown by 's mother , who believes her to be a friend of her daughter 's from college . She flees from the home and seeks sanctuary with , only to find that she is a double agent who betrayed 's cousins . shoots her , wounding her , but she overpowers and kills her . She slips down the laundry chute , escaping the German officers raiding 's apartment . 
 Badly wounded , is found by , who has come to Berlin in the guise of a high - ranking German officer . Pretending to be mute as a wounded war veteran , as he does not speak German , he takes her to the railway station , and they travel to the Swiss border with the German Reich . She is barely alive , and his travel papers have not been officially stamped and signed as revealed by the German border guard . 's bluff as a mute wounded officer fails to sway the border guards , forcing him to shoot his way out . Carrying , he struggles towards the border . The German sniper guarding it wounds him twice , but he gets himself and across before collapsing . 
 The film closes with a continuation of the interview of an elderly . It is revealed that while she and recovered from their injuries in a Swiss hospital , the microfilm of the secret German documents has been retrieved from a hiding place inside her glove . She waves to him and their two sons . He joins her on camera as the film ends .

Michael Douglas, Melanie Griffith, Liam Neeson, Joely Richardson, John Gielgud

is an asthmatic boy who lives with his widowed father , ( ) , in Houston , Texas . A loner , has vivid daydreams about being sidekick , battling against 's movie enemies , who are often personified by 's everyday bullies such as ( ) . ( ) , his favorite teacher , often plays the damsel in distress in these daydreams . 
 wants to learn the martial arts , but is rejected by the arrogant dojo owner ( ) for being too weak . Instead , he is taken on as a student by an old Chinese man called Mr. ( ) , the sly uncle of his teacher and the owner of a local Chinese restaurant , " Frying Dragon " . Mr. finds creative ways to teach to defend himself from his bullies . devises training methods that increase 's endurance , which helps his asthma . also deduces 's hero worship of and from that , deduces at least some of 's daydreams . He creatively incorporates this into 's training , creating training scenarios that seem more dangerous than they are so that will feel heroic for succeeding at them . 
 enters himself , , and into a local team Karate tournament but is a bit stymied to learn that a team must have four members . is attending the tournament as a guest . ( at 's urging ) convinces to join the team . is both willing to help an ardent fan and has his own motivation for participating : he has encountered on several prior occasions and wants to teach him " a lesson in humility . " is stunned to find himself working together with his hero . 
 The tournament involves four events : Breaking , Men 's Weapons , Female Kata , and Freestyle fighting . 's team narrowly defeats in the Female Kata , but defeats , one of 's students , in Breaking . True to his word , defeats in Freestyle fighting . — aided by a vivid daydream — scores a victory in Men 's Weapons . The result is a tie between 's team and 's team . In the tie - breaker , is allowed to choose the participants , and chooses and , saying is the member of the team with " something to prove . " chooses the event , Breaking . is dismayed to be confronting in the latter 's best event but tilts the odds in 's favor by using a small amount of lighter fluid to set 's bricks on fire . Faced with a much more heroic - seeming task , wins . 
 After the tournament , is seen talking to , thanking him for his help . vanishes , and it is implied that has found the strength to live his life without the need for his daydreams . Before the movie fades to black , a young boy finds 's magazine . With an excited " Wow " the camera pans out to reveal the young man is in a wheelchair .

( ) is a software designer in New York City , engaged to ( ) . In the middle of the night , 's ex - wife calls , and it is revealed that he slept with her recently . A hurt and angry throws out , breaking off their engagement , and is comforted by neighbor ( ) , an aspiring actor . The next morning she attends a business lunch with ( Stephen ) , a fashion house owner who is looking to buy Allie 's revolutionary new program . He manipulates her into significantly reducing the cost , on the basis that his recommendations within the industry will be her future business . As he is her first and only client , she accepts . 
 advertises for a new roommate to share her apartment in the Ansonia . She eventually settles on ( ) , whom she nicknames " " , and they become friends . tells of how she was supposed to be a twin but her twin was stillborn , leaving her with a constant feeling of loneliness . After a few weeks , however , becomes overly protective of by erasing 's voice - mail asking for a reconciliation . Later she buys a puppy that she names Buddy to bond with . soon becomes jealous and upset when is able to win back . 
 and seek a new apartment for themselves . On their way back to and 's apartment , is horrified to see that has fallen to his death from the balcony . Angry and upset , she accuses of leaving the window open resulting in the puppy 's death . However that night while comforting a distraught , tells her that " if anyone 's to blame , it 's my fault . " 
 attempts to rape on completion of their deal , insinuating that if she does not submit to him , he will warn off future clients and not pay her . She fights back and escapes . 
 To help feel better , takes her to the salon for a haircut . When is done , appears on the stairs dressed exactly like her including her haircut , which unnerves . Later that night , follows to an underground nightclub and witnesses passing herself off as . Later while is taking a shower , finds a shoebox containing letters addressed to ( 's real name ) as well as 's letter and a newspaper clipping on the accidental drowning of 's twin sister when she was nine . 
 That night while tells the truth about , they are unaware that is listening back in their apartment . When leaves , goes up to the apartment and attacks . 
 When returns the following night , again impersonates and performs oral sex on him . After the act , begs to leave alone , but refuses and insists on telling the truth . Furious , kills him , gouging his eye with her stiletto heel . 
 The next day tells she is about to leave . Later sees a news report on 's death , realizes what has happened and tries to leave . takes hostage at gunpoint . She states that everyone will assume killed since both and resemble each other . In order to " protect " , convinces her that they must run away . When leaves , attempts to send a distress message , but catches her and angrily confronts her . 
 in the meantime notices his files being erased and rushes off to find . He finds her tied up on the floor and tries to free her , but is attacked and killed by . attempts to persuade to commit suicide via drug overdose , but instead smashes the water glass in 's face . The women struggle for the gun which points at as she tries to run , begging not to leave her . coldly tells her , " I 'm not like your sister , . Not anymore . I 'm like you now . " regains consciousness and tries to assist but the enraged refuses to give up . drags off her friend , flees , and is shot in the shoulder by . 
 A chase ensues from 's apartment to the elevator where chokes unconscious and drags her towards the furnace . When finds missing , she grabs a hook from a closet and screams for to come out . Lured into thinking is hiding in another closet , lashes out at a mirror inside . She is then stabbed in the back by and they struggle briefly before strikes one last blow . She then watches in horror and sadness as dies . 
 In an epilogue , narrates that she has finally moved on . She forgives for killing , and keeps trying to forgive herself for . She states that 's survivor 's guilt was her downfall . states that she knows what happens to those people . The final shot is a photo of her and 's faces superimposed as one .

Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Steven Weber, Peter Friedman, Stephen Tobolowsky

Singles centers on the precarious romantic lives of a group of young Gen X'ers in Seattle , Washington , at the height of the 1990s grunge phenomenon . Most of the characters dwell in an apartment block , a sign in front of which advertises " Singles " ( single bedroom apartments ) for rent . Divided into chapters , the film focuses on the course of two couples ' rocky romances , as well as the love lives of their friends and associates . 
 The film revolves around , a coffee - bar waitress fawning over , an aspiring , yet slightly aloof grunge rock musician of the fictional grunge / rock band Citizen Dick ( which features members of the real - life grunge group Pearl Jam ) , and , a couple wavering on whether to commit to each other , and , who is trying to find Mr. - a man who would make an ideal romantic partner - by making a video to express her desire . The events of the film are set against the backdrop of the early 1990s grunge movement in Seattle and features appearances from several musicians prominent in that movement . 
 In the end ( aside from some setbacks ) meets her perfect significant other at an airport , and finally commit to each other ( leaves the apartment block to be with ) , and realizes that is the one for him after she finally gives up on their relationship .

, a lounge singer at a club in Reno , Nevada , witnesses her mobster boyfriend execute his chauffeur as a rat . Lieutenant persuades her to go into a witness protection programme at St. Katherine 's Parish , a convent in a run - down San Francisco neighborhood . The stoic Reverend Mother finds uncouth , but Monsignor , the neighborhood priest , persuades her to accept her . 
 , given the name Sister , struggles to adapt to convent life . However , she befriends several of the nuns , including jolly Sister , meek Sister , and the elderly deadpan Sister , who works as a choir director . After is chastised for sneaking out to a bar , the Reverend Mother assigns her to the local choir , who are known by the convent to be dreadful , to keep her out of trouble . On her first day , is elected by to become the choir director , after its members learn she has a background in music . 
 With Sister ’ help , she helps to rearrange the choir and trains them to become better singers . When they next perform at mass , the choir sings " Hail Holy Queen " beautifully in its traditional manner , before shifting into a gospel and rock - and - roll - infused performance of the hymn . Although the Reverend Mother is infuriated , congratulates the choir 's unorthodox performance for bringing in people , including teenagers , off the streets and into the church , leading to convince him to have the nuns head outside and clean up the neighborhood . The choir continue to wow church visitors with their music , including a performance of " My Guy " ( appropriately rewritten as " My God " ) and soon help to transform the neighborhood , despite being slightly annoyed at for nearly exposing her location on national television because of the nuns work . 
 Eventually , the convent learns from that Pope is to visit the church to see the choir himself , as part of his visit to the United States . Believing herself to be no longer required , the Reverend Mother decides to hand in her resignation because of work unintentionally undermining her authority , which shocks , having learnt she will have to leave soon as 's trial draws close to beginning . soon arrests a police detective within his own department , upon discovering he was on 's payroll and had uncovered information on ' location . Heading to San Francisco to warn that her cover is blown , arrives just as 's men abduct her . 
 When the nuns learn of the kidnapping , the Reverend Mother reveals the truth of real identity . Upon hearing them feel at a loss without her help in the choir , she decides to have them come with her and risk their lives to save her . Arriving at 's casino , the group search for and find her , after she manages to escape from and his men once again . The group quickly attempt to confuse the mobsters while sneaking out , but wind up becoming trapped in the casino 's lounge . Not wishing to risk the group 's lives , prepares to sacrifice herself , but is saved when police led by arrive to arrest and his men . Despite being annoyed at the risk and other things did to the convent , the Reverend Mother thanks her for what she has done and decides to remain at the convent to continue her work . Returning to San Francicso , the choir , led by , sing " I Will Follow Him " to packed audience in the refurbished St. Katherine 's church , receiving a standing ovation from all , including the Pope .

and his mother , , are Sleepwalkers — nomadic , shapeshifting energy vampires , who feed off the lifeforce of virgin women . Though they normally maintain a human form , they can transform ( partially or fully ) into human - sized bipedal werecats ( presumably their natural form ) at will . They are considerably more resilient than humans and have powers of both telekinesis and illusion . Their one weakness is cats , who are not only able to see through their illusions , but whose claws are capable of inflicting severe to fatal wounds upon them . It is revealed that they also maintain an incestuous relationship . 
 and have taken up residence in a small Indiana town , having recently fled Bodega Bay , California ( where they used the aliases and ) after draining and killing a young girl there . attends the local high school , and there he meets in his creative writing class . feigns romantic interest in in order to take her lifeforce for both himself and his mother , who is starving . 
 does not suspect the real reason is interested in her . At first , it seems that has genuinely fallen in love with ( to the dismay of his jealous mother ) . On their first date , at a picnic at the nearby cemetery , attempts to drain her lifeforce while kissing her . tries frantically to ward off by bashing his head with her camera , scratching his face , and ultimately plunging a corkscrew into his left eye ; though nothing she does seems to cause more than temporary discomfort . 
 As this happens , Deputy Sheriff ( who had earlier tried to pull over for speeding and seemingly trying to run down a young school girl while passing a stopped school bus ) drives by the cemetery and notices ’ ( now undisguised ) car . When flees to him for help , attacks and kills him . When then turns to resume feeding off of , the deputy ’s cat , Clovis , rises to the occasion and violently scratches him in the face and chest . Mortally wounded , staggers back home to his mother who is able to make both of them " dim " , i.e. turn themselves invisible , and thus keep from being arrested when the police storm their house . Ominously , a small number of cats begin to gather outside their house . 
 Knowing that the only way for her dying son to survive is to feed , attacks the Robertson household , killing several deputies and state troopers and severely wounding ’s parents . She kidnaps and takes her back to her house . is near death , but revives him , and makes a final attempt to drain ’s life force . However , plunges her fingers into his eyes , killing him . manages to escape with the help of the sheriff who is later impaled by on the picket fence surrounding the house . The now large number of cats that have been gathering around their house throughout the movie , led by , all jump on and claw her in a violent attack until she bursts into flames . As she dies , she screams that " killed her only son " . The movie ends with lying ablaze on her driveway and hugging , as her savior.[1 ]

In 1969 , students and are sneakers who hack into computer networks using university equipment , to redistribute conservative funds to various liberal causes . The police burst in and arrest while is out getting pizza , and becomes a fugitive . 
 In the present day , , now called , is running a team of security specialists in San Francisco , including , a former CIA officer and family man ; , a conspiracy theorist and electronics technician ; Carl , a young hacking genius ; and , a blind phone phreak . 
 is approached by NSA officers and , who know of his former identity . In exchange for clearing his record , he 's asked to recover a " black box " from mathematician Dr. , who has developed the box under the project name " Setec Astronomy " supposedly for the Russian government . is hesitant but agrees to help . With help from his former girlfriend , , and his team secure the box , which is disguised as a telephone answering machine . During their subsequent celebration party , , , and investigate the box , finding it capable of breaking the encryption of nearly every computer system . works out that " Setec Astronomy " is an anagram of " too many secrets " , and issues a lockdown until they can deliver the box the next day . 
 hands the box to the NSA officers , but quickly leaves after discovers that was killed the night before . He contacts a friend named in the Russian consulate , who confirms that the officers were rogue agents , and that was working for the NSA . Before can elaborate further , fake FBI agents kill him and kidnap to a remote location where he 's reunited with , who thought had died in prison . While in prison , developed ties with organized crime , allowing him to escape and become wealthy . He explains his plan to use 's box to destabilize the world economy , and offers the chance to join him . refuses , whereupon uses the box to break into the FBI and connect 's current identity with his former name . has knocked out and taken back to the city . 
 contacts his team and they relocate to 's apartment . They contact NSA agent , who wants the box but can not offer assistance without it being in 's possession . analyzes the sounds that heard during his kidnapping , and is able to identify the geographic area where was taken . They find a toy company at that location , which is a front for Cosmo 's operation . They track down , the employee whose office is next to Cosmo 's . They set up with a fake computer date with to get his keycard and vocal recognition codes , while the others identify other security features of Cosmo 's office . The team successfully get into the building to recover the box . 
 begins to suspect during the date , and alerts Cosmo to a possible break - in . Once mentions the computer date in Cosmo 's presence , he realizes that is responsible and locks down the facility and holds at gunpoint . Again he tries to convince to join him , but refuses and instead turns over the box . The team escapes before realizes that he is holding an empty duplicate of the box 's case . 
 Back at their offices , 's team is surrounded by agents led by . After Martin points out how important the secrecy of the box is to the NSA , who could use it to spy on other agencies , agrees to clear 's record and grant the requests of the rest of his team . After and the agents leave with the box , shows his team he has rendered the box useless by taking out the main processor . 
 In a postscript , a news report describes the sudden bankruptcy of the Republican National Committee , and the simultaneous receipt of large anonymous donations by Amnesty International , Greenpeace , and the United Negro College Fund .

Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, River Phoenix Sidney Poitier, David Strathairn

( ) is a struggling Seattle plumbing salesman , former fencing athlete , and couch potato who lives with his neglected wife ( ) , a vitamin product senior manager . After a fight ( which involved smashing the family television screen with one of 's fencing trophies as a wake - up call to reality ) , Mr. ( ) appears at the couples ' door , offering them a new high - tech satellite dish system filled with 666 channels of programs one can not view on the four big networks ( CBS , NBC , ABC , and Fox ) . What does not know is that ( later referred to as " Mephistopheles of the Cathode Ray " ) is an emissary from hell who wants to boost the influx of souls by arranging for TV junkies to be killed in the most gruesome and ironic situations imaginable . The ' candidates ' are sucked into a hellish television world , called Hell Vision , and put through a gauntlet where they must survive a number of satirical versions of sitcoms and movies . If they can survive for 24 hours , they are free to go , but if they get killed , then their souls will become the property of Satan ( the latter usually happens ) . 
 The dish eventually sucks and into this warped world . They are pursued by , who enters some shows , along with the , to halt their advance . and continue to fight throughout several shows , even in a cloak - and - dagger scenario where Roy displays his long - buried talent as a fencer . Through tenacity and sheer luck , the keep surviving , and their young son ( ) recognizes his parents fighting for their lives on the TV set . His older sister ( ) and he are able to provide important assistance from the real world . This infuriates to the point that he makes good on 's contract , releasing him , but not , as she was not in the system under contract . 
 re - enters the system to save , bringing his own remote control with him , allowing them to control their journey . After being pursued by through several more channels , finally confronts his enemy in a Salt - N - Pepa music video , manages to get a hold of Spike 's remote , and uses it to save from being run over by a train in a Western movie . By pressing the " off " button on the remote , they are evicted from the TV set moments before it sucks their neighbor 's abusive into the TV and it destroys itself , leaving the trapped in the TV world forever . In the end , gets eliminated by the on the command of ( ) , a vengeful employee he banished to the system earlier , and is then succeeded in his executive position by ( ) , a younger upstart employee . , who has learned a valuable lesson after his adventure , has dramatically cut back on his TV viewing , quit his job as a plumbing salesman , and opened his own fencing school and advised one of his students that watching too much TV can get you into trouble .

( ) is a tough cop . When his seemingly frail mother ( ) comes to stay with him and progressively interferes in his life , it drives him crazy . After cleaning his gun with bleach and finding out she ruined it , she buys him an illegal MAC-10 machine pistol , where she witnesses the murder of one of the men that sells her the gun . While taken to the police station , she starts poking around in 's police cases . The gun purchased was part of a collection taken from a burned building , and the gun insurance money was received . 
 At the end , when is going back home , she recognizes a man at the airport . After he flees , and follow him , where remembers that she saw him on America 's Most Wanted for shooting his mother .

For over fifty years , the tiny keeper of the dam had watched over it and recently had begun to worry about its state . He shows his daughter the different cracks that have formed over the dam 's surface , and though the girl shows no concern , her father is deeply worried that , come spring , newly melted snow will cause the dam to break and flood the meadow where the little people live in flowers . The keeper sends his daughter to warn the little people 's prince . 
 After a long day of walking , the young girl falls asleep inside a tulip . As she sleeps , an old medicine woman discovers her and takes the tulip to town . She sells the tulip to a lonely , childless woman , promising that it will open to reveal a child . The child - less woman agrees and is delighted to find a beautiful girl smaller than her thumb , whom she names " . " When awakes , she tries to explain that she is on a quest to find the prince of the little people , but the woman does n't listen . 
 At the end of her first day in her new home , goes to bed feeling lost hopeless . Shortly after she falls asleep , a frog captures and takes her away to her lily pad to marry the frog 's son . escapes with the help of two fish , who cut the pad 's roots and set it free . Downstream , befriends a swallow . The bird listens to her story but is unable to help , as he himself has lost his flock and needs to find it before the winter . then meets a butterfly who offers to take her to the meadow . However , a beetle snatches away before she can leave . After being ridiculed by his friends about his ugly new " pet , " the beetle leaves the lost on her own once again . 
 manages to make herself a home for the winter with the help of the Big Bear , who brings her honey and protects her from dangerous animals . After Big Bear 's brothers arrive , the three bears make their way to their cave to sleep during the long winter . Starving , searches for food and eventually finds the home of the old mouse , who takes into her home for the remainder of winter . In exchange , helps with the housework and cooking . Unbeknownst to , has sold to the ugly Mr. in exchange for food . When Mr. arrives , tells that if she marries him , Mr. will take her to the meadow of the tulips . Seeing no other option , accepts . Mr. shows what will become her new home , a dark tunnel under the soil . There , is shocked to find the dead body of her friend the swallow . At night , brings the swallow a blanket . To her surprise , the swallow opens his eyes and is glad to see the girl once again . nurses the swallow back to health as spring and her wedding date draw closer . The swallow offers to fly away , but she refuses feeling that she can not betray , who had been so kind to her when she had nearly frozen to death . 
 On the day of her wedding , is heartbroken when she realizes that she has failed at the important task given to her by her father and fears for the lives of all of the little people . The swallow , who had left once he had recovered , returns to with the news that he has found the meadow of the tulips . discovers 's wicked plan . Feeling cheated , climbs on the back of the swallow and flies off to get the prince . , the prince , and his men , riding upon the swallow and his newly found flock , arrive at the dam where 's father waits desperately . Delighted to see his daughter again , the keeper of the dam embraces her and watches as the soldiers fix the dam 's cracks . Once the meadow of the tulips is safe , the prince proposes marriage to . accepts and becomes the princess of the land to the cheers of the little people .

Twin sisters and ( and ) are two naughty but sweet children who drive their work - obsessed divorced mother , ( ) , up the wall . They overhear her saying that they are a " handful " and she needs a " vacation " . Deciding to give what she wants by heading off to their great grandmother 's house for Christmas , the girls pack up their bags and hop on their bicycles . But there 's a problem ; they are n't allowed to cross the street on their own . The city bus pulls up , and they sneak on through the back door . While riding the bus , an elderly lady informs them that the bus only goes back and forth between Uptown and Downtown , and that Edgemont ( where Grandma lives ) is actually several hours away . 
 After getting off the bus downtown , they spot ( ) ( a delivery man who has a crush on their mom ) and his truck . They sneak into its back thinking that he will lead them to their great - grandmother 's , and only reveal themselves to him because desperately has to go to the bathroom . He does n't like kids , but eventually starts to enjoy the girls ' company after he figures out that he gets large tips when they deliver packages with him . He even buys them ice cream , as well as a lottery ticket with the numbers of their birth date ( 6 - 13 - 19 - 8 - 7 ) . Meanwhile , the babysitter has noticed that the girls were missing and inform about it , who in concerns of the news frantically closes her opened 24/7 store , and rushes home to inspect the place and call the police . Just as she is reporting it to the police , calls her and gives her the good news that he has the girls and how they got there . She agrees to come pick them up , but he agrees to keep them and watch over them promising to bring them back at the end of the day when he has finished , while having the girls believe that he will take them to Grandma 's if they help out . 
 After the day 's deliveries are finished , of course against their will , he brings them home even revealing to them that adults will say anything to get kids to go along . He manages to make it back home telling the girls to go to the back to get their suitcases where he will meet them there . He manages to step out of his truck , only to be attacked by two robbers who steal his truck ( with the girls still inside ) . When the robbers , and ( and ) , discover them and why they are there , they decide they can make some money by kidnapping them for ransom . makes a phone call to , asking for a ransom which she calls a " reward " of $ 10,000 in cash . She also forced not to inform the police about it , or else they will permanently disappear with the girls . She tells her that they will make the trade at the ice rink in Edgemont , and that she is to wear a red hat . 
 Meanwhile , has begun to like the girls and when he asks why they never had kids , she replies that it 's because they 're too busy being criminals , though he agrees that it 's just their job rather than a mission , which is how views it . and reluctantly agree to raise the money for ransom through opening up and selling merchandise which is supposed to be delivering . However , they succeed as planned and manage to make it close to the threshold of what they 're supposed to raise . gives a red cowgirl cat from his stack of cowboy wannabes . They succeed as planned , and however , the pawnshops start noticing the stolen merchandise and reporting to Detective ( ) and his officials , writing out a warrant for their arrest , mistaking them for the bandits . 
 Through managing to make it to the skating rink in Edgemont , through many pros and cons between and and the bandits and how the girls run off again over being upset about the truth that reveals to them , and through runaway horses disguised as reindeer which left after they had a visit with him , and with the help of 's intervention and resilience , and eventually get to their great - grandmother 's house , and then and ( who by this time has learned that it was because of her saying she wanted a vacation that the girls ran away , and apologizes to the girls for being upset and making them think like that ) get together after he saves the girls . Just as everything becomes okay , and and share a hug , Detective and one of his officials burst in and handcuff them . They try to reveal to the truth about what was going on in their side of the story and what had planned to do to pay it all back , but he still assumes that they are the real bandits because of the whole ransom deal . 's heart goes out to them as is trying to force them to get away while they have the chance , and thanks to his conscience kicking in , he intervenes and causes the truth to be revealed . They get handcuffed and sent away , with telling that if they ever get out , he promises to make her proud by being the worst convict possible . 
 Through enough persuasion , agrees to let , and the girls go all the back to the city with him , so can be back in time to be able to have a chance at winning the lotto of 1.3 million dollars on a TV show . He promises to split what he wins between and the girls , and has the girls spin it for him . Through pure luck , he wins the jackpot . Afterwards , they give all the people their parcels back , and everybody is happy spending Christmas together .

, the owner of the Zevo Toys factory in Moscow , Idaho , is dying . He surprises his assistant , , with his desire that instead of his son succeeding him , it will be his brother , , who is a lieutenant general in the US Army . Even is unsure of this , pointing out how has been apprenticed at the toy factory most of his life . agrees loves toys and his work , but his childlike demeanor would not help him to be a successful business leader . had even hired a young woman named to work in the factory , hoping she and would start a relationship that would help to mature . 
 passes away and reluctantly takes control of the factory . , who still aspires to meet his father 's demands to be a four - star General , allows and his childlike sister , , to continue designing new toys . However , 's interest is piqued when he hears about corporate secrets being leaked , and he hires his son , , a soldier with covert military expertise , to manage security . From , gets the idea of building war toys in the factory , even though points out Zevo Toys has never made war toys due to 's dislike of war in general . Meanwhile , finally notices , and they start dating . 
 offers to drop the idea of Zevo Toys making war toys , but asks if he can partition off a small amount of the factory to develop toys of his own . He asks to stay out of the area for fear that his toys may not be good enough . Unknown to , is using the space to develop miniature war machines that can be controlled remotely , aspiring to sell these to the military . However , the military leaders refuse to buy into his plan , and , becoming unhinged by their refusal , moves ahead with his plan independently . He takes over more and more of the factory space and increases security on these areas . When sees children being led into one of 's secure areas , he finds a way to sneak into the space . Inside , he discovers training the children to operate the miniature war machines with arcade - like interfaces so the children would not be aware they are actually operating real war equipment . flees before he is discovered , barely escaping the " Sea Swine " amphibious drone guarding an exit , and makes his way to 's house to reveal what he saw . is aware that has seen his actions through spy toys monitoring the area , and prepares to defend his parts of the factory , and promotes himself to general of his own army . learns lied about the death of his mother and quits to warn . 
 , , , , and go to the factory to fight against , using the Zevo toys against 's war machines . manages to disable 's control system for the toys . As and confront , Alsatia is attacked by the Sea Swine and is revealed to be a robot , built by to be a companion for after the death of his mother . As and tend to Alsatia , tries to escape , but the Sea Swine stops and attacks him . 
 As is hospitalized , takes control of the factory and continues his relationship with , and Alsatia is fully repaired . continues to work at Zevo , and prepares to leave to take on further missions , but remains with the others long enough to attend a brief memorial to .

Robin Williams, Joan Cusack, LL Cool J, Robin Wright, Michael Gambon, Donald O'Connor

FBI Regional Bureau Chief sends agents and to investigate the murder of drifter and teenage prostitute in the town of Deer Meadow , Washington . The pair are informed about their new assignment through a woman named . On her lapel is a tiny , artificial blue rose , clearly symbolic of something ; when asks , simply replies , " But I ca n't tell you about that . " and view 's body at the local morgue . They notice that a ring is missing from her finger and a small piece of paper printed with the letter " T " has been inserted under one of her fingernails . Later , discovers 's missing ring under a trailer . As he reaches out to it , he is taken by an unseen force . 
 At FBI headquarters in Philadelphia , and Agent experience a brief vision of their long - lost colleague Agent . He tells them about a meeting he witnessed involving several mysterious spirits   — , Killer BOB , Mrs. and her grandson . Agent is sent to Deer Meadow to investigate 's disappearance , but finds no answers . 
 One year later in Twin Peaks , high school homecoming queen and her best friend attend school . is addicted to cocaine and is cheating on her boyfriend , the arrogant and ill - tempered jock , with the biker . realizes pages are missing from her secret diary , and gives the rest of the diary to her friend , the agoraphobic recluse . 
 Mrs. and her grandson appear to . They warn her that the " man behind the mask " is in her bedroom . runs home , where she sees . She rushes outside in terror and is startled to see her father , , emerge from the house . That evening 's behavior is erratic and abusive — he accusingly asks her about her romances , then tenderly tells her he loves her . 
 has a dream about entering the Black Lodge . and the Man from Another Place appear in her dream . The Man from Another Place informs that " I am the arm " , revealing his identity as MIKE 's severed arm , and offers 's ring to , but tells her not to take it . finds next to her in bed , covered in blood . tells to write in her diary that " the good is in the Lodge and can not leave " . sees the ring in her hand , but when she wakes up the next morning , it is gone . 
 The next evening , goes to the Roadhouse to meet her drug connections and have sex with strange men . Unexpectedly , shows up . They all go to the Pink Room . discusses murder with , and says that was trying to blackmail someone . When she sees a topless making out with a stranger , a distraught takes her home and begs not to become like her . The next morning , , the one - armed man possessed by the repentant demon , in an attempt to warn about her father and , pulls up alongside 's car and shows 's ring to . 
 recalls his affair with . He had asked to set up a foursome and invite some of her friends , but fled when he discovered was among them . realized who he was and plotted to blackmail him , and he killed her to prevent his secrets from being revealed . realizes that 's ring was the one from her dream , and was also worn by . The next night , comes through 's window and begins to rape her , only to transform into . 
 Upset , uses more cocaine and has trouble concentrating at school . When realizes is only using him to score cocaine , he breaks off their relationship . then breaks up with and goes to a cabin in the woods for an orgy with , and . follows her there and , after attacking and scaring away , takes and to an abandoned train car . 
 asks if he is going to kill her , but he transforms into , who tells that he intends to possess her . has tracked the BOB - possessed to the train , but when tries to let him in , beats her unconscious . manages to throw in 's ring . puts it on , which prevents from possessing her . Enraged , stabs to death . The BOB - possessed places 's body in the lake . 
 As her corpse drifts away , the - possessed enters the Red Room , where he encounters and they want their share of " garmonbozia . " 
 As 's body is found by the Sheriff 's department , Agent comforts her spirit in the Lodge and she sees an angel that had previously disappeared from her bedroom painting .

Sheryl Lee, Moira Kelly, Kiefer Sutherland, Kyle MacLachlan, David Bowie

The battleship USS   Missouri   ( BB-63 ) arrives at Pearl Harbor , where announces that the ship will be decommissioned in California , making the trip her final voyage . , a Chief Petty Officer assigned as a cook , prepares meals in celebration of the birthday of Captain , against the orders of Commander , who is having food and entertainment brought by helicopter . 
 and other officers provoke a brawl with . Unable to imprison in the brig without clearance from the captain , detains in a freezer and places a Marine , Private , on guard . A helicopter lands on the ship 's deck with a musical band , along with Playmate and a group of caterers who are really a band of commandos led by ex - CIA operative , who was unsuccessfully targeted by his boss , , for elimination prior to the film after the CIA had realized that was dangerously unreliable . 
 's forces seize control of the ship with 's help . Several officers are killed , including . hears the gunshots and begs to free him , but refuses , thinking it is fireworks . The surviving ship 's company are imprisoned in the forecastle , except for some stragglers in unsecured areas . intends to sell the ship 's Tomahawk missiles by unloading them onto a submarine he previously stole from North Korea . and his men take over the ship 's weapon systems , shooting down a jet sent to investigate , and plan on covering their escape by using missiles to obliterate tracking systems in Pearl Harbor . 
 When 's constant insistence causes Private to finally contact the bridge , realizes they forgot about , and sends two mercenaries to eliminate and . is killed , but eliminates the assassins and also leaves a time bomb for any hostiles investigating their fellow mercenaries ' disappearance . During his search of the Missouri , he picks up , an innocent decoy in 's plan , and allows her to tag along . He contacts Admiral at the Pentagon on satellite phone , whereupon the Navy informs him about them sending a SEAL team to retake the ship . 
 After discovering their dead operatives and 's escape , finds out that is not just a Chief Petty Officer , but a former Navy SEAL with extensive training in anti - terrorism tactics who lost his status after his entire team was eliminated in a botched operation due to poor intelligence , prompting to retaliate against his commanding officer . To keep the missile - theft plan in place , activates the fire suppression system in the forecastle , leaving the crew members to drown . The terrorists expect that will try to save his colleagues , and set up an ambush . 
 and hear six sailors banging on pipes in Morse code and rescue them . Together , they overcome the ambush , shut off the water in the forecastle , and eliminate several terrorists . shuts down Missouri 's weapon systems to allow the incoming Navy SEALs to land , but the submarine crew shoots down the helicopter carrying the Navy SEALs with shoulder - fired surface - to - air missiles . The Pentagon responds by ordering an air strike that will sink Missouri . regains control of the ship 's weapon systems and loads the Tomahawks onto the submarine . With the aid of a retired World War II Gunner 's Mate , who was among the six sailors rescued earlier , Ryback uses the battleship 's 16 - inch ( 410   mm ) guns to sink the submarine , killing and everyone on board . 
 , suffering from a major concussion from being in the proximity of Missouri 's guns as they were fired , and from a breakdown from continually thwarting his scheme , launches two nuclear - tipped Tomahawks towards Honolulu . As the sailors recapture the ship , finds his way into the control room , where he is surprised by ; the two quickly recognize each other from their prior covert experiences . disarms , and the two engage in a knife melee . gains the upper hand , kills , and takes the launch code disk needed to self - destruct the Tomahawk missiles . A fighter jet destroys one of the missiles , and the other is deactivated just in time ; the Navy calls off its airstrike . 
 The remaining crew members are freed as the ship sails towards San Francisco harbor . A funeral ceremony for Captain is held on the deck of Missouri , showing saluting the captain 's coffin in his formal dress uniform with full decorations .

In 1881 in Big Whiskey , Wyoming , two cowboys , , attack and disfigure prostitute with a knife after she laughs at the small size of penis . As punishment , local sheriff orders the cowboys to pay compensation in the form of several horses to the brothel owner , . The rest of the prostitutes do not consider this justice and offer a $ 1,000 reward to anyone who can kill the cowboys , much to the fury of Little who does not allow guns or criminals in his town . 
 Miles away in Kansas , a boastful young man calling himself " visits the pig farm of reformed bandit , seeking to recruit him to help kill the cowboys and claim the reward . In his youth , was a notorious murderer , however he is now a repentant widower raising two children and has long since sworn off alcohol and killing . Initially refusing to help , recognizes that his farm is failing , putting his children 's future in jeopardy , and so reconsiders a few days later and sets off to catch up with the Kid . On his way , recruits his friend , another retired gunfighter . 
 Back in Wyoming , British - born gunfighter " English Bob " , an old acquaintance and rival of Little , is also seeking the reward and arrives in Big Whiskey with a biographer , . Little and his deputies disarm and beats him savagely , hoping to discourage other would - be assassins from attempting to claim the bounty . The next morning he ejects from town , but decides to stay and write about , who has impressed him with his tales of old gunfights and seeming knowledge of the gunfighter 's psyche . 
 , and the arrive later during a rain storm and head into the saloon / whorehouse to meet with the prostitutes and learn the cowboys ' location . Delirious with fever after riding in the rain , is sitting alone in the saloon when Little and his deputies arrive to confront him . Not realizing 's identity and believing him to be drunk , Little beats him and kicks him out of the saloon after finding that he is carrying a pistol . and the , upstairs getting advances in kind on their payment from the prostitutes , escape through a back window . The three regroup at a barn outside town , where they nurse back to health . 
 Three days later , they ambush a group of cowboys and kill , though and show that they no longer have much stomach for murder . decides to quit and return home , while feels they must finish the job . and the head to the cowboys ' ranch , where the ambushes in an outhouse and kills him . After they escape , a distraught confesses he had never killed anyone before and renounces life as a gunfighter . When one of the prostitutes meets the two men outside of Big Whiskey to give them the reward , they learn that was intercepted by Little 's men and tortured to death , in the process revealing 's true identity to Little . The Kid heads back to Kansas to deliver the reward money to 's children and 's wife , while an embittered , finishing 's bottle of whiskey after not drinking for years , returns to town to take revenge on Little . 
 That night , arrives and sees 's corpse displayed in a coffin outside the saloon with a sign reading " This Is What Happens To Assassins Around Here " . Inside , Little has assembled a posse to pursue and the . walks in alone to confront the posse and kills . then shoots and kills several of his deputies , ordering the others to leave the saloon . Critically wounded , vows to " see [ Munny ] in hell " before finishes him . then threatens the townsfolk before finally leaving Big Whiskey , warning that he will return for more vengeance if is not buried properly or if any of the prostitutes are harmed . 
 A title card epilogue says that may have moved to San Francisco with his children where he prospered in dry goods .

In 1969 , a U.S. Army team is ordered to secure a village against North Vietnamese forces . ( ) discovers members of his squad and various villagers murdered , all with their ears removed . finds his sergeant , ( ) , who has gone insane , with a string of severed ears and holding a young man and woman hostage . , who is near the end of his tour of duty , tries to reason with , who executes the man and orders to shoot the girl to prove his loyalty . refuses and tries to save the girl , but she is killed by a grenade thrown by . After shooting each other to death . and 's corpses are recovered by a second squad and cryogenically frozen , their deaths classified as " missing in action " . 
 and 's corpses are reanimated decades later without prior memories of their previous lives and selected for the " Universal Soldier " ( UniSol ) program , an elite counter - terrorism unit , and are deployed via an Aero Spacelines Mini Guppy to the Hoover Dam to resolve a hostage situation . uses efficient means to dispatch terrorists , but uses excessive force , which causes concern among the project technicians . The team demonstrates their superior training and physical abilities against the terrorists , such as when GR76 ( ) withstands close - range rifle fire . After the area is secured , begins to regain memory from his former life upon seeing two hostages who strongly resemble the villagers he tried to save in Vietnam , causing him to disobey commands from the control team and become unresponsive . 
 In the mobile command center , it is revealed that the UniSols are genetically augmented soldiers with enhanced self - healing abilities and superior strength , but they also have a tendency to overheat and shut down . They are given a neural serum to keep their minds susceptible and their past memory suppressed . As a result of the glitch , ( ) , one of the technicians on the project , feels it may be better to remove from the team until he can be further analyzed , but UniSol commander Colonel ( ) refuses . TV journalist , ( ) , who was fired while covering the Hoover Dam incident , tries to get a story on the UniSol project in order to get her job back . sneaks onto the base with a cameraman , discovering GR76 immersed in ice , still alive despite normally - fatal injuries . 
 When her presence is noticed , and are ordered to capture her dead or alive . She flees to her cameraman 's car , but they crash . coldly murders the cameraman against orders before stops him from shooting . Together , and escape in a UniSol vehicle . Colonel insists on preventing knowledge of the UniSol program getting out , not only to the public , but to the Pentagon , having no knowledge to the true nature of the project . and flee to a motel , where discovers she has been framed for the murder of her cameraman . 's previously insane personality resurfaces , causing him to kill ( who wants to terminate the project ) , the second in command , and the technicians . then takes control of the mindlessly obedient UniSol team , commanding them to search and destroy and . 
 continues to regain his memories while tries to find out more information about the UniSol program . They step into a greasy spoon diner in the middle of the desert . finds himself alone there for a while and starts ordering and devouring plate after plate of food , until the waitress asks how he 's going to pay for it all . When looks blankly at her , she calls out , the cook , who threatens to harm him for being a deadbeat . However , , though innocently saying he does n't want to hurt him , easily beats and every single patron who steps up to take him on . 
 and meet Dr. ( ) , the creator of the program , who informs them that the UniSol project was started in the 1960s in order to develop the perfect soldier . Although they were able to reanimate dead humans , they were never able to overcome the body 's need for constant cooling . The other major problem is that memories of the last moments of life are greatly amplified . In 's case , he still believes he is a soldier who wants to go home , while believes he is still in Vietnam fighting insurgents . When and leave the doctor 's home , they are caught and arrested by the police . En route to jail , the police convoy is ambushed by and GR76 . A chase ensues , ending when the police bus and the UniSol truck both drive off a cliff and explode , killing GR76 . and head to 's family 's farm in Louisiana . 
 After is reunites with his parents , appears and takes the family and hostage . A brutal fight ensues , and 's use of muscle enhancers enables him to beat mercilessly . manages to escape , only to be seemingly killed by a grenade thrown by . grabs the muscle enhancers used and injects himself . Now evenly matched , fights back and is able to impale on the spikes of a hay harvester . then starts the machine up , grinding into alfalfa . is revealed to have survived the explosion , and she and embrace . 
 The Special Edition DVD release features an alternative ending which starts shortly after takes 's family and hostage . As grabs a shotgun in the kitchen , the front door opens and he sees his mother at the door before shoots her to death . In the final fight between and , does not use 's muscle enhancers . Shortly after grinding to death , is shot by his " father " before Dr. and his men appear . 
 explains that he used to entrap both him and , and that was staying with people posing as his parents . He then has his men shoot , but , before dies , the police and ' news crew arrive . The news crew douse with a fire extinguisher to stabilize him while Dr. and his men are arrested . is given the microphone to cover the arrest , but she loses all composure while on the air , dropping the microphone to comfort . 
 Several days later , is reunited with his real parents . The film ends with a eulogy narrated by , who explains that rejected all life - prolonging medication before dying a natural death .

and ( and ) are a couple living in an upscale part of Los Angeles , and their peace of mind is upset by an intruder coming in through their skylight one night . The intruder briefly takes as a hostage , before dumping her in the swimming pool and making his escape . 
 The call in the police , one of whom , ( ) , takes extra interest in the couple 's case . He cuts through department red tape and expedites speedy installation of a security system in the ' house . 
 When expresses an interest in getting revenge on the intruder , invites him on a " ride - along " with his partner , ( ) . After dropping off , takes out to arrest the man who broke into the ' house , offering a chance to take some revenge using 's nightstick . declines , but administers a vicious beating to the intruder , leaving deeply suspicious of 's mental stability . He suggests that get some professional help and , especially , stay far away from him and in the future . 
 takes neither suggestion . Instead , he begins to stalk the couple , particularly , with whom he 's obsessed . even appears in the couple 's bedroom one night while they are making love , just to " check that everything 's okay " . 
 When files a complaint against 's unwanted attentions , uses his police connections to destroy 's business reputation . Encountering bemused apathy from 's superiors in the LAPD , turns to , who orders his partner to cease his obsessing , see a shrink or face suspension . then murders , blaming it on a known criminal . 
 then frames on drug charges by planting a supply of cocaine in the ' house , leaving the way clear for him to move in on . Putting his attorney 's finances on the line , gets out on bail and takes matters into his own hands . 
 Back at the house , after finding that has brutally murdered her friend , rejects a now distraught , who , on branding her a tease for leading him on and kissing him , goes berserk and tries to rape her . returns home and attacks him and . and fight . is able to hold at gunpoint but attacks him allowing to gain the upper hand and shoot dead . They both go outside with their cat Tiny and await for the police , the police arrived and they all go inside and the door closes .

In Aurora , Illinois , rock and roll fans and host a public - access television show , Wayne 's World , from 's parents ' basement . After they sell the rights to the show to television producer for $ 10,000 , they celebrate at a night club , where they avoid 's troubled ex - girlfriend . falls for , vocalist and bassist of the band performing that night , Crucial Taunt , and impresses her with his Cantonese . He purchases a 1964 Fender Stratocaster electric guitar he has long coveted . 
 attempts to steal from by using his wealth and good looks . He distracts and with all - access tickets to an concert in Milwaukee , while offering to produce a music video for Crucial Taunt . At the concert , and make the acquaintance of a bodyguard to music producer , head of Sharp Records . 
 While filming the revamped Wayne 's World under 's oversight , and find it difficult to adjust to the professional studio environment . Their contract obliges them to give a promotional interview to their sponsor , , who owns a franchise of amusement arcades . After publicly ridicules , he is fired from the show , causing a rift in his friendship with . Jealous of , attempts to prevent from participating in the Crucial Taunt music video shoot . She breaks up with him , furious at his lack of trust . 
 and reunite and hatch a plan to win back by having Sharp hear Crucial Taunt play . While and their friends infiltrate a satellite station with the aid of 's assistant , goes to 's video shoot , but embarrasses himself in an attempt to expose 's ulterior motive . As he leaves , changes her mind about . apologizes and they return to Aurora . 
 The Wayne 's World crew hacks into Sharp 's satellite television and broadcast the Crucial Taunt performance from 's basement , where and converge . declines to offer Crucial Taunt a record contract , breaks up with and departs with for a tropical resort , reveals that she is pregnant with 's child , and a fire destroys 's house . 
 Dissatisfied , and turn to the film 's audience and halt proceedings . They restart the scene and unmask as " Old Man Withers " in a Scooby - Doo parody ending . Still unsatisfied , they start again with a " mega happy ending " in which signs a record contract and reunites with , begins a relationship with a waitress , and learns that money and good looks do not necessarily bring happiness .

Fleeing a variety of hardships , a group of young people form a protective family on their own , with as their leader . is a man in his early twenties who has been living on the street for ‘ six or seven years . ’ In and out of jail , he spends most of his nights with Little J and . Having spent two months in jail for assault , he feels the group fell apart in his absence . His friend , , a lot of the time bullied by Little J because of her weight , introduces him to , a 17 - year - old girl from Chicago . He soon takes her under his protection and includes her in his revenge on , the man responsible for the death of his former girlfriend , . 
 One night , and get into a fight while stealing stereos out of cars . , mad that the group always takes Little J 's side , seeks refuge with his drug dealer and his girlfriend . He sends him away , however , because he does n't have any money . , not knowing what to do , goes home , but his father has him arrested for grand theft . Meanwhile , and have trouble earning money , but he insists they wo n't get into prostitution , unlike Little J 's friends , and . Little J is lured into prostitution by , but while servicing his client , , he is reminded of the sexual abuse he suffered as a child at the hands of his uncle . In jail , admits to being addicted to drugs , and a social worker gets him into a rehabilitation center , which will grant him parole . 
 Meanwhile , , after threatening and beating up legless , finds out where is staying . He beats him up and almost stabs him , when shoots in the back . The group decides to run away , leaving to die . and get away , but their friend , , is soon arrested . advises to return to Chicago , but she refuses to go without him . After a day begging for money , they decide to go to a hotel and spend the night making love . She later admits to him she ran away from home because her brother raped her . Little , meanwhile , takes refuge at 's for a while , but he is kicked out by and decides to contact again . runs away from the rehabilitation center in the meantime , but he is unable to find the group . He goes to , who is worried about him because he has n't slept for four days and tries to help him by shooting him up with heroin . 
 When is out of jail , he tries to convince and to go with him to Dallas , announcing that the police are looking for them . does n't want to leave without and Little J and starts to look for them . He is shocked to find lying in his own puke , high on drugs at 's place . He promises to go with him , but he is arrested by the police before he can . They next find Little J under a bridge , being kicked out of ' house and regretting having shot a person . , and Little decide to leave without anyone else . Meanwhile , , out of jail after having talked to the police about 's whereabouts , returns to and overdoses on heroin . On their bus , going to a new destination to start a new life , decides to get out to look for , but he is arrested by the police . Little J tries to save them and attempts to shoot the police , which forces them to shoot Little J. , however , jumps in front of him and is shot and killed . witnesses this and is left in tears . She decides not to leave Los Angeles , but to wait until Little J is released from jail . Together , accompanied by , they return to the streets , using the practice that taught them .

( ) is a former Tulane basketball player who makes his living by hustling streetballers who assume he can not play well because he is white . never degrades his race when joining on pickup games ; he simply allows his opponents , most of whom are black , to believe they have a natural advantage over him due to his race and clothing style . Such a player is ( ) , a talented but cocky player who is beaten twice by , once in a half court team game and later in a one - on - one shootout for money . 
 and his Puerto Rican girlfriend , ( ) , are on the run from mobsters because of a gambling debt . A voracious reader , making note of obscure facts , 's goal in life is to be a contestant on the television show Jeopardy ! and make a fortune . wants to buy a house for his family outside the rough Baldwin Village neighborhood . He proposes a business partnership with and they hustle other players by deliberately setting them up to pick as 's teammate . At first their system is very successful , but when they unexpectedly lose a game , it turns out that had double - crossed by deliberately playing badly to avenge his earlier loss to him , making lose $ 1,700 to a group of 's friends . 
 , who wants to find a stable job , is incensed at for blowing his money again , but realizes he got hustled after tells her how it happened . They go to 's apartment and appeal to his wife for fairness , and the women agree to share the money provided and team up for a major two - on - two outdoor tournament . Despite their constant bickering , and win the tournament and the grand prize of $ 5,000 , largely due to 's ability to disrupt his opponents ' concentration . 's most notable claim is that he is " in the zone " , a state of mind in which nothing can distract him . is pleased with the outcome , yet he can not help mocking about his inability to slam dunk . 
 insists that he can indeed dunk , and after clearly disagrees , offers to bet his share of the $ 5,000 on his ability to dunk . gives him three chances , telling him " white men ca n't jump , " but fails and squanders his share . When he tells , she leaves him . Desperate to get her back , goes to for help . reveals that he has a friend who works as a security guard at the TV studio that produces Jeopardy ! The friend , , agrees to use his connections to get her on the show if can sink a hook shot from beyond the half - court line , which he does . initially stumbles over sports questions ( such as naming as the all - time NBA rebound leader ) , but makes a comeback with a pet topic , " Foods That Begin With the Letter Q. " She wins $ 14,100 on her first episode . 
 sings a song he has composed and wins her back . As and discuss their new future , this time it is who is desperate for 's help ; his apartment was burglarized and his winnings stolen , so he and are desperate for money so they can move to a better neighborhood . is expecting to get a steady job and settle down , but informs him that two hoops legends of the L.A. streetball scene , " The King " and " The Duck " , are playing at the courts downtown . asks to partner with him in playing against them and enthusiastically agrees , offering to gamble his share of 's take . warns that if gambles with her money , they are through . , feeling he must honor the obligation he owes for getting on Jeopardy ! in the first place , sides with . They play a final game against and . In a very tight game , and prevail , the winning point coming when lobs an " alley - oop " pass to , who dunks it . 
 Returning home happy for having doubled the share that gave him of her winnings , discovers has kept her word and left him for good , and is crushed . The mobsters who are after track him down , and he pays off his debts . Realizing that has left him for good , asks to set him up with a real job . remarks that and may be better off without each other . 
 Some time later , and continue their partnership . The film ends with and launching into another basketball argument , but this time , as friends .

and hire a nanny , , to take care of their new son . Unbeknownst to them , is a serial killer who marries rich bachelors and murders them to collect their inheritances . 
 After seduces Uncle , , the ' daughter , becomes suspicious . tricks and into believing and her brother want to go to summer camp . They are sent to Camp Chippewa , run by the overzealous and , where they are singled out for their macabre dress and behavior . , a nerdy bookworm who also does not fit in , becomes interested in Wednesday . 
 and become engaged . At their bachelor and bachelorette parties , is horrified by the family . On their honeymoon , she tries to kill by throwing a radio in the bathtub , but he survives . Frustrated , forces him to sever ties with his family ; when they try to visit at 's mansion , they are removed from the premises . The find to their alarm that has transformed into a rosy - cheeked , golden - haired baby . Grandmama diagnoses this as a result of his disrupted family life , and becomes depressed . 
 At camp , is cast as in 's saccharine Thanksgiving play . When she refuses to participate , she , and are forced to watch upbeat Disney and family films . Afterwards , feigns cheerfulness and agrees to take part . During the performance , she stages a coup , capturing , and , and setting the camp on fire . She , and escape , and and kiss . 
 tries to kill by blowing up their mansion . When he survives , she pulls a gun and tells him she is only interested in his money . Thing intervenes and escapes . apologizes to , and and return , the family reunited . arrives and ties the family to electric chairs , explaining that she killed her parents and previous husbands for increasingly selfish and materialistic reasons while the listen with sympathy and compassion . Upstairs , , who has returned to normal , escapes from his crib and is propelled into the room where the family is being held . throws the switch to electrocute the family , but manipulates the wires , reversing the current and electrocuting her . 
 Months later , at 's first birthday party , laments 's loss but is smitten with another nanny , . tells that was a sloppy killer , and she would instead scare her husband to death . As lays flowers on 's grave , a hand erupts from the earth and grabs him ; he screams while smiles .

Anjelica Huston, Raúl Juliá, Christopher Lloyd, Christina Ricci, Joan Cusack

( ) is a teenager from California who loves to surf and rollerblade . His zoologist parents are given the opportunity for grant work in Australia for six months . Eager to accompany his parents to the surf - friendly shores of the South Pacific , he is dismayed to find out that he will not be joining them and instead will be living with his aunt and uncle in Cincinnati , Ohio , so as to finish the remainder of his high school semester . He arrives in the midst of a winter storm to a blue - collar Midwestern city , quickly coming to the realization that this is far from the free - spirited beach atmosphere that he has been accustomed to . To add to his disillusion , he meets his cousin ( ) , who at first glance is an awkward teenager and whose parents ' lifestyle and demeanor , though warm and hospitable , is a bit old - fashioned . 
 's first day at school is met with the typical fish out of water obstacles as he immediately grows to the disfavor and jealousy of the gritty hockey players who chastise for his easy going " Maharishi " philosophy and " California " appearance . These antagonists include ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , , and the . With an upcoming hockey game against the rival " preps " , led by the aggressive and arrogant , and subsequently are asked to fill - in for two students , who are caught putting a laxative into one of their teacher 's coffee ( never shown in the film ) . inadvertently scores a goal for the preps , cementing his disdain by the hockey players , and in particular , who proceeds to tackle while still on the ice , concussing him and leaving him unconscious for what appears to be hours . 
 Over the course of the next few weeks , and are harassed relentlessly , but one bright spot comes in the form of a girl named ( ) , who falls in love with , and she seems to reciprocate . During a double date with his cousin and 's friend , , who used to date , appears and physically confronts and , who are only saved when arrives to stand up for who , as it turns out , is also 's sister . attempts to make fight him by making fun of his relationship with , but does n't fight back , and claims that despite all the torture and his friends put on him and , he will never fight back , because he 'll be going back to California in three months . Though 's claim stops from attempting to fight him , it greatly disappoints both and ; because claims that he 'll be glad when he goes back home , and because he thinks should 've done something , and not back away from the confrontation like he just did . 
 All the issues has experienced culminates with a dream wakes to which convinces him to peacefully confront the situation . decides to proactively join and his ice hockey brethren for a street hockey game against the preps . does well in the game and though he does n't fight back against when he attacks him , he embarrasses him by pulling down his pants ; this endears a change of heart from his teammates . 
 , , the , and the rest of the hockey team , with the notable exception of , solicit 's help and rollerblading expertise in a race down a harrowing street route termed Devil 's Backbone against the preps to settle their score once and for all . It is agreed upon that the first team with three members crossing the finish line will be deemed the winner . An aggressive and athletic Snake reaches the finish first for 's team , but two preps swiftly follow suit . Needing only one more person to win and with in sight of the end , decides to barrel into but poorly times his attack and instead lands in the waters below . This leaves and Mitchell in clear sight of the finish line , as they approach in tandem victory to the cheers of their awaiting schoolmates , and kisses of respective love interests . has finally earned the respect of and his friends , and he is lifted on the shoulders of a cheering crowd as the movie ends .

The film opens with a collection of photographs of the Stella Maris College 's Old Christians Rugby Team . points out several members of the team and reflects on the accident in a brief monologue . 
 The story moves to October 13 , 1972 as Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 flies over the Andes . The raucous rugby players and a few of their relatives and friends are eagerly looking forward to the upcoming match in Chile . 
 However , after emerging from clouds , the plane encounters turbulence and collides with an uncharted mountain peak . During the collision , the wings and tail are separated from the fuselage of the plane , and the remnants of the fuselage slide down a mountain slope before coming to a stop . In the process , six passengers and one flight attendant are ejected from the plane and die . , the team captain , takes charge of the situation , coordinating efforts to help the injured . and , both medical students , are the first to address the injured . Shortly afterwards , another six die including both pilots , , 's mother , and an older couple . , who sustained a head injury , falls into a coma , and suffers harsh internal injuries . 
 As the sun sets , the survivors begin to make preparations for the night . discovers that the seat covers can be unzipped and used as blankets . The survivors go inside the fuselage and curl up beside one another to stay warm . , , and plug the gaping hole at the end of the fuselage with luggage to keep out the wind . Two passengers die during the night from their injuries . With nothing to hunt or gather on the mountain , declares they will use rationing when the survivors find a tin of chocolates and a case of wine . After seeing a plane dip its wing , the survivors celebrate . Expecting to be rescued the next day , everyone except , his wife , and eat the remaining chocolates . This causes a quarrel among and several others for eating the chocolate . 
 Meanwhile , regains consciousness . After learning of his mother 's death , watches over vigilantly . Knowing she will die of her injuries within a few days , he vows to set off on foot and find a way out of the mountains . When reminds him that he will need food , suggests consuming flesh from the corpses of the deceased pilots to survive his journey to find help . dies from her injuries . The survivors listen to a radio for word of their rescue but are devastated to hear the search called off after day nine . 
 After great debate , the starving passengers decide to eat the flesh of their dead companions in order to survive . , , and set off to search for the tail of the plane in hopes of finding the batteries for the plane 's radio to transmit their location . Among pieces of the wreckage , the teammates find additional corpses , but return to the group with news that the tail of the plane is likely a little farther away . Later in the week , an avalanche hits the plane and floods the interior with snow . Most manage to climb out of the snow , but some are unable to escape ; eight of the remaining survivors are smothered by the snow or freeze to death . A second team , made up of , , and , finds the tail of the plane . Unable to bring the batteries to the fuselage , they return to the fuselage to get , who is rumoured to have experience setting up electrical equipment . They bring him to the tail of the plane ( where the batteries are located ) to see if he can fix the radio . When is unsuccessful , the team returns to the fuselage once more . 
 and die from their injuries soon afterward , as does , leading to convince a reluctant to search for a way out of the mountains , taking with them . Two days into the journey , they send back to the fuselage so they can appropriate his rations and continue on their own . After a 12 - day trek , the two escape the mountains and alert the authorities of their companions ' location . As helicopters land on the mountain , the other 14 survivors celebrate . 
 The film then shifts to the present as explains the survivors later returned to the site of the crash and buried the corpses under a pile of stones , marked with a cross . The memorial is then displayed with the film 's dedication to the 29 deceased and 16 survivors .

When ( ) , a successful black urbanite writer , buys a vacation home on a resort in New England , two of his new neighbors mistake him for a burglar as he sets up his new stereo . The neighbors have no idea that the former residents of that home had moved and soon call the police . 
 Police surround the home , armed and body armored as reads peacefully inside the home . Meanwhile , down the road , the meet reporters as they walk back to their home and inform the press of the story . As the police move in , 's car alarm goes off and with keys in hand , goes outside to shut it off ; where he is met with gunfire . The reporters arrive and interview Chief ( ) , who speaks to over the phone and realizes his mistake . To avoid the bad publicity , the Chief offers a thief in his jail , ( ) , a deal . 
 The Chief orders to break into 's home , hold the writer hostage , and give himself up , in exchange for free passage out of town . Armed with the shotgun given to him by the Chief , enters the house under the Chief 's direction and ties up . believes is an assassin sent to kill him due to his published views against " white America " . 
 As the press piles up outside of 's home , the Chief calls to release as soon as the press is in place , promising to leave 's name and face out of the news . While waits , he turns on the news to see he has been betrayed , with his name and face all over the television . With his deal broken , steps outside and demands a ransom for the famous author . 
 asks how he came managed to come across the island and as reveals his story , the Chief comes in the back door demanding surrender . The Chief shows his true colors and his lack of concern with 's well being , stating his opposition to living on the island . During a scuffle , hits the unconscious with his frying pan and goes for the shotgun . takes the gun back and tells he will remain his hostage . 
 With the Chief 's handcuffs , cuffs himself to and runs through the backwoods behind the home and hole themselves up in the ' home . Unable to find the key to the ' car , decides to change his clothes and plan his escape . As makes his plans , and share their childhoods and their family stories with one another . The return home and demands the keys to their car , to which Mr. refuses stating the car was a cherished anniversary present from his second wife . The Chief , now free from captivity , once again demands surrender , believing he is still somewhere in 's home . When the Chief tells he is not concerned with 's safety and intends to prosecute him for assaulting him with the frying pan , reveals he now holds the hostage as well . With his two new hostages , repeats his ransom demand . 
 As , , and the await the ransom , shows the ' interview tape that the Chief had confiscated . and watch the ' news interview , explaining how the incident started because they had seen a black man inside of the house and assumed he was up to no good , much to the ' embarrassment . A pizza ordered arrives at the home , upon which realizes the home is not surrounded by police as he thought . 
 bids the pizza girl a fond farewell , and gives her the ' and the 's interview tape to give back to the press . Back in the ' home demands the keys to the ' car , which Mr. still refuses to give up . With help from , finds the key to the ' car . invites to join him , declaring him his partner in crime , which disgusts . After a heated argument and begin to fight , ending with telling that some things he said about him may have been true , but he admits that it is n't too much to ask to set up his own stereo equipment without being declared a thief . 
 Back at 's home , an associate of , Reverend , attempts to cash in on the publicity and appears , demanding the police , whom he believes to be holding , to release to himself and the crowd . In a scuffle between the crowd and the police , 's home is set on fire . The pizza girl returns the interview tape to the reporters . The Chief sends out a man with his two bloodhounds to find , and , as he is chased through a field , believing the bloodhounds to be attack dogs , rescues and the two watch as 's home burns in the distance . 
 Still upset at the Chief , uses the Chief 's wallet , which had taken from him and sics the bloodhounds on the Chief using the new scent . In the middle of the news interview , the reporters reveal they know the truth about the incident . As the Chief realizes he no longer possesses the tape of his interview , the two bloodhounds chase him from the scene . 
 and are shown having boarded a barge , now on the other side of the island , where and meet up with 's wife . drives away as and his wife hug , and the two part ways as friends . The last scene shows at stop sign saying " Canada here I come " and then turning onto Interstate 95 ... heading in the wrong direction.[2 ]

( ) , a witness against the Mafia is being secretly held until the trial when a violent attempt against her kills several of her guards , as well as her husband . She disappears and ( ) and ( ) are called upon due to their excellent surveillance record , to stake out a lakeside home where she is believed to be . Unlike their earlier stakeout , this time they are accompanied by ( ) from the DA ’s office and her pet rottweiler ‘ Archie ’ , covered as husband , wife and son . 
 realizes his girlfriend is leaving him , due to his responsibility as a policeman , and not as someone she fell in love with . The main reason is dated for seven years and she wants to get married . But does n’t since his family has the worst track record in marriage , including his divorce . However , he , Bill , and must continue with their investigation for and to make sure they are safe . sneaks over one night during a dinner party to their house to put several tape recorders around their house . 
 Things take a turn for the worse when is knocked unconscious after being mistaken for a hit man to kill the , whom they were ordered to protect . After coming to their senses , they realize that is a cop , trying to protect them from the real hit man . , , and decide to leave the matter for the FBI , until they get shot by an assassin named , hired by his boss , and a corrupt District Attorney , whom he kills for his interference . takes hostage , with and ordering him to surrender . 
 The film ends when the hitman gets shot and killed by and , after he falls in the pool with . Both of them are congratulated as heroes by the F.B.I. and also thank them , as well . returns to his apartment to say goodbye to , but decides she wants to marry him . , meanwhile , sees both of them making love from a patrol car .

( ) has a dream about an Eskimo who catches a rare halibut and brings it back to his family in an igloo . 's cousin ( ) coaxes from his job tagging fish in New York City to Arizona to attend his uncle 's ( ) trophy wedding to a much younger woman ( ) . His uncle tries to persuade him to stay permanently and take over the family business of selling Cadillacs . resists at first , but he decides to give it a try . 
 encounters two strange women : ( ) , a woman who always had a dream of building a flying machine , and her stepdaughter ( ) , who is jealous of and dreams of killing herself and being reincarnated as a turtle.[3 ] starts lusting after and decides to help make her dreams come true . As he and build the machine day by day , starts destroying the contraption . then rebuilds . and arrive at and 's house to encourage to come back , but threatens them with a shotgun . and complete the machine and test it , but it crashes in a tree . 
 then decides to put both and out of their misery , but can not go through with it . has the idea to play Russian Roulette with him . is scared at first , but at his second turn he pulls the trigger multiple times . The gun does not fire . , , and come to 's talent show . He decides to play role from North by Northwest with the famous crop duster scene . receives the score of 1 . 's fiancée then approaches them to say that there is something wrong with . realizes that is dying and calls an ambulance but passes away . 
 The day before 's birthday a few months later , and finally come back to and 's house . is mad at for not contacting her but forgives him . The next day on 's birthday , is given an airplane as a present . The four celebrate 's birthday by beating a piñata , but are interrupted by a storm . As the others dry off inside , remains outside to free her turtles , telling them to " Go play , " goes upstairs with to wrap the presents where she gives a globe , telling him that she wants him to have the world . tells that Elaine has changed and that he is not in love with her any more . He makes a promise to to go to Alaska . 
 , , , and talk about the manners in which they want to die . says that she is going to sleep and walks upstairs , dressing herself in a white shift and a hat with a veil . As she walks outside , and see her through the window and run outside in an attempt to stop her . shoots herself , and a lightning bolt destroys 's airplane . Sometime after 's death breaks into Uncle 's abandoned Cadillac store at night and goes to sleep on top of a Cadillac with a cat that has just had her litter . The film ends with and Uncle as Eskimos in 's dream . They catch the halibut and discuss it . It flies from their hands into the sunrise .

tires of his auto assembly worker job in Detroit , quits , and convinces his friend to move with him to Aspen . After succeeding in the new instructor tryouts for the Aspen Ski School , they both become ski instructors , although secretly intercedes on 's behalf . While advances to become the most popular instructor of the school during the season , he has to constantly watch out for , whose social skills are less honed and whose future is less bright . Along the way , they meet the young local radio DJ ( ) as well as a rich cougar - ish woman ( ) who selects the most desirable new instructor each year for her latest plaything . 
 After watching the famous Aspen Powder 8 competition , and agree to team up to try to win the next season 's award . While skiing out of bounds , falls into a large sinkhole in the snow , plunging many feet into a stream . rescues him , and because skiing out of bounds would get them fired , takes him to 's house so she can patch him up without notifying the ski school director . 
 Somewhat later , after losing control of a school client ( a poor skier who ends up sliding out of control into downtown Aspen ) , is suspended from the school and eventually links up with the wrong crowd , including , a beautiful girl with a mysterious background . Hard up for cash , reluctantly accepts an offer to act as a drug courier . When he gets spooked and dumps the drugs , he is assaulted in retribution and left to freeze outdoors in the Aspen winter . Again , rescues him by paying off the drug guys , with money borrowed from . then moves out from the house he shared with , and in with , who purchased his companionship with the loan . 
 After spending some interminable and unsatisfying time with , and awkwardly rekindle their friendship and reset their goal to win the Powder 8 competition . and decide to ski out of bounds in order to train for the upcoming event . While skiing outside the boundaries of Aspen , and set off an avalanche . suffers a tragic demise , while escapes with minor injuries . Later , in deep depression , comes to realize how his relationship with had no particular meaning , and writes of his and 's friendship . The article is published in a major ski magazine , finally providing with some satisfaction for his writing efforts after many prior rejections . His friendship with also reawakens , as they both mourn 's loss . 
 is sought out by a newly hired young ski instructor to be his partner in the Powder-8 . They win the competition , beating 's nemesis throughout the movie . The victory is bittersweet , as he remembers the dream that he and had of winning the Powder-8 , and in the end , he and reconcile as he finally reveals that he loves her .

The film is presented in a nonlinear narrative , jumping between the present and flashbacks to the past . This is a linear summary of the plot . 
 A young meets while visiting his parents ' grave , and the pair form a deep mutual attraction . That night , in one of his first crime - fighting attempts , foils an armored car robbery . Although he succeeds , he is discouraged because the criminals did not fear him . Eventually , decides to abandon his plans to become a vigilante and proposes marriage to . However , mysteriously leaves Gotham with her father , businessman , ending her engagement in a " letter . Believing he has lost his last chance of having a normal life , becomes . 
 Ten years later , confronts a group of Gotham City crime bosses led by , who are intending to launder millions of counterfeit dollars in a casino . As escapes to his car , a cloaked figure attacks him ; is killed when the figure causes him to drive out the side of a parking garage and crash into a neighboring building . arrives soon after , and bystanders blame him for 's death . Councilman tells the media that is a menace ( despite Commissioner 's protests ) . Attending a party at Wayne Manor , teases for allowing to leave him . 
 The cloaked figure murders another gangster , , in the same cemetery met . investigates 's death and wanders to his parents ' tombstone . He overhears talking at her mother 's grave , just as she had been when he first met her . She is startled by 's appearance and he flees . finds evidence linking with , and a third gangster : . He breaks into 's home and discovers a photograph of , , and seated at a table . When he visits to try to get more answers she rebuffs him , intimating that she knows his identity . Meanwhile , believes killed the others and will come for him , so he turns to the for help . 
 The figure arrives at 's house but finds the gangster dead by 's hands . has strapped a camera to 's corpse and sees the murderer is not . The figure escapes as the house explodes . pursues and fights the killer , but is interrupted by the police and rescued from arrest by . later explains she and her father had been hiding in Europe from 's mob , from whom he had embezzled money ; her father repaid everything , but they put out a hit on him anyway . now believes her father is the killer . ponders resuming his relationship with and giving up . He notices a familiar - looking man in the background of the photo of , , and : the man who would become the Joker . visits to press him for information ; insists that the cloaked killer is , but , believing is the killer , states needs to protect his own reputation and poisons him . is taken to the hospital where later breaks in and interrogates him . confesses he helped the escape and later told 's mob their location . 
 The cloaked figure tracks to his hideout and reveals itself as , intent on avenging her father 's death by killing every last surviving member of 's mob . With the others dead , is the last one alive , and is the one who carried out the hit on her father . Having already deduced her identity , fights her . Just before he can kill , arrives and begs to give up her quest . She refuses and disappears . and the battle to a stalemate . Moments later returns and seizes , bidding goodbye before vanishing with the maniacally laughing clown . The amusement park erupts in a series of explosions and barely escapes . later consoles , telling him that no one could have helped . finds her locket , containing a picture of himself and , in the Batcave . Meanwhile , departs from Gotham alone on an ocean liner , feeling completely lost . stands on top of a Gotham building when the Bat - Signal appears in the sky , and swings off into the night to continue his war on crime .

and his mentally ill sister , live together following the accidental death of their parents . 's friend has his cousin staying with him . joins a poker game at 's and loses a bet that commits to live with the . is at first angry , but after an evening with at the local diner and then coming home the next day to find has cleaned the house , decides should stay . 
 aids an illiterate when he is struggling with writing to his mother , and the two go to the local diner where is working . She takes them on an errand , and then takes them home . After stays for dinner , her car wo n't start , and drives her home , where they set a dinner date . Meanwhile , left alone , and kiss . and have a fun date , but it ends abruptly because wants to get home to . goes to a video store to try and apply for a job there . , , and go to a park where starts doing tricks with his hat , attracting an appreciative crowd . stays at the park to reflect and sends home with , where they make love . then tells he loves her which reciprocates . 
 When makes suggestions to about his comedy routines , becomes agitated and makes explain that he and are romantically involved . An angry throws out , yells at , and shows her a pamphlet about a group home that would be a better home for her . starts hitting and screaming , and he pushes her away . Feeling bad , leaves to get her some tapioca . While is away , arrives . They pack suitcases and get on a bus , but soon begins to hear voices in her head and argues with them , in great distress . tries to soothe her , but she becomes more agitated . The bus is stopped , and two paramedics restrain . When arrives at the hospital , the doctor tells him does n't want to see him . He finds in the waiting room , and they argue . goes to stay with . Meanwhile , begins to feel guilty about his treatment of . 
 finds , now working at the video store , and asks for his help . They go to the hospital . apologizes to , persuades her to consider getting her own apartment , and tells her that has come back for her . tells the doctor that she would like to try living in her own apartment . and reconcile and and are reunited . Later , brings roses to . He takes another bouquet to 's apartment but leaves the flowers in the doorway when he sees and making grilled cheese sandwiches with a clothes iron .

An older man , , views a homemade pornographic tape . It is later revealed the man died from complications stemming from erotic asphyxiation . The main suspect is the woman who has sex with in the film , , who after being charged with murder is represented by lawyer . The trial begins in Portland , Oregon , and it is not long before and enter a sadomasochistic sexual relationship behind the back of 's unsuspecting wife . 
 During their first sexual encounter , , overcome by lust , notices too late that is tying his arms behind his back using his own belt . pushes him onto the bed , removes his underwear , and while he is restrained , she humiliates him by pouring hot candle wax on his chest , stomach , and genitals , amused by the frustration and increasingly desperate reactions she is eliciting from . The two then have sex with in complete control , an obvious counterpoint to their relationship in the courtoom , where is the one in control . 
 proclaims her innocence to in private and in court , but district attorney seeks to prove that deliberately killed in bed to receive the $ 8 million he left her in his will . The testimony of 's private secretary , , reveals that he had a sexual relationship with her that could have contributed to his death , casting a reasonable doubt as to 's guilt . 
 can not resist sexually but does not trust her . He maligns with accusations of her withholding information from him . She plays off timid and upset while he gets angry at her . He makes it clear their affair needs to end and implies he may drop her as a client . That night he goes to the restaurant where his wife works , and she appears clearly upset . She tells him called her and accuses him of sleeping with her . initially plays it off as if she is paranoid , but when she reveals telltale evidence , it is clear he can no longer deny it . She storms off . 
 goes to 's home and angrily demands she tell him what she told his wife . At first she acts innocent , but then she taunts and teases him , which angers him even more , and he throws her to the ground . They stare angrily at each other , but it quickly turns to excitement . The two have rough sex again . When pulls out handcuffs , it angers . He cuffs her hands to her bed post and roughly initiates sex with her , though she enjoys it . 
 is shown in court to have had previous sexual relationships with a number of older rich men , including , in which her lovemaking was just as rough . says that she abruptly ended their relationship when he got heart surgery and became healthier . 's testimony convinces the jury , which acquits her . Before leaving court , she mockingly thanks her attorney for getting a guilty client off , fully aware that he can not repeat what she said and that she can not be tried twice for the same crime . 
 That night , visits 's home , where he finds her with 's doctor , , freely discussing the way they conspired to kill . She taunts by telling him to lie low , as he could be convicted of perjury , and tells him to leave because she has already forgotten him . bluntly tells that her sexual prowess is how she is able to make men do anything . An enraged lashes out at physically and , after pulls him off , shoots her twice . She plunges from a window to her death .

Willem Dafoe, Madonna, Joe Mantegna, Anne Archer, Julianne Moore, Jurgen Prochnow

, an agent from the Environmental Protection Agency , is sent to a military base in Alabama to test possible effects on the surrounding ecological system caused by military actions . With him is his teenage daughter from his first marriage , , his second wife , and 's half brother . On their way to the base , they stop at a gas station . In the restroom , is threatened by an MP member with a knife . When he notices her fear , he lets go of her , satisfied that she shows an emotional response . Before she leaves the room , he warns her , " they get you when you sleep " . 
 and his family move into their new home on the base , and makes friends with the base commander 's daughter . On his first day in day care , runs away because he is recognized as an outsider among the other somehow conformist children . He is picked up and brought home by helicopter pilot . and quickly feel attracted to each other . Meanwhile , while examining soil samples , is approached by medical officer Major , who asks him about psychological effects , particularly narcophobia ( the fear of sleep ) , and their possible relation to toxication of the environment . believes that a physiological reaction would be more likely . 
 In the evening , and go to the bar attended by the station 's military personnel , where they meet not only but also the MP who threatened at the gas station . He denies that they ever met before . That night , a group of soldiers can be seen picking giant pods from the river running by the base . When wakes up and enters his mother 's room , 's body crumbles to dust , while a naked soulless double emerges from the closet . Nobody believes 's story that his real mother is dead and the person pretending to be is only an impostor . 
 The following night , and her father are nearly " taken over " too by duplicates emerging from the giant pods . attempts to convince that the takeover is a good thing , claiming that it ends confusion and anger . She also claims that there 's no place to go , as the invasion is not an isolated incident . is almost shocked and saddened into compliance , but and drag him out the door . emits a shrill and mechanical scream that alerts other " pod people " to the presence of a human being . Now the majority in numbers , they swarm over the base chasing the remaining humans . 
 After hiding and in a warehouse , Steve enters Major ' office . The hysterical Major tries to call for help , but the line is blocked . While swallowing sleep - prevention pills announces that it is too late to run ; all they can do is fight . Their conversation is interrupted by the arrival of a group of pod people , led by base commander General . While hides , the pod people try to convince the that the individual is not important , and that only conformity can solve the world 's problems . The Major shoots himself rather than live in such a world . 
 returns to his children and tells them to follow him , claiming to have found a way out . They drive aimlessly through the military base , as loudspeakers shout out instructions for spreading the invasion by carrying out pods in trucks . Realizing that her father was replicated while he was away , swerves the car to the side and tries to escape with her brother . , who escaped his former comrades who tried to turn him into one of them , enters the scene . takes his gun and shoots the person pretending to be her father . The father duplicate shrinks into a mass of seething , bloody goo . 
 manages to get hold of a helicopter gunship , but and are taken away by the pod people . They sedate both of them and take them to the base infirmary where the remaining human beings are systematically duplicated by pods . is able to rescue before the transformation is completed . 
 and leave the building , pretending to be pod people so they can get to 's helicopter to escape . However , they are spotted by , who gets suspicious and tells she saw somewhere , and when reacts , , now a pod duplicate , responded by giving out a pod scream to alert pod people to try and stop them , and manage to get in the helicopter and are joined at the last minute by who runs up to them . However after taking off , they were attacked by , who is now a pod duplicate , when he tries to bring down the helicopter . After a short scuffle , is forced to throw Pod - Andy out of the helicopter as he gave out a pod scream to his death . 
 The ending of the film is an ambiguous one . destroys the trucks filled with pods with the helicopter 's rockets , while confesses her profound hatred in a voice - over narration , thereby hinting at a loss of humanitarian quality . While they land on another base , the words of 's stepmother earlier in the film can be heard , suggesting that the phenomenon may have already spread beyond the army base : " Where you gon na go , where you gon na run , where you gon na hide ? Nowhere ... 'cause there 's no one like you left . "

Gabrielle Anwar, R. Lee Ermey, Terry Kinney, Meg Tilly, Forest Whitaker, Billy Wirth

This film opens with Treasury officer ( ) and his partner ( ) doing some undercover work , when 's fellow agent is shot and killed by a new man , ( ) that criminal ( ) pulled out of jail . Now on a snap of anger and thoughts of revenge , wants to find the killer and take him down before he gets transferred to Newark . Although a cop and close colleague claims over dinner that Mercer must do it " by the book , " replies that " when I 'm done with this motherfucker , I 'm gon na put him in a box ..... by the book . " 
 A background theme is the closing of a big band dance emporium called the Palace . Lonely , takes hooker ( ) there for dancing . is also involved romantically with , who is estranged from his ex - wife . 
 continues to try to build a relationship with his old girlfriend , waitress , ( ) . Typically , he has manipulated and betrayed her in the past . 
 is under increasing pressure to repay mob debts to boss ( ) . He manipulates into a crime spree culminating in the murder of the boss and ransacking his apartment . He tells to meet him at the palace at 9 PM to split up the money . He asks to meet him there as well . is building his case against and arrives at the murder scene seconds too late . is soon arrested and a net is laid for at the club 
 At the club again manipulates in an attempt to escape , yelling gun as he ducks . is shot by in the exchange and almost escapes . As is taken away in the police car arrives , seeing him pass by . In the last scene asks to leave with him . 
 The epilogue reports that they actually did move to Newark .

Wesley Snipes, Dennis Hopper, Lolita Davidovich, Viggo Mortensen

is a lonely Atlanta surgeon obsessed with a woman named . After she suffers a high grade tibial fracture in a hit - and - run motor vehicle accident in front of his home , he kidnaps and treats her in his house surreptitiously , amputating both of her legs above the knee . Later , he amputates her arms above the elbow after she tries to choke him . 
 Though is the victim of 's kidnapping and mutilation , she dominates the dialogue with her constant ridiculing of him for all of his shortcomings .

In 1975 , after serving 5 years of a 30 - year prison sentence , ( ) is freed on a legal technicality exploited by his close friend and lawyer , ( ) . vows to be through with his criminal activities but is persuaded to accompany his young cousin ( ) to a drug deal held at a bar . is betrayed and killed by his suppliers and is forced to shoot his way out . Afterwards , takes 's $ 30,000 from the botched deal and uses it to buy into a nightclub owned by a gambling addict named ( ) with the intent on saving $ 75,000 to retire to the Caribbean . 
 As nightclub co - owner , declines several offers for a business partnership with a hot - headed young gangster from the Bronx named ( ) . also rekindles his romance with his former girlfriend ( ) , a ballet dancer who moonlights as a stripper . develops a love interest with 's girlfriend , , a waitress at the club . 's frustration with 's constant rejections boils over and he confronts one night at his table . publicly humiliates , who reacts by manhandling . Fueled by his now - extensive use of alcohol and cocaine , brazenly pulls out a gun and threatens to kill , but intervenes . Despite being personally threatened by himself , lets go unharmed ; a decision which alienates 's gangster friend and personal bodyguard ( ) . 
 , who stole $ 1 million in payoff money from his Italian mob - boss client , , is coerced into providing his yacht to help break out of the Rikers Island prison barge . begs for 's assistance in the prison break , and reluctantly agrees . Under cover of night , , , and son , , sail to a floating buoy outside of the barge where is waiting . As they pull aboard , unexpectedly kills him and and dumps both of their bodies in the East River . immediately severs his ties with and decides to leave town with . The next day , barely survives a retaliatory assassination attempt when he 's stabbed in the chest at his office by two mobsters . 
 is apprehended by police and taken to the office of District Attorney ( ) , where he is played a tape of offering to testify to false criminal allegations against . advises that he is aware of as an accomplice to the murders in an attempt to leverage him into betraying to save himself , but refuses . visits under police protection in the hospital , where he confesses to selling him out . Having noticed a suspicious man dressed in a police uniform waiting in the lobby , deftly unloads 's revolver and parts ways with him . The man turns out to be other son , ( ) , seeking vengeance for his brother and father . sneaks into 's room and executes him without incident because of 's empty gun . 
 buys train tickets to Miami for himself and , now pregnant . When he stops by his club to get the stashed money , is met by a group of mobsters led by . The Italians plan on killing , but he manages to slip out through a secret exit . The Italians pursue him throughout the city 's subway system and into Grand Central Terminal , where they engage in a gunfight . kills all of his pursuers except , who is shot and killed by police attracted by the gunfire . As runs to catch the train where and are waiting for him , he is ambushed by a disguised , who shoots several times in the abdomen with a silenced gun . admits to the dying that he is now working for , only to be shot as well . hands a tearful the money and tells her to escape with their unborn child and start a new life elsewhere . As he is wheeled away on a gurney , stares at a billboard with a Caribbean beach and a picture of a woman . The billboard then comes to life in his mind , and the woman , who is clearly , starts dancing as slowly dies .

Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller, John Leguizamo, Luis Guzman, Viggo Mortensen

Rangers and are dispatched to rescue their friend and his girlfriend , , after suffered a knee injury and stranded them on a peak in the Colorado Rockies . As they try to rescue , part of her harness breaks , and though is able to grab her , her gloved hand slips out , and she falls to her death . blames for 's death and is overcome with guilt , taking an extended leave . 
 Eight months later , Gabe returns to the ranger station to gather his remaining possessions and persuade to leave with him . While there , they receive a distress call from a group of stranded climbers . goes to locate the climbers and is able to persuade to help out . remains bitter towards over 's death , at one point threatening to push off a ledge . When they find the climbers , they discover the distress call was a ruse and are taken prisoner by former Military Intelligence operative and several mercenaries . , along with turncoat U.S. Treasury agent , were able to steal three suitcases full of uncirculated bills valuing over $ 100 million . Their escape plan backfired , sending their plane crashing into the mountain , and they now require and 's help to locate the cases with the help of beacon locators . 
 At gunpoint , leads them to the first case , located at the top of a steep rock face . They force to tether himself to reach it , and Gabe uses the opportunity to escape . The mercenaries attempt to fire on , which causes an avalanche that kills one of their members . When they see the money from the first case fluttering away , believes is dead , and orders to lead them onward . races ahead to find at an abandoned cabin . They recover old mountaineering gear to reach the second case before does . By the time arrives , and have emptied the case and left only a single bill with the taunting message " Want to trade ? " on it . orders his men to split up , allowing to dispatch two more of 's men . attempts to call for help from , their rescue helicopter pilot , on one of the mercenaries ' radios , but alerts him to explosives Qualen has rigged above them on the mountain . and escape the falling debris in time . Elsewhere , when sees two friends , and , he warns them away before orders his men to open fire . is killed while is wounded , though he manages to ski off the mountain and parachute to safety . Night falls on the mountain and both groups take shelter . , having not heard from or the others , scouts the mountain in the helicopter , spots 's parachute , and is able to get him to safety while contacting the authorities . 
 When morning breaks , and beat to the last case . Meanwhile , the mercenaries flag down in the helicopter , and by the time he realizes it 's a trap it is too late . He is shot by one of the mercenaries and dies , but not before slipping a knife . As the mercenaries split up to look for the other case , is able to use the knife to wound one of the mercenaries , kill him with his own gun , and escape . Elsewhere finds , and together they kill . However , at the same time , takes hostage when she waves down the helicopter , believing that was flying it . tells and over the radio that he is holding captive on board the helicopter , demanding and to surrender the money from the third case at a high elevated rendezvous point and threatens to kill her should they refuse to cooperate . 
 and agree , and they meet at a cliff side bridge . However , tries to challenge into throwing the case into the helicopter , but when he also threatens to kill again , orders to free her at a safe distance away from the cliff . reluctantly agrees , and uses a winch to lower to the ground . Once is safely down , however , throws the bag of money into the helicopter 's rotors , shredding the money . Enraged , attempts use the helicopter to kill , but has used the winch cable to tether the helicopter to a steel ladder up the cliff face . The ladder snaps and leaves and atop the wreckage of the helicopter hanging by the cable . fights and manages to climb to safety as the wreckage snaps off the cable , sending to his death . reunites with and as federal agents arrive in helicopters to offer their assistance .

Upon discovering a UFO in American airspace , the National Guard sends fighter jets to investigate , and they fire on the craft when it does n't respond . Activating a cloaking device too late , the spaceship crashes into the Atlantic Ocean , near Manhattan . The aliens aboard , and his life - mate , survive and quickly adapt to our human way of life , despite standing out with their conical shaped heads . was assigned by the Highmaster to conquer Earth as a Protoid Re - fueling Station under the title of ' Fuel Survey Underlord of the Wilderness Planet at the end of the Noctolium Solar Chain ' . gets work as an appliance repairman , and when his grateful boss discovers that has no documentation , he arranges for a false identity , which sends up a red flag that quickly alerts the INS . Meanwhile , after communicating with their world ( Remulak ) and discovering that a rescue vessel will not arrive for seven " Zurls " ( many years ) , informs that she is pregnant . They now need to completely adapt and safely blend in , in order to raise their child among humans . Ambitious INS agent and his assistant attempt to capture and , but they are able to elude the two agents . 
 Months later , has become a respected taxi driver , and the couple live in his boss 's basement . After the birth of their daughter , they buy a home and move to suburban Paramus , New Jersey , adopting the surname . begins a new career , this time as a driving instructor . Meanwhile , gets a promotion and decides to leave the ' case to the agent replacing him . His promotion , however , is soon held - up by the case 's extreme expense , forcing to continue until it 's closed . 
 Now a teenager , all wants to do is fit in with her peers , much to the objections of her father , especially when she begins seeing , an auto mechanic . This caused tension between and , who strongly disapproves of , with going so far as tearing the roof off 's car and threatening him after tries to make love with ( an act that angers greatly ) . is also preoccupied with winning a golfing trophy at his country club , while becomes concerned about her attractiveness to due to one of 's driving students making a pass at him . 
 and track the down to their home and pose as Jehovah 's Witnesses to gain entry to the home . During the conversation , discovers their communication device to Remulak is beeping , and she promptly tells that he has a phone call from ' the Big Phone ' . This cause to promptly eject and from their home . then receives word that their rescue vessel is on its way . 
 At a costume party that night , is told that they will be rescued soon . She disobeys her parents or " parental units " by returning home with . Once there consummates their relationship using her parents ' " senso - rings " . and walk in on them , just as the INS shows up to take the into custody . Their rescue vessel arrives just in time , and and are taken aboard with , , and . 
 On Remulak , is welcomed home , presenting Highmaster with a variety of ' gifts ' from earth , including and as slaves . is at first satisfied with what has accomplished during his time on Earth , until he notices that got his teeth capped ( something had done from advice from as a part of blending in ) . He accuses of treason and sentences him to fight the ferocious Garthok ( " narful the Garthok " ) , much to 's distress . 
 After the easily and gruesomely kills others who were sentenced to fight it , uses his Earthly golfing skills to save himself , killing the creature . For his victory , he is then granted a request : wishes to return to Earth to oversee its conquest , taking back with him as a minion . agrees , and is left behind , becoming the Highmaster 's personal lackey , acclimating to his new role rather quickly . leaves for Earth with , , and in tow . He soon demonstrates that 's feelings are more important to him than planetary conquest by quickly faking an Earth attack . orders his invasion force to retreat and proceed to their secondary target in another part of the galaxy , while making it look like his spaceship has been destroyed by a superior weapon . For sparing his life , agrees to give the Green Cards in exchange for proving he has a marketable talent no other American citizen possesses , to which confidently agrees . 
 Some time later , arrives to take to the prom . gives 55 words of advice , and then uses a massive flash bulb arrangement on his home - built Polaroid camera to document the happy event . As and a now - sunburned depart , and look at the oversized photo , saying , " Memories , we will enjoy them " .

, a top 100 m runner , fails to qualify at the Olympic Trial for the 1988 Summer Olympics when fellow runner trips and falls , taking and another runner , , with him . 
 To compete in the Olympics , and his best friend , , a champion push cart racer , seek out , an old friend of 's father who tried to recruit sprinters to the bobsled team years ago . is an American bobsled two time Gold Medalist at the 1968 Winter Olympics who finished first in two events again during the 1972 Winter Olympics but was disqualified from the latter for cheating and retired in disgrace to Jamaica , where he leads an impoverished life as a bookie . 's persistence eventually convinces to be their coach and return to the life he left behind . They eventually recruit and , though is still upset over 's mistake at the Olympic Trial . 
 The four try to find various ways to earn money to get in the Olympics but no sponsor takes the idea seriously and their various enterprises , from singing on the street to arm wrestling , and holding a kissing booth , all fail . comes through for them when he sells his car , which gets the team the money that they need . Later on in a hotel room , reprimands for hurting 's feelings over his ambitions . tells the team about his own father 's struggle and how he became rich with hard work . He encourages not to give up on achieving all of his goals and the two begin to show a mutual respect for one another . 
 In Calgary , manages to acquire an old practice sled , as the Jamaicans have never been in an actual bobsled . The Jamaicans are looked down upon by other countries , in particular the East German team whose arrogant leader , , tells them to go home , resulting in a bar fight . At the hotel room , and reprimand , , and and remind them what is at stake for the team . The team resolves to view the contest more seriously , continuing to train and improve their technique . They qualify for the finals , but are subsequently disqualified due to a technicality which the Olympic committee trotted out as retribution for 's prior cheating scandal . A frustrated storms the committee meeting and confronts his former coach from the 1972 Olympic Winter Games , now a primary judge of the 1988 Olympic Winter Games . He takes responsibility for embarrassing his country with the scandal and implores the committee to punish him for his mistake , but not the Jamaican team . reminds them that the Jamaicans deserve to represent their country by competing in the Winter Games as contenders . That night at their hotel , the team gets a phone call informing them that the committee has reversed its decision and allows the Jamaicans to compete once again . 
 The Jamaicans ' first day on the track results in more embarrassment and a last place finish . identifies the problem as trying to copy the Swiss team which he idolizes and convinces him that the best they can do is bobsled " Jamaican " . Once the team develops their own style and tradition , the second day improves ; the Jamaican team finishes with a fast time which puts them in eighth position . asks about why he decided to cheat despite his gold medals and prestige ; tells , " A gold medal is a wonderful thing , but if you 're not enough without it , you 'll never be enough with it , " and convinces him to think of himself as a champion even if he fails to win the gold . 
 For the first half of the final day 's race it looks as though the team will push into medal contention , until tragedy strikes : due to the sled being old , it can not handle the high speed and eventually one of the sled 's blades comes loose , causing it to flip onto its side as it comes out of a turn , leaving the team meters short of the finish line . Determined to finish the race , the team lift the sled over their shoulders and walk across the finish line to rousing applause from spectators , including , , and 's father . The team , at the end , feel accomplished enough to return in four years to the next winter Olympics . A brief epilogue states the team returned to Jamaica as heroes and upon their return to the Winter Olympics four years later , they were treated as equals .

runs a temporary employment agency in Georgetown , Washington , D.C. , and has a side job impersonating President . He is requested by Secret Service agent to make an appearance as the President at a hotel . assumes it is a matter of security , but it is really to cover up 's extramarital affair with a White House staffer . 
 suffers a severe stroke during the rendezvous , leaving him in a coma . White House Chief of Staff and Communications Director convince to continue impersonating the President , telling him that Vice President is mentally unbalanced . Only , , the Secret Service , and the medical staff know of the switch . First Lady leads a separate life , rarely seeing the President . 
 The public is notified that has had a " minor circulatory problem of the head " . With established as President , and send on a 12 - nation goodwill tour of Africa and implicate him in a savings and loan fraud . Once is forced to resign , plans for to nominate him as Vice President , whereupon will have a more serious stroke and will ascend to the Presidency . 
 's enthusiasm revives 's popularity . He visits a homeless shelter with , who does not understand why he has taken a sudden interest . forges 's veto of a funding bill that includes the shelter . When is confronted about the veto by , he confronts , who offhandedly tells him that if he can cut $ 650 million from the federal budget he can keep the shelter . has his accountant friend help him rewrite the budget so that the project may be reinstated . To make sure that does n't interfere , does it publicly in front of the press . 
 Suspecting that he is not really her husband , tricks into revealing the truth . and show her on life support in the White House basement . She and decide to leave the White House . However , after a night out , they realize all the good they could still do and decide to return . 
 The next morning , blackmails into resigning by threatening to reveal the switch to the public , then announces a plan to find a job for every American who wants work . A few days later , returns from Africa and confronts about the savings and loan scandal , insisting they both know there is no merit to the allegations . talks to , who reveals the whole plan was 's idea . Meanwhile , reveals 's involvement in the savings and loan scandal while pushing his own candidacy for the presidency . Realizing that he can not go into hiding , decides to take responsibility for 's actions . 
 That night , tells that whatever happens to them because of the scandal , he finds the jobs program a wonderful idea . After spending some time with the Vice President , tells that is a good man and he would make a great president . Realizing what has planned , Ellen tells him that she does not want to lose him . The next day in a joint session of Congress , admits to 's role in the scandal , but introduces evidence proving was the mastermind and is innocent . realizes that has betrayed him as clears of the charges . After apologizing to and the country , fakes a stroke and makes a switch with the real in an ambulance en route to the hospital . becomes Acting President under the terms of the 25th Amendment and is sworn in as President five months later when dies . and eight other members of the Mitchell Administration are indicted on 34 charges of law violations and obstruction of justice two days after 's jobs initiative passes . 
 decides to run for city council and comes to the office to volunteer . As they embrace , stands guard outside the office door .

Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Ving Rhames, Ben Kingsley

It 's May 28 , 1976 , the last day of school at Lee High School in the suburbs of Austin , Texas . The next year 's group of seniors are preparing for the annual hazing of incoming freshmen . , the school 's star football player , is asked to sign a pledge promising not to take drugs during the summer or do anything that would " jeopardize the goal of a championship season " . When classes end , the incoming freshman boys are hunted down by the seniors and paddled . The incoming freshman girls are also hazed , they are rounded up in the school parking lot by senior girls , covered in mustard , ketchup , flour and raw eggs and forced to propose to senior boys . 
 Freshman escapes the initial hazing with his best friend but is later cornered after a baseball game and violently paddled . , a senior participating in the hazing tradition for a second year after failing to graduate , delights in punishing . Pink gives the injured a ride home and offers to take him cruising with friends that night . Plans for the evening are ruined when parents discover his intention to host a keg party . Elsewhere , the intellectual trio of , and decide to participate in the evening 's festivities . and his friend , a man in his early 20s who still socializes with high school students , pick up and head for the Emporium , a pool hall frequented by teenagers . 
 As the night progresses , students loiter around the Emporium , listen to rock music , cruise the neighborhood and stop at the hamburger drive - in . is introduced to sophomore , with whom he shares a mutual attraction . While cruising again with , and , drinks beer and smokes marijuana for the first time . After a game of mailbox baseball , a neighborhood resident brandishing a gun threatens to call the police . They barely escape after the resident fires at their car . After returning to the Emporium , runs into his middle school friends . They hatch a plan to get revenge on . It culminates with them dumping paint on , who leaves in a fit of rage . 
 After the Emporium closes , an impromptu keg party is planned in a field under a moonlight tower . , and arrive at their first keg party , where is threatened by tough guy . runs into freshman , whom he met earlier during the hazing and they begin hanging out together . likes and exchanges phone numbers with him . , suffering from the humiliation of his confrontation with , decides to make a stand , punches him and gets tackled . The fight is broken up by and . Football player confronts about his refusal to sign the pledge . , the only player not to have signed , believes it violates his individuality and beliefs . leaves the keg party with . They drive to a nearby hill overlooking town to make out . gives a ride home and they kiss goodnight . 
 As night turns to dawn , , , , and several other friends decide to smoke marijuana on the 50 - yard line of the football field . The police arrive so they ditch the drugs . Recognizing , the police call Coach , his football coach . lectures about hanging out with " losers " and insists that he sign the pledge . says that he might play football but he is not going to sign it . leaves with his friends to get tickets to an Aerosmith concert . arrives home after sunrise to find his mother has waited up for him . She decides against punishment but warns him about coming home late again . goes to his bedroom , puts on headphones and listens to " Slow Ride " by Foghat as , , and travel down a highway to purchase their tickets .

Jason London, Rory Cochrane, Matthew McConaughey, Milla Jovovich, Joey Lauren Adams, Nicky Katt, Ben Affleck, Parker Posey

After con artist ( ) accidentally kills his father ( ) during a sting , he tries to carry out 's dying wish by recovering valuables that 's twin brother ( also played by ) stole from him years earlier . But Uncle is also a con artist , and is soon drawn into his increasingly dangerous schemes .

Michael Biehn, Nicolas Cage, James Coburn, Sarah Trigger, Peter Fonda, Charlie Sheen, Talia Shire

In 1996 , psychopathic career criminal kidnaps a number of hostages , and takes refuge with his gang in an abandoned building . LAPD Sgt . uses a thermal scan of the building ; finding no trace of the hostages , he leads an unauthorized assault to capture Phoenix . sets off a series of explosives that bring down the building , and the corpses of the hostages are found in the rubble ; Phoenix claims knew about the hostages and attacked anyway , leading to the arrest of for manslaughter . He is incarcerated along with Phoenix in the city 's new " California Cryo - Penitentiary " , where they are cryogenically frozen and exposed to subliminal rehabilitation techniques . 
 During their incarceration , the " Great Earthquake " of 2010 leads the cities of Los Angeles , San Diego , and Santa Barbara to merge into a single metropolis under the name San Angeles . The city becomes a utopia run under the pseudo - pacifist guidance and control of the evangelistic Dr. , where human behavior is tightly controlled . In 2032 , is thawed for a parole hearing ; he somehow has access codes to the security systems and murders the warden and several guards , steals a car , and escapes the prison . The police , having not dealt with violent crime for many years , are unable to handle ; after six officers fail to apprehend , verbally authorizes the police to employ all means at their disposal . Lieutenant suggests that , having caught before , should be revived and reinstated to help them stop him again . is thawed and assigned to to help with his acclimation to the future , which he finds depressing and oppressive . Others on the police force find his behavior brutish and uncivilized , and , though fascinated by the lifestyles of the late 20th century , is disgusted when suggests kissing and sexual intercourse , acts which are taboo in the future due to the exchange of bodily fluids and risk of transmitting diseases . 
 The police chief remains skeptical of , and predicts , with the help of a computer algorithm , that Phoenix will attempt to establish a crime syndicate , which finds ludicrous . instead correctly anticipates that Phoenix will attempt to secure firearms , which by 2032 , are only in museum exhibits . At a museum , Phoenix acquires weapons before Spartan arrives , having their first face - to - face confrontation in 36 years . escapes and encounters Dr. but finds he is unable to shoot him - had planned for 's release all along , and ( as part of 's rehab ) implanted a command which prevents from harming . speaks to about , the leader of a resistance group , ' the Scraps , ' that rebel against 's rule . He allows to bring other criminals out of cryo - sleep to help assassinate . After seeing the exchange on security cameras , and review cryo - prison records and find that instead of an appropriate criminal rehabilitation program , had been given combat training programs and the information necessary for his escape ( obviously provided by ) . Realizing that is after , they go off to warn him . 
 At the Scraps ' underground base , convinces of the threat and takes sympathy in their cause given what he has seen above ground . and the Scraps ward off an attack by 's men , leading to a car chase between and . taunts by revealing that when they originally encountered each other in 1996 , the hostages were already dead ( killed by ) , so spent 36 years in prison for no reason . escapes , and arms himself with help from the Scraps . 
 returns to Dr. with his men , and orders one of them to kill . They go back to the cryo - prison and begin to thaw out more convicts . enters the prison alone to fight , heavily damaging the facility in the process ; he uses the cryogenic chemical to freeze and kill . escapes the prison as it explodes , and regroups with the police and the Scraps . The police fear that the loss of Cocteau and the cryo - prison will end society as they know it , but suggests that they and the Scraps work together to create a society which combines the best aspects of order and personal freedom . He then kisses ( which she finds enjoyable ) and the two go off together .

Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne, Bob Gunton, Benjamin Bratt, Bill Cobbs, Glenn Shadix, Denis Leary

( ) is a five - year - old boy who lives with his parents , ( ) and ( ) in Evanston , Illinois , and is the bane of next door neighbour , ( ) . One morning , ( or " Mr. " as calls him ) pretends to be asleep in order to avoid dealing with . enters his bedroom , only to find him asleep with by his prescription medication on his night stand , and assumes he 's sick . To make the man feel better , flings an aspirin into his mouth with a slingshot , causing him to gag and spit the aspirin out , as flees home . 
 When arrives home , his parents learn of the incident he had caused to Mr. and are both shocked , but because they both have to work , has to take him to stay at house for the day . He is n't too happy about this , because is mean to him . When he arrives , he and , along with his best friend , , venture into the woods to an abandoned tree house and intend to fix it up . Later , while getting paint from a high shelf in the garage , tries to grab his slingshot , which was taken away from him by , and accidentally spills the paint on the floor . He then fervently attempts to vacuum it up , but ends up spilling a glob of it which splinters onto 's barbecue grill , while he 's cooking chicken , and he tastes the paint and wood splinters as he eats it . That night , has a set of babysitters ; and her boyfriend , . He plays doorbell pranks on them and they retaliate by sticking a thumbtack on the doorbell and preparing water and flour to dump on the prankster . However , goes over there to prove that was responsible for the paint on his chicken , against the wishes of his wife , ( ) , only to ring the doorbell , stick his thumb , and get water and flour dumped on him , much to 's amusement . The next morning , goes over to the ' house to apologize for the events of the previous night , but finds himself playing with Mr. 's dentures , losing the two front teeth down the drain , and replacing them with Chiclets in the process . This gets noticed when gets his picture taken for the newspaper . Meanwhile , a burglar named ( ) arrives in town and starts robbing people 's houses , as well as stealing things outdoors and striking fear into children he meets . 
 Unfortunately for and , they have a difficult time getting people to watch while they both work . Unfortunately for , he and are being charged with the task of doing so , as both and are being called away on business trips on the same weekend . loves as if he were her own grandson , as she and never had children , and she enjoys telling a bedtime poem that her mother told her . Alternatively , is further irritated by him for spilling bath water on the bathroom floor , replacing his nasal spray with mouthwash , and his mouthwash with toilet cleanser , and even bringing 's pet dog , Ruff , into the house for a while . 
 Fortunately for , he 's been chosen to host the Summer Floraganza , a long awaited summer event . He has been growing and nurturing a rare night - blooming orchid for about forty years especially for it . Despite the investment , the flower dies shortly after it blooms . ’s flight is delayed due to a thunderstorm forcing to stay with the for the night of the party . is understanding , but is deeply dismayed about this . But , at her insistence , he eventually agrees to let stay outside for the party only with a firm warning to behave himself . He does n't enjoy it much because the guests pinch his cheeks , so he distances himself from them . However , in his curiosity , he finds himself pushing the garage door button , causing it to open , knock over the dessert table , and make a huge mess . sees it and angrily bans from the party . Whilst inside , hears robbing the house , then goes downstairs and finds 's gold coins missing from the safe . Just as the flower is about to bloom , he alerts of the robbery , distracting everyone just long enough to miss the flower 's brief blooming span . Furious about his forty year investment gone to waste and the constant mishaps has caused ( as well as knowing nothing about the robbery ) , uproots the plant and severely scolds by telling him that he is selfish and spoiled , that he has no use for him , that the flower blooming meant more to than ever will , and that he does not want to see or know anymore before telling his guests to leave . Heartbroken , flees on his bike , and rides off into the night . He then heads into the woods , where he eventually bumps into , who abducts him , intending to use him as a hostage . 
 and arrive home soon after only to learn of their son 's disappearance . They then contact the authorities and his friends to start looking for him . , now feeling intense guilt and remorse about all the times he 's yelled at and what he had said , especially since he really had been robbed , joins in the search in his car , and everyone ends up looking for the five - year - old all night . Meanwhile , unintentionally but effectively defeats by tying him up with a rope , setting him on fire twice , accidentally bludgeoning him several times , handcuffing him , and losing the key in a pot of baked beans amongst other things . He then returns to the ' house the next morning with an injured in the wagon attached to his bike , having also recovered Mr. 's gold coins . is then taken into police custody by an amused sheriff who had advised him earlier to leave town . and make amends , and both the and the become close friends on better terms . That night , tells the that she does not have to travel out of town anymore and will stay to work on local projects and can come to work with her since they have a day care center . scoffs at this saying he and will be happy to continue watching him , explaining that he 's learned some things about children by saying to both and that kids are kids and they have to play by their rules , roll with the punches , and expect the unexpected . Around the same time , just as is still trying to get the flame out of his marshmallow , it lands on 's forehead . 
 As the closing credits start to roll , , 's egotistical coworker , finds sitting near the copy machine as she comes in to use it . He asks to push the button on it , but she arrogantly tells him that he does n't know what one to push . Sure enough , he pushes the " PRINT " one and runs off with other workers , including , looking on . The paper feeder sucks up 's scarf , her head gets pinned face down on the scanner bed , and the machine relentlessly flashes its blinding light in her eyes , repeatedly copies her face , and spews out page after page of black and white photos showing her various agonized facial expressions as she screams and cries on the scanner bed , eventually getting herself free .

Walter Matthau, Mason Gamble, Joan Plowright, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Paul Winfield

The film begins with a nightmare of father , who sees a terrifying phantom known as the Demon in black samurai armor that haunts the young . In a montage that passes quickly through his teenage years in Hong Kong , is shown receiving instruction in traditional Chinese martial arts . As a young adult , fights with British sailors harassing a young Chinese woman , and this results in him having to leave Hong Kong . His father suggests that go to the USA — was actually born in San Francisco , California , when his father was a performer touring there and so has a U.S. birth certificate . His father asks to become a success , so that his name will be famous even back in Hong Kong . 
 In America , works as a dishwasher at a Chinese restaurant , until a violent brawl with four of the cooks . The restaurant owner arrives and fires . As well as severance , she gives him an " all - purpose loan " and exhorts him to invest in an education . While studying philosophy in college , he begins to teach martial arts classes , where he meets . They marry in defiance of 's racist mother . suggests that open a martial arts school , but his Chinese peers demand he not train " blacks or Americans " and challenge him to settle the matter via combat . defeats in a secretive , illegal , no - holds - barred honor match , but an embittered attacks after having already admitted defeat . 's cowardly , vengeful attack results in a seriously debilitating back injury for . 
 is upset that did not tell her about the match . However , she nurtures him through his recovery , despite his despair and assumption that she will abandon him . She convinces him to examine his flaws and weaknesses and thus develop the fighting philosophy of , which is published in The Tao of Jeet Kune Do . During this period gives birth to their first child , , which helps to assuage a reconciliation with 's mother . 
 Some months later , during martial arts tournament , faces again , in a 60 - second demonstration of his new fighting style . appears to have the upper hand in the first half minute , but then dominates , finishing by kicking him over the top rope into the crowd . is subsequently praised by the crowd . 
 After the match , meets and is hired for The Green Hornet television series . and work together and create the idea for the Kung Fu television series . At a cast party , says she is now pregnant with their second child . Shortly afterwards , there is an announcement for the cancellation of The Green Hornet . Kung Fu makes it to television , but much to 's frustration , it stars , a Caucasian . believes that has betrayed him . 
 returns to Hong Kong for his father 's funeral , where , a Hong Kong film producer , informs of his fame there , where The Green Hornet show is called The Kato Show . begins work on the feature film The Big Boss . In the filming of the final scene , set in an ice factory , brother attacks , wanting revenge , but emerges victorious . 
 The Big Boss is a success . makes several more films , working as actor , director and editor . This causes a rift between and , as she wishes to return to the U.S. shows up , and although he knows that Bruce is still angry with him , he offers him a chance to work on a big - budget Hollywood movie , particularly as wishes to return to the States . 
 On the 32nd day of shooting Enter the Dragon , during the climactic " room of mirrors " sequence , has a terrifying vision of the phantom samurai that has haunted his dreams since childhood . However , this time , being shown and beaten against his own grave , he saves his son and breaks the dark warrior 's neck . The film ends during a shot of the final scene of Enter the Dragon , the film that would make an international film star . informs the audience that died before the movie 's release , and goes on to state that she has preferred to discuss life , not his death .

Reverend has arrived in Starkfield from Boston . He notices that is isolated . encourages his parishioners to be charitable . 
 and are distant cousins . After marrying , falls in love with .

is recently divorced , and his ex - wife has a restraining order to keep him away from their young child , . In addition , he was recently laid off from his job . His frustration grows when his air conditioning fails while he is stuck in traffic . He abandons his car and begins walking across Los Angeles to attend ’s birthday party . 
 At a convenience store , the Korean owner refuses to give change for a telephone call . begins ranting about the high prices . The owner grabs a baseball bat and demands leave . takes the bat and destroys much of the merchandise before paying for a soda and leaving . Shortly thereafter , while resting on a hill , he is accosted by two gang members who threaten him with a knife and demand his briefcase . attacks them with the bat and picks up the knife when they flee . 
 The two gang members , now in a car with friends , cruise the streets and find in a phone booth . They open fire , hitting several bystanders but not . The driver loses control and crashes . picks up a gun , shoots the one surviving gang member in the leg , and then leaves with their bag of weapons . encounters a panhandler at a park and gives him the briefcase , which only contains his lunch . 
 At a fast food restaurant , attempts to order breakfast , but they have switched to the lunch menu . After an argument with the manager , pulls a gun and accidentally fires into the ceiling . After trying to reassure the frightened employees and customers he wo n't hurt anyone , he orders lunch , but is annoyed when the burger looks nothing like the one shown on the menu . He leaves , tries to call from a phone booth , then shoots the booth to pieces after being hassled by someone who was waiting to use the phone . 
 Sergeant , who is on his last day before retirement , insists on investigating the crimes . Interviews with the witnesses at each scene lead to realize that the same person may be responsible . 's “ D - FENS ” vanity license plate proves to be an important lead , because remembers being in the same traffic jam as earlier that day . and his partner , Detective , visit 's mother , who is surprised to learn that lost his job . They realize is heading toward his former family 's home in Venice , Los Angeles and rush to intercept him . 
 passes a bank where a black man is protesting being rejected for a loan application . The man exchanges a glance with and says " do n't forget me " as he is escorted away by police . stops at a military surplus store to buy a new pair of shoes . The owner , a white supremacist , diverts ’ attention when she comes in to ask questions . After she leaves , he offers a rocket launcher , and congratulates him for shooting " a bunch of niggers " at the Whammy Burger . When expresses distaste for the store owner 's racism , the man pulls a gun , tells him he is " going to jail " and attempts to handcuff him , but stabs him with the gang member 's knife , then shoots him . He changes into army fatigues and boots , takes the rocket launcher , and leaves . 
 calls from another payphone , and tells her that he is " coming home " , in violation of his restraining order . Alarmed by his rambling speech and menacing manner , calls the police ; they send a pair of officers to her home , but they decide must have changed his mind about coming there . They leave , telling to call them back if anything happens . 
 encounters a road repair crew , who are not working , and accuses them of doing unnecessary repairs to justify their budget . He pulls out the rocket launcher , but struggles to use it , until a young boy explains how it works . accidentally fires the launcher , blowing up the construction site . 
 calls and tells her that he is close to her home . Terrified , she flees with . When reaches the empty house , he realizes that they may have gone to nearby Venice Pier , but and arrive before he can go after them . shoots and wounds and flees , with in pursuit . 
 At the end of the pier , confronts and . is happy to see him , but believes that he has come to kill them . arrives and intervenes . He acknowledges 's complaints about being ill - treated by society , but does not accept that as an excuse for his rampage . Distracting , kicks the gun away as draws his revolver , insisting that give himself up . pulls a water gun , forcing to shoot him dead .

Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin, Frederic Forrest, Tuesday Weld

While taking a business trip , architect ( ) survives a crash of a flight headed from San Francisco to Houston . As the plane descends , inexplicably becomes at peace when he accepts he is going to die . The revelation inspires him to comfort many of the fearful passengers , even moving to sit next to ( ) , a young boy flying alone . The psychological trauma of the experience transforms 's personality and he enters an altered state of consciousness , rethinking his life and becoming preoccupied with the eternal meanings and the existential questions of life and death itself . 's reaction to this awakening itself questions the reality of what is real and unreal and what his mind perceives as real through his interaction with others and the chance of living again in everyday life . 
 Immediately after the crash , , one of the plane 's few survivors , rents a car and drives from the crash site in Bakersfield to Los Angeles , stopping on the way to visit his old high school sweetheart , Alison ( ) , whom he has n't seen in 20 years . During their meal at a restaurant notices eating a strawberry and inquires about his allergy to them . grins and explains he 's " gotten past " his allergic reaction and somehow , confidently finishes it with no problems . He 's tracked down at a hotel room the next morning by F.B.I. agents who question his odd choice to not contact his wife and family or remain at the crash site with the other survivors . The airline sends a representative who compensates him with train tickets to go home to San Francisco . declines the tickets , stating adamantly that he wants to fly home and has no fear of air travel anymore . On the flight he meets Dr. ( ) , an airline - contracted psychiatrist who offers to counsel for post - traumatic stress disorder . 
 Dr. accompanies back to his home where his wife ( ) begins noticing his strange behavior . matter - of - factly tells ( ) , the wife of his friend and business partner , that her husband ( ) died in the crash . The media dubs " The Good Samaritan " and tries to interview him as comes to publicly thank him for the way he comforted the passengers during the crash , but avoids making a statement . Over time becomes distant from and his son ( ) because of his preoccupation with his near death experience . He begins drawing abstract pictures of the crash and his sense of a hole opening in the sky before him . He comes to think of himself as invulnerable to death causing Dr. to become concerned that is delusional . encourages to meet with another survivor , ( ) , in the hope that the two can help support one another . , who lost her baby son in the crash , struggles with survivor 's guilt , punishing herself for not holding onto him tightly enough when his seat belt on the plane malfunctioned . and bond and develop a close friendship as he helps her to get past her depression and free herself from her guilt . 
 , and meet with attorney ( ) , who encourages to exaggerate his testimony in order to increase 's compensation settlement offer from the airline . states his discomfort with lying but reluctantly agrees when he considers 's financial predicament as a widow . The unease of lying causes to have a panic attack and he runs out of the office to the roof of the building where he climbs onto the ledge . As stands on the ledge , looking down at the streets below , his panic attack subsides and he rejoices in his fearlessness . follows onto the roof and upon finding him , blindly spinning around on the ledge with his overcoat billowing across his face , she believes him to be suicidal . 
 Eventually 's increasingly dramatic attempts ( culminating with an intentional car crash into a brick wall ) at pushing the boundaries between life and death succeed in jolting from her uncertain state . Afterwards , meets with and the two clarify the misunderstanding that she and are past a co - dependency state and are in fact , in love with each other . Moreover , explains that she regards as he sees himself - an angel - and now understands their shared delusion . However , after reluctantly parts company with , he remains aloof in his relationship with his wife and son , struggling to come to terms with his implied immortality . One night , arrives at the home to celebrate the pending settlement offer , and brings a basket with an assortment of fruits . eats one of the strawberries but , unlike at the restaurant , this time he experiences an immediate allergic reaction and suffocates . As he lies choking , goes into a state of vision where he sees various flashbacks and starts toward the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel ( in the guise of an aisle in the airplane fuselage ) as 's voice is overheard repeatedly " calling him back " to the world . accepts the reality of his imminent death when suddenly he 's resuscitated by . He survives and ( it 's implied ) recovers his emotional connection to his family , to the world and to the reality of yet another chance at life .

On November 5 , 1975 in Snowflake , Arizona , logger ( ) , and his co - workers — ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) and ( to work in the White Mountains . 
 Driving home from work , the men come across an unidentified flying object . Curious to learn more , gets out of the truck and is struck by a bright beam of light from the object and is sent flying several feet backwards as if pushed by an unseen force . Fearing was just killed , the others flee the scene . decides to go back to the spot to retrieve , but he is nowhere to be found . Making their way back to town to report the incident , the loggers are met with skepticism , as they relate what sounds like a tall tale to Sheriff ( ) and Lieutenant ( ) . They are suspected of foul play despite no apparent motive or knowledge of 's whereabouts . 
 After interviewing the men , Lieutenant realizes there is a great deal of tension between and , leading him to believe this might be a murder investigation . The Lieutenant also discovers a tabloid newspaper in their truck with headlines about aliens , hinting that they used the article to concoct their story . The men are accused of murder and are threatened by 's brother ( ) . The men are offered a lie detector test and take it . After the testing is complete , is outraged that the results are not shared and he and his guys refuse to come back the next day to take it again . However , after the men leave , the man who administered the tests tells the Sheriff and Lieutenant that with the exception of ' test ( which was inconclusive ) , the other men seem to be telling the truth . 
 Five days later , receives a call from someone claiming to be . He is found at a Heber gas station , alive but naked , dehydrated and incoherent . A ufologist questions but he is thrown out and is taken to a hospital . visits while in the emergency room and ends up telling that he left him after he was struck by the light but came back to get him . appears very angry by this and turns away from who blames the whole incident on for getting out of the truck . During a welcome home party , suffers a flashback of the abduction by the extraterrestrials . 
 In his flashback , he awakens inside a slimy cocoon . Breaking out of its membrane , he finds himself in a zero - gravity environment inside a cylindrical enclosure whose walls contain other similar cocoons and he is horrified to inadvertently discover that one contains the decomposing remains of a human body that has apparently been dissected and is still semi - conscious . As he makes his way to a neighboring area featuring what appear to be several humanoid space suits , he is apprehended by two extraterrestrial creatures . He is unwillingly hauled down corridors full of terrestrial detritus such as shoes and keys before arriving in a bizarre examination room . The aliens strip him of his clothes and cover him with an elastic material that pins him painfully to a raised platform under an array of equipment and lights in the middle of the room . Despite 's terrified screams , the aliens pitilessly subject him to a traumatic , excruciating experiment in which a gelatinous substance is shoved into his mouth , his jaw is clamped open , a device is inserted into his neck and he is forced to endure an ocular probe while fully conscious during the experience . Afterwards , loses consciousness until finding himself back on Earth disoriented , mutilated and severely traumatized . 
 While interviewing , Lieutenant expresses his doubts about the abduction , believing it as merely a hoax . He notes 's newfound celebrity because of the tabloids ' attempts to profit from his tale . The film culminates with a denouement between and . The closing titles state that in 1993 , the loggers were resubmitted to additional polygraph examinations , which they passed , corroborating their innocence .

A family in rural Texas finds a boy , , who says he is lost . They take him into their home , feed him , and give a place to sleep . But the boy later lets his father , ( ) , into the house to commit a robbery . When they are discovered , brutally murders the family , which the boy witnesses . The sole survivor is a baby girl . 
 Time passes , and ( ) lives a solitary life in which he drives a truckload of goods and novelties to restock vending machines and arcade games in roadside stores and restaurants . Making a stop at a roadhouse where a rowdy party is being held , he spots ( ) , a woman who pops up out of a cake at the party and then passes out because she had been imbibing liquor . 
 ends up giving her a ride home , a long drive , while continuing to make his rounds . Upon coming home , sees that her husband has sold the furniture , having lost their money gambling . She packs up her remaining belongings and leaves with . They spend more time together and grow close . 
 Meanwhile , a young woman named ( ) now travels with a much older . She is a grifter who will pretend to be a mourner in order to steal the jewelry from a dead body at a funeral home . brings an injured to his estranged son , , to tend to his injury . 
 Passing the house where he grew up , comes to realize that was the infant who survived the long - ago murders . figures this out as well . He begins talking about tying up loose ends . It leads to a confrontation , and shoots dead . goes off on her own , and and go their separate ways .

The film begins with a pod of orcas swimming near the coastline of the Pacific Northwest . The pod is tracked down by a group of whalers , and one of them , , is trapped and sent to an amusement park . 
 Sometime later in Seattle , Washington , , a 12 - year - old boy abandoned by his mother six years before , is caught by the police for stealing food and vandalizing the theme park . 's social worker earns him a reprieve by finding him a foster home and having him clean up the graffiti at the theme park as part of his probation . His foster parents are the supportive and kind and , but is initially unruly and hostile to them . 
 While working at the park , encounters . is regarded as surly and uncooperative by the park staff , including his trainer , but he saves from drowning , starting a bond , and becomes friendly with his keeper , Haida native . teaches tricks to , and is offered a permanent job at the theme park after probation . also warms into his new home . 
 The owner of the amusement park , , sees the talent and have together and makes plans to host " The Willy Show " in hopes of finally making money from , who has thus far been a costly venture for him . On the day of the first performance , is antagonized by the children banging constantly on his underwater observation area and refuses to perform . smashes against the tank , damaging it . storms off in tears and plans to run away . Later , while at the tank , notices 's family calling to him and 's assistant and other men sneaking into the underwater observation area . They damage the tank enough that the water will gradually leak out in an effort to kill and claim his $ 1,000,000 insurance policy . 
 , , and hatch a plan to release back into the ocean . They use equipment at the park to load onto a trailer , and and use 's truck to tow to a marina . They try to stay on the back roads to avoid being spotted , but eventually get stuck in the mud . meanwhile informs that is missing , and begins a search to find . 
 Unable to move the trailer himself , calls and using a CB radio in 's truck . and show up and help free the truck , and continue on to the marina to release . knows where they are headed , and when they show up , he , , and his henchmen are blocking the gate . charges at them full speed in the truck , forcing the henchmen to scatter . turns the truck around and backs into the water , flooding the truck in the process . 
 is finally released into the water , but and his goons attempt to stop them . During the struggle , gets to swim away while the whaling ships close in with their nets . runs towards the seawall , calling for to follow him , steering him away from the boats . goes to the edge and tells that if he makes the jump , it will be his highest , and he 'll be free . says a tearful goodbye , but pulls himself together and goes back to the top . He recites a Haida prayer had taught him , before giving a signal . makes the jump and is finally free to return to his family . goes back to and , who hug him as they look out into the sea . calls out to in the distance , and both say their farewell .

Jason James Richter, Lori Petty, Michael Madsen, Jayne Atkinson, August Schellenberg

The film loosely follows the events leading up to the surrender of in 1886 . The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a U.S. government approved reservation . Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers , and one in particular , ( ) , is restless . 
 Pushed over the edge by broken promises and unnecessary actions by the government , and 30 other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture , while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs . The plot centers upon ( ) , the U.S. cavalry lieutenant charged with capturing the elusive Apache leader with the assistance of a scout leader ( ) and a young graduate ( ) . 
 is torn by a grudging respect for and his people , and his duty to his country . Brigadier General ( ) , charged with overseeing the forced settlement of the Apaches on reservations has nothing but admiration for . 
 surrenders to but later escapes , taking half of the reservation with him . , , and a group of soldiers set out to capture . later resigns from the army and is replaced by General . The next day , , and come across some slaughtered Indians . They stop at a bar but there are bounty hunters there and they threaten to kill for money which results in a shootout in which is shot and mortally wounded . 
 , and carry on to capture . makes peace with and surrenders along with the other Apache to General . is transferred to a remote garrison in North Wyoming while resigns from the army and is shipped off to Florida with the rest of the renegades .

Weatherman reassures Pittsburgh viewers that an approaching blizzard will miss western Pennsylvania . He goes with news producer and cameraman to Punxsutawney , Pennsylvania , to cover the Groundhog Day festivities . makes no secret of his contempt for the assignment , the small town , and the " hicks " who live there . 
 The next day , awakens at his Punxsutawney bed and breakfast to Sonny & Cher 's " I Got You Babe " on the clock radio . He tapes a half - hearted report on and the town 's festivities . wants to stay and cover other events , but wants to return to Pittsburgh . The blizzard blankets the region in snow , stranding them in Punxsutawney . shuns the celebrations and retires to bed early . 
 wakes to " I Got You Babe " and the same announcement from the radio , and discovers the day 's events repeating exactly . relives the day and returns to bed , assuming it was a dream , but it is still Groundhog Day when he wakes : he is trapped in a time loop that no one else is aware of . Realizing there are no consequences for his actions , he spends the first several loops indulging in binge drinking , one - night stands , and reckless driving . After trying and failing several times to seduce , he becomes depressed and commits suicide several times , but does not escape the loop . 
 tries to explain his situation to , for whom he has feelings , by accurately predicting the day 's events . sympathises and they spend the entirety of one loop together , but wakes up alone as usual . He decides to use his knowledge of the day 's events to better himself and the lives of others ; he learns how to play the piano , sculpt ice , and speak French , but is unable to prevent the death of a homeless man . 
 During one loop , enthusiastically reports the Groundhog Day festivities , amazing . They spend the rest of the day together , with impressing her with his apparent overnight transformation and charitable deeds . She successfully bids for at a charity bachelor auction . makes an ice sculpture of 's face , and tells her that no matter what happens , even if he is doomed to continue awakening alone each morning forever , he wants her to know that he is finally happy , because he loves her . They retire together to 's lodgings . wakes to " I Got You Babe " again , but finds is still in bed with him ; he has escaped the time loop .

Retirees ( ) , a former high school history teacher , and ( ) , who was a TV repairman , are childhood friends , longtime rivals and next - door neighbors in Wabasha , Minnesota . Their rivalry began decades earlier when married 's high school sweetheart , . and eventually divorced after 20 years . has a daughter , ( ) , who is having marital problems , and had a son , Brian , who died in Vietnam . went on to marry and had a son , ( ) . never regretted marrying , and thought their marriage was the best thing that ever happened to him . Despite their differences , both men lead boring and lonely single lives , and share a love for ice fishing , as well as competing , arguing , insulting , and pulling cruel practical jokes on each other . However , has a problem that does n't : he owes tens of thousands of dollars in back taxes to the Internal Revenue Service , and is going to great lengths to avoid agent ( ) . 
 When beautiful college professor ( ) moves in across the street , and 's rivalry is renewed as they compete for her attention . Early on , spends time with , which secretly upsets . While fighting with , inadvertently opens the door to find Agent and is forced to meet with him . Things do not end all badly for , however : decides to cook him dinner and they spend the evening together . 
 As spends more and more time with , becomes angry , eventually ramming his truck into 's fishing shanty to push it into the lake . and quarrel , with accusing of stealing away like he did May . points out 's sexual prowess , arguing that he saved from an unhappy marriage and that was better off with because she was a loving and loyal wife . Although agrees , he notes that will have no way to support when the IRS takes his house . 's attempt at shame works , and breaks up with despite having fallen in love with her . is offended and soon takes up with , while sinks into a deep depression . 
 On Christmas Eve , the depressed becomes even more upset when he learns that his daughter has forgiven her husband , whom dislikes . After trying to convince to go through with her divorce , he fights with over his mistreatment of and orders him to leave . storms out of the house and heads to the local bar . 's son witnesses the end of the argument and convinces to go talk to . At the bar , admits to that he loves and believes does n't understand how depressed he was over letting her go . He tells that none of it matters anymore because he got what he wanted in the end . When decides to go home , follows into the snow , wanting to make things right . By the time catches up to , he finds him in a snow drift , experiencing a massive heart attack . After seeing in the hospital , tells what happened . She rushes to 's bedside , and the two reconcile as he recovers . decides to step aside and let be with . 
 tries to help with his taxes , but because of the penalties induced by late payments , informs him that owes $ 57,000 , forcing to sell his house in order to raise the large sum . Angered by 's lack of sympathy , pays him back by pulling pranks and by getting his son , who has just been elected mayor , to block the sale of 's house . 
 Winter turns to spring , and and get married . As a wedding gift , reveals to that he was able to get 's tax debt reduced to the just over $ 13,000 that originally owed and that paid it off himself . then goes off to a local dance sponsored by the VFW , while a newly single who is officially divorced and , left home alone , begin a new romance with each other .

Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Ann-Margret, Daryl Hannah, Kevin Pollak, Burgess Meredith, Ossie Davis

In New Orleans , a homeless veteran named ( ) is the target of a hunt . He is given a belt containing $ 10,000 and told that he must reach the other side of town where he would then win the money and his life . Pursuing him is the hunt organizer ( ) , his lieutenant ( ) , a businessman named Mr. who has paid $ 500,000 for the opportunity to hunt a human , and mercenaries including ( ) and ( ) . fails to reach his destination and is shot by three crossbow bolts . retrieves the money belt . 
 While searching for her father , 's long - estranged daughter ( ) is attacked by a group of muggers who saw that she had a lot of cash earlier . She is saved by a homeless man with exceptional martial - arts skills named ( ) , a former Marine Force Recon . is initially hesitant to involve himself with her mission , but as his merchant seaman union dues are in arrears he reluctantly allows to hire him as her guide and bodyguard during her search . Meanwhile , 's homeless friend ( ) is the next to participate in 's hunt , and is also killed . 
 discovers that her father distributed fliers for a seedy recruiter named ( ) who has been secretly supplying with homeless men with war experience and no family ties . questions about her father 's death , but they are discovered by an eavesdropping . and beat to punish him for sending them a man with an interested family . New Orleans police detective ( ) is reluctant to investigate 's disappearance until his charred body is discovered in the ashes of a derelict building . The death is ruled accidental , but searches the ruins and finds 's dog tag , which was pierced by one of the crossbow bolts . henchmen suddenly ambush and beat the recon unconscious to scare him and out of town . When he recovers , he offers the dog tag as evidence that was murdered . With the investigation getting closer , and decide to relocate their hunting business and begin eliminating " loose ends " . The medical examiner who had been hiding evidence of the hunt is executed along with . , and arrive moments later at 's office and are ambushed by and several of his men . During the shootout is shot in the chest and killed . kills a handful of the mercenaries and escapes with . and assemble their mercenary team and five paid - for hunters to continue the chase . 
 leads to his uncle 's ( ) house deep in the bayou , and enlists his help in defeating the men . , , and lead the hunting party to a warehouse of old damaged Mardi Gras floats and statues , called Mardi Gras graveyard , and even kill off 's men one by one . is finally gunned down by in a shootout . In the end only is left , but he holds at bay by taking hostage and stabbing in the chest with an arrow . charges him , attacking with a flurry of blows , and then drops a grenade in his pants . attempts to dismantle the grenade , but fails and gets incinerated in the explosion . , , and now make their way out of the warehouse .

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Lance Henriksen, Yancy Butler, Arnold Vosloo, Wilford Brimley

In San Francisco , 1959 , four despondent strangers embark on the same night bus : , a single mother , regrets working the night shift and leaving her three children at home ; , a would - be singer , has backed out of an important audition due to stage fright ; leaves her waitressing job to seek out her boyfriend , whose marriage proposal she rejected ; and small - time thief has just failed to retrieve a book of valuable stamps that he had conned out of a young boy . Their bus driver is , who becomes distracted by an attractive passenger in another car and accidently swerves the bus off an overpass , killing everyone aboard . 
 At the same time , is driving his pregnant wife to the hospital . avoids the bus just before it crashes . The are safe , but delivers their baby in the car . ascends into the next life , but the souls of the four passengers are " attached " to the newborn baby , , for reasons they do not understand . Only can see and hear them , and they are forced to follow him wherever he goes . As the years pass , the four grow to love , and he them . As grows older , however , his parents worry about his obsession with his " invisible people " and consider having him committed . Realizing their presence is harming , the quartet decides to become invisible to him as well . The perceived abandonment causes young to avoid close relationships for the rest of his life , fearful that they , too , will leave him . 
 Twenty - seven years later , in 1993 , returns with his bus . Because his irresponsibility ended four innocent lives , has been condemned to convey spirits to the next life , and he has now come for his former passengers . The quartet learns that they 've been with all these years because each of them died with unfinished business : never found out what became of her children , never conquered his fears and fulfilled his dream of public singing , never told her true feelings , and never returned the stamp album , which would have freed him of the guilt from his life of crime . was meant to serve as their corporeal form , helping them to resolve their final business ; if he refused to help , they were to inhabit his body and use it to solve their problems . After convincing to buy some more time for them to rectify their unfinished lives , they reappear to , now a ruthless foreclosure banker who refuses to open up to his devoted girlfriend . 
 Thomas , who has since undergone psychotherapy to convince himself that his " imaginary friends " were only a childhood delusion , initially believes their reappearance means he has had a psychotic break . Ignoring their pleas , he attempts to check himself into a psychiatric hospital , where a schizophrenic patient is able to describe the spirits that accompany him . This convinces that the spirits are real , but he is still angry with them for their abandonment and refuses to help them . The quartet convince him by leaping in and out of his body during an important meeting and threatening further public humiliation until reluctantly agrees to help in order to finally be rid of them . 
 is able to locate 's two daughters , but not her youngest child , who was adopted after 's death . uses 's body to break into a house , steal back the stamp album , and return it to its now - adult owner . However , after the burglary , a nervous encounters a police sergeant ( who is ticketing his illegally parked car ) and accidentally gets himself arrested , forcing to bail him out . uses 's body to sing the national anthem at a concert , after which is arrested again by the same police sergeant , who suddenly recognizes as her son . tells the location of his long - lost sisters , and is so overcome that he lets go with a warning . Meanwhile , concerned with 's recent bizarre behavior , demands to know what 's going on . When he is unable to tell her , she breaks up with him . 
 Finally , and write a letter to 's boyfriend in which she confesses her love for him , only to learn that died several years before . At the same moment , the bus returns to take . protests that 's business is still unresolved , but realizes that her true business is , who is making the same mistake with that she made with . promises her that he will tell his true feelings before it is too late , allowing to depart . 
 invites back to his apartment , where he admits his fear of abandonment and his love for her . As a symbol of his trust , he gives her a heart - shaped keyring containing all his personal keys . forgives him . The two dance under the night sky where four new stars twinkle to show that , , , and are finally at peace .

Robert Downey, Jr., Charles Grodin, Alfre Woodard, Elisabeth Shue, Kyra Sedgwick, Tom Sizemore, David Paymer

In 1693 on October 31 , near Salem , Massachusetts , sees his little sister , , spirited away to the cottage of three witches . There , the sisters , , and , cast a spell on to absorb her youth and regain their own , killing her in the process . confronts the witches who transform him into an immortal black cat to live with his guilt for not saving . The townsfolk , led by 's father , capture the witches . But before being hanged , 's spellbook casts a curse that will resurrect the witches during a full moon on All Hallows Eve when any virgin lights the Black Flame Candle . Thackery guards the cottage to ensure no one summons the witches . 
 Three hundred years later on October 31 , 1993 , is feeling unsettled from his family 's sudden move from Los Angeles to Salem . While exploring the town , he and his sister meet , whose family owns the cottage as a museum . suggests that they go there and impress , but is forced to take trick - or - treating . 
 Investigating inside the cottage , lights the Black Flame Candle and inadvertently resurrects the witches , who plot to continue their plan to suck out the souls of all of 's children , beginning with . Escaping , steals 's spellbook on advice from . The witches pursue them to a cemetery , where raises her unfaithful lover as a zombie to chase them on foot . The witches try to acclimate to the 20th century , but are horrified when they discover Halloween has become a holiday , and their broomsticks are stolen . The witches plan to achieve their goals or they will be disintegrated on sunrise . They pursue the children across town using 's enhanced sense of smell . , and find their parents at a Halloween party at the town hall , where enchants the partygoers to dance and sing until they die . At Jacob Bailey High School , the children trap the witches in a kiln to burn them alive . While celebrating , the witches ' curse revives them again , and they kidnap and after and open the spellbook exposing their location . then uses her siren - like voice to mesmerize 's children and lure them to the ' cottage . and rescue and by tricking the witches into believing sunrise came an hour early . 
 Back at the cemetery , runs into , who cuts open his stitched up mouth and insults , joining to protect . The witches attack and attempts to suck out the soul from with the single vial of potion she retrieved from her cauldron . leaps on and knocks the potion out of her hand into 's , but is then thrown to the ground and mortally wounded . Rather than smashing the vial , drinks it and apparently makes himself a sacrifice . As the sun rises , is unable to drain 's life force from him after falling into the hallowed ground , and soon turns to stone and is disintegrated to dust along with her sisters . 
 As the satisfied returns to his grave , dies , freeing his soul . He thanks , and for their help , and bids farewell to them , before he and walk into the afterlife . As the end credits begin , the exhausted partygoers are freed from the spell and return home . Meanwhile , at the ' cottage , and , two male bullies who earlier tormented and , remain imprisoned in their cages while passing the time singing " Row , Row , Row Your Boat " . The film ends with 's spellbook opening its eye , implying that 's last words re - activated the resurrection spell .

Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch, Vinessa Shaw

( voiced by ) , an immature and disobedient American Bulldog and the narrator of the film , explains that he is the pet of ( ) , but expresses no interest in his owner or being part of a family . He shares his home with ( voiced by ) , a wise old Golden Retriever owned by 's brother ( ) , and ( voiced by ) , a smart - mouthed Himalayan cat owned by and 's sister ( ) . That morning , the children 's mother , ( ) , marries ( ) , and manages to cause chaos by digging into the wedding cake in front of all the guests . 
 Shortly after the wedding , the family has to move to San Francisco because must temporarily relocate there for his job . They leave the pets at a ranch belonging to ( ) , a family friend . and start missing their owners immediately , but sees it as an opportunity to explore and have fun . Later in the week , goes on a cattle drive , leaving the animals to be looked after by her neighbor ( ) . However , does not see her message and thinks that she has taken them along , leaving the animals alone . Worried by the disappearance of their host , the animals fear they have been abandoned . , refusing to believe that his boy would abandon him , resolves to make his way home . Not wanting to be left alone on the ranch , and decide to accompany on his journey . 
 They head into the rocky , mountainous wilderness of the Sierra Nevadas with leading by instinct . After a night spent in fear of the woodland noises , the group stops to catch breakfast at a river . However , two black bear cubs bother and a large brown bear causes the group to flee . At another river , refuses to swim across to follow the dogs and instead tries to via a wooden path further downstream ; halfway across , the wood breaks and she falls into the river . tries to save her , but she goes over a waterfall to her apparent death . Devastated , and go on without her . Unknown to them , survives and is later found on the riverbank by an old man named ( ) , who nurses her back to health . 
 Over the next two days , and try unsuccessfully to catch food and encounter a mountain lion , which chases them to the edge of a cliff . , assuming he is about to die , reveals his dark secrets to by telling him where he has buried everything at home . When mentions that the remote control is buried under the seesaw , gets an idea to use a balanced rock shaped like a seesaw as a way to thwart the mountain lion . While acts as bait , pounces onto the end of the rock and sends the mountain lion over the cliff and into a river . hears the dogs barking in celebration and follows the sound to rejoin them . 
 The animals continue on their way , but tries to befriend a porcupine , ending up with a load of quills in his muzzle . The animals then encounter a little girl named ( ) , who is lost in the woods . Too loyal to ignore her , they stand guard over her and keep her warm during overnight . In the morning , finds a rescue party and leads them back to the girl . They recognize the animals from a missing pets flyer and take them to the local animal shelter , but mistakes it for a dog pound and the trio panic . As the medical staff removes the quills from 's muzzle , sneaks in and frees . Together , they retrieve and escape the shelter , unaware that their owners are on their way to get them . 
 Finally reaching their hometown , the animals cross through a train yard , where falls into a muddy pit and injures his leg . Demoralized , he tells and to go on without him . Near dusk , and finally make it home and are happily reunited with their owners . initially fails to appear , but eventually he limps into view and happily comes running home at the sight of . narrates how it was 's belief that brought them home and how the years seemed to lift off of him , making him a puppy again as he reunited with his boy . The film ends with musing about how he truly feels " home " with his family , before happily running into the house at the smell of food .

One night , an American special forces team invades ( ) palace and a nearby prison camp to rescue captured soldiers from Operation Desert Storm and to eliminate , but they find the Iraqis prepared for them , and the entire rescue team is captured . This failed operation turns out to be the latest in a series of rescue attempts which were foiled by the Iraqis , and consequently the advisors of President ( Admiral in the previous film , played by ) suspect sabotage in their own ranks . Colonel ( ) suggests to gain the aid of war hero ( ) for the next mission , but has retired from the United States Navy and become a Buddhist in a small Thai village . and ( ) , CIA , arrive and try to persuade him to come out of retirement in order to rescue the imprisoned soldiers and the previous rescue parties . 
 initially refuses , but when yet another rescue mission ( this one , in turn , led by ) goes awry , he agrees to lead a small group of soldiers into Iraq . He is joined by ( ) , ( ) and ( ) , the sole escapee of the prior rescue mission and whom suspects to be the wanted saboteur . They parachute into an Iraqi jungle close to the heavily guarded hostage camp and set off to meet their contact , who turns out to be 's former love , ( ) . guides them to a fishing boat that she prepared for their transportation . As they move towards the camp , she and reminisce , and she explains that she was married before she met him . When she was informed that her husband , ( ) , was still alive and a prisoner in Iraq , she volunteered to participate in his liberation , but was instructed to keep this strictly confidential , forcing her to break up with just as they were ready to start a new life together ; this also led to 's decision to retire . 
 's team proceeds to the prison camp disguised as river fishermen , but a confrontation with an Iraqi patrol boat thwarts them . When President hears of the apparent failure of another mission , he takes matters into his own hands and joins additional forces in Iraq . However , and his teammates have survived , and soon reach the Iraqi hostage camp . In the course of the operation , the alarm is raised and a gunfight ensues , during which finds out that is not the saboteur , but has merely lost faith in fighting , and manages to motivate him . After the prisoners are freed , decides to rescue , who has been brought to 's palace . 
 While the squad evacuates the hostages , enters 's palace and runs into the dictator himself , who pulls out his machine pistol and commands to surrender . disarms , and they engage in a sword fight . President arrives and orders to rescue while and continue the duel . defeats by spraying him with a fire extinguisher , upon which he and his dog solidify and crack into pieces , only to subsequently liquify , combine and reform as with his dog 's head fur , nose and ears . In the meantime , manages to find and liberate , but is forced to carry him out on his shoulder as the Iraqis have tied 's shoelaces together . 
 The squad heads back to the army helicopter , where , after a complicated revelation involving unfounded jealousy , reveals and arrests as the saboteur who betrayed the previous rescue attempts to the Iraqis . arrives with and insists on taking a picture of him and , but backs away too far and topples over a cliff . President joins the escapees , and the evacuation team lifts off ; is about to shoot down the chopper when and get rid of extra weight in it by pushing a piano out the open door , which crushes him . and kiss as they ride off into the sunset .

Secret Service Agents and meet with members of a counterfeiting group at a marina . The group 's leader , , tells that he has identified as an undercover agent , and forces him to prove his loyalty by putting a gun to 's head and pulling the trigger . shoots 's men , identifies himself as an agent , and arrests the counterfeiter . 
 investigates a complaint from a landlady about an apartment 's absent tenant . He finds a collage of photographs and newspaper articles on famous assassinations , a model - building magazine , and a Time cover with the President 's head circled . When and his partner return with a search warrant , only one photograph remains , which shows a much younger standing behind in Dallas in 1963 . is the only remaining active agent who was guarding the President that day , and he is wracked with guilt over his failure to react quickly enough to the first shot , shielding from the subsequent fatal bullet , which could have saved the President 's life . This guilt drove to drink excessively ; eventually his family left him . 
 receives a phone call from the tenant , who calls himself " " . He tells that , like and , he plans to kill the President , who is running for reelection and is making many public appearances around the country . , despite his age , asks to return to the Presidential Protective Detail , where he begins a relationship with fellow agent . 
 continues to call as part of his " game , " even though he knows that his calls are being traced . He mocks the agent 's failure to protect but calls him a " friend " . escapes and after one such call from Lafayette Park , but unknowingly leaves fingerprints in the process . The FBI matches the prints , but because the person 's identity is classified , they can not disclose it to the Secret Service . The FBI does notify the CIA . 
 At a campaign event in Chicago , pops a decorative balloon . , who has a cold , mistakes the pop for a gunshot . Because of this error , he is removed from the protective detail , but he is left in charge of the case . and learn from the CIA that is , a former assassin who has suffered a mental breakdown and is now a " predator " . , who has already killed several people as he prepares for the assassination , uses his model - making skills to build a zip gun out of composite material to evade metal detectors and hides the bullets and springs in a keyring . 
 confides to that he is going to retire immediately because of nightmares about the incident , but is able to dissuade him from doing so . After taunts about the President facing danger in California , the two agents chase him across Washington rooftops , and shoots and kills . asks to reassign him to the protective detail when the President visits Los Angeles , but a television crew films him mistaking a bellboy at the hotel for a security threat , and he must again leave the detail . 
 connects to a bank employee 's murder and learns that , who has made a large campaign contribution , is among the guests at a campaign dinner at the hotel . He sees the President approach and jumps into the path of the assassin 's bullet , saving the President 's life . As the Secret Service quickly removes the President , uses – who is wearing a bulletproof vest – as a hostage to escape to the hotel 's external elevator . uses his earpiece to tell and sharpshooters where to aim ; although they miss , defeats him . The would - be - assassin chooses to fall to his death from the elevator . 
 , now a hero , retires , as his fame makes it impossible for him to do his job . He and find a farewell message from on 's answering machine . and leave the house and visit the Lincoln Memorial .

Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo, Dylan McDermott, Gary Cole

High school sweethearts ( ) and ( ) are a married couple who travel to Las Vegas , hoping they can win enough money to finance 's fantasy real estate project . They place their money on red in roulette and lose . 
 After gambling away all of their savings , they encounter billionaire ( ) . is attracted to and offers them one million dollars to spend a night with her . After a difficult night , and decide to accept the offer , and a contract is signed the next day . flies to a private yacht where he offers her a chance to void the deal and return to her husband if he loses a toss of his lucky coin . calls it correctly , and she spends the night with him . 
 Although he had hoped to forget the whole incident , grows increasingly insecure about his relationship with , consumed with a fear that she remains involved with ; this insecurity is heightened by the fact that Diana discovers that has bought their home / property while it was going into foreclosure . As tension between them builds , and separate . 
 renews his advances on . Although she initially resists , eventually consents to spending time with him and a relationship develops . , meanwhile , hits rock bottom and then slowly pulls his life back together . When files for divorce , signs the divorce papers and gives the million dollars away . 
 tells " I think we should talk " . , perhaps sensing what 's coming , recognizes that , even if stayed with him , their relationship would never achieve the intensity she had with . Realizing that she longs to return to her husband , makes up a story that she was only the latest in a long line of " million - dollar girls " . understands that is doing this to make it easy for her to leave . gives her his lucky coin , which is revealed to be double sided . She returns to the pier where proposed seven years earlier , and he is there . She sits on the opposite side from him , and they join hands .

" Unca " Lou Handler ( ) , the beloved camp director and owner of Camp Tamakwa , invites eight former campers , all now adults , back to the camp to announce his retirement . claims to have chosen these friends as they were the group from the camp 's " golden years " 20 years previously . Once there , the group comes to feel nostalgic memories of their youth and the unresolved feelings for each other begin to surface.[1][2][3 ]

Alan Arkin, Diane Lane, Elizabeth Perkins, Bill Paxton, Vincent Spano, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Julie Warner, Matt Craven

and his younger brother start over in Oakland , California in 1972 following the death of their mother . The boys live with their father , who entertains late - night horror film audiences as Midnight Shriek host - commentator " . " has a drinking problem that disrupts the smooth running of the household . Some parental duties fall to , who takes to his first day of preschool . One of the ' neighbors , a young man named , who walks with a cane due to a car accident as a teen , is an anti - social neo - Nazi who feels the neighborhood is going downhill . 
 has a love affair with his classmate . 's friend and next door neighbor , who comes from a broken home with his grandparents , begins suffering a downward spiral after his grandmother died while becoming acquainted with . On Halloween , having given a Nazi costume , approaches to ask for a donation for a racially prejudiced candidate . During an airing of Invasion of the Body Snatchers , a drunken interrupts the movie and mimics the racially charged beliefs of while naming the candidate . 
 The next day , is woken when 's golden retriever dies on their front lawn from poisoning , apologizes for his actions on television while giving his condolences despite refusing to shake his hand . Backlash from 's previous actions on his show jeopardizes his job and endangers 's relationship with . Taking out his anger on and leaving him with , learns that his brother was taken by . calls the police as he and are extremely worried until is found in a nearby forest a few days later and taken to the hospital , traumatized by the ordeal of being left to die in the wilderness to the point of being rendered mute . 
 Three days later , bringing home with not seen for days , begins getting agitated to the point of taking out his frustration at the home with a bat , terrorizing the for their son 's whereabouts before destroying 's beloved T - Bird . Fearing for his current state of mind , lets his in - laws take the boys to their home in Los Angeles as he decides to shape up . sneaks back to Oakland and falls asleep watching The Wolf Man . By the time arrives home , cuts the power as he sneaks into the house . Stirred awake by the outage , is aware that someone intruded but accidentally knocks out with a bat . Found by Norman , runs upstairs and out the bathroom window to a branch of a nearby tree with in pursuit as regains consciousness . However , chased up to the higher point of the tree , watches losing his grip and falling into the backyard behind the house where he is mauled to death by the neighbor 's . Soon after , as 's parents move away , returns home while gets his job back with his show now airing more comical horror films like Abbott and . 
 One afternoon , the neighborhood children all appear and ask if will play one of his monster games with them as usual . After his experiences with , tells the children he wo n't play the monster game anymore . When they ask him why , sees smoking a cigarette while realizing he 's going down a dark path . looks to the children that there are real monsters out there , but he promises to play a better game with them . Later finding playing his mother 's lullaby on the piano while getting to say the lullaby 's title , tries to comfort his son when he breaks down crying . As gives and himself closure , the two embrace after he says the title of 's lullaby : " Jack the Bear . " The next day , with their lives beginning to return to normal , watches his sons playing in the front yard .

( ) , along with his brother ( ) and friend ( ) set out to see a professional boxing match in Chicago with their friend ( ) , who is testing out a lavish RV . 
 Stuck in traffic , decides to make up for lost time by exiting the expressway and search out a shortcut through a poor residential neighborhood . The four friends are alarmed when they hit a man named ( ) , who they take into the RV . They find that he has been shot , and that he has a paper bag filled with money . The group sees a police car and begins pursuing it . 
 They are unable to catch up and their RV is side - swiped by a Cadillac . The impact forces them into a narrow alleyway , leaving the RV stuck between two brick walls and unable to start . Moments later , three unknown men shatter the back window and drag out . Still inside the RV , the four friends witness gang leader ( ) shoot and kill . reminds the gang that policy is to leave no witnesses . As the criminals approach the RV , sets it on fire , and all four escape through the front window . 
 The four friends hide and try to outrun the gang until they think they have gotten away . They head to a railyard , followed by and his gang . While hiding inside the car of an old train , and his friends are blackmailed by homeless men living in the train , who threaten to alert their pursuers to their location unless they pay them . The friends comply , but one of the homeless men freaks out when wo n't give him his jacket . and his gang are leaving the railyard when they hear shouting coming from the railcar . As they open the car everyone aboard jumps off and starts running . accidentally shoots a homeless guy ( who he thought was by the jacket ) , but recovers 's wallet and now knows where he lives . 
 The guys find an apartment building with an open door and run inside . A local boy on the swingset outside of the building spots the guys , who then runs off to tell his friends . The group of local kids , who are protecting their neighbourhood , confront and his gang , believing them to be the group they are looking for . pays the group off to find out which building they ran into . While inside the building , and his friends hole up in the apartment of two women and a child and they call the police . and his gang terrorize the building 's tenants . Hearing this , the women demand that and his friends leave , suggesting that they head to the roof to escape . , , and manage to cross over to the neighboring building with the use of a ladder bridge . Because of 's fear of heights , and the unsteadiness of the ladder at that point , he decides to throw the ladder down and stay behind to pay off . However , pushes him off the roof , falling to his death . 
 Escaping into the sewers , suggests that they fight back against their pursuers . ( ) , 's best friend and right - hand man , catches up with them , and after a brief confrontation is shot and killed by . chooses not to risk their lives anymore , so they escape from the sewer and keep running . Within the sewer , the remaining members of 's gang find the body of . A comment made by one of the gang members annoys and he ( whether accidentally or not ) drowns him . 
 Searching for help , the guys find a swap meet and breaks a window in the hopes it will trigger the alarm and bring the police . Shortly afterwards , they realize that has found them once more . The last remaining member of 's gang , ( ) is shot dead by , but in the process is shot in the stomach . goes to help but shoots him in the leg . leads the wounded and to a bathroom closet where they hide . gets to the security office and activates a silent alarm . Knowing that the three can run no longer , draws out , leading him away from and . After a struggle , pushes off the stairs , causing him to fall to his death . Afterwards the police arrive , and takes them to where his friends are . The movie ends with and being wheeled away by the medics , the police investigating the scene , and 's wallet being recovered by an officer , who then informs that his wife is outside .

Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Denis Leary, Jeremy Piven, Stephen Dorff, Peter Greene, Everlast

Industrialist and his bioengineering company , InGen , have created a theme park called Jurassic Park on Isla Nublar , a Costa Rican island , populated with cloned dinosaurs . After one of the dinosaur handlers is killed by a Velociraptor , the park 's investors , represented by lawyer , demand that experts visit the park and certify it is safe . invites mathematician and chaos theorist , while invites paleontologist Dr. and paleobotanist Dr. . Upon arrival , the group is stunned to see a live Brachiosaurus . 
 At the park 's visitor center , the group learns that the cloning was accomplished by extracting dinosaur DNA from mosquitoes that had been preserved in amber . DNA from frogs was used to fill in gaps in the dinosaur genomes . To prevent breeding , all the dinosaurs were made female . scoffs at the idea of such controlled breeding , declaring it will inevitably break down . The crew witness the birth of a baby raptor and visit the raptor enclosure . During a luncheon , the group debates the ethics of cloning and the creation of the park , with Dr. giving a harsh warning about the implications of genetic engineering as a whole . 
 The group is then joined by 's grandchildren , and , for a tour of the park , while oversees the trip from the park 's control room . The tour does not go as planned , with most of the dinosaurs failing to appear and the group encountering a sick Triceratops . The tour is cut short as a tropical storm approaches Isla Nublar . Most of the park employees evacuate on a boat to the mainland while the visitors return to their electric tour vehicles , except who stays with the park 's veterinarian to study the Triceratops . 
 Jurassic Park 's lead computer programmer , , has been bribed by , a man working for Hammond 's corporate rival , to steal valuable fertilized embryos . deactivates the park 's security system to gain access to the embryo storage room where he stores the embryos inside a canister disguised as Barbasol shaving cream , supplied by . Because of , the power goes out and the tour vehicles become stuck . Most of the park 's electric fences are deactivated as well , allowing the Tyrannosaurus to escape and attack the tour group . , , and escape , while the Tyrannosaurus injures and devours . On his way to deliver the embryos to the island 's docks , becomes lost in the rain , crashes his Jeep Wrangler , and is killed by a Dilophosaurus . 
 assists the park 's game warden , , in a search for survivors , but they only find an injured , before the Tyrannosaurus returns . , , and take shelter in a treetop . Later , they discover the broken shells of dinosaur eggs . concludes that the dinosaurs have been breeding , which occurred because of their frog DNA — West African bullfrogs can change their sex in a single - sex environment , allowing the dinosaurs to do so as well , proving right . 
 Unable to decipher 's code to reactivate the security system , and the park 's chief engineer opt to reboot the entire park 's system . The group shuts down the park 's grid and retreats to an emergency bunker , while heads to a maintenance shed to complete the rebooting process . When fails to return , and head to the shed . They discover the shutdown has deactivated the remaining fences and released the raptors . distracts the raptors , while goes to turn the power back on , before being attacked by a raptor and discovering 's severed arm . Meanwhile , is caught off - guard and killed by the other two raptors . 
 , and finally reach the visitor center . heads out to look for , leaving and inside . and are pursued by the raptors in an industrial kitchen , but they escape and join and . restores full power from the control room , allowing the group to call , who in turn calls for help . The group is cornered by the raptors , but they are able to escape when the Tyrannosaurus suddenly appears and kills the raptors . arrives in a Jeep with , and the entire group boards a helicopter to leave the island .

( ) is a graduate student in psychology as well as a journalist , who has written an article about serial killers , which draws interest from a publisher who offers him a book deal . After the book deal advance is spent , realizes that he needs to start working on finishing his book . His girlfriend ( ) , a photographer , persuades him to move to California , and they decide to drive from Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania to California and visit infamous murder sites along the way . Short on funds , posts a ride - share ad . 
 Meanwhile , psychopathic parolee ( ) has just lost his job . His parole officer ( learns of this and comes to the trailer park where lives with his young girlfriend ( ) . refuses the officer 's offer of a job as a college janitor , saying he wants to leave the state . The officer informs him that if he does not keep the appointment , he will be " having dinner with the sheriff " . decides to go to the job interview . However , when he is on his way out , he is confronted by his landlord over non - payment of rent . becomes violent and spins out in his car , chasing the man all over the park . 
 sees the ride - share ad at the college and calls , who agrees to meet him the following day . sends Adele ahead , then murders his landlord before joining Adele to wait for and . 's first response to seeing the rough - hewn couple is to suggest keep driving , but asks her to give the plan a chance , and she reluctantly agrees . 
 On the road , unbeknown to his companions , murders a man in a gas station bathroom and steals his money . When they arrive at the first hotel , he cuts 's long hair shorter , to try to match 's . At another hotel , invites out to play pool , leaving and alone together . 
 trims 's hair in a less brutal ' bob - cut ' and paints 's toenails . explains that her mother did not approve of her relationship , because had just been released from prison . reveals to that she is a rape victim and that she views as her protector , even though he has beaten her . While and are drinking beer , also admits to that forbids her to smoke or drink . 
 At a local bar , is confronted by another man at the pool table , and steps in , assaulting him . Later on in the road - trip introduces to pistol shooting in a remote , unnamed location . 
 is alarmed by 's growing fascination with and 's nonchalant response to the news that has been in prison . After catching and having sex in 's car , she gives him an ultimatum : either they rid themselves of the pair , or she will leave . 
 At the next gas station , glimpses a newscast with footage of and the announcement he is a suspected murderer . kills the gas station attendant in front of and continues the trip with the couple as hostages . They encounter two police officers , whom shoots and kills . They next come to the home of an elderly couple . beats the man to death , but allows the woman to flee . As rushes to find the woman , confronts him and says she wants nothing more to do with him . fatally shoots , strikes on the head , and kidnaps . 
 regains consciousness , and the elderly woman gives him the keys to her truck . arrives at an abandoned nuclear testing site and surprises , hitting him in the face with a shovel . finds bloodied and handcuffed to a bed , having been sexually assaulted . , who was only stunned , attacks and they struggle until is hit over the head by . When continues the attack , shoots and kills him . 
 Some time later , and are living in a California beach house . tells that a gallery is interested in her art , and he suggests they go out to celebrate . The pair leave , although 's tape recorder continues running to reveal a " thank you " from .

is a teenager living in a crime - ridden area of New York City with his widowed mother , . Following the death of his father , takes comfort in watching action movies , especially those featuring the indestructible Los Angeles cop , at his local movie theater owned by , who also acts as the projectionist . gives a golden ticket once owned by , to see an early preview of the latest film before its official release . 
 During the film , the ticket stub magically transports inside the fictional world of the film , interrupting in the middle of a car chase . After escaping their pursuers , takes to the LAPD headquarters , where points out the fictional nature of the world , such as the presence of a cartoon cat detective named , and that 's friend is played by the same actor who was the antagonist that killed from Amadeus and should n't be trusted ; takes these as part of 's wild imagination . 's supervisor , , assigns as his new partner , and instructs them to investigate criminal activities related to mobster . 
 guides to 's mansion , having recognized its location from the start of the film . There , they meet and his henchman , Mr. . explains the criminal deeds that the two had carried out from the film , but has no evidence , and they are forced to leave ; however , is curious as to how knew of what transpired , and he and several hired guns follow and back to 's home . There , , his daughter , and , thwart the attack , though ends up getting the ticket stub . He discovers its ability to transport him out of the film . 
 learns of 's plan to murder his rival mob by releasing a lethal gas during a funeral atop a skyscraper . He and go to stop it , but are waylayed by , who reveals that was right as he was working for . arrives to save and 's lives , and the two are able to prevent any deaths by the gas release . Learning that 's plan has failed , kills him , and uses the stub to escape into the real world , pursued by and . 
 becomes despondent upon learning the truth , as well as his mortality in the real world , but cheers up after spending some time with . Meanwhile , Benedict devises a plan to kill , the one portraying in the film , from which he then can bring other villains from other films into the real world and take over . To help , brings the , the villain of the previous movie , to assassinate . and learn of this , and race to the premiere . saves , electrocutes the , and after a decisive battle , kills by shooting his explosive glass eye ; however , this also causes the stub to be destroyed . With losing blood , knows that the only way to save him is to return him to the fictional world , since he is indestructible there . The figure of Death from the film The Seventh Seal , who had previously escaped his film , appears to , and suggests that he searches for the other stub of the ticket . finds the stub , and is able to take back into the film , with his wounds instantly healing . returns to the real world before the portal closes . A recovered then enthusiastically embraces the true nature of his reality when he talks to about his new plan , appreciating the differences between it and the " real " world .

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O'Brien, Charles Dance, Anthony Quinn, F. Murray Abraham, Mercedes Ruehl, Tom Noonan, Robert Prosky, Art Carney

In 1983 , returns to his home in North Dakota from a trip to his native Ireland , where he stole the pot of gold from a leprechaun . After burying the gold , discovers that the evil leprechaun has followed him home and murdered his wife . uses a four - leaf clover to suppress the leprechaun 's powers and trap it inside a crate . Before he can burn it , he suffers a stroke . 
 Ten years later , and his teenage daughter rent the farmhouse for the summer . Contract workers , his 12 - year - old brother , and their dimwitted friend help re - paint the farmhouse . While looking around the basement , hears the leprechaun 's cry for help and mistakes him for a little child . He brushes the old four - leaf clover off the crate , freeing the leprechaun . After failing to convince the others that he met a leprechaun , spots a rainbow and chases it , believing that he will find a pot of gold at the end . accompanies him for fear that might hurt himself . A bag of one hundred gold pieces magically appears before . After tests the gold and accidentally swallows a piece , they stash it in an old well and plot to keep it for themselves , hoping to fix 's brain . 
 At the farm , the leprechaun lures into a trap by imitating a cat , biting and injuring his hand . and the others rush him to the hospital , and the leprechaun follows on a tricycle . and visit a pawn shop to see if the gold is pure , and the leprechaun kills the shop owner for stealing his gold . The leprechaun returns to the farmhouse , where he searches for his gold and shines every shoe that he finds . After leaving at the hospital , the group drives back to the farmhouse . Finding it ransacked , checks outside , where he is injured by a bear trap set by the leprechaun . 
 After finding a shotgun in the farmhouse , they shoot the leprechaun several times . When this has no effect , they attempt to flee the farm , but their truck 's engine has been sabotaged by the leprechaun . After ramming the truck with a go - kart , the leprechaun terrorizes the group until reveals that he and found the pot of gold . recovers the bag from the well and gives it to the leprechaun . Believing the worst to be over , they leave for the hospital . While counting his gold , the leprechaun discovers that he is missing the piece that swallowed . Thinking that they have tricked him , he menaces them until tells them about , who was taken to a nursing home after his stroke . visits the home to learn how to kill the leprechaun . 
 At the nursing home , the leprechaun pretends to be . After he chases to an elevator , the leprechaun throws 's bloodied body down the shaft as flees . Before dying , tells her that the only way to kill the leprechaun is with a four - leaf clover . returns to the farmhouse , where she searches for a clover until she is attacked by the leprechaun ; and save her . sets a trap near the well , but the leprechaun almost kills him . reveals that he swallowed the last gold coin , and the leprechaun critically wounds him trying to get it . Before the leprechaun can kill , takes a four - leaf clover has found , sticks it to a wad of gum , and shoots it into the leprechaun 's mouth , taking away his power . The leprechaun falls into the well , but his skeleton climbs out . pushes the leprechaun back into the well and blows up both the well and leprechaun with gasoline . The police arrive , and is reunited with her father . As the police investigate the remains of the well , the leprechaun vows he will not rest until he recovers every last piece of his gold .

( ) , a former child star and now a talent agent for child stars , discovers ( , in her first movie ) , a girl who pick - pockets for money and lives with her teenage sister and her boyfriend . Together , they try to hit it big and earn her a role on a series of television commercials .

Loosely based on true events ( see and ) , the film concerns ( ) , a French diplomat assigned to Beijing , China in the 1960s . He becomes infatuated with a Chinese opera performer , ( ) , who spies on him for the Government of the People 's Republic of China . Their affair lasts for 20 years , with all the while apparently unaware ( or willfully ignorant ) of the fact that in traditional Chinese opera , all roles are performed by men .

( ) is a shy Chicago Police Department crime scene photographer who has spent years on the job without ever drawing his gun ; his colleagues jokingly call him " Mad Dog " . saves the life of mob boss ( ) during a hold - up in a convenience store . offers a gift in return : for one week , he will have the " personal services " of ( ) , a young woman who works as a bartender at 's club . 
 learns that is trying to pay off a personal debt and wants nothing to do with after the debt is paid off . After an awkward start , they fall in love . wants her to move into his apartment , but has no intention of letting go . says that has to pay $ 40,000 to give her freedom , and sends one of his thugs to enforce the threat . partner , ( ) , saves Mad Dog from the thug . 
 does his best to get the money but falls short by $ 12,500 . Knowing that ca n't protect him , he courageously stands up to himself , and ends up brawling with in the street . Humiliated , makes peace with and lets go with no strings attached .

( ) , whose mother ( ) conceived her with the aid of an anonymous sperm donor , discovers her father is a white man named ( ) . This comes as a major shock to , who had explicitly requested a black donor . On top of that , is a loud , self - promoting car salesman , which clashes with 's intellectualism . The film revolves around and her mother 's rocky relationship with . eventually comes to have feelings for his daughter and her mother .

and are a newlywed couple living in a Victorian house that they are restoring in Western Massachusetts . He is an Associate Dean at a local college , while his wife teaches art to children . When a student is attacked and seriously wounded by a serial rapist , Dr. , a brilliant surgeon who has recently joined the staff of the area hospital , operates and saves her life . Money is tight , so invites him to rent the third floor of their home , in order to finance the new plumbing . With his propensity to bring home sexual partners and to party late into the night , quickly proves himself to be a less - than - ideal tenant . 
 When , one of 's students , is attacked and killed by the serial rapist , is the one to find her body , prompting police detective to view him as a possible suspect . asks to come to the police station and submit a semen sample in order to clear his name . While at the police station , learns that has been hospitalized and is being operated on by . In removing one of 's ovaries , which has ruptured due to a cyst , discovers is pregnant , but the stress of the procedure causes the fetus to abort . 
 Another doctor notices that 's other ovary is torsed and appears necrotic . consults with and advises him to agree to the removal of 's second ovary , rather than risk her life . painfully agrees , since this will mean that can never have children . overrules the protests of other doctors that the ovary might still be healthy and he removes it . After the removal , it is confirmed that the ovary was , in fact , healthy . tells she 's suing him for malpractice . 
 delivers a deposition in which he launches into a monologue about his own infallibility as a surgeon , concluding with the assertion that he is literally . Fearful of the negative publicity that would result from a civil trial , the hospital and 's insurance company settle with and for $ 20 million . However , leaves , telling him that she ca n't forgive him for the loss of her ability to have children . 
 The serial rapist , a handyman named , is arrested , clearing 's name . In the aftermath of the arrest , informs that his semen sample indicated that he was sterile , and that he could n't have fathered 's child . confronts 's lawyer , , accusing him of having impregnated ; protests his innocence , but tells that 's mother — whom she had told had died 12 years ago — can answer all of his questions . refuses to break lawyer - client privilege , but tells to take a bottle of Scotch to her . 
 tracks down Mrs. , who tells that is a lifelong con artist . As a younger woman , she had an affair with a wealthy man , who paid for her to have an abortion ; kept the money and had it done at a clinic , beginning her career as a con woman . ultimately learns that arranged for to move into the house so that he could begin overdosing her with a fertility drug which causes ovarian cysts when taken in excess amounts , revealing the real reason why left for . An angry confronts and tells her he wants half of the settlement money . Suspecting that she might try to murder him , implies their next - door neighbor , the ten - year - old boy who 's been their seeming voyeur , is named in his will as a potential police witness to her and 's nefarious activities . 
 Supported by 's suggestion , tells to give what he wants so they can leave the country , but instead suggests murdering the boy . refuses to kill a child , so , fed up with 's abusive attitude , shoots him to death , ending their partnership . That night , with the money about to be given to , she slips into the neighbor 's house and attempts to suffocate the boy , only to see that the figure she had seen sitting by his bedroom window was in fact a CPR dummy . destroys the dummy and lunges at , claiming that it was a set - up . Detective appears and arrests her , revealing that the boy 's supposed agreement to testify against her was part of a sting operation to catch her in the act of attempted murder . 
 As is led away in handcuffs , the real boy and his mother return home ; as she is put into the police car , sees that the boy is , in fact , blind . leaves with to have a drink of Scotch .

Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman, Anne Bancroft, Bebe Neuwirth, Peter Gallagher, George C. Scott

( ) , an employee of a genetic research facility named EMAX , contacts television personality ( ) , planning to meet after work so she can show the atrocities and animal cruelty that go on in EMAX 's laboratories . As she proceeds back to work , an animal assailant attacks and kills her . Dr. ( ) , a scientist performing vivisection and genetic altering and the owner of EMAX , comes in and shoots the animal with a sedative to stop the attack . Later , arrives at EMAX . When does not appear , she breaks into the laboratory and films the various animals that are being experimented on . She discovers a Tibetan Mastiff named who does not appear to have been experimented on and lets the dog out of his cage . Dr. discovers that there is an intruder in the laboratory and chases out of the building , with following into her car as she drives away . immediately goes to the police and complains that his dog has been stolen . Later that day , when goes shopping , a mugger ( ) steals her purse . chases the thief , brutally kills him , and brings 's purse back to her . 
 Unaware that the dog has killed the mugger , develops a bond with , feeling protected with him around and decides to keep him . However , her boyfriend ( ) initially refuses to allow to keep the dog , despite his heroic actions . He finally agrees to let stay , but only if he stays in the backyard . However , can understand human conversations and becomes overprotective of . He later finds and having sex in their bedroom and tries to attack , understanding that is n't too fond of him . 
 Dr. is questioned by detectives ( ) and ( ) about . reveals that is a genetically altered dog , spliced with the DNA of various other animals such as big cats , snakes , chameleons , and birds of prey giving him enhanced strength , speed , and senses . is also prone to violent rages , and regularly gives him a drug to keep him relaxed , but he fears that it wo n't be long before the effects of the drug wear off . 
 acts as a loyal , obedient , and lovable dog to , but when her back is turned he starts wreaking havoc in the neighborhood , terrorizing some local children ( though he seems all right with 's young neighbor ) , devouring a cat , destroying the brake lines in 's truck , mating with a neighbor 's collie Heidi , and murdering a mail man ( ) . All of these incidents go unnoticed by . Realizing gnawed through the brake lines of his truck in an attempt to kill him , tries to kill by feeding him poisoned hamburger . He tries to convince to eat it but smells the poison in the meat and chases out of the house . After escapes in his truck , eats 's talking pet parrot , who begins berating him . proceeds to dump the poison ridden hamburger in the toilet and flushes it . 
 Noticing 's animosity towards their new dog , decides to find a new home . She takes him to a junkyard and leaves him with the owner ( ) , who assures her that will be taken to a ranch in a few days . However , when leaves , chains to the wall and hits him over the head with a shovel , knocking him out . When wakes up , he pulls loose from his chain and attacks . Unfortunately , arms himself with a blow torch and burns 's face , but right as he is about to get his gun , he is soon overpowered and killed . , now severely scarred , leaves the junkyard and makes his way back to 's house . The police , after discovering the dead mugger and having Dr. clarify that it was who killed him , now intend to stop at any cost . By the time returns to 's , has replaced him with a new puppy named . , feeling betrayed , confronts and burns his face with acidic urine , much to 's horror and realization . attempts to attack and the neighbor kid but the police arrive to apprehend . then escapes out of the house and evades the cops and an animal control unit by utilizing his genetic gifts . 
 As an ambulance takes away , the police demand 's help to catch and wait for him . arrives and kills the police watching the house , which soon discovers . In an attempt to get him back , kidnaps and her new dog in hopes that will follow , which he does . drives back to the EMAX building , telling that will turn on her as he did to . Max then chases them and attacks , jumping onto the car and causing it to crash . pulls herself free from the car and grabs as well . Upon realizing that is still alive , she runs into the building with chasing her into the laboratory where she first discovered him . She grabs a knife to protect herself as stalks her through the laboratory . In a final face to face confrontation , realizes she is n't scared of , knowing he would n't hurt her and feels the bond they shared . watches as puts down the knife and reaches out for him . relinquishes his aggressive , homicidal nature and begins to kiss her hand . Dr. , still alive , arrives with a pump - action shotgun and demands move away from or he will kill them both . refuses to move out of the way and breaks out of her grasp to protect her by taking the shot to the chest and pushing Dr. onto a large electrical cage . begins to play and bite the electrical outlet connected to the cage , sparking it which begins electrocuting and killing him instantly . rests 's head on her lap and pets him as he dies and proceeds to mourn for him . 
 Three months later , is going for a walk with , and runs into . tells that his dog has just had puppies and invites her to see them . Most of the puppies look like their mother with the one exception being a small black puppy that resembles , implying that this puppy has inherited Max 's genetic altering .... or at least his father 's attitude .

( ) and his wife ( ) meet their older neighbors ( ) and ( in the elevator in a pleasant encounter . But the next night , is found to have died of a heart attack . The are surprised by the death because seemed so healthy . 
 The are also surprised by 's cheerfulness so soon after his wife 's death . becomes suspicious and starts to investigate , even inventing an excuse to visit him . An urn she finds in 's apartment contradicts 's story that had been buried . becomes frustrated with , telling her she 's " inventing a mystery " . 
 sneaks into 's apartment while he 's away and finds more telling signs . 's urn is missing , there are two tickets to Paris and hotel reservations with a woman named . calls ( ) , a close friend who agrees with 's suspicions and urges her to keep snooping . When returns unexpectedly , hides under the bed and overhears 's conversation with a woman whom she suspects is . 
 Later , tracks down where lives , and with and , they follow her to a theater owned by . They discover that ( ) is a young actress . The three eavesdrop on and talking about money . 
 A few days later , spots a woman who 's a dead ringer for the supposedly dead on a passing bus . Upon 's suggestion that has a twin , investigates but finds has none . and trace this mystery " " to a hotel and , under the pretense of delivering a personal gift , they enter her hotel room , but find her lying dead on the bedroom floor . They call the police , who subsequently find no trace of the dead body . 
 The search the room for clues . While leaving , they get trapped in the lift and accidentally stumble across 's body inside the emergency exit panel . Upon exiting to the street , they spot Mr. putting the body in the trunk of his car . The follow him to a junk yard , where they see him dumping the body on a pile of scrap metal that 's dropped into a melting furnace . 
 With the help of 's friend and client ( ) , they hatch a plan to bring to justice by telling him they retrieved 's body from the furnace . They also trick into a fake audition where her voice is recorded , edited , and later used to harass , by demanding he give and $ 200,000 or kill them if he wanted everything covered up . They knew he 'd go for the latter , and hoped the police would catch him in the act . 
 The plan backfires as kidnaps and calls , demanding 's body , in exchange for . and meet in the theater and get into a scuffle . breaks free and searches for , with in pursuit . An array of mirrors and glass behind the theater reflect the movie being screened ( The Lady from Shanghai ) and mislead several times . Suddenly , 's loyal assistant Mrs. , an older paramour earlier brushed aside by in favor of , shoots him in an exchange of gunfire . rescues and they call the police . 
 After the cops arrive , explains that the dead body in the apartment was actually 's rich sister , who bore a passing resemblance to but was not her twin . The sister had suffered a heart attack while visiting them , and the Houses decided to take advantage of the situation by claiming that it was who had died . would then assume the identity of her sister ( a recluse living at the hotel ) in order to manipulate her sister 's will , naming and as sole beneficiaries . But then double - crossed and killed , so he could run off with .

In Key West , Florida in October 1962 , boys and his brother live on a military base ( N.A.S. Key West ) ; their father is away on a nearby submarine . After hearing the announcement of an exclusive engagement of new sensational horror film Mant ! ( " Half man ! Half ant ! " " in Atomo - Vision and Rumble - Rama ! " ) , including 's appearance in - person , they arrive home to President 's television interruption , stating the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba . finds this atmosphere of fear to be the perfect environment in which to open his atomic - radiation - themed film . 
 brings along and to stir up the yokels by protesting the film , but , the theatre manager , assures him that " the people of Key West are not yokels . " Indeed , the progressive and make a strong free speech argument for allowing the film to proceed . 
 New to the local high school , and not getting along with the similarly - aged on the base , ends up associating with , and becomes infatuated with and 's daughter , , after she takes a detention for protesting the uselessness of an air raid drill and yelling the truth of the false protection at the students in the hall . In attempting to get a date to the dance , goes for , who was seeing a prison poet , , who regularly bothers about his interest in her ( and hers in him ) . 
 The film is structured in halves : the first half leading up to the screening , and the second half depicting the screening and what goes on at and around it . The film also showed the differences in two young women who eventually become the girlfriends of the two boys . The girlfriend of had progressive ideas of what a woman might become , whereas the eventual girlfriend of was very much in line with what society at the time of the film 's setting thought a young lady should be .

and his best friend enter a local store to buy malt liquor , where the suspicious Korean storekeeper and his wife urge them to quickly purchase their drinks and leave . As they do , the storekeeper angers by remarking about feeling sorry for his mother . A brief argument ends with the couple being murdered by - , who takes the store 's surveillance tape , robs the dead storekeeper 's wallet , and empties the cash register . In a flashback , it is revealed that ’s father was a drug dealer who was killed when he was 10 , that his mother was a heroin addict who later died of a drug overdose , and that he was raised by his grandparents . 
 O - Dog proudly shows off the surveillance tape to his friends , who are impressed . , disgusted at O - Dog 's carelessness , tells him to stop showing off the incriminating tape , fearing they will get caught . Later , while and his cousin are on their way to a party , is killed and their car is stolen in a carjacking . O - Dog and avenge 's murder by tracking down and killing the carjackers . and O - Dog are arrested under suspicion for the store killings , but is soon released . 's grandfather and his teacher , Mr. , warn that he 'll either end up dead or in prison if he does n't change his ways . His friends and try to convince him to leave with them to Kansas . ignores everyone 's advice . 
 After buying a new car from a chop shop , carjacks another young black man for his wire wheels , then purchases a large quantity of cocaine that he plans to sell as crack . He also meets a local girl named and eventually has sex with her . While driving one night , and are pulled over and beaten by cops . The two are dumped in a Hispanic neighborhood , but Hispanic gang members take them to a hospital instead of killing them as the cops anticipated . While is hospitalized , his friend tells him that she has found a job in Atlanta and invites him to come with her . is hesitant at first , but agrees to go with . 
 At a party , , a hood is involved in an insurance scam with , drunkenly makes sexual moves towards . comes to her rescue and starts pistol - whipping , causing and to restrain him . calls to inform that she is pregnant , but he refuses to believe that the child is his and " dogs " her . retaliates for 's assault by sending a copy of the surveillance tape to the police . Meanwhile , beats 's cousin when he confronts him outside 's house about the pregnancy . 's grandfather comes outside to stop and kicks him out shortly after . 's cousin gets some of his friends together to get revenge on . 
 As and are preparing to leave for Atlanta , 's cousin and his friends execute a drive by on the house , killing and in the process . As slowly dies in 's arms , he sees flashbacks of the events that led to this final moment , and recalls his grandfather asking him if he cares whether he lives or dies ; he realizes he does , but now it 's too late .

Larenz Tate, Tyrin Turner, Charles S. Dutton, Jada Pinkett Smith, Samuel L. Jackson

( ) is a former wrestler living in Palm Beach , Florida and suffering from wrestler - days ' nightmares . ( ) , 's friend and former manager , has a bum leg from saving 's life and financial difficulties with his personal security business . With much whining and acting , manages to persuade to take a bodyguard job for ( ) , the head of the prestigious tech firm , Mason Systems , which is developing a new anti - missile system , the Peacefinder Project . The vital information for this project is stored on a microchip . But it is neither the inventor nor the chip has to guard - he is to look after the two kids : ( ) and ( ) . 
 As it turns out , and are two highly mischievous brats who vie for their often - too - absent father 's attention by wreaking havoc in the household via elaborate and rather vicious pranks and booby - traps , with their specialty targets being the nannies he has assigned to take care of them ( is a widower ) . witnesses the last nanny jumping into the fountain in front of the house to extinguish the fire in her hair . However , their father proves to be either too distracted or too lenient , which causes the children to continue their schemes . Thinking that he is a new ( albeit unusual ) replacement , they find a new target in . But after one prank too many , which involves a swimming pool full of red dye ( " the Pit of Blood " ) , finally exerts his authority and not only gets to quiet and down , he also manages to open the eyes of their father to his family problems , as well as bonding with the kids and managing to help them sort out problems of their own . 
 However , the real trouble has just started . The unscrupulous and vain ( ) is after chip , and he will not stop at anything to get it . As it turns out , and had been once at the receiving end of one of his schemes : he had ordered them to throw a match , and when they had not complied , he attempted to shoot them . However , threw himself in front of , taking the bullet in his right leg ( thus his bum leg ) ; had chased to the roof of the stadium , and after a furious fight ended up plunging head - first into an empty pool . This accident fractured the top of his skull , forcing the attachment of a steel skullplate and removing part of his afro of which he was so proud . 
 kidnaps with the help of ( ) , the corrupt security chief of Mason Systems ( who is disposed of en route to the hideout ) , and demands of him to hand over the chip . When ( who stowed the chip in 's doll ) refuses , has and kidnapped in order to force him to comply . Despite a valiant effort , is overpowered and is taken as well , giving an unexpected revenge bonus . But manages to track down , and with the help of his friends is able to beat the villains . As prepares to charge , and the children activate an improvised electromagnet to launch him into the night sky , leaving only his skullplate . 
 The movie ends with preparing to take a leave of absence from the Masons . But and intend to have him back much sooner - and therefore falls victim to yet another prank .

is a freelance voice actor in San Francisco . Though a devoted father to his children , , and , his wife considers him unreliable . One day , quits his job and returns home to throw a lavish birthday party for despite 's objections , creating a situation with their neighbors . files for divorce , and the judge gives sole custody of the children to her , but tells if he can find a steady job and a suitable residence within three months , she will agree to share joint custody . 
 works to rebuild his life , getting a menial job at a local television station , and learns that is seeking a housekeeper to watch over the children . He secretly alters her classified ad form to keep other interested people away , and then uses his voice acting skills to call about the job , making them all undesirable applicants . He then calls as a Scottish - accented nanny , whom he calls Mrs. , with strong credentials . is impressed and invites her for an interview . gets help from his brother , a makeup artist , and 's partner , to create a Mrs. persona , including a prosthetic mask to make him appear as an older woman . 
 Miranda hires Mrs. after the impressive interview . Upon returning to the apartment , Mrs is met by Mrs. , 's court liaison , hoping to see and carry out her inspection of the apartment . This results in changing back and forth from Mrs. and himself to meet Mrs. 's needs , which ultimately leads at one point to 's mask flying out the window , where it is flattened by a rubbish truck . He cleverly conceals his face by donning a " facial mask " from cake frosting in his fridge . and quickly make him a new and slightly older mask . 
 The children initially struggle with Mrs. 's ways , but soon come around and thrive , and further , learns to become closer with her children . , as Mrs. , learns several household skills as part of the role , further improving himself . However , this has created another barrier for to see his children , as has put more trust into Mrs. than him , and she could never dismiss her . One day , and discover 's ploy , and while thrilled to have their father back , agree to keep his secret . 
 While working at the station , is seen by the station 's CEO playing with toy dinosaurs on the set of a cancelled children 's show . Impressed by his voice acting and imagination , asks to join him for a dinner at Bridge 's Restaurant to discuss giving him his own children 's show to host . discovers this is to be on the same night and time as a planned birthday dinner for by her new boyfriend at the same restaurant , to which Mrs. has also been invited . Unable to change either appointment , decides to try to rotate in and out of the Mrs. outfit to attend both events . 
 As the dinners progress , a drunken starts making mistakes after changing in and out of costume , from which he quickly recovers . starts choking on his dinner , and , as Mrs. , gives him the Heimlich maneuver . The action causes the prosthetic mask to peel half off his face , revealing his identity , and horrifying . 
 At their next custody hearing , Daniel explains about how he met the judge 's requirements as well as his actions . However , is awarded full custody of the children , with limited to supervised visitation every Saturday , much to his and even 's dismay . Without Mrs. , and her children become miserable , recognizing how much Mrs. improved their lives . They are surprised when the local station starts a new children 's show Euphegenia 's House which , as Mrs. , hosts . The show becomes a hit and starts airing across the country . 
 visits after one recording and admits they were happier when he was involved , and agrees to change the custody rights . Soon after , is able to hire as the children 's new babysitter , allowing him to see them every day after school — essentially what he was able to do as Mrs. . As takes the kids out , watches an episode of Euphegenia 's House where Mrs. answers a letter from a young girl whose parents have separated , saying no matter what arrangements families have , love will prevail .

Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, Polly Holliday, Robert Prosky, Lisa Jakub, Matthew Lawrence, Mara Wilson

Having just crushed an uprising by his half - brother , , of Aragon and his noblemen visit their friend in Messina . Accompanying is the witty , former lover of 's equally sharp - tongued niece , . Also present are 's friend , a young count ; and who , despite his rebellion , has apparently reconciled with his brother . has been thinking of 's beautiful daughter Hero since before he went to war , and returns to find her as attractive as ever . , learning of his friend 's feelings , decides to act on his behalf and arranges the match at a party . An unrepentant attempts to foil it , but unsuccessfully – the match is made . Needing something to pass the time until the wedding , Don decides to arrange a similar fate for and , whose animosity for each other is clear . 
 , , and stage a conversation containing a false account of how much loves , all the while knowing to be hiding within earshot . and her gentlewoman play the same trick upon . Each of them believes the story they hear about the other . In the midst of all of this good - natured scheming , has been searching for ways to stop the marriage between and . The night before the wedding , servant arranges a steamy liaison with 's gentlewoman at 's chamber window . shows and this , and they believe that they are seeing in the act of infidelity . 
 Against the revelry of the evening , the noble but incompetent constable appoints a watch to keep the peace . The three hapless watchmen happen to hear bragging to his colleague about how he and had succeeded in stopping the wedding . The watchmen apprehend and , and , in the morning , attempts to have interrogate the prisoners . However , a hurried is unable to decipher what the bumbling is trying to tell him . Amidst the confusion , quietly flees . 
 At the wedding , publicly disgraces his would - be bride and storms away , along with most of the guests , except for , the Friar , , , , and . They all agree to the Friar 's plan to publish the tale that , upon the grief of 's accusations , suddenly died . and linger a moment and eventually confess their love to one another . In the wake of this declaration , asks to do the one thing that will satisfy her outrage with what has just happened – kill . With a heavy heart , he agrees to challenge his friend . Meanwhile , and are interrogated by and his men . Despite 's incompetence , the truth of sinister machinations is revealed . 
 Moments after 's challenge to , is made aware of what really happened . continues to pretend to that is dead . entreats to impose whatever vengeance he sees fit for 's part in 's disgrace and death . forgives on the condition that he publicly declare his wrongdoing and then marry 's cousin the next morning . agrees , and carries out the former by reciting an epitaph at 's tomb that night . 
 When the bride is brought forth the next day , she is revealed to be none other than herself . She and profess their true , undying love for each other , as do and , who agree to marry . renounces his challenge against and embraces him . Moments later , is marched in , having been captured before he could escape . Those gathered begin to dance , with the two happy couples at the middle . remains behind , still single , but happy for his friends .

Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Michael Keaton, Denzel Washington, Keanu Reeves, Robert Sean Leonard, Kate Beckinsale

Detroit , Michigan , 1963 : , a young son of Ukrainian - American[3][4 ] parents , prays one night for a circus in his backyard the next day after school . After school the next day , he runs home eagerly , followed by his friends . To his disappointment , no circus awaits . Angrily , retreats to the closet in his room , his personal retreat space . 
 has shunned his Ukrainian - born parents for their immigrant ways and decided to move away from his family in Detroit.[4 ] Thirty years later , ( ) now runs a Los Angeles public relations firm . He is happily married to ( ) , who is pregnant with their first child . is horrified to learn that he has been diagnosed with a terminal form of kidney cancer and might not live to see their baby born . 
 begins to make home movies , to immortalize himself , to be shown after his death to his son , so he 'll know who his father was , showing him how to cook spaghetti , how to drive , etc . He also begins to visit a Chinese healer named Mr. ( Dr. ) , who urges him to listen to his heart , which is calling him to forgive , and that life is always giving him invitations if he would just listen . At his wife 's urging , they fly to his hometown of Detroit to attend a traditional Ukrainian wedding of his brother ( ) . While in the area , visits his childhood home . Also while there , they attempt to mend fences with his estranged family , which does not go well . criticizes his brother for not moving to California like he did , and his father ( Constantine ) resents 's moving thousands of miles away and changing his name . 
 returns to California with a heavy heart , sadly saying to his wife , " This is my last trip home . " During a visit with Mr. , he advises to go into his heart " soon . " teaches his son by camera how to shave , play basketball , and start a car by jumper cable . He also confronts a childhood fear by finally riding a formidable roller coaster . During the ride , a young companion urges him to let go of the railing as the descent begins , but firmly holds on . ( A metaphor of his fear of letting go of life . ) He is living on borrowed time — beyond the date the doctors gave him , as he says to his wife after getting off the coaster , " Today is D - Day . Death Day . I was supposed to be dead by today . " 
 's contractions increase , and soon she is in the hospital , to give birth to their baby . and have a happy time with their newborn , but soon 's condition worsens , now that the cancer has reached his brain . Hospice care is arranged for . makes a final visit to Mr. , and asks him what the light is he keeps seeing . Mr. replies it is " the life of the self " and urges him to get his " house in order ( life and personal affairs ) . " 
 A hospice nurse , ( Queen Latifah ) , moves in to help , but is sinking fast . and finally call his family to inform them of what 's going on . 's family comes west for the first time to visit . makes peace with his family at last . 's childhood wish is finally granted by a circus in the backyard . 
 As his father shaves him , Bob shows that he has at last made peace by telling his father he loves him . finally comes to terms with his life as he dies peacefully , surrounded by the loving , supportive bosom of his family . Next is shown on a metaphysical roller coaster , this time letting go of the railing , raising his arms freely in the air this time , metaphorically letting go of life , and finally enjoying the ride of life . rides toward a beautiful , shining , ethereal light ( presumably heaven ) . A year later , his son and wife watch him on video , as she reads Green Eggs and Ham to him .

A new shop named " Needful Things " opens in the town of Castle Rock , Maine , sparking the curiosity of its citizens . The proprietor , , is a charming elderly gentleman who always seems to have an item in stock that is perfectly suited to any customer who comes through his door . The prices are surprisingly low , considering the merchandise – such as a rare baseball card , a carnival glass lampshade , and a fragment of wood believed to be from Noah 's Ark – but he expects each customer also to play a little prank on someone else in Castle Rock . knows about the long - standing private grudges , arguments , and feuds between the various townspeople , and the pranks are his means of forcing them to escalate until the whole town is eventually caught up in madness and violence . 
 Sheriff becomes wary of as soon as the shop opens . However , his lover , , dismisses his suspicions and buys an ancient charm that relieves the arthritis pain in her hands . Tensions rapidly grow after , 's housekeeper , and her enemy kill each other in a confrontation sparked by pranks played on them by others . Many other rivalries begin to fester , spurred by the personal motives of the people involved ( drugs , secret pedophilia , bad business dealings , religious disagreements , etc . ) . 
 eventually hires petty criminal as his assistant , providing him with high - quality cocaine and hinting at buried treasure that could relieve the debt he owes to a pair of drug dealers . 's first assignment is to retrieve crates of pistols , ammunition , and blasting caps from a garage in Boston ; soon begins to sell the pistols to his customers so they can protect their property . For centuries , he has tricked unsuspecting people into buying worthless junk that appears to be whatever they treasure most . They become so paranoid about keeping their items safe that they eagerly buy up the weapons that he inevitably offers and trade away their souls . begins to suspect the supernatural background of his new employer , but keeps him in line through intimidation and promises of revenge against and the town . 
 With the violence in Castle Rock rapidly escalating , and the town 's head selectman ( who has embezzled thousands of dollars from public funds ) plant dynamite all over town , using the caps brought back . sets out to kill , wrongly believing him to be responsible for a car accident that killed his wife and son , and realizes the evil of the charm she bought and destroys it . As the dynamite bombs explode , is wounded by one of 's deputies and is put out of his misery by . Taking hostage , demands that hand over a hoard of cash he allegedly stole from one of the sites dug up . The deputy kills , leaving to face off against . 
 Using sleight of hand and magic novelties that suddenly come to life , forces back and grabs his valise , which contains the souls of his customers . flees the scene , his car turning into a horse - drawn wagon , and the survivors are left to ponder an uncertain future . 
 The novel ends as it begins , with a first - person narrative indicating that a new and mysterious shop called " Answered Prayers " is about to open in a small Iowa town – an implication that is ready to begin his business cycle all over again .

Former Green Beret ( ) returns to his hometown of Miami after completing military service in Brazil , only to learn that his old high school has become a haven for gangs and drug dealers . After uses his Capoeira skills to kick several drug dealers off the school property , Mr. ( ) , one of ' old teachers , sees the impact that has on the students . gives him the task of teaching Capoeira to a handful of the worst at - risk students at the school , giving an abandoned fire station as their practice area . While doing so , earns the ire of the local drug lord , ( ) , whose younger cousin , ( ) , is one of ' students . is also a master of , and he engages in combat , beating him viciously . The horrified resolves to learn everything he can from . ' class learns quickly , and they become very skilled at Capoeira . The principal , delighted , proposes a district - wide Capoeira program to the school board . After a field trip with his class , once again clashes with , who declares war against him . 
 's gang terrorizes the high school and sets fire to 's classroom , resulting in the death of one of ' students . As a result of this incident , is blamed and banished from the school grounds and the program is terminated . In retaliation to the attack , sneaks into 's chop shop and defeats the workers before setting a cash - filled car on fire . Furious , orders the gang to bring to him alive . flees to get help . After a desperate battle , is finally captured and brought to a bonfire , where awaits . However , ' students bar their path in an attempt to rescue their teacher . Before a brawl can ensue , the exhausted challenges to a single combat to win back his students . Despite a grueling battle , defeats before the police arrive , sending the gang scattering in all directions . With this defeat , 's reputation as crime lord is gone . 
 ' Capoeira program proves such a success that his students graduate from high school . To celebrate , they join a Brazilian Capoeira team to perform for at the graduation ceremony .

is a senior associate at the largest corporate law firm in Philadelphia . He hides his homosexuality and his status as an AIDS patient from the other members of the firm . A partner in the firm notices a lesion on 's forehead . Although attributes the lesion to a racquetball injury , it indicates 's sarcoma , an AIDS defining condition . 
 Shortly thereafter , stays home from work for several days to try to find a way to hide his lesions . While at home , he finishes the paperwork for a case he has been assigned and then brings it to his office , leaving instructions for his assistants to file the paperwork the following day , which marks the end of the statute of limitations for the case . Later that morning , he receives a call asking for the paperwork , as the paper copy can not be found and there are no copies on the computer 's hard drive . The paperwork is finally discovered in an alternate location and is filed with the court at the last possible moment . The following day , is dismissed by the firm 's partners . 
 believes that someone deliberately hid his paperwork to give the firm an excuse to fire him , and that the dismissal is actually as a result of his diagnosis with AIDS . He asks several attorneys to take his case , including personal injury lawyer . The homophobic appears to be worried that he could contract 's illness . After declining to take the case , immediately visits his doctor to find out if he could have contracted the disease . The doctor explains that the routes of HIV infection do not include casual contact . 
 Unable to find a lawyer willing to represent him , is compelled to act as his own attorney . While researching a case at a law library , sees at a nearby table . After a library employee stares down , presumably because is black , a librarian approaches and announces that he has found a book on AIDS discrimination for him . As others in the library begin to first stare uneasily , the librarian suggests to go to a private room . Feeling discouraged by the other people 's behavior and seeing the parallels in how he himself has been unfairly treated , approaches , reviews the material he has gathered , and takes the case . 
 As the case goes before the court , the partners of the firm take the stand , each claiming that was incompetent and that he had deliberately tried to hide his condition . The defense repeatedly suggests that brought AIDS upon himself by having gay sex , and is therefore not a victim . In the course of testimony , it is revealed that the partner who had noticed 's lesion , , had previously worked with a woman who had contracted AIDS after a blood transfusion and so should have recognized the lesion as relating to AIDS . According to that partner , the woman was an innocent victim , unlike , and further testified that he did not recognize 's lesions . To prove that the lesions would have been visible , asks to unbutton his shirt while on the witness stand , revealing that his lesions are indeed visible and recognizable as such . 
 eventually collapses during the trial . After is hospitalized , another partner , , who noticed 's lesions confesses that he suspected had AIDS but never told anyone and never gave him the opportunity to explain himself , which he regretted very much . During his hospitalization , the jury votes in 's favor , awarding him back pay , damages for pain and suffering and punitive damages , totaling over $ 5 million . visits the visibly failing in the hospital after the verdict and overcomes his fear enough to touch 's face . After 's family leaves the room , he tells his partner that he is ready to die . At the home , and his wife are awakened by a phone call from , who tells them that has died . A memorial is held at 's home following the funeral , where many mourners , including , view home movies of as a happy child .

Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Antonio Banderas, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Joanne Woodward

( ) is a young woman living in South Central , Los Angeles . She was named by her late mother , who gave birth to her while attending law school . After the shooting death of her boyfriend ( ) , falls into a deep depression . She spends the majority of her time in the house she inherited from her grandmother , with her cat going out to her job at a local hair salon . is a talented poet , she reads many of her poems throughout the course of the film , both to other characters and in voice over . 
 is at the hair salon working one day when a young postal clerk named ( comes in and begins flirting with her . She rebuffs his advances with the help of her female boss ; the two women pretend to be lesbians and mock with their " relationship " . 
 has also had tragedy in his life : his main focus is caring for his young daughter . He had to forcibly remove her from the care of her mother , , a crack addict who was using drugs and having sex with her drug dealer while leaving the child unattended in the apartment . dreams of a professional career in music and shows considerable promise , but he insists his cousin is the true talent . 
 's friend ( ) manages to talk into taking a road trip to Oakland with 's boyfriend , ( ) , 's co - worker at the post office . warily accepts , mainly because she has to go to Oakland for a hair show , and her car stops working at the last minute . Unbeknownst to , is also on the trip , and she will now be sharing a postal van with him and their two mutual friends . Initially they argue , but over the course of the film soften towards each other as they discover their similarities . 
 The foursome make a couple of detours , the first being a family reunion barbecue they see signs for on the road . Here it becomes apparent ( although there were ample hints earlier ) that and Chicago 's relationship is troubled . openly flirts with other men at the barbecue , while Chicago broods watching her behavior . and argue in the mailtruck until talks to about her behavior with alcohol . throws up and cries on and apologizes to her . The second stop is a beach where each of the four characters contemplate their separate situations in internal monologues . Next , they stop at an African Cultural Fair where and grow closer as they discuss their lives . After leaving the fair , the friction between Chicago and explodes when informs Chicago she has been seeing someone on the side and he physically attacks her . initially decides not to get involved in the fight until defends by kicking Chicago in the groin , and turns his physical brutality at in retaliation . , , along with a bleeding and shaken leave Chicago by the side of the road and continue on their journey . 
 stops the postal van at a beach , and goes to see what 's wrong . She begins opening up to him about her life and becomes sympathetic . They share a kiss and walks away apparently unsure of her feelings for . She goes back to him and they share another kiss . 
 When the now - threesome arrive in Oakland , they are met with the news that 's cousin , with whom he had been working on recording music , has been killed . blames himself for not being in Oakland sooner , believing he could have prevented the shooting had he been in town . He turns his anger on , angrily blaming her for distracting him while they were on the road . gives and advice about men before the hair show . 's uncle and aunt give his cousin 's recording equipment . decides not to come back to work and to take care of . 
 Some months have passed , and meets up with again back at the hair salon , just at the moment he brings in his daughter . is remorseful over his conduct in Oakland and the cruel words he said to there , and apologizes . She smiles at him and they share a passionate kiss . smiles coyly , and then turns her attention to , fussing over her hair . and 's eyes meet over 's head and they smile , their connection as strong as ever .

Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur, Regina King, Joe Torry, Tyra Ferrell

( ) is a drug addict found guilty of murdering a cop during a robbery shootout , and is about to be sentenced to death by lethal injection . Her demise is faked and a spy named ( ) informs her that she has to work for him . , having little choice , reluctantly agrees to cooperate and she begins a regimen of intensive training that includes not only martial arts and firearms training , but etiquette and computer use . 
 Senior Operative ( ) transforms her into a refined , beautiful woman . She is taken on a dinner date with , who informs her about the first job : an assassination of a VIP eating at the same restaurant . kills the VIP and his bodyguard and then is pursued by a team of the VIP 's bodyguards . She shoots several of the bodyguards and then escapes from the kitchen by jumping down a laundry chute . This task was her final test and she has now completed her training . 
 The following morning she leaves for Venice , California , where she enters into a romantic relationship with apartment house manager ( ) . While her first assignments , both hit jobs , are ultimately successful , quickly comes to hate her work and tries to quit her job as a professional killer . As things progress between her and and her double life threatens their relationship , she asks for help in leaving the agency . Her request is denied , but agrees to get her out of the agency if she completes the next task . 
 The new job is to masquerade as ( ) , the girlfriend of ( ) , an Iranian trading in nuclear weapons . As she prepares for the job , continues to complain about her mysterious friends and mocks the improvised backstory that had provided for himself and . is shown watching a scene from Deception , in which a woman kills a former lover in order to keep their past secret from her new husband , reflecting 's determination to kill her employers if necessary to protect her relationship with 
 Taking out proves problematic and results in the deaths of 's two bodyguards and the injury of 's partner , ( ) . Director then sends in , a ' cleaner ' ( ) to get rid of the bodies and salvage the mission . Unknown to , he has also been ordered to kill both agents as well because one failure results in death . After killing the wounded in front of , he drives her to 's home . At gunpoint she gets to unlock his computer and reveal his secrets , but he avoids execution and she is forced to flee . 
 As they purportedly drive back to her residence , sees a gun in 's waistband and correctly suspects that he is going to kill her . This leads to a struggle and the car spins out of control . Ultimately , is dragged over a ravine and killed . makes her way back to her apartment , but leaves sometime during the night . subsequently learns of her disappearance from J.P. As is leaving , he sees watching him through the mist . Instead of reporting her , he calls and informs him , after some hesitation , that the cleaner and are both dead .

Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Anne Bancroft, Harvey Keitel

In the underworld of Hell , a demon lord named sends forth a trio of diminutive servants called the Totems , magically controlled by his netherworld minions , to kill those who possess the secret of animation , including the magic used to give his puppets life . It transpires also that a team of researchers working on the development of artificial intelligence are close to discovering 's secret . sends one of the Totems as a package to two of the researchers involved , Dr. and Dr. of the Phoenix Division , who are taken by surprise , killed and stripped of their souls by the foul creature . 
 One of the researchers , a talented young man named , is working as a caretaker at the Bodega Bay Inn and has also been using it for a place to conduct his experiments on the A.I. project . The same night Drs . and are murdered , 's friends , , and come to visit him . At dinner , , who is a psychic , finds ( who had been discovered earlier by inside the house and is still animate ) and then 's old trunk , with the puppets , diary and some vials with the life - giving formula inside . Out of curiosity , and his friends use the fluid on the puppets , and one by one they awaken ; next to , they find , , and . ( , who joins the puppet cast in the sequel , makes no appearance here . ) 
 Fascinated by the puppets ' spontaneous reactions , and believing that the formula is the answer to the running AI projects , wants to see how smart they are by playing a laser tag game with and . , who is competing with for success , tries to use the formula 's secret for his personal gain , and he and decide to use a strange gameboard found in the trunk to try and contact Toulon for its exact composition , whose recipe was not recorded in the diary . But the glowing pyramid icon which goes with the board is a conduit between the mortal world and the underworld ; uses the link to send two of his Totems to attack . and attempt to flee by car , but is ambushed by one of the Totems inside his car and killed , while manages to get back into the hotel . When looks after , the Totem attacks him as well , but he manages to escape . 
 But inside the inn , the third Totem , sent in earlier by package , is also on the prowl . The puppets , intent on protecting , search the hotel and soon manage to kill one of the Totems in the kitchen and , through its supervision link , its controller in the underworld . Then 's spirit , who has been appearing around the hotel all night , tells the puppets to animate the Decapitron . Under and 's astonished eyes , the puppets move up to 's room , retrieve a box which contains yet another puppet with a soft plastic head , and revive it with the formula and a lightning strike . The two remaining Totems attack to disrupt the process , but one is electrocuted when Six Shooter uses a wire as a lariat to divert some of the lightning 's power into it . Decapitron briefly awakens , and his head morphs into the likeness of , who explains to the origin and the secret of the life - giving formula . The vial , however , turns out to be missing ; immediately suspecting , goes back to search his body , where he does find the vial . 
 Meanwhile , the last Totem corners the panicked and prepares to drain her life away when interferes and douses it with acid . speaks through , urging to animate Decapitron to destroy the Totem , and uses his computer to divert power from his generator into Decapitron , bringing him to life . As the Totem attacks , Decapitron exchanges his plastic head for an electron - bolt launching system and destroys the creature . Afterwards , speaks to yet again , surrendering custody of his puppets and the formula to him and promising his help in times of need .

During a commencement gala at the newly opened Los Angeles headquarters of Nakamoto , a Japanese keiretsu , a call girl named , is found dead , apparently after a violent sexual encounter . Police Detectives and , a former police captain and expert on Japanese affairs , are sent to act as liaison between the Japanese executives and the investigating officer , 's former partner . During the initial investigation , and review surveillance camera footage , and realize that one of the discs is missing . 
 and suspect , 's yakuza boyfriend , of killing her , and interrogate him at a house party . promises to bring something , and reluctantly lets him go after confiscating his passport . , a employee whom had previously interrogated , delivers the missing disc , which clearly shows killing . and lead a SWAT raid on 's house . He tries to flee in a sports car , but crashes and is killed . 
 learns that had attempted to contact him about the missing disc , so he and take the disc to an expert , , who reveals that the disc has been digitally altered to implicate . 
 is in the midst of sensitive negotiations for the acquisition of an American semiconductor company , with Senator , a guest at the party , abruptly changing his stance on a bill that would prevent the merger from going through . Suspecting his sudden shift is somehow related to the murder , and attempt to interview him at his campaign office , but without success . Upon returning to 's apartment , the duo find alive and well . He reveals that he was being tailed that day by , a security agent attempting to locate the original disc . Not wanting to be seen with , stole his sports car and committed suicide by crashing it . gives the original disc , but before he can leave , Lt . arrives with . is killed fighting off 's men , and is shot and left for dead , surviving only thanks to a bulletproof vest . 
 After being interrogated , is put on paid leave due to an ongoing investigation of an earlier corruption charge . Regrouping with and , the three view the original surveillance footage , which shows Senator performing erotic asphyxiation on . Falsely believing he killed her , changes his position on the regulation bill to stay in 's good graces . After leaving the boardroom , the footage shows another figure approaching and killing by strangulation . 
 Hoping to draw the killer out , and fax stills of the footage showing his involvement in the murder . contacts , revealing the executive to be in on the cover - up , and then commits suicide . , , and interrupt the merger negotiations to show President the surveillance footage . , an American lawyer working for Nakamoto , reveals himself as the killer and tries to run away , only to be killed by 's friends . 
 maintains his and his colleagues innocence , quietly exiling to a desk job back in Japan . drives Jingo home , where she casts doubt on whether was really the murderer , or if he was simply taking the fall to protect someone higher up in the company .

Sean Connery, Wesley Snipes, Harvey Keitel, Tia Carrere, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Kevin Anderson

of Locksley ( ) is captured during the Crusades and is imprisoned at Khalil Prison in Jerusalem . With the help of fellow inmate ( ) , who was arrested for jaywalking , he escapes and frees the other inmates . is asked by to find his son , ( , in his first major professional role ) . Upon returning to England , he finds and discovers that Prince John ( ) has assumed control while King is away fighting in the Crusades . Unbeknownst to , the prince is abusing his power . returns to his family home , Loxley Hall , only to find it being repossessed by 's men . His family 's blind servant , ( ) , informs that his family members and pets have all died as well , and the only thing his father left him is a key which opens " the greatest treasure in all the land . " 
 recruits the large and ignorant Little John ( ) , and his friend ( ) , to help regain his father 's land and oust Prince from the throne . On his quest , also attracts the attention of Maid ( ) of , who wants to find the man who has the key to her heart ( and Everlast chastity belt ) . They are also joined by Rabbi ( ) , who shares with them his sacramental wine and bargain circumcisions . While is training his band of tights - clad Merry Men , the spoonerism - spouting Sheriff of Rottingham ( ) , hires the Mafioso Don Giovanni ( , parodying performance of in The Godfather ) to assassinate at the Spring Festival ( with archery tournament ) , spoofing a similarly outlandish plot twist from the movie involving Scottish mercenaries . The archer who will carry out the assassination is a parody of Man with No Name character . Maid hears of the evil plot , and sneaks out of her castle to warn , accompanied by her frumpy German Lady - in - Waiting ( ) . The Sheriff and expect that will not refuse a chance to participate in the archery tournament due to his pride , and does just that . 
 At the archery tournament , a disguised makes it to the final round , where he makes his shot but loses to his opponent . calls this situation absurd , takes off his disguise and pulls out a copy of the movie 's script to discover that he gets another shot . The Sheriff and Prince then pull out their own copies and confirm this ( much to their annoyance ) . 's assassin attempts to kill by shooting at him with a scoped crossbow , but catches the arrow in midair . then takes the second shot , this time using a special " PATRIOT arrow " and hits the target . After winning the tournament , is arrested . Before is taken away , promises to do the most disgusting thing she can think of in exchange for 's safety : marry the Sheriff . 
 Several hours later , the ceremony commences with the opening prayer in " The New Latin " ( Pig Latin ) . The Abbot ( ) quickly and discreetly reveals the Sheriff 's unimposing first name , . Before can say " I do " , the castle is attacked by the Men in Tights , led by Little , , , and . They quickly free and a battle ensues . is carried off to the tower by the Sheriff , who wants to deflower her but can not get around the chastity belt without some uncomfortable chafing . 
 arrives and begins to duel the sheriff , during which 's key falls into the lock of 's chastity belt , and realises it really is the key to " the greatest treasure in all the land . " After winning the fight spares the sheriff 's life only to miss his sheath and accidentally run the sheriff through . The witch ( ) , Prince 's full - time cook and part - time adviser , saves him by giving him a magical lifesaver in exchange for agreeing to marry her . Before and can " celebrate " in her bedroom , arrives , insisting they get married first . Rabbi conducts the ceremony , but they are suddenly interrupted by King ( ) , recently returned from the Crusades , who insists on sanctioning the marriage with a kiss to the new bride . He orders to be taken away to the Tower of London and made part of the tour . He also announces that , as the Prince has surrounded his given name with a foul stench , all the toilets in the kingdom are to be renamed " " . 
 All being as it should be , and are married and is made the new sheriff of Rottingham . When the crowd expresses its disbelief at a black sheriff , reminds them that " it worked in Blazing Saddles " . When the night comes , and Maid attempt to open the chastity belt only to realise her lock will not open with his key ( to her fury and dismay ) . The film ends with calling for a locksmith .

Cary Elwes, Isaac Hayes, Patrick Stewart, Amy Yasbeck, Dave Chappelle, Richard Lewis, Tracey Ullman, Roger Rees

, a corrupt cop who does favors for the Mafia in exchange for large fees , has a loving wife , , and an adoring mistress , . He thinks he has it all , until both the cops and mob are outwitted by a psychopathic Russian female mob assassin , . 
 Italian crime boss orders to deal with . is unable to kill her ; she seduces and makes a fool of him . , disappointed in 's ineptitude , orders one of his toes amputated . Realizing he has endangered both his wife and mistress , instructs to leave the city immediately , giving her all the payoff money he 's saved as well as instructions where to meet him out West when the time is right . ends his affair with and puts her on a train out of the city . tries to hunt but soon realizes that he is putty in her hands . He is attracted to her sexually and no match for her professionally . forces him to help her bury alive , then offers to pay to help her fake her own death . 
 Although he obtains phony papers for her , she refuses to pay and attempts to strangle him . He shoots and wounds her in the arm , then tries to drive away with her handcuffed in the back seat . escapes by hooking her legs around his neck , causing him to crash the car . She slithers out through the shattered windshield without freeing her hands . lures to an abandoned warehouse . He again attempts to kill her but is tricked into shooting instead . fixes the corpse so as to suggest that it was she , and not , who died . handcuffs to the bed and they have sex . 
 She turns in , copping a plea deal that will indict for the multiple murders that she tricked him into committing . The police arrange a confrontation between and at the courthouse , as he is heading in and she is heading out . She threatens to kill his wife . grabs a gun from the ankle holster of a fellow officer and shoots her dead . He turns the gun on himself , only to discover that the revolver is empty . Instead of being sent to prison for the murder , he is given a commendation . This frees him to begin a new life out West , with the new identity of " " . He imagines 's return , but , as told him , is long gone , never to return . A despondent is resigned to living life alone in a remote desert town .

Gary Oldman, Lena Olin, Annabella Sciorra, Juliette Lewis, Roy Scheider

( ) , 12 - year - old Little Leaguer , has dreams of playing in the major leagues , although he is not very skilled . One day , breaks his arm trying to catch a fly ball ( he slips on another ball that is lying on the ground ) and has to wrap it in a cast . Once the arm is healed , the doctor removes the cast and discovers 's tendons have healed " a little too tight , " thus enabling to cock his arm back and fire it forward with incredible force . 
 A fateful trip to Wrigley Field for a Chicago Cubs game results in 's friends getting a home run ball hit by the visiting team , the Montreal Expos . However , when they give it to to throw back onto the field ( per Wrigley tradition ) , his tightly - healed arm throws the ball so hard that it reaches home plate on the fly . Looking for a miracle to save the club , which is suffering slumping attendance , general manager Larry ( ) begins efforts to get to join the Cubs . Manager visits at home to scout him , bringing a radar gun , and discovers that now has the ability to regularly pitch at over 100 miles per hour . 
 For the remainder of the season , has to juggle the culture shock of actually playing in the major leagues — working with one of his heroes , aging pitcher ( ) and spending time with his friends . Under it all , his mother , ( ) , tries to keep him grounded while resisting attempts by and her boyfriend , ( ) , to exploit his newfound fame . 
 's first game is a relief appearance against the New York Mets , in which he gives up a home run to the Mets ' feared slugger ( ) , an arrogant player who taunts him while at the plate and rounding the bases . Despite wanting to quit after the game , he then shows marked improvement under the tutoring of , and records a second consecutive save against the San Francisco Giants capped off with his first MLB strikeout . 
 Continuing to impress leading into and during a road game against the Los Angeles Dodgers , bats for the first time , and his extremely small stature ( and subsequent extremely small strike zone ) frustrates the Dodger pitcher to the point where he walks on four straight pitches . He subsequently scores a run , followed by an adult player who scores behind him ( they are limited by 's speed , as baseball rules dictate that a trailing runner can not overtake another runner in front or they will be called out . ) 
 During the course of the season , relationships begin to get strained , as gets into a fight with his friends who have grown increasingly jealous of his star status , and breaks up with over a supposed endorsement deal that was actually a free - agent contract unknowingly signed by to join the New York Yankees the next season . Eventually , resolves the conflict with his friends , and when he asks team owner ( ) about the contract with the Yankees , explains that he never authorized such a deal , and that he wants to retain 's services for the remainder of the season . At this point , tells that he will retire at the end of the season . is at first disappointed but respects 's decision and wishes him the best of luck and then proceeds to demote to Hot Dog Salesman after finding out that it was who tried to set up the deal . 
 On the last day of the season , presumably the deciding game for the National League Eastern Division seat , the Cubs face the Mets once again at Wrigley Field , with starting . At first , finds " the Rocket " as he pitches well , but then by the 6th inning , feels pain in his arm each time he throws , eventually allowing the Mets to load the bases . However , he makes one final play , and despite damaging his arm , managed to tag a runner out at home , and subsequently turns the ball over to . As before , easily strikes out the side in the seventh and eighth innings , but in the top of the ninth , he slips on a loose baseball and lands on his side , reversing the effects of his first fall and reducing his arm strength to normal again . 
 begins to frustrate the Cubs and their fans by refusing to throw pitches that his catcher signals for , and only throws once the catcher stands up , setting up an intentional walk . He then brings in the disappointed Cubs players , explaining why he can no longer throw fastballs , and sends them back to their positions with a plan he came up with . With their cooperation , sneaks the ball to the first baseman , who subsequently tags the runner out . then issues an intentional walk to the next batter , with whom he trades insults . When the runner dares him to throw the ball high , starts to do so , but stops as the runner takes off for second . He is tagged out as well , setting up a final showdown with , who had hit the home run in 's debut and gloats as he recalls that moment . has an idea and throws a changeup , which swings at and misses . hits the next pitch down the left - field line and into the bleachers , but it is ruled a foul ball ; this angers , who tells that he " has nothing " . opens his glove to find not his father 's name , but 's . He looks to her in the stands and she confirms that she – not his father – was the ballplayer who was his parent . She then signals him to throw a floater , an unusual pitch that rises very high in the air . He does so , and strikes out a shocked ( who , in a humorous reversal of fortunes , breaks down and cries like a baby , pounding the dirt with his fists ) to win the pennant for the Cubs . 
 The next spring , is playing Little League baseball again , with and as the coaches of his team . After catching a home run ball that ensures victory , while celebrating with his teammates , raises his fist to the camera and reveals he is wearing a Cubs World Series championship ring , signifying he helped the Cubs win the World Series ( even though he did not pitch in it ) .

In the late 1960s , grows up in Joliet , Illinois , dreaming of playing college football at Notre Dame . Though he is achieving some success with his high school team at Joliet Catholic , he lacks the grades and money necessary to attend Notre Dame , as well as the talent and physical stature to play football for a major intercollegiate program . 
 takes a job at a local steel mill like his father , , a Notre Dame fan , and his two older brothers , and . When his best friend , who supports his dream of playing football for Notre Dame , is killed in an explosion at the mill , decides to follow his dream of attending Notre Dame and playing for the Fighting Irish . 
 In 1972 , travels to South Bend , Indiana to the campus , but fails to be admitted to Notre Dame . With the help and sponsorship of a local priest , enrolls at Holy Cross College , a nearby junior college , hoping to get good enough grades to qualify for a transfer . He approaches a Notre Dame stadium groundskeeper named , and volunteers to work for free . offers a job at minimum wage . Currently homeless , sneaks in and out of 's office at night through a window , and sleeps on a cot . At first , is indifferent toward , but later provides him with blankets for the cot and a key of his own to the office , even though Fortune later denies it . learns that has never seen a Notre Dame football game , despite having worked at the stadium for years . 
 befriends , a graduate student at Notre Dame , and a teaching assistant at 's junior college , who offers to tutor in exchange for help in meeting girls . Suspecting an underlying cause to 's previous academic problems , D - has him tested , and finds out that he has dyslexia . learns how to overcome his disability and becomes a better student . During Christmas vacation , returns home to his family 's appreciation of his report card , but is still mocked for his attempts at playing football , and loses his fiancée to his older brother . 
 After two years and three rejections , is finally admitted to Notre Dame during his final semester of transfer eligibility . He goes home to tell his family , with his father announcing the news to his steel mill workers over the loudspeaker . persuades to promise to come see his first game if is permitted to suit up . After " walking on " as a non - scholarship player for the football team , convinces coach to give him a spot on the practice squad . An assistant coach warns the players that thirty five " scholarship " players will not even make the " dress roster " of players who take the field during the games , but notices that exhibits more drive than many of his scholarship teammates . 
 Coach agrees to 's request to suit up for one home game in his senior year so his family and friends can see him as a member of the team . However , steps down as coach following the 1974 season , and is replaced by former NFL coach , . Coach keeps on the team , but refuses to list him on the active playing roster . When sees that he is not on the dress list for the team 's next - to - last game , he becomes distraught , and leaves the team . 
 sees at the stadium , and chastises him for feeling down . learns that has seen his share of Notre Dame games because he was once on the team , but has never seen one from the stands . left the team because he felt that he was not playing due to his color . reminds that he has nothing to prove to anyone but himself , and that not a day will go by when he will not regret quitting . With that , returns to the team . 
 Led by team captain and All - American , the other seniors rise to 's defense , and lay their jerseys on 's desk , each requesting that should be allowed to dress in his place for the season 's final game . In response , lets suit up for the game against Georgia Tech . 
 invites to lead the team out of the tunnel onto the playing field . Fortune is there to see it , as promised . As the game nears its end with Notre Dame up 17–3 , sends all the seniors onto the field but not , despite urging from and the assistant coaches . As a " ! " chant begins in the stadium , the offensive team , led by tailback , overrules 's call for victory formation and scores another touchdown instead , providing defensive player with one more chance to get into a game and thus be entered onto the official roster of Notre Dame football players . 
 finally lets play on the final kickoff . stays in for the final play of the game , sacks the Georgia Tech quarterback , and to cheers from the stadium , is carried off the field on his teammates ' shoulders . 
 An epilogue text states that since 1975 , no other player for Notre Dame has been carried off the field ( in 1995 , two years after the film 's release , fullback became the second Notre Dame player to be carried off the field by his teammates following their upset win over the USC Trojans ) . graduated from the university in 1976 , and all his younger brothers later went on to college to earn degrees .

In Kraków during World War II , the Germans have forced local Polish Jews into the overcrowded Kraków Ghetto . , an ethnic German , arrives in the city hoping to make his fortune . A member of the Nazi Party , lavishes bribes on Wehrmacht ( German armed forces ) and SS officials and acquires a factory to produce enamelware . To help him run the business , enlists the aid of , a local Jewish official who has contacts with black marketeers and the Jewish business community . helps arrange financing for the factory . maintains friendly relations with the Nazis and enjoys wealth and status as " Herr Direktor " , and handles administration . Schindler hires Jewish workers because they cost less , while ensures that as many people as possible are deemed essential to the German war effort , which saves them from being transported to concentration camps or killed . 
 SS - Untersturmführer ( second lieutenant ) arrives in Kraków to oversee construction of Płaszów concentration camp . When the camp is completed , he orders the ghetto liquidated . Many people are shot and killed in the process of emptying the ghetto . witnesses the massacre and is profoundly affected . He particularly notices a young girl in a red coat as she hides from the Nazis , and later sees her body among a wagonload of corpses . is careful to maintain his friendship with and , through bribery and lavish gifts , continues to enjoy SS support . brutally mistreats his Jewish maid and randomly shoots people from the balcony of his villa , and the prisoners are in constant fear for their lives . As time passes , 's focus shifts from making money to trying to save as many lives as possible . To better protect his workers , bribes into allowing him to build a sub - camp . 
 As the Germans begin to lose the war , is ordered to ship the remaining Jews at Płaszów to Auschwitz concentration camp . asks to allow him to move his workers to a new munitions factory he plans to build in Brinnlitz near his home town Zwittau . agrees , but charges a huge bribe . and create " Schindler 's List " – a list of about 850 people to be transferred to Brinnlitz and thus saved from transport to Auschwitz . 
 The train carrying the women and children is accidentally redirected to Auschwitz - Birkenau ; bribes , the commandant of Auschwitz , with a bag of diamonds to win their release . At the new factory , forbids the SS guards from entering the factory floor and encourages the Jews to observe the Jewish Sabbath . Over the next seven months , he spends much of his fortune bribing Nazi officials and buying shell casings from other companies ; due to Schindler 's own machinations , the factory does not produce any usable armaments during this period . Schindler runs out of money in 1945 , just as Germany surrenders , ending the war in Europe . 
 As a Nazi Party member and war profiteer , must flee the advancing Red Army to avoid capture . The SS guards in Schindler 's factory have been ordered to kill the Jewish workforce , but persuades them not to , so that they can " return to [ their ] families as men , instead of murderers . " He bids farewell to his workers and prepares to head west , hoping to surrender to the Americans . The workers give a signed statement attesting to his role in saving Jewish lives and present him with a ring engraved with a Talmudic quotation : " Whoever saves one life saves the world entire . " is touched , but also ashamed , as he feels he should have done even more . As the wake up the next morning , a Soviet soldier arrives to announce that they have been liberated . The Jews leave the factory and walk to a nearby town .

Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Caroline Goodall, Jonathan Sagall, Embeth Davidtz

A fleet of helicopters sprays for medflies and reveals all the characters along the path of their flight . Dr. and his wife , , meet another couple , and , at cello concert and make a spontaneous Sunday dinner date . 's sister , , is married to philandering cop , who invents unbelievable stories to hide his affair with . is in the process of divorcing one of the helicopter pilots , . Waitress is married to an alcoholic limo driver , . Television commentator lives with his wife , , and their young son , , next door to and her mother , cabaret singer . Their pool cleaner is , whose wife , , works from home as a phone sex operator by tending to the children while she talks off strange men . and are friends with 's daughter , , and her husband , , who works as a makeup artist . 
 The day before the eighth birthday of , hits him with her car as he is running to school . appears fine and refuses 's offer of a ride home , as she is a stranger . His mother comes home from ordering his birthday cake to find him slumped lethargically on the couch . convinces her to take to the hospital , where he remains unconscious . The baker calls the next day to inform that the cake is ready , but , wanting to keep the line free , briskly ends the conversation . The baker immediately calls back , incensed at being hung up on . While the Finnigans maintain their vigil , the baker continues to call and harass the couple . 's estranged father turns up at the hospital and recalls that 's hospitalization reminds him of the day that was in a car accident as a boy . When 's mother went to her sister 's house , she found her in bed with her husband , whom she had seduced . That led to the estrangement between father and son . 
 and his two friends , and , harass at the diner before they head out on their three - day fishing trip . On the first day , they find a young woman 's body , submerged near some rocks . After some debate , they decide to tie her to the rocks , continue fishing , and report the body when they are done . When he comes home , eventually admits to what they had done , and she is disgusted that they could fish for days with the woman 's body nearby . The body is identified as a 23 - year - old woman , and visits the funeral home out of a sense of guilt . 
 visits 's house , ostensibly to pick up his mother 's clock but instead spends the day destroying her belongings . and entertain themselves in the apartment that they are watching while its owners are on vacation by taking some pictures of in which has made her up to look as if she were brutally beaten . abandons the family dog on a strange street because he can not endure its barking , but after several days of his distraught children 's inquiries , he returns to the neighbourhood and retrieves the dog , who had been picked up by 's family . The get into a massive argument just before their dinner party with the . admits to an affair . Both couples alleviate their stress by drinking heavily , and the party lasts all night long . 
 One day , 's eyes begin to flutter . 's excitement grows , but just as he appears to be fully waking , he suddenly dies . Seeing that and being overwhelmed , 's father , , leaves the hospital while the distraught couple returns home and informs of 's death . The next day , they go to the bakery to shame the baker over his abuse of them . When he learns why they never picked up the cake , he asks them to stay and gives them baked goods . , worn to the breaking point by her mother 's alcoholism and her isolation , commits suicide by starting a car engine inside her garage ; she plays the cello as she asphyxiates . Later that day , her mother discovers 's death and is bewildered . 
 When picks up the pictures from the developer , they are mixed up with 's . He is horrified to see the pictures of , who is apparently beaten so badly , and she is horrified by the pictures took of the submerged body on his fishing trip . They walk away from each other , memorizing each other 's license plates . and are on their way to a picnic with and . In the park , and try to rape two young women they encountered earlier , and quickly makes an excuse to divvy up into couples . As he and one of the girls walk away from and the other girl , they hear her scream . They turn around to see hitting her in the head with a rock , just as a major earthquake strikes . In the aftermath , 's murder of the girl is attributed to a falling rock during the earthquake .

Julianne Moore, Jack Lemmon, Robert Downey, Jr., Tim Robbins, Chris Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Madeleine Stowe, Matthew Modine, Anne Archer, Fred Ward, Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Lili Taylor, Peter Gallagher, Frances McDormand, Lori Singer, Huey Lewis, Annie Ross, Lyle Lovett

has become a famous actress since her time posing as a nun , performing in Las Vegas . During her last performance , she reunites with her friends , Sisters , , and . They ask for her help , reuniting her with Reverend Mother , who explains that the convent nuns now work as teachers at the St. Francis Academy in San Francisco , which attended as a child . The school faces closure at hands of its administrator , Mr. , unless the school ’s reputation can be improved . The nuns ask to reprise her persona as Sister and become the new music teacher . reluctantly agrees . 
 At the school , meets the school ’s staff of monks , led by the humble but inept Father . She attends her first music class , meeting the rowdy teenagers , who are merely there to “ pass ” just by attending classes . butts heads with the ringleader , , who walks out when introduces a firmer hand in class . The other students stay to avoid failure . When they break into spontaneous , synchronised singing , decides to turn them into a choir , which the students at first object to . 
 overhears singing , and convinces her to return to the class . The class and nuns restore the school ’s decrepit music room and practice extensively , later performing before the whole school , led by the preachy but talented vocalist . The nuns discover numerous trophies , revealing the school won the All - State Choir Championship in the past , and decide to enter the choir once again . Father gives his blessing to the choir ’s entry , as long as they raise the money themselves and each student obtains parental consent to attend . 
 However , ’s strict but well - meaning mother refuses to let her daughter attend , believing a musical career is a dead end after her husband died trying to make a name for himself . However , Rita forges her mother ’s certificate to go on the trip , but leaves an apology note for her . Mr. recognises as and warns Father of the sham , but the choir has already left for the competition . The monks pile into their old van and race to confront . 
 Backstage at the competition , the choir are intimidated by the seasoned veterans and consider quitting , but commitment inspires them to carry on . The monks arrive , Father deciding to support the choir upon seeing their change in enthusiasm , the other monks trapping Mr. in a closet to prevent him from interfering with . The choir takes to the stage , performing a solo before the choir perform an urban contemporary gospel rendition of “ Joyful , Joyful , We Adore Thee ” , with hip hop - inspired choreography . 
 The choir win the competition . The school ’s local diocese , impressed with the performance , agree to keep the school and give the freed Crisp a promotion , Reverend Mother claiming that he came up with the idea for the school choir to begin with . and make amends , while the choir learns that is actually an actress . They ask her if she is a Las Vegas showgirl , to which claims she has never been such , but is a “ headliner ” . 
 The film closes with the choir and their teachers performing “ Ai n't No Mountain High Enough . ”

Fifth Avenue socialite ( ) and her art dealer husband ( ) are parents of " two at Harvard and a girl at Groton " . But the narrow world inhabited by the and their public status as people interested in the arts make them easy prey for ( ) . , a skillful con - artist , mysteriously appears at their door one night , injured and bleeding , claiming to be a close college friend of their Ivy League kids , as well as the son of . and are much impressed by 's fine taste , keen wit , articulate literary expositions and surprising culinary skill . His appealing facade soon has the putting him up , lending him money and taking satisfaction in his praise for their posh lifestyle . 's scheme continues until , after he brings home a hustler , his actual indigence is revealed . The shocked kick him out when it is revealed that they are but the most recent victims of the duplicity with which has charmed his way into many upper - crust homes along the Upper East Side . 's schemes become highbrow - legend , anecdotal accounts which are bantered about at their cocktail parties . In the end , has a profound effect on the many individuals who encounter him , linking them in their shared experience .

After Chicago architect loses his wife to cancer , he and his eight - year - old son start a new life in Seattle , but they continue to grieve . A year and a half later , on Christmas Eve , calls in to a radio talk show . persuades a reluctant to go on the air to talk about how much he misses . Hundreds of women from around the country who hear the program and are touched by the story , write to . One of the listeners is Annie , a Baltimore Sun reporter who is engaged to but feels there is something missing from their relationship . After watching the film An Affair to Remember , impulsively writes a letter suggesting that meet her on top of the Empire State Building on Valentine 's Day . She does not intend to mail it , but her friend and editor does it for her and later agrees to send to Seattle . 
 begins dating a co - worker , , whom dislikes . reads 's letter and likes that it mentions the Baltimore Orioles , but he fails to convince his father to go to New York to meet . On the advice of his playmate , replies to , agreeing to the New York meeting . While dropping off at the airport for a flight , sees exiting from her plane and is mesmerized by her , although he has no idea who she is . later secretly watches and playing on the beach together . The next day she goes again to 's houseboat but mistakes Sam 's sister for . He recognizes her from the airport and says " hello " but only responds with another " hello " before fleeing . She returns to Baltimore and then goes to New York to meet for Valentine 's Day . 
 With 's help , flies to New York and goes to the Empire State Building searching for . When discovers what did , he grabs a later plane and follows where he finds him on the observation deck . Meanwhile , sees the skyscraper from the Rainbow Room where she is dining with and confesses her doubts to him , amicably ending their engagement . She rushes to the Empire State Building just moments after the doors to the down elevator close with and inside . 
 The observation deck is deserted , but discovers a backpack that left behind . As she pulls out 's teddy bear from the backpack , and emerge from the elevator , and the three meet for the first time . indicates they should go and offers his hand to . The three then enter the elevator together and the doors close .

Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger, Bill Pullman, Rosie O'Donnell, Rita Wilson, Rob Reiner

( ) , a sex - starved divorcee , moves into an exclusive New York residential building , not long after the previous tenant , , falls to her death from her balcony . She immediately crosses paths with other tenants including the handsome ( ) . 
 and soon start meeting quite often ; eventually agrees to go to the gym with , who begins to turn her on by grabbing her hips while exercising . After hanging out for a while , they end up having sex and begin a sexual relationship . is also being romantically pursued by ( ) , a novelist who is another resident of her building . 
 Two of 's neighbors ( , ) die under suspicious circumstances . As she discovers more about and , she begins to distrust both and also uncovers shocking secrets about other people who live around her . eventually finds out that killed because of his jealousy of . It is revealed that knew that was the killer , but chose to ignore it because it would expose his other secret : he has surveillance cameras allowing him to spy on every apartment , including hers . 
 Although she is both curious about and disturbed by the cameras , she sees footage of having sex with , as well as the murder of by . eventually destroys 's surveillance room and his video monitors , telling him to " get a life " before leaving him and the building .

Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Martin Landau, Polly Walker, Nina Foch, CCH Pounder, Colleen Camp

Master Gunnery Sergeant ( ) , Force Reconnaissance Marine , an experienced sniper , and his spotter , Cpl . ( ) , are on a mission to assassinate a Panamanian rebel leader in the jungle . Because they are extracted in daylight instead of at night , is killed by a sniper . runs back under fire to carry 's body to the helicopter . 
 Later , is paired up with an inexperienced civilian , ( ) , to eliminate a rebel general financed by a Colombian drug lord . is a SWAT team sharpshooter , with no combat experience or confirmed kills to his name . While on the way to the staging area , 's helicopter is attacked by a guerrilla , and several members of the crew are killed . is unable to take out the attacker ; instead , the chopper 's dying gunner makes the kill , but the co - pilot believes made the crucial shot , earning a false reputation . 
 On the mission , insists on deviating from the plan that was given . This , together with the fact that has no experience or aptitude for jungle operations , sparks friction between the two . Early on , they encounter a group of Indians , who agree to lead them past the rebel guerrillas , in return for a favor : they must agree to eliminate ( " The Surgeon " ) , an ex - CIA agent and expert in torture who has been aiding the rebels . agrees to do so . 
 Uncertain of 's reliability and skeptical about his " kill " while aboard the helicopter , he tells to kill in order to prove himself . However , when the time comes , fails again by first firing a " warning shot , " followed by a shot at 's head . is able to dodge the head shot by ducking under it into the river in which he has been swimming . In the ensuing firefight with the alarmed guerrillas , one of the Indians is killed . Although the Indians do not directly blame either or , they withdraw further help . 
 En route to the target , they realize they are being followed . They head to a village to contact their informant , a priest , only to find that he has been tortured and murdered by 's men well before they arrived . speculates out loud that it is the work of , calling into question 's credibility . That night , marks their track to bait the follower - the sniper that killed - into a trap and uses as bait to pull the sniper out of hiding to take him out . 
 The two men finally reach the general 's hacienda . While waiting for their targets to emerge , they find to be alive after all . is n't hidden very well , and is spotted by one of the guards trying to sneak up on . kills 's attacker while takes out the drug lord . Having had to save 's life instead of killing the general , insists on going back to take out the general . 's refusal leads to an exchange of fire between and . ceases when running out of ammunition and breaks down mentally afterward . 
 As rebels close in on the two , attempts to provide cover fire for . Seeing himself outnumbered , he surrenders to rebels and knowing that is watching , he stealthily ejects a round from the chamber of his rifle while holding it up , then drops the bullet on the ground ; picks it after is taken away . 
 With nighttime approaching , goes to the extraction site , but instead of boarding the helicopter , he heads to the base camp , where he kills the general with his knife . He finds being tortured by , who has cut off the trigger finger of 's right hand . spots in the distance and uses a ploy to both distract and mouth instruction to kill both of them with one shot . Instead , sticks to " one shot , one kill " and shoots in the head . The two run to the helicopter for extraction , and once again saves 's life : using his left hand , he shoots an ambushing sniper . The final scene shows and on the way back home .

( ) is a beat poet living in San Francisco , after having broken up with yet another woman based on paranoid perception . His friend , a policeman , points out that simply is afraid of commitment and tries to think of or invent any reason to break up with someone . 
 encounters a butcher named , and the two quickly find common bonds between them . They start to date , and learns she used to live in Atlantic City , had been involved with a trainer in Russian martial arts , and screams for someone named in her sleep . After staying at her place one night , meets 's eccentric sister , , who warns to be careful . As they continue to see each other , and fall in love . He arranges a dinner with her to meet his parents , and , who both believe in conspiracy theories and get their news from the Weekly World News tabloid . While there , spots one paper that describes a story about a " Mrs. X " , a bride who kills her husbands on their honeymoons using an axe and matches all the mannerism that has thus far shown . 
 becomes paranoid and asks to investigate and the Mrs. story . reveals that the husbands of Mrs. were all reported missing alongside their wives , assuring that is unlikely to be Mrs. X. remains on edge , and after a few more troubled dates , decides to break up with her . later reports that a killer in the Mrs. story has confessed . Relieved , apologizes to by reciting one of his beat poems to her from his rooftop . They make up , and explains away some of the confusion had from her history , such as being the name of a woman she knew . 
 Some time later , proposes to , which she reluctantly accepts after some hesitation . Following the wedding ceremony , they embark on a honeymoon to a secluded mountain hotel . After they depart , learns that the confessed killer is actually a compulsive liar . He sends a photo of to the known associates of the missing husbands , and all report back that she was their friends ' wife . With phone lines to the hotel down due to a storm , charters a plane . Once he lands , he is able to call locally and warn him that is really Mrs. , but the hotel phone line is knocked out and power is lost . 
 is panicked and tries to stay away from without letting her know what he knows , but the hotel staff force him into the honeymoon suite for their first night together . finds himself alone and discovers a " Dear Jane " letter , purportedly written by him , explaining his absence to . Suddenly , appears wielding an axe . tells he was not supposed to find the letter , and reveals herself as the Mrs. X killer - she feels that 's husbands are taking her sister from her , and so killed them on their honeymoon night , leading to believe that each husband simply left her . is then trapped in a game of cat - and - mouse , staying away from while waiting for the police to arrive . 
 leads the police into the hotel but arrests , still believing her to be the murderer . Having chased to the hotel roof , swings the axe at and is thrown off the building , with only holding her up from falling to her death . comes to catch her fall , where she is arrested and taken away . and resume their lives afterward as a happy couple .

Mike Myers, Nancy Travis, Anthony LaPaglia, Amanda Plummer, Brenda Fricker, Alan Arkin

( ) left his farm to fight in the American Civil War and is presumed dead after six years . Despite the hardship of working their farm in Vine Hill , Tennessee , his apparent widow ( ) is content in his absence , because was an unpleasant and abusive husband . She makes remarriage plans with one of her neighbors , ( ) , who has been helping her and her young son with the farmwork . 
 One day , seemingly returns with a change of heart . He is now kind and loving to and their young son , . In the evenings , he reads to them from 's Iliad , which the old never would have done . He claims that the book was given to him by a man he met in prison . and rekindle their intimacy , which leads to becoming pregnant . 
 Displaced from his courtship of , suspects as an impostor . The town shoemaker also finds that this man 's foot is two sizes smaller than the last which had been made for before the war . In order to revive the local economy , suggests Burley tobacco as a cash crop . He raises the seed money by selling parts of his own farm to people who will then work the land to grow tobacco . This raises further doubts in his old neighbors who believe that the " old " would not be so hasty to give away his father 's land , as well as resentment among Confederate veterans about the inclusion of former slaves . 
 One black freedman living on 's land is attacked and dropped at 's door by men proclaiming themselves the Knights of the White Camellia ( one of them is ) . is threatened in an attempt to force him to exclude black people from the landowning , but he refuses . 
 Upon taking the townspeople 's money , he buys the tobacco seed claiming that the crops will raise enough funds to rebuild the town church . All those that bought in on the deal set to work , transforming the plantation into a breeding ground of promise and prosperity . gives birth to a daughter , . 
 Shortly after 's baptism , two U.S. Marshals arrest on the charge of murder , which carries the death penalty . 's attempts to save her husband focus on the question of his identity : whether this " " is who he claims to be , or a lookalike who met the real whilst in prison for deserting the Confederate Army . and 's lawyer agree to argue that her husband is an impostor . This would save him from hanging for murder , but he would still be imprisoned for fraud and military desertion . devises this plan in exchange for promising to marry him upon " 's " imprisonment . 
 fires the lawyer and sets about re - establishing himself as the real . Several witnesses are brought up to discredit this as a fraud , who state that he is , an English teacher and con artist from Virginia . One witness says that the man currently posing as defrauded his township of several thousand dollars after claiming he wanted to help rebuild the schoolhouse there . He is also said to have deserted the Confederate Army and ended up in prison . discredits the man 's testimony by identifying him as one of the Klansmen who had threatened him earlier . He points out that was another of those men and that this is all a set - up to try to rob the new black farmers of the land they have bought . 
 When is called as a witness , she reveals that his kind nature convinced her of his being an impostor , admitting " … because I never loved him the way I love you ! " With this , she says that she believes the man before her to be her real husband . Judge calls to his bench to ask whether he wishes to be tried as , even if it will certainly mean death by hanging . states that he wants to be tried as . 
 is convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death by hanging . While awaiting death , he is asked by to tell the truth about his identity and . mentions the book on 's works that he holds . tells her the story of how a man had to share a cell with another man , who looked like they could have been brothers . After sharing a cell for four years , they got to know everything about each other . 
 Upon his release , killed another man , then died from a wound he got during the fight . then buries , which is seen in the opening scene of the film . decided to assume identity . concludes by saying he ca n't admit to being , because and the children would lose everything . 
 As is taken to the gallows , he asks to be amongst the crowds , as he can not " hang alone " . As is about to be hanged , makes her way to the front of the crowd . calls for her , claiming to the executioner that he " is n't ready " . She calls back to him , and the two see each other before he is executed . 
 The closing scenes show walking up a hill with flowers . She then kneels by the gravestone of " John " and lays the flowers down for him . It is revealed that work is being done on the steeple of the village church , as had wished .

moves from her small farm town in South Dakota to attend college in Los Angeles at California State University , Northridge . On her first day , she and her parents and meet ; the resident advisor of 's coed dormitory . After they leave , the clash of cultures drives into seriously considering returning home , but advises her to give it a chance and she soon begins to acclimate ; cutting and dyeing her hair , dressing in a more Californian manner , and even getting a tattoo of a butterfly on her ankle . When Thanksgiving break approaches , realizes that has nowhere to go , and she invites him to visit her family . 
 Shocked by her changes , the and 's boyfriend try to take it in stride and decide to put up with , who had gotten off on the wrong foot with , 's father , when he dropped her off at college . At dinner , realizes that wants to propose marriage to her and she urges to speak . Unable to come up with anything off the cuff , tells them that he has already proposed and she had accepted . This upsets 's family who develops a disdain for , and who becomes so jealous he punches in the face . Now acting as a future son - in - law , expresses an interest in farming , much to the amusement of and his farmhand , who send him through the pratfalls and tribulations of farming as he is tasked with daily chores . rebounds though , and begins to prove himself an avid farmer , quickly learning how to perform each task he 's given . He also begins to endear himself to the rest of the family ; he impresses 's little brother with his computer skills , and begins to see him as a big brother . He compliments 's appearance and helps to bring her out of her shell for . And when 's father has heart problems , tries to help by performing CPR . quickly recovers when he see atop him , but says has earned his trust for aiding his father . 
 While shopping for clothes , meets ; a friend of 's from school . apologizes to for hitting him and says he is the better man for , inviting to a bachelor party he has come and dance for and the next morning , finds the two of them waking up in the barn . furiously calls off the wedding , but and ca n't defend themselves as they can not remember the night before . leaves to head back to L.A. while -- who had been seeing on the side -- berates her on her behavior the night before . When she gets in her car though , she finds the seat suspiciously left all the way back and discovers a bottle of pills under it . Picking up attempting to hitchhike , they return to the house and confront and while the are sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner . Hoping to get out of trouble , confesses that they drugged them and he set them up in the barn . immediately fires . stands up to , who is immediately knocked down by who reveals he majored in karate for two semesters at school . After kicking and out , is invited to sit with the Warners while offers his son - in - law a chance to cut the turkey . tries to interject the truth about 's proposal , but he stops her , saying they had n't yet decided on a wedding date and they want to wait a little bit before making the decision ; hinting he intends to legitimately propose to , and having a proper relationship the will respect .

, a Pittsburgh Police homicide detective , has broken the ranks by informing on his partner and cousin , , for using excessive force . On route to the Policemen 's Ball with his father , , the ball is postponed after a call indicating a serial killer nicknamed the Polish Hill Strangler has been spotted . As and pursue the killer 's vehicle , the vehicles collide and both roll down an embankment . When regains consciousness , he learns his father has been shot dead and the killer has escaped . Police arrest a criminal named as the . Later , rather than go to prison , climbs to the top of the 31st Street Bridge and jumps off . His body is never found . 
 Two years later , is drinking heavily and has been reassigned to the River Rescue Squad . His cousin , 's brother , has stepped down from the force and also drinks heavily . Called to the scene of a body dump , finds the victim is an ex - girlfriend . is assigned a new partner , , who learns from District Attorney that had been demoted after telling a television reporter that he believed the Polish Hill Strangler was a policeman . 
 A nurse is abducted . receives a phone call similar to ones left by the Polish Hill Strangler : the nurse screams before she is shot and the phone goes dead . Detective , who hates for turning in , states on TV the murder was committed by a copycat . is met with strong opposition by his uncle , Captain , after suggesting the is back . goes to the precinct and steals the file in order to conduct an unauthorized investigation . Soon after , the body of another of 's ex - girlfriends is found . 
 is invited to the Policemen 's Ball by as she is not familiar with any other officers there . Despite understanding that he wo n't be very welcome , which he initially is n't , goes and accompanies . and then join the ( who represent a large portion of the officers present ) . and arrive and is already drunk . has an outburst while a toast is being proposed to and a fight ensues between and . takes home and after in initial fit from the two partners kiss and then proceed to have sex while being observed by an unseen person . 
 The next night on patrol , and stumble upon the scene of someone dumping what appears to be a wrapped body off a bridge . destroys the suspect 's car but the unidentified individual escapes . Divers retrieve the body only to find it to be merely a bunch of rugs , which leads to and being humiliated by their peers . 
 While stumbles upon 's investigation notes of the , informs he suspects . discloses has been under scrutiny by Internal Affairs . During a court hearing to have removed from the force , it is revealed is really of the Pennsylvania State Police , who has been monitoring to find evidence of misconduct . perjures herself and goes unpunished . 
 is kidnapped from her apartment just as finds the body of another female victim , a police dispatcher he knows , outside his boathouse . Thinking that is the killer & angry about 's death , heads upriver to the family cabin . Just as arrives , someone from behind knocks unconscious . awakens to find himself , , and handcuffed to chairs , with the killer , who turns out to be none other than , who survived the fall into the river two years earlier , standing in front of them . is about to kill when suddenly walks in and he tells his son to turn himself in , but is defiant and commands to tell how really died . 
 A flashback reveals arrived on the scene immediately after and the crashed their cars . He was horrified to find and let him escape . emerged from the wrecked car and took aim at the fleeing killer , unaware it was . tried to stop him and , in the ensuing struggle , accidentally killed . 
 After this revelation , takes aim at , who shoots first . is wearing a bulletproof vest and returns fire , killing his father . In a fit of rage , charges at , giving a chance to free himself . As the police close in , flees on a motorboat with in pursuit . The two get into a scuffle in which kills by tasering him in the mouth . After is escorted by a paramedic , an officer attempts to remove the handcuffs from 's wrists , but steps in to remove them , and apologizes . In the process , he offers to punch him in the face , which briefly declines and after a second of reluctance , he punches in the face . Afterwards , and embrace each other . 
 The movie ends with , who has been reinstated as a detective , visiting his father 's grave with and her daughter at his side .

Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tom Sizemore, Dennis Farina, Robert Pastorelli

About 65,000,000 years ago , a meteorite crashes into the Earth , killing the dinosaurs and splitting the universe into two parallel dimensions . The surviving dinosaurs cross into this new dimension and evolve into a humanoid race . 
 In the present , Italian American plumbers and live in Brooklyn , New York . They are being driven out of business by the mafia - like Scapelli Construction Company led by . falls in love with orphaned NYU student , who is digging under the Brooklyn Bridge for dinosaur bones . After a date , takes back to the bridge only to witness two of 's men sabotaging it by leaving the water pipes open . Unable to fix the flooding , and rush back to his apartment where they inform about the incident . The trio returns to the flooding where the Mario Bros. manage to fix it but are knocked unconscious by and , who proceed to capture . 
 Moments later , and awaken and head deeper into the caves following Daisy 's screams and discover an interdimensional portal allowing the Mario Bros. to follow . It turns out that and are henchmen ( and cousins ) of the other world 's germophobic and obsessive – compulsive dictator , King , who descended from the Tyrannosaurus Rex . and realize they did n't bring 's rock , a meteorite fragment which is trying to get in order to merge his world with the human world . It is then revealed that is the long - lost Princess of the other dimension . When overthrew 's father ( and devolved him into fungus ) , her mother took her to Brooklyn using the interdimensional portal . The portal was then closed , with 's mother killed in the process , but 's men inadvertently reopened the portal when they blasted the cave . Upon hearing this , sends and to find both and the rock to merge the dimensions and make him dictator of both worlds . However , after subjects them to one of his experiments to make them more intelligent , and realize 's evil intentions and side with the Mario Bros. in the desert . is taken to Koopa - Tower , where she meets a young . informs that she descended from the dinosaurs , believing only can merge the worlds because of her royal heritage . Eventually , the Mario Bros. rescue with the help of , a good - natured guitarist who was punished by for performing music that protests his reign ( for which he is devolved into a Goomba ) . 
 Eventually , the two worlds merge and devolves into a chimpanzee before going after , but and manage to remove the fragment from the meteorite and the worlds separate again . In Dinohattan , confronts and eventually defeats him when he and fire their devolution guns at and blast him with a Bob - omb . , now transformed into a ferocious , semi - humanoid Tyrannosaurus attempts to kill the Mario Bros. , but they destroy him once and for all by transforming him into an actual T. rex , which is too intense for him to live through and instead turns him into primeval slime . With 's father restored after 's defeat , he reclaims control over the kingdom . The citizens celebrate and immediately destroy anything under 's influence . professes his love for Daisy and wants her to come to Brooklyn with him , but can not come until the damage caused by is repaired and thus , she wants to spend more time with her father . Heartbroken , kisses goodbye as he and return home to Brooklyn , with watching them leave . Three weeks later , the Mario Bros. are getting ready for dinner when their story comes on the news and the anchorman says they should be called the " Super Mario Bros. " then arrives and asks the Mario Bros. to help her and says , " You 're never gon na believe this ! " 
 In a post - credits scene , two Japanese business executives propose making a video game based on and , who decide on the title The Super Koopa Cousins .

Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Samantha Mathis, Fisher Stevens, Richard Edson, Fiona Shaw

After murdering his father , wealthy decides to fake his own death . He plants a car bomb in an attempt to kill a nearly identical half - brother , , after persuading Arlington to switch identities with him . 
 survives , but requires facial reconstruction and also has lost most of his memory . Dr. is there during his recovery . resurfaces and tries once more to eliminate him , but is killed himself . makes a decision to make his new identity a permanent one .

In Hamburg in 1939 , and join their friends and at a swing club called the Bismarck . They have a good time , dancing and enjoying the music . 
 goes home to find his mother in an argument with the Nazi Blockleiter ( block leader ) . , head of the local Gestapo , arrives and curtly dismisses the . Herr begins asking questions about some of her late husband 's friends . had been accused of being a communist , and was irreparably damaged by an interrogation at the hands of Nazi agents . 
 At 's house , accidentally ruins one of 's prized records . Upset , kicks , and out . To apologize to , and steal a radio ( which knows was stolen from a ransacked Jewish home ) from a bakery . escapes , but is caught . , who is attracted to 's mother , intercedes for him ; in return , must enroll in the Hitlerjugend ( HJ ) . 
 , who has a job delivering books , is asked to spy on his boss , whom the Nazis suspect is working against the Reich . In HJ school , the boys are encouraged to spy on their friends and families . accuses his father of insulting , hoping to cause trouble for him , but is unnerved when the Nazis come to his home and take his father away . His subsequent attempts to resume his friendship with and persuade him to collaborate with the Nazis are tinged with fear . 
 , who is working at a jazz club , refuses to play a German song , lashing out at the club 's patrons for being blind to the Nazi agenda . is sympathetic but loudly argues the Nazi side . angrily proclaims to be a " fucking Nazi " and storms off . As time goes on , realizes there is nothing for him in Germany and commits suicide . 
 As begins to believe fully in Nazi ideology , feels as though there is no hope for him . , disenchanted with how his life is coming apart , dresses up and goes to a swing club which is scheduled to be raided by members of the Hitlerjugend ( HJ ) . As begins assaulting the club 's patrons he attacks ; however , during the fight is able to reach . begs to run away but wo n't . is there and as is driven away by the police , he loudly screams " Swing Heil ! " over and over again , proud that his brother stood up for being a swing kid .

In 1593 , in feudal Japan , a young man is being chased by four samurai on horseback . As they go into the woods , a mysterious woman emerges from the underbrush and watches closely . However , the samurai eventually capture and take the youth , revealed to be a prince named , with them . 
 In the present , two years after the events of the previous film , has been shopping at the flea market in preparation for her upcoming vacation . She brings her friends gifts to cheer them up . is given an old lamp ( the lampshade of which he wears as an impression of " Elvis Presley in Blue Hawaii " ) , is given a broken radio to fix , is given a book on swords , and is to receive a fedora but , having stormed off earlier , he is never formally given it . For , she brings an ancient Japanese scepter . Back in the past , is being scolded at by his father , Lord , for disgracing their family name , but argues that his father 's desire for war is the true disgrace . Their argument is interrupted by , an English trader who has come to supply with added manpower and firearms , and leaves his father 's presence to brood alone in a temple . There , he finds the same scepter and reads the inscription : " Open Wide the Gates of Time " . 
 In the present , is looking at the scepter and it begins to light up . She is then sent back in time , while takes her place ; each wears what the other did . Upon arrival , is accused of being a witch , but deduces she has no power and has put in prison to suffer . Back in the present , is highly distressed upon seeing the turtles and calls them " kappa " . After learning from of the situation , the turtles decide to go back in time to get . However , according to 's calculations , they have to do it within 60 hours , otherwise the scepter 's power will disappear due to the space - time continuum being out of sync . They bring in to watch over the lair and use the scepter to warp through time . When doing so , the turtles are replaced by four of 's Honor Guards and are confused at their new surroundings . 
 Back in time , the turtles awake on horseback and make a poor show of riding their steeds . During the confusion , ( who is carrying the scepter ) ends up riding off alone into the forest and gets ambushed by an unknown assailant . The others go to search for at 's palace , where their identity as Honor Guards allows them cover in their search . After following one of 's thugs into the prison , the turtles rescue and also free another prisoner named ( locked up for trying to start a mutiny against , and who bears a striking resemblance to ) , but their sloppy escape ends up leaving them all alone in the wilderness and without a clue where to go . Meanwhile , in the present , is getting impatient and anticipates a fight from . instead introduces him and the Honor Guards to television hockey , which manages to calm them down for the time being . 
 Out in the woods , the turtles , , and are again attacked , this time by villagers mistaking them for 's forces . The attack stops when , leader of the rebellion against Lord , unmasks and sees that he looks just like one of her prisoners . The turtles realize that she is talking about and accompany to her village . When they arrive , the village is being burned down by 's men . As the turtles help the villagers save it , is let out by a pair of clueless soldiers and joins in the fight . is forced to retreat , but the fire continues to burn and has trapped a young boy named inside a house . saves from the fire , then helps him recover by performing CPR . 
 As continues bargaining with Lord over buying guns in exchange for gold , the turtles spend some time in the village . decides to have a replica scepter made so they can get back home , while teaches some of the people about pizza and later tries to console about , whom she is in love with . also gets in touch with his sensitive side through the child , ironically being the one who teaches on how to control his temper . Back in the present , the Honor Guards from the past are quickly adjusting to life in the 20th Century , and decides to challenge them to a hockey game . To 's dismay , the Honor Guards think hockey is about beating up each other . Meanwhile , and fear that the ninja turtles will not return home in time before their sixty hours are up . 
 In the past , the replica scepter is completed , but an argument between and ends up breaking it . To make matters worse , informs them that Lord has agreed to purchase 's guns and will attack the village in the morning . When sneaks off to visit , however , he is surprised to find the original scepter in the child 's possession . The turtles are overjoyed to see it but are angry at for hiding it and essentially forcing them to fight her war , however , 's grandfather clarifies that it was his idea to have the turtles fight in her place . 
 Suddenly , betrays everybody and captures , and the turtles return to 's palace to save her . After rescuing her , they are cornered by and are made to fight waves of his soldiers . The turtles respond by freeing the prisoners in the palace , starting an all - out war on the palace grounds . After a while of fighting , defeats Lord in a heated sword duel , comedically finishing him by cutting his hair and then trapping him inside of a bell . Deciding to cut his losses , takes the scepter and tries to escape to his boat . When cornered by the turtles at the dock , throws the scepter into the air as a distraction . The turtles catch the scepter , while launches a catapult at and knocks him off the dock to his death . 
 The turtles are now ready to return to their own time , but says he 'd rather stay ( in particular because he wanted to be with ) . decides he wants to stay as well because he feels like the Turtles are appreciated in Japan unlike back home . The other turtles and try to convince them otherwise until activates the scepter and makes the decision harder . After a long debate ( which included telling to keep his promise about returning to the past ) , reluctantly agrees to go home with his brothers , but just barely misses grabbing the scepter in time . The Honor Guards switch back with the Turtles ( all except for ) . Fortunately , the last remaining Honor Guard activates the scepter and swaps places with just before the scepter burns out . 
 In the past , admits surrender to and , and the two lovers share a tender reunion . , meanwhile , is depressed over the thought of growing up , but cheers him up by performing the " lampshade Elvis " impression , and the rest of the turtles join in with a final dance number .

Nomadic , flaky , , wants to settle down , find a decent man , and provide a better home for her and her son , . When she moves to Seattle , Washington , and meets , she thinks she has accomplished her goals . However , 's true personality is revealed after spends a few months separated from his mother and living with and his children in a small town in the North Cascades . seems to want to mold into a better person , but his methods include emotional , verbal , and physical abuse . 
 The marriage proceeds , and recognizes 's need to dominate everyone around him . She sticks with it , though , and several years of dysfunction ensue . During this time , befriends a classmate , , who is a misfit at school and ambiguously gay . Hoping to leave Concrete , and live with his older brother , who has been living on the East Coast with their father , decides to apply for scholarships at East Coast prep - schools . Realizing his grades are not good enough , he plans to submit falsified records . Meanwhile , the friendship between and becomes strained when confronts , saying he is behaving more and more like . helps his friend get the papers he needs to falsify his grade records , and submits his prep - school applications . After numerous rejections , he is accepted by the Hill School in Pottstown , Pennsylvania near Philadelphia , with a full scholarship . 
 Later , defends from during a physically violent argument ; they both leave and the town of Concrete . 
 ( Note : The real died in 1992 . ( ) remarried and moved to Florida . left Concrete and became a successful businessman in Italy . 's children all married and stayed in Seattle . and his brother both became noted writers . )

In 1879 , members of the outlaw gang known as the Cowboys , led by , ride into a Mexican town and interrupt a local police officer 's wedding . They then proceed to massacre the assembled policemen in retribution for killing two of their fellow gang members . Shortly before being shot , a local priest warns them that their acts of murder and savagery will be avenged , referencing the biblical fourth horseman . 
 , a retired peace officer with a notable reputation , reunites with his brothers and in Tucson , Arizona , where they venture on toward Tombstone to settle down . There they encounter 's long - time friend , who is seeking relief from his worsening tuberculosis . and Mr. are also newly arrived with a traveling theater troupe . Meanwhile , 's common - law wife , , is becoming dependent on laudanum . and his brothers begin to profit from a stake in a gambling emporium and saloon . It is in this saloon that they have their first encounter with the Cowboys , who are identifiable by the red sashes worn around their waists . 
 As tensions rise , is pressured to help rid the town of the Cowboys , though he is no longer a lawman . After a visit to an opium den , goes on an intoxicated shooting spree and is told by Marshal to relinquish his firearms . instead shoots the marshal dead , and is forcibly taken into custody by . The arrest infuriates and the other Cowboys . Curly Bill stands trial , but is found not guilty due to a lack of witnesses . , unable to tolerate lawlessness , becomes the new marshal and imposes a weapons ban within the city limits . This leads to a gunfight at the O.K. Corral , in which , , and are killed . and are wounded , and the allegiance of county sheriff with the Cowboys is made clear . As retribution for the Cowboy deaths , 's brothers are ambushed ; is killed , while is left handicapped . A despondent and his family leave Tombstone and board a train , with and close behind , preparing to ambush them . sees that his family leaves safely , and then surprises the assassins . He kills , but lets live to send a message : announces that he is a U.S. marshal , and that he intends to kill any man he sees wearing a red sash . , , a reformed Cowboy named , Texas , and Turkey Creek , form a posse to seek revenge . 
 and his posse are ambushed in a riverside forest by the Cowboys . walks into the creek , miraculously surviving the enemy fire , and kills along with many of his men . second - in - command , , becomes the new head of the Cowboys . When 's health worsens , the group is accommodated by at his ranch . sends a messenger ( dragging ' corpse ) to tell that he wants a showdown to end the hostilities ; agrees . sets off for the showdown , not knowing that had already arrived at the scene . confronts a surprised and kills him in a duel . runs when he hears the gunshot , only to encounter . They then press on to complete their task of eliminating the Cowboys , although escapes their vengeance by renouncing his red sash . is sent to a sanatorium in Colorado , where he later dies of his illness . At 's urging , pursues to begin a new life .

Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Dana Delany, Bill Paxton, Sam Elliott, Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn, Billy Zane, Jason Priestley, Robert John Burke, Joanna Pacula, Stephen Lang, Michael Rooker, Jon Tenney

At a Detroit theater showing kung fu films , strikes up a conversation with fanatic . They later have sex at 's apartment in downtown Detroit . tearfully confesses that she is a call girl hired by 's boss as a birthday present but has fallen in love with . They marry . 
 An apparition of visits and convinces him to kill Alabama 's pimp . goes to the brothel where Alabama worked , shoots and kills , and takes a bag he assumes contains Alabama 's belongings . Back at the apartment , he and discover the bag contains a large amount of cocaine . 
 The couple visit 's estranged father , , a former cop and now a security guard , for help . tells that the police assume 's murder is a gang killing . After the couple leave for Los Angeles , is interrogated by , consigliere to a mobster named " Blue Lou Boyle " , who wants the drugs . , realizing he will die anyway , mockingly defies . Infuriated , shoots dead . A note on the refrigerator leads the mobsters to 's Los Angeles address . 
 In Los Angeles , and Alabama meet 's friend , an aspiring actor . introduces to a friend of his , actor , who reluctantly agrees to broker the sale of the drugs to film producer . While is out buying lunch , 's underboss , , finds in her motel room and beats her for information . She fights back and kills him with his shotgun . 
 is pulled over for speeding and arrested for drug possession . To stay out of jail , he agrees to record the drug deal between and for the police . 's crew learn where the deal will take place from 's roommate . , , , and go to 's suite at the Ambassador Hotel with the drugs . In the elevator , a suspicious threatens at gunpoint , but is persuaded by 's pleading . 
 fabricates a story for that the drugs were given to him by a corrupt cop , and agrees to the sale . excuses himself to the bathroom , where a vision of reassures him that things are going well . and his bodyguards are ambushed by the cops and mobsters and a shootout begins after accidentally reveals himself as an informant . Dick abandons the drugs and flees . Almost everyone is killed in the gun battle , and is wounded as he exits the bathroom . He and Alabama escape with 's money as more police arrive . They flee to Mexico where Alabama gives birth to a son , whom she names .

Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Bronson Pinchot, James Gandolfini

and play and , a wise - cracking couple of spies for an unnamed U.S. covert organization on maternity leave in New Orleans with their baby daughter whom they dote on , though they are unable to agree on whether her name should be or . With the baby 's arrival , they have decided to move on to " Chapter Two " of their marriage , retiring from field assignment in an attempt to give their daughter a normal life . However , events continually conspire to draw them back into their old lives , including fruitless attacks by a frustrated mugger ( played by ) while being called back into service to combat a psychotic Czech arms dealer ( played by ) .

( ) is a young woman in the Minneapolis / St Paul area working as a waitress and attending beauty school part - time who is always unlucky in love . ( ) is a loner / shy busboy who saves when two men try to rape her on her way home one night . She then gets to know him . They become close , but she finds out his past , and the attackers come after for revenge . They end up stabbing him . 
 While is recovering in the hospital , discovers that he has a heart defect , though he claims he has a baboon heart , based on a story loving nuns told him at the orphanage where he grew up . On his birthday she surprises him by taking him to a hockey game . Before they leave , he shows her a surprise gift he left her to be opened when they return . 
 At the hockey game , catches a stray hockey puck that is shot into the crowd . On the way home , he falls asleep and dies at the age of 27 . After the funeral , opens the gift he left her . It is a box of albums with a handwritten note from declaring his love for .

Rock and roll fans and now host their public - access television show , Wayne 's World , from an abandoned factory in Aurora , Illinois . After an Aerosmith concert , has a dream in which he meets and a " weird naked Indian " in a desert . convinces that his destiny is to organize a major music festival . and dub the concert " Waynestock " and hire 's former roadie , . Their early attempts to sign bands and sell tickets fail , and wonders if the endeavor is futile . 
 's girlfriend , singer of the band Crucial Taunt , has a new producer , , who tries to pull her away from and Illinois . meets a beautiful woman , . After admits spying on her due to his suspicion of 's ulterior motives , breaks up with him and becomes engaged to . attempts to manipulate into killing her ex - husband , but ends the relationship . 
 Tickets are sold for Waynestock but no bands arrive . Leaving to keep the rowdy crowd in check , disrupts 's wedding before escaping the ceremony with her and they get back together , in a scene closely resembling the finale of The Graduate . Meanwhile , has stage fright during the concert . returns to find the bands have still not arrived . 
 In the dream desert , and consult , who says that the bands will not come and that all that matters is they tried . They become lost in the desert . Finding this unacceptable , and reenact the ending of Thelma & Louise , driving their car off a cliff while trying to find the bands . Finally , and stage an ending in which the bands arrive and Waynestock is a success . arrives to Waynestock to get but is not allowed inside . 
 After the concert , the park is covered with trash and the " weird naked Indian " cries . and begin to remove the litter , promising to clean the entire park .

In present - day New York City , an Eastern bluebird named runs away from his siblings and he meets an intelligent orange Tyrannosaurus named , who is playing golf . He explains to that he was once a ravaging dinosaur , and proceeds to tell his personal story . 
 In a prehistoric jungle , is terrorizing other dinosaurs such as this Thescelosaurus he is pursuing when a spaceship lands on Earth with a little alien named . captures and gives him " Brain Grain " , a special breakfast cereal that vastly increases 's intelligence . is given his name and introduced to other dinosaurs that are also anthropomorphized by the magic of Brain Grain : a blue Triceratops named , a purple Pteranodon named and a green Parasaurolophus named . They soon meet 's employer Captain , the inventor of Brain Grain , who reveals his goal of allowing the children of the present time to see real dinosaurs , fulfilling their biggest wishes . He plans to take them to Doctor who will guide them to the American Museum of Natural History , and warns them to avoid Professor , his insane brother . 
 drops the dinosaurs off in the Hudson River in the present day , but they are unable to meet with . Instead , they meet a young boy named , who plans on running away to join the circus . agrees to help the dinosaurs get to the museum . Riding on , soon encounters a girl named , who is miserable with her life because of her neglectful parents . She agrees to run away with and help the dinosaurs . To prevent mass panic , decides that the dinosaurs need to stay hidden during their journey to the museum . He disguises them as floats in the Macy 's Thanksgiving Day Parade . During the parade , hears all the children wishing to see real dinosaurs , so he starts to sing " Roll Back the Rock ( To the Dawn of Time ) " . But when he sees the Apatosaurus balloon coming out in the parade , mistakes it for being real and hand shakes it too tight with his claws , causing its air sealer to pop open . The balloon runs out of air and falls on the dinosaurs , who are otherwise unharmed . When the audience realizes that live dinosaurs are among them , they fly into a panic and the dinosaurs escape and flee to Central Park in a red pick up truck while being pursued by the police and the army at the same time . 
 Meanwhile , and meet Professor himself , who is running his " Eccentric Circus " . Unaware of ' sinister nature , the children sign a contract to perform in his circus troupe . However , when the dinosaurs arrive at the circus , explains that he delights in scaring people and believes that the dinosaurs would make a great addition to his circus . Using his " Brain Drain " , pills that are the polar opposite of his brother 's Brain Grain , devolves Louie and into chimpanzees . When he offers the dinosaurs to consume the pills and join his circus , they reluctantly accept and releases and . Knowing their friendship will be lost forever , transforms and back to their human form by removing the effects of the Brain Drain with his gentle pats . And before leaving , he sadly tells the two children to remember him . 
 As the kids awake the next morning , they are greeted by a circus clown named , who works for Professor . Upon seeing the dinosaurs returned to their natural savage states , and , with the help of , plan to sneak into the night 's show and save the dinosaurs . That night , Professor opens his circus with the Grand Demon Parade and unveils the dinosaurs before the very eyes of his audience . says he can control , and proceeds to hypnotize him . Everyone watching the show gets frightened during the performance , and many run away . However , a crow unintentionally activates the flare lights , breaking out of the trance on purpose . Realizing he has been tricked , becomes enraged and repeatedly attempts to eat . However , steps in and desperately tells that killing will not be worth it . When does not understand his words , tearfully begs him to put down , telling him to " be a king " ( a translation for the word " rex " ) . Touched by 's impassioned pleas , changes back to his intelligent state and releases . And to ' shock , the audience cheered with wonder and joy as hugs , then he and also return , and to their kind and friendly natures . A moment later , Captain arrives in his ship and congratulates and , who proceed to kiss in front of a whole crowd of people . announces his resignation from Professor ' employ . , , and the dinosaurs board the aircraft , leaving Screweyes to be swarmed upon and devoured by the crows . 
 The dinosaurs spend the rest of their days in the museum , allowing children to see live dinosaurs , and thus fulfilling their wishes . Back in the present , told that he and his fellow dinosaurs are still in the museum . He even explains that and reconciled with their respective parents , and the two became a couple . Rex returns to his family and tells him to remember his story and before leaving for the museum .

( ) and ( ) are at a Manhattan morgue where they see their deceased CEO ( ) . falsely claims as his uncle , so he can get some of 's possessions including 's credit card . At the insurance company , and are quizzed by their boss and ( ) , the company 's internal investigator , who ask the two if they have the US$ 2 million that embezzled . They deny knowing where the money is , but their boss believes they 're lying and fires them . He also sends after them , giving him two weeks to prove their guilt . 
 Over dinner ( paid for with 's credit card , in one of its many uses ) , tells he found a key to a safe deposit box in St. Thomas , U.S. Virgin Islands and asks if he will use the computer at work to see if the $ 2   million is in 's account . At first refuses but ultimately gives in . 
 Meanwhile , in the Virgin Islands , a voodoo queen named ( ) is hired by mobsters to find the money stole . She sends two servants — ( ) and ( go to New York , get 's body , use a voodoo ceremony to reanimate him , and bring him back to her so he can lead her to the money . Their attempts to bring back are plagued by accidents . They prepare in a bathroom at a sleazy porno theater for the voodoo ceremony , but having lost the sacrificial chicken , they use a pigeon instead . This limits 's ability to walk toward the hidden money : he only moves when he hears music . At the 42nd St - Grand Central subway station , and soon abandon him to chase a man who stole their boombox . 
 Later that night , and sneak into their office building to check 's account , only to find that is the only one that can open it . They are soon arrested by the police for breaking and entering . After their release , they find ( whom they believe is still dead ) , stuff him into a suitcase , bring him with them to the Virgin Islands , and put him into a small refrigerator in their hotel room . Unbeknownst to the two , is following them to recover the embezzled money . The guys successfully use to open his safety deposit box but they only find a map . Meanwhile , befriends a lovely native girl named ( ) , and gives her the map . Later , he and are captured by and , who take them to . With one of the mobsters holding a gun to his head , she forces to drink a poisonous concoction and tells them they must find the money by sundown to get the antidote . 
 When , , and are reunited , they are shocked to discover that is moving and realize he is leading them towards the money . To keep him moving , they put headphones on his head . As finds a large chest underwater , accidentally shoots him in the head with an underwater speargun , destroying the headphones . They attempt to bring back to the surface but he will not let go of the chest , which is too heavy to hoist out of the water . They end up attaching to a horse carriage with music playing . It seems to work at first , but when they go downhill , the carriage goes out of control . Eventually , the carriage ends up at 's compound . hits a large tree branch and spins himself into a somersault before knocking out . The crash also causes to drop the chest on the ground and it breaks open . tries to scoop up the money but is caught by ( now slightly unhinged upon seeing the undead walk ) and he relinquishes the money to him . With out of commission , 's father , a medical doctor , says that he can cure if he can get the blood of a virgin ( which confesses he can provide ) . The mobsters and are arrested , and is last seen leading and , who have been transformed into goats by voodoo , in a carnival parade . 
 confesses to that he returned the $ 2   million to the insurance company , but only after learning actually stole $ 3   million . and use some of the remaining million to purchase a yacht crewed by attractive women .

In the small town of Endora , Iowa , ( ) is busy caring for ( ) , his mentally disabled brother , as they wait for the many tourists ' trailers to pass through town during an annual Airstreamer 's Club gathering at a nearby recreational area . His mother , ( ) , gave up on life after her husband hung himself in the basement 7 years[3 ] earlier . She spends almost all of her time on the couch watching TV and eating . With unable to care for her children on her own due to her morbid obesity , has taken responsibility for repairing the old house and looking after , who has a habit of climbing the town water tower , while his sisters ( ) and ( ) do the rest . The relationship between the brothers is of both care and protection , as continually enforces the " nobody touches " policy . A new FoodLand supermarket has opened , threatening the small Lamson 's Grocery where works . In addition , is having an affair with a married woman , ( ) . 
 The family is looking forward to 's 18th birthday . A young woman named ( ) and her grandmother are stuck in town when the International Harvester Travelall pulling their trailer breaks down . 's unusual life circumstances threaten to get in the way of their budding romance . In order to spend time with to watch the sunset , leaves alone in the bath . He returns home late and finds that is still in the bath the following morning , shivering in the ( now cold ) water ; his guilt is compounded by his family 's anger . His affair with ends when she leaves town in search of a new life following her husband 's death — he drowned in the family 's wading pool after suffering a heart attack . becomes close to both and . While they are distracted during one of their talks , returns to the water tower that he is forever trying to climb . is arrested after being rescued from the top of the tower , causing his mother — who has not left the house in seven years — to become the object of pointing , laughing , and gawking from the townspeople as she goes to the police station , forcing 's release . 
 Soon after , tries to run away yet again from his bath and in his frustration , finally snaps , hitting several times . Guilty and appalled at himself , runs out and drives away in his truck without another word . also runs out and goes to 's , who takes care of him for the evening until he is picked up by his sisters . After some soul searching aided by , returns home during the birthday party to make amends to his family for running out and to be forgiven by which , with only the slightest hesitation , he is . He apologizes to his mother for his behavior and promises that he is not ashamed of her and that he will not let her be hurt any more . She admits to her knowledge of what a burden she has become to the family , and he forgives her . He introduces her to — something he had been reluctant to do earlier . 
 Following 's 18th birthday party , climbs the stairs to her bedroom for the first time since her husband 's suicide . later tries to wake her but discovers that she has died . The children , not willing to let their mother become the joke of the town by having her corpse lifted from the house by crane , empty their family home of possessions and set it on fire . A year later , describes what happened to his family after his mother 's death , as and his brother wait by the side of a road for , who arrives with her grandmother , and picks them up .

, and are experiencing the pains of growing up prior to a trip to Japan planned with their grandfather , who hopes to take them to a martial arts tournament of which he was the victor 50 years ago . Only seems interested in going , and even then , only out of interest in seeing sumo wrestlers due to how much food they get to eat . He tells the boys he hopes to return a dagger awarded to him at the tournament when he defeated a boy named , so that it may be presented to the incumbent victor . In Japan , a man ( later revealed to be ) breaks into a museum and steals a sword before escaping via hang glider . Meanwhile , back at 's house , a trio of burglars led by 's nephew try to break into the house to steal the dagger . The boys manage to drive them off , counting it as an ordinary robbery attempt . 
 At a baseball game , seems too focused on a cute girl named to pitch properly . causes constant breaks due to getting snacks , and 's short temper causes a fight with the opposing team that grows so large that the umpire calls off the game until the next week , driving a nail into the boys ' plans to travel . Grandpa leaves alone , but the boys ' father accidentally gives him suitcase by mistake . Once he arrives in Japan , 's taxi is rear - ended by and his friends who steal his bag . After hearing from at the hospital , the boys discover their bags had been switched and have the dagger . They arrange a trip with 's credit card and meet him in Japan . He instructs the boys to give it to the master of the tournament . and his friends record the conversation and deliver it to , who punishes them for not retrieving the dagger . At the tournament , takes the place of a fallen competitor but is promptly beaten by a girl named , wounding his pride . She helps them deliver the dagger to the Grand Master , and allows the boys to stay with her and her mother . She has a love of baseball but is not very good . The boys offer to train her in baseball if she teaches them some of her martial arts skill . 
 attempts to trap the boys and retrieve the dagger himself by pretending to be the Grand Master , but the boys and catch onto his scheme . They face several adversaries before they are finally captured . Meanwhile , is kidnapped from the hospital by 's assistant after fleeing and the others . forces to tell him the location of the Cave of Gold ; an urban legend which the sword and dagger are the keys to open . Fearing the safety for his grandchildren , agrees to aid . Soon after , the children come up with a plan and escape 's compound on hang gliders , arriving at the cave shortly after the adults . Inside , and realize the legend is true after they encounter walls and monuments of gold within . While the two battle each other , the boys and drop in on them and pulls a gun . Using 's lesson on focus , throws a ball bearing into the muzzle of the gun , causing it to backfire and start a cave in . The group flees the cave , and , now realizing the price of his greed , apologizes and leaves the group unharmed . realizes that they are a day ahead of America and that they can still make it home by the championship game . 
 At the game , the boys overcome their flaws . Down by two in the last inning , one of the opposing team antagonists gets a hit off 's pitch which is almost a home run , until a recent roster add , revealed to be , catches the ball . In the bottom of the inning , focuses and hits a home run , allowing all three boys to score and win the game . The bullies face them down after the game , and he picks to assault for ruining his home run . Despite warning that " she 's just a girl " , he screams as she readies to attack him and the screen goes dark as he is beaten up soundly .

While growing up in Oklahoma , young ( ) learns the tricks of the bull riding trade at the hand of his father , ( ) , an accomplished rodeo bronco rider himself . As he enters his teenage and early adult years , ( ) travels the western rodeo circuit with his best friends ( ) and ( ) . He meets and falls in love with a young barrel racer , , and they eventually marry in 1984 . 
 As 's legend and fame increase , so does the amount of pressure he puts on himself , to be what everyone wants him to be , and he wants to show that he is as good as they say he is . His ascent to the world championship is marred by a cheating incident , questions about 's devotion , and a near broken neck . The film also follows him through the true life series between himself and Red Rock , a bull that no cowboy had ever been able to stay on for 8 seconds . It cuts the series down to three rides . In 1989 , he is the second - to - last rider at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Rodeo . While riding on the bull known as " Takin ' Care Of Business " , he dismounts after his 8 - second ride but the bull turns back and hits him in the side with his horn , breaking some ribs and severing a main artery . As a result of excessive internal bleeding , he dies on the arena floor before he can be transported to the hospital . 
 The final scene shows later that same year at the National Finals Rodeo riding for the world championship . After the 8 second bell sounds , he continues to ride and stays on an additional 8 seconds as a tribute to his fallen best friend .

is a talented basketball player who is about to graduate from high school . While he waits to find out if he will receive a scholarship to Georgetown University , he finds himself in a difficult dilemma over a playground basketball tournament . He must decide whether to play for and follow his widely beloved basketball coach , or , a local thug in the neighborhood . , a former standout player himself , now works as a high school security guard . feels resentment towards the security guard , because 's own mother is falling in love with . 
 Coincidentally , 's coach also wants to coach his team when he feels it is time for him to retire . It is later revealed to that is 's older brother . makes a decision to run with 's team until he decided to come back to his old team , because of 's wrongful actions against and 's friend . In the tournament , both 's and 's teams march to the finals , with 's team playing solid team basketball , while 's team plays a very thuggish style . 
 Before the finals , threatens , demanding to throw away the game , so that 's team would win . is brutalized throughout the game , with 's team having a solid lead , and is injured . , unable to watch anylonger , replaces in the game - despite being aggressively attacked throughout , helps the team come back , and in the final seconds , passes the ball to , who hits the game winner . 
 After the loss , orders , his star player and gang member , to kill . protects and is shot , while is shot dead by security . is later killed by as revenge for previous humiliations . In the end , is revealed to have gotten the scholarship to Georgetown University - during a televised game , hits the game winner , while a recovered watches with a smile .

is an eccentric Miami - based private detective who specializes in retrieving tame or captive animals . However , he struggles to pay his rent , and is often mocked by the Miami Police Department , led by Lieutenant , who finds insufferable . Two weeks before the Miami Dolphins are to play in the Super Bowl , their mascot , a bottlenose dolphin named Snowflake , is kidnapped . , the Dolphins ’ chief publicist , hires to find Snowflake . 
 Searching Snowflake ’s tank for clues , finds a rare triangular - cut , orange amber stone , which he recognizes as a part of a 1984 AFC Championship ring . suspects a billionaire , , may have stolen Snowflake . and sneak in to ’s party , mistaking a shark for Snowflake and is nearly eaten . apologises , shaking ’s hand , with his hand wearing a ring with an amber stone identical to the one found . Ruling out Camp , concludes that a member of the 1984 Miami Dolphins line - up may have kidnapped , and will be able to identify the culprit by their rings . However , he discovers all of the team members ’ rings are intact . 
 , the team ’s head of operations , mysteriously dies after falling from his apartment balcony . declares it a suicide , but proves it to have been murder . comes across an old photograph of the football team , discovering an unfamiliar player named , who was only added in during midseason . missed the field goal kick at the end of Super Bowl XVII , which cost the Dolphins the championship , ruining his career . 
 Visiting ’s parents , learns that blames for the end of his career , and was subsequently committed to a mental hospital . is kidnapped himself shortly after . visits , pitching his theory that kidnapped both and in an act of revenge , since the dolphin has been given 's old team number . He also theorises that murdered . compliments and kisses him . 
 and go to the mental hospital , the former posing as a potential patient , where he uncovers a newspaper article in ’s possessions about a missing hiker named . realises that is in fact : used the fact that the actual was missing and presumed dead ( with no body found ) , and took on her identity , had surgery to change his gender , and began a career with the Miami Police Department to eventually get revenge on and the Dolphins . On Super Bowl Sunday , follows to an abandoned yacht storage facility where she has and held hostage . calls the police , framing for the kidnappings . and ’s friend , police officer , stage a hostage situation to get the police to listen to . 
 strips of his clothes to expose his failure to completely change her sex , but fails until points out a bulge in the back of his underwear , actually ’s unchanged privates hidden out of view . This confirms that murdered after the latter had discovered ’s secret . is arrested by the police after attacking , and ’s ring is identified to have a missing stone . and are welcomed back during half - time at the Super Bowl in a match between the Dolphins and the Philadelphia Eagles . tries to retrieve a valuable albino pigeon , but it is scared off by the Eagles ’ mascot , causing to attack him in retaliation .

, and are in a Los Angeles metal band called The Lone Rangers who are continuously turned down as they try to get their demo tape heard by producers . After scolding him for being lazy , 's girlfriend kicks him out of her apartment . They decide to try to get the local rock station KPPX to play their reel - to - reel tape on the air and attempt to break - in through the back door . After several unsuccessful attempts , a station employee comes out to smoke and they keep the door from shutting behind her . 
 Once inside , laid back DJ begins talking with them on the air . Station Manager overhears them and intervenes but continues broadcasting . After insults , by calling him " Hollywood Boulevard trash , " he and pull out realistic - looking water pistols and demand airplay . After setting up an old reel - to - reel for the demo , the tape begins to play but is quickly destroyed when the player malfunctions . The guys try to run but , the station 's accountant , had already called the police and they see the building is surrounded . 
 They negotiate with the police who are now tasked to find who has a cassette of the demo . Since the station never went off the air , news of the hostage crisis travels quickly and numerous hard rock / metal fans begin showing up outside the radio station interfering with police . A SWAT team has also arrived whose leader prefers using force over negotiation tactics . His team secretly passes a gun through a roof vent to who has been hiding in the air ducts . During the crisis , it is revealed that had secretly signed a deal to change KPPX 's format to Adult Contemporary , which includes having to fire and most of the other employees . When this comes out , and a few employees side with the band and turn against . 
 The police find who arrives at the radio station to deliver the tape . However , the tape is damaged after she had threw it out of the car earlier . and get into an argument which escalates quickly resulting in the studio console being destroyed , dashing any hopes to play the tape on the air . 
 As some of the items the band demanded from police are brought into the station , the door shuts on 's plastic gun revealing it to be fake . Seeing this , some of the hostages run out ; one telling the SWAT team the band 's guns are n't real . As the team assembles to storm the station , corners the band from a low hanging air vent . , knowing he no longer will have a job at the station , knocks down 's gun . This causes the weapon to wildly fire several rounds and the police are forced to back off . picks up the gun but gives it to a somewhat confused in a final act of anti - establishment rebellion . 
 , a self - serving record executive who had previously turned Chazz down , comes to the radio station and offers the band a contract . They reluctantly agree to the deal knowing they have no more options . arranges an entire stage and sound system to be airlifted to the roof where the band will play their song for the now huge crowd outside . To the band 's dismay , they find only the PA is real and everything else is just props . Refusing to lip sync as their tape is played , they instead destroy their instruments in protest to the delight of the crowd and stage dive into the hands of the cheering audience . 
 The Lone Rangers are next seen playing a gig inside the prison where they are incarcerated . The concert is being shown live on MTV . , now their manager , says on the phone the band will start touring in six months , or " three months if they behave themselves . " Their album LIVE IN PRISON goes triple platinum .

Still a virgin after 15 years in a convent , the demure earns her living in New York by writing pornography , which she researches by buying magazines and hiring videos . In a café she befriends , who has amnesia after falling from a window . In another café , an accountant called is befriended by , who pushed out of the window because , she says , he introduced her to drugs at the age of 12 and made her into a celebrated porn actress . She now wants revenge on , a crooked businessman for whom both and worked . Learning that has data on disk that could destroy , she lifts the disks from him and directs him into the hands of ' hit men , who torture him and leave him for dead . 
 Meanwhile , in a hired video sees in action and his memory starts returning . With he retraces his steps and finds the flat where he and lived . dresses in one of 's sexy outfits and is on the point of losing her virginity to him when someone enters and the two hastily hide . It is , pursued by ' hit men who tie her up and begin to torture her . Bursting out , and throw one hit man out of the window and , freeing , make off with her in the other hit man 's car . Outside they find , badly damaged but not dead , and the four head for an empty country cottage that knows . On the way posts the disks to her publisher , asking him to expose the evil of . 
 When the surviving hit man traces them to the cottage , he wounds before being shot dead by . The four make off before the police arrive and directs them to her former convent , where they are given sanctuary and the dying is tended . But the convent is surrounded by armed police , who want for murder . , his conscience awakened by the kindness and care has shown , by the realisation of his criminal past , and by guilt over the fate of , walks out of the front gate and is killed instantly by a police marksman .

In 1962 a seal drowns in a fishing net cast by financially struggling fisherman , ( ) - much to his fury . He and the other local fishermen discuss shooting the seals as a way to improve their flagging fishing season . ( ) , a seven - year - old girl , and her Rockport , Maine family subsequently adopt the seal 's orphaned newborn pup ( played by a sea lion named ) , naming it . The vet does n't hold out much hope , but incites him to survive , with the promise that she will be his best friend forever , and that she will always take care of him . After several failed attempts to get him to take a bottle - with both warm and cold milk - 's father , ( ) , the harbor master , constructs an " artificial mother " for him out of wetsuit material , a bucket , and two feeding bottles , which he finally accepts , ensuring his survival . 
 As grows up , forms an inseparable bond with him , even taking him to school for show and tell , with the help of and the permission of her teacher , the prim and prickly Mrs. ( ) . He becomes attached to the - especially to - living in the harbor , learning tricks , and attracting a huge local following of fans . The irony of his success as an entertainer further angers , who becomes increasingly jealous of 's and the ' success and esteem within the village . Relations between and deteriorate rapidly . Meanwhile , 's son , ( ) , and 's sister , ( ) , become romantically involved , increasing tension between and over . and have a strained relationship as it is . Under pressure from his family and the locals , reluctantly makes the decision to release into the wild once he is weaned , but reconsiders and does not go through with it when he encounters the body of a seal covered in bullet holes at the place where he had planned to release him . 
 In his first winter , escapes the confines of the barn , and the water home that built for him there when the harbor froze over . He cuts himself badly - leaving a trail of blood which the discover upon realizing that he is missing - and remains gone for the winter . However he returns in spring , physically weak but unchanged in character , and recovers quickly from his ordeal . 
 As gets older he continues to be scapegoat for the local fishermen - and for - as he takes up more and more of 's time and affections . He misses her performance ( which he told her he would not miss for the world ) in the local Miss Liberty beauty pageant , because he has to protect from a drunken , who is trying to kill him with a pitchfork . 's relations with his son , ( ) , fade into the background as he comes down harshly on him for minor transgressions , and fails to keep up with what is going on in his life . When and are discovered smoking in the shed when exits it in a fit of coughing , permanently bans 's presence on the ' grounds , and his and 's relationship - in part a displacement of the tension between and . decides she is leaving home , raging that does n't care about her , and that she hates him - to the anger and deep concern of her mother , ( ) . tells her he knows a way to make go away so that he 'll never come back . 
 's job also suffers . He fails to call meetings , never checks moorings , and his relations with the fishermen become ever more strained . He also attracts the ongoing attention of the federal government , who send their inspector , , to inform him that he is violating the law by keeping a wild animal in captivity , as a pet . He insists that is there by his own choice , but that it 's too dangerous in the wild during winter . pays two visits to the ' home , increasingly emphatic that faces court and even jail if he does not give up . However , is teaching him about the intelligence and abilities of seals , and despite the risks , he is determined that nothing will put an end to this learning curve . At one point saves his life when he is underwater checking a mooring - which turns out to be entangled in an active explosive . 
 Eventually , manages to impress upon the high cost of continuing his relations with in the setup that they have , and he agrees to call , so that he can relocate to the aquarium in Boston , where he will be safe , cared for , and have plenty of people for company . However , before he can tell , the telephone rings , and she goes down to the harbor . There she discovers that and have taken , commandeered a boat , and are heading out to sea as dark clouds gather . is charged with keeping an eye on while their parents investigate , but he is engrossed in a TV program , and does not notice her slip out and launch the dinghy onto an increasingly choppy sea . 
 In and 's boat , he attempts to shoot , reasoning that he is a problem for the fishermen , but she finally realizes that she does care about and does n't want him to be hurt or killed . She tries to stop from shooting , but the gun goes off . jumps overboard , but , not seeing this , assumes his body has fallen in . Very upset , and very angry at , she demands to be taken home . and , having been informed by that and had taken , meet them on the shore , whereupon , in a panic , arrives and tells that has disappeared , as has the dinghy . She calls the coast guard , as the rain starts to fall , and visibility begins to deteriorate . 
 Out at sea , is struggling to maintain control of the dinghy in the face of the storm and a strong outward tide - rush . It 's being tossed on huge waves , in opaque rain , and is heading towards some jagged rocks . She loses both oars , and , panicking , begins to call for help . , who turns out to be unharmed , swims to her rescue , pulling her away from the rocks by the dinghy 's mooring rope . He then alerts and , in their boat , leading them to 's location . Before she can be rescued , a large wave capsizes the dinghy . , who came with and , jumps overboard , swims out to her , and throws them both a lifebelt , pulling them to safety . tells that he is proud of him , while comforts in the back of the boat , and swims away , exultant at her safety . 
 Once back on shore , is distraught to find levering a caged onto a transport vehicle . explains to her that is going to live in the aquarium in Boston , where he will be safe and cared for in ways they ca n't . , an aquarium worker , tells they will take good care of him , that they will love having him there , and that she will get to visit him whenever she wants . She reluctantly accepts the notion , and tells that she loves him and will visit him all the time . 
 As summer comes round , and 's relationship improves . repairs relations with his family , and having been offered a research job in marine mammal protection , steps down as harbor master , nominating to take his place . comes to the realization that would be happier in the wild , being a wild animal , and he is subsequently released . The do not expect to see him again - wonders if he is making new friends with the wild seals , and professes to miss him . Multiple alleged sightings of are reported , until a friend of the spots him nearby , and informs them that he is on his way . The entire town of Rockport flocks to the harbor to watch him returning home to his family . The film ends with an adult narrating that his life became legend after he made his first trip home - that he spent every winter at the aquarium , and every spring he was released to swim home to Rockport , where he spent his summers . She narrates that by the time he was twenty - four years old he could hardly see , but still made his final trip home , and that in all her past and future , she 'll never have a better friend than him .

( ) is an office worker who lives in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn , New York and dreams of a better life . After learning that she is pregnant by her boyfriend ( ) , she decides that she will have the baby , but not as a husband . 
 This turns the entire neighborhood upside down and starts her on a journey of self - discovery , including a love affair with a man named ( ) who she meets at an art museum . Even her best friend ( ) has trouble understanding her .

has adoring parents ( ) and ( ) , lives in a huge mansion in a suburb of Chicago , and is just about to appear in the social pages of the newspaper . Three klutzy would - be kidnappers – ( ) , ( ) and ( ) – , the main antagonists , disguise themselves as the photographers from the paper and kidnap him . After the kidnapping , they have difficulty controlling him . In the trial of trying to get him to fall asleep , does so reading 's book , leaving him unattended . later goes to sleep himself . Looking through it , he notices a bird on the page and then by the window . He follows it out and successfully gets away from his kidnappers , with falling off the building and into a garbage bin . 
 The FBI arrives at the mansion , headed by ( ) , where they try to piece together clues along with 's parents and his loving nanny ( ) . Meanwhile , he , now outside on the ground and crawling about , finds another part of his book - the blue bus , which he then boards . The kidnappers realise he is missing and start chasing the bus in their van , but their efforts are in vain . Meanwhile , on the bus , crawls into the bag of an obese lady , who gets off at her stop shortly afterwards . By the time the trio catches it , and realise is not on board , they then realise that he crawled into the lady 's bag and follow her . An altercation ensues after they insult her ( when she insults them ) , and while they attempt their escape , crawls up to a revolving door at the entrance to a department store and is forced inwards by its momentum . 
 Crawling through the Marshall Fields department store , is stopped by a worker who works for Mother Goose Corner , a nearby day care center , who believes he is another baby who escaped from there . He later escapes there and the store and eventually crawls into traffic . The kidnappers attempt to follow him but keep getting injured in the process as he makes his way to the city zoo . They are shocked to find him in the primate house with a gorilla . It shows a maternal side and does not injure him . The kidnappers try to retrieve him but it notices and hits 's hand , throws into the air using a mop as a catapult , and hurls against the bars of the cage opposite its own . 
 The kidnappers eventually corner and catch in the zoo 's park , but are confronted by two friendly police officers , who have noticed that their van 's engine is still running . During the conversation , hides under his coat in his lap , but he reaches Eddie 's cigarette lighter , sets his crotch on fire , and sneaks off as soon as the officers are gone . extinguishes the fire by stomping repeatedly on 's groin . They follow to a construction yard , but are still unable to catch him , with getting thrown off the building ( after falling onto one of the construction workers lift ) and into the back of a garbage truck , falling into a vat of wet cement , and getting stranded on a crane after being drenched in glue . The sun sets as leaves the construction yard . The kidnappers manage to escape ( offscreen ) , but decide to give up and go home . 
 's parents are notified of various sightings of him in the city and deduces that he has been following his favorite book , Baby 's Day Out ( or " Boo - Boo " , as calls it ) , and will most likely head for the Old Soldiers ' Home next . Sure enough , they find him there , but on the way home , he begins to call out " Boo - Boo " toward the kidnappers ' flat . The FBI move in and arrest the kidnappers , who return 's book . 
 Back home , is put to bed by his parents . As they discuss having his picture taken by a normal photographer in the morning , he wakes up and gets ready to read another book , Baby 's Trip to China .

, , and work together in a brothel . When is abused by a customer , kills the man . 
 Narrowly escaping from a lynch mob , they are pursued by detectives hired by the widow of the man they 'd shot . A man they meet on the road , , warns them of the pursuit . 
 They discuss riding to Oregon and starting a new life by taking up a claim to land inherited by when her husband died of cholera . offers to fund their new start from savings she has accumulated over the years . They go to the bank where 's savings are held . As she tries to close her account and make a withdrawal , the Pinkerton detectives catch up with her and try to arrest her . Leaving the bank manager 's office , they find themselves in the middle of a bank robbery being staged by , a former lover of . He helps her escape from arrest but takes her money and tells her to find him . 
 During the escape , is arrested . decides to go after the money and , telling and to wait in hiding . and return to town to break out of jail . 
 's meeting with and does not go well . has not forgiven her for running out on him . He flogs her . Later , she is found unconscious by , who brings her to a healer in town and puts the detectives off her trail . 
 , and the other three women meet up on the ranch of a farmer who 'd been guarding 's cell ( and whom they 'd tricked into releasing her ) . plans revenge on . They foil a train robbery and steal his loot , at the cost of being abducted . In turn , they abduct , 's father . 
 Regrouping again on the ranch , leaves the others , frustrated with their revenge - motivated misadventures . She goes to a lawyer in town and finds out that the claim to land is only valid in the hands of her husband - as a woman , she can not claim the land in Oregon . 
 antagonizes his captors until shoots him . sends away . Meanwhile , is being raped by her captors . stages a one - man rescue attempt and is captured , but escapes . 
 Reunited , , and go to rescue and meet her on the road . When she tells them that has been captured , they continue towards hide out , and offer to trade the stolen loot for , who has been flogged and tortured . agrees , then shoots as soon as the loot is handed over . He gives the money he stole from her ( although in close up it clearly is mid-20th century currency ) . 
 While retreating , one of 's would - be rapists taunts her , triggering a shootout that results in the deaths of 's entire gang . 
 After the shootout , marries the rancher , while , and head west to start a new life , mentioning the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896 . On the trail they overtake the detectives , who do not see them .

Madeleine Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell, Drew Barrymore, Dermot Mulroney

The main character in Barcelona is a Chicago salesman named , who lives and works in the eponymous Spanish city in the early 1980s . 's cousin , , a naval officer , unexpectedly comes to stay with at the beginning of the film . has been sent to Barcelona to handle public relations on behalf of a U.S. fleet scheduled to arrive later . 
 The cousins have a history of conflict since childhood , to which the film refers several times . and develop relationships with various single women in Barcelona and experience the negative reactions of some of the community 's residents to the context of 's presence . also faces possible problems with his American employer and with the concept of attraction to physical beauty .

One night in Detroit , plans to arrest a gang of car thieves who run a local chop shop . Unbeknownst to his boss , Inspector , has canceled the SWAT , intending to raid the shop using only his team . Meanwhile , a group of men arrive at the chop shop to pick up a cube van that the car thieves had hijacked . The leader of the group confirms that the vehicle still contains its cargo , which consists of crates labelled as property of the U.S. government , then has his men execute the car thieves . 
 As the murderers are about to leave , , unaware of what has happened inside , proceeds with his plan to enter the shop and quickly finds his team outgunned . , arriving moments later , is fatally shot by the group 's leader . As the perpetrators escape in the cube van , an angry gives chase in one of the partially disassembled cars from the shop , but is prevented from continuing the chase by Secret Service Agent . informs Axel that the killer must remain on the loose because the federal government is pursuing a larger scheme in which he is involved . 
 After 's funeral , learns that several clues left behind by the killers point to Wonder World , a theme park in Beverly Hills , California owned by " Uncle " . arrives in Beverly Hills and reunites with his friend , who has been promoted to " Deputy Director of Operations for Joint Systems Interdepartmental Operational Command " ( DDO - JSIOC ) , and meets , 's new partner after retirement . asks to call his friend , the head of Wonder World 's park security , to let him know that he 's coming to the park for his investigation . 
 meets and befriends ( ) whilst touring the park 's behind - the - scenes facilities . Later , he is spotted by security , shot at and attacked hand - to - hand . retreats to the surface where he cuts in line to enter the Spider Ferris wheel ride . The guards accidentally jam the ride , placing two little kids ' lives in danger . rescues them and is subsequently taken to park manager . When is called in to contest the claim that was attacked by the security men without prior challenge , immediately recognizes as 's killer , but and refuse to believe that claim because is keeping an impeccable public reputation . 
 However , is later visited by Uncle and , who inform him that the Wonder World park 's designer and 's close friend , , has mysteriously disappeared while inspecting the grounds two weeks ago , leaving only a letter with a cryptic message . He tries to heckle into revealing his criminal involvements , despite continued admonishments by Agent , but proves too smooth to be caught in a mistake . When later digs deeper into a closed - off section of the park , he finds out that and run a counterfeiting ring that uses Wonder World as a front , and was at the chop shop in Detroit to get his hands on blank printing paper used for American currency . later meets with Uncle to ask him about further details to find a piece of viable evidence , and thereby discovers that 's warning letter is actually written on a sheet of the stolen mint paper . Before he can make use of that evidence , however , Uncle Dave is shot by , and is framed for his shooting . 
 After getting away from and bringing Uncle to the next hospital , sets out to prove his innocence by storming the park , calling and to assist him . The resulting shootout kills 's henchmen , and after a hand - to - hand fight shoots and kills . Agent appears to explain that was right , but realizes his actual involvement with the counterfeiter and shoots him during a brief struggle . Uncle makes a full recovery , and he thanks for his assistance by creating a new character for Wonder World in his honor , .

On a rainy night , convicted bank robber ( ) escapes from prison and heads to a warehouse to recover a hidden safe box containing $ 1,000,000 , which he hid there sometime before his arrest . 
 The film then cuts to 11 - year - old ( ) , whose father ( ) works as an investor for a living and is very frugal with money — so much so that when is given a blank check from his grandmother for his birthday , his dad fills it out for only $ 11.00 . When invited to classmate 's birthday party at an amusement park , does n't want to go because acts more like a bully than a friend ( unbeknownst to 's parents ) and that can only afford the cheap kiddie rides as his father only gave him a paltry bit of cash . 
 visits bank president ( ) in his bank office to discuss his plan . As the stolen money was consecutive and traceable , is to exchange the marked bills for unmarked . explains that his assistant and right - hand man , ( ) will be stopping by 's office with a check to be cashed for $ 1,000,000 the next day at 1:00 P.M. 
 After the meeting , runs over 's bicycle in a Jaguar XJ while was riding out of the bank 's parking lot chasing after who stole his birthday check . Pressed for time as he sees a police car patrolling the area , , posing as a realtor , gives a signed blank check and tells him to give it to his dad so they can buy him a new bike . Instead , fills out the check for $ 1,000,000 by printing it on his computer . He goes to the bank the next day and is directed to 's office by a teller ( as the teller thought was joking and she could not cash a check that size herself ) . Mistaken that has arrived , cashes his check with $ 1,000,000 from a safe behind a painting . 
 As is leaving the bank , the real enters 's office with another check for $ 1,000,000 . Realizing that mistook for , the trio begins a frantic search for . Meanwhile , he embarks on an extreme shopping spree over the course of 6 days , buying a castle style house ( by outbidding using the voice box on his computer over the phone ) along with many other expensive items ( limousine service , go kart track , water slide , etc . ) . He spends $ 999,667.83 of the original $ 1,000,000 . covers himself by saying he is making these purchases for a millionaire known as " " ( named after the brand of 's computer ) who lives in the castle house . He also makes friends with his limo driver . also gets even with and his brothers with his money . 
 The entire time , was being investigated by FBI agent ( ) ( working undercover as a teller at 's bank and 's crush ) for money laundering , as the bills he was using to make his purchases were Biderman 's watermarked ones . 
 throws an elaborate birthday party for himself under the guise of Macintosh . His father wants to come home ; however , he does n't know that Macintosh is his son . He asks Macintosh to send his son home . However , he can not pay for it , as everything depleted his account save for $ 332.17 . He is then forced into a showdown with , and . After the trio manage to capture him and demand to know what happened with the money , he admits Macintosh is a false name , to which suggests that can use 's purchases and the Macintosh name to give himself a new identity . 
 When the trio is confronted by the FBI at 's castle house , claims to be . However , with the FBI knowing that Mr. had been using the watermarked bills , they arrest , and . kisses before parting ways and and say their farewells . After gets home his family throws him a birthday party . His father apologizes for being so harsh with him when it came to money . 's family surprises him with a cake and ask him to make a wish . thinks he already has everything he wished for , until he sees 's flyer at the bank and decides to make a wish about her .

Brian Bonsall, Karen Duffy, Miguel Ferrer, James Rebhorn, Tone Loc, Jayne Atkinson, Michael Lerner

( ) is a clumsy nerdy repairman , who is a genius and fan . has a pure heart and an optimistic Pollyannish personality . He is childishly naive to the realities of living in an inner city neighborhood . The area suffers from political corruption and the police are on strike . It takes the murder of his grandmother , an avid supporter of Alderman ' anti - corruption campaign for Mayor , by members of mobster 's gang , to awaken him to the realities of his city 's urban decay . 
 He expresses his frustrations by intervening in a situation and boldly saving an elderly transit passenger from being mugged , and by ranting about the general corruptible state that the city has become . was so pure and shielded from reality presumably because of his interest in inventing , that he does not even realize that there is a " crackhouse in front of [ their ] flat " . He tries to storm into it unarmed and rebuke the gang members , oblivious to the hazardous stupidity of doing so . 
 Awakened to the city 's issues , is inspired to become a vigilante super hero . He uses his technical expertise to create weapons and gadgets . One of his experiments accidentally allows him to create bulletproof clothing , which gives him some protection in his quest . His brother , a tabloid news cameraman , goes along with this fantasy , believing that it 's 's way to cope with the murder of his grandmother . demands an audience with the police commissioner , but the police are not impressed with his actions , ridicule him , and arrest him for disturbing the peace . is released on orders to see a psychiatrist . 
 The psychiatrist calls normal , but a geek , infuriating , who the psychiatrist then attempts to psychoanalyze . After is nearly killed trying to protect a citizen on the street , tries to get him to tone his activities down , advising him to start a neighborhood watch . After he delivers a woman 's baby in an elevator , he is asked for his name . just stares , and replies , " He 's gone blank , ma'am . " Both the lady and the reporters interpret this as a name : . 
 Over time he protects various other people in the community , building up a reputation and inspiring both the town and other real life superheroes . , hoping to win the affections of , a reporter at his TV station , begs to allow her to interview him . He relents , on the condition that she wear a carnation . He brings her to his secret hideout , an abandoned subway station , and they talk about how he took up his duties to memorialize his grandmother and prevent crime . Impressed by his heroics and modesty , immediately falls in love with and she kisses him causing him to have an erection . 
 Mayor , who refused 's attempts at bribery , attempts to bring in outside money to pay the IOUs the city has been giving its workers . He also requests that be there to protect the people and receive a special award . As the money is released , 's henchmen storm the bank and take the mayor hostage , threatening to detonate explosives . At the police chief 's request and the crowd 's chants , attempts to save the mayor but is unable to defuse all the bombs . 
 He reveals his identity to the mayor and tells him of his grandmother 's support for the mayor . Mayor wishes him well , warning him to run and says he will tell Mrs. about . runs out screaming as the bank explodes , killing . The crowd , seeing his failure , turn on him , chasing him down the street . then gives up his heroic works for a normal life , getting a job at a McDonald 's . 
 Wanting a great story 's boss , a tabloid news junkie , manages to contact and trades knowledge of 's love for Kimberly in exchange for an exclusive interview . In the midst of doing research on and 's grandmother 's death , calls with the news . As answers , takes hostage . issues a verbal threat to ( thinking he is talking to ) , telling him he will kill if does not show up . 
 rushes to 's workplace with the news , but refuses to help wanting a normal life . finally convinces him with the news that had their grandmother killed and that he will wear the costume designed for him . The two rush to 's underground lair where he again turns into . becomes his new sidekick but without a name . He just goes by " Other Guy " . The two heroes then rush to the TV station . 
 After shooting the reporter interviewing him , becomes fed up . While threatening , and crash through the window and attempt a rescue . The two engage in a fight with 's goons , losing . They are placed in a water tank and left to slowly drown . and are chained to desks and left to die as has hidden bombs in the building . At this point , calls in J-5 , his robot assistant , to save them . J-5 drills a hole in the tank and the pair kick their way to freedom at the last minute . 
 The duo then search for the bombs , finding them in a women 's bathroom . Activating J-5 's " bomb disposal mode , " stuffs the explosives inside and frees . is left behind , a joke Other Guy wants to play on his boss . Once outside , the explosives detonate , destroying J-5 . Distraught , swears revenge . 
 Tracking to his hideout in a factory , the two prepare for the final battle . , however , is overconfident and is wounded because his costume is not bulletproof like 's . then defeats 's goons with his electric " newchucks " ( nunchucks ) . Just when is about to kill Other Guy , activates his jet - powered roller blades and captures and delivers him to the police . is once again acknowledged as a hero ( this time , along with ) by the people , receiving the Mayor Harris Award for outstanding community service at a ceremony in their honor . Other Guy receives a t - shirt ( much to 's disgust ) . 
 After the ceremony , introduces to " . " The two make light conversation until pretends to see a purse snatcher , putting on alert . then reveals she knows that they are and Other Guy , and she kisses to prove it . 
 falls to the ground after getting the same embarrassing reaction he had the first time while and laugh at him . The film ends with a shot of a banner that reads " We Love You Blankman ... and the Other Guy " .

is a young musician who has been blind for 20 years . New surgery techniques restore her vision but initially cause " vision flashes " that leave her uncertain about what she sees . One night , she is awakened by a noise in the apartment above . Peeking out her door , she " sees " a figure descending the stairs . She contacts the police , worried that her neighbor has been murdered , but is unsure whether it was just her new vision deceiving her . The killer then begins to stalk .

, a college basketball coach for the Western University Dolphins in Los Angeles , is under a lot of pressure . His team is n't winning as often as it once did and his successful program needs to attract new star players and fast . But the brightest stars of the future — the so - called " blue - chip " prospects — are secretly being paid by other schools . 
 This practice is forbidden in the college game , but is desperate after a losing season . A school booster , greedy " friend of the program " Happy , will stop at nothing to land these star high school players for Western 's next season and gets the okay from the coach to do so . This includes giving a new car to the gigantic , a house and job to the mother of and a tractor to the father of farmboy , as well as a bag filled with cash . 
 With sportswriter suspecting a scandal , continues to be contaminated by selfish demands from the players and a dirty association with the booster . His estranged wife , a former guidance counselor , agrees to tutor , who has below average grades , but she feels betrayed when lies to her about the new athletes receiving illegal inducements to attend the school . 
 comes to realize that one of his senior players , , a personal favorite , had " shaved points " in a game his freshman season , conspiring to beat a gambling point spread . is disgusted at what he and his program have become . 
 Western University has a big nationally televised game coming up versus Indiana , the # 1 team in the country , coached by . After winning the game , can not bear the guilt of having cheated . At a press conference , he confesses to the entire scandal and resigns as head coach . Leaving the press conference and the arena , walks past a small playground with kids playing basketball — he approaches , then helps coaching them . 
 An epilogue later reveals that the university would be suspended from tournament play for three years . did continue to coach , but at the high school level ; graduated and played pro ball in Europe ; got injured and returned home to run the family farm , and and dropped out of college , but both now play in the NBA .

Nick Nolte, Mary McDonnell, Shaquille O'Neal, Alfre Woodard, Ed O'Neill, J. T. Walsh

In 1962 , Major ( ) and his wife , ( ) , are having marital problems because of the pressures of his job and her mental illness . is a nuclear engineer who favors underground nuclear testing , an initiative code - named " Blue Sky " , as opposed to above - ground , open - air detonations . is a free spirit who appears to be mentally unbalanced and who is slowly being suffocated by domestic torpor and encroaching age . Her behavior embarrasses him , especially given the restrictions that prevail within a military base . Their move from Hawaii to an isolated base in Alabama alarms their oldest daughter , ( ) , and sends into a violent tantrum . 
 The following day , has his first meeting with base commander Colonel ( ) , who rebuffs his underground testing initiative despite strong scientific support . Meanwhile , 's wife ( ) welcomes and invites her to a party organized by the base officers ' wives . gets drunk at the party and demonstrates exotic dancing skills . begs her husband to do something about her , to which agrees but says he 'll have to get out of the way first . 
 starts dating 's son ( ) and on their first date finds what she takes to be a dud grenade . It explodes , alerting the whole base to their relationship and giving more reason to get rid of . is invited by the other officers ' wives to join them for a dance recital , and fills her time rehearsing for it . is sent to the Nevada Test Site to supervise the first underground test under Lieutenant Colonel ( ) . 
 During the first test , notices two cowboys in the test area and attempts to have abort the test , but refuses , explicitly telling that he is not concerned with the cowboys ' health or their lives , and sends back to Alabama . While is away , and discover sent away just so he could have an affair with . 
 learns of the affair at the dance recital and reacts violently , after which he is given two options : have his wife and commanding officer court - martialed with him , or spend time in a psychiatric hospital receiving therapy over how the news has affected him . In debating the decision it quickly comes to light that a court martial would require bringing the incident with the cowboys out in public . is eventually committed to the hospital . 
 The hospital keeps him so heavily sedated he is unable to leave . , suspecting there is a reason for this , digs through 's papers and finds the report about the two cowboys . She drives across the country with her daughters and finds the cowboys with visible radiation sickness . She begs them to bring their story to the press , but the cowboys refuse , so she steals one of their horses and rides into the test site , intent on repeating their experience to get the attention of the press . She is arrested , which gets the attention of the press , and is forced to let her , and , go . 
 She returns home to find waiting for her , having quit that morning , and that has been relieved of his duties . tells her he found a new job in California , and the family happily moves .

In 1928 , is an idealistic young playwright newly arrived on Broadway . In order to gain financing for his play , God of Our Fathers , he agrees to hire actress , the girlfriend of a gangster . She is demanding and talentless , but her gangster escort turns out to be a genius , who constantly comes up with excellent ideas for revising the play . 
 As the players prepare for opening night , is soon in over his head claiming 's rewrites as his own , cheating on his partner with the show 's seductive , alcoholic leading lady , and facing his leading man , a compulsive eater , beginning an affair with .

John Cusack, Jennifer Tilly, Dianne Wiest, Chazz Palminteri, Jim Broadbent, Rob Reiner, Mary-Louise Parker, Tracey Ullman, Joe Viterelli

( ) is a snobbish , self - centered , virginal man . After graduation , he is invited by his father to sail to Hawaii aboard the Queen Catherine . After annoying the limo driver who is taking him to board the boat , he is forced to walk the rest of the way . 
 makes a wrong turn into a small fishing village where he meets the imbecilic cabin boy / first mate ( ) . He thinks the ship , The Filthy Whore , is a theme boat . It is not until the next morning that Captain ( ) finds in his room and explains that the boat will not return to dry land for three months . 
 unsuccessfully tries to convince each fisherman to set sail to Hawaii , but convinces into doing so . However , the crew reaches Hell 's Bucket , a Bermuda Triangle - like area where weird events occur . The ship is caught in a fierce storm and is knocked overboard and drowns . Without a cabin boy , forces to do the chores in return for taking him to Hawaii . And with only one island in the entire area , the crew decides to sail there to fix up the boat . 
 The fishermen decide to give another chore that involves dragging him on a floating raft for a week . has little to eat or drink , begins consuming salt water and suffers extreme sunburn after confusing cooking oil as lotion . He also realizes he might be going insane after sighting 's ghost and seeing a floating cupcake that spits tobacco . After falling into the water he is saved by a " shark - man . " After nine days , is pulled back in and tells what happened . It is revealed by ( ) and Big ( ) that the shark - man is known as Chocki ( ) , the offspring of a male viking and female shark , who can be trouble because he can like one person one way , but then hate them in the other . 
 spots a beautiful young woman named ( ) swimming in the ocean . After she is pulled up in a net , becomes smitten with her . Not pleased with another passenger on board , the fishermen decide to strand and on the island they 're sailing toward . 
 Finally reaching the island , the crew searches for components to fix their boat . tries to get closer to , who constantly rejects him . and suggest to that a woman named ( ) can help build his confidence . After an encounter with blue - skinned , six - armed that results in his first sexual experience , again meets , who becomes attracted to him immediately . 's husband ( ) , a giant , comes home to find a man 's bag . Realizing what has done , decides to find her lover and kill him . 
 tries to save everyone by confessing to the giant he 's the one who slept with . is about to kill with a giant nail clipper when saves him . then kills by choking him with his own belt . 
 Finally reaching Hawaii , offers his newfound companions a job at the hotel where his father is the owner . They refuse because all they know how to do is fish and stink . They tell he 's a fancy lad who should stay in Hawaii with his dad where he belongs . and the fishermen part ways , including . His father , ( , real - life father ) , expresses disappointment of his son 's actions . Not wanting to live the fancy - lad life , leaves to find , and then both join the crew on The Filthy Whore .

has a problem : his parents want to send him away to a summer computer camp . He hates going to summer camp , and would do anything to get out of it . Talking to his friends , he realizes that they are all facing the same sentence of going to a boring summer camp . Together with them , he hatches a plan to create their own summer camp with no parents , no counselors , and no rules . Word gets out and other kids want to join the made up summer camp . decides to blackmail former drama teacher into helping ; he had bought an AMC Gremlin and failed to make most of the payments and is being pursued by soon - to - retire collector , and agrees to help them in return for $ 1,000 and after they threaten to turn him in if he does n't help . 
 With ' help , the kids trick all the parents into sending them to the camp , and then rent an old campground ( that used to be a hippie commune back in the 1960s and 1970s . ) with a cabin on a lake . Some parents believe it is a computer camp , while others believe it is a fat camp , military camp , or an acting camp . The kids use the money their parents had paid for camp to buy toys and food . After a little while , they get bored and wonder if they should just return home . goes to for help , and with a bribe , he soon finds ways to keep things interesting and help them continue to have fun . 
 Eventually , the parents want to come visit their kids , despite being told that there are no parents ' days . makes a plan to trick them and , along with his friends , they keep the camp concealed . In a matter of hours , they fix it up and set up different scenarios representing the different camps ( fat camp , computer camp , military camp , etc . ) Their plan works and the parents do n't suspect a thing . then meets a state trooper who was also seeking , and they find their way into the camp and catch him . The police are called and finds running away from the authorities . is confronted by the police and protects from them , but soon after turns himself in . confesses and explains that the whole thing was his idea , and uses the rest of the money to settle ' debt with , who 'll retire with a perfect record . The other kids in a show of solidarity also claim responsibility and therefore all the parents refuse to press charges . gets off the hook and the kids leave for home , having had the greatest summer of their lives .

Jonathan Jackson, Christopher Lloyd, Melody Kay, Andrew Keegan, Marnette Patterson, Jessica Alba

( ) is a young sailor who has carried out a number of inventory - related scams along with his partner - in - crime ( ) and made a lot of money during his service . A day before his discharge , is assigned to escort a prisoner from the Marine base at Camp Lejeune along with the authoritarian , no - nonsense Chief Petty Officer ( ) . is of course not pleased with this development . When sees a grumpy - looking being escorted from his superior 's office by a couple of other seaman , he thinks has been found out and arrested for his scams . In order to destroy evidence , he goes to 's desk and finds the money , the existence of which had concealed from him . 
 and 's personalities clash many times during the trip to Camp Lejeune . When they reach their destination , they discover that the prisoner they are transporting is a pretty young woman , ( ) . However , they soon discover that taking her back is no easy job when she attempts to escape disguised as a waitress at a diner but is caught . Later , she feigns the onset of her period and puts tampons inside the van 's gas tank which leads to the van being stalled in the road . While walking , the trio come across an abandoned mine and accidentally fall down the shaft . They try to get out standing on each other 's shoulders . gets out first , ditches them and runs away but has a change of heart later and comes back for them . 
 They stay for the night in a motel while their van is being repaired . They converse and bond in a diner where it is revealed that is divorced from his wife and estranged from his son , and had first gone AWOL to visit her delinquent , drug - addicted brother in a hospital . When the authorities attempted to arrest her , she resisted and made more attempts to escape , leading to her current sentence . Her brother died while she was in prison . This makes them see her in a new light and understand the motivations behind her actions . Later in the night , finds out that has taken all the money as well as the new car was planning to buy . He calls , who says he was tired of being used , but says if answers a riddle he will turn around : " How do you talk to the fish ? " , which can not answer . Unbeknownst to them , listens to their conversation on another receiver , and realizes he embezzled $ 150,000 from the Navy . Distressed , he gets drunk . When he returns to the motel , seduces him , and the two have sex . 
 Next morning , wakes up and sees run away . She steals the car of the man who picked her up ( director in a cameo ) . While giving her chase , and 's van accidentally climbs up an artificial volcano in an amusement park and falls down but they both escape unhurt . They catch up with only to discover that her brother 's funeral is soon and she is running away with the intention of being present there . Frustrated with the situation , and have a fistfight . The three then go to a bar , where apologizes to for fleeing that morning and mentions " Drop them a line " , answering 's riddle , revealing she had accidentally listened in on the conversation ; she then brokers a reconciliation between and . They journey to their base and hand over . 
 realizes that he is in love with and wants to rescue her . is of agreement . When is being transported to the prison to begin her sentence , and sabotage the van in the same way as she had sabotaged their van earlier . impersonates a tow truck driver and takes the van away , only for the drivers to realize too late is inside . 
 In the epilogue set one year later , and are living it up " somewhere south of the border , " and , now retired from the Navy , has begun a relationship with a waitress he met at the diner before .

A year after the events of the first film , ( ) is a much happier and livelier man , having moved out of the city and become station manager at the radio station where he works , where he has employed his best friend , ( ) . However , he is being plagued with nightmares about his deceased friend , , and comes to believe that he may still be alive . On his 40th birthday , sees a man resembling on the train , which does nothing to placate his worries , and later finds a treasure map belonging to hidden in 's old hat , albeit with a missing corner . He and investigate the contents of the map in the library and learn that was 's father and a train robber in the Old West who in 1908 infamously stole and hid one million dollars in gold bullion in the deserts near Las Vegas . With an impending trip to Las Vegas for a convention , decides to venture out to find the gold ( which would now be worth twenty million ) along with and his estranged older brother , ( ) . 
 Several mishaps ensue , such as accidentally burning a hole in the map with a magnifying glass , almost falling off a cliff while retrieving it and believing he was bitten by a rattlesnake while he actually sat on a cactus . They are ambushed by the two cowboys who they bought their supplies from , who demand the map , since recklessly told them all about the gold . Just as they are poised to kill them , the man resembling appears and fights them off . He introduces himself as ( ) , 's identical twin brother , and explains that long ago , their father had plans to find the gold with his sons once he was no longer being monitored , but he died before . On her death bed , their mother gave the map , and he contacted to find him so that they could find the gold together , but he died on the cattle drive the previous year . learned from that had 's belongings , and so sought him out , though believed he was . Though is prepared to take the map and find the gold by himself , chastises him for his attitude , reasoning that would not approve . Out of respect for , relents and allows the others to accompany him and share the gold . 
 A reckless act by causes a stampede in which the map and almost all their supplies are lost . Thanks to 's memory , they are able to press on and find the location of the cave where the gold is hidden . They eventually find it , but are confronted by two armed cowboys also seeking it . In the ensuing fight , is shot , but discovers the bullets to be blanks with red paint pellets . At that moment , ( ) , the organizer of the cattle drive , appears along with some of their old friends , such as and . explains that the cowboys are his sons and he has been looking for for some time . Having left the cattle business , he is now making a living taking men on a trip to find the gold , which is revealed to be lead painted with that color . Though , , and feel lost , remains convinced that the gold is out there somewhere , and stays behind as the others return to Las Vegas . 
 is visited by in his hotel room , who reveals that the entire time , he knew where the gold truly was and intended to keep it all for himself , but could n't bring himself to do so , having found his one thing to be honesty Through 's skepticism , reveals that he had the missing corner of the map , which points to where reburied the gold in 1909 , and presents a bar of it to as a gift . He tries to scratch the gold off with a knife , and screams in joy upon realizing that it is real after all .

Billy Crystal, Jack Palance, Jon Lovitz, Daniel Stern, Patricia Wettig

has retrograde amnesia , a form of amnesia that prevents him from remembering anything that happened to him the day before . He realizes from a recording he made for himself the previous night ( Sunday ) – to keep himself in the know – that he 's a private investigator in Los Angeles , and acquired the condition after being injured during a case . tells himself not to reveal his condition to anyone , as he 's the key witness in the case against the man responsible for his amnesia . Appearing on the recording is a strange woman , , who informs him she has been living under the alias in San Francisco , and she has come to L.A. because she is being blackmailed . The police then come to 's office , and take him to what turns out to be his birthday party . He tells his friend that he 's seen , and learns from that is dead . While at the party , also meets , his doctor – the only person who knows of 's condition . 
 Two henchmen take him from the party to meet , the man is to testify against . offers a large sum of money to deny witnessing 's involvement in the crime . On re - examining his files at the office , learns that was once 's lover , who decided to testify against lest he kill her because of her knowledge of his illegal activities . hired to protect her but was killed by a car bomb , the same bomb that caused his amnesia . That night , meets at a fashion show she 's modeling in . She tells him the girl that was killed in the explosion was a double , and that someone 's threatening to tell she 's still alive . also tells about a valuable coin stole from the L.A. County Museum , which she in turn stole from him . tells that she gave him the coin the morning before the explosion ; can not remember . The only clue the two have about the coin 's location is one word said when gave it to him : " Baby " . 
 The next morning , has forgotten everything again . shows up to his office to get 's sworn statement but , mistaking for his landlord , gives him a check for rent . tries throughout the day to figure out where the coin is but does n't find any answers . Later on , he meets with ; she stays at his place for the night and they make love . wakes up the following day remembering everything from the day before . Through learning his dog is , he recalls that he hid the coin in its collar . He takes to a pay phone to call the people who are blackmailing her ; notices that her handwriting is not the same as on the note the coin was wrapped in . Thus realizing she can not really be , he switches the coin without her knowledge . He then follows her and finds that and she set up the scam to get the coin . When says they 'll have to start all over again after they failed to get the coin , the woman posing as refuses to go through with it again . That night , while sitting in 's car outside his office , the woman reveals into one of Pogue 's recorders that she 's really , whom had hired because of her resemblance to . 's men then kidnap when they see her in the car . 
 On Thursday morning , , who has figured out that has the coin , abducts and takes him to his home , where he attempts to torture him to give up the coin . and escape , and rush to 's trial . During the trial , falls back in his chair and hits his head , then suddenly regains his memory . He tells that he put the coin in a parking meter and she speeds off to get it . then gives his testimony against , which prompts to change his plea in the case . finds back at his apartment and the story ends when the two kiss and go inside .

A U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat stops a suspicious yacht , discovering that an American businessman and his family have been murdered . The murdered man is a close friend of the President . President learns that the man was murdered because of his ties to a drug cartel , having skimmed over $ 650 million from it . The President tells , his National Security Advisor , that Colombian drug cartels represent a " clear and present danger " to the U.S. , indirectly giving him unofficial permission to kill the men responsible for his friend 's murder . When Vice Admiral is stricken with terminal cancer , is appointed Deputy Director for Intelligence and is asked to go before Congress to request increased funding for ongoing CIA operations in Colombia . 
 Seeking to keep out of the loop , turns to the CIA 's Deputy Director for Operations , who secures a document giving him permission to act as he sees fit to take down the cartel . assembles a black operations team with the help of . The team inserts itself into Colombia , with running the logistics and Captain leading a ground force in search - and - destroy missions against various drug cartels . 
 The head of one of the drug gangs , , is enraged at having lost over $ 650 million as a result of the freezing of assets , and has his intelligence officer , , try to retrieve the funds . Through a contact , discovers FBI Director is visiting Colombia to negotiate with Colombia 's attorney general concerning the frozen money . has ambushed and killed , engineering it so that suspicion will fall on . 
 brokers a deal with . will assassinate and take over the cartel , then reduce drug shipments to the U.S. and allow American law enforcement to arrest some of his workers at regular intervals to make it appear as if the U.S. is winning the drug war . In exchange , will shut down all operations in Colombia and allow to subdue 's soldiers . agrees and orders to get rid of all evidence of their operations and cut off the troops in Colombia from all support . is told about the meeting between and . He hacks 's computer and discovers the conspiracy unfolding in Colombia . 
 The black - ops team is ambushed in Colombia by 's men . arrives and finds , offering his assistance . They fly to search for the black - ops team and find the squad 's sniper , , who tells them that and a squadmate have been captured and the rest have been killed . visits 's mansion and tells him what has been doing . Enraged , accuses of treachery . One of 's men kills and his henchmen , but is shot by . , and rescue the prisoners , kill , and escape . 
 confronts the President and tells him he intends to inform the Congressional Oversight Committee about the conspiracy despite the damage it could do to his career . He walks out of the Oval Office , as he walks out wants to speak with him , but ignores him , he then begins his testimony to Congress .

Harrison Ford, Willem Dafoe, Anne Archer, James Earl Jones, Donald Moffat, Harris Yulin, Joaquim de Almeida, Henry Czerny

, a 22 - year - old retail clerk at the Quick Stop convenience store in Leonardo , New Jersey , is called into work on his day off by his boss to cover a few hours for another employee who is sick . Arriving at the store , he finds that the locks to the security shutters are jammed closed with chewing gum , so he hangs a sheet over them with a message written in shoe polish : " I ASSURE YOU ; WE'RE OPEN . " 
 's day is spent in the hell of serving a succession of customers while repeating the fact that he is " not even supposed to be here today " . Stressed with the demands of his job , passes time in wide - ranging conversations with his best friend , . is an irresponsible slacker who works in the next - door video store , RST Video , although he spends most of the day at the Quick Stop , neglecting the video store 's customers . They converse about many things to pass time , such as whether or not the contractors working on the second Death Star when it was destroyed at the end of Return of the Jedi were innocent victims . Other events of the day include the discovery that 's high school girlfriend , , with whom he has been having early morning phone conversations , is engaged to be married . 's current girlfriend , , also stops in to bring him homemade lasagna . The two talk about 's stuck - in - a - rut lifestyle with no motivation to change before having an argument about her past sexual partners . 
 Learning that he is stuck working the store all day , as his boss went to Vermont , convinces his friends to play hockey on the store roof , though the game is cut short ; twelve minutes in , an enraged customer shoots their only ball off the roof and into a sewer . Reopening the store , finds another of his ex - girlfriends has died and her wake is today . talks him into closing the store again and going to the wake . The visit is catastrophic , with and running out to escape in their car . What happened inside the funeral home is not shown , but a subsequent conversation between the two reveals that accidentally knocked over the casket by leaning on it . 
 That night , surprises with a visit . After she assures that the engagement announcement was premature and arranged by her mother , the two trade banter and becomes torn between her and . He finally decides to take on a date and goes home to change . He returns to discover that had sex with a dead man in the unlit bathroom , having mistaken the man for ( the man had earlier entered the bathroom with a pornographic magazine and had suffered a fatal heart attack while masturbating ) . An ambulance takes a catatonic away along with the man 's body . 
 and , a pair of slackers who have spent all day loitering ( and dealing marijuana ) outside RST Video , enter the Quick Stop to shoplift . Dante turns down 's offer to party with them . Aware of 's problem , pauses before following outside and offers the following wisdom : " You know , there 's a million fine - looking women in the world , dude . But they do n't all bring you lasagna at work . Most of 'em just cheat on you . " then realizes that he loves . When she returns to the Quick Stop , however , complicates things by revealing that asked out . angrily breaks up with , telling him that informed her of the planned date with . 
 When enters the Quick Stop after closing RST , attacks him and the two fight , making a mess of the store . Afterward , they lie on the floor exhausted . claims that does nothing for him but make his life miserable by getting him fined , offending his customers , and ruining his relationship . loses his temper and verbally explodes , saying that deserves the blame , as , closed the store to play hockey , closed it again to go to the wake , and closed it yet again to try to hook up with his ex - girlfriend , cheating on his current one in the process . He then says that came to work of his own free will and " overcompensates for having a monkey 's job " . He claims thinks he is more advanced than the customers and storms off with " if we 're so fucking advanced , what are we doing working here ? " leaving speechless on the floor . 
 They reconcile and says he will try to talk to , visit , and possibly get some direction in his life . The film ends with walking out of the store , popping back in briefly to toss 's sign at him stating , " You 're closed!"[1 ]

Sportswriter is hired in 1960 as ghostwriter of an authorized autobiography of baseball player . Now 73 and in failing health , wants an official biography to " set the record straight " before he dies . 
 arrives at 's Lake Tahoe estate to write the official life story of the first baseball player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame . He finds a continually - drunken , misanthropic , bitter racist who abuses his biographer as well as everyone else he comes in contact with . Although 's home is luxurious , it is without heat , power and running water due to long - running violent disputes between and utility companies . also rapidly runs through domestic workers , hiring and firing them in quick succession . 
 Although is seriously ill and prone to frequent physical breakdown , he retains considerable strength and also keeps several loaded firearms within easy reach at almost all times , making the outbreak of violent confrontation always an immediate possibility in his presence . 
 almost gets killed in an automobile accident off the Donner Pass , driving recklessly in a blizzard . rescues him , but then seizes control of 's car until he gets into another accident . The car has to be towed to Reno . 
 and go see a show at a Reno resort hotel featuring and , whose act rudely interrupts . A cigarette girl , , becomes interested in , but when barges into the hotel room , he 's in a jealous rage . He takes to another room , where he physically abuses her . 
 and travel together cross - country by automobile to the Baseball Hall of Fame 's induction weekend in Cooperstown , New York , where many star players from 's era are in attendance , including and . is haunted by images from his violent past as he views film footage of his career . 
 From there , and drive south to 's native Georgia , where his estranged daughter continues to live . She refuses to see him . , having spent months with witnessing his behavior and absorbing considerable abuse , is torn between creating the autobiography that hired him to write and writing his own book on 's true self . begins to regard as a friend of sorts ; it is clear his conduct has driven away virtually all his legitimate friends and family . 
 writes two books simultaneously : the one expects , and his own , sensational , merciless account which will reveal the real , warts and all . plans to complete 's version while the old man is still alive , guaranteeing his payment for the project , letting die happy , then issue the hard - hitting followup after is gone . After a long night of drinking when his own personal life begins to unravel , passes out . discovers his notes for the no - punches - pulled version , bringing on an epic explosion . 
 begins to cough up blood and is taken to a hospital , where he wields a gun and treats doctors and nurses as harshly as he has everyone else . gains a grudging respect for the player 's legendary intensity and fearsome competitive fire , as well as an understanding that the murder of 's father may have been partly responsible for his antagonistic personality . is conflicted in his opinion of , and , in the end , completes the glowing autobiography hired him to write .

Dr. , a New York psychiatrist , falls into a deep depression after an unstable patient commits suicide in front of him by jumping from his office window . The sight of the bloody body clad in a bright green dress causes to suffer from psychosomatic color blindness , taking away his ability to see the color red . travels to Los Angeles to stay with a friend , fellow therapist Dr. , who invites him to sit in on a group therapy session . However , is violently murdered in the office and is plunged into the mystery of his friend 's death . 
 Lt . considers everyone in 's therapy group , including , as suspects in the murder . continues to live in 's house and begins an affair with , a beautiful but mysterious young woman who comes and goes . takes the therapy group , which includes : , a temperamental OCD sufferer , , a nymphomaniac and kleptomania , , a suicidal ex - cop , , who paints sado - masochist , and , a 16 - year old transwoman with social anxiety and a history of drug use . 
 After is found violently murdered , becomes the target of several attempts on his life . He discovers that all but one of his patients have been romantically involved with . He eventually learns that " " is really , and the murders were the work of her deranged brother , . They once had an actual brother named , who was molested by his child psychiatrist along with . 
 After committed suicide , abused into playing the part of their brother . began to re - emerge during therapy and , under another personality named " " , started relationships with the other patients . proceeded to kill them , fearing that they would soon link to . 
 confronts them and is overpowered by , who is about to kill him with a nail gun but is instead killed by . Deeply traumatized , she then tries to commit suicide . is able to stop her , bookending the story with two suicide attempts , one at the beginning , resulting in 's loss of color vision , and one at the end , thwarted and resulting in his regaining it .

Bruce Willis, Jane March, Rubén Blades, Lesley Ann Warren, Scott Bakula, Brad Dourif, Lance Henriksen, Kevin J. O'Connor

When the police discover that a mob hitman has moved in next door to the , they want to find out what he is up to . So they set up a stakeout in the ' home . Hard - nosed , tough - as - nails ( ) and his young partner ( ) are assigned to the stakeout , but now it 's a question of whether can last long enough to capture the bad guys . The want to help and by doing so , they drive crazy .

The film opens in late 1950s Los Angeles at a quiet pot - luck wake for , who has died and left husband ( ) and daughter ( ) . We meet 's mother ( ) and father ( ) and the other characters . As friends and family leave , it is apparent that is in for difficulty . will no longer speak due to her mother 's passing , and there is a need for a housekeeper / nanny so that can return to a shaky job writing commercial jingles for his best friend and boss , ( ) . 
 After one nanny washes out , ( ) interviews for the position . She responds well to and hires her . Very quickly a strong bond is formed between them . works out a system to " talk " with her without making her speak . sees the early struggles of life after 's passing , and slowly begins to interact more with . also begins to spend time with 's sister and family , who take her to church and welcome her into their home . At an office party , is introduced to ( ) , a perky white divorcee with two sons . is still struggling with losing and is not ready to date . 's sister encourages her to date a black man , , but is n't interested . 
 A frightened returns to school where she is mocked for adding to her family picture . She runs into 's arms at the end of the day , desperate to go home . That night , awakes from a nightmare , and run to her side but she is scared and angry . tells her she is allowed to be mad . admits to her how hurt he is about losing and how much he misses her too . That night chastises for pretending to become a part of this family . A terrified begs to let her stay home from school and she secretly agrees . spends more time with them and she and slowly discover they are more compatible with each other than anyone else . He confides in her about and she talks about her long gone former husband . They share a love of music and she even assists him on his new jingle . After a successful advertising campaign , he comes home with flowers for as well as . Their private celebration is interrupted by a visit from , which takes as a cue that she is not meant to stay . 
 The next day , a flustered goes to work where apologizes for 's uninvited visit . As they say goodbye , they share a kiss on the cheek , which 's nosey neighbor sees . and begin to fall in love and face prejudice as an interracial couple . asks her grandfather to make sure that marries . That night , and talk about their spouses and share a moonlight dance and kiss that is witnessed by . 
 After weeks of not attending school , thinks it 's almost time for to go back , but she says she 's not yet ready , but finds out that had been letting her skip school . In a fit of anger , he tells her that she is not 's mother and fires her , taking a heartbroken home . becomes withdrawn again , and learns that has died . After the funeral , he goes to visit at her house to tell her of 's passing and to properly apologize . After an unsuccessful talk , she overhears his not - so quiet prayers to God to help him out . She informs him that she quit and he assures her that she was replaced . They embrace and he begins to kiss her . She brings him inside to formally meet her family . The film ends with singing " This Little Light of Mine " in order to cheer up . Finally , she gives in and joins her in the joyful song . Soon and show up and joyfully runs to as the credits roll .

In 1973 , nine - year - old and her brothers , , , and live in the Bedford - Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn . The children live with their parents , , a struggling musician , and , a schoolteacher . 
 The neighborhood is filled with colorful characters . The ' next - door neighbor , , continuously sings . Snuffy and Right Hand Man are glue sniffers . is a war vet who lives upstairs from the . 
 One day , the children get into a dispute with who alleges that they are always throwing trash into his area . The argument escalates when and several neighborhood children get involved . is still yelling when comes downstairs . then punches in the face . , who has sneaked out to the corner store , sees getting arrested as she leaves the store . 
 One night , and argue about money ; resents because he is not appreciating their financial situation and uses their money carelessly to fund his solo career . The argument escalates as yells for the children to turn off the television . later turns off the TV . 
 turns it back on . grabs him for disobeying her and grabs her and carries her out of the room . carries out of the room and down the stairs and jumps on 's back . The other children hold and hurts her ankle in the struggle . 
 kicks out of the house . brings flowers to and the two reconcile . The family then decides to go on a trip . As they are leaving , a worker from Con Ed comes by to shut off the electricity due to an unpaid bill . The trip is postponed and the family has to use candles for light . 
 A few days later , and travel to the South to stay with relatives . stays with her cousin , ( ) , who was adopted by Uncle and Aunt . has fun with despite a dislike of her snobby Aunt and her dog , Queenie . On 's tenth birthday , she gets a letter from . After reading the letter , decides she wants to go home . 
 When returns to New York , she is picked up at the airport by Aunt and Uncle . later learns her mother is in the hospital and is taken to see her . 
 Later that evening , tells the kids that their mother has cancer and must stay in the hospital . The boys cry , but remains stoic . 
 In the next scene , one of 's brothers wonder if they have to dress up for their mother 's funeral . The day of the funeral , is approached by her Aunt who tries to coax her into trying on the new clothes she 's brought telling her it would make proud . calmly explains that her mother hates polyester and would never let her wear it then announces to that she is not going to the funeral . explains that would want them all together at church . 
 At the house gathering after the funeral , is withdrawn . comes inside crying , saying that and Right Hand Man robbed him . Following her mother 's wishes to protect her younger brother , goes outside with a baseball bat and hits , telling him to go sniff glue on his own block . 
 Early the next morning , dreams she 's hearing her mother 's voice . She goes downstairs to see her father trying to kill a rat in the kitchen . then tells her that its all right to cry , saying that even has cried . concludes that its good that her mother is no longer suffering . 
 In the epilogue , the family and their friends carry on with their lives as the summer draws to a close . assumes the matriarch role that left behind . 's spirit praises for taking on such responsibilities .

Former peewee ice hockey coach is a star in the minor leagues and is expected to make it to the National Hockey League soon . However , after a career - ending knee injury , he returns to Minneapolis . is then offered a chance to coach a team representing the United States in the Junior Goodwill Games . He manages to get many of the old Ducks back together , while the Hawks tried to enact revenge against them for the humiliating loss two years earlier . Their plans are foiled when prevents it and punishes them by tying the three up and leaving them in their underpants . Team USA consists of many of the old Ducks , in addition to five new players with special talents . 
 The lure of celebrity becomes a distraction to , who begins to neglect the team in exchange for a luxurious lifestyle . Fortunately , easy victories come over Trinidad and Tobago and Italy in the double - elimination tournament . During this time , and gain recognition for their enforcer skills , becoming known as the " Bash Brothers " . Backup goaltender asks for a chance to play , but he tells her to wait , as current goalie is on a hot streak . 
 Reality sets in when the team suffers an embarrassing 12–1 defeat at the hands of Team Iceland , coached by ex - NHL player , who is known for his tough reputation . Team USA plays badly , with and ejected from the game . Star center manages to score a goal but gets slashed in the wrist moments later . Frustrated , drives his players even harder , but they begin to suffer , completely exhausted . His practice sessions become brutal and long . Realizing the children are too tired to complete their school work or even stay awake in class , the team 's tutor , , intervenes . She cancels the practice and confronts Bombay . Now better rested , the players come across a street hockey team who teaches them how to play like " the real Team USA " . 
 However , Bombay continues to suffer until , the brother of Bombay 's mentor , personally visits him , and reminds him of how he used to love the game . During a match against Team Germany , Bombay fails to arrive on time , forcing to tell the referee that is actually the team 's assistant coach . The team is struggling , entering the third period tied , until shows up and apologizes for his behavior . Inspired by their coach 's " return " , the players come back to win the game with the " Flying V " move , and advance to the next round . The renewed Bombay finally realizes 's wrist injury , benching him despite his complaints . To fill the open roster spot , recruits local street hockey player , , whose unique " knucklepuck " ( which rotates end over end toward its target as opposed to spinning about its centerline ) secures USA 's victory over Russia ( who defeated Iceland earlier in the tournament , putting USA and Iceland both one loss away from elimination ) , advancing USA to the championship game for a rematch against Iceland . Before the game , 's injury is healed and returns to Team USA 's locker room , only to find they already have a full roster . gives up his spot on the roster so can play , cementing his position as the true team captain . 
 At first , Iceland appears to be out to dominate Team USA again , but they manage to score one goal . Unfortunately , the Ducks take penalties : picks a fight with an Iceland player after scoring the team 's first goal , the Bash Brothers celebrate this by fighting with the entire Iceland bench and an opposing player , about to check . is annoyed because " this is n't a hockey game , it 's a circus . " 
 After a motivational locker room speech from and new Duck jerseys from , the team emerges rejuvenated . The Ducks manage to tie the game with a score from , , , and finally when outsmarts Team Iceland by disguising himself as , so as to prevent himself from being covered and pulling off a successful " knucklepuck " . The game is forced to go to a five - shot shootout . With a 4–3 score in favor of the Ducks , ( the tournament 's leading scorer ) is Team Iceland 's final shooter . Bombay knows favors shooting the glove side after a triple deke , and replaces with , who has a faster glove . advances on and fires a hard slapshot . Although falls to the ice , she slowly turns to look at her glove while the entire stadium waits in breathless anticipation . She then opens her glove and drops the puck , signifying the game - winning save . With this , the Ducks triumph over Iceland to win the tournament . Despite 's disappointment , he congratulates and , being the gentleman he is congratulates stating " Good work , Captain " . 
 The film concludes with the team returning to Minnesota on a plane and sitting around a campfire singing Queen 's " We Are the Champions " as the credits roll .

( ) is a housewife married to a prominent lawyer in an unnamed South American country . One day a storm forces her husband ( ) to ride home with a charming stranger . She is convinced that the stranger , Dr. ( ) , was part of the old regime and that he tortured and raped her for weeks while she was blindfolded . takes him captive to determine the truth . Despite attempts by both her husband and to convince her that he is innocent , is certain that he is the one , and forces her husband to be 's " attorney " in the " trial " she arranges for him . 
 conspires with to agree to a false confession ( as states that 's all she wants in exchange for his life ) , so they write one up and present it to . Enraged , deems as being unrepentant , and threatens to kill him . As tries to stop her , succeeds in getting 's gun , and threatens to kill her if he is not freed . As he advances toward the door , hits him and after a struggle gets back in control . In a last - ditch effort to save his life , implores to call the Spanish medical school where he claims to have been at the time of 's rape , as she leads him blindfolded out the door to the edge of the cliff . contacts the school , where 's colleague seems to confirm the story . He races to inform , at last convinced that is innocent . refuses to believe it , however , saying that the doctors at that time created alibis in order to conceal their identities . Accepting defeat , finally tells them that he really was the doctor , that he enjoyed brutalizing , and that he was sorry that the old regime fell . 
 Enraged , attempts to throw from the cliff , only to realize he can not bring himself to take a life . apparently accepts the confession , and they both leave on the cliff as he stares down at the water . The camera simulates someone falling off the cliff as seen from his own point of view . In the final scene , and are at the same concert where the film began with also present , looking down with his wife and sons . and cast uncomfortable glances at each other , and look away . glances down at the couple again as the camera shows glancing up towards the balcony at the now off - screen .

, a technology company founder , plans to retire when his company merges with a larger company . Production line manager expects to be promoted to run the CD - ROM division . Instead , , a former girlfriend , is promoted to the post . 
 calls into her office to discuss some operations , and forces herself onto him . He initially reciprocates , but then rebuffs her . screams a threat to make him pay for spurning her . 
 The next day , discovers that has filed a sexual harassment complaint against him with legal counsel . To save the merger from a scandal , DigiCom officials demand that accept reassignment to another location . If does this , he will lose his stock options in the new company . Furthermore , the reassignment will ruin his career and leave him jobless as the other location is scheduled for sale after the merger . 
 receives an e - mail from someone identified only as " A Friend . " It directs him to Seattle attorney , who specializes in sexual harassment cases . decides to sue DigiCom , alleging that is the one who harassed him . The initial mediation goes badly for as blames him . 
 proposes that if drops the matter , he will not have to transfer . This causes to suspect that 's accusations have a vulnerability . remembers misdialing a number on his cell phone at the time of his meeting and throwing his phone ( but not hanging up ) , thus inadvertently creating a recording on a colleague 's voicemail of the entire encounter . plays the recording at the next meeting and discredits . DigiCom agrees to a settlement calling for to be quietly eased out after the merger closes . 
 As is celebrating his apparent victory , he receives another e - mail from " A Friend " warning that all is not what it seems . overhears talking to that even if they slipped him through the harassment accusation , they 'll make him look incompetent at next morning 's merger conference . If the problems with the CD - ROMs are shown as coming from the production line , which is under 's responsibility , he can be fired for cause . 
 attempts to look for clues in the company database regarding the talk he overheard . But his access privileges have been revoked . He remembers that the merging company 's executives have a DigiCom virtual reality demonstration machine in a hotel room with access to company databases . He breaks in to use it , but as he gets into DigiCom 's files , he sees is already deleting them . Unexpectedly , receives a call from a Malaysian colleague who can fax copies of incriminating memos and he gets them . They show that was conspiring with the head of operations in Malaysia , to change the plant and product specifications has implemented for sabotaging 's career . 
 When makes his presentation at the conference and brings up the production problems , he shows the memos and a video exposing her direct involvement in causing defects with the hardware . says that is mounting a last - ditch effort to take revenge on her . However , later discloses to that she is a victim of and 's office politics . 
 fires incompetent and declares as the new vice president . Despite wishing for the position himself , is pleased that his colleague has been promoted . knows through 's son , , that they sent the mails as " A Friend " or from a professor 's account to support him through the ordeal . Satisfied , returns to his old technical position .

Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Caroline Goodall, Dennis Miller

, a crime lord and businessman , explains to his underlings about a powerful , magic medallion called the Double Dragon , which has been split into two pieces . He obtains one half and orders his henchmen to find the other for him . 
 Teenage brothers and , and their guardian / adoptive mother head home after citywide curfew from a martial arts tournament . On their way , they are accosted by gang members , who rule the streets after dark due to an uneasy pact made with the police department to keep them from running amok during the day . They escape with help from the Power Corps , a group of vigilantes headed by their friend , daughter of the police chief . Unfortunately , , a gang leader , discovers holds the second medallion half and reports this to . For his failure in securing it , he is mutated into a hulking giant . 
 At their abandoned theater home , explains to a skeptical and about the Double Dragon and how their piece must be protected , and she places it in the care of . , with his henchmen in tow , pays the a visit , intent on taking the other half . He reveals the ability of his medallion , the power of the soul , which gives the user the power of possession and a shadow form , by temporarily possessing . and successfully incapacitate , but has the place doused in gasoline and lit on fire . sacrifices herself so the brothers can escape with the Dragon . 
 Unable to find the brothers on his own , unites and takes over the gangs by displaying his power and sends them after the . and narrowly get away , and seek refuge in the Power Corps hideout . agrees to help them , using this as an opportunity to get rid of the gangs once and for all , and the three of them decide to go to ’s office building to steal his medallion . They ultimately fail and are forced to flee , but is captured in the process . 
 and return to the Power Corps base , and lament about how none of them have been able to figure out how to use their Dragon piece . points out a discovery they made that the wearer of the medallion is immune to the powers of its counterpart , meaning is not able to possess him as long as he has it . Suddenly , the gangs attack the hideout . In the mélêe , reappears . is elated ; however , is merely being controlled by as he tries to pummel his brother into submission . then accidentally activates his medallion ’s ability , which is the power of the body and effectively makes him invulnerable to harm . Knowing this , threatens to kill instead . This does n’t succeed either , so he releases to distract long enough to get the medallion . 
 unites the halves and turns into a pair of shadow warriors with katanas that disintegrate anything they slice through . The brothers fight , but can not beat him . , who had previously been taken prisoner and since reformed , reveals to that ’s weakness is light . reactivates the hideout ’s generator , and the shadow warriors are rendered powerless . and attack , forcefully recombining the shadows into , and acquire the Double Dragon halves . They combine the two pieces , granting them matching uniforms and the medallion powers , and they briefly see a vision of ’s spirit as she gives them encouraging words . The brothers pummel , and possesses him to make him do embarrassing things . During this time , ’s father arrives to bring to justice and to take care of the gangs once and for all . has write a check to the police department for $ 129 million before encouraging the police chief to arrest him . 
 is sent to jail , the police department has renewed strength to fight the gangs instead of compromising with them , and and can now keep both halves of the medallion safe .

Aboard a commercial airliner , U.S. Marshals ( ) and ( ) , are escorting computer expert ( ) to a high security prison . When an apparent terrorist hijack attempt blows a hole in the ( Boeing 747 ) airliner , is sucked out to his death , and the terrorists parachute out of the same hole , taking with them . 
 Ex - DEA agent and renegade skydiver ( ) is the mastermind behind the attack , which culminated in the first ever parachute jump from a commercial jet at 30,000 feet . plans to use Leedy to hack into the DEA mainframe computer in Washington DC so can auction off the names of undercover agents to drug cartels worldwide . has scheduled this to be accomplished during an Independence Day parachute exhibition and fireworks display , which is the one day every year when security is loosened around the airspace above Washington DC . 
 believes that the assault may have been an elaborate prison break meant to free . However , the FBI declares that sneaking a parachute through airport security is impossible , and that parachuting at the jet 's altitude and speed is not survivable . A devastated is blamed for overreacting to the incident , and forced to turn in his badge . 
 Undeterred , consults a U.S. Navy High - altitude military parachuting instructor who confirms that he and his team have parachuted from that height and speed , but also states that the high - density metal rings in the parachutes would not pass airport metal detectors and that the operation required either rare skills or suicidal recklessness . The instructor believes the world class skydiver ( ) could perform the jump , but does not know his current whereabouts . is instead referred to 's reckless ex - wife , ex - con ( ) - who is unaware that is part of 's crew . agrees to train how to skydive , if he will sponsor her team for the parachute exhibition . Soon after , is found dead , tangled in some high voltage power lines . breaks into the police impound to examine 's parachute , declares that his death was a murder engineered by , and swears revenge . inquires as to the parachute 's lack of metal , which explains is a custom " smuggler 's rig " made with high density fabrics to deter radar . 
 When discovers 's plan to hack into the DEA mainframe , the rest of the parachuting team agrees to help with the situation . 's parachuting friend ( ) is severely injured after using a faulty parachute that had intended for to use . On the night of the Independence Day exhibition , sneaks into 's parachuting aircraft , holding them at gunpoint in order to determine an explanation for 's death . But 's men kick her outside and then parachute out . , managing to grab hold of the aircraft door bar , lets go on a free fall just as and the parachuting team arrive and rescue her , floating down safety to the roof of the DEA mainframe office building where has already arrived . 
 tries to find access to the DEA mainframe control room , eliminating 's men one by one , with the help of the parachuting team . He breaks in and holds ( who has already started downloading the identities ) as hostage . , having kidnapped , appears and threatens to kill her unless releases . A fight breaks out between and that results with both of them go falling out the building window . Luckily , opens his emergency parachute as tumbles to his death . lands safely on the ground and is escorted away by paramedics , but spots wearing a DEA jacket leaving the scene . One of the team members , ( ) , leaps from the building , parachuting down onto and stopping him in his tracks . tells jokingly that he would try skydiving again in forty or fifty years .

In 1952 , is struggling to join the film industry . Upon hearing of an announcement in Variety magazine that producer is trying to purchase life story , wants to meet . explains that Variety 's announcement was a news leak , and it is impossible to purchase 's rights . The producer decides to fictionalize the film , titled I Changed My Sex ! . tries to convince that he is perfect to direct the film , but is unsuccessful since wants a director with experience . meets his longtime idol and the two become friends . persuades to let him direct the film by convincing him that having a star in the film would sell tickets , and they could sign for a low price . 
 and argue over the film 's title and subject matter : has the poster printed , which changes to or and writes the film about a transvestite rather than a sex change . allows to shoot whatever he wants as long as the film meets the required length . takes to film production with an unusual approach ; shooting only one take per scene , giving actors very little direction and using stock footage to fill in gaps . The movie is released to critical and commercial failure . Because of this , is unsuccessful in getting a job at Screen Classics , but his girlfriend , , tells him that he should try financing his next film independently . is unsuccessful in finding money for Bride of the Atom , but is introduced to the psychic The Amazing who gives him advice on how to sell himself better . 
 meets , whom he thinks has enough money to fund Bride of the Atom and ends up casting her as the lead instead of as planned . Filming begins , but is halted when it is revealed that is actually poor , and has no money to continue production . convinces meat packing industry tycoon to take over funding the film , who agrees as long as the film stars his son as the leading man and the film ends with an explosion . The filming finishes with the title being changed to Bride of the Monster , but breaks up with after the wrap party because of his circle of friends , his work , and transvestism . attempts to conduct a double suicide with after the government cuts off his unemployment , but is talked out of it . checks himself into rehab , and meets , who is visiting her father there . He takes her on a date and reveals to her his transvestism , which she accepts . 
 shoots a film with outside his home . When and company attend the premiere for Bride of the Monster , an angry mob chases them out of the theater . passes away , leaving without a star . convinces his landlord , a church leader named , that funding 's script for Grave Robbers from Outer Space would result in a box office success , and generate enough money for ' dream project . Dr. , 's chiropractor , is chosen to be 's stand - in for resembling . and the Baptists have conflicts over the title and content of the script which they want to have changed to Plan 9 from Outer Space , along with 's B movie directing style , his casting decisions and his transvestism . leaves the set to go to the nearest bar , where he encounters his idol , . Filming for Plan 9 finishes with taking action against his producers . After attending the premiere of Plan 9 , and go to Las Vegas to get married .

Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Bill Murray, Jeffrey Jones, Sarah Jessica Parker, Patricia Arquette

The film tells the story of , a woman born with a mutation ( she would not call it a defect ) giving her enormously large thumbs . The film is a transgressive romp , covering topics from homosexuality and free love to drug use and political rebellion to animal rights and body odor and religions . makes the most of her thumbs by becoming a hitchhiker . Her travels eventually take her to New York , where she becomes a model for a homosexual feminine hygiene products mogul , known as The Countess , a few years later , he introduces her to his " beauty ranch " the Rubber Rose Ranch . The main plot revolves around the cowgirls who work at the ranch after they violently take over and drug the endangered whooping cranes who nest along the lake on their land making the once migratory birds stay . The cowgirls end up in a showdown with government agencies because the cranes wo n't leave the ranch and the cowgirls refuse to allow the men on the ranch to take the cranes . and the ranch leader , have a brief love affair . After a fatal shootout between the cowgirls and the various agencies , the cranes leave , and takes over running the ranch .

Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Angie Dickinson, Pat Morita, Keanu Reeves, John Hurt, Rain Phoenix, Roseanne Barr, Ed Begley, Jr.

is a young , attractive , Australian professional photographer living in Southern California . Having always been uncomfortable with his sexual proclivities , which tend toward the BDSM realm , he signs up for a dominatrix - themed vacation on a private tropical island known as " Eden " in the hopes of working through his discomfort . 
 Unbeknownst to him , before embarking on his journey of sexual discovery , he has unwittingly photographed an international jewel thief of whom no other photos exist . The jewel thief and his criminal partner are intent on recovering the film in order to retain 's anonymity . 
 They follow the photographer to the island resort run by the dominatrix , Mistress , posing as vacationers . Following a tip that is on the island , undercover police officers and also arrive , in the guise of a vacationer and as a handyman . 
 Comedic antics ensue amid the activities of scantily clad guests and employees , acting out their dominant and submissive fantasies . 
 In the course of 's experiences as Mistress 's personal submissive , including a scene where she ties him up and fondles his naked body ( especially , his bare buttocks ) , the two begin to fall in love . The action comes to a climax on a quick trip to New Orleans , where reluctantly admits her feelings for , all the while tailed by , who attempts to kill them . 
 Fortunately , and save the day , sending and to jail , and receive commendations for solving the case . returns to Eden and proposes to , who says yes .

Dana Delany, Paul Mercurio, Rosie O'Donnell, Dan Aykroyd, Iman, Stuart Wilson, Héctor Elizondo

The film is a comedic mockumentary depicting the perspective of a filmmaker as she trails a hardcore gangsta rap group called N.W.H. ( " Niggaz With Hats " ) , a play on the name of the popular group N.W.A In many ways , Fear of a Black Hat is similar to the satirical film about early 1980s heavy metal This is Spinal Tap . 
 The members of N.W.H. are : 
 The film is told from the point of view of ( ) , a sociologist who analyzes hip hop as a form of communication for her degree . She chooses N.W.H. as the subject of her thesis and follows them around for a year . She familiarizes herself with the band members , their beliefs , and their often strange behavior . 
 The members wear outrageous headwear during their performances . This is explained as an act of rebellion , remembering their slave ancestors , who had to work bare - headed in the sun . According to N.W.H. , hats are a symbol for resistance and revolution since their hatless ancestors were too tired from working all day in the sun to revolt . This is a typical example of the bizarre logic the group uses to explain the deeper meanings behind their otherwise crude and base music and images . 
 A steady source of comedy is N.W.H. 's use of over - the - top graphic language ( e.g. sex , violence and rantings against the police ) , which detractors see as a cheap means to sell records , but in their eyes is essential to convey a " socially relevant message " . They offer jaw - dropping explanations why songs such as " Booty Juice " and " Come and Pet the P.U.S.S.Y. " are in fact deep and socially significant , and that detractors obviously do not truly understand the " real meaning " . Throughout the movie , it is difficult to tell if the members of N.W.H. truly believe what they are saying , or are just portraying an image . 
 A lot of time also goes into describing N.W.H. 's feud with another rap group , the Jam Boys . The groups constantly insult and discredit each other , even sometimes resulting in brandishing weapons . At one point , N.W.H. brings to light evidence that the Jam Boys ' lead rapper attended a prep school , directly threatening his street credibility . 
 A macabre running gag — inspired by This is Spinal Tap — involves their white managers dying under mysterious circumstances ( the group originally insist that they " was n't in town when the shit happened " ) . They explain to that their first few managers were black — in fact , were their relatives — and that they decided switching to white managers would be better for their families and the black community . 
 N.W.H. 's internal matters turn sour when cuts down his involvement because he wants to participate in a film , and ( ) , a groupie , hooks up with Tasty - Taste . Although she is clearly more interested in his money than in him , lets her take over his life . When finds and in bed , N.W.H. is no more . 
 The group breaks up and each member launches a solo career . dedicates himself to house music ; brings out a diss track in which he curses ; and becomes a hippie ( with obvious references to " flower rappers , " such as ) . None sees much success until they ultimately reunite for a triumphant comeback in which their differences have been set aside , at least for the time being .

In 1981 , recounts his life story to strangers who sit next to him on a bench at a bus stop in Savannah , Georgia . 
 On his first day of school in 1956 Greenbow , Alabama , meets a girl named who , unlike the other children , immediately befriends young . Due to leg braces fitted to correct a curved spine , is unable to walk properly . One day , a young truck driver stays at the boarding house that lives in with his mother . The young truck driver turns out to be who , while playing guitar for him , becomes enthralled at the jerky hip thrusting movements that the hobbled makes while trying to dance . Later on , becomes famous by imitating the dance . 
 is often bullied because of his physical disability and marginal intelligence . One day , while trying to escape some bullies chasing him , his braces fall off revealing the young to be a very fast runner . yells to him , " Run , , run ! " Despite his low intelligence quotient , 's new running ability leads to him receiving a football scholarship to the University of Alabama in 1963 , becoming a top running back , being named on the All - American team , and meeting President . After his college graduation , he enlists in the U.S. Army , where he befriends a fellow soldier named , who convinces to go into the shrimping business with him when the war is over . In 1967 , they are sent to Vietnam and , during an ambush , is killed in action . saves many of his platoon , including his Lieutenant , , who loses both his legs . is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism . 
 While is in recovery for a gunshot wound to his buttocks received while saving his platoon - mates , he discovers a talent for ping pong . He becomes a ping pong celebrity and plays competitively against Chinese teams in ping pong diplomacy . At an anti - war rally in Washington , D.C. , briefly reunites with , who has been living a hippie life . While in D.C. in 1972 , meets president and is put up in the Watergate hotel , where he accidentally reveals the Watergate scandal , ultimately forcing to resign . 
 Returning home , endorses a company that makes ping pong paddles . He uses the earnings to buy a shrimping boat , fulfilling his promise to . joins in 1974 , they initially have little success . After their boat becomes the only one to survive Hurricane Carmen they pull in huge amounts of shrimp . They use their income to purchase a fleet of shrimp boats . invests the money in Apple Computer ( which naively thinks is " some kind of fruit company " ) and is financially secure for the rest of his life , but gives half of his earnings to 's family . He then returns home to see his mother 's last days . 
 In the late 1978 , returns to visit and he soon proposes to her . She declines but slips into his bedroom and makes love to him that night before leaving early the next morning . Heartbroken , elects to go for a run . He decides to keep running across the country several times over three and a half years , becoming famous in the process . 
 In the present , reveals that he is waiting at the bus stop because he received a letter from who , having seen him run on television , asked him to visit her . Reunited with , she introduces him to his son , named tells she is sick with an unknown virus . The three move back to Greenbow , Alabama . and finally marry but she dies a year later . and his son await the school bus on first day of school .

Tom Hanks, Robin Wright Penn, Gary Sinise, Sally Field, Mykelti Williamson, Haley Joel Osment

12 - year - old a.k.a . " " stops at a latina woman 's apartment to pick up dime bags of heroin before he goes to school . notices that she has given him the wrong amount and tries to warn her that his boss will be angry with the incorrect amount . He sees the track marks on her arm , indicating that she is a drug addict trying to swindle him out of his delivery . He leaves , disgusted . 
 Next , he visits another apartment where several women and one man , , are measuring and cutting bricks of heroin . insults and calls him a little boy doing a man 's job . also makes crude comments about 's sister , which angers . He rushes out because he is late for school . He meets up with another of Esteban 's employees to count the drugs . The employee tells that wants to see him after handing his share of the money . 
 arrives at school where he is his scolded by his teacher , Mrs. , for being late . acts like a normal boy by playing around with his best friend , . At recess , the boys watch the girls ' cheerleading team and talks to one of the girls , . 
 After school , goes to a forested , abandoned area to put his new earnings in a secret hiding place , where we see that he has amassed a substantial savings . From there , he goes to his grandmother 's house where all of his aunt and cousins reside . 
 The next morning , is selling drugs when a desperate drug addict offers sex to in exchange for drugs , but he sends her away . , one of the lookouts present , finds this amusing . At the end of the day when a man by the name of does not show up to pay the fifty dollars he owes him , becomes angry and threatens to kill . seeks out — his boss as well as Jake's — in order to get paid , but tries to short him . demands more money after reminding that the lookouts like make $ 50 while his pay is $ 100 for selling the drugs . agrees . 
 takes the subway to Washington Square to play chess for cash with a man who is undefeated while his father , a skilled chess player , sits at another table watching him . After winning , plays his father but loses . criticizes 's strategy and leaves to visit , who proposes to enter their dog , Roscoe , in a dogfight to earn cash . refuses so urges to get him a job with . rebuffs his suggestion , saying that is too immature to be a drug dealer , and agrees to enter their pet into the fight . leaves him to visit , who is annoyed that Fresh is selling crack for other drug dealers . He warns Fresh that when it comes to crack dealing , will either die addicted to his own product or be killed by rival dealers or unstable drug addicts . 
 He leaves to go to the corner store where his sister works . He bumps into , 's drug - dealing boyfriend , who insults his appearance before allowing him to see . warns that is interested in her and asks her why she stays with . She tells him that she does n't love , only the drugs he can supply her with , and also does n't like the way looks at her " like a queen " . goes to watch a neighborhood basketball game , where begins to show jealously towards a smaller kid by the name of . During the game pushes to the ground , but later humiliates by scoring the winning basket , causing to become angered and leave the court . sees and walks over to talk to him , but as she does returns with a gun he recovered from his belongings and begins shooting repeatedly , killing him . Everyone leaves except , who , as the only remaining person at the playground , walks past ' dead body to find on the ground , holding her neck and choking on blood , having been struck in the neck by a stray bullet from 's gun which kills her moments later . The police arrive shortly , demanding information which refuses to provide . 
 plays chess with his father again who scolds him for being distracted . loses to his father , but is able to put his Father 's king in " check " for the 1st time . Later , and arrive at the dogfight , where spots . tries to convince to take out of the fight , but nevertheless , their dog wins . wants to enter him into another fight but stops him , agreeing to get him a job with . They go to 's apartment where they accidentally walk in on and finishing having sex . tells them to wait in another room , where asks for a job . dismisses after boasts of " busting those dope moves " and tells that he plans to groom to his protege and wants Fresh to stop selling for other dealers . 
 Meanwhile , has the police 's attention since 's shooting attracted attention . takes his own savings to a cocaine source , , under the pretense of being the runner for . refuses to hand over the drugs to , fearing that the police will come after him . threatens him and offers him a big sum of cash , which we understand to be the entirety of 's personal savings . takes the cash and tells where to pick up the drugs . says that the police have wire - tapped 's phone numbers and tells not to call . 
 At school , ca n't resist bragging about his supposed new job for . After school , he and buy science textbooks to hide the drugs . and begin to get into a verbal altercation throughout the trip when almost gets arrested on the train for talking back to an officer , which had to intervene and deescalate the situation . As is bickering with , they go to an abandoned house where hides their stash in the floorboards while keeps lookout . When leaving the building , three men step out from behind the corner , approaching them and armed . begins to run but goes back to , who has now drawn his gun at the assailants . tries to shoot at the men and run , but trips . The gun falls under a car and tries to grab it but an assailant shoots the tire and it flattens under 's hand , crushing it . runs back over to help him , but is stuck . Another assailant fires a shot at the car , prompting to run away and abandon . The assailants walk over to and kill him . is questioned by the police at the police station , realizing that has been at the scene of now two deaths . However , since they have no evidence to detain him , they let him go . 
 Back at home , 's aunt remonstrates sadly with him for getting involved in gunfire and tells him that she can not risk the lives of her eleven other children for him . She informs him that he will be sent to a group home for a month . At school , 's friends blame him for 's death and truly alone , shoots 's dog , Roscoe . When goes outside , forces him in the car with the three assailants ( revealing that was behind the ambush on and ) . They bring to a room where is waiting . 
 is upset that 's bragging about moving base for ( the same drugs that is selling ) got back to him and that is encroaching on his product . The drugs that and the assailants took off of reveal that both and were carrying crack cocaine . grabs big chain links and threatens to beat to death to send a message to rival dealers . However , lies to the other henchmen that was being forced to sell for . An astonished pulls out his guns and walks over to shoot , but 's henchmen turn on and 's friend . Both and try to convince everyone that is lying . However , Fresh insists that and were planning to oust and he was only saying that he was selling for as protection . tells them to call , who will reveal the truth . calls , where confirms that he met with . The conversation is short , with expressing concern over ' phone being wire - tapped , as was told was the case , by . then whips and to death . turns to and asks who else is involved . names . 
 then goes to 's warehouse and tells him that 's crew had jumped him and says that is planning to sell heroin as well . He tells that 's distributor is and the two are planning to meet that night . He also adds that is seeing secretly because is plotting with to take out . and his men arrive at ' place and storm in while , , and two other men wait in 's car , watching them . signals his henchmen to follow him and tells and to stay put . 
 Inside , 's crew kills , , and 's men . Afterwards , they drive to 's place and sees is there . He tells his henchmen to take home but makes them stop the car , claiming that he will spend the night at a friend 's house . He runs into a convenience store and makes a phone call on a pay phone . 
 He then shows up at 's apartment , claiming that he could n't go home . lets him stay because he wants to confront for telling that he found her father in Staten Island and for urging her to leave for a rehabilitation center . Angry , demands to know what else is hiding from him . The three argue and tries to force to stay with him . 
 The police arrive and as goes to answer the door , hides something under the bed . The police officer turns out to be Sgt . , who reveals that he is responding to a call about a domestic dispute . denies any argument and suggests they have the wrong apartment . comes forward and tells that his sister is scared to speak up and how is a drug dealer who killed and is now threatening his sister . swears that he is clean but tells Sgt . to check under the bed . The policeman looks under the bed and find 's gun ( which he removed from the car after the shooting earlier ) and the drugs planted . The police take away and Sgt . promises to protect and his sister from any retaliation . expresses that he no longer wants to live in any " projects " . The movie ends with playing chess with his father , where he cries .

( ) is the estranged son of ex - con ( ) and has been living with his aunt and her fiancee since the death of his mother some years earlier . works as a baker designing cakes for a bakery . When goes on her honeymoon , she dumps on a reluctant , leaving him to look after his son in San Francisco for the next week . 
 is hoping to spend time with his father , but is largely ignored by , who is the midst of planning a rare - coin heist with his two cronies and ( and ) . The robbery is successful , but learns of it and hides the stolen coins from them . He uses it to blackmail into spending time with him , promising that he will return the coins afterwards . Thus father and son spend the next few days fishing , playing miniature golf and visiting amusement parks , with an amiable and angry tagging along . 
 The police are suspicious of , so Detective ( ) is assigned by her superior ( ) to go undercover and surveil him . By chance , and get talking to , unaware of who she really is , and invite her for a coffee and then to dinner . and develop a mutual attraction , causing her boss concern over her willingness to do her job . and have also gotten closer , so decides that he wants to stay with his dad permanently . He urges to forget about the stolen coins , because he will probably be caught and sent back to prison . refuses , so prepares to return home . 
 At the last moment , has a change of heart . , however , appears at the bus station , where at gunpoint he forces to open the locker containing the coins . and are set upon by the waiting police and arrested . is crushed to discover that is a cop . However , it turns out that the bag in the locker was full of pennies , so is released again . At 's prompting , finds the rare coins in a gym bag in a department store held by a mannequin . Father and son then prepare for a new life together .

is a young lesbian student in Chicago who has gone ten months without having sex . She and her roommate and college professor are in a coffee shop when they run into , a hippieish woman with long braided hair , whom initially dismisses . and do end up going to a movie together . After the movie they return to 's place and , after some flirtatious conversation , they kiss . Suddenly a call comes in from 's ( unseen on - screen ) partner Kate , with whom has been in a long - distance relationship for more than two years , which puts a bit of a damper on things . 
 decides to cut off all her hair , ending up with a very short butch style . She runs into in a bookstore and almost does not recognize her . 
 's girlfriend returns home . Her ex - boyfriend is there . 's mother confronts her , saying that told her that he had spotted at a gay bar . 's mother kicks her out and flees to 's place and invites her to live with them . 
 and her roommate throw a dinner party and , after a spirited game of I Never , and reconnect . They make plans to go out again and then begin kissing . They have several phone conversations , in the course of which reveals that she 's " sort of broken up " with . They get together for a second date but they never make it out of the apartment . ends up trimming 's fingernails . This turns into foreplay and they have sex . Intercut with the closing credits are shots and short scenes of and 's burgeoning relationship .

, , , , and are the greedy relatives of wealthy , wheelchair - bound scrap - metal tycoon . They continually suck up to him and try to outdo each other in order to inherit his millions when he passes away . With their attempts constantly failing and irritable Uncle showing a decided interest in his new sexy " nurse " , decides to hire a private detective named to bring in his brother ( who turned his back on the family years ago because of their selfishness ) believing if they can make up , Uncle will thaw towards them . 
 Instead of finding , finds his son of whom Uncle Joe had always been especially fond . A professional bowler , left the family with his father , but he accepts the cousins ' invitation to return — after rolling a gutter ball in a big tournament and finding out that he has a pre - arthritic condition developing in his wrist . 
 's television sports producer girlfriend encourages him to ask Uncle for a loan to invest in a bowling alley . A typically rude and crude says he will lend the money only if sides with him against his own father . is offended and leaves with his girlfriend , much to the annoyance of the other relatives . They confront later on and she realizes just how conniving and desperate they are for Uncle 's money . 
 Uncle asks to visit him at his scrapyard , to apologize for trying to bribe him , but the old man calls a number to place a shipping order to a company he finds out has been closed for 25 years . Realizing that his relatives could declare him incompetent and throw him in a retirement home , he tells that he plans to hand his fortune over to . realizes how much he 'd like to inherit his fortune and tells him not to rush into anything . 
 moves in with Uncle and starts competing for his money , even so far as to sing a song that loved him to perform as a little kid . But has other ideas and decides to use her " assets " to outdo and have sex with the elderly gentleman , if only to keep the relatives from getting his money . But after her successful attempt to get in the bedroom , they are interrupted by 's father and he and engage in an heated argument , in which chooses Uncle over him . feels disgusted with herself for almost having sex with and tells she has to leave , but not before promises to look after . However , tells that he 'd actually hired an actor to play his " so - called " father , to win favor with his Uncle , and she feels he 's become too greedy and leaves him . 
 At 's attorney 's office , is ready to inherit 's fortune when his relatives arrive with his real father . admits that he 's become as bad as the rest of the family . But it soon becomes apparent that Uncle is not only bankrupt , he is in debt . After a big scene that involves fighting , the relatives leave and tells that he was simply " playing them " to find out who actually loved him . tells him " nobody loves you , " and leaves to make up with . When asks where Uncle is , says that he does n't know . 
 With ill health , no money and no place to go , and decide to let stay with them in their apartment . But gives them another surprise , and reveals that he still has a fortune as he has them look outside to see and . He offers the two of them to stay with him , saying " Whatever I own , you own " . accepts but on the condition that all of the lies and the games stop . Uncle calmly gets up out of his wheelchair and exits their apartment whilst and watch .

Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Travis, Phil Hartman, Ed Begley, Jr., Bob Balaban, Colleen Camp, Olivia d'Abo

is a Secret Service agent who takes great pride in his job , performing his duties with the utmost professionalism . His assignment for the last three years has been a severe test of his patience . is in charge of a team stationed in Ohio to protect , the widow of a former U.S. President . 
 is well known for her diplomatic and philanthropic work , but seems to regard less as a security officer and more as a domestic servant — not unlike her chauffeur , , or her nurse , . 
 regards it as beneath his professional dignity to perform little chores around the house or bring her breakfast in bed . orders him to do so , even to fetch her ball during a round of golf . Any time defies her , contacts a close friend - the current President of the United States – to express her displeasure . The annoyed President then phones . 
 's three - year hitch with comes to an end , so he is eager to be given a more exciting and challenging assignment . But has decided that she wants him to stay , and , as usual , she gets her way . 
 Their bickering continues , even in the car . Alone there with for a minute , orders him to drive off , stranding her bodyguards . A humiliated must phone the local sheriff — not for the first time — to be on the lookout for her . He fires when they return , but manages to countermand that decision as well . 
 After she returns from a hospital checkup , watches old television footage of her husband 's funeral , concentrating on a momentary glimpse of among the mourners , overcome with grief . It is an indication that perhaps she keeps around because she values his loyalty to her husband and his company . She makes an effort to get on his good side , sharing a drink and a late - night conversation . Morale for the agents improved when tells them that the President would be visiting her late husband 's presidential library , but his subsequent cancellation lowered her spirits . 
 finally does get the professional excitement he craved , but in a way he could not foresee . is kidnapped . While the FBI takes charge of the investigation , and his security detail are not only anxious and guilt - ridden , but are informed that Mrs. 's recent dizzy spells are actually being caused by an inoperable brain tumor . 
 As the investigation begins without him , finds evidence of being involved . In 's hospital room , where the chauffeur was taken after claiming to be rendered unconscious by the abductors , threatens to shoot off 's toes , one by one , until he confesses to an FBI agent where Mrs. is being held . goes so far as to shoot one toe.[2 ] admits that Mrs. is being held captive by 's sister and her husband . 
 The FBI and Secret Service raid the kidnappers ' home and arrest them . When they find Mrs. buried , but alive , beneath the floor of the farmhouse , and his agents volunteer to do the digging . then insists that her Secret Service detail accompany her to the hospital , forcing several high - ranking law enforcement officials to leave the rescue helicopter . 
 Upon being released from the hospital , refuses to obey the hospital rule that patients must be discharged in a wheelchair . tells her , using her first name for the first time , " , get in the god damn chair . " After a brief pause , complies , pats 's hand and says , " Very good , . "

, a.k.a . is marrying his girlfriend , while his best friend , a.k.a . is dipping his fingers into the music business and attempting to manage a roughneck female rap act called Sex as a Weapon . Play books the ladies for a concert with heavy - hitting promoter Showboat , but when they decide to fire and hire a new manager , he has to figure out how to deliver them to the show or face the wrath of Showboat 's female security force . 
 Things eventually begin to spiral out of control for the two , as Play is also planning the bachelor party while trying to keep 's three younger cousins from Detroit in line , and 's ex - girlfriend has come back to town , which is news that does n't please at all . To complicate matters more 's cousins hijack his bachelor party in retaliation for not letting them perform at it ( moving it from the rented hotel ballroom to their Aunt 's house ) The party at the ballroom is a bust as 's cousin invites very obese women to the party ( he 's attracted to heavyset women ) . Meanwhile , has been out looking for Kid & Play for his money but gets sidetracked briefly by 's mischievous cousins . Embarrassed by the poor turnout at his party bails into the corridor and runs into ( who is there for her grandparents ' anniversary party ) . congratulates and tells him that is good for him . As they hug and part ways comes out of the elevator and sees them hugging . She immediately jumps to the conclusion that slept with her but her friend ( who had been dogging and the pending marriage throughout the film ) comes to his defense and tell she is wrong to assume cheated . At the same time ( who also disagreed with getting married ) tells he is wrong for wanting to break off the marriage since he 's convinced does n't trust him . 
 After Kid and make up they head back to his Aunt 's house to find an out of control party in progress ( unbeknownst to Aunt who was up in her room ) . Just as starts to curse his cousins out stops him and convinces him to celebrate his bachelor party here . At that moment arrives with his female hitmen and are about to attack & Play when he hears 's cousins performing at the party , picks up on that and immediately informs that they were a new act he and were working on . Convinced that they came through , pays what he owed them just as Sex as a Weapon arrives . They tell Play that they did n't like what was done to the three blind rappers earlier in the film ( they were stiffed on the pay for a show ) so they opted to come back to Kid & Play giving two new acts instead of just one . again pays up , and this time the cash was taken by Aunt Lucy who informed all that the money was just enough to clean her house . 
 The movie ends on and 's marriage and 's Uncle finding a woman of his own .

( ) is a young mother of three children , married to ( ) , a bicycle messenger . Although he is always reliable as the breadwinner of the family , is having an affair with the neighborhood hoe , ( ) . One summer evening , a blackout sweeps the neighborhood , and finds himself in jail after being arrested for looting . 
 Faced now with the reality of keeping her family together with the main breadwinner in jail , , with the encouragement of her transgender sister ( ) , decides to give her dream of becoming a print model a chance . As she happens to be in the right place at the right time , lands a job as the personal assistant to a major record label producer ( ) , who is trying to sign a major Latin music group ( played by the real life group the Barrio Boyzz ) . After that , is released from prison by and her father , who reveals that she has a son named , who she claims that is the father . This causes to hit rock bottom and moves in with . While at work , she has sex with her boss , but during their sex , he answers a number of phone calls , which frustrates . Nonetheless , she is pleasured . The next day , tries to go back to his job , but is fired , due to his criminal record . confronts to prove that she had sex with another man to get even with . 
 , then takes the kids out for ice cream , his extremely rebellious son , , asks if he could buy ice cream , but gloats him that he needs to work for it in order to buy things . His son shows him the money and allows him , but when his younger daughter notices that he has new shoes and pants , realizes that his son has become a drug dealer . Then , furiously lashes out at his son , he pushes him towards a mural with a picture of a relative of ’s who died when he was a drug dealer . He whips his own son in front of the whole block , while his friends laugh at him . notices the comotion and tries to stop him . 
 then points out that he ’s just a little boy and puts him down , but suddenly runs away . The kids are still laughing and still insult Lil that he ’s still weak . , infuriated , then beats a kid from the crowd and whips him , the dealer attempts to draw a gun but manages to disarm him while fellow neighbors help whip the boy . is then found siting in front of ’ apartment door . He tells that he wants to stay with her but she rejects him , believing that he ’ll still be disrespectful towards her . then finds and takes him home . Back at the apartment , and his friend place to bed , he reveals to that he is the father which infuriates , as he been played by this whole time . and have a discussion about the kids , as points out to that she ’s just like their estranged mother . But she denies this and changes and leaves to visit their mother . 
 When arrives over there , her mother opens the door , she reacts disgusted by ’ appearance . tries her hardest to make amends with her mother but when her husband comes out of his room to check on the noise , he reacts with an aggressive look on his face . hears the door open and notices that came back . When comes to check on she notices her face all beaten up and asks what happen , but tell her that she was right about their mother , that she has n’t accepted as a transgender . 
 The next day at work , ’s boss , wants to have sex again , but she tries to reject him . He stops , when tells him , she ’s “ not a sexual person ” , the two begin to argue , which then ends with her having no choice but to quit her job . arrives back at the apartment , she tries to talk to her children and asks for their forgiveness , mostly from , which he does finally . arrives later , back from his new job as a security officer . Both discuss about the many flaws between them in their marriage , and finally tells the truth about ’s baby . The scene ends with pointing out to that he never thinks about the “ other person ” , which he then replies , “ Good night , other person ” , despite that it ’s morning already . And lays on the sofa with a smile on her face .

In 1980 , on the night he fails to win an Emmy Award , proposes to his longtime girlfriend . He says the only thing holding him back is his dedication to his career , one which may not always work out , and says that 's one of the things she loves most about him . Seven years later , with a baby crying and no job for , is overflowing with resentment . By 1993 , the pair have been divorced for several years and are living on opposite coasts . auditions for a role in pompous , self - absorbed , and clueless film producer 's new project but fails to get the part . He does however agree to chauffeur occasionally . flies to Georgia to pick up his daughter for what he believes is a brief visit and discovers is facing a prison term and will be living with him for the duration of her sentence . The two return to Hollywood and struggle with their new circumstances and building a relationship ( has n't seen the six - year - old since she was four ) . When goes in to make a screen test for a lead in a film , he leaves with a friend at the studio , and when he picks her up he 's stunned to learn she 's been cast in a sitcom . There are multiple sub - plots , including one focusing on 's relationship with staff script - reader and another concerning test screening analyst and her tumultuous relationship with .

Nick Nolte, Joely Richardson, Albert Brooks, Tracey Ullman, Julie Kavner, Whittni Wright

Is everything random " or is there a Grand Design ? " muses at the opening of the film . And we are left with the ultimate conclusion that where true love is concerned at least , the answer is a resounding " Yes " to a Grand Design . 
 An easy - going garage mechanic , ( ) , meets ( ) , a successful Princeton University mathematics doctoral candidate , as she comes into the garage , accompanied by her resistant and critical English fiancé , acerbic experimental psychology professor ( ) . There is an immediate " electric " connection which recognizes , but she is not yet aware . 
 sees his future , briefly , and is a major part of it ; they are married , and have children together . " How long will all of this take ? " asks , referring to the car repair , and , thinking about their future life together , replies , " That 's up to you " . His life purpose has suddenly been decided by a force of nature greater than himself . 
 Finding a watch she left at the garage , travels to her address and finds himself face to face with ( ) , who is 's uncle.[1 ] 
 — portrayed as a fun - loving genius — and his mischievous friends , fellow scientists ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , quickly accept as a friend and see as someone who would be better suited for . The four of them bring their communal vehicle to 's garage to have it modified as a convertible , and chat with about how to attract 's interest . An amused suggestion by to " borrow their brains " inspires them to try to help look and sound like a scientist ( i.e. , a " wunderkind " in physics ) temporarily , in order to garner 's attention for , while at the same time trying to convince that life is not all about the mind , but is also about the heart . 's heart is virtually non - existent ( as seen in his casual cruelty in his treatment of test subjects and limited awareness of humanity ) , while 's heart is adventurous and virtually limitless . 
 sees bringing and together as his most enduring legacy to his niece , because she was of the mistaken opinion that her only contribution to the world was to be through her children , and that she therefore must marry a total intellectual because then she will produce genius children , like himself . realizes that loves for herself , and will help her blossom into her full potential as a person full of life and spirit ; a fellow world traveler with mutual interests as varied as the Boyd 's Comet and the Seven Sacred Pools on Maui , which belittled . 
 eventually sees through the " intellectual " ruse and his cohorts had temporarily created in order to get her to give some attention , but falls for anyway , just as had hoped . A smiling uses a small telescope to spy happily on the two young moonstruck lovers as they take delight in the return of Boyd 's Comet and in each other 's company . The film ends with both and saying " Wahoo ! " , just as had earlier in the film while riding on 's motorcycle .

When dies , his assistant and close friend deals with his last will and testament . It reads that his estate , music and affairs will be left to his " immortal beloved " , but there remains a question as to who is 's " immortal beloved " , an unnamed woman mentioned in one of his letters . embarks on a quest to find out . He meets the women who played a part in 's life ; through their stories , retrospective footage of from his younger years until his death is featured as the film progresses . The conclusion ultimately is that the individual is , the daughter of , a prosperous Viennese upholsterer . In the film , she becomes pregnant by ; when by an accidental turn of events he does not marry her in time , she marries his brother , . The love turns to hate , worsened by the long legal battle over custody over their son , Karl ( whom everyone believes is 's nephew ) . Finally , gets custody over his ' nephew ' , but the strict upbringing and promotion of the boy as another child prodigy — which himself knows all too well he is not — leads to his attempting suicide . is blamed and his reputation is ruined . 
 finally speaks to , who says she has made her peace with him . She met him at his deathbed , where he gave her a signed letter , giving her custody over . She tells about their intentions to elope , but never showed up , and she felt betrayed . realizes what happened and gives her the letter to the " Immortal Beloved " in which she finally reads what happened that night they were supposed to meet . Shocked to find out how an unfortunate event and misunderstanding has kept them apart , she visits the grave of in the closing scene .

The film begins as two slackers , ( ) and ( ) work at " Crazy Boys " discount electronics store in Glendale , California . While they goof off on the job , both have aspirations of opening their own electronics store in the future . Both are fired though , after destroying a rack of television sets . 
 Looking to score some quick start - up money for their store , and believing that the commitment will be minimal ( they are easily lured by the recruiting slogan " One weekend a month , two weeks a year " ) , the two join the United States Army Reserves . chooses water purification for their field since his brother was an experienced pool man and the field appeared to be devoid of combat . After surviving basic training , they attend water purification training . The two meet up with ( ) a female recruit longing for infantry , and ( ) , a skittish dental student . The foursome adopts the nickname of " waterboys " . The group then returns to Glendale . 
 What and do not realize , however , was that Libya has been planning an invasion of Chad , and they are consequently called up for service overseas . They first try to get a military discharge by pretending to be homosexuals , but they fail . 
 Upon arriving in Chad , the four do not get along well with the full - time soldiers , particularly Special Forces Staff Sergeant ( ) . On a routine mission to resupply a forward base , their convoy is ambushed by a Libyan commando squad . The misfit reserves are thought to have been killed in action ( KIA ) and are left to fend for themselves . After a few days lost in the desert , they are captured by the Libyan forces and spend a night in a Libyan POW camp . There the reservists meet up with Staff Sergeant who has been shot and captured in an ambush . He briefs them on his failed mission to rendezvous with two HALOed Fast Attack vehicles and destroy mobile Scud launchers carrying missiles armed with chemical warheads aimed at American bases in the region . 
 During an airstrike , the four reservists and escape and find the Fast Attack vehicles . They make contact with the American headquarters and are ordered to finish the Special Forces ' mission . After locating the missiles , they have a difficult time holding off a battalion of Libyans while painting the missiles with a laser for an incoming airstrike . The airstrike goes off - target , forcing the reservists to destroy the missiles themselves . grabs an AT4 anti - tank rocket launcher and destroys the Scud launcher base in one hit , but not before accidentally firing one rocket backwards , forcing the group to use the last rocket they have . 
 The " waterboys " return home as heroes . At the end of the film , they open up their electronics shop next to an Army recruiting station . There are two guys who are similar as and , they are skeptical about the joining the reserves just like and did when they enter the army recruiting station .

In 1917 , ( ) father is killed in a mushing accident falling into a frozen river , leaving to care for his family . Needing money for college and to save the family farm in South Dakota , United States , decides to travel to Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada . Here he will take part in the dog - sled race that his father would have entered to save the farm . 
 During the race , becomes popular with the newspaper media as reporter ( ) who also helped pay for to enter the race . The reporter tells about 's strong courage in what he must do . As races for long hours for many days , he endures brutal cold , steep mountains , treacherous river passages and various other obstacles , and grows increasingly tired and sick . There are even attempts by some of the other competitors to sabotage his efforts and even hurt his lead dog , . becomes hostile towards his competitors for their sabotage and also towards for using him for publicity . However , when one competitor tries to bribe to drop out of the race , defends 's honor and the two make amends . 
 However , on the last day of the race , becomes genuinely concerned when he sees how bad 's condition is , as he can barely move , and advises him to drop out of the race and see a doctor , but insists on finishing the race to the end . finds himself following his arch enemy ( ) on a dangerous shortcut to the finish line , as it runs near a turbulent river . had been taking great lengths all through the race to dodge water obstacles because of what happened to his father , but he finds the courage to face this one , as 's dogs turn against him for using a whip . After taking the shortcut comes into view of the finish with a huge lead . Exhausted from lack of sleep , collapses near the finish line , until awakens the spirit of his father 's dog Gus , with a familiar whistle . With other racers closing in , is able to stand back up again and cross the finish line first just ahead of the other racers . Falling to the ground unable to stand , he is helped up by his fellow racers into his mothers arms . Spectators , along with and other race officials and reporters , surround applauding him for his victory and not giving up .

NYPD officer ( ) is a kind and generous man who loves his job in Queens , New York , where he lives . His wife , ( ) , works at a hair salon and , unlike him , is greedy , materialistic , and selfish , constantly complaining about their situation in life . Waitress ( ) is bankrupt because her husband , ( ) , whom she could not yet afford to divorce , emptied their joint checking account without her permission , while also leaving her with over $ 12,000 in credit card debt . meets her when she waits on him at the diner where she works . Since he does n't have enough money to pay the tip , he promises to give her either double the tip or half of his prospective lottery winnings the next day using a ticket which has numbers he regularly plays . He wins $ 4 million ( $ 6.6 million today ) in the lottery the next day and keeps his promise , despite 's protests . 
 He and become stars almost immediately . She buys the diner and sets up a table with his name at which people who ca n't afford a meal can eat for free . In another development , he becomes a hero for foiling an attempted robbery at a grocery store but gets wounded in the process , forcing him to take a leave of absence from the police force . Meanwhile , goes on a shopping spree , and also contracts for disruptive renovations to their apartment without consulting him . 
 At a gathering on a chartered boat for the lottery winners and other members of high society , meets the newly rich . She flirts with him , listens to his advice on financial investments , and develops a strong liking for him , which is mutual . Meanwhile , and , accidentally left behind on the pier , spend a lot of time together , on one occasion paying for the train journeys of subway passengers , and on another treating the neighborhood children to a day out at Yankee Stadium , about which the media report . gets fed up with his constant donations and overall simplicity and throws him out of their apartment , asking for a divorce . That same evening , leaves her apartment after shows up and threatens to stay until he gets $ 50,000 from her . Quite innocently , she and run into each other at the Plaza Hotel and , unintentionally , end up spending the night together . 
 During divorce proceedings between and , she demands all the money that he won for herself . He does n't mind giving his share of it but she also wants the amount he gave , and his steadfast unwillingness to do so causes her to take the case to court . lies in court about the numbers played to win the ticket , but does n’t get caught . The jury ( believing her narrative ) decides in her favor . , feeling guilty at costing him all his money , runs out in tears and tries to keep away from him . But he , by now hopelessly in love with her , finds her at the diner and tells her that the money means nothing to him , and they declare their love for each other . While ruminating about their future at the diner and considering a possible move to Buffalo , they graciously provide a hungry and poor customer with some soup , which he eats at the special table . He is none other than disguised reporter , who takes photos of them and in the next day 's newspapers publicly eulogises their willingness to feed a hungry and poor man even in their darkest hour . Just as they are moving out of town , the citizens of New York City , touched by their generosity , send them thousands of letters with tips totaling over $ 600,000 ( $ 991,000 today ) , enough to help pay their debts . 
 After gets remarried to her new husband , , he flees the country with all the money from their checking account , revealing himself to be a con man . She then has no option but to move in with her mother in the Bronx and go back to her old manicure job . , now divorced from , can only get a job as a taxi driver . happily returns to the NYC police force and reclaims the diner . At the film 's end , they get married and begin their honeymoon by taking off from Central Park in a hot air balloon that bears the New York Post headline " Cop Weds Waitress " , just before the closing credits roll .

is a chubby , whiny , and obnoxious job - hopper who is searching for a steady foundation in life . encounters , whose gender is also unrevealed . The two fall in love , and get engaged . Meanwhile , 's neighbor , , develops an unhealthy obsession with unveiling 's gender , and begins stalking . sends in a tape of performing karaoke to a TV show called America 's Creepiest People , bringing to the attention of the band Ween , who feature in one of their performances ; plays the tuba . When learns that Ween intended to only use for one gig , and break up . 
 steals the laptop containing 's diary and tries to coerce into revealing the computer 's password , so he can access the files . 's only answer is that the word is in the dictionary . then begins to type in every single word in the dictionary . 
 Meanwhile , a gang of thugs intent on discovering 's gender begin harassing , and becomes distraught over the thugs ' androgynous nature . goes to complain to , a friend who is a therapist and host of a radio talk show . When gives acerbic reactions to call - in listeners , the station fires and replaces her with . 
 ends up going through the entire dictionary until he reaches the last word , " zythum " ( an Egyptian malt beer ) , which is the password . After reading through the diary , he discovers no new information in regards to 's gender , and finally snaps . 
 calls into 's radio show , and tells to meet him at the Ripley 's Believe It or Not ! Museum , stating that this is the only chance for to retrieve the laptop . arrives to find dressed exactly like . demands that strip naked , but runs off into a concert . After corners on a catwalk , falls , and 's clothes get caught on a hook . This tears off 's pants and lowers in front of the cheering audience , though 's genitals are revealed neither to nor to the moviegoer . is subsequently taken away by security guards . then runs to see , just as is leaving on an ocean liner . In an epilogue , and get married . 
 During the end credits , is now hosting her radio show again and the first caller is none other than , whose obsession with has driven him to cross - dressing .

( ) is a responsible young man who has a job in a television repair shop and lives at home with his hard - working mom ( ) . ( ) is the younger brother , who is just released from prison . Previously traumatized by his father , is a volatile , disturbed ex - con who is obviously bound for a violent end . deals drugs for short - term cash and joins a crew plotting a bank robbery . 
 When ( ) walks into the shop to buy a television , meets his perfect match . She has dreams of escape , and inspires to do romantic things like borrow a city bus to take her on a date . Their relationship continually grows and blossoms into love . The height comes when and take a romantic ride in a rowboat , then make love in the woods . 
 In a series of flashbacks , plays the boys ' father , . Throughout the film , has nightmares about a tragedy in his childhood . Either ( played as a youth by ) or ( played as a youth by ) killed Mad Dog , while he was drunkenedly attacking their mother . After being comforted by , he learns to deal with his past . tells his gang and about the bank robbery plan . , eavesdropping on their conversation , tells about the bank robbery . 
 Unfortunately , the robbery does not go as planned ; comes in late . Most significantly , he causes bedlam by independently terrorizing and beating the customers of the bank . He does get in the getaway car with his gang when the heist is over . As punishment , is flogged by the rest of his gang . returns home . realizes how badly he 's been beaten , so he confronts the leader of the gang , ( ) , who is 's brother . As a result of this , the two have a vicious fight in a public restroom . 
 then meets at the bayou and tells her that he ca n't leave with her . His nightmares occur because took a gun from and accidentally shot Mad Dog in the chest , which is why he feels obligated to his family . 
 Things get worse when hears his mother tell to leave town with because he does n't owe her or anything . believes that is leaving not only because of , but because may take revenge . plans to kill them all in order to keep his brother from leaving . 
 hears about 's plan and heads to / 's house , but he 's too late . He sees what has happened and rushes upstairs looking for . He finds that has a gun pointed at her neck . He draws a gun as well and is able to convince not to kill her . However 's arm moves , causing him to accidentally pull the trigger and shoots . carries her out of the home to a growing crowd outside the house . is injured , but still alive . is fed up with his life and decides to end it all by killing himself ( off screen ) , in earshot of everyone outside . The film ends with and riding a bus , leaving town ; however , some versions do not show this part .

( ) is a failing actor living in Los Angeles . After increasing frustration with his career going nowhere and with crime in the city , , along with his " spaced - out " best friend ( ) , decides to take the law into his own hands . 
 After losing his job as a waiter , transforms himself into " , " leader of a mock - vigilante group that videotapes criminals and then turns them over to the police . enjoys the free publicity , anonymously , but eventually the police begin to close in on him , resulting in a tense standoff at the Grauman 's Egyptian Theatre .

Austrian Research geneticist Dr. ( ) and his OB / GYN colleague Dr. ( ) have invented a fertility drug , " Expectane " , that is supposed to reduce the chances of a woman 's body rejecting an embryo and thus prevent a miscarriage . Unfortunately , they are not allowed to test it on women since the Food and Drug Administration has not yet approved the drug ; so and can not move forward in their research . The head of the review board , ( ) , informs that while the FDA has denied their team the right of human experimentation , the team has managed to receive a donation from fellow geneticist Dr. ( ) from the ovum cryogenics department . 
 A disappointed is ready to leave and start over in Europe , but convinces him that in spite of the FDA 's decision , they can still perform the " Expectane " experiment , because he has talked with a Canadian firm called the Lyndon Pharmaceutical , who is willing to give the two additional funding for their work provided that they find a volunteer for the experiment . When questions the chances of a woman taking an unapproved drug during pregnancy , reveals that there is no need to identify the gender of the experiment and convinces to impregnate himself , using an ovum codenamed " Junior " . 
 That night , has a nightmare in which his potential offspring has his own face pasted onto it . As the weeks go by , he complains to that his nipples are hurting him , and then later , the normally aloof inexplicably lightens up and chats incessantly about walks , massages , and naps . At one point , tells that being a woman is not as great as it sounds , citing the menstrual cycles which do not stop until menopause . Meanwhile , 's pregnant ex - wife , ( ) , wants to be the doctor delivering her baby , as the man she is seeing is currently hanging out with the band Aerosmith . begins to wonder what it would be like to be a father and watches some television commercials to have himself a good sobbing . He later begins overreacting , with noting his practice of " mixing cuisines " . When it comes time for to stop taking the drug and release the experiment 's full results to the Lyndon Pharmaceutical , chooses not to stop taking the drug and decides to carry his offspring to term . is annoyed that is choosing to have his offspring , but soon deals with it and attempts to keep it hidden from others . goes through his pregnancy term while he develops a relationship with , as well as revealing his pregnancy to . 
 It is revealed that the " Junior " ovum is actually from 's own body , making her the mother of 's child , a fact which leaves angry and stunned at . soon learns about the situation , and wants to take credit for the experiment despite having no role in it . disguises as a woman and hides him in a retreat for expecting mothers outside the city , passing off his masculine appearance as past anabolic steroid use . Eventually , receives a visit from , who tells him it does n't matter who 's the pregnant one , because on the whole , is the father , and is the mother . Meanwhile , Arbogast reveals the experiment and its data to the Lyndon Pharmaceutical , who agree to become partners with and and give the experiment potential for other future uses . 
 Later , starts going into labor , experiencing abdominal pain due to the damage that the baby is doing to his abdomen . While shut away in his resort room , calls both and . As rushes to the resort from the laboratory , calls a fellow doctor and tells him to evacuate the hospital and prep it for an emergency c - section for , but a hospital staffer overhears the doctor 's conversation and alerts about it . calls the media to the hospital , to take credit and become famous , but 's fellow doctor alerts him about the media and makes a detour to get a decoy for so he can have a private c - section . When 's car arrives at the hospital , he disappoints the media when he brings out his own pregnant ex - wife . , who had summoned the university dean and the press to witness the world 's first pregnant man , is discredited and fired . 
 Meanwhile , and have snuck to the back of the hospital and use the fire escape to get in . While acting as 's decoy double , at the hospital , goes into labor . has an emergency caesarean section , where he is given an epidural even though he 's at high risk as is the baby . , not being able to help through this time , is sent by to keep company . walks into the waiting room to find in labor and ends up being her labor coach , since there 's no hospital staff available . feels emotionally scared and horrible , as and the other surgeon cut through the last few layers of tissue , to get to the baby ; eventually gives birth to a healthy baby girl . announces the arrival to , who is on hands and knees helping cope with contractions . hands over to and rushes off to see as has prepped for childbirth . visits in the Post - op , getting her first glance at her baby , and together , they decide to name the baby girl . delivers 's child and the two reconcile to raise the boy , , as their own . 
 In the final scene , the two families are on a beach on vacation celebrating the birthdays of and . is shown to be heavily pregnant with her and 's second child . When mentions that she would like to have another baby but does not want to go through pregnancy again , they all begin trying to convince a reluctant to carry the child .

Professional safe - cracker comes to Paris to help a childhood friend , , with a bank heist . In the cab on the way to his hotel room , the cabbie obtains a prostitute for him . He arrives at his hotel room and is soon greeted by the prostitute , , who also confides that she is studying art , and has a " very boring " day job . After having sex , they talk with each other amiably , then fall asleep . Their reverie is soon interrupted when barges in and brusquely sends out of the room , so the two men can get on with their business . 
 takes back to his residence where meets 's friends . explains his plans : the following day is Bastille Day and virtually everything is closed except for the bank they plan to rob , which is a holding bank and is open on holidays . forgoes his rest time to spend the night partying with and his friends among some of the less reputable people of Paris in a cavernous jazz club , which refers to as ' the Real Paris ' . During the binging , confides to that he has AIDS , which he contracted through IV drug use . 
 The next day , is awakened by as they prepare to enter the bank . The team dons carnival masks to hide their faces before bursting into the bank . They quickly kill those who do not cooperate as they escort ( who has not witnessed the killings ) to the safe so he can get to work . Their plans soon start to disintegrate as the police show up and they 're faced with the possibility of going to jail for life or having to shoot their way out . throws an explosive into a vault and enters it ( mortally wounding a guard in the process - himself shoots the guard as an act of mercy ) , finding a large supply of gold bars — but the thieves ca n't leave the bank alive with their fortune . Tensions become even higher when recognizes ( who coincidentally works at the bank ) and attempts to protect her , to the fury of , who viciously slashes 's cheek with a knife . 
 A vicious gunfight between the police , , and the rest of the gang begins — with caught ' innocently ' in the middle . 's men are killed by the police as they rush the bank , and and begin to fight each other . The police shoot to death . He falls on , splattering great amounts of blood on him in the process ( possibly exposing to his HIV - infected blood ) . Injured , is led away quickly by , who covers for him , stating he is a bank customer . They drive away in her car , where promises that when he gets well she 'll show him the ' real ' Paris . 
 While some have speculated the title of the film derives from the assumption that contracted HIV from during the bank shooting and will pass it on to , has stated , " means ' life ' in Greek , so the title of the movie can be interpreted as ' Killing Life . ' " [ 5 ]

The family moves from the big city ( Baltimore , Maryland ) to the rural countryside in Tazewell County , Virginia , hoping to start a new life . The move creates problems for everyone , especially 13 - year - old ( ) , who feels lost and alone in his new surroundings , and still has not come to terms with his father 's ( ) remarriage to ( ) after his mother 's death . But with the help of a stray Collie dog named Lassie that the family takes in , learns to adjust to his surroundings , and his family situation , and the two form an unbreakable bond . 
 However , as his Steve 's planned job falls through , with help from his grandfather ( ) , helps convince the family to start up a sheep farm . While the get to work , a ruthless neighbor and wealthy sheep farmer , ( ) , will stop at nothing to prevent them from succeeding , because it means that they will be occupying some grazing land that he 's used in the past . In addition , has two sons , ( ) and ( ) who attend school with . Both boys dislike , but 's hatred mainly stems from jealousy because a fellow student ( ) , whom likes , is more interested in . 
 Eventually , with the help of his sons and henchmen , steals the 's new sheep herd , and kidnaps . However , she manages to escape , and she and manage to claim their sheep back . However and catch up to them , and in the ensuing scuffle finds himself struggling in a raging river , heading for a huge waterfall . manages to rescue him , but is unable to save himself . then rescues , but ends up going over the waterfall herself , to everyone 's dismay . , after learning that had saved his son , 's life , apologizes for his actions and for 's demise . However , manages to survive the waterfall , and although weakened , she returns home not too long afterwards .

Sick of betrayals the United States government perpetrated on the Native Americans , Colonel leaves the Army and moves to a remote part of Montana . Along with One Stab , a Cree friend , he builds a ranch and raises his family . Accompanying them are hired hand and former outlaw , 's Cree wife , and daughter . has three sons : , the eldest , is responsible and cautious ; , the Colonel 's favorite son , is wild and well - versed in American Indian traditions ; , the youngest , is educated but naive and constantly watched over by his brothers . 
 's wife does not adapt to the harsh Montana winters and moves to the East Coast ; vows never to speak of her again . At age 12 , touches a sleeping grizzly bear . The bear awakens and injures him , but he stabs at the bear 's paw and cuts off a claw . 
 Years later , returns from Harvard University with his fiancée , . talks with Two and learns of her fondness for . finds captivating but loves . Before they can marry , announces his intention to join the Canadian Expeditionary Force and aid Britain in the fight against Germany . Much to their father 's displeasure , also joins . Although does not want to join , he does so to protect his brothers . 
 During World War I , the brothers find themselves in the 10th Battalion , CEF . , commissioned as an officer , leads a charge into no man 's land . The attack results in heavy casualties and is wounded . While visiting in the field hospital , learns that has volunteered for a dangerous reconnaissance mission . He rushes off to protect his brother but arrives too late . A devastated holds until he dies , then cuts out his brother 's heart and sends it home to be buried at the ranch . single - handedly raids the German lines . He returns to camp with the scalps of German soldiers hanging around his neck , horrifying his fellow soldiers . He is discharged but does not go home . returns to Montana and proposes to , but she declines . 
 returns home , where finds him weeping over 's grave . She comforts him , and they become lovers . A jealous confronts and leaves to make his name in Helena . is plagued with guilt over 's death and feels responsible for driving away ; he leaves Montana for several years . waits for him , only to receive a letter telling her to marry someone else . comforts . finds them together , which leads to a falling out between him and . later suffers a stroke . He does not speak for years and the ranch deteriorates . marries , now a congressman . 's business and politics cause him to get involved with the brothers , bootleggers and gangsters . 
 returns during Prohibition , bringing life back to the ranch and his father . He falls in love with Two and they marry . They have two children , the elder being a boy named . becomes involved in small - scale rum - running , finding himself at odds with the brothers . is accidentally killed by a police officer working for the . In a fit of grief , beats the officer nearly to death and is jailed . visits , still having feelings for him , but he refuses her advances . After his release , and kill those responsible for 's death , including one of the brothers . 
 Realizing she can not live without , commits suicide . The remaining brother , along with the corrupt sheriff and another police officer , comes after for revenge . At the ranch , and kill the attackers . reconciles with his father and brother . The family realizes that is likely to be blamed for the deaths , which prompts to ask to take care of his children . One Stab 's narration explains that later during the night they bury the bodies and dump the car in the Missouri River . He reflects that rather than dying young as he , the American Indian , had expected , lived to watch his children and grandchildren grow . One Stab observes that it was the people loved and wanted to protect most that died young . The last scene takes place in 1963 . , now an old man living in the North Country , investigates an animal carcass as he is confronted by a grizzly bear . He draws his knife and fights it . As they struggle , the image freeze - frames as One Stab narrates , " It was a good death " .

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On March 17 , 1994 , a man , , is seen trying to run from something . Suddenly , he begins to strangle and drop to the floor . The Leprechaun appears and warns him that if he tries to escape , he will kill him . attempted to steal the Leprechaun 's pot of gold and locks a collar around 's neck . He announced that today , St. Patrick 's Day , is his 1000th birthday . As a result , he can choose any woman to be his bride , provided the woman sneezes thrice whilst no one says " God bless you " . He promises once his bride is married to him , he will grant his freedom . He picks a young , beautiful girl who happens to be 's daughter . The Leprechaun uses his magic to cause her to sneeze three times , however , intervenes with " bless you , my child " , therefore denying the his bride . then tries futilely to run , but the Leprechaun uses his magic on the collar to lift up and break his neck , but not before telling that he will marry his descendant in a thousand years time on St Patrick 's Day . He then kills , whose corpse is then discovered by his daughter , who screams . 
 In present day Los Angeles , the has found a petulant sixteen - year - old girl named , who is a descendant of the bloodline . She is fighting with her boyfriend , , because , whose legal guardian is his uncle , frequently has to break their dates in order to support , who is an alcoholic scam artist . 
 has to finish his tour so ditches him at the Go - Kart place to hang out with , who abuses his privileges as manager to have someone cover for him while he goes with , the complete opposite of what happened with . She flirts back with and when tries to apologize shuts him down and implies there wo n't be a next time . The Leprechaun steals some whiskey and a gold tooth from a homeless man and a gold ring off the finger of , a talent agent , who believes that the little man is some kind of performer . 's so upset about possibly losing to that he tries to rush through the tour and gets pulled over by the cops and taken to jail . comes to take him home and the homeless man gets dragged in at the same time , ranting about a Leprechaun that stole his tooth . tries to convince to forget her but leaves to go after her . 
 After a great date at the Go - Kart place , drops off at home and tries to convince her to invite him inside , but shuts him down . shows his true colors and tries to use all the good things he did for her like taking the night off and buying her food as a way of saying she owed him , and asks for just a couple of minutes inside of her house but says no . She tries to walk away but he grabs her arm and calls her a tease . punches him in the stomach and gets ready to leave . 
 Suddenly the garage door opens and walks forward saying she 's sorry and does n't know what she was thinking . asks her what she 's thinking now and says she wants to make it up to him , while unbuttoning her blouse . hears a laugh , also is creeped out by the garage and suggests they go inside but says she may change her mind again , seductively luring him in further , he bends down to hold her sides as she makes eye contact and she takes off her shirt and bra . The Leprechauns whispers to while the vision in front of him appears to be a true , a leprechaun 's magic fools humans like him . It 's revealed to be an overturned lawnmower with the blades exposed and starting up , asks to kiss her and he pulls it forward while the camera pans to the wall as the blades make contact with his face , blood splattering everywhere . 
 Shortly afterwards , knocks on the door and apologizes , thinks it 's and tells him to leave , threatening to call the cops . She opens the door and it 's offering flowers , which causes to sneeze all over his shirt . The third time she sneezes , begins to say " God bless you , " but is unable to complete the blessing when the attempts to strangle him with a telephone cord . After a struggle , the Leprechaun grabs and disappears , losing one of his gold coins , which soon finds . 
 The Leprechaun takes to his lair and invites her to be intimate with him , but she resists . She then tries to run away , but he reappears at her side , and then uses his magic on a blanket , which he uses to tie her down with . He then tells he intends to modify her body in order to force her into bear his children ( by either raping her or from willing sexual intercourse if will ever consent to it ) . When asks him why , he simply tells her not to worry because she will get used to the pain ( implying that he plans to force her to bear him a significant amount of offspring ) . He then tries to seduce her with his gold , but notices one of his gold coin is missing , and sets out to find it . then begs the Leprechaun to untie her , by telling him she wants to look pretty for wedding night and for him because he 's her husband now and she wants to please him . He then summons a red wedding dress and instructs her to wear it by the time he returns . He then calls 's bluff by telling her to kiss him , which she refuses . He " kisses " her anyway by licking her cheek . Before leaving , the Leprechaun tells he knows full well she will try to escape , but it is hopeless . 
 While the Leprechaun is gone , tries to find a way out of the Leprechaun 's lair , only to discover that the lair is enchanted and is akin to a maze without an exit unless the Leprechaun wills it to be so . At first , the Leprechaun 's lair takes on the illusion of her house . Once she passes through a door it once again appears like the 's home and she realizes he was toying with her . She is infuriated at first but takes deep breaths to calm herself . She then gathers rocks which she carries using the blanket she was wrapped in as a basket to mark locations she has been in . However , the rocks disappear the instant they are dropped on the ground . She then drops the blanket and rocks in anger and walks around and finds a box containing an awl , which she plans to save for later in order to use it as a weapon so she can kill the . 
 The police soon arrive at 's house . They discover that is missing , badly injured , and find a note from at the scene , leading them to get an arrest warrant out for him . returns to 's house and tells him what happened ; is convinced that he is crazy until the Leprechaun breaks into the house and they barely escape . 
 and then go to a bar , which is filled with little people dressed as leprechauns , celebrating St. Patrick 's Day . While there , is given a piece of chocolate in a gold wrapper by one of the bar 's patrons ( ) . The Leprechaun appears , and challenges him to a drinking contest in honor of his wedding . While the Leprechaun downs whiskey , is actually drinking soda and water . The Leprechaun eventually becomes extremely drunk to the point he can barely speak properly or use his magic . He distracts and by turning on a jukebox with his powers , which in turn leads him to bash in the head with a bottle in order to get away . 
 He goes to a coffee shop , where he sobers up , and takes the time to murder a waiter ( ) who was making jokes about his size and speech . Upon being asked for payment for the coffee , the , thinking the waiter wants to take his gold , kills him . Meanwhile , and break into the go - kart racetrack that worked at ( since the office contains a huge safe on wheels made of wrought iron , which is the only thing that can harm the ) . traps the Leprechaun inside , but takes advantage of the opportunity to claim three wishes and locks in a store room . His first is for the Leprechaun 's pot of gold , which causes the creature to appear in 's stomach , grotesquely stretching it . wishes for the Leprechaun out of the safe so that he can help him , and , for his third wish , asks for the pot of gold out of him . The Leprechaun cuts 's stomach open and pulls out the pot , killing . begs for help as he dies , but the laughingly says " love to , friend , but you 're all out of wishes . " 
 Just then , as breaks out of the store room , a security guard , who has responded to a silent alarm that tripped , enters . The Leprechaun disappears , setting up to take the fall for the brutal murder . Before he can arrest , however , the officer is lured onto the track by the Leprechaun 's impersonation of , and gets killed by being run over twice by the little green man in his own custom go - kart . He attempts to kill for his gold coin , but realizes that as long as he holds it , the can not harm him , leading him to run to the Leprechaun 's lair to attempt rescuing . 
 The Leprechaun returns home , anticipating 's arrival , where is waiting for him in the dress he ordered her to wear with her hair done and is wearing heels . pretends to have given into her fate as the Leprechaun 's bride and tries to seduce him to lower his guard before attempting to stab his head with the awl , only for the attempt to fail as the awl could not penetrate the Leprechaun 's skin since it was not made of wrought iron and broke as a result . The is enraged by this as it was his favorite awl , which his father gave to him . He is about to punish , who begs him not to , but heard 's car arriving . To prevent her from going anywhere , the bound her collar ( and her ) to a tree . 
 Before he can find , however , is attacked by the skeleton of carrying out the Leprechaun 's bidding . When he manages to fell the skeleton , he is encased in a tangle of tree roots . When the tree roots turn out to be an illusion , he finally stumbles upon in the Leprechaun 's room . While the Leprechaun was dealing with , used the awl to try to break off her collar . 
 Suddenly , the Leprechaun corners , demanding that he return his coin . has been picking at her collar with the awl . She finally manages to break off the collar , throws it at the Leprechaun 's head , and runs , followed by . The Leprechaun dusts off his hat and pursues them both ( " A game of hide - and - seek ! How lovely ! " ) . 
 Wherever and run , they end up back in the same place . In their mad dash to find an exit , and get separated . When they meet up again , convinces to leave the coin behind on the supposition that the Leprechaun will stop chasing them if they give him what he wants . When is reluctant to part with the coin ( the only thing that is keeping the Leprechaun from harming them ) , takes the opportunity to turn on the charm and kisses him , so hands her the coin . backs away and starts to laugh saying " You Lose ! " in the Leprechaun 's voice . The Leprechaun knocks across the room and then takes 's hand , intending to lead her to their wedding bed ( and be intimate with her ) . 
 Suddenly , jumps up and shoves an iron crowbar through the Leprechaun 's chest . As the Leprechaun begins to sizzle , points out that the gold coin he gave him was actually the gold - covered milk chocolate that the St. Paddy 's Day reveler had given him earlier . As the Leprechaun dies , his magic over the lair dies as well , and the exit is revealed to and . 
 Together , and run out of the lair , and the Leprechaun explodes behind them . In the final scene , asks how he knew that it was n't really her kissing him , and informs her that her kisses are different . She then asks him whether he 's going to keep the coin . " It 's not worth it , " replies before tossing it to the ground . They kiss , and the film ends .

, the 12 - year - old son of widowed , is a Little League Baseball player . 's paternal grandfather is , owner of the Minnesota Twins . 
 The Twins are a last - place team , but and his grandfather love each other , the Twins , and the game of baseball . When dies , his will reveals that he has given the team to . specifies that , if is still a minor at the time of his death , his aides are to help him until is old enough to run the team by himself . 
 quickly runs afoul of the team 's manager , . believes is too hard on the players , while despises the idea of working for a kid . After insults and tells him to butt out of the team 's business , fires him . 
 With no potential new managers willing to work for a kid , and with his grade - school summer break starting in two days , the baseball - savvy decides to name himself the new manager . He reaches out to the Commissioner of Baseball , who approves after consulting with . 
 The players are very skeptical , but promises that if he does not improve the team 's position in the standings within a few weeks , he will resign . The team quickly moves up to division race contention . Unfortunately , not all is going smoothly for , as his friend and star first baseman takes a romantic interest in . 
 picks up bad habits on the road , and is even ejected from a game and given a one game " suspension " by his mother for throwing a temper tantrum and swearing at an umpire because of a call he did n't like . He also must release his personal favorite Twins player , , who is clearly in the twilight of his career . He ends up making feel even worse when immaturely tries to illustrate his own distress by pointing out he owns 's baseball card and would n't give it up for and . 
 The pressures of managing the team wear down and consume his free time . 's friends do not like how his managerial responsibilities are keeping him away from being with them . Even when he 's physically present ( as opposed to on the road with the team ) , he is typically distracted by team business . 
 After spends her birthday with rather than , uses 's minor batting - slump as an excuse to bench him , sending the Twins into a losing skid . later tells his mom that he 's tired of being a " grown - up " and decides to quit as manager after the end of the season , even reinstating to starter on first base . 
 With four games left in the season , the Twins trail the Seattle Mariners by four games in the wild card race . The Twins win their last four while the Mariners lose four straight , forcing a one - game playoff at the Twins ' Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome to determine who advances to the postseason . 
 The two teams trade three - run home runs during the course of the game , and extra innings are required . The Mariners eventually take the lead . Down to their final out , and about to go up to bat , he tells that he has asked to marry him , and that her reply was " Ask " . With a runner on base , says if hits the game - winning homer he will give his blessing , but quickly relents and gives his consent whether or not he hits a homer . Facing , hits a long fly ball to center field , but makes a leaping catch at the wall to rob of a homer and end the game . 
 With their season over , tells the players he is officially stepping down as manager , with pitching coach taking his place , as well as bringing back to be the third base coach and new hitting instructor . The players object to losing , but he reminds the team that he will still be present as the owner , and says that he might come back as manager if junior high does n't work out . When being informed that none of the fans have left , , along with the rest of the team , returns to the field to receive a standing ovation .

Tibetan Buddhist monks from a monastery in Bhutan , led by Lama , are searching for a child who is the rebirth of a great Buddhist teacher , Lama . Lama and his fellow monks believe they have found a candidate for the child in whom Lama is reborn : an American boy named , the young son of an architect and a teacher who live in Seattle . The monks come to Seattle in order to meet the boy . 
 is fascinated with the monks and their way of life , but his parents , and , are wary , and that wariness turns into near - hostility when announces that he wants to take back with him to Bhutan to be tested . changes his mind however , when one of his close friends and colleagues commits suicide because he went broke . then decides to travel to Bhutan with . In Nepal , two children who are also candidates for the rebirth are encountered , and . 
 Gradually , over the course of the movie , first 's mother and then Lama tell the life story of Prince , reading from a book that Lama has given to . 
 In ancient Nepal , a prince called turns his back on his comfortable and protected life , and sets out on a journey to solve the problem of universal suffering . As he progresses , he learns profound truths about the nature of life , consciousness , and reality . Ultimately , he battles ( a demon representing the ego ) , who repeatedly tries to divert and destroy . Through the final complete realization of the illusory nature of his own ego , attains enlightenment and becomes the Buddha . 
 In the final scenes of the movie , it is found that all three children are rebirths of Lama , separate manifestations of his body ( ) , speech ( ) , and mind ( ) . A ceremony is held and 's father also learns some of the essential truths of Buddhism . His work finished , Lama enters a deep state of meditation and dies . As the funeral ceremony begins , Lama speaks to the children , seemingly from a higher plane , telling them to have compassion ; and just before the credits roll the children are seen distributing his ashes . 
 At the very end of the film credits , the sand mandala that was seen being constructed during the movie is destroyed , " with one swift stroke . "

( ) has always lived in the shadow of his older brother , ( ) , a Heisman Trophy winner and a local football hero . They live in their hometown of Urbana , Ohio . coaches the local " Pee - Wee Cowboys " football team . Despite being the best player , 's tomboy daughter , ( ) , nicknamed , is cut during try outs because she is a girl . Also cut are her less - talented friends , ( who ca n't catch anything ) , ( who ca n't run ) , and ( who 's overweight and quite flatulent ) . After being ridiculed by the other players who made the team , she convinces her dad to coach a new pee - wee team of their own . 
 At first , is reluctant to do so , but later accepts in an attempt to show that is not invincible , and that there is another in town capable of winning . mockingly reminds him of the " one town , one team " rule and with the help of the locals , they decide to have a playoff game to determine the lone team that will represent Urbania . Among , , , , and ( an intelligent boy who becomes assistant coach ) , also gathers other children that have never been given a chance and dubs the team the " Little Giants . " One such player is ( ) , a strong - armed quarterback who turns out to be the son of 's childhood crush , ( ) . slowly develops a crush on him and struggles with her newfound feelings as a girl . 
 Two old - timers , ( ) and ( ) , encourage the rivalry between and by reporting to them that a new star player , ( ) , has just moved to Urbania . succeeds at recruiting him by tricking his overzealous father , ( ) , that he is the famous " Coach O'Shea " , but this is a problem as proves to be rude , arrogant , and refuses to play on a team with a girl . The deception is later discovered and he switches over to 's more well - structured team . also encourages his daughter , ( ) , to be a cheerleader and later convinces that a quarterback will want to date a cheerleader , not a teammate . Believing it is her best chance to win over , she decides to quit the team and pursue cheerleading . 
 Just as 's team start to lose hope , a bus arrives carrying NFL stars , , , , and . They teach and inspire the young players into believing they can win . 
 On the day of the game , chastises into making an impulsive bet . If wins , he gets 's Chevrolet dealership ; if wins , he gets 's gas station . Facing a 21 - point halftime deficit , the Giants are lifted when asks them to individually recall a time when they had a proud accomplishment and reassures them that all it takes is " one time " to beat the Cowboys . With this , they begin to make a big comeback with a series of outstanding and unexpected plays . Realizing that is the main threat to them , Spike , under orders from , injures him by spearing him with his helmet after the whistle , which even considers disgraceful , unsportsmanlike conduct . Witnessing from the sidelines , an enraged drops her pompoms and suits up for the game . She immediately makes an impact when she forces a fumble after a jarring hit on . Other Giants make touchdowns in tandem with overcoming personal problems , such as 's fear of dropping passes and making a reception , or another one running towards the goal line when his little - seen dad has come to watch him play . In the game 's closing seconds with the score tied at 21 all , the Giants make a goal line stand and stop . With time remaining for one final play , their offense steps back onto the field and uses a trick play calls " The Annexation of Puerto Rico , " inspired by one of 's plays at Super Bowl XI . shouts out its actual name as it occurs , shouting " , Fumblerooski ! " The play includes three different ball carriers , utilizing the hook and lateral from , to , and finally to , who scores the Giants ' 99 yard game - winning touchdown . 
 Afterwards , says that rather than having the Giants solely represent Urbania , they should merge with the Cowboys , and both he and can coach the team . and rekindle their childhood romance . He also decides not to hold to the prior bet , on the condition that the town water tower be changed from " Home of Kevin O'Shea " to " Home of The O'Shea Brothers , " reflecting a much earlier promise that made to from their childhood .

A young couple in love — and — are planning a convenience store robbery . The next day , they are paid a visit by two collectors for a local mobster whom has borrowed money from to buy an engagement ring for . They are called and , and they inform that he must get the money very soon . This is followed by a visit by ' drug - addicted former prison buddy , , who has a plan for a big score . Against the wishes of , goes along with the plot and the robbery fails , leading to the stoned clerk being shot and killed by , though they do clear the safe of the money . 
 Following the murder pulls his gun on and forces him to go to a restaurant to eat breakfast , where again pulls his gun on . Fearing for his life , attacks with a fork and escapes . He then returns to his trailer and , asks her to marry him and tells her they have to flee to Mexico . They are then paid a visit by two police officers , who try to kill them as revenge for the murder and robbery . manages to shoot one of the officers , who accidentally shoots the other one , and the couple escape . 
 They then make their way toward Mexico pursued by , and and the police . The two are romanticized in the crime obsessed media and become celebrities . On the way they stop in to see 's parents , and , who are later found by , and , leading to a violent showdown in which all are killed except . 
 catches up with and and the three of them cross into Mexico together . There the three engage in a showdown in which eventually kills by injecting him with an overdose of high - powered speed . 
 The two lovers take some liquid LSD given to them by 's father and drive off into the sunset to start a new life .

In the previous season , the Cleveland Indians won the division title by beating the New York Yankees in a one - game playoff , but were defeated in the ALCS by the Chicago White Sox . 
 The success of last season has changed the attitudes of the Indians . Pitching sensation has become a media sensation and as such is now more concerned about his public image than his pitching , causing him to lose the edge on his fastball . Instead , he begins to rely on highly ineffective breaking balls , to which he gives nicknames such as " Eliminator " and " Humiliator . " Home run hitter becomes a Buddhist and adopts a more placid , carefree style as opposed to the angry and aggressive player he was before . Center fielder is still as fast as ever but is more concerned with hitting home runs and his movie career , which saw him star in an action film that was a flop and resulted in him spraining his knee . Aging catcher has also returned and conceited third baseman has retired and purchased the team from its previous owner , . One of his first acts as owner is to sign Oakland Athletics all - star catcher , which forces to compete for his old position . is an arrogant player who does not respect the team . To further complicate things , minor - league catcher has also been invited to camp despite his inability to throw the ball back to the pitcher with any consistency . 
 As the team breaks camp , informs that despite having made the team , he is not going to carry him as a third catcher but rather as a coach . While initially upset , elects to take 's offer and join the coaching staff . 
 Once again , the Indians start slow as 's religious conversion causes him to struggle , refuses to play even with the slightest injury , 's control problems continue to plague him and 's ego poisons the clubhouse . To make matters worse , has been unable to keep up with the franchise 's finances and is forced to do strange things to bring in money , such as covering the outfield walls with advertising . Eventually , reaches the end of his tolerance regarding and decides to suspend him after criticizes the team in the local papers . then informs that the suspension is moot as he has been traded to the White Sox . confronts for not consulting him about the trade . explains that he could no longer afford to pay 's salary and had no choice but to trade him . In return , Japanese import , a gifted left fielder with a penchant for crashing into the fence , is sent to the Indians . 
 Finally out of options , sells the Indians back to . keeps on as the Indians general manager and his first order of business is to re - activate himself as a player . bought the team back as revenge for ruining her plan to move the team to Miami . With the Indians now in last place , she has another chance to do so . suffers a heart attack in the clubhouse due to his frustration over the team 's performance and is given the reins of the team . 
 Things come to a head during a doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox . When is hit by a pitch in his ankle , is called upon to run for him but refuses to do it , which angers . quarrels with and the two begin fighting , which leads to the entire team fighting each other and getting ejected . After the game , criticizes for not having any " marbles " due to his struggles and makes a wisecrack at about his injury , leading to chastise and the rest of the team for their lack of passion . Inspired by the speech , volunteers to run for the injured in the bottom of the ninth inning of the second game and promptly steals second , third and home to tie the score . , also inspired , demands that insert him into the game to pinch hit and he responds by hitting the game - winning home run . 
 The win sparks a hot streak that the Indians ride all the way to a second straight division title , clinched by beating the Toronto Blue Jays on the last day of the season . Despite the team 's hot streak , continues to slump as his ineffective breaking pitches have caused him to lose confidence in his best pitch , his fastball . To make matters worse , he refuses to finish games he starts and has allowed the fans to get into his head . 
 In the ALCS , the Indians square off in a rematch with the White Sox and win the first three games of the series . This inspires to give the team a phony pep talk before Game 4 , which is purposely designed to get in the heads of the players and distract them . It works , as a still struggling gives up a game - winning home run to in the bottom of the ninth . The White Sox then defeat the Indians in the next two games , forcing a seventh game in Cleveland . 
 The night before the game , goes to visit at his home and tells him that he might be called on to pitch in relief in Game 7 . nonchalantly tells he will be ready , which infuriates to the point where he lashes out at . He calls out for having lost his edge and strongly advises him to find it again before the upcoming game . 
 The White Sox jump out to an early 2–1 lead in Game 7 after bowls over on a play at the plate , taunting him as he struggles to get up . With the Indians down by one , reaches base on a walk and taunts by saying he is going to score on the play without sliding . then lines a drive to the left field corner and rounds the bases and heads for home . The ball gets to first , but , making good on his promise not to slide , hurdles over and lands on home plate . responds , however , by hitting a three - run home run in the seventh inning and the White Sox take a 5–3 lead into the bottom of the eighth . 
 Although the Indians get a runner on , two quick outs are recorded and is forced to make a strategic move . Reluctant to use up until now , recalls that the pitcher on the mound for the White Sox had always pitched inside . sends to pinch hit and " take one for the team " so the tying run can get on base . takes a pitch in the back and is pulled for a pinch runner . 
 steps in , having apparently reverted to his more placid self . He greets , who reminds him that his team is still losing the game . After taking two pitches , 's teammates begin shaking little bags of marbles at him . With this , the Cuban slugger is able to find his focus and send the next pitch over the fence to give the Indians a 6–5 lead . 
 However , the go - ahead runs reach base with two outs in the top of the ninth . calls on to get the final out and to everyone 's amazement , has taken 's message to heart and rediscovered his edge . To further this , he tells that he intends to walk the current batter and pitch to instead , who is on deck . Knowing that an intentional walk will load the bases , initially balks but takes confidence in and allows him to face . 
 throws a fastball that swings through for strike one , then follows with another fastball that fouls straight back . With two strikes on him , an impressed dares to throw it a third time . fearlessly complies with one more fastball that swings through , striking out to end the game and send the Indians to the World Series .

Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, Omar Epps, Dennis Haysbert, Bob Uecker

In the American Old West , gambler ( ) is on his way to a major five - card draw poker tournament being held on the paddle steamer Lauren Belle . wants to prove he is the best card player of his time . Short $ 3,000 of the $ 25,000 tournament entry fee , travels to the town of Crystal River , intending to collect on debts and win money at card games . At an impromptu poker game , he encounters the ill - tempered gambler ( ) , the young con artist ( ) , and lawman Marshal ( ) . 
 , and journey out of Crystal River together , overcoming runaway stagecoaches and aiding migrant evangelical settlers who have been waylaid by bandits . The settlers offer a percentage of the money they have collected to start a mission , but can not bring himself to accept it . The trio are later cornered by a band of Indians led by ( ) . His companions are unaware that and are good friends ; " sacrifices " himself to allow his companions ' escape . is indebted to ; they scheme to swindle $ 1,000 from a Russian Archduke ( ) that owes to . 
 receives a telegram instructing him to stop . He also learns that had conned him at their previous poker game . and his mercenaries catch up to , but unable to find his money , leave him for dead . escapes , recovers the entry money hidden in his boot , and makes his way to the Lauren Belle . He reunites with and , and is still short $ 4,000 herself . Spotting the aboard , poses as a U.S. Marshal investigating the shooting of Indians for game , conning the of enough money to cover his and 's entry . 
 Commodore ( ) welcomes the twenty competitors to the tournament , with overseeing the security of the game and the prize money , and watching for any cheaters , whom are summarily thrown overboard when discovered . Eventually , only four players are left , , , , and the . During the break before the final round , and have a tryst in his quarters . After leaves , finds he has been locked in as to attempt to make him forfeit the game , but manages to climb outside the steamer to make the game on time . is eliminated early , and as the match comes down to and , notices the dealer dealing from the bottom of the deck . He calls this out , and with and the all - in with strong hands , is able to pull one card to complete his royal flush . and his men try to shoot and kill , but and shoot first , killing them . 
 During the closing ceremony to give his winnings , says he will keep the money for himself and escapes . Later that night , the Commodore secretly meets with , telling him how the plan almost backfired , when appears , having tracked them here , and takes back his prize money . Some time later , is relaxing in a hot bath when finds him , revealing that is 's son , and the two had planned this windfall long in advance . As both men enjoy the baths , arrives , having discovered the father - son relationship from earlier trysts , and walks away with the bag containing the prize money . After she leaves , reveals to that he allowed to take the money uncontested , since he took 's advice and kept half the prize money in his boots . admits it will be fun retrieving the rest of the funds .

Three elementary school boys — ( ) , ( ) and ( ) — decide to go from their bedroom suburb of Middletown to the city ( Pittsburgh ) , bringing money with hopes of seeing a woman naked . They find a hooker named ( ) who is willing to show her breasts . However , when they 're about to head home , their bikes have been stolen . They 're broke and stuck in the city . 
 speaks with her friend , ( ) , and another hooker , ( ) . has been skimming money that he sends to mob boss ( ) , who in turn steals from his own boss , ( ) . notices the boys outside in the rain and offers them a ride back home in 's car . 
 After they arrive at 's house , 's car suddenly breaks down so she goes inside to use the phone . ( ) , 's father , comes home and is surprised to find a woman in the house . Unbeknownst to , tells that is a math tutor and that she 's giving lessons to . offers to repair her car in a few days when he is free from his science classes at school . With no other option , she accepts 's offer to stay in his tree house without 's knowledge . 
 begins a close friendship with , hoping to get to become attracted . He tells her has no problem with her " job , " meaning the tutoring ruse , but she thinks he means her prostitution . 
 learns from television that has been murdered by . She phones only to discover that is looking for her - told him that she stole the money . She realizes that he is overhearing the conversation and hangs up . 
 With 's car still broken down , she gets 's old bike from the garage and rushes to find him . He is on a field trip to the town 's wetlands , undeveloped natural land that he is attempting to save from development . He is unable to repair her car any sooner but she realizes that she is probably safer in Middletown , since does n't know where she is . 
 At school , flunks a biology test about sex education and must give his class an oral presentation . He decides to use V as a mannequin and through a ruse distracts his teacher long enough to draw a relatively accurate female reproductive system on her skin - colored bodysuit . 
 and go out on a date and both realize they are gaining feelings for each other . While walking through town on their date and run into 's family . recognizes 's father who is a client , but he says she has him mixed up with someone else . He then admits to remembering her and says she was a dance teacher . is impressed with how busy is being a tutor and dance teacher , then realizes that lied about knowing she is a hooker . 
 explains herself to , and their relationship grows . She reveals that her real name is . She thought that was too biblical so she removed the “ e”s . 's father learns the truth about her as well , and in an attempt to purchase her services , unwittingly calls her home phone number . learns from about the trip to Middletown , thus finding out where is hiding . 
 is terrified that will find her so she decides to leave town but attends a school dance to say goodbye to . shows up to spoil their fun . A chase ensues , with him finally being eliminated . Anxious about her status and afraid to return to her old job , goes to 's boss and relates how he has been cheating him . She asks to be " forgotten " by them . The older crime boss succumbs to her charms and he tells her he 'll take care of things , that she does n't need to be afraid any more . 
 finds the stolen money in a backpack and uses it to buy the wetlands in 's name , She also purchased the ice cream parlor in town so they can carry on with their new relationship .

Ed Harris, Melanie Griffith, Malcolm McDowell, Anne Heche, Casey Siemaszko

The plot begins on Christmas Eve , with ex - con running from his angry , pregnant wife , , as she chases him down the road . He accidentally runs into and damages a Christmas tree carried by two rollerbladers . When an argument breaks out among them , a stranger , , unsuccessfully attempts to calm them down . They soon disperse . 
 , head of the suicide - prevention hotline " Lifesavers " , receives an eviction notice from his landlord , , after being unable to pay the organization 's rent for several months . In addition to him , the hotline is staffed by the selfish , neurotic , and rather fearful office manager , Mrs. and the overly emotional and empathetic supervisor . , who does not inform his coworkers of the eviction , attempts to convince his girlfriend , , who is a loan officer in a local bank , to grant him a small loan . She refuses the loan before telling him that she has been secretly dating a psychiatrist for four months and is breaking up with him . 
 Despite 's expectation that " you 'd expect everyone to be thinking of jumping out of windows or slitting their wrists on Christmas Eve " , the staff has received few calls . There is one phone call from a woman who is frightened by a notorious Los Angeles serial killer dubbed " the Seaside Strangler , " and another from , a transgender woman , who convinces to disclose Lifesavers ' office address . Meanwhile , an elevator malfunction leaves Mrs. trapped on her way to Christmas Eve dinner . eventually manages to pull her to the top of the elevator when arrives and attempts to operate it . They are terrified that they will be crushed by the ceiling of the elevator shaft , but eventually they all manage to return to the office . 
 arrives , begging to listen to him , and she throws a fruitcake at him , causing a large cut on his forehead . and take him to a veterinarian to be treated for his head wound . While the doctor is distracted , he steals and quickly overdoses on dog tranquilizers and is taken to a hospital . Meanwhile , at the office , the doorbell rings . quickly throws the door open , accidentally striking Mrs. and revealing in the doorway . leaves to care for the unconscious Mrs. . When returns , is sitting on the sofa and convinces him to dance with her . When Mrs. revives , she witnesses the dancing and threatens to sue for withholding information of the eviction and for " inappropriate office behavior " before leaving . 
 arrives at the office brandishing a gun , having escaped from the hospital . gets shot in the foot after attempting to disarm him . takes the gun and shoots wildly around the office to empty it of ammunition . Two shots go through the front door , killing , who was standing behind it with a bag of his possessions . The sight of the dead puts in shock . prepares a bath to calm her down , realizes that he is strongly attracted to her , and they have sex . Meanwhile , takes a mutual romantic interest in - an eccentric resident in the building , who sings impromptu songs on his prized ukelele . and disguise 's body as a Christmas tree , and the decision is made to take it and the bag to the boardwalk and leave it there . 
 As they all carry 's body down the street , they encounter the now - vengeful rollerbladers , who barrel through them . tosses the tree and it crashes to the ground , revealing 's body . When the police arrive , falsely confesses to the killing , but pulls out the gun as proof of her guilt . grabs it and runs to the roof of a nearby building , where he threatens to commit suicide . soon convinces him to climb down , to much applause . hands 's bag to the detectives , who search it . They find fishing line and kelp , the weapons of choice for the Seaside Strangler . was the Seaside Strangler all along . 
 For killing the criminal , receives the reward of $ 250,000 . She offers to pay for Lifesavers ' moving expenses , then promptly goes into labor . She gives birth in the first few hours of Christmas Day in a scene that resembles the nativity . then asks to marry him .

Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn, Rita Wilson, Liev Schrieber, Juliette Lewis, Anthony LaPaglia, Adam Sandler

9 - year - old longs for a pet to call her own , but her divorced mother , , does not think she is responsible enough , as her room is a mess , and she 's completely unwilling to help out at all with her little half - brother , . Also her stepfather , , a police lieutenant , is allergic to fur . She ca n't keep the pet at her father 's house because he is a pilot and travels a lot . 
 One day , a Capuchin monkey named runs away from his drunken master , a gypsy thief named , who had trained him to pick pockets and now blames him for 's domestic woes . He meets in the park , and she names him . At home , she finds that keeping him a secret is trouble . She only allows , who ca n't speak yet , into her room with him . 
 As spends certain weekends with her father , one arrives . However , he leaves a phone message that he 's in Canada and ca n't have her over . She takes advantage of this circumstance to have a personal weekend alone with in her father 's empty house , and hides his message from her mother and stepfather , and has her friend 's mother drive her over to her father 's house . Once there , they realize that they have no food , but they manage to raise money at the nearby boardwalk with ( who is secretly pickpocketing everybody ) as a main attraction . At a grocery store that evening , he steals food and hides it in 's backpack , but she catches him in the act and returns the stolen groceries . When she returns home , she discovers golden jewelry and wallets in her backpack that he had also stolen . So she spends the rest of the weekend teaching him not to steal . 
 , who has been looking for Fingers all this time , finds and kidnaps him at a pet shop where had left him while she was at school . discovers that the monkey wo n't steal anymore . Meanwhile , and , who has been dealing with reports on stolen jewelry , discover more stolen property in 's room . They confront her about it , and she tries to explains about her hidden monkey , but they refuse to believe her . Things get worse when stops by and reveals that he had been in Canada all weekend , which reveals that had lied about that time . She , already heartbroken at the disappearance of her beloved pet , is additionally upset that no one will believe her , and so she runs away to look for . She is accosted by , who is furious about her teaching not to steal . Meanwhile , ends up saying his first word , " monkey " , revealing to , , and that there really is a monkey in the house ( escaped from again , shortly after ran off and sneaked back into her bedroom ) and that had been telling them the truth . They all go out , along with 's fellow police officers , to look for her . saves her and is arrested by . His son , , tries taking back , but fails . He ends up living with , after she shows her mother that she is responsible and her stepfather discovers that he is not allergic to the fur of monkeys .

( ) , a Frenchman divorced from his wife , takes his teenage daughter , ( ) , on vacation with him to The Bahamas . She is desperate to appear as a woman and not a girl , so in order to impress a local boy ( ) , she makes up more and more ridiculous stories , starting with being her lover and leading to some bizarre assumptions by the rest of the community . 
 is desperate to make happy ( especially as she is increasingly upset by his relationship with girlfriend ) and so plays along with her crazy games , and the stories they make up get increasingly bizarre .

In the spring of 1974 , nearly two years following the events of the first film , sets out on a quest to learn more about her deceased biological mother . She has matured from the spunky , eleven - year - old hypochondriac to a lively , yet more serious teenager seeking independence . Her father and his new wife , whom he dated in the first film , are expecting a baby . They still live in the funeral home in Madison , Pennsylvania , while 's brother has moved to Los Angeles , where he works as a mechanic . , 's grandmother , is no longer alive . still has her mood ring from two years earlier and wears it in memory of her late best friend , who died retrieving it for her after she had lost it . 
 To accommodate the new baby , moves out of her bedroom and into 's old room , which has been renovated , and it brings further problems with adjustment . even thinks about getting her own apartment while spending a night out with her father . 
 is given a school assignment to write an essay on someone she admires but has never met . She decides to write about her mother but has few sources to go on , which are all confined to a small box . Among its contents are programs of plays her mother was in ( she was an aspiring actress ) , a passport , and a mystery paper bag with a date scribbled on it . expresses her desire to travel someday , so concocts a plan for her to travel to Los Angeles during her spring break , where she can stay with her uncle and do research on her mother , who lived in L.A. growing up . initially does not go along with the idea , believing is too young to be traveling by herself , and fearing what might happen to her in California . Eventually , he lets her take the five - day trip . 
 Upon arriving in L.A. , finds herself confronting a boy her age named , who comes to pick her up at the airport instead of . is the son of 's girlfriend , the owner of the car repair shop works at . As a favor to , though annoyed at first about sacrificing his own spring break , helps with the difficult search of learning more about her mother . It becomes nearly impossible after learns that her mother 's old high school burned down , but she and still manage to track down a yearbook from when her mother went there . 
 and meet several people who knew her mother . Some of the things she finds out do not sit well with her , such as her mother being suspended from school for smoking . Two of these acquaintances have a look at the paper bag from 's small box of memories about her mother , but neither can decipher it . When another blurts out the name , thinking that he is 's father , is crushed and wonders why her father never mentioned this person . Eventually , though with some hesitation , she goes to see , her mother 's first husband . He provides with valuable information to help with her essay , including home movies and the answer behind the date written on the paper bag . Seeing the home movies touches , as she watches her mother act , as well as sing a song called " Smile " . 
 Meanwhile , has trouble proving his love to after a man frequently shows up at the repair shop and continuously flatters her . When finally gets the courage to show what she means to him , he proposes . 
 As is ready to head home , she and share a goodbye kiss at the airport before she boards the plane . tells about a surprise in her backpack , where she finds earrings for her newly pierced ears . When returns home , she realizes just had a baby boy and heads to the hospital to see her new brother . To calm his crying , sings " Smile " while holding him . 
 's essay on her mother gets an A+ , and she hopes to share what she learned during her trip with her brother someday .

and his wife stop at a diner in the New Mexico desert . A duo of rednecks arrive and one begins sexually harassing while she is dancing . She briefly encourages him before beating him to a pulp , screaming " How sexy am I now , huh flirty boy ? " . and then murder all but one of the diner 's staff , and one customer , culminating in a morbid game of Eeny , meeny , miny , moe to decide who lives and dies . After killing the waitress , the couple ensures that the only survivor remembers their names so that he can pass on the legend of and before they embrace and declare their undying love . 
 and camp out in the desert , and reminisces about when they first met . A flashback ( done in the style of a TV sitcom , including a laughtrack ) shows as a meat deliveryman who came to the house where lived with her sexually abusive father , her neglectful mother , and her younger brother , . and fall in love instantly and leave together , stealing 's father 's car . Soon is arrested and imprisoned for auto theft , but he subsequently escapes from a prison work farm during a tornado and returns to 's house . The two kill 's parents , but spare . 's father is beaten and then drowned in the fish tank while her mother is tied to her bed and set on fire . and then go on the road together and get " married " on the side of a bridge , celebrating by taking a hostage . Furious with 's notion that they have a threesome , drives to a nearby gas station , where she flirts with the mechanic . They begin to have sex on the hood of a car , but kills him when he recognizes her as a wanted killer . During this time , rapes the hostage . 
 The pair continue their killing spree , ultimately claiming fifty - two victims in New Mexico , Arizona , and Nevada . Pursuing them is Detective , who became obsessed with mass murderers after witnessing his mother being shot and killed by when he was eight . Beneath his heroic facade , he is a violent psychopath . The audience witnesses violently strangle a prostitute to death . The killers are also followed by self - serving tabloid journalist . profiles and on his show , American Maniacs , soon elevating them to cult hero status . 
 and get lost in the desert after taking psychedelic mushrooms . They come across a ranch where they encounter , a Navajo Indian , and his young grandson . The Navajo provides them with food and shelter . After the two fall asleep , the Navajo , hoping to expel the demon he perceives in , begins chanting beside the fire . This invokes nightmares in about his abusive parents . wakes up in a panicked rage and fatally shoots before he realizes what he is doing . wakes up to the sound of the gunshot and starts screaming at for killing the man who sheltered them . This is the first time and feel guilty for a murder . Fleeing from the scene , they step outside of the house and come across a field of rattlesnakes . does not see the snakes and gets bitten first . lights a stick on fire to expose the snakes . While he is trying to help he also gets bitten . 
 They drive to a drugstore to find snakebite antidote , however the store is completely sold out . falls to the ground while runs to the pharmacy with the hopes that there will be more medication in stock . The pharmacist recognizes from the news report and sets off the silent alarm before kills him . Soon police cars arrive and is captured and subsequently beaten by the police . A gunfight breaks out between and the others while is held hostage . arrives and tells that unless he surrenders , he will cut off 's breasts . gives up his guns , but attacks with a knife . The police taser him and the scene ends with and being beaten by a group of vengeful policemen as a Japanese news crew fronted by a female reporter films the action . 
 The story picks up one year later : the homicidal couple have been imprisoned , and are due to be moved to a mental hospital after being declared insane . and have now gone one year without seeing each other . arrives at the prison and encounters Warden , with whom he plans to murder the two criminals . will arrange for to be the driver for the ' transfer . Alone with the pair , will murder them , then claim that they tried to escape . 
 Meanwhile , has persuaded to agree to a live interview that will air immediately after the Super Bowl . is held in solitary confinement elsewhere in the prison , awaiting her transport to the mental hospital . During the interview , gives a speech about how murder provides enlightenment and declares himself a " natural born killer " . His words inspire the other inmates ( who are watching the interview on TV in the recreation room ) and incite them to riot . 
 , upon learning of the riot , orders the interview terminated despite 's vehement protests . is left alone with , the film crew and several guards . Using a lengthy joke as a diversion , overpowers a guard and grabs his shotgun . He kills most of the guards with it and takes the survivors hostage , leading them through the prison riot . follows , giving a live television report as people are beaten and killed around him . 
 While this riot is unfolding , enters 's cell and attempts to seduce her . , feigning reciprocation at first , rebuffs his efforts , smashing his face against the wall and breaking his nose . The two guards outside the cell struggle to enter while attacks . Finally , the two guards subdue her , and sprays her face with tear gas in revenge . Still live on national television , arrives at 's cell , where he kills all the guards and engages in a Mexican standoff with , eventually feigning a concession . then approaches from behind and slashes his throat with a shank . To 's horror , tells him that he was out of shotgun shells during the standoff . then picks up 's gun , saying " You still like me now , ? " and kills him . 
 and continue to escape through the riot torn prison , with 's entire TV crew getting killed . himself snaps , succumbing to Stockholm syndrome as well as indulging in his own longtime fascination for murder , and begins to shoot at the guards with a pistol that he has taken from one of the dead guards , but gets so frenzied that prefers to disarm him . After being rescued by a mysterious prisoner named , the trio of , , and run into and a heavily armed posse of guards . The trio takes cover in a blood - splattered shower room . threatens to storm the shower room ; , in turn , threatens to kill both and a guard on live TV , and the prisoners walk out the front door , to 's utter dismay , as he helplessly threatens to hunt them down . and his guards are then quickly massacred by hordes of inmates . 
 and steal a van and kill the last guard ; 's fate is unknown . Escaping to a rural location , they give a final interview to , whose ear they have seemingly removed ( implied , but as a camera track reveals ) , before they tell him he must die also . He attempts various arguments to change their minds , finally appealing to their trademark practice of leaving one survivor ; informs him they are leaving a witness to tell the tale , his camera . accepts his fate and extends his arms as if on a cross as they shoot him dead while his unattended camera continues to roll . The couple is shown several years later , in an RV , with driving and a pregnant watching their two children play .

Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey, Jr., Tommy Lee Jones, Tom Sizemore, Rodney Dangerfield, Edie McClurg, Balthazar Getty

When stroke victim dies in her isolated cabin in the North Carolina mountains , Dr. , the town doctor , finds a terrified young woman hiding in the house rafters . She speaks angrily and rapidly , but seems to have a language of her own . Looking at 's Bible , finds a note asking whoever finds it to look after 's daughter . Sheriff shows a news clipping that was conceived through rape . 
 seeks the help of Dr. , a researcher working with autistic children . and her colleague Dr. are interested in studying a " wild child " ( feral child ) , and continues calling this even after studying films showing that does not fit the " wild child " profile . and get a court order to institutionalize for further study . hires lawyer and prevents it . The judge gives and three months to interact with and discover her needs . shows up on a houseboat with electronic equipment to monitor 's behavior while chooses to stay in 's cabin and quietly observe . 
 discovers that 's seemingly indecipherable language is English , based partly on her mother 's aphasic speech after a stroke , and partly on the secret language she shared with her decades - deceased identical twin sister . and begin a grudging friendship . 
 sleeps during the day or works inside her home and is active outdoors only after sunset . She explains to that her mother told her about the rape and warned her that men were evildoers . As comes to trust , she sees him as a friend , the " gah'inja " her mother promised would come . later realizes that " gah'inja " is 's phrase for " guardian angel . " Using popcorn as an incentive , is able to lead outside and into the sun . leads and to the decayed remains of her identical twin sister , , who died in a fall while the two were playing in the woods . 
 , a reporter , learns of 's existence and visits her cabin . is curious of the visitor at first , but when he snaps a photo , the flash frightens . arrives and throws the reporter out . believes that would be safer in a hospital , while feels that should be left alone and allowed to live as she pleases . The two decide that should be shown a little of the world , and they make the decision to bring into town . 
 While in town , befriends , 's depressed wife , but also encounters some raunchy boys in a pool hall until gets her out . With increased intrusion by the press , and take to a hospital for her protection . There , becomes extremely despondent and unresponsive . removes her from the hospital and hides her in a hotel . joins him , and the two admit that they love each other . 
 At the court hearing the next day , , who wants to study in a controlled environment , delivers his opinion that has Asperger syndrome and belongs in an institution . then comes forward and , with interpreting , speaks for herself . Five years later , and bring their daughter , , to visit in her house . It is 's birthday , and friends surround her .

is a child prodigy , skilled in academics , sports , and drama , admired by many for his good work and obedient attitude , but unappreciated , he feels , by his own parents . One day , while finding solace in a living room display at a mall , he complains to the Easter Bunny — a man in a pink bunny suit — that his parents , alone among all the adults in his neighborhood , seem unable to see his talents . The Easter Bunny recommends that simply tell his parents how he feels ; but says if they ca n't appreciate him , they do n't deserve him . 
 With the help and encouragement of his friend , who works on the school paper , devises a plan to " divorce " himself from his parents , and hires ambulance - chasing lawyer to file the papers . The announcement of his divorce takes 's parents completely by surprise , and renders them comatose . They can not object when Judge grants 's petition , and gives him one summer to find new parents ; if he can not , he will have to move to an orphanage . 
 's first stop is Texas , where his parental candidates attempt to fatten him up , to be more like their first son , , who died in a stampede . They then stage a musical number about the other horrible plans they have for him . , a sharpshooting cowboy , presents with a souvenir from his act — a silver dollar with a bullet hole shot through its center — and advises him to move on . 
 His next stop is Hawaii , where Governor and Mrs. , who can not have children of their own , are eager to adopt him . is overjoyed ; but the governor unveils a new state campaign to encourage mainlanders to move to Hawaii . learns , to his horror , that billboards featuring him in a mortifying pose will soon be on view throughout the U.S. On the beach , he meets a tourist with a metal detector who explains that parents should not rely on children for their own personal gain . 
 In Alaska he settles into an Inuit village , where his prospective parents send their elderly grandfather out to sea on an ice floe so that he may die with dignity . As the long , dark winter begins to envelop Alaska , realizes that his summer is almost up . Meanwhile , his real parents , still comatose , are put on display in a museum . 's quest has stimulated children around the world to leave their parents , and to hire and , who are both now rich and powerful . 
 ’s next family is Amish , but he is quickly discouraged by the size of their family ( and the lack of electricity ) . His experiences in Zaire , China , and Paris are equally fruitless . At last , back in America , he finds the , who give the attention and appreciation he craves ; but he still is not happy . " The are good folks , ” says a sleigh driver . “ They 're just not your folks . " 
 In despair , finds himself in New York City , where and , fearing the demise of their lucrative business , plot to assassinate him . On the run , receives a videotape from his newly revived parents begging him to forgive them and return home . Standup comedian encourages him to do so : " A bird in the hand is always greener than the grass under the other guy 's bushes . " At the airport , his path is blocked by a mob of kids who have followed his example , and are angry that he is giving up and going home , so is forced to ship himself home in a FedEx box . He reaches his house just in time to beat the orphanage deadline ; but as he runs toward his parents , an assassin takes aim . As he squeezes the trigger , awakens in the mall , now empty . The Easter Bunny takes him home , where he is greeted warmly by his parents , who have been worried while he has been gone . It has all been a dream—-but in his pocket , discovers ’s silver dollar with the hole through the middle . says he has always had it , " for good luck " .

Elijah Wood, Jason Alexander, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bruce Willis, Jon Lovitz, Alan Arkin, Dan Aykroyd, Reba McEntire, Kathy Bates, John Ritter

Preppy pre - freshman ( pre - frosh ) ( ) visits PCU ( Port Chester University ) , a college where fraternities have been outlawed and political correctness is rampant on campus . During his visit , accident - prone manages to make enemies with nearly every group of students , and thus spends much of his visit evading the growing mob upset with him . 
 During his visit , also finds himself in the middle of a war between " The Pit " and " Balls and Shaft " , two rival groups . Among the members of the latter is ( ) , who , with the other and Shaft members , want the outlawed Greek system to return . Meanwhile , " The Pit " , an unofficial group , runs the former " Balls and Shaft " frat house in a highly disorganized manner . Currently inhabited by seniors ( ) and ( ) , mid - year Freshman co - ed ( ) , and led by multi - year senior ( ) , The Pit is a party - centric house that rebels against the politically correct protests ; their counter - protests and parties are a frequent source of complaint forms . 
 Other factions on campus include a commune - style house of pot users called Jerrytown that Gutter often frequents , a radical feminist group known as the Womynists , an Afrocentrist group suspecting the Pit of conspiring against them , and the college president , Ms. ( ) , who is obsessed with enforcing " sensitivity awareness " and multiculturalism to an extreme . She proposes that Bisexual Asian Studies should have its own building , as well as a plan to change the campus mascot to a Whooping Crane instead of an offensive Native American character during their Bicentennial Anniversary . conspires behind closed doors with and to get the established residents of The Pit kicked off campus and give control of the house . She provokes the Pit residents with a damage bill from their past semester . Left unpaid , the campus would seize their house , leaving them homeless and unable to continue attendance at PCU without getting jobs . 
 The Pit responds by throwing a party to raise the funds needed . The Womynists take offense to The Pit 's flyers advertising the party , and hold a protest outside as the house residents conspire to steal alcohol and convince students to attend . The party at first appears to be a failure . However , a series of unlikely events results in and Parliament - Funkadelic performing at the party . Students begin streaming in ( initially to seize for his prior mistakes ) and the party successfully raises the funds to keep the house . - ( after being locked in a room by with the song " Afternoon Delight " playing on repeat ) , deciding to act on the many complaints against The Pit , shuts down the party and expels the residents of The Pit in spite of their fundraising efforts . then informs about an overheard conversation with the Board of Trustees : the President 's politically correct changes are negatively affecting both their past legacy and media publicity . 
 At the bicentennial ceremony the following morning , and former Pit residents succeed in liberating the Whooping Crane and provoking the other students into an impromptu protest against protesting ( chanting " We 're not gon na protest ! " ) . The demonstration establishes that even with The Pit shut down , the President can not control the student population , resulting in the Board of Trustees summarily firing her . Meanwhile , complains about all the other student groups , unaware that has surreptitiously used the podium microphone to broadcast his rant to the entire campus . 
 Later , heads home having decided to commit to PCU as the Pit has moved back into their house . As he sits on the bus , he sees , who is now in 's position at the beginning of the film : being chased by the students across campus .

Immediately after his apparent demise at the end of Phantasm II , a new Tall Man emerges from a dimensional portal . At the same time , the hearse that carries and explodes . finds dead but saves from the Tall Man by threatening to kill them all with a grenade . The Tall Man retreats with 's head and threatens to return for when he 's well again . After spends two years comatose in the hospital , he has a near death experience in which his dead brother and appear . As he wakes from his coma , he is attacked by a demonic nurse but quickly subdues her . arrives as she dies , her scalp bursting open to reveal a sphere which takes off through the window after it approaches . Back at home , the Tall Man arrives via dimensional fork , fights off , transforms into a charred sphere , and draws through the gate with him . 
 The next morning , ( with the - sphere ) travels to a deserted town and is captured by three looters , who lock him in the trunk of the Hemi-'Cuda . is rescued by a young boy named , who kills the looters when they break into his house . After they have buried the looters in the yard , tells how took his parents and destroyed the town . In the morning , and find the three graves empty and their hearse gone . tries to leave with an orphanage , but the boy hides in 's car . enters a mausoleum and is confronted by a sphere , but he is subdued by two young women , and , before he can destroy it . tries to warn them , but is killed by the sphere . appears and destroys it with his pistol . The three join forces , come upon a convoy of hearses driven by , and decide to follow them . 
 At night , appears to in a dream and takes him to the Tall Man 's lair , where they rescue . As wakes , opens a portal and emerges . The Tall Man tries to follow , but closes the portal , leaving the Tall Man 's hands behind . After fighting off the Tall Man 's minions , including the undead looters , they enter a large mortuary . Inside , they find a cryonics facility , and remembers that the Tall Man dislikes cold . While , , and are separated and attacked by the looters , consults with the - sphere , who explains that the Tall Man is amassing an army to conquer dimensions : brains are harvested to turn into the killer spheres , and the bodies are shrunken and turned into drones . The Tall Man senses their presence , captures , and straps him onto a table . Two of the looters wheel in . tries to give a message to , warning him that " there are thousands of them " , but is paralyzed by the Tall Man . 
 Meanwhile , defeats her attacker and helps . Cut free by the - sphere , runs into the remaining looters , who are killed by the - sphere and 's 4 - barrel shotgun . The trio crash into the embalming room , where the Tall Man is operating on . impales the Tall Man with a spear dipped in liquid nitrogen , and they lock him in the refrigerator room . However , a golden sphere breaks out of his head and attacks them ; catches it in a plunger and , with some help , manages to dump it into the nitrogen tank . finds a golden sphere in his own head , and his eyes turn silver . Complaining of the cold , he leaves with and warns to stay away . suggests exploring the mortuary , but declines and leaves too . reports that tried to warn him , but they find out too late that there are dozens of spheres left , and is pinned to the wall by them . As is about to destroy the spheres by his pistol , a new Tall Man reappears , says " It 's never over " and watches as is pulled through a window by a creature .

Russian mafia boss ( ) is laundering money under the guise of a legitimate business . 
 The business is a highly addictive video game that allows him to bring down almost any security system controlled by a computer on which the game has been played , with a string of major robberies as the result . 
 Desperate to apprehend , Russian Commandant ( ) sends for help from America . decides to bring in someone he met at a police convention , Commandant ( ) . 
 briefs his team about the mission in Russia , then they head to Moscow . Along with in Moscow are Sergeant ( ) , Sergeant ( ) , Captain ( ) , Cadet ( ) , and Captain ( ) . 
 As they plan to capture , he has devised a new scheme : create an even more addictive version of the game , which can bring down any computer security system in the world , including the systems that protect the databases which belong to world powers .

In Regency England , an exotically - dressed woman is found in the fields , speaking a language no - one can understand . She ends up at the home of the family , the local gentry . Their Greek butler , , thinks the woman is a fraud from the start . Mr. sends her to the magistrate to be tried for vagrancy , but Mrs. agrees to care for her . Mr. , a local printer and newspaper reporter , takes an interest in the case , especially after the woman claims via mime to be Princess . 
 talks to the farm workers who found her and learns she had a book from the Magdalene Hospital in London on her . When the leave on a trip the servants inspect her for a tattoo , which they believe all natives of the South Seas have and are shocked to find Princess has one on her thigh . tells he now thinks she ’s a genuine princess . Mr. uses her presence to recruit investors for the spice trade which will be facilitated by Princess when she returns to her native land . brings in Professor , a linguist who is initially dismissive of ’s story , but has enough doubt to refuse to say she is a fraud . 
 The local society finds Princess fascinating and they flock to attend parties and soirees with her . Mr. begins investigating people connected with the Magdalene House . Lady takes to a ball held for the Prince Regent , who is fascinated by . learns is actually , who worked as a servant for Mrs. . sneaks into the ball to warn her she ’s been found out , but she refuses to acknowledge what he tells her . Mrs. comes and confronts and identifies her as . She is locked up . The local magistrate and Mr. want to hang her . Mrs. gives Mr. documents implicating her husband and the magistrate in a bank fraud . Mr. uses these to work a trade . He will bury the story if can go to America . , who has fallen in love with , leaves with her for the United States .

Hitmen and arrive at an apartment to retrieve a briefcase for their boss , gangster , from an associate , . After checks the contents of the briefcase , shoots one of 's associates , then declaims a passage from the Bible before he and kill for trying to double - cross . They take the briefcase to , but have to wait while he bribes champion boxer to take a dive in his upcoming match . 
 The next day , purchases heroin from his drug dealer , . He shoots up , then drives to meet 's wife , whom he agreed to escort while is out of town . They eat at a 1950s - themed restaurant and participate in a twist contest , then return home with the trophy . While is in the bathroom , finds his heroin , mistakes it for cocaine , snorts it , and overdoses . rushes her to 's house , where they revive her with an adrenaline shot to her heart . 
 double - crosses and wins the bout , accidentally killing his opponent . At the motel where he and his girlfriend are lying low and preparing to flee town , discovers she has forgotten to pack his father 's gold watch , a beloved heirloom , and flies into a rage . Returning to his apartment to retrieve the watch , he notices a gun on the kitchen counter and hears the toilet flush . exits the bathroom and shoots him dead . 
 As waits at a traffic light in his car , spots him by chance and chases him into a pawnshop . The owner , , captures them at gunpoint and ties them up in the basement . is joined by , a security guard ; they take to another room to rape him , leaving the " gimp " , a silent figure in a bondage suit , to watch . breaks loose and knocks out the gimp . He is about to flee but decides to save , returning with a katana from the pawnshop . He kills ; retrieves 's shotgun and shoots . informs that they are even , as long as he tells no one about the rape and departs Los Angeles forever . picks up on 's chopper . 
 Earlier , after and have executed in his apartment , another man bursts out of the bathroom and shoots at them wildly , missing every time ; and kill him . decides their survival was a miracle , which disputes . As drives , accidentally shoots 's associate in the face . They hide the car at the home of their associate , who insists they deal with the problem before his wife comes home . sends his cleaner , , who directs and to clean the car , hide the body in the trunk , dispose of their bloody clothes , and take the car to a junk yard . 
 At a diner , tells that he plans to retire from his life of crime , convinced that their " miraculous " survival at the apartment was a sign . While is in the bathroom , a couple , and , hold up the restaurant . overpowers and holds him at gunpoint ; becomes hysterical and trains her gun on him . returns with his gun trained on her , creating a Mexican standoff . recites the biblical passage , expresses ambivalence about his life of crime , and allows the robbers to take his cash and leave . and leave the diner with the briefcase .

John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, Ving Rhames, Harvey Keitel, Christopher Walken, Amanda Plummer, Tim Roth, Frank Whaley, Eric Stoltz

Following the events of the previous film , has been arrested under the suspicion of having caused the murders of Dr. and , but Dr. , the new director of the Artificial Intelligence research project and 's temporary superior , gets him out on bail . Blade has been confiscated , but he escapes from the police department 's evidence room and jumps into 's purse as she comes to fetch . lies comatose in the hospital following the events in the inn . Meanwhile , in the underworld , decides to take matters into his own hands and infuses his life essence into his own Totem figure . 
 While professes scepticism toward 's story , he becomes actually quite interested in acquiring 's secret , especially since the project 's unofficial sponsors are luring with a sizeable contribution , should he succeed in presenting a prototype soon . returns to the Bodega Bay Inn with three hired thugs - , , and - to collect the puppets and the formula , but in the meantime is roused by a nightmare and finds by his side . Sensing that something is about to happen , and depart for the hotel . , while paying a visit to , witnesses her friend receiving a vision of and his Totem . Unable to contact , she proceeds to the hotel as well . 
 While searching the building , and are ambushed and killed by , and encounters and is knocked out by and . also encounters but is saved by and ; and the puppets start fighting back against . goes back to his room and runs into , but they both get locked in by 's powers . Through his computer , gets in contact with , who tells him to activate The Decapitron . enters the room and tries to convince to collect the puppets and leave the hotel . In the meantime , recovers , but is also found and slain by . 
 enters the room and leads to where the Decapitron is hidden . , and proceed to revive Decapitron , and advises them to leave the hotel while the puppets will engage . , however , insists on taking one of the puppets with him , despite and 's warnings . , , and take the elevator down , but then attacks and knocks out , while is pushed out of the cabin . But when exits the elevator , he is stopped by and the other puppets , who force him back to the elevator shaft . With the cabin already gone and the door secretly opened by , falls to his death . 
 corners and , but shows up , allowing them to escape . The puppets engage , who fights back ; but having stayed too long in the mortal world , the demon 's essence has become vulnerable , and his power wanes . In desperation , attempts to escape back into the underworld by opening a portal , but fires electron bolts at it , overloading the conduit and causing it to explode , destroying . 
 takes the puppets back home to repair and care for them . speaks with one final time , again entrusting his puppets and their secret to him while they will continue to act as his protectors .

In 1958 , the questions and answers to be used for the latest broadcast of NBC 's popular quiz show Twenty One are transported from a secure bank vault to the studio . The evening 's main attraction is Queens resident ( ) , the reigning champion , who correctly answers question after question . However , both the network and the program 's corporate sponsor , the supplementary tonic Geritol , find that 's approval ratings are beginning to level out , meaning the show would benefit from new talent . 
 Producers ( ) and ( ) are surprised when Columbia University instructor ( ) , son of a prominent literary family , visits their office to audition . Realizing that they have found an ideal challenger for , they offer to ask the same questions during the show which correctly answered during his audition . He refuses , but when he comes within reach of a game - winning 21 points on the show , he is asked one of the questions from his audition . After a moment of moral indecision , he gives the correct answer . , having been promised a future on television if he takes a dive , deliberately misses his chance at reaching 21 by incorrectly answering one of the show 's easiest questions . 
 In the weeks that follow , winning streak makes him a national celebrity , but he buckles under the pressure and allows and to start giving him the answers . Meanwhile , , having lost his prize money to an unscrupulous bookie , begins threatening legal action against NBC after weeks go by without his return to television . He visits New York County District Attorney , who convenes a grand jury to look into his allegations . 
 ( ) , a young Congressional lawyer , learns that the grand jury findings have been sealed and travels to New York City to investigate rumors of rigged quiz shows . Visiting a number of contestants , including and , he begins to suspect that Twenty One is a fixed operation . However , 's volatile personality damages his credibility , and nobody else seems willing to confirm that the show is fixed . Fearing will give up the investigation , confesses that he was fed the correct answers during his run on the show , and insists that must have been involved as well . Another former contestant gives quiz show answers he mailed to himself by registered post two days before the show , presumably as blackmail against and . 
 deliberately loses . He is rewarded by NBC with a lucrative contract to appear as a special correspondent on the morning Today show . The House Committee for Legislative Oversight convenes a hearing , at which presents his evidence of the quiz show 's corruption . 
 During the hearing , 's testimony fails to convince the committee . Both NBC network head ( ) and Geritol executive ( ) deny any knowledge of Twenty One being rigged . After being subpoenaed by , testifies before the committee and admits his role in the deception . After the hearing adjourns , he learns from reporters that he has been fired from Today and that Columbia 's trustees are going to ask for his resignation . 
 believes he is on the verge of a victory against Geritol and NBC , but realizes that and will not jeopardize their own futures in television by turning against their bosses . He silently watches the producers ' testimony , vindicating the sponsors and the network from any wrongdoing , and taking full responsibility for rigging the show .

Ralph Fiennes, John Turturro, Rob Morrow, Paul Scofield, Christopher McDonald, Barry Levinson, Martin Scorsese

In 1939 , a new radio network based at station WBN in Chicago , Illinois , begins its inaugural night . The station 's owner , General , depends on his employees to impress main sponsor . This includes writer , assistant director ( 's wife , seeking divorce ) , page boy , engineer , conductor , announcer , director and stage manager . After commissions rewrites on the radio scripts , the WBN writers get angry , adding to the fact that they have not been paid in weeks . 
 When , a trumpet player , falls dead from rat poisoning , a series of events ensue . Director is hanged ( the mysterious killer makes it look like a suicide ) , and his father , the General , has the Chicago Police Department ( CPD ) get involved to solve the murder mysteries as the nightly radio performance continues . is then killed after attempting to fix the main stage when the machinery malfunctions . is appointed both stage manager and director due to and 's deaths . Writer tries to solve the killings , much to the annoyance of the police , led by Lieutenant . 
 Because unfortunately appears at every scene of crime just as the murders take place , he is ruled as the prime suspect . and then theorize that announcer is the next to die . ignores their warning and is killed by electrocution . By going through private documents in WBN 's file room , finds that the victims all previously worked together at a radio station in Peoria , Illinois , which he then correlates into a secretive FCC scandal . ( laughing gas ) and General ( falls down an elevator shaft ) are the next to die after 's warning , causing even more suspicion from the police . 
 After escaping from custody , uses to communicate and send scripts to . When rewriting one of the programs , Gork : Son of Fire , attempts to write the script with self - referential events , proving to everyone that the mysterious killer is actually sound engineer . explains that his killings were a revenge scheme that dealt with stock holders and patents , specifically detailing his invention of television , which other scientists have copied . and are taken by atop the radio tower at gunpoint . is eventually killed when a biplane shows up and guns him down . Impressed by the nightly performance , the sponsors decide to fund WBN . and reconcile their complex relationship and decide not to divorce .

Four friends who recently graduated from college live together in Houston , Texas . Coffee - house guitarist and budding filmmaker are attracted to each other , although they have not acted on their feelings except for one brief , drunken encounter . is floundering , having lost several minimum wage jobs — the last of which he loses early in the film for stealing a candy bar from his employer . was valedictorian of her university and has aspirations to become a documentarian , although initially having to settle for a position as production assistant to a rude and obnoxious TV host . 
 meets when she throws a cigarette into his convertible , causing him to crash into her car . The two soon begin to date . He works at an MTV - like cable channel called " In Your Face " as an executive , and after learning about a documentary she 's been working on , wants to get it aired on his network . 
 's roommate has a series of one - night stands and short relationships with dozens of guys ; her promiscuity leads her to confront a very - real risk of contracting HIV after a former fling tests positive for the virus . works as a sales associate for The Gap , and is later promoted to manager and seems content with her new job . Her friend is gay ; he remains celibate , not because of a fear of AIDS , but because forming a relationship would force him to come out to his conservative parents . 
 After an impulsive act of retribution , loses her job , which causes some tension with her roommates . Eventually , 's AIDS test comes back negative and comes out to his parents ( and he even starts dating ) and the two manage to resume their lives . 
 Meanwhile , 's relationship with dissolves after he helps her sell the documentary to his network , only to let them edit it into a stylized montage that she feels compromises her artistic vision . and then sleep together and confess their love . The morning after , he avoids her , and after a messy confrontation , leaves town . After 's father dies , he forces himself to reevaluate his life , deciding to attempt a relationship with . 
 and reunite and make amends after returns from his father 's funeral in Chicago . While we do not see what happens to , during the credits there is an abrupt break where two characters , " " and " " , who are obvious parodies of and , have an argument about their relationship . As the " show 's " credits roll , 's name is revealed as the producer , implying that he has turned the failed relationship into the subject of a new show on his network .

Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Steve Zahn

( ) is a divorced advertising executive down on his luck . When he loses his job in Detroit , the unemployment agency finds him a temporary job : teaching basic literacy classes at a nearby U.S. Army training base , Fort McClane . 
 Initially unenthusiastic , finds that he has only six weeks to teach a group of DD 's - ' Dumb Dawgs ' , the basics of comprehension and use of English language . Most of the soldiers are only semi - literate and equally unenthusiastic . 
 Unable to connect with his pupils and desperate to spark their interest , quotes from his favorite play , Hamlet by . They are unfamiliar with it ( or even the concept of a " play " ) and a small initial spark of interest is generated . He casts each student as a character in a classroom reading , then takes everyone on a field trip across the Blue Water Bridge to Stratford , Ontario , Canada , to a live performance by Shakespearean actors . He introduces them to 's as well . 
 In the meantime he takes steps to mend bridges with his daughter by buying her an airline ticket to Mexico - as well as buying her a Newtonian Telescope - so that she can start on the path to becoming a professional astronomer . 
 Despite the disapproval of their hard - as - nails Drill Sergeant ( ) , and the loss of one of the trainees , Pvt . , who is revealed as a drug dealer hiding under an assumed identity , sets an end - of - term oral examination . Even the friendly Capt . in charge of the project does n't expect the soldiers to pass 's class , adding that if they fail , they will be discharged from the Army . 
 writes a letter to and , whose letters to the prison warden may result in him getting an early parole . says he read Othello in the prison library ( the librarian said he was the first inmate in 16 years to request ) and was thinking about taking college classes once he 's released . 
 While on duty , on a dare from in front of other men , one of the soldiers recites the St. Crispin 's Day Speech by King while in full combat gear in the middle of a rainstorm during a night exercise ; the speech moves even the hardened Sgt . . The students then all pass 's class , with flying colors . 
 meets and dates , a soldier in the records department , who helps him do some investigation before the base 's graduation ceremony . It results in one of his students being presented with the Silver Star medal his father was to have been awarded posthumously , after he was killed in Vietnam . 
 As the proud soldiers march at their graduation parade , is saluted by his " graduates . " He signs on to continue teaching soldiers - in - training .

Danny DeVito, Gregory Hines, Mark Wahlberg, Cliff Robertson, Kadeem Hardison, Lillo Brancato, Jr.

In this movie , ( ) is getting married to his Omega Mu girlfriend ( ) , but the father of the bride tries to stop them , as his desire to maintain his conservative , nouveau - riche standing clashes with his daughter 's common interests with and love for the nerdy . 's father works with his loathsome son - in - law ( the husband of 's older sister ) to find a way to discredit and cause to call off the wedding . and the other nerds discover the conspiracy and work to save 's wedding ceremony from being torpedoed . In a subplot , ' wife is pregnant with their first child , and is in her third trimester as the wedding date approaches . 
 fights an accusation that he fathered an illegitimate child . In the end , 's mom tells her husband that she will leave him if he does not support his daughter 's wedding to , and 's accusations fall apart when the little girl reveals she was " drafted " from an orphanage to play the illegitimate child role . 's wife decides to divorce him and throw him out of their lives forever , leaving to swear his own revenge against the nerds ( while declares to cheers that her next husband will be a nerd ) . In the end , and are married , gives birth to a healthy baby boy , and the newly married couple tell , the little orphan girl , they would like to adopt her .

( ) is the world 's wealthiest kid , the son of billionaire businessman and philanthropist ( ) . has only his loyal butler ( ) as a companion , and lacks any friends his own age . At a dedication to the reopening of United Tool , a factory recently acquired ( intending to modernize the factory and give it away to the workers as a token of goodwill ) encounters a group of sandlot kids playing baseball . Unfortunately , before he is able to talk to them , the overly - strict head of security , ( ) , stops and sharply pulls him away . , ever the " third parent " , reprimands for his excessively - physical treatment of . 
 tries to spend time with his son whenever he can , but is usually busy . Professor ( ) has invented a cellular - phone - like machine called the " Dadlink " that pinpoints 's location in seconds , so that can talk to his dad whenever he 's away on business . Meanwhile , the greedy CFO of Rich Industries ( ) is planning to steal the financial fortune , believed to be stored in the family vault . , with the help of , plots to blow up the plane carrying the family to England . 
 After a failed attempt on 's part to make friends with the sandlot kids , makes a suggestion to 's mother ( ) and arranges for to stay home in Chicago for a weekend of fun with the sandlot kids . That weekend allows to earn the friendship of the sandlot kids , most importantly , ( ) . also begins to fall for 's pleasantly - outspoken mother , ( ) . 
 During the plane trip to England , the bomb is detected . is able to toss it out his window , but the bomb detonates while still near the plane , destroying part of the tail , sending Billion Dollar One into the Atlantic Ocean . and survive the crash and float on a life raft . Believing that 's parents are dead , is appointed chairman of Rich Industries , and proceeds to cut the many charitable contributions the family were known for . This includes closing the recently reopened United Tool factory , which the parents of the sandlot kids relied upon for their income . This angers , and so with the encouragement and assistance of Cadbury , he proceeds to the company headquarters and , as a living family member , assumes the chairman position , which enrages . 
 has framed for the family 's apparent murder by putting bomb parts in his room , and most of the family 's other loyal servants are fired en masse by edict . plots to have murdered in jail and make it look like a suicide . With Professor eavesdropping on their conversation , he manages to sneak out and enact a successful plan to help escape from prison just as a hulking hitman arrives to murder ; though bruised , is able to knock out the hitman . and then make their way to 's house , where tends to , and uses 's computer to hack into the Dadlink 's mainframe at 's mansion . 
 During this time , finds out about 's escape and , with 's help , confronts . They tie the professor up and threaten him with his own invention , the molecular reorganizer which uses nuclear plasma technology to transform matter into a different form . states that the lock to the family vault is voice - activated and only and can open it . , meanwhile , is still unaware of their continued survival . 
 's Dadlink transceiver was damaged in the crash , and when manages to send out a distress code , the signal is intercepted by , who disconnects 's modem from the phone line and then informs that and are still alive . 
 After rescuing from captivity , the kids and manage to sneak both and back into Rich Manor , only to discover that the Dadlink shows that 's parents are inside Rich Manor . He is shocked to discover that had anticipated his own arrival , and had arranged for his parents ' rescue . Held at gunpoint , forces the family elders to reveal the location of the vault , while and his partner take and his friends to the molecular reorganizer . Once in the lab , manages to subdue both and his partner with some very sticky substance , but ends up stuck as well ; thinking cleverly , he uses a remote to power a robotic bee he created to sting , causing him to crash into the machine 's emergency off button , and thus saving and the others . 
 is eventually led to Mount Richmore , a gigantic mountainside - sculpture of the three members ' heads where the vault is located . There , he is furious upon discovering that the vault only holds the family 's most precious memories and keepsake treasures – nothing that is valuable monetarily ; he then learns that the family keeps their money in banks , the stock market , and real estate . Desperate to get the money , he attempts to shoot and , only for to appear in the nick of time and interfere . attempts to shoot instead , but manages to barely faze him ( because of a special spray of Professor Keenbean 's which makes any fabric bulletproof ) . The family manages to get away and the chase leads them down the side of the mountain , where they are under further attack by and a rock - blasting laser that had originally been used to sculpt the mountain / vault . finally succeeds in disarming , while ends up hanging upside down for dear life , after blasts away the rock - face near him with the laser . Although has never fired any of his employees ever , he allows to fire , who is then subsequently punched by . 
 Later , plays baseball with his new friends for the United Tool team on the Rich Manor 's yard ( with as team coach and as umpire ) and hits a home run which is picked up by , who 's doing gardening with as part of their work release , and who subsequently tosses the ball into the fountain in humiliated resentment . and blissfully state that now really is the richest boy in the world , as he has found the one thing that money ca n't buy : friends .

In 1886 , during the British Raj in India , ( ) is the 5 - year - old son of the widowed , whose wife died in childbirth . works as a tour guide . On one of his tours , he is leading Colonel ( ) and his men as well as 's 5 - year - old daughter ( ) . Unfortunately , fellow tour guide and a few soldiers kill several animals for sport . This enrages , A Tiger who serves as the Jungle 's keeper and begins to pursue the tour group . That night tells his father of a dream where he faced and showed no fear , becoming a Tiger himself . attacks the encampment . He succeeds in killing the two soldiers , but when he tries to kill , defends , who ungratefully leaves him to be mauled to death by the Tiger . In the confusion , is lost in the jungle with his pet wolf cub , . and his men believe has been killed too . is taken by , a gentle black panther , to the wolf pack . also befriends a bear cub named . 
 Twenty years later , , now a young man , discovers Monkey City , a legendary ancient city filled with treasure belonging to King the Orangutan , who has his treasure guarded by the python . Forced to fight for his life , succeeds in wounding the snake with a golden dagger that he retrieves from the treasure horde . Winning King 's respect , keeps the dagger as a trophy . 
 Elsewhere , and her father are still stationed in India . She and meet again , but neither recognize the other . is also in a relationship with one of 's soldiers , Captain . enters the village in search of . and his men manage to capture him and find the golden dagger from Monkey City in his possession . discovers an old bracelet of her mother 's , one she gave to when they were children , and instantly realizes who is . She and Dr. ( a good friend of 's ) decide that they must re - introduce to civilization . In doing so , and fall in love , much to 's displeasure . Eventually , convinces to tell him of Monkey City and the treasure hoard that it holds , but refrains from revealing its location to him upon realizing his lack of respect for the jungle . later proposes to , and she accepts . Around this time , after and his men publicly humiliate him , returns to the jungle as he does not feel at home in the village . After 's cruel treatment of , realizes she can not marry , so she decides to go back to England to get away from him . 
 Meanwhile , and his associates Lieutenant and Sergeant team up with . The men recruit a jungle guide , , and gather some bandits to capture in order to find out where the treasure is . and shoot when he comes to 's defense , much to 's distress . and the bandits then ambush and her father ( who is shot and wounded in the process ) . Even though , along with , , and the rest of the wolves , attack and kill most of the bandits , manages to capture and her father and hands them over to and his men , who plan to use them as blackmail : If leads them to the treasure , and her father shall live . That night , the group learn is hunting them , enraged at being shot . Because of this decides to escape . 
 The next morning , catches escaping with the aid of and gives chase , only to fall into quicksand and drown , despite ' attempts to save him . then has an elephant take the injured back to the village , after promising him to rescue . As the day progresses , kills in self - defense when the latter attacks and tries to murder him . As the group reaches the outside of Monkey City , becomes separated from the group and walks right into Shere Khan , where , after a brief chase , the mauls him to death . Eventually , the remaining group enters Monkey City , where inadvertently entombs himself in a trap while trying to shoot . Only , , and reach the treasure room , where and engage in a fierce fight until injures the soldier with another dagger . then escapes with , while begins greedily pocketing treasure , only for to attack and kill him . 
 As they escape from Monkey City , and are confronted by . However , shows no fear and stands up by roaring back at the who roars at to make him run away . , impressed by 's bravery , acknowledges him as a creature of the jungle and allows and to leave peacefully . and meet both the Colonel and , both of whom have recovered from their injuries under 's care . becomes the new lord of the jungle after fulfilling his childhood dream of facing with no fear and he begins a relationship with .

and his friend go out one evening to buy beer from a convenience store , where a group of masked and heavily armed terrorists take them and three other people hostage . The terrorists , who call themselves S.P.L.I.T. Image ( a play on " Split Image " ) , have a video camera with which they tape their hostages ' every word and action . During a month - long standoff with the police , S.P.L.I.T. Image 's only demand is that their broadcasts be televised live worldwide TV , or else the hostages will be killed . S.P.L.I.T. Image makes good on said threat by killing two of the hostages . , , and a beautiful teenage girl named are the only surviving captives . After 36 days , becomes indifferent to being killed . He says repeatedly , " So Fucking What ? " , in reply to his captors ' death - threats . The coverage of this makes a media icon . 
 The movie skips forward to a hospital . has shot his way to freedom , taking a bullet in the shoulder while has been killed . Despite his friend 's demise , is branded a hero for saving and killing the terrorists . He 's picked up from the hospital by his brother . He is welcomed awkwardly by his domineering father and weak - willed mother . soon becomes disenchanted with the reporters camped on his front lawn and moves out . 
 Back on the street , Cliff finds his life changed forever by the convenience store incident . His line – abbreviated as S.F.W. – is on banners , newspapers , CDs , and billboard advertisements . At Burger Boy , the fast food restaurant where he works , finds his name and image posted alongside a " Special $ .36 Spaburger " ( named after him ) , being marketed in commemoration of his 36 days in captivity . 
 visits 's older sister . She resents the media idolization directed at , while her deceased brother has gotten neither sympathy nor attention . spends a night of empty passion with . He visits another friend , , who lets hide out at the elegant home of his lawyer - sister . She advises to exploit his notoriety for personal gain . Completely lacking in any sense of purpose , hitchhikes out of Los Angeles . He gets a ride with a disaffected couple , who confide with him about their marital troubles . Realizing that running from his problems is pointless because they will follow him everywhere , discovers the inspiration he has been seeking . Using his celebrity status to his advantage , checks into a fancy hotel ; when he offers to promote the establishment , he is given a free suite . holds press conferences , makes public appearances , holds autograph signings , and generally portrays himself as a rebel . 
 More than anything , aspires to reunite with . She has been featured on the news , but refuses to make any statement regarding her ordeal in the convenience store . reaches out to her and soon a romantic attraction develops , but their relationship is hampered by the reporters and paparazzi who shamelessly tail them . They evade the media and revisit the convenience store , which has been closed down and boarded up as a crime scene . After reminiscing how he and overpowered and killed their captors in a huge gunfight , tells he 'd like to leave his notoriety behind him , just so the two of them can live out their lives together in a quiet romance . 
 A few days later , and make a public appearance at a local high school . They receive a standing ovation from a crowd of adoring students , who chant 's line : " So Fucking What ! " One distraught - looking student , , does not join in the cheering . After a minute of sitting in angry silence , produces a gun from her book - bag and stands up . With a yell of " EVERYTHING matters ! " she fires on Cliff and , seriously wounding them both . Media attention switches to as she is arrested , booked , and indicted for attempted murder . Her line of " Everything matters " becomes the new public catchphrase , replacing 's " S.F.W. " . Reporters and other media people can not stop talking about ' actions . Sharing their own hospital ward , the recovering and are elated that their media ordeal is over . They slip away to get married , and to celebrate their newfound privacy .

appears to be a typical suburban housewife living with her dentist husband , , and their teenage children , and , in the suburbs of Baltimore . However , she is secretly a serial killer , murdering people over the most trivial of perceived slights , including mere faux pas . 
 During breakfast , Detectives and arrive to question the family about the vulgar harassment of their neighbor , . After the police and her family leave , disguises her voice to make obscene phone calls to , because stole a parking space from . Later that day , Mr. , 's math teacher , becomes 's first known murder victim after he criticizes 's interests and questions the boy 's mental health and family life , as well as berating her parenting ; runs him over with her car , and is witnessed by , a young woman smoking marijuana nearby . The next day , is upset when stands her up for a date . spots with another girl at a swap meet and murders him in the bathroom with a fireplace poker . 
 discovers that has hidden a collection of serial killer memorabilia beneath their mattress . That evening at dinner , comments that his friend thinks that she is the killer . immediately leaves in her car , prompting the family to rush to 's house for fear that plans to kill him ; however , has actually gone to kill 's patient and his wife , , for calling away to treat her husband 's chronic toothache on a Saturday they were supposed to spend birdwatching and for eating chicken that reminds her of the starlings . She stabs with scissors borrowed from , and causes an air conditioner to fall on , who caught her killing his wife . Meanwhile , the rest of the family arrive at 's house only to find him in his room masturbating to an old porn video . 
 That Sunday , police follow the to church and a news report names as the suspect in the murders of the . The church service ends in pandemonium when a suspicious sound causes everyone to panic and flee the church . Police detectives confirm that 's fingerprints match those at the crime scene and attempt to arrest her , but she escapes . She hides at the video rental store where works , but a customer , Mrs. , argues with over paying a fee for failing to rewind a videotape and calls him a " son of a psycho " . follows Mrs. home and bludgeons her to death with a leg of lamb while she sings along to " Tomorrow " on her rented copy of Annie . witnesses the attack through a window , sees him , and a car chase ensues . Catching him at a local club , Hammerjack 's , sets aflame onstage in front of a deranged crowd during the set of an all - girl band called Camel Lips . The family arrive , as do the police , and is arrested . 
 's trial becomes a national sensation . The media dub her " Serial Mom " , hires an agent to manage the family 's media appearances , and sells merchandise outside the courthouse . During opening arguments , 's lawyer claims that she is not guilty by reason of insanity , but she fires him and proposes to represent herself , citing various law books she has read to her prosecutor 's dismay . The judge reluctantly agrees and the trial begins . proves to be extremely skilled and formidable in defending herself , systematically discrediting nearly every witness against her by ; using trick questioning to incite to contempt of court by repeated obscenities , finding a transsexual - themed magazine in Detective 's trash , invoking judging a person by what they choose to read proves nothing , badgering into admitting she does n't recycle , and fanning her legs repeatedly at pervert , whose over - arousal causes him to commit perjury . The only witness she does not discredit is , who can not provide a credible testimony due to being under the influence of marijuana . During a second detective 's crucial testimony , the entire courtroom is distracted by the arrival of , who plans to portray as the heroine of a television film . 
 is acquitted of all charges , stunning her family , who vow to " never get on her nerves " . Throughout the trial , has been displeased that a juror ( ) is wearing white shoes after Labor Day . follows her to a payphone and fatally strikes her in the head with the receiver . then angers into an outburst by trying to pose for a picture that will show 's " bad side " , just as the juror 's body is discovered . 
 The film ends with a close - up of 's wicked smile and a caption stating that " refused to cooperate " with the making of the film .

The film follows rookie detective ( ) , on his first case . The case involves a serial killer , wanted for over 120 murders . In order to find the killer , he must enlist the help of convicted murderer Dr. ( ) . However , during the investigation , his girlfriend , ( ) , is asked by her boss to take a large sum of money to the bank . Instead of doing this , she leaves town with the money . While hiding , she decides to rest at the Cemetery Motel , which is later revealed to be a cemetery named Motel after its owner , . must then enlist the help of Det . ( ) and Dr. to not only find the murderer , but his missing girlfriend . All of this takes the cast on many adventures at the Cemetery Motel . In the final confrontation , most characters are revealed to be somebody else in disguise .

, a married , lonely woman , suffers a leg injury at home just as her husband is about to leave on his job as a travelling salesman and her son , , is about to leave for the summer on a medical internship . is then forced to stay at home to take care of her as his father can not . He eventually loses the internship . These troublesome events leave him emotionally confused as he and his mother are left alone together , and they develop an incestuous relationship .

( ) and ( ) are insomniac writers who fall in love , but their romance is thrown for a loop because both are writing speeches for rival candidates in a New Mexico election . is working for the Democratic candidate and for the Republican candidate . 
 Also complicating matters are 's ex - wife ( ) , who is on the Republican 's campaign trail , and " Mr. Flack Jacket , " television war correspondent " Bagdad Bob " ( ) , 's estranged fiance , who wants her back .

Los Angeles Police Department ( LAPD ) SWAT officers and thwart an attempt to hold an elevator full of people for a $ 3 million ransom by a bomber , who is later revealed to be named . As they corner , he grabs . shoots in the leg , forcing the bomber to release . turns away , appearing to die in the explosion of his own device . and are praised by Lieutenant " and awarded medals for bravery . 
 Some time later , witnesses a city bus explode . , still alive , contacts on a payphone , explaining that a similar bomb is rigged on another bus . The bomb will arm once the bus reaches 50 miles per hour ( 80   km / h ) and detonate when it drops below 50 . The bomber demands a larger ransom of $ 3.7 million and threatens to detonate the bus if passengers are offloaded . races through freeway traffic and boards the moving bus , which is already over 50   mph . He explains the situation to the driver , but a small - time criminal , fearing is about to arrest him , fires his gun , accidentally wounding . Another passenger , , takes the wheel . examines the bomb under the bus and phones , who uses clues to identify the bomber . 
 The police clear a route for the bus to the unopened 105 freeway . demands they offload the passengers onto a pacing flatbed truck , but warns about 's instructions . allows the officers to offload the injured for medical attention , but then detonates a smaller bomb which kills another passenger who attempts to escape . 
 When learns that part of the elevated freeway ahead is incomplete , he persuades to accelerate the bus and jump the gap . He directs her to the nearby Los Angeles International Airport to drive on the unobstructed runways . Meanwhile , identifies 's name , his former role as a retired Atlanta bomb squad officer , and his local Los Angeles address . leads a SWAT team to 's home , but the house is rigged with explosives which go off , killing and most of his team in the process . 
 rides under the bus on a towed sledge , but he can not defuse the bomb , and accidentally punctures the fuel tanks when the sledge breaks from its tow line . Once pulled back aboard by the passengers , learns that has died and that has been watching the passengers on the bus with a hidden camcorder . has a local news crew record the transmission and rebroadcast it in a loop to fool , while the passengers are offloaded onto an airport bus . The bus suffers a flat tire , forcing and to escape via a floor access panel . Out of fuel , the bus slows to 50   mph and explodes as it collides with an empty Boeing 707 cargo plane . 
 and head to Pershing Square to drop the ransom into a waste can . Realizing he has been fooled , poses as a police officer and seizes and the money . follows them into the Metro Red Line subway , where is wearing a vest covered with explosives rigged to a pressure - release detonator . hijacks a subway train , handcuffs to a pole , and sets the train in motion while pursues them . After killing the train driver , attempts a bribe with the ransom money but is enraged when a dye pack in the money bag goes off . He and fight on the roof of the train , until is decapitated by an overhead light signal . 
 removes the vest from Annie , but she is still handcuffed . Realizing killed the driver and shot the control panel at the same time , rendering the controls unusable , accelerates the train , causing it to smash through an end - of - track construction site and burst onto Hollywood Boulevard before coming to a stop . Finally finished with the adventure , and share a kiss .

Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper, Jeff Daniels, Joe Morton

Egyptologist and linguist , Ph.D. , is invited by to translate Egyptian hieroglyphs on cover stones that her father had unearthed in Giza , Egypt in 1928 . is taken to a U.S. Air Force installation and told the project is classified information by its commander Special Operations Colonel . determines that the hieroglyphs refer to a " stargate " which uses constellations as spatial coordinates . On this revelation , is shown that the base has this Stargate , also discovered by 's father . They use 's coordinates to align the Stargate 's metal ring with markings along its outside , and once all seven are locked in , a wormhole opens , connecting the Stargate with a distant planet . joins and other soldiers as they pass through the wormhole . 
 On the arid desert planet , Abydos , they find themselves in a pyramid - like structure . locates the Stargate and its controls , but lacks the coordinates to return home . orders some of his men to stay behind to guard the Stargate . Nearby , they discover a tribe of humans working to mine a strange mineral from the planet . is able to communicate with them as they speak a variation of Ancient Egyptian , and finds the tribe sees them as emissaries of their god Ra ( ) . The tribe 's chieftain presents with his daughter as a gift , and though initially refuses her , he later becomes romantically attached to her . befriends 's teenaged son and his friends , in part because reminds him of his long - deceased son who had shot himself with 's service weapon . Through hidden markings and discussions with the tribe , learns that is an alien being who had come to Earth during the Ancient Egyptian period , looking to possess human bodies to extend his own life . enslaved these humans and brought some to this planet through the Stargate to mine the mineral that is used in the alien technology . The humans on Earth revolted , overthrew 's overseers , and buried the Stargate to prevent its use . forbade the humans in the tribe from becoming literate , fearing another revolt . During this investigation , comes across a cartouche containing six of the seven symbols for the Stargate , but the seventh has been broken off . 
 That night , 's ship lands atop the pyramid structure , and 's men there are captured or killed by 's soldiers . When , , and the other men return , they end up in a firefight against 's soldiers ; is killed and the others are captured . places 's body in a sarcophagus - like device that regenerates him . then explains to that he has found a nuclear bomb the humans brought and has used his alien technology to increase its explosive power a hundred - fold , and threatens to send it back through the Stargate . orders the human tribe to watch as he prepares to force to execute the others to demonstrate his power , but and his friends create a diversion that allows , , and the others to escape . They flee to nearby caves to hide from . and his friends celebrate , and draws out a sign of victory in a wall , which recognizes as the final symbol . 
 and his men aid in overthrowing the remaining overseers , and then launch an attack on . sends out fighter ships against the humans while he orders his ship to depart . The humans outside are forced to surrender to the fighter ships ' pilots when they run out of ammunition , but the rest of the tribe , having finally learned the true nature of their false gods , rebel against the pilots and overthrow them . is killed , but takes her body and sneaks aboard 's ship using a teleportation system , leaving to fight Ra 's lead soldier . places in the regeneration device , and she recovers , but discovers them and attempts to kill . activates the teleportation system , killing 's lead soldier and allowing and to escape the ship . and use the teleporter to transport the bomb to 's ship ; the ensuing blast destroys the ship in space . With the humans freed , the remaining team returns to Earth , and stays behind with and the others . 
 The director 's cut had several scenes which were cut from the theatrical release . The first such scene took place immediately after the excavation of the Stargate in 1928 and showed petrified guards near the cover stones ; the producers had tried to introduce the idea that beings had attempted to come through the Stargate after its burial , but they cut the scene for time concerns.[8 ]

In the Southeast Asian nation of Shadaloo City , civil war has erupted between the forces of drug lord - turned General and the Allied Nations led by Colonel . has captured several A.N. relief workers , and via a live two - way radio broadcast , demands secure a US$ 20 billion ransom in three days . refuses and vows to track down , but his assistant , Sergeant , is only partially able to pinpoint 's location to the river - delta region outside the city . One hostage is 's friend Sergeant , who orders taken to his lab for his captive doctor and scientist , , to turn into the first of his supersoldiers . Though is severely disfigured by the procedure , secretly alters his cerebral programming to maintain 's humanity . 
 American con artists and attempt to swindle arms dealer by providing him with fake weaponry . sees through the ruse and has fight his cage champion , , but bursts in and arrests everyone present for violating a curfew . In the prison grounds , witnesses and fighting 's men , and recruits them to help him find in exchange for their freedom , since Sagat is Bison 's arms supplier . They are given a homing device and win 's trust by staging a prison escape and faking 's death . However , reporter - and her crew , former sumo wrestler and boxer , who are also out for revenge against for ruining their careers , stumble across the plan , and over 's objections , attempt to assassinate the two warlords at a party . To maintain 's trust , and stop the assassination and reveal the conspirators to . 
 Returning to his base , inducts and into his organization and orders and imprisoned and Chun - taken to his quarters . and break and out of confinement and rush to confront , who is fighting - Li , but escapes and releases sleeping gas , sedating them all . plans his assault on 's base . He is impeded by the Deputy Secretary of the A.N. , who informs that the decision has been made to pay the ransom , but proceeds with the mission alone . At the base , is found out by a security guard , and a fight ensues . is released and he kills the guard to protect . arrives and sneaks into the lab , where attacks him . stops when he recognizes . prepares to shoot to end his suffering , but stops him . prepares to kill the hostages by unleashing on them , but emerges and a gunfight ensues until the remaining A.N. forces arrive . After ordering the his allies to rescue the hostages , engages in a personal duel . As and fight , and defeat and . 's computer expert steals 's money and escapes , joined by , while 's bodyguard , , engages Honda in a fight until learning from that was the true enemy , and sides with and . 
 gains the upper hand against and kicks him into a bank of hard drives , electrocuting him . A revival system restores and he reveals that his suit is powered by electromagnetism , enabling him to fly and fire electricity . takes control of the fight and moves to deal the death blow , but counters by kicking into his monitor wall , finishing him off and overloading the base 's energy field . The hostages are rescued , but stays behind to convince and to return with him . They refuse , with wishing to atone for his part in mutating . escapes as the base explodes and reunites with his comrades , while and realize 's money was the useless " Bison Dollars " that had intended to use after conquering the world .

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raúl Juliá, Ming-Na Wen, Kylie Minogue, Damian Chapa, Byron Mann, Wes Studi

is a homeless man from Seattle who loses his only friends — , a fellow homeless man and his pet dog — on the same day . Dejected , attempts to commit suicide when a soup kitchen worker , , saves him . refers the man to businessman , who kindly offers a job as a hunting guide . Despite his misgivings , the lure of a well paying job causes to accept . 
 Flying to a remote cabin surrounded by hundreds of acres of woods , Mason meets the rest of the hunting party , all of whom paid $ 50,000 for the privilege of being there . The party includes , the founder of the hunt , a psychotic psychiatrist who specializes in psychological assessments , , Texas " oil man " , wealthy executive . and his son , who is at first unaware of the true purposes of the hunt . The first night all the men are eating a nice dinner and engaging in conversation . receives a pack of cigarettes from and learns a little history about the man . relays a brutal story from his childhood when his father forced him to train and then fight his dog as a lesson in being a man . 
 The following morning is awakened with a gun in his face by , who explains that the men are not hunting any animals , but rather himself . is given a head start with only the time it takes the others to eat breakfast . quickly flees the area , but comes to a realization and turns back . The hunters finish their meal and set off after him . is horrified at the thought of killing a man , but is pushed into it by his father . The hunters race off into the forest , but by now has returned to the cabin in search of weapons . He finds none , and instead makes the disgusting discovery of the hunters trophy room behind a locked door : the preserved heads of the victims of previous hunts . 
 decides to burn it down using chemicals found outside the cabin . The hunters quickly assume Mason 's return to the cabin and go back . enters just as lights up the cabin and engages in a fist fight with out back , away from the others . is knocked back into the cabin as the preserving agent explodes , killing him in a fiery inferno . saves his father , and spots fleeing in the process . The hunt resumes and begins to use his wits to beat the hunters , luring them with falsely - planted lit cigarettes to lead them in the wrong way . manages to lure away from the others , and takes him hostage . 
 Over the night , learns why is taking part in the hunt . Years earlier his daughter was murdered by a homeless man and he 's venting his rage . , in turn , relays his own tragic tale of losing his family in an apartment fire . This leads to have a change of heart in the morning . Upon rescuing him , reveals his decision to not continue the hunting , but is murdered by to prevent any future legal conflicts . By now , with their numbers dwindling , the remaining hunters seem more intent on killing . sabotages one of their ATVs , causing it to explode . The explosion rips off most of 's lower body mortally wounding him . then uses his fingers to apply pressure to 's jugulars in order to kill him and spare him from the pain . As they pursue , is killed by accident when he falls in a ravine , and vows revenge in a fit of rage . 
 The second night sees and fighting one on one with the victor and escaping to the city knowing that will most likely be searching for him . Days later , is back in Seattle , Washington , preparing to leave his current identity , hoping to escape both and the legal responsibilities resulting from the disastrous hunt . But has escaped the forest , returned to the city and tracked him down . A quick fight ensues , but chooses not to kill him . Instead he walks away , but attempts to shoot in the back . Taking to heart a lesson he learned from , had blocked the barrel of 's gun with cigarettes and it backfires on the man , killing him as walks out into the dark .

Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, Gary Busey, Charles S. Dutton, F. Murray Abraham, John C. McGinley, William McNamara

, an influential movie mogul , and Senior Vice President of Production at Keystone Pictures , hires , a naïve young writer , as his assistant . , who has just graduated from film school , believes that his new job is a golden opportunity . Despite warnings from , the outgoing assistant who has become hardened under 's reign , remains optimistic . 
 turns out to be the boss from hell ; he treats like a slave , subjects him to public verbal abuse , and has him bending over backwards to do meaningless errands that go beyond just his work life . is humiliated and forced to bear the brunt of his insults just to keep his job . 's only solace is his new girlfriend , , a producer at 's firm , and the possible promise of a promotion . also takes 's credit on a major film being produced by , getting himself promoted to President of Production at Keystone . When apparently fires in a phone call , snaps and takes hostage in order to exact revenge . He ties up and subjects him to severe beatings , torture and mind games . It is later revealed that due to a botched call waiting function on 's home phone , heard and arranging a rendezvous at 's house , and kidnapped and tortured as revenge for him " stealing " . 
 Once under 's power , reveals for the first time a human , vulnerable side . He tells that his wife had been raped and murdered on Christmas Eve 12 years prior , and reveals that he , too , was once a bullied assistant to powerful , tyrannical businessmen and spent a decade putting up with such abuse to become successful himself . He also reveals that abusing was his way of teaching him that he must earn his success . arrives at the scene to find aiming a gun at , and insists that she had only agreed to see as a way of helping 's career . pleads with to put down the gun , but tells that he has to pull the trigger in order to get ahead in the business . After a moment 's indecision , screams at to shoot , which he does . 
 The climax of the film reveals that killed ( who is blamed for kidnapping and torturing ) , and was subsequently promoted . In the final scene , coldly tells a former colleague to find out what he really wants and then do anything to get it . During this speech , passes by his office , makes eye contact with and silently gestures to call into his office for a meeting . excuses himself and goes into 's office . The movie ends with shutting his office doors as other staff members pass by .

Due to an administrative error two male college students , the shy and intellectual ( ) and the All - American jock ( ) , end up with a female roommate . The university thought that ( ) was a man ( based on her name ) and thus the three students are forced to live with each other until the university can move to a female residence hall . 
 falls in love and tries unsuccessfully to seduce ( who is gay ) ; falls in love with ; and is in love with . The trio become good friends and scare off anyone who tries to seduce the other . Eventually , , and agree to have an actual threesome that seems to destroy the friendship , and raises the possibility that might have become pregnant . 
 After the threesome , they start to drift apart . Three weeks later the semester ends ; moves to an apartment , and gets a single dorm . ( who acts as the film 's narrator ) eventually finds a boyfriend , finds happiness in a monogamous relationship with a woman , and remains single . While they now only see each other for lunch occasionally , they do not seem to regret the friendship they had while in college .

By the year 1994 , time travel has been developed and is used for illicit purposes . The Time Enforcement Commission ( TEC ) has been established to police the use of time travel , with Senator overseeing operations and financing . Police officer has been offered a position with the TEC but is unsure whether or not to accept . While at home with his wife , he is attacked by unknown assailants and witnesses the house explode , killing her . 
 Ten years later , is a veteran of the TEC working under Commissioner , who sends him back to October 1929 to prevent his former partner , , from using knowledge of the future to financially benefit from the U.S. stock market crash . When confronted , admits to be working for Senator , who needs the funds for his upcoming presidential campaign . Fearing that will erase him from history , attempts to jump to his death , but catches him mid - leap and returns to 2004 . Refusing to testify , is sentenced to execution and is returned to 1929 where he resumes falling to his death . 
 is assigned a new partner , TEC rookie , and together they are sent back to 1994 to investigate . They witness a meeting between young and his business partner , where wishes to withdraw over a disagreement about a new computer chip . They are interrupted by the older , who arrives from 2004 to stop the exchange claiming the chip will become highly profitable . Older specifically tells his younger self not to touch him as the same matter can not occupy the same space , and then kills . turns on , revealing that she works for , and after a shootout with 's henchmen , is wounded and escapes back to 2004 . 
 returns to the TEC to find the future altered . is now sole owner of the computer company and is a presidential front runner while the TEC is being shut down due to budget cuts . appeals to , who has no knowledge of the alternate present . sends back to the past in a prototype time machine , sacrificing himself in the process . 
 Back in 1994 , finds in the hospital and after interrogation she agrees to testify against , though she is murdered in her room shortly thereafter . While at the hospital , finds a record of a recent visit by his wife , discovering that she was pregnant . Realizing that she would be killed later that night , he tracks her down and reveals himself to be from the future . tells his wife he knows she has something to tell his past self and no matter what happens that night to keep him in the house . 
 That night , the younger returns home and is told by that she is pregnant . However , the younger is attacked just as before , with the assailants revealed to be in 's employ , but is unknowingly aided by his older self who has been lying in wait . With the assailants defeated , the older steps in and takes hostage , confronting the older with the bomb . reveals that he sent the assassins back to kill the younger , and even though he will die in the ensuing explosion , his younger self will survive and become President with gone . , however , reveals that he had previously lured the younger to the house , who enters the room . After wounds , pushes the two together and , as the same matter can not occupy the same space , they merge into a screaming , writhing liquefied mass before disappearing from existence forever . escapes with before the bomb explodes and lays her down beside his unconscious younger self before returning to the future . 
 Back in 2004 , finds the timeline has changed for the better . and are alive and active in the TEC , whereas no longer exists . returns home to find alive and waiting for him with their young son .

The film tells the story of the relationship between and his first wife , . They were married in 1915 after a brief courtship , and separated in 1933 though they never divorced.[1 ]

At Christmas time , New York restaurant manager 's ( ) brothers ( ) and ( ) are paroled early and placed in 's custody . and ask to take them to Paradise , Pennsylvania to do a favor for a fellow inmate of theirs . refuses as his brothers are not allowed out of the state and he knows 's pathological tendencies . He only agrees after getting linked to a robbery his brothers committed . 
 When they discover Paradise 's bank is light on security , feels the urge to rob it if he had a gun . Fortunately , there are guns in the car and borrowed . With driving a stolen car , and storm the bank in ski - masks . The bank president 's wife ( ) tells them that the bank safe door is locked and the president , Mr. ( ) , is on lunch . While stays in the bank , and charge into the restaurant , taking Mr. and the restaurant patrons back to the bank . and gain access to the vault and soon rush out of the bank with $ 275,000 , with driving the getaway car . 
 While trying to get out of town , gets them lost . A police car turns on the sirens and they try to evade getting caught . Because of slick roads , they drive over a bridge . The police officer does not see them crash and drives past the bridge , but another car stops and offers them a ride . Due to the interstates being closed , the man takes them to his relatives . Upon arriving at the house , they find out it is the house of the bank president Mr. . However , the relatives do n't recognize them . 
 ( ) , the inmate who gave and the tip about the low security of the bank , gets enraged that they robbed the bank and busts out of jail . He and his henchman , , take the ' mother , ( ) hostage , and threatens to kill her unless they give him the stolen money . 
 gets bus tickets , and while getting out , the FBI asks him to open the bag he is carrying with him , which contains all of the money . The bag is grabbed by ( ) and ( ) , two inept shopkeepers , made " deputies " by the local police chief . tricks the FBI by shooting rounds from 's gun in the ground making the crowd run around and gets away with his bag . However , they miss their bus . They then try to get away via canoe . The canoe is headed towards a waterfall and falls into the water . A nearby family pulls out of water and saves him with CPR . 
 then steals a horse carriage from the police chief 's son , . The feds chase the carriage , but after they drive into the forest the police cars are unable to continue the chase . They ditch the horse carriage and decide to hitchhike . However , the horse , , and the carriage get pulled into the water , causing the brothers to save him and go to a truck stop instead . There , and decide to return the money to the bank while refuses , knowing that their mother would be killed if they do so ( and are unaware of this ) . then reveals to he is not wanted in New York and that they scammed him . Upset , leaves his two brothers , then heads off to return the money and asks strangers for a ride to Paradise . By coincidence , he winds up getting a ride with and , who are holding his mother hostage in the trunk . shows them his mother 's picture , whereupon tries to shoot him so he can get the money has in the bag . jumps out of the car and escapes , rescued by , and . 
 They try to get the money back into the bank but trigger the alarm . They then give the money to a church with a letter requesting to return it to the town 's people . Trying to get away , and ( who had sold the the ski masks before the robbery ) recognize them and want the money for themselves . and grab the brothers and take them to the house , while followed by the police . and are holding the hostage , along with , and ( ) , 's daughter and a tenant of the family . Upon entering , gets knocked out , while and the are also taken hostage . 
 The police see the license plates on the car in front of the house are from a stolen car , and therefore order and to come out with their hands held up . While the inmates are busy figuring out what to do , they get attacked by , who immobilizes and shoots . The police rush into the house and take everyone to the office . There , FBI agent ( ) tries to figure out what happened , and because the town 's people hide what they know about , , and and the church pastor returns the money to the police , they release them . stays in Paradise to be with , while and return with their mother to New York .

leads a double life : to his wife and his daughter , he is a computer salesman often away on business trips , while in reality he is a covert operative for a U.S. counter - terrorism task force called " Omega Sector " . and fellow Agents and infiltrate a party in Switzerland , where they learn of the existence of a terrorist group known as the " Crimson Jihad " , led by . suspects that American antiques dealer has ties to , and visits her undercover as a corporate art consultant . Suspicious , and his men attempt to kill him , but fights them off and loses in a pursuit ; as a result , he misses the birthday party that his wife and daughter have arranged for him . 
 heads to 's office the next day to surprise her for lunch , but overhears her talking to a man named . He uses Omega Sector resources to learn that is a used car salesman , who pretends to be a covert agent to flirt with . and other Omega agents , disguised , kidnap while she is at 's trailer , and then frighten into staying away from her . Using a voice masking device , interrogates and learns that due to his constant absence , she is desperately seeking adventure . thus arranges for to participate in a staged spy mission , where she is to seduce a mysterious figure ( who is actually himself ) and plant a bug in his Marriot hotel room . 's men suddenly burst in , kidnap the couple , and take them to an island in the Florida Keys . 
 reveals he has smuggled stolen MIRV nuclear warheads into the country via antique statues shipped by Juno , and threatens to detonate them in major U.S. cities unless the U.S. military leaves the Persian Gulf . He then orders the couple to be tortured ; ( under a truth serum ) finally confesses his double life to , and then they escape to watch as has the warheads loaded onto vehicles . leaves to hide as he attacks 's men , but is captured by Juno and taken with the convoy on the Overseas Highway . is rescued by Omega agents and pursues the convoy , sending two Harrier Jump Jets to stop it and destroy part of the bridge . rescues from 's limo before it careens into the ocean below . 
 Upon returning safely to the mainland , they quickly learn that and his men have taken control of a downtown Miami skyscraper and have kidnapped , threatening to detonate the remaining bomb . commandeers one of the jets to rescue his daughter . poses as part of a news team requested by , providing enough distraction for to steal the ignition key and flee the room . chases onto a tower crane when arrives . is able to rescue , and after a tense struggle with , eventually has him ensnared on the end of one of the plane 's missiles , which fires at a passing terrorist helicopter , killing and the renmants of his terrorist gang . , , and are then safely reunited . 
 A year later , the 's family integrity has been restored , and has become another Omega Sector agent . and embark on a new mission together at a formal party , where they encounter seducing one of the female guests . and intimidate into fleeing , and the film ends with the couple dancing tango in celebration .

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Charlton Heston, Bill Paxton, Tia Carrere, Art Malik

The film chronicles one woman 's ( ) alcoholism and her husband 's ( ) efforts to help her . 
 plays , a school counselor who has a serious drinking problem and is married to ( ) , an airline pilot . Though she 's lighthearted and loving , is often reckless and , when drunk , even neglects her children : nine - year - old daughter ( ) from a previous marriage , and four - year - old daughter ( ) , whose father is . 
 One afternoon , enters their home in a drunken incoherent state . She dismisses the reluctant caretaker , who leaves her alone with her children . Still drinking , is confronted by her elder daughter concerned for her mother 's welfare . In return , she violently slaps , who runs to her room crying . enters the shower . Unable to control her balance and calling for , she falls to the side and smashes through the shower door onto the bathroom floor . Fearing her mother has died , contacts who immediately flies home to be by his wife 's side . 
 After the incident and while in the hospital , and confront the truth about 's drinking . They jointly decide she must seek professional help for her alcoholism . Upon release from the hospital , a timid enters a rehabilitation clinic . 
 finds himself now the main caretaker of their home and two children , a role he struggles to maintain along with his career as an airline pilot . Meanwhile , at the clinic , is flourishing ; her recovery is painful but stabilizing and she is well liked and respected by both staff and fellow clinic tenants alike . During a family visit day at the clinic , immediately begins to rebuild her shattered bond with the children leaving alone to wander the grounds uncomfortable and out of place in his wife 's new lifestyle . 
 returns home sober yet guarded . She is vocal , strong and changed . is having trouble adjusting to 's balance . He has become used to being the stable and controlled one in their relationship and is jealous of 's lack of dependence and outside friendships . Coming to terms with their estrangement , a reluctant ( believing therapy is for the weak ) and a willing see a marriage counselor who quickly establishes 's " co - dependency " on 's role as an alcoholic . 
 Unable to find a medium and with tempers flared , moves out and becomes the main caretaker of their home and children . is once again seen flourishing in her new role while is unable to find control and seeks out a support group for spouses of alcoholics . Initially shy , becomes a more vocal member of the group and shares his sorrow over his lack of understanding for the gravity his wife 's sobriety would have on him , his children and his marriage . 
 and singularly return to the hospital to celebrate the birth of their caretaker 's baby . They spend time together and as they depart asks if he would attend her 180 - day sober speech where she will acknowledge her failings and accomplishments . She also tells him that she has been thinking about asking him to come home with her . tells he has been offered a job in Denver . For the first time since they both agreed should enter rehab , they both agree should take the position . 
 The penultimate scene is as she stands on a stage and tells her sobriety story ; the toll it took on her , her children and her marriage . She is funny , confident , sad but optimistic . Her audience is moved to tears . Her speech ends and she is surrounded by well wishers . Out of the crowd appears . At ease with himself and , he explains what he missed along the way ... "to listen , to really listen . " 
 They share an intense , longing , passionate kiss as the credits roll .

Andy García, Meg Ryan, Tina Majorino, Mae Whitman, Ellen Burstyn, Lauren Tom

, an honors student in the Government program at Harvard University , rooms with art student , radio DJ and trust fund child , and neurotic pre - med student . is the pet project of Professor , a Nobel Laureate and government cynic . 
 While working on his thesis , loses his work when his computer crashes . As he leaves to make copies of his sole printed version , he breaks his ankle and drops his thesis down a steam vent and into the boiler room of Widener Library , where he sees a disheveled man reading it , then burning the thesis page by page . The homeless man demands compensation for not burning it . calls the university police , who arrest the man , but the thesis is missing . 
 In his court appearance , the man 's name is revealed to be . After convincing the judge to dismiss the charges against him , he is then held on contempt . pays 's fine to get his thesis back . Although blames for getting him kicked out of the library , the two of them work out a deal : will give one page for each service provides . takes up residence in 's broken - down van in the backyard of 's house . Confronted by his roommates , assures them he will get out quickly . 
 mentors , and the two become close friends . discusses his absentee father , and responds by showing him his collection of " memories " , a bag of stones , each of which reminds him of a specific memory . With time , some of the roommates appreciate 's presence . appreciates the new , gentler , and agrees to exchange wine for 's fixing the van . , however , resents paying for extra food and fears the possible reactions of his visiting parents . On a particularly cold night , rejects 's request for to sleep in the cellar , threatening to move out with his share of the rent . When lies to , sees through his deception and leaves . 
 After the others leave for Christmas break , sends a homeless friend to deliver the rest of the thesis and a philosophical message . The friend tells that does not want to see him but gives his location ; finds in the street , wheezing and coughing . takes home and tells him he can stay there as long as he likes . tells he has asbestosis from his days in the Merchant Marines . Touched by 's courtesy , agrees to accept government benefits to pay his way . is shocked when throws out his old thesis and writes a new one . 
 As the roommates return , introduces as their new housemate , but threatens to leave again ; eventually , the two reconcile . While writing his own obituary , reveals to that he left his own family . Though angry , forgives him and brings to the biggest party of the year on campus . As the two watch dance , recognizes that loves her ; following 's advice , pursues , and the two kiss . 
 Late that night , and find collapsed in the hallway . agrees to take to see his long - lost son , , even though it will mean missing his thesis deadline . The entire household sets off on a road trip . convinces to meet with Simon , and berates for leaving . When 's daughter approaches , tells her that is nobody and leaves . breaks down and grabs a stone for a " memory " . expresses his desire to die alone , but convinces him to return home with them ; they take turns reading poetry to him before he dies . The four friends bury in a cemetery , reading 's final obituary . 
 meets with Professor . While disagrees with 's thesis and new approach to government , he appreciates his beliefs and effort . He regrets that because turned his paper in late , he could not graduate summa cum laude . At the graduation ceremony , grabs a stone for his own " memory " .

Brendan Fraser, Joe Pesci, Moira Kelly, Patrick Dempsey, Josh Hamilton, Gore Vidal

is bitten by a wolf while driving home in Vermont . Afterwards , he is demoted from editor - in - chief of a publishing house when it is taken over by tycoon , who replaces him with 's protégé . finds out that had begged for the job behind 's back and suspects that is having an affair with his wife , after he smells 's scent on her clothes . bites on the hand while entering his apartment and rushes to the room to find half - naked . His worst fears are confirmed and he leaves without saying a word . becomes more aggressive , taking on the characteristics of a wolf . 
 With the help of 's headstrong daughter , sets out for his new life . His first escapade as a werewolf takes place at 's estate , where he wakes up at night and hunts down a deer . In the morning , finds himself on the bank of a stream , with blood all over his face and hands . He visits Dr. , who gives him an amulet to protect him from turning completely into a wolf . asks to bite him , as does not have long to live and would prefer " demonization to death " . After refusing , keeps the amulet so that he will not transform at the next full moon . That night transforms into a werewolf again , breaks into the zoo and steals handcuffs from a policeman . Muggers want his wallet , but he attacks and bites the fingers off of one of them . He wakes up in his hotel , with no memory of what happened . 
 organizes a mutiny of writers , who threaten to leave the publishing house unless he is retained as editor - in - chief . agrees and 's first act is to fire , urinating on his shoes in a bathroom and claiming he is " marking his territory " . While washing his hands , finds fingers in his handkerchief and realizes he has attacked and wounded someone . He cuffs himself to the radiator in his hotel room , but arrives and downplays his belief that he is a werewolf . The next morning Detective knocks on 's door to inform him that was found dead in Central Park with canine DNA on her body . then wonders if he murdered , but he does not know that it was who killed her . 
 Believing is a murderer , goes to the police station . There she runs into Stewart , who makes an animal - like pass at her while sporting increasingly obvious werewolf traits . hurries away , making arrangements for her and to leave the country . follows back to her father 's estate and kills two guards . After a brief struggle in the barn , attempts to rape her , intervenes , and the two fight . is shot to death by . Still in a half - human state , has a brief moment with and then runs into the forest . 
 Minutes later , shows heightened senses when the police arrive , telling that she can smell vodka on his breath . The final scene is a close - up of her face fading into dark , wolf eyes , and a close up of completing his transformation into a full werewolf .

Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Spader, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Plummer

A teenaged lives on the family farm . His older brothers , and , are away at war serving with the Union Army . dreams of war , and packs some belongings , bids his younger brothers and sisters goodbye , and attempts to run away , intending to lie about his age and join the Union Army . He does not make it off the farm before his father catches him and forces him to return home . A short while later , both brothers return home at the war 's end , with gravely wounded . Shortly afterwards , the family moves west . During this move , first sees a man killed , shot during a gunfight . He gets sick at the sight , and vomits . 
 Years pass , finding him working out west as a wagon driver . During his time there , he works also as a referee for fights , and finds himself at odds with a bully . and the bully eventually come to the point of fighting , with the bully intending to shoot . disarms him and defeats him , taking his gun as a trophy . 
 Returning home to Missouri , marries a childhood sweetheart , . The two move into their own house , and he begins working as a policeman . Months later , while pregnant , his wife dies from typhoid fever . He stays by her side throughout the illness , becoming deeply depressed afterward . He burns their home and all they own , and begins drinking and drifting from town to town , eventually landing in Pine Bluff , Arkansas . He robs a man and steals his horse , but is captured a short time later . With facing certain hanging , his father bails him out of jail , telling him to leave and never return to Arkansas . 
 He begins working as a buffalo hunter , where he meets and his brother . The three become friends and work together hunting buffalo , with the two brothers working as 's skinners . Years pass , and he begins working as a deputy marshal in Wichita , Kansas , and builds a reputation as a good lawman . He is recruited to work as a deputy in Dodge City , with a lower salary , but for extra money for each arrest made , in the end making more than he would have in Wichita . In Dodge City , he builds a hard reputation , and he kills his first man , a shooting witnessed by actress . becomes involved romantically with a prostitute , , and the begin working with him as deputies . disagrees with working as a lawman , believing him to be too passive . However , the Dodge City council decides that is more acceptable than due to the latter 's excessive force , and fires him , appointing to take his place . then begins working for the railroad , capturing outlaws . 
 While pursuing outlaw , he is introduced to gunman and gambler , in Fort Griffin , Texas , and the two become friends . assists in locating , whom he dislikes tremendously . Shortly afterward , Wyatt receives word that has been killed , having shot and killed both his assailants before dying in the street . returns to Dodge City to help bring law and order . After working there for a while , his family and he move to Tombstone , Arizona , under the protest of the wives , and . immediately finds himself at odds with the " Cowboy " gang . He meets and becomes romantically involved with , which puts him at odds with her boyfriend , Sheriff . This relationship also causes stress in his relationship with , and becomes the subject of rumor about town . 
 and his brothers and arrest several Cowboys , and takes over as marshal following the murder of town marshal . The brothers find themselves at odds with the Cowboys often , and tension builds . breaks up several altercations involving the Cowboys , particularly , and swears his loyalty to , whom he considers his only real friend . Eventually , the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral occurs , with the brothers becoming very unpopular in town . is ambushed and wounded , and is killed . The film then shows only a glimpse of the Vendetta Ride with and his friends taking out revenge on the remaining Cowboys , and then skips to many years later with and him mining for gold in Alaska . While en route by boat , a young man on the same boat recognizes , and recounts a story in which Wyatt had saved the boy 's uncle , " Behind - The - Deuce " . says to , " Some people say it did n't happen that way " , to which she responds " Never mind them , . It happened that way . " 
 An epilogue states that died six years later in a hospital in Glenwood Springs , Colorado . Members of the gang continued to die mysteriously for years after 's murder . and 's marriage lasted 47 years until died at age 80 in Los Angeles .

Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Dennis Quaid, Isabella Rossellini, Michael Madsen, Mark Harmon, Mare Winningham, JoBeth Williams, Tom Sizemore

( ) , ( ) , ( ) defend " Truth , Justice and the American Way " , once more - this time , protecting a Native American village and the rest of society against a Toxic Waste Company . 
 During a summer the boys are staying with Grandpa when they encounter a group assaulting a girl named at a pizza parlour . After fending off the men , they are praised for their martial arts techniques which gives them big heads . Despite their efforts , they are put to work by and the pizza owner to work off damages . tries to teach them a lesson in humility , but the reference of a flower blooming goes over their heads . comes to the boys later and explains that the men are under the employ of , an industrialist who is illegally dumping toxic contents into the reserve . Without proof , they can do nothing . 's father had gone to investigate but had not returned . , who is seemingly attracted to , says that they will help , and they mount an escape plan for her father that night , which is successful . They spend the night celebrating with the tribe and getting thanks for helping them . 's father appeals for a court date with significant evidence to put out of business for good , undeterred . arranges to have kidnapped and convince her father to falsify his evidence , which he has no other choice . 
 and the others get information to where is being held and drive out to free her and return before the court case is dismissed and all of her father 's hard work accounts for nothing . After working through a small band of armed men , they find and return her to the court house just before her father turns the real evidence over to . He admits his mistake and hands the evidence to the judge who deems the case and shuts down the company producing the waste . looks around for the ' heroes ' of the day , but they are nowhere to be found . realizes the point of 's earlier lesson : that a flower is content to bloom quietly , without clamoring for attention . The film ends with Grandpa and the boys somersaulting into the air in victory .

In the Himalayas , after a failed rescue mission results in a raccoon falling to its death ( a parody of Cliffhanger ) , undergoes an emotional breakdown and joins a Tibetan monastery . Once he has recovered , he is approached by , a British correspondent working for a provincial consulate in the fictional African country of Nibia . Because 's presence is troublesome to the monastery , the Grand Abbot gives excuses to justify his departure , and sends him off with . 
 Thereafter , takes to Africa , and warns him about the hostility of gorillas as it is mating season . then asks to find the Great White bat ' Shikaka ' , a sacred animal of the Wachati tribe , which disappeared shortly after being offered as dowry of the Wachati Princess , who is set to we d the Wachootoo Prince to form armistice and peace between the two people . After arriving in Nibia and meeting with consul , Ace begins investigating his case , but must overcome his intense fear of bats in order to succeed . 
 Accompanied by his capuchin monkey , , travels to Africa to search for the missing bat . He eventually befriends the tribe 's princess , who tries to seduce . However , admits his oath to celibacy , but quietly masturbates in a hut afterwards . then befriends the tribal prince , , who assists throughout the film . Thereafter much of 's activity involves eliminating obvious suspects — animal traders , poachers , and a Safari park owner among others — and enduring the growing escalations of threat between the Wachati and the Wachootoo . After being attacked with drugged blow - darts , suspects the medicine - man of the Wachootoo of taking the bat , as he strongly disapproves of the wedding . He travels to the Wachootoo tribal village , with translating the chief 's words , rather poorly . The Wachootoo mistake Ace as the " White Devil " , and have him go through many dangerous and humiliating challenges to gain their trust . He eventually does when his pain makes the chief , entire tribe , and even laugh for the first time in years . Despite this , if the bat is not returned in time , the Wachootoo will declare war on the Wachati tribe . As a last joke , is shot in the butt by a non - drugged blow - dart by the Chief . As he and walk back to the village , realizes the dart he was shot with earlier in the film is not the same as the one he was just shot with — meaning the Wachootoo did n't take . 
 Confused by the case , consults the Grand Abbot via astral projection . Advised by the Abbot , deduces that has taken the bat and hired to divert suspicion from himself , having planned to let the tribes destroy each other so that he can then take possession of the numerous bat caves containing guano to sell as fertilizer worth billions . When confronts with this knowledge , learns he was hired as 's alibi , and he is arrested by tribal security chief , . Shortly after , calls an elephant to escape , and summons herds of jungle animals to destroy 's house . then tries to shoot , but is defeated by who punches him in the face . escapes with the bat in a car , but follows him in a monster truck . In pursuit , destroys 's car , leaving the bat cage lodged in a tree . 
 , despite his chronic fear of bats , bravely yet dramatically returns the bat just as the tribes are about to meet on the battlefield , until they notice the bat and kneel before it . is watching nearby , but is discovered by . then calls him the " White Devil " to give more time , and is pursued by both tribes . After escaping , he encounters a female gorilla that mistakes him for a mate and is subsequently raped . The Princess is married to the Prince , who is revealed to be the man who humilited during one of the Wachootoo tribal challenges earlier . Moments later , it is discovered that the young bride is no longer a virgin , apparently on 's account . Despite this , peace between the once - separate tribes is achieved , by having everyone joining together and furiously chasing after . runs through the jungle fearfully , concluding the movie .

( ) , a brilliant naturalist , has recently returned to Victorian England , staying with the family of his wealthy benefactor , Sir ( ) . He is penniless after losing all of his possessions in a shipwreck returning from a years - long expedition to the Amazon . Now dependent upon the hospitality of his patron , is employed to catalog Sir 's specimen collection and teach his younger children the natural sciences , assisting their governess , the unassuming Matty ( ) . 
 quickly becomes enamoured with Sir 's eldest daughter , ( ) . is softly spoken , anxious , and still mourning the recent death of her fiancé . Despite his impoverished circumstances , proves receptive to his advances and accepts his proposal of marriage . Although Sir grants his approval , 's snobbish and spoilt brother ( ) takes an intense dislike to because of his humble origins . 
 Soon after the marriage , informs that she is pregnant . She insists on naming the boy ' ' after her brother , frustrating . 's behaviour alternates between coldness towards , locking him out of her room at night , and moments of intense sexual passion . Over time the couple has four more children , although never warms to them . He instead spends much of his time with the Alabaster children and , observing the activity of an ant colony in the forest . Returning via the stables from an excursion , discovers his brother - in - law raping a very young servant girl . tells that the girl wanted it , but it is clear the girl is terrified of . forms a strong bond with , who encourages his scientific activities and displays a strong intelligence of her own . They collaborate on a book about the colony , which is successfully published in London . 
 One day , during a hunting excursion , is summoned back to the house by a servant boy who claims that wishes to speak to him . He walks into the bedroom , surprising and while they are engaging in incestuous sex . then confesses that she and had been having sex since they were children and that her fiancé committed suicide after discovering this . tells that when it started she was too young to properly understand and kept it secret , but after she became engaged and saw herself through the eyes of her fiancé she felt guilty . In tears , explains that she tried to stop , but that 's will was too strong for her . realises that he has been used by to continue practicing incest and that all of the children ( who bear no resemblance to him ) are 's . 
 reveals her knowledge of the affair to during a Scrabble - like game by discreetly moving around letter tiles that spell INSECT to INCEST . Meeting in her attic room , she explains that the servants were also aware and it was through their instigation that the secret was exposed to . Expressing frustration at her life and her dependency on the Alabasters , reveals that she has published her own book on the insects and has bought two tickets for passage aboard a ship bound for the Amazon . is initially reluctant for them both to go ; despite his attraction to , he does not feel that the rain forest is a suitable place for a woman . After she assures him of her strength , and reveals that she loves him , acquiesces to her plan . 
 Before leaving , meets with one last time and tells her he intends never to return . He also promises to keep her secret , for fear of injuring her ailing father with the news , and hopes she may find a way to live with her grief . The movie ends with and departing in a coach for Liverpool , eager to begin their new adventure and leave the past behind .

( ) is a teenage boy living in Minnesota who , despite his talents as a football player and in science class , holds deep insecurities about himself . Since kindergarten , he has been regularly harassed by handsome but cruel ( ) and his complacent cohorts , for not being " normal " due to being overweight and is , in their view , " named after a cow " . His only friend is ( ) , who is also a social outcast . He also has feelings for ( ) , though he is fearful of expressing it because she is dating . Eventually , tired of the abuse from , applies to a magnet school where he hopes to be free of the constant humiliation . However , well aware of his feelings for , rigs an election so that they will dance together in the upcoming freshman Winter Ball as King and Queen , respectively . While confronting about the stunt , he is ordered by the principal not to lay a hand on or he would be expelled and lose his chance to go to the magnet school . 
 To get ready for the dance , gets help not only from , but also his mother , ( ) , and his narcoleptic grandfather , ( ) . fears that his largeness makes him an inept dancer and would embarrass both him and . To fix this , takes him to Madame Rulenska ( ) , where despite his best efforts , he comes out worse than before ( and injures her in the process ) . Later on , despite his request for a black tuxedo and wanting to be normal , purchases him a plum one and tells him that he can be normal and an individual at the same time . He tells him that running away to another school will not solve anything and that he needs to stand up against while he still can . He also mentions that he does n't let anyone tell him that his relationship with ( ) is a mistake because she is 30 years younger than him and they see each other as perfect . 
 One day after football practice , opens his locker and sees that his favorite pair of boxers is missing . He and later discover that hoisted them up the flagpole for the school to see , which then fly squarely onto 's face as she passes by . storms home in anger , but and company quickly kidnap . Outside the school , they ask him for anything that would embarrass at the Winter Ball . He refuses their request and tries to escape , only to break his arm as he trips to the floor while gives him an ultimatum . At home , tells that having transfer to a magnet school would be for the best . She hates seeing him suffer another day with humiliation and does not think has the right answers . In turn , confronts for over - mothering and warns her that letting him run away from his bullies to another school is a mistake . He mentions if Angus stands any chance of ending his humiliation , he needs to make the change by standing up for himself and facing his bullies . admits he never let run away from her problems and admires how strong she is today . 
 Meanwhile , helps prepare for his and 's wedding . As waits outside 's room on the day of the wedding , he confides with him about his love for . admits he is proud of him because he has the strength to not care if everyone else sees his marriage to as wrong since they love each other . He wishes to have 's strength to stand up to and tell how he feels . When he tries to wake him , quickly discovers that has died and tells the wedding guests there . Distraught , opts to stay home for a few days trying to cope with 's death . By that time , fearful that will hurt him even more , gives him a videotape containing footage of practicing his dancing with an inflatable doll while confessing his feelings for . visits at home to offer his condolences , but he does n't listen and it leads to an argument between them . When calls him out for not understanding how it felt to be ostracized by , snaps and tells that he knows better because he has faced rejection as well . also admits he wo n't go to the Winter Ball mainly because he still plans to transfer , to escape both 's humiliation and to better cope with 's death . 
 Later that week while cleaning up from the wedding that never happened , receives a box from April and opens it , revealing the plum suit that he had earlier rejected . She wishes him luck in the future and leaves . In that moment , realizes that was right all along : he needs to stand up for himself and face or nothing will change . Resolved to follow 's advice , he rejects an interview from the magnet school , wears the plum suit , and marches to the dance in the school gymnasium . Outside the gym , warns him to turn around and return home at once because has a bad prank planned for him . A furious rebuffs his request , revealing he is sick of enduring 's torment . He meets inside , and they converse for the first time . As they are introduced to the students , plays 's videotape on the monitors , and the students laugh . A humiliated runs out in tears and follows her , infuriated with for betraying him to . Outside , he apologizes , but she does not blame him . Surprisingly , shows her disgust with and reveals to that she is bulimic . She also mentions that is very controlling and also abusive towards her and the other students , making them fear him . learns that likes him more than because he is kind and respectful of others . Finding common ground , they go back inside and dance , even as she helps him out with some of the steps . After they receive a mild reception from the students , Rick scolds her , while comes to her defense . begins aggressively shoving and follows up with a hard punch to the face , breaking 's nose and sending him crashing through a table . sarcastically tells him , " Welcome to high school " , and adds that he 's glad he 's leaving the school . defiantly rises to his feet and furiously shouts back , " I 'm still here , asshole ! " then repeatedly pushes until he falls to the ground , telling him that no matter how many times knocks him down , he will always get back up . petitions him to realize that there are many people that do n't fit his idea of " normal , " and are unwittingly ostracized for it , and are fed up with the humiliation . He gives a choice to join them and accept the students as individuals or continue rejecting them by thinking himself as normal . selfishly chooses the latter by replying , " Whatever I am , it 's something you 're never gon na be , " to which retorts " Thank ! " The students congratulate for taking a stand against and even 's former friends abandon him . dances with again and enacts a little revenge on by breaking his nose with his cast and impressing a girl upon whom he has a crush . 
 In the end , asks to walk her home , and they kiss before retires for the night . rejects the offer to transfer to the magnet school , realizing that his grandfather was right and that he does n't have to run away anymore . mentions that was suspended for his video prank and for breaking 's arm and that his popularity with the other students suffered because of it . 
 Early in production , the film contained scenes wherein ' father was gay , reflecting the original story . Producer at first approved the idea , but upon seeing a test screening she asked director to cut it . Hence , it is said early in the film that he died when was born.[citation needed ] 
 In addition , deleted and extended scenes are integrated into the cut - for - television version of the film to make up running time.[citation needed ]

In July 1969 , astronaut hosts a house party where guests watch televised first human steps on the Moon . Afterwards , who had orbited the Moon on Apollo 8 , tells his wife that he intends to return to the Moon to walk on its surface . 
 Three months later , as conducts a VIP tour of NASA 's Vertical Assembly Building , his boss informs him that because of problems with crew , his crew will fly Apollo 13 instead of 14 . , , and train for their new mission . A few days before launch , is exposed to the measles , and the flight surgeon demands his replacement with 's backup , . resists breaking up his team , but relents when threatens to bump his crew to a later mission . As the launch date approaches , has a nightmare about her husband getting killed in space , but goes to the Kennedy Space Center the night before launch to see him off . 
 On April 11 , 1970 , Flight Director gives the go - ahead from Houston 's Mission Control Center for the Apollo 13 launch . As the Saturn V rocket climbs through the atmosphere , a second stage engine cuts off prematurely , but the craft reaches its Earth parking orbit . After the third stage fires to send Apollo 13 to the Moon , performs the maneuver to connect the Command / Service Module Odyssey to the Lunar Module Aquarius and pull it away from the spent rocket . 
 Three days into the mission , the crew makes a television transmission , which the networks decline to broadcast live . After turns on the liquid oxygen tank stirring fans as requested , one of the tanks explodes , emptying its contents into space and sending the craft tumbling . The other tank is soon found to be leaking . They attempt to stop the leak by shutting off fuel cells # 1 and # 3 , but to no avail . With the fuel cells closed , the Moon landing must be aborted , and and must hurriedly power up Aquarius to use as a " lifeboat " for the return home , as shuts down Odyssey before its battery power runs out . In Houston , rallies his team to come up with a plan to bring the astronauts home safely , declaring " failure is not an option " . Controller recruits to help him invent a procedure to restart Odyssey for the landing on Earth . 
 As and watch the Moon pass beneath them , laments his lost chance of walking on its surface , then turns their attention to the business of getting home . With Aquarius running on minimal electrical power , the crew suffers freezing conditions , and contracts a urinary infection and a fever . suspects Mission Control is withholding their inability to get them home ; angrily blames 's inexperience for the accident ; and quickly squelches the argument . When carbon dioxide approaches dangerous levels , ground control must quickly invent a way to make the Command Module 's square filters work in the Lunar Module 's round receptacles . With the guidance systems on Aquarius shut down , the crew must make a difficult but vital course correction by manually igniting the Lunar Module 's engine . 
 and struggle to find a way to turn on the Command Module systems without drawing too much power , and finally transmit the procedure to , who restarts Odyssey by transferring extra power from Aquarius . When the crew jettisons the Service Module , they are surprised to see the extent of the damage . As they release Aquarius and re - enter the Earth 's atmosphere , no one is sure that Odyssey 's heat shield is intact . The tense period of radio silence due to ionization blackout is longer than normal , but the astronauts report all is well and splash down in the Pacific Ocean . 
 As helicopters bring the three men aboard the recovery ship USS Iwo Jima for a hero 's welcome , 's voice - over describes the subsequent investigation into the explosion , and the careers of , , , and . He wonders if and when mankind will return to the Moon .

Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan

( ) is a paid assassin who wants to retire , haunted by the memory of murdering his own mentor years ago . He is on an assignment when someone else gets to the ' mark ' ( target ) before he does . That intruder turns out to be ( ) , a fellow assassin and a competitive sociopath . plans to kill to become the number one assassin . 
 As tries to figure out who sent , the contractor offers him a lucrative job that could allow him to retire : kill a computer hacker named ( ) and the four Dutch buyers of a computer disk and retrieve the disk . has set up CCTV cameras and an elaborate mechanism for remotely moving items between rooms in the building where she is based . 
 gets there first and kills the four Dutch buyers , who turn out to be Interpol agents . , meanwhile , spares , and the two escape from Bain with the disk . exchanges the disk for his fee , given to him in a briefcase , which actually contains a bomb placed by his own contractor in an attempt to kill him . then tells him she had swapped the disk , not sure if was coming back . demands a greatly increased fee from his contractor , this time to be wired to a bank . 
 The contractor ( who is also Bain 's contractor ) sends Bain a new mark : . and travel to the bank , where identifies the decrepit , abandoned hotel that will use as a sniper post and plans a trap . 
 After 's apparent death , appears , revealing that he had had a bulletproof vest on when had shot him years ago . Knowing that would kill him too , revives and joins in shooting him dead . still plans to kill and become number one . puts on her sunglasses , allowing to see ; shoots through his own jacket to kill him .

, an orphaned piglet , is chosen for a " guess the weight " contest at a county fair . The winning farmer , , brings him home and allows him to stay with a Border Collie named Fly , her mate and their puppies , in the barn . 
 A duck named , who crows as roosters are said to every morning to wake people so he will be considered useful and be spared from being eaten , persuades to help him destroy the alarm clock that threatens his mission . Despite succeeding in this , they wake , the ' cat , and in the confusion accidentally destroy the living room . sternly instructs to stay away from ( now a fugitive ) and the house . Sometime later , when 's puppies are put up for sale , asks if he can call her " Mom " . 
 Christmas brings a visit from the ' relatives . is almost chosen for Christmas dinner but a duck is picked instead after remarks to his wife that may bring a prize for ham at the next county fair . On Christmas Day , justifies his existence by alerting to sheep rustlers stealing sheep from one of the fields . The next day , sees sort the hens , separating the brown from the white ones . Impressed , he takes him to the fields and allows him to try and herd the sheep . Encouraged by an elder ewe named , the sheep cooperate , but sees 's actions as an insult to sheepdogs and confronts in a vicious fight for encouraging . He injures her leg and accidentally bites 's hand when he tries to intervene . is then chained to the dog house , muzzled and sedated , leaving the sheep herding job to . 
 One morning , is awakened by the sheep 's cries and finds three dogs attacking them . Though he manages to scare them off , is mortally injured and dies as a result . arrives and , thinking that killed her , prepares to shoot him . is so anxious to find out whether he is guilty or innocent that , instead of barking orders at the sheep , she talks to them to find out what happened . Learning the truth , she barks to distract , delaying him until mentions that the police say feral dogs have been killing sheep on neighboring farms and asks him why he has taken his shotgun out . 
 When leaves on a trip , signs up for a local sheepherding competition . As it is raining the night before , lets him and into the house . However , scratches him when he tries to speak to her , so immediately confines her outside . When she is let back in later , she gets revenge on by revealing that humans eat pigs . Horrified , he runs out to the barn and learns from that this is true . The next morning , discovers that has run away . She and alert and they all search for him . finds him in a cemetery and brings him home . However , he is still demoralized and refuses to eat . gives him a drink from a baby bottle , sings to him " If I Had Words " and dances a jig for him . This restores 's faith in 's affection and he begins eating again . 
 At the competition , meets the sheep that he will be herding , but they ignore his attempts to speak to them . As is criticized by the bemused judges and ridiculed by the public for using a pig instead of a dog , runs back to the farm to ask the sheep what to do . They give him a secret password , first extracting a promise that he will treat them better from now on . He returns in time to convey the password to , and the sheep now follow his instructions flawlessly . Amid the crowd 's acclamation , he is unanimously given the highest score . While he sits down next to the farmer , praises him by saying , " That 'll do , . That 'll do . "

In New York City , an elderly woman , her granddaughter and her Siberian Husky , are walking through Central Park , looking for a memorial statue . As they seat themselves for a rest , the grandmother tells a story about Nome , Alaska back in 1925 , shifting the film from live - action to animation . , a wolfdog hybrid , lives on the outskirts of Nome with his adoptive father , a snow goose named and two polar bears , Muk and . Being half - breed , is ridiculed by dogs and humans alike . His only friends in town are a beautiful red husky named , whom has a crush on , and her owner , . He is later challenged by the town 's favorite sled dog , Steele , a fierce and arrogant Alaskan Malamute . 
 Later that night , all of the children , including , fall ill with diphtheria and the doctor is out of antitoxin . The local wireless operator relays news of the outbreak and word travels to the territory capital of Juneau , where the governor orders antitoxin to be sent to Nome . However , severe winter weather conditions prevent medicine from being brought by sea or air and the closest rail line from Juneau ends at Nenana , 600 miles east of Nome . A dog race is held to determine the best - fit dogs for a sled dog team to get the medicine . enters and wins , but stamps on 's paw which causes him to growl at the musher , getting him disqualified out of fear that he might turn on the musher due to his wolfdog heritage . The team departs that night with in the lead and later picks up the medicine successfully , but on the way back , conditions deteriorate and the disoriented team ends up stranded at the base of a steep mountainside slope with the musher knocked unconscious . 
 When the word reaches Nome that the sled team is missing , the town prepares for the worst . sets out in search of the sled team , along with , and . On the way , they are attacked by a huge grizzly bear , but , who followed their mark tracks , intervenes . The bear pursues out onto a frozen lake , where it falls through the ice and drowns , while and dive in to save from a similar fate . is injured in the bear fight and can not continue . instructs and the polar bears to take her back home while he continues on alone ; Jenna gives him her bandanna and gives him some advice . 
 eventually finds the team , but does not want his help and attacks him until he loses his balance and falls off a cliff . takes charge of the team , but , refusing to concede defeat , throws them off the trail and they lose their way again . While attempting to save the medicine from falling down a cliff , himself falls . Back in Nome , is explaining 's mission to the other dogs , but they do n't believe her . When returns , he claims the entire team , including , is dead ; he uses 's bandanna as supposed proof . However , sees through his lies and assures will return with the medicine , but the others remain skeptical . Using a trick showed her earlier , she places broken colored glass bottles on the outskirts of town and shine a lantern on them to simulate the lights of an aurora , hoping it will help guide home . 
 When regains consciousness , he is ready to give up hope , but when a large , white wolf appears and he notices the medicine crate still intact nearby , he realizes that his part - wolf heritage is a strength , not a weakness , and drags the medicine back up the cliff to the waiting team . Using his advanced senses , is able to filter out the false markers created . After encountering further challenges and losing only one vial , and the sled team finally make it back to Nome . A pity - playing is exposed as a liar and abandoned by the other dogs , ruining his reputation . Reunited with , , and , earns respect from both the other dogs and the townspeople . He visits a cured , who thanks him for saving her life . 
 Back in the present day , the elderly woman , her granddaughter and finally find 's memorial , and she explains the Iditarod trail covers the same path that and his team took from Nenana to Nome . The woman is then revealed to be an older when she repeats the same line , " Thank you , . I would have been lost without you , " before walking off to join her granddaughter and . The film ends with the statue standing proudly in the sunlight .

In Gotham City , the crime fighter defuses a hostage situation caused by a criminal known as - Face , the alter ego of the former district attorney , but - escapes and remains at large . , a researcher at Wayne Enterprises who idolizes , has developed a device that can beam television into a person 's brain . offers to let come up with schematics for the device and set up a meeting with his assistant . However , after demands an answer from him immediately , rejects the invention , believing it to be too close to mind manipulation . After killing his supervisor and staging it as a suicide , resigns and begins sending riddles , seeking retaliation against him . 
 meets , a psychiatrist who is obsessed with , and invites her to come with him to a circus event . After a performance from the circus performers , The Flying Graysons , Two - Face arrives and threatens to blow up the circus unless comes forward and surrenders his life to him . The Flying Graysons attempt to stop - Face , but most of them get killed as a result . Only , the youngest member , survives as he climbs to the roof and throws Two - Face 's bomb into a river . 
 invites the orphaned to stay at Wayne Manor . , still troubled by the murder of his family , intends to kill - Face and avenge his family . When he discovers that is , he demands that help him find - Face so that he can kill him , but refuses . Meanwhile , , inspired and delighted by watching Two - Face 's raid at the circus , turns himself into a criminal called the and forms an alliance with - . The two steal capital in order to mass - produce 's brainwave device so that can use it to learn 's secret identity . 
 At 's business party , discovers 's alter ego using the brainwave device . arrives and crashes the party . He nearly kills , but manages to save him . Meanwhile , has fallen in love with , which surpasses her obsession with . decides to stop being in order to have a normal life with , and to prevent from murdering - . runs away while and have dinner together in the manor , where reveals his secret identity to her . The and - arrive and attack Wayne Manor ; in the process , the blows up the Batcave . The criminals kidnap after - shoots , and the leaves him another riddle . 
 Using the riddles , and his butler , , deduce the 's secret identity . is imprisoned by the and - in their hideout . returns and becomes 's sidekick , . and head to and - 's lair , Claw Island , where they are separated . encounters and nearly kills him , but chooses to spare his life and is captured . The gives a chance to save only one hostage , but destroys the 's brainwave collecting device , causing the to suffer a mental breakdown . then rescues both and . corners the trio and determines their fate with the flip of a coin , but throws a handful of identical coins in the air , causing - to stumble and fall to his death . 
 The is taken to Arkham Asylum and imprisoned , but he claims he knows who is . is asked to consult on the case , but says that he himself is , due to his damaged memories . meets outside and tells him that his secret is safe before parting ways . resumes his crusade as with as his partner to protect Gotham from crime .

Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell, Drew Barrymore, Debi Mazar

The film starts on June 16 , 1994 with meeting on a train from Budapest and striking up a conversation with her . is going to Vienna to catch a flight back to the United States , whereas is returning to university in Paris after visiting her grandmother . When they reach Vienna , convinces to disembark with him , saying that 10 or 20 years down the road , she might not be happy with her marriage and might wonder how her life would have been different if she had picked another guy , and this is a chance to realize that he himself is not that different from the rest ; in his words , he is " the same boring , unmotivated guy . " has to catch a flight early in the morning and does not have enough money to rent a room for the night , so they decide to roam around in Vienna . 
 After visiting a few landmarks in Vienna , they share a kiss at the top of the Wiener Riesenrad at sunset and start to feel a romantic connection . As they continue to roam around the city , they begin to talk more openly with each other , with conversations ranging from topics about love , life , religion , and their observations of the city . tells that her last boyfriend broke up with her six months ago , claiming that she " loved him too much " . When questioned , reveals he had initially come to Europe to spend time with his girlfriend who was studying in Madrid , but they had broken up when she was avoiding him while he was there . He decided to take a cheap flight home , via Vienna , but it did not leave for two weeks so he bought a Eurail pass and traveled around Europe . 
 When they are walking alongside the Donaukanal ( Danube canal ) they are approached by a man who , instead of begging , offers to write them a poem with a word of their choice in it . and decide on the word " milkshake " , and are soon presented with the poem Delusion Angel ( written for the film by the poet ) . In a traditional Viennese café , and stage fake phone conversations with each other , playing each other 's friends they pretend to call . reveals that she was ready to get off the train with before he convinced her . reveals that after he broke up with his girlfriend , he bought a flight that really was not much cheaper , and all he really wanted was an escape from his life . 
 They admit their attraction to each other and how the night has made them feel , though they understand that they probably will not see each other again when they leave . They simply decide to make the best of what time they have left , ending the night with the implication of a sexual encounter between them . At that point , explains that if given the choice , he would marry her instead of never seeing her again . The film ends the next day at the train station , where , just as 's train is about to leave , the couple decides not to exchange any contact information but instead to meet at the same place in six months .

persuades her sister to go on a trip to Burma after ’s husband and son are killed in a home invasion and had gone into a deep depression . One night , unable to sleep because of nightmares , leaves her hotel in Rangoon and gets caught up in an anti - government protest . She is very impressed by the bravery of . 
 When her tour group leaves the country , can not leave with them as her passport was stolen the previous night . While staying behind waiting for her new passport , she meets , who acts as an unofficial tour guide and drives an ancient Chevy . He takes out into the countryside to a Buddhist monastery . The car develops problems , but fortunately they are able to coast to the house of some of ’s friends and former students . learns that used to be a college professor , who was banned from teaching for supporting anti - government activity led by his former student . She has a breakdown and tells what happened to her family . 
 The next morning they learn that the 8888 uprising began the previous day . takes to a station to get train back to Rangoon . She sneaks on board , but the soldiers start beating and when intervenes , is shot and killed . gets into the car and they leave , pursued by the soldiers , but is shot and wounded . They end up crashing into the Irrawaddy river , but get away from the soldiers . They get on a raft taking bamboo to Rangoon . , who is a doctor operates on to remove the bullet . 
 The next day the raft stops at a village . goes to find drugs to treat . She reluctantly accepts a pistol from one of the crew . At a clinic finds the drugs she needs , but has to shoot a soldier to keep from being raped . When they arrive in Rangoon , the city is in the throes of a full - scale revolt . When attempts to get into the US embassy the military tries to arrest her for helping . The student demonstrators rescue her and . After they witness soldiers killing civilians they get put on a truck heading for the border . Near the border the group has to abandon their truck and make run through the jungle . They meet up with a group of Karen rebels . has a dream where her son tells her she has to let him go . urges to do so , telling her , " All things pass , . They are shadows as we are shadows . Briefly walking the earth , and soon gone . " 
 The next day , and her group of refugees make a harrowing river crossing into Thailand under mortar fire and reach a refugee camp . Having found a new purpose in life begins helping at the camp ’s hospital .

is the 27 - year - old heir to a Fortune 500 hotel company that his father , , founded . He spends his days drinking with friends and creating disturbances across his father 's estate . One day , ruins a dinner meeting between his father and his associates by acting obnoxiously . loses confidence in his son and chooses the conniving as his successor . When begs his father to reconsider his decision , reveals that he secretly bribed 's school teachers to give him passing grades . The two finally compromise : must complete all 12 grades in two - week intervals to prove he is competent enough to manage the company . 
 Shortly after enrolling into school , becomes attracted to a teacher named , who initially ignores him . Nevertheless , successfully progresses through his first two grades . He finds himself as one of 's students in the third grade and earns her respect by standing up for , his friend and classmate . becomes popular among the third graders and misses them as he advances through school . 's progress alarms , who becomes increasingly agitated as completes each grade . blackmails principal into claiming that bribed him for passing grades , with pictures of 's previous career as a masked wrestler who accidentally killed a man in the ring . 
 swiftly terminates his agreement with and renames as his successor . grows distraught and reverts to his carefree lifestyle . motivates him to return to school , while his grade school classmates convince to retract his bribery accusations . agrees to give another chance but cites that failed the challenge by taking more than two weeks to complete a grade . He then threatens to sue if he does not pass the company onto him . intervenes and challenges to an academic decathlon to finally settle their feud with the winner getting to run the company . 
 Both men excel in different activities but manages to take a single - point lead before the contest 's final event , a Jeopardy!-style academic test . stumbles on the opening question in the event , and is given the chance to win the contest by answering a question about business ethics . , being a highly unscrupulous businessman , can not conceive of an answer and breaks down . He brandishes a handgun , but ( in his wrestling gear ) tackles before he can harm . recovers from the attack and attempts to shoot , but he is shot by , a rifle - wielding madman whom apologized to earlier for bullying him . 
 At his graduation ceremony , announces he will pass the hotel business to , one of his father 's more polite businessmen , and attend college in order to become a teacher . watches on and fumes in frustration over 's decision .

The film once again centers on the Brooklyn Cigar Store and manager ( ) , although most of the other characters are different . The store owner 's frustrated wife ( ) is one of them , and one of the plotlines follows her attempts to seduce . , , , and ( as himself ) also put in appearances . Blue In The Face was shot without a complete script and presents a unique combination of distinctive performances , oddball characters , improvisations , and raffish scenes .

is a juvenile delinquent who continues to get himself into trouble . To keep him out of mischief , his mother , , puts him to work cleaning the cage of a female gorilla named . is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language . When the owner of the gorilla , , takes her away to become a flea market freak , decides to rescue and take her on an adventurous journey to get her out of the country .

Three unique women embark on a cross - country road trip : ( ) , a lesbian lounge singer in search of a new life after breaking up with her girlfriend and getting fired ; ( ) , a pregnant girl who just wants to escape her brutal boyfriend ; and ( ) , an uptight real estate agent who has her own secrets ( namely being infected with HIV ) . 
 puts an ad in the newspaper that she is looking for a traveling companion to accompany her on a cross country trip to California . answers the ad and agrees to join after her car gets towed during their meeting . and leave New York City and travel through Pittsburgh to take 's friend to lunch . They stumble across a knock out - fight between and her abusive boyfriend , , over some missing drugs . 
 They leave him there bound to a chair with tape after hits him in the head with a bat to stop him from attacking . Later , he frees himself from the chair , stumbles across the floor , falls and hits his head on the bat and dies . The three unlikely travelers then form a special friendship on their journey which sees them through ultimately tragic times . 
 After discovering that is dead and that is pregnant , the three women decide to continue across country and end up in Tucson , Arizona when has to be hospitalized . They decide to stay in Tucson , hoping to start a new life . However , has a secret crush on , falls in love with and eventually confesses to a local police officer named ( ) , and finds the courage to face her impending death . 
 Shortly after and have a falling out over telling a friendly bartender ( ) who was interested in that she has HIV , is arrested by . She is taken back to Pittsburgh to face the consequences of her actions . The return to Pittsburgh involves and making peace with each other on the courthouse 's " Bridge of Sighs " while the Pittsburgh Police process . 
 A few months pass , in Tucson , is free and with and her daughter , which is celebration to all family and friends . is now farther along with AIDS and is not expected to live much longer . The party asks to sing the song " You Got It " as she performed that song in a Star Search contest ; though weak , she manages to sing with backing her singing . In the final scene , has died from AIDS as her wheelchair is now empty , and plan to stay in Arizona and become a family , while hits the road to finally seek a life of her own .

Whoopi Goldberg, Mary-Louise Parker, Drew Barrymore, Matthew McConaughey, James Remar

In 1280 , King " invades and conquers Scotland following the death of of Scotland , who left no heir to the throne . Young witnesses ' treachery , survives the deaths of his father and brother , and is taken abroad on a pilgrimage throughout Europe by his paternal Uncle , where he is educated . Years later , grants his noblemen land and privileges in Scotland , including Prima Nocte . Meanwhile , a grown returns to Scotland and falls in love with his childhood friend , and the two marry in secret . rescues from being raped by English soldiers , but as she fights off their second attempt , is captured and publicly executed . In retribution , leads his clan to slaughter the English garrison in his hometown and send the occupying garrison at Lanark back to England . 
 orders his son to stop by any means necessary . rebels against the English , and as his legend spreads , hundreds of Scots from the surrounding clans join him . leads his army to victory at the Battle of Stirling Bridge and then destroys the city of York , killing ' nephew and sending his severed head to the king . seeks the assistance of , the son of nobleman and a contender for the Scottish crown . is dominated by his father , who wishes to secure the throne for his son by submitting to the English . Worried by the threat of the rebellion , sends his son 's wife of France to try to negotiate with as a distraction for the landing of another invasion force in Scotland . 
 After meeting him in person , becomes enamored of . Warned of the coming invasion by , implores the Scottish nobility to take immediate action to counter the threat and take back the country . Leading the English army himself , confronts the Scots at Falkirk where noblemen and , having been bribed by , betray , causing the Scots to lose the battle . As charges toward the departing on horseback , he is intercepted by one of the king 's lancers , who turns out to be , but filled with remorse , gets to safety before the English can capture him . kills and for their betrayal , and wages a guerrilla war against the English for the next seven years , assisted by , with whom he eventually has an affair . sets up a meeting with in Edinburgh , but 's father has conspired with other nobles to capture and hand over to the English . Learning of his treachery , disowns his father . exacts revenge on the now terminally ill by telling him that his bloodline will be destroyed upon his death as she is now pregnant with 's child . 
 In London , is brought before an English magistrate , tried for high treason , and condemned to public torture and beheading . Even whilst being hanged , drawn and quartered , refuses to submit to the king . As cries for mercy come from the watching crowd deeply moved by the Scotsman 's valor , the magistrate offers him one final chance , asking him only to utter the word , " Mercy " , and be granted a quick death . instead shouts , " Freedom ! " , and the judge orders his death . Moments before being decapitated , sees a vision of in the crowd , smiling at him . 
 In 1314 , , now Scotland 's king , leads a Scottish army before a ceremonial line of English troops on the fields of Bannockburn , where he is to formally accept English rule . As he begins to ride toward the English , he stops and invokes 's memory , imploring his men to fight with him as they did with . then leads his army into battle against the stunned English , winning the Scots their freedom .

Mel Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Catherine McCormack, Patrick McGoohan

Deliveryman " Mad " ( ) is charged with delivering packages to millionaire ( ) for $ 50 tips . During a late night delivery , accidentally stumbles across a fire in 's mansion and is cornered by FBI Agent ( ) , but accidentally picks up Agent ’s gun and manages to escape . later sees a news report in which claims that was killed in the fire , which was set up by to stop him from exposing a money - laundering conspiracy . Now on the run from the law , contacts his boss and learns that a final package is to be delivered to Bragdon , but at his mountain cabin in Devil 's Peak . 
 heads for Devil 's Peak to clear his name , but a store clerk and scoutmaster ( ) recognize his face and he is forced to threaten both with his gun , gluing to his car 's steering wheel and ordering him to drive off to lure the police away while stealing 's van . He is subsequently mistaken for a scoutmaster scheduled to lead a group of boy scouts on an expedition . goes along with the ruse to keep heading for Devil 's Peak . The FBI find and release , and set up a base of operations at a nearby cabin while and pursue and the scouts . Though they are nearly captured , cuts the bridge between two cliffs , forcing and to take the longer route . 
 Along the way , the scouts build a makeshift radio and learn who truly is . They lace his water with sleeping pills and use smoke signs to signal their location to . ends up sedated , but handcuffs to a tree and captures alone , promising the scouts a rescue helicopter , but the suspicious scouts follow in secret . awakens and leads him to a helicopter , where discovers is alive , working with to steal the laundered money from the authorities and having faked his death after coming under suspicion in order to frame . Before they can kill , the scouts intervene and knock out , but falls into the river and the scouts follow . They reach safety and throw their backpacks in the river to drive and off . Out of supplies , the scouts decide to remain with and help him reach Devil 's Peak . Meanwhile , one of the scouts ' mothers , Mrs. ( ) uncovers 's discarded tissue and realizes that he is leading them to Devil 's Peak , and gives chase in her van when 's bumbling assistant , Agent ( ) , refuses to help her . She arrives first , but is captured by . 
 and the scouts arrive as receives the final package . catches up and prepares to kill them , but is subdued by , who freed himself and followed . sneaks into the cabin to free Mrs. . appears and forces them to the edge of the cliff at gunpoint . Mrs. 's son , , charges but falls over a cliff and hangs onto a branch for his life . knocks out and climbs down the cliff and pulls to safety . 
 With and captured , 's name is cleared and in response to his efforts , he is awarded a scoutmaster 's honor and given charge of an even bigger group of scouts for a more challenging mission , to his chagrin .

Thousands of former employees are outraged with military businessman ( ) , who had closed down his weapons manufacturing plant , Hacker Dynamics . At a conference held at the former plant , he pins the blame for the shutdown of his business on the current President of the United States ( ) , who has just arrived . The President defends his own belief that the future of the children is more important than war , which has caused major decline in his approval rating . After the conference , he expresses to confidantes General ( ) and National Security Advisor ( ) his discontent about not having an enemy to engage in war . An attempted negotiation with Russian President ( ) to start a new cold war with Russia fails , and the President 's suggestion of a war on international terrorism is deemed too absurd . 
 Serendipitously , American sheriff ( ) offensively criticizes Canadian beer while attending a hockey game between the neighboring nations in Niagara Falls , Ontario . The ensuing brawl ends up on the news and catches 's attention ; , in turn , collects more information about Canada from a CIA agent named ( ) , who suggests Canada as their new enemy . Before long , television channels are littered with anti - Canada propaganda , which believes wholeheartedly . He prepares for war by distributing guns to his fellow sheriffs , including his girlfriend ( ) and their friends Roy Boy ( ) and ( ) . After they apprehend a group of Americans " dressed as Canadians " attempting to destroy a hydroelectric plant , despite 's protests , they sneak across the border to litter on Canadian lands , which leads to being arrested by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police . In a rescue attempt , , and sneak into a Canadian power plant and cause a countrywide blackout . When the President learns of this , he orders 's immediate removal from Canada before it 's too late . 
 , seeking revenge on the President for shutting down his business , uses a software program ( " Hacker Hellstorm " ) to activate missile silos across the country . The President learns that the signal causing the activation of the silos originated from Canada , and summons . offers to sell a program to the President that can cancel out the Hellstorm — for $ 1 trillion . With only six minutes left , the President is trying to figure out what 's going on . , fed up with the President being too busy to give the money , realizes that , getting up to leave , is the one controlling the silos , not Canada , and , after storming up , takes the operating codes from him required to stop the Hellstorm ( accidentally killing in the process ) . The President orders 's arrest , despite his protests that he is now able to give the codes to the President so they could deactivate the missiles which are aimed at Moscow . As the launch time approaches the President pleads with Canadian Prime Minister ( ) over the phone to stop the launch . 
 Meanwhile , was taken to a mental hospital upon her capture and escaped all the way to the CN Tower . She discovers the central computer for the Hellstorm located at the top and destroys it with a machine gun , aborting the launch sequence . She then reunites with , who had tracked her to the Tower , and they return to the United States via a speedboat . 
 An ending montage reveals the characters ' fates : realizes his dream of appearing on Cops ; has been named " Humanitarian of the Year " by the National Rifle Association ; the President was defeated in the next election by a large landslide and now hosts " Get Up , Cleveland " ; served eight months in prison , but was pardoned by the new President ; General committed suicide after learning that " Hogan 's Heroes " was fictional ; was last spotted heading to Mexico ; body has been viewed daily at Republican National Headquarters ; has become a hockey star , winning the Hart Memorial Trophy three years in a row ; whereabouts become unknown ; and is " still ruling with an iron fist . "

At the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository , a teenage hacker boy named is caught trying to steal dynamite . His uncle bails him out , and a workman teaches him how to operate a forklift . That night , an animal appears at the repository 's mess hall and kills everyone but . When communications from the repository cease , a group of technicians and scientists are called on to investigate . The facility , once a uranium mine , laboratory , and refinery , has become a classified government facility . The investigators find the place deserted ; three go to the control room to try to reboot the computer system , while the other three form a search party . They locate , catatonic and in a state of shock . 
 They take him back to the control room and demand answers from Major , the head of the mission , who evades their questions . When they demand to leave , he orders them back to work , despite their continuing problems with the communications equipment . The main crew heads down to a lower level to investigate the situation while the pilot , and computer expert stay in the control center with . On the lower level , the crew gets more and more suspicious but continues to act as if he knows nothing . When an animal drags down a tunnel and kills him , the crew flee back to the control room , realizing that had been up to something after all . , listening to their radio chatter , realizes what happened and flees the room just before a Velociraptor appears and eats . flees to the helicopter and starts it up . Before the crew can reach her , a Velociraptor in the back seat attacks her . loses control and crashes the chopper , stranding the crew . 
 The group returns to the control room , kept safe by heavy metal doors . There , they learn of the dinosaur 's origins from : a brilliant genetic scientist working for a poultry company went mad and decided to wipe out all of humanity by using a virus made from prehistoric DNA to impregnate first the birds , then human females with dinosaurs . The government narrowly contained the situation , but kept some of the eggs for analysis , storing them in the plant to be hidden . The eggs hatched and killed off the entire crew , and the electrical damage is putting the plant at risk of meltdown . organized the mission to prevent the meltdown and save the dinosaurs for research . The crew , unsympathetic to , decide to blow up the dinosaurs with dynamite . chases after them but is beaten in a brief fight . explains that he was trying to stop them from going into the facility 's lower levels , because radiation from secretly stored nuclear waste and warheads is leaking out and the containment will eventually fail completely . 
 devises a plan to crash the computers to send the site into emergency mode , which should get an evacuation squad to come and rescue them . Once the plan is put into place , the group begins making its way back to the surface . They continue using dynamite to hold off any dinosaurs while getting to the elevator . A raptor breaks into the elevator and eats . and are injured and blow themselves up to kill the remaining raptors . 
 and , now on their own , continue making their way up . , however , has taken a long fall and is injured . runs outside to find the evacuation team waiting . He tries to get them to go back for , but they refuse , so he runs back in himself and encounters a Tyrannosaurus . helps get to the rescue helicopter , just as the T. rex bursts out and bites the head off one of the rescue crew . runs back again , and gets in the forklift . Using the forklift remote , he opens the door to the elevator shaft and wrestles the dinosaur with the forklift , eventually weakening it enough to push it down the shaft . and are flown off , and uses a remote detonator to detonate the rest of the dynamite , destroying the facility and preventing a meltdown .

In 1973 , sports handicapper and Mafia associate is sent to Las Vegas to run the Teamsters Union - funded Tangiers Casino on behalf of the Chicago Outfit , which secretly controls the Teamsters , while serves as the Mob 's front man . Taking advantage of gaming laws that allow him to work in a casino while his gaming licence is pending , doubles the casino 's profits , which are skimmed by the Mafia before they are reported to income tax agencies . Impressed with his work , Mafia boss sends 's childhood friend and mob enforcer and his associate to protect and the whole operation . 's volatile temper soon gets him banned from every casino in Las Vegas , so he gathers his own crew and engages in independent shakedowns and burglaries , instead . 
 meets and falls in love with a hustler and former prostitute , . They conceive a daughter and marry , but their marriage is proven difficult by 's covetousness and love for her manipulative former boyfriend , con artist - turned pimp . is beaten severely by and after they catch him conning out of some money . subsequently turns to alcohol . Meanwhile , makes an enemy in county commissioner for firing his brother - in - law for incompetence . When refuses to reinstate him , pulls 's license from the backlog , forcing him to face a hearing for his gaming license while secretly arranging for the board to deny . blames the incident on 's recklessness and the two argue furiously in the desert after attempts to tell to leave Las Vegas . 
 The casino counters begin stealing some money for themselves , prompting the Midwest Mafia bosses to put of the Kansas City mafia in charge of overseeing the transactions . is unable to find the thieves , but keeps tabs on everything he knows about Las Vegas in a private notebook , ranting about it in his grocery store . The FBI , investigating a separate crime , have wired 's store , and 's detailed complaints , complete with names , spurs the FBI to begin investigating the casino . Meanwhile , finally seeks divorce from , tired of her alcoholism . She then kidnaps their daughter , , taking her to Los Angeles , and plans to flee to Europe with . convinces her to come back with , and then scolds her for stealing his money and kidnapping their daughter . After he overhears talking on the phone about killing him , he kicks her out of the house , but soon relents . then approaches for help in getting her valuables from their shared vault in the bank , and the two start an affair . discovers this after finding tied to her bed by , who is with at his restaurant . disowns , and so does . A furious and drunk crashes her car into 's driveway , making a scene , and retrieves the key to their deposit box after distracting the attending police . Even though she succeeds in taking her share of the money from the bank , she is arrested by the FBI as a material witness . 
 The FBI moves in and closes the casino . decides to cooperate with the authorities . dies of a heart attack upon observing federal agents discover his notebook . flees Las Vegas before he can be caught . The FBI approaches for help , but he turns them down . The aging bosses are arrested and put on trial , but agree to eliminate anyone involved in the scheme to prevent them from testifying . Among those killed are three casino executives , Teamsters head , and money courier . travels to Los Angeles and ultimately dies of a drug overdose in a motel . himself is almost killed by a car bomb , and suspects was behind it . Before can take revenge , and his brother are ambushed by and their own crew , beaten and buried alive in a cornfield , the bosses having had enough of 's behavior and suspecting his role in 's car bombing . 
 With the Mob now out of power , the old casinos are purchased by big corporations and demolished . The corporations build new and gaudier attractions , which laments are not the same as when the Mafia was in control . subsequently retires to San Diego and continues to live as a sports handicapper for the Mob , in his own words , ending up " right back where I started " .

Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci, James Woods, Kevin Pollak, Alan King, Don Rickles

In the town of Friendship , Maine , two young boys and enter a creepy , old mansion called Whipstaff Manor , apparently on a dare , but they are scared away by a ghost named . Later , after the death of her father , neurotic and spoiled heiress discovers he has only left her Whipstaff Manor in his will . and her attorney , , learn of a treasure allegedly hidden somewhere within the manor , but upon investigation they find the manor haunted by and his obnoxious prankster uncles , the Ghostly Trio , who scare the two off the property . The two make several attempts to force the ghosts out of the manor by way of paranormal experts and a demolitions team , to no avail . Meanwhile , a lonely watches a news report of paranormal therapist and is instantly smitten with his teenage daughter , . Longing for a friend , this provides the idea of inspiring into summoning Dr. to Whipstaff . and have an estranged relationship due to the former ’s reputation and obsession with contacting the ghost of his late wife , . Moving into Whipstaff , 's attempt in befriending the fails when his uncles try to scare them out of the house . 
 The next morning , managed to gain the 's trust when he serves them breakfast . He followed to school where she becomes popular when her class learned that she is living in Whipstaff , and agree to host their Halloween party there . However , , ’s classmate who immediately dislikes her , becomes envious of stealing her spotlight , since the party was originally going to be held at her place . plots with her boyfriend , , to humiliate during the party . meanwhile attempts to have therapy sessions with the Ghostly Trio , who reveal that they know ; in exchange for getting to leave them alone , they promise to go through the " red tape " involved to get a meeting with his wife . 
 Meanwhile , learns has no memory of his life and unlocks his old bedroom to remind him . comes across an old wooden sled , recalling that when he was a young boy , his father bought it for him . was so happy that he played outside on a very cold day until he caught a severe cold and died of pneumonia . After his death , he became a ghost to keep his father company . A newspaper article reveals that ’s father was declared legally insane after he built a machine named the Lazarus , which he claimed could bring the dead back to life . and venture down into the manor ’s basement , where they discover the Lazarus . and sneak in , steal the formula that powers the Lazarus , and plot to use the machine to their advantage , believing it could grant them immortality . However , the two attempt to kill each other in order to test the theory and retrieve the treasure which they think is in the basement 's locked vault ; as a result , falls off a cliff to her death , and rises as a ghost . 
 Meanwhile , Dr. becomes dispassionate after the trio pull a prank on him , prompting them to take him out for a night on the town . Unknown to , they plan on killing him to make themselves a quartet , but end up having a change of heart after a drunken states that he is going to tell off so they can stay in their home . However , accidentally falls to his death down a manhole . 
 Back in the secret laboratory , confronts and , steals what she believes to be the treasure from the vault and launches out of a window when he tries to double - cross her and have the treasure for his own future . and trick into stating that she has no unfinished business on Earth , causing her to be involuntarily ejected into the afterlife . The alleged treasure is revealed to be ’s prized baseball , signed by . When Dr. returns with 's uncles , now as a ghost , is distraught . Her despair prompts to sacrifice his one chance to return to life once more , restoring her father instead . 
 The Halloween party kicks off upstairs . As and prepare their prank , they are thwarted by the Ghostly Trio , and flee the manor in terror . A dejected is visited by the spirit of , who has become an angel in heaven instead of a ghost . As a reward for his selfless sacrifice , she temporarily transforms him into a human boy , until ten o’clock . The now flesh - and - blood dances with , while speaks with , revealing that she was so content with her husband and daughter while alive , that she has no unfinished business , encouraging him to move on . departs as the clock chimes ten and , after kissing , transforms back into a ghost , which scares off the party guests , leaving him and the to dance to the Ghostly Trio 's music .

After inheriting a 12th - century castle which belonged to a famed Duchess , and his family , including his wife and their blind teenage daughter , travel to Italy to live . blames him for the death of their son in a drunk driving accident which killed his five - year - old son and cost their daughter her eyesight . 
 On the advice of the estate 's executor , the three plan to stay at the castle until they can liquidate the estate . Little do they know , however , that a horrible , freakish monster has been kept locked away in the basement . Unbeknownst to them , the Duchess ' son , , who was kept imprisoned and tortured by the Duchess in revenge for her husband leaving her , still lives in the dungeons of the castle . 
 Soon , the disfigured beast has escaped by means of breaking off his own thumb to get out of the manacles which bind him . The only reference to the story occurs when the monster beholds his hideous reflection in a mirror . He has emerged hungry for blood , leading to a series of unexplained deaths and disappearances , including that of a non - English speaking prostitute whom picked up and brought to the castle after being rejected by his wife , who becomes angry with him for cheating . 
 When the police name their prime suspect , he must find the true murderer before he or his family becomes the next victim . Along the way , he must not only battle the creature itself but overcome demons from his own guilty past . 
 The prostitute is sexually mutilated and killed by the monster , who also prowls around the bedroom of the terrified , who can hear , but not see , him . The monster later kills one of the policemen investigating the castle , as well as the maid who lives at the castle and finds the prostitute 's body . Eventually he abducts and she is manacled in his old cell . comes to the rescue and manages to stab the monster and rescue , but the monster survives his wound and continues to attack and . 
 starts putting together some of the weird things he has been discovering around the castle and realizes that the freak is actually his brother and that it was his mother that chained him up and tortured him all of his life because her husband abandoned her for America . must now save himself and his family from the castle 's unknown inhabitant before the " castle freak " has his way with them . A climactic rooftop battle between and the monster ensues , ending in tragedy . 
 's funeral began and the son of the prostitute is seen with the police at the end .

A body is discovered on a collective farm during harvesting in 1982 . A subsequent search of adjacent woods , authorized by newly installed forensic specialist , , turns up seven more bodies in varying stages of decomposition . The film tells the story of the subsequent eight - year hunt by for the serial killer responsible for the mutilation and murder of over 50 people , 35 of them below the age of 18 . is promoted to detective and eventually aided , covertly at first , by Col . , his commanding officer and the shrewd head of the provincial committee for crime , and , much later , by , a psychiatrist with a particular interest in what he calls " abnormal psychology " . 
 As well as taking on the form of a crime thriller , the movie depicts Soviet propaganda and bureaucracy that contributed to the failure of law enforcement agencies to capture the killer , , for almost a decade . 's crimes were not reported publicly for years . Local politicians were fearful such revelations would have a negative impact on the USSR 's image , since serial killers were associated with Western moral corruption . 
 first came under scrutiny early in the search when he was spotted at a station and found holding a satchel bag containing a knife . He was promptly arrested . Unfortunately , he was shielded from investigation and released due to his membership in the Communist Party . Additionally , the Soviet crime labs erroneously reported that his blood type did not match that found at the murders . All this changed under the political reforms of glasnost and , and the search for the killer began to make progress . 
 With the passage of time and easing of political restrictions , devises a plan to blanket almost all the railroad stations , where the serial killer preys upon the young and unsuspecting , with conspicuous uniformed men to discourage the killer . Three small stations , however , are left unattended , except for undercover agents . is eventually discovered and identified through the diligence of a local , plainclothes soldier . 
 Arrested , is interrogated for seven consecutive days by , a Soviet hardliner who insists that he be the one to extract a confession . will not yield and , under pressure from and , agrees to another approach . Psychiatrist is introduced into the interview room . He recites from his lengthy analysis and speculation , made three years earlier , of the personality and tendencies of this sexually frustrated killer , whom he had entitled " Citizen X " . eventually strikes a nerve , and a weeping finally admits his guilt and answers specific questions about the details of some murders . Afterwards , leads law enforcement officials to the crime scenes and three additional undetected graves . 
 Held in a metal cage during his trial , a wild - eyed is convicted and sentenced to death . The film concludes with being led to a nameless prison chamber and shows him staring in shock at a central drain in the room 's floor as a uniformed Soviet soldier delivers a pistol shot to the back of the killer 's head .

In a Brooklyn , New York , New York City , New York housing project , a group of clockers — street - level drug dealers — sell drugs for ( ) , a local drug lord . tells ( ) , one of his lead clockers , that another dealer , ( ) , is stealing from him and wants to kill . then meets with his brother , ( ) and tries to persuade to kill . 
 ( ) and ( ) , homicide detectives , ride to the scene of murder . and receive a phone call from another detective who says a man has confessed at a local church that he killed . The police meet 's older brother at the church and take him in for questioning . In the interrogation room , tells that he shot in self - defense . finds holes in this story and starts looking into 's background which includes two jobs , a wife , two children , no criminal record , and aspirations to move out of the projects ; comes to the conclusion that is covering for his younger brother . 
 accosts for not killing , with , enforcer , chastising for getting to do it . Later , tells a story of a younger and an younger ( which goes to a flashback ) , where threatened at gunpoint to kill a dealer . kills the dealer , and ( back to and ) tells Strike the reason forced him at gunpoint to do it was so that could hold something over , if he ever decided to tell on him , which was why he told Strike to kill . 
 pressures Strike but sticks to his story , so convinces that Strike has confessed and informed on 's drug ring . arrests and then implicates Strike in front of his crew . Strike tries to play it off and deny that he was involved in 's arrest , and his crew begins to turn on Strike , leading to the crew labeling Strike a snitch . calls , advises that he is in jail and puts a hit out on Strike . Strike gets together some money and decides to leave town . As walks to his car , he sees sitting on his car , deducting that is there to kill him . hides behind a fence , but a younger boy who admired , , rides up to on a bike and shoots him dead with 's gun . Later , is taken into custody . With , 's mother and listening , confesses that he got the gun from . storms out of the interrogation room , and proceeds to look for . 
 angrily beats in front of the whole project , and threatens the on looking bystanders with a gun to stay back . threatens to kill if he ever talk to or even looks at the young boy again . As says this to , pulls up , which leads to jumping in his own car and driving to the precinct , with following . runs into ( who now has an arrest warrant for ) , and runs into the precinct as pulls up . tries to intimidate into confessing to the murder , and loses his composure when continues to change his story . When grabs and throws him against the wall , 's mother walks in with and 's wife . She advises that confessed to the murder immediately when he got home , and how was physically unable to leave his bed . asks his mom what happened to the bail money he gave 's wife , which leads to 's mom angrily throwing the money in 's face . As this is going on , proceeds to damage 's car ( going as far as breaking the windows , damaging the doors , and urinating in the car ) . Left with no other options and unable to go home , asks to drive him to Pennsylvania Station . 
 As they are sitting in a car , threatens that if he ever sees him again , he will arrest him , let beat him down , then arrest on the same charges and he will make sure and share a cell and a bed in prison . boards a train and leaves town . While is playing inside his apartment with the train set that gave him , outside the apartment , and responds to a homicide of , one of the guys in 's old crew . The film ends with a shot of looking outward on a moving train , alluded to be far away from the city .

is a well - intentioned but superficial girl , who is attractive , popular and extremely wealthy . A few months shy of her sixteenth birthday , she has risen to the top of the high school social scene . She lives in a Beverly Hills mansion with her father , a ferocious $ 500 - an - hour litigator ; her mother died from a freak accident during a routine liposuction procedure when was a baby . 's best friend is , who is also rich , pretty , and hip , and understands what it 's like to be envied . Though has a long - term relationship with popular student , claims that this is a pointless endeavor on 's part . 
 Among the few people to find fault with is , her socially conscious ex - stepbrother , who visits her during a break from college . and spar continually but without animosity ; she mocks his scruffy idealism , while he teases her for being selfish , vain , and superficial , and says that her only direction in life is " toward the mall " . plays matchmaker for two lonely , nerdy , hard - grading teachers , Mr. and Miss . She achieves her superficial purpose , to make them relax their grading standards so she can renegotiate a bad report card ; but when she sees their newfound happiness , she realizes she enjoys doing good deeds . decides to give back to the community by " adopting " a " tragically unhip " new girl at school , . and give a makeover and initiate her into the mysteries of popularity . also tries to extinguish the attraction between and , an amiable skateboarding slacker , and to steer her toward , a popular rich snob . 
 Her second matchmaking scheme backfires when rejects and attempts to seduce . When a handsome new student named arrives at their school , takes a shine to him and attempts to secure him as her boyfriend . Eventually , spells it out to her and that is not interested in her because he is gay . 
 Despite the failure of this endeavor , remains on good terms with , primarily due to her admiration of his taste in art and fashion . Matters take a turn for the worse when 's " project " works too well , and 's popularity surpasses her own . The situation reaches crisis stage after fails her driver 's test and ca n't " renegotiate " the result . When she returns home , crushed , confides that she 's taken a fancy to and wants to help her " get " him . says she does n't think is right for , and they quarrel , ending with calling a " virgin who ca n't drive " . Feeling " totally clueless " , reflects on her priorities and her repeated failures to understand or appreciate the people in her life . 
 After much soul searching , realizes she loves . She begins making awkward but sincere efforts to live a more purposeful life , including captaining the school 's Pismo Beach disaster relief effort . and eventually admit their feelings for one another , culminating in a tender kiss . 
 In the end , Mr. and Miss we d ; 's friendships with and are solidified ; and are in love ; and wins a $ 200 bet for catching the bouquet at the wedding . She embraces , and they kiss as the film closes .

Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy, Dan Hedaya, Jeremy Sisto, Elisa Donovan, Breckin Meyer, Wallace Shawn

While testing a communications laser in a remote part of the Congo jungle , TraviCom employees ( ) and ( ) discover the ruins of a lost city near a volcanic site . ( ) , assisting at TraviCom 's headquarters , does not hear back from their team and activates a remote camera at the camp , discovering the camp destroyed and numerous corpses ; something large suddenly knocks over and destroys the camera . alerts TraviCom 's CEO and ' father , ( ) , who informs her that the group was really there looking for a rare blue diamond only found there which would greatly enhance their capabilities , but does not offer any hope to rescue them . implores to lead an expedition and she makes swear that he is sending her to look for , not the diamond . She warns him if he is lying , she will make him sorry . " And that 's a promise ! " . 
 Meanwhile , Peter ( ) , a primatologist at the University of California , Berkeley , and his assistant ( ) teach human communication to primates using a gorilla named ( voiced by ) . With a special backpack and glove , her sign language is translated to a digitized voice . Despite the success , is concerned that is having nightmares and psychological problems , due to several drawings has made of jungles and the Eye of Providence . attempts to gain funding to take to Africa , but the university is reluctant , and begins inquiring elsewhere . Romanian philanthropist ( ) offers to fund the expedition ; , having learned of the trip , offers to fund it as well and to come along , hoping to discover the fate of her team . 
 In Africa , the group meets their expert guide Captain ( ) but they are captured by the local authorities and militia leader named Captain ( ) , who grants them passage for a sizable bribe . detests and repeatedly insults her as she is threatened by another female near . As the group boards another plane , reveals that has led previous safaris in search of the " Lost City of Zinj " , with disastrous results . The group must parachute into the jungle after their plane is shot down by Zairean soldiers . 
 On the ground , they encounter a native Ghost Tribe . The tribe leads them to ( John ) , a member of ' expedition , who they have been attempting to revive from his catatonic state . On seeing , begins screaming and soon dies . They continue by boat , and learn that is interested in finding Zinj and its fabled diamond mine ( King Solomon 's Mines ) ; believes that 's drawings suggest she has seen the mine and hopes she will lead them there . After an attack by hippos , they find the ruined camp and Zinj nearby . While searching the city , is attacked and killed by a killer grey gorilla , which the rest of the team take down . They take shelter at the ruined camp , other grey gorillas kept at bay by automated sentry guns set up by . 
 When day breaks , they return to the city , discovering hieroglyphs that say that the people had taught the grey gorillas , a unique species due to the volcanic environment , to guard the mine and kill anyone that approached it . The group suspects that the gorillas turned on their masters but still protect the mine now . They find the diamond mine and starts to collect large diamonds , but a pack of gorillas appear and kill him . , , and fight off the gorillas and flee deeper into the mine , where they discover ' body , holding a giant blue diamond . As helps to fend off the gorillas , is able to fit the diamond into a portable laser , using it to fire and ward off the gorillas . The volcano begins to erupt , and , , and escape as the city is flooded with lava , killing the gorillas . 
 contacts to report on finding the diamond and confirming ' death . When she sees was only interested in the obtainment of the diamond all along and does not care about , she uses her laser to destroy the TraviCom satellite . In the nearby wreckage of a cargo plane , they find a usable hot - air balloon , and prepare to leave . sees watch a pack of mountain gorillas nearby , and lets her go , telling her goodbye . The three take off in the balloon , and has throw away the diamond as they leave .

Dylan Walsh, Laura Linney, Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry, Grant Heslov, Joe Don Baker

After giving a guest lecture on criminal psychology at a local university , Dr ( ) , a respected field expert on serial killers , is cornered in the restroom of the lecture hall by one of her previous subjects , ( ) , who kills a police officer and brutally attacks her . becomes severely agoraphobic as a result , sealing herself inside an expensive hi - tech apartment , conducting her entire life from behind a computer screen and assisted by a friend , ( ) . 
 When a new series of murders spreads fear and panic across her home city of San Francisco , Inspector ( ) and her partner ( ) solicit 's expertise . Initially reluctant , soon finds herself drawn into the warped perpetrator 's game of wits . As the murders continue , realizes that the elusive assailant draws inspiration from notorious serial killers , including , , , , and . When the murderer begins contacting and even stalking , she and realize that he is after them , and they enlist the aid of , who tells them what he knows about the killer . 
 soon realizes that has been following the list of serial killers in the same order as she had presented them in her lecture at the university on the night of her attack , and the two work to figure out where and when he will strike next . Unfortunately , is later killed in an unrelated shooting incident at the police station , leaving , now heartbroken that she never got to tell she loved him , to continue the search for the serial killer . 
 After is killed in a manner reminiscent of , deduces the killer to be ( ) . After leading a failed attempt to catch at his house , discovers that he has kidnapped and taken her back to the scene of attempt at killing her — the restroom of the lecture hall . Once she gets there , finds bound , hanged and gagged in the same manner that did before , but she is ambushed and shot by , rendering her unconscious . As prepares to kill , desperately attempts to save her by ruining 's carefully replicated crime scene the only way she can — by attempting to hang herself . Foley panics and cuts down , and is able to get away and escape to the building 's roof . Her agoraphobia kicks in again , and finds herself cornered . Accepting her fate , she turns to face . However , just as he is about to kill her , shoots him in the brachial nerve , giving him one last chance to surrender . When he pulls his gun back on her , however , she shoots him dead . 
 Some time later , writes a letter to another serial killer , instructing him on how to kill , and revealing that he had been aiding all along . wishes " good luck " at his new proxy in the mission of killing .

Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara, Will Patton, Harry Connick, Jr.

In post - Soviet Russia , civil war erupts as a result of the ongoing conflict in Chechnya . Military units loyal to , a Russian ultra - nationalist , take control of a nuclear missile installation and are threatening nuclear war if either the American or Russian governments attempt to confront him . 
 A US Navy nuclear submarine , USS   Alabama , is assigned to a patrol mission to be available to launch its missiles in a pre - emptive strike if attempts to fuel his missiles . Captain is the commanding officer , one of few commanders left in the US Navy with combat experience . He chooses as his new XO Lieutenant Commander , who has an extensive education in military history and tactics , but no combat experience . 
 During their initial days at sea tension between and becomes apparent due to a clash of personalities : 's more analytical , cautious approach , as opposed to 's more impulsive and intuitive approach . Alabama eventually receives an Emergency Action Message , ordering the launch of ten of its missiles against the Russian nuclear installation , based on satellite information that the Russians ' missiles are being fuelled . Before Alabama can launch its missiles , a second radio message begins to be received , but is cut off by the attack of a Russian Akula - class submarine loyal to . 
 The radio electronics are damaged in the attack and can not be used to decode the second message . With the last confirmed order being to launch Captain decides to proceed . refuses to concur as is required because he believes the partial second message may be a retraction . argues that Alabama is not the only American submarine in the area , and if the order is not retracted , other submarines will launch their missiles as part of the fleet 's standard redundancy doctrine . argues that the other American submarines may have been destroyed . 
 When refuses to consent tries to relieve him of duty and replace him with a different officer . Instead orders the arrest of for attempting to circumvent protocol . The crew 's loyalty is divided between and , but the Chief of the Boat sides with ( " by the book " ) in having relieved of command and confined to his stateroom , putting in command . Alabama is attacked again by the Russian submarine . Alabama destroys it but during the chaos a counter - mutiny ensues and retakes the bridge , confining , the Chief of the Boat and a few others to the officers ' mess . 
 escapes his arrest and gains the support of the weapons officer in the missile control room further delaying the launch . Other crew members try to repair the radio while the battle for command continues . Eventually traps on the bridge thus quelling all mutinous actions , but with the radio team reporting they are near success , the two men agree to a compromise ; they will wait until the deadline for missile launch to see if the radio can be repaired . 
 After several tense minutes communications are restored and they finally see the full message from the second transmission . It is a retraction ordering that the missile launch be aborted because 's rebellion has been quelled . After returning to base and are put before a naval tribunal to answer for their actions . The tribunal concludes that both men were simultaneously right and wrong so 's actions were lawfully justified . 
 Unofficially the tribunal chastises both men for failing to resolve the issues between them . Thanks to 's personal recommendation the tribunal agrees to grant command of his own sub while allowing to save face via an early retirement . Both men then reconcile their differences and part ways .

Set in South Africa in October 1946 , before the implementation of apartheid , this is the story of church minister who is requested from his village to Johannesburg.[1 ] There he discovers that his son has been arrested for the murder of a white man . The white man 's father , supports apartheid . When the two meet , they come to unexpected understandings about their sons and their own humanity .

In 1668 Jamaica , hunts down her uncle and fellow pirate , who has captured her father , . has one of three pieces of a map to a huge stash of gold on the remote Cutthroat Island . has another piece , having stolen it from the corpse of a third brother , , while a fourth brother , , has the last piece . refuses to give his piece and escapes with 's help , but not before being mortally wounded . A dying reveals to his daughter the location of the map piece : on his scalp . 
 After scalping her dead father for the piece , , now the captain of her father 's ship , the Morning Star , sets out for the treasure . Unfortunately , the instructions appear to be in Latin , which no one on board reads . So , they go to nearby Port Royal to find a translator . There , they learn that one of the slaves up for auction , a con man and thief named , is fluent in Latin . After threatening a man determined to outbid her , wins the auction . Unfortunately , she is recognized from her wanted poster and is chased out of town , along with her crew and . Humiliated , corrupt Governor vows to find her , either to arrest her or form a partnership for half her profits . He enlists the help of chronicler , who often follows pirates to write his books . 
 The crew then goes to in Spittlefield Harbor . Before they can learn where the second piece is , appears . A fight ensues , during which is killed and is shot , while secretly finds the piece and keeps it to himself . After they escape on the Morning Star , collapses from her wound , but is saved by , who is a self - proclaimed doctor . The two start a romance . figures out that the words on the map , when read backwards , spell out half the coordinates to the island . 
 's ship , the Reaper , bears down on them . directs hers toward a coral reef and a gale . manages to piece together the location of Cutthroat Island with his and 's piece , but is caught and thrown in the brig . During the storm , sends a carrier pigeon revealing their location to . Meanwhile , the majority of the crew led by the treacherous mutinies and maroon and those loyal to her in a boat . The tide takes them straight to Cutthroat Island , which is uncharted land northeast of Cuba . 
 As goes after the treasure , , who escaped during the storm , steals the last piece from , who 's on the island . falls into quicksand and , realizing he has the piece , frees him . Together , they find the gold , only for it to be stolen by , forcing them to jump off a cliff into the tide . 
 After regaining consciousness , finds , who leads him into a trap set by , , and the mutineers , who have joined forces and intend to split the gold between them . As is captured and they make their way out to sea with the gold , sneaks aboard the Morning Star and retakes it from and the mutineers . 
 The crew then tries to sneak attack the Reaper , but counterattacks . A sea fight ensues , during which escapes and , his men and are killed by cannon fire . boards the Reaper and blows out the ship 's bottom to get to the gold . She then duels while gets trapped below in rapidly rising water with the treasure . kills with a cannon and saves , forced to abandon the treasure to escape the sinking ship . attached a marker barrel to the treasure beforehand , allowing them to retrieve it and the newly rich crew sets sail for their next adventure in Madagascar .

( ) , a discharged U.S. Marine , applies for a teaching job in high school , and is surprised and pleased to be offered the position with immediate effect . Showing up the next day to begin teaching , however , she finds herself confronted with a classroom of tough , sullen teenagers , all from lower - class and underprivileged backgrounds , involved in gang warfare and drug pushing , flatly refusing to engage with anything . They immediately coin the nickname " White Bread " for , due to her race and apparent lack of authority , to which responds by returning the next day in a leather jacket and teaching them karate . The students show some interest in such activities , but immediately revert to their former behavior when tries to teach the curriculum . 
 Desperate to reach the students devises classroom exercises that teach similar principles to the prescribed work , but using themes and language that appeal to the streetwise students . She also tries to motivate them by giving them all an A grade from the beginning of the year , and arguing that the only thing required of them is that they maintain it . In order to introduce them to poetry , uses the lyrics of " Mr. Tambourine Man " to teach symbolism and metaphor ; once this is achieved , she progresses on to " Do not go gentle into that good night " . rewards the students liberally , using candy bars , reward incentives , and a trip to a theme park . Her methods attract the anger of the school authorities , ( ) and ( ) , who try to force her to remain within the curriculum . 
 Particular individual students attract 's attention for their personal problems . ( ) is a well - meaning boy who is frequently involved in gang warfare and street crime . tries to encourage him to focus by paying a special visit to his family to congratulate him on his work , and going to dinner with him as a way of instilling confidence and self - respect . ( ) is her most troublesome personal project , as he believes strongly in a sense of personal honor that prevents him from asking for help . When discovers that his life is in danger because of a personal grudge held by a recently released thug , she tries to protect him . She advises him to seek help from Principal . The next day , visits , but ( not realizing that is in serious danger ) instantly dismisses him because he neglected to knock on 's door before entering his office . Feeling rejected , leaves the school and is subsequently killed by his enemy . Heartbroken by her failure to protect and angry at the indifferent school system for contributing to his death , announces to the class her intention to leave the school at the end of the academic year . The students immediately break down , begging her not to leave . Overwhelmed by their unbridled display of emotion , she decides to stay .

( ) , an accountant from Cleveland , Ohio , rides by train to the frontier company town of Machine to assume a promised job as an accountant in the town 's metal works . During the trip , the train Fireman warns against the enterprise while passengers shoot buffalo from the train windows . Arriving in town , discovers that the position has already been filled , and he is driven from the workplace at gunpoint by , the ferocious owner of the company . Jobless and without money or prospects , meets ( ) , a former prostitute who sells paper flowers . He lets her take him home . Thel 's ex - boyfriend surprises them in bed and shoots at , accidentally killing when she tries to shield with her body . A wounded shoots and kills with 's gun before climbing dazedly out the window and fleeing on a stolen horse . Company - owner just happens to be 's father , and he hires three legendary frontier killers , , , and to bring back ' dead or alive ' . 
 awakens to find a large Native American attempting to dislodge the bullet from his chest . The Native American , calling himself , reveals that the bullet is too close to 's heart to remove , and is effectively walking dead . When he learns 's full name , decides is a reincarnation[7 ] of , a poet whom he idolizes but of whom accountant himself is ignorant . resolves to escort to the Pacific Ocean to return him to his proper place in the spirit - world . 
 and travel west , leaving a trail of dead and encountering wanted posters announcing higher and higher bounties for 's death or capture . learns of 's past , marked both by Native American and white racism ; it is detailed that he is the product of lovers from two opposing tribes , and how as a child he was abducted by English soldiers and brought to Europe as a model savage . He was briefly educated and learned of the proper art and poetry before returning home , where his stories of the white man and his culture were laughed off by fellow Native Americans . He gained his name , , at this point , the literal translation of which is revealed to be " He who talks loud , saying nothing " . Nobody leaves alone in the wild when he decides must undergo a vision quest . On his quest , kills two U.S. Marshals , experiences visions of nature spirits , and grieves over the remains of a dead fawn that was killed accidentally by his pursuers . He paints his face with the fawn 's blood and rejoins Nobody on their journey . Meanwhile , the most ferocious member of the bounty hunter posse , , has killed his comrades ( eating one of them ) and continued his hunt alone . 
 At a trading post , a bigoted missionary identifies and attempts to kill him but is killed by , instead . Shortly after , is shot again ; and his condition rapidly deteriorates . Nobody takes him by river to a Makah village and convinces the tribe to give him a canoe for 's ship burial . Delirious , trudges through the village before collapsing from his injuries . He awakens in a canoe on a beach wearing Native American funeral dress . Nobody bids farewell and then pushes the canoe out to sea . As he floats away , watches sneak up behind ; but he is too weak to cry out and can only watch as the two shoot and kill each other . As he looks up at the sky one last time , dies and his canoe drifts out into the sea .

has been in prison for six years , awaiting his execution after being sentenced to death for killing a teenage couple . , held in the Louisiana State Penitentiary , committed the crimes with a man named , who was sentenced to life imprisonment . As the day of his execution comes closer , asks Sister , with whom he has corresponded , to help him with a final appeal . 
 She decides to visit him . He is arrogant , sexist , and racist , not even pretending to feel any kind of remorse . He affirms his innocence , insisting killed the two teenagers . Convincing an experienced attorney to take on 's case pro bono , Sister tries to have his sentence commuted to life imprisonment . After many visits , she establishes a special relationship with him . At the same time , she gets to know ’s mother , , and the families of the two victims . The families do not understand Sister 's efforts to help , claiming she is " taking his side . " Instead they desire " absolute justice"—his life for the lives of their children . 
 Sister ’s application for a pardon is declined . asks Sister to be his spiritual adviser through the day of execution , and she agrees . Sister tells that his redemption is possible only if he takes responsibility for what he did . Just before he is taken from his cell , admits to Sister that he killed the boy and raped the girl . As he is prepared for execution , he appeals to the boy 's father for forgiveness and tells the girl 's parents he hopes his death brings them peace . is executed by lethal injection and later given a proper burial . The murdered boy 's father attends the ceremony still filled with hate , but shortly after begins to pray with Sister Helen , ending the film .

In the spring of 1969 , ( ) is about to graduate from high school , and decides to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps rather than go to college . He is sent to Vietnam , leaving behind his middle - class family , his pregnant girlfriend ( ) , and small - time crook ( ) , who is like a second father . 's close friend , ( ) , later joins ' squad after flunking out of college , and his other friend , ( ) , is drafted into the Army . Once in the Marines , and his squad lose several fellow marines during combat , and commit several atrocities of their own , such as executing enemy prisoners and beheading corpses for war trophies . 
 When returns to the Bronx in 1973 , after four years of service , he finds returning to " normal " life is impossible . He finds now an Agent Orange victim and heroin addict , is a pyromaniac , and ( ) , a religious yet deadly staff sergeant that was in his squad , is now a devoted minister . After being laid off from his job at a butcher shop , finds himself unable to support ( who had an affair while he was on duty ) or his daughter . After an argument with , meets his girlfriend 's sister , ( ) , who is now a member of the " Nat Turner Cadre " , a revolutionary militant group . , , , , , and devise a plan to rob an armored car making a stop at the Noble Street Federal Reserve Bank of the Bronx . 
 The next day , the group strategically position themselves around the street , armed with weapons and disguised with face paint , ready to ambush the truck . The plan goes awry when is approached by a beat officer who interferes in the robbery , leading to getting shot in the arm and killing the officer when freezes up ( a role reversal to what happens to and earlier ) . At the same time , and are spotted by the driver , causing a large shootout with the security guards . ( a demolition expert in the army ) plants an explosive device on the escaping truck to blow off the door , but instead , destroys the whole vehicle . saves 's life by killing one of the guards . A second guard appears and gets into a shootout with , shooting her multiple times and killing her , devastating . As the group collects what cash they can from the burning wreckage , they flee and split up to escape the police ; gets cornered in an alley by an approaching police car . When shoots the driver , he is hit by the car and killed as the police car crashes into a wall , crushing . 
 Not long after the heist , hears that has been giving out $ 100 bills and has bought himself a new Cadillac that he can barely afford . drives over to 's church to speak to him , only to find him being led out the front door in handcuffs by two detectives ; gives up the other robbers as part of a plea bargain . NYPD officers storm 's apartment only to find that he has died of a heroin overdose . As and prepare to flee to Mexico , police raid the bar . tries to distract the officers to allow to flee to no avail , as multiple officers corner and arrest him . is convicted and found guilty of the robbery and the deaths of the security guards and the officer that killed . He is sentenced to 15 years to life in prison by the judge , himself a World War II veteran . , furious at his sentence in spite of his years of service for his country , throws a chair at the judge before being escorted away . The films ends with looking out the window of his prison bus and reflecting on what could 've been .

At the Tarasco bar in Mexico , an American man tells the story of how he witnessed a massacre in another bar committed by a Mexican with a guitar case full of guns . The bar 's patrons are uninterested until the American ( named after the actor ) mentions the name " " . Meanwhile , has a dream of his encounter with , 's underling , who killed his lover dead and shot his left hand . He is awakened by , who tells him to continue his search for at the bar . 
 meets a child , who allegedly plays guitar for a living . He gives the boy some pointers . At the Tarasco bar , engages in a tense standoff with 's goons before a massive gunfight erupts . He kills everyone in the bar , but , who was in a back room earlier , survives and follows him outside . On the street , wounds before being killed himself . , the woman who shields from 's bullets , takes him to her bookstore . arrives at the bar to survey the carnage . Paranoid , orders his men to hunt down the man " dressed in black " . 
 In the bookstore , tends to wounds . While he rests , she discovers the guns in his guitar case and realizes who he is . asks her to help him find . He goes to the town church and talk to . Upset by the massacre at the bar , convinces to give up his quest for blood . Outside the church , a man armed with throwing knives ambushes them , kills and severely wounds . 's men arrive at the scene , mistake the man ( who dresses in black ) for and kill him . They take the body back to , who realizes they have killed the wrong person , a hit - man named sent by the Colombians to kill . 
 As wanders through the streets , he meets the kid with the guitar . He learns that the kid is being used by his father to mule drugs hidden in his guitar . He angrily confronts the boy , who tells him most people in the town work for . returns to Carolina and learns that paid to build her bookstore as another front for his drug - dealing . Unexpectedly , pays her a visit , and she hastily hides . She feigns ignorance of the commotion in town , and leaves . finishes stitching up wounds . That evening , gives a new guitar , he plays for her before they make passionate love . Meanwhile , realizes that lied to him . 
 In the morning , 's men arrive and attack them while setting the bookstore ablaze . The two fight their way out of the burning building and onto a local rooftop , where gets a clear shot at but suddenly refuses to kill him . The two take refuge in a hotel room . 
 gathers his men and tells them to kill anyone they see in town that they do n't know . Realizing that will never stop hunting them , calls his friends and in to help . The trio meet up on the edge of town and encounter 's goons . A massive gun battle ensues , and most of 's goons along with and are killed . sees the kid wounded in the crossfire and rushes him to a hospital . 
 and head over to 's compound to confront him directly . It is then revealed that and are brothers . offers to let go if he lets kill . kills his brother , then shoots his way out of the compound . The two visit the boy in the hospital , and leaves on his own . catches up to him on the road and picks him up , with initially leaving his weapons on the side of the road . The two drive away together , but shortly return and pick up the guitar case full of guns just in case .

In the summer of 1948 , is recently laid off from his job at Champion Aircraft , and needs money urgently to pay his mortgage . 's friend , who runs a bar , introduces him to a white man named . is looking for someone to help him find a missing white woman , , assumed to be hiding somewhere in the African American community ; he also learns she is the girlfriend of wealthy , who was the favorite in the Los Angeles mayoral race before dropping out . , who says dropped out because he could n't find , offers $ 100 to take the job . accepts but is immediately suspicious . is known to spend time in the juke joints along Central Avenue and begins his search at an illegal club on 89th and Central . 
 While waiting to enter , he sees a commotion between a white man , , and the club 's bouncer , . He then meets with friends and and girlfriend . He learns that is a confidant of . After spending the night with her , he discovers was involved with a South Central gangster named . 
 is called by to set up a meeting at the Malibu pier . While waiting , is accosted by several local white youths after a casual conversation with one of their girlfriends . , trying to calm the situation , is nearly overtaken when appears from the darkness . viciously humiliates and beats one of the punks . , uncomfortable with the situation , gives his information to , who retains him with another payment and demands he continue his search . 
 When gets home , he is arrested by two LAPD homicide detectives . He learns that was savagely murdered after his night with her . He is released after some rough treatment . While walking home , he is followed by , the other candidate in the mayoral race . He gets into the car and finds with a young boy , supposedly his adopted son . makes it clear that he is also very interested in finding . , wary of 's motives , asks to be dropped off and walks home . 
 After a nightmare about , he receives a call from . They meet at the Ambassador Hotel , where she asks for his help . She needs to go into the Hollywood Hills and meet a person with information vital to her and . nervously drives her to her destination . The house has been ransacked and the occupant , , is dead . finds a clue to his murder . flees in a panic . 
 The next morning , returns home to find and his goons waiting for him ; his connection to the murder of is now used to force him to resume his search for the girl . enlists the help of his friend , . 's goal is to uncover why is so important to so many people and , in the process , keep himself out of jail . 
 He meets with , securing money to locate . Upon learning that is not employed by , returns home . He is warned by a neighbor that an ambush awaits . turns around in time to grab . The two men fight in the house . gets the upper hand , but comes to the rescue . tries to reason with but shoots him . manages to escape . and meet up with , and find out that had been in possession of pictures of with naked children . finds the pictures in 's Bible . 
 reveals that after 's altercation with , he drove him home to the Hills to pick up money . He is cornered when reveals a pack of Mexican Zapata cigarettes smoked only by . pleads with and that he is n't the killer . 
 At home , he gets a visit from . learns that hid from because of her association with , her half - brother . 's mother from New Orleans had given birth to two children by different fathers , and although 's own father was white , her half - brother 's father was black . Being the fiancée of a mayoral favorite with partial African - American heritage would ensure a loss for . 's knowledge of this is the reason dropped out of the race . 
 says sold the pictures to her , and infers killed while looking for the pictures , then gave them to , who hid them in her Bible . reveals that was killed accidentally by although had only asked him to scare her into silence . 
 and his men burst into 's house , subduing and abducting . When he regains consciousness , calls and they race to 's to get a fix on 's location . At the bar , abducts at gunpoint . He learns where is , although nearly shoots them both in the process . only calms down by telling him they could be rewarded $ 7,000 that will pay for photographs that has obtained . 
 In the Hollywood Hills , they set up an ambush , shooting and his goons while rescuing . When returns to the car he finds dead , killed by . 
 finds out the money paid him and for the photographs came from a large sum originally given to her by 's family as a bribe to get out of town . She had only stayed because she believed they would change their minds and allow to marry her if he won . Although is now certain to become mayor , he refuses her pleas , despite saying that he loves her . She leaves in tears . 
 gives the photographs that prove that is a pedophile in exchange for the $ 800 he is owed . promises there will be no more trouble with the police . drops off at her brother 's apartment and notes that she subsequently left town with her brother .

Denzel Washington, Tom Sizemore, Don Cheadle, Jennifer Beals, Terry Kinney, Albert Hall

In 1995 , works as a domestic servant on Little Tall Island in Maine . has a struggle with her elderly , paralyzed employer , , in her mansion . falls down the staircase and ransacks the kitchen . She is caught by a mailman , who sees her standing over with a rolling pin , apparently intending to kill her . dies and the police begin a murder investigation . 
 ' daughter , , is a successful journalist , living in New York City , who battles depression and substance abuse . arrives in town to support her mother , despite her own doubts about ' innocence . insists she did not kill her employer . finds little sympathy for , as the entire town believes she murdered her husband , , almost 20 years earlier . Some of the town 's inhabitants harass her by vandalizing her home , taunting her in the street , and driving by her house and screaming at her . Detective , who was the chief detective in her husband 's murder case , is determined to put away for life . 
 also believes killed her father , and has not spoken to her mother in over a decade . In 1975 , was an abusive alcoholic , and one night had threatened to kill him if he ever harmed her again . , then 13 years old , was unaware her mother was being abused . went to work as a housemaid for millionaire in order to raise enough money to pay for 's education . went to the bank to withdraw her money so she and could flee 's abuse . The plan backfired , however , when the bank notified that stole the money from 's savings account . 
 says threw herself down the staircase and begged to put her out of her misery . refuses to believe her , and reveals that has left her entire fortune to . informs them the will is eight years old , which nearly convinces her mother is guilty . eventually tells that before he died , realized was sexually abusing when he gave her an heirloom locket . has always furiously denied any abuse , and after a fierce argument , she storms out , leaving to fend for herself . 
 Back in 1975 , broke down and confessed 's abuses to , who remained characteristically cold until mentioned that he was molesting . Turning unusually sympathetic , implied she killed her own late , unfaithful husband , , and engineered it to look like an accident . 's confession formed a bond between the two women and convinced to take control of her situation . As a total solar eclipse approached , , who was pointedly given the rest of the day off by . had an argument about ' suspicions regarding 's sexual abuse . fled home for the weekend to work at a hotel , where guests had flocked for the eclipse . soon returned from working on a fishing boat , and offered him a bottle of Scotch to celebrate the eclipse . After got drunk , revealed she knew he stole from 's account and molested his own daughter , then provoked him into attacking her and falling down an old well , leaving him to die as he plunges to the stone bottom . 
 hears this entire story on a tape left for her by , who had foreseen her departure . While on the ferry , suddenly uncovers a repressed memory of her father forcing her to give him a handjob . Realizing everything , rushes back to as she is attending the coroner 's inquest . As makes a case to be sent to a grand jury in an attempt to indict for murder , arrives and tells him he has no admissible evidence , he is only doing this because of his personal vendetta against , and that despite an often stormy relationship , and loved each other . Realizing that the case would likely end with either a dismissal or acquittal , reluctantly drops the charges . and reconcile on the ferry wharf before returns to New York .

Kathy Bates, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Strathairn, Christopher Plummer, John C. Reilly

Psychiatrist ( ) dissuades a would - be suicide - a 21 - year - old man who is costumed like and claims to be ( ) , who is then held for a ten - day review in a mental institution . , who is about to retire , insists on doing the evaluation and conducts it without medicating the youth . " " tells his story - born in Mexico , the death of his father , a year in a harem , and finding true love ( and being rejected ) on a remote island . Listening enlivens 's relationship with his own wife , ( ) . As the ten days tick down , and pressure mounts on to support the youth 's indefinite confinement , finding reality within the romantic imagination becomes 's last professional challenge .

Solicitor travels all the way from London to " Castle Dracula " in Transylvania to finalize Count 's purchase of Carfax Abbey in England . As the stagecoach driver refuses to take him any further , continues on foot . 
 meets Count , a charming but rather strange man who is a vampire . He then casts a hypnotic spell on the highly suggestible , making him his slave . and soon embark for England . During the voyage , dines upon the ship 's crew . When the ship arrives and , ( by this time raving mad in the style of ) , is discovered alone on the ship , he is confined to a lunatic asylum . 
 Meanwhile , visits an opera house , where he introduces himself to his new neighbors : Doctor , ( the lunatic asylum 's administrator and head psychiatrist , who is obsessed with prescribing his patients enemas ) , ( 's nubile daughter ) , ( 's assistant and 's fiance ) , and ( 's equally nubile ward ) . flirts with and , later that night , enters her bedroom and feeds on her blood . 
 discovers still in bed late in the morning , looking strangely pale . , puzzled by the odd puncture marks on her throat , calls in an expert on obscure diseases , Dr. . informs the skeptical Dr. that has been attacked by a vampire . After some hesitation , and allow garlic to be placed in 's bedroom to repel the vampire . After a failed attempt by to remove the garlic , uses mind - control to make leave her room , and kills her . Despite warnings , refuses to believe him . 
 meets and begins to suspect him of being the local vampire after the two trade words , phrases and insults in Moldavian , each attempting to have the last word in the foreign language ' discussion ' . , now a vampire herself , rises from her crypt , drains the blood from her guard , and tries to attack and seduce , who had come to watch over her grave to be sure if was indeed right . 
 's next victim is , but he has bigger plans for her ; he wants her to be his undead bride throughout eternity . He spirits her away to Carfax Abbey , where they dance , and he sucks her blood . The following morning , she is unusually frisky , and tries to seduce the prudish . Dr mistakenly assumes to be seducing and orders him to leave . However , becomes suspicious at this strange behavior . Noticing a scarf around 's neck , he removes it , revealing two puncture marks . Though she lies about how she got them , confirms she has been attacked by a vampire by placing a cross on her hand , which burns a mark into it . 
 devises a plan to reveal the vampire 's secret identity . Both and are invited to a ball , where has placed a huge mirror , covered with a curtain , on one of the walls . While and perform an excellent dance routine the curtain over the mirror is dropped , and guests are stunned to see that has no reflection . grabs and escapes out of a window . 
 deduces that is 's slave , and thus might know where he has taken his coffin after a search of turns up empty . He locks himself in a room to finish making his bride . His pursuers break down the door , and they fight . , noticing sunlight creeping into the room , starts opening the blinds . As his body begins to burn , then attempts to flee , but is inadvertently killed by . 
 With dead , falls into despair with no master to serve and scrapes 's ashes into the coffin . tells him " You are free , now " , and he realizes this to be true with gone , and seems relieved . But the instant Dr. calls for to follow him out of the church , he follows with " Yes , Master " . dusts himself off , opens 's coffin and yells something in Moldavian to ensure that he has the final word between himself and the count . However after the end credits roll , responds in Moldavian despite being dead , giving him the ' true ' final word .

Empire Records is an independent record shop managed by ( ) . The store is located in a fictional city in Delaware , and , like its employees , is eclectic and unique . The staff is very much a surrogate family , with as the reluctant and perpetually exasperated but lovable father figure . When his young staff experience problems in their personal lives , he routinely reminds them they can seek him out for advice . 
 The film opens with store manager allowing employee ( ) his first opportunity to close the store , an opportunity regards as an honor . While counting the day 's receipts in 's office , snoops and discovers that Empire Records is about to be bought and converted into a branch of Music Town , a large national music store with many franchises . In an effort to keep the store independent , takes the day 's cash receipts totaling $ 9,000 to a casino in Atlantic City in an attempt to quadruple it via gambling . believes this act will create enough money to allow to save Empire Records . Though initially doubling the money , soon loses the entire amount in one bet on a dice table . Instead of going home he sleeps on his motorcycle outside the store , where he is found the following morning by opening manager ( ) and fellow employee ( ) . He confides in the pair about the previous night 's events before riding away , seemingly for good . arrives to help open the store and quickly receives phone calls from both the bank and the store owner , ( ) , regarding the previous night 's missing deposit . 
 is distracted from immediately dealing with this crisis due to a scheduled store event : ( ) , a former 80 's pop idol , is due to arrive at the store for an autograph session to promote his new album . The staff is unenthused by " Rex Manning Day " , and ultimately many of the fans showing up to meet him are either older women or gay men . The employees secretly tease behind his back about his fading career , and even his assistant ( ) later reveals her distaste for 's music . 
 returns after the store opens and confronts him about the missing deposit . After telling him of his short misadventure , is asked to stay in the store until a plan is devised to recoup the lost $ 9,000 . explains that he had intended to use the money to invest and become part - owner of the store , which would allow him the opportunity of saving it from becoming a Music Town franchise . Next to arrive are cashiers ( ) , an overachieving high school student , and her uninhibited best friend and co - worker ( ) , both of whom are informed of the situation . Soon thereafter arrives hostile employee ( ) , who is in a particularly bad state of mind ; she has survived an apparent suicide attempt and immediately shaves her head in the bathroom upon arriving at work . 's boyfriend ( ) soon arrives as well . 
 The afternoon continues in a downward spiral . A young belligerent shoplifter who identifies himself only as " " ( ) is apprehended by and subsequently arrested , promising to return for revenge . Encouraged by , 's school - girl crush on is pushed to its limits — much to the horror of her friends , including , who is infatuated with her . Before arguing with , has sex with , causing the rift between the two friends to intensify and to get kicked out of the store by . This leads to the revelation that is secretly using Amphetamines . takes aside and advises her on the questionable choices she is making , choices which may have dire consequences on her bright future . In return , holds a mock funeral for and the whole store attends . then apologizes to . The pugnacious " " keeps his word and returns to the store with a gun ( loaded with blanks ) to seek revenge . reveals that he was once a troubled youth much like " " until he was taken in by , who gave him a home and a job and helped him turn his life around . The staff surmises that " " just needs a similar chance . subsequently offers him a job at the store . 
 After the police leave , admits defeat , and suggests calling . However , the employees , , and — who has since quit working for Rex — pool their resources to replace the missing money . Despite their best efforts , they are thousands short . Suddenly inspired , runs out of the store , jumps in front of a news crew covering the holdup , and announces a late night benefit party to " Save the Empire " . The store opens its doors and collects donations while selling food , drinks , and merchandise to raise the remaining money . They manage to raise just enough , which they offer to store owner . in turn offers to sell the store to , admitting that has always loved the place while he himself has always hated it . agrees to become the new owner . meets up with a dejected on the roof and confesses that she does love him . He tells her he has decided to attend art school in Boston so he can be near her when she goes to Harvard . They then kiss . 
 In celebration of maintaining Empire Records ' independence and their victory against " the man " , the staff ends the long and eventful day with a dance party on the store 's roof .

Anthony LaPaglia, Maxwell Caulfield, Debi Mazar, Rory Cochrane, Robin Tunney, Ethan Embry, Johnny Whitworth, Renée Zellweger, Liv Tyler

( ) is a Miami lawyer who , in the course of a divorce proceeding , attempts to seize a 157 - foot freighter docked off the Florida coast in lieu of unpaid alimony . 
 The freighter , which is owned by criminal ( ) , is the current base of operations of ( ) , a former KGB agent who has become an international money laundering expert , and has also become the leader of a group of rogue KGB members , including ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) and ( ) . 
 When is unintentionally hit by a stray bullet , Miami detective ( ) is assigned to the case . Then an attempt is made on 's life by , who — after killing — assembles his team into tracking and killing ; then becomes her protector . 
 , , and two of his colleagues stay at a hotel . They order pizza , but traces the order , and and two henchmen infiltrate the hotel and kill 's colleagues . manages to kill the whole hit squad ( except ) and he and then leave . After contacts his superior , Lt . ( ) , FBI agents are sent to escort them . The " agents " turn out to be henchmen working for , and 's partner and long - time friend Detective ( ) is killed in the process . After killing some of 's men , and travel throughout Florida , trying to avoid and find out why he wants dead . 
 However , their jeep breaks down on a freeway and they call a tow truck to come pick them up . and show up to kill them , while splits from them to deal with 's cousin , who has been feeding them information regarding and his past activities in Cuba . and are forced to run with the tow truck while their jeep is still hooked onto it . After a long chase and gunfight , steps hard on the brakes while steers the wheel of the truck , unhooking their car and causing it to crash into 's and 's SUV , killing both of them . 
 One of Kate 's clients is the ex - wife of , and she is trying to repossess the boat to pay for her divorce settlement . She stumbled on something about the ship and is the main reason why and his crew put a target on . 
 Regardless , has kidnapped and taken her to the freighter while and are sent to kill . They accidentally kill the Navigator and shoots both of them . , however , has a bulletproof vest on , and only kills her after a long fight . then boards the freighter in an attempt to rescue . and blow up the freighter , killing . They jump off of the boat just in time to watch it blow up and sink . They climb aboard the boat used to reach the freighter and start to kiss passionately . As the sun sets they ride off together .

Fifteen - year - old ( ) lives near a small town in British Columbia , Canada with his parents and eight - year - old brother . Nowadays , he either runs his paper route to earn his savings , learns wilderness survival skills from his father , or spends time with his friends and ( ) . One afternoon , while gathering up firewood near the house , finds a stray Yellow Labrador Retriever and begs his parents to let him care of him . ' parents , and agree that can keep the stray on the condition that he takes full responsibility in taking care of the dog , whom later names him Yellow . 
 Several days later , while , his father , and were traveling along the coast of British Columbia , turbulent waters capsized their boat . was rescued by helicopter and transported to a hospital for minor injuries , but and soon found themselves stranded on the coast far from civilization . While 's parents relentlessly badger rescue teams , , schooled by his father in wilderness survival skills , and assisted by the intelligent Yellow Dog , tries to attract rescuers . 
 sets up a shelter on the rocky shores with his lifeboat and several branches before checking on the supplies he manages to retrieve from his father 's capsized boat . The only supplies he has include a box of matches , some fishing hooks and tackle , and a box of cookies that his girlfriend had made for him . catches a fish for supper and digs for clams on the shoreline with his dog Yellow . But after spending nine days on the shores without much luck attracting rescue teams and with little food left to sustain themselves , realizes that he and must move on to reach civilization on their own . With the nearest lighthouse located about twenty miles south through the rugged wilderness of British Columbia , decides to take the challenge and begins his journey across one of the largest wildernesses in Canada . 
 While spending a cold , rainy night in a makeshift shelter , and his dog Yellow find themselves under attack by a pack of wolves . While chases off one wolf and engages in a fight with a second wolf , finds himself confronted by a third wolf . He fends off the wolf for a moment before crawling away to safety , but the wolf turns and goes after again . Before the wolf reaches , appears and chases the wolf off . then leads a relieved away to safety through the rainstorm . 
 Over the next several days , struggles to find food to sustain himself and . In addition to the box of 's homemade cookies , gathers grubs , berries , wild edible plants , and roots to eat . He even catches a small deer mouse in a makeshift trap and shares it with , but it 's not enough to stave off their hunger . Besides starvation , other dangers test ' and 's ability to survive in the Canadian wilderness . Rainstorms and cold temperatures tear at them day and night , forcing to build a fire to keep himself and Yellow warm . One day , slips and tumbles down a cliff , breaking his left wrist in the process . Later that same day , finds himself at the edge of a large lake and spots the lighthouse positioned on a hill on the other side . He builds a raft out of branches , logs , and sticks , and with the aid of his dog is able to paddle across to the opposite shore . 
 and eventually reach the lighthouse , but find it deserted and with no additional food or supplies to sustain them . soon discovers a logging road running down the side of another hill several miles away and decides to head over there in the hopes of finding someone to help them . The following day , brings back a snowshoe hare to , who kills it with a stick and cooks it for their supper . After a good meal and a rest , and continue on their journey but soon find themselves looking down a narrow gorge with a running river below them . soon finds a fallen tree across the top of the gorge and decides to cross it , but he and soon discover that the other side is blocked off by other fallen trees . 
 Just as and begin to give up hope , a plane flies overhead and soon spots them on the tree . The pilot informs the rescue teams of his discovery , and a rescue helicopter is dispatched to pick up the boy and dog . is relieved when the helicopter arrives to pick him and up . One of the rescue members is lowered down and manages to grab hold of , who tells him to get his dog . The man promises to return for the dog , but unbeknownst to him and , attacks the man by biting down on his leg . As and the man are lifted back up to the helicopter , is accidentally knocked off the tree and falls down the gorge into the river below . The team promises that they will return for his dog , but with the winds picking up speed , the helicopter is forced to transport over to a nearby hospital and leave behind . eventually survives the fall and manages to swim to shore with only an injured hind leg , but he is left behind to fend for himself . 
 Though was happily reunited with his family , he was disappointed for leaving behind . The rescue teams spend the next few days afterwards searching for , but were unsuccessful in finding any trace of the dog . Because of the tight budget issues they were facing after searching for more than three weeks , the search teams decided to call off the search . Saddened and betrayed , blames himself for losing but refuses to give up hope that his dog is still alive . His family pitches in to help him find , putting up posters all over town and even searching different areas of the wilderness around their property for . One afternoon , while walking home from school , ' girlfriend eventually cheers him up a little by kissing him . Later that day , blows his dog whistle one last time and an exhausted appears in the middle of the field behind the house . He and his family all rejoice over the return of , who has finally returned home .

The film begins five years after the events of the first one , with telling the audience he is ready for the empty nest he 'll shortly receive with all of his children grown up . Shortly thereafter , tells the family that she 's pregnant , and begins to mildly panic , insisting he is too young to be a grandfather . He has his assistant make a list of people who are younger than him , dyes his hair brown , and decides he and should sell the home their children have grown up in if one more thing goes wrong with it . 
 Termites strike the house two weeks later . puts the house on the market without telling , and sells it to the . At dinner , after a discussion on whether the baby 's last name will be hyphenated or not , reveals the house has been sold . is livid , as she and have to be out in 10 days and have no place to go . On moving day and play a game of basketball one last time ( what they always did for father and daughter bonding since was a small child ) . Having no place to go , the stay at the ' ( 's husband 's parents ) mansion . The are on vacation in Hawaii , so the have to deal with their vicious Dobermans , much to 's chagrin ( still obviously paranoid from a previous mishap with them ) . 
 After a late night between and , she begins experiencing symptoms that bring up the concern of menopause . After visiting the doctor the following day , they are given the opposite news : is pregnant , too . Not long after , they have a chance meeting with , 's wedding planner , who is elated at both women expecting . switches gears ; now believing he is too old to be a father again . His feelings come to a head when he and go to and 's house to announce their news . brings his insensitivity to light and tells him not to come home . 
 As an apology , reluctantly hires and his assistant to do the baby shower . 
 As they are driving home , and have differing perspectives on the prospect of becoming new parents again . Both express how strange it will be , but begin to welcome the change . 
 One day when is out , he notices that the street to their old house is blocked off and sees a demolition crew with a wrecking ball at the house and learns that Mr. plans to demolish it . An upset runs in and tries to stop them , as the wrecking ball is about to slam into the house . He pleads with Mr. not to tear down the house since he is going to be a father again , as there is great sentimental value to it . He realizes that if he 's going to have another child , he wants to raise him / her in the house his family grew up in . When offers to buy the house back , agrees on the condition that pay him $ 100,000 up front . Although reluctant to pay that money , he gives in when Mr is about to send in the wrecking ball . The then move back into their house , right as is called away to an emergency meeting in Japan . 
 Meanwhile , and are moving along in their simultaneous pregnancies and need around the clock care from . takes over when his father is away at work . turns simple redecoration of and 's new baby 's nursery into a full - scale renovation / addition , which he affectionately calls , ' the baby 's suite ' . Eventually , all the stress and nights of sleep deprivation around and 's constant care , and a few times where thought she was going into labor , wear out . When ' the baby 's suite ' is revealed , offers some sleeping pills from his native country called ' Vatsnik ' after tells him that he has not been getting enough sleep . unknowingly takes too high of a dosage and suddenly passes out during dinner . The family becomes worried , which is only increased when finally goes into labor . 
 takes over the role of driving the family to the hospital with a barely coherent in tow . After being mistaken for a patient in need of a prostate exam , finally regains full consciousness and goes to see and when goes into labor . is initially cynical about Dr. , a young female obstetrician , who fills in because the intended physician had to tend to his child who had fractured her arm during camp in Maine . Despite wanting his grandchild to be delivered by the same doctor who delivered his children , comes to terms with the arrangement . soon returns to be with , who gives birth to a baby boy , while gives birth to a baby girl , named and respectively . finishes telling the story about and 's pregnancy . and then move to Boston , since took a job there . The film concludes with standing on the road in front of his house , admiring it with the baby by his side . As he completes the story , he beings walking up the driveway , telling the new baby about all the basketball tricks will teach her .

Steve Martin, Diane Keaton, Martin Short, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, George Newbern, Kieran Culkin

The film 's opening text establishes that King ( ) of Camelot , victorious from his wars , has dedicated his reign to promoting justice and peace and now wishes to marry . However , ( ) , a Knight of the Round Table , desires the throne for himself and rebels . 
 The film opens with ( ) a vagabond and skilled swordsman , dueling in small villages for money . attributes his skill to his lack of concern whether he lives or dies . ( ) the ruler of Lyonesse , decides to marry partly out of admiration and partly for security against , who is shown raiding a village . While traveling , chances by 's carriage on the way to Camelot , and helps spoil 's ambush meant to kidnap her . He falls in love with , who refuses his advances . Though urges her to follow her heart , remains bound by her duty . She is subsequently reunited with her escort . 
 Later , arrives in Camelot and successfully navigates an obstacle course on the prospect of a kiss from , though he instead kisses her hand . He also wins an audience with her husband - to - be , . Impressed by 's courage and struck by his recklessness and freewheeling , shows him the Round Table which symbolizes a life of service and brotherhood , and warns that a man " who fears nothing is a man who loves nothing " . 
 That night , 's henchmen arrive at Camelot and kidnap . She is tied up and carried off to 's headquarters , where she is held hostage . poses as a messenger to only to escape with and return her to Camelot . Once again , tries to win her heart , but is unsuccessful . On the return journey , it is revealed that was orphaned and rendered homeless after bandits attacked his village , and has been wandering ever since . 
 In gratitude , offers a higher calling in life as a Knight of the Round Table . Amidst the protests of the other Knights ( who are suspicious of his station ) and of ( who struggles with her feelings for him ) accepts and takes 's place at the Table , saying he has found something to care about . and are subsequently wedded . However , a messenger from Lyonesse arrives , with news that has invaded . leads his troops to Lyonesse and successfully defeats 's forces . wins the respect of the other Knights with his prowess in battle . He also learns to embrace 's philosophy , moved by the plight of villagers . 
 feels guilty about his feelings for the queen and loyalty to and in private announces his departure to her . She can not bear the thought of him leaving and asks him for a kiss , which turns into a passionate embrace , just in time for the king to interrupt . Though claims to love both and – albeit in different ways – the two are charged with treason . The open trial in the great square of Camelot is interrupted by a surprise invasion by , ready to burn Camelot and kill if he does not swear fealty . Instead commands his subjects to fight , and 's men shoot him with crossbows . A battle between 's men and Camelot 's soldiers and citizens ensues , and and face off . Disarmed , seizes 's fallen sword and kills , who falls dead on that same throne he so desired . The people of Camelot win the battle , but dies of his wounds . On his deathbed , he asks to " take care of her for me " – referring to both and . The film closes with a funeral raft carrying 's body floating out to sea , which is set aflame .

is a mutt puppy ( a wrong colored Golden Retriever , played by dog actor , voiced by ) , who has flashing memories and dreams of having lived a human life . After being taken to a pound and eventually escaping , he is raised by an elderly homeless woman named ( ) , who gives him the name , stating that he is " a fluke by nature , and by name . " 
 After dies of an illness due to poor conditions , meets a street - wise dog named ( voiced by ) who takes him to see a man named ( ) who feeds and . matures into an adult dog ( now voiced by ) and eventually realizes that he was once a man named ( also portrayed by ) , who died in a car crash . 
 is then abducted by a man named ( ) to be used in makeup experiments at a cosmetics company . During his captivity , comes to the rescue , and is shot by , as he and escape . A dying tells that the black - and - white snapshot of a man in a sailor suit on 's wall was him and was his brother and that he wishes to smell the sea again , suggesting that he died in the line of duty . 
 After 's death , seeks out his wife ( ) and son ( ) and reunites with them by becoming their new family dog . 
 He suspects that his human death was caused by his former business partner ( ) and viciously attacks him when he visits the house , and ends up getting put outside . During his life as a dog , he gets to know his family better and regrets his decisions as a workaholic . 
 comes close to killing Jeff by causing him to get into a car accident that ends up with him being injured , but has a flashback and realizes that was n't responsible for his death , in fact he was only trying to save him but in vain . Instead , his death was caused by his own anger and recklessness . 
 eventually manages to show his wife who he really is by digging away the snow covering the word " forever " at the bottom of his tombstone , something that in his human life , he would often say to his wife . She is shocked , but understanding , and with a heavy heart , he decides to leave and never return . He realized that life is simply meant to be cherished , regardless of how one lives it . 
 Far away and sometime later , is resting under a tree on a farm by himself . To his surprise and happiness , he is reunited with , now reincarnated as a squirrel . tells about life as a squirrel and about reincarnation .

At a restaurant in New York City , prepares to introduce his friends to his fiancée , . As the couple waits for the rest of the party to arrive , tells the story of how his friends and came to fall in love . As each of 's friends arrive , more of the story is unfolded . 
 is a National Basketball Association referee who honors his recently - deceased father 's wishes by burying him at the resting site of his World War II Army platoon in France , of which he was the sole survivor , but the plans are delayed after the airline misplaces the casket . 
 , an airline employee from Wichita working in Paris , assists in locating and retrieving the casket . She surprises by attending the burial so he wo n't be alone . rides back to Paris with , and the two get to know each other along the way . decides to delay his return trip to the United States to spend time with . The two fall in love , but is forced to return for the beginning of the NBA season . 
 's loneliness leads him to lose his temper during a nationally - televised game . is suspended by the NBA for a week . During the suspension , he returns to Paris to see . learns is married but separated , and is unsure if she and her husband will get back together . While is in Charlotte to referee a game , arrives to meet him and reveals that she has gotten a divorce . Having quit her job in France , marries . After a honeymoon period spent on the road during the NBA season , the couple settles in the San Fernando Valley outside 's hometown of Los Angeles . 
 When the next basketball season begins , takes an entry - level customer service job with American Airlines , while travels with the NBA . Hating her new job and only seeing a few days each month , becomes lonely and depressed . She asks to quit his job ; he compromises by taking a one - year leave of absence and briefly working as a car salesman . gets promoted and climbs the corporate ladder , leaving at home to tend to her father , . 
 , unhappy at home with , decides to return early to the NBA . He comes home from a road trip to find gone . Before he can read her note , she arrives and explains that she had simply returned to Kansas to deliver to her siblings so she and can be alone and repair their marriage . 
 approaches and says she has been offered a transfer to Dallas . refuses to move away from California , so takes the airline 's other offer of a transfer to Paris . Now separated , the two are seemingly content in their original arrangements : traveling with the NBA , and working for an airline in Paris . It is obvious to all of their friends that they miss each other 's company . 
 At the restaurant , 's friends have caught up to date , with the latest development coming four months prior . A basketball fan enters the restaurant and informs the group of an odd occurrence during the traditional singing of " The Star - Spangled Banner " prior to that night 's New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden . decides to go AWOL from his job and immediately return to Paris to find . Before he can make it across the basketball court , he spots in the arena . The two meet and reconcile at mid - court , and as the arena lights come on after the anthem , the entire crowd sees the two kissing . and arrive at the restaurant together and re - tell the story of their relationship .

The film is set on New Year 's Eve , and starts with ( ) , the previous bellhop of the Hotel Mon Signor , briefing his replacement , ( ) , about the job . 
 The film 's animated opening credits are inspired by the cartoons of The Pink Panther Show , and feature the scat song " Vertigogo " by Combustible Edsion . 
 assists a number of unusual women with their luggage , which he takes up to the Honeymoon Suite . He learns they are a coven of witches , attempting to create a potion to reverse a spell cast on their goddess , ( ) 40 years ago . In order to create it , they each must place an ingredient into a large cauldron in a ritual . However , one ( ) has still to retrieve her ingredient - semen - which she is told she must retrieve in one hour . She manages to seduce an initially reluctant and has sex with him in the cauldron . After he leaves , they complete the ritual and is seen emerging from the cauldron . 
 At the end of the segment , a guest from a hotel room party ( ) calls at the front desk to get some ice . He is unsure about which floor the room is on , but eventually directs to Room 404 . 
 Upon arriving at Room 404 , finds himself in the middle of a fantasy hostage situation between a husband and wife . ( ) , the husband , maniacally accuses Ted ( whom he calls ) of having slept with his wife , ( ) . At gunpoint , is made to participate in the scenario , with uncertainty about what is real and part of the fantasy . At one point , he is stuck in the bathroom window and the party guest from the beginning of the segment appears in the one above , uttering the word " ice " and vomiting . Eventually , escapes just as a different party guest ( ) appears , looking for Room 404 and is greeted by in the same manner as at the beginning of the segment . 
 It is not fully clear if these events take place in Room 404 or 409 . The party guests ' room is on the above floor , which suggests 's room is indeed Room 404 . Adding to this uncertainty , the door reads " 40- " , with a faint outline of what appears to be a missing " 4 " or " 9 " . However , answers the phone at one point , which is later revealed to be a call connecting to Room 409 . 
 A husband ( ) and wife ( ) go out to a New Year 's Eve party and leave their two children , and ( and ) , in the hotel . is paid $ 500 to keep an eye on them by their stern father , who orders them not to misbehave . As is responsible for the entire hotel he ca n't actually stay in the room with them , but instead instructs them to do so and watch television . After he leaves , they soon begin to squabble and proceed to both explore and vandalize the room , and manage to explode a bottle of champagne in the process . They call for toothbrushes , at which point he arrives and attempts unsuccessfully to put them to bed by putting ointment on their eyelids . After they wash them and summon him back once more , he arrives at a scene of mass chaos : a painting in the room , which they use to play darts with a syringe , has a target scribbled on it with lipstick , has a cigarette in his mouth , has a bottle of liquor in her hand , the television is set to an adult channel , and they have found the corpse of a dead prostitute ( ) stuffed in the box spring . While tries to quell the chaos , stabs him in the leg with the syringe when he repeatedly uses the word " whore " and accidentally sets the room on fire with his cigarette . At this point , their father arrives , carrying his passed - out wife , and , looking around the room , asks , " Did they misbehave ? " 
 After the events of Room 309 , an unsettled calls his boss , ( ) , to quit . After a prolonged conversation with ( ) , he gets on the phone and quits , but a call from the penthouse comes in . reasons with him and convinces him to tend to their needs , due to the importance of continued Hollywood business to the hotel . 
 The penthouse is currently being occupied by the famous director ( ) and a group of his friends , which includes from The Wrong Man . The party requests a block of wood , a doughnut , a ball of twine , three nails , a club sandwich , a bucket of ice , and an extremely sharp hatchet ( specifically requests a hatchet " as sharp as the Devil himself " ) . After getting acquainted with and his friends , is asked to take part in a challenge : 's friend , ( ) , has bet he can light his Zippo cigarette lighter ten times in a row . If he succeeds , will win 's car , but if he fails , 's pinky will be cut off . is asked to " wield the hatchet " and cut off 's pinky , should he fail . He initially tries to leave , but persuades him to stay by offering $ 100 up front and another $ 1,000 if he performs his assigned role . 's lighter fails on the first try , and chops off his pinky , sweeps up all the money , and leaves the penthouse with an energetic step . While the credits are rolling , and company are seen frantically getting ready to take a screaming , agonized to the hospital .

Tim Roth, Antonio Banderas, Madonna, Jennifer Beals, Valeria Golino, Marisa Tomei, Lili Taylor, Ione Skye, Tamlyn Tomita

It 's been two years since saved and freed his orca friend , . , now a teenager , has since been adopted by his foster parents , and . and his adoptive parents are preparing to go on a family camping trip to the Pacific Northwest . has been trying to teach to drive their motorboat , but is more interested in girls . Before they leave town , however , , 's former social worker , shows up to inform them that they have found 's biological mother , who abandoned him 8 years ago . 's mother has died and left behind another son , 's 8 - year old half - brother named ( ) . is morose , overly talkative , and mischievous , and he is also prone to telling lies and easily gets on 's nerves . He is invited on their trip to San Juan Island so that he and might get to know each other . 
 At the environmental institute , reunites with his old Native American friend ( ) whom met at the aquatic park when he met . quickly becomes smitten with 's attractive and kindly goddaughter , ( ) . also tracks down and reunites with . cautiously begins to show his interest in , and as the awkward teenagers grow closer , helps befriend and his orca siblings , and . spies on the two , but at the same time , forms a bond with 's brother . 
 As they continue to enjoy their camping trip , an oil tanker runs aground and spills oil into the ocean due to an engine failure , trapping the three young killer whales in a small cove . When word gets out that the orcas are trapped and is dying from the oil in her lungs , , the CEO of the oil company ( ) , arrives and announces a plan to move the orcas into captivity where they can recover from their injuries . His real plan , however , is to sell the orcas to marine mammal parks . 
 eventually uses an old Indian remedy that he administers to , who recovers . and learn of 's real plan to lock up the whales , and they confront him , ruining his plans . Then , with , they get the orcas away from the cove by stealing the boat belonging to and leading them out of the cove to safety . However , the tanker explodes , and the crude oil in the water catches fire . While the three whales swim under the flaming oil safely , the boat hits a rock and starts to sink . begins to panic and promises to not let anything happen to him . and are lifted into a rescue helicopter summoned by 's distress signals , but ends up slipping and falls back into the ocean . The helicopter is unable to go back for him due to the heavy smoke and is forced to fly away . However , is rescued by , who takes him under the flames , and delivers him to , and . , after taking a moment to say goodbye , sends off back to his family . 
 Shortly after , the Coast Guard brings and to 's boat . gives an old picture of him and their mother , and explains that he once ripped it up out of anger , but taped it back together for him . tells that their mother always talked about him and that she felt bad about abandoning him . thanks him for the picture and hugs him , finally able to put his past at rest . and decide to adopt so the brothers can stay together .

A fastidious and wholesome history teacher named ( ) is living in Canada with her fiancé , ( ) , a dentist . While waiting for her Canadian citizenship to come through , has been busy planning their wedding and the purchase of their first house , complete with a white picket fence . When urges her to accompany him to Paris for an upcoming conference , she declines due to her fear of flying and her general intolerance for cheese , secondhand smoke , and the French . 
 A few days later , 's plans for the future are crushed when she receives a phone call from , who informs her that he has fallen in love with a beautiful French " goddess " named ( ) and that he will not be returning . Determined to win him back , boards a flight to Paris and is seated next to a crude Frenchman , ( ) , whose every word seems to annoy her . Unknown to , is smuggling a vine cutting and a stolen diamond necklace into France , hoping to use both to start his own vineyard . With the help of a few drinks , is able to tolerate her " rude " and " hygiene - deficient " seating partner long enough to arrive safely in Paris . Before deboarding , sneaks the vine and necklace into 's bag , knowing she will not be searched at customs . 
 At the terminal , is spotted by Inspector ( ) , who insists on giving him a ride during which he searches his bag . knows of 's vocation , but feels " protective " of him because once saved his life . Meanwhile , arrives at the Hôtel George V , where she encounters new levels of French sarcasm and rudeness from the concierge ( fr : ) . While waiting in the lobby with a petty thief named ( ) , sees and kissing in a descending elevator and faints . steals her bag and leaves just as arrives . After reviving , realizes that now has the necklace , goes with to 's apartment , and recovers the bag , absent her money and passport . 
 Upset with , heads off on her own , and learns that is traveling south to Cannes to meet 's parents . , meanwhile , realizes that the necklace must still be in 's bag . He tracks her down to the train station , offers to help her " win back " , and together they board a train to Cannes . After lactose - intolerant samples some of the 452 official government cheeses of France , she becomes sick , and they get off the train at 's hometown of La Ravelle in Paulhaguet , where they stay at his family home and vineyard . learns about 's past and how he gambled away his vineyard birthright to his brother in a single hand of poker ; she also learns that while he may be a schemer , he knows a lot about wine , and dreams of someday buying land for his own winery . As they board the train to Cannes , shows him that she , in fact , has the necklace . 
 At Cannes , the two check into a room at the Carlton Hotel using a stolen credit card . Following 's advice , confronts in front of on the beach , pretending to be indifferent to him . To make him jealous , pretends to be 's lover , and the deception works . Later that afternoon , approaches and urges her to convince to return the necklace anonymously to avoid jail . was planning to sell the necklace at Cartier , but agrees to 's " new plan " to have her sell the necklace , as that would be safer . At dinner , apologizes to and accompanies her to her room , where he tries to seduce her . Rejecting his advances , realizes she no longer wants him , and that she has fallen in love with . Meanwhile , in an effort to " ensure victory " for her , takes an all - too - willing to bed , but his plan fails when he calls her " " . 
 The following morning , tells that wants her back , but quickly leaves the room , saying , " Cartier is waiting " . She returns the necklace to and purchases a Cartier check for $ 45,782 with her own savings to create the illusion that she sold it . After giving the check to , she leaves for the airport pretending to meet . Soon after , approaches and reveals the charade and all that has done for him . rushes to the airport , boards the plane , and confesses that he is in love with her and wants her to stay with him . Sometime later , and he embrace in their beautiful new vineyard .

, a young man living in South Central Los Angeles , has just lost his job after being framed for stealing on his day off . Not having any plans , he hangs out on his front porch with his best friend , , a carefree , mischievous drug dealer who sells weed for Big Worm , the psychopathic neighborhood supplier . 
 Throughout the day , and observe the goings - on in their neighborhood . They encounter , who supports his drug habit with petty crime ; , an attractive girl has an interest in ; 's neighbor , , whose wealth - like supercilious attitude bemuses ; , 's former co - worker and childhood friend whose bike and necklace have been forcibly taken by , the neighborhood bully and also enlists 's aid in a burglary of 's house ; Pastor , the neighborhood pastor , who is caught sleeping with Mrs. by her husband Mr. ; and , 's sister and 's girlfriend , who irritates everyone in the neighborhood with her constant begging . 
 , who has been smoking rather than selling his consignment of marijuana , has a confrontation with Big . In an attempt to explain his money shortage , incriminates . Big Worm threatens to kill them both if they do not give him $ 200 by 10:00 P.M. angrily confronts about his lack of initiative in selling the marijuana before deciding to help . unsuccessfully attempts to borrow money from his mother ; his sister , ; and his insanely jealous girlfriend , . 's father , , eventually learns of 's plan , as well as the fact that is carrying a gun . talks to him , explaining that should use his fists , instead of guns , to resolve his problems , all the while telling the story of how his uncle , who was 's brother , lost his life due to gun violence . 
 Later on , while and discuss their dilemma , they are interrupted by the arrival of , a girl whom set up with earlier . then discovers she lied about her looks . Instead of resembling as she originally claimed , is obese and bald and , in 's words : " looking more like . " 
 heads to 's house to complain and notices 's bike on the lawn . He sneaks in and finds asleep with . tries to reclaim the money that he and stole from earlier , but is interrupted by . Both escape without the money before wakes up . returns to 's house to tell him , and agrees to go back with to try again , but at that moment , rides past them . The two notice a black car driving slowly and hide , suspecting a possible drive - by shooting . Scared , they run to 's room . Then , after confronts them with the situation with Big Worm , and with 10:00 approaching , they decide step out . Once outside , they notice the van parked in the street with its headlights off . The two flee as men in the van start shooting at them . 
 The neighbors emerge from their homes upon hearing the gunshots . then confronts for assaulting after falsely accuses of 's attempted theft . eventually assaults , as and arrive . 
 Angered that has struck , stands up to him , and threatens him with his gun . scoffs at the threat and encourages to put down the weapon and fight with his hands . and fight . After nearly losing , emerges victorious by using various objects as weapons . As tends to , steals the money from an unconscious and flees the scene . punches again to ensure he does n't wake up and retrieves his chain and bicycle while steals 's shoes . and agree to meet up the following day and breaks up with over the phone . 
 Later , settles with Big Worm , and ends the feud . He announces that he is giving up drug dealing and going to drug rehabilitation . After hanging up , looks up , lights a joint and ends the film , saying to the audience , " I was just bullshittin ' ! And you know this , man ! "

is the son of comedy legend . After his own Las Vegas comedy act flops with his beloved father in the audience , returns to Blackpool , England , where he spent the summers of his childhood . 
 Disguised with a new identity , intends to seek out unique performers and purchase their acts . During this time , encounters his father 's old comedy partners , and . Once great performers , they now work as ghouls on a ghost train at Blackpool Pleasure Beach Circus . 
 's son is a brilliant comic , but psychologically troubled . He has also been manipulated by a corrupt policeman known as into stealing valuable wax eggs from smugglers . meets 's mother , and even though is in disguise , she suspects that he is somehow connected to the family . 
 eventually realises that his father stole his original act from the brothers . He then reveals himself to be and tells him that is his half - brother . phones his father about the revelation and gets on the next plane to Blackpool . 
 As part of their reconciliation , arranges for the to top the bill at a Blackpool Tower Circus event . However , is still hounded by and can not perform . During an elaborate Egyptian act , gets rid of via a sarcophagus , which is then kidnapped by the smugglers . The wax eggs ( Chinese inscription on egg is read " Eight Immortals " ) contained a mystical , ancient Chinese rejuvenating powder . had previously placed the powder within a makeup tin , which and accidentally use , helping them to perform brilliantly . 
 Toward the end of the show , is seen being chased by a policeman and climbing a giant flexible pole to escape . The pole rocks side to side and spins around on on the flexing pole , and smacks the climbing policeman in the face who begins to fall . The identity of the policeman is revealed to be . 
 In the tense last moments , clasps 's hand and saves him , both now wildly swinging around at the end of pole . The circus audience clasps wildly with relief . yells to , " I think they 're beginning to like you . " laughs and , suddenly no longer afraid , waves at the audience spinning past and laughs joyfully .

, a loan shark based in Miami , clashes with another mobster , over a stolen coat . They have several confrontations , one of which leaves with a broken nose . But after 's boss , , dies of a heart attack , he finds himself working for , whose first order is for to collect a debt owed by . was believed to have been killed in a fatal commercial airliner crash , but had actually gotten off the plane , and failed to re - board . After the plane crash , 's wife identified his personal effects , and the airline offered her a check for $ 300,000 . visits her and discovers is still alive , partying in Las Vegas . 
 While in Vegas , picks up a job from a casino manager to collect a debt from B - movie producer . goes to Los Angeles and locates at the home of actress , breaking into her house . agrees to pay the money he owes in 90 days . Film fan then pitches an idea : a thinly veiled story of his own life , including the scam by . 
 is interested , but he has financial problems : He owes $ 200,000 to drug dealer , who also wants to be in the movie business . says he will help take care of it . tracks down and collects the $ 300,000 in insurance money . He hides it in an airport locker . 
 returns to 's house , where he asks on a date . is the ex - wife of actor , which gives the idea that should star in his movie . He and go to 's home to pitch the story idea , giving the actor tips on how to act like a loan shark . 
 comes to 's office for a progress report about the film he is supposedly financing . Waiting for him there instead is , who tells that has a different project he needs to finish first . and his sidekick proceed to threaten , saying they want their money back and to get rid of or else . 
 makes a call to in Miami , telling him has recovered the money from and speaking to him rudely on the phone . promptly flies to Los Angeles , confronts in his office , and beats him mercilessly when does not reveal the location of Chili and the money . walks in and shoots him , then puts the gun in 's hand . 
 , 's girlfriend , whose late husband wrote Mr. , calls and tells her that is in the hospital . When he is eventually released , must wear a neck brace and remains in agonizing pain , even as he endures 's arrogant behavior in a brief lunch meeting with and about their movie project . At another restaurant , claims he does n't need Chili 's money anymore . 's bodyguard , , a movie stuntman on the side , is thrown down a flight of stairs by . 
 Desperate for money , kidnaps and demands the money that has gotten back from . But after gives him the money , reneges on their deal . cuts a deal with to double - cross . On a balcony at 's home , where is being held , pretends to give a beating , but it 's a set - up . In the struggle , is pushed over a balcony rail that was previously loosened , falling to his death . 
 At his hotel , confronts , demanding the money . He finds an airport locker key and assumes the money is hidden in the locker . At the airport , upon opening the locker , a shocked is confronted by DEA agents . 
 On a Hollywood studio set , a film is being made . is playing and is playing . is directing , with as executive producer , and as co - producers . is a technical consultant . and are arguing with 's agent about 's appropriateness for another role .

John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, James Gandolfini, Delroy Lindo, David Paymer, Dennis Farina

A piglet named lives a happy life on Meadow Brook Farm somewhere near Hope , Arkansas . However , after the farm 's farmer goes bankrupt , he is forced to sell everything , starting with 's family . Two men arrive in a truck to take 's father , but is alerted of this by the farm 's rooster . tries to stop his father from leaving by following the truck taking his father , but his father tells him to go home and look after the family . When returns he finds that his mother and siblings were taken in another truck while he pursued his father . Determined to locate his family and return to the farm , sets out alone to find them . He eventually ends up in the care of , a young country singer who lives in a camper van with her also country singer father , , and their " manager " , . , not knowing 's name , calls him . 
 They travel to a dinner party , where performs for the governor of Arkansas . Also there is rich businessman , ; his daughter ; her rather dull but scheming fiancé , ; and her lonely young son . wanders off on his own and meets and . falls into a swimming pool , but can not swim . Just as rushes off to get help , dives into the pool with an inflatable pool toy , and saves . Due to his bravery , is given to as a pet , and also becomes suddenly famous . 
 and have alternate decisions on who the new mascot of the Royce Company should be : or . In the end , wins , due to a switched camera lens used on 's promotion . is determined to remove and then take control of the company . sends his two guards , and , to kidnap , but and escape by boarding a school bus , which and pursue . On the way , the two men are distracted briefly by a cross - dressing thief , and discover that and have escaped onto a feeding truck . and unexpectedly meet up with the , who learn from the radio that has apparently run away . Another bulletin follows , revealing has died of a heart attack . The return and to the building in St. Louis , Missouri where an attorney reveals has left his company to and . 
 Cousin , upon learning 's family is missing , organizes a giant country - wide search to locate them and also a country music concert in Branson , Missouri in 's name . A host of country singers perform , as well as a surprise speech from President ( just an impersonator ) , who unveils a new stamp of . sends his men to kidnap , tie him in a sack , and toss him in a river , but the pig is saved by Cousin . returns to and . Everyone learns from someone who calls into the telethon that 's family is going to be slaughtered at an unidentified slaughterhouse in Nebraska . tries to hide the fact that the very same slaughterhouse is owned by the family . However , a battle ensues between and , with and knocking him out with the suitcase of , the family attorney . , , , , , Cousin , and race to stop the slaughterhouse from killing 's family , but a train slows them down . successfully rings the lovestruck supervisor , and the slaughterhouse is shut down just in time . To 's happiness , his family has survived , and he is reunited with his father , who was also about to be killed at the slaughterhouse . The pigs are moved back to the farm , which and decide to buy with most of the Royce Company profits ; the two marry and , , and Cousin move in too . and his family are finally reunited .

The feud between ( ) and ( ) has cooled and both of them patch things up , and their children , ( ) and ( ) , have become engaged . Meanwhile , is enjoying his marriage to new wife ( ) . 
 The spring and summer fishing season is in full swing with the annual quest to catch " Catfish Hunter , " a rather large catfish . However , the local bait shop closed after Chuck , the previous owner died , and ( ) has purchased the property with the intent of converting it into a fancy Italian restaurant . 
 Irritated it will no longer be a bait shop , and join forces to sabotage the restaurant . They are successful at first with their practical jokes . However , when learns what is going on , she tells to apologize to at once . He eventually does , but falls asleep at the restaurant after drinking grappa . and begin dating due to their shared passion in fishing , while her mother ( ) dates 's father ( ) . 
 To complicate things further , and call off their engagement due to stress from their parents ' involvement . Upon hearing the news , and reignite their feud . is stressed out because of it and leaves . 
 At the restaurant , is worried about all the time spends with . She reminds her daughter of her five failed marriages and worries that will make it six . After being convinced to take a long look at herself , reluctantly stops seeing him . 
 Distraught over losing , heads to the lake for his father 's advice , but finds him dead . Following the funeral , and call off their feud again and and reconcile . After realizing that their own inability to properly plan a wedding is what drove their kids to call it off , they decide to set it right . They help and reconcile ( the couple later elopes ) , and manage to catch " Catfish Hunter " and release it , then clarify their own drama . marries , and on the way to their honeymoon , discover 's one - eyed bulldog , Lucky , in the car with them . Ragetti 's is reformed so it will also be a bait shop .

In 1988 , 11 - year - old is arrested and charged with crashing 1,507 computer systems in a single day and causing a single - day 7 - point drop in the New York Stock Exchange . His family is fined $ 45,000 for the events and he is banned from using computers or touch - tone telephones until he is 18 years old . Seven years later , ( ) , is now living with his divorced mother in New York City . On 's 18th birthday , he receives a computer and uses social engineering to hack into a local television station 's computer network , changing the current TV program to an episode of The Outer Limits . However , 's intrusion is countered by another hacker ( handle " Acid Burn " ) on the same network , and they briefly converse , with identifying himself by a new alias : " Crash Override " . 
 enrolls in a local high school where he meets ( ) who pranks by claiming that there 's a pool on the roof of the school . ( ) observes accessing the school network during computer class to put himself in the same English class as , and invites him to a hacker nightclub , Cyberdelia , where beats 's high score in the Wipeout arcade game . Soon after , exacts revenge for the earlier prank by scheduling a test of the school 's sprinkler system the next day . begins integrating himself into 's circle of hacker friends : ( ) , ( ) ( so named for his photographic memory ) , and ( ) , an aspiring novice hacker without an alias . At a party , learns that is " " , the hacker that kicked him out of the TV network earlier . 
 Meanwhile , , out to prove his skills , successfully breaks into " The Gibson " , an Ellingson Mineral Company supercomputer . He attempts to download a garbage file as proof of his feat , but his mother disconnects his computer so he 'll sleep , leaving with a fragmented file . However , prior to 's disconnection , the company 's IT employee ( ) detects this unauthorized entry and summons computer security officer ( ) , a former hacker . While going through the files , realizes the garbage file being downloaded is a worm he inserted to defraud Ellingson . The Plague pretends the hackers are to blame and enlists the US Secret Service to recover the file , claiming it is the code to a computer virus ( named " Da Vinci " for an image of the Vitruvian Man that accompanies it ) that will capsize the company 's oil tanker fleet . In fact , The Plague had inserted the virus as a red herring to cover for his worm . 
 Soon after , is arrested and his computer is searched , but the Secret Service does n't find anything , as had hidden the disk containing the files . In response , and decide to settle their disagreements with a bet , with choosing a date with as his prize and electing to have perform menial computing tasks . The hacking duel focuses on harassing Secret Service Agent ( ) , " Hacker enemy number one " , who was involved in 's arrest . After various pranks including canceling 's credit cards , creating a fake embarrassing personal ad in 's name , fabricating a criminal record , and changing his payroll status to " deceased " , the duel remains in a tie status . 
 After being released on parole , reveals the disk to in a public park ; but they quickly realize that they are being followed by the Secret Service . The next day , is arrested and uses his phone call to inform that he hid the disk in a boys ' bathroom at school . That evening , and ask for his help ; but he declines , stating he has " a record " . then asks to copy the disk so that , if anyone else is arrested , they have the disk as un - tampered evidence . After determining that is not the one who hacked into Ellingson , The Plague attempts to enlist 's help to find the one who did . First , he sends a high - powered laptop that displays a video message from The Plague encouraging to join him . Later , he threatens to have 's mother incarcerated with a manufactured criminal record . At this , agrees to deliver 's copy of the disk . 
 Meanwhile , , Lord , and attempt to discern the contents of the disk . joins them ; and , after working all night , they learn the purpose of its code — a worm designed to salami - slice $ 25 million from Ellingson transactions . confesses that he knows Plague is behind this scheme , admitting that he gave him the disk and revealing his hacking history as " Zero Cool " . Determined to stop the scheme , the assembled hackers plan to hack the Gibson again . and go dumpster - diving for employee memos with passwords ; Cereal Killer installs a phone tap in the Ellingson offices ; and Nikon poses as a delivery boy wandering the Ellingson cubicles , memorizing employee passwords as they enter them into their terminals . 
 Reading the memos , they discover that the Da Vinci virus is set to capsize the oil fleet the next day , which would provide the perfect cover to distract from the salami - slicing worm . In need of help , and seek out and Blade , the producers of a hacker - themed unlicensed TV show , " Hack the Planet . " and are at a club where Urban Dance Squad is performing and and manage to convince and to join them in disrupting The Gibson enough that the garbage file can be located and copied . Lord and learn through their Ellingson phone tap that warrants for their arrest are to be executed at 9AM the next day . 
 The next morning , after being paged by , and roller - blade from Washington Square Park , evading the Secret Service after exploiting the traffic system and using a payload that reconfigures traffic lights and converge on Grand Central station , where they use payphones and acoustic couplers to begin their assault on the Gibson . At first , their attempts are easily rebuffed by , who calls to taunt him to escape before he is arrested . However , Razor and Blade have contacted hackers around the world , who lend their support with virus attacks , hampering the Gibson and distracting long enough for to download the incriminating file to a floppy disk . 
 Shortly after crashing the Gibson , and company are arrested . As they 're being led away , surreptitiously informs , hiding in the crowd , that he 's tossed the disk in a trashcan . As and are being interrogated , and jam the local television signals and broadcast live video of , revealing the plot and 's complicity , along with the account number with the stolen funds . is arrested while attempting to flee to Japan under the alias " Mr. " ( itself a reference to ) . Their names cleared , and go on a date at a swimming pool on the roof of a building , their friends showing off their latest hack — the lights in several adjacent office buildings spelling out " CRASH AND BURN . " Confirming that they have had dreams about each other , the two begin to make out .

lives in a typical suburban town in the year 2053 . The audience is told that after the second American Revolution — a war begun due to an ongoing economic depression that was a result of a combination of technological advancement and a widening disparity between the very rich and the very poor — it was mandated that all people be equal in all things . To this end , the social norm of this society has become egalitarianism . Citizens strive to be of equal wealth , intelligence , athletic prowess and social status to all around them . Through a process of selective breeding , mankind is perfecting the perfectly average human being . What is not accomplished through arranged marriages is made up for through technological means , the most prominent of which are only showing mind numbing shows on TV , and a headband device worn by all citizens which modulates intelligence , dialing up or down a person 's IQ in order to arrive at a ' perfect ' 100 . 
 There are limits to the success of the devices , however , and is one such case . He is a total failure in school , consistently receiving A 's ( C is the desired grade ) . Even though he has been held back four years and his headband is consistently modified to dampen his intelligence , he still continues to excel to the embarrassment of him and his family . 
 goes to see a doctor about his intelligence problem , and after several tests it is determined that the headband is unsuccessful because 's synaptic connections reroute themselves after each adjustment in order to overcome the inhibitions the headband is designed to place on the thought process . He is told that he will have to have an operation akin to a lobotomy in order to permanently lower his intelligence . 
 In his last day with a fully functioning brain , he goes to a " head house " , where , in a parody of a bordello , men make plans to make high - end educational conversation with exceptionally smart women . Illegal device - free women are paid to play chess and conduct intelligent conversations with the clients . Unfortunately , his first intelligent conversation ever ( with " mind whore " ) is interrupted by a police bust . While the raid on the police station is underway addresses a hidden camera saying , not to take him away , and that she likes him . While being held captive in the police station , he is approached by a special agent who offers him an alternative to the lobotomy - to join what turns out to be the secret elite that runs the government . 
 falls in love with there , but he illegally impregnates her and she is lobotomized for trying to escape . He feels he can no longer continue to betray his values and decides to take action . He breaks into a TV studio and reveals the truth about the secret society to the viewers . Eventually , the guards break through , and later on he is forced to make an appearance on TV and pretend the broadcast was not real . Instead , he uses his chance to commit suicide by shooting himself in front of the viewers . The story is framed by an additional perspective from 's parents , who are watching the incident on TV , but who , because of his father 's handicapping due to his superior intelligence and his mother 's less than average intelligence , can not concentrate enough to appreciate what occurs nor remember it . 
 In a final scene , a young boy and his friend get together in his bedroom to watch the first four hours of 's broadcast , without their bands . Downstairs , one boy 's mother looks up the stairs with a look of recognition on her face ; she is seen to be .

The film begins at Pete and Dolly 's , a small roadside diner / tavern in sleepy upstate New York , where thirty - something ( ) is a cook employed by his mother , ( ) , the owner of the restaurant . spends most of her time sitting in a chair in the back of the kitchen , reminiscing about her late husband and antagonizing waitress ( ) , a lonely woman who has worked at the restaurant for fifteen years , and also had a meaningless affair with 's husband . 
 The routine and rhythm of the restaurant is changed when hires a new waitress , ( ) . She is sweet and soft - spoken , and a college drop out . She catches the eye of the painfully shy , overweight . 's presence complicates the lives of the rest of the employees , and even some of the local regulars , such as ( ) , an alcoholic friend of Delores and long - time customer of Dolly 's . 
 Throughout the film , , who is so shy he can hardly communicate with , develops a crush on her , despite her already having a boyfriend . , impressed by 's cooking , suggests he attend the " fancy " cooking school across the river — the Culinary Institute of America — a thought which is considered by but dismissed by both his mother and . subtly vies for 's attention , but her feelings for him are of a platonic nature . Nonetheless , she finds companionship in him . 
 Meanwhile , depends on greatly , as he still lives at home with her and takes care of the household work and shopping . Eventually 's health begins to decline , and she is hospitalized after suffering a heart attack . After several weeks , when demands to see , takes her to the local cemetery where has been buried . had not told anyone at the restaurant of his mother 's death , fearing that it would " change things . " breaks down crying , and does n't return for her following shift at the restaurant . 
 's issues of self - esteem , stemming from his weight and the revelation of his mother 's death come to surface several nights later at the restaurant , when arrives after closing to collect her check and say goodbye . He asks for her to come and visit occasionally and she agrees — she plans on going back home and returning to college . The film ends with a slightly more confident at the local grocery mart , chatting with a female cashier who appeared throughout the film .

After killing two women and ritualistically arranging their bodies as a sacrifice to Satan , a Devil worshipper ( ) invokes a Satanic verse in a room filled with candles and Satanic imagery . He then commits suicide by throwing himself onto an athame in order to damn his soul . What follows next is a near - death experience where the now dead killer flies through tunnels of light , eventually arriving at a gaping , tentacle like being of light who , after flashing through scenes of the recent brutal murders , darkens and casts the killer 's soul down into Hell . 
 ( ) is on a drive with his family . gets into a car accident and is pronounced dead , only to be revived two hours later by specialist Dr. ( ) . During this time , experiences visions of the same tunnels of light as the killer from the first scene , but upon arriving for judgement is slowly floated into a surreal setting , where he sees his young daughter who died years before in a car accident . then enters Heaven and is merged into the light of a great angel . Upon being revived back to life , wakes up to learn that his wife ( ) , and daughter ( ) , were also involved in the car accident but escaped without serious injuries . He then concludes that his visions of heaven were merely a dream . 
 After the accident and subsequent revival , begins to experience other mysterious visions . These involve him seeing murders through the eyes of a killer . realizes that the murders are actually happening when the women he sees being murdered are announced as missing in news reports . The character sees committing the murders is later shown to be the same character who committed suicide in the opening sequence . The man , who is identified as " " , talks to 's daughter at a night club , which sees in his visions . 
 attempts to stop from murdering only to be told that he is experiencing mental problems by his family , his psychiatrist , and the police . Harrison visits a psychic ( ) who confirms his beliefs and tells him that is also having visions in which he can see through 's eyes . It is then revealed that , whose real name is , is the son of Dr. and he had killed his mother and sister . After his suicide , he had been revived from the dead by his father . 
 then kidnaps , taking her to an abandoned amusement park where he kills his father after being confronted by him . As and his wife find them , the souls of and collide in battle . ( revealing himself to as " , " 's antithesis ) is the victor , killing and saving . With his family safe , he exits the park with them . 
 The final scene after the credits shows being pulled in to be revived again . The operation is a success , but wakes up , takes a scalpel , and slits a nurse 's throat . wakes up in his bed , realizing he was only dreaming . He then hugs and falls back to sleep .

At fictitious Columbus University , students , a black track athlete , , a white woman , and , a white young man , are starting their freshman year . 
 's roommate is , a black student . 's roommate is , a white student . Both sets of roommates generally get along . and attend a dorm party hosted by , an Afrocentric and militant senior . , 's roommate , is upset at the loud rap music being played so late . He flags down an all - white campus security patrol to break up the party . is upset that lead Officer comes down hard on the black students , but allows the room down the hall to continue their loud " hillbilly " music . , while walking home , meets , a junior as well as an openly lesbian student . warns her about walking alone late at night and invites her to a student group . 
 and 's introductory political science class is taught by Professor Maurice , a conservative black man from the West Indies . Professor challenges the class to determine who they are for themselves and not let others categorize them . 
 and his friend play loud music , disrupting 's studying . When complains , mocks and threatens him , causing to move in with a new roommate , Jewish student . Later , loses at a video game to , who further mocks him . 
 Frat boy rapes a drunken . finds crying on her bed , then fields a racially charged call from . Angered , turns to , who recruits his friends to confront him at a frat party . points out to the black students , who pull him outside and force him to apologize to ( not knowing that he raped ) . 
 joins 's student group on harmony between different races and cliques . With time , she eventually opens up to about her rape , with encouraging her to report it and attempting to console her . As days pass , slowly realizes her growing attraction to . 
 has become more isolated . He is invited for a drink by , a white supremacist and neo - Nazi skinhead , along with 's skinhead friends : , , and the weight - lifting , hulking . 
 confronts about a paper , arguing for a better grade . When shows him the various spelling and grammar errors , calls him a sellout for the " white establishment " . angrily responds that the world owes nothing and he must work for his own good to make a difference in the world . When 's teammates confront him for a poor performance at a track meet , he responds with 's militant Afrocentric ideology . He walks away and flirts with fellow runner . With time they become a couple , and helps with his essay and spelling errors . 
 spends more time with and his gang . preaches his racist beliefs , and the troubled is slowly being convinced that " the white man is endangered " , agreeing to shave his head and join 's group . 
 After attending a rape awareness rally with , asks to spend the night . rebuffs her , wanting to be sure . eventually starts separate relationships with and , who are unaware that is sleeping with both of them . 
 confronts with racial slurs . later pulls a handgun on and , hurling racial slurs at them both as he packs his belongings and drops out of the university . Again , Officer and the all - white campus security assume is at fault , letting escape . decides to move in with and his like - minded black friends , while moves in with and the neo - Nazi skinheads . After and his black friends win a fistfight against and his skinhead friends , first tells he should not drop out of school because they do not just need soldiers , but also educated people like lawyers to fight for their cause . However , feeling punked by , just wants to turn to violence . So after insists that he is " for real " , sighs and shows the sniper rifle . He challenges to kill for the white race . 
 organizes a peace festival with to calm down the students . and attend , and are caught in the frenzy when opens fire from the rooftop of a nearby building . Two students are killed , including , who dies in 's arms . runs into the building and attacks , trying to choke him to death when Officer and his campus guards intervene and beat while letting go . The campus guards finally approach , who apologizes to and his men for everything that he did and commits suicide . 
 A few days later , and discuss his future at the university , with saying he trusts 's judgment . Later , and are seen talking , for the first time , at an impromptu memorial site . feels guilty about the deaths because she started the Peace Fest , but assuages her guilt . 
 As leaves his office , the final shot shows the United States flag fluttering in the wind as the caption " unlearn " appears over it , fading to the closing credits .

Omar Epps, Kristy Swanson, Ice Cube, Jennifer Connelly, Michael Rapaport, Laurence Fishburne

, a single mom who has just been fired from her job as an art restorer due to budget cuts , flies from Chicago to spend Thanksgiving at the Baltimore home of her parents , and , while her only child decides to stay home and spend the holiday with her boyfriend . As she is dropping her mother off at the airport , informs that she intends to have sex with her boyfriend for the first time while she ’s gone . While on the plane , makes a phone call to , her younger brother and confidant who she believes wo n’t be attending the Thanksgiving dinner , telling him that she lost her job , made out with her boss , and knows that her daughter is going to sleep with her boyfriend . 
 When arrives at the airport , she is greeted by her parents , who drive her to their home and help her unpack . remarks that she ’s thinking of looking into new careers , and her mother concludes that lost her job , which she initially denies . That night , arrives with his new friend , whom believes to be his boyfriend . is glad to see her brother but fears that he and , his boyfriend , have broken up . 
 The next day , more family members arrive , including their eccentric Aunt ( ’s sister ) , who once was a very bright Latin teacher now shows signs of dementia . While returning home after picking up groceries , runs into a girl she used to go to school with . As feels diminished by talk of her divorce , poses as ’s new husband . The next family member to arrive is 's resentful , conservative sister , , accompanied by her stuffy banker brother - in - law and their two spoiled children . 
 On Thanksgiving Day , a series of mishaps occur . Aunt professes her love for , and accidentally spills the turkey all over . , in turn , reveals to everyone that married his boyfriend in a beach wedding several months before . Their parents are hurt that they were n’t told , and retreats to a hidden room by the kitchen , where attempts to console her . 
 After the meal , , , , and the children play football while washes the ’ car . When the football hits the car , however , shoves onto the ground and threatens him . sprays them with water , and the jump into the car and leave , soapsuds and all . 
 The family returns inside , where they talk for a while . calls to say that she ’s fine and she ’s decided not to sleep with her boyfriend . The phone rings a second time , and answers ; it turns out to be calling . Before handing the phone over to , says that he ’s happy for both of them . 
 insists that and drive Aunt home , then deliver leftovers to ’s family . goes down to the ’ basement , where is exercising , to talk to her . says , “ If I just met you on the street ... if you gave me your phone number , I ’d throw it away . ” responds " We do n’t have to like each other , we 're family " . 
 On the drive home , tells that showed him a picture of her , and he came to Thanksgiving to meet her . The two talk for a while in the living room at her parents ’ house ; but , who is sleeping on the floor , wakes up and reminds that they have to get an early start in the morning . retreats upstairs to her room ; follows her , but is unable to persuade her to let him in . 
 Early the next morning , wakes up and sees and driving away . She goes downstairs and reminisces with her father for a while , before being taken to the airport and getting on her plane . Before the plane takes off , gets in the seat next to her , and they fly back to Chicago together .

Holly Hunter, Robert Downey, Jr., Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Steve Guttenberg, Dylan McDermott, Cynthia Stevenson, Claire Danes

( Sinbad ) is an inner city Pittsburgh native ; raised in an orphanage , he has delusions of grandeur , and talks about getting rich and driving a Porsche one day . Twenty - five years later , he drives a rusted MG Midget and all his ambitions revolve around a series of ill - fated get - rich - quick schemes . A handshake loan of $ 5,000 from the mob grows to $ 50,000 through interest and penalties , resulting in him trying to skip town at Pittsburgh International Airport . He overhears a conversation between lawyer ( ) and his children , who are waiting to pick up his childhood friend , , who is now a successful , straight - laced and vegetarian dentist . Upon hearing him say that he has n't seen in twenty five - years and does n't know what he looks like , gives his baseball cap to the real to throw off the two dimwitted mobsters chasing him and poses as to the , who take him to their posh home in Sewickley . 
 Although he knows nothing about dentistry , still manages to convince those around him that he is in fact , and his affable personality makes him popular with 's otherwise stuffy and rich associates . has little time for his children and his wife ( ) who runs a chain of successful new frozen yogurt businesses , which gradually builds a gap between them , largely due to the demands of his bigoted , arrogant boss ( ) at the law firm where he works ; this leads to developing a bond with 's Goth daughter , helping her stand up to her cheating boyfriend , and his young son , who has aspirations of playing pro basketball . eventually stands up to his boss with 's support and quits the firm to be with his family . Meanwhile , the mob thugs threaten 's best friend , ( ) , into revealing his whereabouts , and asks him to pick him up . After he does so reluctantly , he sparks an argument with him over his lack of appreciation of friendship , causing him to realize that has been his friend all along . He returns to the ' house only to find that the mobsters have taken them hostage , and his true identity is revealed when the real finally shows up . 
 After the mobsters take away , he manages to escape , losing them in a charity marathon , where he meets up with , who graciously decides to help him despite his charade , in return for helping bring his family closer together . reveals that he has an instant lottery ticket he purchased the previous day for a chance at a $ 1,000,000 cash prize spin on a Saturday night television show , which he reluctantly gives up to the mobsters in exchange for the forgiveness of his debt . 
 The film fast forwards to wintertime , parallel parks a shiny new red Porsche with in tow , in front of the ' house , appearing for a promotional party for his new best - seller book , Handbook for Houseguests , based on his experiences with them . The partygoers gather in front of the television to watch the mobsters spin the wheel for the jackpot . It initially lands on the million dollar jackpot , but then falls and lands on $ 5,000 , much to the mafia don 's dismay and 's delight . 
 During the closing credits , and sing a medley of food based parodies of Christmas songs , as they cook a barbecue in ' backyard outside of a Christmas party .

In a black - and - white prologue , a young boy witnesses the murder of an ice cream man in a small town . Years later , the boy , named ( ) , returns to the town to become an ice cream man himself . He has spent the intervening years in a mental hospital . He kills some people ( and a dog ) while doing his duties as ice cream man , leading to suspicion from local kids and the police . The ice cream man even goes so far as to mix parts of people he 's killed into his frozen treats , making his customers unwitting cannibals .

In the midst of an unspecified disaster , Dr. ( ) visits ( ) , a patient in a psychiatric hospital , and recounts his story : 
 , a freelance insurance investigator , has lunch with a colleague , an owner of an insurance company , who asks to work on his largest insured : investigating a claim by New York - based Arcane Publishing . During their conversation , is attacked by a man wielding an axe who , after asking him if he reads Sutter , is shot dead by a police officer before he can harm . The man was 's agent , who went insane and killed his family after reading one of 's books . 
 meets with Arcane Publishing director ( ) , who tasks him with investigating the disappearance of popular horror novelist ( ) , and recovering the manuscript for 's final novel . He assigns 's editor , ( ) , to accompany him . explains that 's stories have been known to cause disorientation , memory loss and paranoia in " less stable readers " . is skeptical , convinced that the disappearance is a publicity stunt . notices red lines on 's book 's covers which , when aligned properly , form the outline of New Hampshire and mark a location alluded to be Hobb 's End , the fictional setting for many of 's works . 
 They set out to find the town . experiences bizarre phenomena during the late - night drive , and they inexplicably arrive at Hobb 's End in daylight . and search the small town , encountering people and landmarks described as fictional in 's novels . believes it all to be staged , but disagrees . She admits to that Arcane Publishing 's claim was a stunt to promote 's book , but the time distortion and exact replica of Hobb 's End were not part of the plan . 
 enters a church to confront , who exposes her to his final novel , In the Mouth of Madness , which drives her insane ; she begins embracing and kissing passionately . A man ( ) approaches in a bar and warns him to leave , then commits suicide . Outside the bar , a mob of monstrous - looking townspeople descend upon him . drives away from Hobb 's End , but is repeatedly teleported back to the center of town . After crashing his car , awakens inside the church with , where explains that the public 's belief in his stories freed an ancient race of monstrous beings which will reclaim the Earth . reveals that is merely one of his characters , who must follow 's plot and return the manuscript of In The Mouth of Madness to Arcane Publishing , furthering the end of humanity . 
 After giving the manuscript , tears his face open , creating a portal to the dimension of 's monstrous masters . sees a long tunnel that said would take him back to his world , and urges to come with him . She tells him she ca n't , because she has already read the entire book . races down the hall , with 's monsters close on his heels . He trips and falls , then suddenly finds himself lying on a country road , apparently back in reality . During his return to New York , destroys the manuscript . Back at Arcane Publishing , relates his experience to . claims ignorance of ; was sent alone to find , and the manuscript was delivered months earlier . In the Mouth of Madness has been on sale for weeks , with a film adaptation in post production . is arrested after he murders a reader of the newly released novel , who has altered eyes and a nosebleed ; asks if he is enjoying the book , and when the dazed reader nods , tells him he should not be surprised before swinging the axe . 
 After finishes telling his story , Dr. judges it a meaningless hallucination . wakes the following day to find the asylum abandoned . He departs as a radio announces that the world has been overrun with monstrous creatures , including mutating humans , and that outbreaks of suicide and mass murder are commonplace . goes to see the In the Mouth of Madness film and discovers that he is the main character . As he watches his previous actions play out on screen , including a scene where he insisted to " This is reality ! " , begins laughing hysterically before breaking down crying ; finally realizing he was a character in the book all along .

Two unrelated young girls who happen to look identical meet by chance . ( ) is an orphan , and she is about to be adopted by the , a family known to " collect " kids . She actually wants her child - loving social worker , ( ) , to adopt her instead . would like to do so , but authorities will not let her because of her low salary and unmarried status . ( ) is coming home from her school piano recital competition , only to find that her wealthy father , ( ) , is about to marry ( ) , an overbearing self - centered gold - digger socialite who plans to send off to boarding school in Tibet after marrying . 
 The identical strangers long for the other 's life and decide to switch places . While enjoys 's wealthy lifestyle and gets to experience being a kid at summer camp , the two get to know the other 's parental figure and discover that and would be perfect for each other . Desperate to set them up , the girls arrange many " chance " meetings between and , hoping that they fall in love . 
 Upon having spied and laughing and swimming together in a lake one afternoon , manipulates into moving the wedding up from the next month to the next day . Soon after , , while posing as , ends up being adopted by the without 's knowledge , and is taken away by child services . discovers the only reason the had adopted so many kids was to put them to work in their salvage yard . 
 Roughly two hours before the wedding , , who poses as , proves to the family butler , ( ) , that she is not . He contacts and summons to have the real picked up from the ' salvage yard . In the meantime , and work to stall the wedding . 
 Just as is about to say " I do , " bursts into the church with the real behind her , and falters at the sight of , recalling all the good times they had together . In that moment , he realizes he has fallen in love with and confesses this to . Furious , she slaps him and tries to do the same to " , " blaming her for sabotaging their relationship , but is stopped by . As storms down the aisle , the real steps out from behind , and claims it 's a " conspiracy " that there 's " two of them . " She tries to take this new opportunity to slap , but steps forward in time , barking at her to " Back off , , " and calmly informs her that she has something in her teeth . Humiliated , moves to storm out of the church again , but embarrasses her even further by stepping on her wedding gown , causing the skirt to rip off . 
 An incredulous learns that has been with all this time and it becomes apparent to them that and had orchestrated their meet - ups all along , about which the girls are extremely smug . After some encouragement from the girls , and kiss , and the four of them board a horse - drawn carriage , driven by , to take a ride through Central Park .

San Francisco Assistant District Attorney ( ) is called to the murder scene of prominent businessman , found bludgeoned to death in his home by an antique hatchet . Police detectives and find photographs in 's safe of Governor ( ) having sex with a prostitute , later identified as . During questioning , reveals that she and other women were paid by to have sex with wealthy men at his beach house in Pacifica . She also informs them that the most desired prostitute among the clients was a woman known only as " . " 
 In a private meeting with Governor and aide , is warned not to make the photographs public . is then almost killed when his brake line is deliberately cut and his vehicle goes out of control while driving down a steep hill . 
 The detectives find fingerprints on the hatchet belonging to , a clinical psychologist and former lover of 's who eventually married his close friend , defense attorney . When interviewed , explains that gave her a tour of his antique collection on the day in question , but claims to have nothing to do with his death . 
 At 's beach house , and the detectives find various drugs , alcohol , and sex toys as well as hidden video cameras . They conclude was recording the sex sessions in order to blackmail the men . is shocked to discover on one of the tapes ; the revelation renews the detectives interest in her as a suspect . 
 arranges to meet at a restaurant to discuss 's identity , but she is killed in a hit - and - run accident by an unknown assailant driving a black 1993 Ford Thunderbird . , witnessing the murder first - hand , chases the assailants ' vehicle in vain . The detectives discover the own a similar Thunderbird and therefore suspect of killing , but when they find the actual vehicle used in the hit - and - run abandoned , it appears someone may be trying to frame . 
 is again brought in for questioning and this time is shown the sex tape . , in his capacity as her attorney , ends the interrogation before she fully explains her involvement . When confronted at their home , admits to her husband that she did have sex with the man on the tape , due in part to her knowledge of 's many affairs . 
 visits at his apartment and tries unsuccessfully to seduce him . She admits having felt sexually liberated by sleeping with several men at the beach house . Meanwhile , the only witness to identify at the Pacifica beach house , a man named , is found murdered . informs the detectives at the crime scene that could n't have killed him because she and were together at the time . 
 Back at his apartment , is met by , who holds him at gunpoint and angrily accuses him of having sex with . He denies it and persuades that his wife 's life is in danger . They hurry to the home , where Det . and Governor 's aide have come to search for the incriminating photos of the Governor . interrupts their search and tries to kill her , but and arrive and is shot by . 
 goes to the Governor for a guarantee of 's safety by leveraging his possession of the photographs . The Governor denies any knowledge of 's or Barrett 's actions , but insinuates they were both acting on his behalf . As she gets ready for bed at home , finds photographs laid out in her bathroom of her having sex at the beach house . admits to that he killed , certain that eventually would blackmail them both . He then tells to " introduce me to " the next time they " make love " .

David Caruso, Chazz Palminteri, Linda Fiorentino, Angie Everhart, Michael Biehn, Richard Crenna

Set in the period 1784–1789 , the film portrays when he was US minister to France at Versailles before the French Revolution . French liberals and intellectuals hope he will lead them away from the corruption of the court of King and and toward a more democratic form of government . Although deploring the poverty of the common people , he embraces the riches of French culture and civilization . It is his first time abroad , and he takes advantage of the opportunity to extend his knowledge of liberal arts and science while absorbing the refinements France has to offer . 
 A lonely widower , develops a close friendship with , a beautiful ( and married ) Anglo - Italian painter and musician . Although she becomes increasingly devoted to him , he is attached to his memory of his late wife , to whom he promised that he would not remarry , and to his two younger daughters , especially the elder , possessive . He becomes attracted to , the enslaved maid and companion of his younger daughter . Three - quarters white in ancestry , she is his late wife 's half - sister . Their father had taken 's slave mother as a concubine after he was widowed for the third time ; is the sixth of their children . 's enslaved brother is also in Paris , learning to be a French chef for at Monticello . When offers the post of Secretary of State , he accepts and prepares to sail home with his family . But , having enjoyed his freedom in Paris , is unwilling to return to the United States and urges to remain with him . It is only when promises he will give and , who is pregnant with 's child , their freedom that they consent to return with him .

The story takes place in Manhattan during the height of the AIDS epidemic and revolves around the title character ( ) , a gay man who has sworn off sex because of it . Almost immediately thereafter he meets ( ) , a hunky , charming HIV positive man . He then experiences an emotional conflict as he must face his fear in order to accept love , often breaking the fourth wall to do so . 
 It ’s not so much that is afraid of dying himself , but that he ’s afraid that he will fall in love with someone who is bound to die ; thus , his celibacy is not only about sex , but also about relationships in general . Helping him through this period of his life and advising him is a cast of cameos including , , and ]

In 2021 , is a " mnemonic courier " with a data storage device implanted in his brain , allowing him to discreetly carry information too sensitive to transfer across the Net , the virtual - reality equivalent of the Internet . While lucrative , the implant has cost his childhood memories , and he seeks to have the implant removed to regain his memories back ; his handler , assigns him one more job that would cover the costs of the operation ( which are extremely expensive ) , sending to Beijing to collect the latest information . is told that the information exceeds his current memory capacity of 80 gigabytes , but he acquires a compression unit that effectively doubles the amount he can hold . 
 He meets with the client , a group of frantic scientists who tell him that they want him to carry 320 gigabytes of memory ; accepts this , knowing that the overflow data will by uploaded directly into his brain which can cause psychological damage and death if not removed within a few days . uploads the data to his storage , with the scientists selecting three random images from a television screen to use as an encryption key . Just as the scientists are about to send the key to the data 's receiver in Newark , New Jersey , they are massacred by Yakuza . manages to escape with a portion of the encryption key . 
 While returning to Newark , is pursued by Pharmakom , a global pharmacological company ; its executive hired the Yakuza to recover it . However , the Yakuza , led by , want to take the data and claim it for themselves . discovered this , and instead hired , the Street Preacher , to recover 's head . finds is in the Yakuza 's employ , and prepares to kill to recover the storage unit , but is rescued by , a cybernetically - enhanced bodyguard , along with help from the anti - establishment and their leader . takes to meet , a doctor who installed 's implants . reveals he and his allies were the intended recipient of the data has , which they believe is the cure for " nerve attenuation syndrome " ( NAS ) , a plague ravaging mankind due to over - dependence on technology . claims Pharmakon discovered the cure but refused to publish it , profiting on the costs of mitigating the effects of NAS . Without the full encryption key , can not recover the data , nor safely remove the implant without killing or destroying the data , and suggest he see at the Lo - Tek base , Heaven . follows to the clinic and kills , but and escape . 
 At Heaven , they find is a dolphin once used by the Navy for his decryption capabilities . attempts to discover the remainder of the encryption key to the data , but Heaven is soon attacked by the Yakuza , 's forces , and . , , and the - Teks fight off all three groups and emerge victorious , killing , the Street Preacher , and their agents . , who was shot in the crossfire , provides , in a dying gesture , with a portion of the remaining key . While this helps , is told by - that he must " hack his own brain " to find the final portion , unlocking the data so that the - can download it and transmit it across the globe . 
 and again start the procedure but find themselves helped by a mysterious artificial intelligence that operates from Pharmakom 's mainframe , providing the last portion of the password to unlock the data . The data for the NAS cure is safely recovered and discovers he can now recall his memories of his youth , including his mother and family . As recovers from the process , he , , and the - observe the Pharmakom building on fire , a sign that the cure 's transmission was successful .

By the 2080s , much of Earth has become an uninhabitable wasteland . While some humans manage to survive in the barren " Cursed Earth " , the majority of humanity resides in huge Mega - Cities with populations of tens of millions . To combat crime , the traditional justice system has been replaced by a corps of Judges whose role combines those of police officer , judge , jury , and executioner . 
 In Mega - City One , ( ) , one of the most dedicated " Street Judges " , assists first - year Judge ( ) in ending a block war . ( ) , a hacker recently released from prison , is caught in the firefight and hides inside a food dispensing robot . arrests for destruction of property , and sentences him to five years ' imprisonment . ( ) , a former Judge , escapes from prison with the help of Judge ( ) . He returns to Mega - City One and reclaims his uniform and " Lawgiver " gun . He also finds and reactivates a decommissioned ABC Warrior combat robot . 
 A news reporter ( ) critical of is murdered , and he becomes the chief suspect . is taken to a trial before a tribunal of Council Judges including and Chief Justice ( ) , his mentor . is found guilty as his DNA is found on the bullets used to kill the reporter ( a feature of the Lawgiver is imprinting the user 's DNA on each bullet , a fact apparently unknown by most Judges ) . To save , steps down as Chief Justice and , for his last request , asks the Council to spare 's life . is sentenced to life imprisonment while embarks on the " long walk " , in which a retiring Judge ventures into the wasteland " to bring law to the lawless " . , who freed to frame for the murder , becomes Chief Justice and instructs to cause chaos in the city . 
 is taken to the Aspen penal colony via airship , where he sits next to . En route , the ship is shot down by the Angel Gang , a family of cannibalistic scavengers and bandits . They bring and back to their cave . A squad of Judges investigate the crashed ship and get to the cave , intent on killing any survivors , not rescuing them . arrives in time to save 's life , but is mortally wounded by Mean Machine Angel ( ) . A dying reveals that and are the result of the project , an experiment in genetic engineering intended to create the perfect Judge using DNA from Council Judges . deduces framed him for the reporter 's murder , using their identical DNA . Believing is trying to reactivate the Janus project , urges to stop him . 
 In Mega - City One , terrorizes the city and assassinates Judges in various ways . uses the situation to convince the Council Judges to unlock the Janus files . He plans to create an army of Judges from his DNA . After the Council Judges unlock the file , has them killed . and sneak back into the city and meet with , who had also discovered the project by herself . They go to the Statue of Liberty where the laboratories are . They encounter the ABC Warrior , which wounds and captures and . uses his own DNA as template for the clones , then commands the ABC Warrior to kill . , despite his wounds , disables the ABC Warrior as fights , while fights his assistant , Dr. . activates his clones prematurely , but they fail to stop . pursues to the top of the Statue of Liberty , and a final struggle sends falling to his death . 
 Central , the city 's controlling supercomputer , has recorded the entire event and broadcasts the information , clearing 's name . The remaining Judges ask him to become the new Chief Justice but he refuses preferring to remain a street judge .

Sylvester Stallone, Armand Assante, Diane Lane, Rob Schneider, Max von Sydow, Jurgen Prochnow, Joan Chen

In 1869 , near Brantford , New Hampshire , two brothers bury a chest and hope that no one will ever find it . 
 A century later in 1969 , escapes a gang of bullies led by and retreats to a shoe factory owned by his father , . He meets , an employee , who reveals a new shoe prototype he made by himself . misplaces the shoe and damages a machine , but takes responsibility and loses his job . After being attacked by 's group , who also steal his bicycle , follows the sound of tribal drumbeats to a construction site . He finds the chest containing a board game called " Jumanji " and brings it home . 
 At home , after an argument with about attending a boarding school , plans to run away . , his friend , arrives to return his bicycle , and shows her Jumanji and invites her to play . With each roll of the dice , the game piece moves by itself and a cryptic message describing the roll 's outcome appears in the crystal ball at the center of the board . reads the first message on the board and hears an eerie sound . then unintentionally rolls the dice after being startled by the chiming clock ; a message tells him to wait in a jungle until someone rolls a 5 or 8 . is sucked into the game , and a colony of bats chases out of the mansion . 
 Twenty - six years later in 1995 , and move into the vacant mansion with their aunt , after their parents died in an accident on a ski trip in Canada , the winter before . Soon after , and find Jumanji in the attic and begin playing it . Their rolls release a swarm of big mosquitoes and a troop of monkeys . The game rules state that everything will be restored when the game ends , so they continue playing . 's next roll releases a lion and an adult . As makes his way out , he meets , who is now working as a police officer . , and go to the now closed shoe factory , where a derelict tells that after his disappearance , abandoned the business and searched for , until his death just four years earlier . 
 Realizing they need to finish the game , the three locate her , now suffering posttraumatic stress disorder after 's disappearance , and they persuade her to join them . 's roll releases fast - growing carnivorous plants , and 's next roll releases a big - game hunter , . Judy 's next roll releases a stampede of various animals , and a pelican steals the game . retrieves it , but is arrested by . Later , catches up to 's friends and steals the game . , , and follow to a department store , where they fight him , retrieve the game , and reunite with . When the four return to the mansion , it is now completely overrun by jungle wildlife . They release numerous calamities , until arrives . When drops the dice , he wins the game which causes everything that happened as a result of the game to be reversed . 
 and return to 1969 as children , but have full memories of the future events . reconciles with his father and admits that he was responsible for the shoe that damaged the factory 's machine . is rehired , and tells his son that he does not have to attend boarding school . and throw Jumanji into a river , and then share a kiss . 
 Twenty - five years later , and are married and expecting their first child . runs the factory after his parents retired ( but are still alive ) . He and reunite with and ( who have no memories of the game ) , and meet their parents and during a Christmas party . The offer a job and convinces the to cancel their upcoming ski trip , averting their deaths , before they strike up a friendship with them . 
 On a beach , two young girls speaking French hear drumbeats while walking , as lies partially buried in the sand .

Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, Jonathan Hyde, David Alan Grier, Bebe Neuwirth

is an unemployed erotic dancer living at his mother 's home in a trailer park while he looks for a decent job . He finds out that she and her boyfriend , a polystyrene collector , are going to Las Vegas to be married and taking the mobile home with them . Although his mother had arranged for to stay with the , he considers them awful people and decides to look for other living arrangements for him and his chihuahua Peanut ( who loves the game show Jeopardy ! ) . 
 He rummages through the trash and finds his letter for jury duty that he had thrown away and decides to enter . Each of the jurors get their own free accommodation plus $ 5 a day . After several cases he gets chosen to be a juror for a murder case involving a man named , a fast food employee who had been fired and is now accused of murdering several other fast food employees . The evidence against him gets stronger , when several employees appear as witnesses saying that he threatened to kill them . 
 All the jurors are staying at the Holiday Suite in the section that is being remodeled . seems to be enjoying himself , until he finds he is sharing his room with his former high school principal , who puts motivational tapes on at night to full blast . He makes a deal with the manager of the hotel who says that he will get a different room if he advertises their business during news broadcasts . agrees and ends up staying in a luxurious suite . 
 Finally the jurors go to the jury room for deliberation and appoint as their foreman . The other jurors immediately think that is guilty and want to vote straight away . Not wanting to lose his suite and luxurious lifestyle , votes not guilty and stalls and prolongs the deliberations as well as continuously going over the evidence . After many delays , the other jurors become increasingly angry with , especially , whom had fallen in love with , and threaten to throw him out of the jury unless he finds a better way to prove 's innocence . 
 After reading up on the law and further investigating , both of which activities are prohibited under standard instructions to jurors , finds some evidence after seeing a picture of on the window of a store , finally convincing the jurors that is not guilty ; they celebrate . Unfortunately , later on , finds and follows him up to 's luxury suite . Even though tries to explain that he 's now a changed person , she is deeply upset on how he used them and walks out in tears . 
 Later the Judge declares a mistrial and arranges another hearing at a later date . Back at the trailer park , goes mining for polystyrene with at the city dump . After seeing many polystyrene containers with fast food logos on them , realizes that the murderer was an Environmentalist . He calls , who immediately hangs up on him , but he goes looking for , another fellow juror , who was also obsessed with the environment . Later that night someone meets another man named who thanks him for volunteering to do jury duty on his behalf while he was on vacation , only to be killed with a stun gun . The killer is revealed to be , the man was looking for . arrives at the same house and relays his new evidence to , asking to help find at the library she works at in order to convince her that his evidence is genuine . 
 When they arrive at the library , reveals to and that he was the killer . He ties them up and attempts to stab them with a sharp jagged knife . He tells them that he committed these terrible murders and framed because he thought there was no way of truth and justice in the world . With 's help , however , they manage to subdue and knock him unconscious . 
 is given a check for his contribution in the case and starts dating . He uses his earnings from erotic dancing towards law school and eventually becomes an attorney . Meanwhile , is shown accomplishing his lifelong dream of becoming a contestant on Jeopardy ! .

( ) , a liberal Harvard professor opposed to capital punishment , is persuaded to go to Florida to investigate the conviction of ( ) for murder . , a former Cornell University student , who was convicted of raping and murdering a young white girl named ( ) . must save him from being executed in the electric chair . tells that he was tortured by two police detectives to get a confession . As digs deeper into the case , he discovers that ( ) , the chief detective on the case , did indeed coerce 's confession . 
 The plot thickens when tells the professor that the murder was actually committed by ( ) , a serial killer awaiting execution , who later reveals the location of the weapon used to kill the girl . When discovers the weapon , tries to threaten him into abandoning the investigation . ( It is revealed that the murdered girl was 's daughter 's best friend . ) gets a re - trial and is freed from prison . Subsequently , the governor signs 's death warrant . 
 receives a call from , who says he has a final clue to share , but first wants to visit his ( 's ) parents and tell them he said goodbye . is shocked to find their butchered bodies . Back at the prison , gloats that he and struck a deal : would kill 's parents in exchange for freedom , while would claim responsibility for the girl 's murder , which did in fact commit . asks why he was needed for their scheme , and replies that was " call . " , in his anger at being played , lies to and tells him his parents were alive and that they " forgive him . " becomes enraged . He resists the guards taking him to the electric chair , where he is executed . 
 and go after , whose motive for everything turns out to be a desire for revenge on 's wife ( ) ; she was the prosecutor against him in a previous rape trial which , while thrown out of court on a technicality , resulted in him being brutalized and castrated in jail , as well as being kicked out of Cornell , robbing him of any chance of a future . plans to murder 's wife and daughter ( ) and then disappear . and join forces to kill and save 's family .

and a 12 - year - old girl are making out on a bed . With no adults around , , who is slightly older , persuades the girl , who is a virgin , to have sex with him . Afterwards , he meets his friend , , and they talk about his sexual experience . has taken to only having sex with virgins . They go inside a local store , where shoplifts a bottle of malt liquor as distracts the cashier . Looking for drugs , food , and a place to hang out , they head to their friend 's apartment , though they express dislike of him on the way there . They arrive at 's house , talk about sex and smoke marijuana while watching a skate video . inhales nitrous oxide out of balloons , which considers dangerous . A group of girls , among them and , are talking about sex . 
 and mention that they were recently tested for STDs at 's request , though only got tested to keep company . 's test is negative , though she has had multiple sexual encounters , many of them unprotected . tests positive for HIV . She says she has had sex only once , with . spends the rest of the day trying to find , to prevent him from passing it on . and walk to 's house and steal money from 's mother , who is preoccupied with taking care of her new baby . They go to Washington Square Park and buy a dime bag of marijuana from a Rastafari . They then meet up with a few friends to talk and smoke , one of whom gives a blunt - rolling tutorial . As they do , and many others taunt a gay couple passing through the park . On the side , briefly talks to , a girl who strongly dislikes , calling him a jerk . As rides on a skateboard , he carelessly bumps into a man , who furiously threatens him . He pushes , but is struck in the back of the head with a skateboard by , causing him to collapse . A number of other skaters join in , beating , stomping , and hitting the man with their skateboards until he is rendered unconscious by a final blow to the head by . 
 While discussing whether or not they killed the man at the park , and some of the group pick up a 13 - year - old girl named , the virginal younger sister of an acquaintance , whom wants to have sex with . He convinces her to go with them to a pool . The other girls engage in kissing and flirtation , but is restrained . and the group go to an unsupervised party at the house of another friend , . Meanwhile , makes her way to Washington Square Park . Here , she talks to , who tells her about 's possible whereabouts . goes to a rave club called NASA trying to find . She runs into , a raver boy , who shoves a pill into her mouth , which he says is supposed to make " Special K look weak " . It turns out to be a depressant . The pill kicks in and eventually finds out that is at the party at 's house . 
 arrives at the party only to learn she is too late , as she discovers having sex with . Emotionally drained and the drug still affecting her , cries and passes out on a couch among the other sleeping partygoers . A drunken proceeds to rape as she sleeps . First thing the next morning , is drinking liquor and says " , what happened ? "

Distraught but skillful bounty hunter , accompanied by his horse and faithful companion Zip , an Australian cattle dog , tracks three armed escaped convicts into Montana 's Oxbow Quadrangle , at the persistence of his unforgiving father - in - law , who blames for his daughter 's tragic death . sees the convicts but hears shots . Investigating the scene , all finds is a bloody scrap of cloth , " enough blood to paint the sheriff 's office , " a bloody shotgun shell , and an old - fashioned Indian arrow . 
 takes the arrow to archaeologist , who identifies it as a replica of the arrows used by Cheyenne Dog Soldiers . does n't think it 's a replica and , after some library research , develops a long list of people who have disappeared into the Oxbow . He also finds a story of a " wild child " captured in the woods in the early 20th century . Now , he 's convinced that the fugitives were killed by a tribe of Dog Soldiers , a hardy band of Native Americans who somehow escaped the 1864 Sand Creek massacre and survived for 128 years , secluded in the Montana Wilderness , killing anyone who threatened to find and expose them . 
 convinces to join him in a search for the band . The two enter the Oxbow and begin to search . They survive many mishaps and bond throughout their journey , eventually venturing deeper into the wilderness than has ever gone before , around 50 miles in . 
 After a week and nearing the end of their supplies , suggests heading back . As the two are packing their gear , they are suddenly attacked by Cheyenne Indians . , speaking the Cheyenne language , deescalates the situation , and the two are taken captive by . Taken to the Cheyenne encampment hidden behind a waterfall , the duo meet the village leader , who tells them of the escape and salvation of the Cheyenne 128 years ago , as well as his own run - in with the " white people " when he was a child . 
 and slowly become friendly with the Cheyenne . However , son is sick , wounded after the gunfight with the convicts . Despite the elder 's concerns , convinces to allow to ride into town to obtain medicine . In town , robs the pharmacy and is chased by local law enforcement , including Sheriff , his father - in - law . 
 After escaping , meets in the wilderness , and they return to the Cheyenne camp . By this time , the sheriff has gathered a posse and sets out to hunt down both for robbing the store and to find ' female companion , whom the sheriff believes has hiding in the Oxbow . 
 and continue to grow closer to the Cheyenne , and discloses that they are indeed the last of their kind . However , Yellow Wolf shows that the sheriff is following his trail and is slowly getting closer to the encampment . Knowing that if discovered , the Cheyenne will fight and die , proposes a solution ; using some leftover TNT the Cheyenne had taken from explorers many years earlier , he 'll create a distraction and allow the Cheyenne to flee deeper inside the Oxbow and live in peace , far away from civilization . decides to stay with the Cheyenne , which reluctantly agrees to . 
 The two share a passionate kiss , and begins to set up his plan . gives himself up to the sheriff and pleads with him to leave the wilderness . However , the sheriff discovers the hidden tunnel and prepares to enter it . Escaping , attempts to light the TNT with a rifle , but the sheriff stops him and threatens him with a gun to his head . Yellow Wolf appears , surprising the sheriff , and fires an arrow at the TNT , setting it off . 
 and the sheriff are propelled out of the tunnel into the waterfall . saves the sheriff , who is badly wounded . The deputy tells everyone to clear out , and they all head back to town to treat the wounded sheriff and . 
 In ' holding cell , the sheriff confronts him about what saw . relents and says some things do n't need an explanation ; they deserve to remain undiscovered . This seemingly helps smooth over ' and the sheriff 's relationship . 
 and the Cheyenne are shown to have successfully escaped . An indeterminate time later , has begun searching for them . Using hints provided by , he is able to find them . The film ends with a passionate embrace between and .

is a Hollywood screenwriter whose alcoholism costs him his job , family , and friends . With nothing left to live for , and a sizable severance check from his boss , he heads to Las Vegas to drink himself to death . As he drives drunkenly down the Las Vegas Strip , he nearly hits a woman , , on the crosswalk . She chastises him and walks away . 
 is a prostitute working for an abusive pimp , , a Latvian immigrant . Polish mobsters are after , so he ends his relationship with in fear that the Poles may hurt her . 
 On his second day in Las Vegas , goes looking for , introduces himself and offers her $ 500 to come to his room for an hour . agrees but does not want sex . Instead , they talk and form a relationship and invites to move into her apartment . instructs never to ask him to stop drinking . asks not to criticize her occupation . 
 At first , they are happy , but they soon become frustrated with the other 's behavior . begs to see a doctor which makes him furious . While is out working goes to a casino and returns with another prostitute . returns to find them in her bed and throws out . 
 Shortly afterward is approached by three college students at the Excalibur Hotel and Casino . She initially rejects their offer by stating that she only " dates " one at a time , but eventually acquiesces when she is offered an increased price . When she enters their hotel room , the college students change the deal and request anal sex , which she refuses . When she attempts to leave , they brutally gang - rape her . 
 The next morning , she is spotted by her landlady returning home battered and is evicted . receives a call from , who is on his deathbed . visits , and the two make love . He dies shortly thereafter . Later , explains to her therapist that she accepted for who he was and loved him .

The film is divided into three parts , all of which concern the making of a low - budget movie featuring the same director , crew and substantially the same cast . 
 Part one : Director ( ) is shooting a low - budget independent film in the middle of New York City . The catering crew are under - funded and apathetic , deciding not to replace a carton of milk that has been on the craft service table for a week . The scene being shot is a difficult one : a young woman , , reproaches her elderly mother ( ) for not intervening when the father beat as a child . However , on the set , just about everything that can go wrong does go wrong : shots are spoiled because of how the mic boom is visible ; the camera assistant fails to keep the shot in focus ; , the actress playing the mother , forgets her lines ; and , the actress playing , becomes increasingly unfocused and careless . A dispirited calls for a rehearsal without camera to refresh the actors . However , when ( ) berates herself for acting badly , ( ) reassures her with a gesture that reminds of a similar gesture made by her own terminally ill mother . is so upset by the memory that she turns in an unexpectedly passionate performance ; and , startled by 's sudden intensity , is equally good . Watching them , becomes enthusiastic all over again . Unfortunately , it was not captured on film ; cinematographer and camera operator ( ) , who has been diluting the sub - standard coffee with the spoiled milk , was vomiting in the toilet throughout . ruefully calls for another take . This time , a sudden and insistent beeping sound distracts the actors . Nobody can tell where it 's coming from ; and flies into a rage , berating everyone on the crew and cast for their inadequacies . He then wakes up in his own bed ; the beeping sound was his own alarm clock . He has dreamed the entire segment . It is 4.30am ; and he is due on set . 
 Part two : Early the same morning , the film 's lead actor ( ) is getting dressed in 's hotel room . They have spent the night together , and suggests that they might get together again later ; politely declines . and arrive on the set separately . 's character and 's character have been in love for years but have never admitted it until the scene being shot on this day . Shooting the scene is made practically impossible by 's irregular acting . He keeps changing his mind about where to stand and continually moves to places where he is either invisible or badly lit by scenic light . becomes increasingly frustrated by 's egomania ; and , when he starts to stroke her head , she briefly loses her cool , then apologizes . An irritated demands a private talk with . He tells that he has slept with Nicole and makes out that it was she , not he , who had wanted to continue the relationship . Desperate to keep happy , agrees that is not very good . overhears this conversation on the sound mixer 's headphones . Pretending to be contrite , she asks if they can improvise a little ; but , when they do so , she announces to everyone that , although she slept with , she is not at all interested in him . loses his temper and quits the movie . Relieved that he will no longer have to please , calls him a " Hostess Twinkie motherfucker " and a fight breaks out . beats senseless and fires him . He apologises to and confesses that he loves her . They kiss — then abruptly wakes up , still in her bed , having dreamed the entire segment . 
 Part three : Later the same day , the crew is setting up for a dream sequence in which , as , stands still while a dwarf walks around her holding an apple . claims to have learned a lesson from his own dream : That sometimes , " you just got to roll with things . " admits that she had a dream with in it but does n't tell him what happened . manages to keep up his positive attitude despite the various mishaps that occur : The smoke machine fails to work , then it catches fire , then his senile mother arrives on the set . However , the ill - tempered dwarf actor ( ) complains that the dream sequence is a cliché ( " I do n't even have dreams with dwarves in them ! " ) and walks off the set in disgust . 's confidence collapses , and he announces that the movie is over . At that moment , his mother intervenes , grabbing the apple , moving to 's mark and announcing that she is " ready " . The crew scrambles to shoot the scene , and her manic performance injects fresh energy and conviction into it . is delighted and decides to keep the new dream sequence , and there is a tense moment while the sound mixer records 30 seconds of room tone . The entire cast and crew manages to remain silent , and during this moment they each daydream about different things . They go on to shooting the next sequence .

In the Mojave Desert in 1982 , a man named has gathered a cult in an isolated house , where he plans to sacrifice a young girl that he has kidnapped . calls himself " The Puritan " and has the ability to use real magic . A group of former cult members , including and , arrive to stop him . After the initial confrontation with the cultists , 's assistant , , escapes , and is attacked magically by . The kidnapped girl shoots through the heart with 's gun . fastens an ironwork mask over 's head , who appears to die , and declares that they will bury so deep that no one will ever find him . 
 Thirteen years later , New York City private detective is investigating a case in Los Angeles . has a long - standing interest in the occult , and has some renown from his involvement with a recent exorcism . During the investigation , discovers a fortune teller shop owned by , where he is relentlessly attacked by a man with unusual strength . finds suffering from multiple stab wounds . As he dies , warns that “ The ” is coming . 
 , now a famous stage illusionist , lives in a Beverly Hills mansion with his wife , . When informed that 's followers have murdered , suggests they hire to investigate the murder . agrees , and she invites him to 's magic show . performs a new death - defying illusion which goes wrong , and he is killed on stage . 
 goes to The Magic Castle , where he hears being described as a legend , and that was believed to have taught . After getting into the Repository , a special room in the Magic Castle that supposedly contains every magic secret known to man , he discovers that 's " illusions " involved real magic . 
 Later , at 's house , reveals that she was the girl that kidnapped , and that she married because of a sense of obligation . and make love ; afterwards , is attacked by a man engulfed in fire . Suspecting a ruse , opens 's coffin and finds that the body inside is fake . , 's assistant , explains that he helped fake his death . agrees to allow and 's ruse to continue . At the funeral , follows a suspicious looking man who turns out to be , who , in jealousy , attacks with magic . convinces the emotionally hurt to help him put an end to 's cult . 
 kidnaps , using her as a hostage to force to recover 's body . After finding 's corpse , stabs and takes the corpse back to the old house in the desert . There , his cultists have returned to witness 's resurrection and follow him once again . removes the iron mask and regains consciousness . and , acting on information given by the dying , arrive . attacks and tells to rescue . , instructing his followers to prepare to receive his wisdom , opens a hole in the ground beneath him and and turns the earth into quick sand that swallows the cultists , declaring that only is worthy of receiving his knowledge . 
 finds and , and as steps onto the hardened quicksand , opens his eyes , says " You are not ! . . . I know what you want ! " ( referencing the earlier liaison between and ) . then drops her into the hole ; rescues her as enters the room . As they flee , and are attacked by , whom kills . agrees to act as 's disciple , even answering " Yes " to asserting that would be killed by after they destroyed the world . But when admits to caring for , then attacks with magic and breaks some of 's bones and apparently kills him by destroying his brain . finds 's gun and shoots in his third eye after points to the center of his forehead . then begins to transform into a hideous creature . turns out not to be dead and uses his last life energy and magic to help deliver a final blow to , who falls into the hole , which is shown to have no bottom . holds in her arms as he succumbs to his injuries . and escape the house and walk into the desert .

While craving her next hit , ( ) , an African - American crack cocaine addict , abandons her baby in the rubbish . She promises to " come back later . " The next day , the baby narrowly escapes death in the garbage truck . Then , is sent to the hospital , where they discover he is also addicted to crack through his mother 's addiction . While caring for , a white social worker named ( ) grows increasingly fond of him and eventually adopts him to live with her and her white husband , ( ) and daughter , . Meanwhile , is caught shoplifting and is sent to rehab , unaware is alive . 
 Three years later , successfully completes her treatment and confesses to her case worker that she abandoned in the alley . Unknown to , the case worker investigates and discovers 's adoption . They hire a lawyer , ( ) to contest the adoption . An ugly court battle ensues , with racial issues demonstrating inadequacies on both sides . The judge overturns the adoption , returning to , much to the ' horror and sadness . 
 Even after weeks pass , does not consider his mother . Although he becomes increasingly withdrawn , he is also prone to violent public outbursts . Eventually , is desperate for 's happiness , and asks to step back in " for a little while ... until he can understand . " However , she insists she will also continue to be involved . The two mothers embrace each other , both proclaiming their love for . The film ends with them together playing building blocks with their boy in a classroom .

U.S. Marine Corps Major , a hardened Marine , returns from a violent but successful drug raid in South America , only to find out that he was once again not promoted to lieutenant colonel . receives an honorable discharge on the grounds that " the wars of the world are no longer fought on the battlefield " , and that his military skills are no longer needed . 
 After he leaves the military , finds life as a civilian unbearable and reaches his breaking point . To help adjust , he applies for a job as a police officer ; however , during the test to see how applicants handle domestic violence disputes , he overreacts and repeatedly slaps the man who hit his wife in the scenario . is put into jail on charges of assault . His former general visits him and informs that he has secured a job for him that will get him back in the military . 
 arrives at Madison Preparatory School in Virginia , and is informed by the principal that his job is to train the Junior Reserve Officers ' Training Corps " green boys " , a disorderly group of delinquents and outcasts who have placed last in the Virginia Military Games eight years running . When sees his company , he immediately tells them that , under his direction , they will win the games at all costs , regardless of their various shortcomings : being overweight , sickly , deaf , cross - eyed , orphaned , or from a dysfunctional home . Afterward , he shaves all their heads bald . 
 also meets and clashes with , the Academy counselor who tries to soften 's discipline with understanding and feelings , especially towards six - year - old orphan . 
 's training and punishments are harsh , which force the cadets to execute a series of failed schemes to get rid of . Things come to a head when offers them the chance to get rid of him - if they get the Military Games trophy he will resign voluntarily , so the boys sneak into rival Wellington Academy to steal it , except ( who is transferring schools ) and ( who is considered too young ) . However , places an " anonymous call " to Wellington , leading to the boys being ambushed by their rivals . 
 Outside of the academy , bonds with and . Returning to the Academy , is confronted by lead misfit ( ) about his deception , but claims it was to show them what the real prize was . With their desire to honestly earn the trophy added to their desire to be rid of , the boys begin to train hard to win . When 's alcoholic , obnoxious stepfather appears unannounced and harasses , Major orders him away , granting an iota of respect with the cadets . 
 is asked to return to the Marines to fight in Bosnia , but his deployment means he will miss the Military Games and disappoint the boys and . As he waits for his train , he sees a vision of himself barbecuing in a front yard with and , prompting him to realize that he was falling in love with and developing a closeness to . 
 At the games , the boys are holding their own until , now a Wellington cadet , trips up during the race , spraining his ankle and rendering him unable to lead the drill . This also incites a rumble between the teams that threatens to disqualify after hits in the face in retribution for 's injury . However , gives up his commission and shows up at the last minute , smooths things over with the referees and appoints to lead the cadence . The group executes an unorthodox but entertaining routine which wins them the trophy . 
 On the first day of the new school year , resumes being an instructor , having married and adopted . resumes his role as a squad leader . He has softened quite a bit , telling the new recruits he 's not only their commanding officer , but also their friend . When a new , disrespectful blind cadet shows up with his service dog , shaves both him and his dog bald with his " field knife , " and laughs .

College student ( ) is preparing for a trip to Universal Studios in Florida with ( ) , during which he plans to propose to her ; however , tells him she can not go because she has volunteered to fill in as a contestant on Truth or Date , her father 's dating game show . They argue over this and break up . turns to his best friend ( ) , who has been dumped by his girlfriend ( ) , and suggests the two might find comfort at the local mall . 
 and discover Truth or Date is being filmed at the same mall , through their friend ( , who throughout the movie tries to see a sailboat in a Magic Eye poster ) , and ask local slackers and ( and , respectively ) to destroy the show 's stage , a task for which they devise elaborate , but ultimately unsuccessful plans . finds out has begun a relationship with ( ) , a clothing - store manager who hates because of his " lack of a shopping agenda . " confronts to find out more about her relationship with , and the two have sex in an elevator . is later abducted and attacked by , who intends to have sex with in a " very uncomfortable place " . As a result of this incident , and assault the mall 's , under the incorrect assumption that he attacked . 
 's father ( ) has and arrested on false charges of drug possession at the mall . and are able to rescue and , and they hide out at a local flea market , where they meet three - nippled fortune teller ( ) . decides to win back and the two return to the mall . 
 Before the show begins , receives advice on romance from , who was visiting the mall . After this , requests that his friend retrieve footage of her having sex with . Meanwhile , also persuades to get two of the game show contestants stoned , which allow him and to replace them on Truth or Date . 
 During the show , recognizes the voices of and , and an on - air argument between the three ensues . eventually proposes to , and she accepts . As the police arrive to arrest and after the show is over , Silent Bob plays a sex tape of and , resulting in his arrest for statutory rape . and renew their relationship as a result . 
 The conclusion reveals that marries , 's book is a bestseller , is imprisoned ( and subsequently anally raped ) , eventually does see the sailboat , and becomes the host of The Tonight Show ( with as his bandleader ) after impressing the show 's producers with his stage banter .

Shannen Doherty, Jeremy London, Jason Lee, Claire Forlani, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Michael Rooker

Six - year - old watches silently as his father starts up his car and drives away with his secretary , and they both offer only a wave out the window in parting . His mother , ( ) , can only watch heartbroken from the window of their house as her ex - husband leaves them . ’s father promised to visit him , yet never comes back . 
 They are both upset , but they decide to have a fresh start , so they move into a loft apartment in downtown Seattle to begin a new life with just the two of them . makes creative efforts to turn it into a home for them . They gradually overcome his father leaving and foster a very close bond with important rituals and routines , including making a collage with beach debris . develops an interest in dating , but her suitors never fit well and do n’t last long , which allows ’s ideal relationship with his mother to resume . Five years later , however , decides she ’s ready for marriage again , and begins seriously dating U.S. Attorney aka federal prosecutor ( ) . 
 In Federal Court , successfully prosecutes mobster for drug trafficking . Before being sentenced to fifty years in federal prison at Sheridan , the elderly makes a veiled threat of revenge towards . After court is adjourned , ’s son rephrases the threat in a more intimidating manner , but does not back down and then dismisses him entirely . 
 and discuss his moving in , of which eleven - year - old ( ) does not approve despite his mother ’s reassurance that it is only a trial period . is confident he can win him over , telling he has read every book on step - parenting he could find . The transition does not go smoothly for , as he resentfully feels he is the one suffering all of the adjustments and that his mother is making the same mistake she made with his father , so he resorts to ensuring is as uncomfortable and unwelcome as possible . tries taking the subterfuge in stride , not realizing it is deliberate , but his efforts to connect with the boy are met with irritation as he only succeeds in disrupting ’s customary lifestyle . 
 After meeting a boy named at school , feigns interest in joining the Indian Guides – a YMCA father - son program – with to secretly drive a wedge between them and get rid of him . Despite reluctance , goes along with it at ’s insistence , and he and join 's " tribe , " the Minotauks . Neither of them like the club , but manages to effectively humiliate at meetings . Once it starts interfering with his job , tells he can no longer be part of it . fakes distress by this and compares it to his father leaving to turn against her boyfriend . goes to apologize , and instead overhears bragging about everything over the phone to his best friend . Although he is disheartened by this revelation , does n’t tell about it and instead seeks advice from Indian Guides chief and fellow stepfather ( ) . tells , the reason why is doing this because he is afraid will take his mother away from him . was like himself , and never got along , but the Indian Guides help them have a great relationship . That is what will do . He then redoubles his efforts to bond with by improving the Indian Guides . Meanwhile , starts to connect with and they become close friends after a sleepover . 
 Just as starts to strengthen his relationship with , ’s threat catches up with him : the brakes on his Ford Explorer are cut , but manages to avoid a more serious crash and ends up in Puget Sound . This causes him to miss an important canoe trip he promised to attend . , having finally opened up , is genuinely hurt by this perceived betrayal to the point of tears , as it brings up bad memories of his father ’s broken promises . 
 conceals the truth and refuses his boss ’s order to transfer to Portland , Oregon so he can redeem himself to in an upcoming camping trip . His initial attempts are unsuccessful , and he feels the situation is hopeless . and his two goons , and , are then discovered in the woods with rifles by planning to kill , and confesses the truth behind his “ car trouble ” which garners 's forgiveness and understanding as he now knows did n't intentionally betray his trust like his father . sends the rest of the Indian Guides to the ranger station while he and ( who returned to help him ) improvise to distract the criminals . 
 The pair is eventually cornered in front of an abandoned mine shaft entrance rigged with dynamite , until they ’re rescued by the Minotauks and the crooks are disabled . is impressed and finally gives his approval of and consents to proposing to . The two complete the beach collage , which symbolizes that the three of them are finally whole as a family . and marry , with the Minotauks in attendance at the wedding , and despite nothing being perfect , all are happy .

( ) has always wanted a marriage like her parents . She has just accepted the proposal of her boyfriend ( ) , but she has some misgivings about their future together . Her fear of commitment grows as she learns of the various affairs that her family is having . At first , her sister ( ) gets married . Then , six months later , she starts an affair with her old high - school boyfriend , due to her husband 's cheapness , despite making a big salary , and constant busy schedule with his football career . Her brother ( ) , already married , starts an affair with his business partner 's wife , due to the missing passion between him and his wife , after giving birth to their first child , her mother ( ) is growing concerned about 's being the last single person in the family , despite being the one also in an affair with her mother 's and 's grandmother 's nurse , , due the constant arguments between her and her father , including the fact that he also had an affair with an insane travel agent . But the more she thinks about marriage , the more she must search for the balance between career , marriage , and family .

Sarah Jessica Parker, Antonio Banderas, Mia Farrow, Gil Bellows, Kevin Pollak

The film opens on ancient Greek ruins where a chanting Greek chorus introduces and narrates the story of . is a sportswriter in Manhattan , married to ambitious curator . The couple decide to adopt a baby , a boy they name . is awed by their son who , it becomes increasingly clear , is a gifted child . 
 becomes obsessed with learning the identity of 's biological mother . After a long search , is disturbed to find that she is a prostitute and part - time porn star , who uses several names but confesses her birth name is , and she likes " " because it means beautiful in Spanish , so her current porn star name is . makes an " appointment " to see her at her apartment . is a bit of a ditz with a crude sense of humor and delusions of becoming a stage actress . does not have intercourse with her but instead urges her to get away from prostitution and start a wholesome life . becomes angry , refunds 's money , and forces him to leave . , however , is determined to befriend her and improve her life . He first manages to get away from her violent pimp and then attempts to pair with a former boxer , . They appear to be a well - suited couple until discovers 's background . 
 Meanwhile , and have been drifting apart , due to 's obsession with , but also 's career and her affair with her colleague ( ) . tells she wants to explore her relationship with . and console each other over their break - ups , and end up finally engaging in intercourse . However , the next day reconciles with , and they realize that they are still in love . tries unsuccessfully to get back with but on the drive back to Manhattan , she sees a helicopter dropping out of the sky . She pulls over and gives the pilot , , a ride . It is revealed by the Greek chorus that they will end up married , although is now pregnant with 's child . 
 Some years later , ( with her daughter ) and ( with ) meet in a toy store . They both have each other 's children but do not realize it . thanks for everything he did to help her and then leaves dumbstruck . The film ends with the Greek chorus singing and dancing .

Woody Allen, Mira Sorvino, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Rapaport, F. Murray Abraham

The Power Rangers participate with and in a charity skydive for the Angel Grove observatory , in anticipation of Ryan 's Comet which is scheduled to pass by in two days . 
 and miss the target landing zone and accidentally land on a construction site where a giant egg has been unearthed . Lord , , , and arrive at the construction site and crack open the egg , releasing after 6,000 years , a morphological being who ruled Earth with an iron fist before he was overthrown by and a group of young warriors . lays siege to the Rangers ' Command Center and incapacitates , robbing the Rangers of their powers . As the Rangers return to the Command Center , they find it destroyed and dying . 
 's assistant Alpha 5 sends the Rangers to the distant planet Phaedos to obtain the Great Power and save . On the Moon , usurps and , trapping them in a snow globe , then sends his Tengu warriors to and begins building an army . He uses children to bring his ooze to their parents , and it hypnotizes them into becoming his workforce to dig up his Ecto - Morphicon Titans , twin war machines built during his reign . When , a friend of the Rangers ' , discovers his father missing , he finds him working at the construction site and discovers 's plans . 
 On Phaedos , the Rangers are almost killed by the Tengu , but are rescued by , ' Master Warrior . She initially tells them to leave for their own safety , but after hearing of 's plight , she agrees to help them and takes them to an ancient ruined temple where the Rangers will have to overcome obstacles to acquire the power of the Ninjetti . awakens each Rangers ' animal spirit : is the bear , is the ape , is the wolf , is the crane , is the frog and is the falcon . The Rangers make their way to the Monolith housing the Great Power , defeating its guardians , and retrieve the Great Power . 
 On Earth , 's Ecto - Morphicons are completely unearthed , and he unleashes them on Angel Grove , ordering the parents to commit suicide at the construction site . , , and the other kids head to the construction site to save their parents . The Rangers return with their new animal - themed Ninja Zords and destroy one of 's Ecto - Morphicons . takes control of the other and battles the Rangers himself . The Rangers lead into space right into the path of 's Comet , which destroys him . His destruction breaks the hypnosis and the parents are reunited with their children . The Rangers then use the Great Power to restore the Command Center and resurrect . 
 In a mid - credits scene , briefly lounges in 's throne being served by only to panic when and appear having been released after was destroyed .

Karan Ashley, Johnny Yong Bosch, Steve Cardenas, Jason David Frank, Amy Jo Johnson, David Yost, Jason Narvy, Paul Schrier

On Christmas , we meet foster brothers and . They work as transit cops patrolling the New York City subway . When a mugging occurs , and chase the mugger into a subway tunnel , and all trains traveling in their direction are halted . But their harsh transit captain , allows the money train to continue . and avoid getting hit by the train ; however , when transit police at the next station witness the mugger running toward the money train , they shoot him dead . The mugger is revealed to be a young teenage boy , which triggers a brawl between , , and the other transit officers . blames the two for causing his money train to arrive late . 
 asks to borrow $ 300 to buy a Christmas present , but instead uses the money to pay off some of his gambling debts to the sleazy night club owner Mr. . intends to have killed by throwing him off a building , but bursts in and interrupts , telling that he has the money owes him . reveals to that is $ 15,000 in debt , so offers to have the money delivered in a few days . accepts and lets live . 
 During their night shift , and are introduced to , a decoy transit officer newly assigned to their unit . Both brothers immediately take a liking to her . During their patrol , a serial killer known as the robs a token booth and sets it on fire . and rescue the booth worker and put out the fire , but the manages to escape . 
 At a local bar , reveals a plan to rob the money train in order to pay off their debts , but , judging the caper impossible , rejects the idea . Later that night , the two brothers and are assigned to patrol the money train . As discovers a grate in the floor and a ladder leading to Central Park , a brawl breaks out between and another officer , quickly involving the entire squad . again blames the two for the incident and also accuses them of taking some train money , but even after it is found that a collection agent miscounted , continues to insult them . At the bar , tells that the best time to rob the money train would be on New Year 's Eve because of looser subway security and because the subway makes the most money on that date : up to $ 500,000 . The plan involves entering the train through the metal grate when the train has stopped , driving it to the maintenance ladder , and escaping into Central Park . remains reluctant to attempt the theft . 
 gives the $ 15,000 he needs to pay back Mr. , but on the train , loses it to a thief . He goes to to explain but is brutally beaten by his men . When comes back home , he looks at 's house from his window and he sees and sleeping together . later tells that he 's happy for him , but he 's clearly saddened by 's rejection . 
 To nab , an ambush is arranged for which is disguised as an attendant at a station token booth . notices this and , to distract the police , pushes a man in front of a moving train , killing him . sprays gasoline on , but before he can light it , alerts the other officers , who shoot at . pursues him into another station , where they fight . is burned by the gasoline he 's carrying and pushed under a moving train , killing him . fires for ruining the ambush , and when tries to defend , he 's fired as well . 
 then heads to the strip club of the mobsters who beat up his brother and were threatening him for failing to pay up his gambling debts and , after storming inside , beats them all up utilizing his Kung - Fu skills , including knocking down ( and killing ) the criminal boss of the organization , , with a 360 - degree kick . 
 decides to go ahead with his robbery plan . is reluctant to do anything about this , but persuades him to save from trouble . When the money train stops at one of the stations , enters the train from beneath and drives it to the maintenance ladder , but he ca n't escape with the money due to the presence of a group of policemen . Meanwhile , reaches the train and persuades to drive further to prevent their arrest . Knowing that will direct his team to trip the train 's brakes , the duo bleeds the brakes . then orders a steel barricade erected to stop the train , but increases the speed of the money train to its maximum so that it smashes through the barricade . Transit control officer declares the money train a runaway and starts clearing tracks , but diverts the money train onto a track occupied by a passenger train to keep it from having a clear path , putting innocent people at grave risk . The money train rams into the passenger train and then slows down , but speeds up again because it 's in full throttle and rams the train again . It repeatedly keeps ramming the passenger train with the increasing risk of derailing it and killing everyone on board . 
 Since the money train now had no braking power and the throttle lever is jammed at full power , the brothers decide to throw it into reverse , derailing it and killing both of them but allowing the passengers to live . comes up with an idea and positions an iron bar in such a way that when the money train rams the other train once more , the bar trips the reverse lever . Both of them climb on top of the train and proceed to the front . When the trains collide one more time , the reverse lever is activated and both brothers jump across to the other train as the money train derails tumbles around several times knocking over several support beams ( much to the horror of who witnesses the whole crash ) before finally screeching to a stop on its side just before the station . 
 The brothers try to escape during the commotion but are spotted by . They pretend to have come to help him , but rudely insults them . Fed up with his constant abuse , the brothers punch him in the face . As he shouts out to his team to arrest them for assault , comes rushing in and arrests for endangering the lives of the people on the passenger train . When the two brothers exit the station , they are in Times Square as the countdown for the New Year begins . During the celebration , realizes is carrying a money bag containing over $ 500,000 , much to his dismay . The film ends with and walking into the distance arguing over the money .

Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Lopez, Robert Blake, Chris Cooper

Mortal Kombat is a fighting tournament between the representatives of the realms of Earth and Outworld conceived by the Elder Gods amid looming invasion of the Earth by Outworld . If the realm of Outworld wins Mortal Kombat ten consecutive times , its Emperor will be able to invade and conquer the Earthrealm . 
 Shaolin monk and his comrades , movie star and military officer were handpicked by , the god of thunder and defender of the Earth realm , to overcome their powerful adversaries in order to prevent Outworld from winning their tenth straight Mortal Kombat tournament . Each of the three has his or her own reason for competing : seeks revenge against the tournament host for killing his brother ; seeks revenge on an Australian crime lord for murdering a fellow officer ; and , having been branded as a fake by the media , seeks to prove otherwise . 
 At island , is attracted to Princess , adopted daughter . Aware that is a dangerous adversary because she is the rightful heir to Outworld and that she will attempt to ally herself with the Earth warriors , orders the creature Reptile to spy on her . defeats his first opponent and gets her revenge on by snapping his neck . encounters and barely beats . engages in a brief duel with , who secretly offers him cryptic advice for his next battle . 's next opponent is Sub - Zero , whose defense seems untouched because of his freezing abilities until recalls 's advice and uses it to kill Sub - Zero . 
 Prince enters the tournament and mercilessly crushes every opponent he faces . One of 's peers , , is defeated by as well and has his soul taken by . worries that they may not win against , but disagrees . He reveals their own fears and egos are preventing them from winning the tournament . 
 Despite 's warning , comes to to request a fight with . The sorcerer accepts on the condition that he be allowed to challenge any opponent of his choosing , anytime and anywhere he chooses . tries to intervene , but the conditions are agreed upon before he can do so . After leaves , confronts for what he has done in challenging but is impressed when shows his awareness of the gravity of the tournament . faces and uses guile and the element of surprise to defeat the defending champion . Now desperate , takes hostage and takes her to Outworld , intending to fight her as his opponent . Knowing that his powers are ineffective there and that can not defeat by herself , sends and into Outworld in order to rescue and challenge . In Outworld , is attacked by Reptile(under orders from to prevent him and from rescuing ) , but eventually gains the upper hand and defeats him . Afterward , meets up with and . She reveals to the pair the origins of both herself and Outworld . allies with them and helps them to infiltrate 's castle while advising about three challenges in the castle : To face his enemy , himself and his worst fear . 
 Inside the castle tower , challenges to fight him , claiming that her refusal to accept will result in the Earth realm forfeiting Mortal Kombat ( this is , in fact , a lie on Shang 's part ) . All seems lost for Earth realm until , , and appear . berates for his treachery to the Emperor as is set free , claiming that his arrogance and greed will cost him the tournament if he does n't honor his deal . challenges but is counter - challenged by . During the lengthy battle , faces not only but the souls that had forcibly taken in past tournaments . In a last - ditch attempt to take advantage , morphs into . Seeing through the charade , renews his determination and ultimately fires an energy bolt at the sorcerer , knocking him down and impaling him on a bed of spikes . 's death releases all of the captive souls , including 's . Before ascending to the afterlife , tells that he will remain with him in spirit until they are once again reunited . 
 The Warriors return to Earthrealm , where a victory celebration is taking place at the temple . The jubilation abruptly stops , however , when giant figure suddenly appears in the skies . When the Emperor declares that he has come for everyone 's souls , declares " I do n't think so , " and the warriors take up their fighting stances .

Robin Shou, Linden Ashby, Bridgette Wilson, Christopher Lambert, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Talisa Soto, Trevor Goddard

In Portland , Oregon in 1965 , is a talented musician and composer who has been relatively successful in the exhausting life of a professional musical performer . However , in an attempt to enjoy more free time with his young wife , , and to enable him to compose a piece of orchestral music , the 30 - year - old accepts a teaching position at John F. Kennedy High School . 
 Unfortunately for , he is soon forced to realize that his position as a music teacher makes him a marginalized figure in the faculty 's hierarchy . Many of his colleagues , and some in Kennedy High 's administration , including the school 's vice principal , resent and question the value and importance of music education given the school 's strained budget . However , he quickly begins to win many of his colleagues over . finds success using rock and roll as a way to make classical music more accessible to his students . 
 's lack of quality time with becomes problematic when their son , , is found to be deaf . reacts with hostility to the news that he can never teach the joys of music to his own child . willingly learns American Sign Language to communicate with her son , but resists . This causes further estrangement within his family . 
 As the years progress , grows closer to his students at Kennedy High and more distant from his own son . He addresses a series of challenges created by people who are either hesitant or hostile towards the concept of musical excellence within the walls of the average American high school . He inspires numerous students , but never has private time for himself or his family , delaying the completion of his own orchestral composition . Eventually , he reaches an age when it is too late to have a realistic chance of finding financial backing , or ever having it performed . 
 In 1995 , the adversaries of the Kennedy High music program win a decisive institutional victory . , now promoted to principal , works with the board of education to eliminate funding for music along with other fine arts programs , thus leading to 's early retirement . realizes that his career in music is likely over , thinking that his former students have mostly forgotten him and is dejected at his failure ever to have his composition , which he views as his life 's work , performed . 
 On his final day as a teacher , enters the school auditorium , where his professional life is surprisingly redeemed . Hearing that their beloved teacher is retiring , hundreds of his former students have secretly returned to the school to celebrate his life . 
 's orchestral piece , never before heard in public , has been put before the musicians by his wife and son . One of his most musically challenged students , , now the Governor of Oregon , takes the podium and explains to that the symphony he wrote is not his only legacy ... it 's the people he has inspired and taught , all of the people he has helped to make a better person , that is his true legacy . Gov. then sits among the musicians with her clarinet , but not before asking Holland to step on up on stage and serve as their conductor for the premiere performance of Mr. 's Opus ( " The American Symphony " ) . A proud and look on , appreciating the affection and respect that Holland receives .

Richard Dreyfuss, Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas, Olympia Dukakis, Terrence Howard, Alicia Witt

As a 17 - year - old orphan , ( ) , steals $ 5.00 from a grocery store to feed himself and his little sister , both of whom are destitute . He is apprehended by the store clerk , and his sister is sent to an orphanage . Because that grocery store also housed a U.S. Post Office his crime becomes a federal offense . never sees his sister again and is sentenced to Leavenworth Penitentiary , Kansas . After later being transferred to Alcatraz , he participates in an escape attempt with two other prisoners . 
 The escape plan fails due to the betrayal of a fellow inmate , ( ) . is punished by being sent to " the hole " which is in Alcatraz 's dungeons . Except for 30 minutes on Christmas Day in 1940 , he is left in there for three years . The solitary confinement causes to lose his sanity . On release back to the general population , he experiences a psychotic episode in the prison cafeteria and attacks , stabbing him to death with a spoon in full view of the prison staff and the other convicts . 
 is put on trial in San Francisco for first degree murder in what prosecutors and the public - defender 's office believe is an open - and - shut case . Public defender ( ) , a recent graduate of Harvard Law School , is given the case . After discovering the facts of 's case , attempts to put Alcatraz on trial by alleging that its harsh conditions drove him insane . The trial becomes highly politicized and contentious . Eventually is convicted of involuntary manslaughter , not first degree murder . He is returned to Alcatraz where he subsequently dies . The film concludes with ″The Rock's″ associate warden ( ) being convicted for mistreatment and banned from working in the US penal system .

The story is narrated by the family 's oldest son , ( ) . The film begins with the father of the family , ( ) , making a journey that lasts one year on foot from Mexico to Los Angeles . He travels to Los Angeles to meet a distant relative known as , who was born in the city when it was still part of Mexico . They become fast friends and grew a corn farm together . However , after several years , nears death . Shortly before dying , says he wants the following written on his tombstone : 
 meets and marries the love of his life , ( ) , an American citizen . After is illegally deported to Mexico by the U.S. federal government in a mass roundup , she makes it back to Los Angeles via a long and arduous trip two years later , where she returns home with their new son . 
 Twenty years later in 1958 or 1959 , eldest daughter ( first played by , later by ) is getting married . ( ) and ( have grown up . New additions to the family include ( ) , " " ( played by as a child , and by as an adult ) , and brother ( as a child , as an adult ) . 
 The film begins to gain momentum after the wedding , when a series of events seal 's fate . One night at a dance hall , is dancing with his girlfriend , when his rival ( ) starts to bother him . This results in a bloody knife fight between the two , and accidentally kills him . After this event , becomes a fugitive of the police . One night when is playing ball with his friends , is shot dead by the LAPD right in front of . Other members of the family learn of 's death when they hear gunshots and rush to a nearby street . As an ambulance arrives to take 's lifeless body away , we hear narrate how 's whole life had been on borrowed time . 
 The third generation , which takes place another twenty years later in the 1970s , faces situations such as acculturation , assimilation , and past problems of the family . 
 ( now played by ) completes a stint in jail and returns home . It is revealed that after 's death 20 years back , became an angry man following in his footsteps becoming a fugitive like him . One day , visits the home and stuns her parents with the news that she is no longer a nun and has married a priest named ( ) . and become involved in helping political refugees . When they find out that a Salvadoran refugee , Isabel ( ) , becomes a target for murder and is being held for deportation back to El Salvador , convinces to marry her so that she is able to stay in the U.S. 
 is resistant to the idea of being a married man ; however , slowly makes herself at home and has no choice but to let her stay with him . As works on his car listening to " I 'm Your Puppet " , comes up to him and changes the music in the cassette - player . She tries to get him to dance with her on the street . At first he does n't want to , but she finally succeeds in teaching him some steps . He asks her at the end of the song , " Will you teach me how to salsa ? " It is here that finally lets into his heart and where they both understand that although other people do n't understand them , they know now who they really are together . 
 becomes pregnant , but unfortunately dies after giving birth to their son , . Enraged , attacks the doctor who he blames for her death , burglarizes a store , and is jailed , leaving his son to be raised by his parents . When gets out of prison , he initially does n't want anything to do with his son who is a spirited , but trouble - making child . When finally sees his son , he is filled with joy and immediately wants to care for him . However , his son hates him , who thinks his real father is a cattle rancher that lives in Texas . After decides to change his life around for the good of his son , accepts him and moves with him to Texas . 
 The film concludes with and reminiscing about their past as says " has been good to us , we 've been very lucky , and our life it has been very ... very good " and the camera pans to a shot of Los Angeles .

At Fairmount High School , Ohio , a group of teenage students begin their school with an assembly featuring a band called " High on Life " , though they are selfish at teachers and the principal . As the band continues to play onstage , and decide to sabotage the assembly by having a track played and exposing the band lip syncing their music as it ends drastically but upbeat . After a typing class , the seniors cut school and throw a party for Principal . Moss eventually gets informed about the party from the school body president . When he returns home , he gives the group detention , forcing them to write a letter to the President of the United States , explaining what is wrong with the education system . 
 The next day while arriving at school , and the new typing class teacher notices that various newspaper station vans are there assuming that something has gone wrong within the building . Mrs. tells him that is inside the building after meeting the seniors . makes the announcement over them being invited by the President to Washington , D.C. , who amazingly enjoyed their letter to discuss it . However , it is actually just a plot devised by the corrupt U.S. Senator to humiliate the President . The bus arrives at a convenience store , where and lock in a flooded washroom , and they steal alcoholic beverages . They are pursued by , a crazed Star Trek fan and crossing guard , who hitches a ride with an Asian family . While on their way , falls into a " coma " after taking pills given to him by bus driver . At this point , the students go on a rampage celebrating over passing out and throw another party , while , the school slut , puts makeup on . 
 The next day , the bus is pursued by and the police . apparently dies from a drug overdose , and the bus nearly plows into a lake . manages to stop it in time , but the car lands on the water and escapes . Arriving at Washington , the group checks into a hotel and decides to take a class photo at a cemetery . uses fart lighting on flame to distract . That night , the seniors secretly lace a box of chocolates with tequila and give it to Miss . When seduces , the students begin to leave to go to a party at the hotel next door , but threatens to blow the whistle . orders to take care of him . At the hotel , discovers the plot to use the students and embarrass the President . 
 The next day , Senator unexpectedly wakes up and , who — much to their shock over both of them in the same room — to prepare themselves and the seniors for their meeting with the President . However , when they open the room , they do not find them there but only a tied - up . and find the missing students , as they are informed of 's plot as baffles to the discovery . The senator subsequently kidnaps and takes him to the White House with the others in hot pursuit . When they arrive at the White House , the senator insults the seniors , but unexpectedly stands up for them . The senator 's plot is ultimately exposed and the seniors return home . The film ends with a montage of the characters and where they ended up after the events .

The film opens with ( ) , a mild - mannered , widowed accountant arriving with his daughter at the Union Station in Los Angeles . As makes a pay phone call informing an unidentified person that his train was late , two mysterious strangers in suits , known only as Mr. ( ) and Ms. ( ) , survey the station from a catwalk , discussing a yet - to - be - elaborated scheme . Noticing Watson retaliate against a skater who was harassing his daughter , and set their sights on him and swiftly approach the pair . Showing a badge , the two strangers convince that they are police officers and whisk both father and daughter into a van without justification . Once in the vehicle , begins to notice things are not right and gets nervous , but subsequently pistol whips him in the leg to get his attention . then informs that they will kill his daughter by 1:30   p.m. unless he murders a woman depicted in a photograph . He soon learns that the woman is State Governor and realizes that killing her would be a suicide mission . 
 Once at the Bonaventure Hotel , where a number of campaign appearances are being held , makes several attempts to warn people about his situation , but consistently follows him around , taunts and viciously beats him whenever he does not make a move . manages to find a young campaign assistant , , who believes 's story and encourages him to report the matter to the governor 's husband , . Once in his suite , however , and a campaign lobbyist appear to disbelieve the story , and before anything more can be said , shows up in the room and fatally shoots , causing a tense scuffle between and . awakens after unconsciousness and finds nearly everyone on the campaign , including the governor 's staff and husband , are involved in the plot , with an unnamed right - wing lobbyist masterminding it all in revenge for the governor not carrying out her campaign promises to his interests . 
 eventually finds disabled war veteran named who polishes people 's shoes at the hotel . While at first he does not believe 's story , talks to about the plot , believing to be completely deaf according to a sign . reluctantly assists to get to Governor 's suite and advise her of the conspiracy . Although skeptical at first of 's story , she later notices act suspiciously about 's whereabouts and realizes was telling the truth . Being hastened by her husband to make the last speech , the governor greets supporters in a ballroom when takes out the gun , points it at a projector room where is watching him and shoots at the window . This unleashes a panic in the ballroom , causing a stampede and brief shootout between and the security people . Thinking that his wife is dead , openly gloats about the plot 's success , only to find out in horror that she had heard everything , confirming her suspicions about him . 
 In the meantime , stalls the armed , who is in the van with 's daughter , , after she can not get a signal from . He then annoys her with a squeegee man scheme to the point of a violent confrontation in which she shoots his wooden leg . quickly tries to get out of the van when opens the door and begins to shoot at her . Right after she hides under the seat , appears and shoots . Ailing from his wounds , congratulates for becoming a killer just before he 's finished off in a coup de grace . Before can get a clear shot at the father and daughter , beats her unconscious with his prosthetic leg and wing tip shoe . The final scene shows the conspiracy mastermind stepping on 's broken wristwatch and leaving the hotel in a car . 
 An alternate TV scene ( and on some DVD versions ) also shows the governor thanking and for saving her life .

Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken, Charles S. Dutton, Roma Maffia, Peter Strauss, Marsha Mason

Child psychologist has an ideal romance with ballet teacher . is thinking about marriage and children . is against the idea of marriage as he is happy with how things are between them . This all changes when declares she is pregnant and when questioned by about her birth control she replies birth control is only 97 % effective . 's fears mount due to his encounters with overbearing couple and and their unruly daughters , as well as the confusing advice he gets from Sean , his perpetually single artist friend and 's brother . They meet Doctor who happens to be Russian . is confused and unsure about what to do . Feeling neglected , leaves him and moves in with and . tries to contact her but she does not respond . When a girl makes a move on , he declines , saying he 's not ready to move on yet . When he sees an ultrasound of his soon - to - be - born son , he decides that it is time to take responsibility before it is too late . He sells his Porsche 911 , buys a family van , and gets back together with . They then marry and have their baby together.[2 ]

Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Jeff Goldblum, Robin Williams, Tom Arnold, Joan Cusack

The movie begins in 1972 with the White House Plumbers breaking into The Watergate and subsequently getting arrested . Eighteen months later in December 1973 , Chief of Staff , ( ) , brings ( ) audio tapes for to listen . The two men discuss the Watergate scandal and the resulting chaos . After discussing the death of , uses profanity when discussing , and others involved in Watergate . As turns to leave , asks why he has n't been given a pistol to commit suicide like an honorable soldier . 
 starts the taping system which triggers memories that begin a series of flashbacks within the film . The first begins on June 23 , 1972 about one week after the breakin , during a meeting with ( ) , ( ) and ( ) . and leave , and Nixon speaks the " smoking gun " tape to . 
 The film covers most aspects of 's life and political career and implies that and his wife abused alcohol and prescription medications . 's health problems , including his bout of phlebitis and pneumonia during the Watergate crisis , are also shown in the film , and his various medicants are sometimes attributed to these health issues . The film also hints at some kind of responsibility , real or imagined , that felt towards the assassination through references to the Bay of Pigs Invasion , the implication being that the mechanisms set into place for the invasion by during his term as vice - president spiraled out of control to culminate in 's assassination and , eventually , Watergate . 
 The film ends with 's resignation and departure from the lawn of the White House on the helicopter , Marine One . Real life footage of 's funeral in Yorba Linda , California plays out over the extended end credits , and all living ex - presidents at the time — , , , , and then - president — are shown in attendance .

Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, James Woods, J. T. Walsh, David Hyde Pierce, Ed Harris, Paul Sorvino, Mary Steenburgen, Bob Hoskins, Madeline Kahn

In 1991 , four childhood friends reunite in their hometown of Shelby , Indiana . ( ) , a science - fiction writer , narrates the story . As an adolescent ( played by ) was considered the " weird " girl who liked performing seances and was interested in science fiction and the supernatural . ( ) , a doctor , was a tough tomboy ( played by ) whose mother died when she was four years old . ( ) , who lives in her childhood home , is married and about to give birth to her first child . As a naïve youngster ( played by ) , she was overly sheltered by her mother . ( ) is a successful Hollywood actress ; as a child ( played by ) , she had always dreamed of fame . and have not visited their hometown in ten years . 
 The story flashes back to 1970 when the girls had two goals : saving enough money to buy a tree house and avoiding the brothers . One night , they sneak out to the cemetery to perform a seance . A cracked tombstone convinces them they have resurrected the spirit of a young boy identified only as , who died in 1945 at the age of twelve . Intrigued , they search for information at the library but find nothing . 
 Later , while heading for the library in a nearby town , they spy the brothers skinny dipping in the lake . To retaliate for a prank the boys played on them , the girls steal the boys ' clothes , tossing them onto the road while riding off . At the library , discovers an article about her mother being killed in a car accident , a fact previously unknown to her . finds a story about Dear Johnny and his mother tragically dying , but a part is missing , leaving the cause of their deaths a mystery . The girls then visit a local psychic ( ) who determines he was murdered . 
 goes home and unexpectedly meets ( ) , a man her newly - single mother invited to dinner . Upset , she storms out and flees to Teeny 's . They hang out in the tree house display at the store where confesses her parents are getting divorced . comforts her , then breaks her favorite necklace in two , giving one half to as a " best friends for life " bracelet . On their way home during a thunder storm , loses her half of the bracelet in a storm drain . When she climbs down to retrieve it , the water rises , trapping her . Crazy , an old vagrant , pulls her out . Grateful , the girls now see him differently . At the same time , is playing basketball in her driveway when ( ) suddenly arrives . They question why they fight all the time before sharing a kiss . 
 The next day , the girls consult 's grandmother ( ) about Dear Johnny 's death , and discover from a newspaper article that he and his mother were murdered . becomes upset and angry that two innocent people were killed and also by the realization that her mother died violently , contrary to what she was told . announces that her parents are divorcing , and the four make a pact to always be there for one another . 
 To put soul to rest , the girls go to the cemetery to perform another seance . 's tombstone suddenly rises surrounded by bright light . A figure appears from behind , but it is only the groundskeeper who explains that the stone was damaged and is being replaced . The groundskeeper explains he was the one who cracked the tombstone . Realizing they never resurrected Dear Johnny , they agree to stop the seances . While leaving , they notice , and follows him back to grave . Realizing that he is father , she comforts him , while he advises her not to dwell on things . Some time after , the tree house is finally bought , and narrates , " The tree house was supposed to bring us more independence . But what the summer actually brought was independence from each other . " 
 The film returns to 1991 , and goes into labor and gives birth to a girl . Later , in their old tree house , it is revealed by that had died the previous year . They then discuss how happy they are in life and make another pact to visit more often .

Demi Moore, Melanie Griffith, Rosie O'Donnell, Rita Wilson, Christina Ricci, Thora Birch, Gaby Hoffmann, Ashleigh Blair Sterling

During the Vietnam War in 1968 , Captain ( ) has been working hard to create good relations between the United States and Montagnard Vietnamese in the village of Dak Nhe . The U.S. Army is looking to monitor enemy operations on a clandestine weapons supply route which passes near the village . is coming close to his discharge , and explains to his successor Captain ( ) the delicate nature of Vietnamese customs as well as the counter intelligence involving covert enemy activity . In a lapse of judgment with surrounding village children , a child steals a Nestlé Crunch bar from 's backpack ; the wrapper , when found , lets the NVA know of the local villagers ' cooperation with the Americans . As punishment , Brigadier ( ) of the NVA , orders his subordinate , Captain ( ) , to kill the villagers ' elephant right before a spiritual festival . To aid the villagers , promises to replace the slain elephant before their upcoming ceremony while ( whom the villagers blame for the elephant 's death ) reluctantly agrees to help . 
 At camp , Major ( ) , assigns and , with in command , to secure and deliver a new elephant to the villagers , as well as two soldiers , Specialist 4 ( ) and Specialist 5 ( ) . blackmails Chief Warrant Officer 3 Davis Poole ( ) into helping as well . They purchase an elephant known as from a local Vietnamese trader ( ) . They also agree to take along handler , ( ) , who has experience with verbal commands in guiding the elephant . Along the way , NVA soldiers attempt to stop them . Following a failed air transport , the soldiers use a combination of methods to reach Pleiku Air Base before the final stage of their journey to Dak Nhe . 
 At Pleiku Air Base , Major notifies the captains that the mission has been cancelled . The enemy supply route has changed direction , and they no longer need the support of the local village . Against regulations , they commandeer a cargo aircraft . The aircraft comes under enemy fire , forcing them and to parachute out early . They land unharmed in and around the village , except for , who gets stuck in a tree and becomes separated from the rest . NVA forces suddenly appear , threatening to take the remaining soldiers hostage and kill the elephant . , however , is able to free himself and create a diversion long enough to distract and incapacitate the NVA troops . They complete their mission and , to the delight of the U.S. Army , capture high - ranking enemy officers in the process .

This film is an adaptation of Othello . is a Moor who has secretly married his native Venetian lover , is assigned to fight against a Turkish invasion attempt on the island of Cyprus . During the battle , he was accompanied by his faithful lieutenant , . When finally arrives at Cyprus , however , the Turkish invasion fleet has been wrecked by a storm , and , reunited with , who had volunteered herself to go with him , leads his men and the people of Cyprus in a celebration . 
 , 's trusted companion and ensign , envies 's prosperous life and 's lieutenancy and , convinced that both of them had slept with his own wife , , plans to ruin both by manipulating into believing that is having an affair with and is pregnant with 's child . He arouses 's suspicion and jealousy gradually and then plants 's handkerchief in 's clothing for to find . When he does , he is convinced of 's infidelity and , in a rage , decides to kill both her and . 
 smothers , who dies just as enters the bedroom . then tells the truth behind 's lies and he realizes what he has done . The authorities and turn on , and , after a running fight , capture and beat him . In despair , stabs and wounds . then kills himself , and is taken away to be tortured and executed .

In 1967 , a virus called Motaba , which causes a deadly fever , is discovered in the African jungle . To keep the virus a secret , U.S. Army officers and destroy the camp where soldiers were infected . Twenty - eight years later , Colonel , a USAMRIID virologist , is sent to investigate an outbreak in Zaire . He and his crew — Lieutenant Colonel and new recruit Major — gather information and return to the United States . , now a brigadier general and ' superior officer , dismisses the latter 's fears that the virus will spread . 
 , a white - headed capuchin monkey that is host to the virus , is smuggled into the country . , a worker at an animal testing laboratory , is infected when he steals to sell on the black market . fails to sell to , a pet - store owner in the California town of Cedar Creek . After releasing the monkey in the woods of Palisades , he develops symptoms on a flight to Boston and infects his girlfriend , . Their illness is investigated by Dr. , a CDC scientist and ' ex - wife . , , and die , but determines that no one else in Boston was infected . 
 A hospital technician in Cedar Creek is infected when he accidentally breaks the vial of 's blood . The virus mutates into a strain capable of spreading like influenza , allowing a number of people to be infected in a movie theater . flies to Cedar Creek against 's orders , joining 's team with and . As they begin a search for the monkey , the Army quarantines the town and imposes martial law . is infected when his suit tears , and accidentally sticks herself with a contaminated needle . 
 When Ford provides an experimental serum , realizes that he was aware of the virus before the outbreak . He confronts , who admits that the original Motaba strain was actually a military bioweapon ; the 1967 outbreak in Africa had in fact been a test - run of the virus , which subsequently infected the local monkey population despite 's and 's attempt to halt its spread and cover up their actions . learns about Operation Clean Sweep , a plan for the military to contain the virus by bombing Cedar Creek . , now a major general , plans to use the operation to conceal the virus 's existence . 
 To prevent from finding a cure , has him arrested for carrying the virus . escapes , and he and fly a helicopter to the ship which carried . obtains a picture of and releases it to the media ; a Palisades resident , Mrs. , realizes that her daughter has been playing with in their yard and calls the CDC . and arrive at the ' house , and tranquilizes after coaxes her out of hiding . When he learns from about 's capture , delays the bombing . 
 On their return flight , and are chased by in another helicopter , and fires two rockets into the trees to trick him into thinking that they crashed . In Cedar Creek , mixes 's antibodies with Ford 's serum to create an antiserum ; although has died , they save . returns to base and resumes Operation Clean Sweep , refusing to listen to . and fly a helicopter in the path of the bomber . With Ford 's help , persuades the bomber 's flight crew to detonate the bomb over water and spare the town . Before can order another bombing , relieves him of command and orders his arrest . and reconcile , and Cedar Creek 's residents are cured .

Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman, Donald Sutherland, Cuba Gooding Jr., Kevin Spacey, Patrick Dempsey

and his two friends , and , are looking for easy money to break out of their nowhere lives . Despite a bungled jewelry store heist which exposes their incompetence as criminals , they are convinced they can pull off an armored - truck robbery . While plotting their caper , their dysfunctional families spin out of control all around them .

tells a dying prisoner that he will take revenge on the sadistic guard who killed him . In exchange , is told of a stash of money . is eventually released from prison but when he goes to get his revenge , he gets sidetracked by the now - handicapped guard and his alluring wife , . The tension builds as becomes more and more attracted to .

C. Thomas Howell, Joan Severance, Marshall Bell, R. G. Armstrong

The film opens by cutting back and forth between scenes of a naval ship carrying Admiral ( ) , and a buggy carrying Mr. ( ) and his daughter Mrs. ( ) to Kellynch Hall . and are accosted by creditors due to the debts owed by the residence 's owner , Sir ( ) , while discusses the end of the Napoleonic Wars with fellow men of the navy . Sir Walter , a vain foppish baronet , is faced with financial ruin unless he retrenches . Though Sir initially opposes the idea , he eventually agrees to temporarily move to Bath while the hall is let ; the idea came from , family friend Lady ( ) , and Sir 's second eldest daughter , the intelligent ( ) . 
 is visibly upset upon learning that the new tenant of Kellynch Hall will be Admiral , who is the brother - in - law of ( naval captain she was persuaded to reject in marriage eight years previously because of his lack of prospects and connections . is now wealthy from serving in the Wars , and has returned to England , presumably to find a wife . Later , expresses to Lady her unhappiness at her family 's current financial predicament , and her past decision to reject the captain 's proposal of marriage . visits her other sister ( ) , a hypochondriac who has married into a local farming family . patiently listens to the various complaints confided in her by each of the family ; this includes 's husband , sisters - in - law ( ) and ( ) , and parents - in - law Mr and Mrs ( and ) . 
 Captain comes to dine with the , but avoids going when she volunteers to nurse 's injured son . The following morning at breakfast , and are suddenly met briefly by , the first time he and have seen each other since she rejected him . later hears that thought her so altered that he " would not have known [ her ] again".[2 ] and begin to pursue marriage with , as the family is unaware of his and 's past relationship . Hurt and rejected by 's refusal years before , appears to court , much to 's chagrin . Later , learns also was persuaded by Lady to refuse ' offer of marriage , after which instead proposed to . 
 , , and the younger go to Lyme and visit two of 's old naval friends , Captain ( ) and Captain ( ) . While there , rashly jumps off a staircase in the hopes will catch her , sustaining a head injury . Afterwards , goes to Bath to stay with her father and sister . Sir and reveal they have repaired their relationship with a previously disreputable cousin , Mr. ( ) , the heir to the baronetcy and estate . is introduced to him , and they realise they briefly saw each other in Lyme . Much to Lady 's pleasure , Mr. begins to court , but she remains uncertain of his true character . Meanwhile , has recovered and become engaged to Captain . arrives in Bath and encounters on several occasions , though their conversations are brief . 
 learns from an old friend , Mrs. ( ) , that Mr. is bankrupt and only interested in marrying to help ensure his inheritance from her father . also is told that Mr. wishes to keep the baronet from possibly marrying Mrs. to produce a male heir . Soon after , overhears talking with Captain about the constancy of a woman 's love , and writes her a letter declaring that he still cares for her . quickly finds him and the two happily walk off down a street , arm in arm . That night at a party , announces his intention to marry , much to Mr. 's consternation . The final scene shows and on a naval ship , happy to be together .

is an albino young man who has incredible intellect and is able to sense the thoughts of the people around him . 's brain possesses a powerful electromagnetic charge , which causes electrical objects to function abnormally when he is around them , particularly when he becomes emotional . The electromagnetic charge also prevents hair from growing on his body . 
 's mother was struck by lightning while pregnant with him ; she died shortly after the strike , but survived . His father disowned him shortly after his premature birth , and he was raised by his grandparents . lived in the basement and worked on their farm , never leaving their property and learning everything he knew from books . He is taken from his home when his grandfather is found dead of natural causes . ( ) , a child services psychologist , takes him to a boys ' home because he is now effectively a ward of the state . 
 enrolls him in high school , where meets physics teacher ( ) . finds out that has supernatural powers as well as the highest IQ in the history of mankind . While his abilities mark him as special , they also make him an outcast . 
 On a hunting trip with his schoolmates , is threatened with a gun by ( ) , an aggressive student who views him as a freak . Before can fire , a gun goes off in the distance , and everyone rushes to see that , a Sheriff 's deputy , has shot a doe . Anguished by the animal 's death , touches the deer and , inducing in what the students assume is a seizure . However , admits that had actually caused him to feel the pain and fear of the dying deer . Because of the experience , removes all of his guns from his house , although Sheriff allows him to remain as a sheriff 's deputy without a sidearm . 
 enlists to help speak to his dying wife through telepathy . Through , the sheriff learns that his wife clings onto life because she did n't want to leave without her wedding ring on her finger and without him reconciling with his estranged son , . She tells him that found the ring and that it has been sitting in a silver box on her nightstand the entire time . then places the ring on his wife 's finger and reconciles with , letting his wife die peacefully . 
 meets ( ) , a romantic interest , but their relationship is broken by 's father . Before the interruption , he tells that he can see the truth about people : that they are scared and feel disconnected from the rest of the world but in truth are all connected to everything that exists . 
 goes back to the juvenile facility and packs away his belongings , planning to run away to his farm . He pauses in the gym to stare at a male student washing , noticing the latter 's luxurious head of hair as well as body hair which he himself lacks , and is caught at it by John , who accuses him of homosexuality . steals 's hat and taunts him , but reveals that 's words mimic what his stepfather said before beating him when he was 12 , infuriating him . and the other boys humiliate , stripping him naked and taunting him . His powers begin to manifest by pulling at their metal buttons and any piercings . Eventually , a large spherical electromagnetic pulse erupts throwing into a mud puddle and everyone else to the ground . is found still , with his heart stopped . uses an electric shock to revive him . 
 In the final scene , returns to the farm where he grew up , now in probate with the bank , and finds that all of his possessions have been removed . He is joined by , , and , who persuade to come with them to find a place where he will not be feared and misunderstood . Instead , he runs into a field where a lightning bolt strikes him , and he disappears in a blinding flash of light , possibly transcending earthly limitations and becoming pure energy ( as alluded to in an earlier conversation ) . The electrical jolt hits , , , and .

A young doctor , , enters the service of King of England after having saved the King 's favorite spaniel . finds himself enjoying a life of debauched pleasure and popularity at court , until the King informs him that he has arranged for to we d , the King 's favorite mistress . The purpose of the arranged marriage is to fool another of the King 's mistresses . is given an estate named Bidnold in Suffolk , and is installed in a house in Kew where the king can visit her secretly . lives a life of debauchery there , but also finds pleasure in restoring the house to its former beauty with the support of , the man who runs the estate . However , things become complicated when breaks the King 's cardinal rule by falling in love with . , a painter commissioned by the King to paint a portrait of , tricks into revealing his romantic feelings for , who does not return 's affections . After finding out about 's romantic feelings toward , the King banishes him from court back to his life as a physician . 
 rejoins his old friend , , who has opened a Quaker sanitarium . There , meets , a troubled young woman whose husband walked out on her after their daughter drowned in the river . and become lovers . falls fatally ill with consumption , and while is tending to his dying friend , they discover that is pregnant with 's child . After the death of , and leave . 
 The pair returns to London just as the Great Plague has hit . gives birth to a daughter , , via Caesarean section , but dies in the process as there is no way to ward off infection once the body has been cut open . In her dying moments , promises that he will care for , and that he loves . 
 As the plague continues to kill the people of London , feels compelled to do what he can as a physician . He leaves with a wet nurse who promises to care for her in his absence , and goes out into the city , separating the sick from the well , who have all been quarantined together , and does what he can to ease the suffering of the dying . When someone asks for 's name , he says he is John , as a tribute to his friend . Under this misnomer and in disguise , is once again summoned to the palace . The King fears that has contracted the plague . soon assures him that she does not have the plague , but rather has a treatable fever and is with child . With this , realizes the life he has now is more rewarding and fulfilling than the life and loves at the court he left behind . 
 Suddenly , the court is notified that the city is ablaze , and races back to the city to retrieve his infant daughter from the flames . He is unable to find her , and falling through burning wood , lands in a small row boat , unconscious , and is floated by the river current away from the city . When he awakens , he is being cared for by back at Bidnold . As recovers from his fall , he can not recover from his failure to protect his young daughter from harm , when suddenly the King arrives at the house with his entourage . He informs that he has discovered the doctor 's true identity , and that he was impressed with the man had become . With that , the King steps aside to reveal a nurse holding safely in her arms . For his courage and good work done in treating the victims of the plague , the King once again gives to , stating that this time it will never be taken away . The film ends with returning to London , to set up a new hospital with help from the King .

In Scotland , 1713 , is the Chief of Clan MacGregor . Providing the Lowland gentry with protection against cattle rustling , he barely manages to feed his people . Hoping to alleviate their poverty , borrows £ 1,000 from , Marquess of Montrose in order to trade cattle . 
 London aristocrat has been sent to stay with , who it is implied is related to him . learns about 's loan from 's factor , and murders 's retainer , , to steal the money . requests time from to find and the money . offers to waive the debt if will testify falsely that 's rival , 2nd Duke of Argyll is a Jacobite . refuses and vows to imprison him in the tolbooth until the debt is repaid . flees , briefly taking hostage . seizes 's land to cover the debt , declaring him an outlaw and orders to bring him in " broken , but not dead " . With in hiding , redcoats slaughter 's cattle , burn his croft , and rapes his wife . 
 understands that 's intent is to flush her husband out of hiding and makes his brother , who arrives too late to save her , swear to conceal knowledge of the rape from him . Unaware of the assault on his wife , but the damage to his property being evident , refuses to permit his outraged clan to wage war on . Instead , he decrees , " The tenderest part of the Marquess is his purse . We 'll hurt him there . Thieve his cattle , steal his rents . " , a maidservant at 's estate , has become pregnant with 's child . When tells , is dismissed from service and rejected by . seeks refuge with the , revealing that she had overheard and plot to steal the money . To build a case against , abducts and imprisons him . promises that he will be spared if he testifies against , but taunts her with her rape . Realizing that is pregnant , he threatens to tell that may be the father if she does not release him . Enraged , draws a sgian dubh and stabs in the neck . then drowns him in the loch . 
 tells that he suspects who really stole the money but that he does n't care . Complaining that the ongoing thefts of his cattle and rents will impoverish him and mystified by the disappearance of , he orders to pursue to prevent further humiliation . and the redcoats burn the Clan 's crofts . refuses to take the bait , but attempts to snipe and hits a redcoat , revealing their hiding place . The redcoats shoot both and another Clan member , . finally tells about 's rape . Taken prisoner , accuses of murder , robbery and rape . confirms the charges . The following morning , , despite hearing confirm his suspicions as to who stole his money , orders to be hanged from a nearby bridge . loops the rope binding his hands around 's throat and then jumps off the bridge . To save , orders the rope cut , freeing . is chased downstream by the redcoats , but he evades them by hiding inside the rotting corpse of a cow . survives his strangulation . 
 gains an audience with and exposes 's plan to frame him . Moved by 's integrity , he grants the family asylum at Glen Shira . arrives , at first upset by 's unwillingness to inform him of her rape or her pregnancy . The Duke , though skeptical of 's likelihood of survival , arranges a duel between and , wagering that if lives , his debt will be forgiven and that if he dies , the Duke will pay his debt . agrees and and vow that no quarter will be asked or given . Armed with a smallsword , skillfully attacks and repeatedly wounds , who appears to swiftly exhaust himself swinging a heavy broadsword . signals to finish him , but grabs his enemy 's sword - point with his left hand . As struggles to free his blade , delivers a fatal strike .

In 1963 Pittsburgh , is a cantankerous 77 - year - old Polish - American baker who insists , despite relatives ' protests , upon adopting his young grandson when the boy 's parents pass away . Twenty years later , is a medical student in Columbus who 's forced to take his still - spry grandfather when the old man is evicted from his apartment building . Although the crusty , outspoken gets along with his Chinese college roommates , he is less enthused about his grandson 's girlfriend , . Eventually , and marry and head to Pittsburgh where begins his medical residency , while continues working as a baker . An illness forces to move back to Pittsburgh with his grandson and his wife , and warms up to . Seven years pass , and lives with and and their two children , as has built himself a prominent medical career . However , when is killed in an automobile accident , the old man once again comes to support his grandson in his time of need . At the end of the film , dies at the age of 107 , knowing that his grandson is well , and that he has provided all the care that he could for him .

Set in an affluent neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley in 1987 , the film recounts the life of a seemingly unremarkable homemaker , ( ) who develops multiple chemical sensitivity ( MCS , also known as " Twentieth - Century Disease " ) . MCS is a medically controversial diagnosis in which a person develops mild to severe non - specific symptoms and believes that these symptoms are triggered by chemicals found in everyday household and industrial products . 
 passes her days with activities such as gardening , taking clothes to the dry cleaners , and attending aerobics classes . Her marriage is stable but devoid of emotional intimacy , and her son is actually a stepson from her husband 's previous marriage . Her friendships are polite but distant . 
 As she goes about her routine , she slowly begins to develop unpredictable and strange bodily reactions , such as persistent fatigue , uncontrollable coughing ( when surrounded by truck exhaust while driving ) , asthma - like symptoms ( at a baby shower ) , nose bleeds ( when getting a perm at a hair salon ) , vomiting , and eventually convulsions ( at the dry cleaners ) . 
 Doctors are able to identify only one true allergy : milk , which she drinks frequently in the movie without incident . Doctors are at a loss of how to help her cope or cure her . She attends some psychotherapy sessions , but does not gain any insight into her condition . 
 After seeing an ad at her community center , she eventually resorts to moving to the New Age / religious retreat in the desert called Wrenwood , which is designed to help people suffering from MCS recover and is led by a man whose " relentless motivational talks amount to psychological fascism . "[3 ]

In the year 2078 , the planet Sirius 6B , once a thriving mining hub , has been reduced to a toxic wasteland by a war between the mining company , known as the New Economic Bloc ( NEB ) , and the Alliance , a group of former mining and science personnel . Five years into the war , Alliance scientists created and deployed Autonomous Mobile Swords ( AMS ) — artificially intelligent self - replicating machines that hunt down and kill NEB soldiers on their own . They are nicknamed " screamers " because of a high - pitched noise they emit as they attack . Screamers track targets by their heartbeats , so Alliance soldiers wear " tabs " which broadcast a signal canceling out the wearer 's heartbeat and rendering them " invisible " to the machines . 
 A fragile stalemate is in effect between the two exhausted , poorly supplied , and undermanned armies . The Alliance recovers an invitation guaranteeing safe passage through NEB territory to discuss a truce from a dead NEB soldier , killed by screamers as he approached the Alliance compound . When Alliance commanding officer ( ) reports this development to his Earth - based superiors , he is told that such a meeting will not be necessary ; peace negotiations are already underway on Earth . Not true , says Private " Ace " ( ) , newly arrived from Earth . is not surprised , as he suspects that both sides have simply written off Sirius 6B and abandoned their armies . 
 decides that the only realistic chance of survival for himself and his soldiers is to accept the NEB truce offer . He sets out for a meeting with the NEB commander , accompanied by . While traveling through a destroyed city they come upon a war orphan , a young boy named ( ) , clutching a teddy bear . Unwilling to abandon a defenseless civilian , they bring the boy along . The following night they are attacked by a reptilian screamer that they have never before encountered . is alarmed that their Alliance tabs did not protect them . 
 As the group nears the NEB compound , two enemy soldiers , ( ) and ( ) , open fire on , whose chest explodes in a shower of gears , bolts , and wires . They explain to the astonished Alliance men that was a new " type 3 " screamer impersonating a human . Most of the NEB contingent has been wiped out by another " " screamer that a patrol unwittingly brought into the base ; , , and a black marketeer named ( ) are the only survivors . 
 The group heads to the NEB command center but finds only an empty building and large pools of blood . Locating the mainframe computer , learns that the NEB truce offer was just as false as the Alliance message from Earth . The group retreats to the NEB bunker , pursued by " Davids " . The discovery that the screamers have " evolved " new versions on their own that are indistinguishable from humans , and immune to Alliance tabs , leads to paranoia and distrust . becomes convinced that is a screamer and kills him , only to discover that he was human . The three survivors retreat to the Alliance base , only to find that the " Davids " have gained entrance to that compound as well , with equally devastating results . As dozens of " Davids " pour out of the bunker 's entrance , fires a micro - nuclear missile into the bunker . rushes to the aid of , who was apparently injured in the blast , but 's cries of distress are a ruse ; he is a " type 2 " screamer , and he kills . After destroys , only he and remain . 
 Now quite paranoid , worries that could be a screamer as well . He slashes her hand , and is relieved to see blood dripping from the wound . They locate an emergency escape shuttle , but it can carry only one person . offers the shuttle to ; but a second " " arrives , confirming that she is a screamer after all , and even more human - like . resigns himself to death ; but to his surprise , shields him , then sacrifices herself in battle with her lookalike . With her last breath , confesses her love for . 
 departs for Earth on the escape shuttle with a single souvenir , the teddy bear carried by the original " " . As the screen fades to black , the bear slowly begins to move on its own .

On his deathbed , Mr. tells his son from his first marriage , , to take care of his second wife and three daughters , , , and , since they will inherit nothing . 's greedy and snobbish wife convinces him to give his half sisters practically nothing financially ; and immediately install themselves in the large house , forcing the ladies to look for a new home . invites her brother to stay with them . and soon form a close friendship , but haughtily tells Mrs. that would be disinherited if he married someone of no importance with no money . Mrs. understands her meaning completely . 
 Sir , a cousin of the widowed Mrs. , offers her a small cottage house on his estate , Barton Park in Devonshire . She and her daughters move in , and are frequent guests at Barton Park . The meet the older Colonel , who falls in love with at first sight . However , considers him an old bachelor , incapable of feeling love or inspiring it in another . 
 One afternoon , takes a walk with and slips and falls in the rain . She is carried home by the dashing , with whom falls in love . They spend a great deal of time together , but on the morning she expects him to propose marriage to her , he instead leaves hurriedly for London . 
 Sir 's mother - in - law , Mrs. , invites her daughter and son - in - law , Mr. and Mrs. , to visit . They bring with them the impoverished . confides in that she and have been engaged secretly for five years , dashing 's hopes of a future with him . Mrs. takes , , and to London , where they meet at a ball . He greets uncomfortably and barely acknowledges their acquaintance , and they soon learn he is engaged to the extremely wealthy Miss . becomes inconsolable . Colonel later explains to that seduced and abandoned his ward , the illegitimate daughter of his former love , . When 's aunt and benefactress Lady learned of his behavior , she disinherited him and so he chose to marry for money . 
 is invited to stay with and , as a way for to avoid inviting the sisters to visit them . , falsely believing that she has a friend in , confides her clandestine engagement to and is thrown out of the house . 's mother demands that he break off the engagement . When he refuses , she arranges to have his fortune transferred to his younger brother , . On hearing this , Colonel offers the parish on his estate , feeling sympathy for the unfortunate but honorable . 
 On their way home to Devonshire , and stop for the night at the country estate of the , who live five and a half miles away from 's estate . can not resist going to see the estate ; she becomes gravely ill trekking up a hill in a torrential rain . Colonel finds her in the rain and brings her home . stays at her side until she recovers , and the sisters return home . Colonel and begin spending time together , as has a new appreciation for him . She admits to that even if had chosen her , she was no longer convinced that love would have been enough to make him happy . 
 The soon learn that Miss has become Mrs. and assume that she is married to . Later when visits their house , they learn that Miss unexpectedly jilted him in favor of his brother , and is thus released from his engagement . proposes to and marries . becomes a vicar , under the patronage of Colonel , whom marries . is seen watching their wedding from a distance , and then rides away .

is a young drifter who hitchhikes to Las Vegas hoping to make it as a showgirl . After being robbed by her driver , meets , a seamstress and costume designer who takes her in as a roommate . invites backstage at Goddess , the Stardust Casino show where she works , to meet , the diva star of the topless dance revue . When tells she dances at Cheetah 's Topless Club , derisively tells her that what she does is akin to prostitution . When is too upset to go to work that night , takes her dancing at The Crave Club . After getting into a fight with , a bouncer at the club , is arrested . bails her out of jail , but she pays him little notice . 
 Shortly thereafter , and her boyfriend , the entertainment director at the Stardust , visit Cheetah 's and request a lap dance from . Although the bisexual is attracted to , her request is also based upon her desire to humiliate by proving she is little more than a prostitute . reluctantly performs the lap dance after offers her $ 500 . happens to be at the strip club as well and witnesses the lap dance . He visits 's trailer the next morning and , like , tells that what she is doing is no different from prostitution . 
 arranges for to audition for the chorus line of Goddess . , the show 's director , humiliates by asking her to put ice on her nipples to make them hard . Furious , leaves the audition and again runs into , who says he has written a dance number for her and contends that is too talented to be a stripper or showgirl . Despite her outburst at the audition , gets the job and quits Cheetah 's . further humiliates by suggesting she make a " goodwill appearance " at a boat trade show which turns out to be a thinly disguised form of prostitution . Undeterred , sets out to get revenge against and claim her mantle . She seduces , who secures an audition for her to be 's understudy . wins the role , but when threatens legal action against the Stardust , the offer is rescinded . After gloats and taunts at a performance , pushes her down a flight of stairs , and breaks her hip . Unable to perform , is replaced by as the show 's lead . 
 Although has finally secured the fame she sought , she alienates , who realises she pushed . Later , relents and attends 's opening night celebration at a posh hotel , where she meets her idol , musician . lures to a room , where he brutally beats her and helps one of his bodyguards rape her . is hospitalized after the assault . wants to prosecute , but tells her the Stardust will bribe with hush money to quiet her in order to protect their celebrity client . then confronts with the details of her sordid past : her real name is , and she became a runaway and prostitute after her father murdered her mother and then killed himself . She has been arrested several times for drug possession , prostitution , and assault with a deadly weapon . blackmails by vowing to keep her past quiet if she will not press charges for 's assault . 
 Unable to obtain justice for without exposing her own past , decides to take justice into her own hands . She gets alone in his hotel room and beats him bloody . then pays two hospital visits ; one to to deliver news of the assault and let her know that 's actions did not go unpunished , and another to to apologize for injuring her . admits she pulled a similar stunt to get cast in the lead of a show years before . Because of her world - weariness , and the fact that her lawyers managed to secure her a large cash settlement , forgives , and they exchange a kiss . leaves Las Vegas and hitches a ride to Los Angeles , coincidentally with the same driver who stole her possessions when she arrived .

Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer, Robert Davi, Alan Rachins, Gina Ravera

The film follows the lives of multiple characters , all of whom are connected via their patronage of a small Brooklyn tobacconist store managed by ( ) . Brooklyn Cigar Co. was located on the corner of 16th Street and Prospect Park West .

Harvey Keitel, William Hurt, Stockard Channing, Forest Whitaker, Ashley Judd

During the SETI program , Earth 's scientists send out transmissions ( shown to be the Arecibo message ) with information about Earth and its inhabitants , DNA structure , etc . , in hopes of finding life beyond Earth . They then receive transmissions from an alien source on how to create endless fuel effortlessly . Therefore , the scientists assume that this is a friendly alien species . From a second alien transmission , the scientists receive information about an alien DNA along with instructions on how to splice it with human DNA . A government team led by ( ) goes forward with the genetic experiment attempting to induce a female , under the ( later proved to be mistaken ) assumption that a female would have " more docile and controllable " traits . One of the hundred experimental ova produces a girl named , who looks like a normal human but develops into a 12 - year - old in 3 months . 
 's violent outbursts during sleep make the scientists consider her a threat . They try to kill her using cyanide gas but she breaks out of her containment cell and escapes . The government assembles a team composed of anthropologist Dr. ( ) , molecular biologist Dr. ( ) , " empath " ( ) and mercenary ( ) to track and destroy . matures rapidly into an adult ( ) in her early twenties and makes her way to Los Angeles . Her body strength , regenerative ability and intelligence make tracking her extremely difficult . The scientists fear she may mate with human males and produce offspring that could eliminate the human race . is intent on producing offspring as soon as possible , and kills several people to prevent them from notifying the authorities or simply to use their clothing . 
 first tries to mate with a man she meets at a nightclub ( ) , but after sensing that he is diabetic , she rejects him . Unsatisfied , he tries to rape her , prompting her to kill him by puncturing his skull with her tongue . She then tries to mate with ( ) , a man she meets after a car accident . They swim in 's pool where forces him to open his swimming trunks in order to mate , but he refuses . This act is interrupted by and . She kills , morphing into her alien form , a bipedal mutant with tentacles on her shoulders and back , and flees naked into a forest without being seen by the team . She pretends to be a rape victim to kidnap a woman ( ) in order to assume her identity . Sitting in the car near 's home , she reads 's lips , as she had done earlier , learning of their plan to stake out the Nightclub for her return . There , she is seen by , prompting a car chase . She fakes her death by crashing the car , which she has previously filled with gasoline containers , into a high - voltage transformer , using the kidnapped woman as a stand - in for her own body . 
 After cutting and dyeing her hair , takes an attraction to , having dreamt of him the previous night . After the team celebrates their apparent victory , she stalks them in their hotel , and they do not recognize her . , who is upset at being single , walks into his room to find waiting there . She has intercourse with , then kills him when he realizes who she is . senses that is in the hotel and he alerts , , and the rest of the team . She morphs again and escapes and they follow her into the sewers where is subsequently killed . gives birth and finds her offspring in a cavern behind the sewers . The child attacks him and he incinerates it , also killing . The trio leaves the area . The last scene shows a rat chewing on one of 's severed tentacles ; it starts to mutate into a vicious beast and attacks another rat .

Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Forest Whitaker, Alfred Molina, Marg Helgenberger, Natasha Henstridge

, a young gay man , arrives in New York City and heads for Greenwich Village . He falls in with crossdressing sex worker and friends , who take him to Stonewall Inn . There is a police raid and and are arrested . They are bailed out by , the African - American " mother " of the queens who hang out at Stonewall , and the secret lover of , the deeply closeted mafioso who runs Stonewall . and go back to her place where she receives her draft notice . attends a meeting of the Mattachine Society , where he meets and . The group is planning a picket at Independence Hall in Philadelphia . and witness an initiation of sorts as a young man named becomes the persona . After the ceremony they return to place and have sex . 
 spends time with , who is a writer under a pseudonym for a homophile magazine . reports to the induction center in full drag and is ordered to go for psychological evaluation . is terrified because of former bad experiences with psychiatrists , so dons her clothes and meets with the doctor in her place , securing a rejection from military service for her as a " sexual deviant . " On the subway ride home , tells he loves her . 
 At a Mattachine meeting , is disgusted by the guest speaker , a psychiatrist who discourses on the then - current disease model of homosexuality , and leaves . After the meeting , and argue about it on their way to meet with a reporter and photographer from the Village Voice newspaper . The group stages a " sip - in , " trying to illustrate discriminatory alcohol service laws by being refused service but no one refuses to serve them until they go to Stonewall . At the bar and meet and treats her mockingly . realizes that has n't told his Mattachine friends about her and storms out . follows and they argue about refusal to conform and 's feeling the need to be with more masculine men . seeks out and they begin an affair . 
 points out a clinic he calls the " Palace of Dreams " and tells that he wants her to have sex reassignment surgery so that they can marry , but she is opposed to the idea . 
 Following the Philadelphia picket , takes to Fire Island . Given the choice between 's acceptance of discrimination and defiance , chooses and they reconcile . 
 It is the day of death . watches the television coverage . To cheer her up , takes her out in full drag in public for the first time . They have ice cream at a fancy restaurant , their open affection drawing disapproving stares and are asked to leave by the manager . 
 As they wake up together the next morning , asks if he 's ever told her that he loves her . She says no . suddenly commits suicide with a bullet through the head and becomes hysterical . has left her a large amount of cash and scrawled " I LOVE YOU " on a mirror in lipstick . 
 That night at Stonewall there 's another raid . Several of the queens are arrested , including . She smashes a police officer in the face and is attacked by other cops . When other queens fight back , touching off the riots that would mark the beginning of the gay community 's advocacy movement for its rights .

In the last two days of 1999 , Los Angeles has become a dangerous war zone . As a group of criminals rob a Chinese restaurant , the event is recorded by a robber wearing a SQUID , an illegal electronic device that records events directly from the wearer 's cerebral cortex , and when played back through a MiniDisc - like device , allows a user to experience the recorder 's memories and physical sensations . , a former LAPD officer turned black marketeer of SQUID recordings , agrees to buy the robbery clip from his main supplier , . Elsewhere , a prostitute named , who is a friend of 's ex - girlfriend , is being chased by LAPD officers and as she flees to the subway . manages to escape on a rapid transit after her wig is pulled off by , revealing a SQUID recorder headset . 
 pines for and relies on his two best friends , bodyguard and limousine driver and private investigator , for emotional support . has unrequited feelings for from the past , from when he was still a cop and stepped in as a dependable father figure for her son after her boyfriend was arrested on drug charges , but disapproves of his SQUID - dealing business . While and are drinking together at a bar , drops a SQUID disc through the sunroof of 's car , but his car is towed away before he sees it . He is then picked up by , who eventually agrees to take him to a nightclub where is going to sing . In the club , receives a SQUID disc from a contact and then tries to get away from her new boyfriend , music industry mogul , but to no avail . 
 While in the car with , plays the disc the contact gave him and watches being brutally raped and murdered by an attacker at the Sunset Regent hotel . As they approach the hotel , is taken out on a stretcher . The next day , and take the disc to , who can not identify the source of the recording , but recalls that was looking for . deduces that may have left something in 's car , and the two go to the impound and find 's disc . and appear and demand the disc at gunpoint , but and escape in her car before being forced to stop at a dock . pours gasoline on the car and sets it on fire , but drives it into the harbor , extinguishing the flames . When they reach the surface , the cops have left . 
 takes to her brother 's house and watches 's disc . They discover that her death is tied to a cover - up of the murder of rapper by and , who disapprove of his politically - charged music . , , and also learn that has been rendered brain - dead from forcefully being exposed to highly amplified SQUID signals . concludes that the assault on was committed by the same person who killed and fears will be next . Back at the nightclub , and confront , who tells them that hired to spy on . As midnight approaches , and sneak into a private party at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel that is hosting for the city 's wealthy elite . also gives 's disc to so that she can deliver it to deputy police commissioner . 
 Upon entering 's penthouse suite , finds another SQUID disc and 's body on the floor , whose brain has been damaged in the same manner as 's . After watching the disc , discovers that and have become lovers and that they forced to run an amplified recording of them having sex . and then enter the room , explaining that they set up because he wanted to have killed for what she knew about 's death , and that he now intends to frame for 's murder . After a hand - to - hand fight , throws off the balcony to his death . Meanwhile , on the street , is pursued by and , but she manages to subdue them with the help of , who saw the proof behind 's death . then finds and the two share a kiss as the crowd celebrates the turn of the new century around them .

( ) , the disciple of the 12 - step program , is challenged by life 's injustices . He loses his public - access cable television show , must beg his manipulative overbearing boss for his job back , rehabilitate his alcoholic father and drug abuser brother ( ) , and support his overweight mother ( ) and sister ( ) in their lack of ability in handling their relationships with their husbands . is supported by his 12 - step sponsors as he regresses to his negative behaviors each time he faces these challenges .

( ) is a French Canadian - born firefighter with the Pittsburgh Fire Bureau who suffered a personal crisis after he was unable to save a young girl from a house fire . Now removed from active duty , has become demoted to being fire marshal for the Pittsburgh Civic Arena . 
 While attending Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Chicago Blackhawks with his daughter ( ) and his son ( ) , he discovers a crime operation occurring in the arena . Soon a gang of terrorists led by former US government employee and fired CIA operative ( ) is holding U.S. Vice President ( ) and several other VIPs hostage in a luxury suite . 
 has the arena wired with explosives , and plans to blow it up at the end of the game while having hundreds of millions of dollars wired into several off shore accounts . must not just stop , but somehow send the game into overtime and rescue both his son and daughter simultaneously . 
 is pulled into the plot when is kidnapped by , the sole female member of the terrorists dressed as the mascot Iceburgh . places in the suite with the other hostages about to be executed . heads up to the executive offices and finds a mobile phone , with which he gets in touch with Secret Service Agent ( ) , who advises to stand by while the agents take charge . He angrily refuses , saying that he will handle this himself . 
 The Secret Service and the Pittsburgh Police team up to surround the arena and a standoff ensues . Meanwhile , manages to find a few of the bombs and disarm them , whilst goes about killing several hostages after the 2nd period ends . Agent finally makes his way inside and meets with , who explains where the rest of the bombs are most likely located . It is then revealed that is in league with , and tries to kidnap , but fails . then reveals his true self to , and burns him alive . then uses 's phone to contact , who taunts him with the news that he is holding his daughter captive . 
 As time quickly ticks down , manages to disable more bombs , but is severely slowed by confrontations with 's men . At one point , the fire marshal must pretend to be the Pittsburgh goalie to escape the thugs and ends up successfully defending a shot . The third period runs down , and with the Penguins down by one goal , scores the equalizer in the last second , bringing the game to sudden death and prolonging the game , but only until the next goal is scored . decides that there 's no time left to find the remaining bombs and climbs up to the roof of the Civic Arena . He advances upon the owner 's box from above and forces his way in , rescuing and the remaining hostages . 
 Meanwhile , manages to escape and blend in with the chaos that has ensued by one of 's henchmen falling from the roof through the score display and blowing it up . sets off one of the bombs , flooding part of the arena , and recaptures when she recognizes him . They head up towards the top of the arena , where a helicopter is waiting to lift away . intervenes and saves his daughter . flees , and a wounded shoots the pilot through the floor and a screaming is killed as the chopper falls into the arena and explodes on impact with the ice . 
 is led to a waiting ambulance while and his son and daughter comment to the paramedics about how their father is a hero . A contented is put inside the ambulance as the film ends .

In 2022 , a comet strikes Earth causing an 11 - year drought . By 2033 , most of the little remaining water is controlled by ( ) and his Water & Power ( W&P ) corporation , which controls the population by monopolising the water supply . – " " ( ) – is a member of a commune in the Australian outback that operates the last water well not controlled by the corporation . In an attack on the commune , W&P troops kill boyfriend , ( ) , and capture and her young friend ( ) . Rather than killing her , enslaves and tortures the defiant . ( ) , a talented but introverted jet mechanic who has given up trying to escape W&P , urges Tank Girl to make less trouble for their captors , though refuses . Among other forms of torture , W&P personnel push her down into a long pipe to induce claustrophobia . 
 The mysterious slaughter guards at the W&P compound , then escape . uses Tank Girl to lure the into the open , but they gravely wound him and Tank Girl and Jet Girl escape during the attack . Jet Girl steals a fighter jet from W&P and Tank Girl steals a tank , which she modifies heavily . The girls learn from the eccentric ( ) that is working at a sex club called Liquid Silver . They infiltrate the club , rescue from a pedophile , ( ) , and then humiliate the club 's owner , " The Madame " ( ) , by making her sing " Let 's Do It " at gunpoint . W&P troops break up the performance and re - capture . and wander the desert and find the ' hideout . They learn that the are supersoldiers created from human and kangaroo DNA by a man called . befriends a Ripper named ( ) , while a Ripper named ( ) shows romantic interest in . Despite the objections of the Ripper ( ) , who is suspicious of the girls , the ' leader ( ) sends the pair out to capture a shipment of weapons . The girls bring the weapon crates back , though most of them are empty . After finding dead in one of the containers , the girls and the realize that W&P has tricked them . 
 The girls and the sneak into W&P , where they are ambushed . , whose body had been reconstructed by the cybernetic surgeon ( ) , reveals that Tank Girl has unknowingly been bugged . is killed . While the turn the tide of the battle , Jet Girl kills Sergeant ( ) , who had earlier sexually harassed her . reveals that is in the pipe , her life endangered by rising water . Tank Girl kills , then pulls out of the pipe . The film ends with an animated sequence showing water starting to flow freely . Tank Girl drives down rapids , pulling Booga behind on water - skis , then takes them over a waterfall , shouting for joy .

In an alternate futuristic society where humans and anthropomorphic dinosaurs co - exist , a tough police detective named ( ) is paired with a Tyrannosaurus named ( ) to find the killer of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals leading them to a ruthless billionaire bent on killing off mankind by creating a new ice age .

is an ex - gangster living in Denver . left the criminal world to " go straight " with his Afterlife Advice business , where dying people videotape messages for their loved ones . His business is n't doing well and his former boss , a local crime lord known as " The Man With The Plan , " has bought up his debt in order to command a favor involving the crime lord 's son , , who has been arrested for child molestation . , who was left a quadriplegic after an attempt on his life , wants to persuade 's ex - girlfriend to come back to him ; believes this will cure of his pedophilia . 
 A reluctant recruits his friends , , Big Bear Franchise and the rage - prone . The plan is to have and pose as police officers , intercept 's current boyfriend , , and intimidate him until he agrees to break up with Meg . Things go wrong when grows suspicious of the two men 's identities and mocks them , whereupon stabs in the throat . The commotion wakes up , sleeping in the back of 's van . 's appearance startles , who accidentally shoots her dead . The Man With The Plan is furious at the outcome of their botched mission . He informs that he will allow him to live , as long as he leaves Denver , but his crew have been sentenced to " buckwheats " – to be assassinated in a gruesome and painful manner . 
 's friends come to terms with their impending deaths as they are stalked by a hit man , Mr. , who never fails . accepts his fate , with Mr. providing a quick death . goes into hiding with a gang lord called , but is given up after Mr. infiltrates and kills most of 's entourage . Because has a family to raise , pleads with to spare his life . The Man With The Plan agrees to do so , then betrays , having killed while attempting to flee with his family . The betrayal makes vengeful ; in turn , is also sentenced to buckwheats . 
 Mr. finally locates Critical holed up in his apartment , but is ambushed by and the two end up killing each other . In the wake of Mr. 's death , the contract on falls to a trio of Mexican brothers . In his final hours , says goodbye to a young woman he had fallen in love with , . Knowing that he will most likely be killed , murders for all the misery he indirectly brought upon the group . He also impregnates , a prostitute , in order to fulfill her wish of becoming a mother . As he narrates an Afterlife Advice video , gives advice to his unborn child . The trio of killers catch up to and he takes his death with grace . and his friends are then seen together having drinks in the afterlife .

Andy García, Christopher Walken, Treat Williams, Gabrielle Anwar, Christopher Lloyd, William Forsythe, Jack Warden

In the present , a family man is driving in his car with his wife and two daughters and almost runs into a man . The vision of the man causes the driver to flashback to a similar incident in his childhood . 
 In 1955 , ( ) is driving with her two sons , 11 - year old ( ) and 5 - year old ( ) when she accidentally runs into a drifter named ( ) , breaking his leg . Feeling sorry for him , invites and his female dog to stay at her home until his leg has healed . After some initial difficulties in adapting to this new lifestyle , soon finds himself loved by the family , who all want him to stay . starts teaching baseball to , who deeply misses his father , a soldier who went missing in action during the Korean War , and the two of them develop a strong bond . Meanwhile , believes that there is more to and than meets the eye , and he is determined to find out what . 
 soon finds out is a genie , not merely a dog . Meanwhile 's bond with the family gets closer and closer , and comes to see as a surrogate father . At the same time , 's neighbor ( ) recognizes as a former famous baseball player , who disappeared years ago during Second World War . denies it . sees as a threat , a potential rival for the affections of . too comes to reject after decides to move away when he is healed , leaving to feel himself abandoned by a father a second time . also feels sad with 's decision but admits the impossibility of staying with . After says goodbye to , flees on his bike to a nearby hill . Suddenly , changes his mind and heads back to the highway to find getting into a truck before can reach him . 
 On the 4th of July Party , the titular wishes are being fulfilled . realizes his wish to fly in the middle of the fireworks , unseen by the public congregated in the park . 's wish is fulfilled when his long - lost father is discovered alive , and he returns home after being freed from his imprisonment by the People 's Republic of China . 
 Back to present day , driver is revealed to be an adult , who gets out of the car and enters a cemetery close to the place where he almost ran the man down . meets again . He talks with briefly , discovering that 's real wish was n't that 's father would come back home , but that would be happy with the family he had . Afterwards , disappears , and a renewed holds his wife close . Meanwhile , the camera focuses on a tomb with a headstone that reveals that died on August 6 , 1944 , in the Normandy landings .

After tying for the win in New York City 's " Drag Queen of the Year " contest , ( ) and ( ) win a trip to Hollywood to take part in the even bigger " Miss Drag Queen of America Pageant " . Before they depart , persuades to take along the inexperienced " drag princess " ( ) as their protégé ( they initially refer to him simply as a " boy in a dress " rather than as a fully - fledged drag queen ) . To do this , they trade in their airplane tickets for cash and buy a stylish but old Cadillac convertible with money given to them by ( ) . They set off for Los Angeles in it , carrying with them an iconic autographed photo of ( signed , " To Wong Foo , Thanks for Everything ! Julie Newmar " ) that purloined from a restaurant wall . 
 While on the road they are pulled over by the racist , homophobic , and sexist Sheriff ( ) , who tries to rape . He discovers is not a woman and , in the commotion , he falls backwards and is knocked unconscious . They think he is dead , hurry off , and leave him behind . As they recover from the incident at a rest stop , their car breaks down . ( ) , a young man from the nearby small town of Snydersville , happens to pass by and gives them a ride , where they take refuge in a bed and breakfast inn owned by ( and her abusive car repairman husband , ( ) . 
 They become stranded in the town for the weekend as they wait for the replacement part for their car to arrive . is harassed by a group of roughnecks , but is saved by . While volunteering to help with the town 's Strawberry Social , they decide its small band of women need a day with them , which consists of the following steps : get your hair done , pick out a new outfit , and then just sit in a cafe and talk . While searching for the new outfits , they are ecstatic to find vintage fashions from the 1960s in the town 's clothing store and give the female residents ( and themselves ) a make - over . 
 Following their makeover , they are abused by the same roughnecks that attempted to attack . Fed up , handles the situation in a typically New York City manner and teaches their ringleader a lesson in manners . , , and - do what they can to be positive , and they set out to improve the lives of the townspeople , including offering assistance in organizing the Strawberry Social . 
 Meanwhile , Sheriff is ridiculed by his colleagues , who believe he was beat up by a girl . He goes off in search of the drag queens . 
 , in the meantime , becomes acutely aware of abuse at the hands of and , shortly thereafter , they overhear him giving her another beating . decides to intervene and beats him up before throwing him out of the house . 
 is able to repair their car , but they remain for the Strawberry Social . reveals to that she knew she was a drag queen all along due to her Adam 's apple , which is less prominent in women . 
 Not too far away , runs into Sheriff at a bar and they realize that the newcomers are the same people has been searching for . They head back to Snydersville , and demands that the townspeople turn them over . The other townspeople , who now realize that their new friends are not women , begin to protect them . One by one they step up and confront , each one claiming to be a drag queen ( in similar fashion to ) . He is humiliated and flees . The Strawberry Social commences with everyone dressed in vibrant red outfits for it . The townfolk then say goodbye to their new friends as , and prepare to leave . In honor of their friendship , gives the autographed photo of that has accompanied them on their trip . 
 They eventually make it to Los Angeles where , after having received many tips from and during their ordeal , wins the title of Drag Queen of the Year . The crown is presented by herself .

Wesley Snipes, Patrick Swayze, John Leguizamo, Stockard Channing, Chris Penn, Blythe Danner, Arliss Howard, Julie Newmar

The movie opens with ( ) accepting a job position from Doctor ( ) . ( ) is then seen running away from home . He and his friends ride down the Mississippi River on a raft , but hit a sharp rock , which throws into the water . His friends find him washed up on the shore , and finds it was ( ) who carried him to safety . learns of an unusual way to remove warts - by taking a dead cat to the graveyard at night . There they witness and ( ) , the town drunk , digging up the grave of for Doctor . A treasure map is discovered and when tries to betray the two men , murders him with 's knife . 
 The next morning , is charged for the murder . Unfortunately , and had signed an oath saying that if either of them came forward about it , they would drop dead and rot . The boys embark on a search for treasure map , so they can declare innocent and still keep their oath . The only problem is , the map is in pocket . After finds the last treasure , he burns the map , leaving no evidence to claim innocent . then discovers that was a witness to the crime . He finds and threatens he will kill him if he ever tells anyone about the murder . However , at the time , the entire community believed that he was dead , and the friendship between and starts to decline because of the fact that their evidence ( the map ) to prove innocent , while preserving their oath , is destroyed . 
 At trial , decides that his friendship with is more important than his oath with and tells the truth . The court finds innocent of all charges and goes after . As a result , decides to hold up his end of the bargain by killing . When returns to the tavern , he kills his accomplice ( ) for cheating him . becomes angry with for breaking their oath and leaves town . During a festival the next day , a group of children , including and his love interest ( ) , enter the caves where and become lost . They stumble upon ( who was looking for Tom ) in McDougal 's Cave . He traps them , but and manage to escape . Then they find the treasure and tells to go get her father and bring him back . 
 Just then , finds , and again tries to kill him . But returns to help save , and battles . But easily overpowers ; just as he is about to kill him , holds the treasure chest over a chasm . then tries to get the chest from , only to fall into the chasm to his death ( with the chest which was empty ) . The boys reconcile , and are declared heroes by the people . is praised on the front page of the newspaper , and Widow ( ) decides to adopt .

After seven years at college , ( ) barely graduates from Marquette University and returns to his hometown of Sandusky , Ohio . His father , industrialist and widower ( ) , gives him an executive job at the family 's auto parts plant , Callahan Auto . In addition to the new job and office , Big reveals that he plans to marry ( ) , a woman he had met at a fat farm , and that her son ( ) will become 's new stepbrother . At the wedding , suddenly dies of a heart attack . After the funeral , doubting the future of the company without , the bank reneges on promises of a loan for a new brake pad division and seeks immediate payment of Callahan Auto 's debts . ( ) , owner and operator of rival automotive parts company Zalinsky Auto Parts in Chicago , offers to buy them out while the company 's shares are high , but suggests a deal : he will let the bank hold his inherited shares and house in exchange for helping to sell the new brake pads . The bank agrees , but they also want the company to prove it still has viability by selling 500,000 brake pads . If they fail , the bank will foreclose , but if they succeed , the bank will underwrite Big Tom 's brake pad venture . volunteers to go on a cross - country sales trip with his father 's sycophantic assistant , ( ) , a childhood acquaintance who has a particularly antagonistic relationship with . 
 Meanwhile , and are shown kissing romantically , revealing that they are not mother and son , but rather married con artists with criminal records . thinks death is ideal , since their original plan was to eventually divorce Big and take half of his estate , but thinks they are in trouble , as Big only left her a controlling interest in Callahan Auto , which may evaporate . She authorizes the quick sale to Zalinsky to make a fast buck . 
 On the road , 's social anxiety and hyperactivity alienate numerous potential buyers . The lack of any progress leads to tension between and . Additionally , the duo encounters a variety of incidents that lead to the near destruction of 's car . When all seems lost , persuades a surly waitress to serve him chicken wings after the kitchen closes . realizes that has the ability to read people , just like his father , and suggests this is how he should sell . The two mend their friendship and start to sell effectively to numerous automotive plants , eventually putting them over the half million mark . 
 However , sabotages the company 's computers , causing sales posted by sales manager ( ) to either be lost or rerouted . With half of the sales now canceled , the bank forecloses . and approve the sale of Callahan Auto to Zalinsky . Hoping that they can persuade to reconsider , and travel to Chicago , boarding a plane as flight attendants . In Chicago , they get a brief meeting with , but he informs them he only wants Callahan for the brand name , not the employees , and that after the sale he will dissolve the company , leaving the Sandusky workers destitute . 
 and are denied entry to the boardroom since does not have any standing ( his shares having been repossessed due to the apparent failure ) . After briefly wallowing on the curb in self - pity , arrives with and 's police records . devises ' a plan ' : dressed as a suicide bomber by using road flares , he gains the attention of a live television news crew and then , with and , forces his way into the boardroom . Back in Sandusky , Callahan workers watch the drama on a television . In a final move of pure persuasion , quotes 's own advertising slogan , that he is on the side of the " American working man . " As the TV audience watches , signs 's purchase order for 500,000 brake pads . Although says that the purchase order is meaningless since he will soon own Callahan Auto , reveals the police records , which include 's outstanding warrants for fraud . Since is the true husband of , her marriage to Big was bigamous and therefore illegitimate . Therefore , 's inheritance is voided and is the next of kin , and thus the rightful heir of . Since refuses to sell the shares , the deal with is off , and since still holds 's purchase order , the company is saved . attempts to escape but is arrested . admits that outplayed him and honors the large sales order . Later , assumes the presidency of Callahan Auto Parts , giving a speech to the employees that the door is always open to them . The film ends with drifting in his dinghy on a lake , telling his father 's spirit he will continue his legacy at Callahan and says he must go ashore to have dinner with 's family .

In a world where toys are living things who pretend to be lifeless when humans are present , a group of toys , owned by six - year - old , are caught off - guard when 's birthday party is moved up a week , as , his mother , and infant sister , are preparing to move the following week . The toys ' leader and 's favorite toy , a pull - string cowboy doll named Sheriff Woody , organizes the other toys , including , Mr. Potato Head , , , and , into a scouting mission . Green army men , led by , spy on the party , and report the results to the others via baby monitors . The toys are relieved when the party appears to end with none of them having been replaced , but then receives a surprise gift – an electronic toy space ranger action figure named , who thinks he is an actual space ranger . 
 impresses the other toys with his various features , and begins to favor him , making feel left out . As prepares for a family outing at Pizza Planet , his mother allows him to bring one toy . Fearing will choose , attempts to trap behind a desk , but ends up accidentally knocking him out a window , and the other toys rebel against by accusing him of knocking out of jealousy . Before they can exact revenge , takes instead and leaves for Pizza Planet . When the family stops for gas , finds that has hitched a ride on the car as well , and fight , only to find the family has left without them . They manage to make their way to the restaurant by stowing away on a pizza delivery truck , where , still thinking he is a real space ranger , despite 's attempts to convince him otherwise , gets them stuck in a crane game , where they are salvaged by 's mischievous neighbor , . 
 attempts to escape from 's house , but , finally realizing he is a toy after watching a TV ad , sinks into despondency . plans to launch on a firework rocket , but his plans are delayed by a thunderstorm . tells about the joy he can bring to as a toy , restoring his confidence . The next day , and 's mutant toy creations rescue just as is about to launch the rocket and scare into no longer abusing toys by coming to life in front of him , and he runs into his house screaming in horror . and then leave 's house just as and his family drive away toward their new home . 
 The duo tries to make it to the moving truck , but 's dog , Scud , sees them , and gives chase . gets left behind while saving from , and tries rescuing him with 's RC car , but the other toys , thinking eliminated RC as well , attack and toss him off the truck . Having evaded Scud , and RC retrieve Woody , and continue after the truck . Upon seeing and together on RC , the other toys realize their mistake , and try to help them get back aboard , but RC 's batteries become depleted , stranding them . ignites the rocket on 's back and manages to throw RC into the truck before they soar into the air . opens his wings to free himself from the rocket before it explodes , gliding with to land safely into a box in the car , right next to . 
 On Christmas Day , at their new house , and stage another reconnaissance mission to prepare for the new toy arrivals . As jokingly asks what might be worse than , they discover 's new gift is a puppy , and the two share a worried smile .

retires from the United States Navy and has settled in Denver , Colorado , owning and running a restaurant named Mile High Cafe , where he is also an executive chef . Sometime after , his estranged brother , , dies in a plane crash . meets ' daughter , , whom he will accompany to Los Angeles to attend his funeral . The two board the Grand Continental , a train traveling from Denver to Los Angeles through the Rocky Mountains . Onboard , they befriend a porter named as well as the train 's chefs . 
 As the train makes its approach to the Rocky Mountains , it is hijacked by armed mercenaries , led by former U.S. government computer hacker and computer genius with his right - hand man and mercenary leader . worked on Grazer One , a top - secret military satellite particle weapon designed to destroy underground targets . The military fired due to his mental instability ; later faked his suicide . 
 The mercenaries take the train 's passengers and staff hostage , herding them into the last two cars . kills one mercenary , then slips away . Among the hostages are two former US Department of Defense colleagues who worked with . threatens them with torture unless they reveal the codes to take over Grazer . Despite giving up the codes , they are thrown from the train into a deep valley . During the course of events , becomes 's sidekick . 
 Middle Eastern terrorists have offered $ 1 billion to destroy the Eastern seaboard by using Grazer to target a nuclear reactor located underneath the Pentagon . demonstrates Grazer to investors by destroying a Chinese chemical weapons plant . After one investor offers an additional $ 100 million , destroys an airliner carrying the investor 's ex - wife . 
 The U.S. government has difficulty locating or . When officials destroy what they think is Grazer , explains the NSA 's premier intelligence satellite was destroyed instead . As long as the train keeps moving , his location can not be determined . However , faxes a message to his assistant manager at the Mile High Cafe , who contacts Admiral . reluctantly approves a stealth bomber strike to destroy the train . 
 discovers that they are on the wrong tracks and on a collision course with a Southern Pacific freight train hauling gasoline tank cars . Since the trains are in dark territory , it was impossible for the train dispatchers to communicate with the trains ' engineers to stop the trains to avoid collision . and plan to abandon most of the mercenaries to certain death with the hostages by leaving via helicopter with some of their elite members . 
 kills the mercenaries one by one and releases the hostages by uncoupling the last two cars , but uses his computer skills to locate the stealth bombers and re - targets to knock them out before they can complete their mission . Meanwhile , had previously captured and uses her as bait for . confronts and breaks his neck after a fight that spills into the kitchen . 
 finds about to depart in a chopper hovering over the train . When informs that there is no way to stop from destroying Washington , shoots him . The bullet destroys 's computer , cellphone and injures . Pentagon control of the satellite is restored and it is destroyed by remote control one second before it would have fired on the Pentagon . 
 The Grand Continental and freight train collide on a trestle . races through the exploding train and grabs a rope ladder dangling from the chopper . , who had survived Casey 's bullet , also catches on to the ladder . He attempts to climb into the helicopter , but falls to his death into the explosion when shuts the helicopter door on his hands , severing his fingers . The explosion causes the helicopter to spin out of control , but the pilot is able to regain control . 
 The only survivors of the incident being , his niece , the porter , and the mercenary helicopter pilot ( who has at gunpoint ) . , having previously detached the last two cars from the rest of the train , informs the Pentagon that the passengers are safe . Later , and pay their last respects at ' grave .

returns home to celebrate his mother 's remarriage . had fled his hometown due to gambling indiscretions and had left his wife to deal with the mess he created . He must now reassimilate into the town , renew his relationships with his family and friends ( and enemies ) and , most of all , seek out his ex - wife to woo her again . 
 obtains a job working for his mother 's new husband as an armored car driver . He almost seems the perfect prodigal son as he finds his niche back in the community and his way back into his ex - wife 's heart . His troubles increase when he and are caught in the act by her hoodlum boyfriend , . To get out of this predicament , must concoct a plan to steal a payroll being transported by his armored car company .

An abandoned ship crashes into a dockyard in Brooklyn , New York , and the ship inspector , , inspects it , finding it full of corpses . Elsewhere , , ' nephew , has a run - in with some Italian mobsters . Just as the two goons are about to kill , , a suave , mysterious vampire ( who arrived on the ship in his intricately carved coffin ) , intervenes and kills them . Soon after , infects Julius with his vampiric blood , turning into a decaying ghoul ; he then explains that he has come to Brooklyn in search of the daughter of a vampire from his native Caribbean island in order to live beyond the night of the next full moon . 
 This turns out to be NYPD Detective , who is still dealing with the death of her mentally ill mother ( a paranormal researcher ) some months before . As she and her partner , Detective ( who has romantic feelings for her that she is beginning to reciprocate ) , are in the middle of investigating the murders on the ship ( and connecting to them ) , begins having strange visions about herself ( or at least a woman that looks like her ) , and begins asking questions about her mother 's past . When she tells about having " a strange feeling " about the investigation , he reacts in a skeptical manner , which frustrates . The visions , as well as some of 's more unusual personality traits ( including being more of a " night person " than ) , are presumably influenced in part by her vampire heritage ; this is hinted at a few times throughout the first two - thirds of the story . is completely unaware of this heritage , and believes she is headed toward a state of mental illness , similar to what happened to her mother . 
 initiates a series of sinister methods to find out more about and to further pull her into his thrall , including seducing and murdering her roommate , as well as disguising himself as her alcoholic preacher Preacher and a lowlife crook named ( killing and consuming each in order to assume their bodily forms ) . , in these disguises , misleads into thinking slept with , making her jealous and angry with him . This effectively cools much of the desire on 's part to begin a relationship , although remains cautiously persistent . 
 After saving her from being run down by a taxicab , gets a dinner date with . is highly impressed with 's sophisticated and sensual manner ( as well as being flattered by his apparent better job at understanding her unusual personality , as compared to ) and begins to fall in love with him . While dancing with her , he bites her . 
 Later the next day , finds in her apartment ; has been asleep all day with her apartment completely darkened . informs that has been found dead , and vows to help her understand her strange visions , as one of them had correctly foretold 's murder . A shocked tearfully forgives , while berating herself for not listening to his side of the story , and is happy he is now beginning to understand her . The two friends then embrace . 
 takes the opportunity and begins to kiss and the pair finally become highly passionate . However , the romantic activity begins 's transformation into a vampire , and just as she is ready to bite the unsuspecting in the neck , she sees her reflection disappearing in her bedroom mirror - a sure sign that she is transforming into one of the " undead " ( presumably by biting , drinking the blood of , and killing , , the transformation will be complete ) . Horrified at what she has become , she races to 's apartment to angrily confront him about the changes occurring in her . 
 explains himself , and by doing so , , who already blames his biting her neck for " turning " her , deduces that he is also responsible for all the murders she and are investigating . further finds out that was sent to her by her father ( a vampire , making a dhamphir ) , whom she has long been curious about ; his death at the hands of vampire hunters was what drove 's mother insane . 
 tries to convince a hysterical that she will be happier as a vampire instead of remaining in the human world , where he feels she will remain out of place and misunderstood by society . A concerned Justice plans to rescue from , and seeks help and advice from Dr. , a vampire expert they visited earlier in the murder investigation . explains that years ago , he knew 's mother while she was doing her research on the vampires of the Caribbean islands , and that she surrendered to the side of evil by falling in love with 's vampire father , resulting in . 's only hope for becoming human again , and avoiding becoming 's bride , is 1 ) not drinking the blood of an innocent human victim , which becomes harder and harder for her to resist as the night progresses and she becomes physically weakened , and 2 ) dying before the next full moon . gives an ancient dagger with instructions to either kill or risk being killed by . 
 By the time reaches her , is lying inside 's coffin , almost completely changed into an evil vampire , and threatens to bite . and engage in a battle , which becomes close to losing . He loses 's dagger on the floor . encourages to finish off for good and complete the transformation . However ( while having compassion for 's quest for a mate ) , ultimately rejects life as a vampire , and drives 's dagger through 's heart , causing him to disintegrate ; as her vampire self is heartbroken over the death of , she changes back into a normal human . and then embrace with a passionate kiss as they officially begin their romance . 
 Meanwhile , , now completely decayed , enters his master 's limousine . He happens upon 's ring and puts it on , at which point he instantly transforms into a fully intact and well - dressed member of the undead . Overjoyed , he tells his uncle , " There 's a new vampire in Brooklyn , and his name is . " .

All of the people , animals and birds within the quiet coastal town of Midwich in California 's Marin County fall unconscious for six hours one day at exactly 10 am . Following this " blackout " , ten females are mysteriously pregnant , including a virgin as well as a married woman who has not been sexually active for months . None of the women seek abortions , and later all the babies are born simultaneously on one night - five boys and five girls , though one female is stillborn . The children are all healthy and sound , but have pale skin , unusually soft , flat - sided platinum blonde hair ; fierce intellect , and cobalt eyes . However , they do not appear to possess a conscience or personalities . The children display eerie psychic abilities that can result in violent and deadly consequences whenever they experience pain or provocation . 
 The children soon " pair off " , except for one of the boys , , whose intended partner was the stillborn girl . As a result of this imbalance , is the runt of the group . Although he resembles the other children and retains some degree of psychic power , is smaller , and is unlike the rest of the children in that he has a capacity for human emotion , and compassion . He and his mother ( the local school teacher ) share a brief conversation about this , displaying empathy and remorse . 
 The children 's leader is , the daughter of a local physician , Dr. . Even as a young girl , exhibited vengeful tendencies with regard to the use of her abilities . One day 's food was too hot for her so she threw her dish on the floor and then , using her powers , she made her mother stick her entire forearm into a large pot of boiling water . Even after pulled away from the pot , would keep trying to submerge her arm in the scalding water . A short time later , a disconsolate is seen , by , walking away from their house and toward a nearby ocean cliff . is in the house , in her crib , but uses her mind to get her mother to commit suicide by jumping off the cliff . only realizes what happened when he looks back out the window and sees that is no longer standing at the edge of the cliff . The children , who are by now known to have a hive mind , eventually move to the local barn as their classroom and for survival . 
 Soon it is learned that there are other colonies of blackout children in foreign countries , but due to their inhuman nature they were quickly eliminated , in some cases at the cost of destroying the entire town . The scientific team in Midwich quickly flee the town to escape the growing chaos . Government scientist , Dr. , is forced to show the children the preserved stillborn baby she secretly kept to study , and the preserved corpse is seen to be undeniably alien . The children collectively force her to fatally stab herself . An angry mob gathers to kill the children , but the leader is forced to set herself on fire and burns to death , and later the state police are mentally controlled into shooting each other in a chaotic gun battle . 
 In order to rid the town of the children , devises a plan : to detonate a briefcase of timed explosives inside the children 's classroom . By thinking of a brick wall , he is able to create a mental barrier and keep the presence of the time - bomb a secret from the children . begs him to spare because he is not like the others . attempts to do this by asking to leave the classroom to get his notebook from his car . The children begin to suspect that is hiding something , and they slowly " destroy " the wall . Finally , shows up , but the children stop her and attempt to use mind control . , tired of this , rushes to her defense and knocks over . The children turn on , but rushes him from the building . As soon as the children discover that is hiding his knowledge of the bomb , it detonates in an enormous explosion , killing and the eight alien children . 
 and , however , are safe in a car fleeing the site ; she says that they will both move to a place where nobody knows them . looks off into the distance as they drive away .

Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Mark Hamill, Meredith Salenger, Michael Paré

In Los Angeles , Lt . and are tracking down a serial killer named SID 6.7 at a restaurant in virtual reality . SID ( short for Sadistic , Intelligent , Dangerous - a VR amalgam of the most violent serial killers throughout history ) causes to go into shock , killing him . The director overseeing the project , before Commissioner and her associate , , orders the programmer in charge of creating SID , Dr. , to shut down the project . is a former police officer imprisoned for killing political terrorist , who killed 's wife and daughter . killed and innocent bystanders . This caused him to become a convicted killer and serve 17 years to life . 
 meets with criminal psychologist Dr. following a fight that and another prisoner , , got into . Meanwhile , tells SID that he is about to be shut down because of the fail - safe being tampered with . At SID 's suggestion , convinces another employee , that a virtual reality prostitute , Sheila 3.2 , another project created by Lindenmeyer , can be brought to life . replaces the Sheila 3.2 module with the SID 6.7 module . SID 6.7 , now processed into the real world , kills . 
 Once word of SID being in the real world gets out , and Los Angeles Police Department Chief offer a deal : if he catches SID and brings him back to virtual reality , he will be released . agrees , and with help from , they discover that , the terrorist that killed 's wife and daughter , is a part of SID 6.7 's personality profile . After killing a group of security guards , heads over to the Media Zone , a local nightclub , where he takes hostages . and go to the nightclub to stop him , but SID escapes . 
 The next day , SID begins a killing spree at the Los Angeles Olympic Auditorium . arrives at the Stadium to capture , and finds him on a train , where another hostage is being held by SID . However , seemingly kills the hostage in front of a bunch of horrified witnesses . having caught up with after the incident , tries to prove 's innocence , but is sent back to prison . is freed from his prisoner transport by , who once again escapes . and are about to have terminated via a fail - safe transmitter implanted in him but destroys the transmitter after being told by that did n't kill the hostage on the train . 
 However , SID kidnaps 's daughter and takes over a television studio . , having come out of hiding , sees what SID is doing and is impressed , but later held hostage by . After a fight on the roof of the studio ultimately destroys SID , but is unable to learn where he hid . They place SID back in VR to trick the location out of him . When discovers that he is back in virtual reality he goes into a rage . lets out of VR , but kills before he can release . starts to go into the same shock that suffered , but kills , and saves . 
 and return to the building that SID took over in the real world , and save from a booby trap set up by SID . After is saved , destroys the SID 6.7 module .

" Friends are the People who let you be yourself — and Never let you forget it " 
 Waiting to Exhale is a story about four African - American women — , , , and — who go through different stages of love and life . 
 is a successful television producer who holds on to the belief that one day her married lover will leave his wife for her . She later comes to find that he will never leave his wife and she must find her own man who will love her for her and for who she is . 
 abandons her own career dreams and desire of having a catering business to raise a family and support her husband , who leaves her for a white woman . 
 is a high - powered executive and the long - time mistress of married . She has problems finding a decent man of her own after dumping him . 
 is a beauty salon owner and single mother . After years alone , and finding out that her ex - husband , who is also the father of her son , has come out of the closet as gay , she falls in love with a new neighbor , . 
 The four friends get together to provide support , listen to each other vent about life and love , and have fun , as they go through life 's trials and tribulations . 
 ends up dumping her married lover for good . gets a large divorce settlement from her ex - husband and finds love with a widowed father who is a civil rights attorney . He encourages to pursue her catering dreams . 
 ends up pregnant by her married lover , but dumps him and decides to raise the baby on her own . 
 learns to not be so overprotective of her son , and lets him go on an " Up With People " trip to Spain . She apologizes to her neighbor for snapping at him when he suggested that she should let her son grow up and experience the world , and she finds love while learning to take care of herself rather than being overly self - sacrificing in her devotion to her son and her business .

Whitney Houston, Angela Bassett, Loretta Devine, Lela Rochon, Gregory Hines, Dennis Haysbert, Michael Beach

Long after the melting of the polar ice caps in the 21st century , the sea levels have covered every continent on Earth . The remains of human civilization live on ramshackle floating communities known as atolls , having long forgotten about living on land . Even so , people still believe that there should be a mythological " Dryland " somewhere in the endless ocean . 
 The ( ) , a lone drifter , arrives on his trimaran to trade dirt , a rare commodity , for other supplies . The atoll 's residents see that the Mariner is a mutant with gills and webbed feet and decide to drown him in the atoll 's recycling pit — a kind of liquid compost facility . Just then , the atoll is attacked by Smokers , a gang of pirates seeking a girl named ( ) who , according to their leader the ( ) , has a map to Dryland tattooed on her back . 's guardian , ( ) , attempts to escape with on a gas balloon with ( ) , an inventor , but the balloon is released too early . instead rescues the Mariner and insists that he take the two of them with him . 
 The three escape to open sea aboard the trimaran . They are pursued by the , and , though they escape , 's naïve actions result in damage to the Mariner 's boat , so he angrily cuts her hair then 's hair for talking back at him . Later , explains that she believes humans once lived on land and demands to know where the Mariner collected his dirt . He provides her with a diving bell and dives with her underwater , showing the remains of a city and the dirt on the ocean 's floor , affirming 's belief . When they surface , they find that the have caught up to them , threatening to kill them if they do n't reveal who is hiding aboard the boat . The Mariner takes , and they dive underwater to avoid capture , with the gilled Mariner helping to breathe . When they surface , they find that has been abducted and the boat destroyed . manages to catch up to and rescue them , taking them to a new makeshift atoll inhabited by the survivors of the first attack . 
 The Mariner takes a captured 's jet ski to chase down the Deacon aboard the hulk of the Exxon Valdez . With most of the Smokers below deck to row the tanker , the Mariner confronts the , threatening to ignite the reserves of oil still on the tanker unless he returns Enola . The calls the Mariner 's bluff , knowing that would destroy the ship , but , to his surprise , the Mariner drops a flare into the oil . The lower decks of the ship are immediately engulfed in flame , and the ship starts to sink . The Mariner rescues Enola and escapes via a rope from 's balloon with and the Atoll Enforcer aboard . As the Mariner brings to , the manages to grab the rope to escape the sinking ship . He fires upon the balloon , shaking from the balloon and falling back into the ocean where he quickly rejoins his men on jet skis to capture her . The makes an impromptu bungee jump from the balloon to grab right before the and his men collide and die in the explosion . 
 Sometime later , has been able to identify the tattoo on 's back as coordinates with reversed directions . Following the map , , the Mariner , the Atoll Enforcer , , and discover Dryland , the top of Mount Everest , filled with vegetation and wildlife . They also find a crude hut with the remains of 's parents . Realizing he did n't belong on Dryland , the Mariner decides that he can not stay as the sea calls to him . He finds a new wooden sailboat and departs as and bid their goodbyes to him .

Eleven - and - a - half - year - old is a shy , unattractive , unpopular seventh grader living in a middle - class suburban community in New Jersey . Her seventeen - year - old brother is a nerdy high school student who plays clarinet in a garage band and shuns girls in order to prepare for college . 's younger sister , eight - year - old , is a spoiled , manipulative little girl who pesters and dances around the house in a tutu . Their mother dotes on and sides with her in disputes with . Their father is a meek , immature , selfish man who sides with 's mother in arguments with . 's only friend is an effeminate sixth - grade boy named , with whom she shares a dilapidated clubhouse in her backyard . 
 At school , is ridiculed and her locker is covered in graffiti . After her teacher unfairly keeps her after school , she is threatened with rape by a bully named Brandon , who also has trouble socializing . At home 's mother punishes her for calling a lesbian and refusing to be nice to her . gets in trouble at school after she accidentally hits a teacher in the eye with a spitball . 's first attempt to rape after school fails , but he orders her to meet him again . After she complies , he takes her to an abandoned field . He starts an earnest conversation with her and kisses her . 
 's band is joined by , a charismatic and handsome aspiring teenage rock musician who agrees to play in the band in exchange for 's help in school . decides to pursue him romantically after he spends time with her , even though one of 's former girlfriends tells she has no chance of being with him . 
 and form an innocent romance , but is arrested and expelled for suspected drug dealing . visits his home and meets his father and mentally challenged brother who requires constant supervision . After kissing , runs away to avoid being sent to military school . 
 After angrily rejecting , is left with no friends . When she refuses to tear down her clubhouse to make room for her parents ' 20th wedding anniversary party , her mother has and destroy it and gives them her share of a cake . At the party , intends to proposition , but gets cold feet and is contemptuously rebuffed . plays with , who pushes into a kiddie pool . That evening , the family watches a videotape of the party , laughing when falls into the water . That night , smashes the tape and briefly brandishes her hammer over as she sleeps . 
 A few weeks later , 's father 's car breaks down and her mother has to pick him up from work . is supposed to tell to find a ride home from ballet class but chooses not to do so after arguing with her ; is kidnapped while walking home . When 's tutu is found in Times Square , goes to New York City to find her . After a full day searching for , phones home and tells her that was found by police after being abducted by a pedophile neighbor who lives on their street . returns home . Later , 's classmates ridicule her as she presents a thank you speech . After the principal tells the unruly students to be quiet , musters the emotional strength to finish her speech and makes a quick exit . 
 Summer arrives and is relieved that school is over for the time - being . tells that she can not expect school life to get any better until she starts high school . As 's parents continue mistreating and ignoring her , signs herself up to attend a summer camp in Florida . On a school trip to Walt Disney World , sits among other girls from her school and joins them in singing the school anthem . Unnoticed , her voice slowly trails off as she sits looking out a bus window .

( ) is a lonely fare token collector for the Chicago Transit Authority . She has a secret crush on a handsome commuter named ( ) , although they are complete strangers . On Christmas Day , she rescues him from the oncoming Chicago " L " train after a group of muggers push him onto the tracks . He falls into a coma , and she accompanies him to the hospital , where a nurse overhears her musing aloud , " I was going to marry him . " Misinterpreting her , the nurse tells his family that she is his fiancée . 
 At first she is too caught up in the panic to explain the truth . She winds up keeping the secret for a number of reasons : she is embarrassed , 's grandmother ( ) has a heart condition , and quickly comes to love being a part of 's big , loving family . One night , thinking she is alone while visiting , she confesses about her predicament . 's godfather ( ) overhears the truth and later confronts her , but tells her he will keep her secret , because the accident has brought the family closer . 
 With no family and few friends , becomes so captivated with the quirky and their unconditional love for her that she can not bring herself to hurt them by revealing that does not even know her . She spends a belated Christmas with them and then meets 's younger brother ( ) , who is supposed to take over his father 's furniture business . He is suspicious of her at first , but he falls in love with her as they spend time together . They develop a close friendship and soon she falls in love with him as well . 
 After New Year 's Eve , wakes up . He does not know , so it is assumed that he must have amnesia . She and spend time together , and persuades to propose to her " again " ; she agrees even though she is in love with . When visits her the day before the wedding , she gives him a chance to change her mind , asking him if he can give her a reason not to marry . He replies that he can not , leaving her disappointed . 
 On the day of the wedding , just as the priest begins the ceremony , finally confesses everything and tells the family she loves rather than . At this point , 's real fiancée ( ) , who happens to be married herself , arrives and also demands the wedding be stopped . As the family argues , slips out unnoticed , unsure of her future . 
 Some time later , while is at work , places an engagement ring in the token tray of her booth . She lets him into the booth , and with the entire family watching , he proposes to her . In the last scenes of the film , they kiss at the end of their wedding , then leave on a CTA train for their honeymoon . She narrates that he fulfilled her dream of going to Florence , Italy , and explains that , when asked when she fell in love with , she replied , " it was while you were sleeping . "

The movie begins with a dinner engagement at the residence . ( ) , a wealthy CEO , prompts a discussion about White people and claims they are " genetically inferior " because the children grow up without fathers . In this alternative reality , the lower class consists of White Americans as the large percentage of minorities who live in rundown and crime - infested ghetto communities , and face prejudice from the broader society ; while the comfortable middle to upper class is predominantly made of African Americans . The African Americans in the film are dominant in employment , business , and entertainment and they often refer condescendingly to how white children live in poverty and unfortunate conditions . The rich family are horrified and struggle to be polite in the presence of poor white people . 
 In an effort to go above and beyond in his position , ( ) , a struggling factory worker hoping for a promotion in the candy factory , offers to deliver a package after his shift . He delivers the package to successful CEO , who lives in a wealthy upper - class community predominantly of blacks . is let into the property by a white servant at the security gate point in front of the residence and accidentally views 's wife naked while dressing in her bedroom through the window . notices and complains to the VP at the factory , during a dinner engagement at his house , that he would prefer a different delivery man instead of a " Peeping Tom " to visit his house next time . Although does n't suggest any form of punishment towards , the VP " gets the message " and immediately fires anyway . returns to the residence in an attempt to discuss the misunderstanding with , but because was in an important business meeting , he refuses and sends a message to that he apologizes but there 's nothing he can do to help him . begs for two minutes of his time , but is abruptly turned away . 
 Without any education or advanced skills , finds difficulty getting a job and is unable to support his family . The family are awakened one early morning by the police who is accompanied by the landlord to enforce the eviction from the house ; in mid - chaos the family struggle to gather their important belongings as they vacate the premises . 's mother - in - law scolds and belittles for being a failure of a man and not taking care of his family ; she clearly states there is not enough room for him at her house and his wife and the two kids leave to live with her . 
 As if the situation could not get worse , 's truck breaks down and he is forced to walk . Feeling down and lonely in the midst of the night , is aggressively apprehended by the police who mistaken him for a bank robber because " he fit the description . " The people inside the bar come outside and shout at the police , demanding that they leave alone . is brutally beaten by the police for causing a commotion and the police are chased away , as beer bottles are being thrown by the angry mob . 
 In a radical quest for justice , waits outside the residence again and kidnaps at gun point and demands for a large sum of money that is owed for losing his job . After multiple failed attempts for withdrawing the money , holds hostage for the weekend and takes him through the ghetto where he lives . , however , remains unsympathetic to and calls him a failure who blames the world for his problems . But takes through the ghetto where he lives , and alternates between enjoying some of the staples of ghetto life ( shows him how to use salt to enhance the flavor of ketchup with French fries ) and having his eyes open to this world 's racism ( black cops are hostile to , treat him like a criminal when he 's done nothing wrong , and eventually beat him up for no good reason ) . In the end , though mistaken for carrying a weapon , is shot and killed by the police in an attempt to call for help for who is in desperate need for medical attention because of breathing problems . The chastened CEO visits 's grieving widow and offers her the money lost when he was fired . She refuses it , and when awkwardly asks if she wants more , she bluntly says " How much would ever be enough ? " and closes the door in his face as the movie ends .

A well - known lawman and scout of the 19th Century 's western frontier , Wild ( ) has drifted to Deadwood , Dakota Territory . ( ) is a young man whose mother and family have been slighted by in the past , and is out for revenge . 
 Troubled by his on - again , off - again relationship with a woman called ( ) , haunted by the ghosts of his past , and struggling with failing eyesight , Wild Bill faces with grave concern the arrival of this dangerous newcomer to town .

Jeff Bridges, Ellen Barkin, David Arquette, John Hurt, Diane Lane, Keith Carradine, Bruce Dern, Christina Applegate

American video game designer ( ) lives with his pet Dalmatian Pongo in London . One day , while waiting for to come from a meeting with , a young prodigy who rates video games , sets his eyes on a beautiful female dalmatian named . After a frantic chase through the streets of London that starts in Soho Square Gardens and ends in St. James ' Park , discovers that likes . Her owner , House of De Vil fashion designer ( ) , falls in love with when they meet . They both fall into the pond as a result of their dogs chasing each other , but they return to 's home and accepts his proposal . They get married at St. Luke 's Church , Chelsea along with and . Meanwhile , 's boss , the pampered and very glamorous ( Close ) , has a deep passion for fur , going so far as to have a taxidermist , Mr. ( ) , skin Soo - Ling , a white tiger at the London Zoo , to make it into a rug for her . , inspired by her Dalmatian , designs a coat made with spotted fur . is intrigued by the idea of making garments out of actual Dalmatians and finds it amusing that it would seem as if she was wearing 's dog . soon discovers that is pregnant and is then informed by ( Plowright)that she ( ) is , too , much to her shock . Sometime later , visits their home and expresses contempt upon meeting . Her initial disgust at them having a baby turns to excitement when she finds out is expecting too . Several weeks later , she returns when a litter of 15 puppies are born and offers and £ 7,500 for them , but they refuse . Enraged , dismisses and vows revenge against her , and . One winter evening , she has her henchmen , and ( and , respectively ) break into their home and steal the puppies , while and are walking in the park with and . Along with 84 other dalmatians that were previously stolen , they deliver them to her ancient country estate , De Vil Mansion . and also ask to kill and skin them to create her coat . With the family devastated at the loss of their puppies , uses the twilight bark to carry the message via the dogs and other animals of London , while and notify the Metropolitan Police . A dog who had witnessed the stolen puppies follows and to the mansion and finds all of them inside , before helping them escape under the duo 's noses . They make their way to a nearby farm , where they are later joined by and . arrives at the mansion and soon discovers what has happened . Angry with the thieves ' failure , she decides to carry out the job herself , while and attempt to search for them also . After several mishaps , and discover nearby police on the hunt for and her henchmen and hand themselves in , joining who was beaten earlier while trying to kill , one of the 15 puppies who had been left behind . Meanwhile , tracks the puppies to the farm where they are hiding and tries to retrieve them . However , the animals outwit her , cause her to fall into a vat of molasses and get thrown through a window into a pig pen . Shortly afterwards , the fleeing dalmatians ( including ) are found and sent home via the Suffolk Constabulary , while those looking for arrive at the farm to arrest her . In the police van , she belittles , and for their incompetence before they are sprayed by a skunk which she had mistaken for her bag . Pongo , Perdy and their puppies are reunited with and . After being informed that the remaining 84 puppies have no home to go to , as they have not yet been claimed by their original owners , they decide to adopt them , bringing the total to 101 . designs a successful video game featuring dalmatian puppies as the protagonists and as the villain and they move to the countryside with their millions . and have a baby daughter , and a year later the puppies have grown up with puppies of their own .

Two hitmen , and , walk into a bedroom where a sleeping couple , aspiring Olympic athlete and her ex - husband , are in bed . injects with a tranquilizer then shoots in the head . and then drive to an abandoned area of Mulholland Drive , where shoots and blows up the car in order to set up as the fall guy for the murder . flees the scene with his girlfriend . 
 was wearing a bulletproof vest and survived the shooting and car explosion . He seeks shelter at the mansion of wealthy art dealer , where he takes and his assistant , , hostage . is unaware that has called his sister , , a nurse , to come to the house . On her way , picks up , a down - and - out TV producer contemplating suicide . 
 Meanwhile , awakens and discovers 's body in bed beside her . She runs from her house and flags down two detectives , young , ambitious and cynical veteran , who are driving by . Although he is sympathetic , begins to suspect that knows more than she is saying . , who had hired and to kill for $ 30,000 , was unaware that they would kill in her own house . goes back to the house to get the money , encounters homicide detectives and working the crime scene , and kills them both . decides to return to the crime scene to see if he can offer any insight on the case . Masquerading as one of the detectives , lures outside , intending to kill him . 
 and get into an argument which escalates into a fight . shoots in a confused scuffle and escapes . finds her way to 's house , where has knocked unconscious . reluctantly decides to kill instead of taking her to the hospital , concluding that her wound is too severe to be treated , but his gun jams . He turns to retrieve 's gun but finds that has escaped and has flagged down a passing car containing and his hostages . jumps out of the car and tries to help the dying , but dies on the roadside . 
 is caught in the middle of a shoot out between and , and is shot in the legs . Just before can kill , shoots , killing him . 
 A grateful allows to take the $ 30,000 and escape with . The following day , shows up to an anniversary party that is attending . As and drive down a highway , contemplates using the money to start a pizzeria in Brooklyn ; smiles and he kisses her .

Danny Aiello, Jeff Daniels, James Spader, Charlize Theron, Teri Hatcher, Marsha Mason, Eric Stoltz

While the and the people of Agrabah prepare for the upcoming wedding of and Princess , retrieves his parents ' dagger from his old home , telling the how his father left him when he was a child . Meanwhile the legendary Forty Thieves , led by their king , arrive at the city to raid the wedding , but and the others fend them off , and prevents the leader from stealing a specific scepter . After the thieves escape from the city , a powerful appears from the staff and informs that his father is alive , but " trapped " in the world of the Thieves . 
 follows the thieves to their hideout in Mount Sesame and reunites with his father , who turns out to be . His second in command , , tries to kill , but suggests that fights with to earn his place among the thieves . falls off from the cliff to the sea , but survives and gives the hideout 's password to in exchange for immunity from prosecution . 
 tells about the Hand of Midas , a powerful artifact turning anything into gold , which caused him to leave his family in order to eventually lead them out of their life in poverty . persuades to accompany him back to Agrabah , where he is welcomed by , the and the Sultan , though only the Genie is made aware of 's true identity . By doing so , is not captured when and his guards raid Mount Sesame . tells about 's relationship with , and a trap is set for when he and , still intent on the Hand of Midas , attempt to steal the Oracle 's scepter from the Sultan 's treasury . When frees and , he is exposed by and willingly returns to Agrabah to face the consequences . The Sultan exonerates once he realizes that acted only to protect his father . 
 In the meantime , returns to Mount Sesame and rallies the few remaining thieves under his leadership by claiming that has sold them out . When and return to the hideout , they are captured by and forced to call forth the , who leads them to the Vanishing Isle ( a castle fortress attached on the back of a giant turtle ) , where the hand is located . escapes and reunites with , and the heroes head to the isle . saves , and they work together to retrieve the hand while the turtle begins to dive back under the sea . catches up with them and forces to choose between keeping the hand or saving . tosses the hand to , who incautiously catches it by its golden palm , which transforms him into a golden statue . Now realizing that his son is the treasure of his life , discards the hand and reconciles with . 
 With their enemies gone , and get married , while and , still outlawed , leave to travel the world together .

( ) welcomes his friend , ( ) , to Heaven , but states he is disillusioned by the afterlife . , their old enemy ( ) , steals Gabriel 's Horn , attempts to pass through the Pearly gates using the music they perform in order to open it so he can leave Heaven with the horn , but it closes on him to protect it from being stolen . He winds up getting stuck on it when he tries to head to the other side and then pops himself out of it . Before heading to Earth , he tries to take off his uniform , but knocks the horn down to Earth , causing him to dive into the purple cloud hole and catch it before it lands into the ocean , but loses it after getting hit by an airplane and sucked into the engines . Continuing to fall to Earth , he sees that the horn lands somewhere in San Francisco . 
 The dog angels are alerted of the horn 's theft by , the head angel ( ) , who sends and to Earth to save it , and gives them one miracle to use . Upon arrival in San Francisco , they discover themselves as ghosts and therefore unable to interact with the physical world . At a tavern where flirts with a smooth - talking and gorgeous Irish Setter named ( ) , appears in a corporeal form granted by a red dog collar created by ( ) , an elderly dog fortune teller who gives and equivalent collars effective for a single day . Shortly thereafter , unbeknownst to the duo , reveals his true form as a demon who intends to take the horn for himself with 's help . 
 and meet and a human boy she is caring for , ( ) , who ran away from home to become a street performer , the former leading him to believe that he is his guardian angel . Before leaving for " Easy Street " , uses his miracle in the form of a lustful kiss ( which is angered by ) to grant the ability to converse with . Upon seeing the horn being taken into a police station , they retrieve it , with failing to steal it from them . Refusing to return to Heaven , conceals it in a lobster trap . On Easy Street , they entertain an audience with magic tricks , but a rainstorm and falling into a fountain ruins the act . finally reveals his belief that his father and stepmother , who are expecting a new baby , will care less for him once it 's born ; but is persuaded otherwise by . As and embrace , his collar vanishes , and he and become ghosts again . 
 then kidnaps and demands that bring 's horn to Alcatraz Island and give it to in exchange for 's life . Determined to fulfill his promise to get home , approaches , who presses him to give him the horn . He does so , and uses it to capture Heaven 's canine angels and send them to Earth in the prison cells , including . , , , and battle and steal the horn , which plays to free the angels and send back to Hell . comes out of hiding and attempts to downplay his involvement . However , he does offer a genuine apology , hoping to finally make peace with . However , returns and drags into Hell , which reveals to everyone that unknowingly sold his soul to him in exchange for his collar . 
 gives the horn back to in exchange for his life and says yet another goodbye to , who decides to remain in Heaven . After he reunites with and , they head to the latter 's house where he returns and reconciles with his parents . His stepmother is relieved that he is alive and explains she has been worried about him and says just because she is pregnant does not mean she does not love him and that they are a family . They then adopt and , and the two share a kiss , happy with their new life together .

Ernest Borgnine, Bebe Neuwirth, Charlie Sheen, Dom DeLuise, Sheena Easton

Barb Wire is set in 2017 during the " Second American Civil War " . ( ) owns the Hammerhead , a nightclub in Steel Harbor — " the last free city " in a United States ravaged by the civil war — and she brings in extra cash working as a mercenary and bounty hunter . Chief of Police ( ) raids her club . 's target is fugitive Dr. ( ) , a former government scientist with information about a bioweapon being developed by her former superior , Colonel ( ) of the Congressional Directorate . Dr. hopes to escape to Canada in order to make this information public . 
 later turns up at the Hammerhead . She is accompanied by ( ) , a " freedom fighter " whom had known and loved at the outbreak of the war , but the two were separated during the conflict . is trying to help get to Canada . They are trying to find a contraband pair of contact lenses that will allow to evade the retinal scan at the Steel Harbor airport . The lenses pass through the hands of several lowlifes before also ending up at 's nightclub . 
 Rather than give the lenses to and , makes a deal with " Big Fatso " ( ) , the leader of a junkyard gang : wants the lenses , which are worth a fortune on the black market , and wants a million dollars and an armed escort to the airport , where she plans to get on the plane to Canada . But double - crosses ; when , , and show up at the junkyard to make the swap , Colonel and his storm troopers are also there , along with Chief of Police . makes a show of arresting and , but instead of putting handcuffs on , he slips her a hand grenade . uses the grenade to kill and cause enough confusion to allow , , , and to pile into 's armored van and lead the Congressionals on a car chase , culminating in a hand - to - hand fight between and Colonel on a forklift suspended by crane above the harbor . falls to his death while escapes . 
 In the end , the party makes it to the airport , where reveals that she still has the contact lenses . She gives them to , and and get on the plane to Canada while and remain on the rainswept tarmac .

Pamela Anderson, Temuera Morrison, Victoria Rowell, Jack Noseworthy, Xander Berkeley, Udo Kier, Steve Railsback

The film is a lightly fictionalised account of 's life . Initially a struggling artist living in a cardboard box in Tompkins Square Park . ,[4 ] he works his way up the rungs of the New York art world in the eighties , thanks in part to his association ( ) , the art dealer ( ) , poet and critic ( ) , and fellow artist ( ) . 
 Alongside the development of his artistic career , the film also follows 's tumultuous relationship with ( ) , a fellow aspiring artist he meets whilst she is working as a waitress at a diner he frequents with his friend ( ) . Their romance is affected by 's affair with the so - called " Big Pink " ( ) , a woman he picks up on the street,[5 ] and his habitual abuse of heroin . Eventually , finds himself isolated by his fame , the death of and his drug use . The film ends with a title card informing the audience that died of a heroin overdose on August 12 , 1988 , at the age of 27 .

, nicknamed " " Boatwright , is a young girl growing up in Greenville , South Carolina in the 1950s . Born out of wedlock to , lives with her mother and their extended family in a poor part of town . loves , but is still very much a child herself , tired out from working and needy for attention and adoration . and nearly always have to face the shame of the " ILLEGITIMATE " stamp on 's birth certificate . When the county courthouse burns down , is happy that a copy of 's birth certificate no longer exists . 
 After her kind , hardworking first husband , , the father of 's half - sister , is killed in an automobile accident , remarries a man named , who seems attentive until and 's baby dies at birth . first molests while waiting in the car for the birth of his child . Frustrated by the loss of his eagerly - anticipated son , 's inability to have more children , and his own inability to manage his temper and maintain steady employment , begins to physically and sexually abuse regularly , beating her in the bathroom . wakes her mother up in the middle of the night , barely able to walk because of the immense pain she is in . takes her to the hospital , where the doctor berates for beating the child so badly that her coccyx is broken . The only thing Bone says is ' Mama . ' takes to the car , leaving the hospital against the doctor 's wishes , and slaps 's hand away as he tries to comfort the girl . is saddened and angered by her new husband 's behavior towards her child and takes to her sister 's house to recuperate . However , once is better , returns to after he swears to never touch again . 
 While reading with her mama at the cafe , asks to go and stay with her Aunt since she is very sick . asks about and if he has ever hurt her . says no and the two grow close listening to gospel music on the radio . After a visit from , dies of sickness . At Aunt 's funeral , 's Aunt finds her in the bathroom falling over drunk after drinking too much alcohol and when she tries to take her to a bed , she discovers lashes on her legs and alerts the girl 's uncles , , , and , and a man , who beat unconscious . is sent to live with her aunts , and eventually tells her mother that she is allowed to love , but will never come home to him again . Eventually , comes around while the aunts are out , trying to force her to come back . When she fights back , he punches , and then rapes her . discovers the rape and retaliates by breaking a bottle over 's head , causing him to bleed . She pulls and kicks him off of , screams at him , then carries her out of the house to her car away from him . stumbles out of the house after , screaming his apologies and saying he ca n't live without her . yells at him to stay away and puts into her car . When tries to comfort her , she pushes him away , gets into her car , starts it and tries to drive away , starting to abandon him . then leans against the car door and repeatedly smashes his head against it , screaming for to kill him . Instead , she strokes his head in forgiveness , believing he will never hurt again . Ultimately , returns to . 
 Moments after , is taken to the hospital by Aunt . When the cops attempt to question her about who brutalized her , she still refuses to reveal that it was and calls out for her Momma who is nowhere to be found . In the end , is allowed to stay with her Aunt and Uncle , far away from the reach of those who would harm her . Her mother visits one final time to deliver to her the copy of her birth certificate without the mark of " ILLEGITIMATE " , and apologizes for what happened , before driving away to rejoin . remains with her Aunt , and with this final , tearful goodbye , she cries for her mother 's sacrifice and for the freedom she has at last achieved .

goes home for his high school class reunion in Knights Ridge , Massachusetts . He is at a crossroads in his life and can not decide if he should marry his girlfriend . He can not decide if he should quit his music and take a job as a salesman . Over the course of the film , he spends time with his old friends who are all at similar crossroads . By the end , they all discover what it is that they want .

Matt Dillon, Timothy Hutton, Michael Rapaport, Uma Thurman, Natalie Portman, Mira Sorvino, Rosie O'Donnell, Lauren Holly, Martha Plimpton

After a surreal dream of the two of them menacing a city as giants , and Butt - Head wake up to realize that someone has stolen their television . The pair then embark on a quest to find it . After several mishaps they visit a low - quality motel that advertises " TVs in every room " . There , they encounter , who is waiting for two hired hitmen ( later revealed to be the same people who stole and Butt - head 's television ) to murder his wife , Dallas . ( who is drunk ) , thinking that and - head are the killers he has contacted , he remarks that they are even younger than he thought they would be and also says that they must " do " ( murder ) his wife . Thinking that by " do " means " have sexual intercourse with " , - head convinces that both of them can " score " as well as get paid enough to buy a new television . hands them a photograph of Dallas with instructions on where to find her . He then drives them to the airport to catch a plane to Las Vegas . 
 After arriving in their Vegas casino where they are staying , the boys get arrested by security after being mistaken for trespassers and then they are taken to their rooms . Their room was purchased by to be adjacent to the room of the hunted woman , , and they accidentally burst in . soon realizes they have no idea what they have been hired for . While and Butt - Head begin fighting over who will " do " Dallas first , the police arrive to arrest her . Thinking quickly , she plants a stolen biological weapon known as the " X-5 Unit " in ' pants in order to get rid of it . She then gets them tickets on a bus to Washington , D.C. instructing them that she will be waiting for them in the United States Capitol and will let them " do her " there . 
 The stolen biological weapon attracts the attention of the ATF , headed by Agent who orders a body cavity search on everyone he encounters and in spite of his tough talk , relies on fellow Agent 's assistance virtually all the time . becomes convinced that the duo are criminal masterminds after they accidentally release the water behind the Hoover Dam , cutting the power to Las Vegas . On the tour bus , they visit landmarks including the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone National Park . After becoming stranded in a gift shop at Petrified Forest National Park , they are told Washington is " about 2,000 miles that way " and begin to wander through the desert . A security guard admits that he let them go because he was afraid of them , and Agent then gives him a cavity search . then sends out roadblocks for over 200 miles over every road in the desert . They soon meet two former roadies , who are heavily implied to be their fathers , but part ways before they can make the kinship connection . During the trek across the desert , they soon collapse of dehydration . Delirious from the heat , unwittingly consumes a peyote cactus , and has a vivid psychedelic experience overnight . 
 The next day , and Butt - Head are found by , who plans to kill them after realizing they were not the hit men he hired . However , after hearing that Dallas is going to meet up with the duo in D.C. , decides to take them the rest of the way in his trunk to hunt down Dallas . In the middle of I-81 in Virginia , Butt - Head opens the trunk with a car jack , and they escape by jumping onto the road , causing an 18 - wheeler to swerve off the road , resulting in a huge , 400 - car pileup . and Butt - casually walk past the scene and get back on the tour bus , stopping at the United States Capitol Building before finally reaching the White House . Before can meet with and - to recover the weapon , she is confronted in the parking garage by . and then briefly reconcile before they are arrested by the ATF while having sex in 's car . Faced with the possibility of a 60 - year jail sentence , Dallas betrays by saying that he hid the weapon " in some kid 's pants " but she still gets the sentence . 
 The ATF is dispatched to the White House due to and Butt - Head being there on the same day as the " Give Peace a Chance " conference . consumes caffeine pills ( following a speech about scoring and never getting to score , which ended with a fight with the bus driver ) , sugar and coffee while on the White House tour , then transforms into Cornholio . He wanders around the White House and picks up the red phone in the Oval Office , causing the military to go to DEFCON 4 . Meanwhile , - head wanders around the White House where he runs into ; his attempts at hitting on her lead to him being pushed out of a window where he is detained and cavity searched by ATF officers . leaves the White House and goes inside Mr. 's trailer . Moments later , catches " whacking off " and angrily throws him out of the trailer . The ATF spots walking around the camper pants - less and confront him , thinking he has the weapon on him . They are just about to open fire when opens his camper door , telling to take his pants with him , which causes the ATF to go after the pants . The pants are ripped open , with the weapon flying out of them . The weapon , landing safely in Butt - Head 's hand , is recovered ; Butt - head simply hands it to . Blame for the incident is ultimately pinned on , who 's arrested along with Dallas and . Agent informs and Butt - Head that their adventure will remain top secret . and Butt - head are shown seeing President , who then makes and Butt - head honorary ATF agents . The boys are ecstatic by the news thinking that they 're now in the " Bureau of beer and cigarettes and FIRE ! ! And maybe some chicks too ! ! " 
 and Butt - Head return to Highland and find their TV in front of the motel . The film ends with them carrying their TV into the sunset while insulting each other , then suggests going to 's tool shed to masturbate .

Mike Judge, Demi Moore, Bruce Willis, Robert Stack, Cloris Leachman

( ) is a business executive who has gotten used to being alone but does n't like it very much . She was abandoned by her birth parents and then spent most of her childhood being raised by ( ) , a foster father who never really loved after her adopted mother died . 
 One day , gets word that has died . Alone in her apartment , after attempting to feed her now dead pet fish , she breaks down and cries uncontrollably . The next day at work , gets an unexpected delivery of flowers from a secret admirer . Puzzled , she presses the delivery man for information on who might have sent her the flowers . He says the sender wants to remain anonymous . asks her friends for names and visits the flower shop to no avail . 
 After getting to know each other better , he confesses that he sent them . ( ) runs a flower shop and often takes long walks through the neighborhood at night , trying to lose memories of his deceased wife and child . He saw crying in her window and hoped the roses would cheer her up . Before long , and begin dating but each has emotional issues to resolve before their story can have a happy ending .

In a small Western Massachusetts town , Dr. and her sculptor husband live with their two children and . Their world is shattered when Sheriff tells them that has been killed and witnesses saw with her just before she died . When he asks to speak with , the family realizes that he 's not in his room as they thought . asks to look at 's car , but refuses . When asks where is , Ben demands the sheriff get a warrant . 
 When leaves , inspects 's car , finding clothes and a car jack with blood on them . He burns the clothes and cleans the jack before the police return . When he tells what he has done , she is afraid that may have destroyed evidence that could help them find , as she is fearful that a maniac may have killed both and her son . The plaster the town with signs trying to find , but the town ostracizes them , assuming is a murderer . 
 Postcards start to arrive from . Over the course of five weeks , he sends postcards from all over the country . is convinced that he 's been kidnapped and wants to alert the police . remains wary of disclosing anything , insisting they must keep the postcards a secret . Eventually is caught and brought back home to stand trial . For the first several days , he is catatonic , only speaking aloud to enter his plea at the arraignment . 
 He speaks to in their treehouse when she asks him if he really traveled all over the country . He explained that he would take the train to the Boston airport once a week and press the postcards on people who were headed to the cities on the cards . He would explain that he had just returned from a vacation there but forgotten to mail the postcards to his parents , and he did not want them to think he 'd forgotten them . The travelers would mail the cards for him when they arrived at their destination . 
 The family receives a harassing phone call from one of the townspeople . bitterly mocks the caller , but offers an impassioned defense of his son . Touched by his father 's sincerity , opens up and explains what happened . 
 He had been fighting with when she revealed that she was pregnant , in addition to the fact that she had been sleeping with several other boys . They made up , but while they made love in 's car , they got snowed in . Unable to free the car through a variety of methods , they decided to try to jack one end of the car up while they packed snow under the other end . Their fight reignited and got violent . swung a crowbar at and missed him by an inch . He charged at her , knocking her to the ground . She landed face first on the jack and was killed . decides that it is best to not reveal the truth . He coaches on a different version of the story , which they tell to their lawyer , but the plan goes awry when is deposed by the grand jury and realizes that there is no father - son privilege which exempts him from testifying . When is called to testify , she reveals the truth . 's lawyer is incensed , but he explains that he will simply treat as a hostile witness and her testimony will amount to hearsay , since it conflicts with 's account of the events . 
 When discovers what has done , he is furious . A family argument ensues and in the morning , is missing again . He turns up at the police station , where he has given a full confession . As a minor , he needs his parents to sign his confession . refuses , explaining that he could never sign anything that took away from him . 
 is sentenced to five years for involuntary manslaughter , but is released after only 2 years with probation , and is sentenced to almost one year for his cover up . The family relocates to Miami .

The film opens in the small town of " Liberty " , where a vicious group of neo - Nazis have been terrorizing the populace , most recently having murdered an African - American pastor and set fire to his church . While visiting his sister and brother - in - law in Liberty , ( ) crosses paths with the group 's leader ( ) , and is drawn into the conflict when his sister is attacked in their car . Later , the group attempts to harass a schoolteacher named ( ) at the local 4 - H fair , but intervenes and fends them off . Ungrateful at first , she eventually warms up to when they are set up on a blind date , and they start a relationship . 
 Meanwhile , the town of Liberty is holding hearings on whether to sell a parcel of land on the outskirts of town to the neo - Nazis , who have set up their headquarters on the land . and join with the town 's residents and convince the town council to reject the land sale , which means the neo - Nazis will soon have to vacate the premises . 
 After this defeat , the neo - Nazis arm themselves and launch an assault on 's family . After saving from an attempted rape , returns home to find his sister badly beaten . He and his brother - in - law , the local sheriff ( ) , decide to take matters into their own hands and invade the group 's heavily guarded compound , where 's children have been taken hostage . After a long , climactic fight , the children are rescued and defeats in single combat , but refuses to kill him , knowing that it would only further his message of hatred . As turns away , takes aim at him with a rifle , prompting a local teenager named ( ) to shoot and kill himself , thus brokering a new peace in the town . The ending scene shows the pastor 's child reading from the Bible and the church being rebuilt .

Growing up in Hastings , Minnesota , young was bullied by , nicknamed " " because of a pointed tooth . is ecstatic when his parents announce they 're moving to Oakland . informs teachers about stealing a moon rock and is arrested . 
 Twenty - six years later , is divorced and raising his troubled son as a single parent . Not having much success as a writer , 's old school offers him a job teaching creative writing for the semester . He meets his neighbors and and begins rekindling a relationship with his old flame . He also encounters the school librarian Mrs. who is still waiting for to return Green Eggs and Ham to the library . After begins picking on a kid named , meets the boy 's father when both are called to the office of Principal . Following a fire drill , meets with his old friend , a firefighter . When meeting with , and Gerry at a bar , learns that after got out of juvenile hall , ' parents skipped town which led to him growing up in an orphanage . 
 When learns who is , he reembarks on his old routine of bullying him to make himself feel better . drops his mild - mannered and pushover attitude and begins taking charge in his classroom and home . 's son begins bullying ' son , but after a discussion they become friends . begins to intimidate until becomes paranoid , and begins freaking out another teacher , , who thinks he is on crack . When brings ' actions to Principal after a recent pranking , is told by Principal that has been a teacher longer than has and even states that he had gotten some complaints from about and that if ca n't straighten up his act , he will get another teacher to cover for him for the remainder of the school semester . 
 Later that night , they meet at the old see - saw where reaffirms that has never stood up for himself at which point admits snitching to get put in Juvenile hall . After a game of cat - and - mouse in the school after hours , flees to his hiding place he used when he was a child , a cave . chases him onto a waterfall and tells that he always thought of him as a friend , before an enraged attacks him . hits him with a piece of driftwood causing to fall into the river . Fearing that he has killed his enemy , tries to turn himself over to the police only to find that the cops are out . drives to his home while he tries to find ' body . After a talk with , attempts to go to sleep only to discover alive and well . The two men fight once again until and come in and reveal that they 've made up and encourage their fathers do the same . reveals he stole the moon rock because he wanted to be an astronaut . It was also shown that during their recent fight , ' " fang " was chipped . They finally patch things up . 
 With nothing left for him in Hastings , 's semester teaching job was over . begins to pack up and move to New York . He has return Green Eggs and Ham to the school library for him . arrives and has a goodbye present for , gives him an action figure identical to the one had as a child before threw it into a river . tells them to visit whenever , and the changed family leaves . hooks up his mobile home to his truck , and follows telling his family that they have been " invited " to come to New York .

On the New Jersey Shore in the 1950s , two Italian immigrant brothers from Abruzzo own and operate a restaurant called " Paradise . " One brother , , is a brilliant , perfectionist chef who chafes under their few customers ' expectations of " Americanized " Italian food . Their uncle 's offer for them to return to Rome to help with his restaurant is growing in appeal to Primo . The younger brother , , is the restaurant manager , a man enamored of the possibilities presented by their new endeavor and life in America . Despite Secondo 's efforts and Primo 's magnificent food , their restaurant is failing . 
 's struggles as a businessman render him unable to commit to his girlfriend , and he has recently been sleeping with , the wife of a competitor . Her husband 's eponymous restaurant , " Pascal 's " , has succeeded despite ( or perhaps due to ) the mediocre , uninspired food served there . Desperate to keep Paradise afloat , Secondo asks for a loan . demurs , repeating a past offer for the brothers to work for him . This refuses to do ; he and his brother want their own restaurant . In a seemingly generous gesture , insists that he will persuade popular Italian - American singer to dine at Paradise when in town , assuming the celebrity jazz singer 's patronage will revitalize the brothers ' business . and plunge themselves into preparation for this " big night " , spending their entire savings on food and inviting people ( including a newspaper reporter ) to join them in a magnificent feast centered around a timballo , a complicated baked pasta dish . pours his heart into every dish , lavishing care and great expertise on the cooking . 
 As they wait for and his entourage to arrive , the diners indulge in the exquisite food and partake in a fabulous celebration . Hours pass , however , and it becomes apparent that the famous singer is not coming . catches and kissing and runs off to the beach . At 's insistence , admits that he never called , thus ending the party . 
 follows to the beach where they have a final quarrel . and have a fiery , heart - wrenching argument , chafing at their mutual differences . In the wee hours of the morning , admits to that he set the brothers up for failure ; not as revenge for 's affair with but because the brothers would have no choice but to return to Italy or work for . denies him , saying they will never work for him . 
 As dawn breaks , silently cooks an omelette . When done , he divides it among three plates , giving one to , their waiter , and eating one himself . hesitantly enters , and hands him the last plate . They eat without speaking , and lay their arms across one another 's shoulders .

Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci, Isabella Rossellini, Minnie Driver, Ian Holm, Marc Anthony, Allison Janney, Liev Schreiber

and are best friends who live together . wins a round of Rock , Paper , Scissors and gets to hit in the head with a book . Their girlfriends and arrive to take them to an Environmental Party when they discover the injured . The girls learn that the book was used to injure as an excuse to not go . The girls call the boys from a payphone to announce they 'll be joining some hot swim team guys at a party down by a lake . and drive out to the lake , only to find they have been had . 
 Driving back home , they pass by the Bio - Dome , where scientist Dr. is about to seal his team in for a year without outside contact . Mistaking the Bio - Dome for a mall , and go inside to use the bathroom , to be sealed in along with the scientists . Dr. , the project 's investor , discovers them and demands that they be kicked out . Dr. refuses , claiming it would destroy the purpose of the experiment , and so and remain . This proves to be a mistake , as and continue their antics , harming themselves and destroying many of the scientists ' projects . The scientists plead to Dr. , but he only relents after the two find a secret stash of junk food and experiment with laughing gas . and are then banished to the desert environment section and after three days of being stuck , they discover a key in the lock of one of the windows , which opens a back door , and they escape the Bio - Dome . 
 As and are receiving a pizza delivery at the dome , they learn and are attending an environmental party with other men . and decide to outdo the party and hold one inside the Bio - Dome to win them back . The party backfires as it throws the experiment into chaos and and disavow the boys . The scientists prepare to exit out the desert through the door . intervenes and demands they all stay and restore the dome to full health , swallowing the key as a last resort . As the group gets a grip on the situation and begins to fix the dome , Dr. , who had disappeared the night of the party , has gone insane and is starting plans to blow up the Dome with homemade coconut bombs . As Earth Day approaches , the team is successful in restoring the dome and on the night before the doors open again , and discover Dr. . He tells the two that he is rigging pyrotechnics for the door opening ceremony and gets them to help plant the bombs . Once and are on their own with the bombs , they goof off with one of the coconuts and after a failed long pass , discover their explosive nature . They alert the others and try to exit the dome early , but the door can not be opened until the clock hits zero , when the bombs will go off . Bud and run back into the dome to find Dr. and get him to deactivate the bombs . They wind up finding him and through a chase and struggle , knock him out and use the remote to disable the coconuts . 
 The team gets ready to exit the now open door , but as they begin to walk out , Dr. returns with one last coconut bomb , trips , and the bomb detonates at the entrance . It turns out everyone is ok with and reuniting with and who are proud of what they have been able to achieve . As , , and drive off , yet again has to use the bathroom and the car is seen driving toward a mysterious nuclear power plant . Dr. , however , has escaped the dome through the desert window door , having retrieved the key swallowed .

Pauly Shore, Stephen Baldwin, William Atherton, Joey Lauren Adams, Teresa Hill

In Arizona , " rescues " his friend from a voluntary psychiatric unit , where he has been staying for self - described exhaustion . has an elaborate escape plan and has developed a 75 - year plan that he shows to . The plan is to pull off several heists , and then meet up with a Mr. , a landscaper and part - time criminal known to . 
 As a practice heist , the two friends break into 's family 's house , stealing specific items from a previously agreed upon list . Afterward , critiquing the heist , reveals that he took a pair of earrings not specified on the list . This upsets , as he had purchased the earrings for his mother as a gift and specifically left them off the list . visits his little sister at her school and asks her to return the earrings . recruits as a getaway driver because he is the only person they know with a car . The three of them buy a gun and return to 's house to plan their next heist , which will be at a local bookstore . The group bickers as struggles to describe his intricate plan . 
 The group steals a small sum of money from the bookstore and go " on the lam " , stopping to stay at a motel . meets , one of the motel maids , and the two spark a romance despite their language barrier ( speaks little English , and barely any Spanish ) . learns that his marijuana crop back home has been discovered by police , and that his older brother has been arrested . leaves in his car the following day to help his brother , without telling . Before leaving the motel themselves , gives an envelope to give to . delivers the envelope to while she is cleaning a room , not knowing the envelope has most of his and 's money inside . does not open the envelope and hugs to say goodbye . As is leaving , asks an English - speaking male friend of hers to chase after and tell him she loves . When he delivers the message he says , " Tell I love him " . fails to realize he is speaking for and does not deliver the message . 
 discovers a dilapidated but functional Alfa Romeo Spider , and and continue with the 75 - year plan . The car breaks down eventually and reveals that the envelope gave to contained the rest of their cash . The two get in a confrontation and go their separate ways . Narrating a letter to his sister , says he and have settled into a routine back at home that is keeping him busy . , who has joined Mr. 's gang , tracks down and they reconcile . invites to a heist with Mr. and accepts on the condition that is allowed in too . The trio meet the eccentric Mr. and plan to rob a safe at a cold storage facility . Mr. becomes a role model for the trio , standing up to 's abusive brother and tutoring on success . He invites the trio to a party at his house , and visits the group at the ' house , which he compliments . learns of 's love for him and contacts her via phone . Her English has improved and the two rekindle their relationship . 
 The group conducts their heist at the cold storage facility with and , accomplices from Mr. 's landscaping company . The plan quickly falls apart with unable to crack the safe , and accidentally firing his gun , which in turn triggers a cardiac event in Applejack . As the police arrive , has locked himself out of the escape van and is arrested and brutalized by the police . During the heist , Mr. loads furniture from 's house into a truck . Later , and visit in prison and tell him how Mr. robbed 's house . While and are saying their goodbyes , begins rattling off an escape plan and tells his friends to get into position for a get - away . After a tense moment , the two realize is joking . says to , " Is n't it funny that you used to be in the nuthouse and now I 'm in jail ? " as he walks back into the prison .

( ) , an ex - con who has just finished a five - year jail sentence , arrives at an apartment building to start work as a painter and plumber . On her way up to the apartment , she encounters the couple who live next - door , ( ) and ( ) . After has gone out , flirts with and asks her to help retrieve an earring that has fallen down her sink . After extracts the earring , admits she lost it on purpose in order to get closer to , and starts to seduce her . They are interrupted by the arrival of and goes back to work . When she leaves for the day , follows her to her truck . They go to 's apartment and have sex . The next morning , tells that is a money launderer for the Mafia and they have been together for five years . 
 Later , overhears and his Mafia associates beating and torturing ( ) , a man who has been skimming money from the business . Upset by the violence and cruelty , seeks solace from . She tells that she wants to make a new life for herself , but that she needs her help . Knowing that will find the nearly $ 2 million took and count it in their apartment , the two women hatch a scheme to steal the money . , already wary of 's intentions , is unsure whether to trust her . 
 is shot and killed by ( ) , the son of Mafia boss ( ) , and returns to the apartment with a bag of bloody money . Angry at for killing in a fit of rage and splattering blood everywhere , proceeds to wash , iron and hang the money to dry . 
 explains to that and hate each other , and that and will be coming to pick up the money from . The plan is as follows : When has finished counting the money , will get him a drink to relax him before he showers . will be next - door , waiting until she hears turn on the shower . When he does , will drop the bottle of Scotch that is for and tell that she is going to buy more . As she leaves the apartment , she will let in , who will steal the money from a briefcase and leave . will then return with the Scotch and tell that she just saw leaving , but that was not with him . Suspicious , will check the briefcase , find the money gone , and assume has taken it . and think will be forced to skip town because will assume he has been robbed by , not his son . 
 Everything goes as planned until finds the money gone . He realizes that if he runs , will think he took the money . He decides he has to get the money back from . Panicking , threatens to leave . pulls out his gun and forces her to stay , thinking that maybe she and have stolen the money and framed him . 
 waits next - door with the money while and arrive . After watching flirt with and taunt him , pulls out a gun and tells that his son stole the money . In an angry panic , he kills both and , and 's bodyguard . He tells that they have to find the money , dispose of the bodies , and pretend and never arrived , lest their Mafia pals find the money or men missing . Unable to find the money at 's apartment , telephones ( ) , a Mafia friend , telling him that has yet to arrive . 
 After discovering and stole the money , ties them up , gags them , threatens to torture them , and demands to know where it is . When arrives to see what is going on , , panicked , makes a deal with to help him stall . As he prepares to kill , calls the landline from 's cell phone and quickly convinces to pretend that he 's on the phone with , who 's calling from a hospital to explain that he and were in a car accident . is convinced and leaves for the hospital . tells where she has hidden the money , and he goes next - door to find it . escapes and makes a phone call to , telling him that stole the money and forced her to keep quiet . In the meantime , tries to stop from taking the money , but he beats her to the ground . Just as he is about to kill her , arrives and pulls a gun on , telling him that is on his way and that he should run while he can . tells that he knows she will not shoot him , to which she replies , " , you do n't know shit " , before killing him . 
 Later , , who believes 's story , tells her that he will find , and that there is no need to involve the police . wants to be his girlfriend , but she tells him that she needs a clean break — which she makes by driving off hand - in - hand with .

( ) is a boy bored with his life at an upper middle class boarding school , and the prospect of his future running the family grocery store chain . He no longer sees the point in school , stating what 's the difference if he gets a zero attendance for being three minutes late or skipping the whole class so he might as well skip the class . Now close to graduating from boarding school , his life is turned upside down when he rescues ( ) , a young woman he finds lying unconscious in a field . regains consciousness that evening in 's dormitory . She stays awake long enough to tell him she will not go to a doctor , and then passes out and does not awaken until the next morning . She seems to recover completely and to be grateful for 's assistance ; the two begin a romantic voyage of self - discovery . This is not without its problems , as other boys in the dorm quickly find out she is being hidden in his room , leading up to a dramatic confrontation with 's close friends where his ' best friend ' becomes enraged and punches a wall , breaking his hand , while the two continue to argue over the reason as to why has hidden her in his room . 
 Throughout the film , there are continuous flashbacks of 's past , showing her with a famous baseball player with whom she steals a car , leading up to a drunken car crash and his death ( for which authorities are searching for for questioning ) . By the end , has admitted all this to and informed the authorities of the location of the body and the car ( as they crashed into a river ) . At the police station , both and begin to say goodbye when they unexpectedly jump into an elevator to escape from 's controlling father ( ) , and drive off with a car he had earlier stolen from the school .

has been sent to her home town of Grimley to determine the profitability of the pit for the management of British Coal . She also plays the flugelhorn , and is allowed to play with the local brass band after playing Concierto de Aranjuez with them . The band is made up of miners from whom she must conceal her purpose . She renews a childhood romance with , which soon leads to complications . is bitter about the programme of pit closures and determined to fight on , but he is also realistic about the circumstances and predicts a 4 - to-1 majority for closure and redundancy . When realises that is working for management , he accuses her of naïvety for thinking that the Coal Board is considering whether the pit has any viable future and argues that the decision to close Grimley would have been taken years ago . It is later revealed during a confrontation between and the management of the colliery that the decision to close the colliery had been made two years previously , and that this was to have gone ahead regardless of the findings of her report ; the report was simply a public relations exercise to placate the miners and members of the public sympathetic to their plight . 
 The passionate band conductor , , finds he is fighting a losing battle to keep the rest of the band members committed . His son is badly in debt and becomes a clown for children 's parties , but fails to prevent his wife and children walking out on him . In debt , votes for the redundancy money , which he becomes ashamed of . As collapses in the street and is hospitalised , suffers a mental breakdown while entertaining a group of children as part of a harvest festival in a church . He refers to himself as " name that he had been called by a debt collector who he had asked to wait until the redundancy money had come through . Eventually he attempts suicide by trying to hang himself , but is taken to the hospital . reveals to that in light of the colliery 's closure , the band has decided not to continue playing . 
 When realises that is working for management , he is unimpressed with 's relationship with her . In a pub conversation , the other miners are not particularly concerned and feel that is being too harsh on . When says that he should be old enough to make his own decisions , responds with , " Old enough to be a scab then ? " This attracts the whole pub 's attention , as it signals a serious argument . then withdraws the insult and says that is just " stupid " . Later on in the film , asks to leave the band and mocks her attempts to fund the band 's trip to the National Finals . 
 With the intention that it will be their last performance , the band , in full uniform , and wearing their miners ' helmets and lamps , plays " Danny Boy " late at night outside the hospital . , having lost his tenor horn in a bet , whistles along with his hands in his pockets . After they finish , they all switch off their lamps . 
 Whilst the band is playing in the National Semi - Finals , the outcome of the ballot is announced as 4 - to-1 in favour of redundancy , as had predicted . ( It is later implied that , of the five miners who make up the main characters , four of them had voted for redundancy and only had voted for the review procedure . ) 
 After sets up a bank account to fund travel to the National Finals , the band is brought back together to compete . wins his tenor horn back in a game of pool , and having forgiven , after she gives them the money she was paid to compile the report ( saying she does not want it because it 's " dirty money " ) , the band travels to the final at the Royal Albert Hall in London ( Birmingham Town Hall was used to film these scenes),[5 ] where they are amused by the inability of the woman on the dressing room 's PA system to pronounce ' colliery ' . Before departing , leaves a note for saying that they are going to the finals . arrives just in time to see the band win the competition with a stirring rendition of the William Tell Overture , during which notices his wife and children are in the audience . refuses to accept the trophy stating that it is only human beings that matter and not music or the trophy and that " this bloody government has systematically destroyed an entire industry . Our industry . And not just our industry — our communities , our homes , our lives . All in the name of ' progress ' . And for a few lousy bob . " However , following this gesture , another band member takes the trophy anyway . The band celebrates their victory as and kiss on the upper deck of an open - topped bus travelling through London , while the rest of the band play Land of Hope and Glory conducted by .

is a pretty young Scottish woman with a history of psychological problems . She marries atheist oil rig worker , despite disapproval from her community and her Free Scottish Presbyterian Calvinist church . is steadfast and pure of heart , but extremely simple and childlike in her beliefs . During her frequent visits to the church , she prays to God and carries on conversations with Him using her own voice , believing that He is responding directly through her . 
 has difficulty living without when he is away on the oil platform . makes occasional phone calls to in which they express their love and sexual desires . grows needy and prays for his immediate return . The next day , is severely injured in an industrial accident and is flown back to the mainland . believes her prayer was the reason the accident occurred , that was punishing her for her selfishness in asking for him to neglect his job and come back to her . No longer able to perform sexually and mentally affected by the paralysis , asks to find a lover . is devastated and storms out . then attempts to commit suicide and fails . He falls unconscious and is readmitted to hospital . 
 's condition deteriorates . He urges to find another lover and tell him the details , as it will be as if they are together and will revitalize his spirits . Though her sister - in - law constantly reassures her that nothing she does will affect his recovery , begins to believe these suggestions are the will of God and in accordance with loving wholly . Despite her repulsion and inner turmoil to be with other men , she perseveres in her own sexual debasement as she believes it will cure her husband . throws herself at 's doctor , but when he rebuffs her , she takes to picking up men off the street and allowing herself to be brutalized in increasingly cruel sexual encounters . The entire village is scandalized by these doings , and is excommunicated . In the face of being cast out from her church , she proclaims , " You can not love words . You can not be in love with the Word . You can only love a human being . " 
 and 's doctor agree the only way to keep safe from herself is to have her committed , and as far away from her husband as possible . It is then that decides to make what she thinks is the ultimate sacrifice for : she unflinchingly goes out to a derelict ship full of barbarous sailors , who rape and violently attack her , to which she ultimately succumbs . The church refuses to give a funeral for her and damns her soul to hell . Unbeknownst to the church elders , and his friends have substituted bags of sand for 's body inside the sealed coffin . is later shown burying her in the ocean , in deep grief but substantially restored to health despite the doctors not having thought such possible . The film ends in magical realism as 's body is nowhere to be seen on the sonar , and church bells ring from on high in the sky .

In the opening sequence , an army convoy is attacked by terrorists who soon discover they have stolen a truck of living frozen biological material instead of uranium . Once at a dockside warehouse , two frozen Velociraptors and a huge T - Rex escape and kill many of the terrorists before the police arrive , who expect to find drug smugglers . After finding the sole survivor , the police are killed inside the warehouse by the Velociraptors . An anti - terrorist special force led by Colonel is called in by General where they find pieces of bodies and a refrigeration truck rather than uranium . They maneuver through warehouse boxes until two get slashed to death . The survivors learn from Dr. that these are the last three " carnosaurs " in existence : two male Velociraptors and one female T - Rex ( the same dinosaurs in the convoy ) left from the genetic reconstructions of the previous Carnosaur installments . It is made clear that the dinosaurs need to be caught alive , relating to the potential for curing major diseases . A massive meat shipment resides at the dock , so the three soldiers hunt in that area , meeting up with a unit of Marines who have come as backup . Soldier is given drugs to shoot into the carnosaurs as the group set up a lure and net trap with meat . One of the Velociraptors attacks and almost succeeds in dragging off , but is shot down . They soon take the raptor back to the base for further examination . 
 soon theorizes that the T - Rex is breeding since was being dragged off , perhaps to hatchlings . The next plan is to destroy the ship they 're on in the Pacific and freeze the dinosaurs somehow . However , the Velociraptor awakens and begins to attack . The T - Rex also appears and bites off a soldier 's head before escaping with the Velociraptor . When time comes to explore the lower decks of the ship , the carnosaurs knock out the lights and kill a couple more soldiers . The rest get to an elevator , but a Velociraptor chews the cable through and they crash on the bottom level , discovering the nest of eggs which they begin to shoot , angering the T - Rex , who soon bites off 's arm and then eats him . and rejoin Dr. and , split up again and rig dynamite . The T - Rex bursts through the ceiling and drags through it before eating him . The two Velociraptors attack , one rips off 's head and the other is shot to death before the other raptor is also shot . senses the T - Rex is close . She and hide behind lockers which the T - Rex head - butts . throws an explosive in the mouth of the dinosaur , killing it . The two race against time to jump in the ocean before the ship explodes . Back in the police car at the port , the sole surviving terrorist is still gagged in the back seat when a third Velociraptor soon appears outside the vehicle and eats him , foreshadowing that the prehistoric terror is not over yet.[3 ]

Workaholic advertising executive of Bauer & Cole in Seattle , has an important business meeting , but finds himself having to drive the neighborhood carpool for his sons , and , and their friends , , , and , when his wife gets sick . Stopping to get Danish for the kids at Hammerman 's Gourmet To Go grocery store , things go even more awry when he finds himself a victim of a robbery . The situation worsens as , the desperate owner of a carnival who had been contemplating a bank robbery of a nearby savings and loan , robs the robbers and takes and the kids hostage in their Toyota Previa van as his truck is blocked by an armored car . A comedic car chase ensues through Seattle . discovers the kids do not really respect him and they react better to .

Tom Arnold, David Paymer, Rhea Perlman, Rachael Leigh Cook, Rod Steiger

Best friends for life , gym teacher ( ) and plumber ( ) are united by their love of Boston and its sports teams , especially the Boston Celtics , who are playing their last season in the old Boston Garden . When the Celtics drop Game 6 of the NBA Finals to the Utah Jazz , setting up a deciding Game 7 in Boston , and find themselves depressed and hopeless . On top of all this , has moved back in with Jimmy after his wife , fed up with his unhealthy obsession with the Celtics , left him and took their son with her . and stumble upon the Jazz 's selfish , one - man - show shooting guard ( ) at a Boston nightclub . Hoping at first to get him drunk enough so he 'll be hungover for Game 7 , and pose as Utah fans . This however leads to them running into their idol ( as himself ) , who scolds them for being what he thinks are " fair weather " fans . However , the pair get more than they bargained for when the next morning they end up kidnapping after he wakes up at 's apartment . The two decide to hold until after the game , reasoning that if they are going to prison , they might as well help the Celtics win in the meantime . 
 's streetwise , arrogant ways contrast with and 's bumbling blue - collar lifestyle . He derides them for being washed - up losers , and insinuates is only after him because he is jealous of 's fame and ability . , on the other hand , berates for his behavior on and off the court , including starring in a campy Oscar Mayer hot dog commercial and skipping practices . attempts to turn against , and , when this fails , escapes , only to be foiled by an antagonistic cabbie and a local cop , ( ) , both fellow Celtics fans . 
 Ultimately , challenges to a game of one - on - one and the pair is incapacitated well before the final game is set to begin . Before he runs off , presents the pair with a dilemma , they must root for him and hope the Jazz win , otherwise he will turn them both in to the police . reconciles with his wife and son , knowing he might be going to prison , and says goodbye to his grandmother . At the game , the two convince the other Celtics fans they are only pretending to root for the Jazz , and the first half ends with the Celtics leading . , who knows the Jazz are losing because refuses to pass the ball , gives him a pep talk from the stands , and Utah closes the gap to one point with a little over 7 seconds remaining . With one play left and the Jazz with the ball , and choose life over the Celtics , rooting for Utah and rushing the court after they win . Approached by who earlier ignored his cries for help , denies and committed the kidnapping , saving them from prison . 
 A few months later , has promised his wife he would never interfere with an NBA Finals game again . But now it 's football season . He and sneak into the hotel room of at 3:00   a.m.

( ) is a student machinist working with a team from the University of Chicago to obtain clean energy from water by efficiently splitting the hydrogen and oxygen atoms from the water molecules . While working at home , inadvertently discovers the secret : a frequency that enables a perfect stabilization of their process . The machine is perfected the next day in the lab and everything appears to be working and stable . To celebrate , a party is thrown in the lab . That night after the party , project physicist Dr. ( ) tries to leave the lab but her car battery is dead . offers to take her home by taxi ; but , later says they took a bus . Back in the lab , Drs . and are on their computers preparing to upload their discovery to the Internet so the world can share in this new discovery , speaking Chinese and Greek . Meanwhile , a van is seen driving toward the lab . hears a noise and goes to investigate , but is kidnapped by unknown assailants as also comes under attack . 
 Meanwhile , and arrive at her house and after making sure she is okay , heads back to the lab to get his motorcycle . As he arrives at the lab , he sees a van leaving and hears alarms coming from the lab . He runs inside to find with a plastic bag over his head and nowhere to be found . The hydrogen reactor is dangerously unstable and is unable to shut it down . Realizing the reactor is going to overload , he speeds away on his bike as a concealed detonator triggers a massive hydrogen explosion that destroys the lab and surrounding streets . As rescue crews arrive , is questioned by the police and later the FBI about what happened the night of the blast . Upon returning with to their homes , they realize that they are being framed as fake evidence is planted in both of their houses . 
 Both go on the run and head to an observatory belonging to , an old friend of 's . After resting up , they contact ( ) , the man funding the project ( along with DARPA ) , but they 're almost caught in the process and barely manage to escape . As and are evading more police , meets with ( ) at C - Systems Research complex to discuss the current events . It becomes apparent that the plot to destroy the lab and frame and for it was orchestrated by the company , and that is responsible . Despite some disagreement , and decide to continue the hunt for and , a task made easier when sends a coded message to requesting another place to meet . At this new rendezvous , reveals he was involved , but wants to talk somewhere else . The meeting ends in an ambush , and is captured as barely escapes . 
 By tracing the license plate on the van used in the ambush , is able to track them to the C - Systems Research facility where and are being held . When C - Systems ' test reactor fails again , , the scientists , and the prisoners all leave the room , so takes the opportunity to " fix " the system . The next morning , one of the other scientists discovers the working reactor and everyone celebrates . is suspicious , and immediately obtains a download of the working data , and secretly gives it to his assistant , , for safekeeping . He then finds at a computer in the company boardroom . There , demands to be let go in exchange for making the reactor work . agrees but refuses , believing that the process already works , so sets the reactor to explode while sending proof of his innocence to the FBI and blueprints of the reactor to " hopefully a couple thousand " international scientists . responds by shooting dead , then leaving both and to die in the explosion as he , , and their staff flee the site , setting lockdown doors on the way . 
 shoots for overstepping the bounds of the program , leaving his body in an elevator to be incinerated in the ensuing inferno . During his own escape , deactivates the containment , letting and escape , and 's remains to be destroyed . As he is doing this , and struggle with one of 's henchmen over an ascending construction lift , ending in and climbing aboard it , moments before a blast wave sweeps into the tunnel . Both and survive the shockwave to be met by FBI now convinced of their innocence , who take them to safety . departs the scene via chauffeured sedan . He is last seen dictating a memo to . The memo informs the Director of CIA that C - System is " ... no longer a viable entity . Will be in contact . "

Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz, Fred Ward, Brian Cox

is a medical student who returns to her hometown of Grand Island , Nebraska , to take care of her agoraphobic mother , ( ) , who refuses to leave her yard . She is having recurring nightmares of being attacked by children . also has to look after her younger siblings and . She takes a job at Dr. 's local clinic , where she 'd worked prior . and become ill and show symptoms similar to those of the children in June 's dreams . The next day , while working at Dr. 's office , notices that many other kids have the same symptoms . During the night all of the kids in town get worse as their fevers skyrocket . Suddenly it all stops and the fevers begin to drop . 
 Local parents ( ) and notice that their son is acting strangely . One night , a group of children descend upon the house led by a child preacher , and is murdered in front of . The police arrive and begin to question ; flees into a field , and is chased by a sheriff , who is confronted by the child preacher and killed . A suspect in his wife 's murder , goes into hiding , and is taken in by two elderly sisters , and ( ) . 
 The children stop answering to their names and claim to be someone else . Dr. , a longtime resident , recognizes the identities that the children are using as those of dead children from the town 's history . Dr. is killed by two of the children in his office one night . When arrives the next day , Dr. has vanished , and the blood tests of the children reveal inexplicable signs of death and decay . has her recurring nightmare again , only to discover that she is not dreaming and that it is actually happening . She flees her house and drives away . spots entering an old barn and she follows him inside . She is captured and killed by the child preacher , after which children begin to gather at the barn . 
 decides to go to Dr. 's house to find him . hijacks her and her car and forces her to drive at gunpoint . They go to and 's house . reveals that the child preacher , , was the bastard son of a local woman . He was taken in by traveling preachers and became a very gifted preacher . Over the years , never grew out of boyhood and stopped aging . The traveling preachers gave him over to darkness to stunt his growth , but when word got out , they abandoned him . killed the preachers and then the townspeople burned him alive and sealed his remains in a well . 
 Meanwhile , 's best friend , also an employee at the clinic , is attacked and killed by . and return to the clinic and discover is missing , but they learn that 's weakness is mercury . It is also revealed that is 's son . , , , and all the other children gather at the barn and offer blood to . is a hemophiliac , meaning he will bleed to death if he gets even a small cut . , however cuts his hand , offering his blood to , and offers her soul . collapses from blood loss and is pulled into the pool of blood , from which emerges . 
 and arrive at the barn . They connect the barn 's sprinkler system to their supply of mercury . fills two of his bullets with mercury and gives the gun to . stops ' bleeding , but the children try to kill him . attacks , but she shoots him with a mercury bullet . She then finds 's and Dr. 's body . attacks her again , but activates the sprinklers which shower him with mercury . slashes him with his own scythe , finally killing him . The children stop trying to kill and return to normal . finds , apparently drowned , but manages to revive her . 
 It is revealed that is actually 's daughter , and that she abandoned her with as a teenager . After the funerals for the victims , , , , , and all move out of Nebraska .

The movie opens with and a man ( apparently an ex - boyfriend ) having intercourse on a bed in a flophouse , after which he disrespectfully throws her out of the apartment . She later goes to a hardware store to buy patio sealant and huffs it in a paper bag in an alley to get high . is portrayed as a dumb , inebriated addict , capable of doing nearly anything to get money or drugs . 
 has 4 kids , all of whom have been taken from her custody by the state because of her inability to care for them ( or even for herself ) . Her kids are scattered among three different homes . goes to the home of her brother and sister - in - law to sneak a look at two of her kids and to beg her brother for money . 
 After is arrested for her continuing drug use , she learns that she is pregnant again . At her arraignment , she learns to her horror that she is facing felony charges ; her many earlier arrests had all been on misdemeanor charges . The judge , who knows of the situation with 's other offspring , suggests to her after the hearing that he will deal with her less harshly if she has an abortion . Through a chance encounter with a group of jailed abortion protesters , soon finds herself at the center of an escalating battle between people on both sides of the abortion issue . Both sides engage in deceitful tactics to influence 's decision . The pro - life people run a fake abortion clinic , where they actually seek to dissuade patients from receiving the advertised service . The pro - choice people have " spies " in the pro - life group who spirit away . 
 Both sides offer incentives into the thousands of dollars to the hapless and exhilarated woman to secure her promise that she keep or abort the child . Dollar - conscious rampantly encourages the bidding . She becomes the object of a local news and political obsession ; a figure of the media who all want to know : Will she or wo n't she have an abortion ? 
 On the day is to receive her abortion , she suffers a miscarriage . Going along with the pretense of having the abortion , she proceeds to the clinic to collect $ 15,000 that has been left there for her by one of the security guards of the clinic who believes in personal freedom . He has personally given her the money , free of organizational sponsorship , to match the bid given by the Pro - Life group , so that she can make her decision without the influence of money . She then breaks out of the clinic by dropping a toilet tank cover on a guard 's head and walks by oblivious protesters on both sides . Even though she 'd been on the TV news for weeks , none of the picketers on either side pay any attention to her actual presence . Finally standing up , she runs away down the street .

Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Kurtwood Smith, Kelly Preston, Burt Reynolds

In New York City , Detective and mob figure kill each other in a shootout ; a stray bullet also kills a child passing by . In the wake of the tragedy , questions are raised as to why Judge , an old friend of the ambitious Mayor , had previously set the criminal responsible free on probation . ' loyal deputy mayor , , decides to dig for answers . Meanwhile , legal aid uncovers a conspiracy to smear . 
 's investigation leads to , a Brooklyn politician who has connections to 's uncle , crime boss . plants money at 's behest to frame . and continue to seek the truth from a number of sources , including ' partner and another relative . After the murder of probation officer , they ultimately conclude that Judge had to be on the take . agrees that must resign . 
 The scandal snowballs to the point where instructs to commit suicide rather than become an informer or go to jail . To protect his family , shoots himself . uncovers evidence that put together with to receive a bribe and leave the young on the street . soon tells there is only one choice — to quit as mayor and leave politics for good . ( " You 're gon na take yourself out , . You 're gon na take yourself out . " )

Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello, Martin Landau, Tony Franciosa

While serving in the Gulf War , Lieutenant Colonel ( ) accidentally destroys one of his own tanks during a confusing night - time battle , killing his friend , Captain . The US Army covers up the details and transfers to a desk job . 
 Later , is assigned to determine if Captain ( ) should be the first woman to receive a ( posthumous ) Medal of Honor . She was the commander of a Medevac Huey that was sent to rescue the crew of a shot - down Black Hawk . When she encountered a T-54 , her crew destroyed it by dropping a fuel bladder onto the tank and igniting it with a flare gun . However , her own helicopter was shot down soon after . The two crews were unable to join forces , and when the survivors were rescued the next day , was reported dead . 
 Serling notices inconsistencies between the testimonies of 's crew . Specialist ( ) , the medic , praises strongly . However , Staff Sergeant ( ) claims that was a coward and that he led the crew in combat and improvised the fuel bladder weapon . Sergeant , who is dying in a hospital , complains about a fire . Warrant Officer , the co - pilot , was injured early on and unconscious throughout . Furthermore , the crew of the Black Hawk claim that they heard firing from an M16 , but and deny they had one . 
 Under pressure from the White House and his commander , Brigadier General ( ) , to wrap things up quickly , leaks the story to a newspaper reporter , ( ) , to prevent another cover - up . When grills during a car ride , forces him to get out of the vehicle at gunpoint , then commits suicide by driving into an oncoming train . 
 tracks down , and finally tells him the truth . wanted to flee , which would mean abandoning . When refused , he pulled a gun on her . then shot an enemy who appeared behind , but thought was firing at him and shot her in the stomach , before backing off . The next morning , the enemy attacked again as a rescue party approached . covered her men 's retreat , firing an M16 . However , told the rescuers that was dead , so they left without her . Napalm was then dropped on the entire area . tried to expose 's lie at the time , but was too injured to speak , and was too scared of the court - martial had threatened them with and remained silent . 
 presents his final report to . 's young daughter receives the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony . Later , tells the truth to the about the manner of their son 's death and says he can not ask for forgiveness . The tell he must release his burden at some point and grant him their forgiveness . 
 In the last moments , has a flashback of when he was standing by 's destroyed tank and a medevac Huey was lifting off with his friend 's body . suddenly realises was the Huey pilot .

The film opens as the Ducks are being awarded junior varsity hockey scholarships to Eden Hall Academy , a prestigious prep school that coach ( ) attended , following their victory at the Junior Goodwill Games in Los Angeles , California . announces that he will be leaving his position as coach to take a job with the Junior Goodwill Games , much to 's dismay . 's spot is filled by former Minnesota North Stars player ( ) . Initially the Ducks clash with 's disciplinary coaching tactics and his focus on defense over scoring . abandons several Duck traditions , including starting in goal over , based on 's superior play in tryouts , directing the team to play a defensive - minded system and strips ( ) of his Captain 's ' C ' , stating that the tricks and tactics the team used in the Pee Wee league wo n't work at this level . He is proven right when , in their first game of the season , the Ducks take an embarrassing tie after losing a 9 - goal lead , due to their cockiness after their initial dominance . is livid , but makes a valid point ( about hockey and life ) when he states that the Ducks wo n't be able to dominate every game and have to learn how to play " two - way hockey , " not choking when the game is going their way . 's only consolation is meeting ( ) , a young student petitioning to change the school 's team name ( The Warriors ) as it perpetuates an offensive Native American stereotype . Though she initially writes him off as a mindless jock , the two start to hit it off . 
 The team 's difficulties are further compounded by the attitude towards the Ducks on the part of most of the students and parents at Eden Hall , particularly the Varsity hockey team , which has been recruited into . The two teams engage in an escalating prank war , culminating in an unofficial match in the school 's ice rink , in which the Ducks are badly beaten . When Coach forbids the old Ducks name and uniforms , declaring " The Ducks are dead " , finally becomes fed up with , whom he considers a washed - up former professional player , and leaves the team with . is made a defenseman to replace . Venting to , his and 's mentor , becomes further upset and walks off in a huff after appears to take 's side . After a day spent skipping school at the Mall of America and proposing going to public schools before pursuing hockey careers , realizes he might not want to follow or play hockey for the rest of his life . He also tries to suggest rejoin the Ducks . Chagrined at that suggestion and 's abandonment , is still struggling with what to do when he learns that , the Ducks ' friend and mentor , has passed away . 
 returns for ' memorial and the next day takes back to Eden Hall . He explains to , that far from being the washed - up bully that imagines him to be , was actually a great pro player , who only left the sport when the North Stars moved to Dallas because he wanted to care for his daughter , a paraplegic as a result of a car accident he was in . explains that he told that was the heart and soul of the team , and it was his hope that both and would learn something from each other and tells that he told that he was " The Real Minnesota Miracle Man " . Touched by his words , agrees to rejoin the team . 
 Arriving at the team bus for the next game , apologizes to and states that he wants to learn to play two - way hockey . Coach , surprised by 's sincerity , welcomes him back . also rejoins the team before does , apparently no longer disillusioned about hockey . Prior to the bus ' departure , ( ) , the school 's headmaster , informs the team that its board of trustees is going to vote to revoke the Ducks ' scholarships , due to the unpopularity of the decision to admit them , and their mediocre performance on the ice . The Dean offers a chance to start anew with a team of his choice , but refuses , going so far as to threaten resignation , and assures his team that he 's going to fight the decision . 
 At the Board of Trustees meeting , the Ducks state their case , but no one is willing to listen until Bombay arrives and threatens the group with an injunction , promising to tie up the matter in court until long after the kids have gone on to college . Wishing to avoid a legal situation , the board reluctantly votes to reinstate the Ducks ' scholarships . When the Varsity team learns the Ducks are staying and continue their harassment , the Ducks and the Warriors agree that if Varsity beats JV in the upcoming exhibition game , JV will leave the school , but if JV wins , the official team name at Eden Hall will be changed to the Eden Hall Mighty Ducks . Orion and the Ducks train hard , focusing specifically on defense around the goal . returns the Ducks ' jerseys right before the game , feeling that the team has finally earned them . 
 Throughout the game , the Varsity dominates on offense , but the Ducks ' newly acquired defensive skills manage to keep the game scoreless after two periods . Unable to score , the Varsity instead start to viciously check every player they can , so that the Ducks are battered going into the third period . During the second intermission , enforcer ( ) , who had initially refused the school 's scholarship , returns to the team , adding a needed spark . Late in the game , the Ducks get two penalties and must play 5 vs 3 . During the time - out , renames captain and tells him to go for the win if the opportunity presents itself . With seconds left in the game , is on a breakaway , but in a surprise move passes the puck back to , who scores into a wide - open net as time expires , securing a 1–0 victory for the Ducks . 
 Following the victory , embraces and spots who has attended the game . They both look across to the Warriors emblem , which is suddenly replaced by an unrolling banner with the Ducks ' logo , officially changing the team name to the Eden Hall Mighty Ducks in honor of the prior bet . exits the ice humiliated and defeated by the Ducks . Upon seeing this , kisses . then departs the rink , amid a sea of cheering fans , with a smile , knowing his protege has matured .

In upstate New York , a waste management firm loads barrels of toxic waste onto trucks , intending to illegally dispose of them at a site in New Jersey . They are shown heading into the Holland Tunnel along with several other commuters , including struggling playwright ( ) , a bus of juvenile offenders , a vacationing family , an elderly couple , and mountain climbing equipment retailer ( ) . Meanwhile , a gang of diamond thieves in a stolen car try to escape the NYPD by racing into the tunnel . The gang force their way through the north tube traffic , where the driver loses control , smashing though a security booth and into one of the trucks , causing it to detonate , and resulting in a sympathetic detonation of the remaining trucks . The tunnel entrances cave in , and a devastating fireball sweeps through the tunnel , incinerating the majority of the motorists within it . 
 About to enter the Manhattan end of the tunnel , former New York City Emergency Medical Services Chief ( ) , now working as a cab driver , witnesses the fireball erupting from the entrance . While racing to help whoever he can he runs into an old EMS colleague , who tells him that the tunnel is severely damaged , and could come down if any wrong moves are made . then checks with tunnel administrators , and finds that most of the old exits have been sealed off or are considered unsafe . makes his way into the tunnel through the ventilation system , risking his life as the massive fans can only be slowed down for a short time . 
 A group of the survivors trapped inside band around , who believes he can find a way out through the mid - river passage , a service corridor running between the north and south tubes . arrives and finds , warning him that the passage could come down at any moment , but dismisses the possibility . barely escapes as the mid - river collapses , killing , and causing another explosion which kills a survivor . 
 Water begins seeping in from the river above , and uses an explosive to stop the leak . Police officer ( ) returns from investigating the Manhattan end and is crushed under a truck as the road shifts . The group manage to free him before he can drown , but he is left with a broken neck . The water level continues to rise and the angry survivors confront . He claims he can slow it down but not stop it , as the clean - up effort on the Manhattan side of the tunnel is causing water to enter their side . recalls that there are sleeping quarters beside the tunnels ( left over from the tunnel ’s construction ) and asks how to access them . finds one by swimming under a security booth , and leads the group to this area , but has to be left behind . He gives a bracelet intended for his girlfriend ( ) , and tells him to " get them to daylight " . 
 ( ) , one of the elder survivors , is distressed that her late son 's dog Cooper is missing . She refuses to go on , then suddenly yet quietly passes away , presumably from hypothermia . The group moves to another room as the first one floods , convincing 's husband ( ) to come with them . As they reach the top of an old wooden staircase , notices swimming in the water below and dives down to rescue him , passing him up to one of the survivors , but a beam falls and destroys the lower half , sending into the water . tries to help Kit up , but she falls as well , as more of the staircase is knocked down . The main group escape through a manhole into daylight while the corridor caves in behind them , but not before one of the survivors takes a flashlight from his daughter and tosses it to , leaving and the hysterical behind . 
 and swim around looking for a possible way out , with the main highway tunnel now almost completely submerged . realizes he will have to use his explosives to cause a " blow out " and rip the tunnel roof open . The blast forces towards the surface , but throws downwards . finds a barely conscious and keeps him afloat , as a boat discovers them offshore . Lying on a stretcher , sees in the crowd and hands her 's bracelet . insists on riding with him in the ambulance , to which replies " on one condition ; we got ta take the bridge . "

Sylvester Stallone, Amy Brenneman, Viggo Mortensen, Dan Hedaya, Jay O. Sanders, Karen Young, Claire Bloom, Sage Stallone, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Danielle Harris, Barry Newman, Stan Shaw

, a con artist , is arrested for working cons , something he is doing to pay off his gambling debt to a loan shark . He is sentenced by the judge to find a full - time job by the end of the year and keep it , or be sent to jail . 
 finds work at the post office sorting mail in the dead letter office . Surrounded by quirky coworkers , finds out what happens to letters addressed to the Easter bunny , , and , and out of curiosity reads one of the letters sent to . While reading the letter , sent by a needy single mother , accidentally drops his paycheck ; it is mailed back to the single mother . When comes to retrieve his paycheck , he sees the good it has done and leaves , not knowing that a burnt - out workaholic lawyer coworker has seen him doing so . 
 Believing sent the money on purpose , the co - worker rallies the rest of the dead letter office workers to continue what has started . , becoming the unwilling leader of the group , starts answering more and more letters sent to the post office asking for help . Hilarity ensues as the group answers more prayers , enriching people 's lives , while tries to find love with a coffee bar waitress and keep out of jail .

is a devout Catholic schoolteacher at a boys ' school outside Pittsburgh where her husband , , is schoolmaster . is abusive to the weak , a former nun who suffers from cardiomyopathy ; his mistress , , a fellow teacher at the school , is protective of . When both women grow tired of his abuses , they collaborate to murder him in an apartment owned by a family friend of 's . The women lure him there , and drugs him before they successfully drown him in a bathtub . They wrap his body in a shower curtain and place it in a wicker box . 
 While en route to the school , crashes 's car in a pileup on the interstate , but the wicker box goes unnoticed by authorities . The women arrive at the school in the middle of the night , and dump 's corpse in the unkempt swimming pool on the property , staging his death as an accidental drowning . When his body fails to rise to the surface after several days , has the pool drained , but 's body is nowhere to be found . The women subsequently discover photos taken of them on the day of 's murder , and believe someone is blackmailing them . 
 After reading about the discovery of a John Doe in a nearby river , goes to view the body at the sheriff 's station , but finds it is not . There , she attracts the attention of , a retired police officer - turned - private investigator who offers to look into 's disappearance . is resistant , and quickly becomes suspicious of the women . Their fears of a blackmailer are confirmed when discovers the shower curtain used to conceal 's body hanging in her bathroom window . 
 confronts with the accident report from 's car , and surmises that was en route to see her in Pittsburgh on the day he disappeared . grows increasingly paranoid , believing is alive and stalking the women . This fear increases when two videographers filming an event at the school capture an image of standing in one of the building 's windows . Later , while investigating the school 's basement , is attacked and knocked unconscious . 
 That night , finds floating in her bathtub , and witnesses him rise from the water . Terrified , she loses consciousness and collapses , apparently suffering a heart attack . arrives , and it is revealed that she and had planned the series of events to scare to the point of heart failure . laments , however , and tells she had wanted to call it off . While overlooking 's body , realizes she is in fact not dead ; when realizes she is alive , he attacks both women , knocking unconscious . 
 flees downstairs , and tackles her to the ground in front of the pool and attempts to drown her . manages to stop him by driving a garden rake into his head , and he falls into the pool . As attempts to revive , pulls her into the pool and tries to drown her . enters the pool , and together , both women successfully drown him . They exit the pool and are confronted by , who punches in the face ; willing to cover for the women , she explains it will help prove self - defense in 's murder . walks away from the pool , distraught , and smokes a cigarette while watching 's body sink to the bottom .

, for short , is sent to the inner city to live with his father . gets an education about life on the streets from his psychotic , gun - toting cousin , , and . At a picnic falls for the infamous much to the distaste of ex - convict . While and head to buy some snacks , and his posse confront and hold him at gunpoint , until threatens them and they flee . 
 and get harassed in a Korean store by the owners and shoots at the owners when a remark is made about his mother . The two are then confronted by ' The Man ' ( a mysterious white , government figure ) who kills the Koreans and tosses them his gun to frame them and leaves . 
 Meanwhile , and Grandma ride to church and another elderly woman disses her , resulting in a breakdancing contest that wins . 
 visits where they engage in sexual intercourse and impregnates . Feeling like he 's not responsible enough to be the father , kicks him out . Someone from 's posse threatens , , , and . knocks him out as he and proceed to stomp him , flattening him ( literally ) . The quartet decides to get protection from their friend . This tactic fails as performs another drive - by and is injured . With hospitalized , himself and being arrested , and the Korean store shooting , decides to confront and be the father . agrees to give another try and they decide to leave the hood as planned . and talk about 's departure as and his posse prepare for another drive - by and he and clash as flees and trips and is knocked out as and continue to shoot at each other . They are saved when pops out of the dumpster and shoots 's car as is flung out and he lands on a cop car . and find hurt and he regains consciousness and kisses . A woman finds ( who turns out to be his mother ) and beats him with his shoe for stealing from her in the past . 
 Afterwards , everyone goes their separate ways : and marry and enjoy their lives , becomes a host and introduces himself with extreme profanity , and his crush settle down and perform sexual intercourse , becomes a dancer as he had dreamed of , and is , as puts it , " still " ( showing her smoking marijuana ) .

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Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Bernie Mac, Keenen Ivory Wayans, Omar Epps

Lt . Commander ( ) is about to be passed over a third time for his own nuclear submarine . The reasons given are ( 1 ) his unorthodox command methods , ( 2 ) an unfortunate " brushing " incident with a Russian submarine , and ( 3 ) the rumor of a genital tattoo he acquired after getting blind drunk following that incident . Failure to secure a submarine will result in Dodge being dropped from the navy 's command program . 
 During his career , has made an enemy of Rear Admiral ( ) , who strongly speaks out against Dodge 's promotion . Vice - Admiral , ComSubLant ( ) likes Dodge and his unorthodox methods . A war game is planned to test the navy 's defenses against attack from older Soviet diesel - powered submarines in the hands of America 's enemies . Among the defenses being tested is the Navy 's latest submarine and Dodge 's prior billet U.S.S. Orlando , headed by his former CO Commander ( ) is selected to put the World War II - era Balao - class diesel sub USS Stingray ( SS-161 ) back in commission as the war game 's Opposing Force . tells him to " throw out the book " and " think like a pirate " , promising Dodge that if he can sink a target ship in Norfolk Harbor , Dodge will be considered for a command . 
 handpicks a " crew from hell " for Stingray : hot - tempered , uptight Lt . ( ) as the Executive Officer ; crusty civilian naval contractor ( ) as Chief Engineer ; rebellious Engineman 1st Class ( ) ; sharp - eared Sonarman 2nd Class ( ) ; compulsive gambler Seaman ( ) ; former college basketball player Seaman ( ) ; shock - addled Electrician 's Mate ( ) ; and not - so - Culinary Specialist Second Class ( ) as Stingray 's cook . Knowing the sub is unsuited for mixed - gender living , also selects Lt . ( ) to serve as the sub 's Diving Officer , the only woman aboard . 
 Using unorthodox tactics and an Atlantic storm , Dodge and his crew sneak into Charleston Harbor and set off signal flares . Now desperate to defeat Dodge , reduces the war game containment area by half without 's authorization . Failing to penetrate Norfolk Harbor , Dodge leaves the containment area and heads out to sea . Irate at this lapse in protocol , the strident , by - the - book attempts to take command of the Stingray ; the crew does not support his action , so Dodge charges with mutiny . Wearing mock - buccaneer outfits and talking like pirates , Dodge and crew force the blindfolded XO to walk the plank into the raised fishing net of a waiting trawler that will take him ashore . 
 During Stingray 's second attempt at Norfolk , assumes personal control of the Orlando . Dodge employs an incredibly dangerous maneuver to sneak past the ships and aircraft protecting Norfolk . Orlando is able to locate and chase her down . Before the Orlando 's shooting solution is obtained , Dodge is able to fire two live torpedoes at 900 yards into the anchored target ship at Norfolk , winning the war game for Stingray . 
 Returning to port , is chastised by Admiral and denied his promotion . After confiding that is actually his son , using his mother 's name , informs that he will not get a Los Angeles - class submarine , as previously discussed , but a new Seawolf - class submarine ( the US Navy 's most advanced attack submarines ) , plus a proper crew . respectfully requests that his entire Stingray crew be transferred with him . He then dismisses his crew to begin a well - earned shore leave . As Dodge and leave the dock , she poses a query now that they know each other : " What exactly is this ' tattoo ' I keep hearing about ? " .

Kelsey Grammer, Lauren Holly, Rip Torn, Bruce Dern, William H. Macy, Rob Schneider

An English knight , ( ) , mentors a Saxon prince , ( ) , in the ideals of chivalry , in the hope that he will become a better king than his tyrannical father ( ) . When the king is killed while suppressing a peasant rebellion , is mortally , though accidentally , wounded by the peasant girl ( ) . 's mother , Queen ( ) , has him taken before a dragon whom she implores to save the boy 's life . The dragon replaces 's wounded heart with half of its own on the promise that will rule with justice and virtue . However , soon becomes more tyrannical than his father , enslaving the former rebels and forcing them to rebuild a Roman castle . believes that the dragon 's heart has twisted , and swears vengeance on all dragons . 
 Twelve years later , an adult ( ) has his castle rebuilt . ( ) asks the king to pardon her father after years of slavery , but instead kills him in order to " free " him . As for , he has become a very skilled dragonslayer . Brother ( ) , a monk and aspiring poet , observes slaying a dragon and follows him to record his exploits . stalks another dragon ( voiced by ) to its cave , but the confrontation ends in a stalemate . The dragon states that he is the last of his kind , and thus if kills him , he will be out of a job . The two form a partnership to defraud local villagers with staged dragonslayings . calls the dragon , after the constellation . Unknown to , is the dragon who shared his heart with , and through this connection , any pain inflicted upon one is also felt by the other . 
 Meanwhile , , seeking revenge on for murdering her father , is imprisoned after a failed assassination attempt . recognizes her as the one responsible for his near - death and attempts to seduce her and make her his queen . Disgusted by what her son has become , helps escape . returns to her village and tries to rally the villagers there against , but they instead offer her as a sacrifice to , who takes her to his lair . arrives to recapture her and fights , declaring that he never believed in 's ideals , and only told what he wanted to hear so he would teach him how to fight . He eventually gains the upper hand and nearly kills , but intervenes , reveals his half - heart to , and the king flees . asks to help overthrow , but the disillusioned knight refuses . 
 After meeting by chance at another village , and 's next staged dragonslaying goes poorly , and their con is exposed ( after , disgusted by their actions , unsuccessfully attempts to expose the con herself ) . While is playing dead , the villagers see him as potential meat and attempt to carve him up , but hearing their intentions makes him flee , subsequently alerting the villagers to the con . Angered , they surround , , and , now deciding to make them their meat instead . , however , rescues the three and takes them to Avalon , where they take shelter among the tombs of the Knights of the Round Table . reveals the connection between himself and , stating that he hoped giving the prince a piece of his heart would change 's nature and reunite the races of Man and Dragon . Through this action hoped to earn a place in the stars , where dragons who prove their worth go after they die . He fears that his failure will cost him his soul , and agrees to help and against . After experiencing a vision of King ( voiced by ) that reminds him of his knightly code , agrees to help , as well . 
 With and on their side , the villagers are organized into a formidable fighting force . presents with a group of dragonslayers , secretly knowing that killing will cause to die as well . The villagers are on the verge of victory against 's cavalry when strikes in the heart with an arrow . falls from the sky and is captured . realizes that he is effectively immortal as long as remains alive , and determines to keep the dragon imprisoned . attempts to kill during the night , but stops and kills her instead . 
 The rebels invade 's castle to rescue as battles . begs to kill him as it is the only way to end 's reign , but ca n't bring himself to kill his friend . charges at with a dagger , but reluctantly throws an axe into 's exposed half - heart . and both die , and 's body dissipates as his soul becomes a new star in the constellation . and go on to lead the kingdom into an era of justice and brotherhood .

Dennis Quaid, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite, Dina Meyer, Jason Isaacs, Julie Christie, (voice of) Sean Connery

The story begins on Wednesday March 22 , 1995 . ( ) arrives at the five - star Majestic Hotel where he is accidentally drenched by an overflowing fountain due to a prank by ( ) and ( ) , much to the stress and frustration of the hotel manager and the boys ' widowed father ( ) . He is disappointed with the boys but they are guaranteed a vacation afterwards , only to be forced to delay the trip for a third time by the ruthless hotel owner , ( ) , due to the upcoming Crystal Ball where one of the guests is revealed to be a critic from the Le Monde Traveller Organization who they hope will reward the Majestic with a sixth star . 
 At that moment , " Lord " ( ) a jewel thief ( who is thought to be the critic by Mrs. ) , arrives with an orangutan named , intending to steal the guests ' jewelry . and his deceased brother were both trained in thievery their entire lives . Now has been wanting to escape from 's poor treatment and life of crime ever since.[citation needed ] 
 Meanwhile , flees from and is later found by , who befriends the poor orangutan and promises to keep him safe . After realizing 's presence , calls for an animal control specialist named ( ) to remove from the hotel . searches the hotel for , and after locating him , ties up . and escape to the ballroom where the Crystal Ball is taking place , obtaining a picture of , , and from 's room . and show the picture to their dad , and is infuriated when says tied him up . and search for , avoiding and Mrs. , while and fight in the kitchen . eventually manages to stand up to Mrs. , but is fired in the process . However , it turns out that , who had been humiliated and injured by 's antics , was the critic all along . As a result , he immediately reduces the Majestic to a one - star hotel . is arrested and apologizes to , who then punches him . 
 In the end , , and relocate to Bali , to manage a Majestic hotel there , and have even managed to keep as a pet . They invite Mr. over with a complementary room and meals to make up for all the trouble he experienced and assure him that nothing will go wrong this time . However , in the last scene , causes further trouble by dropping a large coconut which lands on his head .

Jason Alexander, Faye Dunaway, Paul Reubens, Eric Lloyd, Rupert Everett, Glenn Shadix

( ) is a farm boy who arrives at an open tryout for the Santa Rosa Rockets minor league baseball team . He makes the team after blowing away the scouts with his ' rocket ' arm as well as having a strong training camp . also befriends a chimpanzee , ' , ' after being told he is his new roommate / teammate . After they move into their apartment , develops a relationship with his neighbor , . Also , Ed becomes very close with her daughter , . 's game really begins to take off as well as 's and the team becomes a league contender . 's coach , , thinks can be an MLB starter if he keeps his head on straight . But after the owners sell to make a buck , takes matters into his own hands and goes to find only to see him being tortured by a pair of goons . saves but escapes and finds a truck of Frosted Bananas and does n't realize he is stuck inside the trailer , which is ice cold . ends up in the hospital from almost freezing to death before the final game of the season and questions his own ability to continue playing without his best friend . ends up playing and struggles right off the bat . But when , and arrive at the game together , turns up the heat and the Rockets take the championship . , , and then become a family and live happily ever after .

The New York Knicks are also - rans in the NBA , their roster filled with players who either lack talent or are too distracted by off - the - court issues . Nonetheless , limousine driver and rabid fan ( ) attends every Knicks game in the nosebleed section of Madison Square Garden . 
 During halftime of a game , wins a contest to be honorary coach of the Knicks for the second half . She quickly gets on the nerves of head coach John ( ) , whom she had heckled earlier . 's popularity piques the interest of the new Knicks owner , " Wild Bill " Burgess ( ) . After he forces to quit , names the new head coach . 
 At first , she is treated with skepticism and derision . However , she understands that the Knicks have the talent to win , but the players ' individual problems have caused the team to underperform . Center , from Georgia ( sometimes referred to as a " Russian " ) , focuses only on scoring , and his lack of defensive technique leads him to frequently commit unnecessary blocking fouls . Superstar forward 's me - first approach causes him to force low percentage shots because he is unwilling to pass , and his poor attitude hurts the team 's morale - for example , he keeps referring to himself in the third person . Rookie 's occupation with being a rap star keeps him from focusing on his game , especially his free throws . Power Forward Terry ' pending divorce from his wife due to an extramarital affair in Phoenix has a negative effect on his play on the court . At a pivotal moment in practice , earns the team 's respect by taking a hard foul from in order to demonstrate proper defense to . also begins to bench in favor of veteran , who was generally considered washed up because of chronic knee injuries . experiences a late career resurgence , the Knicks begin to win , and New York City embraces the team and Eddie 's colorful personality . 
 The team 's winning streak eclipses their abysmal start , and as the season winds down , the Knicks are within reach of the playoffs . In order to qualify , they will need to beat the Charlotte Hornets , now coached by , in the last game of the season . 
 The night before the game , tells that if the Knicks win , he will sell the team to a group that intends to relocate the team to St. Louis , Missouri ( this is a veiled reference to similar move of the Los Angeles Rams to St. Louis upon her assumption of the Rams ownership in 1995 ) . A conflicted does n't show to the game until right before tip - off . 
 During the game , Hornets forward proves difficult to contain , but strong play from keeps the score close . responds by telling to foul hard in the hopes of knocking him out of the game . makes an unsuccessful attempt right before halftime : is hurt , but he is able to hit both foul shots and continue playing . In the fourth quarter blows out 's knee , forcing him out of the game . enters the game and shows a new team - first attitude , particularly on the Knicks ' last offensive possession . begins to diagram a play to get the ball for a final shot , but assistant coach instead suggests that , remembering 's tendency to force low percentage shots , will swarm him with defenders . The Knicks instead inbound to , who passes to an open teammate after three defenders come to him . The Knicks take a one - point lead with seconds left in the game . 
 Now , with the Knicks on the cusp of winning , realizes that a victory will cause the team to be relocated to St. Louis . She decides to get on the Garden 's PA system and reveal the entire plan to the world . The fans react with shock and anger , and a frustrated is forced to promise the crowd he wo n't sell the team or move them out of New York City . 
 When play resumes , the Hornets have one last chance to win . tells his team to get the ball to and have him drive the lane , expecting to commit a blocking foul . Instead , remains set in his defensive position and is called for charging , which nullifies the basket , giving the Knicks the win and the playoff berth . 
 The film ends without explaining what happens to the Knicks in the playoffs that year .

-a top U.S. Marshal for the Witness Security Protection Program ( WITSEC)- specializes in " erasing " high - profile witnesses : faking their deaths to protect them from anyone that might silence them . After erasing mob witness , is given a new assignment by his boss , Chief , to protect , a senior executive at Cyrez Corporation , a defense contractor . warned the FBI that top - level Cyrez executives covered up the creation of a top secret electromagnetic pulse rifle and plan to sell the weapon on the black market . 
 In an FBI sting operation , accesses the Cyrez mainframe and downloads data on the EM rifle onto two discs : one for the FBI and one for her own protection . Vice President , her boss , detects ’s intrusion and orders her into his office . After finding 's hidden camera and threatening her with a pistol , commits suicide in front of her . delivers the disc to the FBI but , disillusioned by their broken promise to guarantee her safety , refuses 's protection offer . The FBI 's disc is replaced with a fake by a mole working for Undersecretary of Defense , the conspiracy 's mastermind . 
 That night , 's house is attacked by a mercenary team sent by Cyrez ' corrupt CEO , . rescues and hides her in New York City , keeping her location secret even from WITSEC . learns from his mentor , Marshal , that several witnesses have been murdered because a mole in WITSEC is leaking information and they must relocate their witnesses . Along with newcomer Deputy , they raid a remote cabin and kill mercenaries holding 's witness hostage , but discreetly kills her when the mercenary leader reveals as the mole . Flying back to DC , , now suspicious of , warns to relocate . drugs long enough to trace the warning call to NYC and kill using ’s gun , framing him as the mole . explains he is the go - between for the black market buyer , and escapes from the plane to rescue from 's mercenaries ; has and branded as fugitives . 
 They enlist 's help and penetrate the Cyrez building . Using a mainframe backdoor in 's terminal , they decrypt 's second disc . It reveals that the shipment of EM rifles is at the Baltimore docks and will be delivered to Russian Mafia boss , who plans to sell the weapons overseas to terrorists . A Cyrez operative pinpoints their whereabouts and remotely destroys the disc ; kidnaps and takes her to the docks as the shipment is being loaded onto 's Russian freighter . 
 contacts his mobster cousin and his two associates to help raid the docks . They kill , his henchmen , and 's mercenaries . In a struggle atop a shipping container , holds hostage , but frees her and destroys the lock on the container crane , dropping and the container to the ground and exposing the presence of the EM rifles . rescues the critically wounded , leaving him to be detained by and the authorities and proving his and 's innocence . 
 Weeks later , brings to a hearing for , , and , who are indicted for treason . With little confidence that her testimony could secure their convictions , and publicly fake their deaths in a car explosion . In the back of a limo , congratulates on their deaths and says that they should go back into black - market business as soon as possible , but looks astonished when says that he assumed had killed them . The men are confused , then shocked as their limo stops on a train track and the driver , actually , locks the doors and exits the vehicle . calls and tells him " You 've just been erased " as they see a train heading right for them . They ca n’t escape before the train slams into the limo , killing all three . waves goodbye to and walks over to in a waiting car , telling her " they caught a train . "

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Vanessa Williams, James Caan, Robert Pastorelli, James Coburn

In 1998 , Los Angeles has become immensely crime - ridden and decadent , ultimately being directly governed and patrolled by the recently created United States Police Force . Two years later , on August 23 , 2000 , a massive earthquake strikes the city , the San Fernando Valley floods , and the Los Angeles area turns into an island from Malibu to Anaheim . A theocratic Presidential candidate declares L.A. to be sinful and punished by God . 
 When he is elected President for life , he declares that anyone not conforming to the new " Moral America " laws he creates , which ban such things as tobacco , alcoholic beverages , recreational drugs , red meat , firearms , profanity , atheism , freedom of religion and extra - marital sex , will be stripped of their citizenship and deported to Los Angeles Island unless they repent and choose death by electrocution . A containment wall is built around the island , armed guards and watchtowers are posted , and those sent to the island are exiled permanently . 
 Thirteen years later , , a Shining Path Peruvian Revolutionary , seduces the President 's daughter , , via a holographic system and brainwashes her into stealing her father 's remote control to the " Sword of Damocles " super weapon — a series of satellites capable of rendering all electronic devices anywhere on the planet useless . The President intends to use the system to destroy America 's enemies ' ability to function and eventually dominate the world . While traveling aboard Air Force Three , leaves the plane in an escape pod and lands on L.A. Island to join with . 
 With the satellites under his control , promises to take back America with the assistance of an allied invasion force of third world nations that are standing by to attack . claims that if the President tries to stop him , he will " pull the plug " on the country and black out the capital . also knows the secret world code that can knock out power for the entire planet . 
 is captured for another series of crimes and is scheduled to be exiled to Los Angeles Island . Upon his arrival for deportation , meets the President and is offered the mission of retrieving the weapon . The President says he will give him a full pardon if he is successful . The President indicates he does not care if Utopia is returned or not , declaring her a traitor . To ensure his compliance , is infected with the man - made Plutoxin 7 virus that will kill him within ten hours . If he completes the mission , will be cured . 
 Snake is given an assault rifle , a personal holographic projector , a thermal - camouflage overcoat , and a countdown clock for how long he has to live . sneaks into the city with a mini submarine that he loses when the platform it landed on crumbles , causing the sub to sink . Making his way across the island , meets " Map to the Stars " , a swindler who sells interactive tours of L.A .. 
 defeats at his staging area of The Happy Kingdom By The Sea in Anaheim and takes the remote control . leaves the island with Utopia and some other resistors in a helicopter . shoots at it with a rocket launcher just before kills him , but seeing the incoming rocket , leaps off the chopper , landing on an awning . The rocket hits the chopper and kills those in the back of the chopper but also causes a fire ; and Utopia bail out before it crashes . When the President 's men reach the crash site , Commander believes that is trying to trick the President by giving him the wrong remote and proceeds to find on Utopia another one . After checking the disc inside , Commander announces that they will take the one that Utopia unknowingly had in her possession . The President then has his men take Utopia to the electric chair despite her pleas for forgiveness . The Plutoxin 7 virus is revealed to be nothing more than a fast , hard - hitting case of the flu . The President tries using the satellites to stop a Cuban invasion force threatening Florida . Activating the remote , the President hears only 's " Map to the Stars " intro over " I Love L.A. " . 
 The President orders 's execution but previously activated his hologram projector and the that gets shot is an illusion . activates the real control device , entering the world - code and ending all technological activity on the planet , against pleas to stop . At the deportation center , Utopia expresses her surprise that shut down the Earth and thus saved her . lights a cigarette and blows out the match used to light it , uttering " Welcome to the human race . "

Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Peter Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Stacy Keach, Michelle Forbes

The emotions of an extended upper - class family in Manhattan are followed in song from NY to Paris and Venice . Various friends , lovers , acquaintances , and relatives act , interact , and sing , in the three towns . Young lovers and in Manhattan ; 's parents , and ; , an ex - husband of ; , a daughter from the marriage of and ; , a lady whom meets in Venice ; a recently released prison inmate , , who is inserted between and , resulting in their breakup .

Edward Norton, Alan Alda, Woody Allen, Goldie Hawn, Julia Roberts, Drew Barrymore, Natalie Portman, Lukas Haas, Tim Roth

In a cinema in Buenos Aires on July 26 , 1952 , a film is interrupted when news breaks of the death of , Argentina 's First Lady , at the age of 33 . As the nation goes into public mourning , , a member of the public , marvels at the spectacle and promises to show how did " nothing , for years " . The rest of the film follows ( born ) from her beginnings as an illegitimate child of a lower - class family to her rise to become First Lady and Spiritual Leader of the Nation of Argentina ; assumes many different guises throughout 's story . 
 At the age of 15 , lives in the provincial town of Junín , and longs for a better life in Buenos Aires . She persuades a tango singer , , with whom she is having an affair , to take her to the city . After leaves her , she goes through several relationships with increasingly influential men , becoming a model , actress and radio personality . She meets Colonel at a fundraiser following the 1944 San Juan earthquake . 's connection with adds to his populist image , since they are both from the working class . has a radio show during 's rise and uses all of her skills to promote him , even when the controlling administration has him jailed in an attempt to stunt his political momentum . The groundswell of support that generates forces the government to release , and he finds the people enamored of him and . wins election to the presidency and marries , who promises that the new government will serve the descamisados . 
 At the start of the government , dresses glamorously , enjoying the privileges of being the First Lady . Soon after , she embarks on what is called her " Rainbow Tour " to Europe . While there , she receives a mixed reception . The people of Spain adore her , the people of Italy call her a whore and throw things at her , and Pope gives her a small , meager gift . Upon returning to Argentina , establishes a foundation to help the poor . The film suggests the Perónists otherwise plunder the public treasury . 
 is hospitalized and learns that she has cancer . She declines the position of Vice President due to her failing health , and makes one final broadcast to the people of Argentina . She understands that her life was short because she shone like the " brightest fire " , and helps prepare to go on without her . A large crowd surrounds the Casa Rosada in a candlelight vigil praying for her recovery when the light of her room goes out , signifying her death . At 's funeral , is seen at her coffin , marveling at the influence of her brief life . He walks up to her glass coffin , kisses it , and joins the crowd of passing mourners .

Lieutenant Colonel leads an unsuccessful Special Forces raid on a Chechen mafia safe house in Italy to recover a stolen Soviet nerve agent , DZ-5 . Shortly after , Oceanic Airlines Flight 343 leaves Athens , Greece , bound for Washington , with U.S. Senator onboard . , lieutenant of the imprisoned terrorist leader , and his men hijack the flight , demanding 's release . 
 Dr. , a United States Naval Academy graduate and now a consultant for the U.S. Army 's intelligence community , and DARPA engineer join a team led by to intercept the plane . After listening to 's demands , disbelieves that wants released . Instead , he thinks engineered 's capture and plans to use the plane to detonate a bomb loaded with the DZ-5 gas over U.S. airspace in a suicide mission . The Pentagon authorizes a mid - air transfer of an Army special operations team onto the hijacked airliner using an experimental version of the F-117 stealth aircraft . 
 The boarding is only partially successful . When a commando , " Cappy , " is seriously injured with a broken neck , boards to assist . The Oceanic Airlines 747 pulls up , though , putting too much stress on the boarding sleeve . Unable to board , sacrifices himself by closing the 747 's hatch before the stealth craft is torn off and crashes . The survivors enter the 747 's lower deck , but with half their equipment and no communication , leaving the Pentagon unaware of their survival . With limited options , the commandos search for the supposed bomb . makes contact with a flight attendant , , and recruits her despite 's suspicions . 
 U.S. officials release to resolve the situation . Meanwhile , the team locates the bomb , and despite his injuries guides in disarming it . The remaining team readies to take control of the aircraft , when discovers that the bomb 's arming device has an additional , remote - controlled trigger . calls from a private jet , telling him he is free and on his way to Algeria , but abruptly ends the call . and the others realize 's men do n't know about the bomb and his true intentions , which means that one of the passengers is a sleeper agent and the trigger man for the bomb . also shoots one of his men dead after he rebukes him . 
 spots a man with an electronic device and informs . is called to speak to the President of the United States , only to realize he is to be sacrificed as a warning that is serious , and is shot by . Meanwhile , the soldiers use the plane 's taillights via Morse code to signal escorting U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat jets that they are on board . 
 and enter the passenger cabin and take the suspected individual by surprise , but he turns out to be the wrong target . spots the real sleeper : , the man who built the bomb . attempts to fire at , but is shot by an onboard federal air marshal , and the commandos storm the cabin , where a firefight ensues . Stray bullets break passenger windows , causing explosive decompression which blows several passengers and out of the plane . The subordinate terrorists are killed during the exchange , the bomb is disarmed , and the plane regains its stability . In a last act of desperation , a seriously wounded shoots at the cockpit and surrounding area ( killing both pilots , hoping the plane will crash ) before wounded commando " " kills him . 
 assumes control of the 747 and attempts to land it at Washington Dulles International Airport despite his limited piloting experience . He misses the approach , forcing him to go around . As the plane begins to climb , recognizes the area surrounding Frederick Field , where he normally practices flying . Deciding to land the 747 there , with 's assistance makes a sloppy but safe landing into a sand berm at the runway 's overrun area , where emergency workers are able to safely evacuate the passengers . 
 The film concludes with being saluted by and the team for his leadership . He is then summoned by the Pentagon and invites to accompany him .

Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt, Joe Morton, David Suchet, Steven Seagal

Dr. ( ) is a New York emergency room doctor who one night comes across a strange patient : a homeless man who has a wristband from a hospital he 's not familiar with , mentioning a drug he 's never heard of , and with strange symptoms , including a wildly fluctuating heart rate . When the man dies , attempts to follow up and find out more about the patient - only to find that the body and all records have disappeared , and he 's told by his superiors to drop the case . 
 As he continues trying to find out what happened , 's personal and professional life get suddenly sidetracked . His home is ransacked and cocaine is planted near his bedside . The police arrest him and he is convicted and in the process he loses his job , his license to practice medicine and all of his friends . In desperation , he manages to get the help of some homeless men who lead him to their underground home . His ER patient who died also had lived there . Through them he 's led to an organization , led by neurosurgeon Dr. ( ) , that performs spinal experiments on the homeless people , all of whom have died thus far , in an attempt to find a cure for paralysis . 
 attempts to sway to join his team , telling him that his “ test subjects ” are heroes , and that killing one to save millions is worth the sacrifice . admits that while there is some truth in what says , ’s victims did not choose to give up their lives , which makes a murderer . is accidentally shot and killed by rogue FBI Agent ( ) . Later , ’s widow hands the discs and documentation regarding the research to telling him " my husband was trying to do a good thing , but in the wrong way " . He opens the package , views the materials and proceeds towards the neurology building where he is now working .

is happily married to and has two daughters , 17 - year - old ( from 's previous marriage ) and six - year - old . She lives in a lovely two story home in Pacific Palisades , California and has a good job in a museum . 
 's perfect world is suddenly shattered when is violently raped and murdered while listens helplessly on the phone from her car . Detective Sergeant assures there is enough DNA evidence to find and convict the killer . He encourages the to seek counseling . 
 At a support group , they meet people in similar circumstances , including and , and . During the meeting , overhears talking to about something which alarms . 
 The DNA tests reveal the killer , , a delivery man with a criminal record . At the trial it is clear is guilty , but because the defense did not receive a sample of the DNA evidence , the judge dismisses the case . and are dumbstruck as walks free . When launches an antagonizing apology at it causes to snap and furiously attack , but is overpowered by guards and walks out unharmed . 
 is desperate to return to a normal life , but can not stop thinking of . She finds the apartment where he lives , then keeps detailed records of his movements , stalking him . After observing urinate on a customer 's lawn after a delivery she goes to — but he tells her there 's no evidence of intent . attempts to warn the delivery customer , but the woman only speaks Spanish and does not understand her . 
 later learns that the murderer of the son of a member of her support group has been killed in a drive - by shooting , just days after being released from prison . , also in the self - help group , tells the best way to get over her grief is to focus on the good times with her living daughter — and realizes she has been so fixated on that has been deprived of her attention . Meanwhile , has gone to 's school and struck up a conversation with the girl during recess . When comes to pick up , deliberately intimidates her . 
 Worried for ’s safety , 's sanity is on the rocks and remembers what happened to the killer of her friend 's son and approaches , who admits the drive - by shooting was set up by him and . demands their help and they agree to find a weapon , train her , and plan the murder , but tell her she has to carry it out . agrees and they begin plotting . She also joins a self - defense class which helps her gain more confidence , helps rekindle her sex life with , and improves her relationship with . feels encouraged . Although doubts is capable of murder , gives her a gun . 
 The next day , reveals that she is really an undercover FBI Agent investigating vigilante activity . warns not to kill . calls to tell him she can not go through with it . However , she soon changes her mind when she learns that the Hispanic customer she tried to warn about has been raped and murdered just as had been . is so furious she accuses of not finding enough evidence , letting go free . Hearing has again gotten off on a technicality bolsters her resolve . decides that the only way to avenge her daughter 's murder and save her family from is to kill him . 
 She sets a trap to lure into her home , so that she can say killing him was self - defense . It works . She shoots dead and calls the police . arrives and tells that he knows the truth and that she has n't fooled him , to which she replies , " Prove it . " He decides to tell his colleague that it was a " clear case of self - defense " . When her husband arrives , he sits beside her , holding her hand , knowing what she has done .

Sally Field, Kiefer Sutherland, Ed Harris, Joe Mantegna, Beverly D'Angelo

In the winter of 1987 , , the sales manager at an Oldsmobile dealership in Minneapolis , is desperate for money . He floated a $ 320,000 GMAC loan and collateralized it with nonexistent dealership vehicles and is unable to pay back the loan . On the advice of dealership mechanic and paroled ex - convict , travels to Fargo , North Dakota and hires small - time cons and to kidnap his wife , , and extort a ransom from his wealthy father - in - law and boss , , in return for a new car and half of the $ 80,000 ransom . 
 pitches a lucrative real estate deal , and he agrees to front $ 750,000 . considers calling off the kidnapping , but learns that plans to make the deal himself , giving a finder 's fee . At 's home , and carry out the kidnapping . As they transport to their remote cabin on Moose Lake , a state trooper pulls them over outside Brainerd for driving without temporary tags . When the trooper hears a sound from the back seat , kills him , then chases down two eyewitnesses and shoots them . 
 The following morning , Brainerd police chief discovers that the dead trooper was ticketing a car with dealership plates . Later , two men driving a dealership vehicle checked into the nearby Blue Ox Motel with two call girls , then placed a call to . After questioning the prostitutes , she drives to 's dealership , where feigns ignorance and insists no cars are missing . While in Minneapolis , reconnects with , an old classmate . awkwardly and aggressively tries to romance , before breaking down , saying his wife has died . 
 informs that the kidnappers have demanded $ 1 million , and will deal only through him . Meanwhile , , in light of the complication of three murders , demands that hand over the entire $ 80,000 . GMAC gives 24 hours to prove the existence of the vehicles or return the loan . 
 is beaten by a furious for bringing him under suspicion . orders to deliver the ransom immediately . insists on making the money drop himself . At the drop point in a Minneapolis parking garage , he tells he will not hand over the money without seeing . An enraged shoots and kills , but not before shoots in the face . After fleeing the scene , is astounded to discover that the briefcase contains $ 1 million . He removes $ 80,000 to split with Gaear , then buries the rest alongside the highway . At the cabin , has killed ; says they must split up and leave the state immediately . and get into a heated argument over who will keep the dealership car with using his injury as justification . In response , kills with an axe . 
 learns that 's dead wife is neither dead nor his wife . Reflecting on 's convincing lies , returns to 's dealership . continues to insist that he is not missing any cars . asks him to check the inventory , then spots him fleeing the dealership , and calls the State Police . The next morning , she drives to Moose Lake on a tip from a local bar owner who reported a " funny - looking guy " bragging about killing someone . Outside a cabin , she finds the dealership car ; nearby , is feeding 's dismembered body into a woodchipper . shoots him in the leg as he tries to flee , and arrests him . North Dakota police arrest at a motel outside Bismarck . 
 's husband , whose mallard painting has been selected for a 3 - cent postage stamp , complains that his friend 's painting will be on the first class stamp . reassures that lots of people use 3 - cent stamps ; the two happily anticipate the birth of their child in two months .

Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi, Peter Stormare, Harve Presnell

( ) is a former stripper marrying ( ) to repay a debt owed to nightclub owner ( ) . When meets ( ) , 's brother , they instantly fall in love . and decide to run off together , eventually staying in a motel . After realizing that they do not have any money , and decide to go back and steal some of 's money . catches in the act and they have a fight . After escaping , returns to the motel , unaware that has been following him . After passes out due to the fight , ends up shooting in the stomach in 's car , and tries to frame the killing on by returning 's body to the motel room along with the murder weapon . 
 The next morning , awakens having no memory of anything that happened after his fight with . Seeing 's body in the room along with the gun , he briefly thinks that maybe he killed . After being tipped off by , the police arrive but hastily avoids being caught . He drives 's body to a remote area in the woods to lay her to rest . All the while , has been watching these events from afar , hoping to see his brother arrested . 
 now calls a friend , Detective ( ) , who promptly arrests . The three of them , along with 's partner ( ) , drive to the area where supposedly 's body is . However upon arrival is nowhere to be found . Angered at for wasting his time , , along with , drive off , leaving the brothers by the side of the road . 
 and return home . They receive a phone call from the manager of the motel ( ) , who , based on seeing carrying 's body INTO the motel room and carrying the body OUT OF the motel room , wants $ 50,000 to keep quiet . now realizes that was setting him up for 's murder . After another fight , they come up with a plan : will go to the motel to talk to the manager while will see , hoping for a loan . 
 At this point , has learned that 's been stealing money from him for the past year . ends up shooting and killing after a brief skirmish and collects the $ 50,000 from a safe . meets with the motel manager but sees 's necklace on the floor of the manager 's apartment . Confused and angry , throws the manager outside and threatens to kill him . Suddenly out of nowhere , an alive walks towards them , calling out ' name . faints . When he revives , she shows her bullet wound and tells him that 's a bad shot . Also , someone picked her up from the side of the road where he had left her body . 
 The next morning calls and tells him he got the money . However , after seeing alive from a nearby diner , he confronts and in the manager 's apartment . ends up getting shot when and try to defend themselves . enters the hotel room and suffocates by holding his hand against his mouth . It turns out that Freddie had called after being rescued and used him to help her get the $ 50,000 . A betrayed and wounded is left helpless . 
 Some time later , is arrested in his underwear inside a hotel . had tipped off the cops and left with the money . and have since had a falling out , however remembers 's dream : that she wants to live in Las Vegas and be a dancer . He hitchhikes there and finds her living her dream . When he finds her she says , with a smile : " what took you f***ing so long ? " They embrace each other .

Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dan Aykroyd, Courtney Love, Tuesday Weld, Delroy Lindo

( ) is a Secret Service agent assigned by his superior ( ) to protect President 's ( ) rebellious 13 - year - old son ( ) after 's behavior causes another agent ( ) to be replaced for mistreating in front of media cameras . 
 is later fired because of this mistreatment and for failing his physical . sees this assignment as undesirable , but a possible stepping stone to protecting the President . He fails to connect with the boy at first , and continues to misbehave , including an incident where he releases his pet snake Poison into a White House party . 
 After seeing get beat up by the school bully ( ) , his parents punished him for the fight , even though he did n't start the fight . Because of the re - election , they ca n't risk going out of public for a month while his parents are in Africa . feels sorry for him - he had felt alone as a teenager , too ( losing his father in Vietnam while his mother worked many jobs to financially support him ) - and they become friends . , a former Harlem Globetrotter , agrees to sneak out against the wishes of the chief of security ( ) and teach him how to fight . 
 Meanwhile , agonizes over asking the cutest girl , , to the school dance , which he finally does successfully with 's help . On the night of the dance , a backpack is left outside of the White House and is not allowed to go due to the security risk , even though his parents gave him permission . pities him and , breaking the rules again , he takes him to the dance . There , tries to attack again while is distracted , but this time puts him down . 
 After that , Secret Service agents bust the school dance and retrieve . is fired and not allowed to speak with , who is crushed that his friend has apparently " abandoned " him . , under house arrest and with a homing device attached to him , receives advice from an online friend , , on how to escape the White House and meet him at a local mall . agrees , but it is revealed that was in fact former agent , who abducts him . When goes missing , is given another chance to protect him . With the help of his friend ( who owns a spy shop ) , he quickly tracks to the mall . 
 In a standoff , says he was originally planning on returning to the President so he could be a hero and get his job back , but now he wants to kill him instead . He blames for making him lose his job , and even his wife . tries to shoot , but he takes cover and once is out of bullets , brings him down with a right uppercut . As other agents arrive , tries to shoot with a back - up revolver but jumps in front of , causing him to take the intended bullet in his arm . is also shot , subdued , and arrested by other arriving Secret Service agents for abduction , assault , and attempted murder . 
 In the final scene of the film , is offered Presidential duty which he declines in order to stay with full time , so he can also spend more time 's biology teacher , with whom he has formed a romantic relationship with . is relieved of his last punishment , and while playing street hockey with friends , hits in in the forehead with the puck , resulting a chase - off between and .

( ) and ( ) are two convicts who end up shackled together due to fighting while on work detail . Another prisoner , , who incited the fight , steals a gun from an officer and wipes out half of the officers . and escape and soon the Attorney General 's office has U.S. Marshal ( ) on the case . 
 Informed of the escape , local cop ( ) starts getting suspicious of the feds ' interest in Dodge , whom had earlier arrested . finds that Dodge has a hidden computer disk that contains information that could be very damaging to Cuban crime boss ( ) . 
 , who turns out to be a cop on the case , and Dodge must stay out of the clutches of 's hit man ( ) , and corrupt federal agents who want to retrieve the disk .

and his wife , , live in New York , near 's neurotic , Jewish , adoptive parents , and . and have just had their first child , and wo n't decide on a name for their son until he can discover the identity of his biological parents . After an adoption agency employee locates his biological mother 's name in a database , decides to meet her personally . 
 , the sexy but highly incompetent adoption agency employee , decides to accompany , , and the newborn on a trip to San Diego to meet 's biological mother . The trip , of course , does not go as planned , and ends up becoming a tour of the United States . 
 First , is introduced to , a blond Scandinavian woman with Confederate roots whose twin daughters are at least six inches taller than . They quickly realize that is not 's biological mother , and scrambles to get the correct information from the agency database . Meanwhile , becomes jealous as and begin to flirt . 
 Next , the group heads to Battle Creek , Michigan with the hope of meeting the man whose name appears as the person who delivered infant to the adoption agency . The man , , turns out to be a trucker with a violent streak . However , when he discovers that might be his son , he becomes instantly friendly and lets drive his semi - trailer truck , which immediately crashes into a Post Office building . 
 This leads to a run - in with two ATF agents , and , who are gay and in a relationship with each other . It is discovered that and went to high school together . Charges are dismissed , and tells that he is not 's father , but only handled 's adoption because 's biological parents were indisposed . locates the current address of 's biological parents , which turns out to be in rural New Mexico . and surprise everyone by deciding to tag along on the trip . 
 While and become close , finds herself flirting with , who returns the compliment , causing friction . The trip through rural New Mexico is fraught with more problems . At last the whole crowd descends on the front porch of 's true biological parents , and . They are asked to stay the night . While and are more than welcoming , 's biological brother is overly rude and jealous . It is during dinner that discovers that and had to let be adopted because they were in jail for making and distributing LSD in the late 1960s . Not only that , but and continue to manufacture LSD , as becomes apparent when , in an attempt to dose with acid at dinner , accidentally doses , the ATF agent . 
 In his drugged state tries to arrest and but knocks him out with a frying pan . They attempt to escape and decide to take 's car , hiding their supply of acid in the trunk . 's adoptive parents arrive but then change their minds and decide to leave , taking the wrong car . When they change their minds again and make a blind U - turn , the two families crash . 's adoptive parents are arrested while his biological parents escape to Mexico . 
 Not realizing what has happened recounts the stories from dinner to and they agree to name the baby . The next day explains the situation and is able to get 's parents released , and they are happy and reassured to hear call them his parents . A montage of their relationships continues over the credits . They all still have their troubles but and are happy together .

Ben Stiller, Téa Leoni, Patricia Arquette, Alan Alda, Mary Tyler Moore, George Segal, Lily Tomlin

After her mother dies in a car accident , 13 - year - old ( ) is brought from New Zealand to Ontario , Canada , by her estranged father ( ) , a sculptor and inventor , to live with him and his girlfriend ( ) . 
 When a construction crew destroys a small wilderness area near the home , finds a nest of goose eggs . Without , , or her uncle ( ) knowing , she takes the eggs and keeps them in a dresser in her father ’s old barn to incubate . When the eggs have hatched , she is allowed to keep the goslings as pets . asks for help from local game warden ( ) on how to care for the geese . comes over to the house , and explains that the geese have imprinted on as their mother . He explains that geese learn everything from their parents including migratory routes , but also warns that all domestic geese must have their wings pinioned ( clipped ) to render them flightless , which upsets . throws off his property , only for to threaten the that if the birds start flying , he will have to confiscate them . 
 decides to use an ultralight aircraft to teach the birds to fly and show them their migratory routes , but quickly realizes the birds will only follow Amy . Aided by his friend ( ) , teaches how to fly an ultralight aircraft of her own , so she can teach the geese . mentions knowing someone running a bird sanctuary in North Carolina , and arranges for the geese to go to the sanctuary . The birds have to arrive before November 1 , or the sanctuary will be torn down by developers who plan to turn it into a coastal housing development . 
 and practice flying the aircraft , but , the weakest of the geese , who has a limp , accidentally hits the front of ’s aircraft and lands in an isolated forest . While the group goes off to search for the bird , returns to the farm and confiscates the other geese . The next day , an elaborate plan is staged to free the geese and start their migration to North Carolina . 
 Making an emergency landing at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station in western New York on the south shore of Lake Ontario , and almost get arrested . They become national news , with residents cheering them on and offering the two a place to stay at night at each of their stops . Thirty miles before reaching the bird sanctuary , ’s aircraft suffers a structural failure and crashes in a cornfield ; he tells to finish the journey by herself . After takes off and begins to head toward the sanctuary , hitchhikes to the bird sanctuary . While waiting for the geese , , , , and many animal enthusiasts stand up to developers who are waiting to start the excavation of the site . 
 eventually appears with the geese , much to the joy of the townspeople and ’s family , but to the dismay of the developers . The townspeople and the celebrate their victory . The following spring , all 16 geese safely return to the ' farm on their own .

is a poor , illiterate , though not ignorant , teenage girl living south of Los Angeles . Her mother , , is arrested in a prostitution sting and her stepfather , , is taken into custody on drug and child abuse charges . Social worker Mrs. comes to take away , but handcuffs her ankle to a bed and runs away . She takes her parents ' run - down car and plans to go to her grandmother in Stockton . Along the way , stops to see her boyfriend , a local gang member , to tell him about her trip and he gives her a gun to sell upon arriving at her destination . Minutes after leaves , is killed in a drive - by shooting by rival gang members . Later , , a counselor at a school for boys with emotional trouble , picks her up after her car breaks down and offers to take her as far as Los Angeles where he is headed . 
 Over the long drive , comes to trust , and confesses to him the details of her painfully dysfunctional life , including being sexually abused by her stepfather . At one point , shows a photo she keeps in her wallet of her biological father . That evening , reveals he is a serial killer of young girls – known in the press as the " I-5 Killer " . He tries to kill when she refuses to give in to him . The tables are turned , however , as eventually pulls out her gun and shoots him several times before escaping . She goes to a local restaurant where her blood - stained appearance attracts attention from the patrons and staff . 
 After leaving the restaurant , is quickly arrested and questioned by two police detectives , and , who write her off as a carjacker , even though she insists had tried to kill her and had told her about his other murders . 
 has survived , but the bullet wounds have left him severely handicapped and disfigured . is put on trial , with everyone believing that is the innocent victim he claims to be since he has no criminal record , while has a long record and is a veteran of juvenile homes . goes to prison , while and his socialite wife , who knows nothing of his crimes , are treated like heroes . 
 Scared at first , eventually makes friends in prison , including a heroin - addicted lesbian named and a brutal Hispanic gang leader named . Undaunted , plots to escape and continue her journey to visit her grandmother . Remembering what her stepfather taught her about life in prison , constructs a crude knife from a toothbrush as a weapon . The following evening , and are being transferred to a new maximum security prison . En route , and subdue and escape from the prison guards assigned to escort them , with killing one . After their escape , and part ways as goes off to be reunited with her gang , and continues her journey to her grandmother 's house . 
 Meanwhile , detectives and re - examine evidence found at the scene of 's shooting and begin to suspect that was telling the truth . They then search 's home , where they find violent child pornography in the locked shed adjacent to the house . Confronted at last with what her husband really is , commits suicide . Arriving home at just that moment to find police cars outside his house , panics and flees to 's grandmother 's house . He finds the address to the grandmother 's trailer park written on the back of a photograph had on her . 
 Posing as a prostitute , steals a car from a prospective john and drives to her grandmother 's house . finds in bed wearing her grandmother 's nightgown and nightcap with the covers pulled up to his nose . reveals himself and sees her grandmother 's body on the floor . A struggle ensues , culminating in strangling . Detectives and arrive and approach the trailer with their guns drawn when they hear the commotion inside . eventually exits the trailer exhausted after her struggle and the detectives enter to find and 's grandmother both dead . Outside , sits in a chair , near her breaking point , when she looks up and asks the detectives if they have a cigarette . They smile and responds in kind .

Fugitive bank robbers and hold up and destroy a liquor store , killing the clerk and a Texas ranger . At the motel room where they are hiding out , returns to find has raped and murdered a bank clerk they had taken hostage . 
 , a pastor experiencing a crisis of faith , is on vacation with his teenage children and in their RV . They stop at the motel and are kidnapped by the , who force the to smuggle them over the Mexican border . In Mexico , they arrive at the Titty Twister , a strip club in the desert , where the will be met by their contact , , at dawn . will escort them to sanctuary at " El Rey , " a place of safety for fugitives from justice whose admission fee is 30 percent of everything they have . 
 The bar employees reveal themselves as vampires and kill most of the patrons . is bitten by a stripper and dies ; only , , , , a biker named , and , a Vietnam veteran , survive . The others are reborn as vampires , including , forcing the survivors to kill them all . When an army of vampires assembles outside , the survivors lock themselves in , but is bitten , becomes a vampire , and bites and . throws through the door , allowing the vampires to enter . 
 and the escape to a storeroom and fashion weapons from truck cargo the vampires have looted from past victims , including a stake mounted on a pneumatic drill , a crossbow , a shotgun , and holy water , which requires to recover his faith to bless . , knowing he will soon become a vampire , makes and promise to kill him when he changes . 
 The group make their final assault on the undead . becomes a vampire , but hesitates to kill him , allowing to bite him . hits with holy water and shoots him . is overwhelmed by vampires , who begin to devour him ; he begs for death , and shoots him . As vampires surround and , streams of morning light enter through bullet holes in the building , making the vampires back away . 's bodyguards blast the door open , letting in the sunlight and killing the vampires . 
 chastises for his poor choice of meeting place and negotiates a smaller tribute for his admission to El Rey . asks if she can go with him to El Rey , but he refuses , leaving her with some cash . drives away in the RV , leaving the Titty Twister — in fact the top of a partially buried Aztec temple — behind .

George Clooney, Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Keitel, Juliette Lewis, Salma Hayek, Fred Williamson, Cheech Marin

Rebellious teenager ( ) finds herself in trouble after her mutant " fireworks " power manifests itself at a local arcade . She is rescued from her predicament by ( ) and ( ) , the headmasters of Xavier 's School for Gifted Youngsters . They recruit " " and offer her sanctuary at the school , a place where mutants learn to control their powers . The trio then picks up teenager ( ) and proceed to the school where and are introduced to their fellow students ; ( ) , ( ) , ( ) and ( ) . At the school the students are taught not only to cope with their mutant powers but also with a world that fears and hates them . The students are warned not to leave the school grounds lest they come into conflict with the " townies " from the local area . 
 In addition to coping with their new abilities , and find their dreams haunted by ( ) , a mad scientist obsessed with the power of dreams . once worked with as a researcher on a project to develop a " dream machine " to access the dream dimension but he was fired from the team when discovered his unethical behavior . believes that material extracted from mutants ' brains will allow him to develop his own psychic abilities . Although is able to resist somewhat , finds himself drawn to and his promises , and unknowingly falls victim to the scientist . Instructors and soon find themselves leading the novice team against an enhanced in order to rescue the enthralled - a conflict which sees the youngsters pull together as a team and leaves a catatonic trapped in the " dream dimension " . 
 The following is a prologue quote that appeared at the beginning of the movie , which was later emulated in the X - Men theatrical films with similar defining quotes on mutation and evolution , respectively , albeit in voice - over rather than on - screen text :

Fifteen disparate African American men board a bus in Los Angeles bound for Washington , D.C. , where they plan on attending the Million Man March . Other than their race , destination , and gender , the men have nothing in common : is the trip organizer ; is an aspiring filmmaker hoping to make a documentary of the March ; is the vain but charismatic and openly homophobic and sexist actor ; and are a homosexual couple ; , a biracial police officer ; is a former gang banger turned devout Muslim who has evaded prosecution for the murders he committed ; , is a petty criminal who has been permitted to break probation to attend the march on the condition that he remain handcuffed to his father , . 
 As the bus travels across country , conducts interviews with the various attendees , allowing them to express their views on race , religion , and politics . The interviews often provoke outbursts from other men on the bus , invariably leading to many political confrontations . , the eldest member of the group , is an 80 - year - old former alcoholic who lost his job and family , has found new meaning in life and is energized by the Million Man March , and embraces his African heritage ; his philosophies on the black experience and stories of precolonial Africa serve to unite the men and ease tensions and the infighting among them . 
 En route the bus breaks down and the men are forced to board another bus , driven by an ethnically Jewish white man named . A couple of the passengers harass as a white man , and ultimately refuses to drive any further , citing the group 's prejudice and his opposition to antisemitic remarks made by the leader of the march , . , himself a bus driver , accuses of cultural racism , but begrudgingly agrees to cover for who leaves . takes over driving for the remainder of the trip , with help from . 
 As the bus passes through the American south , the men are greeted hospitably by several white southerners at various restaurants and rest stops . At one stop , the men pick up , a wealthy African American Lexus salesman who sees attending the march as a way to make business connections . After , a self - proclaimed conservative Republican makes disparaging remarks about who he sees as lazy and stupid African Americans — while getting some agreement from , ultimately is too insulting and just wants to make money off the march , and the rest of the men forcibly toss him out of the bus . 
 In Knoxville , Tennessee , the bus is pulled over by a pair of racist state troopers , who accuse the men of using the bus to smuggle drugs . The bus and its passengers are checked by a drug - sniffing police dog , turning up no evidence of drugs ; the troopers then condescendingly allow the bus to resume its journey . 
 As the bus nears Washington , passes out and is rushed to a hospital . The doctors there discover that is suffering from advanced coronary artery disease , which made the stress of the trip potentially deadly for him . and , , , and opt to stay with at the hospital and watch the march on television while the rest of the men leave in the bus to attend . Shortly after they leave , dies . The rest of the group returns to the hospital , saying that , to stay true to the spirit of the March , they chose not to attend the march but to return and be with . 
 As the bus prepares to return to Los Angeles , the men find a prayer that wrote with the intention of praying it when the bus arrived at Washington , D.C. The men drive to the Lincoln Memorial , where leads the men in 's prayer , and the film ends with 's handcuffs left at the memorial .

was a black civil rights activist in Mississippi who was murdered by an assassin on June 12 , 1963 . It was suspected that , a white supremacist , was the murderer . He had been tried twice and both trials ended in hung juries . In 1989 , ' widow , who had been trying to bring to justice for over 25 years , believed she had what it takes to bring him to trial again . Although most of the evidence from the old trial had disappeared , , an assistant District Attorney , decided to help her despite being warned that it might hurt his political aspirations and despite the strain that it caused in his marriage . becomes primarily involved with bringing to trial for the third time 30 years later . In 1994 , was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment , giving justice to the family of .

( ) is a young and timid African American woman living in New York , who has dreams of becoming a successful actress . With the help of her agent ( ) , she is given a chance to audition with ( himself ) . reveals that this is a big blockbuster groundbreaking film , and it is " the greatest romantic , African - American film ever made . " 
 who at first seems to be doing quite well with her audition , becomes uncomfortable when asks her to undress herself . under the impression that the film was n't related to that type of nature , becomes very apprehensive and defiant , and contemplates leaving . After assistant tells her that she is wasting their time and they have other people to consider and that she needs to make a choice , she reluctantly does decide to partially undress herself revealing her breasts . However becoming quickly overwhelmed with guilt , storms out of the audition . 
 After finding out she walked out of the audition , becomes furious . Having worked hard to get her audition with such a prestigious director , he quickly and angrily drops her from his roster of clients . Her melodramatic acting coach ( ) , is also extremely displeased at her lack of compassion to her acting art , and attitude towards the entertainment industry . When tells her she felt uncomfortable by being asked to undress herself , the acting coach still does not see any reason why should have walked out , and that she should have just complied with what they told her to do . This , topped with the fact that her acting coach is concerned as to why is not paying her for her services , due to the fact is currently having financial issues . She drops from her roster of clients as well . 
 Now unable to secure acting work and pursue her dream , must find a way to make ends meet . She tries a number of jobs , which include passing out fliers on the street for technology classes and seminars , becoming a cocktail waitress at a nightclub , and working as a background extra actor being treated unfairly in harsh conditions for local productions . 
 One night whilst is reading the newspaper returning home from her part - time job at the nightclub on a crowded subway , she skims through the circulars and classifieds , and sees a want - ad that says , " friendly phone line " , as well as , " mo money , mo money , mo money " . In a sly way , she decides to fake cough and rip that advertisement out of the paper to cover her mouth , to make it seem like she was using the newspaper as a tissue and puts it in her purse , to not draw embarrassment for herself . 
 The advertisement is for a call center , which specializes in customer service and phone sex . To which is inquiring to be a phone sex operator . meets her new boss , , ( ) who seems to be an assertive but friendly woman . interviews for the position , and the both of them click . However , Lil frankly tells her she has other prospects , and that she can not make her any promises , but she really made a good impression with her . then attends interviews with other phone sex companies , including one run by a stripper ( ) , who explains to her that unlike other phone sex companies that would have her working in a building , she would be able to work in the privacy of her own home , and have fewer to no restrictions on her . She would however have to have her own private telephone line , which currently does not have . She still decides to keep this opportunity in mind for future reference . 
 Ultimately , is hired by to work as a phone sex operator at the call center . During orientation and training with other newly hired phone sex operators , she is now dubbed " Girl 6 " , and told by that despite the fact most of the girls on the team are African - American , unless requested otherwise by the caller himself , they should always give the impression they are Caucasian . very quickly learns the ropes , and becomes comfortable with her new job , and fits right in . 
 's cousin and best friend ( ) , who lives in the same complex as her , and is obsessed with sports memorabilia and collecting , is very adverse to working as a phone sex operator , and finds it very perverse and strange , and warns her about the dangers of doing something like that . also occasionally while out running errands sees her kleptomaniac ex - boyfriend ( ) , to which she explains to him she is putting her aspiring acting career on hold , and is now a phone sex operator . He seems to be supportive of her with that . 
 The effects from working at the phone sex company , is who was once an innocent girl , is now becoming more sexually bold in her attitude and personality . This shows as starts to develop a crush on a man named " " ( ) , who on a daily basis calls the phone sex company and strictly asks for her . To which adapts the nickname " " , especially for him . Unlike the other callers who want a sexual fantasy or thrill , " " simply associates in friendly conversation with her . begins to experience positive imagery and empathy of him , although what could be false and incorrect assumptions and lies to which " " explains to her . 
 becomes very close with " " , and after " " who explains that he 's originally from Arizona , says he 's currently in town and not far from her , and they agree to meet up at Coney Island amusement park , during her lunch break . waits for , but he never arrives , and a depressed returns to work . 
 Upon returning to work at the phone sex company , immediately and strangely receives a call request , and it 's a very frightening and obscene man disrespecting her ( ) . who was monitoring her call disconnects him , and bans him from calling . She reminds her that she is being far too nice to the men that call in , and that she needs to be more stern and careful . The man however oddly connects back to 's phone , and disrespects her more . 
 As time goes on , suddenly is now becoming very angry and bitter , and it is visible to everybody , especially , that is having a breakdown . temporarily fires from the company , and tells her to take care of herself , and that 's she is free to return after that . however quickly goes back to the original offer the woman who worked at the strip club gave her , and is able to now get a private line , and decides to become a private phone sex operator in her home . also becomes to be more sexually aroused and comfortable from the callers in her private line . 
 One night while taking calls from her private line , she goes into a very explicit and perverse S&M and snuff related conversation . soon realizes that she is talking to the same exact man that called her incidentally and immediately after " stood her up at Coney Island . The man is even more disrespectful than he was before , and saying very rude things to her . Due to the graphic nature of the conversation , it later turns out the man is possibly a serial killer , and gives very graphic sexual and homicidal details as to what turns him on . disconnects the call , but despite that , the man continually calls back , even though she is ignoring him and disconnecting the numbers he is calling from . eventually gives in , to which she tells him to leave her alone . The man then shockingly reveals that he knows exactly where she lives , and says her exact location . scared and irate , finally snaps at him , to which the caller is satisfied at her anger and is pleased by it . 
 Immediately after that , out of fear runs to 's house and asks if she could stay with him , to which he allows her to . She decides that it is time to leave the phone sex career behind and move to Los Angeles , for her acting career . Before leaving , she makes amends with her ex - boyfriend . 
 Now living in Los Angeles and continuing her dream to become an actress , attends another audition with a director ( ) which parallels and is almost an identical to her experience with . She decides to leave the audition , however this time , has a different approach , and happily walks down the Hollywood Walk of Fame . has reclaimed her dignity .

The film starts In 1973 in New York , and ends in 1992 , with 's imprisonment . 's association with three mobsters is also highlighted in the film : a father - son like relationship with family underboss , his deep but rocky friendship with crew member and longtime friend , and the respect and ultimate frustration that he felt for the man who became his underboss , . The film details 's rise within the Gambino crime family and his ranks from soldier , then captain ( or capo ) , and finally , boss . The final title was achieved through the dramatic murder in public of Gambino family boss in 1985 . Following the murder of , the film concentrates on the legal trials of : one for assault and two for racketeering under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations ( RICO ) statutes . 's famous personality , trial acquittals , and media attention are all dramatized . The film ends with 's conviction and sentencing to life imprisonment at Marion Federal Penitentiary in Marion , Illinois , because turns state 's evidence and agrees to testify against . The film is primarily based on the columns of reporter , who also wrote the novel that documented 's rise and fall inside the Gambino crime family , and served as executive producer of the film which was based on his novel .

The film opens in the year 1958 where ( ) is a steel heiress living in Chestnut Hill , Philadelphia , who wants to be a singer and enters a talent contest . The story begins with a conversation between herself and her mother ( ) with regard to what she will sing and what she will wear . At her mother 's insistence , she reluctantly makes a plan to sing " You 'll Never Walk Alone . " is even less thrilled about her mother 's choice of wardrobe , calling it uncomfortable . Her mother responds with a cutting remark , " Perhaps it 's not the dress . Perhaps it 's you who does n't fit , dear . " 
 Backstage at the contest , she meets a blues singer named ( ) . advises to follow her heart , and the two women trade dresses . Clad in ’s sleek black dress , sings " Hey There " instead . Despite the fact that she wins the contest , she loses the respect of her mother , who has since left the theater in humiliation . 
 An excited decides to use her grand prize winnings to record a demo . The studio producer ( ) tactfully delivers the painful truth to that not only are girl singers not getting signed , the record companies are trying to get rid of the ones currently on their rosters . When she tells him that she wrote the song , he is impressed enough to direct her to ( ) who takes her under his wing , renames her " " and invents a blue - collar persona for her . reworks her song for a male doo - wop group , the Stylettes , as male solo artists are groups are far more marketable . The song becomes a hit . 
 ( formerly ) moves to New York City and becomes a songwriter in the Brill Building . At a party , she meets the arrogant songwriter ( ) , and despite an awkward initial meeting they become romantically involved . She also reunites with , who is not only singing at the party that night , but apologizes for keeping ’s expensive dress after all that time . She insists it was because she was n’t sure how or where to return it . Meanwhile , offers to and writes a song specifically for and her two girlfriends . She persuades a reluctant to audition the group . likes the group and the song has written , and renames the group The Luminaries . 
 In 1965 , at 's insistence , he and begin writing together ; partly out of respect for her talent , but primarily because she 's had greater mainstream and commercial success . His songs had been deemed " too controversial " and had been repeatedly banned from radio airplay . She overhears an argument between niece ( ) and her boyfriend . It turns out the young teen is pregnant . and pen the song “ Unwanted Number ” based on the girl ’s struggle . Although it 's banned , it attracts the attention of prominent and influential disc jockey ( ) who , despite the negative attention of the song , credits with sparking the craze for girl groups . 
 then suggests that she and should write a wedding - themed song for the Luminaries . says he does n't believe in marriage , but when reveals that she is pregnant with 's child , they are married and have a daughter . 
 Life is idyllic for with a family and successful songwriting career . then recruits the beautiful English songwriter ( ) , who immediately catches ’s eye , and ultimately ’s disdain . immediately diffuses the flirtation by informing the couple that she already has a songwriting partner — her husband ( ) . 
 tasks and with collaboration on a song for the ingénue singer ( ) . The women protest but , nevertheless , bond over the realization that the young songstress is in a closeted lesbian relationship . Their song “ My Secret Love ” is the hit that is born out of this situation . 
 arrives home unexpectedly and finds in bed with another woman ; not long afterward , she learns that she is pregnant with 's second baby ; Cheryl convinces her to see an obstetrician , who safely performs an illegal abortion . and then become close friends . 
 Over the next few years , throws herself into her work and becomes highly successful . Having broken up with , she has a brief but unhappy affair with the married , which ends when he moves with his family to Chicago . 
 In 1970 , is despondent over the end of her affair with . As a means of cheering her up , he finally offers to send her to the studio to sing for herself . As added incentive , he offers the production assistance of California wunderkind to produce her single . She ’s initially hesitant , saying she finds the whole " surf and turf " sound laughable . She writes and sings " God Give Me Strength , " and is delighted by 's skillful orchestral arrangement . Her record , however , bombs . Between the loss suffered by her foundering single and the advent of the British invasion . 's fortunes are depleted . blames herself for making the song too personal and bankrupting . He tells her she did more for him than she realized and that it was time for then both to move on . 
 and become a couple and resettle in California . Things seem fine for a while ; has stayed on to help take care of ’s daughter , and the child becomes like a sister to ’s son . is affectionate and showers love on both children , but is reclusive and a user of recreational drugs like marijuana and peyote . He disapproves of writing songs for television - she ’s since joined forces with the newly divorced who is writing Los Angeles for a Bubblegum pop TV show called Where the Action Is . He insists that it 's beneath her and hopes that she 'll fail . 
 's behavior becomes more erratic - He becomes increasingly paranoid . His songwriting becomes too avant garde and his band mates distance themselves from him . He takes the children on an outing , and comes home , having completely forgotten them . When the police bring them home safely , realizes what he ’s done and drifts into a deep depression causing him to become even more isolated . The depression seemingly abates after a visit from his friend " " , who reminds him of the things that are important in his life , including his " groovy new old lady " , . 
 Thinking that the worst is over , invites to join her and at the Whiskey a Go - Go to hear ( who embarked on a solo career in LA when The Luminaries broke up ) and her new boyfriend sing . begs off , saying he 's got a song idea he wants to explore . He promises a night of lovemaking when she returns . While the women celebrate , is revealed to be still in the throes of his depression ; having put on a brave face for 's benefit . He walks into the ocean , taking his own life . is further distraught to discover that 's fans blame her for not stopping his death . 
 Numbed by 's death , retires with her family to a hippie commune in Northern California and tries to make sense of everything that has happened . 
 A year or two later , visits at the commune and takes her and the children to dinner . That night , he criticizes how far down she 's allowed her grieving to take her and that it 's destroying her and her talent . angrily lashes out , and she tells that he 'd be nothing without her success . He agrees , and the more he agrees with the angrier she becomes . She strikes him then collapses in tears , grieving for . consoles her and the two are reconciled . 
 With 's help and 's spiritual guidance from beyond , is able to put the pieces of her life together to create what will become the platinum - selling work Grace of My Heart . As she lays down the piano track for the song , her life is recounted in pictures ; leading to the moment when her own mother receives a copy of her album in the mail with a handwritten note . Seemingly proud of her daughter 's success , she smiles . finally finds her fit after all .

Illeana Douglas, Matt Dillon, Eric Stoltz, John Turturro, Patsy Kensit

The film follows the plot of the original play , and is the first adaptation to have the complete original text .

is an aspiring ice hockey player who possesses a powerful and dangerous slapshot that his father taught him as a child before he was apparently struck and killed by a wayward hockey puck . After another failed tryout , 's girlfriend , a school teacher , leaves him because of his hockey obsession and lack of success . 
 's grandmother owes $ 270,000 in back taxes , and the IRS repossesses her home and threatens to auction it off in 90 days unless she can repay the full amount . While supervising the repossession of his grandma 's furniture , a pair of removals men challenge to a long - drive contest using 's grandfather 's antique clubs . With an unorthodox , hockey slapshot - style swing , hits a ball that strikes a house some 400 yards away , and wins $ 40 after the guys bet he can not do it again . As a result , he starts hustling golfers with his swing at the driving range . There , he is spotted by , a one - handed former golf star and current club pro , who convinces to enter a local tournament to earn a spot on the Pro Golf Tour , which Happy only accepts after informs him of the significant prize money involved . wins the tournament and a spot on the Tour . 
 On the tour , meets , who sees as both a detriment to golf and a threat to his career . Although has a powerful drive , his putting is terrible , and his violent outbursts and lack of golf etiquette quickly draw the attention of Commissioner , who immediately tries to expel from the tour . However , Public Relations head convinces him to reconsider , citing higher television ratings , increasing attendance , and drawing more youthful sponsors , while offering to work with on his anger issues . begins to improve his performance and behavior on the course and also develops a friendship with , but his career is put on hold when a heckler hired by throws him off his game during a pro - am with . and get into a physical altercation , which ends up winning . The fight leads to getting suspended from the tour for one month and fined $ 25,000 . 
 secures Happy an endorsement deal with Subway which allows him to earn the remaining money needed to buy back his grandmother 's house . However , when and the others arrive at the house , the auction is just about to begin , where spitefully outbids for the house . He offers the house in exchange for him quitting the tour . accepts , but talks him out of it , telling him that his grandmother would rather see be successful in life than just get the house back . instead makes a wager with on the upcoming Tour Championship : if wins , will give up the house , but if wins , must quit the tour for good . seeks the help of , admitting his past mistakes , and the two head to a mini - golf course . makes good progress , and later that night in his apartment , he presents with a gift – the head of the alligator that bit his hand off years ago . However , is startled by this and stumbles backwards , causing him to fall through an open window to his death . 
 Determined to win the tournament for , is evenly matched with after the first two rounds , and leads by the end of the third day . On the fourth and final day , has to play a ball off the foot of Mr. , a truculent former boss of 's , who has become one of his most devoted supporters . When the crazed fan hired earlier hits with his car before hitting a tower , 's play weakens due to his injuries and his score slips behind ’s . However , with and ’s encouragement , manages to recover and draw even with . 
 At the final hole , the tower hit earlier by the heckler falls over , blocking ’s shot . Due to the rules however , has to take the shot as it lies . Using 's mini - golf - inspired creativity , sinks a miraculous trick shot through the tower structure . loses his mind at the loss and attempts to steal 's gold jacket , but is chased down by Mr. along a mob of spectators and brutally beaten . Back at 's house , is congratulated by the two - handed ghost of , , and the alligator , as , Virginia , and his homeless caddy , look on in confusion .

Adam Sandler, Julie Bowen, Christopher McDonald, Carl Weathers, Bob Barker

( ) is an 11 - year - old sixth grader and a young spy / writer who is best friends with ( ) and ( ) . She lives a privileged life with her parents , and and her nanny , ) , who 's the only person who knows all the things that Harriet has been snooping on . and her friends are enemies with a rich girl named ( ) . For a while , lives life very well with being a spy and having fun with . 
 One night , being home alone with , invites a friend , Mr. , over . And after accidentally burns their dinner , the three go out to dinner and a movie instead , where things turn into a disaster . fires for letting stay out late , but then she realizes that she still needs her to look after and begs her to stay . tells her , however , that she was planning to leave soon since she thinks that is old enough to take care of herself , much to everyone 's protests . Shortly before she leaves , encourages to never give up on her love for observing people just because she will no longer be with her , and promises her that she will be the first to buy her very own autographed copy of 's first novel she sells in the future . After bids goodbye , she becomes depressed and withdrawn . She even gets caught when investigating the home of ( ) . 
 The next day , she plays with her friends at the park , and disaster strikes . discovers 's private notebook and begins reading all of 's vindictive comments on her friends out loud , such as how she suspects " will grow up to be a nutcase " , and teasing 's father for barely earning any money . Everyone finds that they are all cruel and hurtful , and even and turn their backs on . The kids then create a Spy - Catcher club and torment on her spy routes . 
 After running into a police officer , and then getting zeroes on her schoolwork , gets her notebook taken away by her parents . Her parents request that 's teacher Miss ( ) search every day for notebooks , much to 's embarrassment . One day , during art , " accidentally " pours blue paint all over . The other students claim to help clean her up when they are really just smearing the paint around on her , and when pours more paint on 's hair , slaps her . As a result of this , does things to get back at everyone individually , then exposes to them that 's father left her because he never loved her . She then carries out some of her other plans , including cutting off a chunk of 's hair , sabotaging one of 's science experiments , triggering an angry response from 's parents , and humiliating with a fake picture of him in a maid outfit . 's revenge plans enrage her classmates , further increasing their hatred for . 
 's parents discover what she has done to her classmates and send her to be evaluated by a psychologist , who assures them that is fine . Then things start to get better again . gets her notebook back , and she even gets a surprise visit from , who tells her that in order to make things right again , she must do two things : apologize and lie . When tells her that it 's not worth it , disagrees , and tells that she is worth it as an individual , and her being an individual will make others nervous ( and keep making them feel as such ) , before finally adding that one of the blessings of life is good friends , and tells to never give up her friends without a fight . 
 then tries to apologize to and , even though they initially reject her ( they later , however , get tired of being treated unfairly in 's bully group and quit ) . She also shares her opinion with Miss about how getting appointed as the editor of the sixth grade paper was being done in an unfair manner , and she get selected herself by her classmates , who get 's occupation as the editor voted out . Through one article , she apologizes to everyone , including , and all ( except ) accept her apology . All is well . On opening night of the 6th grade pageant , , , and light off a stink bomb as revenge on and dance to " Get Up Offa That Thing " until the end of the film .

A former police detective in New Orleans and a recovering alcoholic , , is living a quiet life in the swamplands of Louisiana with his wife . The couple 's tranquility is shattered one day when a drug smuggler 's plane crashes in a lake , right before their eyes . 
 succeeds in rescuing a lone survivor , a Salvadoran girl , whom he and quickly adopt and name . With the arrival of a DEA officer named and an inherent connection to , the leading drug kingpin in the area and 's childhood friend from New Iberia , becomes involved in solving the case and consequently finds himself and his family in danger . 
 is assaulted by two thugs as a warning . With help from his former girl - friend , an exotic dancer who still has feelings for him , he continues to investigate . His longtime acquaintance denies any involvement , but warns him and 's sultry wife that he is going to find out who is behind all this and do something about it . He tracks down one of the men who attacked him , , and splits his head open with a pool cue in 's own bar . 
 Killers come to the home late one night . is unable to prevent his wife from being killed . He falls off the wagon and neglects the young girl they adopted . comes to stay with them . 
 Clearing his head , seeks vengeance against the three killers . He first goes after a large man called , chasing him onto a streetcar and causing his death . and reassure a local mob boss named that they will not let this vendetta get out of hand , and gets into a fistfight with , falsely suspecting him of an affair with . 
 is found dead before can get to him . Going after the last and most dangerous of the killers , , he knows that someone else must be giving them orders . 
 He finds and kills him . Then , going to 's home , discovers that it is who planned the hit . After overhearing confesing her plan to take over the drug business , appears and shoots , and calls in the crime . When he returns home , has left forever , and all has left in his life is his daughter .

Alec Baldwin, Teri Hatcher, Eric Roberts, Kelly Lynch, Mary Stuart Masterson

In 2127 , Dr. , an engineer , seals himself in a room aboard The Minos , a space station that he designed . As armed guards attempt to break through the door , manipulates a robot into solving the Lament Configuration , destroying the robot in the process . The guards break through the door and apprehend , who agrees to explain his motivations to their leader , . 
 The film flashes back to Paris , France , 1796 . Dr. 's ancestor , , a French toymaker , makes the Lament Configuration on commission from the libertine aristocrat . Unbeknownst to , 's specifications for the box make it a portal to Hell . Upon delivering the box to , watches as he and his assistant sacrifice a peasant girl and use her blood to summon a demon , , through the box . runs home in terror , where he begins working on blueprints for a second box which will neutralize the effects of the first . Returning to 's mansion to steal the box , discovers that has killed L'Isle and taken control over , who agrees to be his slave so long as he does not impede the wishes of Hell . The pair kill , and informs him that his bloodline is now cursed for helping to open a portal to Hell . 
 In 1996 , 's descendant , John , has built a skyscraper in Manhattan that resembles the Lament Configuration . Seeing an article on the building in a magazine , asks to take her to America so that she can confront him . When denies her request , kills him , as poses a threat to Hell . travels to America , where she fails to seduce . Discovering the Lament Configuration in the building 's foundation , tricks a security guard into solving it , which summons . The two immediately clash , as represents a shift in the ideologies of Hell , which she left behind two hundred years ago : while believes in corrupting people through temptation , is fanatically devoted to pain and suffering . Despite their conflicting views , the pair forge an uneasy alliance to kill before he can complete The Elysium Configuration , an anti - Lament Configuration that creates perpetual light and would serve to permanently close all gateways to Hell . 
 and initially collaborate to corrupt , but grows tired of 's seductive techniques and threatens to kill 's wife and child . Having grown accustomed to a decadent life on Earth , wants no part of Hell 's new fanatical austerity , and she intends to force to activate the Elysium Configuration and destroy Hell , thus freeing her from its imperatives . However , 's flawed prototype fails . kills , but his wife opens Angelique 's Lament Configuration , sending and back to Hell . 
 In 2127 , disbelieves Dr. 's story and has him locked away . However , and his followers — now including an enslaved — have already been freed after opened the box . Upon learning of Dr. 's intentions , they kill the entire crew of the ship , save for and , who escape . reveals that the Minos is , in fact , the final , perfected form of the Elysium Configuration , and that by activating it , he can kill and permanently seal the gateway to Hell . 
 distracts with a hologram while he boards an escape pod with . Once clear of the station , he activates the Elysium Configuration . A series of powerful lasers and mirrors create a field of perpetual light , while the station transforms and folds around the light to create a massive box . The light is trapped within the box , killing and his followers , thus ending 's existence , this time , permanently .

( ) is an unsatisfied prep school teacher at the fictional Wellington Academy , who accepts a job at inner city Marion Barry High School , much to the chagrin of his boss and father , Wellington headmaster ( ) . arrives to find the school in a state of disarray and disorder , while meeting several students and faculty members , including jaded , sour principal ( ) , her cheerful assistant ( ) and student ( ) . 
 Despite initial opposition to his teaching style and harassment from the school gang leader ( ) , begins connecting with his students and teaches them effectively , while developing a romantic relationship with . Barry High eventually is transformed into a fine educational establishment . Frustrated , and his gang tamper with the school 's final exam scores , causing everyone to fail . , who grew to see as a mentor , loses faith in him , as does the rest of the school and is fired . subsequently joins 's gang to make extra money . 
 learns through word of mouth that was behind the failing test scores and rushes to inform , who decides to confront and rescue with the help of several of his students , including ( ) , ( ) and ( ) . By deceiving Mr. ( ) , a local gangster , and reach and the local crime boss , " Mr. " , whom they find has been Principal the entire time . is told the truth about the test scores and after a brief fight , , and are arrested . 
 ( now principal of Barry High ) presides over the graduation ceremony and proudly names as the class valedictorian . The six main students of the film graduate ( but only those six ) . makes good on his promise to send to college and is in a relationship with .

The owners of ( voiced by ) , Sassy the Himalayan cat ( ) , and ( ) decide to take a family trip to Canada . At the San Francisco International Airport , the animals escape after panics with mistaking airport workers as the workers at the pound ( " The Bad Place " as puts it ) , due to how some of his actions earlier angered , making believe was so mad at him he was going to send him back to the pound , and breaks free from his carrier . After eluding airport authorities , the animals find themselves in the city of San Francisco , with home on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge . 
 During the journey , bumps into a Boxer called and his Bullmastiff friend . Annoyed , he refuses to let them past , but tries to tell them they are just trying to get home . They do not listen and say they are going to eat . She hides on a window sill and and fight . After a few seconds , yells to that they have reinforcements , but it turns out to be , as calls them , " 's gang " . They help them , saying that the city is not a place for pets . explains they are lost and points out that is missing , who fled as the gang arrived . calls his friend , a Kuvasz , to run after him . She finds him in a light alley and explains why she was chasing him . 
 As the other members of the gang are walking down the street , they see , what they call , the " Blood Red Van " and hide . asks what it is for and explains it takes dogs of the streets to a place called the lab . After it passes , asks if he can help him and find a golden bridge , which he remembers passing on the way there . explains that he could not because a bridge means cars , and cars means humans , and he does not trust humans . So they thank him for his help and head off to look for the bridge themselves . Meanwhile , and are walking in the park . He explains why they are in the city , and when he asks her why does not like humans she explains that he was abandoned as a puppy and decided to make a home for other stray dogs to protect them from all humans . realizes he has fallen in love with and they head out of the park . 
 Later , while walking down a street , and notice and walking down it too . They plan to jump at them but miss their chance . Round the corner , sees a house on fire and remembers it holds that little boy named and his cat they met earlier before scared him back inside . Realizing they are still in there after hearing 's parents and the SFFD fire chief preparing to send firefighters in to find him , he runs in through the basement window and looks for them . goes in after him and looks for the kitten . comes out a few moments later with right behind him , then appears with the kitten . thanks them and they continue on . As they cross the street , and his gang tell them that they did a great job rescuing the boy and kitten and say they can stay with him until they find . 
 As they return to the gang 's hideout they see and already there . tries to explain that they are different , but they will not listen and head outside . The next day , sees a tire and begins to chew on it , but does not notice the " Blood Red Van " driving through the gates . While all the other dogs are inside , is captured and is about to be driven to the lab . While driving off , the van is stopped by the gang , and the other dogs are set free , and reverses it into the river after the dogs scare away the drivers . then explains to that is right and they could not be together . He gets upset and runs off . By this time , has told if humans mean that much to him he will take them to the bridge . 
 On their way home , before crossing the bridge , they are ambushed by and , but appears and fights them off . They cross the bridge and are found by their owners on a road after is almost run over by a truck . They return home , but is still upset about , but then he sees her appear from around the corner and they are reunited . agrees she can stay , much to 's glee , and they continue with their picnic with hogging the pizza .

The film begins by showing the , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , a supposedly happy family living a typical family life in the suburbs of Defiance , Ohio . It is revealed that and are not happy and in fact separating although they tell their children it is not a divorce . and first try to recreate their parents ' honeymoon in the basement but this fails to bring any happiness into their relationship . The children then leave the basement telling their parents they must get another surprise for them upstairs . They go up , close the door , and nail it shut . They vow to keep it so until their parents work out their problems . 
 The next day , tells his best friend , ( ) , what he has done and ( ) , the wealthy local bully , overhears the conversation . goes over to the ' house to look at the children 's work and is impressed . shows up to have a look and actually installs a newer , more secure door to keep the parents trapped . He and then leave to collect their parents and bring them to the ' house to lock them up as well . 's father , ( ) , never keeps a wife for more than two years and 's father , ( ) , does not treat his wife , ( ) , well . also brings his bulldog , Cosmo , and two younger brothers , and ( who come armed with sleeping bags ) and brings his boa constrictor , Spot . When asks what is going on in response to his friends setting up camp at his house , replies with " Our parents could be down there for months ! " 
 and almost talk into letting them all out but ( who 's an attorney ) , threatens him with legal action . finds out that his dream girl , ( ) , is also having parental problems : her mother , ( ) , acts like a teenager , going so far as to trying to hang out with 's friends . invites her to lock up with the rest of the parents . The children begin to help their parents solve their problems . They try to find a way out of the basement while getting along and seeing what each of their problems are . The children also work out their differences with each other above . They eventually give in and up to the police and their parents are set free . It is revealed at the end that and reconciled and took a second honeymoon to Hawaii . and 's marriage lasted past the two - year mark and they are expecting another child . and got divorced though she later went back to law school and they opened up a law firm together . started dating other men instead of intruding on 's dates . Also , and became boyfriend and girlfriend and she passionately kisses him in front of their classmates at school for a very long time , causing a slightly awkward moment for the bystanders . However , he concluded if his parents ever try to get divorced again he might think of locking them in the attic .

Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Pollak, Jennifer Tilly, Christopher McDonald, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Walston

The film is told through the stories of two women : , a grandmother , and , her granddaughter . tells of her strong and blossoming romance with a young man named and her problems at school because she 's Jewish . tells the story of her young life when she was sent to a ghetto and then a concentration camp . The romantic love feelings she has for the boy are indeed strong and genuine , but the romantic love he has for her is questionable . He lets his friends judge her from the outside , not for who she is on the inside , and when she turns out to not be like every other girl he breaks up with her . is sad so she goes and sees and takes her anger out on her . She then runs away and tries to kill herself but she does not . At the end , she tries to see him again but he looks at her for a long time and walks away with his friends . She stands there ; heartbroken , sad and crying , realizing that maybe it was not meant to be and she walks away happy .

The film opens moments after the shooting , quickly followed by a scene with in custody for shooting . The film then uses flashbacks to when is living in New York making a living as a sex worker , then to her difficult childhood , then to her success in studying psychology at college . Here , discovers that she is a lesbian , that she can write , and that she has a distinctive view of the world . This leads her to New York City and its downtown underworld . Through her friend , she meets , who in turn introduces her to . 
 Meanwhile , also meets , the publisher of Olympia Press . While wants to produce her play , Up Your Ass , wants her to write a pornographic novel for him . Once she signs a contract with , she comes to suspect his offer is not a generous one and may not be in her best interest . She comes to regret signing this contract . At this point , her increasing derangement leads her to believe that and are controlling her . The film concludes , where it began , with ' attempted murder of . The film then steps ten years into the future , where lives in fear the rest of his life that will strike again while he continues his life up until his death , and in death 's " pornographic " novel was the SCUM manifesto , which is now regarded as a feminist classic.[citation needed ]

( ) and ( ) are roommates and best friends living in a small Manhattan apartment . is turning thirty and her love life is embarrassingly dull . on the other hand is infatuated with his attractive neighbor ( ) . then decides to form a death pact with like they 'd had back in college . If they do not both find true love by the time turns thirty , then they will both jump off the Brooklyn Bridge . 
 comes to an artwork show of 's where finally gathers up the courage to ask her out , while begins dating ( ) , a weirdo artist who paints with his own body parts . soon realizes that is n't who he thought she ought to be . also turns out to be " no " for . It is at this point that and realize that they are perfect for each other .

The 1952 segment deals with ( ) , a widowed nurse living in suburban Chicago , who becomes pregnant by her brother - in - law ( ) and decides to undergo abortion in order not to hurt her late husband 's family . However , abortion at the time is strictly illegal . eventually finds another nurse ( ) who provides her the phone number of a woman who can find her someone to perform the abortion . The woman on the phone tells Claire that the only trustworthy abortionist she knows is located in Puerto Rico , and can not afford the travel costs . After a failed attempt to end her pregnancy with a knitting needle , eventually contacts a man who comes to her home and performs a clandestine procedure on her while she lies on top of a kitchen table . finally manages to abort , but dies shortly afterwards due to hemorrhage . 
 The 1974 segment deals with ( ) , a struggling and aging mother with four children and a policeman husband who works the night shift , who discovers she must welcome another addition to the family , despite having recently gone back to college . She considers abortion with the support of her teenage daughter ( ) but ultimately chooses to keep the child . 
 The 1996 segment deals with ( ) , a college student who got pregnant by a married professor , decides on an abortion when he breaks up with her and only offers her money . After consulting with her roommate ( ) , she makes an appointment with Dr. ( ) . However , the abortion takes place during a violent protest , and an anti - abortion protester ( ) walks in on the operation and shoots Dr. .

The film follows the book What Do You Care What Other People Think ? fairly closely in terms of the stories told . 
 The film starts in 1924 with and his father walking through the woods where shows his scientific inspiration for . In 1934 , & are in high school and their romantic relationship starts . The story then jumps to his college years and getting sick with lymphatic tuberculosis . It continues to his move west to Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos , New Mexico , where follows him later to a hospital in Albuquerque , New Mexico , where she dies . The film ends with crying at the sight of the red dress had pointed out .

It 's My Party chronicles a two - day party hosted by ( ) a gay architect who , having been diagnosed with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy , will fall into a state of mental lapse lasting for months until his death . He decides to host a party for his family and friends , at the end of which he will commit suicide by taking Seconal . 
 " You wo n't leave me , will you ? " asks his estranged lover , ( ) a B movie director , shortly after revealing to him the results of his last blood test for HIV . " I do n't want to die alone . " In spite of 's protestations , the two soon find the love they had shared for many years in ruins . One year after their breakup , is confronted with a ravaged immune system and a CT Scan and lab values which , along with his worsening forgetfulness , clinches the diagnosis of Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy ( PML ) -- a condition he has seen claim his friends and one which he vows will not take him . Due to the aggressive nature of the disease , he has only a few days of conscious life remaining . His plan , he announces to family and " extended family , " is to voluntarily end his life himself before the disease renders him unrecognizable to those he loves and he , in turn , is unable to recognize them . Uninvited to the farewell party , 's presence is greeted with jeers from those who see him as having abandoned in his time of greatest need .

The film begins with ( ) going into labor during a Halloween party and being rushed to the hospital by her husband , ( ) , and their friends . Although the delivery is successful , the baby is premature , born after only ten weeks of pregnancy , and is diagnosed with an exaggerated form of syndrome as stated by Dr. ( ) and Dr. ( ) . According to them , as this very rare autosomal recessive disorder progresses , will age at a rate four times faster than normal children due to his internal clock that seems to be developing faster . 
 Ten years later , ( ) is next seen as a 10 - year - old boy in the body of a 40 - year - old man , with a group of four boys telling possible stories of a " monstrosity " of a boy their age that ca n't go to school . He scares them away by dipping a fake eye into slime and throwing it at them from his window . He is extremely childish as a consequence of his secluded life . He has only had contact with his parents and tutor , ( ) , who introduces the idea that he should go to public school . His parents initially balk at the idea of him doing so because he could be emotionally hurt . 
 When he first attends school , he is exploited by the other kids to win at basketball against bullies , and eventually to get adult magazines and other such items . As time goes by , he is accepted by them , beginning with , as they discover that they like him . He attempts to be normal there , for example , when he deals with his first crush , heartbreak , and the relationship with his teacher , Miss ( ) . When he goes through a fall while attempting to leave , he is rushed to the hospital , where his doctor explains that he suffered a shocking severe strain ( which could 've been a rare form of angina ) , and also , because of his syndrome , his internal clock is starting to run out . Realizing the dangers it might entail for his health , his parents decide to withdraw him from school , which upsets him . 
 He sneaks out of the house and goes to a bar , where he gets drunk and befriends a man named ( ) , and tries to hit on ( ) , 's mother . However , he then gets into a fight with a bully ( ) and are both arrested . bails out , leaving the other guy to suffer in jail . Upon returning home , he locks himself in his room and does n't go out for weeks . speculates that perhaps he realized the fragility of his life and is now scared of facing the outside world again . He also doubts the need to study as he realizes that he would n't have the time to use any of the knowledge . 
 Meanwhile , his friends continue coming to his house , hoping that he will come out and play , but he refuses . Finally , has an idea : he brings the entire class over as they take turns yelling " Can come out and play ? " and participate in various games and fun activities right in front of the yard . The next day he decides to go back to school . 
 Seven years later , an elderly - looking and his four best friends are at their high school graduation . He delivers the valedictory speech , in which he reminds his classmates that life is short , and urges them to " make your life spectacular , " as the four of them drive off into the future .

Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin, Jennifer Lopez, Fran Drescher, Bill Cosby

is a young boy who lives with his parents by the sea in England . On ' birthday , they plan to go to New York City and visit the Empire State Building , the tallest building in the world . However , his parents are killed by a ghostly rhinoceros from the sky and finds himself living with his two ignorant and cruel aunts , and . 
 He is forced to work all day and they antagonize him by threatening him with beatings to keep him in line and torment him about the mysterious rhino and other hazards if he ever attempts to escape . After rescuing a spider from being squashed by his aunts , meets a mysterious man with a bag of magic green " crocodile tongues " , which he gives to to make his life better . The man instructs him not to lose the " tongues " and disappears . When is returning to the house , he trips and the " tongues " escape into the ground . 
 This transforms a peach on a withered old tree into enormous proportions . and sell tickets to view the giant peach . crawls inside a large hole he inadvertently creates in the peach , and he finds and befriends a group of life - size anthropomorphic bugs ( Mr. , Mr. , , Miss , Mrs. , and ) . As they hear the aunts search for , Mr. cuts the stem connecting the giant peach to the tree and the peach rolls away to the Atlantic Ocean . 
 Remembering his dream to visit New York City , and the insects decide to go there with Mr. steering the peach . They use Miss 's silk to capture and tie a hundred seagulls to the peach stem , while battling against a giant robotic shark . Miss reveals to that she was the spider he saved from and . The next day , and his friends find themselves in The Arctic ; the has fallen asleep while keeping watch . After hearing Mr. wishing they had a compass , Mr. jumps off the peach into the icy water below and searches a sunken ship for a compass but is taken prisoner by skeletal pirates . and Miss rescue him and the journey continues . 
 As they reach New York City , a storm appears , along with the ghostly rhino . is frightened but challenges the rhino and gets his friends to safety before the rhino strikes the peach with lightning ; and the peach fall to the city below , landing on top of the Empire State Building . After he is rescued by police officers , firefighters , and the largest crane in New York City , and arrive and attempt to claim and the peach . reveals and 's abusive behavior towards him to the crowd , who gasp in shock at the revelation . and become enraged by ' betrayal and attempt to kill him . The bugs arrive and tie up and Sponge with Miss 's silk and both aunts are arrested . introduces his friends to the New Yorkers and allows the children to eat up the peach . 
 The peach pit is made into a house in Central Park , where lives happily with the bugs , who form his new family and also take important jobs in the city . celebrates his ninth birthday with his new family and friends .

( ) is a glossy 35 - year - old sports agent working for Sports Management International ( SMI ) . After having a life - altering epiphany about his role as a sports agent , he writes a mission statement about perceived dishonesty in the sports management business and his desire to work with fewer clients so as to produce better quality . In turn , SMI management decides to send ( ) , 's protégé , to fire him . Consequently , both and call all of 's clients to try and convince them not to hire the services of the other . speaks to Arizona Cardinals wide receiver ( ) , one of his clients who is disgruntled with his contract . He needs a $ 10 million contract for his family to live on . informed him if he gets injured for the season , he will get no money from the Cardinals . tests 's resolve through a very long telephone conversation while is able to convince the rest of 's clients to stick with SMI instead . Leaving the office , announces that he will start his own agency and asks if anyone is willing to join him , to which only 26 - year - old single mother ( ) agrees . Meanwhile , ( ) , a superstar quarterback prospect who expects to be the number one pick in the NFL Draft , initially also stays with after he makes a visit to the home . However , is able to convince and his father to sign with SMI over the night before the draft . 's father implies they decided to sign with over when they saw attending to ; an African - American player , versus his son ( a white player ) . 
 After an argument , breaks up with his disgruntled fiancée ( ) . He then turns to , becoming closer to her young son , ( ) , and eventually starts a relationship with her . contemplates moving to San Diego as she has a secure job offer there , however she and agree to get married . concentrates all his efforts on , now his only client , who turns out to be very difficult to satisfy . Over the next several months , the two direct harsh criticism towards each other with claiming that is not trying hard enough to get him a contract while claims that is not proving himself worthy of the money for which he asks . takes 's advice to prove he is worthy of his contract . is playing well and his team is winning . Meanwhile , 's marriage with gradually deteriorates and they eventually separate . 
 During a Monday Night Football game between the Cardinals and the Dallas Cowboys , plays well but appears to receive a serious injury when catching a winning touchdown , securing a spot for the Cardinals in the playoffs . He recovers , however , and dances for the wildly cheering crowd . Afterwards , and embrace in front of other athletes and sports agents and show how their relationship has progressed from a strictly business one to a close personal one , which was one of the points made in his mission statement . then flies back home to meet . He then speaks for several minutes , telling her that he loves her and wants her in his life , which she accepts . later appears on sports show . Unbeknownst to him , has secured him an $ 11.2 million contract with the Cardinals allowing him to finish his pro football career in Arizona . The visibly emotional proceeds to thank everyone and extends warm gratitude to . speaks with several other pro athletes , some of whom have read his earlier mission statement and respect his work with . 
 The movie ends with throwing a baseball up in the air surprising . then discusses 's possible future career in the sports industry with .

Tom Cruise, Renée Zellweger, Cuba Gooding Jr., Bonnie Hunt, Jay Mohr, Kelly Preston, Jerry O'Connell

is a workaholic mattress salesman with no time for his wife , , and his 9 - year - old son , — especially when compared to next door " superdad " divorcee , , who continually puts in a bad light . After missing 's karate class graduation , resolves to redeem himself by fulfilling 's ultimate Christmas wish : getting an action figure toy of Turbo - Man , a wildly popular TV superhero . On Christmas Eve , sets out to buy a Turbo - Man doll at a store , telling that he already has one at work that he must retrieve . 
 Along the way , meets , a postal worker dad with a rival ambition , and the two soon become bitter competitors in their race for the action figure . During his search , runs his car into the parked police motorcycle of Officer , who earlier pulled him over and gave him a ticket . After several failed attempts to find the toy in a store , attempts to buy a Turbo - Man from a Mall of America Santa , who is actually the leader of a band of counterfeit toy makers . When he accuses the Santa of undermining the values of Christmas ( having been ripped off and sold a defective toy that falls apart the moment he opened the package ) , ends up in a brawl with the gang . He narrowly escapes when the police raid their warehouse and gets out by posing as an undercover detective using a toy badge . 
 Later , arrives at Mickey 's Diner and uses their phone to call home . As he tried to get a hold of , he unintentionally scolds at on the phone over Turbo - Man . Despite instantly regretting it , rebukes his father about how he never keeps his promises and hangs up , with witnessing what happened . then encounters at the diner . As they sat down and talk , tells about the time when his father was unable to get him a toy on Christmas . They hear on the KQRS radio station that there is a trivia competition in which the winner will receive a Turbo - Man doll . They rush to the studio , with breaking the door to the recording booth , under the impression that the DJ has a Turbo - Man doll in the studio . After threatens to blow up the studio with a package he claims is a mail bomb , he and find out that whoever wins the competition will get a doll " eventually . " The package is revealed to be a music box . The police , led by Officer , arrive in the studio , and bluffs the police into backing off by threatening them with another " mail bomb,"(unaware that it actually is one ) allowing him and to escape . , claiming to have been in the bomb squad , examines the package and declares it to be a false alarm . He confidently rips open the package and it explodes , leaving his face covered in soot . 
 After his car is stripped by thieves , is ultimately forced to return home empty - handed . Outside his home , he sees in his house placing the star on his tree . In anger , breaks into 's house and steals the Turbo - Man doll for 's son from under his tree . He realizes that he is stealing from a child and changes his mind . He is attacked by 's pet reindeer , accidentally setting one of 's decorations on fire , and kicking it out the window trying to stamp it out , drawing the attention of and . Seeing the Turbo - Man present still in 's hand , thinks was trying to steal it . , having had enough , leaves with , , and his son to the local Christmas parade . The reindeer tries to attack only to be knocked out by him . After making peace with the reindeer , decides it was time he fulfilled his promises and makes his way to the parade . 
 At the parade , makes a pass at and she hits him with a thermos of eggnog . witnesses 's actions from a distance , and on his way to confront him , he runs into Officer , spilling his hot coffee all over him . recognizes from the studio earlier , causing a chase . is able to escape by hiding in a building where he is mistaken as the replacement actor for Turbo - Man . As the " real " Turbo - Man , he presents the coveted limited - edition Turbo - Man doll to his son . Before can reveal himself , , who has dressed as Turbo - Man 's arch enemy ( having caught , tied up and gagged the real actor ) appears . Having now become obsesseed of getting the doll , attacks and chases up to a roof , while the crowd except for think it 's all part of the show . climbs up to a metal Christmas tree with following . The weight of the two causes the wires supporting the tree to break and tip the tree over the edge with the two hanging on . Using the Turbo - Man suit 's utilities , throws a Turbo - Rang at which misses . seizes the Turbo - Man doll from 's backpack and before he can celebrate , the Turbo - Rang comes flying back , hitting him and causing him to fall down below into the streets . He lands into a giant Christmas present without serious injury and is captured by the police . loses his grip and falls only to be saved by , using the suit 's jetpack . 
 After the show , Jamie feels guilty for yelling at earlier . , still dressed as Turbo - Man , tells that his father will always love him , before revealing himself to his son . Officer gives the doll to , then asks ( as Turbo - Man ) to join the police force , saluting him . turns and reveals himself and is dumbfounded , as apologizes for all the trouble . is arrested while ranting about having to explain his failure to get the Turbo - Man toy for his son . decides to give the doll to him , much to and 's surprise . When asked why he gave it up , tells that he has " the real Turbo - Man at home . " 
 During the after - credits scene , it is snowing outside . puts the star on the top of his tree and celebrates Christmas with and . commends for everything he 's done just to make happy , and then asks what he got her for Christmas . stares in shock at the camera before the fadeout .

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman, Rita Wilson, Robert Conrad, Jake Lloyd, James Belushi

Penniless and straight out of the University of Iowa , ( ) moves to New York needing an apartment and a job . With the fortuitous death of Mrs. , an artist named ( ) helps to take over the last rent controlled apartment in a building slated for demolition . If Senator ( ) can empty the building , he can make way for the prison he intends to build there , and uses thug ( ) and his nephews , ( ) and ( ) , to intimidate tenants . 
 discovers he has 20 to 30 thousand roommates , all of them talking , singing cockroaches grateful that a slob has moved in . Led by ( ) , the sentient , tune - savvy insects scare away the thugs in an act of enlightened self - interest that endears them to their human meal ticket . Tired of living on handouts from Mom back in Iowa and after a series of dead - end jobs ruined by his well - intentioned six - legged roomies , finds himself the unskilled drummer in band . Hanging posters for SHIT , he encounters Senator ’s daughter ( ) promoting her own project , a community garden to occupy the vacant site surrounding ’s building . 
 A gift to while working on her garden is enough to woo her back to 's apartment , where the cockroaches break a promise to keep out of his business and a panicked flees , only to discover the garden she ’d worked on has been burned to the ground . During a fight with his roommates over his spoiled romantic evening , the building suffers the same fate as the garden . A mutual truce between our hapless and now homeless roommates leads the cockroaches to " call in favors from every roach , rat and pigeon in New York City " to try to make amends to . Overnight , the roaches scour New York to gather materials to convert the entire area into a garden and take care of all the necessary paperwork to ensure harmony reigns over all .

Set in 16th century India , this movie depicts the story of two girls who were raised together , though they came from different social classes . ( ) is an upper - caste princess while ( ) is her beautiful servant . They are best friends , but an undercurrent of jealousy and resentment is caused by 's haughtiness , symbolised by the fact that is given 's hand - me - down clothes and never anything new to wear . As the girls approach marriageable age , resents that is a better classical dancer than she is and that her parents and hunchback brother , Prince ( aka " " ) show affection for her servant . 
 is prepared to marry Prince ( ) , and is forced into the role of a servant at their wedding festival . When the prince comes to view his future wife , he is instantly infatuated with instead . Noticing this , Tara spits in 's face , sending her from the wedding in tears . takes revenge when she chances on sleeping alone , before he has completed the marriage rites with . has her first sexual experience with but , unknown to both , 's brother , Prince " " , hides and watches the two of them . 
 is crushed that his childhood infatuation has slept with his future brother - in - law but , at first , keeps the knowledge to himself . The wedding rites are completed the next day . 
 As is leaving home as a newlywed , tells her that just as wore the princess 's used clothes all her life , will now have something has used . During her wedding night , , a sheltered virgin full of romantic dreams , is hesitant to consummate their relationship . This angers and sexually frustrates , who rapes his horrified bride , setting a tone of violence and humiliation for the marriage . Despite this , still yearns for a loving relationship with her indifferent husband . 
 To save 's honour , sends a marriage proposal for her . When she refuses , he publicly brands her as a whore , and she is forced to leave her home . Wandering on her own , she meets a young stone sculptor , ( ) who works for Raj . He reveals that has been the inspiration for his beautiful and highly erotic statues . Realising she has nowhere to stay , takes her to an older woman named ( ) , who is a teacher of the Kama Sutra , the ancient art of seduction and love making . begins an intense romantic and sexual relationship with that is abruptly halted when he fears he might not be able to work properly with consuming his thoughts . Rejected by her first real lover , finds comfort with , making the decision to learn the courtesan 's art . 
 , now the king , recognises the visage as 's in one of 's sculptures . He dispatches his attendants to find ; she is delivered to the king as his new courtesan . Soon after , and have a " friendly " wrestling competition . wins . gets the king 's favour but is warned that there will be dire consequences if he defeats the king again . then learns of 's new status as the favoured concubine . understands that his king is a dangerous man and he must keep his former relationship with a secret , for their mutual safety . 
 In the meantime , the threat of an invading inches closer . As descends deeper into opium addiction , sexual cruelty and debauchery , he becomes irresponsible with his duties as king . He insults sexually and for being a hunchback . In retaliation , writes a letter to the to rid the kingdom of , who now taxes the poor for his own perverted pleasure . and rekindle their passion and the two begin meeting in secret . As tensions between and grow , and exchange wedding vows in private . later catches the two lovers together and sentences to death . 
 After finding in the midst of a suicide attempt , reconciles with her childhood friend . then teaches how to seduce the king , while promises to help escape to visit . However , when goes to her husband , he recognises 's style of seduction and again tries to humiliate his wife . Finally free of her tormentor , tells that she does n't even love him enough to hate him ; she leaves . 
 leaves the castle and visits one last time . Telling she is his forever , hacks off her long hair , symbolising that she will be his widow . then tries her best to convince to free by promising him her total surrender . But knowing he ca n't have her heart , rejects her plea . 
 Just before the execution , a box arrives from the , holding the severed head of 's brother , the grand vizier . is deliberately crushed to death by an elephant while watches from the crowd . Meanwhile , soldiers of the invading take the king 's palace . walks away into the distance , meditating on her new spiritual freedom : " My heart is as open as the sky . "

A kidnapping goes down in 1934 Kansas City . ( ) petty thief husband is taken by gangster " Seldom Seen " and held prisoner at the Hey Hey Club , one of the hot spots of the Kansas City jazz scene . herself kidnaps Mrs. , the wife of a local politician , played by ; Mrs. is addicted to laudanum ( an opium liquid ) and has secrets of her own . 's plan is to blackmail Mr. into helping to free . 
 Despite the risk to his re - election campaign , Mr. does everything he can in order to free his wife by saving . Meanwhile , Mrs. comes to befriend . She is impressed by 's devotion to her husband , contrasted to her own loveless marriage . 
 A subplot concerns political fixer ( ) paying vagrants and addicts to vote in the upcoming election and sway the outcome .

The film begins with a very big wrecking ball destroying an abandoned building . The impact knocks over a magic lamp inside of the building , causing it to land on a boombox . The genie inside decides to make residence inside the boombox from there on in . 
 Meanwhile , a boy named ( ) goes to school . He greets his friend , ( portrayed by , director 's son ) , with a goofy face and is chastised by his teacher . is confronted by a gang of bullies , who hold him on the bathroom floor and spray paint his outline . The bullies chase through Brooklyn . is chased into the abandoned building , where he discovers the boombox and accidentally unleashes the genie inside . The genie , who introduces himself as ( ) , tells that he is now 's genie and proves it to him by demonstrating his powers , which results in disappearing off the face of the earth . 
 returns home to find that his mother is marrying a fireman named . It is revealed that his mother lied to him about his real father 's whereabouts , and that he is actually located in the city . set out to search for his father in the hopes of rekindling some sort of bond between them . He suddenly encounters during his travels , who pesters into making a wish . eventually finds his father , only to learn that he is a musical talent agent who specializes in unauthorized music . 
 goes to his personal secret hideout and tells about his father . They decide to have a bike race through 's hideout , during which shows off his powers . finally convinces to make his first wish , which consists of junk food raining from the sky . While eating all of this , suddenly realizes that he owns Kazaam until he makes his last two wishes . and go out to see 's father again . 
 After getting past an intimidating bodyguard , is introduced by his father to the other employees of the agency and invited to a nightclub . The owner of the nightclub , ( ) , shows interest in upon the realization that he is a genie , and he hopes to control through 's father . The next day , stays in 's home and passes himself off as 's tutor . 
 confesses to that he and his father are n't really connecting , though attempts to shirk the issue with some rapping . attempts to wish for his father and mother to fall back in love , but can not grant this wish because he is not a djinn , and therefore not free to grant ethereal wishes . 
 Later that day , witnesses his father being assaulted by and his minions and goes to for help . just received a record deal as a professional rapper and is unable to help out . Things were n't looking too good for and after school , when his father demand his son to hand over the Record Tape that he stole last night , he does . Then he leaves realizing that he wo n't get a second chance with him . Later that night , is kidnapped by and takes possession of 's boombox making 's father to understand the error he made . After pushes down an elevator shaft , he summons in the hopes that he will do his bidding . While is initially powerless against his master , he soon breaks free from his oppression and defeats and his minions . 
 transforms into a basketball and then slam dunks him into a garbage disposal . However , he then finds 's lifeless body , and wishes that he could have granted 's wish to give his father a second chance at life . Then , in his sorrow , finally becomes a djinn , and is therefore able to do this for . With him officially a djinn , he pulls out of harm 's way and carried out of the burning building by . 's father then shows up and tells him that he hopes to rekindle the bonding with his son , before he takes off with authorities . is then last seen walking off being grilled by his girlfriend because he does n't have a job , while at the same time , ecstatic over his newfound freedom .

Flashy young bowler ( ) wins the 1979 Iowa state bowling championship and leaves home to turn professional . In his professional bowling tour debut , he defeats established pro ( ) , who takes the loss poorly and seeks revenge . convinces to join him in hustling a group of local amateur bowlers . When the amateurs become furious after realizing they are being conned , flees while is brutally beaten and loses his hand when it is forced into the ball return , ending his career . Seventeen years later , uses a prosthetic hand and is living in Scranton , Pennsylvania as an alcoholic , unsuccessful traveling salesman of bowling supplies . He is always behind on his rent and is constantly harassed by his landlady Mrs. ( ) , eventually being reduced to trade sexual favors with her for a break on his back rent . 
 On a sales visit to a nearby bowling alley , meets ( ) . tries to convince to turn pro , with acting as manager . declines , explaining that he is from the local Amish community and that his bowling hobby is a secret . then sees a poster in a bowling magazine advertising a $ 1   million winner - take - all tournament in Reno , Nevada . Learning that 's family is about to lose their farm to the bank , eventually convinces 's family to let him join . 
 discovers that the childlike is not aware of some of bowling 's basic rules and skills . ( His 270 average was because he was taught to bowl fifteen frames and not ten . ) However , after some coaching , improves . The duo earn money in various local tournaments and by hustling bowlers . defeats a wealthy bowling enthusiast named ( ) , but attacks the duo after discovering that the roll of cash put up was fake . As the group flee 's mansion , his girlfriend ( ) , who had also been a victim of 's violence , joins them . suspects has ulterior motives and is distracting . After gets in a big fight with her , flees . During his absence , and drive on and end up back in 's hometown , where confesses he never returned for his father 's funeral out of shame for his failure as a pro bowler . They eventually find and continue on to Reno . 
 In Reno , the group runs into , who is now a national bowling superstar . insults and makes fun of and infuriates , who attempts to punch but instead hits a wall and breaks his hand , leaving him unable to bowl . Later on , disappears with all of their money after being discovered by . Feeling distraught , convinces that they still have a chance to win the $ 1,000,000 – if bowls . enters the tournament , rolling the ball with his prosthetic rubber hand . He wins his first several rounds , ending up in the televised finals against . During the final match , 's brother , who had been sent by the family , arrives and takes back to Pennsylvania . When realizes he is alone , he struggles and wins the tournament by one pin . 
 Afterwards , Roy is again living in Pennsylvania when he is visited by , who explains she had disappeared with in Reno to keep him from hurting and . She made believe she was running away with , and confesses her love for , offering him money earned from gambling on in the finals . responds that he has already earned $ 500,000 in an endorsement deal for Trojan condoms based on his prosthetic rubber hand . and visit 's family home . 's parents explain that and told them about 's forbidden bowling career , but also about the moral strength and decency he showed during his travels . tells them how straightened out and 's lives , with shown to have finally given up drinking . pays off the family 's debts with his endorsement check , and and drive away together .

The film opens at a convention of recliner salesmen , where ( ) gives a motivational speech based on his book Get Over It . shares the example of his father dying before he was born as a difficult circumstance that must be overcome to succeed . At 's engagement party , his agent ( ) updates him on all of his upcoming speaking engagements , and the pair hope that one of the engagements is high profile enough to lead to an infomercial . 
 As the party winds down , reads telegrams from well wishers . One of the telegrams is from an attorney in Baltimore about the large estate of his recently deceased father . 's mother shortly admits that she lied about his father 's death . In truth , she left him because she felt he would be a bad example for . 
 The attorney in Baltimore shows a contract which mentions $ 35,000 . Thinking this is the size of his father 's estate , signs the contract . In fact , it is the amount of property damage that the attorney has suffered because of Vera , 's elephant . and were a traveling circus act , and she is a highly trained elephant . left a note for that instructed him to call " Blockhead " in Kansas City if there are any problems with . contacts ( ) at the San Diego Zoo , who happens to be transporting a herd of elephants to Sri Lanka in a few days . She helps ascertain that is a breeding age female , and she agrees to pay $ 30,000 for the elephant . 
 and board a train bound for San Diego , but the conductor ( ) insists on a bribe . 's $ 600 only gets them as far as Kansas City , where he looks up , who is an old circus buddy of 's . shows the extent of 's training , including a photo of standing on her hind legs , which was a trick that she would only do for . He puts Jack onto an animal trainer in Los Angeles named ( ) who works in show business . offers $ 40,000 for . So , he and attempt to drive to L.A. , but his truck breaks down . rents a semi - truck and continues on his own . With no experience driving a big rig , blows out the transmission . 
 Stuck at a truck stop , he encounters ( ) who is a fast - talking , deeply paranoid trucker bound for L.A. slips outside to call 's mobile phone , and he tricks into thinking his load has been canceled . agrees to take and to L.A. instead . Along the way , makes a phone call and realizes he has been tricked by . He attacks with a tire iron , but intervenes and saves from a beating . drives off threatening to come back with the police . 
 and walk into New Mexico to evade . They stumble into a monsoon that is threatening to tear apart a village church . As the villagers struggle to hold the walls up , intervenes , holding the wall up with her head . The wall still threatens to collapse , and gets her to stand on her hind legs to brace the wall for good . The villagers help and board a train that will finally take them to L.A. 
 As he is about to sign the contract to sell to , realizes that she subjects her animals to a grueling workload , and he witnesses one of 's trainers abusing another elephant with an electric goad . He steals one of 's trucks and drives to San Diego . found 's business card in the cab of his truck , and he arrives just as leaves . 
 At the San Diego airport , is loading her elephants onto a C-5 Galaxy cargo plane . The tarmac security guard will not let and in because they are not on the manifest . pulls the truck into the passenger drop - off in front of the airport and races through the terminal with . At gate security , finally catches up to them , waving 's electric goad . convinces the security guards that is more of a threat than , and they deal with while and catch up to on the tarmac . 
 explains that she has spent her entire budget and has no money for . confesses to that he will miss , but he knows she would be better off with other elephants . The film ends with a series of captions that indicate left his fiancee for , and the couple witnessed the birth of 's first calf in Sri Lanka together . 's ex - fiancee married his agent and 's mother ran their life . also managed to get away and is still roaming the roads of America . The captions conclude by saying that Get Over It never made it to a 2nd printing , but 's memoir of his cross - country trip with was a runaway besteller .

Bill Murray, Janeane Garofalo, Pat Hingle, Matthew McConaughey, Linda Fiorentino

( ) is waiting on death row for a brutal double murder she committed in her teens , 12 years earlier . Clemency lawyer ( ) tries to save her , based on the argument that she was under the influence of crack cocaine when she committed the crime of which she was found guilty and that she is no longer the same person she had been at the time of the murder . However her death sentence is carried out .

In 1932 Prohibition - era Texas , aimless wanderer ( ) drives his Ford Model A Coupe into the small bordertown of Jericho . As he arrives , a young woman named ( ) crosses the street , catching 's eye . Moments later , a group of Irish mobsters , led by ( ) , surround 's car . They warn him against staring at " 's property " and puncture his tires and smash his windshield . 
 leaves his car in the street and goes to speak with Sheriff ( ) . Sheriff does n't bother to conceal his cowardice or corruption , saying he wo n't act against 's gang and advises to wait for his car to be repaired and to leave town . Instead , walks to the town hotel , run by ( ) where orders a drink , books himself a room , and arms himself before announcing his intention to petition for damages . enters 's building , finds , and asks him to pay for the damages to his car . mocks him and threatens to shoot . and get in a gunfight , which wins with alarming speed . departs , leaves the remaining gangsters alive as witnesses , and returns to the hotel bar , much to the surprise of Jericho 's residents . 
 Following 's death , ( ) , the head of Jericho 's Italian gang , offers Smith a job in his outfit . predicts a gang war between his and 's gang , and is hiring as many skilled soldiers as he can . accepts the job and sits down to dinner with the gang where he meets ( ) , son of a prominent Chicago mobster who is monitoring 's activities in Jericho . expresses his distrust with , who leaves the dinner , and meets and seduces 's mistress , ( ) . 
 accompanies and his men to a remote Texas road . Together with , a corrupt Mexican police capitán providing security for , ambushes and kills 's men and seizes his entire liquor shipment . Following the ambush , travels to Mexico to cut more deals with . Meanwhile , ( ) and his right - hand man , ( ) return to Jericho and hear about the recent events , from 's arrival to 's death and the loss of their liquor shipment . 
 defects to the Doyle Gang and reveals to them and 's bribery of . travels to Mexico , where he kills 's and 's men , a corrupt U.S Border Patrol officer , and kidnaps . contacts and demands a large ransom for , as well as the return of his trucks . in turn kidnaps and offers an even trade , for . The two gangs make the exchange and return to their respective empires . 
 is summoned by Sheriff and meets Captain ( ) of the Texas Rangers , who is upset over the death of the Border Patrol officer . He warns that he can tolerate one gang in Jericho , but not two . He says that in ten days he will bring a squad of 20 Texas Rangers to Jericho and if he finds more than one gang , will wipe them both out . says he intends to play the gangs against each other , wiping them both out and making money in the process . leaves , emphasizing that , if he finds here in ten days , he 'll kill him as well . 
 comes to and reveals that , angered after the exchange , beat her and had cut her ear off when she revealed her affair with . gives her some money and puts her on a bus out of Jericho . The next day relays a false rumor that is bringing in more soldiers . Playing on 's obsession with , he makes afraid that will try to kidnap her again , and orders to go to the safehouse where is being held . kills the men guarding . reveals that her husband lost to on a game of poker and he kept her as a prize , and she goes to Mexico to return to her family , with giving her one of 's cars and some money . The next day , is waiting at the safehouse when arrives , and claims that he arrived too late , 's men had already killed the guards and abducted . 's henchman ( ) believes 's story , while suspects that killed the guards and freed . goes berserk and declares all - out war on and his gang . 
 's plan goes awry when and some of 's men ambush , with revealing that he had pieced together the truth by learning that was not abducted by and had sold her car in Mexico and took a bus to the South . imprisons and has him tortured , demanding to know where is . Despite the heavy torture inflicted on him , refuses to talk . Later that night , he escapes by killing two of 's men , and escapes town with the aid of and Sheriff . As they are driving out of town , they see 's gang slaughtering 's gang at a roadhouse . After all of their men are killed by 's men , and exit the roadhouse and try to surrender to a revenge - driven . shoots to death , while is killed by 's men . 
 takes refuge at a remote church where went to pray . Two days later , Sheriff arrives and informs that Monday was caught smuggling food and water to and that will probably torture him to death . He then hands his pistols and informs him that that is all the help can expect from him . returns to town and storms 's hotel , which is now 's headquarters and kills all of 's men , including , and rescues . and are absent , having gone down to Mexico in a desperate search for . 
 In the final scene , , and Deputy confront at the burned - out remains of 's hideout since summoned them there . , still despondent over the loss of , tells they can be partners and begs him to reveal where to find her . Before he can get further , shoots in the chest with a Wild - West era revolver , killing him for " ruining his town " and shoots a shotgun - wielding before he can retaliate . drops his submachine gun and says he does n't want to die in Texas ( " Chicago maybe " ) and starts to walk away , intending to actually kill . With lightning speed he turns and quickdraws a pistol from his holster , but is faster and shoots , killing him . 
 gets into his Ford ( which was repaired by the mechanic ) and drives on to Mexico , his original destination , leaving Monday some money and 's car to return to Jericho . He reflects that he is as broke as he was when he first arrived , having given all the money he made off the two gangs to various women in order to get them out of town , including and . However , he consoles himself that everyone in the two gangs is better off dead .

In Kentucky , a family watches in confusion as a herd of cattle starts running past their home , on fire . A spaceship explodes before it returns to Mars , and hundreds of other Martian ships leave Mars and head towards Earth . President , along with his aides , addresses the United States concerning the historic event . The President 's science aides set up a first contact meeting with the Martians in Pahrump , Nevada as President watches the development on TV with his wife and his daughter . 
 Using a translation machine , the Ambassador of Mars announces that they " come in peace " . When a hippie releases a dove as a symbol of peace , the Ambassador shoots it before he and the other Martians slaughter a large number of people at the event , including General , news reporter and before capturing chat - show host and her pet Chihuahua . 
 Thinking that the Martians assumed that the dove was a symbol of war , President tells Professor to renegotiate with the Martians , whose ambassador is invited to address the United States Congress . At this meeting , the Martians massacre most of Congress . begs the Martian Ambassador to stop , but is rendered unconscious and taken aboard their ship , where he is later shown with his body parts dismembered and his disembodied head remaining animated . General tries to convince President to retaliate with nuclear warfare , but the President refuses . 
 After a failed attempt to assassinate President , the Martians invade Earth , starting with Washington , D.C. As they attack the White House , the Secret Service evacuates the President , but the First Lady is crushed to death by the chandelier . vanishes during the chaos . After the U.S. government unsuccessfully attempts a nuclear attack on the mother ship , the Martians expand their invasion to the rest of the Earth , defacing world landmarks for amusement as they do so . That night , the Martians breach the bunker where has been taken and the leader reduces to the size of an insect before killing him . The Martians kill everyone else in the bunker except for , who makes an impassioned speech in an attempt to plea for peace and his life . The Martians seem convinced , but then use a false hand to kill the President . 
 As the Martians ravage Las Vegas , , a former world champion boxer , leads a small group of survivors consisting of , , a waitress named , and a lawyer to an airfield in the hopes of flying a small jet to safety . They barely make it , losing the lawyer in the process , but discover a large group of Martians stationed there as they are preparing to take off . creates a diversion by challenging them to a fistfight . While he succeeds in killing the Ambassador , he is outnumbered and overwhelmed , but , , and escape . 
 brother discovers that the Martians ' heads explode when they hear " Indian Love Call " . He and his grandmother drive around town , using the song to kill Martians . The military thereafter broadcast the song around the globe , killing most of the Martians and their leader , and causing the few remaining survivors to try to flee . and 's disembodied heads kiss while the Martian spaceship they are on crashes into the ocean . 
 In the aftermath , and are awarded the Medal of Honor by , the only surviving member of the government . , who survived the Martian brawl , arrives in D.C. to reunite with his former wife and their two sons as the devastation is being cleaned up . , , and emerge from a cave with some animals to see dozens of crashed Martian ships in Lake Tahoe .

Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Jim Brown, Sarah Jessica Parker, Martin Short, Michael J. Fox, Lukas Haas, Natalie Portman

A man who had a stroke 20 years ago ( ) is left incapacitated and bed - ridden . He has been cared for by his daughter ( ) in their Florida home , and totally ignored by his other daughter , ( ) , who moved to Ohio with her husband 20 years ago and has never contacted her family . Now , however , 's doctor has informed her that she has leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant[3 ] and she turns to her sister for help . , in turn , turns to her son ( ) , who has been committed to a mental institution for setting fire to his mother 's house . When finds that she may have to take over her father 's care , she at first begins shopping around for nursing homes . Eventually , however , the estranged family grows close.[4][5 ]

comes to work as a maid in the home of Dr. . She and develop a rapport and often calls on her for assistance . One night , is accidentally locked in the laboratory and spies on 's new assistant , . On an errand to deliver a letter from to Mrs. , a madam , learns that a bloody mess at the whorehouse was caused by Mr. . Mrs. arrives at 's home and insists on seeing him . She demands more money for her continued silence . While watering the garden , notices the lights in the laboratory go out , and investigating , discovers a small pool of blood on the theater table . 
 returns home to plan her mother 's funeral . As she is returning to 's house , grabs her in the alley ; he is being pursued by the police . Eventually the police question about a murder and she denies having seen that day . warns that she should not have lied to the police . He tells her that he has dismissed and bribed him to disappear . 
 Days later , is surprised to discover in the doctor 's bed . She tries to raise the alarm , but he stops her and then reveals his true nature : he explains that as a cure for depression , injects himself with a serum and as a result becomes , who in turn injects the " antidote " to resume being . says he now has the ability to appear without the aid of the serum , and tries to persuade her to have sex with him . is shocked ; he lets her go . 
 packs to leave , but on her way out , she decides to visit the lab . There attacks her and holds a knife to her throat , but he does not kill her . He then injects himself with the antidote , and is forced to witness the horrific transformation of one man into the other . reveals that has mixed a poison with the antidote , and then dies in 's arms . In the morning , , although dead , has transformed into one last time , awake and smiling , as walks into the fog .

is a genius , but her parents , and , and her brother ignore and mistreat her . Since babyhood , has displayed incredible learning ability and develops a strong sense of independence due to her often being left alone at home every weekday when her father is at work , her mother is playing bingo , and is at school . To pass the time , learns the route to the public library to read books . 
 At age six - and - a - half , begins to lose patience with her parents , expressing a desire to go to school , which her parents refuse blatantly and mock her . In retaliation for her father constantly berating her , she resolves to punish him each time , first by adding hydrogen peroxide to his hair tonic to turn his hair an unhealthy blonde , and then gluing his hat to his head after learning about his cheating car business . Coincidentally , unlucky things begin to happen around when gets angry with him . For instance , when reading a borrowed library copy of Moby - Dick , which rips up and makes her watch television instead , her increasing anger causes the television set to suddenly explode . 
 finally relents to letting go to school after meeting a client named , the tyrannical principal of a rundown elementary school , Crunchem Hall . There , befriends several children and learns of 's violent nature and overly harsh punishments of the students . Thankfully , 's teacher , , is a kind woman who adores her class and takes an immediate liking to 's gentle and humble nature despite her incredible genius . She requests to that be moved up to a higher class , but refuses . That night , Miss pays the a visit to encourage them to spend more time with , but they snub her . Meanwhile , discovers that her family is under surveillance by FBI agents and due to her father 's illegal dealings , but her parents refuse to believe her , as thinks they are speedboat salesmen . 
 soon learns about 's weekly " checkups " to belittle the students . As a prank , , one of 's friends , places a newt in 's water jug to frighten her . Upon discovery of the newt , accuses , whose anger at the injustice leads her to telekinetically tip the glass over , splashing water and the newt on . Afterward , Miss invites to her house for tea . On the way , they pass 's house , and Miss reveals a secret of hers : When she was two , her mother died , so her father , , invited his stepsister - in - law , , to live with them and look after her . However , regularly abused her . When Miss was five , her father died of an alleged suicide . Eventually , she moved into a small cottage . She and sneak into 's house while she is out to obtain some of Miss 's belongings , but 's unexpected return leads to a cat - and - mouse chase , with them only barely escaping without revealing themselves . 
 When 's telekinetic powers manifest again during an argument with her father , she trains herself to use them at her own will . She returns to 's house and uses her telekinesis to wreak havoc in an attempt to scare her away . She almost flees , but finds 's hair ribbon and realizes her presence . The following day , visits Miss 's class again to get to admit her guilt . magically writes a message on the blackboard , posing as the ghost of , accusing of murdering him . goes berserk and attacks the students , but keeps them out of harm 's way with her powers , and together they force out of the school permanently . Miss subsequently moves back into her true home . 
 The FBI finally uncovers enough evidence to prosecute , and the prepare to flee to Guam . They stop by Miss 's house to pick up , but she refuses to go with them and suggests Miss adopt her . In that moment , a remorseful laments over not understanding her daughter and regrets that she did n't treat her better . She and subsequently sign the adoption papers that had kept for a long time . They escape and lives a happy life with Miss , who becomes the new principal of Crunchem Hall .

Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz, Pam Ferris

( ) is a cop in Nice , France . is at a funeral that is being held for a fellow cop , when 's partner ( ) shows up , and requests for his presence at a crime scene . When they arrive , shows a dead body of someone that looks exactly like him . They discover that his name was , who was born on exactly the same day was . As it turns out , is the twin brother never knew he had . 
 Tracing his brother 's steps back to New York City , discovers that was a member of the Russian Mafia , who was chased down and killed when he attempted to get out . Of course , now is mistaken for , who was also mixed up in a series of affairs concerning the FBI and the Russian mafia . With his only real ally being 's fiancé ( ) , sets out to avenge his brother 's death , which is complicated not only by the Mafia , but by two corrupt FBI agents .

The National Mirror is a tabloid publication that reports primarily on unexplainable phenomena . The editor , , receives a story tip about an Iowan woman living with an angel in her house in a small town , and decides to send three staff members to investigate . He chooses , , a photographer and owner of the Mirror star , and , hired by to eventually replace . 
 At the boarding house of , they meet her tenant . While has wings and smells like cookies , he has an unexpected taste for cigarettes and sugar , and does not appear clean . When pressed for the type of angel he is , he replies he is an archangel , with boasting he triumphed over in the War in Heaven . 
 After unexpectedly dies , and decide to take to Chicago . reveals that this was his plan from the beginning . During the trip it is slowly revealed that 's mission on Earth is to get and together despite both having had bad experiences with love . 
 After is hit by a truck and killed , brings him back to life . In the process he uses up his allotment of miracles and begins to weaken . The group reaches Chicago just in time for to see the Sears Tower ( which he has always wanted to see ) before disappearing . After and go their separate ways , returns one more time ( this time with in tow ) and successfully gets and back together for good .

In 1922 , attempts to console , who is mourning the death of . 
 At the end of the Easter Rising in 1916 , , , , and other survivors surrender to the British Army . As the Dublin Metropolitan Police 's " G " Division identifies the leaders , tells that next time , " We wo n't play by their rules , . We 'll invent our own . " All the other leaders die by firing squad , but , an American citizen , is imprisoned in England . , , and the others are sent to internment camp . 
 After his release , gives a speech at an election rally at the South Longford by - election , 1917 . is injured when the Royal Irish Constabulary break up the rally , but is rescued by . While recovering on a friend 's farm , they meet , who begins a romance with . is tipped off by Detective that the British plan to arrest and his Cabinet . However , forbids anyone to go into hiding , stating that the ensuing public outcry will force their immediate release . Only and escape arrest and imprisonment , and there are no protests . and travel to England and break out of prison . Angry that has overshadowed him , announces that he will travel to the United States to seek recognition from , and orders to accompany him . Before they depart , suggests to his belief that fears leaving them alone together . 
 Left in command , orders the IRA to begin raiding police barracks for weapons . He also issues a statement that all collaboration with the British will be punished by death . then recruits a squad from the IRA 's Dublin Brigade , which , on Bloody Sunday , assassinates fourteen British agents . In retaliation , the Black and Tans fire into the crowd at a Gaelic football match at Croke Park . is caught burning documents , and is tortured and killed . 
 After returning from America empty - handed , decrees that the IRA must make a formal military attack on The Custom House . argues that fighting conventionally will allow the British to win , but the Cabinet votes to support . The attack fails catastrophically , leaving six men dead and seventy captured . In the aftermath , declares that the IRA can only hold out for a month . In private , he tells that the IRA will be lucky to hold out for another week . To his surprise , however , the British soon call for a cease fire . 
 orders to go to London to participate in negotiations with the British , despite 's objections that he is not a diplomat . After the signing of the Anglo - Irish Treaty in December 1921 , erupts upon learning that the terms have been published without his agreement . argues that the Treaty gives them the freedom to achieve the Republic , albeit at the expense of six of the nine Ulster counties . and his supporters resign in protest after the Dáil approves the Treaty 64–57 . Both and try to sway the Irish people in their respective directions . is attacked by an anti - Treaty Republican during a rally , but escapes . In the aftermath , he successfully proposes to . 
 When the people vote to approve the Treaty , refuses to accept the results and orders the IRA to seize the Four Courts in Dublin . Ordered by the Cabinet to retake the Four Courts , ( now Chief of Staff of the National Army ) is appalled at having to fight former comrades . informs him that , if the Irish Free State Army will not deal with the IRA , the British Army will . In the subsequent Battle of Dublin , the IRA is driven from the city . Despite ' attempts to capture him , is shot by a sentry while trying to swim the Liffey . 
 Devastated by 's death , travels to County Cork . He reaches out to through an intermediary , asking for a peace conference . Without knowledge , the intermediary informs that will meet him at Béal na Bláth the following day . As a convoy of Irish Army vehicles approaches they find a cart laid across the road and IRA men open fire from a nearby hillside . is shot after breaking cover from behind an armoured car . tries to revive but is unsuccessful . is informed of his death just after trying on her wedding gown . 
 Completing his story , tells that would not want her to mourn as long as she has .

Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman, Julia Roberts

Years after the events of the series , and his team , the Impossible Missions Force ( IMF ) , attempt to retrieve the CIA non - official cover ( NOC ) list from the American embassy in Prague . Their mission fails : is shot , his wife dies in a car bombing , and the rest of the team except are eliminated by unknown assassins . Meeting with IMF director , reveals his awareness of a second IMF team sent to monitor them , and learns the job was a setup to lure out a mole within IMF , who is believed to be working with an arms dealer known as " " as part of " Job 314 . " As is the only member left , suspects him of being the mole , and flees . 
 Returning to the Prague safe house , realizes " Job 314 " refers to Bible verse Job 3:14 , " " being the mole 's code name . arrives at the safe house , explaining she escaped the bomb after aborted the mission . arranges a meeting with , and warns her that the list she possesses has a tracking device . He promises to deliver the real list in return for $ 10 million and 's identity . , , and her agents escape just as a CIA team arrives . 
 recruits two disavowed IMF agents : computer expert and pilot . They infiltrate CIA headquarters in Langley , steal the real list , and flee to London . , detecting the theft , has 's mother and uncle falsely arrested for drug trafficking . He provides media coverage of the arrest , forcing to contact him from Liverpool Street Station . allows the CIA to trace him to London before hanging up , but is surprised to find nearby . recounts surviving the shooting , naming as the mole . realizes is the mole , having discovered that stole a Gideons Bible from a Chicago hotel . He also suspects as the one who killed the other IMF members on the Prague job , but is unsure whether was involved . arranges with to exchange the list aboard the TGV train to Paris the next day . 
 On the train , remotely directs to the list . verifies it and gives the code to a briefcase containing the payment along with in the baggage car . calls and tells her to meet him there . Meanwhile , uses a jamming device to prevent from uploading the data to her servers . reaches the baggage car , finds and tells him will arrive shortly . She questions the idea of killing , since they will need a fall guy for the money , when reveals himself to be in disguise , exposing her as a co - conspirator . When the real arrives and takes the money at gunpoint , dons a pair of video glasses that relays to , blowing ' cover as the mole . 
 threatens to kill , but shoots instead when she intervenes . He climbs to the roof of the train , where is waiting with a helicopter and a tether . connects the tether to the train itself , forcing the helicopter into the Channel Tunnel after the train . places an explosive chewing gum on the helicopter windshield , killing and . arrests and recovers the list , then reinstates and as IMF agents , but is unsure if he 'll accept . As he flies home , a flight attendant approaches him and asks , through a coded phrase , if he is ready to take on a new mission , just as she asked at the beginning .

Tom Cruise, Ving Rhames, Jon Voight, Vanessa Redgrave, Emmanuelle Béart, Kristin Scott Thomas, Jean Reno

's mother is a convict in Newgate Prison in London who is given a reprieve by " pleading her belly , " a reference to the custom of staying the executions of pregnant criminals . Her mother is eventually transported to Colonial United States , and ( not her birth name , she emphasizes , taking care not to reveal it ) is raised from the age of three until adolescence by a goodly foster mother . Thereafter she gets attached to a household as a servant where she is loved by both sons , the elder of whom convinces her to " act like they were married " in bed . Unwilling to marry her , he persuades her to marry his younger brother . After five years of marriage , she then is widowed , leaves her children in the care of in - laws , and begins honing the skill of passing herself off as a fortuned widow to attract a man who will marry her and provide her with security . 
 The first time she does this , her " gentleman - tradesman " spendthrift husband goes bankrupt and flees to the Continent , leaving her on her own with his blessing to do the best she can to forget him . ( They had one child together , but " it was buried . " ) The second time , she makes a match that leads her to Virginia with a kindly man who introduces her to his mother . After three children ( one dies ) , learns that her mother - in - law is actually her biological mother , which makes her husband her half - brother . She dissolves their marriage and after continuing to live with her brother for three years , travels back to England , leaving her two children behind , and goes to live in Bath to seek a new husband . 
 Again she returns to her con skills and develops a relationship with a man in Bath whose wife is elsewhere confined due to insanity . Their relationship is at first platonic , but eventually develops into becoming something of a " kept woman " in Hammersmith , London . They have three children ( one lives ) , but after a severe illness he repents , breaks off the arrangement , and commits to his wife . However , he assures that their son will be well cared for , so she leaves yet another child behind . 
 , now 42 , resorts to another beau , a bank clerk , who while still married to an adulterous wife ( a " whore " ) , proposes to after she entrusts him with her financial holdings . While waiting for the banker to divorce , pretends to have a great fortune to attract another wealthy husband , assisted by a new female acquaintance who attests to 's ( erroneous ) social standing . The ruse is successful and she marries a supposedly rich man who claims to own property in Ireland . They each quickly realize that they were both conned and manipulated by the before mentioned new acquaintance . He discharges her from the marriage , telling her nevertheless that she should inherit any money he might ever get . After enjoying each other 's company for about a month , they part ways , but soon discovers that she is pregnant . She gives birth and the midwife gives a tripartite scale of the costs of bearing a child , with one value level per social class . She continues to correspond with the bank clerk , hoping he will still have her . 
 leaves her newborn in the care of a countrywoman in exchange for the sum of £ 5 a year . marries the banker , but realizes " what an abominable creature I am ! and how this innocent gentleman is going to be abused by me ! " They live in happiness for five years before he becomes bankrupt and dies of despair , the fate of their two children left unstated . 
 Truly desperate now , begins a career of artful thievery , which , by employing her wits , beauty , charm , and femininity , as well as hard - heartedness and wickedness , brings her the financial security she has always sought . She becomes well known among those " in the trade , " and is given the name . She is helped throughout her career as a thief by her Governess , who also acts as receiver . ( During this time she briefly becomes the mistress of a man she robbed . ) is finally caught by two maids whilst trying to steal from a house . 
 In Newgate she is led to her repentance . At the same time , she reunites with her soulmate , her " Lancashire husband " , who is also jailed for his robberies ( before and after they first met , he acknowledges ) . is found guilty of felony , but not burglary , the second charge ; still , the sentence is death in any case . Yet convinces a minister of her repentance , and together with her Lancashire husband is transported to the Colonies to avoid hanging , where they live happily together ( she even talks the ship 's captain into not being with the convicts sold upon arrival , but instead in the captain 's quarters ) . Once in the colonies , learns her mother has left her a plantation and that her own son ( by her brother ) is alive , as is her husband / brother . 
 carefully introduces herself to her brother and their son , in disguise . With the help of a Quaker , the two found a farm with 50 servants in Maryland . reveals herself now to her son in Virginia and he gives her her mother 's inheritance , a farm for which he will now be her steward , providing £ 100 a year income for her . In turn , she makes him her heir and gives him a ( stolen ) gold watch . 
 At last , her life of conniving and desperation seems to be over . After her husband / brother dies , tells her ( Lancashire ) husband the entire story and he is " perfectly easy on that account ... For , said he , it was no fault of yours , nor of his ; it was a mistake impossible to be prevented . " Aged 69 ( in 1683 ) , the two return to England to live " in sincere penitence for the wicked lives we have lived . "

( ) is a successful science fiction writer who is finalizing his second divorce . He is perplexed by the issues he has with women , realizing that his wives and girlfriends all did n't support or encourage him . decides to initiate an experiment that will help him understand what went wrong in his relationships : he moves back in with his widowed mother ( ) , occupying the same bedroom he had as a child . His sports agent brother thinks is oversensitive to their mother 's criticism , while believes that their mother favors . 
 Their relationship is characterized by constant bickering and power struggles ; both are perfectionists strongly committed to their respective points of view . believes she 's overly critical of him , while contends that he blames her unfairly for his personal failings . A rare bright spot in their relationship appears when she takes an interest in his word processor and impresses with her fast , flawless typing . seems surprised by 's interest in her life and is reluctant to ' go into all that . ' 
 When cancels her plans to travel to visit her son , has a meltdown and an argument with his wife over his need to keep in constant contact with his mother . She tells him that he may needs to evaluate his relationship with his mother just as much as . and go to the zoo , where they finally reach some common ground . When they return home is waiting ; so upset by the aborted visit , he came all the way up to try to talk into visiting for the weekend . All three argue and leaves alone , satisfied that 's the " sickie " and that he 's " pretty darn healthy to begin with . " 
 tells that she has a friend who comes through San Francisco every few weeks and stays over a few days , but while is there this visit will be just for one day but that she needs to see him . is surprised that she would call someone she is intimate with not important , but she dismisses it , saying they " just have sex occasionally . " meets , who knows a lot about because , as he tells , brags about him when he 's not around . They head off to have dinner ; in the car they discuss the evening , with refusing to have anything more than dinner because of her son 's visit , even though the idea of more seems to excite . 
 While alone at the house , discovers a box of novel and short story manuscripts that his mother wrote in her youth . He learns she was a skilled writer who went to college on a scholarship , only to have her talent discouraged by her husband and the prevailing social expectations that mothers should not have careers outside the home . realizes now that his mother 's passive aggression towards him and not stems from the fact that 's business career was never a reminder of her unfulfilled ambitions . admits that 's observations are correct , leading to a warm reconciliation . 
 The film ends with meeting a single female fan of his novels , and beginning to write a story based on 's moving in with her . meets a woman and a relationship begins to spark .

Confined in an Israeli jail , writes a memoir about his career in Nazi Germany . During the buildup to World War II , , an American playwright of German language stage productions , is approached by War Department operative . asks to work as a spy for the U.S. in the approaching war , though he promises no reward or recognition . rejects the offer , but adds that he wants to take some time to consider , telling him that 's answer will come in the form of how he acts and what positions he assumes once the war begins . 
 In the initial stages of the war , works his way up through propaganda organization , eventually becoming the " voice " of English language broadcasts propagating Nazism and anti - Semitism at U.S. citizens . Unknown to the Nazis , all of the idiosyncrasies of his speech – deliberate pauses , coughing , etc . – form a secret code that covertly transmits information to Allied forces . Late in the war , after his wife , , is reported killed on the Eastern Front , visits her family in early 1945 outside Berlin , just before the Red Army arrives . 's younger sister , , confesses that she is in love with him . 
 Eventually , is captured when a U.S. infantryman recognizes his voice . Before he can be executed , arranges for 's discreet release and helps his relocation to New York City . is shocked to learn that the Americans will not reveal 's true role in the war , because that would also reveal the spycraft techniques that America will continue to need for the next war . Although that means that is doomed to be a pariah , is unsympathetic , reasoning that would not have wanted the truth had Germany won the war . 
 In New York City , lives a lonely existence for fifteen years , sustained only by memories of and an indifferent curiosity about his eventual fate . Mrs. , a Holocaust survivor living in 's building , is the only person who suspects his true identity ; he seems to avoid her suspicions by feigning ignorance of German . 's only friend is , an elderly painter who , through an extraordinary coincidence , happens to be a Soviet intelligence agent . 
 Over many games of chess , reveals his secret past to , who tries to use this information to improve his standing with his handlers by forcing into a position where he must flee to Moscow . He leaks information about 's whereabouts , which gets the attention of a neo - Nazi organization . Representatives of this group meet and present him with who seems to be . However , it is not long before discovers that is actually , who had taken 's identity to escape East Germany . 
 The neo - Nazis shelter , along with and , in their Manhattan hideout . reappears , warning of Kraft 's true identity and explaining that and have put in an awkward position with the neo - Nazis to ensure his transfer to Moscow . returns to the hideout to confront the pair ; in light of her exposure , commits suicide . Moments later , the FBI raids the hideout but , again , uses his influence to ensure walks free . returns to his wrecked apartment and decides to turn himself in to the Israelis to stand trial . 
 is taken to Haifa , where he is incarcerated in the cell below an unrepentant . The film ends with the arrival of a letter from providing the corroborating evidence that was indeed a U.S. spy during the war . Moments later , hangs himself — not , he says , for crimes against humanity , but rather for " crimes against myself . "

The film begins with ( ) in a wedding gown incarcerated in a Mexican prison . The investigators call her Mrs. and listen to her explain why she committed murder on her wedding day . 
 Some months earlier , attends her younger sister 's wedding . Afterwords , is pestered by her overbearing parents about when she will get married herself being 31 - years - old with her biological clock ticking . works as an associate producer for a local TV talk show in San Diego . She rejects an offer of going out on a date with a younger co - worker , named ( ) . Disappointed by her dull Valentine 's Day blind date , she goes home to sulk in front of the TV , where , inundated by romantic imagery , she is prompted to get out of the house . 
 goes to a bar where she drops her quarter in front of the jukebox . She bends down to get it when a man shows up and selects the same song she would have chosen . He is ( ) , and they instantly hit it off . They go back to his house and have sex . He says he 's a poet and an investor , and has money . He reads her one of his poems . 
 appears charming and charismatic in which he and begin dating . introduces to her family and he impresses all of them . But by the time she meets his strange and eccentric mother ( ) , has become convinced he is not " Mr. Right " at all . After tells that it is OK to " be himself " around her , he suddenly breaks character and shoplifts a six - pack of beer from a local store and enjoys crushing the empty beer cans on his forehead . It it here that is revealed to be a crafty , devious , narcissistic , sociopath who hides behind a charming nice - guy persona that fools literally everyone he comes into contact with . To make matters worse , 's ex - girlfriend , ( ) ( who is nearly as crazy and deranged as ) , and her accomplice , ( ) , begin harassing who decides to break up with . refuses to believe that has dumped . also refuses to believe he has been dumped and he begins stalking and trying to woo her back in increasingly ridiculous ways . soon becomes frustrated and desperate after the manipulative tells her whole smitten and oblivious family that they are engaged to be married . He even buys off her private investigator ( ) that she hires to make a background check on him . All of 's attempts to expose as the dangerous sociopath that he is to her friends and family is met with disbelief and skepticism from everyone due to his skill of lying and manipulation . goes as far as to make loose her job , and then hits her with his pickup truck , drugs her and abducts her to Mexico to marry her there by hiring two young Mexican children to hold her captive as they travel on the road to their destination . 
 Once in Mexico , attempts to escape once and manages to place a phone call to San Diego to her former office to the only person that has not fallen under 's influence : her co - worker whom she manages to tell him briefly that has abducted her to Mexico and to come to her rescue before catches up to her and disconnects the call . Then , and appear and attempt to kill , until comes to 's rescue and manages to drive them away at gunpoint . 
 At the church where is forcing to get married in front of her deluded family , shows up at the last minute to rescue from the wedding , but trips . His gun falls into her hands and she shoots who attempts to lunge at her . Then she 's arrested , which leads to telling the local authorities her entire story . However , even the Mexican investigators are unsympathetic and conclude that she murdered intentionally . As they are transporting her away , springs her out of jail with 's help and explains that it was who did it ; she attempted to kill from the church balcony , but when tripped , hit by accident . claims that is still alive at a local hospital and he will recover from his wound . 
 After meeting up with in the desert , and ride a horse west towards the sunset , while leaves to return to . Title cards over the closing scene explain that and eventually turned north and returned to the USA where they got romantically involved and currently live under assumed names , and got married and opened a pet store in Albuquerque , and continues his search for love .

Ellen DeGeneres, Bill Pullman, Dean Stockwell, Joan Cusack, Joan Plowright

Establishing shot of a gunshot victim in a motel room . Scene change to a woman and a priest outside a church being approached by police officers investigating a murder . The woman calmly confesses to the killing . 
 Flashback voice - over : on her 18th birthday , ( ) meets lowlife ( ) . She moves in with him and winds up pregnant . He kicks her out when she wo n't get rid of the baby , denying responsibility . Months later , a destitute gets inadvertently swept aboard a train at Grand Central Terminal . With no ticket and no money , is rescued by ( ) , who takes her to his private compartment . She meets his wife , , ( ) who is also pregnant . and bond , and shows her wedding band , which has the couple 's names engraved on the inside . encourages to try the ring on . When the train suddenly crashes , is thrown outside , leaving the only one in the private compartment . 
 Eight days later , wakes up in the hospital to discover she has given birth to a baby boy . was found in the 's sleeper car wearing the wedding band , and has been mistaken for . She also learns " the other pregnant woman on the train " ( , mistaken for ) and both died in the crash . She tries to explain , but is prevented from doing so by the hospital staff , who believe her to be hysterical . 's mother , ( ) , who has a bad heart , had never met before , and so assumes is . calls asking to come to the estate . With nowhere else to go , accepts the offer and is driven there by ( ) , the loyal Cuban chauffeur . There , meets ( also played by ) , 's identical twin brother . When the shock of seeing the twin of the man she is claiming as her deceased husband wears off , she nervously begins her new life . She names her newborn son , after his supposed father . Her new life is very different , and she finds it difficult to adjust . She is helped by , who accepts anything she does , and gives her a socialite make - over . 
 Meanwhile , since the police think that was , they tell that and his unborn baby have died . does n't really seem to care , which disturbs his new girlfriend ( ) . 
 questions closely , suspicious of inconsistencies in her story . Annoyed by this , forces on one day , and and walk around Boston , and begin to bond . During the day , accidentally signs her real name , which notices . He investigates , learning her real identity . prepares to expose when he learns that plans to change her will to include and baby . However , he changes his mind when Connie becomes upset and begs not to include her and in the will , proving to him that is not after the family 's money . 's protests make want to include them even more and the will is signed . and are then called to help a drunk , heart - broken from a recent failed romance , to his bed . He demands that and dance a tango before he will fall asleep . They do so , and end up sharing several kisses . meets a love - struck as he is leaving , and , hearing him confess concern over what would think if has feelings for 's ( possible ) widow , assures him that his brother would want him to be happy . 
 receives an anonymous letter asking " Who are you ? And whose baby is that ? " She has been feeling guilty for taking advantage of 's ( and now 's ) kindness , but worries that any revelation of the truth would endanger 's life . decides to leave with , and is found packing by . attempts to convince her to stay , proposing to her . He tells her to think about it overnight . decides to run away anyway . follows her to the train station , tells her about his own shady past , and makes her realize she and the baby are just as valuable to as is to them . returns home to find has had a heart attack because of her sudden disappearance . She and talk about 's proposal , and tells to never take the baby away again . decides to accept the situation , and agrees to marry as . 
 saw a publicity shot of as , and sent her that letter . He blackmails her to meet with him the next day , or else he will go to , possibly giving her another heart attack . , seeing 's distress from afar , sends after as he leaves , to discover his identity . At 's motel , writes him a check to leave her and the baby alone , but only wants it to force her into a worse scheme - pretending to kidnap , ransoming him back . If goes to the police , will use the check as proof that approached him with the idea . , terrified that will die if she is frightened about being kidnapped , returns to the estate , and steals a pistol from a display case , then returns to the motel to frighten into returning the incriminating check . She does not at first realize that is already dead , and the pistol accidentally goes off when she finds out . rushes in on the echo of the gunshot , and both and deny causing 's death . talks out of calling the police , and searches briefly for her own check . Failing to find it , she and flee the scene , not knowing that sees their flight from outside the motel . It is then that begins to tell about the lie she has been living , but reveals that he already knows 's true identity , and that he loves her anyway . 
 End Flashback . 
 The next day , which happens to be their wedding day , the priest ( ) tells and that is outside the church , confessing to 's murder to the police lieutenant ( ) who came asking for . They rush to 's side , and each confesses to the murder themselves , trying to shield the others . arrives in time to add his confession to the mix . 
 The police officers tell them they already have the murderer in custody . They only came to the church to question about her check to . The murderer was the woman started seeing after dumping . Like , she had gotten pregnant and had abandoned her . 
 confesses the truth about 's parentage to , who says she 'll still accept and , adding that she 'd like more grandchildren . The wedding goes ahead , and presents with a wedding ring that has ' & ' engraved on the inside ( of course , the ring she wore in the hospital had ' & ' in it ) . Thus , who had been pretending to be Mrs. , finally becomes a real Mrs. .

In the early 1950s , a four - man squad of unorthodox Los Angeles Police Department detectives begins throwing its weight around by tossing , an organized crime figure from Chicago , off a cliff on Mulholland Drive , nicknamed " Mulholland Falls " for all the men they have thrown off it . 
 Detective Lieutenant and his partners , , and are called to investigate a suspicious death of a young woman found at a construction site . The evidence shows that every bone in her body is broken . A coroner deduces that she looks like she " jumped off a cliff , " although there are no cliffs nearby . The woman turns out to be someone knew very well , . 
 The detectives receive a film of having sex in a motel room , taken by a secretly hidden camera behind a two - way mirror . 's gay friend admits to making this film and more , including one with in it . is murdered while being guarded by and . 
 Radioactive glass is found in 's foot , which leads the detectives to the Nevada Test Site , where they illegally break in and investigate . Colonel threatens to lock up the police officers , warning them that they have no authority here . The man in the film with proves to be the civilian commander of the secret base , retired General , now head of the Atomic Energy Commission , who admits the affair to but has an alibi for the day of her death . 
 's marriage to Kate is jeopardized by someone desperate to retrieve the film . An FBI agent fails to persuade the LAPD 's Chief to drop the case , so Lt . 's house is ransacked by FBI men with a search warrant , but no film is found . brutally assaults the FBI agent , after which a film is delivered to showing her husband and having sex in the motel . 
 The blackmailer turns out to be Colonel , who demands the film of with be brought to him . realizes that Jimmy ' film footage of also includes images of " atomic soldiers " used as guinea pigs for A - bomb tests , now dying in a secret hospital ward on ' military base . and partner fly to the base , where brings the film to , who is terminally ill with cancer himself . 
 For their return trip to Los Angeles , and board a C-47 cargo plane , where they are joined by Colonel and his aide . During the flight , realizes that is going to kill them by throwing them off the airplane in mid - air , the same way that died . In a vicious struggle , the detectives fight for their lives . charges the aide as gunshots go off . and are able to throw the aide and out of the plane , both falling to their death . The pilot is also accidentally shot but manages to crash land before he dies . celebrates the landing until realizing that he , too , has been shot , also dying at the scene . 
 can not reconcile with his wife at 's funeral because she feels betrayed and heartbroken . At the cemetery , where he explains that his unit has been disbanded , she walks out on for good .

Nick Nolte, Jennifer Connelly, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich, Michael Madsen, Chazz Palminteri, Chris Penn, Treat Williams

( ) is a Los Angeles construction worker whose job is constantly getting in the way of his family . On one job to build a new wing of a scientific facility , meets up with Dr. ( ) , a friendly scientist who has developed a successful method for cloning humans . is introduced to Dr. ' clone as proof . Dr. is sympathetic to 's troubles , so he allows to clone himself so that the clone can take over for at work , while the original tries to spend some quality time with his family . The clone , called " Two " ( although he calls himself " " ) , has all of 's memories and knowledge , but his personality is an exaggeration of 's masculine side and he is especially macho . does not reveal the cloning to his family and he goes to great lengths to keep it a secret . Although the clone seems to be a dream come true , while and his wife ( ) are at a restaurant for dinner , finds that is on his own date ( due to not being allowed to be with ) . realizes clones are not as great as they seem , and begins to worry about his clone being revealed . 
 Despite the complications of having a clone , is extremely busy at work so decides to have another made to help out at home . " Three " ( who calls himself " " ) is a sharp contrast to and is an exaggeration of 's feminine side . He has an extremely sensitive and thoughtful personality . He is much like a housewife and loves to cook and take care of the house , much to 's chagrin . However , things take a turn for the worse when and introduce " " ( who refers to as " " , and is later himself named ) . and decided to make another clone and he is cloned from Two / Lance , and has the mentality of an overly - curious child . Unfortunately , since he is a clone - of - a - clone , his IQ is considerably lower than that of his predecessors , and the personality defects are more pronounced when a clone is cloned ( the analogy from the movie refers to how a copy of a copy may not be as ' sharp ' as the original ) . This causes an annoyed to decree that no more clones of him / them be created . 
 decides to take some time off and goes on a sailing trip . He does n't want to know , so he has his clones step in for him and take his place while he 's away . However , he specifically instructs them that is off limits . While he is gone , each of the clones , in turn , run into and , despite their best efforts to follow instructions ( one plays sick , etc ) , she persists and eventually has sex with all three of them thinking they 're . 
 The next day , has a cold and is unable to go to work , so he sends . During an inspection on site , 's lack of knowledge about the current construction site annoys and upset the inspector , which leads to losing his job . 
 As time passes , 's wife becomes increasingly upset with her husband 's erratic behavior , as she is wondering about 's sudden personality changes throughout the day and how continually has no memories of discussions unwittingly had with another clone . Thinking is ignoring her , she reveals her feelings to , mentioning how has never kept his promise to fix up the house . When she asks him what he wants , an inattentive replies , " I want pizza " . Upset , she takes the children and leaves , moving to stay at her parents ' home . When returns , he learns that and the kids have left . He also learns from the clones ' confessions that he has lost his job and each one of them has had sex with . 
 While tries to determine how to get back , tells him about what told about how he never fixed the house . With the help of the clones , remodels the house and wins back the love of his wife . also tells he is planning to start his own construction business . Realizing can take care of himself now , the three clones move away . As they are driving away and stopped at a stoplight , finally sees the three clones in the car next to her . Believing that she is hallucinating , tells her children that you can tell you really love someone when everyone you see reminds you of them . 
 The clones write to that they have set up a successful pizzeria called " Three Guys from Nowhere " in Miami , Florida and are masquerading as triplets . becomes the businessman of the shop and serves customers , enjoying this opportunity to meet many women . is the head chef and is " cooking up a storm and having a ball " , and is the delivery boy as well as taking a second job as a paperboy . Unfortunately , confuses the two and is seen delivering pizzas by throwing the box onto the lawn as he rides his bike by .

is a young orphan who lives in the Admiral Benbow in England with his best friends and . listens to the tales of , who tells of his former captain , Captain , who buried his treasure trove on a remote island and executed his crew so only he would own the island 's map . One night , one of ' crewmates arrives , giving the black spot . gives the treasure map and reveals that he had been 's first mate . Just before dying of a heart attack , he begs to go after the treasure and keep both it and the map safe from pirate hands . An army of pirates attack the inn , destroying it , but the boys escape with the map . 
 The trio takes the map to the half - wit ( ) , who arranges a voyage to find the treasure . The boys are enlisted aboard the Hispaniola as the cabin boys , accompanied by , Dr. Livesey ( ) , and his assistant . The ship is commanded by Captain ( ) and his overly strict first mate Mr. ( ) . The boys meet the cook , a one - legged man who warned them of but and become good friends . The ship sets sail , but is suspicious of the crew , believing them to be of shady character . After and are kidnapped and tortured by three of the crew who have turned out to be pirates , he has the treasure map locked up for safe keeping . 
 It is revealed that and the secret pirates in the crew had been part of 's crew and want the treasure for themselves . fools Mr. into leaving the ship to test out a rowboat , claims he drowned and has his minions steal the map during 's memorial service . , , and discover 's treachery and inform . Arriving at Treasure Island , orders the entire crew save the officers to go ashore , planning to keep himself and non - pirate crew aboard the ship and abandon the pirates on the island . However , his plan falls through when it is discovered that has kidnapped to have leverage against the captain . On the island , invites to join them in the treasure hunt using his late father 's compass . When refuses , forcibly takes the compass from him . , , and land on the island in an effort to rescue . However , unbeknownst to them , had hidden a squad of pirates aboard the Hispaniola before leaving , and they capture the ship in 's absence . On the island , and the rest of the landing party are captured by the native tribe of pigs , where reunites with his jilted lover ( Miss ) , the tribe 's queen . 
 The pirates find the cave in which hid the treasure is empty , leading to a brief mutiny against . reveals that , even though he is a pirate , he cares for and allows him to escape . and are captured by , and is hung from a cliff to fall to his death . In an effort to save , reveals the treasure is hidden in her house , but when she spits out a kiss from , he hangs her off the cliff as well . rescues his friends and with Mr. ( who is revealed to be alive ) , the group regains control of the Hispaniola , and rescue and . The group engages the pirates in a sword fight until only is left standing , but he surrenders when he finds himself outnumbered . While the pirates are imprisoned , discovers he still has Mr. 's keys and tries to escape with the treasure . confronts him but allows him to leave as long as they never cross paths again , much to 's disappointment . rows away , but not before returning 's compass to him . However , Mr. informs and that the boat used was not seaworthy , and is stranded on the island with no gold . 
 With promoted as the ship 's new captain , the crew of the Hispaniola sails away into the sunset , while some scuba - diving rats recover the treasure from the sea . During the credits , is left marooned with only a wisecracking head for company .

Republican Senator of Ohio ( ) wins the Presidential election , narrowly defeating archrival Democratic Governor of Indiana ( ) . Four years later , wins a landslide victory over the now - incumbent . Another four years later , 's former Vice President , ( ) , defeats . His Vice President , ( ) , is widely seen as an idiot , and becomes a continuing embarrassment for the administration . A further three years later , is spending his time writing books and speaking at various inconsequential functions , while is finishing his own book and going through a divorce . 
 Meanwhile , the Democratic Party learns about " Olympia " , codename for a series of bribes from defense contractor ( ) paid to when he was Vice President . The Democratic National Committee chairman ( ) asks to investigate . offers the support of the Democratic Party for a Presidential run in return for his help . accepts , hoping to beat and get back into the Oval Office . Meanwhile , and his Chief of Staff ( ) plot to frame for the scandal . When rumors begin to suggest that was involved in Olympia , he begins his own investigation . 
 NSA agent Colonel ( ) has assassinated when he attempts to tell the truth about Olympia . arrives at the scene to find with ' body . Before they can flee , and are forced to board Marine One by White House officials , claiming to be taking them to Camp David at the request of . During the flight realizes that they are heading in the wrong direction . Suspicious , they force the pilots to land . They disembark just before the helicopter explodes . 
 and are left stranded , with the realization that the explosion was meant to kill them . They decide to go to 's Presidential Library in Cuyahoga Falls , Ohio to obtain records the overly - frugal kept of all meals served during his time in the White House , which will prove was present at a key meeting with . During a series of misadventures , they meet a variety of ordinary Americans and see the effects their terms in office have had . After several close encounters with NSA agents , they arrive at the library and discover the evidence has been tampered with to implicate . A guard gives a message from ' secretary stating that had recently met with . and kidnap and with help , force him to reveal the plot to frame , though claims to have no knowledge of the attempts on their lives , blaming and . They at first decide to report 's confession to ( ) , a Fox News journalist , but , based upon their adventures , convinces go to the White House to confront , seeing it as a chance of redemption for their poor choices as Presidents . 
 They manage to sneak into the White House with the help of the White House Executive Chef ( ) and make it to the Oval Office only to discover that is giving a press conference outside . traps and in a guest room but they utilize a secret tunnel to escape while the NSA gives chase . catches up with them and is about to shoot them when he himself is killed by Secret Service Sniper Lieutenant ( ) , who has recognized the presidents from a chance encounter at a gay pride parade during their adventure , and disobeys orders to shoot them . 
 and interrupt 's speech and take him to the Oval Office to talk . There they play a tape of 's confession , but denies knowledge of ' murder or the helicopter explosion . agrees to resign and proceeds to give a resignation speech , claiming to have heart problems . and muse that the idiotic will now be elevated from Vice President to President and realize that the only way it could have happened was under these circumstances . The pair confront who admits that he , not , had engineered the entire plot so that he could become President , knowing would take the fall . explains that his stupidity was just an act , but secretly records his confession on tape . is sent to prison . 
 Nine months later , and are running together as independents in the Presidential election , arguing which of them will be the nominee for president . distracts by throwing a dollar on the floor , and takes to the podium to announce himself as the Presidential candidate , much to the chagrin of .

Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, Lauren Bacall, John Heard

The film opens with mad scientist Dr. , working from an underground laboratory , explaining the premise of the film ( and associated TV series ) . and the robots and , along with Gypsy , are aboard the Satellite of Love high in Earth 's orbit , when forces them to watch the film This Island Earth to break their wills ; as in the television show , , , and riff the film as it plays . 
 The film - riffing scenes are book - ended and interspersed with short , unrelated sketches :

( ) is an architect and divorced single mother to son , ( ) . Her day gets off to a bad start when she is late to drop him off at school , due to the forgetfulness of fellow single parent ( ) , a New York Daily News reporter whose daughter , ( ) , is thrust into his care that morning by his ex - wife . The children arrive just a moment too late to go on a school field trip ( a Circle Line boat cruise ) . Their parents are forced to accept that , on top of hectically busy schedules , they must work together that day to supervise each other 's child . In their confusion of sharing a taxi , they accidentally switch cellphones , causing each of them , all morning , to receive calls intended for the other one , which they then have to relay to the right person . 
 must make an architectural design presentation to an important client . has to find a source for a scoop on the New York mayor 's mob connections . causes havoc at 's office with toy cars , causing her to trip and break her scale model display . In frustration , takes to a daycare center ( which is having a " Superhero Day " ) , where she coincidentally comes across trying to convince to stay and behave herself . They create impromptu costumes for the children , utilizing his imagination and her resourcefulness . She takes her model to a shop to get quickly repaired . Having left for a meeting , panics when she receives a phone call from about another child having a psychedelic drug . She phones in desperation and asks him to pick up both kids . He agrees , on the condition that she take over their care at 3:15 while he chases down a potential news source . 
 While in 's care , goes missing from a store , and wanders some distance down a crowded midtown sidewalk . breaks down in despair at the police station , files a missing child report , and then goes to a mayoral press conference to find . He is notified by the police that has been found , and makes it to the press conference just barely in time to confront the mayor with his scoop about corruption . He had earlier tracked down its source , just as she was leaving a beauty salon in a limousine . Although they have been antagonistic , and work together to get both and , by taxi , to a soccer game . She insists that she will have time first to do her presentation to the new clients , despite him protesting that it will make them late for the game . She begins her pitch over drinks at the 21 Club lounge , but upon seeing in high spirits , she realizes that she cares more about him than her job . Bravely insisting that she must leave immediately to be with him , she fully expects to be fired , yet the clients are impressed . 
 At the game , meets her ex - husband , , who admits that he lied to and that he will be going on tour as a drummer with . That evening , wants a reason to visit 's apartment , so he takes to buy goldfish to replace the ones that were eaten earlier in the day by a cat . At 's apartment , the children watch TV while she and share a first kiss . She goes to the bathroom to freshen up ; when she returns , an exhausted is asleep on the sofa . She joins him and they fall asleep together , with the children happily observing .

is a kind but average auto mechanic in a small town in Northern California . While celebrating his 37th birthday at a local bar with his best friend , , and father figure , , he steps outside while drunk . A ball of shining bright white lights moves around in the sky , grows closer and hits him in the head , making a loud sound and knocking him down . When he comes to and re - enters the bar , he learns that nobody else saw the lights nor did they hear the sound . notices something is amiss when quickly achieves a checkmate in their chess game . 
 begins to exhibit remarkable levels of intelligence . He easily absorbs vast amounts of information , formulates new , revolutionary ideas , as well as developing psychokinesis . Not needing sleep , he spends each night reading multiple books . 
 tries to use his new intelligence for the good of his community . He correctly predicts an earthquake without any equipment . When is called to aid a sick Portuguese man , learns the language in minutes and helps translate . He then uses his telekinesis to rescue the man 's young relative . Visiting , decodes and responds to a signal on 's shortwave radio , though asks him to forget about it out of fear that they might be picking up information from a nearby air force base . 
 During this time of upheaval the townsfolk become wary , but finds support from , and from a growing relationship with a single mother , , and her children , and . also sets a plan in place to help get together with the mother of the Portuguese boy he rescued . 
 invites to join him on a trip to UC Berkeley to meet with seismologist Professor about 's earthquake prediction . Instead , the FBI takes and into custody over his code - breaking . He breaks more codes , then astounds Dr. by easily answering a series of difficult quizzes and exams . When threatens to talk to the press , he is finally released . 
 Returning to the local bar , becomes frustrated with friends ' questions about his abilities , and he causes a large mirror to break via telekinesis . visits him to provide a shave and a haircut . Their innocent intimacy scares her since she has tried so hard to not like him , but it encourages him to stop avoiding the townsfolk . He goes to the county fair to ease fear with a demonstration of his powers , but the crowd goes into a frenzy , demanding his attention and his perceived healing powers . is knocked to the ground , where he again sees the balls of light , before losing consciousness . 
 awakens in a hospital . With and there for support , explains that has a deadly brain tumor . This has caused the lights and stimulated 's phenomenal brain functions . They have called Dr. , a leading brain surgeon , to see if an operation can save 's life . Dr. later determines there is only a 1 in 500 chance of survival , but wants to proceed with an invasive operation solely to do research on 's living brain . When refuses , saying he still has work to do , the doctor has him declared mentally unfit and held against his will . 
 escapes from the hospital and returns home . He spends time with , then goes to 's to spend time with her and her children . The FBI agent shows up , but persuades him to let die in peace . and share a romantic and intimate time , but he informs her that he is about to die and she cries as she holds him . 
 Professor arrives at 's house , only to learn that he is too late . gives him 's research materials , so he can finish 's breakthrough work . 
 A year later , 's friends are gathered for what would have been his 38th birthday . , now fluent in Portuguese , is married to a visibly pregnant . Other signs of 's phenomenal impact on the town and its people are seen all around .

( ) is a Chicago defense attorney who loves the spotlight and does everything he can to get his high - profile clients acquitted on legal technicalities . One day , he sees a news report about the arrest of ( ) , an altar boy from Kentucky with a severe stutter , who is accused of brutally murdering the beloved Archbishop ( ) . jumps at the chance to represent the young man , pro bono . 
 During his meetings at the County jail with , comes to believe that his client is innocent , much to the chagrin of the prosecutor ( and 's former lover ) , ( ) . 
 As the trial begins , discovers that powerful civic leaders , including the corrupt state 's attorney ( ) , have lost millions of dollars in real estate investments due to a decision by the Archbishop not to develop on certain church lands . The Archbishop received numerous death threats as a result . Following a tip from a former altar boy about a videotape involving , makes a search of the Archbishop 's apartment and finds a VHS tape of being forced to have sex with another altar boy and a girl named . is now in a dilemma : Introducing this evidence would make more sympathetic to the jury ; but it would also give him a motive for the murder , which is unable to establish . 
 When confronts his client and accuses him of having lied , breaks down crying and suddenly transforms into a new persona : a violent sociopath who calls himself " " and confesses to the murder of the Archbishop . When this incident is over , once again becomes passive and shy , and appears to have no recollection of the personality switch - what he calls having " lost time . " ( ) , the psychiatrist examining , is convinced that he has dissociative identity disorder caused by years of abuse at the hands of his father . does not want to hear this , because he knows that he can not enter an insanity plea during an ongoing trial . 
 slowly sets up a confrontation in court by dropping hints about the Archbishop 's pedophilia , as well as 's multiple personalities . He also has the sex tape delivered to , knowing she will realize who sent it and — since she is under intense pressure from both and her boss to deliver a guilty verdict — will use it as proof of motive . 
 puts on the witness stand and gently questions him about the abuse he suffered at the Archbishop 's hands . After questions him harshly during cross - examination , turns into " " in open court and attacks her , threatening to snap her neck if anyone comes near him . He is subdued by courthouse marshals and rushed back to his holding cell . The judge dismisses the jury in favor of a bench trial and then finds not guilty by reason of insanity , remanding him to a maximum security mental hospital . is fired for losing the case and allowing the Archbishop 's crimes , which both the Catholic Church and the city council had been trying to hide for the past ten years , to come to public light . 
 visits in his cell to tell him of the dismissal . says he recalls nothing of what happened in the courtroom , having again " lost time " . Just as is leaving , asks him to " tell Miss I hope her neck is okay " , which he could not have been able to remember if he had " lost time " . When confronts him , reveals that he had faked multiple personality disorder . No longer stuttering , he brags about having murdered Archbishop , as well as . When says " There never was a " , replies , " There never was an , counselor " . A stunned and disillusioned walks away as taunts him from his cell .

Richard Gere, Edward Norton, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard, Frances McDormand, Andre Braugher

Sexually abused by her brothers , runs away to become involved in bootlegging . She marries decent and gives birth to four sons , , ( " " ) , and . However , when 's law - abiding ways fail to provide for the family , " " encourages her sons to commit crimes . Soon they become notorious criminals . FBI leader , puts agent on the case . Meanwhile joins the gang . An attempted robbery leaves one son , , dead , and another , captured . , a corrupt prison guard , helps escape and becomes 's lover . plans a kidnapping that will net them $ 100,000 , but it nearly goes wrong because of his incompetence . The gang kill him . They also kill another incompetent associate , a mob - doctor who messes up an attempt at plastic surgery . By this time is onto them . and are arrested in Chicago , and and are killed in a shootout in Florida .

While multi - millionaire and his wife attend a science fair , their son is kidnapped . is taken to an apartment by , a caterer for the , along with criminals , and , and Detective , ' boyfriend and the mastermind behind the kidnapping . and receive an e - mail from the kidnappers demanding $ 2,000,000 . calls the FBI , who begin operating from his New York City penthouse under Special Agent . In private , voices his belief that a union machinist , , who is in prison following one of 's business scandals , may have been behind it . They visit in prison , but he angrily denies any involvement with the kidnapping . 
 agrees to the FBI 's instructions for delivering the ransom . Receiving a phone call from , who is electronically disguising his voice , follows his instructions . He meets in a New Jersey quarry but refuses to hand the money over when fails to give him the directions had promised him . A fight ensues and the FBI intervene and shoot . He dies before he can reveal 's location . later arranges another drop off . While initially agrees to take the money alone , he realizes there is no guarantee will be returned alive and instead appears on television to offer the ransom as a bounty on the kidnappers ' heads , promising to withdraw the bounty and drop all charges if the kidnappers return his son alive and unharmed . 
 Despite the pleadings of and FBI Special Agent , sticks to his plan , believing it is the best chance of having returned . lures to a meeting where he tells her to pay the ransom or will die before ditching 's blood stained t - shirt . responds by increasing the bounty to $ 4,000,000 . calls and demands to be paid , but still refuses , and fires a gunshot after hears scream for help , leading and to believe their son is dead . and attempt to abandon the plan and flee , but calls in the NYPD to request backup and kills both of his men while making it look like shot first , and kills after she shoots him in the arm from behind . The NYPD arrive and find with , believing found and rescued the boy . informs and and they are reunited with their son while is hospitalized . also recognizes . 
 later pays a visit to claim the reward and leave the country before investigators discover his connection with . and , however , recognize as the kidnapper , and realizes this . Though his initial plan is to kill everyone in the apartment , persuades him to accompany him to the bank to gain the money and leave peacefully . On the way , however , discreetly alerts and the police and FBI converge on Tom and outside the bank . As soon as and exit the bank , two officers ( who greeted and before entering the bank ) inform that he is going to be detained , causing to shoot them down before knocks him to the ground after which a chase ensues in which and grapple furiously before falling through a shop window , severely injuring both and impaling through the neck . picks up a hidden pistol ( that pulled out during the scuffle ) and points at before and other police officers keep demanding that he drop the gun and walk away . In desperation , draws another hidden gun but is shot dead by and . finally drops the gun and police rush in to arrest , but tells them to hold allowing and to leave the scene .

High school student receives a flirtatious phone call from an unknown person , asking her , " What 's your favorite scary movie ? " However , the caller turns sadistic and threatens her life . He reveals that her boyfriend is being held hostage , bound and gagged with duct tape and demands she answer questions about horror films . After gets one wrong , is murdered . When refuses to answer more questions , she is murdered by a masked killer . Her parents come home to find her corpse hanging from a tree . 
 The following day , the news media descend on the town and a police investigation begins . Meanwhile , struggles with the impending first anniversary of her mother 's murder by . While waiting at home for her friend , , receives a threatening phone call . After she hangs up she is attacked by the killer , but manages to escape . 's boyfriend , , arrives shortly after , but after he drops his cell phone , suspects him of making the call and flees . is arrested and spends the night at 's house . 
 is released the next day . Suspicion has shifted to 's father , , as the calls have been traced to his phone . School is suspended in the wake of the murders . After the students have left the school , Principal is stabbed to death in his office . 's boyfriend , throws a party to celebrate the school 's closure . The party is attended by , , their friend , and multiple other students . Reporter attends uninvited to cover the situation , as she expects the killer to strike . 's brother deputy sheriff also looks out for the murderer at the party . is killed during the party after having her head crushed by the garage door . arrives to speak to privately , and the two ultimately consummate their relationship . and investigate a nearby abandoned car . Many party attendees are drawn away after hearing news of 's death ; , , , , and 's cameraman remain . 
 After having sex , and are attacked by the killer , who seemingly murders . narrowly escapes the house and seeks help from , but the killer slits his throat ; then flees again . and , having discovered that the car belongs to , return to the house . They believe is the killer and has come to the party to continue his spree . tries to escape in her van , but drives off the road and crashes to avoid hitting . Meanwhile , is stabbed in the back while investigating in the house , and takes his gun . and appear and accuse each other of being the killer . retreats into the house , where she finds wounded but still alive . She gives the gun ; he lets into the house and shoots him . reveals that he feigned his injuries and is actually the killer ; is his accomplice . 
 and discuss their plan to kill and frame the murder spree on her father , whom they have taken hostage , bound and gagged . The pair also reveal that they , not , murdered her mother , , as she was having an affair with 's father , which drove his mother away . , who survived the crash , intervenes , and takes advantage of this to turn the tables on her attackers , killing . is revealed to be wounded but alive . attacks but she shoots him through the head , killing him . As the sun rises and police arrive , a badly injured is taken away by ambulance and makes an impromptu news report about the night 's events .

David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich, Matthew Lillard, Jamie Kennedy, Drew Barrymore

is a Los Angeles bank teller who witnesses a robbery . Although she had no prior knowledge of the robbery , the bank fires after the police uncover a connection between her and one of the three robbers . goes to work at Luther 's Janitorial Services with her three best friends , , , and . treats them with disrespect and pays them paltry wages . states that they should rob a bank themselves . agrees , but and T.T. are reluctant . However , when 's younger brother is gunned down by the police in a case of mistaken identity and 's son is taken away from her by Child Protective Services because she can not afford to take care of him , they too now have the motivation to join the robbery . 
 The four women embark on a series of bank robberies , which are investigated by LAPD detective . He suspects that ( because of her prior convictions ) , ( because of her inadvertent connection to the earlier robbery and subsequent firing ) and ( because of her brother 's death ) are involved . But his superior refuses to allow him to bring them in for questioning because he does n't feel the evidence is sufficient . The four women stash the money in an air vent at one of their work sites . However , when , , and show up for work one day and find a new boss in charge , they quickly realize that has discovered the money and fled with it . While attends a banking event with her lover , the three women track to a motel where he is sleeping with a prostitute and demand the return of their money . When pulls a gun on , kills him in self - defense . The next day Detective takes to the police station to participate in a lineup . A glare from intimidates the prostitute into silence . and persuade and that they need to rob another bank and leave town the next day . 
 The women rob the bank where , 's lover works . and his partner try to prevent the robbery , but a bank security guard shoots A shootout ensues as shoots the guard , and an enraged opens fire on the detectives . dies in 's arms en route to the hospital . The three remaining women decide to split up and meet up later . 
 The police find who proceeds to lead them on a high speed chase . After her car is shot up by police , leaps from her car in one final battle for her dignity , firing her gun , and is shot down by the police . is found a short time later . tries to get her to surrender , but when she runs away , she is shot in the back and killed . tearfully watches this from a passing bus . sees her from a distance but lets her go , realizing he was the reason she and her friends did what they did . 
 In Mexico , mourns the losses of her friends and brother , and calls to assure him that she is all right and thanks him . hangs up the phone and smiles . After cutting her hair , is seen driving through the mountains with the stolen money from the robberies on tow .

Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise, Blair Underwood

Master Sergeant is in charge of the motor pool at Fort Baxter , a small United States Army base that develops new military technology . Exploiting this position , he directs a number of scams , ranging from gambling to renting out military vehicles . His commanding officer , Colonel , overlooks 's money - making schemes , as he is more concerned with problems in the hovertank that the base is designing . 
 Major , an officer from the U.S. Army Inspector General 's office , arrives at the camp and begins to scrutinize 's record . Officially , is at Fort Baxter to conduct a general inspection and determine if the base should remain open in light of recent defense cutbacks . He is also determined to get revenge on to settle an old score the two have from Fort Dix , where was nearly court - martialed after a fixed boxing match resulted in being shipped to Greenland in the belief that he was the one who tried to fix the fight . 
 Bitter and unprincipled , is not above breaking the law to ruin . He attempts to steal 's long - time fiancée , whom has stood up at the altar more than a dozen times . is tired of waiting and gives 30 days to win her back or lose her for good . 
 , with the help of newly assigned Private First Class , devises a means of avoiding 's attempt to transfer him to Greenland : He rigs a demonstration of the base 's malfunctioning hovertank , staged before a four - star general and numerous dignitaries . Since had deliberately tried to sabotage the tank the previous night , he confronts , , and the general , loudly insulting and . While ranting , he confesses to sabotaging the hovertank . is sent off again to Greenland . 
 The last day of 's ultimatum has come . Just as she sadly begins to write off forever , hears men outside her house , serenading her with one of and her favorite songs . Looking out , she sees and his platoon . asks to marry him , and she accepts .

Irish Catholic is a New York City taxi driver , unhappy over an act of infidelity committed by , his ex - fiancée . His brother , , is a Wall Street stock investor married to , though she is frustrated by his lack of desire for sexual relations – not knowing that he is in a heated affair with . 
 During weekends , and visit their parents ' home on Long Island . Their father , , is locked in old - school low - key sexist ways , who is always telling and what to do , yet also advises them to always go for what drives them to succeed . 
 Driving his cab , picks up , an NYU art student headed to the airport . They click within seconds and she asks him to drive her to New Orleans . They become infatuated and impulsively marry the next day , returning to New York two days later to tell and . is upset , mostly because he was not asked to be best man . moves in with , but later becomes disillusioned with her bohemian lifestyle , including frequent power cuts in their ramshackle apartment . grows concerned that he is being unfair to by continuing to stay with . At the same time , 's Italian - American family , mostly her younger sister , suggest the problem with ' lack of interest in her is that he may be gay , so she asks and to confront him . He denies being gay , but admits to being unfaithful . 
 belittles for the lack of forward progress in his life with . also argues with about her ongoing sexual relations with a wealthy old man referred to as " " . When picks up as a fare , he goes up to her apartment to retrieve a television that belonged to him during their relationship . When she implies that he wants more than the tv from her , he does not reciprocate , instead chastizing her for the infidelity that ended their engagement and for her time as a call girl to pay her way through college . Throughout all this , offers more egotistical advice to them — only to be devasted when he learns , during a fishing trip with his priest , that his mutually religious wife has n't been to Mass in months . 
 On a visit to 's apartment , learns about her meeting with . shows up at his brother 's apartment to question him about whether or not had sex with her . Later , discovers that she is the woman is having the affair with . The revelation escalates to an argument at their parents ' home , leading to strap boxing gloves on them , with winning on the first punch . 
 finally confronts with his affair and files for divorce . When finds out he intends to marry , he informs of time as a prostitute , causing to get cold feet . 
 informs that they will need to move to Paris in a month if she is accepted into an art school there . is already unsure about whether to join her when he meets , 's co - worker at a neighborhood bar , who claims to have had a " special relationship " with before the marriage . reacts poorly , leading to tell him that she is unsure if he should come to Paris after all . 
 Due to ' sudden indecision over marriage , decides to marry . When threatens to tell that was a prostitute , tells that was " her best customer " . He then calls in hopes of getting back together with her , but she is already in a relationship with , a family acquaintance whom previously observed was a fatso geek , while had pointed out that he was shy and sweet and nicer than . 
 and meet with at his house , where their distraught father tells them that their mother left the previous day for a hardware store owner she has been sleeping with when supposedly at church . apologizes to and for giving them bad advice about life and love when his own wife was cheating . The three men decide to go out fishing aware that despite the failure of their love lives , they will always have each other . As they prepare the motorboat to cast off , realizes he must try to talk with before she leaves for Paris . is surprised to learn that has arranged a special guest – . asks to drive the boat , but , who never allowed a woman on his boat before , says it is too soon for that .

An unnamed abused dog runs away from his cruel owner , ( ) , and meets a boy named ( ) . The dog follows the boy to his home , but is not allowed to stay with him . decides to remodel an abandoned shack at the top of a hidden hill for the dog to stay in for the next few weeks . bonds with the dog , and names him Shiloh . 
 's strict father , ( ) , will not let keep because he belongs to , a local hunter . is a mean old man that hunts with his dogs . was the most mistreated in the pack . 
 hesitantly returns to , but , after is mistreated again , the dog returns to . Knowing will make him take back to , decides to hide in a shed behind his house . 
 His secret is soon revealed when his mother , ( ) , comes up the hill and sees and bonding . When a German Shepherd belonging to the family attacks , turns to for help . 
 takes to a vet and recovers quickly . Soon , says that it is time to take back to . urges his father to keep , pleading about how abuses the dog . 
 initially agrees to keep until he recovers , and tries not to become attached to . That night , when thinks is asleep he gives the dog a treat , and soon his heart softens toward granting 's wish . 
 Eventually goes to see , and asks him if he can clean up 's place in exchange of Shiloh . agrees . 
 works the next few days at 's , and is very excited to get his new pet . 
 After all of 's hard work , Judd says that there were no witnesses to the deal , and that a contract is not valid without it . 
 fights with the beer - guzzling , because he worked a lot for Shiloh . continues working , though , sometimes overtime without being paid a penny more . told that he wanted Shiloh and that he worked very hard for nothing . 
 keeps Shiloh for the next few days , until comes again to take the dog . 
 fights with again about keeping with the help of . 
 then tries to kidnap . comes to the rescue and knocks down , and they both fight . escapes , grabs , and drives away in his truck . 
 can already tell how much is going to abuse . Watching and in the mirror , seems to consider everything and releases from his truck and the dog runs into 's arms . sings the theme " Are There Angels " for the Shiloh soundtrack during the credits , which show happily walking with at his side .

, , , and are childhood friends in Hell 's Kitchen in the mid-1960s . The local priest , Father , serves as a father figure to the boys and keeps an eye on them . However , they start running small errands for a local gangster , King . 
 In the summer of 1967 , they accidentally injure a man while pulling a prank on a hot dog vendor . The boys are sentenced to the Wilkinson Home for Boys in Upstate New York ; , , and are sentenced to 12 - 18 months , while is given 6 - 12 months . There , the boys are systematically abused and raped by guards , , , and . The abuse changes the boys and their friendship forever . 
 During the boys ' stay at the facility , they participate in Wilkinson 's annual football game between the guards and inmates , one that the latter lose on purpose to avoid reprisals from the former . convinces , a black inmate , that they should play as hard as they can to show the guards they can fight back . agrees , and helps to win the game . As a result of this , , , , and are all beaten and thrown into solitary confinement for several weeks , and the guards beat to death . 
 By the spring of 1968 , shortly before ' release from , he insists that they should publicly report the abuse , but the others refuse , knowing that no one would believe them . They all therefore vow never to speak of the abuse the guards put them through once they are all out . 
 Thirteen years later , and , now career criminals , encounter by chance in a Hell 's Kitchen pub and kill him in front of witnesses . , who has become an assistant district attorney , arranges to be assigned to the case , secretly intending to botch the prosecution . He and , who is a newspaper reporter , forge a plan to free and and get revenge on the guards who abused them . With the help of others , including their childhood friend and King , they carry out their revenge using information compiled by on the background of the former guards . They also hire , a washed - up lawyer , to defend and . 
 's plan will only work if he can discredit and place and at another location . , when called in court as a witness for ' character , is forced to admit that he , , and other guards abused boys . To clinch the case , however , they need a key witness who can give and an alibi . has a long talk with Father , who first resists but eventually , after tells him of the abuse , agrees to commit perjury , saying that the accused were with him at a New York Knicks game at the time of the shooting . As a result , John and are acquitted . 
 The remaining guards are also punished for their crimes : , a politician who still molests children , is killed by , a local drug kingpin and 's older brother ; , now a corrupt policeman , is arrested for taking bribes and murdering a drug dealer ; and , a social worker , loses his job and family and is plagued by guilt for the rest of his life . 
 , , , , and meet at a bar to celebrate . remains a newspaper reporter , living in Hell 's Kitchen . quits the DA 's office , moves to the English countryside , becomes a carpenter and never marries . drinks himself to death and is murdered ; both die before age 30 . stays in the city as a social worker and has a son , whom she names after the four boys .

Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro, Jason Patric, Minnie Driver, Kevin Bacon, Terry Kinney, Brad Renfro, Ron Eldard, Vittorio Gassman, Dustin Hoffman

is an intellectually disabled Arkansas man , who has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 , for having killed his mother and her lover . Although he had been thoroughly institutionalized , is deemed fit to be released into the outside world . Prior to his release , he is interviewed by a local college newspaper reporter , and he recounts committing the murders with a Kaiser blade , saying , " Some folks call it a sling blade . I call it a kaiser blade . " says he thought the man was raping his mother . When he discovered that his mother was a willing participant in the affair , he killed her too . 
 Thanks to the doctor in charge of his institutionalization , , who is highly skilled at repairing small engines , lands a job at a repair shop in the small town where he was born and raised . He befriends 12 - year - old , and shares some of the details of his past , including the killings . reveals that his father was killed when he was hit by a train , leaving him and his mother on their own . He later admits that he lied , and that his father committed suicide . 
 introduces to his mother , , and her gay friend , . is the manager of the dollar store where works . Despite 's concerns about 's history in the mental hospital , allows him to move into her garage , which angers 's abusive alcoholic boyfriend , . bonds with , who makes him biscuits to eat . tells that a gay man and a mentally challenged man face similar obstacles of intolerance , and ridicule , in small - town America . 
 quickly becomes a father figure to , who misses his father , and despises . visits his father , who has become a mentally unbalanced hermit , living in the dilapidated home where grew up . is haunted by an incident that happened when he was 6 or 8 years old . His parents performed an abortion of his unwanted baby brother , causing the baby to " come out too soon , " and was given a bloody towel wrapped around the baby , which survived the abortion . was instructed to " get rid of it , " but when detected movement inside the towel , he inspected it , discovering " a little ol' boy " that " was n't no bigger than a squirrel . " 
 While recounting this story to , asks why did not just keep the baby , to which replies that he had no way to care for a baby . He placed the baby , still in the bloody towel , inside a shoe box and buried the baby alive , saying he felt it was better to just " return him to the good Lord right off the bat , " because of the abuse and neglect he received at the hands of his own parents . tells his father that killing the baby was wrong , and that he had wanted to kill his father for making him do it , but eventually decided that he was not worth the effort . 
 Meanwhile , becomes increasingly abusive towards Karl and , leading to an eventual drunken outburst and physical confrontation with and , angering the boy . then kicks out of the house , despite his threats to kill her if she ever left him . A few days later , and reconcile . Knowing that he has the upper hand again , confronts and , and announces his plan to move into the house permanently . plans " big changes " , including 's removal from the house . begins to realize that , eventually , either Frank is going to kill and end up just like him , or that 's abuse will end up killing and . In order to prevent this , makes promise to spend the night at 's house , and asks to pick up from work , and have her stay over also . 
 returns to 's house , but seems undecided about whether to enter . When confronted , a drunk asks what is doing with the lawnmower blade he had sharpened and fashioned into a weapon . Karl replies , " I aim to kill you with it , " but not before asking how to reach the police by telephone . Not taking seriously , says he should dial 911 and request " an ambulance , or a ' hearst ' . " kills with two chopping blows of the lawnmower blade to the head . then phones the police to turn himself in , and requests a " hearst " be sent for . He eats biscuits while waiting for the police . 
 Returned to the state hospital , he seems to be a different person than he was during his previous institutionalization , having learned the value of sacrificing one 's self to save others . He silences a sexual predator who had previously forced him to listen to tales of his horrible deeds .

Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, John Ritter, Lucas Black, James Hampton, J. T. Walsh

( ) is an android designed as a military killing machine . He is sent to Central America by General ( ) to battle guerrilla insurgents , but a flaw develops in his programming and he develops a conscience and compassion . His developers try to take him back for deprogramming , but he flees to the jungle in a helicopter . His main energy supply was damaged during the first mission , forcing him to switch to his much less powerful secondary power . 
 He joins a small village community that is under constant threat from guerilla attackers , and he protects them in exchange for use of their electric generator ( they previously used it to power a TV ) . There he learns to ' bluff ' from a child that befriends him , . 
 helps the villages drive off a local Warlord ( ) and his small army , but the combat is detected by a military satellite . A black ops team is sent to recover or destroy , while they ally with the Warlord . The black ops leader , Colonel ( ) brings in 's creator ( ) as a lure , leaving the man mortally wounded but survives . Having occupied the village , the militiamen and black ops team attempt to kill , but he is able to kill all of them . 
 The Warlord is betrayed by , who tries to kill with an automatic grenade launcher . is able to fight in hand - to - hand combat and non - fatally break his spine . Suddenly a helicopter delivers a more powerful version of the android ( who is sometimes referred to as ' Solo MkII ' ) , which is armed with a multi - barreled gun and has 's face . The MkII kills and proceeds to hunt down . is able to save the villagers and beat the MkII android , using his acquired bluffing skills . After the temple the two androids fought in collapses , causing the military to pull out believing both units are destroyed and unrecoverable , , 's companion , mourns believing he was destroyed by cave - in , but starts to hear , laughing , as he knows he has earned his freedom .

On a summer night in 1973 , a young is practicing basketball . His father steps out and tells him it is bedtime , but lets him make a few more shots . shoots while making several wishes like going to the University of North Carolina , playing on a championship team , joining the NBA , going on to play baseball , and successfully scores every shot . Impressed , 's father jokingly asks if next he is going to wish he could fly , and turns to make one final shot . 
 In 1993 , announces his retirement from professional basketball to follow his now deceased father 's career as a baseball player . However , it becomes evident that he is not as skilled in baseball as he was in basketball . is assigned a publicist and assistant , the bumbling , to make his new career less bumpy . 
 Elsewhere , in outer space , an intergalactic amusement park called Moron Mountain faces dwindling popularity , so its owner , Mr. , sends his diminutive minions , the Nerdlucks , to capture the Looney Tunes as new entertainment . The Looney Tunes live in an animated world called " Looney Tunes Land " hidden in the center of the Earth , but ignore the ' threats and challenge them to a game of basketball . 
 The steal the talents of professional basketball players , , , and , leaving them incapable of playing . The absorb the talent , transforming into the gigantic " Monstars " who easily intimidate the Looney Tunes . While playing golf with , and , is sucked down a hole and is recruited by to help the win against the Monstars . at first refuses , saying he does not play basketball anymore , but changes his decision after he is insulted and humiliated by the Monstars when they squash him into the shape of a basketball and bounce him around like one . He then sends and to his house to retrieve his basketball gear . 
 Meanwhile , has been digging out the golf hole to find , but spots and leaping down another one and pursues them , reuniting with in the ' world and joins their team , the Tune Squad . Another new recruit is , a skilled basketball player whom falls in love with . On the day of the match , the Monstars dominate the first half , leaving the Looney Tunes unconfident . overhears a conversation between the Monstars and , learning of how they gained their talent and informs and the Tune Squad . and convince the rest of the Tune Squad to fight back and the first quarter of the second half allows the Tunes to catch up using old school gags and Acme weaponry . During a timeout , raises the stakes of the game with : a win by the Tune Squad would require the Monstars to give their stolen talents back to the NBA players , while a Monstars win would get as a new attraction . 
 To ensure his victory , has the Monstars play rough and injure all of the Tune Squad until only , , , and are left . becomes the fifth player and manages to score , but is literally flattened by the Monstars and is removed from the court to be inflated . The referee , , informs that unless the team gets a fifth player , they will have to forfeit the game , at which point appears and volunteers to be the team 's fifth member . In the final seconds of the game , gains the ball and manages to use cartoon physics to extend his arm and score the winning points . retires from the sport and the Monstars blast to the Moon in a rocket when makes them realize that they do not have to take his abuse anymore . convinces them to give up the stolen talents , and the Looney Tunes agree to recruit the reformed Nerdlucks in their ensemble . and a recovered return to the surface , the Nerdlucks dropping them off at 's next baseball game . Later on , the two visit the incapacitated basketball players and return their talent . The players invite to a three - on - three match , but when he declines , they question his loss of talent . later returns to the Chicago Bulls to resume his basketball career .

At a corporation 's base on the Neptunian moon Triton , mercenaries are setting up a defense perimeter to try to hold off an unstoppable cyborg warrior . The commander and scientist , seal themselves inside the control room . The cyborg destroys the soldiers ' tank and then attacks a helicopter — which crashes into the control room . The soldiers are killed one by one , until finally deactivates the cyborg with a remote control . The remaining corporate employees discover that the cyborg was created by Nabel for company owner . takes the remote from Nabel . He reactivates the cyborg and orders it to kill Nabel . 
 Meanwhile , , one of the last independent " space truckers " , drops off his cargo of square pigs at a " truck stop " space station , but becomes embroiled in a brawl with the trucking company head , , who is sucked out into space . He and his two passengers — , a waitress who has promised to marry him in exchange for a ride to Earth to see her mother , and , an up - and - coming trucker working for the company — take on a deal to transport alleged sex dolls to Earth . Chased by police investigating 's death , takes his rig into the " scum zone " , a region controlled by pirates . The rig takes damage , leaving them adrift ; they are soon captured by the pirate ship Regalia , commanded by the company - hating Captain . agrees to have sex with him if he would take the cargo and let them go . 
 The captain is revealed to be , who rebuilt his grievously - injured body and went into piracy as revenge against for betraying him . The cargo that 's rig is carrying is in fact a full supply of the cyborg warriors designed and built for ' company . One of the cyborgs comes alive , kills most of the crew , and severely damages the ship . , and take their rig and escape as the Regalia explodes . As they make their way back to Earth , and find a mortally - wounded in the hold , who reveals the true nature of the cargo to them . releases from any obligation of marrying him , and tells her and to take the escape pod while he releases the cargo in the atmosphere , where it will burn up on re - entry . and land safely , but the rig is unable to return to space and explodes in the sky ; however , is able to safely escape before the explosion . 
 , and go to the hospital to see 's mother , who became sick twenty years earlier and was frozen until a cure was found ; is smitten with her at first sight . Meanwhile , — now President of Earth after the government was privatized — visits , and in the hospital , where he offers a new rig and gives the trio a suitcase full of money to keep them quiet about his cyborg invasion plan . agrees to the deal , but angrily throws the suitcase out the window . Below , re - enters his presidential limousine ; having planted a bomb in the suitcase , he triggers the detonator just as the suitcase lands on his limousine 's roof , killing him . With dead and Earth safe , , , and 's mother blast off in their brand new rig .

Secret agent WD-40 ( ) has his work cut out for him . Along with the mysterious and lovely , Agent 3.14 ( ) , he must rescue the kidnapped and stop the evil genius , a General named ( ) , from seizing control of the entire world . 
 was wounded in an earlier encounter and no longer has arms . However , he can " arm " himself by attaching robotic limbs with various weapons attached . is talked out of retirement by an old friend , agent ( ) , and given his new assignment by The Director ( ) , who also is testing out a variety of elaborate disguises . At headquarters , encounters an old agency nemesis , ( ) , and flirts with the Director 's adoring secretary , referred to as Miss ( ) . 
 On the job , is assisted by an agent named ( ) , who gives him rides in a never - ending variety of specially designed cars . They seek help from ( ) , a blond child left home alone , who is very good at fending off intruders . resists the temptations of a dangerous woman ( ) he finds waiting for him in bed . But he does work very closely with Agent , whose father , Professor ( ) , is also being held captive by . 
 Everything comes to an explosive conclusion at the General 's remote fortress , where rescues both ( ) and Miss and launches a literally disarmed Rancor into outer space , saving mankind .

Leslie Nielsen, Nicollette Sheridan, Andy Griffith, Barry Bostwick, Marcia Gay Harden, Charles Durning

It is the 24th century . Captain awakens from a nightmare in which he relived his assimilation by the cybernetic Borg six years earlier . He is contacted by Admiral , who informs him of a new threat against Earth . 's orders are for his ship , the USS Enterprise - E , to patrol the Neutral Zone in case of Romulan aggression ; Starfleet is worried that is too emotionally involved with the Borg to join the fight . Learning the fleet is losing the battle , the Enterprise crew disobeys orders and heads for Earth , where a single Borg Cube ship holds its own against a group of Starfleet vessels . The Enterprise arrives in time to assist the crew of the USS Defiant and its captain , the Klingon . takes control of the fleet and directs the surviving ships to concentrate their firepower on a seemingly unimportant point on the Borg ship.[2 ] The Cube is destroyed after launching a smaller sphere ship towards the planet . The Enterprise pursues the sphere into a temporal vortex . As the sphere disappears , the Enterprise discovers Earth has been altered — it is now populated entirely by Borg . Realizing the Borg have used time travel to change the past , the Enterprise follows the sphere through the vortex.[3 ] 
 The Enterprise arrives hundreds of years in its past on April 4 , 2063 , the day before humanity 's first encounter with alien life after historic warp drive flight ; the crew realizes the Borg are trying to prevent first contact . After destroying the Borg sphere , an away team transports down to 's ship , the Phoenix , in Montana . has 's assistant sent back to the Enterprise for medical attention . The Captain returns to the ship and leaves Commander on Earth to make sure the Phoenix 's flight proceeds as planned.[4 ] While in the future is seen as a hero , the real man is reluctant to assume the role the Enterprise crew describe.[3 ] 
 A group of Borg invade the Enterprise 's lower decks and begin to assimilate its crew and modify the ship . and a team attempt to reach engineering to disable the Borg with a corrosive gas , but are forced back ; the android Data is captured in the melee . A frightened Sloane corners with a weapon , but he gains her trust . The two escape the Borg - infested area of the ship by creating a diversion in the holodeck.[4 ] , , and the ship 's navigator , Lt . , travel outside the ship in space suits to stop the Borg from calling reinforcements by using the deflector dish . As the Borg continue to assimilate more decks , suggests destroying the ship , but angrily calls him a coward . confronts the captain and makes him realize he is acting irrationally . orders an activation of the ship 's self - destruct while the crew heads for escape pods . The Captain decides to stay behind and rescue his friend Data.[5 ] 
 As , , and engineer prepare to activate the warp drive on the Phoenix , discovers that the Borg Queen has grafted human skin onto , giving him the sensation of touch he has long desired to obtain the android 's encryption codes to the Enterprise computer . Although offers himself to the Borg in exchange for 's freedom , refuses to leave . He deactivates the self - destruct and fires torpedoes at the Phoenix . At the last moment the torpedoes miss , and the Queen realizes betrayed her.[5 ] The android ruptures a coolant tank , and the corrosive vapor eats away the biological components of the Borg . With the Borg threat neutralized , completes his warp flight.[3 ] The next day the crew watches from a distance as an alien Vulcan ship , attracted by the Phoenix warp test , lands on Earth . and greet the aliens . Having ensured the correction of the timeline , the Enterprise crew slip away and return to the 24th century.[3 ]

Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, James Cromwell, Jonathan Frakes, Alice Krige, Neal McDonough, Marina Sirtis

, a nineteen - year - old American , is the daughter of well - known ( now deceased ) poet and model , . The film opens as arrives for a vacation at the Tuscan villa of 's old friends , and ( played by and , respectively ) . Other guests include a prominent New York art gallery owner , an Italian advice columnist and an English writer , ( ) , who is dying of an unspecified disease . goes for a swim , and finds that 's daughter from a previous marriage , ( ) , is also there with her boyfriend , entertainment lawyer ( ) . 's brother , ( ) , is supposed to be there , but he is off on a road trip with the Italian son of a neighboring villa , ( ) . was particularly hoping to see , whom she had met on a previous visit to the villa , four years earlier , and who was the first boy she 'd ever kissed . and had briefly exchanged letters after this first visit . One letter in particular had admired so much she memorized it . 
 reveals to the gallerist that she is there to have her portrait made by , who is a sculptor . She says it 's really just an excuse for her father to send her to Italy , " as a present . " Smoking marijuana with , reveals that she is a virgin . When shares this information with the rest of the villa the next day , is furious and decides to cut her visit short . While she is on the telephone booking a flight to New York , however , and return from their road trip , and is once again happy , although she is disappointed that did not immediately recognize her . 
 That evening , comes to the villa for dinner , accompanied by his brother , ( ) . After dinner , the young people separate from the adults to smoke marijuana . is now able to laugh about 's betrayal , and the group take turns recounting when they each lost their virginity . When the question comes around to , he demurs , saying , " I do n't know which is more ridiculous , this conversation or the silly political one going on over there [ at the grown - ups ' table ] . " fawns over but abruptly vomits in his lap . 
 The next day rides a bicycle to the villa , looking for . A servant informs her that he is in the garden , where finds him kissing another girl . Hastily bicycling away from the compound , she passes , who has been hunting with his dog . As she passes , holds up a jackrabbit he has killed and cries , " Ciao , ! " does n't stop but loses control of the bicycle at the next turn . tries to help but rebuffs his efforts and rides on . 
 The next day , poses outdoors for 's sketch studies , at one point exposing one of her breasts . and arrive in a car . ogles , but looks away , decrying 's lack of propriety . dismisses , who wanders off into an adjacent olive grove , followed by . They begin to make out , but eventually pushes him away . 
 Retreating to the guest house , shares her notebook with . Up to this point , the viewer has been led to believe that this notebook contains 's writings . Now it is made clear that this is one of last notebooks . It contains an enigmatic poem that thinks holds clues to the identity of her real father . Throughout the film , she has been asking probing questions about her mother . Did ever know to wear green sandals ? Had ever eaten grape leaves ? Had ( a war correspondent friend of the whom had known ) ever killed a viper ? All of these images are found in the poem , which now reads to . and agree that the poem must refer to 's real father . 
 That evening , wears her mother 's dress to the 's annual party . Almost immediately after arriving , sees with another girl and the two do not speak . sees playing clarinet in the band that is providing musical entertainment . She later sees dancing with a girl , but they exchange earnest glances . picks up a young Englishman to take back to the 's villa . On the way out , chases down and says that he 's interested in visiting America and would like advice . They agree to meet the next day . leaves with the Englishman , who spends the night at the 's villa but without having sex with . 
 The next day , 's health takes a turn for the worse , and he is taken to the hospital . After the ambulance goes , skulks around 's quarters in the guest house . Looking out one of his windows , she sees one of 's sculptures of a mother and child . The expression on her face suggests that she has had an epiphany . She goes to 's studio and asks him where he was in August 1975 , when she was conceived . says he was here , fixing up the villa . He says he thinks that might have been when 's mother was at the villa , having her own portrait made . says , " That 's what I thought . " says they could ask , but then he remembers that was back in London at the time , finalizing her divorce . Without explicitly saying so , the two appear to acknowledge that is 's biological father , and Lucy promises to keep the secret . 
 In the meantime , has arrived at the villa . When exits 's studio , she is stung by a bee . rescues her and takes her to a brook , giving her wet clay for her stings . As they walk through the countryside , confesses that he wrote to once , pretending to be . This letter turns out to be the letter that loved above all the others , the letter which she memorized . ca n't believe it , but recites part of the letter and takes to a tree he had described in the letter as " my tree " . 
 and spend the night under the tree , where finally loses her virginity . As they part the next morning , reveals that it was his first time , too .

Former FBI secretary ( ) , loses custody of her young daughter ( ) to her ex - husband ( ) , who is a criminal and cost her job . To afford an appeal to get her daughter back , becomes a stripper at the Eager Beaver , a strip club in Miami . 
 A Congressman named ( ) visits the club and becomes infatuated with . Aware of 's embarrassing indulgences , another Eager Beaver patron approaches with a plan to manipulate the congressman to settle the custody battle and help her get back . However , has powerful business connections who want to ensure he remains in office . Consequently , those who can embarrass him in an election are murdered . Meanwhile , retrieves her daughter from 's negligent care . 
 's personal interest in persists , and she is invited to perform privately for him . He asks her to become his lover and later his wife , despite his staff 's concerns that she knows too much . A debate occurs as to whether to kill or simply keep her quiet by threatening to take away her daughter . However , and a police officer ( ) begin to suspect the congressman 's guilt in the murders , and concocts a plan to bring the congressman to justice . She tricks him into confessing on tape , and he is soon after arrested . Thus , regains full custody of , quits stripping , and gets back her job in the FBI . returns to prison after he is convicted of his crimes .

Demi Moore, Armand Assante, Ving Rhames, Burt Reynolds, Robert Patrick, Paul Guilfoyle, Pandora Peaks

( ) is a P.E. teacher at a school in New York City , who reads a flyer at her school that Sunset Park High School is looking for a new boys basketball coach . Looking for more money to pursue opening a restaurant on St. Croix , Virgin Islands , she decides to give the job a shot despite knowing nothing of basketball . She contacts the correct people and is given the job . 
 She shows up for her first day on the job and the team is already skeptical of her . When she walks in , one player is heard saying " I know we gon ' lose every game . " She then lets the players run the team , calling their own fouls , running their own plays , and basically allowing them to be carefree . During a game , she makes some bad decisions which irks some of the players on the team . This inspires her to learn more about the game with the assistance of her players . They help her and the team begins to slowly find success . 
 The team also has to deal with outside forces that threaten the team . ( ) is on probation and eventually gets into more trouble . ( ) is also on probation , is constantly using drugs , and has trouble with a teacher . ( ) is shot during the season and misses several games . Several other players are having academic trouble and some do n't even get along with each other . The team members also find out that the coach only plans to stay with them one season and then leave to open a restaurant . 
 The team eventually comes together despite their differences and troubles . They end up with very successful season , and get into the city championship . They go to Madison Square Garden to face their opponent and lose by a small margin . Afterward , the coach informs them that they should be proud of themselves and that she will return next season .

is a struggling comedian who left New York City to find success in Los Angeles , and is still upset over his girlfriend of six years , , breaking up with him six months prior . To help with his depression , his womanizing friend and some other aspiring actor friends try and get him back into the social scene . 
 The movie opens with telling his friend about how desperately he misses and that she has not called him . explains that " somehow " girls " know " not to call their ex - boyfriends until they have completely moved on from them . 
 To help recover , coaxes him into an impromptu trip to Las Vegas . succeeds in picking up two waitresses , but 's obsession with ruins 's plans . Back in Los Angeles , , and other friends go bar hopping , stopping at party , and later an after - hours spot , where demonstrates his prowess in handling the opposite sex . Inspired by this , meets a girl named and gets her phone number . Back at his apartment , however , he leaves a series of increasingly anxious and desperate messages on her answering machine until she picks up the phone and disgustedly orders him not to call her again . Missing more than ever , he contemplates moving back to New York until comes over and consoles him . 
 Out again for swing night at a Hollywood night club , spots a woman named . He summons all his courage to approach and connect with her . The following morning , receives a call from , and finds that he no longer misses her . When calls him , ends his call with to connect further with .

Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Ron Livingston, Alex Désert, Patrick Van Horn, Heather Graham

In 1964 , in Erie , Pennsylvania , aspiring jazz drummer ( ) is asked by ( ) and ( ) to sit in with their band at an annual talent show , after their regular drummer breaks his arm trying to jump over a parking meter . The band , which also includes bassist ( ) , adopts the name " The Oneders " ( pronounced " wonders " , but often mispronounced " oh - NEE - ders " ) . At the talent show , launches into a faster tempo than intended for 's ballad , " That Thing You Do " , and the band wins the competition . The ' performance at the talent show earns them a paying gig at a local restaurant , where they begin to sell recordings of " That Thing You Do " and are noticed by talent promoter ( ) , whom they hire as their manager . 
 achieves radio airplay for the song and books the band at a rock & roll showcase concert in Pittsburgh , after which they are offered a contract by Play - Tone Records A&R representative Mr. ( ) . changes the band 's name to " The Wonders " as they join a Midwestern Play - Tone tour , taking along 's girlfriend , ( ) , as their official " costume mistress " . During the tour , " That Thing You Do " garners national radio airplay and becomes a bona - fide hit . As the band 's popularity soars , grows frustrated that the group is not focused on creating more music , while the remainder of the band enjoys their time in the spotlight . All the while , and grow closer as friends . When the song enters the top ten on the Billboard charts , the band is taken off the tour and sent to Los Angeles . 
 falls ill on the trip and is nursed by . is seemingly uninterested in her well - being , being preoccupied with trying to convince to let the band record more of his original songs . After a publicity tour , the band is set to appear on The Hollywood Television Showcase , a nationally televised live variety show . They begin to show signs of discord . continues to vent frustration at over the band 's direction . ( who was leaving to join the United States Marine Corps in a few weeks ) goes to Disneyland with a group of Marines and never returns ; he is replaced in the broadcast by a session bassist . During the performance , as the band is being visually introduced to the viewing audience , the caption " Careful girls , he 's engaged ! " appears under 's name . , assuming the caption was 's idea , becomes upset with in the dressing room afterward , and says that he has no intention of marrying her . Heartbroken and weary with his arrogant personality and lack of devotion , terminates their relationship . White also reveals that the caption was his idea . 
 The next day at a scheduled recording session , is missing and 's grievances with reach a boiling point and he quits the band . is sorry to see the end of the band . confronts him , and declares the band a one - hit wonder , but commends for his smarts and integrity . After an impromptu jam session with his idol , jazz pianist ( ) , returns to the band 's hotel , where he meets and shares a long kiss with her . In an epilogue , it is revealed that went back to Play - Tone and forms another band and has a successful career as an artist and producer , becomes a casino manager , and earns a Purple Heart for injuries suffered at Khe Sanh . and start a family in Washington , where teaches jazz composition at a music conservatory that he and open .

Tom Everett Scott, Liv Tyler, Steve Zahn, Ethan Embry, Johnathon Schaech, Tom Hanks

( ) is an obese , upper - class lawyer living with his wife ( ) and their daughter ( ) . recently defended an underworld crime boss named ( ) in court and are now celebrating his acquittal for murder . The town he lives in is hosting a carnival , run by gypsies that some of the townspeople hold obvious prejudice against . Though Billy himself does n't seem to . 
 One night , while is driving , , in an attempt to persuade him to forget about his obsession with food , performs fellatio on him . Distracted , accidentally runs over ( ) , an elderly gypsy woman , as she leaves a local pharmacy . Since Judge ( ) is a personal friend of his , he soft - pedals the case , and no charges are filed against him ( the Sheriff also lied on the stand for him ) . Outraged by the injustice , 's 106 - year - old father , ( ) curses by touching his face and saying the word " thinner " . begins to lose weight rapidly , despite him not working out or sticking to his diet . , fearing the weight loss may be due to cancer , brings in Dr. ( ) , with whom soon begins to suspect his wife is having an affair . 
 It is revealed that also cursed Judge and Police Chief ( ) , who helped him avoid punishment in court . , whose curse was " Lizard " , is now growing scales all over his body . Chief , whose curse was " Leper " becomes mutated with large boils and eventually commits suicide . continues losing weight and calculates that he only has a few weeks to live . He begins eating even more compulsively to prolong the starvation . looks for the gypsy carnival , to get to remove the curse , but they have gone . 
 When continually mentions Dr. , who is repeatedly visiting their home , is convinced of her affair . He lashes out at her and blames her for the accident . He finds the gypsy camp and tries to reason with , but instead angers him into increasing the curse 's effects . , 's great - granddaughter ( ) , uses her slingshot to shoot a large ball bearing which goes directly through 's hand , infuriating into vowing revenge against and his gypsies . then enlists help . pays ( ) , a local hustler , to go down to spy and report the gypsy camp . then kills their dogs , and leaves a message demanding 's curse be removed . In retaliation , and her husband kill — insisting the curse will never be lifted . vengefully brings a gun to the camp and personally begins opening fire on everything , then pushes out into the open to be accidentally shot and killed by his fellow gypsies . He then impersonates an FBI agent , kidnaps and begins torturing her . He promises he will kill her if the curse is not taken off of , then tells to meet at the lighthouse . 
 At the meeting , finds emaciated and near death . To prevent further attacks on his people ( especially his granddaughter ) , he finally agrees to lift the curse . explains that the curse can not be removed , only transferred to another person . Chanting a spell , he mixes 's blood into a strawberry pie . states that after being consumed by an unsuspecting person , the pie causes painful but rapid death , and the curse will be lifted . He urges to eat the pie himself and die with dignity , but refuses . He calls , telling her to spend the night at her friend 's house , so that he and have the evening to themselves . He arrives home and presents to the strawberry pie , which happens to be her favorite flavor . She delightedly eats a piece , while heads to bed , exhausted . 
 The next morning , finds 's desiccated corpse next to him . He is gleeful to be free of the curse and of his disloyal wife . However , when he goes downstairs , he finds to his horror that , who came home after he went to bed , had eaten some of the pie for breakfast . Wracked with guilt , he prepares to eat the rest of the pie . However , is interrupted by Dr. who is at the door . Seeing , the doctor grows uncomfortable and struggles to explain his early and unannounced presence . invites in for a piece of pie , and closes the door with a smirk , after referring to as " white doctor from town " in 's dialect .

( ) is a former golf prodigy who has little ambition . He owns a driving range in West Texas , where he drinks and hangs out with his pal ( ) and their friends . Dr. ( ) , a clinical psychologist , wants a golf lesson . She asks because he knows her boyfriend ( ) , a top professional golfer . They were both on the golf team at the University of Houston . is immediately attracted to , but she sees through 's charm and resists . 
 The next day shows up at 's trailer ahead of a local benefit tournament . thinks he is being invited to play , but actually wants to hire him as a caddy ( since knows the course ) . During the round , needles about " laying up " instead of having the nerve to take a 230 - yard shot over a water hazard . fires back that 's problem is playing recklessly instead of playing the percentages . brags that he could make the shot , and spectators begin making bets among themselves . warns that he 'll fire him if he attempts the shot , and does , hitting a brilliant shot onto the green . immediately fires . 
 To get even with , decides to try to qualify for the U.S. Open and makes a play for , while also seeking her professional help . Molly agrees to help rebuild his self - confidence in exchange for golf lessons . In two qualifying rounds , with as his caddy , 's game is excellent but his head needs help . insists on breaking the course record , but implores him to play safely to qualify for the U.S. Open . When demands the Driver instead of laying up , snaps it in half over his knee . then asks for the 3 - Wood and proceeds to snap it in half as well . Then Roy begins to grab every club out of his bag , snapping every single one in a fit except the 7 - Iron , " Then there ’s the 7 - Iron . I never miss with the 7 - Iron " . This causes to storm off the course and quit . then challenges anyone that has n't left to a bet that he can finish the Back-9 with only a 7 - Iron and everyone reluctantly refuses , but he continues the round and amazingly still manages to qualify for the U.S Open . After the qualifier , makes a wager with on a Driving distance contest and gets made a fool of and loses the bet and his convertible to . He reunites with and persuades to be his caddy again , but develops a problem ( the shanks ) with his swing . 
 On the first day of the U.S Open tournament in North Carolina he shoots a horrendous 83 . Meanwhile , sees ' unpleasant side when he arrogantly refuses a child an autograph . Seeing that trying to change is a mistake , encourages him to be himself . At 's suggestion , offers another wager with , the leader after the first round and actually wins the bet and wins 's heart as well . Now , with renewed confidence , , a nobody from nowhere , shocks the golf world by breaking the U.S. Open record for a single round by shooting a 62 , thus making the cut . 's third round is also excellent and moves him into contention , but on all three rounds , he refuses to lay up on the par-5 18th hole , hitting the ball into the water hazard each time . 
 On the last day of the U.S. Open tournament , , , and real - life PGA Tour pro ( playing himself ) are in a three - way battle to win the U.S. Open . finishes with a par on 18 , tied for the lead with and one shot ahead of . , for the 4th straight day , lays up at the 18th hole , playing it safe , although this takes him out of championship contention . urges that does likewise to birdie and win the U.S. Open , but is urged by to be himself and " go for it " . , for the 4th day in a row , takes his shot and it reaches the green , but then " a little gust from the gods"—a sudden contrary wind — starts his ball rolling back , downhill into the water hazard . Reminiscent of his blow - up back in college when he failed to qualify for the Tour , tries repeatedly to hit the same shot , not realizing that he has lost the tournament , but with the same heart - breaking result , splashing in the water hazard . Down to his last ball and risking not only humiliation but also disqualification , he still goes for the green , and on his 12th and final shot , the ball finally clears the water hazard , bounces on the green and amazingly rolls directly into the hole . After a wild celebration , realizes that he has blown winning the U.S. Open , but re - assures him about the immortality of what just happened , " Five years from now nobody will remember who won or lost , but they 're gon na remember your 12 ! " 
 Back in Texas , tells that because he finished in the top 15 , he automatically qualifies for next year 's Open . further suggests that go back to the qualifying school and get on the Tour . , who gained several clients at the tournament , prepares for a career of helping players with the mental portion of the game . They kiss passionately as the movie ends .

Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin, Linda Hart

( ) is so affected by the death of his beautiful wife , ( ) , who fell from the mast of their yacht on a sailing trip , that he turns their summer cottage in Nantucket , Massachusetts into a permanent home and spends most of his time on the beach there , communicating with 's spirit and unwittingly neglecting his daughter , ( ) . 
 On the second anniversary of 's death , invites her sister , Esther ( ) , and her husband , ( ) , to stay for the weekend . She insists on bringing a friend named ( ) whom she hopes will become romantically interested in . He , however , ignores her in proceeding with a ritualistic celebration of 's birthday . 
 The events of the weekend cause the adults to re - examine their relationships ; and have to deal with the problem posed to their marriage by 's provocative friend , ( ) , while , most importantly , comes to realize that he can be a loving and attentive father to without betraying the memory of .

( ) is a storm chaser whose friend and former graduate school advisor , Dr. ( ) , has developed a machine that may be able to provide earlier tornado warnings . ( ) is a government auditor who must determine whether Dr. 's project warrants more funding . has to try to convince that the machine is worthwhile . During the process , and become romantically attracted to each other , but powerful tornadoes threaten the lives of all the major characters .

is an alcoholic and fixture at a local bar , the Trees Lounge , who loses his girlfriend of eight years and his job as a mechanic . After his Uncle dies while driving his ice - cream truck , goes to his wake and indulges in cocaine with his brother and cousins . takes them to the Trees Lounge to carry on drinking , but a brawl breaks out between his cousin and , another regular . After buying more beer at a late night convenience store , and discuss how Tommy stole money from , the owner of the garage where he lost his job . They discuss how is seeing 's ex - girlfriend , , who may or may not be bearing his child . 
 turns out to be the owner of the moving company across the street from the Trees Lounge . asks for work , but says he does n't need a mechanic . takes on Uncle 's ice - cream round , but children initially do not buy from him . 's flirtatious seventeen - year - old niece , , joins on his round , saying he had a dream about him . 's wife and daughter have left him because of his drinking , and is told that they plan to move upstate . and friend go to the Trees Lounge but are unable to prove they are of legal drinking age . claims her " boyfriend " will vouch for her . , and the two girls are at 's house drinking , but the latter three are thrown out when 's wife calls . 
 and spend the night together . The following morning , runs into 's father , who was looking for her the night before . When finds out his daughter was with , he assaults him with a baseball bat and wrecks the ice - cream truck . After has her baby , tries and fails to make amends . When returns to the Trees Lounge , he hears that an elderly regular named collapsed has been taken to hospital gravely ill . The barmaid and other regulars discuss how someone ought to visit the hospital , but they forget about him as they carry on drinking . sits in 's regular seat and stares at the glass of beer , realizing what he has become .

Steve Buscemi, Anthony LaPaglia, Chloë Sevigny, Samuel L. Jackson

( ) , a former artist , is struggling to make ends meet with his art gallery , ignoring bills and delaying to pay his assistant ( ) and his artist ( ) . To survive , he is reading the obituaries and trying to convince the widows that the deceased purchased a painting shortly before dying . 
 Things take an ugly turn when is trying this scam with mobster ( ) whose father just died . Not only does not fall for it , but he tries to have his henchmen beat up . barely escapes by hiding in the Rolls Royce of ( ) , 's estranged two - time ex - wife and wealthy heiress . is excited about helping the handsome stranger , and the two end up shortly thereafter making love . being very impulsive , she wants to marry in two weeks . Because of the heiress fortune the news immediately makes the tabloids . Stuck between who wo n't change her mind and who still loves his ex - wife , does n't like the idea of getting married with such short notice but decides to play along for now . 
 One morning , at 's mansion , seductively enters her shower naked , only to realize it 's not who 's in there but her sister ( ) , an art professor . If is attracted to , she stays very cold and distant , seeing him as nothing more than a gigolo who hit the jackpot . decides to invent a fake twin brother ( who wears glasses and has his hair down instead of wearing a ponytail ) who is allegedly a painter who just got back from Italy . and instantly hit it off while still tries to romance . and ca n't stop talking about everything , he plays with her dog and even invites her to 's studio when he 's not in , pretending to show her his art . When Liz 's favorite painting in the studio turns out to have been actually made by ( who gave it to as an " advance " on what he owes him ) , gives her the painting . 
 Thanks to his imaginary twin brother , manages to pursue a romance with both sisters . Because the two " twin brothers " must never be in the same place at the same time , it however involves a lot of running around , coming up with a lot of excuses and enlisting a very reluctant 's help . One evening he needs to go out two separate dates with both and . At the restaurant with , he decides to drug her wine , much to the horror of the sommelier ( ) . This allows him to cut the date short and put a very sleepy to bed . He then goes out with ( who chooses the very same restaurant ) and ends up making love to her . The next morning , / has to run back and forth between the two sister 's bedrooms ( whose two bathrooms share a private swimming pool ) as he 's supposed to be with them both at the same time . 
 In the evening before the wedding , spots 's two henchmen around his house and manages to escape them thanks to his dad 's help ( ) . He tries to spend the night at 's but he discovers she started dating . however gives him the keys to his studio where he can spend the night . At the studio , starts to paint again when he is interrupted by 's henchmen who found him and start beating him up , before shows up . When proposes to leave town , tells him to go ahead with the wedding and threatens to break one bone for each tear cries . After they leave , arrives to the studio , thinking got beat up . When tells her he is , that he fell in love when he saw her in the shower and tries to kiss her , thinks is trying to make a pass at her , not realizing does n't exist . 
 On the wedding day , tells his " brother " tried to kiss her , and that the wedding should be called off . needs to " confront " in a study alone , with and listening outside -and , unbeknownst to anyone , also by through the phone . When enters the study , he confronts a lonely , and again threatens him if he does n't marry . He tells him that what or even himself want is irrelevant , and that the only thing that matters is 's happiness . During the wedding ceremony , , shaken by 's selfless devotion , calls the wedding off and falls in 's arms acknowledging she still love him too . and elope . In the general confusion , sees her dog wanting to play with and realizes and are the same person . then go see , telling her a fake excuse to " go back to Italy " ( which she of course does n't buy ) , adding he 's not worthy of her . 
 A few month later , 's gallery has experienced a dramatic turnaround ( owns and manages it , and is the artist ) and is now very successful . At the inauguration of his work , notices who still has feeling for him but is not sure who he is really . manages to convince her he is the one she had feelings for , and the movie ends with the two happily walking in the street , hand in hand .

Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith, Daryl Hannah, Danny Aiello, Joan Cusack

Dr. ( ) arrives at a crime scene , an apparent drug store robbery . Where he finds a piece of evidence , a rolled up paper match book , that reminds him of a similar match book found at his wife 's , , crime scene . Convinced that the killer is the same man who killed his wife , Dr approaches the detective , ( ) on the case . Dr. shows Det . photos of the matchbooks found at both scenes . Det . ask Dr what he wants him to do , and Dr. asks him to question the suspect in the current case about his Mary 's murder . Det . agrees , but tells Dr. , " Sometimes you have to let it go . " 
 Later , Dr. goes to a dinner where Dr. gives a lecture on her experiment to transfer memories via cerebral spinal fluid . After the lecture Dr makes an appointment with Dr. to go over her research . Dr , is then approached by an unidentified woman who tells her that Dr. was a suspect in his wife 's murder , and if the police department had not botched the investigation he would be on death row . 
 The following day , at Dr. office , she goes over the experimental procedure . She states that neuro - peptides are used in forming memories and can be retrieved from Cerebral Spinal Fluid ( CSF ) . However , the peptides themselves are not enough to transfer memories ; Therefore , she has created a serum designed to facilitate the memory transfer process . however , the serum is not enough and an external stimulus similar to the memory must also be present for the memories to successfully imprint on the recipient . She gives Dr. a demonstration and they discuss the formula and side effects of the procedure . Dr. suggests using nitroglycerin to alleviate the side effects , but Dr. mentions that that would only be a short term fix , and the long term complications would still exist . Dr. inquires as to when human trials might start , and she explains she a long way away from that , at least 7 years . Dr. says he would be willing to volunteer to try the serum , and Dr. responds that not only would it be dangerous , it would be unethical . Dr. apologizes and then leaves . 
 Later that evening Dr. retrieves the sample of CFS from his wife 's autopsy , and then breaks into Dr. office . He then goes back to his house which is filled with crime scene photos , and other pieces of evidence from his wife 's murder , including the taped outline of where her body was found . Dr. injects himself with the serum , and has a memory flash of the night of his wife 's murder , but is unable to see the killers face . Dr then returns to the lab , retrieves the CSF from the female victim at the drug store . Dr drives to the drug store crime scene where he then injects himself , again , with the serum . During this memory flashback Dr. is finally able to see the killers face . He then returns to the police station where he meets with a police sketch artist and tries to create a police sketch of the killer . The sketch artist does a poor job , and forces Dr. to draw the picture himself . Using the sketch Dr and his friend and colleague , ( ) , enter the sketch into a computer program that generates a searchable photo of the killer . During this process Dr. has a shocking reaction to the photo that causes a nose bleed . 
 Dr. then confronts Dr. about the break in and the theft of her serum , he explains that it works and that is nothing like a true memory as much as you experience the memory as if it were happening to you . Dr. is worried about side effects and insists that Dr. receive a physical at her office . Dr. agrees to come over later that afternoon , and Dr. insists they do it right then . The two then go back to Dr. office at the University , where she notes that there has been " significant " damage to Dr. heart , but that the nitroglycerin did indeed alleviate the heart palpations of the initial injection . Dr. beeper goes off , and he uses the phone in Dr. office to call his . says they got a hit , and that the guy , , has a long criminal history , including drugs and several murders for hire . Dr. asks for his last known address , which his gives to him over the phone . 
 Dr. goes to leave , and Dr. insists she come with him . Dr. refuses , but Dr. threaten to call the police and Dr. relents . The two travel to a seedy motel where Dr. ask the manager if he knows where Dr can find . The manager asks if he is a cop , " to which Dr. replies , no and the manager tells him to get lost . On the way out of the hotel Dr. sees in the elevator , and has another overreaction to seeing him . asks him , " What are you looking at ? " and then makes a disparaging remark about Dr. maybe being homosexual . Dr. runs down the stairs after . Dr. begins to following Dr. in his car and is yelling at him to stop he is overworking his heart . Dr. , who was not paying attention to her driving , hits a parked car which causes a scene . sees Dr. is following him and starts to run . Dr. pursues , who pulls out a gun and start to fire at Dr. . runs into an alley , where the two struggle and Dr. ends up with 's gun . keeps running , finally running into a catholic church where mass is being held . Grabs a young boy and holds him hostage with a knife , Dr is trying to talk down when the police arrive . Eventually Det . shoots killing him , and Dr. is upset because he did not get to question . 
 After the scenes calms down a bit , Dr. is confronted about his erratic behavior by his supervisor who fires him . Dr. heads back to the Police station saying he needs to get a few things . As he enters the station he heads into the men 's room , and asks Dr. to wait for him in the waiting area . He then heads from the men 's room to the autopsy room where he places a fake call for , so that he can get access to Eddies CSF . He steals a sample of Eddies CSF . Dr. and Dr. head back to doctor 's house so that Dr. can get some sleep . Unable to sleep Dr. heads back to the main house and injects himself with the serum , using 's CSF , one more time . Dr. has a flash of what appears to be having rough sex with a woman , this woman may be . In the midst of the memory flashback Dr. makes enough noise to attract Dr. . While reliving the killers memories Dr. inadvertently attacks and begins to choke Dr. . During the flashback Dr. sees that notices Dr. returning to the house and flees , apparently before is actually dead . Dr. continues to act out the memory fleeing the house , as Dr is frantically searching for nitroglycerin . She finds Dr. at the bottom of the porch stairs and administers the nitroglycerin to him , where he explains that did not kill his wife , and that he had come home drunk that night and passed out in the front yard while his wife was being murdered . Dr opens up about how he was a drunk and the marriage was on the rocks . He mentions that when his wife died she was 5 weeks pregnant . 
 The next morning Dr. goes to and they discuss some type of test , reluctantly agrees . Later as Dr. is running the DNA for paternity Dr. walks in and is angry that she would test the paternity without consulting him . The paternity test shows the baby is not Dr. , and Dr. says that the man who killed might be the father of the child . She then asks Dr. if he has any idea who it might be . 
 Dr. rushes over and confronts his 's sister ( ) . They verbally spar , and Dr. says he will go to the cops , and says she wo n't allow him to rob her , , of her dignity , and that was having an affair with a police detective . Dr. takes this new evidence to Det . , while talking to Det . Dr. begins to have flashbacks of an arrest and interrogation of . These flashbacks cause a heart attack and Dr. is rushed to the hospital . Dr. begins to have flashbacks of the night and subsequent events of his 's murder . While Dr. and Dr. are at the hospital the janitor at the university enters Dr. office to mop , setting off an explosive device that destroys a large portion of the university building . 
 After Dr. recovers , Det . ( ) the original detective on 's case , approaches Dr. in the hospital saying that he asked around and a detective , might be the guy . The problem is that Det . tried to commit suicide on the same day was killed , but ended up in a coma , instead of dying . Dr. and Dr. go to the hospice where Det . is being kept , and take a sample of his CSF , so that Dr. can experience his memories . Dr. and Dr. argue about who should take the injection due to Dr. 's weak heart and recent heart attack . Dr. agrees to allow Dr. to take the injection , because Det . committed suicide Dr. says he is not taking any chances and he tapes Dr. to the seat . With Dr. immobilized Dr. injects himself . He confirms that his wife was in fact having an affair with Det . . met Det . who was a witness against Det . , who was a dirty cop . As Dr. is reliving these memories , Det . arrives at the house and begins to set the scene to kill Dr. and Dr. , by lighting a fire . arrives at the house with kids , just as Det . is about to kill them , Dr. uses this distraction to attack Det . , they fight . Dr. gets the upper hand and beats Det . unconscious , then he pulls Dr. out of the house , and the rushes in and saves Det . . He then goes back into the burning house to retrieve the micro cassette recorder Dr. uses for dictation . 
 The movie ends with Dr. in a comatose state . He imagines he is with his wife . Dr. explains that his wounds should heal , but he is not responding mentally . Det . tells Dr. that they got , and that if anything changes to let him know . Dr. says he could snap out of his coma at any time . The scene then shifts to Dr. imagining playing with his kids , he looks back over his shoulder and his wife turns and fades away .

Ray Liotta, Linda Fiorentino, Peter Coyote, Christopher McDonald

( ) and ( ) are childhood best friends . is left feeling vulnerable when and her boyfriend get engaged . She begins to date ( ) , the local clerk at the video rental store she frequents . Though she initially is off put by his looks and his obsession with scifi and horror films she begins to grow attracted to him when she learns he is working on a screenplay about the life of . The two have sex , however while Amelia is in the bathroom she receives a call from asking how her date was with " the ugly guy " . Hurt after hearing this abruptly leaves . 
 Meanwhile , since becoming engaged , a therapist , has begun to fantasize about one of her patients . She also allows the waiter at her local coffee shop to flirt with her and begins to pick fights with her fiancé . 
 becomes obsessed with after sleeping with him but quickly becomes hurt and angry as he never calls her . She asks her friend and former boyfriend ( ) why they broke up and he confesses that she places too much importance on her boyfriends . After two weeks finally goes to the video rental store and snaps when is polite but distant towards her . He chases her down and tells her he heard from 's message that she called him ugly . 
 , and go to 's parents ' country cottage where and plan to get married . While there and fight causing to leave in the middle of the night . receives obscene phone calls and calls , making him take the train to come and protect her . After answers the phone causing the caller to stop calling and talk get drunk , talk about their past relationship and then go swimming together . 
 and go to a dinner where they hope to reconcile . gives his biopsied mole in a box as a present as their last fight involved her anger at him for not getting it checked by a doctor . finds the present disgusting and leaves without making up with him . 
 Meanwhile , goes to see at the video store where she learns that he is dating his ex . She goes home where she and have dinner together and he explains how he broke up with a girl he was having phone sex with . He then kisses and the two sleep together and she gives him the black leather pants that she bought him as a Christmas present that she never gave him since they broke up before Christmas . 
 Despite the fact that she has not reconciled with , continues to plan her wedding . After going to see after a disastrous meeting with a wedding makeup artist the two end up fighting as accuses of abandoning their friendship . The two finally sit down to reconnect and tells about reconnecting with before urging her to go make up with . takes her advice to heart . 
 reconnects with . On her wedding day she allows to do her makeup and hair like they had originally planned . tells that she believes that she and are going to make it . The two leave to go to the ceremony hand in hand .

The film is based on the fate of the brigantine Albatross , which sank 2   May 1961 , allegedly because of a white squall . The film relates the ill - fated school sailing trip led by Dr. ( ) , whom the boys call " Skipper " . He is tough and teaches them discipline . He forms a close connection with all - American ( ) , troubled rich kid ( ) , shy Gil Martin ( ) and bad - boy ( ) . On the first days , it is discovered that one of the student crew members , , suffers from acrophobia and does not even try to rescue , who nearly chokes to death when he becomes entangled in some rigging after slipping from one of the masts . After was saved by Skipper , is ordered to climb the ropes , which he ultimately can not do , and is assigned to alternative limited duty while on board . 
 Eventually , the brigantine puts into shore and the boys take their leave on the island . 's wealthy father and mother give him a surprise visit while the crew is in port . is upset that the visit seems poorly timed by his overbearing parents , and he becomes separated from the boys and their festivities when his parents require him to go out to " steak dinner " with them . The father and son end up in a fist fight and become further estranged by the visit and the fight . 
 After a night of festivities , the crew set out to sea again on the next day . 
 When a white squall threatens their ship , the boys try to use what has taught them to survive the horrific ordeal .

In Verona Beach , the and the are arch - rivals.[6 ] The animosity of the older generation — and and and — is felt by their younger relatives . A gunfight between the boys led by , 's cousin , and the boys led by , 's cousin , creates chaos in the city . The Chief of Police , Captain , reprimands the families , warning them that if such behavior continues , their lives " shall pay the forfeit of the peace " . 
 meets on a beach . While playing a game of pool they learn of a party being held by the that evening which they decide to gate - crash . agrees to come after discovering that , with whom he is in love , is attending . Later , the boys meet their friend , , who has tickets to the party . takes ecstasy gave him and they proceed to the mansion . The effects of the drug and the party overwhelm , who goes to the restroom . While admiring an aquarium , he sees on the other side , and the two instantly fall in love . spots and vows to kill him for invading his family 's home , but stops him . 
 and sneak into an elevator and kiss . The nurse spots them when the doors open and drags away , telling her that is a . At the same time , realizes that is a . takes from the party , but he sneaks back to the mansion , hiding under ’s balcony . emerges into the courtyard and proclaims her love for before he sneaks up behind her . warns him that he is risking his life , but tells her he does n't care whether he is caught . Knowing her nurse is looking for her , tells him that , if he sends word by the following day , they will be betrothed . The next day , visits Father , telling him he wants to marry . He agrees to marry the pair in hopes that their marriage will end the violence between the families . passes the word on to ’s nurse and the lovers are married . 
 encounters at the beach just as arrives . attempts to make peace , but assaults him . intervenes and batters , and is about to finish him off when stops him . then slashes with a shard of glass in his stomach . curses both the and the before dying in 's arms . Enraged , chases after a fleeing and guns him down . 
 Captain banishes from the city . goes into hiding with Father , who treats his injuries and says that , after some time passes , he will help and return to the city and reconcile with their family and friends . The nurse arrives and tells that is waiting for him . When climbs over 's balcony , she kisses him and they consummate their marriage . Meanwhile , decides will marry , the governor 's son . 
 The next morning , narrowly escapes the mansion as tells that the family has promised she will marry . She refuses , and threatens to disown her . Her mother and nurse insist it would be in her best interest to marry . To get out of this , runs away and seeks out Father , imploring him to help her and threatening to commit suicide . Father proposes she fake her own death and be put in the vault to awaken 24 hours later . will be told of the plot , sneak into the vault , and once reunited the two can escape to Mantua . He gives her a potion which mimics death . After saying goodnight to her mother , drinks the potion and slips into a coma . She is found in the morning , declared dead , and placed in the vault . , one of 's cousins , learns that is dead and tells , who is not home when the messenger arrives with a letter from Father . 
 returns to Verona and buys a vial of poison . As he goes to the church , Captain finds out he is back , and tries to capture him , without success . Father learns that never got his letter and has no idea is alive . enters the church where lies and bids her goodbye . She awakens just as takes the poison ; the two thus see each other and share a final kiss before he dies . A distraught picks up 's gun and shoots herself in the head , dying instantly . The two lovers are soon discovered in each other 's arms . condemns both families , whose feuding led to such tragedy , while coroners quickly transport the two bodies to the morgue .

Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo, Pete Postlethwaite, Brian Dennehy, Paul Sorvino, Diane Venora, Christina Pickles

( ) is a wiseguy hired by and , a pair of dimwitted hit men , to transport a duffel bag full of severed heads across the United States to a crime boss ( as proof of the deaths ) . While on a commercial flight , his bag is accidentally switched with that of ( ) , a friendly , talkative , young American tourist who is going to Mexico to see his girlfriend ( ) and her parents ( and ) . 
 The film revolves around harassing 's friends ( ) and ( ) for information , while and attempt to get rid of their rather unfortunate luggage . 
 After meets with and her parents at the airport with the wrong bag , they go to their rooms at the resort in Acapulco , Mexico . Soon , , 's mom , mistakenly thinks that might be a serial killer on the run once she sees a head in his bag while hiding a gift for him inside the bag . Her husband thinks it 's all a delusion brought on by her alcoholism . 
 At first , and tried to bury the heads in the desert , but a group of thugs steals their car . Then comes up with an idea that he will give back the heads without anyone noticing , by pretending he forgot to turn in his report back at his college . In turn , everyone packs up for the airport . At the airport , accidentally puts a severed head in 's carry - on bag , causing him to get arrested . They never leave Acapulco since they have to come up with a new plan to save . 
 Meanwhile , , , and start to look for replacement heads , after tells he lost one . They start to look in a cryonics lab , where they store bodies and severed heads , much to 's approval . After getting the replacement heads , and the others get on a plane and head to Mexico . threatens that if he loses more heads , he 'll replace them with 's friends and family . After hearing of the airport incident , and decide to collect the heads for themselves . 
 When , 's mother , arrives in Mexico , takes her and the others hostage as he helps find more heads . They find out that a coyote took one of the heads from the stolen car . also realizes that and are going to kill him if he does n't get the heads across the border in time . comes up with a plan to save both their lives . 
 The film ends when and take a severed head to the airport to prove her father 's innocence . and try to intervene , but end up getting arrested . It is revealed that and set them up . thanks him for his help , as departs to Hawaii . goes insane and starts running around the airport , telling security guards that a severed head is his " best friend " . 
 Charlie and get married , with her mother and father present , is in a straitjacket , is a brain surgeon , is also present after being thrown out of a moving van when she started to bad - mouth , and is enjoying his retirement .

Joe Pesci, Andy Comeau, Kristy Swanson, David Spade, Dyan Cannon, George Hamilton

During the course of a burglary , master jewel thief ( ) is forced to hide upon the unexpected arrival of ( ) , the beautiful young wife of elderly billionaire ( ) , during her drunken rendezvous with ( ) , the President of the United States . is 's friend and financial supporter , and the owner of the mansion has broken into . Hiding inside a large bedroom vault with a one - way mirror , watches as becomes sexually violent towards and she attacks him with a letter opener in self - defense . screams for help , and Secret Service agents ( ) and ( ) burst into the bedroom and shoot to death . Chief of Staff ( ) arrives , and they agree to stage the scene to look like a burglary gone wrong . They are unaware of until he begins his escape . Both agents chase , but he escapes with millions in jewelry , collectible coins and cash as well as the incriminating letter opener . 
 The next day , Detective ( ) begins his investigation of the crime . quickly becomes a prime suspect in the burglary because of his reputation as a master thief , but does not believe is a murderer . Just as is about to flee the country , he sees President on television , publicly commiserating with on his loss . Incensed by the fake sympathy , decides to bring the President to justice . Meanwhile , asks to keep him informed about the case while a Secret Service agent wiretaps 's office telephone . 
 's estranged daughter ( ) , who works as a prosecutor , accompanies to 's home to search for clues . Photographs in the house indicate that has secretly been watching her for years . She still suspects of the crime and therefore agrees to set him up . guarantees 's safety , but through the wiretap learns of the plan , and prepares a sniping attack . Someone also tips off , who hires a hitman ( ) to kill . The two snipers , each unaware of the other , try to shoot when he arrives at an outdoor cafe to meet his daughter . They both miss , and escapes through the police cordon wearing the uniform of a police officer he had hidden beneath his coat . later explains to exactly how was killed and by whom . 
 begins to taunt , first by sending her a photograph of the letter opener , then tricking her into wearing 's diamond necklace during a public event at the White House . Correctly suspecting that knows the truth , President decides she must be eliminated . When learns from Detective that the Secret Service has taken over surveillance of , he races back to Washington D.C. to protect her . He arrives at her jogging area just moments after has used his SUV to push her and her car off a cliff . tries to kill her again at the hospital with a poison - filled syringe . , who is waiting for such an attack , subdues by jabbing him in the neck with a syringe of his own . pleads for mercy , but instead delivers a fatal dose . 
 incapacitates 's chauffeur and replaces him , telling what happened on the night his wife was killed . is unconvinced until explains how lied in his speech by citing 's excuse for staying home , which he could only have learned from her . He shows the letter opener with 's blood and fingerprints on it and also informs him that he has since returned the items he had stolen . 
 stops the car and hands over the letter opener , dropping off outside the White House . , who is absolutely trusted by everyone in the White House , is able to get through security with the letter opener and enter the Oval Office . Meanwhile , alerted by that his phones have been bugged , discovers that a remorseful has committed suicide and uses the evidence left behind to arrest . On television the next morning comes the shocking news , " confirmed " by , that the President committed suicide by stabbing himself to death . is satisfied that justice has prevailed , and he is happy his daughter is safe and they are no longer estranged . 
 Back at the hospital , sketching on a pad , watches over in her hospital bed . Detective visits briefly , whereupon suggests to that she invite to dinner sometime and then continues to draw a picture of his daughter .

Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Judy Davis, Scott Glenn, E. G. Marshall, Dennis Haysbert, Melora Hardin, Richard Jenkins

Two pairs of lovers play out a comedy of errors , in which ( ) and ( ) , try several unethical and nasty tricks to break apart the envied union of their respective former partners , ( ) and ( ) including identity theft , assault , and destroying 's restaurant . 
 Obsessive astronomer is devastated when the love of his life , , cheats on him and leaves him for a suave Frenchman named . He therefore goes to New York to stalk her and sets up house ( and a camera obscura ) in the abandoned building opposite 's , intent on winning her back and waiting until she decides to leave her current lover . What does not count on is being joined several weeks later by , a photographer and motorcyclist , who is determined to get revenge on , her ex - fiance . Mutually hostile at first , the two of them eventually join forces in an attempt to separate the couple and ruin 's life . However , complications ensue when and start falling for each other .

The lives of two unhappily married couples intertwine in Montreal , Canada . The marriage between , a contractor and his beautiful British wife , former actress , has been in a poor state for years . Their relationship fell apart when revealed to that their daughter was not his biologically . She had her with an actor while he was in the Army . ran away to Montreal and they have not spoken in years . The 's moved from California to Montreal to find her without success . is depressed after learning that her daughter 's father , actor , recently died . She begins to question her own mortality and goes to see a doctor for a checkup , and spends her time watching her old films that she starred in with . knows cheats on her with his construction clients , and therefore they have a silent agreement that they will not have sex . is shown cheating on her with . 
 Meanwhile , corporate executive and his wife are also unhappily married . desires children and is starved for affection by , who seems only to be in love with himself . is depressed and contemplates his sexuality and suicide . One day after work tries to get to have sex with her because she is ovulating , but he denies her . She decides to start preparing a room for a baby in their condo anyway and hires a contractor referred to her by her friend 's mother , a guy named . She is instantly attracted to him and they begin an affair . meets in a bar where had just witnessed and on a date . is instantly attracted to , and seems to have a need to be with an older woman after showing being attracted to his older secretary , . is attracted to the older and rugged . invites away for a weekend at a resort , and she initially says no and goes home to . tries to sleep with and he denies her , so she tells him that she knows about . She ends up meeting and going away with him . Once they are at the resort they meet up with and his mistress . also becomes attracted to which causes a rift with . and begin to have sex but decide not to , and leave the resort the next morning . 
 The two couples end up in the same hotel bar , and and have a physical fight . and leave together and go back to the 's apartment , where reveals she is pregnant with 's baby . does not know yet that is his wife . becomes upset and leaves . and have sex and makeup . finds and they makeup . At the end of the story , the same thing that had happened to had happened to . They will both have raised a child with another man that is not the father . tells her friend the baby 's father is , which reveals she does not plan on telling that it is his , just as had done with . The final scene shows in bed crying , knowing that will have 's baby , and emotional over coming home .

A U.S. and Russian joint military operation results with special forces capturing General ( ) , the dictator of Kazakhstan . Three weeks later , a diplomatic dinner is held in Moscow in Russia to celebrate the capture of the Kazakh dictator , at which President of the United States ( ) expresses his regret that action had not been taken sooner to prevent the suffering caused by . He also vows that his administration will take a firmer stance against despotism and that they will never negotiate with terrorists . 
 President , along with his wife ( ) , daughter ( ) , and several of his Cabinet and advisors , board Air Force One to return to the United States . In addition , a number of members of the press corps have been invited aboard . U.S. Secret Service agent ( ) , acting as a mole for a group of six loyalists led by ( ) , sneaks them onto the plane disguised as journalists . Once in flight , kills several Secret Service agents guarding the plane 's armory , allowing and his men to seize weapons and start a massive shootout . The pilots , Colonel ( ) and Lieutenant Colonel ( ) , attempt an emergency landing at Ramstein Air Base in Germany . However , the terrorists breach the cockpit and shoot the pilots , and take control , diverting the plane towards Kazakhstan . Secret Service agents race a reluctant down to an escape pod in the cargo hold , where he seemingly escapes as the pod is ejected . The passengers and crew are taken hostage by the hijackers and stored in the conference room . Believing the President has escaped , separates and from the rest of the hostages and takes them to the communications room at the cockpit , planning to use them as leverage . Several F-15s escort Air Force One as the terrorists have it piloted towards - loyal airspace . 
 In Washington , D.C. , Vice President ( ) arrives at the White House , taking command of the situation with U.S. Defense Secretary ( ) and other officials . contacts and demands 's release , threatening to execute a hostage every half hour . , who has remained hidden in the cargo hold instead of using the pod , manages to kill one of 's men and acquire a weapon . executes National Security Advisor ( ) and secures and separately from the other hostages and takes them up to the cockpit . kills another hijacker , then uses a satellite phone to make contact with . , believing that a Secret Service Agent is in the cargo hold , executes Deputy Press Secretary ( ) . 
 dumps some of the plane 's fuel reserve in an attempt to force a landing . Instead , demands a mid - air refueling . gains access to the conference room where the hostages are being held and he , along with his military advisors , including Major ( ) and Chief of Staff ( ) devise a plan to trick the hijackers to take Air Force One to a lower altitude for the refueling , allowing the hostages to parachute safely off the plane . , pretending to be on their side , joins them . As a KC-10 tanker docks with Air Force One , and the advisors escort the hostages to the cargo hold , where most parachute away to safety ; discovers the deception and forces the plane away , causing the fuel to ignite , destroying the tanker and the few remaining hostages falling to their apparent deaths . , , , and remain on board Air Force One . 
 The four are taken to the cockpit , where reunites with his family . forces him to contact to arrange for 's release . surrenders himself to to save . is urged by to declare the President incapable under the 25th amendment , so as to override 's release , but she refuses . While and his men celebrate the news of 's release , breaks free and kills the last two of 's men . drags down to the cargo hold , wherein Grace briefly distracts and a fight ensues wherein kills him . then lifts his order , and is subsequently killed when he attempts to escape . 
 and direct the plane back to friendly airspace , but alerts them of a second batch of loyalists piloting MiG-29s tailing them . Air Force One sustains heavy damage , as the F-15s manage to fight off the MiGs . With heavy damage and low fuel , it is determined that Air Force One can not land safely , and a standby USAF special operations MC-130 is called to help , sending pararescuemen on tether lines to help rescue the survivors . 's family and a wounded , who had taken a bullet for , are transferred first . When there is time for only one more transfer , reveals his true intentions and kills and the pararescueman . and fight for control of the transfer line , and manages to grab and detach it at the last second . Air Force One crashes into the Caspian Sea , killing . The MC-130 airmen reel in where he falls into his family 's waiting arms . As confirmation is given of ’s rescue , tears up the presidential incapacity order . The MC-130 is subsequently dubbed with the call sign of Air Force One , and flies safely away with its F-15 escorts .

Brothers ( ) and ( ) are small - time crooks . They and their partner , ( ) , pull a holdup in New Orleans that goes terribly wrong . A police officer is killed , as are two other men . The robbers flee to a local bar , Dino 's Last Chance , desperately taking everyone inside hostage . 
 is seriously wounded and bleeding . is a sociopath who is ready and willing to kill anyone who gets in his way . is their leader , trying to keep the situation calm while federal agents , led by ( ) , surround the bar . A bar employee , ( ) , tries but fails to reason with the intruders . Her boss , , behind the bar , secretly has a shotgun that he is hoping to get a chance to use . Besides a barfly ( ) who is barely coherent and a younger man ( ) shooting pool , there is one other customer ( ) , a man named dressed in a business suit , who is not as innocent as he seems . As the life of slips away and the robbers ' demands to the cops go unmet , decides whether to surrender or start letting shoot hostages one at a time .

La Amistad is the name of a slave ship traveling from Cuba to the United States in 1839 . It is carrying African slaves as its cargo . As the ship is crossing from Cuba to the United States , , a leader of the Africans , leads a mutiny and takes over the ship . The mutineers spare the lives of two Spanish navigators to help them sail the ship back to Africa . Instead , the navigators misdirect the Africans and sail north to the east coast of the United States , where the ship is stopped by the American Navy , and the living Africans imprisoned as runaway slaves . 
 In an unfamiliar country and not speaking a single word of English , the Africans find themselves in a legal battle . District Attorney brings charges of piracy and murder . Secretary of State , on behalf of President ( who is campaigning for re - election ) , represents the claim of Queen of Spain that the Africans are slaves and are property of Spain based on a treaty . Two Naval officers claim them as salvage while the two Spanish navigators produce proof of purchase . A lawyer named , hired by the abolitionist and his black associate , decides to defend the Africans . 
 argues that the Africans had been captured in Africa to be sold in the Americas illegally . proves through documents found hidden aboard La Amistad that the African people were initially cargo belonging to a Portuguese slave ship , the Tecora . Therefore , the Africans were free citizens of another country and not slaves at all . In light of this evidence , the staff of President has the judge presiding over the case replaced by Judge , who is younger and believed to be impressionable and easily influenced . Consequently , seeking to make the case more personal , on the advice of former American president ( and lawyer ) , and find , a former slave who speaks both Mende and English . tells his story at trial : was kidnapped by slave traders outside his village , and held in the slave fortress of Lomboko , where thousands of captives were held under heavy guard . and many others were then sold to the Tecora , where they were held in the brig of the ship . The captives were beaten and whipped , and at times , were given so little food that they had to eat the food from each other 's faces . One day , 50 captives were thrown overboard . Later on , the ship arrived in Havana , Cuba . Those captives that were not sold at auction were handed over to La Amistad . 
 District Attorney attacks 's " tale " of being captured and kept in the slave fortress , and especially questions the throwing of precious cargo overboard . However , the Royal Navy 's fervent abolitionist Captain of the West Africa Squadron backs up 's account . shows from the 's inventory that the number of African people taken as slaves was reduced by 50 . explains that some slave ships when interdicted do this to get rid of the evidence for their crime . But in the 's case , they had underestimated the amount of provisions necessary for their journey . As the tension rises , stands up from his seat and repeatedly cries , " Give us , us free ! " 
 Judge rules in favor of the Africans . After pressure from Senator of South Carolina on President , the case is appealed to the Supreme Court . Despite refusing to help when the case was initially presented , agrees to assist with the case . At the Supreme Court , he makes an impassioned and eloquent plea for their release , and is successful . 
 The Lomboko slave fortress is liberated by the Royal Marines under the command of Captain . After all the slaves were hurried out of the fortress , orders the ship 's cannon to destroy it . He then dictates a letter to saying that he was right — the slave fortress does n't exist . 
 Because of the release of the Africans , loses his re - election campaign , and tension builds between the North and the South , which would eventually culminate in the Civil War .

Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey, Stellan Skarsgård, Anna Paquin

A poacher ( ) hides from an anaconda in his boat . While it breaks through the boat , the poacher commits suicide . 
 While shooting a documentary about a long - lost Indigenous tribe , the Shirishamas , on the Amazon River , director ( ) and members of her crew — including cameraman ( ) , production manager ( ) , her boyfriend , sound engineer ( ) , visionary ( ) , anthropologist Professor ( ) , and boat skipper ( across stranded Paraguayan snake hunter ( ) and help him , believing he knows how to find the tribe they are searching for . 
 Most of the crew are uncomfortable around , and clashes with him several times in regards to Shirishama lore . Later , while trying to free the boat 's propeller from a rope , is stung in the throat by a wasp inside his scuba regulator , which swells his throat shut and leaves him unconscious . performs an emergency cricothyrotomy , seemingly saving 's life . With that , takes command of the boat and the crew . They are then forced to help him achieve his true objective — hunting down and capturing a record - breaking giant anaconda he had been tracking . 
 is the first of the crew to be killed by the anaconda , which coils around him and then breaks his neck near a boat where the poacher had been killed . A photograph in an old newspaper reveals that , , and the unnamed poacher were working together to catch animals , including snakes . The others try to find him while sides with , who promises if they help him find the anaconda , he will help them get out alive . Later at night , the anaconda attacks the boat . When attempts to capture the snake , it crushes , killing and eating him , leaving devastated . The survivors overcome and tie him up . The next day , the boat becomes stuck at a waterfall , requiring , , and to enter the water to winch it loose . When attempts to kill as revenge for 's death , he gets the edge and strangles her to death with his legs before dumping her body in the river . When the anaconda returns , distracts it long enough for and to return to the boat while he ascends the waterfall . and the freed fight , as is coiled by the snake . Before it can kill him , the tree supporting the anaconda breaks , sending everyone into the water and waking up . With killed in the fall , the snake coils itself around , only to be shot in the head by . An enraged attacks , only to be stabbed with the tranquilizer dart by , who soon loses consciousness again . punches the drugged , knocking him into the river . 
 However , and are soon re - captured when catches up to them . He dumps a bucket of monkey blood on them and uses them as bait in an attempt to capture a second , larger anaconda . The anaconda appears and coils itself around and and begins to suffocate them . They are caught in a net by , but the snake breaks free . tries to escape , but the anaconda finally manages to coil itself around him and suffocate him . and cut their bonds and watch in horror as the anaconda slowly swallows whole . finds a nest of baby ( normal sized ) anacondas in a building , but the snake arrives and , after regurgitating the still twitching , chases her up a smoke stack . traps the anaconda by pinning its tail to the ground with a pickaxe . ignites a fire below the smoke shack and burns the snake alive . The burning anaconda is sent flying out of the building and plunges into the water where it sinks . As and recuperate on a nearby dock , the anaconda appears one final time before slams a splitting maul into the snake 's head , killing it . Afterwards , and reunite with , who begins to revive on the boat . As they float down the river , they accidentally locate the natives for whom they were originally searching . They realize was right and begin filming their documentary as the film ends .

Jennifer Lopez, Jon Voight, Ice Cube, Eric Stoltz, Owen Wilson, Jonathan Hyde, Kari Wührer

is a misanthrope who works at home as a best - selling novelist in New York City . He has obsessive – compulsive disorder which , paired with his misanthropy , alienates nearly everyone with whom he interacts . He avoids stepping on sidewalk cracks while walking through the city due to a superstition of bad luck , and eats breakfast at the same table in the same restaurant every day using disposable plastic utensils he brings with him due to his pathological fear of germs . He takes an interest in his waitress , , the only server at the restaurant who can tolerate his behavior . 
 One day , 's apartment neighbor , a gay artist named , is assaulted and nearly killed during a robbery . is intimidated by 's agent , , into caring for 's dog , Verdell , while is hospitalized . Although he initially does not enjoy caring for the dog , becomes emotionally attached to it . He simultaneously receives more attention from . When is released from the hospital , is unable to cope emotionally with returning the dog . 's life is further altered when decides to work closer to her home in Brooklyn so she can care for her acutely asthmatic son ( " " ) . Unable to adjust to another waitress , arranges through his publisher , whose husband is a doctor , to pay for her son 's considerable medical expenses as long as agrees to return to work . She is overwhelmed at his generosity , but is adamant that she will not sleep with . 
 Meanwhile , 's assault and rehabilitation , coupled with 's preference for , causes to lose his creative muse . is approaching bankruptcy due to his medical bills . persuades him to go to Baltimore to ask his estranged parents for money . Because is too busy to take the injured to Baltimore himself , reluctantly agrees to do so ; lends the use of his Saab 900 convertible for the trip . invites to accompany them on the trip to lessen the awkwardness . She reluctantly accepts the invitation , and relationships among the three develop . 
 Once in Baltimore , persuades to take her out to have dinner . 's comments during the dinner greatly flatter — and subsequently upset — , and she abruptly leaves . Upon seeing the frustrated , begins to sketch her semi - nude in his hotel room and rekindles his creativity , once more feeling a desire to paint . He briefly reconnects with his parents , but is able to tell them that he 'll be fine . 
 After returning to New York , tells that she does not want him in her life anymore . She later regrets her statement and calls him to apologize . The relationship between and remains complicated until ( whom has allowed to move in with him until he can fully heal from his injuries and get a new apartment ) persuades to declare his love for her . goes to see , who is hesitant , but agrees to try and establish a relationship with him . The film ends with and walking together . As he opens the door at an early morning pastry shop for , he realizes that he has stepped on a crack in the pavement , but does n't seem to mind .

Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Shirley Knight

In 1967 , British spy thwarts an assassination attempt by his nemesis Dr. Evil in a London nightclub . Dr. Evil escapes in a space rocket disguised as a Big Boy statue , and cryogenically freezes himself . volunteers to be placed into cryostasis in case Dr. Evil returns in the future . 
 Thirty years later , in 1997 , Dr. returns to discover his henchman Number 2 has developed Virtucon , the legitimate front of 's empire , into a multibillion - dollar enterprise . Uninterested by genuine business , Dr. conspires to steal nuclear weapons and hold the world hostage for $ 100 billion . also learns that , during his absence , his associates have artificially created his son , , using his frozen semen . Now a Generation X teenager , is resentful of his father ’s absence and resists Dr. 's attempts to get closer to him . 
 Having learned of Dr. 's return , the British Ministry of Defence unfreezes , acclimatizing him to the 1990s with the help of agent , the daughter of his sidekick in the 1960s , Mrs. . Posing as a married couple , and track Number 2 to Las Vegas and meet his Italian secretary , . Later , infiltrates 's penthouse suite for reconnaissance and discovers plans for Dr. 's " Project Vulcan " , which involves drilling a nuclear warhead into the Earth 's molten core and triggering volcanic eruptions worldwide . discovers in her suite and seduces him into revealing his true identity . Learning that is back , Dr. and his entourage conspire to defeat the spy by creating a series of fembots : beautiful female androids equipped with automatic guns concealed in their breasts . The fembots were tested on security guards , who are asked to shoot them but all die because they can not resist the fembots . 
 and Kensington attempt to infiltrate the Virtucon headquarters but are soon apprehended by Dr. 's henchman , . Meanwhile , the United Nations accede to the demands of Dr. , who proceeds with Project Vulcan regardless . and are placed in a death trap by Dr. , but they easily escape , and is sent for help . While searching for Dr. , is confronted by the fembots and ends up in bed surrounded by them . After he finally breaks free and heads to the door , the fembots try to seduce him so they can kill him , but seduces them with a striptease and makes them explode one by one . and two guards catch still dancing even though the fembots are terminated , but explains the truth and , at 's insistence , redresses for battle . British forces raid the underground lair , while finds the doomsday device and deactivates it . confronts Dr. , but arrives holding Kensington hostage . They are interrupted by Number 2 , who attempts to betray Dr. by making a deal with . Dr. Evil uses a trap door to eliminate Number 2 , then activates the base ’s self - destruct mechanism and escapes . and flee just as a nuclear explosion destroys the lair . 
 and are later married , and during their honeymoon is attacked by Random Task . subdues the assassin using a penis pump , allowing to knock him out using a bottle of champagne . Afterwards , the newlyweds adjourn to the balcony . Among the stars , spots the cryogenic chamber of Dr. Evil , who vows revenge on .

Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley, Michael York, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, Mindy Sterling, Mimi Rogers

( ) and ( ) are waitresses in a soul food diner in Decatur , Georgia . Their dream is to open the world 's first combination hair salon and soul food restaurant . 
 To accumulate start - up money , they audition for a music video in Los Angeles . Through an unusual turn of events , they end up assisting a Beverly Hills butler and caring for an aging millionaire , Mr. , who welcomes them into his mansion . They become Black American Princesses ( BAPs ) " livin ' large and takin ' charge ! " amongst the rich and famous . 
 They soon find themselves in the middle of a plot to milk the millionaire of his fortune . Realizing that they have acted no better than the plotters , they choose instead to become Mr. 's primary caregivers . 
 eventually passes and his will grants half of his fortune to them .

Mr. ( ) is a well meaning , but hopelessly clumsy , goofy and destructive security guard at the National Gallery in London . When the board of directors for the gallery , who despise him for sleeping on the job , fail to fire him due to the chairman ( Sir ) threatening repercussions , they immediately decide on a different course of action and have him represent them during the transfer of the portrait Whistler 's Mother to the Grierson Art Gallery in Los Angeles , following its purchase by philanthropist General ( ) for $ 50 million . The curator of the Grierson , ( ) , impressed with the false profile of " Dr. " , agrees to accommodate him at his house for two months , much to the chagrin of his wife ( ) . After causes some initial mishaps with the airport police and breaking a family heirloom , leaves for her mother 's house with son ( ) and daughter ( ) . 
 soon begins to question 's intelligence after he suggests they head to a theme park and causes mayhem with a ride , and later mess up a dinner with the gallery 's owner , ( ) . When questions , he finds out that is not a doctor after all . His worst fears are soon realised when accidentally ruins the painting shortly after it arrives . Fearing that he will lose his job and possibly face criminal charges for the damage , becomes despondent and gets drunk , even though his family returns out of pity . 
 To save his career , sneaks back into the gallery , distracts the guard by lacing his drink with laxatives , and replaces the ruined painting with a poster . The plan proves a success on the next day , fooling everyone including . nearly panics when he realises he has to make a speech , but gives an improvised , sentimental and deep monologue about the painting that wins the crowd 's praise and approval . 
 Shortly after the speech , is approached by Lieutenant , whom he crossed paths with , leaving worried that he knows the truth about the priceless painting 's mishap , only to learn from him that was rushed to hospital after being involved in a motorcycle accident while with her boyfriend . Rushing to the hospital , goes to be with his wife , leaving to wander about the hospital 's reception area and be mistaken for an actual doctor after picking up a stethoscope that had been dropped and for having a nametag on him saying " Dr. . " Forced into a surgery room , he finds himself coming across on the operating table , having been shot while dealing with a mugging , whereupon he manages to recover the bullet in his body via an unorthodox procedure . Leaving the police officer to recover , ends up being mistaken by for a doctor , who begs for his help , leaving him alone with whom he revives from a coma , after he accidentally shocks himself with a defibrillator and lands on her . Grateful for having his daughter back , is surprised to find his saviour to be , who asks to stay another week with him . 
 After spending quality time with 's family , soon returns to the airport , thanking for the time he spent , before returning to London . Once home , admires his room , decorated with photographs of the family , before taking a final look at the ruined , original Whistler 's Mother he smuggled back with him , and then going to bed .

The film starts out with everybody getting prepared for Christmas . and argue about who saved Christmas last year . begs Mrs. to be the narrator of the story . After hesitating she agrees . Soon everyone is gathered around Mrs. as she tells the events of what happened after saved from the wolves ... 
 The story is made into a full - length flashback of when the Prince is the Beast and his servants are . is still a prisoner in 's castle . All the servants are trying to figure out a way for them to fall in love with each other , and with Christmas coming up , they look at this as a great opportunity to bring them together . is excited about Christmas , but is not happy seeing how it is the anniversary of his spell being cast upon the castle . 
 finds the outside and offers him to teach him ice - skating . Meanwhile , in an unknown part of the castle ( through a secret door in the West Wing ) , an enormous pipe organ is composing rhythmic music while a small piccolo applauds . The organ is , the court composer for the musicians during his human years . The organ player though is not in the mood to be human again , so he decides to figure a way for the to steer clear of falling in love with . He believes that " humanity is overrated " and that he has more use and power in his enchanted form . 
 He tells that he has written a solo for a piccolo in his opera , which persuades to be forced to break up the merriment between and the . is able to interrupt and the Beast 's skating , causing them to crash into the snow . Then , when makes a snow angel , she and the get up in the snow to see their snow figures , but when the smiles at 's angel while rubbing his head he suddenly makes a low growl and looks at his own snow print . While looking , he assumes that this is no angel , but the shadow of a monster . Enraged , he roars , thrashes around through the snow and storms off in a fit of rage , leaving and the others outside . Then when chuckles and hopes that is going to be so proud of him , the Beast stomps back into the castle in fury and depression . 
 has no idea why she bothers , and as she flops back into the snow , she assumes that the is " worse than ever " , but Mrs. tells her not to lose heart . Inside the castle , is playing gloomy music , while the Beast stomps into the West Wing and looks at the enchanted Rose the Enchantress gave him . After assuming that he hates Christmas , the sits on his chair by the fire , and when tells him that the music helps , the Beast mumbles to the pipe organ that his music is the only thing that will help him forget . tells the that he is always here for him . 
 Believing that Christmas will brighten the Beast 's mood , creates a wonderful new book for him , and with a little persuasion for , Christmas is officially being prepared . The gang goes to the highest tower in the castle , which serves as a storage room for old decorations . In one of them lies with a number of other animated baubles , who once served as the Royal Decorator . However , she is not pleased to hear about Christmas , arguing that she will not raise her hopes again in a belief that they could all get together in celebration , until they are destroyed by the Beast 's foul temper and hatred for the holiday , despite 's misgivings . sings to them about how " hope is the greatest gift " , saying that there is always hope , even for breaking the spell , and there will " always be a time when the world is filled with peace and love " . Eventually , reluctantly agrees . 
 However , has been overhearing all this and rushes off to tell . When the finds out , he is far from pleased , and wants Christmas to be depleted . plays along , saying that " the girl does n't care how you feel about Christmas " , separating the two even more . The reflects on his past : Christmas was the day he was most selfish , and it was on that day that the Enchantress put the spell on him and the castle . 
 enters the boiler room and meets , head of the boiler room . She tells him she needs a Yule Log and he tells her to help herself . finds her and demands to know what is going on . She explains that it is a great tradition : " one log is chosen , then everyone in the house touches it , and makes a Christmas wish " . The , however , claims that wishes are stupid , and bellows at , " You made a Christmas wish last year ! Is this what you wished for ? ! " He shouts that she has no idea what it is to be a true prisoner , but she knows all too well . Then , having finally had enough , he hates Christmas once again and storms out , despite 's misgivings . 
 refuses to give up , and concludes that they will have Christmas with or without the , but not before sending him her gift , the storybook . and take with them to go look for a Christmas tree , but none on the grounds are very promising . finds his gift , but will not allow him to open it as it is not yet Christmas . He explains that everyone understands how feels about the holiday , but giving a gift to another is a way of saying " I care about you " . The gets in the mood , and demands to compose a song as a present , who agrees unhappily . When he leaves , puts his plans in motion , and plays beautiful music , attracting to his room . quickly manipulates the situation , telling her that the tree has always been 's favorite part of Christmas , and that she would find a much better tree lies in the Black Forest , the woods outside the castle . 
 Getting the tree would break 's promise never to leave the castle , but she wants to make happy , so she agrees to go , taking and . orders " to make sure they do n't come back " . is still waiting for to show up , but claims " she 's abandoned you ! " and feeds 's anger , trying to persuade him to forget her , but he races out anyway . In his anger , destroys the decorations in the dining room where was and storms off outside to look for , leaving hopeless . Meanwhile , and the others look for a tree but startles on the ice , creating a chain reaction that leads to nearly drowning , and being rescued by the furious . 
 is locked in the dungeon for breaking her promise , but comes to visit with the other baubles and admits that she was wrong to believe that Christmas could never come . They all agree that they do not need decorations or gifts to celebrate Christmas , they have each other , and that is the best gift they could ever ask for . Meanwhile , prompted by , threatens to destroy the rose , but one of the flower petals fall on the present . then remembers the gift gave him , opens it and reads it . Remembering there is hope to break the spell , he ignores and releases , asking her for forgiveness . After she accepts , the announces plans to have the best Christmas ever . 
 Enraged at the failure of his plans , plans to bring the whole castle down with the rationale that they can not fall in love again . This horrifies , who finds it far too extreme and then he learns that his promised solo is blank . The Beast manages to get into the room until 's powerful music confounds him as he has no idea what to strike at . With 's advice , the Beast unplugs 's keyboard with his strength and smashing it , causing him to come crashing down and shatter into pieces , and the laments the death of his old , traitorous confidant . 
 Still , together they continue to have a happy holiday , which brings us back to the actual party , but of course , if anyone actually saved Christmas , it was , and becomes the new court composer of the castle . 
 After the story , the others celebrate as the Prince gives a gift , a single rose .

was released from prison and he is to be married to . Shortly before the wedding , he is involved in a bank robbery with his friends , and . It escalates to a hostage crisis , and the FBI is called . In an exchange of fire , a few men are shot . and are then rescued by in a helicopter . 
 In the final scene , and raise their son .

A clan of ninjas finds an abandoned chest that has been washed onto shore , and find a white baby inside . One of their ancient legends spoke of a white foreigner male who would come among the ninja and become a master like no other would . The boy , ( ) , is raised amongst the ninja , with the expectation that he may be the one of whom the legend speaks . As grows into adulthood , doubts are quickly cast over him for being the great white ninja . is clumsy and lacking in ninja skills and so fails to graduate as a ninja with the rest of his class . Left alone to protect the temple while the clan are on a mission , disguises himself as a ninja when an American woman whose real name is but calls herself " " ( ) , comes to the temple seeking assistance . says she is suspicious of her boyfriend , ( ) , and asks to investigate . discovers that and his bodyguard , ( ) are involved in a money counterfeiting business , but could not find to inform her . leaves Tokyo and goes to Beverly Hills in search of . ( ) , 's adoptive brother , is sent by the clan 's sensei ( ) to watch over and protect , with unaware of his presence . 
 checks in at a Beverly Hills hotel , where he befriends bellboy ( ) , and teaches him some ninja lessons . Unaware that is helping him , manages to find . tracks and to a night club located in Little Tokyo , where they are attempting to retrieve a set of counterfeiting plates from their rival gang . The gangs fight , resulting in the deaths of two of the rival gang members , for which finds himself the suspect . After receiving guidance from his sensei , resumes his quest to search for , and tracks down 's mansion . also then finds and discovers her real name is who informs him that murdered her sister , and that she is dating in a search for evidence which is why she used the false name " " . disguises himself as a Japanese restaurant chef , and discovers will be hiring an ink specialist named ( ) to help counterfeit money . then disguises himself as to gain access to 's warehouse . 's identity is exposed after failing to properly counterfeit the money and is captured by . While succeeds in getting the other half of the plates that night from the rival gang , rescues , only to get kidnapped by herself . The next day enlists 's help in finding the warehouse . After they fail , intervenes without 's knowledge and leads them back to the warehouse . 
 locks in a room with a bomb . attempts to intervene but is overwhelmed by 's guards . reveals himself to , and manages to distract the guards , allowing to rescue . attempts to defuse the bomb but fails . On hearing become overwhelmed by 's guards , leaves to help . Seeing about to be killed , snaps and suddenly demonstrates amazing martial arts moves , stunning . saves 's life and successfully defeats several guards himself . and are left facing off and two guards . , attempting to enter the building , crashes through a window and knocks himself and one of the guards unconscious . and defeat and the remaining guard . then confronts and . In the fight that follows , accidentally knocks unconscious by hitting him in the head with a sheave , but forces to flee afterwards . returns to attempt to rescue . Using a large harpoon gun mounted on a cart , shoots a harpoon through the room which inadvertently lands in the back of a truck in which is trying to escape . The harpoon drags the bomb into 's truck and explodes . successfully rescues , then and his surviving hitmen are arrested by the LAPD . 
 Sometime later back in Japan , informs his sensei he will be returning to Beverly Hills to live with his girlfriend . and leave together on a bus . A grappling hook tied to a rope has fallen from the bus and hooks into 's wheelchair , causing him to be thrown into the ocean . shouts an apology to .

Bloodsport III reintroduces the character ( ) from Bloodsport II . As travels to India and gambles in a casino , masked men steal money and a package from the casino , but not before beats up several of the men . After the robbery , the casino owner convinces to retrieve the package ( a bag of diamonds ) from the robbers , since they belong to a mob boss named ( ) . does so , and invites him to a dinner party he 's hosting as thanks . 
 At the party , shows his top fighter , the Beast , and tries to convince to fight in his upcoming Kumite . refuses , since he does not fight for profit , much to 's ire . To provoke him into fighting , has ( ) , 's mentor , teacher , and spiritual " father " , killed . turns to ( ) to whom he was indebted in Bloodsport II : The Next Kumite . directs him to the great shaman , " the Judge " , to whom must turn for guidance . ( The Judge is 's brother who developed his own variation of 's Iron Hand technique ) . The judge teaches him to fully channel the energy in his mind and body in order to rout the in the Kumite . 
 By this point however , has invested everything in the , and no longer wants in his Kumite , for fear he will upset the odds . When he is unable to block 's entry , he has his men stationed at the entrances to the tournament arena . gets round this by posing as one of the entourage of another fighter . Both and the make their way through the Kumite , and face each other in the finals . is initially outmatched by the 's great physical strength and endurance , and takes a severe beating as a result . Eventually , he remembers his training , and is able to knock out the . He refrains from killing , knowing that it wo n't bring back .

In 1977 , is a high - school dropout living with his stepfather and emotionally abusive mother in Torrance , California . He works at the Reseda nightclub owned by , where he meets porn filmmaker , who auditions him by watching him have sex with , a porn starlet who always wears skates . After having an argument with his mother about his girlfriend and sex life , moves in with at his San Fernando Valley home . gives himself the screen name " " , and becomes a star because of his good looks , youthful charisma , and unusually large penis . His success allows him to buy a new house , an extensive wardrobe , and a " competition orange " 1977 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray . With friend and fellow porn star , pitches a series of successful action - themed porn films . works and socializes with others from the porn industry , and they live carefree lifestyles in the late 1970s disco era . That changes at a New Year 's Eve party at 's house marking the year 1980 , when assistant director discovers his porn - star wife having sex with another man , shoots them both and kills himself . 
 and begin using cocaine . Due to 's drug use , he finds it increasingly difficult to achieve an erection , falls into violent mood swings and becomes upset with , a new leading man has recruited . In 1983 , after having an argument with , is fired , and he and leave to start a rock and roll career along with , a boom operator who loves . rejects business overtures from , a theater magnate in San Diego and San Francisco , who insists on cutting costs by shooting on videotape , because believes that video will diminish the quality of his films . After his friend and financier Colonel is imprisoned for possessing child pornography , works with , becoming disillusioned with the projects expects him to churn out . One of these projects involves and riding in a limousine , searching for random men for her to have sex with while a crew tapes it . When one man recognizes as a former high - school classmate , he insults her and , who both attack and leave the injured man on the sidewalk as the crew drives away . 
 Leading lady finds herself in a custody battle with her ex - husband . The court determines she is an unfit mother , due to her involvement in the porn industry , prior criminal record , and cocaine addiction . marries fellow porn star , who becomes pregnant . Because of his past , is disqualified from a bank loan and can not open his own stereo - equipment store . That night , he finds himself in the middle of a holdup in which the clerk , the robber and an armed customer are killed . escapes with the money that the robber demanded . Having squandered their money on drugs , and can not pay a recording studio for demonstration tapes they believe will enable them to become music stars . Desperate for money , resorts to prostitution , but is assaulted and robbed by three men . , , and their friend attempt to scam drug dealer by selling him a half - kilo of baking soda as cocaine . and decide to leave before 's bodyguard inspects it , but fails to steal money from , who kills him in the ensuing gunfight . reconciles with . 
 In 1984 , and give birth to their son , shoots the television commercial for Buck 's store opening , practices a successful magic act at the strip club , Colonel remains in prison , and returns to high school . and prepare to start filming again .

Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Don Cheadle, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Heather Graham, Thomas Jane, William H. Macy

Booty Call is about a tender - hearted , upwardly - mobile named who has been dating his girlfriend for seven weeks . They really like each other , but their relationship has not yet been consummated ; is not so sure if their relationship is ready for the next stage . 
 asks out to dinner , but wants it to be a double date . She brings her opinionated friend , and comes with his " bad boy " buddy . and hit it off very quickly , and to 's surprise , decides it is time for their relationship to move to the next level . However , they have one small problem : this is the 1990s , and everyone wants to practice " safe sex . " Therefore , and must go on wild adventures trying to find " protection " before the evening 's mood evaporates .

and his wife drive cross - country from Boston to San Diego in their new Jeep . narrowly avoids colliding with a beat - up truck . Later , at a gas station , , the truck 's driver , confronts and they exchange hostile words . 
 Shortly after the couple resume their journey , their car breaks down on a vacant road . Leaving with the Jeep , accepts a ride from a passing big rig trucker to get to a nearby diner and call for help . eventually discovers that someone has tampered with the Jeep 's battery connections . After reconnecting them , he drives to the diner , only to discover that no one has seen . When he sees the trucker on the road and forces him to stop , the trucker claims he has never seen or . then hails a passing sheriff named , but a brief search of the truck yields no sign of . The trucker , , is let go and is instructed by to see his deputy in the town of . 
 After speaking with the deputy , goes back to the diner . , a mentally - impaired mechanic , informs that left with some men , but refuses to speak with the police , claiming they are involved . rushes to the location mentioned , but is ambushed on a back road by . He escapes by driving his Jeep into a river , then circles back on foot to watch his attackers salvage the Jeep from the river . He is then discovered and knocked out by . 
 When wakes up , he is confronted by ( who feigned mental impairment earlier ) , , and another accomplice named . Their leader is none other than , who informs that he wants the $ 90,000 in 's bank account and orders him to withdraw the money in the nearby town of Brackett in exchange for 's life . Realizing he has only a fraction of the assumed amount , attempts to alert the bank manager to his plight . However , paranoid that Red 's group is keeping an eye on him , abandons the idea and steals marked money ribbons and a letter opener . He uses the money ribbons to pack stacks of $ 1 bills between two $ 100 bills . 
 is then instructed to leave town , where picks him up and binds him with duct tape . begins gloating about how and his wife were easy targets , how he tampered with their Jeep and that his group intends to kill them anyway . cuts himself free with the letter opener and stabs . After a brief struggle , takes over the vehicle , binds , and tortures him to reveal his rendezvous with at a local truck stop . They pass , who sees the speeding , swerving pickup and stops the vehicle . When exits the truck with 's gun , mistakes the situation and forces him to lie down . frees himself and shoots with a concealed gun . Before can shoot , a wounded shoots and kills him . uses Boyd 's radio to call for an ambulance and rushes to the truck stop . 
 At the stop , sees and stows away under his truck . Early the next morning , arrives at his farm . sneaks into the barn , discovering evidence that has a history robbing and killing people and that his real name is . and arrive with a bound and gagged , and the three lock her in a freezer in the barn 's cellar , leaving her to die . Unable to open the cellar door , finds a gun and demands the cellar key from . When he is distracted by 's son , escapes . forces , , his wife , and his son to release , then locks them in the cellar . and steal a pickup and flee , while returns to free and , who each pursue the in their own vehicles . 
 During the pursuit , is killed when forces his car off the road . Shortly after , the trailer from 's truck detaches , causing to violently crash into it . Undeterred , attempts to force and 's vehicle off a bridge , trapping 's leg underneath the dashboard . rushes out of the vehicle and into Red 's big rig , where a struggle over the steering wheel forces Red 's truck over the edge , leaving it dangling on a steel bridge support . fights on the suspended big rig , eventually hurling him to the rocks below . frees from the dashboard . Seeing that Red survived the fall , pulls the automatic shifter on their pickup , causing the semi to fall on and crush him . Sitting on the edge of the bridge beside their mangled pickup , and embrace each other .

Millionaire animal lover and overall spoiled rich girl ( ) adds , a gorilla , to her family . finds life in the city very difficult to deal with . Although raises him as her own son in her mansion ( which also houses a few comical chimpanzees , a kitten , a horse , a cheeky talking green parrot , her prize - winning champion pack of Briards , a raccoon and a flock of geese ) , he becomes hard to control due to his strength . A particularly bad experience in the Chicago World 's Fair makes things even harder for . After he goes on an aggressive rampage and nearly destroys 's home , is taken to an ape sanctuary to live among his own kind in peace .

The first story involves a young couple returning home after hearing on the radio that a murderer with a hook on his right hand has escaped from the local insane asylum and is terrorizing the countryside . Upon returning home , the girlfriend discovers that her parents have been decapitated . As she runs to get help from her boyfriend she discovers that he has also fallen victim to the hook . A battle ensues and she comes out victorious , killing the escaped prisoner with his own hook . 
 The second story involves two stoners searching for marijuana . Upon finding a large quantity , and a very strange drug dealer , they return home to smoke it . When they awaken they are sickly and appear to be rotting . They return to get more and notice that the dealer is suffering from the same symptoms . But they take no notice and return home to indulge once again . Again , they awaken more sickly than before . Instead of seeking medical treatment they return to the dealer , only to find that he is no longer there . His plants are still in the apartment and the two take all of the plants with them back to their place . They indulge once again . As they smoke , they begin to fall apart and eventually turn to slime . 
 The third story has to do with a greedy , selfish man returning home to his mother for Christmas . He kills her for the inheritance , pushing her down the stairs leading into the basement . He leaves the body and heads over to his brother 's house to watch his two children while he and his wife leave for the emergency room due to the husband breaking his arm putting up their Christmas Tree . The children tell him a tale about an evil known as " " who comes and punishes those who do evil things throughout the year . He leaves to head back to his mother 's house , plotting what he is going to tell the police and his brother . Upon returning he is attacked by , who rips his heart out . 
 The fourth story and final story is about a shipwrecked pirate on a desolate island . He discovers a man who warns him about buried treasure on the island being guarded by zombies . The pirate kills the man and goes in search for the treasure , ignoring the man 's warnings . He discovers the treasure only to be attacked by a large group of pirate zombies . After running from them for some time they eventually catch and kill him . 
 The wrap around story involves the young men going to sleep with the narrator revealing a hook on his right hand .

In 1939 , , an optimistic young cat , dreams of Hollywood stardom , so he travels from his hometown of Kokomo , Indiana to Hollywood in hopes of starting a career there . After meeting a new friend , is selected by agent to feature in a film called Li'l Ark Angel that is in production alongside a white cat named at Mammoth Studios . Upon joining fellow animals ; , , , and T.W. , is dismayed on learning how minor his role is and tries to weasel his way into more time in the spotlight . winds up angering , a popular , extremely spoiled child actress and star of the film , so she assigns her butler to intimidate into no longer trying to enlarge his part . 
 learns from the studio 's mascot that human actors are normally given more important roles than animals ; a fact that none of them are very happy with but know they must accept . He longs for the spotlight and tries to make a plan that will encourage humans to provide animal actors with better scenarios , such as by assembling a massive cluster of animals and putting on a musical performance for the humans . 
 Later , is given advice by ( while masking her true villainous nature with a sweet one as she always does ) through song on how to interest and satisfy audiences . He takes this information to heart and groups the animals for an audition on the Ark in hopes of attracting the humans ' attention . However , , fearing that the animals are jeopardizing her spotlight , has help her flood the stage , while , the chief of Mammoth Studios ; and , the film 's director , are giving an interview , gets the animals blamed and fired for the collateral damage . The animals are depressed at being barred from acting in Mammoth Studios ( especially , who was convinced by that she was trying to help the animals ) . As tells to return to Kokomo , suggests to follow . 
 After a comment from the bus driver and seeing wander the streets , comes up with a plan yet again . He secretly invites , her friends , and to the premiere of Lil ' Ark Angel . After the screening and a battle with that sends him flying away on a balloon , calls the audience 's attention . Upon bringing , , , , , and backstage to help , the eight animals put on a musical performance that entertains and impresses the viewers . Meanwhile , is trying to sabotage the show by tampering with the set and special effects equipment , but her attempts instead cause her to inadvertently enhance the performance as well as injure herself . At last , she pulls a big all - switch , though it sets off an enormous fireworks finale , making the animals ' performance a complete success ( as well as severing the roof of the theatre ) . 
 Furious and fuming at the animals , berates , accidentally confessing to flooding Mammoth Studios when her voice is amplified over the theater 's sound system thanks to an open microphone , revealing the truth about the incident to the audience , including and , who are horrified seeing for her true colors . pulls a lever , sending down a trapdoor . At last , the animals ' demand for larger roles are met and their dreams are fulfilled after so long , and and Sawyer admit their feelings for each other . ( is also last seen in Paris , France on the balloon . ) 
 A montage of film poster parodies which put the main animals in the roles of each character ( ending with a Free Willy parody ) precede the credits . It is shown afterwards that is fired from show business and is now working as a janitor . She puts up a " The End " poster on a wall , and it falls down and wraps around her .

( ) and ( ) are comic book artists and lifelong friends . They meet fellow comic book artist ( ) at a comic book convention in New York City , where they are promoting their comic Bluntman and Chronic . is attracted to , but soon learns that she is a lesbian . The two begin hanging out , and a deep friendship develops . Eventually , is no longer able to contain his feelings , and confesses his love to . She is initially angry with him , but that night , the two begin a romantic relationship . 
 This new development worsens the tension between and , who hates and mistrusts and is disturbed by her and 's relationship . investigates and uncovers dirt on 's past , and he reports to that participated in a threesome with two guys during high school , which gave her the nickname " Finger Cuffs " . is deeply upset by this revelation , having previously believed that he is the first man had ever slept with . He angrily confronts while attending a hockey game , and clumsily attempts baiting her into confessing . During a tearful argument , she tells about her " many " youthful sexual experimentations . She apologizes for letting him believe that he was the only man she had been with . However , she refuses to apologize for her past , and leaves feeling disillusioned and furious . 
 Later , during lunch with and ( and ) , reveals that he was once in a relationship similar to 's . Despite the fact that he was in love with his girlfriend , , his neurosis about her adventurous sexual past caused him to sabotage the relationship and leave her . Angry at himself for letting her go , he has " spent every day since then chasing , so to speak . " 
 Moved by story , Holden devises a plan to fix both his relationship with and his estranged friendship with . He invites them both over and tells that he would like to get over her past and remain her boyfriend . He also tells that he realizes that is in love with him — kissing him passionately to prove the point . suggests a threesome . Though initially shocked , agrees to participate , whereas explains to that it will not save their relationship . Before leaving , she states that she loves him , but she will not be his " whore . " then gets up and enters his bedroom and closes the door without saying a word . 
 One year later , both and are busy promoting their own respective comics at a convention in New York . It is revealed that has dissolved their partnership over and , leaving the viewer with the assumption that he sold the publishing and creative rights over to ( which is corroborated in the beginning of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back ) . smiles sadly at seeing , who silently congratulates him for his success on his own solo comic . gestures over to a booth hosted by , and provides wordless encouragement to to go talk to her . He has a brief , quietly emotional conversation with , and gives her a copy of Chasing Amy , his new comic based on their failed relationship . It 's revealed that 's career in comics ended completely after this . After leaves , 's new girlfriend ( ) arrives and asks who she was talking to . A shaken , misty - eyed replies , " Oh , just some guy I knew . "

The movie unfolds at least nine different stories on very different levels . 
 First , there is as a reporter , trying to capture interesting scenes on the streets of Hong Kong , persuading himself his work gives his life a tangible meaning . 
 Second , there is who is looking to find a balance in life , trying to escape from the underground she once was a part of and forget about her past , but is hindered in her attempts by prejudices that go back thousands of years in the Chinese society ( including Hong Kong ) . 
 Third , there is ( still ) , with a chance to discard most of her problems by simply marrying and moving to England with him . Even though she is tempted to do so , she knows this would just be running away from the core of the problem and could not be a long - term solution , mostly because of their different cultural backgrounds and maybe even because of a subtle uncertainty regarding 's ex - wife and former life . 
 Fourth , there is , with her own story and with a typical Hong Kong here - today - who - knows - where - tomorrow attitude - living the moment , enjoying and suffering at the same time , embodying a perfect reflection of modern life , especially so easily seen in Hong Kong in the late 1990s . She understands all of the different kinds of hardships that come in life and , with her face somewhat disfigured , is marked more intensely than most , but also knows where to draw the line in selling herself . tries to help her , but does that in a dishonest way , which disappoints her tremendously . According to a note in film 's credits , 's story was inspired by a short story by the American - British author ] 
 Fifth , there are and . Close , mutually understanding , with enough humor and sarcasm to keep them going through both the good and the bad days . Even though their outlooks towards life differ significantly , their love for the job ( journalism ) creates a strong bond of true friendship . 
 Sixth , there is Chang , a man of power , of high position , but a wimp in his heart . His immense wealth can not replace what he lacks in personality . He has no charisma , no morality , no care , and exists purely on his imaginary throne of pretentiousness and status . While he is ashamed of , he does love her , but in a pathetic , cowardly way . He is very much into ' saving face ' and can not find an equilibrium in his life ( professional nor personal ) . He agrees to marry , but deceives her by arranging merely a mock wedding photo session , so she could have some pictures to send to her family . burns all of the photos and accepts the notion she will never be happy or free . 
 Seventh , there are and . A story of true love that just is n't meant to be . Not because they would n't want it to , but because of the constraints of the societies they live in . 
 Eighth , there is ( again ) , perplexed with his own mortality , which he is suddenly forced to face . 
 Ninth , there is the political aspect of Hong Kong politically becoming a part of China again , which ( at the time ) was a great uncertainty .

( ) is a shy young professional who does n't want to rock the boat at the office where she temps . ( ) is the polar opposite , and serves as a catalyst to help become more assertive . ( ) eagerly awaits post - work happy hours and the chance to flirt with attractive men . ( ) is engaged to marry a jerk who is already cheating on her . hopes to become a permanent employee as an assistant to Mr. ( ) , but her dreams are thwarted when he suddenly dies . The four temps form a camaraderie which assists them in getting through their boring and tedious days at work . 
 A series of thefts occur in the office and suspicion falls on the temps , particularly . When finds a plastic monkey inside 's desk that she had thought was stolen , loses faith in and believes that she is the office thief . suggests a one - day strike from work due to mistreatment and being under appreciated as temps , and her friends halfheartedly agree to join her , but on the appointed day is the only one who does not come to work . As a result , the company 's officious head of human resources ( ) fires , and management micromanages the remaining three temps . , and 's friendship comes to an end as result of the stress , ending the camaraderie among the temporary workers , and eventually they all go their separate ways . is upset when she learns of 's wedding from a newspaper announcement , to which she was not invited , and leaves to work in another department . 
 It is later discovered that another employee ( a rich girl who was hired as a permanent employee after her first day ) was the thief and that simply had a similar toy in her desk . confronts the thief when her diary disappears ; later receives a new diary and note of apology . 
 When is not hired for a permanent job she really wanted , she quits the temp pool . A senior executive agrees to sign a letter of recommendation for . takes advantage of the fact that executives rarely learn the temps ' names , and she tells the executive that her name is , so that can finally receive the recommendation she had been striving for as a temp . then mails the letter of recommendation to with a note .

Honorably discharged Army Ranger is convicted of manslaughter after killing a drunken man who tried to attack his pregnant wife and imprisoned for ten years , communicating with his newborn daughter through letters . Eight years later , he is paroled and takes a flight to Alabama on board the Jailbird , a Fairchild C-123 Provider converted into a flying prison transport . He is accompanied by his diabetic cellmate and friend , who is being transferred . The flight is overseen by U.S. Marshal , who is approached by DEA agents and , the latter planning to go undercover to get information from drug baron , who is to be picked up on route . 
 A number of inmates are being transferred to a new supermax prison , including mass murderer , rapist , Black Guerrilla Family member , and criminal mastermind “ . After taking off , inmate incites a riot , releasing and taking over the plane , planning to land at Carson Airport as scheduled , pick up and transfer other prisoners , and then fly to a non - extradition country . tries to take control of the plane , but kills him . and also foil rape attempts on the plane 's only female guard , . 
 The plane arrives at Carson City as scheduled , and the inmate exchange commences , with the ground crew unaware that the hijacking inmates are disguised as guards . As the transfer begins , most of the plane ’s guards and the pilot are forced to pose as inmates and conveyed off the plane . Amongst the new passengers are , new pilot , and serial killer . The authorities discover the hijacking upon finding evidence in ’s old cell and a tape recorder placed with the disguised guards by , but are unable to stop the plane from taking off . Meanwhile , Pinball , sent by the inmates to dispose of the plane 's transponder to keep it from being detected , tries but fails to make it back to the hijacked plane . 
 The inmates plan to land at Lerner Airport , an abandoned airstrip in the desert , and transfer onto another plane owned by and his cartel . finds ’s corpse trapped in the landing gear , writing a message to the US Marshals on the body before throwing it out . learns of the news and heads out to after contacting the National Guard . , raiding the cargo , discovers ’s identity when he reads his daughter 's letter and finds a toy bunny , forcing to kill him . 
 The Jailbird is grounded at Lerner , with no sign of the transfer aircraft . warns the other inmates of 's past acts of deceit and betrayal , and thus orders the others to fuel up the Jailbird and get it ready for takeoff . leaves to find Baby - O some insulin shots , meeting and informing him of the situation . The duo discover planning to escape on a hidden private jet , with sabotaging it as it takes off . executes by igniting the crashed plane ’s fuel . 
 Meanwhile , assigned as the sentry in the control tower , spots a National Guard convoy approaching and gives the alarm . The inmates quickly find a cache of fully loaded shotguns and assault rifles in the plane 's cargo hold ( originally assigned to correction officers ) and prepare an ambush . As the National Guard troops arrive , the inmates launch an assault on them and kill some , but defends the surviving troops using a bulldozer as a makeshift shield . Several inmates are killed , and the rest flee back onto the Jailbird and take flight . 
 ’s identity is revealed when ’s body is found . is about to execute him and Baby - O when and arrive in attack helicopters , launching machine gun fire at it and damaging the Jailbird ’s fuel tank . Though orders the plane to land at McCarran International Airport , Swamp Thing is forced to land it on the Las Vegas Strip , causing mass destruction and killing Johnny 23 . , , and escape on a fire truck , pursued by and on police motorcycles , leading to the deaths of all three convicts . Most of the other convicts are quickly taken back into custody . and form a friendship , just as and arrive . meets his daughter for the first time and gives her the toy rabbit he bought for her . The only criminal unaccounted for is , now living the high life as a Las Vegas gambler .

Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Ving Rhames, Mykelti Williamson, Rachel Ticotin

Conspiracy - theorist New York City taxi driver continually expounds his ideas to his friend , a lawyer at the Justice Department . She humors him because he once saved her from a mugging , but does not know he has been spying on her at home . Her own work is to solve the mystery of her father 's murder . Seeing suspicious activity everywhere , identifies some men as CIA workers , follows them into a building , and is captured . A doctor injects a wheelchair - bound Jerry with LSD and interrogates him using torture . experiences terrifying hallucinations and flashbacks , panics , and manages to escape , incapacitating the doctor by biting his nose . 
 Handcuffed to the hospital bed and forced into a drug - induced sleep , persuades to switch his chart with that of a criminal in the next bed or he will be dead by morning . When visits the next day , the criminal is dead , allegedly from a mysterious heart attack . The CIA , FBI and other agencies are there , led by CIA psychiatrist Dr. , whose nose is bandaged . Meanwhile , with 's help , fakes a heart attack and escapes again . The pair go to 's apartment and accidentally reveals he 's been watching her . confronts FBI agent and his partner staking out her place , and he warns them at gunpoint not to hurt her . sees their operatives rappelling down from black helicopters and hides in a theater , escaping by causing a panic . 
 calls each person on 's newsletter mail - list and finds that all have recently died , except one . uses a ruse to get her out of the office , and then immobilizes the operatives watching her . During their escape , he tells her that he loves her , then flees on a subway train when she brushes off his feelings . She goes to see the last surviving person on the subscription list , and finds it is . He explains that was brainwashed during Dr. ' time with Project MKUltra to become an assassin and claims that killed her father . She agrees to help find , who sends her a message to meet him . They ditch the agents following them and he drives her to her father 's private horse stables in Connecticut , but secretly calls her office so that can track her . At the stables , remembers that he was sent to kill her father but found he could not . instead promised to watch over before the judge was killed by another assassin . ' men capture , and a sniper tries to get , but she escapes . 
 Meanwhile , finds and forces him at gunpoint to admit that he is not FBI , but from a " secret agency that watches the other agencies " and has been using the unwitting to uncover and stop . goes to the site of the smokestacks from 's mural and sees a mental hospital next door . There she bribes an attendant to show her an unused wing , breaks in , and finds . As catches them , arrives with his men and attacks ' men . attempts to drown , but is shot . After killing , finally tells she loves him before he is taken away in an ambulance . Some time later , visits 's grave , leaving a pin he gave her upon it , before returning to horse riding . While watching from a car with , agrees not to contact until all of ' other subjects are caught , but she finds the pin attached to her saddle .

Dr. works for the SETI program at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico . Guided into science and communication by her now - deceased father , she listens to radio emissions from space , hoping to find evidence of alien life . , the president 's science advisor , pulls the funding from SETI , because he believes the endeavor is futile . gains backing from secretive billionaire industrialist , which allows her to continue the project at the Very Large Array in New Mexico . 
 Four years later , with seeking to close SETI , discovers a signal repeating a sequence of prime numbers , apparently sent from the star system Vega some 26 light - years away . This announcement causes and the National Security Council led by to attempt to take control of the facility . 's team then discover a video buried in the signal : opening address at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin . and her team postulate that this would have been the first television signal strong enough to leave Earth 's atmosphere , taking 26 years to reach Vega and then being transmitted back from there . 
 The project is put under tight security and its progress followed worldwide . Arroway learns that the signal also contains more than 60,000 pages of indecipherable data . The reclusive secretly meets with Arroway to provide the means to decode the pages , found when they are arranged in three dimensions rather than two - dimensional pages . The pages reveal schematics for a complex machine that is determined to be some kind of transport for a single occupant . 
 The nations of the world fund the construction of the machine at Cape Canaveral . An international panel is assembled to choose a candidate to travel in the machine . Although is a frontrunner to go , her hopes are scuppered by Christian philosopher , a panel member whom met and briefly became romantically involved with in Puerto Rico . When he brings attention to her atheism , the panel selects instead on the belief he would be more representative of humanity . However , on the day the machine is tested , a religious fanatic destroys the machine in a suicide bombing , killing and many others . 
 A cancer - stricken , now in residence on the Mir space station , reveals to Arroway that a second machine was secretly made in Japan , and that Arroway will be the one to go . Outfitted with several recording devices , Arroway enters the machine 's pod , which is then dropped into four rapidly spinning rings , causing the pod to apparently travel through a series of wormholes . sees a radio array - like structure at Vega and signs of an advanced civilization on another planet . She then finds herself on a beach , similar to a childhood picture she drew of Florida , and a figure approaches that becomes her deceased father . recognizes him as an alien taking her father 's form and attempts to ask questions . The alien tells her that the familiar landscape and form were used to make their first contact easier for her and that this journey was just humanity 's first step to joining other spacefaring species . 
 falls unconscious as she begins traveling back through a wormhole . She awakens to find herself on the floor of the pod , the mission control team repeatedly hailing her . She learns that , from outside the machine , it appears the pod merely dropped through the machine 's rings and landed in a safety net . insists that she was gone for approximately 18 hours , but her recording devices show only static . A Congressional Committee is formed and speculates that the Vega signal and machine were a hoax designed by the now - deceased . Although she can not prove it happened , asks the committee to accept the truth of her testimony on faith . In a private conversation , and White House official reflect on confidential information that , although Arroway 's recording device only recorded static , it recorded 18 hours of it . and reunite , and receives ongoing financial support to expand the SETI program .

Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, Angela Bassett, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, David Morse

The town of Garrison , New Jersey is home to several NYPD officers , led by Lt . . is the town sheriff . He idolizes the NYPD and hoped to become an officer , but can not due to being deaf in one ear , the result of saving a young woman from drowning many years earlier . is aware of the group 's corrupt dealings but generally turns a blind eye , thinking there is nothing he can do about it . Internal Affairs investigator Lt . approaches for information on the corrupt cops , but is intimidated and reluctant to betray them . 
 One night , 's nephew , Officer is driving across the George Washington Bridge when his car is side - swiped by two African - American teens . The passenger points what looks like a weapon just before 's tire blows out . Believing they have fired at him , shoots back , and in an ensuing chase , kills the teens . Officer removes the steering - wheel lock that mistook for a weapon from the hands of the dead teens and is caught trying to plant a gun in the car . Worried about the repercussions to his own career , persuades to fake his own suicide . 
 In the meantime , , wife of , one of the corrupt cops , visits at his home . It was whom saved from drowning years ago . When she asks why he never married , he confesses his love for her . reciprocates the affection but knowing it could go too far , reluctantly leaves . 
 initially lives as a fugitive at 's home , but then Patrolmen 's Defense Association President tells that without a body , the case will not stay cold . reluctantly realizes they have to drown . Tipped off by his aunt , escapes . He goes to 's house for help , but flees when he sees 's friend , Officer . The same evening , allows Officer to fall off a roof , in revenge for 's affair with 's wife . 
 realizes the deaths are orchestrated , and visits , whose investigation has been shut down and who angrily dismisses 's effort . On his way out , steals case files on the Garrison cops . He studies the files and realizes the extent of his residents ' corruption . 
 returns home to find packing to leave . discovers that burned down his own house for the insurance money , inadvertently killing his crack - addict girlfriend . convinces to reveal 's hide - out and takes him into custody . 's team ambush them and fire a pistol next to 's good ear , deafening him , and kidnap . 
 On foot and almost totally deaf , follows them to 's house , where he is joined by , and a shootout commences . , , and the rest of 's team are killed . and take to New York City and hand him over to . After the scandal has been investigated and indictments handed down , surveys the New York City skyline from across the Hudson River and goes back to work .

Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Annabella Sciorra, Peter Berg, Michael Rapaport

In 1983 South Africa , a young ( ) organizes a radical student protest that is soon put down by police , is captured and forced to leave for the United States where he settles down in the San Francisco Bay Area . 
 14 years later , ( ) returns to South Africa to attend his father 's funeral at the village he grew up in . He is unable to bring himself to slaughter a cow as part of the funeral ritual . 's younger brother , a former soldier , constantly berates him for his choice to run away to U.S. instead of taking part in " the struggle " . This angers , who tells : " I was in the struggle while you were still pissing in your pants . " While talking with his mother , wonders why his youngest brother was not at the funeral . His mother admits that they have not seen in a while . She provides with two addresses and sends him out to find . 
 The first address checks is 's apartment in Johannesburg , where he meets his brother 's neighbor ( ) . He gives her his contact information , in case she hears anything . After checking the second address , starts driving out of Soweto . He is confronted by three armed thugs who take his car , jacket , and shirt . The thugs also break his father 's spear , a family heirloom . returns to his hotel and calls his fiancée to tell her what has happened to him . He receives a note from telling him to meet her at The Summit Club . 
 At the club , discovers 's occupation as a stripper . She reports hearing noises , coming from 's apartment . After the show , the pair returns to the apartment complex and decides to check the room . climbs along the outside of the building to 's open window , where a thug attacks her . The thug flees , knocking over in his escape . The encounter causes to wonder what is actually going on with . finally confesses that had borrowed cocaine on " credit " from a drug dealer named ( ) . was initially planning to sell the drug and make enough money for and him to travel to the United States and visit . instead took the money and drugs for himself . 
 With the truth revealed , suggests they check out the local clubs to see if they can find any leads . At a hard - rock club finds out about 's crack cocaine addiction , after watching her take a hit from a pipe . He confronts her about it , and suspects she was the one who got hooked on the drug . The duo are accosted by white supremacist punks outside the club . Two of thugs pin to a wall at gunpoint , while the leader of the gang hits for associating with a " kaffir " . manages to get the upper hand on the punks , while grabs the gun and hands it over to . holds the leader of the punks at gunpoint , before knocking him out and pistol - whipping the other punk . Back at the apartment , asks to visit her drug dealer and purchase a gram of crack for her . Or else , she will not tell him anything else about . reluctantly accepts her terms . 
 's drug dealer , , is initially suspicious of . He becomes relaxed when reveals that he knows . tells that will not allow him to sell to . reportedly suspects that and may be working together to hide the money . charges an extra 50 dollars and tells to stay in the apartment . answers the door to find , who flees from him down an alley . returns to the apartment , where he is confronted by a switchblade - wielding . demands to know why he left . pulls a gun and forces over to the window , interrogating him on the whereabouts of . replies " you do n't find , finds you . " returns the money to , along with the drugs asked for . 
 heads back to 's place . learns that revealed his status as 's brother to . She figures that will find out about the connection and becomes paranoid . They leave her apartment and head towards 's hotel room . The next morning , drops back at her apartment . He is then confronted by one of 's men in his car . The car is stopped by more of 's men , and is captured . He is placed in the trunk of a car . is transported to a soccer stadium , where is waiting to meet him . tells about his brother 's massive debt of 45,000 rand . He threatens to have the entire family killed to settle the debt . But he will agree to spare 's life and leave them alone , if is able to bring him 15,000 U.S. dollars in two days . 
 tells that headed for Sun City , in order to gamble back the money he needs to pay back the debt . The duo head out for the casino . They drive through an Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging ( AWB , Afrikaner Resistance Movement ] ] rally and then arrive at the casino . and split up to search the casino . While playing on a slot machine , is approached by who immediately asks her for some cocaine . informs him that his father has died , information which saddens . tells her that he only managed to make back 2,000 of the 45,000 rand which he owes to , but that he still has 5 grams of Muki 's product stashed away . heads up to 's room with him . shoots up over half a gram of crack into his arm . An arriving locates and becomes angry at , for allowing his brother to become an addict . He calms down and the trio leaves the casino . 
 is only able to get 14,100 dollars to pay back . The trio heads off to the hotel to pay off the debt anyway . yells at for trashing his apartment , but is told to shut up by . is pleased with the money was able to bring him . promises to pay him the rest of the money by the next day . tells that the word is out that people can mess with , and that he must send a message despite their deal . then shoots with 's gun , which had been confiscated on the way in . A man in the apartment , who is revealed to be a detective sergeant , is disgusted at 's actions . While 's body is moved out , takes a large hit from a bong . He had offered the bong to before shooting him . 
 's corpse is brought back to the village for burial . There , recruits to help him take revenge on . While in the village , 's spear is repaired . is finally able to slaughter a goat , as part of 's funeral . leads and to a weapons ' cache he had buried . With the weapons needed to take their revenge , the trio goes back to 's apartment . Under threat of torture , they convince to help them by carrying in a bomb that had put in a present box . 
 At 's place , attempts to warn 's men of the bomb in the box . The bomb goes off anyway , killing and the two men guarding the door . and move through the apartment . killing 's thugs . is nearly shot by 's wife , but is able to see her drawing a gun and kills her first . checks a back room only to be jumped by the drug - crazed . holds him hostage , in order to get to drop his weapons . drops his gun and sees coming up behind . She lets off a burst by her rifle into the ceiling , giving an opportunity to approach and stab him with his father 's spear . is stabbed three times in the stomach , and falls out of a window and onto a car below . The trio flee the building as police show up to investigate the crime scene . 
 At the end of the film , convinces his fiancée to come to South Africa and settle in his village . She agrees to be on a plane heading there as soon as possible . considers checking into a drug rehabilitation facility to seek treatment for her addiction . instead suggests that she should come live with them , in order to get some fresh air away from Johannesburg .

In 1993 , United States Geological Survey volcanologist Dr. and his colleague and fiance , , attempt to escape an eruption in Colombia . A piece of hot volcanic debris pierces through the roof of 's truck , killing . 
 Four years later , is assigned by his superior , Dr. , to investigate seismic activity near Dante 's Peak , Washington , a town that borders a dormant stratovolcano . arrives at the town and meets with the mayor , , and her children , and . 
 offers to take with them as they see her former mother - in - law , , who lives near a lake at the base of the volcano . While exploring , they encounter multiple casualities , including two people boiled to death in a hot spring . calls to report to him his concerns about area around the volcano . then arrives with a USGS team that evening , and they set up base in a motel to monitor the volcano . Although and had a disagreement about the volcano , decided to stay for a few more nights since he still believes that the disturbances are signs of an impending eruption . During his stay in town , and talked about their lives and they grow closer . again discusses with about his concerns of the volcano , but dismisses him because the data contradicted his claims . 
 Days after the USGS have set up camp to monitor the volcano , and venture inside the mountain 's crater with a programmed robot known as " Spider Legs " . During 's examination , a tremor shakes the mountain , causing him to be buried in the rocky debris and breaking his leg . A helicopter rescues and moments before a fissure opens inside the crater . 
 argues with , saying that the quake was harmonic , and to put the town on alert , but still dismisses his claims and tells him to fall in line . But after days of no activity , decides that it is time to leave town and monitor the volcano from their headquarters . cedes in defeat . During that night when goes to say goodbye to , they discover that the town 's water has been contaminated . They drive up to check the town 's water supply , where it is revealed that it has been contaminated with sulfur dioxide . They hurriedly drive back to the motel where is staying for to show him the contaminated water . The team realizes that it is only a matter of time before the volcano will erupt as they scramble to gather all the new data readings . As calls the National Guard for assistance , he instructs to notify that it is time to call for a town meeting . 
 The next day during the emergency town meeting at the town high school , tremors shake the gymnasium just before the volcano finally begins to erupt , causing the residents to go on a panicking frenzy . and drive through the carnage to get and , only to find out that they left to pick up who refused to leave her cabin . 
 Reaching 's cabin , and are reunited with the kids and , who was still adamant that she would not leave . contacted the USGS team one final time while and the others were gathering things . As they are leaving the cabin , a lava flow engulfs it and destroys the vehicles and everything in its path . The five escapes across the lake in a motorboat . However , halfway across , they notice that all the fish in the lake are dead . realizes that the lake has become acidic due to sulfur - rich gases from the volcano . The acid destroys the motor and starts eating away at the boat as they drift in the lake . Nearing a dock , jumps out of the boat and into the acidic water and pulls the boat towards it allowing those on the boat to get off safely . She collapses onto land , sustaining severe chemical burns and dies the next morning with her family and at her side . 
 Meanwhile , the heat from the volcano melts the snow on the mountain , and , combined with downed timber , ruptures a nearby dam on the peak , now becoming a lahar . and the finds a truck from a ranger 's station and ventures back to town . The National Guard having finally evacuated the town , leave together with the USGS team . En route , the convoy gets caught in the lahar flow that has distablized the bridge with debris , knocking it off its foundation . The National Guard convoy gets across the bridge to safety , but , who was driving the team 's van , is washed away to his death as the bridge flips over . 
 and the are stopped by a crusted lava flow . With more fresh lava coming down the hill , frantically tries to drive the truck over the cooled crusted lava . But lava pockets bursts to burn the truck 's tires , making it more difficult for them to cross . While driving across , they notice 's dog , Roughy on a ridge . catches Roughy as it jumped into the truck just as fresh lava flowed over the road behind them . 
 Seeing that their only way out of town has been washed out by the flood , they return back to town , now a desolated ruin site , where retrieves a distress radiobeacon at their camp in the motel . Before leaving , he checks the laptop that is monitoring the volcano where he learns that the volcano is preparing for a final catastrophic eruption . As they head towards the town 's abandoned mine , where previously used as a hideout , the volcano laterally explodes . The pyroclastic flow rushes down the mountain , obliterating everything in its path . crashes the truck into the entrance of the mine just before the pyroclastic flow gets to them . The remaining USGS team watch the eruption from a safe distance , believing to be dead . 
 Inside the mine , and the regroup in the hideout . tells them what supplies they have , while checks their wounds . realizes that he left the beacon in the truck and before he sets out to get it , seeing that the kids are scared , he promises them that when they get out he 's going to take them all deepsea fishing . Just as he was going back to the truck , the mine collapses , completely blocking and separating him from and the kids . suffers a broken arm as he gets trapped inside the truck by still falling debris . After several tries , manages to successfully activate the beacon . 
 Back at the headquarters , notices that the beacon has been activated , realizing that may still be alive . The USGS dispatches search and rescue teams back to town . and the are rescued from the collapsed mine and are airlifted out by helicopter . expresses his relief that and the kids are safe as they look forward to their deepsea fishing trip . The helicopter flies over the devastated town with a shot at the volcano ( looking very similar Mount St. Helens ) , showing the might of mother nature .

One night , ( ) gets a taxi to the home of author ( ) . She has just read 's latest novel . In the novel , the character ( ) is having an affair with her sister 's husband ( ) . is angry because the novel is patently based on her and 's own affair ; as a result , everyone knows about it . pulls a gun out of her purse , saying she will kill herself . She then turns the gun on and begins firing . She chases him out onto the roof . insists that he has already been punished : his latest girlfriend ( ) has left him for his best friend ( ) . To distract , tells her a story he is currently writing : a semi - autobiographical story of a sex - obsessed young man named ( ) who is mistakenly claimed by . 
 In therapy , realizes he has not changed since he was a sex - obsessed youth . discusses the honoring ceremony at his old university , taking place the next day ; he is particularly unhappy that he has nobody with whom to share the occasion . After the session , asks his ex - wife ( ) if he can take their son ( ) to the ceremony . She refuses , stating that is a bad influence on . She is also furious at for the novel he wrote . In it , the character ( ) marries ( ) , but the marriage begins to crumble after the birth of their son . 
 runs into an acquaintance , ( ) , who is worried about his health . After accompanying to the hospital , asks him to come to the university ceremony . appears uninterested . then goes to meet his ex - girlfriend , who reveals that she is now engaged . begs to get back together with him . He asks to accompany him to his ceremony , but it clashes with 's wedding , scheduled the following day . 
 That night , sleeps with a prostitute , ( ) . then asks to accompany him to his ceremony . 
 In the morning , unexpectedly arrives to join and on the journey . On a whim , decides to " kidnap " his son . Along the way , they stop at a carnival , then at 's half - sister 's ( ) . , a devoted Jew , is upset by 's portrayals of Judaism in his stories , as is her husband ( ) . During the journey , also encounters his fictional creations and , who force him to confront some painful truths about his life . Just before arriving at the university , dies peacefully in the car . 
 Distressed , literally slides out of focus , becoming blurred like one of his own fictional characters . helps him restore focus . The university 's staffers gush over , asking what he plans to write next . He describes a story about a man ( based on himself ) who journeys down to Hell to reclaim his true love ( based on ) from the Devil ( based on - both being played by ) . and the Devil engage in a verbal duel as to who is truly the more evil of the two . gets as far as arguing that he is a kidnapper before the story is interrupted by the arrival of the police . is arrested for kidnapping , for possessing a gun ( it was 's ) , and for having drugs in the car ( belonging to ) . 
 and come from their wedding to bail out of jail . reluctantly gives them his blessings . Back at his apartment , a miserable fantasizes that the university 's ceremony is taking place . realizes that he can only function in art , not in life . The film ends with returning to his writing .

Kirstie Alley, Richard Benjamin, Billy Crystal, Judy Davis, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Demi Moore

, a defense attorney from Gainesville , Florida , has never lost a case . As he defends a schoolteacher , , against a charge of child molestation , belatedly realizes his client is guilty and local reporter warns him a guilty verdict is inevitable . However , through a harsh cross - examination , destroys the victim 's credibility , securing a " not guilty " verdict . 
 Subsequently , a representative of a New York City law firm offers a large sum of money to assist a jury selection . After the jury delivers a not guilty verdict , the head of the firm , , offers a large salary and an upscale apartment if he joins the firm . accepts the job , and he and his wife move to Manhattan . He is soon spending most of his time at work , leaving feeling isolated . 's fundamentalist mother , , visits New York and suggests they both return home , but refuses . 
 When billionaire is accused of murdering his wife , her stepson , and a maid , assigns the high - profile case to . This demands more of 's time , further separating him from , and he begins to fantasize about his co - worker , . begins seeing visions of the partners ' wives becoming demonic , and has a nightmare about a baby playing with her removed ovaries . After a doctor declares her infertile , she begs to return to Gainesville , of which he disapproves . suggests step down from the trial to tend to his wife , but claims that if he steps down and she recovers , he may resent her . 
 , the firm 's managing partner , is convinced that is competing for his job when he discovers 's name is on the firm 's charter . Surprised , denies any knowledge of this and threatens to inform the United States Attorney 's office of the law firm 's activities . tells about 's threats , but dismisses them ; Eddie is then beaten to death by vagrants with demonic appearances . witnesses this , disturbing her further . 
 While preparing to testify about 's alibi , realizes she is lying and tells he believes is guilty . Despite this , proceeds with her testimony and the trial . Afterwards , finds in a nearby church covered with a blanket . She claims raped and brutalized her , but believes this can not be true as he was with in court . drops her blanket , revealing her naked body covered with cuts ; assumes injured herself and commits her to a mental institution . 
 , along with and , 's case manager from the firm , visit at the institution . After seeing as a demon , hits her with a hand mirror and barricades the room . As breaks down the door , commits suicide by cutting her throat with a shard of glass . reveals that is 's father ; leaves the hospital to confront , who admits to raping . fires a pistol into 's chest , but the bullets are ineffective . reveals himself as Satan and blames him for everything that happened ; explains that he merely " set the stage " and that could have left at any time . realizes he always wanted to win , no matter the cost . tells that he wants and , 's half - sister , to conceive a child , the Antichrist . appears to acquiesce at first , but then abruptly cites free will and shoots himself in the head . 
 finds himself back at the recess of the trial . Choosing to do the right thing , announces that he can not represent his client despite the threat of disbarment . pleads for an interview , promising to make a celebrity . Encouraged by , agrees ; after they leave , transforms into , relishing the sin of vanity .

Aging gangster is introduced to a jewel thief named . impresses by threatening a diamond dealer whom suspects of selling a fake ring . teaches the rules of the Mafia and introduces him to several " made men " including , and , as well as caporegime to whom owes money and is disliked by . 
 is actually , an undercover FBI agent . His wife hates his job , and the couple have heated arguments throughout the film . At home , 's behavior becomes more and more like the criminal he pretends to be . 
 After the family 's street boss is killed , assumes the new position . is promoted to captain , angering , as he provided for family while the latter was in prison . As the crew runs a series of successful shakedowns and hijackings in Brooklyn , collects more information for the FBI . 
 Due to 's success at infiltrating the Mafia , a man from Washington , , takes an interest in the case . He asks to incorporate a Miami - based FBI agent , , into the operation . is reluctant but convinces and crew to meet in Miami . 
 In Miami , and plan to run 's club on their own and attempt to impress Florida mob boss with a yacht trip . However , reaches out to first , angering , especially when tells to work for him and run the club as an unofficial made man . Nonetheless , later reconciles with when 's son nearly dies of a drug overdose . On its opening day , club is raided by Miami police on orders from himself , who was in league with . Suspecting the latter is responsible , the crew , without , kill and two rival gangsters , as well as ( who is found to have been carrying out a narcotics deal without knowledge and without making payments ' up the chain ' ) . With the new street boss , is tasked with finding and killing son , . 
 One last dispute between and his wife becomes physical . He hits his wife and is then remorseful : " I am not becoming like them , , I am them . " 
 Knowing he will have to end his case and make arrests , tries convincing to escape his criminal life . confronts about working with the FBI . If does not kill , will kill . Before either murder can be committed , FBI agents rush in to arrest both potential killers . FBI agents reveal 's true identity to and the crew . walks off to his implied death for letting infiltrate the gang , and is awarded with a $ 500 check and medal for his work .

Having successfully completed his final mission three years prior , which was to retrieve a truck load of plutonium stolen from a US military base in Croatia by freelance international terrorist , government anti - terrorist agent is relaxing by his pool in Southern France with , his pregnant wife . is approached by a government representative who tells him that , 's nemesis , has become active again and tries to convince to come out of retirement telling that he ‘ ca n’t retire until he [ Stavros ] does ’ . is reluctant to return to duty but agrees after the same representative is killed by shortly after the meeting with . 
 Acting on intelligence received , travels to Antwerp , Belgium where he meets up with quirky arms dealer , who equips with weaponry and then proceeds to meet the Delta team put together to capture . has been tracked to an amusement park but hesitates to give the order to shoot when it becomes apparent that is meeting with his six - year - old son . 
 exploits 's hesitation and a shootout ensues in which ’ son is killed and is able to escape into a hospital , pursued by . and fight in the hospital ’s maternity ward with getting away after knocking unconscious in an explosion . wakes up on ' The Colony ' , an inescapable , invisible penal institution island for secret agents . 
 learns that he has been sent to the Colony due to his failure to capture , that his family has been told he was killed and that only agents considered " too valuable to kill but too dangerous to set free " are committed to the institution . The occupants of the Colony are expected to help analyse terrorist threats and have to register themselves present every day using a fingerprint scanner . Meanwhile , receives a call from an art gallery in Rome telling her that they would like to display her sculptures and that they will fly her out immediately . When she arrives , kidnaps her . 
 Whilst analysing information received from a terrorist bombing , picks up a message from telling him that has captured and so realises he must escape the Colony if he is to save her . devises a system to fool the fingerprint scanner and is able to leave the island by attaching himself to cargo due to be extracted from the island from the air . 
 goes to , the only man who can help him , pleading for assistance in return for access to CIA bank accounts . agrees to help and the two go to ’s house where they are ambushed by ’ men . After fighting the men off , receives a message from telling him that he must go to Rome for his baby ’s sake . When they arrive in Rome , learns that 's wife is pregnant after delivers a sonogram of the baby to the given rendezvous . emails encouraging him to meet in a town square , knowing that will have to take the bait . 
 At the meeting point , catches sight of in a car but is intercepted by before he can reach her and a shootout occurs as is driven away . tracks ’ henchmen down to the hotel suite where was being held and finds a clue to her whereabouts — a prescription bottle label . Meanwhile , is transported to hospital where she gives birth . 
 Using the prescription bottle and with 's help , is able to track down the hospital where he finds but discovers that has taken his son . Thanks to assistance from a nurse , locates and the baby in an explosives - rigged Roman amphitheater . leaves in the middle of a minefield with his son and then unleashes a tiger . 
 arrives on a motorbike and is able to snatch the baby , leaving to escape from the tiger and go after . and fight in the minefield until steps on a mine ( after moved the markers ) and is left stranded . , his son and run as is charged by the tiger and takes his foot off the mine , a chain reaction rips the amphitheater apart and is able to shield his friends from the ensuing blast by sheltering under a vending machine . and the tiger are killed in the blast .

( ) , a 10 - year - old girl , lives in a prosperous Creole - American community in Louisiana with her younger brother ( ) and her older sister ( ) , a pretty girl who is just entering puberty . Their parents are ( ) and ( ) , a well - respected doctor in Louisiana 's " colored " community who claims descent from the French aristocrat who founded the town of Eve 's Bayou . One night after a raucous party , accidentally witnesses her father having sex with ( ) , a family friend . However , , who has a very affectionate relationship with her father , convinces that she misinterpreted an innocent moment . The unreliability of memory and observation remain important themes throughout the film . 
 The summer quickly becomes a chaotic and stressful one for the family . 's relationship with her parents becomes more strained as she discovers more evidence of her father 's serial infidelity . comes into conflict with both her sister and mother as she enters puberty and tries to navigate the difficult transition to adulthood , particularly with regard to her appearance and sexuality . eventually begins to suspect her husband 's infidelity , prompting conflict between the two as well . 
 During the chaotic summer , often seeks refuge with her Aunt ( ) who works as a fortune teller and who has had a string of lovers who all died violently . After has a confusing vision of something terrible happening , informs her that the gift of second sight runs in their family . Meanwhile , , angered by her father 's infidelity , begins to tease husband ( ) with her knowledge about it . 
 One day confides in the secret of why she 's been so moody . She tells the story that one night , after their parents had a vicious argument , went to comfort her father and he , when drunk , attempted to molest her . Enraged , seeks a local witch , ( ) , to commission a voodoo spell to put a fatal curse on her father . While on her way to visit the witch , runs into and questions him about his teaching job that keeps him away from home . In the conversation , she alludes to a possible tryst between his wife and her father . 
 is under the impression that she is going to receive a voodoo doll of her father . When returning to the witch to get her doll , she is informed that there is no doll and that a curse has been placed on her father . In an attempt to save him , rushes to bring her father home , finding him in a bar chatting with . At the same time , a drunken arrives to take home . After a confrontation , and leave the bar , and tells that he will kill him if he talks to again . After says goodbye to , shoots and kills . 
 After her father 's funeral , soon finds a letter which her father wrote to , disputing the accusations . In it , he claims that had come to him that night and kissed him , first as a daughter and then as a lover . In his drunken state , he reacted violently , slapping her and pushing her to the ground , which made her angry with him . confronts and uses her second sight to discover what really happened . It ends with the sisters holding hands , gazing at the sunset .

In 2047 , a distress signal is received from the Event Horizon , a starship that disappeared during its maiden voyage to Proxima Centauri seven years before and mysteriously reappeared in a decaying orbit around Neptune . The rescue vessel Lewis and Clark is dispatched to look for survivors and determine what happened . Captain of the Lewis and Clark — along with second - in - command Lieutenant , pilot , medical technician , engineer , Doctor , and rescue technician are also joined by Dr. . Dr. , who designed the Event Horizon , briefs the crew on the ship 's experimental gravity drive . The drive generates an artificial black hole and uses it to bridge two points in spacetime , reducing travel time over astronomical distances . The only message received from the ship after its departure was a strange recording of screams and howls . When the recording is filtered , Doctor believes he can make out the Latin phrase " liberate me ex inferis " ( save me from hell ) being spoken amongst the screams . 
 Upon boarding the Event Horizon , the crew finds evidence of a massacre . As they search for survivors , the ship 's gravity drive automatically activates . is briefly pulled into the resulting portal . The activation also causes a shock wave that damages the Lewis and Clark , forcing the entire crew to board the Event Horizon . After is pulled out , he is in a catatonic state , terrified by what he saw on the other side . He attempts suicide , forcing the crew to place him in stasis . 
 The team begin to experience hallucinations corresponding to their fears and regrets : sees , a subordinate he was forced to abandon to his death ; sees her son with his legs covered in bloody lesions ; and sees his late wife , with missing eyes , urging him to join her . The crew soon discover a video log of the Event Horizon 's crew going insane and mutilating each other . The video log ends with a shot of the Event Horizon 's captain , who has apparently gouged out his own eyes , holding them up to the camera and saying in Latin , " liberate tutemet ex inferis " ( " save yourself from hell " ) . and deduce that the ship 's gravity drive opened a gateway into a dimension outside the known universe . theorizes that the Event Horizon has somehow become a sentient being which is tormenting its occupants in an attempt to kill them or lure them back through the portal . 
 decides to destroy the Event Horizon . is lured to her death by a hallucination of her son . , who has gouged his own eyes out and is now possessed by the evil presence , uses an explosive device to destroy the Lewis and Clark . The explosion kills and blasts off into space . kills by vivisecting him and corners on the bridge . confronts , who overpowers him and initiates a 10 - minute countdown until the Event Horizon will return to the other dimension . 
 , having used his space suit 's oxygen supply to propel himself back to the ship , appears at the bridge window . shoots at him and is blown into space by the ensuing decompression . , , and survive and manage to seal off the ship 's bridge . With their own ship destroyed , plans to split the Event Horizon in two and use the forward section of the ship as a lifeboat . He is attacked by manifestations of and a resurrected . fights them off and detonates the explosives , sacrificing himself . 
 The gravity drive activates , pulling the ship 's rear section into a black hole . and enter stasis , beside a comatose , and wait to be rescued . Seventy - two days later , the forward section of the Event Horizon is boarded by a rescue party , who discover the remaining crew still in stasis . A newly awakened Starck sees posing as one of the rescuers , then wakes up screaming and is comforted by . As restrains the terrified Starck and as one of the rescuers calls for a sedative , the doors ominously close .

Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T. Jones, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs, Sean Pertwee

( ) stages her own kidnapping to get the attention of her father . She puts herself into the trunk of her own car ( a BMW 850i ) , tapes her legs and mouth , handcuffs her hands and calls the police so they can come " rescue " her . But then , unexpectedly , a car thief named ( ) steals the car with her in it . Suddenly , finds herself actually kidnapped , only the kidnapper does n’t know what to do with her . shows up as ’s Uncle , as ’s father , and , as , ’s car - stealing partner .

Alicia Silverstone, Benicio del Toro, Christopher Walken, Harry Connick, Jr.

FBI Special Agent ( ) survives an assassination attempt by freelance domestic terrorist and homicidal sociopath ( ) , but the bullet penetrates 's chest and strikes his son , killing the boy . 
 Six years later , 's vendetta against culminates in his team 's ambush of and his younger brother / accomplice ( ) at Los Angeles International Airport . goads with knowledge of a bomb located somewhere in the city set to go off in a few days , but he is knocked into an irreversible coma before can learn more . 
 affirms the threat is real , but is unable to convince to reveal where the bomb is located . At the suggestion of his partner ( ) and Special Ops specialist Dr. ( ) , secretly undergoes a highly experimental face transplant procedure by Dr. ( Colm Feore ) to take on 's face , voice , and appearance . is taken to the same high - security prison where is being held , and slowly convinces that he is , gaining information on the bomb 's location . Meanwhile , incredibly awakens from his coma and discovers his face missing . He calls his gang , and they force Dr. to transplant 's face onto him . 
 visits the prison and surprises . He taunts his nemesis , telling him he burned down Dr. 's lab with , and inside to eliminate all the evidence of their transplant and will take over 's life . He leaves to languish while he convinces to " reveal " the bomb 's location in exchange for release from prison . Disarming his bomb in a dramatic fashion , - as - Archer gains respect from 's fellow FBI colleagues . gets close to 's family , who had neglected since he began seeking revenge against Troy , romancing his wife ( ) and rescuing his daughter ( ) from an abusive boyfriend . 
 escapes after staging a riot and retreats to 's headquarters . There , meets ( ) , the sister of 's primary drug kingpin , and her son , who reminds of . learns that is 's son , who he once had planned to put in foster care . learns of 's escape and hastily assembles a team to raid his headquarters . The raid quickly turns into a bloodbath , killing numerous FBI agents and several members of 's gang , including ; , , and are able to escape . 's supervisor , Director ( ) blames for the numerous slayings . , furious over 's death , kills and makes it look like a heart attack . - as - Archer is promoted to acting director as plans are made for 's funeral . 
 finds safety for and and approaches . He persuades her to take a sample of 's blood and his own to compare their blood types at the hospital where she works as a doctor to prove he is . Convinced of her husband 's identity , she tells him that will be vulnerable at 's funeral . At the ceremony , finds that has anticipated his actions and takes hostage . arrives , and a gunfight ensues ; manages to save after taking a bullet . Before she dies , promises to take care of for her and not allow him to grow up in a life of crime . 
 flees the church with pursuing him . After killing two more federal agents , briefly takes hostage , but she escapes by stabbing him with a butterfly knife that had given her for self - defense . A speedboat chase ensues wherein forces to shore by collision , then bests in a melee fight . mutilates his / Archer 's face to taunt him , but kills with a spear gun . Backup agents arrive and address by name , having been convinced by of 's true identity . After the face transplant surgery is undone , returns home , adopting into his family and keeping his promise to .

John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon, Dominique Swain

Early 20th - century Europe was a time and a place rife with conflicting forces , from the battlefields of World War I to the peaceful countryside of rural England . Scientific advances such as electric light and photography appeared magical to some ; spiritualism was championed by Sir while his friend decried false mediums who prey upon grieving families . charmed theatergoers of all ages . Young , whose father is missing in action , arrives by train to stay with her cousin in rural Yorkshire . 
 , 's mother , is deep in mourning for her son , a gifted artist who died at the age of ten , and she keeps 's room and art works intact . is not allowed to wear colours or to play with his toys , but she has taken the unfinished fairy - house he built up to her garret bedroom where her doting father , , regales her with fairy tales . He is a bit of a local wunderkind , responsible for the electrification of the local mill , where children as young as go to work . He is also an amateur photographer and chess player . When arrives she and discover a shared fascination with fairies , whom they encounter down at the " beck " , a nearby brook . They abscond with 's camera one afternoon to take pictures of the fairies , hoping to give something to believe in . When she comes home after attending a meeting of the Theosophical Society , where she hears stories of angels and all sorts of ethereal beings , she finds reviewing the prints in disbelief , but she thinks they are real . She takes them to Theosophist lecturer , who has them analysed by a professional and then brings them to the attention of Sir . The photos are pronounced genuine , or at least devoid of trickery . 
 No one except believes that young children could be capable of photographic fraud , and Conan himself arrives at the girls ' home with , and two new cameras . catches poking around and tells him point - blank that he does n't believe that the fairies are real , but that no trickery took place in his darkroom either . Abetted by the buffoonish , and soon come up with two more photos and has the story published in The Strand Magazine , promising everyone 's names will be changed . But a newsman soon identifies the beck near Cottingley , tracing the girls through the local school and besieging the family . Hundreds of people invade the village in automobiles and on foot , and the fairies flee the obstreperous mobs . By way of apology to the fairies , the girls finish 's fairy - house and leave it in the forest as a gift . 
 The girls are invited to London by , where they embrace their celebrity and see perform . In a quiet moment backstage asks if she wants to know how he does his tricks , and she wisely declines . And when a reporter asks , he declaims , " Masters of illusion never reveal their secrets ! " Back in Yorkshire , while the girls and are away , has a chess match with a local champion reputed to be mute , and the newsman breaks into their house . He discovers a cache of paper dolls in the form of fairies in a portfolio in 's room , but he is frightened away by the apparition of a young boy , leaving the evidence behind . wins his match , wringing a shout from his opponent , and another myth is debunked . After the children return home , the fairies reappear , and finally , ' father comes home as well .

, a 17 - year - old kid , runs away from home with his girlfriend , . His mother visits her ex - boyfriend , lawyer , and tells him that is really his son and wants him to find the boy : refuses . Writer is planning suicide when he gets a phone call from , of whom he is another ex - boyfriend , and she tells him the same story . Realizing that his appointment with a client will keep him in town overnight , decides that he will look for . Both men start their search with , 's father . and get little help from , but it does lead to them meeting each other . They mistakenly assume that they each have a different missing son , thinking that " both boys " are mixed up with . They decide to pursue their cases together . 
 and visit 's mother , , and learn that went on the road to follow rock band Sugar Ray . When she asks the men for pictures of their sons , they finally realize that has told them both the same story about being 's father . They call , who confesses that she does n't know which is the father , but begs them to find then they 'll settle the situation . The two agree and they head for Sacramento where they find , drunk , lovestruck and dumped by . They bring back to their hotel room , and when he wakes the next day , he is not pleased by the news that one of them might be his father and that is following . leaves to watch over , but escapes by pouring coffee over 's testicles . reaches and they head to Reno , where Sugar Ray 's next performance will be . 
 In Reno , meets up with and the other devotees following the band . He meets up with two drug dealers that he scammed out of $ 5,000 that he used to buy a necklace for . He escapes , only to be accidentally run down by and . Now with a broken arm , demands that his two fathers leave him alone . That night , the three finally start to bond when opens up to and — is his first love , but his parents disapprove of her , so he ran away . When tells his two fathers about the drug dealers , they decide to help him . They drive to 's hotel , but when and go inside , the drug dealers spot in the car and plan to kidnap and kill him . escapes with 's rental car . 
 When the two fathers emerge from the hotel , assumes that had been lying to them the whole time , calls it quits and decides to go home . Just then , 's wife appears , following ( and ) because she 's been confused and concerned given 's odd behavior . He tells her the truth about , and that he could be the father . departs while and have an argument about 's negative feelings for , making her scared of how he 'll react with his own child . sees her point , and heads to the concert , finding that is also there looking for . They find him as he confronts , who harshly breaks up with him . Heartbroken , is suddenly grabbed by the drug dealers , whom and attack , resulting in a huge fight erupting within the concert crowd . 
 Freed from jail the next day , , , and head home where and his father embrace with their son . tells the truth that neither nor is his father , but is touched that his parents wanted him home so bad . Before the two men leave , lies to both , separately and privately , that they 're the father . figures out that lied , but is rather happy as it has given him a new outlook over having children . , riding in 's car , spots a woman having car trouble on her way to the airport . Upon finding out that Virginia is single , takes a shot and decides to take her to her destination by car , much to 's annoyance .

Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Nastassja Kinski

arrives in Atlanta to take a high ranking position in a company recently acquired by Octopus Inc. 's owner , . But informs her that he has already sold the company where she was to work . then agrees to run another recent acquisition , Marwood Zoo , in an attempt to create a business model that can be used for multiple zoos in the future . son , who feels an unreciprocated attraction to Willa , announces that he will join her at the zoo . 
 The newly appointed director of the zoo is a retired Hong Kong Police Force officer and former Octopus Television employee , . In order to meet Octopus 's revenue target of 20 % from all assets , institutes a " fierce creatures " theme on the assumption that dangerous and violent animals will attract more visitors . All animals not meeting those requirements must go . All the animal keepers , including spider - handler , make various attempts to get to change his mind . One such attempt involves getting to kill some of the cutest animals himself , but , seeing through their prank , fakes the animals ' extermination . keeps the animals in his bedroom which later causes and to misunderstand that is having an orgy with the female staff . 
 discovers that several staff members are faking animal attack injuries . fires several warning shots at those responsible and rushes in , thinking mistakenly that one of them is shot . then finds a visitor who has had a genuine accident but , not believing it is real , tastes the blood of the visitor whilst loudly proclaiming that it is fake . Just then and arrive and this fiasco sees demoted to middle management . even threatens to fire him if his apparent activities with the female staff do not cease . 
 covers both the zoo and animals alike with advertisements after secretly garnering sponsors , dresses the staff in ridiculous outfits , and installs an artificial panda in one of the enclosures . His continued attempts to seduce fail , while she comes to enjoy working at the zoo after having a close encounter with a silverback gorilla . She finds herself attracted to after becoming fascinated by his apparent ability to attract multiple women . When attempts to have a discussion about 's marketing plan , she suggests they have dinner , but she is forced to postpone when she remembers is coming from Atlanta to discuss the running of the zoo . 
 Worried that the visit might be part of a plan to close the zoo , and the zookeepers bug 's hotel room to find out . Although the plan goes awry , they learn that wants to turn the zoo into a golf course and is not actually expecting to die soon . 
 Upon discovering that has stolen sponsorship money he raised , warns him to return it , or else she will tell . When attempts to work out how the theft can be traced , he and finally kiss , just as arrives to return the money . A confrontation takes place first at the zoo office , and then outside as , , , and several others attempt to stop from running off with the money . refuses to shut up , so loses his temper and grabs a pistol from the management office . arrives just as is being subdued and announces the police are on their way to arrest for stealing . tries and fails to shoot his father , but then takes the pistol and accidentally shoots between the eyes . 
 In the panic that follows , a plan emerges to fool and the arriving police . The keepers work together to dress up as , since he can imitate his father 's accent fairly well . When the police and arrive , ( as ) tells them that he has rewritten 's will , specifying that the zoo will become a trust of the caretakers while will inherit everything else , and he wants all of them to be witnesses . After signing the new will , locks himself in a caretaker hut where he feigns 's suicide . Although becomes suspicious , he is left dumbstruck when he discovers the dead body of his boss in the hut . 
 Now free , the zookeepers destroy the evidence of 's ownership . becomes the new CEO of Octopus , while and happily begin a new life together while continuing to run the zoo .

Professor ( ) , of Medfield College , is developing a new energy source in an attempt to raise enough money to save the college from closure . His preoccupancy with his research distracts him from his fiancée and the college president ( ) ; he has missed two weddings in the past as a result of this , much to the anger of . On the day of the third attempted wedding , is approached by his former partner ( ) , who has profited from ideas he has stolen from the chemist and now desires to steal from and make her his wife , which he declares directly to , though takes it as a joke . Before he can make it to the wedding , his latest experiment shows fast development , forcing him to miss another wedding . The resulting substance created from the experiment is a living green goo that increases in speed as it bounces and proves to be difficult to control , wreaking havoc on the neighborhood before the professor finally manages to capture it . ( voiced by ) , 's hovering robot assistant , classifies the substance as " flying rubber " , leading to christen it as " Flubber " . 
 continues to work on Flubber into the early morning , looking to stabilize the Flubber 's movement as opposed to stimulation . 's watch alarm goes off at 6 a.m. ( set wrong ) and informs him that he has missed the third wedding . goes to 's office and unsuccessfully attempts to explain the situation to her . Meanwhile , Medfield College sponsor ( ) is unhappy that failed his son ( ) in chemistry class . That night , sends his two security guards ( ) and ( ) to 's house in an attempt to persuade into giving a better grade . However , is too busy testing the Flubber to even notice them and suddenly knocks them out unconscious with a Flubber - coated golf ball and bowling ball . He uses Flubber to give his vintage Ford Thunderbird flight . During a test run , he discovers making the moves on ( making a bet that she 'll buy him dinner if wins , or join him for a weekend in the mountains if they lose ) . Afterward , attempts to confess her love of , only to be shrugged off as a computer . In response , she secretly creates a holographic human version of herself named ( ) in hopes of winning him over . Before can make out with in this form as he sleeps , awakens with another idea for Flubber . He enters an empty basketball arena and tests the effects of Flubber on a basketball . Later , he gives Flubber - padded shoes to the unskilled Medfield basketball team to increase their abilities . 
 Back in 's home , looking to have some fun , unleashes from his case , allowing him to dance around the house and cause general mayhem . After the close but successful basketball game , 's attempt to win back into his favor fails . Upon returning home , dumps all of his emotional baggage onto , saying his absent - mindedness is due to his love of . records 's ramblings and shows the footage to , who then reconciles with . demonstrates Flubber 's abilities to and they discuss how it can be used for profit . However , discovers Flubber 's existence and , after failing to convince and to sell it to him , sends and to infiltrate 's house and steal . attempts to fend off the henchmen , only to be struck down by with a baseball bat . and return home and find ( 's house - robot ) cleaning up , gone , and destroyed . Later , discovers that had downloaded backup data of herself onto his computer in the event of her destruction , as well as a video recording of 's hologram professing her love for him . 
 and confront and try to save , under the guise of accepting 's offer . While there , they discover that is allied with the millionaire . and then reveal their ruse and unleash , starting a battle between them and the villains . In the end , and defeat , , and his henchmen , get Flubber back , raise enough money to save the college and finally have a successful wedding , along with and the " daughter " of , called . The film ends with the family heading to Hawaii in the Thunderbird .

( ) is an architect from New York City who is sent to Las Vegas to supervise the construction of a nightclub that his firm has been hired to build . is a strait - laced WASP - ish type who , while researching possible menus items for the new nightclub , he meets ( ) , a free - spirited Mexican - American photographer . and are overtaken by lust at first sight and end up spending the night together ; however , their immediate attraction does n't last in the cold light of day , and they do n't see each other for another three months . 
 When they do meet again , it 's because has some interesting news for : she 's pregnant with his child . decide to keep and raise the child . Knowing that becoming a single mom will disappoint her family , she asks to accompany her to a relative 's birthday , hoping that when her family asks about the father of her baby , she can at least say that they met him once . agrees , an in spite of some cultural differences , finds himself more attracted to 's personality and art . 
 Though is ready to say goodbye after the party , suddenly proposes that they pursue a real relationship . He proposes and they quickly get married ( with an impersonator serving as witness ) , but after meets 's mom ( ) and is confronted by 's father ( ) , both start to wonder if " doing the right thing " was just that , especially as tries to balance his career in New York with 's desire to continue working in Nevada . 
 has a complication with the pregnancy and tells that she lost the baby . Disappointed , returns to working on the nightclub while goes home to Mexico to recuperate with relatives . Upon realizing that he wants to pursue a family with more than his career , travels to rural Mexico to find , where her relatives reveal that she is still very much in love with him , and still pregnant . He catches up with her on the way to a hospital , and she gives birth on the Hoover Dam . 
 The birth of their daughter coincides with their legal divorce , but they soon remarry with both of their families present on the Grand Canyon .

After ten years of marriage , New York City millionaire socialite couple ( ) and ( ) are miserable and have decided to call it quits . Their marital problems come to a head earlier that evening when turns their 10th anniversary party into a real estate development pitch for a theme park he calls " The Holy Land " , modeled after Biblical lore . The pitch turns disastrous when one of the display 's special effects catches a guest 's ( who happens to be a federal judge ) dress on fire . 
 At the same time , 's accountant , ( ) , is stealing the ' millions through mismanagement and filing false tax returns . His money manipulation has caught the attention of the Internal Revenue Service ( IRS ) , and field agent ( ) , demands to meet and the following morning to bring the obligations up to date and settle the missing $ 5,000,000 . 
 arrives at the office early the following morning with a file box ( likely the incriminating paperwork that could land him in jail ) , but leaves before arrives . Though he does n't get out in time , he manages to finally evade and , who has just shown up . 
 Hearing a hint from that the could be fleeing ( told him about the ' impending divorce ) , orders the freezing of all their assets . is unable to access his money through an ATM and has her credit card destroyed at her table as she 's having lunch with some friends . is then informed that his accounts have been frozen , but the bank teller refuses to tell him why . At first he thinks is responsible , until he gets on the phone , who tells him that he himself is the cause of their newfound problems as he 's headed for the airport . 
 Gung - ho IRS Inspector ( ) joins to serve the warrant and bring in the . As exits the bank ( trying to chase down his Jaguar XK8 being towed ) , and surround him at a bull statue on Wall Street . takes out his new satellite phone to answer a call , but the trigger - happy mistakes it for a gun and pulls out his own pistol , shooting it out of 's hand , much to 's chagrin . 
 flees on foot , steals a cab and happens to pick up . The get away from and and the NYPD ( who apprehend the agents for reckless pursuit ) and leave New York . They crash the cab into a muddy swamp and are forced to spend that night sleeping rough , covered in mud . The next day , they find themselves in Intercourse , Pennsylvania , a small Lancaster County - area community of Old Order Amish . drops in on a conversation and after stealing some clothes , they masquerade as and , a family 's ( also named ) expected cousins from Missouri . and ( and ) , along with their sons and daughters , make the pair at home . 
 The pair try to fit in , and while manages to adjust well , the glamorous and spoiled prima donna , deprived of her cigarettes , fine clothes , makeup and other creature comforts , throws various childlike tantrums when she and are alone . This gets noticed by and , who chalk it up to the pair having marital difficulties . decides to try and relate better to Caroline after a talk from about how each day , no matter how bleak , is a gift of life from God . Gradually , both learn to fit in through their own abilities . with his knowledge of real estate values , helps 's future son - in - law buy a plot of land , and 's knowledge of fashion helps their conservative ordnung relax their colorless dress code . 
 The then rediscover why they fell in love in the first place , largely through their efforts of helping others rather than themselves . As and 's daughter is exchanging vows with , the ceremony is interrupted by police and a drenched and , who crashed into the stolen cab . The are exposed and hauled back to New York to face trial . 's attorney ( ) informs them that he found in Zurich and had him extradited back to America . A resisting is then hauled into the courtroom by uniformed officers to face the . confesses and thanks the accountant for saving his and 's marriage . Charges against the are dropped . 
 and return to the to make things right , but their pleas for forgiveness seem to fall on deaf ears . As they turn to leave , informs them that he and knew the whole time of the ruse . They said they put up with it because it was planting season and they needed the extra help . offers to give his watch as a present only to be told that their Amish can not accept gifts only trades . He then proceeds to trade the watch for Big John , a gargantuan Belgian horse that ( as ) tamed largely by dumb luck , and some corn . also tells not to " open the back of the watch ; " the watch seems to have in it a risque picture which amuses him . The movie ends with and driving a 1954 Ford pickup with a horse trailer hauling Big John . It is then revealed that the traded their 1997 Jaguar for the truck . In the closing credits , contemplates buying the pond , where they crashed the cab and reveals she is pregnant with the couple 's first child .

A Senate Armed Services Committee interviews a candidate for the position of Secretary of the Navy . Senator ( ) from Texas criticizes the Navy for not being gender - neutral . Behind the curtains , a deal is struck : If women compare favorably with men in a series of test cases , the military will integrate women fully into all occupations of the Navy . 
 The first test is the training course of the ( fictional ) U.S. Navy Combined Reconnaissance Team ( similar to U.S. Navy SEAL BUD / S ) . Senator hand - picks topographical analyst Lieutenant ( ) , because she is physically more feminine than the other candidates . 
 To make the grade , must survive a grueling selection program in which almost 60 percent of all candidates wash out , most before the fourth week , with the third week being particularly intensive ( " hell week " ) . The enigmatic Command Master Chief ( ) runs the brutal training program that involves 20 - hour days of tasks designed to wear down recruits ' physical and mental strength , including pushing giant ship fenders up beach dunes , working through obstacle courses , and hauling landing rafts . 
 Given a 30 - second time allowance in an obstacle course , demands to be held to the same standards as the male trainees . Eight weeks into the program , during SERE training , the Master Chief ties her to a chair with her hands behind her back , grabs hold of her and slams her through the door , then picking her up off the floor he repeatedly dunks her head in ice cold water in front of the other crew members . fights back , and is successful in causing him some injury despite her immobilized arms . In so doing , she acquires respect from him , as well as from the other trainees . 
 Navy leaders , confident that a woman would quickly drop out , become concerned . Civilian media learn of 's involvement , and she becomes a sensation known as " G.I. Jane . " Soon she must contend with trumped up charges that she is a lesbian , and is fraternizing with women . is told that she will be given a desk job during the investigation and , if cleared , will need to repeat her training . She decides to " ring out " ( ringing a bell three times , signaling her voluntary withdrawal from the program ) rather than accept a desk job . 
 It is later revealed that the photo evidence of 's alleged fraternization came from Senator 's office . never intended for to succeed ; she used as a bargaining chip to prevent military base closings in her home state ( Texas ) . threatens to expose , who then has the charges voided and restored to the program . 
 The final phase of training , an operational readiness exercise , is interrupted by an emergency that requires the CRT trainees ' support . The situation involves a reconnaissance satellite powered by weapons - grade plutonium that fell into the Libyan desert . A team of U.S. Army Rangers is dispatched to retrieve the plutonium , but their evacuation plan fails , and the trainees are sent to assist the Rangers . The Master Chief 's shooting of a Libyan soldier to protect leads to a confrontation with a Libyan patrol . During the mission , , using her experience as a topographical analyst , realizes when she sees the team 's map that the Master Chief is not going to use the route the others believe he will in regrouping with the others . She also displays a definitive ability in leadership and strategy while rescuing the injured Master , whom she and pull out of an explosives - laden " kill zone . " With helicopter gunships delivering the final assault to the defenders , the rescue mission on the Libyan coast is a success . 
 Upon their return , all those who participated in the mission are accepted to the CRT . gives his Navy Cross and a book of poetry containing a short poem , " Self - pity " , by , as acknowledgment of her accomplishment and in gratitude for rescuing him .

Vice police detectives ( ) and ( ) gun down narcotics dealer ( ) , after the two engage illegally in drug trafficking ; this is in order to recover the cocaine purchased from them . When and find out was actually a " deep cover " DEA agent — because 's partner , ( ) drops by their precinct for help sniffing out the killers — they try to frame anyone else with the murder . It does not help that has outstanding gambling debts , and that a loan shark and his " enforcer " , known as Mr. Cutlass Supreme ( ) is eager for repayment . After arresting numerous felons without success ( because they can not possibly link 's murder to any of them ) , and arrest a homeless drunk by the name of ( ) . While is still intoxicated , the detectives convince him that he shot . They even make him sign a confession . and convince local stripper ( ) , also 's mistress , who was the " bait " in their trap for , to " identify " in a police line - up . 
 At his first legal hearing , is declared mentally unfit to stand trial ( he can not even remember his own last name ) . The trial is postponed accordingly . Really believing that he killed , informs his attorney that he deserves to be in jail and is not willing to accept a plea bargain . Meanwhile , it turns out that the .44 Magnum that stole from the police - evidence room to kill is that of , a murderer and arsonist arrested by and and whose case is currently being tried . To fill the void , gets another gun to replace the other , but during trial recognizes that this one is not his gun and the case is dropped for lack of evidence . 
 At 's second hearing , high - profile lawyer ( ) attends the proceedings . reveals that his client 's name is actually , and that he is actually the missing - and - presumed - dead co - heir to the financial empire of a high - status family , as well as a surgeon who used to attend and perform organ transplants for the poor in Africa . asks the court to grant a one - week continuance so he can prepare his defense properly . The court agrees . Afterwards , is summoned to testify in court . Nervous and afraid , she disappears . , fearing that she may betray him , hires a bail agent named ( ) to locate her ; when 's efforts fail , he is roughed up by and . is finally discovered and brought in for The People vs. William Dane McCall . She gives her rehearsed testimony against " " , at which time informs that he lived in an alley next to 's apartment . questions and points to the contradictions in her testimony until she finally confesses to knowing " " . The fact that she knows the defendant as " " and not as " " shows that she had previous knowledge of the defendant , thus proving her testimony for " " being 's killer to be false . She is arrested for perjury while the verdict of 's case remains pending . hires to get out of jail . He plans to kill her before she can testify . 
 On their way to " silence " her , tells how he feels regarding the numerous murders they have committed . suddenly suspects his partner of taping their conversation ; such indeed turns out to be the case , after forcibly searches . informs that he has already confessed to the DEA regarding what they have done . Unwilling to kill here and now , renounces their friendship and drives off into the night . returns home to find his bookie and Mr. Cutlass Supreme waiting for him . Enraged about the preceding events , he attacks them only to be shot dead . is brought to court by , who strikes a deal with her to testify against and thus get her perjury case dropped . 
 Four months later , has become a fugitive . Knowing that blew the whistle on him , he breaks into her home . He takes her money , then shoots and badly wounds her . is rushed to an emergency room at the local hospital , where Doctor is shown to have just completed a surgery and discusses it with a fellow surgeon as is wheeled into the same O.R. he just exited . 
 forces to help smuggle him out of the country . hires a luxurious car and a driver for . Unfortunately for , said driver turns out to be who produces the same revolver used to kill . He shoots in the head , then abandons the car and body in a deserted alley .

In " the not - too - distant future " , liberal eugenics is common . A genetic registry database uses biometrics to classify those so created as " valids " while those conceived by traditional means and more susceptible to genetic disorders are known as " in - valids " . Genetic discrimination is illegal , but in practice genotype profiling is used to identify valids to qualify for professional employment while in - valids are relegated to menial jobs . 
 is conceived without the aid of genetic selection ; his genetics indicate a high probability of several disorders and an estimated life span of 30.2 years . His parents , regretting their decision , use genetic selection to give birth to their next child , . Growing up , the two brothers often play a game of " chicken " by swimming out to sea with the first one returning to shore considered the loser ; always loses . dreams of a career in space travel but is reminded of his genetic inferiority . One day challenges to a game of chicken and bests him before starts to drown . saves and then leaves home . 
 Years later , works as an in - valid , cleaning office spaces including that of Gattaca Aerospace Corporation , a space - flight conglomerate . He gets a chance to pose as a valid by using hair , skin , blood and urine samples from a donor , , who is a former swimming star paralyzed due to a car accident . With 's genetic makeup , gains employment at Gattaca , and is assigned to be navigator for an upcoming trip to Saturn 's moon Titan . To keep his identity hidden , must meticulously groom and scrub down daily to remove his own genetic material , and pass daily DNA scanning and urine tests using 's samples . 
 Gattaca becomes embroiled in controversy when one of its administrators is murdered a week before the flight . The police find a fallen eyelash of 's at the scene . An investigation is launched to find the murderer , being the top suspect . Through this , becomes close to a co - worker , , and falls in love with her . Though a valid , has a higher risk of heart failure that will prevent her from joining any deep space Gattaca mission . also learns that 's paralysis is by his own hand ; after coming in second place in a swim meet , threw himself in front of a car . maintains that he was designed to be the best , yet was n't , and that is the source of his suffering . 
 repeatedly evades the grasp of the investigation . Finally , it is revealed that Gattaca 's mission director was the killer , with the administrator ’s threats to cancel the mission as motive . learns the identity of the detective who closed the case , his brother , who in turn has become aware of 's presence . The brothers meet , and warns that what he is doing is illegal , but asserts that he has gotten to this position on his own merits . challenges to one more game of chicken . As the two swim out in the dead of night , expresses surprise at 's stamina , so reveals that his strategy for winning was not to save energy for the swim back . turns back and begins to drown , but rescues him and swims them both back to shore using celestial navigation . 
 On the day of the launch , reveals that he has stored enough DNA samples for to last two lifetimes upon his return , and gives him an envelope to open once in flight . After saying goodbye to , prepares to board but discovers there is a final genetic test , and he currently lacks any of 's samples . He is surprised when Dr. , the person in charge of background checks , reveals that he knows has been posing as a valid . admits that his son looks up to and wonders whether his son , genetically selected but " not all that they promised " , could break the limits just as has . He passes as a valid . As the rocket launches , Jerome dons his swimming medal and immolates himself in his home 's incinerator ; opens the note from to find only a lock of 's hair attached to it . muses on this , stating " For someone who was never meant for this world , I must confess , I 'm suddenly having a hard time leaving it . Of course , they say every atom in our bodies was once a part of a star . Maybe I 'm not leaving ; maybe I 'm going home . "

In an animated sequence , a plane flying through the fictional Bukuvu region in the heart of Africa crashes . A child on board the plane , , disappears into the jungle and is raised by a sapient , talking gorilla named Ape . Twenty - five years later , has grown to be King of the Jungle . 
 , a San Francisco heiress , tours Uganda with local guide and a trio of porters . is tracked down and joined by her fiancé , , with two poachers named and . tells the group of the " White Ape " , a local legend of a superhuman primate that rules the jungle . The next day , insistent on taking home as soon as possible , goes into the jungle with her to find the White Ape and they are attacked by a lion . knocks himself out trying to flee and is saved by , who enjoys swinging on vines to move about but has a habit of crashing into trees . takes to his treehouse home and cares for her , introducing her to , an African elephant that acts like 's dog , and , a toco toucan . is smitted with and attempts to woo her ; reciprocates an attraction , and her time spent with passes over her wishes to return home . 
 and find the treehouse and confronts and . and make to shoot for his ivory , and shouts at to run . Everyone is stunned by the sight of a talking ape and and decide to tranquilize and capture him . runs to stop them and is accidentally shot by , who thought his gun was a novelty lighter . and the poachers are imprisoned and is identified as the shooter by the porters ; and are released and resolve to capture to make a fortune in Las Vegas . Meanwhile , takes home to get medical help for his wound and to see the human world he belongs in . 
 While is at work , explores San Francisco and uses his vine - swinging to rescue a paraglider that got tangled in the Bay Bridge . , uninterested in marrying , admits the truth to her parents , but her overbearing mother objects . At a party intended to celebrate 's engagement , takes aside and coldly tells him she will not let 's engagement fall apart , and refuses to let be with her . In Africa , and capture , who manages to order to find before he falls unconscious . flies to San Francisco and returns to the jungle , leaving in the night . While 's parents comfort her , she realizes she loves and goes to find him , much to 's dismay but to her father 's approval . 
 tricks the poachers into circling the jungle and returning to the treehouse where confronts them and incapacitates them with his animal friends . However , arrives : the narrator explains that escaped prison , joined a cult , and is now an ordained minister . has mercenaries he has brought with him subdue and takes to the nearby Ape River where he has a boat waiting to escape while he performs a marriage ceremony . However , the river is a harsh series of rapids that hurdle the two into danger . performs his biggest swing and crashes into a massive tree that falls over the river where he pulls to safety . ends up in a cave and , believing he is still sharing the boat with , proclaims them wedded ; he lights his lighter and beholds he just married himself to a gorilla . 
 and fall in love with each other and marry , moving into 's tree house . Some years later the two are raising a son , , who they present to the animals from atop Pride Rock . 
 In a mid - credits scene , reveals he has become a famous entertainer in Las Vegas , using and as stunt men .

In an empty park during fall , the title character , ( voiced by ) , is an elderly man who plays a game of chess against himself , " becoming " each of the players in turn by moving to the other side of the chessboard , where he changes his personality and either puts on or takes off his glasses to show this change . As the chess game progresses , it seems as though there are two people playing chess ; at one point , the hands of both " opponents " are seen within the frame . 's aggressive alter ego soon gains the upper hand over , capturing every one of his pieces except for his king and putting him in check . However , outsmarts himself by faking a heart attack to distract himself and spinning the board around . While his alternate self is still distracted , checkmates what is now his opponent 's king . Finding that he is now the one who is losing and realizing what has happened , begrudgingly resigns the game and hands over a set of false dentures as the prize . then puts them into his mouth , chuckling and basking in his victory as he sits by himself .

( ) and ( ) are bumbling yet happy best friends who live modestly in Newark , New Jersey and have known each other since childhood . They share the hobby of fishing and win a stay in the Florida Everglades to go angling , but promise to return home in time for Thanksgiving . 
 On the way , however , while stopping at a bar , they meet an Englishman , ( ) , who discreetly steals 's car keys and leaves . and are forced to push their boat down the road until they are met by two women , ( ) and ( ) , who are after and offer them a lift . During the ride , a bump causes the boat to disconnect from the car , leaving and stranded yet again , and the boat is accidentally hooked to a train and pulled away along with their beer and supplies . and hitch a ride with two men , but on the way , they see their car at a gas station and investigate . goes to confront inside the bathroom , but backs down when he catches loading a gun . and flee the petrol station in their car , and discover a blood - stained knife in the dashboard . 
 and stay at a trailer park for the night , and while watching a documentary on television , they learn that is actually , a wanted criminal who has conned several women out of their riches and is implied to have stabbed his last victim to death and hidden her money and jewelry somewhere . The presenters offer a bounty for 's capture , and and decide to turn in the knife after their fishing trip . Meanwhile , begins hunting and down . 
 Following a recommendation by the trailer park owner , and visit boatyard and rent a speedboat , but end up breaking almost every gadget on the boat , losing the knife and wrecking the boatyard by accident . Distraught , they decide to return home early , but end up with a flat tire . While getting the spare tire from the trunk , discovers a map that leads to 's fortune . They book a room in a nearby hotel , and while having dinner , they are found by and , who question them about and reveal that they are after him because 's mother was one of 's victims . and promise to bring to justice , but that night , sleepwalks and starts a fire in the hotel , destroying their suite and the map . They only barely manage to escape undetected , though their car breaks down on the road and is struck by lightning while they try to fix it . Instead of killing him , the lightning boosts 's memory and he is able to lead the way to the cave where hid his fortune . Despite an altercation with an alligator , they retrieve the treasure and escape , but are accosted by . At gunpoint , forces them to push 's car into the swamp and ties them up inside a sheriff 's office , intending to flee the country with the treasure . 
 After leaves , however , and are found and freed by their idol , ( ) , and they set out to stop . After a long chase across the swamp , and find and capture moments before his escape via plane and hand him over to the police . Though they claim the reward money , and are forced to spend it mostly on the damages they caused during their trip .

On the first day of summer , slacker high school student takes his mother 's car on a joyride while she is on a business trip and accidentally crashes into and damages the car of his teacher , Mr. . is in danger of going to jail , as he does not have a driver 's license or insurance . But Mr. agrees to let pay for the damages to both cars in exchange for not calling the police on . With the damages estimated at $ 1,900 , is forced to get a summer job . After being dismissed from the new , soon - to - open Mondo Burger for clashing with and insulting the owner / manager , , he ends up finding employment at Good Burger where he meets and reluctantly befriends dimwitted and a host of other colorful employees . Initially , neither of them are aware that it was who inadvertently caused 's car accident ; had been on his way to make a delivery , and skated in front of , causing him to swerve out of control and crash into Mr. . 
 The survival of the smaller Good Burger is threatened by the grand opening of Mondo Burger , with its fancy decor and oversized burgers , but Good Burger is saved by Ed 's new secret sauce . Upon realizing that caused his car accident , and learning from Mr. that the true damages from the accident exceed the original $ 1,900 estimate ( now $ 2,500 ) , takes advantage of to make money off the secret sauce in order to pay off his debt sooner . signs a contract that gives 80 % of his profits . 
 Ed 's sauce vastly improves Good Burger 's sales and draws the attention of , who wants it for Mondo Burger . fails at luring to Mondo Burger at a higher wage , and sends , a beautiful employee , to seduce the sauce recipe from ; this ends with being repeatedly injured by 's clumsiness and ultimately quitting her job . 
 Later on , when they notice a dog 's refusal to eat a discarded Mondo Burger in favor of a Good Burger , and become suspicious and decide to investigate . Disguised as fashionable women , the two infiltrate Mondo Burger 's kitchen and discover that their burgers are being artificially enhanced with Triampathol , an illegal chemical . discovers them , and calls an acquaintance named , who has them committed to an asylum called Demented Hills so they ca n't tell the public . 
 Threatened by the success of Ed 's sauce , and his men break into Good Burger after hours and taint Ed 's secret sauce with shark poison , but are confronted by , an elderly Good Burger employee who was sleeping on the premises , leading to commit to Demented Hills as well . After informing and about 's scheme , the three of them manage to escape Demented Hills and steal an ice cream truck to drive themselves back to Good Burger , arriving just in time to prevent anyone from eating the poisoned sauce . 
 and then break into Mondo Burger to expose their chemically induced burgers to the police . creates a diversion , during which tries to take a can of Triampathol , but clumsily knocks one into the meat grinder . Inspired , pours nearly the entire supply into the grinder . Meanwhile , has captured , when suddenly arrives bearing an empty can . mocks 's presumed foolishness , whereupon snidely comments that the can was n't empty when he found it . At that moment , chaos ensues in the Mondo Burger building , as the burgers begin exploding due to overuse of Triampathol . 
 In the aftermath , is arrested for using the illegal substance and Mondo Burger is destroyed , with a large , artificial burger destroying Mr. 's newly repaired car as well . also tears up the contract he formed with and tells him that he gets to keep all the profits from his sauce . and then walk back to Good Burger where they are both praised by the other employees as heroes for saving the restaurant .

Twenty - year - old of South Boston is a self - taught genius , though he works as a janitor at MIT and spends his free time drinking with his friends , , , and . When Professor posts a difficult mathematics problem as a challenge for his graduate students , solves the problem anonymously , stunning both the students and . As a challenge to the unknown genius , posts an even more difficult problem . flees when catches him writing the solution on the blackboard late at night . At a bar , meets , a British female student about to graduate from Harvard , who plans on attending medical school at Stanford . 
 The next day , and his friends fight a gang , who used to bully when he was a kid ; the police arrest . sits in on his court appearance and watches defend . He arranges for him to forgo jail time if he agrees to study mathematics under 's supervision and participate in therapy sessions . tentatively agrees , but treats his first few therapists with mockery . In desperation , calls on Dr. , his college roommate , who now teaches psychology at Bunker Hill Community College . Unlike other therapists , actually challenges 's defense mechanisms , and after a few unproductive sessions , begins to open up . 
 is particularly struck by 's story of how he met his wife by giving up his ticket to the historic game six of the 1975 World Series , after falling in love at first sight . does not regret his decision , even though his wife died of cancer . This encourages to build a relationship with , though he lies to her about his past and is reluctant to introduce her to his friends or show her his rundown neighborhood . also challenges to take an objective look at his own life , since can not move on from his wife 's death . 
 sets up a number of job interviews for , but scorns them by sending as his " chief negotiator " , and by turning down a position at the NSA with a scathing critique of the agency 's moral position . asks to move to California with her , but he refuses and tells her he is an orphan , and that his foster father physically abused him . breaks up with and later storms out on , dismissing the mathematical research he has been doing . points out that is so adept at anticipating future failure in his interpersonal relationships that he deliberately sabotages them in order to avoid emotional pain . 
 walks in on a heated argument between and over his potential . and share and find out that they were both victims of child abuse . helps to see that he is a victim of his own inner demons and to accept that it is not his fault , causing him to break down in tears . accepts one of the job offers arranged by . Having helped overcome his problems , reconciles with and takes a sabbatical to travel the world . When 's friends present him with a rebuilt Chevrolet Nova for his twenty - first birthday , he decides to pass on his job offer and drive to California to reunite with . Some time later , goes to 's house to pick him up , only to find that he is not there , much to his happiness .

Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver, Stellan Skarsgård

Set in Detroit , Gridlock'd centers around heroin addicts ( ) , ( ) and ( ) . They are in a band – in the spoken word genre – called Eight Mile Road , with on vocals , on bass guitar ( plus secondary vocals ) and on piano . and decide to kick their habit after overdoses on her first hit . Throughout a disastrous day , the two addicts dodge police and local criminals while struggling with an apathetic government bureaucracy that thwarts their entrance to a rehabilitation program .

Professional assassin finds himself depressed and disillusioned with his work . Grocer , his chief rival , is attempting to incorporate the hitman business , but refuses to join , putting the two at odds . Following a botched contract , accepts an invitation to his 10 - year high school reunion in his hometown of Grosse Pointe , Michigan . He is persuaded into going by both his reluctant therapist , Dr. , and his secretary , who books him a contract in Michigan that coincides with the reunion , ostensibly to make amends with the client whose contract was botched . 
 Upon arriving in Grosse Pointe , reconnects with his childhood friend and his high school sweetheart , now a radio disc jockey , whom had abandoned on prom night to enlist in the army . He also visits his mentally ill mother in a retirement home , and his father 's grave . Meanwhile , is being stalked by , another hitman who attempts to kill Martin in the convenience store built over his childhood home . He is also followed by two NSA agents who were tipped off to 's contract by Grocer . Despite these dangers , remains distracted by his desire to win over and fails to open the dossier on his target . 
 At the reunion , and mingle with their former classmates , and begin to fall in love all over again . Later , while exploring the halls alone , is ambushed by , whom he kills in self defense . stumbles upon the scene and flees the reunion in horror . arrives moments later , and helps dispose of 's body in the school furnace . 
 later confronts in his hotel room ; he reveals that when he joined the army , his psyche profile showed a " moral flexibility " that made him suitable to work as an assassin for the CIA , after which he decided to go freelance . His rationalizations for his work terrify even further ; she rejects his attempts at reconciliation and walks out . fires over the phone , lays off , and finally opens the dossier detailing the contract that brought him to Grosse Pointe . He is surprised to find that the target is 's father , , who is scheduled to testify against 's client . 
 Accompanied by several henchmen , decides to kill himself to impress 's client . abandons the contract and rescues , driving him to the house and holing up inside . During the siege , finally admits to that he left her on prom night to protect her from his homicidal urges , which were due to his troubled upbringing . gradually kills off the henchmen , and the NSA agents are gunned down by both and . then kills by smashing a television over his head . Injured and winded , proposes marriage to , who does not respond . In the end , and leave Grosse Pointe together .

Socially inept garbage - man is befriended by , a witty rogue and untalented novelist . opens the world of literature to , and inspires him to write " the great American poem . " struggles to get his work recognized , and it is often dismissed as pornographic and scatological , but continues to push and inspire to get the poem published . 
 carries around a bundle of notebooks that he refers to as his " Confession , " a work that details aspects of his mysterious past that he one day hopes to publish , when he and the world is ready for them . 's hedonistic antics cause all manner of turns in the lives of 's family , not least of which is impregnating , 's sister . 
 As begins an ascent to the dizzying heights of Nobel Prize - winning poet , sinks to a life of drinking in low - life bars as his own attempts at fame result in rejection , even by 's publisher who once employed . The friends part ways and lose touch , until ’s criminal past catches up with him and he needs ’s help to flee the country .

, , , and are four internationally wanted hitmen working for a North Korean terrorist organization who have stolen a $ 10 million missile - cloaking computer chip . The thieves put it inside a remote control car to sneak it past security at San Francisco International Airport . However , a luggage mix - up occurs , causing a woman named Mrs. to inadvertently take the thieves ' bag containing the remote control car while she is returning home to Chicago . The four thieves arrive in Chicago and later systematically search every house in Mrs. ' suburban neighborhood to find the chip . 
 Meanwhile , is given the remote control car by Mrs. for shoveling snow , but she lectures him for scratching numerous itches . returns home and removes his shirt to discover that he has chickenpox , and therefore , he must stay out of school . While recovering at home , uses his telescope and discovers the thieves on look out for the chip . fails to convince the police twice , so he decides to spy on the thieves by using his toy car and a video camera instead . The thieves discover it and take away the evidence , which results in a chase . Wondering what the thieves want with a remote control car , opens it and discovers the stolen chip , and later informs the local Air Force Recruitment Center about the chip while asking if they can forward the information about the chip to the proper authorities . 
 The thieves finally conclude that has been watching them and decide to pursue him . As a snowstorm hits Chicago , the thieves block off the road to the house and duct tapes Mrs. to a chair in her garage and leaves the door open . By this point , has rigged his house with booby traps and prepares to set them off with his pet rat , , and his brother 's loud - mouthed pet parrot . After their numerous break - in attempts are foiled by 's traps , the thieves must infiltrate the house and search for . flees to the attic and takes the dumbwaiter down to the basement , then runs outside and calls to , and . The thieves see and notice a trampoline below them . and jump to pursue , but the trampoline gives way and they fall into a frozen swimming pool . wriggles her way into the dumbwaiter chute , but falls down to the basement . is cornered by while trying to rescue Mrs. , but scares him off with a bubble gun resembling a Glock . Meanwhile , the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) arrives to 's siblings ' school , after being tipped off by the recruitment center . 's family brings the FBI to their house , where the police arrive and arrest , , and . However , has escaped to the snow fort in the backyard . The parrot drives the remote control car into the snow fort and threatens to light fireworks , which are lined around the inside . offers a cracker , but the parrot demands two . Since he only has one , the parrot then lights the fireworks , and flees . is discovered and arrested . 
 In the epilogue , the hold a celebration for 's success while their house is being repaired . Mrs. , who befriends after he saves her from freezing to death in her garage , attends the celebration with the FBI and the police . They are joined by 's father , who returns home from his business trip in New York City . The thieves are shown having their mugshot photos taken and have all contracted 's chickenpox .

Eight years after the events of the previous film , ten - year - old just wants to be a normal boy and go to baseball camp . However , his interest in sports seems almost alien to his parents and , as his older siblings , and , who are currently living away from home , were both a thespian and genius , respectively . has started his own lab " Szalinski Labs " with his brother , and the two receive tickets to witness a shuttle landing , but interrupts 's message , reminding him that he needs to watch and his cousins , and , while she and 's wife go on vacation . She also reminds him to get rid of Tiki Man that she sees as an eyesore , though considers it a good luck charm ( not to mention something that could earn him a fortune one day ) . 
 After and leave , and have activities planned that bore the children . sends the kids to the store , but reveals to that it is a ruse to get rid of them long enough so that he can use his shrink ray in order to shrink the Tiki Man down without 's knowledge , and without the risk of unintentionally shrinking the kids . However , after carelessly not turning the machine off immediately after they succeed , and are both shrunk when a pool ball left on the machine falls onto the activating button , just as they are in front of the machine searching for the Tiki Man . Meanwhile , realizes she forgot to leave 's medicine for his potassium deficiency , and they head back . Hoping to catch their husbands by surprise , the women sneak up to the attic only to be shrunk when another pool ball falls onto the machine 's button . Shortly after , the kids return home , and after hearing 's message about the launch , assume they are alone for the evening , and makes plans to have some friends come over . Upstairs , the adults make use of a fishing rod and line to lower themselves down into 's room . To attempt to get to the floor , they use a Hot Wheels race track , but they overshoot their target and fall down the laundry chute ending up in a clean load that is then delivered back upstairs by and . The four adults tumble out of the laundry basket when it is overturned , and discover and reading a Sports Illustrated Kids magazine , revealing to that his son 's interest is not in science as he hoped . 
 Seeing struggling , realizes that they need to get him his medicine soon , or he could pass out . ignores his weaknesses , though , and goes downstairs . The parents witness the arrival of 's friends and decide to use a bubble blower in order to get downstairs . The women land safely , but and fall into a bowl of dip and are nearly devoured by the ravenous girls . 
 In the kitchen , when and resolve to find some way up the counter in order to find 's pills and push them into view , they encounter a daddy long - legs with its leg caught in a spider web , and quietly talks to him as tries to cut the webbing with a nail file . realizes her own insecurities about being small as she relates to the bug , whom she had earlier tried to kill , and realizes how hard it is to be that size . After he is freed , and realize they can cling to the spider 's silk as it climbs up and onto the counter . Meanwhile , and decide to rewire the stereo to work as a microphone , and a group of boys crash the party , including , 's crush . He takes into the kitchen , where he steals a kiss from her , but she spurns him for not asking permission first , thus earning 's respect . Angered , he returns to his friends and they begin to wreak havoc in the living room . , severely weakened , enters the kitchen and discovers and on the counter before fainting , partially from his failure to take medicine for his potassium deficiency , and partially from the shock of seeing his miniature mom and aunt . and discover him , and thinking quickly , gets potassium - rich bananas to feed , and he begins to recover , weakly saying he had seen his mother . In the living room , rewires the stereo so that can talk and amplify his voice so he can pretend to be the voice of . He orders the children to leave the house , leading , and to realize what had happened to them . 
 In the attic , the kids discuss the benefits of leaving their parents shrunk briefly before deciding they love them more than that . They return them to their normal sizes . confides her trust in for how she stood up to and took care of , while tells that he can have an interest in sports , and agrees to sign him up for baseball camp . tells he can keep his Tiki Man , and wo n't sweat the " small " stuff anymore , while decides to relinquish his presidency of Szalinski Labs to the more personable , while he decides to return to inventing . In the end , life is back to normal again , while has developed a new respect for baseball , and his Tiki Man has been moved into his backyard and enlarged to twice the height of the house .

After being paroled from Sing Sing , ( ) returns to Harlem to resume his old life . He is welcomed back by his cousin , ( ) as well as ( ) , the monarch reigning over the numbers racket in Harlem . The psychopathic ( ) , a Mafia associate who reports to mob boss ( ) runs the numbers rackets in downtown New York . His gang has been crowding into Harlem , terrorizing residents to only play the numbers with his operation . 
 While hanging on the stoop one afternoon with Illinois and his girlfriend , meets one of 's friends , ( ) . She and Illinois talk trash to each other , with her disapproving of the ' numbers ' rackets Illinois is involved in and him defending it as the only way to make ends meet in the Depression . introduces himself to her and is obviously interested . They meet again in a nightclub and dance together . walks home and they debate the effect of gambling in Harlem on its citizens . At her door , she says that he could do anything he wanted . He responds that he has written some poetry and then recites a poem to her , about her beautiful eyes . 
 asks to partner with the , who declines the offer , as she disapproves of the violent tactics uses to terrorize her customers . Later a hit is ordered by on the Queen ; however ( ) and repel the attackers . Using his friendship with corrupt Captain ( ) , of the New York City Police Department , arranges for the Queen to be arrested , and the Queen asks to take charge of the business during her incarceration . The Queen instructs to avoid bloodshed , but 's men grow increasingly violent . 
 and start a devastating war with each other . In one of Dutch 's attempts on 's life , Dutch employs two big hit men . They break into 's home , killing two of his bodyguards and making their way up to the bedroom , where and are . They attack and in the bathroom . One of them is killed and the scene culminates in having to shoot the other just as he is about to kill . They hold each other on the floor of the bathroom , covered in blood . More and more people are killed , including the sixteen - year - old , who begged to let him become a numbers runner for him . 
 One afternoon , and are having a banana split in his favorite ice cream parlor . notices in the nick of time that the split has almonds on it , which he never orders . is already to dig in when stops her . Suddenly , the tension mounts , 's men rush all the regular citizens out of the parlor and pull down the shades . After questioning the terrified owner , finds out that it was the new boy , , who made the split , which has been poisoned . invites him over to the table where he asks him to eat the split . The kid makes all kinds of excuses and is also terrified . After more threatening , he confesses it was one of 's closest men , , who set up . sends out of the parlor and forces the kid to eat the poisoned ice cream . , Illinois , and two other of his men take to a private pool hall and question about the set - up . weeps , confessing it was all for the money and begs for his life . notices a nice ring on 's finger and asks him if he bought it with the money , which vehemently denies . Eventually , everyone walks out except , who cuts 's throat with a straight razor . 
 and his gang show up at the Cotton Club in downtown New York . This is in Dutch 's territory and does not allow black people in except as entertainers . Dutch is holding court . The place goes silent as tells Dutch that he knows all about his operation and if does n't shut it down , will do it for him . mentions and replies that wo n't be able to comment anymore but left a souvenir for Dutch . He puts a handkerchief on the table that contains a bloody finger , with a fancy ring on it . It nearly comes to a shoot - out , with cooler heads holding Dutch . and his gang leave . When continues terrorizing uptown Harlem , engages an explosives expert to rig a bomb . He and Illinois manage to infiltrate one of Dutch 's liquor warehouses as delivery boys and just manage to get away before the whole building explodes . 
 In the meantime , and his men have broken into 's house ( Illinois ' girlfriend ) . hits and threatens her , asking her where Illinois is . One of his right hand men , ( ) says she does n't know anything and he does n't have to do this . tells him to toughen up . After blowing up the warehouse , Illinois makes his way back to 's to find her dead . 
 arrives home where tells him that she is leaving him . He is enraged and starts throwing the fancy dresses and jewels that he bought at her . She yells that she did n't want any of them and that she does n't know him anymore , that he is no longer the good man with whom she had fallen in love . 
 Devastated by 's death , Illinois gets drunk and tells that he 's changed , that he is as bad as Dutch now . They have it out ; Illinois says he 's finished with and staggers out . As he 's walking down the street , Captain and ( ) see him , kidnap him and chain him up in a machinery room . beats him and wants to torture him for information . says Illinois is n't going to talk and wants him let go . He leaves but kills him using a corkscrew . Eager to end the war between each faction , decides to try and make the and come to an agreement , although neither wants to compromise . 
 Later that evening , word comes to the house that Illinois has been found murdered . and his gang go to the warehouse where Illinois was killed and find him hanging by a chain on the outside wall , one of the ' numbers ' tickets in his mouth and a suitcase with " No More Secrets " written across it attached to him . A local witness tells them that he saw a man with Captain 's bars with Illinois shortly before his murder . immediately knows who it is and gets his revenge on by cutting his throat after finding him in a room with a prostitute . As is leaving , he sees and asks if he had a hand in Illinois 's murder . He denies any involvement so spares him and tells him that he now owes him . 
 has a meeting with and tells him that it 's not in his best interest to continue working for Dutch . later contacts and tells him that he wants to compromise . agrees to the terms and they devise a plan to kill Dutch . , 's driver , appears to betray and by telling Dutch what they are planning . , however , is being paid by to do so . Believing he now has the upper hand , Dutch plans the murder of and but fails to do so . and 's plan is revealed when ( ) ( 's right - hand man ) follows into the restroom and shoots him three times . walks out of the restroom and down the stairs , sits down at a table and drops dead . walks outside , gets in 's car and asks to be paid but instead , an associate of 's shoots him dead and dumps his body on the sidewalk . 
 The last scene shows asking if those involved have been paid , with saying yes . With the back in business , tells that he has some unfinished business and says he 's going to go get some sleep . The two shake hands and part company . then walks across the street and enters the church to briefly pay his final respects to Illinois . The gospel choir sings " Amazing Grace " while he walks down the aisle , exchanging looks with and Madame . When he arrives at the coffin , he goes down on his knees with tears in his eyes , then turns and walks out . He takes off his hat and turns his face up to the pouring rain , letting it run down his face .

14 - year - old ( ) resides in Manhattan ’s Lower East Side with his grandmother , ( ) . His mother , ( ) , has spent the last nine years of 's life in prison for smuggling undocumented aliens into New Mexico . Presumably , ’s father died in a car accident when was five . owns and operates her own establishment called Lucy ’s , where she works as a bartender , giving a lot of unsupervised time to spend with his four friends ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . The group spends the majority of their time committing petty theft and hanging around in their underground clubhouse near the waterfront . has grown tired of the small - time crime and wants to move into more serious theft , such as robbery.[2 ] 
 has aspirations to move back to his home state of New Mexico and live on a ranch with his uncle who had promised to mail an airplane ticket . However , does n't believe was being serious . 
 Later that day , sells stolen merchandise to children during recess at the local elementary school while serves as a lookout . There , meets 14 - year - old ( ) . invites to his fifteenth birthday party , although she declines claiming her abusive father , ( ) , a tow truck driver , does n’t approve of her staying out late . 
 That night , sneaks out of her apartment and meets in front of the bar where she gives him her ski mask as a gift before leaving . The next morning , receives the flight ticket to New Mexico in the mail and relays this information to . ( ) , a regular patron at the bar , reveals to he actually sent the ticket ( under the guise of ) believing it would do good if he left the city . 
 , , and are subsequently introduced to ( ) and ( ) , ’s drug dealing friends from Miami . tells about his plans to move to New Mexico and offers her to join him . declines , knowing her father would never approve and not being able to afford the price of the ticket . 
 Afterwards , gets caught by a plainclothes officer named ( ) after he continues to sell stolen merchandise to the elementary school children and is hauled off to the police station . is interrogated by and another detective named ( ) who threaten to charge him with commercial burglary and inform him that his mother is in prison for murder , not smuggling undocumented aliens like she had told him ( it is implied that killed his father . ) 
 visits his mother and tells her about his meeting with and the two of them planning to travel to New Mexico . then reveals that he knows she ’s in prison for killing his father . explains that his father was abusive towards her and and did n’t know how to tell without him being upset . She also admits that she is n’t up for parole until another four years , but promises they will go to New Mexico once she is out . is clearly done with her promises and leaves . 
 Later , returns to the clubhouse where he is surprised by who is a wanted fugitive hiding out from the police . sympathetically gives his ticket to in hopes that it will help him with his dilemma . The following day , tells and friends his decision to remain in New York in order to straighten his life out . 
 At the clubhouse , the group reveals to they plan on breaking into a policeman 's ( ) apartment and stealing his valuables . refuses to get involved after his run - in with the police . drives to the clubhouse ’s location where and congregate regularly . When starts to get rough in disciplining , intervenes before shoves him into the lake and leaves with . A vengeful rides his bicycle to ’s apartment building and coldcocks . 
 and leave and camp out in a tent for the day . They plan to meet at Penn Station at noon the next day to catch the train after coming to a consensus that they will travel to New Mexico . In order to procure the amount of money it costs for the train fare , joins his friends in the robbery plot . 
 In the apartment , finds and secretly steals the officer ’s gun before the group departs and returns to the clubhouse . Meanwhile , in his search for , sneaks inside the clubhouse and looks around . When he hears the group approaching , he hides in the closet . 
 insults ’s ability to play darts which results in pulling out the stolen gun and shooting the target on the dartboard to show off . Unknowingly , has shot and killed ( through the closet door the dart board was hanging on ) whose corpse falls from the closet . Unable to lift the body , takes the keys to ’s tow truck from his pocket , and uses the crane on the tow truck to lift and release him into a shallow grave . feels guilty and fears that he may go to the police . He warns to not let talk before telling him he changed his mind and he is resuming his plans to go to New Mexico , though promises he ’ll return in two weeks . 
 On the day and are supposed to leave for New Mexico , visits the ruins of a building where he keeps a hidden stash of cash , only to find that it ’s missing along with the loot from the robbery . While is riding his bicycle downtown , he notices showing off his brand new Diamondback bicycle to a crowd of onlookers . punches him in the face , accusing of stealing the robbery loot and his stash of cash to pay for the bike . and accost before reveals he stole ’s money . , , and then mercilessly beat to the ground before leaving . 
 Immediately after , returns to the clubhouse and takes the gun before noticing an unmarked car and police cruiser pull up and it ’s revealed that had reported ’s murder to the police . Meanwhile , two police officers question on ’s whereabouts . Soon after , is arrested by the police . 
 Running out of time and desperate for cash , enters a convenience store and holds the cashier , , at gunpoint . ( ) hands over the cash and promises to pay him back . races to Penn Station where he reunites with . The two board the train and , not knowing her father is dead , remarks that her dad is going to kill her when he finds out she ran away . , knowing full well wo n’t be able to anything of the sort , does n’t respond .

On the Fourth of July 1996 in Southport , North Carolina , recent high school graduates , her boyfriend , 's best friend , and 's boyfriend , drive to the beach to celebrate after wins the annual Croaker Beauty Pageant . After a night of partying , while driving along a coastal byway , they accidentally hit a pedestrian . , who has a crush on , passes by them on the road . reassures that everything is all right , and he leaves . After some arguing , the group decides to dispose of the body , dumping it in the water . They agree to never again discuss what had happened . 
 The following year , returns home from her college in Boston for the summer . Since the incident , the friends have gone their separate ways . receives a letter with no return address , stating , " I know what you did last summer ! " Disturbed , tracks down , who has returned to Southport to work at her family 's department store after a failed attempt at an acting career in New York City . The girls take the note to , who immediately thinks is responsible . They confront on the docks , and threatens him with a hook . meets , who is now working as a fisherman ; he unsuccessfully tries to reconcile with her . Later , is killed by a figure in a rain slicker wielding a hook . discovers a note in his gym locker saying , " I know . " He is then ambushed by the same assailant driving 's car . 
 Meanwhile , researches newspaper articles which lead her to believe the man they ran over was a local named . and go to visit with 's sister at her home , posing as stranded motorists . explains to them that their family was devastated by 's death ; she also mentions that a friend of 's named also visited her to pay his last respects . Later that night , the killer sneaks into 's house , cuts off her hair while she sleeps , and writes " Soon " on her mirror . 
 The following morning , finds 's corpse wearing 's stolen jacket in the trunk of her car . When she calls the others , the body is missing . claims to have received a threatening letter , too . goes back to visit , who reveals allegedly committed suicide out of guilt for the death of his girlfriend in a car accident . shows 's suicide note to . As the writing matches that of the note she received , realizes it was not a suicide note , but a death threat . 
 Meanwhile , attends the Croaker Pageant to confer the title to the upcoming queen . During the ceremony , witnesses being murdered on the balcony . She rushes upstairs with a police officer , but finds no sign of the killer or . An officer escorts home , and stops to help a stalled truck ; the motorist is in fact the killer , who kills him . flees to her nearby family store , where her sister is closing for the night . The killer enters the store , and murders . is chased to the third floor of the building , and leaps from a window to escape , falling to a long alleyway . She manages to runs toward the street , but the killer stops her , killing her by repeatedly thrashing her with the hook ; her screams are drowned out by the sound of the parade . 
 finds an article mentioning 's father , , and realizes it is they ran over , moments after he had killed to avenge his daughter . She then goes to the docks to tell , but he refuses to believe her . notices 's boat is called Billy Blue and runs away . appears , knocking unconscious , and invites to hide on his boat . On the boat , she finds photos and articles about her friends and her , and pictures of . 's boat leaves the docks , and he begins tormenting , chasing her below deck ; there , she uncovers the bodies of and in the boat 's ice box . regains consciousness and steals a motorboat to rescue . He ultimately uses the rigging to sever 's hand and send him overboard . When the police question them , they deny knowing why attempted to kill them , but they are relieved not to have actually killed anybody the previous summer , and reconcile . 
 A year later , is in college in Boston . As she enters the shower , she notices the words " I still know " on the mirror . Moments later , a dark figure crashes through it .

Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Johnny Galecki, Bridgette Wilson, Anne Heche

( ) is a well - liked English literature teacher , living a quiet life in the fictional town of Greenleaf , Indiana , with his fiancée and fellow teacher ( ) , who recently lost 75 pounds . The town is filled with anticipation over the nomination of 's former student ( ) in the Best Actor category at the Academy Awards for his portrayal of a gay soldier in To Serve and Protect . does indeed win the award and , in his acceptance speech , thanks , adding , " . . . and he 's gay . " 
 's family , friends , students , co - workers and are shocked ; but that is nothing compared to 's own reaction of disbelief and indignation . He angrily reassures those who know him that he is heterosexual . Reporters invade his hometown , harassing him for interviews , following the awards night telecast . is placed under the scrutiny of his boss , Principal ( ) , who is uncomfortable with the attention being brought to the school . 
 Although the other reporters leave after getting their story , one stays behind : on - camera entertainment reporter ( ) , who wants to wait the week out so he can cover 's wedding to . continues to be harassed and dismayed by the changed attitudes of everyone around him , and decides that he must sleep with in order to prove his heterosexuality . finds he can not go through with it due to his conflicting emotions and 's concern for his well - being . crosses paths with , who reveals he is gay and , trying to provide a helpful ear , narrates his own experience in coming out to his family . insists that he is not gay , prompting to kiss him . Although shocked , reacts somewhat positively to the kiss . 
 's final measure to restore his heterosexuality is the use of a self - help audio cassette , although that fails as well . During the wedding ceremony , recites her vow without hesitation , but when is prompted by the minister , he instead says , " I 'm gay . " The wedding is called off , and although is proud of , is angry with himself for hurting . is fired from the school because of his outing . 
 Despite no longer being on the faculty , attends the graduation ceremony to support his students . When one student who got into college — thanks to 's hard work — learns that he was dismissed for being gay , he and his classmates proclaim themselves to be gay as well , showing their support . 's family follows suit , as do his friends , and all the townsfolk assembled . Having learned of the ensuing media blitz while in Los Angeles , flies to his hometown with his supermodel girlfriend ( ) to support his former teacher . Although does not win " Teacher of the Year " , presents him with his Oscar . 
 's wedding - crazy mother ( ) finally gets a wedding — her own , when she and her husband ( ) renew their vows . , and the rest of the townsfolk attend the reception . Among the crowd are and , who appear to have begun a relationship . Everyone dances to the Village People 's song " Macho Man " .

Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon, Bob Newhart, Debbie Reynolds, Wilford Brimley

and are two middle management employees at a corporation , temporarily assigned to a branch office away from home for six weeks . is assigned to head up the project . Embittered by bad experiences with women , and form a mean - spirited revenge scheme to find an insecure woman , romance her simultaneously , and then break up with her at the same time . , who is cruel , manipulative , duplicitous , misanthropic , misogynist and abusive to his subordinates , is the originator and driving force behind the scheme , while is the more passive of the two , which leads to a later conflict with the scheme . 
 decides upon , a deaf coworker who is so self - conscious that she wears headphones so people , thinking that she is listening to music , are compelled to get her attention visually without immediately learning that she is deaf . and decide to each ask her out , and over the course of several weeks , date her simultaneously . 
 In the meantime , things with the project go wrong ; a fax is supposed to have made to the home office is " lost " and a presentation is supposed to deliver to the home office is unable to be carried out successfully after some documents are allegedly printed so lightly that they are illegible . These mishaps culminate in being demoted and taking his place as the head of the project after places the blame for the mishaps unfairly on . eventually sleeps with , and she falls in love with him . When eventually breaks this news to , tells the truth about their scheme , and tells her that he loves her . is shocked by the revelation , and refuses to believe that would do this . When she confronts , he admits the truth . angrily slaps , but is unashamed of his behavior , and cruelly taunts , who collapses into tears after he leaves her . 
 Weeks later , confronts back home at his apartment . is now apparently in the bad graces of the company , having been moved to a lower floor , while is doing well , and thus offering to say something on 's behalf . Nevertheless , is not worried about work ; he confesses to that he really loved . At this point , despite having previously told that his girlfriend , , had left him , shows that she is still there , asleep in his bed . says that he carried out the plan " because I could , " and cruelly asks how it feels to have truly hurt someone . , who had never done anything like that before , leaves , horrified . 
 later travels back to the city and to a bank where he sees working there , and tries to speak to her , but she looks away in anger . He loudly pleads with her to " listen " to him , but his pleas literally fall on deaf ears .

The lives of two closely linked families dangerously intersect in a small Illinois town in the 1950s . Two brothers , and are being raised by a single , working mother in Haley , Illinois . Their father was a reckless risk - taker and lost his life in a bet with ( ) , his business partner . eventually becomes one of the town 's foremost , wealthiest and most - admired citizens . The lives of the and the are intertwined through various entanglements . and his distant wife , , are the parents of three beautiful daughters , , and . 
 Because of a misunderstanding of the circumstances surrounding his father 's death ( a supposed bet with that took the elder 's life ) , ( ) seeks revenge on the through the calculated seduction of the daughters . At first , can not wait to escape the suffocating life in , later in the film , however , he is pulled back as he idolizes the family , as well as obsesses about the oldest daughter , ( ) , thus seeking to jockey his way into the family . 
 At first , ( ) , the younger brother , admires and worships his brother 's libertine lifestyle . However , as he matures , he discovers that all that glitters is not gold . He eventually falls in love with the youngest , virginal , ( ) , who protests his early , fumbling sexual advances . She forces him to appreciate her for who she is , not what she may offer up to him . Meanwhile , ( ) is sent away to a mental hospital after she and are caught by , who can not keep them apart . 
 After two years of being apart from each other , and meet again by chance while they are in college in Philadelphia . However , and are brought back to after their mother 's death . They also find a letter from their late father that says he has sold their patent for a 1937 DeSoto Coupe convertible . Despite the obstacles that places in the way of any of the brothers ever seeing his daughters again , convinces at the end of the story of his true love for and receives his blessing on a future relationship .

Liv Tyler, Jennifer Connelly, Joaquin Phoenix, Billy Crudup, Joanna Going

is a flight attendant for a small Mexican airline . To make ends meet , she smuggles money from Mexico into the United States for , a black - market gun runner living in the Los Angeles metropolitan area under the ATF 's close watch , forcing him to use couriers . learns that another of his couriers , , has been arrested . Assuming that will become an informant in order to avoid jail time , arranges for bail with bondsman , then coaxes into a car trunk and murders him . 
 Acting on information had already shared , ATF agent and LAPD detective intercept as she returns to the United States with 's cash and some cocaine that was unaware was stashed in her bag . Initially refusing to cut a deal , she is sent to jail which alerts that she might also be a threat to inform . Having received payment from , picks up from the jail and begins to develop an attraction to her . arrives at 's house intending to murder her but she surprises him by pulling a gun surreptitiously taken from the glove compartment of 's car . negotiates a deal with to pretend to help the authorities while smuggling in $ 550,000 of 's money , enough to allow him to retire . 
 To carry out this plan , is counting on , an unambitious , pot - smoking surfer girl with whom he lives , and , a friend and former cellmate . Unaware of and 's plan to smuggle in $ 550,000 , and devise a sting to catch during a transfer of $ 50,000 . Unbeknownst to all , plans to double - cross everyone and keep $ 500,000 for herself . She recruits to assist with her plan and offers him a cut . 
 In the Del Amo Mall on the day of the transfer , enters a dressing room to try on a new suit . She has told that she will swap bags there with , supposedly passing off the $ 550,000 under the nose of , who has been told that the exchange is to take place in the food court . Instead , the bag she gives contains only $ 50,000 and she leaves the rest behind in the dressing room for to pick up . then feigns despair as she calls and out from hiding , claiming took all the money and ran . 
 In the parking lot , mocks until he loses his temper and shoots and kills her . confesses this to . is livid when he discovers that most of the money is gone , and he realizes that is to blame . When mentions that during the hand - off he saw in the store 's dress department and thought nothing of it , kills and leaves with the bag . turns his anger toward , who informs him that is frightened for her life and is waiting in 's office to hand over the money . A menacing holds at gunpoint as they enter the darkened office . suddenly yells that has a gun , and jumps from a hiding place and kills him . 
 With the ATF dropping charges for her cooperation , takes the remainder of 's money and his car . She decides to leave the country and travel to Madrid , Spain . She invites to go along with her , but he declines . shares a meaningful moment with , kisses him goodbye , and leaves as takes a phone call . Moments later , cuts the call short and seems to contemplate his decision to stay behind as drives away .

Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Robert De Niro, Michael Keaton, Bridget Fonda, Chris Tucker

Washington , D.C. detective and forensic psychologist ( ) heads to Durham , North Carolina when his niece ( ) , a college student , is reported missing . He learns from the local police , including Detective ( ) , that is the latest in a series of young women who have vanished . Soon after his arrival , one of the missing women is found dead , bound to a tree in a desolate forest , and shortly after that , intern ( ) is kidnapped from her home . 
 When she awakens from a drugged state , discovers that she is being held captive by a masked man calling himself , and she is one of several prisoners trapped in his lair . She manages to escape and is severely injured when she jumps from a cliff and into a river to escape from his clutches . After she recuperates , she joins forces with to track down her sadomasochist captor , whom concludes is a collector , not a killer , unless his victims fail to follow his rules . This means there is time to rescue the other imprisoned women , as long as they remain obedient . 
 Clues lead them to Los Angeles , where a series of gruesome kidnappings and murders have been credited to Dr. ( ) , a man known as . deduces he is working in collusion with rather than imitating his East Coast counterpart , but 's efforts to capture and question Rudolph are foiled when escapes . Upon returning to North Carolina , traces up the river . Alerted by a gunshot , he discovers the underground hideaway used by , as well as his true identity . is revealed to be 's partner . escapes , while is shot by . rescues the kidnapped women , including . 
 After all that has happened , invites to dinner at her house to get away from work . drops by 's house and sends home the two officers guarding her . While is at home preparing to meet for dinner , he discovers that 's signature on the arrest warrants matches 's handwriting . tries telephoning to inform her that is the real , but has already disconnected her phone line . While conversing with , becomes suspicious of his creepy elaborations . then drops his Southern accent , revealing he is . After a fight and attempted rape , manages to handcuff him to the oven . slashes 's arm with a kitchen knife . In attempting to free himself , pulls the oven away from the wall , rupturing the gas pipe . takes out a lighter , threatening to cause an explosion due to the leaking gas . shows up and tries to discourage . When this fails , shoots , using a milk carton so his gun 's muzzle blast does not ignite the gas . comforts as the police arrive .

Two patients ( and ) meet in a hospital , just after learning that both have an untreatable disease . They start talking about their death that is to come very soon . When they find a bottle of tequila , finds out that has never seen the sea . tells that all they talk about in Heaven is how beautiful the sea is . 
 Drunk and still in their pajamas , they steal a baby blue Mercedes - Benz W113 classic roadster and go for their last mission - to see the sea . The car belongs to a crime boss . They rob several small shops , only to find that there is a million dollars in cash in the trunk of their car . 
 As they progress closer to their goal , police along with gangsters start the hot pursuit . Eventually , the two friends find themselves trapped in the middle of a countryside road by police units on one side and gangsters on the other , pointing their guns at each other . The stand - off finally erupts into a big shoot - out while the two make a desperate escape through the corn field . After that , buys a pink Cadillac of the same model as the one which presented to his mother . His wish is to give the same present to his own mother . As he fulfills the wish , they get ambushed by police near 's mother 's house . pretends to have a seizure and falls on the ground . He is taken to the hospital in an ambulance with sitting by his side . En route , and hijack the vehicle to continue their quest . On the way to the ocean they stop by a brothel , where wants to fulfil his wish to have sex with two women at the same time . By coincidence , the brothel is owned by the boss whose money they had found in the car they have stolen at the beginning of the journey . They are seen by the two gangsters who were after them throughout their journey . The gangsters take and to their boss who asks them for money they should return . says that the money was spent and sent to various people which drives the criminal boss insane . Enraged , the boss points a gun at them ready to shoot , but , the most influential criminal to whom the money was meant to be delivered , comes in . After a short talk he says “ Then you better run , before you run out of time ” . The capo goes on talking about that in heaven everybody would be talking about the ocean . spares their lives and lets them go . 
 The film ends as and arrive at the ocean ’s shore . They walk to the sandy beach and falls dead on the ground . imperturbably sits down beside his friend , facing the ocean and watching the surf .

battles for the right to join Valusia 's elite Dragon Legion until being told by General that as a barbarian from Atlantis , he will never be allowed to join a legion of ' noble blood ' . then learns that the Valusian King has gone mad and is slaughtering his heirs , riding to Valusia with following . The confrontation that follows ends with mortally wounding , who with his last breath names his successor , to the dismay of and most of the assembled nobles . Soon after , meets his harem and recognizes one of them , , as a fortuneteller he once encountered , who also foretold his kingship . summons her to his chambers , where she reads the cards and tells him that the fate of his kingdom would depend on a kiss . then attempts to sleep with , but he dismisses her when she reminds him that she is a slave and acts when commanded . 
 The next day , attempts to free his slaves , but finds that his rulings are hampered by the stone tablets detailing the laws of Valusia . and his cousin secretly attempt to assassinate during his coronation , but fail . and his conspirators are summoned the following night by the necromancer , who offers to aid them by resurrecting , the Sorceress Queen of the ancient Acheron Empire , which the god destroyed ages before Valusia was built on its remains . Using 's group to suit her ends to gain power and restore , uses her magic to enchant and become his queen . then places in a death - like slumber , framing of " regicide " while taking to her temple to keep as a plaything . 
 escapes with the help of the Valkan priest , 's brother . The pair free and the trio head north via the ship of 's untrusting associate , in the hope of obtaining the Breath of Valka , the only weapon that can stop from regaining her full power . Realizing what they are up to , sends after them ; he catches them just as obtains the Breath , mortally wounding and leaving to die . reveals his intent to use to betray and take the Topaz Throne . On the day of the eclipse , returns to Valusia as gradually begins assuming her true demonic form , easily thwarting 's attempt to kill her with . After wounds and kills , kisses and passes the Breath of Valka to him , who kisses the now - fully demonic to transmit 's Breath and extinguish her flame forever . proceeds to kill when he attempts to take hostage , removing the last opposition to his rule . 
 After being reinstated as king by the now more amenable nobles , names his queen , then uses his axe to destroy the Tablets of the Law , abolishing slavery in Valusia and allowing it to be reborn as a kingdom of honor rather than tradition .

Kevin Sorbo, Tia Carrere, Thomas Ian Griffith, Litefoot, Harvey Fierstein

The film has a linear chronology with events spanning from 1937 to 1959;[2 ] the setting is Tibet , except for brief sequences in China and India . It begins with the search for the 14th mindstream emanation of the Dalai Lama . After a vision by ( the regent of Tibet ) several lamas disguised as servants discover a promising candidate : a child born to a farming family in the province of Amdo , near the Chinese border . 
 These and other lamas administer a test to the child in which he must select from various objects the ones that belonged to the previous Dalai Lama . The child passes the test , and he and his family are brought to Potala Palace in Lhasa , where he will be installed as Dalai Lama when he comes of age . 
 During the journey , the child becomes homesick and frightened , but is comforted by , who tells him the story of the first Dalai Lama – whom the lamas called " " . As the film progresses , the boy matures in both age and learning . After a brief power struggle in which is imprisoned and dies , the Dalai Lama begins taking a more active role in governance and religious leadership . 
 Meanwhile , the Chinese communists , recently victorious in their revolution , are proclaiming Tibet a traditional part of Imperial China and express their desire to reincorporate it with the newly formed People 's Republic of China . Eventually , despite Tibet 's pleas to the United Nations , the United States , the United Kingdom , and India for intervention , Chinese Communist forces invade Tibet . The Chinese are initially helpful , but when the Tibetans resist Communist reorganization and reeducation of their society , the Chinese become oppressive . 
 Following a series of atrocities suffered by his people , the Dalai Lama resolves to meet with Chairman in Beijing . While publicly expresses his sympathies to the Tibetan people and the Dalai Lama , and insists that changes must be made as the Dalai Lama sees fit , relations inevitably deteriorate . During their face - to - face meeting on the final day of the Dalai Lama 's visit , makes clear his socialist view that " religion is poison " and that the Tibetans are " poisoned and inferior " because of it . 
 Upon his return to Tibet , the Dalai Lama learns of more horrors perpetrated against his people , who have by now repudiated their treaty with China and begun guerrilla action against the Chinese . After the Chinese make clear their intention to kill him , the Dalai Lama is convinced by his family and his Lord Chamberlain to flee to India . 
 After consulting the Nechung Oracle about the proper escape route , and his staff put on disguises and slip out of Lhasa under cover of darkness . During an arduous journey , throughout which they are pursued by the Chinese , becomes very ill and experiences two personal visions , first that their trip to India will be propitious and that , similarly , their eventual return to Tibet will also be propitious . The group eventually makes it to a small mountain pass on the Indian border . As the Dalai Lama walks to the guard post , an Indian guard approaches him , salutes , and inquires : " Are you the Lord Buddha ? " The Dalai Lama replies with the film 's final line : " I think that I am a reflection , like the moon on water . When you see me , and I try to be a good man , you see yourself . " Once the Dalai Lama arrives at his new residence , he unpacks his telescope and steps outside . Erecting it and removing his spectacles , he gazes through it toward the Himalayas – and toward Tibet . The film concludes with two lines printed on screen : " has not yet returned to Tibet . He hopes one day to make the journey . " The words shimmer into a dissolve upon the black screen as the credits begin .

In early 1950s Los Angeles , Sergeant , son of the legendary LAPD detective , is determined to live up to his father 's reputation . His intelligence , insistence on following regulations , and cold demeanor contribute to his isolation from other officers . He exacerbates this resentment by volunteering to testify in the " Bloody Christmas " case against his fellow officers in exchange for a promotion to Detective Lieutenant . This goes against the advice of Captain , who says that a detective should be willing to shoot a guilty man in the back for the greater good . 's ambition is fueled by the murder of his father , killed by an unknown assailant , whom nicknames " " . 
 Officer , whom considers a " mindless thug " , is a plainclothes officer obsessed with violently punishing woman - beaters . One such incident leads him to confront a former cop named , a driver for , operator of Fleur - de - Lis . His call girl service runs prostitutes who are altered by plastic surgery to resemble film stars . comes to dislike after 's partner , , is fired due to 's testimony in the " Bloody Christmas " scandal . wants to torture the out - of - town criminal element who attempt to gain a foothold in Los Angeles when gangster is imprisoned for tax evasion . The " Nite Owl case " , a multiple homicide at a coffee shop , becomes personal to the police after is found to be one of the victims . 
 Sergeant is a narcotics detective who moonlights as a technical advisor on Badge of Honor , a popular TV police drama series . He is also providing , publisher of the Hush - Hush tabloid magazine , with tips about celebrity arrests that will attract more readers to Hudgens ' magazine . When becomes involved in ' scheme to set up actor in a homosexual tryst with L.A. district attorney , and is killed , becomes determined to find the killer . 
 Three African Americans are initially charged with the Nite Owl murders ; they are later killed in a shootout . Although the Nite Owl crime initially looks like a botched robbery , and individually investigate it to discover indications of corruption all around them . recognizes Nite Owl victim as one of ' escorts which leads him back to . He begins a relationship with , a look - alike prostitute . The body count rises when searches the crawl space under ' mother 's house , and finds the decomposed corpse of . 
 When approaches with the evidence he has found with , realizes his scheme to take over heroin empire is threatened . shoots , who utters " " before dying , the origin of which told in confidence . 's suspicions are aroused when asks him who is . During an interrogation of , arranges for to see photos of sleeping with , which sends into a rage . Confident that has gone after to kill him , kills . investigates and discovers and used to work closely with . drives to the police station and begins to fight , but is able to convince that is corrupt and has set them both up . The two decide to team together to take down . They are able to obtain evidence against by threatening , and later find murdered . and realize that himself has been taking over after , and the killings have been tying up loose ends . 
 and are set up with a trap against and his hitmen . After a gunfight that kills all the hitmen , shoots in the face , but then is forced to surrender to . As police arrive , shoots in the back , killing him . The LAPD cover up 's crimes and say he died a hero in the shootout to protect the department 's image , and in exchange bargains to also be hailed a hero and receives a medal for his bravery . Upon leaving City Hall , sees , who tells him she is returning home to Arizona with , revealing survived the shooting . and shake hands and drives off into the sunset .

Kevin Spacey, Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, James Cromwell, David Strathairn, Simon Baker

has his heart set on a bicycle in a store window , but does not think his parents will buy it for him . tells him if he signs up for football , he will get it on his birthday . He joins the football team and endures the practices , despite his disadvantage of being smaller than his teammates . is glad signed up for football , but the first game ends poorly when he passes the ball to a kid on the opposing team , whom he remembered as a friend from summer camp . On the first day of school five days later , and tell to drop off and pick him up for a few days because he has never ridden his bike there before . He has a kind teacher named Miss . After school , asks to come to the soda shop to see him flirt with . does not want the to follow them , so leaves him alone at the bike rack , telling him he will be back for him . 
 is polishing his bike when a teenaged boy comes over and asks if he can show him some cool bike tricks . He agrees and the boy shows him some tricks before riding off with the bike . Inside the soda shop , likes and not . When and come out of the shop and hear that the Beaver 's bike was stolen , they look for it , but can not find it . During dinner that night , the boys try to cover up the stolen bike . When hears this , he is upset with the Beaver , but angrier at because he was responsible for watching . In the boys ' bedroom , they get into a fight , which sends Beaver 's new computer flying out the window . grabs the wire and tries to pull it in , but the wire breaks , and it crashes into pieces . This results in completely losing all of his patience and grounding the boys . 
 skips football practice and studies , instead , and spends time with . She breaks up with him after reuniting with her ex - boyfriend , . catches up with the boy who stole his bike , who challenges him to climb into a gigantic coffee mug atop the local cafe , but when he does , the boy rides off again and he is stuck . The fire department and help get him down , whereupon realizes the Beaver may be under too much pressure . found out about him skipping football practice , but says he can quit the team , but he goes back to it . During the last game , he catches the ball and scores a touchdown . At the Mayfield Festival , he encounters the boy who stole his bike and chases him . trips the Beaver to help his little brother escape , and retaliates by pushing him into a tub of fudge ; is also put off by 's bullying and leaves him for . uses a concession stand to block the boy 's way , he ends up flying into a table of pies , slides down it , and gets his bike back . At home , sees him polishing it and he tells him that it would be safer if it stays in the house and he decides to read to the .

In 2096 , on a remote planet , the attempts to court a princess named , in a nefarious plot to become king of her home planet . The two agree to marry , with each partner planning to kill the other after the wedding night in order to enjoy the marriage benefits ( a peerage for the Leprechaun , the Leprechaun 's gold and jewels for the princess ) undisturbed . 
 A platoon of space marines arrive on the planet and kill the for interfering with mining operations . tried to steal gold but gets killed by leprechaun with a lightsaber . A grenade blows and kills the leprechaun but is still coming back . Gloating over the victory , one of the marines , , urinates on the Leprechaun 's body . Unbeknownst to , the 's spirit travels up his urine stream and into his penis , where his presence manifests as gonorrhea . The marines return to their ship with the injured , whom they plan to return to her homeworld in order to establish positive diplomatic relations . The ship 's commander , the cyborg Dr. , explains his plans to use 's regenerative DNA to recreate his own body , which was mutilated in a failed experiment . Elsewhere on the ship , the Leprechaun violently emerges from 's penis after he is aroused during a sexual act . The marines hunt the Leprechaun , who outsmarts them and kills most of the crew in gruesome and absurd ways . 
 While pursuing , the injects with a mixture of 's DNA and the remains of a blended scorpion and tarantula , before initiating the ship 's self - destruct mechanism . A surviving marine , , rushes to the bridge to defuse the self - destruct but is stopped by a password prompt . — now a grotesque monster calling himself " Mittenspider"—entangles in a giant web . Meanwhile , the other survivors confront the in the cargo bay , where they inadvertently cause him to transform into a giant after shooting him with Dr. 's experimental growth ray . 
 The ship 's biological officer , , escapes to the bridge and rescues by spraying with liquid nitrogen and shooting him . The only other surviving marine , , opens the airlock so the giant Leprechaun is sucked into space and explodes . joins the others at the helm and they deduce that the password is " Wizard " , since Dr. previously compared himself to . After stopping the self - destruct sequence , and kiss , while looks out the window to see the Leprechaun 's giant hand giving him the finger .

In Los Angeles , career - focused lawyer loves his son , but the constant lying he engages in for his career often cause problems between them and with his ex - wife , who has become involved with another man named . In court , is willing to exaggerate the stories of his clients , and his current client , the self - centered , money - grabbing has garnered the attention of Mr. , a partner at the law firm in which works . If wins this case , it will bring his firm a fortune and boost his career . calls and lies to about missing 's birthday due to work , when he is actually having sex with his boss , , in order to get a promotion . Dejected , makes a birthday wish that for one day his father can not tell a lie . The wish immediately comes true , and unwittingly tells he has " had better " sex . 
 The following day , immediately realizes that he is unable to do anything dishonest . He can not lie to people or even mislead by withholding a true answer , and often uncontrollably blurts out vulgar and painful truths that anger his co - workers . His car is impounded after admitting his many moving violations and unpaid parking tickets to a police officer . This comes to a head when he realizes that he is unable to even ask questions when he knows the answer will be a lie , which hinders them as and her affair partner are willing to commit perjury to win the high - profile case and he can not ask him the questions they have been given answers for . 
 Realizing that had wished for this to happen , tries to convince him that adults need to lie , but he can not give any type of answer as to why he should continue to lie to his son . also figures out that since wished for him to tell the truth for only one day , he tries to do what he can to delay 's case since the magic wish will expire at 8:15   p.m. , 24 hours after made the wish . Things only get worse for as he loses his loyal assistant after admitting he had lied about the miserly reasons for denying her pay raises and the " expensive " gifts he gave her , and tells that she and are moving to Boston with in order to prevent any more heartbreaks from 's broken promises . 
 's erratic behavior in court leads to several questions of his sanity as he objects to himself and badgers and provokes his own witnesses into admitting they had an affair against and her husband 's prenuptial agreement . He even goes so far as to beat himself up in a bathroom and claim that someone attacked him in order to try and avoid the case ( not strictly lying as he describes his attacker as a madman with a vague description that still matches him ) , but when asked if he feels like he can continue , he can not deny it and says yes . During the case , finds a technicality that lied about her age and was under 18 when she signed the prenup prior to her marriage , rendering it void and entitling her to half of Mr. 's estate , allowing him to win the case truthfully . However , when decides to contest full custody of their children , who Mr. dearly loves , just because she wants more money from the child support payments , regrets mentioning the technicality after seeing Mrs. pull the children out of their father 's arms , and shriek her demands for more money . Realizing now that winning the case has punished the loving husband and rewarded the cheating wife , has a crisis of conscience and shouts at the judge demanding that he reverse the decision , but he is arrested for contempt of court . He calls from the prison 's phone and begs her to bail him out and give him another chance , but she hangs up on him . 
 returns and bails from jail revealing she has forgiven him . Wanting to improve his relationship with his son as a more honest man , he rushes to the airport to stop and from leaving forever . He misses their flight , but sneaks onto the tarmac by hiding in a piece of luggage , steals a motorized staircase , and manages to gain the pilot 's attention by throwing his shoe at the cockpit window , forcing him to abort the flight . However , 's victory is cut short when he crashes into a barrier and is sent flying into a baggage tug , which causes a chain reaction that leaves unconscious and with both of his legs broken . After waking up , he tells how much he cares about him and how sorry he was for breaking his promises . Despite no longer being under the wish 's influence , means what he says and adds that is his priority , and convinces to stay in Los Angeles . 
 One year later , is healed and is running his own law firm with as his continued assistant . makes a wish with his birthday cake and the lights come on to reveal and kissing , but explains he wished for rollerblades instead of them reconciling . clutches his hands into " The Claw"—a game he likes to play with by chasing him — and chases him and around the house with it .

Jim Carrey, Justin Cooper, Maura Tierney, Cary Elwes, Jennifer Tilly, Amanda Donohoe

, a Los Angeles saxophonist , receives a message on the intercom of his house : " is dead . " During a break at a show one night , calls his home , but his wife does not answer . Arriving home later , finds her sleeping in their bed . The next morning , finds a VHS tape on their porch which contains a videotape of their house . After having sex one night , sees 's face as that of a pale old man , then tells of a dream he had about someone resembling her being attacked . As the days pass , more tapes arrive showing the interior of their house and even shots of the pair asleep in bed . and call the police but the detectives offer no assistance . 
 and then attend a party being thrown by her friend . At the party , the man dreamed about approaches , claiming to have met him before . The man then says he is at 's house at that very moment and even answers the house phone when calls it . learns from that the man is a friend of . Terrified , leaves the party and heads home with . The next morning , another tape arrives and watches it alone . To his horror , it shows him hovering over 's dismembered body . He is sentenced to death for her murder . While on death row , is plagued by headaches and visions of , a burning cabin in the desert and a strange man driving down a dark highway . 
 During a cell check , the prison guard finds that the man in 's cell is now , a young auto mechanic . is released into the care of his parents , who take him home and allude to – but never fully explain – his disappearance . is followed by two detectives who are trying to find out more about him . The next day , returns to work at the garage where gangster Mr. asks him to fix his car . Mr. takes for a drive , during which witnesses Mr. chase and beat down a tailgater . The next day , Mr. returns to the garage with his mistress , and his Cadillac for to repair . Later , returns to the garage alone and invites out for dinner . Soon , and begin an affair . fears that Mr. suspects them , and concocts a scheme to rob her friend and leave town . then reveals to that Mr. is actually an amateur porn producer named . 
 gets a phone call from Mr. and , which frightens so much that he decides to go along with 's plan . ambushes and accidentally kills him . notices a photograph showing and together , with claiming that she is the blonde woman in the photo . Later , when police are at the house investigating 's death , is inexplicably missing from the photo . 
 and arrive at an empty cabin in the desert , the same one had envisioned . The two start having sex , which ends with getting up and disappearing into the cabin . suddenly transforms back into . Upon searching the cabin , he meets the Mystery Man , who begins filming and chasing with a hand - held video camera , revealing himself to be responsible for the videotapes . escapes and drives to the Lost Highway Hotel , where he finds Mr. and having sex . After leaves , kidnaps Mr. , beats him and slits his throat . The Mystery Man then shoots Mr. dead and whispers something to . The Mystery Man disappears and drives off in Mr. 's car . drives to his old house , buzzes the intercom and says : " is dead . " When the two detectives drive up to the house , runs back to his car and drives off , with the detectives in pursuit . suddenly begins convulsing and screaming as his car speeds down the darkened highway .

Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Loggia, Robert Blake

( ) is a British writer who does n't use or understand anything modern . One day , he forgets his keys and locks himself out of his flat . It begins to rain , so he goes to see an movie but , instead , accidentally enters the wrong theatre and sees the teen flick Hotpants College II starring ( ) . He becomes instantly infatuated with 's beauty and obsessed with the young actor . He goes to his movies in the cinema , buys teen magazines and cuts out pictures of him , and buys a VCR and TV in order to play rented video tapes of his movies . He lets his housekeeper come into his office less and less , so that he can do these things undisturbed . 
 As his infatuation grows , it becomes obvious to those around him that is becoming increasingly disturbed , though they do n't know why . His friend and agent suggests that he take a holiday . 
 sets out to meet on Long Island , New York . He flies to Long Island and takes a train to 's home town where he takes a motel room for several weeks . He searches the town for - unsuccessfully at first - but finally spots 's girlfriend and follows her to the supermarket . rams his shopping cart into her to force an introduction and invents a story about his god - daughter , , being in love with . The girlfriend , ( ) , is seemingly glad to have found a fan - base for in England , and spends the day talking to . She then tells him that she and will invite him over at another time , and they can talk about 's career . 
 Eventually becomes a regular visitor at and 's house . is flattered by , and is able to stay longer in his presence by claiming that he will write a new script for , one that better suits his acting abilities . becomes suspicious of 's motives regarding , and she tells that she is taking to see her parents for an extended visit . is very upset , and in a last - ditch effort confronts and tells him how he feels about him . He says that many artists have had younger male lovers , and that should split up with because it is obvious to him ( ) that it wo n't last . rejects but seems genuinely concerned for him . The film ends with a screening of 's next film : another Hotpants College movie where he quotes at his mother 's funeral as written by . What happens to in the end is not shown .

After being sacked from his job at a museum , former security guard returns to the place with a shotgun and dynamite and takes his former boss Mrs. and a number of children ( at the museum on a school field trip ) as hostages . Local television journalist is in the museum using the restroom after an interview with the curator about financial difficulties . He becomes directly involved in the hostage situation , acting as 's intermediary to the outside world and the police . 
 accidentally shoots a friend of his , , who 's still working there as a security guard , sending him to the hospital . He later fires the weapon again , frightening the children and becoming increasingly unstable as he takes caffeine pills to stay awake . Along with the young intern coworker among the growing media circus outside , reports the inside story exclusively on television , reviving his career . By being free to come and go , he negotiates with a national network and its star news anchorman , , with whom has an unhappy history . 
 wants the police to let him return home to his wife and kids , refusing to accept that he 's going to jail . , on the other hand , makes a deal rather than let have the story , prompting to publicly accuse of prolonging the crisis and endangering the children . then betrays , proving that , like him , she 's willing to do whatever it takes to further her own career . 
 When his friend dies , starts to realize he 's lost everything . and allow the situation to worsen until the police finally have had enough , issuing a five - minute ultimatum to for release of the hostages . lets the children and Mrs. go . He also sends out to try to convince the police to put down their guns so he could personally usher out . But rather than face prison and his wife locks the museum doors on , who 's outside trying to get the police to listen . 
 tries to get him to come out , but ignores him . is unaware that has decided to set off his explosives , committing suicide . The blast knocks off his feet and into the parking lot , sending debris everywhere . As reporters surround to ask about , all he can say is , " We killed him , " referring to how the media handled the situation .

( ) is the host of a sleazy tabloid - style TV talk show who makes seem gentle by comparison . His show has become so foul that he 's alienated his not - especially - discriminating viewers , and his ratings are taking a nosedive . 
 ( ) , head of the network carrying his show , gives an ultimatum — he has a week to clean up the content and boost his ratings , or his show gets cancelled . 
 's producer , ( ) , comes up with an idea — ( ) is the governor of Georgia and a staunch conservative known for his attacks on the lowbrow content of 's show , so what better way to demonstrate that is trying to change his ways than having on as a guest ? 
 In order to persuade to appear , attends a reception at the Governor 's Mansion , where he makes the mistake of getting in a drunken game of strip poker with 's wife , ( ) , while somehow involving himself in a plot to blackmail the Governor . And the complications keep coming when 's son , , begins a romantic relationship with the Governor 's daughter .

SFPD Inspector ( ) is the best hostage negotiator in his department . He is called in to deal with a bank robber , ( ) , demanding a getaway vehicle and police escort . He manages to diffuse the situation , shooting non - fatally in the shoulder and rescuing his 17 hostages . 
 That night , accompanies his friend and former partner ( ) to the apartment of ( ) , a jewel thief involved in 's investigation . When questions about his involvement , stabs him to death and leaves his corpse inside an elevator for to find . Despite demanding to go after , Captain ( ) refuses to let him take the case due to the probable conflict - of - interest . resolves to bring to justice , but in the meanwhile must adjust to his new partner , SWAT sharpshooter ( ) . 
 and are called to a hostage situation at a downtown jewelry store , with as the hostage taker . When and see each other , the latter grabs a hostage and makes a getaway in a truck . and use ' car to pursue him . wrecks the truck , and boards a cable car , shooting the operator . and manage to stop the cable car , and chase into a parking garage , where they manage to apprehend him . 
 During visitation at the jail with his cousin ( ) , orders to kill as a way to seek revenge on . attacks at her department , but intervenes and chases down the fire escape , where the latter is struck killed by a passing car . An angry visits in jail and warns him to stay away from , showing him an autopsy picture of , which enrages . 
 The next morning , escapes from the jail and kidnaps , and into a confrontation at an abandoned shipyard . threatens to kill by decapitating her on the cutting machine she is pinned to if does n't follow his instructions . charges toward in a sports car , but is shot from a vantage point by , causing him to swerve and crash through the warehouse entrance . frees , while engages in a shootout where the latter is shot in the abdoman . tries to escape in 's truck , but fights for control of it and leaps out of the way as rams into a stack of explosive barrels and is killed in a massive explosion . 
 The movie ends with and relaxing on their vacation at a Tahitian beach resort .

In Manhattan , cockroaches are spreading the deadly " Strickler 's disease " that is claiming hundreds of the city 's children . Dr. ( ) , Deputy Director of the CDC , recruits entomologist Dr. ( ) , who uses genetic engineering to create what she calls the breed , a large insect that releases an enzyme which accelerates the roaches ' metabolism and causes them to starve to death faster than they can take in nourishment . The disease is successfully eradicated , and and later marry . 
 Three years later , a church reverend is chased and dragged underground by a strange assailant . The only witness is , the " special " ward of an immigrant subway shoe shiner named ( ) . Two kids later sell a " weird bug " from the subway to , which she performs tests on , and realizes is similar to the Judas breed . At first , she believes that this is impossible , since the specimens she released were all - female and designed with a lifespan of only a few months , ensuring that the breed would die off after a single generation . She consults with her mentor , Dr. ( ) , who autopsies a larger specimen found in the city 's sewage treatment plants , and finds that its organs are fully formed , meaning the Judas breed is not only alive , but has developed into a viable species , with a sizable colony underneath the city . 
 Looking for more valuable specimens , the kids go down the tracks where they find a large egg sac and are then killed by the same strange assailant . also enters the church to find " Mr. Funny Shoes " and is abducted . , his assistant ( ) and MTA officer ( ) enter the maintenance tunnels to investigate but and get separated from , who is then killed trying to find his way back up . encounters what appears to be a shadowy man in a trench coat on a train platform . As she approaches , it unfolds into an insect the size of a human being which has adapted to appear human . The creature abducts and carries her into the tunnels . also enters the tunnels in search of and comes across , whom he rescues along with and , and they barricade themselves inside a train car . 
 surmises that the breed 's accelerated metabolism has allowed it to reproduce at a similarly accelerated rate , and have managed to evolve over tens of thousands of generations within only three years , including developing the ability to mimic their human prey . The group formulates a plan to get the car moving : will switch the power on , and will switch the tracks . projects that the will spread throughout the tunnels and overrun the city unless they are able to kill the colony 's single fertile male . finds but is killed by the male , so goes in search of him but finds only . 's injured leg starts bleeding heavily , so he creates a diversion that allows the others to get away , before being killed . finds a dumbwaiter and puts and in it , but stays behind to destroy the breed for good . He is chased into a room where hundreds are nesting , and blows them all up by setting fire to a loose gas pipe , before diving underwater to safety . 
 The male escapes the blast and goes after but is distracted by , who lures it into the path of an oncoming train , where it is killed . The two succeed to the surface , where they are reunited with , who had assumed died in the blast .

Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Northam, Josh Brolin, Charles S. Dutton, Giancarlo Giannini, F. Murray Abraham

( ) is a small - time car wash hustler and ticket scalper who owes money to a local mob leader named ( ) . He gets dimed out to the police by an investigating news reporter named ( ) after unintentionally thwarting 's attempts to have him confess his crimes on camera , and is taken to jail . When placed on a prison transport unit , he is handcuffed to a French criminal named . The transport unit is attacked on a bridge , with mercenaries killing all the police officers and prisoners except for and ; the mercenaries are 's men , but since he is handcuffed to he decides to bring him for the moment , and they escape on a helicopter with another French criminal named . While on the helicopter , overhears the two discussing the location of a cache of stolen diamonds . then jumps out of the helicopter after realizing that and plan to kill him . While eating at a local diner , and 's mugshots are shown on the news as the two men who killed several police officers . Two other officers in the diner then recognize , and chase him into the street . He is able to elude them , and decides to call after seeing his face on an advertisement . 
 has just been fired from his job at Channel 12 News after arguing with his manager , but convinces to hide with him since the next week is Sweeps Week . He arranges to get his job back , but plans to keep hidden until the following Monday . Together they attend 's wedding rehearsal dinner , where meets 's fiancé ( ) , and somehow ingratiates himself to 's father ( ) and all the other guests by quoting and pretending to be son . In the meantime , two police detectives question 's girlfriend ( ) , and wiretap her phone . After calling , tries to leave , but realizes that the police are combing the city for him , and convinces to help him . The two rampage all over the city to find clues to clear 's name , including calling a bomb threat on a European nightclub , getting shot at by the police when they visit , and being chased by and , who murder a shopkeeper in the process , which eventually gets 's name involved and spread all over the news . The two visit 's childhood friend Aaron ( ) , a local arms dealer , who gives them guns and promises to help if they get in trouble . The following morning , convinces 's father , under false pretenses and still pretending to be , to take him to the auto expo where he overheard the Europeans had stashed the diamonds . and 's father get into a bidding war with and over the car with the diamonds inside , which ends with chaotically chasing across the city while kidnaps . 
 then calls using 's phone , and demands the return of his diamonds , or will die . Realizing that he has no chance on his own , calls the police detectives , , the French mercenaries , and , telling them all to meet him at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum . It is revealed that one of the detectives ( ) is a dirty cop working for . A massive shootout ensues in which both police detectives and and his crew are all wiped out . shows up with a henchman , an assault rifle , and an RPG , and proceeds to wipe out most of 's men , including . In the meantime , manages to escape from 's men , after placing several un - pinned grenades beneath his helicopter , ready to detonate if he tries to take off . He then reunites with , saving him from being shot by . However , when cornered once again , realizes the diamonds are not worth dying for , and throws them at 's remaining men , who drop their weapons and begin grabbing as many as they can . The police arrive in the meantime . realizes he 's lost and tries to escape in the helicopter . However , the grenades placed there earlier detonate as he lifts off the ground , killing . In the end both and are cleared and branded heroes . saves an unknown amount of the diamonds and puts one on a wedding ring he gives to , who marries with as his best man . 
 A recurring theme is the use of song You 're the First , the Last , My Everything ; sings along in his car during the opening credits , and he recites the entire first verse at the rehearsal dinner , replacing the pronouns to match up with and .

The evil Outworld emperor opens a portal to Earthrealm ( Earth ) and has resurrected his queen , Princess 's long - deceased mother . Earthrealm is therefore in danger of being absorbed into Outworld within six days , a fate which reigning Mortal Kombat champion and the other Earthrealm heroes must fight to prevent . When kills during a confrontation with the thunder god and Earthrealm protector , he and the remaining Earthrealm warriors must regroup and find a way to defeat . 
 An emotionally distraught enlists the help of her Special Forces partner , . Together they destroy Cyrax , and beats . and search for a Native American shaman named , who seemingly knows the key to defeating . and destroy the robotic ninja Smoke with the aid of Sub - Zero ( the originals films younger brother ) , but suddenly appears , attacks Sub - Zero , and kidnaps . 
 Meanwhile , meets with the Elder Gods and asks them why was allowed to break the tournament rules and force his way into Earthrealm , and how he can be stopped . The answers he receives are sparse and ambiguous ; one says that reuniting with her mother , , is the key to breaking 's hold on Earthrealm , but another Elder God insists that the defeat of himself is the solution . is then asked by the Elder Gods about his feelings and obligations towards the mortals , and what he would be willing to do to ensure their survival . 
 finds , who teaches him about the power of the Animality , a form of shapeshifting which utilizes the caster 's strengths and abilities . To achieve the mindset needed to acquire this power , must pass his tests . The first is a trial of his self - esteem and focus . The second comes in the form of temptation , which manifests itself in the form of , a mysterious warrior who attempts to seduce and offers her assistance after he resists her advances . accepts 's offer and takes her with him to the Elder Gods ' temple , where he and his friends are to meet . The third test is never revealed . 
 At the temple , the Earthrealm warriors reunite with a newly shorn , who reveals that he has sacrificed his immortality to freely fight alongside them . Together , they head for Outworld to rescue and reunite her with the undead in hopes of restoring her soul and closing the Outworld portal to Earth . With 's help , rescues , while the others find . However , remains under 's control and escapes during an ambush , while reveals herself to be a double agent sent by to disrupt the heroes ' plans . then reveals that is his brother , and that the former Elder is their father . He realizes that had lied to him and is supporting . With renewed purpose , and the Earthrealm warriors make their way to the final showdown with and his remaining generals and , along with . demands that submit to him and restore their broken family , at the expense of his mortal friends . refuses and is killed by an energy blast from . 
 After a hard fight , , , and emerge victorious over 's generals , but struggles with , and his Animality barely proves effective , exposing a cut to that proves he is now mortal . , who explains that these are the consequences for breaking the sacred rules , attempts to intervene and kill on 's behalf , but two of the Elder Gods arrive , having uncovered 's treachery . They declare that the fate of Earth shall be decided in Mortal Kombat . finally defeats , and is banished to the Netherrealm . Earthrealm reverts to its former state , and with 's hold over Sindel finally broken , she reunites with . is revived by the other Elder Gods , who bestow upon him his father 's former position . With everything right in the universe once again , the Earthrealm warriors return home .

In a restroom in the White House in Washington , D.C. , a janitor finds White House secretary ( ) dead . Metropolitan Police homicide Detective ( ) , whose apartment house is awaiting demolition in favor of a parking lot , is put on the case . At the White House , is introduced to U.S. Secret Service Director ( ) , U.S. National Security Advisor ( ) and Secret Service agent ( ) . assigns , a former Olympic gold - class sharpshooter , to keep an eye on . 
 Parallel to this , the White House has to deal with an impending international crisis : U.S. President ( ) has been trying to deal with a situation where Americans are being held hostage in North Korea , and some people — including several members of his inner circle , led by Vice President — think the President is not handling it the right way . Some people think should send troops to North Korea to rescue the hostages ; he does not want to start a potential 2nd Korean War , and is disgusted that a high - ranking military official says that the main reason to act decisively is to send a message to North Korea 's only ally , China . 
 White House janitor ( ) was apparently unaccounted for on the night of the murder and had once attempted to make a pass at ; he is arrested and questioned , but his testimony and a clearly set - up piece of evidence lead to suspect that the Secret Service may be involved . That night , finds his apartment burglarized ; the culprit escapes , and in a subsequent search , a hidden bug is found . 
 In a picture of , sees Secret Service agent ( ) , the Secret Service agent assigned to ( ) , the son of President and First Lady ( ) . Regis figures out that it was who had sex with on the night of the murder . At the dance club , Regis talks to a young woman who says that once bragged that he shared with his father . 's uncle 's company , Brookline Associates , is President 's leading East Coast fundraiser and Brookline also owns the apartment lived in . 
 Regis eventually discovers that once used to be 's bodyguard herself . When he confronts her , explains that one night , she heard noises coming from 's apartment , went in , and found beating up his girlfriend . The Secret Service covered up the beating for so he would not be arrested for assault and battery , and asked to be reassigned and was replaced by . This sparks 's suspicion that may actually be 's murderer . 
 confronts with his suspicions , who claims that he did not murder , but is able to provide a special piece of information : among the bookings she made , has supposedly also ordered a car - with the only hitch being that she had had no driver 's license . Later on , and discover that the most recent entries in 's appointment book were forged . With some clues left by , manages to find out that has withheld several surveillance video tapes from the night of the murder . goes to ' residence to question him , and is willing to show him the tape but is suddenly killed by a sniper . 
 and escape the gunfire with ' tape , and when it is played , they discover that is behind everything . Things get more difficult for them as the National Security Advisor has now framed the detective and the agent as traitors . wants to resign so ( ) can take over as President , because would not be afraid to send troops to North Korea to rescue the hostages , and believes that 's refusal to rescue the hostages by force makes unfit to be President . 
 , , and 's partner and friend ( ) enter the White House tunnels while still tries using fabricated evidence to blackmail into resigning as President . In the tunnels , the sniper who killed for pursues them and wounds , but manages to kill him . Pursued by the Secret Service , just barely manages to get in contact with the President and present him with the evidence of 's conspiracy . attempts to shoot the President , only for his shot to be intercepted by a handcuffed , and he is killed by the Secret Service . 
 and are brought to a hospital , where they recover from their injuries . In gratitude for his rescue , the President promises to look into the commission who bought Regis 's building .

( ) , a 27 - year - old New York City restaurant critic , receives a call from her lifelong friend ( ) . In college , the two made an agreement that if neither of them were married by the time they turned 28 , they would marry each other . Three weeks before her 28th birthday , tells her that in four days , he will marry ( ) , a 20 - year - old University of Chicago student from a wealthy family . 
 is disappointed that will marry someone whom she perceives as being so wrong for him , and someone he has known for such a short time . She realizes that she is in love with , and heads to Chicago , intent on sabotaging his wedding . Soon after arriving she meets , who asks her to be the maid of honor . This sets off a subplot in which must pretend to be the dutiful maid of honor while secretly scheming ways to prevent the wedding from happening . When trying on dresses , walks in on in her underwear as he tells her that she looks great , leaving her to think that she still has a chance to get him back . She also engages in petty sabotage — for example , taking and to a karaoke bar after discovering that is a terrible singer . 
 When these tactics fail , flies to Chicago to meet and persuades her to do the obvious : tell that she is in love with him . While at a tailor shop , convinces to tell her true feelings before it ’s too late . While she finally has the chance to tell him , she gets nervous and quickly tells him that she is engaged to to get him jealous . Speechless , is shocked about seeing with someone other than him . 
 Since did n’t tell the truth , tries to get back at her by embarrassing her . On the taxi ride to the church , he snuggles up to to make her uncomfortable in front of . At dinner he also decides to embarrass by telling everyone an exaggerated story of how they hypothetically became a couple , and sings “ I Say a Little Prayer ” as the whole restaurant joins in . 
 After leaves to catch his flight back home , tells the truth about her and not being together , and admits to being jealous , thinking they were really engaged . 
 Since it will be their last opportunity to spend time together before his new life as a married man , gets to go on a boat ride with him . He expresses some skepticism about marrying , explaining that he and do n't share a special song like he and do . discreetly gives the invitation to tell him she 's in love with him , but she lets the opportunity pass . starts singing their song , “ The Way You Look Tonight ” in her ear as he grabs and holds her while they dance one last time . 
 As the wedding date is approaching , becomes more desperate to win . She uses ’s father email account to forge a fake message to 's boss , and chooses to save it for later instead of deleting it — that way it will give the opportunity to continue on with school and cause to want to leave if he ca n’t have his dream job . 
 Realizing ’s father had sent out all of his emails , including the fake one wrote , she forces to go back to his job so she can get the letter before he finds it . Since the place was closed , and make their way back to the hotel . Unfortunately , already received the letter and causes a major fit , calling off the wedding , also leaving alone as he goes for a walk . 
 The next morning , the day of the wedding , tries to sabotage the situation further ; as and are not speaking to each other , they communicate through , not realizing she is trying to manipulate them into breaking up for good . In spite of this , and decide they do love each other and want to get married after all . Leaving to feel vulnerable , she and then take a walk during which she finally confesses her love to him . She asks him to marry her , and passionately kisses him . witnesses this , and runs off , but chases her while chases . 
 As is chasing after in a truck , she frantically calls explaining the situation , and makes it clear to her that is the one loves because he is chasing after her and not . finds at Chicago Union Station , where he is looking for , and confesses all to him . Despite his anger at her deception , forgives , and they split up to look for . then tracks down in the bathroom of Comiskey Park ( 's family has a private viewing box at the stadium ) . , rightly furious with , confronts her , while the other women watch , immediately siding with and are disgusted with 's dirty tactics . , however , apologizes and explains to that she kissed unexpectedly , but he did n't kiss her back because he was in love with . declares that has won , and that she accepts 's decision . and reconcile with each other while the witnesses applaud . 
 After the wedding , at the reception , gives a speech as 's “ best woman ” and tells him that he and can use their special song until they find one of their own , essentially acting like a true best friend . wishes them well , and she and share their goodbyes , both of them finally moving on with their lives . Later , is surprised by showing up at the wedding reception . The movie ends with the two of them happily sharing a dance together . 
 Parts of the movie are filmed inside the famous Drake Hotel on N. Michigan Ave & E. Walton in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago .

Advertising executive ( ) thinks his life is going very well , until he returns home from work and finds his wife ( ) apparently having an affair with another man . He deduces that the man is his boss , ( ) , after finding a pair of cufflinks in the kitchen . On the edge of a nervous breakdown , drives around the city until carjacker ( ) jumps into his car and attempts to rob him . Turning the tables on his mugger , kidnaps and drives him to the Arizona desert . After robs a gas station , the pair devise a scheme to rob in revenge for the affair . knows the combination to a safe in his office containing a large amount of cash , as well as the best time to enter , and where not to venture in the building . knows the weaknesses of the security system , how to avoid the cameras , and how to get through any electronic locks that they might encounter . 
 Another criminal duo , and ( and ) get blamed for the gas - station robbery and pursue the pair to Los Angeles . The duo ram 's truck off the road and hold them at gunpoint . After a brief confrontation , manages to disarm them , but accidentally shoots in the arm . They make their escape as takes Nick to his apartment so his wife can bandage his arm ; while there , peruses electrical engineering certification and a stack of rejection letters from employers . The next night , the pair execute their plan . During the robbery , damages his boss ' prize fertility statue and reveals himself to the security camera , taunting his boss about getting revenge . The pair prolongedly avoid a security guard ( ) and settle at a hotel . The situation worsens as and , who swiped 's business card and followed them from 's office to the hotel , hold up , steal the money and place T. in a trap for to deal with when he returns from the bar and from almost having sex with ( ) , a flower shop woman met earlier . 
 calls to confront her , but she explains he was wrong about the apparent affair . actually caught 's sister and her fiancee in bed when they came into town earlier than expected ; having never seen her sister before , mistook her for . 's cuff links were left over from a Christmas party and left them out for to return them to . Overcome with remorse , rescues from his precarious predicament and they catch up with and by chasing them into an alley . shoots the gun out of 's hand and they leave them tied up for the police . insists on returning the money back to the safe , assuring that nobody will bother to look at the tapes unless something is missing or damaged . , who had planned on using the money to move his family out of their troubled neighborhood , gets into a fight with and ends their partnership . decides to walk home , while drives home and reunites with as he tells her what happened to him . 
 Returning to his job , is told is reviewing the security tapes to investigate a burglar who vandalized his fertility statue . races to his boss ' office but he is too late to stop them , only to discover that the tape was recorded over right before the " burglar " removed his mask , and that a man identifying himself as an electrician was allowed into the building earlier in the day . 
 goes to see and confirms recorded over the tape , saving from losing the existence he himself was trying to escape . In return , convinces to hire an electrician responsible for the security system that was so easily bypassed and offers the job , which he happily accepts . 
 In the post - credit scene , a mailman shows up at the gas station in Arizona and returns the money that T. stole .

( ) is an alienated , 18 - year - old young man struggling with daily life , fluctuating romantic status with his bisexual , polyamorous girlfriend ( ) and conflicting feelings for a shy gay classmate , ( ) . The day starts off normally enough with meeting up with his friends which include the intelligent ( ) , , and her purple - haired , acid - tongued lesbian lover ( ) for breakfast at their local coffeehouse hangout , The Hole . Various mentions of a party at 's ( ) along with plans for a drug - fueled game of kick - the - can are made and the story segues into portions of the goings - on of the lives of other characters . 
 The story progresses towards the oft - mentioned party at 's house , a bacchanalian orgy of excess , drinking and drugs . Here the tone changes from the innocuous and normal beginning to seemingly hallucinatory visions and surrealistic visuals and events , before reaching a chaotic finale where some of the issues come to a head . and argue about her desire to have an open relationship and 's desire for commitment . 's younger brother ( ) and his girlfriend ( ) are ambushed by the Atari Gang on their way to 's house and their car , belonging to 's mother , is stolen while they are left helpless on the side of the road . 
 ( ) and ( ) , separately watching the same televangelist , ( ) , both decide the world is too messed up to live in and they commit suicide to reach heaven . ( ) receives word of his sister 's death and attempts to drown himself in a swimming pool , but is saved by diving in and pulling him out . 's drug dealer ( ) is beaten to death by ( ) for selling them cut drugs , and , covered in blood as a bystander , returns home . 
 – who claims that he escaped from aliens that had abducted him during the game of kick the can – comes to 's home . He appears at the window and asks if he can come in . and discuss their mutual attraction for one another and asks if he can spend the night . agrees but makes promise he will never leave him . After a momentary loving embrace , begins coughing uncontrollably . As shakes him to try to get him to stop , explodes in a shower of flesh and blood . A cockroach - like alien who had apparently been using him as a host , turns to and says , " I 'm outta here , " before crawling out the window , leaving covered in blood and staring at the audience .

( ) , the king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Ithaca , is called to service in the Trojan War after the birth of his son , much to the dismay of his wife Queen ( ) . is worried that he may not return , and tells that she should remarry by the time is a man if he does not return . The war lasts ten years , during which Greece 's best soldier , ( ) , is killed and the Greeks avenge him by using a giant horse to sneak inside and destroy the city of Troy . ( ) tries to warn the Trojans of a vision of this , but is suddenly devoured by a sea monster . On the way back , ' ego gets the best of him and he tells the gods that he did it himself , which angers ( voiced by ) so much that he promises to make ' journey home to Penelope nearly impossible , mentioning that it was he who sent the sea monster to devour . 
 and his men initially stop on an island dominated by one - eyed giants , the Cyclopes . A Cyclops named ( ) traps them in his cave intending to eat them , but gets him drunk on wine , causing him to pass out . Then , he sharpens a tree branch into a stake and blinds the Cyclops , allowing them to escape by hiding under sheep skins when he removes the heavy stone door . screams for help , but had tricked him into stating that his name was " Nobody " , so the is shouting that nobody has tricked him , arousing no suspicion . and his men escape , but taunts the Cyclops who asks his father to avenge him . This makes ' journey home harder . 
 travels to an island where ( ) provides him with a bag of wind to help him home , instructing him to open it when he gets close to Ithaca . One of his men opens it prematurely blowing them off course . Next , they stop at the island of ( ) , a beautiful witch , who turns his men into animals and blackmails him into sleeping with her . is told of 's magic by ( ) , who helps him avoid being transformed as well . tells him to go to the Underworld next , and only then does realize that he has actually been tricked by , who put a spell on him so he stayed on the island for five years instead of five days . digs his ship out of the sand and tide and sails to the Underworld . 
 Arriving at the Underworld , ( ) torments , recognizing his courage and wit , but criticizes his ego and foolishness . After sacrifices a goat into the River Styx , tells him that the only way home will take him past a treacherous isle where the monsters and live . As he is running in terror from the underworld , he meets his mother ( ) , who committed suicide due to the pain of losing her son . She informs him that back on Ithaca there are multiple suitors , including ( ) , vying with each other to marry for her money and power . 
 ' boat nears the isle of Scylla and . 's six serpentine heads wreak havoc on the crew , killing many . Everyone but is killed when creates a whirlpool and destroys his ship . arrives on the island where ( ) lives and becomes her prisoner . Meanwhile , ' now 15 - year - old son ( ) tries to find his father and is told by ( ) to travel to Sparta and seek out one of his former comrades that fought with him . When finds ( ) , one of ' comrades , he learns that he does n't know what happened to but believes him to be dead . 
 Two years later , arrives , telling to release , and she provides him with a raft to get to Ithaca . Another storm causes problems for as he calls out to . reminds about what he said the day he left Troy , and to remember his place as a mere mortal . The next morning , washes ashore and is found by some Phaeacians girls . With help from Phaeacian King ( ) , they help back to Ithaca . They deliver him at night while he is fast asleep , to a hidden harbor on Ithaca . Upon awakening the next morning , he finds himself on Ithaca where is reunited with . Using a peasant disguise provided by , meets up with where she decides to hold a contest to find the person who can string ' bow . After wins the contest , lifts his disguise and is assisted by in slaying and the suitors . Once the suitors are dead , reunites with .

Armand Assante, Isabella Rossellini, Greta Scacchi, Eric Roberts, Vanessa L. Williams

At the end of a World War between humans and robots , a nuclear bomb was detonated and a Dark Age begun , without technology or electricity . Soon later , the world has been cleared of humanity by the CDC , only the CDC 's cyborgs and robots remain . On the last day of the war between the human and the robot army , one of the robots , , is shot in his head by a dying soldier and his programming for the destruction of mankind is erased . Some time later , arrives at a destroyed city , where he encounters an unusual community of robots and roms ( newer and more advanced robots ) , who are in conflict . 
 He also finds there are two remaining peaceful robots - a former nanny who now works as a bartender and the head of a former teacher , whom the other robots use as a ball . helps The Head find a body and tells him about a rumored stock of hidden weapons . Both groups want these weapons in order to continue the destruction of the remaining humans . 
 Eventually , Omega gets the robots to promise to destroy the roms in exchange for half of the weapons ; but he also proposes the same deal to the roms . They end up fighting each other , ensuring their mutual destruction . Afterwards , he leaves the last two peaceful robots ( The Bartender and The Head ) and the one remaining rom in charge of the city and continues his wandering .

Everyman Mormon missionary , assigned with his mission partner to Los Angeles , finds the city to be a hostile and unenthusiastic place for their work . The problems worsen when they knock on the door of sleazy porn director and several security guards are sent to dispose of them . defeats all of them singlehandedly with a variety of martial arts skills . Impressed by his performance and bored of his current project 's lead actor , attempts to hire to be the title character and lead of his pornographic superhero film , Orgazmo . is conflicted because of his beliefs , but the salary offered would pay for a wedding in the temple in Utah where his fiancée has expressed a strong desire to we d. reluctantly accepts despite being given a sign from . 
 finds the crew of the film intimidating but manages to befriend co - star , a technical genius and graduate from MIT who works in the pornographic industry to satiate his overactive libido . He plays 's sidekick , who assists with specially designed sex toys , including 's signature weapon , the Orgazmorator , a ray gun that forces orgasm upon whomever it is fired . invites to his home later on and shows a real , working Orgazmorator has built , and he and spend an evening using it on unsuspecting citizens for amusement . 
 At a sushi bar owned by 's Japanese friend , the two witness a group of thugs vandalizing the bar in an attempt to force out G - Fresh so their dance club next door can expand . Later on , when and are not present , G - Fresh is coerced to leave . Upon finding this out , and don costumes and use their film props and the Orgazmorator to sneak into the club and steal back the contract G - Fresh was forced to sign . is agitated after nearly being shot in the head but is excited by finally getting to be a real superhero . 
 Orgazmo becomes an amazing success , both financially and critically , and withholds 's paycheck to keep him in town long enough to announce a sequel , and asks to reprise his role . Tempted with a doubled salary , is confronted by his fiancée who has found out what he has been doing and leaves him . Facing production difficulties and harassment from 's unsympathetic nephew , tries to back out of the project but refuses . When stands up to him , has kidnapped to force into agreement . When finds out the thugs who assaulted G - Fresh are also working for , he joins in storming ’s mansion before can be forced to perform in one of ’s films . 
 Fighting through 's group of henchmen , and meet their match in A - Cup . helps overcome a mental block from childhood that forced him to repress the Hamster Style discipline of martial arts , allowing to beat A - Cup . After repairing his damaged Orgazmorator , repeatedly shoots with it , incapacitating him and capturing all the henchmen . blows up the mansion with another device , the " Cock Rocket " , destroying 's base of operations . and reconcile and she gives him her blessing to remain in Los Angeles and continue being a hero alongside . 
 As the film ends , is seen in a doctor 's office being told that after so many orgasms in a row , his testicles have swollen to the size of oranges and that surgical removal is the only option . A now insane declares revenge on as he will now be the personification of A - Cup 's character and 's nemesis who is immune to the Orgazmorator : Neutered Man .

Trey Parker, Dian Bachar, Robyn Lynne Raab, Michael Dean Jacobs, Matt Stone

Compulsive gambler cons his brother - in - law , widower , whose wife was 's sister , into an all expenses - paid luxury Holland America Mexican cruise . The catch , which does not reveal to until the ship has left port , is that they are required to work as dance hosts . They must sleep in a cramped cabin in the bowels of the ship , and if they do not dance , they will get fired and have to pay nearly $ 3,000 ( later finds out it 's really over $ 5,000 ) for the cruise or get thrown off the ship . 
 Ruled over by tyrannical , control - freak cruise director ( " a song and dance man raised on a military base " ) , they do their best , despite 's not actually being able to dance . Each meets a lady of interest . One is the luscious heiress , whose wealth attracts every bit as much as the rest of her does even though her wealth is n't real . The other is lovely widow who was a successful book editor and who is under the impression that is really a doctor , not a dancer . came on board on the ship with her daughter and her newlywed husband to help her start dating again . After finally telling her the truth , soon finds himself quite attracted to , and eventually the feeling becomes mutual . However , is still very much in love with which conflicts his very growing feelings for , leading him to eventually stand her up on the day that they were supposed to view the rare solar eclipse together . does n't know that is broke and came onboard the ship to land a rich man . 
 decides against starting a new relationship with until reminds him that was his sister long before she was 's wife , emphasizing that would never want to spend the rest of his life completely alone and unhappy . 
 By the time literally drags ship owner Mrs. across the dance floor in clumsy yet surprisingly greatly pleases Mrs. . sets up Mrs. to meet in the latter 's room under difference circumstances that neither are true . He being told he 's about to get a big promotion and her thinking he 's romantically interested in her . This was set in motion to enable to continue his charade and he and spend the night together . During the eclipse , and propose to each other and make plans to get married immediately . 's mom is ecstatic to having landed a rich guy , yet has lost interest in how much money may have and is truly falling in love with him . However , , figuring out that was in his room busts him in front of and her mother who promptly dumps him and they decide to leave the cruise immediately . 
 They make their getaway with on a plane . and both realizing they are really in love with the women decide to go after them . Herb and are preparing to launch a lifeboat to get off the ship . finds them and finally stands up to him and tells him off . This sets off who goes on a total tirade as & leave , however Mrs. is there with two other dance hosts and hears him say disparaging remarks about her . She promptly fires him , calling him an asshole and giving his job to one of the other dance hosts . and find the plane trying to fly and call out to all to come back . They set off a flare that sees and reminds him of a story he told her . The plans lands and everyone tells the truth about everything . and still continue dating , but made some good money that he won on a poker game from a rich guy that he had originally tore up to impress and he later taped it back together . and are together as well . 
 End credits show bloopers and that is now just a dance host and is absolutely miserable .

( ) is struggling in the advertising business in New York City : she can not move forward despite her talent . Her boss , Mr. ( ) , passes her up for a promotion because she is " not stable enough " . Her co - worker , ( ) , invents a story claiming is engaged to ( ) , a freelance videographer who lives in Massachusetts , with whom had her picture taken during a friend 's wedding 
 All seems to work out well for and she got her promotion . After saves a little girl from a fire and winds up in the news , is forced to bring her alleged fiancé to dinner with and his wife . She asks to " break up " with her . , who already likes , complies to please . Meanwhile , ( ) , a colleague that had always wanted , takes notice of her . They have sex twice . 
 As and get to know each other , she starts to like him . The night of the dinner arrives and and are prepared for their " big fight " . But , tries to suppress the " fight " by complimenting her and expressing the desire for a future with . However , just wants the " fight " to happen . At the dinner table , tries to drive into a fight but it does n't work . She pays a restaurant employee to call her number and tries to make it seem like is having an affair with an ex - girlfriend . At first is a bit lost but figures it out and finally plays along . 
 After a week , feeling guilty , admits to ( and several co - workers ) her cover - up , stating that she was dressing for the job she wanted , repeating a line that had used on her earlier regarding her instability . pays a visit to 's office , where she tells him she 's quitting . counters by admitting to her how he exaggerated his own past at one point in his life , as well as suggests she take a few days off to go to Massachusetts and patch things up with . let her keep her job as an ad exec . 
 walks in while is recording a wedding and he rebuffs her attempts to patch things up until she humiliates herself in front of the soon - to - be - married couple , as did in front of her boss earlier . Satisfied that the playing field has been leveled , he invites her to the wedding reception as his guest . They make up after accepts .

plays , a surgeon who has his medical license revoked after operating under the influence of amphetamines and opiates . 's character , a crime lord named , happens upon him in a bar where saves someone 's life with an emergency procedure to inflate a collapsed lung . hires as his personal physician , patching up his accomplices when they can not go to a hospital , and tending to the crime boss and his girlfriend , ( ) . In the final act of the film , and become involved , and he must face up to conflicting loyalties to , , and the FBI agent who has blackmailed him into being an informant .

, a Coos Bay , Oregon student , is too small to play most sports but becomes a talented distance runner . He enrolls at the University of Oregon in 1969 , and meets fellow Oregon Ducks track and field athletes and . With coaches and , " " wins three national cross - country championships and four consecutive 5,000 - meter runs , breaking the U.S. record in the latter . gains fame as an aggressive runner who likes to be out front from the start , rather than biding his time until a strong finish . 
 accompanies other top American runners including and to the 1972 Munich Olympics , where they witness the terrorist attacks of the Munich Massacre which interrupt and almost cancel the games . In the 5,000 - meter , after leading with only 150 meters to go , three different runners including the winner , Finland 's , pass and he does not win a medal . 
 After his college career ends , prepares for a rematch with at the 1976 Montreal Olympics . The strict amateurism rules of American non - collegiate sports force to turn down a lucrative offer to become a professional runner , instead working as a bartender while living in a trailer home . He becomes an activist to help American athletes compete against better - funded international rivals . On May 30 , 1975 , after drinking alcohol at a post - meet party , is killed when his MG convertible flips while driving . After his death , the Amateur Sports Act of 1978 gives athletes more control over their sports ' governance .

Wealthy American businessman ( ) is on a business trip to China attempting to put together a satellite communications deal as part of a joint venture with the Chinese government . Before the deal can be finalized , is framed for the murder of a powerful Chinese general 's daughter , and the satellite contract is instead awarded to 's competitor , ( ) . 's court - appointed lawyer , ( ) , initially does not believe his claims of innocence , but the pair gradually unearth evidence that not only vindicates , but implicates powerful figures within the Chinese central government administration , exposing undeniable conspiracy and corruption . manages to convince several high - ranking Chinese officials to release evidence that proves 's innocence . is quickly released from prison while the conspirators responsible for framing him are arrested . At the airport , asks to leave China with him , but she decides to stay , as the case has opened her eyes to the injustices rife throughout China . She does admit , however , that meeting has changed her life , and she now considers him a part of her family . They both share a heartfelt hug on the airport runway , before departs for America .

and are two friends living together in a beachfront apartment in Los Angeles , California . works as a cashier in the service department of a Jaguar dealership ; is unemployed . They are both single and unambitious and enjoy the LA lifestyle . encounters former high school classmate , , who informs about their upcoming 10 - year high school reunion back in Tucson , Arizona . 
 At first excited at the prospect of attending , then has the realization that they will not be able to make a good impression at the reunion . Desperate to impress their former classmates , and make last - ditch attempts to improve themselves to avoid the bullying they endured , mostly at the hands of the " A - Group " , led by cheerleader . 
 In a series of flashbacks from 1987 , and 's suffering is revealed ; attached magnets to 's back brace and once took a bite out of the burger was eating . humiliated them once again at the prom , telling that her handsome jock boyfriend , , was in love with and has now broken up with to be with her . tells to wait for a dance with . and then ride away together , unbeknownst to , who patiently waits all night long at the dance for . In tears , then dances with in a depressed state . 
 Failing in their attempts to get jobs and boyfriends , and decide to simply pretend they have been much more successful by showing up in an expensive car and business suits . obtains a nice car from the Jaguar dealership , and makes their outfits . 
 On the way to the reunion after making the realization they had not thought of what kind of business women they were , they decide to claim that they invented Post - it notes , reasoning that their true origins are obscure . wants to state it was her idea to invent Post - Its and 's main contribution was deciding they should be yellow , which takes as an insult to her intelligence . This leads to a further argument about who 's the cuter of the two . The argument results in their decision to go their separate ways once they reach their destination . 
 When they arrive , hears saying that she invented Post - its all by herself . convinces the A - Group girls that she invented a special kind of glue , explaining the glue 's complicated formula in great detail . , the nerd who had a crush on in high school , turns out to be incredibly wealthy and gorgeous and hits on , while and reunite and hit it off . Both and win awards as the most successful members of their graduating class . Though still refusing to speak with each other , they look back at each other with longing . 
 Seventy years later , an elderly learns that is on her deathbed , so she calls her to make amends . However , they rehash the same argument . dies , flipping her the bird , and they never get a chance to resolve their issues . 
 wakes up alone in the car in the present day , disturbed by the previous dream sequence . At the reunion , has begun to spread her story . disrupts their lie by revealing the real name of the person who did in fact invent Post - It notes ( something learned in business school ) . The A - Group girls begin a vicious verbal attack on . ineptly defends her . further humiliates the two in front of everyone by revealing 's lie ; runs out , with chasing after her . 
 then tells that she genuinely thought that their lives were wonderful just the way they were , before said that they were not good enough . also says that they should not care what everyone else thinks . They change into fun , stylish outfits they 've designed , and return to the reunion , determined to have some fun at any cost . 
 They confront about her bullying . says she no longer cares about because is just " a bad person with an ugly heart " . makes fun of their clothes ; former classmate , an ex - member of the A - Group who has since become a fashion editor for Vogue , sees things differently , and announces that the outfits are actually very well made and overall " not bad " . begins to attack , but coolly dismisses her in front of the crowd that has gathered to watch . The other A - Group girls defect and is left by herself , while everyone else makes their way over to congratulate and . apologizes to and and tells them that the two of them had actually made her unhappy in high school , for she had been in love with . and then make her feel better by saying that she too had the luxury of making someone miserable , referencing former classmate and reunion committee head , to whom was always cruel in high school . 
 then arrives via helicopter , and turns out to be a billionaire who made his fortune from inventing a special shoe rubber . He goes over to talk to and . tells that he must be the most successful person in their class ; responds that despite all the wealth and success he has , the one thing he does n't have is her , and asks her to dance with him . agrees , so long as can dance with them too . 
 After an interpretive dance to " Time After Time " that receives huge applause , escorts them to his helicopter . 
 walks out , not interested in the new . While smoking , she encounters a mysterious classmate dressed as a cowboy . remembers that in high school , he would often offer her a light by silently flicking lit cigarette butts at her . This time , demands that he talk to her . The cowboy lights her cigarette with a lighter and apologizes for his previous behavior , stating that he had suffered from a speech impediment in high school . 
 and leave with . On their way out , they encounter , who is now 's husband ; he is now an alcoholic , with a dead end job , overweight , living a miserable life with , and unsure if he 's the father of her latest pregnancy . When he propositions , she tells him to go up to his hotel room , get undressed , and wait for her . He excitedly shuffles off ; laughs , having finally settled the score with . They board the helicopter and see down below amongst some bushes , making out with the cowboy . 
 Six months later , back in Los Angeles , and use money loaned to them by to open their own fashion boutique . has stayed in touch and has become friends with the girls , shopping in their store ( and finally getting an outfit that 's not all black ) .

is a mysterious World War I veteran who is scouting out land to buy . He comes to the town of Rosewood , a small predominantly black town in Florida . Rosewood is home to the , an upwardly mobile black family , helmed by Aunt and her proud , headstrong son , . soon meets , 's younger sister and the two quickly fall in love . 
 Aunt works as a housekeeper for and his wife , , a white couple who live in the neighboring town of Sumter . , who has a history of cuckolding her husband , has a rendezvous with her lover while her husband is at work . argues with her lover , who ends up beating her . Aunt and her granddaughter , , overhear the argument and subsequent beating but do not intervene . A distraught , despairing of explaining her injuries to her husband , leaves her house and calls for help . She then tells several townspeople that she has been attacked by a black man . The white residents readily believe 's claim . Hearing of an escaped black convict , a posse from Sumner and nearby towns go to Rosewood to investigate . The black residents of Rosewood quickly become targeted by a white mob , including men from out of state and members of the Ku Klux Klan . 
 As a stranger , is afraid of being accused and subsequently lynched . He plans to leave town over the protests of several Rosewood residents who have met in church to discuss plans to defend their community . Outside the church , clashes with , the owner of a general store , one of the few white residents of Rosewood . is also engaging in a torrid extramarital affair with , a black woman . then leaves . 
 When the posse arrives at the home , Aunt attempts to placate the angry crowd . However , when she announces that attacker had been a white man , someone in the crowd shoots her . She subsequently dies of her injuries . The posse comes and shoots and kills them . After Aunt 's murder , the posse launches an outright assault on Rosewood . is on his way out of town when he witnesses the lynching of , the blacksmith . Changing his mind about leaving , returns to Rosewood to fight alongside the residents . Some white men who live in Rosewood help black Rosewood residents escape . Railroad conductors smuggled people out of town on trains . asks the train conductors to pick up the women and children while his wife hides several other African - Americans in their home . Other whites attempt to squelch the rising violence with little success . 
 The posse swells in number . Believing that held information about the escaped convict , they seek him out . After making an unsuccessful attempt to intervene on ' behalf , reluctantly allows Sheriff take into custody because the officer said he only wanted to question him . When says he does n't have any information , he is immediately shot by one of the mob . gets upset and the mob accuses him of being soft on blacks . 
 The violence escalates and spills out into neighboring towns . But when the posse get to the border of Alachua County , a group of armed white men block the roads and turn them back . Surviving members of the family eventually escape . and finally share a kiss before departs with . The two plan to meet up later . After the violence eventually dies down , confronts , telling her that " they have n't caught your nigger yet . " Realizing that has lied to him about the true cause of her injuries and had affairs with other men , beats her . Officially the death toll was eight people total , two whites and six blacks . Other accounts by survivors and several African - American newspapers were of a higher toll .

Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle, Bruce McGill, Loren Dean, Esther Rolle, Elise Neal

While attending a preview of the film Stab , a film within a film based on the murders , Windsor College seniors and ( and ) are murdered by . is stabbed through the ear in a bathroom stall while trying to eavesdrop on strange whimpering noises . The killer , wearing a costume , then returns to the screening and fatally stabs . At first the audience believes the act to be a publicity stunt until she falls dead in front of the cinema screen . 
 The following day , the news media , including local journalist ( ) , descend on Windsor College where ( ) now studies alongside her best friend ( ) and her new boyfriend ( ) , fellow Woodsboro survivor ( ) , and 's best friend ( ) . Two other Woodsboro survivors arrive at the campus : officer ( ) to help , and reporter ( ) to cover the case . tries to stage a confrontation between and ( ) , who is attempting to gain fame from his exoneration for the murder of 's mother , . After forcibly confronts with , angrily hits . 
 Later that evening , goes to a party with . At a sorority house , murders fellow student ( ) . After all the partygoers leave , the killer then crashes the party and attacks , though intervenes . The killer injures but and the police arrive , prompting the killer to flee . The next morning , discusses the case with the police . Upon realizing that 's real name is , she concludes that the killer is a copycat who targets students who share the same names as the Woodsboro murder victims . 
 That afternoon , while is talking to and on the campus lawn , she receives a call from hinting that he is watching them . They search for him , but , who tries to keep the killer on the phone , is dragged into 's broadcast van and is murdered by . , , and 's cameraman see blood coming from the van and find 's dead body inside . As night falls , and review the tape of killing hoping to find some clues but the killer attacks them and seemingly kills . hides and eventually escapes . 
 In the wake of the escalating murders , two officers drive and to a local police station , but the killer murders the officers . In the ensuing struggle , is knocked unconscious . After they climb out of the car , insists on unmasking him , while insists they escape . When walks back to the car , she sees that has escaped , who then stabs to death , forcing to flee . 
 goes back to the campus and finds in the auditorium tied to a crucifix , his mouth gagged with duct tape . Once unties him , she is confronted by , who reveals himself as and tells that is his partner . desperately tries to persuade that he is innocent and while is deciding who is telling the truth , kills . details his plan to become famous in the ensuing trial and media spectacle . He then announces his real partner , , who arrives holding at gunpoint . discovers that is actually mother , seeking revenge for her son 's death . explains that they met online and that Mrs. agreed to pay for 's tuition fee while does the actual killing . Mrs. betrays and shoots him , as she plans to blame the murders on . Before he collapses , accidentally shoots , causing her to fall off the stage . 
 and Mrs. fight , until intervenes and eventually shoots Mrs. in the throat . As they debate whether or not she is dead , they find still alive . suddenly jumps to his feet , trying to attack them , only to be shot by and in the head . then shoots Mrs. in the head to confirm her death . When the police arrive the next morning , finds badly injured but still alive and accompanies him to the hospital . instructs the press to direct questions to , rewarding him with the fame he has been chasing while removing the attention from herself as she leaves the university campus .

David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Omar Epps, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Laurie Metcalf, Jerry O'Connell, Timothy Olyphant, Jada Pinkett

The film begins on February 26 , 1995 , with American Tejano music singer ( ) performing to a sold out concert at the Astrodome in Houston , Texas . Flashing back to Corpus Christi , Texas in 1961 , a young ( ) and his band , Los Dinos , are rejected for an audition by the restaurant owner due to their Mexican - American ancestry . Crushed , gives up his music career . 
 In 1981 , is now married to ( ) and has three children , ( ) , ( ) , and . One day finds her father playing music and sings along . Enchanted by his daughter 's talent , decides to start a band with as lead vocalist , on bass , and on drums , despite 's protests that " girls do n't play drums " . The band , Selena y Los Dinos , performs often at the Mexican restaurant the family opens , and receive a positive reception from the diners . Eventually , the business goes bankrupt , and the family moves to Corpus Christi . 
 The actions moves ahead to 1989 , where Selena y Los Dinos are playing a concert at a fair . is shocked when peels off her jacket and performs in a beaded bra . He confronts on the band 's bus , but she points out that her mother helped her make it , and that other fashionable female musicians such as and are wearing bustiers too . relents , and begins to design more and more of her band 's attire . 
 When the band needs a new guitarist , recommends ( ) , and auditions him to his father . is hesitant to hire because of his tough - guy , heavy metal image , but points out that " It 's just musician stuff " . agrees to hire if he will cut his hair . restyles his hair with 's help and joins the band . The touring band stops off at a roadside diner , where hears a radio announcement that " Como la Flor " has reached number one on the music charts ; the band and family celebrate when returns with the news . and begin to have romantic feelings for each other . 's mother is supportive , but angrily fires when he finds them hugging on the tour bus . tearfully objects , but a furious threatens to disband the group if she continues to see him . 
 and continue to see each other behind 's back . gets tired of having to hide their love , and goes to ' hotel room . She persuades him to elope , saying it 's the only way her father will ever leave them alone . They marry secretly on April 2 , 1992 . The happy couple rides home in 's convertible , but a radio station announces their marriage and plays " Como La Flor " in celebration . and decide to hide out for a day so will have time to cool off . goes home to explain to her father , and agrees to accept their relationship . The welcome to their family and rehire him to the band . 
 plays a concert in San Antonio , watched by executives from her Latin music label . The producers talk to about her soaring popularity and phenomenal record sales , and ask if she 's ready to crossover into the English - speaking market . 
 In January 1994 , decides to fulfill another of her dreams and opens Selena Etc . , a clothing boutique that will feature her designs , and hires ( ) , the president of her fan club , as boutique manager . Later , is thrilled to win the Grammy Award for Best Mexican American Album . 
 Back home , learns from her father that has been embezzling funds from the fan club . On March 9 , 1995 , and her father , along with , confront about the missing funds at a meeting . denies this and says she would never take anything from . , angry and hurt by the betrayal , asks how she could do this to her , and to her fans . pleads for time to return the boutique 's financial records and claims she can prove that she has done nothing wrong . and discuss the prospect of starting their family when the crossover tour is finished . The future seems bright with promise . 
 On March 31 , after an argument over the missing financial documents , is murdered by at a Corpus Christi motel . is arrested after a nine - and - a - half - hour standoff with the police . As 's family , friends , and fans mourn her death , a montage of the real photographs and videos play during a candlelight vigil , and the film ends with a freeze - frame of a smiling .

Austrian mountaineers ( Pitt ) and ( Thewlis ) are part of a team attempting to summit Nanga Parbat in British India ( present - day part of Pakistan ) . When World War II begins in 1939 , they are arrested by British Indian authorities and imprisoned in a POW camp in Dehradun in the Himalayan foothills , in the present - day Indian state of Uttarakhand . 's pregnant wife , , sends him divorce papers from Austria . 
 In 1944 , and escape the prison and cross into Tibet . After being initially rejected by the isolated nation , they manage to travel in disguise to the Tibetan capital city of Lhasa . There , they become the house guests of Tibetan diplomat ( ) . The Tibetan senior official ( ) also extends friendship to the two foreigners with gifts of custom - made Western suits . falls in love with the tailor , , and marries her . 
 In 1945 , plans to return to Austria . However , he receives a cold letter from his son , rejecting as his father , and this deters him from leaving Tibet . Soon afterwards , is invited to the Potala Palace and becomes the 14th Dalai Lama 's tutor in world geography , science , and Western culture . 
 Meanwhile , political relations with China sour as they make plans to invade Tibet . leads the Tibetan army at the border town of Chamdo to halt the advancing People 's Liberation Army . However , ends up surrendering and blows up the Tibetan ammunition dump after the one - sided Battle of Chamdo . 
 During the treaty signing , tells that if had not destroyed the weapons supply , the Tibetan guerrillas could have held the mountain passes long enough to appeal to other nations for help . As the Chinese occupy Tibet , condemns for betraying his country , declaring their friendship over . further shames the senior official by returning the jacket that gave him as a present , which is a grave insult in Tibetan culture . 
 tries to convince the Dalai Lama to flee , but he refuses ; not wanting to abandon his people . The Dalai Lama encourages to return to Austria and be a father to his son . After the coronation ceremony , in which the Dalai Lama is formally enthroned as the spiritual and temporal leader of Tibet , returns to Austria in 1951 . 
 's son refuses to meet him at first , but leaves a music box that the Dalai Lama gave him and this piques 's interest . Years later , and ( now a teenager ) are seen mountain - climbing together , suggesting they have mended their relationship at the end of the film .

Set in Washington , this film documents an attempted power grab by White House Chief of Staff ( ) . ( ) is a special aide to the President of the United States ( ) who finds out about a plot to assassinate the President from a former professor ( ) . 's old professor is murdered shortly thereafter and is left to try to uncover the conspiracy on his own . He recruits his journalist friend ( ) to help him uncover the mystery and stop the assassination .

Charlie Sheen, Donald Sutherland, Linda Hamilton, Sam Waterston, Stephen Lang, Ben Gazzara

unruly wife drinks and smokes to excess , even though she is pregnant . has troubles of his own , disappearing for days at a time . When she is physically and sexually assaulted by , a neighbor , it is more than can handle . He shoots someone and lands in a psychiatric hospital . 
 Ten years go by . finally returns , only to find is now a clean , sober , solid citizen , married to a new man , , and a mother of three children , one of whom is 's own daughter . 's return complicates and endangers all of their lives .

Soul Food is told through the eyes of 11 - year - old ( ) , following the trials of the family , a close - knit Chicago family that gets together to have Sunday dinner every week , with plenty of soul food to go around . Mother ( Big Mama ) ( ) has three daughters , who each have had varying success in life : oldest daughter ( ) has become a successful lawyer , but has a strained relationship with younger sister ( ) who stole and eventually married 's former boyfriend , ( ) . is currently married to ( ) , a lawyer who quit his job to pursue his dream of being an R&B musician , which does n't support . Youngest daughter ( Long)—nicknamed " Bird"—has just opened a barbershop / beauty parlor and is married to ( ) , an ex - convict . 
 Life becomes complicated when Mother , the diabetic but wise and caring matriarch of the family and the glue that holds it together , suffers a debilitating stroke during an operation to amputate her leg . She slips into a coma , dying shortly after sharing a last word of advice with when she awakens five weeks later . Without her guidance , the family begins to fall apart . takes in her troubled cousin ( ) , who bonds with over a love of the arts . The two have an affair and are caught having sex by , which later leads to a near - violent confrontation at and 's 11th wedding anniversary party when she furiously comes after the two with a butcher knife . Meanwhile , can not find a job due to his criminal record , so makes an uneasy deal with her former boyfriend , ( ) , to get a job . This creates tension between and when he finds out and in one of their arguments , overhears and mistakenly believes was physically threatening her sister , to which hires her cousin to teach a lesson . However , when the two men get into a fight that ends with pulling out a gun , the police become involved . This results in being arrested on two crimes : assault and unlawful weapon possession charges . Realizing her mistake , calls in a few favors to have released and she apologizes to . By contrast , and 's relationship remains stable and they have their third child at the start of the film . However , they constantly call on to pay for things for the family without paying the money back , which causes even more tension between the two oldest sisters . 
 , and 's oldest child , becomes worried about the state of his extended family and conspires to find a way to bring them all back together by telling his relatives about a stash of money that Big Mama had hidden away some time ago , but everyone dismisses him , believing it to be a myth . However , manages to get everyone together for another Sunday dinner by promising them the whereabouts of the money . The dinner is uneasy as everyone starts to confront their issues and soon enough , thanks to mentioning something about the money , they realize there is no money . chastises her son for lying , but says tearfully that it was the only way to get everyone back together again , citing it was 's dying wish . As is comforting her son , the kitchen accidentally catches on fire due to leaving a towel too close to the burner and they all work together to try and to put it out . When they put the fire out , Uncle Pete(John ) , Big Mama 's brother who had n't left his room in what says is " something like ten years now , " comes down with his television and drops it to reveal the money that Big Mama had hidden away . Things start to go well for the family . still comes by for Sunday dinner even though he and are divorcing , has also decided not to sell her mother 's house , and are expecting their first child , is finally becoming part of the family again and Uncle starts to join the family .

is a Force Reconnaissance Marine Colonel and Black Ops operative . , the head of the covert government agency for which works , assigns him to infiltrate a biochemical weapons plant in North Korea . Unknown to , has ordered his top assassin to murder him while he is on the mission . After dies , he is set on fire by and the flames cause the plant to explode . arrives in Hell , where one of the rulers of Hell - Malebolgia - offers him a Faustian deal : if becomes his eternal servant and leader of his army in Armageddon , he will be able to return to Earth to see his fiancée , . accepts the offer and returns to Earth . 
 Upon his return , learns that five years have passed since his death . is now married to his best friend , who is living as the father to 's daughter . Soon encounters a clown - like demon named , sent by , who acts as 's guide down the path to evil . He also meets a mysterious old man named , a fellow Hellspawn , who has successfully freed his soul and now fights for Heaven . learns that , who is now a weapons dealer , has developed a biological weapon called Heat 16 . During a reception , attacks Wynn , kills , and escapes with the help of his necroplasm armor . 
 Following the attack by , convinces to have a device attached to his heart that will release Heat 16 worldwide if his vital signs flatline as a deterrent against assassination attempts . However , wants to kill and initiate the apocalypse . Spawn confronts , who turns into his demonic form and beats down . rescues and teaches him how to use his necroplasm armor . learns that and are going to kill , , and . 
 sends an email incriminating to a fellow newsman . Just as the email is sent , and enter the room . destroys 's computer and takes the family hostage . arrives and nearly kills , but extracts the device from 's body instead and destroys it . With his plan foiled , sends and to Hell , where they both battle the demon before subduing him . is then confronted by , who tells that he will never lead Hell 's army . escapes with just before they are overwhelmed by 's forces . , having recovered , follows them . A final battle ensues , ending with decapitating the demon with his chains . 's head taunts the group and threatens his return before melting and returning to Hell . is arrested , and , realizing there is no place for him in 's world anymore , dedicates himself to justice rather than succumbing to his lust for vengeance .

Michael Jai White, John Leguizamo, Martin Sheen, Theresa Randle, Nicol Williamson, D. B. Sweeney

is on a motorcycle chasing a vehicle with stolen goods . After he catches the driver of the vehicle , his girlfriend runs into him during her driving test . She finds out that is on the SWAT team after he lied and told her he was a beach officer . As an apology , surprises her with a Caribbean cruise on Seabourn Legend . 
 Aboard the ship , passenger hacks into the ship 's computer system , and the following evening , he destroys the ship 's communication systems and kills the captain . After remotely shutting down the ship 's engines , calls the bridge to tell the first officer , , that the captain is dead and he is in charge . is ordered by to evacuate the ship . steals jewelry from the ship 's vault . As passengers evacuate , , a young deaf girl , becomes trapped in an elevator , and a group of people become trapped behind locked fire doors in a hallway filling with smoke . As and attempt to board the last lifeboat , programs the ship to continue sailing . The winch lowering the lifeboat jams . jumps into the boat to rescue the passengers who are falling off , and and use the ship 's gangplank to get them back on deck . 
 realizes is controlling the ship . Armed with skeet guns , he goes with to 's cabin . remotely detonates explosives inside the room . and , the ship 's photographer , notice the people trapped behind the fire doors , and uses a chainsaw to cut the door open and let them out . Meanwhile , orders the navigator , , to flood the ship and slow it down by opening the ballast doors . As the ship floods , sees on a monitor after she climbs out of the elevator , and runs to save her . notices leaving the vault and holds him at gunpoint , but he escapes by closing the fire door in front of him . Using the ship 's intercom , explains that he designed the ship 's autopilot system and is taking revenge against the cruise line after being fired when he got sick from copper poisoning . again escapes from by attaching a grenade to a door . 
 The crew notice that has set the ship to crash into an oil tanker off the coast of Saint Martin . decides to stop the ship by diving underneath it and jamming the propeller with a steel cable . realizes is trying to stop the ship , so he jams the cable winch while is underwater , causing it to break off the ship and free the cable . takes hostage and escapes with her on a boat from the ship 's stern . 
 To avoid collision with the oil tanker , and go into the ship 's bilge and use the bow thrusters to turn it . The ship screeches down the side of the tanker , but manages to withstand the damage , and heads straight into a marina . It then crashes into a Saint Martin town and eventually stops . Alex jumps off to rescue and hijacks a speed boat . takes into a seaplane . shoots at it from the boat with a speargun and reels himself in through the water . He climbs onto the plane and rescues , and both escape from the plane on one of its floats , which falls onto the ocean . loses control of the plane and crashes into the oil tanker , causing it to explode . The tanker crew however are safe , having launched their lifeboat just in time . and travel back to shore in the speed boat , and he gives her an engagement ring , asking her if she will " wear it for a while " , and she accepts . 
 then returns to Los Angeles to take another driving test . As she starts to take her test , a bus pulls out in front of her and she says to Mr. , " Sorry ! That bus was going way too fast . "

In the 23rd century , while colonizing new planets , humans have encountered a hostile non - technological insectoid species known as Arachnids or " Bugs " . 
 In the Federation , citizenship is a privilege , earned by performing such activities as military service , which grants individuals opportunities prohibited to basic civilians . , his girlfriend , and best friend attend high school in Buenos Aires . Fellow student is in love with . They all enlist in the Federal Service after graduation , despite 's parents ' disapproval of military service . becomes a spaceship pilot , while psychically gifted joins Military Intelligence . enlists in the Mobile Infantry and is surprised to find has deliberately transferred to his squad . 
 In Mobile Infantry basic training , Career Sgt . trains the recruits . is later promoted to squad leader and befriends . He later receives a Dear John letter from , as she desires a career with the fleet and now serves under 's high - school sports rival , . Following a live - fire training incident that kills one of 's squad members and causes another to quit out of guilt , is demoted and flogged . He resigns and calls his parents to ask them if he can return home , but the call is cut off when an asteroid , reported to be launched by the Arachnids , obliterates Buenos Aires , killing them and millions of others . rescinds his resignation . 
 An invasion force is deployed to Klendathu , the Arachnids ' home planet , but the operation is a total disaster . is severely wounded in the leg and mistakenly reported killed in action . After recovering , he , and are reassigned to the " Roughnecks " , an elite unit commanded by Lt . , 's high - school teacher . He quickly gains the respect of his peers and is promoted to the rank of corporal after taking out a tanker bug . His relationship with continues to grow , and they have sex during their night on Tango Urilla . 
 The Roughnecks respond to a distress call from Planet " P " , where they reconnoitre an outpost that has been devastated by Bugs . The distress call is a trap , and the Arachnids swarm the outpost . , now an acting sergeant , euthanizes a mortally wounded after a buried Bug bites off his legs . After a Bug stabs in the torso , she dies in 's arms as they are rescued by and . and encounter , now a high - ranking intelligence officer , at 's funeral . reveals that there is reason to believe an intelligent " brain bug " is directing the other Bugs and has been learning how to fight humans . He field - promotes to lieutenant and gives him command of the Roughnecks , ordering the Mobile Infantry units under his control to return to " P " and try to capture the brain bug . 
 The Fleet encounters unexpectedly heavy fire from the Bugs , and 's ship is destroyed . and 's escape pod crashes into a Bug tunnel system near Rico . They are surrounded by Bugs , and a brain bug uses its proboscis to pierce 's skull and eat his brain . As it is about to do the same to , she cuts off its proboscis with a knife . arrives and threatens the Bugs with a small nuclear bomb , which the brain bug recognizes . They flee , while the brain bug makes its escape . Arachnids pursue them , and , mortally wounded , sacrifices himself by detonating the bomb to enable the others to escape . 
 After returning to the surface , they find that former Sergeant , who had requested a demotion to private so that he could serve at the front , has captured the brain bug . tells and that the humans will soon be victorious , now that Military Intelligence can study the brain bug . mentally scans the Bug and reveals it is afraid , to the cheers of the troops . A propaganda clip shows ( now a captain with her own command ) , , and as model servicemen , encouraging viewers to enlist in the armed forces .

Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Muldoon

( ) is a weapons designer who invents high - tech laser guns , protective armor , and sonic sound cannons for the United States military . One soldier , ( ) , decides to show just what ' weapons can do and sets one of ' sonic cannons at the highest power setting , firing the device at an abandoned building . However , the weapon backfires and destroys the building the team is situated in . ' partner , ( ) , is crushed by a large slab of concrete in the ensuing chaos . In court , reveals 's role in the incident and is dismissed from the military . Because his weapons resulted in becoming a paraplegic , resigns in disgust . Meanwhile , hatches a plot to sell ' weapons to criminal gangs , recruiting a video arcade manager to help him carry out this deed . 
 witnesses a bank robbery organized by gang members wielding 's modified guns ; they escape before he can interrogate them on where they obtained the weapons . The gang does not tell anything when confronted directly in their hideout . visits in a veteran 's hospital and takes her to his own assembled laboratory , where he hopes he and can create weapons needed to combat the criminals . With the help of Uncle Joe ( ) , they forge a suit of armor and the weaponry necessary for to carry out his war on crime and become the vigilante " " . However , during his crusade against crime , is pursued by the cops and is forced to return to his lair . The next night , the robbers arrange to rob another bank . , as , tries to stop them , but is hindered by the robbers ' weapons . When returns to his grandmother 's ( ) house , he is arrested . 
 Meanwhile , prepares to auction off all his modified weapons to every criminal organization in the world over the Internet . When is released from jail , is captured by 's thugs . , as , attempts to infiltrate 's headquarters , but is captured himself in the process . When continues with the auction , he is tricked by Steel , which allows him and to rebel and destroy 's lair . himself is killed when a laser he fires towards Steel reflects back towards him due to Steel 's suit . After this , , , , and ( ) escape 's lair . 
 The following day , Col . ( ) talks to actor ( actually via voice changer ) about and the events on what happened the day before and offers him to help before realising it is actually who he is talking to and after that , declines 's offer . 
 In the grand opening of her restaurant , ' grandmother tells him about and then tells that everyone would be proud of his heroism . After shows the new modifications of her wheelchair that allows her to walk , smiles and hugs her .

Shaquille O'Neal, Annabeth Gish, Judd Nelson, Richard Roundtree, Ray J

walks to his private table in a restaurant , only to see two young men sitting at his table – and . Another young man who is friends with and , , joins them shortly after sits down and begins chatting with them . happens to know 's father , and after an initial reluctance , is willing to go with the boys for a " night on the town " . 
 Before meeting , they had previously planned to use chloroform to knock him out in their car . The plan goes awry , and fights back , almost wrecking the car before they can finally put him under . When wakes up , he sees himself surrounded by the three men , and a fourth friend , , checks his vital signs . It is revealed that is , a former mob figure . The boys explain that 's sister , , has been kidnapped , and that the kidnappers are demanding a $ 2 million ransom for her release . Unable to come up with the money on such short notice , they figure still has connections to get the money and set up an exchange . To ensure that knows how serious they are , is shown his cut - off finger , still wearing his signet ring , as the same was done to . As incentive for his cooperation , they explain that they will do to him everything done to . 
 flies into a rage and threatens to kill them , though he eventually agrees to help . As requests continual alcoholic drinks and his blood does not properly clot , , a medical student , explains that 's alcoholism may cause him to die of blood loss if he is not taken to a hospital . contacts his lawyer , who in turn contacts , 's bodyguard , asking him to track down . goes about his own investigation , asking for , and in some cases beating out , information from people , including the hostess , , who usually waits on , and a friend of 's , . During the course of these conversations , unnerves the friends with stories of his early years as a gangster , including the origin of his signet ring . 
 As searches , takes advantage of the boys ' naïvete . A fifth friend , , shows up unexpectedly and demands an explanation – they are using his house under the cover story of a poker game . is flustered by their carelessness in his parents ' house and becomes even more worried when he realizes they have kidnapped a major figure in the mob . plays the friends against each other , slowly getting information out of them and using it to his advantage . After much cajoling and piecing information together , identifies , 's boyfriend , as an inside man . As his enraged friends plan to cut off his finger , stops them , admits it was his plan , and says he recruited to help him . made several unlucky bets , could not pay off his debts , and was approached by mobsters who had purchased his debt . They offered him a way out : became an inside man on his own sister 's kidnapping . 
 eventually makes his way to 's house and has removed from his restraints , around the same time that the money is sent to the two thugs . rushes to meet his sister at the appointed drop - off , but she does not appear . and track down the two kidnappers , who insist they never kidnapped and the whole operation was a con . and kill the thugs , and it is revealed that and set the whole thing up , splitting the ransom between them and the thugs . and track and to a boat off a tropic island where , although understands their reasons for conning him , he has shoot them both dead . The screen dissolves to a rotoscope orange and the film ends .

( ) , a Ukrainian peasant , is swept ashore on the coast of Cornwall , England , after his emigrant ship sinks on its way to America in 1888 . The bodies of his fellow passengers wash ashore and are soon buried in a mass grave . makes his way to the farm , where his dishevelled appearance frightens the family . ( ) , however , is not frightened by the stranger . is a loner who visits her parents , and , every Sunday , despite receiving very little love from them . Her father calls her a " queer sort " who collects things that wash ashore , and blames her for his scandalous marriage — was already pregnant before they were married . In the coming days , attends to — washing , feeding , and caring for him . When he regains his health , is taken away by the townspeople to work as slave labour . 
 A few months later , Dr. ( ) and Mr. ( ) are playing chess when approaches and shows the men a series of brilliant chess moves . Dr. soon determines that the man is in fact Russian . Having gained a newfound respect for the stranger , the take him in , start paying him for his labor , and give him normal working hours . learns from the doctor that Miss ( ) , on the eve of her wedding day , had a horse - riding accident and broke her spine . The doctor also reveals that he lost his wife and son to typhus " many lifetimes ago . " The doctor 's fatherly affection for is evident in their meetings , where learns English and the doctor learns chess . The doctor purchases a new suit of clothes , which gives him the courage to visit and ask her to go for walks . 
 When Mr. learns of 's interest in , he tries to dissuade her from any romantic involvement . 's parents also urge her to stay away — her mother warning her that love is " God 's trick upon women . " When goes to church , he encounters a hostility in the congregation that bewilders him . " Their eyes are like glass , " he later tells , who finds him at the obelisk memorial for the ship 's dead . There he learns for the first time what happened to his fellow passengers . To escape the hate , takes to her secret cave filled with treasures she found on the shore , which she calls " gifts from the sea . " and make love in the cave . 
 Soon after , while walking alone in town , is set upon by 's father and his thuggish friends , beaten up , and nearly drowned before being saved by , who takes care of him in the coming days . Meanwhile , Dr. has little sympathy for , whom he considers " a little strange " and " slow of the mind " . After chastising the father and his thuggish friends , Miss arranges for a preacher to come and marry and . 's father , however , retains his hatred for whom he reveals to be in fact the child of his father , saying , " Not a tear . Bad you were conceived and bad you 've remained . " 
 After someone sets fire to 's cave , Miss arranges for the cottage to be given to and , who are soon married in church . Afterwards , they make love in the cave pool , with saying , " We are the lucky ones . " Later that year they have a son , who is delivered by the doctor . asks to show the child the sea , and he does , while the doctor looks on approvingly . 's new - found happiness , however , is soon cut short by the towns children who taunt her and call her a witch . When learns of this , he is angry and shares his feelings with Dr. , who tries to console him . Believing he can not leave because has found a home in Cornwall , 's greater concern is for his child and his future . tells the doctor , " I want him to be like you ... I want him to have the learning of great men . I want him to love the mystery of our universe . " The doctor pledges to help his son . 
 One day becomes sick with a fever . Dr. arrives and treats him , gives medicine to give to , and urges her to stay with him while the doctor continues his rounds . Unfortunately , 's condition worsens and he becomes delirious — seeing a vision of his sinking ship . Unable to understand what he 's saying , does n't know what to do , and when loses control , flees the cottage with the child in a rainstorm in search of help . Her first stop is at her parents ' house , but her mother turns her away . On the road she stops a neighbor and pleads for help , but is also rejected . Finally , she makes it to the ' house , and Miss agrees to watch the baby while Mr. accompanies back to her cottage . Meanwhile , Dr. returns to the cottage and discovers lying on the floor near death . Shortly after , arrives and takes her dying husband in her arms as he says , " I would change nothing , my love , my gold — we are the lucky ones . " 
 In the coming weeks , Dr. complains to Miss about not showing appropriate grief for her deceased husband . He wonders how she could wipe 's memory from her mind so easily , but Miss points out that the doctor has wiped from his memory his own ghosts of his dead wife and son . Soon after , Dr. visits and apologizes for wronging her , asks to be forgiven , and the two embrace . declares , " I will love him until the end of the world . " Dr. concludes his story to Miss saying , " He came across the world to love and be loved by . "

The film opens on a quiet suburban home , where a babysitter is tending a young boy at night . A stranger comes to the door and asks to visit the boy , but the babysitter turns him away . While she secures the rest of the house , the babysitter is grabbed from behind and an unseen killer slices open her femoral artery . The killer goes upstairs and wraps the young boy in a blanket . 
 Three months later , a man and a cleaning woman are killed in a motel room in Amarillo , Texas . The man 's femoral artery was severed and the woman 's throat was cut . Longtime sheriff ( ) is up for re - election . Both and his opponent , city police chief ( ) , are eager to be the one to solve such a big murder case before Election Day . 
 Meanwhile , ( ) , a hitchhiker , is picked up by ( ) , a drifter driving a white Cadillac Eldorado upholstered with pictures of naked women . Unnerved by the pictures , asks to be let out of the car at a miners ' bar , which warns against . is in the bar for a few minutes before getting beat up by a group of miners . rescues and sends him out to retrieve the car . As drives them away , reveals that he has slashed all the tires in the parking lot . 
 Back in Amarillo , FBI agent ( ) arrives to inform about his investigation of an elusive serial killer , whom he suspects is responsible for the motel murders . They track down the red SUV that was spotted driving away from the motel . confronts the owner , who has barricaded himself in an apartment and taken a family hostage . finds out that the man stole the SUV , and immediately deduces that he does not fit the profile of his killer . But his long criminal history , which includes previous violent crimes , makes eager to pin the motel murders on the man . His lawyer reveals to and that the man had stolen the SUV from an airport parking lot . 's men check the surveillance tapes at the lot and find the plates for a white Cadillac Eldorado , which belonged to one of the serial killer 's victims . They put out an APB on the car . 
 and are now in Colorado and the car is struggling with the elevation . At the next town , Martensburg , they stop at Shorty 's Auto Repair . ( ) is an old friend of 's , and they reminisce as fixes the car . goes down the street to a general store to buy some candy corn . The teller gripes about having to mind the store as a storm approaches , making it clear that she is all alone . follows her around the store and toys with a box cutter before propositioning the woman . Just as their interaction turns menacing , arrives to tell that has fixed the car . Noticing a police officer leaving Shorty 's as they approach the shop , claims to have forgotten something inside . He kills while waits in the car . 
 drives them away toward the mountains . assures them that they are ahead of the storm . When takes over the wheel , he careens down the other side of the mountains . He tells about his son , and asks to look in on his boy as a sort of godfather , should anything happen to him . gives the boy 's address and then loses control of the car . Both men nearly die in the crash , but they escape before the car crashes off a cliff . 
 In Amarillo , the FBI has ordered to keep in town until they arrive . They explain that he is assigned to another case in Philadelphia and that the investigation into the serial killer has been closed for months . reveals to that the FBI believes the man who appeared on the porch before the little boy was abducted was the killer , because he committed suicide amid all kinds of evidence that linked him to the murders . believed it was too pat . He reveals to that the abducted little boy is 's son . He shows a picture of that the killer sent him , which has a message on the back that reads , " 2 - 18 To find him , you must kill me . To understand me , you must come to Believe . " then asks about the " 2 - 18 " reference , implying a date . says that it could be a date , or a reference to how many people have been killed . He reveals that the FBI had considered every interpretation without coming to a conclusion regarding the " 2 - 18 " reference . It is apparent that , if it referred to February 18 , " 2 - 18 " is only a few days away . 
 When word reaches about 's murder in Martensburg , arranges for him to take a police helicopter to Colorado , even as he finds out that he has lost the election to . is placed in custody for violating the FBI 's instructions . In Martensburg , is allowed to view the crime scene before being informally detained by the State Police . He surmises that , who was armed with a pistol , must have known his murderer . 
 and manage to walk to a small town , where they crash in a hotel frequented by railroad workers . They all know from the days when he worked on the railroads with . In Martensburg , realizes that " 2 - 18 " refers to a train number , and he frantically pursues the 218 as it heads into the mountains . He crashes a car into a river and barely manages to make it onto the train . 
 In the morning at and 's hotel , everyone is talking about the fact that the police are looking for a white Cadillac Eldorado upholstered with pictures of naked women driven by a young man who matches 's description . confronts at gunpoint , who denies any involvement in the murders . explains that he bought the car for $ 500 cash from a stranger . calms down and joins on a train , riding in the rear car with the snow scrapers and another friend of 's named . 
 Aboard train 218 , confronts a brakeman who boards the train . The brakeman explains that he is just catching a ride home , and he shows a map with a rail marker named " Believe " . As sees the map , he is informed by the brakeman that " Understanding " and " Believe " are railroad sidings , thus explaining where the killer is headed by the references on the message . The brakeman explains that the only train headed towards Believe would be on the upper grade of the switchback . climbs the mountain to reach the upper grade , just as the train with and comes into view . 
 On board , asks if anyone has a light . absentmindedly hands him a matchbook from the motel in Amarillo where the murders took place . When remarks on the coincidence , looks at in horror . pulls out his knife and severs 's femoral artery , revealing that he has set up to be another fall guy for his crimes . The two of them fight with each other as boards the train . He arrives in the rear car after has subdued and is tending to . Believing to be the killer , does not pay enough attention to , who comes to and attacks him . 
 During the final confrontation , uses as a human shield and slices his throat before he and end up falling out of the train and onto one of the snowscrapers . grabs before he can fall off the train , demanding to know where his son is . reminds that he has to die first , and wriggles out of 's grasp , jumping from the train . This however , backfires , as he winds being impaled on a tree branch and dying . writes the address that had given him in the dust on the train floor , but when and arrive at the location , it is an abandoned house . Just as is about to give up , he notices playing in the yard next door and reunites with his son .

A pair of bumbling kidnappers break into the house of the president with the intention of kidnapping his wife and holding her for ransom . Things do n't go according to plan when they mistakenly kidnap house maid instead . 
 is a bored and angry teenage girl who is sick of her quiet and boring town of Edgefield , Massachusetts just 60 miles from Boston . She wishes for more adventure and excitement to come to her boring town . She gets her wish when her pet cat DC walks into the kidnappers hideout during his nightly prowl where gives him a watch with HELL scribbled on it . She intended to fully write " HELP " on it , but had to nix on finishing and quickly put it on DC in such way to avoid being caught when the kidnapper 's phone rings near her . 
 sees the watch the next morning and immediately puts it together that the watch was from and was meant to say HELP . Nobody believes , causing her to doctor the evidence by turning the last L on the watch into a P. She goes to Boston and pleads her case to Agent at the FBI and he believes her . 
 's captain allows and his agent to tail DC during his prowl in hopes of being led to the kidnappers and . The operation goes nowhere , causing to be taken off the case . and continue investigating anyway , which leads to nothing but dead ends and eventually ends with them being arrested . 's manipulation of the watch evidence gets exposed shortly thereafter . 
 is punished by her parents for her actions . She is so distraught she decides to run away and leave town . Through having met someone at the train station who is leaving for the same reasons as her , and through a personal conversation , she eventually comes to her senses and decides not to board the next train out of town . sees digging through the town garden on her walk back from the train station . takes off and chases him , where he leads her to the kidnappers hideout where they find bound and gagged with duct tape . 
 calls to let him know she has found but , still upset with does n't want to hear it . This causes and to enter the kidnappers hideout . attempts to rescue , but she fails and in the process gets herself and captured as the kidnappers show up and surprise her . 
 decides to re - open the case after he gets a call from 's parents asking if he has seen her since she went missing . investigates and follows a trail that leads him to the kidnappers where he finds , , and bound and gagged ( and tied to chairs with their mouths duct taped , while sat in a litter box trapped inside a burlap sack with black cloth over his eyes ) . 
 exposes the identities of the kidnappers as the seemingly harmless and Pa. and kidnapped because they partied away all their cash in Monte Carlo and the Riviera , plus they were also bored out of their skulls . manages to free and while and escape with in their possession . A final chase ensues as , , and attempt to catch and and rescue . During the chase , the dog escapes after his fence breaks down and runs at the cat show , which causes all the cats to run out . joins them and run up top the roofs of each building , and the cats jump off and landed on and Pa 's car causing them to crash . 
 and are arrested , is reunited with the President and his Wife , and are nominated as heroes , is reunited with her parents . After everything is back to normal , and the 2 rival car repairmen are now working together , and end up together . has also become 's partner , has married the cat he saw in the window earlier , and they both have kittens . Causing to sneeze and both walk to DC and his family .

As children , and , fraternal twins , witness a brutal murder involving their father . They grow up to become depraved and incestuous adults , living in Los Angeles in the mid-1950s . 
 is a skillful journalist , but grows bored with every new job and is easily distracted . When he seduces a young police officer , , and discovers she owns a beach house , sets out to double - cross her and make the property his own . 
 is a heartless prostitute , willing to go to any lengths to con men out of their money , or make them pay in other ways . Powerless to stop them is Mrs. , a weak - willed woman who suspects the terrible truth in her children 's relationship , but knows no way to stop it .

( ) has spent the better part of her life waiting for the man of her dreams , unaware she briefly bumped into him at school as children and has had several close encounters ever since . She aspires to have a life like her longtime friend ( ) , a successful doctor with a beautiful home but a marriage that may not be as perfect as it seems on the surface . 
 is hired to ghostwrite the autobiography of former child star ( ) , whose career virtually ended following her stint on a long - running Partridge Family - Brady Bunch hybrid sitcom . owns La Fortuna , a picturesque vintage apartment complex ( filmed at the historic El Cabrillo ) . Architect ( ) boss wants to buy and demolish the complex so his firm can construct a modern condominium development in its place . agrees to the sale as long as is placed in charge of the project , and the two embark on a somewhat tempestuous relationship . Both are damaged emotionally ; has overcome an addiction to drugs but still craves the spotlight , while is dealing with the memory of a father who failed as a songwriter and became a hopeless alcoholic . Meanwhile , is shocked to discover her father never loved her mother and is devastated when the two decide to divorce . Her parents ' story of how they met from her childhood turns out to be false : Saul got stood up by his date that night and thought that he was interested in her . They only married to " avoid an argument " , as puts it . 
 moves into La Fortuna and finds herself surrounded by an assortment of odd but lovable neighbors who have created a family of their own . When the tenants are presented with eviction notices , they decide to fight back . Having discovered the property was designed by , one of the first female architects of note ( and coincidentally 's mentor during the early stages of his career ) , and served as home to silent film star , hopes she can have it declared an historical landmark with the assistance of , the city councilman she is dating . is prepared to fight for his firm until he sees La Fortuna and learns its history and decides it might be worth preserving after all . Though ultimately unsuccessful in preserving La Fortuna , they finally meet at the Nicotine Anonymous meeting , are then happily married , and have a daughter together .

A young man , , is apparently able to cure the sick by the laying - on of hands . Mysterious stigmata appear from time to time on his flesh . 
 The former evangelist , tired of selling mobile homes for a living , persuades his friend to befriend the innocent ex - monk and encourage him to aim for the big - time . But matters become complicated when the young couple falls in love , and even more complicated when fundamentalist takes exception to their relationship .

Bridget Fonda, Christopher Walken, Skeet Ulrich, Tom Arnold, Gina Gershon, Lolita Davidovich

( ) is a partner in a successful law firm , Whitfield and Morris . His boss and future father - in - law sends him to Paradise Bluff , Nevada , to request a continuance in a mail - fraud case involving a distant relative who is believed to be guilty , and is very likely to be adjudged guilty . But the timing of the trip conflicts with 's bachelor party . After drives from California to Paradise Bluff , he is unexpectedly greeted by his best man , actor , ( ) who is determined to show his friend a great time prior to his wedding . 
 During the celebration , is knocked out in a barfight , and is later prescribed painkillers for the resulting pain . The next day — the day of the court appearance — checks on his friend and finds has taken all of the pills in the bottle . winds up in no shape to appear in court that day , as legal counsel for con - artist ( ) , so impersonates . When the case unexpectedly goes to trial , and must continue the charade , or they both will go to prison for perpetrating and conspiring to perpetrate a fraud upon the court . 
 coaches as to the use of the rules of evidence , masquerading as 's " assistant " , surreptitiously using flash cards to tell which basis for objection to use . eventually loses it and screams at the judge , ( ) trying to overrule , when disobeys and takes the " defense " in a broader direction , and is banned from reentering the courthouse . Later , and devise a communication system involving a baby monitor and morse - code sounding of 's vehicle 's horn , heard through an open window , to instruct as to which type of objection to use . 
 Meanwhile , meets and falls in love with an attractive waitress ( ) who causes to rethink his impending wedding to his shrill , self - absorbed fiancée , ( ) . becomes involved with the prosecutor , ( ) against whom he ultimately finds due process for " his " client .

Following the defeat of King and the Machine Empire , on a distant planet , a wizard named is being hunted by an intergalactic space pirate named , who seeks his golden key in order to traverse an inter - dimensional gateway on Earth known as the Nemesis Triangle . There , she plans to enter into matrimony with , a demon who promises to grant her great riches and power . escapes 's forces and travels to Earth in search of and his friend , but lands in Africa instead . Weakened by the sun 's ultraviolet rays , meets a pack of chimpanzees and wanders off with them . Meanwhile , sets off for Earth in pursuit . 
 In Angel Grove , , , and are training for a charity fighting competition to save the Youth Shelter , when accidentally injures his back after a wrong move causes him to fly out of the ring . and arrive with , a kid who admires and frequents the shelter . As is rushed to the hospital , follows the group and learns that they are Power Rangers . sends and to search for . After a run in with a boa constrictor , fierce water rapids , and an injury to 's leg , they manage to find him and return to the Power Chamber . 
 's nephew , searches for two human sacrifices to revive . He abducts and Skull , but rejects them for not being pure of heart . finds two perfect specimens who are scuba diving nearby and captures them . While recovering , is contacted by , who has captured his family and demands that he surrender himself . Divatox also uses the two hostages , revealed to be and , to pressure the Rangers . At the exchange site , tricks the Rangers and takes without releasing their friends . 
 and create new powers for the Rangers to defeat Divatox . With the new Turbo powers and their new vehicular Turbo Zords , the Rangers drive across the desert to a ship called the Ghost Galleon . They are joined by , who has received 's powers as the new Blue Turbo Ranger , as is unable to rejoin his friends . On Divatox 's submarine , and work on a plan to escape . When the Ghost Galleon and Divatox 's submarine arrive at the Nemesis Triangle , Divatox forces to allow them to cross while the Rangers do the same with the keys to their Ranger powers . 
 Once they reach the island where is imprisoned , Divatox torpedoes the ship and Rangers narrowly escape in their Turbo cars . , , and escape the sub , but is trapped and left behind . is then captured by the Malicians , inhabitants of the island , and Divatox forces to unlock the temple in the volcano and make the Malicians join her with . The Rangers morph and fight 's forces at the temple , but are unable to free and before the two are possessed by and attack the Rangers mercilessly . The Rangers free and his wife , who undo the possession . 
 Angered , sacrifices her nephew and successfully revives . The Rangers summon their Turbo Megazord to fight . They defeat him as and flee , vowing vengeance . The Rangers pick up , , , , , and and return to Angel Grove . At the competition , takes 's place , and they win the tournament , earning the money in order to save the shelter .

Johnny Yong Bosch, Nakia Burrise, Jason David Frank, Catherine Sutherland

After ( ) is arrested in New York City for a murder that he says he did not commit , he must be transported to Los Angeles to face trial . He and another prisoner , ( ) , are escorted by four US marshals on a Boeing 747 - 200 on a commercial flight . Even though it is Christmas Eve , the 747 is nearly empty , with only 11 people on board . The entire cabin is highly decorated with Christmas trees and other decorations . 
 During the 5 hour flight , breaks free while using the bathroom and begins a shootout with the marshals , and at some point in the fight , a stray bullet fired from one of the Marshall 's sidearms punches a hole in the fuselage , instantly triggering an explosive decompression . Amidst the chaos , the Captain is fatally shot , and the First Officer is also killed when his head slams into the yoke , disengaging the autopilot in the process and a stray bullet bores a hole in a lavatory window . frees himself and attempts to save the last remaining marshal , but fails when both shoots the marshal dead , after being shot himself . 
 appears to be horrified by the ordeal , increasing the passengers ' trust in him . Because of the death of the pilots , ( ) , a stewardess , makes her way into the cockpit and learns she is the only one left capable of keeping the 747 from crashing . To make matters worse , the plane is heading for a Category 6 storm . 
 's behavior becomes increasingly erratic since he is paranoid of being sentenced to death upon landing and occasionally suffers nervous breakdowns . He then locks the passengers in the crew 's cabin ; and strangles ( ) , one of the other flight attendants , to death . He then calls LAX FBI control center and threatens to crash the 747 into their facility since he is now on a suicide mission , and is willing to do anything to avoid being arrested . His motives had become clear to after she spoke , via the 747 's radio , with the detective who arrested him . 
 Being the only hope for the 747 's survival , must be instructed by radio how to land . After the plane barely survives extreme turbulence during the storm ; 's first attempt is unsuccessful , with the 747 skimming an office building 's roof Japanese restaurant and a car park due to altering with the circuitry in the avionics bay . She then must turn the plane around and leave Los Angeles airspace . The LAX airport chief sends a U.S. Navy F-14 Tomcat Fighter jet to shoot down the 747 . 
 begs LAX not to have her shot down as a result of her failed first attempt caused by , and insists that she can land the plane . At this point , , completely drunk and crazy , breaks into the cockpit with an axe and tries to murder her , but the F-14 Tomcat shoots down the truck and the 747 is shaken up giving chance to to attack , grabs one of the marshals ' guns , and attacked while she found a bullet to load the gun . While she has him at gunpoint , says she 's not gon na kill him because she does n't believe in capital punishment , but then she says she changed her mind . Then squeezing the trigger hoping the gun would go off , it finally does , shooting through the head and killing him . She returns to the pilot 's seat and safely lands the 747 , Despite the boasts of that he killed them all , the other crew and passengers are found alive .

Ray Liotta, Lauren Holly, Hector Elizondo, Rachel Ticotin, Catherine Hicks, Brendan Gleeson

is a drifter on his way to pay off a large debt of $ 13,000 to a gangster in Las Vegas when his car breaks down , forcing him to drive to the nearest town , Superior , Arizona . He takes the money with him but leaves his gun in the trunk of his car . While waiting for his car to be fixed by the town mechanic , , he wanders around town where he meets . Not realizing she is married , he hits on her and helps her carry some drapes to her car . She offers to take him back to her house where he can have a shower . 
 While in the shower , it is revealed that the " accident " that happened to his hand was in fact a punishment for the overdue debt – two of his fingers were cut off . After his shower he attempts to seduce , who is cold to his advances . He goes to leave , saying he is not interested in playing games . The two then kiss , and are caught by 's husband , who punches . 
 As is walking back to town pulls up beside him and offers him a lift . After a casual conversation about , asks if he would kill her for a price . laughs this off and asks if he is just trying to " rattle " him . Later on , is in a convenience store , the store is held up . The robbers take his bag with all his money in it but the shop owner takes out a shotgun and kills them both , destroying most of the money in the process . 
 Broke and stranded , frantically calls nearly everyone he knows trying to get money to fix his car . He even calls the gangster he owes money to asking him for money but the gangster angrily refuses . The gangster now knows where is and sends someone after him . When is sitting in a diner ordering a beer , he is approached by , which provokes the jealous rage of her boyfriend , . The resulting fight is stopped in time by the town Sheriff . 
 goes back to the mechanic , where he finds that has done additional work and is asking a higher price . He also busted open the trunk of the car , meaning can not access his gun . A confrontation breaks out which results in scratching up the hood of 's car . says that he will continue working on the car and charge more and more for the work until has the means to pay him . 
 Desperate for money , approaches about killing . tells him that he would need to take out of town and push her off a cliff in order to make the murder look like a suicide . A dream sequence shows that could not go through with it and ends up sleeping with her instead . reveals that she is not just 's wife ; she is also his illegitimate child . sexually abused her from a young age and then married her after her mother died . 
 Her mother was found dead at the bottom of a cliff but her death was ruled a suicide ; her death is eerily similar to how told to kill . then asks if he would kill , meaning the two of them could steal his money . initially refuses . Still broke and aware that the gangsters will send someone to find him , attempts to buy a ticket out of town . Although he does not have enough money , the clerk gives him the ticket anyway after he becomes aggressive and hostile . 
 After buying the ticket he sees one of the gangsters driving towards him . However , the Sheriff stops the gangster and arrests him for concealing a gun . Thinking he is safe , is then attacked by , who takes 's ticket , rips it up and eats it . loses his temper and beats up . Knowing he is out of options , agrees to kill . 
 When he breaks into 's house while is having sex with , he accidentally makes a noise . goes downstairs to investigate and finds , who then tells that killing him was 's idea and that he will kill for just enough money to pay for a car . overhears this , grabs a tomahawk and attacks when he walks into the room . However , she is really waiting for to return so that she can kill him . 
 enters the room and finds lying on the floor . is playing dead and he attacks with a golf club and they both fight . During the struggle between and , hits in the chest in the back and then in the chest with the tomahawk and kills . and unlock the safe to find $ 200,000 . They then have sex in front of 's dead body . 
 Afterwards , goes to to get his car back . When he returns , 's car is gone . thinks she has run off with the money but she merely hid the car in the garage . As they drive off however , they are pulled over by the Sheriff , with whom has been having an affair . appears to turn on , blaming him for 's death . However , she shoots the sheriff and puts him in the trunk with . 
 As and are dumping the bodies , elbows in the nose and takes back his own gun , telling her that he does not trust her and that when they reach California they will split the money and go their separate ways . says she blamed 's death on , she was merely baiting the Sheriff so she could kill him , much like baited when he said he would kill . As stands over the edge looking down at , pushes him over the cliff , severely injuring him . She gets in the car to drive off before realizing that has taken the keys . 
 pleads with her to come down and help him . When she gets close enough however , he strangles her . He then makes the grueling journey back up the cliff with a broken leg . He starts the car , only for the radiator hose to burst . is later shown having died in the heat .

Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Jon Voight, Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Billy Bob Thornton

In downtown Los Angeles , an earthquake strikes . , the head of the city 's Office of Emergency Management or OEM , insists on coming to work to help out with the crisis , although he has been on vacation with his daughter . His associate , , notes that the quake caused no major damage , but seven utility workers are later burned to death in a storm drain at MacArthur Park . One escapes and survives , but is severely burned on one side of his face . As a precaution , tries to halt the subway lines which run parallel to where the deaths took place , but Los Angeles MTA Chairman mulishly opposes , feeling that there is no threat to the trains . Against regulations , and his coworker venture down the storm sewer in the park to investigate . They are nearly burned alive and barely escape with their lives when hot gases suddenly spew out of a crack in the concrete lining and flood the tunnel . Geologist Dr. believes that a volcano may be forming beneath the city with magma flowing underground . Unfortunately , she has insufficient evidence to make take action.[2 ] 
 The next morning , at around 5:15 A.M. , , and her assistant , , venture in the storm sewer to investigate the scene of the incident , where they discover the crack in the ground , which released the gases earlier . While taking samples , a more powerful earthquake strikes , and is killed when she falls into the crack that is later engulfed by a rush of the hot gases ; this causes a subway train to derail next to the storm drain . Minutes later , in the La Brea Tar Pits , thick black smoke and ash billows out , with lightning crackling from it . Then , lava bombs burst out of the tar pits , which ignites several buildings . Steam explodes from the sewer system , while a subway train derails underground , Meanwhile in the subway tunnel , the passengers in the derailed subway train are exposed to the severe heat and toxic gases , which causes them all to eventually lose consciousness . 
 Roark helps injured firefighters out of the area . Moments later , a newly formed volcano erupts from the tar pits , and lava begins to flow freely down Wilshire Boulevard , incinerating everything in its path , including Roark 's GMC Suburban , and an LAFD fire truck downed by a lava bomb , killing two firefighters who are trapped inside . and his daughter become separated as she is injured when a nearby lava bomb sputters and burns her leg , and she is taken to Cedars - Sinai Medical Center by Dr. . Meanwhile , leads his team through the Red Line tunnel to the derailed train , searching for survivors . They manage to save everyone , but notices that the train driver is still missing and goes back ; he finds the driver still alive but unconscious , just as the lava reaches the train and begins to flow underneath it . sacrifices his life to save the driver by jumping into the lava flow , throwing the driver to safety as burns to death . , , and police lieutenant devise a plan to stack concrete barriers at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue , creating a cul - de - sac to pool the lava as helicopters dump water on it to form a crust , making the operation a success . later theorizes that the magma is still flowing underground through the Red Line subway extension , and calculates that the main eruption will occur at the end of the line at the Beverly Center near Cedars - Sinai . To prove this , and lower a video camera into the tunnel to watch it , only for the camera to be incinerated by a fast - moving flow of lava . They calculate the speed and realize that they have thirty minutes until the lava hits the end of the Red Line . 
 Through 's direction , explosives are used to create channels in the street to divert the flow of lava into Ballona Creek , which will later flow into the Pacific Ocean , but realizes that the street is sloping in the opposite direction and instead of going in to the creek the lava would flow right into the direction of the injured patients , much to the displeasure of and . devises another plan to demolish a twenty - two story condominium building to block the lava 's path from flowing towards the patients and the rest of the Los Angeles West Side . refuses to abandon an LAPD SWAT cop , who has gotten trapped under a core column while slotting explosive charges , just as the lava reaches the dead end of the Subway tunnel extension , and explodes out of the ground in a massive geyser ; he sacrifices their lives to detonate the final explosive charge . then spots nearby , trying to retrieve a small boy who wandered off , putting them in the direct path of the collapsing building . barely manages to save both of them from being crushed as the building collapses . The plan is successful , and the lava flows directly to the ocean . escapes from the wreckage with and the young child still alive . The death toll is nearly a hundred people , thousands injured , and damages in billions . It starts to rain , with surviving civilians having a sigh a relief . shows up with the family dog Max , along with a call from the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department on how to rebuild the city . tells that he is on vacation after all , and to tell the chief that too , as he goes home with while takes over to handle the situation . 
 The film ends with an epilogue displaying a graphic stating that the volcano , named " Mount Wilshire " , is still in an active state.[2 ]

Tommy Lee Jones, Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle, Keith David

The President is caught making advances on an underage inside the Oval Office , less than two weeks before the election . , a top spin doctor , is brought in to take the public 's attention away from the scandal . He decides to construct a fictional war in Albania , hoping the media will concentrate on this instead . contacts Hollywood producer to create the war , complete with a theme song and fake film footage of a photogenic orphan . The hoax is initially successful , with the President quickly gaining ground in the polls after appearing . 
 When the CIA learns of the plot , they send Agent to confront about the hoax . convinces that revealing the deception is against his ( and the CIA 's ) best interests . But when the CIA — in collusion with the President 's rival candidate — reports that the war did happen but is drawing to an end , the media begins to focus back on the President 's sexual abuse scandal . To counter this , decides to invent a hero who was left behind enemy lines in Albania . Inspired by the idea that he was " discarded like an old shoe " , and have the Pentagon provide the team with a soldier named around whom a POW narrative is constructed , complete with T - shirts , patriotic songs and , faux - grassroots demonstrations of patriotism . 
 When the team goes to retrieve , they discover he is in fact a criminally insane Army convict . On the way back , their plane crashes en route to Andrews Air Force Base . The team survives and is rescued by a farmer , who kills after he attempts to rape his daughter . Seizing the opportunity , stages an elaborate military funeral for , claiming that he died from wounds sustained during his rescue . 
 While watching a political talk show , gets frustrated that the media are crediting the president 's upsurge in the polls to the bland campaign slogan of " Do n't change horses in mid - stream " rather than 's hard work . Despite previously claiming he was inspired by the challenge , announces that he wants credit and will reveal his involvement , despite 's offer of an ambassadorship and the dire warning that he is " playing with his life " . After refuses to back down , reluctantly orders his security staff to kill him . A newscast reports that has died of a heart attack at home , the president was successfully re - elected , and an Albanian terrorist organization has claimed responsibility for a recent bombing .

Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Woody Harrelson, Anne Heche, Denis Leary, Willie Nelson

In the fictional small town of Blaine , Missouri , a handful of residents prepare to put on a community theater production led by eccentric director ( ) . The show , a musical chronicling the town 's history titled Red , White and Blaine , is to be performed as part of the town 's 150th - anniversary celebration . 
 Cast in the leads are and ( and ) , a pair of married travel agents who are also regular amateur performers ; ( ) , a perky Dairy Queen employee ; ( ) , a " long time Blaineian " and retired taxidermist who is Red , White and Blaine 's narrator ; ( ) , a handsome and oblivious mechanic , who goes out of his way to get into the play ; and Dr. ( ) , a tragically square dentist determined to discover his inner entertainer . High school teacher ( ) is the show 's increasingly frustrated musical director . 
 has used connections from his " Off - Off - Off - Off - Broadway " past to invite , a Broadway producer , to critique Red , White and . leads the cast to believe that a positive review from could mean their show might go all the way to Broadway . 
 The program itself is designed to musically retell the history of Blaine , whose founding father was a buffoon incapable of distinguishing the geography of middle Missouri from the Pacific coastline . We also learn why the town obtusely refers to itself as " the stool capital of the United States . " The music is a series of poorly performed songs such as " Nothing Ever Happens on Mars " a reference to the town 's supposed visit by a UFO , and " Stool Boom " . ( The DVD contains " This Bulging River " and " Nothing Ever Happens in Blaine " , which were edited from the cinema release . ) 
 Central to the film are 's stereotypically gay mannerisms . He supposedly has a wife called , whom no one in Blaine has ever met or seen . He uses her to explain his habit of shopping for women 's clothing and shoes . 
 When is forced by his suspicious father ( ) to quit the show , takes over his roles , which were clearly intended for a young , masculine actor , playing a lusty young frontiersman , a heartbroken soldier , and a little boy wearing a beanie and shorts . never sheds his dainty demeanor , bowl haircut , lisp , or earring in spite of his historical roles , and his face is pasted with an overkill of stage rouge and eyeliner . 
 is also faced with creating his magic on a shoestring budget , at one point quitting the show after storming out of a meeting with the City Council , which turns down his request for $ 100,000 to finance the production . But the distraught cast and persuasive city fathers convince to return . At the show 's performance , 's seat is seen to be empty , much to the dismay of the cast . reassures them that Broadway producers always arrive a bit late for the show , and sure enough a man ( ) soon takes 's reserved seat . The show is well received by the audience , whereupon invites the assumed backstage to talk to the actors . 
 The man is actually , who has come to Blaine to witness the birth of his niece 's baby , but he does enjoy the show . then reads a telegram stating that 's plane was grounded by snowstorms in New York City , meaning that , like the " Godot " being spoofed , the real himself is destined never to arrive . 
 An epilogue shows the fates of the cast : has returned to Dairy Queen . and the have pursued their dreams of being entertainers , and traveling to Los Angeles , California to work as extras , and now performing for elderly Jews in Miami , Florida retirement communities . has returned to New York City , where he has opened a Hollywood - themed novelty shop , which includes such items as Brat Pack bobblehead dolls , My Dinner with Andre action figures , and The Remains of the Day lunch boxes .

Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Christopher Guest, Fred Willard, Parker Posey

A prologue introduces us to Dr. ( ) , a New York City doctor and resident of a large house on Washington Square whose wife dies in childbirth , leaving a daughter , ( ) , to be raised by her father . As a child , is overweight , clumsy , and untalented ; however , she is also a sweet , affectionate child . She adores her father and tries hard to please him , but he considers her a disappointment and treats her with ironic condescension . His thoughts are still much occupied with his beloved wife and with a promising son who died before was born , and he privately – but bitterly – resents his only surviving child for causing his wife 's death . 
 invites 's widowed aunt , the incurably foolish ( ) , to live at Washington Square as a chaperone for . becomes a plain young woman who is painfully shy and inept in the social graces expected of someone of her class , despite her aunt 's best efforts to instill them . Apart from her sweet nature , possesses only one obvious attraction : money . She earns $ 10,000 annually from her mother 's estate , and will inherit considerably more when her father dies . 
 At a party celebrating her cousin ( ) engagement , is introduced to a handsome , charming young man named ( ) . He is attentive , respectful , and – to 's obvious astonishment – clearly interested in her . He begins paying regular calls at Washington Square . Before long , the susceptible falls headlong in love with him . , however , suspects of being a fortune hunter , with no intention of pursuing a career . Aunt loves melodrama and gets a vicarious thrill from 's attentions ; and so , contrary to 's wishes , she does all she can to encourage the relationship , even meeting secretly to collude with him . 
 The central conflict emerges when Townsend proposes marriage and refuses to give his consent , telling he will disinherit her if she marries without it . does n't care about the money , but disobeying her father is another matter . She dutifully accompanies him on a Grand Tour of Europe , during which he exhorts her to give up ; she refuses , and a frustrated speaks to her with such contempt that she finally admits to herself that he despises her . The realization pains her deeply , but also strengthens her resolve to separate herself from him and bestow all her love and loyalty on . 
 comes home , determined to marry . When she and are reunited , she convinces him that her father will never relent . Shortly afterward , he backs out of the relationship . When tearfully confronts him , he admits his mercenary motives outright and leaves her . 
 Years pass . has refused at least one respectable offer of marriage . When her father 's health fails , she nurses him through his last illness . During his final days , he asks her to promise never to marry . With quiet dignity , she replies that while she seldom thinks of , she ca n't make such a promise . misunderstands her and alters his will , adding a codicil deploring his daughter 's ongoing interest in unscrupulous young men and leaving most of his $ 300,000 fortune to charity . is left with only the house and the income from her mother . She is n't offended by the codicil ; in fact , at the reading of the will , she laughs . 
 Some time later , reappears at her doorstep . , who is now running a daycare center in her house , talks to him briefly . She is n't angry , but she has no interest in renewing their relationship , and tells him so , quietly and firmly . He departs , leaving to reflect on the passion she once experienced .

In 1992 , ITN reporter ( ) travels to Sarajevo , the besieged capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina . He meets American star journalist ( ) on the chase for the most exciting stories and pictures . and have friendly arguments and differences in the intervals between reporting . They stay at the Holiday Inn , which was the primary hotel for the press in Sarajevo during the siege . After a previous translator proves corrupt and inept , ITN hires ( ) to be 's translator . Their work permits them blunt and unobstructed views of the suffering of the people of Sarajevo . The situation changes when makes a report from an orphanage located on the front lines ( Ljubica Ivezic Orphanage ) in which two hundred children live in desperate conditions . After increasingly brutal attacks fail to make the lead story in the UK , makes the orphanage his lead story to try to bring full attention to the war . 
 When American aid worker ( ) organises a UN - sanctioned bus - borne evacuation of several orphaned Sarajevan children to Italy , convinces to include a Bosniak girl from the orphanage , ( ) , to whom had made a promise to evacuate . knows this is an illegal act – 's mother is still alive and signed no papers authorising the evacuation – but the orphanage director allows it because of the desperate circumstances . and his cameraman accompany the evacuation under the pretense of covering it as a news story . 
 Despite a UN escort , Bosnian Serbs hinder the evacuation at several points along its route . The final harassment is the worst – a group of Chetniks halt the bus , forcibly disembark the Bosniak Muslim children and put them on their armed lorry , presumably to repatriate them . 
 When finally makes it to London with , quickly becomes a member of 's family in a comfortable London home . After an ambiguous interval of perhaps 100 days , receives word from his former producer , who is still in Sarajevo , that 's mother wants back . returns to Sarajevo , now riven not only by the siege but also by internal organised crime , and seeks out , who has become a Bosnian - Herzegovinian soldier . recruits to find 's mother . They nearly succeed , but the unstable situation unravels around them and they are forced to retreat . When is killed by a sniper in his own home , falls back on ( ) , a concierge at the Holiday Inn who had helped in previous Sarajevo tours . negotiates the streets and road - blocks that lead to 's mother . As prelude to signing the adoption papers , she outlines the reasons she wants back . She can not in good conscience bring back to Sarajevo , though , and she signs the papers . 
 A running joke in the movie is the designation by a UN official that Sarajevo was only the 14th worst crisis in the world . In the middle of the movie , , a cellist friend of , says that he would play a concert on the streets of Sarajevo once it is designated the worst place on Earth . Though he acknowledges the danger , he claims that " the people will die happily listening to my music . " The movie ends with holding a " concert of peace " on a hill overlooking Sarajevo , playing his cello to hundreds of Sarajevans . Among the attendees are , and several children from the orphanage . gives a sad smile ; the concert is beautiful , but it also means that Sarajevo had , indeed , become the worst place on Earth . 
 The closing credits say that still lives in England .

In the summer of 1967 , is chased by his two older brothers , and ; the brothers love using to film him in stunts , which he dislikes . Occasionally and will show footage of their antics in their garage to all their friends . repeatedly and secretly gets revenge on his brothers ' pranks against him by pulling diminutive malicious stunts like cleaning the toilet with his brothers ' toothbrushes and filling their canteens with downstream river water that they were at that current time urinating in . 
 and have a dream of filming dangerous animals around the country , and the dream starts when they find a rare , special camera in a shop where they have their films developed . Much against their father 's recommendation , their mother loans them the money she was saving up and they begin planning their trip . Their father is against this idea . 
 The three brothers start camping . First , they miss a shot at catching an eagle , then go to film some alligators , and start by seeing a man who was attacked by an alligator . As they go in a swamp on a boat , throws some bait but it lands in the trees , trying to retrieve it , his clothing gets stuck in a branch underwater and he starts to drown , and drive the boat in attempts to save him , but it crashes into another branch , which sends flying into the water . gets a knife from and cuts loose , but is now dealing with a bigger problem ; he and the alligator are face to face . is able to get back on the boat in time . When they get back to the hut , the alligator man ( ) tells them about how back when he served in the Korean War he befriended a fellow soldier named . and would exchange stories about their wilderness adventures . would talk about hunting alligators and would tell tall tales about bears . This rouses 's attention and he asks about it . states that was talking about a cave full of hundreds of bears somewhere " out West . " 
 They drive northwest until they reach Devil 's Playground in Colorado , " the last home of the wild American wolf . " Devil 's Playground is located on government protected land . They catch footage of a wolf creeping up on a doe . Then as the wolf is about to ambush the doe there is a series of explosions . The brothers look up and see two F-4 Phantoms flying overhead . The pilots see the brothers and turn around , firing missiles at them eventually hitting a giant boulder knocking the three down . As they get up a herd of wild horses comes thundering towards them . They get in the truck just in time to film it . When the horses pass sees an owl that looks a lot like his owl . The three follow it and discover a cave . On the wall of the cave is an ancient Indian drawing of a cave filled with bear - shaped figures . and draw it on 's chest and show it to an old Indian woman . The woman tells them that it 's located near Arapaho Peak in Montana . 
 They display their film at the school gym , and everyone claps , but when their adversarial affiliate DC makes a rude comment , their dad begins to applaud , having the crowd cheer and clap . , who is always being a " devil 's advocate " from the beginning , becomes the only one who wants his money back , which he gets from , but everyone else comments all of the brothers with compliments . and his Dad smile at each other .

A narrator ( ) explains that when " God breathed life into the universe … the light gave birth to Angels … the earth gave birth to man ... the fire gave birth to the djinn , creatures condemned to dwell in the void between the worlds . " If a person wakes a djinn , that person will receive three wishes but the third wish will free legions of djinn on Earth . In 1127 , the djinn ( ) asks a Persian emperor to make his second wish . When the emperor wishes to see wonders , the djinn uses his powers to torture and mutilate people in the palace . The emperor is horrified , but the djinn tells him to use his third wish to set things right . Before the emperor can make his third wish , ( ) , a sorcerer , explains the consequences of the third wish and reveals a fire opal , which pulls the djinn inside and traps him . 
 In present - day America , ( ) supervises workers lowering a box containing an antique statue of onto a ship . The worker ( ) who is operating the crane is drunk and drops the box , killing 's assistant ( ) and destroying the statue . A dockworker steals the fire opal from the rubble and pawns it . Eventually the jewel reaches Regal Auctioneers , where ( ) instructs appraiser ( ) to examine it , which wakes the djinn . sees something inside the jewel and leaves it with her close friend and colleague , ( ) , to analyze . As he is collecting data , the gem explodes , destroying the lab and releasing the djinn . is killed , upon his wish for relief from his physical pain . 
 tracks the gem to the statue which she tracks to , who sends to visit ( ) , a folklore professor , who explains the history of the gem and the djinn . Later , learns that the djinn needs to power the gem with human souls and then grant her three wishes before he can open the gateway to release the djinn on Earth . Meanwhile , the djinn takes the form of a dead man and uses the name . He grants wishes in exchange for souls while he searches for . Each time the djinn grants a wish , sees troubling visions . She consults , but realizes that she is talking to the djinn , who has killed and taken her form . The djinn confronts and offers her three wishes , as well an extra " test " wish ; she orders the djinn to kill itself . He shoots himself in the head with a gun but his wound heals instantly , revealing the djinn as an immortal . Using the first of the official three wishes , wishes to know her opponent , the djinn . He teleports her to his world within the gem which terrifies her . Granting her wish to know what he is , the djinn explains , " To you , I am this : The cry of the abandoned child . The whimper of the whipped beast . I am the face that stares back at you from the shadows of your mirror . The hollowness at the heart of all your hopes , . I AM DESPAIR . " She wishes herself back to her apartment , alone . 
 The Djinn had been threatening 's sister , ( ) , so hurries to a party invited them to earlier . The djinn follows , again disguised as . When wishes his party would be unforgettable , the djinn causes artwork to kill the guests . Eventually the djinn corners the sisters and attempts to scare into making her third wish . wishes the crane operator , , had not been drunk at work , undoing the events that followed and trapping the djinn in the fire opal again . 
 The now sober crane operator lowers the crate with no problems . visits — now alive again — who notices that seems pleased with herself , though she does not explain why . Inside the jewel on the statue of — now in Beaumont 's private collection — the djinn sits on a throne , waiting to be released .

One morning , a dog named goes to the pier , spots a dolphin , and becomes fascinated by its movements . Afterwards , he returns home to his owner , , an aspiring musician , and his son , , who appears to be taking care of him . Later that morning , chases a cat and subsequently destroys the outdoor garden of , a marine biologist and the ' next - door neighbor . calms down and apologizes to , although she is agitated by him . 
 later goes to her workplace and is followed by , who notices her photo of the same dolphin from earlier . Upon arriving , she is met by her research partner , , and her rival , . and travel out to the ocean on a boat to follow the dolphin they are researching , whom they name , and stows away with them . However , while in the middle of the ocean , he slips off . saves him from a shark and gives him a ride back to the boat on her back , which surprises and fascinates and , who find that and can do " inter - species communication " . While stopping over on the way home with , spots her two impossible daughters , and , skating against her wishes . Arriving home , she asks if she could borrow for her research on , who she hopes to release back into the wild . agrees , and he and accompany her on her research . 
 During the following days , begins to fall in love with as he manages to find inspiration for his music , while bonds with and . After saves and while they are skating in a factory , asks him out on a date . After spending the night at a local beachside resort , they awkwardly kiss . Meanwhile , , wanting research grant money to come to his research and not , tries to steal hers , but winds up getting comically thwarted by . Then , he tries gaining the lead in her interspecies communication study , although his attempts to have one of his research dolphins bond with another animal fail one after another . 
 Through the conniving of , , and , decides to move into house with and , but after seeing a photo of his late wife , he decides to pursue his original plan of traveling to another town to continue writing his music . This causes both and distress . While staying at a hotel with his owners , runs away back to research center . Noticing his disappearance and realizing where he was going , and return to town , while uses a submersible to go down and investigate the seabed after claims was caught in an illegal fishing net and killed . returns to the research center , where he is captured by , who intends to use him as bait to lure out , who is in fact alive , and capture her . However , and work together to trap him and his assistant in a net , where they are arrested by police . 
 While exploring the seabed , submersible 's propeller is tangled in the fishing nets , and when she opens the main hatch thinking she 'd escape through it , water begins flooding the interior . leads to , and he manages to free her from the trapped submersible . Afterwards , , , and convince him to marry her . During the wedding , she is given a grant for her research on and . Immediately afterwards , a pod of dolphins appears , and convinces to join them . watches happily with , , , , and as leaps into the air with the pod .

is a young Jersey City man in the late 1970s , handsome enough to become a bartender at Studio 54 . There he befriends aspiring singer and her husband , . gets sucked into the hard - partying scene at Studio 54 ; as his life spirals downward , so does the club .

Discovering that his grandparents have developed " Waltzheimer 's disease " , a disease that is slowly turning them " normal " , organizes a family reunion , hoping that some branch of his enormous family tree will find a cure . Unfortunately , the company arranging it misspells his surname and reunites him with the family instead , including Dr. , who plans to poison his father and rearrange his will . 
 hopes that Dr. can cure his grandparents ; spends time with the women ; and do their best to capture , a mutated puppy who feeds on human hair ; and are busy making new friends ; and falls in love . A couple who are headed to the reunion are given the wrong address and end up in the family mansion , where and Cousin Itt are staying .

( ) , a foppish aristocrat , and the loud , low - brow ( ) are competing against the renowned Lewis & Clark to be the first to chart and make it across the United States to the Pacific Ocean . In the beginning of the film , has high hopes to head the first expedition to make it across the U.S. , but while he has ambition and funding , he has grown up sheltered and knows little of the wilderness he seeks to cross . To aid in his journey , he hires the services of a supposedly knowledgeable wilderness - man and tracker , , who , once they get underway , turns out to be less than advertised . 
 They are aided by a crew of varied , rugged and grizzled frontiersmen , including the group 's version of , a young Indian woman by the name ( ) , who is integral in helping them find their way across the dangerous and unknown terrain ahead , as well as eventually becoming ' love interest . Along the way , the group goes through various mishaps and ordeals from having to deal with quirky , indigenous Indian tribes and vicious eagles , to running out of food and romantic snafus , as 's ineptness often causes more problems than it solves . Along the way , and 's shared journey helps shed his aristocratic , snooty ways and he learns camaraderie and honor , as well as a more humble view of a world he thought he understood . finds true friendship in and a sense of self - confidence he had not known before . 
 After many hardships and setbacks , they eventually make it to the Pacific coast just minutes before and 's expedition . Once the celebration is over , however , they find that they do n't necessarily want to go back to their old lives and collectively decide to continue their adventure , leading and 's expedition to further explore the great uncharted world .

High school student receives an assignment from his history teacher Mr. to write a paper on " any book which relates to the struggle for human rights . " Knowing is Jewish , writes his paper on Mein Kampf . attempts to get expelled for doing this , but African - American Principal Dr. refuses , instead informing that he will study history and current events under , and that the class will be called " American History X. " 's first assignment is to prepare a paper on his brother , a former neo - Nazi leader . 
 A few years earlier , and 's father was murdered by black drug dealers after being sent on a call to fight a fire in a drug den . In a television interview conducted after 's death , erupts in a long racist tirade . Shortly thereafter , and form a white supremacist gang called the Disciples of Christ ( D.O.C. ) . As a skilled basketball player , is reluctantly dragged into a 3 - on-3 game against several members of the Crips in which the prize is control of the recreation center basketball courts . After winning with his friends , leads a large gang of skinheads to attack a supermarket owned by a Korean that included African - American and Latino workers . 's mother invites , whom she is dating , home for dinner , which turns into a full - blown argument between and , causing them to leave . That night , as hears people attempting to steal ' truck , shoots and kills one of the thieves and curb stomps another , before being arrested . He is sentenced to three years in prison for voluntary manslaughter . 
 is given a job in the prison laundry and assigned to be the partner of , a black man who is serving six years for assaulting a police officer . The pair later develop a rapport over their shared love of basketball . joins the Aryan Brotherhood , but after about a year , he becomes disillusioned because some members have ties to other prison gangs who are of different ethnicities . As punishment , he is beaten and sodomized in the shower by the Aryan Brotherhood members ; recovers and is visited by , whom he asks for help to be paroled . informs him of 's involvement with neo - Nazis , and warns that he is on the same path as . further distances himself from the Aryan Brotherhood and spends the remainder of his time in prison alone , reading books that Sweeney sends him . Finally realizing the error of his ways , leaves prison a changed man . Upon arriving home , he finds that has a D.O.C. tattoo and tries to persuade him to leave the gang . They subsequently go to a neo - Nazi party , where tells that he and will no longer associate with the movement ; this causes , 's girlfriend , and all the other neo - Nazis to turn on him . After leaving the party , tells about his experience in prison , which seems to prompt a change in . 
 The next morning , finishes his paper , which reflects on why he had adopted Nazi values and why they were deeply flawed . walks to school , and on their way they stop at a diner . and a police officer tell that his friend and were attacked the previous night . At school , is ambushed and killed in the bathroom by a young black student named . arrives at the school and mourns for .

Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Elliott Gould, Stacy Keach, Fairuza Balk, Jennifer Lien, Avery Brooks

In an ant colony , Z-4195 , or " Z " for short , is a neurotic and pessimistic worker ant who longs to express himself . , the princess of the colony , visits a bar to escape her suffocating royal life , and falls in love with her there . 
 The ant colony declares war on an encroaching termite colony and a large force of soldier ants is mobilized for an attack . To see again , exchanges places with his soldier friend and joins the army , where he befriends , a staff sergeant . is unaware that the army 's leader and 's fiancé General is secretly sending the soldiers loyal to the Queen Ant to die so he can stage a coup . At the base of a tree near nightfall , realizes he is marching into battle . Everyone except is killed by acid - shooting termite defenders . Before dying , tells to think for himself instead of following orders . 
 returns home and is hailed as a war hero . Secretly irate , congratulates him and introduces him to the Queen . There he meets , who eventually recognizes him as a worker . panics and pretends to take hostage , causing him and to fall out of the anthill via a garbage chute . decides to search for Insectopia , a legendary insect paradise . attempts to return to the colony but quickly rejoins Z after encountering a praying mantis . 
 News of the incident spreads through the colony , and 's act of individuality inspires the workers and some soldier ants , halting productivity . To gain control , Mandible publicly portrays as a self - centered war criminal . Mandible promotes the glory of conformity and promises them a better life through the reward of completing a " Mega Tunnel " planned by himself . However , Colonel , Mandible 's second - in - command , becomes concerned about Mandible 's plans . 
 After various misadventures , and find Insectopia , a human waste - bin overfilled with decaying food . begins to reciprocate 's feelings . After interrogating , learns that is looking for Insectopia and sends to retrieve and kill Z. That night , arrives in Insectopia and forcibly flies back to the colony . finds them gone and returns to the colony . 
 When arrives , he finds held captive in 's office . After freeing her , she tells him that Mandible 's " Mega Tunnel " leads straight to the lake ( a puddle next to Insectopia ) which will use to drown the Queen Ant and workers at the opening ceremony . warns the ants at the ceremony , while goes to the tunnel exit to stop the workers but fails , and the water leaks in . and unify the workers into building a towering ladder of themselves towards the surface as the water rises . 
 Meanwhile , and his soldiers gather at the surface , where he explains his vision of a new colony with none of the " weak elements of the colony " . When the workers break through , tries to kill , but rebels against and instead helps and the worker ants . Enraged , rushes to kill , but pushes out of the way and is accidentally tackled into the flooded colony with , who lands upon a root , killing him on impact . orders the soldiers to help the workers and the Queen Ant while he himself goes after Z. Although has seemingly drowned , resuscitates him . 
 is praised for his heroism and marries . Together they rebuild the colony , transforming it from a conformist military state into a community that values all of its members . The camera zooms out to reveal the whole story took place in the middle of Central Park , New York City .

Voices of Woody Allen, Gene Hackman, Jennifer Lopez, Danny Glover, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone

In Southern California in 1984 , 16 - year - old high school student ( ) discovers that his elderly neighbor , ( ) , is in reality   — a former Sturmbannführer in the SS who is now a fugitive war criminal hiding from justice . blackmails by threatening to turn him in to the police . However , the teenager is fascinated with Nazi atrocities perpetrated during World War II , and forces to share disturbing stories of what it was like working at Nazi extermination camps , and how it felt to participate in genocide . 
 purchases an SS uniform from a costume shop , and forces to wear it . When he spends more time with the old man , his grades suffer , he loses interest in his girlfriend , and he conceals his bad grades from his parents . In turn , the Nazi blackmails the young boy into studying to restore his grades , threatening to expose the boy 's subterfuge and his dalliance with Nazism to his parents . even poses as 's grandfather and goes to an appointment with 's school counselor ( ) . Talking about the war crimes affects both the old man and the young boy , and an intoxicated attempts to kill a cat in his gas oven but fails when it attacks him and escapes . also takes great pride in 's unbelievable turnaround , going from near dropout to straight As in a matter of weeks . 
 One night , tries to kill a hobo who earlier had seen him in the uniform . When has a heart attack , he calls , who finishes the job , cleans up , and calls an ambulance for . At the hospital , is recognized by a death camp survivor sharing his room and he is arrested , prior to being extradited to Israel . graduates as his school 's valedictorian and gives a speech about , saying , " All great achievements arose from dissatisfaction . It is the desire to do better , to dig deeper , that propels civilization to greatness . " The scene is juxtaposed in a montage with 's home being searched and the hobo 's corpse being found in the basement . 
 is briefly questioned about his relationship with , but he manages to convince the police that he knew nothing of the old man 's true identity . At the hospital , hears a group of Neo - Nazis demonstrating outside the hospital ; realizing his identity has been hopelessly compromised , he commits suicide by giving himself an air embolism . When learns that the man who met at school was not 's grandfather but a war criminal , he confronts , who then blackmails him into silence by threatening to accuse him of making inappropriate sexual advances towards him , and to thereby expose him publicly as a homosexual and pederast .

A massive meteor shower destroys the orbiting Space Shuttle Atlantis and bombards a swath of land around the North Atlantic . NASA discovers through the Hubble Space Telescope that the meteors were debris propelled from the asteroid belt by a rogue asteroid roughly the size of Texas , christened " Dottie " by its discoverer . The asteroid will collide with Earth in 18 days , causing a second extinction event . NASA scientists , led by , plan to trigger a thermonuclear detonation at least 800   ft ( 244 m ) inside the asteroid to split it in two , driving the pieces apart so both will fly past the Earth . NASA contacts , considered the best deep - sea oil driller in the world , for assistance . insists he will need his full team to help execute NASA 's plan , and they agree to help but only after their list of unusual rewards are met . 
 NASA plans to launch two specialized Space Shuttle orbiters , the X-71s , Freedom and Independence , to increase the chances of success ; the shuttles will refill with liquid oxygen from the 11 - year - old Russian space station Mir ( which is modified to have artificial gravity by rotating on itself ) before making a slingshot maneuver around the Moon to approach the asteroid from behind . NASA puts and his crew through a short and rigorous astronaut training program , while 's team re - outfit the mobile drillers , " Armadillos " , for the job . During training , and are skeptical about the abilities of , a hot - headed drill operator who has been dating 's daughter against 's wishes . 
 The destruction of Shanghai by a meteorite forces the government to reveal the asteroid 's existence , as well as their plan . The shuttles are launched and arrive at the space station , where its sole cosmonaut helps with refueling . A major fire breaks out during the fueling process , forcing the crews , including , to evacuate in the shuttles before the station explodes . The shuttles perform the slingshot around the Moon , but approaching the asteroid , the Independence 's engines are destroyed by trailing debris , and it crash - lands on the asteroid . , aware was aboard the Independence , is traumatized by this news , believing he was killed . Unknown to the others , , , and " " ( another of 's crew ) survive the impact and head towards the Freedom target site in their Armadillo . 
 Freedom safely lands on the asteroid , but overshoots the target zone , landing on a much harder metallic field than planned , and their drilling quickly falls behind schedule . The military initiates a backup plan they call " secondary protocol " , planning to remotely detonate the weapon at the asteroid 's surface , despite and 's insistence that it would be ineffective . delays the military , while convinces the shuttle commander Colonel to disarm the remote trigger . 's crew continues to work , but in their haste , they accidentally hit a gas pocket , blowing their Armadillo into space and losing another man . As the world learns of the mission 's apparent failure , another meteorite decimates most of Paris . 
 All seems lost until Independence 's Armadillo arrives . With at the controls , they reach the required depth for the bomb . However , flying debris from the asteroid damages the triggering device , requiring someone to stay behind to manually detonate the bomb . The crew draw straws and is selected . As he and exit the airlock , rips off A.J. 's air hose and shoves him back inside , telling him that he is the son never had and gives his blessing to marry . contacts to bid his final farewell . After some last minute difficulties involving both the shuttle engines and the detonator , the Freedom moves to a safe distance and triggers the detonation while his life flashes before his eyes . The bomb successfully splits the asteroid , avoiding the collision with Earth . Freedom safely returns to Earth , and the surviving crew is treated as heroes . and get married , with photos of and the other lost crew members present .

Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Billy Bob Thornton, Will Patton, Steve Buscemi, Michael Clarke Duncan

( ) is a schoolteacher in London who also moonlights as a jazz disc jockey for a hospital PA system . One night after work , he goes to a bar and sees ( ) , a beautiful woman who is arguing with two men . is immediately captivated by and begins to pursue her . What does n't know is that is an infamous thief known to the police as " B. Monkey " ( named for her ability to break into anything ) , and the men she was arguing with were ( ) and ( ) , a homosexual couple who are her partners in crime . When becomes aware of 's secret , he tries to lead her into a safer and more honest way of life , even as she lures him into the thrilling existence he 's been dreaming of .

Months after the events of the first film , and his master are given a welcome home parade after 's success as a " sheepdog " . One day , inadvertently causes an accident and ends up in a hospital . is unsuccessful tending the farm by herself . Soon , two men from the bank arrive to inform that she and have not paid their rent on time , and they will soon be evicted at the end of the month . locates a letter from a fan saying that if she enters in a sheepdog herding contest , held at a fair far away , she will win a large amount of money . She decides to enter and they leave the farm together . 
 At the airport in the city of Metropolis , a sniffer dog falsely detects that and are accused of carrying illegal substances . Airport security officers interrogate them , causing them to miss their connecting flight . An airport cleaner informs them about a hotel that is suitable for accommodating animals , so and go there . While runs an errand , chases a black and white capuchin monkey named after he steals 's suitcase . Fleeing into a hotel room , follows it and meets three clothed chimpanzees named , and Easy , as well as , an orangutan butler for the landlady 's elderly uncle ( ) , a clown who kidnaps to use in his act . initially refuses , but accepts when the chimps mention a reward he will receive after doing the act . When returns , tricks her into thinking that ran off into the city . leaves to look for , but ends up getting arrested after causing an uproar with some thugs . performs his clown act in a hospital , but accidentally trips him and he throws a flaming torch into the stage curtains which catch fire , forcing everyone out . 
 The next morning , goes to the hospital in a food coma escorted by the landlady . is in his room , hungry and waiting for to return . That night , the chimps try to steal food from a store and use to distract two dogs , who chase around the city . falls into a river and swims away , but returns and saves one of the dogs from drowning . The dog becomes friends with , and invites him and the other homeless animals into the hotel . They share the food around and then sing , alerting the duck who was searching for . gives birth to twins , and the animals celebrate . Animal control officers are called to capture all the animals and seize them , except for , , and . is released from jail by the judge after explaining her situation . That night , , , , and sneak into animal control and open their friends ' cages . returns to the hotel and reunites with the landlady , who is mourning her uncle 's death , and tells that her neighbor was the one who got the animals taken away . and the landlady confront to find out where the animals have been sent , then set off to find them . 
 and the landlady track the animals to a charity dinner in the hospital 's ballroom , where they battle the chefs and waiters with fire extinguishers . In the epilogue , the landlady leases the hotel and gives the money to so she can save the farm . The landlady and the animals come to stay at the farm , where has recovered from his injury . proudly watches , and says , " That 'll do , pig . That 'll do . "

and are 23 and unemployed . After arriving uninvited at a party hosted by a former high school classmate , they are shunned by their more mature ( and successful ) classmates . and find themselves outside drinking beer and shooting basketball when two classmates challenge them to a game . After seeing that their opponents are very good at basketball , they say they will only play a game they picked up in the streets ( while secretly inventing the rules as they play , based on both basketball and baseball ) . After winning , they decide to refine the rules to the game and makes the first BASEketball out of a La - Z - Boy chair . Their friend , , tags along and the sport becomes very popular in the neighborhood over the next six months . 
 Businessman meets and and proposes the creation of the National BASEketball League ( NBL ) along with numerous rules in place to prevent its decline : teams can not switch cities , players can not be traded , individuals can not make money via corporate sponsorship deals , and it is completely open to anyone who wants to play , with stating ' anyone can be a sports ' hero ' . Coop initially hesitates , but quickly accepts the opportunity at hand . 
 Five years later , the NBL is in full swing with teams , fans , stadiums , and a major championship , the Denslow Cup , hosted by and . is owner of the Milwaukee Beers , Coop and 's team . During the championship game , dies from choking on a hot dog , causing Coop to miss his shot and costing the Beers the game . 's will names as owner of the Beers for one year on the condition that they win the next Denslow Cup ; otherwise , ownership reverts to 's widow . declares part owner of the team , and they come to meet , head of the Dream Come True Foundation , and , one of the children in her care and an avid fan of BASEketball . 
 , owner of the Dallas Felons , wants to remove 's rules preventing monetization of the sport , but could not while was alive . However , refuses to accept any changes ; partners with as he tries to make the Beers lose the next Denslow Cup so she will own the team . 
 cuts the funding to 's foundation to get and to adopt a clothing line ; is against it , but agrees and becomes obsessed with his newfound status . After the semifinals , informs and that the clothing line has been produced through child labor in Calcutta ; if the public finds out , the team and 's foundation will be ruined . blackmails and into losing or forfeiting the Denslow Cup game or he will inform the public . learns about the scandal and breaks up with as and blame each other for the mess . 
 With their friendship in shambles , goes to Calcutta , aiming to resolve the situation by replacing the child workers with adults . Making it back to the championship game just as it begins , still blames and the Beers perform abysmally ; by the seventh - inning stretch , the Beers are down 16 - 0 . Having had enough of and 's fighting , gives the stadium a pep talk , reminding and where they came from , how much they changed everyone else 's lives , and what they risk losing . Moved , and reconcile their differences as breaks off her alliance with . After getting their heads back in the game , they are poised to win when Coop ’s La - Z - Boy pops . is distraught until brings him a new BASEketball made from a Barcalounger . After a harrowing last throw , they win the Denslow Cup . forgives as makes out with .

Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Yasmine Bleeth, Jenny McCarthy, Robert Vaughn, Ernest Borgnine, Bob Costas, Al Michaels

The film begins in early 1999 , with two young Queens , New York street criminals ( DMX ) and ( " Sin " ) ( Nas ) , along with their associates in crime and . The four violently rob a nightclub , murdering five people . Escaping in a stolen car , they cheer their success . goes to dump the car while the rest retreat to 's Jamaica Estates house , where they celebrate and joke around ( The movie Gummo is playing on the TV ) , waking 's girlfriend ( ) . soon leaves and is followed in gesture by the others . He returns to his St. Albans home to his girlfriend ( ) and infant daughter . Meanwhile , learns of a new form of heroin which he takes as a lucrative business opportunity . 
 The next day , meets with to discuss the venture . His rhetoric is met with resistance from the more intellectually inclined , who has become enlightened to the plight of urban poor and seeks a life free of crime . After ridicules for his sentiments and mentions his connection with a Jamaican drug lord " " residing in New York City , reluctantly agrees . then visits in his lavish mansion , to plead for 's assistance in obtaining the heroin . agrees on the grounds that repays him via a huge favor at a later date . 
 In 's grandmother 's basement , the group convenes to discuss the imminent flux of business . explains via narration that one of 's associates , , is to be involved in the operation . Meanwhile , teases , who is upset that his share of the money from the robbery was less than received . While this is happening , tells over the phone that he had heard that had been talking about wanting to rob . becomes incredibly enraged . He pushes to the floor and forces him to strip naked in front of everyone while firing a handgun wildly into the floor . then orders to sit on the couch , as he visibly harbors hostile feelings towards the rest of the men . 
 The duo , along with some of their friends , including and , start transporting drugs from Queens to Omaha , and begin to overrun the drug business there . This is met with jealousy from a local drug dealer ( ) , who informs the police of their activities . This results in a raid at their stash - house , which results in 's death and 's arrest . calls 's house from jail and is told by that is n't there , nor should he have called since the FBI could have tapped their phone . gets angry that wo n't come to bail him out , and calls , aka Father Sha ( Method Man ) , to not only infiltrate 's gang , but to handle . While at a strip club in Omaha , confronts and informs him that sent him here to kill him and his associates . When tries to run from , shoots and kills as well as some members of his crew . While reloading , is shot by the bartender . Stumbling out the club , he manages to evade police . 
 Meanwhile , goes to Jamaica with , and repays him by killing , the son of a local drug lord . Back at 's house , is arrested by police and later bailed out by . finds out about the raid and leaves town . Later , when 's family and friends find out that it was who ordered the hit , , the gang 's leader and close friend of , sends a hit squad to kill him in his home . is able to kill most of them before he himself is finally killed by a female assassin named . 
 While these events occur , prepares to leave the drug game and move his girlfriend and child to Africa , despite 's jokes that he was getting soft for wanting to leave . They make plans to leave on New Years Day , 2000 . However , is now suspicious of since the Omaha incident . , meanwhile , has been laying low in Atlanta , selling marijuana with and , two younger men from New York . One night at dinner , instigates an argument between and , in which ends with both men to drawing their guns and shooting dead . , extremely intoxicated , remains seated , calmly glancing at 's dead body as the police arrive to arrest him and is , inexplicably , later released . It is later revealed that was chosen by federal agents to assassinate a black Muslim leader , Rev. , ( Dr. ) who plans to preach against the government on New Year 's Eve . 
 comes home from shopping to find and a few other men waiting for her inside and is confronted concerning the whereabouts of and . After a tense standoff with pistols , the men leave . Later while talking to a friend ( AZ ) outside a barbershop , ( who had sworn that he 'd get revenge after the basement incident ) and an accomplice confront and shoots him in the leg , causing to shoot back in self - defense , killing and his accomplice , before fleeing the scene . 
 On New Years ' Eve 1999 , confronts Rev. in his study before he was to make a massive speech of hope and points his gun at him . convinces not to go through with his mission , even though this will be seen as an act of betrayal by the feds and will put his life at risk . , in tears , agrees , and the two men embrace . 
 visits 's home , in the hopes of finding there . He physically assaults , and after a struggle , gets hold of 's gun , and shoots him in the face at point - blank range . 
 , now in Africa with and their child , reflects on recent events , relieved and happy to start a new life .

is a former slave living on the outskirts of Cincinnati shortly after the Civil War . An angry poltergeist terrorizes and her three children , causing her two sons to run away forever . Eight years later , ( ) lives alone with her daughter , ( ) . ( ) , an old friend from Sweet Home , the plantation had escaped from years earlier , finds 's home , where he drives off the angry spirit . Afterwards , proposes that he should stay and responds favorably . Shortly after moves in , a clean , mentally handicapped young woman ( named stumbles into 's yard and also stays with them . 
 is initially happy to have around , but learns that she is 's reincarnated daughter . Nonetheless , she chooses not to divulge 's origins to . One night , , aware that dislikes her , immobilizes him with a spell and proceeds to assault him sexually . resolves to tell what happened , but instead tells what has happened to a co - worker , ( ) . , who has known for many years , pulls a newspaper clipping featuring and tells her story to the illiterate 
 Years ago , was raped by the nephews of , the owner of Sweet Home . She complained to Mrs. , 's sister - in - law , who confronted him . In retaliation , and his nephews whip . Heavily pregnant with her fourth child , planned to escape . Her other children were sent off earlier to live with , 's mother - in - law , but stayed behind to look for her husband , ( ) . was assaulted while searching for him in the barn . The Schoolteacher 's nephews held her down , raped her and forcibly took her breast milk . 
 When failed to comply , ran off alone . She crossed paths with , a white girl who treated 's injuries and delivered 's child , whom named after . eventually reached home , but her initial happiness was short - lived when came to claim and her children . In desperation , slits her older daughter 's throat , and attempts to kill her other children . Stamp Paid manages to stop her and the disgusted Schoolteacher departs . 
 , horrified by the revelation and suddenly understanding the origin of the poltergeist , confronts . justifies her decision without apology , claiming that her children would be better off dead than enslaved . departs shortly thereafter in protest . After departure , realizes that is the reincarnation of her dead daughter . Feeling elated yet guilty , spoils with elaborate gifts while neglecting . soon throws a destructive tantrum and her malevolent presence causes living conditions in the house to deteriorate . The women live in squalor and is unable to work . becomes depressed yet , inspired by a memory of her grandmother 's confidence in her , she eventually musters the courage to leave the house and seek employment . 
 After attains employment , women from the local church visit 's house at the request of her new co - worker to perform an exorcism . The women from the church comfort the family , and they are praying and singing loudly when 's new employer arrives to pick her up for work . sees him and , reminded of 's arrival , tries to attack him with an icepick , but is subdued by and the women . During the commotion , disappears completely and , freed from 's grip , becomes permanently bedridden . 
 Some months later , encounters at the marketplace . He notices she has transformed into a confident and mature young woman . When later arrives at 's house , he finds her suffering from a deep malaise . He assures that he and will now take care of her . tells him that she does n't see the point , as Beloved , her " best thing " , is gone . disagrees , telling that she herself is her own best thing .

In 1967 , a pregnant woman is attacked by a vampire while giving birth . Doctors are able to save her baby , but the woman dies of infection . 
 Thirty years later , the child has become the vampire hunter . He raids a rave club owned by the vampire . Police take one of the vampires to the hospital , where he feeds on hematologist and escapes . takes to a safe house where she is treated by his old friend . explains that he and have been waging a secret war against vampires using weapons based on their elemental weaknesses , such as sunlight and silver . As is now " marked " by the bite of a vampire , both he and tell her to leave the city . 
 Meanwhile , at a meeting of vampire elders , , the leader of a faction of younger vampires , is rebuked for trying to incite war between vampires and humans . As and his kind were not born as vampires and are therefore not pure - bloods , they are considered socially inferior . In response , has one of the elders executed and strips the others of their authority . 
 Upon returning to her apartment , is attacked by a policeman , who is a " familiar " , a human slave controlled by a vampire . subdues the familiar and uses information from him to locate an archive of vampire history . Later , at the hideout , injects himself with a special serum that prevents him from succumbing to his desire to drink blood , which would ultimately turn him into a vampire . However , the serum is beginning to lose its effectiveness due to overuse . 
 While experimenting with the anticoagulant EDTA as a possible replacement , discovers that it explodes when combined with vampire blood . She manages to synthesize a vaccine that can cure the infected , but learns that it will not work on a human - vampire hybrid like . and his men attack the hideout , infect , and abduct . When returns , he helps commit suicide and arms himself with special syringes filled with EDTA . 
 When attempts to rescue from 's penthouse , he is shocked to find his still alive mother , who reveals that she came back that very night and was brought in by , who appears and reveals himself as the vampire who bit her . is then subdued and taken to the Temple of Eternal Night , where plans to perform the summoning ritual for La Magra , the vampire blood god . is drained of his blood , but allows him to drink from her , triggering his vampirism . completes the ritual and obtains the powers of La Magra . confronts after killing all of his minions , including 's mother . During their fight , injects with all of the syringes , causing his body to inflate and explode , killing him . 
 offers to help cure himself , but he asks her to create a new serum instead . In a brief epilogue , confronts a vampire in Moscow .

is released from prison after serving eighteen years for the events of the previous film , and is informed that his brother , " , has died . He is picked up by , a friend who works for his former drummer , who wishes to help him get back on his feet . Before meeting with , is dropped off to see Sister ( now Mother ) , who is now working at a hospital . She reveals that has also died , but fathered an illegitimate son , who is an Illinois State Police colonel , and introduces him to an orphan , , to suggest mentoring him . tracks down and asks him to join The Blues Brothers Band , which he plans to re - form . , offended at the suggestion to join him after seeing 's and 's criminal history , throws him out of the building . steals his wallet , which contains enough money for to purchase a new Bluesmobile . 
 While working as a singer at 's strip club , discovers his friend is being shaken down by the Russian mafia . When two of them return , gets them drunk and dumps them in an alley with the aid of bartender " . The Russians return , and burn the club down , but not before hears sing . The next day , , " Mighty " ( the new lead singer ) and begin tracking down the Blues Brothers Band . joins again , at the advice of his wife . Three members work at a radio station , and quickly agree to join . Their lead trumpet , " Mister Fabulous " is now a funeral director ; disrupts a Russian Orthodox graveside service , thereby incurring more wrath of the Russian Mob but getting their trumpeter back . Finally , joins up , after his boss at a call center grants him permission . 
 The newly reformed band uses their old agent , Murray , to book them a gig . On the way to the show , they are followed by and the Illinois State Police , who are looking for for stealing ’s wallet ; they also believe that he has kidnapped . While avoiding the police , interrupts a militia group meeting , inadvertently destroying their boatful of explosives . 
 The Band arrives for their gig at a Kentucky county fair , to learn booked them in as a Bluegrass Band . They perform the show anyway to great acclaim by the crowd . Afterwards , they evade capture by the police , but the cops catch up with them at a tent revival , where old friend Reverend is preaching . Before can arrest them , he has an epiphany that he should join the Band instead of being a police officer . The Band evades capture once more , with the transformed joining them in continuing on to their next gig , a tryout for a Battle of the Bands , put on by Queen , allegedly a 130 year old voodoo witch . requests that the band play something Caribbean , and when begins to explain they do n’t play that kind of music , she casts a spell on them to play anyway . accepts the Blues Brothers for the Battle ; however , , and are transformed into stone statues . 
 At the show , Queen reverses the stone statue spell , to allow The Blues Brothers Band to play against The Louisiana Gator Boys , a supergroup of blues musicians . They lose to the Gator Boys . Afterwards , the show is interrupted by the arrival of the Russian Mafia and the militia group who lost their boat , who are turned into rats by Queen . The Illinois State Police arrive , but stand down after informs them that he is all right and there by choice . suggests that the two bands jam together on stage , and uses the performance as cover when Reverend Mother arrives to say goodbye to and . escapes with and the movie ends with the police once again in pursuit of the Blues Brothers in the Bluesmobile .

Dan Aykroyd, John Goodman, Joe Morton, J. Evan Bonifant, Nia Peeples

In March 1996 , Democratic U.S. Senator of California is losing his bid for re - election to a fiery young populist . 's socialist views , formed in the 1960s and 1970s , have lost favor with voters , so he has conceded to more conservative politics and to accepting donations from big corporations . In addition , though he and his wife have been having affairs with each other 's knowledge for years , they must still present a happy façade in the interest of maintaining a good public image . 
 Tired of politics , unhappy with his life in general , and planning to commit suicide , negotiates a $ 10 million life insurance policy with his daughter as the beneficiary in exchange for a favorable vote from the insurance industry . Knowing that a suicide will void his daughter 's inheritance , he contracts to have himself assassinated within two days . 
 Turning up in California for his campaign extremely drunk , freely begins speaking his mind at public events and in the presence of the C - SPAN film crew following his campaign . After dancing all night in an underground club and smoking marijuana , he even starts rapping in public . His frank , potentially offensive remarks make him an instant media darling and re - energize his campaign . Along the way he becomes romantically involved with a young black activist named , who tags along with him on his campaign stops . He is pursued by the paparazzi , his insurance company , his campaign managers and an increasingly adoring public , all the while fearful of his impending assassination . 
 After a televised debate during which drinks from a flask on air and derides insurance companies and the American healthcare system , he decides to hide at 's family 's home , located in the South Central Los Angeles ghetto . While there he wanders around the neighborhood , where he witnesses a group of kids selling crack , and buys the group ice cream . After saving the group from a racially motivated encounter with a police officer , he finds out they are " soldiers " of L.D. , a local drug kingpin to whom 's brother owes money . eventually makes it to a television appearance arranged earlier by his campaign manager , during which he raps and repeats verbatim statements and have told him about the lives of poor black people and their opinions of various American institutions , like education and employment . Eventually he offers the solution that " everybody should fuck everybody " until everyone is " all the same color " stunning the audience and his interviewer . 
 After 's TV appearance ( at the end of which one mysterious assassination attempt occurs ) he escapes with and goes with her back to her house where she reveals that she is the assassin he indirectly hired ( ostensibly to make the money needed to pay off the debt her brother owes to ) and will now not carry out the job . Relieved , falls asleep for the first time in days in 's arms . sleeps deeply for over 36 hours ( with tenderly watching over him ) , during which time the media is abuzz about his mysterious absence on election day . During this time , various people are shown reacting to the TV coverage and the impact 's escapade is making on the political / social conversation in the country ( race , poverty , inequity , greed ) . wins the primary election by a landslide . 
 The next morning the press and 's campaign managers converge on 's house , all eager to talk to him . also comes to 's house and , having had a change of heart , says he will let 's brother work off his debt instead of hurting or killing him . emerges from the bedroom looking rested and , as he steps outside , he invites to go with him ; she eventually joins him , after some hesitation . and embrace and begin to kiss as people cheer . As happily accepts a new campaign for the presidency , he is suddenly shot in front of the crowd of reporters and supporters by an agent of the insurance company lobbyists , who were fearful of 's recent push for single - payer health care . 
 's fate is left ambiguous . The final scene shows an elderly vagrant , whom met previously , standing alone outside a hospital . He exhorts , who is presumably inside , to not be " a ghost " but " a spirit " which , as he had mentioned earlier , can only happen if you have " a song " . In the final shot of the film , he asks the same of the audience .

Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, Oliver Platt, Don Cheadle, Paul Sorvino, Isaiah Washington

The senior class of a suburban high school , Huntington Hillside , are attending a graduation party at a large house owned by a rich class member 's family . Among them are ( ) , who plans to proclaim his love to his four - year secret crush ( ) . , the most popular girl in school and the senior class prom queen , has recently broken up with her popular jock boyfriend ( ) . is targeted by nerd classmate ( ) , who is plotting revenge against him for years of bullying . 's antisocial best friend ( ) has no intention of going to the party but is dragged along by . ( ) is a wigger who plans on losing his virginity by the end of the night . 
 is consoled by her popular girlfriends , whom she realizes she has nothing in common with , and her own second - cousin , who tries to hit on her . She tries to figure out if she has an identity beyond " girlfriend " . She discovers a letter addressed to her by and , moved by its contents , makes it her mission to find him , but she does n't know what he looks like and no one she asks gives any helpful descriptions . Meanwhile , and end up getting locked inside a bathroom , where they talk about their old friendship and how they had drifted apart ; their conversation leads to the restoration of their friendship and escalates into them having sex . 
 Before the party , convinces his fellow jock friends to dump their girlfriends and remain single as they go to college . Later , an intoxicated learns from ( in a cameo)—a graduate and former stud from his high school — that in college , guys like them are " a dime a dozen " . emphasizes how he dumped his girlfriend in the same fashion that did to score with women and was unsuccessful . Terrified , Mike tries to get back , but she is happier without him and humiliates him in front of everyone at the party . finds and confesses his love , but she assumes he is another pervert and rejects him in front of the entire class . She later realizes her mistake when she sees 's yearbook picture and tries to find him , but he has driven home . 
 At the same time , devises his plan to get revenge on . He has two X - Files - obsessed friends wait on the roof , while he goes into the party to drive out . While inside the party , begins drinking alcohol to fit in , and drinks enough to make him forget what he is doing there . An impromptu sing - along to Guns N ' Roses ' " Paradise City " causes him to become popular . begins talking with , who apologizes for bullying him . forgives him , and the two seemingly become friends . When and are jailed as a result of a police bust , Mike takes the blame . 
 The next morning , when sees and some of his friends at a diner , he tries to thank for taking the fall . But acts as though he remembers nothing that happened the previous night and ridicules in front of his friends . Meanwhile , is at a railway station , about to leave for Boston . visits at the station and asks him about the letter . confesses he wrote it and is about to depart for a writing workshop with . The two say goodbye , but soon , stops and runs back to , and they kiss . 
 As the film ends , the characters ' fates are revealed :

Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli, Seth Green

A mysterious " spaceship " floats over a baseball game , eventually revealing , and , The Ghostly Trio , who cause panic in the ballpark . Their nephew , a shy , friendly ghost attempts to settle the agitated crowd , but the people are scared of him as well . The park empties , and 's uncles plan a vacation . 
 Meanwhile , an malefic warlock named who believes himself the greatest warlock to have existed gets an unwelcome messaged by the Oracle in the Mirror who tells him that in the future , a 10 - year - old named the Good Little Witch will surpass him in being the greatest witch ever . In response , plans to get rid of her with the advised " Mystic Abyss " . He creates two henchmen : and , and assigns them to bring to him . 
 is living in the country with her three witch aunts , , , and . and arrive to abduct , who narrowly escapes with her aunts . To keep safe from , her aunts hide and vacation at a resort hotel , which happens to be the same place in which and his uncles are vacationing . 
 and meet in a barn and , due to their nice personalities and having been bossed around by their respective relatives , become great friends . Realizing that her aunts and his uncles might not get along because ghosts and witches are natural enemies , gets his uncles to haunt a dance , to which convinces her aunts to attend . The Ghostly Trio possess three men at the party and flirt with the three witches . 
 Though everything seems to go well , the plan is foiled when the possession wears off and the ghosts ' real selves are revealed to 's aunts , who threaten them with magic . However , as explains to , she and her aunts ca n't use powerful magic or else will be able to track them down . She begs not to tell anyone about this . Unfortunately , when the Trio suspects is protecting the witches , they pressure into confessing that the witches can not use their magic , prompting the Trio to attack and her aunts . feels she has no choice but to cast a spell on them , covering them in plaster , thus alerting 's magic tracker . 
 , distraught that broke his promise , ends their friendship . After trying to escape the resort the witches are then found by and his henchmen . After confronting the witches explains the Oracle 's prediction and after trying to resist him casts into the Mystic Abyss to destroy her , but dives in to save her . Her aunts try to fight but are not powerful enough . Yet before can turn the witches into fertilizer , a giant three - eyed monster pops up and frightens the evil warlock , turning the tables and along with 's broom pushing him causing him to fall into the Abyss himself . The monster turns out to be the Ghostly Trio , who combined their powers to defeat him . While they hold the Abyss open , 's aunts pull her and out . Now saved , the two reconcile their friendship . The Oracle proclaims that is the greatest witch because she did something no other witch ever could : She befriended a ghost . , his uncles , , and her aunts all bid each other goodbye , and and assure each other they will meet again soon . Before flying back home with her aunts , gives a goodbye kiss and his face blushed bright red .

( ) is an unsuccessful novelist turned travel writer who immerses himself in celebrity journalism following a midlife crisis and subsequent divorce from his insecure wife , ( ) , a former English teacher , after sixteen years of marriage . 
 As he stumbles his way through both professional encounters and sexual escapades with performers , models , and other players in the world of entertainment , increasingly questions his purpose in life . He ruins numerous opportunities due to his fame - seeking , insecurities and neuroses . 
 Meanwhile , trades her many neuroses for a makeover and a job with television producer ( ) that leads to her own celebrity interview program . She takes advantage of numerous opportunities and ends up happy and successful .

Kenneth Branagh, Judy Davis, Bebe Neuwirth, Charlize Theron, Leonardo DiCaprio

( ) is a poor , failed inventor and surf bum , but soon runs into and befriends wealthy business magnate ( ) . When passes away shortly thereafter , he leaves Edison the majority of shares in his large invention corporation , and leaves his jealous nephew , his only living relative , ( ) only a surfboard . attempts to derail 's success by stealing his formula for non - toxic glow in the dark gunk and sharing it with a consumer who covers himself in it and alleges that 's prize invention — a portable TV / TV dinner combo leaks radiation . When reveals the truth ( and proves it with another invention ) , the company is saved , Bradford is arrested , made a deal with the company and she will testify against Brandford , and Edison appoints his girlfriend ( ) to run the company .

In Los Angeles , California , is one of many angels who watch over humans and protect them in unseen ways . 's main responsibility is to appear to those who are close to death and guide them to the next life . During this task , and one of his fellow angels , , enjoy asking people what their favorite thing in life was . Despite these daily encounters , they have trouble understanding human beings and their ways , as angels lack human senses . 
 While waiting to escort a man undergoing heart surgery to the other world , is impressed by the vigorous efforts of the surgeon , , to save the ill - fated man 's life and her sincere anguish at her failure to do so . soon becomes preoccupied with and decides to become visible to her . They develop a friendship which soon turns to mutual attraction , although is already involved with one of her colleagues , . then meets , one of 's patients , who can sense 's presence and that of other angels . Nathaniel relates to that he , too , had once been an angel but , by way of the free will granted equally to mortals and angels , decided to become human through the process he refers to as " falling " . begins to consider exercising this option so that he can be with , and she learns he is an angel . 
 decides to become human through the symbolic gesture of jumping from the top of a skyscraper . Immediately upon awakening , he starts to experience all of the human feelings and sensations that he had never been able to understand , beginning with physical injury and pain . Now human , heads to the hospital to see , but is told that she has gone to her uncle 's mountain cabin for a break . 
 Penniless and naïve , he can not pay for the journey and ends up getting mugged . He eventually hitches a ride to Lake Tahoe and appears , soaked and cold , at 's doorstep . realizes that he has given up his angelic status for her love , and they have sex . The next morning , as is in the shower , rides her bicycle to a local store . On her way back , happy and fulfilled , she rides her bicycle with her eyes closed and her arms wide open . Her happiness is cut short by a truck that catches her by surprise when it pulls out in front of her . 
 senses that is in trouble and runs to her aid . He arrives in time for to tell him that she sees the angel who has come to escort her away . Although is no longer able to see the angels , he knows they are there and frantically begs not to look at them . tells him that she is not afraid anymore and that when they will ask her what her favorite thing in life used to be , she will say it was , before she dies . 
 Grieving and alone , is visited by . questions if he is being punished for leaving heaven to be a human , which assures him is not the case . Some time later , expresses his joy in being human and the fact that he has come to terms with his new life by running into the ocean and feeling the waves .

" " is a young man in a small town who witnesses his friend , " , " kill himself because of the ongoing affair that was having with the man 's wife , " . " Feeling guilty , " " now resists the widow when she presses him to continue with their affair as if nothing has happened . 
 's problems worsen when he inadvertently befriends a serial killer named , who murders the nagging widow in an attempt to " help " his " fishing buddy . " is horrified , but does not go to the police for fear of his role in his friend 's suicide coming to light , but that does n't matter for the police , as well as for savvy female FBI agent " " and her partner , who see as their prime suspect . Yet does n't tell them of his " friend , " who has confessed his crimes to him .

Set in the small , fictional American town of Dancer ( Brewster County , Texas ) , only 81 people live in this town . Following their high school graduation , four young men wrestle with their decisions to leave town for Los Angeles .

( ) is an adventurous , curious , slightly tomboyish young woman in Venice . Her lover ( ) can not marry her because her family is of too low standing to be considered an appropriate match for a senator 's son , and not wealthy enough to provide a good dowry . , a future Senator , marries a foreign noblewoman instead . 's mother ( ) must think of the future and her family 's financial security , as she still requires dowries for her younger daughters and money for her son 's commission . Rather than go to a convent , 's mother suggests she become a courtesan , a highly paid , cultured prostitute like her mother and grandmother before her . At first is repelled by the idea , but once she discovers that courtesans are allowed access to libraries and education , she tentatively embraces the idea . 
 quickly gains a reputation as a top courtesan , impressing the powerful men of Venice with her beauty , wit , and compassion . finds it difficult to adjust to his new wife , who is nothing like , and becomes jealous as she takes his friends and relatives as lovers . After 's cousin , a poor bard who was once publicly upstaged by , attacks her , rushes to her aid . They rekindle their romance . wishes her to stop seeing clients and accept his support instead ; she rejects the idea , unwilling to sacrifice her financial independence or accept a faux - wife status . Nevertheless , she spends a great deal of time with in the country , neglecting her business , and ignoring her mother 's warnings that such a relationship is dangerous for her . 
 The Fourth Ottoman – Venetian War ( 1570–73 ) breaks out , and the city appeals to France for aid . is encouraged to seduce the King of France and secures a military alliance . accuses her of enjoying being a courtesan , seeming to think she ought to have rejected the King despite the risk to Venice 's military and political alliances . points out that she sacrificed their love for the good of the city , while he only did it to protect his family 's political standing , and leaves for war angry . While the Venetians are fighting at sea , a plague hits the city . Religious zealots take the war and plague as punishment for the city 's moral degradation , and 's home is quarantined and almost ransacked by a mob . 
 is summoned to appear before the Inquisition on charges of witchcraft and refuses to name her clients . When it appears that she will be executed , publicly shames the Venetian ministers and senators into admitting their own adulteries and sins by standing up in the assembly . Bewildered by the extent of sin in the city , the Inquisitor drops the charges of witchcraft , and and reconcile .

( ) gets into college on a scholarship , and ( ) is assigned as his roommate . does little work and instead spends all the time partying and consistently fails his courses , but his father continues to pay his tuition . The normally studious is led astray by 's lifestyle , and spends the first half of his first semester partying instead of studying , and consequently flunks all of his midterms . To his horror , he then finds out that a condition of his scholarship is a passing grade average each semester , and that with his poor midterm score , he needs an A+++ ( which is impossible ) in all of his courses or he will lose his scholarship . 
 Meanwhile , 's father finally realizes is not trying to pass his course at all , and threatens to pull his funding if he does not get a passing grade this semester , leaving him in a similar position . They find out about an obscure academic rule that states that if a student 's roommate commits suicide , then the roommates get perfect grades for that semester , regardless of any previous academic standing . and set out to find roommates who are likely to commit suicide ; their first potential roommate , ( ) , is more likely to get himself ( and any one with him ) killed than commit suicide . They soon realize that he will likely get them killed or arrested and jump out of his moving car when he is being chased by the police . 
 Next , they try ( ) , a computer geek who thinks wants his brain . After they move in , they try to help push him over the edge . First , poses as a suicide hotline volunteer , and when calls , he tells him that he is and wants his brain . Then , buys equipment that may assist in a suicide ( rope , daggers , prescription drugs ) and as and he are trying to plant the items around the dorm room , discovers the pair hiding from him with a noose and knife in hand . , who thinks that they are trying to kill him , and that the conspiracy to kill him and steal his brain is real , runs away . 
 Finally , and move in ( ) , a moody rock musician . Later , catches him singing show tunes and learns he was voted Mr. Happy in high school , leading them to believe that he is only pretending to be depressed to impress girls and make a name for himself in music . Facing the loss of his scholarship , stands on the edge of a bridge , about to commit suicide himself . tells he is not a failure and talks him down . When comes down from the bridge , he reveals to that he was faking his suicide attempt so the school would not fail him , and would look like a hero to his father . The film ends with narrating that he was given an additional semester to improve his grades , in which he saved his scholarship , and that became a more serious student , but did work summers cleaning toilets for his father 's business to learn how to eventually take over .

On May 10 , 1998 , teenaged amateur astronomer ( ) discovers an unusual object near the stars Mizar and Alcor at a star party . His teacher has take a picture and then sends it to astronomer Dr. . realizes that the object is a comet on a collision course with Earth . Unfortunately , dies in a car accident on his way to alert the authorities . 
 One year later , MSNBC journalist investigates the sudden resignation of Secretary of the Treasury and his connection to " " , supposedly a mistress . After interviewing , she is taken by the FBI to see President . realizes that is really an acronym : " E.L.E. " ( " extinction - level event " ) . Due to 's investigation , President makes an announcement earlier than planned : the comet , named Wolf - Biederman , is headed for Earth . It is 7 miles ( 11   km ) long , large enough to cause a mass extinction , and possibly wipe out humanity . He also reveals that the United States and Russia have been constructing an Orion spacecraft called Messiah in orbit that will transport a team , led by and including veteran astronaut , to the comet , hoping to alter its path with nuclear weapons . 
 After landing on the comet , the crew plant nuclear bombs beneath the surface , but are caught in outgassing explosions when sunlight heats up the comet . is blinded by unfiltered sunlight and suffers severe facial burns , while is flung into space by an outflow of gas . When the bombs detonate , the ship is damaged by the blast and the team loses contact with Earth . President announces that the bombs only split the comet into two smaller pieces , nicknamed " Biederman " ( 1.5 miles ( 2.4   km ) long ) and " Wolf " ( 6 miles ( 9.7   km ) long ) , both still heading for Earth . 
 then imposes martial law and reveals that governments worldwide have been building underground shelters . The United States ' shelter is in the limestone caves of Missouri . A lottery selects 800,000 Americans under age 50 to join 200,000 selected individuals , as well as a massive supply of food , genetically viable populations of significant animals , and the seeds of every plant species . and the family are chosen , but 's girlfriend and her family are not . marries to try to save her family , but it does not work . refuses to leave without her parents . 
 A last - ditch effort to use ICBMs to deflect the comets fails . will strike the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras and generate megatsunamis up to 3,500   ft ( 1,067 m ) high . Wolf will hit western Canada , creating a huge cloud of dust and molten particles that will block out the Sun for two years , killing all life on the surface in a matter of weeks . returns home looking for , but her family has left for the Appalachian Mountains and is caught in a massive traffic jam . catches up to them on a motorcycle . 's parents tell to take and her baby brother to high ground . 
 Meanwhile , gives up her seat in the last evacuation helicopter to her friend and 's young daughter . She joins her estranged father at his beach house , where they reconcile . hits the water , creating a megatsunami that kills many , including and her father . 
 Unable to safely attempt a second landing , the crew of Messiah decide to undertake a suicide mission , using their remaining nuclear warheads to try to obliterate . After they say goodbye to their loved ones by video conference , they manage to blow into smaller pieces that burn up harmlessly in Earth 's atmosphere . , , and her baby brother make it to safety . 
 After the waters recede , President speaks to a large crowd , encouraging them to remember and honor the heroes for their sacrifice .

Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Morgan Freeman, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell, Leelee Sobieski

Amidst a storm , and his crew , and , are hired by a group of mercenaries led by Hanover to pilot their boat across the South China Sea to an undisclosed location in the middle of the ocean . Meanwhile , the Argonautica , a luxury cruise ship built and owned by , is undertaking its maiden voyage when a saboteur disables the ship 's navigation and communication systems . A large object rises from beneath and collides with the vessel , leaving it dead in the water , while the panicking passengers are attacked by unseen creatures . 
 's boat collides with a speedboat shaken loose during the collision , at which point the mercenaries take over and reveal they intend to rob the Argonautica 's passengers and vault , before sinking the ship with torpedoes . The group boards the ship , leaving and a mercenary named , behind to repair the boat , where they are both killed by the same creature . The group reaches the ballroom only to find blood and no sign of the passengers . and go to the engine room to scavenge parts to repair the boat , under the guard of T - Ray and who are both killed as well ; as they are escaping they run into , a passenger who was imprisoned for stealing . Meanwhile 's group reaches the vault and Vivo opens it only to be accidentally killed by , who was hiding inside the vault along with Captain and three other passengers . They explain that the ship was attacked by unknown creatures that killed everyone else on board . 
 Under questioning , is found to be responsible for the ship 's sabotage , having hired the mercenaries to sink the unprofitable ship so that he could collect on the insurance . The group is attacked by the creatures , consisting of giant spike - covered tentacles , which eat Captain . theorizes that the creatures are an extreme evolution of the Ottoia , which liquefy their victims and then eject the carcasses . With the rest of the mercenaries being killed , the survivors are herded towards the bow of ship , where they find a " feeding room " full of bloody skeletal remains . The creatures break through the hull , flooding the lower decks and separating the survivors . tries to sacrifice to save himself , but instead gets eaten himself . 
 and spot an island from a distance and make it back to 's boat , but they have lost their engine parts , rendering it useless as a means of escape . They instead set the boat 's autopilot to crash into the Argonautica and detonate the torpedoes . As and find jet skis they can use to reach the island , the tentacles smash through the main deck , revealed to be part of a single giant creature . discovers has gone missing , leaving him and to escape while being pursued by the creature . jumps onto 's boat , but is unable to disable the autopilot . The boat crashes into the Argonautica , destroying both ships and killing and the creature . 
 and reach the island and are reunited with , who survived the ordeal and paddled ashore using 's surfboard . As the three relax , a loud roar echoes from the forest and something huge crashes toward them through the trees . As the camera pulls back , the island is revealed to be primordial[disambiguation needed ] . is heard saying his movie catchphrase , " Now what ? " , as the film ends .

Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Wes Studi, Kevin J. O'Connor, Anthony Heald, Jason Flemyng, Djimon Hounsou, Clifton Powell, Derrick O'Connor

San Francisco police officer is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his son , , who has leukemia . In desperation , he breaks into FBI headquarters and finds a perfect match . Unfortunately , it is , a sociopath who is serving life in prison for several murders . During his time in prison , the brutal , cunning has attempted escape and killed several guards and fellow prisoners , and must be kept in multiple restraints when out of his isolation cell . 
 At first shows little interest in helping , but later finds an opportunity to turn the situation to his advantage and devises a plot to escape . Biding his time , plays chess against a computer , easily defeating the program , and expresses the need for a challenge akin to or . Meanwhile , , along with police captain and 's doctor , Dr. , prepare for to be transferred to the hospital for the transplant . 
 At the hospital , is given a sedative . With the aid of a counteracting drug he had obtained from a fellow inmate , slips out of his restraints , attacks the guards and attempts to escape . 
 and a fellow officer corner him , but holds a scalpel to ' throat . drops his gun . The other officer gets the drop on him , but warns the police that if dies , his bone marrow becomes useless . stands in the way of the other officer ; takes his gun and shoots the officer . 
 After hearing what happened , immediately orders off the case and removed from the scene . breaks free to search the hospital for on his own . 
 causes an explosion with propane tanks and runs off . He seizes control of the hospital 's adjacent wing , holding guards hostage and ordering a lockdown of the building . 
 and make their way to him and convince to let them inside so the doctor can attend to . As watches on the security cameras , he realizes that his nemesis is a truly devoted father , and develops a grudging respect for him . ( had earlier related that his own father had abused him . ) 
 intervenes when is about to ambush and his SWAT team with a set of tanks of cyclopropane . is furious that continues to aid an escaped convict and asks , " How many people have to die tonight so that son of yours can live ? " is also angry at for having foiled his plan , and so kidnaps and descends to the sub - levels of the building . 
 tries to wound to give his father a better chance ; impressed , spares and leaves him at the hospital for to find . then escapes into San Francisco , where he steals a car . 
 chases to a bridge , still needing him captured alive . and his men arrive in a helicopter and a sniper opens fire . again shields and is wounded in the arm . attempts to flee , but is determined not to let him go . wounds , sending him off the bridge and into the bay . then dives in and saves him . 
 Back in the hospital , a wounded agrees to the transplant , which saves 's life . Even though his career is clearly over , is overjoyed that his son will live . 
 is informed by a guard that the surgery went well . As the bed reclines upwards and looks at the guard menacingly , the guard suddenly realizes that his gun is gone . holds it over the guard and asks , " What kind of car do you have ? " .

Growing up , friends ( ) and ( ) are taught by 's hard - nosed dad , " ( ) , not to " take crap from anyone " . To that end , the pair plant a bunch of guns in a schoolyard bully 's desk and have him arrested for gun possession ; next , they catch a kid - fondling crossing guard in the act , after having applied Krazy Glue to the bottom of 's pants . 
 As adults , after losing fourteen jobs in three months and being dumped by his girlfriend , moves in with and , who then has a heart attack . In the hospital , confides that , because of their parents ' swinging lifestyle , he is also 's father . Even though ' heart is failing , Dr. ( ) , a hopeless gambler , will raise Mr. 's position on the transplant waiting list if he is paid $ 50,000 , to save himself from his bookie . and get jobs in a cinema with an abusive manager ( ) and exact their revenge by showing Men In Black ( Who Like To Have Sex With Each Other ) to a packed house . The other workers congratulate them and suggest they go into business . 
 and open " Dirty Work " , a revenge - for - hire business ( the Dirty Work phone number is " 555 - 0187 " , a fictitious number used later on Saturday Night Live.[2 ] ) . falls for a woman named ( ) who works for a shady used car dealer ( ) . After publicly embarrassing the dealer during a live TV commercial ( : " Here ’s another dead hooker in this trunk ! " ) , the duo exacts increasingly lucrative reprisals for satisfied customers until they interfere with unscrupulous local property developer ( ) . tricks them into destroying " his " apartment building ( actually owned by Mr. , the landlord ) , promising to pay them enough to save . Afterwards , reneges , revealing that he is not the owner and that he had them vandalize the building so that he could buy it cheaply , evict the tenants ( including 's grandmother ) , and build a parking lot for his luxurious new opera house . Unknown to , 's " note to self"[3 ] mini - tape recorder captures this confession . 
 and plot their revenge on , using the tape to set up an elaborate trap . Using skunks , a loyal army of prostitutes , homeless men , a noseless friend ( ) , brownies with hallucinogenic additives , and Pops , they ruin the opening night of Don Giovanni , an opera sponsored prominently by . With the media present , plays back 's confession over the theater 's sound system . sees that his public image is being tarnished and agrees to pay the $ 50,000 . In the end , is punched in the stomach , arrested and jailed , his dog is raped by a skunk , gets his operation , and gets the girl . Dr. overcomes his gambling habit but is beaten to death by bookies in the end .

Norm Macdonald, Jack Warden, Don Rickles, Chevy Chase, Chris Farley

( ) is a high school senior whose family moves to Cradle Bay , a picturesque island community in Washington state 's Puget Sound . It has been nearly one year since 's older brother , ( ) , committed suicide , which traumatized the family . 
 During 's first day at his new high school , he meets and befriends three outcast students , ( ) , 's friend , ( ) and ( ) . tries to tell that he believes there is something evil about the " Blue Ribbons " - a clique of students taking part in a " special program " led by the school psychologist , Dr. ( ) . Later that day , witnesses a fight in class between a rebellious student , ( ) and one of the Blue Ribbons . is later accosted at a secluded marina by the Blue Ribbons . He later reappears at school as a clean - cut Blue Ribbon and assists in smashing his once - prized muscle car up in front of the students . 
 goes to a local yogurt shop to meet , but the Blue Ribbons , keen to befriend him , invite him to sit with them . arrives to meet , and takes him outside after a tense exchange with the group . shows a photograph of himself and several of his friends , who were transformed into Blue Ribbons . The two eavesdrop on a parents meeting , where learns his parents have signed him up for Caldicott 's program . remains skeptical of 's fears of the Blue Ribbons and the program , and wrestles a gun produces , which he planned to use against his expected abductors . 
 The following day at lunch , walks in with his hair cut , and looking like a Blue Ribbon . When tries to confront , he gets punched in the stomach for his impertinence . Later , after being chased home , finds Blue Ribbon member ( ) in his living room , waiting up after tutoring 's younger sister ( ) . She goes to use the bathroom , then emerges , partially undressed , and forcefully kisses . Her heightened arousal causes her right eye to glow red , startling . then starts saying : " Wrong , bad ! " and then smashes her head into a mirror , attacks with a mirror shard , and then leaves the house . She is later seen undergoing treatment at a medical facility under Dr. 's direction . He insists to 's parents that the Brain implant where the pituitary gland and right eye are works , and she needed a new one . 
 During this time , also befriends ( ) , the school janitor , who appears to be mentally disabled and hunts rats for the city for some extra cash . demonstrates a device called an E - Rat - icator which emits a soft , high pitched whine that is supposed to be innocuous but annoying to rats . tells that he suspects that the entire community of Cradle Bay is part of a massive conspiracy made up of nearly all of the parents , the local police chief , the school principal and entire school faculty , who hired Dr. to " reprogram " their own children to become the perfect people that they want them to be and not rebellious teenagers . Rachel finds a CD - R disc that hid in the school 's boiler room , containing a video he made of himself before his " transformation " , telling about the history of the club and 's background . A Blue Ribbon known as " Chug " ( ) assaults in the basement , when 's E - Rat - icator goes off , and immediately sends Chug into an agonized frenzy , during which slips away . smashes the E - Rat - cator and walks out , apparently oblivious to what has just occurred . 
 During their personal investigation , and try to find out what exactly has been happening to the Blue Ribbon kids , which leads them to a mental hospital called Bishop Flats following a lead on the disc . They find out that mind control is being used to make unruly teens become perfect so they can function properly in life , but the programming has some glitches that lead to momentary relapses and violent fits . They also find 's own daughter , ( ) , a failed project who appears to have been lobotomized by her father 's experiments . 
 After escaping from the hospital , and return to Cradle Bay to plan to rescue and 's friend , before fleeing town . They have a run - in with the town 's police chief ( ) who is also involved in the conspiracy . He tries to arrest them for being out after curfew , but shows up under the pretense that he is disposing of dead rats , then knocks out the police chief and frees and , telling them to leave town and go public with what they know . When and return to 's home to get , 's parents reveal that they moved to Cradle Bay to sign him up for the program . A group of Blue Ribbons ambush them and drag and to the programming center . grabs a scalpel before being strapped into a chair . Before the reprogramming can start , uses the scalpel to cut his bonds and rescue , and killing the medical techs . On the way out , they fight and kill , who has been left behind to guard them . 
 Exiting what turns out to be the town hospital 's basement , and are met by and in 's truck . Rushing to catch the early ferry , they meet with a roadblock made of Blue Ribbons and on the road . When hope seems lost , drives up , striking , and activating multiple E - Rat - icators that scramble the mind control tech inside the Blue Ribbons ' heads . They chase after and try to destroy the E - Rat - icators . , having been fatally wounded by a gunshot from , and believing the Blue Ribbons to be beyond help , drives his car off a cliff with most of the Blue Ribbons hanging onto it . A final battle ensues between and , which wins by kicking off the cliff . and then leave Cradle Bay on the ferry with and to begin a new life without their parents facing an uncertain future , but free . 
 The final scene shows a classroom in an urban high school with kids playing loud music , cursing , and acting up . They are informed that they have a new student teacher . The well - groomed teacher turns around after writing on the board and is revealed to be , with the Blue Ribbon " red twinkle " still active in his right eye .

As a boy , displays an ability to talk to and understand animals , starting with his pet dog . His behavior disturbs his father , who hires a local minister to perform an exorcism on his son , but after 's dog attacks him , sends her away for adoption . eventually forgets he can talk to animals . 
 As an adult , is a doctor and surgeon living in San Francisco . He is happily married to his wife , and has two daughters , typical teenager , and nerdy , who has a pet guinea pig named , and what she thinks is a swan egg , which she hopes will bond with her upon hatching . A large medical company owned by Mr. seeks to buy 's practice , a deal which his colleagues and are enthusiastic about . 
 's family goes on vacation , but he must return to work to see a patient , and then pick up . He nearly hits a dog , which gets up and angrily shouts at him in English . The next day , starts talking to , who has no memory of his gift , and thinks he is having a mental breakdown . has a CT scan after animals start asking for favors when he helps a wounded owl , and he then unwittingly adopts the dog he ran over , eventually naming him . starts secretly helping various animals , including a suicidal circus tiger named , who feels great cerebral pain . Through all this , begins learning to re - appreciate his gift , at one point confiding to that he has never felt excited about his work in years . However , and catch him performing CPR on a rat , and have him institutionalized . 
 Believing his gift is a hindrance , rejects all abnormality in his life and returns to work , but in doing so , ostracizes as well , who comes to believe he does n’t like her . admits to that she liked the idea of her father talking to animals . eavesdrops on the conversation and has a change of heart . admits to that he does like her for who she is , and encourages her to continue being what she wants to be . then apologizes to , and together , they steal from the circus to perform surgery on him . and catch , but tires of the former ’s opportunistic attitude and helps . When is exposed to the party for the buyout , calmly goes on with the operation . reveals to that 's gift is real , encouraging her to venture into the operating theatre and keep calm whilst her husband and remove the cause of ’s pain , saving 's life . 
 is impressed with 's talent , but he declines the deal . becomes both a doctor and a veterinarian , embracing his ability to talk to animals . In the film 's final scenes , 's egg hatches , but is revealed to be a baby alligator , and and are shown walking to the circus and talking with each other .

A machine / human - hybrid prototype formerly working for the Red Chinese , ( ) , forces a down - on - his - luck , extroverted songwriter named ( ) to drive him to Los Angeles after their first meeting in a bar . He is on the run from hitmen — a hillbilly assassin / bounty hunter named and his inane henchman called " " .

NSA official meets with U.S. Congressman in a public park to discuss support for a new piece of counter - terrorism legislation the U.S. Congress is pushing that dramatically expands the surveillance powers of intelligence agencies over individuals and groups . remains committed to blocking its passage , since he believes it would almost totally destroy the privacy of American citizens . , determined to have the bill pass so as to gain a long - delayed and anticipated promotion within the NSA , has his team murder , spread heart pills over his car , place him in the car and push it in a lake to make it look like he had a heart attack . In the aftermath , they discover that wildlife researcher had a camera aimed in the woods at their location . inspects the footage and , realizing he has captured the congressman 's murder , calls a journalist he knows . The call is monitored by 's team who attempt to break into ' apartment to retrieve the tape . Realizing he is in danger , transfers the video to a disc before fleeing the apartment ahead of 's men . 
 bumps into an old college friend , labor lawyer , and slips the disc into his shopping bag without his knowledge . Shortly after , is killed when he collides with a fire truck on a stolen bicycle . When the NSA discovers that might have the video , 's team raids his house and plants surveillance devices . They then disseminate false evidence to implicate of working with the mob family of and having an affair with ex - girlfriend . The subterfuge destroys 's life : he is dismissed from his job , his bank accounts are frozen , and his wife throws him out of the house . 
 believes is behind the smear campaign as revenge for a prior case , with help from ' secretive contact . sets up a meet with , to which the NSA sends an impostor , but the real rescues . explains that his pursuers are NSA agents and rids him of tracking devices hidden in his clothing . With and in hiding , the NSA agents kill and frame for the murder . 
 obtains the disc and identifies in the recovered video , but the disc is destroyed during an escape from an NSA raid . , whose real name is , tells of his past as a communications expert ; he was stationed in Iran during the Iranian Revolution ; his partner , 's father , was killed , but made it out and has been in hiding since . tries to coax into running away , but is adamant about clearing his name . 
 and trail another supporter of the surveillance bill , U.S. Congressman , videotaping him having an affair with his aide . and " hide " one of the NSA 's bugs in 's room so will find it and have the NSA start an investigation into 's tapping . also deposits money into 's bank account to make it appear that he is taking bribes , putting pressure on . 
 contacts to set up a meeting to exchange the video and get to incriminate himself . ' men instead ambush the meeting and hold and at gunpoint , demanding the tape . tells them that the murder footage is in the hands of , knowing 's restaurant is under FBI surveillance . , , and the NSA team head into 's restaurant . Using ambiguous language , convinces that is after the incriminating video blackmailed him with and the encounter turns into a massive gunfight that kills the mobsters , , and several of his NSA team . escapes while the FBI rescues and uncovers the entire conspiracy . 
 The U.S. Congress is forced to abandon the bill to avoid a national scandal , though they cover up the NSA 's involvement to preserve the agency 's reputation . is cleared of all charges and is reunited with his wife . leaves a " goodbye " message via his TV as he 's watching , showing himself relaxing in a tropical location .

Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Barry Pepper, Regina King, Lisa Bonet

An opening voiceover announces that this is the story of " how I almost died " . 
 Philadelphia Police Detective visits serial killer , whom he helped capture , on death row . grabs ' hand and says something in an unknown language , later identified as Aramaic . As he is executed in the gas chamber , sings " Time is on My Side " by the Rolling Stones . 
 and his partner investigate a string of murders by an apparent copycat killer . , through hints given initially by , and later by the apparent copycat killer , tracks down a woman named . explains that her father , a former detective , killed himself after being accused of a series of demonic - themed murders similar to the current ones . goes to the family 's lake - house , and finds books concerning demonic possession . He also discovers the name " " written on a wall . 
 When mentions the name to , she gravely advises him to drop the case to protect his life and family . However , she reconsiders after a terrifying encounter with a man on the street . explains to that is a fallen angel with the power to possess human beings by touch . realises that , while possessing , touched before the execution , but was not able to possess him . explains that the demon will try to ruin his life by another way , and warns him of the inevitability of 's victory . finds at his precinct and taunts him while jumping from body to body , singing " Time is on My Side . " counters that he knows of 's true identity , to which the demon responds , " Beware my wrath " , and disappears . 
 To provoke , possesses his nephew and attacks 's intellectually disabled brother in their home . He flees into other people on the street , ending up in a schoolteacher . As the teacher , draws a gun and forces to shoot his host in front of a group of bystanders . boasts to that even if his current host body is killed , he can transfer to any new host body in the surrounding area , without even needing to touch them . 
 Lieutenant informs that his fingerprints were found at one of the murder scenes and along with the bizarre circumstances of the shooting of the teacher possessed , he has become a suspect for all the murders . inhabits several of the witnesses and gives false accounts that the shooting was unprovoked , throwing further suspicion on . He also comes into his home and murders his brother , whilst also marking . then takes his nephew to 's house , to keep him safe . explains that , if forced out of a host body , can only travel in spirit form for as long as one breath can sustain him ; if he does not possess another host in time , he will die permanently . 
 goes to the 's cabin and calls , knowing he will trace the call . and show up to arrest ; however , reveals himself to be possessed by and kills . prepares to shoot himself , which will allow him to possess , the only other person for miles . attacks and in the ensuing struggle manages to shoot and mortally wound him . explains that he has poisoned himself , which will leave without a host , before shooting and killing . takes possession of ' body and frantically attempts to flee , but succumbs to the poison and dies . , in voiceover , reminds the viewer this is the story of how he almost died , revealing that he is really . A cat , who has been possessed by , emerges from underneath the cabin and begins heading back to civilization .

Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Embeth Davidtz, James Gandolfini

In 1971 , and Dr. speed across the Nevada desert . , under the influence of mescaline , complains of a swarm of giant bats , before going through the pair 's inventory of psychoactive drugs . Shortly afterward , the duo stop to pick up a young hitchhiker , and explain what they are doing . has been assigned by an unnamed magazine to travel to Las Vegas and cover the Mint 400 motorcycle race . However , they have also decided to take advantage of the trip by purchasing a large number of drugs and renting a red Chevrolet Impala convertible . The young man soon becomes terrified of the antics of the duo and flees on foot . Trying to reach Vegas before the hitchhiker can go to the police , gives part of a sheet of Sunshine Acid , then informs him that there is little chance of making it before the drug kicks in . By the time they reach the strip , is in the full throes of his trip , and barely makes it through the check - in , all the while hallucinating that the hotel clerk is a moray eel , and that his fellow bar patrons are lizards in the depths of an orgy . 
 The next day , arrives at the race , and heads out with his photographer , a man by the name of . During the coverage , becomes irrational and believes that they are in the middle of a battlefield , so he fires and returns to the hotel . After consuming more mescaline , as well as huffing diethyl ether , and arrive at the Bazooko Circus casino , but leave shortly afterwards , the chaotic atmosphere frightening . Back in the hotel room , leaves unattended , and tries his luck at a quick round of Big Six . When returns , he finds that , after consuming a full sheet of LSD , has trashed the room , and is sitting fully clothed in the bathtub , attempting to pull the tape player in with him , as he wants to hear the song better . He pleads with to throw the machine into the water when the song " White Rabbit " peaks . agrees , but instead throws a grapefruit at 's head before running outside . 
 The next morning , awakens to an exorbitant room service bill , and no sign of ( who has returned to Los Angeles while slept ) , and attempts to leave town . As he nears Baker , California , a highway patrolman pulls him over for speeding , and advises him to sleep at a nearby rest stop . instead heads to a payphone and calls , learning that he has a suite in his name at the Flamingo Las Vegas so he can cover a district attorney 's convention on narcotics . checks into his suite , only to be met by an LSD - tripping , and a young girl by the name of he has brought with him . explains that has come to Las Vegas to meet , and that he gave her LSD on the plane not realizing she had never taken it before . Sensing the trouble this could get them into , convinces to ditch in another hotel before her trip wears off . 
 accompanies to the D.A. 's convention , and the pair discreetly snort cocaine as the guest speaker delivers a comically out - of - touch speech about " marijuana addicts " before showing a brief film . Unable to take it , and flee back to their room , only to discover that has called . Their trips mostly over , deals with over the phone ( pretending that he is being savagely beaten by thugs ) , as attempts to mellow out by trying some of 's stash of adrenochrome . However , the trip spirals out of control , and is reduced to an incoherent mess before he blacks out . 
 After an unspecified amount of time passes , wakes up to a complete ruin of the once pristine suite . After discovering his tape recorder , he attempts to remember what has happened . As he listens , he has brief memories of the general mayhem that has taken place , including a heated encounter with a waitress at a diner , convincing a distraught cleaning woman that they are police officers investigating a drug ring , and attempting to buy an orangutan . 
 drops off at the airport , after missing the entrance , driving across the tarmac and pulling up right next to the plane , before returning to the hotel one last time to finish his article . then speeds back to Los Angeles .

The story opens in the 1950s , after the Korean War ; it has been more than a decade since , director of Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein , has retired . He lives with his long - time housemaid , , who loyally cares for him but disapproves of his homosexuality . has suffered a series of strokes that have left him fragile and tormented by memories : growing up as a poor outcast , his tragic World War I service , and the filming of Bride of Frankenstein . slips into his past , and indulges in his fantasies , reminiscing about gay pool parties and also sexually teasing an embarrassed , starstruck fan who comes to interview him . battles depression , at times contemplating suicide , as he realizes his life , his attractiveness , and his health are slipping away . 
 befriends his young , handsome gardener and former Marine , and the two begin a sometimes uneasy friendship as poses for 's sketches . The two men bond while discussing their lives and dealing with 's spells of disorientation and weakness from the strokes . , impressed with 's fame , watches Bride of Frankenstein on TV as his friends mock the movie , his friendship with , and 's intentions . 
 assures that he is straight and receives assurance from that there is no sexual interest , but storms out when graphically discusses his sexual history . later returns with the agreement that no such " locker room " discussions occur again . is invited to escort to a party hosted by for Princess Margaret . There , a photo op has been arranged for with " his Monsters " : and from " ancient " movie fame . This event exacerbates his depression . A sudden rain storm becomes an excuse to leave . 
 Back at 's home , needs a dry change of clothes . can only find a sweater , so wears a towel wrapped around his waist . decides to try to sketch one more time . After some minutes , he shows his sketches to , disclosing that he has lost his ability to draw . After drops his towel to pose nude , makes him wear a World War I gas mask and then uses the opportunity to make a sexual advance on , kissing his shoulder . becomes enraged and attacks , who confesses that this had been his plan and begs to kill him to relieve him of his suffering . refuses , puts to bed , then sleeps downstairs . The next morning , is alarmed when she can not find , prompting a search by and . finds floating dead in the pool , as a distraught runs out clutching a suicide note . and agree that should disappear from the scene to avoid a scandal . 
 The film closes roughly a decade later as and his young son , , watch Bride of Frankenstein on television . The son is skeptical of his father 's claim that he knew , but produces a sketch of the monster drawn by , and signed , " To . Friend ? " " Friend ? " , being a plea from the original misfit , 's monster , and disclosing 's true intentions .

In the 1960s , a marine iguana nest is exposed to the fallout of radiation following a military nuclear test in French Polynesia . 
 In 1998 , a Japanese fishing vessel is suddenly attacked by an enormous sea creature in the South Pacific ocean , with only one seaman surviving . Traumatized , he is questioned by a mysterious Frenchman in a hospital regarding what he saw , to which he only replies " . " 
 Dr. , an NRC scientist , is in the Chernobyl exclusion zone in Ukraine researching the effects of radiation on wildlife , but he is interrupted by the arrival of an official from the U.S. State Department . He is sent to Panama and Jamaica , escorted by the military , to observe a trail of wreckage across land leading to the recovered Japanese fishing ship with massive claw marks on it . Dr. identifies skin samples he discovered in the shipwreck as belonging to an unknown species . He dismisses the military 's theory that the creature is a living dinosaur , instead deducing that it is a mutant created by nuclear testing . It travels to New York City during the rainy season , leaving a path of destruction in its wake . 
 The city is evacuated before the U.S. military attempts to kill it but fails in an initial attempt . collects a blood sample , and after performing a pregnancy test , discovers that the creature reproduces asexually and is collecting food for its offspring . Eventually , Dr. meets up with his ex - girlfriend , , a young news reporter who wants to find a story . While she visits him , she uncovers a classified tape in his provisional military tent which concerns the origins of the monster , and turns it over to the media . She hopes to have her report put on TV in hopes to become famous , but her superior and boss , , uses the tape in his broadcast , declaring it as his own discovery , and dubs the creature " " . 
 With the classified information released mainly because of his actions , is removed from the operation , and abandons . Soon , he is kidnapped by , an " insurance guy " he met before coming to Manhattan . Revealing himself as an agent of the French secret service , and his colleagues have been keeping close watch on the events and plan to cover up their country 's role in the nuclear testing that created . Suspecting a nest somewhere in the city , they cooperate with to trace and destroy it . 
 Following a second encounter with the military , dives into the Hudson River to evade the military , where he is attacked by Navy submarines . After colliding with torpedoes , sinks . Believing he is finally dead , the authorities celebrate . 
 Meanwhile , and 's strike team , followed by and her cameraman , find the nest inside Madison Square Garden and locate over 200 eggs . Before the French can succeed in destroying them , the eggs suddenly hatch and the offspring attack . , , and take refuge in the Garden 's broadcast booth and successfully send out a live news - report to alert the military of what will happen if the offspring escape . A prompt response involving an airstrike is initiated as the four escape moments before Air Force jets bomb the arena . 
 and reconcile and kiss , before the adult , having survived , emerges from the Garden 's ruins . Enraged by the deaths of its young , it chases the four across Manhattan . After a taxi chase , they manage to trap within the Brooklyn Bridge where the returning Air Force jets manage to shoot it down . dies from its wounds , while the remaining citizens celebrate . tells that she quits working for him after what he did , before leaving with . ( taking a tape that was recording and promising to return it after " removing a few items from it " ) thanks for his help and parts ways . 
 Meanwhile , back at the ruins of Madison Square Garden , a single surviving egg hatches and the emerging hatchling roars .

Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Maria Pitillo, Hank Azaria, Vicki Lewis, Kevin Dunn, Harry Shearer

and his friends and are forced into selling marijuana stolen from the lab where works as a " master of the custodial arts " . They do this in order to bail their friend out of jail for $ 1,000,000 after he accidentally kills , a diabetic police horse , by feeding her junk food . Their business , named Mr. Nice Guy in honor of their good - natured friend , becomes immensely popular , even attracting famous clientele . 's personal life is ruined once his adamantly anti - drug girlfriend , , discovers that he is Mr. Nice Guy . 
 Soon , all of their lives are in danger once , a local drug lord , learns that Mr. Nice Guy is costing him business , including his former client , rapper Sir . He threatens to kill them if they do not pay him $ 20,000 every week . buys a pouch that is supposed to contain the ashes of with some of the money they are making , and buys a rottweiler named . 
 tells police about a future meeting he has with after they arrest him for stealing marijuana from the laboratory . The police agree to drop the charges if wears a wire , that way they can get the proof they need to arrest the drug lord . Before the guys go into 's home they smoke a joint in the police van . The cops get high from the second hand smoke . The cops tell them to say " abracadabra " when they have purchased the drugs . During the interview , discovers that is wearing a wire and is about to kill them . They scream " abracadabra " into the wire to try to get the cops to save them . But the cops are high from second - hand smoke and busy mocking a letter wrote to . A fight breaks out with and his army of women . throws the pouch he bought earlier on the ground . The ghost of emerges and hits with a guitar , knocking him out . The police then rush in and recover all of the drugs , and arrest after he wakes up . , , and 's deal with the police works to get a pardon from jail . gives up smoking and is able to win back , whose dad is a marijuana dealer .

Dave Chappelle, Jim Breuer, Guillermo Diaz, Harland Williams, Clarence Williams III

, the eldest sister , is an upper middle class housewife married to psychiatrist and has three children . She appears to have the perfect marriage , but she is unaware of 's secret life : he is a pedophile who is obsessed with 11 - year - old , a classmate of their son , . When comes to the house for a sleepover , drugs and rapes him . Later , learns that another boy , , is home alone while his parents are away in Europe . Under the guise of attending a PTA meeting , drives to the boy 's house and rapes him as well . After is taken to the hospital and found to have been sexually abused , the police arrive at the Maplewood residence to question . After alerting his wife to the police presence , begins by asking the two detectives , " You said something about ? " The two detectives , looking puzzled , say nothing . then stammers , " I mean , . " Out on bail , he tearfully admits to that he " fucked " the boys , that he enjoyed it , and that he would do it again . When asks , " Would you ever fuck me ? " , his father replies , " No ... I 'd jerk off instead . " 
 , the middle sister , is a successful author who is adored and envied by everyone she knows , and can have any man she wants . Her charmed life leaves her ultimately unfulfilled , however . She despairs that no one wants her for herself , and that the praise regularly heaped upon her is undeserved . She is fascinated by an unknown man who makes obscene phone calls to her apartment and tries to seek out a relationship with him . But she is disappointed when she finds out the man is her neighbor , to whom she is not attracted . — who is coincidentally one of 's patients — sinks into depression as 's rejection ruins his fantasies , and he realizes that a woman who truly cares for him , , has been right under his nose all along . 
 , the youngest sister , is overly sensitive and lacking direction . She works in telephone sales , but leaves to do something more fulfilling : teaching at an immigrant - education center . Her students call her a scab because their original teacher was striking , and she begins to feel empty in that job too . is also constantly let down in her personal life . After a rejected suitor , , calls shallow at the beginning of the film and then goes on to kill himself , tries to set her up with other men . Expecting to hear from a suitor , she instead gets an obscene call from . Later one of her Russian students , , offers her a ride in his taxi and they end up having sex . She is initially smitten , but she soon realizes was using her and that he may be married . After being attacked by his wife and lending him $ 500 in return for the guitar and stereo he stole from her , she is back to being alone . 
 Finally , the sisters ' parents , and , are separating after 40 years of marriage , but will not get divorced . is bored with his marriage , but does not want to start another relationship ; he simply " wants to be alone . " As copes with being single during her twilight years , tries to rekindle his enthusiasm for life by having an affair with a neighbor . It is no use , however , as eventually finds that he has become incapable of feeling . The only person who seems happy at the end is , who throughout the film attempts to make himself ejaculate and finally succeeds after masturbating to a topless sunbather .

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dylan Baker, Ben Gazzara, Camryn Manheim, Jane Adams

During the worst recorded rainstorm in the history of the Midwestern United States , armored truck drivers ( ) and his uncle ( ) are collecting the money from the local banks affected by the rising flood waters . In the small town of Huntingburg , Indiana , which has been evacuated , and drive into a ditch and become stuck , and calls dispatch to alert the National Guard . They are then ambushed by ( ) and his gang of armed robbers , ( ) , Mr ( ) and ( ) . accidentally shoots dead , as gets away with the $ 3 million in cash and hides it in a cemetery . 
 After being chased through the local Middle School by the gang now travelling with a boat and jet skis , takes refuge in a nearby church . He is knocked out and wakes up in a cell at the local Sheriff 's office . tells Sheriff ( ) about the gang and the area he hid the money , although he keeps him locked up . He and his Chief Deputy ( ) then leave to investigate , whilst another officer ( ) is ordered to take ( ) , the woman who knocked out and is currently restoring the church , out of town . In protest , she pushes out of the boat so she will be able to fill the water pumps at her church . 
 The town 's dam continues to experience huge pressure from the rain and the operator ( ) is forced to open another spillway floodgate . This causes another huge burst of water to stream through the town , resulting in even worse flooding , especially at the church . wakes in his cell , trapped as 's building slowly fills up with water . After filling the pumps at the church , returns and saves him by opening the light fitting on the roof for him to escape . They are then spotted by the gang , and hide before having to get out of the water because a nearby transformer is going to blow . 
 grabs and they both fall in the water , but fights him off before is electrocuted and later dies . and enter a nearby house , only to discover locals ( ) and ( ) who believe they are looters . After explaining their story , decides to give their boat so he can return to the armored truck . When he resurfaces from the now submerged truck , he finds and the gang holding the elderly couple hostage . gets to let them go by promising he 'll show them where the money is . 
 On the way to the cemetery , reveals to that the National Guard were never coming because was actually calling the gang , and was in an alliance with them . He was only killed because was never told was on their side . then sends to retrieve the money but finds it has disappeared . When the gang are about to shoot him in anger , they are all ambushed by and his Deputies , who have found . , having lost reelection , now does n't care any more about justice and intends to keep the money for himself , , and , who has now joined them from the dam . 
 Mr. and are killed in the shoot out , and and escape in a boat , finding sanctuary in the church . takes back to her house , with the intention of raping her . The others try to force and out by throwing petrol bombs on the roof , but instead are forced to drive through the stained glassed windows . At 's house , manages to stab with her penknife , killing him . In the church , a shoot out occurs , and at one point and come face to face , but can not bring himself to shoot him . then shoots , thinking he 's a coward . 
 The dam overtopping alarm sounds , alerting the town that the dam is going to fail . Offering a deal , says and should let and him go with a couple of the moneybags . agrees , yet does not . Instead , then leaves to try and save , before shoots with a revolver he was hiding , although he is n't badly hurt . and escape in a boat and , when they are forced to go faster to avoid the wave engulfing the town , the Sheriff pushes out of the boat . He then dies after being caught in a gas explosion . 
 arrives at 's house , to find her handcuffed to the banister . He first tries to free her with a saw , then uses 's gun . The water is so high now they have to get onto the roof and are then caught by . , who managed to escape from the church , comes from behind them in a boat . shoots at him , disabling the steering , forcing him to go over the roof . As he does so , the engine breaks off and collides with , knocking him into the water . However , he is not dead and tries to shoot as he grabs a moneybag , but and manage to shoot him dead . tells he should leave , just as the State Police arrive . picks up the 's moneybag and rows away , as tells the fire damage to her church was n't too bad , and it can be repaired .

( ) , the top high school basketball player in the United States , is being pursued by the top college basketball programs in the nation . His father , , is a convicted felon serving time at Attica Correctional Facility for accidentally killing his wife , , ( ' mother ) six years earlier . is temporarily released by the governor , an influential alumnus of " Big State , " one of the colleges is considering , so that he might persuade his son to sign with the governor 's college . If successful , he 'll get an early release from prison . 
 While seemingly a sound plan , it turns haywire due to the strained relationship between ( who resents his father for killing his mother ) and . Upon his first moments outside of prison , contacts his daughter , ( ) , who is happy to see him . invites her father to the apartment where she and now live , having moved out of their Uncle 's place . When returns home from school , he is unhappy to see his father . Refusing to look him in the eye , he tells his sister to get rid of the " stranger " in their living room . later agrees to meet with his father at an alternative location away from . Throughout the movie , tries to persuade to attend " Big State " with seemingly no success . Eventually , he divulges the deal set up by the governor . However , appears unsympathetic to his father 's situation . 
 Intertwined with the story of the family is the sub - plot of ( ) , a prostitute who stays in the room next to in the run - down hotel , which the warden has booked for him . is being abused by her procurer and companion , . overhears the violence through the thin walls . Throughout the film , is seen helping clean 's wounds , and gives some of his money to be used for his expenses during his week out of prison . He also develops a romantic relationship with her . is seen in one of the final scenes of the movie taking a Greyhound bus away from New York City . 
 is tempted with offers of cash and women on recruiting visits to big time basketball programs . He also considers declaring the NBA in order to play professionally sooner and immediately lift himself and his sister out of poverty . Ultimately , decides to sign to play for " Big State . " However , the governor apparently does not give the promised reduction . ultimately finds freedom by casting away his dreams and burdens to his son , , symbolized by the throwing of his old basketball over the prison wall and magically onto the Big State court where is practicing alone . clutches the ball , knowing it is a message of hope from his father .

( ) and ( ) work at the Good Buy Shopping Network , a home shopping channel run by ( ) . Sales have been down over the last two years under 's management , and was brought in to come up with new ideas . views as a threat and she expresses her dislike for him as well . However , has given an ultimatum to increase sales , or lose his job . 
 While out driving one day , and come across a charismatic strange man who calls himself " G " ( ) . is unusual in that he wears white robes and is perpetually happy and smiling . He seems to sense how troubled is , and follows them back to the Good Buy studio . wanders onto the set of an infomercial , and while he is on the air , the number of calls with customers wanting to buy something increases . notices this and gets his own spot on the network selling items . Meanwhile , the mutual dislike between and fades and they begin to express romantic interest in each other . 
 G 's infomercials are mostly spontaneous anecdotes or thoughts about life , but customers connect with him and even the slowest - moving items begin selling out . While staying at 's house , he enters a party of businessmen and displays his talents by making a Rolex watch " disappear " and curing another man of his fear of flying . begins marketing G 's name on other items to increase sales . He wants to give his own show , but the stressful work environment and throngs of fans who want to meet him begin to take its toll . is no longer the happy , inspiring man he once was , and when tries to convince to let leave the network , he refuses and she quits out of contempt . reaps the benefits of the increased sales , receiving a large promotion and a new office . However , the rewards seem hollow due to 's lethargy and 's rejection of him . 
 On the night of the premiere of 's new show , searches himself and decides that letting go is the right choice . He announces his decision live on air to the studio audience and to his boss . hears of his decision and forgives , racing back to the studio to be with him . They have a romantic reunion on the air , and the show is ended . Afterwards , and say their goodbyes to the fully recovered , who wanders off into the distance to continue his pilgrimage .

Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Preston, Robert Loggia, Morgan Fairchild

The film opens at Burger - Matic , where orders a milkshake at the drive - thru . At the window , he tells the attendant , , that his wife knows about their affair . She asks him if he has also told his wife about her pregnancy . On his way home , he encounters a ferocious wind . It turns out to be an attack helicopter , which runs him off the road . In a panic , he flees through the woods and drops his heart medication . At an outdoor chapel , he sits on a bench as the helicopter hovers in front of him . The pilot , , shoots at the ground near him despite the protests of his copilot and brother , . The shots scare him enough to cause a fatal heart attack . 
 Throughout their attack , and can hear the chatter of and her coworkers . Likewise , they can hear the helicopter pilots on their headsets . The next day , the police inform that has died . She appears shocked and crestfallen , when and arrive . It quickly becomes clear that she encouraged her sons to scare him to death . She is also furious about his affair , and wants revenge on his mistress . and are worried that the people they heard on the radio might have overheard enough to connect them to his death . They quickly deduce that Burger - Matic is the only location close enough to have been on the same frequency . goads into getting a job there to ensure that no one is wise to their crime . 
 is heartbroken at the news about . At work , bonds with her quickly . He gives her a model helicopter for her baby , and he explains that he and fly them as reservists for the National Guard . She asks him to accompany her to lamaze class , since she does n't have a partner . Eventually , he takes her to the base to see the helicopter that he flies . As she sits in the cockpit , she tells him about . 
 Knowing that his mother is still furious about 's affair and that would hurt if he knew her identity , frantically tries to keep the truth from his family . When discovers 's identity , visits her under the pretense of making amends . is terrified of what might do out of a misplaced loyalty to their crazy mother . Sure enough , he arrives at 's house in the attack helicopter . She , , and escape in a truck . He eventually forces them to stop on the road . pretends to be unaware of what is going on and leaves the truck . gradually convinces to stop his attack . 
 The stress of the chase triggers 's labor , and drives her to the hospital . After she has a boy , he talks to him . He struggles to explain how they are related , and he tells him that he is lucky to have the best mother in the world .

Small - fry marijuana harvesters in Northern California try to keep the business running , negotiating the biggest sale ever and keeping his death a secret . But when silent partners , the Mafia , the police , and other meddlers crash the party , they begin to realize they are in over their heads .

( ) is a Chicago housewife who is invited onto the Toni Post talk show under the pretense of getting a free makeover but instead is ambushed with the revelation that her husband has been having an affair with her best friend ( ) . Humiliated on national television , and her precocious only daughter ( ) move back to 's hometown of Smithville , Texas , with 's eccentric mother ( ) and her young , imaginative nephew ( ) , to make a fresh start . As and leave Chicago , gives a letter from her father , telling how much he misses her . 
 struggles to make a new life as a working single mother and deals with the growing attraction between herself and a former high school classmate , ( ) , who hopes that will get together with . She also tries to rebuild her relationship with her estranged mother , her father ( who has Alzheimer 's Disease ) , and her daughter , who desperately wants to be with her father and grudgingly blames her mother for the breakup , even trying to sabotage the romantic overtures makes towards . Meanwhile , is not very happy that she left Chicago and is having difficulty adjusting to her new life and school in Smithville . Her negative view of the small town is worsened when she is bullied by a classmate known as . 
 Adding to 's heartache is her former status as the school queen bee and a beauty pageant winner , which alienated many of her former classmates . They also have n't forgotten 's high school snobbery and rub her nose in her televised embarrassment . 
 tries to mend the gap between her daughter and granddaughter by telling a childhood story of her own . She asks what she 's wishing for her upcoming birthday . Even though says she does n't have a birthday wish , she secretly wishes for her father to return . 
 That night , while drinking a cup of tea before she could sleep , suffers a massive heart attack and dies . 's sister sends a telegram that she ca n't make the funeral and wonders if will him raise him now . believes her father 's presence at the funeral is a sign that her wish has come true ... and that her father wants them both to come home . However , it soon becomes clear to her that her parents ' split is permanent when asks for a divorce . Wanting to be with her father , runs up to her room , packs a suitcase , and follows to his car . She is devastated when her father tells her that even though he loves her and promises to come back for her , he has no room for her in his new life with right now . turns his back on and drives off , leaving her sobbing and screaming for him to come back and take her with him at the end of the driveway . comes to pick up and carries her back into the house . As comforts up in her bedroom , says she knows the letter was actually written by her mother , and not really by her father . 
 One day at work , finds outside waiting for her with flowers . As she walks to him , she says , " Ok , Mama , stop pushing " . After they kiss and embrace , he picks her up , places her in his truck and they drive off together . 
 The final scene shows , , , and at a big town event . has now taken full custody of and is also dating , but she 's still not planning on getting married again for a really long time . welcomes Smithville as her new hometown , ultimately accepts 's departure from her life as a full - time parent , and begins to accept as her mother 's new love interest and a father figure . She and are much closer because of everything they 've been through , as finally realizes it was n't her mother 's fault that her father left them and that really did love her . They share a tender , yet humorous moment when asks if she 's going to marry . When asks her if she does n't like , says her only real concern is being known as " " .

is a very successful 40 - year - old stockbroker raising her son , , and living in Marin County , California , who is persuaded by her best friend from college , , to take a well - deserved , first - class vacation to Montego Bay , Jamaica . As she soaks in the beauty of the island , she encounters a handsome young islander , , who is twenty years younger . His pursuit of her turns into a blossoming romance that forces Stella to take personal inventory of her life and try to find a balance between her desire for love and companionship , and her responsibilities as a mother and corporate executive .

and live together in New York City . At the beginning of the film , the two are driving towards the Kentucky farmhouse , Kilronan , where grew up , primarily to introduce to 's mother , ( ) . 
 After returning to New York , discovers she is pregnant . When she informs of this , he asks her to marry him and she accepts . The wedding is held at Kilronan , where meets 's paternal grandmother , , who tells she does n't trust . 
 After returning to New York apartment , is assaulted by a man who steals her locket . When says she 's pregnant , he cuts her abdomen and leaves . The fetus was not injured . 
 arrives and says she wants to sell Kilronan because she can not run it alone . tells she wants to move to Kentucky and in with for a year and help renovate the land . tells his father died in that house when he was seven and he blames himself because he ran into his father pushing him down the stairs . also tells that his father had been cheating on with . says they should go back so can face his " old ghosts " . 
 The couple move in with who attempts to divide the couple . Suspicious , talks to who tells her that is wrong about his father 's death . The father landed on a nail puller at the bottom of the stairs , crushing his sternum , which , according to news reports was a freak accident . 
 tells that is tearing their marriage apart . He agrees to go back to New York and tells his mother . 
 That evening , bakes a cake for laced with pitocin , a labor inducer . wakes up the next morning , feeling strange . She discovers a baby room set up by and finds the locket that was stolen from her in New York . When unexpectedly enters the room , tries unsuccessfully to escape . 
 Reluctantly , with 's assistance , gives birth . leaves the room to answer a phone call from . She tells him that everything is okay , but when screams in pain , hangs up . 
 begs to hand her the baby , but ignores her , telling the baby she is his mother . tries to inject morphine in 's arm , but knocks the syringe away . When retrieves it , she hears 's footsteps . In a scramble , she quickly cleans up , meeting at the door . She tells him to leave alone , as he has no idea what she 's been through . The two leave asleep , with giving the baby to . 
 That night , enters 's bedroom with the syringe . She finds in a chair next to the bed . Despite his mother 's insistence that he return to bed , he stays . The next morning , awakens to see . She tells to ask to make breakfast . 
 At breakfast , enters the house with an object in her bag . says that it is the object that killed 's father . She slowly proceeds to tell the whole truth about his father 's murder . She reveals that , the " woman " believed his father had cheated on his mother with , was actually a male horse wrangler , with whom had an affair . also shows a bruise resulting from when his mother tried to murder her so she can have him and their son to herself . 's father was planning to leave when he discovered the affair but ended up killing him . made think he did so she can bind him to her for the rest of his life . Now fully convinced of 's schemes , angrily declares to that he will sell and forever cut her out of his life . claims that is only doing this because she is jealous of her , stating " She wants to be me ! " . In utter disgust , slaps to the ground . As and then leave with their baby , gives a harsh farewell to while she sobs on the ground . 
 In the final scene , the couple visit before they leave for good , presenting her with her great - grandson .

One year after the events of the first film , is attending summer classes in Boston , to avoid returning to her hometown of Southport , North Carolina . She suffers from memories and nightmares of the accident and brutal murders of her friends by the vengeful fisherman , , from the summer before . 
 's friend and roommate receives a phone call from a local radio station , then winning an all - expenses - paid vacation to the Bahamas for the Fourth of July weekend . invites her boyfriend , , but he declines . He is hurt by her earlier refusal to visit him in Southport . , intending to propose to , changes his mind about the trip , planning to show up as a surprise . 
 That evening , and his co - worker drive to Boston to meet . They stop due to a BMW and body in the middle of the road . gets out to inspect the scene , only to find the body to be a mannequin dressed in fisherman 's clothing . Suddenly , appears and kills with his hook . takes 's truck and chases him down the road . gets away , but he is injured from falling down a hill . 
 The next morning , and depart on the trip with ’s boyfriend and their friend , . Knowing that has a crush on , invited him as a replacement for , much to 's discomfort . The group arrives at the hotel in Tower Bay , only to find that other guests are leaving due to the imminent hurricane season . To her surprise , is sharing a hotel room with . That evening at the hotel ’s bar , is talked into singing karaoke . She stops when the words “ I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER ” roll onto the screen . Terrified , she runs back to her room and is met by , who laid out flowers and a love note for her . sidesteps 's affection for her , while and ( and later ) get into the hot tub . 
 notices her toothbrush is missing . Feeling something is wrong , she searches the room and finds the dockhand hanging dead in the closet . She finds , , and , but when they return there is no sign of 's body . The hotel manager refuses to believe her story and tries to call the police , but the phone lines are dead due to the incoming hurricane . The group and the hotel staff prepare for the storm . Meanwhile , arrives at the hotel and kills the employees . , the maid , is stabbed in the back while the pool boy , , is impaled with a pair of garden shears . 
 The following day , the group finds that the hotel staff and the manager have been murdered , and the two - way radio , their only way of contact , has been destroyed . Isolated , tells the others about the previous summer . suspects that , the boat hand porter , is the killer , since he is the only one who can not be found . The group goes to ’ apartment , searching for clues . They find ’s toothbrush and 's hair tie , concluding has been using voodoo to protect them . appears and states the capital of Brazil is not Rio , meaning the trip was a set - up . He leads them to a graveyard in the forest with the graves of 's wife and daughter , and an empty grave and tombstone with ’s name . explains that and his wife had two children : son and daughter . murdered in the hotel room that is staying in when he found out about her affair and her plans to leave him with their children . In anger , shouts that she will not be killed by and that they will fight against him . 
 goes missing , and volunteers to find him . , , and return to the hotel and gather supplies to defend themselves . They head to the hotel kitchen for something to eat , and find , the bartender , hiding in the freezer . finds , but he attacks while takes a boat to the island . appears and stabs in the throat with his hook , killing him . The girls retreat to the attic , where is attacked by . They both fall through to the hotel bedroom below . runs from the room and jumps onto the greenhouse . and rescue and run to the storm cellar to take refuge . They find that the storm cellar stores 's victims . bursts in and convinces the girls to head back to the hotel , stating that he saw on the beach . 
 Back at the hotel , sees is bleeding from his stomach , so takes to find a first aid kit . While retrieving the kit , and find has been impaled with a harpoon . appears and kills . Back in the lobby , is tending to , unable to find a wound . admits this is because it is not his blood . He asks what her favorite radio station is , revealing he was the radio host and killed . drags to the graveyard , and tells her he is 's son , explaining his actions . appears and attacks . arrives , and a fight ensues between him and . When tries to stab , he accidentally kills instead . While is distraught from killing his son , takes a gun and shoots him in the chest . falls dead into the grave made for . comforts . Back at the hotel , is found alive . The three are rescued by the coast guard . 
 Sometime later , and have married and are in their new home . is brushing his teeth before bed and is in their bedroom . The bathroom door is quietly shut and locked while is occupied . sits down on her bed , looks in the mirror , and sees under the bed . She screams as grabs her feet with his hook and hand and pulls her under .

Jennifer Love Hewitt, Brandy Norwood, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Mekhi Phifer, Matthew Settle

( ) is an 18 - year - old attending the ( fictional ) Palisades Academy in California . He has not been home to Larchmont , New York for any holidays since his mother died and his father remarried shortly after . A few days before Christmas Eve , his father offers to give him his vintage 1957 Porsche 356 if he is home by 6:00 p.m. , Christmas Eve for Christmas dinner . Initially , had traded in his airline ticket to New York City for two tickets to Cabo San Lucas to take his girlfriend , ( ) , who is also from New York , but she declines . reconsiders following the deal with his father and trades the tickets back in for New York and agrees to ride with him . 
 ( ) , 's nemesis and rival for 's affections , and his trio of goons leave in the desert dressed as as a punishment for not getting an exam cheat sheet ( a deal was going through with that secretly sabotaged on purpose ) . While is stuck in the California desert , ends up giving a reluctant a ride to New York after she thinks has bailed on her once again . 
 has only three days to make it to Larchmont if he wants the car . He stumbles upon ( ) , a simple - minded thief who is driving stolen kitchen goods to his dealer near New York . A police officer named ( ) pulls them over in Red Cliff , Colorado for speeding , so lies and says that is his elf , Snowpuff , and that they are donating the goods to the children 's hospital . The police officer offers for them to join him . asks to accompany him to North Platte , Nebraska and help him win his wife , ( ) , back . 
 and continue to head for New York . convinces to stay the night at novelty hotel in a Bavarian village , the Amana Colonies in Amana , Iowa . and are unknowingly standing beneath mistletoe when a news anchor is reporting live . sees and kiss whilst waiting at the bus station in Nebraska . 
 wants to stop at the Bavarian village and develops a scheme to convince the bus driver . He obtains a cooler , a slab of meat , writes 's name and address on the cooler , and then convinces the whole bus that the cooler needs to be delivered to a little girl at the hospital in the Bavarian village for a transplant . After lets into the room , walks out of the shower in only a towel and assumes he has slept with . and make up until blurts out that prevented him from getting home by 6 p.m. Upset that cares more about the car than her , storms onto the bus and takes 's seat . 
 and drive off . suddenly becomes jealous realizing that will not only get , but also the Porsche , throws out of his car somewhere in Wisconsin . decides to enter a Santa Claus race for a chance to win a $ 1,000 prize to buy an airline ticket to New York . is arrested after insulting two cops policing the race dressed as Christmas trees ( possibly doing more than that ) . While registering for the race , meets a nice man named , who he barely beats in the race . But on his way to the airport , the taxi driver informs that is actually the mayor of the town who usually wins the race every year and uses the prize money to buy turkeys for the needy . feels bad , and gives the money to the Mayor . 
 talks to his sister , who arranges for an airline ticket for from Madison , Wisconsin . The airline refuses to allow to board the aircraft because he has no photographic identification . decides to stow away in a dog kennel on a cargo aircraft . From the airport , he hides on a train , tries to hitch a ride in a car , then steals a one - horse open sleigh from the local parade . When he reaches his street , he apologizes to and they make up . rides the sleigh home and arrives at 5:59 p.m. intentionally waits until after 6 p.m. to go inside so that he will not arrive in time to get the Porsche . When 's father offers him the Porsche anyway , he still refuses . finally accepts his stepmother . The and get in the sleigh just as the parade arrives and join the procession .

is the lead singer in a rock band simply titled " The Jack Frost Band " , based in the fictional town of Medford , Colorado , USA , who make their living performing blues covers and an assortment of their own songs in the hope of signing a record deal . He then returns to his 11 - year - old son , who has just returned from an epic snowball fight against local bully . and spend some quality time by building a snowman in their front yard . Afterward , Jack tucks into bed and gives him his best harmonica , which got the day was born . He then jokes with , telling him that it 's magical , and he 'll be able to hear the harmonica wherever he is . promises his wife that he will attend his son 's hockey game . However , he misses the hockey game in favor of recording the ironically - named " Do n't Lose Your Faith " . To make up for it , then promises to take his family on a Christmas trip to the mountains , but is called in on a gig that could either make or break his career . 
 On his way to the gig , realizes his mistake and borrows his best friend ( and the band 's keyboardist ) 's car to go home and spend the holidays with his family . Unfortunately , a bad storm begins to block 's view . Due to a faulty windshield wiper on 's car , is unable to navigate through the storm , and as a result , he crashes his car , and is killed instantly ( off - screen ) . 
 One year later , , depressed over his father 's death , withdraws from all contact with his friends . One night , makes another snowman that bears as much of a resemblance to as he can remember of him and plays 's harmonica just before going to sleep . The harmonica turns out to be magical after all as it resurrects , and his spirit awakens in the snowman . Thrilled to be alive again , attempts to greet , but ends up terrifying him with his uncanny appearance . walks into the night and contemplates his fate . The next morning , discovers in his yard and attempts to run away from him . When winds up in the snowball battlefield , pelts and the other children with snowballs and manages to grab . escapes with on a sled whilst and the enraged children pursue them . After losing and the pursuers , realizes that the snowman is his father after Jack calls him ' boy ' which is what his father used to call him and embraces him . 
 reconnects with and teaches him the values that he never got to teach him when he was alive . After giving him some hockey lessons , convinces to rejoin the hockey team instead of continuing to grieve over his death . goes on to become the best player on the team . In the meantime , continues to be a friend of the family becoming a father figure of sorts to per 's suggestion . 
 As winter approaches its end , begins melting and struggles to get to 's hockey game . Afterwards , decides to take to the mountains where it is colder . attempts to convince his mother to take there , but has a difficult time doing so . then comes across who also insults the snowman by asking which is more stupid . After speaks in front of by correcting his last sentence , sympathizes with not having a father . then helps him sneak Jack onto a truck en route to the mountains . Upon reaching the mountains , and arrive at the isolated cabin that the family was going to stay at a year earlier before 's death . calls , nonchalantly asking her to come to the cabin to pick up ; is shocked , but recognizes 's voice and obliges . tells a disheartened that he has to leave . When his wife arrives , the snowman shell dissipates , revealing as he appeared in life , but in an ethereal form . After telling that even though will be in the afterworld , he will be with him wherever he is and wherever he goes and after saying farewell , returns to the afterlife . 
 In the closing moments of the film , plays hockey with his group of friends - which now includes , while happily watches , and plays music on the piano . The final street scene shows that all the front lawns have snowmen on them .

Michael Keaton, Kelly Preston, Joseph Cross, Mark Addy, Henry Rollins

Like The Godfather Part II , the narrative of Mafia ! consists of a series of flashbacks interwoven with the main plot . is the son of a prominent Mafia don , . As the film opens , introduces the main thread when he exits a Vegas casino and walks to his car , accompanied by a voiceover explaining his philosophy of life . When he starts the car , it explodes . 
 The story then regresses more than half a century to describe the boyhood of 's father , , who was born in Italy , the clumsy son of a Sicilian postman . One day , while making a delivery for his father , trips and the parcel bursts open , revealing a strange white powder . The parcel 's recipient , concluding that the delivery boy has seen too much , tracks to a street fair , where he kills his father . The boy escapes to America , where he grows to young manhood , marries , and struggles with poverty before finally finding his destiny as a mafia boss . 
 The film then visits the recent past ; has just returned from the Korean War and is bringing his idealistic Protestant girlfriend , , to meet his family and friends at his big brother 's wedding reception ( a parody of wedding in the beginning of The Godfather ) . During the festivities , however , is shot 47 times in an attempted hit and nearly dies . announces his intention to kill , a drug lord with whom had refused to do business before the attack . leaves him , saying he 's abandoned the peaceful ideals of his youth , and adding that she 'll never be anything to his Sicilian family but " that Protestant chick who never killed anyone . " avenges the attack , then goes into hiding in Las Vegas , where offers him the opportunity to manage his casino , The Peppermill . accepts and his casino is a great success until he meets a femme fatale , , hired by as part of a deep - laid plan to distract him from his duties and to drive a wedge between him and . 
 recovers from his 47 gunshot wounds and visits Las Vegas , where he officially names his successor . , furious at being passed over , is told " You get Wisconsin . " The Don then returns home , where he falls victim to his 5 - year - old grandson , , who assassinates him by spraying him with malathion ( parody of heart attack in The Godfather ) . The film returns to the present after catches and cavorting in a hotel room together and walks out in disgust - only to have his car explode . 
 is horribly but temporarily disfigured , and attends his father 's funeral in a wheelchair , where he spots the killers when he sees little taking a payoff . However , he decides to postpone vengeance until he can win back 's love and put his life in order . has by this time become President of the United States , and is on the brink of declaring total world disarmament when goes looking for her . He persuades her to put world peace on the back burner until after their wedding . During the ceremony , with the help of 's mother ( ) , several henchmen , and an Eskimo , he settles the family 's accounts in an orgy of slaughter ( filmed similarly to the end of The Godfather ) , even arranging the harpooning of the dinosaur as a bonus .

( ) , a sales representative for " V SIX " jeans , and his partner , ( ) , are about to be busted for selling " knock off " jeans ( a low - quality imitation of well - known products ) . Their American contact , ( ) , who is not only their employer but a CIA agent sent to find the mole in their operation , is threatening them with a jail term if they do not prove their innocence . Meanwhile , and meet up with ( ) , who is a CIA agent that just happens to be a double agent for the Russian Mafia and a ringleader to the terrorists . He tells that is really a CIA agent and that they need 's support . and then learn that ( ) is involved with the knock off jeans and they seek him out ; which results in the death of and the pursuit of angry workers , who are loyal to and who are under the impression that and killed him . and then learn that these knock off jeans are laden with nanobombs , which were developed by former KGB operatives who are in league with international terrorists that are utilizing a Russian Mafia 's scheme to bring this deadly technology to the black market and extort $ 100,000,000.00 in monthly revenue from the world super powers . This particular order is to be shipped to the U.S. Furthermore , we discover that the CIA headquarters , in Hong Kong , is located on Lantau Island inside a huge statue , which is later blown up . In the end , Hong Kong is safe and so is the rest of the world .

Respected anthropologist ( ) and his wife , ( ) , bring their three children along during their much - enjoyed search in New Guinea for a lost tribe . The search fails , despite the family 's best efforts . After 's death back in the U.S. , falls into academic stagnation , having spent all his foundation grant money raising the children as a single parent . Scheduled to lecture at a college and fearful of being charged with misuse of grant funds , concocts an imaginary tribe , the Shelmikedmu , using the names of his children as a basis . He later fakes a 16   mm " documentary " film , casting his children as tribe members and superimposing footage of a legitimate New Guinean tribe so as to enhance the illusion . 
 Anthropologist ( ) contacts cable - TV producer ( ) , forcing to continue creating fraudulent footage as ' rival ( ) becomes suspicious . Because he has described a culture unlike any other , 's fraud becomes increasingly famous . himself masquerades as a tribal elder , while his two sons , ( ) and ( ) , create and enact increasingly imaginative rituals . Only the eldest child , ' daughter , refuses to participate due to her disgust at the dishonesty perpetrated by her father . 
 Taking advantage of her curiosity , tricks into participating in his false documentary . When she discovers the truth , she is initially angry , but later helps continue his fraud . travels to New Guinea , discovering no tribe in the location specified by . She transmits the news via fax to a colleague , who exposes at a gala . ' imaginative son , , improvises a lie , that the Shelmikedmu hide by means of a magical ritual known only to them . 
 Unknown to the majority of the characters , has contacted the New Guineans befriended by her family during the futile search for the lost tribe , urging them to masquerade as the Shelmikedmu in order to disappoint . The ruse succeeds , and the accusation of fraud is abandoned . , relieved of his worries , ends his fraud . Because has become sexually involved with him during her participation in his deceit , she assumes the role of a mother toward the children , though she is not explicitly said to marry .

( ) is pregnant with LAPD Sergeant ' baby ; they are not married , but both are thinking about it . LAPD Sergeant 's daughter ( ) , is also pregnant , though he is not told the child is with Detective ( ) since he did not want his daughter to marry a police officer . Due to issues with the department 's insurance carrier over and 's actions as sergeants , Captain ( ) promotes them to captains . 
 The officers along with ( ) come upon a Chinese immigrant smuggling ring after running an ocean - going vessel aground . The captain of the boat escapes . In the subsequent investigation , finds ( ) and his family hiding from US Immigration officers to avoid deportation . offers them shelter in his home , and their families , along with and , quickly bond . Hong reveals he is looking for his uncle , a skilled engraver , who had paid for their passage to the United States . 
 Continued investigation of the smuggling ring leads the officers to " Uncle " , a crime boss operating from a Chinatown restaurant . There , they are introduced to high - ranking Triad negotiator ( ) . forces them out of his restaurant when the officers show no probable cause . Outside , spots the escaped captain and tries to give chase but fails to capture him . However , later intercepts the captain and kills him as punishment for attracting the police 's attention . and take steps to eliminate all those in on their plans . 
 is able to contact his uncle , but this leads the Triads to 's house . and the Triad thugs kidnap the , tie up , his family , and and set the house ablaze . , 's grandson , has evaded capture and helps to free the others in time . Though and chase down and kill some of the Triad , escapes . brings to his uncle at a warehouse , where he has been engraving plates for a counterfeiting operation for and in exchange for transit for his family . kills in front of his uncle to assure his continued work . 
 The officers attempt to shake for more information , but are unable to get any leads until they discuss what they know with Detective ( ) , who has worked on cases involving the Chinese government before . recognizes that must be trying to negotiate with a corrupt Chinese general for the release of the Four Fathers , high - ranking Triad members that include 's brother ( ) . New information leads them to the abandoned warehouse where they find the bodies of , his uncle , and , the latter two killed by after they served their usefulness . Knowing that plans to use counterfeit money , the police intercept the exchange between and the general , telling the general the money is fake . A firefight breaks out between the Triad , the general 's private army and the police , and most of the Triad and army are killed . attempts to escape with his brother , but his brother is shot and killed by . and are separated as they follow to a pier . engages in a fistfight with that collapses the pier and sends them underwater . is able to find a Kalashnikov assault rifle and kill , while arrives in time to help rescue from a piece of concrete that had pinned him underwater . 
 Later , visits his dead wife 's grave and asks her for advice about his impending marriage with , about which he still has doubts ; arrives and offers a childhood story that gives a new light on the situation . They learn is about to give birth and race to the hospital , where and are ceremonially married by a rabbi just before she enters labor . Their son and 's daughter are born , and accepts as his son - in - law . gives and their rank of Sergeant back since the city is insured again and 's family is granted asylum .

Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Joe Pesci, Rene Russo, Chris Rock, Jet Li

had what she thought was a perfect marriage , with both she and her husband studying to be doctors . But after she puts her studies on hold to find a job and support them , many years pass until suddenly he leaves to be with another doctor . Depressed , she holes up in her apartment , where the middle - aged serves as a building superintendent and elevator operator . He is as lonely as she is , beset with gambling problems , and and make a connection . Yet what he wishes to pursue as a romantic relationship , sees only as a friendship . Her friend , who sings at a nightclub , makes attempts to improve 's love life as well as her own .

In 2058 , Earth will be uninhabitable within twenty years due to the irreversible effects of pollution and Ozone depletion . In an effort to save humanity , the United Global Space Force ( UGSF ) elects to send Professor and his family — wife , daughters and , and young prodigy son — on a mission on the spaceship Jupiter II to complete the construction of a hypergate over the planet Alpha Prime , allowing for the population of Earth to be instantly transported to and populate it as a new home . is resistant to leaving , rebelling by breaking curfew , while 's prize - winning science experiment involving time travel goes largely unnoticed by the family patriarch . Global Sedition , a terrorist group against the mission , assassinates the Jupiter II 's pilot , and hotshot fighter pilot Major is instead recruited to fly their ship — much to his chagrin . 
 Dr. , the family 's physician , turns out to be a spy for the Sedition , who sabotages the ship 's on - board robot before launch , but he is betrayed by his cohorts , and left unconscious as an unwitting stowaway as the ship launches and the family enters cryosleep for the journey . The robot activates soon after they are asleep , and following its corrupted programming , begins to destroy the navigation and guidance systems , en route to destroying the family itself . awakens the sleeping and , who manage to subdue the robot ; yet due to the robot 's actions , the ship is falling uncontrollably into the sun . Forced to use the experimental hyperdrive , which has an unpredictable trajectory without a hypergate to go through , the ship is transported through hyperspace to a planet in a remote and uncharted part of the universe , where their known star charts are useless . Going through a strange distortion in space , the crew finds two abandoned ships in orbit , the Proteus , an Earth ship , and another ship that is clearly not of human origin . They board the Proteus , with controlling the now - modified robot by remote control to aid them . They find navigational data that can be used to get to Alpha Prime along with a camouflaging creature whom calls " Blarp " , and evidence suggesting the ship is from decades in the future . They are attacked by spider - like creatures ; in their escape , is attacked by one of them , and the robot 's body is damaged beyond repair , but saves its computerized intelligence . Pilot West ignores orders and destroys the vessel to eradicate the spiders , and , as a result , the ship crash - lands on the nearby planet , where the strange distortions from before continue . theorizes that they are distortions in time ; in fact , they are his science experiment 's predicted results . His father , however , frustrates by ignoring his input . His father and head off to explore one of these time bubbles , and encounter a future version of , who explains that some spiders had survived and attacked after his father and had left them , and that , Penny , and were all killed . Constructing a time machine , intends to go back to Earth prior to the launch of Jupiter II , and prevent it from happening . 
 Meanwhile , young and head out on their own to investigate the time bubble . tricks into handing over his weapon , but he is foiled by a future version of , who had been protecting ever since the rest of the family was killed , and was transformed by an infection from the spider injury into a kind of anthropomorphic spider creature . and return to their time with an injured in tow , while the future reveals his true actions : He had killed the , but kept alive to build the time machine , so he could go back in time to populate Earth with a race of space spiders . remembers that the spiders eat their wounded , rips open 's egg sac with a trophy had turned into a weapon , and while 's own army devours him , he is thrown into the time portal , which rips him apart . The increasing instability of the planet caused by the portal forces the Jupiter II to take off , but they are unable to reach escape velocity , and are destroyed by the planet 's debris . realizes that his father never actually abandoned them , and that he really does love him after all . Setting the time machine 's controls to send back to his family , he himself is unable to go along , with only enough power available for one person . Saying goodbye to his family , the future is killed by falling debris , and reunites with his living family . Realizing that they do not have enough power to escape the planet 's gravitational pull , suggests that follows what he did when they were falling into the sun - drive the ship down through the planet , and use the gravity well to slingshot them back into space . They are successful , but the planet turns into a black hole , which begins to pull them back in , and the once again activate the hyperdrive to escape . Using the navigational data from the Proteus to set a potential course for Alpha Prime , the ship blasts off into hyperspace .

William Hurt, Mimi Rogers, Gary Oldman, Heather Graham, Matt LeBlanc, Lacey Chabert

In 1956 Paris , France , a young girl named attends a boarding school run by Miss , a no - nonsense , strict , but caring nun . She is the only orphan and wishes she had a family since her parents died when she was very small . She goes on daily walks , eats her favorite meal , " Chicken Hélène " ( a chicken dish named after the cook , , who makes it ) , and often causes mischief for Miss . One night , Miss feels that something is not right , so she runs up to the girls ' room and finds groaning in pain on her bed . Quickly , dials the hospital , who explains to Miss that they must take out 's appendix immediately . During her stay in the hospital overnight , after the surgery , wanders down the hallway , and finds Lady . The two begin to talk , and Lady reveals to that she carved her name under 's bed , . She asks to see if it 's still there . Their conversation is interrupted by the strict Lord , who orders to leave . A few days later , when is ready to go , she and Miss discover that Lady had died . She then sees a chicken in 's car , and finds out that Chicken Hélène that will be served that night . 
 When arrives back at school , she meets , the Spanish Ambassador 's son , who is the main target of an evil kidnapper named who wants to collect money from the Ambassador since he 's rich . That night , refuses to eat the chicken " Fred " because she made friends with him in the car . She turns almost all of the other girls against the chicken dish and make them vegetarians and cluck , which results in Miss sending the girls to bed without dinner , after a discussion with about how he 'll close the school down as he has resigned from his job due to his wife 's death . The girls are eventually hungry so they sneak down to eat , only to get scared by , who appears disguised as a demon . When Miss and find the girls , they reluctantly decide to give them dinner . The next day , Miss goes to 's house to offer him a toolbox and ends up talking with who is posing as 's tutor . Then , Miss takes the girls to an art gallery where himself steals 's drawing pad and writes " Beware " with a vicious drawing in it . The girls wonder why until Miss tells them that they have been invited to 's birthday party . While there , shows the girls his menagerie and attempts to scare them by dangling a white baby mouse in front of them . It works on the other girls , but not on , as she is not afraid of mice . tries to scare her by preparing to feed it to his snake , but insists he 's bluffing . calls it off and shows the girls his guillotine that he built with the tools in his new toolbox and almost executes the mouse . defends the mouse by pushing away . She releases the other caged mice in retaliation , and this causes the girls to run in horror and subsequently causes an approaching Miss to faint . starts to fight , but Miss stops her and insists they leave . On their way out , steals 's motorcycle keys to get even with . Later in class , the girls are forced to write lines , explaining their behavior . 
 On their walk , accidentally falls into the Seine and is rescued by a stray dog , whom she names . catches a cold , and when Miss and the girls leave on their walk , she hears complaining he does n't have his keys . starts it with a paper clip instead . Meanwhile , finds and the two try to hide from Lord who is showing the house . Eventually , Miss finds out about , but compromises and says she can sleep in the shed and be kept , but she is not allowed to go in the school . Meanwhile , and sabotage the school , so visitors wo n't want to buy it . Lord comes over that night , and has an argument with Miss about the school being sabotaged , but interrupts and admits she did it , trying to back up Miss , but making a Freudian slip by calling Lord " " . On his way back home , discovers the dog and turns loose despite the pleads of the girls . 
 They look for her the next day and go to a circus to cheer themselves up , but decides to run away with the circus because she feels lonely and wants a real home . She tells her best friend that she 's leaving , and makes her swear not to tell a soul . swears and hugs her goodbye . walks away sadly and notices kidnapping with the help of the clowns called " The Idiots " , since they were really 's henchmen . tries to confront , who openly mocks and abducts her as well . Miss , not knowing they have been kidnapped , eventually finds out from that has run away and goes to find her . While on her way , she finds and takes her along . The next day , and discover a motorcycle that the Idiots used in their act . She tells to drive it , since he drove one , but states that he drives a Vespa[notes 1 ] scooter , which is very different from a motorbike as it does not have gears . He is nonetheless convinced by , and the two use it to escape , who , along with the other Idiots , follows them . Miss sees them chasing them and goes after . Miss and are about to both hit and , but swerves away and Miss cuts off , making him and the Idiots crash into a nearby lake . The police arrive on the scene , the Idiots are arrested for kidnapping , and and are reunited with their families . 
 But just when everything turns out right , Lord comes once again and introduces the Ambassador of Uzbekistan ( then part of the USSR ) , who agreed to buy the school . confronts and convinces him that his wife is still with him , and in the school as well . Miss assures that whatever happens , they 'll be together . But denies this , who says that is right , and wishes he could do something about it , but has already sold the school . However , the Ambassador calls it off , letting everybody remain at the school . The movie ends with the girls running off , while Miss follows them . The live - action setting goes back to a storybook - like setting and the words " Fin " appear .

is now the owner of the Minnesota Twins . Aging minor league pitcher , who plays for the Fort Myers Miracle , is planning to retire . Then , recruits to be the manager of the Buzz , the Twins ' AAA minor league affiliate . 's mission is to make a real team out of a bunch of players who include ballet dancer turned ballplayer , minor league lifer , , , , pitcher , home run hitter , and pitcher , a medical school graduate who throws the slowest fastball in the minors . 
 However , clashes with , the snobby manager of the Twins . One night in Minnesota , and his fiancee are having dinner with and at an expensive - looking restaurant , where challenges to a game between the Buzz and the Twins and accepts the challenge . 
 The game is scheduled to take place at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minnesota . The Twins take a 3 - 0 lead in the 6th inning , but Downtown hits a home run that ties the game at 3 - 3 in the 8th inning . But in the bottom of the 9th inning , with two outs , while the Twins are up to bat , and is one strike away from striking out home run hitter , has the stadium 's lights turned off so the game can end with a tie rather than give the Buzz a chance to win in extra innings . However , the media says that the Twins were still outplayed by the Buzz . 
 now wants to bring Downtown up to the Twins , even though believes that he is not yet ready . However , jumps on the opportunity , turning his back on . Without Downtown , the Buzz start losing again . With the Twins , starts hitting poorly , proving wrong . manages to get the Buzz back on track , and Downtown is sent back down to the Buzz , where teaches him how to get more hits . leads the Buzz to a division title in their league . 
 issues a challenge for to bring the Twins to Buzz Stadium for another game . If the Twins win , will give his salary for the year to . If and the Buzz beat the Twins , can take over as the manager of the Twins . accepts the challenge and takes the Twins to play against the Buzz . This time , the Twins take a 4 - 0 lead in the 6th inning , but the Buzz still manage to come from behind with three runs , and then win the game , 5 - 4 , thanks to a game - winning two - run home run by Downtown . decides that he wants to stay with the Buzz so he can continue to work with minor league players on their skills and hopefully turn them into stars .

Billionaire media mogul is considering a merger between his company and another media giant , and is about to celebrate his 65th birthday with an elaborate party planned by his eldest daughter , . He begins to hear mysterious voices , which he tries with increasing difficulty to ignore . His youngest daughter , , a resident in internal medicine , is in a relationship with one of 's board members , . She is considering marriage , but can tell she 's not passionately in love . When she asks for the short version of his impassioned speech , he simply says , " Stay open . Who knows ? Lightning could strike ! " 
 meets a vibrant young man at a coffee shop . She is instantly enamored but fails to even get his name . Minutes after their encounter ( but unbeknownst to her ) , the man is struck by multiple cars in what appears to be a fatal motor vehicle accident . arrives at 's home in the uninjured body of the young man , explaining that 's impassioned speech has piqued his interest . Given 's " competence , experience , and wisdom " , says that for as long as will be his guide on Earth , will not have to die . Making up a name on the spot , is introduced to the family as " " . 
 's best efforts to navigate the next few days , knowing them now to be his last , fail to keep events from going rapidly out of his control . is secretly conspiring with a man bidding for Parrish Communications . He capitalizes on 's strange behavior and unexplained reliance on to convince the board of directors to vote out as Chairman , using information given to him inadvertently by 's son - in - law , , to push through approval for the merger which had decided to oppose . is devastated . 
 is confused by the appearance of , believing him to be the young man from the coffee shop , but eventually falls deeply in love with him . is now under the influence of human desires and becomes attracted to her as well . After they make love , asks , " What do we do now ? " She replies , " It 'll come to us . " angrily confronts him about his relationship with his daughter , but declares his intention to take with him for his own . 
 As his last birthday arrives , appeals to to recognize the meaning of true love and all it encompasses , especially honesty and sacrifice . comes to understand that he must set aside his own desire and allow to live her life . He also helps regain control of his company , exposing 's underhanded business dealings to the board by claiming to be an agent of the Internal Revenue Service and threatening to put in jail . 
 The party is in full swing , with jazz music , cake and speech by . He makes his peace with his daughters . tells that she has loved him ever since that day in the coffee shop . 
 realises that loves the unknown man , not him , and the realization crushes him slightly . Even mastering his emotions powerfully he balks at telling who he really is , although she seems to intuit his true identity ( it is slightly hinted that she experienced a similar state of feeling as the old lady from the hospital when was trying to " take away her pain " ) . She mentions feeling like taking off before realizing something was off ( that state of feeling emanates ) . Struggling to comprehend the enormity of the situation , can not label as Death . She says finally , " You 're . . . you 're " . He promises her " you will always have what you found in the coffee shop . " On a hillock in the grounds above the party in full swing below , expresses trepidation : " Should I be afraid ? " replies " Not a man like you " , showing his respect for . Fireworks begin to pop in the distance ; watches and her father walk out of view . 
 She is stunned as " " reappears alone , bewildered , this time as the young man from the coffee shop . He is uninjured and can not account for how he got there . accepts that her father is gone , and rekindles the romantic spark she had shared with the young man . " What do we do now ? " she asks . " It 'll come to us , " replies , as the two of them descend towards the twinkling lights of the party .

Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Jeffrey Tambor, Marcia Gay Harden

A hostage situation in South Dakota : FBI Agent ( ) , as the inside man , protects a teenage boy named while trying to talk bank robber ( ) into surrendering . However , the FBI task force moves in , and in the ensuing firefight and the robbers are killed . confronts his superior , who gave the order , which leads to a further confrontation with the agency leadership and consequences for . 
 A cryptographic code called " Mercury " was created by the National Security Agency and is allegedly so complex that its creators believe no computer on Earth can decipher it . Originally it was created during the Reagan Administration as a test to keep the United States ' highest priority secrets under wraps . One day , the NSA receives a message from a nine - year - old autistic savant with prodigious math abilities named ( ) , who calls a telephone number written in the code which was secretly published in a puzzle magazine by two of the creators , ( ) and ( ) , to see if anyone could break it . and 's division chief , Lt . Colonel ( ) sees the boy 's ability to decipher the code as a grave liability . He dispatches assassin ( ) to murder the boy and his parents , ( ) and ( ) . 
 After shooting and , searches the house , fails to find , and leaves at the sound of approaching sirens ( was able to call 911 before dying ) . , who has been demoted following a diagnosis of delusional paranoia , is sent to investigate what is initially thought to be a murder - suicide . While investigating the scene , finds hiding in a cache of his bedroom closet and takes the boy under his wing . begins to realize the difficulty of protecting , let alone questioning , because of his impaired social abilities as a result of his autism , but the Chicago Police Department agree to assign a protection detail to . tries to kill again at the hospital , but stops him . He is then forced to terminate an assassin named ( ) on the Chicago ' L ' train . The situation is further complicated by the fact that nobody at the FBI believes is in any danger , and is soon framed by the NSA as a kidnapper , with only his best friend and fellow agent ( ) aware that he did not commit the crime , since had been in contact with when the incident began . borrows 's car ( which later reports stolen to conceal his involvement ) and takes back to his house . again calls the telephone number written in the code and talks to and . When confronts them , a conflicted arranges a meeting via encoded e - mail at the Wrigley Building . The next morning , meets a woman named ( ) in a coffee shop and asks her to watch for him . 
 meets and the two talk and stroll on a busy sidewalk . tells about " Mercury " and , then shoots him from behind and gets away safely . returns to the coffee shop , but and are gone . He goes outside and spots them coming across the street . says she and have become friends and agrees . and then abruptly leave . Later in the middle of the night , and go to 's house , asking for a place to stay . reluctantly agrees and tells that she was going on a business trip to Des Moines to make the rent the next morning . 
 Meanwhile , , having learned 's fate , picks up where his friend left off by writing a pair of letters via typewriter : one to and the other to the Senate Oversight Committee , revealing 's unlawful actions . Soon after , is murdered by , who also snatches the letters . However , the assassin neglects to grab the carbon copies tossed , which his girlfriend , NSA analyst ( ) , takes to the FBI . discreetly arranges for her to meet with to show them both the carbon paper used to type the letter , which , being covered in 's fingerprints , is crucial evidence in its own right . After the meeting with , tells to call anyone for an emergency except the police , who were called off at the last minute , and gives her 's number in case of an emergency . While introduces himself to at his birthday party and demands that leave alone , , under ' suggestion , arranges for to go into Witness Protection . After the meeting , calls , who explains that the Witness Protection meeting is going to happen , though they are unaware that their conversation is being monitored by . When returns and finds and gone , he learns from that they are not in any danger and will meet them there , just as is given an order to head to the FBI director 's office . 
 tries to have FBI SAC ( Special Agent in Charge ) ( ) help turn the tables on by using his authority and the fact that arranged the Witness Protection under false pretenses . He plans to have the NSA take over the protection for the meeting location . After leaves , shows the evidence to and despite his initial doubts , confirms that the fingerprint markings on it were 's , now fully validating the evidence against . , with and a small FBI task force 's help , sets a trap at the meeting spot . During the battle , protects , and the FBI team takes on , who is killed , trying to escape , when the windows blow out slashing his face open . and fight on the roof during which walks to the edge of the roof and grabs 's gun , giving it to and allowing him to take control as and the team come in . In a last - ditch effort to get his victim back , grabs , is shot at point blank range by , and subsequently falls to his death over the edge of the building . 
 later visits ( now living with foster parents ) at his school . He embraces the FBI agent as a welcome friend , having finally accepted him as a person he trusts .

Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Chi McBride, Kim Dickens

mentors his young cousin , ( ) , into a life of drugs and crime soon after emigrates from Dublin , Ireland . Bright , conscientious , but notably naive , finds himself unable to get used to the spontaneous dangers and recklessness of his new life in America . After two particularly traumatic incidents , is afraid of further involving himself with and 's circle of criminal friends . tells he wants to return Dublin , and the two argue after blames for dragging him into a dangerous and " damaging " lifestyle he never wanted . is killed soon afterward when crime boss , ( ) , mistakenly believes told police about 's criminal operations and an earlier hit that had been ordered against and ' cousin ( ) – who had made a deal with police in order to reduce a sentence he 'd already been serving .

The film begins with a soldier walking through the Great Wall , when a falcon named knocks off his helmet . After the Huns , who are led by the ruthless , invade Han China by breaching the Great Wall , the Chinese emperor orders a general mobilization . Conscription notices require one man from each family to join the Chinese army . 
 When hears that her elderly father , the only man in their family and an army veteran , is once more to go to war , she becomes anxious and apprehensive due to his weakening health . Taking her father 's old armor , she disguises herself as a man , so that she can enlist instead of her parent . The anxious family quickly learn of her departure and Grandmother prays to the family ancestors for 's safety . The ancestors then order their " Great Stone Dragon " to protect . 
 A small dragon named is sent to awaken the Stone Dragon , but accidentally destroys it in the process . conceals this from the ancestors and resolves to protect himself . 
 Reporting to the training camp , is able to pass as a man , although her military skills are initially lacking . provides clumsy guidance to on how to behave like a man . Under the command of Captain , she and her fellow recruits , , and , gradually become trained warriors . Desiring to see succeed , creates a fake order from 's father , General , ordering to follow the main Imperial Army into the mountains . The reinforcements set out , but arrive at a burnt - out encampment and discover that General and his troops have been massacred by the Huns . 
 As the reinforcements solemnly leave the mountains , they are ambushed by the Huns , but cleverly uses a cannon to cause an avalanche , which buries most of the invaders . An enraged slashes her in the chest , and her deception is revealed when the wound is bandaged . 
 Instead of executing as the law requires , spares her life , but nonetheless expels her from the army . is left to follow alone as the recruits depart for the Imperial City to report the news of the Huns ' destruction . However , it is revealed that several Hun warriors , including have survived the avalanche , and catches sight of them as they make their way to the City , intent on capturing the Emperor . 
 At the Imperial City , is unable to convince about intentions . The Huns capture the Emperor , then seize the palace . With 's help , , , and pose as concubines , and are able to enter the palace . With the help of , they defeat men ; as prevents from assassinating the Emperor , lures the Hun leader onto the roof where she engages him in single combat . Meanwhile , acting on 's instructions and signal , fires a huge skyrocket at . The rocket strikes and propels him into a fireworks launching tower , where he dies in the resulting explosion . 
 is praised by the Emperor and the assembled inhabitants of the city , who bow to her in an unprecedented honor . While she accepts the crest of the Emperor and the sword of as gifts , she politely declines his offer to be his advisor , and asks to return to her family . 
 returns home and presents these gifts to her father , who is more overjoyed to have back safely . Having become enamored with , soon arrives under the pretext of returning her helmet , but accepts the family 's invitation to stay for dinner . is granted a position as a family guardian by the ancestors amid a returning celebration .

The film begins with 5 - year - old ( ) and his military father visiting a family friend 's , 's ( ) , house at Thanksgiving . When goes into labor , 's father asks him to unwrap the umbilical cord from the baby . After a successful birth , decides to himself that the baby girl born , ( ) , is meant to be with him forever , and states that he will marry her . 
 Twenty - five years later , now 30 moves back to his hometown after his father dies . Homeless and jobless , finds a cheap apartment owned by a bakery shop couple who offer him little jobs delivering cakes . During his first delivery , gets lost and stops at 's for directions . ( ) , 's blind sister , opens the door and sees for the first time . 
 and 's family order a cake from the bakery and immediately leaves to deliver it , hoping to see , but crashes his bike into a car right outside the home , going unconscious . He awakes in 's house to meet 's entire family — her brother ( ) and 's mentally distraught wife , ( ) , her father ( ) , her sister ( ) , and boyfriend ( ) . He is invited to stay for dinner where he is given news of 's recent engagement to . 
 later gets the job as a tiler / mosaic artist in a local museum . soon confesses his love for , asking her to run away and marry him . rejects him kindly and rides away , with chasing her . At a bookstore , tells he is in love with . remains ill with a bed nurse . later becomes jealous of the love between and her new boyfriend , and rushes to 's home . The two then sleep together . At 's house , screams at and points a gun at him because she believes he is having an affair . She quickly shoots at , hitting his foot , and laughs as he tumbles in pain . 
 and have an informal elopement during the night . After returns home to tell her mother gleefully , passes away in 's arms . leaves 's apartment to tell her mother about her relationship with only to find that she has died . At 's funeral , says she already told about their affair . tells he is leaving in a couple of days and says goodbye . That night , announces he and are going to Paris to get married . The next day , tells that she loves , not , and advises her to go after . 
 At the train station , chases down and begs him to take her with him . says that it wo n't last . She holds up a regular coin and says if it lands heads , she may go with him . Without looking , he claims it is heads and the two kiss .

Talent agent and huckster ( ) travels to Romania on business after splitting up with his wife . After his young client fires him , crashes his car and is rescued while unconscious by an enormous Romanian man named ( ) who is close to 8 feet tall . 
 thinks the rescuer is , as he can only see 's giant hands . When wakes up , he thinks he is in Heaven . But he is confused to find a statue of next to his bed , as he was raised Jewish . He then realizes has brought him to a monastery , where he was raised after being given up for adoption by his parents because of his height . 
 Once he wakes up and interacts with , he sees potential stardom in him . attempts to broker his introduction into the movies . In doing so he exploits ' desire to visit a long - lost paramour , ( ) , in Gallup , New Mexico . First , obtains the role of a villain in a movie , but he is so drunk that he vomits on the protagonist ( 's former client ) . However , the scene is included in the movie . 
 One day , talks to about including as a villain in one of his movies , convincing him that he needs a different kind of villain . At first rejects him because there was another actor who would take that role , but he changes his opinion after listening to an extract of a Shakespearean play done by . 
 Suddenly , after some medical exams , is diagnosed with heart disease which can not be treated with a transplant because his heart is so big . decides to find , and tries to convince her to meet again , but she rejects the invitation . then convinces his wife to take the role of and after some words , asks her for a kiss . 
 Afterwards , and his wife decide to get back together again , after realizing that they were truly in love and that their son needed them . 
 eventually decides to return home to Romania . refuses to go back , but finally he enters his old house , and meet his parents again . ends up watching 's first filmed scene in a cinema with his family . dies shortly after , because of his heart , but he changed many people 's lives forever .

( ) and ( ) are corporate extraction specialists , half headhunters , half kidnappers , who specialise in helping R&D scientists relocate from corporations who would rather see them dead than working for their competitors . is obsessed with one ( played by Final Fantasy artist ) , a paradigm - shattering super - genius who is currently working for Maas , the corporation ( Gibson employs the pre - World War II term zaibatsu ) who crippled him . To that end , and employ ( Argento ) , a " Shinjuku - girl " , or small - time hustler / call girl , to help " persuade " to defect to , another zaibatsu to which is somewhat warmer . is responsible for brokering the deal with , for getting to fall in love with her and defect to a lab in Marrakech ( and are based in Tokyo , hence their ability to pick up a Shinjuku girl ) , and is responsible for teaching how to make melt . disappears , is killed , and retreats to the safest place he knows , the New Rose Hotel , a derelict capsule hotel .

Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Asia Argento, Annabella Sciorra

Two people live unlucky in love in Boston : , whose activist boyfriend has just walked out on their relationship to help a Native American tribe fight off a land development deal . , a plumber struggling to pay off family obligations while pursuing a career as a marine biologist . Both deal with personal and professional problems and stumble through relationships , continually crossing one another 's paths without ever truly meeting and realizing how perfect they are for one another . Time and time again one almost catches the other 's eye , but circumstances intervene . After a series of ups and downs both of their budding relationships with others crash and burn , just in time for a chance meeting on the MBTA train heading to Wonderland station , on the outskirts of Boston .

Detective and his partner investigate the rape and murder of a nun . Meanwhile , learns that his partner has a gambling problem , and is in debt to loan sharks .

has a high - pressure job writing for New York magazine . As the movie begins , she is visiting her family home for her father 's surprise birthday party . It becomes obvious that she deeply admires her father , , a once - celebrated novelist and college professor , but has barely restrained disdain for her mother , , and the domestic life she lives . When it is discovered that has cancer , pressures to come home and take care of her mother . is taken aback by this request , knowing it could jeopardize her career and love interest , but finally agrees , caving in to her father 's appeals and inducements . 
 As helps her mother with domestic chores while her father goes about his usual business without helping much , begins to reassess her views of her parents . She realizes she always brushed her mother aside and idealized her father , despite his self - centered focus on his career and - she discovers - longtime habit of having flings with his female students . 
 attempts to find a place for herself in her parents ' life , while struggling to continue writing on a freelance basis and maintain her relationship with her boyfriend in New York . Over time , grows closer to her mother and learns more about her parents ' marriage — including realizing that has known about 's affairs all along . also learns that her father 's philandering days have become lonely nights of drinking at a local bar to numb the pain of never again achieving success with , nor even being able to complete , further novels . admits to that the reason he loved was that she was full of light shining through everything , and he could n't bear the thought of her light slipping away . 
 As her mother is dying , tells her she loves her , and says she knew it and always had . 
 After 's death , the autopsy reveals that actually died of a morphine overdose , and a District Attorney questions about her mother 's death . Scenes from this interview are interspersed throughout the movie and point to being suspected of having assisted her mother 's suicide . In the closing scene , by 's grave , has returned from a new job she found in New York with the Village Voice . She is planting daffodils when she sees her father approaching , their first encounter since the funeral . tells she was very brave to do what she did , and she looks puzzled until she realizes thinks she had given her mother the fatal overdose . replies that she had thought the accomplice was the father . They both realize Kate must have killed herself . 
 speaks to of how much he loved , considering her his muse , his " one true thing . " As the movie ends , is explaining to her father how to plant the daffodil bulbs and he is helping , foreshadowing , it seems , their reconciliation based on mutual long overdue appreciation of .

A career bank robber , , and a U.S. Marshal , , are forced to share a car trunk during 's escape from a Florida prison . After he completes his getaway , is chased by while he and his friends — right - hand man and unreliable associate — work their way north to Bloomfield Hills , a wealthy northern suburb of Detroit . There they plan to pay a visit to shady businessman , who foolishly bragged to them in prison years before about a cache of uncut diamonds hidden in his home . 
 A vicious criminal named , who also spent time in jail with and , is planning on hitting up 's mansion with his own crew , including and . A romantic interlude between and takes place in a Detroit hotel , but the question of whether she is really pursuing to arrest him or for love ends in a showdown during the robbery at 's home and adds to " the fun " claims they are having .

George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Don Cheadle, Ving Rhames, Dennis Farina, Albert Brooks, Steve Zahn, Isaiah Washington, Catherine Keener

( ) is a student at Twin Cities College , Minneapolis , Minnesota . He is in a long - distance relationship with his high school girlfriend , ( ) , who is currently a student at the University of Memphis . loves , even though they have never consummated their love . 
 One day when calls , her roommate 's reply leads him to believe that is cheating on him with some guy named " The Ricker " . Heartbroken , he goes to a strip club , gets drunk and becomes acquainted with one of the club 's dancers , ( ) . She suggests to that he break up with by sending her a scathing letter and a topless picture of himself with . complies by sending the package through Global Express , an overnight delivery service . 
 The next morning , calls claiming " The Ricker " is a dog who she had to dogsit . Regretting his actions , he realizes he has 24 hours to retrieve the package before it gets to her . and go to the Global Express office where , by chance , they encounter a spiteful classmate of 's ( ) who refuses to help them . tries to talk the deliveryman ( ) into giving him the package , but he thinks is a spy for the company , and refuses to break the rules . 
 buys an air ticket to Memphis , but his co - passenger turns out to be a serial killer , ( ) , who takes him hostage . escapes and runs into on the road . Fearing that if he went back to the airport , the FBI would question him and he would not make it to Memphis in time , he begs to drive him all the way . They happen upon the Global Express delivery truck at a gas station . breaks into the truck and locates the package , but the truck unexpectedly drives off . gives chase but despite their efforts they fail to retrieve the package . 
 At their next stop , Des Moines , Iowa , airport officials do not allow to board the connecting flight . So they decide to travel to St. Louis , Missouri to board another connecting flight . En route to St. Louis they have an argument which leads to an accident which ends up with their vehicle falling into the river . They have dinner in a cowboy diner and then try to run out on the check , but get arrested . After posting bail , they are let off and once again happen upon the delivery truck outside a diner . While the deliveryman is having dinner , decides to empty the truck 's gas tank in order to stall him , but a carelessly flung cigarette butt sets fire to the gas and causes the truck to explode . But even that does n't stop the deliveryman ( who is clearly over the edge by now ) and he drives off . and then steal a drunk 's car and drive to 's campus . 
 After saying goodbye to , gives chase to the delivery man and stops him in time . But after meeting , suddenly realizes that he loves and not . After breaking up with her , he runs into another guy who is wearing the same kind of locket that gave him long ago . correctly surmises that the guy is none other than " The " and was cheating on him after all . He allows the delivery man to deliver the package , and confesses his love to , who kisses him passionately .

is serving time in prison after being framed in a corruption scandal . 
 Before his arrest , he was a reporter for a Florida newspaper that uncovered widespread corruption in the local government . After rejecting a bribe that would have ensured his silence , finds the funds deposited into his bank account and he is promptly arrested . Now , two years later , he is released when an ex - cop 's testimony vindicates him . 
 Though he is bitter against the town officials , wanders back to Palmetto with his girlfriend , who has been patiently waiting for him . Unable to find a job , he spends his days lounging in a local bar . In walks , the very attractive femme , wife of the richest man in town , who offers him a job : help her and her daughter scam the old man out of $ 500,000 with a bogus kidnapping scheme , in which would receive a ten percent cut . 
 Tempted by both 's seductive charms and the prospect of some quick cash , goes along with the plan . But when winds up dead , and all indications point to as the murderer , he finds himself in way over his head .

( ) is suicidal and admits himself to a mental institution . Once there , he finds that using humor , rather than doctor - centered psychotherapy , better helps his fellow patients and provides him with a new purpose in life . Because of this he wants to become a medical doctor and two years later enrolls at the Medical College of Virginia ( now known as VCU School of Medicine ) as the oldest first year student . He questions the school 's soulless approach to medical care and clashes with the school 's ( ) , who believes that doctors must treat patients as patients and not bond with them as people . Because of this and incidents such as setting up a giant pair of legs during an obstetric conference , he is expelled from the medical school , although he is later reinstated when it becomes apparent to the school that his unconventional methods often help cure his patients . encourages medical students to work closely with nurses , learn interviewing skills early , and argues that death should be treated with dignity and sometimes even humor . 
 begins a friendship with fellow student ( ) and develops his idea for a medical clinic built around his philosophy of treating patients using humor and compassion . With the help of ( ) , a wealthy man who was a patient whom met while in the mental hospital , he purchases 105 acres ( 425,000 m² ) in West Virginia to construct the future Gesundheit ! Institute . Together with , medical student ( Daniel ) , and some old friends , he renovates an old cottage into a clinic . When they get the clinic running , they treat patients without medical insurance and perform comedy sketches for them . 
 's friendship with soon turns into romance . When she tells him that she had been molested as a child , comforts her and reassures her that she can overcome her pain by helping others . Encouraged , wants to help a disturbed patient , ( ) . But then murders and commits suicide . is guilt - ridden by 's death and begins to question the goodness in humanity . Standing on a cliff , he contemplates suicide again and asks for an explanation . He then sees a butterfly that reminds him that had always wished she was a caterpillar that could turn into a butterfly and fly away . The butterfly lands on his medical bag and shirt before flying away . With his spirits revived , decides to dedicate his work to her memory . 
 He is expelled from medical school a second time for running a clinic and practicing medicine without a license and because of complaints that he has made his patients uncomfortable ( which is obviously not true ) . He files a grievance with the state medical board on the advice of his former medical school roommate , conservative ( ) . succeeds in convincing the board that he must treat the spirit as well as the body . The board allows him to graduate and he receives a standing ovation from the packed hearing room . 
 At graduation , receives his diploma and , bowing to the professors and audience , reveals his naked bottom .

In a Baltimore neighborhood known for having the thickest local accent , is an unassuming 18 - year - old who works in a sandwich shop and takes photos of his loving , but peculiar family and friends on the side . , so named for his childhood habit of " pecking " at his food , stumbles into fame when his work is " discovered " by a savvy New York art dealer , . 's pictures , taken with a cheap Canon Canonet 28 , are grainy , out - of - focus studies of unglamorous subjects , but they strike a chord with New York art collectors . 
 Unfortunately , instant over - exposure has its downside . 's efforts to turn into an art sensation threaten to ruin the low - key lifestyle that was his inspiration . He abandons his trusty old rangefinder camera for a new , full - featured Nikon N50 . finds that his best friend , , ca n't shoplift anymore now that 's photographs have increased his visibility . , 's obsessive girlfriend who runs a laundromat , seems especially distressed when the press dub her a " stain goddess " and mistake her good - natured " pin - up " poses for pornographic come - ons . 
 When his family is dubbed " culturally challenged " by an overzealous critic , they begin to feel the uncomfortable glare of stardom . 's mother , is no longer free to dispense fashion tips to the homeless clientele at her thrift shop . 's grandmother , , endures public ridicule when her experience with a talking statue of the Virgin Mary is exposed on the cover of a national art magazine . , 's older sister , is fired from her job emceeing go - go dancing at a gay bar because 's edgy photographs chronicle the sex practices of the club 's patrons . Even Little Chrissy , his six - year - old sister , feels the pressure of celebrity when her eating disorder is exposed , bringing unwanted attention from nosy child welfare agencies , and she 's mistakenly diagnosed with Attention - Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and prescribed Ritalin . 
 After 's new - found fame disrupts the lives of his family and friends , turns the tables on the art world by refusing to participate in a scheduled show at the Whitney Museum of Art . Instead , he forces New York art collectors to come to Baltimore to see his latest photographs , which portray the same people who disparaged his family in an unflattering light , one photo shows adjusting her breasts in a mirror . 
 is then asked what he plans to do next . He replies that he would like to direct a film .

Edward Furlong, Christina Ricci, Bess Armstrong, Mary Kay Place, Lili Taylor, Martha Plimpton

Approaching the end of a drug rehabilitation program , ( ) quits his job at a fast food restaurant on an impulse when an attractive woman named ( ) pulls up at the drive - through window . The two check into a motel , where tells her about his life between bouts of sex . A series of flashbacks , intercut with their conversations , details his working life to this point . 
 After moving to Los Angeles from New York City , – already addicted to various prescription medications – becomes friends with another addict , ( ) . At the urging of and his girlfriend ( ) , marries 's friend ( ) so she can get her green card . uses her position at a television studio to get onto the writing staff of the popular comedy series Mr. Chompers . He uses memories from his childhood , including his mother 's hysterical grief over his father 's death , to fuel his writing . 
 He juggles his Mr. job and regular visits to a heroin dealer , ( ) . However , his drug use eventually gets him fired . finds him a new job with a different series , No Such Luck , but star ( ) – herself a recovering addict – sternly but sympathetically insists that he kick his habit first . 
 As soon as starts on a methadone program , he runs across a dealer named ( Peter ) , who introduces him to crack cocaine and later Dilaudid . His increased drug use costs him his new job , and throws him out , disgusted at his decision to shoot up when she tells him she is pregnant . Her opinion of him falls even further when he shows up high for the birth of his daughter . 
 While looking after one night , he gets high and is arrested by the police . The incident further strains his relationship with , who makes it clear that she would prefer to see as little of him as possible . 
 The flashbacks end at this point , with returning to Los Angeles in hopes of being part of 's life . As he begins to resurrect his stalled writing career , he gets a surprise visit from . The two have one last sexual encounter before she leaves to move to Anchorage . 
 In the final scene , appears on a series of talk shows and news programs , while commenting in voice - over about the damage that his addiction has done to his life . " I got out with a bad liver and enough debt to keep me in hock ' til I 'm 90 , if I 'm still here . And with my luck , I will be . "

Dr. brings her sister to the resort town of Snowfield , Colorado , a small ski resort village nestled in the Rocky Mountains where works as a doctor . Once in town , the sisters find no one around but a few corpses . At first their suspicions are that of a serial killer on the loose in town . The sisters stumble upon the severed heads of the town baker and his wife in an oven when they are found by Sheriff , a former FBI agent , and his deputies and . and his deputies are investigating the killings . 
 The group arrives at a nearby hotel and find the writing of a victim on the mirror reading " " . leaves to investigate a sound outside but does n't return . The others find only his gun , hat and shoes while the rest of him is gone . They return to the sheriff 's office to request aid and create roadblocks around Snowfield . The group gets a strange phone call but are interrupted by an attack by a bizarre moth - like creature that rips 's face off before is able to kill it . later encounters while in the bathroom . They quickly return to the morgue and find his body missing . 
 's FBI associates find , a British academic who theorizes the town has fallen victim to the Ancient Enemy , an entity he generalizes as " chaos in the flesh " . It periodically wipes out civilizations including that of the Mayans and the Roanoke Island colonists . 
 They are soon joined by the remains of an Army commando unit who has come to Snowfield . They , along with , investigate the only survivor of an attack by a dog - like creature that the survivor says converted the others in his group . The unit members are systematically killed by the creature . The last to die vomits a sample before turning into a puddle of black liquid . Through it , and the group learn the nature of the Ancient Enemy . 
 Revealed to actually be an Earth - based amoebic life form that mimics its absorbed victims while gaining their knowledge , the Enemy creates Phantoms as temporary detachments for it to act through before absorbing them back into it . Furthermore , the Enemy absorbs all of the thoughts of its victims , making it extremely intelligent , and because of the previous civilizations ' perception of it , it believes itself to be a god . It had arranged all of the prior events so can assist the creature in revealing its existence to the world . also learns that the creature 's body is physiologically almost identical to crude oil , and could be killed by bacteria bio - engineered to ingest fossil fuels . They deduce that with the limited amount of the bacteria they have , they need to get the bacteria into the nucleus that is within the main body of the Enemy . 
 They form a plan to use the Ancient Enemy 's extreme arrogance and god complex against itself . To do so , acts as if he is turning against the group by revealing their entire plan to the Enemy . In anger ( and believing itself indestructible due to being a god ) , it reabsorbs all the Phantoms and then emerges from the sewers to assume a Mother Mass form . and the sisters fire the bacteria into the Ancient Enemy before it retreats underground with in pursuit . 
 While the sisters find themselves dealing with Wargle 's Phantom , seemingly kills it with a gun containing the bacteria . finds the Ancient Enemy as it has assumed the form of the boy he accidentally killed during an FBI drug raid . When the boy grabs the last vial from him , shoots at it to expose the creature to its contents . It dies from the bacteria . 
 Though reassures and that it is gone , with the former stating the townsfolk are at peace , admits the Ancient Enemy did achieve its victory as he has decides to tell the world what happened with a book based on what occurred in Snowfield . Some time later , watching being interviewed about his book , The Ancient Enemy , two bar patrons argue about the existence of alien life . Hearing laughter nearby , the patrons turn to see as he asks them if they want to see something interesting .

is the story 's protagonist and unreliable narrator . Unemployed and living in a drab Chinatown apartment in New York City , is a number theorist who believes that everything in nature can be understood through numbers . suffers from cluster headaches , as well as extreme paranoia , hallucinations , and social anxiety disorder . His only social interactions are with , a young girl who is fascinated with his ability to calculate large numbers in his head ; , a young woman living next door who sometimes speaks to him ; and , his old mathematics mentor who is now an invalid . 
 tries programming his computer , Euclid , to make stock predictions . In the middle of printing out its picks , Euclid prints out a seemingly random 216 - digit number , as well as a single pick at one - tenth its current value , then crashes . Disgusted , tosses the printout away . The next morning , he checks the financial pages and sees that the pick Euclid made was accurate . He searches desperately for the printout but can not find it . becomes unnerved when mentions the number , asking if it contained 216 digits . When questions him about the number , indicates that he came across it many years ago . He urges to slow down and take a break . 
 At a coffee shop that he frequents daily , meets , a Hasidic Jew who coincidentally does mathematical research on the Torah . demonstrates some simple Gematria , the correspondence of the Hebrew alphabet to numbers , and explains how some people believe that the Torah is a string of numbers that form a code sent by God . takes an interest when he realizes that some of the number concepts discusses are similar to other mathematical concepts , such as the Fibonacci sequence . is also approached by agents of a Wall Street firm ; one of the agents , , offers a classified computer chip called " Ming Mecca " in exchange for the results of his work . 
 Using the chip , has Euclid analyze mathematical patterns in the Torah . Once again , shows the 216 - digit number on the screen before crashing . As he begins to write down the number , realizes that he knows the pattern , undergoes a sudden epiphany , and passes out . After waking up , appears to become clairvoyant and is able to visualize the stock market patterns he had been searching for . However , his headaches also increase in intensity , and he discovers a strange vein - like bulge protruding from his right temple . has a falling out with after the latter urges him to quit his work . 
 One evening , and her agents grab on the street and try to force him to explain the number . They had found the original printout threw away and had been trying to use it to manipulate the stock market in their favor ; however , they caused the market to crash . drives by and manages to get away from them . However , takes to his companions , who want to give them the number . At a nearby synagogue , they reveal their intentions : they believe the 216 - digit number was meant for them to bring about the messianic age , as the number represents the unspeakable name of . refuses , insisting that whatever the source of the number is , it has been revealed to him alone . 
 flees and tries to visit , only to find out from his daughter , , that he has just died from another stroke . Searching 's apartment , eventually finds a piece of paper with the number . Back in his own apartment , experiences another headache , but resists the urge to take his painkillers . Driven to the brink of madness , he destroys part of Euclid . Believing that the number and the headaches are linked , tries to concentrate on the number through the pain . After passing out , has a vision of himself standing in a white void and repeating the digits of the number . The vision ends with hugging , who turns out to be a hallucination . Standing alone in his trashed apartment , burns the paper with the number and blithely performs an impromptu trepanning on himself in the right cerebral hemisphere with a power drill . 
 Some time later , approaches in a park and asks him to do several calculations , including 748 ÷ 238 , which is an approximation for Pi.[c ] smiles and says that he does n't know the answer to them . He sits on the bench and watches the trees blowing in the breeze , seemingly at peace .

The story is presented as a memory of ( ) sparked by her arrival at the scene of the raunchy , dysfunctional Players Club . She explains that she used to work at the club , beginning working there after getting pregnant with her son and getting into a heated argument with her father , prompting her to move out of her parents ' home . Initially , ends up working at a shoe store . There she meets ( ) and ( ) , who work for ( ) at The Players Club . They convince she would make better money stripping , saying , " Use what you got to get what you want . " 
 gives a job and the name . Her job initially goes well . However , four years later her younger cousin ( ) comes to live with her after leaving Ohio . After listening to 's rendition of " The Strippin ' Game " , she starts working at the club . 
 is soon out of control - drinking excessively , staying out all night , and influenced more and more by and , who encourage to do more out - of - club parties for groups of men . tries to warn to stay away from and and to quit doing house parties , but rebels against being told what to do and ignores 's advice . 
 After a heated confrontation with , has a flashback to a time when she was at a private party with and . passes out on the bed drunk , and the men at the party offer to pay to perform cunnilingus on . accepts the offer and proceeds to assault . The flashback encourages to continue to try to protect . ( ) and ( ) - two watchmen who work for a drug lord named - offer money to come off and have sex with them , but intervenes . 
 Meanwhile , gets confronted by a man who works for St. Louis , a drug lord to whom owes $ 60,000 . He warns if he does n't make a payment of $ 10,000 to St. Louis , he will hunt him down . That same night , St. Louis comes to his club to collect . , the doorman of the club , tells St. Louis that is not at the club ; St. Louis and his men leave . The next day as tries to leave the club , St. Louis ' men ( ) and ( ) confront him . They beat him unconscious and throw him into the back of his car . Luckily for him , they are stopped by ( ) and ( ) , two crooked cops . is found in the trunk and is arrested on warrants ; he is later bailed out and returns to the club . 
 The following night rapper comes to the strip club , and discuss him . When is notified that is at his club , he alerts the strippers via a money alarm , believing he will make a fortune . attempts to meet , but 's bodyguard ( ) informs that is trying to relax and not meet with fans . insults the bodyguard , causing him to hit in the back of his head as he starts to walk away . The bodyguard , and the others in the VIP section all laugh . In retaliation , grabs a chair , smashes it over the bodyguards head and beats down the bodyguard and belligerently fights against and his friends , only for him to be gang - beaten and thrown into a glass window . The dazed opens fire wildly before being knocked out by the bouncer ( ) . then gets up and begins throwing punches himself . 
 Further tension develops between and when returns home one night after fleeing her obsessive customer , who admitted to stalking her and then tried to force entry to her apartment , to find in bed with her boyfriend . chases out with her gun , shooting at him several times . threatens and taunts . When feigns leaving , is hit when she opens the door and is thrown out the apartment . 
 then begins dating ( ) , a DJ at the Player 's Club . Meanwhile , is offered a gig to dance at 's brother 's ( ) bachelor party , under the pretense from that other girls from the club will be dancing there as well ( In actuality , lied to use her as a way out of stripping for her brother 's friends at the party so can strip for them instead ) . When realizes that she will be the only woman in a hotel room full of horny men , she desperately tries calling to come and pick her up , but to no avail . 
 and , both feeling insulted by and from a previous encounter ( she tells them she 's not interested anymore ) , tell that will have sex with him , claiming that they " ran a train " on her . Excited , bursts in on while she is changing . resists , prompting to brutally beat and rape her , leaving his friends to listen to it in full disgust and disbelief . Soon , , and the other guests leave , wanting no further involvement with . When discovers unconscious , she and flee the hotel room as she scolds him . Later , has a change of heart and she and decide to check up on at the hotel , only to discover her bloodied and unconscious body on the bed . 
 Furious , grabs her gun and goes to the Players Club , where and are hiding out . After scaring the other strippers away by firing a warning shot , gives the gun to to cover her while she gets into a brutal fistfight with , leaving badly beaten . punches and this prompts to firing her from the club . says final insults to and alongside with , and the others check on a beaten and bruised and nurse her facial injuries . 
 and are arrested by the police on charges of the rape of , and had been arrested moments before . Later that night , 's timing proves to be perfect when St. Louis , comes to collect . He personally shoots up the club ( though he does give warning to the customers beforehand , allowing them to leave ) . As he desperately tries to escape , is captured by , , and St. Louis ' associate , whom met earlier . Later , one of St. Louis ' men Brooklyn destroy the club with a LAW rocket . 
 , still sporting the bruises from her rape , now has a job working at the shoe store . Having been berated by two strippers who work at a new club , called Club Sugar Daddy 's , with the same slogan that influenced her to strip , she firmly stands her ground . In the end , narrates that moved back to Tallahassee , FL to be with her mother . is a top DJ at a radio station , and that he and are moving further in their relationship . and got jobs at Club Sugar Daddy 's after their release from jail . is serving time in prison for raping , and that he never got married . and were last seen at the Freaknik in Atlanta . St. Louis is still " running the South " along with his hired guns , Brooklyn and KC . and are still harassing people all day . Little Man is managing a different strip club in Chicago . Dollar Bill was never heard from again ( Notwithstanding , it can be safely assumed that he was murdered by St. Louis ' men for his debts as he was last seen being stuffed into the trunk of their car ) . becomes a successful reporter , having put the past behind her to move on to a new life with her son and boyfriend .

Among the characters are an older couple about to renew their wedding vows ( and ) ; a woman ( ) who accepts a date from a stranger ( ) ; a gay man dying of AIDS ( ) and his mother ( ) who has struggled to accept him ; two young people who meet in a nightclub ( and ) ; a couple having an affair ( and ) and a man ( ) who tells his tragic life story to a woman he meets in a bar ( ) , but seems to have a strange connection to another mysterious woman . As the film continues and the stories evolve , the connections between the characters become evident . 
 , , , and also have roles in the film .

Angelina Jolie, Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Gillian Anderson, Dennis Quaid, Ryan Phillippe

and his twin sister lead very different high - school social lives . is shallow and extroverted ; is introverted and spends most of his time watching television . One evening while their mother is away , they fight over the TV . wants to watch a concert on MTV , but wants to watch a marathon of Pleasantville , a black and white 1950s sitcom about the idyllic family . During the fight , the remote control breaks , and the TV can not be turned on manually . 
 A mysterious TV repairman shows up , quizzes about Pleasantville , then gives him a strange remote control . The repairman leaves , and and resume fighting . However , they are transported into the ' black and white Pleasantville living room . tries to reason with the repairman ( with whom he communicates through the ' television ) , but he succeeds only in chasing him away . and must now pretend they are and , the son and daughter on the show . 
 and witness the wholesome nature of the town , such as a group of firemen rescuing a cat from a tree . tells they must stay in character and not disrupt the lives of the town 's citizens , who do not notice any difference between and , and and . To keep the show 's plot , dates a boy from high school but has sex with him , a concept unknown to him and everyone else in town . 
 Slowly , Pleasantville begins changing from black and white to color , including flowers and the faces of people who have experienced bursts of emotion and personal transformation . introduces Mr. , owner of the burger joint / soda fountain where works , to colorful modern art via a book from the library , sparking in him an interest in painting . and fall in love , causing her to leave home , throwing , and father , into confusion . The only people who remain unchanged are the town fathers , led by the mayor , Big , who sees the changes eating at the values of Pleasantville . They resolve to do something about their increasingly independent wives and rebellious children . 
 As the townsfolk become more colorful , a ban on " colored " people is initiated in public venues . Eventually , a riot is touched off by a nude painting of ( painted by ) on the window of Mr. 's soda fountain . The soda fountain is destroyed , books are burned , and people who are " colored " are harassed in the street . As a reaction , the town fathers announce rules preventing people from visiting the library , playing loud music , or using paint other than black , white , or gray . In protest , and Mr. paint a colorful mural on a brick wall , depicting their world , prompting their arrest . Brought to trial in front of the town , and Mr. defend their actions , arousing enough anger and indignation in Big that the mayor becomes colored as well . 
 Having seen Pleasantville change irrevocably , stays to finish her education , while uses the remote control to return to the real world .

Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J. T. Walsh, Don Knotts

, a young witch , is exiled to Maria 's Island in Massachusetts with her unborn child after escaping her own execution when the rope meant to hang her , snaps instead , and she lands on her feet before the accusing townsfolk . When her lover does not come to rescue her , she desperately casts a spell upon herself to stop herself from ever falling in love again . The spell turns into a curse , affecting all the coming generations of women in the family . In the present day , and , the most recent descendants of , are taken in by their maternal aunts and after the death of their parents . is the more gifted of the two while 's talents are more in charm and persuasion , and both have been subject to ridicule during their youth . After witnessing their aunts cast a spell on a man for a woman who seems obsessed with having his love , decides to fall in love and casts a true love spell to protect herself . 
 The sisters cast an oath to each other using blood from both of their hands and leaves for Los Angeles . meets and marries , a local produce seller . Years later , the two open their botanical shop Verbena and have two young daughters , and . is killed after being hit by a truck . Devastated , and her daughters return to the home to live with the aunts , and realize that the aunts cast a spell so she would finally have something normal , not expecting and Michael to fall in love and thus trigger the curse . decides that she and her daughters will not perform magic . As begins a relationship with in Orlando , she can feel 's emotional state , and feeling that needs her she drugs to return to Massachusetts . 
 calls to come and get her after becomes abusive , but he kidnaps the sisters , forcing them to drive across the country . puts belladonna into 's tequila , inadvertently killing him , as he tries to strangle . The sisters get back home , then resurrect him using the forbidden spell from their aunts ' book of spells , but attempts to kill again after being revived . kills him again , and the sisters bury his remains in their home 's garden . Telltale signs begin occurring , indicating that the nieces did something wrong , yet they do not confess to their aunts when confronted . and take a leave of absence after giving and protection wards , and a message to pass on : " clean up your own mess ! " 
 State investigator arrives from Tucson , Arizona in search of , who is also a serial killer . As begins to suspect , , and create a potion to banish ; however , the girls realize he is the one described in 's true love spell , and remove the potion . Later , has record her testimony and sees the letter she had once written , and realizes he must have read it more times than he had let on . Unable to deny their feelings for each other , they kiss and realizes that he was there because of the spell she cast years earlier . 
 discovers that 's spirit has possessed 's body and sees 's spirit emerge . attempts to kill , reaching into his chest to arrest his heart , only to be hurt by his silver star - shaped badge and is temporarily exiled . Later , tells that he is there because of her spell and the feelings they have for each other are not real . replies that curses are only true if one believes in them and reveals that he also wished for her , before returning to Tucson . 
 possesses again and attempts to kill before and return . , realizing she must embrace magic to save her sister , asks the aid of the townswomen and they form a coven to exorcise 's spirit . makes them stop when she sees that the effort might kill . Getting inside the circle , repeats her oath with , again slicing their palms to join their blood in promise . They are able to break the curse , exorcising 's spirit and allowing the coven to exile him permanently . After returning to Tucson , clears the sisters of any suspicion of wrongdoing in 's case , informing them via registered mail , and is forced to come to a decision , encouraged by to take a risk for " the right guy . " Echoing back to her original spell , sends out a message via the wind , and in Arizona , is greeted with buffeting winds . He returns to Massachusetts to be with . The women celebrate Halloween dressed up in witch costumes , and are embraced and welcomed by the townsfolk .

Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest, Aidan Quinn

Young political idealist and grandson of a civil rights leader ( ) is recruited to join the campaign of ( ) , a charismatic Southern governor who is trying to win the Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States . is impressed by 's genuine warmth and empathy with people . He joins 's inner circle of political advisers : 's formidable wife , ( ) ; ruthless political strategist ( ) ; intelligent and attractive spokeswoman ( ) ; and sly political operator ( ) as they journey to New Hampshire , the first state to hold a presidential primary . 
 After completes an impressive debate performance against his Democratic rivals , ’s ex - girlfriend shows up to question about his arrest for an anti - war protest during the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago . In addition it 's revealed that called a U.S. senator to help him get released then persuaded the mayor of Chicago to have his police record expunged . The team becomes worried that ’s past indiscretions may be used against him by the press and his political opponents . They hire and 's old friend , tough but unbalanced ( ) , to investigate allegations that could be used by 's political opponents to undermine his candidacy such as 's notorious womanizing . One of 's mistresses and 's hairdresser , ( ) , produces secret taped conversations between them to prove they had an affair . discovers that the tapes have been doctored , so tracks down the man responsible for the tapes and forces him at gunpoint to confess his guilt in a signed letter to the American public . 
 The campaign is then rocked by a fresh allegation when 's old friend , " Big ( ) approaches to tell him that his 17 - year - old daughter ( who worked for the as a babysitter ) is pregnant and that is the father . and tell he must allow his daughter to undergo an amniocentesis to determine paternity . Although they convince to remain silent on the issue , is nonetheless sickened and disillusioned with the experience . 
 Realizing the campaign is falling behind in the polls , 's team adopt a new strategy . begins going on the offensive by attacking his nearest rival , Senator ( ) for casting anti - Israel votes and favoring cuts in Social Security and Medicare . confronts during a radio talk show in Florida but suffers two heart attacks after the encounter . He suffers a medical setback , subsequently withdraws from the race , and is replaced by his friend , former Florida governor ( ) . 's wholesome , straight - talking image proves an immediate threat to the campaign . 
 and send and on an opposition research mission on 's past . They discover from his ex - brother - in - law , ( ) , that had a cocaine addiction as governor , which led to the disintegration of his first marriage . They also meet with 's cocaine supplier ( ) , with whom had a homosexual affair . Not expecting the information to ever be used , and share their findings with and , but are dismayed when they both decide to leak the information to the press . says that if does so , she will reveal that he tampered with the results of the paternity test , proving that he slept with 's daughter . commits suicide after she realizes she spent her life idealizing and only to learn how flawed they truly are . Racked with guilt over 's death , takes the incriminating information to , and apologizes for seeking it out . admits to his past indiscretions , and agrees to withdraw from the race and to endorse . intends to quit the campaign , admitting he has become deeply disillusioned with the whole political process . begs to reconsider , persuading him that the two of them can make history . 
 Months later , President is dancing at the Inaugural Ball with First Lady , . He shakes the hands of all his campaign staff , the last of whom is .

John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Kathy Bates, Adrian Lester, Billy Bob Thornton

Sir is one of the knights of the Round Table , and his daughter wants to be a knight like her father . At Camelot , one of the knights , - wanting to overthrow King - attempts to kill him , but intervenes and is killed . flees Camelot in exile after being rebounded by 's sword Excalibur . During 's funeral , tells and her mother , , that they will be welcomed should they come to Camelot . 
 A decade later , a griffin attacks Camelot , stealing Excalibur . 's falcon Ayden attacks the griffin and the sword falls into the Forbidden Forest . Meanwhile , invades 's home , holds everyone hostage and uses a potion he obtained from witches to create steel warriors from his human henchmen and a rooster , who becomes known as . He plans to use to gain entrance into Camelot . 
 After escaping and eavesdropping on and the 's conversation , enters the Forbidden Forest where she encounters ; a blind hermit , and . convinces him to help her find Excalibur and learns that was once a stable boy in Camelot , and was blinded by one of the horses that he was rescuing from a stable fire . still believed in , and taught him to adapt . 
 They enter Dragon Country and meet a comical two - headed dragon named and who do not like each other , can not breathe fire or fly ( the reason they are bullied by other dragons ) , and want to be two individual dragons instead of one two - headed dragon . and decide to join to the group ; reluctantly agrees after manages to convince him . 
 Later , they found the belt of Excalibur in a giant footprint . 's insistence of questioning causes him to miss 's signal and is injured by one of 's men . drags away as the thorn bushed creatures hold and his men captive , and escorts him into a small cave where the magic of the forest heals 's wounds . While they are in the cave , and have a connection . The group goes into a giant cave where it lives an ogre who holds Excalibur ; currently using it as a toothpick . succeeds in getting Excalibur and they escape before can get to it . 
 Exiting the forest with Excalibur , stays behind , feeling unwanted in Camelot . After he leaves , captures and takes Excalibur . and , who witnessed this , rush to convincing him to go save . By working together for the first time , and are able to fly and breathe fire . Meanwhile , is held captive in one of the wagons ; releases from her ropes and comes to her aid and they enter the castle . 
 Inside , they find attempting to kill with Excalibur ; now bonded to his arm . and intervene and trick into returning Excalibur to its stone , causing its magic to disintegrate and revert the mechanical men , including , back to normal . Later , with Camelot restored to its former glory , and become knights of the round table .

Voices of Gary Oldman, Don Rickles, Pierce Brosnan, Eric Idle, Jane Seymour, Gabriel Byrne, Cary Elwes, Bronson Pinchot, John Gielgud

At a bistro in Montmartre , Irish operative meets with former special operatives - turned - mercenaries and ( Americans ) and ( a Frenchman ) . She takes them to a warehouse where fellow mercenaries ( the Englishman and the German ) are waiting , and briefs them on their mission : to attack a heavily armed convoy and steal a large metallic briefcase , the contents of which are never revealed . As the team prepares , meets with handler , who says that the Russian mafia is bidding for the case and the team must intervene . After is exposed as a fraud by and dismissed , the others leave for Nice . and are attracted to each other during a stakeout . On the day of the sale , 's team ambushes the convoy at La Turbie and pursue the survivors to Nice . After a gunfight at the port , steals the case and disappears . 
 He sells the case to the Russians , but is forced to kill his contact when he betrays him . contacts ( the Russian mobster in charge of the deal ) , and makes him agree to another meeting . The team tracks through one of 's CIA contacts and corners him in the Arles Amphitheatre , where he is meeting two of 's men . flees and is captured by , who kills and escapes with . is shot while saving 's life and is brought to a villa in Les Baux - de - Provence owned by 's friend , . After removing the bullet and letting recuperate , asks to help them find and the Irishmen . 
 In Paris , is brutally interrogated into leading and to a post office where they retrieve the case . and pursue them in a high - speed chase , which ends when shoots 's tire and sends her car over an overpass under construction . When and fire at him , takes cover behind the flipped car ( which is set ablaze by the gunfire ) . flees with the case , while road workers rescue and from the burning vehicle . and decide to track down the Russians and learn from one of contacts that they are involved with figure - skater ( 's girlfriend ) , who is appearing at Le Zénith . 
 During his girlfriend 's performance that night meets with , who says that a sniper in the arena will shoot if betrays him . kills and leaves with the case , letting the sniper kill . and follow the panicked crowd out of the arena in time to see shoot and steal the case . runs ahead and finds waiting in the getaway car ; he tells her to leave , revealing himself as a CIA agent pursuing and not the case . drives away , forcing to run back to the arena with in pursuit . ambushes , and is fatally shot by . 
 and later talk in the bistro where they first met , while a radio broadcast announces that a peace agreement was reached between Sinn Féin and the British government ( partially as a result of ' death ) . looks toward the door expectantly , but tells him that will not be coming back . drives off with his CIA contact , and pays the bill and leaves .

Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Jonathan Pryce, Stellan Skarsgård, Sean Bean, Katarina Witt

Gifted poker player and law student ( ) dreams of playing in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas . To do so , moves up in stakes , risking his entire $ 30,000 bankroll while playing Texas hold 'em at an underground poker room , run by ) , a Russian mobster . Distracted by his dreams of playing in Vegas , an overconfident loses his entire bankroll in a hand against KGB when goes all - in and KGB instantly calls the bet ( 's full house of 9 's over Aces loses to KGB 's higher full house of Aces over 9 's ) . Shaken and distraught , decides to quit poker and decides to concentrate on law school , while promising his girlfriend and fellow law student ( ) that he will no longer play . Mentor and fellow rounder ( ) offers to stake to help rebuild his bankroll ; declines and instead accepts a part - time job driving a delivery truck for to make ends meet . 
 focuses on school and work until his childhood friend ( ) is released from prison . While is an honest card player who believes he can win playing straight , is a hustler who often cheats to win and is unapologetic about it . learns that owes an outstanding debt that he incurred before his incarceration . In order to help , sets up with a variety of poker games to play in across town , while reluctantly plays in one game , which interferes with 's studies and hurts his relationship with . sets up at the Chesterfield Club , in order to build a bankroll to pay his debt , and allows to play on 's credit . borrows $ 2,000 on 's credit and eventually wins $ 8,000 ; however , as he 's cashing out , takes the full $ 10,000 ( including the $ 2,000 borrowed on 's credit ) , which begins a tab on 's name , accruing interest . Later , runs into ( ) , a former colleague and a dangerous pimp , at a strip club . finds out that bought up his outstanding debt and that now owes $ 25,000 directly to . dismisses 's power , until reveals that he is working with KGB to collect the debt . After a brief hassle from , takes the $ 10,000 from before beating him up and threatening to do more if does not pay the rest in a timely matter . As a result of returning to his poker lifestyle and friends , and worried that will lose everything a second time , ends her relationship with , refusing to go through that turmoil again . 
 and get into an argument when finds out from ( ) , one of the workers at the Chesterfield , that has been playing at the Chesterfield often under 's credit , which results in going on a losing streak and getting into a $ 6,000 debt . While in Atlantic City , also finds out from about 's remaining $ 15,000 debt to . and go to 's to negotiate 's debt . tries to get to give leniency on the time to pay the debt , with proposing that pay $ 5,000 a week with the " juice " ( interest ) running until the debt is paid , calling it a " business decision " on 's part . begins to consider 's proposal ; however , when begins to belittle , an offended mouths off , which results in an angry giving and ( who has now vouched for ) five days to pay the remaining $ 15,000 on the debt or face serious harm . angrily reprimands for allowing his ego to get the best of him and putting the both of them at risk . decides to help pay off his debt , with the plan being scouts out games for to play at and win . wants to cheat to do it , but insists on winning it straight at several card games around New York City . 
 begins to go on a run over several locations around town , winning several big pots and eventually the two make $ 7,200 in three days , needing to double that amount in 48 hours to pay the debt . goes with to an out - of - town game hosted by a group of New York State Troopers , where plays in . At one point during the game , is up $ 4,200 and almost having the full $ 15,000 where eventually arrives and plays in 's game , with base - dealing to give the advantage to win . Eventually , is caught base - dealing by one of the officers at the table when catches a " hanger " . When it is discovered that 's tactics benefitted 's hand , they are both beaten and relieved of their entire bankroll . and begin arguing outside , with chastising for 's stubborn insistence to always gain an edge to win while reminds that 's noble style of play to play smart and to win straight up also resulted in losing his bankroll in one hand . asks to talk to to get him out of the debt ; however , comes clean and advises that is working for KGB . Fully aware that their lives are in danger , decides to flee ; however , decides to go back into the city to face the consequences and square the debt , cutting ties with . 
 decides to return to New York to deal with his situation . He meets with to try and get an extension on the deadline . reprimands for vouching for in the first place . chastises for working with KGB . advises to either take it up with KGB , pay the remaining amount , or face a potentially fatal fate . tries to ask for the money , before refuses out of principle . tells a story to about a time in Atlantic City where beat in a hand of poker , which resulted in making a run at KGB 's place in the beginning of the movie . Remembering an earlier conversation has with his law school professor ( ) , goes to 's office to ask for the money as a loan . Unable to give the full $ 15,000 , give $ 10,000 to help him get out of trouble . cashes the check from , and challenges KGB to a second game of heads - up , No - Limit Texas Hold'em for the remaining amount , with winner - take - all stakes , which KGB accepts . beats KGB in the first session , winning $ 20,000 . As is content with his winnings , he decides to leave when KGB summons to collect the $ 15,000 to square the debt . KGB offers to let his winnings " ride " and continue playing . With enough money to pay off his and 's debt and half of the $ 10,000 loan from , decides to leave the game . As he is about to leave , KGB taunts , pointing out that KGB is still up $ 20,000 that Mike lost previously in the first game , goading to continue . 
 hesitates ; then decides to continue playing , doubling the blinds at the risk of losing a second time , and possibly his life , to and KGB . As the night wears on , is on the verge of losing to KGB . While in a hand , he spots a tell , a repeated behavior that allows him to know the value of KGB 's hand ( which is discovered to be the Oreo 's that KGB eats as he 's playing ) . folds a hand , stating that KGB has a better winning hand . A befuddled KGB is irate that folded the hand that KGB should 've won and gotten paid for . Furious that folded that hand and potentially discovered his tell , KGB angrily tosses the Oreo 's and begins to play on " tilt " , visibly shaken that has now gotten the best of him . KGB becomes frustrated that wo n't be defeated and that is getting the better of him . In the final hand , KGB taunts as slow - plays his hand ( 8 and 9 of spades ) and allows a boastful KGB to emotionally bet and eventually go all - in . calls , revealing that flopped a nut straight ( 6 to the 10 ) to defeat KGB . KGB angrily throws a tantrum and becomes unhinged at the way played him in the second game , trapping KGB into a mistake . urges KGB to continue ; however , completely rattled , KGB states that he is done for the night . When KGB 's goons go to beat up , KGB calls them off and after admitting that defeated him fairly , allows him to leave with his winnings . 
 narrarates that he won over $ 60,000 as a result of the second game with KGB . settles the remaining $ 15,000 of 's debt ( calling his personal issue with now " even " ) , he pays back $ 6,000 to the , repays the $ 10,000 loan to , and restores his original bankroll of " three stacks of high society . " drops out of law school , says goodbye to , and leaves New York headed for Las Vegas with dreams of winning the World Series of Poker .

Matt Damon, Edward Norton, Gretchen Mol, John Turturro, Martin Landau, John Malkovich

On the last day of British rule in Hong Kong late 1997 , Detective Inspector of the Hong Kong Police Force leads a raid at a shipping bar wharf , hoping to arrest the mysterious crime lord . He finds only , 's right - hand man , who manages to escape . However , successfully recovers numerous Chinese cultural treasures stolen by , which he presents as a farewell victory to his departing superiors : Chinese Consul and British Commander . 
 Shortly after Han arrives in the United States to take up his new diplomatic post in Los Angeles , his daughter , , is kidnapped by while on her way to her first day of school . The FBI informs Consul about the incident . calls in to assist in the case . The FBI is afraid that the injury or death of would result in negative attention internationally , decide to pawn him off on the LAPD just to keep him out of their way . The selfish , stubborn and maverick , Detective is tricked into doing this but makes a plan to solve the case himself when he finds out that he has been given a boring task as punishment for botching a sting operation . 
 meets at Los Angeles International Airport and proceeds to take him on a sightseeing tour of LA , simultaneously keeping away from the embassy and contacting several of his underworld informants about the kidnapping . finally escapes and makes his way to the Chinese Consulate , where a nervous and a group of FBI agents are awaiting news about his daughter . While arguing with Agent - in - charge , accidentally involves himself in a phone conversation with , where he arranges a ransom drop of $ 50 million in a couple of hours . 
 The FBI traces the call to a warehouse and sends in a team of agents only to have them killed by a bomb . Spotting nearby , and give chase , but escapes , dropping the detonator in the process . 's colleague , LAPD bomb expert , helps them trace the detonator to , a man previously arrested by . is guilt - tripped by into revealing his business relationship with whom he met a restaurant in Chinatown and this earns 's trust in . goes to the restaurant alone where he sees a surveillance video of carrying into a van . arrives and saves 's life , but the two are taken off the case after the FBI blames them for ruining the ransom drop . Angered at the accusation , tries to talk some sense into the agents by claiming that he and suspected another trap from 's syndicate and that was going to lose his daughter anyway if they had gone through with the ransom drop . The FBI agents remove him to face proper punishment from his captain in the LAPD , while is being sent back to Hong Kong by . Despite this setback , appeals to for assistance and sneaks onboard 's plane , persuading to help finish the case and stop Juntao . later involves himself in the case , revealing more about the HKPF 's past with Juntao 's syndicate . 
 At the opening of a Chinese art exhibition at the Los Angeles Convention Center , which and are overseeing , the now $ 70 million ransom is being delivered . , and enter disguised as guests , where distracts the guests into leaving for safety . This angers the FBI , but also blows 's cover , as catches him walking over to a bar and accepting a remote for the detonator from . He and both conclude that is because recognizes him from a surveillance tape in Chinatown . threatens to detonate a bomb vest attached to and demands the money be paid in full in compensation to the loss of the priceless Chinese artifacts he worked so hard to preserve . However , manages to sneak out , locate her in the van , drives it into the building and brings her within range of , knowing that setting it off would kill him as well . 
 manages to get the vest off while heads toward the roof with the bag of money . takes the vest and pursues while coldly shoots dead in an intense gunfight . eventually catches up to , resulting in a brief altercation that culminates in the two dangling from the rafters under the roof . , holding onto the vest , falls to his death when the vest breaks , but before falls , is able to place a large flag underneath and catch him safely . 
 and are reunited , and sends and on vacation together to Hong Kong as a reward for their actions . Before leaves , Agents and offer him a position in the FBI , which he arrogantly refuses in revenge for how they treated him and . gets on the airplane with , who starts singing " War " , angering .

( ) , an eccentric 15 - year - old , is a scholarship student at Rushmore Academy , a private school in Houston . He is both Rushmore 's most extracurricularly active and least scholarly student . He spends nearly all of his time on elaborate extracurricular activities , dramatically affecting his grades . He also has a feud with the school 's headmaster , Dr. . 
 At a school assembly , meets ( ) , a disillusioned industrialist who finds his operation of a multimillion - dollar company to be tedious . He is upset that his marriage is failing and the two sons he 's putting through Rushmore are impolite and obnoxious brats spoiled by their mother . comes to like , and the two become good friends . is impressed by 's success , while is interested in 's confident persona . 
 also develops an obsession with ( ) , a widowed teacher who arrives at Rushmore as a new first grade instructor . She joined Rushmore after the death of her husband , who was a former student . While she initially tolerates and his attempts to pursue her , becomes increasingly worried by his obvious infatuation . Along the way , attempts to convince that is not worth the trouble , only to fall for himself . The two begin dating without 's knowledge . 
 After attempts to break ground on an aquarium without the school 's approval , he is expelled from Rushmore . He is then forced to enroll in his first public school , Grover Cleveland High . 's attempts to engage in outside activities at his new school have mixed results . A fellow student , , tries to befriend , but he acts hostile towards her . and attempt to support him in his new school . 
 Eventually , 's friend discovers the relationship between and and informs as payback for a rumor started about his mother . and go from being friends to mortal enemies , and they engage in back - and - forth acts of revenge . informs 's wife of her husband 's affair , thus ending their marriage . then puts bees in 's hotel room , leading to breaking 's bicycle with his car . is eventually arrested for cutting the brakes on 's car . 
 eventually gives up and meets at his mother 's grave . He explains that revenge no longer matters because even if he wins , would still love . becomes depressed and stops attending school . He becomes reclusive and works as an apprentice at his father 's barber shop . One day , stops by the shop to apologize to and bring him a Christmas present . suggests see his old headmaster in the hospital , knowing will be there . and meet and are courteous . tells that broke up with him due to her still being in love with her dead husband . begins to apply himself in school again , and he also develops a friendship with , whom he casts in one of his plays . 
 takes his final shot at by pretending to be injured in a car accident , soliciting her affection . When she discovers that 's injuries are fake , he is rebuffed again . makes it his new mission to win back for . His first attempt is unsuccessful , but then he invites both and to the performance of a play he wrote , making sure they will be sitting together . In the end , she and appear to reconcile . and also become a couple .

An elderly veteran visits the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial with his family . Upon seeing one particular grave , he falls to his knees overcome with emotion . The scene then shifts to the morning of June 6 , 1944 , as American soldiers land on Omaha Beach as part of the Normandy Invasion . They suffer heavy losses in assaulting German defensive positions of artillery and machine guns raining down intense fire on the American forces . Captain of the 2nd Ranger Battalion assembles a group to penetrate the German defenses , leading to a breakout from the beach . Elsewhere on the beach , a dead soldier lies face - down in the bloody surf ; his pack is stenciled ,   
 In Washington , D.C. , at the U.S. War Department , General learns that three of the four brothers of the family were killed in action and that the fourth son , , has been parachuted somewhere over Normandy but is currently unable to be located . He is also informed that their mother will receive all three telegrams notifying her of her three sons ' deaths on the same day . After reading letter aloud for his staff , he orders that be found and returned home immediately . 
 Three days after D - Day , receives orders to find and bring him back from the front . He assembles six men from his company — T / Sgt . , Privates First Class and , Privates and , medic — plus T/5 , a cartographer and interpreter borrowed from another unit . They move out to Neuville , where they meet a squad from the 101st Airborne Division , where is killed by a German sniper , quickly taken out by . They locate a Private but quickly learn he is not their man . They eventually encounter a friend of , who tells them that he is defending an important bridge in the town of Ramelle . 
 On the way to Ramelle , decides to neutralize a German machine gun position at a derelict radar station , despite his men 's misgivings ; is killed in the skirmish . , at 's urging , declines to execute a surviving German soldier ( nicknamed " ) and sets him free on the condition that he surrender to the first Allied unit he encounters . Losing confidence in 's leadership , declares his intention to desert , prompting a confrontation with , which defuses by disclosing his civilian background as a teacher , about which his men had set up a betting pool . reluctantly decides to stay . 
 Outside Ramelle , and the squad encounters a German half - track with troops and ambush them together with three paratroopers , one of whom is . In the town , 's squad find a small group of paratroopers preparing to defend the key bridge , and where tells about his brothers and their orders to bring him home , with two of his men having been lost in finding him . He is distressed at the loss of his brothers , but asks to tell his mother that he intends to stay " with the only brothers [ he has ] left . " decides to join his unit with the paratroopers in defense of the bridge against the imminent German attack . forms ambush positions throughout the ruined town , preparing to attack arriving tanks and infantry with mines , Molotov cocktails , detonation cords and " sticky bombs " made from socks filled with Composition B smeared with thick grease . 
 Elements of the 2nd SS Panzer Division arrive with infantry and armor , comprising two Tiger I tanks and two Marder tank destroyers / light assault guns . Although they managed to inflict heavy casualties on the Germans , including destroying one Tiger tank and both Marders , most of the paratroopers , along with , and are killed , while avoids fighting due to his jittery nerves and hides himself from his German foes . attempts to blow up the bridge , but is shot and mortally wounded by , who had somehow rejoined the Germans . In confusion and supposed desperation after suffering intense German fire , crawls to the middle of the bridge and attempts to open fire on the oncoming German tank and accompanying troops with his pistol . Just before the last Tiger tank reaches the bridge , an American P-51 Mustang flies overhead and destroys the tank , followed by American armored units which rout the remaining Germans . Witnessing 's shooting , leaps out from his hiding and confronts and his group as they attempt to retreat . raises his hands in surrender and smiles , believing that will accept because of their earlier encounter . Instead , kills him , but lets the other Germans flee . 
 and are with as he dies and utters his last words , " ... earn this . Earn it . " 
 The elderly veteran is revealed to be and the grave he is standing at is ’s . expresses his appreciation for what and the others did for him . He then asks his wife if he is a " good man " worthy of their sacrifices , to which she tells him he is . comes to attention and salutes 's grave .

Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore, Dennis Farina, Ted Danson, Paul Giamatti, Bryan Cranston, Harve Presnell, Vin Diesel

( ) , a State Department Official on embassy duty in Paris , sees his wife ( ) and son killed in a bombing by suspected Islamic terrorists . Immediately after the family funeral he storms into a nearby mosque and shoots several worshipers . His friend ( ) is forced to shoot one of the survivors when the man tries to kill , and in order to avoid arrest they join the French Foreign Legion , with taking the name . 
 The film moves forward to the war in Bosnia where " " and are now fighting for the Bosnian Serbs , stationed on a bridge separating them and the Bosnian Muslims in a town . mans a sniper post overlooking the bridge , and witnesses 's death when drops his guard at a checkpoint and a young girl throws a grenade at him . in turn shoots a boy crossing the bridge in pursuit of his goat . 
 is then seen searching the Muslim side of the town following a ceasefire along with a Bosnian Serb soldier ( ) . In one house they find an elderly Muslim woman who is confined to bed and shell - shocked and a dead woman . also finds a sleeping baby who has been hidden in a wardrobe but does not inform who hacks a finger off the old woman in order to steal her ring . 
 After they leave the house a helicopter attacks the town . As takes cover stays out in the open and returns to the house , but finds that both the child and the old lady have been killed by falling rubble . Later , and prepare for a prisoner exchange with the Bosnian Muslim forces . When they arrive at the exchange point one of the young Serbian women prisoners being exchanged , ( ) , is visibly pregnant because she was raped by the Muslim forces . and take her in 's car and they head towards her village . 
 In the car is abusive towards for becoming pregnant by a Bosnian Muslim Army soldier even though points out that she was almost certainly raped . eventually stops the car in a tunnel . He throws out of the car and begins to kick her as she lies on the ground . The assault forces into premature labor . As prepares to shoot the soon - to - be - born child , shoots and kills . He then helps deliver the baby . When he shows the child , a girl , she rejects it and attempts to shoot herself before manages to stop her . 
 They continue to her village where she is rejected by her family due to the shame felt by her father . They leave the village , with intending to head for a refugee camp where and the baby would be looked after . continues to reject the child and does not communicate with . After being told by 's family that 's body has been found and that he was last seen in the company of and , 's father and brother head off in pursuit of them . They eventually catch up with them when they stop to get milk for the child . is shot and injured , but places herself between him and her father as he goes to kill him , and her father backs off and allows them to leave when tells him that intended to kill both and the baby . 
 They briefly return to 's village to find it has been attacked , and have to watch from a distance as her family and other villagers are rounded up and led away by Bosnian Muslim fighters . decides to head for the safety of the UN zone in Split on the Dalmatian Coast . On their way they stop and take refuge with an elderly Croatian man and his Serbian wife . The old man tells " before the war , no difference [ between Serbs and Croats ] , and now , stupid " , pointing to his head to show madness . 
 After moving on they reach what they think is a relatively safe area . leaves and the child to rest in an abandoned and half - sunk boat on the edge of a lake while she goes to find a bus that will take them to Split . is captured along with other civilians by soldiers of the Croatian Defence Council . The Croat soldiers take their prisoners to the waterfront where is hiding in the boat . One soldier then proceeds to beat several to death with a sledgehammer , including , as they stand in the water . The fighters shoot those that are left as witnesses the slaughter from inside the boat but can do nothing without giving himself and the child away . He smothers the baby in order to keep her quiet as the soldiers prepare to leave . She stops breathing but returns to breathe after a while . 
 eventually makes his way onto a bus that takes him and the baby to Split where he leaves 's baby in an unattended Red Cross vehicle and writes the name " " on a paper before walking to a pier , throwing his rifle and scope in the water and collapsing on a bench . A woman who was on the bus with him approaches him , carrying the girl and offering help . When she asks if the baby is his , replies that she is and the woman promises to take them both to a hospital . End credits roll .

( ) is a college economics student , who does not have the advantages of his wealthy nemesis , ( ) , or his best friend ( ) , who has a hockey scholarship . is so broke he donates four pints of blood in one day ( playing a different character each time ) and four vials of sperm in one day . 's big break comes when he enters a competition , where the winner gets a high - paying Wall Street job . But when enters the competition , it seems 's break has gone down the drain . He takes on a high - paying experiment to test a drug that enhances the five senses . uses it to his advantage and he impresses the competition 's supervisor , Mr. ( ) and he even joins the hockey team as a goalie . But after taking an extra dose one night , he experiences side effects . The experiment 's supervisor , Dr. ( ) , tells only four of his senses will work at a time until the drug leaves his body . 
 As struggles , thinks that his friend is on heroin and gets worried about him . 's luck then starts going down the drain as he loses the hockey game because his sense of sight is lost . He also mistakenly confesses love to his girlfriend 's father who he thinks is his girlfriend as his sense of sight is lost . Her father turns out to be Mr. . He also acts very clumsily ( because of the loss of the ability to feel ) during the basketball game he is invited to see with a client who needs to be impressed in order for to score some points with the Smythe - Bates guys . Luckily , the client thinks is just funny and signs a contract with the company . 
 As the story progresses , asks his friend to help him study for the next day 's interview . At that exact moment , studies for the test with the aid of his rich father 's employees . is shown to answer a question correctly but he does not know the reason behind it , he ignores the question . The next day , the drug leaves 's system and now all his five senses operate normally . During the interview , it comes down to and , is asked the same question he was asked last night , he answers it correctly , but when asked the reason , he does not know , steps in , gives the correct reason and scores the position of junior analyst at Smythe - Bates . But in his speech , he confesses that he cheated by taking an experimental drug . A meeting is called to decide his fate and Mr. tells him that he himself started out in the mail room and should too , if he serves one year duty in the mail room , he will score the position of junior analyst . The story skips a year and is shown to ask his mom to move into a deluxe apartment . The movie ends with entering the Smythe - Bates building on his first day , with a familiar - looking doorman ( ) .

In 1593 London , is a sometime player in the Lord Chamberlain 's Men and poor playwright for , owner of The Rose Theatre . is working on a new comedy , Romeo and Ethel , the Pirate 's Daughter . Suffering from writer 's block , he has barely begun the play , and is further distracted by attempts both to seduce , the mistress of , owner of the rival Curtain Theatre and to convince to buy the play from . receives helpful advice on his play from rival playwright , but becomes despondent when he learns is sleeping with , the powerful Master of Revels . , who is in debt to the ruthless moneylender and in desperate need for a new play , begins auditions anyway . 
 , the daughter of a wealthy merchant , who has seen 's plays at court , disguises herself as a man named to audition . " He " gains 's interest when he auditions with a speech from Two Gentlemen of Verona after a series of actors bore him by reciting , but when questions her , runs away in fear of being discovered . pursues to 's house and leaves a note with the nurse , asking to begin rehearsals at the Rose . He sneaks into the house with the minstrels playing that night at the ball , where 's parents are arranging her betrothal to Lord , an impoverished aristocrat . While dancing with , is struck speechless , but is forcibly ejected by . also asks 's name , to which he replies that he is after threatens to kill him . sneaks into 's garden , finding her on her balcony , where they briefly confess their mutual attraction to each other before he is discovered by her nurse and flees . 
 Inspired by , writes quickly , completely transforming the play into what will become Romeo and Juliet . Rehearsals begin , with " " as , the leading tragedian as and the stagestruck given a small role as the . soon discovers 's true identity , and they begin a secret affair . 
 is summoned to court to receive approval for her proposed marriage to Lord . accompanies her , disguised as her female cousin . There , he persuades to wager £ 50 that a play can capture the true nature of love , the exact amount requires to buy a share in the Chamberlain 's Men . Queen declares that she will judge the matter when the occasion arises . 
 When finds out that has both seduced and cheated him out of the money he was paid for the play , he goes to the Rose Theatre with his Curtain Theatre Company and starts a brawl . The Rose Theatre company drives and his company out and then celebrate at the local pub , where a drunken lets slip to a horrified that is married , albeit separated from his wife . News arrives that has been murdered , and a guilt - ridden believes has had killed , believing him to be 's lover . briefly believes has been murdered but he appears at her church , terrifying who believes he is a ghost . confesses her love for , but both recognize she can not escape her duty to marry . 
 , an unpleasant young boy who hangs around the theatre , spies on and making love and informs , who closes the Rose for breaking the ban on women actors . 's identity is exposed , leaving them without a stage or lead actor , until offers them his theatre and the heartbroken takes the role of . Following her wedding , learns that the play will be performed that day , and runs away to the Curtain . Planning to watch with the crowd , overhears that the boy playing can not perform , his voice having broken overnight , and asks her to replace him . She plays to 's to an enthralled audience . 
 Master arrives to arrest everyone for indecency due to 's presence , but the Queen reveals herself having been in attendance and restrains , instead asserting that 's resemblance to a woman is , indeed , remarkable . However , even a queen is powerless to end a lawful marriage , and she orders to " fetch " because she must sail with Wessex to the Colony of Virginia . The Queen also tells , who followed to the theatre , that and has won the bet for , and has deliver his £ 50 with instructions to write something " a little more cheerful next time , for Twelfth Night " . 
 and say their goodbyes , and he vows to immortalise her , as he imagines the beginning of Twelfth Night , in character as a castaway disguised as a man after a voyage to a strange land .

Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Ben Affleck, Judi Dench

believes that made him for a special , heroic purpose . and his best friend , , are both outcasts in their tiny New England town . is the illegitimate son of the town beauty , and , at age 12 , is so small that he still plays the infant in the church Christmas pageant . 
 In the summer of 1964 , their friendship is put to the test when , during a Little League game , hits a foul ball that strikes and kills 's mother . Together , they try to find out who 's father is . Just as they succeed , the time comes for to fulfill the destiny he believes in . A situation arises that demands a hero — a very small hero . 
 While and are riding a school bus , the bus crashes into a lake . The two boys get everyone out of the bus , but nearly drowns . While the two friends are in the hospital , visits , who later dies due to the injuries he sustained during the bus rescue . remarks that he will always remember for the hero that he was .

( ) is a New York City journalist who works for Dazzle , a fashion magazine . She is invited by her boyfriend ( ) to spend a week holidaying with him on the island paradise of Makatea , in the South Pacific . The final leg of their journey to Makatea is in a dilapidated de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver , piloted by middle - aged American ( ) . They are accompanied by 's girlfriend and co - pilot ( ) . On their first night on the island , proposes to , who happily accepts . At a bar , a drunken makes a move on , which she rejects as appears . 
 The next morning , is called away by her boss to Tahiti to supervise a fashion event . She hires to fly her there , but a thunderstorm forces them to crash - land on a deserted island . Initially believing they are on an island with a peninsula to the north , they climb a mountain to disable a beacon believes to be there , but discover they are , in fact , on a different island with no beacon . 
 On Makatea , is told that and are missing . He and board a helicopter to search for their missing partners , but with no success , thus leading to believe that his fiancée is dead . One night , gets drunk and sleeps with after she seduces him . 
 After seeing a boat , and try to reach it , but discover that the boat is taken by pirates ( played by a New Zealand Maori , a Samoan and two East Asian actors),[2 ] who discover them and capture them . manages to distract the pirates , and the two narrowly escape by jumping into the ocean from a cliff . In the jungle , they discover an abandoned World War II Japanese plane , where they camp for the night . Salvaging parts from it , they succeed in getting Quinn 's plane airworthy again and manage to take off from the island , avoiding the pirates again , who accidentally destroy their own boat . is injured , but manages to land on Makatea , where their funerals are being held . is very happy to see alive , but is disgusted at himself for sleeping with and not being able to tell about it . goes to the hospital , where is recovering , and tells him her feelings for him , but he rejects her . 
 After their vacation ends , decides to fly back to New York with , but on Tahiti she reveals to that she does not want to get married . finally tells her he slept with and she tells him about her feelings for . They decide they are not in love and she gives him back the engagement ring . 
 has a change of heart and rushes to the airport , but is too late to stop the plane . He then encounters getting off an airplane , having stopped the flight . He walks up to her and they embrace and kiss each other .

In 1957 , the Soviet Union attacks the United States with nuclear weapons , rendering most of the nation uninhabitable . The American government has collapsed with the exception of the haven known as " Lost Vegas " , ruled by King . The Red Army has been besieging Lost Vegas , but the lack of supplies over the years has relegated them to a gang of thugs . Forty years after the Soviet invasion , King dies and radio disc jockey announces a call for all musicians to come to Lost Vegas to try to become the new King of Rock ' n ' Roll . The ending of message being ‘ Vegas needs a new King ! ’ 
 , a lone guitarist and swordsman , saves an unnamed boy he simply calls " " from a group of bandits ; consequently , as the 's mother was killed by the bandits , he tags along with much to his annoyance in the beginning . As the duo travel through the desert wasteland , the heavy metal - playing stages several attempts to prevent from reaching Lost Vegas alive and claim the throne for himself . After enduring an attack by a bounty - hunting bowling team , and the steal a car from another musician to make their get away leaving before and his band kill the bowling team for their failure and shoes . When their car breaks down and the run into a cannibalistic suburban family though unaware of their true nature at first . leaves the with them and takes off , the escapes after a group of radiation suited men invade the home and the family flees with and the ’s abandoned car . The two reunite again and continue on their journey while has been killing off all other musicians coming across his path . and the arrive in the town of Fallout where again he tries ditching the and enters a bar spending his time drinking and being alone with a cheerleader like groupie . arrives and and the escape after he finally speaks . Continuing their travel is approached by a mini guitar playing teen he humiliated back in Fallout to a duel . refuses not wanting to take his life but the teen still runs toward him with unintentionally killing him in self defense . His confidence breaks and he lays his sword down walking away but the brings it back to him saying he can still ‘ be a good king ’ . The two begin to bond closer and are later ambushed by and his and after they collapsed in the Desert . slides the and his guitar to safety while he battles ’s band , he leaves the fight when the is captured by a group of underground mutants and after saving him are ambushed by the Red Army , after a grueling battle is injured with the dragging him to safety to heal . Their moment is short lived when finally catches up to them and engages in a guitar duel clashing their style of music against one another ; Buddy Rock ‘ n ’ Roll and Death Heavy Metal . When proves the better guitarist an angry orders his band mates to shot him and the Kid with their bows . shields the and appears dead but an injured rises up and battles against Death in a sword fight . Death mortally wounds in the end informing him he was the last remaining obstacle in his way to become King , but the Kid discovers water is 's weakness after spitting at him . The then melts away with a canteen full of water . With his defeat ’s band mates are in shock that the bested him , they give him a card and tell him with admiration that ‘ if you need a band call us ’ and they take their leave . 's lifeless body disappears leaving behind his belongings and the saddened by his death , but the wanting to finish his journey puts on his clothes and glasses and carries his sword and guitar finally reaching Lost Vegas with a vision of him turning into with a sound of crowd cheering as he gets closer to the city .

Top defense contractor GloboTech Industries acquires the Heartland Toy Company and as part of the move , Globotech CEO tells Heartland toy designers and to develop actual live - action toys capable of " playing back " . selects 's antagonistic , action figures , the Commando Elite , for the project and Irwin 's protagonistic , educational toys , the Gorgonites , for their enemies , with the toy line expected to hit the market in three months . Faced with such a tight deadline , forgoes safety testing , then uses Irwin 's password and chooses GloboTech 's X1000 microprocessor to control the toys . 
 Teenager signs off for a shipment of the toys at his family 's toy store without his father 's consent . He and delivery driver activate the leaders for each group – for the Gorgonites and for the Commando Elite . 's neighbor and love interest , , buys as a birthday present for her brother , . returns home to discover in his backpack ; he realizes is sentient , but in the meantime , the Commando Elite awaken and apparently destroy the Gorgonites in the toy store . calls the company and files a complaint . Later , when and listen to 's voice mail , is terrified to discover the X1000 was designed for smart munitions guidance ; a Globotech engineer reveals the AI circuit is designed to learn over time , but mass production was scrapped due to issues with electromagnetic pulse shielding . 
 Meanwhile , and his squad pursue to his home and attempt to kill him and in the kitchen . Unlike the Gorgonites , the Commando Elite do not understand they are ultimately toys . is attacked by , whom he mortally wounds . His parents , and , arrive at the kitchen , having been alerted by the sounds of the scuffle there . attempts to explain what is going on , but with not supporting his explanation , neither of his parents believe him . The next day , and find the rest of the Gorgonites in a dumpster at the store . At home , learns that the primary goal of the Gorgonites is to seek their homeland Gorgon , which they mistakenly believe to be in Yosemite National Park . Through tapping the ' phone line , the Commando Elite learn of 's interest in and decide to take her hostage , immobilizing the ' household to force into surrendering the Gorgonites . 
 and sneak into the ' house to save , but run into her dolls , whom the Commando Elite engineered as auxiliary troops . The quickly subdue . cuts loose from her bonds , and together , they save and destroy the before escaping with the Commando Elite 's kit - bashed vehicles in hot pursuit . However , they are all destroyed during the chase . The two teenagers and return to 's house , only to find her family and his parents waiting for them , believing that kidnapped and immobilized the . This time , and believe and 's account of the Gorgonites and the Commando Elite , but , 's father , and , 's mother , refuse to listen to them about what happened . and arrive and talk to over his voicemail . At that moment , , who survived the chase , attacks the house with a new force of Commando Elites , having hijacked 's shipment and equipped with more improvised vehicles and weapons , and a battle breaks out between the Commando Elite and the humans inside , cutting off the house 's electricity supply . 
 Having been guided by 's advice to create an EMP blast , heads out to force an overload of the power lines . , , and head to the ' house to turn on all electronic items inside and wedge the power transformers open for a larger surge . At 's command , the normally peaceful , heroic Gorgonites exit the house and fight back against the evil Commando Elite . flies to the top of the power line pole to stop , where he briefly battles and defeats , but finds himself thrust by into the power line , triggering the EMP blast , which destroys along with all of the remaining Commando Elites . 
 arrives in his helicopter during the police and fire department cleanup the next day . He pays , the , and the for damages , as well as buying their silence from the media , and orders and to prepare the Commando Elite for sale to rebels in South America . Among the craziness of the aftermath , and part on highly amicable terms , now having agreed to start a relationship with each other . later discovers that the Gorgonites have screened themselves from the EMP blast by hiding underneath the ' large satellite dish . The bring the Gorgonites to Yosemite National Park , where sends them out in a large toy boat from his father 's store to find their island home of Gorgon .

( ) and Builds - the - Fire ( ) live on the Coeur D'Alene Indian Reservation in Plummer , Idaho . is an eccentric storyteller and is an angry young man who enjoys playing basketball . 
 and are brought together through 's father , ( ) . rescued as an infant from a house fire that killed his parents . Because of this , considers him a hero . On the other hand , , who endures 's alcoholism , domestic violence , and eventual child abandonment , regards his father with both deep love and bitter resentment . and grow up together as neighbors and acquaintances , fighting with each other and simultaneously forming a close , albeit uneasy , alliance . 
 When dies in Phoenix , Arizona , where he has stayed after leaving and his mother ( ) , and go on an adventure to retrieve his ashes . The trip is the means for and to explore their identities . Neither of them loses sight of his identity as an " Indian , " but their perspectives differ . is more stoic and is more traditional ( and romantic to the point of watching the feature film Dances with Wolves countless times ) . Their dichotomy is portrayed all through the film ; it results in being irritated with , and being fascinated with . 
 Once they reach Phoenix , has to confront his conflicted feelings about his father , as well as his own identity . He has to grapple with a new account of 's parents ' death , as told by his father 's friend , ( ) . She says that a drunken set off fireworks , accidentally starting the fire that cost his parents . The road trip by the young men leads to reconciling with the memory of his adoptive father , as he understands more of his path to alcoholism and related abuse and abandonment . also gains a better understanding of and his reverence for .

On a dark and stormy night , corrupt , flamboyant Atlantic City police detective ( ) attends a boxing match at ( ) Atlantic City Arena between heavyweight champion ( ) and challenger . He meets up with his best friend since childhood , ( ) , who is a U.S. Navy Commander working with the Department of Defense to escort Defense Secretary ( ) and at the fight after a trip to Norfolk , Virginia . 
 As the first round begins , is distracted by an attractive redhead named ( ) who wears a ruby ring , and leaves his seat , which is then taken by ( ) , a mysterious woman with platinum blonde hair and a white satin suit . When is unexpectedly knocked out by , gunshots ring out , mortally wounding and grazing , who loses her glasses and blonde wig , revealing her naturally dark hair . kills the sniper and orders the arena to be locked down . Despite the lockdown , escapes into the casino , covers her wounds in pieces of cloth from her blouse and , after stealing a black satin jacket , disguises herself as a hooker . 
 notices that the " knocked out " woke up instantly when the shots rang out and , after studying the fight tape , realizes the knockout punch did n't connect . confesses that he threw the fight in order to pay gambling debts , but he was never told that anyone would be killed and reveals that he was paid to take a dive by , the redhead who tricked into leaving his post . With the involvement of , and the sniper - in addition to the man who signaled to go down and whoever gave him the go - ahead - suspects a conspiracy and reveals everything he has learned to . The commander confesses that the trip to Norfolk was for a test of the AirGuard missile defense system , which 's company was backing . He deduces that the sniper , a known Palestinian terrorist named , assassinated over the Pentagon 's large - scale defense cooperation with and weapons systems transfers to Israel . 
 studies surveillance footage to find while , with the help of 's security guards , continues his search for . However , once they split up , it is revealed that is actually the fifth party and mastermind of the conspiracy . He kills the now - blonde and ( the man who signaled to go down ) in order to prevent their further involvement With the help of his bodyguards . then enlists by revealing the truth to him . 
 seduces ( ) , a sleazy guest at the hotel , so she can hide in his room . Both and discover this at the same time and give chase , but the detective reaches her first and takes her into protective custody . In a stairwell , confesses that she is an analyst who worked on the AirGuard tests and discovered the results were faked to make the missile defense system look like it was working when it was actually way off ; the system failed to work and she tipped off Kirkland to the deception . However , learned of her actions and arranged the entire conspiracy to kill both her and , using 's background as a rabidly anti - Israel terrorist to have him kill the SECDEF and then be immediately killed off himself . learns of 's involvement and , despite his initial refusal to believe it , quickly accepts the truth . After hiding in a warehouse , inspects the footage of a new floating camera and discovers proof of his friend 's involvement . 
 confronts and confesses that his motive was to prevent any further attacks on U.S. ships , similar to the one where he had to witness several sailors drown . He offers one million dollars for 's location . When refuses , has beat him up , but he still does not give in . plants a tracker on and follows him to the warehouse just as a hurricane hits Atlantic City . When a tidal wave hits the boardwalk , uses it as cover to rush outside , where the police , tipped off by , are waiting and witness the Navy officer opening fire . Cornered by the police and a news crew with no way out , commits suicide in view of the live news feed . 
 is later hailed as a hero , but the press soon uncovers his corruption and he loses his job and family . Before reporting for his prison term , meets on the boardwalk . She thanks him for his help , as is completely restructuring his company and scrapping the AirGuard . promises to call when he gets out in twelve to eighteen months . Ultimately , 's ruby ring is seen embedded in one of the concrete pillars of the new Powell Millennium Arena , revealing it as her final resting place .

In 1996 , as part of a new military training program , orphaned infants are selected at birth and raised as highly disciplined soldiers dedicated to a wholly military routine . They are trained to be ruthless obedient killers without any moral code of conduct , and any deemed physically or mentally unworthy are executed . Survivors of the training program are turned into impassive , dedicated fighting machines with no exposure to or understanding of the outside world . 
 In 2035 , at the age of 40 , Sgt . is a battle - hardened veteran and the best soldier of the original 1996 infants . Colonel , the leader of the original project , introduces a new group of genetically engineered soldiers , designed with superior physical attributes and a complete lack of emotion except unparalleled aggression . 
 Captain , the commander of 's unit , insists on testing the abilities of the new soldiers against those of his proven older ones . The new soldiers outperform the old soldiers in every way . In a combat exercise held at the top of climbing chains , a new soldier , easily defeats two of the original soldiers before gouges out 's eye . knocks from the top of the chains ; though he is presumed dead , the body of another dead soldier actually cushioned his fall and he is simply stunned and knocked unconscious . classifies it as a training exercise gone wrong and orders their bodies disposed of like garbage . Declared obsolete by , the remaining older soldiers are removed from combat duty and demoted to menial unarmed support roles . 
 Dumped on Arcadia 234 , a waste disposal planet , an injured limps toward a colony whose residents crash - landed there years earlier ; as they were believed dead , no rescue missions have been attempted . is found and sheltered by , and he and his wife help nurse back to health . Rarely speaking himself , develops a silent rapport with their mute son , , who had been traumatized by a snakebite as an infant . He looks upon the happy , loving family with yearning in his eyes ; having never considered sexuality before , he also has confusion concerning an attraction to . Though they try to make him feel welcome , has difficulty adapting to the community and their conflict - free lives due to his extremely rigid conditioning . When silently looks to him for defense against a coiled snake , attempts to show how to protect himself . 's parents intervene and disapprove of the lesson , unsure of how to deal with the silent soldier . 's increasing disorientation by exposure to peaceful civilian life manifests into flashbacks of his time battling other soldiers - and killing civilians who were in the way . With 's mind deep inside one of his more violent memories , one of the colonists surprises , who nearly kills him . Fearful , the colonists expel from the community . Having been rejected by every society he has known - the military and the refugee civilians - shows strong emotion for the first time ; overcome by the loss , he quietly cries . A short time later , and are almost bitten by a snake while they sleep , but uses 's defensive technique and saves them . Now understanding the value of 's lesson , leaves to bring him back , regardless of the opposition of the colonists who fear him . 
 and the new soldiers arrive on the garbage planet to garner them combat experience . Since the world is listed as uninhabited , declares the colonists as hostiles to be used as the targets , much to the disapproval of Captain . Just after finds and apologizes , the soldiers spot them and open fire . survives but dies from the attack . Though out - manned and outgunned , 's years of battle experience and superior knowledge of the planet allow him to return to the colony and kill the advance squad . Nervous that an unknown enemy force may be confronting them , Colonel orders the soldiers to withdraw and return with heavy artillery . Using guerrilla tactics , outmaneuvers and kills all the remaining soldiers . Caine 607 is wounded and uses painkillers and performance enhancing stimulants to attack in vicious hand - to - hand combat , but he is ultimately defeated by 's experience and clever tactics rather than mere physical prowess . 
 confronts over the radio , declaring his new soldiers obsolete . Panicking , orders 's old squad to set up and activate a portable nuclear device powerful enough to destroy the planet before commanding the ship to lift off and leave the squad behind . When Captain objects to the abandonment of the old soldiers , shoots him in cold blood . finds his old squad and they silently side with him over the army that has discarded them . They take over the ship , evacuate the remaining colonists and leave and 's aides on the planet . In an attempt to disarm the nuclear device , accidentally sets it off , killing himself and the aides . The ship escapes the shockwave and sets course for the Trinity Moons , the colonists ' original destination . When enters the control room and reaches for , he picks up and points to their new destination while looking out upon the galaxy .

Three years after the events of the previous film , Commander leads a manned mission to Mars . Soil samples collected by 's team of astronauts unwittingly contain an extraterrestrial substance which thaws aboard their capsule due to the temperature difference and contaminates them , causing a seven - minute contact gap with mission control . With seemingly no subsequent negative effects , the astronauts return to Earth to public celebration . Only an institutionalized former scientist , Dr. , reacts to their return with violent panic . Meanwhile , Dr. Laura has created a clone of named , whose alien DNA is suppressed to make her more docile . Her team conducts experiments on , hoping to find a way to combat the alien species should it ever return to Earth . Every experiment is unsuccessful as 's biology adapts . 
 Upon their return , and his team are told to refrain from sexual activity for ten days . disregards this advice and has a threesome with two sisters following a fundraiser . During sex with the second woman , he begins to sprout tentacles . The lady notices his transformation while she is stroking his body and is horrified at the sight of him whereupon she tries to free herself from his clutches . Both mothers experience accelerated pregnancies , culminating when 's half - alien children violently explode from their abdomens . hides both corpses and his rapidly growing sons on the property of his father , U.S. Senator . The next day , tells his father he can not remember the previous night 's events . Senator indicates that he is aware of 's behavior and tells him to focus on his political goals . 
 Dr. , one of the NASA scientists who examined , discovers something amiss about his blood sample and desperately tries to contact . However , is ambushed and disemboweled by an alien , who snuck into the labs . discovers that the DNA in 's wounds is distinct from 's , prompting Colonel , the military supervisor in charge of her project , to reunite her with to contain the new threat . and seek out , 's former professor , and learn that he discovered that the alien species had attacked and destroyed Mars in ancient times . Because of his fears that alien DNA might remain on Mars to infect anyone who visited the planet in the future , urged the government to abort the mission , but was institutionalized to permanently silence him . 
 and report their findings to , identifying the Mars astronauts as the prime suspects . Unable to find , they pursue the other astronauts , and . They arrive too late to prevent from having sex with her husband , resulting in her impregnation with hybrid offspring . The tentacle - like creature bursts from 's abdomen and kills her husband before and manage to kill it while dies of her injuries . Meanwhile , a second team of government agents locate and examine the third astronaut , , but confirm he is not infected . discovers that 's hybrid DNA does not match that in 's wounds , meaning is the killer . Meanwhile , has sex with his fiancée , resulting in her death and the birth of another hybrid son . Horrified at causing the woman 's death , attempts suicide by shotgun , but the alien DNA regenerates his head and restores him back to life — with the drive to mate with as many women as possible . witnesses this and tells and what he saw , remembers what happened in the capsule and joining them in their mission . Patrick begins impregnating as many women as he can , hiding his victims and up to twenty children at the shed . 
 is ordered to activate 's alien DNA so she can telepathically track , but this makes her volatile and strengthens her alien instincts . surrenders to and after attempting to rape a woman at a parking lot of a supermarket , whereupon becomes aware of ; they take him to the lab despite dubious of his submission . As is taken to custody , shows signs of being in heat . He demands open 's cell and nearly kills her when she refuses , but and drive him off with a special gaseous weapon . confronts Senator with proof of 's infection and demands help in detaining . Suspicious that will instead be killed , deduces that he is at the shed and apologizes for treating his son so coldly . 's human side briefly returns , but while he tearfully embraces his father , the alien DNA violently reasserts itself and kills the Senator . 's death completely destroys 's humanity , and he helps his hybrid children to cocoon , so they will soon mature and begin mating themselves , preparing them to eradicate humanity . 
 Back at the lab , discovers was not infected because he is a carrier of sickle - cell disease , as the species lacks immunity to human genetic diseases . While they plan to weaponise this weakness , breaks out of her confinement to find . , and pursue her , with Burgess and the military following . At the shed , they kill 's offspring while and transform into their alien forms and begin to mate . The mating stops when and intervene , allowing to break free ; overpowers by performing fellatio , apparently killing her . impales him in the back with a pitchfork coated in ' blood , causing to disintegrate and die . 
 The military escorts , and the injured away . 's lifeless body is loaded into an ambulance , but shortly after , her womb begins to swell rapidly — indicating her survival and impregnation by — while one of his youngest sons , who somehow survived , watches . As the screen cuts to black , 's uterus bursts and her screaming is heard .

Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, Marg Helgenberger, James Cromwell, Mykelti Williamson, George Dzundza

An alien spacecraft is discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean , estimated to have been there for nearly 300 years . A team of experts , including marine biologist Dr. ( ) , mathematician Dr. ( ) , astrophysicist Dr. ( ) , psychologist Dr. ( ) , and U.S. Navy Capt . ( ) , are assembled and taken to the Habitat , a state - of - the - art living environment located near the spacecraft . 
 Upon examination of the spacecraft , they determine that it is not alien at all , but rather U.S. in origin . However , its technology far surpasses any in the present day . The ship 's computer logs cryptically suggest either a mission originating in the distant past or future , but the team manages to deduce that the long dead crew were tasked with collecting an item of scientific importance . and discover the ship 's logs , which show the ship encountering an " unknown event " ( thought to be a black hole ) that sends the vessel back in time . and the others eventually stumble upon a large , perfect sphere hovering a few feet above the floor in the ship 's cargo bay . They can not find any way to probe the inside of the sphere , and the fluidic surface is impenetrable ; the crew attaches importance to that fact that the sphere reflects its surroundings but not the humans . 
 They return to the Habitat , and comes to believe that everyone on this team is fated to die . His rationale is that the black hole is referred to as an " unknown event " in the logs but due to time travel they have foreknowledge of the entire mission . During the night , returns to the spacecraft and is able to enter the sphere , then returns to the Habitat . The next day , the crew discovers a series of numeric - encoded messages appearing on the computer screens ; the crew is able to decipher them and come to believe they are speaking to " " , an alien intelligence from the sphere . They find is able to see and hear everything that happens on the Habitat . 
 A powerful typhoon strikes the surface , and the Habitat crew are forced to stay several more days . During that time , a series of tragedies strike the crew , including attacks from aggressive jellyfish and a giant squid and equipment failures in the base , killing and the team 's support staff . The survivors , , , and believe to be responsible . While waiting for rescue , the three realize that the hazards are manifestations of their own fears - all of them have entered the sphere , which has given them the ability to make their imagination real . discovers that they had misinterpreted the initial messages from and that the entity speaking to them through the computers is actually himself , transmitted while he is asleep . 
 Under the stress of the situation , has suicidal thoughts which causes the detonation mechanisms on a store of explosives to engage , threatening to destroy the base and the spacecraft . They race to the Habitat 's mini - sub , but their combined fears cause them to re - appear back in the spacecraft . As a psychologist , is able to see through the illusion . He triggers the mini - sub 's undocking process and overrides the others ' fears that they will not escape the destruction of the Habitat and spacecraft . The sphere is untouched by the explosions . 
 The mini - sub makes it to the surface as the surface ships return . As , , and begin safe decompression , they realize that they will be debriefed and their newfound powers discovered . They all agree to erase their memories of the event using their powers ; this assures that the " unknown event " paradox is resolved . The sphere rises from the ocean and then accelerates off into space .

The film begins with the Spice Girls performing " Too Much " on Top of the Pops , but they become dissatisfied with the burdens of fame and fortune . Meanwhile , sinister newspaper owner ( ) is attempting to ruin the girls ' reputation for his newspaper 's ratings . dispatches photographer ( ) to take pictures and tape recordings of the girls . Less threatening but more annoying is ( ) , who stalks the girls along with his camera crew , hoping to use them as subjects for his next project . At the same time , the girls ' uptight manager , ( ) and his sympathetic assistant ( ) , are fending off two over - eager Hollywood writers , and ( and ) , who relentlessly pitch absurd plot ideas for a feature film for the Spice Girls . 
 Amid this , the girls must prepare for their live concert at the Royal Albert Hall in three days , the biggest performance of their career . At the heart of it , the constant practices , traveling , publicity appearances , and other burdens of celebrity affect the girls on a personal level , preventing them from spending much time with their pregnant best friend , ( ) , who is due to give birth soon . Throughout the busy schedule , the girls attempt to ask for time off to spend with and relax , but refuses after talking with the head of the girls ' record label , the cryptic and eccentric " Chief " ( ) . The stress and overwork compound , which culminate in a huge argument between and the girls . The girls suddenly storm out on the evening before their gig at the Albert Hall . 
 The girls separately think back on their humble beginnings and their struggle to the top . They reunite by chance outside the now - abandoned café where they practiced during their childhood years , they reconcile , and decide to take out dancing . However , goes into labor at the nightclub and is rushed to the hospital in the girls ' bus , giving birth to a healthy baby girl . When notices that the delivery " doctor " has a camera , the girls realize that he is , who runs off with the girls in hot pursuit , only to hit his head after accidentally colliding with an empty stretcher . When sees the girls standing over him , he tells them that they have made him see the error of his ways , and he goes after , who is subsequently fired in a " scandal " . 
 After noticing the girls ' bus driver , ( ) is missing , decides to take the wheel . It becomes a race against time as drives like a maniac through London . While approaching Tower Bridge , the bridge begins to raise to let a boat through the River Thames . drives up the bridge and over the gap . The bus finally lands safely on the other side , but when opens a trapdoor in the floor , she discovers a bomb , and the girls scream before slams the trapdoor shut again . 
 The girls finally arrive at the Royal Albert Hall for their performance and run up the steps . However , the girls have one more obstacle to overcome : a London policeman ( ) charges the girls with " dangerous driving , criminal damage , flying a bus without a license , and frightening the pigeons " . pushes forward and tells the policeman that she and the other girls were late for their performance at the Albert Hall . smiles at the policeman , and he lets the girls off for their performance . The film ends when the girls perform their song " Spice Up Your Life " at the start of their Royal Albert Hall concert broadcast live on television around the world . 
 The supporting cast later talk about the girls ' film during the closing credits . breaks the fourth wall and tells the other girls that the outgoing audience is watching them . The girls talk to the audience , commenting on " those two in the back row snogging " and on one 's dress , and discuss their film , just minutes before the bomb in their bus explodes .

Spice Girls, Richard E. Grant, Alan Cumming, George Wendt, Roger Moore

Lieutenant Commander ( ) is temporarily transferred to an undercover mission observing the peaceful Ba'ku people . While on their planet , he malfunctions and reveals the presence of the joint Federation – Son'a task force observing the Ba'ku . Admiral ( ) contacts the USS Enterprise - E to obtain 's schematics but adamantly states the presence of the Enterprise is not needed . Captain decides to ignore these orders and takes the Enterprise to capture . After stopping Data , Captain ( ) becomes suspicious of 's insistence that the Enterprise is no longer needed . His crew investigates the cause of Data 's malfunction . They discover that the Ba'ku have advanced technology , but have rejected its use to live simpler lives . Due to unique radiation or " metaphasic particles " emanating from their planet 's rings , they are effectively immortal . 's allies , the Son'a , are a decrepit race who use medical techniques to prevent death ; their excessive use of cosmetic surgery gives them a mummified appearance . The Enterprise crew also begin to experience the rejuvenation effects of the planet : Lt . Commander ( ) finds his eyes have regenerated and he no longer requires ocular implants ; Commander ( ) and Counselor ( ) rekindle their long - abandoned relationship ; and develops a romantic relationship with the Ba'ku woman ( ) . 
 and discover a submerged and cloaked Federation ship containing a gigantic holodeck set up to recreate the Ba'ku village . 's malfunction stems from a Son'a attack , received when he discovered the vessel . confronts and learns that top Federation officers and the Son'a secretly planned to deceptively move the Ba'ku to the ship and forcibly relocate them to another planet , allowing the Son'a to collect the rejuvenating radiation ( but poisoning the planet in the process ) . orders the Enterprise to leave . states the rejuvenation benefit of the radiation does not justify 's plans for the Ba'ku and violates the Prime Directive . He plans to alert the Federation of the forced relocation . 
 is joined by some of his crew to help the Ba'ku escape from being abducted while takes the Enterprise to a transmission range and communicate the violation to Star Fleet . The Son'a send robotic probes to locate and capture the fleeing Ba'ku . The Son'a leader , ( ) , convinces to allow two Son'a ships to attack the Enterprise . defeats the attacking ships and the Enterprise escapes . Their plan exposed , insists upon harvesting the radiation source immediately . , , and several Ba'ku are transported as prisoners onto the Son'a ship . reveals to that the Son'a and the Ba'ku are the same race and involving the Federation in a blood feud . The Son'a are a splinter faction of Ba'ku who gave up their bucolic existence a century earlier to embrace the use of technology . They attempted to seize power but failed , and the Ba'ku elders exiled them from the planet , denying them the rejuvenating effects of the rings . The Son'a developed an artificial and imperfect means to extend their lives at the cost of disfigurement . kills Admiral when he backs out of the plan and proceeds with his plan . 
 While is escorted to be executed , he convinces the Son'a Gallatin ( ) to help him stop . masterminds a ruse to transport and his bridge crew to the holoship and shutdown the harvester . discovers the deception and transports to the radiation harvester ship to manually restart the process . follows and sets the harvester to self - destruct , which kills while is rescued by the Enterprise . The remaining Son'a are forgiven and welcomed back by the Ba'ku . arranges a meeting between and his Ba'ku mother . The Enterprise crew take a moment to enjoy their rejuvenated selves before returning to their previous mission .

and are a divorced New York City couple struggling to help their children and be happy with this sudden change of lifestyle . , an attorney , is living with his new girlfriend , , a successful fashion photographer several years his junior.[3 ] tries hard to make and feel comfortable and happy with her , but repeatedly rejects her overtures while , who is generally kind to , adds extra complication with his mischievous nature . behaves with contempt tempered by caution around , believing she overcompensates for her divorce by spoiling her children . 
 , a former publisher turned stay - at - home mom , gives a cold reception , seeing her as an overly ambitious career woman . She also continues to harbor malice towards , as seen in a confrontation about . After a long string of arguments and hurt feelings involving , , and , proposes to , making her and 's soon - to - be official stepmother . This causes even more friction . is diagnosed with lymphoma , which is discovered to be terminal . She experiences a range of negative emotions , angry at the woman who she feels was responsible for breaking up her family , and angry that after all of the sacrifices she made for her family , she will never see her children grow up . actively sabotages 's effort to bond with the children even to the point of refusing to allow her to take to see a rock band that she likes and then taking her to the same concert a few weeks later herself . 
 and later tell the children about the engagement , and is furious . tells and the children about her illness , resulting in storming out . That night shows that she can be fun by dancing and singing with and . 
 and continue to clash . gets the children a golden retriever puppy , and says that she is allergic to dogs . Surprised , apologizes and says that her father did n't tell her that . After another argument between the two , takes the dog inside her room , indicating she lied about her allergy . Eventually , and 's relationship improves . They start to bond over painting , when teaches how to paint trees . 
 and disagree repeatedly , largely over 's parenting . goes missing on 's watch and claims that she has never lost him , which she later admits to be untrue . When has problems with a boy she once liked , the two women give opposite advice , causing more tension between and . They manage to establish a shaky truce , as they come to terms that will soon step into the role of a surrogate mother . The two women finally bond when reveals her admiration of 's maternal instincts , while in turn praises 's hipness as a means to connect with . finally lets her guard down when she tells her biggest fear is that on 's wedding day , all will wish for is her mother 's presence . says her own fear is that will forget her . explains to that , while will always have their past , will have their future . 
 The film ends with the family celebrating Christmas . , who is bedridden , is visited in her room by and . Individually , tells her children that though she will die , she will remain with them as long as they remember her . Later that day , is taking a family portrait of and with the children . demonstrates her acceptance of by inviting her to join them , stating " let 's get a photo with the whole family " . does , and as the closing credits begin , both women are shown happily in a photo side by side , finally at peace with one another and with future events ahead of them ( 's death and 's marriage to ) .

15 - year - old and her best friend are typical high school students in Helverton , Colorado who spend their idle time chatting with strangers in chat rooms . After chatting with another apparent student who goes by the screen name of " Captain , " and decide to attend a party at Captain 's house , which is a trap . When neither nor returns home by the next morning , 's mother , , alerts her husband , local cop ( ) . With the assistance of a younger cop named ( ) , begins searching for and . The case takes an unexpected turn when 's car is pulled out of a lake with 's tortured body inside and no sign of . 
 discovers that Captain ( ) is into " body art , " including significant tattooing , piercing , branding , and scarification . But it is not until 's niece ( ) informs him of 's penchant for meeting strangers through the Internet that gets his first lead . Meeting the Captain online , attempts to get Captain to invite him to a party . Despite the plan going awry , he later figures out Captain 's location and finds his torture chamber . There , finds naked and bound , with her mouth stitched shut , as well as five other teenagers who are in similar predicaments . After a brief struggle in which Captain gets shot , arrests him and discovers his real name is . 
 thinks he has closed the case . But a year later , is declared not guilty by reason of insanity and he is put in the Meistrich Psychiatric Institute , only to be released three years later . Doctors at the Meistrich Institute state that , who has been diagnosed as a schizophrenic with a severe chemical imbalance , is okay as long as he is on his medication . So , moves back to his old neighborhood . While taking his medicine , is timid and apologetic about what he did , but the memories of what did are still fresh in the minds of Helverton 's residents . Many people are not happy about 's release , especially an activist group led by ( ) and . 
 One night , while 's teenage daughter , , is out , a fearful jumps to the conclusion that has taken her . calls and several others and they kidnap . During this , accidentally drops his medicine bottle , and it is run over by a car . and the group then beat and hang him from a tree . As , , and the others leave , it starts raining and the rope , which turns out to be weak , snaps , saving 's life . However , the near - death experience , something he had mentioned hoping to attain earlier on in the film , reverts him to being Captain , this time with revenge on his mind . 
 After recovering , kills 's wife in front of before knocking him unconscious and then kidnapping him . also kidnaps before contacting at the police station . After hanging up with , brutally tortures and . The next day , calls and tells him that is missing . When gets home with , 's face is on 's computer screen . has and her mouth is stitched shut again . tortures while and watch the screen . After disconnects , , , and a few other victims are soon found alive , but brutally tortured , by officers responding to a call . That night , after leaving the torture scene , tracks to a church . After a long struggle , stands ready to kill with a large meat hook chained to the ceiling . However , sinks the hook into 's back , slams into a wall , and then uses the hook to lift off the floor . After taunts , pours a flammable liquid on , and presumably kills by setting him on fire .

In 1913 , on the night before wedding to ( also known as ) , her bridegroom receives a disturbing vision of his childhood homeland in peril . Much to 's distress , leaves for Africa to help . The educated explorer is seeking the legendary city of Opar , to plunder its ancient treasures . But then decides to follow her fiancé , and he must protect her while trying to stop and his men .

In 1985 , 16 - year - old high school student is about to go on a prom date with his dream girl when he gets his scrotum stuck in a zipper . He is hospitalized when it bleeds after being unzipped , which cancels their date . subsequently loses contact with . 
 Thirteen years later , in 1998 , 29 - year - old is still in love with . On the advice of his best friend , he hires a private detective named to track her down . discovers that she is an orthopedic surgeon living in Miami with her friend , , and instantly falls in love with as well . He lies to about her , saying she is overweight with four children and confined to a wheelchair , to discourage him from having any contact with her . resorts to lying , cheating , stalking , and drugging 's dog to win over , but is exposed by 's British architect friend , , who is heavily reliant on crutches . later feels guilty about lying to and reveals his true self to her . Enraged after overhearing subsequently slander him as a murderer , tails and discovers him to be a fraud himself : he is an able - bodied , entirely American pizza delivery boy named who is also in love with . For years , has been driving away potential rivals through slander , including one oft - mentioned suitor referred to only as " . " 
 Meanwhile , decides he still wants to reconnect with and , assisted by , drives down to Florida and discovers the truth about her . seems to have won 's love , until an anonymous letter exposes his connection with , and she breaks contact with him . confronts and , and is accosted by , who is revealed to be her ex - boyfriend " " that she has a restraining order against . He wants to reconnect with her as well , which she quickly refuses . When is finally together with all of her deceitful suitors , realizes that the only one who did not resort to lying or manipulation to win over was , who he learns is NFL quarterback . After reuniting and , leaves tearfully until catches up to , saying that " I 'd be happiest with you " . 
 The film concludes with the two engaging in a kiss while a guitarist , who has periodically narrated the story in song throughout the film , is accidentally shot by 's boyfriend , who was trying to shoot so he could win over .

Ben Stiller, Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Keith David, Markie Post

Aging private detective ( ) , an ex - cop , is working on a case to return 17 - year - old runaway ( ) to her parents ' home . He tracks down and her sleazy boyfriend , ( ) , at a Mexican resort . During a struggle , accidentally shoots with his pistol , striking him in the upper thigh . 
 The plot picks up two years later , when is living in Southern California in the guest quarters of 's wealthy parents , ( ) and ( ) . They are former movie stars , now in the twilight of their careers . is dying of cancer , which is out of remission , and he and pass time playing cards . 
 One day , asks a favor of : to deliver a package to an address in Los Angeles . It turns out to be the first development in a series of twists and turns in a 20 - year - old case involving the disappearance of 's ex - husband . 
 When arrives at the address , he encounters a man named , who has just been fatally shot and shoots at . is detained by police , including former colleague Lt . ( ) . At the police station , he runs into another ( now retired ) old pal and colleague , ( ) . 
 and are both sympathetic , as they had heard rumors that suffered damage to his genitals when shot in Mexico . explains that he was only shot in the thigh . 
 likes , who flirts with him from time to time . He acts as an agent for and , who are being blackmailed by , now out of prison , and his parole officer ( ) . 
 and have sex for the first ( and only ) time . angrily realizes this when he has a heart attack that same night , and responds to his call for help wearing 's shirt . 
 , meanwhile , is forced to acknowledge that his friends have deceived and manipulated him . 
 tries to persuade to get away from it all , but has figured out that was a conspirator in the murder of 's first husband 20 years before . shoots at , but kills him first . Following this shooting , reconciles with and . He leaves town with .

Paul Newman, Gene Hackman, Susan Sarandon, James Garner, Reese Witherspoon, Stockard Channing, Liev Schreiber

In New York , security cameras in a United Nations parking garage record two Diplomatic Security Service ( DSS ) agents attempting to intercept a briefcase exchange between two men . One man kills the agents ; the other escapes with top secret information . 
 In Chicago , months later , police arrest tow truck driver for possession of an illegal handgun and discover that he is federal fugitive , wanted for a double homicide . boards a prisoner transport aircraft back to New York , sharing the flight with Deputy U.S. Marshal , who is escorting another prisoner to the transport 's first stop in Memphis . A Chinese prisoner armed with a zip gun tries to kill mid - flight but in the struggle , the bullet pierces a window , depressurizing the cabin and sending the prisoner to his death , along with another Marshal . The plane makes an emergency crash landing in Southern Illinois , where flees and issues a manhunt for the escapee . DSS Director reveals that ' fingerprints ID him as the killer of his DSS agents and assigns DSS Special Agent to join 's team to hunt . inspects 's firearm and dismissively insists replace it with a Glock . 
 After traveling to New York City and securing money , weapons and fake identification , surveilles Chinese diplomat , the other man from the parking garage . In Chicago , and the Marshals pursue several leads , including ' girlfriend . secretly contacts to explain that he secretly worked for the government and was ambushed during a routine exchange , killing the men before realizing they were DSS agents . The Marshals track the airplane mechanic who was bribed to hide the zip gun and discover too late that he has been murdered by . 
 acquires the surveillance footage of the murders and discover killed the agents in self - defense and was wearing gloves ; thus he could not have been identified by fingerprints at the scene as claimed . Confronted with the evidence , admits that is in fact , a former Force Recon Marine , who was working as an unofficial operative for the government . The DSS is investigating a mole within the U.S. State Department selling covert secrets to China , believed to be . The agents were tailing , a Chinese intelligence agent who was the contact between China and the mole , but when they tried to intercept the exchange , killed them and fled . 
 Eventually , and his team catch up with in Queens Hill Cemetery where he ambushes DSS Special Agent , who conspired with the mole to frame by duping him into making the exchange . As holds hostage to try and clear his name , inadvertently kills while trying to shoot . Marshals and apprehend , while flees to a retirement home followed by , and Marshal . During a struggle , disarms and holds him at gunpoint . Before can kill Sheridan , walks into the room and shoots , giving the opportunity to jump off the roof and onto a moving subway . gives false information to , claiming that shot , who later dies of his injuries before he can reveal the truth . 
 , out for revenge , abandons his team and takes along while following up on a new lead . They track to a loading dock in Bayonne , New Jersey where he is stowing away on a freighter bound for Canada . confronts , fights and nearly kills but lets his guard down , enabling to get the upper hand . unloads his Glock at , hitting him in the shoulder , and the marshals take into custody . 
 At the hospital , recognizes the gun that killed as 's old firearm . He leaves alone but comes back in time to catch him trying to kill . admits to being the mole , and to killing , then tries to elminate but shoots and kills him first . 
 is publicly exonerated at a government hearing and makes peace with , who then gives his team a backhanded apology before they depart to honor 's memory .

Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey, Jr., Joe Pantoliano, Irène Jacob

On a stormy night at a gas station , a woman named fights off an apparent attack by a stuttering attendant . However , he was actually trying to warn her of an attacker in the back seat , and , as drives off , the attacker in the back seat decapitates her with an axe . Meanwhile , in the student lounge at Pendleton University , relates to friends and how one of the campus halls , Stanley Hall , had been the site of a massacre in 1973 . The story is discredited by school journalist . 
 The following evening , offers to talk with , who is shaken over 's death , and the two drive into the woods . is attacked by a killer in a hooded parka , who hangs him from a tree with the rope attached to the car . As the killer approaches , she attempts to run him over , strangling to death in the process . As the killer recovers , tries to drive away , but Damon 's body lands on top of the car , forcing to flee and alerting security guard , who does n't believe her when they find the car and 's corpse missing . 
 Realizing and 's murders resemble urban legends , goes to the library to research . She runs into her classmate , who tries to assure her that the murders are unrelated . While she is away , her goth roommate , , is strangled to death by the killer . Thinking her roommate is merely engaging in sexual activity , does n't turn on the lights and goes to bed . In the morning , discovers her corpse and the words " Are n't you glad you did n't turn on the light ? " scrawled on the wall in blood . Distraught over 's death , confesses to about her past : one night and re - enacted an urban legend ; they were driving with their headlights turned off and pursued the first driver who flashed them , causing him to run off the road and die in the crash . Next , the school dean is attacked in the parking garage and run over by his car . Later the same evening , finds Professor 's office in disarray and covered in blood . Meanwhile , has discovered the Stanley Hall massacre actually occurred and was the sole survivor . 
 At a fraternity party coinciding with the massacre 's anniversary , gets annoyed at and leaves to go to the campus radio station where she hosts a sex advice show . At the fraternity house , gets a phone call from the killer telling him that his dog is in the microwave . After opening the microwave and seeing his dead dog , he runs to the bathroom to vomit , where the killer ties him to the toilet and forces pop rocks and bathroom chemicals into his throat , killing him . At the radio station , is attacked by the killer while on air , and her screams are broadcast live . runs to her aid , but finds the killer hacking her to death . 
 finds and and they drive off campus to find help . convinces the girls that the killer is . When stops at a gas station , and discover 's dead body in the car and flee , thinking to be the killer . loses in the woods but makes her way to a road , where the school 's janitor picks her up . When the janitor flashes a car with its lights out , it swerves around and pursues them . The janitor 's car is forced off the road , but survives and makes her way towards Stanley Hall . She hears screaming from inside . When breaks into the building , she discovers lying on a bed . As starts crying , sits up and knocks her unconscious . 
 Upon regaining consciousness , finds herself tied to a bed and gagged . The killer comes in and unmasks herself as , who plays mind games with and taunts her . She reveals that the young man and killed was 's boyfriend , , and she is now exacting her revenge . She begins to cut 's belly in the fashion of the " Kidney Heist " legend , when rushes in and forces away at gunpoint . frees one of 's hands ; however , tries to stab her with a switchblade and the two struggle for 's gun . is able to shoot and stops from escaping . then appears and tries to trick into thinking that he will help her frame for the murders , but she does n't believe him . As is deciding whether to shoot or , the wounded shoots in the elbow with another gun . grabs the gun and shoots , who falls through a window and onto the ground . 
 and drive away to get help . Suddenly , appears in the backseat and attacks them with the axe . swerves the car until he crashes on a bridge , sending through the windshield and into the river below . is believed to be dead and and share an emotional embrace as sirens are heard from the distance . The film 's events are then revealed to be an urban legend being told among a different group of students at a different university , who say that 's body was never found . Most of them disbelieve the tale with the exception of one young woman , who is revealed to be . She claims that the story is incorrect and begins to tell them how it " really goes . "

Jared Leto, Alicia Witt, Rebecca Gayheart, Joshua Jackson, Loretta Devine, Tara Reid, Robert Englund

A team of Vatican - sponsored vampire hunters led by rids an abandoned house of vampires in the middle of New Mexico during a daylight raid . The team uses a coordinated method of using battle pikes as harpoons , spearing vampires within the house so that a mechanical winch can pull them outside into the daylight . After clearing the house , the team celebrates at a local motel with drinking and prostitutes , to the disapproval of the Priest assigned to the team . defends the celebration , stating that given the horrors the team witnesses on a daily basis , this is an effective way to blow off steam . During the height of the party , with most of the team drunk , they are attacked swiftly by a master vampire called , who kills most of the team and their priest . Only two members of the team survive , and , as well as a prostitute named who was bitten by . later meets his boss , Cardinal , who introduces him to Father . 
 After reluctantly allows to come along with him , he tells the priest some of his past , about how his father was bitten by a vampire , killed his mother and came after , who ended up killing him . He then asks what it is is after and tells him that is seeking an ancient relic called the Black Cross of Berziers and that was once a fallen priest who was thought to have been possessed by demons . The Bérziers Cross was used in an exorcism that was cut short but the result was that was forever changed into the first vampire . 
 Using the changing 's mind , , and find out that has seized the cross and they arrive at an old church to kill more vampires , but they are soon set up as Cardinal sides with and kidnaps , revealing that his plan all along was being turned by so he too can become immortal . turns into a vampire and allies herself with after biting . Cardinal agrees to perform a ritual using the cross which will allow vampires to walk in sunlight and be invulnerable , but , who was in hiding , appears and kills him before he can finish the ritual . and then rescue as the sun rises , and heads off to confront , whom he kills by ramming the cross into his chest and exposing him to sunlight , which causes to explode . 
 realizes that is about to turn into a vampire now that he has been bitten by , but knows that has been loyal to him and so decides to take 's fate in his hands , telling that after two days he will hunt down and kill both him and . After and leave , and head off once again to kill the rest of the vampires that made it to shelter .

Before his wedding to fiancée ( ) , ( ) organizes a bachelor party in a Las Vegas hotel with his friends : ( ) , ( ) , brothers and ( and ) . pays ( ) , a stripper / prostitute , for sex in the bathroom who dies during sex after her head is accidentally impaled by a clothes hook on a door . Soon thereafter , a security guard comes to investigate the ruckus and discovers 's corpse . In desperation , stabs the guard to death . convinces the group to dismember the bodies , bury them in the desert , and never speak of it again . 
 At the rehearsal dinner , cracks under the pressure , leading to a confrontation with outside . The fight is broken up and is convinced to leave . While leaving , he tries to ram his jeep into 's beloved minivan . runs in front of his van and is crushed in the collision . In the hospital , whispers something to his wife ( ) before dying , as looks on through a glass window . 
 demands answers about what happened in Las Vegas . makes up a story about sleeping with a prostitute . , suspecting she does not believe them , kills . Later , calls and to bring to the house , where he kills him . He concocts a story about a / / love triangle to answer any interrogation by police . After these events and being named beneficiary of and ' estate , breaks down and confesses the story to , who demands that the wedding she has dreamed about proceed as planned . 
 On the wedding day , confronts , demanding the money from 's life insurance policy . refuses and a fight ensues which ends with bludgeoning . During the ceremony , and realize that has the wedding rings . goes to retrieve them , opening a door that knocks down a stairwell where he dies . demands bury 's body in the desert and then ensure no loose ends remain by killing . Ultimately , can not go through with the act and as he drives home , he loses focus and crashes into an oncoming car . 
 After the collision , has had both his legs amputated below the knee and is brain damaged and confined to a motorized wheelchair , leaving to care for all of them in addition to raising 's sons . As watches 's futile attempt to control the two boys , she realizes her life and dreams are totally ruined and suffers a nervous breakdown as she runs out of the house and collapses screaming in the street .

Christian Slater, Cameron Diaz, Jon Favreau, Daniel Stern, Jeremy Piven, Jeanne Tripplehorn

While vacationing in Switzerland , pediatrician ( ) meets artist ( ) . They are attracted to each other , and bond as if they had known each other for a long time . They marry and have two children , ( ) and ( ) . Their idyllic life ends when the children die in a car crash . Life becomes difficult : suffers a mental breakdown , and the couple contemplates divorce , but they manage through their losses . 
 On the anniversary of the day they decided not to divorce , is also killed in a car crash . Unaware that he is dead , and confused that no one will interact with him , lingers on Earth . He sees 's attempts to cope with his loss and attempts to communicate with her , despite advice from a presence that this will only cause her more pain . When his attempts cause more sorrow , he decides to move on . 
 awakens in Heaven , and learns that his immediate surroundings can be controlled by his imagination . He meets a man ( ) he recognizes as , his friend and mentor from his medical residency , and the presence from his time as a " ghost " on Earth . will guide and help in this new afterlife . teaches about his existence in Heaven , and how to shape his little corner , and to travel to others ' " dreams . " They are surprised when a Blue Jacaranda tree appears unbidden in ' surroundings , matching a tree in a new painting by , inspired by 's belief that she can communicate with in the afterlife . explains that this is a sign that the couple are truly soul mates . decides that can not " see " the painting , however , and destroys it . At the same time , sees his version of the tree disintegrate before his eyes . 
 laments that he can no longer see his wife and soon encounters a woman who he comes to recognize as his daughter , living in an area resembling a diorama that she loved in her lifetime . The two share a tearful reunion . 
 Meanwhile , is wracked with guilt for the deaths of and their children , believing that she was responsible for the chains of events which led to both car crashes ( in reality , both were sheer bad luck ) , and decides to commit suicide . , who is initially relieved that her suffering is done , grows angry when he learns that those who commit suicide go to Hell ; this is not the result of a judgment made against them , but rather their own tendency to create " nightmare " afterlife worlds based on their pain . is adamant that he will rescue from Hell , despite 's insistence that no one has ever succeeded in doing so with a suicide . agrees to find a " tracker " to help search for 's soul . 
 On the journey to Hell , recalls his son , . Remembering how he 'd called him the one man he 'd want at his side to brave Hell , realizes that is truly . explains that he chose 's appearance because he knew that would listen to without reservation . Before they part , begs to remember how he saved his marriage following and 's deaths . then journeys onward with the tracker . 
 must walk across the field of Faces of the Damned , stepping on their faces as he navigates across it . The damned can be heard talking , including a businesswoman who says she never over - billed her clients . and the tracker arrive at a dark and twisted version of and 's house . The tracker then reveals himself as the real and warns that if he stays with for more than a few minutes he may be permanently trapped in Hell , advising that all can reasonably expect is an opportunity for a final farewell to . 
 enters their now - horrific looking home to find suffering from amnesia , unable to remember her suicide , and visibly tortured by her decrepit surroundings . Unable to stir her memories , the tracker sees give up his quest to save from Hell . But instead of returning to Heaven , chooses to join forever in Hell . As he declares to his intent to stay , his words parallel something he 'd said to her as he left her in an institution following the children 's deaths , and she regains her memories while is making her nightmare his . , wanting nothing more than to save , ascends to Heaven , taking with her . 
 and are reunited with their children in Heaven , and all appearances are restored . proposes reincarnation , so he and can experience life together again . The film ends with and meeting again as young children in a situation that parallels their first meeting .

During his year in the fifth grade , ten - year - old ( ) begins a personal search to find answers about life and death — a journey triggered by the passing of his beloved grandfather ( ] 
 attends Waldron Mercy Academy , a private Catholic boys ' school . The adults in his world have not been able to convince him that his grandfather is in good hands , so he sets out on a personal mission to find God . In their varying ways he is guided on his metaphorical journey by his best friend ( ) and a Philadelphia Phillies - loving nun ( ) who teaches at his school.[3 ] 
 shows doubts about his religion as he questions if God truly exists , particularly when is diagnosed with epilepsy and the moments as experiences his first crush . As his academic year comes to an end , he finds his answer in an unexpected way.[4 ]

A popular Miami area high school guidance counselor , , is accused of rape by two female students , a wealthy and popular girl named and a poor outcast named . He hires lawyer to defend him . At trial , admits that she and had made everything up to get revenge on : for him failing to bail her out of jail on a minor drug charge and for him having an affair with her mother , . 's mother is humiliated by the scandal , and and negotiate an $ 8.5 million settlement for defamation . In reality , and the two girls were accomplices who used the trial as a way to get money from 's wealthy family . To celebrate their success , the three accomplices have sex . 
 Police detective , against the wishes of the district attorney 's office , continues to investigate . He suspects the trio are working a scam , telling both and that has already transferred the money to an off - shore account . panics and goes to for help . assures they can trust each other , but separately tells over the phone that they may have to get rid of . overhears and attacks in the pool . Both women fight , but eventually end up kissing and having sex in the pool , all witnessed by , still investigating the trio . A few nights later , and take to the beach and he kills her while waits nearby . After wrapping the body in plastic , they throw it in the trunk of the car and drive out to the swamp , where disposes of it . 
 and his partner , , are called in to investigate 's disappearance . Her blood and teeth are found at the beach while her car is found at a bus terminal . The D.A. 's office again insists that he drop the case , but asks his partner to watch . confronts and invites her in to read his school files on . She discovers that is a deeply troubled and violent girl made worse by the suicide of her father . Meanwhile , goes to 's house to confront her . When he arrives , attacks him , shooting him in the arm . is left with no choice but to kill her in self - defense . No charges are filed against , but he is dismissed from the force for disobeying orders . 
 returns to his beach bungalow to find taking a shower . They were partners , setting everyone up so they could split the money just two ways . Although is not pleased killed instead of framing her as originally planned , he agrees that they now have fewer loose ends . The two agree to go fishing on 's sailboat , where tries to eliminate . When fights back , he is shot and killed by a very much alive . She kills as revenge for killing and her friend , , and for arresting her on a drug charge when he realized she had witnessed the murder ( the arrest from which had not bailed her out ) . then poisons 's drink and knocks him overboard , so his body wo n't be found . 
 A post - credits scene features a number of quick scenes that fill in details of the backstory . They reveal that has a genius I.Q. , near 200 , and was the ultimate architect of the entire plot . She now has control of all of the settlement money and has taken her revenge on both and . She had been sleeping with yet could not get him to bail her out , had discovered that and were now sleeping together , and used it to pull him into her plot , starting with having him befriend . As for 's death , she had not attacked as he had claimed . In reality , she tried to escape the guest house when he entered . He shot her dead , broke into her gun case and used her hand to shoot himself in the shoulder . In a final scene meets with , whose financial affairs he is handling . She kisses him on the cheek and as she walks off , telling her to " be good " .

Kevin Bacon, Matt Dillon, Neve Campbell, Denise Richards, Bill Murray

World - famous violinist ( , who had guest starred in two early episodes of The Fugitive television series in the 1960s ) is seen giving a concert . Afterwards , he goes to a party where he meets ( ) , a millionaire who sponsors 's performances , as well as 's seductive wife ( ) and his possible mistress ( ) . 
 The next evening , he finds a note from Lauren in his car which summons him to the residence . When he goes to the mansion , he bumps into ( ) , who has just killed ( together with an unknown accomplice ) . A violent fight follows , during which discovers that is missing an eye , an arm , and a leg , and he overhears the preparations for an operation with the codename " Highlander " before he is knocked out . When he wakes up , finds himself arrested and convicted for the murder of . Desperate to prove his innocence , escapes from his prison transport following an accident . Lieutenant ( ) arrives on the scene , takes charge , barks out orders and vows to do whatever it takes to capture the fugitive . 
 returns to the mansion where he encounters , who is trying to retrieve something from behind a portrait . She tells him she knows he is innocent and believes is the killer , but refuses to say anything to the police because is her sister . She provides him with a place to hide and helps him shake his pursuers , but 's opportunities to rest are short and fleeting : seems to find him wherever he goes , and behaves suspiciously , increasing 's doubts of whom to trust . 
 gradually begins to piece together the puzzle ; he remembers that was present at the party as the bartender and was given a great amount of money by . He also finds that is strangely interested in Sir , the secretary - general of the United Nations . Eventually , after investigating 's disabilities in a limb replacement clinic , he discovers that , and are planning an assassination attempt on . He manages to follow the group but is caught . shoots but actually fakes his death , both because she has fallen in love with him and because she wants to stop the assassination , since she has found out that is really her father . has been murdered by and because he had come to suspect that his wife was actually a terrorist and had only used him to further her goals . 
 At a Scottish festival , and just barely manage to save 's life . They are cornered by , and accomplices , but and a SWAT team arrive just in the nick of time , arresting the terrorists . officially tells that he was " wrongfully accused " , clearing his name and acquitting him . In the last scene , and are riding on the bow of a cruise ship ( spoofing Titanic ) and end up bumping their heads on a low bridge .

is involved with , a leftist newspaper writer for The New York Observer who is always in search of an opportunity to root for the underdog . While is devoted to his typewriter , prefers her laptop and logging into her AOL email account . Using the screen name " Shopgirl " , she reads an email from " NY152 " , the screen name of whom she first met in an " over-30s " chatroom . As her voice narrates her reading of the email , she reveals the boundaries of the online relationship ; no specifics , including no names , career or class information , or family connections . belongs to the family which runs Fox Books — a chain of mega bookstores . runs the independent bookstore The Shop Around The Corner that her mother ran before her . The two are shown passing each other on their respective ways to work , revealing that they frequent the same neighborhoods in the Upper West Side of Manhattan . arrives at work , overseeing the opening of a new Fox Books in New York City with the help of his best friend , branch manager . and her three store assistants , , Aunt , and , open up her small shop that morning . 
 Following a day with his eleven - year - old aunt and four - year - old half - brother , enters 's store to let his younger relatives experience story time . and have a conversation that reveals 's fears about the Fox Books store opening around the corner . He omits his last name and makes an abrupt exit with the children . At a publishing party for New York book business people later that week , and meet again , where discovers 's true identity . She accuses him of deception and spying , while he responds by belittling her store . 
 The Shop Around the Corner slowly goes under . enters Fox Books to discover the true nature of the store is one of friendliness and relaxation , yet without the same dedication to children 's books as her shop . Her employees move on to other jobs ; as goes job hunting , gets a job at the children 's department at a Fox Books store and retires . 
 When the two finally decide to meet , discovers whom he has been corresponding with . At first he decides not to meet with , but then to meet with her without revealing his on - line identity , leading them to clash once more . later resumes the correspondence , apologizes , and promises to eventually tell her why he stood her up . 
 After both break up with their significant others , realizes his feelings towards and begins building a face - to - face relationship , still keeping his on - line identity a secret . He arranges a meeting between and his on - line persona ( along with his dog ) , but just before she is to meet this on - line friend , he reveals his feelings for her . Upon arriving at the agreed meeting place , she hears calling to , who has run ahead , and sees that her on - line friend is really , and that she loves him , too .

is the world 's greatest detective , but is also a socially maladroit misanthrope . Among his quirks is that he never meets or has direct contact with his clients , instead conducting business through his assistant , . Throughout the movie , provides narration as he reads lines from his proposed autobiography . 
 and are hired by Portland area millionaire . has lost the key to a safe deposit box and is being blackmailed by an unknown person who forces him to follow elaborate instructions to deliver the cash payments . quickly discovers that the blackmailer is , an EMT with a mysterious past . becomes attracted to and they sleep together , compromising his trademark objectivity . He lets his guard down and tells her that his abusive father killed his mother and himself . 
 pressures to reveal the blackmailer 's identity so that he can have that person killed . must also deal with 's absurd demands on his time , which increasingly interfere with 's relationship with his girlfriend . 
 eventually discovers that had raped 's mother after she broke up with him . She later blackmailed with the threat of exposing him as a rapist , so he had her killed . However , she had already given birth to their daughter , who was discovered and raised by the hitman who killed her mother . grew up knowing that was behind her mother 's murder , and when her adoptive father contracted a terminal illness , she used the information to pay for medical treatment . 
 At the meeting to deliver the final blackmail payment , collapses from a heart attack and is compelled to save his life . She then flees the country with 's assistance .

, a new student at Padua High School in the Seattle area , becomes instantly smitten with popular sophomore . Geeky warns him that is vapid and conceited , and that her overprotective father does not allow or her older sister , the shrewish , to date . , a senior , is accepted to Sarah Lawrence College in New York , but her father , , wants her to stay close to home . wishes to date affluent senior , but , an obstetrician worrisome of teenage pregnancy , will not allow his daughters to date until they graduate . Frustrated by 's insistence and 's rebelliousness , declares that may date only when does , knowing that 's antisocial attitude makes this unlikely . 
 When asks out , she informs him of her father 's new rule and , as a pretense for allowing her to date , suggests that find someone willing to date . selects " bad boy " , but scares him off . assists by convincing to pay to take out , under the pretense that this will allow to date . agrees to the deal , but rebuffs his first few advances . and help him by prying for information on 's likes and dislikes . Armed with this knowledge , begins to win 's interest . She goes to a party with him , which enables to go as well , much to 's dismay . 
 At the party , becomes upset when she sees with , and responds by getting drunk . attends to her , and starts to open up , expressing her interest in starting a band . However , when she tries to kiss him , pulls away and leaves , infuriated . Meanwhile , ignores in favor of , leaving dejected . soon realizes , however , that is shallow and self - absorbed , and asks for a ride home . admits his feelings for her and his frustration with how she has treated him . responds by kissing him . 
 offers to pay to take to the prom so he can take . initially refuses , but relents when offers him more money . is still angry with , but he wins her over by serenading her with the accompaniment of the marching band , and she helps him sneak out of detention . They go on a date which turns romantic , but becomes suspicious and angry when insists that she go with him to the prom , an event she is adamantly against . is irritated that has not asked her to the prom , and so accepts 's invitation , but will not allow it unless goes too . confesses to that she dated when they were freshmen and , succumbing to peer pressure , had sex with him . Afterward she regretted it and dumped her , so she vowed to never again do anything just because everyone else was doing it . insists that she can make her own choices , so agrees to go to the prom with , and decides to go with instead of . 
 All is going well at the prom until learns that planned to have sex with her that night . Angry that has spurned him for , reveals his arrangement with , which causes to leave heartbroken . then punches , but is in turn beaten up by for having hurt her , , and . and share another kiss . 
 The next day , reconciles with and begins dating . admits that is capable of taking care of herself , and gives her permission to attend Sarah Lawrence College . For an assignment in which the students were required to write their own version of Sonnet 141 , reads aloud a poem titled " 10 Things I Hate About You " , revealing that she still loves . surprises her with a guitar bought with the money that paid him , and confesses that he has fallen for her . forgives him , and the two reconcile with a kiss .

Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Larisa Oleynik, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, David Krumholtz, Andrew Keegan, Gabrielle Union

The film follows various plot arcs all occurring on New Year 's Eve of 1981 . is throwing a big New Year 's bash and is desperately afraid no one will attend . Early on the only person to have arrived is her friend . As she tries to convince to stay , we learn about various other groupings of individuals who are all on their way . 
 The film follows several characters as they spend New Year 's Eve in New York City before eventually showing up at 's party . The party guests are : and , teens from Ronkonkoma who get lost in the seedy Alphabet City section of the borough and wander into a punk club where they meet and , who have a " package " they need to deliver ; ditsy and awkward , who is on a dinner date with the paranoid ; and her best friend , who are struggling with the sexual tension between them ; 's feminist ex - girlfriend , who walks in on and making out in a restroom stall ; a dim - witted and flirtatious bartender ; competitive friends and who attempt to ditch 's boyfriend , ( who is also 's ex - boyfriend ) ; and the eccentric cab driver who takes them all around town throughout the evening in his disco themed taxi . 
 Eventually , all the characters find their way to the party , although in the meantime has passed out after drowning her sorrows in alcohol . She wakes up the next morning to find many unrecognizable people on her floor , including who tells her what a big hit her party was . is thrilled ( even though she missed it all ) , especially when she finds out that showed up . The final montage shows Polaroids of the party , narrated by the disco cabbie , mostly featuring the unlikely romances from the party and the unconscious being propped up by her party guests .

Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Diaz, Angela Featherstone, Janeane Garofalo, Gaby Hoffmann, Kate Hudson, Courtney Love, Jay Mohr, Martha Plimpton, Christina Ricci, Paul Rudd

Private investigator is contacted by , attorney for wealthy widow Mrs. , whose husband has recently died . While clearing out her late husband 's safe , she and Mr. find an 8 mm movie which appears to depict a real murder , but Mrs. wants to know for certain . 
 After looking through missing persons files , discovers the girl is , and visits her mother , . While searching the house with her permission , he finds diary , in which she says she went to Hollywood to become a film star . He asks Mrs. if she wants to know the truth , even if it is the worst . She says that she wants to know what happened to her daughter . 
 In Hollywood , with the help of an adult video store employee called , delves into the underworld of illegal pornography . Contact with a sleazy talent scout named leads them to director , whose violent pornographic films star a masked man known as " Machine . " To gain more evidence , pretends to be a client interested in commissioning a hardcore bondage film to be directed by and starring . agrees and arranges a meeting in New York City . 
 At the meeting , attorney appears and explains that had contracted him to procure a snuff film . says that he told Velvet that might come looking for them . Realizing that the snuff film was authentic , knows he is at risk . Velvet and Machine produce a bound and beaten California , whom they abducted to force to bring them the only surviving copy of the illegal film . Once he delivers it , they burn it and kill California . As they are about to kill , he tells them that paid $ 1,000,000 for the film . , , and received much less and that kept the major portion . In an ensuing fight , and are both killed ; wounds and escapes . 
 He calls Mrs. to tell her his discoveries and recommends going to the police , to which she agrees . Arriving at her estate , is told that Mrs. committed suicide after hearing the news . She left envelopes for the family and : it contains the rest of his payment and a note reading , " Try to forget us . " 
 decides to seek justice for the murdered girl by killing the remaining people involved . Tracking down , takes him to the shooting location and tries to kill him . He calls Mrs. to tell her about her daughter and asks for her permission to punish those responsible . With that , he returns and pistol - whips to death , burning his body and pornography from his car . traces and attacks him at home . unmasks him , revealing a bald , bespectacled man named . He says , " What did you expect ? A monster ? " goes on telling that he has no ulterior motive for his sadistic actions ; he does them simply because he enjoys it . They struggle , and kills him . 
 After returning to his family , receives a letter from Mrs. , thanking him and suggesting he and she were the only ones to care about .

Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Peter Stormare, Catherine Keener, Anthony Heald

is a middle - aged office worker who despises his job . His wife , , is an ambitious real estate broker ; their sixteen - year - old daughter , , abhors her parents and has low self - esteem . The ' new neighbors are retired United States Marine Corps Colonel and his near - catatonic wife , . The ' teenage son , , obsessively films his surroundings with a camcorder , collecting hundreds of recordings on video tapes in his bedroom . He also secretly deals marijuana , using a job as a part - time bar caterer to help keep it secret from his father . Having been previously forced into a military academy and a psychiatric hospital , is subjected by Col . to a strict disciplinarian lifestyle . and , a gay couple who live nearby , welcome the family to the neighborhood ; Col . later reveals his homophobia when angrily discussing the incident with . 
 becomes infatuated with 's vain cheerleader friend , , after seeing her perform a half - time dance routine at a high school basketball game . He starts having sexual fantasies about , in which red rose petals are a recurring motif . begins an affair with a married business rival , . is told he is to be laid off , but instead blackmails his boss for $ 60,000 and quits his job , taking employment serving fast food . He buys his dream car and starts working out after he overhears tell that she would find him sexually attractive if he improved his physique . He begins smoking marijuana supplied by , and flirts with whenever she visits . The girls ' friendship wanes after starts a relationship with ; they bond over what considers the most beautiful imagery he has ever filmed : a plastic bag being blown in the wind . 
 discovers 's infidelity , but reacts indifferently . ends the affair , fearing an expensive divorce . Col . becomes suspicious of and 's friendship and later finds his son 's footage of a nude lifting weights , which captured by chance . After watching and through 's garage window , Col . mistakenly concludes they are sexually involved . He later beats and accuses him of being gay . falsely admits the charge and goads his father into expelling him from their home . is shown sitting in her car , where she takes a handgun from the glove box . goes to , finding her arguing with about her flirtation with . convinces to flee with him to New York City and tells she is boring and ordinary . 
 Col . confronts and attempts to kiss him ; rebuffs the colonel , who flees . finds a distraught sitting alone in the dark ; she asks him to tell her she is beautiful . He does ; the pair kiss , but moments before they are about to have sex , admits she is a virgin and decides not to go through with the act . Instead , they talk , and bond over their shared frustrations . goes to the bathroom and smiles at a family photograph in his kitchen . An unseen figure points a gun at the back of 's head ; a gunshot sounds and blood sprays onto the wall in front of him . and find 's body , while is seen crying in the closet . A bloodied Col . returns home , where a gun is missing from his collection . 's closing narration describes meaningful experiences during his life ; he says that , despite his death , he is happy because there is so much beauty in the world .

Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Chris Cooper, Wes Bentley, Thora Birch, Mena Suvari, Allison Janney, Peter Gallagher

Five high school seniors from West Michigan are good friends : ( ) , an awkward , nerdy and sexually naïve character whose dad ( ) attempts to offer him sexual advice , including purchasing and giving him pornography ; ( ) , a member of the high school lacrosse team ; ( ) , the somewhat nerdy leader of the group who wants to lose his virginity to his girlfriend ( ) ; ( ) , a mochaccino - drinking sophisticate and nerd ; and ( ) , a raucous jock who often throws wild parties when his mother is away , and is also the only one of the five who has lost his virginity . At 's prompting , , , , and make a pact to lose their virginities before their high school graduation after a dorky classmate , ( ) , claims to have done so at a party hosted by . 
 later accuses of being with her only for sex , so he must try to repair his relationship with her before the upcoming prom night , when the four plan to lose their virginity . He eventually succeeds . , meanwhile , joins the school jazz choir in an attempt to find a girlfriend . From a college girl he tried to seduce , learns about sensitivity and that it is about asking girls questions and listening to what they say . He soon wins the attention of ( ) , a girl in the choir . However , he runs into problems when learns about 's reputation and breaks up with him , although he manages to regain her trust when he leaves the lacrosse championship to perform a duet with her in a choir competition . 
 , meanwhile , attempts to pursue ( ) , an exchange student from the former Czechoslovakia who asks for help to study for an upcoming history test . After being told by that third base feels like " warm apple pie " , he practices having sex with a pie , only to be caught by ( who lets him keep it a secret from his mother ) . persuades him to set up a webcam in his room so that they can all watch changing clothes . The plan suffers a hiccup , though , when discovers 's pornography collection and sits half - naked on his bed to read and masturbates to it . is persuaded to return to his room , where he joins , unaware that he accidentally sent the webcam link to everyone on the school list . is interested in him , but he suffers premature ejaculation twice and is unable to have sex with her . 's sponsors see the video and send her back home , now leaving dateless for the upcoming prom and without hope of losing his virginity before high school is over . 
 In sheer desperation , asks band camp geek ( ) to the senior prom as she is apparently the only girl at his school who did not see what happened . , meanwhile , pays 's friend , ( ) , $ 200 to spread rumors around the school of his sexual prowess , hoping that it will increase his chances of success . Unfortunately , he runs into trouble when , angry that a girl turned him down for the prom because she was waiting for to ask her , spikes a laxative into 's mochaccino . , being paranoid about the lack of cleanliness in the school restrooms , is tricked by into using the girls ' restroom . There has diarrhea and emerges humiliated before a crowd of fellow students , being also left dateless . 
 At the prom , things seem bleak for the four boys until asks the girl that claimed to have bedded about her " first time . " She proclaims to everyone at the prom that she and did not have sex at 's party , leaving embarrassed and making him wet himself . The revelation takes the pressure off of , , and , and they head to the post - prom party at 's house with new hope . 
 At the after - party , all four boys fulfill their pledges . and have sex in an upstairs bedroom . breaks up with afterwards on the grounds that they will drift apart when they go to college . confesses the pact to , and renounces it , saying that just them being together makes him a winner . They reconcile and wind up having sex . , honoring his newfound sensitivity , never confesses to what they did . 
 and have sex after he finds out that she is actually not as naïve as she let on and that she saw the " Nadia Incident " after all . She accepted his offer to be his date because of it , knowing he was a " sure thing " but makes him wear two condoms to combat his earlier " problem " with . is surprised at 's aggressiveness in bed . In the morning he wakes up to find her gone and realizes that she has used him for a one - night stand , which thinks is " cool " . 
 strays downstairs to the basement recreation room where he meets 's mother ( ) . She is aroused by his precociousness , and they have sex on the pool table . The next morning , while searches for his mom , he finds her on the pool table with , and is so shocked that he faints . The morning after the prom , , , , and eat breakfast at their favorite restaurant where they toast to the " next step " . 
 From Slovakia , watches stripping on his webcam : walks in ( to which is completely oblivious ) but happily walks out and also starts dancing .

Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Tara Reid, Shannon Elizabeth, Chris Klein, Alyson Hannigan, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Mena Suvari, Natasha Lyonne, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Eugene Levy

Mob boss and his consigliere are discussing an upcoming meeting and the Mafia 's present - day problems . Just as warns to look out for ( an up - and - coming mafioso who wants to be capo di tutti capi ) , gunmen drive past and kill . 
 Psychiatrist is dealing with his own problems : his son from his first marriage listens to his sessions , his patients are not challenging enough , and his wedding to is coming soon . rear - ends a car belonging to and the trunk opens , revealing a man bound and gagged inside , which and his son do not notice . , one of 's men , takes the blame , but gives his business card in case he changes his mind about compensation . 
 During a meeting , suffers a panic attack and tells that he needs to see a psychiatrist , but it has to be kept a secret . recommends . visits , claiming his friend needs therapy . impresses enough to want to see him whenever necessary . goes to Miami for his wedding and , , and the crew follow . explains he has been suffering from erectile dysfunction and suggests the source of the problem might be stress . 
 The next day has another panic attack and requests to see . explains his history with his father to , who thinks this might have something to do with 's problems . The wedding is interrupted when an assassin is killed by one of 's men . confronts and argues with him until he becomes angry . suggests he resolve his anger by calling and telling him how he feels . phones and starts by telling him how he feels but ends up threatening to kill him . 
 and his family return to New York , where they find a fountain in their garden , a gift from . The FBI arrive and request inform on , but he refuses . He changes his mind when the FBI play an altered tape in which reveals his intention to kill . At his next meeting with , wears a wire , but throws it away when he learns that , as a child , saw his father murdered . , informed that was working with the FBI , takes him to a secluded place to kill him . and get into an argument , and cries when reminded of his father 's murder . Just then , two hitmen arrive to kill , but kills them both . apologizes for planning to kill , and the two reconcile . 
 The day of the meeting arrives , but has another panic attack . interrupts 's wedding , requesting attend the meeting as 's consigliere . is initially nervous , but his self - confidence grows to the point that he begins to patronize until finally pulls a gun . arrives , orders to stand down , and announces he knows a traitor in his own family killed , but will not seek revenge and instead retire from the Mafia . Outside , a standoff ensues between 's and 's men , during which takes a bullet intended for . The FBI intervenes , the mobsters are arrested , and is taken to the hospital . 
 visits in prison and thanks for his help before informing him that was recently found dead . At home , dances with his new wife as serenades them .

As a bleak scene unfolds , animals are seen struggling through the mud as ( ) , an old border collie ( and the narrator of the story ) reflects on the events that led them to their current situation . The film flashes back years earlier . 
 As the abusive and rarely sober farmer , Mr. ( ) , struggles with debt to neighbor farmer Mr. ( ) , Old ( ) , the prize boar at Manor Farm , holds a meeting with all the animals in the barn . tells the animals that mankind is their enemy , for they serve and provide for mankind without reward . All the animals then start singing an anthem created by . The meeting is interrupted when hears the singing ( all he hears is just animal noises ) , stumbles outside the barn and accidentally fires his shotgun , killing Old . later uses Old Major for meat . When neglects to feed the animals , Boxer ( ) , the shire horse , leads the animals to the food shed , and the pigs lead a revolution against , forcing him off the property . 
 Under the rule of animals , Manor Farm is renamed Animal Farm by ( ) . paints on the barn doors what he calls the Seven Commandments of " Animalism " . also takes 's puppies from her , claiming that it is best for them to receive an education from him . , when questioned about the disappearance of the farm 's milk and apples by the other animals , confesses that he and the other pigs have taken the milk and apples for themselves . ( ) explains that the pigs ' well - being takes priority because they are the brains of the farm . is the only one who is unconvinced . 
 Having learned that has lost control of his farm , leads an invasion into Animal Farm with other local farm workers . has planned for such an invasion and leads the animals to victory , causing the humans to retreat . In his defeat , considers working with the animals instead . 
 proposes that the animals build a windmill to improve their operations , but opposes the plan . When the animals show support for , calls 's puppies , now grown dogs trained as his private army , to chase out of Animal Farm and leaving his fate unknown . declares a " traitor and a criminal , " and claims that the windmill was 's plan all along ; leaving the animals unaware that is evil and is , therefore , the real traitor , with secretly working as 's accomplice . 
 declares that a " special committee of pigs will now decide all aspects of the farm " and the animals began constructing the windmill with 's help . When begins to trade with the pigs , remembers Old mentioning that animals were not to engage in trade . explains that " Animal Farm can not exist in isolation " . has the skull of Old placed in front of the barn to oversee the Farm 's progress and has a statue of himself erected nearby . confesses to the other animals that she witnessed the pigs living in the house and sleeping in the beds . explains that no commandment has been broken . He had , in fact , " altered " the commandment , " No animal shall sleep in a bed " , to " No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets . " 
 and his wife sabotage Animal Farm by blowing up the almost - complete windmill with dynamite . frames for the sabotage . The pigs consume more food , leaving the other animals with little to eat . declares that is causing the food shortage and that the hens will have to surrender their eggs to the market . When the hens oppose , declares that the hens are all criminals and that no food will be given to them ( and that any animal caught giving food to a hen will be punished by death ) . The pigs produce propaganda films using ' filming equipment . While celebrating as a leader , the films show the deaths of animals that have broken 's rules . It is revealed that the commandment , " No animal shall kill any other animal " , has been changed to " No animal shall kill any other animal without cause . " The commandment , " No animal shall drink alcohol " , is also changed to , " No animal shall drink alcohol to excess " after the pigs begin to buy whiskey from . 
 After collapses from being overworked , informs that will be sending to the hospital . notices that the van that comes for is marked with the words " Horse Slaughterer " , but is taken to his death before the other animals can intervene . As and plan to flee from Animal Farm , is paid for selling to the glue factory , and 's latest propaganda film assures the animals that the van was from the hospital , but had been previously been the property of a horse slaughterer . and his wife dine with the pigs in the farmhouse , where announces that the farm 's name will revert to Manor Farm . Watching through a warped glass window , sees the faces of and distorted in such a way that she ca n't tell the difference between them , and is overheard bragging to his wife that he made money selling second - rate farm equipment to . and notice that the final commandment , " All animals are equal " , has been extended to include " but some animals are more equal than others . " 

 The film returns to the present , where returns to find Manor Farm unattended and in ruins . , , and all the other animals have died , but finds some dogs who had survived and realizes they are her own puppies . In response , the puppies recognize her as their mother . sees 's statue now collapsed , and remarks that she knew that one day , 's evil , cruelty , and greed would bring about his ruin . A motorcar arrives with a farmer , his wife and children - the new owners of Manor Farm ( although the whereabouts of and his wife are unknown ) . remarks she will not let this family " make the same mistakes " of the neglect of or the abuse of , and is aware the small remnant of animals will now to have work along their new masters to restore the Farm .

(voices of) Kelsey Grammer, Ian Holm, Paul Scofield, Patrick Stewart, Julia Ormond, Peter Ustinov

( ) is a British widow who has come to Siam with her son ( ) to teach English to the dozens of children of King ( ) . She is a strong - willed , intelligent , valiant and benevolent woman for her time , and this pleases the King . wants to modernize Siam , thinking this will help his country resist colonialism and protect the ancient traditions that give Siam its identity . and discuss differences between Eastern and Western love , but he dismisses the notion that a man can be happy with only one wife . In order to win favors through Britain 's ambassadors , orders a sumptuous reception and appoints to organize it . During the reception , the King spars graciously and wittily with Sir ( ) , of the East India Company . The Europeans express their beliefs that Siam is a superstitious , backward nation . dances with at the reception . 
 is enchanted by the royal children , particularly Princess ( ) . The little girl adores the playful monkeys who live in the royal garden 's trees . When falls sick with cholera , is summoned to her chambers to say goodbye . She gets there just as dies in King 's arms , and the two mourn together . later finds that one of the monkeys " borrowed " his glasses as his daughter used to do . He finds comfort for his grief in his belief in reincarnation , with a notion that Fa - ying might be reborn as one of her beloved animals . Lady ( ) , the King 's newest concubine , was already engaged to marry another man , ( ) , when she was brought to court . is kind to her , but yearns for her true love . She disguises herself as a young man and runs away , joining the monastery where her former fiancé lives . She is tracked down , returned to the palace , and put on trial where she is caned . , unable to bear the sight , tries to prevent the execution and is forcibly removed from the court . Her outburst prevents from showing clemency , because he can not be seen as beholden to her , though he feels ashamed . and are beheaded publicly . 
 Siam is under siege from what appears to be a British - funded coup d'état against King , using Burmese soldiers . sends his brother Prince ( ) and military advisor General ( ) and their troops to investigate . However , it turns out is really the man behind the coup , and he poisons the regiment and kills . then flees into Burma , where he summons and readies troops to invade Siam , kill King and all his children as revenge since he blames him for his family 's death . 's army is too far from the palace to engage the rebels , so he creates a ruse - that a white elephant has been spotted , and the court must go to see it . This allows him to flee the palace with his children and wives , and give his armies time to reach them . returns to help , since her presence in his entourage will give credence to the tale about the white elephant . plans to take his family to a monastery where he spent part of his life . Halfway through the journey they see 's army in the distance and realize they ca n't outrun him . and his soldiers set explosives on a wooden bridge high above a canyon floor as and his army approach . orders his " army " to stay back and rides to the bridge with only two soldiers . , at the head of his army , confronts on the bridge . 
 and create a brilliant deception from their hiding spot in the forest . uses his horn to replicate the sound of a bugle charge , as " attacks " the area with harmless fireworks . The Burmese , believing the King has brought British soldiers , panic and retreat . 's attempt to recall and regroup his troops fails . stands alone , but refuses to kill him , saying that will have to live with his shame . As turns to ride back to Siam , grabs his gun and aims at his back , but one of 's guards detonates the explosives . The bridge and are blown to pieces . 
 At the end of the film , has one last dance with before she leaves Siam . He tells her that now he understands why a man can be content with only one woman . A voice - over tells viewers that became king after his father 's death . abolished slavery and instituted religious freedom with the help of his father 's ' vision ' .

The Miami Sharks , a once - great American football team , are struggling to make the 2001 Associated Football Franchises of America ( AFFA ) playoffs . They are coached by thirty - year veteran ( ) , who has fallen out of favor with young team owner ( ) and offensive coordinator and 's expected successor ( ) . In the thirteenth game of the season , both starting quarterback ( ) and second - string quarterback ( ) are injured and forced to leave the field . The desperate Sharks call upon third - string quarterback ( ) to replace them . played college ball at the University of Houston . While a nervous makes a number of errors and fails to win the game for the Sharks , he plays well and gains confidence . vows to make it back by the playoffs , with promising to not give up on him . 
 The next day , and argue about the direction of the team . favors and wants to eventually cut . argues that 's father , the previous owner , would never meddle in his coaching plans . During the next game , to 's chagrin , disregards the team 's conservative offense and changes plays in the huddle . As the media hails as the next model of quarterback , the new - found success feeds his growing narcissism and leads to tension with teammates and coaches . During a confrontation with , demotes him back to the bench . After gives an interview taking sole credit for the Sharks ' winning streak , the other players refuse to perform for and consequently lose a home game . After gets into a brawl with ( ) , an irate expresses his embarrassment at his team before leaving . contemplates and amends his self - centered behavior . 
 As the playoffs come around , Sharks middle linebacker ( ) reminds how lucky he is to be in the league and to find a life outside of football ; his words fall on deaf ears . worsens his relationship with and berates for second - guessing his availability . Before the game , gives a speech urging team unity that takes to heart . returns as starting quarterback , but is injured with a concussion after scoring a touchdown . and urge to let finish the game , which after an argument he allows . apologizes to his teammates for his actions and leads the team to win . He dedicates the next game to . 
 At 's final press conference as head coach , he is thanked by . is expected to announce his retirement , but he instead drops a bombshell and announces that he has been hired as head coach and general manager of an expansion team in New Mexico . He further infuriates by adding that he has signed to be his starting quarterback and franchise player.[2 ]

Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, LL Cool J, John C. McGinley, Ann-Margret

( ) is an eccentric woman who , with her reluctant daughter , ( ) , leaves a small Wisconsin town and moves to Beverly Hills to realize her dreams . However , it becomes apparent that is uncertain of what those dreams are - expressing ideas such as marrying a rich man - and often makes irresponsible and impulsive decisions , such as purchasing a used Mercedes she can not afford in order to drive to Beverly Hills . While upset with 's decisions , the more practical finds she can not leave her mother and resents her for leaving 's stepfather for a better life . Furthermore , still loves her father , who left her family when was still young . 
 When living in Beverly Hills , improvises from day to day , often unable to pay the bills . She winds up dating a successful dentist , but learns that he does n't love her and has dumped her for a younger woman . Things get complicated when has a fight with and starts dating her crush , . Forcing her daughter to enroll in Beverly Hills High School , where a lot of rich kids and movie star kids go to , hopes that will become an actress and attend UCLA , despite 's interest in going away to Brown University . Though fails in many respects , she eventually accepts her daughter 's plans and decides to help her .

( ) is a widower and college history professor at George Washington University with a son , ( ) . While driving he encounters a boy , ( ) , staggering in the road with horrific injuries to his hands . takes him to hospital , and meets his parents ( ) and ( ) , discovering they are his neighbors . The families soon become friends , and their sons join the Discoverers , a - style group . 
 Actions of the arouse latent suspicion in . sees blueprints in the 's house which are not for the building project , a structural engineer , claims , and a wrongly delivered letter suggests he lied about where he attended college . After describes impersonal treatment from the government after his wife , an FBI agent , was killed in the line of duty , states his belief that the government should be punished for its mistakes . 's girlfriend , ( ) , and his wife 's former FBI partner , ( ) , dismiss 's concerns as paranoia . 
 takes his college class on a field trip to the site of the standoff in which his wife was killed , and passionately excoriates the government for failing to sufficiently investigate the besieged family , and for provoking the standoff . 's students appear uneasy . 
 tells that wishes someone could be punished for his mother 's death , at which is again suspicious . discovers in archives that 's real name is , and that he tried to blow up a post office in Kansas at age 16 . He is seen by , who is incensed and later confronts him , condemning his presumption of judgment . states that he sought revenge on the government for causing his father 's suicide , that he was imprisoned , and admits to changing his identity to hide his past from his children . 
 appears to let the matter drop . However , later sees swap cars with a stranger in a parking lot , and follows him to a delivery depot where a number of metal boxes are exchanged . From a payphone , she leaves a message that his suspicions may have been correct , but is discovered by . 
 learns of 's ( off - screen ) death on the news , where it appears she died in a car crash . He discovers inadvertently that messages left on his answering machine had been erased , and again suspects foul play , telling about Oliver / William and asking him to check FBI records , and records of calls to his home . 
 visits the father of , accused of blowing up a federal building in St. Louis , from where the had moved . Dr. is certain his son was innocent since 10 children died in the bombing . becomes certain was set up and panics when he sees a photo of in a Discoverer troop with , with whom is currently on a field trip , and rushes to retrieve him . Troop leaders tell him that Grant was taken home with . confronts at his home , where he confirms that his group killed , and implies that will be killed if tries to involve others . 
 accosts the following day , stating the FBI discovered nothing suspicious about / or his acquaintances , and says that 's ' missing ' telephone message was from a payphone . The next day , drives to the payphone where he sees a passing delivery vehicle . He follows it to its depot , where he sees men he recognizes from 's house and from Discoverer photographs , loading metal boxes into the van . 
 follows the van and is shocked to see at the window , and gives chase . intercepts 's car , causing a crash , and beats him , saying will not see again . expounds on his group 's anti - government mission , and their current target the FBI . overpowers and drives to FBI headquarters , calling to warn him . 
 sees a delivery van at the gate and illegally pursues it into the secure parking garage , but discovers that the van has a different driver and is empty . tells that he is the only unauthorized person in the building . rushes back to his own car , discovering a bomb in the trunk seconds before it detonates . The blast partially collapses the FBI headquarters , as watches impassively from a distance . 
 In a montage of television news clips , is portrayed as a lonewolf terrorist who had sought revenge on the FBI for his wife 's death . Statements from his students ( one of whom is a conspirator ) support the official story , giving accounts of his erratic and paranoid behavior and inferring that he held a dangerous grudge against the FBI . , now orphaned , moves in with relatives , tragically unaware of his father 's innocence . 
 The final scene implies that the , who successfully misdirected law enforcement , will soon move house in preparation for another attack .

( ) takes a vacation at a spa outside New York City . ( ) is a masseur at the spa and gives a massage . inexplicably cries and comforts her . While complimenting on the massage , realizes that is blind . asks her out , and the two eventually begin a relationship . 
 lives alone , though his over - protective sister ( ) lives next door and takes care of him . reveals that he went blind when he was three and that the last thing he saw was something fluffy . While researching 's condition , learns of Doctor , a specialist in eye treatment who suggests to that , with surgery , he could restore his sight . angrily refuses . reveals that their father left the family after putting through several kinds of treatments in order to restore his sight . 
 eventually decides he will give the operation a try . It is a success , but after regains sight , he becomes confused and disoriented , unable to perceive light and distance . Dr. suggests that he should visit ( ) , a visual physiotherapist . in turn suggests that needs to learn everything from scratch himself , through experience . 
 and begin living in New York City . The pair begin drifting apart , as finds it hard to decipher the look on 's face at times . finds herself constantly having to explain basic things to . While at a party , walks into a glass pane due to his poor perception . 
 's father sees him on television and arranges a reunion ; goes to his father 's workplace , but decides at the last minute that he can not face him yet . 
 On one of the regular visits with , they engage in a deep conversation , where notes that instead of just " seeing " , should " look " ; there are a lot of things that sight alone can not solve . confesses that he and are drifting apart , but insists that is the most important thing in his life . 
 Upon returning from a work trip to Atlanta , where she and her ex - husband shared a sensual moment , decides to save the relationship . She finds in a park looking for " the horizon " in the city . 
 's sight begins deteriorating . After consulting with Dr. , realizes that he is losing his sight yet again . He decides to look for his father . reveals to him that he is going blind again , and asks him why he left . His father tells him that he felt he was a failure when he did not find a way to help his son regain sight . states that he should not have left because his mother and sister suffered greatly after his father walked away . 
 looks for , who tells him about her plans to travel with him to places like Egypt and Europe . Withholding the fact that he is again going blind , tells her there is one thing he really wants to see , and brings her to a New York Rangers game . 
 At the game , realizes that the " fluffy cloud " he last remembers seeing was cotton candy . He suffers a lengthened vision blackout and admits to that he is going blind , which refuses to accept . Back home , and argue . He asks if she wants to spend her life with him if he is going to be blind forever . hesitates , and decides to return home . eases back into his old way of life . While losing his sight , decides to look at as many things as possible , going through magazines and pictorial books in the library . He stays up to watch the sunset , seeing the horizon for the first and last time . 
 After he has been blind again for some time , is at a park with a guide dog . approaches and they reconnect . apologizes to for trying to change him and for moving too fast . She asks if he wants to take a walk and " see what they see " . They leave the park together .

Val Kilmer, Mira Sorvino, Kelly McGillis, Nathan Lane, Steven Weber

In 1999 , enjoys his honeymoon with his wife , the former . She turns out to be one of Dr. 's fembots , who attempts to kill , then self - destructs . grieves briefly before realizing he is single again . A NATO monitoring facility observes the return of Dr. , who confronts his son and starts a riot on The Jerry Springer Show . At Dr. 's Seattle headquarters , Dr. Evil is presented with a one - eighth - size clone of himself whom he names Mini - Me . 
 Dr. Evil unveils his latest plan : he has developed a time machine to go back to the 1960s and steal 's mojo , his source of his sexual appeal . Dr. Evil and Mini - Me travel to 1969 and meet a younger Number Two and . An obese " Scottish Guard " called extracts 's mojo from his frozen body at the Ministry of Defence . British intelligence warns that one of Dr. 's agents is after him , and during a photo shoot the wanton seduces him , but at the last moment claims he is too sexy to kill . They have sex , but he discovers he has lost his mojo and is impotent . 
 The MOD sends to 1969 utilizing a time - travelling convertible Volkswagen New Beetle . arrives at a party in his London pad , and with the assistance of CIA agent escapes an assassination attempt by Dr. 's operatives . and are pursued by , another of Dr. 's henchmen ; when caught he reveals the existence of Dr. 's volcano lair . Before he can divulge its location , Mini - Me shoots him with a dart , causing him to fall off a cliff . 
 Examining photographs from the crime scene , identifies as the perpetrator of the theft of his mojo . At Dr. 's lair , arrives with 's mojo . Dr. drinks some of it and has sex with . This results in an awkward situation when reveals she is pregnant before , Dr. 's son , arrives through the time portal . Dr. announces his latest plan   — to hold the world ransom by threatening to destroy cities using a laser on the Moon . In London , and get to know each other , but when tries having sex with him , he turns her down because of his lost mojo . 
 Under MOD instructions to implant a homing device into , seduces him , allowing her to plant it in his anus . forces it out of his bowels into a Paddington Station toilet , but a stool sample reveals traces of a vegetable that only grows on one Caribbean island . and arrive on the island but are apprehended . They are put in a cell with a guard who is overcome when exposes her breasts . Dr. and Mini - leave for the Moon to install the laser pursued by and on Apollo 11 . In Dr. 's moon base , battles with Mini - Me , eventually flushing him into space . As confronts Dr. Evil , Dr. Evil gives him a choice : save the world or , who is locked in a chamber with poison gas . 
 tells to save the world and he succeeds , but dies . Before can kill him , Dr. suggests use the time machine to save both and the world . travels ten minutes into the past , meeting up with himself and saving the world and . Dr. Evil initiates the self - destruct mechanism of the moon base and escapes after throwing 's mojo into the air . Both fail to catch it and it is destroyed . points out that all the things has done show that he never lost his mojo . They escape through the time portal to 1999 . 
 At 's Pad , makes another attempt to assassinate , but disarms him . and then throw a party . In 1969 , Dr. Evil recovers Mini - Me from space and vows revenge . On , learns he is the love child of Dr. Evil and . returns to his pad to discover with the past , who claims that since he and are the same person , it is not cheating .

Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Robert Wagner, Seth Green, Michael York, Verne Troyer, Will Ferrell

Two scientists , Dr. ( ) and Dr. ( ) , use genius - baby studies to fund BabyCo 's theme park " Joyworld " . According to Dr. 's research on toddlers / babies , babies are born possessing vast , universal knowledge and speak a secret yet impossible - to - translate baby pre - language called Babytalk . However , at age 2–3 , the knowledge and language are lost as the babies cross over by learning how to speak human languages . Most of the babies raised in Dr. 's underground research facility were adopted from the Pasadena City orphanage , transformed into little geniuses through use of the Kinder Method , and then used in experiments to decipher this secret yet impossible - to - translate language used by the 7 baby - geniuses . 
 One mischievous toddler , ( the only one of her toddlers who was raised through use of the superior version of the Kinder Method ) , makes repeated attempts to escape Dr. 's research facility and one night , goes into a dirty diaper truck and he actually succeeds . The next morning , one thing does not expect is to run into his long lost normal twin brother , , in a mall playground . Although and share a telepathic bond , they have no idea of each other 's existence . While the guards from Dr. 's research facility capture , mistaking him for , and take him back to Dr. 's research facility , is taken home by 's adopted mother , ( ) , who is Dr. 's niece . After Dr. and the six other baby - geniuses are shocked that and switched places at the mall , Dr. decides to do a cross evaluation on and . However , when she comes to place , she realizes that can understand babies . After the attempts to retrieve fail , Dr. decides to move the research facility to Liechtenstein , and they have no chance but make be the only normal baby to be raised in this research facility until they can find a possible way to get back to her research facility . 
 The babies at 's place hypnotize ( ) , the bus driver to drive to Dr. 's research facility . Once at the research facility , goes to the control room to set the robots from the theme park on the lab scientists . When the return home , their natural daughter tells her father that the children are in Dr. 's research facility . At the end of the fight , Dr. captures and takes him to the helicopter pad on the roof . and chase them to the roof , where Dr. reveals that she and are not related and that was adopted at age two . After Dr. is arrested by the police , and come together on the roof to cross over . 
 and adopt . And Dr. is now in charge of Dr. 's Research facility . is still curious of the secrets of life ; but , as the twins have crossed over , they no longer know those secrets . , their sister , does n't reveal anything ( just giving her dad a sly smile ) because adults are n't meant to know their secrets .

Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Peter MacNicol, Kim Cattrall, Ruby Dee, Dom DeLuise

After people start to die in the small Texas town of Gallup , the prime suspects are bats . The CDC calls in Dr. ( ) and her assistant , ( ) , who are zoologists who specialize in the study of bats , to investigate the situation . Dr. ( ) is secretive about the situation , but admits that the bats were genetically modified by him to become more intelligent and also omnivorous so they would n't be in danger of extinction any longer . is disgusted by this but it seems that had the best intentions . 
 Aided by Sheriff ( ) and CDC specialist Dr ( ) , and begin to search for the nest . The first night they are attacked and manage to capture one and plant a tracking device on it . However , as soon as they let it go , it is killed by the other bats , who knew of the feint . decides that Gallup needs to be evacuated , and the mayor is told to broadcast a warning to all residents to stay indoors and secure their houses . Unfortunately , no one listens . The bats invade the town and , within minutes , chaos ensues and several people are killed , including Dr. , who sacrifices himself to save . 
 The National Guard arrives and begins evacuating the town . They give and her bat hunters 48 hours before they destroy the town in hopes of killing the bats . sets up headquarters in the school . The military has promised to center the infrared cameras of a Chromo - B340 satellite on the area around Gallop to help locate the bat roost . Even when the roost is located , however , how are they going to annihilate every last bat ? From the numbers they saw the other night , there are thousands of them . Bombing the roost will only scatter them , leading to the creation of other roosts and potentiating the problem . Poisoning them is not an option , as the most popular bat poison is only marginally effective against bats but highly lethal to humans . thinks the best solution is to put them to sleep by lowering the temperature in the cave . At 40 degrees , bats begin to hibernate . At 32 degrees , they freeze to death . 
 arranges for an NGIC Industrial Coolant that uses freon , carbon dioxide , and oxygen to be dropped off as soon as the roost is located . When the spy satellite begins sending pictures of the bats , recognizes the area as that of the old Black Rock mine . Everything is set to begin at 0600 hours — except that the government has other ideas , which do n't include waiting until dawn . During the night , they wire the mine with explosives set to trap the bats inside and freeze them . Unfortunately , the bats kill all the soldiers at the location and then attack the school . They use electrified fences and blowtorches to keep the creatures at bay , but it is revealed that , actually insane , has created the bats to be the ultimate predator , creating them to kill people . flees , only to be killed by his own creation after believing that they would listen to his wishes . 
 When , and arrive at the mine the next morning , they are informed by the military that they were n't able to turn on the coolant unit , so the plan now is to bomb and gas the mine starting in one hour . calls the military and tells them that they will be able to activate the unit but they are unable to get the air strike called off . decides that one hour is enough time for them to get the coolant unit started , so she and suit up and enter the mine . stays outside to monitor their progress and to blow up the mine entrance should it become necessary . Although they find themselves up to their waists in bat guano , they are successful at starting the coolant . As they make for the exit , the bats pursue them . The moment they exit , Jimmy detonates the explosives , collapsing the mine entrance and trapping the bats inside , freezing them . One final bat survives the freezing temperatures and burrows out of the ground , only to be crushed by the car as the group drives away .

is an unemployed puppeteer in a forlorn marriage with his pet - obsessed wife . Gaining a file clerk job through Dr. at LesterCorp , in the strange Floor 7½ low - ceiling offices of the Mertin - Flemmer Building in New York City , he develops an attraction to his coworker , who does not return his affections . enters a small door hidden behind a filing cabinet and finds himself in the mind of actor . is able to observe and sense whatever does for fifteen minutes before he is ejected and dropped into a ditch near the New Jersey Turnpike . He reveals the portal to and they let others use it for $ 200 a turn . 
 tells , who becomes obsessed with the experience , allowing her to live out her transgender desires . becomes attracted to and they begin a sexual relationship via being inside 's head while has sex with . , forsaken by both women , binds and gags and locks her in a cage , then enters 's mind and has sex with . , with his expert puppeteer skills , discovers that he is able to control 's actions while in his head , causing the actor to feel paranoid that he is being controlled by someone else . After consults with his friend , trails to the - Flemmer building , where he himself tries the portal into his own head and finds himself in a world where everyone has his face and they only say " " . He is then ejected and meets by the turnpike . demands that the portal be closed , but refuses . 
 escapes with the help of her pet chimpanzee . She phones , revealing that it was who was having sex with her while inside . is annoyed but accepts it , because she enjoyed the experience . Seeking help , finds , who reveals himself to be Captain , the original founder of LesterCorp . is aware of the portal , and has a room dedicated to 's life . explains that the person who is connected to the portal becomes " ripe " for lasting occupation by others on the eve of their 44th birthday . However , when the host turns 44 , the portal immediately moves to its next host , an unborn child . 
 If it is possible for a person to take advantage of the " ripe " host and enter the portal then , one can greatly increase one 's lifespan , and then one can eventually move on to another host . However , if one misses the brief window of " ripeness " , and enters the portal even a minute too late , one will find oneself trapped within the unborn child who will be the next host . , who has been using the portal in order to prolong his life , reveals his plan to use when " ripe " as the host for him and several of his elderly friends . Offered the chance to join 's group , warns him that currently has control of . 
 finds he is able to remain in indefinitely . He spends the next eight months in 's body , and using his puppeteer 's control , he is able to turn into a world - class puppeteer . marries . He learns that she is pregnant as their relationship grows distant . 
 As 's 44th birthday approaches , and his friends cut a deal with , and fake her kidnapping . They call up , threatening to kill her if does not leave . ends the call , causing to think that he is calling their bluff . loses hope and attempts to kill , but they end up at the turnpike after falling through the portal and through 's shame - ridden subconscious . reveals to that conceived when was inside 's body , and she kept the child because it is " theirs " . The revelation cements their love for each other . 
 calls back , thinking is still in danger . Realizing his opportunity , continues his bluff , convincing to leave 's body . and his friends enter the portal , taking control of . , discovering that and are together again , decides to enter the portal to become and regain , however he has unknowingly missed the deadline for getting into . Years later , an aging , containing the collective mind of and his friends , reveals to a plan to prolong their lives via 's daughter , within whom is now permanently trapped . Through 's eyes watches and living happily together .

The setting is a post - industrial castle that defends the border of an unnamed kingdom . It is terrorized by a creature named , who kills the castle 's defenders , one by one . After fighting his way past several soldiers trying to keep anyone from entering or leaving , the warrior offers his help to the castle 's king , , who welcomes his help . 
 has a daughter named , who is loved by , the castle 's strongest soldier , but she does not return his affections . It is revealed that 's wife ( and 's mother ) committed suicide when she found out had an affair . The woman he had an affair with was actually an ancient being who had originally lived on the castle 's lands . The affair resulted in an offspring , . 
 and fight , wounding each other . Later , after recovering , they fight again and this time rips 's arm off with a retracting cestus . That night the castle celebrates as they believe is dead . declares her love for and he returns her affection . tells him that she killed her previous husband after he abused her . tells her that his mother is human and his father is , " God of darkness , Lord of lies " . This explains his tremendous fighting prowess . 
 While is with , everyone else in the castle is killed by 's mother . kills , after the truth of his heritage is revealed . attacks and kills by stabbing him through the stump where his arm once was . 's mother appears and attempts to seduce as she had done . sets the castle on fire , which kills 's mother and completely consumes the building as he escapes with .

The NDR series robot " Andrew " ( ) is introduced in 2005 into the family home to perform housekeeping and maintenance duties . The family 's reactions range from acceptance and curiosity , to outright rejection , and deliberate vandalism by their rebellious older daughter , ( ) , who treats him as a mere robot and continues with her rebellious ways while growing up . This leads to discover that he can both identify emotions and reciprocate in kind . When accidentally breaks a figurine belonging to " Little Miss " ( ) , he carves a replacement out of wood , as way to apologize to her . The family is astonished by this creativity and “ Sir ” ( ) takes to his manufacturer , to inquire if all the robots are like him . The CEO of the company , ( ) , sees this development as a problem and wishes to scrap . Angered , takes home and allows him to pursue his own development , encouraging to educate himself in the humanities . 
 Years later , again takes to NorthAm Robotics for repairs following an accident in which his thumb is accidentally cut off . ensures first that 's personality will remain un - tampered with . requests his face be altered to convey the emotions he feels but can not fully express , while he is being repaired . Twelve years later , eventually asks for his freedom , much to 's dismay . He grants the request , but banishes so he can be ' completely ' free . builds himself a home and lives alone . In 2048 , sees one last time on his deathbed , where he apologizes for banishing him . 
 goes on a quest to locate more NDR series robots to discover if others have also developed sentience . After nearly twenty years of failure , he finds Galatea ( ) , an NDR robot that has been given feminine attributes and personality . These , however , are simply aspects of her programming and not something which she spontaneously developed . Galatea is owned by ( ) , son of the original NDR robot designer . works to create more human - looking robots , but is unable to attract funding . agrees to finance the research and the two join forces to revolutionize robotics . He meanwhile maintains contact with , who grew up , married , had a child , divorced and now has a granddaughter called . After receiving human features , comes back home , and sees , now aged , with , who is the same as her grandmother in her younger years ( they are both played by ) . Initially he has some troubles reintegrating into the family since now there is only who actually knows him , but he manages to befriend . Some time later , passes away , leaving to realise that everyone he knows will die one day . Accepting this fact , decides to become human . With the help of , he creates a new type of mechanical organs that can be used both by him to become more human and used by humans as prosthetic organs . He gains a nervous system and lots of other organs that make him able to eat , to feel emotions and sensations , and also to have sexual intercourse . Eventually , becomes human enough to fall in love with and , ultimately , she falls in love with him . 
 Over the course of the next century , petitions the World Congress to recognize him as human , which would allow him and to be legally married , but is rejected ; the Speaker of the Congress explains that society can tolerate an everlasting machine , but argues that an immortal human would create too much jealousy and anger . Initially decides to make live as much as possible through his medical inventions but after some decades she tells him that she ca n't and does n't want to live forever , so one day she will refuse any more treatment . decides to make inject blood into his system , thereby allowing him to age , and thus he begins to grow old alongside . again attends the World Congress with , both now appearing old and frail , and again petitions to be declared a human being . 
 On their death bed with life support , and watch as the Speaker of the World Congress announces on television the court 's decision : that is officially recognized as human , and ( aside from " and other Biblical characters " ) is the oldest human being in history at the age of two - hundred years old . The Speaker also validates the marriage between and . dies while listening to the broadcast despite his life support , and orders their nurse , a now recognizably - human android , to unplug her life support . The movie ends as dies hand - in - hand with after she whispers " See you soon " to him .

Robin Williams, Sam Neill, Embeth Davidtz, Oliver Platt, Wendy Crewson, Hallie Kate Eisenberg

Immature and lazy 32 - year - old young bachelor lives in New York City , and refuses to take on adult responsibility . Despite having a law degree , he refuses to take the bar exam , works one day a week as a toll booth attendant and lives off a large compensation payout from a minor accident . His girlfriend , , threatens to break up with him unless he grows up . His roommate , , proposes to his podiatrist girlfriend before he leaves for China to work at his law firm , and she accepts . constantly teases , especially about her former job at Hooters . 
 The next day , wakes up to find a five - year - old boy named abandoned at their apartment . A written explanation says that 's mother is no longer able to care for him and that is his biological father . assures that he will look after until returns from China . In order to win back , introduces her to . However , he discovers that she is now dating , an elderly man who is more motivated and intelligent and has a " five - year plan . " 
 Posing as , takes to his social worker , telling him that should return to his mother . However , informs that 's mother died of cancer . then decides to raise his own way . As such , the boy renames himself " " and also helps find a new girlfriend in 's lawyer sister . finds a foster home for and leaves messages for , but is suspicious when does not answer . At a meeting at 's school , the teacher is shocked by the terrible habits has allowed to develop , causing to rethink his parenting methods . He turns himself and around , but then arrives to find out impersonated and is taken away . 
 In court , numerous people including testify on 's behalf and tell the judge he is a suitable father . also testifies and provides information regarding his heritage . As a final straw , calls himself to the stand and asks his Florida lawyer father , who is present , to interrogate him . Despite 's fervent belief that is not father material , convinces that he will try his best at being a father . Impressed by 's sincerity , vouches for him . Nonetheless , the unconvinced judge orders 's arrest . However , , having pieced the necessary information together , confesses to being 's biological father and insists they drop the charges . remains friends with and hands him off to , watching them bond . 
 One year later , has turned his life around : he is now a successful lawyer , is married to , and they have a child of their own . At 's surprise birthday party at a Hooters restaurant attended by , , and others ; sees working as a waitress , with working as a cook , revealing his " five - year - plan " has gone awry . Everyone 's celebrates 's birthday .

Adam Sandler, Cole and Dylan Sprouse, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart, Rob Schneider

In 1962 , Dr. ( ) , an eccentric scientist who , like so many people at the time , thinks that a nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union is imminent , has built a large , fully functional fallout shelter in his backyard deep underground . During the Cuban Missile Crisis and thinking the conflict could escalate , ends the party at his house and takes his pregnant wife ( ) into the fallout shelter as a precaution . When a fighter jet flying over loses control , the pilot bails out and the jet crashes into their house , causing a large explosion ; , thinking the worst has happened , sets and activates the shelter 's locks ( designed not to open for 35 years ) . Everyone assumes the entire family was killed in the accident , as no one knew of 's secret fallout shelter . 
 's wife gives birth to a boy , whom they name . grows up being taught and exposed to all culture up to 1962 , such as watching reruns of The Honeymooners and listening to and . During their 35 - year stay in the shelter , a small diner called " Mom 's " is built on the site where their house stood . A young man named ( ) works for Mom ( ) as a soda jerk . The diner ( which later becomes a pub ) is shown throughout the 1960s , 70s , and 90s , as the neighborhood deteriorates from suburban to inner city ghetto complete with abandoned graffiti - marked buildings , adult bookstores , and the homeless , prostitutes , and addicts as its residents . Eventually , Mom gives the pub to , who lives in the abandoned remains ( in 1995 ) , an alcoholic . 
 When the locks open in 1997 , is so shocked to see how the world has changed ( believing it to be a post - apocalyptic wasteland populated by irradiated mutants ) , he decides the family must stay underground . However , their supplies are running out , and suddenly falls ill from the stress , so ( ) must venture onto the surface to procure more . As he leaves the shelter for the first time , he meets who had encountered in his radiation suit the previous night and mistook him for God after he burst through the floor of the abandoned pub using his elevator to the surface . Having built a shrine above the elevator shaft , now worships and the elevator , with 's words of encouragement to him being mistaken as affirmation of his new religion . As he marvels at the outside world , seeing many things for the first time ( the sky , a little girl , and " a Negro " ) , eventually realizes that while purchasing supplies in bulk , he has strayed too far from the pub containing the elevator to the fallout shelter and can not remember his way back . 
 meets ( ) when he tries to sell his father 's classic baseball cards at a hobby shop . She stops the store owner ( ) from trying to buy the cards for much less than their collectible value and is immediately fired . asks to drive him to a Holiday Inn in exchange for a rare baseball card ; she takes the card and leaves , but returns the next morning to give it back out of guilt . When mentions that she must find a new job , asks her to help him purchase supplies and , unaware of the value of money , immediately agrees to her request for $ 1,000 a week . He also asks to help him find a wife from Pasadena , California ( per his mother 's advice ) , who is " not a mutant " ; he uses the term literally as meaning a mutant due to radiation from the nuclear war which never happened . meets 's gay housemate and best friend , ( ) , who is amused by 's naiveté but offers advice and gives a fashion makeover . 
 and take to a 1940s swing - style nightclub to find him a wife . immediately attracts the attention of several women , including 's flirtatious rival and nemesis ( ) . becomes jealous and reconnects with her ex - boyfriend ( ) , but leaves after goads into an altercation ultimately backing off as demonstrates his skills in boxing ( having trained every day with his dad ) . later returns home alone and explains to that went home with . returns later , explaining that he politely rejected 's advances , saying that he could only think about being with her . He and kiss , but when tells her the truth about his past and states that he wants to take her to be his wife " underground " , she asks him to leave . 
 The next morning after successfully locating the pub containing the elevator ( as well as a full congregation of destitute people hanging onto 's every word ) , returns to 's house , where she is waiting with a mental health professional named Dr. ( ) and her assistant to have him committed . He sadly cooperates at first , but escapes as they leave the house asking that and collect his things for him and pay his hotel bill . and find toiletries and clothing manufactured in the early 1960s as well as absurdly valuable stocks in companies like IBM , and realize that was telling the truth . 
 With and his cult helping with loading the supplies into the shelter , is prepared to seal him and his family inside once more , until spots standing outside of the abandoned pub , the two share an embrace as takes her to meet his parents . and are impressed with and agree to 's request for the two of them to set the lock timer for two months while he and make arrangements . 
 During this time , he and use the money from selling the stocks to build his parents a new home in the country , which is a 1950s style suburban tract home identical to the home that was destroyed except it is built on a beautiful spot way out in the country . Included with the house is a restored red 1960 Cadillac convertible . They also use the money to help rebuild the old pub into a 50 's themed night club after convincing him that is n't . 
 When they are settled in , lets know the truth about the jet crash . He tells his father there was never an atomic war and that the Soviet Union collapsed . takes the news stoically , thrilled to hear of the fall of the Soviet Union , but still suspecting it was a Commie trick . He tells not to mention this to . After walks away upon being told by that dinner is ready , mutters " Commies ... " to himself and begins measuring the space in the backyard , beginning the development of a new fallout shelter as watches from the window while playing with her engagement ring .

Brendan Fraser, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, Sissy Spacek, Dave Foley

Jewel thief participates in a $ 17 million diamond heist in Los Angeles . One of his accomplices , , turns on and kills , ' best friend and another member of the team , before attempting to take the stone from . The police arrive and is forced to hide the diamond in the ductwork of a building being constructed . flees and is arrested , and as is being taken away he is shocked to discover that has been killed . Two years later , is released from prison and attempts to reconnect with his girlfriend . She dumps him for lying to her about his criminal life , and decides to go retrieve the diamond . He is dismayed to find that the building he hid the diamond in is now an LAPD police station . He goes inside and discovers that the stone is hidden in what is now the Robbery / Homicide detective bureau , which requires a key card to access . 
 returns later on disguised as an eccentric pizza deliveryman . While unable to gain access to the ducts , he does manage to steal an access card . visits his forger , who creates a fake badge and transfer papers that allow to enter the building posing as a newly transferred Detective . While trying to access the ducts , inadvertently foils a prisoner escape and is teamed up with Detective . The pair are sent out on a burglary call , where quickly solves it as a fraud perpetrated by the owner . On the ride back , they stumble upon an armed robbery being committed by ' good friend and former getaway driver . intervenes and arrests before the police can shoot him , but demands $ 50,000 to keep quiet about who really is . makes another attempt to locate the diamond but is interrupted by , who has discovered that is n't who he claims to be . convinces that he is from Internal Affairs . tries to get back to searching for the diamond but he and are sent out on another call . While out , they capture a truckload of heroin belonging to a major dealer . locates the diamond in the vent inside the evidence locker and finally retrieves it , but accidentally drops it into the load of heroin they seized . The FBI arrives and demands the heroin be turned over to them for testing . 
 A panicked suggests the FBI and his police unit use the heroin as bait in a sting . He arranges to be with the heroin in the delivery truck , but is soon joined by ( who he secretly set free from holding ) and . During the drug deal , tries to expose as a cop to the drug runners . While and attempt to distract the dealers , the police and FBI raid the deal . escapes with the diamond in an armored truck and the police and FBI follow as he approaches the border to Mexico . The police and FBI are forced to halt their pursuit at the border , but steals a patrol car and continues after . forces to wreck the truck and then offers him a deal : gives the diamond and allows to arrest him and in exchange takes him back to the United States and cuts him back in on the diamond . agrees , and immediately double - crosses him by handcuffing him to the wrecked truck for the Federales to find . draws a gun to shoot but turns and shoots him first , killing him and avenging 's death . 
 walks back the US side of the border where the FBI demands he explain his actions . The police also want to know who he 's working for as his fake credentials did n't check out . tells them he 's an undercover Mexican officer , and has to get back to Mexico to explain everything to his fellow Federales . gets a few inches over the border when and stop him and reveal that they know who really is . However , they do n't arrest him as they are grateful for all of his help and look at him as a friend . They state the FBI are strict about integrating people over International borders and is a few inches over the border . The three men share a bittersweet goodbye , before heads off into Mexico with the diamond .

Z - grade film producer has saved up to direct a movie for his entire life — he now has $ 2,184 to pay for production costs . He has a script ( " Chubby Rain " ) penned by an accountant , Afrim , and a camera operator , , with access to studio - owned equipment . then lines up several actors who are hungry for work , along with a crowd of undocumented Mexican immigrants for a camera crew ; the only other thing he needs is access to a studio in order to distribute his masterwork . 
 He extracts a promise from a film studio executive , , that the executive will distribute the film if it includes currently - hot action star . — a rather pompous , neurotic , and paranoid actor — refuses , so constructs a plan to covertly film all of 's scenes without his knowledge . The actors , told that is method acting and will not be interacting with them outside of their scenes , walk up to in public and recite their lines while hidden cameras catch 's confused reactions . 
 The plan goes well at first : ( who is a member of an organization called MindHead ) swallows the movie 's alien invasion premise and believes he is genuinely being stalked by aliens , resulting in an exceptionally genuine and intense performance . However , the strain on his already - precarious mental state leads him to go into hiding in order to maintain his sanity , stalling the film 's production . 
 resorts to hiring a lookalike named . is kind , amiable and rather clueless . He even runs through a gauntlet of " stunt drivers " racing along a major freeway when asked . During a chat with the other cast members , mentions that he is brother , explaining the likeness . Using this new knowledge , has find out movements and the final scene to the film is readied for shooting . 
 The final scene is at an observatory . Though otherwise pleased with 's unscripted dialogue , considers his character 's final line " Gotcha suckers ! " to be the key moment of the film , and directs one of the actors to guide through the scene under the guise of showing him how to get rid of the aliens . During the filming , becomes terrified and struggles to deliver the final line . At this point , 's mentor at MindHead , , has discovered evidence that 's ' aliens ' may not be just in his head . MindHead officials track to the observatory , and shut down production . 
 's camera crew show him B - roll footage of they were filming off - set , just in case they saw anything they could use . The footage shows donning a paper bag over his head and exposing himself to an amused Laker Girl Cheerleading Squad , something MindHead specifically discouraged him from doing . uses the footage as blackmail in his negotiations with MindHead to use in the film . MindHead advises the star to finish the project . finally gets to sit at the premiere of a film he himself directed , and is awed . Following the arguable success of the film , receives a rare Fed - Ex envelope — an offer to film a martial arts film called " Fake Purse Ninjas " starring and .

( ) is a young trans man whose birth name was ] When is discovered to be transgender by a former girlfriend 's brother , he receives death threats . Soon after , he is involved in a bar fight and is evicted from his cousin 's trailer . moves to Falls City , Nebraska , where he befriends ex - convicts ( ) and ( ) , and their friends ( ) and ( ) . becomes romantically involved with , who is initially unaware of his troubled past . The two make plans to move to Memphis , where will manage 's karaoke singing career . Eventually , during a date night which ends with them having sex , discovers that is trans , but continues to be intimate with him . 
 The police detain on charges that arose prior to his relocation ; they place him in the women 's section of the Falls City prison . bails out and asks why he was placed in a women 's prison . attempts to lie to her , saying he was born a hermaphrodite and will soon receive genital reconstruction surgery   ; but stops him , declaring her love for regardless of his gender . However , while is in prison , finds a number of documents listing 's birth name , , and she and her friends react upon these news with shock and disgust . They enter 's room and search among 's things , and discover some transgender literature that confirm their suspicions . and violently confront , forcing him to remove his pants and reveal his genitals . They try to make look , but she shields her eyes and turns away . After this confrontation , and drag into 's car and drive to an isolated location , where they brutally beat and gang rape him . Afterwards , they take to 's house . Though injured , escapes through a bathroom window . Although his assailants threaten and warn him not to report the attack to the police , persuades him to do so . However , the police chief proves to be less concerned with the crime than with 's ' sexual identity crisis ' . 
 Later , and get drunk and decide to kill . attempts to stop them , but the pair drive to 's remote house where they find , who has been hiding in a nearby shed . shoots under the chin , killing him instantly . shoots in the head as fights with them , begging them to stop . stabs 's lifeless body and tries to shoot but stops him . and flee the scene while a crying lies with 's body . The next morning , awakens next to 's corpse . Her mother arrives and takes her away from the scene . As leaves Falls City , a letter wrote to her is heard in a voiceover .

In Manhattan in the early 1990s , is a burned - out paramedic who works the graveyard shift in a two - man ambulance team with various different partners . Usually exhausted and depressed , he has not saved any patients in months and begins to see the ghosts of those lost , especially a homeless adolescent girl named whose face appears on the bodies of others . and his first partner respond to a call by the family of a man named Mr. who has entered cardiac arrest . befriends Mr. 's distraught daughter , a former junkie . discovers was childhood friends with , a brain - damaged drug addict and delinquent who is frequently sent to the hospital . 
 After a few minor calls ( one involving ) , and respond to a shooting and he tends to one of the surviving victims . notices two vials of a drug named " Red Death " , a new form of heroin that is plaguing the streets of New York City , roll out from the victim 's sleeve which implies it was a shooting by a rival drug gang . While in the back of the ambulance with and the victim goes into denial and repents his drug dealing ways but dies before they can reach the hospital . 
 The next day is paired with his second partner , an eccentric and religious man . They respond to the call of a man in a goth club who has suffered a heart attack . diagnoses that he has in fact suffering from a heroin overdose caused by Red Death . As injects the man with the antidote , starts a prayer circle with the baffled club - goers and just as his preaching climaxes the overdosed man becomes conscious again . On the way back to the hospital swings by 's apartment building to tell her that her father 's condition is improving . and then respond to a call by a young Puerto Rican man whose girlfriend is giving birth to twins despite his claims they are both virgins , calling it a miracle . rushes one baby to the hospital but it later dies . In a moment of desperation starts drinking and soon joins in , crashing the ambulance into a parked car . 
 The following morning , sees a stressed leaving the hospital and follows her to an apartment block ; she tells that she 's going to visit a friend and he escorts her to the room . After a while goes to the room and barges his way in the door , only to discover it 's in fact a crack house run by a friendly dealer named . has turned back to drugs to cope with her father 's fluctuating condition and tries to get her to leave but he is dissuaded by who offers some pills . In another moment of desperation he swallows the drugs and begins to hallucinate , seeing more ghosts of patients and the moment when he tried to save . Once over , he grabs and carries her out of the building . While visiting a comatose Mr. in the hospital starts hearing 's voice in his head , telling to let him die but he resuscitates instead . 
 The next shift is paired with his third partner , an enthusiastic man with violent tendencies . At this point is slowly beginning to lose his mind - while tending to a suicidal junkie manages to scare the patient away . The pair are then called to 's drug den where another shooting has occurred , and find impaled on a railing , having attempted to jump to safety . holds on to as the other emergency services cut the railing but and are nearly flung off the edge before being pulled back up . then thanks for saving his life - the first patient has saved in months . Afterwards agrees to help beat up , but is distracted and flees into an area beneath the houses . and chase after but starts to hallucinate again , snapping out of it just as he comes upon beating with his baseball bat . During his second visit to Mr. , the voice again pleads to let him die , and this time removes 's breathing apparatus causing him to enter cardiac arrest , ending his life . then heads to 's apartment to inform her , and she seems to accept her father 's death . is invited in , falling asleep at 's side .

Lifelong best friends and take a trip after graduating from high school , giving their parents the impression that they 're going to Hawaii . However , talks into going to Thailand instead , after comparing the prices of both destinations . agrees , albeit with some reluctance . Once in Thailand , they meet a captivating Australian man who calls himself . Unknown to them , is a drug smuggler . is particularly smitten with and convinces to take up on his offer to treat the two of them to what amounts to a day trip to Hong Kong . While boarding their flight at Don Mueang International Airport , the girls are seized by the police and shocked to discover that one of their bags contains heroin , which unknown to them , is planted by himself . 
 The two girls are interrogated by the Thai police and signs a confession written in Thai , which she foolishly thinks is her verbatim statement . At their trial , they beg for mercy and are given a lenient 33 - year sentence instead of the usual life sentence in prison . In prison , the girls are advised to seek out , aka " " , an expatriate American attorney living in Thailand . 
 As the girls try to deal with the violence and squalor of prison , begins work on their case . He tracks down another girl who had been used as an unwitting drug mule by , but is warned that the smuggler has friends in high places . arranges a deal with a corrupt prosecutor whereby the girls will receive a clemency if they confess to having lied about ' involvement . However , the prosecutor double crosses them on the deal after the girls confess . Desperate , and realizing that will not survive their time in prison , begs the King of Thailand to allow her to serve both of their sentences in exchange for letting go . The deal is accepted and is released , where she promises to continue working with to try and free .

Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman, Lou Diamond Phillips

Seventeen - year - old ( ) is a sunny high school senior who loves cheerleading and is dating a football player , ( ) . She does not enjoy kissing , however , and prefers looking at her fellow cheerleaders . Combined with 's interest in vegetarianism and , her family and friends suspect that she is in fact a lesbian . With the help of ex - gay ( ) , they surprise her with an intervention . Following this confrontation , is sent to True Directions , a reparative therapy camp which uses a five - step program ( similar to Alcoholics Anonymous ' twelve - step program ) to convert its campers to heterosexuality . 
 At True Directions , meets the founder , strict disciplinarian ( ) , 's supposedly heterosexual son ( 1 ] and a group of young people trying to " cure " themselves of their homosexuality . With the prompting of and the other campers , reluctantly agrees that she is a lesbian ( step 1 of the five - step program ) . This fact , at odds with her traditional , religious upbringing , distresses her and she puts every effort into becoming heterosexual . Early on in her stay at True Directions , discovers two of the boys , and ( and ) , making out . She panics and screams , leading to their discovery by . is made to leave and is punished by being forced into isolation . 
 The True Directions program involves the campers admitting their homosexuality ( step 1 ) , rediscovering their gender identity by performing stereotypically gender - associated tasks ( step 2 ) , finding the root of their homosexuality through family therapy ( step 3 ) , demystifying the other sex ( step 4 ) , and simulating heterosexual intercourse ( step 5 ) . Over the course of the program , becomes friends with another girl at the camp , ( ) who , though more comfortable being gay than , was forced to the camp at the risk of otherwise being disowned by her family . 
 The True Directions kids are encouraged to rebel against by two of her former students , ex - ex - gays and ( and ) , who take the campers to a local gay bar where and 's relationship develops into a romance . When discovers the trip , she makes them all picket and 's house , carrying placards and shouting homophobic abuse . and sneak away one night to have sex and begin to fall in love . When finds out , , now at ease with her sexual identity , is unrepentant . She is made to leave True Directions and , now homeless , goes to stay with and . , afraid to defy her father , remains at the camp . and , who is also living with and , plan to win back and . 
 and infiltrate the True Directions graduation ceremony where easily coaxes away . entreats to join them as well , but nervously declines . then performs a cheer for and tells her that she loves her , finally winning over . They drive off with and . The final scene of the film shows 's parents ( and ) attending a PFLAG meeting to come to terms with their daughter 's homosexuality .

Ten years after a covert military experiment on a remote Pacific island went wrong and killed eighteen servicemen and his assistant , Dr. is still trying to forget the havoc and death that his experiment caused . 
 Living in the small town of Jerome , Montana , still conducts scientific experiments at the local base , but far more enjoys his time fly - fishing with , who works in the local greasy spoon and has a checkered past . 
 's life changes , and then ends , when he 's visited by Colonel , a former military officer who took the blame and served ten years in Leavenworth for 's experiment . 
 Now a free man with a score to settle with the government , has assembled a team of high - tech terrorists , including an icy woman named , and plans to steal and then sell " Elvis"—Long 's highly volatile , blue crystal substance — to the highest international bidder , thus having his revenge against the government for covering up its existence , and making him a scapegoat for their handling of the weapon . 
 Unfortunately for , has already delivered " Elvis " to , along with the directions that the substance must remain below fifty degrees , or it will detonate , and kill everyone within several hundred miles of it . 
 After and , a wisecracking ice cream delivery man , have a run - in with , they set off en route for Fort Magruder , some ninety miles away . The two do n't get along with each other — only agrees to transport the substance in his ice cream truck because held a gun on him — but they find a common bond in trying to avoid and his team . 
 With the help of Colonel , and try to survive 's attacks , avoid the local deputy , , who 's also hot on their trail , and keep " " below fifty degrees . 
 and finally reach the base , but get ambushed by and his team who plan on detonating the device in an abandoned weapons test facility . does not want to leave witnesses , and decides to kill both of them . However , the military arrives and rescues and before the device explodes , killing and his men . Colonel arrives and congratulates them on a job well done , but and threaten to expose the U.S. government for using unstable nuclear weapons for the past decade . decides to pay them both to keep them silent , but also threatens to have them killed if they say a word about what had happened . All three of them leave the area in a helicopter .

At the height of the Great Depression , aspiring singer dreams of getting a job as an actress with the Federal Theatre Project . Playwright is working on his new musical , The Cradle Will Rock , but lacks the inspiration to finish it . While attending a public protest , he is visited by two imaginary figures representing his late wife and the famed German playwright . They encourage him to make the play more relevant to the times rather than an abstract concept . 
 At the same time , the FTP faces increasing pressure from the federal government , which has begun investigating alleged leftist infiltration of American society through the House Committee on Un - American Activities . The WPA , faced with the threat of losing its budget , cuts funding for all FTP productions , lays off thousands of workers , and orders all ongoing projects , including The Cradle Will Rock , to cease their activities . The local unions for the musicians and actors refuse to let them perform without federal approval , forcing the show to close . 
 Rather than give in , the show 's director , , and producer , , set up an improvised performance in a shuttered theater , with as both the cast and the orchestra . As he begins the first song , the other actors suddenly appear in the audience and perform the entire play without setting foot on the stage . A group of workers destroy the mural Man at the Crossroads , following a dispute between and over the latter 's explicit support for communism . 
 As the cast and audience break into celebration , a group of former FTP performers stage a mock funeral down the street outside . The procession walks into present - day Times Square , which is lined with billboards advertising Broadway plays .

lives in a small town in Alabama in 1965 , at the height of the Civil Rights Movement . 's eccentric Aunt poisons her husband to death after suffering years of abuse . She decapitates him and brings his severed head with her en route to Hollywood , where she is convinced that television stardom awaits her . In New Orleans , purchases a black hat box to store 's head . When a bartender on Bourbon Street insults her , she threatens him with a revolver and robs the cash register before stealing his car . Back in Alabama , 's father ( 's brother ) , , a local funeral director , is notified of the incident . During her travels , becomes increasingly paranoid , convinced that 's ghost is haunting her . 
 Meanwhile , becomes involved with a group of black students protesting the town 's racially segregated municipal swimming pool , leading to a protest that explodes into deadly violence . A young black boy , , is killed by the town sheriff , . , the only witness , is pressured by the sheriff to keep it quiet . While mowing his lawn , is struck in the eye with a rock ; the townspeople circulate a false story that he was been shot in retaliation for 's death . The black townspeople stage a protest honoring in which they enter the town swimming pool . and his brother , Wiley , join them in support , but the protest is interrupted by police and white pro - Confederates . 
 wins $ 32,000 in Las Vegas while playing roulette at a casino , and subsequently pays for a personal driver , , to bring her to Los Angeles . She arrives in Hollywood , taking the stage name , and manages to land a minor role on Bewitched . Back in Alabama , and and attend a speech by , and 's racist aunt grows infuriated over the publicity involving the family . While watching television one night , they are all surprised to see on television . 
 At an industry party in the Hollywood Hills , hostess discovers 's severed head in 's hat box . flees with to San Francisco , and tries to get rid of the head by throwing it off the Golden Gate Bridge . Two policemen , thinking she is about to commit suicide , stop her and discover the head . She is arrested and escorted back to Alabama for her trial , where she is met by a media circus . In the local jail , is incarcerated in a cell next to , 's father who has been jailed over the protest . 
 After being convicted of first - degree murder , is sentenced to twenty years in prison . However , the sentence is suspended when she earns the judge 's sympathies after testifying to the abuse she received , and she is put on a five - year probation with the condition that she seek psychiatric help . , her children , and all her friends joyfully exit the courtroom while the sheriff ( through 's testimony ) is put under arrest for 's murder .

In an upscale New York City mansion , wealthy and popular teenager ( ) is discussing her prep school with Mrs. ( ) and Mrs. 's daughter , ( ) . promises Mrs. that she will look out for the sheltered and naïve . 's step - brother , ( ) , enters the room , whereupon Mrs. reacts to him coldly and leaves with . reveals to him that her real intention is to use to take revenge on her ex - lover ( ) , who has dumped her for . asks to seduce ; he refuses as he is planning to seduce ( ) , the virgin daughter of their prep school 's new headmaster . is a ' paradigm of chastity and virtue ' who recently wrote a published essay about saving herself for marriage and has been temporarily staying with 's aunt . The two make a wager : if fails to bed , gets 's vintage Jaguar XK140 ; if he succeeds , will have sex with him . It is mentioned that keeps a journal detailing his conquests . 
 's first attempt to seduce fails , as she had already been told of his reputation as a womanizer . He vents to his friend , ( ) , who suggests that the informant might be 's ex - boyfriend and closeted jock , ( ) , revealing to that tried to make a pass at him . uses the information to seduce , while secretly filming their meeting . then confronts with the photographs , but the latter denies warning . is pressured into investigating who did , and also orders him to present him in a good light to . Later , while gushing about to , discovers that the culprit is 's mother , Mrs. . Wanting revenge on the , agrees to seduce . 
 Meanwhile , 's music teacher , ( ) , is in love with her . confesses this to . tells Mrs. about and 's romance and Mrs. orders to end it . , in turn , calls to his house , ostensibly to give her a letter from . There he blackmails in order to perform oral sex on her . The next day , confides in , who advises her to learn from so that she can make happy in bed . 
 begins to fall in love with , who returns his feelings but still resists him . calls her a hypocrite because she claims to be waiting for her one true love , but when her one true love chooses to love her back , she resists . She relents , but refuses her , confused about his feelings colliding with his stolid sexuality . flees to the estate of her friend 's parents . tracks her down , professes his love , and makes love to her . As he has won the bet , offers herself to the next day , but he refuses ; he now only wants . tries kissing him , but he rejects her again saying that it 's only a stupid bet . She starts taunting him and he tells her he was planning on confessing the truth to anyway . warns him not to do it , that people do n't change overnight and that it would not only be destroying his reputation , but also hers . 
 Afterwards , full of remorse tells he just wanted to see what she was like in bed . Heartbroken , tells him to leave . He then goes to see to fulfill the initial arrangement they had and tells her that he has broken up with and arranged for and to be together . reveals that she has known all along that he was truly in love with and that it amused her to make him feel ashamed of it . She tells him he gave up on the first person he ever loved , all because she threatened his reputation . desperately tries to get a hold of to confess the truth and beg for her forgiveness . calls , telling him that slept with and lying to him that hit her . refuses to see or speak to , so he leaves his journal for her to read . In which , he has detailed all of 's manipulative schemes as well as their bet , and written his true feelings for . As he heads home , intercepts him on the street , starting a fight . runs out and tries to stop it , but is accidentally thrown into the way of traffic . pushes her to safety , and is hit by a cab . Before dying , confesses he loves her and tells him she loves him too . leaves the scene in shame , realizing lied to him . 
 At 's funeral , distributes copies of his journal , made into a book by , titled Cruel Intentions . is humiliated and rejected by her classmates and teachers . Her reputation is ruined when cocaine is discovered in her rosary . In the final scene , drives away in 's car with his journal at her side as she remembers the moments they shared .

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, Selma Blair, Joshua Jackson, Christine Baranski, Swoosie Kurtz

In an underwater facility , a team of scientists is doing research on mako sharks to help in the re - activation of dormant human brain cells like those found in Alzheimer 's disease patients . After one of the sharks escapes the facility and attempts to attack a boat full of teenagers , financial backers send corporate executive to investigate the facility . In the laboratory , doctors and prove their research is working by testing a certain protein complex that was removed from the brain tissue of their largest shark . However , the shark awakens , and severs 's right arm . , the tower 's operator , calls a helicopter to evacuate , but as he is being lifted , the stormy weather causes to fall into the shark pen . The shark then grabs 's stretcher , and pulls the helicopter into the tower , killing and the pilots . 
 In the laboratory , , , wrangler , marine biologist , and engineer witness the shark smash 's stretcher against the laboratory 's main window , drowning him , and flooding the facility . The group goes to the facility 's wet entry , where they plan to take a submersible to escape . Upon being confronted , confesses to the others that she and genetically engineered the sharks to increase their brain size , as they were not large enough to harvest sufficient amounts of the protein complex ; this has the side effect of making them smarter but more deadly . When the group reaches the wet entry , they discover that the submersible has been damaged . While delivering a monologue emphasizing the need for group unity , is dragged into the submersible pool by the shark and killed . 
 The remaining crew opts to climb up the elevator shaft at the risk of destabilizing the pool . In the process , loses her grip and falls into the shark - infested water . Despite 's attempt to save her , the shark drags down under , killing her . In the facility 's kitchen , which has been partially flooded , cook , whose parrot is devoured in the process , manages to kill the first shark with an explosion . He then makes his way to the elevator shaft , where he encounters , , and . and go to the flooded laboratory to activate a control panel that drains a stairway to the surface , while heads to her room to collect her research material . and reach the control panel , but the largest shark storms in , killing and sabotaging the controls . In her room , encounters another shark , and manages to kill it with a power cable , destroying her research in the process . 
 After regrouping , , , and go to a decompression chamber , and swim to the surface . realizes that the sharks made them flood the facility , so they could escape through the weaker mesh fences at the surface . In an effort to distract the last shark from escaping to the open sea , cuts herself and dives into the water . Although she manages to distract the shark , she is unable to get out of the water . dives in , but is too late to save her from being devoured . While is grabbing hold of the shark 's dorsal fin , shoots the shark with a harpoon , but also pierces 's thigh . As the shark breaks through the fence , orders to connect the trailing wire to a battery , sending an electric current through the wire and to an explosive charge in the harpoon , killing the shark . In the end , managed to free himself in time , and joins to see a workers ' boat en - route on the horizon .

Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, LL Cool J, Jacqueline McKenzie, Michael Rapaport, Stellan Skarsgård, Aida Turturro, Samuel L. Jackson

In Cleveland , Ohio , in 1978 , four rebellious teenage boys - , , , and - run their own tribute band called " Mystery " while they prepare to see their idols in concert in Detroit , Michigan , the following night . Their hopes , however , are dashed when 's religiously conservative mother discovers the concert tickets and burns them before having transferred to a Catholic boarding school . 
 manages to win tickets and backstage passes from a radio contest in Detroit and the boys plan to rescue from the boarding school . Disguised as pizza delivery boys , they get Father drugged from a pizza topped with hallucinogen mushrooms and set off with for Detroit in Lex 's mother 's Volvo to pick up the tickets . While on the highway , the boys get into a road rage incident with disco fanatics and after accidentally throws a slice of pizza on their windshield . They beat up the disco duo and continue their journey before picking up , who walked out on due to his behavior . 
 Upon their arrival in Detroit , the boys discover that did not stay on the phone long enough to give the radio station his information , forcing them to give the tickets to the next caller . After discovering that the Volvo has been stolen , the boys split up to find Kiss tickets and meet up in an hour and 45 minutes . finds a scalper who suggests he enter a male stripping contest to raise money for tickets . He gets drunk and loses the contest , but is offered payment for company by an older woman named . After being paid , he locates the scalper , only to find out that his tickets are sold out . goes to a local convenience store in hopes of mugging a younger child for his ticket , but is confronted by the boy 's elder brother and his friends , who threaten him for $ 200 . He then plans to rob the store with a doll disguised as a gun , but ends up thwarting a real robbery attempt and is rewarded $ 150 . gives the money to 's gang , but they steal his wallet in the process . 
 sneaks backstage with the concert loading crew , but is caught and tossed over a fence where he encounters a group of vicious dogs . He wins them over with a frisbee and save and the Volvo from two car thieves at a nearby chop shop . encounters an anti - Kiss rally and is spotted by his mother , who forcibly takes his drumsticks and drags him to a nearby church for confession . There , he is seen by , a classmate who is in the process of moving to Ann Arbor . After admitting their feelings for each other , they make love in the confessional booth before parting ways . , imbued with new confidence , goes back to the rally and angrily berates his mother for her domineering ways and her hypocrisy , telling her that constantly shoving her extreme religious views down his throat has done nothing but cause him to despise religion and he demands his drumsticks back . She does so and apologizes to him , remarking to the crowd , " They grow up so fast " . 
 When the boys meet up empty - handed , they beat each other up to make it appear that they had been mugged of their tickets . Upon arriving at Cobo Hall , the guards are skeptical , but points out and his friends , who are just entering , as the culprits . When the guards find 's wallet with his Kiss Army picture ID and money , they confiscate 's tickets along with it and give them to the boys . Astonished and elated , the boys enter the concert hall as Kiss plays the title song of the film . As it ends , throws a drumstick and catches it with joy and excitement.[3 ]

Giuseppe Andrews, James DeBello, Edward Furlong, Sam Huntington, Lin Shaye, Melanie Lynskey

, an insecure fishtank cleaner ( aquarist ) , is fired for cleaning the tank at a public aquarium in the nude . is unsuccessful in attracting women , so he attempts to keep himself busy at work . On a house call , he meets an Argentinean male prostitute . is going on a business trip , and so asks to care for his sick lionfish and protect his home while he is away . accidentally sets 's kitchen on fire when trying to make a grilled cheese sandwich in the toaster , and breaks an expensive fish tank . 
 Fearing will kill him , is forced to find a way to pay for the damage . Low - rent pimp offers to help make enough money to buy a new fish tank , and convinces to take over the absent 's role as a gigolo . decides to make the clients feel better about themselves , since he only desires to have sex with beautiful women . 
 meets unusual clients but he still manages to get along with them , despite there being no sex involved , by helping them with certain issues in their lives . The clients include , a woman who is severely narcoleptic , , who has Tourette Syndrome with coprolalia , and therefore is afraid of socializing , , an obese woman weighing close to 750 pounds , and , another woman that has a pituitary gland disorder and is extremely tall . 's list of clients gradually increases , with each client being satisfied by much more fulfilling measures due to his evasion of sex with them . However , falls in love with one of his clients , ( ) , who has a prosthetic leg . She later breaks up with when she finds out that he was a prostitute hired by her friends . 
 Meanwhile , is being stalked by Detective , who demands 's " black book " of clients and threatens to take to jail if he does not comply . eventually helps please his wife by stripping and erotically dancing for her , and the two make amends . is still taken into custody on prostitution charges , as needs someone to bring in and 's own refusal to betray his newfound friend , ( whom described as another person of interest aside due to his previous acquaintance with ) , by turning him in . At the hearing , it is revealed that never slept with any of the clients except for . Since gave back the money to and was not paid for sex with her , he is cleared of all charges . 
 Using the money he made , restores 's fish tank , although due to time constraints he is warned that the glass may not be installed properly . Unfortunately , 's blind roommate accidentally kills the prize fish in 's aquarium when she starts the mixer in which the fish was being kept . buys a replacement fish and returns to 's house just in time . is suspicious , but can not figure out why . He taps the new aquarium and the glass shatters . then reveals his prostituting adventures to the bemused and furious . Enraged , tries to kill , and at one point shoots a crossbow bolt at him . The aforementioned overweight client , , shows up , comes between the two men , and saves 's life ( she is not killed because the bolt hits her breasts , between which she has hidden a roast chicken ) . is then arrested by Detective , and marries . The end sequences continues to follow the epilogue , 's father becomes a male prostitute , underwent extensive liposuction and is now working as a model in Victoria 's Secret known as , opens up an all girls school for Tourette 's , manages to fulfill her dream trip to France , starts his own reality show dedicated to his experiences as a male prostitute and an incarcerated marries .

( ) and ( ) are two sweet - natured but somewhat ditzy teenage girls living in Washington D.C. in the early 1970s . comes from a wealthy family in the Georgetown area , while lives with her widowed mother in an apartment in the Watergate building . One night , on a quest to mail a letter to enter a contest to win a date with teen idol singer , the two girls sneak out of 's home , at the same time as the Watergate break - in . They manage to enter and leave through the parking garage by taping the latch of a door , accidentally causing the break - in to be discovered . They are seen by ( ) , who they believe to be committing a jewel robbery ; they panic and run away . The security guard , startled by the taped door , calls the police , who immediately arrest the burglars . 
 The next day , while at the White House on a school tour , they accidentally happen across again . They do n't recognize him , but he recognizes them and instantly becomes suspicious . He points them out to ( ) , who proceeds to interrogate them ; their conversation ( in which it is revealed that the girls do n't actually think about the President that much ) is interrupted firstly by a phone call from 's wife , and secondly by President himself ( ) , who takes aside to complain about the bugging operation being so fouled up . 
 The girls are naturally awestruck at being in the same room as — but more awestruck at being able to play with his dog , which gives an idea . In order to keep their silence , he appoints them his official dog - walkers   ... which means they must be admitted repeatedly to the White House . On these visits they accidentally influence major events such as the Vietnam peace process and the - Brezhnev accord , by bringing along cookies that they have inadvertently baked marijuana into . ( Near the end of the film , when 's brother , ( ) , reveals the cookies ' " secret ingredient " and realizes the President ate them , he concludes that this was likely a leading cause of 's paranoia . ) They also become familiar with the key figures of 's administration , including the long - suffering , frequently ignored , and inadvertently learn the major secrets of the Watergate scandal without realizing what they know . 
 , previously infatuated with , now falls equally hard for the president . Just after reading an 18½-minute message of love into his tape recorder , she plays back another part of the tape and , after hearing his coarse , brutal rantings , quickly realizes his true nature . When they confront , he fires and threatens them . 
 The girls now reevaluate what they have learned and decide to reveal everything to the " radical muckraking bastards " ( 's words ) at The Washington Post , ( ) and ( ) . So they become informants ; two 15 - year - old girls are the true identity of the famous ( 's brother had just been caught watching the film of the same name ) . and — portrayed as petty , childish , and incompetent — are naturally skeptical of the two girls . To make matters worse , their only piece of physical evidence , a list of names of those involved from the Committee to Re - Elect the President , is eaten by 's dog . 
 's men realize that the girls are a real threat and attempt tactics such as bugging and undercover agents to find out what they know , eventually going so far as to break into 's house and plant an undercover agent as 's mother 's boyfriend . Eventually pushed to the limit after being chased by the Watergate " plumbers " , the girls decide to take action : sneaking into 's house , they manage to find and steal a crucial tape recording . They give a transcription of it to and ( keeping the tape as a " souvenir " ) thus ending 's political career . , finds 's message on his tape and erases it , reasoning that he 'd be " crucified " if it was perceived that he had an affair with a 15 - year - old girl . After the resignation , as 's helicopter flies over 's house , the two girls hold up a sign with the phrase " You suck , " , further angering the now ex - president.[4 ]

and are fallen angels , eternally banished from heaven to Wisconsin for insubordination , after an inebriated resigned as the Angel of Death . In a newspaper article that arrives anonymously , the angels discover a way home : Cardinal is rededicating his church in Red Bank , New Jersey in the image of the " Buddy Christ " . Anyone entering during the rededication festivities will receive a plenary indulgence , remitting all sins , and permitting direct entry into Heaven . They are encouraged by the demon and the Stygian Triplets , three teenage hoodlums who serve in hell . 
 — a depressed abortion clinic counselor — attends a service at her church in Illinois . Donations are solicited for a campaign to stop a New Jersey hospital from disconnecting life support on , a homeless man who was beaten senseless by the . — a seraph , and the voice of God — appears to in a pillar of fire and explains that if and succeed in re - entering Heaven , they will overrule the word of God , disprove the fundamental concept of God 's omnipotence , and nullify all of existence . , aided by two prophets , must stop the angels and save the universe . 
 Now a target , is attacked by the Triplets , who are driven off by the two foretold prophets — drug - dealing stoners . and the prophets are joined by , the thirteenth apostle , and , the Muse of creative inspiration , now working in a strip club in search of inspiration of her own . summons the Golgothan — a vile creature made of human excrement — but immobilizes it with aerosol air freshener . 
 On a train to New Jersey , a drunken reveals her mission to , who tries to kill her ; throws the angels off the train . and now realize the consequences of their scheme ; wants no part of destroying all existence , but remains angry at God for his expulsion , and for granting free will to humans while demanding servitude of angels , and resolves to proceed . 
 confesses to that 's whereabouts are unknown ; he disappeared while visiting New Jersey in human form to play skee ball . The task falls to , because — she now learns — she is the last scion , the great - great - great - great - great - great - great - great - grandniece of . 
 The group fails to persuade to cancel the celebration ; steals one of 's golf clubs . Their only remaining option is to keep the angels out of the church ; but and the trap them in a bar to prevent them from doing so . reveals that he sent the news clipping to the angels ; he would rather end all existence than spend eternity in Hell . kills with the golf club , which had blessed to improve his game . blesses the bar sink 's contents , and the others drown the in the holy water . They race to the church , where kills , his parishioners , and assorted bystanders . When — who is now wingless , and therefore mortal , with a conscience — attempts to stop him , kills him as well . 
 attempts to seduce before all existence ends ; when he mentions , puts it all together . and race across the street to the hospital , as the others try to block 's path to the church . disconnects 's life support , liberating , but killing herself . reaches the church entrance , where he confronts , who annihilates him with her voice . arrives with 's lifeless body ; resurrects her , and conceives a child — the new last scion — within her womb . , , , and Serendipity return to Heaven , leaving and the prophets to reflect on the past , and the future .

Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Salma Hayek, Jason Lee, Alan Rickman, Chris Rock, Kevin Smith

( ) and her husband ( ) are wealthy residents of Whidbey Island , Washington . With her best friend , ( ) offering to look after her 4 - year - old son , ( ) , and go off sailing for the weekend on their yacht . After a session of love making , falls asleep . She wakes to find her husband missing and blood all over her hands , clothes , legs , and the boat 's floors . A Coast Guard vessel appears and is spotted holding a bloody knife she found lying on the deck . 
 Even with 's body unaccounted for , is arrested , humiliated in the media , tried , and convicted of her husband 's murder . asks to look after for the duration of her prison sentence . At first , brings to see in prison , but after a while , these visits cease . On a phone call with from prison , hears a door open in the background , then exclaims , " Daddy ! " right before the line goes dead . 
 realizes that possibly faked his death and framed her , leaving as the sole beneficiary of his life insurance policy , as people convicted for murder are not allowed to collect the life insurance on their victims . After unsuccessfully attempting to get investigative help , she is told by a fellow inmate named ( ) that if she were to get paroled for good behavior , she could kill with impunity due to the Double Jeopardy Clause in the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution . 
 is paroled after six years and begins searching for and , while living in a halfway house under the supervision of parole officer ( ) . is a former law professor whose wife and daughter left him after the family was in a car accident with him at the wheel . violates her curfew and is caught breaking into 's school on Whidbey Island to try to get 's records . However , as is delivering back to prison via a car ferry , drives 's car overboard , which forces him to uncuff her . then knocks out and swims to shore while he is rescued by ferry personnel . 
 discovers that has recently died in Colorado in a gas explosion , which looks like an accident staged by . Then recognizes a painting in a newspaper photo . Tracing it through an art dealer 's database ( which nearly again allows her capture by ) leads her to New Orleans , where she finds running a luxury hotel under an assumed name , . 
 confronts after making a winning bid of $ 10,000 on him at a bachelor 's auction during a party hosted at his hotel . She demands he return in exchange for her silence about his real identity , while he claimed that he faked his death to collect insurance as his original business was going under . Their parley is cut short when shows up at the hotel party to warn that his wife is a fugitive . In the French Quarter , is later tipped off by a bartender who recognizes her from a wanted poster but lets her escape the police as no reward is offered . 
 agrees to bring to a meeting in a cemetery . There he uses a decoy boy to distract , knocks her unconscious , and locks her in a casket inside a mausoleum . Using a .38 caliber handgun she had snatched from , manages to shoot the hinges off the lid of the casket and escape the mausoleum by throwing a flower vase through a stained glass window . 
 While tracking in New Orleans , himself becomes suspicious of 's death and begins to believe 's story , based on the clues uncovered in his search . He finds a picture of a different when searching the Washington State DMV records to prove his suspicions , and later confirms them when he uncovers six DMV records under that name , including 's DMV application and photograph . After intercepting and capturing later in the city as she makes her way to 's hotel , the two end teaming up . 
 visits in his office under the pretense of asking for money to keep his identity secret . He records a remark by that he had murdered his wife , the only witness to his true past , and then enters , holding at gunpoint . is given a choice of surrendering to the authorities or getting shot by his vengeful wife , who he believes would go free for this deed because of double jeopardy . pulls out a hidden gun , shoots , and fires away at . manages to bring down before he can shoot . gets the upper hand in the scuffle , but before he can kill the wounded parole officer , shoots dead . 
 promises to help get fully pardoned , and together they travel to 's boarding school in Georgia . ( ) , now eleven years old , recognizes his mother , and they embrace with watching them .

In 1995 , Mount Rose is preparing for its annual beauty pageant . ( ) is an optimistic teenager who signs up to compete in the pageant so she can follow in the footsteps of her idols , television news reporter , and 's mother , a former contestant . works after school applying makeup to corpses at the mortuary , and lives with her mother , ( ) , in a small trailer near their friend ( ) . This is in stark contrast to fellow contestant ( ) , the daughter of the richest man in town and his wife , ( ) , who is the head of the pageant organizing committee and a former winner . Various business connections between the Leeman Furniture Store and the judges of the pageant cause many to speculate that the contest will be rigged or fixed . 
 Many odd events occur around town during the run - up to the pageant , including the death of a contestant , the athletic and competitive , who is killed when her tractor explodes , and the death ( ruled a hunting accident ) of a boy who liked , but who showed himself partial to . decides to pull out of the pageant after her mother is injured in an explosion at their mobile home , but reconsiders and decides to compete to follow her dreams and make her mother proud . At the dress rehearsal , fellow contestant swaps numbers with . When walks on stage at the beginning of rehearsal , a stage light falls and hits her in the head , knocking her unconscious and rendering her deaf . Luckily , is a master of sign language so she claims that despite dropping out of the pageant , she has never been happier . 
 At the pageant , 's dance costume mysteriously goes missing . blames and the two get into a catfight . 's best friend and fellow contestant ( ) pulls them apart . After comforting a crying , drops out of the pageant in order to give her own costume to . then performs her tap - dance number to a standing ovation . sings a cringe - worthy rendition of " Ca n't Take My Eyes Off Of You " as she dances with a life - size doll on a crucifix , both amusing and horrifying the audience . During judging , the previous year 's winner ( now hospitalized with anorexia ) reprises her talent act ( lip - synching " Do n't Cry Out Loud " ) while being pushed around the stage in her hospital wheelchair in a re - enactment of her dance movements . When the new winner is announced , is named first runner - up to . 
 During the victory parade the next day , is killed in a freak accident when the elaborate float ( made in Mexico , to save her father money ) on which she is riding explodes . The grief - stricken flies into a blind rage and admits to having killed and to being responsible for all the attempts against in the run - up to the pageant , and is immediately arrested . 's tragic death and 's antics leave as the new pageant winner . 
 At the State Competition , wins the Minnesota American Teen Princess title by default after all the other contestants fall ill with seafood - related food poisoning , and gets an all - expenses - paid trip to the national Sarah Rose American Teen Princess Pageant . Upon arrival there , and the other state winners are devastated to find that the cosmetics company has been shut down by the IRS for tax evasion . This sends all the contestants except on a rampage , vandalizing and destroying the property . 
 A few years later , escapes from prison and is sniping from the top of the Mount Rose supermarket , declaring her intent to take revenge on . During the six - hour police standoff , a television reporter doing a live report at the scene is hit by a stray bullet . quickly picks up the reporter 's microphone and takes over reporting the story , impressing the news station with her poise and confidence . The film closes with a scene showing as co - anchor of the evening news for Minneapolis – St. Paul television station WAZB - TV , thus living her dream of possibly becoming the next .

The story begins with three children and a horse . These are young versions of , , , and . The three talk of their aspirations ; believes he is destined to be a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer ( Mountie ) while wishes to see the world . , however , wishes to be the " bad guy " and travel around the world . 
 Several years later , all three have fulfilled their supposed destinies . Dudley is now a Mountie ( but always sticks to the rules and is frequently oblivious to even the most obvious of things ) , and has become an infamous bank robber . After and his gang rob a bank of its money and gold , tricks his entire gang into believing he has fled with all the gold to the Sudan and going on a wild goose chase after him . subsequently salts the stolen gold and spreads it in the lakes . catches him the act , but fools him into thinking he is vampire hunting , and uses a similar tactic to scare off . Not long after , returns from her world tour and reunites with . The two attend a festival at the nearby Kumquat tribe . 
 Meanwhile , Prospector ( ) , the poorest man in Semi - Happy Valley , stumbles across the gold in the river and is made into a media sensation by . The subsequent gold rush boosts 's popularity and , after foreclosing many local mortgages , he quickly takes control of the town , renaming it " Whiplash City " . Eventually , 's men return from the Sudan to kill him for his deceit , but convinces them otherwise by offering them lives of luxury in his new town . becomes convinced that is up to something and confronts him , but laughs him off and snatches from him . sends his second in command , Homer ( ) , to assassinate with a bomb , but is absent when the bomb goes off . 's father Inspector ( ) , who is in good favor with , discovers 's feud with and discharges from the Mounties . falls into a depression and wanders across the town until he runs into a drunken , who offers him shelter at his underground cave in the woods . tells of 's plans and newfound popularity and takes him to see a Gala Ball in 's honor . Despite 's warning not to challenge due to his loss of favor , comically attempts to take back from , but loses pathetically . 
 Feeling sympathy for , decides to put him through a very harsh training regimen to make him a more formidable opponent and take back Semi - Valley from . 's first act is to intimidate one of 's men into telling him the next gold shipment . sabotages the shipment and leaves his mark on 's workshop as well as his favorite golf course . , unaware that lost his job , is offended by this and more so with his men 's incompetence to stop him , believing is enjoying the perks of being the villain . Eventually , leaves to find his family and parts ways with thanking him for his friendship . then uses his new training to win back from , who swears revenge . At a nighttime town meeting , attempts to rally the people against , but it falls on deaf ears . The populace have grown weary of and shows more respect for in his efforts to retake their town . ultimately discovers that and are at another festival with the Kumquat tribe and leads a full - scale attack on them . The Kumquats flee for their lives until reappears and helps sabotage 's tanks by making and accidentally shoot each other . A cavalry of Mounties appears and arrests and his men . also arrives with his wife , the Prime Minister of Canada ( ) and is reunited with , revealing that they called out the cavalry . Inspector reinstates in the Mounties . 
 The final scene shows and living together in 's rebuilt house . They share a kiss as the film closes .

EDtv starts off with the television channel True TV commencing interviews for a TV show that shows a normal person 's life 24/7 . This idea was thought up by a TV producer named ( ) . They interview ( ) and his brother , ( ) . When the producers see the interview decides to use and interviews only . The show hits the airwaves under the title " Ed TV . " It is a total failure at first , as only boring things happen and the producers want to pull the plug , except for . 
 Ed TV gets interesting suddenly on Day 3 when visits . ( along with the cameramen ) discovers that is cheating on his girlfriend ( ) . then visits to apologize to her for 's actions . is very drunk and starts insulting , by talking to the camera . She makes everyone laugh and gasp by saying " Ray was a bad lay . " tries to comfort , and he reveals he has feelings for her . She then reveals she has feelings for as well . They slowly move their faces closer and finally kiss each other . then locks out the camera crew and proceeds to passionately kiss for a while . TV thus becomes extremely popular . At 's insistence starts a relationship with which is short lived , as grows more interested in staying on TV and is abused by viewers who find her unappealing . 
 then goes on The Tonight Show with and meets beautiful model / actress ( ) who takes a liking to . then visits and she tells that she does not want to be with him until " Ed TV " stops airing . She then leaves town . goes to the park with and some friends to play football when comes to talk to him , because brought her in to earn more ratings . She invites to dinner at her house . When he arrives at 's house , there is a massive crowd . They have a small talk , and then they kiss on top of a table . They are about to have sex , but then falls off the table and squishes 's cat . never sees again . 
 's father ( ) , who abandoned his family when was 13 , unexpectedly visits and informs him that he left because 's mother was having an affair with 's current stepfather , Al ( ) . is furious with his mother and argues with her . Next , gets a phone call telling him to come to the hospital . The doctor says that his father is dead and that he died making love to his wife . thinks this means , but it actually is his real father and that 's mother was cheating on . 
 After the funeral , becomes disheartened by the fact that the producers want him to stay on longer and that he can not do anything to change their minds or he would be in breach of his contract . is depressed until he catches a glimpse of ( in disguise wearing a wig and sunglasses ) . He chases her for a long time until she stops in the women 's bathroom in a movie theater . She says she is staying with her brother as it is his birthday and she just wanted to see . vows to find a way to end the show to be with . When exits , one camera man stays with saying that it is the producers ' new idea . The main camera man tells him that all his family are being filmed , but they show the most interesting person . 
 gets an idea on how to stop the main producer from showing the show : he says that he will give $ 10,000 to the person who can give him the best amount of " dirt " on the producers and that he will announce it live , with the desired result being they stop airing the show before he can make the announcement . As feels sorry for Ed , she tells him a secret of the main producer . announces the secret ( that the man has to pump a liquid into his penis to get an erection ) but before he can announce who it is they stop airing the show . 
 After the camera crew finally leaves 's apartment , he and renew their relationship and celebrate the fact that TV news panelists predict will be forgotten in a short period of time .

Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Hurley, Ellen DeGeneres, Sally Kirkland, Rob Reiner, Dennis Hopper, Martin Landau

is a beloved high school teacher living in the suburbs of Omaha , Nebraska , whose enthusiastic involvement in school activities masks his frustration with other aspects of his life . is an overachieving senior whom sees as having a secret vindictive and sexual side . Earlier in the year , had an affair with another teacher , 's best friend . When the affair was discovered , was fired and divorced by his wife ; , however , walked away with her reputation unscathed . 
 announces to ( who is in charge of organizing the school 's student government ) that she is running for student body president , telling him they " will be spending a lot of time together . " sees this as unbridled ambition and sexual manipulation , and finds it repugnant . With appearing to have no opposition , decides to teach a lesson in humility by encouraging another student , , to enter the race . is a polite and popular football player , who has been sidelined due to a broken leg , leaving him depressed . convinces to declare his candidacy , giving him new purpose . This serves to bring out 's vindictiveness , as she resents ’s effortless popularity . 
 Meanwhile , 's younger sister is dumped by her lover , , who says that she is straight and was just " experimenting . " quickly becomes 's new girlfriend and campaign manager , in part to antagonize . In retaliation , decides to run for president as well , with a nihilistic platform that student government is a sham . 
 During a school assembly to hear the candidates ' final campaign speeches , draws only polite applause while initially receives a warm reception ( despite giving a lackluster and halting speech ) , while delivers a defiant address in which she denounces the election and expresses her intention to dissolve the student government if elected . This rallies the student body to a standing ovation . As a result of her subversive speech , is suspended and her name removed from the ballot . 
 While working on a yearbook project at school two nights later , notices that one of her posters has come untaped from the wall . In her attempt to fix it , she accidentally rips the poster apart . In a fit of frustrated rage , she destroys and removes all of 's campaign posters . The following day when confronts with his suspicion that she was responsible , claims innocence and threatens legal action against the school . However , falsely confesses to 's crime even though she had witnessed disposing of the refuse by the town factory . is expelled and her parents enroll her in a private parochial school for girls , much to her delight . 
 On the day before the election , pays a visit to 's house to help her with a home repair project , whereupon she initiates a physical relationship by kissing him . then asks to rent a motel room for an after - school rendezvous , but she apparently has a change of heart and never shows up at the motel . When drives over to 's house to see what happened , he heads to the back yard where he has the misfortune of being stung by a bee on his right eyelid , causing a severe allergic reaction . He later returns home to find and his wife talking together . Knowing he 's been caught , he spends a miserable night in his car . 
 The next morning — Election Day — 's right eyelid is completely shut and disfigured from the bee sting , but he must still oversee the counting of the election ballots at school . After all the ballots are tabulated , it turns out has won by a single vote . Ironically , 's one vote margin of victory came about because , feeling it would be somehow dishonorable to vote for himself , voted for instead . During the ballot - counting verification , observes dancing around gleefully in the hall — one of the student vote counters had tipped her off that she had won before the official announcement of the count — and he decides to take matters into his own hands by secretly disposing of two of ’s ballots and declaring the winner . When a janitor discovers the two discarded ballots in the trash and presents them to the principal , is forced to resign . To add insult to injury , 's wife kicks him out of the house when he tries to apologize for what happened with . 
 Divorced and humiliated , leaves Nebraska , ultimately choosing to fulfill his longtime dream of moving to New York City , where he becomes a tour guide at the American Museum of Natural History and begins dating a new woman . gets accepted into Georgetown University , while gets into the University of Nebraska . could n't be happier at her all - girls school , where she finds a new girlfriend . Toward the end of the film , encounters one last time on a trip to Washington , D.C. , during which he happens to see her get into a limousine with a male politician . Disgusted by the thought that Tracy 's climb up the ladder of success is the result of her calculating and manipulative nature , impulsively hurls a supersize cup of soda at the limo before making a quick getaway . 
 is speaking to a group of elementary school students at the museum , refusing to respond to the raised hand of an overeager girl who reminds him of .

In 1979 a priest at the Vatican sees a comet arching over the moon ( described as the " eye of God " ) , heralding the birth of one chosen to be the mother of Satan 's child . The priest is sent on a mission by the pope to find and protect the girl from Satan , although a few Vatican knights ( led by a corrupt cardinal ) insist that she must die . In New York a newborn girl , , is identified by Satanists ( including her physician , Dr. , and her nurse and future guardian , ) as the person chosen to bear Satan 's child on New Year 's Eve , 1999 . The Satanists perform occult rites on the newborn . 
 In late 1999 , Satan possesses an investment banker in a restaurant ; he then destroys the restaurant , killing many inside . Suicidal and alcoholic former police detective , depressed since his wife and daughter 's contract killings , works for a private security company and blames God for his plight . and co - worker are assigned to protect the possessed banker . A priest , , unsuccessfully tries to kill the banker . captures , who tells : " The thousand years has ended , the dark angel is loosed from his prison " and says that a girl is central . shoots , who is arrested by the New York Police Department . , an NYPD detective and 's former colleague , tells him that has no tongue . 
 and investigate on their own , learning that was trained at the Vatican and was sent to New York before disappearing . questions Father , a priest who knew . asks if he believes in God ; when he says no , the priest tells him that was driven mad by forces an atheist could not understand . They go to ’ apartment , where they find his tongue in a jar and messages and symbols written in apparent blood on the walls . arrives , forcing them to leave . infiltrates ' hospital , and crucifies him on the ceiling . Although he survives , he is shot by a Satanic police officer . and Chicago see Latin words and " Christ in New York " scratched into ' skin , and begin searching for . 
 and Chicago find in her apartment , saving her from murderous Vatican knights , and refuses to bring her to Satan . arrives and blows up Chicago 's van , killing him . enters the house and kills for failing him ; and escape . and another officer , both Satanists , tell to surrender . kills them , but Satan resurrects . Father tells and that Satan must impregnate her between 11 pm and midnight on New Year 's Eve to usher in the " end of days " . accepts 's protection . 
 infiltrates 's apartment , showing him a vision of his family 's murder . throws Satan through his apartment window , and Chicago appears . 
 At the church , the cardinal and his knights try to kill and Satan kills the Vatican clergy . Chicago tells and that he is in league with Satan . rescues , and Satan kidnaps . rescues and again kills . Chicago stops , who persuades him to fight off Satan 's influence ; burns him alive . escapes with into a subway tunnel . He fires a grenade at , who leaves the banker for a new host . 
 and escape to another church , where he renews his faith in God and prays for strength . confronts as a massive , winged creature and possesses him . attempts to rape , who tries to escape before deliberately impales himself on a sword protruding from a statue . At the stroke of midnight frees 's dying body , sends back to hell and the world celebrates the new millennium . and see his wife and daughter waiting for him in the afterlife . He dies in peace , and waits with his body for the authorities . 
 An alternate ending was filmed in which returns to life after being impaled on the statue 's sword and leaves the church with , but test audiences preferred the original version . The ending was used in the film 's novelization.[3 ]

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robin Tunney, Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Pollak, Udo Kier, C. C. H. Pounder, Miriam Margolyes, Rod Steiger

In the near - future , biotechnological virtual reality game consoles known as " game pods " have replaced electronic ones . The pods present " UmbyCords " that attach to " bio - ports " , connectors surgically inserted into players ' spines . Two game companies , Antenna Research and Cortical Systematics , compete against each other . In addition , a group of " realists " fights both companies to prevent the " deforming " of reality . 
 Antenna Research 's ( ) , a world renowned game designer , is demonstrating her latest virtual reality game , eXistenZ to a focus group at a seminar . A realist named ( ) shoots in the shoulder with an organic pistol he smuggled past security . As is gunned down by the security team , security guard ( and marketing trainee ) ( ) rushes to and escorts her outside . 
 discovers that her pod , which contains the only copy of eXistenZ , may have been damaged due to an " UmbyCord " being ripped out as the game was being downloaded . To check it , she must plug into the game in tandem with another player she can trust . manages to convince an initially reluctant to have a bio - port installed , and takes him to a gas station run by a black - marketeer named ( ) to get it done . Gas deliberately installs a faulty bio - port , which damages the game pod , and reveals his intention to kill for the bounty on her head . However , shoots him with the rivet gun used to install the port , and the pair make their way to a former ski lodge used by 's mentor , ( ) . and his assistant repair the damaged pod and give Pikul a new bio - port . 
 and enter the game , and inside Pikul realizes that it is hard to tell whether their actions are their own intentions or the game 's . When they meet ( ) , a video game shop owner , Pikul speaks rudely to him but then expresses surprise at his own rudeness , which informs that it was the doing of his game character . gives them new micro pods to enter a new layer of virtual reality . 
 Reality becomes more distorted as they gain newer identities as workers at a game pod factory . There , they meet ( ) , who claims to be their contact in the Realist underground . recommends that order the special for lunch at a Chinese restaurant near the factory . Once in the restaurant , an overwhelmed pauses the game in order to temporarily get back to the real world , but finds out that he is unable to distinguish the presumed reality from the game 's fantasy . Back at the restaurant , Pikul develops an urge to eat the unappetizing special , which turns out to be an assortment of cooked mutant animals . Using the dish 's inedible parts , almost automatedly constructs a pistol like the one used to shoot , which he uses to shoot their Chinese waiter ( ) . In keeping with game parameters , the other patrons of the restaurant appear more frozen than shocked , and return to their meals when tells them it was a simple misunderstanding about the bill . When the pair return to the game store , ( ) informs them that Nourish is actually a double agent for Cortical Systematics , and the waiter murdered was the actual contact . The following day , the two find a diseased pod and devise a plan to sabotage all the game pods in the factory by getting infected and using her to spread the disease . When becomes infected , frees her by cutting the umbycord . But then almost bleeds to death before appears with a flame thrower , aiming it at the diseased pod . The pod bursts , releasing deadly spores all over the factory . Before leaving , stabs in the back . 
 and suddenly find themselves back in the ski lodge , and it seems like they have lost the game , and they discover that 's game pod is also diseased . is confused by the disease 's crossover from the game into reality . However , immediately notices rubbing his back and realizes that gave an infected bioport in order to destroy her game . She inserts a disinfecting device into 's bioport . Unexpectedly , reappears as a Realist resistance fighter and escorts and outside to witness the death of eXistenZ. Before can kill , he is shot in the back by , who is a double agent for Cortical Systematics . He informs that he copied her game data while he was fixing her pod . In revenge , she kills . then reveals that he himself was sent to kill her ; he is a Realist . But she informs him that she knew of his true intentions ever since he pointed the gun at her in the Chinese restaurant , so she kills him by detonating the disinfecting device in his bioport by remote control . 
 In yet another unexpected twist , the two are then shown sitting on a stage together with the main players from the game . It turns out that the story itself is in fact a virtual reality game called " tranCendenZ " played by the cast . This is enforced by more natural acting , and less formulaic dialogue , along with cutaways from and . Another difference occurs when it is revealed that players are using electronic devices rather than game pods . The real game designer , , feels uneasy because the game started with the assassination of a game designer and had an overall anti - game theme that he suspects originated from the thoughts of one of the testers . and approach him ( with 's pet dog close by ) and ask him if he should pay for his crimes of deforming reality . As 's assistant calls for security , and grab pistols hidden under the dog 's false mane and shoot and to death . As in the restaurant scene , the other players appear more frozen than shocked . As and leave , they aim their guns at the person who played the Chinese waiter , who first pleads for his life , then asks if they are still in the game . The last shot is of and standing together in wide - eyed silence .

aka " The Eye " ( ) is an intelligence agent whose current assignment is to track down the socialite son of his wealthy boss and find out what trouble he has gotten himself into . This leads him to ( ) , a serial killer who is in a relationship with the son , whom she murders . is a witness to the crime . 
 At Penn Station in Pittsburgh , commits yet another murder , enabling to finally corner her as he prepares to call for backup . Instead of turning her in , follows her in an effort to save her . He hallucinates constantly that his young daughter — whom he has n't seen since his ex - wife took custody of her — is with him , and comes to think of as a vulnerable , lost child . 
 follows her across the country and through several murders . He soon discovers that and her father were homeless and that he had abandoned her , explaining her pathological hatred of men . When helps a rich blind man ( ) in an airport , the two become involved , fall in love and become engaged , and it looks like they might even live a happy life together . , who has witnessed all of this , can not bear to let her go , and is willing to do anything to stop her from having a relationship with another man . While the couple is on the way to the chapel for the wedding , shoots out one of their tires and the car crashes , killing ' fiancé . Stephen follows a grief - stricken as she takes off for the desert . 
 A drug addict named ( ) picks up when her car dies , and tries to seduce her ; when she rebuffs his advances , he beats her unconscious and injects her with heroin so he can rape her while she is unconscious . arrives just in time to save and gives a thorough beating . loses her unborn baby before fleeing to Alaska , with on her trail . 
 In Alaska , gains the courage to ask out , as he is a frequent patron of the diner at which she waitresses . They have a few drinks in the evening , both getting emotional , and mentions where she would like to be buried when she dies . She then says she has nothing to offer and that he should leave her alone . The next day the police , as well as ' psychiatrist ( ) , come to the diner to arrest her . tries to save her , taking her to his trailer . There she is horrified to find out that he has been following her . She shoots him with 's revolver , although she does n't realize that he had loaded it with blank cartridges . She flees and he follows her on a motorcycle . He catches up to her , and she realizes he is the " Angel " who saved her time and time again . At this revelation she crashes her car . Before she dies , lying in his arms , she tells him she knows that he is her " Angel . "

Dr. and are a young married couple living in New York . They attend a Christmas party hosted by a wealthy patient , , where is reunited with , a medical school drop - out who now plays piano professionally . While a Hungarian man named attempts to seduce , two young models attempt the same with . He is interrupted by his host who had been having sex with , a young woman who has overdosed on a speedball . recovers with 's aid . 
 The following evening at home , while smoking marijuana , when asks him if he had sex with the two girls , reassures her that he had not . She inquires if he is jealous of men who are attracted to her . He thinks women are more faithful than men . She tells him of a recent fantasy she had about a naval officer they had met on vacation . Disturbed by 's revelation , is called by the daughter of a patient who has just died . After visiting the home , he goes to a prostitute named but phones as begins to kiss . Meeting at the jazz club , learns that has an engagement where he must play piano blindfolded . learns that to gain admittance , one needs a costume , a mask , and the password , which had written down . goes to a costume shop and offers the owner , Mr. , a generous amount of money to rent a costume . In the shop , catches his teenage daughter with two Japanese men and expresses outrage at their lack of decency . 
 takes a taxi to the country mansion mentioned by . He gives the password and discovers a sexual ritual is taking place . A woman warns him he is in terrible danger . A porter then takes him to the ritual room , where a disguised red - cloaked Master of ceremonies confronts with a question about a second password . says he has forgotten it . The masked woman who had tried to warn Bill intervenes and insists that she will redeem him . is ushered from the mansion and warned not to tell anyone about what happened there . 
 Just before dawn , arrives home guilty and confused . He finds laughing loudly in her sleep and awakens her . While crying , she tells him of a troubling dream in which she was having sex with the naval officer and many other men , and laughing at the idea of seeing her with them . Later that morning , goes to 's hotel , where the desk clerk tells that a bruised and frightened checked out a few hours earlier after returning with two large , dangerous - looking men . goes to return the costume , but not the mask , which he has misplaced , and learns has sold his daughter into prostitution . 
 returns to the country mansion in his own car and is met at the gate by a man with a note warning him to cease and desist his inquiries . After reading a newspaper story about a beauty queen who died of a drug overdose , views the body at the morgue and identifies it as . is summoned to 's house , where he is confronted with the events of the past night and day . was one of those involved with the ritual orgy , and identified and his connection with . claims that he had followed for his own protection , and that the warnings made against by the society are only intended to scare him from speaking about the orgy . However , he implies the society is capable of acting on their threats . 
 asks about the death of , whom has identified as the masked woman at the party who 'd " sacrificed " herself to prevent 's punishment , and about the disappearance of , the piano player . insists that is safely back at his home in Seattle . also says the " punishment " was a charade by the secret society to further frighten , and it had nothing to do with 's death ; she was a hooker and addict and had died from another accidental drug overdose . does not know if is telling the truth about 's disappearance or 's death , but he says nothing further . 
 When he returns home , finds the rented mask on his pillow next to his sleeping wife . He breaks down in tears and decides to tell the whole truth of the past two days . The next morning , they go Christmas shopping with their daughter . muses that they should be grateful that they have survived , that she loves him and there is something they must do as soon as possible . When asks what it is , she replies , " Fuck . "

The unnamed Narrator is a traveling automobile recall specialist who suffers from insomnia . When he is unsuccessful at receiving medical assistance for it , the admonishing doctor suggests he realize his relatively small amount of suffering by visiting a support group for testicular cancer victims . The group assumes that he , too , is affected like they are , and he spontaneously weeps into the nurturing arms of another man , finding a freedom from the catharsis that relieves his insomnia . He decides to participate in support groups of various kinds , always allowing the groups to assume that he suffers what they do . However , he begins to notice another impostor , , whose presence reminds him that he is attending these groups dishonestly , and this disturbs his bliss . The two negotiate to avoid their attending the same groups , but , before going their separate ways , gives him her phone number . 
 On a flight home from a business trip , the meets , a soap salesman with whom he begins to converse after noticing the two share the same kind of briefcase . After the flight , the Narrator returns home to find that his apartment has been destroyed by an explosion . With no one else to contact , he calls , and they meet at a bar . After a conversation about consumerism , outside the bar , chastises the for his timidity about needing a place to stay . requests that the hit him , which leads the two to engage in a fistfight . The Narrator moves into 's home , a large dilapidated house in an industrial area of their city . They have further fights outside the bar on subsequent nights , and these fights attract growing crowds of men . The fighting eventually moves to the bar 's basement where the men form a club ( " Fight Club " ) which routinely meets only to provide an opportunity for the men to fight recreationally . 
 overdoses on pills and telephones the for help ; he eventually ignores her , leaving his phone receiver without disconnecting . notices the phone soon after , talks to her and goes to her apartment to save her . and become sexually involved . He warns the Narrator never to talk to about him . More fight clubs form across the country and , under 's leadership ( and without the Narrator 's knowledge ) , they become an anti - materialist and anti - corporate organization , Project Mayhem , with many of the former local Fight Club members moving into the dilapidated house and improving it . 
 The Narrator complains to about excluding him from the newer manifestation of the Fight Club organization Project Mayhem . Soon after , leaves the house without notice . When a member of Project Mayhem is killed by the police during a botched sabotage operation , the Narrator tries to shut down the project . Seeking , he follows evidence of 's national travels . In one city , a Project Mayhem member greets the Narrator as . The Narrator calls from his hotel room and discovers that also believes him to be . suddenly appears in his hotel room , and reveals that they are dissociated personalities in the same body . When the Narrator has believed himself to be asleep , has been controlling his body and traveling to different locations . 
 The Narrator blacks out after the conversation , and when he awakes , he uncovers 's plans to erase debt by destroying buildings that contain credit card companies ' records . The Narrator tries to warn the police , but he finds that these officers are members of the Project . He attempts to disarm the explosives in a building , but subdues him and moves him to the uppermost floor . Held at gunpoint by , the Narrator realizes that , in sharing the same body with , he himself is actually in control holding " 's " gun . The Narrator fires it into his own mouth , shooting through the cheek without killing himself . collapses with an exit wound to the back of his head , and the Narrator stops mentally projecting him . Afterward , Project Mayhem members bring a kidnapped to him , believing him to be , and leave them alone . Holding hands , the and watch as the explosives detonate , collapsing many buildings around them .

( ) is a highly decorated " local hero " officer of the New York police department who lives in a downtown apartment complex . Despite his locale and rampant run of drag queens in his building , he tends to keep to himself and still lives a life involved with lovely women , dancing and dining . One night , he hears gunshots upstairs , and while ascending to help suffers a stroke . He awakens with the right side of his body paralyzed resulting in poor speech and posture , and giving him an unrecoverable limp that requires him to use a cane to get around . 
 He suffers a massive blow to his ego , and becomes ashamed to be seen in public in such a fashion . ( ) is one of 's drag queen neighbors , and the two are at - odds constantly due to their differing lifestyles . has a desire to undergo a transsexual operation , but lacks the money to do so . When comes to to use his musical talents for voice lessons to overcome his impediment , the pair while at first argumentative and uncomfortable with the other begin to become friends . begins to gain confidence and make strides to return to a normal life . However , their friendship is marred when shows a stash of money , hidden in the body of his dress making mannequin , which is enough to pay for his operation . When inquires how got the money , says he stole it from a drug pusher , who was also responsible for the attack the night Walter had his stroke . Outraged by this , and part ways angrily . 
 One night , after returning from a drag beauty contest called " Flawless " , is accosted by the criminals who had crept into his apartment to find the stolen money . hears the commotion and runs up to save 's life . locks himself in the bedroom , and when comes in on them , the criminals turn their attention on him , prompting to return the favor . In the fight , is shot by the criminals , but the pair are able to subdue them . While boarding an ambulance with , gives the paramedics the stolen cash to ensure that is okay . The pair again rekindle their friendship , setting their personal differences aside .

On the second to last day of the season , 's team , the Atlanta Hawks , are about to play against the New York Yankees . receives news from a friend in the media that he is about to be traded . Just the night before , his girlfriend did not show up at his hotel room , and reaches the conclusion that it is time to move on and finally make the transition from boyhood to manhood . 
 Over half the book tells the story of that final game , with flashbacks from the pitching mound and dugout to incidents throughout 's life . is determined that his last game will also be his greatest , even though , with all the young new players on the Yankees , they are a far superior team . As he strikes out his opponents one after the other , he soon becomes aware of the fact that he has held the Yankees at bay thus far , not allowing one hit from the more talented Yankees team . He soon becomes determined to pitch a perfect game . Meanwhile , he reflects on his personal life , and especially on , whom he finally realizes that he loves , even though he has never shown her that he really does . That morning told him she was going to London and was leaving immediately , so the two key passions of his life , and baseball , are about to vanish forever . 
 As the game proceeds , feels the sharp pain in his arm that comes with age . Nevertheless , he refuses to give up the pitching mound , and chooses instead to divert his attention by delving deeper into his life and his relationship . At the end of the game , he has pitched a perfect game and retires from baseball with a new dignity . After the celebrations , he heads to the hotel and dials 's home , where he plans to go to tell his feelings . With baseball behind him , he has grown from a boy who has led a life into manhood . 
 This short book was discovered after 's death , and publishing was arranged by his son , author . The book was made into a movie by ]

Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly, Jena Malone, Brian Cox

( ) is a " blurb " writer responsible for writing the short introductions on the sleeves of hardcover books . On his way from his home in New York City to Savannah , Georgia for his wedding to ( ) , he 's already anxious about flying . His nerves are worsened when he 's seated next to ( ) , a free - spirited drifter who begins to talk to immediately . On takeoff , a bird flies into one of the engines , causing a flameout . Now completely afraid to fly , reluctantly agrees to travel with , who also needs to get to Savannah within a few days . 
 During the course of their trip , luck seems to want to prevent them from getting to their destination — from being on the wrong car of a train to getting caught in various thunderstorms . However , is impressed by 's fun - loving personality , and starts to form a close bond with her . As they get nearer to their destination , starts to wonder if he 's making the right choice in getting married to , or if he should just let fate pair him with , who reveals that she is separated from her son who lives in Savannah . Upon arrival , and still agree to get married since they realize even after everything that has happened , they truly love each other . witnesses the reconciliation and sneaks away to go find her son and move on with her life .

As Christmas season approaches , is invited by his father , , to join him for a skiing holiday in Park City , Utah . convinces several of his friends to come along . There is , who brings along his German girlfriend , , but has competition for her from a German ski instructor , . Another friend , , is gay and wants to lose his virginity . discovers his sister is pregnant and has no plans to tell the man who might be the father . also has issues with his friend , , who wants their relationship to become romantic .

The former cast of the cult television space - adventure series Galaxy Quest spend most of their days attending fan conventions and promotional stunts . Though , the series ' former lead star , thrives on the attention , the other cast members — , , and , resent 's irresponsible and self - serving attitude . 
 During a convention , is approached by a group calling themselves Thermians , led by , who request his help ; believing this to be a scheduled fan event , he agrees to be picked up the next morning . is unaware that the Thermians are really aliens , tentacled beings using human holographic disguises . is hungover when he is picked up , and falls asleep as they take him through space to a exact , functional version of the NSEA Protector , the starship from Galaxy Quest . Still hazy , proceeds to give orders as captain , directing them to strike on , a warlord that seeks to eliminate the Thermians . Only when is transported back to Earth does he realize that the ship is real . 
 eagerly explains the events of the previous day to his cast members , but they consider it part of his drunken ramblings . When , another Thermian , appears and requests 's help further , he convinces the cast including , who cameoed as a redshirt in an episode , to join him . Once aboard the Protector , they are astonished by the ship , and stumble with the controls , as the Thermians only built the ship to the show 's specifications but do not know how to operate it . When attacks again , they evade through a magnetic minefield and take heavy damage , disabling their power core . 
 The humans take a shuttle to a nearby planet to recover a new power core , having to deal with its hostile native lifeforms . By the time they return , they find that has taken over the Protector . discovers that the Thermians , having no understanding of the concept of fiction , took Galaxy Quest as a documentary , and is forced to explain they are actors to . sets the self - destruct mechanism and leaves a sacrificial guard aboard while he returns to his ship . and use a tactic from the show to overpower their guards and free the others . While the cast and Thermian crew make repairs and familiarize themselves with the ship , and travel through the bowels of the ship to shut off the self - destruct sequence , aided over a misplaced Thermian communicator by superfan and his friends on Earth with detailed knowledge of the show . 
 With the ship repaired , leads his cast and the Thermians to attack ' ship with the magnetic mines , destroying it . The crew prepares to head home through a black hole and leaving in command , with giving him confidence that the Thermians can run the ship . Suddenly , who had teleported onto the Protector just before his ship was destroyed , appears on the bridge and attacks them . activates " Omega-13 " , a plot device from the show that reverts time by 13 seconds , giving him opportunity to knock out when he first appears . However , the scuffle has caused the ship to travel too fast , too close to Earth . informs them that they must separate the ship or die . The cast say their goodbyes , the alien crew all heading to the second bridge – though , who has fallen in love with , goes with the cast . 
 The command module is flung back to Earth , but the cast have no indicators where to land . and his friends set off fireworks near the convention center , where their convention is still ongoing , to guide them . The module comes to a crash landing , breaking through the center 's wall into an auditorium . As the crew exit the still - smoking module , the gathered fans assume this to be part of the act . wakes up and comes out of the ship after the cast , attempting to fire on them , but is able to vaporize him with a weapon . The fans cheer in excitement . 
 Some time later , a revival of Galaxy Quest has been produced . The theme song plays as the credits are shown : the same cast , but this time with the additions of and . 
 At the end of the credits , can be heard saying " Never give up ; never surrender ! " – 's character 's signature line .

Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell, Daryl Mitchell

sees himself as a retainer of , a local mobster , who saved life years earlier . While living as a hitman for the American Mafia , he adheres to the code of the samurai , and interprets and applies the wisdom of the . 
 tells to kill a gangster , , who is sleeping with the daughter of local mafia boss . arrives and kills the gangster , before seeing that the girl is also in the room ; he leaves her alive . To avoid being implicated in the murder of a made man , and his associate decide to get rid of . knows practically nothing about , the hitman communicates only by homing pigeon . The mobsters start by tracing all the pigeon coops in town . They find cabin atop a building and kill his pigeons . realizes he must kill the mafia or they will kill him and his master . 
 During the day , frequently visits the park to see his best friend , an ice cream man named . does not understand French and does not understand English but the two seem to understand each other . also makes friends with a little girl named , to whom he lends the book Rashomon . 
 Eventually , attacks 's mansion and kills almost everyone he encounters single - handed , sparing only and 's daughter . At night , kills in his house . expects that will attack him ( as he feels that must avenge the murder of his boss ) . He goes to the park and gives all his money , helping him to stay in the country . appears and gives back to , saying that she liked it . gives his copy of Hagakure and encourages her to read it . 
 Though feels some loyalty to , he finally confronts him at 's ice cream stand with and watching . is unwilling to attack his master and allows to kill him . His last act is to give the copy of Rashōmon and encourage him to read it . takes gun and shoots at but the gun is empty . dies peacefully with and at his side . Later , reads the Hagakure .

After 18 - year - old has a nervous breakdown and overdoses , she is checked into a psychiatric hospital , Claymoore . On the ward , she befriends , a childlike schizophrenic , , a pathological liar , and , who self - harms and has obsessive - compulsive disorder . She is drawn to sociopath , who is rebellious but charismatic , and encourages to stop taking her medication and resist therapy . 
 has been at Claymoore for years , and knows how to manipulate its staff . She convinces to escape with her , and they run away to 's home . has been recently released and is living in a house provided by her adoring father . After taunts for the sexual abuse she suffers from her father , finds dead the next morning from an apparent suicide with her wrists slit and she hanged herself . is appalled when searches 's room and body for cash . Realizing she does not want to become like , she phones for an ambulance and returns to Claymoore . 
 works on her painting and writing , and cooperates with her therapy . Before she is released , is returned to Claymoore . She steals 's diary and reads it for the amusement of the patients , turning them against . After reading an entry in which feels sympathy for being a cold , dark person , attacks , who runs . After confronts her , breaks down and tries to commit suicide , but the patients talk her out of it . Before is released the next day , she goes to see . reflects that she will remember forever .

Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy, Vanessa Redgrave, Whoopi Goldberg

Around Christmas , ( ) , working overtime at her supermarket job to avoid being evicted , is approached at work by ( ) and ( ) , who ask if they can buy 20 hits of ecstasy ; they were originally hoping to buy from her absent co worker , ( ) . 
 After work , approaches 's dealer , ( ) , for the drugs but , as she is unable to pay the full amount , leaves her friend and other co worker , ( ) , with as collateral . Before she can give and the drugs , grows suspicious of ( ) , a stranger with the two who presses her for the ecstasy . 
 In a panic , she flushes the drugs down the toilet and leaves . then steals over the counter pills to replace the ecstasy she disposed of , helped by her friend and another co worker , ( ) , who swallowed two of the ecstasy pills without knowing their strength . gives 20 of the fake pills to , and she , , and make their way to a rave , where she sells the pills she stole as ecstasy . 
 soon discovers the pills are fake and pursues , discovering her at the rave . flees with , but he is overcome by the drugs . leaves him in an alley and promises to return with her car , but confronts her with a gun in the parking lot . Before he can shoot , she is hit by a car that speeds away . 
 The story restarts from the perspective of , who is on a trip to Las Vegas with ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . and soon get food poisoning , leaving and to their own devices . crashes a wedding and has sex with two of the bridesmaids before their hotel room accidentally catches fire . and leave the hotel , stealing a car from someone who thinks is a parking attendant . 
 The pair goes to a strip club , where orders a private lap dance for them using 's loaned credit card , but he enrages the bouncer , , by groping one of the strippers . shoots with a gun that he found in the stolen car , and he and flee to the hotel , rousing and . The four barely escape the bouncer and his father , ( ) , but traces 's address from the credit card left at the strip club . 
 The story then changes perspective to and , actors in a daytime soap opera who are secretly in a relationship . Having been busted for drug possession , they are forced to work with , a police detective , to entrap their dealer . is fitted with a wire . When they can not find their usual dealer , , the two convince to come up with the drugs . When arrives later to make the deal , has a change of heart and secretly warns her away , leading her to dispose of the drugs in the bathroom . 
 After the unsuccessful bust , invites and to Christmas dinner , where they observe strange behavior from and his wife , . and finally pitch an Amway - type company to the two over dinner , but the pair make excuses and leave . Idly discussing their mutual infidelities , and realize they both cheated with the same person , . They discover he is at a rave and confront him there , cutting his long hair . 
 While leaving the rave , they accidentally run over in the parking lot , panicking and driving away when they see with a gun . tries to reassure that , even if had survived being run over , would have shot her . then discovers to his horror that he is still wearing his wire . Fearing they have been recorded and will be discovered , the two return to the accident scene to remove 's body , but discover she is still alive . They prop her up on a car , setting off its alarm , and watch from a distance as other partygoers call for an ambulance . 
 As morning breaks , goes to a restaurant where she hopes to meet up with and , but sees instead . The two end up talking and going back to 's apartment building . While making out on the stairs , they are confronted by and Sr . offers 's address just as arrives , having hoped to hide for a few days . There is a scuffle but it is stopped by , who refuses to witness a murder . 
 As a form of " justice , " agrees to be shot in the arm by as leaves in disgust . Meanwhile , wakes up in a hospital and hobbles back to the supermarket , where is also working . Realizing she left at the rave , returns with to the venue to find pale and shaken in an alley . The three go to 's car , where muses that she can now pay her rent . asks , to the incredulity of and , what their plans are for New Year 's .

Sarah Polley, Desmond Askew, Scott Wolf, Katie Holmes, Jay Mohr, Taye Diggs

plays , a misfit in her snobbish and upperclass family of lawyers , who has just gotten accepted to law school at Harvard . At her sister 's wedding , after being sent out from her hiding place in the storage room with a bottle of champagne , she meets ( ) , a bohemian photographer who takes an instant liking to her and nicknames her " " . Her visit to his loft in order to pick up the wedding photographs soon blossoms into a full - blown affair , and eventually moves in with as he instructs her in the ways of art , in particular photography . 
 After a brutal confrontation with 's mother ( ) , and 's discovery that has a history of relationships with young women , the film comes to a climax in a downtrodden L.A. hotel where ends the relationship by kicking out . She returns only once , five years later , as he is dying from cirrhosis of the liver , and meets the other he has had . On the rooftop , she describes her personal view of his kind of heaven , which she affectionately titles " The Connie Special " .

Three prisoners escape from a chain gang , and two of them , and ( and ) run away to Happy , Texas , where they pose as the gay organizers of a beauty pageant . They put on a show with the small girls of the town while hiding from the law and waiting for the opportunity to rob the local bank . 
 Their scheme is complicated by the fact that the local sheriff ( ) is gay , and he 's attracted to the prisoner . Straight on the other hand is attracted to local lady banker ( ) . Meanwhile , " gay " , also actually straight , gets it on with the local pageant coodinator , ( ) .

Steve Zahn, Jeremy Northam, Ally Walker, Illeana Douglas, William H. Macy

Lazy stoner teenager ' parents wind up dead on Halloween , with all the clues pointing to him . After killing his best friends and , realizes that his right hand has become possessed . Unable to control his hand , throws his cat across the street and while searching for it , he encounters his neighbor and the two start a relationship . holds a funeral for his parents and friends . However , and decide not to go to heaven , returning to their former bodies and rising from the grave . 
 Meanwhile , a druidic high priestess named is hunting the spirit responsible for killings across the country . After his hand kills two cops in his living room , cuts it off with a cleaver . and seek out a First - Aid Kit while traps the hand in a microwave , burning it . Meanwhile , ( now along with , 's neighbor ) hunts down to put a stop to the possessed hand . After sending to the school dance , returns home to finish off the hand . Unfortunately and inadvertently release the hand . The three then steal 's truck and head to the school . and go to the Halloween dance to watch over , while looks for the hand . and meet up with . explains that the hand will drag 's soul into the netherworld . crashes the dance and tries to warn everyone about his hand , but is ignored . 
 The hand then scalps the band 's lead singer and causes a panic . and her friend ( ) escape through the vents . They attempt to go through a fan , which they have stopped with 's shoe , but gets hung on the rope , tries to pulls off the fan and 's hand ends up removing 's shoe , allowing her to be pulled to her death in the fan . then runs into the art room , causing her to get knocked out . enters and fights with the hand while it is inside a puppet but it escapes to the auto shop , where is strapped to a car in her bra and panties , being raised toward the ceiling . , , and fight with the hand over the controls . finds a mechanic 's bong and he and smoke " for strength " . blows some smoke into the hand ( still inside a hand - puppet ) until it drops the controls and they save . throws a ritual knife into the hand , stopping it in a puff of smoke and fire . She and take off for " ritualistic sex . " releases from the top of the car , they go under the car and start making out . In the process of lighting the bong for , accidentally hits the controls for the car , and is crushed by the car . 
 In the film 's conclusion , is in a body - cast in the hospital , having given up heaven to stay with , and and are now his Guardian Angels .

Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Jessica Alba, Vivica A. Fox, Elden Henson

( ) is a suburban housewife and mother who illustrates children 's stories , and is married to an airline pilot ( ) . Her world unravels when her daughter is kidnapped and brutally murdered . 
 is haunted by her daughter 's murderer , a serial killer named ( ) . She has several visions of the murders he commits next . When doctors diagnose her as psychotic , is committed to a mental institution . She receives a vision of kidnapping another child , and escapes to track him down and stop him from killing again .

Annette Bening, Katie Sagona, Aidan Quinn, Robert Downey Jr., Stephen Rea

( Epps ) is a recent graduate of the Cincinnati police academy who dreams of working undercover . manages to get an undercover assignment the day of graduation and earns the praise of his superiors . Good at earning the trust of small - time drug dealers , is given the task of taking down statewide crack dealer ( LL Cool J ) , an underworld boss so powerful that his nickname is " God " . is known as a family man and a man of the people , contributing to his community and helping those in need . However , there is another side to him , a ruthless leader of a criminal empire who will torture or kill anyone without question . controls eighty percent of the drug traffic in Cincinnati , Ohio , controls many of his opponents through bribery or intimidation , and appears to be untouchable . Building up his skills and credentials as an effective undercover officer , earns the praise and adoration from his superiors , and he is eventually assigned to undercover work in the case against . 
 Cole goes undercover , posing as a drug dealer under the name of from Akron , Ohio . He is determined to be the man who brings down underworld empire . has to prove he has street cred to gain a place in 's crew . At one point sends out on a mission with a couple of his cohorts with the intention of killing a man that wants dead . Trapped in that position , goes along and has to find a way not to kill this man , but not blow his cover . This on the car ride over . What he does is chase the man firing shots at him , but misses intentionally . Thus the crew believe he 's loyal , but has bad aim . eventually becomes close with one of the members of ' crew , ) . Later on , eludes an assassination attempt by members of ' crew that he was with earlier . goes to , thinking that he was set up by or . Once advises that he had nothing to do with that , nor did , and the guys acted on their own accord , leaves . 
 's superiors are impressed at his undercover work and how close he has gotten to , earning his trust while providing his superiors with intricate details into ' organization . 's superior , ( ) worries that the line between cop and bad guy is getting blurred and that both identities are becoming one . He begins to see behavioral changes in , as more and more , starts to assume the identity , and believes that is getting too far deep undercover that , characteristically and morally , he may not be able to recover from . Because of this , places on forced hiatus from undercover and sends him to a place in the woods far from the city to get his head straight and re - discover himself . 
 During that time , rediscoveres his identity and meets ( ) , an aspiring model during one of 's photography classes . The two eventually begin dating and ( who checks in on from time to time ) begins to take notice of his new life away from undercover work . tries to convince to let him go back undercover in the case , to no avail . is too concerned for becoming the persona and losing his identity for good . is eventually overruled by District Attorney ( ) and DEA agent ( ) , reasoning that is the only undercover cop to infiltrate crew as deep as he has , and is the person who can bring down ' organization . is then reassigned to the case . , realizing that he has to go back undercover , begins to distance herself from . 
 As becomes once again , he becomes reacquainted with . starts to see becoming unhinged and his sporadic violence in the community ( with one example , beating a man and woman in the streets in broad daylight with his infant son in the car ) , going as far as beating one of his close associates with a pool stick and ramming the stick up the guy 's anus , killing the man for making a pass at his baby 's mother . The ruthlessness starts to get to , as he dives deeper into his cover . The further goes undercover , the more his identities and loyalties are blurred between , the undercover officer , and , the gangster from Akron that has earned full trust . Because of this , begins to alienate himself from his superiors , his fellow officers , and even , as begins to lose reality of who he is , becoming more and more the gangster . 
 wants to pull out of undercover again , as he sees his officer becoming unhinged and becoming . and disagree , and they come up with a sting to bust meeting with his suppliers , to which eventually agrees after convinces him the importance of this sting . During the sting , where and are meeting with ' suppliers , the police arrive to arrest and the suppliers . A gunfight ensues , with the police and . advises his crew to lower their weapons and surrender ( advising that his lawyers will get them out and a shootout with police is futile ) . shields from police and a standoff ensues between the officers and an unhinged , struggling between his loyalties . Realizing he is losing himself , Det . ( ) talks him down and reminds him that he is , not , and to lower his weapon . eventually gets a hold of himself and lowers his gun . As is being read his Miranda rights , requests to bring in ( and exposes 's identity as an undercover cop ) . , in disbelief , denies all allegations that is an undercover cop . Eventually realizes the magnitude of the situation and that is a cop ; calls a sellout , and leaves in police custody . 
 During trial , ( now out of undercover and back to his normal identity ) testifies against and his organization . puts in a good word for , helping him reduce his sentence . Because of the evidence against him and 's testimony , is convicted and sentence to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole . and share a final glance before is taken away . 
 As and hold a press conference for the conviction of ( taking credit for 's undercover work in the process ) , and ( assumed to be back together ) are driving and listening to the press conference . switches off the radio , while reminds that his undercover work was the sole reason is behind bars . The last scenes are shown where is teaching new young officers about undercover work , and the importance to never lose their cover or get too deep .

is a security guard working at the robotics laboratory in Riverton , Ohio , run by and his daughter , to whom is attracted . and create a lifelike robotic foot as part of the Gadget Program , an organization for manufacturing computerized law enforcement officers . Sadistic tycoon attacks the lab , steals the foot , and murders before escaping in his limo . chases him down in his Chevette and in the ensuing chase blows up the upside down wreck and leaves for dead . A bowling ball coming from the blast of the Chevette crushes and amputates 's hand , forcing him to replace it with a mechanical claw and taking the alias " . " 
 barely survives the explosion , and due to his devotion to pursuing her father 's killer , chooses him to be the first test subject for the Gadget Program . Under 's guidance , becomes , equipped with a variety of crimefighting and investigating tools , as well as a car named the Gadgetmobile run by an AI program . , with the help of scientist and minion , plots to use the technology he stole to make robotic mercenaries to sell to the world . However he is unable to get the foot to function due to a control chip left in the lab . Police chief , seeing Gadget as merely a publicity stunt and not a true police officer , refuses to let him help on the case , causing to procure evidence on his own . With help from , suspects , who now works for . uses 's robotics research to manufacture a new control chip for his android , a robotic version of , " Robo - Gadget , " and sets it loose to cause chaos in Riverton . infiltrates 's lab but is caught and deactivated , crushing his control chip . 
 , , her dog Brain , and the Gadgetmobile track to the junkyard but find him unresponsive . kisses him , and the power of 's heart reanimates his body without the need for the control chip . After dropping and off at home , , and the Gadgetmobile give chase to 's limo . and Robo - are thrown off and do battle , ending with detaching Robo - Gadget 's head . uses his helicopter hat to fly to 's headquarters , where he is planning to escape with via a helicopter . In the confrontation , uses an improvised weapon to forcibly activate 's claw , breaking the helicopter 's control stick and causing it to go out of control . and use a parasol to escape safely , and lands via parachute but is arrested by the police . arrives with a guilt - stricken who surrenders the technology stole from and has told everything about 's plans . Saluted by , departs with and as vows revenge . 
 During the end credits , several afterscene clips play , including going to a minion - recovery group , and the Gadgetmobile addresses the audience till the end of the credits .

Matthew Broderick, Rupert Everett, Joely Fisher, Michelle Trachtenberg, Andy Dick

The film examines the mind of anthropologist ( ) who had been missing for a few years , living in the jungle with gorillas . He is convicted of killing and injuring several supposed Wilderness Park Rangers in Africa , and is sent to prison . A bright young psychiatrist , ( ) , tries to find out why he killed them , but becomes entangled in a quest to learn the true history and nature of humankind . Eventually it is revealed that during the course of 's stay with the gorillas , they accepted him as part of their group ; he was attempting to protect his gorilla family when the rangers arrived and started shooting them . He gets a hearing to reveal the truth , but an attack by a vicious guard on the other prisoners causes to be reminded of the killed gorillas and stop talking again . At the end of the film , escapes from prison using a pen to dig out the lock on a window , and heads back to Africa .

Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, Maura Tierney

In Poland of early 1944 , a Polish - Jewish shopkeeper named is summoned to the German headquarters after being falsely accused of being out after curfew . While waiting for the commander , overhears a German radio broadcast speaking about Soviet offensives . Returned to the ghetto , shares his information with a friend , sparking rumors that there is a secret radio within the ghetto . After hesitating , decides to use the chance to spread hope throughout the ghetto by continuing to tell the optimistic , fantastic tales that he allegedly heard from his " secret radio " and his lies keep hope and humor alive among the isolated ghetto inhabitants . He also has a real secret in that he is hiding a young Jewish girl who escaped from an extermination camp deportation train . 
 However , the Gestapo learn of the mythical radio and begin a search for the resistance hero who dares operate it . surrenders himself to the Germans as they demand the person with the radio give himself up or risk hostages being killed . During interrogation , tells the police commander that he had only listened to the radio inside his office . He is ordered to announce publicly that this was all a lie , so the ghetto 's liquidation would then proceed in an orderly fashion . When presented to the public , refuses to tell the truth , but is shot before he can make his own speech . 
 At the film 's ending , says , post - mortem , that all the ghetto 's residents were then deported and were never seen again . As in the novel , there is an alternate " but maybe it was n't like that at all " ending where , following 's death , the train carrying the Jewish prisoners to the death camps is halted by Soviet troops and the occupants released .

On the morning of her 17th birthday , high - school senior ( ) , the most popular girl in Reagan High , is kidnapped in her bed by three masked assailants , one of whom stuffs a jawbreaker into her mouth as a gag before she is placed in the trunk of a car . The kidnappers turn out to be 's " friends"—Courtney ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) -- playing a cruel prank on her for her birthday , which they do annually . When the girls drive up to a diner to treat to breakfast , they open the trunk and discover she is dead , having choked to death on the jawbreaker had used to gag her . 
 wants to go to the police , but forbids her . calls the school pretending to be 's mother and tells them is ill and can not attend school , then the three go to school as though nothing had happened . ( ) , school outcast and fervent admirer of ( whom she calls " Meow " ) , is sent by the school principal , Miss ( ) , to deliver 's homework at the end of the day . She stumbles upon the three girls at 's house trying to arrange her body in bed . tries to fabricate a story that died at the hands of a rapist . 
 attempts to flee the house , but the girls catch her and buys her silence by accepting her into the clique , telling her to take 's place , despite 's protests . and give a makeover , transforming her from plain and awkward to elegant and beautiful . The transformation is so complete , introduces as the beautiful exchange student " " . 
 , overwhelmed by guilt at her part in 's death , breaks away from the clique , only to be reviled by and . As her popularity dissolves , she becomes a new target for abuse and contempt throughout the school . Her only real friend during this time is her boyfriend , a drama student named ( ) . 
 As 's popularity soars , watches in silence as spins an endless web of lies to cover up the murder and maintain her popularity . threatens to go to the police and tell the truth , but retorts that she , , and now will claim killed if she attempts to expose them . To her disgust , learns that , after they had returned 's corpse to her house , went out that same night and seduced a stranger ( ) at a sleazy bar and had sex with him in 's bed in order to frame him for the murder . 
 becomes intoxicated with her new - found popularity , which has eclipsed 's own . orders to learn her place , but vows that if does not watch her step , then she will reveal the truth behind 's death . In response , and post enlarged yearbook photos of all over the school with the message " Who is " written on them , revealing 's true identity and leaving her humiliated by the entire school . takes pity on and forgives her for being corrupted by . 
 Feeling no remorse for the lives she has destroyed , attends the senior prom with 's boyfriend , jock Dane Sanders ( ) . Meanwhile , is at home going through a bag of 's belongings that were given to her . She finds a recordable greeting card she was fiddling with when was faking 's death scene , on which 's admission to the killing was inadvertently recorded . Armed with this evidence , , and hurry to the prom . 
 When and are announced as Prom King and Queen , sneaks backstage and broadcasts the card 's message over the sound system . Disgusted , quickly abandons while hides under a table . Horrified that her scheme has unraveled , races for the exit as the rest of the furious students pelt her with corsages and other projectiles and call her a murderer . snaps a picture of to immortalize the occasion . As 's photo ends up in the yearbook , the film closes with one of quotes to Detective : " This is high school , Detective . What is a friend , anyway ? "

In Aroostook County , Maine , Marine fish and Game officer is attacked and bitten in half by something unseen in Black Lake . Sheriff , Fish and Game officer , American Museum of Natural History paleontologist , and mythology professor / crocodile enthusiast go to the lake to investigate . A series of strange events occurs , including and 's canoe mysteriously flying into the air and flipping , the discovery of a severed toe and a severed moose head , and the decapitation of , one of 's deputies . 
 Later , as and argue , a bear attacks them , but a giant saltwater crocodile then leaps out of the water and drags it into the lake . Later , after finding 's severed head , , and witness Mrs. , one of few people living on the lake , feeding a blindfolded cow to the enormous crocodile . Mrs. reveals that she has been feeding the crocodile for years after it followed her husband home . It eventually killed him . She is placed under house arrest for initially lying to the police . 
 decides to take Deputy on a trip in his helicopter , and lands it in the cove where the crocodile lives . While he is diving , it targets him , but he and escape . and plan to allow Maine Fish and Game to kill the crocodile when they arrive , but suggests instead that he lure it out of the water and drug it . reluctantly accepts the proposal , and they use one of Mrs. 's cows , dangled from the helicopter , as bait . After a few hours , the crocodile lunges at the cow . pulls up , loses the cow , and crashes the helicopter into the lake . The crocodile comes on land and attacks and . is knocked into the lake , but she makes it to the helicopter just in time . 
 The crocodile then gets trapped in the helicopter . Despite and 's protests to let the animal live , grabs a gun and shoots it . The gun is revealed to be a tranquilizer rifle . As comes out of the water , a second crocodile attacks him , but blows it up with his grenade launcher . Florida Fish and Game officers arrive seconds later . They load the crocodile on a truck and take it to Portland , Maine to figure out what to do with it . The last scene shows Mrs. feeding bread crumbs to many baby crocodiles , implying the two adults were a mating pair . During the ending credits , the surviving adult crocodile is seen tied to the back of a flat - bed truck , speeding down a road .

Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White

In the fall of 1954 , the , a Jewish family , live in Forest Park , a suburban neighborhood in the northwest section of Baltimore . At the beginning of the film , , the father , runs a burlesque theatre , and engages in a community numbers racket . His wife stays home and takes care of the household . , the older son , attends the University of Baltimore , while is finishing his final year in high school . 
 meets , an African - American girl , who begins attending his school after the district has been integrated . immediately starts to develop feelings towards , and introduces himself . The two become close based on a mutual love for , , jazz musicians , and black comedians . 's father , an affluent doctor , disapproves of their relationship and forbids them to see one another . 
 On Halloween , dresses up as , which offends his parents greatly . and his friends head over to a party in a predominantly bourgeois , gentile section of Baltimore . is attracted to a mysterious blonde woman . A fight between one of 's buddies and a gentile erupts and , one of the party - goers , drunkenly crashes his car into the house . must leave the mystery woman . 
 goes to court for the car crash . and his friends are there as witnesses . After the court session expires , asks several of the other party attendants about the blonde woman he met . discovers that the girl has fallen in love with is , his own girlfriend . 
 Meanwhile , 's burlesque theatre has problems . In order to boost returns on the numbers game , an additional bonus number is added which will increase the pay - off . Little , a local drug dealer , makes a large bet , defies expectations and hits the number . Unable to pay on such big win , is forced to cut a ' slice of the pie ' . When offers the numbers business instead , claims that is trying to " Jew " him out of his money and a fight breaks out between their bodyguards . 
 gives two tickets to see & The Famous Flames in concert . At the concert and his friend are the only white patrons in the audience . and his friends head out to a gathering , where he again runs into and learns of her relationship with . 
 Little then spots 's car off of Pennsylvania Avenue in the African - American neighborhood where is in concert and after seeing and his friend inside , he deduces that one of them must be 's son . After the concert , abducts , and their friends from the concert in a payback to 's racket . 
 has word that is in surgery after a car accident . He and go see him in Virginia . 
 and his associates at the nightclub are charged and booked with prostitution and racketeering . Before leaving for prison , he manages to attend and 's high school graduation . She is attending Spelman College , a historically black college in Atlanta ; he is staying to attend the University of Maryland . 
 As the film closes , the scene shows 's family attending a Jewish ceremony as the father walks out of the synagogue and blows a kiss to his wife . In a voice - over of 's adult self , he reflects on his childhood with memories of his kiss with , his father , and his bittersweet coming - of - age in 1950s Baltimore .

Elderly inmate ( ) attends the burial of two friends who recently perished in an infirmary fire in a Mississippi prison . He begins telling the two young inmates digging the graves his friends ' life story . 
 ( ) and ( ) are two New Yorkers in 1932 from two different worlds . is a small - time hustler and petty thief , and , an honest , yet often selfish minded man , has just been accepted for a job as a bank teller at First Federal of Manhattan . They are both at a club called Spanky 's when picks as his mark to pick - pocket . They both end up in the bad graces of the club 's owner ( ) , and arranges for himself and to do some boot - legging to pay off their debt , heading down south in order to buy a carload of Mississippi ' hooch ' . Before they can get back to New York , a man named ( ) , who swindled in a card game , is murdered outside of a juke joint by the town 's sheriff , ( ) , who frames and for the murder . A short time later , they go to trial , are convicted , and sentenced to life . 
 and are sent to an infamous prison camp called ' Camp 8 ' ( now Mississippi State Penitentiary ) to perform hard labor . They spend the next 65 years trying to escape from prison , while making new friends - ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) and ( ) - and dodging guards Sergeant ( ) and ( ) as their own friendship grows . has his attorney cousin , , appeal against his conviction with his girlfriend 's help , but it is denied , and shortly afterwards he finds out that has left him for . With any chance of being freed gone , attempts to escape one night with , getting as far as Tallahatchie before being captured and sentenced to a week in solitary confinement . 
 Around 1944 , 12 years later , aged 37 years old , they meet a mute inmate nicknamed ' Can't - Get - Right ' ( ) , a talented baseball player . He catches the eye of a Negro League scout who states that he can get him out of prison if he will play baseball . and , seeing an opportunity to freedom , try to convince the scout to help let them out as well , as they relate to ' Can't - Get - Right ' and get him to play best . During a dance social , confides to that he is going to be released ; however , is afraid to return to his family , being gay , and committs suicide by deliberately running across the " firing line " , getting shot and killed by the guard . After ' Can't - Get - Right ' is released to play for the Pittsburgh Crawfords , devises an escape but refuses , upset with the fact that ' Can't - Get - Right ' was released without them , leading to an argument that results in and going their separate ways . 
 Twenty - eight years later , in 1972 , Ray and are now elderly , aged 65 years old . All of the duo 's friends are gone either by death or release from prison , except for , now confined to a wheelchair . still runs the camp , who one day informs and that they will be transferred to live and work at Superintendent ' ( ) mansion . forms a friendship with , and is entrusted to drive and pick up the new superintendent , Sheriff ( ) , the man who framed them forty years earlier . While on a pheasant hunt , confronts , where the sheriff admits to framing him and with no remorse saying that " The state of Mississippi got forty years of cheap labor out of the deal . " As struggles to stop from taking revenge , attempts to kill them both , but he is shot and killed by , realizing that and are indeed innocent , covering it up as a hunting accident . He intends to give them a pardon , but dies of a heart attack before he can do so . 
 In 1997 ( present day ) , and are now very elderly , aged 90 years , living in the prison 's infirmary . tells of yet another plan he has devised , but has accepted his fate of dying in prison . That night , the infirmary catches fire , and they seemingly perish in the flames . concludes the tale by outlining ’s plan : and would steal two bodies from the morgue , start the blaze , plant the bodies , hide in the fire trucks and depart with them in the morning . When the workers ask why the plan did n't work , tells them that he " never said it did n't work " , as the inmates begin to realize that the bodies they buried are not and , who have escaped back to New York , watching a New York Yankees baseball game . The film concludes by revealing the two are again on good terms , living together in Harlem .

Restaurant owner ( ) is head - over - heels in love with his new neighbor , a French cellist named ( ) . In a desperate attempt to garner her affections , he kidnaps her beloved pet dog and offers to help her find him on a phantom dog hunt . A wrench is thrown in his plans , however , when the dog swallows his best friend 's diamond ring , and things get worse for as 's ex - fiancee , , arrives to win her back .

The narrator recounts three instances of incredible coincidences and suggests that forces greater than chance play important roles in life . 
 Police officer investigates a disturbance at a woman 's apartment , finding a body in a closet . , a neighborhood boy , tries to tell him who committed the murder but is dismissive . goes to the apartment of . 's neighbors called the police after she had an argument with her estranged father , children 's game show host , and then blasted music while snorting cocaine . Unaware of her addiction , is attracted to her and prolongs the visit . He asks her on a date that night ; she says yes . 
 hosts a long - running quiz show called What Do Kids Know ? and is dying of cancer ; he has only a few months to live . That night the newest child prodigy on the show , , takes the lead as the show begins . He is hounded by his father for the prize money and demeaned by the surrounding adults , who refuse to let him use the bathroom during a commercial break . When the show resumes , he wets himself and freezes , humiliated when everyone realizes what happened . As the show continues an inebriated sickens , and he orders the show to go on after he collapses onstage . But after 's father berates him for freezing on air , refuses to return for the final round . 
 , a former What Do Kids Know ? champion , watches the show from a bar . 's parents spent the money he won as a child , a lightning strike has damaged his mental capacity , and he has just been fired from his job at Solomon & Solomon , an electronics store , due to chronic lateness and poor sales . He is obsessed with getting oral surgery , thinking he will land the man of his dreams after he gets braces . He hatches a plan to get back at his boss by stealing the money he needs for his braces . 
 The show 's former producer , , is also dying of cancer . Earl 's trophy wife , , collects his prescriptions for morphine while he is cared for by a nurse , . asks to find his estranged son , , a motivational speaker peddling a pick - up artist course to men . is in the midst of an interview with a journalist who reveals that she knows had to take care of his dying mother after abandoned the family . An angry storms out of the interview when gets through to him . 
 goes to see 's lawyer , begging him to change 's will . She admits she married for his money , but now loves him and does not want it . The lawyer suggests she renounce the will and refuse the money , which would go to . rejects his advice and leaves in a rage . berates for seeking out , but later apologizes . She drives to a vacant parking lot and washes down handfuls of prescription medicine with alcohol . finds in her car , near death , and calls an ambulance after taking money from her purse . 
 Before his date with , takes fire during a pursuit and loses his gun . When he meets they promise to be honest with each other , so he confesses his ineptitude as a cop and admits he has not been on a date since he was divorced three years earlier . says he will hate her because of her problems , but assures her that her past does not matter . They kiss , but she runs off . 
 goes home to his wife Rose and confesses that he cheated on her . She asks why does not talk to him , and admits that believes he molested her . demands to know if it is true , but says he can not remember whether he abused . tells he deserves to die alone , and she walks out on him . decides to kill himself . 
 takes money from the & safe . As he drives away , he decides to return the money , but discovers he can not get back in as his key broke off in the lock . While climbing a utility pole to get on the roof , he is seen by a passing . Suddenly , frogs begin falling from the sky , with multiple consequences : as is about to shoot himself , frogs fall through his skylight , causing him to shoot the TV which sets his house on fire ; crashes her car in front of 's apartment , but makes it inside and reconciles with her daughter ; dies as watches the frogs ; 's ambulance crashes in front of the emergency room ; and is knocked from the pole and smashes his teeth , then is dragged to safety by . 
 counsels and helps him return the money ; his gun falls from the sky . goes to the hospital to be with , who will recover from her attempted suicide . , on his way to bed , tells his father that he needs to be nicer to him , but his father ignores him and tells him to go to bed . goes to see , telling her he wants to make things work between them ; she smiles in reply .

Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Jason Robards, Jeremy Blackman, Melora Walters, Melinda Dillon, Henry Gibson

is a struggling performer whose act fails in nightclubs because , while the audience wants comedy , he sings children 's songs and refuses to tell conventional jokes . As the audience begins to believe that may have no real talent , his peculiar " foreign man " puts on a rhinestone jacket and does a dead - on impersonation . The audience bursts into applause , realizing had tricked them . 
 He catches the eye of talent agent , who signs as a client and immediately lands him a network TV series , Taxi , much to 's dismay , since he dislikes sitcoms . Because of the money , visibility , and a promise that he can do his own television special , accepts the role , turning his foreign man into a mechanic named . Secretly he hates doing the show and expresses a desire to quit . 
 Invited to catch a different act at a nightclub , witnesses a performance by a rude , loud - mouthed lounge singer , , whom wants to guest - star on Taxi . 's bad attitude is matched by his horrible appearance and demeanor . But backstage , when he meets in person , takes off his sunglasses and reveals that he is actually . is a " villain character " created by and his creative partner , . Once again , the gag is on the audience . 
 's fame increases with his Saturday Night Live appearances , but he has problems with his newfound fame . When he travels to college campuses , audiences dislike his strange sense of humor and demand that he perform as , so he deliberately antagonizes them by reading The Great Gatsby aloud from start to finish . shows up on the Taxi set as and proceeds to cause chaos until he is removed from the studio lot . He relates to that he never knows exactly how to entertain an audience " short of faking my own death or setting the theater on fire . " 
 decides to become a professional wrestler — but to emphasize the " villain " angle , he will wrestle only women ( hired actresses ) and then berate them after winning , declaring himself " Inter - Gender Wrestling Champion . " He becomes smitten with one woman he wrestles , , and they begin a romantic relationship . 
 Problems arise when an appearance on a live TV comedy show , ABC 's Fridays , turns into a fiasco when refuses to speak his lines . Also feuds publicly with , a male professional wrestler , who challenges him to a " real wrestling match " , which accepts . easily overpowers and seriously injures , resulting in the comedian wearing a neck brace . and an injured appear on NBC 's Late Night with David Letterman , ostensibly to call a truce , but insults , who throws coffee at the wrestler and spews a vicious tirade of epithets . It is later revealed that and were in fact good friends and staged the entire feud , but pays a price when he is banned from Saturday Night Live by a vote of audience members , weary of his wrestling antics . advises and not to work together again , and later calls to inform him that Taxi has been canceled . 
 After a show at a comedy club , calls together , , and to disclose that he has been diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer and may die soon . They are n't sure whether to believe this , thinking it could be yet another stunt , with actually believing a fake death would be a fantastic prank . With little time to live , gets a booking at Carnegie Hall , his dream venue . The performance is a memorable success , culminating with inviting the entire audience out for milk and cookies . His health deteriorates . Desperate , he heads to the Philippines to seek a medical miracle through psychic surgery only to find it a hoax , laughing at the irony . He dies soon after . At his funeral , friends and loved ones sing along to " This Friendly World " with a video of . 
 One year later , in 1985 , appears at 's tribute at The Comedy Store 's main stage , performing " I Will Survive " . The camera pans over the crowd and reveals in the audience .

, a former reporter , works as a researcher for the Chicago Tribune . On a trip to Cape Cod , she finds a mysterious , intriguing and typed love letter in a bottle in the sand , addressed to . She is fascinated by it and shows it to her colleagues . They print it in their newspaper without the knowledge of and get numerous responses . One of the response contains an attached letter which was addressed to the same person and written in the same tone . Later , they receive another letter of the same kind from one of the readers which was not addressed to , but typed on the same notepad . Eventually , they track him down with the help of the typewriter and the notepad used . His name is and he lives quietly on the Outer Banks of North Carolina near his father , . 
 goes to Outer banks to research it further but when she meets him , they are attracted to each other and start becoming better acquainted . She tries to tell him about the original purpose of her visit but fears that she might lose him and postpones it . Along with the literal distance between them — they live hundreds of miles apart — there is another problem : can not quite forgive for dying and leaving him . 
 's career flourishes as the romantic " message in a bottle " tale is told in print , without naming names . makes a trip to Chicago to visit and her young son . They seem very happy together for a day , but sees his letters , becomes furious and starts to leave . But when reveals that there are three letters of the same kind , he becomes intrigued as he only wrote two of them and comes back to see another letter . The third letter , which was not addressed to , was actually written by ; in that letter , she reveals her love , her knowledge of her impending death , and how she was content with her life with , however short it might be . leaves with the letter , leaving in tears . 
 moves on with his life and sets things straight with 's family , who had been fighting with for the artworks of . He finishes his own personalized boat with the help of 's brother and names it ' ' , and sends an invitation to to visit . When goes there , she witnesses the passionate speech of about his late wife and understands that he still is in love with his late wife , and leaves him telling that he is welcome to call her when he thinks he is ready to start a new life . 
 After that night , writes a letter to and puts it in a bottle and goes sailing . A storm breaks out and desperately tries to save a family from a sinking boat and succeeds to save two out of three ; however , in the process , he himself gets drowned . 's father calls and tells her about his death . Heartbroken , goes there to say goodbye ; gives her a letter which was written by on the day of his death . In that letter , writes that he found someone else , who is as dear as to him and decides to start a new life with her , and asks for 's blessings . Though devastated , comes back contented stating that though this experience left her sad , it also helped her to feel the most important thing in life .

is an English auctioneer living in New York where he manages the auction house . He proposes marriage to his girlfriend , but is shocked to be turned down . tearfully explains that her father and most of her cousins and uncles are gangsters deeply involved in a Mafia crime family , and she is worried that may be sucked into their world . retorts that he will not let this happen , but barely is their engagement party over before he is unwittingly involved in a money laundering scam , and soon the FBI takes an interest in him . 
 When one of the money laundering scams at 's auction house goes wrong , 's cousin confronts and assaults . grabs his gun and fires a warning shot into the ceiling , which ricochets and accidentally kills . 's father finds out , and he tells he will kill unless kills during his wedding speech . Unable to carry out the deed , confesses what has ordered him to do to and the two of them turn to the FBI in return for protection . The FBI set up an elaborate operation in which 's execution will be faked at the wedding reception . is given a hidden recording device and is tasked with trying to record into admitting his criminal activity on tape before he is " executed " . 
 's plan fails , and when realises that his execution is a set - up , he orders to kill . shoots in what appears to be an accident . is arrested for ordering 's execution . As and mourn 's apparent death in the back of her ambulance , it is revealed that her death was faked as well , and that and were also involved with the FBI as a back - up plan .

As a relative newcomer to an Oregon town that bears his name , Dr. ( ) seems charming and skillful to his neighbors and patients . His unique , frank approach to psychotherapy soon attracts patients away from the two therapists ( and ) already working in the area . 
 Soon he is treating a variety of conditions , ranging from the obsession of one man ( ) to erotic novels to an unhappily married woman ( ) and her compulsive shopping . befriends a billionaire computer mogul ( ) and a cafe waitress ( ) and attempts to play matchmaker . He also begins to fall for a patient ( ) who suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome . 
 Together with an attorney ( ) , a patient had rejected because of his narcissism , the rival therapists conspire to find skeletons in 's closet , hoping to destroy his reputation . Meanwhile , 's inherent likability causes his life to become intertwined with much of the rest of the town .

Loren Dean, Jason Lee, Hope Davis, Alfre Woodard, Mary McDonnell, Ted Danson, Martin Short, Zooey Deschanel, Pruitt Taylor Vince

The Great has always been identified as a " whatever " ; but , after having disturbing dreams of abandonment and rejection , he begins to realize just how alone he is in the world . One of his nightmares involves his being denied entry by onto his Ark. The next morning , tells that he is getting tired of being referred to as a " whatever . " After an alien race appears to be trying to send him a strange mysterious message through his bowl of cereal , realizes that he may not be so alone after all and climbs to the rooftop to watch the sky . is hit by a shooting star and communicates with a pair of cosmic fish , who reveal his origins as an alien from outer space . 
 Unable to convince and his friends of the aliens ' existence , is lured by Agent into the clutches of of C.O.V.N.E.T. , a government organization disguised as a cement factory . is aware of the aliens ' attempts to communicate and thinks that is the key to convincing his superiors that aliens do exist . and are taken to C.O.V.N.E.T. by agent . 's antics cause himself to be flushed down a tube by a man in black ( ) . ends up having to go through C.O.V.N.E.T. 's rat training and medical research held by Dr. , alongside other Muppet rats . After Miss interrogates , she , , , , and go to rescue and from C.O.V.N.E.T. , using such inventions as a door in a jar , a rubber duck that emits invisibility spray , and mind control gas from Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker . 
 An alien channeling his voice through a sandwich asks where the alien ship can land , and suggests Cape Doom ( a beach ) , unaware that Agent ( ) is listening . The gang arrives at the military base to rescue and . They use invisible spray but when washes his hands upon exiting the restroom it wears off . Animal is unleashed upon a female guard . frees from the dissection table while the rats attack Dr. ; and General witness the attack . feels that his time has been wasted and leaves angry . discovers from that is heading for Cape Doom , and he prepares the Subatomic Neutro - Destabilizer to use on the aliens . tells that his car has been impounded because of unpaid parking tickets ; they use the company car — a cement truck . 
 The rescue then go to Cape Doom ; a crowd of alien - happy spectators await their arrival . The ship comes to Earth and the aliens , who all resemble , explain that many years ago they lost him but now welcome him back into the fold . shows up and tries to kill the aliens , but thanks to ( who has disabled his Subatomic Neutro - Destabilizer ) , he is unable to do so and is laughed at . considers going into space with his long - lost family but chooses to stay with his fellow Muppet Show cast - mates . is invited by the aliens to go with them and leaves as Earth 's ambassador . 
 As the are watching the stars from the roof , tells he wonders why his family asked him to build a Jacuzzi . chuckles because he and had pretended to be them and asked him to do it .

The film opens with violinist having been deserted by her US Navy husband and feeling devastated , almost suicidal . Encouraged by her mother , she attempts to rebuild her life and a friend from student days recommends her to the head teacher of East Harlem 's Central Park East School . Despite earning two degrees in music education , she has little experience in actual music teaching , but she accepts a substitute violin teaching position at Central Park East . With a combination of her toughness and determination , she inspires a group of kids , and their initially skeptical parents . The program slowly develops and attracts publicity , eventually expanding to Central Park East II and River East Schools . 
 Ten years later , in 1991 , the adversaries of the Central Park East , Central Park East II and River East School string programs win a decisive institutional victory . They work with the New York City Board of Education to help eliminate funding for string programs , which leads to 's early dismissal . Determined to fight the cuts , she enlists the support of former pupils , parents and teachers and plans a grand fund - raising concert , ' Fiddlefest ' , to raise money so that the program can continue . But with a few weeks to go and all participants furiously rehearsing , they lose the venue . Fortunately , the husband of a publicist friend is a violinist in the Guarneri Quartet , and he enlists the support of other well - known musicians , including and . They arrange for the concert to be mounted at Carnegie Hall . 
 Other famous musicians , including , , , , , , , and , join in the performance , which is a resounding success . 
 The film 's end credits declare that the Opus 118 program is still running successfully . They also report that the school 's funding was restored during the making of the film .

News producer ( ) is fired for unwillingly " compromising " his boss 's daughter , reporter ( ) , during a live broadcast of the first Space Shuttle launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base . His assistant , ( ) , tries to comfort him , and she apparently has a crush on him . Later , witnesses a small Martian spacecraft crash landing . Realizing his chance to deliver a story that will " rock the Earth " , he brings to show her the ship , but by the time he reaches the crash site , the ship has been shrunken to toy size . Nearby , its only occupant ( ) hides in the bushes . takes the now - shrunken spaceship home with him , and the Martian follows him to retrieve it . After a confrontation , is knocked out and the Martian disguises himself to look like and ends up kissing when she visits . 
 When confronts the Martian the next morning , he finds out that a small device called an " electron accelerator " , which powers the control systems of the ship , is damaged beyond repair and the Martian needs 's help to find a replacement . The Martian takes the name " Uncle " and explores the city with , unaware that they are being watched by SETI , which discovered DNA left by while hiding out at 's . While exploring 's neighborhood , tells him about a friend of his named " " , one of his planet 's most gifted Martian scientists , who came to Earth in 1964 , but never came back . is captured by the SETI gang and is interrogated . 
 secretly tapes and his sentient suit , Zoot , with hidden cameras to back up his story and impress the TV station staff , but he eventually decides not to reveal the tapes , as he has become fond of . Meanwhile , and Zoot discover a subsystem of the ship called the Interstellar Safety System , which is prepared to self - destruct . discovers the footage of in his Martian form and she steals the tape . shows up at 's house to discover stealing the tape . Thinking that cheated on her , rejects him and storms out , only to be distracted by the now - full - sized spaceship , and is pulled into the cockpit by . 
 and go after the Martian evidence , shrinking the ship ( along with and ) and racing down to the station , where admits to that he has been videotaping him , but says he likes and apologizes . Accepting 's apology , subdues , then disguises himself as her so he can take her place on the news , and 's alien form is almost exposed during the broadcast , which is carefully watched by ( ) , head of SETI . As footage from another news report is aired , and escape the station , pursued by SETI through the sewers in 's car , shrunken using 's device . They eventually end up in the hands of , who takes them back to SETI for investigation . 
 At the lab , tricks one of the scientists into growing 's ship to normal size , breaching security , and allowing and to escape . However , the trio 's escape is blocked by two security guards , one of whom shoots . With the help of a " nerplex " , a piece of alien gum that can transform anyone into another life form , transforms into a hideous monster from " Veenox 7 " . She defeats them , then spits out the nerplex and turns back into a human . 
 The three eventually succeed in locating , who has undergone surgery involving the removal of his antennae and presumably killing him . When and reunite , he comes back to life and wakes up . They then escape SETI headquarters , and and prepare to bid farewell to , installing a car alternator in place of the ship 's damaged electron accelerator . However , they are interrupted by , who attempts to stop him from escaping , saying that he will stop at nothing to prove the existence of aliens , even if it means killing . A SETI official named , revealed to be 's old friend ( ) , saves by destroying 's gun and tossing wildly in the air . After a reunion , and fly back to Mars on their ship , much to 's dismay . 
 Eventually , catches hold of the piece of nerplex left by . Believing that he can still prove his cause , chews on it , and he is turned into an alien . Laughing , accidentally swallows the gum , which presumably leaves his transformation permanent . He ends up caught and tranquilized by his own organization , as and escape the scene . 
 In the end , and decide to return to Earth and stay with and , while flies 's spacecraft back to Mars . initially objects to 's staying , but convinces to change his mind .

Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Daniels, Elizabeth Hurley, Daryl Hannah, Wallace Shawn, Ray Walston

Sheriff , who is married to , is one of the townsfolk who play in " the Saturday Game"—a weekly hockey game played on an open pond . The entire town , which is hockey - mad , turns out every week to watch . After the game commences , we see young in the stands , kissing , daughter of the town 's judge . When the judge sees what is going on , he raps on the head and reprimands them both . arrives with the latest edition of Sports Illustrated , which features an article on the town and the Saturday Game . The article serves also to explain the nature of the Saturday Game , as well as to introduce some of the prominent team members . It also refers to as being " slow in the feet " , but concludes with a statement that on the ability to skate , the Mystery team rivals any team in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . 
 That evening , while having supper with his family Judge and his son get into an argument about the game , with the judge saying that does n't play well because he does n't pass . In an effort to change the subject , Mrs mentions that Price World may be interested in moving in to Mystery , which would threaten all the local businesses . During the next week , is called into the Mayor 's office to be told that he is being dropped from the Saturday game , in favour of . 
 and the mayor 's wife , , have been having an affair . At the school , where he is a teacher , he protests to her that she should have told him about being dropped from the team . The mayor then enters , and expresses his disgust at the decision . 
 sees at the diner and offers him congratulations . is then called away because , the team 's best player , has just shot someone . While is being read his rights , the deputy explains to what happened . and a rep from Price World named Mr. got into an argument ; fired a shot to frighten him , but the bullet ricocheted and hit the rep in the foot . Mr. is then seen having his foot treated while swearing angrily about and the town . is then called away as there is helicopter about to land at the town hall . , the author of the Sports Illustrated article , steps out of the helicopter . In the mayor 's office , he explains to the Committee that as a result of his article the NHL suggested that the New York Rangers be brought up to Mystery to play the town 's team in a televised exhibition game . 
 At a town meeting called to discuss the matter , the mayor re - introduces , who although originally from Mystery , seems not to have been very popular . is also revealed to have once been romantically connected with . Initially feelings about the match are mixed but then indicates his eagerness to play and the game is given a rousing endorsement . Later John is approached by the mayor , and assumes that he will be invited back onto the team . However , the mayor wants only to coach : Judge has refused to do so . says that he does n’t know how to coach . 
 arraignment is brought before Judge , with his attorney , , accepting a trial date for the following week . informs him that he does n't want a trial so soon in case he loses , which would mean he would miss the upcoming game . tells him not to worry because no jury will lock up the town ’s star player . At ’s trial , asks the victim , Mr. what he thinks of , and asks him to confirm verbatim transcripts that the sheriff had taken at the time , in which he had disparaged the town . The jury delivers a " not guilty " verdict on . Amid much jubilation , Judge angrily addresses those assembled , telling them that they have exalted the hockey game above what is right , and that they have disgraced themselves and his courtroom . confronts him in his chambers and tells him he feels that he was always ashamed of his son for staying in town to play hockey , instead of going to college . 
 Before the next Saturday game , the players watch some NHL hockey on TV , and it emerges that the Rangers players are not keen to play the match , which they disparage as a joke . In the evening , crew from 's TV network arrive . They meet with the mayor and , informing them that they want to call the team the Mystery Eskimos , which they both take offence to . While is arguing with on the street , Judge arrives . asks him to coach as he does n’t know how to , but the Judge turns him down . 
 Preparations for the match continue , with it becoming obvious that it is now becoming much more than a game of pond hockey . The mayor and his wife are discussing the forthcoming game , when he finds a locket which he realizes is 's . He confronts , and says , " has been in this bed . " They fight , but some days later they reconcile . 
 When the mayor meets the next morning , tells him that the Rangers players had filed a grievance with their players ' union , and are no longer coming . The mayor punches , giving him a bloody nose . Judge meets and tells him that there is a hearing in New York over the legal dispute . He suggests to him that it might be useful for to have a presence , and suggests a few legal arguments he could use . 
 At the hearing makes an impassioned plea for the game to continue . However , while still arguing the case he suffers a fatal heart attack . After the funeral back in Mystery , it is revealed that he won the case , and the game is back on . confronts the judge , saying that as he sent to New York he would now have to take over the coaching . The judge agrees , but only if will come back onto the team as captain . 
 Under the guidance of the judge , the team is seen training frantically for the match . 
 The Rangers ' players arrive by helicopter and are greeted by the mayor and townsfolk , who are all amazed at their size . is called away to deal with a problem , which is revealed to be driving drunkenly on a Zamboni . He and talk , and he reveals his bitterness towards Mystery , which he believes rejected him . John points out to him that bringing the Rangers to Mystery could destroy the town if its team were to lose very badly . 
 During the match , the Mystery team take time to settle , but eventually go ahead two goals to nothing in the first period . One of the goals is scored by , who impresses the commentators with his speed . In the second period however , the Rangers score five unanswered goals . costs the team a goal through his desire to “ go it alone ” when he should have passed . Unwilling to accept defeat , Mystery scores two goals in the third period , including one from a pass that makes instead of shooting for goal himself . As the clock ticks down , has a chance to level the scores , but his shot hits the crossbar , and the game is over , with the score at 5 – 4 to the Rangers . Both the Mystery team and spectators appear completely deflated , until Judge starts clapping for them , after which even the Rangers players applaud them . 
 The following day the Rangers leave , and it is revealed that both and have been given professional contracts and fly out with the Rangers .

In Champion City , would - be superhero team of Mr. , the , and attempt to make a name for themselves , but their suspect skills make them ineffective , and they find themselves upstaged by the city 's most successful superhero , Captain . However , is finding that his effectiveness at fighting crime has practically made his job obsolete , and without any worthy adversaries remaining ( most are either dead , in exile , or in jail ) , his corporate sponsors are beginning to pull their funding . 
 To create a need for himself , uses his alter ego , billionaire lawyer , to argue for the release of supervillain . The plan backfires ; once reunited with and his Disco Boys , blows up the insane asylum , captures , and prepares to unleash the " Psycho - frakulator " , which lethally bends reality . Mr. , while spying on mansion , discovers 's capture and informs the others . 
 After an unsuccessful rescue attempt , the three realize they need more allies , and through word - of - mouth and try - outs , they recruit , the , and the . The newly formed team " assaults " Casanova , which only succeeds in annoying him and damaging his car . While drunk from celebrating their victory , the team is nearly killed in retaliation by and the Disco Boys , but they are saved at the last minute by the Sphinx . The Sphinx trains them , but his methods annoy Mr. – he has them complete rote team - building exercises and speaks exclusively in Chiasmus . They also seek out , who specializes in non - lethal weaponry , to equip them for their battle . 
 The group breaks into 's mansion during a gathering of several of the city 's gangs ; but , while attempting to free Captain , they inadvertently set off the Psycho - frakulator , killing him instead . Without , the team despairs of saving the city , but the delivers a pep - talk that succeeds in uniting and inspiring them . 
 With new - found purpose , they assault the mansion and , by making effective use of their negligible superpowers and 's weapons , manage to subdue most of henchmen . As the heroes approach , he reveals that he is holding Mr. ' girlfriend hostage , and activates the Psycho - frakulator , which begins to wreak havoc upon the city . 
 While the team tries to stop the device , Mr. takes on . After initially taking a beating , Mr. unleashes his inner rage and manages to fight effectively for the first time . He defeats , who is thrown into the core of the Psycho - frakulator and killed by its reality - bending powers . The rest of the team helps The Bowler use her bowling ball to destroy the device and escape the mansion as it implodes . 
 The team is interviewed by reporters , begging to know their team name . As they argue among themselves , one reporter states " Well , whatever you may call them , Champion City will forever owe a debt of gratitude to these ' Mystery Men ' , " but the others are too busy arguing to hear it .

Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, William H. Macy, Janeane Garofalo, Wes Studi, Paul Reubens, Kel Mitchell, Greg Kinnear, Geoffrey Rush, Lena Olin, Claire Forlani, Tom Waits

is an insecure 25 - year - old copy editor for the Chicago Sun - Times who has never had a real relationship . One day , her editor - in - chief , assigns her to report undercover at a high school to help parents become more aware of their children 's lives . 
 Her first day at South Glen South High School is miserable . reverts to the old geek persona that ruined her first high school career . She also has an unfortunate run - in with three obnoxious popular girls , , and , and the school 's most attractive and popular student , . loses hope , but is reassured when a kind - hearted nerd named befriends her . , who loathes and his gang , invites to join The Denominators , a group of intelligent students . 
 develops a crush on her English teacher , , and becomes the top student in his class . After reciting a romantic excerpt from Shakespeare to , has horrible flashbacks to when she read a romantic poem aloud in class to her high school crush , a popular boy named , who later asked her to their senior prom , making her dream come true . However , on the night of the prom , arrives with another girl and both of them hurl eggs and insults at , humiliating her and breaking her heart . 
 One night while out driving with , encounters and his gang at a local hangout called " The Court " where promiscuity and underage drinking take place . Her managing editor loses patience with after a rival paper scoops The Court story , and orders to become friends with the popular kids . He arranges for her to wear a hidden camera , and soon the whole office becomes obsessed with her story . 
 confides in her brother about her fears . , who was their high school 's most popular boy in his teens , urges her to let go of her old self and start anew . To help her , enrolls as a student and becomes an instant hit . He then uses his influence to draw into the cool crowd , much to the dismay of . 
 and grow closer , but struggles with his feelings as he thinks she 's a student . and attend the prom as and from 's As You Like It . , and 's other co - workers watch through the camera and are overjoyed as she is voted prom queen . As dances with as an alleged act of friendship , the mean girls attempt to dump dog food over . Outraged , throws her crown away and reveals her true identity . She praises for her kindness and warns the students that one 's persona in high school means nothing in the real world . is hurt by her lies and states he wants nothing to do with her . Also angered is , who as a phony student received a second chance at baseball . , ultimately making amends , secures him a coaching job . 
 vows to give a story and writes an account of her experience . In it , she admits she 's never been kissed , describes the students of South Glen South , and avows her love for ; the entire city is moved by it . She writes she will stand in the middle of the baseball field and wait for to come and kiss her . waits , but the clock runs out with no sign of . On the verge of giving up ... cheers , then a booming roar , as emerges to give her a romantic kiss .

owns an independent book store , The Travel Book Co. in Notting Hill . He is divorced and shares his house with an eccentric , care - free Welshman named and has a small , tight knit group of friends that includes his sister , . 
 encounters Hollywood actress when she enters his shop . Minutes later , they collide in the street and his drink spills on her clothes . offers his house nearby for to change . Before leaving , she impulsively kisses him and then asks him not to mention what just occurred . 
 Days later , belatedly relays a message from . calls and she invites him to visit her at the Ritz Hotel . On arrival , is mistaken for a journalist — in a panic he claims he works for Horse & Hound — and is made to interview not only , but the entire cast of her new sci - fi film , which he knows nothing about . calls him back in and says she has cleared her evening . is exhilarated , before remembering that he is expected at his sister 's birthday party ; surprises him by offering to be his date . 
 At the house of 's friends and , fits in perfectly as they all share stories . immediately recognizes and declares them best friends instantly . She and share a private moment in a garden square as they walk back from the birthday party . The following evening they go to a restaurant , where overhears a group of patrons making crude remarks about and attempts to defend her , before steps in herself and humiliates them . As they walk back to her hotel , she invites up to her room . But when he arrives , she tells him he must leave immediately . Her American movie star boyfriend ( who was never mentioned until now ) appears and starts to bark orders at him , thinking he 's a member of the hotel staff , as well as make unflattering comments about 's weight . is apologetic and embarrassed , while a stunned leaves . Over the next six months , Max and set up on a series of blind dates , trying to help him move on ; however , still hung up on , does not connect with any of them . 
 One day , a distraught appears at 's doorstep ; some pre - stardom nude photos have been published in the tabloids ( along with reports of a video filmed without her permission ) , and she needs a place to hide from the fallout . Once she calms down , they spend some time on the rooftop patio rehearsing lines from 's next film . She also apologizes for the previous incident , telling her boyfriend simply showed up out of the blue and the relationship had broken down long before then . When she sees a poster of the Marc Chagall painting La Mariée on his kitchen wall , tells that " it feels like how love should be " . That night , goes to him and they have sex . The next morning , the press ( inadvertently tipped off by ) besiege 's house and get pictures of both him and half - dressed . While packing to leave , a furious accuses of exploiting the situation for his own benefit and declares that she regrets their time together , because the press will make sure it never goes away . 
 Seasons pass and , though determined to forget , remains miserable . and find the numbers to 's New York and London agents , encouraging him to reach out , but decides to throw them away . At a dinner with his friends , discovers that is now an Oscar winner and back in town making a period film . He visits her location shoot , where sees him and invites him past security . Although things are not going well on set , she asks him to stay because there are " things to say " . He is surprised to find that it is a film , something he had previously suggested would be a good role for . Given headphones to listen to the actors over their microphones , overhears bantering with her rude co - star , until the co - star mentions seeing and refers to him dismissively . Saddened , leaves the set . 
 The next day , comes to the bookshop with a present . Visibly nervous , she apologizes for her previous behavior and expresses a desire to rekindle their relationship . When points out her comments the previous day , she explains that she would never discuss her private life with " the most indiscreet man in England . " Believing it inevitable that they would break up , turns her down , as her superstar status would mean he could never really escape the pain of losing her , and having it happen a third time would crush him . Although saddened , accepts his decision , but reminds him that underneath all the fame — which is really just nonsense — she is " also just a girl , standing in front of a boy , asking him to love her . " 
 meets his friends in a restaurant with the opened gift — the original La Mariée . They take turns supporting his decision to end the relationship by ( halfheartedly ) pointing out 's flaws . When enters and is told what happened , he promptly calls a " daft prick " . reiterates 's last comment and realizes his mistake . They pile into 's car and race across London to 's hotel , where they find that she has checked out and is holding a press conference at the Savoy Hotel . When arrives , 's publicist is telling the crowd that will be taking time off from making films and leaving the UK that night . , pretending to be a reporter again , admits he made the wrong decision and begs to reconsider . After admitting she would , announces that she will be staying in Britain " indefinitely . " and smile at one another from across the room as the press goes into a frenzy . A montage shows their wedding and arrival at one of 's movie premieres , before ending with them on a bench in the private garden , reading to a visibly pregnant .

Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Hugh Bonneville, Emma Chambers, James Dreyfus, Rhys Ifans, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee

In October 1957 , news of the Soviet Union 's launch of Sputnik 1 reaches the town of Coalwood , where most people work in the coal mines . As the townspeople gather outside on the night of the broadcast , they see the satellite orbit across the sky . , filled with awe , sets out to build his own rockets to hopefully get out of Coalwood . His family and classmates ' do not respond kindly , especially his father and the mine superintendent , , who wants to join him in the mines . 
 Despite this , eventually teams up with math geek , who also has an interest in rocket engineering ; with the support of his friends , and , and their science teacher , Miss — known as Miss , the four construct small rockets . While their first launches are failures , they experiment with new fuels and designs and eventually succeed . The local paper runs a story about them after a few of their launches . Nevertheless , they are accused of starting a forest fire with an astray rocket and are arrested . After picks up , is beaten up by his abusive stepfather , . intervenes and rescues , warning that he will protect him as late father would have . 
 The four abandon rocketry and destroy their launch site . After a mine disaster , is injured while rescuing other men . One of the miners , , a machine shop worker who let Homer use the shop for rocketry and transferred for better pay , is killed . drops out of high school and works the mine to provide for the family while his father recovers . 
 Later , is inspired to look at a rocket science book Miss has given him , learning how to calculate the trajectory of a rocket . Using this , he and locate the rocket while proving that it could not have caused the fire , as it was unable to travel that far . The boys present their findings to Miss and the school principal , Mr. , who follows up and identifies the catalyst as a flare from a nearby airfield . returns to school by special invitation ; the boys return to rocketry and win the school science fair . This wins them the opportunity to participate in the National Science Fair in Indianapolis . As only one of them can go there , they elect . 
 Meanwhile , the workers ' union goes on strike against . That night , when the family eats dinner , shoots into the kitchen and misses . and express their concern to their father , but dismisses their fears . Fed up , confronts his father , and a heated argument ensues . The mines are set to close down and there is nothing but trouble and no future for in the mines . He resents his father 's pressures to follow in the mine work and storms out of the house , vowing to never return . 
 At the fair , 's display is received very well . After a scheduled few days show , the prizes are to be awarded , and Homer enjoys top popularity and some sightseeing . Overnight , someone steals his machined rocket part model – the de Laval nozzle – as well as his autographed picture of Dr. Wernher von Braun . makes an urgent phone call home for help . His mother , , implores to end the ongoing strike so that Mr. , 's replacement , can use the mine 's machine shop to build a replacement nozzle . relents when , fed up with his lack of support for their son , threatens to leave him . With the town 's support , wins the top prize and is bombarded with scholarship offers from colleges . He is also congratulated by his inspiration , , but does not realize the engineer 's identity until he has gone . 
 returns to Coalwood as a hero and visits Miss , who is dying of Hodgkin 's disease . A launch of their largest rocket yet ( the Miss Riley ) is the last scene of the film . , who never attended any of the launchings , attends and is given the honor of pushing the launch button . The Miss Riley reaches an altitude of 30,000 feet ( 9,100   m ) — higher than the summit of Mount Everest . As the crowd ( and the rest of the town ) looks up to the skies , slowly puts his hand on 's shoulder and smiles , showing that he is proud of him . 
 At the end of the film , a series of vignettes reveals the true outcomes of the main characters ' lives .

is a programmer at a company called Initech who is frustrated and unmotivated at his job . His co - workers include and , also programmers , and , a meek collator who is mostly ignored by the rest of the office . The staff constantly suffer under callous management , especially Initech 's smarmy vice president , whom loathes . They are further agitated by the arrival of consultants Bob and , who are brought in to help the company downsize . 
 's girlfriend persuades him to attend an occupational hypnotherapy session , but Dr. , the therapist , dies of a heart attack while hypnotizing . wakes up the next morning newly relaxed , and he ignores repeated phone calls from , who had been expecting him to work over the weekend . He also ignores calls from , who responds by angrily breaking up with him and admitting that she has been cheating on him , confirming his friends ' suspicions . The following workday , decides to skip work and asks , a restaurant waitress , out for lunch . and bond over their shared loathing of idiotic management and love of the television series Kung Fu . 
 When finally shows up at work , he casually disregards office protocol , including violating Initech 's dress code , taking Lumbergh 's reserved parking spot , refusing to follow Lumbergh 's directions , and removing a cubicle wall that blocks his view out the window . The consultants , however , are impressed by his frank insights into the office problems , and they decide to promote him . They also confide that and 's jobs will be eliminated ; relays this news to them , and the trio decide to get even by infecting Initech 's accounting system with a computer virus designed to divert fractions of pennies into a bank account . They believe that such transactions are small enough to avoid detection but will result in a substantial amount of money over time . On and 's last day at Initech , the pair along with steal a frequently malfunctioning printer , which the three take to a field and smash to pieces to vent their frustration . 
 At a barbecue , learns that had previously slept with a colleague identified as " " . He assumes it to be his boss and confronts in disgust . She questions the morality of his financial scheme , and the two split up . then discovers that a bug in 's code has caused their virus to steal over $ 300,000 in only a few days , which is far more conspicuous . Meanwhile , has finally stood up to her boss and quit , and has discovered that she slept with a different " . " admits to her that the scheme was a bad idea and that he plans to accept responsibility for the crime , and they reconcile . He writes out a confession and slips it under 's office door late at night , along with traveler 's cheques for the stolen money . 
 , meanwhile , has become increasingly disgruntled at his treatment by management , to the point that he has mumbled threats about setting the building on fire . The next morning , he enters 's office to reclaim a red Swingline stapler that was taken from him . arrives at work fully expecting to be arrested , but he finds instead that his problem has solved itself . The Initech building is engulfed in flames , and all evidence of the missing money has been destroyed . finally finds a job that he likes , doing construction work with his next - door neighbor , while and both get jobs at a rival company to Initech . lounges on the beach at a fancy Mexican resort , complaining about his beverage and threatening to take his business to a competitor .

( ) and his fellow air traffic controllers at New York TRACON pride themselves on their ability to handle the intense stress of being a controller for one of the busiest airspaces in the country , even boasting of the 50 % drop - out rate for new additions to the staff who are unable to cope with the pressure . The group is joined by the quiet and confident ( ) , a veteran of TRACONs in the Western United States . quickly proves to be exceptionally capable of handling the increased workload by using unorthodox and risky methods . feels challenged by the new controller 's ability to out - perform him at seemingly every task and warns his supervisor that is a loose cannon , especially after discovering that once stood on a runway to allow himself to be violently propelled by a landing commercial airliner 's jetwash . 
 At a supermarket , encounters 's despondent young wife ( ) , who is sobbing over a grocery cart full of alcohol . In consoling her , ends up back at the ' house , where he and both cheat on their respective spouses by having sex . Several days later , informs that she immediately told about the affair , and that the confession has actually improved their marriage . Fearing retaliation , confronts at work , and is confused and surprised by 's even - tempered response to the situation . Meanwhile , 's wife , ( ) , seems to become more and more intrigued by , and becomes increasingly paranoid that will eventually seek revenge by having sex with her . While out of town for his father - in - law 's funeral , ca n't bring himself to lie when a grieving challenges him to say that he has never cheated on her . As their flight home approaches New York , tells that she has indeed slept with . The plane then makes an odd turn , and assumes that is harassing him , or possibly going insane , by purposely directing the plane into a dangerous storm . 
 Soon after going to TRACON to confront , a bomb threat is called in to the facility . The building is evacuated as both and volunteer to stay behind to handle the daunting task of landing all the planes on approach in their airspace before the alleged bomb is set to go off in 26 minutes . Successfully routing all but one plane that has lost radio contact , leaves the building as the deadline approaches , while instead remains inside to make contact with the plane by calling one of its passengers via Airfone . is lauded as a hero for making the effort despite the threat , which turned out to be a hoax . 
 abruptly quits and he and move to Colorado . leaves , and his performance at work suffers ; the once cocky , boastful controller is sent home after being responsible for two deals ( near mid - air collisions ) in one shift . After learning that had ordered the diversion of 's flight not to provoke him , but to clear a path to make a plane with a medical emergency on board next in line for a landing , impulsively drives out to Colorado to make amends with . seeks his advice on how to get his personal life back in order , but is unable to make understand with words . He instead brings to a runway so that he too can experience being caught in a landing aircraft 's turbulence . The two engage in the stunt together , and it has a profound effect on , who thanks . He returns to New York , where he regains his form at work , and reconciles with .

Sergeant ( ) is a police sergeant in the internal affairs department of the Washington , D.C. Metropolitan Police Department , working on a case involving a crooked detective . He is married to a fashion editor . ( ) is a Congresswoman running for re - election . She is married to a lawyer and has a teenage daughter . A plane bound for Miami crashes , and everyone on board is killed . realizes that his wife was on the plane , but the airline has no record of her . He believes that she was registered under another name and was having an affair , and he finds out that she was sitting next to 's husband . Wanting to learn more about the affair , he meets with . Concerned about the publicity , she is not willing to talk and tells him to leave her alone . 
 goes to Miami and visits the hotel that his wife was planning to go to . , who has changed her mind , meets with him there . They talk more about the situation . After flying back home , they kiss in her car . goes to a campaign fundraiser for and convinces her to not drop out of the race . He invites her to his cabin near Chesapeake Bay . She visits him , and they have sex . still wants to know more about the affair and believes that their two spouses had an apartment together , but tells him that they should forget about the past and move on with their lives . 
 Stressed , is suspended from his job after assaulting a suspect . He and each find out about the apartment separately . When goes to visit the apartment , he finds already there cleaning everything out . She leaves , and he chases her into the street , where he is shot by the suspect in his case . He lives , and the suspect is caught . With rumors about their relationship growing , publicly confirms that she and are friends . soon gets promoted to lieutenant , and loses her bid for re - election . As she is leaving Washington , meets her at the airport . The two are happy to see each other , and he asks if he can take her out on a date sometime .

During the Mexican - American War ( 1846 – 1848 ) , Second Lieutenant , who is fighting in the United States Army , finds his courage fail him in battle so he plays dead as his unit is massacred . His body , along with the other dead are put in a cart and hauled back to the Mexican headquarters ( throughout this journey blood drips into 's mouth ) . However , in a moment of bravery , seizes the chance to capture the Mexican headquarters . His heroism earns him a captain 's promotion but when General learns of the cowardice through which victory was achieved he posts into exile at Fort Spencer , a remote military outpost high in the Sierra Nevada . 
 Shortly after joins the seven - man garrison at Fort Spencer , a stranger named arrives and describes how his wagon train became lost in the mountains . A Colonel had promised the party a shorter route to the Pacific Ocean but instead had led them on a more circuitous route resulting in the party getting trapped by snow . People were reduced to cannibalism to avoid starvation . A rescue party is assembled to get the survivors . But before they leave they are warned by their Native American scout , , of the Wendigo myth : anyone who consumes the flesh of their enemies takes their strength but becomes a demon cursed by an insatiable hunger for more human flesh . 
 When the soldiers reach the party 's cave they realise too late that and are one and the same . After eating his five companions , his plan is now to kill and eat the soldiers . quickly kills them one by one , including Colonel , the fort 's commanding officer . escapes the massacre by jumping off a cliff but breaks his leg . He hides in a pit next to the body of another soldier who he eventually eats to stay alive . 
 When finally limps back to the fort , he is delirious and severely traumatized . The remaining soldiers ( who never met because they were on a supply mission ) do not believe his wild tale . A second expedition to the cave finds no bodies or any trace of the man . A temporary commander is assigned to the fort but to 's horror it is , now cleaned up and calling himself Colonel . The men still refuse to believe because bears no sign of the wounds inflicted on him during the fight at the cave . Secretly tells that he used to suffer from tuberculosis but when a Native scout told him the myth he " just had to try " by murdering him and eating his flesh . A process that cured his disease . now planned to use the fort as a base to cannibalise passing travellers because , like the notion of Manifest Destiny , the migrants had a calling just like himself . is soon suspected of murder after a soldier is mysteriously killed . While chained up , he watches helplessly as the last officer is murdered by ' unexpected ally : Colonel , back from the dead after the massacre . 
 saved by feeding him his own men . But he is now addicted , like , to human flesh . mortally wounds forcing him to make a choice : eat or die . Eventually gives in and eats a stew made from the dead officer . However , rather than join the two men in their conspiracy to convert General , convinces to free him so he can kill . does so but asks to be killed because he no longer wants to live as a cannibal . and fight inflicting grievous wounds on each other because their recuperative powers sustain them . Eventually forces into a large bear trap that pins them both together . taunts by telling him he will eat him but he dies first . General arrives , and while his aide looks around the dilapidated fort , the general tastes the meat stew left simmering on the fire . , the sister of the native scout , sees and the dying together , closes the door , and walks away . does not eat and dies .

Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, Jeremy Davies, Jeffrey Jones, John Spencer, Stephen Spinella, Neal McDonough, David Arquette

( ) is a spirited and attractive young woman who has had a number of unsuccessful relationships . , nervous of being married , has left a trail of fiancés . She 's left three men waiting for her at the altar on their wedding day ( all of which are caught on tape ) , receiving tabloid fame and the dubious nickname " The Runaway Bride " . 
 Meanwhile , in New York , columnist or " Ike " ( ) , writes an article about her that contains several factual errors , supplied to him by a man he meets in a bar who later learns was one of 's former fiancés . is fired for not verifying his source , but is invited to write an in - depth article about in a bid to restore his reputation . He travels to Hale , Maryland , where he finds living with her family and on her fourth attempt to become married . The fourth groom - to - be , ( ) , is a local high school football coach who uses sports analogies to help with her concerns . He constantly makes references to " focusing " on the goal - line in reference to their pending nuptials . As starts going around town to meet her friends , family , and former fiancés , becomes frustrated and feels he is getting the story wrong again . 
 begins to cooperate with on the story , being interested in getting him to publish the truth , and the two become closer to each other the more time they spend together . During his research for the story , realizes that is adjusting her interests to mimic those of her fiancés in order to please them . This is signified most prominently by her choice of eggs , which changes with each fiancé . At a pre - wedding celebration for her and , defends from the public mockery she starts receiving from her family and guests , and walks outside due to the embarrassment . then confronts outside about his realization regarding her relationships . 
 During the wedding rehearsal , tries to quell 's wedding anxieties by walking her down the aisle . is standing in at the altar , playing the groom . After gets her to the altar , and share a passionate kiss and admit to each other their feelings . is chagrined , becomes jealous and punches in the face before he storms out of the church . In the aftermath , proposes that he and get married since the wedding is arranged . At the altar , gets cold feet and flees . pursues her but she hitches a ride away on a FedEx truck . 
 Later , we see living in New York and trying to discover herself , trying different types of eggs , and putting her lighting designs up for sale in New York . She shows up unexpectedly at 's apartment one night where he finds her making friends with his cat , Italics . then explains that she had been running because every other guy she was engaged to was only engaged to the idea she had created for them rather than the real her , but with she ran because , even though he truly understood her , she did n't understand herself . She " turns in " her running shoes just before proposing to . hides his eyes , but she persists . The two are married in a private ceremony outside , on a hill , avoiding the big ceremonies that notes she never actually liked . In the end , they are shown riding away on horseback while everyone in Hale and New York ( clued in via cell phone by and 's family ) celebrates the fact that finally got married . 
 A post credit scene shows and playing in the snow signifying that the relationship is going strong well after the wedding .

( ) is the big man on campus at his Southern California high school . His popular and narcissistic girlfriend , ( ) , ditches him for a faded reality TV star from The Real World , ( ) , whom she met on Spring Break in Florida . Although bitter over the break - up , consoles himself by claiming that is replaceable by any girl in the school . 's friend , ( ) , disagrees and challenges him to a bet on whether can turn any random girl into the Prom Queen within six weeks , a coveted position held by the most popular girl in school . picks out ( ) , a dorky , solitary , unpopular art student , as his choice for . 
 approaches and attempts to befriend in the hope of subsequently transforming her into prom queen material . His first encounter with her is a complete failure , when she pointedly ignores his advance and walks away from him . With help from 's friend , ( ) , eventually is successful in getting to take him to a theater lounge frequented by artists and performers . Intending to deter him , arranges for to be called onto the stage and perform to his surprise . manages to improvise a show with the Hacky Sack he happens to carry in his pocket . is impressed by the performance , but rejects him again after he attempts to charm her . 
 befriends her brother , ( ) , and in an attempt to stop this , agrees to go to the beach with him once . She starts to make friends in the popular crowd as they get a chance to know her . then successfully persuades her to attend a party at 's ( ) house the same night , and he employs his sister ( ) to give her a makeover , transforming her into a stunning beauty . 's attendance at 's party sparks jealousy in , who then humiliates , but is consoled by , who has by now developed a true affection for her . 
 As a result of her new appearance and 's interest , is nominated for Prom Queen and begins an uneasy battle with for the crown . faces humiliation of her own when informs her their relationship is over , and that he only used her to increase his own popularity ( which proves successful with the producers of MTV offering him his own show ) . In the meantime , begins to show an interest in as her popularity begins to soar and 's victory becomes more imminent . tries to invite as his prom partner in an attempt to ruin 's attempt to boost 's winning chance with his own popularity , but refuses . After falling out with , deliberately tells about the bet and she forces a confession from in public . Feeling objectified and betrayed , refuses to see again . 
 Unable to reconcile with , ends up attending the prom with his sister , while arrives alone , thinking that is still interested in her despite his refusal of her advances . A disheartened reluctantly dresses up after some persuasion from her father ( ) and goes to the dance with when he shows up at her house in a tuxedo to invite her again to be his prom date . 
 At the prom , after a dance scene presided over by the school 's resident DJ ( ) , meets and they become friends . boasts to and others in the bathroom that he is succeeding in seducing and has rented a hotel room with intention of having sex with her . overhears this , in a stall , and warns and . is then crowned Prom Queen with just over half the votes ; she begins a long berating speech which is interrupted by the microphone being turned off by a teacher . By now , the students have seen for who she is , thanks to revealing her actions against and her involvement with to sabotage . As a result , is further humiliated when she loses her popularity and her friends . leaves the prom with , while attempts to intervene but loses track of them . 
 When returns to her home , is there waiting for her , along with her father and who are waiting up for her . explains how she fought off 's advances by deafening him with an air horn . confesses his true feelings to , and asks for forgiveness as well as the chance to further their relationship , which she grants . tells that she is considering art school after graduation , and jokingly tells her that she has inspired him to pursue a career in performance art . After their first dance and kiss , asks about his bet with ( which is now lost ) , and Zack responds that he will gracefully honor the terms . 
 At the graduation ceremony , the terms of the bet are revealed , must appear nude on stage because he lost . After his name is called , heads to the stage wearing only a graduation cap and strategically carrying a soccer ball . In the final shot he is not visible , but we see with the soccer ball being thrown to her and the rest of the students reacting to no longer having it for cover .

Freddie Prinze Jr., Rachael Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillard, Paul Walker, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Kieran Culkin, Anna Paquin

( ) inherits her late mother 's restaurant , but lacks her mother 's ability to cook . The restaurant is failing when meets a mysterious and possibly magical man at the local market . He introduces himself as and claims to be an old friend of her mother 's . He sells her crabs , one of which escapes cooking to become her personal mascot . meets her love interest at the market , ( ) , a department store manager at Henri Bendel on Fifth Avenue , who is opening an ambitious new restaurant inside his store . It is never explicitly explained why , but this eventful day transforms into a miraculous food magician ; people who now eat her impressive new dishes start feeling exactly what she was feeling when she was making the dish . These are inspired by her emotions and created with the help of her magic crab . 
 saves her restaurant overnight , and her relationship with blossoms just as fast . However , , being a career - minded control freak , panics when he realizes that not only could she be a witch who could be casting spells on him , but that his own emotions are getting the best of him , and he promptly dumps her . 
 When goes to confront one last time at his office , she witnesses the violent tantrum and resignation of a celebrity French chef hired for the opening of 's new restaurant . When it is discovered that is in fact the hot new chef in town everyone is talking about , she is hired on the spot , despite 's protests . 
 Once overcomes her self - doubts and insecurities , she reaches her full potential as a chef , and the opening is a complete success . Though refuses to taste 's food during the opening , he eventually admits to himself he was wrong to reject because she made him feel emotional . He finally decides to embrace his feelings for her and goes after her . At the last minute , he reaches her with his own personal magic ( a paper airplane ) , and the two reconcile on the dance floor .

In 1799 , New York City police constable is deployed to the Westchester County hamlet of Sleepy Hollow , New York , which has been plagued by a series of brutal slayings in which the victims are found decapitated : , a wealthy farmer ; his son ; and the widow . learns that locals believe the killer is the undead apparition of a headless Hessian mercenary from the American Revolutionary War who rides a black steed in search of his missing head . 
 begins his investigation , remaining skeptical about the paranormal elements until he actually encounters , who kills the town magistrate , . Boarding at the home of the town 's richest family , the Van Tassels , is taken with their daughter , . and , the son of one of the 's victims , go to the cave dwelling of a reclusive witch . She reveals the location of the Tree of the Dead , which marks the Horseman 's grave , as well as his portal into the natural , living world . 
 discovers that the ground is freshly disturbed and the Horseman 's skull is missing . That night , the family of the village midwife is killed by the and 's suitor , is also killed trying to stop the . The Horseman does n't attempt to interact with or harm until he has no choice ; from this , hypothesizes that the is attacking select targets , and that whoever dug up and stole the skull is the person controlling the Horseman . 
 starts to believe that a conspiracy links all the deaths together , so he looks into last will . had made a new will just before he died , leaving all his possessions to his secret new bride , , whom discovered was pregnant with child . deduces that all who knew about the new will , the marriage and the pregnancy were the victims of the Horseman and that 's father , who would have inherited the fortune , is the person holding the skull . , finding out that suspects her father , burns all the evidence that has accumulated . 
 A council is held in the church . The seemingly kills 's stepmother , Lady , and heads off to the church to get . realizes the ca n't enter the church due to it being holy ground . A fight breaks out between the village elders in the church resulting in the deaths of Reverend and Doctor , only ending when the harpoons through a window , dragging him out and acquiring his head . The next day , believes to be the one who controls the Headless Horsemen . 
 later becomes suspicious when he realizes the diagram made by he thought summoned the Horseman is really one of protection , and also that the corpse of Lady has a wound that seems to have been caused post - mortem . 
 Lady then reveals that she murdered the servant to lure and ambush . She finally reveals that her family ( ) became impoverished after her father died , and was driven from their ancestral home they rented from the Van , who then sold it to the Van due to lack of rent income . Her mother could not find employment due to rumors of witchcraft but found an oppurtunity to exact revenge when she witnessed the death of the Hessian . She then proceeded to pledge her soul to Satan and become a witch , summoning the Hessian horseman to kill , his son , new wife , unborn child , every villager who knew about his new will , marriage , and child , and her own sister in order to be able to claim everything that she deemed to be rightfully hers uncontested . She then sends the Horseman after Katrina to remove the last obstacle to inheriting the combined and Van Tassel estates . She also reveals that she murdered her own twin sister - witch for aiding and his assistant . 
 Following a fight and a stagecoach chase , eventually thwarts Lady by throwing the skull to the Horseman , who reattaches his head to his body and breaks Lady 's curse . The Horseman , no longer under her control , hoists up on his horse and gives her a bloody kiss against her will.[4 ] He then rides to Hell , taking her with a smile , fulfilling her end of the bargain . returns home to New York City with and , just in time for the new century .

Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson, Casper Van Dien

Set on the fictional San Piedro Island in the northern Puget Sound region of the Washington state coast in 1950 , the plot revolves around the murder case of ( ) , a Japanese American accused of killing , a White fisherman . The trial occurs in the midst of deep anti - Japanese sentiments following World War II . Covering the case is the editor of the town 's one - man newspaper , ( ) , a World War II veteran who lost an arm fighting the Japanese in the Pacific War . struggles with his childhood , and continuing , love for 's wife , ( ) , and his conscience , wondering if is truly innocent . 
 Spearheading the prosecution are the town 's sheriff , ( ) , and prosecutor , ( ) . Leading the defense is the old , experienced attorney ( ) . An underlying theme throughout the trial is prejudice . Several witnesses , including ( ) , 's mother , accuse of murdering for racial and personal reasons . This stance is not without irony , as ( a decorated war veteran of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team ) , experienced prejudice because of his ancestry , following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor . By the same standard , , a German American , could be blamed for Nazi war crimes . 
 Also involved in the trial is , an elderly man who sold his strawberry field to . The strawberry field is a contested issue during the trial . The land was originally owned by . The lived in a house on the ' land and picked strawberries for . and were close friends as children . 's father , , eventually approached about purchasing 7 acres ( 28,000   m2 ) of the farm . Though opposed the sale , agreed . The payments were to be made over a ten - year period . However , before the last payment was made , war erupted between the U.S. and Japan , and all islanders of Japanese ancestry were forced to relocate to internment camps . In 1944 , died and sold the land to . When returned after the war , he was extremely bitter toward for reneging on the land sale . When suffered a stroke and decided to sell the farm , he was approached by , hours before arrived , to try to buy the land back . During the trial , the land is presented as a family feud and the motivation behind 's murder . 
 's search of the maritime records reveals on the night that died a freighter had passed through the channel where had been fishing at 1:42am , five minutes before his watch had stopped . realises that was thrown overboard by the force of the freighter 's wake . Despite the bitterness he feels at 's rejection , comes forward with the new information . Further evidence is collected in support of the conclusion that had climbed the boat 's mast to cut down a lantern , been knocked from the mast by the freighter 's wake , hit his head , then fallen into the sea . The charges against are dismissed . thanks by allowing him to hold her " one last time . "

In the Brazilian village of Belo Quinto , Father , a former scientist and a Jesuit priest who investigates supposed miracles , examines a statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe weeping blood at the funeral of Father , who had previously experienced stigmata . While is collecting evidence , a young boy steals a rosary from the father 's hand . The boy later sells it to a woman in a marketplace , who sends it to her daughter , , living in Pittsburgh . 
 Shortly afterward , is attacked by an unseen force while bathing , and receives two deep wounds on her wrists . As the wounds are treated , doctors can not find the cause . asks a priest if he is , the scientist , priest and investigator . When the priest says he is Father , the lights in the train flash and is whipped from behind by an unseen force . While is hospitalized again , the priest sends security tapes showing the attack to the Vatican , and is sent to investigate . 
 interviews , believing her wounds may also be stigmata . When she tells him she is an atheist , tells her that stigmata is when the deeply devoted are struck with the five wounds that received during the crucifixion . begins to research on her own what the cause could be . Her head begins to bleed , the third stigmata wound caused by the Crown of Thorns . runs home , where is waiting , and then runs into an alley . As pursues her , smashes a glass bottle and uses the shards to carve symbols on the hood of a car : when approaches her , she yells at him in another language . 
 takes to Father 's church , and the Vatican translates what she was yelling in Aramaic . The next morning , returns to her apartment to find her writing on the wall , now covered in Aramaic . talks in a male voice , speaking Italian . Wounds appear in her feet , the fourth wound of stigmata . Andrew emails photographs of 's apartment wall to the Vatican , where Brother recognizes the words and deletes the pictures . He tells the words are from a document the church found that looked to be an entirely new gospel . Father shows the pictures to Cardinal , who also recognizes them . phones and tells him the missing gospel has been found in Pittsburgh . 
 goes to 's apartment to find the wall she wrote on painted over , and attempts to seduce him . When rejects her , she attacks him and denounces his beliefs in a male voice , ending with levitating off the bed , crying tears of blood . and arrive with and take to another church , sending to Derning 's . At 's church , meets , who tells him the words has been writing are part of a document found outside Jerusalem they believed to be a gospel in the exact words of . , and were assigned to translate it , but ordered them to stop . refused and stole the document to continue translating it alone , having been excommunicated by . 
 tells that the document was telling his disciples that the Kingdom of God is in all of us and not confined to churches . tells that suffered from stigmata . races to the church where is , while and attempt to perform an exorcism on . shouts at them in a male voice , and attempts to strangle her . stops him , and the room is set on fire . Now believing is possessed by 's spirit , offers to be 's messenger instead . He walks unharmed through the fire to retrieve , bidding 's spirit to depart in peace . Some time later , returns to and finds the original documents for the lost gospel in 's church . 
 Text describes the discovery of the Gospel of St. Thomas , believed to be the closest to the actual words of stating that the Catholic Church refuses to recognize the document as a gospel and considers it heresy .

is a phone lineman living in a working - class neighborhood in Chicago with his pregnant wife and his son , who possesses the ability to commune with the dead . At a party one evening , challenges , 's sister who is a believer in paranormal activity , to hypnotize him . After putting him under , plants a post - hypnotic suggestion in urging him to " be more open - minded " . then begins experiencing visions of a violent scuffle involving a girl who he later learns is , a 17 - year - old that disappeared from the neighborhood six months prior . 
 While and attend a high school football game , is overheard by his babysitter , , as he speaks with . gets upset and snatches , running off with him in the night . Meanwhile , senses is in danger and rushes home but finds him gone . then sees strange flashes of red light that eventually leads him to the ' L ' station where is speaking with her mother about . When and confront her , angrily questions them about her sister , explaining that she had an intellectual disability : having the mental capacity of an eighth - year - old and thus a child 's tendency to trust strangers . denies knowing her to but admits to that she is the girl in his visions . 
 becomes obsessed with and begins probing members of the community about her disappearance . This attracts the attention of his landlord , 's friend , Frank and their respective sons and , who all dismiss as a runaway teen . During an afternoon walk , and encounter a funeral where Chicago policemen are saluting in a ceremony ; here a policeman named immediately recognizes 's unique talent and invites to a private gathering of like - minded people to learn more about what is happening to his son . withholds her conversation with from and goes to the meeting herself , and tells her the spirit that contacted has asked for something and will grow upset if it does not get done . As predicted , begins plaguing , eventually leading to his insomnia . He goes back to and demands she undo what she did , but when she hypnotizes him , tells him to dig . complies and digs holes in the backyard and eventually tears up the house in a desperate attempt to appease . 
 While and attend her grandmother 's wake at a relative 's house , inadvertently knocks down a shoddy brick wall in the basement and discovers 's decomposed remains . He receives a vision showing him that before his family moved in , and lured into the house to rape her . When she resisted , they unintentionally suffocated her and hid her body . brings back to the basement to disclose to him the crime . breaks down and admits that and had already confided their secret to him and . pulls out a gun and demands to be alone . As leaves the basement , he hears a single shot . 
 and suddenly show up . , in his capacity as landlord , voices displeasure with the torn up house . They corner with the intention of killing him , but interrupts them when she arrives back home . As takes her hostage , emerges from the basement and fatally shoots both and to save and . notices 's spirit put on her glasses and coat , smile as she walks down the road , and disappear . Afterwards , the family packs up a U - Haul and moves out of the house . Meanwhile , 's mother and sister are finally able to give her a proper funeral and burial . and smile happily as they drive away to a new neighborhood , but covers his ears as they approach their new home , overwhelmed by the spirits that linger in all of the houses they pass by .

and and their young son are intending to adopt . While is at school , his parents go to an orphanage where they meet and fall in love with an anthropomorphic teenage mouse named . Despite misgivings from Mrs. , they adopt and take him home . However , is greeted coldly by , who refuses to acknowledge the mouse as his brother , and the family cat , who is disgusted at having a mouse for a " master " . Despite Eleanor and 's intentions , quickly feels like an outsider in the large family , especially when the family 's unknowing relatives bring large presents and snaps at his family , claiming out loud that is not his brother . When admits his feelings of loneliness to his parents , they ask Mrs. to do some background research on 's biological family . 
 After accidentally stumbling across 's playroom in the basement , finally bonds with when they play together and plan to finish 's remote controlled boat , the Wasp , for an upcoming boat race in Central Park . At the same time , however , one of 's alley cat friends , visits unexpectedly and discovers . Determined not to have his reputation destroyed , meets with 's leader , , a mafia don - like Russian Blue , and plots revenge to have removed from the household without harming him . 
 and finish the Wasp in time for the race , but on the day of the race , the control is smashed when a bystander accidentally steps on it . pilots the Wasp himself , but ends up in a tussle with a larger boat belonging to 's rival , , who has already smashed the rest of the boats without being disqualified . snaps the wires of 's boat and manages to win the race , at the same time finally winning 's acceptance and respect . During the family celebration , however , the are visited by a mouse couple , and , who claim to be 's parents who gave him up to the orphanage years ago due to poverty . Reluctantly , leaves with the , presenting him with his toy car as a farewell gift . A few days later , however , Mrs. comes to visit and tells the that 's parents actually died many years ago in a supermarket accident . Realizing their son has been kidnapped , the call the police and stick posters of 's face across the city . 
 Meanwhile , meets with and the alley cats : he had actually conspired with them to have the pose as 's parents in order to remove from the household . Fearing retribution should the discover 's deception , orders the to hand over to them . But the , having grown to love like their own , tell him to flee . subsequently orders a manhunt for . They corner him in Central Park and a chase ensues . Despite losing his car and almost falling down a storm drain , manages to evade and return home , unfortunately , while the are out putting posters up . The only one present is , who lies that the have been enjoying themselves greatly since 's departure , and uses 's removed face from the family photograph as proof ( which they had actually used for the posters ) . Heartbroken , leaves again , but begins to question his actions when he sees the pain the are going through . 
 The alley cats locate in Central Park and bring for the hunt . locates in an empty bird 's nest and saves him from the cats , but they catch up and eventually corner hanging on a branch . The cats almost catch him , but breaks the branch they are standing on , sending them falling into the river below . attacks from behind , but hits him off the tree with another branch . All but defeated , leaves angrily , but is chased off by stray dogs . 
 and return home and share a happy reunion with the family .

It is the summer of 1977 , and New York City lives in fear of the " .44 Caliber Killer " , who shoots young women and their male companions . The killer , , later identifies himself as " Son of Sam " in a note left at a murder scene . lives in a messy apartment , where he is driven crazy by the barking of a neighbor 's large black dog and has a vision of the dog directing him to kill . 
 In an Italian - American neighborhood in the Bronx ( likely Morris Park , Throggs Neck , or Pelham Bay ) , hairdresser and his pretty wife go disco dancing at a local nightclub , where they meet 's attractive cousin . offers to drive home while remains at the club . and then park on a residential street and have sex in the car . watches them , but he is scared off when the couple accidentally set off the car horn during sex and , embarrassed , quickly drive away . After they leave , kills another couple who had parked behind . When picks up back at the club , she notices the smell of vaginal lubrication on his face and realizes he had sex with , but does not let on that she knows . 
 On the drive home , notices police near the location where he had parked with , and sees the dead bodies of the slain couple . The religious and guilty , realizing he could have been a victim , decides that spared him in order to give him a chance to reform his ways and stop cheating on his wife . Although loves , their sex life is suffering because enjoys anal sex , " 69 " and other sex acts that he considers kinky , but he can not bring himself to discuss or perform these acts with a wife . He is also having an affair with , the owner of the hair salon where he works . 
 The next day , while is hanging out with neighborhood drug dealer and his friends , 's old friend , who has been away for some time , suddenly reappears , sporting a punk spiked hairdo and clothing and affecting a British accent . , , and the others dislike the change in , and he soon finds himself unwelcome in the neighborhood . However , , a promiscuous local girl , is attracted to , and the two begin a relationship . Unlike other men , takes an interest in as a person , not just as a sexual outlet . She learns that he makes money by erotic dancing and prostituting himself at a gay theater , but remains loyal to him and over time begins to dress in punk fashion herself . 
 As the Son of Sam killings continue , tension rises in the neighborhood . A police detective from the neighborhood asks the local mob boss to help him find the killer ; and his friends also make a list of possible suspects , including whom they regard as " a freak " . and invite and to come see their punk band perform at CBGB , but once there , feels intimidated by the punk crowd and refuses to go in . and instead go to Studio 54 , where they are denied entry , and finally end up at Plato 's Retreat where they take drugs and participate in an orgy . becomes upset when he sees appearing to enjoy the experience of having sex with another man , even though he himself is having sex with other women . He berates in the car on the way home , causing her to get mad and reveal that she knows he cheated on her with . She storms off to stay at her father 's house . begins to drink and use drugs heavily , and makes a scene at 's hair salon , causing her to angrily throw him out and then inform about their affair . Upon hearing from , leaves for good . 
 and his gang decide that the latest eyewitness sketch of Son of Sam released by the police resembles , and unsuccessfully attempt to track him down at CBGB . persuades the unstable , who is high on drugs he has taken to dull the pain of his impending divorce , to help them lure out of his house , since is the only local friend still trusts . Unbeknownst to and his friends , the police have already arrested , the real . goes to 's family home , where and are packing up to leave town , and lures out on the pretext of talking about his failing marriage ; once he has gotten outside , he warns under his breath to run , but does not heed the warning and is attacked and severely beaten by and his gang . 's stepfather , , emerges from the house brandishing his gun and rescues the badly injured , telling the attackers that is not the Son of and that the TV news is reporting that the police have just arrested the real killer . Unable to face , walks away .

( ) is an Irish - American Catholic school girl and social outcast in her high school . She wants to be a superstar so she can get a kiss from ( ) . When is sent to Special Education because of hyperactivity , she makes a new best friend , the tomboyish and equally socially awkward ( ) . 
 sees her chance to become a superstar when her school promotes a talent show . She wants to try out , but Grandma ( ) will not let her . tries out anyway ; and , when she goes to sign up , a stereotypical cheerleader , ( ) , gets in a fight with her . The fight causes and Sky to break up , and now is a " single hunk of beefcake on the rebound " . is now determined to get in the talent show so Sky will notice her . When Grandma finds out that got into the talent show , she finally tells the truth about how her parents died — they were stomped to death while performing in a Riverdance - like competition , rather than being eaten by hammerhead sharks as her grandmother had told her . This is why Grandma is against her performing . 
 However , Grandma decides to help do her act in the talent show , as long as she performs for herself . and the other Special Education students spend days practicing . wins the competition as well as 's heart . When she kisses , she discovers he is a horrible kisser and chooses to kiss her friend ( ) instead .

( ) is a jazz guitarist who achieved some acclaim in the 1930s with a handful of recordings for RCA Victor , but who faded from public view under mysterious circumstances . Though a talented musician , 's personal life is a shambles . He is a spendthrift , womanizer and pimp who believes that falling in love will ruin his musical career . Due to his heavy drinking , he 's often late or even absent for performances with his quintet . After music , his favorite hobby is shooting rats at garbage dumps . idolizes famed guitarist , and is said to have fainted in his presence and to have fled a nightclub performance with severe stage fright upon hearing a false rumor that was in the audience . 
 On a double date with his drummer , meets , a shy , mute laundress . After overcoming some initial frustration due to the difficulties of communication , and form an affectionate and close relationship . She accompanies him on a cross - country trip to Hollywood , where he plays in a short film ; is spotted by a director and enjoys a brief screen career . However is convinced that a musician of his stature should never settle down with one woman . On a whim , marries socialite ( ) . However , sees mainly as a colorful example of lower - class life and a source of inspiration for her literary writings . She reports that is tormented by nightmares and shouts out 's name in his sleep . 
 When cheats with mobster ( ) , leaves her and locates . He assumes that she will take him back , but discovers that she is happily married and raising a family . Afterwards , on a date with a new woman , a despondent plays a melody that adored and then smashes his guitar and forlornly repeats the phrase " I made a mistake ! " He angrily smashes his guitar to pieces as his date leaves him . and the rest of the documentary experts remarked that 's final compositions were legendary , finally reaching the quality of 's .

In the mid-1860s,1 an English couple and their infant son escape a shipwreck , ending up near uncharted rainforests off the Congolese[4 ] coast of Africa . The couple craft themselves a treehouse from their ship 's wreckage , but are subsequently killed by , a leopardess . , a female western gorilla , who recently lost her own child to , hears the cries of the orphaned infant , and finds him in the treehouse . encounters , and escapes with the infant in her possession . takes the infant back to her troop to raise as her own , an action of which the leader and her mate , , grudgingly disapproves . raises the human child , naming him . 
 Five years later , begins to befriend other animals , including a young female gorilla named Terk and the paranoid male elephant , Tantor . finds himself treated differently , because of his different physique , so he makes great efforts to improve himself . As an eighteen year old young man , manages to kill with a spear he crafted , gaining 's reluctant respect . 
 The gorilla troop 's peaceful life is interrupted in 18822 by the arrival of a team of human explorers from England , consisting of Professor , his daughter , and their hunter - guide . The explorers are looking to study gorillas . accidentally becomes separated from the group and chased by a baboon troop , with saving her . recognizes that is human , just like he is . leads back to their camp , where and garner interest in him ; the former in terms of scientific progress while the latter hopes to have lead him to the gorillas so that he can capture them and return with them to England . Despite 's warnings to be wary of the humans , continues to return to the camp , where , , and teach him how to speak English as well as what the human world is like . He and begin to fall in love . However , the English explorers have a difficult time convincing to lead them to the gorillas , due to 's fear of . 
 The explorers ' ship soon returns to retrieve them . asks to return with them to England , but asks to stay with him when says that it is unlikely that they will ever return . convinces that will stay with him forever as long as he leads them to the gorillas . agrees and leads the trio to the nesting grounds , while and lure away to avoid having him attack the humans . and are excited to mingle with the gorillas , but returns , and when he sees the humans , attacks them . holds at bay while the humans escape . accuses of betraying the troop . takes to the treehouse , where she first found him , shows him his true past , and says that she wants him to feel satisfied whatever he decides . puts on a suit that once belonged to his father , signifying his decision to go to England . 
 When boards the ship with and the next day , they are all ambushed by and his traitorous band of stowaway thugs . hopes and plans to seize the gorillas , now that he knows where the nesting grounds are , and locks , , and away to prevent them from interfering . manages to escape with the support of and , and returns to the jungle . fatally shoots and battles across the treetops , although spares his life . After traps with vines , attempts to free himself , but falls from the tree with a vine tangled around his neck , dying from hanging . , with his dying breath , finally accepts as his son , and names him the new leader of the gorillas . The rest of the gorillas are freed after fending off the rest of ’s men . 
 The next day , and prepare to leave on the ship , while stays behind with the gorilla troop . As the ship departs , encourages his daughter to stay with , and jumps overboard to return to shore ; shortly follows her . The reunite with , and embark on their new life together .

Tony Goldwyn, Minnie Driver, Glenn Close, Rosie O'Donnell, Brian Blessed, Nigel Hawthorne, Lance Henriksen, Wayne Knight

In Grandsboro , Northern California , is a high school student living with her single mother , who works as a waitress . aim is to achieve top grades to become valedictorian and leave town . However , her grade in history class is threatened by her sadistic and thoroughly vindictive teacher , Mrs. . Mrs. has a special dislike for and downgrades Leigh Ann 's well - designed project . 
 Fellow student takes the final exam papers from and makes a copy . He offers the papers , but she insistently refuses to cheat . Ultimately , stashes the papers in backpack . discovers the papers in backpack , and threatens to expel her for cheating . Mrs. heads to Principal 's office , but he has left for the day and decides to tell him in the morning . This gives , her best friend , , and time to think of a plan to stop Mrs. . 
 The trio head to Mrs. 's house that night and try to convince Mrs. that is innocent . Mrs. , however , refuses to listen and hints that she believes them but does not care . picks up a loaded crossbow and aims it at Mrs. , threatening her . A physical struggle ensues , the crossbow goes off , and in the ensuing mêlée , Mrs. is accidentally knocked unconscious . The students panic and tie Mrs. to her bed . returns to her house and promises to return in the morning , while and are left to watch Mrs. in the bedroom . While under watch , Mrs. regains consciousness , and playing on her guilt , asks to be untied . Mrs. immediately attacks , but is restrained by and is retied and gagged . 
 The trio gathers together at Mrs. 's house the next morning . then calls the school and impersonates Mrs. , calling in sick=. and go to school , leaving to watch Mrs. . When they return home , the trio devises a plan to blackmail Mrs. by using fake photos of and Mrs. in bed together . Meanwhile , Mrs. plays mind games with , concerning her jealousy about supposed relationship with . Later that day , the plan goes awry when the school 's gym teacher , Coach arrives and is revealed to be having an affair with her . , again , impersonates Mrs. and blindfolds Coach to hide her identity . When passes out after a high intake of alcohol , , , and decide to blackmail Mrs. by producing photographic evidence of her love affair with . 
 While and leave to have the pictures printed and take an unconscious Coach home undetected , Mrs. manipulates into turning against by revealing to her that and spent the night together at a party . Distraught , leaves . When and arrive back , Mrs. eventually reveals that she hates because has , unlike herself , the potential to leave their small town and experience life . In response , and have sex downstairs . Later , the two find Mrs. 's history grade book . marks down her rival 's top A grade down to a B , and upgrades her own C to an A+ . 
 The next day at school , ignores , still hurt over her betrayal . tries to make amends with , but admits that she had sex with , further infuriating , who accuses of being just like Mrs. . 
 Mrs. escapes from her bonds , ties down in her place , and using the loaded crossbow , once again threatens . returns , now saying she will help blackmail and ruin , but is revealed to be lying . After a violent fight , Mrs. picks up a crossbow and fires it wildly , trying to hit . walks through the door , gets hit in the chest by the bolt , and collapses . checks her pulse and says she is dead . Principal arrives to check up on Mrs. and is horrified by the scene . Guilt - ridden , confesses that she shot while trying to kill and wanted to make her fail . However , was protected by the thick textbook she was holding to her chest and is completely unharmed , which already knew . is fired by , who then calls the police . The film ends with being named as valedictorian at graduation .

Following the end of the Persian Gulf War , U.S. soldiers are sent over to clean up loose ends . The soldiers are bored over the lack of action and as a result throw parties at night . Major , a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier , is trading sex for stories with a journalist , , when he is interrupted by , the television reporter he is assigned to escort . 
 While disarming and searching an Iraqi officer , U.S. Army Reserve Sergeant First Class , his best friend Private First Class , and their unit find a map between the officer 's buttocks . goes to Staff Sergeant Chief to help translate the map . Major appears , after tracking down a lead from . convinces them that the document is a map of bunkers near Karbala , containing gold bullion stolen from Kuwait , which they decide to steal . To keep off his back , sends Specialist to aid her on a false lead . 
 They set off the next day and , among other goods plundered from Kuwait , find the gold , and stumble on the interrogation of . As they are leaving , 's wife pleads with them not to abandon the anti - Saddam dissidents , but she is executed by the Iraqi Republican Guard . The group decides to free the Iraqi prisoners , triggering a firefight . They pull out just as Iraqi reinforcements arrive , and as they try to evade a CS gas attack , they blunder into a minefield and get separated . Iraqi soldiers capture while a group of rebels rescue the other Americans and take them to their underground hideout . There , , and agree to help the rebels and their families reach the Iranian border , after they rescue . 
 gets taken back to the bunker , and is thrown in a room full of Kuwaiti cell phones . He manages to call his wife back home and tells her to report his location to his local Army Reserve unit . His call is cut short when he is dragged to an interrogation room where he is interrogated by Iraqi Captain . 
 The Americans with the rebels go to a band of Iraqi Army deserters , who are persuaded to sell them luxury cars stolen from Kuwait . The cars are outfitted as 's entourage , in a ruse to scare away the bunker 's defenders . After storming the bunker , they free , who spares , and find more Shi'ite dissidents held in a dungeon . A few of the soldiers who ran away return , and shoot and . dies ; 's lung is punctured , but he survives . 
 radios and and arranges transport , while the hapless officers in the camp try to locate the trio after getting the message from 's wife . Each of the rebels is given a bar of gold and the rest is buried as they wait for the transport to arrive . The convoy goes to the Iranian border , where the three Americans intend to escort the rebels across to protect them from the Iraqi soldiers guarding the crossing . But the American officers arrive and stop the group , arresting the trio while the rebels are recaptured . offers the buried gold to the American officers in exchange for letting the refugees through . The commanding officer acquiesces to assisting the rebels get into Iran , but still states that charges ( of being absent without leave and disobeying orders by contradicting American post - war policy ) and courts - martial will be convened against , , and Chief . 
 As an epilogue , the film states that the three surviving soldiers ( , , and Chief ) are cleared of the charges and honorably discharged , thanks to 's reporting . The epilogue goes on to show that goes to work as a military adviser for Hollywood action films , leaves his airport job to work with , and returns to his wife and baby to run his own carpet store . The stolen gold was returned to Kuwait , which claimed that some was missing , implying that some pilfering of the gold took place .

Architects ( ) and ( ) have just landed a career - making opportunity to design of a multimillion dollar cultural center for wealthy businessman ( ) . In a ploy for publicity , has pitched and in a neck - and - neck competition with their archrivals and former colleagues , the hugely successful and ( and ) . When meets and , he assumes that they are lovers , even though is straight . ( is in fact gay , but his relationship with is strictly platonic . ) Under the mistaken impression that is gay , he asks to keep an eye on his mistress ( ) and make sure that she does n't talk to his wife . falls for virtually on sight , but she thinks he 's gay . He is forced to maintain the charade to avoid getting into trouble with , and losing the commission . 
 Matters become complicated when a news article about and 's supposed relationship is published in a newspaper , leaving in the increasingly frustrating position of having to fend off advances from various gay men while convincing his friends and family that he is simply pretending to be gay . even sets him up on a date with her ex - boyfriend , football player ( ) , but manages to defuse the situation by saying that he 's in love with someone else . Despite the embarrassing misconceptions , Oscar forms a close bond with as they continue to spend time together - to the extent that moves in with him after she is kicked out of her apartment . At the final presentation for the cultural center , and receive the commission , but is simultaneously told that he has won the award for Gay Professional Man of the Year , with deciding that he will reveal his decision after the ceremony . 
 After an awkward meeting between and 's wife at the party , she and go to a bar . leaves in frustration after she nearly kisses him , prompting a brief argument between her and where states that her relationship with has no future . After spending the day alone , attends the award ceremony for Gay Professional Man of the Year . Although he initially continues his charade , while looking out at the people before him , he instead makes a passionate speech about how he admires all the men and women here who were able to tell the truth to their families about how they feel , ending the speech by " coming out of the closet " as he admits that he 's straight and in love with . As he is applauded for having the courage to admit the truth , he runs after , only for her to punch both him and and storming out . then awkwardly accepts the prize that comes with the award : a date with . However , as sits in a restaurant where he and ate together on the night they met , comes to see him . She says that she loves him too , and they kiss . 
 In a post - credit sequence , 's wife ( ) convinces him to go with and 's design , revealing that she knew about him and and informing him bluntly that and did the better job .

A boy eating lunch in a 1950s - style kitchen plays war with his surrounding toys . A bomb blast outside the window frightens him under the table from where he is rescued and taken to an Amphitheatre , where an invisible audience cheers . An army resembling the Terracotta Army enters ; Romans under the command of , the general at the center of the play , return victorious from war . They bring back as spoils , Queen of the Goths , her sons , and the Moor . sacrifices 's eldest son , , so the spirits of his 21 dead sons might be appeased . eloquently begs for the life of , but refuses her plea . 
 , the Emperor of Rome , dies . His sons and squabble over who will succeed him . The Tribune of the People , , announces the people 's choice for new emperor is his brother , . He refuses the throne and hands it to the late emperor 's eldest son , much to the latter 's delight . The new emperor states he will take , ' daughter , as his bride to honor and elevate the family . She is already betrothed to ' brother , , who steals her away . ' surviving sons aid in the couple 's run for the Pantheon , where they are to marry . , angry with his sons because in his eyes they 're being disloyal to Rome , kills his son as he defends the escape . The new emperor , , dishonors and marries instead . persuades the Emperor to feign forgiveness to , and his family and postpone punishment to a later day , thereby revealing her intention to avenge herself on all the Andronici . 
 During a hunting party the next day , 's lover , , meets 's sons and . The two argue over which should take sexual advantage of the newly - wed . easily persuades them to ambush and kill him in the presence of and , in order to have their way with her . begs to stop her sons , but refuses . and throw ' body in a pit , as directed them , then take away and rape her . To keep her from revealing what she saw and endured , they cut out her tongue as well as her hands , replacing them with tree branches . When discovers her , he begs her to reveal the identity of her assailants ; leans towards the camera and opens her bloodied mouth in a silent scream . 
 brings ' sons and and frames them for the murder of with a forged letter outlining their plan to kill him . Angry , the Emperor arrests them . Later on , takes to her father , who 's overcome with grief . He and his remaining son begged for the lives of and , but the two are found guilty and are marched off to execution . enters , and tells , , and the emperor will spare the prisoners if one of the three sacrifices a hand . Each demands the right to do so . has cut off his ( 's ) left hand and take it to the emperor . 's story is revealed to have been false , as a messenger brings the heads of his sons and his own severed hand . In Renaissance semiotics , the hand is a representation of political and personal agency . With his hand chopped off , has truly lost power.[4 ] Desperate for revenge , orders to flee Rome and raise an army among their former enemy , the Goths . 
 ' grandson ( ' son and the boy from the opening ) , who helped read to , complains she will not leave his books alone . In the book , she indicates to and the story of , in which a similarly mute victim " wrote " the name of her wrongdoer . gives her a stick to hold with her mouth and stumps . She writes the names of her attackers on the ground . vows revenge . Feigning madness , he ties written prayers for justice to arrows and commands his kinsmen to aim them at the sky so they may reach the gods . Understanding the method in ' " madness " , directs the arrows to land inside the palace of , who is enraged by this added to the fact is at the gates of Rome with an army of Goths . 
 delivers a mixed - race child , fathered by . To hide his affair from the Emperor , kills the nurse and flees with the baby . , marching on Rome with an army of Goths , captures and threatens to hang the infant . To save the baby , reveals the entire plot to , relishing every murder , rape and dismemberment . 
 , convinced of ' madness , approaches him along with her two sons , dressed as the spirits of Revenge , Murder , and Rape . She tells she ( as a supernatural spirit ) will grant him revenge if he will convince to stop attacking Rome . agrees , sending to invite to a feast . " Revenge " offers to invite the Emperor and and is about to leave , but insists " Rape " and " Murder " stay with him . She agrees . When she leaves , ' servants bind and . cuts their throats , while holds a basin with her stumps to catch their blood . He plans to cook them into a pie for their mother . 
 The next day , during the feast at his house , enters the dining room . asks whether a father should kill his daughter if she is raped . When the Emperor agrees , snaps 's neck , to the horror of the dinner guests , and tells what 's sons did . When demands and be brought before him , reveals they were in the pie enjoyed , and kills . kills after which kills to avenge his father 's death . 
 Back in the Roman Arena , tells his family 's story to the people and is proclaimed Emperor . He orders his father and sister to be buried in the family monuments , be given a proper burial , 's body to be thrown to the wild beasts , and be buried chest - deep and left to die of thirst and starvation . is unrepentant to the end . Young picks up 's child and carries him away into the sunrise .

prepares to go to cowboy camp with , but while playing with and , he accidentally tears 's arm . 's mom puts on a shelf , and leaves without . The next day , finds that has been shelved for months due to a broken squeaker . 's mother puts in a yard sale , but rescues him , only to be stolen by a greedy toy collector , who takes him to his apartment . and the rest of 's toys identify the thief from a commercial to be , the owner of Al 's Toy Barn . , , , , and set out to rescue . 
 At 's apartment , learns that he is based on a 1950s[9 ] television show called Woody 's Roundup , and that along with the other Roundup toys – Jessie , Bullseye , and Stinky Pete the Prospector – he is set to be sold to a toy museum in Tokyo , Japan . While the others are excited about going , intends to return home to . explains that the museum is only interested in the collection if it is complete , and without , they will be returned to storage . 
 When 's arm is torn off completely , attempts to retrieve it and escape , but is foiled when 's television set turns on , and blames when he finds the TV remote in front of her . The next morning , 's arm is fixed by a toy repair specialist , and he learns that once belonged to , who eventually outgrew her and gave her away . warns him that the same fate awaits him when grows up , whereas he will last forever in the museum . decides to stay , now believing that all toys will eventually get discarded by their owners . 
 Meanwhile , and the other toys reach 's Toy Barn . While searching for , is imprisoned by a Utility Belt Buzz , who believes that is a rogue space ranger ; he joins the other toys , who mistake him for 's . After discovering 's plan , they go to his apartment , while 's escapes and pursues them , accidentally freeing an Emperor Zurg toy , who follows him with the intent of destroying him . After the toys find , rejoins them and proves that he is 's , but refuses to go home . 
 reminds that a toy 's true purpose is to be played with , which he would never experience in a museum . After seeing a boy play with him on television , realizes that was right , and asks the gang to come home with him and 's toys . However , declines and stops them from leaving , revealing that he wants to go to the museum to be appreciated forever , having never been sold or played with . He was also the one responsible for foiling 's earlier escape attempt and framing for it . then returns , takes the gang in a suitcase and leaves for the airport . 
 's toys pursue , but are caught by , who battles Utility Belt Buzz , until inadvertently knocks him off the elevator . Utility Belt Buzz then chooses to remain behind with , who has revealed himself as 's father . Accompanied by three toy Aliens , 's toys steal a Pizza Planet delivery truck and follow to the airport , where they enter the baggage handling system and find the suitcase . Stinky Pete rips 's arm during a struggle , but 's toys stuff him into a little girl 's backpack . They free , only for to end up on the plane bound for Japan . Assisted by and , frees , and the toys find their way home . 
 When returns from camp , he accepts , Bullseye , and the Aliens as his new toys , thinking that his mother bought them and repairs 's torn arm . 's business has suffered due to him failing to sell the Roundup gang , while 's squeaker has also been fixed . tells that he is no longer worried about outgrowing him because , when he eventually does , they will still have each other for company .

, an Oakland journalist recovering from alcoholism , is assigned to cover the execution of convicted murderer following the death of 's colleague , , who had originally been assigned to the story . 
 investigates the background to the case and comes to suspect that has been wrongly convicted of murdering . He gets permission from his editor 's boss to investigate , and is told that the top editor would call the Governor , and that would do the job , if gets hard proof . He thus has a little over 12 hours to confirm his hunch and save . 
 interviews a prosecution witness , , who saw at the store with a gun . questions 's account , saying that , because of the layout of the store , he could not have seen a gun in 's hand . 
 confronts , who reveals that , a young man , , was interviewed and claimed he had stopped at the store to buy a soda and saw nothing . decides that , never called as a witness , is probably the real killer . He breaks into the deceased reporter 's house , suspecting that she had been onto something and finds her file on . Meanwhile , Warden also starts to have doubts about 's guilt . 
 falls out with his bosses and is fired on the spot , but he points out that his contract entitles him to adequate notice . They ask him how much notice he requires , and , looking at his watch , he says 6 hours and 7 minutes . He tracks down , 's grandmother . She tells him that her grandson could not have been the murderer , and berates him for the lack of interest from the press when himself was killed in a mugging two years after 's murder . 
 The prison chaplain misrepresents an exchange with as a confession to the crime . hears about this on the radio and loses heart ; on top of this , his wife has found out about his affair with his editor 's wife and has turned him out of the house . He is about to start drinking again when he sees a piece on TV that shows a photograph of wearing a locket , a locket he realizes he has seen before , being worn by . 
 drives back to 's house . When he tells her about the locket she realizes the truth : her grandson was the killer . now has to get to the Governor 's house in order to persuade him to order a stay of execution . As they approach the Governor 's mansion , the first of three drugs used in the execution has already been injected into 's bloodstream and he has lost consciousness . The Governor calls , and the doctors try to revive him , while his wife bangs on the window calling out for him to wake up . 
 Six months later , a week before Christmas , is out buying a stuffed hippo for his daughter , and the store 's proprietor mentions that he is famous and may even win a Pulitzer . He catches sight of and his family doing their Christmas shopping . and acknowledge each other , but 's daughter shouts for him to " come on , " which does .

The film portrays the lives of shy conjoined twins and , who take residence in a rundown hotel to hopefully reunite with their estranged birth mother . They find their gateway to the outside world through an eccentric young prostitute named . They agree to attend a Halloween party with and pretend to be wearing a " Siamese Twins " costume . The rest of the movie involves the brothers dealing with 's health problems , the changing relationship between the brothers , and 's budding relationship with . Ultimately 's health deteriorates too far and the twins have to be separated . is too sick to survive and dies , but survives and must begin a life apart from his twin . visits him and the two start a relationship .

Seven years after the events in the first film , ( ) , now an ordinary human after having had his cybernetic implants removed , is a technical expert who is working for the US government with his partner ( ) , who has been through countless hours of combat training with him . They work to refine and perfect the UniSol program in an effort to make a new , stronger breed of soldier that is more sophisticated and intelligent to reduce the use of normal , human soldiers in the battlefield . All of the new UniSols , which are faster and stronger than the original UniSols , are connected through an artificially intelligent computer system called S.E.T.H. ( Self - Evolving Thought Helix ) . 
 When S.E.T.H. discovers that the Universal Soldier program is scheduled to be shut down because of budget cuts , it takes action to protect itself . Killing those who try to shut off its power , and unleashing a platoon of super soldiers , led by the musclebound ( ) , S.E.T.H. spares , only because has the secret code that is needed to deactivate a built - in program that will shut S.E.T.H. down in a matter of hours . With the help of Squid ( ) , a rogue cyberpunk , S.E.T.H. is able to put its program in a UniSol which Squid made superior to any of the newer models ( ) . A team of four UniSols massacre most of the troops stationed outside the premises . goes in later with a team of United States Army Rangers , but most of them are killed when a UniSol sentry sees them sneaking into the building 
 Not only must contend with ambitious reporter ( ) , who will not leave his side , but he must also contend with General ( ) who wants to take extreme measures to stop S.E.T.H .. S.E.T.H. has arranged to kidnap 's injured 13 - year - old daughter ( ) , killing in the process . 
 However , is the only person who can rescue , because knows firsthand how a UniSol thinks , feels , and fights . infiltrates the UniSol building again , but finds , now revived as one of the UniSols . S.E.T.H is able to figure out the code itself , decides to kill and raise as a daughter , who it has healed using UniSol technology . During the fight covers S.E.T.H. in liquid nitrogen and then shatters S.E.T.H. 's frozen body . and leave the lab and head towards the exist , but find waiting for . then engages into a final fight with , which ends when finally rebels against the UniSols by shooting , and allows and to get out of the building on time . However , the bomb that General had placed was deactivated by S.E.T.H. As and the other UniSols start to march out for battle , fires at the explosive charge , blowing up the building , killing all UniSols and destroying their laboratory .

( ) is an intelligent and academically gifted backup quarterback for the West Canaan High School football team . Despite his relative popularity at school , easy friendships with other players and smart and sassy girlfriend ( ) , he is dissatisfied with his life . He wants to leave Texas to go to school at Brown University . He is constantly at odds with his football - obsessed father , ( ) , and dreads playing it under legendary coach ( ) , a verbally abusive , controlling authoritarian who believes in winning at all costs . He has a strong track record as coach : in 30 years of coaching at West Canaan , he has won two state titles and 22 district championships , and only cares about winning his 23rd . His philosophy finally takes its toll on all - state starting quarterback , ( ) , 's best friend and 's brother , who has earned a football scholarship to play for Florida State . He is manipulated by into taking anesthetic shots on an injured knee that finally succumbs to failure and results in even greater injury after getting sacked during a game . He is rushed to the hospital , where doctors are appalled at the massive amount of scar tissue found under his knee and determine that the effects of the injury are permanent and will prevent him from being able to play football for a year and a half , costing him his FSU scholarship . 
 , who has accompanied to the hospital , is shocked when feigns ignorance to 's doctors about his knee problems , when in fact ordered the trainer to inject the shots . In need of a new quarterback , he reluctantly names to replace as captain and starting quarterback . The move brings unexpected dividends for him , one of them being ( ) , 's cheerleader girlfriend , who is interested in marrying a football player in order to escape small - town life . She even goes so far as to attempt to seduce , sporting a " bikini " made of whipped cream over her otherwise naked body , but he rebuffs her as politely as he can and helps to cheer her up by telling her that she can get out of West Canaan on her own without anyone 's help . 
 Disgusted with and not feeling a strong need to win , starts calling his own plays on the field without 's approval and takes his group of friends and teammates , including , out to a strip club on the night before a game , which they subsequently lose due to poor play from still being hungover . He also chides his father , , screaming at him , " I do n't want your life ! " had been a football player at West Canaan under and although dismissed him as having no talent nor courage , he still respected and obeyed him . When becomes aware that has earned a full academic scholarship to Brown , he threatens him that if he continues to disobey and disrespect him , he will alter his transcripts in order to reverse the decision on his scholarship . 
 's lack of concern for his players continues , resulting in an emotional breakdown of offensive guard , ( ) , who had suffered a head injury weeks earlier ( had missed a block when he passed out on the field as a result of this injury after pressured him out onto the field , which allowed the hit on that crippled his knee , in which blames him for ) . When starting tailback ( ) , another friend of Mox 's , is injured on the field during the final game of the season , pressures him during halftime into taking a shot of cortisone , as he had done with , to deaden the pain from his injury and allow him to continue at the risk of permanent injury . Desperate to be recruited by a good college , agrees . intervenes and threatens that he 'll quit the team if the needle enters 's knee . Undaunted , reminds him about altering his transcripts and orders ( ) , starting wide receiver and friend of , and , to replace , but he also quits . also steps in to defend his teammates . tells that the only way they will return to the field for the second half is without him . Realizing that he will be forced to forfeit the game , he loses control and physically assaults . The other players intercede and then refuse to take to the field . Knowing his loss of control has cost him his credibility , tries in vain to rally support and spark the team 's spirit into trusting him , but none of the players follow him out of the locker room . He continues down the hall , and upon seeing that no one following him , turns the other direction and into his office . After an inspiring speech from to rally the team , they take the field under the leadership of , who takes over coaching duties for the second half , and manage to win the game . 
 In a voice - over epilogue , recounts several characters ' aftermaths , including the fact that left town and never coached again despite his statue still standing ( only because it was too heavy to move ) . became a successful coach ( presumably Head Coach for the Coyotes after 's departure ) , earned a football scholarship to Grambling , and took his scholarship and graduated from Brown University , but he never played football again .

James Van Der Beek, Jon Voight, Paul Walker, Amy Smart, Scott Caan, Ron Lester, Ali Larter, Eliel Swinton

Akademik , a Russian research vessel in the South Pacific , communicates with the orbiting space station Mir . A large energy source traveling through space strikes Mir , killing the cosmonauts and beaming itself down to . The electrical surge takes over the ship and attacks the crew . 
 Seven days later , the tugboat Sea Star , captained by alcoholic ( ) , loses its uninsured cargo while sailing through a typhoon . Sea Star 's crew , led by navigator and ex - Navy officer ( ) and engineer ( ) , discover the engine room taking on water . When Sea Star takes refuge in the eye of the storm to make repairs , Volkov appears on their radar . Realizing that it could be worth millions in salvage , orders his crew aboard . 
 On Volkov , most of the electronics have been destroyed and the Russian crew are seemingly missing . orders to help a fellow crewman , ( ) , restore power to the ship . Immediately afterward , the ship 's anchor drops on its own , sinking Sea Star with deckhand ( ) and first mate ( ) on board . leaves Squeaky to guard the engine room , where he is lured to his death by a robotic , spider - like creature . rescues an injured , while comes out unscathed . 
 As treats in the sick bay , Chief Science Officer ( sole surviving member of 's crew — shoots at the crew and is subdued by . is hysterical about " it " needing power to travel through the ship and implores the crew to shut down the generators . She attacks and , who subdues her and takes her to the bridge . , , and crewman ( ) go to the engine room to look for Squeaky , but instead stumble upon an automated workshop producing more of the strange robots . 
 The three are attacked by the robots and what appears to be a gun - wielding Russian crew member . The Russian is revealed to be a cyborg , but the three bring it down with salvaged munitions and take its seemingly dead body to the bridge . explains that the sentient electrical energy beamed from the Mir took over the ship eight days prior , scanned the ship 's computers to find information on killing humans , then used the automated workshops to convert 's crew into cyborgs ; the one brought to the bridge was the ship 's captain and 's husband . 
 As the storm resumes , the crew head for the computer room . On the way , they are ambushed by a converted Squeaky and a giant robot that kills . The survivors barricade themselves in the communications room , where sends out a mayday ; however , shoots out the radio , unwilling to give up his salvage . punches and removes him from command . uses the computers to talk to the alien ; it tells them that it is " aware " and sees mankind as a " virus " which it plans to use as " spare parts . " This drives insane , causing him to gun down and flee . When the remaining crew leave the room , takes the opportunity to talk to the alien , which recognizes him as the " dominant lifeform . " 
 The crew discovers that the alien has moved 's computer elsewhere in the ship . Realizing that the ship is moving , they return to the bridge by going outside , where is lost to the typhoon . Meanwhile , is guided to one of the workshops , where he makes a bargain with the alien . identifies Lord Howe Island as 's destination , with surmising that the alien wishes to seize a British intelligence station from which it could seize control of the world 's military forces . As they decide to sink , the survivors are confronted by the now - cyborg Everton , which they defeat with a thermite hand grenade . They empty the ship 's fuel tanks and set explosive charges . 
 , and run into . A giant robot suddenly appears and attacks , and . The robot captures and tortures her for the location of the detonator . A mortally wounded informs that he prepared a jury - rigged ejection seat that can be used for escape . and rescue , and sacrifices herself by shooting a flaregun at nearby gas tanks to kill the robot . As and make it out safely by using 's ejection seat , which triggers an explosion and sinks Volkov , causing the sentient electricity to disperse in the seawater . and are rescued by a U.S. naval ship .

In 1869 , 4 years after the end of the American Civil War , U.S. Army Captain ( ) and U.S. Marshal ( ) hunt for Confederate General " Bloodbath " ( ) , who is wanted for mass murder , throughout the Southern United States . This is due to ordering a massacre in a settlement called New Liberty , where many of the freed slaves were murdered , including 's biological parents . The search leads to a brothel where the two try ( unsuccessfully ) to arrest him . It leads to a huge brawl and a cart of nitroglycerin crashing into the building , starting a fire . Both and — dressed as a woman — escape . Later , in Washington , D.C. , and meet at the White House with President ( ) , who tells them about the disappearance of America 's key scientists and a treasonous plot by General " Bloodbath " . charges the two with finding the scientists before he inaugurates the first transcontinental railroad at Promontory , Utah . 
 On board their train , examines the head of a murdered scientist , using a projection device to reveal the last thing the scientist saw . Finding and a clue in the image , they head to New Orleans , pursuing a lead about Dr. ( ) , an ex - Confederate scientist in a steam - powered wheelchair , who is hosting a party for the elite of Southern society . mistakes a female guest for a disguised and makes an error that results in the guests wanting to lynch . Meanwhile , roams the mansion and comes across a caged ( ) , rescuing her . frees from the lynching with an elastic rope , and the three escape to their train The Wanderer . On board , asks for their help in rescuing her father , one of the kidnapped scientists , Professor . 
 Later , hosts a reception to demonstrate his newest weapon : a steam - powered tank . The tank uses General 's soldiers as target practice , which angers . When demands an explanation , accuses him of " betrayal " for surrendering at Appomattox , then shoots and leaves him for dead . As and his troops head over to Utah , , and find the dying , who reveals that he was framed by for the massacre of New Liberty , explaining that used the tank to kill the people there . The three then pursue on The Wanderer , but having expected their arrival and using steam - powered hydraulics , maneuvers his train behind The Wanderer . manages to disable 's train , but not before uses a cannon - launched grappling hook to stop The Wanderer . , afraid of being recaptured by , grabs one of 's explosive rigged pool balls and accidentally releases sleeping gas that knocks out , , and herself . 
 and wake up as and his posse pull away in The Wanderer taking hostage , announcing that he intends to capture President at the " golden spike " ceremony and also that and will be killed should they step outside of the trap they are in . Escaping the trap , the two stumble across 's private rail line , which leads them to his industrial complex , hidden in Spider Canyon . Here , they witness 's ultimate weapon : a gigantic mechanical spider armed with two nitroglycerin cannons . uses the spider to capture President and at the ceremony at Promontory Point , while is seemingly shot by one of 's bodyguards . 
 At his industrial complex , reveals his plan : to destroy the United States with his mechanized forces unless President agrees to divide the states among Great Britain , France , Spain , Mexico , the Native American people , and himself . When refuses to surrender , orders to be shot . However , , who had survived thanks to a chain mail vest gave him , disguises himself and manages to distract , allowing to free the captives . Unfortunately , escapes on his spider in the ensuing battle , taking the President with him . 
 To save the President , and build a flying machine to overtake the spider as attacks a small town in an attempt to force to sign the surrender . and crash onto the spider , but manage to grab on the beam before they can fall and , one of 's henchwomen , falls to her death after the collision . After defeats the henchmen below , throwing one off the spider after tying him to a chain , a fight ensues between him and , now on mechanical legs . shoots a hole in 's hydraulic line , allowing to gain the upper hand . This allows and to defeat 's guards , and pleading for his life , drags himself back to his wheelchair as the spider approaches a cliff . attempts to shoot with a concealed gun , but hits the spider 's steam pipes , stopping it just before it plunges into the canyon . The abrupt stop leaves and hanging precariously from the spider . tries to decide whether he should pull the chair 's lever that will release them or not , knowing it will send both him and to their deaths if he does so . taunts so much that pulls the lever himself and survives by grabbing the ankles of the henchman he threw out earlier , while falls to his death . 
 promotes and as Agent # 1 and Agent # 2 of his new U.S. Secret Service . asks which of them is 1 and 2 , but the President brushes off the question as unimportant and tells them they will have plenty of time to talk about on the way back , as he takes " The Wanderer " . and meet again , both planning to court her , but she crushes their hopes , announcing that Professor is actually her husband . 
 and ride through the desert together . asks " Mind if I ask you a question ? " replies " Actually , I do , . " The camera pans out to show they are actually riding the mechanical spider .

It is the year 2454 and an interstellar war is raging between the Terran Confederation and the Kilrathi Empire , whose people , the cat - like Kilrathi , seek the complete eradication of the human race . Lieutenants ( ) and ( ) are pilots fresh out of training and traveling aboard the small supply ship Diligent , commanded by Captain ( ) , to their new posting aboard the carrier TCS Tiger Claw in the Vega Sector . En route , the ship gets pulled into a gravity well and loses their navigation computer . While repairs it , is able to space - jump them to safety , calculating the jump in under ten seconds , a notable feat as notes the computer could n't have done it that fast . 
 While this is happening , a massive Kilrathi armada attacks Pegasus Station , a remote but vital Confederation base and captures a navigation computer , through which it will be able to locate Earth . Admiral ( ) directs , whose father he knew from a previous conflict of the Confederation known as the Pilgrim Wars , to carry orders to the Tiger Claw , under the command of Captain ( ) , to fight a suicidal delaying action to let the rest of the Terran fleet reach Earth since it is two hours behind the Kilrathi . Along with the awkwardness of joining a new unit , and continual pranks that require discipline from his wing commander Lieutenant Commander ( ) , fights the distrust of Commander ( ) and his crewmate Lt . ( ) because of the drastic orders he brings from the Admiral , and because his mother was a " Pilgrim " , a strain of humans who were the cause of the Pilgrim Wars . Pilgrims were the first human explorers and colonists and had developed the innate ability to navigate space by feel despite obstacles such as black holes . finds a kindred spirit in Lieutenant ( ) and falls in love with her , but she dies when her fighter is damaged after a battle with an advance group of Kilrathi vessels and crashes on the flight deck during landing as the result of friendly competition with . The incident enrages and shakes 's confidence . 
 Despite several setbacks , the Tiger Claw 's personnel successfully attack and board a Kilrathi communications ship with the Diligent . In the attack , they also find the stolen navigation computer and learn the coordinates the Kilrathi fleet will use to approach Earth . The Tiger Claw , however , is heavily damaged and can do nothing more to prevent the assault , except to send and in fighters to find their way back to Earth . While it would normally be impossible for fighters to make such a jump without a navigation computer , 's Pilgrim heritage can afford him the ability to calculate such a jump himself . If alerted to the Kilrathi 's plans , Earth forces can destroy each Kilrathi ship before it can get its bearings after the space - jump ; if not , Earth 's defenses will surely be overwhelmed . Before leaves , , who is in reality a Naval Intelligence officer , reveals himself to be a Pilgrim as well , shocking . 
 's fighter is disabled in combat after destroying a missile , but she convinces to continue his mission despite his objections . uses his Pilgrim ability to make the jump to the vicinity of Earth . As his fighter begins to run out of fuel , he transmits the information Earth needs to defeat the Kilrathi assault . He is followed by the Kilrathi command ship , endangering the plan by impossible odds , but as it turns out , his position allows him to bait the Kilrathi into the gravity well he encountered at the start of the movie . Pulling his fighter away at the last minute , the command ship is pulled in due to its larger mass . Unprepared , the Kilrathi fleet is destroyed by the Earth fleet without being able to put up a fight . A search and rescue team from the Earth fleet rescues while rescues in the Diligent . and are reunited on the Tiger Claw and share a kiss as is taken to get medical attention .

Freddie Prinze Jr., Saffron Burrows, Matthew Lillard, Tchéky Karyo, Jürgen Prochnow, David Suchet

( ) spends her nights in a drunken haze with her boyfriend , ( ) . She ruins her sister ( ) 's wedding by showing up late and disheveled , delivering a drunken , rambling speech , and knocking over the wedding cake . Intoxicated , steals a limousine from the reception , tries to locate a cake store , and winds up losing control of the car and crashing into a house . She is given a choice between 28 days in jail or in a rehab center , and she chooses rehab . 
 is introduced to a variety of patients while in treatment : ( ) ( a hypersexual cocaine addict ) , ( ) and ( ) ( alcoholics ) , ( ) ( an older addict ) , ( ) ( a gay man whose addiction is not specified ) , and ( ) , the rehab facility 's director ( a recovered drug addict and alcoholic ) . Her roommate is young ( ) , a heroin addict who sporadically self - harms and is a fan of the fictitious soap opera Santa Cruz . 
 Initially , is angry and resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs on offer , refusing to admit that she is an alcoholic . On visiting day , shows up and slips her a bottle of medication , then the two sneak off for a day of drinking and drugging . Later , returns to the facility , clearly inebriated . The next day , is confronted by . He informs her that she 's being kicked out of rehab the next day and will be going to jail instead . angrily denies that she has a problem with alcohol , that she can stop anytime that she wants . Ignored , she angrily makes her way back to her room , where she rifles through her tissue box to get to her smuggled drugs . She puts a pill in her mouth but quickly spits it back out , then tosses the open bottle out the third - story window . 
 All throughout the day , experiences withdrawal symptoms . She shuns the meetings and any activities , all the while desperately trying to push through her physical discomfort on her own . Later that evening , in a moment of weakness , she attempts to climb out her window and retrieve the discarded meds . She falls , severely spraining her ankle , and is rescued by Eddie ( ) , a pro baseball player and fellow addict , who is just arriving as a new patient . 
 The next morning , asks for another chance , finally convinced that anyone who would climb out of a three - story window to chase a high might have a problem . He relents ; and finally begins to participate in the recovery process , growing closer to her fellow addicts and her roommate , . discovers that is also a fan of Santa Cruz , and their fellow group participants join and in catching up on tapes of the show . During therapy sessions , experiences flashbacks of a childhood that included a thrill - seeking addict mother who died of an overdose when was about six , leaving young and to be raised by an aunt . 
 On one of his visits , proposes to , bringing champagne to celebrate . Not wanting to jeopardize her newfound sobriety , throws the champagne into the lake . Later , her fellow addicts try to encourage her to see that is n't taking her sobriety seriously and to be careful . At some point , 's sister attends a group therapy session but leaves in disgust when become dismissive of 's recollections and resentments of her younger sister 's drunken antics . 
 and 's friendship grows closer . Afraid to share what she 'd done as a practicing alcoholic for fear of looking bad to , they share a moment when tells her that 's just what she 's done . She is just fine as she is . They are come upon by , who showed up unannounced . then proceeds to insult and pick a fight with , shoving him . punches him before stops any further violence . walks off , and and 's friendship becomes estranged . 
 's roommate , , is soon to be released and has been agitated and moody at the prospect , as well as heartbroken that her mother has never visited her during her entire stint in rehab . discovers dead in their bathroom , clearly having overdosed . 's death leaves devastated and perhaps wiser as to how an addict 's behavior affects others . commits herself to restoring her relationship with her sister . and reconcile , and leaves treatment , but not before warns her that is dangerous to her sobriety . 
 Back in New York , tries to make amends to for his behavior . Reconciling , tries to help to understand what needs to change in their relationship to support her recovery ; but she soon sees that does n't take her sobriety seriously . Seeing old party friends , wants to join them , demonstrating that he wo n't change his lifestyle or adjust to her needs and abstentions as a recovering addict . comes to terms with the fact that they are too different now and starts to see that recovery , though an everyday struggle , might be attainable . She breaks up with and walks away for good . Some time later , she is reunited with a sober at a floral shop . In a post - credit scene , recognizes a Santa Cruz character , , arrive as a new patient at the rehab facility .

In 1949 , young cowboy 's maternal grandfather dies . had grown up on his grandfather 's ranch , but it was put up for sale when the old man died . His mother has no ties to it anymore , and would rather have the money . With no home , asks his best friend to leave his family ranch in San Angelo , Texas and join him to travel on horseback to cross the border 150 miles south , to seek work in Mexico . They encounter a peculiar 13 - year - old boy named on the trail to Mexico , whom they befriend but from whom they then separate . Later on they meet a young aristocrat 's daughter , , with whom falls in love . 
 and become hired hands for 's father , who likes their work , but 's romantic interest in is not welcomed by her wealthy aunt . After 's father takes her away , and are arrested by Mexican police and taken to jail , where they again encounter , who has been accused of stealing a horse and of murder , and is killed by a corrupt police captain . and are sent to a Mexican prison for abetting ' crimes , where they must defend themselves against dangerous inmates . The pair are both nearly killed . 
 's aunt frees and , on the condition that she never sees them again . While returns to his parents ' ranch in Texas , attempts to reunite with over her family 's objections . Her aunt is confident that will keep her word and not get back together with – so much so that she even gives her niece 's phone number . urges to come to Texas with him . She , however , decides she must keep her word and though she loves him , she will not go with him . 
 then sets out to get revenge on the captain who took the boy 's life , as well as to get back his , 's and ' horses . After making the captain his prisoner , he turns him over to Mexican men , including one with whom had previously shared a cell when they were imprisoned by the captain . is spared the decision to kill the captain , but it is implied the men whom the captain was turned over to will do that . 
 Reentering the USA and riding through a small town in Texas , towing two horses behind the one he is riding , he stops to inquire what day it is ( it is Thanksgiving Day ) . He asks a couple of men if they would be interested in buying a rifle , as he needs the money . One is a sheriff 's deputy and arrests him because all three horses have different brands , and they suspect is a horse thief . 
 In court , tells the judge his story from the beginning . The judge believes him and orders freed and the horses returned to him . Later that evening , shows up at the judge 's home , troubled . The judge had said good things about him in court , but feels guilty that was killed – and while there was nothing he could have done to prevent the killing , he never even spoke up at the time and is upset with himself for that . The judge tells him he is being too hard on himself and it could not have been helped ; he must go on and live his life . rides to ' family 's ranch , where he asks his friend if he wants his horse back .

Matt Damon, Penélope Cruz, Henry Thomas, Lucas Black, Rubén Blades, Míriam Colón, Bruce Dern

In 1969 , child prodigy struggles to fit in with the world . His widowed mother has led him to believe he is 13 years old , until 's older sister , , tells their mother to tell the truth . His age is actually 11 ; his mother had him start first grade at 5 years old and then he skipped fifth grade . Their mother strictly controls and protects him and , forbidding rock music and other unwelcome influences , driving to leave home and become a flight attendant . 
 In 1973 , 15 - year - old , influenced by the rock albums left by his sister , aspires to be a rock journalist , writing freelance articles for underground papers in San Diego . Rock journalist , impressed with his writing , gives him a $ 35 assignment to review a Black Sabbath concert . He ca n't get backstage , but opening band Stillwater arrives , and after he flatters them with critical praise they bring him along . Lead guitarist takes a liking to him , partly because of 's new friendship with veteran groupie , though she prefers the term Band - Aid . Feigning retirement from her glory days , she takes under her wing . 
 is contacted by , editor of Rolling Stone , who believes him to be older and hires him to write a story . He convinces to let him write about Stillwater , and he is instructed to go on the road with them . Tensions between and lead singer are evident . begins to interview the members of the band , but repeatedly puts it off . watches the interaction and sympathizes with , whom they jokingly call " the enemy " because he 's a journalist , but he quickly becomes part of their inner circle as he loses his objectivity . 
 The band experiences problems with promoters and venues on the tour , and hires , a professional manager . is told she must leave them before New York , where 's ex - wife - girlfriend will join them . " loses " Penny and her three protégé groupies to another band in a poker game ; acts nonchalant but is devastated . Also , has chartered a small plane to allow them to play more gigs than their tour bus does , and there is no room on it for , who is left behind . 
 However , goes to New York on her own , and shows up at the restaurant where the band learns that they will be featured on the cover of Rolling Stone . notices her apparent attempts to get Russell 's attention , and is asked to leave . chases her back to her hotel , where he saves her from overdosing on quaaludes . 
 The next day , the band flies to another gig , and the plane encounters severe weather . Believing they are about to die , members of the group confess their secrets to one another , bringing the conflicts between and into the open . insults , but defends her and confesses that he loves her . The plane lands safely in Tupelo , leaving everyone to ponder the changed atmosphere . 
 leaves the group , to finish the article at the Rolling Stone office in San Francisco , writing the whole truth about what he has observed . Fearful the story will damage the band 's image , tells the magazine 's fact - checker that the boy 's story is untrue , killing the article and crushing emotionally . 's sister happens to encounter him sitting dejected in the airport , and offers to take him anywhere in the world ; he chooses to go home to San Diego , where their mother is overcome to have both of them back . 
 One of the groupies chastises for what he did to . calls and asks to meet with her , but she tricks him , giving him 's home address instead . When the door to the house is opened , rather than appearing , he finds himself face to face with 's mother who , upon hearing who he is , scolds him for his behavior . He is forced to face and apologizes ; finally gets his interview , and reverses himself and confirms 's article to Rolling Stone , which runs it as a cover feature . Meanwhile , purchases a ticket to Morocco , fulfilling her long - standing fantasy .

Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Patrick Fugit, Anna Paquin, Fairuza Balk

In 1987 , wealthy New York investment banker 's life revolves around dining at trendy restaurants while keeping up appearances for his fiancée and his circle of wealthy and shallow associates , most of whom he dislikes . describes the material accoutrements of his lifestyle , including his daily morning exercise , beautification routine , designer wardrobe and expensive furniture . He also discusses his music collection , which includes and the News , and . 
 and his associates flaunt their business cards in a display of vanity . Enraged by the superiority of co - worker 's card , murders a homeless man and kills the man 's dog . At a Christmas party , makes plans to have dinner with , who mistakes for another coworker , . gets drunk and lures him back to his apartment . While playing " Hip to Be Square " on the stereo , delivers a monologue to about the artistic merits of the song and of and the News , then murders him with an axe . He disposes of 's body , and then goes to his apartment to stage the situation so that others believe has run off to London . 
 is later interviewed about 's disappearance in his office by private detective . During the night , takes two prostitutes , whom he names and , to his apartment and explains to them the improvement he saw in the band Genesis after they moved away from progressive rock toward a more pop rock sound beginning with the album Duke . After they have sex , tells them to stay , while taking out instruments he uses for torture . In the next scene , they leave his apartment bruised and bloodied . 
 The next day , 's colleague reveals his new business card . tries to kill in the restroom of an expensive restaurant but can not bring himself to strangle him . mistakes the attempted murder for a sexual advance and declares his love for , who flees in disgust . After murdering a model , invites his secretary , , to dinner , suggesting she meet him at his apartment for drinks before . When arrives , , unbeknownst to her , holds a nailgun to the back of her head while the two converse . When he receives an answering machine message from his fiancée , , he asks to leave . meets for lunch and tells him he is not under suspicion . 
 has a threesome with his friend and at 's apartment , and kills during sex . runs , discovering multiple female corpses as she searches for an exit . A naked chases her while wielding a chainsaw , and drops it on her , killing her . 
 breaks off his engagement with . That night , as he uses an ATM , he finds a stray kitten . The ATM displays the text " feed me a stray cat " . As he prepares to shoot the cat , a woman sees and tries to stop him ; he shoots her and lets the cat go free . A police chase ensues but destroys the police cars by shooting their gas tanks . Fleeing to his office , enters the wrong office building , where he murders a security guard and a janitor . In an office he believes is his , calls his lawyer and frantically leaves a lengthy confession on 's answering machine . 
 The following morning , visits 's apartment , expecting it to be full of decomposing bodies and in the middle of a police investigation , but it 's vacant and for sale . The realtor tells him to leave . As goes to meet with his colleagues and lawyer for lunch , a horrified finds detailed drawings of murder , mutilation and rape in 's office journal . 
 sees at a restaurant and mentions the phone message he left the other night . mistakes for another colleague and laughs off the phone message confession as a joke , saying he had dinner with in London days earlier . A confused returns to his friends . In a final voice - over narration , he realizes he will continue to escape the punishment he deserves , and that there has been no catharsis : " This confession has meant nothing " .

, a young man convicted for drug possession , is sent to prison where veteran con takes under his wing and introduces him into his own gang . first helps out when three Puerto Ricans attempt to lure him into a cell block to rape him , however sees through their plans and talks to the Puerto Ricans , who quickly abandon interest in . 
 Over the next few days , helps out by getting him better jobs , food , and even transferring him to his own cell block . Mainly however helps 's case and points out that under a new article passed by the legislature , a judge can modify a sentence in the first 90 days if he sees fit , so ( who is the assistant to the Captain of the Guards ) helps write false reports and gives advice to stay out of trouble , which will make appear as a " very small threat to society " . However , after large inmate attempts to rape in the bathroom , stabs in a fight involving , paralyzing . signs a statement claiming and are responsible and their cells are stripped and they are restricted to them . 
 Because of the stabbing , 's attempt at a modified sentence is denied and his sentence remains five years . Meanwhile , manages to get word out is " snitching " , and an inmate working at the infirmary poisons 's IV with cleaning fluid . The case against and is thrown out as the victim and main witness is dead . 
 Shortly after their release , tells he plans to escape , and they plot to hide in a garbage truck and avoid being crushed by the compressor by using a bar to stop it . escapes in one truck , however stays behind , unable to jump into the truck after the appearance of one of the prison guards . manages to flee to Costa Rica and stays behind , after stating " This is my prison , after all " and quoting Satan from Paradise Lost by : " Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven . "

( ) is a successful 48 - year - old restaurateur and womanizer who is the subject of a recent New York magazine cover story . ( ) is a free - spirited , 22 - year - old woman brought to 's upscale restaurant by her grandmother and friends to celebrate her birthday . notices her immediately and her grandmother , an old friend of his , introduces them . admires the hats she made for the occasion and is surprised to learn that Charlotte is the daughter of one of his old girlfriends , , who died in a car accident . 
 The next day , calls and asks to make a hat for his date to an upcoming benefit dinner . A few days later , she delivers the hat to his apartment . Stood up by his date , he invites her to accompany him to the formal benefit . There they dance , get to know each other and later end up back at his apartment where they have sex . The next morning , while having breakfast on his terrace , explains that their relationship has no future . She acknowledges this , revealing she is dying from a heart condition . Later , tells his friend , ( ) , about his interest in . 
 The next day , calls on and they go out together . They talk about their age difference and her illness . As they walk through the beautiful fall foliage in Central Park , recites lines from the poem " God 's World " by . As they talk , she notices him checking his watch , and she takes it from his wrist , saying she 'll return it when he forgets that she has it . At his restaurant , they continue to get to know each other while preparing a meal for his staff . Watching her among his friends , he begins to fall in love . 
 Back at his apartment , experiences severe heart pain . At the hospital , learns from the doctor that she is suffering from neuroblastoma , a rare illness in adults , which in her case produced a tumor near her heart . She has perhaps a year to live . In the coming days , their relationship grows and she learns more about him . When she asks why he is so interested in food , responds , " Food is the only beautiful thing that truly nourishes . " 
 At a Halloween party , , dressed as , entertains children by reciting lines from one of 's poems and bringing the words to life with butterflies on her fingers : " Two butterflies went out at noon and waltzed above a stream , then stepped straight through the firmament and rested on a beam ; and then together bore away upon a shining sea – though never yet , in any port , their coming mentioned be . "[Note 1 ] Meanwhile , in another room , meets a former girlfriend and the two end up on the roof having sex . Later , suspects that he was unfaithful , and after denying it , he acknowledges his actions . breaks off their relationship . They are both deeply affected by the breakup . 
 Meanwhile , receives a letter from ( ) , the illegitimate daughter he 's never met . He goes to the museum where she works and recognizes her from an old photo , but he is unable to approach her . A few nights later he arrives home and is waiting for him in the lobby ; they talk for the first time . She is pregnant and has become sentimental about parenthood , wanting just to meet her own father . She tells him about a dream she 's had , that he 's been trying to find her all these years in order to say he was sorry for abandoning her . says quietly , " Yes I am . " 
 The next day , is walking through Central Park and steps over a fence onto a path , leaving behind some children playing beneath a tree . That night , returns to her apartment and finds asleep in her chair . Angry at first , she tells him to leave , but he apologizes and pleads to be given another chance – to let him love her again . She cries as he holds her in his arms , and later that night they make love . In the morning , recites to him lines from a poem : " The stars are soft as flowers , and as near ; the hills are webs of shadow , slowly spun ; no separate leaf or single blade is here – all blend to one . "[Note 2 ] Later , while skating at Rockefeller Center , suddenly collapses on the ice . At the hospital , learns that the tumor has progressed and that she may only have a few weeks to live . 
 In the coming days , searches for a specialist who can perform the necessary heroic surgery to save her life . He turns to his daughter for help , and she finds a specialist who agrees to perform the surgery when the times comes . On Christmas morning , wakes up and hears decorating the house and terrace . As she prepares to bring him his Christmas gift , collapses . She is rushed to the hospital and the specialist is called . At the hospital , comes to her side and whispers to her lines from a poem : " Time can not break the bird 's wing from the bird . Bird and wing together go down , one feather . No thing that ever flew , not the lark , not you , can die as others do . "[Note 3 ] Their hands separate as is taken to the operating room . 
 , his friends , , and 's grandmother wait during the long hours of surgery . Outside the hospital , seagulls fly off into the snowy skies over the city . Finally , the specialist emerges from surgery , and as he approaches it is clear from his expression that he could not save her . Back at his apartment , finds 's Christmas gift lying on the floor – a small box with the hat stem she designed for him . Opening the box , he finds the watch she took from him on their first date . He stands at his window weeping , holding the box closely to his chest . 
 The following summer on a small boat on Central Park Lake , is holding his newborn grandson in his arms as his daughter looks on with a loving smile . notices a swan , and then a reflection in the water of a young woman walking over the Bow Bridge . Father , daughter , and grandson drift peacefully on the lake .

( real name ) is an uptight , Harvard - educated black man working for the television network CNS . At work , he has to endure torment from his boss , a tactless , boorish white man . Not only does use AAVE and the word " nigger " repeatedly in conversations , he also proudly proclaims that he is more black than and that he can use " nigger " since he is married to a black woman and has two mixed - race children . frequently rejects 's scripts for television shows that portray black people in positive , intelligent scenarios , dismissing them as " clones " . 
 In an effort to escape his contract through being fired , develops a minstrel show with the help of his personal assistant . Mantan : The New Millennium Minstrel Show features black actors in blackface , extremely racist jokes and puns , and offensively stereotyped CGI - animated cartoons . and recruit two impoverished street performers , and , to star in the show . While is horrified when tells him details about the show , sees it as his big chance to become rich and famous for his tap - dancing skills . 
 To 's horror , not only does enthusiastically endorse the show , it also becomes hugely successful . As soon as the show premieres , and become big stars , while , contrary to his original stated intent , defends the show as satire . quickly embraces the fame and recognition he gets from the show while becomes ashamed of her association with it . Meanwhile , an underground , militant rap group called the Mau Maus , led by ' older brother , becomes increasingly angry at the content of the show . Though they had earlier unsuccessfully auditioned for the program 's live band position , the group plans to end the show using violence . 
 quits , fed up with the show and 's increasing ego . and grow closer , despite 's attempts to sabotage their relationship . confronts , and when she lashes back at him , he fires her . She then shows him a videotaped montage she created of racist footage culled from assorted media to shame into stopping production of the show , but he refuses to watch it . After an argument with , realizes he is being exploited and defiantly announces that he will no longer wear blackface . He appears in front of the studio audience , who are all in blackface , and does his dance number in his regular clothing . The network executives immediately turn against , and fires him . 
 The Mau Maus kidnap and announce his public execution via live webcast . The authorities work feverishly to track down the source of the internet feed , but is nevertheless assassinated while doing his famous tap dancing . At his office , ( now in blackface make - up himself , mourning 's death ) fantasizes that the various black - themed antique collectibles in his office are staring him down and coming to life ; in a rage , he destroys many of the items . The police kill all the members of the Mau Maus except for , a white member who demands to die with the others . 
 Furious , confronts at gunpoint and demands that he play her tape . As he does so , reminds him of the lives that were ruined because of his actions . During a struggle over the gun , is shot in the stomach . flees while proclaiming that it was 's own fault that he got shot . , holding the gun in his hands to make his wound appear self - inflicted , watches the tape as he lies dying on the floor . The film concludes with a long montage of racially insensitive and demeaning clips of black characters from Hollywood films of the first half of the 20th century.[2 ] Afterwards , is shown doing his last sequence on stage .

Damon Wayans, Jada Pinkett Smith, Savion Glover, Michael Rapaport, Tommy Davidson

In the year 3000 , Earth is a desolate wasteland . The Psychlos , a brutal race of giant humanoid aliens , have ruled the planet for a thousand years , and use human slave labor to strip its minerals and other resources . A few primitive hunter - gatherer tribes of humans live in freedom in remote , hidden areas , but after ten centuries of Psychlo oppression they have abandoned any hope of regaining control of their planet . ( ) rejects this universal hopelessness and leaves his tribe in the Rocky Mountains on a journey of exploration with a nomad hunter named ( ) . Both are captured by a Psychlo raiding party and transported to a slave camp in the ruins of Denver , Colorado , the Psychlos ' principal base of operations . A massive dome over the base protects the Psychlos from Earth 's atmosphere , which is toxic to them . 
 At the camp they meet ( ) , the Psychlo security chief , and his deputy , ( ) . is stranded permanently at his remote Earth outpost due to an unexplained incident involving " the Senator 's daughter " . He plans to bribe his way back to the Psychlo home planet by illegally mining gold in areas of high radioactivity . Psychlos avoid such areas because radiation reacts explosively with the gas mixture that they breathe . selects to lead the mining operation . acquires a comprehensive knowledge of human history and literature in a Psychlo rapid - learning machine . He defiantly declares that one day , humans will overthrow the Psychlos and retake their planet . An amused shows the ruins of Denver and its public library and boasts that the Psychlos conquered all of Earth in only nine minutes during the 21st century . spends time in the library and is particularly inspired by the Declaration of Independence . gives a party of slaves and a Psychlo flying shuttle and orders him to find gold . 
 locates a plentiful supply at the long - abandoned Fort Knox . He also discovers an abandoned underground military base with working Harrier jump - jets , weapons , and fuel . While they are supposed to be laboring in the mines , and his followers plot a revolution , and use the military base 's flight simulators to train themselves in aerial combat . 
 After a week of training , the rebels launch their attack . In a suicide mission , flies his Psychlo flying shuttle into the Denver dome , destroying it and suffocating the Psychlos inside . captures a teleportation device and uses it to teleport a dirty bomb to the Psychlo home world . When it detonates , the radiation it releases reacts catastrophically with the Psychlo atmosphere , destroying all life on the planet . The humans have retaken Earth , but face an uncertain future . The sole Psychlo survivors are , who is imprisoned inside Fort Knox in a makeshift cell of gold bars ; and , who joins the victorious humans in their challenging project to rebuild their civilization.[3 ]

( ) is a young woman from a troubled home who has one overarching goal : to become the winner of the Miss America pageant . Her mother is an alcoholic who graduates from berating her young daughter for not doing well in kids ' pageants to declaring she will not provide any money or support for if she keeps competing . Fortunately for , she becomes best friends with ( ) and 's kind grandmother ( ) joins her sweet granddaughter to support as she begins her steady rise through the beauty pageant ranks . 
 becomes pregnant , but , as women with children are ineligible for the MAM crown , selflessly agrees to raise 's daughter ( ) as her own daughter . becomes colder and meaner as she gets closer to achieving her goal , whether she 's sabotaging fellow contestant ( ) on her routine and earning a lifelong enemy of an aspiring newscaster , or pawning all of her inconveniences onto while ignoring how obvious it is that looks exactly like her – a path that leads to her victory in the Miss Illinois pageant . When goes to tell her mom about it , she fends off the mom 's gross , leering husband and is left hurt when she 'd told that it would take too much effort to attend the MAM pageant , at which point defends and is bitterly relieved to be ejected from the unloving home she grew up in . 
 When is falsely accused of euthanasia and jailed , is forced to care for , a task at which she is neither qualified nor appreciative , as she is afraid that her MAM crown bid will be taken away . reacts to the situation by being angry and difficult to handle , making it clear she knows is her mother and leaving sad and angry with herself for not being able to just be honest . heads to the MAM showcase , where one of the other contestants is nice to her and another cattily asks for extra tickets for her large and loving family ( smiles and says " No " ) , while has the lead on breaking the story about 's parentage . She only later matures after seeking guidance from jailed , when refuses to fill her usual supportive role and bluntly tell she needs to take care of her responsibilities in general and her daughter most of all . comes to see that the pursuit of pageant fame is empty next to taking care of her family , and when she makes the MAM Final 3 she announces that she will be a role model to one little girl instead of a hero to countless strangers , confirming that she is 's mom and is withdrawing from the pageant . The judges see that the crowd is 100 % in her favor , and change their rules so becomes the new Miss America Miss. is left humiliated as her anti - Mona efforts , and chance to become a star TV personality , are both in ruins . and end the film having re - united with a fully exonerated and heading off to happier times .

The opening sequence takes the form of a computer simulation run by the Devil to analyze souls and determine individual weaknesses to exploit and corrupt . The program finally settles on ( ) , a geeky , over - zealous man working a dead - end technical support job in a San Francisco computer company . He has no friends and his co - workers are always avoiding him . He has a crush on his colleague , ( ) , but lacks the courage to ask her out . After is again ditched by his co - workers at a bar while trying to talk to , he says to himself that he would give anything for to be with him . The Devil , in the form of a beautiful woman ( ) , overhears him and offers to give seven wishes in return for his soul . 
 As a test , he wishes for a Big Mac and Coke . The Devil takes him to McDonald 's and places the order . has to pay for it , because , " there ai n't no such thing as a free lunch . " After taking to her office , based at a nightclub in Oakland , the Devil convinces to sign her contract , and delivers further wishes . Each wish has living them out with and his co - workers in surrogate roles . However , he does n't know that the Devil will always spoil his wishes by adding something he does n't want . wishes to be rich and powerful , with as his wife . The Devil makes him a Colombian drug lord whose wife despises him and cheats on him with , his co - worker , who is secretly planning to get rid of and take his position and property . Soon after there is a firefight between his and 's people where " dies " . When he returns to the real world , the Devil points out that he never wished for to love him . 
 Secondly , wishes to be emotionally sensitive so he will understand the needs and desires of women . The Devil makes him so sensitive that he spends most of his time crying over how beautiful the world is , and constantly asks , his girlfriend of " three magical weeks , " whether he has hurt her or if she needs anything . says she has had enough of it and wants to be with a man who is strong and shallow . She then leaves for a man who is strong , rude and completely different from the romantic and emotionally sensitive . then wishes to be a superstar athlete who would be a woman magnet . The Devil makes him a freakishly talented cliché - spewing NBA star , but also gives him a small penis and a low IQ , which causes , a sports reporter , to lose interest in him shortly after they meet . 
 He then wishes to be intelligent , witty and well - endowed . The Devil grants this by making him a famous writer whom falls in love with at a cocktail party . When they arrive at 's home to make love it is revealed that is gay and living with a flamboyant male partner . Lastly , wishes to be President of the United States to try to improve the world and get to take him seriously . The Devil makes him at Ford 's Theatre on the night of his assassination which he barely avoids . After each wish is renounced , meets with the Devil and she blames him for not being specific enough . Eventually he returns to work , thinking about what he should do with the last two wishes . The Devil then appears on the computer screen , pointing out that he only has one wish left . This is because on their first meeting he asked for a Big Mac and Coke , although she had stated that it was a test wish and granted it before signed the contract . loses his patience and storms out of his office . 
 visits a church looking for God 's help , where he briefly confesses to a priest who seems sympathetic . However , after being asked whether he thinks asking the Devil for a Big Mac and Coke counts as a wish , the priest , believing he is drunk , has arrested . The sergeant books him , and the Devil , dressed as a police officer , throws him in a cell , telling him that she does like him , and it would not hurt to have her as a friend . 's cellmate ( ) tells him that he can not possibly sell his soul as it belongs to God , and although the Devil may try to confuse him , in the end he will realise who he truly is , and what his purpose is . questions the man as to his identity , but the response is simply " a really good friend " . 
 asks the Devil to cancel their contract . When the Devil refuses , states he will not use his final wish . The Devil teleports them to Hell , where she transforms first into a black horned monster , then into a giant . When the Devil pushes him to make a final wish , wishes that could have a happy life - with or without him . The Devil sighs and falls into the depths of Hell . He wakes up on a marble staircase , wondering if it is Heaven . The Devil tells him that because a provision in the contract 's fine print , unread by , states that a selfless wish voids the contract , keeps his soul . admits that despite her manipulation of him he has come to like the Devil and regards her as a friend , something she does not object to . She also advises that Heaven and Hell can be found on Earth ; it is up to humans to choose . finally asks out , only to learn that she is already dating another man . He continues with his life , but with a better understanding of who he is . 
 Later is confronted by , one of his co - workers , who starts ridiculing at the encouragement of his co - workers . loses his temper and grabs a terrified by the shirt , but lets go , simply saying , " Nice talking to you . " A threatening look sends his other co - workers scurrying away in fear . At home , he meets a new neighbor , ( also played by ) , whose looks resemble 's but whose personality , interests and fashion sense are much closer to his . He offers to help her unpack and they begin a relationship . While the two walk along a boulevard , the Devil and 's cellmate , both dressed in white , are seen playing chess , looking at and his new girlfriend , with the Devil taking the opportunity to fix the game but getting caught by the guy , who only laughs about that and let her finish her cheating moves . The scene ends with the Devil 's computer program listing foibles of 's and 's , which they both tolerate .

In the film , is born in Oriente in 1943 and raised by his single mother and her parents , who soon move the entire family to Holguín . After moving to Havana in the sixties to continue his studies , begins to explore his ambitions , as well as his sexuality . After receiving an honorary mention in a writing contest , is offered the chance to publish his first work . Through his work and friendships with other openly gay men ( such as and ) , manages to find himself . 
 The political climate in Cuba becomes increasingly dangerous , and in the early seventies is arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting minors , and for publishing abroad without official consent . In the next decade , is in and out of prison , attempting and failing to leave the country several times . 
 In 1980 , finally leaves Cuba for the US , starting a new life with his close friend . A few years later , is diagnosed with AIDS , and after spending several years suffering he dies in 1990 with the help of .

Best in Show is presented as a documentary of five dogs and their owners destined to show in the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show , held in Philadelphia . Segments of the documentary continuously cycle among owners and handlers as each prepares to leave for the show , arrives at the hotel , prepares backstage , handles their dog 's performance , and appears in a post - show follow - up . The owners and their dogs include : 
 The owners and their dogs all arrive in time for the show , which is hosted by dog expert ( ) , and oblivious " color " commentator ( ) . During the first round , is disqualified when can not control her , but the other four dogs advance to the final round . Just before the finals , dislocates her knee and insists that take over for her . Though the audience is initially awed by seeing 's " two left feet " ( the result of a birth defect ) , ultimately takes Best in Show . 
 Afterwards , the film explores what each character is doing after the competition . and return home to Florida and are overcome with attention after the victory . They go on to record , in amusingly bad style , songs about terriers but discover to 's frustration that the recording engineer is yet another of 's ex - boyfriends ( ) . and have entered into a partnership ( It is unknown whether has died or has been divorced from . ) and publish a magazine for lesbian owners of purebred dogs , called American Bitch . fulfills his dreams and becomes a ventriloquist , entertaining sparse crowds with a honky tonk song and dance number . and are in the process of designing a calendar featuring Shih Tzu dogs appearing in scenes , with appropriate costume , from famous classic films , such as Gone with the Wind and Casablanca ( and McMillan and Wife , a television show included without explanation . ) and have given away , allowing them to enjoy a calmer , more loving partnership as well as a new dog ( a pug ) named Kipper who they claim enjoys watching them make love .

Parker Posey, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Michael Hitchcock, Jennifer Coolidge

The story begins in an illegal underground dog - fighting arena in Korea , where an undercover FBI agent , , has been identified and is later ordered by a Korean mob boss to be killed . However , is eventually rescued by his undercover partner and master of disguise , . 
 Meanwhile , a criminal named , who was originally serving a life sentence in prison for murder and armed robbery , escapes from his cell by killing a doctor and stealing his car . The FBI assigns and to capture by sending them to small - town Cartersville , Georgia to stake out the house of an overweight , elderly African American woman named ( who is suffering from stewed prunes ) , whom her friends call her Big Momma . Big is the estranged Southern grandmother of 's ex - girlfriend , , a bank employee who supposedly aided in his robbery by giving him the key to the vault . After Big unexpectedly leaves town for two weeks to help an ill friend , and sneak into her house to plant security cameras and tap the phones . calls Big Momma 's house , and disguises his voice as Big Momma in order to lure to the house and possibly obtain a confession . The plan works , and and work together on a Big Momma disguise costume before 's arrival . 
 The next day , arrives at Big Momma 's house with her 10 - year - old son , . However , 's behaviour and sudden inexperience with cooking confuses . also has to deal with Big Momma 's lecherous boyfriend , ; act as midwife for a woman named , who has gone into labor ; and attend self - defense classes under 's older brother , a dim - witted security guard named , whom handily defeats . After almost damages the suit while sleeping , he tries to sneak back to the safe house where he and are staying . However , captures on the porch and he poses as Big Momma 's handyman . and repair the suit . When leaves with , searches and 's belongings for clues , but to no avail . bonds with when he defends him against the two older boys who bullied and kicked him off a basketball court so they could play . and eventually beat the boys at basketball , amazing and . also begins to bond with and when he accompanies them on a fishing trip as himself . That night , discovers and 's undercover operation and is reluctantly recruited to help them after he insists . 
 accompanies and to church , where the Reverend calls on to give his testimony . attempts to influence and by giving them his testimony about the importance of not keeping secrets . When , , and return to Big Momma 's house , they discover a surprise birthday party for Big . During the party , the real Big Momma returns home prematurely , whom tries to stall her . accidentally finds the stolen money hidden in 's footlocker . tells the real story : had wooed so he could steal her keys to gain access to the bank vault ; did not tell anyone about her stolen keys out of fear of getting fired . quietly tells that the real Big Momma is back , at which point accidentally locks out of the house , believing he is the real Big Momma . When arrives after tracking down , breaks through the window and fights , causing confusion among the partygoers as they see two Big Mommas at once . shoots in his right shoulder and rips 's mask during a fistfight , which reveals his identity . Nonetheless , subdues by knocking him out through the window . and are heartbroken to realize that was an FBI agent all along , and they refuse to speak to him . The police arrest and paramedics takes to the hospital to heal his right shoulder . 
 On Sunday morning , goes to church to testify , , and Big . delivers his confession and heartfelt speech to and , and later admits that he genuinely loves them . Big Momma forgives , and the crowd cheers as and kiss . The crowd celebrates as Big and the choir sings " Oh Happy Day " during the film 's closing credits .

( ) life revolves around her job as a nurse at a busy New York hospital , until one rainy night , her sister , a hardcore drug user ( ) abandons her newborn autistic daughter , , at her home . takes in , and she becomes the daughter she never had . is sent to a school for children on the autism spectrum in order to make her more aware of her surroundings ( part of her condition ) but the nuns who run the place are struggling to keep out of danger and keep her occupied . 
 One night , is at work at her local hospital where she meets a young woman called ( ) who Was formerly part of the same cult that ordered the killings of children upon a specific date . is a drug user who is afraid to show her arms which are covered in track marks and tattoos , one of the same satanic symbol of the cult . She recognizes 's surname and comments on her 's and 's similarity . warns to protect as the cult are looking for her . is hospitalized after her fellow cult members injected her , in a failed attempt to kill her . 
 suddenly re - appears with a mysterious new husband , ( ) , and abducts ( ) . Despite the fact that has no legal rights to , FBI agent ( ) , an expert in ritual murder and occult - related crime , takes up her case when he realizes that shares the same birth date as several other recently missing children . 
 , it soon becomes clear , is more than simply special . She manifests extraordinary powers that the forces of evil have waited centuries to control , and her abduction sparks a clash between the soldiers of good and evil that can only be resolved , in the end , by the strength of one small child and the love she inspires in those she touches .

In 1999 , ( ) , a 19 - year - old Queens College dropout , runs an unlicensed casino in his home near the campus , catering to college students . Although he earns a successful living , he is a disappointment to his father , ( ) , a New York City federal judge . One night , his cousin ( ) stops by the casino to play blackjack , bringing a rich associate named ( ) along with him . recruits to join J.T. Marlin , a brokerage firm based somewhere off the Long Island Expressway , promising him that he has the opportunity to get rich . 
 Arriving at J.T. Marlin , attends a group interview and learns from ( ) , one of the co - founders of the firm , what is expected of his work and also how he can become a millionaire . The firm 's techniques of selling are through cold calling investors to sell stock , and joins as a stockbroker trainee , having to close 40 accounts and pass a Series 7 Exam to begin working independently . The brokers love to quote insider trader from Wall Street , seeing him as a role model . He is soon making a good living , as well as winning his father 's approval and embarking on a romance with ( ) , a secretary and 's ex - girlfriend . 
 Eventually , he learns that J.T. Marlin is a chop stock brokerage firm that runs a " pump and dump " , using its brokers to create artificial demand in the stock of expired or fake companies , and speculative penny stocks . When the firm is done pumping the stock , the investors then have no one to sell their shares to in the market , and the price of the stock plummets . The FBI agents investigating the firm decide to pursue , hoping to make him their informant . 
 passes his Series 7 Exam and becomes a broker . He then contacts ( ) , the purchasing manager of a gourmet foods company . Although is reluctant , he gives in after lies that the stock is guaranteed to go up in value ; sells him 100 shares at $ 8 each . When the stock 's value drops , calls back to ask why the stock has done so poorly , only to have persuade him to buy more worthless shares . The stock eventually tanks , costing his savings and his family . 
 Feeling guilty for scamming , resolves to shut the firm down . Marty then disowns him , accusing him of destroying peoples ' lives . shows up at his father 's office and tearfully explains that he shut down his casino and went along with a highly criminal line of work that he thought was legal to gain his family 's approval . He then requests that his father help him on an IPO scheme to rob the firm of their money and bring them down . Although initially refuses due to the risk of losing his judgeship , he calls the next day , reconciling with him and offering to help with the scheme . 
 is eventually arrested by the FBI for the violation of 26 SEC and NASD regulations , and is brought into their custody along with his father , as the bureau had discovered their IPO scheme from a tape - recorded phone conversation . The FBI offer him federal immunity if he agrees to testify against once all the suspects are brought into court , and threaten to involve in order to assure 's cooperation . asserts that he will testify against the firm and provide strong evidence of their illegal practices only if his father is released . He and the agents come to an agreement on this , with being kept overnight only to return to work the next day and make copies of investment files onto a floppy disk to use as evidence . After that , it is implied that he will be free to go as the FBI will proceed to raid the building and prosecute everybody else . 
 returns to work the next day and goes along with the FBI 's instructions . Before leaving , attempts to get Harry 's money back . He lies to ( ) , the company 's founder , by explaining that the firm can lose a lot of money by refusing to continue to do business with , who makes out to be an important prospect at a make - or - break point . agrees to proceed , offering him shares of the next IPO , with a caveat that he can not sell the shares until the firm has sold off theirs . In order to sell the shares behind 's back , needs a ticket sale signed by a senior broker , something that his direct supervisor , , has explicitly said that he would never do . He seeks a signing from ( Diesel ) , explaining that he may as well " do one thing right " in helping a severely hit investor make his money back , now that the firm will be raided and , soon enough , there will be no future in continuing business at J.T. Marlin . reluctantly agrees , and proceeds to escape the building in an attempt to flee federal enforcement . walks out to his car , deciding what to do with his life now that his ties with are finished . As he departs in his car , several FBI cars , buses , and tow trucks enter the parking lot , with agents storming out ready to raid the building .

In November 1999 , tourists and fans of The Blair Witch Project descend on the small town of Burkittsville , Maryland , where the film is set . Local resident , a former psychiatric patient and obsessed fan , orchestrates a group tour of locations featured in the film . Among the group are graduate students and his pregnant girlfriend , , who are researching mythology and mass hysteria ; , the Wiccan daughter of an Episcopal minister ; and , a goth psychic . They camp for the night in the ruins of house , where has placed surveillance cameras , hoping to capture any supernatural occurrences . becomes unnerved when he notices a large tree located in the center of the house 's foundation , claiming it was not there before . That night , another tour group arrives at the ruins claiming to have jurisdiction over the grounds ; and mislead them to instead visit Coffin Rock , lying and saying they witnessed something horrifying there earlier . The other tour group believes them , and leaves for Coffin Rock . 
 After drinking and smoking marijuana all night , the group awaken in the morning to find and 's research documents shredded and strewn through the woods , and 's cameras destroyed . has a psychic inclination that the tapes are buried under the foundation , the same place that The Blair Witch Project footage was allegedly discovered ; when inspects the area , he finds his tapes . The group 's debate over the night 's events is interrupted when suffers a miscarriage , and they rush her to the Burkitsville hospital . In her hospital room , sees a pale young girl walking backward . After she is discharged , the group retreat to 's home , an abandoned broom factory against a steep hill in the woods . While rests , the group review the footage recorded the night before , and find a visual anomaly of what appears to be a naked woman swinging around the tree in the center of the foundation ; inexplicably , the tree appears in the footage as only a sapling . slows the footage down , revealing the woman to be . Distraught , claims she has no memory of such event , and goes to pray in another room . When tries to console her , reveals rash - like symbols covering her body , and proclaims the group has been marked for death . 
 Unnerved , borrows 's van to pick up coffee and alcohol in town . At the country store , she gets into a heated argument with the cashier . While driving away , she swerves to avoid hitting multiple children walking on the road , and crashes the van into a tree . While examining the busted fender , notices the children have disappeared . Upon returning to 's , she finds a bloody nail file stuck among the bottles of beer she purchased . The following morning , looks outside and sees the front end of his van entirely caved in , to the point that it is undriveable ; insists that she merely dented the fender . The group realize is mysteriously absent , and begin searching for her . Kim finds her clothing on the floor , surrounded by lit candles . They attempt to call 's father at his office but are told by his secretary that he has no children . 
 Meanwhile , 's disposition grows increasingly bizarre . The county sheriff calls , informing him the other tour group was found disembowled on Coffin Rock , and implies is involved . Shortly after , the four see spinning around a tree outside . rushes to confront her , but the walkway connecting the building to the hill collapses under him . He calls for but she walks away without any regard while and pull him to safety . Later while searching through a drawer , finds a set of surveillance dossiers on herself and the others . She confronts , but he denies knowing the source of them . Shortly after , the group discovers 's corpse in a closet . 
 begins chanting about and speaking backwards ; this leads to suggest they play 's damaged tapes in reverse . Upon doing so , they find the footage shows the group descending into a satantic ritual and frenzied orgy led by . When they attempt to confront , she alternately pleads and goads them ; , convinced is possessed by the Blair Witch , begins filming the confrontation with a handheld camera , attempting to elicit a confession in 's death . accuses of killing their baby , and the four follow to the second floor , where she ties a rope around her neck and taunts , daring him to push her . In a fit of rage , he pushes her over the balcony , killing her by breaking her neck . 
 Later , , , and are arrested and interrogated by police over the deaths of , , and the other tour group . Each claim to detectives that was possessed by the witch and was responsible . Their accounts are contradicted by various video footage : Security cameras captured murdering the store cashier with her own nail file , while 's home monitors show him , nude , hiding 's body in the closet ; the DV footage filmed during 's confrontation shows her pleading for her life as they accuse her of being a witch , ending in pushing her to her death .

In Chicago 's O'Hare airport , advertising executive ( ) is delayed by a snow storm for a return flight to Los Angeles , on the same airline he has just signed as a big client . He meets writer ( ) , and when his flight resumes boarding , gives his ticket to so he can get home to his sons , 12 - year old ( ) and 8 - year old ( ) . convinces his friend and airline employee ( ) to allow to take his place on the flight . While spending the night with fellow stranded passenger ( ) , sees on television that the flight crashed . He has check into the computer system to remove his name from the passenger manifest and add 's name . 
 's wife ( ) is woken up by news of the crash , and for many hours is torn between hope and despair , clinging to the belief that would still arrive on the later flight on which he was originally booked , until his death is confirmed . 
 Once back in L.A. , the airline dictates that run a series of innocuous ads to ameliorate the tragic consequences of the crash , even winning a Clio award . Crushed by guilt , drunkenly ( and publicly ) begins a stint in Alcoholics Anonymous . One of the steps in recovery is to make up for past deeds , with seeking out , a budding realtor . Giving her a tip on a commercial office building that ( ) , 's partner and boss , has put a bid on , in return , treats to a night at Dodger Stadium . Their relationship blossoms , although both have secrets . 
 gets close to the whole family , and reveals that she is not divorced ; her husband died in an aircraft crash . When the airline settles with 's estate , she next wants to put her boys on an aircraft to Palm Springs to get over their fear of flying . asks to go along with them , and soon develops a strong bond with the two boys . On the return trip , says he has a secret he will reveal the next day . 
 It all comes apart when shows up , with a video of and having a drink in the airport bar . is devastated by lying to her and demands that he leave her home and her life - though also demanding that he say goodbye to the boys . This does not sit well with anyone . comes back the next day and talks to , who feels that his father died trying to get home for a Scout Christmas tree outing . 
 The relatives sue the airline for damages , and 's role is revealed when is called to testify . As watches on television , explains that gave his ticket to and did not take 's in exchange . In coercing to change the roster , the airline 's security procedures were compromised , getting her fired . remembered that was not the good flier he once was , having had " too many people in his wallet " . is excused by the judge , but does not feel " excused " . had harbored the same guilt as her son in pressuring to come home on the fateful flight . 
 In being honest and facilitating the suit against the airline , realizes that he has to resign from his firm . comes by to tell him that his talk with had helped them both . , sensing that is about to leave , asks her to help him rent his beachfront home or put it up for sale . As starts to talk about his plans , realizes she can forgive him .

and meet as 12 - year - olds aboard an airplane , and are immediately at odds . Later , is mascot to his high school , while is elected Homecoming Queen of hers . During the halftime ceremony between the two schools , is chased by the rival mascots and loses his mascot head , only to find it run over by 's ceremonial car . later finds and tries to console him about his costume . The two part ways once more , realizing they are too different . 
 A year later , and are students at UC Berkeley . is in a steady relationship with his high school sweetheart , , and is having a fling with a musician . meets his roommate ( aka ) , a self - described ladies ' man with countless elaborate ( and unsuccessful ) ploys for sleeping with women . moves in with her best friend after she and her boyfriend break up . and start going out , and he renews his friendship with , even after has her " breakup " with him for her . They take walks , console each other over break - ups , and gradually become best friends . even talks into dating again , as he starts seeing a girl named . 
 One night , in a cynical mood towards love , breaks down and tries to console her . To their equal surprise , the two make love . Afraid of commitment , says that sleeping together was a mistake , and that they should pretend it never happened . Hurt and lovesick , breaks up with and withdraws into his studies . As months pass , graduates and readies herself to travel to Italy . She encounters , who she has not seen since their night together , at a hilltop overseeing the Golden Gate Bridge . confesses his feelings towards her , but she tells him that she does not feel the same way . He wishes her well in Italy , and leaves . 
 On the shuttle to the airport , passes the same hilltop where the two used to spend time together and realizes she indeed loves . She immediately races back to her apartment and finds frantically getting dressed to greet her . confidently strolls out of 's bedroom and tells that is heading back on a plane to Los Angeles . While waiting for departure , hears confess her love for him in Italian . After a little convincing , and feeling the wrath of a flight attendant , the two rekindle their romance where they first met — on an airplane .

, a student at Rancho Carne High School in San Diego , anxiously dreams about her first day of senior year . Her boyfriend , has gone to college , and her white cheerleading squad , the Toros , is aiming for a sixth consecutive national title . is elected to replace the team captain , " Big Red " who is graduating . Soon , however , teammate is injured and can no longer compete with her broken leg . holds an audition for 's replacement and gains , a gymnast who recently transferred to the school for senior year with her twin brother , with whom develops a flirtatious friendship . While watching the Toros practice , recognizes their routines from a rival squad that her previous high school used to compete against . After accusing of being a liar and stealing the routine , she learns from 's offended and passionately defensive reaction that she was completely unaware . So drives to Los Angeles , where they watch an African American team , the East Compton Clovers , perform routines that are virtually identical to their own team 's . , the Clovers ' team captain , angrily confronts the two . learns that " Big Red " regularly attended the Clovers ' practices to videotape and steal their routines . In the meantime , is seen as a threat by the other female members of the squad ( because of her outstanding gymnastic abilities ) , but she ends up becoming 's best friend and de facto co - captain . 
 informs of her plans to defeat the Toros at the regional and national championships , which the team has never attended due to their economic hardship . When tells the Toros about the routines , the team still votes in favor of using the current routine to win ; reluctantly agrees . At the Toros ' next home game , and her teammates show up and perform the Toros ' routine in front of the whole school , humiliating them . The Toros realize that they have no choice but to learn a different routine . In desperation , they employ a professional choreographer named to provide one , as suggested by . But at the Regionals , the team scheduled immediately ahead of the Toros performs the exact routine they had been practicing . The Toros have no choice but to perform the very same routine . After the debacle that ensues , speaks to a competition official and is told provided the routine to several other teams in California . As the defending champions , the Toros are nevertheless granted their place in Nationals , but is warned that a new routine will be expected . , crushed by her failure to lead the team successfully , considers quitting . 
 encourages and supports her , intensifying their growing attraction . , however , suggests that she is not leadership material and recommends that she step down from her position , selling her out in the process to and who have set themselves up as 's rivals . When sees and together , he angrily severs his friendship with , to her distress . But her confidence is renewed by 's encouragement and she convinces her unhappy team to create an innovative , new routine instead . She breaks up with , realizing his infidelity and his inability to be supportive , but still refuses to forgive her . Meanwhile , the are initially unable to compete at Nationals due to financial problems . This prompts to get her dad 's company to sponsor the Clovers , but rejects the money and gets her team to Nationals by appealing to a talk show host who grew up in their area . In the finals , the Toros place second , while the Clovers win . However , at the end of the movie , and find respect in each other . and share a romantic kiss . 
 Bloopers run alongside the end credits , as the characters dance and lip - sync to B*Witched 's cover of " Mickey " .

( ) is a brutal and experienced Yakuza enforcer whose boss was killed and whose clan was defeated in a criminal war with a rival family . Surviving clan members have few options : either to join the winners , reconciling with shame and distrust , or to die by committing seppuku . , however , decides to escape to Los Angeles along with his associate ( ) . There he finds his estranged half - brother ( ) , who runs a small - time drug business together with his local African - American friends . At the first meeting , badly hurts one of them , ( ) , for an attempt to fraud him . Later , becomes one of the 's closest friends and associates . 
 Used to living in a clan and according to its laws , creates a hapless gang out of 's buddies . The new gang quickly and brutally attacks Mexican drug bosses and takes control of their territory in LA . They also form an alliance with ( ) , a criminal leader of Little Tokyo district , making their group even stronger . As time passes , and his new gang emerge as a formidable force , gradually expanding their turf to such an extent that they confront the powerful Italian Mafia . Now everybody respectfully addresses as ( 兄貴 , elder brother ) . But soon suddenly loses any interest in their now successful but dangerous business , spending his time with a girlfriend or just sitting silently thinking about something . However , the Mafia ruthlessly strikes back , and soon and his gang are driven into a disastrous situation of no return as they are hunted down one by one .

is a Hollywood A - list actress whose public persona is that of a sweet and considerate woman , but who is actually a profane , unreasonable , and demanding diva . While in Baltimore to attend a premiere , is kidnapped by the manic film director , , and his band of misfit , – worshiping artists who have branded themselves " kamikaze filmmakers " , going by the group name " SprocketHoles " . Each of the SprocketHoles has infiltrated the staff of the theater where the premiere is to take place ; they subsequently kidnap as she concludes her remarks on stages . In the ensuing mayhem , the group escapes . 
 is taken to an abandoned movie theater where she is kept captive . is introduced to 's crew of followers , each of whom wears a tattoo of a noted filmmaker and reveals unique , individual quirks . explains that he wants to make his masterpiece film and needs to star as the lead . At first she resists , shooting scenes with no emotion , but when demands better results , gives an over - the - top performance in the film 's opening scene which pleases him . Apart from the first scene , , and the crew roam around the city filming scenes at real ( unapproved ) locations , often involving innocent bystanders in the process . 
 The group 's first location is a movie theater playing Patch Adams : The Director 's Cut , which they storm with guns and smoke bombs before leaving with their footage . Several bystanders note in interviews that seems younger and cooler than in her recent Hollywood films , but a spokesman for the Baltimore Film Commission " says no to cinema terrorism " . Inspired , decides to invade the luncheon the Commission is hosting . The group crashes the event and orders to jump off the roof of a nearby building , which she does without safety measures . A gunfight ensues between 's crew and the police . As gunfire is exchanged , the hairdresser is killed and is wounded . uses the opportunity to turn herself in to the authorities and they take her away in a police car , but she is retrieved by the film group soon after . 
 As seems to become more comfortable with her situation , possibly developing Stockholm syndrome , she watches a television special discussing her disappearance . Persons who knew her , including her ex - husband , are interviewed and come clean about how mean - spirited she was in daily life . now realizes that her desire to escape would only lead her back to Hollywood , where she is hated for being rude . She resists the idea of joining 's followers but changes her mind and declares herself " Demented forever " , burning a brand into her arm and officially joining the motley crew . 
 After these events , the crew invades the set of the sequel being filmed in Baltimore , at 's suggestion . When the SprocketHole crew arrives , they subdue and replace many of the film 's crew . A gunfight breaks out between 's friends and Teamsters who got free . Members of 's crew are either killed or wounded . The surviving and flee to a nearby pornographic theater and seek refuge inside . The audience helps escape . 
 At their last location , is shooting the final scene at a local drive - in while law enforcement are alerted . and the crew take over the projection room , and he proceeds to excite the crowd into a frenzy . He asks to light her hair on fire for the final shot ( which she does ) . With the film finished , the start having sex in public before the authorities step in . sets himself completely ablaze as police arrive , to give a chance to run away . In the ensuing chaos , some crew members escape with the raw film footage while others are shot . is taken into custody ; she is surprised and pleased by the new affection shown to her by the crowd as she is put into the police van .

Melanie Griffith, Stephen Dorff, Alicia Witt, Adrian Grenier, Maggie Gyllenhaal

After a series of country - wide auditions , twelve young dancers gain entry to the American Ballet Academy ( which is loosely based on the School of American Ballet ) . They work hard , attending classes every day for weeks to make them the best dancers they can possibly be , and in preparations for a final dance workshop which will determine the three boys and three girls who will be asked to join the American Ballet Company ( which appears to be based on either the American Ballet Theatre or the New York City Ballet ) . The workshop will also provide an opportunity for the students to showcase their talent to other ballet companies across the country . Gaining a leading part in the workshop is therefore essential . 
 Tensions mount between ( ) , the company 's aging choreographer and director , and ( ) , his best dancer , who also wants to choreograph . They also have issues because ( ) , 's ex - girlfriend and fellow dancer , left him to we d . Star student ( ) , a closet bulimic who seems poised for success , discovers that life is passing her by when she meets a pre - med student ( ) who shows her the merits of a life without ballet , to the dismay of her controlling stage mother ( ) , herself a failed ballet dancer and current ABC employee . Sweet ( ) , despite underdeveloped turn out , body type issues , and bad feet , is determined to dance professionally , but it appears less and less likely as the movie progresses that she will be good enough . 's parents , , , and ballet teacher ( ) try to convince to move on from dance and attend college . refuses to give up on her dream of being in a professional ballet company . Talented , but smart aleck ( ; doubled by SAB alumna and former NYCB member ) from Boston loves to dance but seems destined to be stuck in the back of the corps because of her bad attitude . Tensions also arise between ( ) , a naturally gifted fellow advanced student from Seattle , and over ; has a crush on , who had a one - night stand with and remains infatuated with him . 
 Despite 's objections , choreographs a rock / pop music - based ballet for the workshop . Three ballets are presented ; and another choreographer create the other two respectively — the two more " traditional " ballets are not danced to actual ballet music , however . The first ( not shown , beyond entrances of the corps and soloist from the wings ) is to 's Italian Symphony , while 's ballet ( choreographed by ) is set to 's 2nd Piano Concerto . 's ballet ( choreographed by ) mirrors the relationship between himself , , and . , , and their gay friend ( ) are set to dance the three lead roles when sprains his ankle in a final rehearsal . To 's protests and 's apprehension , steps in to fill the role , and the tensions between , , and play out on the stage . 
 After the final workshop , starts his own dance company , much to 's chagrin , as Cooper 's financial backer is a wealthy widow who was hoping would donate to American Ballet Company . asks to be a principal dancer , as her dancing style , though technically deficient , is perfect for his company . He also asks to date her , but turns him down in favor of . decides to give up ballet because she finally realizes that ballet is just something she does well and not what she wants in life . She decides to attend regular university and also seek help for her eating disorder . is picked by to join ABC after proving her worth in the workshop , surprising everyone by dancing in place of as the lead in 's ballet . , and fellow advanced students and friends ( who was always favored by and who danced " part " as the lead in the Italian Symphony ballet ; played by SAB alumna and former NYCB corps member ) and are also asked to join the American Ballet Company , and ( ) , and 's roommate and friend , joins his girlfriend in the San Francisco Ballet Company . 
 There is a subplot in which attracts the financial support of a flirtatious wealthy female philanthropist ( played by ) . An August 15 , 2004 New York Times article entitled " How Much Is That Dancer in the Program ? " revealed that has a very similar real - life sponsorship relationship with a philanthropist named .

( ) , ( ) and ( ) are the " Angels " , three talented , tough , attractive women who work as private investigators together for an unseen millionaire named ( voiced by ) . uses a speaker in his offices to communicate with the Angels , and his assistant ( ) works with them directly when needed . 
 assigns the Angels to find ( ) , a software genius who created a revolutionary voice - recognition system and heads his own company , Knox Enterprises . is believed to have been kidnapped by ( ) , who runs a communications - satellite company called Redstar . The Angels infiltrate a party held by and spot a suspicious - looking man that they had previously seen from surveillance videos of 's kidnapping . Dubbing him the " Thin Man " ( ) , the Angels chase him down and fight him ; he gets away but the Angels find , safely held nearby . 
 After the Angels reunite with his business partner ( ) , explains that they must determine whether the Thin Man has stolen 's voice - recognition software . The Angels infiltrate Redstar headquarters , fool the security system , and plant a device in the central computer that will enable them to explore it remotely . They retire for the night after giving the laptop computer that communicates with the Redstar computer . takes up 's offer to spend the night with him , and they end up having sex . Afterwards , betrays her ; simultaneously , attacks are made on and , is captured by , and is murdered by the Thin Man . tells his kidnapping was all faked to get the Angels to help him access the Redstar satellite network . He plans to use it along with his voice recognition software to find and kill , who asserts killed his father in the Vietnam War . 
 escapes and reunites with and , all who survived their attacks . They approach 's offices just as the building explodes . They find a radio transmitter that is able to communicate through via a radio transmitter implanted in a tooth . provides enough information of his place of captive to allow to deduce its location , an abandoned lighthouse . With help from 's current boyfriend ( ) , the Angels stealthily approach the lighthouse . They are too late from stopping from determining 's location , but they rescue and defeat , , and some henchmen before blows up the lighthouse . flies an attack helicopter towards 's house , while helps the Angels board it . reprograms the missile to have it shoot backwards , which blows up the helicopter and kills while all of the Angels land safely together on the beach . 
 Seeing the opportunity to finally meet in person , they enter the beach house that had targeted the missile at , but has already left . He remotely congratulates the Angels on a job well done through another speaker , and treats them and to a vacation . tells them that 's father was undercover ; however , he was discovered and he was killed by someone else but not . When he speaks to the Angels unseen again by telephone on the beach , they ask if they could ever meet him in person . then suspects that she might be seeing him nearby talking into a cell phone , but she does n't tell the group .

Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu, Bill Murray, Sam Rockwell, Tim Curry, Crispin Glover

An unnamed female storyteller narrates the story of ( ) , an expert chocolatier who drifts across Europe with her daughter ( ) , following the north wind . At the beginning of the Lenten season in 1959 , " fifteen years after the War , " they travel to a quiet French village that closely adheres to tradition , as dominated by the village mayor , ( ) . Just as the villagers begin observing the forty days of Lent , opens a chocolate shop , much to 's displeasure . 
 wears more colorful clothing than the village women , is an atheist , and has an illegitimate child . She does not fit in well with the townspeople , but is nevertheless optimistic about her business . Her friendly and alluring nature begins to win the villagers over one by one , causing to openly speak against her for tempting the people during a time of abstinence and self - denial . The will not admit that his wife has left him ; he is romantically interested in , but he does not pursue her . 
 One of the first to fall under the spell of and her confections is ( ) , her elderly , eccentric landlady . is unhappy that her cold , devoutly pious daughter ( ) will not let see her grandson because thinks is a " bad influence " . Having lost her husband , is overly protective of and does not even want her son to play . arranges for and his grandmother to see each other in the chocolaterie , where they develop a close bond . later reveals to that her mother is a diabetic , though continues to eat the chocolate despite her condition . 
 also develops a friendship with a troubled woman , ( ) , who is a victim of brutal beatings by her abusive husband ( ) . After her husband violently hits her and wounds her head , leaves him and moves in with and . As she begins to work at the chocolate shop and teaches her her craft , becomes a self - confident , changed woman . At the same time , under the instruction of , , having seemingly changed into a better man , asks to come back to him . Finally happy and fulfilled on her own , declines his request . A drunken breaks into the chocolaterie later that night and attempts to attack both women , before , in a moment of empowerment , knocks him out with a skillet . 
 As the rivalry between and intensifies , a band of river gypsies camp out on the outskirts of the village . While most of the town objects to their presence , embraces them , developing a mutual attraction to the Traveller Roux ( ) . Together they hold a birthday party for with other village members and gypsies on 's boat . When sees , who sneaked out to the party , dancing with his grandmother , she begins to see how strict she has been with her son and that his grandmother 's influence in his life may after all be beneficial . After the party , and fall asleep on a boat , while and make love . Late that night , sets fire to the boat where and are sleeping . Both escape unharmed , but 's faith in the village is shaken . helps home from the party ; her death soon after devastates both him and his mother . After the fire , packs up and leaves with his group , much to 's sadness . 
 later visits at his home to confess to setting the fire , which initially thought was divine intervention : he is horrified at the thought of people almost getting killed as a result . Realizing that is beyond help , and fearing that people would also blame him for the arson , demands that leave the village and never come back . 
 With the return of the North wind , decides that she can not win against or the strict traditions of the town . She decides to move elsewhere . refuses to go , and during a scuffle , an urn containing the ashes of 's mother falls and shatters . After a moment , goes into her kitchen to see a group of townspeople , who have come to love her and the way she has changed their lives , making chocolate for the festival had planned for Easter Sunday . Realizing that she has brought change to the town , she decides to stay . 
 Despite the shifting sentiment in the town , remains staunch in his abstinence from pleasures such as chocolate . On the Saturday evening before Easter , he sees Caroline leave the chocolaterie , which devastates him . Convinced now that chocolate will make people stray from their faith , he sneaks into 's house in order to ruin her preparations for the Easter festival . After accidentally tasting a bit of chocolate that fell on his lips , he finally yields to temptation and devours much of the chocolate in the window display before collapsing into tears and eventually falling asleep . The next day , awakens the chastened mayor , a mutual respect between them is established , and improvises an inspiring sermon . Both the Easter Sunday sermon and the festival are a success , and the storyteller reveals that and start a relationship half a year later . takes over running 's café , which she renames Café Armande . throws her mother 's ashes out the window , and the north wind leaves . 
 The unseen storyteller concludes the story : returns in the summer to be with , who despite her constant need for change resolves to stay , having found a home for herself and her daughter in the village ; and her grown - up daughter herself is the storyteller .

Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin, Johnny Depp

( ) is a 27 - year - old amateur playwright with the maturity level of an adolescent . When 's mother dies unexpectedly , he invites his close childhood friend ( ) to the funeral . ( who is now calling himself " " ) is a successful music industry exec with a fiancée , ( ) . He and experimented sexually with each other when they were 11 , but has repressed these memories and acts as if they had not occurred . had moved away while they were still children , and has pined after him ever since . During their awkward reunion , makes a sexual advance on in the bathroom . rebuffs him , and returns to Los Angeles with , but not before extending an obligatory invitation for to visit him there . then withdraws $ 10,000 from his bank account , packs up his car , and takes up residence in a motel in Los Angeles . He also begins scripting a play on a yellow legal pad : titled " Hank and Frank and the Witch " , it is an obvious plea for 's love . 
 Too shy to announce his presence right away , starts trying to see at his office at Trimorph Entertainment . also surreptitiously follows to find out where he lives . While standing in front of the playhouse across the street from 's job , he strikes up a conversation with ( ) , the house manager . Buck hires to produce his play , and casts ( ) , a talentless actor who bears a strong resemblance to , in the lead . then works up the nerve to approach and his girlfriend . After being invited to a party that and host , becomes aware of just how far apart he and have grown ; he feels rejected by 's new friends . He also becomes resentful of , who he erroneously believes is interfering with their friendship . As a result of this mind - set , 's behavior becomes increasingly erratic and obsessive . 
 The end of the film deals with both and confronting each other over their past . The two have sex , and wants to stay afterward , but says they must part ways . is distraught afterward , but eventually realizes he has found a new life at the playhouse . When discussing a play over dinner with , notices has arrived with . and exchange glances across the room , but ultimately disregards them and goes back to his conversation . comes to the theater to find an invitation to the wedding . arrives at the wedding party and offers the couple his blessing with his presence . and make peace as effectively moves on from his obsession with and keeping their sexual encounter a secret from .

leaves her hometown of South Amboy , New Jersey , her father , and her best friend , in order to pursue her dreams of becoming a songwriter in nearby New York City . tries multiple times to get her demo tape noticed by the recording studios but is unsuccessful . One night , she tries to get herself noticed by a music industry scout . The bartender jokingly points out , making her believe that he is the bar owner . When she discovers the joke , feels hurt because she thinks was trying to make her look foolish . With only a few dollars left in her pocket after her apartment is robbed , she goes to an all - night diner and notices three girls , , , and , flaunting the hundreds of dollars in tips they earned . After inquiring , she finds out that they work at a trendy bar named Coyote Ugly . 
 She finds her way to the bar and convinces the bar owner to give her an audition . 's first audition does not go well ; but after breaks up a fight between two customers , gives her a second audition . At her second audition , douses the fire warden in water which costs $ 250 . However , decides she can work at the bar if she can make up $ 250 in one night . turns up at the bar , and auctions him off to another woman at the bar to earn the money . tells that he owes her , so agrees to go on four dates with him . The two begin a relationship . 
 commits himself to helping overcome her stage fright , which she is informed she 'll have to do to have her songs heard . tells she inherited her stage fright from her now deceased mother , who also moved to New York in her youth to pursue her dreams of singing . 's stage fright mostly extends to singing her original pieces , as she sings in the bar to help and , who are trying to break up a fight between customers . 
 One night , a patron takes a picture of in the middle of a raunchy move with water pouring on her . When the picture appears in the paper , her dad sees it and gets angry at her . She keeps the job despite her dad 's wishes , but shortly thereafter gets fired when gets into a fight at the bar . She and then break up . With her dreams not working and her job at the bar terminated , goes to New Jersey for 's wedding . gets into a car accident which almost prompts to move back to New Jersey , but convinces her not to give up while telling her the truth that her Mother did n't actually have a problem with stage - fright and quit singing because of . 
 Back in New York visits her at a restaurant she 's now working at and the two make amends . finishes a new song and later performs it at an open mic night at the Bowery Ballroom with the Coyotes from the Coyote Ugly saloon , , , and all there for moral support . The performance leads to a deal with a record label . The film concludes back at Coyote Ugly with , having recorded 's song , singing on the bar as joins in and kissing celebrating her dream coming true .

Four retired mobsters ( ) - the straight man leader , ( ) - a cantankerous man with a short fuse and a pacemaker , ( ) - a silent ladies man many years past his prime , and ( ) - a nice but dimwitted man plan one last crime to save their apartment at a retirement home ( the owners are forcing them out with a rent increase so that the apartments can be rented to young , affluent South Beach couples ) . The four steal a corpse from the mortuary to use as the " victim " in a staged murder scene . Unknown to them , the body was that of , the head of a Colombian drug smuggling ring . As a result of the " murder " , many of the young renters leave and the four men are given cash and a rent discount by the complex to keep living there . Much of this money is spent on high living and women , which causes a young stripper , ( ) to discover that the four men staged the murder - while spending time with the normally - silent " Mouth , " he reveals that his mouth is loosened by intimacy with women . 
 To keep the woman quiet , the four agree to kill her stepmother ( ) , but instead kidnap her and fake her death by setting fire to her mansion . In the process , they accidentally burn down the house of the drug - smuggler 's son ( ) , who happened to live in a nearby mansion . Believing that someone is trying to usurp his power , the drug lord offers $ 100,000 to anyone who brings him the head of the man responsible . This results in a confrontation at the apartment , leading to the capture of a female police officer and her partner ( and ) , one of the wiseguys ( ) , the young woman , and the stepmother . The other wiseguys manage to escape this conflict , and track down the men who kidnapped their friend . 
 They call in all of their still - living former associates from their active years and lay siege to the ship where the drug lord is holding his prisoners . They then turn the ship and the drug smugglers over to the police , along with a shipment of drugs . A truckload of Cuban cigars is taken by the men and used to make their apartment complex into " a retirement home for old wiseguys who are down on their luck . " 
 A sub - plot of the movie involves search for his long lost daughter ( ) , whom he has n't seen since he was in his 30s and she was a small child .

A Carnotaurus ambushes an infant Parasaurolophus , triggering a stampede which forces an Iguanodon mother to abandon her nest . The one surviving egg journeys through several predicaments via the flight of a Geosternbergia , before ending up on a far away island populated by lemurs . One of the lemurs , ( ) , names the hatched baby and raises him despite her father , 's ( ) objections . Years later , an adult ( ) and the lemurs take part in the mating ritual , where 's friend , ( ) , goes without a mate . Moments after the ritual ends , a giant meteor strikes and destroys the island , spreading destruction in its wake . , , , and 's daughter , ( ) , flee and jump across the sea to the mainland . They mourn for their losses before moving on . 
 While crossing the deserted wastelands , they are ambushed by a pack of hungry Velociraptors . After escaping , the family comes across a remaining multi - species herd of dinosaurs led by ( ) and his second - in - command , ( ) , who are on a journey to reach the " Nesting Grounds " , a valley said to be untouched by the meteor . As and the lemurs befriend a trio of elderly dinosaurs Brachiosaurus Baylene ( ) , Styracosaurus Eema ( ) and doglike Euoplocephalus Url , permits them to follow the herd . Together , they migrate across the desert to a lake they have relied on for past trips . Though it has seemingly dried up by the meteor , and discover the buried water under the dried surface , saving the herd from dehydration . Impressed by 's compassionate ways , 's younger sister ( ) begins to fall in love with him . 
 Meanwhile , two Carnotaurs pick up the herd 's trail and begin stalking them for food . and an Iguanodon scout search for water , but are attacked by the Carnotaurs . escapes badly wounded , while the scout is eaten by one of the Carnotaurs . returns to the herd and warns that they are being followed , putting the entire herd in a state of panic . picks up the pace and quickly evacuates the herd , leaving , the lemurs , the elder dinosaurs and behind , while the Carnotaurs are in pursuit . During a rainstorm , the stragglers spend the night in the cave , where heals , and the Carnotaurs find and attack them . saves the others and sacrifices himself , causing a cave - in to kill the female Carnotaur in the process . As the rest of the group venture deeper through the cave , the male Carnotaur , having survived , vengefully resumes searching for the herd . 
 loses hope when they reach a dead end , but the others convince him to keep going , relating how he inspired them to do the same . After they knock down the dead end together and successfully find the Nesting Grounds on the other side . sees a large wall of rocks blocking the original entryway to the valley . Knowing that the herd will die attempting to climb over it , rushes off alone to find them , and he gets pursued by the surviving Carnotaur . As arrives to catch up with the herd and suggests the safer way to the valley , a stubborn furiously attacks him and they engage in battle until stops them . The herd decides to abandon and takes as their new leader . As they prepare to leave , the confronts them . rallies the herd to stand together , and they bellow their way past the predator . The Carnotaur pursues on the ledge and , after a brief struggle , bites him on the back . and fight against the until he plummets into the ravine below to his death . The two are relieved , but their joy is short - lived when they find that has succumbed to his wounds . 
 In the aftermath , the herd are led back to the Nesting Grounds as their new home . A new generation of dinosaurs hatch sometime later , along with and 's children . The lemurs find more of their kind , and soon they begin embarking on a new life together .

College sophomore meets the girl of his dreams , freshman , and true love abounds . The two engage on a whirlwind courtship — they pick a song based on the records from 's parents , eat a cake together , and even make love . 's fear of lost youth causes her to push away from , and they go their separate ways after cheats on at a party . attempts to rebound from the relationship , determined to forget , and he goes to desperate measures to do so , including suicide by shampoo and problems with his career . In the end , finds when she hears of his attempted suicide and she brings him a book cover that she illustrated featuring the two of them . The two reconcile their differences and get back together showing that love can be obtained . The story is told from the points of view of both and .

, the alleged descendant of the famed 19th century Dutch physician , owns an antique shop built over the site of Carfax Abbey in London in 2000 . One night , with upstairs , his secretary , , allows a group of thieves , led by her boyfriend , , into the shop . The thieves infiltrate the shop 's underground high - security vault and find a sealed silver coffin protected by a deadly defense system . Based on the level of security surrounding the coffin , and decide that the coffin ’s contents must be valuable , so they escape with it and flee to New Orleans . When discovers that the coffin has been stolen , he boards a plane to America , telling his apprentice , , to remain in London . does not follow these instructions and follows his mentor . 
 Aboard the plane , one of the thieves manages to open the coffin , revealing the dormant body of Count . awakens and attacks the thieves , causing the plane to crash in the Louisiana swamps . survives the crash and travels to New Orleans , where college students and are living . is estranged from her family and has recently been plagued by dreams of a strange , terrifying man . 
 and arrive in New Orleans and destroy the newly turned vampires left in ’s wake . Afterwards , reveals to that he is in fact the original , who defeated in 1897 . Because he was unable to destroy permanently , hid the body and prolonged his own life with regular injections of 's blood filtered via leeches until , one day , he could discover a way to kill for good . is intrigued by 's hatred of all things Christian and wonders why he is also particularly vulnerable to silver . also tells about his daughter , , who was taken from England by her mother after the truth about his identity came to light . Since was conceived after began his injections , she shares blood and a telepathic link with , who senses her existence and is in New Orleans to find her . 
 and try to reach before does , but fail to do so before turns into a vampire . and his three new brides , , , and ( a news reporter bitten after the plane crash ) , corner and kill him . and escape , only to be captured by shortly thereafter . On a rooftop , transforms and in the process reveals his secret : he is none other than the Apostle , who betrayed for a bribe of thirty pieces of silver . As he went to hang himself , the rope snapped and as punishment he was cursed to live for two thousand years as a vampire . The three brides appear with , and tells to bite him . However , takes the opportunity to save 's life by faking the bite instead . Then , together and kill the three brides . Angered by this , tries to throw her from the rooftop . wraps some cable from a large crucifix around 's neck and they both fall from the roof . hangs as he attempted to do two thousand years before , but this time the rope does not break , and he burns in the first sunlight . 
 survives the fall and is cured of her vampirism by saying “ I release you ” before he dies in the Sun . In the end , she is doubting of whether the sun has truly killed . She returns him to the vault beneath Carfax Abbey and vows to watch over his ashes should he ever rise again . Her vampirism is n't completely cured as her eyes briefly turned red again .

The film 's first scene shows ( ) leaving her home and trying in vain to unlock her car . Her keys fit her son 's car , so she takes that and drives off . In a bend , the brakes fail completely and she drives off a cliff into the Hudson River . This is observed by , who is fishing there . Chief ( ) later observes that there are no skid marks on the road . 
 Neither her husband ( ) nor ( her son ) seem upset when they hear about 's death and they are not the only ones . ( 's daughter ) even wants to celebrate , because she feels the have always treated ( her fiancé and 's business partner ) very badly . is not doing well because of 's laziness and poor behavior . denies that he still wants to fire and that he has a problem with the . 
 and ( ) , who are having an affair , meet at the Charm Motel . expresses his happiness about 's death but denies involvement . meets , his older brother . Due to his financial difficulties , has been receiving money from , who thinks he had a hand in 's death . 's investigation takes him to , who claims that threatened and attacked . , the local mechanic specializing in the Yugo ( which everyone in town drives ) informs that the car that was driving ( 's car ) had been tampered with in multiple ways . 
 tells that he was a battered husband , having hit him after having accused him of having an affair . He also claims that and had had an argument on the evening before the accident . tells that he hated and that they had had an argument over 's pay . would not let him dissolve the partnership . and leave 's wake very early . Meanwhile , breaks into the 's and finds out that 's and 's car keys have been switched . expresses his gratitude to for killing . then confesses to that he rigged 's car , because was destroying their business . then announces that she is pregnant . This conversation is overheard by . 
 tells that he spotted near the residence on the night prior to the accident , claiming that he did not say this earlier because and are soon to be family . , who it turns out is also involved with , finds out about 's affair with her . tells that threatened him , not the other way around , and that he was in the Hideaway the evening before the accident , which as tells is not true . later tries to cover on this . also gives him a sharp gardening tool with the letters " " on it . 
 is discovered dead in a pond at the Charm Motel . tells this to , who fears that , who left their house that night , has killed again . When finds out , she tries to leave town . A flashback shows not helping when he fell into the water after threatened that he was going to expose , , and . 
 The police learn that is threatening suicide because of 's leaving . also states that was not his real father and that chopped off his right hand when they fought over a bottle of beer , but that in spite of all this he did not kill either of them . manages to take the gun away from . 
 then tells in private that confessed to killing , because he could not stand the idea of going to jail , especially with the baby on the way . A flashback shows watching , who had seen rig the car , tamping with it some more and then switching the keys in the house . The tampering by was superficial and did not contribute to the accident . 
 promises to keep quiet about 's involvement as long as he takes good care of and the baby . In the final scene , and get married and gets taken away .

and awaken with hangovers and no memory of the previous night . The television is on , showing an Animal Planet program about how animals use twigs and rocks as tools to get food . Their refrigerator is filled with containers of chocolate pudding , and the answering machine contains an angry message from their twin girlfriends and as to their whereabouts . They emerge from their home to find 's car missing , and with it their girlfriends ' first - anniversary presents . This prompts to ask the film 's titular question : " Dude , where 's my car ? " 
 Because the girls have promised them a " special treat " , which and take to mean sex , the men are desperate to retrieve their car . The duo begins retracing their steps in an attempt to discover where they left the car . Along the way , they encounter a transgender stripper , a belligerent speaker box operator at a Chinese restaurant 's drive - through , two appropriately - worded tattoos they discover on each other 's backs , UFO cultists led by ( who later hold the twins hostage ) , a Cantonese - speaking Chinese tailor , the Zen - minded and his cannabis - loving dog , the attractive , the aggressive jock ( who is the boyfriend of ) and his friends , a couple of hard - nosed police detectives , and a reclusive French ostrich farmer named . They also meet two groups of aliens , one group being five gorgeous women , the other being two Norwegian men , searching for the " Continuum Transfunctioner " ; a mysterious and powerful device , capable of destroying the universe , that the boys accidentally picked up last night . 
 After releases the duo after they answered a question about ostriches correctly , and head over to a local arcade named Captain Stu 's Space - O - Rama . Once inside , they encounter and his cultists who give them and in exchange for the Continuum Transfunctioner ( which is a toy that Jesse and tried to pass off as the Transfunctioner ) ; , , and the jocks arrive along with and his dog ( whom they release after snatches the fake Transfunctioner from ) . The two sets of aliens arrive and notify of the real Continuum Transfunctioner : a Rubik 's Cube that has been working hard to solve , and eventually does ( thus activating it ) . They are warned that once the five lights stop flashing , the universe will be destroyed . 
 and must determine which of two sets of aliens is entitled to the device . One of the groups is there to protect the universe , the other is there to destroy it . Both claim to be the protectors of the universe , stating that they were with and the previous night ( which and still can not remember ) and ask for the Transfunctioner . The two correctly choose the men , because when the men were asked what they did the night before , they correctly respond that they got a hole in one at the 18th hole at the arcade 's miniature golf park , and won a lifetime supply of pudding . At the last second , they deactivate the Transfunctioner , saving the universe . 
 Thwarted , the five alien women merge to become a giantess who swallows alive . The giantess then crawls out of the amusement center and chases and . The cultists tell them to activate the Photon Accelerator Annihilation Beam on the Transfunctioner . However , the button that activates it is too far in to reach . At the last second , remembers the nature show with the tool - using chimps and uses a straw to push the recessed button , thus destroying the alien ( survives , but breaks up with him in favor of ) . The protectors thank , and the twins for saving the world , and erase their minds concerning the events . The protectors park the duo 's car , a Renault Le Car , behind a mail truck for them to find the following morning . and salvage their relationships with the twins and discover the special treat from the girls turns out to be matching knitted caps and scarves . The protectors leave a gift for their girlfriends ( and , for the two men ): Breast Enhancement Necklaces . The film ends with , , and the twins going in 's car out for Chinese food while arguing what the tattoo said on each other 's back .

The story revolves around unrelated pairs of people who spend time in karaoke bars across the United States in the week leading up to a big contest in Omaha . 
 All three pairs end up at the Omaha contest , each having won the right to compete there for $ 5,000 by virtue of winning in a smaller town . Finally accepting his daughter , invites her to perform a duet of her mother 's favourite song , Cruisin ' . discovers that 's confidence is fake when he finds her in the ladies ' room , vomiting from stage fright , but he convinces her to compete . sees the police arrive , investigating the service station shooting . He performs an a cappella version of Free Bird before pulling a gun on stage , prompting police to shoot him ; this gives a chance to put the full blame for the service station shooting on , which frees to return his old life . 
 After the contest , and continue on their way to California . invites ( with whom he had been flirting with at the contest ) and to join them , and they resolve to take a slight detour to another karaoke contest in Nevada . and contemplate reconciliation , but the fate of their relationship is left open .

Maria Bello, Andre Braugher, Paul Giamatti, Huey Lewis, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angie Dickinson

The Empire of Izmir has long been a divided land , ruled by the Mages , an elite group of magic users . An evil mage named ( ) creates a sceptre that can allow him to control Gold dragons , but his attempt to control a captive one fails , and he is forced to kill it . As he begins to make new plans , the dragon bleeds into the river , causing it to catch fire , which many inhabitants notice , including a pair of thieves , ( ) and ( ) . 
 Later , and the Council talk about the controversial views of Empress ( ) , who wants to give rights to non - mages in Izmir . As she is still mastering her own control over Gold Dragons , she considers seeking the Rod of Savrille , a sceptre that controls Red dragons . learns of this and decides to take the sceptre himself . Meanwhile , and break into the magic school to steal valuables , but are caught by ( ) . She is distracted when the Library wizard is held hostage and interrogated by 's henchmen , ( ) for information on the map to the sceptre . After refusing to talk , kills him . gets the map and travels through a portal to escape , accidentally taking the thieves with her . After crashing into a pile of garbage , they meet a dwarf named ( ) , who ends up joining , and escaping through the sewer . 
 puts a price on , , and 's heads and , after letting know that the protagonists got away with the map , creates a tentacled monster inside 's head . The protagonists hide in a tavern and read the map that and get sucked into . and his henchmen attack and , but they manage to get away with the map . and exit the map and all decide to work together to find the sceptre . They have to find a ruby called the " Eye of the Dragon " that can open the door to a tomb where the sceptre rests . The ruby is located in a den of thieves that is led by ( ) who 'll give the protagonists the " Eye of the Dragon " if solves a maze of booby traps . manages to get the " Eye of the Dragon " when arrives to capture him and his friends . is captured while , and escape , meeting an elf named ( ) who works for Empress and informs the Empress about 's plan to get the sceptre . Meanwhile , interrogates , using the tentacles in his head to gain her knowledge . 
 and break into the castle to rescue , while and stay behind . and split up and finds , but is confronted and killed by when he throws the map to his comrades . becomes enraged at and attacks him , but disarms him and stabs him in the left shoulder with his own sword . In the confusion grabs some magic dust and uses a magic portal to escape with , leaving the corpse of behind . During the council meeting , and Empress battle over the domination of Izmir . 
 Meanwhile , an elf ( ) heals 's soldiers and , and tries to help get over the death of , but angrily rebukes her . After an argument in which convinces that did n't die in vain , they become love interests . uses the " Eye of the Dragon " to finally get the sceptre , which is held by a skeleton in the tomb that comes to life and warns that " anyone who wields the power of the rod shall suffer a horrible fate " , but arrives to steal the sceptre and brings it to Profion , where , , and follow . 
 They travel back to the Empress ' castle where Gold dragons controlled by the Empress are battling the Mages following below . removes the monster from 's head and uses the sceptre to summon Red dragons , which battle the Gold dragons and slowly begin to win the fight . comes across , duels him with his new magic sword and then kills him , sending his body off the castle wall . He then attacks , who disarms him and shoves him back . 's companions arrive and fight one at a time . picks up the fallen sceptre , and uses it to stop the red dragons . encourages to use the sceptre to bring down , but , realizing the sceptre 's power will corrupt him , refuses and destroys it . With 's plans completely falling apart , Empress arrives and condemns , who fights her with powerful magic , but she succeeds in summoning a Gold dragon to eat . 
 later visits 's grave with , and . When he places the " Eye of the Dragon " on the grave , ' engraved name disappears , and tells not to question his abilities . then uses the " Eye of the Dragon " to teleport to a place where " your friend awaits you " , along with herself , and .

In 1993 , is an unemployed single mother of three children who has recently been injured in a traffic accident with a doctor and is suing him . Her lawyer , , expects to win , but 's explosive courtroom behavior under cross - examination loses her the case , and will not return her phone calls afterwards . One day , he arrives at work to find her in the office , apparently working . She says that he told her things would work out and they did not , and that she needed a job . takes pity on , and she gets a paid job at the office . 
 is given files for a real estate case where the Pacific Gas and Electric Company ( PG&E ) is offering to purchase the home of , a resident of Hinkley , California . is surprised to see medical records in the file and visits , who explains that she had simply kept all her PG&E correspondence together . appreciates PG&E 's help : she has had several tumors and her husband has Hodgkin 's lymphoma , but PG&E has always supplied a doctor at their own expense . asks why they would do that , and replies , " because of the chromium " . begins digging into the case and finds evidence that the groundwater in Hinkley is seriously contaminated with carcinogenic hexavalent chromium , but PG&E has been telling Hinkley residents that they use a safer form of chromium . After several days away from the office doing this research , she is fired by until he realizes that she was working all the time , and sees what she has found out . 
 Rehired , she continues her research , and over time , visits many Hinkley residents and wins their trust . She finds many cases of tumors and other medical problems in Hinkley . Everyone has been treated by PG&E 's doctors and thinks the cluster of cases is just a coincidence , unrelated to the " safe " chromium . The ' claim for compensation grows into a major class action lawsuit , but the direct evidence only relates to PG&E 's Hinkley plant , not to the senior management . 
 Knowing that PG&E could slow any settlement for years through delays and appeals , takes the opportunity to arrange for disposition by binding arbitration , but a large majority of the plaintiffs must agree to this . returns to Hinkley and persuades all 634 plaintiffs to go along . While she is there , a man named approaches her to say that he and his cousin were PG&E employees , but his cousin recently died from the poison . The man says he was tasked with destroying documents at PG&E , but , " as it turns out , " he " was n't a very good employee " . 
 Embry gives the documents , which include a 1966 memo proving corporate headquarters knew the water was contaminated with hexavalent chromium , did nothing about it , and advised the Hinkley operation to keep this secret . The judge orders PG&E to pay a settlement amount of $ 333 million to be distributed among the plaintiffs . 
 In the aftermath , hands her bonus payment for the case but warns her he has changed the amount . She explodes into a complaint that she deserves more respect , but is astonished to find that he has increased it — to $ 2 million .

Sixteen - year - old plays basketball with his friends in New York . A recluse , , lives on the top floor of the building across from the court . The kids regularly notice him watching them . One of the boys dares to sneak into the apartment and retrieve an item . takes a letter opener only to be surprised by and inadvertently leaves his backpack behind . 
 later drops 's backpack onto the street . returns home to find that wrote notes in 's journals . returns to 's apartment and asks him to read more of his writing . tells him to begin with 5,000 words on why should " stay the fuck out of my home , " which he completes and leaves on the doorstep the following day . returns the next day and is invited inside . 
 knows that a representative from Mailor - Callow , a prestigious private school , offered a full academic scholarship , partly for his skill on the basketball court and partly for his test scores . learns that is the author of a famous book , Avalon Landing and that he has never published another . agrees to help with his writing as long as does not ask about his personal life or tell others of his whereabouts . 
 's writing improves , which causes , a professor at Mailor - Callow , to suspect plagiarism . convinces to attend a game at Madison Square Garden but can not handle the crowds and has an anxiety attack . 
 takes him instead to see Yankee Stadium late at night after everyone has gone where tells details about his family , which explains the basis of his book , specifically his brother 's post - war trauma , alcoholism and 's indirect role in his death . He also explains how the subsequent deaths of his parents soon after affected him and led to his becoming a recluse . 
 gives some of his own private essays to rewrite , with the condition that is not to take them from the apartment . Meanwhile , there is a school writing contest coming up and forces to stay after school so he can watch him produce an essay . can not write under such conditions and running out of time , he submits one of Forrester 's exercises to the contest . 
 is then called in by and the school board who reveal that Forrester indeed published the article that 's essay is based on . finds the parallels between the two pieces and brings up on plagiarism charges . must either cite Forrester 's work or prove he had Forrester 's permission to use the material . 
 He refuses to do either to keep his promise to Forrester . demands that write an apology letter to his classmates and read it in front of the class which also refuses which may lead to his expulsion . tells Forrester what he has done and asks him to defend him but is angry at for breaking his promise about taking the paper . 
 accuses Forrester of being scared and selfish for not helping him . is told by the school that they will drop the plagiarism charges if he wins them the state championship . does well in the game but ambiguously misses two free throw shots at the end of the game , costing the team the championship . writes an essay to Forrester that discusses the gift of friendship . 
 's brother , , finds the essay sealed in an envelope and gives it to . attends the school contest . During the readings by other students , appears , announces himself and receives permission to read an essay that draws overwhelming applause from the students . 
 As is praising the work , acknowledges his friendship with and reveals that the essay he had just read was written by . He also explains that had written the contest essay using the published title and first paragraph with permission . adamantly states that this will not change any of the board 's decisions . The board overrules him and drops the plagiarism charges , readmitting 's entry to the competition . 
 After the competition , thanks for his friendship and tells him of his desire to visit his native land of Scotland . A year later , 's attorney , , meets with and tells him that died of cancer , with which he had been diagnosed before he met . The lawyer gives the keys to 's apartment , a package and a letter in which thanks for helping him rekindle his desire to live . The package contains the manuscript of 's second novel , for which is expected to write the foreword .

In October 1969 , firefighter ( ) dies in a warehouse fire , leaving behind his wife ( ) and six - year - old son . Thirty years later , in 1999 , ( ) , now an NYPD detective , is dumped by his girlfriend for being emotionally shut off . 's childhood friend ( ) finds a Heathkit single - sideband ham radio that once belonged to , but fails to get it working . The night before the anniversary of his father 's death , is surprised to find the radio broadcasting during an occurrence of the aurora borealis , and has a brief conversation with another man concerning the 1969 World Series , which is able to recount in specific detail . Eventually , he realizes that the other man is and tries to warn him of his impending death . The next day , while attempting to rescue a young girl , heeds his son 's warning and manages to escape the warehouse . That evening , the two reconnect and learn a great deal about each other 's lives . 
 Subsequently , begins to notice major changes in the present : His mother no longer lives at her current address , does n't recognize him , and he learns that died in 1989 from lung cancer . His boss , Sgt . ( ) , assigns him to investigate the " " , a serial killer who murdered three nurses in the 1960s . However , discovers that the is now connected to ten murders , including that of his mother two weeks after 's now - avoided death . Feeling guilty that their actions somehow led to the committing more murders , persuades his father to help him prevent these crimes from occurring . manages to save the first victim . But when he tries to rescue the second , the subdues him , steals his driver 's license , and plants it on the victim to frame for the murder . 
 When shares his experience with his son , realizes 's wallet has the 's fingerprints . instructs his father to wrap his wallet in plastic and hide it somewhere in the house where can find it 30 years later . Using the preserved fingerprints from the wallet , identifies the as ( ) , a former detective . In the original timeline , died from a medical error the same night died . But since , in the new timeline , did n't leave the hospital early after learning of Frank 's death , she was at the hospital and prevented the error that would have killed . Meanwhile , is approached by then - Detective who tries to arrest him on suspicion of murder . ( Later , in an attempt to prove his innocence , is able to predict various aspects of the 1969 World Series to , including the infamous Game 5 " shoe polish incident " . ) In the resulting struggle , the radio is knocked over and sustains damage , shutting it off . While awaiting questioning , activates the precinct 's fire sprinkler system , escapes , and breaks into 's apartment , where he finds jewelry taken from the victims . catches in the act and pursues him , ending with a fight underwater where appears to have killed . 
 fixes the radio , but while talking both he and are attacked by the 1969 and 1999 versions of . Using a shotgun , manages to blow off 's right hand in 1969 , causing 's hand to disappear in 1999 just as he 's about to kill as the changes in the past affect the present . The timeline rapidly fixes itself in 1999 and an elderly , having quit smoking to avoid his death in 1989 , kills with the same shotgun , and embraces his son . The film concludes with a baseball game including , ( now his wife ) , 's young son , , , and , who 's now wealthy on account of having invested in Yahoo ! on 's advice .

In the town of Brixton , Georgia , widow is the resident fortune - teller . , the fiancée of local school teacher , , disappears . 
 receives a vision revealing that has been killed and her corpse thrown into a pond . She informs local sheriff of her vision , and despite his skepticism , searches a pond at the home of , the violent husband of one of 's clients , . had previously threatened , and her kids , for advising to leave him . permits the search while is absent , but he returns while the search is proceeding . The police find 's corpse in the pond and is arrested for her murder . 
 During his trial for 's murder , it is revealed that and had an affair . is convicted and sent to prison . , an acquaintance of 's , harbors a hatred for his father , and tries to explain to why , but is preoccupied and refuses to listen . That evening , 's mother calls to come to their house , as has snapped and has his father bound to a chair . sets his father on fire , and it is revealed that 's father sexually abused him as a child . is eventually taken to a mental hospital . 
 Later , receives another vision divulging that is innocent . She asks prosecutor to reopen the case . After declines , counters that if he does not do so she will reveal and 's sexual activity which she witnessed . attempts to bribe in exchange for her silence , but refuses , only wanting justice for . 
 tells that is not responsible for 's death , and that will not reopen the investigation . At 's suggestion , he and drive out to the pond that night , where learns from a vision that is actually the murderer . confesses to that he was angry after he discovered that she was cheating on him . attempts to kill by striking her in the head with a flashlight , but appears and knocks him out . and lock the unconscious in the trunk of 's car . 
 To stop her head wound from bleeding , uses a handkerchief that had lent him earlier . The two drive to the police station . tells that he will have to return to the mental hospital and he waits in the car while she enters the station . When she returns to the car with the police , has disappeared . When explains to what happened at the pond , he informs her that could not have aided her , as he had committed suicide at the mental hospital earlier that day .

Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Hilary Swank

is a Brooklyn teenager whose hot temper gets her into trouble at school as she repeatedly starts fights with other students . Her frustration stems from her unhappy home life ; she lives in a public housing estate with her brother and their single father , . pays for 's boxing training in hopes of his becoming a professional boxer , although would prefer to be an artist . 
 After visiting 's gym and intervening in a spar to defend him , asks the trainers to let her box , too . She is told she can train there , but not compete in actual fights . When she learns that she can not afford coaching from 's trainer , , she asks her father for an allowance but he tells her to get a job . She resorts to stealing his money instead and returns to the gym , where begins to teach her the basics of boxing . 
 's first spar is with , whom she later meets again when takes her to a professional fight . invites to dinner after the fight and kisses her after walking her home . One night after a spar which gave a black eye , sees and together and confronts her , assuming that she is in an abusive relationship . She storms out of the apartment and spends the night with . When he asks about her parents , she reveals that her mother committed suicide several years ago . When returns to her apartment , offers to give up boxing so that she can use the coaching money he gets from their father . 
 later goes to 's birthday party , but leaves when she sees getting friendly with his ex - girlfriend . When and spar at their next session in the gym , he is reluctant to hit her , and she leaves before he can talk to her . 's first amateur match is scheduled against another girl , but when her opponent pulls out she ends up fighting a man , . arrives in the middle of the fight to see the match end in 's disqualification for illegal shoving . When arrives home , berates her for looking like a loser . She retaliates by beating him to the floor and accuses him of abusing her mother to the point of suicide . 
 After weeks of rigorous training , wins another amateur fight , this time against a girl , . Although has accepted 's apology , tensions rise between them again when they learn that they both have advanced to the finals in their division to fight each other . refuses to fight a girl and struggles to convince him to view her as a legitimate opponent . He turns up for the fight on the day , however , and after an even match , wins with a unanimous decision by the judges . After the fight , fears that he has lost 's respect , but she tells him she respects him even more for fighting her , and they reconcile .

The film takes place on a college campus in the Northeastern United States . ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) are students as well as roommates . They all take a Communications class with Professor ( ) , in which the subject of gossip is brought up . For their final project , the three students decide to start a rumor and track and see the results . One night while at a nightclub , they run into ( ) and her boyfriend ( ) . It is common knowledge through the campus that is saving her virginity for marriage . ( as is called throughout the movie ) in particular has a problem with 's wealth and sense of entitlement . Furthermore , seems to have started a rumor about having sex with Professor . 
 While at the party , meets a girl and brings her upstairs . At this point the girl becomes ill ; then notices and in the adjacent room kissing . attempts to have sex with but is rejected . , , and proceed to begin a rumor that and had sex . finds out pretty soon about the rumor , but she denies it to her friends and becomes convinced she was raped by , under the encouragement of her friends , she reports it to the police . As a result , gets kicked off campus . It 's eventually revealed that and came from the same home town and they were a couple in high school , much like , refused and raped . denied the allegation and said only made it up so her father would n't be upset with her . was n't very popular in school after the allegation so he moved after graduation and intentionally wanted to spread a rumor about to get her back . finds out about this , and the two fight each other . manages to manipulate into thinking they 're both victims of 's lies . goes to 's dorm room to confront her , but attacks him and leaves . The next day , is pronounced dead and because of and 's past ( plus the new marks on 's face , ) the campus accuses of killing her . Investigators come to 's apartment to search for clues and they have intense suspicions that 's responsible . Under the overwhelming psychological pressure , admits to raping to . The investigation was proven to be a setup by , , and their professor . To 's surprise , was revealed to be alive after he confessed .

James Marsden, Lena Headey, Norman Reedus, Kate Hudson, Marisa Coughlan, Joshua Jackson

( ) is an undercover DEA agent suffering from anxiety and gastrointestinal problems after a bust gone wrong . During the aforementioned incident , his partner was killed and he found himself served up on a platter of watermelon with a gun shoved in his face just before back - up arrived . , once known for his ease and almost " magical " talent on the job , is finding it very hard to return to work . His requests to be taken off the case or retired are denied by his bosses , ( ) and ( ) as so much time was put into his cover . works with the dream of one day retiring to Ocean Views , a luxury housing complex with servants and utilities . 
 During his flight to New York , where his job will resume , another passenger strikes up a conversation with him . It turns out that this man , Dr. ( ) , is a psychiatrist and upon arriving to New York , enlists his services . Dr. listens to his troubles and prescribes him anti - anxiety medication to help him deal with stress . He also encourages him to join a group therapy session . At therapy , meets and befriends a group of stressed out men from the business world . 
 To deal with his gastrointestinal issues , goes to the doctor where he meets the free - spirited and beautiful ( ) , the self - proclaimed " " who introduces him to alternative therapies to his problems as well as some romantic interest . 
 Back on the job , is knee - deep in negotiations for high - stakes money laundering and stock manipulation . He was brought into the group by the passionate ( ) and his close bodyguard , ( ) . is a son of an important Colombian druglord and fears being viewed as a stereotype . They are dealing with an intense man with an unpredictable temper named ( ) who represents the Italian mob in New York . is the disfavored son - in - law of high - ranking Italian mobster , ( ) . ( ) , a young Wall street - type with a plan , but poor taste , completes the group . Each thinks he understands the other players , but there is more to these characters than meets the eye .

, and are adult sisters . ( ) is the editor of her own wildly successful self - titled women ’s magazine . She strives for publicity at any cost . Party planner ( ) is the mother hen of the group , not only of her own family , but also of her siblings and father as their mother , ( ) , not only emotionally left their father when they divorced , but her daughters as well . And Maddy ( ) is a vacuous soap opera actress who has always struggled for her own identity . Despite being as busy with her own life as the others , is the only one of the three who deals with the long term hospitalization of their cantankerous seventy - nine - year - old father , , when he enters the early stages of dementia , and the associated outcomes of that hospitalization . ’s caring for is despite an especially hurtful incident with him seven years earlier ( when he told her she was a mistake ) . As the emotional aspect of looking after becomes more and more stressful , has to figure out how to maintain her own sanity , while dealing with her sisters , who believe they too are part of their father ’s care while they do n’t lift a finger to help .

and become involved in a car race and accidentally damage a restaurant owned by parents . Both are sentenced to perform community service by repairing the damage . Although comes from a wealthy family and 's parents are working - class , they soon find themselves fighting over the same girl , . While and have been dating publicly for years , in secret , and begin to spend time together . They soon find that they have more in common than they imagined , and they fall in love . Eventually , learns of their interlude and does n't like it . During a trip to 's home in Boston , reveals to that his mother killed herself . brings into the house and they sleep together . In the morning , after makes breakfast , 's father arrives and informs him he must attend college early and give up his fling with . Upon returning to the small town , 's parents soon learn that their daughter has osteosarcoma , stemming from a track / field injury , and only a few months to live . tells that she thinks everyone has their own heaven and it is made of a combination of all the things we loved in life . She says that his mother has with her in her heaven . When learns the awful truth , he must decide if he should obey his father 's wishes and go to college or stay by the side of the first girl he 's ever loved . In the end he returns to be with during her final months of life . At her funeral , recites a passage from a poem he and loved . The film closes with a shot of running through a field in her version of heaven .

is a self - confessed music loving everyman with a poor understanding of women . He is dumped by his latest girlfriend , , and attempts to understand what is the failure in his relationships by seeking out old partners . 
 By day , he holds court at his record store , Championship Vinyl , where customers drift through . His helping hands , especially with musical elitism , are and , the " musical moron twins " . Armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of all things musical , they compile " top five " lists for every conceivable occasion , openly mock the tastes of their customers and sell a few records . 
 Two shoplifting skateboarder teenagers , and are bothers to them until listens to a recording that they made as The Kinky Wizards . He offers them a record deal to start off his own label called Top 5 Records . During his off hours , he pines for and does his best to win her back . 
 soon hears that 's father , who liked , has died , and attends his funeral with her . Shortly after the reception , realizes he has always had one foot out - of - the - door and never committed to her . He realizes by doing so he has neglected his own future . They resume cohabitation . He meets a music columnist and a crush develops , but then he wonders while making a mixtape for her , if he will always just be jumping from rock to rock . 
 He explains to her how other girls are just fantasies , is a reality , and he never tires of her . He proposes marriage ; she thanks him for asking . She organizes for him to revisit a love of his youth : dee - jaying . It is also a celebration of the recently released single by the two delinquents , where 's band plays " Let 's Get It On " . Surprised that 's band is not a disaster , holds , and they both sway to the music . makes a mixtape for , feeling that he has finally learned how to make her happy .

John Cusack, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, Joan Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Lili Taylor

Scientist Dr. ( ) has developed a serum that can make a subject invisible . His team of scientists , which includes ex - girlfriend Dr. ( ) and Dr. ( ) , eventually enable the serum to work on a female gorilla and restore the animal back to visibility . once again becomes obsessed with while unbeknownst to him , she has become involved with . Instead of reporting his success to the military , lies to the oversight committee , which includes his mentor Dr. ( ) , convincing his team to go right into human testing . The procedure is performed on himself . Despite the pain he undergoes , it is successful and turns completely invisible . He then enjoys sneaking around the lab in order to scare and play pranks on his fellow co - workers . They become a little concerned that he is taking it too far . After three days , however , he is unable to revert to visibility . 
 is quarantined in the laboratory due to his condition and the other researchers construct a latex mask for him to wear around the lab . Unable to cope with the isolation , he defies instructions and leaves the building . The guard working there is also very suspicious but before he can do anything , gets into his car and drives off to his apartment to bring some things back to the lab . There , he happens to notice his neighbor disrobing and goes to her apartment where he rapes her . warns him that if he leaves again , she and will tell the committee about the experiment . Ignoring their threat , assembles a device that runs a video loop of his heat signature in his quarters . He leaves the lab again and spies on and , becoming enraged when he sees them having sex . 
 The team soon discover that they have been watching a recording and that has been escaping without their knowledge . and go to Dr. 's house and confess their experiments . After they leave , attempts to warn his colleagues but , who has followed and to the house , cuts off 's phone connection before drowning him in his own pool . The next day , waits until all of the team is in the lab and then disables the phones and the elevator codes except for his own . He removes his clothing and latex mask and , invisible , decides to go on a killing spree , with being his first victim . He also changes the security codes of all staff . 
 and the others hide in the lab , while and take tranquilizer guns to hunt for , using thermal imaging goggles . While on top of a pipe , throws toward a steel bar , which hits his carotid artery , and leaves him mortally wounded . and get into a fight ; just before the former is killed , drags him to safety . After dies from his injuries , heads to the freezer to get blood for a transfusion but is killed by . He then kills with a crowbar when he lets his guard down , and locks an injured and in the freezer - store room , leaving them to freeze to death . then constructs an electromagnet using a defibrillator and other equipment to open the freezer door . She then gathers materials to assemble a flamethrower . goes to the lab , where he creates nitroglycerin and puts it in a centrifuge with a timer which is meant to destroy the facility after he leaves ; he also smashes the keyboard so nobody can stop the machine . 
 Just as he enters the elevator to leave , appears and fires the flamethrower at him . barely manages to escape the flames and the two fight . Before can kill , appears and hits with the crowbar . recovers and approaches and from behind with the crowbar but deflects the blow , throwing into a nearby circuit box , apparently electrocuting him and rendering him partially visible . and find the nitroglycerin about to explode and decide to climb up the elevator shaft to escape . The two are almost out when , despite his injuries , grabs 's ankle . He pulls her off the ladder and onto the top of the elevator and forcibly kisses her one last time , before she grabs the elevator cable and unhooks the tether holding the car . tries to grab a hold of 's foot but he pulls off her boot and falls to his death into the explosion in the shaft below . and emerge from the burning laboratory and emergency personnel take them away in an ambulance .

The film stars as , a chain - smoking , impotent , insomniac British playwright who lives in Los Angeles . Once very successful , he is now in the tenth year of a decade - long string of production failures . His latest play is in the hands of effeminate director ( ) , who is obsessed with ; his wife ( ) is determined to have a baby ; he finds himself bonding with a new neighbor 's lonely young daughter ( ) who has mild cerebral palsy ; and during one of his middle - of - the - night strolls , he encounters his oddball doppelgänger ( ) who claims to be and develops a friendship of sorts with him .

The story revolves around a struggle to determine which of Satan 's three sons will succeed their father ( ) as ruler of Hell . ( ) is the most devious , ( ) is the cruelest , and ( ) is their father 's favorite . and claim that 's mother is a goat and torment him by controlling his body with their minds . has had a speech impediment and a disfigured jaw since hit him in the face with a shovel . 
 Having been the Prince of Darkness for ten thousand years , the Devil assembles his sons to decide which of them will succeed him , but instead he keeps the throne for himself . Angered by this decision , and go to Earth to create a new Hell by possessing religious and political leaders in New York City . As they leave , they freeze the entrance to Hell , preventing more souls from entering and causing Satan 's body to begin decomposing . To stop and , Satan sends to Earth with a silver flask that traps whoever drinks from it inside . 
 At first , has trouble staying alive on Earth . He is killed several times , landing in Hell and returning to New York each time . While learning how to eat and sleep , he meets a talking bulldog named Mr. ( voice of ) , rents an apartment with an actor named ( ) , and falls in love with a design student named ( ) . 
 's first encounter with his brothers occurs when sees him with , takes mental control of his body , and makes him scare her away . Then sees on television , possessing the referee of a Globetrotters game . When he goes to the court and tricks into the flask , Satanist metalheads ( ) and ( ) are so thrilled with his performance that they become his devoted fans . That evening , tries to apologize to . The meeting goes badly at first , but she accepts him after he explains who he is and why he is on Earth . 
 The next day , possesses the Chief of the NYPD ( ) and accuses of mass murder . Not knowing what to do , has kill him so he can go back to Hell and ask his father for advice , but his father has trouble hearing because his ears have fallen off , and his assistants are in a panic because the midnight deadline to capture and is only hours away . Back on Earth again , and his friends devise a plan to capture in a subway station , but discovers their trick . In the ensuing fight , grabs and dives onto the track as a train approaches , but throws her out of the way , leaving himself and to be killed by the train . 
 Arriving in Hell just minutes before midnight , begins the process of taking over Hell by pushing what remains of his father aside and sitting on the throne , rising to Central Park , and starting a riotous party . Meanwhile , wakes up in Heaven as a reward for sacrificing himself and meets his mother ( ) , an angel who tells him he can defeat with the Inner Light he inherited from her . After she gives him a mysterious orb , he goes to Central Park . appears to win a pitched battle by locking in the flask and turning himself into a bat , but escapes from the flask . When he shatters the orb , appears , bites 's head off , and spits it into the flask . 
 With his brothers captured , is ready to save his father . After he sins to make sure he goes to Hell , he and express their love for each other and she kills him . In Hell , Satan regains his body and recommends that go back to Earth . The film ends a year later , when and live in New York with their infant son .

( ) , a small - town , intelligent kid from Upstate New York is accepted into NYU on an academic scholarship . Trying to follow the advice of his father ( ) he tries to gain friends by trying to be polite and interested in others . His attempts are noticed by his new roommates ( ) , ( ) and ( ) , three rich , spoiled , obnoxious city boys who consider his polite behavior , working class background and determination for education lame and brand him a loser . To salvage their reputation , the trio concoct a false story to the housing administration about 's attitude and have him thrown out of the dorm . takes residence in a veterinary hospital . meets and again concocts another story about how they were trying to help him as a ploy for to let them use the hospital to throw parties since a resident at the dorm fell into sickness due to excessive alcohol , forbidding them to hold any parties thereon . 
 meets classmate ( ) and develops an attraction to her , unaware that she is having an affair with their decorated but highly pretentious English professor ( ) . is equally as intelligent as but does n't have a scholarship and works shifts as a waitress in a strip club to pay for her tuition until she is unceremoniously fired . To avoid a long daily commute which she can no longer afford , asks to let her live with him for a while to which he selfishly declines for fear of losing his tenure at the university if their relationship is found out . and bump into each other one night and invites her to an Everclear concert after discovering when they met that she is a fan . agrees to the date , but first goes to a job interview for a night shift in a convenience store , but is denied the position because she 's a woman . is at the same store buying beer and pretends to be sympathetic as a ploy to invite her to a party which she accepts , but says she will be there only for a short time so she can meet . At the party , one of the boys slips a roofie into 's drink and she passes out . returns dejected from the concert to a huge mess and an unresponsive and immediately rushes her to the hospital . At the hospital , pretends to be her boyfriend since neither he or can afford to keep her there overnight . He also learns that listed as her case of emergency contact which he tells the next morning without thinking . 
 bonds with as she recovers and they start to develop feelings for one another ; he also learns that can not see past her blind infatuation with even when she says even though he loves her , he does n't want a relationship . While continues with his studies , searches for a new job . She pulls out of class and invites him out to celebrate receiving a spot in a medical experiment . They steal a loaf of bread from a bakery , coffee from a dispenser in the park and sneak into a Broadway show . goes out to grab a pizza and a movie for both of them hoping it may lead to something further between them only to return to find with and learning that has changed his mind about living with him . reveals to that , and are blackmailing him with the knowledge of their relationship in return for a passing grade on their transcript and also tells her that he believes is in on it . After discovering roofies were involved at the party , he steals 's supply and replaces them with placebos . then pays a visit to 's office to ask how is doing and is instead given his final exam as a take - home test by to buy his silence , takes the moral high ground and refuses the test , jeopardizing his scholarship and place in the university . 
 , since living with , has become his errand - girl and overhears on the phone with his father talking about how much he misses her . then admits he learned that had nothing to do with the blackmail , but still intends to fail him . then realizes that is the one who really loves her and terminates her affair with , beginning a relationship with . Afterwards , , , and ' behavior get the better of them and their lives plummet into failure , is found out and sent to prison for having an affair with a different student , and and remain happy in their relationship .

( ) is a veteran Rhode Island State Police trooper who has been taken advantage of by those around him , starting with his former wife ( ) . Despite his friends warning him of 's infidelity , refused to accept she was in an affair , even after she gave birth to triplet black boys , until she ran off with her little person genius black lover , , abandoning her children . In the present , has raised the triplets as his own , , , and ( , , ) , likewise geniuses , but huge in size as compared to their biological father . While is consistently loved and respected by his " sons " , he is continually abused by the rest of the town , who see him as a stupid coward whom anyone can easily walk over . As a result of years of such treatment , develops a split personality named to deal with the confrontations avoids . Emerging whenever is under extreme stress , is an over - the - top , rude , and violent persona reminiscent of characters played by ] A psychiatrist prescribes medication to keep 's personality at bay . 
 Believing that needs a vacation , his commanding officer ( ) orders him to escort ( ) from Rhode Island to Massena , New York , because she reportedly committed a hit - and - run . insists the hit - and - run accusation is a lie told by ( ) , her mob - connected ex - boyfriend , and by corrupt police officers in his employ , to keep her from revealing 's illegal activities to the proper authorities . In Massena , prepares to turn over to two United States Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) agents , when a hitman with a contract on 's life attempts to assassinate her , killing one of the EPA agents . keeps safe , and they flee , accidentally leaving his medication behind , allowing the personality to emerge frequently . Meanwhile , the FBI suspects that is responsible for the murder of the EPA agent . FBI agents begin pursuing him and , as do crooked police officers in 's pay , ( ) and ( ) . The chase becomes a media spectacle , alerting 's sons to his predicament . 
 and decide to return to Rhode Island , developing a bond along the way . Though is taken by 's personality , the frequent emergences by worry her , though his more aggressive personality keeps them out of trouble . Along the way they pick up aka " " ( ) , an albino waiter from a restaurant who claims he killed his entire family in the past . While stopping at a motel , discovers how he might be able to suppress and goes to have a conversation with about it , and they sleep together . The next morning , reveals that actually it was he who slept with . In the confusion , they are almost ambushed by and , but 's sons , having found them , create a distraction , stealing a police helicopter , they call in a false report , stating and have been spotted in the woods nearby , allowing and to leave without knowing about the police who had left before they exited their room , leaving behind . 
 They board a train back to Rhode Island . boards the same train , unable to rely on his henchmen to stop and . He kidnaps her , and gives chase , working together with to save her . then appears to try to stop from rescuing her , but finally stands up for himself against his own fears , thus permanently nullifying for good . As tries to wrestle her back and disarm on a bridge , shoots off his thumb . is then hit from behind by a lawn dart thrown by , killing him . and fall from the bridge into a river below , where 's sons arrive to help rescue them . Regrouping with , apologizes for making him kill again , but reveals he made up his backstory due to the fact that talked too much at the motel and scared him . The police arrive but quickly learn of 's plight and the corrupt cops working for . is arrested , is congratulated for bringing him to justice , and is cleared of the charges against her . 
 prepares to leave Rhode Island when she is pulled over by the police , but this proves only to be a diversion to allow to propose marriage to her , which she happily accepts . 
 The post - credits scene sees everyone looking for 's thumb in the river , finds it but a fish eats it .

( ) is a male nurse living in Chicago . He intends to propose to his girlfriend ( ) , but his plan is disrupted when he and are invited to the wedding of 's sister , ( ) , at 's parents ' house in Oyster Bay . decides to propose to in front of her family but this plan is put on hold when the airline loses his luggage which contains the engagement ring . 
 At the family 's home , meets 's father ( ) , mother ( ) and their beloved cat , Mr. Jinx ( also known as Jinxy , or simply Jinx ) , a 2 - year - old seal - point peke - faced Himalayan with an all - black tail . takes an instant dislike towards and openly criticizes for his choice of career as a male nurse and anything else he sees as a difference between and the family . tries to impress by various means of telling him about the drug references of , and 's " Puff the Magic Dragon " , reciting " Day by Day " from Godspell when asked to say grace ( due to being Jewish ) at dinner , telling he milked the cat of a sister whom he fabricated ( due to having previously seen him reading a magazine about lactation ) and presenting the family with a bottle of Mumm 's champagne but his efforts fail and culminate in numerous disasters ( including thinking does drugs , discovering was engaged , and while popping the champagne cork , accidentally breaks an urn containing the remains of 's deceased mother , which urinates in . ) becomes even more uncomfortable after he receives an impromptu lie detector test from and later learns from that her father is a retired CIA officer . 
 Meeting the rest of 's family and friends , still feels like an outsider . Despite efforts to impress the family , 's inadvertent actions render him an easy target for ridicule and anger . During a volleyball game , he accidentally causes a broken nose and a black eye , uses a malfunctioning toilet which floods the ' back yard with sewage , sets fire to the wedding altar , and several misunderstandings cause to think is a marijuana user . Later , receives his missing luggage bag from the airline , only to discover it is the wrong bag and eventually loses and replaces him with a feral whose tail he spray paints to make him look like . When finds out where really is during a meal out , attempts to beat him home to erase the evidence , only to fail . By the time the family returns home , the feral cat has completely trashed the living room . 
 By now , the entire family , including , agrees that it is best for to leave Oyster Bay until the wedding concludes . Devastated , goes to the airport to get a flight back home , only to be detained by airport security for acting like a maniac on the plane while ( still frustrated over the luggage screw - up ) trying to get his bag into the overhead storage hold and for saying " bomb . " Back at the household , tries to convince that was lying to her about everything . He claims to be unable to find proof of anyone named " " ever taking the Medical College Admission Test which claimed he had passed with the initial intention of becoming a doctor . Upon learning that 's real first name is , and being presented with proof from that he did in fact pass the test , rushes to the airport , convinces airport security to release and brings him back to the household . 
 As is proposing to , and listen in on their conversation from another room , agreeing that they should now meet 's parents . After 's wedding , views VHS footage of recorded by hidden cameras that he had placed strategically around the house .

Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Owen Wilson

The film starts with the Polaroid photograph of a dead man . As the sequence plays backwards the photo reverts to its undeveloped state , entering the camera before the man is shot in the head . The film then continues , alternating between black and white and color sequences . 
 The black and white sequences begin with , an insurance investigator , in a motel room speaking to an unseen and unknown caller . has anterograde amnesia and is unable to store recent memories , the result of an attack by two men . explains that he killed the attacker who raped and strangled his wife , but a second clubbed him and escaped . The police did not accept that there was a second attacker , but believes the attacker 's name is or , with a last name starting with G. So , conducts his own investigation using a convoluted system of notes , Polaroid photos , and tattoos . From his occupation in the insurance industry , recalls a fellow anterograde amnesiac , . 's diabetic wife , who was n't sure if his condition was genuine , repeatedly requested 's assistance with her insulin shots ; she hoped he would remember having already given her an injection and would stop himself from giving her another before she died of an overdose . However , continues to administer the injections , and his wife falls into a fatal coma . 
 The color sequences are shown reverse - chronologically . In the story 's chronology , self - directively gets a tattoo of license plate . Finding a note in his clothes , he meets , a bartender who resents because he wears the clothes and drives the car of her boyfriend , . After understanding 's condition , she uses it to get to drive a man named out of town and offers to run the license plate as a favor . Meanwhile , meets with a contact , , who helps with , but warns about . However , a photograph causes not to trust . provides with the driver 's license for , 's full name . Confirming 's information on " John G " and his warnings , drives to an abandoned building , leading to the opening , where he shoots him . 
 In the final black - and - white sequence , prompted by the caller , meets with , an undercover officer , who has found 's " John G , " , and directs to the abandoned building . When arrives , strangles him fatally and takes a Polaroid photo of the body . As the photo develops , the black - and - white transitions to the final color sequence . swaps clothes with , hearing him whisper " . " As has only told 's story to those he has met , he suddenly doubts 's role . arrives and asserts that was , but when is undeterred , reveals that he helped him kill the real attacker a year ago , and he has been using ever since . points out that since the name " " is common , will cyclically forget and begin again and that even himself has a " " name . Further , claims that 's story is 's own story , a memory has repressed to escape guilt . 
 After hearing 's exposition , consciously burns 's photograph , writes a message to himself on 's photograph that he should not trust , and drives off in 's car . He then has 's license plate number tattooed on himself , as if were the second attacker , leading to 's eventual death .

leaves his native Kentucky and the life of a sharecropper in 1948 by joining the United States Navy . As a crew member of the salvage ship USS Hoist , where he is assigned to the galley , he is inspired by the bravery of one of the divers , Master Chief Petty Officer . He is determined to overcome racism and become the first black American Navy diver , even proclaiming that he will become a master diver . He eventually is selected to attend Diving and Salvage School in Bayonne , New Jersey , where he arrives as a boatswain 's mate second class . He finds that Master Chief is the leading chief petty officer and head instructor , who is under orders from the school 's eccentric , bigoted commanding officer to ensure that fails . 
 struggles to overcome his educational shortcomings , a result of his leaving school in the grade 7 in order to work on his family 's failing farm . He receives educational assistance from his future wife , a medical student who works part - time in the New York Public Library in Harlem . proves himself as a diver by rescuing a fellow student whose dive buddy abandons him during a salvage evaluation . Unfortunately , due to the racism of the commanding officer , the student who fled in the face of danger is awarded a medal for 's heroic actions . Likewise , during an underwater assembling task where each student has to assemble a flange underwater using a bag of tools , 's bag is cut open on purpose . nevertheless finishes the assembly and graduates from diving school , earning the quiet and suppressed admiration of and his fellow divers . is later demoted to senior chief by the commanding officer for standing up for and allowing him to pass . 
 The paths and careers of and diverge . rises quickly through the ranks , even becoming a national hero in the 1966 Palomares incident for recovering a missing atomic bomb and for saving the life of Navy crew . continually loses his composure around officers who disrespect his accomplishments , until he is finally demoted to chief petty officer and relegated to menial duties . He becomes a brooding alcoholic displeased with his lowered rank . 
 The two eventually meet again after 's left leg was so mangled in the incident that he feels that his only chance to return to active duty and a relatively normal life is for it to be amputated and replaced with a prosthesis . Until this time , no Navy man had ever returned to full active duty with a prosthetic limb . again trains and aids him in his fight against the Navy 's bureaucracy and an antagonistic Navy captain ( 's and 's former Hoist executive officer ) in order to return to full active duty and fulfill his dream of becoming a master diver . They succeed in getting reinstated . 
 In the epilogue , it is noted that two years later becomes a master diver . It is added that he does not retire from the Navy for another nine years .

In 1982 , a very young steps into a playground fight to beat up a bully who is threatening a boy she likes . However , the boy feels humiliated at being rescued " by a girl " , and rejects her rudely , whereupon she punches him in the nose and leaves to sulk alone . Years later , is now a tough Special Agent for the FBI . During a sting operation against Russian mobsters , she disobeys her superior 's orders in order to save a mob boss who appears to be choking , which causes one of the other agents to be shot . She is demoted to a desk job as punishment . 
 Some time later , the agency is alerted , via a letter from the notorious domestic terrorist known only as " The Citizen " , to a bomb threat at the upcoming 75th annual Miss United States beauty pageant in San Antonio , Texas . 's partner is put in charge , but he relies entirely on 's suggestions and yet takes credit for them himself . One of 's ideas is to plant an agent undercover at the event . then suggests that take on that role , replacing who was just disqualified . Beauty pageant coach teaches how to dress , walk , and behave like a contestant . Though initially appalled , she comes to appreciate 's thoroughness . enters the contest as " " , representing New Jersey , and becomes friends with , who is . As the competition begins , impresses the judges with her glass harp skills and self - defense techniques during the talent competition . 
 Several suspects are identified , including the current competition director and former pageant winner , her assistant , the veteran MC , and , who has a history of being a radical animal rights activist . accompanies and other contestants as they spend a night partying , where tries to dig into 's past , but inadvertently learns from the others that 's past as a pageant contestant is suspect , including the fact that she won after the leading contestant suddenly came down with food poisoning . comes to believe is a " Citizen " copycat . However , when she reports this to and the team , she learns that " The Citizen " has been arrested on an unrelated charge , and because there is no further threat , their supervisor has pulled the mission . convinces that she nonetheless suspects something is wrong , and he returns to help her continue the investigation against orders . 
 In the final round , is stunned when she is awarded the 1st Runner - up prize . is named , but as she goes to accept the tiara , recognizes that , who is actually 's son , impersonated " The Citizen " in making the original bomb threat . Suspecting foul play , she stops the crowning ceremony in time , as the tiara contained an explosive . As and are arrested , determines that the two wanted to kill the pageant winner on stage as revenge for 's termination from the competition . As the event closes down and and prepare to return to headquarters with a newfound interest in each other , the other contestants name as " Miss Congeniality " .

Sandra Bullock, Benjamin Bratt, Michael Caine, William Shatner, Candice Bergen

In 2020 , the Mars I spacecraft to planet Mars , is commanded by ( ) with fellow astronauts ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . Upon arrival , the team discovers a crystalline formation in the Cydonia region , which they suspect is an extrusion from a subsurface geothermal column of water , useful to future human colonization . After reporting this to the World Space Station , they investigate the formation and hear a strange sound on their communications system , which they assume to be interference from their planetary rover . When they scan the formation with radar , a large vortex kills everyone except . After the vortex subsides , the formation is revealed to be part of a large humanoid face . 
 The World Space Station having received 's distress message , readies a second ship for a rescue mission — the Mars II containing Commander ( ) , Co - Commander ( ) , and mission specialists ( ) and ( ) . As the ship enters Mars orbit , micrometeoroids breach the hull . During repair , the external fuel tanks are overlooked , causing a leak and later explosion when the now - frozen fuel drifts into position behind the rockets just as they are fired . The crew abandon ship to get to the REMO ( " Resupply Module " ) orbiting Mars . Tethered to the others , launches himself at the module , but although he attaches a line to get the others to the module , he is unable to properly land on it . tries to rescue , who is her husband , but , knowing she would run out of fuel before reaching him , removes his helmet , killing himself to save her . 
 When the survivors arrive on the surface of Mars , they find living on the produce of a greenhouse , whereupon he reveals the crystalline face structure to them , and that the sound on the communications system comes from the structure and represents an XYZ coordinates map of human - like DNA , but missing a pair of chromosomes . determines they must complete the sequence to pass a test , and the crew dispatches a robotic rover to reproduce the completed signal . Following the transmission , an opening appears in the side of the structure , which , , and enter , while remains at the repaired Earth return vehicle with orders to launch , with or without them , at the agreed time . 
 The opening seals behind them , disrupting radio communication with , and a three - dimensional projection of the solar system depicts the planet Mars , covered with water , being struck by a large asteroid and rendered uninhabitable . A recreation of a Martian then reveals that the natives of Mars evacuated their world in spacecraft , one of which landed on Earth to create the planet 's lifeforms and human beings , who could one day land on Mars and be recognized as descendants . An invitation is offered for one astronaut to follow the Martians to their new home . accepts the invitation , bidding farewell to and , and while they return to and subsequently to Earth , he is taken into an oxygenated capsule in a small ship that is launched past the three astronauts leaving Mars , who watch it fly toward the Martians ' home .

Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle, Connie Nielsen, Jerry O'Connell, Kim Delaney

as an adult is looking back on his childhood in the early 1940s and how it was colored by his dearly beloved dog , a Jack Russell Terrier whom he had named . In the beginning , is a lonely 9 - year old child with a gruff , proud father , a Spanish Civil War veteran , and a charismatic , talkative mother , a housewife , but he is an only child and small for his age with few friends . His one companion is a young man who lives next door , , who is the local sports hero in Mississippi . However , when is drafted to go to war , 's mother decides to buy him a dog , against his father 's wishes , in order that he should have some company . 
 and become firm friends very quickly . However , gets bullied at school by , , and , until sends him a German helmet and belt from the front line . The other boys demand he play ball in order to win back his belongings . leaps in to help him . That same day , the three boys talk into spending the night in a graveyard , where they claim a witch is buried . If he stays there , he gets to join their gang and also keep the ball signed for them , and if not , he has to give them his German helmet . stays there for a number of hours , until he hears two moonshiners who are loading crates into a crypt . jumps on , one the moonshiners , until the second one , , comes at him with a spade . uses a slingshot to hit in the nose with an acorn and attempts to escape the graveyard with . They are soon captured by . He tells not to move before sunrise or he will kill . Then the two men leave . The three boys return in the morning and accept into their group for spending the night in the graveyard . 
 The narrator then goes on to explain various changes in his life . , having always been a friendly dog , is known by everyone in the town , including black people , significant because Mississippi was still segregated at the time . leads through the best parts of his life ; his boyhood days . Thanks to , now has three friends , and a girlfriend , . 
 is there for him when gets home , shell - shocked and a drunkard since dishonourably discharged from the army , presumably for desertion . However , when ’s first ball game comes along , and have their first falling out . 
 promised to come along but does not bother . Since the war he has found competitions do not matter to him anymore , and is so upset by this that his game is ruined . , wanting to cheer him up , runs onto the field and sits wagging him tail , refusing to leave . Becoming increasingly frustrated , hits him across the muzzle and he runs away . 
 After the game , a devastated and tearful is unable to find his dog . Unbeknownst to him , had returned to the crypt , and been accidentally shut in the grave where moonshine alcohol was being stored . , however , after explaining that he had been scarred by having to kill in the war , tells nothing is ever lost for good and goes out to help him find . As searches in the graveyard , he hears 's barks , and can see that is about to strike with a spade . He runs to save him , but there is a thump and a whimper . arrives , and manages to eject the two moonshiners , telling that he 'd better hope that lives , but it is uncertain as to whether will survive . 
 As the family and friends gather in solemnity in the vet 's waiting room , weeps over his dog ’s vet bed , telling him everything he ever should have done ; that he will never have a true friend more dear like him again . awakens , licking his hands and face . 
 The film concludes with explaining his friendship with , that he had been an only child and an only dog . When leaves to go to Oxford University in the United Kingdom , remains with 's parents , sleeping in 's old room , and then dies on ’s bed , being buried under the elm tree . The closing line adds , " That was n't totally true . For he really laid buried ... in my heart " .

After ) ' successful fight against the neighborhood bully ( ) in the previous film , rumors spread that will be breaking out of jail soon and will be looking to enact revenge on . As a result , 's father ( ) decides to have him stay with his uncle ( ) and cousin ( ) in Rancho Cucamonga . agrees to go , albeit reluctantly , as he does not want to leave behind his best friend , who is currently away at a rehabilitation center in an effort to cure his marijuana addiction . However , it is n't until and are about to leave , they have a brief confrontation with and his little brother , ( ) . 
 Initially , life with his uncle and cousin seems to be ideal but trouble soon arises . In spite of his family winning the lottery , informs that his family is not rich anymore . After taxes were deducted from their winnings , all they were left with was their house and BMW . Because of this , still has a job at Pinky 's , a local record store . 
 pregnant ex - girlfriend ( ) is angry about their breakup and delusional is the father . She vandalizes his car , pepper sprays him and threatens to return with her sister , ( ) . 
 A family of Mexican thugs , the brothers , live next door and and learn about their drug dealing activities from their other neighbor Mrs. ( ) . notices their sister , but warns him to stay away from her because of the tension between them and the brothers . still goes over and talks to . The brothers notice it and sends their bull terrier Chico after . eventually sends away after hitting him with his belt a couple times . gets mad at for not listening to him and leaves for work . Later on that day , a mailman comes by and gives a notice for the house being auctioned and he goes upstairs to inform Uncle but after a tried attempt leading to an unfortunate encounter between his Uncle and Aunt in a waterbed , he instead goes to the record store to inform . 
 As arrives at the record store he sees being harassed by a customer about the terribleness of a CD he bought at the store . immediately gets tired of the customer and throws him out and tells Day - Day about the letter they received in the mail . As begins to freak out , his co - worker ( ) answers a phone call from and threatening to enter the store and alerts . then runs to the door and locks it . 
 When and get to the door to find out it 's locked , they bang on it demanding entrance . When allowed entrance by . instantly ask for Day - Day and when denied , she pretends to be looking for a CD . Day - Day is then spotted by , who said that she needed to go to the bathroom and gets chased out of the back entrance by and . The guys later make it back into the store to relax and talk about what 's been going on lately . While the fellas are inside the record store , and are still outside and still harass Day - Day by throwing a brick through the windshield of his BMW . 
 Shortly after that situation , the record store owner returns and mistakes for a thief attempting to rob his store . After fighting , fires both and on the spot . 
 Having previously received a notice of unpaid taxes , is extremely upset with for getting him fired . As they think of a solution and attempts to leave , he slips on his skateboard which is then intentionally run over by the brothers . As they watch , they see the eldest brother removing a suspicious hydraulic pump from the trunk . They decide to find out what is inside the pump , with distracting with a chronic drug hidden in a brownie . 
 and manage to break into the ’ house and discovers the hydraulic pump contains a large amount of drug money and steals some of it . then goes into 's bedroom which impresses her and she tells the whole story about her family . The neighborhood was peaceful until her brothers got out of jail by taking over the house and are the direct cause of her parents ' mental breakdown . and her parents tried to avoid her brothers by saving money and moving away , hoping it would deter them to remain in jail . However , she mentions that it only encouraged , and to follow them everywhere they go . After hearing this , is encouraged to restore peace in Rancho Cucamonga and help to put her brothers back in jail . 
 Day - Day and grow nervous about 's prolonged absence and attempt to find him . They knock at the door and are greeted by the brothers who are armed with handguns and automatic rifles and take them hostage after discovering their money has been stolen . When realizes that has not returned home , he , , who arrives after receiving a " message " that was in trouble , and plan a rescue mission . and takeout 's younger brothers , and . 
 A fight then ensues between and , while and are freed by . After a scuffle in which aims an automatic rifle at , and , he gets knocked out from behind by , who along with , had snuck into 's truck after spotting at a restaurant bathroom and tricking him into thinking was in trouble . takes 's rifle from the unconscious and gives it to so he can exact revenge on . Fortunately , comes out and attacks and . The police arrive soon after and arrest , and the brothers . This gives the opportunity to make off with the hydraulic pump and the cash , which does not go unnoticed by as he and his brothers , along with and are hauled away . 
 , and split the money , with expressing his gratitude to , as and depart back to South Central . As they prepare to leave , he spots pulling up to BMW , and sees Baby D get out and toss a brick through the rear window and the two speed off laughing .

After finding success with a DNA restructuring formula in the first film , has created another formula which enables those who take it to find the Fountain of Youth . He has also met and fallen in love with a colleague , , who has developed a method to isolate genetic material and later becomes his fiancée . Together , their work has enabled Wellman College to receive a $ 150 million award from a pharmaceutical firm to the excitement of . Despite his good fortune , has a major problem : the personality of his vanquished alter ego , , is still ingrained inside him and causes him to act out in the same crass manner does . tries proposing to , but then kicks in and makes it a perverted sex request , causing to become mortified against him . 
 Determined to be rid of permanently , and despite warning him of potentially catastrophic consequences for his health , uses 's methodology to isolate and remove the gene in 's DNA where has manifested and extracts it from inside his body . However , he does not dispose of the genetic material and as a result , becomes a sentient being when a hair from a Basset Hound who was 's test subject finds its way into it and causes such a reaction . To make matters worse , 's suspicions prove correct when discovers that , due to the extraction , his brain cells are beginning to deteriorate . 
 Realizing he needs to keep the youth formula out of 's hands , stashes it at his parents ' house . , who is trying to sell the formula to a different company , quickly realizes where it is and steals some of it . also doctors the remainder with fertilizer , which causes chaos at a demonstration the next day when a hamster uses to demonstrate the youth finding effects instead mutates into an aggressive monster who violates in front of a live television audience . The humiliated fires , who learns that his brain 's deterioration has worsened from . then decides to end his engagement and break up with . 
 In a last - ditch effort to secure the money , quickly works on a newer , much more potent formula while his mental faculties allow him to . confronts him about 's actions , believing the two are working together . He leaves with and a tennis ball and head to the competing firm . Meanwhile , a worried discovers what has happened and that 's brain damage has progressed to almost eighty percent . Enlisting the help of 's father , goes after him . takes advantage of the canine DNA that crossed with 's , and uses the tennis ball to play fetch . The ball is covered with the new formula , which takes back to an infantile state and eventually to a glowing mass of genetic material for to suck the genetic material back into his body through a straw , thus putting his DNA back together and returning him to normal . However , as chases what is left of , the glowing mass evaporates and thus can not restore his intelligence . 
 and arrive too late to save him , and seeing what has happened to , breaks into tears . As they go to leave , takes a look at a fountain and remarks that it is " pretty " . Seeing that the water is glowing , realizes that the genetic material has reconstituted and that if drinks the water before it dissipates , he will be restored to normal . eventually drinks the water with the help of and , and thus he is able to get his genetic makeup back in proper order . 
 The film closes with and 's wedding reception , with nowhere to be found . rehires with a wedding present , and the hamster is back to normal and decides to love the hamster .

In a small Kansas town , , a diner waitress , is a fan of the soap opera A Reason to Love . She has no idea that her husband , , a car salesman , is having an affair and that he intends to leave . She also does n't know that her husband supplements his income by selling drugs . When calls to ask about borrowing a Buick LeSabre for her birthday , her husband tells her to take a different car . The LeSabre ( unknown to ) has drugs hidden in the trunk . 
 Two hitmen , and , show up at the house . They torture into revealing that he has hidden the drugs in the trunk of the LeSabre , but scalps him anyway . witnesses the murder and enters a fugue state , assuming the identity of a nurse in the daytime drama . 
 That evening , Sheriff , local reporter , and several policemen examine the crime scene while calmly packs a suitcase . She seems oblivious to the murder , even with the investigation going on right in her house . At the police station , a psychiatrist examines her . spends the night at her friend 's house , sleeping in a child 's bedroom . In the middle of the night , she gets into the LeSabre and drives off . stops at a bar in Arizona , where the bartender talks about her vacation in Rome , and tells her that she was once engaged to a famous surgeon ( describing the lead character from A Reason to Love ) . 
 Meanwhile , the two hitmen are in pursuit , having realized that has the car with the drugs . As they search , 's heart begins to soften towards , to 's consternation . In Los Angeles , tries to get a job as a nurse while looking for her long - lost " ex - fiancé " . She is turned down due to having no résumé and references but manages to get a job in the pharmacy . 
 Despite an injunction against touching any patients , becomes popular with them and their families . She ends up living with , a Hispanic legal secretary who offers to help find her surgeon boyfriend . learns from a colleague that " " is a soap opera character , and goes to the pharmacy window to confront . Thinking her friend is jealous , is impervious to the revelation . 
 The lawyer supplies tickets to a charity function where , the actor portraying , will be appearing . meets at the function . is inclined to dismiss her as an overimaginative fan , but something about her compels him to talk to her . He begins to think that is an actress determined to get a part in the soap opera , so he decides to play along . After three hours of her " staying in character " , he takes her home . 
 begins falling in love with her , and he and his producer decide to bring her onto the show as a new character : Nurse . When arrives on set , she falls out of her fantasy world back into real life . After two failed takes , she realizes that she is on a set and that the people she thought were real are just characters . confronts her and walks out . 
 Back at 's house , has just started to tell what happened to her husband , when the two hitmen walk in . They are interrupted by Sheriff and the reporter , who have also tracked down . A standoff ensues until pulls a gun from an ankle holster and shoots , who is revealed to be 's son . decides not to kill and commits suicide in the bathroom . 
 offers a job on the show . She appears in 63 episodes and takes a vacation in Rome . later plans to pursue nursing as a career .

( ) begins 7th grade in Las Vegas , Nevada , his social studies teacher ( ) gives the class an assignment to devise and put into action a plan that will change the world for the better . 's plan is a charitable program based on the networking of good deeds . He calls his plan " pay it forward " , which means the recipient of a favor does a favor for three others rather than paying the favor back . However , it needs to be a major favor that the recipient can not complete themselves . 
 does a favor for three people , asking each of them to " pay the favor forward " by doing favors for three other people , and so on , along a branching tree of good deeds . His first good deed is to let a homeless man named ( ) live in his garage , and pays the favor forward by doing car repairs for 's mother . 's efforts appear to fail when relapses into drug addiction , but pays his debt forward later by talking to a suicidal woman , who is about to jump off a bridge . 
 Meanwhile , 's mother ( ) confronts about 's project after discovering in their house . then selects as his next " pay it forward " target and tricks and into a romantic dinner date . This also appears to fail until and argue about her love for , her alcoholic ex - husband , and she slaps him in a fit of anger . The two adults are brought together again when runs away from home and asks to help her find him . 
 After finding , begins to pursue sexually . has deep burn marks visible on his neck and face , and he initially resists 's overtures out of insecurity . When they finally sleep together , he is seen to have extensive scarring all over his torso . accepts 's physical disfigurement and forms an emotional bond with him , but quickly abandons their relationship when ( ) returns to her , claiming to have given up drinking . His return and her acceptance of it angers , whose own mother had a habit of taking his abusive , alcoholic father back . When attempts to explain to that she believes has changed for good , explains that his father intentionally burned him by knocking him unconscious , then pouring gasoline over him and igniting it . He berates for being " one of those women " and warns her of 's potential to abuse . When drinks again and resumes his abusive behavior , realizes her mistake and forces him to leave . 
 's school assignment marks the beginning of the story 's chronology , but the opening scene in the film shows one of the later favors in the " pay it forward " tree , in which a man gives a car to Los Angeles journalist ( ) . As the film proceeds , traces the chain of favors back to its origin as 's school project . After her date with , paid 's favor forward by forgiving her own mother , ( ) , for her mistakes in raising , and , who is homeless , helps a gang member escape from the police . The gang member then saves a girl 's life in a hospital , and the girl 's father gives his new car . 
 finally identifies as the originator of " pay it forward " and conducts a recorded interview in which describes his hopes and concerns for the project . , hearing 's words , realizes that he and should be together . As and reconcile with an embrace , notices his friend , , being bullied by gangster - like children , as he has several times before . He pays it forward to by rushing into the scene and fighting the bullies while and rush to stop him . One of the bullies takes a switchblade out of his pocket and stabs in the abdomen with it . The bullies run away and is taken to the hospital , where he dies from his injuries . This news is reported on television as well as the fact that the movement is spreading across the country ; and are soon visited by hundreds of people who have participated in or heard of the " Pay It Forward " movement by gathering in a vigil to pay their respects .

Haley Joel Osment, Helen Hunt, Kevin Spacey, James Caviezel, Angie Dickinson, Jon Bon Jovi

In the distant future , the ship Hunter - Gratzner is transporting passengers in cryostasis . Among those , a Muslim preacher who goes by the title " " accompanied by three young sons traveling to New Mecca , a boy named , a pair of prospectors named and , a merchant named Paris , and a law enforcement officer , , escorting the notorious criminal . has surgically modified eyes that allow him to see in the dark but are highly sensitive to light . 
 Debris from a comet tail ruptures the ship 's hull , killing the captain and sending the ship off course . The surviving crew members attempt to land the ship on a nearby planet . As the ship falls apart , docking pilot attempts to dump the passenger section to reduce their weight , but co - pilot prevents her . During the crash landing , several passenger compartments are destroyed and sustains fatal injuries . 
 The group explores their surroundings , noticing that the three suns surrounding the planet keep it in perpetual daylight . They find an abandoned geological research settlement , with a water well and a dropship with drained batteries . is killed but his body is missing , and is immediately suspected . While searching for 's body , barely escapes from photosensitive aggressive underground creatures . offers a deal : if he helps them escape the planet , he 'll go free . 
 The group takes a power cell to the dropship . They realize the geologists must have been all killed by the creatures . One of the young sons is ambushed and eaten inside one of the buildings . An orrery shows that an eclipse is imminent so the creatures will be free to hunt above ground . informs the others that is able to pilot the dropship and reveals to that is actually a bounty hunter and a morphine addict . 
 They return to the crash site on a solar - powered sand truck to retrieve more power cells for the dropship , but the eclipse begins before they can get back . Flying predators pour out of the ground and devour first Shazza then another pilgrim . The group salvages any light source they can find in an attempt to scare away the creatures and return to the dropship on foot . agrees to lead them in the dark thanks to his special sight . After is also killed , reveals that is actually female and the scent of her menstrual blood is attracting the creatures . suggests to to use as bait to keep the creatures off the rest of the group during the final stretch of their march , but engages in a hand to hand fight , wounds him and leaves him as a distraction instead . The rest of the survivors push on , while drags the power cells behind him . 
 After the last Muslim child is killed and rainfall starts putting out their Molotov torches , the group , now down to , , and , finds shelter inside a cave not far from the settlement . leaves them there and takes the power cells to the dropship . Inside the cave , they discover bio - luminescent worms , which they stuff in now - empty bottles to use as light . leaves the cave and finds powering up the ship , ready to leave without them . She pleads with him to help her rescue the others , but instead he just offers to take her with him . Eventually , has a change of heart , and they return for and and take them to the ship , but is separated from the group and wounded by the predators . goes back to help but is speared and carried off by a predator after finding him , presumably dying . makes it to the ship and waits until the last moment before engaging the engines to incinerate as many creatures as possible . While leaving the planet , asks what they should tell the authorities about him ; he tells her to say that died on the planet .

The film opens in medias res to abstract expressionist painter , autographing illustrations in a copy of Life magazine for a woman at his 1950 art exhibit . 
 Nine years earlier , makes a living by exhibiting a painting in occasional group art shows . He is living with his brother and sister - in - law in a tiny New York apartment . tells him that they are having a baby , hinting to that he should move out . Soon afterward , meets and takes an interest in artist . Later , at dinner , he learns that his brother is moving to Connecticut to take a job building military gliders to avoid the draft . Unable to handle conflicting feelings , goes on a drinking binge and is found in a disheveled state by and . learns from that is diagnosed as " clinically neurotic " ; still , takes him home and decides to be his manager . 
 One day , 's old friend comes along with , who works for wealthy art collector . comes to see his art , and gives him a contract to sell $ 2400 of paintings , plus a commission to paint a mural of 8   ft by 20   ft on the entrance hall of her New York townhouse . His first exhibit fails to attract any buyers . After a New Year 's Eve party , almost gets in bed with but is too drunk to properly perform . He falls into another drunken stupor upon hearing that has died . asks to make a decision : either marry her and continue painting art , or " split up " . surprisingly insists on a church wedding , and says she wants no guests . 
 and move to an oceanfront house on Long Island and adopt an abandoned dog whom they name Gyp . is disheartened when makes clear that she does not want to have a baby . At a get - together at 's , despite art critic 's comments , he shows that it 's hard for him to change his finished painting to others ' liking . 's pictures still are n't selling , but assures him that things will change after the Life article and subsequent exhibit . gets jealous when hugs another woman . Meanwhile , he tries doing other business for a living , but his alcoholism gets in the way . He lies to about his financial status . 's fortunes turn as the Life story is published and he tries to abstain from alcohol . Later , filmmaker tries to film as he paints . However , ' presence interrupts the spontaneous nature of 's work , making the artist feel like a phony acting it out . He loses patience and , much to 's disapproval , begins drinking again and ruins Thanksgiving dinner . 
 Five years after the 1950 exhibit , tells that the Partisan Review is favoring , and that his original technique could be the next direction of modern art . A drunk does not take it well , and becomes even angrier when berates him for his drinking and womanizing . argues it 's all because she wo n't have a child . knows he 's having an affair with , but wo n't give a divorce . When she goes to Venice to visit , receives a call from her , after which he tells , " I owe the woman something " . On a subsequent visit , brings along a friend , ; they go for a drive , but is drunk and crashes the car , killing himself and .

( ) moves to the ( fictional ) South American country of Tecala because her engineer husband , ( ) , has been hired to help build a new dam for oil company Quad Carbon . While driving one morning through the city , is caught in traffic and then ambushed and abducted by guerrilla rebels of the Liberation Army of Tecala ( ELT ) . Believing that is working on Quad Carbon 's oil pipeline , ELT soldiers lead him through the jungle . 
 ( ) , a former member of the British Special Air Service , arrives in Tecala fresh from a successful hostage rescue in Chechnya . As an expert negotiator in kidnapping - and - ransom cases , he is assigned by his company , Luthan Risk , to bargain for 's safe return . Unfortunately , it is learned that Quad Carbon is on the verge of bankruptcy and takeover , and therefore has no insurance coverage for kidnapping , so they can not afford 's services . Despite 's pleas to stay , leaves the country . is then assigned a corrupt local hostage negotiator , who immediately urges her to pay the ELT 's first ransom demand : a $ 50,000 " good faith " payment . Not knowing what to do , agrees , but the transaction is stopped by who ( due to his conscience ) has returned to help . He is aided by ( ) , a competing negotiator and ex – Green Beret . 
 Over the next few months , uses a radio to speak with an ELT contact , and the two argue over terms for 's release — including a ransom payment that can afford . and bond through the ordeal , forming an implicit attraction . They eventually negotiate a sum of $ 650,000 . 
 Meanwhile , has become a prisoner at the ELT 's jungle base camp . There , he befriends another hostage named ( missionary and former member of the French Foreign Legion — who has lived in the camp for nineteen months . The two concoct an escape plan , but during their attempt they are quickly tracked by the ELT . falls into a river after being shot in the shoulder and manages to escape , but steps on a trap and is recaptured . is found and hospitalized . 's ELT contact subsequently refuses to respond to his calls . Luckily , one of 's young maids recognized his voice over the radio and reveals he is a government official . goes to a parade ceremony and confronts the contact ; he confirms that is alive , but because of the ELT 's escalating war with the government and 's knowledge of the terrain , the ELT will no longer negotiate . 
 At 's urging , and convince the Tecala government that the ELT is mounting an attack on the pipeline being built through their territory . This forces the government army to mobilize , thus forcing a bulk of the camp 's ELT troops to mobilize for a counter - attack . , , and several associates are then inserted by helicopter and raid the weakened ELT base . They overcome the camp 's soldiers , free and another hostage , and then fly back to the city , where happily reunites with her husband . and share a final intimate moment before the latter departs with on an immediate flight to the U.S.

( ) is a - like character[2][3 ] determined to learn to surf , and earns the nickname " " from the surfer guys . However begins displaying multiple personalities , experiences inexplicable blackouts , and fears that she might be the one responsible for a series of mysterious murders in her beach - side town . The deaths are investigated by Captain ( ) , who also suspects 's mother ( ) , 's best friend ( ) , surfing guru ( ) and B - movie actress ( ) . 
 Other characters include university drop - out ( and 's love interest ) ( ) , purported Swedish exchange student ( ) , surfers ( ) and ( ) , 's girlfriend ( ) , and the wheel - chair bound class " queen bee " ( ) .

In 2056 A.D. , Earth is in ecological crisis as a consequence of pollution and overpopulation . Automated interplanetary missions have been seeding Mars with atmosphere - producing algae as the first stage of terraforming the planet . When the oxygen quantity produced by the algae is inexplicably reduced , the crew of Mars-1 investigate — a crew consisting of ( ) , a geneticist ; ( ) , an aging philosophical scientist and surgeon ; systems engineer ( ) ; commander ( ) ; pilot ( ) ; and terraforming scientist ( ) . 
 When Mars-1 is damaged in arrival by a Gamma - ray burst , remains aboard for repair while the others land to locate an automated habitat ( HAB 1 ) established earlier to manufacture food and oxygen . During insertion , the team 's landing craft is damaged and lands off - course . In the aftermath , " AMEE " ( Autonomous Mapping Exploration and Evasion)—a military robot programmed to guide them — is lost , and suffers a ruptured spleen and internal bleeding , and tells the others to leave him behind . refuses , but tells them that they have limited oxygen left to make it to HAB 1 . tells that it is all right , as he got to see Mars for the first time . The crew leaves to allow to die in peace . In orbit around Mars , contacts Houston , which informs her that Mars-1 is in decaying orbit , but offers hope of restoring engine function in departing Mars . 
 On Mars , the landing party find HAB 1 mysteriously destroyed . They are baffled for an explanation , since the module was designed and field - tested in Tornado Alley to withstand any damaging storms on Mars . All expect their imminent deaths by suffocation . and wander from the others to explore , later to reach a canyon where accidentally kills , after they get into a fight over whether or not the mission was a failure , and that realizes that would never accept defeat . returns to and , and tells them that killed himself . His oxygen depleted , opens his helmet , choosing a quick death over asphyxiation – and discovers that Mars ' atmosphere is thin but breathable . The only salvageable material from the habitat is all of the liquid fuel , which has ruptured out of its containers but pooled under the wreck . With no remaining power in their suits , the astronauts set it on fire with a flare so they can have a bonfire to survive the massive temperature drop of the Martian night . AMEE reunites with the crew , and the three astronauts notice the robot is damaged and attempt to shut it down so they can recover its guidance device . Perceiving their actions as a threat , AMEE breaks 's ribs and pursues the others before retreating . tells the others she has gone into military mode , and intends to kill them all one by one . She wounded instead of killing him because she has been programmed with knowledge of the old guerrilla tactic that a wounded man will slow the enemy down since effort must be expended to transport a wounded teammate . 
 Eventually , builds a makeshift radio from parts of the Mars Rover Pathfinder , through which instructs them to use a Russian probe 's sample - return system to launch themselves into orbit . During the trip , tells that the probe can hold only two people . The trio takes shelter from an ice storm inside of a cave . Devastated by the recent news and afraid of being left behind , flees with the radio , only to be killed by AMEE . After the storm subsides and recover the radio from 's corpse , and discover that it has become infested by insect - like native Martian life ( identified by as " nematodes " ) . The insects are highly flammable , as using a simple cutting torch on 's corpse to free his grip caused a chain reaction , making all of the insects in his corpse explode like firecrackers . Later , the two encounter a field of algae being eaten by the insects , and pieces together what happened . 
 The Martian insects had lain dormant on their almost dead world , but when the probes from Earth spread algae fields across Mars it gave them a massive new food source and led to a population explosion . The Martian insects are what caused the algae to disappear , but in the process they actually gave Mars breathable oxygen levels , because they produce oxygen as a waste product ( explaining why they are so flammable ) . The insects are also what destroyed the habitat module , as they tore in to get to the food supplies inside . 
 explains to that the biochemistry of alien insects ' respiratory metabolism is capable of producing oxygen far more efficiently than human science is currently able to . Studying the insects ' biochemistry is the key to terraforming Mars , and may even lead to discoveries which will allow Earth 's polluted atmosphere to be repaired . However , is attacked by swarms of the insects when blood drips from an open wound . Rather than be eaten alive , he passes his sample vial of insects to before immolating himself and his attackers . 
 reaches the Russian probe , finds sufficient fuel to power the rocket 's engine , but not enough electrical power to launch the probe , and realizes that the only available replacement is AMEE 's power core . In a final confrontation , is able to lure AMEE into a trap and disable her using one of the probe 's sample launchers , then takes her battery . launches himself in the probe 's sample - return capsule and reaches orbit where Mars-1 is waiting for him , and he is recovered and revived by . becomes upset that four astronauts died so that he could live , but tells him that they did not die for nothing . The computer is busy analyzing the sample of Martian insects which brought back , and research on them might lead to repairing Earth itself . With a six - month - long trip back to Earth , the computer has plenty of time to analyze the insects , and and have time to start pursuing a romantic relationship .

and are cellmates in prison two days away from release . has been corresponding with a young woman named , who is waiting for him on the outside . After takes a shiv in a prison fight and dies , , who just wants to have a cup of hot chocolate after he reunites with his family a week before Christmas , takes his place and lets the beautiful think he is the one who has been writing her . , the leader of a gang who assaults and in their cabin , is 's brother , telling " " that the gang , with 's help , will rob the casino he used to work at . reveals he is not , but continues to confirm he is and that she wrote to him knowing was going to kidnap and force to assist in the robbery . , while furious with , is reluctantly forced to go along with his ruse . 
 Using the information from the real ’s prison cell stories , is able to devise a robbery plan and informs that the biggest loot is hidden inside a safe in the manager ’s office ( the " PowWow " safe ) . On the night of the robbery , breaks out of his holding in order to find a way to arm himself as he knows will kill him after the robbery . He stumbles upon and and learns that they are lovers and partners in crime . 
 The group robs the casino , each dressed as . , forced to take part in the robbery , hides the fact that he knows ’s secret . Shots are fired and security guards and Santas are shot . drives into the Casino and lets / Rudy know she is in on the heist . All meeting in the manager 's office , introduces to the casino manager as but the manager recognizes that he is n’t and confesses . , furious at ’s deception , spares him for a moment when he demands to know where the " PowWow ” safe is . When the manager opens the safe , he grabs guns from inside and kills one of the robbers as the rest flee . The casino manager dies during the shootout . kills another one of the robbers and is then grabbed by and who tie him up in their 18 - wheeler truck . 
 They plan to drive him off the edge of a cliff in a burning vehicle with a little of the money so that officials will guess all had been burned . After accidentally revealing too much information during an argument with , shoots and kills the now suspicious . Shortly after , appears , having staged his death at the prison . It is revealed that 's real name is and learns that the two had collaborated to rob the casino using and and his gang . had known the entire time who truly was . also informs that the prison stories were part of a set - up . 
 After they tie to the steering wheel to drive off the cliff , he produces a knife he had gotten earlier , cuts his bindings , hot wires the car , sets it to reverse and crushes . With firing at him , he rams the fiery car into her and dives out as the car and go over the cliff . tries to convince that they can share the money but locks him in the truck and also sends it over the cliff . picks up the stolen cash and begins distributing it in mailboxes he comes across on the way home to his family , and he eats a Christmas dinner with them . The film closes with smiling .

In July 1971 , at the desegregated T. C. Williams High School , a black head coach , , is hired to lead the school 's football team . is assigned to the coaching team under current coach , nominated for the Virginia High School Hall of Fame . In an attempt to placate rising racial tensions and the fact that all other high schools are " white " only , is assigned the head coach job . He refuses believing it is unfair to , but relents after seeing what it means to the black community . is then offered an assistant coach 's job by the school board and initially refuses , but reconsiders after the white players pledge to boycott the team if he does not participate . Dismayed at the prospect of the students losing their chances at scholarships , changes his mind and takes up the position of defensive coordinator under . 
 The black students have a meeting in the gymnasium in auditioning to play for the team until arrives , but the meeting turns into a fiasco when and white students interrupt . On August 15 , 1971 , the players gather and journey to Gettysburg College , where their training camp takes place . As their days of training camp progress , black and white football team members frequently clash in racially motivated conflicts , including some between captains and . But after forceful coaching and rigorous athletic training by , which includes an early morning run to the Gettysburg cemetery , and a motivational speech , the team achieves racial harmony and success . After returning from football camp , is told by a member of the school board that if he loses even a single game , he will be dismissed . Subsequently , the Titans go through the season undefeated while battling racial prejudice , before slowly gaining support from the community . even has his best friend removed from the team because of his racism , following a game where he intentionally missed a block which consequently led to the near - season - ending injury of starting quarterback . 
 Just before the state semi - finals , is told by the chairman of the school board that he will be inducted into the Hall of Fame after the Titans lose one game , implying he wants to be dismissed over his race . During the game , it becomes apparent that the referees are biased against the Titans . Upon seeing the chairman and other board members in the audience looking on with satisfaction , realizes they 've rigged the game and warns the head official that he will go to the press and expose the scandal unless the game is officiated fairly . The Titans nonetheless win and advance to the state championship , but is told by the chairman that his actions have resulted in his loss of candidacy for Hall of Fame induction . 
 While celebrating the victory , is severely injured in a car accident with a truck after driving through an intersection . Although is unable to play due to being paralyzed from the waist down , the team goes on to win the state championship . would remain a paraplegic for the rest of his life . Ten years later , dies in another automobile accident caused by a drunk driver , after winning the gold medal in shot put in the Paralympic Games . Coaches and other former teammates reunite to attend his funeral . 
 In the epilogue , descriptions show the players and coaches activities after the events in 1971 .

During the summer in Brighton Beach , Brooklyn , widow spends her time watching infomercials . Meanwhile , her son occasionally pawns her television set to fund his , his girlfriend 's , and his best friend 's drug use . 
 After receives a call that she has won a spot on a television game show , she becomes excited about attending it . To fit back into her red dress , the favorite of her deceased husband 's , she attempts to lose weight through unsuccessful diets . At the recommendation of a friend , she visits an unscrupulous physician who prescribes her a regimen of weight - loss amphetamines . She begins losing weight , and is excited by how much energy she has . 
 and plan to sell heroin to make enough to live off ; that summer , their small - time dealing business thrives . and plan to open up a dress shop for 's designs , and dreams of escaping the ghetto to make his mother proud . and her friends wait expectantly every day for the game show invitation to arrive . With the extra money , stops by to tell his mother he ordered her a new television set , but when he implores her to get off the amphetamines , she confesses that the only thing she has to live for anymore is the dream of looking glamorous on a television stage , and the extra attention she receives now from her friends . 
 As ’s tolerance for the amphetamines increases , she craves the high she once had , while becoming frantic about the invitation . When she increases her dosage she develops amphetamine psychosis . During a drug deal , is caught in a shootout between the two rival gangs . He flees the scene and is arrested . has to use most of their earned money to post bail . The local supply of heroin becomes restricted , and they are unable to find any for either use or sale . Eventually , hears of a large shipment coming , but the price is doubled and the minimum high . , desperate , suggests ask her psychiatrist , , for money in exchange for sex , straining their relationship . When the drug buy goes bad , returns empty - handed to . He departs after giving her the number of a pimp , Big Tim , who trades heroin for sex . and decide that to put their business back on track , they will drive to Florida to buy directly from the wholesaler there . 
 After a series of horrifying hallucinations , flees her apartment for the office of the casting agency in Manhattan , to confirm when she will be on TV . She is taken away by ambulance and committed to a psychiatric ward where she is subjected to degrading treatments . When none work , the physician induces a barely lucid to approve electroconvulsive therapy . 
 On the drive to Miami , and visit a hospital because of 's increasingly infected needle injection sites . The doctor notices the symptoms of drug abuse , and and are arrested . Back in New York , a desperate has sex with the pimp to get heroin . Recognizing her addiction , he entices her with a bigger score of heroin if she returns that weekend for a party . is taunted by racist prison guards whilst enduring manual labor . ’s infected arm is amputated . undergoes violent electroshock therapy . is humiliated as the subject of a graphic sex show . 
 When 's friends come to the hospital to visit , they are distraught by her almost vegetative state . wakes emotionally distraught after the amputation , knowing that will not be visiting him . thinks of his mother in prison and suffers from drug withdrawal . comes home from the show and lies on her sofa , clutching her score of heroin . dreams that she is on television , and has won the grand prize , with as the guest of honor .

and ( and ) both work — as an architect , as a zoologist — at Chicago 's Lincoln Park Zoo . One night after a fundraiser for a new primate house is killed in a car accident , and her heart is transplanted to ( ) , who has suffered from heart disease since the age of 14 and is near death . The surgery is successful and , an artist , is able to live a normal life for the first time . She plans to make her first airplane trip to Italy to paint , and her best friend ( ) encourages her to begin dating , although is self - conscious about the long surgical scar on her chest . She also has written a letter thanking the family of their lost loved one for the heart she received . It takes her over a year to finally find the courage to mail the letter . 
 A year later , who has been working on the primate house that raised money for , remains depressed . He recognizes that he must resume his life as he becomes frustrated seeing that his dog has n't gotten over the loss either . His friend , ( ) , organizes a blind date for him at a restaurant . The date goes very badly , but he finds that he is interested in the waitress — , who is also the granddaughter of the restaurant 's owner , ( ) . 
 Although they are both unaware of the connection they have through 's heart , and begin to date . As they grow closer together , is reluctant to tell about her medical history . After several months of dating , finally decides to tell about her transplant . However , before she gets the chance , she finds in his house the letter that she had sent several months earlier . Horrified by the discovery , flees and tells what has happened . 's husband ( ) becomes infuriated as he has misunderstood 's panic and thinks must be married . then explains the situation to him in six monosyllables : " has 's dead wife 's heart ! " 
 When meets again , she tells him the truth . Stunned and not knowing what to say , he leaves . Against 's advice to not run away from the situation , goes to Europe alone . Back at home and with 's help realizes that although he will always miss , he " aches " for . He decides to go after her , and the two reunite in Italy . They return to Chicago for the dedication of the new primate house . The film ends at the wedding of friends and . is visibly pregnant again . appears to be married and dancing with his wife and their toddler . and are happily dancing .

and are childhood friends who became high school sweethearts , but had to deal with a long - distance relationship when enrolls at the ( fictional ) University of Ithaca and enrolls at the ( fictional ) University of Austin , promising continued fidelity to one another . Eventually , when loses touch with , believes might be seeing other people . Nonetheless , he makes a daily recorded video blog to her . asks to mail his blog tape to before leaving for class . 
 In class , is failing Ancient Philosophy and the professor informs him he needs a B+ on his mid - term to pass the semester , and furthermore , to re - enroll . Still worrying about , 's best friend convinces him to accept his friend , who has a loving attraction for . , the T.A. of Philosophy , has an obsessive crush on and is jealous of , aware of 's feelings for him . During E.L. 's party , attends and E.L. holds an auction of several women , including . also attends the party , and , scared of , convinces to outbid . They quickly escape to 's room , and videotape their intercourse with 's blog recorder . 
 The next morning , arrives in the room in a very jovial mood , confessing that he slept with . His friends play his tape but discovers that accidentally mailed the sex tape to , having confused it with 's blog tape for . then receives a voicemail from saying that she did n't call him because her grandfather had died and she will be away from school until Monday . Accompanied by and , asks to tag along , mainly because he needs 's car . is a shy loner who lives in constant fear of his overly strict father , , the rightful owner of their car . The group heads out to drive the nearly 1,800 miles ( 2,900   km ) to Austin and back in three days and leave to take care of , their pet snake . 
 When they reach Pennsylvania , taking a supposed " shortcut " , they come upon a small collapsed bridge and are annoyed that they will waste 5 hours back tracking . and convince the other two that they could jump the gap , à la . objects but they proceed . They make it across , but the car is effectively destroyed upon landing when the wheels fall off . They get out and discuss what to do next , and the car explodes . So , they continue on foot and stop at a motel . tries to score marijuana off the eccentric , unsympathetic motel clerk and is informed that 's credit card is maxed out . looks for transportation , and talks an otherwise rather savvy blind woman , , who works for a local school for the blind , into letting him take a bus away to be repaired . The guys hit the road again . 
 Meanwhile , 's father , , tries to pay for a meal with the maxed out card , but is denied service . He then begins an all - out search for when he is informed by the police that 's car was found blown up and is missing . On their way to Austin , the group goes through a series of misadventures , such as two of them making deposits at a sperm bank to raise needed funds ; successfully lying his way into letting the group stay overnight at a fraternity house full of African - Americans at the University of Tennessee , where the members pull a prank on , which causes him to faint ; and a wild visit with 's grandparents . Since 's books were destroyed in the exploded car , he calls his professor to ask for an extension on his midterm exam . answers the phone , impersonating the professor , and grants a fake extension . 
 While is trying to feed , comes back to the room inquiring of Josh 's whereabouts ; informs her that has feelings for her . walks in and informs that he tricked about the mid - term extension , and that he is about to fail Philosophy . bites in the hand , causing a vicious struggle which ends with landing on , biting his neck , and making him lose consciousness . 
 The group finally gets to Austin and , once they get to 's dorm , eventually intercepts the tape he sent to , who has just arrived back at school . But shows up , furious over what happened with the car and the credit card and threatens to drag back home with him . finally summons the confidence to stand up to him and states that he is going back to school with his friends . assaults him and confusion reigns in an all - out mini - riot in the dorm 's lobby . and retreat and discuss their relationship , but calls to warn that he has been tricked by , and while talks to her , starts to watch the tape , which turns out to be nothing but mooning for the camera . now has 48 hours to get back to school or else he will fail his midterm and the course , and , possibly , be kicked out of college . After they talk , and agree to break up but remain friends . and his friends head back to school and arrives just in time to take his midterm – with a little , albeit illegal , help from . 
 closes the film , ending the visitors ' tour by confirming to them that passed the course , that and are still together , a happy couple still making videos , that eventually became a leader of a cult and tried to stage a mass suicide but only he ended up doing so , that became a successful marijuana cultivator , and lastly relates humorous facts about 's and 's futures .

Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Tom Green, DJ Qualls, Amy Smart

( ) is waiting for someone in a nightclub in a predominantly Black neighborhood when a group of angry patrons try to start a fight with him . His father 's right - hand man ( ) and his henchmen pull out and , after a brief fight with the bouncers , are ejected by ( DMX ) , the club 's owner , before the meeting can take place . The next day , is found murdered . Word of 's death reaches his elder brother , ( ) , a former police officer who is imprisoned in Hong Kong . promptly escapes from the prison to investigate . 
 ( ) , a Black real estate developer and gang leader , is engaged in a joint business venture with 's father , ( ) , a Chinese crime boss who heads a collective of Chinese crime lords . The two have been acquiring properties along the Oakland waterfront to sell them to , a businessman who plans to buy a new NFL franchise and build a stadium on the waterfront . Despite 's assurances that the deal is still in place , fears retribution and has his chief lieutenant ( ) place security details on both of his children . 
 Making his way to Oakland , learns that his brother called 's daughter ’s ( ) record store the day before he was killed . After a chance encounter , befriends by helping her ditch her assigned security , ( ) and deduces that was actually calling her brother , ( ) . 
 At his brother 's funeral , confronts his estranged father , blaming him for failing to keep his promise to protect after had helped them both flee to America to escape the Chinese authorities . informs that the waterfront properties are divided between Black and Chinese businesses , and was a casualty of racial tensions that have recently escalated into a gang war . Meanwhile , tells his father that Po 's aborted meeting was to discuss information had that could end the gang war . explains that the deal with will get their family out of the crime business for good , but warns to be cautious . That night , someone kills and his girlfriend by throwing them out of his high rise apartment . 
 As comforts , he learns that wanted to show a list of businesses that were either destroyed or being threatened for failing to sell their properties . The two visit one of the remaining businesses on 's list but the Chinese owner and his employees have been killed . After killing the Chinese hitmen , questions his father , who clumsily deflects suspicion by suggesting may have used outside contractors . and visit the last holdout on 's list : 's nightclub . interrupts their meeting to kill and take his property deed , then abducts and . At a remote location , escapes by overpowering 's henchmen and forces to divulge where was taken . Meanwhile , has his fellow crime lords killed to sell their properties and keep the money to himself . 
 and meet with at the Oakland Men ’s Club to sell the deeds for the properties they now control . After takes a multimillion - dollar payment and departs , refuses his payment , stating that his compensation will be in the form of an ownership share of the new franchise . An enraged has brought out as a hostage to force him to take the payout . He reveals to that the " gang war " was a ruse he and concocted to cover their murder and intimidation of businessmen who refused to sign away their properties , and he also killed . attacks him in a rage and shoots him . flees to the rooftop and escapes via helicopter but shoots 's briefcase out of his hand , sending the deeds flying to the winds . shoots the henchman holding , while arrives and confronts about his brother . reveals that it was who killed , and is about to shoot when shoots and kills first . and have a friendly introduction , then waits with her father for an ambulance while leaves to confront . 
 At the compound , and have an all - out fight . burns 's hands with hot coals but rips his shirt to improvise hand wraps , then finishes by landing a kick on 's skull , completely breaking his spine . He confronts over callously having his own son killed for no other reason than getting in the way of his business deal . With dead , there is no one to protect from answering for his crimes to either the American authorities or the other crime families . As walks away , his father picks up his gun and commits suicide . 
 finds waiting for him outside and the two walk away from the house together .

The film opens with a parody of Paramount 's 1972 film The Godfather at the wedding reception of and his new wife , ( his first wife , the mother of and , died before the series began ) . A mother - child dance during the reception saddens , who realizes that he has lived over two years of his life without his mother , who died of an illness shortly after he was born . His father , , shares 's loneliness . 
 father , , is summoned to EuroReptarland , a Japanese amusement park in Paris , France , to fix a malfunctioning Reptar robot . Due to a misunderstanding ( as the company only needed but summoned him at midnight due to the time change while he was sleeping ) , , , , , , , their dog Spike , and all their parents travel to Paris to take a vacation at the park . 
 , the cold - hearted , child - hating head of EuroReptarland , yearns to be the president of the entire Reptar franchise and its parent company , Yamaguchi Industries , after her employer , Mr. , reveals his plans to retire as president . says that his successor has to love children to be able to do the job , so lies to him by claiming to be engaged to a man with a child . Upon the ' arrival at EuroReptarland , overhears a conversation between and before being caught . To save herself , reveals that is looking for a wife and suggests that marry him . 
 strikes up a relationship with , but her attempts to bond with fail . The adults and babies meet 's overworked assistant and her daughter , , who hail from Japan , but are now living in France . helps to win ' affections . Meanwhile , gets lost in the streets of Paris and falls in love with a stray poodle named Fifi . 
 tells the babies the origins of Reptar , explaining he was a feared monster until a princess revealed his gentler side to make the frightened humans like him . decides the princess should be his new mother , and is aided by his friends to reach an animatronic replica of the princess in the park , but they are stopped by 's ninja security guards . At the show 's premiere , informs of 's wish , so sneaks backstage and takes the spotlight as the princess , luring into her arms to make her seem wonderful with children . is ecstatic , deciding she would make an excellent mother and decides on the spot to marry her . 
 On her wedding day , , aided by her accomplice , kidnaps the children and traps them in a warehouse , including . confronts about deceiving and and she throws her out of the limo . rallies the children to crash his father 's wedding at the Notre Dame cathedral using the Reptar robot . They are chased by , who pilots Reptar 's nemesis , the Robosnail robot . The chase culminates in a fight on a bridge , and knocks Robosnail into the Seine River . 
 crashes the wedding , and pretends to be happy to see , but bursts in and accidentally reveals 's true nature by announcing that her kidnapping plot had failed . , seeing for the liar she truly is , calls the wedding off . reveals 's plans to , who is also in attendance , and the former president fires from EuroReptarland for her treachery . When tries to leave , she realizes the babies are on her wedding train and angrily yanks them off in front of everyone . 
 , as leaves the church , stomps on the wedding dress and rips it , revealing her underwear . chases the humiliated and defeated from the church with in tow . arrives at the church to return 's bear having been thrown out of the limo earlier and apologizes to for what did to him and . and eventually fall in love with each other and get married upon returning to the United States . 's new girlfriend , , is adopted by the family . gets as a new mother , and as a new sister .

In 1968 , a disastrous American advance in the Vietnam War has Lieutenant ( ) executing an unarmed prisoner in order to intimidate a captive North Vietnamese army officer into calling off an ambush of U.S. Marines . His act thereby saves the life of the wounded Lieutenant ( ) , though many of ' men die in the battle . 
 In 1996 , now a colonel , is about to retire from the Marine Corps and is reminiscing about his years in uniform . As a result of wounds he sustained during Operation Kingfisher , he was no longer able to continue serving as an infantry officer , so the Marine Corps sent him to law school and he continued his career as a JAG officer . He subsequently enters the Camp Lejeune Officers Club , where numerous Marine officers wait to honor his service at a pre - retirement party . Hosting the event is his old friend , Colonel , who is now the commanding officer of a Marine Expeditionary Unit ( MEU ) . 
 Subsequently deployed to Southwest Asia as part of an Amphibious Readiness Group , and his embarked MEU are called to evacuate the U.S. Ambassador to Yemen from the embassy grounds as a routine demonstration against American influence on the Arabian peninsula and in the Persian Gulf turns into rock - throwing and sporadic automatic - rifle fire by snipers from nearby rooftops . After escorting Ambassador ( ) and his family to a waiting helicopter , returns to the embassy to retrieve the American flag ; meanwhile three Marines are killed by snipers on nearby rooftops . then orders his men to open fire on the crowd and " waste the motherfuckers " , resulting in the deaths of 83 civilian protesters and injuries to over 100 more . 
 Back in the U.S. , the U.S. National Security Advisor , ( ) , pressures the military to proceed with a court - martial to try to deflect negative public opinion about the United States and salvage American relations in the Middle East , placing all the blame for the incident onto . 
 subsequently approaches and asks him to be his defense attorney at the upcoming court - martial . is reluctant to accept , knowing that his record as a JAG officer is less than impressive and needs a better lawyer . But is adamant because he wants an attorney who has served in combat . 
 With little time to prepare a defense , visits Yemen , only to find an uncooperative government and firsthand account of the serious injuries the crowd members endured . Most of the evidence is stacked against , particularly the fact that no one else in his team can testify to having seen gunfire coming from the crowd , in particular Captain ( ) , who hesitated to follow ' order . 
 is determined for him to be convicted and is met by the overzealous prosecutor , Major ( ) , who believes to be absolutely guilty . at one point burns a videotape of security camera footage revealing that the crowd were indeed armed and firing at the Marines , evidence that would potentially exonerate . He also blackmails Ambassador into lying on the stand and saying both that the crowd had been peaceful and that had been violent towards him and his family during the evacuation . 
 Colonel meets with 's wife after the ambassador 's testimony to hear her side of the story . Although she admits had been valiant , she refuses to testify and destroy her marriage . 
 During the trial , presents a shipping manifest proving that a tape from an undamaged camera which had been looking directly into the crowd — the tape had burned — had been delivered to 's office , but failed to show up at the trial , arguing that this tape would not have been damning evidence against if it had , in fact , shown the crowd was armed . 
 Captain is grilled on the witness stand by Major and despite trying to give favorable testimony , leaves doubt of ' innocence . 
 himself eventually takes the stand and engages in a fierce verbal battle with . produces a tape which contains the recording of ' poor choice of words when giving his order . While defending his actions , loses his temper while stating that he would not sacrifice the lives of his men to appease the likes of . is left at a loss for words , knowing that this could easily doom because they do not have any credible evidence to defend 's claims that the crowd was armed and his poor choice of words can be interpreted by the jury as being prejudiced towards Yemenis or having a gung - ho / cowboy attitude . 
 Already at an advantage , the prosecution presents the Vietnamese colonel who witnessed execute a POW in Vietnam , Colonel , as a rebuttal witness , trying to drive home the idea that is malicious . cross - examines him and gets him to testify that had the circumstances been reversed , would have done the same thing . After the trial , visits and asks him what happened to the tape ; denies its existence . 
 is found guilty of the minor charge of breach of the peace ( for having disobeyed his order to just show his Marines ) , but not guilty of the more serious charges of conduct unbecoming an officer and murder . A final title card reveals that no further charges were brought against and that he retired honorably from the Marine Corps . The title card also explains that both and lost their jobs after being convicted of destruction of evidence and perjury , respectively .

An 18 - year - old girl named ( ) receives a threatening phone call while home alone one night . is chased outside by , who stabs her in the breast , removing one of her silicone breast implants . She is hit by a vehicle driven by her father , who was distracted by oral sex by his spouse , and is then subsequently murdered by . 
 The following day , ( ) meets up with her boyfriend ( ) and her friends , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) and ( ) . Various news teams , including hack reporter ( ) , converge on the school in the wake of 's murder . hooks up with 's intellectually disabled brother Special Officer Doofy ( ) , hoping to milk the facts out of him . 
 While is in class , she receives a note reading : " I Know What You Did Last Halloween ! " She then realizes that was murdered exactly one year after she and her friends accidentally killed a man during a wild car ride . At a beauty pageant that evening , is killed by in plain view , with the audience mistaking 's screams and pleas for help as being part of her act . When realizes she 's won the pageant , she almost immediately forgets about 's death and celebrates her victory . 
 After goes home alone , she is attacked by . locks herself in her room and contacts the police , and disappears . arrives momentarily after hearing the incident , but a pair of black gloves and a telephone fall out of his pocket , leading to believe that he was the killer . is arrested and taken to the police station . Afterwards , heads to and 's place , to spend the night with them . When there , she receives a call from , mocking her . 
 The next morning , is released . Meanwhile , , high on the success of her victory at the pageant , ignores 's warnings about the killer and is beheaded by with a cleaver , though her severed head still remains alive . , visibly annoyed , dumps 's head into a Lost and Found bin . That night , and go to a showing of Shakespeare In Love , where is stabbed in the ear through a bathroom stall . then goes after . Unfortunately , angry movie patrons , fed up with 's rude behavior during the movie , kill her before can . 
 Meanwhile , throws a house party , hoping for safety in numbers . During the party , and go upstairs and have sex , no longer making a virgin . Suddenly , appears and apparently stabs , before disappearing quickly . gets a gun from a drawer near the entrance , follows and she tends to his wounds . 's stoner brother ( ) comes up from the basement and informs them that all of the partygoers have fled the house . takes the gun and shoots , revealing that his wound was an elaborate ruse . arrives on the scene , alive . 
 and confront in the kitchen and announce their plan that they are going to kill her and her father ( ) , despite the fact that they are not actually the killers and that they are copycatting a real killer who already exists . They also plan to make themselves look like heroes by giving each other stab wounds to indicate they fought back . However , the plan backfires when stabs repeatedly , angry because his favorite show , The Wayans Bros. , has been cancelled . abruptly arrives and stabs . He and then fight each other , but successfully subdues him by employing moves copied from The Matrix and kicks him through a window . However , vanishes before the police arrive . 
 At the police station , and the sheriff ( ) realize that , the only person who knew about the car accident , was actually faking his disability and is the true killer . Unfortunately , has already escaped with . Upon finding his discarded disguise in the street , begins screaming , but is soon hit by a car . 
 In a post - credits scene , appears and breaks the fourth wall by giving tips on how to survive this sort of " situation " . They appear to be on how to survive in a horror movie , but turn out to be tips on how to successfully enact a " snatch ' n ' run " .

, now living in Los Angeles and the host of a nationally syndicated television show , 100 % , is called by , who demands the whereabouts of , who has gone into hiding in the aftermath of the Windsor College murders . refuses to cooperate , and when comes to his home , and his girlfriend are murdered . 
 Detective contacts to discuss the murders , prompting her to travel to Hollywood , where she finds working as an adviser on the set of Stab 3 , the third film in the film within a film series based on the murders . Using a voice changer as a ruse , Ghostface kills Stab 3 actress . Meanwhile , , haunted by the endless string of brutal murders , is now living in seclusion as a crisis counselor for an abused women 's hotline , fearing that another killer may strike . Having discovered 's number , the killer begins taunting her by phone , forcing her out of hiding and drawing her to Hollywood . As the remaining Stab 3 cast , along with and , gather at the home of , Ghostface murders her bodyguard and uses a gas leak to cause an explosion , killing fellow actor in the process . 
 , the sister of 's friend , who was murdered in the previous film , visits and the others to drop off a videotape that had made before his death , posthumously warning them that the rules of a horror film franchise in the third and final film do not apply to anyone , and that any of them , including the main character ( ) , could die . 
 , , , and the remaining Stab 3 cast , and , attend a birthday party for Stab 3 's director , where strikes . discovers 's seemingly dead body in the basement . , refusing to stick with and , wanders off alone before she is murdered . Tyson attempts to fight but the killer manages to wound him before throwing him off a balcony to his death . tries to escape through a secret passage , but kills her . The killer then orders to the mansion to save and , who are being held hostage . When she arrives , forces to remove her firearm and lures her inside , as and are bound and gagged with duct tape . As is untying and , appears , though gains the upper hand using a second hidden gun to fight off . Detective shows up but is knocked unconscious by . 
 flees and hides in a secret screening room where she encounters . He reveals himself as , having faked his death and survived being shot due to a bulletproof vest . admits to being 's half - brother , born to their mother when she was an actress in Hollywood . Years ago , he had unsuccessfully tried reuniting with her . Bitter over the rejection , would film all the men she philandered with . He showed the footage of his father with , which motivated him to kill her ( thus setting off the events in Scream and Scream 2 ) . However , when he discovered how much fame had attracted due to those events , snapped and lured out of hiding . 
 then tells of his plan to frame her for the murders , before killing Stab producer . angrily tells that he is responsible for all of the events that have occurred . A fight ensues between and , ending when shoots in the chest , seemingly killing her . While preparing for and to arrive , disappears , giving her the upper hand to stab in the back . As he slowly dies , shows him that she too was wearing a bulletproof vest . She then plunges 's knife into his chest , apparently killing him . and arrive before recovers , only for to finally kill him . 
 Sometime after at 's house , proposes to , who accepts . returns from a walk with her dog and leaves her gates , which were previously shown to be alarmed , open . She enters her home and is invited to join , , and Detective to watch a movie . As she goes to join the others , her front door blows open behind her , but after hesitating for a moment she walks away leaving it as is , finally confident that the murders have ended and she is now safe .

David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Foley, Emily Mortimer

( ) is an overworked , underpaid chauffeur who works for a mean - spirited pie heiress named Mrs. ( ) , just as his father did before him . All wants for Christmas is a new uniform , as the one he currently wears is the one his father was buried in , but gives him a cheap pair of cuff links and a pie instead , while lavishing expensive gifts on her business partner ( Sherman ) and her prized dog Muffin . Finally fed up with being mistreated , and his best friend , local chicken restaurant owner ( ) , concoct a scheme to kidnap the dog and hold it for a $ 1,000,000 ransom . attacks him , leaving a great deal of destruction and 's blood at the scene , and the plan fails when the dog later escapes . 
 However , and the Pittsburgh police misinterpret the hastily scrawled ransom note and believe that himself has been kidnapped . refuses to pay up initially until met with public protests led by 's on - again off - again girlfriend ( ) . and come up with a new scheme , in which films a fake ransom video and releases it to the media , putting pressure on to come up with the money to preserve her public image as a kindly old grandmother . The plan calls for to mug his boss as she goes to drop off the ransom money , and to have a dead body left behind dressed as to throw off the police . They enlist the services of a creepy morgue employee named ( ) to find an appropriate corpse and schedule a meeting at night in the park . 
 This plan also goes wrong , however , when succeeds in getting the money , only to lose it to two small children who attack him with a taser and a shiv and steal the suitcase . is found by the police and sent to a hospital , as the children have soundly brutalized him . The police then find the dead body that was supposed to take the place of as he made his getaway , and claims that it was his captor . The police are suspicious , as used the body of an old homeless dwarf , but claims he was " more ferocious when he was alive " . dejectedly returns to work for Mrs. ( who claims that he now owes her the ransom as well ) until the mother of one of his attackers shows up and returns the briefcase . Overjoyed , and plan to go on a long vacation only to find that the briefcase was filled with newspaper and cabbage . 
 After interrogating and ( during which reveals his habit of striking people with desk lamps when nervous ) , the police go after , who goes on a rampage , kidnapping Mrs. while waiting for the share of money promised him . goes to and confronts his employer , finding out that the money was actually in the briefcase but was stolen by , who planned to double - cross them all and make off with his boyfriend . He also discovers to everyone 's disgust that his father was also Mrs. 's lover as well as manservant . After the police converge on 's place , convinces them that the trio are actually her rescuers . 
 In the end , leads the police to 's apartment , where the ransom money is discovered . When pulls a gun , panics and knocks him unconscious by hitting him in the head with a lava lamp . Mrs. expresses her gratitude by paying for to attend college at the University of Southern California and buying him a new Armani suit , and paying for to open a new Chicken Hole on the beach . finally reconciles with , while herself ends up in a romantic relationship with .

Ex - convict is happily retired in Spain with his beloved wife , best friend and 's wife . A boulder falls from a hill , nearly hits him , and lands in his swimming pool , damaging its double - heart insignia . After an unsuccessful rabbit hunt with and , a Spanish boy who helps him around the house , has a dream of a demonic rabbit pointing a gun at him . 
 An old criminal associate , , arrives at 's villa , intent on enlisting for a bank robbery in London . Crime lord learned about the vault from , the bank 's chairman , whom he met at an orgy . politely declines , but grows increasingly aggressive . After suggests 's real reason for visiting is his infatuation with , grows furious and demands to be taken to the airport . On the plane , refuses to extinguish his cigarette prior to take - off , is aggressive to staff , and is ejected . He tells the investigator the cabin crew sexually harassed him and is released . 
 returns to the villa screaming obscenities and attacks with a bottle . threatens him with a gun , but disarms him . shoots with a shotgun and she , and beat him . When tells he had sex with , hits him with a television set . 
 In London , asks where is . claims called him from Heathrow Airport . In the morning , has another vision of the demonic rabbit . As eats breakfast , arrives and asks again where is . continues to feign ignorance . 
 During the heist , 's crew use diving gear to drill into 's vault from a pool in a neighbouring bath house . The pool water floods the vault and shorts its security system . As the crew empties the vault 's safe deposit boxes , secretly pockets a pair of ruby earrings encrusted with diamonds . 
 After the job , Bass insists on driving to the airport . He stops at 's home , where he kills and demands tell him where is . responds that he is " not into this any more " . In the car , angrily tells that he does not care about . He pays £ 10 for the job , giving him a twenty - pound - note and demanding change , then drives away . 
 returns to his friends and family in Spain , where wears the earrings . hears Don 's voice tell him that he knew would do the job ; responds that is dead now and can shut up . The demonic rabbit opens a coffin beneath the swimming pool , revealing , who exhales smoke with contempt .

Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman, James Fox

In 1921 , German director takes his cast and crew on - location in Czechoslovakia to shoot Nosferatu , an unauthorized version of novel Dracula . keeps his team in the dark about their schedule and the actor playing the vampire Count . It is left to the film 's other main actor , , to explain that the lead is an obscure German theater performer named , who is a character actor . To involve himself fully in his role , will only appear amongst the cast and crew in makeup , and will never break character . 
 After filming scenes in a studio with leading actress , who is displeased about leaving Berlin , 's team travels to the remote inn where they will be staying and shooting further scenes . The landlady becomes distressed at removing crucifixes around the inn , and the cameraman , , falls into a strange , hypnotic state . Gustav discovers a bottle of blood amongst the team 's food supplies , and delivers a caged ferret in the middle of the night . 
 One night , rushes his team up to an old Slovak castle for the first scene with the vampire . appears for the first time , and his appearance and behavior impress and disturb them . The film 's producer , , suspects that is not a German theater actor , and is confused when tells him that he originally found in the castle . Soon after the completion of the scene , is found collapsed in a dark tunnel . Upon returning to the inn , the landlady appears frightened by his pale , weak appearance , and mutters " " while clutching at a rosary . 
 Whilst filming a dinner scene between and Count , startles , making him cut his finger . reacts wildly at the sight of the blood , and tries drinking from 's wound . The generator powering the lights fails and when the lights return , has pinned to the floor , apparently draining his blood . orders filming ended for the night , and the crew rushes from the castle , leaving behind . examines the camera equipment , fascinated by footage of a sunrise . 
 is in fact an actual vampire , and has struck a deal with him in order to create the most realistic vampire film possible . has promised him Greta as a reward , but remains a difficult star . With near death , is forced to bring in another cinematographer , . During 's absence , approaches and the screenwriter , . They invite to join them , and they question , believing he is still in character . points out 's loneliness and the sadness of trying to remember how to perform everyday activities . When they ask how he became a vampire , says it was a woman . A bat flies by and catches it , sucking its blood . The others are impressed by what they assume is talented acting . 
 The production moves to Heligoland to film the final scenes , and admits 's true nature to and . The two realise they are trapped on the island , leaving no choice but to complete the film and give to the vampire if they wish to survive . becomes hysterical after noticing casts no reflection . , and drug her , and film the scene as feeds on , killing her , but the laudanum in her blood puts to sleep . At dawn , the remaining three attempt to open a door and let in sunlight to destroy . previously cut the chain , having learned of their trickery . kills and while continues filming . and the crew arrive in time to lift the door and flood the set with sunlight , destroying while films his death .

In 1881 , ( pronounced as ) played by is a Chinese Imperial Guard in the Forbidden City . After Princess ( ) for whom has affection , is abducted and taken to the United States , the Emperor of China sends three of his guards along with the Royal Interpreter to retrieve her . is not one of the three , but he tells the Captain of the Imperial Guards that it was his fault the princess was kidnapped and insists on joining them . The Captain first refuses , but when the Royal Interpreter , 's uncle , offers to allow to come help with the baggage , the Captain agrees in the hopes that the " foreign devils " would get rid of . In Nevada , ( ) is an outlaw who , with his gang , hijacks the train is on . When , a new member of 's gang , kills 's uncle , chases the outlaws down . However , the gang is well - armed and 's only choice is to unhinge the cars and get away on the engine . In the process , takes over the gang from , and they leave him buried up to his chin in the desert sand . Meanwhile , , who was tricked into believing she was freely escaping her arranged marriage in China , finds out she has been kidnapped by an agent of , who ran away from the Forbidden City and was viewed as a traitor by the Chinese . 
 When Wang finds buried in the sand , he demands to know the direction to Carson City . tells him that the city is on the other side of a mountain . puts two chop sticks in 's mouth for him to dig himself out . When comes out the other side of the mountain , he gets involved with a Sioux tribe by saving a boy chased by the Crow tribe and ends up reluctantly marrying the tribe chief 's daughter , . finds a small town in the area , where he encounters in a tavern . He confronts him , and ends up starting a fight with him that turns into a barroom brawl . The two of them get sent to jail , and after helps them escape , they become friends . trains in the ways of the cowboy assisted by Falling Leaves . 
 When they get to Carson City , discovers that both he and , now identified as " are wanted by ally Marshal , and the two of them narrowly escape . They go to a bordello ( which describes as his " hideout " ) , but after a drunken encounter by , the Marshal eventually catches and arrests them . They find out that is behind the kidnapping of the princess . As they are about to be hanged , manages to break himself free and after Falling Leaves shoots loose , they escape the execution site . , upset over previously telling one of the prostitutes at the bordello he was not 's friend , rides off alone to find the princess . When he finds her in labour camp , she tells him that she does not wish to return to China . finds out about and attacks him . However , , who has followed , saves him from and the two reunite . 
 The next day , the two partners go to the ransom point , the Carson City Mission church . The three imperial guards arrive with the gold , and has the princess in hand . However , a simple exchange becomes complicated when shows up and points a gun towards . tells his fellow guards that he will not allow them to bring the princess back to China . As the Chinese and fight amongst themselves , arrives and engages in a gunfight . After is limited to one remaining bullet , simultaneously fires both of his guns but ( unscathed due to all of shots missing him and going through the priest 's robe he wore for a disguise ) shoots him in the heart , through his sheriff 's star . fights the Imperial Guards whilst chases through the rafters of the church , but eventually the Guards allow to go to her aid instead . fights to the bell tower , and is wounded in the fight . ultimately kills by dismantling the bell , causing it to hang him . After the fight , the Imperial Guards agree to let remain in Nevada to help the enslaved Chinese people . 
 and his gang also come up to the church , and demand that and come out and fight . But when the two of them get outside the church to face , Natives from all around surround the gang . At a Chinese cultural celebration thanks Falling Leaves for saving him and they engage in a passionate kiss . At the same time , holds a smiling . In the final scene , ( who reveals his real name to be ) and are shown as sheriffs and ride off to catch a new band of train robbers .

Career criminal ( ) and his cronies want to lease a closed pizzeria so they can dig a tunnel from the basement of the restaurant to a nearby bank . 's wife ( ) covers what they are doing by selling cookies in the restaurant . The robbery scheme soon proves to be a miserable failure , but , after they franchise the business , selling cookies makes them millionaires . 
 In the film 's second act , throws a big party and overhears people making fun of their poor decorating taste and lack of culture . She asks an art dealer named ( ) to train her and so they can fit in with the American upper class . hates every minute of it , but likes their new culture . 
 What does not know is that is really just using her to finance his art projects . finally gets fed up and leaves . and go to Europe for more cultural enlightenment and while there , she gets a call and finds out she has been defrauded by her accountants . She 's lost everything including her cookie company , home , and possessions . turns on her right away and immediately dumps her . 
 Meanwhile , has gone back to being a crook and tries to steal a valuable necklace at a party . He has had a duplicate made and through a series of circumstances gets the duplicate and real one mixed up . At the party , he finds out that is broke , so he leaves and goes to see her . He consoles her by saying he stole the valuable necklace and shows it to her . Her new - found cultural enlightenment enables her to tell the necklace is a fake ; has gotten the wrong one . But she produces a very expensive cigarette case that she once had given to as a gift but stole back after he dumped her . It once belonged to the Duke of Windsor . They reconcile , decide to sell it , and retire to Florida .

After stealing an 86 - carat ( 17.2   g ) diamond in a heist in Antwerp , goes to London to see diamond dealer on behalf of New York jeweller " " . One of the other robbers advises to obtain a gun from ex - KGB agent . Meanwhile , then plans to steal the diamond from him before he can turn it over to . 
 Meanwhile , boxing promoter and slot machine shop owner " Turkish " persuades gangster " " to put boxer " Gorgeous George " in a matchup against one of boxers . However , when Turkish sends his partner and to purchase a caravan from a group of Irish Travellers , gets into a fight with , a bare - knuckle boxing champion who badly injures . Turkish persuades to replace in his upcoming match by agreeing to purchase a new caravan for 's mother . agrees to the change on the condition that throws the fight in the fourth round . 
 gives a revolver in exchange for a favour : is to place a bet on ' behalf at bookies . , knowing has a gambling problem , flies to London with his bodyguard " " to claim the diamond personally . hires and , two small - time crooks , to rob while he is at the bookies . The robbery goes awry and , , and their driver are caught on camera , but manage to kidnap . 
 Instead of throwing the fight , knocks his opponent out with a single punch . Infuriated , robs Turkish of his savings and demands that fight again , and lose this time . Meanwhile , retrieves the diamond and murders with a pistol . tracks down , , , and their friend , and plans on killing them for robbing his bookies . bargains for their lives by promising the stolen diamond , and is given 48 hours to retrieve it . 
 and hire " Bullet - Tooth " to help them find . When the trail leads to , they kidnap him and retrieve the diamond , closely pursued by , , and . Coincidentally Turkish and are driving on the same stretch of road at the time . When throws Turkish 's carton of milk out of their car window ; it splashes over 's windscreen , causing him to crash and killing in the process . escapes from the wreck only to be hit by 's car . and are confronted by , , and at a pub where realizes that the trio 's pistols are replicas , which he contrasts with his real handgun and intimidates them into leaving . The wounded Boris arrives with an assault rifle with a grenade launcher looking for the diamond back but is shot and killed by , wounding at the same time . and leave a wounded and escape with the diamond , which hides in his pants . When catches up to them , they tell him that the diamond is back at their pawn shop . Once there , they produce the diamond , but it is promptly swallowed by a dog that got from the travellers . fires at the fleeing dog , accidentally killing . He gives up and returns to New York . 
 refuses to fight again unless Turkish buys a better caravan for his mother , but Turkish has no money left since stole his savings . Furious , has his men vandalize Turkish 's gambling arcade and burn down 's mother 's caravan while she is asleep inside . agrees to fight to avoid more carnage , but gets so drunk after his mother 's wake that Turkish fears he will not make it to the fourth round . If he fails to go down as agreed , men will execute Turkish , , , and the entire campsite of travellers . makes it to the fourth round , when he suddenly knocks out his opponent . Outside the arena , and his men are killed by the travellers . has bet on himself to win , and waited until the fourth round to allow the travellers time to ambush and kill men at the campsite . 
 The next morning , Turkish and find the travellers ' campsite deserted . When confronted by the police , they can not explain why they are there , until 's dog suddenly arrives and they claim to be walking it . and are arrested when the police find and 's bodies in their car . and take the dog to a veterinarian to extract a squeaky toy that it had swallowed , and discover the diamond in its stomach , as well . They consult about selling the diamond and he calls , who returns to London .

Benicio del Toro, Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Stephen Graham, Dennis Farina

The film focuses on a group of elementary school students in Syracuse , New York , led by ( ) , who get a snow day , and try to keep their school snowed in and closed for a second day by stopping a snowplow driver ( ) from plowing the streets . Meanwhile , 's older brother , ( ) , tries to win the heart of popular high school girl ( ) , with the help of his best friend , ( ) , who secretly harbors feelings for him . Also , their father , ( ) , is a television meteorologist who must face off against a rival , ( ) , in order to continue his career . Their workaholic mother , ( ) , is stuck at home with their mischievous brother , . 
 Eventually , and her friends , ( ) and ( ) , take over the plow and " unplow " the streets ( move all the snow back in the way ) . After endless love demonstrations ( and being rescued by ) , finds out he , in fact , loves . He is even encouraged by to go after her . unmasks on live TV , showing the viewers that he is fake , and winning back his status . is arrested and takes the day off from work to look after . 
 When Principal gets home the kids hit him with a lot of snowballs .

In 1958 , two U.S. Air Force pilots and aspiring astronauts , ( ) and ( ) , are testing a modified X - plane when decides to try to break a height record . The plane stalls and they are forced to eject , narrowly missing a B-50 Superfortress piloted by navigator " Tank " ( ) as they parachute to safety . On the ground , punches for putting their lives at risk , but their fight is broken up by engineer ( ) . Their supervising officer , ( ) , chastises for his recklessness , before taking them to a press conference , where it is announced that the Air Force will no longer be involved in space flight tests as this has now been handed off to the newly created NASA , ending the four 's dreams of reaching space . 
 In the present day , NASA is tasked to prevent a Soviet communications satellite , IKON , from decaying out of orbit and crashing to Earth . The design of the satellite 's electronics are archaic and based on those of Skylab that had developed . , now a project manager at NASA , sends astronaut ( ) to request 's help . is initially hostile as he still despises , but agrees to put aside his differences to help with the current situation . However , insists that he have the help of his " Team Daedalus " including , , and . agrees to this , though discreetly plans to have younger astronauts shadow the four and learn from them so as to replace 's team before launch . When the press learn of 's team , however , the Vice President convinces that 's team must be part of the mission for good publicity . The old and young teams , though initially competitive , soon work together , with the older astronauts showing off skills learned without the aid of a computer . As they train and undergo examinations , Hawk is found to have pancreatic cancer and given only eight months to live , but is still considered flight - worthy . 
 The launch is scheduled , and the space shuttle Daedalus successfully launches into orbit . They find the satellite but all agree it looks nothing like a communication satellite . They secure the satellite with the shuttle 's loading arm and begin repairs , but soon find it houses six nuclear missiles , relics from the Cold War and a violation of the Outer Space Treaty . The mission is quickly put under secrecy . discovers that the control system for the satellite originated from 's own files and was stolen by the KGB , and that the satellite 's computers will launch the missiles at predetermined targets if the satellite falls out of orbit . NASA and the crew devise a plan to use the payload - assist rockets to push the satellite out of orbit and into deep space . However , as they prepare for this maneuver , one of the younger astronauts , ( ) , acting under 's original orders , tries to put the satellite into stable orbit himself , which is mistimed and sets off a chain reaction : the satellite collides with the shuttle , damaging most of the shuttle 's computer systems and engines , destroying the solar panels on the satellite , and sending it faster into a decay orbit , while is knocked out and dragged along with the satellite . 
 While and tend to the other young astronaut ( ) , who suffered a concussion on the impact , and make a space walk and reach the satellite in time to activate a booster rocket and slow down the orbit . As they see to , the two realize that there is no way to restablize the orbit of the satellite without power , and the only option is to have someone ride on the satellite as they fire the missiles ' engines so that it falls into deep space . quickly volunteers to sacrifice himself , hoping that he will be able to land himself on the moon to fulfill his life 's dream . After helping to rig the satellite for launch , takes back to the shuttle to be tended to . , , and say their goodbyes to as he engages the rockets , successfully propelling the missiles away from Earth . 
 , , and now work to bring the shuttle back to Earth , with the plan to achieve a low enough altitude to allow the shuttle to be evacuated over water since landing it would be difficult . successfully pilots the shuttle to reenter orbit but with too fast a speed . After safely bailing out and , and stay with regardless of the risk . recalls a maneuver had used before , purposely stalling the shuttle to drop its speed quickly and allowing him to land the shuttle safely . The crew is welcomed back as heroes . 
 Later , talks with his wife and contemplates if made it to the Moon . The film ends with the song " Fly Me to the Moon " , zooming in on the surface of the Moon showing that had indeed arrived , having died while peacefully watching the Earth .

Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, James Cromwell, Loren Dean, Courtney B. Vance, William Devane

Supernova chronicles the search - and - rescue patrol of a medical ship in deep space in the early 22nd century and its six - member crew , which includes captain and pilot ( ) , co - pilot ( ) , medical officer ( ) , medical technician ( ) , search and rescue paramedic ( ) and computer technician ( ) . Aboard their vessel , the Nightingale 229 , they receive an emergency distress signal coming from an ice mining operation on the moon Titan 37 , more than 3,000 light - years away . 
 The crew answers the call and dimension - jumps — during which Captain suffers fatal injuries due to a malfunction of the ship 's equipment — arriving in the path of Titan 37 's debris cloud , some of which damages the ship and causes the loss of 82 percent of its maneuvering fuel . Worse still , Titan 37 orbits a blue giant , and its high gravity field will pull the ship to the point where it will be incinerated in 17 hours , 12 minutes — which happens to be almost the same amount of time that the Nightingale 229 will need to recharge its jump drive , their only possible hope for escape . With only an 11 - minute window for escape , the surviving crew soon find themselves in danger from the disturbing young man ( ) they rescue , and the mysterious alien artifact he has smuggled aboard . This artifact is analyzed by the ship 's computer and is said to contain nine - dimensional matter . 
 It is ultimately discovered that the young man who called for rescue is actually , an old former lover of ( it is implied they had an abusive relationship ) . came into contact with the nine - dimensional matter after recovering the artifact . It somehow enabled him to acquire super - strength and supernatural healing abilities , and made him younger ( such that did not recognize him ) . murders most of the crew except and strands on the mining platform . unsuccessfully attempts to romantically reconcile with . finds his way back to the medical ship through a rescue pod left on the mining platform , and a battle ensues between and . is ultimately killed by using explosives placed near the alien artifact which was obsessed with retrieving . The explosion ejects the artifact into space , hurtling it towards the blue giant . 
 With moments left before the dimension jump activates , and place themselves into the only remaining dimensional stabilization chamber ( had destroyed all but one ) , which is the only thing that enables human beings to survive the ship 's dimensional jump drive . The pods are meant to hold only one person ; however , two subjects might be genetically mixed during the dimensional jump . Before and enter the only remaining pod , the computer warns them that the nine - dimensional matter is reacting with the gravity of the blue giant sun and will cause a nine - dimensional reaction that will spread in all directions , such that the reaction 's resulting supernova will reach Earth within 51 years . The computer hypothesizes that the reaction will either destroy life on Earth or " enable humankind to achieve a new level of existence " . Just before the blue giant supernovas , the ship engages in a dimensional jump which brings and back to Earth . As a result of their being in the same pod , the two of them each have one eye of the other person 's original eye color . The ship 's computer also reveals that is pregnant , which may be the result of them being in the pod together during the jump , or the result of their copulation hours earlier .

Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her consists of five stories or vignettes , tied together loosely to envision the complexity of incomplete communications about life , family , and love . We glimpse the lives of five women , each facing problems such as loneliness , dissatisfaction , longing , and or desire . , in his first time directing , assembled this film with a loaded cast of actresses who can tell you everything you need to know just by their body language and facial expressions . Their individual stories show us what " things you can tell just by looking at her " . 
 In the film 's prologue , ( police detective — and her partner are investigating the apparent suicide of an unknown woman . Dr. ( ) , a middle - aged doctor , attempts to care for her aging mother while coping with her own loneliness . She avoids intimacy , but also longs for it ; we see both frustration and anticipation as she waits for phone calls from male colleagues . Dr. decides to seek comfort or escape in ( ) who reads tarot cards . ’s partner ( ) is critically ill with an unnamed disease , possibly cancer . 
 ( ) is a successful bank manager who 's " not big on regrets " . After a three - year involvement with ( keeps her secret from his wife — she becomes pregnant . Before visits Dr. to get an abortion , she has a fling with , ( ) , a subordinate . 
 ( ) is a single mother who is writing children ’s books . She develops a sweet crush on a new dwarf neighbor ( ) , who catches spying on him . later experiences the shock of learning about her son 's extensive sexual activity . 
 's sister , ( ) , is a lovely blind woman who has an active social life . is attracted to the medical examiner in the suicide case , and her story ends with him taking her out on a date . In an epilogue , Dr. drops in to a bar , where she meets the male character , , from previous stories ( possibly the younger male alluded to in 's tarot card reading ) . 
 , a woman who appears in five scenes in the five different stories , the first is walking past Dr. 's house , another is walking beside , a third time is in the grocery store while is shopping , the fourth time is walking past 's apartment building at night as looks down from her balcony , and the final time is the post mortem examination by detective alongside Dr ( ) . 's imaginative story towards the end of the film helps explain the instances throughout the movie where she appears . According to , she was back in town to reconnect with her ex , whom she had been talking to for months until her move back to Los Angeles . In each scene , she is , as deduces , preparing for the big date with her ex . In the first scene she is in , she is probably looking for a place to rent ; the second , she is seen carrying her ill - fated red dress ; the third she is shopping for toiletries ; the fourth she is seen walking back to her place , in which she looks visibly heartbroken , and final scene , in the coroners lab , echoes the beginning of the film , where she is found dead . 's story ends with what already concluded , she committed suicide over a love she , as claims , could not revive , like the baby she had lost many years before .

Glenn Close, Cameron Diaz, Calista Flockhart, Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman

In October 1962 , U-2 aerial surveillance photos reveal that the Soviet Union is in the process of placing intermediate - range ballistic missiles carrying nuclear weapons in Cuba . President ( ) and his advisers must come up with a plan of action to prevent their activation . is determined to show that the United States will not allow a missile threat . The Joint Chiefs of Staff advise immediate U.S. military strikes against the missile sites followed by an invasion of Cuba . However , is reluctant to attack and invade because it would very likely cause the Soviets to invade Berlin , which could lead to an all - out war . Citing The Guns of August , sees an analogy to the events that started World War I , where the tactics of both sides ' commanders had not evolved since the previous war and were obsolete , only this time nuclear weapons are involved . War appears to be almost inevitable . 
 The administration tries to find a solution that will remove the missiles but avoid an act of war . They settle on a step less than a blockade , which is formally regarded as an act of war . They settle on what they publicly describe as a quarantine . They announce that the U.S. naval forces will stop all ships entering Cuban waters and inspect them to verify they are not carrying weapons destined for Cuba . The Soviet Union sends mixed messages in response . Off the shores of Cuba , the Soviet ships turn back from the quarantine lines . Secretary of State ( ) says , " We 're eyeball to eyeball and I think the other fellow just blinked . " The administration continues to order spy plane pictures , but one of 's advisers , ( ) , calls the pilots to ensure the pilots do not report that they were shot at or fired upon , because if they were , the country would be forced to retaliate under the rules of engagement . 
 , a reporter with ABC News , is contacted by Soviet " emissary " ( ) , and through this back - channel communication method the Soviets offer to remove the missiles in exchange for public assurances from the U.S. that it will never invade Cuba . A long message in the same tone as the informal communication from , apparently written personally by Soviet Premier , is received . This is followed by a second , more hard line cable in which the Soviets offer a deal involving U.S removal of its Jupiter missiles from Turkey . The administration interprets the second as a response from the Politburo , and in a risky act , decides to ignore it and respond to the first message , assumed to be from . There are several mis - steps during the crisis : the defense readiness level of Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) is raised to DEFCON 2 ( one step shy of maximum readiness for imminent war ) , without informing the President ; a nuclear weapon test proceeds ( Bluegill Triple Prime ) and a routine test launch of a U.S. offensive missile is also carried out without the President 's knowledge . 
 In a bid for time while under intense pressure from the military for an immediate strike , President authorizes attacks on the missile sites and an invasion of Cuba , to commence the following Monday . An Air Force U-2 reconnaissance plane is sent over Cuba to gather intelligence for the attack , but is shot down , killing the pilot . After much deliberation with the Executive Committee of the National Security Council , makes a final attempt to avoid a war by sending his brother , ( ) , to meet with Soviet ambassador on Friday night . reiterates the demand that the Soviets remove their missiles from Cuba , and in return promises not to invade or assist in the invasion of Cuba . insists that the U.S. must also remove all Jupiter missiles from Turkey , on the border of the Soviet Union . says that a quid pro quo is not possible , but in exchange for removing all the missiles from Cuba , there will be a secret understanding that the U.S. will remove all of its " obsolete " missiles from Turkey within six months as part of a pre - scheduled plan . The Soviets announce on Sunday that they will remove their missiles from Cuba , averting a war that could have escalated to the use of nuclear weapons . The film ends with President dictating a letter of condolence to the family of the reconnaissance pilot , , who was shot down over Cuba as part of the preparations for the invasion , and the brothers and outside of the Oval Office as actual audio of President 's commencement speech at American University played in the background .

Kevin Costner, Bruce Greenwood, Dylan Baker, Steven Culp, Len Cariou, Kevin Conway

It is September 1971 and it is clear that the US is losing the Vietnam War . In the opinion of the average American soldier who came of age during the Peace movement of the 1960s , Vietnam was " lost a long time ago " . ( ) , a draftee who is opposed to the war , is shown to be an unruly soldier with no respect for authority ; he disobeys orders and talks back to his superiors . He quickly befriends another recruit , ( ) , an aspiring writer who records his experiences in a personal journal . Unlike , volunteered for the Army . Upon reaching their post , the company commanding officer Captain makes it clear that every soldier who passes through Fort Polk and Tigerland will be sent to Vietnam . He also states that any political views on the war are irrelevant at this point . 
 As the film progresses , another side of is shown . Having " x - ray vision for loopholes " , finds ways for soldiers to get out of the army — one because he not only has children but also a handicapped wife ; another soldier , ( ) , who joined to prove his manhood but finds himself way over his head . At one point , another soldier approaches while on leave and asks for help getting out , saying " I was told if you do n't wanna go to ' , you either pray to , or go see . " also shows his reasoning behind being opposed to the war : his human compassion . Eventually 's natural leadership and ability earns him the title of squad leader ( sometimes called acting ) . Another private , ( ) , a racial bigot and instigator , continuously demeans and . is the only one that retaliates , which results in a fight between the two . helps break up the fight and also earns the hatred of . 
 Later , while doing live fire exercises , threatens with a pistol . tries to disarm , and the two wrestle each other to the ground , getting the upper hand and putting the gun to the back of 's head and pulling the trigger . Miraculously , the gun misfires , saving 's life . The Commanding Officer lets choose the punishment : have court - martialed or " let me deal with him " , strongly suggesting the latter . Despite the commanding officer strongly pressing to let him deal with it , says he wants " out of the army " because he recognizes has taken an emotional beating ever since his inability to command became obvious . leaves the office saying he wants out . 
 The platoon is sent to " Tigerland " , a forested training area designed as the best possible replica of Vietnam . During an exercise , 's squad acts as villagers in a mock Vietnamese village , with one squad member designated as a " VC sympathizer " . They compete with another squad charged with rooting out the sympathizer . This other squad is led by , who was not kicked out of the army after all . As the exercise ends with 's squad " winning " , tells he will kill him no matter what it takes . Soon thereafter , is about ready to make an escape to Mexico with the aid of some civilians he has paid . Platoon member ( ) sees him and tells him to stop ; tells him if he runs away , will go after instead of and he will be responsible for his friend 's death . The scene ends with apparently climbing into the van , but the next morning as the platoon falls in , comes back , acting as if he had merely gone off to urinate . 
 During the last training exercise , 's squad and 's squad are pitted against each other on patrolling missions . As 's squad prepares for an attack , he replaces his blank cartridges with live ammunition and removes his blank - firing adaptor . As 's squad nears , he opens fire . Though he does not hit anyone , it is obvious he is using live ammunition , and the trainer for the exercise tries to intervene . As he does , is standing above and deliberately fires a blank round with his rifle muzzle near 's face , the flash wounding 's eye . The trainer aims a pistol at 's head to get him to hold his weapon up and surrender , telling him he will be court - martialed . 
 At the end of the film , the entire platoon gets ready to head to Vietnam , except whose eye injury , though not permanent , has earned him a medical discharge . and the others board a bus , and he and exchange farewells through a window . tells he is going to write about him , but says he wo n't . He has stolen 's journal and rips out pages as the platoon 's bus drives off , leaving scrambling to recover them . tosses the journal as the bus speeds away . 
 then is told that died in Vietnam but he was never listed , others say he just disappeared , but another soldier calls and says that he thinks he saw three years ago in Mexico with a beautiful woman .

In 3028 , humanity has mastered deep space travel , and interacted with several alien species . A human invention called " Project Titan " alarms the Drej , a pure energy - based alien species . As the Drej start to attack Earth , Professor , the lead researcher for " Project Titan " , sends his son , , on one of the evacuation ships with his alien friend , , while and other members of his team fly the Titan spacecraft into hyperspace just as the Drej mother ship arrives and fires a directed - energy weapon into the planet that completely destroys Earth , while debris from the explosion also destroys the Moon . The surviving humans become nomads , generally ridiculed by other alien species . 
 Fifteen years later , works at the salvage yard in an asteroid belt called Tau 14 . He is tracked down by , captain of the spaceship Valkyrie . reveals that encoded a map to the Titan in the ring he gave for . tells that humanity depends on finding the Titan . When the Drej attack the salvage yard , escapes aboard the Valkyrie with and his crew : , a human female pilot , along with , , and , aliens of various species . 
 On the planet Sesharrim , the bat - like Gaoul interpret the map , and discover the Titan hidden in the Andali Nebula . Drej fighters arrive , capturing and . The Drej eventually discard Akima and extract the Titan 's map from . 's crew rescues , while eventually escapes in a Drej ship , and rejoins the group . 's map has changed and now shows the Titan 's final location . 
 While resupplying at a human space station called New Bangkok , and discover that and are planning to betray the Titan to the Drej . and manage to escape the Valkyrie , but they are stranded on New Bangkok , when and the rest of the crew set off for the Titan . With the help of New Bangkok 's colonists , and salvage a small spaceship named Phoenix , and race to find the Titan before does . 
 and navigate through the ice field in the Andali Nebula , and dock with the Titan , before the Valkyrie arrives . They discover DNA samples of Earth animals , and a pre - recorded holographic message left by . explains that the Titan was designed to create an Earth - like planet . However , due to its escape from Earth before its destruction , its power cells lack the energy necessary for the process . The message is interrupted by the arrival of and . reveals himself to be a mercenary for the Drej , and betrays , while holding him , , and at gunpoint . attempts to kill all three of them for the Drej , but he is killed by . Moments later , the Drej attack the Titan . While the remaining crew of the Valkyrie distracts them , - given the fact that Drej are , essentially , beings of pure energy - modifies the Titan to absorb them , thus re - energizing the ship . sacrifices his life to help complete the repairs . The Titan absorbs the Drej mothership along with everyone aboard , and uses their gained power , along with the ice field , to generate a new habitable planet . 
 While on the newly formed Planet " Bob " , Cale and witness the weather of the new planet as it begins to rain . and leave on the Valkyrie , as human colony ships approach the planet to start life anew .

In Mexico , police officer ( ) and his partner ( ) stop a drug transport and arrest the couriers . Their arrest is interrupted by General ( ) , a high - ranking Mexican official who decides to hire . instructs him to apprehend ( ) , a hitman for the Tijuana Cartel , headed by the brothers . 
 Back in Tijuana , , under torture , gives the names of important members of the cartel , who are arrested . and 's efforts begin to cripple the brothers ' cocaine outfit , but soon discovers is a pawn for the Juárez Cartel , the rival of the brothers . That entire portion of the Mexican anti - drug campaign is a fraud , as is wiping out one cartel because he has aligned with another for profit . 
 attempts to sell the information of 's true affiliation to the DEA but is killed for his betrayal . , who can no longer stomach working for , decides to make a deal with the DEA . In exchange for his testimony , requests electricity in his neighborhood so the youngsters can play baseball at night rather than be tempted by street gangs and crime . 's secrets are revealed to the public , and he is arrested and is shown suffering probable torture in prison . 
 explains to the media about the widespread corruption in the police force and army . Later , watches as children play baseball at night in their new stadium . 
 Meanwhile , ( ) , a conservative Ohio judge , is appointed to head the President 's Office of National Drug Control Policy , taking on the title drug czar . is warned by his predecessor ( ) and several influential politicians that the War on Drugs is unwinnable . 's daughter , ( ) , an honors student , has been using cocaine , methamphetamine , and heroin which quickly develops into a drug addiction after her boyfriend ( ) introduces her to freebasing . , , and are all arrested when a fellow student overdoses on drugs , and they try to dump him anonymously at a hospital . As and his wife ( ) struggle to deal with the problem , discovers that has known about their daughter 's involvement with drugs for over six months . 
 realizes his daughter is a drug addict , and is caught between his demanding new position and difficult family life . On a visit to Mexico , he is encouraged by 's successful efforts in hurting the brothers . When he returns to Ohio , learns his efforts to see rehabilitated have failed . She has run away to Cincinnati , and no one knows her exact location . She steals from her parents to procure money for drugs . 
 drags along as he begins to search Cincinnati for his daughter . After a drug dealer who is prostituting refuses to reveal her whereabouts , breaks into a seedy hotel room and finds a semi - conscious in the company of an older man . He breaks down in tears as quietly leaves . returns to Washington , D.C. , to give his prepared speech on a " 10 - point plan " to win the war on drugs . In the middle of the speech , he falters as he realizes how futile this all is , then tells the press that the War on Drugs implies a war even on some people 's own family members , which he can not endorse . He then walks out of the press conference and takes a taxi to the airport . and go to Narcotics Anonymous meetings with their daughter to support her and others . 
 A third story is set in San Diego , where an undercover DEA investigation led by ( ) and ( ) leads to the arrest of ( ) , a high - stakes dealer posing as a fisherman . decides to take the dangerous road to immunity by giving up his boss : drug lord ( ) , the biggest distributor for the brothers in the United States . is indicted by a tough prosecutor , hand - selected by to send a message to the Mexican drug organizations . 
 As the trial against begins , his pregnant wife ( ) learns of her husband 's true profession from his associate , ( ) . Facing the prospect of life imprisonment for her husband and death threats against her only child , decides to hire to assassinate ; she knows killing will effectively end the trial nolle prosequi . plants a car bomb on a DEA car in an assassination attempt against . Shortly after planting the bomb , is assassinated by a sniper in retaliation for his cooperation with General . The car bomb meant to kill instead kills Agent , but and survive . 
 , knowing is soon scheduled to testify , makes a deal with Juan Obregón ( ) , lord of the drug cartel , who forgives the family 's debt and has poisoned . is released , much to the dissatisfaction of , who is still angry over his partner 's death . During a phone conversation between and , deduces that it was who originally informed on . Evidently in a bid for power with another drug cartel in Mexico , accepted $ 3 million to inform on to the FBI and facilitate the organization 's downfall . says that was planning on taking over 's empire completely . As hangs up the phone , looks up to see two hit men entering his office . Soon after 's release , bursts into the home during his homecoming celebration . Bodyguards wrestle him to the ground , but is able to surreptitiously plant a listening bug under 's desk . is forced from the property , with the satisfaction of knowing that there is now a new opportunity to trap .

Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones

In Philadelphia in 1961 , is born with Type I osteogenesis imperfecta , a rare disease that renders sufferers ' bones extremely fragile and prone to fracture . As revealed later in flashbacks , — who grows up to become a comic - book art dealer — develops a theory , based on the comics he has read during his many hospital stays , that if he represents extreme human frailty , there must be someone " unbreakable " at the opposite extreme . 
 In the present day , another Philadelphia man , security guard , is also searching for meaning in his life . He had given up a promising football career during his collegiate days to marry after they were involved in an auto accident . Now , however , their marriage is dissolving , to the distress of their young son . 
 As he returns home from a job interview in New York City , 's train , the Eastrail 177 , crashes , killing the other 131 passengers . He is the only survivor , sustaining no injuries . At the memorial for the crash 's victims , he finds a card on his car 's windshield , inviting him to 's store . proposes to that he is the kind of person after whom comic - book superheroes are modeled and repeatedly pursues the issue with and , trying to learn whether had ever been ill or injured during childhood . Although unsettles him , begins to test himself . While lifting weights with , he bench presses about 350 pounds ( 160   kg ) , well above what he had thought he could do . begins to idolize his father and believes that he is a superhero , although still maintains that he is " an ordinary man " . 
 challenges with an incident from his childhood when he almost drowned . suggests that the incident highlights the common comic trope whereby superheroes often have one weakness ; he contends that 's might be water . While surveying the stored wreckage of the train crash that he survived , recalls the car accident that ended his athletics career , remembering that he was unharmed and ripped a door off the car in order to save . used the accident as an excuse to quit football because did not like the violence of the sport . 
 Under 's influence , develops what he thought was an unusual insight into human behavior into an extrasensory perception that enables him to glimpse criminal acts committed by the people who make contact with him . At 's suggestion , stands in the middle of a crowd in Philadelphia 's 30th Street Station . As various people bump into him , he senses the crimes they perpetrated , such as theft and rape , and finds one he can act on : a sadistic janitor who invaded a family home , killed the father , and held the wife and their two children captive . 
 follows the janitor to the victims ' house , frees the children , and finds their mother dead , but the janitor ambushes him and pushes him off a balcony into a swimming pool . nearly drowns since he can not swim , but the children rescue him . He then attacks the janitor from behind and strangles him until he passes out , while he is once more uninjured . That night , he and reconcile . The following morning , he secretly shows a newspaper article on the anonymous heroic act , featuring a sketch of in the hooded rain poncho he wore while confronting the janitor , to his son , who recognizes the hero as his father . 
 attends an exhibition at 's comic book art gallery and meets 's mother , who explains the difference between villains who fight heroes with physical strength versus those who use their intelligence . brings to the back room of his studio , extends his hand , and asks to shake it . Upon doing so , sees visions of orchestrating several terrorist disasters , including 's recent train accident , causing hundreds of deaths . is horrified , but insists the deaths were justified as a means to find him . Calling himself " Mr. " , a nickname his peers had used to taunt him with when he was growing up , he explains that his own purpose in life is to be the villain to 's hero . 
 The film ends with walking away in horror and disgust while taunts him , and screen captions reveal that eventually reported 's actions to the police , and that was convicted of murder and terrorism and committed to an institution for the criminally insane .

Wealthy tax attorney ( ) is about to give a speech at an exclusive New Year 's Eve party in Puerto Rico . He is called to the police station to be questioned about the body he found the day before - that of a young girl who had been raped and murdered . Captain ( ) and Detective ( ) question him about inconsistencies in his story . quickly realizes that they think he committed the murder , as well as that of another young girl whose body was found days earlier . is under pressure from his boss ( ) to free Hearst so that he can give his speech . As there is no conclusive proof , has to let him go . 
 At the party , a crowd is gossiping and ( ) , 's much younger wife , has to keep her face emotionless . She is questioned later about why she and her husband sleep in separate rooms . Little by little , the story that each of them tells changes . 
 Hearst first blames for being jealous . Then , it is discovered he likes cheap , very young prostitutes and visits pornography websites featuring women dressed as schoolgirls . Hearst says that and her brother - in - law , artist ( ) , are lovers . says that she saw Hearst with her 13 - year - old niece ( ) giving her presents and trying to seduce her . Also , she tells that once she saw her husband washing his blood - stained clothes at night . denies molesting , but admits that he prefers much younger women . 
 , the legal owner of the mansion where they live , signs a permit to let the police look for hard evidence linking her husband to the murders . In the dark room , they find photographs of the two murdered girls . When the photographs are shown to him at the police station , says that he ca n't believe would go this far . 
 Shortly thereafter , Hearst breaks under the pressure , and the realization that his wife thinks he 's guilty of the murders . He makes a false confession to the crimes , just as detectives are notified that the real killer has been arrested after being " caught in the act . " and then free Hearst . attempts to connect with him outside the police station , but he can not forgive her for believing him capable of the murders , and rebuffs her .

A recently widowed Englishwoman , ( ) , is staying at the villa of some wealthy friends outside of Florence , Italy in 1938 . After meeting her old friend Sir ( ) at a party celebrating the Munich Agreement , she is surprised when he proposes marriage to her the next day . She asks for a few days to think the proposal over , and he agrees to meet with her on his return from Rome . 
 That evening , at a party hosted by her friend , the Princess ( ) , she meets a married American man named ( ) , who has a reputation for being a rogue . A violinist ( ) arrives to entertain the guests but is so terrible that the Princess has him removed . Out of sympathy leaves him a large tip . drives home , but on the way stops at a small church , where she confesses that her husband was an abusive alcoholic who died in a car crash , leaving her destitute . tries to kiss her but slaps him and drives away . She is so flustered that she almost collides with a young man in the road , who turns out to be the violinist from the restaurant . Seeing that he is poor and hungry , she invites him up to the house for a meal . He tells her that his name is and that he is a refugee from Austria , where he was persecuted for resisting the Nazi government . When the young man declares how beautiful is , she has sex with him out of sympathy . He leaves the next morning . 
 That same day is summoned to a meeting between the English expatriates and the city authorities , where the local Fascist administrator , ( ) , informs them that they will have to register with the police to continue living in Italy . Later that night , she is shocked when appears in her bedroom , declaring that he loves her and wants to be with her . When she explains that she only slept with him out of " pity " , he is enraged and attacks her . She grabs a gun given to her by Sir , but swipes the gun and aims it at her . At the last second , however , he shoots himself . In a blind panic and aware of the serious scandal that could result , calls and pleads with him to assist her . He arrives and the two transfer the body to the woods down the road , where plants an unregistered gun of his so that the suicide can not be traced back to . He keeps Sir 's gun on him . 
 The next day the two appear to have escaped being connected with the suicide , until arrives at 's . He announces that the Florence police have arrested for possessing a handgun belonging to Sir which was not registered when he entered Italy . Aware that could be imprisoned and implicated , seeks out the Princess . She gets the Princess drunk and coaxes her into admitting that she had once blackmailed by sending him financial documents showing him to have embezzled money . heads straight for the Princess ' home , where she manages to steal the documents on the pretense of delivering flowers . 
 goes to 's office and blackmails him with the documents to release . He is enraged but eventually submits to her demands so that she is able to take a wounded home . Although she admits to having feelings for , the two agree that he could not be faithful to her and they part . Later that evening meets with , where she confesses everything that had occurred over the past few days . He is surprisingly understanding and says that he still wishes to marry her , but that he will have to give up the Viceroyship of India for fear of the story ever getting out and causing a scandal . does not want to ruin his career , and ultimately admits that she does not love him and will not marry him . After he leaves Mary packs her bags to return to London . The Princess arrives at the villa , and tells that she is a fool for rejecting the wealthy and powerful because of her attraction to . 
 At the terminal the next day , boards the train alone and is surprised when joins her in the car . He tells her that he is going to Paris , and the two agree to go together , indicating that they are both going to give the relationship a try .

, a student at a prestigious film school , is unsure about what her thesis film is going to be . But after a conversation with security guard about her experience with a series of murders that had happened on the campus she had previously worked in , she is inspired to make a film about a serial killer murdering in the fashion of urban legends . Meanwhile , fellow student has a drink with classmate at a bar before her scheduled flight out of town . While leaving the bar , she begins to feel dazed , and is attacked and abducted in the coat room . She wakes up in a bathtub filled with ice and discovers that her kidney has been removed . Attacked by her abductor , she tries to flee through the window , but is decapitated in the process . 
 The next day , is preparing the shooting of her thesis film but is deserted by the assigned camera man , , who accuses of stealing his thesis idea . Shooting begins with another camera man , . When , 's actress friend who played a victim in a scene , returns to an empty studio after forgetting her keys , she is attacked and slashed to death with a straight razor . Her peers witness her filmed death when the material is smuggled into a sequence of takes of the scene . is disturbed by the footage , and is unable to figure out who shot it ; her peers , however , discount it as a piece of a showreel . 's absence is unnoticed , as she was supposed to leave for an audition in Los Angeles for a bit part on ER the following day . 
 commits suicide in the campus tower , apparently spurred by a poor grade received on his thesis film which disqualified him from receiving the university 's Hitchcock Award . At his funeral , the arrogant , the son of a Hollywood director , offers to help with her film ; she declines , after which he discloses to her that he is aware of her background   – her father was a famous documentarian , a fact she has kept hidden from most of their peers . After the funeral , meets 's twin brother , , who explains to her that he believes his brother was murdered . Later , while is recording audio loops of screams for the film , is beaten to death outside , and the audio of his death is inadvertently recorded . While going over the loops , is attacked by the killer , donning a fencing mask . She is chased through the campus , but manages to evade him . 
 Before filming another scene for 's film in an empty carnival ride , sophomores and are attacked and electrocuted while preparing the set . discovers the corpses and is again confronted by the killer . She escapes again and informs the police , who attribute the deaths to accidental electrocution . Later on campus , notices a light inside the bell tower , and finds her friend , waiting there for her . , a lesbian , presents a note she received addressed to her from , in which it states that she has romantic feelings for . explains that she did not write the note , and fears that both women have been lured there . They are startled by the killer ; presses a panic button in the tower , but the killer manages to pursues them to the top of the tower . Once at the top , is locked in a closet by the killer , where she finds the corpses of and . Upon breaking free , she finds hanging from the bell . Outside , finds , who was notified of the disturbance via the campus security system . 
 Later , meets with , who tells her he has found that all the murder victims worked on 's thesis film . After watching some of 's film , The Gods of Men , they suspect , the only person who worked on the film who is still alive . They kidnap and call in Professor to an empty film set to present their suspicions . However , reveals that faked 's sound credit to help him graduate , admitting that he never went anywhere near 's film . happens upon the confrontation , watching from a window . In the confusion , reveals himself as the villain , attempting to frame and usurp the Hitchcock Award   – which includes a large stipend   – by presenting 's film as his own . A melee ensues in which wrests his gun from him and holds him and gunpoint . stumbles upon the scene , and a standoff occurs . leaps at , and she discharges the gun in his abdomen . 
 At the Hitchcock Awards ceremony , attends to accept the award on is brother 's behalf . As he goes onstage , a sniper appears in the rafters , only to be shot by . The altercation is revealed to be a scene in 's new film , Urban Legends , on which and are working on her behalf . 
 Later , , now wheelchair - bound , is in a mental institution where , after watching 's film , a nurse asks him if he enjoyed the movie . He is wheeled out by the nurse   – , from the original film   – who tells him that they have a lot in common .

After her daughter leaves for college , begins noticing her volatile new neighbors , and . 's husband , an accomplished scientist and professor , dismisses her preoccupation . After failing to see for several days , suspects may have killed her . and her mystic friend unsuccessfully hold a séance to contact . finds the bathtub filled with hot water and , " You know , " written in the mirror . then finds her computer typing " MEF " repeatedly . disbelieves , who is convinced is haunting her . Several days later , returns home alive and well , saying she was with her mother in Rhode Island after a fight with . 
 sees the image of a woman floating in the lake , and discovers a key inside a heater vent . In a broken picture frame , she finds a newspaper clipping of a missing woman named , who bears a striking resemblance to her , and whose initials match " MEF . " visits Madison 's mother , and steals a lock of 's hair . Later that night , reads about conjuring the dead , and becomes possessed . When arrives home from work , 's personality has noticeably changed , and she aggressively seduces him . However , he admits to having had an affair with , who was a student . spends the night with , who reveals to her that she had witnessed arguing with a blonde woman at a cafe in the nearby town of Adamant about a year earlier . 
 returns home and finds has apparently attempted suicide in the tub with a hair dryer . asks if he killed , which he denies . After visiting Adamant to spot ornate lockboxes at a shop , discovers from the lake an identical box , which she unlocks with the matching key ; inside , she finds a necklace . changes his story , claiming that committed suicide in their home , and that he disposed of her body by putting it in her car and pushing it into the lake . agrees to confess to authorities , calling 911 to explain the situation . redials the phone to discover he actually dialed 411 ( information ) , faking the conversation . attacks her , and paralyzes her by injecting her with succinylcholine . finally admits to murdering after she had threatened to report to the dean of the university about their affair . 
 places in the bathtub , which he fills with water . He spots 's necklace around 's neck ; as he moves her , her face contorts to that of 's corpse , causing to panic and be severely injured . Recovering from the paralysis , manages to shut the tap off in time to save herself from drowning . She finds that has left the bathroom and discovers him seemingly unconscious downstairs . She flees in the couple 's truck , which has their boat hitched to the back . As she is crossing the bridge over Lake Champlain , attacks , who frantically dials 911 on her cell phone and causes the truck to careen down the embankment into the lake . Disturbed by the debris on her car , floats toward and . As revenge , grabs and he drowns , allowing to swim to the surface . Later in the winter , places a single red rose on 's grave .

A denizen ( ) of a faraway planet occupied only by highly evolved males is ordered by his superior , ( ) , to find a female human , impregnate her and bring the baby back to the planet . 
 The visitor to Earth ends up in Phoenix , Arizona , where he assumes the name and takes a job in a bank . There he meets a womanizing co - worker ( ) , who goes to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings strictly to meet women . accompanies him to one and meets ( ) , a recovering alcoholic . 
 He must marry her before he can try to mate . After their wedding in Las Vegas , finds herself wildly satisfied by , even though men from his planet have no genitals and he has been equipped for his Earth visit with a penis that makes a loud whirring sound whenever he gets an erection . 
 and have a difficult time conceiving a baby . Meanwhile , ( John ) , an employee of the FAA who learned of 's odd behavior on an airplane , has become obsessed with proving him to be an alien and being the first one to find him . 
 When the child is born , , following orders , abandons his wife and returns to his planet , but his sadness over hurting leaves him with guilt and second thoughts even though people from his world theoretically have no emotions , so against the wishes of , he returns the baby to and tells her the truth . is angry , grateful , and completely disbelieving . offers to prove that he is in fact an alien and does so just as arrives , viewing 's " act of proof " through the window . Instead of forgiving him and welcoming him back into their relationship , breaks down in tears , saying , " I thought I had things right but then I married an alien ! " leaves . 
 Once outside , sees , who is delighted to know he was right all along about being an alien . Roland implores to come with him and admit this to his wife , who does n't believe him about . charitably agrees , but before that can happen , shows up with a phaser . Holding at gunpoint , he declares he 's taking back . pulls his gun on the leader , who brags , " none of your primitive weapons can hurt me , and I can heal instantly from anything , " and shoots him in the chest . falls dead into the fountain . 
 Susan comes outside and says she thinks they should try to patch things up after all . happily walks off with 's alien body . and retake their vows in the wedding she says she always wanted . On the drive home , he tells her that the citizens of his planet want him to take over as leader . They discuss it , but she does n't want to move since all her friends are here , and she knows nothing about the school system there . grudgingly agrees to make the very long commute .

Garry Shandling, Annette Bening, John Goodman, Greg Kinnear, Linda Fiorentino

is a Chicago advertising executive and alpha male , was raised by his Las Vegas showgirl mother . is a chauvinist skilled at selling products to men and seducing women . He expects a big promotion , but his manager , , instead announces that he is hiring to broaden the firm 's appeal to women . Meanwhile , 's estranged 15 - year - old daughter , , is staying with him while his ex - wife , , is on her honeymoon . embarrasses , who resents his over - protectiveness when he meets her boyfriend , . 
 tasks the staff , including , to develop advertising ideas for a series of feminine products she distributes at the staff meeting . While testing a few items at home , falls into his bathtub while holding an electric hairdryer , shocking himself . The next morning , awakens to discover that he can hear women 's thoughts . He has an epiphany , realizing that most women , especially at work , dislike him and consider him sleazy . He makes an impromptu visit to his former therapist , Dr. ( who also disliked him ) , and she encourages him to use his new - found ability to his advantage . 
 eavesdrops on and sabotages her ideas to use as his own , but gradually becomes attracted to her . His daughter , , resents her father 's years of neglect , but they start to bond while he takes her shopping for a prom dress . After detects that intends to sleep with the night of the prom , she rejects 's attempt at advice . 
 and spend more time together , becoming romantic . However , he trumps 's idea for a new Nike ad campaign aimed at women , though he later regrets his actions , especially as it leads to firing . persuades to rehire , saying the ad was her idea . 
 Over time , succeeds in repairing his female acquaintances / relationships , especially those at work . loses his gift during a severe thunder and lightning storm while on his way to see company secretary , , who ( telepathic ability revealed ) has been contemplating suicide . He offers her a position that she was previously turned down for . When dumps at the prom for refusing to have sex , finds and consoles her , cementing their newly - repaired relationship . visits and explains everything . She fires him , but then forgives him .

( ) is a bit of a geek with eyes for the school sex bomb , ( ) , which induces cringing in his neighbor and best friend , ( ) , a cute , intellectual girl . But popular jock ( ) has his eye on , and he offers to help win if will help with . So begins a two - headed variation on ; composes soulful e - mails for , and advises to treat like dirt , which seems to be the only way to get her attention . At first , neither finds it easy to change their ways ; comes on too strong , and is too nervous to be a jerk . But as they start to succeed , begins to see in a new light and wonders if he 's pursuing the right girl . He realizes is not meant for him , and tries to convince about 's affection for her . is reluctant to take him " back " at first , but then realizes has a change of heart .

Professional thief is in an Oregon nursing home 's care . Having suffered a massive stroke , he is immobile and mute . is in the care of , a high school prom queen who married her boyfriend , the star of her school 's football team , and whose glamour days are well behind her . 
 starts to suspect that is n't as sick as he seems . She attempts to get a rise out of him by doing a lap dance , but fails . So convinced is she that is faking , she gives him the ultimate test , pushing and his wheelchair off a pier into the water , defying him to swim or die . 
 Preferring this place to prison , had studied yoga as a way to fake the symptoms of a stroke . Exposed as a fraud , is at least relieved to be able to walk and talk again . Soon he is dancing and drinking with and at a local bar , then coaxing them to be his accomplices in his last and greatest score , an armored transport heist . is bored and goes along with the heist , which does n't go as smoothly as she had hoped .

Three single men gather at a local restaurant every Sunday so they can discuss each other 's sex lives ; however , when each one of them falls for the beautiful ( ) , their weekly ritual becomes something of a trial , and their once strong friendships are put at risk .

All her life , has suffered from motion sickness . Because of her illness she could n't play much with other children . She stayed at home and learned how to cook , becoming a renowned chef as an adult . She fell in love with and they opened a restaurant together , with stuck in the kitchen and out front taking the credit . 
 The only way for to control her motion sickness is to control her motion . She must drive , take stairs instead of elevators , lead while dancing , and be on top during coitus . Feeling emasculated by this , has an affair with a neighbor . flees Brazil for San Francisco with her Afro - Brazilian transsexual friend , who spent her early years with her in the fishing community of Salvador . Despite old job offers from a number of restaurants , is unable to find a job until she takes over a cooking class at a local culinary school . , a neighbor and local television producer , smells her cooking , follows her to class and signs her to host a live cooking show , Passion Food . She makes her assistant on the show . performs a sacrifice to , a Brazilian sea goddess , to harden her heart and make her never love again . 
 Back in Brazil , 's restaurant is floundering without . curses , and the fishermen stop catching any fish . He figures out that has gone to and follows her to San Francisco . He spots her on television and tracks her to the studio . With a group of local street musicians , sneaks into the studio and onto the set , serenading on the live broadcast . hires and the musicians for the show over 's objections . pursues a relationship with but continues trying to win her back . 
 Network executives offer to syndicate 's show nationally , but only after demanding a number of changes , including firing . With the restaurant closed , apologizes to , but tells her to " stay out of [ his ] business " with . He quits the show and makes another attempt to win back . goes after him but has to take an elevator , and her motion sickness slows her enough to allow to depart . also quits the show rather than accept the changes demanded by the network . 
 , with her love still gone but now wanting it returned , tries to cook another sacrifice to but finds her cooking talent is gone . Undaunted , substitutes some boxed macaroni and cheese . makes the second offering but nearly drowns . She has a vision of , who rejects her new offering . 
 goes to collect her things from the television studio . , sent by , shows up and suggests they cook something together . As they cook , the fish return to the village waters and returns 's original offering along with her love for . 
 The film closes with and operating a new restaurant as equal partners and with and as a couple .

Professor ( ) is a novelist who teaches creative writing at an unnamed Pittsburgh university . He is having an affair with the university chancellor , ( ) , whose husband , ( ) , is the chairman of the English department in which is a professor . 's third wife , , has just left him , and he has failed to repeat the grand success of his first novel , published years earlier . He continues to labor on a second novel , but the more he tries to finish it the less able he finds himself to invent a satisfactory ending . The book runs to over two and a half thousand pages and is still far from finished . He spends his free time smoking marijuana . 
 's students include ( ) and ( ) . and are friends and both very good writers . , who rents a room in 's large house , is attracted to , but he does not reciprocate . is enigmatic , quiet , dark and enjoys writing fiction more than he first lets on . 
 During a party at the ' house , reveals to that she is pregnant with his child . finds standing outside holding what he claims to be a replica gun , won by his mother at a fairground during her schooldays . However , the gun turns out to be very real , as shoots the ' dog when he finds it attacking . also steals a very valuable piece of memorabilia from the house . is unable to tell of this incident as she is pressuring him to choose between her and . As a result , is forced to keep the dead dog in the trunk of his car for most of the weekend . He also allows to follow him around , fearing that he may be depressed or even suicidal . Gradually , he realizes that much of what tells him about himself and his life is untrue , and is seemingly designed to elicit 's sympathy . 
 Meanwhile , 's editor , ( ) , has flown into town on the pretense of attending the university 's annual WordFest , a literary event for aspiring authors . In reality , is there to see if has written anything worth publishing , as both men 's careers depend on 's upcoming book . arrives with a transvestite whom he met on the flight , called ( ) . The pair apparently become intimate in a bedroom at the ' party , but , immediately afterwards , meets and becomes infatuated with him , and is unceremoniously sent home . After a night on the town , and semi - consciously flirt throughout the night , which eventually leads up to the two spending an intimate night together in one of 's spare rooms . 
 Tired and confused , phones and reveals to him that he is in love with . Meanwhile , has also made the connection between the disappearance of memorabilia and . The following morning the Pittsburgh Police arrive with to escort to the Chancellor 's office to discuss the ramifications of his actions . The memorabilia is still in 's car , which has conspicuously gone missing . The car had been given to him by a friend as payment for a loan , and , over the weekend , has come to suspect that the car was stolen . Over the course of his travel around town , a man claiming to be the car 's real owner repeatedly accosted . He eventually tracks the car down , but in a dispute over its ownership the majority of his manuscript blows out of the car and is lost . The car 's owner gives him a ride to the university with his wife , , in the passenger seat , with the stolen memorabilia . 
 finally sees that making things right involves having to make difficult choices . tells the story behind the memorabilia and allows her to leave with it . Worried that 's choice comes at the expense of damaging 's future , convinces not to press charges by agreeing to publish his book , " a critical exploration of the union of and and its function in American mythopoetics " , tentatively titled The Last American Marriage . 
 The film ends with recounting the eventual fate of the main characters – graduates and becomes a magazine editor ; was not expelled , but drops out and moves to New York to rework his novel for publication ; and " goes right on being . " finishes typing his new book ( now using a computer rather than a typewriter ) , which is an account of the events of the film , then watches and their child arriving home before turning back to the computer and clicking " Save . "

Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes, Robert Downey, Jr.

As children , and lose their parents to a car accident . Years later , ( ) , a single mother and lending officer at a bank , still lives in her childhood home in Scottsville , New York , while ( ) has drifted around the country , scraping by and getting in and out of trouble . 
 After months of no communication with his sister , is desperate for money , so he comes to visit her and her son , ( ) , who are excited about reuniting with him . lends him the money , which he mails back to his girlfriend . After the girlfriend attempts suicide , he decides to extend his stay with his sister , which she welcomes . 
 For a school writing assignment , imagines his absent father as a fantastic hero . only gives him vague descriptions of the truth while lets his feelings be known about abandonment . rekindles a relationship with an old boyfriend , but is surprised when he proposes to her after a short time . She needs time to consider it . 
 At the bank , the new manager , ( ) , tries to make his mark with unusual demands about computer color schemes and daily timesheets . He is particularly tough on , requesting that she make arrangements for someone else to pick up her son from the school bus rather than leaving work . After some minor arguments , they end up having an affair , despite 's wife 's being six months pregnant . 
 grows close to during their time together . Yet he pushes the limits of 's parental control during a late - night game of pool at a bar . She turns to her minister ( ) to counsel about his outlook on life . While resists his sister 's advice , he stays on good terms with his nephew . Realizing her own questionable decisions , turns down her boyfriend 's marriage proposal and breaks off her relationship with . 
 After a day of fishing , and decide to visit in the town of Auburn . Confronted by his past , ( ) is incensed , leading to assault him and get arrested . 
 brings her brother and son home and asks to move out , which he does the next day . He plans to go back to Alaska and scoffs at 's suggestion to remain in town and get his life back on track . While at first it appears the separation will be another heartache , they reconcile before leaves , coming to terms with their respective lifestyles .

Outside of Las Vegas , , a recent parolee , stops at a run - down desert motel . There , he catches a boy , , stealing the death 's head wheel nuts off his car 's wheels and chases him , meeting his mother , , whom he later beds . The following morning four men dressed in costumes arrive to pick him up : , , , and . Together they set off into Vegas to a casino holding an convention intent on robbing it — dressed as impersonators . rigs the elevator while the others rob the cages and counting room , and after a grotesquely violent firefight , is killed during their escape . 
 Back at the motel , starts an argument about who gets 's share and shoots and kills . hides the money in the crawl space , unaware that is observing him from the next room . The three thieves drive out to the middle of the desert to bury . Offscreen , shoots and as well . It is later revealed that was wearing a bulletproof vest and played dead . He starts running back to the motel hoping to get there before does . Driving from the scene , hits a coyote , skids off the road , and is knocked unconscious after crashing his car . 
 gets back to the motel . Discovering the money is missing , he storms into 's place and finds the money where has hidden it . gives $ 100,000 in exchange for her silence , but is eventually manipulated into taking and along with him . 
 explains to that the money is marked , but that has found a money launderer in Idaho to help them . , who has since returned to the motel and discovered that the money is missing , has decided to go to Idaho to wait for them . sneaks away from and her son at a restaurant , stealing 's wallet and car . calls the money launderer , using the password that she has extracted from 's wallet . suddenly appears at the money launderer , , ( ) , using the same password . explains that called first , so they wait for her . 
 Finally , arrives , and finds only , whom she assumes is . Soon afterwards , and , who have been stealing money and cars to survive , arrive and find and his secretary dead in the bathroom . Realizing that killed the two and remembering that is driving 's car , reports his car stolen . is then arrested . However , is arrested as well when police discover that is also driving a stolen car . The men are then put in adjoining cells and the two have a confrontation . 
 makes bail , thanks to , who hired a lawyer , under the agreement that make him his partner . calls a man named ( ) and arranges to get out as well . , who has been allowed to retrieve his car , finds tied up and gagged in the trunk . makes bail and is picked up by a passerby while hitchhiking , he then kills the man and takes his clothes and vehicle . sees and pass by in a car . He runs them off the road , and grabs , to hold as collateral , telling to find and the money . finds and begs him to help her . After initially disbelieving her , decides to help her , reporting to the authorities . 
 has met up with , who has enlisted the help of a shadowy figure named ( Ice - T ) . appears with the money and convinces to hand over . Just as realizes that tricked him by replacing the money with cut up newspaper , he is stung by a scorpion that hid in the bag . Suddenly , a SWAT team surround the warehouse . puts his hands up , but quickly grabs a nearby shotgun and shoots . A gunfight ensues ; and are killed . , getting weaker from the scorpion sting , refuses to lose , and he is shot and killed by the police . is rushed by ambulance to the nearest hospital . However , the ambulance is stolen by and . It 's then revealed that , once again , wore a bulletproof vest , and is only slightly injured .

Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, Christian Slater, David Arquette, Kevin Pollak, Howie Long, Ice-T

The film begins with before his championship debut against then heavyweight champion . During the pre - fight weigh - in heavily taunts ( such as calling a " big ugly bear " ) . In the fight is able to dominate the early rounds of the match , but halfway through he complains of a burning feeling in his eyes ( implying that has tried to cheat ) and says he is unable to continue . However , his trainer / manager Angelo gets him to keep fighting . Once is able to see again he easily dominates the fight and right before round seven quits , making the second youngest heavyweight champion at the time after . spends valued time with and the two decide to take a trip to Africa . 
 is then invited to the home of Nation of Islam leader where he is granted the name due to his status of World Heavyweight Champion . His father , disapproves of this . marries , an ex - Playboy Bunny , despite her not being Muslim and not abiding by sex segregation . While at home with his wife and children , is called by the Nation of Islam and is informed that his suspension has been extended and will not go to Africa . However , takes the trip to Africa where he finds , but later refuses to speak to him , honoring the wishes of . He is extremely distraught when is later assassinated . 
 Upon returning to America , goes against a second time and knocks him out in the first round . He and divorce after she continually objects to certain obligations Muslim women have , notably Muslim dress customs[2 ] . 
 After being officially called to fight in the Vietnam War with the U.S. Army , refuses , and is subsequently stripped of his boxing license , passport and title , additionally facing five years in prison . marries 17 - year - old . After a three - year hiatus , his conviction is overturned and in his comeback fight , he goes against and wins by technical knockout in three rounds when gets a cut in his eye . 
 attempts to regain the Heavyweight Championship against . Dubbed the Fight of the Century , has the upper hand against for most of the rounds . In the fifteenth round , he defeats by decision , giving the first loss of his career . When loses the championship to , makes a decision to fight and become the first boxer to win his title a second time . 
 and go to Kinshasa , Zaire for the Rumble in the Jungle fight . While there , meets a woman named , and has an affair with her . After reading rumors of his infidelity through newspapers , his wife travels to Zaire to confront him about this . says he is unsure as to whether he really loves or not , and just wants to focus on his upcoming title shot . 
 For a good portion of the fight against , leans back against the ropes and covers up , letting wildly throw punches at him . During the fight , realizes that he has to react sooner or else he will be knocked out or possibly die in the ring . As the rounds go on , tires himself out and takes advantage . He quickly knocks out the tired , and the film ends with regaining the Heavyweight Championship of which he was previously stripped .

Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles, Jeffrey Wright, Ron Silver

All Over the Guy is about ( ) and ( ) . The film is told mostly in flashback , with recounting his side to ( ) , an HIV clinic worker as he waits for test results and to a guy he meets at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting . is the son of emotionally distant alcoholic WASP parents who never quite accepted his sexual orientation and as a result is a heavy drinker himself and has a penchant for random hookups with different men . 's parents are both Jewish psychiatrists who raised him to be emotionally open but ended up making him neurotic . 
 and are set up on a blind date by their best friends , ( ) and ( ) , who think they would be a perfect match . They 're both looking for ' The One ' , but do n't recognize it when they find it . On the date , a boring evening is broken up only by an amusing diatribe by against the movie In & Out . A few days later they run into each other at a flea market and hit it off , winding up back at 's place where spends the night . The next morning says that it was a mistake . 
 and decide to try again to set them up , and the two men start to develop a relationship . 's fear of becoming emotionally close coupled with 's own insecurities makes it difficult for them to maintain , but and get engaged which forces Tom and together . They disguise their unease behind petty arguments over meaningless details of grammar and pronunciation but are finally able to push past the pettiness and make love . tells he loves him and , terrified , lashes out at him the next day and drives him away . 
 The flashbacks end here on the day of and 's wedding . tries to teach to be more understanding of 's emotional needs . The AA member tries to sexually assault , and when he tells she upbraids him for throwing away for daring to fall for him . At the reception , and come to realize that they have to overcome their families ' dysfunction and their own fears .

After Washington , D.C. detective , forensic psychologist and author ( ) loses control of a sting operation , resulting in the death of his partner , he opts to retire from the force . He finds himself drawn back to police work when ( ) , the daughter of a United States senator , is kidnapped from her exclusive private school by computer science teacher ( ) . US Secret Service Special Agent ( ) , held responsible for the breach in security , joins forces with to find the missing girl . 
 contacts by phone and alerts him to the fact one of 's sneakers is in the detective 's mailbox , proving is the kidnapper . deduces the man is obsessed with the 1932 kidnapping and hopes to become as infamous as by committing a new " Crime of the Century " which might be discussed by in one of his true crime books . 's kidnapping proves to be only part of 's real plan : to kidnap ( ) , the son of the Russian president , guaranteeing himself greater infamy . 
 After and foil his second kidnapping plot , a supposed call from the kidnapper demands deliver a ransom of $ 10 million in diamonds by following an intricate maze of calls made to public phone booths scattered throughout the city . ultimately tosses the gems out the window of a rapidly moving Metro train to a figure standing by the tracks . later arrives at 's home and confronts after disabling with a taser , the detective realizes the kidnapper is unaware of the ransom demand and delivery . tries to leave with , but kills him . 
 becomes suspicious and realizes someone discovered long before his plot came to fruition . After searching 's personal computer , he finds enough evidence to prove and her fellow Secret Service agent ( ) used as a pawn in their own plot . He tracks them down to a secluded farmhouse where has murdered and is now intent on eliminating . saves and shoots in the heart , killing her . Afterwards , takes back to her parents .

Film publicist is tasked with promoting a film featuring a husband - wife acting team , and . His job is complicated by the fact that the eccentric director of the film , , refuses to show anyone a cut of the film , demanding the first viewing take place at a press junket . To promote the film and to save his job , decides to focus on the two stars : and , once known as " America 's Sweethearts " . Unfortunately , they are now going through an ugly split . had an adulterous affair with her co - star , who she now lives with , driving to an emotional breakdown . His actions after their split led to take out a restraining order against , and he is now living at a New Age retreat . decides that his best chance to promote the film is to convince the press that the couple has reunited . 
 enlists the help of 's sister and personal assistant , , to convince to come to the junket . 's career and public image have been severely tarnished by her broken marriage , and the pair play on 's ego by telling her she will look better to the press and her fans if she attends ( and she will be able to serve with divorce papers in a neutral setting ) . then bribes 's spiritual guide to convince he is well enough to leave the retreat . 
 As the junket begins , tensions rise quickly between and . While they are frequently at each other 's throats , plants stories to convince the press that they are in the process of reconciling . encourages to be her go - between with , and as they spend more time together they begin to develop strong feelings for each other . , having seen the fake stories , believes that is trying to win back and they have a public confrontation in the hotel restaurant , ending with getting knocked out . A sympathetic cares for , and they spend the night together , having passionate sex . The following morning becomes enraged after drops everything to talk to when she asks to see him , and refuses to admit to being in any other relationships . He later admits to that he 's in love with and has always liked her for the selfless and kind person she is , but believes it would n't matter because he lost his only chance . He also admitted he was never happy with . Feeling remorse for his part in the drama , encourages him to tell and end his marriage to . Meanwhile , arrives with the finished film . 
 When the film is shown , the press , cast and crew discover that junked the script for Time Over Time and made a " reality movie " instead . The footage , mostly shot with hidden cameras and without the actors ' knowledge , shows as self - centered , conniving and manipulative , while is a decent man who becomes paranoid as he begins to suspect that his wife is having an affair . The cast and crew — particularly — are offended by the direction that went with . Confronting him , admits it was all his plans to humiliate and ruin her career for an earlier incident on set , while reviving 's own . Enraged , announces she will sue for both humiliating her and invasion of privacy , along with the studio for not preventing his actions . is the only cast member pleased with 's direction since the film characterized him favorably and wants to work with him again for another reality film project . 's problems continue to compound when an angry calls her out for both humiliating and insulting him in the film , and the director 's daughter comes to his defense , revealing that she also had an affair with . 
 Humiliated by and 's actions , tries to salvage the situation by announcing that she is reconciling with . Disillusioned with , announces that he is finally through with , and declares his love for . She reciprocates and stands up to for the first time . is fired when she reveals dirty secrets about 's personal life that no one else except her knows and that she 's tired of putting her sister 's career over her own personal life . After the junket admits to the press that she and are through , claiming she was having a reaction to medication . She tries to claim that she loves and that he is well - endowed . However , does n't believe her and despite being angered over her humiliating him , defends his case . and prepare to leave the hotel together . tells and that because of the praise from the press , the studio is forced to release the reality movie . Moments after they leave , gets jumped on by 's dog .

A group of Confederate guerillas are trying to raid the Union Army , very late in the American Civil War . The southerners are ambushed , but thanks to the sharp - shooting of ( ) and the distracting and at the same time clever antics of ( ) , the guerillas manage to survive and pull through . The brothers , along with their war buddies , the brothers , congratulate themselves , but ( during the ride to reconnect with their unit ) are surprised to learn that their army has pulled out , General had surrendered the previous day at Appomattox , and the war is over . The group decides to return home to their families and farms . 
 Things have changed when they get back to Missouri . The town is occupied by the Union Army , 's childhood friend , ( ) , has grown up into a very attractive young woman , and there is a man hanging in the town square , ostensibly for treason against the North . 
 In actuality , those farmers with large amounts of land are being pressured to sell their farms to the railroad company , who are pushing across North America . If they do n't sell their land to the well - groomed , suit - wearing , ( ) and his secret - service organizer , ( ) the farmers are burned out of their homes , or killed outright . 
 finds that the railroad does n't even need their land — they're just buying it as cheap as they can get , to push the railroad through . The and brothers do n't want to sell , and ( ) loses his temper when several ' railroad men ' approach him about selling , and kills two of them . The army decides to hang him ( since they were working for the government , he faces charges of treason ) , but his brothers ( ) and ( ) , along with and , decide to rescue him , with some help from . During the rescue , is shot in the shoulder , and has to hide out at 's farm . 
 A few weeks later , when has recovered , the railroad sets fire to the ' home , killing and 's mother ( ) . The and brothers ride out for revenge against the railroad men — but instead focus on the bank 's payroll , reasoning that ' you could kill a hundred railroad men and they wo n't care ' , but if they steal the payroll and attack supply trains , the army will sit up and take notice . 
 Dubbing themselves the ' - ' gang , they set out robbing banks , with and struggling to stop them . The impact of the gang is only increased when they commit the first daylight bank - robbery in history , turning themselves into folk heroes in the process . 
 Eventually , the gang comes to blows over leadership , with feeling that Jesse is getting an overblown ego from the publicity of ' his ' gang 's activities . backs down , after a bitter argument , and lets plan and execute a robbery ; 's chosen target proves to be a trap set by and . is shot and killed , and and his brother ( who are tired of the killing and fighting ) leave the gang , with later marrying . 
 The gang does not do as well without the brothers . People do n't respect the Younger brothers as much as they did the James - Younger Gang , preferring 's easy - going ' nice guy ' personality and his warm , friendly and accommodating manner , which had won the affection of the townsfolk in previous robberies . 
 When and attempt to start a new life , finds and arrests . During the train ride to the jail , is chained in a rear car , but manages to trick one of the deputies into showing his gun , which he uses to escape to the top of the train car . 
 Meanwhile , and the remainder of the Gang shoot a cannon at the locomotive , stopping the train and rescuing . Confronted in the final moments by the two men he 's come to hate , shoots neither nor , but rather ' prized watch , a treasured gift from his father . 
 tells , through gritted teeth , that he should go to Tennessee , as ' the railroad has no interest in Tennessee ' , and therefore , neither does ( since 's being paid by the railroad ) .

After their freshman year at college , the four friends regroup for a party held by ( ) , their overtly sex - crazed class clown and good friend . His party is shut down thanks in part to the neighbors calling the police . ( ) is inspired by his brother to make his summer with his friends count by renting a beach home . He , , , and plan to take off to a beach house together , where they intend to spend the summer . realizes a problem and worked out that they can only afford the house if they have a fifth member to work along with them . takes charge of much of the organizing , often ending up leading the group in their misadventures . 
 ( ) is miserable , being away from his girlfriend ( ) , who is in Spain . During the stay at the beach house , they proceed to start having phone sex to vent some of their loneliness , which ends up being interrupted by . later shows up early to the party , ending the short storyline that is involved in . 
 After arriving in Grand Harbor they settle in , they manage to find work painting a house ( based on the Tuition Painters franchise ) in the area together , mistaking the owners for lesbians . ( ) , and ( ) end up performing " like for like " sexual acts on each other in return for being able to watch the girls doing the same thing . and take turns watching up a ladder and listening on the walkie - talkie also in the room . The conversation is accidentally picked up and heard by many other people in the neighborhood . Finally at the end of the last party , manages to have a wild threesome with the owners of the house . 
 After this , many concurrent stories run at the same time , some interacting with each other , others staying mainly separate . 
 ( ) is coming to visit in August . When she arrives early , asks for help from band geek ( ) , humiliating himself in front of the audience when he pretends to be , a mentally challenged boy who plays the trombone . They pretend to be in a relationship so that will not expect to have sex ( is involved in an incident involving a tube of super glue he mistook for lube ; he accidentally glued his hand to his penis while watching a porno film and injured himself , leaving him wounded and unable to perform ) . and break the mock relationship off once he is ready to have sex with , but by then has really fallen in love with , and soon realizes that he has found his soul - mate in . also realizes this and tells him , " Go , get your band geek , and I will find mine " . goes and plays the trombone once more whilst is playing the flute at a major recital in order to show her that she is the one he wants to be with . 
 has become involved in the sexual art of Tantra , and claims that through Tantra he can " make an orgasm last for days " . He is waiting for 's Mom ( ) , who he had sex with in the first film , hoping she will show up and be willing to do it again . He thinks she arrives when a vehicle turns up after is talking on the phone , but it turns out to be his little brother ( ) , the star of later films . He spends the night talking with a few girls , but he does n't sleep with any of them . 
 The geeky ( ) gives up on getting anyone after he is turned down by the experienced and sharp - tongued ( ) , but the rejected , who wanted because he was a geek , is turned on by his " " gimmick , and they end up in bed together . does n't end up " getting off " with anyone , but he does seem to succeed in getting over ( ) after making advances on her throughout the film . 
 The next morning , after the party , a Mercedes - Benz coupe with darkened windows turns up , approaches and it turns out 's Mom has come after all . He jumps at the chance and they drive off together , not realizing until after the car has driven off that it was and his mother . After being asked , she reveals her name is , but also instructs to resume calling her " 's mom " as per usual .

Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Chris Klein, Alyson Hannigan, Seann William Scott, Tara Reid, Eugene Levy

On a wet rainy night in Chicago , police officer is at the scene of a serious traffic accident holding the hand of one of the victims , pleading that he hold on and not give up . One year later , is frustrated with the men she dates , and has become estranged from her family for having her father arrested for beating her mother . Her father and brother , , have never forgiven her , and her anger is affecting her police work . 
 A man known only as " " wanders the streets of Chicago in a trance - like state , doing good deeds for strangers and neighbors . One day he sees at a diner and watches her from across the street , and she notices him watching her . Just then a car pulls up and blasts the diner with machine gun fire , and and her partner chase after the criminals . catches up with one criminal and in the ensuing struggle , he gets her gun and shoots her twice in the chest . Seeing that she is protected by her bulletproof vest , he prepares to shoot her in the head , but jumps the man and knocks the gun away , saving her life . That night , and meet at a tavern and have a drink . A grateful tries to learn more about , but he does not talk about himself . invites him to her apartment , and after some awkward moments between the two , they share a kiss . abruptly stops and leaves the apartment , leaving confused . 
 The next evening finds a dandelion taped to her mailbox with 's phone number . She calls and awkwardly invites him to breakfast at a coffee shop the next morning . When wakes up , she has second thoughts and calls to cancel their breakfast date . is already at the coffee shop and never gets the message . Upset at being stood up , he goes to 's apartment and criticizes her for not showing up for her " appointment " , and then storms out . follows him to his nearly empty apartment . Surprised at the living conditions , she demands to know more about him , but refuses to reveal anything about his past . He only says that he is starting " from scratch " . 
 Following the advice of his mother - in - law , calls and apologizes , and the two continue seeing each other . They go on a lakeside picnic in a state park and share a romantic swim , after which they make passionate love on the shore . In the coming days , is there to comfort her after a family confrontation . His positive influence begins to show in her police work . One night they go to a blues club , and after the band has played a number , notices a trumpet sitting on the bandstand . He picks up the trumpet and starts to play a soulful version of the tune " Nature Boy " . As they 're leaving , the owner approaches him , calling him " " , and asking where 's he 's been . denies even knowing the man and walks away . 
 The next day , investigates the name in the police files and discovers that he is the man whose hand she held at the site of a traffic accident a year earlier , and that 's wife and child died in the accident . She goes to the house he abandoned after the accident and learns that he was a jazz musician and that the accident occurred on his son 's birthday , causing to create a mental block . Wanting to help heal from his emotional wounds , she tries to talk to him about the accident and takes him to the cemetery to see the graves of his family , but he gets very upset and walks away . visits who is actually 's former mother - in - law . is looking for some way of helping the man she loves , and encourages patience and tells that will find his way in his own time . 
 At her parents ' wedding vow renewal ceremony , tries talking to her father but he tells her that he feels like he does n't have a daughter . As starts to leave , she stops and tells the videographer a wonderful story about her father playing with her and her brother when they were children . She is deeply moved by this memory . Her father overhears it and is also emotionally affected , but when looks at him , he turns away . Meanwhile , finally goes to the cemetery and talks to his deceased wife and child , explaining how he remembers all the wonderful moments they shared . As leaves the reception , she sees waiting by her car . They embrace and profess their love for each other . As they prepare to leave , tells her that he 'll drive .

Working with his three friends at their new software development company Skullbocks , Stanford graduate is contacted by CEO of NURV ( Never Underestimate Radical Vision ) for a very attractive programming position : a fat paycheck , an almost - unrestrained working environment , and extensive creative control over his work . Accepting 's offer , and his girlfriend , , move to NURV headquarters in Portland , Oregon . 
 Despite development of the flagship product ( Synapse , a worldwide media distribution network ) being well on schedule , soon becomes suspicious of the excellent source code personally provides to him , seemingly when needed most , while refusing to divulge the code 's origin . 
 After his best friend , , is murdered , discovers that NURV is stealing the code they need from programmers around the world — including — and then killing them to cover their tracks . learns that not only does NURV employ an extensive surveillance system to observe and steal code , the company has infiltrated the Justice Department and most of the mainstream media . Even his girlfriend is a plant , an ex - con hired by the company to manipulate him . 
 While searching through a secret NURV database containing surveillance dossiers on employees , he finds that the company has information of a very personal nature about a friend and co - worker , . When he reveals to her that the company has this information , she agrees to help him expose NURV 's crimes to the world . Coordinating with , one of 's friends from his old startup , they plan to use a local public - access television station to hijack Synapse and broadcast their charges against NURV to the world . However , turns out to be a double agent , foils 's plan , and turns him over to . 
 had already confronted and convinced her to side with him against and NURV . When it becomes clear that has not succeeded , a backup plan is put into motion by , the fourth member of Skullbocks , and the incorruptible internal security firm hired by NURV . As prepares to kill , the second team successfully usurps one of NURV 's own work centers—"Building 21"—and transmits the incriminating evidence as well as the Synapse code . , and his entourage are publicly arrested for their crimes . After parting ways with the redeemed , rejoins Skullbocks .

Many centuries ago , a large tidal wave triggered by a distant explosion threatens to drown the island of Atlantis . In the midst of an evacuation from the capital city , the Queen of Atlantis is caught by a strange , hypnotic blue light and lifted up into the " Heart of Atlantis " , a powerful crystal protecting the city . The crystal consumes her and creates a dome barrier that protects the city 's innermost district . She leaves behind her young daughter , Princess , as the island sinks beneath the ocean . 
 In 1914 , , a cartographer and linguist at the Smithsonian Institution who is marginalized for his research on Atlantis , believes that he has found The Shepherd 's Journal , an ancient manuscript that contains directions to the lost island . After the museum board declines his proposal to search for the journal , a mysterious woman , , introduces to , an eccentric millionaire . has already funded a successful effort to retrieve the journal as repayment of a debt to 's grandfather , recruiting to lead an expedition to Atlantis , as soon as he receives it . 
 The expedition departs with a team of specialists led by Commander , who also led the journal recovery expedition . The crew includes , a demolitions expert ; , a geologist ; Dr. , a medical officer ; , a mechanic ; Mrs. , a radio operator ; and , a mess cook . They set out in the Ulysses , a massive submarine . During the journey , they are attacked by the monstrous Leviathan , a robotic lobster - like creature that guards Atlantis ' entrance . The Ulysses is subsequently destroyed , but , , and part of the crew escape by making their way to an underground cavern , described in the journal as the entrance to Atlantis . 
 After traveling through a network of caves and a dormant volcano , the team reaches the borders of Atlantis . They are greeted by who resembles a young woman and discover that the Atlantean language is the basis of many existing languages . enlists 's aid in deciphering the Atlantean written language , long forgotten by the natives . By swimming deep within the city 's submerged ruins and translating underwater murals , helps uncover the nature of the Heart of Atlantis : it supplies the Atlanteans with power and longevity through the crystals worn around their necks . He is surprised this is not mentioned in the journal but recalls that a page is missing . 
 Returning to the surface with , discovers has the missing page . and the crew betray , intending to bring the crystal to the surface and sell it . mortally wounds the King of Atlantis while trying to extract information about the crystal 's location , but finds its location for himself hidden beneath the King 's throne room . The crystal detects a threat before merging with . and the mercenaries lock in a crate and prepare to leave the city . Knowing that when the crystal is gone the Atlanteans will die , berates his friends for betraying their consciences , and ultimately convinces them to leave and remain in Atlantis . The King explains to that the crystal has developed a consciousness ; it thrives on the collective emotions of the Atlanteans and provides power , protection , and longevity in return . It will find a royal host when Atlantis is in danger . He then reveals that the sinking of Atlantis was caused when he attempted to use it as a weapon of war . As he dies , he gives his crystal to , telling him to save Atlantis and . Encouraged by , rallies the crew , and the Atlanteans to stop . 
 In the ensuing battle inside the volcano , , and the other mercenaries are all killed . and the others successfully fly the crystal back to the city , as the volcano erupts . With lava flowing towards the city , ( in her crystal form ) rises into the air and creates a protective shield . The lava breaks away harmlessly , showing a restored Atlantis , and the crystal returns to . The surviving crew members return to the surface and promise to keep the discovery of Atlantis a secret . Having fallen in love with , stays behind to help her rebuild the lost empire .

The film opens with a brief summary of life ; his popularity waning after he wrote " Moby Dick " and " Bartleby , the Scrivener " , was unable to support himself by writing and took a job as a clerk at the New York Custom House . By the time died at the age of 72 , hardly anyone had heard of him . 
 While on his way to work one day , the film 's narrator , the unnamed head of a public records office ( hereafter referred to as the Boss ) , sees a forlorn - looking man standing on an overpass . The Boss 's office is in a building on top of a large hill , completely inaccessible by foot , and he employs three people ; the neurotic and clumsy ; , who looks and acts like a stereotypical gangster ; and , an eccentric , flirtatious receptionist with a large vocabulary . The Boss decides to advertise for a fourth employee , but the only person who applies for the job is the man from the overpass , the titular . gives vague answers to the Boss 's questions during the interview , but does explain that he worked at a dead letter office for eight years until the office moved . 's off - kilter attitude unsettles the Boss , but with no other options , he hires . 
 initially proves to be a model employee and a boon to the office , getting a week 's worth of work done in only a few days , but when asked to help verify important documents , refuses to do so , responding with what becomes his answer to every request and one of his only lines for the rest of the film : " I would prefer not to . " To the Boss 's dismay and irritation of the other employees , refuses to do anything the Boss asks of him , performing his sole task of filing away documents and spending long periods of time staring at a vibrating vent above his desk . When the Boss brings a date to the office late one night to have sex with her , walks in on them , leading the Boss to discover that he has started living there . 
 The Boss makes an attempt to reason with and to learn something about him ; he also realizes he and the other employees have started using the word " prefer " in their vocabulary . soon refuses to do any more filing , claiming that he 's " given up " , so the Boss fires and gives him until Friday night to leave the office . When the Boss returns on Monday morning , he finds that has n't left , and indeed has n't even touched the paycheck the Boss has given him . Tensions start to rise as the others wonder why is still at the office . Realizing the threat to his reputation but emotionally unable to evict , the Boss moves the office to another building . Before he leaves , he gives a letter of recommendation , while a repairman removes a dead bird from the vent above 's desk , fixing the vibration . 
 However , the new tenants soon come to ask the Boss for help getting rid of , who still has not left and now sits on the stairs all day and sleeps in the lobby at night . The Boss insists that is no longer his problem , but relents under the pressure . Speaking to again , the Boss offers to help him find a job he would like , but refuses to budge . After the Boss leaves , is arrested by the police and released onto the streets after a night in jail . 
 When the Boss learns of this , he goes searching for and finds him at a homeless camp ; to his own surprise , the Boss invites to come live with him , but declines the offer . The Boss rushes to a nearby soup kitchen and tries to convince a cook to make sure gets fed , but the cook , unsympathetic to 's plight , refuses to help and forces the Boss to wait in a long line . By the time he returns with food , has died from starvation , having preferred not to eat apparently since the Boss moved the office . Finding his letter of recommendation in 's coat , the Boss realizes it 's a dead letter now , and gives the resigned and painful sigh , " Ah , . Ah , humanity . " , sinking into a depression and finding his way to the overpass from the beginning of the film . 
 A small subplot deals with becoming close to the Boss 's benefactor , City Manager . Before anything can come of their relationship , however , he catches her , , and making fun of . Believing to have some sort of mental disorder , takes the matter to the Mayor , and the Boss apparently becomes involved in a scandal . 
 Deeply affected by 's death , the Boss resigns from his job and writes a memoir about his time with , but the publishing agent he shows it to refuses to publish it , finding the subject matter too dreary for her tastes . The Boss flies into a rage , demanding that 's story be told , and when the agent tells him to leave , the Boss responds " I would prefer not to ! " Rattled by this , the agent leaves . Finally realizing the impact has had on his own life , the Boss repeats the phrase again and again as the film closes with a shot of several office buildings , all isolated on top of large hills like the Boss 's old office .

In 1993 , following the ousting of the central government and start of a civil war , a major United Nations military operation in Somalia is authorized with a peacekeeping mandate . After the bulk of the peacekeepers are withdrawn , the Mogadishu - based militia loyal to declares war on the remaining UN personnel . In response , the U.S. Army deploys three of its special operations forces – 75th Rangers , Delta Force counter - terrorist operators , and 160th SOAR - Night Stalkers aviators – to Mogadishu to capture , who has proclaimed himself president of the country . 
 To consolidate his power and subdue the population in the south , and his militia seize Red Cross food shipments , while the UN forces are powerless to intervene directly . Outside Mogadishu , Rangers and Delta Force capture , a faction leader selling arms to 's militia . A mission is planned to capture and , two of 's top advisers . 
 The U.S. forces include experienced men as well as new recruits , including 18 - year - old PFC and a desk clerk , , going on his first mission . When his lieutenant is removed from duty after having an epileptic seizure , Staff Sergeant is placed in command of Ranger Chalk Four , his first command . 
 The operation begins and Delta Force operators capture Aidid 's advisers inside the target building . The Rangers and helicopters escorting the ground - extraction convoy take heavy fire , while 's Chalk Four is dropped a block away by mistake . is severely injured when he falls from one of the Black Hawk helicopters , so three Humvees led by SSG are detached from the convoy to return to the UN - held Mogadishu Airport . 
 SGT is shot and killed just as 's column departs , and shortly thereafter Black Hawk Super Six - One , piloted by CWO crashes when shot down by a rocket - propelled grenade . Both and his co - pilot are killed , the two crew chiefs are wounded , and one Delta Force sniper on board escapes in an MH-6 Little Bird helicopter . 
 The ground forces are rerouted to converge on the crash site . The Somali militia erects roadblocks , and LTC Humvee column is unable to reach the crash area while sustaining heavy casualties . Meanwhile , two Ranger Chalks , including 's unit , reach Super - Six One 's crash site and set up a defensive perimeter to await evacuation with the two wounded men and the fallen pilots . In the interim , Super Six - Four , piloted by CWO , is also shot down by an RPG and crashes several blocks away . 
 With CPT 's Rangers pinned down and sustaining heavy casualties , no ground forces can reach Super Six - Four 's crash site nor reinforce the Rangers defending Super Six - One . Two Delta Force snipers , SFC and MSG are inserted by helicopter to Super Six - Four 's crash site , where they find still alive . The site is eventually overrun , and are killed , and is captured by 's militia before the angry mob of Somali civilians can kill him as well . 
 's column relinquish their attempt to reach Six - One 's crash site and return to base with their prisoners and the casualties . The men prepare to go back to extract the Rangers and the fallen pilots , and MG Garrison sends LTC to ask for reinforcements from the 10th Mountain Division , including Malaysian and Pakistani armored units from the UN coalition . 
 As night falls , 's militia launch a sustained assault on the trapped Americans at Super Six - One 's crash site . The militants are held off throughout the night by strafing runs and rocket attacks from AH-6J Little Bird helicopter gunships , until the 10th Mountain Division 's relief column is able to reach and save the American soldiers . The wounded and casualties are evacuated in the vehicles , but a few of Rangers and Delta Force soldiers are forced to run on foot from the crash site ; after fighting through militia forces , they eventually reach the Pakistani Compound UN Safe Zone . 
 The end titles detail the immediate aftermath of the mission and end of military operations in Somalia : was released after 11 days of captivity , after which President withdrew all US forces from Somalia . was killed in 1996 .

( ) is an everyday slacker with a job at a crummy theme park called Medieval World , which is about to receive big competition from another theme park , Castle World . While cleaning a moat surrounding the park , he finds a medallion in the moat and when he tries to retrieve it he gets sucked into the past . He awakes in 18th century England , 1728 , where he is first met by a drunkard named ( ) . He then searches for Medieval World , but he finds a castle that he thinks is Castle World , so he decides to check it out . The tenants of the castle believe him to be a French Moor , from Normandy , because he tells them he is from Florence and Normandie , a famous intersection in South Central Los Angeles . 
 is soon taken in by the reigning king , King ( ) . He is assumed to be a messenger from Normandy who the king believes to be bringing news of an alliance between England and Normandy . Although at first thinks that all the people around him are just actors in a theme park he changes his mind when he witnesses a beheading . He gives his name as after his high school basketball nickname , and , after gaining trust from the king by accidentally preventing his assassination , is made a lord and head of security . While all of this is going on , finds out about the ruthless way the king came to power by overthrowing the former queen . He learns from ( ) , a chambermaid , and Sir , who was a former knight of the queen . Through their help and his own realization of the situation , soon understands he must help overthrow King and help restore the queen to her throne . 
 With some effort , manages to convince the decimated rebels and townsfolk to band together to overthrow the king . Using modern - day tactics used in American football and pro wrestling , he gives the peasants the means to fight the armed and armored king 's guards . Out of gratitude for helping him find his honor again , teaches some basic sword - fighting maneuvers to , and also tells him that he has an idea that may give them an advantage in the upcoming battle . 
 The next day , and the rebels storm the castle , only to find themselves quickly surrounded by guards and 's bodyguard , ( ) . The tide turns briefly when the legendary Black Knight charges in , breathing fire and scattering the guards , but the plan goes awry when he falls from his horse and is revealed to be in disguise . Using their newfound skills , the peasants succeed in overpowering the guards , but is severely wounded by a longbow shot from , who takes hostage . King is scared since his troops are being defeated , and asks for safety . , who already sees as pathetic and weak as a leader , kills him and throws him in the moat . Charging to the rescue , surprises with his fighting skills , rescuing . is then shot dead by before he could administer a killing blow to . 
 After the Queen 's reign is restored , is knighted by her . During the dubbing , he awakes back at Medieval World surrounded by his co - workers and a medical team , who saved him from drowning in the moat . After being saved 's whole attitude changes , and he helps his boss to make Medieval World better so that Castle World will not run them out of business . Later on , takes a walk around the new Medieval World and meets a woman named ( ) who looks just like . They talk a little and he asks her out to lunch . Unfortunately , forgets to get 's number , and when he tries to catch up to her , he accidentally falls back into the moat , waking up in the Colosseum of Ancient Rome , where he is about to be devoured by lions .

A young and his parents and live in Weymouth , Massachusetts . When is ten years old , files for bankruptcy , but tries to make realize that money is not important . 
 As an adult , moves to Los Angeles with his friend " " ; they meet , an airline stewardess , who introduces them to , a marijuana dealer . With 's help , and make a lot of money . , a college student back in Boston , visits them and tells them of the demand for marijuana in Boston . They start selling marijuana in Boston , buying marijuana directly from Mexico with the help of , a Mexican drug lord . Two years later , is caught in Chicago trying to import 660 pounds ( 300   kg ) of marijuana and is sentenced to two years . After unsuccessfully trying to plead his innocence , skips bail to take care of , who dies from cancer . Her death marks the disbanding of the group of friends ; even his friend , , flees their vacation home in Mexico and is never seen again . 
 While hiding from the authorities , visits his parents . 's mother calls the police , who arrest him . is sentenced to 26 months in a federal prison in Danbury , Connecticut . His cellmate has contacts in the Medellín cocaine cartel and convinces to help him go into business . Upon his release from prison , violates his parole conditions and heads down to Cartagena , Colombia to meet with . They meet with cartel officer to negotiate the terms for smuggling 15 kilograms ( 33   lb ) to establish " good faith " . 
 As the smuggling operation grows , gets arrested , leaving to find a way to sell 50   kg ( 110   lb ) . reconnects with in California , and the two sell all the cocaine . then goes to Medellín , Colombia , where he meets , who agrees to go into business with them . With the help of , the pair becomes 's top U.S. importer . At 's wedding , meets 's fiancée and later marries her . However , resents for keeping 's identity secret and pressures to reveal his connection . eventually discovers that has betrayed him by cutting him out of the connection with . Inspired by the birth of his daughter and a drug - related heart attack , severs his relationship with the cartel . 
 All goes well with 's newfound civilian life for five years , until organizes a 38th birthday party for him . Many of his former drug associates attend , including , who reveals that eventually cut him out as well . The FBI and DEA raid the party and arrest . becomes a fugitive , and his bank account — heretofore under protection in Panama — is seized by . One night , he and get into a fight while driving . They are pulled over by police and tells them is a fugitive and has stashed a kilogram of cocaine in his trunk . He is sent to jail for three years , divorces him , and takes custody of their nine - year - old daughter , . 
 Upon his release , struggles to maintain his relationship with his daughter . promises a vacation in California and seeks one last deal to garner enough money for the trip . completes a deal with former accomplices but learns too late that the deal had been set up by the FBI and DEA , with and having leaked the nature and location of the action in exchange for pardons for their involvement in his prior action . is sentenced to 60 years at Otisville Correctional Facility in upstate New York . He explains in the end that neither the sentence nor the betrayal bothered him , but that he can never forgive himself for having to break a promise to his daughter . 
 While in prison , requests a furlough to see his dying father , . His mother denies the request . records a final message to his father , recounting his memories of working with his father , his run - ins with the law , and finally , too late , his understanding of what meant when he said that money is not " real " . An old man in prison , imagines that his daughter finally comes to visit him . She slowly fades away as a guard calls for . The film concludes with notes indicating that 's sentence will not expire until 2015 , and that his daughter has yet to visit him .

In 1979 , ( ) is a numbers runner who is respected and loved in his neighborhood as its respected member and protector . He is betrayed and brutally murdered by corrupt cop ( ) and drug pusher ( ) who then convince 's associates ( ) and ( ) as well as his lover ( ) to take turns stabbing him to death . Afterwards , Bones ' elegant brownstone building becomes his own tomb , and is closed . 
 The timeline flashes forward to 2001 , where the neighborhood has become rundown and 's brownstone building is a condemned ruin . Four teens , ( ) , his brother ( ) , their white step - sister ( ) and their best friend ( ) , buy the property and they want to renovate it as a nightclub . In the process , finds a black dog who is actually the spiritual manifestation of 's tortured spirit . As the dog starts to eat , is slowly resurrected . 
 meets and her daughter ( ) . develops a romance with . wanted to open a nightclub at the old rundown neighborhood in hopes of making the neighborhood great again , and also to make a profit . While exploring the basement , , , , and find body and they realize that he was actually murdered . , , , and decide to keep 's murder quiet or they wo n't be able to open the nightclub and they bury the remains . 
 Later , who is and 's father as well as 's stepfather , finds out about and the gang 's plan to open the club at ' old building . He freaks out and demands that and the others leave the building . , and refuse his request and open the nightclub , in spite of their father 's objections . On opening night is lured into an upstairs room where he is mauled to death by the spiritual black dog . Once he is fully resurrected , sets the club on fire and is intent on getting revenge on those responsible for his death , those who betrayed him , and anyone who gets in his way . 's neighbor tells her how they should have burned the building down a long time ago . After the incident , admits to that is her father , as she had a relationship with him . 
 first confronts and kills him as a way to release him of his troubled guilt he tried to maintain by becoming an alcoholic . confronts his father and demands to know if he help murder twenty - two years earlier . His father admits he betrayed to make money to leave the neighborhood . Also , he got fed up living in ' shadow and he wanted to be as popular and successful as him . allowed drugs into the neighborhood as long he got paid for it . Later , is having sex with his white girlfriend ( ) . With being one of the people who betrayed him , confronts him after murdering and stuffing her body in a trash bin . decapitates and does the same to , but keeps their heads alive to transport their souls . 
 , knowing that is next , goes with to his house to rescue him . They ending up being too late . , , Patrick , , and 's wife ( ) watch him get dragged off by , leaving nothing but a melted hole in the window . brings back to the building , along with the heads of and . sends and to hell for all eternity while begs for his life . , , , and go underground to find that body has disappeared . tells them that in order to put to rest , they have to destroy the dress she wore the night was murdered which was buried alongside him as his blood which splattered onto it still contains his spirit and is the only thing keeping him anchored to the world of the living . As they look for , steps in the elevator which closes and goes up . Meanwhile , asks what he wants . He asks if he could give him his life back . When says he ca n't do that , sends him to hell for eternity . 
 gets off the elevator and walks into a room that is filled with ignited candles . She has a flashback and appears , and puts the bloody dress on her . , , and head to the second floor where they see a ghostly , who leads in the wrong direction where he is captured and killed . tries to reach him but is too late . and make their way to the room where and are at . knows it 's a trap . As is lured to and , Patrick hears his father 's voice in a mirror begging for help . When hesitates , chokes him . uses his knife to chop 's arm off and he disappears into hell . goes after , who disappears and reappears behind 's back much more demonic - looking . He grabs by his throat , as begs him to let go . , realizing what is happening , tells she loves him before grabbing a candle and setting fire to the dress while still wearing it . 
 As and both die together , and make their escape , barely making it out before the entire building collapses . Before jumping to safety , is breifly pulled back into the building by an unseen force . Outside , finds an old picture of and as 's face turns to him and says " Dog eat dog , boy . " Too late , realizes that as his daughter has 's blood within her , and turns around as , now possessed by smiles at him and , vomits a mouthful of maggots into his face .

Born without an immune system , is forced to live in a sterilized dome in his bedroom , earning him the title " Bubble Boy " by his neighbors . 's overbearing and devout Christian mother only exposes him to Highlights magazine and the Land of the Lost for entertainment . When he is a teenager , a girl named moves in next door . is immediately taken with her , and eventually befriends her despite his mother 's discouragement . 
 visits and tells him that she is leaving for Niagara Falls to marry her boyfriend , , in three days . realizes that cares for him . Realizing how much he cares for her , builds a mobile bubble suit and runs away from home , determined to stop the wedding . 
 On the first day of his journey , he 's unable to afford a bus ride to Niagara Falls , but is picked up by an overly enthusiastic cult on a pilgrimage towards enlightenment . By this time , 's mother has discovered her son missing , so she and her husband set off to find . 
 While traveling through the desert , meets , a biker with a flat tire . offers to fix the flat with some patches and the two become friends . Elsewhere , , the leader of the cult met , has revealed that their messiah is " the round one , " and that whoever rejects him will suffer . The group who abandoned set off to find him . and have traveled to Las Vegas for traveling money . However , gets caught up in the Vegas life so goes on without him . The cult runs into in Vegas while asking for directions . recognizes them from 's story and threatens them , only to have his bike destroyed by the cult bus . 
 Soon accidently boards a train belonging to Dr. , a small man who collects freaks and shows them off to the public for money . When Dr. tried to require to his show , knocks him unconscious ; allowing for and the freaks to go their own way . 
 then wanders into a restaurant where an Indian man name is being antagonized by the ignorant townspeople . When tries to defend him , the townspeople begin to probe him about his suit , but panic and evacuate the restaurant when they misunderstand his illness . thanks for his earlier kindness and agrees to take him to Niagara Falls . Meanwhile , 's parents have met up with Dr. , whom 's mother mistakes for a child and brings along with them . Elsewhere in Niagara Falls , is apprehensive about marrying and ca n't stop thinking of . 
 To earn money for a taxi driver name to take him to New York , goes into a Chinese casino nearby and enters a mud wrestling competition for a prize of $ 500 . Having won the prize , is spotted and picked up by the cult bus as he heads back to the taxi . Luckily , the freaks have followed and realizing he 's in danger , disguise themselves as members of the cult and trick them into believing they 're mutating for their earlier crimes against . As and the freaks try to escape , and his gang arrive in Pushpop 's ice cream truck ( which they took after the cult 's bus destroy all their bikes ) and take from the freaks thinking they belonged to the cult . A fight breaks out between the cult , 's gang and the freaks that uses the distraction to escapes with . 
 On the last day of his journey , and have now arrived in New York , but is unresponsive , having apparently died behind the wheel overnight , forcing to abandon the moving taxi before it crashes . tries to call to tell her of his success , only to reach her fiance , who rudely convinces him that does n't really love him . becomes depressed at this assumed rejection and calls Dr. , ready to assume his role as a freak like the others . Learning contacted Dr. about his location , 's parents throw Dr. out of their car realizing he was a rude man . 
 When his parents pick him up , and his father are sitting alone in the car . His father regrets that is giving up when he is so close . 's father then looks the other way while escapes to finish his mission . With the help of 's twin brother , flies to the wedding . His mother tries to stop him from taking off , but the cult , the freaks and 's gang collide in helping and stop her . Its revealed that and 's mother knew each other in the past as she 's the " Wildfire " he kept mentioning . Like , apparently dies at the wheel and ends up falling out of the plane and over Niagara Falls , but he survives . 
 manages to escape the water and arrives just in time to stop the wedding . He then removes his bubble suit , allowing him to touch the girl he loves for the first time . 's mother then confesses that had developed an immune system when he was four , revealing that he is not actually dead at all and 's perfectly fine . 
 Finally , and are married with all of 's new friends in attendance . Pushpop has become the new leader of the former cult who are apparently now followers of Hinduism . Dr. has befriended his band of freaks and 's mother has reunited with and embraced a more rebellious lifestyle with and Mr. . and drive off with and to their honeymoon .

It is almost the end of the Cold War in Europe . Specialist ( ) is a U.S. Army soldier stationed in Stuttgart , West Germany , in 1989 . He devotes much of his time to dealing on the black market and cooking heroin for a group of drug - dealing Military Police led by the mean Sergeant . As a supply specialist , poses as a model soldier and friendly confidant to his amiable commanding officer , Colonel ( ) . has no idea what supplies his subordinate is requisitioning or is sleeping with his wife ( ) . But things change when a new First Sergeant , ( ) joins 's supply company . The new Top is both menacing and savvy , quickly assessing that and his squad are engaged in graft . 
 A tank crew , under the influence of Elwood 's heroin , unintentionally kill two soldiers in charge of a weapons convoy by crashing through a gas station . happens upon the cache and steals it , hiding the weapons in a missile base . 
 When confronted by , 's attempt at bribery backfires badly . The Top revokes 's privileges , destroys his property , and orders a new , naive and honest soldier , Pfc . ( ) to bunk in his room . To get back at , begins a sexual relationship with his daughter , ( ) . However , in retaliation the Top makes destroy his expensive car during a weapons exercise . booby traps a locker some soldiers are using to hide heroin . The grenade kills , one of 's friends . 
 sells the stolen weapons to a Turkish gangster ( ) , reluctantly accepting payment in raw opium . He plans to cook the large amount into heroin . However , after is forced to save from being killed by in a fight , he agrees to let the MP Sgt . become a business partner . In order to have time to trade the weapons from the missile base and collect the drugs , sells out Col . so another regiment can easily capture their positions during a mobilization exercise . Afterwards the colonel wistfully tells he has been dismissed from command but this has given time to reflect on his future . 
 On 9 November 1989 , the night the Berlin Wall came down , sneaks to the base swimming pool to meet while the opium is being cooked by his squad and Sgt . and his MPs . and 1st Sgt . then arrive . discovers is actually an undercover 2nd Lieutenant from the Inspector General 's Office . While puts in a car , beats up . However , tells her dad is going to kill , something   –   as an honest officer   –   can not allow . Meanwhile , intoxicated by opium fumes , provokes a shoot out with commandos sent to arrest everyone making heroin . Upstairs just as stops at gunpoint from throwing from a window , the building containing the drugs lab in the basement explodes because of a massive gas leak caused by the gunfire . falls from the window with his handcuffs around 's neck . He survives by landing on . 
 The film concludes with heavy irony . The US Army decorates with medals and a transfer to Hawaii ( receives a posthumous Silver Star ) . His new CO is just as naive as Col . . states that remains his sweetheart and that she will be visiting soon . The film ends with making a requisition order for more excessive supplies .

and are friends with and . They all go out on a double date . While in a parked car , performs oral sex on , while and have sex in the back seat . later learns she is pregnant , but is afraid that the child is 's instead of 's , since raped her after beating unconscious . 
 emotionally and physically abuses , and also rapes . reveals to that the abuse has been going on since they were boys , starting with taking drugs at an early age , which thinks that has been using to take advantage of him . and then go to a gay bar , where he is forced to strip down to his underwear , and begins to dance , while starts to videotape the whole ordeal . eventually proposes that they murder . 
 recruits her new boyfriend , , and her friend , , while recruits her cousin , . After doing drugs and having sex , the teens make their first attempt , but back out . Realizing they need help , they hire a supposed " hitman " , , who is just a tough - talking adolescent . 
 The teens come up with a new plan . They arrive at a swamp , where stabs in the back of the neck . Shocked by the violence , , , and run back to 's car . begs for mercy , but slits his throat , and bludgeons him with a baseball bat . witnesses it all , never turning away . They dispose of 's body in the swamp and flee . later realizes that he left the sheath to his diving knife at the canal . They go to retrieve the sheath , and check on the corpse , which is now being eaten by crabs . , , , and do not believe they did anything wrong , since they did not directly participate in 's actual death . decides to dispose of the knife , which is the only evidence linking them to the crime . 
 Unable to maintain the secret , and reveal to their other friends what they 've done , while phones in an anonymous tip to the media , alerting them to 's death . calls and speaks to his younger brother , who says that has already been arrested for the murder . Eventually , all the teenagers turn themselves in , with the exception of , who is arrested a few days later . The group is later seen in court wearing prison jumpsuits , and visibly pregnant by this time . and argue , inadvertently admitting to 's murder in front of the entire court . It is then revealed that the teenagers were all convicted of 's murder , and list the sentences they receive : 
 Subsequent title cards reveal that some of the characters and events were composited or exaggerated for dramatic effect , and the results of the defendants ' appeals at the making of the film :

Mrs. ( ) and her son ( ) return home , and the family 's Bloodhound Buddy starts chasing a cat , a chase which ends with 's capture by other cats in an ambush . 
 This is witnessed by an Anatolian Shepherd dog named Butch ( voiced by ) who reports 's capture to his superiors . The head dog then orders the best canine agents to complete the mission by preventing all ( cats ) from achieving their favorite goal : to make all humans allergic to dogs . 
 Meanwhile , at a farm , a handful of Beagle puppies make fun of a younger puppy ( voiced by ) , who wants to be free . The younger puppy tries an escape , but he fails . A group of young black Doberman puppies , all of them trained dog agents , led by a large Doberman Pinscher appear , round up the Beagle puppies and force them into hiding underground . Mrs. comes into the puppy pen and she selects the younger puppy who was forgotten by the Dobermans . She decides to adopt him and takes him home , naming him after sarcastically suggests the name " Loser " . 
 goes near an explosive trap set by the cats but comes out and detonates it harmlessly . then shows the network that dog agents use , then takes him to meet some more agents : ( voiced by ) is a Chinese Crested Dog who works in an underground tube and has surveillance and communications equipment and ( voiced by ) who is an Old English Sheepdog . Having mistaken for a trained dog agent , raises his concerns to his superiors , but is told that there is no time to send a replacement . is then briefed on the origins of the war between cats and dogs , which apparently dates all the way back to Ancient Egypt . also mentions that managed to escape from the cats and retired from the spy business , living life in a condominium . 
 Meanwhile , Mr. ( voiced by ) , a white Persian cat , plans to conquer the world by making all humans allergic to dogs with Professor 's ( ) research on a cure for dog allergies . He is briefly interrupted by ( ) who needs to dress him upon seeing the comatose Mr. ( ) . then tells his sidekick ( voiced by ) , an Exotic Shorthair , to send in the ninja cats ( voiced by and ) he hired to steal the research . He sends in the Devon Rex ninjas but manages to prevent the theft . then meets a former agent and 's ex - sweetheart and girlfriend named ( voiced by ) , a Saluki who belly scratches him . Disappointed that the ninja cats failed him , Mr. then orders to send a Russian Blue mercenary , whose name is , ( voiced by ) to steal the research . frames for defecating in the house with a ball containing fake dog feces , causing to be confined outside , then places a bomb on the lab door . and manage to get into the house through the window , but and are trapped outside after knocks the window prop away . fires a series of boomerangs around the ' house causing serious damage and which break several vases and knock a lamp over ; the boomerangs also cause the curtain pole to break . then distracts the Russian while tries to disable the bomb , but turns his attention on and tries to kill him . gets caught in a telephone wire , then Mrs comes home looking for her cell phone and surprisingly does not notice her wrecked living room . Although he suspects that dogs can see in black and white , manages to escape and disables the bomb , but holds out a remote that will detonate the bomb and laughs until the lab door opens and hits him . is then captured and interrogated . The agent tells the gang that they pumped a few things out of 's stomach , including a note written by Mr. . 
 After an incident involving playing with , Professor 's machine finally gets the positive combinations for the formula . As Mr. and overhear the call between Professor and a doctor , they decide to spring a trap for Dr. and his family . First , Mr. makes his sinister and talking side known to , causing her to faint , then he and his cats take Mr 's comatose body to 's Christmas tree flocking plant , where passes his voice off as Mr to send the employees home and commandeer the factory for the next plot . The cats send soccer tickets to an exhibition game between Uruguay and Chad to the family , obviously a ruse . The cats make a fake entry and when the family pulls up , the cats throw a gas bomb into their car , which goes off in a tremendous explosion and leaves the family unconscious . 
 While trying to decipher Mr. 's location , the dogs are obviously unaware that the have been led into a trap and are kidnapped by the said cat . After receiving a video from the cat demanding Mr. 's research as a ransom , the dogs from around the world assemble at a meeting ( like the United Nations General Assembly ) run by the Mastiff ( voiced by ) . When the dogs are unable to give up the formula after the meeting of the world 's dogs , angrily confronts for not helping him . then explains that when his owner went to college , he left him with his grandmother and storms off , cutting off all of 's communications with and the others , so would not seek help to save his family . gives in and brings Mr. the research , and is betrayed . manages to find the depressed and , along with , the two stage an ambush of Mr. 's factory where the latter plans to use mice to spread the now mass - produced allergy to dogs . While , , and fight 's cat forces , frees the and ( who was betrayed by ) , revealing he can speak in the process . defeats and rescues , but the claw of the excavator hits his head and a flocking tank , causing an explosion that destroys the factory . manages to save and he tells him he was right about everything , but the puppy is unresponsive and seems to be dead . After a few hurtful moments of sadness and sorrow , suddenly awakens , and all rejoice . decides to be a normal canine and not a secret agent yet , but one day he will be when he is a full - grown beagle . 
 Meanwhile , Mr. is sent to live with and her three sisters , who dress him in hilariously ridiculous girly outfits as punishment .

Jeff Goldblum, Elizabeth Perkins, Tobey Maguire, Sean Hayes, Alec Baldwin, Alexander Pollock

Veterinary technician ( ) having been banished from his family after the death of his mother , is unaware of their underworld connections until he receives a call from his father , " " ( ) , a Mafia crime lord . has been indicted on racketeering charges , and , knowing that the prosecutors have a strong case against him , has concluded that the only solution is to somehow destroy the evidence held by the FBI . 
 At the family mansion , an ailing and bedridden convinces to infiltrate the local FBI office , since the family can not send anyone with known underworld connections , such as 's brothers ( ) and ( ) . 
 With the aid of a computer hacker , is able to obtain a false name ( " Agent pronounced ' peesohn' ... It 's , you know , French ! " ) , background , and résumé . He gains access to the local FBI office , where he discovers from office chief that , according to his résumé , " " graduated from Harvard , can speak five different languages , is an expert sharpshooter and has a black belt in the martial art " yan mu kwan . " 
 makes several trips to the FBI office 's evidence room , only to be sidetracked each time . He is sent on investigations and raids , most of which have nothing to do with his father 's case . finds himself on a mission to infiltrate a neo - Nazi skinhead group related to the Night Vulture , a heroin trafficker who is number six on the FBI 's Most Wanted List . approaches the gang members , who promptly rip off the tank top he is wearing as a disguise , and take him to a warehouse . Every Mafia member , including and , are listening in through a microphone that was earlier taped to 's crotch . They go to the warehouse , beat up all the gang members , and leave . When the FBI arrives , they assume that has handled the skinheads singlehandedly . He receives praise at the office and in the local media , though one agent , Agent ( ) appears both jealous and suspicious of him . 
 attends a hostage situation involving a Night Vulture suspect . FBI director ( ) hands a machine gun and orders him to kill the suspect . When fires , the trigger gets stuck , spraying bullets everywhere . One of them hits a propane tank , causing it to explode , which knocks the suspect off his feet . Agents rush in and arrest the suspect , and it transpires that his gun was a fake . sends to put the suspect in jail . 
 On the trip back to the FBI office , locks himself out of the car and the suspect kicks out the metal divider between the front and back seats . The divider jams the gas pedal to the floor , sending the car weaving wildly through city streets . 's arm is stuck in the window the whole time . Later , the car crashes into and . and other agents arrive and proceed to arrest and , citing photographic equipment in the backseat of their car ( the family mansion was already under watch by the FBI ) . However , steps in to handle the situation . He farts in the faces of his brothers , and tells them to leave . 
 grows to like FBI agent ( ) , but she seems uninterested until they bump into each other at the mansion where has been sent undercover to collect more evidence against the Romanos . is able to convince that he , too , is working undercover . 
 is sent to infiltrate a drug deal in Chinatown posing as a translator ( the agency believes that he can speak Vietnamese and Thai ) . attempts to translate , but ends up saying nonsense phrases such as " fool " and " hairy pencil " . The participating drug lords draw their guns and begin shooting in frustration . 's new FBI partners , agents ( ) and ( ) , engage in a shootout with one of them while the other escapes . 
 and are captured while trying to infiltrate one of Pops ' underground casinos . comes to the rescue , but is caught by the bouncers and has his head placed in a paint shaker . When it is discovered that he is a member of the family , and the bouncers ask how they can make it up to , he says , " Maybe I can take some of my friends with me ? " . 
 eventually gets the evidence , and discovers that his father will be facing murder charges . Shocked , he tells , who vehemently denies killing anyone . Meanwhile , discovers that is a member of the family and not an FBI agent . The entire FBI office conducts a raid on the mansion , where it is discovered that family friend ( ) is an FBI informant and has been lying about the family 's activities , including the alleged murder . It is also discovered that is in fact . is knocked out by with a light fixture , and is arrested by his fellow FBI agents . In the end , and Agent get married and drive off in 's car , a bright yellow Mazda Miata . also gains the respect and love of his entire family . 
 The peculiar nickname " " is alleged to be taken from real life New Jersey mobster whose nickname among the mafia ranks as a street soldier was " " . is also believed to have been the model for the fictional character in The Sopranos , ( played by ) .

In Paris in 1969 , young film editor ( ) is currently working on a science - fiction adventure film called Codename : Dragonfly , written and directed by renowned director ( ) . 
 In Codename : Dragonfly , plays " , " a sexy freelance super - agent - in the futuristic year of 2001 - who lives in a spaceship perched on top of the Eiffel Tower and undertakes assignments for the " World Council " . Dragonfly 's latest mission is to stop a revolutionary leader known as " Mr. E " ( ) who is based on the " far - out " side of the Moon . The World Council turns for help to , reluctantly because she charges huge sums of money - with which the council literally showers her . 
 is utterly infatuated with his film 's star , ( ) , a young American whom he discovered at a political rally some time ago . , an aspiring filmmaker working on Codename : Dragonfly , regularly borrows cameras and other equipment from work in order to film his own project : a documentary of his own self - reflections . When the producers prove unhappy with 's ideas for the movie 's ending , they fire him . They are particularly upset with 's ideas for what they had expected would be an action movie : believes it should end with a whimper instead of a bang , in order to subvert the audience 's expectations . 
 is first replaced with the flashy ( ) - but ultimately producers settle on . Much as before him , finds his efforts to complete Codename : Dragonfly stymied by his infatuation with . has a girlfriend , ( ) , an Air France flight attendant who makes time for despite her schedule , his obvious growing infatuation with , his obsession with film making and his self - absorption . Ultimately , leaves , realizing that his obsessions will never include her . is also challenged by the apparent work of a saboteur , who cuts up footage before it can be edited , and who sends cryptic messages to the remaining crew . Others suspect - who resents being fired and losing control of what he considers to be his film . 
 As the crew prepares to shoot a climactic chase scene in Codename : Dragonfly , sneaks onto the set and steals their film . and jump into Dragonfly 's car and chase through Paris , ultimately confronting him on the banks of the Seine . convinces to return the film , and ultimately it is completed , apparently keeping 's original idea for the ending . 
 Finally , is a guest speaker at a French film festival in early 1970 . Despite signs of stature , he is asked to pass along a script to , as though he is still in the other man 's shadow . The festival also presents 's own film - the collection of self - reflections he 'd been shooting over the course of Codename : Dragonfly . In voice overs accompanying 's film , it is learned that and never got back together .

, the out - of - control daughter of congressman , meets a working class Mexican - American straight - A student , . 's mother committed suicide when she was very young , and feels unwanted by her father , who is now married to another woman and has another young daughter with his new wife . , on the other hand , is from a poor background and is working hard towards becoming a Navy pilot . 
 They fall in love , and spends so much time with her that he stops performing well in school . is applying to the U.S. Naval Academy and 's father suggests talk to him about gaining his Congressional sponsorship to the Academy . During their meeting , 's father tells that he needs to end his relationship with , or she will destroy his life . breaks up with her , which leads into depression and back into wild , drunken partying . One night , calls her and finds out she is getting drunk at a high school party . He saves from a boy trying to take advantage of her . drives her home , but they get stopped by the police . 
 As a result of this incident , 's father and stepmother decide that she needs to go to a boarding school far away from home ; rescues her and they run away together . While they are away , realizes she is getting in the way of ' dreams , so she decides to sober up . They go back home and she makes up with her father . Her father thanks for not listening to his advice to abandon . In the end credits , we see that has become a pilot with the Navy .

At the beginning of the film , protagonist ( ) is living in the Australian outback with ( ) and their young son ( ) . Because crocodile hunting has been made illegal , is reduced to wrestling crocodiles for the entertainment of tourists , having as his rival in the business another outback survivalist named ( ) . When an opportunity arises for to become the Los Angeles bureau chief of a newspaper owned by her father , and his family cross the Pacific to California . 
 In the United States , and his son 's encounters with the locals cause cross - cultural mishaps . becomes an undercover amateur sleuth helping to probe the mysterious death of his wife 's predecessor at the newspaper , while attends a local school , where he quickly impresses his classmates and teacher with his outback survival skills . Because the case takes up so much of their time , and eventually call in to babysit their son ; Immediately , and 's teacher become interested in each other . 
 It is revealed that the dead reporter had been investigating a film studio , which is about to make a sequel to the action film Lethal Agent , despite the title 's commercial failure . becomes suspicious when several paintings from Southern Europe are brought onto the set ; although at first he suspects drug smuggling , the pictures themselves are revealed to be missing art from a museum in former Yugoslavia thought lost in the recent civil wars . They are to appear in the film as mere props , to be publicly ' destroyed ' in a scene in which they are set on fire , at which point they will have been exchanged for copies . 
 Attempting to secure one of the paintings as evidence , , , and run afoul of the studio director and his thugs . Using the studio 's props and three lions used in filming to defeat the gangsters , and solve the case and return to Australia , where they are officially married .

In Southport , Maryland , ( ) , recently divorced from her husband ( ) who is a struggling ship builder , is getting married to a younger and wealthier ( ) . ( ) , and 's twelve - year - old son , is clearly unhappy that his mother is remarrying . asks to allow to go sailing with him and , to help bond with and accept as a stepfather . 
 After the wedding and a brief improvement in 's and 's relationship , dislikes once again . During a game of catch between the two , clearly becomes agitated with 's ambivalent playing style and starts criticizing him harshly . The revelation that and are having a baby worsens the situation . After finding out about the baby , stows away in 's Chevy Suburban , planning to drop off it en route and visit his father . But while is inside , he sees murdering mysterious stranger ( ) , who earlier attended the wedding unannounced , claiming to be an ex - business associate of . 
 reports the murder to his father and to the local police . , however , has managed to dispose of most of the evidence , and is widely considered a pillar of the local community as he invested his money in the area , whereas has a history of lying and misdemeanors . believes his son though , stemming from 's notable unease around at the ceremony and the fact that never lies to him . 
 does some investigating of his own and unearths 's criminal past , which now stands to put his son and ex - wife in risk . learns that 's real name is and that he is a criminal who was acquitted while his partners , which included , were convicted . tries to kill by setting his boathouse on fire , but manages to escape . 
 realizes the truth when she sees a large burn on 's arm , having heard about the fire at the boathouse hours earlier . She tries to escape with but knocks her out and takes as a hostage . arrives to confront , as he tries to flee . and fight , and is killed when a tied - up pushes him to a fuse box , electrocuting him . has no serious physical injury from the conflict , although we learn that she miscarries her child .

In 1991 , a gang of thieves steal a rare $ 10 - million gem , but , in the process , two of the gang double - cross their leader , ( ) and take off with the precious stone . 
 Ten years later , on the day before Thanksgiving , prominent private practice Manhattan child psychiatrist , Dr. ( ) , is invited by his friend and former colleague , Dr. ( ) , to examine a disturbed young lady named ( ) at the state sanatorium . 
 Having been released from prison on November 4 , and the remaining gang members break into an apartment which overlooks 's apartment , where he lives with his wife ( ) and daughter ( ) . That evening , kidnaps as a means of forcing to acquire a six - digit number from 's memory . As visits , she is reluctant at first , but he gains her trust later — especially when he reveals that has been kidnapped and will be killed if he does not get the number they want . admits to that the gang who kidnapped also kidnapped his girlfriend to force him to acquire the number from . is then visited by Detective ( ) who reveals to him that his girlfriend has been found dead . Meanwhile , hears 's voice and realizes the kidnappers reside in the apartment nearby . The kidnappers send one of them to kill while the others escape with , but sets an ambush and kills him . 
 After takes out of the sanatorium , she remembers certain events regarding the gang . It is revealed that 's father was a member of the gang that committed the robbery ten years prior and that he double - crossed them and took the stolen gem . However , other members of the gang later found him and ordered him to reveal where he had hidden the gem , subsequently pushing him in front of a subway train . The gang members were arrested immediately , and escaped with her doll in which the gem was hidden . She also remembers that the required number , 815508 , is the number of her father 's grave at Hart Island and that her doll is placed beside him in the coffin . She explains that she had stowed away on a boat that was taking her father 's coffin for burial in 's field on Hart Island , where the gravediggers put the doll , named , inside . 
 and steal a boat to reach Hart Island . The gang members track them down and demand that give them the number they want . reveals the number and orders his companion to exhume her father 's coffin after releasing . He finds the doll and the gem hidden inside it . He then decides to kill and , but arrives before he can shoot them . 's companion is shot by , but manages to wound her . Taking advantage of the confusion , takes the gem from and throws it to a nearby excavation machine . goes to recover the gem , but triggers the mechanism which covers with earth , burying him alive . reunites with and , and invites to live with them .

On October 2 , 1988 , troubled teenager is woken up and beckoned outside by a mysterious voice . Once outside , he meets a figure in a monstrous rabbit costume who introduces himself as " " and tells the precise time the world will end : in 28 days , 6 hours , 42 minutes and 12 seconds . wakes up the next morning on the green of a local golf course and returns home to discover a jet engine has crashed into his bedroom . His older sister tells him the FAA investigators do not know its origin . 
 Over the next several days , continues to have visions of , and his parents and send him to psychotherapist Dr. . Dr. believes is detached from reality , and that his visions of are " daylight hallucinations , " symptomatic of paranoid schizophrenia . When asks if he believes in time travel , asks his science teacher Dr. about it . Dr. gives The Philosophy of Time Travel , a book written by , a former science teacher at the school who is now a seemingly senile old woman living outside of town . also starts seeing , who has recently moved into town with her mother under a new identity to escape her violent stepfather . 
 begins to influence 's actions , including causing him to flood his high school by breaking a water main . Gym teacher attributes the act of vandalism to the influence of the short story " The Destructors " , assigned by dedicated English teacher . begins teaching “ attitude lessons ” taken from local motivational speaker , but rebels against these , leading to friction between and . arranges for to speak at a school assembly , where insults him . later finds 's wallet and address , and suggests setting his house on fire . Firefighters discover a hoard of child pornography there , is arrested , and , who wishes to testify in his defense , asks to chaperone their daughters ’ dance troupe on its trip to Los Angeles . 
 With in Los Angeles and away for business , and hold a Halloween costume party to celebrate 's acceptance to Harvard . At the party , arrives distraught as her mother has gone missing , and she and make love for the first time . When realizes that 's prophesied end of the world is only hours away , he takes and two other friends to see . Instead of , they find two high school bullies , and , who were trying to rob 's home . , , and get into a fight in the road in front of her house , just as was returning home . An oncoming car swerves to avoid and runs over , killing her . The driver turns out to be 's boyfriend , , wearing the same rabbit costume from 's visions . shoots in the eye with his father 's gun , and walks home carrying ’s body . 
 returns home as a vortex forms over his house . He borrows one of his parent ’s cars , loads ’s body into it , and drives to a nearby ridge that overlooks town . There , he watches as the plane carrying and the dance troupe home from Los Angeles gets caught in the vortex ’s wake , which violently rips off one of its engines , and sends it back in time . Events of the previous 28 days unwind . wakes up in his bedroom , recognizes the date is October 2 , and laughs as the jet engine falls into his bedroom , crushing him . Around town , those whose lives would have touched wake up from troubled dreams . rides by the home the next morning , and learns of 's death . and exchange glances and wave as if they know each other , but can not remember where .

Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore, Mary McDonnell, Katharine Ross, Patrick Swayze, Noah Wyle

( ) is a successful investment banker who handles international accounts for a major New York City firm . discovers to his surprise that one of his biggest clients , a company from Mexico , is actually a front for a cartel of drug smugglers ; he realizes too late that he 's been framed for money laundering and the murder of two cops , and is now wanted by the FBI . 
 is soon approached by a CIA agent , who thinks 's relationship with the Mexican drug kingpins might prove useful , but when his local contact disappears , has to make his way to Mexico in order to save his skin and hopefully clear his name . Needing a new identity to get out of town and across the border , obtains a stolen passport — and soon learns the man whose name he 's using is in even deeper trouble with the law than himself . 
 With nowhere else to turn , asks streetwise hustler ( ) ( in reality , an undercover FBI agent ) to help him get out of town ; pretends to be , while will pose as a businessman like . However , finds out is n't the man he thought he was , and that his sticky situation is even more perilous and fraught with secrets than he imagined .

Lucky the dog ( voice of ) explains Dr. 's ( ) gift of talking to animals . Several years after the first film , 's work as a human and animal doctor has made him famous , and he often takes trips around the world to perform his skills there . One night , comes home from France and gives his wife a present from Paris . He also gives his daughter , ( ) , a chameleon named ( voice of ) . Also , 's ( ) sixteenth birthday is coming today , but she is also not doing well in her classes . As a punishment , takes her phone away . Later on , 's boyfriend , ( ) , comes over and decides to join the family at the birthday party . During all this , possum ( voice of ) and a raccoon , ( voice of ) , approach and tell him that their boss , the Godbeaver , wants to see him . The next day , meets the God beaver ( voice of ) , who shows him that the forest is being cut down . plans to save the forest by getting an endangered female Pacific western bear together with a male to save their species . 
 At a circus , attempts to get ( voice of ) , the surviving male member in his species , to go out into the forest to teach him to become a real bear . Reluctantly , he agrees but knows that does n't know what kind of bear he is and never acts as a real animal . Then , after taking his family on a vacation to the forest for the rest of the month , makes a deal with a female bear named ( voice of ) to not make any decisions for the month and promises to turn into someone she will love , despite the fact that she is involved with another male bear named ( voice of ) . 
 While he unsuccessfully trains , hires the local forest creatures to make an attempt to stop and from making out . But during the training , he ignores for the next few days . Then , tells that he will find a way to win 's heart . attempts to win over by dancing in their cabin , with every animal in the forest watching as dances with , and as the two attempt to embrace , Lucky accidentally blows it . attempts to get 's attention by singing her a song while imitating in a smooth voice and on a tree branch , but blows his attempt when he is too heavy for the branch to hold and he falls down . 
 refuses to come out of his new - found cave because of humiliating himself in front of . proclaims that it was hard but knows how hard it is when his wife grows mad at him . Frustrated with 's insults , hits , making him fall on a muddy hole , and he begins to listen to his " inner bear " . Later on , spends the rest of the day with , whose relationship with is n't doing very well . Meanwhile , attempts to win the affection of an attractive female wolf ( throughout the film , attempts to get her attention two times but both are unsuccessful ) . This attempt was successful as urinates around her territory and she is about to go out with him but one of her packmates came and finds urinating part of the pack 's territory and they leave , much to 's dismay . At the same time , is forced to leave by . 
 Afterwards , Mr. , the owner of two logging companies , attempts to make a deal with , and when arrives , he tells he has his " big finish " , knowing that he will win about telling him to listen to his " inner bear " . Back at the cabin , is beginning to hate living in the forest and is annoyed with her family talking to the animals , though does n't know what is bothering her . Meanwhile , goes after a bee hive on a fallen tree at the edge of a tall hill , and despite commands from and attacking bees to stop what he is doing before he falls off the hill , manages to get the hive , finally winning 's heart and the respect of all the other forest animals . 
 In a game of hide and seek with ( who dumps ) , is shot by a tranquilizer dart fired by Mr. 's apprentice . later learns that had somewhat destroyed the back of a restaurant in the woods . After getting information from a weasel ( voice of ) of what happened , visits in a jail and tells the bear that he may be too dangerous to be set free and is going to be sold to a Mexican circus , thus costing his chances of saving the forest . Then , realizes that has developed her father 's gift of talking to animals , though it has been in her for two weeks now , which reignites 's determination to save the forest . Later , holds a meeting for every animal in the forest to not give up without a fight , and everyone agrees to do it in order to free . The animals , led by , , and , rebel against the loggers , and every animal around the world goes on strikes in another effort to free . 
 Mr. and his apprentice are then attacked by some of the animals at the company , such as a swarm of rats , a fleet of pigeons , a pack of wolves , and Mr. 's apprentice is then attacked by the swarm of bees outside the building , while Mr. is cornered by and , thus forcing Mr. to start more negotiations with and the animals . When the animals refuse Mr. 's new deal to have twelve acres in their home , the strike keeps growing ( even animal pros , such as racing horses and jumping whales are getting on the act ) . Finally , a deal is made , which the and the animals accept , thus freeing from jail and saving the entire forest outside of San Francisco . 
 At the end , and become closer , both talking with and helping animals together , while and mate and have two cubs ( a boy and a girl ) .

Halfway through the ( fictionalized ) 2001 Champ Car season , rookie driver has already won 5 races . His brother / business manager seems more concerned with working out endorsement deals and press engagements than racing , putting tremendous pressure upon . His success has also drawn the ire of the reigning champion and series points leader , who believes he 's not doing as well as he should because of his fiancée becoming " a distraction " . He breaks up the engagement and he regains his winning ways . 
 As returns to form , 's paraplegic team owner is concerned that is making more driving errors . He sees parallels to his former driver and Champ Car Champion , , whom he convinces to come out of retirement to mentor . agrees and is brought in to replace 's teammate , . To complicate matters , 's ex - wife is now married to , the driver that replaced . Despite all this , and are still friends . 
 's comeback race is extremely close , with leading and a close second . ca n't seem to pull away from him so orders to pit and holds him there until the leaders are about to come by , despite 's protests . At the last second , leaves the pit just in time to block out , allowing to win the race . 's brother / manager takes a dislike to 's mentoring , implying that Joe should just act as a blocker . After the race , urges to reconcile with because she has started an illegal affair with , which is causing him to further lose his form on the track , resulting in crashing out in Japan . 
 At a party in Chicago , where the prototypes of next year 's cars are being introduced , gives her ring back , apologizes for his behavior towards her , and they reconcile , much to 's disappointment . apologizes to , but he is so angry and upset that he takes one of the new cars and races it out of the convention center . hops into another of the new cars and chases him down the streets of Chicago , eventually calming down and bringing him back to his senses after they stop driving . In the coming race in Germany , decides that bringing back is n't getting the results he wants , so he reinstates 's original teammate while making mentor from the pit lane . 
 In the next race , it 's another close one with and fighting it out for first . needs one more win to take the championship , and is instructed to block for , and keep out of his way . gets on the radio and convinces to go for the win , and , as a result , he collides with in a horrific crash that sends him flying through the air and crashing into a lake on the far end of the course . does a quick u - turn and drives his car to the lake and dives in after him . does the same and the two of them rescue just as a burning tree having caught fire in the crash collapses into the burning car igniting the fuel on top of the water and it explodes . This event causes to warm up to , soon telling him he 's a good man and that he 's sorry he did n't want to win the championship this way . 
 , angered by 's decision to stop and rescue instead of fighting on for the championship , argues with who was examining what 's left of 's car . He decides to replace with for the coming season and negotiates a deal with 's brother who will now represent Brandenburg . tries to get to sign the new contract but he rips it up and punches in the face for the way he treated her previously . With now hospitalized , is racing again as 's teammate . Initially , was barred from competing due to a foot injury he sustained while rescuing but finally decides to clear him for the race after passes 's strength test . 
 At the final race of the year in Detroit , and are contenders for the championship . In the final laps , has taken the lead but by avoiding an accident , goes flying through the air , landing safely but damaging his front suspension . He can no longer contend for the win and the two leaders pass him on the final lap . It 's neck and neck coming down to the finish . is starting to have a mental lapse , but then he hears 's words of wisdom and in a long slow motion sequence , we see beating by just a few inches as crosses in third while doing doughnuts in his now out of control car due to its damaged suspension breaking . is the new champion and he , and , celebrate together on the podium drinking champagne .

Sylvester Stallone, Burt Reynolds, Kip Pardue, Til Schweiger, Gina Gershon, Estella Warren

In 1942 , following the invasion of the Soviet Union the year before , ( ) , a shepherd from the Ural Mountains who is now a soldier in the Red Army , finds himself on the front lines of the Battle of Stalingrad . Forced into a suicidal charge by barrier troops against the invading Germans , he uses impressive marksmanship skills — taught to him at a young age by his grandfather — to save himself and commissar ( ) . 
 ( ) arrives in Stalingrad to coordinate the city 's defences and demands ideas to improve morale . , now a senior lieutenant , suggests that the people need figures to idolise and give them hope , and publishes tales of 's exploits in the army 's newspaper that paint him as a national hero and propaganda icon . is transferred to the sniper division , and he and become friends . They also both become romantically interested in ( ) , a citizen of Stalingrad who has become a private in the local militia . has her transferred to an intelligence unit away from the battlefield . 
 With the Soviet snipers taking an increasing toll on the German forces , German Major ( ) is deployed to Stalingrad to take out and thus crush Soviet morale . A renowned marksman and head of the German Army sniper school at Zossen , he lures into a trap and kills two of his fellow snipers , but manages to escape . When the Red Army command learns of 's mission , they dispatch 's former student ( ) to help kill him . , however , outmaneuvers and kills him with a very skillful shot , shaking 's spirits considerably . pressures to bring the sniper standoff to a conclusion . 
 , a young Soviet boy , volunteers to act as a double agent by passing false information about 's whereabouts , thus giving a chance to ambush the major . sets a trap for and manages to wound him , but during a second attempt falls asleep after many sleepless hours and his sniper log is stolen by a looting German soldier . The German command takes the log as evidence of 's death and plans to send home , but does not believe is dead . The commanding German general takes 's dog tags to prevent Russian propaganda from profiting if is killed . also gives the general a War Merit Cross that was posthumously awarded to 's son , who as a lieutenant in the 116th infantry division was killed in the early days of the Battle for Stalingrad . tells where will be next , suspecting that the boy will tell . and have meanwhile fallen in love and have sex in the Russian barracks at night . The jealous disparages in a letter to his superiors . 
 spots and waiting for him at his next ambush spot , confirming his suspicions about . He then kills the boy and hangs his body off a pole to bait . vows to kill , and sends and to evacuate 's mother ( ) from the city , but is wounded by shrapnel en route to the evacuation boats . Thinking she is dead , regrets his jealousy of and expresses disenchantment over his previous ardency for the Communist cause . Finding waiting to ambush , intentionally exposes himself in order to provoke into shooting him and revealing his hidden position . Thinking that he has killed , goes to inspect the body , but realizes too late that he has fallen into a trap and is in 's sights . He turns to face and takes off his hat , after which kills him . Two months later , after Stalingrad has been liberated and the German forces have surrendered , finds recovering in a field hospital .

( ) , a trainee firefighter practicing in a shack in the desert near Glen Canyon , Arizona , sees a meteor strike his car and land in an underground cavern . College professor ( ) and his colleague , geology Professor ( ) , investigate , taking a sample of strange blue liquid that oozes from it . discovers that it harbors extraterrestrial single - celled nitrogen - based organisms multiplying exponentially , condensing millions of years of evolution within a matter of hours . The next day , they take the science class to survey the meteor site and find it already surrounded by evolved oxygen - converting fungi and alien flatworms . and discover that the cells and organisms reproduce rapidly through mitosis after seeing one of the flatworms they collected in a jar split into two . 
 Soon , the site is sealed off by the Army , who set up a base . and take General ( ) and the clumsy Dr. ( ) to court for the right to be part of the research of their discovery , but their efforts fail when it 's revealed was discharged from the army after creating an anthrax vaccine that led to terribly debilitating side effects , which the soldiers dubbed " The Kane Madness " . steals and 's research , forcing them to infiltrate the base to get another sample ; they find an alien rainforest teeming with life . They are caught by as a mosquito - like alien gets inside 's body ; they are forced to rectally remove the mosquito , which then dies . 
 arrives at the college and shows the two the dead body of an amphibian alien which killed a country club owner , much to his delight ; they later investigate an animal attack , finding a dead dog - like alien in a woman 's home and more dead flatworms . They find a valley behind the home filled with dead flying dinosaur - like aliens ; and theorize the aliens are spreading through the caves connected to the main cavern , but ca n't breathe oxygen . One of the dying creatures spits out a pod containing a newborn , which then hatches into an oxygen - tolerant alien . The alien attacks a mall , where it carries off a shoplifter until , , and shoot it down . 
 Unfortunately , other alien encounters have made the news ; this forces the Governor of Arizona ( ) to demand answers . explains the aliens will engulf the United States in two months . attempts to blame , when he , and arrive . However , the governor demands a solution ; suggests evacuating the area and burn the aliens with napalm . At that moment , primate - like aliens attack them , but are fought off . The shaken governor approves 's plan against protests from and that they do n't know how the aliens will react . quits the CDC and leaves the site , procuring 's original research and samples for him . 
 At the college , accidentally tosses a match into a petri dish of alien liquid , causing a mass of flesh to rapidly grow from it . realizes heat causes the aliens to evolve , and the meteor crashing to earth activated the alien DNA . attempts to warn that napalm will only make the aliens stronger , but he ignores her call . Looking at the positions of nitrogen and carbon on the periodic table , theorizes selenium might be poisonous to the aliens , since they are nitrogen - based , as arsenic is poisonous to Earth 's carbon life . Much to 's surprise , his dumbest students and ( and ) recall selenium sulfide is the active ingredient in Head & Shoulders . This makes award the brothers with an A , much to their excitement . So procures a firetruck and the team fills it with the shampoo , with help from the Donald Brothers , who tag along with them . 
 Just as the team arrives at the cave and prepare to fire the shampoo , 's napalm strike causes a similar reaction to the earlier petri dish incident , except on a much larger scale , producing an enormous amoeba - like creature that emerges to the surface . As it prepares to divide , the team drives under the organism , finds what looks like its rectal hole , and ( intending to settle a score for the insect incident ) pumps a firehose of shampoo into the beast , causing it to explode . Governor declares , , and heroes , making a fully credentialed firefighter while and skip the festivities for romance in the fire truck . is also demoted to sergeant for his blunder . Later , , and are shown chasing the flying alien from earlier and promoting Head & Shoulders for both hair care and fighting aliens .

David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, Julianne Moore

( ) is a cop in Detroit 's 21st precinct , who saves the Vice President of the United States ( ) from a right - wing Michigan militant group trying to kill him . As saved the Vice President 's life by disobeying orders and killing all the militants , Captain ( ) , who is also a long - time friend of , is forced to fire , but still tells him to talk with police chief ( ) who dislikes ( because gives the police a bad name by disobeying orders ) and has repeatedly tried to fire him , only for to be returned to duty by his friends in the trade union . Despite once again being returned to duty , transfers to the 15th precinct — Detroit 's arguably worst police precinct . 
 's new captain , former internal affairs officer ( ) , knows of his reputation , and she tells him that she will not tolerate it . sends to an anger management class , where he meets ( ) , the high - strung host of a local talk show called Detroit AM . While driving , comes across local drug dealer ( ) and his fast - talking sidekick ( ) doing a shady deal with a man named ( ) . After a brief fight , and Johnson escape , while arrests and discovers to his surprise that is a cop who has been working undercover trying to nail and . The incident has ruined the sting , which does not sit well with 's musclebound partner ( ) . 
 Sergeant ( ) — one of the most decent and respected cops from the precinct — steps in to cool things down when gets in a fight with . After stumbles upon the theft of $ 5,000,000 worth of heroin from evidence storage , and his new partner ( ) begin focusing their efforts on and Intrigued by what little they have on , they investigate why he has been visiting ( ) . discovers that is not a drug dealer ; instead he is a computer expert and billionaire whose real name is — he is brother . 
 While driving , is suddenly hit by a van and is captured by , and fellow cop / accomplice ( ) . While they are driving , takes out a syringe , filled with lethal poison and tries to kill . , however struggles with and causes him to inject the poison in the van driver 's neck , killing him . After beats up and , tries to shoot , however kicks to the edge of the van , causing him to get crushed by another car , killing him as well . and manage to jump out of the van and himself manages to escape as well before the van crashes . 
 Angered because of the attempt on his life , confronts , who explains that a group of corrupt cops needed a fall guy for a deal gone bad and pinned it on . It is further revealed that himself is the leader of the group , which includes , and formerly . and his friend ( ) have been videotaping the activities of 's gang , hoping that it might help prove 's innocence and get him out of jail . 
 meets at a parking lot to inform her what he has uncovered . However , , , and some other corrupt cops who were sent by try to kill and . is killed in the chase and escapes . Boyd calls and tells him that , and will be having a meeting at a warehouse , in about an hour , to sell the stolen heroin . plans to sell it to and , not knowing that is working against him . promises that he will be there with some backup . 
 and show up , however with no backup as did not know who to trust . They enter the warehouse just in time as the deal goes sour because of bringing only half of the money as insurance and revealing that he knows about 's true identity . Although and confront the group , is n't moved and calmly tells to keep under control and realizes that it is who is behind everything . reveals that the reason he became corrupt was because he felt that his annual 40,000 dollar salary was n't enough because he risked his life everyday and he is about to shoot ( to prove to a taunting that the entire operation is his ) when blows open the door and barges in with backup , including some non - corrupt cops and and a shootout ensues . 
 During the gunfight , is shot in the back ( but survives due to wearing a bulletproof vest ) by , who is about to finish off , but comes just in the nick of time and guns him down . unsuccessfully tries to escape and shoots him four times with a shotgun . After taking out most of the corrupt cops , decides to go after , while decides to go after . However , reaches and the two fight with cloth guillotines , after which grabs 's case full of money and runs up to the roof , where a helicopter is waiting for him . As the helicopter is taking off with hanging on to the ladder , manages to hook the bottom of it onto a metal pipe protruding from the roof . This causes the ladder to break and to fall from the helicopter , who lands upon another metal pipe that impales and kills him . finds and the two start a brutal fight . gets the upper hand in his fight with , after he damages 's vision with clothing dye powder . However , eventually wins the fight after he stabs in the leg with a knife and kills him by stabbing him in the neck with a spike on a weight rack . 
 At dawn , gives the videotape that proves the corruption , hoping that the tape will help prove 's innocence . thinks that the courts will not care about the tape , so had released from county about an hour before . decides to stay with the 15th precinct with as his partner , and becomes 's television co - host .

In 2065 , Earth is infested by alien life forms known as Phantoms . By physical contact Phantoms consume the Gaia spirit of living beings , killing them instantly , though a minor contact may only result in an infection . The surviving humans live in " barrier cities " , areas protected by an energy shield that prevents Phantoms from entering , and are engaged in an ongoing struggle to free the planet . After being infected by a Phantom during one of her experiments , ( ) and her mentor , Doctor ( ) , uncover a means of defeating the Phantoms by gathering eight spirit signatures that , when joined , can negate the Phantoms . is searching for the sixth spirit in the ruins of New York City when she is cornered by Phantoms but is rescued by ( ) and his squad " Deep Eyes " , consisting of ( ) , ( ) and ( ) . It is revealed that was once romantically involved with . 
 Upon returning to her barrier city , joins and appears before the leadership council along with General ( ) , who is determined to use the powerful Zeus space cannon to destroy the Phantoms . is concerned the cannon will damage Earth 's Gaia ( a spirit representing its ecosystem ) and delays the use of it by revealing that she has been infected and the collected spirit signatures are keeping her infection stable , convincing the council that there may be another way to defeat the Phantoms . However , this revelation leads to incorrectly conclude that she is being controlled by the Phantoms . and the Deep Eyes squad succeed in finding the seventh spirit as 's infection begins to worsen and she slips into unconsciousness . Her dream reveals to her that the Phantoms are the spirits of dead aliens brought to Earth on a fragment of their destroyed planet . uses the seventh spirit to bring 's infection back under control , reviving her . 
 To scare the council into giving him clearance to fire the Zeus cannon , lowers part of the barrier shield protecting the city . Though intended that only a few Phantoms enter , his plan goes awry and legions of Phantoms invade the entire city . , and the Deep Eyes attempt to reach 's spaceship , their means of escape , but , and are killed by Phantoms . escapes and boards the Zeus space - station where he finally receives authorisation to fire the cannon . 
 finds the eighth spirit at the crater site of the alien asteroid 's impact on Earth . He lowers a shielded vehicle , with and aboard , into the crater to locate the final spirit . Just before they can reach it , fires the Zeus cannon into the crater , not only destroying the eighth spirit but also revealing the Phantom Gaia . has a vision of the Phantom home planet , where she is able to receive the eighth spirit from the alien particles in herself . When awakens , she and combine it with the other seven . continues to fire the Zeus cannon despite overheating warnings and unintentionally destroys the cannon and himself . sacrifices himself as a medium needed to physically transmit the completed spirit into the alien Gaia . The Earth 's Gaia is returned to normal as the Phantoms ascend into space , finally at peace . is pulled from the crater holding 's body , and is seen looking into the newly liberated world .

Ming-Na, Alec Baldwin, James Woods, Donald Sutherland, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Peri Gilpin

( ) visits FBI Agent ( ) claiming that his brother is the " God 's Hand " serial killer has been hunting . says has committed suicide , prompting to fulfill a promise to bury in a public rose garden in their hometown of Thurman . He begins to tell about the boys ' childhood and suggests that the bodies of the God 's Hand victims are buried in that rose garden . continues telling Doyle his story as the two drive to Thurman . 
 In the summer of 1979 , when the brothers ( and ) were children , their father ( ) told them that he 'd been visited by an angel and tasked by God with destroying demons disguised as human beings . He explains that this mission is now the responsibility of the three of them and must be kept secret from all others . The father 's modus operandi is to wait for the angel to give him a list of names of those who must be destroyed . He then abducts an individual from the list , takes them to the family home and , with his sons present , touches them , which , he says , grants him a vision of the crimes the demon has committed . He then finishes the victim with an ax and buries the body in the rose garden . 
 believes in their father 's mission and says that he sees the same visions of the demons ' crimes that their father sees . Although he goes along out of fear , does n't believe ; he is convinced that their father is psychotic and has brainwashed . Eventually , tries to stop the crimes by telling Sheriff ( ) what has happened . visits , and insists that he search their storm cellar . The father ambushes and kills , and is distraught at having been made to kill someone for what he believes is the first time . 
 The father blames for revealing their mission and thus forcing him to kill the sheriff . He further implies that the angel has told him something about he does n't want to believe . To cure 's apparent lack of faith , he locks in the root cellar hoping will have a divine revelation . After many days of starvation , tells his father that he has indeed seen and is ready to take his place in the mission . 
 Upon the next abduction , is given the ax to deliver the death blow , but at the last second kills his father instead . As moves to free the hostage , takes up the ax and kills him first . The two boys bury the bodies in the rose garden . asks to bury him in the rose garden , too , should ever " destroy " . 
 is puzzled by his phrasing , thinking that is taking him to bury in the garden , not the other way around . " " then reveals to that he is in fact and that he has destroyed the real , who grew up to become the God 's Hand serial killer . Flashbacks reveal that did in fact share his father 's visions of those they abducted committing horrific crimes , just as he 'd always claimed ( whereas did not ; as such , always feared that was a demon ) . When touches , a new vision reveals that had murdered his own mother . asks , " How did you know ? " and tells a dazed that 's name was given to him on the list of demons to be destroyed . tries to protect himself by reminding that people at the office saw him , but just declares that God will protect him , then strikes down with the ax . 
 Those who saw ( posing as then ) at the FBI office inexplicably remember nothing about his appearance . In the surveillance videotapes his face is obscured by static . The investigation then proceeds as predicted : FBI agents raid the real 's home and discover evidence of his crimes , as well Agent 's badge ( which was planted by ) . 
 Agent ( ) visits Enid County Sheriff -- -- to deliver the news about . Agent does n't recognize , even though Agent was one of the people who saw him at the FBI office the night before . Shaking 's hand before he takes his leave , tells him he 's " a good man , " indicating he 's seen that has not committed any crimes . He departs , telling his pregnant wife that " God 's will has been served . "

Unemployed 28 - year - old cartoonist leaves his parents ' home in Portland , Oregon , to pursue his lifelong ambition of obtaining a contract for an animated television series . His parents give him a car in which he drives to Los Angeles and starts work at a cheese sandwich factory . shows his drawings to , the CEO of a major animation studio ; tells him that the artwork is not bad , but that the concepts depicted , including a vigilante " X - Ray Cat " , are nonsensical . Disheartened , quits his job and returns to his parents . 
 's father constantly insults and belittles him following his return , telling him to forget about being an animator and " get a job " . When pressures his friend into skating on a wooden half - pipe he has built outside the home , falls and breaks his leg . At the hospital impersonates a doctor , delivers a baby , and meets an attractive wheelchair - bound nurse — , who has an obsessive penchant for fellatio and an ambition to create a rocket - powered wheelchair . also disparages . After a heated display , smashes 's half - pipe , and and his parents go to a family therapy session . There , falsely accuses of " fingering " 's younger brother , . The 25 - year - old is sent to a home for sexually molested children while 's mother leaves , and ends up dating the basketball player . While in a drunken stupor , tells how much of a disappointment he is to him . Affected by 's words , decides to abandon his aspirations to be a cartoonist and gets a job at a local sandwich shop . 
 After seeing a television news report on 's successful rocket - powered wheelchair , is inspired to pursue his dreams once again . He returns to Hollywood with a concept based on his relationship with his father : an animated series called Zebras in America . While is pitching this to , bursts in and trashes 's office . Thinking 's actions are part of 's pitch , greenlights in America and gives a million - dollar check . spends a quarter of that money to thank elaborately for inspiring him , and the remainder to relocate the house to Pakistan with his father inside , unconscious — a response to 's earlier put - down that " If this were Pakistan , you would have been sewing soccer balls when you were four years old ! " 
 and soon come to terms , but are then abducted and held hostage . The kidnapping becomes a news item , as 's series has already become popular . After 18 months in captivity , and return to America , where a huge crowd welcomes them home .

Tom Green, Rip Torn, Harland Williams, Marisa Coughlan, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Julie Hagerty

In 1888 , ( ) and her small group of London prostitutes trudge through unrelenting daily misery . When their friend ( ) is kidnapped , they are drawn into a conspiracy with links to high society . The kidnapping is followed by the gruesome murder of another woman , ( ) ; and it becomes apparent that they are being hunted down one by one as prostitutes are murdered and mutilated post - mortem . 
 The murder of and her companions grabs the attention of Whitechapel Police Inspector ( ) , a brilliant , yet troubled , man whose police work is often aided by his psychic " visions . " His colleague , Sergeant ( ) , tries to grasp his friend 's wild theories . 's investigations reveal that the murders , while gruesome , imply that an educated person is responsible due to the precise and almost surgical method used . is found a few days later in a workhouse having been lobotomized after officials and doctors supposedly found her to be insane , though it is implied this was done to silence her . 
 consults Sir ( ) , a physician to the Royal Family , drawing on his experience and knowledge of medicine . During this meeting , it is revealed is struggling with opium addiction . 's findings , coupled with his superiors impeding his investigations , point to a darker and more organized conspiracy than he originally thought . becomes deeply involved with the case , which takes on personal meaning to him when he and begin to fall in love . 
 deduces that influence is definitely present in these crimes . His superior , a high ranking Freemason himself , then makes direct intervention and suspends . It is then revealed that is the killer . He has been killing the witnesses to painter ( ) 's forbidden Catholic marriage to , who bore his legitimate daughter , . is actually Prince , grandson of reigning Queen ( ) , and therefore is heiress to the British throne . tells that " mankind will remember him for giving birth to the 20th century . " draws his gun , vowing that will never see the 20th century , but before he is able to shoot , he is knocked out by , another Freemason . 
 The Freemasons try to have eliminated without leaving any witnesses , but fights back and kills two of the assassins by overturning a carriage . himself is a Freemason and his increasingly sinister behavior lends an insight into his murderous , but calculated , mind . Rather than publicly charge , the Freemasons decide to lobotomize him to protect themselves and the Royal Family from the scandal . defiantly states he has no equal among men , remaining unrepentant up to his lobotomy , resulting in him becoming invalid just as had been . 
 tries to save , but arrives too late , and blames his superior for not helping him or on the cases . does nothing but watch 's mutilated body being taken away . receives a mysterious letter , which he soon realizes is from , but he decides not to look for her as a way to offer her protection , as the Freemasons may be watching his every move . decides to burn the letter , knowing that he can never have a normal life . 
 was not killed ; mistook , whom said was from France ( but is from Brussels in Belgium ) , for and he killed her instead . lives with as her daughter in a cottage on a cliff by the sea . is found dead of an opium overdose , knowing he can never see again without endangering her . Sergeant comes to pay his respects for the Inspector .

Best friends and face the summer after their high school graduation . The girls are social outcasts , but is more popular with boys than . 's diploma is withheld on the condition that she attend a remedial art class . Even though she is a talented artist , her art teacher , , believes that art must be socially meaningful and dismisses 's sketches as nothing more than " light entertainment " . 
 The girls see a personal ad in which a lonely , middle - aged man named asks a woman he met recently to contact him . makes a prank phone call to , pretending to be the woman and inviting him to meet her at a diner . The two girls and their friend , , secretly watch at the diner and make fun of him . soon begins to feel sympathy for , and they follow him to his apartment building . Later they find him selling vintage records in a garage sale . buys an old blues album from him , and they become friends . She decides to try to find women for him to date . 
 has meanwhile been attending her remedial art class , and she persuades to lend her an old poster depicting a grotesquely caricatured black man , which was once used as a promotional tool by Coon Chicken Inn , the fried chicken franchise now known as Cook 's Chicken , where works as a manager . presents the poster in class as a social comment about racism , and is so impressed with the concept that she offers a scholarship to an art college . 
 receives a phone call from , the intended recipient of his personal ad . encourages him to pursue a relationship with , but she becomes unexpectedly jealous when he does so . 
 and 's lives start to diverge . While has been spending time with , has found a job at a coffee shop and has become more interested in clothing and boys . also finds a job so she can afford to rent an apartment with , but she is fired after only one day . The girls argue , and abandons the idea of living with . 
 At the end of the summer , and 's lives fall apart . When 's poster is displayed in an art show , school officials find it so offensive they force to give her a failing grade and revoke the scholarship . turns to for solace , resulting in a drunken one - night stand . breaks up with , and is called to account at work when the Coon Chicken poster is publicized in a local newspaper . He unsuccessfully tries to contact , only for to tell him about 's prank phone call , describing the way they mocked him at the diner . is upset and ends up in a violent confrontation with , resulting in his being injured and hospitalized . visits him in an effort to apologize , causing him to realize that he has no chance of any kind of future with her . 
 gives in to her childhood fantasy of running away from home and disappearing . She has seen an old man , , continually waiting at an out - of - service bus stop for a bus that will never come . Finally , as watches from across the street , boards an out - of - service bus . The next day , while discusses the summer 's events with his therapist , returns to the bus stop and boards the out - of - service bus when it arrives .

Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Brad Renfro, Illeana Douglas, Steve Buscemi

Set in the second half of the 22nd century , Mars has been 84 % terraformed , allowing humans to walk on the surface without pressure suits . Martian society has become matriarchal , with women in most positions of authority . The story concerns police officer ( ) , who is sent to a remote mining outpost to transport prisoner ( ) . Arriving at the remote mining town , finds all of the people missing . She learns that they had discovered an underground doorway created by an ancient Martian civilization . When the door was opened it released disembodied spirits or " ghosts " , which took possession of the miners . 
 The possessed miners commit horrific acts of death and destruction , along with self - mutilation . When team leader ( ) is murdered , must assume command , fight off the possessed miners , escape the town and hopefully destroy the ghosts . Unfortunately , killing a possessed human merely releases the Martian spirit to possess another human . The team eventually decides to blow up a nuclear reactor to vaporize all of the ghosts . 
 's crew , along with survivors who gathered in the jail , are eventually wiped out by the miners . At one point , is nearly possessed , but resists when she is given a drug and discovers that the spirits are attacking them as they believe that the humans are invaders and plan to exterminate the humans on Mars ( it is presumed that the spirits are unaware of the fact that martian life has died out ) . Only and are left after Sergeant and the other officers , along with the two train operators , are killed when they try to finish the fight by causing the settlement 's nuclear powerplant to go critical , turning it into a small atomic bomb . Not wanting to be blamed for the massacre , handcuffs to her cot and escapes from the train . Returning home , delivers her report , which her superiors refuse to believe . While recuperates in the hospital , the released spirits , unharmed from the nuclear explosion , attack the city . and are going to fight to stay alive .

In the 1970s , is a performer at a nightclub . tries to rouse the crowd with her torch song , " Lillie 's Blues " , with her daughter accompanying her on vocals . The plot fails and is fired . feels defeated and lights a cigarette , accidentally falls asleep with it and starts a fire , causing the building to be evacuated . Due to her mother 's actions , is fostered . 
 Years later , in 1983 , the adult is a club dancer along with her foster - care friends and . They meet , who offers a contract as backup singers and dancers to the singer and the three are contracted . Later at a nightclub hosted by , debuts " All My Life " . discovers that is the real singer of the song , as a means to cover up 's absymal singing ability . Impressed , he wishes to produce her but raises concerns about her contract with and he eventually agrees on the provision that pays him $ 100,000 . 
 and start working on songs . Ultimately they sign with of a major record label . With success in their hands , he asks her up to his apartment and they sleep together . 's first major single , " Loverboy " is a success . is called to perform at an awards , where she meets singer . gets a threat from concerning the debt that failed to pay . , upset about how lied about her contract and his arrest , argues with and leaves him . Following the break - up , collaborates with several songwriters , including , with whom she makes another hit single , " Want You " , and her debut album becomes a massive success . 
 begins writing a song on her own , due to her emotional pain . also misses , and also begins writing a song . goes to 's apartment to reconcile with him but discovers he is not home . discovers that the music he has written , and realizes they wrote the same song : " Never Too Far " . , upon seeing her lipstick prints on his music sheet , plans a reconciliation , but is shot dead by . Before playing at Madison Square Garden , sees the news report of 's death , and onstage after , commands the band to stop playing " Loverboy . " She tells the audience , " Everybody out there , do n't ever take anybody ... for granted . " , and she then starts to sing " Never Too Far " . Afterwords , reads a note had left her , where he tells her that he has found . 's limo takes her to the secluded rural property where she is reunited with her mother once again .

In November 1932 , the wealthy industrialist Sir ( ) , his wife , Lady ( ) , and their daughter , ( ) , are to have a weekend shooting party at their country estate , Gosford Park . The guests are predominately their relations . When they arrive they enter through the front door and make small talk at tea , while their help are directed by the head housekeeper , Mrs ( ) , to their room assignments . Mrs notices the valet ( ) , who was raised in an orphanage . takes an interest in lady 's maid ( ) . The head housemaid , ( ) , guides through the gathering . 
 After supper , a silver carving knife is found to have gone missing . Lady has an assignation with valet ( ) . 
 The next morning , the men go on a pheasant shoot , and a stray shot hits Sir 's ear . The ladies join the men for a shooting lunch where Commander ( ) pleads with Sir not to back out of a business scheme . 
 Before dinner , , Countess of Trentham ( ) , is told by Lady , while dressing for dinner that Sir may stop her allowance . At dinner , Lady states that Sir was a First World War profiteer . blurts out her support for Sir , referring to him as ' ' ; the room goes silent and rushes from the room . Sir abruptly leaves the dining room for the library . Mrs brings him coffee ; he wants whisky ; he is irritated when he drinks the whisky . 
 In the drawing room , actor ( ) plays the piano to lighten the atmosphere . Sir sits in the library slumped in his chair and someone wearing the trousers of a valet or butler stabs him . , Lady ( ) goes to the library ; her screams alarm the house . 
 Bumbling Inspector ( ) and competent Constable ( ) arrive to investigate the murder . No - one is permitted to leave the house . calls attention to the lack of blood from the stab wound . , the valet of American film producer ( ) , confesses that he is in fact an actor researching a role for an upcoming film . Later , he again visits Lady . 
 The following morning , staff gossip that Sir was not only stabbed but also poisoned . The head cook , Mrs. ( ) shares with the kitchen staff that Sir was known for seducing the female workers in his factories . If a woman became pregnant , Sir offered two choices : keep the baby and lose your job , or give the baby up and keep your job . Those who gave up their babies were told that the adoptions were being arranged with good families . In reality , Sir paid orphanages to take the babies . 
 Later that night , Inspector releases the guests . He never interviews the staff . 
 tells that Sir was his father , that a son can hate his father , and that he did not poison Sir . tells that then he did not kill Sir because he was already dead and anyone should know if they stab a dead body . says that he does not know and does not care if he killed Sir . 
 The following morning , Lady and Lady , in the presence of , are talking about the sisters Mrs and Mrs . Lady says that Mrs was earlier known by the name , or . Mrs tells that she will never tell that they are related : the mark of a good servant is anticipation , that it is not a crime to stab a dead man , and the important thing is that authorities can never touch . 
 In private , Mrs grieves the loss of never knowing her son , and Mrs acknowledges that what matters is that he is alive . 
 The last guests , Lady and the , depart .

Michael Gambon, Kristin Scott Thomas, Maggie Smith, Helen Mirren, Alan Bates, Bob Balaban, Clive Owen

( ) is a gambler who secretly bets $ 6,000 on his ( dead ) father 's account and is now severely in debt with two bookies . In order to repay the debts , he is told by a corporate friend that he must coach a baseball team of troubled fifth grade kids from Chicago 's ABLA housing projects in exchange for $ 500 each week , for ten weeks . 
 Worried only about getting his $ 500 check , shows up at the baseball field to a rag tag bunch of trash - talking , street - wise , inner city kids who live in the projects , where people have to sit on the floor in their apartments to avoid stray bullets . 's efforts are hindered from the onset by the fact that he does not have nine kids to make up the team — one kid , having altered his birth certificate to be younger and another , " G - Baby " ( ) , who is far too young to play . The kids tell it is because their teacher , ( ) , is making several boys finish a book report . visits the teacher , but his life is threatened repeatedly by his bookies for not paying his gambling debts . He is visited by the mother of three boys that are allowed to play in exchange for his tutoring them . 
 works to get the team to support each other and stop trash - talking each other 's bad plays ; but the team nevertheless , loses its first game 16–1 , which fosters hostility between the players . brings them together by buying them pizza ( trading sports tickets for the pizza ) and leads the team to win their second game 9–3 . The team starts to come together as tries to kindle a romance with Wilkes . 
 risks everything and makes a $ 12,000 bet with a new bookie to cover the $ 12,000 debt he owes to the other bookies . His stress , already high from his gambling debts , runs higher at the baseball field because one of his players is pulled from playing after a competing coach questions the boy 's age . takes offense to the league president 's threat to be removed , after he voices his objection to his team having to wear ratty T - shirts while the other teams have full uniforms . In protest , he announces it was his last game which draws dissension and resentment from his players . 
 barely wins his $ 12,000 bet , pays off all his debts , and is pressured into making another bet for $ 24,000 using his $ 12,000 winnings . connects with the kids and finds it harder to leave than he thought it would . He surprises them with second row seats ( behind dugout ) to a major league game . He stops gambling ; his relationship with grows ; he gets new uniforms for the players ( sponsored by one of his bookies ) ; and he assumes a fatherly role in leading the team to the championship game ( called , " going to the ship " by the boys ) . 
 Just after drops the kids at home after winning the pre - championship game , is struck and killed by a stray bullet . wants to forfeit the game , but older brother rallies the team together .

The story concerns Harvard student , the point guard of the Harvard basketball team . When his parents ' house is destroyed by a tornado , is desperate for $ 100,000 to replace their home . He is approached by his girlfriend , whose father is an organized crime boss . convinces to throw a game for the money . She tells that her father is behind the deal , but actually she goes to her father 's associate , , and 's assistant , for funding . What she does not know is that and are undercover FBI agents . 
 throws the game , gives his parents the money , and then undergoes a psychedelic experience after he ingests a big dose of LSD , 15,000 micrograms . There follows a long stretch of the film during which morphing special effects demonstrate 's altered state as he is pursued by , while is collared by . 
 Just when it looks like a toss - up as to what will prove his downfall first , the bad trip , the FBI , or the mob , 's other girlfriend ( who is also his philosophy lecturer ) , ( played by ) , saves the day . Not only does she get to a doctor who can bring him back to sobriety , she reveals that she is in a sexual threesome with and . Once he gets some photographic evidence for blackmail , is extricated from his problems .

Hearts in Atlantis tells the story of , a middle - aged man recollecting his past , in particular the summer when he was eleven years old . During that summer , he and his two friends , and , experienced many things together , the most mysterious of which was meeting an older gentleman named . 
 lives with his single mother , the self - centered , who takes in as a boarder . takes the lonely under his wing , while his mother is busy with her job   —   including entertaining her boss as a way of paying off debt supposedly left by 's late father . The two form a paternal father - son bond , and it slowly becomes evident that has some psychic and telekinetic powers . These same powers are the reason that has come to this sleepy town . In due course entrusts with the knowledge that he has escaped the grasp of the " Low Men " , strange people who would stop at nothing to get him back in their control . 
 After reading 's mind and realizing that the boy dreams of owning a bicycle ; kindly offers $ 1 a week in exchange for his reading a newspaper out aloud . quickly figures out that has some other purpose in mind . Mysteriously , asks to keep an eye on the neighborhood looking for any signs of the " low men " , like announcements about missing pets . sees one , but does not tell , afraid to lose his new friend . 
 , and have frequent conflicts with the local town bully , , whom is able to scare away by looking into his mind and finding out that his violence is used to cover up the fact that he is secretly a cross - dresser . However , at one point , hurts , and when manipulates her dislocated shoulder into place , arrives , after being raped by her boss , and mistakenly believes that is a child molester . She is confronted by 's ability to tell her the truth about what she has been through , and how her behavior is affecting her relationship with her son , providing another reason that must leave . That and the " low men " are closing in on him . 
 is eventually captured with the help of a tip from . As some form of closure , yells to as he is being driven away that he would n't have missed a moment " not for all the world " , and later mirrors the same feelings . is later confronted by but grabs the latter 's baseball bat and beats him with it . later finds a new job in Boston and moves the family there . Before he leaves , and say their goodbyes and share a final kiss . 
 At the end of the film , a grown up ( who has travelled back to attend 's funeral ) meets a young girl named , who turns out to be 's daughter . produces a picture of a young ( who died in recent years ) and gives it to to keep .

is an East German " slip of a girly boy " who loves rock music , and is stuck in East Berlin until he meets Sergeant , an American soldier . proposes marriage to , this plan will allow to leave communist East Germany for the capitalist West . However , in order to be married , the couple must consist of a man and a woman and according to , there will be " a full physical examination . " 's mother , , gives her child her name and passport and finds a doctor to perform a sex change . The operation is botched , however , leaving – now – with a dysfunctional one - inch mound of flesh between her legs , the eponymous " Angry Inch " . 
 goes to live in Junction City , Kansas as 's wife . On their first wedding anniversary , leaves for a man . That same day , it is announced that the Berlin Wall has fallen and East Germans are flooding freely into the West , meaning as material gains go , 's sacrifices have been for nothing . recovers from the separation by picking up some " odd jobs " and returning to her " first love " of music by forming a rock band composed of Korean - born Army wives . Babysitting for " the commander of the nearby fort , " she befriends — a shy and misunderstood teenager questioning his Christian upbringing . For six months , she teaches him " rock history , lyrics , grooming , and vocal training " taking him from playing the occasional guitar masses to the two of them " out - grossing monster trucks in Wichita . " gives him the stage name " Tommy Gnosis " ( stating that is the Greek word for " knowledge " ) for his graduation . Feeling her " inch , " leaves her and goes on to become a wildly successful rock star by stealing the songs wrote alone and with him during the time they collaborated . 
 The " internationally ignored " and her band , the Angry Inch ( now composed of Eastern Europeans including her husband , ) , are forced to support themselves by playing in a chain of failing seafood restaurants called Bilgewater 's and other small venues . is following 's tour while pursuing a copyright lawsuit . In between songs , she reflects on her life story through flashbacks and stories told directly to either disinterested restaurant patrons or her small , but loyal group of fans . 
 Throughout the film , refers to ' speech in Plato 's Symposium . This myth , retold by in the song " The Origin of Love " , explains that human beings were once round , two - faced , four - armed , and four - legged beings . Angry gods split these early humans in two , leaving the separated people with a lifelong yearning for their other half . 
 Near the end of the film , is down and out , her band and her manager having abandoned her in disgust after she tears up 's passport . While working as a streetwalker , she finally reunites with and they reconcile . After the two of them accidentally drive 's limo into a News truck , paparazzi burst onto the scene , becomes famous and Gnosis ' popularity tanks . Reunited with her band , performs at Times Square Bilgewater 's culminating in a violent removal of her drag . 
 Entering the final chapter of the film , it seems to take place in a non - real space , perhaps 's mind . Now in male form , discovers herself alone in front of on a huge stage . He sings to her , pleading forgiveness and saying goodbye ; she realizes that she created her " other half " from within herself . then finds herself back at Times Square Bilgewater 's , but the space seems transformed , with ambient white lighting . The band members , dressed all in white , are already in their places on stage . gives her blonde wig and sings a song of triumph and solidarity with " all the misfits and losers " of the world . A brief animated sequence symbolizing the union of the separated Platonic halves leads to the final shot : walking naked down a dark alley and into the street .

John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask, Theodore Liscinski, Rob Campbell

( ) runs a ring of professional thieves , which includes ( ) , ( ) and 's wife ( ) . During a robbery of a New York City jewelry store , 's face is captured by a security camera after he takes off his mask in an attempt to distract the store 's last remaining employee . As both the picture and a witness can identify him , retires from crime and plans to disappear on his sail boat with his wife . 
 This does not sit well with 's fence , ( ) , who runs a garment business as a front . After accruing a number of expenses in setting up another robbery , decides to withhold the payment due to and his crew . He insists they go through with the other job — robbing an airplane carrying a large shipment of gold . further insists that his nephew , ( ) , be a part of the crew . accepts , but a series of shifting loyalties changes the complexity of their task , including 's interest in 's wife and and 's belief that 's skills are declining . 
 They attempt to rob the plane twice . In their first attempt , while setting up explosive devices along the border of the airport , they are stopped by a passing officer . While and talk the officer into leaving , an agitated draws his gun but is stopped by . He forces his team out of finishing the job after he finds out that did n't destroy the getaway car , covered in the team 's fingerprints . does n't accept the team 's departure and forces them to finish the job . 
 The plane robbery is a series of misdirects . poses as a guard while , , and pose as airport security personnel . They stop the jet , pretending to be responding to an emergency . They fill a van with what they take from the plane , then move the van to a rented garage on the airport grounds , where they re - brand it and call for a tow truck to have it hauled away . 
 betrays the others to steal the gold and . He knocks out and tells he knew changed the plan , including seducing him . He and take the van , but finds out that the hidden compartments are filled with metal washers . avoids arrest and returns to the plane in disguise . He and remove a shipment of goods they had booked on board the same Swiss flight , which they insist now must be driven to its destination due to the plane 's delay . Inside the shipment is the stolen gold , which and melt into long rods . 
 apprehends , who is walking his niece to the school bus . discloses the plan in order to save his niece , though he is killed after . and his crew arrive at 's sail boat along with and , where they hold at gunpoint . They assume that the boat 's golden railings are the gold . leaves with , pleading with to let go . Just as discovers that the railings are not the gold , a hidden opens fire . 's men are killed and kills . 
 gives the address to send his share . waits to meet with a truck filled with black - painted rods . has taken up with for real and they take the truck from at gunpoint . gets into a second truck to leave . A black bar in the truck scrapes the garage door , revealing gold underneath . lifts a tarp in the truck bed , revealing the gold rods . He covers the rods with the tarpaulin and drives away .

Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay

Two underachieving pot smokers , ( Method Man ) and ( ) are visited by the ghost of 's recent deceased friend ( ) . was cremated and used his ashes as fertilizer for a new batch of marijuana . While both are sitting in the parking lot before taking their " THC " ( Testing for Higher Credentials , a parody of the SAT in allusion to Tetrahydrocannabinol ) exams for college , neither is able to smoke his individual marijuana stash without the help of the other . 
 They soon discover that smoking 's new batch summons the ghost of the recently deceased , visible to just the two of them . tells them the test answers as they take the test and they both score perfect scores . Several dubious colleges offer the pair scholarships , but none of them are appealing . Eventually , Chancellor ( ) suggests the two apply to Harvard University . 
 Once there , they meet ( ) , captain of the rowing team , his girlfriend ( ) , I Need Money ( ) , and their roommates ( ) & ( ) . Once they are settled in , they visit Dean ( ) who tells them that per the terms of their scholarship , they must maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.0 in order to remain at Harvard , or else face expulsion . 
 joins the rowing team hoping to outrank . enrolls in the botany class to develop his " herbal " skills . They both enroll in black history together , although there are two other classes in which they have enrolled alone . Throughout the first half of the school year , they pass every test with the help of . continues to woo and study with , while dates the U.S. vice president 's daughter ( ) . 
 Also during the first half of the semester , they pull pranks and steal , which angers , ( who is pledging for a Final Club ) , and . Things go downhill after and 's raucous Halloween party . At the party , ( ) , the volunteer officer whose bicycle was stolen and crushed by I Need Money , steals and smokes the Ivory plant , leaving the pair without access to Ivory . 
 begins working on a truth serum for his Botany class , using plant extracts . concludes that , if his experiment works , he will earn an A in Botany , and a guarantee of a next semester . His experiment fails numerous times . Before midterm examinations , suggests they go to a graveyard , dig up a " smart dead guy " , and smoke his remains which they attempted to do so with ; suggests simply that they study hard for a few hours a day while high . They try 's plan , but it does not pan out , as they end up failing almost all of their midterm exams . 
 Desperate to stay in Harvard , they try 's plan , but it proves fruitless , as well . Meanwhile , , who has morphed into a complete stoner , sees during one of his binges , and , at 's behest , returns the remnants of the plant to and . Due to 's abuse of the plant very little remains and and continue to fail their classes , which pleases . 
 With the last final exam approaching , and resign themselves to give up . However , reminds of his guarantee of another semester if he can successfully fix his truth serum experiment . ultimately does , having found a solution in which the last of 's leaves could be used to counteract nausea . 
 Nonetheless , because of their low grades , and do not receive an invitation to the Harvard Alumni party . , clearly thrilled with this result , tells he does not have to worry about the pair showing up or staying in Harvard . However , that changes when invites them both as her dates , as her father is an alumnus . At the party , makes things a bit more interesting by testing out his truth serum experiment , which proves successful . 
 At 's presentation at the alumni party of artifacts , she shocks everyone with her discovery : the artifacts turn out to be a bong . is outraged by this finding , but the Chancellor decides that he has had it with the Dean and fires him . and are proud that the serum worked , a celebration that was almost short - lived , as returns and unsuccessfully attempts to kill them both . He is eventually apprehended by Secret Service . At the end , and are able to stay , and get approval of 's father to date , and leaves for because " ca n't satisfy her " .

Most of the film is told as flashback : ( ) testifies to Congress , ( ) tells her story to the police , while a dead ( ) addresses an unseen audience in the netherworld . 
 is a woman with a rare hormonal imbalance which causes thick hair to grow all over her body . During her 20s , decides to leave society and live within nature where she feels free to exist comfortably in her natural state . She writes a successful book about her naked , savage , happy , and free life in the woods embracing nature . Then , at age 30 , strong sexual desire causes her to return to civilization and have her hair removed in order to find a partner . 
 The partner she finds is Dr. , a psychologist researching the possibility of teaching table manners to mice . and go hiking in the woods one day . sights a naked man in the woods who has believed himself to be an ape his entire life . discards her clothes and chases him until he 's cornered on a tree branch . The man falls off the branch and fall unconscious as comes along . brings this man to his lab where the man is named Puff . This name is after his French research assistant , 's ( ) childhood dog . We discover later from her phone call to an unknown person that she is actually an American with a fake French accent . First with the help of and later with ’s help , performs extensive manner training on , so that he can speak and go through the motions of appreciating high culture , though he still has difficulty controlling sexual urges . 
 To demonstrate his success , takes on tour . secretly drinks heavily and patronizes prostitutes . Meanwhile , and 's relationship deteriorates and has an affair with . Eventually decides to take back into the forest to undo his manner training and return him to his natural state . 
 and live naked in the woods together until finds them one day and kills . turns herself in as the murderer and asks to testify on the waywardness of humanity before he returns to his home in the forest . 
 After the reporters and spectators leave , comes back out of the forest and gets into a car with . They both drive off to get food ( she still speaks with a French accent ) . 
 At the end of the film , there is a philosophical passage read while the credits appear . It is an excerpt of William of Ockham from Opera Theologica in which explains his theory of intuitive cognition.[6 ] " Intuitive cognition is such that when some things are cognized , of which one inheres in the other , or one is spatially distant from the other , or exists in some relation to the other , immediately in virtue of that non - propositional cognition of those things , it is known if the thing inheres or does not inhere , if it is spatially distant or not , and the same for other true contingent propositions , unless that cognition is flawed or there is some impediment . "

The film is set in the Mid - Coast town of Camden , Maine . ( ) and ( ) enjoy a happy marriage and a good relationship with their son ( ) , a recent college graduate who has come home for the summer . has fallen in love with an older woman with children , ( ) . 
 is about to begin post graduate school for architecture , but is having second thoughts and considering staying in town to continue working as a fisherman and , more important , to be near . 's ex - husband , ( ) , tries to find a way into his ex - wife and children 's lives , going to increasingly violent lengths to get his intentions across to . is openly concerned about 's relationship with , while thinks it is only a fling . 
 Midway through the film , kills during a confrontation at 's house following a domestic dispute . Though equally devastated , and grieve in different ways , with putting on a brave face while becomes reclusive and quiet . is set free on bail , paid by his well - to - do family , and both and are forced to see around town . 
 The tension between and increases when they learn that the lack of an eyewitness to 's shooting means will instead be charged with accidental manslaughter . An argument erupts between the couple in which each one confronts the other . With the air cleared , the couple is finally able to find common ground in their grief . 
 then abducts and kills . He and a friend bury the body on the friend 's wooded property . returns home to , who is awake and smoking in bed . She asks him , " Did you do it ? " appears troubled and unresponsive . He climbs into bed and then turns away from her . Finally , gets up to make coffee . rolls over onto his back and pulls a band - aid from a finger he injured hauling traps . calls from the kitchen , " , do you want coffee ? " does n't answer .

and her brother are traveling home from college for spring break . As they drive through the Florida countryside , an old rusty truck tries to run them off the road . The vehicle eventually passes them , and they later see the same truck parked next to an abandoned church with a man sliding what appears to be bodies wrapped in blood - stained sheets into a large pipe sticking out of the ground . The man notices and watching him and attempts to run them off the road a second time . 
 After escaping , convinces to go back to the church and investigate . At the church , hears noises coming from within the pipe and crawls inside with holding on to his feet , but ends up falling in . At the bottom , he finds a dying man with stitches running down his stomach , and hundreds of other bodies sewn to the basements walls and ceiling . After escapes , the two flee the scene and attempt to contact the police at a diner . At the diner , they are phoned by a strange woman who warns them that they are in danger . Confused and frightened , they ignore her warning . Later , and leave , with two police officers providing a security escort . As they travel , the police learn that the church has caught fire , and any evidence of bodies has been destroyed . The police are then attacked and killed by the mysterious driver , who loads their bodies into his truck . 
 and stop at a reclusive old woman 's house , and beg her to call the police . The woman complies until she notices the driver hiding in her yard . She attempts to kill him , but the driver kills her and reveals his inhuman face to and , before pursuing them once again . runs the driver over with her car , but they are horrified to see a giant wing tear through his trench coat and flap in the air . They drive to the local police station , where they are approached by psychic . She reveals herself as the woman who called them at the diner and tells them the true nature of their pursuer : It is an ancient creature , known as " the Creeper " , which awakens every twenty - third spring for twenty - three days to feast on human body parts , which then form parts of its own body . She also tells them that it seeks out its victims through fear , and , by smelling the fear from and , it has found something it likes , but she does not know what . 
 The wounded arrives and attacks the police station . After cutting off the power , it gains entrance to the cells and eats prisoners to heal . The Creeper is swarmed by police but kills a number of them and evades capture . Trapped , warns and that one of them will die a horrible death . demands to know who , and looks at . The finds them , but spares as she does not have anything it wants . The corners and in an upstairs interrogation room , and after sniffing and tasting them , the Creeper throws aside and chooses . offers her life for her brother 's , but the escapes out of the window and flies away with . The next day , is picked up by her parents , and returns home in regret . In the 's new hideout , an abandoned factory , it is revealed that the has removed the back of 's head and taken his eyes .

The film begins at an Air Force base somewhere in Colorado . The Air Force radar detects an unidentified flying object ( UFO ) , so they send planes up to examine the situation . The pilots discover that it is a rocket carrying two boys and a robotic dog : , and . is attempting to launch a communications satellite made out of a toaster , in the hopes of communicating with an alien , and believes that an alien species exists somewhere out in the universe , despite his parents and 's protest in talking to strangers . 
 After school , , , and their friend spot a poster for an amusement park called " Retroland . " However , 's parents refuse to let him go that night because it is a school night , and as a result , is grounded for causing a fire with one of his inventions . 
 Meanwhile , 's communications satellite is picked up near the planet Yolkus , home to an alien race called the Yolkians , who commandeer their warships that look like a fleet of rubber chickens . King and his assistant , , watch a pre - recorded message from , featuring him introducing himself and explaining about life on Earth , with declaring " the search is over " . , , and subsequently choose to sneak out and visit the park advised by , a popular kid . 
 As the three are at the park , the Yolkians kidnap all the adults in the city , leaving fake notes on the refrigerators to tell the kids that they have gone to Florida for an " extended vacation " . Coincidentally , spots a shooting star ( actually a Yolkian ship ) , so he , and wish for no more parents so they can have fun all the time . 
 The next morning , the kids discover the parents have all disappeared and celebrate for the whole day . However , all children quickly begin to miss their parents . The following day , after hearing a message from his parents that had recorded while posing as last night , becomes suspicious of the fact that his parents said that they would see him in the morning despite not being there . He discovers what has really happened . 
 organizes the other children in town to build spaceships from the Retroland rides to travel to Yolkus and get their parents back . Eventually , they are captured by , who tells them that the parents are to be sacrificed to their god , . He shows the kids 's video , thanking him for helping him find suitable species for their ritual , before having the children locked up in their cells , with the exception of , who is taken by to the lab , where he will be dismantled . 
 With feeling guilty over the fact that his actions led to the Yolkans abducting the parents in the first place , his rival convinces him to stand up and think of an escape plan . After breaking out with the help of , the children ( with the exception of , as he turns out not so brave what he previously seemed to be ) , in accordance with 's plan , manage to stop the parents from being sacrificed to the giant chicken . 
 Everyone escapes aboard a Yolkian ship , but follows them in his ship at the head of the Yolkian fleet . With the exception of 's ship , all of the Yolkian ships are destroyed when baits them into flying too close to ' sun . and then use an experimental shrink ray to grow to the size of a planet , and blow 's ship into an asteroid : and survive the explosion , and declares that they have not seen the last of him and vows revenge . and the rest of the kids reconcile with their parents and head home . 
 In a final scene of the film , and have breakfast during which 's parents drink one of his experiments ( that causes significant belching ) , thinking it is real soda and they all laugh out loud .

is the janitor at a Los Angeles radio station . A producer drags him into the studio to talk live on the air with famous disc jockey , shock jock . 
 tells his life story . As a baby he had a mullet wig installed because the top of his skull had never formed . At age 8 , he was left behind by his parents and sister at the Grand Canyon . He does not know his real surname . After growing up in a series of foster homes and travelling on the road as a kid while camping in the woods , arrived in Silvertown , a small town in the Pacific Northwest , where he met the beautiful and her dog , , and became a target for jealousy from , the town bully . 
 After 's alcoholic father shoots dead , decides to try to find his parents . He strikes up a friendship with , an unsuccessful Native American fireworks salesman . In Indiana , has an encounter with a skin cannibal named . This brings him unwanted attention from the media , but helps his search . He travels to Louisiana and works as a high school janitor with " " , a former NYC mobster in the Witness Protection Program , with whom he becomes good friends . discovers the address of his old family home and travels to Baton Rouge . 
 Listening to 's life story , both and the radio audience initially find him an object of scorn , but 's kindness , his optimistic outlook on life , and his good - natured self deprecation win them over . 
 Eventually , lands the janitorial job at the Los Angeles radio station , where he recounts how , after discovering his old home vacant and his parents long gone , he gives up the search and returns to Silvertown to be with . However , informs him that found 's parents , but instructed not to tell . shows a note from to prove it . Hearing this , calls on the phone on air , to find out why . says she wanted to tell in person , but never had the opportunity . tells his parents were killed the day they were at the Grand Canyon ; she pleads with to return to Silvertown . Upset by the news , stays in Los Angeles . 
 is unaware that he has become a media sensation but he quickly discovers his newfound fame . An appearance on TRL with results in a phone call from a woman claiming to be 's mother . realizes that she is indeed his mother and finds his parents ' current house , where he and the media discover that his parents intentionally abandoned him at the Grand Canyon , and that they reconnected with him in order to take advantage of his newfound publicity to boost their sales of clown figurines . Angry and sad , storms out , cutting ties with his parents . 
 intends to commit suicide , but appears and says that she only told him his parents were dead to protect him from their greed . She invites to come home with her , saying he " was home all along . " Before can come down from the ledge , he suffers a head injury in a freak accident when a policeman tries to prevent him from falling using a rope . 
 wakes up in 's house , surrounded by his friends : , ( who now owns 30 successful firework stands ) , ( now renamed ) , and ( another friend who is engaged to ) . got a new rastafarian dreadlock wig following his head operation . has retrieved 's Hemi , and she has a new dog that fathered . 
 drives up and tells that no one wants him in Silvertown , no matter how famous he is . threatens , and insults 's car . They all realize that they are like family to . They ride off , leaving a frustrated in the dust , his windshield broken by the stones thrown up by 's car . As they drive away , plays a song for on the radio , and fireworks go off in the sky ( with special thanks to ) .

( ) is a recently divorced single parent , and a talented audio / visual specialist at STARKe Pharmaceuticals , his place of employment . One day pulls into the parking lot at work to find his co - worker ( ) parking in a spot that has been reserved for those who have worked for the company for 10 years . However , has only worked there for 7 years . When confronts about this , assaults him in front of his young daughter ( ) . falls into a state of self - pity until ( ) , the Wellness Coordinator at STARKe , accidentally ignites a fuse in him when , in a fit of frustration , she asks , " What do you want ? " is suddenly stirred to action by this question , and decides he wants a rematch to reclaim his dignity and self - respect , which he felt took from him . 
 After issuing the challenge to , begins to find himself becoming very popular around the office for his bravery . and , however , do not feel fighting will solve anything , and both attempt to tell as much , to no avail . seeks out the aid of an ex B movie star - turned - martial arts instructor named ( ) to teach him to defend himself . Things seem to finally be going right for , as he has begun to see and has even been given a promotion at work he had been hoping for . When realizes ( ) , a colleague she works closely with for the company ( who also happens to be attracted to her ) , only gave a non - existing position at the office to prevent him from suing the company , she resigns in fear that she might one day have to demote or even fire . again tries to persuade not to fight , and finally gives him an ultimatum : if he does not call off the fight with , their relationship is over . 
 The day of the fight , makes it all the way to the school where the brawl is to take place . However , he finally realizes it would be immature to fight , and not worth the price he would have to pay . When tells and his other co - workers the fight is off , offers him an apology , which accepts . then goes and makes up with for not understanding her reasoning before .

( ) is an executive with record label MegaRecords . The label , headed by the trend - conscious and scheming ( ) , manufactures faddish pop bands for consumption by the teenage market . Conspiring with the United States government , they add subliminal messages under the music to brainwash teens into buying their records and other consumer products , creating " a new trend every week " . The government 's theory is that economic growth is too slow from older Americans who save part of their income or pay bills , and spend the rest on cheap , ordinary goods , whereas teenagers tend to squander their income from menial jobs buying expensive , hip items , which will cause a meteoric rise in consumer spending . When a member of 's wildly successful boy band , , uncovers one such message and asks about it aboard their private jet , and the pilot ( ) parachute out of the plane , leaving it to crash and kill the band members . 
 lands just outside the town of Riverdale and meets an unappreciated rock band , the Pussycats : vocalist / guitarist ( ) , drummer ( ) , and bassist / backup vocalist ( ) . Because they are struggling financially , the Pussycats accept 's lucrative record deal despite its implausibility . They are flown to New York City where they are renamed " and the Pussycats " , much to the girls ' discomfort . All goes well and their first single climbs rapidly to the top of the charts , but grows increasingly frustrated that all media attention is focused on rather than the band as a whole . , too simple to notice the undue attention receives , uses her uncanny behavioral perception and becomes suspicious of and . 
 Before and 's suspicions can reveal the conspiracy , orders to kill them . He sends them without to a fake television appearance on the MTV show Total Request Live , where a impersonator and the real assault them with baseball bats . The girls survive due to their attackers ' incompetence . Meanwhile , prevents from attending a gig by ( ) , 's love interest , by telling her it was canceled . Instead , listens to a remix of their latest single . The remix contains a subliminal message track designed to brainwash her into desiring a solo career , and into seeing and are impediments to that goal . After an argument with her bandmates , realizes that the recording caused the fight . Her suspicions are confirmed when she uses a mixing board to make the subliminal track audible , but she is caught by . 
 MegaRecords have organized a giant pay - per - view concert , whereby they plan to unleash their biggest subliminal message yet . They force to perform solo on stage by holding and hostage . The badly injured members of Du Jour — who survived by grounding their plane , but landed in the middle of a Metallica concert where they were severely beaten by Metallica fans — appear just in time to stop and from launching the message . In the resulting fight , destroys the machine used to generate the messages . The new subliminal message is revealed not to promote the band , the label , or a corporate sponsor , but to make universally popular . suffers a breakdown and reveals that she had been a social outcast in high school . reveals that his appearance is a disguise — that he went to the same high school as , but was a persecuted and unpopular albino . and immediately fall in love . The government agents colluding with arrive , but because the conspiracy is exposed , they arrest and as scapegoats to cover - up the government 's involvement in the failed scheme . 
 , , and perform the concert together , and for the first time their fans are able to judge the band on its merits , free of subliminal persuasion . arrives and confesses his love for on stage , and she returns his feelings . The audience roars their approval as the film comes to a close .

University students ( ) and ( ) , 's childhood friend and crush , prepare to go home for the summer holiday . , a University of California student , offers to come by 's campus ( she attends University of Colorado ) to drive her home instead of both of them flying back ; happily agrees . After refunding his plane ticket to buy a 1971 Chrysler Newport , calls his parents to announce the change of plan and learns that his older brother ( ) , the family 's black sheep , has been arrested once again . drives to Salt Lake City and bails out , who then tags along for the trip . 
 At a gas station , has a CB radio installed on 's car for $ 40 , and the two begin listening in on truckers ' chatter . coaxes into playing a prank on a truck driver nicknamed ' ' ( voiced by ( uncredited ) ) . Lewis pretends to be a woman named and sets up a meeting with in the motel where and will be spending the night . tells that " she " is in room 17 , the room of an irritable businessman with whom had earlier argued , but the guys are actually in room 18 . When arrives at the man 's room , an argument and sounds of a scuffle are briefly heard . The next morning , Sheriff announces to and that they found the businessman on the highway , still alive with his lower jaw ripped off . figures out the two are involved in the incident , but lets them go , as he already has his hands full , and they do not know anything other than the man 's nickname ( CB handle ) . However , he orders them to leave the state by sundown . 
 On the road , is heard again on the CB radio looking for . talks to him and reveals that he is . demands an apology , but insults him , instead . simply notes that they should get their taillight fixed , indicating that he is right behind them , causing the duo to panic and speed up . At the next gas station , they unsuccessfully attempt to contact . Seeing an ice truck pulling into the gas station , the already paranoid pair drives away . The ice truck driver chases them down . However , the driver turns out to be merely trying to return 's credit card , which he left behind in panic . The real then shows up in his truck and crushes the ice truck and its driver . He then slowly pins 's car against a tree . The two hysterically apologize , and drives away , declaring his actions to be simply a retaliatory joke . 
 Believing themselves safe , the brothers arrive at the University of Colorado and pick up . They stop at a motel and drink at a bar . goes to sleep , but calls him , revealing he knows of . The three flee the motel . contacts them , announcing that he has kidnapped , 's friend . He directs them to a cornfield , where he gets them to split up , and kidnaps . 
 sets up a meeting at another motel in room 17 , mirroring the false date with which he was pranked . He sets up a trap that will kill if the room door is opened . attempts to get in the room by a window , but is injured by and stuck outside the room . truck appears uphill and begins rolling down toward 's room . frees , and the brothers save just in time . As the police investigate truck , they see a dead body in the driver 's seat and , still alive , on the floor . 
 , , and are treated for their injuries at an ambulance . At this point , the dead man turns out to be the ice truck driver . A CB in the ambulance is on , and the group hear voice , learning that he is still alive and free .

and 12 - year - old go parasailing around the waters of Isla Sorna . The boat crew mysteriously disappear in a brief moment obscured by fog , forcing to detach the line ; he and drift towards the island . On the mainland , Dr. has become famous after his involvement at Jurassic Park , while is married to a State Department employee named and has two children . discusses with how raptors are far more intelligent than they had previously believed . At a dig site , 's assistant , , demonstrates how he can use a 3D printer to replicate a Velociraptor larynx . 
 and , an apparently wealthy couple , offer funding for his research if he will give them an aerial tour of Isla Sorna . is desperate for research funding and reluctantly agrees . He flies there with , , , and the ' mercenary associates , , , and their pilot . On the plane , learns that the actually plan to land on the island . When opposes , he is knocked out by and wakes to discover they have landed . A Spinosaurus approaches the group , who board the plane to escape , without waiting for . The Spinosaurus devours on the runway , and the plane crashes in the forest after hitting the dinosaur . Stranded on a treetop , is also devoured by the dinosaur . Fleeing , the survivors briefly lose the Spinosaurus but encounter a Tyrannosaurus . The Spinosaurus returns , but the group escapes while the two predators fight each other , with the Spinosaurus breaking the T. rex 's neck . 
 , demanding the truth from the , learns they are actually a middle - class divorced couple , who are looking for their son , and 's boyfriend , who have been missing on the island for eight weeks . Later , the group finds the parasail with 's corpse attached . The group takes the parasail , and then encounter raptor nests . They find an abandoned InGen compound , where they are chased by a raptor which eventually contacts the rest of its pack . The humans flee into a herd of Corythosaurus and Parasaurolophus , causing a stampede , separating and from the others . is attacked by raptors , who leave him barely alive on the ground in an attempt to lure the others out of the tree they had climbed into . is nearly killed by the raptors when she tries to descend to help , and upon the failure of their trap , the raptors kill before departing . 
 Elsewhere , suspects that the raptors are searching for something while observing two of them communicating . He becomes cornered by the raptors , but is rescued by , who managed to survive in an overturned water truck . The next day , and hear 's satellite phone ringing and are reunited with the and . explains that he gave the phone to before he was devoured . The group is then chased by the Spinosaurus , the source of the ringing phone . After the group escapes , discovers took two raptor eggs to use for funding , which provoked the raptor attacks . decides to keep the eggs to ensure the group 's survival . The group unknowingly enters a large aviary used to house Pteranodons , which attack the group and fly away with . rescues by using 's parasail , but is then attacked and seemingly killed by the Pteranodons . The rest of the group escapes the aviary , unintentionally leaving the door unlocked . They make their way downriver using a boat . 
 That night , the group retrieves the ringing phone , buried in the feces of the Spinosaurus . As rain falls , tries to contact , but the Spinosaurus attacks the boat . sets the boat 's fuel on fire and burns the Spinosaurus , causing it to flee . The next day , the group makes their way towards the shoreline , but are surrounded by the raptors . The eggs are surrendered to the raptors , while uses the replicated raptor larynx to confuse the pack , who run off with the eggs . The humans flee to the coast and find that had called in the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy to rescue them . They discover that , while seriously injured , is still alive and has also been rescued . As they leave the island , they see the Pteranodons flying free , and muses they are " looking for new nesting grounds . "

Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni, Michael Jeter, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan

The backstory takes place in 12th century England , where Lord is about to marry Princess , the daughter of the reigning King . At the wedding banquet , by mistake , an enemy known as the Earl of Warwick gives a potion which makes him hallucinate ( and which was actually intended for by a witch hired and paid by the Earl ) , and under its influence , he kills his own bride ( rather than her father , as in the French version ) believing she is a ferocious monster . While under sentence of death , he asks his servant , ( ) to find a wizard ( ) to help him . The wizard gives him a potion that will send him back to the moment before he killed Princess . The incompetent wizard botches the spell , and instead , and are sent into the 21st century . 
 They end up in a museum in Chicago where they are arrested by the police . They are rescued by ( ) , a museum employee who closely resembles Princess . She thinks that is her distant French cousin who drowned while yachting a couple of years ago . soon finds out that is descended from his family and realizes he must return to the 12th century to correct the past . introduces them to the modern American style of life where norms from medieval times no longer apply . Before the return to his time , decides to protect Julia from her money - hungry fiance , ( ) . Meanwhile , falls for a pretty gardener , ( ) who presents him with the world of equal rights for all people . 
 The wizard realizes his mistake and decides to time travel into the future to help , who is also getting accustomed to 21st century life . After he finds him , he successfully prepares a potion for returning to the past . confronts , that he does not want to return to the 12th century , after convinces that he should set him free , agrees . decides to prevent by interfering with his plans but finds out his real intentions and breaks up with him . Before he leaves , tells that she will meet a new and better boyfriend . Then , he and the wizard drink the potion in the museum and return to the past just before the killing of Princess . finds the remainder of the potion which sends him to the 12th century where he is captured . decides to reclaim her ancestral castle , much to the firm 's delight , and meets a man named , who knows much about her family 's history . In the last scene , and are seen driving in a hot rod towards Las Vegas , which makes wonder one thing , who would protect him from the Devil . simply replies " Hey , at least you got me , babe " , to which happily agrees .

On 28 April 1876 , , His Grace the 3rd Duke of Albany , is a stifled dreamer . He has created a design for a primitive elevator , and has built a small model of this device . His strict Uncle has no patience for what he characterises as a sign of 's disrespect for the Monarchy , chastising him , and telling him he must marry a rich American , as the family finances are depleted . In response to his uncle 's accusations of his blemishing the family name , counters that the new nobility is to be found in those who pursue initiatives , hence his interest in the sciences and inventions . 
 One day , the Duke finds , an amateur physicist ( and great - great - grandson of ) in his study perusing his schematic diagrams and taking photographs of them . He had seen him earlier at 's speech about the Brooklyn Bridge , after he was laughing at the word " erection . " follows and tries to save him from falling off the unfinished bridge , only to fall with him into a temporal portal between centuries that has used to travel to 1876 . 
 awakens in 21st century New York City . He is at first confused and thinks that he has been kidnapped . says that he has created formulae to forecast portals in the temporal universe and that must stay inside his apartment until the portal opens again a week later . As takes his dog out , he is injured by falling into the elevator shaft , and is eventually institutionalized for speaking about his scientific discovery . According to 's books , 's unintentional time travel to the 21st century appears to have caused a disruption of all elevators , on account of his leaving the 19th century before he could register for a patent for his own device . 
 is intrigued by the cynical and ambitious , 's ex - girlfriend , who comes to the apartment for her Palm Pilot stylus . He observes that she is a " career woman " and that her field , market research , is a fine avocation for a woman , and states that he once dated a librarian from Sussex . dismisses him and demands that he take 's dog for a walk . is overwhelmed to see that 's bridge is still standing . Back at the apartment , he befriends , 's brother and an actor between gigs , who believes him to be an actor as well , steadfast to his character . 
 and become romantically involved as they dine and tour New York . 
 agrees to act in a diet margarine commercial for one of 's clients , but walks off the set after finding the product disgusting . He and argue , with chastising her about integrity , and bristling about his moralising and countering that he lacks connection with reality . Realising that their time together is nearly over , both spend the evening in subdued contemplation . suddenly returns to his apartment , having escaped from the mental hospital , and sends back to his own time . 
 Afterwards , and notice in the photos took at 's ball , and realise that her destiny must be to go back and be with . That night , while is accepting her promotion at a company banquet , he and race to meet her and show her the pictures . initially rejects their overtures and goes on to give her acceptance speech , but it is there that she sees 's picture and realises that she truly wants to be with . 
 abruptly ends her speech , and the three of them rush to the Brooklyn Bridge . makes it to the portal before it closes and reappears in 1876 , where appears resigned to his marriage of convenience . Just before announces his bride , bursts into the building , and he announces her name instead , referring to her as being one the of Massapequa . In amongst the shocked guests , and reunite with a kiss and dance a bridal waltz .

( ) , a Chinese intelligence agent , is sent to Paris to help apprehend Chinese mob boss Mr. ( ) , who is involved in heroin smuggling . He meets Inspector ( ) , a corrupt and violent French police detective , at a hotel . tricks into believing he is simply providing reconnaissance of a meet involving Mr. . The plans are changed when Mr. is introduced to two prostitutes , one being ( ) , an American woman , who takes him to his room to service him . While and the rest are watching through the surveillance camera , Mr. kicks everyone out except for the two prostitutes . After pretending to seduce him , one of the prostitutes then stabs Mr. . Overseeing the events from a surveillance room , rushes to stop the killing , but enters shortly later to shoot Mr. and the prostitute with 's police - issued handgun , framing for the murders . 
 Realizing he has been set up , manages to escape from the hotel with a surveillance tape showing shooting Mr. . Chinese liaisons are sent to France after the events to investigate the matter , as makes the primary suspect . However , the liaisons do not believe the story provides . manages to contact one of the liaisons , and passes on to him the tape that reveals the truth . Due to French police surveillance , the meet between the liaison and is spotted , and the liaison is assassinated . is then forced to flee from a horde of cops and even GIGN commandos . After escapes , he is forced to maintain a low profile . 
 As he considers his situation , he meets , whose daughter was kidnapped by to force her into prostitution . discovers was the second prostitute at the hotel during the night of Mr. 's murder . He realizes she can prove his innocence , but she refuses to go without her retrieving her daughter , . decides the tape would provide the best evidence , and sends to 's office to steal the tape . manages to get the tape , so and head to an orphanage where is kept . However , anticipates this move after discovering has stolen the tape , and ambushes the couple at the orphanage . During their escape , is shot in the chest . manages to get her to the hospital in time , and becomes driven to retrieve her daughter . arrives at the police station where is holding hostage , and fights his way through 's henchmen to his office . Once at the office , rescues , getting shot by in the process . To save , kills by sticking an acupuncture needle into the back of his neck in a forbidden location known as the " kiss of the dragon , " which stimulates all the body 's blood to travel to the brain to cause a painful death via a brain aneurysm . survives the gunshot wound , and returns to her mother .

Twenty - eight - year - old , a copyeditor living and working in New York City , is plagued by failed blind dates with men , and decides to answer a newspaper 's personal advertisement containing a quote from that she had read and admired earlier . The advertisement has been placed by , a thirtysomething bisexual art gallerist who is seeking a lesbian relationship to replace her unsatisfying and meaningless sex with men . 
 Given some of the men is shown to be test - dating at the start of the film , it 's no surprise she 'd want to fan out her prospects a little . As nervous as is about dating , she realizes after a surprise kiss that a different experience can be good . Through the early part of their relationship , finds in everything she 'd dreamed of finding in a man . They are compatible , they like many of the same things , and they are caring for one another . Even when gets sick — which she says earlier in the film never happens to her — is there to care for her . 
 The only predicament for the relationship is 's nervousness concerning same - sex intimacy . Over the early weeks of their relationship , she and slowly work on building up her confidence in this area by gradually extended make - out sessions . Eventually , they graduate to full intimacy , which is initiated by during an over night stay at her parents ' home in Scarsdale . In spite of 's happiness with , she keeps the relationship secret . 's secrecy means that she has to endure scenes that would not happen had she been open about the two of them . One example occurs during a dinner to celebrate her brother 's engagement . Her mother had invited an IBM executive in hopes of setting him up with . 
 and later get into a quarrel about 's refusal to inform her family of their relationship , resulting in an apparent breakup . It is n't until later , as her brother 's wedding approaches , that her mother figures out that they are dating . Her mother reminds of when she was little and had been given the lead in the school play , but after the first rehearsal , had deemed her co - star not to be up to the task . She quit the play because she thought the play would n't be " the best ever . " Her mother says that she worries about having this attitude towards life , and that sometimes she thinks back to that night and thinks that if went on , maybe it would n't have been the best , but it might have been pretty good — and who knows , maybe it would have been the best ever . She then tells that she thinks " is a very nice girl . " 
 This acceptance on her mother 's part gives the confidence to come out in the open with her relationship with , and invites her as her guest to her brother 's wedding . quickly becomes popular with the other women at the reception , who do n't seem to mind at all her lesbian relationship with . At the same time , gets a love confession from her ex - beau and current boss , who declares he 's had feelings for her for a long time . rejects him , explaining that she already has . and move in together , but their relationship , while good in most respects , begins to suffer from a lack of frequent sexual intimacy . 's behavior towards is more akin to that of a best friend rather than a sexual partner . The relationship ends amidst 's tears and 's realization that she wants more than is willing to offer . 
 After moving beyond the heartbreak , and appear to remain friends , and it is suggested that might now have a renewed interest in , after both have left the newspaper where they previously worked .

Jennifer Westfeldt, Heather Juergensen, Scott Cohen, Jackie Hoffman

( ) is the son of a mob boss , but he is used as little more than an errand boy . His relative and friend ( ) shares this urge to be part of something bigger , and finally convinces his father to give him a job , with the help of his father 's right - hand man ( ) . and get their friend ( ) to fly up to retrieve a bag full of money for 's father ( ) , as there have been mysterious shortages in their money lately . 
 On the way back with the cash , stops in a small Montana town to refuel his personal plane . He has been instructed to guard the bag with his life so he takes the bag with him as he goes to pay for the fuel . However , sees the sheriff & his deputy and is paranoid that they may question him about the bag 's contents . is also in possession of cocaine which he dumps on the runway . He drops the bag amongst a pile of luggage waiting to be loaded onto another flight , and despite telling the cashier to keep the change , the other flight takes off before he can retrieve his bag . Unknown to him , the bag of money was taken by two local teenage pothead skateboarders who work as baggage handlers at the airport . 
 He calls and tells him the news . , though upset , knows that he must fix the situation quickly and quietly if he ever wants to work for his father . , , and their friend ( ) fly to the small town of Wibaux , Montana to help search for the missing money . 
 While in town , and the other guys attract the attention of two local law - enforcement officers ( and ) who find out about the money and want to keep it for themselves . The mob guys then try to negotiate with the officers to get the money back but are turned away . calls and arrives in Wibaux with two other mob henchmen . decides to leave for home and disappears . hangs around in a bar with the two mob henchmen who secretly hate him , while and wait in their hotel for word from the Sheriff . After taking him outside in a friendly manner , the two mob men throw to the ground and ask where is . , defending his friend , tells them he does n't know and one of the men shoots him dead and puts his body in a trunk . 
 Later that night , a deal is arranged for the Sheriff and Deputy to meet and in a warehouse . When they arrive , the lawmen are planning to kill and the others and keep the money , but and the two mob men show up when and do and the entire thing turns into a Mexican standoff . arrives and shoots the Sheriff 's cousin who came to help the Sheriff , and and inquire about . says that he thought he was with them . gives a signal to the two henchmen and they all fire on who is killed . The Sheriff and Deputy , in the chaos , shoot the two mob men . then kills both of the lawmen . As prepares to shoot , is shot instead in the arm when about to defend his friend from the bullet . 's gun is out and holds him at gunpoint . says that it is that has been stealing and causing shortages from his father all along . tries to reload and shoot claiming that does n't have the guts to shoot him . turns around and attempts to shoot but quickly shoots in the chest several times , killing him . and get the money and return home . hands the bag of money to his father and quits the family business . and then drive off as the credits begin to roll .

Barry Pepper, Seth Green, Vin Diesel, John Malkovich, Dennis Hopper

In pursuit of a diamond , battles a large robot in an Egyptian tomb ; she disables it by ripping out its circuits . The diamond , revealed to be a memory card , is inserted into a laptop computer inside the robot to play music . The fight took place in a practice area of 's home and the robot was programmed by her technical assistant to challenge her in combat . The first phase of a planetary alignment , culminating in a solar eclipse , arrives . In Venice , the Illuminati search for a key that will rejoin halves of " The Triangle " , which must be completed by the final phase . , an Illuminati member , assures that they are almost ready , but actually has no idea of the location . 
 , 's butler , tries to interest her in several projects , but on account of the anniversary of her father 's disappearance , is not interested . She dreams of her father telling her about the alignment and an object linked to it , the Triangle of Light , and awakens to a clock ticking . finds the clock and discovers a strange device hidden inside . consults a clock expert friend of her father 's , , who claims no knowledge of the clock or the Triangle when mentions a possible connection . gives 's name to in regards of the clock . encounters , a fellow tomb raider with unscrupulous methods and for - profit attitude . 
 shows photographs of the clock ; she later points out to that was lying about his knowledge . That night , armed commandos invade the house and steal the clock despite 's attempts to fend them off . The next morning , a letter from her father , arranged to arrive after the beginning of the alignment , explains that the clock is the key to retrieve the halves of the Triangle of Light , an object of phenomenal destructive power which grants its wielder power over time and space . The Triangle destroyed the city it was housed in after misuse of its power . It was then separated in half ; one was hidden in a Cambodian tomb , the other in the ruined city , now part of modern - day Siberia . Her father urges her to find and destroy both halves before the Illuminati can find it . 
 In Cambodia , figures out part of the puzzle on how to retrieve the triangle half . However , is incorrect and figures out the true puzzle , informing and that what they thought was the correct holder for the key was but a reflection . She reminds that they only have so many seconds before the opportunity is gone for another 5,000 years . , realizing was wrong and that is right , and that she is the only one who can solve the puzzle , throws her the clock . proves she is right as she inserts the key and the half of the triangle is revealed . Before everyone can leave , the liquid metal which came out with the piece brings the statues in the temple to life and attacks the team killing some members . is left to fight off and destroy a huge six - armed guardian statue which is the last one to come to life . She successfully defeats it and leaves the temple by diving through a waterfall . She then travels to a Buddhist town where a young monk welcomes her . After a worship service , an aged monk who serves as the chief gives some tea and as they converse , he reminds her to get a much needed rest to continue her father 's mission , implying that that monk might have been 's father 's acquaintance . 
 She and arrange to meet in Venice , since each of them has what the other needs to finish the Triangle . proposes a partnership to find the Triangle , and informs that her father was a member of the Illuminati , which she vehemently denies . Though hesitant at first , she , along with , meets with for the trip to Siberia . 
 Entering the tomb , the teams discover a giant model of the solar system , which activates as the alignment nears completion . retrieves the last half of the Triangle , but when tries to complete it , the halves will not fuse . He realizes that knows the solution to the puzzle , and kills in order to persuade her to complete the Triangle to save both 's life and her father 's . reluctantly complies , and they then struggle for control of the Triangle , with prevailing and saving 's life . 
 then finds herself in a strange alternate existence facing her father Lord ( ) . He explains that it is a " crossing " of time and space , and urges her to destroy the Triangle instead of using it to save his life . She leaves her father and returns to the chamber , where time is slowly running backwards from the point where killed . takes the knife he threw into 's chest and reverses it , then destroys the Triangle , which returns time to its normal flow and directs the knife into 's shoulder . The chamber begins to self - destruct . As everyone turns to leave , reveals to that he murdered her father and stole his pocket watch with a picture of 's mother inside as a trophy . and engage in a hand - to - hand fight . kills him , retrieves the pocket watch , and escapes as the chamber crumbles . 
 At the mansion , and are shocked to see wearing a dress . She goes into the garden to her father 's memorial , then returns inside , where has a reprogrammed SIMON , ready to challenge once again . reveals a silver tray holding 's pistols , which she takes with a smile .

Fashion merchandising student has everything : rich , pretty , popular , a straight - A student , a handsome boyfriend and is president of her sorority Delta Nu . is taken to an expensive restaurant by her boyfriend , the governor 's son , . She expects to propose marriage , but he breaks up with her instead , reasoning that she is not serious enough for his political aspirations . Her sorority sisters encourage her to pursue him . After reading a magazine article about 's brother getting engaged to a socialite , decides to enroll into law school in order to win back . After much effort , scores a 179 out of 180 on the Law School Admission Test . Her score , combined with her 4.0 GPA , admissions essay video , and strong extracurricular activities , gains her admission into Harvard Law School , where has enrolled . 
 Upon arriving at Harvard , 's SoCal personality is in complete contrast to her East Coast classmates ' personalities , who refuse to take her seriously . She soon encounters and asks him to meet her later after her first class . struggles to keep up with the reading and is unprepared for a lecture , which causes strict Professor , as well as another student , to berate her and force her out of the class . Outside in the courtyard , meets , an associate at Harvard who gives her advice on handling each of her professors . She then meets up with but discovers he 's engaged to , the girl who humiliated her in 's class . Leaving in a huff , finds the nearest salon to ease her anger and meets , a beautician who befriends her as she herself recollects all the times a man has rejected her . ’s dog Rufus has been confiscated from her and is now in the hands of her ex . tearfully tells her situation and encourages her to " steal the bastard back . " 
 tries to blend in with the others , even making an effort to join and his friends in a study group but was unsuccessful . She overhears inviting people to a party and tells that it was a " costume party " and says that she can come . arrives to the party in a Playboy bunny suit but sees that the party is not a costume party . tells Warner that she intends to apply for Professor 's prestigious internship , but tells her that she is not smart enough and is wasting her time . realizes that will never take her back and finds motivation to prove herself . She does this by helping reclaim her dog from her ex , stating that their long relationship counts as a common - law marriage , and should be allowed to keep her dog . 
 After several months of dramatic improvement , , along with , and another student , is given a surprise internship at 's law office . is defending a prominent fitness instructor named , who is one of Elle 's role models and a former member of her sorority . Accused of murdering her wealthy husband , is unwilling to produce an alibi . She later tells Elle that she was having liposuction at the time of her husband 's murder but refused to tell and the media for fearing it will destroy her career . Discussing the trial , the defending team tries to persuade Elle to reveal 's alibi , which she refuses to do . attempts to convince her , saying if she shares the alibi that might hire her as a summer associate and to not worry about and to think about herself . overhearing this is disgusted with 's lack of empathy and ethical stance as a means to get ahead . 
 and get assigned by to meet the murder victim 's ex - wife at a spa to question her about . The ex - wife claims that was a bad stepmother to her daughter and that had her eye on the family 's pool cleaner , but does n't believe her . As returns to her dorm - room , she encounters one of her kind , but awkward , classmates attempting to ask a girl on a date . The girl says no and humiliates him . interrupts and feigns having had an amazing sexual encounter together in a successful effort to make him seem more desirable . approaches 's dorm to compliment her integrity during the trial . Clearly disturbed by 's behavior earlier , she continues to bond with while they make fun of Warner 's privileged upbringing and reveals that was put on the wait list when he first applied to Harvard and his father " had to make a call , " much to 's surprise . 
 Back at the salon , the UPS delivery man catches ’s eye , and is speechless , not knowing how to communicate with him because she ’s that attracted to him . asks if this was their first time actually talking to each other , and while is still speechless , decides to teach her , along with the rest of the salon , a technique she learned to captivate boys , called the “ Bend and Snap ” . Soon is seen teaching the entire salon the Bend and Snap in a hilarious montage , and when meets eyes with the UPS guy again , she tries the new move on him and ends up breaking his nose in the process . 
 At the trial , , the pool cleaner and the prosecution 's main witness , says that he was having an affair with and that they were planning to run off with her husband 's money . deduces that is gay because he knew the designer brand of the shoes she was wearing , and points out to that gay men normally know designers and that straight men do n't . recalls that he had once left a ' ' tape in the pool house . Armed with this knowledge , , after cross examination , redirects and then tricks into outing himself by admitting he has a boyfriend named ; while attempting to deny the revelation , himself stands up and effeminately shouts " You Bitch ! " before storming out of the courtroom . In an uproar , the judge calls for order and dismisses while the trial resumes . 
 Apparently impressed , asks to meet him in his office later that evening . In his office that evening , makes a pass at Elle while offering to " discuss the future of her career . " , approaching the office , saw trying to seduce , and assuming that was willing and had been relying on her attractiveness to succeed . storms out of 's office , telling Elle that the only reason has gotten this far is because of her attractiveness . Despondent , decides to quit the internship . 
 As she was preparing to move back to California , stops at the salon to say goodbye to . She tells her that , despite other people not taking her seriously , the internship made her feel confident about herself but that only gave it to her because he wanted to have sex with her . As she was about to drop out of law school and leave , Professor , who happened to be at the salon , reassures and motivates her to want to stay . Later on , explains to how 's behavior caused to quit her internship , and now regrets her judgment of . happily fires as she enters the courtroom and reveals as his replacement for her defense . Despite her law student status , Massachusetts ' Supreme Judicial Court ruling 3.03 allows to legally appear on a defendant 's behalf under the supervision of a licensed attorney . refuses to sponsor her , but immediately accepts to supervise instead . Nervous at first , cross - examines 's step - daughter . claims she did not hear the gun shot because she was upstairs taking a shower at the time of the apparent murder . catches in a lie when she says she had gotten a perm done less than 24 hours prior to the incident . confidently lures to expose her faulty alibi and correctly points out that applying water and shampoo to the hair within the 24 hour period deactivates the ammonium thioglycolate used in perming hair . She continues to cross - examine on how anyone who had sustained as many as 30 + perm treatments in their life would be " well aware of this rule " . Now in a panic , tears up and unwittingly reveals that she intended to shoot but accidentally shot and killed her father by mistake , thinking it was that entered the house . 
 had won her first case and all the charges against are dismissed . is taken into custody . approaches and tells her that he loves her and tries to convince her to take him back . She rejects his advances and mocks him by repeating his earlier line that she was n't serious enough for him , and cuts her ties with him . Two years later , graduates from Harvard and gives the graduation speech . broke off her engagement to and is now 's best friend . has graduated with no honors , no girlfriend , and no job offers . ended up marrying the UPS guy , and they are expecting their first child together , a girl they plan to name after . has started his own firm and he and have been dating since the trial , and he plans to propose to her later that night .

, an architectural model fabricator , is fired when he refuses to use computer technology . At his boss 's refusal to let keep a few models , he destroys all but one of the models with a spindle from an architectural drawing . As he exits the building with the remaining model , he collapses and is rushed to the hospital , where it is revealed he has advanced stage cancer and any treatment would be futile . 
 decides to demolish the home left by his father and replace it with a house in keeping with the neighborhood . He enlists his son , , who is alienated from his stepfather and his mother . must spend the summer with , who has not revealed his terminal condition , and help him with the house , but makes it a point not to help him . When refuses to give money unless he works for it , toys with becoming a male prostitute , but is nearly caught and flees from his first encounter . This leads him to steal 's Vicodin . 
 slowly reconnects with . decides to assist as well , and she finds herself rediscovering . Also joining in the construction are , 's classmate who lives next door with her mother ; local policeman , 's childhood friend ; 's young half - brothers and ; various neighbors ; and eventually , even after separating from when she tells him that her feelings for have re - awakened . tells of his disease , sending her into shock . tells , who is betrayed and accuses of being selfish and takes refuge at 's house . collapses and is found by the following morning . Complications arise when neighbor tries to halt construction because the building 's height exceeds the allowable limit by six inches . His plans to halt the project are stopped by , who recognizes him from his prostitution attempt and blackmails him . 
 puts Christmas lights all over the unfinished house and shows the gleaming house from his hospital window . The next morning , returns to finish the house and sits beside until his death . goes to the house and tells about his father 's death . inherits the house he finished building . gives the property to a woman who has been living in a trailer park . As a girl , she was injured in a car crash caused by his grandfather .

Kevin Kline, Kristin Scott Thomas, Hayden Christensen, Jena Malone, Mary Steenburgen

The story focuses on , her adult daughters and , and her pre - teen adopted African American daughter , each of whom allows her personal insecurities to affect her life . , longing to look younger and thinner , opts for liposuction , with near tragic results . When 's artistic talents fail to produce any income for her family , much to the dismay of her husband , she takes a job as a one - hour photo developer and finds herself falling for the attention of her teenaged co - worker . Aspiring actress , who bestows upon stray dogs the affection she finds difficult to offer her boyfriend , questions her appeal when she 's rejected for a role based on her looks , and she seeks reassurance from film heartthrob . Overweight tries to fit in better with her white adopted family by having her hair straightened by black Big Sister volunteer , who hopes will put the young girl in touch with her heritage .

( ) is a paperboy who starts his first day of middle school . is antagonized by the corrupt megalomaniacal school principal , ( ) , resident school bullies and ( and ) , and ( ) . also learns that an animal shelter he visits next door to the school is being closed down to build 's opulent football stadium . 
 When 's father , ( ) , reveals that he is moving to Chicago for his boss , because he is unable to stand up for himself , realizes that he can do whatever he wants to his tormentors , facing no consequences because he will be gone by then . Enlisting his equally socially outcast friends , ( ) and ( ) , sets up a variety of pranks , which include traumatizing by playing the main theme song of the children 's television show , MacGoogle the Highlander Frog ( which frightened him as a child ) , then trapping him in the gym with a MacGoogle costume wearer ; instigating a fight between and by stealing the coolant coil for the ice cream truck and 's handheld device ; and ruining 's chances of becoming superintendent to succeed the current superintendent , ( ) ( an alumnus / star football player of the school ) by planting animal pheromones within his breath spray , instigating a food fight in the cafeteria , and later by sabotaging his TV announcements by placing a cardboard cutout of mocking him . 
 After his missions are completed , ends up ditching and 's going away party by accepting an invitation to a milkshake party hosted by his crush ( ) , causing a falling - out . Taking 's earlier advice to heart , announces that he quit his job and started his own business , meaning that is not moving after all . freaks out at this news , and learns that other students at his school are suffering because of his actions . confronts , , and one final time , and with the help of other students at his school , eventually defeats and for good by throwing them into the dumpster and stops from demolishing the animal shelter , which later gets him fired for manipulating with the school budget to build his stadium ( due to tricking into publicly admitting to his crimes earlier ) . The film ends when rides on his bicycle delivering newspapers around his neighborhood , and the Evil Ice Cream Man starts pursuing him once again .

is a disillusioned cartoonist whose comic strip features a rascal monkey named . is in love with a sleep institute worker named Dr. , who helped him deal with his terrible nightmares by changing his drawing hand . One night , crashes his car after accidentally activating an inflatable Monkeybone raft , causing him to fall into a coma . 
 His spirit ends up in Down Town , a limbo - like carnival landscape populated by human beings , mythical creatures and figments of people 's imaginations where nightmares are entertainment . In Down Town , is real . During that time , befriends a catgirl named Miss . When learns that his sister is about to pull the plug on him , he asks , God of Sleep , for advice . tells that to get back to the living , he has to infiltrate the Land of Death to steal an Exit Pass from Death which are given out to coma victims by Reapers giving them permission to leave Down Town and awaken from their coma . successfully steals an Exit Pass , but steals it from him in turn and enters the Land of the Living in 's body through the Revive - O as states that they have plans for 's body . 
 When is locked up , later visits the jail cells , where finds himself locked up with , , and , who reveals his nightmare of pulled the same trick pulled on . explains to that he plans to use 's body to get a chemical substance named Oneirix that developed that gives people and animals nightmares , which gives him more power . Upon being sent to the institute by upon reminding him of his mission , ( in 's body ) ends up successfully stealing the Oneirix , switching it with another juice . obtains the Oneirix and puts it inside stuffed monkey toys of himself ( ) so that those who touch them will be infected and given nightmares . With help from Miss , escapes from his imprisonment . 
 in 's body prepares a pinata for the farting dolls at the party . Meanwhile , reveals ' plan to Death upon capture and convinces her to send him back for only an hour , only to find himself in the body of a dead athlete organ donor . As he flees the morgue attendants , finds out about 's planned party and heads there with the extractors still in pursuit . At the party , 's agent , , exposes himself to the Oneirix in the doll and ends up seeing in the mirror that his clothes are coming to life . This causes to run through the party naked , telling everyone that the clothes have come to life and turned evil . After that , in 's body tells everyone to forget about it as he brings down the piñata containing the dolls . uses 's main characteristics from the comics to cause him to panic and escape . A chase ensues , culminating with and battling each other while clinging to a giant balloon . The balloon is eventually shot down by a passing incompetent police officer and both and fall barely enough to be non - fatal and fall unconscious . 
 and are falling toward Down Town where the residents cheer on their fight . Just then , all the rides stop and a giant robot emerges near the Revive - O causing everyone to flee the area . When and are caught by it , the operator of the robot is revealed to be , who seems quite cheerful despite the circumstances . tries to have let him go to the bathroom , but places back in 's head which is where he belongs . then uses her robot to send back to the living . 
 wakes up in his own body . then proposes to and they get married . An erratic breaks the fourth wall urging the audience to take off their clothes and the film cuts to an animated sequence where cartoon characters strip their human disguises revealing monkeys underneath .

The film 's central story deals with the organisation of an enormous , chaotic , and expensive wedding that is due to take place in a modern Indian family . ( ) and his wife ( ) have arranged a marriage for their daughter ( ) to ( ) . is the son of a family friend who lives in Texas , and has only known him for a few weeks . As so often happens in Indian culture , such a wedding means that , for one of the few times in each generation , the extended family comes together from all corners of the globe , bringing its emotional baggage along . 
 and are helped with the main planning by 's sister and her husband ( ) , who have arrived earlier from Oman . A few days before the engagement , ( ) , 's extremely wealthy brother - in - law , arrives from the U.S .. is married to 's sister and has helped the family regain their financial footing after the Partition of India left them penniless many years ago . offers to pay for 's cousin , ( ) to attend university in the U.S. , after the family consults him for advice . and her mother live with the family , who took them in after the death of 's father . Despite his generous offer , stays away from and is not comfortable in his presence . 
 begins experiencing difficulty in paying for the final , smaller aspects of the wedding and is embarrassed when he has to borrow money from friends and colleagues . Meanwhile , ( ) , the eccentric wedding planner , falls in love with , the ' maid . grows concerned after she witnesses what appears to be flirting with a younger relative , ten - year - old . 's younger brother ( ) plans an elaborate dance for the pre - wedding party with another cousin , ( ) , but worries that his son is becoming too effeminate and plans to send him to boarding school . 's workers see trying on 's wedding jewellery , and the men accuse her of stealing . The incident causes her to become withdrawn from and he grows depressed . 
 A few days before the wedding , sleeps with an old lover , her married boss ; and confesses this to . The incident only serves as a reminder to as to why she stopped seeing . Though he is initially angry , is glad for her honesty and is confident that they can put it behind them and be happy together . The workers apologize to and she reconciles with . The night before the ceremony , refuses to dance due to the comments made by his father , and performs with the help of ( ) , 's nephew from Australia . and grow closer and they share a few intimate moments , which re - affirms their faith in the marriage . After a night of jokes , drama and dances , catches trying to take for a drive alone . stops them from driving off and takes away from him , revealing to and others that had molested her as a child . 's sister does not believe her , attributing her accusations to her character and unmarried status . Emotionally distraught , leaves . 
 The next day , pleads with to return to the wedding , admitting that he ca n't possibly imagine what she has gone through but also saying that he ca n't disown , since they are family . is not pleased but agrees to return for the sake of . Hours before the wedding , however , changes his mind and tells his sister and to leave the wedding and the family home . 's wife insists that 's accusation was a small matter but stands his ground . 
 The Monsoon rains begin as and are married in an elaborate wedding , while and simultaneously we d in a simple ceremony , and later celebrate with the 's . moves on from her past life , and is finally able to freely enjoy the festivities .

, a widower , and his son , , are correctional officers in a prison in Louisiana . They reside with 's ailing father , , a retired correctional officer whose wife committed suicide . 
 , the prison 's deputy warden , oversees the execution of convicted murderer . As explained to by , at the diner bar the night before , a " Monster 's Ball " is what the execution team calls that night 's get - together . The proceedings prove too much for , who , as he is leading to the electric chair , vomits , and then collapses . 
 confronts in the prison 's bathroom afterwards and slaps him for being so " soft " and for " ruining a man 's last walk " . At home , attacks in his bed , and tells him to leave the house . grabs a gun and threatens his father , who backs off . The confrontation ends in their living room with at gunpoint , lying on the carpet , and in 's customary chair . asks his father if he hates him . After his father calmly confirms that he does , and always has , responds , " Well I always loved you , " and then shoots himself in the chest , dying instantly . 
 buries in the back garden with an abbreviated funeral because , as comments , " He was weak . " subsequently resigns as deputy warden , burns his uniform in the backyard , and locks the door of 's room . He purchases a local gas station in an attempt to find common ground with his father , and to provide a diversion in his retirement . During the years of 's imprisonment , his wife , , has been struggling while raising their son , , who has inherited his father 's artistic talent . She abusively berates the boy , regarding his obesity . Along with her domestic problems , struggles financially , leading to the loss of the family car , and , worse , an eviction notice on her house . In desperate need of money , takes a job at a diner , frequented by . 
 One rainy night , and are walking down a soaked highway , when is struck by a car . happens to be driving along and sees the two . After some hesitation , drives them to a hospital , where dies upon arrival . At the suggestion of the authorities at the hospital , drives home . 
 A few days later , gives another ride home from the diner . They begin talking in the car about their common losses , and she invites him in . finds out that is 's widow , though he does not tell her that he participated in her husband 's execution . They drown their grief with alcohol and have sex . 
 stops by 's home with a present for him , but he is not there . She meets , who insults her and implies that is only involved with her because he enjoys sex with black women . , affected by the remarks , refuses to interact with . The incident proves to be the last straw for , who decides to send his father to a nursing home . 
 is evicted from her home for non - payment of rent , and invites her to move in with him . She later discovers 's involvement in her husband 's death when she finds a drawing of done by as he awaited execution . She is upset , but is there waiting for him when he returns from town with ice cream . The film ends with the two of them eating ice cream together on the back porch , content with each other .

The city of Monstropolis in the monster world is powered by energy from the screams of human children . At the Monsters , Inc. factory , skilled monsters employed as " scarers " venture into the human world to scare children and harvest their screams , through doors that activate portals to children 's bedroom closets . It is considered dangerous work , as human children are believed to be toxic . Energy production is falling because children are becoming less easily scared , and Monsters , Inc. 's chairman , , is determined to find a solution . 
 and his partner , , are the organization 's top employees , but their chief rival , , is close behind . One day , discovers that has left a door activated on the scare floor and a small girl has entered the factory . After several failed attempts to put her back , sends the door back into the factory 's door vault and conceals her and takes her out of the factory . He interrupts 's date with his girlfriend , , at a sushi restaurant , and chaos erupts when the child is discovered . and manage to escape with the child before the Child Detection Agency ( CDA ) quarantines the restaurant . They soon discover that she is not toxic after all ; grows attached to her and calls her " , " while is just anxious to be rid of her . 
 The duo smuggle her back into the factory disguised as a baby monster in an attempt to send her home . discovers and tries to kidnap her , but mistakenly kidnaps instead . He straps to a large machine called " The Scream Extractor , " which he intends to use to revolutionize the scaring industry and solve the monster world 's energy problems by forcefully extracting screams from kidnapped human children . Before can use the machine on , intervenes and reports to . , who is secretly in league with , instead exiles and to the Himalayas . The two meet the Abominable Snowman , who tells them about a nearby village , which realizes he can use to return to the factory . prepares to return , but refuses to go with him . 
 Meanwhile , is preparing to use the Scream Extractor on , but suddenly arrives and saves her , destroying the machine in the process . and battle , and after returns and helps overpower , the two reconcile , take , and flee . 
 pursues them to the door vault , and a wild chase ensues among the millions of doors as they move in and out of the storage vault on rails to the factory floor . 's laughter causes all the doors to activate at once , allowing the monsters to freely pass in and out of the human world . attempts to kill , but overcomes her fear and attacks him , enabling to catch him . and then trap in the human world , where two residents at a trailer park mistake him for an alligator and beat him with a shovel . 
 and take and her door to the training room , and trick into revealing his plot with , while secretly records the entire conversation for the CDA to review . The CDA arrests , and it is revealed that , the scare floor secretary , is the CDA 's leader . thanks and for their help , orders them to return home , and has 's door demolished to prevent any further contact with her . 
 With the factory temporarily shut down , is now named the new CEO of Monsters , Inc. Under his new leadership , the energy crisis is solved by harvesting children 's laughter instead of screams , as laughter has been found to be ten times more potent . takes aside , revealing he has rebuilt 's door . It needs one final piece , which took as a memento , in order to work . puts the door chip into place , enters and joyfully reunites with .

A dark - haired woman is the sole survivor of a car crash on Mulholland Drive , a winding road high in the Hollywood Hills . Injured and in shock , she makes her way down into Los Angeles and sneaks into an apartment . Later that morning , an aspiring actress named arrives at the apartment , which is normally occupied by her Aunt . is startled to find the woman , who has amnesia and assumes the name " " after seeing a poster for the film Gilda starring . To help the woman remember her identity , looks in 's purse , where she finds a large amount of money and an unusual blue key . 
 At a diner called Winkie 's , a man tells his companion about a nightmare in which he dreamt there was a horrible figure behind the diner . When they investigate , the figure appears , causing the man with the nightmare to collapse in fright . Elsewhere , director has his film commandeered by mobsters , who insist he cast an unknown actress named as the lead in his film . resists , but after being thrown out of his house when he finds his wife cheating on him , he learns that his bank has closed his line of credit and he is broke . He agrees to meet a mysterious figure called , who urges him to cast for his own good . Later , a bungling hit man attempts to steal a book full of phone numbers and leaves three people dead . 
 While trying to learn more about 's accident , and go to Winkie 's and are served by a waitress named , which causes to remember the name " . " They find in the phone book and call her , but she does not answer . goes to an audition , where her performance is highly praised . A casting agent takes her to a soundstage where a film called The Sylvia North Story , directed by , is being cast . When auditions , capitulates to casting her . locks eyes with , but she flees before she can meet him , saying she is late to meet a friend . 
 and go to apartment and break in when no one answers the door . In the bedroom , they find the body of a woman who has been dead for several days . Terrified , they return to their apartment , where disguises herself with a blonde wig . She and have sex that night . At 2 a.m. , insists they go to a theater called Club Silencio . The emcee explains in different languages that everything is an illusion ; comes on stage and begins singing the song " Crying " in Spanish , then collapses while her vocals continue — her performance was a recording . finds a blue box in her purse that matches 's key . Upon returning to the apartment , retrieves the key and finds that has disappeared . unlocks the box , and it falls to the floor with a thump . 
 wakes up in her bed in the same apartment that and investigated . She looks exactly like , but is a failed actress driven into a deep depression by her failed affair with , a successful actress who looks exactly like . At 's invitation , attends a party at 's house on Mulholland Drive . At dinner , states she came to Hollywood when her Aunt died and left her some money , and she met at an audition for The Sylvia North Story . Another woman who looks like the " Camilla Rhodes " from earlier kisses , and they turn and smile at . and prepare to make an important announcement , but they dissolve into laughter and kiss while watches , crying . Later , meets the hit man at Winkie 's , hiring him to kill . He tells her she 'll find a blue key in her apartment when the job is completed . 
 In her apartment , looks at the blue key on her coffee table . Distraught , she is terrorized by hallucinations and runs screaming to her bed , where she shoots herself . A woman at the theater whispers , " Silencio . "

In an effort to secure employment at the upscale Century City Mall in Los Angeles , ( ) , a 17 - year - old " goth - punk " girl who just graduated from high school , makes a nuisance of herself at a clothing store run by 49 - year - old ( ) , who eventually hires her on a trial basis as a stockroom clerk . refers to herself simply as " " , and thus asks if it 's okay if she calls him " R " , to which he accedes . 
 One day , as there is nothing more to be done in the stockroom , makes her way to the front of the store and begins to interact with customers . Encouraged by her initiative but concerned that her appearance may frighten away potential customers , buys her an appropriate outfit and promotes her to saleswoman . 
 Feeling isolated from the other people in her life , finds she is attracted to . After an incident that makes him question whether he can continue to trust her , demonstrates her trust in him by revealing that she engages in self harm . The two thus strike up an unlikely friendship as they realize that neither has anyone close with whom they can confide . Made aware that is unhappy living with her mother ( who seems to pay more attention to her two pugs than her daughter ) and stepfather , offers her an advance on her salary so she can afford her own place , then helps her find an apartment . 
 As their friendship progresses , consents to getting a ( very small ) tattoo at 's urging , only to realize at the last possible moment that he ca n't go through with it . In a fit of despair he declares that they ca n't continue as friends . Confronted by at his home a short time later , confides his many phobias , which endears him to even more . Their friendship restored , reluctantly accompanies to a cemetery to lie on the graves of the deceased to feel their " energy " , something she does regularly . Due to the lateness of the hour , they go back to 's where they bond over tea and spends the night on the couch . 
 The following morning discovers collapsed in the street after having told her he was going " for a run . " She learns that has had leukemia for many years and does n't have long to live , and is initially very angry that he did n't share this with her . 
 While collecting some of 's personal items from his home , discovers the name and address of his ex - wife . Unable to contact her by phone , drives to Albuquerque only to find her ( and 's ) son , a deeply cynical young man who tells her that his mother died in a car accident six months earlier , and had told him that his father had died before he was born . Although he initially refuses to drive to L.A. to see the father he 's never known before he dies , he ultimately does so . Because of 's intervention , and his son have a brief time to get to know one another , for which is very grateful . 
 's friendship with inspires her to seek a closer relationship with her family , especially her mother . In 's final days , organizes a dinner at which his son and 's family come together to celebrate his life .

Generally , the film is a dark and quirky " tragicomedy " . The " everyman " protagonist , Dr. ( ) , is a dentist with a fairly pleasant but rather innocuous , ordinary and uneventful life . But all of this gets derailed , and 's life descends into an increasingly complex mess , from the minute a beautiful and seductive new patient named ( ) comes to him , seeking a root canal and a little pain relief ... 
 On 's initial office visit , schedules her for a root canal the very next day , and offers her some Ibuprofen to address her pain in the meanwhile . Claiming that she is allergic to the offered medication , requests a prescription for the addictive pain - killer Demerol . provides the prescription , but only for five tablets . However , changes the dosage from five tablets to fifty when she collects the medication from her pharmacist . 
 arrives for her appointment twelve hours late , having mistaken the time . She seduces , talking him into getting drunk and having sex with her . During the night , steals all of 's narcotics . The next day , there is a DEA ( Drug Enforcement Administration ) agent at 's office demanding to see the dentist 's narcotics supply , because an 18 - year - old has driven a car off a cliff under the influence of cocaine hydrochloride from a bottle registered to the dentist . Knowing that has stolen his entire drug supply , puts the agent off , saying he dispensed it all to patients . The agent leaves with the promise that if fails to produce the empty containers in two days , the DEA will place him under arrest . 
 That night goes to 's hotel room to demand the empty containers , threatening that he 'll call the police if she does n't provide them . Once again , she overrides his initial intentions and seduces him - with the result that they have sex and he spends the night with her . 
 The next day at his office , is confronted by 's brother , ( ) having a violent scene , saying : " Stay the hell away from my sister " and " I do n't appreciate your threats " . ends the conversation with , " I do n't ever want to see you again , because if I do , goddamn it , I 'm gon na hurt you . " 
 That night , returns to 's hotel room and , assuming that is the form he sees the bed , starts talking to her . The person under the blanket turns out to be not but brother , who leaps up and attacks , attempting to strangle him . takes scissors from a nearby desk and stabs in the hand , impaling him and embedding the scissors . flees , stopping off at a bar to calm down . On arriving at home , just minutes ahead of his girlfriend ( ) , he finds dead on the floor . 
 Police arrive on the scene to question . Comically adding to 's distress and anxiety is actor ( ) , a hack actor doing research for a role , and permitted by the police to question at aggressive levels that cause heightened discomfort . After the police arrive and depart , tells about the whole ordeal . 
 A while later , is arrested for the murder of based on finding 's teeth marks on the body - that someone else put there after killing . After breaks free , all of Chicago is on the look out for him . He goes to his office in the night , only to find his brother lying dead . 
 At this point , it is revealed that 's girlfriend is behind all of the killing . She killed with a shotgun and created dentures of 's teeth using his dental equipment and bit 's corpse with them . She was also in cahoots with , with whom she was having an affair . Unfortunately for , her plan was to eventually kill him as well with the shotgun to tie up all loose ends and make it appear that killed him after . 
 Realizing he 'll never be free without starting over , pulls out all of his dead brother 's teeth , as well as all of his own . uses his dental skills to place his own teeth into his dead brother 's skull , and then sets fire to the dental office with 's corpse , replete with replaced teeth , left inside . and , now lovers , escape to France , where they live happily ever after in a little cottage on the countryside . 
 Meanwhile , 's attempts to frame fall apart . Unbeknownst to her , was playing with a medical video camera while he was shot and the recovered footage shows firing the shotgun at the camera holder but fails to show it was who was shot . Therefore , the police wrongly assume that shot and arrest her .

Following release from prison , violates his parole by traveling to California to meet his partner - in - crime and friend to propose a heist . The two go to Las Vegas to pitch the plan to wealthy friend and former casino owner . The plan consists of simultaneously robbing the Bellagio , The Mirage , and the MGM Grand casinos . 's familiarity with casino security makes him very reluctant to get involved , but when he starts to think of it as a good way to get back at his rival , , who owns all three casinos , agrees to finance the operation . Because the casinos are required by the Nevada Gaming Commission to have enough cash on hand to cover all their patrons ' bets , the three predict that , on the upcoming night of a highly anticipated boxing match , the Bellagio vault will contain more than $ 160,000,000 . 
 and recruit eight former colleagues and criminal specialists : , a young and talented pickpocket ; , a casino worker and con man ; and , a pair of gifted mechanics ; , an electronics and surveillance expert ; , an explosives expert ; , an elderly con man ; and " The Amazing " , an accomplished acrobat . Several of the team members carry out reconnaissance at the Bellagio to learn as much as possible about the security , the routines and behaviors of the casino staff , and the building itself . Others create a precise replica of the vault with which to practice maneuvering through its formidable security systems . During this planning phase , the team discovers that 's ex - wife , , is 's girlfriend . urges to give up on the plan , believing incapable of sound judgment while is involved , but refuses . 
 On the night of the fight , the plan is put into motion . shows up at the Bellagio purposely to be seen by , who as predicted , locks him in a storeroom with , a bouncer . However , is on 's payroll , and allows him to access the vent system and join his team as they seize the vault , coincident with activities of their other team members in and around the casino . calls on a cell phone dropped in 's coat earlier , and tells him that unless he lets them have half of the money in the vault , they will blow it up ; sees video footage confirming 's claim . complies , having his bodyguards take the loaded duffel bags to a waiting van driven by remote control . has his men follow the van , while he calls in a SWAT team to try to secure the vault . The SWAT team 's arrival causes a shootout that sets off the explosives and incinerates the remaining cash . After affirming the premises otherwise secure , the SWAT team collects their gear and departs . 
 As heads to examine the ruined vault himself , his men stop the van and find the bags were only loaded with flyers for prostitutes . studies the video footage and recognizes that the flooring in the vault on the video lacks the Bellagio logo , which had been added only recently to the vault . It is shown that 's team used their practice vault to create fake footage to fool . Furthermore , they themselves were the SWAT team , and used their gear bags to take all of the money from the vault right under 's nose . goes to see that has seemingly been locked up in the storeroom throughout the heist , and thus innocent of any crime . As watches via security surveillance , tricks into saying he would give up in exchange for the money , which witnesses via closed circuit television . , unsatisfied with 's plan to get back the money , orders his men to escort off the premises and inform the police that he is violating his parole by being in Las Vegas . leaves and exits the hotel just in time to see arrested . The rest of the team bask in the victory , silently going their separate ways one - by - one . When is released after serving time for his parole violation , he is met by and , and they drive off , closely followed by 's bodyguards .

George Clooney, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Andy García, Julia Roberts, Don Cheadle, Casey Affleck, Elliott Gould, Bernie Mac, Carl Reiner, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan

The majority of the film consists of , , and reciting their separate lovesick accounts of their experiences with , each narrating over what they consider to be the real version of the recent events . Scenes are often re - enacted twice , with different accounts contradicting each other for comedic effect . For example , when is narrating , he acts as if he were a completely fair , by - the - book police officer , and is painted as a slimy , macho , abusive thug . When is telling the story , he is the innocent victim and is shown as a suspicious , prying , hard - nosed cop ; is convinced that every woman is in love with him , and during his version of the tale , everyone acts accordingly .

Original Sin is set in the late 19th century Cuba during the Spanish rule,[3][4 ] and flashes back and forth from the scene of a woman awaiting her execution by garrote while telling her story to a priest , to the actual events of that story . 
 ( ) sends for American ( ) from Delaware to sail to his country Cuba to be his mail - order bride . alights from the ship , looking nothing like the photos she had sent prior to her voyage . explains she wants more than a man who is only interested in a pretty face and that is why she has been deceptive — substituting a plain - looking woman 's photo in place of her own picture . also admits to a deception ; he has been misleading her into believing that he is a poor clerk in a coffee export house , instead of being the rich owner of that coffee export house . On hearing this , says that they both have something in common and that is that both are not to be trusted . But they assure each other that they would make efforts in understanding and trusting each other in life . 
 and we d in the church within hours of her setting foot in Cuba . falls desperately in love with his new wife , and they passionately make love . 
 Meanwhile , 's sister has been trying to contact her , worried about her after such a long trip to a strange land . She sends an emotional letter to asking about her welfare . forces to write back , fearing that if continues to ignore 's letters , will assume something terrible has befallen her sister and she might send the authorities to check on her welfare . Holding off as long as possible , finally pens a letter to her sister . 
 In order to assure that his wife has everything she wants , adds to his business and personal bank accounts , giving her free rein to spend as she pleases . discovers that has taken nearly all of his fortune and then teams up with a detective , ( ) , hired by to find her real sister . arrives from Wilmington and tells that he would like to see on the coming Sunday . informs about this and she gets upset . arrives in Cuba to meet , and shows the letter wrote to her . She informs that she believes to be an impostor and that her sister may be dead , and that the impostor may be working with someone . The two set out together looking for her . 
 finds and discovers she is actually working with and that she and are staying at the same hotel . believes she loves him and lies to , but when confronted , a fight breaks out and shoots . coldly tells to go and buy them tickets home , but the minute he leaves , gets to his feet ; he had loaded the gun with blanks . appears to love , but has too much control over her , so she continues to work for him as she and run off to live in secret , with the supposedly dead in pursuit . turns out to be ( 's ) old lover and partner . 
 throws away his promising future and opens himself to living a lie with . One night , follows / and discovers / is alive and that the two are still working together ; she is apparently going to poison her husband that very night . He returns home to wait for her , and when she arrives , he reveals that he knows about the plan , confesses his love for her once more and swallows the poisoned drink though she desperately tries to stop him . flees with the dying , with close behind . They run into him at a train station ; is furious that has betrayed him . As holds a knife to her throat , shoots and wounds him , with finishing him off . 
 Back in the mise en scene , finishes her story and asks the priest to pray with her . The next morning the guards come to her cell to take her to her execution , only to find the priest kneeling in her clothing . 
 In Morocco , is watching a card game . She walks around the table occupied by gamblers — including — and thanks them for allowing her to watch . As signals about the other players ' cards , he begins telling them the story of how they got there .

( ) is an unkempt , slovenly zookeeper at the Sucat Memorial Zoo in Rhode Island . Depressed by the loss of his wife years earlier , he copes by eating unhealthily and ignores basic hygiene , to the annoyance of his young daughter ( ) . During a lunch break , eats a boiled egg he dropped onto the ground after a chimpanzee had put it in its mouth . 
 Inside 's body , ( ) , a rebellious and disgraced white blood cell officer of the PD , recklessly chases germs from the egg , but fails and instead causes to have a leg cramp . Meanwhile , facing a challenge to his re - election prospects , Mayor ( ) doubles down on 's consumption of junk - food , despite concerns from his secretary ( ) . Meanwhile , Thrax ( ) , a deadly virus , emerges from the leftover egg and causes inflammation in the throat . 
 Unwilling to admit responsibility for the recent symptoms , instructs to take a cold pill through brain signals . The suppressant , Drixenol " Drix " Koldreliff ( ) , is partnered with to investigate the recent sore throat . While Drix cools off the inflammation , gets a short eyewitness testimony from a terrified bacterium who saw Thrax arrive . 
 assumes leadership of a gang of sweat germs and launches an attack on the mucus dam in 's nose , causing a runny nose , nearly expelling and before inhales them back into the sinuses . While continuing the investigation , reveals to that a couple of years ago , during a science fair at 's school , he caused to publicly vomit on 's science and P.E. teacher , Mrs. ( ) , after seeing a deadly virus on an oyster ate earlier after observing another student 's oyster display ; it came on the newspaper the next day ; overnight , , Mrs. and their whole families became the town laughing stock everywhere they went , causing them to be humiliated , and got fired from his job at the pea soup factory by the manager and supervisor . His brother and 's uncle ( ) later helped him get a job at the zoo , where still gets zero respect . , in turn , was then suspended from his job working in the kidneys and then demoted to patrol duty in the mouth for use of unnecessary force . assures that he did the right thing as raw oysters are frequently breeding grounds for malicious bacteria . 
 Based on information from a vaccine virus , goes undercover at a nightclub located within a zit on 's forehead , intending to infiltrate 's gang . Once there , discovers 's plan to steal chromosomes from the hypothalamus , driving up 's body temperature to kill him in 48 hours . However , 's cover is blown and is forced to call in , who destroys the club with a grenade . The explosion bursts the zit during 's meeting with Mrs. , causing it to land on her lip , grossing her out , and she screams at him to leave . In response , closes the investigation , fires , and orders to leave the city . 
 Having survived the assault , discreetly breaks into the hypothalamus gland and steals a DNA bead from a chromosome . 's temperature begins to rise . , realizing that was still a threat , stops from leaving and convinces him to help him finish the case . then kidnaps and flees to the mouth to escape . As is taken to the hospital in a fever induced coma , and give chase and save but escapes by using pollen , causing to sneeze and expelling from his body . With 's help , pursues to the surface of 's right eye and her false eyelash . pins down and threatens to kill next , but gets stuck in the eyelash ; 's pliable body allows him to escape as the eyelash slides off and lands in a glass of alcohol , dissolving . 
 As 's temperature reaches 108 degrees , his heartbeat flatlines as he suffers hyperpyrexia , leaving devastated . Riding on one of 's tears , reenters 's body with 's necklace of DNA beads , reviving just in time . Having narrowly cheated death , commits himself to living a healthier lifestyle with the help of , while begins a relationship with and is re - instated to the force with as his new partner . loses his position as mayor and is reduced to working as a custodian in the bowels . He later accidentally ejects himself from the body by pushing a button that triggers 's flatulence .

, best friend , and other friends , " " , , and , all live and work at a ski resort on Bull Mountain in Alaska . The mountain and resort were founded by who loved to drink and ski at the same time until he died doing so . His son , , took over the mountain and plans to sell it to wealthy Colorado ski resort tycoon , . In addition to being friends , has romantic designs on , but is held back as he is still getting over his ex , , who mysteriously disappeared after 3 weeks of summer love in Mexico . 
 After arriving at the mountain , plans to change the mountain name and turn the ski village into a first class resort but seeks 's help in getting his rowdy friends in line so as not to scare off his investors . brings with him to the mountain his daughters , , a Swiss ski bunny , and , 's summer fling . After 's arrival , then gets drunk and misses his date with . Later , explains she left in Mexico because she was already engaged and that was the other man . begins to make major changes to the town and mountain , such as changing the dive bar to an upscale club and removing the statue of Papa from the center of the town . offers a contract to be his new manager and agrees on the condition that his friends all get to stay , but secretly has fire them behind his back . finds out about the firing of his friends and quits his job and races to stop his friends from leaving . 
 gives an inspirational speech about how the mountain is their home and not letting ruin the memory of Papa , they all grab their snowboards and head for the mountain . The group of friends and then cause bedlam at the festivities and is outraged at 's betrayal . frees from her father and takes her to an airstrip where , her fiancé , waits in his plane . He tells what they had in Mexico was special but that he realized she belongs with and watches fly away . The friends defeat and decides he is no longer selling the mountain . asks out again after revealing he no longer thinks of .

In 1923 Tennessee , two best friends , and , play together in the back of an old biplane , pretending to be soldiers fighting the Germans in World War I. After 's father lands his biplane and leaves , and climb into the plane . accidentally starts it , but manages to stop the plane at the end of the runway . Enraged , 's father beats his son . stands up to him , calling him a " dirty German " . However , 's father reveals that he fought the Germans in World War I. 
 Eighteen years later , in January 1941 , with World War II raging , and are both first lieutenants under the command of Major . informs that he has been accepted into the Eagle Squadron ( a RAF outfit for American pilots during the Battle of Britain ) . A nurse named meets , who passes his medical exam despite his dyslexia . That night , and enjoy an evening of dancing at a nightclub and later a jaunt in the New York harbor in a borrowed police boat . shocks by saying that he has joined the Eagle Squadron and is leaving the next day . 
 , and their fellow pilots and nurses are transferred to Pearl Harbor in Hawaii . Meanwhile , becomes a flying ace , but is shot down over the English Channel and presumed to be killed in action . gives the news and she is devastated . Three months later , and begin a romantic relationship . 
 On the night of December 6 , is shocked to discover standing outside her door , having survived his drowning . He goes to the Hula bar where he is welcomed back by his overjoyed fellow pilots . finds in the bar with the intention of making things right , but the two get into a fight . They drive away , avoiding being put in the brig when the military police arrive at the bar . The two later fall asleep in 's car . 
 Next morning , on December 7 , 1941 , the Japanese navy begins its attack on Pearl Harbor . The USS   Arizona is obliterated when an armor - piercing bomb detonates the ship 's forward ammunition magazine , literally lifting the bow out of the water . The USS Oklahoma capsizes after several torpedoes strike her , trapping hundreds of men inside . The USS West Virginia suffers severe damage . One bomb mortally wounds Captain . Cook , mans a .50 caliber machine gun and shoots down a Japanese plane . The USS   Nevada makes a run for the sea , becoming a primary target during the second wave . and drive away in search of a still standing airfield , while and the other nurses struggle to assist hundreds of wounded . and manage to get in the air in P-40s , downing several Zeroes . Landing , they assist in the rescue of the capsized USS Oklahoma , but are too late to save the crew of the USS Arizona . 
 The next day , President delivers his Day of Infamy Speech to the nation and requests the US Congress declare a state of war with the Empire of Japan . The survivors attend a memorial service to honor the numerous dead . Later , and are both assigned to travel stateside under newly promoted Lt . Colonel for a secret mission . Before they leave , reveals to that she is pregnant with 's child , and intends to stay with . 
 Upon their arrival in California , and are both promoted to Captain and awarded the Silver Star , and volunteer for a secret mission under . During the next three months , , and other pilots train with specially modified B-25 Mitchell bombers . In April , the raiders are sent towards Japan on board the USS   Hornet . Their mission : bombing Tokyo , landing in China . However , the Japanese discover them early , forcing the raiders to launch from a longer distance than planned . After a successful bombing run , the raiders crash - land in a rice paddy in Japanese - controlled China . The Japanese Army pin down 's plane , but 's crew manages to destroy a patrol before crashing . is shot during the attack by Japanese patrols while the other pilots , and , kill the remaining Japanese patrolmen . tells that is pregnant and he must live to be the baby 's father . then tells that he will have to be the father and dies . Back in California , a pregnant sees getting off the aircraft , carrying 's coffin . Afterward , and are awarded medals and is awarded his medal by President . After the war , and , now married , visit 's grave with and 's son , also named . then asks his stepson if he would like to go flying , and they fly off into the sunset in the old biplane that his father once had .

Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett, Kate Beckinsale, Tom Sizemore, Cuba Gooding Jr., Alec Baldwin, Jon Voight

, born in " a small town outside Gary , Indiana , ” is portrayed as a ladies ' man who is " too cool for words " , even as a young child . His life is marked by the deaths of his mother " Momma Dee , ” and shortly thereafter his father " Daddy Tang , " who dies after being mauled by a gorilla during his shift at the steel mill ( the third time someone had suffered that particular fate ) . Just before Daddy 's death , inherits his father 's belt and is told that ( as long as he has right on his side ) he can " whoop anyone 's ass with just that belt . " 
 As a young adult , rises to fame and becomes well known for a variety of reasons . He sings in nightclubs , stars in public service announcements for children , produces top - of - the - charts music hits , and generally defeats wrongdoers with the power of his belt . , the chief operating officer of multi - industrial conglomerate LecterCorp , learns of positive influence on society — and his negative influence on LecterCorp 's bottom line . After his henchmen and a villain named are sent away by 's friends , encourages his right - hand lady , , to seduce into signing an agreement with LecterCorp that would stop influence on America 's children . 
 falls for 's tricks and subsequently falls apart . His status as pop culture icon is destroyed , and he engages on a quest to " find [ him]self . " This journey is encouraged by , who promises to wait for to return to her and to the rest of society . moves to a farm where the local sheriff decides and his daughter should start dating . After his single corn stalk dies , he has a vision of Daddy Tang and Momma Dee . Daddy reveals that there is nothing special about 's belt ; instead , must fight evil with the goodness that is inside him . After dealing with and his henchman ( as well as getting his belt back ) , realizes he must move back to the city and fight crime once again . 
 returns to the city just as is unveiling the first of his new restaurant chain , Pootie 's Bad Time Burgers . At a small news conference , confronts only to discover that has amassed dozens of " Pootie - alikes " who will spread the message of LecterCorp around the nation . , with the help of , defeats all of these henchmen and himself . Good triumphs over evil once again , and finally gets her man : she and plan to get married now that is back . Elsewhere , leaves corporate life and becomes an actor , leaves him and becomes a counselor helping at - risk teenage prostitutes , and is still dirty .

The movie begins with a prologue set in a U.S Army base somewhere in the Nevada Desert . An unknown group breaks into the facility , knocking out the guards and absconding with a top - secret project . The unseen leader of the group instructs his men to move the equipment to " where it all began " : Third Street Elementary School . 
 After pulling off one last big prank at Third Street Elementary School , which involves stealing the ice cream that Miss had been hoarding and distributing it to the kids , and his friends are excited about being done with the rest of the school year and starting summer vacation , but is unhappy , because his friends are all at summer camps in order to prepare for their future careers . Later , suspects that there 's something going on inside the school after seeing a green light pour from the cafeteria and getting chased off by a guard . He sneaks around and sees a tractor beam levitating a safe . Panicking , he tries to tell his parents and the police , but no one believes him . When he gets Principal to come to see what 's going on , he is dematerialized . Out of options , uses his sister 's diary to blackmail her into driving to all the camps to pick his friends up . 
 and his friends steal a box of documents , but when they find it filled with boring information , they accuse him of inventing a plot to drag them out of summer camp . However , their accusations are undercut by a tractor beam appearing and firing off from the school 's roof , and agree to help investigate at night . The next day , finds 's golf pants in a dumpster with a note requesting help in a pocket , so and his friends infiltrate the school that night to find . They witness the adults in the auditorium firing the tractor beam at the moon but are caught spying and flee . is captured and put in a storage room where is tied up . A man named Dr. comes in to talk to them , revealing himself to be an old friend of 's from their early teaching years . 
 After leaves , tells the story of how , back in the spring of 1968 , became principal of Third Street School and moved to abolish recess in order to improve test grades . The plan did n't go over well , as it was met with angry teachers and parents protesting to reinstate recess , which refused to do . went to the superintendent as a means of recourse . While the superintendent assured the parents that the plan made would never be carried out , still refused to back down . The superintendent then demoted and promoted to principal . accused of stealing his job , which , along with his anti - recess views , caused his then - girlfriend , to break up with him . Infuriated , ended his friendship with , quit teaching , and swore revenge on his now - former friend . Later , says , entered politics and went on to become Secretary of Education , until he was fired by the president when he tried to abolish recess again but this time it was nationwide . 
 and escape and enter 's office where uses his confiscated walkie - talkie in 's drawer to tells his friends about 's plans to destroy summer vacation . 's friends go through the box of documents again . finds a date book that mentions lunar perigee , and deduces that is trying to move the moon 's orbit via tractor beam when it is closest to the Earth . By drastically altering the moon 's orbit , , having cornered and , reveals to them that he can create a permanent ice age so kids will spend their summers studying inside instead of playing . 
 's friends get his sister , , to drive to the camps again , where they pick up all the children . draws up the plans to attack the school while and escape the cage that has imprisoned them in . ' plan works , and most of 's mercenary guards and ninjas are incapacitated . All the kids pour into the auditorium . Another set of guards protects as he prepares to pull the lever . However , arrives . After rejecting again , she brings the teachers and staff in and a fight breaks out . punches , but as slumps , he triggers the beam and Prickly can not reverse it . tosses his baseball to , whose accurate pitch destroys the beam 's core . The police arrest and his cronies for theft ( Especially when it was government property ) , conspiracy , breaking and entering , and attempted terrorism . 
 In the aftermath , and the other kids , the teacher and staff , and are celebrated as a heroes and makes amends with his sister . 's friends decide to spend the rest of the summer with him , stating that they have plenty of time to prepare for their futures , but only a little time left to just be kids . Before they head to the pond , thanks in person for protecting him from during their imprisonment . states that he should be the one doing the thanking , as 's act of dragging into the whole ordeal reminded him of his true motivation to pursue teaching : to help kids . They acknowledge each other in mutual respect by using their respective nicknames . As heads to the pond with his friend , calls out at him that when September comes , will be under 's discipline again , but replies that September is a long way off . The film ends with and his friends racing to the pond , with looking on and smiling .

In 1961 , eleven - year - old rides with her father , Connecticut police officer , to the Christmas tree lot . When she reveals that she wants a bra for Christmas in order to get the attention of a boy she likes , tells her she is too young to be thinking about boys , and to focus on books . 
 Now 1965 , is now an intelligent , but naïve teenager . Her dream is to go to college in New York and become a writer . She joins her friends , and , at a party . finds her older boyfriend , who is about to be deployed to Vietnam , while gives a love letter to a popular boy named . When reads the letter aloud , flees to the bathroom . She is consoled by , a stranger , who then defends 's honor and fights with . and , with and , flee the party . The four go to a lookout , where and have sex . is overcome by 's kindness and they also have sex . , who is on duty , drives up and brings them to the police station , where claims that they only kissed . 
 discovers she is pregnant . She tells , initially turns down his offer to get married , then placates her shocked parents by agreeing to a hasty wedding . At the reception , everyone is avoiding , so publicly announce that she is also pregnant . confides to that her father wanted her to put the baby up for adoption , but she and will be getting married instead . The two girls eventually celebrate the fact they will be mothers together . 
 Over the next few months , the girls bemoan missing out on three things : their childhood , prom , and an education . gives birth to son , while has daughter . continues to pursue her education . When is three , she wins the chance for a college scholarship . Unfortunately , 's interview goes badly when she is forced to take along . Although the interviewer praises 's writings , he states that she has too many distractions . Later , reveals that she and are getting divorced , because he met someone while stationed in Hawaii . tells that she 's not sure if she loves , because his birth has cost her so much . When almost drowns in 's pool , vows to be more attentive . 
 On 's seventh birthday , several people from 's high school show up to his party : old friend is now engaged and going to NYU ; and , who had a crush on , just graduated from Berkeley . He suggests that move her family to California and pursue her education there , since the state offers financial aid . agrees to the plan , but on the day they are supposed to leave , he confesses that he is a heroin addict and spent their savings on drugs . helps him detox , but sneaks out to get more drugs . When he tells that it 's impossible for him to quit , so she tells him he should leave instead . agrees , but young chases after him in tears , then tells that he hates her for making leave . 
 Two years later , still yearns for California . She and help ( one of 's old friends ) dry weed in 's oven . , still bitter , tells Grandpa , who arrests the mothers ( had left ) . 's brother bails them out , using up their savings , on the condition that and move away with him and cut off contact with . harshly tells the smug that he ruined their lives . She claims that it 's his fault moved away . 
 Now 1985 , and are driving to see . She has written her memoir , but needs to sign a waiver or else her book will not be published . While driving , tells that he wants to transfer from NYU to Indianapolis , but refuses , saying that he is getting the education that she never could . calls his now - girlfriend with the bad news . is dejected but assures him that she is not angry . Arrive at 's trailer , explains why they are there . When 's wife , , demands $ 100,000 , screams at and storms out . follows her and calls her selfish for only caring about her book when he finally got to see his father again . He accuses her of being a bad mother and she storms off . 
 comes outside and talks with , stating that leaving was the best thing he could have done for and he believes it 's the only reason turned out so well . He sneaks the signed papers to . finds , who insists that she was a great mother who sacrificed everything for him . reveals that he will transfer in order to be with and apologizes to for ruining her life . softens and tells that she is proud of him and thinks of him as the best thing in her life . She also tells him that she holds herself responsible for her various mistakes and poor choices and she never meant to blame for them . She gives him her car to drive to Indiana . 
 is forced to call for a ride . She complains to him how blames her for everything wrong in his life . She then realizes that she herself has done the same to her father . Together , they sing a song from her childhood as they drive away .

In the mid-1980s , ( ) is a Pittsburgh fanatical admirer of a heavy metal band called Steel Dragon . By day , is a photocopier technician and by night , he is the lead singer of a Steel Dragon tribute band called Blood Pollution ( the name is taken from a Steel Dragon song ) . 
 Internal struggles among the actual Steel Dragon band members culminate with the firing of their lead singer , ( ) , and the beginning of recruitment sessions to find a new vocalist . experiences his own strife with his Blood Pollution bandmates , particularly guitarist ( ) . During a live performance , 's playing fails to live up to ' over - demanding standards regarding note - for - note accuracy to the original Steel Dragon recordings , and sabotages 's amplifier mid - song – a fight breaks out between the two onstage . The next day , meets Blood Pollution at a rehearsal session , but he finds out that he has been replaced with his arch - rival , the ( now former ) lead singer of another Steel Dragon tribute band . also cites ' inability to create his own musical style , preferring to remain the singer in a tribute band . 
 One day , receives an unexpected phone call from Steel Dragon 's founder and rhythm guitarist , ( ) , and is offered an audition for the band ( thanks to two of Blood Pollution 's groupies , who showed a videotape of one of Blood Pollution 's concerts ) . After hanging up on once , thinking he 's being pranked by , ecstatically agrees . At the studio , he meets the band , as well as learning that was fired because he was a closeted homosexual , and gives an outstanding performance of " We All Die Young " ( a Steel Dragon song in the movie , but it is actually a song by Steelheart , whose lead vocalist provides 's singing voice for the film ) . joins the band as their new singer , adopting the stage name " " . Following a successful debut concert with Steel Dragon , must come to grips with the pressures of his new - found fame and success . The band embarks on a lengthy tour and experiences the excesses of the lifestyle , with the group 's manager , ( ) , serving as a sympathetic mentor to . 
 His new lifestyle impacts his life both for better and worse , particularly with his relationship with his supportive girlfriend , ( ) , when she decides not to continue with him throughout the remainder of the tour as a rock star girlfriend , though and agree to get back together when the tour reaches Seattle . Eventually , Steel Dragon stops in Seattle for a show , and arrives at his hotel room as they had previously arranged , although had become so inebriated while on tour he forgot about the arrangement and did not even know what city he was in . Although taken aback by all the groupies , still tries to reconnect with him , reminding him of their plans to meet up once he got to Seattle , however he is too intoxicated to really understand what she is saying , eventually suggesting they go to Seattle together . Heartbroken with his inconsiderate behavior , intoxication and the fact that he is sleeping with so many groupies , leaves him . 
 After the end of the tour , reports to the next series of Steel Dragon recording sessions with song concepts and artwork for the band 's next album . The rest of the band rejects 's ideas , with explaining that the band has to stay true to the " Steel Dragon thing " to fulfill fan expectations . is angered upon realizing that he was only recruited for his vocal abilities . After a heartfelt conversation with about how he feared he had no control over the direction life has taken him , begins to reconsider his rock star lifestyle . On the next tour , in a scene directly paralleling one near the beginning of the film with their roles reversed , hears a fan ( ) singing along with him toward the end of a live concert . Impressed , pulls the fan , who introduces himself as , onstage and hands him the microphone to finish the concert . Backstage , realizes that what he wanted for so long was not what he thought , and he says goodbye to , departing from the band while doing so . 
 Upon ditching his stage name , , makes his way to Seattle and starts a new band with his old friend and former bandmate . At the same time Steel Dragon , failing to evolve to the changing tastes and styles of the 1990s , has its fame fizzle out . finds working in the coffee shop she and her roommate purchased a few years earlier , but is initially too ashamed to speak to her . While walking one evening , sees a flyer for his band posted on the wall and takes it down . In the final scene , is singing with his band in a bar and walks in . leaves the stage and speaks to her . They reconcile , ending the film with a kiss and the final note of ' first original song " Colorful " ( which is actually a song by The Verve Pipe ) . 
 During the credits , talks about the future of the band and is shown to have taken up Irish Dancing after leaving Steel Dragon .

Four days after the events of Rush Hour , LAPD Detective is on vacation in Hong Kong visiting his friend , Hong Kong Police Force Chief Inspector , whom he met and befriended after working together to save the Chinese Consul 's daughter , , in Los Angeles . Their leisure is temporarily put on hold as soon as a bomb explodes at the United States Consulate General , murdering two undercover U.S. Customs agents inside of it . Inspector is assigned to the case , which becomes personal when it is discovered that it somehow involves , his late police officer father 's former partner . , who was suspected of having a role in elder 's death ( although never proven ) , is now a leader of the Triads . This , however , causes and to get into a brawl between them and 's bodyguards , with becoming shocked with as they were busy with their vacation . 
 The U.S. Secret Service , led by Agent , and the Hong Kong Police Force soon get into a fight over the jurisdiction of the case . Suddenly , 's office that was in is bombed , causing to believe he 's dead and grieve for him . is revealed to be alive , leaving the room before it exploded . He and a relieved cross paths at 's yacht where he is holding a dinner party . scolds his underling , , who then leaves as and confront her boss . Just as asks for protection , shoots him and makes her escape in the chaos . An angry holds responsible for 's death , and orders him off the case . is ordered back to Los Angeles for involving himself and volunteers to take him to the airport . However , at the airport , gets to return to LA with him . 
 On the plane , tells that in every large criminal operation , there is a rich white man behind it and that man is , a billionaire Los Angeles hotelier whom saw acting suspiciously on 's boat . They set up camp outside the Reign Towers , spotting a U.S. Secret Service agent named , whom met earlier in Hong Kong . After a few misunderstandings , tells the two men that she is undercover , looking into 's money laundering of $ 100 million in superdollars . 
 and pay a visit to , an ex - con known to who runs a gambling den in the back of his Chinese restaurant . He tells them that a usually broke customer recently came into his establishment with a suspicious amount of hundred - dollar bills . confirms that they are 's counterfeits and they trace the money back to a bank . The mobsters are waiting for them and knock the two cops unconscious , with looking on . After arriving in Las Vegas , and wake up inside one of the mob 's trucks and escape . After finding out where they are , they realize that is laundering the $ 100 million through the new Red Dragon Casino . 
 At the Red Dragon , Lee and split up . attempts to find the engraving plates which were used to make the counterfeit money , while makes a distraction to help sneak past the security . However , captures and takes him to a room where it is revealed that faked his death . When departs , tries to arrest but easily over - powers her and is shot . After an explosion inside the casino sends all the guests fleeing to safety , engages in a fight with in a comical manner and knocks her out , while heads to the penthouse to prevent from escaping with the plates . In the penthouse , opens the safe and takes the plates , running into as he leaves . tries to back out of the deal but stabs him to death . and arrive and a scuffle between them and ensues after he confesses that he killed 's father and mocks him for only asking to spare 's life before he died . 
 falls to his death when kicks him out of the window . enters with a time bomb forcing and to grab onto the decoration wires . The two escape on the makeshift zipline as kills herself in the explosion . Later , at the airport , thanks for his work on the case , and she kisses him , while watches from afar . Having originally planned to go their separate ways , and change their mind when reveals he won a large amount of money at the casino and the pair decide to head to New York City to indulge themselves .

, a promising dancer in high school in suburban Chicago , hopes to be admitted to study at Juilliard School and invites her mother to attend the audition . She fails the audition and soon learns that her mother was involved in a fatal car accident in her haste to get to the audition . 
 is wracked by guilt and gives up on ballet . She moves in with her father and transfers to an urban Chicago school . Her father is a jazz musician who plays the trumpet and usually plays in nightclubs . At her new school , is one of a handful of white students but quickly befriends , a single teen mother who is having relationship problems . invites to a dance club called STEPPS , where she has her first experience of dancing to hip hop rhythms . At STEPPS , dances with , 's brother and a student with dreams of ultimately attending Georgetown Medical School . He decides to help develop her dancing skills by incorporating more hip hop into her style . takes a reluctant Sara to the Joffrey Ballet and , afterwards , confides in him about her mother and her dreams . Later , they return to the club and amaze others with their dancing . Having achieved his dream of being accepted at Georgetown University , convinces her to follow her dreams of Juilliard . Eventually , and begin a relationship . 
 At school , , 's jealous ex - girlfriend , picks a fight with . tells that she did n't approve of the fight but can understand the bitterness since , a white girl , is seen as stealing one of the few decent black men in the school . Because of this conversation , breaks up with . Meanwhile , deals with his friend , who is heavily into the gang lifestyle that is trying to leave . accepts 's plea for support in a drive - by for the same time as 's audition . 's father has a heart - to - heart talk with her and encourages her to audition for Juilliard again . 
 After hearing what told , confronts her and admitted his true reasons for dumping . She admits what she did was wrong and encourages him to be with . also warns not to support knowing the consequences and he will lose his chance to attend Georgetown . turns his back on to attend 's audition . He arrives at a crucial point of her performance to offer her encouragement and moral support . After her audition , is accepted and she rekindles her relationship with . Meanwhile , the drive - by becomes botched and is arrested . The film closes as , , , and their friends meet at STEPPS to celebrate 's successful audition .

The film begins with ( ) taking a stray cat named " " to the animal shelter where he works in Shelbyville , Indiana . gets his hair cut by a beautiful young aspiring hairdresser named ( ) . As cuts 's hair , she mentions that she recently lost a tail - less cat named Ringo , leading to tell her that is at the pound . The excitement causes to accidentally cut off a part of 's ear , and he is rushed to the hospital where the ear is reattached . To make up for the incident , invites to her house for lunch the next day , where meets 's self - centered mother , ( ) , and stroke - suffering father , ( ) . 
 and date for six months before getting engaged , but suddenly a private detective , ( ) , contacts to tell him that he 's and 's son . After and end their incestuous relationship , moves in with his new family , and moves to Beaver , Oregon to start a new life . After being branded a " sister - fucker " , loses his job at the animal shelter and is forced to take a job removing roadkill for the highway department . 
 Sixteen months later , a surprise comes to the doorstep in the form of a young man named ( ) , who claims to be and 's son and presents his birth certificate as proof . and feel better for a few moments before angrily lashing out at and forcing him to leave . notifies the Beaver police that is a sex offender . runs for his life and decides to go to Oregon to inform . On the way to Oregon , he befriends a pilot with two prosthetic legs named ( ) . 
 Meanwhile , becomes engaged to her ex - boyfriend ( ) , a rich and powerful young man who secretly deals in marijuana , controls over half the town by paying off numerous politicians , and cheats on with his ex - girlfriend , a local cop named ( ) . keeps pushing to marry in order to become involved with 's wealth , although still loves . keeps secluded and tells that is a figment of 's imagination . tries to hide from the authorities , and frequently aids him in his escape from 's henchmen . 
 Ultimately , is not able to stop from marrying , who still believes that is her brother . Police arrive at the marriage scene to inform the family that died in a car accident , which was actually an act of sabotage by who has been arrested . learns the truth and ends her marriage which causes to attack and have a stroke . It 's also revealed that was behind and being misidentified as 's parents . But unknown to everyone , was not driving the car at the time of the accident when it was actually one of 's henchmen ( ) . , who has just returned to working at the animal shelter , sees and mistakenly believes that she wants to commit suicide . They are finally reunited on the roof of the same animal shelter that was a catalyst for their coming together . 
 A few months later , and are married , and , , , , and many other people attend , with on his feet and in a wheelchair after her stroke . Also , as a surprise wedding present , arrives and tells him that he has truly found his mother . In an ironic twist , 's mother turns out to be , whom used to fantasize about while masturbating .

A teenage girl named ( ) becomes possessed by the spirit of ( ) , the house 's previous owner . During a formal dinner party she emerges in her pajamas , insults her mother and the guests , then proceeds to urinate profusely on the floor . In response , 's mother ( ) seeks help from two priests , Father ( ) and Father ( ) . After paying a trip to the bathroom , the men attempt to drive 's ghost out , but the exorcism does not go as planned . After a chain of projectile vomits and various instances of pedophilia , insults Father 's mother . He responds by pulling out a gun and shooting . 
 Meanwhile , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) are at college , trying to live new lives since the events of the first film . and get tagged by a socially maladjusted girl , ( ) . is still the same stoner he was before . , still confused about his sexuality , has two new male friends , ( ) and ( ) . becomes romantically interested in , but she rebuffs him . 
 Professor ( ) and his charming paraplegic assistant , ( ) , plan to study the paranormal activity at a local haunted mansion called Hell House . They use and her friends as test subjects . At the mansion , encounters a foul - mouthed parrot and ( ) , the caretaker with a badly malformed hand . Later , the group is joined by newcomer ( ) . They sit down for dinner , but soon lose their appetite due to 's repulsive antics . 
 Later that night , hears voices directing her to a secret room , where she and discover the diary of wife . Seeing her portrait , they note 's resemblance to her . Meanwhile , other teens also experience bizarre encounters . ghost has sex with in her bedroom , but retreats when expresses her interest in becoming the new Mrs. . gets involved in a fistfight with the house cat , Mr. . A toy clown ( ) attempts to kill , but in a strange turn of events , the clown doll gets raped by instead . A weed - monster rolls into a joint . It tries to smoke him , but gets distracted by munchies and lets him escape . 
 Professor is seduced and killed by the ghost of 's mistress . later encounters the same ghost , but seduces and has sex with her . After equips the teens with weapons that can injure their spectral enemy , they are pursued throughout the mansion . and get locked in the walk - in freezer . gives a handjob and " revives " him , resulting in him releasing semen blasting to the door . then uses a collection of random objects in the room to produce a Caterpillar tractor and escapes the freezer . 
 gets possessed by and kidnaps , who is high on drugs . In the dining room , sets up a cooker and cuts off the top of 's head . Instead of a brain , there is a small man rapping ( Beetlejuice ) inside . , , and team up to fight , but wind up defeated . regroups with the teens . acts as bait to lure into a device that will destroy him . The plan succeeds , freeing the group from the house 's curse . 
 Two months later , and are in a relationship . They are out on a walk when disappears and shows up . As he closes in menacingly , he gets hit by a car . The car 's driver is , who is receiving a blowjob from the ghost that he seduced earlier .

Anna Faris, Christopher Masterson, Regina Hall, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Tori Spelling

During the Christmas season in New York City , encounters at Bloomingdale 's while they attempt to buy the same pair of black cashmere gloves . While they are both in relationships , a mutual attraction leads to sharing dessert at Serendipity 3 . reveals her opinion that fate determines many of her decisions in life . They encounter each other again when they both have to return to the restaurant to retrieve things that they had left behind . Considering this to be fate , they spend more time together and just after they exchange phone numbers 's gets blown into the wind . She interprets this as a bad omen so instead suggests alternative ways to put their numbers out into the universe . 
 She suggests that one put their name and phone number on a $ 5 bill and the other on the front endpaper of a book that will be sold the next day . If each finds the other 's item they are meant to be together , and can make contact . Several years later , is in New York City getting engaged to . On the same day , is in San Francisco and comes home to find her boyfriend proposing to her . Cold feet ensues as their respective wedding dates approach ; they start their attempt to reconnect . 
 flies to New York City and her friend persuades her to give up the chase — they go to Serendipity . The $ 5 bill given to in change has 's contact information . gets as a gift from on the night of the wedding rehearsal the same book that has 's phone number . He and his friend fly to San Francisco to find her . sees a woman at 's house who he thinks is but is 's sister , , fooling around with her boyfriend . believes that his chasing ghosts means that he does not want to marry . On board a plane to return to San Francisco , is buying a head set and finds that she has 's wallet with the $ 5 bill of . She disembarks and makes her way to his apartment . His neighbors tell her about his wedding at the Waldorf Astoria where she discovers that his wedding has been called off . 
 wanders Central Park , and comes upon a bench at the ice rink that has a jacket had left behind earlier . He uses the jacket for a pillow while lying in the middle of the rink . He has with him one black cashmere glove . He gazes up at the falling snow and a cashmere glove falls on his chest . He sees it is ; the glove is hers . They introduce themselves to each other formally for the first time . In the final scene , and are at Bloomingdale 's , enjoying champagne on their anniversary at the same spot where they first met .

is the owner of a small asbestos removal company . The stresses of work and being a new father are causing problems between him and his wife , . He is in a desperate financial bind and makes a bid to remove asbestos from the Danvers State Hospital , closed fifteen years ago , within one week . His team consists of , a law school dropout who is knowledgeable about the asylum 's history ; , who is filled with bitterness after losing his girlfriend and finds solace in smoking marijuana ; , who lost his girlfriend as well ; and , 's nephew , who suffers from severe nyctophobia . 
 During the survey of the job site , hears a disembodied voice in a hallway that greets him by name , and later states " You can hear me " . As work begins inside the asylum , finds a box containing nine taped sessions with a patient named , who suffered from dissociative identity disorder . The purpose of the sessions , which becomes increasingly engrossed in , is to unveil what happened on Christmas night in Lowell , her hometown , twenty - two years before . One of her personalities , " the Princess " , is childlike and innocent , knowing only the Christmas presents - a china doll for and a knife for her brother , - and that they played hide - and - seek after their parents went to bed . Another personality , " " , is both childlike and protective . He lives " in the eyes " and saw what happened , but refuses to let find out . The doctor repeatedly asks about , who he thinks is a third personality . " The Princess " knows nothing about , while " " fears him . 
 In the tunnels beneath the property , finds a cache of antique Morgan dollar coins and other silver items , scattered from the crematory nearby . He returns that night to steal the artifacts and finds an orbitoclast . He hears odd sounds in the tunnels and discovers an empty peanut butter jar . He hears someone behind him and tries to escape the tunnels , but he is attacked by an unseen assailant . The next morning , the other four learn that abruptly broke up with his girlfriend and left town ; the four speculate about the possibility that finally won some money in a lottery . , who frequently calls his wife and saw speaking to two unknown men during one telephone call , suspects that had something to do with 's disappearance , causing tension between the group . 
 At one point goes outside the building into the old garden , where several tombstones from patients who died during their stay at the asylum are located . As sits on a part of a tree trunk , he tries to call his wife again but is cut short by , who expresses gratitude for the job opportunity . later opens up to and admits that he hit after she accidentally spilled a pot of boiling water on his leg ; he has been trying to apologize over the phone ever since . His leg is badly blistering and hurting , but he continues the work . 
 calls in another worker , , to assist with the job that is now behind schedule after 's disappearance . tells that he thinks has become a liability and reveals to that admitted to slapping his wife . 
 finds alive , but strangely unresponsive to 's questions about where he has been . runs to tell the others , but disappears again when the group returns . They split up to find , but instead of looking , quickly returns to the session tapes which he now feels compelled to finish listening to . In the taped recordings " " refuses to awaken , admitting to the doctor only that was behind whatever happened that night . During the search , finds in one of the tunnels , half - naked , wearing sunglasses and muttering to himself . The power goes out at that point , trapping in a pitch - black tunnel and also stopping the ninth session tape short . restores the power and the ninth session continues with , the same voice has been hearing since the job began , taking over . 
 reveals that scared while they were playing and she fell on her doll , breaking it and badly cutting up her chest . explains that at that moment he sensed was weak and helpless so he " introduced " himself to her . then told to cut up and her parents with the new knife , and she willingly complied with his instruction . The doctor asks why , and tells him " Because let me , . " then repeats " They always do , " implying that he is not a mere personality , but rather an external entity that has influenced many people through time . 
 As the recording continues , finds in 's former hospital room , staring at photos of his new daughters baptism stuck to the wall . A shaken flees to the van , where he also is attacked by an unseen assailant . 
 The next day , arrives at the asylum . finds , with the orbitoclast protruding from his eye , wrapped in plastic in one of the larger rooms . also appears and tells Gordon to " wake up " when accuses of being the one who attacked the others . As finds them , it is shown that 's presence was in actually only 's mind . Possessed by 's influence , enters a dissociative state and kills with the orbitoclast after removing it from 's eye socket . It is revealed that , in the disassociated state , attacked that night in the tunnels . is also shown killing after being found in 's room before finding and killing and . It is also revealed that did not just slap his wife , but killed her , the family dog , and their baby after the pot of boiling water was spilled on him . was encouraged by the laughing voice of saying " Do it , , " the same as the way he had done with decades earlier . 
 finally breaks down and realizes he has killed his family and all his friends . He uses his cell phone , which is broken , to apologize to an already dead . 
 The film ends with a doctor asking , " And where do you live , ? " with answering , " I live in the weak and the wounded , , " implying that those who are vulnerable can be compelled by his influence to commit acts of evil .

David Caruso, Peter Mullan, Brendan Sexton III, Stephen Gevedon, Josh Lucas

( ) is a nice guy , but he has one flaw : he is a superficial man whose fixation on the physical beauty of women gets in the way of seeing their inner beauty . and his equally shallow friend , ( ) , spend their nights obnoxiously hitting on beautiful women at nightclubs and mostly they end up getting rejected . 's work life is steady , but he is dismayed after being passed over for a long - sought promotion . His love life is non - existent , as seen when he tries to ask , his attractive neighbor , out for a date . is n't interested as she finds too shallow and is not attracted to him . 
 becomes trapped in an elevator with famous American life coach . While waiting for the elevator to be fixed , sympathizes with 's disappointment but tries to figure out his ideas about women . He hypnotizes into only seeing a person 's inner beauty . does not realize he 's been hypnotized and later meets ( ) , daughter of the president of the company where he is employed . is morbidly obese , but sees a slender and beautiful trophy blonde . He is immediately smitten by her . His boss is not certain about dating his daughter , thinking that may be trying to climb to the top of the corporate ladder . Used to being overlooked due to her appearance , initially interprets 's interest as mocking , but begins to realize his feelings for her are sincere . After apologizing to him , they begin to date , which includes a bike ride with ( ) . 
 , worried about 's new taste in women , convinces to give him the trigger phrase to undo the hypnosis . While on a date restaurant , tells she 's been asked by the Peace Corps to go on a 14 - month mission in Kiribati . phones and says the trigger phrase , breaking 's hypnosis . confesses to the truth about ' hypnotherapy , but does not believe it until he runs into a woman who initially appeared beautiful to him but whom now sees in her true , physically unattractive state . 
 begins to avoid , who becomes melancholic without him around . Distraught that he was not seeing the " real " , accepts a dinner invitation from his neighbor , . The two dine together and tells that she has observed him overcoming his shallow nature and is interested in dating him now . 
 realizes his true feelings for who has , coincidentally , arrived at the same restaurant with her family and sees and sitting together . Assuming the worst , leaves in tears . Not recognizing , walks right by her on his way to a payphone to , ironically , reassure her of his feelings . Confused and distraught , calls a " psycho " over the phone and effectively breaks up with him . 
 Five days later , informs that ’s Peace Corps partner , , wants to be in a relationship with her again . attempts to find , but instead encounters a young patient named at the hospital where volunteers . Previously , due to ' hypnosis , saw as a perfect little girl ; he now sees that there are severe burns all over 's face . Inspired by , changes his views on the physical appearances of people in general . 
 , during his search for , finds that had his own reason for stopping 's hypnosis : He has a vestigial tail , which has prevented him from ever getting close to a woman . confesses he was jealous of 's happiness and is afraid to start a relationship with a woman . convinces to accept his abnormality , with confidence . 
 makes up with and decides to reconcile with . He heads to the Peace Corps recruiting office and confronts , believing he and got back together . informs that he and are not together and that 's parents are throwing her a farewell party ( and was n't invited ) . , , and 's friend arrive at the home of 's parents . initially rebuffs 's presence , but then accepts his apology when professes his love for her . informs she is still leaving on her Peace Corps mission . says he is coming , too , having just been sworn into the Peace Corps by . 
 and reconcile , cheered by the crowd as they kiss . He tries to carry her bridal - style to the car , but finds he can not lift her , so she triumphantly carries him instead . As they drive off , meets a woman who loves dogs and the two walk off together as he wags his " tail " .

, a green ogre who loves the solitude in his swamp , finds his life interrupted when countless fairytale characters are exiled there by the fairytale - hating and vertically challenged Lord of Duloc . Angry , decides to ask to exile them elsewhere . He brings along a talking , who is the only fairytale creature willing to guide him to Duloc . 
 Meanwhile , tortures the Gingerbread Man for the location of the remaining fairytale creatures . His guards rush in with something he has been searching for : the Magic Mirror . He asks The Mirror if his kingdom is the fairest of them all but is told that he is not even a king . To be a king he must marry a princess , so resolves to marry Princess , who is locked in a castle tower guarded by a dragon . He organizes a tournament wherein the winner gets the " privilege " of rescuing for him . and arrive during the tournament , and ignorantly defeat 's knights . proclaims them the champions , and compels them under threat of death to rescue , promising to move the fairytale creatures from 's swamp if he succeeds . 
 and travel to the castle and split up to find . They are noticed by the dragon , who corners . In desperation he sweet - talks the beast , learning that it is female . falls in love with and carries him to her chambers . finds , who is appalled at his lack of romanticism and surprised he had n't slain . As they leave , saves from , who is heartbroken as a result . At first , is thrilled to be rescued but is quickly disappointed when reveals he is an ogre . She demands that come to get her himself , but forcibly carries her with him . The three have several adventures on their way to Duloc , such as an encounter with wherein reveals that she is an expert martial artist . and find they have a lot in common and fall in love . However , persistently insists on sleeping alone at night . 
 One night , when the trio is almost at Duloc , shelters in a windmill . hears strange noises from within and investigates , finding transformed into an ogre . She explains that she was cursed during childhood to transform every night , which is why she was locked away , and that only her true love 's kiss will return her to her " love 's true form " . Meanwhile , , about to confess his feelings for , partly overhears them , and is heartbroken as he mistakes her disgust with her transformation to an " ugly beast " as disgust with him . At 's suggestion , vows to tell about her curse , but dawn breaks before she can , and she turns back into a human . She finds that has brought Lord to the windmill during the night . accepts 's proposal , requesting that they be married before night falls . The couple return to Duloc , while a hurt and angry abandons and returns to his now - vacated swamp . 
 Furious at , goes to the swamp where says he overheard and 's conversation . tells that she was talking about someone else , and urges to talk to before she is married . They travel to Duloc quickly , thanks to , who had escaped her confines and followed . 
 interrupts the wedding before can kiss . He tells her that is not her true love and is only marrying her to become king . The sun sets , which turns into an ogre in front of everyone in the church , causing a surprised to fully understand what he overheard . Outraged , orders executed and detained . bursts in alongside and devours . and profess their love and share a kiss ; is bathed in light as her curse is broken but is surprised that she is still an ogre , as she thought she would become beautiful , to which replies that she is still beautiful on the inside . They marry in the swamp and leave on their honeymoon while and the fairytale creatures celebrate by singing " I 'm a Believer " .

The film starts with a voice - over of ( ) over the images of a scientific experiment with a bull and a herd of cows , apparently the bull never mounts a cow twice , not even if her scent is changed . He prefers a new cow . says that until recently , she believed that men are all like the bull , but to understand what happened we have to go back in time . is a production assistant with a talk show that has recently been syndicated , which means that the host ( ) who wants to be the best , is always looking for the ungettable guests , like . ( ) is the producer of the talk show and is a womanizer , much to the dismay of who comments on his actions with amicable critique . 
 is looking for a roommate , but his messages on the bulletin board are sabotaged by disgruntled exes . He wonders whether would like to move in , but she turns him down with a vengeance . Then they meet the new producer of the show , ( ) , and is immediately smitten . She tells her friend ( ) and discusses her bad luck with men . Meanwhile , her sister is trying to get pregnant with a fertility program . calls and they spend an evening together and end up kissing . The next morning she calls and is ecstatic . gives her some advice as to how to deal with and his girlfriend ( with whom he has trouble ) . and seem to be very much in love . 
 The relationship evolves , and they decide to move in together . puts in her notice ; goes to tell his girlfriend that it is over , but does n't tell her about the new woman in his life . starts to get distant while is packing to move over , and over dinner he breaks it off , leaving in tears . The next morning in the office takes her revenge by announcing to move in with . She learns to deal with the many women in 's life . The two bond over scotch and leftover Asian food . She reads an article about the old cow syndrome and starts researching for her theory of men . works at a magazine for men and needs a columnist and persuades to write a column about her theory , under the pen name Dr. . 
 The column that deals with the insecurity and dishonesty of men is a big hit . Everybody wants to meet Dr. , so does . At a Christmas party , tells her he misses her and asks her out for New Year 's Eve , but he stands her up . When shows up at a party looking for at midnight , she ca n't find him and leaves in tears . tries to go after her but ca n't find her . Back at the office , tries to apologize , but interrupts wearing a shirt bought for . realizes she is " , " and is back with her . A board meeting is going to start and makes sure is n't crying going in , but is distracted so he covers for her . When shows emotion over a movie , spills her guts over his inability to show empathy for her broken heart . , unaware of 's relationship with , gives her advice on how to win her boyfriend back , telling her how she got hers back . 
 At a bar , follows Dr. 's advice and is not going to fall for the same kind of guy anymore . and get into an argument over the advice of Dr. , back home she tells him she has to believe the theory because otherwise she is afraid that men do n't leave women - they leave her . comforts her by saying is not the last man she 'll ever love , and they fall asleep together . The next morning wakes up happy and comfortable while freaks out . tells her not to analyze this too . He is happy that he slept the whole night with her without it leading to sex . She tells he will show his true colours and will hurt her some time soon . tells her it is not about him , but it is her attitude that is the problem . gets a call and it is her brother - in - law telling her that her sister suffered a miscarriage . At the hospital she sees the true love between them and decides to tell that Dr. is going to be on her show . 
 The interview is meant to be over the telephone , but changes her mind and goes on the stage . She tells the audience that there is no Dr. ( we see leave at this point ) and that the theory is ridiculous because she was hurt and needed to blame men for her pain . By this time is long gone . goes after and tells him she found new love . He does n't answer but kisses her with passion , with the dulcet tones of " Someone like You " playing in the background .

In 2001 , the governments of the U.S. and China are on the verge of a major trade agreement , with the President due to visit China to seal the deal . The CIA learns that its asset has been captured trying to free a Briton , , from a People 's Liberation Army prison in Suzhou near Shanghai . is being questioned under torture and will be executed in 24 hours unless the U.S. government claims him . If the CIA claims as an agent , they risk jeopardizing the trade agreement . Exacerbating 's situation is the fact that he was operating without permission from the Agency . 
 Attempting to deal quickly with the situation , CIA executives call in , an aging mid - level case officer on his last day before retirement and the man who recruited . Although they tell they simply need him to act as a " stop gap " to fill in some holes in their background files , the officials are hoping he will give them the pretext they need to justify letting die . The CIA executives are unaware that had been tipped off about 's capture prior to arriving at CIA headquarters by fellow CIA veteran , for whom had been working an operation in Hong Kong . first attempts to save by leaking the story to CNN through a contact in Hong Kong , believing that public pressure would force the CIA to rescue . The tactic only stalls them , however , and is stymied when a phone call to the FCC from CIA Deputy Director results in CNN retracting the story . 
 During the debriefing , describes how he recruited for an operation when was a Scout Sniper during the Vietnam War . also discusses their 1976 tour of duty in Berlin , where was tasked with procuring East German assets , as well as 's spy work in Beirut in 1985 during the War of the Camps , the latter being the last time the two saw each other . During the mission in Lebanon , met , and the two began developing romantic feelings . However , it is revealed that was involved in a bombing of the Chinese embassy in Britain , causing her to flee the country . Fearing that 's feelings for might compromise his cover and the mission , tips off the Chinese to 's location in return for freeing an arrested U.S. diplomat . Chinese agents kidnap , and cuts all ties to when he discovers his involvement . After learning was the target of 's rescue attempt , finally realizes that he has greatly underestimated 's feelings for her . 
 Running out of time , secretly creates a forged urgent operational directive from the CIA director to commence Operation Dinner Out , a rescue mission to be spearheaded by Commander 's SEAL team , for which had laid the groundwork as a " Plan B " for his own rescue attempt . Using $ 282,000 of his life savings and a misappropriated file on Chinese coastline satellite imagery , enlists 's help in bribing a Chinese energy official to cut power to the prison for 30 minutes , during which time the SEAL rescue team retrieves and . 
 , who is rescued 15 minutes before his scheduled execution , realizes was behind his rescue when he recognizes the name of the plan to rescue him , Operation Dinner Out : a reference to a birthday gift that gave while they were in Lebanon . When the CIA officials are belatedly informed of the rescue , has already left the building and is seen driving off into the countryside .

and are rival spies who fall in love . They retire and have two children , twelve - year - old and nine - year - old . They work for the Organization of Super Spies ( OSS ) doing desk work . The children have no idea of their parents ' previous career . and are called back into the field when agents go missing . The children are left in the care of Uncle . suspects that children 's television host has kidnapped the agents and mutated them into his " Fooglies , " creatures on his show . 
 They are captured by 's " Thumb - Thumb " robots whose arms , legs , and head resemble oversized thumbs , and taken to 's castle . is alerted to the parents ' capture , activates the fail - safe , tells the children the truth , and that he is not their uncle but an agent . The house is assaulted by Thumb - Thumbs , and the children escape alone on a submarine set to auto - pilot to a safe house . At the safe house , unlocks the door using her full name , and the children learn of their parents ' past as they decide to rescue them . 
 Inside of 's castle , he introduces his latest creation to Mr. , small robots in the shape of children . He wishes to replace the world leaders ' children with these super - strong robots to control the world . The androids are " dumb " , and can not function outside of their inherent programming . is furious , demanding usable androids . , along with his second - in - command , interrogate and about ' The Third Brain ' . knows nothing of the subject , while claims that he destroyed the brain years ago . After leaves , reveals to that the Third Brain was a secret OSS project he once worked on : an AI brain with all the skills of the entire OSS . The project was scrapped as being too dangerous , but could n't bring himself to destroy the final prototype . 
 Back at the safe house , the kids are visited by Ms. , who claims she works for the OSS and gives a bracelet as a sign of trust . says she wants the Third Brain , but does not know anything about it . orders the house to be dismantled , and sees Thumb - Thumbs outside destroying the submarine . 's intentions revealed , accidentally exposes the Third Brain , and a chase ensues with and some henchmen with jet packs . eventually gets the brain , and she and escape . 
 realizes too late that the bracelet gave her was a tracking device , and she and are attacked by their robot counterparts . Though tries to destroy it he is unable and the androids fly off with the Third Brain . With it can achieve his goal , but he wishes to continue his children 's show . has different plans and takes over , locking into his " virtual room , " the chamber where he films his television series . The kids receive reluctant help from 's brother when they come to his spy shop . When refuses to accompany them , they steal some of his gear , and take his spy plane to fly to 's castle . 
 While their children storm the castle , takes and to the " Fooglilizer , " the machine which has mutated the other OSS agents into Fooglies . reveals that used to work for the OSS but was fired after reported him tampering with the Third Brain project . rescues Floop and then their parents . Together they trap Minion on the Fooglilizer and , confronting and , the family is beset by all 500 robot children . busts through the window , and joins the family to fight . However , at the last moment , Floop is able to reprogram the robots to change sides . The 500 super - strong robots quickly overpower and . 
 With advice from , introduces the robot versions of and on his show . The family 's breakfast is interrupted by who has a mission for and . accepts on one condition : that the work as a family .

Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alan Cumming, Danny Trejo, Cheech Marin

The film consists of two stories that are unrelated and have different actors , titled " Fiction " and " Non - Fiction " . College and high school serve as the backdrop for these two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil . 
 " Fiction " , starring , " Vi " , is about a group of college students in a creative writing class taught by a professor ( . ) 
 " Non - Fiction " , starring and , is about the filming of a dysfunctional suburban New Jersey family as their teenage son ( ) goes through the college application process , and faces the trials and tribulations of late teenage years . 
 The original version of the film featured a third story entitled " Autobiography " , concerning , among other things , a closeted football player ( ) . The main character has an explicit sex scene with a male partner ( ) ; the entire story was cut from the final version.[4 ]

The story is narrated by ( ) , the bitter and jealous head cheerleader of Lincoln High School 's B - squad . 
 ( ) , the popular head cheerleader of Lincoln High School 's A - squad , becomes pregnant by the star football quarterback ( ) . The two move out of their parents ' homes to find an apartment of their own . initially has problems staying in a job , due to his tactless personality , but finally gets hired at a video rental store . In spite of their problems coming up with the rent money , and try as hard as they can to survive while going to school at the same time . , 's bitter rival , occasionally runs into at the rental store . She is interested in winning 's heart , but fails to get his attention . 
 After struggling with the rent and anticipating the financial hardship of supporting a family , and her four cheerleader squadmates , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , plan the perfect bank robbery . They promise each other not to tell about their plan , because of his inability to lie to others . 
 The squad watches heist films to learn how to rob banks , and Kansas visits her mother at the women 's penitentiary for tips on where to find weaponry . Following the women 's advice , and her friends visit a bug exterminator , " The Terminator " ( ) , who sells illegal arms and ammo . He refuses to sell them the guns unless they accept his daughter , ( ) , on the squad . 
 The squad agrees to do so and they begin rehearsing the robbery , as well as their choreography for the winter ball . During winter break , they order masks to hide their identities . backs out of the heist because she receives a scholarship to Harvard . At Christmas , receives an engagement ring from . She then finds out he sold his GTO in order to buy her the ring . The squad is forced to buy a new get - away vehicle , which turns out to be an old van with bad brakes . 
 At their first robbery at a supermarket , returns to the group having decided to help them after all . happens to be in the store at the time of the robbery , and notices that they perform cheerleader stunts in order to cover up the security cameras . The squad robs the bank and come close to shooting a customer after one of the guns discharges . They make off with armloads of cash and celebrate their success after burning their costumes . The robbery is reported on TV . Neither nor her friends expect to suspect them until they are confronted by her and the B - squad in the high school cafeteria , followed by the FBI . 
 and her friends are jailed and need an alibi , so promises to promote to captain of the A - squad in order to keep silent , since she is approaching her third trimester and ca n't do rigorous activity . The group is outraged , but come to appreciate this decision . In order to cover up her actions , tells she won the lottery and after they have their children , wins his senatorial campaign , and 's squad lead successful lives after high school .

is a local baseball player who dreams of playing in the major leagues . He helps his dad with his landscaping business and takes care of Veteran 's Field , where his team , the Chatham A 's play . 
 , in his dedication to making the pros , he has sworn off girls and drinking to avoid distractions . This changes when he sees , as he and his father are mowing the family 's lawn . 
 The next day , the A 's have their first game of the season where rival shines pitching a shut - out , while is told to walk the stands for donations . That evening and have their first kiss . The next night is pitching in his first game of the season . The game goes well for the A 's until the last inning when gives up a grand slam , allowing the other team to take the lead and win the game . returns home from the game , to find his dad drunk and upset about the loss . Later , visits where he confides about his rocky relationship with his father and concerns about failing as a baseball player . 
 is distracted by and feels a lot of pressure from scouts , family , the family , and friends . He is told that he 's getting the start for an upcoming big game . The next night , starts out well in the big game , but comes apart later on . The loss causes him to be demoted from his starting position to the bullpen in a relief position . Despite the bad outing , , a scout for the Philadelphia Phillies in attendance , shows interest in 's talent . 
 is kicked off the team for bad behavior and since has the freshest arm and the most rest , he is designated to start the final game . tells that she 's leaving for San Francisco for a job opportunity the following night , which is the night of the final game . She tells him to let himself be great , before tearfully hugging him goodbye . Inspired by 's words of encouragement , pitches one of the best performances ever seen in the Cape League , dominating the game with a no - hitter , with his friends , dad and brother , and several major league scouts , including , in attendance . Late in the game while on the mound , he notices that has stopped by on her way to the airport to watch him . He proceeds to strike out the current batter , marking his eleventh strike - out of the game , and looks back to see that is gone . then realizes that he loves and takes himself out of the game and rushes to the airport where he catches before she boards her plane . They both profess their love for each other and she agrees to forego her job in San Francisco and stay . 's dad and brother soon arrive with the scout , to tell him that his team won the game with a combined no - hitter . , extremely impressed and convinced by 's performance in the game , offers a contract with the Phillies that will start him out at their minor league affiliate , which he happily accepts . 
 In a mid - credits scene , everyone is gathered to watch in his big league debut as a starter for the Phillies . He delivers his first pitch to , who launches it into the stands for a home run . Philadelphia Phillies ' players , , and , along with outfielder , make appearances at the end of the film . Other notable cameos in the movie include , , and .

In the fictional town of Spurbury , Vermont , five Vermont state troopers patrol a 50 - mile section of the highway . While troopers ( ) and the rookie , ( ) are tormenting a group of men for smoking marijuana , they encounter a crazed attacker , who is revealed to be their co - worker ( ) playing a prank on them . Back at the station , they are chastised for a lack of arrests by their boss , Captain ( ) , who warns them that they risk being shut down . They also torment the radio dispatcher , , who has been suspended . While investigating a Winnebago , they encounter a woman who died from a drug overdose with a tattoo of a monkey . Once outside the trailer , the state troopers encounter their rivals , the local Spurbury police , who they compete with for arrests . 
 When ( ) and pull over a truck for avoiding a weigh - station , they are locked inside while the driver flees . After and rescue them , they find packages with stickers depicting the same monkey seen on the dead woman 's tattoo . begins a relationship with Spurbury PD officer ( ) , and discovers marijuana hidden in the impounded Winnebago , bearing the same monkey sticker . is reinstated to the force and becomes 's partner . While at a restaurant , attacks a cashier in retaliation for cutting a hole in his drink . is arrested by the Spurbury police , where he receives a job offer from Police Chief ( ) in exchange for information about the drug investigation . 
 The Vermont governor ( ) travels to Spurbury for a press conference about the drug bust . Knowing that the Spurbury police will be involved with the governor 's visit , and Foster break into the Spurbury police office to steal the Winnebago to present the marijuana as evidence . At the press conference , Chief claims repsonsibilty for the drug bust , despite it being the work of the State troopers . thinks that revealed the location of the marijuana to her boss in exchange for a promotion . Having failed to increase arrests , the state troopers expect their unit to be shut down . 
 Back at the station , the state troopers find dressed in a Spurbury PD uniform ; realizes that it was him , not , who betrayed the location of the marijuana . The troopers , including Captain , tie to a toilet and drunkenly vandalize Chief 's house . offers to help them , and directs them to one of the drug - running trucks . As they attempt to pursue it , they encounter , who holds them at gunpoint . The state troopers convince to help them in pursuing the drug runners , and follow the truck to a nearby airfield . The state troopers see Chief arrive , only to realize that the Spurbury police are working alongside the drug dealers . Using a sex doll on top of 's car , the state troopers distract the Sudbury police officers long enough to attack and arrest them . The governor sends Captain a letter thanking him for his efforts , but tells him that their station will still be shut down . Three months later , and are delivering beer to a party hosted by teenagers . As the teenagers torment them , they reveal that they are undercover Spurbury police , having replaced all of the officers after the drug bust .

( ) is a highly skilled computer hacker . Having served time for infecting the FBI 's Carnivore program with a computer virus , he is now on parole but forbidden from using computers . His alcoholic ex - wife ( ) , who married a rich porn producer and is currently a part - time porn actress , has sole custody over their daughter and a restraining order preventing him from visiting their daughter . One day , he is solicited by ( ) , speaking for her boss ( ) , for his hacking skills . He goes to meet in Los Angeles , where he is put on the spot to crack a secure government server within a minute while simultaneously held at gunpoint and receiving fellatio . When he succeeds , offers $ 10   million to program a multi - headed worm , a " hydra " , to siphon $ 9.5   billion from several government slush funds . 
 begins work , learning that leads Black Cell , a secret group created by to launch retaliatory attacks against terrorists that threaten the United States . He also privately discovers is a DEA agent working undercover , and further is surprised to discover a corpse that looks like . He goes to see home from school but finds he is being followed by FBI agent ( ) , who had previously caught . , though monitoring closely , is more interested in as he does not appear on any government database , and after learning that another hacker , ( ) , had been killed by 's men , warns to be cautious . opts to secretly code a back door in his hydra that reverses the money transfer after a short period . Meanwhile , Senator ( ) , who oversees Black Cell , learns the FBI has started tracking and orders him to stand down . refuses , and narrowly avoids an assassination attempt ordered by . personally kills in revenge and continues his plan . 
 delivers the hydra to and leaves to see , only to find that has killed and her husband and kidnapped , framing . has no choice but to participate in the bank heist to get back . and his men storm a Worldbanc branch , and secure its employees and customers as hostages , fitting each with ball - bearing - based explosives similar to Claymore mines . When police and FBI surround the branch , takes to the coffee shop across the street to meet with , but spends the time to discuss the film Dog Day Afternoon and the nature of misdirection . Once back in the bank , has one of his men escort a hostage to demonstrate the situation . A sniper kills the man , and other agents pull the hostage away from the bank , causing the bomb to detonate , ravaging the buildings and vehicles on the street and killing several people , a scene shown in medias res at the start of the film . 
 instructs to launch the hydra , and turns over to him once completed . However , 's back door triggers before they can leave the bank , and is recaptured while is rescued . threatens to kill , who he knows is a DEA agent , unless re - siphons the money back to a Monte Carlo bank . Despite doing so , shoots . and his men load the hostages on a bus and demand a plane wait for them at the local airport , but while en route , the bus is lifted off by a S-64 Aircrane and deposited on the roof of a local skyscraper . deactivates the bombs and departs with his surviving men on a waiting helicopter , which shoots down using a rocket - propelled grenade from the bus . 
 takes to verify the corpse they found , believing was a Mossad agent while there was no record of a DEA agent named . recognizes the corpse as the one he discovered earlier and personally realizes that the whole scenario was misdirection . The Police still can not find 's corpse . had escaped a different route , and had been wearing a bulletproof vest and was working with all along . does not tell Police that & are still alive . arranges for to have full custody of , and the two tour the US together . In Monte Carlo , and withdraw the money , and later watch as a yacht at sea explodes . Over the film 's credits , a news report describes the destruction of the yacht , carrying a known terrorist , as the third such incident in as many weeks .

The entire film is set inside a Lansing , Michigan motel room . , a drug dealer / volunteer firefighter who lives in Oakland , California , rents the room in his hometown to support his old high school friend 's entry into the Lansing Film Festival . 
 His friend , documentary filmmaker , joins in his motel room and the two reminisce about their high school years . At first , the two are happy to see one another , but friction soon develops . Eventually , they get on the subject of , 's former girlfriend . It appears that , while they dated for some time , and never had sex . However , after or at the point when their relationship had ended , slept with . 
 claims had told him that had raped her . becomes obsessed with , and eventually succeeds in getting a verbal confession from . Immediately after 's admission , pulls out a hidden tape recorder that had been recording their whole conversation , much to 's horror . then tells that he has invited to dinner , and that she will be arriving shortly . 
 Eventually does arrive and , even though all three of them feel awkward , they begin to talk . explains that she is now an assistant district attorney in the Lansing Justice Department . Eventually , the three discuss what actually happened between and that night at the party , 10 years in the past . 
 asks 's forgiveness for raping her , but claims that the encounter was consensual , leading to believe that she is in denial or is toying with him . After becomes annoyed that is refusing to accept his apology , calls the police . She asks for a squad car to pick up one person in possession of drugs ( ) , and one in relation to a verifiable rape ( ) . After concluding her phone call , warns the men that they only have about four minutes to make a run for it . 
 In order to prove to that he is truly remorseful , decides to stay and wait for the police . , realizing that there is nowhere for him to run , flushes his narcotics down the toilet and destroys the tape containing 's confession . Soon after , reveals that she did n't really call the police and leaves .

The film is set in a Japanese prisoner of war labour camp where the inmates are building the Burma Railway during the last three and a half years of World War II.[1 ]

A group of guys have made a deal to each invest in a fund , which would be paid to the last remaining bachelor of the group . , a cartoonist , attempts to get the other remaining bachelor , , married to a statuesque policewoman who said was the one that got away , so can claim the fund to pay off a gambling debt . Unfortunately , the policewoman is trying to marry is the woman has fallen in love with , Officer . then gets himself into all sorts of misadventures , from getting captured by a young woman and her grandmother with a bizarre BDSM fetish ( the young woman seems like a quiet librarian at first glance ) to trying to retrieve 's surgically removed testicle , all the while attempting to pay off his gambling debt to the honked - off mobster menacing through selling his possessions , relieving himself of his " " status , overcoming his fear of commitment , and finding true love .

Semi - retired Mexican - American chef ( ) shares a suburban Los Angeles home with his three adult daughters . Although he has lost the senses of smell and taste since his wife 's death , he still cooks elaborate , multi - course meals for his family and friends . The women humor their father 's old - fashioned ways , but each is searching for fulfillment outside the family circle . 
 ( played by ) , the oldest and most conservative of the three , is a repressed high school chemistry teacher who abandoned Catholicism to become a born - again Christian . Middle daughter ( ) shares her father 's passion for food but has stifled her dream of owning a restaurant in favor of pursuing a more stable career as a business analyst . ( ) , the youngest , is hip and slightly rebellious . 
 Frequently present in the home are newly divorced family friend ( ) , her young daughter , and her visiting mother ( ) , who has set her sights on and is determined to make him her next husband , unaware his attention is focused on someone else . 
 is drawn to handsome Brazilian student after her co - worker rejects him and , after they briefly date , she invites him home for dinner , during which she blithely announces she is moving in with him , much to her father 's consternation and 's shock , since they never had discussed elevating their somewhat casual relationship to this next level . Before long she is rearranging his small apartment and unintentionally making him increasingly uncomfortable as she imposes herself in his life . 
 Meanwhile , finds herself attracted to , who coaches baseball at her school , when she begins to receive passionate love letters she believes are from him , unaware they actually were written by her students . is offered a high - profile job in Barcelona , and half - heartedly agrees to accept it , although soon after her father drives her to the airport she returns home , determined to follow in her father 's footsteps and open a restaurant of her own . 
 and elope , and break up and reunite , marries , and everyone gathers for a family meal at 's new restaurant .

( ) is so prosperous an architect , he has New York homes on Park Avenue and in the Hamptons , as well as a vacation lodge out west in Sun Valley[disambiguation needed ] . He has been married for 25 years to the equally successful ( ) , an interior designer , but has been having an affair with ( ) , a beautiful young cellist . 
 There is trouble brewing in the marriage of their best friends . ( ) wants a divorce from antique - dealer husband , catching him having a hotel tryst . The part she did not catch is that 's new romantic partner is a cross - dressing man . wants to travel to Mississippi to see her girlhood antebellum home . is worried about 's depression over the state of her marriage and does not feel she should be alone , so is asked to accompany down south . There , they end up having a quick sexual fling . 
 With things awkward at home for both , and fly by themselves to Sun Valley to get away from their troubles . But it is not long before finds himself in a romantic entanglement with ( ) , a spoiled heiress whose gun - loving father ( ) is already loading his shotgun in case does wrong by his daughter . A free spirit named ( ) also ends up coaxing and to a Halloween party , where they end up dressed in preposterous costumes . 
 By the time returns to New York , everything is falling apart , not only his home life but his house . And , once and for all , finds the nerve to tell his wife that he is leaving her for someone else , but it is not another woman .

Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, Andie MacDowell, Nastassja Kinski, Charlton Heston

Officer of the LAPD is assigned for an evaluation headed by Detective , a decorated narcotics officer . is known to be a corrupt cop to several other narcotics officers who are also on the take . and begin the day by catching some college kids buying cannabis . Confiscating the drugs from the kids , tells to smoke it . refuses initially , but complies when threatens him at gunpoint . states that refusing like this while on the streets would easily get him killed . He tells shortly thereafter that he had actually consumed PCP . After paying a visit to , an ex - cop turned drug dealer , notices a pair of addicts attempting to rape a teenage girl in an alley . intervenes while watches . After scares them off , finds the girl 's wallet on the ground and retrieves it . 
 Later in the day , and apprehend a wheelchair - bound dealer named , and find crack rocks and a loaded handgun on him . Rather than go to jail , informs on his associate , who is in prison . Using a fake search warrant , steals $ 40,000 from 's home . 's wife realizes the theft and calls out to nearby gang members , who open fire on and as they flee . At lunch , the two visit 's mistress and their young son . Afterwards , meets with a trio of corrupt high - ranking police officials he dubs as the " Three Wise Men " . Aware that the Russian Mafia are looking for , they suggest that he skip town . insists he has control of the situation , and trades 's drug money for an arrest warrant . 
 Using the warrant , , , and four other corrupt narcotics officers return to 's house and seize $ 4 million from the premises . shoots and kills when refuses to do so . wholeheartedly refuses to be a part of it , and when threatened seizes 's shotgun , prompting a Mexican standoff with the other officers . tells that the LAPD will run a blood test on him which will identify the PCP - laced cannabis he smoked earlier . promises he can falsify this in exchange for his cooperation , and reluctantly agrees . 
 Later that evening , drives to the home of , a Sureño , to run an errand . reluctantly plays poker with and his fellow gang members as he waits for and reevaluates 's situation . By midnight , must pay $ 1 million to the Russians for killing one of their men in Las Vegas , or be killed himself . Realizing that abandoned him and has paid to kill him , attempts to flee but is beaten and dragged to the bathroom to be executed . A gang member searches for money before he is killed , and finds the teenage girl 's wallet who happens to be 's cousin . After hearing 's story of how he had saved her from being raped earlier that day , shows gratitude and lets him go . 
 returns to 's apartment to arrest , but a gunfight and chase ensue . is subdued , while the entire neighborhood congregates to watch . In an attempt to get the crowd on his side , offers money to whoever kills ; but nobody interferes . Instead , they allow to walk away with the money , and plans to submit it as evidence against . flees for his life to LAX , but is ambushed and killed by the Russians . returns home as the press reports on 's death , which eerily mirrors how pictured the news would portray .

( ) is a woman who gives advice on how to keep a man in check . Her ideals are challenged when her man , an attorney , named ( ) , threatens to stray . is a well - educated woman who feels that when it comes to men and their tricks , she knows them all . On the other end , ’s boyfriend is being led by his friend ( ) , who thinks he knows all the tricks that women play . 
 When 's boyfriend , , is caught red - handed stepping out with a co - worker , institutes her " Ten Day Plan " to get her man in line.[2 ] The battle soon begins , though at the conclusion of the movie , and get back together .

At a junior high school St. Valentine 's Day dance in 1988 , , an outcast student , asks four popular girls to dance . The first three girls , , , and reject him coldly , while the fourth girl , , politely responds " maybe later " . Their overweight friend accepts 's invitation and they proceed to secretly make out underneath the bleachers . When bully and his friends discover them , claims that sexually assaulted her . and his friends publicly strip and severely beat , and his nose starts bleeding under the distress . Later , is expelled and eventually transferred to a reform school . 
 Thirteen years later , in 2001 , , now a medical student at UCLA , is at the morgue one evening studying on for her medical exam . After receiving a vulgar Valentine 's card in her locker , she is attacked by a man in a trench coat and mask . She is cornered in a cooler used to store cadavers , where she attempts to hide in a body bag , but the killer finds her before slitting her throat . The killer 's nose is seen to bleed as he performs the act . 
 At 's funeral , , , , and are questioned . They admit to not having seen her in some time after she moved from San Francisco to Los Angeles . and receive cards in the same fashion as . , who is now much thinner , receives a card which reads " Roses are red , Violets are blue , They 'll need dental records to identify you " . Her boyfriend , , loses his apartment and stays with her . receives a box of chocolates and a card which says " You are what you eat " . She then takes a bite of one of the chocolates , and vomits upon realizing that there are maggots inside of it . 
 As the girls attend the exhibit of 's artist boyfriend , they meet 's bitter ex - girlfriend , who accuses him of being a con artist . is isolated at the art exhibit and confronted by the killer , who proceeds to shoot her repeatedly with arrows until she falls several floors into a dumpster . When they have not heard from , the others assume she is in Los Angeles on a work trip . Upon contacting the police , they agree that the culprit could be . admits to her friends that she lied , and that never attacked her and she ruined his life by getting him beat up and sent to reform school . Meanwhile , 's neighbor breaks into 's apartment to steal her underwear and is murdered by the killer . 
 As Valentine 's Day approaches , is planning a party at her family 's large estate . On the morning of the party , the killer murders with an axe in the basement . The others assume he has simply left after dumping her , angering , who believes that they are jealous and still look at her as the " fat girl " of the group . After coming to the party to confront with the truth about , is thrown through a shower window by the killer who then impales her neck on the glass . At the party , is attacked and trapped in a hot tub by the killer , who proceeds to try and kill her with a drill . After cutting her , he opens the lid of the hot tub and throws the electric drill into the water , electrocuting her to death . 
 The party disintegrates when the power cuts out , and and argue over who the killer is . claims that could be a suspect because they do not know anything about him , while counters by accusing , 's recovering alcoholic on - off boyfriend , who is now a journalist . After being told by 's boyfriend that she did not arrive in Los Angeles as planned , realizes she is also probably dead , and calls the detective assigned to the case . After dialing the number , she follows the sound of a ring tone outside the house and discovers the detective 's severed head in the pond . 
 becomes convinced that is actually , disguised by reconstructive surgery , and goes back into the house , only to find waiting for her . To her surprise , he asks her to dance , and they dance together for a while until she becomes frightened , kneeing him in the groin and escaping . She runs through the house , discovering the corpses of and . She locates a gun , but someone in the 's mask jumps out and runs into , resulting in knocking the gun from her hand and sending them both tumbling down a staircase . The supposed killer arises and is shot by who appears at the top of the stairs using 's gun . As a shocked and confused apologizes profusely , pulls off the 's mask to reveal the killer as . forgives , explaining that childhood trauma can lead to lifelong anger and some people are eventually forced to act on that anger . As and wait for the police to arrive , they hug as says he has always loved her . Moments later , as Kate closes her eyes as they wait for the police to arrive , his nose begins to bleed , indicating that he is after all .

Denise Richards, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton, Katherine Heigl

From a prison cell where he has been charged with murder , ( ) , in a prosthetic mask , tells his life story to court psychologist , Dr. ( ) . 
 In flashback , is shown to be the wealthy owner of a large publishing firm in New York City which he inherited from his father , leaving its regular duties to his father 's trusted associates . As enjoys the bachelor lifestyle , he is introduced to ( ) by his best friend , author ( ) at a party . and spend a night together talking and fall in love . When 's former lover , ( ) , hears of , she attempts to kill herself and in a car crash . dies but survives , his face grotesquely disfigured,[4 ] leading him to wear a mask to hide the injuries . With no hope of repairing the damage through plastic surgery , can not come to grips with the idea of wearing the mask for the rest of his life . On a night out with and , gets hopelessly drunk and and leave him to wallow in the street outside . 
 is awakened the next day in the street by , who apologises for deserting him the night before , and takes him home . The two continue to see each other , and has his face surgically repaired despite being told it was impossible before . Though his life seems perfectly content , finds oddities , such as brief visions of his distorted face , and a man at a bar ( ) that tells him could control the world and everyone in it , if he wanted to . One day , when he goes to 's apartment , he finds there instead ; all of the previous mementos of now show 's face . Angry and confused by alternating visions of and , suffocates ( who is revealed by the image of dark hair to be ) . He is subsequently arrested and placed in a mental institution , finding his face has reverted to its previously disfigured state . 
 completes telling his story to , who proceeds to then visit further for more sessions to try to help him recuperate . During one interview tells the staff reported him calling out " " in a bad dream and asks who she is . later sees a nearby TV advertisement for " Life Extension " , a company that specializes in cryonic suspension , and realises he 'd actually called out the letters " L " and " E " . Under ' and a police officer 's guard , is taken to the Life Extension offices , where salesclerk ( ) explains they freeze people just after the point of death until a cure for their ailment is available in the future , keeping their brain active by placing them in a lucid dream state . becomes anxious and breaks free of , realizing he is in his own lucid dream that has gone wrong , and calls for tech support . 
 finds himself in the empty lobby of the offices , and the man he saw earlier at the bar appears , claiming to be 's tech support from Life Extension , which is now known as the Oasis Project . They ride up in an elevator to the top of an impossibly tall building , the height triggering 's severe acrophobia . The man explains that has been in cryonic sleep for 150 years . had opted for Life Extension 's services after struggling with his breakup with and his disfigurement , and after securing the publishing company to its associates , proceeded to kill himself with a drug overdose ; Life Extension preserved his body and , as directed , put him into his lucid dream starting from the drunken night when left him , under the " vanilla sky " from a painting . However , during his sleep , the dream went horribly wrong and attempted to incorporate elements from his subconscious , such as substituting for and creating a father - figure in . As they arrive at the top of the building , the man offers a choice : either to be reinserted into the corrected lucid dream , or return to the real world by taking a literal leap of faith off the roof that will wake him from his sleep . decides to wake up , ignoring the vision of that his subconscious has brought to life to talk him out of it . envisions and to say his goodbyes . Conquering his final fear , jumps off the building , his life flashing before his eyes , and whites out immediately before hitting the ground . A female voice commands him to " open your eyes " ( a recurring theme in the movie ) , and the film ends with opening his eyes . 
 The 2015 Blu - ray release offers the option to watch the film with an alternate ending . This alternate ending expands greatly upon the details at the end of the film . While it all leads to the same conclusion , there are additional scenes , alternate takes , and alternate dialogue . 
 After describes the lucid dream , rushes out of the room but does not immediately dash towards the elevator . He meets in the restroom who tries to convince him that this is all a hoax and a con and that his case is going to trial . tells him that he 's only in his imagination . Much like in the theatrical cut , the Beach Boys ' " Good Vibrations " plays , but this version makes it clear that hears the music and that he chose it ; meanwhile tries to convince him there is no music . 
 At this point , dashes out of the restroom for the elevator the way he does in the theatrical cut , but the scene in the lobby is expanded – shoots the police officer who is firing at him and is then surrounded by a SWAT team whom tries to talk down , but the SWAT team fires at both of them . They black out and wake up in the emptied lobby where continues to applaud what he believes is a performance while gets into the elevator with and tells him what happened at the end of his real life . 
 Once they reach the roof , re - enters again and his pleas to not to believe become more and more desperate until he collapses onto the ground in despair . 's interaction with is extended as he tells her he loves her but ca n't settle for a dream . He then jumps off the building and screams that he wants to wake up as images from his life flash before his eyes . He wakes up in bed and a voice tells him " Open your eyes . You 're going to be fine . "

Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Jason Lee, Kurt Russell, Noah Taylor

In 1981 , Camp Firewood , a summer camp located near Waterville , Maine , is preparing for its last day of camp . Counselors have one last chance to have a romantic encounter with another person at Camp Firewood . The summer culminates in a talent show . 
 , the camp director , struggles to keep her counselors in order — and her campers alive — while falling in love with , an astrophysics associate professor at Colby College . has to devise a plan to save the camp from a piece of NASA 's Skylab , which is falling to Earth . 
 has a crush on , his fellow counselor , but has to pry her away from her rebellious , obnoxious , and obviously unfaithful boyfriend , . Only , the shell - shocked Vietnam war veteran and camp chef , can help win — with some help from a talking can of mixed vegetables . 
 All the while , , 's unfortunately chosen apprentice , and attempt to figure out why has not been with a woman , the reason being that is in love with , whom he marries in a ceremony in the lake ; attempts to lose his virginity with the resident loose - girl ; and and attempt to produce and choreograph the greatest talent show Camp Firewood has ever seen .

In New York City , the self - absorbed and dim - witted but good - natured is ousted as the top male fashion model by the rising star , and his reputation is further tarnished by a critical article from journalist . After his three roommates and colleagues are killed in a " freak gasoline - fight accident " , announces his retirement from modeling . He goes to his native New Jersey to attempt to reconnect with his working class father and brothers and by helping them in the coal mines . 's delicate methods make him an impractical miner , and his family rejects him . 
 Meanwhile , fashion mogul and 's agent are charged by the fashion industry with finding a model who can be brainwashed into assassinating the new progressive - leaning Prime Minister of Malaysia , allowing them to retain cheap child labor in the country . Though has previously refused to work with for any show , returns to New York City and accepts 's offer to star in the next runway show . 
 takes to his headquarters , masked as a day spa , where is conditioned to attempt the assassination when the song " Relax " by Frankie Goes to Hollywood is played . , feeling partially responsible for 's retirement , becomes suspicious of 's offer and , tipped off by an anonymous caller , tries to enter the spa , but is thrown out . tells her concerns to once he leaves , but he ignores her . 
 follows to a pre - runway party , where , upon being challenged by , loses to in a " walk - off " judged by . receives another anonymous call to meet at a nearby cemetery . along with find the anonymous caller is hand model , who explains that the fashion industry has been behind several of history 's political assassinations , including and and the brainwashed models are soon killed after they have completed their task . , 's tough henchwoman , and her aides attack the group , forcing and to flee . 
 They go to 's home , the last place they believe will think to look . , , and bond . admits the reason she hates models is because she was bullied as a child for being overweight and developed bulimia , and that she believes models hurt people 's self - esteem . and resolve their differences while partaking of 's collection of narcotics and participating in group sex with and others . While recovering , also finds that he is falling in love with . and break into 's office to find evidence of the assassination plot , but they can not operate his computer to find them . Taking 's words literally , that the " files are in the computer , " physically takes the computer while leaves for the show . 
 tries to intercept before the show , but thwarts her . As takes the runway , 's disc jockey starts playing " Relax " , activating 's mental programming . Before can kill the Prime Minister , breaks into the DJ booth and deactivates the music . Expecting to reveal the hidden files , attempts to expose the assassination plot by smashing 's computer on the floor , thereby destroying the evidence . 
 attempts to cover up the incident , but offers to turn over the evidence of the assassination plot after years of guilt for his complicity in the conspiracy . attempts to kill the Prime Minister himself by throwing a shuriken , but stops him by unleashing his ultimate model look , " Magnum " , that stuns everyone and causes the shuriken to freeze in the air in front of 's face and fall harmlessly to the floor . In 's rural hometown , is watching the event on TV , and proudly acknowledges as his son . is arrested , and is thanked by the Prime Minister . 
 A few years later , , and are shown as having left the fashion industry to start " The Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Ca n't Read Good and Who Wanna Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too " . and now have a son named , who has already developed his first modeling look .

A canary yellow vintage Super Bee pulls up short on a New York City street , and gets out with his buddy to look at a dog lying in the road . The animal was mauled in a dogfight so intends to shoot him , but changes his mind after he looks it in the eye . decides to take the dog to a nearby clinic instead . 
 Fast forward to late 2002 . is about to begin serving a seven - year prison sentence for dealing drugs . He sits in a park with , the dog he rescued , on his last day of freedom . He plans to meet childhood friends and at a club with his girlfriend . is a hotshot trader on Wall Street ; is an introverted high school teacher with a crush on 17 - year - old , one of his students . 
 visits his father , , a former firefighter and recovering alcoholic who owns a bar , to confirm their plans to drive to the prison the following morning . 's drug money helped keep the bar , so a remorseful sneaks a drink when goes to the bathroom . Facing himself in the mirror , lashes out in his mind against everyone else : all the New York stereotypes he can think of , from the cabbies to the firefighters , the corner grocers to the mobsters , as if he hates them all . Finally , he turns on himself , revealing that he is actually angry for getting greedy and having not given up drug dealing before he was caught . 
 In a flashback , remembers the night he was arrested . DEA detectives come to 's apartment while he 's still there . They find the drugs immediately and not after any real search , suggesting that had been betrayed . sold drugs for Uncle , a Russian mobster . tries to persuade it was who turned him in , since she knew where he hid his drugs and money . refused to turn state 's evidence against , but he 's not sure what will do at the club that night . remembers how he met when she was 18 , hanging around his old school , and how happy they were . He asks to find out if it was who betrayed him . 
 sees outside the club , so invites her inside with them . Discussing what kind of a future can have after prison , says they can open a bar together , even though he told he believes 's life is over , and that deserves his sentence for dealing drugs . accuses of living high on 's money , not caring where it came from , but she reminds that he knew as well and said nothing . The argument culminates in 's insulting 's ethnicity , followed by her slapping and leaving . , meanwhile , finds the courage to kiss , but both appear to be in shock afterwards and go their separate ways . 
 and go see Uncle , who gives advice on surviving in prison . then reveals it was , not , who betrayed , and offers him a chance to kill in exchange for protecting his father 's bar . refuses , reminding that he had asked to trust in the first place . walks out , leaving to be killed by the Russian mobsters . 
 returns to his apartment and apologizes to for mistrusting her . At the park , he transfers custody of to . Then he admits that he is terrified of being raped in prison , whereupon he asks to brutally beat him , saying if he goes in ugly he might have a chance at survival . refuses , so deliberately provokes him . is goaded into taking out his frustration , leaving bruised and bloody , with a broken nose . is in tears as gets up and goes home . 
 tries to comfort him as 's father arrives to take him to Federal Correctional Institution , Otisville . On the drive to prison , suggests they go west , into hiding , giving one last vision of freedom . Once again sees a parade of faces from the streets of the city , followed by a vision of a future where avoids imprisonment , reunites with , starts a family , and grows old . As the fantasy ends , we see , his eyes closed and face still bruised , sitting in the passenger 's seat of the car , which has driven past the bridge to the west and towards prison .

Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper, Rosario Dawson, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox

( ) and his roommate , ( ) , are co - workers at a San Francisco dot - com company . is obsessed with his ex - girlfriend , ( ) , and his obsession repeatedly causes him problems during attempted one - night stands . He has trouble moving on , since broke up with him . He confides his sexual problems to his brother , ( ) , who is training to become a Catholic priest . In an attempt to fix his problems , vows to abstain from sexual stimulation , including masturbation , for the 40 days and 40 nights of Lent . warns that chastity is not easy ; meanwhile , starts a popular office pool to bet on how long can last . 
 meets ( ) , a cyber nanny , at a neighborhood laundromat and they begin to date . They face many challenges in their relationship , including her discovery of his celibacy vow and 's continuing feelings for . 's co - workers make many unsuccessful attempts to persuade him to have sex in order to win the pool , and as the days pass 's obsession with sex grows . At one point he angrily grabs a pornographic magazine from an office desk and begins to march towards a toilet stall in order to masturbate , but his co - workers stop him and convince him to maintain his pledge . 
 Despite the range of increasingly powerful cultural incentives to sex and orgasm surrounding — scantily - dressed women , billboards , et cetera — 's commitment holds , and begins to frustrate a lot of the people around him who had fully expected him to break it long before he could get close to his goal . In the meantime , and are falling in love , and they plan a special encounter for the 40th night to celebrate his successfully completing his vow . On the 40th day , a newly single learns of the betting pool , makes a large bet and then rapes while he is asleep . 
 subsequently believes dishonored his vow and was unfaithful to her , but wins back by reminding her of the special moments they shared during their relationship . The two reconcile in 's bedroom for many hours , with his co - workers making a new betting pool on the duration of their stamina . Upon seeing this , he kicks them out of his apartment and shuts the door .

In the Fall of 1995 in Detroit , is a blue - collar worker from a poor family . He has moved back north of 8 Mile Road to the run - down trailer home in Warren , Michigan of his alcoholic mother , his little sister , and 's abusive live - in boyfriend . Although encouraged by his friends , worries about his potential as a rapper . He falters during a rap battle one night at a local venue , the Shelter , and he leaves the stage humiliated . 
 works at a car factory . When he asks for extra shifts , his supervisor laughs and dismisses his request on account of his habitual lateness . befriends a woman named . Over time , begins to take more responsibility for the direction of his life . When he exhibits an improved attitude and performance at work , his supervisor grants him the extra shifts he requested . 
 receives a notice evicting her and the family as she can not pay rent . Despite 's best attempts to keep the eviction notice a secret , finds out about it . A fight ensues between him and , and leaves for good . 's friendship with , a radio DJ with ties to a record label promoter , becomes strained after he discovers that does promotional work for 's rivals , a rap group known as the " Leaders of the Free World . " At one point , and his friends get into a violent brawl with the Leaders , which is disrupted when 's friend pulls out a gun and accidentally shoots himself in the leg ; he survives but is confined to crutches . 
 At work one day when on lunch break , witnesses a rap battle in which an employee insults a gay co - worker , . joins the battle and defends . is impressed by 's actions ; they have sex in the factory . arranges for to meet with producers at a recording studio , but finds and engaging in intercourse . Enraged , attacks as Alex tries to break up their altercation . In retaliation , and the Leaders of the Free World assault outside his mother 's trailer . The leader of the gang , , holds at gunpoint , threatening to kill him before being dissuaded by . 
 's best friend and battle host , , pushes him to get revenge by competing against the Leaders of the Free World at the next rap battle . However , 's late - night shift conflicts with the timing of the next battle tournament . A goodbye visit from , who is moving to New York , changes his mind about competing , and agrees to cover his shift at work as a favor while goes to the battle . 
 In all rounds of the rap battle , has to compete against one member of " the Leaders . " After winning the first two rounds , he has to challenge Papa . He wins by exposing his opponent 's weaknesses as well as his own . With nothing to say in rebuttal , Papa Doc hands the microphone back to , embarrassed . After being congratulated by and his friends , is offered a position by Future , hosting battles at The Shelter . declines , saying he has to get back to work and to find success his own way .

Eminem, Kim Basinger, Brittany Murphy, Mekhi Phifer, Eugene Byrd, Omar Benson Miller

] lives a serene and luxurious lifestyle devoid of responsibility in London thanks to substantial royalties left to him from a successful Christmas song composed by his father . begins attending a support group , called SPAT ( Single Parents Alone Together ) , for single parents as a way to meet women and as part of his ploy , invents a two - year - old son named . His plan succeeds and he meets . brings on a picnic where he meets , the 12 - year - old son of 's friend , . gains 's interest and trust after he lies to a park ranger to cover up for accidentally killing a duck by throwing his mother 's concrete loaf at it . Afterward , when and take home , they find in the living room , overdosed on pills in a suicide attempt . 
 attempts to fix up with his mother in order to cheer her up , but the plan fails after a single date . Instead , becomes close to after blackmailing him with the knowledge that " " does n't exist , and begins to treat him as a surrogate big brother . 's influence leads to mature and he seeks out a relationship with , a self - assured career woman , bonding over their experiences raising teenaged sons , though neglects to explain his relationship to and mistakenly introduces to 's insecure son , , who threatens to kill him . , in turn , develops a crush on his schoolmate Ellie but gives up his romantic interest in favor of a close platonic friendship . , realizing that he desires true intimacy with , decides to be honest with her about his relationship with , but this backfires and their relationship ends . 
 One day , comes home from school to find his mother crying in the living room . attempts to tell this to , but is withdrawn following his break - up . decides to sing at a school talent show in order to make his mother happy . attempts to return to his previous lifestyle , but finds it unfulfiling . realizes that the one thing that means something to him is , and decides to help him . He crashes a meeting of the single parents support group to find and beg her not to commit suicide . She assures him that she has no plans to do so and reveals that has decided to sing at the school show that day . 
 realizes this will be a huge embarrassment for and rushes with to the school to stop him , but is steadfast in his decision to perform , believing it will be the only thing that will make his mother happy . When steps on stage and sings his mother 's favorite song—"Killing Me Softly with His Song"—the student body starts to taunt him . Suddenly , appears onstage with a guitar to accompany for the rest of the song , earning themselves a modest applause . performs an unnecessary solo immediately afterward , turning himself into the butt of the joke and rescuing from humiliation and even social suicide . 
 The following Christmas , is back with and hosts a celebration at his place with his new extended family . The idea of marrying is brought up and seems unenthusiastic . But reveals in voiceover that he is not against and marrying , merely that he believes that couples do not work on their own and that everyone needs an extended support system like he now has , concluding " No man is an island . "[4 ]

is retiring from his position as an actuary with Woodmen of the World , a life insurance company in Omaha , Nebraska . After a retirement dinner , finds it hard to adjust to his new life , feeling useless . He sees a television advertisement about a foster program for African children , Plan USA , and decides to sponsor a child . He soon receives an information package with a photo of his foster child , a small Tanzanian boy named , to whom he relates his life in a series of candid , rambling letters . 
 visits his young successor to offer his help , but the offer is politely declined . As he leaves the building , sees the contents and files of his office , the sum of his entire career , set out for garbage collectors . 
 He describes to his longtime alienation from , his wife , who suddenly dies from a blood clot in her brain just after their purchase of a Winnebago Adventurer motor home . , his only daughter , and her fiancé arrive from Denver . They console him at the funeral , but later berates him for taking his wife for granted , such as by refusing to fully pay for the ( he wanted the cheaper Minnie Winnie ) and burying her in a cheap casket . He asks her to move back to take care of him , but she refuses . Meanwhile , tries to entice him into a pyramid scheme . 
 feels his daughter could do better than , a waterbed salesman . After the couple leaves , is overcome by loneliness . He stops showering , sleeps in front of the television , and goes shopping with a coat over pajamas to load up on frozen foods . In his wife 's closet he discovers some hidden love letters disclosing her long - ago affair with , a mutual friend , whom angrily confronts . 
 He decides to take a journey alone in his new Winnebago to visit his daughter and convince her not to marry . He tells he is leaving early for the wedding , but she makes it clear she does not want him there until right before the ceremony . decides to visit places from his past , including his college campus and fraternity at University of Kansas and his hometown in Nebraska . His childhood home has been replaced by a tire shop . While at a trailer campground , he is invited to dinner by a friendly and sympathetic couple . When the man leaves to buy some beer , makes a pass at the wife , and flees in terror when she adamantly rejects his advance . 
 Sitting on the roof of his RV on a starry night , forgives his departed wife for her affair and apologizes to her for his own failings as a husband . At that moment , he is amazed to see a bright meteor streak across the sky as a possible sign from that she forgives him . 
 Feeling full of purpose and energetic renewal , arrives in Denver , where he stays at the home of , 's mother . He is appalled by 's eccentric , socially odd family and tries unsuccessfully to dissuade from the marriage . throws out his back after sleeping on 's waterbed , infuriating . assures that a soak in her hot tub will help his back , but he flees after a nude makes a pass at him in the tub . The next day , , under the influence of Percodan to soothe his back pain , attends the wedding and delivers a kind speech at the reception , hiding his disapproval . 
 On his way home from Denver , composes a letter to . questions what he has accomplished in life , lamenting that he will soon be dead , that his life has made no difference to anyone , and that eventually it will be as if he has never existed at all . 
 A pile of mail is waiting for him at home . opens a letter from Tanzania . It is from a nun , who writes that is six years old and unable to read and reply to 's letters on his own , but appreciates them and 's financial support very much . A crayon drawing by is enclosed , showing two smiling stick figures , one large and one small , holding hands on a sunny day . is moved to tears as the film ends .

Jack Nicholson, Kathy Bates, Hope Davis, Len Cariou, Dermot Mulroney, June Squibb

( ) , a maverick bounty hunter , is out to capture a petty drug dealer , ( ) . confronts in his trailer home and nearly handcuffs him , but girlfriend , who wields a shotgun , recklessly shoots at . manages to tackle girlfriend and arrest 's boss ( ) , however , is not pleased with and pays him less than expected . After a brief conversation about the lottery with his attractive co - worker ( ) , learns from that he must capture a con man named ( ) , whom has captured three times prior . 
 sees at a convenience store but fails to catch him after a long chase through Miami . Meanwhile , during a photoshoot , diamond thieves ( ) and ( ) are posing as a photographer and model until a Mr. arrives . The duo murder the co - photographer , the makeup artist and 's bodyguards , much to 's surprise . is then shot in the head after a brief dialogue with for murdering the witnesses . They then retrieve diamonds from the shoot . tracks down again and chases him until he remains unnoticed since he is hidden in a van . The thieves comes down , upon running into him instantly by accident , shoots at , who shoots back in response , and escapes , unbeknownst to them that is hidden . In a boatyard , the thieves finds in the van and shoot at him when he escapes , leaving his wallet behind , which is picked up by . At the crime scene , is fed up of 's attempts and orders him to stay away from . 
 In 's apartment , and his girlfriend ( ) eventually win the lottery , only to find out that lost the latter , which was in 's wallet . In the boatyard , and are yelled at by their boss ( ) , having told him that the diamonds they retrieved from the shoot were fake . Out of frustration of not getting the diamonds , responds by shooting in the arm , severely wounding him , which is later enclosed in an arm brace . is soon captured by during an attempt to retrieve his wallet and while in the car , manages to convince to find his wallet and find the thieves . At the boatyard , and realizes that the van is unclear of its location , so tries to look into the connection of the photo shoot and the van , while is handcuffed to his bed with . , in a psychopathic state , goes after . He arrives at the apartment , and is knocked unconscious by , having anticipated him coming after . The duo then decides to torture into answers by pending a screwdriver into 's arm brace , which can rip through his skin . then reveals 's name . awaits in the boatyard of Williamson 's boat dealership and poses as a customer . This soon fails , so the duo decides to go to the residence . At the house , they find a dead Mrs. , a man named who was the one who murdered Mrs. , and attacks ( only to be knocked out by ) , eventually finding the diamonds in a fish tank . They return to 's apartment and discover that has kidnapped . 
 In response , they roll a car into 's boat dealership with and , tied up and gagged in the trunk . finds a tape recorder that informs him to meet and at a dog track with to exchange for the diamonds . This goes successful with posing as a janitor , revealing the diamonds , and taking position as sniper in a dog tracksman disguise to take out a sniper working for until flips the diamonds off of 's hands leading to a shootout and chase . During the chase , pulls out a bazooka and opens fire , missing , , and but instead blowing up a nearby fish truck . He escapes , and and are so fed up with the plan that they decide to break up their partnership . convinces to talk to and they make up again . The duo tracks to a boat dock in which and await behind them in the car . gives a taser since accidentally dropped one of 's guns into the ocean . On the boat , as leaves , he sees and running away , having knocked out two henchman by pushing a lifeboat in their direction . Meanwhile , finds his wallet and recovers the lottery ticket , but is soon caught by and and he even forces to take his money on the boat . , taking as a hostage , catches up with them . , in response , kills by shooting her in the head and wounds , leading to a fight as the boat speeds up . is knocked out by the boat 's speed and the boat crashes onto shore . and reunite until , badly injured , attacks . tases him and shoots to death multiple times . Later , and are figuring out what to do next but the coast guards are coming , and is forced to handcuff and hide the money . 
 Six weeks later , is released from prison , and , who has a new car and spending money along with and , shows the ticket . The film ends as the quarter , along with two elderly con associates of , skiing on the boat through the ocean .

Near the completion of his sentence in Sing Sing prison , life is threatened by assassins and corrupt guards while incarcerated . He starts singing showtunes from West Side Story to get the attention of , who previously hung up on him while attending his father 's funeral . The FBI calls in to see if is really insane . This appears to be the case , and the FBI approves taking out of prison , into his own custody , for further therapy . On their way out in 's car , reveals that he faked it . Needing some therapy himself after his father 's death , a grieving talks into finding a regular job ( as requested by the FBI ) . attempts to find a legitimate job ( he tries a car dealer , a restaurant , and a jewelry store ) , but his rude manners and paranoia only complicate things further . This ends up in him getting fired each time . 
 At the same time , is told by de facto boss that the family wants him dead . He responds to this by telling the that he is " out " and seeking a new line of employment . He eventually finds employment working as a technical advisor on the set of a - like mafia TV series . Meanwhile , FBI agents inform that has his former crew back together , and may be planning something major . This rouses 's suspicion , and he visits . Both get caught up in a car chase with hitmen , which ends up with escaping . The FBI blames , and gives him 24 hours to locate . 
 After locating ( through 's son , who is now working as 's chauffeur ) , discovers is planning a big armored car heist with as a partner . He attempts to intervene and talk out of it but proceeds and is forced to go along as well . The crew ambushes the armored car with smoke grenades , and lift it over a fence in the midst of the confusion . They extract $ 20 million of gold bullion , but 's thugs take over , revealing themselves to actually have been working for . , in a fit of anger , beats one of them and 's men take care of the rest . They use the gold bullion to frame the family , leaving three goons locked in the armored truck suspended from the crane . This leads to the arrest of the entire family , and in turn , prevents a mob war . 
 meets with and near bridges on the New York waterfront , and they part ways again as friends , singing another West Side Story showtune together .

The film focuses on ( ) , a temperamental young man with a violent history who is serving in the U.S. Navy . His father was killed before he was born and his teenage mother , , ended up arrested soon after and put in jail , where she gave birth to him . He was then placed in an orphanage until such time as she was released and could claim him . Since she had not yet claimed him , at the age of two was placed in a foster home run by a couple , Mr. and Mrs. ( and ) . suffers years of physical and emotional abuse at Mrs. 's hands , and is molested by her adult daughter ( ) . He finally leaves the home at age 14 . After living out on the streets for the next few years , he decides to join the U.S. Navy to make something out of his life . 
 The rough life he had as a child has caused him to have a violent temper ; after getting into a fight with a fellow sailor , is sentenced at a captain 's mast to be demoted , fined , and restricted to the ship for 45 days . His commanding officer also orders him to go to psychiatric treatment . goes in to meet Dr. ( ) , who attempts to get him to open up . is at first extremely resistant , but gradually comes to trust and opens up about his traumatic childhood . Meanwhile , develops feelings for fellow Navy sailor ( ) . With still getting into altercations , tries to explore his feelings for in order to channel 's feelings into something positive . finally goes on a date with and establishes a relationship with her . 
 While on leave in Mexico , gets into a fight with a sailor who insinuates that he is gay , and is thrown into jail . meets him in jail , where confides the sexual abuse he suffered as a child . eventually reveals to that he sees a psychiatrist , and they share their first kiss . 
 At a Thanksgiving dinner , advises to find his real family . refuses , but thanks before inviting him to a graduation ceremony . Following the graduation ceremony , tells he 's ending the sessions and feels needs to progress on his own . breaks down , feeling everyone has abandoned him . He reveals his best friend ( ) was killed during an attempted robbery , and that he resents for leaving him behind . Realizing he needs to find his parents to find closure , asks to go with him to Cleveland . After a dead end at social services , decides to return to the household . There he confronts and Mrs. about their abuse . Mrs. ultimately reveals 's father 's name : . 
 After looking through multiple telephone books , comes into contact with his aunt ( ) and visits her . learns his mother ( ) lives nearby , and goes to visit her . finds closure , forgives her , and leaves . When he returns to the household , he finds a feast prepared for him and finds the family he lost . 
 visits and thanks him for everything . then replies that it is he who should be thanking . confesses that he had been failing to deal with his own problems , and that treating prompted him to finally confront his demons . The film draws to a close as and go to eat .

In his new headquarters behind the famous Hollywood sign , Dr. Evil plans to travel back in time to 1975 and bring back , aka " " , who developed a cold fusion unit for a tractor beam which Dr. names " Preparation H " . He intends to use the tractor beam to pull a meteor into the Earth , striking the polar ice caps and causing a global flood . Moments after this plan is revealed , and the British Secret Service attack the base and arrest Dr. . is knighted for his services , but is disappointed when his father , the famous super - spy , does not attend the event . later informs that has been kidnapped , and the only clue is that the crew of his yacht have had their genitalia painted gold . 
 visits the imprisoned Dr. , who tells him that is behind the abduction . Time - travelling to 1975 , infiltrates 's roller disco club and is reunited with his former lover , FBI agent , who is undercover as a disco singer . With 's help , locates his father , but is unable to rescue him . takes through Dr. 's time machine into the present day . wants revenge on for murdering her partner , and accompanies in his pursuit . In the present , Dr. and Mini - Me instigate a riot in their prison , allowing them to escape . A British Intelligence mole named Number 3 informs that Dr. has moved to a new lair near Tokyo . and travel to Tokyo and confront , who is now a sumo wrestler , but still does work for Dr. . explains that a Japanese business man , Mr. , is working on a device for Dr. and . 
 and later meet with Mr. , who pleads ignorance about 's whereabouts . Unconvinced , and infiltrate 's factory where the command unit for the tractor beam is being loaded in 's car , and hands a golden key needed to activate the beam . confronts while attempts to free , but escapes with the command unit and flees to Dr. 's submarine . Unable to settle their differences , and part ways when they disagree on how to deal with the situation . Meanwhile , Dr. 's son , , has become increasingly evil in an attempt to prove himself to his father , to the point that he too is going bald . presents his father with sharks with laser beams attached to their heads , a request that had gone unfulfilled in the first film . Dr. Evil replaces Mini - Me with as his favored son ; the rejected Mini - Me defects and joins Austin . 
 , Foxxy and Mini - Me ( now a miniature version of Austin ) infiltrate the submarine , but is captured . Dr. Evil prepares to activate the tractor beam , but has stolen the key and frees . prepares to shoot Dr. , when appears and reveals that and Dr. are both his sons , telling them that when they were babies , he and their mother took them to Belgium for a family holiday and he stepped out of the car to have a tinkle in the bushes when their car exploded . Dr. tells him that his parents died in that car accident , but reveals that the explosion came from an assassination attempt and he thought at first that only survived and did n't know that Dr. survived too until after the two Belgians made him evil . Dr. and embrace , enraging , who flees to pursue his own vengeance , whilst commandeers the tractor beam 's controls , unzipping his pants to reveal his gold - covered genitals to be a spare key . activates the tractor beam , but and Dr. Evil work together to reverse its polarity , destroying the meteor and saving the world . The heroes arrest , who turns to the camera to reveal the entire string of events was adapted into a film by , starring as , as Dr. Evil , as - , and as . , , , and are in the audience of a Hollywood theater watching the film . Upon exiting the theater they run into , now thinner but flabby , thanks to the Subway diet . As and kiss , in Dr. 's Hollywood lair , – now completely bald , dressed like and laughing in a manner similar to his father – declares he will get his revenge on and begins dancing like .

Returning home with his mother ( ) from a trip to Berlin , , the son of Defense Intelligence Agency ( DIA ) director ( ) , is kidnapped and his security detail is wiped out by the attacker , ex - DIA agent ( ) . FBI agent ( ) left the agency after his wife was killed in a car bombing . His old boss , ( ) , asks him to investigate the case . He claims that is still alive and he will give the information on her whereabouts , if he helps take down . agrees and realizes must be an orphan Chinese girl the DIA adopted to train as a covert operative and assassin with " no fear , no conscience and no morality . " Meanwhile , executes the only survivor of 's security detail . He then orders his elite agents , led by ( ) , to pursue and rescue . 
 joins and CSIS agent ( ) in Vancouver , where is hiding out . learns that stole an experimental weapon codenamed Softkill , a nanomachine which operates in the human circulatory system and can cause heart attacks at will . had implanted Softkill in in order to smuggle it into the United States . and his men surround in a shopping plaza , but she wipes out 's forces in a lengthy gun battle . shoots , and pursues , climaxing with a fight that 's cut off when starts shooting at them with an M60 machine gun , giving a chance to escape . 
 is arrested by Vancouver PD under the false pretense that he killed . While being transported to jail , his convoy is attacked by , who frees . After a lengthy car chase , tells that she 's on his side and gives him his wife 's location . meets at an aquarium and it 's revealed that her " death " was orchestrated by . ended up believing had died while he thought she was gone . then married under the name . It ends up that had 's family killed ; it was initially believed that kidnapping was 's revenge . However , reveals that is actually ' son , and 's kidnapping was for his protection . 
 , , and go to 's underground bunker in an abandoned trainyard , where is reunited with . and arrive with an army of heavily - armed DIA agents , and a massive battle ensues . and eventually gain the upper hand , and kills in a fight in the bunker . tries to retrieve the Softkill in 's arm , but is surprised to find it 's not there . kills using a Softkill - loaded bullet , and escapes as the police arrive . The film concludes with and looking over the sea and thanking for reuniting him with his family .

On a cold winter day , ( ) decides he has had enough of trying to keep open the barbershop his father handed down to him . He can not borrow , revenues are falling , and he seems more interested in get - rich - quick schemes to bring in easy money . Without telling his employees or the customers , he sells the barbershop to a greedy loan shark , ( ) , who secretly plans to turn it into a strip club . 
 After spending a day at work , and realizing just how vital the barbershop is to the surrounding community , rethinks his decision and tries to get the shop back - only to find out wants double the $ 20,000 he paid to return it , and before 7 pm that day . Right after he admits to the employees that he sold the barber shop , and that it would be closing at the end of the day , the police arrive to arrest one of the barbers , ( ) . He is accused of driving his pickup truck into a nearby market to steal an ATM , but it 's revealed that 's cousin ( ) committed the crime after borrowing 's truck . As this would be 's ' third strike ' , he could be sentenced to life in prison . uses the $ 20,000 from to bail out of jail , but because set him up , is still angry . 
 reveals that he found a gun in 's locker in the barbershop and shows it to him . They stop the car and throws the gun into the river , proving that he does not want to get into any more trouble . Then they both go to confront , as well as and ( ) , who took the ATM machine to 's place without his knowledge , still trying to pry it open . and demand that give the barbershop back . Angered , orders his bodyguard to pull out his gun . The police arrive just in time to save and and arrest and . and see the ATM , and get a $ 50,000 reward for returning it to police . They get the money , and the barbershop reopens with even better business than before . In the meantime , 's wife ( ) has given birth to a baby boy .

USS Tiger Shark is a U.S. Navy submarine on patrol in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II in August 1943 . She receives orders to pick up survivors spotted adrift by a British PBY Catalina patrol plane . She retrieves three survivors – the British nurse ( ) and two men , one of them wounded – from the British hospital ship Fort James , which had been sunk two days earlier ; one of the survivors blames the sinking on a German U - boat that he briefly saw on the surface just before Fort James suffered a torpedo hit . As they pick up the survivors , the crew of Tiger Shark spots a German destroyer bearing down on them . The submarine has several encounters with the German destroyer and suffers damage from depth charges in the process . Later , the commanding officer of Tiger Shark , Lieutenant ( ) , discovers that the wounded survivor is actually a German prisoner - of - war , ( ) . confronts him because he thinks has been making noises to betray Tiger Shark 's position to the German warship . shoots dead when the German panics and grabs a scalpel to defend himself . 
 reveals to that had sunk a German submarine tender recently and that her previous commanding officer , Lieutenant Commander ( ) , had died after surfaced to confirm the sinking . According to , was using a boathook to try to obtain a souvenir from the flotsam left behind by the sunken German ship when Tiger Shark struck a submerged object , causing to hit his head while reaching for his souvenir , fall overboard , and drown before he could be rescued . then assumed command of Tiger Shark . 
 Soon after the death of the German prisoner , those aboard Tiger Shark begin to hear disembodied voices and experience other eerie events . While working in one of Tiger Shark 's ballast tanks , two of the submarine 's officers , Lieutenant ( ) and Ensign ( ) have a conversation in which questions the story about hitting his head and falling overboard after Tiger Shark struck a submerged object , saying that he had felt no such impact . tells that the real story of ' death is darker . , on deck with only , , and Lieutenant ( ) , had ordered them to have a gunnery party come on deck to machine - gun the survivors of the sunken German ship in the water . When , , and objected , a heated argument had broken out and escalated into a physical altercation during which hit his head and fell overboard . In order to protect ' reputation , asks not to tell anyone . Before they leave the ballast tank , dies in a mysterious accident . Soon afterwards , sees ' ghost aboard Tiger Shark . He escapes from the submarine via an escape trunk while the submarine is underwater , and dies when he is impaled on an outside railing . 
 A series of bizarre mechanical problems causes the crew of Tiger Shark to lose control of the submarine , and the submarine turns back towards the site of her sinking of the German ship , apparently of her own volition . Meanwhile , crewmen die in accidents at an alarming rate . The eerie phenomena seem related to the death of , and the crew begins to suspect a supernatural influence is behind all of Tiger Shark 's mishaps and to question 's version of how and why died . 
 and discover that Tiger Shark mistook Fort James for the German submarine tender and sank Fort James instead ; they also learn that , , and believed that they could not afford this drastic mistake to appear on their records and conspired to suppress the story , killing on the deck of Tiger Shark as he tried to save the survivors of Fort James . 
 Tiger Shark ultimately is crippled by a mounting number of accidents , and only five of those aboard remain alive : , , , ( ) , and " Weird " Wally ( ) . concludes that Tiger Shark is haunted by a " malediction " that must be satisfied in order to escape its netherworld between heaven and hell . After Tiger Shark arrives at the location of the sinking of Fort James , she surfaces in a disabled condition and those aboard her detect a surface ship nearby . prevents the surviving crew of Tiger Shark from radioing the nearby ship , but sneaks out on deck and tries to signal the ship with a flashlight . confronts her and holds her at gunpoint . His remorse over the accident overcomes him ; he admits the entire cover - up to and then shoots himself in the head , falling dead into the ocean . 
 The ship is signaling turns out to be British and picks up the four survivors of Tiger Shark . As they look on , Tiger Shark sinks , coming to rest on the ocean floor next to the wreck of Fort James .

and are stereotypical overachieving Asian - Americans whose singular goal is to gain acceptance into highly prestigious Ivy League universities . engages in perfectionistic pursuits including learning a new SAT word daily , and trying to best record for free - throw shooting percentage . reveals that his perfectionism cloaks another side of his life , including toilet - papering houses with and other petty crimes including the theft and return of computer equipment with and his cousin to earn easy money . is involved in many school clubs , mainly to pad his college application . He makes the basketball team , though he ends up receiving only token playing time . At the same time , develops a crush on his new lab partner , , a girl of Asian descent adopted by a white family . 
 After meeting , senior valedictorian and president of nearly every student club , becomes part of a school - wide cheat sheet operation . pays , another student , to steal the tests from the school office , which are then sold off to students . also brings in and into the operation , and the four of them make a small fortune . Meanwhile , has fallen for . He discovers that her boyfriend , , seems to take her for granted . discovers 's crush and offers to let him take her to the Winter Formal . 
 As a member of the Academic Decathlon team with , and , the practices at 's house devolve into drinking parties . Later , the group , now intoxicated , arrive at a party , where they are accosted by a football player who mocks them . A fight results in pulling out a gun , stopping the fight . At school the next day , news of the fight spreads around school and the group ’s notoriety increases . They gradually expand into more dangerous scams , such as the theft of computer parts from the school and eventually drugs . They become users themselves , with Ben developing a heavy cocaine habit . feels increasingly conflicted as he feels stifled by the expectations that others have of him . On his birthday , he wakes up with a nosebleed as a result of his cocaine use , which scares him into changing his life . He tells the group that he wants to quit . agrees with him , adding that their operation has become a full - time job . presents a gun from the three of them to for his birthday . 
 continues the operation on his own , but is soon exposed thanks to his own carelessness and bragging . is forced to take the blame for the cheat sheet operation and is suspended , but not before beating up . resumes his academic and extracurricular pursuits . He also begins spending more time with , who reveals a wild side of her own when she gives him a CD that she shoplifted . He eventually asks to the formal , to which she agrees . During a trip to the Academic Decathlon championships in Las Vegas , hires a prostitute for the guys , with losing his virginity in the process . During his turn , pulls a gun on the prostitute and she storms off , leading to a fight between and . Despite the turmoil , the team wins the competition . 
 and attend the winter formal together and cultivate their friendship . The situation is made clear to when is seen outside of the formal , waiting to take home . meets and tells him that he has information on a possible score . The group is stunned when wants them to rob his parents ' house . He refers to it as a wake - up call . and are against the plan , but convinces them to participate , saying that this would be the perfect opportunity . They agree to ’s plan and practice constantly , even agreeing to purchase a gun for . 
 On New Year 's Eve , the four meet at ' house , where they begin attacking . In the ensuing struggle the gun goes off . beats nearly to death in the confusion . Thinking is dead , the group convinces to agree to bury the body in his backyard for $ 300 . begins to twitch , but suffocates with a gasoline - soaked rag while a tearful clutches him . Afterwards , the four go to a New Year 's party , where and kiss at midnight . 
 On a hot sunny day , and discover 's body buried in the backyard . debates on whether to report 's murder to the police . The guilt over 's murder is too much for , who attempts to commit suicide , but suffers potential brain damage in the process . At the hospital , makes a flippant remark about 's injuries that angers . expresses concern about or revealing their secret , but simply resolves to do nothing and walks away . 
 Separated from the group , is alone at school . He encounters one day on the way home . She asks him whether he has seen lately , and expresses some concern that he has not called . They kiss , implying the resumption of their relationship . 's voice - over tells the audience that he has no idea about what the future holds , but all he knows is that there is no turning back .

is a 14 - year - old chronic liar who is constantly deceiving and misleading his way out of trouble . He tries to get out of his creative writing essay by making up a lie but eventually gets caught by his English teacher , who alerts his parents . He is given three hours to submit his essay , otherwise , he will fail English and go to summer school . writes a story titled ' Big Fat Liar ' , based on the lies he has told throughout his life . On his way to turn it in , he is struck by the limousine of Hollywood producer , who gives him a ride . Along the way , reveals that he also tells lies and that , " The truth is overrated . " In a rush , accidentally forgets his essay in the limo upon arriving ; initially tries to return it but is inspired by the story when he reads it and decides to keep it for himself . 
 realizes his essay is missing and explains what happened , but his parents and do not believe him , and he is sent to summer school to repeat English . Later , he and his best friend see a preview for a film produced by Wolf Pictures titled Big Fat Liar and recognize that it had been plagarized from 's essay . Determined to convince his parents he was being truthful after having lost their trust , and fly to Los Angeles to confront while their parents are out of town . Upon arrival , they trick limo driver and struggling actor into giving them a ride to the Wolf Pictures studio . sneaks into 's office , hoping to convince him to tell his parents what really happened , but burns the essay and has and thrown out . Angered , the two decide to inconvenience him until he confesses , with joining them due to his own troubled history with . After gathering information about 's cruel and abusive treatment of his employees , they begin to sabotage him through various pranks , such as dyeing his skin blue and hair orange , super gluing his headset , sending him to a child 's birthday party where he is mistaken for the hired clown , and modifying the controls to his car . 
 These pranks make miss his appointment with his boss , Universal Pictures president . After 's previous film proves to be a critical and commercial failure , loses confidence in him and threatens to pull production for Big Fat Liar . approaches and agrees to help in exchange for his confession . Guided by , makes a successful presentation which gets Big Fat Liar green - lit , but warns any mistakes will make Universal pull funding and end his career . betrays again and calls security to arrest him and . 's assistant , , decides to help and expose him , having grown tired of his repeated verbal abuse . They rally all of his employees and devise a plan to finally stop him , while has his parents fly to Los Angeles . 
 The next morning , as heads to the studio to begin shooting , many of his employees cause him to be late through multiple mishaps . As finally arrives at the studio , he witnesses kidnapping his stuffed monkey toy . After a chase across the studio , catches and retrieves his toy . He mocks and tells him he will never reveal the truth to anyone while admitting that he stole 's paper and turned it into Big Fat Liar . The entire conversation is revealed to have been caught on camera and is witnessed by many people , including 's parents and the news media . Disgusted by his plagiarism and dishonesty , fires . thanks for teaching him the importance of truth - telling , and he regains his parents ' trust . Universal produces Big Fat Liar , utilizing the talents and skills of people whom had abused . stars as the film 's lead character , and the film is released in theaters , with receiving credit for writing the original story , making 's parents and proud of him . Meanwhile , , having been permanently stripped of his career , declares bankruptcy and begins his new job as a birthday clown .

( ) , a lonely St Albans bank clerk , orders a mail - order bride ( ) from Russia on the Internet . is uncomfortable and shy , but is sexually bold . Though can not speak English and can not speak Russian , they soon bond . Later on , a man she introduces as her cousin ( ) and his friend ( ) turn up to celebrate her birthday . soon shows that he has a temper . After a violent altercation , holds hostage and demands a ransom from . has grown to care for and is forced to steal from the bank where he has worked for ten years . After the ransom is paid , he realises that he has been the victim of an elaborate con . , , and are criminals , and is actually 's boyfriend . 
 learns that the trio have carried out the same scam on men from Switzerland , Greece and Germany , among others . They take him prisoner , strip him down to his underpants , and tie him to a toilet in a motel . He eventually manages to free himself and quickly learns that has been left behind after discovered she was pregnant . gets dressed and subsequently gets into a scrap with , who later reveals that she can indeed speak English and that her name is not . 
 takes to turn her into the police - hoping to clear his name as a wanted bank robber . Ultimately , however , he sympathises with her and decides against it . He leaves her at the airport , where she is kidnapped by – who now wants to have the baby . rescues her , tying to a chair . They make common cause against the two Russian men . informs that her real name is . , disguised as , leaves for Russia with .

Two years after the events of Blade , a pandemic known as the " Reaper virus " has spread through the vampire community . Infected vampires are turned into ' Reapers ' , a mutation of vampires , immune to all vampire weaknesses with the exception of bright light , who kill humans and turn any vampires they feed on into more Reapers . Unable to contain the Reapers , Vampire Lord sends two emissaries , and his daughter , to seek the aid of vampire hunter and his team , consisting of weaponsmith and 's new assistant . has since recovered , who had been held captive and tortured by the group of vampires for 2 years ( since the end of the previous film ) . had been turned into a vampire by them , and after returning to their headquarters , gives an anti - virus vampire serum to revert him back to human . After meeting with and his human familiar , lawyer , they cautiously agree to help due to the danger of the Reapers ' uncontrollable hunger and rapid mutation . then introduces and his group to The Bloodpack ; a group of vampires trained for the sole purpose of killing . In addition to and , The Bloodpack consists of , , , , her lover , and . To keep them in line and after 's racially charged remark , humiliates and plants an explosive charge on the back of 's head . 
 On 's advice , the team starts by investigating a Prague located nightclub frequented by vampires . When they do encounter Reapers , they soon discover their weapons and powers are completely ineffective . is forced to kill after he becomes infected , is wounded ( and infected but he keeps this to himself ) , deserts his post , and barely survives a Reaper attack by using UV lights to scare them off . , ' Patient Zero ' of the Reaper strain , attacks and nearly kills before a burst of sunlight forces him to retreat . appears , and says he has been tracking the Reapers to a central nest in the sewers . 
 The dissection of a Reaper corpse which was trapped by an electronic hatch reveals that most Reapers tend to burn out within twelve hours if they do not feed , as well as having an additional layer of bone , which surrounds and protects their heart . Having learned of this ' Achilles heel ' , prime weakness , he and create UV projectors for the team . 
 While searching for the nest , succumbs to the infection , killing and chasing up a manhole ladder before both die of light exposure when removes the manhole cover . turns on and attacks him , only to die when a group of Reapers attracted to his scent tear him apart . survives an encounter with only because he reveals the truth of his condition and situation to so he can inform . is ambushed , dragged underwater , and killed . Using a special UV emitter bomb pack , kills all of the Reapers with the exception of and rescues and , but is betrayed by and his people , who stun unconscious . 
 After ' betrayal , he reveals that he created The Reaper virus in order to create a new race of vampires based on and that is in fact his son . turns out to be a familiar loyal to , who also works with . turns the table on , saying he always knew of 's true allegiance , and kills him with the bomb he had placed on , earlier . then orders his scientists to dissect so they can learn how to replicate his abilities . After escaping his captors , brings to a blood pool , where he regains enough strength to kill and his men . 
 Seeking revenge , tracks to his private heliport and kills him . He then bites , infecting her with the virus while drinking her blood . confronts , and after a ferocious battle , defeats him . With his now - broken sword , stabs it through the side of 's chest and into his bone - protected heart , slipping it through the bone plates on the side . then commits suicide to end his suffering by shoving the sword all the way into his wounded heart . Fulfilling 's dying wish , takes her outside , where she dies while watching the sun rise before she can fully change . The movie ends with in London , where he kills , a vampire he encountered earlier in the movie .

During a homicide investigation , FBI agent ( ) goes outside to address the media when he spots the killer in the crowd . But the chase ends after suffers a heart attack and only manages to wound the killer . 
 Now retired , he lives in a houseboat on the Long Beach bay . He has been given a second chance at life by receiving the heart of a murder victim . He is approached by a woman named ( ) , whose sister , , was killed during a robbery and asks him to solve the case . It gets personal when realizes the victim was the woman whose heart was transplanted into him . 
 defies the advice of his physician , Dr. ( ) , and sets out to find the killer with the help of his neighbor ( ) , who lives on a houseboat near his , and a local police detective , ( ) . It is revealed that is the killer that has been looking for . wanted out of retirement so that he 'll be a hero again . He also reveals that he has kidnapped and her nephew , which ends in a shootout on a fishing boat . After shooting , his last words to : I saved you . starts a new life with and her nephew .

( ) , ( ) and ( ) are best friends . They raised 14 - year - old sister , ( ) , ever since their mother took off to Las Vegas with a boyfriend who was uncomfortable with the idea of having the two girls come along . While is at school , , and work as maids at a large resort hotel , but more importantly , they are surfers . rises every morning before dawn to train for her surfing comeback , and was once considered a rising star in women 's surfing and competed as a youth , but an extreme wipeout and near - drowning incident temporarily halted her career , and left her with deep - seated fears . Her friends , especially , have encouraged her to try it again . 
 has been invited to join in an upcoming surf competition at the famed North Shore surf spot , Pipeline . She hopes to gain the attention of sponsors and get herself and her friends out of the near - poverty they are living in . As the Pipeline competition gets closer , she struggles to keep Penny under control and deal with her own personal issues . 
 At work , meets and catches the eye of ( ) , a National Football League quarterback in Hawaii for the Pro Bowl ( it is hinted that he plays for the Minnesota Vikings ) . is there with several of his rowdy teammates and instantly becomes attracted to the surfer . Through a series of " chance " encounters , she agrees to teach him how to surf for $ 150 per hour , and brings , and along for the ride . When she goes to 's hotel room to get the money , they kiss as a call comes and suspects that it is his wife but he promises it is his niece . Later they sleep together . Her acceptance of a non - local begins to cause friction between her and many of the young men in her surfing social circle . faces more problems when she and argue about lack of dedication to training for the Pipeline contest due to the sudden appearance of . She also has to hear demeaning comments from several of the other football players ' wives and girlfriends staying at the hotel about how she is undergoing the " makeover " while attending a luau at the resort . 
 confronts about their situation and soon resolves to step up her game , as she finally commits herself to the Pipeline Masters . On the day of Pipeline , wipes out during her first heat , but advances to the next heat after narrowly beating pro surfer . She is shaken , but tells her a story about his first game as an NFL quarterback and helps her regain her wavering confidence . Determined , but still afraid , returns to the water . Competing in the same heat is , one of the first professional female surfers , playing herself . While surfs the first few sets of waves without wipe - outs , still has inhibitions about riding one , visions of another near - drowning incident holding her back . finishes her turn , then paddles out and takes under her wing and encourages her to take the best wave of the day , on which manages to score perfectly . Although she does not advance to the next heat , she has regained her lost confidence , but also attracted the notice of sponsors , one of which includes an offer to join the Billabong women 's surf team .

Book of Love is a mockumentary following the unrelated stories of three L.A. bachelors ( , , and ) as they recover from a series of unhealthy relationships . The team of average Joes are no match for their manipulative girlfriends ( , , and ) , however , and the over eager men are taken for all they 're worth . 
 It 's this manipulative , self - serving treatment that drives the young bachelors into behaving like " dogs " themselves . Written and directed by , Book of Love was produced by both BET Studios and 5th GearEntertainment , and eventually released by Strange Fruit Films .

Brown Sugar is a film that follows the evolving relationship between ( ) , an attractive young woman who has just been appointed the editor - in - chief of the hip - hop magazine XXL , and ( ) , an A&R for Millennium Records . They have been bound together since their early childhood . The news that is preparing to be married to ( ) , a successful entertainment attorney , sends into a subconscious tizzy . 
 Suddenly , she does n't seem to know how to behave around anymore , and an impulsive kiss on the eve before his wedding sends fissures of doubt cracking in every direction . gets married and begins to settle into his life when a decision to sign an untalented but commercially viable rap group forces to choose between his love for true hip - hop and his job . He decides to quit his job and start his own record company , focusing on bringing back the real hip hop that his generation fell in love with . , however , is not understanding and thus not supportive of this venture . Additionally , as draws closer to due to their partnership in the label , jealousy develops over and 's friendship . 
 , who also has begun to live her life with a budding relationship with ( ) receives a proposal from her boyfriend which she accepts . Turmoil ensues when finds out has been having secret liaisons with a man from the gym ( who texts to confirm a rendezvous ) . brings to bust her in the act . This leads to a night of shared passion between and and opens 's eyes to the fact she is not prepared to get married to . She calls off the engagement and while searching for sees and in a parting embrace that she misconstrues as more . 
 While at Hot 97 waiting for 's first single to play on the show , hears talking about her new book I Used to Love H.I.M. Though based on her love affair with hip - hop , it really is a chronicled timeline of her love affair with . He recognizes this and rushes over to the station to confront his feelings , as well . Meanwhile , in the production booth , 's cousin finally asks out on a date , which is something he has been trying for since their first meeting . 
 The film ends with 's song playing in the same park where their love of hip - hop began .

An elderly man ( ) at The Shady Rest Retirement Home in East Texas is known to the staff as , but claims to be the real . He explains that during the 1970s , he grew tired of the demands of his fame and switched places with an impersonator named ( also ) . He claims it was who eventually died in 1977 , while he , the real , lived in quiet , happy anonymity and made a living pretending to be himself . After a propane explosion destroyed documentation which was the only proof that he was actually , he was unable to return to his old lifestyle . 
 A hip injury during a performance causes him to get an infection and slip into a coma . Twenty years later and living at the retirement home as the film opens , he is contemplating his age , frailty , loss of dignity , impotence , and " A growth on [ his ] pecker " . 's only friend is a black man named ( ) who insists he is President , claiming to have been dyed black after an assassination attempt , and abandoned by in a nursing home . Initially skeptical of 's story , does spot a mysterious scar on the back of 's head . It could be from the head wound seen in the film , but then it might not be . 
 Eventually , and face off against a re - animated ancient Egyptian mummy that was stolen during a U.S. museum tour , and then lost during a severe storm in East Texas when the thieves ' bus veered into a river near the nursing home . The mummy strangely takes on the garb of a cowboy and feeds on the souls of the residents of the home . It is dubbed ' ' by , who is given a telepathic flashback of the mummy 's life and death when he looks into its eyes . The slow , plodding mummy is a real and credible threat , as instead of going against young adults who could potentially outrun or overpower it , the mummy gives chase to the elderly . and lack mobility and need a motorized wheelchair and a walker to get around the grounds . 
 and create an elaborate plan to destroy the mummy . Destruction of the mummy would release the trapped souls of their dead friends , and they would be able to go to their final resting place . and battle the mummy in the middle of the night , with in an electric wheelchair and wielding a makeshift flamethrower . is knocked out of his wheelchair by the mummy and is about to have his soul sucked . hops in the wheelchair , zooms into the mummy to save , and damages the flamethrower , getting a large gash in his abdomen in the process . dies from a heart attack . becomes committed to getting rid of the mummy , and he throws the gasoline on him and then throws matches at him , killing the mummy . 
 lies on a hill near the river bank , dying from the blood loss from the gash and broken ribs . He talks in his mind about how he does n't fear death , knowing that he still had his soul and that he saved all of the fellow people at the Shady Rest Retirement Home . As he reflects upon this , the stars align into a message for , saying : " all is well " . With a dying " Thank you , thank you very much " , passes away .

In 1963 , teenaged lives in New Rochelle , New York with his father , and French mother . When is denied a business loan at Chase Manhattan Bank due to unknown difficulties with the IRS , the family is forced to move from their large home to a small apartment . carries on an affair with , a friend of her husband . Meanwhile , poses as a substitute teacher in his French class . 's parents file for divorce , and runs away . When he runs out of money , he begins relying on confidence scams to get by . Soon , 's cons increase and he even impersonates an airline pilot . He forges Pan Am payroll checks and succeeds in stealing over $ 2.8 million . 
 Meanwhile , , an FBI bank fraud agent , begins tracking . and meet at a hotel , where convinces his name is of the Secret Service , and that he was also after the fraud . Frank leaves , angrily realizing a minute too late that he has been fooled . Later , at Christmas , is still at work when calls him , attempting to apologize for duping . rejects his apology and tells him he will soon be caught , but laughs when he realizes actually called him because he has no one else to talk to . hangs up , and continues to investigate , suddenly realizing ( thanks to a waiter ) that the name " " is from the Flash comic books and that is actually a teenager . 
 , meanwhile , has expanded his con to include the identities of a doctor and lawyer . While playing Dr. , he falls in love with . While asking her father 's permission to marry her , he admits the truth about himself and asks for help with the Louisiana State Bar exam . tracks him to his engagement party and is able to sneak out a bedroom window minutes before bursts in . Before leaving , makes promise to meet him in Miami two days later so they can elope . sees her waiting for him two days later , but also notices plainclothes agents waiting to arrest him ; realizing he has been set up , he escapes on a flight to Europe . 
 Seven months later , shows his boss that has been forging checks all over western Europe and asks permission to go to Europe to look for him . When his boss refuses , brings 's checks to printing professionals who claim that the checks were printed in France . From an interview with 's mother , remembers that she was actually born in Montrichard , France . He goes there and locates , and tells him that the French police will kill him if he does not go with quietly . assumes he is lying at first , but promises he would never lie to him , and takes him outside , where the French police escort him to prison . 
 The scene then flashes forward to a plane returning home from prison , where informs him that his father has died . Grief - stricken , escapes from the plane and goes back to his old house , where he finds his mother with the man she left his father for , as well as a girl who realizes is his half - sister . gives himself up and is sentenced to 12 years in prison , getting visits from time to time from . When points out how one of the checks is carrying as evidence is fake , convinces the FBI to offer a deal by which he can live out the remainder of his sentence working for the bank fraud department of the FBI , which accepts . While working at the FBI , misses the thrill of the chase and even attempts to fly as an airline pilot again . He is cornered by , who insists that will return to the FBI job since no one is chasing him . On the following Monday , is nervous that has not yet arrived at work . However , eventually arrives and they discuss their next case . 
 The ending credits reveal that has been happily married for 26 years , has three sons , lives in the Midwest , is still good friends with , has caught some of the world 's most elusive money forgers , and earns millions of dollars each year because of his work creating unforgeable checks .

Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Amy Adams, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye, James Brolin

In New York City , a middle - aged African - American insurance salesman named is a recovering alcoholic who is attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings to stay sober . On the same morning that drives to a hearing to try to regain custody of his children , a successful , Caucasian - American , young Wall Street attorney , , is distracted while driving and collides his new Mercedes CLK320 with 's older Toyota Corolla . was in a rush to get to court to file a power of appointment document , which will prove a dead man signed his foundation over to 's law firm . was also in a rush to get to a hearing to argue for joint custody of his sons with his estranged wife . tries to brush off with a blank check , rather than exchanging insurance information , thereby disobeying the law . refuses to accept the check and voices his desire to " do this right " , but , whose car is still drivable , insists upon leaving immediately . He leaves stranded , telling him , " better luck next time " . After arriving to the court late , learns that the judge ruled against him in his absence , giving sole custody of the boys to 's wife and allowing her to proceed with a plan to move to Oregon , never knowing that was about to buy a house locally and give it to his wife and children as part of his effort to make joint custody workable for everyone . 
 When gets to court , he realizes that he dropped the crucial power of appointment file at the scene of the accident , and the judge gives him until the end of the day to retrieve it . , who scooped up the file , is torn , and initially refuses to return the file . , who is desperate to get his papers back , goes to a " fixer " , a shady computer hacker , and gets him to switch off Gipson 's credit , which destroy 's 's chance for a home loan to keep his family together . is distraught when he finds out his credit has been ruined and he comes close to drinking again . Determined to get back at , loosens the bolts on one of Banek 's wheels , and suffers some minor injuries after his car crashes on the highway . Enraged , goes to the elementary school of Gipson 's children and tells school officials that plans to kidnap the boys , so is arrested and jailed . His enraged wife declares her intention to move forward with taking their sons to Oregon and says that will never see them again . 
 Both men , shaken by the consequences of their actions , start to reconsider their desire for vengeance and try to find a way out . Although it appears unlikely that either man will achieve what he had hoped , both resolve to let go and do what is right , and the two men apologize to each other . returns the file containing the power of attorney , which has since learned was obtained illegally , and he uses it to blackmail his boss to conduct business honestly and get approval to represent pro bono to resolve his legal troubles . also visits 's wife to explain everything . The film ends with 's wife and children smiling at him from across the street .

( ) is a veteran New York City Police Department detective , whose criminal father had been executed for murder , after a child whom he had kidnapped was killed . has had to live with this stigma hanging over his own reputation , and history begins to repeat itself when his own son , ( ) , a junkie , becomes involved in a drug - related killing . suddenly comes to the attention of 's current girlfriend , ( ) , who was unaware that he even had a son , and she can not understand why is unwilling to help him . 
 's girlfriend ( ) , who is struggling to stay sober for their infant son , comes into 's life , asking him to save . She later abandons the child , leaving him with . gets deeper into trouble when the local drug enforcer , ( ) , kills 's cop partner Reg ( ) . had been helping to clear 's name , but is blamed for his murder . As his fellow police officers search for as a suspected " cop killer , " decides to set aside his self - imposed isolation , and to help save his son 's life .

The NSA - funded Quantum Tech ( QT ) Corporation has slated a project to develop Hypertime , a technology which allows the user 's molecules to speed up to the point where the world appears in standstill . NSA ends the project due to its high amount of risk . However , QT leader plans on using the technology to control the leader of NSA and dominate the world . He uses the prototype to stretch the weekend in order to give his lead scientist time to fix the remaining glitch in the technology after his henchmen and prevent 's incognito departure at the airport . However , being in Hypertime for too long has resulted in him aging rapidly in real time , with his molecular age continued at the same rate despite time slowing down . 
 However , initially unknown to , had sent a prototype to his former colleague Dr. . ' son , with whom he has a strained relationship , discovers the watch accidentally and initially uses it for fun . wins the heart of , a new Venezuelan girl at the school . Once finds out about the leaked prototype , he sends his henchmen after , who break into his house and search for evidence . Upon learning about the ulterior motive of QT Corporation , sets out to warn his father of the danger he could be in . 
 A chase ensues , with crashing the car into a river , thus damaging the watch . He awakes in the hospital and barely evades and . He then goes in search of a hiding spot , after having been accused of stealing a van by the police . In a bid to retrieve the watch , QT Corporation enlists the help of national security agencies and portray and his father as wanted fugitives . goes on the run with , locating the hotel that was staying at , with also in pursuit of . However , QT reach first and kidnap him . 
 and wander the streets aimlessly before being captured by . However , knocks out and she and take hostage . reluctantly agrees to help save , helps mend the broken watch , and creates guns which can take someone out of Hypertime and back into normal time . The guns are loaded with paintballs filled with frozen nitrogen , and the low temperature " freezes " a person back into normal time . 
 With 's help , and break in , but get caught by QT . The two are thrown in a cell with 's dad . accelerates while in Hypertime and becomes " light " , helping the others break out as NSA Agents arrive and defeat ' goons . knocks out of Hypertime and prepares to do the same to and his dad until arrives and defeats him . and his henchmen are arrested , and the watches are confiscated . 
 uses the machine he was building to reverse his aging effects of Hypertime , but it inadvertently changes him back into a teenager ( ) , meaning he will have to live with the family for a few years , though he still has the voice of his full grown self . enters a relationship with , reconciles with his father , reunites with his family , and earns a car he wanted . As speeds off in his car with his sister , girlfriend , and younger Dopler , it is revealed that he has not returned the watch and continues to have fun in Hypertime .

Jesse Bradford, Paula Garcés, French Stewart, Michael Biehn, Robin Thomas

A bomb detonates in the plaza of the Colombian Consulate building in Los Angeles , killing nine people , including a caravan of Colombian officials and American intelligence agents . Among the civilians killed are the wife and son of LAFD firefighter , Captain , who was injured in the explosion . A tape is sent to the U.S. State Department , in which a masked man calling himself " " ( The Wolf ) claims responsibility , explaining it was in retaliation for the oppression of Colombia by the United States . The FBI believes is a Colombian terrorist named . CIA Special Agent , the Colombia Station Chief , is harshly reprimanded for the incident by a Senate Oversight Committee , who promptly terminate all CIA operations in Colombia . angrily returns to Mompós and meets with his paramilitary allies to plan a major offensive to take down . 
 Frustrated at the political red tape regarding the investigation , travels to Mompós to personally hunt down but is quickly arrested for illegal entry . The guerrillas stage a prison break to free their comrades and abduct to demand a large ransom for him . 's unit is alerted to 's presence in Colombia but arrive too late . escapes the prison , avoids being captured , and secures a guerrilla zone pass from Canadian mechanic . introduces him to drug runner , the manager of the cocaine distribution facility that finances the guerrillas . Pretending to be a mechanic , rigs several improvised explosives and destroys the facility . is blamed for the destruction of the drug plant and is executed in front of a hiding 's eyes . infiltrates 's headquarters and plants a bomb to kill him , but he is captured when he tries to prevent a woman , , from being caught in the blast radius along with her son , . At 's home compound , reveals she is 's wife . She and once lost their own child during an American attack , which compelled to become a terrorist ; found and adopted , whose parents were killed in the attack . Nevertheless , sympathizes with and admits that is planning another bombing in Washington , D.C .. 
 Meanwhile , 's unit locates 's compound and launches an attack . During the ensuing shootout , helps free and , along with , travels back to the State Department in Washington , D.C. to help the search effort for . identifies Union Station as the target , and the FBI investigates . On the pretense of using the lavatory , excuses herself from the command room and becomes irritated when refuses to come with her . When sees make the same gesture as the masked man who claimed to be in the tape , he realizes that she was the Wolf all along , and serves as her figurehead , and that the entire motive behind their cause is personal revenge for the death of their daughter at the hands of the US . Furthermore , surmises the real target is the State Department , and that he was used to help get past the building 's security . quickly throws 's toy dinosaur , which is carrying a bomb , out a window moments before it explodes . , realizing 's suspicions , is shot and killed trying to stop from fleeing the building . 
 chases to the basement of the building where she and ride off through the underground tunnels on a motorcycle . finds the tunnel control console and shuts the gates , preventing their escape . chops open some gas lines along the walls of the tunnel and , as they ride back , shoots at , igniting the gas . jumps through a doorway just as the entire tunnel explodes . and survive the blast , however , and attack him simultaneously . After a short , hand - to - hand fight , is electrocuted by being tossed on the exposed circuitry of the control panel , and is finally killed when throws an axe into his chest . 
 In the aftermath , carries in his arms as they leave the State Department . A newscast voiceover explains that will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom for preventing one of the worst terrorist attacks in U.S. history from taking place .

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Elias Koteas, Francesca Neri, Cliff Curtis, John Leguizamo, John Turturro

Tired of being rejected by the beautiful women he lusts after , moves to Manhattan to become an NBC page with dreams of becoming famous in television but is eventually fired . He moves back to Philadelphia and becomes personal assistant on American Bandstand in 1961 . He writes the successful song " Palisades Park " and becomes romantically involved with a woman named . is given permission to pitch the concept for The Dating Game at ABC . He is given $ 7,500 to create a television pilot , but ABC abandons the idea in favor of Hootenanny . 
 One night after is kicked out of a bar for fighting , he is approached by CIA agent , who recruits him as an assassin . Returning from a mission in Mexico , finds that has become a hippie . Meanwhile , ABC green - lights The Dating Game , and by 1967 the show is a phenomenon . 
 On a CIA mission in Helsinki , Finland , he meets female operative . He finds more success back home when The Newlywed Game goes on air . He and decide to move to Los Angeles , but is cautious of marriage , much to 's dismay . In 1970 , convinces to go on a mission to East Berlin to assassinate . is introduced to German - American agent , whom he helps to kill . However , he is captured by the KGB and , after some weeks , freed during a West - East spy exchange . 
 In 1976 , creates The Gong Show and becomes famous as its host . is murdered and warns of a mole in the agency . His TV shows are canceled due to poor ratings , and threatens to leave after catching him cheating on her . One night , finds sitting atop the diving board of his backyard pool . reveals to why he was chosen by the CIA to become an assassin : he is the son of a serial killer and had been raised as a girl by his mother , so he " fit the profile " . threatens , and after is killed moments later , is seen pointing his gun at him . 
 Faced with the unpleasant truth about himself , begins to spiral out of control . After almost having a nervous breakdown on one of his shows , shuts himself away in a New York City hotel . manages to find him and tries in vain to convince him to return to California to get married . 
 finally leaves his room and meets in Boston . After a cup of coffee with her , collapses , seemingly poisoned . reveals that she is the mole . has tricked into drinking from the poisoned cup , and she falls dead . After her death , he returns home and begins writing his autobiography , Confessions of a Dangerous Mind . He finally decides to marry . At the end of the ceremony , he sees some of the people he killed in the crowd . Distraught , he confesses to her his double life as a CIA assassin , but she merely laughs , assuming he is joking , and he decides not to correct her .

In Los Angeles , in April 1992 , Sergeant is pacing in a motel room with a shotgun and pistol . Five days earlier , two men , and , appear to be robbing a convenience store , when they are actually after a safe in the room above the store . Four people are killed in the robbery and one severely wounded . Detective , is in a Gun Board hearing in relation to use of deadly force . His partner , , defends him , and the two leave . 
 , , and are all sitting in a room when they find out that is exonerated . is and 's superior who often has his subordinates fabricate stories and evidence . It is revealed that killed the man that the Gun Board thinks killed , meaning and perjured themselves . Later that night goes to and 's house and takes the money the two stole from the safe , indicating that the two work for him . That night is shown having sex with a woman who is also a police officer ; they do not reveal their surnames to one another . 
 Van Meter tells and to investigate the convenience store robbery . Their investigation ends with them finding and ; when this is brought to Van Meter , he tells them to pin it on someone else and provides a false alibi for and . Meanwhile , Assistant Chief finds 's actions suspicious and also does not believe killed the man he was charged with killing at the Gun Board hearing . He asks his assistant , Sergeant , to help him . When is pulling files on and , she discovers the identity of her lover to be . 
 That night , after obtaining a search warrant with underhanded techniques , a SWAT team raids the house of the ex - cons who are to be the fall guys . One of the men escapes and goes into a back alley , but is chased by and . When they catch him , tells to kill the man , but has trouble pulling the trigger . Ultimately , does kill the innocent man and is visibly shaken . Later , arrives home and sees a moving truck outside of his house . His wife informs him that she is leaving him . tells her that she can keep the house , and leaves . , distraught after shooting an unarmed man , goes to 's house and confesses that he killed the man under 's orders . decides he wants killed and calls and to do the job . 
 calls and tells him that there is a witness at the address 12657 Juliet who has to be eliminated . initially balks at this proposal , but finally accepts , and the call ends . runs the address , and learns it is the address of and . Shocked at this revelation , ultimately decides to arm himself and head out to the address anyway , perhaps to kill and . 
 Believing that was sent by to and , and also drive to 12657 Juliet . Turning a corner near Orchard and 's house , sees and and all three stop . This pause is only broken as is killed by and firing from the rooftop . Before dying , tells that he has ratted him out . Infuriated , blames for what happened . calls in the incident , hesitating briefly before stating his intention of pursuing and . 
 As they are driving , is dragged out of his car and beaten to death by rioters while is captured by . then heads to the police academy promotions ceremony , where he confesses about the corruption and implicates . attempts to discredit , but ultimately fails as volunteers himself to be arrested , and orders an officer to do so . After the ceremony is adjourned , and chat briefly ; is well aware he will be incarcerated , and asks to help him avoid the rougher prisons . says he will see what he can do .

Forty years after an unfinished occult ritual resulted in the disappearance of six young children , an American family has moved into a never - before inhabited house in Spain . The mother , ( ) , wants to get the place in order , while the father , ( ) , goes to work , and their children , teenager ( ) and her younger brother ( ) , try to settle into their daily routines . 
 It helps that 's doctor - father , ( ) has furnished them with their residence and is nearby , especially when begins to suffer from seizures again due to the progression of his Huntington 's disease , which also causes him to become increasingly mentally unstable . is not only worried about him , but also who is now scared of the dark for the first time . The young boy has reason for that , however , as there seems to be some sort of supernatural entity beneath his bed . Furthermore , there are instances when ghostly figures of children are seen standing in the shadow and darkness , watching the family . 
 As becomes more scared and their father continues to mentally deteriorate , eventually figures out it must have something to do with their home where the power is lost every day . With the help of her new friend , ( ) , the two eventually meet the man , ( ) , who designed the house , and learn that it was built for a supernatural ritual requiring the sacrifice of seven children ( each sacrificed by " hands that love them " ) to coincide with an eclipse that only occurs every forty years . With the next one quickly approaching , and now armed with the knowledge that the earlier occult ritual needs one more death to be completed , races to make sure that is not the final victim . 
 Stopping first at her grandfather 's house to warn him as well , finds out that her grandfather is , in fact , a member of the cult which has been performing these satanic rituals . Her grandfather explains that in the ritual forty years ago , there actually were seven children in the original ritual , the seventh child being none other than 's father , . did not sacrifice his son because at the last minute he realized that he did not love . Waiting 40 years he has brought and his family to the house with the intention of completing the ritual during this eclipse . also discovers the target is not but still , who is to be sacrificed by " hands that love him . " 
 Armed with this knowledge , races back to her home to find her father in the midst of another attack , choking on pills as the eclipse begins . tries to perform a tracheotomy on him , but is unable to bring herself to make the cut . does instead , but bleeds out and dies when the supernatural forces within the house hide the tube needed to complete the procedure . Since genuinely loved , the ritual is finally complete . The darkness then takes the form of and , convincing their mother to turn off the lights . The darkness kills , and then takes the form of 's friend , who picks them up in his car ; shortly after they leave , the real arrives at the house , and is likely killed . The movie ends as ' doppelgänger drives and into a dark tunnel , implying their doom .

is the host of " The Rainbow Randolph Show " , a popular children 's TV show . Despite his friendly appearance on - stage , off - stage he is an arrogant and corrupt businessman who accepts bribes from parents who want to put their kids on his show . After an FBI sting exposes him , is fired and his show is cancelled . He is replaced with the " squeaky clean " and his character , . is uniquely sincere and thoroughly interested in providing quality children 's entertainment , and despite doubts from his hardened producer , his show quickly becomes tremendously popular . Meanwhile , turns to his former associate and pleads to help him get his job back , but refuses . After several failed attempts to get fired , turns to his former partner and asks if he can stay at his apartment , to which reluctantly agrees . 
 quickly finds himself losing creative control over his show to and with the help of his new agent , renegotiates his contract and is named executive producer . Irish mob boss approaches and asks him to create a spot on his show for her cousin , a former boxer whose numerous head injuries have left him with brain damage . reluctantly adds to the show , first as a cowbell - wielding game warden , and later on as 's cousin . 
 is horrified to learn that has signed him up to star in a ice show , as he fears that the event will exploit children . and , the head of the corrupt charity running the ice show , warn not to back out of the event but he does so anyway . Soon afterward , a disguised tricks into performing a act at a neo - Nazi rally . is branded a racist and loses his job and show , and refuses to help him . However , when barges into 's apartment and tries to convince her to help him get his job back , he accidentally reveals that he set up . and her crew then barge into 's apartment and force to confess that he tricked . As a result , ' show is restored and is dubbed the most hated man in America by the media . To make matters worse , a fed up kicks out of his house . After telling him that his show is back on the air , kisses and has sex with him . 
 then decides to perform in an ice show , but without the corrupt charities . and retaliate by plotting to kill and hire a new host who will cooperate with their profit skimming . Their plan backfires when , during a rehearsal , 's men mistake in his costume for and murder him . When gets word of this , she retaliates by killing and his men . Meanwhile , corners and in their penthouse and reveals to that has had affairs with numerous children 's show hosts , including himself . is hurt by this , but insists that she has genuine feelings for him . They manage to calm down and discover that he genuinely misses entertaining children . offers to let him stay in the penthouse until he recovers . 
 and decide to partner up after hearing of 's death . They hire , another former kid show host , to assassinate during his ice show . steals a backstage pass to get inside , but before he can shoot he is confronted by . They struggle for the rifle until falls to his death in the ice rink . After realizes that and set him up , he pulls a gun and threatens to kill . and her men arrive and persuade him not to forfeit his high ideals . decides to take care of and in her own way , and share a kiss in Times Square , and and launch a new show together .

Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Danny DeVito, Catherine Keener, Jon Stewart

( ) and ( ) are brothers and members of the Deuces , a Brooklyn street gang . Ever since the death of their other brother a drug overdose at the hands of ( ) , they keep drugs off their block . This puts them in opposition to the Vipers , another local gang headed by , who want to sell drugs in the neighborhood . On the eve of 's return from a three - year stint in prison , a gang war seems imminent . plans revenge against , whom he believes ratted him out to the police . 
 falls for a new girl who moves in across the street , ( ) , the younger sister of , a Vipers member and heroin dealer . Their attraction for each other complicates the gang rivalry . attacks the block and before beating and raping ( 's girlfriend ) in order to push him over the edge . After a series of skirmishes between the Vipers and , neighborhood Mafioso Fritzy ( ) orders and to make amends hours before the climactic rumble ( he previously declined 's request to kill ) . disobeys this order in a fight at the docks where is killed along with , leaving and free to take her mother to Los Angeles . is shot and killed by one of 's men in retaliation for ignoring his orders . Before leaving , drops a wheelbarrow full of cinder blocks on 's car , presumably killing him .

and are doctors in a Chicago hospital . Seven months pregnant travels to Venezuela to help natives in the Amazon area . She dies when a bus is hit by a landslide and plunges into the river below . Her body is never found by the local authorities . 
 Without taking time to grieve returns to work . One night he is awakened by his wife 's dragonfly paper weight that falls and rolls across the room . His wife always had a passion for dragonflies and even had a birthmark on her shoulder which resembled a dragonfly . starts visiting Emily´s patients at the pediatric oncology unit in the hospital . One of his wife 's patients is brought in unconscious . hears the child calling his name and follows the staff who are trying to revive him without success - the child´s heart flatlines . As approaches the child , suddenly the heart begins beating again . 
 The following afternoon returns to the child who asks him if he is " 's " and tells him she sent him back to tell something . All over the room are drawings of a curvy cross , but the boy does n't know what the symbol means . The boy tells about his near death experience , that he saw a light , and a woman showing him an image of , and that the cross symbol was what he saw at the end of the rainbow . Later , while passing by another child 's room , sees the same drawing . That boy immediately knows who is and tells him that he must " go to the rainbow " . 
 When arrives at home , his parrot mysteriously goes into a rage breaking a pot making the same wavy cross symbol drawn in the spilled soil on the floor . spots a dragonfly flying outside the window , and briefly sees reaching for him outside that same window . 's neighbour , , tries to talk him back into reality . Instead , he goes to Sister , a controversial nun who investigated near - death experiences . Sister advises that is indeed trying to contact him from the other side . 
 The breaking point occurs at the hospital when is alone with a clinically dead patient . hears his wife speaking through the patient , calling his name , but no one believes him . He decides to sell his home and go on vacation . While packing away his wife 's belongings , the lightbulb in the room burns out . When he returns with a new bulb , all the belongings he had packed away are suddenly back in their original places . He enters his kitchen where a map has blown open , showing the mysterious curvy cross symbol at several places . He learns from a friend that the wiggly cross is the map symbol for a waterfall . remembers and finds a photo of his wife posing in front of a waterfall with a rainbow behind her . 
 He takes a trip to the South American area where his wife died . 's pilot , , takes him to the victims ' graves near a tribe village . shows the photo of his wife and asks his native guides if they know where his wife is buried . They start arguing with each other that he should be brought to the village . 's attention then shifts to the village and he runs off to it . He comes to a cliff and sees the bus far down below in the water . jumps into the river and enters the semi - flooded bus , causing the bus to shift and becoming completely submerged . is trapped inside but calms down when a bright glow fills the bus and his wife appears to him , reaching his hand . The events of her final hours flash before him , showing she survived the initial accident and was pulled to safety by nearby Yanomami villagers . He is then suddenly rescued out of the bus by . 
 runs to the village just to become surrounded by angry native men holding weapons . He holds up a photo of his wife . A native woman tells him they could n't save her body but they saved her soul . Perplexed , he follows her into one of the huts , and inside is a female infant in a basket . The child his wife was carrying had survived the accident . The woman shows him a birthmark on the child in the shape of a dragonfly . As he embraces his daughter he realizes what his wife was trying to tell him . 
 The film ends with playing with his daughter , who is now a toddler , having the same wavy blonde hair and who is the very image of his wife .

The film centers on ( ) , a teen who has just graduated from a high school in New York City . Upon graduating , heads to Atlanta , Georgia to attend the fictitious Atlanta A&T University ( based on Southwest DeKalb High School ) , a college in the Atlanta area that takes enormous pride in its marching band . was personally invited to attend on full scholarship by Dr. ) , head of the band , for his prodigious talents . The A&T band separates itself from its competitors by requiring all members to read music , by focusing on various styles of music rather than what music is currently popular on the radio , and dedication to the teamwork emphasized " one band , one sound " concept . The band has a preseason that is similar to an athletic team 's induction in that it is very physically and mentally difficult . It challenges all recruits to push themselves past what they previously thought were their limits . At the end of preseason , the musicians audition for spots on the field , and is the only freshman to make P1 , the highest level player . While going through his rigorous process , also finds time to romance an upperclassman dancer , ( ) . 
 College life starts well for , as he has the girl and a spot on the field . Things begin to turn sour when ( ) , Devon 's percussion leader , begins to grow weary of 's cocky attitude . later challenges to take a solo in his first game , believing the freshman will panic and be embarrassed in front of everyone . He is shocked when takes the solo and is subsequently humiliated . This sets up some tension in the drumline which is exacerbated when Dr. is told by President ( ) , the school 's president , to change his focus from music to entertainment or " There wo n't be a band program next year " . does not want to give more playing time because he feels 's attitude and respect are lacking . The situation further deteriorates when it is revealed that can not read music . is demoted to P4 by Dr. until he learns , then later put back on P1 when pressures Dr. to do so . The final straw comes at A&T 's homecoming , when incites a melee with the visiting band by leading his fellows in using their sticks to play on the visiting line 's drums ( a serious insult in drumline mythos).The melee results in the destruction of $ 99,000 worth of band equipment , 17 arrests , and the release of 31 white doves that were intended for the homecoming ceremony . In addition , the melee is televised across the country , tarnishing the righteous reputation of not only the band , but the entire school . The entire percussion section is angry with for his showboating and shun him . runs to Dr. telling him that his band mates are shunning him , but he is eventually dismissed the band by Dr. . [ 5 ] The fight also harms his relationship with as she is embarrassed to introduce him to her parents , who attended the game and thought of as a hoodlum . 
 Acting as if he is not bothered by Dr. exiling him , contacts A&T 's rival school Morris Brown College , to discuss playing for their marching band next season . Mr. , Brown 's band leader , says that does not need to know how to read music and will likely get a full scholarship and a good position on the drumline . When wants to know what Dr. is planning for the BET Big Southern Classic ( a large competition of college bands ) , realizes that his heart and honor are still with the A&T band . He rejects the scholarship offer from the rival band and returns to A&T. Though is still not playing for the band , he can not give up his drumming . He is sent cassette tapes from his estranged father and gets some ideas for new drum arrangements . He and have a final confrontation , with telling that he is A&T 's best drummer but that the band is bigger than just one person ; this clears the air and they begin to work together . The two present their idea for an entrance cadence to Dr. who decides they will be used during the Classic . helps the drumline prepare and patches up his relationship with . also tells that he can guarantee him a full return to the band next year . 
 At the Classic , the bands are shown performing a mixture of popular songs . band even gets rapper to perform during their routine . A&T is not fazed by this and performs their mix of retro and current sounds . A tie results and the Morris Brown and A&T drumlines face off . Dr. tells he can play for this face - off , showing his faith in Devon 's improved character and in thanks for all the hard work he has done in getting the band ready for the Classic . goes first and A&T responds . second cadence includes their snares moving forward and playing on the A&T drums ( the same move that incited the fight at A&T 's homecoming game , which resulted in Devon 's expulsion from the band ) , then throwing down their sticks . The A&T line manages to hold their composure in the face of the insult . They play their cadence and in the middle throw down their drumsticks , mimicking the actions , but then the entire line pulls out another set of sticks and continues playing . They end their routine in the faces of the drumline , but instead of playing on their drums , the line all drop their sticks onto the other drumline 's drums . The judges award the win to A&T.

works at a boarding school for boys called Saint Benedict 's in 1972 . He is a passionate teacher of Classics who finds his tightly - controlled world shaken when a new student , , walks into his classroom . is the cocky son of a U.S. Senator who possesses none of 's principles . After a dressing down from his father , develops a close relationship with . eventually finishes in the top 3 in 's class ( though he was actually fourth but privately moved him up ) and qualifies for the traditional end of the year Mr. contest . However , is in a quandary when he sees , the rightful third place contestant , despondently withdrawn under a tree . The Mr. competition is an event in front of the whole school , which is a series of questions about classics . However , when sees using crib notes , the headmaster orders to ignore it . then asks a question on which was not covered in class , but is answered by another contestant , who knew due to his personal interest in military science , and is crowned Mr. . The cheating is never publicized , but the trust and had in each other is broken . returns to his class clown ways and barely graduates in 1976 , with remarking he had a sense of deep disappointment handing the diploma . 
 Twenty - five years later , is poised to become the new headmaster , but resigns in shock when a less experienced teacher gets the position due to his fundraising ability . is later told that Sedgewick Bell will make a tremendous donation to Saint Benedict 's , but that is contingent upon Hundert hosting a Mr. contest at Bell 's resort hotel on the Gold Coast . The now adult members of 's 1972 class are also invited , and all enjoy the reunion , with now working as a college professor of ancient history himself . However , when the competition progresses , sees is being fed answers through an earpiece , echoing the original cheating . asks a question about , which all the men know but is stumped . answers correctly and once again wins . Afterwards announces that he will be running for a seat in the U.S. Senate . While the men applaud , is aghast that he was used for political grandstanding . 
 Shortly after his announcement , and run into each other in the men 's room , where confronts about his immorality . goes on to tell that the " real world " is full of dishonesty , and has let life pass him by . However , the tirade was overheard by someone else in the bathroom , one of 's sons , who is shocked to learn his own father 's true self . Wanting to atone for his own past wrongs , admits to about the fudging of the first Mr. competition . verbally forgives , but his body language is ambiguous . The following morning , the place is empty save for starting his senatorial campaign . is then greeted by a surprise party of his 1972 class , and they present an award engraved with a quote about education . The men wave goodbye as 's helicopter departs , and he reflects that while he failed with Bell , he succeeded with others . 
 decides to return to his old job teaching classics in the present - day Saint Benedict 's , which is now coeducational and more diverse than the 1972 class . Echoing the start of the 1972 class , has one boy read a plaque on the wall . The boy is then shown to be the son of , who gladly waves hello to his old teacher .

Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Embeth Davidtz, Rob Morrow, Harris Yulin, Jesse Eisenberg

( ) is a drug dealer in New York City who sells a specific brand of heroin called " Empire " . His territory is located in the South Bronx , where his other rivals all maintain an uneasy truce maintained because they all purchase their drugs from the same supplier , the drug lord ( ) . is invited to a chic white collar party by his girlfriend ( ) . The party is being thrown by her friend ( ) and her boyfriend ( ) , an investment banker . With a baby on the way , decides to go straight , and begins to invest money with , receiving significant returns . His friendship with affords a whole new lifestyle , and creates a rift between him and . 
 offers an investment opportunity for over 300 % return , but there 's a catch : the minimum buy - in is $ 4.5 million , $ 1.5 million more than Vic has . He approaches with an offer , in which she agrees to lend the money he needs , if he gives her a 500 % return and stops a feud between his best friend ( ) and a rival dealer . However , the feud escalates and kills the dealer . receives his money and gives it to , who disappears the next day . tracks him down and tries to get his money back , but kills and when they resist . He escapes with and her family to Puerto Rico and opens a bar on the south side of the island with what little money he has left . 
 At the end of the movie , is heading to the hospital to see the birth of his child when , younger brother , shoots him in the head . The movie ends with lying dead .

The film begins in a Los Angeles diner where a waitress , , works with her best friend , ( ) . She receives unwelcome romantic advances from , a customer who teases her about her name . Another man in the diner , , reveals that made a bet that he would be able to convince to sleep with him . Soon after , falls in love with and marries , and they have a child named . 
 Years later , finds out Mitch has been cheating on her with a French woman named . She confronts him , and he admits it , also insisting means nothing to him . becomes angry and threatens to leave , which enrages , who slaps and punches her in the face . He gives her a warning , saying that he makes the money and gets to do whatever he likes , implying he expects his infidelity to continue uncontested . refuses to stop his affair unless she wants to fight him . He further intimidates her by saying " I 'm a man . It 's no contest . " 
 The next day , confides in 's mother , and she asks what she did to make angry , implying he has a history of physical abuse his mother is aware of , which his mother blames on the victim . advises to leave and press charges against , but does not want to hurt . She then goes to pick up from school , only to discover had already picked her up . Panicked that might have left town with her , she calls , who tells her that he took to the zoo . During dinner that night , further insults for confiding in his mother , while staying civil in front of . 
 Having had enough , plans her escape with the help of her friends and step - father , . During the late - night attempt , foils her plan by breaking out of a closet he is hiding in and grabbing her by the hair . He throws her to the ground and begins kicking her in the chest , while is asleep on the sofa . 's friends , waiting outside the house , hear the struggle and break in . Then threatens them with a gun , before picks up to use as a witness while exhorting her to look at her father . 
 Unwilling to shoot the man with watching him , lets escape . retreats to a cheap motel , having had her credit cards frozen by . However , they are only there for a short time before tracks them down . then goes on the run to Seattle where she briefly stays with her old boyfriend , . Some of 's friends , disguised as FBI agents , show up at 's house claiming to investigate a " kidnapping " , implicitly threatening and vandalizing his house . 
 She leaves behind and , in need of money , goes to her father , , who is a wealthy record executive and philanderer . He is unaware of 's existence , when she informs him she is his daughter , he does n't believe them and gives them only $ 12 , thinking they are homeless and just want money . leaves , disheartened with , and moves with to Michigan . However , after is threatened by 's men , he is piqued by the situation and decides to help . He sends them enough money for a house . 
 buys a house and changes her name to . Although their future looks bright after a visit from , 's friend tracks them down , passing the information on to . comes to the area , and hides in 's house . As she is going about her morning routine , to her horror , suddenly appears from the shadows in her hallway , saying he wants to reconcile with , promising " it will be different . " When she refuses , he attacks , waking , who runs to help her mother , and jerks on his hair . 
 flings to the floor , which creates a diversion , and allows an opportunity for to retaliate with pepper spray . Snatching up , as rolls on the floor in pain , she is prepared for a fast get - away , having an escape plan . A car chase ensues between and , revealed earlier as 's " wing man " during the encounter at the diner years before , while screams in the background . After escaping , seeks legal advice from a local law firm . While the lawyer is sympathetic , he informs her that she can not be legally protected . 
 Realizing she can not live her life in fear , goes into hiding in San Francisco . She hires a woman who looks like her to be a decoy , and sends away to Hawaii with her best friend , , to get her out of harm 's way . She prepares herself with a self - defense trainer , who teaches her Krav Maga , since self - defense is not murder . During her training , he gives the final lesson : if knocks her down , she is to hold on to his voice and awaken when he is about to attack or kick her . 
 She returns to Los Angeles , breaks into 's new home and waits for him to return home from work . She hides his guns , and blocks the phone connections , so he can not call the police . When he arrives , makes her presence known once he realizes someone 's there . She approaches him to begin fighting , but when he says he can not hit her , she asks him why he could do it before when she was defenseless . She provokes him , and in the ensuing fight , uses her new skills , beating until he becomes unconscious . 
 After an opportunity to kill him with an object , she can not bear to do it and throws the object away . She calls saying she can not kill him , and while on the phone hits her from behind with a lamp . puts into practice what she learned in her training and trips , beats and kicks him in the chest and sends him off a balcony to his death . She calls the police , who rule her actions as self - defense . With no longer a threat , and go on to live a happy life in Seattle with .

Libria , a totalitarian city - state , was established by the survivors of World War III , where all emotions and emotionally stimulating objects have been forbidden as they are believed to have led to the war . The population suppresses all emotion by injecting themselves daily with " Prozium II " , and " Sense Offenders " – those who choose to experience unlawful emotions or possess objects likely to stimulate emotion – are put to death . Libria is governed by the Tetragrammaton Council , led by " Father " , who is only seen on giant video screens throughout the city spreading propaganda messages . At the pinnacle of Librian law enforcement are the Grammaton Clerics , trained in the martial art of gun kata . Clerics frequently raid properties in the city and the " Nether " -regions outside the city- to search for and destroy illegal materials ( art , literature , and music ) and execute the people hiding them . A resistance movement , known as the " Underground " , emerges with the goal of toppling Father and the Tetragrammaton Council . 
 In 2072 , is a high - ranking Cleric whose wife , , was executed as a Sense Offender , leaving him a single father of his daughter and son . Following a raid , notices his partner , , saves a book of poems instead of turning it in for incineration . After tracing to the Nether and finding him reading the book , explains that he gladly pays the heavy price of feeling emotions ; executes him as he slowly reaches for his gun . 
 accidentally breaks his daily vial of Prozium but is unable to replace it before going on the next raid . He begins to experience brief episodes of emotion that evoke memories , stir feelings , and make him more aware of his surroundings ; he intentionally skips more doses of Prozium and hides them behind the mirror in his bathroom . 
 is replaced with career - conscious , who expresses his admiration for 's " uncompromising " work as a cleric . On a raid , they arrest , a citizen identified as a Sense Offender . To 's surprise , prevents him from executing on the spot , saying she should be kept alive for interrogation ; he grows suspicious of 's hesitation to do his job completely . As feels remorse for having killed , he develops an emotional relationship with and uncovers clues that lead to meeting : the leader of the Underground resistance who plans to have Prozium production disrupted -to spark a populace uprising- and convinces that Father must be assassinated . 
 Vice - Counsel meets with to reveal that there is a traitor in the upper ranks of the Clerics . Although appears to know it is , he assigns him the task of uncovering and stopping the traitor . Relieved , accepts and renews a promise to locate the Underground 's leadership . is set to be executed and advises against interfering , as it could sabotage plans for the revolution but , unable to bear her death , still unsuccessfully tries to stop it . As he has an emotional breakdown in the streets , arrests him and brings him before DuPont ; however , tricks DuPont into believing that is the traitor . Following 's arrest , is informed that a search of his home will take place as a formality . He rushes home to destroy the hidden vials , only to find his son – who stopped taking Prozium after his mother died – already has . 
 has capture the leaders of the resistance to gain the government 's trust and get close enough to Father to assassinate him . As is granted an exclusive audience with Father -really just a projection of Father- , he discovers that was not actually arrested , but was part of a ruse to expose and the Underground . reveals that he is the real Father -having secretly replaced the original Father after his death- and that he does not take Prozium and can feel emotions . He taunts , asking how it felt to betray the Underground . Enraged , fights his way through an army of bodyguards to DuPont 's office and kills in a katana battle . DuPont and have a gun kata showdown ; wins and DuPont pleads for his life , reminding that he represents life and feeling and asks , " Is it really worth the price ? " Responding with 's last words , " I pay it gladly " , kills DuPont . He destroys the command center that broadcasts the propaganda from Father ; as the Underground carries out the destruction of Prozium manufacturing and storage facilities , he watches the revolution with satisfaction .

Christian Bale, Taye Diggs, Emily Watson, Angus Macfadyen, Sean Bean, William Fichtner

Nine - year - old ( ) and her two brothers , ( ) and ( ) are motherless when their mother abandons the marriage to a drunkard out - of - work father ( ) . When 's mother - in - law ( ) reports the situation to the Irish authorities , a judge decides the children are prohibited by law to being left in broken homes ; they are placed in Church - run orphanages . 
 's grandfather ( ) takes her to the girls orphanage and explains to her that rays of light created by the sun shining in a specific spot through the clouds are called " angel rays " ; they indicate that a guardian angel is watching over her . finds when she enters the orphanage that conditions are harsh and many have been there for years . 
 finds little hope in regaining custody of his children because he can not afford a lawyer , turns to drink and assaults Father . The father punches . is helped by the local part - time bartender and chemist , ( ) . tells to go for help at her brother 's ( ) office , a solicitor . He makes it clear to that he can not help him until he gets his act together — regular income and orderly life . finds decorating jobs and spends nights singing for tips with his father in the pub where works . 
 reads in a letter of that she has not been adjusting well with Sister ( ) who beat her when the Sister 's authority was questioned . objected to Sister beating her friend who forgot Bible scripture , although the Bible scripture stated that " is merciful " therefore would not want Sister to beat the children for forgetting scripture . While seeking out , he finds and shakes the Sister while threatening her never to touch his daughter again or he will " tear her limb from limb . " 
 returns to drink and after several rampages refuses to continue her relationship with him since he needs to shape up . reforms . The American ( ) , and the injured rugby player and rebel lawyer ( ) argue 's court plea for regaining custody of his children ; it is rejected and no course of appeal until they decide to bring before the plea is rejected by the courts leading and his children heartbroken and separated . But , that night ( the same night quits drinking ) a gambler rigs to win copious amounts of money to pay for his legal bills . With nowhere to go though , the case seems hopeless until comes up with the idea of bringing an entirely new issue to the Supreme Court that the lack of the children 's custody by a parent is contrary to the Irish Constitution — an issue never successfully argued before the Court . 
 It takes public pressure for the case to be heard before the Court . gives compelling testimony . The following day , says in court that she told a false story about her bruised face because Sister exaggerated her interaction with . works herself into a pickle when Angel rays come into the court through the windows — a sign to her that her grandfather was watching over her . She recants her newly expressed explanation with comebacks that make people chuckle . She then finishes it off with a recitation of a prayer asking to forgive Sister and ensure the prospering of Ireland and its people . Two of the three judges side with , the children are returned to him and he falls in love with . They are shown on Christmas Day , celebrating as a family . It is this court action that many children in Irish orphanages were returned to their parents after the Irish Children 's Act is amended .

Frida begins just before the traumatic accident ( ) suffered at the age of 18 when the wooden - bodied bus she was riding in collided with a streetcar . She is impaled by a metal pole and the injuries she sustained plague her for the rest of her life . To help her through convalescence , her father brings her a canvas upon which to start painting . Throughout the film , a scene starts as a painting , then slowly dissolves into a live action scene with actors . 
 also details the artist 's dysfunctional relationship with the muralist ( ) . When proposes to , she tells him she expects from him loyalty if not fidelity . 's appraisal of her painting ability is one of the reasons that she continues to paint . Throughout the marriage , cheats on her with a wide array of women , while the bisexual takes on male and female lovers , including in one case having an affair with the same woman as . 
 The two travel to New York City so that he may paint the mural Man at the Crossroads at the Rockefeller Center . While in the United States , suffers a miscarriage , and her mother dies in Mexico . refuses to compromise his communist vision of the work to the needs of the patron , ( ) ; as a result , the mural is destroyed . The pair return to Mexico , with the more reluctant of the two . 
 's sister moves in with the two at their San Ángel studio home to work as 's assistant . Soon afterward , discovers that is having an affair with her sister . She leaves him , and subsequently sinks into alcoholism . The couple reunite when he asks her to welcome and house ( ) , who has been granted political asylum in Mexico . She and begin an affair , which forces the married to leave the safety of his Coyoacán home . 
 leaves for Paris after realizes she was unfaithful to him with ; although had little problem with 's other affairs , was too important to to be intimately involved with his wife . When she returns to Mexico , he asks for a divorce . Soon afterwards , is murdered in Mexico City . is temporarily a suspect , and is incarcerated in his place when he is not found . helps get her released . 
 has her toes removed when they become gangrenous . asks her to remarry him , and she agrees . Her health continues to worsen , including the amputation of a leg , and she ultimately dies after finally having a solo exhibition of her paintings in Mexico .

The movie begins when a robber ( ) , disguised as , breaks into ( ) and 's ( ) house at 3:37 AM on Christmas Eve . fights with the robber , trashing their apartment while making frantic , futile attempts to wake Day - Day . The robber escapes with and 's Christmas presents and rent money . The same morning , the police come over to get a report . 
 After the police leave , Ms. Pearly ( ) comes in and says that if the two do not pay their rent money by the end of the day , she will evict them . Furthermore , she promises to send her homosexual ex - convict son , ( ) , who just got out of prison after twelve years , after them if they do not pay in a timely manner . The same day , and get jobs as " Top Flight Security Guards " from ( ) , the property manager and owner of a notoriously squalid doughnut shop and the shopping center that they are assigned to patrol . 
 Later that day , they meet ( ) and ( ) , who run a fledgling shop called ' Pimps and Hoes . ' The shopping center is also the home of a BBQ rib restaurant called ' Bros. BBQ ' , owned by the cousins ' fathers , ( ) and ( ) . 
 A couple of baseheads try to rob Money Mike 's store and and Day - Day catch them both . offers them a cash reward , but denies it and instead invites him to his party . and are having trouble with some of the children . When one of them kicks , he retaliates by taking out a belt and starts a series of beatings on the kids . Then , a gang of thugs , supposedly the grandsons of some carolers that were chased off by for loitering in front of the corner store , begin to chase and , but , unable to catch them , they proceed to beat for hiding them , resulting in the two quitting after witnessing what happened to , throwing their uniform 's in the dumpster and ultimately getting fired from their jobs . As revenge , rats out to the Department of Health . 
 and throw a rent party later that night to recoup their stolen money and stay in their apartment . While is in the restroom , attempts to sexually assault him , but fails when grabs his testicles with pliers . then proceeds to chase him when he tries to run away . Also Ms. comes on to 's father when he uses her bathroom , causing 's mother to attack Ms. when she catches the two . and see the robber and give chase , running into other obstacles and are ultimately unsuccessful . Eventually , the robber gets run over by 's limousine . 
 The movie then ends when and retrieve their Christmas presents and tie and gag the robber up on a chimney . During the credits , it is revealed that and hooked up after returned , is still chasing throughout the hood , and that Ms. tried to stop the party by calling the police , but they left after receiving marijuana as a bribe .

In May 1962 , aboard the Italian ocean liner SS Antonia Graza , dozens of wealthy passengers dance to the song " Senza Fine " sung by , an Italian lounge singer . A young girl , , sits alone until the ship 's captain offers to dance with her on the exterior dance floor . Elsewhere , a hand presses a lever that unravels a thin wire cord from a spool . The spool snaps and the wire whips across the dance floor , bisecting the dancers . 
 Forty years later , at a bar , a boat salvage crew — Captain , , , , , and — celebrate their recent success . , a Canadian weather service pilot , approaches them and says he spotted a vessel adrift in the Bering Sea . Because the ship is in international waters , it can be claimed by whoever brings it to port . The crew sets out on the Arctic Warrior , an ocean salvage tugboat . The ship is the Antonia Graza , which was believed to be lost at sea . As they prepare to tow it , they discover it contains a large quantity of gold . After a series of supernatural events , the group decides to abandon the salvage effort but take the gold , but an invisible force sabotages the Arctic Warrior . The tugboat explodes as its engine is restarted , killing . 
 Left with no other option , the group begins repairing the Antonia Graza . encounters , who seduces him into betraying the fiancée he has ashore , then leads him off a precipice to his death . Captain enters the captain 's cabin and finds his ghost . The captain explains that they recovered the gold from a sinking cruise ship , the Lorelei , along with a sole survivor . is shown a picture of the survivor , whom he recognizes . He rushes to tell the others , but begins hallucinating and sees everyone as the ghost of the burned , who provokes him into a murderous rage . The others think has gone mad and lock him in the drained fish tank , where later finds him drowned . 
 meets 's ghost , who reveals what happened on the Graza . The sole survivor of the Lorelei convinced the Graza 's crew to murder the passengers for the gold . Once the passengers were killed , the crew turned on one another ; soon , only a single officer was left , but he was later killed by . Another man , the mastermind behind the massacre , then killed by mystical means and branded her palm with a hook - shaped symbol using only his hands . The man is revealed as , who is actually a demonic spirit . deduces that lured the salvage team to the Graza to repair it , and decides to sink it to thwart his plan . While is crushed under the ship 's gears while scuba diving in a flooded area , tells Dodge to keep on the ship 's bridge while she secretly sets explosives . When realizes that is on to his secret , he walks towards Dodge while insulting him for not being man enough to act upon his feelings for . threatens to shoot , who simply smiles and says that murderers go to hell . shoots and is seemingly killed . 
 is below decks setting explosives when she is confronted by . He tells her he has killed and that they can salvage the gold to start a life together , but is made suspicious by this unexpected romantic proposal and Dodge 's apparent knowledge of the deaths of the rest of the crew despite not being told of them . Realizing that his ruse has failed , " Dodge " morphs into , who has killed the real Dodge . describes himself as a salvager of souls , a job he earned by a lifetime of sin . He plans to use the Antonia Graza and the gold as a trap to continue collecting souls . Only the souls of sinners can be readily controlled , through the mark he brands them with , and as long as the is kept afloat the soul of everyone who has died aboard the ship will be dragged down when has filled his quota and returns to hell , something which will please the " management " . He offers to spare 's life in exchange for her not interfering but she detonates the explosives . is blown to pieces in the explosion and helps escape the sinking ship . wordlessly bids farewell to before she and the other unmarked souls trapped on the ship ascend to heaven . 
 Drifting on the open sea , is found by a cruise ship and returned to land . As she is loaded into an ambulance , she sees the battered crates of gold being loaded onto the cruise ship by crewmen overseen by , who glares at her and carries on ; she screams as the ambulance doors close .

Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Desmond Harrington, Isaiah Washington, Karl Urban, Emily Browning

spends the summer with The without receiving letters from his Hogwarts friends . In his room , meets , a house - elf , who warns him of a peril that will take shape if he returns to Hogwarts , and reveals he intercepted his friends ' letters , and destroys a cake . The lock up , but , and rescue him in their father 's flying car . 
 While purchasing school supplies , and the family encounter and Hermione , and they attend a book - signing by celebrity wizard , who announces that he will be the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher . During a small confrontation with , meets 's father , , who slips a book in belongings . When and are blocked from entering Platform Nine and Three - Quarters , they fly to Hogwarts in the flying car , crashing into the Whomping Willow upon arrival . 's wand is damaged , and the car ejects them before driving off . Both boys narrowly avoid expulsion when Professor gives them detention . 
 While serving detention with , hears strange voices and later finds caretaker 's cat , Mrs. , petrified , along with a message written in blood announcing the " Chamber of Secrets has been opened " . explains that one of Hogwarts ' founders , , supposedly constructed a secret Chamber and placed a monster that only his Heir can control inside it , to purge the school of impure - blooded wizards and witches . and suspect is the Heir , so suggests that they question him while disguised using polyjuice potion . They utilise a disused bathroom haunted by a ghost , Moaning Myrtle , as their makeshift laboratory to brew the potion . 
 When communicates with a snake , the school believes he is the Heir . On Christmas Day , and learn that is not the Heir , but he mentions that a girl died when the Chamber was last opened fifty years ago . finds an enchanted diary , owned by a former student named , which shows him a flashback to fifty years before , where accused , then a student , of opening the Chamber . When the diary is stolen and is petrified , and question . Professor , , and , come to take to Azkaban , but he discreetly tells the boys to " follow the spiders " . In the Forbidden Forest , and meet 's giant pet spider , who tells them that was innocent and provides them with a small clue about the Chamber 's resident monster . then sets his colony of Acromantula on the boys , but the now - wild flying car saves them . 
 A book page in 's hand identifies the monster as a basilisk , a giant serpent that instantly kills those that make direct eye contact with it ; the petrified victims only saw it indirectly . The school staff learn that was taken into the Chamber , and convince to save her . and find , exposed as a fraud , planning to flee ; knowing was the girl the killed , they take him to her bathroom and find the Chamber 's entrance . Once inside , uses 's damaged wand against them , but it backfires , wiping his memory , and causes a cave - in . 
 enters the Chamber alone and finds Ginny unconscious , guarded by . reveals that he used the diary to manipulate and reopen the Chamber . When creates the anagram for his future new identity , " I am Lord " from his full name , realises that himself is 's heir and was only a pseudonym . After expresses support for , 's flies in with the Sorting Hat , and summons the Basilisk . blinds the Basilisk , and the Sorting Hat eventually produces a sword with which battles and slays the Basilisk , but he is injured by its fangs . 
 defeats and revives by stabbing the diary with a basilisk fang . 's tears heal him , and he returns to Hogwarts with his friends and a baffled . praises them and orders for 's release . shows the sword he wielded was own sword , and says he is different from Voldemort , because he chose Gryffindor House instead of Slytherin House . accuses , 's master , of planting the diary in 's cauldron and tricks him into freeing . The Basilisk 's victims are healed , reunites with and , and is released from Azkaban . 
 In a post - credits scene , has published a new autobiography , " Who Am I?".[3 ]

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Richard Harris, Kenneth Branagh

During the Battle of the Bulge in World War II , U.S. Army intelligence officer First Lieutenant ( ) is captured by German forces . While interrogating , the Germans coerce him to divulge intelligence by taking away his boots , causing his feet to become frostbitten and badly injured , and leaving him , naked , in a very cold cell . He is then transferred by train to Stalag VI - A prisoner of war camp at Hemer , Germany . While en route , a P-51 Mustang attacks ( the letters POW were painted on the top of the train , but got covered by thick snow ) . To save themselves , the POWs leave the train and spell P - O - W with their bodies and prevent further strafing . 
 After arriving at the new POW camp , Lt . is interviewed by the ranking American officer , Colonel ( ) . When asks if he cooperated with the Germans after he was captured , denies it . knows this to be a lie when says he only endured three days of interrogation . does not reveal this to , but sends him to bunk in a barracks for enlisted men , rather than allow him to bunk with the other officers . 
 Two Black pilots are brought to the camp and assigned to 's barracks . They are the only coloreds in the camp , and their situation is compounded by their status as officers . Staff Sgt . ( ) , a racist , is their primary antagonist . One of the pilots , Lt . , is executed when accused of keeping a weapon that had planted in his bunk . When himself subsequently turns up dead , the surviving pilot , Lt . ( ) is accused of killing in retaliation . A law student before the war , is appointed by to defend the accused pilot at his court - martial , a trial to which the camp commandant , ( ) agrees . 
 Much later , reveals to that the " defense , " like the trial itself , is a sham , an elaborate distraction to hide a planned attack on a nearby ammunition plant ( which the U.S. Army mistakenly believes to be a shoe factory ) by and his men , in aid of the war effort . It is revealed that planted the weapon in 's bunk , knowing the guards would kill for it . In return , informed the guards of the location of a secret radio . It is also revealed planned to escape with money and clothes , likely in return for telling the Nazis about 's plan . Upon realizing 's plot , killed to prevent it . is shocked that as a senior officer would sacrifice a fellow American ( ) to protect the planned attack on the ammunition plant . reminds that in war , sometimes one man must be sacrificed to save the lives of many . acknowledges this , but retorts that it is 's duty to ensure that he ( ) , not , is the sacrifice . Disgusted , says that does not know anything about duty , in reference to how gave in to a " Level 1 " interrogator after three days , whereas was tortured for a month . 
 's ploy nearly succeeds . The escaped soldiers destroy the nearby munitions plant . However , at the end of the court - martial , falsely confesses to 's murder in order to save Lt . . overhears 's confession ; has a change of heart and voluntarily returns to the camp to accept responsibility . holds accountable and personally executes him on the spot , but spares the remaining prisoners . Three months later , the German army surrenders to the Allies . The prison camp is liberated and all of the surviving prisoners , including , are sent home . 's final comments are that he learned about honor , duty , and sacrifice .

Attorney ( ) and her woodworker husband ( ) find their idyllic life in Marin County , California shattered when , during a Christmas shopping excursion in San Francisco 's Union Square , he is captured by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and charged with the murders of nine peasants in a remote village in El Salvador in 1988 . learns 's real name is , and she is shocked to discover he was a covert military operative serving in the Marines and has been on the run for the past twelve years . 
 admits he was present at the scene of the mass murders but staunchly denies any involvement in the killings . He insists he has been scapegoated in order to protect the real culprit , Major ( ) , who has become the aide of Brigadier General ( ) . 
 First Lieutenant ( ) is assigned to defend , but his youth and lack of experience prompt to decide to assist professionally in defending her husband . When she realizes she needs help from someone familiar with the workings of a military court , she hires ( ) , an embittered former military attorney who has a grudge against the military brass , to assist her . Three of the five key witnesses , who previously testified was guilty , have died under seemingly mysterious circumstances , raising and 's suspicions . As the trial proceeds , they uncover a massive cover - up perpetrated by one of the military 's highest - ranking officials . Also creating problems are the sudden appearance of a resident ( ) of the village where the mass murder took place , who insists was responsible ; 's romantic involvement with 's irresponsible sister ( ) , which leads to assume that he leaked details about secrets she has uncovered to the prosecution ; and 's falling off the wagon after more than a year of sobriety . 
 The Salvadorian witness identifies an injured as the culprit responsible for a bombing incident prior to the massacre . recovers classified medical files from the FBI as evidence of the cover - up . blackmails by threatening to reveal what she knows about the cover - up and asks him to make the case go away ; the next day , the U.S. Defense Department has the case thrown out of court due to " security reasons " . 
 Just as is about to celebrate her victory in court , discovers the truth : had murdered one of the witnesses in front of his family . The widow who witnessed the act described 's having tossed his gun from one hand to the other ( a habit displayed with keys and other objects throughout the film ) and his shooting his gun first using one hand , then the other ( revealing his ambidexterity ) . The match between these descriptions also indicated that committed the massacre and also murdered two of the other key witnesses years prior to his arrest . After overhears talking to on the phone , a short scuffle between and ensues , during which fears for her life . The Salvadoran witness shoots through the window , and the film ends with and partnering a new law firm .

is a once prestigious film director lately reduced to overseeing cheesy television commercials in order to pay his bills and support his current live - in girlfriend , . When he is thrown off his latest effort ( a deodorant commercial being filmed in the frozen north ) , he desperately seeks a real movie project . 
 Out of the blue , receives an offer to direct a big - budget blockbuster movie to be set in New York City . However , the offer comes from his former wife , , and her boyfriend , , who stole her from . 
 Pushed by his agent , agrees to the project , but a psychosomatic ailment strikes him blind just before production is to begin . With 's encouragement and aid , keeps his blindness a secret from the cast and studio head . The movie plays out with an aging director struggling to regain his vision , both literally and metaphorically . During filming , rekindles his relationship with and reconnects with his estranged son , . When regains what had been missing his life , he regains sight as well . 
 In the end , 's project costs $ 60 million — and flops . Nevertheless , enjoys a " Hollywood ending " of his own — his movie is a hit in France . After winning back , he happily proclaims , " Thank God the French exist . "

A saber - toothed squirrel ( known as ) is trying to find a place to store his prized acorn . Eventually , as he tries to stomp it into the ground , he causes a large crack in the ground that extends for miles and miles and sets off a large avalanche . He barely escapes , but finds himself stepped on by a herd of prehistoric animals . The animals are trying to avoid the ice age by migrating south . , a clumsy ground sloth left behind by his family , decides to move on by himself but is attacked by two Brontops whom he angered by ruining their meal . is soon saved by , an agitated woolly mammoth who fights them off and is heading north . Not wanting to be alone and unprotected , follows . Meanwhile , , the leader of a saber - toothed cat pack , wants revenge on a group of humans for killing half of his pack , by eating the chief 's baby son , ] alive . leads a raid on the human camp , during which 's mother is separated from the rest and jumps down a waterfall when cornered by 's lieutenant , . For his failure , is sent to find and retrieve the baby . 
 Later , and spot and his mother near the lake , having survived her plunge . The mother only has enough strength to entrust her baby to before she disappears into the water . After much persuasion by , they decide to return , but when they reach the human settlement , they find it deserted . They meet up with , who convinces the pair to let him help by tracking the humans . The four travel on , with secretly leading them to his pack for an ambush . 
 After encountering several misadventures on their way , they reach a cave with several cave paintings made by humans . There and learn about 's past and his previous interactions with the human hunters , in which his wife and child were killed , leaving a depressed loner . Later , , , and almost reach their destination — Half - Peak , but encounter a river of lava . and , along with , make it across safely , but freezes , about to fall into the lava . saves him , narrowly missing certain death by falling into the lava himself . The herd takes a break for the night , and takes his first walking steps towards , who starts to change his mind about his mission . 
 The next day , the herd approaches the ambush , causing — now full of respect for for saving his life — to change his mind and confess to and about the ambush . As the pair turn hostile towards him , asks for their trust , and tries to foil the attack . The herd battles 's pack , but despite their efforts , 's associates manage to corner . As closes in for the kill on , sacrifices himself by jumping in the way and is injured as a result . then knocks a distracted into a rock wall , causing several sharp icicles to fall onto , killing him . Horrified , the rest of the pack retreat . and mourn for 's injury , which they believe is fatal , and continue their journey without him . 
 Soon , and manage to return to his tribe , and to their surprise , manages to rejoin them , in time to see the baby leave . The group then begin to head off to warmer climates . 
 20,000 years later , , frozen in ice , ends up on the shores of a tropical island . As the ice slowly melts , the acorn is washed away . then finds a coconut and tries stomp it into the ground , only to mistakenly trigger a volcanic eruption .

( ) is a misanthropic 17 - year - old boy , rebelling against the oppressive world of his strict East Coast " old money " family . His schizophrenic father , ( ) , has been committed to an institution . fears he will eventually suffer a mental breakdown like his father . His mother , ( ) , is self - absorbed and distant and has a tendency to drink heavily . mockingly describes his ambitious older brother ( ) as a fascist or , alternatively , a Young Republican , and that he studies " neo - fascism " ( economics ) at Columbia University . 
 figures there must be a better life out there , and he sets out to find it , rebelling against his family at every opportunity . After happily flunking out of several prep schools , he ends up in a brutal military academy where he gets beaten by his classmates . After escaping and spending time in a Chicago hotel courtesy of his mother 's credit card , is sent to New York for the summer to his godfather ( ) . 
 While working construction for D.H. , first encounters ( ) , his godfather 's heroin - addicted trophy mistress . Rather than return to school , he escapes into the bohemian underworld of Manhattan , hiding out with and her performance artist friend ( ) . Eventually , he and have sex . After being suspected and scolded by , he then hooks up with terminally bored , part - time lover , ( ) , only for her to later leave him for . 
 Despite seeming cold and distant , is not unaffected by her rebellious son . She describes 's conception as an act of animosity and it should n't be a surprise that his life follows the same course . His name is explained as a family in - joke . As a child , he would blame his toy bear , , for things he had done , mispronouncing it as " " . In order to get him to take responsibility for his actions , his family would call him whenever he lied . 
 is informed by that his mother is dying from breast cancer and so he returns to see her . She has arranged to commit suicide with help from , who feeds her poisoned strawberry yogurt . 
 Before she dies , makes a final revelation , casually inquiring of , " I take it you know that is your father ? " leaves for Los Angeles in an attempt to finally make a clean break by getting 3,000 miles away from his family .

The film takes place in the year 2079 . Forty - five years earlier , Earth was attacked by a hostile and implacable alien civilization from Alpha Centauri . Force shield domes are put in place to protect cities , and a totalitarian global military government is established to effect the war and the survival of humans . The Centaurians have never been physically seen . 
 The film follows , a designer of top - secret government weapons . He is arrested by Major of the Earth Security Administration ( ESA ) , being identified as a replicant created by the aliens . The ESA intercepted an alien transmission which cryptanalysts decoded as programming 's target to be the Chancellor , whom he was scheduled to meet . Such replicants are perfect biological copies of existing humans , complete with transplanted memories , and do not know they are replicants . Each has a powerful " u - bomb " in their chest , which can only be detected by dissection or a high - tech medical scan , since it only assembles itself when it gets in proximity to its target . Detection via the special scan works by comparing against a previous scan , if there was one . 
 Major begins interrogating . As is about to drill out 's chest to find the bomb , breaks loose and escapes , accidentally killing his friend in the process . With the help of underground stalker , avoids capture and sneaks into the hospital where his wife is an administrator to get the high - tech scan redone and prove he 's not a replicant . But the scan is interrupted by security forces before it can deliver the answer . 
 and his wife are eventually captured by 's troops in a forest near an alien crash site , close to the spot where they spent a romantic weekend just a week or so before 's arrest . Inside the ship they discover the corpse of the real , and shoots the replicant before she can detonate . thinks he has killed the true imposter , but as his men move debris away from the Centauri ship , the real 's body is revealed . At that moment , realizes aloud that he really is a replicant , and the secondary trigger ( his awareness of what he truly is ) detonates his u - bomb , destroying himself , , his troops , and everything else in a wide area , in a fiery nuclear explosion . 
 In the final scene , the news announces that and the were killed in an enemy attack , as if the government were covering up the truth or did n't know what actually happened . wonders if he ever really knew 's true identity .

The film opens with two college students in a bar , talking about a thesis statement for an upcoming paper . One of them makes an argument that America is unique in that it has no real mythological character for granting wishes , such as a genie or leprechaun . The two men are soon joined in conversation by an old man at the bar claiming that America does , named ; the son of a leprechaun and a Cheyenne Indian . 
 , who is yet found near Interstate 60 , wears a red bow tie , carries a pipe with mysterious powers in the shape of a monkey - head and grants people their wish , often with the macabre twist that the wish manifests exactly as it was worded . 
 In the opening credits , ( ) , rides down a city street where a man ( ) opens his car door , causing to fall from his bike and break his pipe . Then a truck runs over and smashes 's bicycle along with man 's cellphone thus breaking his business conversation . Last thing makes the man infuriated and he says that he would like never to meet . , seemingly amused , asks the man if he wished the event never happened . When the man says yes , green smoke billows from 's pipe and the scene begins again . This time , safely avoids the car door . As he watches , the man gets out of his car and is crushed by the oncoming truck . retorts , " Some people just do n't know what to wish for . " 
 The story then switches over to who works at a warehouse in St. Louis , Missouri , at night on the stocking crew that gets food ready to be delivered to local grocery stores . Although he has a rich family , and his dad works as a lawyer , works the warehouse job to not have to rely on his family for spending money . While he aspires to become an artist , he does not have enough faith in his work , and his girlfriend is a psychology major who keeps analyzing him without offering any real support . He also has recurring dreams about a blonde - haired girl ( ) , whom he keeps drawing and painting . 
 On his twenty - second birthday , his family is gathered in a restaurant to celebrate . Among the gifts and smiles , , dressed as a waiter , serves them their cake . blows out the candles and tells everyone that he wished for an answer to his life , to which his father presumptuously hands him an acceptance letter to a prestigious law school . Watching from a corner , is intrigued by 's wish , considering it one of the few he heard that is not entirely self - serving . As the family goes outside to look at the car ( a new red BMW convertible ) that 's dad bought him ( which suits his dad 's taste more than it does 's ) , a bucket falls onto 's head , knocking him out . Later , he wakes up in the hospital , where a doctor named ( ) comes in and does a quick sight test with using playing cards . He holds them up quickly and has to name the suit on the cards . 
 At the end of the test , confidently asks if he got it right , at which replies that he did not , since the cards actually had red spades and black hearts . then gives a small lecture about how things are n't always what they seem . He leaves , and another doctor comes in confirming that they do n't have a doctor named on their staff . 
 Shortly after getting out of the hospital , more strange happenings occur around . At a Chinese restaurant , his fortune cookie ' fortune ' reads : ' Oct 15th . Are you sure ? ' The date is the same day of the law school interview that his Dad had set up . However , when one of 's friends looks at the fortune , the letters have disappeared . 
 While working at his warehouse job , he notices a billboard with the same girl on it that he has been painting in his art pieces . is curious to find out who she is , and calls the billboard company that placed the advertisement , only to have them say that the display is blank . Bewildered , drives back to the location to find that the billboard has now changed to a new image with the girl and a telephone number . gives it a call , and a recorded message tells him that he has an appointment for the next day at a specific time . The next day , goes to his appointment on the 13th floor of the specific building , only to find that the building does n't have one . Taking a cue from an ad in the elevator ( which also has the girl on it ) , he presses the ' 10 ' and ' 3 ' buttons on the elevator , and ends up on floor 13 . 
 Once there , he again meets who gives him a package to deliver , but does not tell him what is inside ; addressed to a Robin Fields in a town called Danver in Colorado ( not " Denver " ) . then explains the rules of the delivery : if leaves the 13th floor with the package , he must deliver it . As well , he is not allowed to open the parcel or find out what is inside it . is then given a contract , which he signs with a pen , and seals with a drop of blood per 's request . Once he has done so , cautions him that there 's a killer on the loose , and to be careful . However , when presses for more information , will not continue further . As leaves with his assignment , tells him that he 'll find by taking Interstate 60 . 
 checks a number of roadmaps , but there does not appear to be an Interstate 60 . Taking a guess , he sets out West , only to encounter along the roadside . happily greets , and hands him a bag containing a ' birthday present . ' The present turns out to be a Magic 8 - Ball , which can answer any yes - or - no question that Neal asks it . Shortly after their meeting , gives some directions , and they are soon on the unlisted Interstate 60 . 
 Traveling along the mysterious highway , and discuss such things as the humor found in causing people to recognize the gullible side of themselves , 's unfortunate accident that cost him his penis , and the certainty of knowing what to wish for . departs soon after , leaving to run into such characters as : 
 It 's here that is finally united with the imprisoned ( ) , whom he has been painting and drawing . When he gets her released from prison , she turns out to be far from the perfection he expected , swearing in an uncouth and rude manner – but it turns out to be a ruse to make sure that does not just want to get into her pants . 
 Once they are free , explains that she had previously met , and had wished to find the right guy ; 's experiences were actually tests to qualify her prince — though she had n't counted on her wish leaving her in jail for one year . After exchanging conversation , they realize that they have much in common and spend the night together at the " Fork in the Road " motel . also makes a painting of the motel in the waking hours of the morning . then leaves to ensure that he delivers the package in Danver , due to the contract he signed . However , stays behind , as a letter from cautions her not to go . 
 However , when driving on the way to Danver , 's car matches that of a reported murderer on the loose . He abandons the vehicle , and the police get into a confrontation with the real killer in an identical car , which ends in a fiery car wreck . asks one of the policemen who he was , and replies that he was a St. Louis law school student who went insane and murdered his own father . 
 After hitchhiking a ride to Danver , finally makes it to the Rainbow Club . Entering a seemingly - abandoned bar , he is reunited with the mysterious , and is stunned when " Robin Fields " turns out to the whimsical himself , whose insistence at holding people to their tasks prevented him from reclaiming his package earlier in the film . Upon taking delivery of the package ( which holds a replacement monkey - head pipe for 's broken one ) , uses his magic powers to " warp " back in time , where he wakes up in the hospital before he first encountered . 
 Leaving the hospital , finally confronts his father and asserts his right to live his life without his father 's interference , and then proceeds with his sister to an art gallery at her insistence , confused as to why he 'd need to be there with none of his work submitted . Once there , he realizes that his painting of the " Fork in the Road " was submitted to the art gallery . A few moments later , appears , reminding of the value of honesty and humor . A girl who resembles ( also ) talks to him , interested in commissioning him to do a series of paintings on roadside motels and diners . As they chat , is seen talking softly to 's sister . " You have a birthday coming up , right ? " he says , smiling mischievously . " Do n't forget to make a wish ... "

In the small fishing town of Nightmute , Alaska , 17 - year - old is found murdered . LAPD detectives and are sent to assist the local police with their investigation , at the request of police chief , an old colleague of 's . , a young local detective who is also a fan of 's investigative work , picks them up when they arrive . Back in LA , Internal Affairs is investigating . Flying to Alaska , reveals that he is going to provide testimony against in exchange for immunity , to which responds that many criminals whom he helped to convict using questionable evidence could go free if their cases are reopened . 
 attracts the murderer to the scene of the crime , but the suspect flees into the fog , shooting one of the police officers through the leg . spots a figure in the fog and fires with his backup weapon . Rushing to the fallen figure , picks up a .38 pistol the suspect has dropped . He then discovers that he has shot . Because of 's pending testimony , thinks that Internal Affairs will never believe the shooting was an accident , so he claims that was shot by the suspect . He does n't mention he has the .38 pistol . is put in charge of the shooting investigation , and her team finds the .38 caliber bullet that hit the officer . That night , walks to an alley and fires the .38 pistol into an animal carcass , then retrieves and cleans the bullet . At the morgue , the staffer hands him the bagged bullet retrieved from 's body but she is unfamiliar with its type . leaves and switches the .38 bullet for the 9 mm slug from 's body . 
 Over the next few days , is plagued by insomnia , brought on by his guilt over killing and exacerbated by the perpetual daylight . starts receiving anonymous phone calls from the killer , who claims to have witnessed kill his partner . When the police learn that was a fan of local crime writer , breaks into 's apartment in the nearby village of Umkumiut . arrives home , realizes the police are present , and evades after a chase . returns to 's apartment and plants the .38 to frame . 
 contacts and arranges a meeting on a ferry . wants help in shifting suspicion to 's abusive boyfriend and will stay silent about the shooting in return . gives advice on handling police questioning . After leaves on the ferry , he shows the detective a tape recorder he used to record the conversation . 
 calls and tells him that 's death was " an accident"–he beat her to death in a fit of rage after she rejected his advances . The next day , gives false testimony at the police station . When claims has a gun , realizes has discovered his plant , and has hidden it at 's home . is arrested when the gun is found at his house . asks to come to his lake house the next day , to collect letters indicating that abused . 
 returns to the scene of 's death and finds a 9 mm shell casing , which conflicts with the bullet type from 's body . She reads old case files from investigations was involved in and learns he has carried a 9 mm , leading her to suspect that he shot . Meanwhile , confides in the hotel owner , , about the Internal Affairs investigation : he fabricated evidence to help convict a pedophile he was certain was guilty of murdering a child . 
 learns that has gone to 's . He finds 's letters in 's apartment and realizes that intends to kill . He learns of 's lake house and rushes there . At the house , knocks unconscious just as arrives . is too disoriented from lack of sleep to fight off . revives and saves , while escapes . reveals she knows shot , and he admits that he is no longer certain if it was an accident . From his shed , shoots at them with a shotgun , and returns fire while sneaks around to 's location . After a scuffle in which the men inadvertently exchange weapons , shoots with the 9 mm pistol , and shoots and kills with the shotgun . rushes to the fatally wounded and comforts him by affirming that 's shooting was accidental , then moves to throw away the 9 mm shell casing to preserve 's secret . stops , however , telling her not to lose her way and asks her to let him sleep .

In the year 2010 , ( ) is captured by the United States government and held at the Crystal Lake Research Facility . Government scientist ( ) decides to place in frozen stasis after several failed attempts to kill him . While Private ( ) places a blanket on , Dr. ( ) , Sergeant ( ) , and a few soldiers hope to further research 's rapid cellular regeneration and try to take . They pull off the blanket covering his body , but find dead , instead . Having broken free of his restraints , kills the soldiers and . lures into a cryogenic pod and activates it . then ruptures the pod with his machete and stabs in the abdomen , spilling cryogenic fluid into the sealed room and freezing them both . 
 445 years later ( 2455 ) , Earth has become too polluted to support life and humans have moved to a new planet , Earth Two . Three students , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , are on a field trip led by Professor ( ) , who is accompanied by an Android robot , KM-14 ( ) . They enter the Crystal Lake facility and find the still - frozen and , whom they bring to their spaceship , the Grendel . Also on the ship are 's remaining students , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . They reanimate while is pronounced dead and left in the morgue . Lowe 's intern , ( ) , is ordered to dissect 's body . , who is in serious debt , calls his financial backer ( ) , of the Solaris , who recognizes 's name and notes that 's body could be worth a substantial amount to a collector . 
 While and are having sex , thaws out and attacks , then freezes her face with liquid nitrogen before smashing her head to pieces on a counter . takes a machete - shaped surgical tool and makes his way through the ship . He stabs in the chest and drags him to his death , to 's horror . Sergeant ( ) leads a group of soldiers to attack . Meanwhile , attacks and kills by bashing his skull against the wall after breaking 's back . He then tries to attack , but and his soldiers save him . disappears ; after splits up his team , kills them one by one . 
 orders Pilot ( ) to dock in on Solaris , a nearby space station . As he is talking with the Solaris engineer , he is hacked apart by . With no pilot , the ship crashes through Solaris , destroying it , and killing and everyone else on the Solaris . The crash damages one of the Grendel 's pontoon sections . breaks into the lab , reclaims his machete and decapitates . 
 With the ship badly damaged , the remaining survivors head for Grendel 's shuttle , while heads elsewhere with KM-14 . After finding Lou 's remains , ( ) and prepare the shuttle . finds , but he is too heavy for her to carry , so she leaves to get help . leaves to help with him , while prepares the shuttle . kills by electrocution . On board the shuttle , hears of 's death and has a panic attack , she attempts to escape alone and leave everyone else for dead by launching the shuttle but forgets to release the fuel line , causing it to crash into the ship 's hull and explode , killing her . reappears with an upgraded KM-14 , complete with an array of weapons and new combat skills . She cartwheels and fights off and seemingly kills him , knocking him into a nanite - equipped medical station and blasting off his right arm , left leg , right rib cage , and , finally , part of his head . The survivors send a distress call and receive a reply from a patrol shuttle . 
 The survivors set explosive charges to separate the remaining pontoon from the main drive section . As they work , is accidentally brought back to life by the damaged medical station , rebuilt as an even more powerful cyborg called Uber Jason . easily defeats KM-14 by punching her head off . As picks up her still - functioning head , attacks them but is stopped by , who sacrifices himself by setting off the charges while the others escape . survives and is blown back onto the shuttle . He punches a hole through the hull , blowing out . A power failure with the docking door forces to go EVA to fix it . 
 Meanwhile , a hard light holographic simulation of Crystal Lake is created to distract , along with two virtual teenagers to distract him , which works at first but he sees through the deception just as the door is fixed . confronts so that the rest can escape . As they leave , the pontoon explodes , propelling at high speed towards the survivors ; however , intercepts in mid - flight and maneuvers them both into the atmosphere of Earth Two , incinerating them . , , and KM-14 celebrate having escaped successfully , and assures KM-14 that he will build a new body for her . 
 On Earth Two , a pair of teenagers beside a lake see what they believe is a falling star as 's charred mask sinks to the bottom of the lake . The teenagers go to investigate .

A motorist is driving dangerously down a winding road , recklessly passing cars until she comes upon a slow moving Mack truck . As she attempts to pass , her car is clipped by a truck going in the opposite direction , then slammed full - force by the Mack , killing her . 
 Meanwhile , and his wife witness their young son collapse at his baseball game and take to the hospital . After a series of tests at the hospital , is informed by Dr. and , the hospital administrator , that his son has an enlarged heart and that he will die without a heart transplant . The procedure is very expensive : $ 250,000 ( at a minimum ) , with a down payment of $ 75,000 ( 30 % ) required to get 's name on the organ recipient list . tells them he is insured , but after looking through his policy , they tell him that because the company he works for dropped from full - time to part - time , his health insurance has been changed , and the new policy does not cover the surgery , which leaves and to raise $ 75,000 on their own . The family tries to raise the money but are only able to come up with a third of the necessary payment . The hospital eventually tires of waiting and plans to release , and an outraged , distraught urges to do something . Unwilling to let his son die , walks into the hospital ER with a handgun , gathers eleven hostages , and sets demands : his son 's name on the recipient list as soon as possible or the hostages die . The hostage negotiator , Lt . , stands down to let cool off . 
 Meanwhile , and the eleven hostages learn more about each other . They begin to understand 's situation and support him a little as he ensures each of them receive the treatment they came to the emergency room for . One of them , , is pregnant , and her husband is hoping that their first child is healthy . A young hostage , , has a broken arm , and she and her boyfriend claim that a car crash caused it . Due to holes in their story , and another hostage , , conclude the two are lying and that beat up . After a while , agrees to release some hostages to have his son 's name added to the list an hour afterward . He releases , , and a hostage named with her baby . 
 The Chicago Chief of Police , , gives a SWAT unit permission to insert a sniper into the building via an air shaft . is shot but ends up receiving only a minor wound , which is treated right away . After taking the shot , the sniper 's leg falls through the ceiling tiles . Outraged , pulls him out of the air shaft and beats him up . Using the bound SWAT policeman as a human shield , he steps outside to the sight of dozens of policemen pointing weapons at him and a large , supportive crowd . demands that his son be brought to the emergency room . The police agree to his demand in exchange for the SWAT sniper . 
 Once his son arrives , reveals to the hostages his intention to commit suicide so his heart can be used to save his son . He persuades Dr. to perform the operation , and two of his hostages bear witness to a will stating his last request . says his last goodbyes to and enters the operating room . He loads 1 bullet into the gun ; his gun was never loaded and he never intended to kill any of the hostages . pulls the trigger , but the safety is on . As he prepares to end his life a second time , his wife learns about an organ donor ( the woman killed in the beginning of the film ) who has been flown to the hospital for organ recovery . She runs to the emergency room and stops from shooting himself , and allows the hostages to go free . is given the life - saving operation and , after watching the procedure with , is taken into police custody . Afterwards the entire ordeal becomes subject to a national debate about the quality and accessibility of insurance and healthcare . Three months later at his trial , all of the witnesses speak on his behalf . He is later acquitted of charges of attempted murder and armed criminal action but is found guilty of false imprisonment . It is never revealed what his sentence for the crime will be , but his lawyer is overheard and saying that no judge will give him " more than three to five ( years ) " and that she will try to get it reduced to two .

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and are driving Veggie children to see the popular singer " " in concert . During the drive , taunts the other children because she won a backstage pass , which particularly annoys . briefly loses control of the van after being hit in the back of the head by a guitar , and loses her ticket in the chaos . To make matters worse , soon afterwards a porcupine shoots out two of the van 's tires , and the van veers off the road and careens down a hill , stopping short of a river . 
 In a nearby restaurant , blames Dad Asparagus for the crash and tells losing her pass was her own fault . is met by The Pirates Who Do n't Do Anything , who tell he was being rather tough on his friend and encourage him to show some compassion . To illustrate their point , they tell all the Veggies a story about a man of God named . 
 is a Prophet of ancient Israel who goes from town to town delivering God 's messages . One night , asks him to deliver a message to ; however , is unwilling to preach a word of repentance to the corrupt Ninevites and instead tries to flee from the Lord by having The Pirates sail him to Tarshish . After leaving port , a guilt - stricken goes below deck to rest where he meets a salesman caterpillar named , who agrees to go with to sell his merchandise . 
 After experiencing a nightmare , awakens to find the ship beset by a great storm . Captain concludes the storm has been sent because is angry at someone on the ship . The group decides to play Go Fish to divine who is at fault . loses the game and is forced to walk the plank . As soon as is off the ship , the skies clear . The Pirates attempt to reel back in , but before they can do so , is swallowed by a giant whale . The pirates attack the whale using a cannon with cannonballs and a bowling ball as ammo . The whale swallows the ball ( which is hiding in ) , disgorges 's lifebelt , and swims away . 
 Inside the belly of the whale , finds a grieving and the pair are soon visited by a host of 's angels , who explain if repents , will grant him a second chance . Upon repenting , and are spit up onto the shore , where they ride 's camel Reginald to Nineveh . 
 After is denied entrance to the city , the Pirates appear , explaining they won the Mr. 's Twisted Cheese Curls sweepstakes which grants them free access to Nineveh where they are produced . The group is soon arrested after tries to steal the King 's Cheese Curls and are sentenced to death . As a last request , they are granted an audience with King . then delivers the message given to him by the Ninevites should immediately repent of their ways forever or Nineveh will be destroyed ; King and the Ninevites quickly agree . 
 Still expecting to destroy Nineveh for their past sins , watches and waits from a distance in the hot sun . provides a plant to shade , only for to eat a single leaf off the plant , which kills it . laments the dead plant , and is disappointed shows compassion for a plant , but not the Ninevites . then tries to explain is compassionate and merciful and that he wants to give everyone , both Israelites and non - Israelites , a second chance . refuses to accept this and states it would be better if he was dead . The story ends with and leaving to his sulking . 
 Back in the present day , the are disappointed in the anti - climactic ending , but come to understand the point of the story : wants everybody to show compassion and mercy , even to those that do not seem to deserve it . then appears in the restaurant unexpectedly and offers to give everybody a lift to the concert , while forgives Dad and gives his Twippo ticket to . The film ends with a song and the surprise arrival of a tow truck driver , who is none other than .

( ) is a UBA ( fictional version of the NBA ) basketball star whose undisciplined on - and - off - court antics have earned him a bad reputation in the basketball community . is dropped from his team , the Charlotte Beat and suspended indefinitely after he strips naked in protest of being taken out of a game . His agent , ( ) , is unsuccessful at finding him a new team , and cuts as a client . As a result , 's life goes downhill : his endorsements drop him , he ends up bankrupt due to lavish spending , his belongings are repossessed , his mansion is foreclosed on , and his girlfriend ( ) , who only put up with his antics for his money and fame , walks out on him . 
 , now out of work and homeless , goes to live with his no - nonsense Aunt ( ) , the only person that does n't put up with 's outrageous antics . Lacking any other sort of skills , he decides to dress up as a woman named " " to play for the Charlotte Banshees of the WUBA ( fictional version of the WNBA ) . Aunt reluctantly agrees to help him with his charade as does who has no choice after reveals himself to be . In a scene involving the team physical , has to disguise himself as the team mascot in order to avoid being found out by the team physician . 
 quickly becomes a star on the court , and his overall attitude changes drastically as well . He learns to play with a team rather than just himself . While becoming successful with the Banshees , also finds himself in a problematic relationship with his teammate ( ) , whom he has romantic feelings for but can not act on because knows him only as her confidante , . His situation is further complicated as Michelle is involved in a romantic relationship with Rapper ( ) ( who ends up cheating on her ) while ( as ) is busy warding off the amorous advances of 's sidekick ( ) . 
 Eventually , is given a chance to return to the men 's league , but the hearing takes place at the same time as the Banshee 's first playoff game . After much debate , decides to do the selfless thing and stick with the Banshees and help them win . 's cover is blown at the end of the said game when decides to dunk the winning basket and shatters the backboard . In all the excitement , loses his wig , revealing that he is in fact . is fired from the team , and the , devastated at the betrayal , begin to suffer on the court as a result . 
 , seeing this , decides to try to make things right again , and enters the ' locker room during another game 's halftime to apologize for the lies and tell them that playing with them had changed his views and attitude about basketball , women , and life in general . His ex - teammates ( especially ) are initially still furious at him , but end up accepting 's genuine apology , which also inspires the team to win the playoffs and eventually the championship . Afterwards , is called in for a hearing with the UBA 's commission board . Despite the genuine apology and assurance by himself and that he has changed for the better , the board is still unimpressed due to the scandal , and it first appears that 's playing career is truly done for . However , his former WUBA teammates show up and successfully vouch for him to be brought back into the league , and gives him a championship ring and a kiss . 
 is reinstated into the UBA and returns to action with his old team , a better player and person .

( ) is a young American woman living in London who believes she is happy in a secure job and a relationship with her boyfriend . After a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger ( ) , she seeks him out , taking a taxi with him to his house and having passionate sex . She returns home to her boyfriend and unsuccessfully attempts to bring out the same feelings between them that she had with the strange man . 
 The following day she seeks the stranger out again , discovering his name is - a mountain climber who is considered a hero after saving six people in a tragic event that killed several others , including the woman he loved . leaves her boyfriend and begins a relationship with , although her friend shows reservations about being in such a sudden relationship . When is mugged on the street , beats the thief terribly , and then asks to marry him , a proposal she happily accepts . For their honeymoon , he takes her to a secluded cabin . 
 The newlyweds settle into their new life , but is troubled by a series of mysterious letters and phone calls , and begins to wonder about her husband 's mysterious past . A reporter who did a story on sends her a copy of a letter from a woman claiming raped her . interviews her , posing as a journalist . Disturbed by the fact that she barely knows her new husband , she begins to go through their apartment , becoming even more alarmed when she searches a locked wardrobe and finds a box of old letters from an ex - lover , , who insists she and end their affair . begins to question more about her activities , including where she got a necklace that she received from his sister , ( ) . 
 Soon after , receives yet another warning . Following the trail , she discovers that has been missing for eight months . She also finds a picture of at the same cabin where she and honeymooned . She realizes she does n't feel safe with him and runs to the police . She tells her story , insisting they reopen 's missing persons case , but they ca n't do anything without any evidence , telling her they can only keep him for a few hours . seeks help from , telling her she believes killed for leaving him and buried her at the cabin . On the way to the cabin , admits that she was the one who sent the messages to , because she wanted to save her from 's violent rages . When returns home from the police station , he finds that was there and left the two pictures , and realizes she must have gone to the cabin . 
 At the cabin , discovers a body buried in the dirt , wearing the same necklace that gave her . tells her that did n't have to die , if she 'd only gone back to her husband . It is apparent that has incestuous feelings for , resulting in her subsequent possessiveness and need to rid his life of any other woman . She tries to kill Alice , but appears in time and saves her . Furious , tries to kill him , stopped short by , who shoots her with a flare pistol . 
 tells that he and his sister used to come to the cabin together , but that he thought that if just trusted him , then everything would be alright . is led away by police that morning . 
 Two years later , and see one another again on either side of an escalator - she 's going down and he 's riding up . They both watch each other as they pass without saying anything . stops at the top and turns to stare back at before walking away . The film ends with 's voiceover recalling the events in posterity and wondering what might have happened had fate not led her to one morning . She wonders if the passion between them could ever have lasted , and if a " flatlander " like her could ever have stayed at such a high altitude . At least that 's what she tells herself anyway .

( ) and ( ) are a newly engaged couple who move to Los Angeles to further their careers . is a recently graduated psychiatrist , starting his residency , while , who comes from a very wealthy background , is finishing her M.D.-Ph . D. dissertation on genomics . The relatively straight - laced , upwardly mobile couple plan to stay at the vacant home of 's mother , ( ) , a free - spirited record producer in the Laurel Canyon section of the City of Los Angeles . 
 In a change of plans , however , is still around , recording an album with her British boyfriend , ( ) , and his band . The film focuses in some depth on the challenge of trying to create successful pop music , showing work on two tracks ( both actually written , and previously released , by the band Sparklehorse ) . 's bandmates are played by two noted indie rockers , bassist Lou and guitarist needed ] 
 and are in the midst of a fiery romance , and both the producer and the band seem more interested in partying than finishing the record . 's presence is a source of consternation for , as he and his mother have a somewhat strained relationship , due to their very different mindsets . 
 , however , is intrigued by the new lifestyle options presented by her soon - to - be mother - in - law . Normally hardworking , begins spending more time with the band and less time working on her dissertation . Her growing fascination with and leads to a scene where the three of them kiss one another while naked in the swimming pool . 
 Meanwhile , finds himself attracted to Israeli fellow resident ( ) , who is unapologetically interested in him as well . They share one first kiss while returning from an informal interns ' meeting , around the same time has her first tryst with and in the pool . Some time later , while attends and 's party held in a crowded hotel suite to celebrate the band 's new album release , and meet in a parking lot and , in a conversation filled with sexual tension , they declare their attraction for one another . 
 The situation strains and 's relationship almost to the point of breaking by the end of the film . After the party has finished and the three of them are left alone in the suite , tries to " finish " ( in his words ) his encounter with and , but the latter decides against it and the threesome does not take place . Upon returning home after his conversation with , decides to go to the hotel and discovers , , and scantily - clad in the bedroom . In a fit of rage he repeatedly punches , hits his mother with his elbow as she tries to split up the fight , and leaves the hotel , but chases him down the street and professes her love for him . 
 The next morning , the situation seems back to normal again . But phones and tells him she ca n't control her heart , as opposed to what he told her the day before . watches his surroundings , postpones any further conversation , and takes a moment of reflection . Credits run .

( ) , a successful reporter for a Seattle television station , interviews a self - proclaimed prophet , ( ) , to find out if he really can predict football scores . Instead , Prophet not only predicts the football score , and that it will hail the next day , but also that will die in seven days , on the following Thursday . When his first two prophecies come true , panics and again meets with to ask for another prophecy to test him again . tells her that there will be a relatively significant earthquake in San Francisco at 9:06 am , which also happens . Now is convinced that she is going to die and is forced to reevaluate her life . 
 tries to find consolation in her famous baseball player boyfriend ( ) , and in her family , but there is little there . Her lifelong ambition , that of appearing on network television , begins to look like a distant dream . In her desperation , she commits professional blunders , but ends up finding support in an unlikely source : her archenemy , the cameraman ( ) , with whom she once had casual sex . He introduces her to a new approach to life ; to live every moment of her life and to do whatever she always wanted to do . moves in with for a day , and he introduces her to his son ( ) , who lives with his mother , and they spend a whole day together with . That night they sleep together for the second time . The next day receives an opportunity for a job she always dreamed of in New York . She asks to come with her , but he declines telling her that her appetite for success and fame will never end . Sadly , leaves for New York . 
 meets and tells him how wrong he is , as got the job which foretold she would not get . But explains that he was right as will never be able to get the job as she 'll die before it begins . He also gives a prophecy of the death of a famous former baseball player in a plane crash . When receives the news of the death of the baseball player , as foretold by , he tries to call to warn her but ca n't reach her so he flies to New York . 
 - unconcerned with 's prophecy - interviews her idol , famous media personality ( ) . realizes how petty the opening questions are and shares a heartfelt moment with live on air . The interview receives huge ratings . The network immediately offers her a position , but declines , realizing that she wants a life with in Seattle . 
 As she leaves the studio , a police officer gets into a conflict with a man , who shoots a bullet into the air . tries to warn from across the street , but she is shot in the crossfire . dies in the operating theatre but is revived . When she wakes up , tells her that he has loved her since the first time he saw her , and says she loves him too . Later , , and watch 's baseball game , while ( in a voiceover ) says that one part of her has died — the part which did n't know how to live a life .

and his two best friends , and , live in an orphanage . is the youngest of the trio , and has a very close bond with . At night they all have to sell chocolate for the awkward orphanage director , , after each home game of the ( fictional ) NBA team , the Los Angeles Knights . 
 meets the team 's coach , who is impressed by 's knowledge of basketball and honesty about the chocolates and offers Calvin tickets for the next game . Inside a thrift store donation box , finds a pair of old sneakers that were used by . 's sneakers are taken by a jealous bully named Ox who throws them onto an overhead power line . When tries to retrieve them that night in a rainstorm he is shocked by a lightning bolt . 
 and his friends attend the basketball game between the Knights and the Minnesota Timberwolves . After the second quarter ends , the team 's star player , , prepares for a halftime contest . 's ticket number is called and he goes one on one with . ends the contest with a dunk after bouncing the ball off the backboard . , , and the surprised crowd give a standing ovation . is signed to a one - day contract by the Knights . prepares for his first game with the Knights , but realizes that he is not there to play . When the Knights play the San Antonio Spurs they start losing badly and Coach decides to let play in the fourth quarter . leads a comeback against the Spurs and they win , which leads to getting a season contract . becomes his mentor since is a minor . brings teamwork to the Knights and makes them one of the best teams in the league . starts to respect after gets himself into trouble when making sure that did n't miss curfew . 
 signs a contract with the team that all of Calvin 's money will go to him until is eighteen or adopted . When the second option is about to become true , grows desperate and steals 's shoes and bets US$ 100,000 against the Knights . 
 After convincing and his cohorts that is selfish , takes the shoes out of 's safe . The kids head to the arena with 's sneakers . escapes and sends goons after in a failed attempt to steal the shoes back . makes it to the arena with the shoes after the 3rd quarter ends with and the Toronto Raptors routing the Knights 80–59 . 
 In the 4th quarter of the last regular season , is put into the game by the coach and the Knights start to make a comeback . After a pile - on towards the end of the game , Calvin 's shoes are ruined with the Knights down by one point . Without the shoes and wanting to be a normal child , sadly tells the team this will be his last game . In the final play , manages to pump fake to get to jump and pass the ball to . makes the game - winning shot to clinch the Knights their first playoff appearance . After the game , bids poignant goodbyes to and Coach . 
 After going back to his orphanage , is surprised by 's return and intentions to adopt him . agrees under the condition that he also adopts ( whom previously met and bonded with ) , not wanting to leave him behind . is later adopted by a different family , though they all still keep in touch . is missing because he does n't have enough money to pay the bet and the orphanage is now sponsored by the Knights .

Dr. is arrested and put on trial by the Galactic Federation for " illegal genetic experimentation " , evidenced by his creation Experiment 626 , a small sentient creature with unparalleled intelligence and strength , but also a propensity to cause chaos . is imprisoned while Experiment 626 is sentenced to exile on a desert asteroid . 626 manages to escape in a spaceship and activates the hyperdrive , causing its guidance systems to malfunction and randomly set a course for Earth . 626 crash lands on the Hawaiian island of Kauaʻi , only to be knocked unconscious by three passing trucks and taken to an animal shelter . The Grand Councilwoman dispatches and Agent , the Council 's expert on Earth , to the planet to have 626 captured discreetly . 
 On Kauaʻi , a young woman named has been struggling with caring for her rambunctious and friendless younger sister , , following the death of their parents in a car accident . A social worker named expresses increasing concern that is unable to take adequate care of . To reduce 's grief , decides to let adopt a dog . At the shelter , immediately takes a keen interest in Experiment 626 , who is impersonating a dog , in order to escape captivity . In spite of 's doubts , names 626 " " and shows him around the island . 
 That evening , as and eat dinner at the restaurant where works , and try but fail to capture . The resulting chaos is blamed on , causing to be fired . The next day , Cobra warns that if she does n't get another job , Cobra will have to place with a foster family . As attempts to find another job , tries educating about , whom she calls a " model citizen " . However , 's antics , including evading and , ruin 's chances of finding work . 
 's friend , , invites and to take a break and enjoy a day of surfing . While , and ride on a huge wave , makes one final effort to capture from underwater , causing to wipe out , and unintentionally pulls down with him . Although everyone gets safely to shore , witnesses this unfortunate event , telling that although she means well , will have to be taken away . After seeing how much trouble he has caused , runs off . 
 The next morning , the Councilwoman relieves and of their assignment , giving it to the militant Captain instead , freeing to pursue using less covert methods . Meanwhile , informs of a job opportunity , which rushes to pursue . , hiding in the nearby woods , encounters , who chases back to 's house . A fight ensues , which ends in and 's house being blown up . arrives to collect and take her away . As and argue , runs away and encounters , who reveals his alien identity just moments before Captain captures both of them . manages to escape before 's ship takes off and is confronted by . Before he can explain , and capture themselves . demands that they help her rescue , but insists they only came for . When breaks down , reminds about ʻohana , a term for " family " he learned from , and convinces to help rescue . , , , and give chase in 's spaceship , and eventually rescue . 
 Back on land , the Grand Councilwoman appears and prepares to take into custody and retire for kidnapping , but insists that , as is her pet under local law , he can not be taken away . Impressed with 's newfound civility and empathy , the Councilwoman decrees that will live in exile on Earth and be entrusted into the care of and , and asks , who turns out to be a former CIA agent whom she met previously in 1973 , to watch over them . Together , they rebuild the house , and and become members of and 's family as well . 
 The film ends with various footage and pictures of and his new family 's life together with the song " Burning Love " playing .

In April 2054 , Washington , DC 's PreCrime police stops murderers before they act , reducing the murder rate to zero . Murders are predicted using three mutated humans , called " Precogs " , who " previsualize " crimes by receiving visions of the future . Would - be murderers are imprisoned in their own happy virtual reality . The Federal government is on the verge of adopting the controversial program . 
 Since the disappearance of his son , PreCrime Captain has both separated from his wife and become a drug addict . While United States Department of Justice agent is auditing the program , the Precogs generate a new prediction , implying will murder a man named in 36 hours . does not know , but flees the area as begins a manhunt . seeks the advice of Dr. , the creator of PreCrime technology . She reveals that sometimes , one of the Precogs , usually , has a different vision than the other two , a " minority report " of a possible alternate future ; this has been kept a secret as it would damage the system 's credibility . resolves to recover the minority report to prove his innocence . 
 goes to a black market doctor for a risky eye transplant so as to avoid the citywide optical recognition system . He returns to PreCrime and kidnaps Agatha , shutting down the system , as the Precogs operate as a group mind . takes Agatha to a hacker to extract the minority report of , but none exists ; instead , shows him an image of the murder of , a woman who was drowned by a hooded figure in 2049 . 
 and go to 's hotel room as the 36 - hour time nears , finding numerous photos of children , including 's . arrives and prepares to kill him , accusing him of being a serial child killer . talks out of shooting by telling him that he has the ability to choose his future now that he is aware of it . however begs to be killed , having been hired to plant the photos and be killed in exchange for his family 's financial well being . grabs 's gun and pushes the trigger , killing himself . and flee to 's house outside the city for refuge . There they learn was 's drug - addicted mother who sold her to PreCrime . had sobered up and attempted to reclaim , but was murdered . realizes he is being targeted for knowing about 's existence and her connection to . 
 , studying 's death , suspects is being framed . He examines the footage of 's murder and finds there were two attempts on her life , the first having been stopped by PreCrime but the second , occurring minutes later , having succeeded . reports this to the director and founder of PreCrime , , but responds by killing using 's gun . With the Precogs still offline , the murder is not detected . 
 calls to reveal that is with her , and is captured , accused of both murders , and fitted with the brain device that puts him permanently into a dreamlike sleep . As his body is deposited into the prison , the warden tells him , " that all your dreams come true ” . 
 is reconnected to the PreCrime system . While attempting to comfort , accidentally reveals himself as 's murderer . frees from stasis , and exposes at a PreCrime celebratory banquet by playing the full video of 's vision of killing . A new report is generated at PreCrime : will kill . corners , and explains that as he could not afford to let take back without impacting PreCrime , he arranged to kill following an actual attempt on her life , so that the murder would appear as an echo to the technician within PreCrime and be ignored . points out 's dilemma : If kills , he will be imprisoned for life , but PreCrime will be validated ; if he spares , PreCrime will be discredited and shut down . reveals the ultimate flaw of the system : once people are aware of their future , they are able to change it . shoots himself . 
 After 's death , the PreCrime system is shut down . All the prisoners are unconditionally pardoned and released , although they are kept under occasional surveillance . and are soon to have a new child together . The are sent to an undisclosed location to live their lives in peace .

Following the murder of in a restaurant in Cape Ann , Massachusetts in 1973 , her fiancé elects to stay with her parents . Her father , , is a realtor whose business partner has recently left . and go into business as & Son , as this was their plan before 's death . goes to the post office to retrieve all the invitations that had been sent out for his and 's wedding , and with the help of he retrieves seventy - four of seventy - five . She finds the last invitation and takes it to his house later that night . He drops her off at a local bar , and returns home , despite her inviting him in for a drink . and attend a local property fair , and pitches the idea of redeveloping a block in the town to developer . agrees , but they need to get all the tenants to agree . 
 's friends come around to look through her possessions , much to the consternation of her mother , . They then take out for a drink at the same bar went to the previous night . puts " Moonlight Mile " on the jukebox and dances with him . convinces to let him talk to the bar 's owner to convince them to sell . Feeling trapped at the home , he meets and tells her about . He confesses to her that he had split up with three days before she was killed . tells about her boyfriend , the owner of the bar , who is lost in Vietnam . 
 One night sneaks out the window to go see again . They sleep together , and he leaves the next morning , slipping back into 's house through the window . is sitting in the room , drinking , knowing that he was out seeing another woman , and saddened by the idea that she had always known he would have never ended up with her daughter . She does not want to leave , as they have formed a bond . 
 goes to dinner at the 's , where 's wife presumes aloud that was not still tied up with thoughts of his fiancee 's murder . states that this is not the case , upsetting the mood at the dinner table . calls and ends their deal . 
 confronts about what happened between them , and they have an argument in which he tells her no one believes her boyfriend is coming home and that she deserved better anyway . She leaves , upset . 
 The family attends the trial of 's murderer . However , the murderer 's wife elicits sympathy from the jury , and the prosecutor , , asks to testify and help the jury gain sympathy for . While on the witness stand , confesses that he and had broken up prior to her death , and had not told her parents . and are happy with the confession and gain closure . symbolically writes 75 letters expressing his newfound clarity about what course his life ought to take and his love for , and places them in mailboxes around town , hoping that one will get to her . 
 closes the shop , resumes her writing career , sells the bar , and she and leave town .

Multibillionaire freezes to death while on a mountain climbing expedition . With no widow or legitimate children , it is initially unclear who would earn the right to 's massive fortune . 
 It is found that has a living grandnephew named ( ) , who runs a pizzeria in Mandrake Falls , New Hampshire and also writes greeting cards in the hopes that Hallmark may be interested in one . is contacted and flown to New York City by businessman Chuck Cedar ( ) , who is temporarily in control of Blake Media . ' unorthodox helicopter trip includes a stop at a Wendy 's for a Frosty as well as a singing of Space Oddity . Once arrives in New York , plans are made for him to sell his shares in the company to Cedar and return home $ 40 billion richer , but he must remain in New York for a few days while all the legal details are worked out . 
 The story is major news , and reporter Babe Bennett ( ) , who works for a tabloid show called Inside Access , has a co - worker pretend to steal her purse in sight of Deeds , because their research indicated that wanted to meet a girl by " rescuing " her , the same way his father had met his mother . does so , and beats up her " robber " , and goes out with him under the disguise of , a school nurse from a made - up town called Winchestertonfieldville , Iowa ( which later turns out to be a real town , which is flabbergasted to find out ) . 
 Though initially hopes to just get a good story on the new heir , she eventually falls for the unfailingly kind - hearted , and decides to tell him that she is not who she says she is , but Inside Access , in concert with ( who was fed the truth by the fake robber and was smitten with ) reveals it to first . Heartbroken and upset , decides to return home to Mandrake Falls and makes plans to donate his $ 40 billion inheritance to the United Negro College Fund . After returning to Mandrake Falls , he learns from ( ) that Cedar intends to sell off the company , which will cause thousands of people to lose their jobs ( Cedar had convinced to sell his shares by lying that he will work commanding the company in honor of 's lifetime of work ) . follows to Mandrake Falls to win him back , but after saving her life when she falls through the ice over a lake , he rejects her , saying he does not really know who she is . 
 At a shareholders meeting , Cedar has everyone convinced to sell the company , until ( who has bought a single share ) arrives and manages to convince everyone not to sell . But Cedar claims control of a majority of the shares and the sale is approved . arrives and reveals that , longtime butler is his illegitimate son and the true heir as a result of a younger having an amorous affair with his maid in 1958 ( at one point he had told Deeds that treated him " like a son " ) . Realizing is his cousin , Deeds convinces him they must stop Cedar and that he is the rightful CEO . As a result of supplanting as the heir , Deeds ' sale of shares are retracted and Cedar is dismissed . 
 immediately takes control of Blake Media . then reconciles with and kisses after professing her love for him . As they leave the meeting , thanks for his support and offers him a billion dollars , some of which spends on red Corvettes for everyone in Mandrake Falls . When he returns to the pizzeria with , he learns that Hallmark is interested in buying one of his greeting cards : the one he wrote for when he professed his love for her . They both share a kiss as the movie ends with Crazy Eyes crashing his Corvette and coming out unharmed .

and are high school classmates ; is wealthy and popular , while is a brilliant introvert . After months of planning a " perfect crime " , they abduct a woman at random , strangle her , and plant evidence implicating 's marijuana dealer , janitor . Detective and her new partner , investigate . sleeps with early on — as she has with previous partners — but wo n't let him see her chest , and curtly sends him home afterward . 
 Footprints at the crime scene lead to , and vomit nearby implicates . Both have alibis , and deny knowing each other , but is convinced that is the murderer and is involved . criticizes her refusal to consider other suspects , as most of the physical evidence points away from the two boys . 's boss , Captain , and her ex , Assistant D.A. , fearing 's influential parents , take off the case . , following the ( planted ) evidence , tracks down . When is found dead , apparently a suicide ( actually killed by ) , the woman 's murder appears solved ; but decides that may be right , and continues the investigation . 
 , who has a crush on classmate , works up the courage to ask her out . A jealous seduces , then gives a video clip of the two having sex . is enraged , but regains control , knowing is still watching them . begins receiving calls from her ex - husband , , who went to prison for stabbing her in the chest 17 times . His parole hearing is coming up , and he wants her to speak on his behalf . confides to that although she became a cop to prove to herself that she was n't a victim , she is terrified at the prospect of seeing again . She also confesses that reminds her of — which is why she is convinced of Richard 's guilt , and obsessed with proving it . 
 and bring and in for separate interrogations , trying to induce each to implicate the other , but neither will talk , and both are released . At the victim 's home , determines how the boys carried out the abduction and altered the physical evidence . and , knowing that is closing in on them , flee to an abandoned house , where produces two pistols and proposes a mutual suicide . On the count of three , shoots ( into the air ) , but does not . demands to see 's gun — which is unloaded . As a furious is about to shoot , arrives . grabs 's gun and shoots at , wounding instead . gives chase and tackles on a rickety balcony jutting out over a cliff . As strangles , the balcony gives way and falls to his death . grabs , who is hanging on the edge of the balcony , and pulls her back into the house . 
 assures that she will intercede on his behalf , since he was an innocent dupe , manipulated by the ruthless . Then she notices a mark on her neck caused by 's large ring , and realizes that the dead woman 's neck did not have a similar mark . Confronted with the evidence , confesses that he strangled the victim to prove his " courage " to . 
 In the closing scene , faces her fears and enters the courtroom to testify at 's parole hearing . The bailiff calls her to the stand by her legal name : .

Being 30 - years - old and single , is her family 's black sheep . The daughter of staunchly proud Greek immigrants , she was raised to follow her cultural tradition of marriage and motherhood . Her golden - child sister met her family 's expectations by marrying young to another Greek and becoming , in 's words , " a Greek baby - breeding machine " . still lives with her parents and works at Dancing Zorba 's , her family 's restaurant in Chicago . longs for her own life away from the restaurant and her intrusive family . Frumpy and cynical , she fears her life will never change . One day at the restaurant , notices a handsome young customer — , a school teacher . She tries to speak to him , only to embarrass herself with her social awkwardness . is bewildered by her behavior , and figures she 's lost her chance to get to know him . 
 's idea for independence is taking computer classes at a community college . When approaches her father about the classes , he forbids it , thinking she wants to leave her family . He insists she 's " smart enough for a girl " and it is too dangerous for her to be out in the city alone . After some crafty persuasion by his wife , , reluctantly permits to attend classes . As her classes progress , gains self - confidence . She trades her thick glasses for contact lenses and her baggy , drab clothes for flattering , colorful outfits . She updates her hairdo and learns to apply makeup . With her new computer skills and polished image , asks her mother and her Aunt to convince that should work at 's travel agency instead of the restaurant . 
 thrives in her new job , and one day she sees walking by the travel agency . He notices , not recognizing that she is the same woman who tried to talk to him at Dancing Zorba 's . Despite 's lingering shyness , they introduce themselves and begin dating . When realizes was the woman at the restaurant , is sure will lose interest . Instead , he loves her even more for who she is , and they become a couple . 
 Because is not Greek , keeps the relationship secret from her family , but her parents find out when a family friend sees them kissing in a parking lot . As she feared , is angry because is not an ethnic Greek — referring to as a " Xeno"—and both and tell to end the relationship . insists she loves . Her parents try to dissuade her by bringing various Greek bachelors home to meet her , all to no avail . 
 When proposes to , she happily accepts , but is upset that did not ask him for permission to date , let alone marry her . tries to adapt to the family 's Greek customs and mannerisms . and can not marry in the Greek Orthodox Church unless coverts , and is already worried the wedding will be a fiasco . She suggests to that they elope instead . He refuses , saying it 's important to her family to marry in their religion , then he will be baptized Greek Orthodox . 's willingness to do this encourages and to gradually accept into the family . 
 As feared , her numerous well - meaning female relatives take over much of the wedding plans , while the men keep testing . Her cousin selects tacky bridesmaids dresses without 's permission ; her brother semi - jokingly threatens that he 'll kill him if he ever hurts . Other cousins trick into saying inappropriate things in Greek . When invites 's quiet , reserved parents to meet her parents at their home , she insists that it be a simple dinner with just the six of them . and arrive to find all of 's extended family at the dinner , where they dance and drink for hours . 's parents are unaware of Greek culture and are shocked by the family 's rambunctiousness . 
 On the wedding day , is nervous and surrounded by relatives , but the traditional Greek wedding goes perfectly . At the reception , gives a speech accepting and his parents as family . He then presents the newlyweds with a deed to a house . Both and are deeply touched by 's generosity . Following the reception , and leave for a honeymoon in Greece , both appreciating the craziness of their Greek family . 
 An epilogue shows the couple 's life six years later . got pregnant " a minute later " after their honeymoon with their daughter Paris . As and are walking Paris from their house to Greek school , asks why she has to go to Greek school . replies that she had to go to Greek school as a child , so Paris will too . But she assures her that when the time comes , she can marry whomever she wants . As they walk , it is revealed that their home is next door to 's parents .

Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Michael Constantine, Lainie Kazan, Joey Fatone

( ) is a confident and cheeky - chappy seventh year senior at Coolidge College . With no ambition to graduate , spends his days driving around campus in his customized golf cart , posing nude for figure drawing classes , organizing soirees for his peers and interviewing for a new assistant , whom he eventually finds in the sexually repressed Taj Badalandabad ( ) . 
 Upon learning that his son is still in school , ’s father ( ) decides to sever ’s financial support . Faced with disenrollment due to unpaid tuition , seeks a payment extension from the registrar . After having sex with her , hands him the paperwork for an extension , which realizes he only needed to ask for in the first place . 
 works for the school paper , and despite her talents for journalism , they do not generate interest from the student body . Her editor assigns her to get an “ unattainable ” human interest story on . After a couple of attempts to get money fast , is approached by the Lambda Omega Omega fraternity , offering to pay him a thousand dollars to throw them a blowout party and boost their popularity . 
 Overhearing two of the expressing their excitement over the party ’s success and their satisfaction with ’s work , writes a story crediting as the host of the party . Though hates the article at first , he realizes it can be the " cash cow " he needs to stay in school . eventually agrees to sit down with for the follow - up piece . 
 ’s boyfriend , ( ) , is a pre - medical student and the president of his fraternity Delta Iota Kappa . As he learns of ’s work with and suspects a growing bond between them , he moves to sabotage their prospective romance . and exchange escalating pranks until it culminates in , and ’s roommate ( ) replacing the cream filling of a batch of pastries with canine semen taken from ’s English Bulldog Colossus . 
 accesses ’s records from the Admissions & Records office while doing background work on her piece ; learning that has actively avoided graduating for the past seven semesters . Angry that dug into such personal details , dissociates himself from and takes a contemplative look at his life . 
 arranges to sabotage 's latest party with ( ) , a member of a sister sorority by smuggling underaged children into the party and getting them drunk , then calling a campus police officer to the scene . As a result , is arrested for selling alcohol to minors and faces expulsion from Coolidge . The student body pools its resources to defend against the charges before a university panel featuring , among others , ’s collegiate adversary Professor ( ) , and . 
 While the law club invests time coaching to plead innocent to the charges , the rest of the student body works to generate support for . Having learnt from his past mistakes and what has shown him , goes off book during the hearing and takes responsibility for the kids at the party . He throws himself at the mercy of the court and asks that rather than expelling him they force him to graduate since he is only 18 units shy of his degree . With Professor as the swing vote , he surprises everyone by casting the 3 - 2 vote in favor of ’s reinstatement , and studies for the quickly - approaching finals . 
 In retaliation for 's underhandedness , spikes ’s ritual protein shake with a powerful laxative just prior to him taking the Medical College Admission Test . Unable to hold out , “ dials down the middle ” of most his multiple - choice exam sheet and hurriedly exits the exam room . As he rushes to find a bathroom , he is intercepted by one of the doctors from the group meant to interview him for admission to Northwestern Medical School . Unable to hold himself any longer , strips off his pants and has violent diarrhea in the waste basket in the room , to the revulsion and horror of the doctors present . 
 utilizes the entire exam period for his last final with Professor , finishing with a negative attitude . himself delivers the news to , who informs him that he passed . notes that he had been so hard on him all those years because he believed was n't living up to his potential . 
 The university celebrates ’s graduation with a wild party held in ’s honor . ’s father appears , admitting he was wrong and expressing his pride in ’s success . then arrives , lovingly reuniting with .

In a prologue the are introduced , who enjoy a comfortable life in the Devon countryside until the father dies and leaves his family with no source of income . Nineteen - year - old , his mother , and his younger sister venture to London to seek help from their wealthy , cold - hearted uncle , an investor who arranges for to be hired as a tutor at Dotheboys Hall in Yorkshire and finds work as a seamstress . 
 is horrified to discover his employers , the sadistic Mr and Mrs , run their boarding school like a prison and physically , verbally , and emotionally abuse their young charges on a regular basis . He eventually rebels and escapes , taking with him the young , crippled . As they journey to London , they stumble upon a theatrical troupe owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. . They cast them in a production of Romeo and Juliet , but despite a successful first night and the couple 's invitation to stay , is determined to continue their journey to London to learn how his mother and sister are faring . 
 is reunited with his family , who welcome as one of their own , and finds clerical employment with the friendly brothers . While thus employed , makes the acquaintance of , an artist who financially supports both herself and her tyrannical father , as her father gambled away his fortune and that of his late wife . meanwhile discovers his sister has been subjected to humiliating sexual attention from the lecherous Sir , a client of their uncle , who has encouraged the man to seduce his niece in the hope that she will succumb and thus cement 's business relationship with him . 
 ' determination to defend his sister 's honor leads his uncle to vow he will destroy the young man . What ensues is a series of adventures in which the upstanding manages to survive the schemes of his evil uncle , including an attempt to return to by kidnapping him and an effort to abort ' growing relationship with by promising her father he will excuse his debts if the girl weds . 's designs on are thwarted when her father dies unexpectedly . Unfortunately , falls ill and soon dies . Soon after , a sinister secret has harbored for years surfaces , and it is revealed was 's son , whom he had thought dead . Realizing that his son had died the best friend of his most hated enemy , hangs himself . marries and settles with her in Devon at his father 's house and grounds , where is buried .

( ) is a photo technician at a one - hour photo in a big - box store . He is a perfectionist , lonely and consumed by his work . 
 's favorite customers are the family , whose photos he has developed for many years . He has grown obsessed with the family , enshrining them in his home with their photos that he secretly copies . He is shy and socially inept , however , and his attempts to become closer to the family are gently rebuffed . 
 eventually manages to spark a connection with ( ) when he pretends to be interested in a book that he saw her purchase . learns that lives a solitary existence , something only her son had considered previously . 
 The next day , is fired after his boss ( ) discovers that 's machine has printed many more prints than have been ordered and paid for , for spacing out on the job , for taking 90 - minute lunch breaks , for giving Jake a disposable camera free for his birthday , and for an altercation in public with the " Agfa Guy " , who performed maintenance on the developing machine . 
 While inspecting his photos for the last time , discovers that ( ) is having an extramarital affair , and his idyllic conception of the as the perfect family is shattered . surreptitiously places the photos of and his mistress , ( ) , into a packet of photos that was scheduled to pick up . 
 In retaliation , follows and takes pictures , paparazzi style , of 's young daughter , and sends them to as a threat . , another SavMart employee , discovers the pictures and turns them over to , leading to a police investigation against . 
 While detectives ( ) and ( ) discover 's obsession , confronts and during a rendezvous in their hotel room . Armed with a knife and a camera , forces the lovers to pose naked in sexual positions while he takes pictures . After the confrontation , sees that the police have arrived at the hotel and he escapes through an emergency exit . The exit door trips an alarm and pursues him while Outerbridge discovers and , physically unharmed but deeply traumatized . The police apprehend in the parking garage . Upon being arrested , claims , " I just took pictures . " 
 asks why he terrorized the . says that he can tell is a good father who would never take " disgusting , sick , degrading pictures " of his children , suggesting that 's own father exploited him for child pornography . then asks for the pictures that he took at the hotel , which described as " evidence . " They appear to be only shots of objects and furnishings of a hotel room . The film closes with an imagined family picture of the with 's arm around a smiling .

( ) is a teenager from affluent Orange County , California . Although bright and intelligent , he has very little interest in education or studying , instead trying to lead a carefree SoCal lifestyle of surfing , drinking , and partying . A turning point comes when 's best friend ( ) is killed in a surfing accident , causing to rethink his own life . One day , he finds a novel on the beach by the author , which quickly inspires him to become a writer . Upon learning that is an English professor at Stanford University , makes it his goal to attend Stanford and study under him , seeing it as an opportunity to escape from his superficial life in Orange County . 
 dramatically improves himself academically , obtaining high grades and SAT scores as well as becoming the president of his graduating class . Following the advice of his guidance counselor , Ms. ( ) , who tells him that he is a " shoo - in " for acceptance , applies only to Stanford . This severely backfires as later finds out that he is rejected from Stanford , ironically because Ms. mixed up his academic transcript with that of a much less intelligent student . then reaches out to his wealthy father ( ) , who had left his wife and family to marry a much younger woman ( ) , pleading him to donate money to Stanford in order to increase his chances of being accepted . , however , disapproves of 's dream of being a writer and refuses . In an attempt to help him , 's animal rights activist girlfriend ( ) successfully convinces her friend ( ) to allow to be interviewed at his home by 's grandfather , a Stanford board member , so can explain his situation . Unfortunately , the antics displayed during the interview by his dysfunctional family members , including his alcoholic , emotionally fragile mother ( ) and his dim - witted stoner brother ( ) , cause 's interviewers to storm out in anger and disgust . 
 In a last - ditch effort to get him accepted , and convince to drive to Palo Alto and plead his case directly to Stanford Admissions Director ( ) . By the time the trio arrive on campus , it is nighttime and the admissions building is already closed . While distracts ( and seduces ) the secretary on duty in the office , and steal the address to 's house . They arrive at his home , where shows him his real high school transcript . Although impressed with 's credentials , is reluctant to admit him , as it is already very late in the admissions process . After much groveling , finally convinces to go back to his office in the Admissions Building and give it a second thought . Disaster strikes again , however , when drugs by accident with 's ecstasy , stored in an Excedrin bottle , thereby causing to become high . Things go from bad to worse when and arrive at the Admissions Building and find it engulfed in flames , caused by starting a fire while he was seducing the receptionist to distract her ; is now wanted for arson . They abandon the hallucinating and flee the scene to avoid being arrested . 
 finally becomes frustrated with 's obsession of only getting into Stanford , and points out that his attending would mean they would be separated , thus ending their relationship . She then angrily leaves on his own . Depressed , wanders the campus and meets a female student who invites him to a frat party . There , he witnesses the behavior of the Stanford coeds and is disappointed to learn that they are just as vapid and ditzy as the girls he knew from Orange County . After leaving the party with a more cynical view of college , , by chance , runs into Professor ( ) and is invited to his office to chat . is amused with 's belief that he must study and work in a highly intelligent environment in order to become successful , pointing out that many famous authors such as and grew up in places that were not intellectually stimulating , but still became great writers . Having an epiphany , realizes his previous misguided intentions and seeks out to apologize to her . After catching up with her , the two also pick up ( who is still hiding from the police ) and drive home . 
 Back in Orange County , 's parents seek out each other to determine how to deal with 's problem . They end up reconciling , realizing that they are much happier together than with their respective new spouses . They also conclude that they have not been very good parents to and , in an attempt to make amends , donates enough money to Stanford for the construction of a brand new Admissions Building ( ironically , to replace the one that burned down ) . This action gets accepted into Stanford . Although is initially ecstatic , he then remembers the things that both and Professor had told him . finally decides to stay in Orange County with and his family because he loves them too much to leave them , and he is now able to view living in Orange County as a positive influence for his writing career , rather than a detriment . The film ends with going surfing with his friends again for the first time since 's death .

Recently divorced , and her eleven - year old daughter , , move into a four - story brownstone on the Upper West Side of New York City . The house 's previous owner , a reclusive millionaire , installed a " panic room " to protect the house 's occupants from intruders . The room is protected by concrete and steel on all sides , a thick steel door , and an extensive security system with multiple surveillance cameras , a public announcement system , and a separate phone line . On the night the two move into the home , it is broken into by , the previous owner 's grandson ; , an employee of the residence 's security company ; and , a gunman recruited by . The three intruders are after $ 3 million in bearer bonds , which are locked inside a floor safe in the panic room . 
 Discovering that the have moved in earlier than expected , convinces a reluctant , who had assumed the house was unoccupied until he had noticed a glowing night light , to continue with their heist . As they begin the robbery , wakes up and happens to see the intruders on the video monitors in the panic room . Before the three can reach them , and run into the panic room and lock the door . They are unable to use the dedicated phone in the room , which was never hooked up by . Intending to force the two out of the room , introduces propane gas into the room 's air vents . , in conflict with and , dangerously increases the amount of gas . Unable to seal the vents , ignites the gas , while she and cover themselves with fireproof blankets , causing an explosion which vents into the room outside and causes a fire , injuring . 
 The make several attempts to call for help , including signaling a neighbor with a flashlight through the opening of a ventilation pipe , but the neighbor ignores it . then taps into the main telephone line and gets through to her ex - husband , before the burglars cut them off . 
 All attempts to get into the room fail . lets slip that there is much more money in the safe than he let on , and gives up on the robbery . About to leave the house , he is shot dead by , who then forces , at gunpoint , to finish the robbery . arrives at the home and is taken hostage by and — who severely beats him . , who has diabetes , suffers a seizure . Her emergency glucagon syringe is in a refrigerator outside the panic room . dons an unconscious ’s trench coat to trick into momentarily leaving the panic room . enters and finds motionless on the floor . After retrieving the glucagon syringe , struggles briefly with , who is thrown into the panic room , his gun knocked out of his hand . As throws the syringe into the panic room , frantically locks himself , , and inside , crushing 's hand in the sliding steel door . , who now has the gun , begs the two intruders over the PA system to give the injection . , who has shown no interest in hurting either or , injects . While doing so , he tells he did not want this , and the only reason he agreed to participate was to give his own child a better life . thanks him for the injection and he tells that is now alright . 
 Having earlier received a call from , two policemen arrive , which prompts to threaten 's life . Knowing the danger to her daughter , lies to the officers and they leave . opens the safe and finds $ 22 million in bearer bonds inside . As the robbers attempt to leave , using as a hostage , hits with a sledgehammer and flees . After a badly injured shoots at and misses , disables him and prepares to kill with the sledgehammer , but , hearing 's screams of pain , returns to the house and shoots dead , saying , " You 'll be okay now , ” to and her daughter before leaving . The police , alerted by 's suspicious behavior earlier , arrive in force and capture , who lets the bearer bonds go and they fly away with the wind . 
 Later , and , having recovered from their harrowing experience , begin searching the newspaper for a new home .

Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Jared Leto, Dwight Yoakam

Obsessed by the world of pool , ( ) could be one of the best . But his mentor and " trainer " ( ) , a shady hustler who decides how and who plays , is holding him back from his dream . When the day finally comes , breaks from , which leads to only one thing — violence . is beaten up by some of 's buddies as a sign to leave him alone , and with this final act of freedom , leaves the world of pool - sharking . 
 After an ultimatum from his girlfriend ( ) , finally commits to a " real " job in the construction business , but is soon miserable there . He finds himself spending most of his time with his younger brother ( ) who it seems is following in his footsteps on the road to a life left when he broke from . 
 As for , he is bent on revenge for the beating he took , and soon he has a new protégé ( ) who is just as good if not better than . And he 's got his eye on 's brother . 
 The two play a high - stakes game of pool which ends in a huge debt owed to , and soon finds that his brother is in jail for trying to steal the money he owes . The only way out for is to play , which results in a " race to nine " showdown that pits two of the greatest players against each other for large sums of money , and and 's lives . 
 The game comes down to a very difficult shot for . While calculating how to take the shot , provokes by telling him how easy the shot is and how he would pay him to take it for him . takes the shot but does n't sink the final ball . As prepares to take the winning shot , stops him . Since he had taken 's shot for him , it is now 's turn . easily sinks the last ball and wins the game , using hustling techniques he learned from to do so . In the last scene , is playing on the pro tour .

( ) , in an effort to help her sorority sisters win a coveted award that has eluded them in the past years , joins them in training some handicapped young adults for the Challenged Games ( a fictional version of the Special Olympics ) . is linked with ( ) and is horrified , mostly because she has never been in such an environment . is kind towards her and soon she finds herself falling in love with him because he is genuine , unlike her sorority sisters , as led by ( ) , and her boyfriend , ( ) . 
 experiences backlash and disdain about the relationship from her friends and family , including 's own mother , ( ) , despite the fact that 's love has inspired to get out of his wheelchair and become the best athlete on the team . later walks into her son 's room and discovers that and have been sexually involved . 's mother accuses her of raping her son , claiming " has no idea what she has done " to . 's mother calls 's school , causing to be kicked out of both her sorority and her school . makes a suicide attempt by taking most of the pills and solutions from her medicine cabinet , but no real damage is done as then throws up everything she took . 
 As and make the ideallistic " perfect couple , " their attendance to the sorority ball would secure a win for the sorority award . The sorority pulls strings to allow back into school and the sorority , where takes her back . At the ball , and his friends crash the party to allow a dance with . wo n't stand for it and punches repeatedly as the girls hold and keep 's friends at bay . turns his back as gathers his wits , charging and tackling , knocking him unconscious for a few seconds . gets up , looks around , and runs off crying . tries to take inside to the dance , but and the sorority sisters wo n't let them in . pushes her way through with and they dance alone . Soon , others start to see the love between them and join them on the dance floor . 
 As they 're dancing , is shown driving erratically and sobbing hysterically . He swerves to avoid a truck and plunges off a cliff with the car exploding in midair , crashing to the bottom . goes to the hospital to check on and finds that he is now paraplegic , though not burned from the explosion . He blames for his problems and she is left distraught . She quits school and the sorority , swearing off forever . The sorority stops helping the team and the rival sorority wins the award . enrolls at a public university , opening up to her peers who encourage her to go for what she wants . 
 The sorority sisters have a change of heart and show up at the Olympic event . is now the coach for 's team and has become both a motivator and humble person . races his rival , a bully who berates at every chance given . is motivated by , telling him to win it for and saying she would n't want him to lose . As he 's running , he sees in the stands and gets a sudden boost of energy . wins the race , and at the finish line is congratulated by the sorority sisters , his mother , and . comes down to see as his mother is hugging him . She endears him to , finally accepting her son 's progress into a man . As and walk off together , she asks him what name she should call him , his real name , and he replies that " will be fine . "

is a single man who owns a company that markets themed toilet plungers and other novelty items . He has seven overbearing sisters who ridicule and emotionally abuse him regularly and leads a lonely life punctuated by fits of rage and anguish . In the span of one morning , he witnesses an inexplicable car accident , picks up an abandoned harmonium from the street , and encounters , a coworker of one of his sisters , . had orchestrated this meeting after seeing him in a family picture belonging to . 
 Coping with his loneliness , calls a phone - sex line , but the operator attempts to extort money and sends her four henchmen , who are brothers , to collect . This complicates his budding relationship with , as well as his plan to exploit a loophole in a Healthy Choice promotion and amass a million frequent flyer miles by buying large quantities of pudding . 
 After leaves for Hawaii on a business trip , decides to follow her . He arrives and calls one of his manipulative sisters to find out where is staying . When his sister starts abusing him again , snaps and demands she give him the information , which she does . is overjoyed to see , and they later have sex . At first , explains that he is in Hawaii on a business trip by coincidence , but he soon admits that he came only for her . The romance develops further , and finally feels some relief from the emotional isolation he has endured . 
 After they return home , the four brothers ram their car into 's , leaving mildly injured . With his new - found freedom from loneliness in jeopardy , a surprisingly aggressive and poised adeptly fights off all four of the goons in a matter of seconds , using a tire iron as a weapon . Suspecting that will leave him if she finds out about the phone - sex fiasco , leaves at the hospital and tries to end the harassment by calling the phone - sex line back and speaking to the " supervisor " , who turns out to be , who is also the owner of a mattress store . travels to the mattress store in Provo , Utah , to confront face to face . , at first trying to intimidate , finds much more intimidating and compels to leave him alone . 
 decides to tell about his phone - sex episode and begs her for forgiveness , pledging his loyalty and to use his frequent - flier miles to accompany her on all future business trips . She readily agrees , and they embrace happily . Some time later , approaches in his office while he plays the harmonium . She puts her arms around him and says , " So , here we go . "

18 - year - old struggles to fulfill her dream of going to college while considering family duty , and a tough economic situation . The thought of going to college torments 's mother , , because she wants to keep her family together . also wants to help work in the family - owned textile factory , run by 's sister . The factory itself is in danger of closing ; can not afford to make the rent and pay her employees . Although does consent to spend sweaty summer days working in the factory , she spends her nights writing her college entrance essay for Columbia University and sneaking out to see her American boyfriend . defies ( her mother ) and applies to college , despite warnings against such behavior . As the summer goes by grows into a confident woman through experiences with , and positive self - affirmation . She challenges cultural and socioeconomic boundaries , in favor of a life independent from her family . Despite the warnings of her critical mother , gains support from her sister and father to pursue success beyond the borders of East Los Angeles . She also starts to call out her mother on her critical and emotionally abusive ways . 
 The film begins in a Hispanic neighborhood in Los Angeles . An old woman is standing at her front gate , singing enthusiastically . The camera then brings us into the living room of a home on the same street . We see a young woman , ( ) trying to convince her younger sister , ( ) to go look after their mother Carmen ( ) . is moaning and groaning in bed , looking quite ill . 
 rolls her eyes and goes inside her parents ' bedroom . asks to come nearer , whispering that she needs to cook for the family that day because she is sick . erupts and says she absolutely refuses to miss her last day of high school and stomps out of the room . Moments later , gets out of bed and is apparently quite alright . 
 catches two buses to get to her Beverly Hills high school . At the end of the day , her teacher asks her to consider applying to colleges . explains that her family wo n't be able to afford it , and remarks that " it 's too late anyway " . Her teacher disagrees and tells her that he knows the dean of admissions at Columbia University and could possibly have her application looked at , even if it is past the deadline . tells him she will think about it . 
 That night , 's family throws her a little party to celebrate the end of her high school years . As the night continues onward , however , the festivities turn to well - worn topics : Her mother nags about not eating too much cake because of her weight , and emphasizes the need for to get married and have children . 's grandfather and father try to defuse the situation , until her mother and start discussing the family factory – a very small run - down dressmaking warehouse that runs , and works at . tells that it 's time she started working at the factory . protests , saying there is n't enough to pay . insists , saying it 's time starts working for the family , no matter how little money she gets paid . wants to do something else , but does n't have a job . At that moment , her high school teacher arrives at the house , and asks to talk to 's parents about the possibilities of going to college . 's mother is resolute , saying that there is absolutely no way Ana will go away . says belongs at home and that 's the end of the story . 's father seems open to the idea , but does not say anything in the face of his wife 's strong stance . He does assure 's teacher that he will think about it . 
 Later , tries to convince to face down the executive in charge of her clothing line to grant her an advance so she can keep the factory running . The woman refuses , and instead convinces her father to give a small loan after sees how hard works to produce clothing she is proud of . Meanwhile , works with Mr. to produce an essay for her application to Columbia University in New York . 
 develops a relationship which later becomes sexual with , a boy from her high school who thinks that people in the United States have it too easy , because everything is given to them . confronts about her sexual activities , and insists that she as a person is more than what is between her legs . Later , at the factory , all of the women working there except grow exhausted of the heat and 's critiques of their bodies and strip down to their underwear , comparing body shapes , stretch marks , and cellulite , inspiring confidence in one another 's bodies . leaves the factory in a huff over her family and co - workers ' lack of shame as declares that they are women and this is who they are . 
 Mr. comes by the house to inform and her family that has been accepted to Columbia with a scholarship opportunity , though it would mean moving across the country from Los Angeles to New York City . At first , convinces and the rest of the family that her place is in Los Angeles with her family , but eventually decides that she needs more out of her life and more importantly needs to break free from her domineering mother and her father agrees to support her . At the end of the film , is dropped off at the airport by her father and her loving abuelo while refuses to leave her room and even refuses to say goodbye to , and the final scenes show her striding confidently through the streets of New York .

In 1980 Dr. attends an orchestral performance of A Midsummer Night 's Dream in Baltimore , Maryland . He is irritated by a flute player who repeatedly misses his part . Later , he hosts a dinner party in his townhouse for the orchestra 's board of directors . During conversation , the disappearance of the flute player is brought up . When one of the guests asks about the dish made , he responds that if he tells her , she might not try it . 
 is visited by , a gifted FBI agent who has the ability to empathize with psychopaths . has been working with on a psychological profile of a serial killer . The killer removed edible body parts from his victims , leading to believe him to be a cannibal . During the consultation , discovers evidence implicating . immediately attacks with a knife and almost disembowels him , but impales with several arrows and then empties his handgun into him . is sentenced to life imprisonment in an institution for the criminally insane . is deeply traumatized by the experience and retires from the FBI . 
 Six years later , another serial killer , nicknamed , appears . He stalks and kills two entire families during sequential full moons . Special Agent seeks a reluctant 's assistance in developing the killer 's psychological profile . With the death of another family seemingly weeks away on the next full moon , guilt trips him into agreeing . After visiting the crime scenes and speaking with , concludes that he must once again consult . 
 The Tooth Fairy is , who kills at the behest of his alternate personality whom he calls " The Great Red Dragon " . He is obsessed with the painting The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in Sun , and has the painting tattooed on his back . He believes that each victim he " changes " brings him closer to " becoming " the Dragon . His psychopathology is born from the severe abuse he suffered as a child at the hands of his sadistic grandmother . 
 Meanwhile , , a tabloid reporter , who hounded after 's capture , follows him again for leads on The Tooth Fairy . There is a secret correspondence between and . 's wife and son are endangered when gives The Tooth Fairy the agent 's home address , forcing them to relocate to a farm owned by 's brother . Hoping to lure out , gives an interview in which he disparages the killer as an impotent homosexual . This provokes , who kidnaps and glues him to an antique wheelchair . forces to recant his allegations , bites off his lips , and then sets him on fire outside his newspaper 's offices . 
 Later , at his job in a St. Louis photo lab , falls in love with , a blind co - worker . He takes her home , where they make love . However , his alternate personality demands that he kill her . Desperate to stop the Dragon 's " possession " of him , goes to the Brooklyn Museum , tears apart the original painting , and eats it . 
 Meanwhile , deduces that the killer knew the layout of his victim 's houses from their home videos . He concludes that the killer works for the company that edits the home movies and transfers them to video . He starts searching the company processing plant and asks for the workers ' personnel files , overheard by as he returns from Brooklyn . then leaves the plant unseen and goes to 's house . 
 finds that she has spent the evening with a co - worker , , whom she actually dislikes . Enraged by this apparent betrayal , kills , kidnaps , takes her to his house , and then sets it on fire . Finding himself unable to shoot her , apparently shoots himself . is able to escape the house as the police arrive . 
 , having staged his own death , turns up at 's home in Florida . He holds 's son hostage , threatening to kill him . To save his son , slings insults at the boy , reminding of his grandmother 's abuse . Enraged , attacks . Both men are severely wounded in a shootout which ends only when 's wife kills . receives a letter from which praises him for stopping , bids him well , and says they are going to cross paths soon . 
 Some time later , 's jailer , Dr. , tells him that he has a visitor , a young woman from the FBI . asks her name .

Edward Norton, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes, Emily Watson, Harvey Keitel, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mary-Louise Parker

The film opens at an unspecified date in the early 21st century . During construction on the London Underground , workers penetrate an underground cave . A huge dragon emerges from hibernation , incinerating the workers with its breath . The only survivor is a boy , ( ) , whose mother , ( ) - the construction crew chief - is crushed to death protecting him . The dragon flies out of the Underground , and soon more dragons appear . It is revealed through newspaper clippings and the narration that dragons are the species responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs . They are speculated to hibernate after destroying most living creatures until the planet repopulates . After the dragons reawaken , humanity resists with military force , including with nuclear weapons in 2010 . This , however , only hastens the destruction , and within a few years , humans are nearly extinct . 
 In 2020 , ( ) leads a community of survivors in a Northumberland castle . They are starving while awaiting harvest . Although most trust , some are restless and defiant . ( ) and his group steal a truck to pick tomatoes , though it is too soon for harvest . They are attacked by a dragon ; one man is killed , and the rest are surrounded by fire . , ( ) , and ( ) rescue them with old fire engines , but the dragon kills 's son before escaping . 
 The Kentucky Irregulars , a group of Americans led by ( ) , arrive on a Lockheed C-5 Galaxy with a Chieftain tank and AgustaWestland AW109 utility helicopter , the latter of which is piloted by ( ) . has a system for hunting dragons and knows their weakness ; poor vision before sunset . He and kill the dragon who destroyed the crops . 
 tells all the dragons they have found have been female . The Americans believe there is only one male - if they kill it , the dragons can no longer reproduce . Although knows about the male dragon , which killed his mother , he refuses to help . 
 orders his soldiers to enlist the castle 's best men . argues that if they find the male , it will kill them and find the castle . group is attacked by the dragon in the ruins of a town 66 miles ( 106   km ) from London . The dragon then finds the castle and kills most of its inhabitants . tries to get the survivors to a bunker ; saves him and is killed by the dragon in his place . 
 and return and free those in the bunker . tells he will help them hunt the male dragon . They fly to London and find hundreds of dragons , with smaller ones cannibalized by the larger male . tells about a plan to shoot explosives down the dragon 's throat with a crossbow . fires , but the dragon destroys the arrow and eats . and lure the dragon to ground level , where fires into the dragon 's mouth , killing it . 
 Later , and erect a radio tower on a hill overlooking the North Sea . There has been no dragon sighting for over three months . arrives to say they have contacted a group of French survivors who want to speak to their leader . tells he is now their leader and dedicates himself to rebuilding .

Christian Bale, Matthew McConaughey, Izabella Scorupco, Gerard Butler

is now grown up and married to a man named and has two children , and " " . With World War II raging , leaves to fight , leaving to take care of the children . Four years later , refuses to believe in stories about and refers to them as " childish nonsense " , which leads to an argument with her mother and brother one night ( after is informed and tells that she and , along with the other children in London , are being evacuated to the countryside for safekeeping due to the German soliders invading the city ) . Later while sleeping , she is mistakenly abducted by Captain and his crew , who sail through the sky on their pixie - dust enchanted ship , evade an air raid alert and escape back to Neverland . 
 There , plans to feed to the octopus ( who replaced ) in order to lure into a trap . However , rescues and escapes from the octopus , returning to the ship . After recognizing and asking to follow 's footstep , takes her to his hideout to be the mother of the Lost Boys , but refuses and gets stranded . The next day as the boys fail to teach about flying , she upsets them and does not believe in fairies , making sick . That night , tricks by lying that he will not harm and she agrees to help him find the treasure . gives a whistle to signal him when she finds it and leaves . 
 asks and the boys to play a game of " treasure hunt " , and they wish to believe in fairies and save . As finds the treasure and changes her mind into discarding the whistle , the boys make her the " Lost Girl " before finds and inadvertently blows the whistle . As the pirates arrive to capture the boys , reveals was an accomplice . As tries to tell she never agreed to anything , does n't believe her and tells that has been hurt and unconscious as he 's being dragged away by the pirates . Horrified , rushes back to the hideout to body , but she revives . They head to the ship and see forcing to walk the plank . With help , learns to fly . As drops the anchor on the ship and sinks into the sea , the pirates , riding on a rowboat , are pursued by the octopus . 
 After saying goodbye to the boys , escorts back home , where reconciles with and . and meet again , though she is already an adult , and they say goodbye . As returns home from the war , and fly back to Neverland .

is involved in an art forgery scheme in Berlin , in partnership with a thuggish British gangster named . After a violent argument results in killing one of his " customers " , he gives the money to but keeps the artwork for himself , curtly informing that their partnership is over . Three years later , is living in a lush villa in Veneto with his wife , a beautiful harpsichordist . Invited by a neighbour to a party , overhears the host , , insulting his taste and making a guarded reference to his questionable past . briefly confronts him , then sullenly leaves the party . 
 resurfaces , much to 's annoyance , asking him to eliminate a rival mobster . Remembering the slight , recommends that an amateur be hired to do it – , a law - abiding art framer who is dying of leukemia . offers a bewildered the job . Knowing that he does n't have long to live and that the money could be left to his wife and son upon his death , reluctantly agrees to perform the hit , which he assumes will be a one - time - only assignment . However , blackmails into taking on another assassination , this time a much more complicated one on a train . 
 A panicking freezes up on the train , but appears unexpectedly and intervenes in the nick of time . After the two of them dispatch the target and his two bodyguards in the train 's toilet , forms an uneasy friendship with and returns home . He then vainly attempts to persuade his wife that he won his money from playing roulette after his hospital visit in Berlin . The mobsters ' associates come to Italy seeking revenge , killing at his favourite restaurant and leaving his body in the boot of their car . They storm 's villa but are snared in 's traps . cleverly terminates each of them , with 's increasingly eager assistance . 
 returns home to find two more assassins holding captive . At the same time , spots the killers ' silver BMW outside in the bushes and doubles back to 's in time to save his wife . However , sacrifices himself to save being shot by a wounded assassin . Genuinely puzzled by 's selflessness , tries to give her husband 's share of the blood money , but she only spits in his face in reply . That night , attends 's concert as if nothing has happened , but smiles briefly at the memory of 's sacrifice .

In 1931 , during the Great Depression , is an enforcer for Irish mob boss in Rock Island , Illinois . raised the orphan and loves him more than his own biological son , . sends and to meet with disgruntled associate , but shoots , resulting in gunning down 's men . 's twelve - year - old son has hidden in his father 's car and witnesses the event . Despite swearing his son to secrecy and pressuring to apologize for the reckless action , murders 's wife and younger son . At the same time , he sends to an ambush at a speakeasy . realizes it 's a set - up , kills two men at the bar , and escapes . He goes to Chicago with his son to seek , for work and to discover the location of , who has gone into hiding . 
 's underboss rejects 's proposals , before informing of the meeting . reluctantly allows to dispatch assassin , who is also a crime scene photographer , to kill . tracks him and his son to a roadside diner , but fails to kill ; realizing 's intentions , escapes through the bathroom and punctures 's car tire before fleeing . 
 In reaction to the ordered hit , begins robbing banks that hold ’s money , hoping to trade it for . is impeded when the mob withdraws its money , so he visits 's accountant at his hotel . The encounter is a set - up , with stalling until enters with a shotgun . In the ensuing crossfire , is killed , is injured by flying glass shards , and escapes with the ledgers ; as flees , shoots him in his left arm . 
 When his father collapses from his wound , drives his father to a farm , where a childless elderly couple help him recover . bonds with his son and discovers from the ledgers that has been embezzling from his father for years , using the names of dead men . As the depart , they give the couple much of the stolen money . confronts with the information while they attend Mass. already knew about the embezzlement and that was likely to die , if not by 's hand then by the Chicago Outfit once dies . He still refuses to give up his son . He encourages to leave with 
 Later one night , cloaked by darkness and rain , kills 's entire entourage with his submachine gun and walks up to . As mutters that he is glad his killer is , a reluctant pulls the trigger . Seeing no further reason to protect , reveals his location , after making promise to end the feud . goes to the hotel where is hiding and kills him . 
 drives his son to stay at his Aunt 's beach house in Perdition , a town on the shore of Lake Michigan . However , he is ambushed and shot by a disfigured . As prepares to photograph the dying , appears and points a gun at but can not muster the will to fire . pulls out his gun and kills , before dying in his son 's arms . Mourning his father 's death , returns to live with the elderly farm couple . Growing up , reflects that his father 's only fear was that his son would become like him . states he has never held a gun since the fatal encounter between and his father . When asked if was a good or bad man , he replies " he was my father . "

Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Daniel Craig, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tyler Hoechlin, Dylan Baker, Stanley Tucci

After cynical New York advertising copywriter ( ) is dumped by his on - again / off - again girlfriend , ( ) — who is also his boss — his painful workday is further complicated by the unexpected arrival of his 16 - year - old nephew , ( ) . After asking to spend the night at 's , reveals that he has come to ask for help — in hopes of ditching his virginal status , begs for a lesson in the art of seduction . Embittered then takes on the role of a nocturnal drill sergeant in an imaginary war between the sexes , starting 's training at an upscale singles bar . There they meet two beautiful women ( and ) who turn out to be less malleable than expects . 
 Although this first attempt to seduce women is unsuccessful , chooses to continue the quest , which takes them to a party at 's . There they find Joyce 's secretary drunk and attempt to capitalize . Once in the bedroom 's conscience gets the better of him and he allows her to fall asleep untouched . 
 With spinning out of control and 's window of opportunity closing rapidly , they agree to go with the " Fail Safe " plan . This turns out to be an underground brothel . At the underground location finds he can not let lose his virginity in such an emotionally barren atmosphere , and drags him back to his apartment to sleep things off . has failed to introduce his nephew to the mysteries of the world , but has perhaps gained a glimmer of a conscience . travels back to Ohio but shows up unexpectedly to tutor and his classmates on their home turf , bonding with the younger men in a more potent way in an atmosphere populated by adolescent peers . 
 At the closing , it is left open which way will go .

The members of Mystery , Inc. solve the case of the Luna Ghost at the Wow - O - Toy Factory . However , long - time friction between , a glory hog , , who is fed up with getting kidnapped at every mystery , and , who is never credited for her ideas , finally boils over and the gang breaks up , leaving and his dog Scooby - Doo heartbroken . 
 Two years later , and are invited to solve a mystery on the popular resort Spooky Island , owned by . At the airport , the pair are unexpectedly reunited with the rest of Mystery , Inc. – has become a popular author , works for NASA , and has undertaken martial arts to avoid being kidnapped again . However , while and are thrilled with the reunion , the other three refuse to work with each other , still angry about their fight that split them up . 
 On the flight over , falls in love with a girl named , who loves Scooby Snacks like him , but is allergic to dogs . Upon arriving at the island , the gang meet , who claims the visiting tourists have been cursed into a brainwashed state . attends a ritualistic performance hosted by and his henchman , , a famous luchador . claims the island was once ruled by ancient demons till built the resort , and they plot their revenge . 
 Because of a misunderstanding when talking to a local voodoo priest , , , and venture into the resort 's ghost ride , meeting and inside , where they split up to look for clues . and come across a strange school designed to educate inhuman creatures about human culture , while discovers a pyramid - shaped artifact called the Daemon Ritus . The gang flee to the hotel , but an army of real demons attack , kidnapping , , and other tourists , while , , and escape . 
 The next day , is captured by , who also steals the Daemon Ritus , while and learn the tourists , and are possessed by the demons . They run into , but realizes she is possessed too . and argue when the latter points it out , but he falls down a hole into an underground chamber . While trying to find him , finds a vat of protoplasm containing the souls of everyone captured , and frees , , and 's souls . discovers the demons can be destroyed by sunlight , but and become trapped in each other 's wrong bodies , until the Daemon Ritus corrects it after the gang 's souls swap randomly . The gang come across the voodoo priest , who explains the demons ' ritual will allow them to rule the world for the next ten - thousand years when a pure soul is offered as a sacrifice — namely , . is revealed to be the leader of the demons . 
 The gang plot a trap to defeat the demon cult , but it fails , and sucks out 's soul using the Daemon Ritus . tackles ; 's soul goes back into him . As and go to confront the defeated , they find he is a man in a mask . When they peel the mask off , is revealed to be a robot piloted by 's estranged nephew , who was abandoned by the gang years ago when his ego got out of control because he urinated on . Using the absorbed souls of the tourists , transforms into a monster and tries to kill the gang . 
 On the mountain top , battles , finally kicking him into the ritual chamber where the demons are exposed to sunlight and die . rips the Daemon Ritus from 's body , freeing the souls ; the real emerges from a prison cell . , , and all their minions are arrested , while the reunited gang promise to forever solve mysteries . 
 As the end credits begin to roll , and are enjoying the " all you can eat " deal they were promised at the hotel . They challenge each other with eating chili peppers , and scream as smoke comes out of the hotel .

Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini

" Before the time of the pyramids , " a horde from the East invades the prehistoric world , led by the ruthless , who by their law , is king for being their greatest warrior . His many victories come from the help of a sorcerer who predicts the outcomes of battles , leaving only a few free tribes to oppose him . 
 , his half - brother , and friend , the only three true remaining Akkadians , are hired by King of the last free tribes to kill 's sorcerer for twenty blood rubies , upsetting 's son , as it is the last of their treasury , and Nubian King , who dislikes the Akkadians . The Akkadians manage to sneak into 's camp , but are ambushed by 's guards , having been tipped off by who killed his own father and defected to 's side . and are hit by arrows , but manages to sneak into the sorcerer 's tent , where he sees that the sorcerer is actually a sorceress , . is ambushed and meets himself , who brutally executes in front of him , and is about to kill too . , however , tells that the gods wish to survive the night , and to defy them will incur their wrath and cost him his victories . has buried to his neck in the desert to be devoured by fire ants at dawn , but he manages to escape with help from a horse thief , . 
 Deciding to finish his mission and avenge his brother , sneaks into 's stronghold , Gomorrah , and manages to enter 's palace with help from a street urchin . He briefly meets 's court magician , , who hides him and then directs him to the courtyard where is training . tries to shoot from the watchtower , but is forced to save the street urchin from having his hand amputated for theft by shooting the axe out of 's hand , alerting the guards to his presence . only barely manages to escape Gomorrah , abducting along the way , knowing that will come for her . 
 tries to escape from and even tells him that she has been 's prisoner since she was a child . Sympathetic , allows her the choice of leaving , but warns her of worse dangers and that she is likely safer with him . Meanwhile , sends his right - hand man and a group of guards to kill and retrieve , but manages to slay them all under the cover of a sandstorm and in a cave , while dueling and fatally stabbing in the abdomen . With his dying breaths , manages to stab in the leg with a scorpion blood - laced arrow . , however , uses her magic to save ' life . As an insult and a warning , sends 's blood - stained pendant to . 
 , and then run into , who had earlier managed to flee from 's palace and has perfected an explosive powder he was working on . However , they are ambushed by the rebels , now under the rule of . Though defeats in a fight and earns his grudging respect and sanctuary , has a vision of and his army slaughtering the entire rebel camp . She informs and then prophesies that when the moonlight reaches 's palace , the King on High will become the invincible , and believes himself to be the one destined to become the Scorpion King . Furthermore , she informs that if he faces , he will most likely die from being shot , but assures her that he will make his own destiny and they sleep together . 
 The next morning , however , returns to in order to stall him and possibly kill him . , with help from , , and the army of rebels , launches an all - out assault on 's stronghold , facing personally before he can kill , while confronts and kills , avenging , and takes on the full force of 's forces alone . The battle rages on until is shot by a guard as in 's vision . As takes his place in the House of Scorpio to become the Scorpion King , kills the guard while retrieves his bow , pulls the arrow out of his shoulder and uses it to shoot the exhausted , sending him off the edge of the roof just as and use the explosive powder to destroy the palace 's foundation stone , bringing down the bulk of 's forces . is consumed by the flames as he falls to his death . With the battle over , the remnants of 's army bow before , who by their law is their new king , . 
 In the aftermath , and share a good - natured farewell as the latter returns to his own kingdom . tells that she sees a period of peace and prosperity coming , but warns him that it will not last forever . Undeterred , decides that they will make their own destiny .

Dwayne Johnson, Steven Brand, Kelly Hu, Michael Clarke Duncan, Peter Facinelli

( ) , the socially awkward and emotionally sensitive youngest daughter of a dysfunctional family , adjusts to normal life after having been hospitalized following an incident of dangerous self - harm . She learns to type , and begins to work as a secretary for an eccentric attorney , ( ) , who hires her despite her stilted social skills , unprofessional appearance and scoring higher than anyone he 's ever interviewed , which would make her overqualified for the job . explains that it 's dull work and they do n't use computers ; however , remarks that she is okay with these conditions . 
 Though at first appears to be highly irritated by 's typos and other innocuous mistakes , it soon becomes apparent that he is sexually aroused by her obedient behavior . After he confronts her about her propensity for self - injury and commands that she never hurt herself again , the two embark on a BDSM relationship . experiences a sexual and personal awakening , and she falls deeply in love . , however , displays insecurity concerning his feelings for , and he feels shame and disgust over his sexual habits . During this period of exploration with , has also been attempting to have a more conventional boyfriend in ( ) , even engaging in lukewarm sex with him . After a sexual encounter in office , fires . 
 After is fired from her job , proposes to , who reluctantly agrees to marry him . However , while trying on her wedding gown , she leaves and runs to 's office , where she then declares her love for him . , still uncertain about their relationship , tests by commanding her to sit in his chair without moving her hands or feet until he returns . willingly complies . Hours pass , as several family members and acquaintances individually visit to alternately attempt to dissuade or encourage her while watches from afar , completely taken by 's compliance . Because of 's refusal to leave the office , she has gained news coverage from the media , which they believe to be a hunger strike . After three days , returns to the office and takes to a room upstairs where he bathes and feeds her . The pair marry and happily continue their dominant - submissive relationship .

( ) , a process server , is a week late serving a Mafia kingpin known as ( ) with a summons to appear as a witness in court . 's abrasive boss ( ) ridicules him while complimenting 's rival , ( ) , for serving multiple summonses in record time . Willing to give one last shot , gives him an assignment to serve British socialite ( ) with divorce papers from her husband , ( ) , who is at his ranch in Texas with his mistress , ( ) , while is vacationing in upstate New York . 
 While is attempting to serve , tips her off , thus revealing that has been failing lately because is sabotaging his efforts . Eventually does serve her , but is mugged soon thereafter . and are forced to take the same bus ; while they are riding together , informs her that , under Texas law , she stands to gain nothing from the divorce . When she learns that " half of everything " would apply if the papers had been served under New York law , offers a million dollars to serve her husband and rip up her papers . Despite knowing that he might lose his job , agrees and the two set off together to serve . 
 When hears of their plan , he informs and sends off to re - serve . hires a bodyguard ( ) to protect himself , and , expecting to tail him , leaves a set of bogus clues that lead to Miami , Florida , Bangor , Maine , and then Amarillo , Texas , where is shot in the back as he attempts to get on the grounds of the wrong ranch to try to serve the papers . and trail to his ranch , but evades them . At the ranch , takes some money and 's passport so that he can not leave the country . and stay overnight at a hotel , and tells of his dream of owning a vineyard . While is bathing , goes to the bar , and 's mistress appears to suggest a new deal to ; for one million dollars from the divorce settlement , she will reveal 's location . agrees , but the entire deal is a setup to get into the hotel room to serve , which he does . Furious , kicks out . 
 While contemplates his lost fortune and budding affection for , he notices 's watch in the picture took of him serving , and calls to inform him that forgot to set his watch to Central Time Zone , so that the papers do not take effect until 7:04 pm Central Time . With mere minutes until they both lose a fortune , and trail to a monster truck rally . They evade both 's bodyguard and , and with seconds to spare , knocks out by dropping a six - pack of beer on his head . serves him under New York law and takes the papers . and the bodyguard are carried out of the stadium on stretchers and then attempt to fight one another . The final scene shows and at 's vineyard , where they taste - test a bottle of 's first vintage before going inside to have sex .

The film centers on two LAPD cops , Det . ( ) and Officer ( ) , who are paired for a reality police show and run into real trouble with a crime lord . breaks a news camera after a failed confrontation with a drug lord , who escapes by using a custom - built gun . Maxxis Television , the network that employed the cameraman , decides to sue the police department for $ 10 million , but will drop the lawsuit if agrees to star in a reality cop television show , which later calls Showtime ! . 
 enters the picture shortly after , as an LAPD officer who actually wants to be an actor while also trying to become a detective . He pays a friend to snatch the purse of the show 's producer , ( ) , and then retrieves it after a staged fight scene . Even though the deception is embarrassingly revealed , is impressed and signs on anyway . It is quickly revealed that the show 's producers have little interest in filming an actual police officer 's existence ; they build a mini - movie set in the middle of the station , and replace 's nondescript personal car with a Humvee . They also hire ( who once played ) to give both men tips on how to act . is eager to learn , is merely annoyed . 
 Despite all this , tries to investigate the mysterious supergun , which is subsequently used by arms dealer to kill the drug dealer and his girlfriend . Through a clever ruse by , they are able to get the arms dealer 's name from the dead dealer 's henchman . However , is less than cooperative , which causes a brawl at his nightclub . and are able to defeat him and his henchmen , and subsequently have a relatively friendly conversation on their way home . 's good humor evaporates when he finds that , in his absence , the Showtime producers have drastically remodeled his house and given him a retired K-9 dog as a pet . 
 and his crew assault an armored car and kill the crew , then devastate the police who respond . and arrive and are pulled into the shootout . When the attackers flee in a garbage truck , gives chase in a police car . In the ensuing mayhem , the car is rammed by the garbage truck , which winds up crashing into a construction site . , ironically , survives by jumping from the police car to 's sports car ( he had previously denounced " hood - jumping " as a useless skill ) . In the wake of the disaster , the police chief pulls the plug on the show , suspends from duty and demotes back to patrol . 
 With the show ended , 's car is returned and his apartment restored ( but he refuses to return the dog , of which he has grown fond ) . While watching the final episode , sees one of his police colleagues at 's nightclub . He and investigate , finding that is selling the weapons at a gun show at the Bonaventure Hotel . flees with one of the weapons , taking hostage in the process . The duo is able to rescue her , via a pocket pistol concealed in a Maxxis camera , but the ceiling of the room is shot . It is located just below the pool , so it floods , and is washed out the window to his death , manages to save himself and by handcuffing them together . They wind up suspended from a broken beam outside the hotel . 
 The movie ends with promoted to detective , he and still working together with a new case , and there are hints of a romance between and . Showtime is revived and in its second season , this time with two young and attractive female officers , who are just as antagonistic as and were .

( ) , a former reverend , lives with his asthmatic son ( ) , his daughter ( ) who leaves glasses of water around the house for various reasons , and his younger brother ( ) , a failed minor league baseball player , on an isolated farm in Doylestown , Pennsylvania . has lost his faith and gave up his priesthood after his wife , , died in a traffic accident caused by a town local , ( ) . 
 One morning , discovers a crop circle in his field . While investigating the crop circle with the local law enforcement , learns of animals becoming violent across town . is forced to kill one of the family dogs when it turns violent against . They hear reports of crop circles appearing around the globe , and there are reports of lights from invisible objects over Mexico . Later , and find the farm is being watched by a tall dark figure which disappears into the fields when they give chase . The next day , they hear strange noises over a baby monitor , but can not find their source . approaches the crop circle but on seeing a green leg sticking out of the cornrows , flees back to the house . 
 After opening up to about the death of his wife , noting that her last words were " tell to swing away " , goes to visit , the first time since the incident . When is gone , and the children watch a news report about footage taken of an alien creature in Brazil , showing that the aliens can blend into their surroundings . joins the children in wearing tin foil hats , believing that the aliens can read their minds . At Ray 's , finds is bleeding from an injury but otherwise apologetic for the accident . After accepts his apology , departs for a nearby lake , saying " they " do not like water . finds has trapped one of the aliens in his pantry , and tries to see what the alien looks like using a kitchen knife under the door ; the alien grabs at him , and reacts by cutting off its fingers before fleeing . On his return , and hearing news that more lights have been seen in the skies across the globe , the family decides to stay at their house instead of leaving for the lake , barricading the doors and windows . 
 After an emotionally charged dinner , they hear the same noises on the baby monitor before their television signal drops out , and place the final barricades and defenses before they gather together . As the aliens attempt to gain entry into the house , the family discovers they have left the attic door unguarded and quickly retreat to the basement . The aliens assault the basement door and in the subsequent chaos the light goes out as and prevent their entry . However , suffers an asthma attack when the aliens attempt to enter by way of an old coal chute . By morning , reports on the radio reveal that the aliens have left Earth as suddenly as they arrived . leaves the basement to locate 's asthma inhaler , the others following him . But they discover an alien , the one trapped in 's home , is still there , and takes hostage . 's last words come back to , and he instructs to " swing away " with a baseball bat from his minor league days . attacks the alien but not before it attempts to poison by spraying him with a toxin from its body . recovers his son when the alien drops him and takes outside with his medication . continues to attack the alien , causing it to fall onto the ground , knocking over one of the glasses of water had left and splashing it with water . The water reacts like acid on its skin , making it scream in agony . , seeing their weakness to water begins knocking it into furniture , intentionally where left water , and it is doused with water full on its face , and dies . Outside , administers 's medicine and waits for his son to wake up , hoping that due to his lungs being closed from his previous asthma attack he was spared . Then , wakes up and the family rejoices . 
 Some time later , the family has recovered from the incident and they appear to be doing much better than before . In the final scene , is shown returning to his priestly duties , apparently having regained his faith .

, , and are best friends who have spent almost four years at Holden University scamming their way through college . During one exam scam in their final semester discovers , and asks her out while writing his phone number on her exam sheet . ( who calls himself " " ) , a classmate obsessed with to the extent of collecting loose hairs and making a hair doll and having surveillance photos and a shrine to setup in his dorm room , takes her exam question sheet after leaves and uses it to repeatedly confront and then blackmail the guys into setting up a successful date with for him in exchange for his silence on the matter . The guys set up in multiple situations in an attempt to convince to like him , while tells during their work researching her that is no more important to him as any other scam they 've done . fails to attract her after frequent confrontations based on his delusional behavior , immaturity and ignorance of social norms . Though Ethan seems a lonely harmless nerd , he is scheming , psychotically obsessive and hopelessly socially incompetent . 
 While trying to convince to go out with , and grow a mutual attraction to each other . After telling that he has failed to convince to go out with him , reveals to that he has been obsessing over for quite some time . He reminds that he still intends to get and his friends expelled if they fail him . and go on an impromptu date after a study session . finds out and follows and records them . and share a romantic swim and lovemaking session . which causes to storm around the campus in an obscene and childish tantrum ( Thus showing that while is lonely , he is in no way ready for a relationship ) . In revenge , he shows the tape of and making love to and to establish that intends to keep for himself . and , unhappy with 's dishonesty , hand over their research on . uses that file to prove to that and his friends were actively stalking her . This causes to punch in the face . But as far as is concerned he has won and is his . 
 After a falling out with everyone , returns to the dorm and admits to and that he honestly cares for . After making amends , the guys sabotage 's job interview with a law firm and , during the final exam , while is telling the truth to in front of the whole class about his entire dishonest college career of cheating , plants an answer key in 's backpack while tipping off the teaching assistant proctoring the exam . In the end the guys get expelled , but and get back together and ends up in a relationship with 's roommate , while falsifies their diplomas from Holden University after and graduate . , now miserable that he lost forever and having also been expelled from college after it was revealed he was stalking her , continues to work at the restaurant . The movie ends with him singing his love of and his hatred for .

Dr. is a dentist in Miami , Florida . Every city bus carries an advertisement for his dental practice with his picture . One day , receives a letter from Alaska , naming him as the only heir of one , a resident of the backwoods village of Tolketna . ' mother reveals that he is adopted ; was his biological mother . 
 travels to Tolketna to claim his inheritance from : seven Siberian Huskies and a Border Collie named Nana . In Tolketna , he discovers his roots . Totally out of his element , experiences challenges he has never dreamed of : blizzards , thin ice , foxes , skunks , bears , an intimidating , crusty old mountain man named , and the aggressive , defiant lead dog , Demon . All of this happens with the buzzing excitement of the Arctic Challenge Sled Dog Race , which is only two weeks away . 
 tries to find out why he was given up for adoption , and who was his biological father . He meets bar owner , a close friend of . helps to deal with the dogs and teaches him how to drive a sled , and falls in love with him . has several encounters with , who tries to buy the dogs , especially Demon . tells that is his biological father . confronts , who offers to tell the truth about of 's birth in exchange for the dogs ; agrees . takes to a cave out in the woods . During an Arctic Challenge , he and were stranded in that cave , and it was there that was conceived . The next morning , when woke up , was gone . He looked for her but never found her . returns to Miami . 
 adds as lead dog of his team for the Arctic Challenge . has finished last in the last three Challenges , " winning " the " Arctic Flame " award as last " musher " to cross the finish line . The other mushers all camp at a checkpoint to wait out a bad storm , but presses on . He is annoyed by the pretensions of defending champion , who is dining on crab legs in an elaborate tent . 
 In Miami , recounts his experiences to his mother , who accidentally breaks a frame holding a picture of and . This reveals a snapshot of and with a baby . is infuriated that lied to him , and rushes back to Alaska . There he learns that is lost on the trail , and the weather is too bad for searching . decides to go searching himself , taking 's dogs with as lead . As he heads back down the trail , he nearly collides with , who wins the Challenge again . A few hours later , arrives and meets . She learns that is out on the trail , searching for . The " Arctic Flame " is burning over the finish line , until the last musher arrives . 
 eventually locates in the old cave . admits he and had been together when was born , and that he loved her . But he and had agreed then that neither one of them could raise a baby . also discovers that is bad - tempered because he has a bad tooth . He pulls the tooth and becomes friendly ( despite keeping his name ) . During the journey back to Tolketna , the sled nearly goes over a cliff into a river , but the dogs pull themselves back up . finally brings across the finish line . Ted introduces to , and and decide to share the " Arctic Flame " trophy . 
 Some time later , has moved his dental practice to Tolketna . He and become a couple and get married , while she has become his receptionist and is pregnant , and and Demon have four puppies named Avalanche , Little Aleutia , Chinook , and Back in Miami , 's cousin ( Sisqó ) , also a dentist , is the new celebrity dentist , with his face on every city bus .

The clinical psychologist Dr. is approached by emissaries for DBA , a corporation operating a space station orbiting the planet Solaris , who relay a message sent from his scientist friend Dr. . requests that come to the station to help understand an unusual phenomenon but is unwilling to explain more . DBA is unsure how to proceed , as the mission to study Solaris has been sidetracked and none of the astronauts want to return home . In addition , DBA has lost contact with the security patrol recently dispatched to the station . agrees to a solo mission to Solaris as a last attempt to bring the crew home safely . 
 Upon arriving at Solaris Station , learns that has committed suicide and most of the crew have either died or disappeared under bizarre circumstances . Both surviving crew members , and Dr. , are reluctant to explain the situation at hand . The situation is further complicated when sees a young boy running through the station . Once alone in his quarters , dreams about his dead wife , reliving when they first met and some of their most romantic and intimate moments . He awakens shocked and terrified to encounter , apparently alive again beside him in bed . leads this " Rheya " into an escape pod and jettisons the pod into space . Afterward , he confides his actions to and comes to understand that replicas of the crew 's loved ones have been mysteriously appearing ( the little boy he saw earlier is apparently a replica of 's son ) . manifests a second time , but this time lets her stay . Gradually , this version of comes to realize that she does not feel human ; her memories feel artificial , in that she lacks the emotional attachment that comes with actually having lived them . 
 Through numerous flashbacks , and 's meeting and courtship are explored , with hints as to her disturbed upbringing and emotional difficulties . It is also gradually revealed through these flashbacks that once terminated a pregnancy but did not tell about it . When he discovered her choice , was so distraught that he walked out on her . then committed suicide and was later found by when he returned for her . 
 , , and meet to discuss the situation . In frustration at 's apparent attachment to the virtual Rheya , blurts out what did to the previous Rheya replica . An appalled Rheya abandons the meeting . confronts , who in turn chastises him for getting emotionally involved with something that is not really human and may eventually pose a threat to human beings on the station as well as on Earth . Later , apparently during a dream , has a vision of , and asks him what wants . balks at the idea of knowing an alien entity 's motivations , or even that it might have motivations , and tells simply that " there are no answers , only choices " . wakes to find dead , having committed suicide by drinking liquid oxygen . But she quickly self - resurrects , and it is revealed that other manifestations who have " died " have done the same . 
 develops an apparatus which can permanently destroy a replica but objects to using it on . Driven by his own grief and guilt over the " real " 's death on Earth , he begins ingesting a chemical stimulant to stay awake in order to monitor , trying to avoid repeating the past and essentially abandoning her to suicide . eventually falls asleep and successfully petitions to destroy her with the apparatus as she has done for her own replica(s ) . Traumatized , confronts Dr. who maintains she merely facilitated in assisted suicide and only strives for the preservation of the humans on the station . 
 and then discover a dead body stashed away in a ceiling vent in the station 's cold room – . The Snow they have been interacting with is a replica . Confronted by and , the replica explains that upon being dreamed into existence , he was attacked by the real and thus killed him in self - defense . He goes on to tell them that repeat usage of the apparatus has drained the ship 's fuel cell reactor , making a return trip to Earth impossible . Furthermore , Solaris has begun to exponentially increase its mass , thereby gravitationally pulling the space station inexorably toward the planet . and begin prepping a smaller space vehicle called Athena to escape . 
 Back on Earth , struggles to return to normal life , haunted by the idea that he " remembered her wrong " – that is , as being invariably suicidal . When he accidentally cuts his finger in his kitchen , the wound immediately heals , and it is then that realizes that he never returned to Earth . In a flashback , gives up the idea of boarding the lifeboat , and Doctor leaves him behind . As the plummeting space station rattles itself to pieces around him , the replica of 's young son appears and offers his hand in assistance . In the kitchen , appears to yet again . This time , however , she is tranquil , and assures that they no longer have to think in terms like " life " and " death , " and that all they have ever done is forgiven .

The story starts out with the regular lives of three friends — ( ) , ( ) , and ( are head of the Social Committee in a frat house called KOK ( Kappa Omicron Kappa ) . , the socially - awkward KOK President , is hazing a group of new pledges , when and interrupt his ceremony , because they need the space for further partying . The KOK are known for throwing heavy parties and socially discriminating against the members of the sorority DOG ( Delta Omicron Gamma ) , who regularly protest the actions of the KOK . The KOK in retaliation to the protests , launch plastic sex - toys at their sorority house . The next morning , the three are accused by the KOK President , of squandering the other fraternity brothers ' tuition money . They are then run out of the house for ruining the KOK members futures . 
 suggests that the secret video camera in 's room in the frat house , which uses to record having sex with the Tri Pi 's , may show who stole the money . In order to infiltrate the house , the three follow 's plan of dressing up as women ( however unattractive ) to get inside . They are , however , unsuccessful as 's younger brother , has moved into their room , and develops a crush on ( aka ) . Then they are thrown out of the house when they are mistaken for members of DOG , which the KOK call " DOG - Catcher " . 
 , as , tries to seduce his brother to get the tape , by giving him a date - rape drug - laced drink while does the same . ( a.k.a . ) was supposed to back up , but is falling for the DOG president . and meet on the first night when gets up in the middle of the night to take a shower thinking he will be alone and can shower as a man . However , without her glasses , decides to shower as well and an awkward situation causes ( ) to make a hasty escape back to his room . His relationship with gets in the way of 's attempts to get the tape back . The DOG sisters end up on the KOK - Tail Cruise after they win the powder puff football game against the Tri Pis , which includes a ticket on the ship . The Tri Pi 's get on the boat before the DOG girls can , saying " No DOGS Allowed ! ! " . then " acquires " a speedboat and delivers the girls to the boat , who then " help " the Tri Pi 's off the boat . 
 dances with " " , when she confesses that though it will be hard to have a lesbian relationship with , she is willing to commit if is , replies with " That 's the zinger " . then tells she is moving back to Minnesota . The two come to mutual understanding . While on the ship needs to get out of his dress so he can meet with and get a job in his company . He successfully gets to accept his , and 's employment . While getting re - dressed as " " with trying to help , walks in and mistakenly thinks that ( ) and ( ) are in a relationship , and the " Minnesota " excuse is fake . She storms out with following her . 
 finds ( ) and asks her to dance . Afterward grabs on the butt cheek and she slaps him across the face . He then organizes another " DOG - Catcher " session to throw overboard , for not being receptive to his advances . , as , reveals who he is to stop them throwing her overboard , while catches trying to find the tape , and ( ) shows he 's male too . Both the KOK and the DOG are shocked at the situation . The KOK " High Council " is convened to determine their fate , when accuses of stealing the money , and produces the tape to prove it . The tapes shows stealing the money while saying to himself " Who ate all the Bologna ? " . He is then thrown overboard . 
 Later , back at the KOK house , is named president . Afterward , he asks his brother what happened the night they were " together " , and tries to get reassurance that " nothing " happened , which replies " Right " . meets with and starts their relationship over , truthfully this time . 
 Sometime later , a life raft with all the Tri Pi 's is still floating in the ocean somewhere , with every one of them severely sun burned.[1 ]

High - school senior lives with his Aunt and Uncle , and is a school outcast . On a school field trip , he visits a genetics laboratory with his friend and love interest . There , is bitten by a genetically engineered " super spider . " Shortly after arriving home , he becomes unconscious . Meanwhile , 's father , scientist , owner of Oscorp , is trying to secure an important military contract . He experiments on himself with an unstable performance - enhancing chemical . After absorbing the chemical , he goes insane and kills his assistant . 
 The next morning , finds that he is no longer near - sighted , and his body has metamorphosized into a more muscular physique . At school , he finds that his hands can produce webs , and his quickened reflexes let him avoid injury during a confrontation with . discovers he has developed superhuman speed , strength , the ability to stick to surfaces , and a heightened ability to sense danger . 
 Brushing off 's advice that " with great power comes great responsibility " , thinks of impressing with a car . He enters an underground fighting tournament and wins his first match , but the promoter cheats him out of his money . When a thief suddenly raids the promoter 's office , allows him to escape . Moments later , he discovers that was carjacked , and killed . pursues and confronts the carjacker , only to realize it was the thief he let escape . After disarms him , the carjacker flees but dies in the process . Meanwhile , a crazed interrupts a military experiment by Oscorp 's corporate rival and kills several scientists and the military 's General . 
 Upon graduating , begins using his abilities to fight injustice , donning a costume and the persona of . , a newspaper company headmaster hires as a freelance photographer since he is the only person providing clear images of Spider - Man . 
 , upon learning Oscorp 's board members plan to force him out and sell the company , assassinates them at the World Unity Fair . quickly dubs the mysterious killer the Green Goblin . offers a place at his side , but refuses . They fight , and is wounded . At Thanksgiving dinner , invites , , and . During the dinner , sees the wound and realizes 's identity . Shortly after he leaves , attacks , and hospitalizes . 
 admits she is infatuated with Spider - Man , who has rescued her on numerous occasions , and asks whether ever asked about her . , who is dating , arrives and presumes she has feelings for after seeing them hold hands . Devastated , tells his father that loves , unintentionally revealing Spider - Man 's biggest weakness . 
 holds and a Roosevelt Island Tram car full of children hostage alongside the Queensboro Bridge . He forces to choose whom he wants to save and drops Mary Jane and the children . saves both and the tram car , while is pelted by civilians who side with . then grabs and throws him into an abandoned building where is brutally beaten by him . When boasts about how he will later kill , an enraged overpowers . 
 reveals himself to , who stops attacking . He begs for forgiveness , but at the same time controls his glider to impale his foe . Sensing the attack , Peter dodges , and the glider impales . As he dies , begs not to tell of 's identity . takes 's body back to his house . arrives to find a costumed standing over his father 's body . He seizes a gun , intent on shooting , but escapes and hides 's equipment . 
 At 's funeral , swears vengeance toward , whom he deems responsible for his father 's death , and asserts that is all the family he has left . confesses to that she is in love with him . , however , feels that he must protect her from the unwanted attention of his enemies . He hides his true feelings and tells that they can only be friends . As leaves the funeral , he recalls 's words and accepts his new responsibility as .

Tobey Maguire, Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, Rosemary Harris, J. K. Simmons

In the 19th - century American West , a young Kiger Mustang colt , Spirit , is born to a herd of horses . soon grows into a stallion and assumes the role of leader of the herd , whose duty is to keep the herd safe . is a courageous leader but has great curiosity . Spotting a strange light one night not far from his herd , the stallion is intrigued and investigates . He finds restrained , docile horses and their human wranglers sleeping around a campfire . They wake up , and seeing him as a magnificent specimen , chase and capture him , taking him to a US cavalry post . 
 At this time , the US army is fighting the Indian Wars and taking over the soon - to - be western United States . Frightened and confused he finds himself and other horses slaves . Then , he encounters " The Colonel " , who decides to have the mustang tamed , refusing to believe the idea of being too stubborn , but manages to fight off all attempts to tame him . To weaken , The Colonel orders him tied to a post for three days with no food or water . Meanwhile , a Lakota Native American named is also brought into the fort and held captive . is later supposedly broken in by the Colonel , who speaks his idea of how any wild horse can be tamed . However , gets a second wind and finally throws him off . The Colonel gets frustrated and tries to shoot him , but ( who frees himself from his bounds with a knife ) saves from being shot . The two of them , along with other horses , escape the post . Little Creek 's mare , Rain , meets them along with other natives who capture . 
 After returning to the Lakota village , Little Creek tries to tame with kindness , but refuses to be ridden . Little Creek ties and together and , when he tries to leave , she insists on staying , then shows him her world . begins to warm up to Little Creek and falls in love with the mare . At the end of their time together , Little Creek tries again to ride him , but is still unwilling . He then decides that will never be tamed and frees him . As asks to come with him to his herd , a cavalry regiment led by the Colonel attacks the village . During the vicious battle , the Colonel tries to shoot Little Creek , but runs into the Colonel and his horse , deflecting the shot and saving Little Creek 's life . However , is shot by the Colonel , knocking her into the river . dives into the river to try to rescue but is unsuccessful and they both plummet over a waterfall . finds dying from her injuries and stays by her side until the army captures him . Watching being pulled away , Little Creek arrives , vowing to free him to satisfy his life - debt and follows the men after tending to . 
 is loaded onto a train and taken to a work site on the Transcontinental Railroad , where he is put to work pulling a steam locomotive . Realizing that the track will infringe on his homeland , breaks free from the sledge and breaks the chains holding the other horses . They escape , and the locomotive falls off its sledge and rolls down the hill back to the work site , causing an explosion . Little Creek appears in time and saves from the ensuing wildfire . 
 The next morning , the Colonel and his men find Spirit and Little Creek , and a chase ensues through the Grand Canyon . Eventually , they are trapped by a gorge . Little Creek gives up , but manages to successfully leap across the canyon . 's move amazes the Colonel ; he humbly accepts defeat , stops his men from shooting the two , and allows and Little Creek to leave . returns to the rebuilt Lakota village with Little Creek and finds nursed back to health . Little Creek decides to name the " Spirit - Who - Could - Not - Be - Broken " and sets him and free . The two horses return to 's homeland , eventually reuniting with Spirit 's herd .

( ) is a customer of ( ) , a methamphetamine dealer . and his girlfriend ( ) are constantly arguing , and strikes up a friendship with ( ) , a fellow addict . takes to meet her boyfriend , " The Cook " ( ) , who supplies with drugs from a meth lab he has set up in a motel room . The Cook gives a small amount of meth to in exchange for bringing home , and says that he will get in touch with if he needs a driver . 
 Back at his apartment , gets messages from his mother and his former girlfriend , , wishing him a happy birthday . , assuming that still loves him , sporadically calls her and leaves messages on her answering machine . He then goes to the local strip club while high , leading to an intense pornographic hallucination . He takes ( ) , one of the dancers he has a relationship with , home and has sex with her in a variety of positions , the last of which leaves her tied to the bed naked . As they finish , the calls with an emergency regarding 's dog , Taco , which needs to be taken to the veterinarian . tells him to untie her but , still high , duct - tapes 's eyes and mouth shut to keep her quiet and leaves her handcuffed to the bed , playing music to cover her gagged screams . Elsewhere , two policemen ( and ) working with a TV crew raid the trailer where ( ) , another one of customers , lives , falsely believing that a meth lab is located there . They take and his overweight mother into custody , where they threaten him into cooperation in a drug bust . 
 After driving the around town to buy ephedrine pills , beer , and pornography , returns to his apartment to apologize to . In the 's motel room , he and have a fight after a prostitute arrives in response to the 's inviting her around . ends their relationship , and calls and asks him to take her to a bus station so she can go back to Las Vegas , which does , leaving April still tied to the bed . While and are out , is coerced by the cops to wear a wire and buy some meth from so that they can arrest him . When he enters , attempts to seduce him , as revenge for using a phone sex line . After finds a wire and the cops bust in , , furious at 's betrayal , shoots him in the testicles ; and are both arrested . After and go back to his apartment and find gone ( rescued by his lesbian neighbor ( ) ) , finally drops off at the bus station , where they share a kiss , and hope to reunite if he ever goes to Vegas . 
 Meanwhile , the 's meth lab catches fire and destroys the motel room , forcing him to return to the adult film store , where he is arrested after the owner calls the police . Once the makes bail , he calls asking for a ride to another dealer 's house in the city , which agrees to do so that he can see , who also lives in the city . The dealer provides the with cash , some meth , and the equipment to start a new lab . The promises six months ' worth of meth in exchange for being his chauffeur ; he agrees on the condition that he can see first . , who has gotten her life together , wants no part of him after seeing that he still uses drugs and can only give her $ 100 of the $ 450 he owes her . As the drives a depressed and sleeping back , he talks about how , as a child , he witnessed his mother drowning several puppies in a bathtub , telling the " I 'm just killing what I ca n't take care of – I wish I could do that to you " . As naps in his car , the starts up a new lab in an old trailer , but blows it and himself up in the process . The movie ends displaying a montage of each character sleeping off the lifestyle , borne into a new life emergent from the wreckage of their old life .

The OSS now has a full child spy section , of which 13 - year - old and 10 - year - old have become agents . Even though they were the first of the new Spy Kids Division , they were not considered the top spy kids[5 ] , and soon they face particularly difficult competition with and , the children of double - dealing agent , whom and helped to rescue in the previous film . It is shown that defends , and has a crush on him , which strains her relationship with . 
 After an incident at a local amusement park owned by where the President 's daughter deliberately sabotages a thrill ride which juggles its passenger , forcing the and the kids to compete in the rescue . , who has somehow hacked into the teleprompter which the President was reading from , is named the director of the OSS . is fired after being framed by ( who was actually to blame ) for losing the " Transmooker , " a highly coveted device which can shut off all electronic devices . In his new position as director , can carry on with his plan to steal the Transmooker , so he can rule the world . 
 manages to hack into the database , and reinstates 's level as an agent . She and use some hints from , and follow the trail to a mysterious island near Madagascar , which is home to , a lunatic scientist . has been attempting to create genetically - miniaturized animals , so he can make a profit by selling the animals to kids in " miniature zoos . " He had an experiment go wrong after accidentally pouring growth concoction onto the mutated set of animals , as a result , he is unwilling to leave his lab , out of fear of being eaten . When is captured by a Spork , a breed of flying pigs , she meets , who reveals to her that is actually evil . changes her feelings for after he tries to kill , and she sides with her brother . Meanwhile , finds out that his creatures are much friendlier than he thought . After fighting pirate skeletons ( that came alive after stole a necklace from them ) , and , along with the help of their family ( who came to the island when they heard their kids were missing ) , , and his creatures , destroy the Transmooker , and defeat and . Afterwards , and fight each other , as put it , " the old - fashioned way . " 
 is fired by the President and his daughter ; is temporarily disavowed , and is appointed director of the OSS by on her father 's behalf , while resigns due to the impersonal treatment he had received by agents of the OSS , after being framed . As the family leaves the island , gives a miniature spider - monkey as a gift , and all the island 's inhabitants bid farewell to the family . 
 During the credits , has sing as an undercover pop star in a concert . says she can not sing so gives her a microphone which auto - tunes her voice , and a belt that helps her dance . He also gives a guitar that plays itself . After the performance , asks , " What , are you surprised your gadgets work ? " then tells , " I just realized , I never put any batteries in this . " is shocked to find out she can , in fact , sing without auto - tune . As the credits come to a close , paddles to 's island to strike up a business deal .

( ) is engaged to ( ) , and intends to use his life savings of $ 30,000 to put a down payment on a house . He works for 's father , Mr. ( ) , who dislikes . Simultaneously , 's niece ( ) , daughter of sister ( ) , is accepted to Harvard University , but needs an additional $ 30,000 on top of her grants and scholarships . shows an old videotape where he promised to pay for 's college . now has a moral and financial dilemma – disappoint his fiancée or disappoint his niece and ruin her chance at escaping poverty . 
 confides in his friend ( ) , a landscaper . He convinces to steal from one of his rich clients , who keeps large amounts of cash in an unlocked safe . The pair set off to steal the cash , but runs away when lights come on in the home , leaving to get caught by ( ) . forces to cross - dress and role - play the part of 's late wife as the two men lie in bed and " spoon " . Eventually , after taking an incriminating photograph of , releases him . As he is leaving , Mr. rides by and takes note of 's panicked behavior , believing that he has caught in an affair . 
 Further capers ensue as and try to rob a liquor store and later attempt to con a drug lord out of $ 30,000 by concocting a phony story about running an ecstasy ring . A police detective ( ) is on to and , but never has enough evidence to actually pin any of the crimes on them . Meanwhile , Mr. breaks into 's residence in order to get evidence against , and once catches him , he is forced to " spoon " as well . Before leaving , finds the photo of from the album , which he then gives to . 
 is forced to confess everything to , who is not upset and admires the lengths he was willing to go to in order to please her and send his niece to Harvard . then confides in that her father keeps a great deal of money at his business , and that it would be easy for them to steal it . , , and set out to rob the business in the night . Unfortunately , Mr. had hid his dog inside the vault . latches on to and does not let go . Just as and find the money , Mr. tries to attack them but he is caught by the detective who mistakes him for a burglar . and escape to 's van . The police arrive and the gang unsuccessfully tries to get away . They are all taken into custody by the detective and facing a series of charges . feels doomed , until the judge in charge of his arraignment turns out to be the gun - toting . 
 Upon their mutual recognition , flashes a written message to , threatening to expose the judge 's fetish ; upon reading the note , quickly dismisses all charges against . Finally , comes through as best he can and gives his life savings , $ 1,000 , which bets on a long - shot horse which wins and which paid 30 to 1 . and are married , goes off to college , and , in the final scene , is left to ponder how could possibly accumulate $ 1,000 – the last scene shows offering to " spoon " with for $ 1,000 .

Jason Lee, Tom Green, Leslie Mann, Megan Mullally, Tammy Blanchard

Three years after the first film , questions his abilities following a disastrous soccer match alongside his brother , who accidentally kicked him with a soccer ball ( even though said kick scored the winning goal for their team ) . He grows more discouraged after accidentally crashing 's model airplane . 's father , , tries to encourage him , telling him that " every cloud has a silver lining " . 
 Later , an apparently injured canary named falls into 's roadster on his way home from school . is secretly assisting a peregrine falcon named to steal valuables from households upon earning the homeowners ' trust . Orphaned as a fledging , assists in exchange for a home . However , when offers to let her live with the , grows reluctant to steal from them . Unable to concentrate on her assignment for , becomes close friends with . eventually loses patience and threatens to eat unless steals 's wedding ring . Concerned for 's safety , she reluctantly complies . 
 When the discover that the ring is missing , they think it has fallen down their kitchen sink drain . offers to be lowered down the drain on a string to get it , but the string breaks while he is down the drain . A guilt - stricken saves him , then leaves the ' house the following night to protect . Upon realizing 's disappearance , assumes she has been kidnapped by and decides to rescue her with the ' cat Snowbell . Running away from home , asks to lie about his whereabouts to his parents while he is gone . 
 With the help of 's alley cat friend , and discover that lives at the top of the Pishkin Building . There , reveals to that works for him , stole his mother 's ring , and faked being injured . When tries to reassure that she really is his friend , begs her to come home with him . Unwilling to lose his asset in , then attempts to kill by dropping him from the top of the building . However , lands in a passing garbage truck ( but is knocked unconscious upon impact ) . traps in a paint can as punishment for befriending , but manages to reach the top of the building while is absent and releases her . 
 Regaining consciousness on a garbage barge and seemingly out of options , sadly considers giving up until he finds 's broken yet still - functioning model airplane on the barge , repairs it with various pieces of junk , and uses it to return to . Meanwhile , the discover that has been lying about 's whereabouts and demand to know where he is . tries not to break his promise , but when tells him that 's safety matters more , tells them that he is at the Pishkin Building but is still in big trouble for lying . As is about to kill , declares her independence from him and attempts to flee with 's ring . Just as catches up , catches in his plane . 
 The follow them by taxi as they fly through Central Park , with in hot pursuit . Knowing they can not outrun , decides to attack him directly . Using the glare of the Sun reflected in 's ring to temporarily blind , jumps out of the plane just before it crashes into . catches , and they reunite with the to return home . , crippled and no longer able to fly , falls out of the sky and lands in a trash can where is searching for food . Sometime later , says goodbye to the and leaves to migrate south for the winter . After this , , and 's new sister , says her first words , " Bye - bye " , much to the delight of the family , who celebrate before heading into the comfort of their home .

Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Jonathan Lipnicki, Michael J. Fox, Melanie Griffith, Nathan Lane, James Woods, Steve Zahn

As the primarily white town of Delrona Beach , Florida , is preparing for its annual festival , one of the parade floats is set afire . A young black boy named is found guilty of the deed , and he is sentenced to community service with a local community theater . An orphan , is in the care of an elderly relative , , who lives in the neighboring , primarily black community of Lincoln Beach . 
 is being visited by her actress daughter , , a former beauty queen who left town while she was still in high school . At the time , she caused a scandal because she was pregnant by her boyfriend and her parents sent her to live with an aunt in Georgia until the baby came . She has returned to make amends to her mother and also to introduce her new husband , . While in town , she becomes reacquainted with her old high - school paramour , , who was a star football player and is now a promoter for a property development scheme . 
 Back in Delrona Beach , runs a motel and cafe owned by her elderly father and drama - instructor mother . feels shackled by the arrangement and is tempted to sell the hotel to developers , but she assumes her father will never agree . wanted to be a marine biologist and was once an underwater performer , but when her twin older brothers died in an accident , she reluctantly became her father 's heir . must also deal with her former husband , , a slacker who is always looking to make some quick money . additionally has a boyfriend , , who is struggling to become a golf pro and travel the tour circuit . then becomes romantically involved with , a landscape architect affiliated with the property developers . 
 Offering commentary on the story are a group of golfers , who act as an updated iteration of the Greek chorus .

On a stormy Alabama beach , shows the glass sculptures that result when sand is struck by lighting . They discuss their future together , with asserting they will be married one day . 
 In the present day , has changed her last name to to hide her poor Southern roots . She is a successful up - and - coming fashion designer in New York City . After becoming engaged to , goes home alone to Alabama to tell her parents and to procure a divorce from her estranged husband . 's mother , the Mayor of New York , expresses doubt that is good enough for her son , whom she is grooming to eventually run for President of the United States . asks why he has returned the divorce papers unsigned for the last seven years ; he orders her out of his house , eventually calling the sheriff to intervene . When 's father brings her home from the station , she announces her engagement . 
 Hoping to spur to sign the papers , empties out his checking account , after learning that her name is still on it . says he will sign the papers in the morning , lamenting " nobody finds their soulmate when they 're ten years old " . Following to a local bar , gets drunk and embarrasses herself in front of her childhood friends , expressing disgust at their lifestyle , confessing that got her pregnant , hence why she married him , and outing a mutual friend , . When wakes up the next morning , the divorce papers are lying on her bed , finally signed by . 
 visits the plantation to apologize to , where she is cornered by a man who claims to be a journalist but is actually the mayor 's assistant , sent to gather information on 's background . Realizing her predicament , pretends to be her cousin , backing up her pretense that this is her childhood home . soon reconciles with her other friends , and learns that followed her to New York City to win her back — intimidated by the size of Manhattan , he returned home determined to make something of himself first . finds in a graveyard upset over their old dog , and they have a heart to heart about their wedding , the loss of their baby due to miscarriage , and leaving for a new life . now realizes why never signed the divorce papers . 
 arrives at the Carmichael Plantation to surprise . takes him to a Civil War reenactment , where is with her father . On the way , knowing who Andrew is , regales him with the story of " Felony " , a young girl who once tied dynamite to a cat 's tail and then was arrested after it ran into the bank . When sees at the battlefield , she tells him is her former husband . When her father introduces himself as , realizes that has lied to him about who she really is and leaves . soon appears at 's parents ' house , having gotten over the shock and admitting he still wants to marry her , here in Alabama . Once 's friends from New York arrive , they browse at a glazier whose wares they all have admired in New York , only to realize it is . 
 's lawyer interrupts the wedding ceremony , bringing the divorce papers that herself has missed signing . hesitates , realizing her love for . She wishes luck in finding a good woman . , distressed but showing no ill - feelings , wishes her well in return . His mother explodes , berating for risking his promising political career and verbally attacking . She then insults the town and 's mother , for which punches her in the jaw , to the cheers of the crowd . 
 , in her wedding gown in the rain , finds planting metal rods in the beach to draw lighting to create more sand sculptures . She tells him they are still married , and asks why he did n't tell her he came to New York . They repeat the conversation from when they were children about why they want to be married . As and kiss , sheriff " arrests " them and takes them to the bar owned by 's mother , where their friends and family are waiting . The pair finally get their long - awaited first dance as husband and wife , to the tune of " Sweet Home Alabama . " A mid - credits sequence shows that they have a daughter . continues to thrive as a designer and opens a " Deep South Glass " franchise in New York . A newspaper clipping announces the wedding of and a girl named .

is 40 : beautiful , rich , spoiled , foul - mouthed , and arrogant beyond measure . Nothing makes this woman happy , including her wealthy but passive husband , , a pharmaceutical kingpin . 
 When takes her on a private cruise from Greece to Italy with two other couples , is unimpressed by this impromptu no - frills vacation and takes out her anger on the ship 's first mate , . When a storm leaves the two shipwrecked on a deserted island , however , the tables suddenly turn , with gaining the upper hand , followed by the two falling in love .

is a star swimmer of his high school 's swim team . His coach informs him that Stanford University scouts will appear at next week 's swim meet . and his girlfriend discuss their future plans . wants to attend school in Rhode Island but explains she will go to school in California to stay close to . The next day , nearly runs his car into and gives her a ride home as an apology . Later , he realizes that left her notebook in his car . The notebook is filled with music notes , and spots his initials written inside a staff . When he returns the notebook , he meets 's cousin , . appears stressed and explains she has not eaten , so offers to take her to dinner . At dinner , tells about his girlfriend , but does not appear too bothered and explains that she has a boy waiting for her in New York City . 
 shares some of his past with ; he began doing drugs five years ago , which led to crime and six months in juvenile hall , which " saved him " because he ultimately realized his passion and talent for swimming . Although tries to end the date , convinces him to go to the pool . Her aggressive flirtation lures in , and despite his initial hesitancy , the two have sex . Both agree to remain friends and not to discuss their encounter . 
 The next night , goes to a party at 's house . introduces to her new friend , who turns out to be . The two pretend to have not met one another . Shortly after , obsesses over — she stops by his house to meet his mom and bombards with e - mails and instant messages . realizes her unhealthy behavior and demands she leave him alone . 's lying eats at him , but , before he confesses , tells first . dates 's rival teammate , . Right before their biggest swim competition , is disqualified for having steroids in his urine . is outraged and suspects had set him up . confronts about the drug test , revealing his suspicion . Days later , accidentally calls by 's name while they are kissing in a car . realizes that 's obsession with is real and tells her off . 
 tries to tell everything , but she does n’t believe him . The next day , goes to the pool , where he finds dead . The police suspect that is to blame for 's murder . To prove his innocence , breaks into Madison 's room to find evidence . He discovers a bottle of steroids and a creepy shrine of his personal belongings she has been secretly stashing . warns of a similar case regarding a man named . When visits in the hospital , a nurse tells him that 's girlfriend survived the crash . 
 disguises herself as and steals his car . She follows home from school and runs off the road , and again is framed for the crime . That night at the hospital , and a few friends record as confesses her crime and intentions , resulting in 's arrest . She escapes custody by stealing an officer 's gun and shooting the two policemen escorting her . She enters 's house and forcibly takes to the school 's swimming pool . As watches , throws a handcuffed and chairbound into the pool . attacks them with the handle of a pool cleaner , and grabs one end , pulling her into the pool . As does not know how to swim , she drowns while frees from her handcuffs and carries her out of the pool . resuscitates via mouth - to - mouth . Later , at a swim meet , is a spectator . He goes outside to his car , where he and kiss and drive away .

In 1983 , a young boy named ( ) is frightened and has difficulty falling asleep after waking up from a nightmare . His mother ( ) comes in to comfort him and assures him the monster he thinks is in the closet is imaginary . As he tries to fall asleep again he sees a dark apparition in his closet staring at him and pulls the covers on top of himself and turns on a flashlight . As he peeks outside the covers he is captured and spirited away by the mysterious apparition . 
 In present day 2002 , the plot focuses on the story of a Psychology grad student named ( ) and the events that turned her life upside down . As a child she experienced horrifying night terrors that manifested after witnessing her father commit suicide , but has seemingly overcome the problem . She reunites with a childhood friend , a now grown - up ( ) . In the diner is constantly startled by the flickering lights as he is now deathly afraid of the dark . He tells her that he believes their night terrors are caused by something otherworldly as he was kidnapped by mysterious creatures as a child and went missing for two days . He warns her to stay out of the dark , before suddenly committing suicide . 
 stays over at her paramedic boyfriend ( ) apartment for comfort and to grieve . As is sleeping she is awakened by the ringing of 's phone and answers , but with no response . then hears the shower running and investigates but finds no one inside . A mysterious black fluid then erupts from the sink drain and frightens who then opens the bathroom mirror shelf to find an alternate dimension inside with mysterious creatures . Out of curiosity she sticks her hand in only to yank it out coated with the same black matter from the drain which starts to violently break her fingers , she closes the shelf only to encounter a reflection of one of the creatures in the mirror . hears her screams and comes to check on her only for to viciously assault him until she realizes it is him . Puzzled , brings up the possibility that she might have been sleepwalking since she does not appear to remember what happened . 
 At his funeral , consoles 's parents and ( ) and meets up with two of 's friends and roommates ; ( ) , and ( ) , who slowly begin to believe his claims as they also experienced night terrors as children and suspect they are returning . Offended by 's careless comment walks away and visits 's childhood room and discovers his drawer filled with Energizer and Duracell batteries . then shows up and apologizes for 's insensitivity and informs her that used to talk a lot about to her and , about his experiences with the return of his night terrors , and why he was obsessed with staying out of the dark - hence the drawer filled with batteries . 
 As is driving in the middle of nowhere her radio starts to malfunction and an unknown creature sprints across the windshield as the car mysteriously stops . As she is attempting to fix the problem she notices a mysterious creature in the nearby lake . Nervous , she manages to fix the car issue and as she is attempting to start the car she is startled by a vision of and stumbles onto the road only to nearly get hit by an oncoming truck . visits 's apartment for comfort only to discover him drunk with his friends ( ) and ( ) . Disgusted , leaves instantly . 
 At and 's apartment the remaining trio study 's diary to learn of his experiences . and then ask if she has experienced any return of the night terrors , which denies . then realizes that does n't seem to remember the sheer terror she felt as a child and explains the origin of her night terrors which started when she was 5 years old , after witnessing her sister drown in a lake where her family would spend their summers . In one instance , she woke up screaming and her parents comforted her and put her back to sleep . Her mother checked on her a few hours later and she was gone . After searching throughout the entire house her father found her in the dog house , and as he reached in to grab her she stabbed him in the eye with a kitchen knife as she was convinced he was n't her father and that he was some kind of demon . 
 is at first skeptical but slowly starts to believe in her friends stories after meeting a little girl named ( ) , one of Dr. 's ( ) patients who also suffers from night terrors which started after her mother 's untimely death . claims " They " are going to get her and eat her in her horrible nightmares and the only thing that keeps them away is lights . She then starts picking at a strange mark on her arm ; a similar mark that also appeared on 's hand , 's shoulder , and 's ankle . and are soon dragged away by the creatures 
 finally believes in the stories as her night terrors return and she begins to doubt her perception of the world around her . It turns out her mental illness is caused by creatures only she can see who are attempting to consume her . At a bathroom in a Chinese restaurant she discovers the mark left by " They " on her forehead and slowly pulls out a black needle from the mark and she starts to panic . She runs to 's apartment out of fear . , now completely convinced that is insane , drugs a drink with a sleeping pill and gives it to her . tells her that everything will be okay and she will soon fall asleep , and he attempts to call Dr. . Realizing he drugged her and knowing she ca n't risk falling asleep she escapes his apartment and runs to the subway station to vomit the sleeping pill on the tracks , only to get trapped in the station as the closing gates lock her in . 
 Trapped , she is forced to ride a train home , noticing she is the only passenger on the train , which makes her uneasy . The train 's lights start to flicker and the vehicle stops completely . She gets off and sees all the light bulbs burst in the train tunnel , then the train automatically starts and abandons her as the creatures assault her . is continuously attacked by the creatures in the darkness of the tunnel but manages to escape . She is finally discovered by a group of engineers who attempt to help her , only for to violently assault them with shards of glass , being convinced they are not human . 
 She is hospitalized at a mental institution by Dr. and where she is attacked once more and transported into the separate dimension she previously saw , only this time inside of a closet . Here she screams for help towards Dr. and an orderly , both of whom can not see her . The closet door is shut by Dr. and the creatures proceed to attack her .

On the planet Montressor , a young is enchanted by stories of the legendary pirate Captain and his ability to appear from nowhere , raid passing ships , and disappear in order to hide the loot on the mysterious " Treasure Planet " . Twelve years later , having been abandoned by his father when he was still young , has grown into an aloof and isolated troublemaker . He reluctantly helps his mother run the family 's Benbow Inn , and derives amusement from " Alponian solar cruising " , skysurfing atop a rocket - powered sailboard . 
 One day , a spaceship crashes near the inn . The dying pilot , , gives a sphere and tells him to " beware the cyborg " . After this , a gang of pirates raid and burn the inn . , his mother , and their dog - like friend Dr. flee . At 's study , finds that the sphere is a holographic projector containing a star map that leads to the location of Treasure Planet . 
 commissions a ship called the RLS Legacy , on a mission to find Treasure Planet . The ship is commanded by the feline Captain along with her stone - skinned and disciplined first mate , Mr. . The crew is a motley bunch , secretly led by the half - robot cook , whom suspects is the cyborg he was warned about . is sent down to work in the galley , where he is supervised by and his shape - shifting pet , Morph . Despite 's mistrust of , they soon form a tenuous father - son relationship . 
 During the voyage , the ship encounters a supernova . , while securing lifelines of all crew members , saves from falling just in time . The supernova then devolves into a black hole and Mr. is shortly sucked into it . The burst of shock waves and maximum engine power enable to pilot the ship to safety . mourns the loss of Arrow , and suspects of failing to secure the lifelines , while in fact Arrow 's line was cut by a ruthless insectoid crew member named Scroop . 
 As the ship reaches Treasure Planet , overhears the crew and soon discovers they are indeed pirates led by , and a mutiny erupts . , , and abandon the ship , but has left the map behind . Thinking has the map , targets to kill , but hesitates , allowing them to escape . The fugitives are shot down during their escape , injuring . 
 While exploring Treasure Planet 's forests , the fugitives meet B.E.N. , an abandoned robot , who has literally lost his primary memory and invites them to his place for shelter . The pirates corner the group there ; using a back - door , , and return to the ship in an attempt to recover the map . Scroop attacks them but gets drifted into space . They obtain the map , but upon returning they are caught by , who already captured and . 
 forces to use the map , directing them to a portal that opens on any location in the universe , which realizes is how conducted his raids . They open the portal to the center of Treasure Planet , discovering that the planet is really a space station built eons ago that commandeered to stow his treasure . As the pirates prepare to collect the loot , finds the skeletal remains of , holding the missing component to B.E.N. 's cognitive computer . He reinserts it , and B.E.N. immediately recalls that had rigged the planet to explode upon the treasure 's discovery . The planet soon begins to fall apart . Not wanting to go empty - handed , attempts to escape on a boat loaded with treasure , but eventually lets it go to save . The survivors escape to the ship , but it gets damaged and is unable to leave the planet in time . rigs a makeshift rocket - powered sailboard , and rides ahead of the ship towards the portal . At the last moment , sets the portal to Montressor Spaceport , and both he and the crew safely clear the destruction . 
 finds has snuck below decks to escape . He allows him to go , and asks him to keep , as well as providing him some part of the treasure to rebuild the Benbow Inn , believing will " rattle the stars " . offers a recommendation to Interstellar Academy before he returns to the spaceport to reunite with his mother . Sometime later , a party is hosted at the rebuilt inn ; and have married and had children of their own , and has become a military cadet . looks into the skies and sees an image of in the clouds .

( ) is a frumpy , nervous , intelligent liberal lawyer who specializes in historic preservation , environmental law and pro bono causes in New York City . ( ) is an arrogant , billionaire real estate developer and stylish womanizing playboy , who is also quite naive . 's hard work and devotion to others contrast sharply with 's world - weary recklessness and greed . 
 meets in an attempt to stop the destruction of the Coney Island community center from her childhood . Discovering that she graduated from prestigious Harvard law school , he attempts to hire her to replace his old Chief Counsel , overlooking their opposing views of real estate development . She is willing overlook it too — and his playboy tendencies — when he lures her in with the promise to protect the community center and an annual salary of $ 250,000 and other perks . 
 She soon finds that what he really requires is advice in all aspects of his life . She becomes his indispensable aide , and he calls her for every little thing at all hours . At a friend 's wedding , her cell phone loudly rings and disrupts the proceedings before she runs off answering his urgent page . When she discovers the " emergency " is he needs her advice on what to wear to an important event , she gets fed up and gives him her two weeks ' notice of resignation . Yet , her departure is not so easy . 
 When looks for work at other firms , everyone says no because has called in advance asking them not to hire her , so that he can keep her on . Eventually he gives in , and she offers to help him find a replacement , but the camera shows us that they are not entirely aware of how close and interdependent they have become : They act like an old married couple at a restaurant , able to simultaneously carry out a conversation while involuntarily exchanging food out of habit from knowing each other 's food preferences . 
 When the stylish and flirtatious ( ) shows up without an appointment seeking the position , speaks to her , but is concerned that lacks real estate experience . When sees June he is immediately attracted and is ready to hire her on the spot , with little regard for 's concerns . Rather than look the other way and let her soon to be former boss deal with the foolishness of his sexist hiring practices , instead becomes increasingly jealous and competitive with her replacement . When invites to be included to business social events — that formerly would be just between and — increasingly perceives the business events to be more like dates , and is angry that is intruding on them . 
 finds out that the community center is going to be knocked down and argues with . She arrives at his hotel and finds and in his apartment in lingerie during their game of " strip chess " . sees that is hurt as she leaves . He confronts her the next day , her last day , saying that she must have feelings from what she saw the other night . , still upset about the community center , claims that promised her the community center and that she did n't promise to sleep with him . says hurtful things to until she leaves . 
 After she 's gone , realizes that his time with her has really changed him , as he keeps the promise he made to her in the beginning even if it means it costs his company millions . Meanwhile , in her new job , is missing him terribly . He goes in search for her , and they confess their feelings for each other . The movie ends with ordering take out in her apartment with making jokes about the size of the apartment . Usually when she orders and is asked how many , replies , " one , " but this time , with a silly smile , replies , " This is for two . "

Undisputed heavyweight boxing champion ( ) is convicted of rape and sentenced to a new prison in the desert , called Sweetwater . The high - security facility is populated by hardened criminals . Unaware of the prison 's ways and its unique hierarchy , the pompous and bratty tries to impress upon the inmates his status as a champion boxer . 
 The prison camp , within its own walls , has a riveting competition on which a betting syndicate thrives . Criminals fight in boxing matches with very lax rules , thus making it a very addictive and lucrative venture for the syndicate . The most popular boxer behind bars is Sweetwater 's undefeated ( ) , who ends up in solitary confinement after picks a fight with him in the mess hall . 
 Sensing the brewing hatred for the heavyweight champion , an incarcerated mob boss named ( ) senses potential in a match between the modest Hutchens and the egomaniacal . , a lifelong boxing fan , proposes a match and the warden ( ) is persuaded to look the other way . 
 As all the arrangements are finally organized , an eagerly awaited fight night arrives . All hell breaks loose with the haughty professional champ going all out against the unputdownable prison warrior . knocks down twice ( and with the ' London Prize ' format , each knockdown counts as the end of a round , as the boxer is given only 60 seconds to get up . ) In the third round , charges back and knocks down for the first time in his career , sending the crowd of prisoners into a frenzy . Finally , in the fourth round officially KO 's to become the undisputed champion . 
 's Mexican assistant reveals in a voice over that died three weeks after the fight , but in his will , he left him $ 2,000,000 . was released on parole , and received the money for his sister , who was experiencing hardship on the outside . 
 It is also revealed that and his manager denied that the fight with ever occurred , and that it was all a rumor . Months later , wins back the Heavyweight Championship of the World . The whole cell block watches the televised fight , and laugh and cheer 's name after hearing being crowned the ' undisputed ' heavyweight champion of the world .

( ) and ( ) are a married couple living in the northern suburbs of New York City ( Westchester County , New York ) with their 8 - year - old son , ( ) . Their relationship is loving , but familiar and lacking excitement . One afternoon , goes shopping for 's upcoming birthday party . She is caught in a heavy windstorm , and runs into a handsome stranger ( ) . They both fall , and scrapes her knees . He offers to treat her injuries in his Soho apartment , and she accepts . He introduces himself as , a 27 - year - old book dealer . makes small advances toward , which makes her uncomfortable , and she decides to leave . Before doing so , gives her a book of Persian poetry as a gift . After returning home , tells what happened , and he suggests they buy a thank - you gift . 
 While reading the book gave her , Connie finds his phone number inside . calls from Grand Central Terminal for his address , but he invites her over for coffee instead . reads a book in Braille amidst mild flirting . , despite her feelings of attraction , leaves . is unable to stop thinking about , and decides to visit him with a bag of muffins . After and have a dance , she stops , saying she ca n't continue , and leaves . When she returns to retrieve her coat , literally sweeps her off her feet and into his bed . While on the train ride home via the Metro - North Railroad , , in tears , recalls their sexual encounter in flashbacks . She is thrilled by the sexual attention she is receiving from a younger man , but feels guilty at the same time . uses her work for a charity event as an excuse to go into the city to visit more frequently . almost immediately senses something and sees subtle changes in her , which is confirmed by an inconsistency in an excuse she uses to visit the city one day . One morning he notices that is fixing herself up to go into the city , with brand new shoes and lingerie draped over a chair , and he tells he will wait for her so they can go into the city together . She urges him to go without her , that she wo n't be ready for quite a while , so he tries to get her to agree to meet him for lunch , but she says she has a salon appointment and wo n't be able to meet him . Later on , at the office , suspecting is lying , calls the salon she mentioned and it is confirmed that she does n't have an appointment that day . 
 hires a private investigator , ( ) , to follow her . returns with pictures of and together , which devastates . 's visits with become more frequent , to the point that she is late to pick up from school . Following this incident , she realizes she can no longer carry on the affair . Unsuccessfully trying to end the affair over the phone , decides it would be best to do so in person . She spots with another woman walking down the street as she approaches his neighborhood in her SUV . After following and then confronting , their argument ends in a tryst in the stairwell of his apartment building . At the same time , is standing outside 's apartment building , where and narrowly miss each other as she leaves out the backdoor . goes to 's apartment and confronts him , revealing that he is 's husband . asks to come into 's apartment , and after lets him in , he gives some vodka and they talk about . asks how and met , and while walking around the apartment , is stunned to see a snow globe by the bed , which he recognizes as a gift he gave to . reveals that gave it to him as a gift . Feeling sick and disoriented , sits down on the bed and asks if he would like some water . suddenly has a mental breakdown and hits with the snow globe , severely fracturing his skull and killing him instantly . 
 After wrapping 's body in a rug and cleaning up evidence of the murder and of his own presence in the apartment , hears leaving a message on 's answering machine , saying she must end the affair . erases all the messages and leaves , putting 's body in the trunk of his car . joins his wife at 's school play , and late that night while is sleeping , drives to a landfill and dumps 's body . In the ensuing days , 's murder plagues , who is unable to stop thinking about what he has done . When two NYPD detectives arrive at the home while is at work , they explain to that 's estranged wife had reported him missing , and that they found 's name and phone number on his desk . claims she barely knows him and that she was interested in buying books from him . A week later , the detectives return and tell and that 's body has been discovered . When police ask how she met , she replies that they met at a Juilliard fundraiser . To 's surprise , corroborates her story . The detectives ask if has ever been to 's apartment , and denies even being in the Soho neighborhood any time recently . However , the police tell her that she had in fact received a parking ticket in front of 's apartment just a month earlier . replies that she forgot about a day that she met friends for coffee at a Soho café . Several days later , finds the investigator 's photos of her and when she takes 's clothes to the drycleaner , and realizes that knows about the affair . That night , during a party at their home , notices that the snow globe has been returned to their collection . looks over at , he meets her gaze knowingly , and she realizes that murdered . 
 and argue and , out of anger and frustration , says that he wanted to kill her instead of . In the days that follow , while looking at the underside of the snow globe , discovers a hidden compartment containing a photograph of her , , and an infant , with a loving anniversary message instructing her not to read the message until their 25th wedding anniversary . As is burning the photographs of her and in the fireplace , says he will turn himself in . objects , saying they will find a way to move on . The two then appear to go about living a normal life . One night , while driving , with sleeping in the backseat , stops the car at an intersection . whispers to that they could leave the country and assume new identities , and agrees to the idea . then starts crying , and consoles her . It is revealed that has stopped his car near a police station , implying he was about to leave their car and turn himself in .

A French unit on patrol in Vietnam in 1954 , during the final year of the First Indochina War , is ambushed by Viet Minh forces , probably the Battle of Mang Yang Pass . Viet Minh commander orders his soldiers to " kill all they send , and they will stop coming " . 
 Eleven years later , the United States is fighting the Vietnam War . U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel ( ) is chosen to train and lead a battalion . After arriving in Vietnam , he learns that an American base has been attacked , and is ordered to take his 400 men after the enemy and eliminate the North Vietnamese attackers , despite the fact that intelligence has no idea of the number of enemy troops . leads a newly created air cavalry unit into the Ia Drang Valley . After landing in the " Valley of Death " , the soldiers capture a North Vietnamese soldier and learn from him that the location they were sent to is actually the base camp for a veteran North Vietnamese army division of 4,000 men . 
 Upon arrival in the area with a platoon of soldiers , 2nd Lt . spots an enemy scout , runs after him , and orders reluctant soldiers to follow . The North Vietnamese scout lures them into an ambush , resulting in several men being killed , including and his subordinates . The surviving platoon members are surrounded with no chance of retreat and are cut off from the rest of the battalion . Sgt . assumes command , calls in artillery , and uses the cover of night to keep the Vietnamese from overrunning their small defensive position . Meanwhile , with helicopters constantly dropping off units , manages to secure weak points before the North Vietnamese can take advantage of them . 
 On the second day , despite being trapped and desperately outnumbered , the main U.S. force manages to hold off the North Vietnamese with artillery , mortars , and helicopter airlifts of supplies and reinforcements . Eventually , , the commander of the North Vietnamese division , orders a large - scale attack on the American position . 
 At the point of being overrun by the enemy and with no options left , orders 1st Lt . , his Forward Air Controller , to call in " Broken Arrow " ( a call for all available combat aircraft to assist and attack enemy positions , even those close to the U.S. troops ' position , because a position is being overrun and can no longer be defended).[3 ] The aircraft attack with bombs , napalm , and machine guns , killing many PAVN and Viet Cong troops ; but a friendly fire incident also results in American deaths . The second North Vietnamese attack is repelled , and the surviving soldiers of 's cut off platoon , including , are rescued . 
 Meanwhile , back in the United States , ( ) has become the leader of the American wives living on the base . When the Army begins to use yellow cab drivers to deliver telegrams notifying the next of kin of soldiers ' deaths in combat , personally assumes that emotional responsibility instead . 
 's troops regroup , secure the area , and stop at the base of a hill . plans a final assault on the Americans and sends most of his troops to carry out the attack . The North Vietnamese have set up strong emplacements near the hidden entrance of the underground passage to the command post . and his men charge at them , but before the North Vietnamese can fire , Major and others in helicopter gunships attack the North Vietnamese , destroying the bulk of the enemy force . 
 is alerted that the Americans have broken through their lines and that there are no soldiers between the Americans and their command post . Since he had deployed his reserve forces to the final offensive , and the base camp has no troops to call upon for defense , quickly orders the headquarters evacuated . 
 , having achieved his objective , returns to the helicopter landing zone to be picked up . Only after everyone ( including the dead and wounded ) is removed from the battlefield does he fly out of the valley . Some time later , and his men arrive on the battlefield to collect their dead . He claims that the Americans will " think this was their victory . So this will become an American war . " 
 At the end of the film , it is revealed that the landing zone immediately reverted to North Vietnamese hands after the American troops were airlifted out . continued the battle in a different landing zone , and after nearly a year he returns home safely to and his family . His superiors congratulate him for killing over 1,800 North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong soldiers . An older visits the Vietnam War memorial and sees the names of soldiers who fell at Ia Drang .

is arrested when he and try to steal a car . In prison , he meets an old man who tells him of a “ Bellini ” - a perfect heist - that he could not carry out because of a life sentence . asks his girlfriend to find a " " ( slang for someone willing to do prison time in exchange for money ) so that he can walk free and pull off the heist . and ask misfits , , , who babysits his infant son while needing £ 1,000 to pay his own wife ’s jail fine , and , a Serbian American boxer who agrees to confess to 's crime for $ 16,000 but ends up being jailed alongside him . While inside , gets to tell him what the is before revealing that his own sentence was suspended , leaving still in jail . Returning home , is met by and the other four demanding a refund . He tells them he used the $ 16,000 to pay off debts but will share the details . The six then decide to carry out the heist themselves . 
 The Bellini concerns a brick building on Chester converted from a flour factory into apartments and a jewelry store . The old man in jail worked on the conversion and created a false wall between one apartment and the room with the jewelry store safe . steals a video camera from a street market so that the group can get the combination by filming the jeweller opening the safe . After filming fails they hire , a wheelchair - bound safecracker , to teach them how to drill into the safe , whereupon Detective starts to keep a close eye on them . Then two maiden aunts with a maid named move into the long - vacant apartment , and so and pretend to accost while comes to her " rescue " to secure a date in the hope of stealing her keys . Meanwhile in prison a guard suddenly drops dead and uses his uniform to escape . When he confronts and the others , they try to convince that they can split the take equally , but he hits for betraying him and threatens to kill anyone who tries to pull off “ his ” . 
 becomes disheartened and leaves the group but finds that he is falling for , who reveals that the aunts will be out of town for several days . That same night dies in a bus accident . meets 's sister , , and they begin dating although she tells him that she wants “ an honest man " . After watches the group attend ’s funeral decides to bribe him in exchange for turning a blind eye while they do the heist , and gives the $ 16,000 which he has lied about spending . 
 On the night of the heist , leaves his baby with but while on his way to meet up at 's apartment he gets his arm broken by the men he stole the video camera from . He arrives with one arm in a cast and “ high ” from a bottleful of Vicodin . , having found out about his sister ’s affair , arrives to confront . then reveals that he ca n't go on the heist because he ’s now taken an honest job in order to be worthy of , and leaves . During the heist itself , everything that can go wrong , does . loses his pants , bites off the tip of his tongue , and they find that their floor plans are out of date when they break through the wrong wall ( into the kitchen ) at 3 am . They realize there is not enough time left to reach and crack open the safe , but finds $ 1,000 in a cookie jar and so they decide to heat some soup on the apartment stove so as to eat before leaving – whereupon the stove blows up . After the explosion , the group is standing at the bus stop . suggests that they should n't see one another again , but just as he gets on the bus the other three decide to give all of the $ 1,000 for his wife ’s jail fine . heads home to apologize to his sister and tells to let him know when he gets another Bellini , and before also leaves asks him about , and tells him that it 's important to have someone to walk with , more so than money .

15 year - old ( ) is living in Los Angeles with her mother , the free - spirited artist ( ) . Since her father left before she was old enough to remember him , depends heavily upon the care of her passionate but largely self - centered mother . 
 's current relationship with a writer named ( ) ends when she discovers he is cheating on her with younger women . murders him with a poison made from white oleander . is arrested and sentenced to life in prison , leaving under the care of the state of California . 
 is sent to live with foster mother ( ) , a former stripper who is a recovering alcoholic and born - again Christian . They initially interact well , with being baptised into 's church . However , is appalled at her conversion and subtly manipulates against her foster family . begins an affair with 's live in boyfriend ( ) , which drives into drinking again . After a loud argument with him , she runs into 's room in a drunken rage and shoots her in the shoulder . The other children beg her not to tell who shot her , so pretends she has no clue . 
 spends some time recovering in a hospital before being moved to MacLaren Children 's Center ( known as " Mac " . After fighting with some girls , she strikes up a friendship with fellow artist ( ) . 
 Eventually , is placed in the care of ( ) , a former actress , and her producer husband ( ) . is a sweet , affectionate woman who forms a close bond with . One day , comes home to find a letter from her mother to . She confronts only to find out that it has been going on for a while and that they plan on meeting . accompanies on a visit to in prison . The jealous exploits 's low self - esteem and suspicions over 's fidelity , much to 's outrage . During a bad argument with , she agrees to send back to try and save her marriage . After a tender conversation where they cuddled in bed together , unexpectedly commits suicide , devastating . 
 visits her mother to inform her of 's death , that she was returned to MAC and that she will never visit her again . is still there and tells her that when he turns 18 that weekend he will move to New York . He asks to accompany him but she refuses . 
 passes up better foster parent candidates and chooses to live with a Russian immigrant , ( ) , who treats her foster children as cheap laborers for her swap meet business . During her time with Rena , she becomes colder and colder with her appearance matching her insides . She is approached by her mother 's attorney ( ) , a woman taken in by her mother 's charm . She offers anything she wants in exchange for lying for her mother in court since her mother has benefactors . After refusing , tells her that she 's stupid to do so . She then offers her to be her partner in their business since she has nowhere better to go . When refuses , tells her to use her mother like her mother wants to use her . 
 visits her mother , astonishing her with her appearance . She is no longer blond , but has black hair , harsh makeup and dark clothes . realizes was right and demands answers about her past in exchange for testifying that she killed in self - defense . hammers her with questions about , her father , and who was . admits to leaving her with for around a year and that her father came looking for her when she was 8 , but turned him away for leaving them 7 years before . claims she would take all she has done back , but when begs her to not make her testify , she refuses . 
 goes to a comic book shop looking for letters from . He soon shows up by bus in Los Angeles with her waiting for him . He accompanies her to her mother 's trial as she waits to testify . The courtroom lets out and a curious goes to see what is going on . She questions her mother 's attorney and finds out that she was instructed her to leave her alone . Her mother spots her in the courtroom and they stare at one another as she is led away . Gutted , stares out the window as her mother is taken back to the bus to return to prison . asks what happened and she exhales that her mother let her go . 
 Two years later , a once again blond has created a life in New York City with . She is last seen tending to her art ; suitcases depicting all she has been through . As she passes them , she closes each , stating she will never visit the horrors they contain again .

During World War II , USMC Cpl rallies himself to return to active duty with the aid of his pharmacist , . He previously survived a gruesome battle on the Solomon Islands against the Imperial Japanese Army that killed his entire squad and left him with a scar on his neck and almost deaf in his left ear . ' new assignment is to protect Navajo code talker Pvt . , and carries a promotion for to Sergeant . Sgt . also receives a parallel assignment protecting Navajo code talker Pvt . . The Navajo code , as it was known , was a code based on two parts : 1 ) the Navajo language and 2 ) a code embedded in the language , meaning that even native speakers would be confused by it , referring to a tank as a turtle , for example . The code was close to unbreakable but also so difficult only a few people could learn it . 
 and , lifelong friends from the same Navajo tribe , are trained to send and receive coded messages that direct artillery fire . and are shown evidence that captured Navajos are tortured to death to get the code and instructed that it can not fall into enemy hands . This implies that they are to kill their code talkers if capture is imminent . As and meet and , it becomes apparent that the two experienced Marines are less than happy to be babysitting their Navajo codetalkers , and the Navajos must also endure racial harassment by some of the white Marines , notably Private . During their missions , however , and discover a mutual love of music , with his flute and with his harmonica , and as their practicing becomes more and more melodic , intones that their music is turning into something . They become not just Marines , but friends . and also discover that they have much in common , notably their Catholic upbringings . 
 The invasion of Saipan is 's and 's first combat experience . After the beachhead is secured in vicious fighting , the Marines come under friendly fire from U.S. artillery ( during which Pvt . is killed saving a badly wounded marine ) . 's radio is destroyed and the convoy is unable to call off the bombardment . suggests that he disguise himself as an Imperial Japanese soldier and slip behind enemy lines to commandeer a radio . goes with him as a prisoner and eliminates several Japanese soldiers . is forced to kill for the first time before he can redirect U.S. artillery fire onto the Japanese position . For their bravery , is awarded a Silver Star by the commanding officer , with 's role almost ignored until points him out but still credits . sees Cpl . praying by 's hastily dug grave and , knowing he was alive because of 's actions , gives the medal to with instructions to send it to 's wife . Later , after a night of sake drinking , performs Navajo rituals over the unconscious to protect him with the spirits . 
 That night the Marines camp in a village , Tanapag , thought to be secured . While is temporarily assigned back to the command post to translate a code , becomes increasingly torn because , despite his orders , he can not imagine killing . As a result , he demands to be relieved from his unit but this request is denied . The next morning , Japanese soldiers ambush the village , and in the fierce fighting , Pvt . ( the squad 's flamethrower man ) is shot in the flame tanks and burns , forcing to kill him . Later in the battle , saves the life of , then he and take cover and hold off numerous Japanese . Running low on ammunition , realizes is in danger of being captured , but can not bring himself to kill the man he has grown close to . Turning to meet the enemy , is beheaded by a Samurai sword and is about to be captured by the Japanese . sees being beaten and dragged away by the Japanese and tries to shoot the captors with his pistol , but it has run out of ammunition . pulls out a grenade but hesitates as he makes eye contact with . , realizing the Japanese will torture him for the code , vehemently nods to , who grimly primes the grenade and throws it at 's feet . The ensuing explosion kills both and the Japanese captors . 
 returns to Tanapag and , seeing 's body , screams at to explain what happened as the village was thought to be secured . , exhausted , mutters that he killed , but does not reveal that was willing to die to protect the code . Outraged , aims his weapon at but can not bring himself to kill him in cold blood . confesses that he hated having to kill and that , like , his mission was to protect the code above all else . 
 The Marines are mobilized on another mission and are again ambushed , this time near a deadly minefield on Mt. Tapochau . After fighting out of the kill zone they are ambushed again and Gy / Sgt is wounded in the chest and later dies of his wounds . , , and ( the last of the Marines ) take cover on an old battle - torn ridge , and amidst the fierce battle , the Marines see Japanese artillery fire from the top of the ridge attacking U.S. Marines below their position . Still enraged over the death of , charges the Japanese line fearlessly , and in so doing , fumbles the radio needed to call in the coordinates for an effective bombardment . and are both shot as they retrieve the radio and call in an airstrike on the Japanese artillery . However , surrounded and knowing the Japanese will capture and torture him for the code as they almost did with Whitehorse , entreats to kill him . , grimly determined that no one else will die that day , manages to carry to safety after taking a shot in the chest . Friendly planes arrive and the Japanese position is successfully destroyed . rejoices in their success but finds mortally wounded . With his last breaths , reverts to the religious upbringing he earlier claimed he had abandoned , and recites a Hail Mary . 
 Returning to the U.S. , , his wife , and his young son , sit atop Point Mesa in Monument Valley , Arizona , and , wearing the sacred necklaces and other Navajo ceremonial dress , performs the Navajo ritual of paying respects to the man who saved his life . He tells his son that was a fierce warrior and Marine and , that if his son ever tells a story about , to simply say that he was 's friend . He then cleans ' dog tags in holy water , reaffirming his own religious doctrine . He lifts them to the sky while chanting in ritual , sending ' spirit reverting to the Earth as the vast palisades surround and watch over them . 
 An epilogue explains that the Navajo code was crucial to America 's success against Japan across the Pacific theater and that , during the war , the code was never broken .

The family and their 101 Dalmatians are preparing to move to their " Dalmatian Plantation " , a home in the countryside with plenty of room for all of them . However , , one of the puppies , feels ignored and wishes to be unique like his television hero , . While watching The Thunderbolt Adventure Hour , he hears about a chance to appear on the show alongside . Later , he is accidentally left behind when his family leaves for the plantation . then decides to head for the audition event nearby to meet his hero and win a guest spot on the show . He fails to impress and the producers , however ; dejected by this , he leaves . 
 Meanwhile , , 's sidekick on the show who is jealous of his success , manipulates into believing the audition event is actually a cover for the producers to find a dog they could replace him with . After leaves to prove he is actually a hero and not just an actor , tricks the producers into making himself the hero of his own show . eventually runs into and realizes he is extremely knowledgeable about his heroic feats on the show . As a result , he appoints him as an advisor for when he tries to commit heroic acts in real life , though he unknowingly does more harm than good every time . All the while , continues to believe 's escapades on the show are all real . 
 Elsewhere in London , is under probation and a restraining order for her past behavior , which no longer allows to maintain her old lifestyle . Despondent from this , she attempts to soothe her fixation on spots with the help of , a French beatnik artist . In order to inspire him , she restarts her hunt for the Dalmatians , using a newspaper picture of to find their new address . As 's family realizes he is missing and goes back to London to find him , bails out her former henchmen , and , and sends them in a stolen dog food truck to steal the remaining puppies . They succeed after dealing with , and they take them to . When requests making a new canvas out of their fur , angrily refuses , not wanting them to be harmed . Angered , she has him bound and gagged , and returns to her original plan of making a Dalmatian fur coat . 
 The captured puppies use the Twilight Bark to send a distress signal , which is picked up by and , and they set out to save 's family . On the way , they encounter , who has learned about 's recent escapades . He follows them and convinces not to use 's stealth plan , but to openly attack . As a result , knocks unconscious and he and are captured . sneaks into the building , reveals that is a fraud , and tells him that there was never any recasting plan before fleeing . 
 Crushed by this revelation , and telling him that he is really an actor , falls into despair , but his siblings restore his spirit by reminding him that escaped a similar predicament in an episode on his show . breaks out and releases his family , but remains behind out of shame . The Dalmatians escape through the building 's roof , while eventually decides to escape from his cage and free . The puppies steal a double - decker bus , but , , and discover the escape and pursue them in their stolen truck . A chase ensues through the streets of London ; it crashes through the set of Lil ' Lightning 's new show in the process , and he is flown into the windshield . 
 , , and corner the puppies in an alley . tries to hold them off while the others escape , but they are undaunted . arrives , having been driven to the scene by , and fakes a heart attack . In the process , he gains Lil ' Lightning 's sympathy and makes , in her distraction , knock out and and then incapacitate herself . retreats back to the bus and puts it in reverse , sending , , , and scrambling into the River Thames , along with their stolen truck . The police arrest , , and while , now driven completely insane , is sent to a mental institute . 's parents , the , and all arrive and are introduced to . They thank him , but he gives all of the credit to . 
 In a post - credits scene , stars as 's new sidekick in his show , while the other puppies are extras . The group chases the villain away into the sunset .

The story is told in a non - linear manner . The following is a chronological summary of the plot : 
 is a former convict who is using his new - found religious faith to recover from drug addiction and alcoholism . is a mathematics professor with a dedicated wife , , and a fatal heart condition . Unless he receives a new heart from an organ donor , he will not live longer than one month . 's wife wants him to donate his sperm so she can have his baby even if he dies . is a recovering drug addict and now lives a normal suburban life with a supportive husband and two children . She is a loving mother and active swimmer who has left her days of drugs and booze behind . These three separate stories / characters become tied together one evening when kills 's husband and children in a hit - and - run accident . Her husband 's heart is donated to , who begins his recovery . 
 is devastated by the loss and returns to drugs and alcohol . is eager to begin normal life again , but he hesitantly agrees to his wife 's idea of surgery and artificial insemination as a last - ditch effort to get pregnant . During consultations with a doctor before the surgery , learns that his wife had undergone an abortion after they had separated in the past . Angered , ends the relationship . He becomes very inquisitive about whose heart he has . He learns from a private detective that the heart belonged to 's husband and begins to follow the widowed around town . 
 is stricken with guilt following the accident and starts using drugs again . Despite his wife 's protests to keep quiet and conceal his guilt , tells her that his " duty is to " and turns himself in . While incarcerated , he claims that had betrayed him , loses his will to live and tries unsuccessfully to commit suicide . He is released after declines to press charges , as she realizes that putting in prison will not bring her family back . When is released , he is unable to reincorporate himself into normal family life , and instead leaves home to live as a transient , working in manual labor . 
 finds an opportunity to meet and eventually reveals how the two of them are connected . She is initially furious and forces him out , but quickly reconsiders . Desperately needing one another , they continue their relationship . Though has a new heart , his body is rejecting the transplant and his outlook is grim . As begins to dwell more on her changed life and the death of her girls , she becomes obsessed with exacting revenge on . She goads into agreeing to murder him . 
 meets with the private detective who originally found for him . He tells that is living in a motel and sells a gun . and check into the motel where is staying . When is walking alone , grabs him and leads him out into a clearing at gunpoint with the intention of killing him . However , is unable to kill , who himself is confused , shaking and pleading during the event . tells to " just disappear , " then returns to the motel , lying to about 's death . Later that night , while they are sleeping , and are awakened by a noise outside their door . It 's , who , still consumed by guilt , orders to kill him and end his misery . There is a struggle , and blind - sides and begins to beat him with a wooden lamp . collapses , gets hold of the gun , and shoots himself . 
 and rush to the hospital . tells the police that he was the one who shot , but is released when his story can not be confirmed . dies , and the conflict between and remains unresolved ( they meet in the waiting room after 's death ; if they converse , it is not shown ) . When she offers to donate blood for in the hospital , learns that she is pregnant . After 's death , is seen tentatively preparing for the new child in one of her daughter 's bedrooms , which she had previously been unable to enter after her daughter 's death . is shown returning to his family .

( ) , a 15 - year - old high school junior , applies for a junior field ops position at the Central Intelligence Agency 's SAD ( Special Activities Division ) after completing a training summer camp . Answering to his handler Agent , is called upon a mission to find information about a scientist named Dr. . is employed by a SPECTRE type organization named ERIS led by Dr. , and his henchman . As all CIA agents are known to 's organization , the CIA uses the unknown , who is placed into the prep school of Dr. ' daughter ( ) , the William Donovan Institute . 
 soon finds he has no social skill with girls and has no time to do this while balancing his chores and homework . The CIA decides to help by doing his chores and homework , trying to build his status , and going into the school to set him up with . The CIA also assemble a varying team of " experts " to train into how to talk to girls , and issue him with a variety of gadgets with various functions . 
 Eventually , befriends and falls in love with after saving her from falling off a ladder while putting up a banner , and he is invited to her 16th birthday party , where he goes undercover to her father 's lab . finds that Dr. is planning to use nanobots — which can destroy any carbon or silicon - based substance — to destroy the world 's defense systems so he can threaten anyone who opposes him . Since the nanobots are inactive in the cold , he plans to use ice cubes to distribute them . After , Dr. , and leave the lab , tries to take one of the ice cubes , only for it to melt when in his possession . 
 Shortly after this , gets into a fight with a number of bullies , at the party . The fight makes the school newspaper , and the CIA suspends from the mission . Meanwhile , with refusing to aid him in his plans , Dr. sends and some men to catch and bring her into his base in the Cascade Mountains . Meanwhile , disobeying orders to leave her out of it , and eat ice cream at a restaurant . attempts to explain things to but and a group of men come over to their table and fight with , knocking him unconscious and taking . is removed from the mission , and his parents ground him for staying out past his curfew . 
 gets his brother to make sure his parents do not find out that he is gone by giving him the $ 5,000 the CIA gave him . Knowing 's location via a tracking device in a necklace he gave her as a birthday present , breaks into the CIA weapons hold and steals a rocket powered snowboard and other devices to rescue . gets a ride to the top of the mountain and snowboards to the factory where is held . On the way , he gets caught in a grove of trees as finds him using a SoloTrek XFV . After convincing her that they need to rescue , the pair infiltrate the laboratory and rescues , also explaining the truth about why he went out with her . 
 However , the trio are captured by 's men , although quickly manages to escape . is held hostage by Dr. , who puts an ice cube with a nanobot inside on her forehead to make her father program the system . sets off a series of explosive charges he and planted throughout the base , and in the ensuing battle , fights off several of Dr. 's men , and kills Dr. by placing the ice cube with the nanobots into his mouth , causing it to melt , and the nanobots to devour him from the inside out . later defeats and sends him to the CIA using the SoloTrek XFV , before fleeing the facility with , and Dr. before it explodes . Back at headquarters , the CIA welcomes back to the team and congratulates him for completing the mission . The CIA Director asks if there is anything else he needs and asks them if they could help get her driver 's license , which she receives . and are now a couple and the film ends with them sharing their first kiss .

is a young womanizer living in a small Southern town , where he earns a living fixing cars for his uncle . still lives with his mother , , who works as a clown cheering up children at the local hospital . He spends most of his time hanging out with his best friend and self - proclaimed partner - in - crime , , and their friends and Bust - Ass . Among his friends , has a reputation as a ladies ' man , but he is not at all known for being involved with long - term relationships ; most of 's romances last only a few weeks , and he 's slept with nearly every girl in town . is beginning to reach a point where he would like to lead a different life , and that feeling becomes all the more clear when he meets , 's teenage sister who returns home after attending a boarding school . is more thoughtful and mature than the girls is used to . and soon fall in love , but for this is a different sort of relationship than he 's accustomed to — is still a virgin , and her contemplative nature gives him a desire to be a better , stronger person , but does not approve of dating his younger sister , which leads to a rift between these longtime friends .

In 1978 , a young is about to kiss the girl of his dreams , when a local bully , , pulls down his pants and underwear , embarrassing him in front of everybody . This leaves with lasting trauma about public affection , as well as repressing his emotions . Twenty five years later , lives in New York City , working as an associate for , an abusive boss who takes credit for 's work . His problems also extend to his private life ; his girlfriend 's ex - boyfriend is still close friends with her and is condescending to at work . 
 While flying to a business meeting , a series of annoyances from a flight attendant and a sky marshal cause to lose his temper . The sky marshal , who also mistakes for a racist , tasers him . is then arrested for assaulting the flight attendant and sentenced to anger management therapy . The therapist is , who is revealed to be the man sat next to on the plane . 's unorthodox techniques cause to lose his temper , and tells he recognizes his problem as passive - aggressive anger . When is sent back to court , intervenes on his behalf choosing to move in with and shadow him in his life as part of more intensive therapy . Failure to comply will result in a year of jail time for . Although believes is doing nothing to ruin him at work , suspects otherwise and tells him that he needs to start fighting back or nothing will change . After receiving a phone call for informing him his mother is undergoing minor surgery , jokes to him about its seriousness , prompting to warn he 'll get back . 
 After seeing 's mother , the two stop at a restaurant on the way back to New York . After pressures him , flirts and goes home with a young lady , but rejects her amorous advances out of loyalty to . Later , is devastated to learn that has told about the woman , but explains the woman was a former patient of his , having set up the encounter to get revenge on for the " dying mother " prank . The next morning , apologizes to and says he explained everything to , followed by him taking a detour to a Buddhist temple , so that can confront a reformed , who has become a monk . While confronting his tormentor , expresses his sincerest apologies to for bullying him , but he laughs when reminds him of the kiss incident . and an initially hesitant provoke by lying about molesting 's mentally ill sister , and and fight . teases the monks into a rage and the two are chased off the grounds , with feeling good on confronting his tormentor . Back in New York , attempts to propose to but loses his nerve , and suggests that they take a break from their relationship . Soon after begins dating , sees this as the last straw and loses his cool by attacking . Being called back into court , is given a restraining order by the judge , who threatens to lock him up if has another incident . 
 Called into work and yelled at by his boss , finally snaps when he learns that his boss intentionally passed him up and gave the promotion to . calls out for trying to interfere with both his promotion and relationship with , revealing he wants out of their lives forever . attempts to insult him but taking 's advice , knocks him out cold . He proceeds to humiliate his boss by using a golf club to wreck his office and reminding him of all the years of his loyal services just to be denied of the promotion he wanted so much . then tells his boss that if he gets out of jail within the next two to five years , he expects his boss to do the right thing and give him the promotion that presumably resigned from . His boss agrees and deliberately steps on 's head as he leaves . Learning from that has taken to a New York Yankees game , assumes intends to steal his proposal idea and races to the stadium . Security captures him and begins to remove him from the stadium but Mayor orders them to allow to speak . After admitting that he does have an anger problem and is willing to change , agrees to kiss in front of the stadium in exchange for her marrying him . and then reveal that the game was the final part of 's therapy , and explain that the tormentors and aggravations he has been put through were 's doing to teach him how to unleash his anger in healthy doses to avoid it building up . The passenger , the Judge , the waitress , and the flight attendant are all 's friends , while the sky marshal who tased him was just having a bad day . 
 The three attend a picnic with 's other patients , where plays a final joke on with a friend holding the group up with a water pistol , and the film ends as the friends sing " I Feel Pretty " from West Side Story together .

Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, Marisa Tomei, Luis Guzmán, Woody Harrelson, John Turturro

Eight years after the events of the first film , Miami Police Department ( MPD ) narcotics division detectives and are investigating the flow of ecstasy into the city , leading them to a Ku Klux Klan meeting and drug drop . The subsequent raid is botched due to weak radio signals , and in the firefight wherein several Klan members are either killed or injured , accidentally shoots in the buttocks . The MPD arrests the surviving Klan members , who are revealed to be mere small - time buyers and not ecstasy distributors . 
 questions if he wants to remain partners with . Meanwhile , is concealing a relationship with ' sister , . , unbeknownst to both and , is an undercover operative with the Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ) , laundering money for Russian gangsters , who distribute ecstasy on behalf of Cuban drug lord . 
 While transporting money between the Russians and , is attacked by a Haitian gang trying to steal the money . and inadvertently stumble into the action , and an intense firefight and car chase ensues , devastating the local area and enraging Police Captain . and discover 's involvement , and Capt . demands they find the supplier of ecstasy . 
 and confront the Haitian gang , killing several , and learn from the leader that a local mortuary is possibly being used by as a front for money laundering . The pair penetrate 's mansion disguised as pest exterminators , and discover that has eliminated some of his Russian distributors and has begun to court , still undercover with the DEA , for distribution . 
 The detectives locate the boat used for drug smuggling after forcing an arrested Klan member to its location , observe a morgue van make a rendezvous with it , and give chase unsuccessfully . and infiltrate 's mortuary disguised as ambulance workers , and learn that he is using dead bodies to smuggle drugs and money . When the pair are almost discovered , accidentally ingests some of the ecstasy and orders the disguised officers outside the building to crash an ambulance into it , creating a diversion . 
 The mortuary and 's mansion are raided , the drugs and money intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard . However , during the raid a vengeful Russian gangster , , violently storms the mansion on his own , intending to avenge his murdered friends . is shot by the police , while discovers , kidnapping her and taking her to Cuba . 
 With held prisoner in 's compound and guarded by the Cuban military , the drug lord demands the return of his money in exchange for 's life . and , with a team of volunteers from S.W.A.T. and the DEA , assault 's compound , rescuing , and destroying the building . 
 The group flee , an infuriated in pursuit , which ends in a minefield outside U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay , where holds at gunpoint , with guards at the naval station threatening them . distracts by killing one of his men and shoots , whose body falls onto a mine and explodes . 
 Later , at the house , finally makes peace with dating , and the pair re - affirm their partnership .

and his dwarf assistant are professional thieves . Every year , disguises himself as a department store Santa Claus and disguises himself as an elf in order for both of them to rob shopping malls at night , using ' wife as their getaway driver and accomplice . takes his duty as an elf seriously , but is a sex - addicted alcoholic , and is gradually unable to appropriately perform his Santa duties with children , plus his safe - cracking performance is being affected , much to ' dismay . When they are hired at the Saguaro Square Mall in Phoenix , the vulgar remarks made by shock the prudish mall manager , who brings them to the attention of security chief . 
 At the mall , is visited by , a friendly but exceedingly naive and gullible , overweight boy who thinks is really . is a constant target of bullying by a teenage gang of skateboarders . At a bar , meets , a woman with a fetish , and they begin a sexual relationship . is harassed by a man in the bar , but intervenes . gives a ride home , then enters the boy 's house where he lives with his senile grandmother . reveals that his mother died , and his father , , is away " exploring mountains " ( he is actually in jail for embezzlement ) until next year . tricks into letting him steal from the house safe and a BMW owned by . 
 informs that he overheard having sex with a woman in a mall dressing room and starts to investigate . goes to his motel room and sees it being raided , causing him to take advantage of 's naivete and live in his house , much to 's delight . The next day , gets angry at for taking advantage of , and states his disapproval of 's sex addiction when makes a rude remark about 's grandmother . 
 's investigation of includes visiting , who indirectly reveals that is staying with illegally . confronts and at the mall , and takes them to a bar . There , he reveals that he has figured out their plan , blackmailing them for half of the cut to keep silent . tries to reason with for a smaller cut , but is adamant . With and now in a corner , their partnership begins to falter , which is exacerbated further when shows up to work clearly drunk or hungover and destroys the attraction , much to ' and 's shock . 
 attempts to commit suicide by inhaling vehicle exhaust fumes . He gives a letter to give to the police , confessing all his misdeeds and information about a heist that will take place in the mall on Christmas Eve . notices 's black eye , which persuades him to make an example of the skateboarding bullies . He confronts and beats up the gang 's leader , frightening the other members into stopping their acts towards . 
 Enraged at for blackmailing him , and set up a trap for , feigning needing a jump start for their vehicle . hits with the car , then kills him via electrocution . 
 As Christmas draws closer , and set up for the holiday , with help from . On Christmas Eve , when the heist is almost complete , goes to get a pink stuffed elephant that he had wanted for Christmas . Just as he gets the elephant , reveals to that he intends to kill him , fed up with his increasing carelessness year after year . tells him to hurry up and kill so they can get away with the money and merchandise . But just as is about to shoot , the police swarm the trio , tipped off by the letter gave to . When opens fire , the police shoot at him and flees . Determined to give his present , he leads the police on a chase to 's house , ignoring orders to freeze . He is repeatedly shot on 's porch , but survives . 
 The epilogue is told through a letter from , who is in a hospital recovering . He expresses his gratitude for in giving the letter to the police and his name was cleared of the robbery , adding that he will be working for the police as a sensitivity counselor . The shooting of an unarmed embarrassed the police , and is granted guardianship over and his house until 's father is released . also explains that and are doing time behind bars for their actions , while expressing hope that is wise to avoid the two . ends the letter by telling that he should be let out of the hospital soon and for him to be ready for his return . When the lead skateboard bully harasses again , finally stands up to him by kicking him hard in the crotch and riding away on his bike .

In Panama , a team of Army Rangers led by Master Sergeant ( ) engage in a jungle training exercise that involves live ammunition . Sergeant emerges from the jungle carrying wounded Second Lieutenant . The two men are pursued by Sergeant , who is shooting at them , and kills in self - defense . Although no other bodies are found , 's team is presumed dead . 
 refuses to talk to Military Police investigator Captain ( ) and insists on speaking to a fellow Ranger from outside the base , drawing an " 8 " on a piece of paper . The base commander Colonel ( ) calls in his friend , and an experienced interrogator , DEA agent ( ) who is also an ex - Ranger , and assigns him to aid . 
 was infamous for being a ruthless , tough - as - nails sergeant . One of the trainees , , has earned 's wrath for not following the orders , and may have staged the murder . 
 , son of a Joint Chiefs of Staff general , is a homosexual and claims hated him and may have ordered a " training accident " on him . He claims died when hit in the back with a white phosphorus grenade . When confessed to the crime , wanted to turn him in ; a firefight ensued , in which most of the trainees were killed . 
 says is lying . and were illegally selling prescription drugs and became aware of their drug dealing . used 's grenade to kill , then tried to pin the blame on . A firefight broke out and all the trainees were killed . claims that Dr. ( ) , an old friend of and 's former love interest , supplied the drugs and falsified drug tests so that soldiers came out clean . After confessing to the crime , is placed under arrest . 
 orders and to not talk to again . They disobey and interrogate once more , but he suddenly becomes much worse , bleeding and vomiting blood . Before he dies , he draws an ' 8 ' with his own blood . reveals the conversation he had earlier with . There is rumored to be a group of ex - Rangers in Panama , trained under , who turned rogue and became drug dealers . They call themselves Section 8 . 
 is furious ; he relieves of duty and asks to leave . He considers the investigation closed and the CID transport from Washington will arrive to take and away . 
 accidentally reveals that ' ' is actually , and takes off the plane at the last moment . In 's new story , learned about the main operation going on at the base : cocaine smuggling . He confronted the Rangers and threatened to turn them in to authorities . After a brief firefight , and the other trainees were killed . then took 's dog tags and carried to the extract point . He then gives , , and the number of a crate where had stowed cocaine . 
 then confronts alone . was behind the drug - dealing operation the whole time . When reported the operation to , he ordered and to kill him in the jungle and then poisoned afterward to keep him quiet . tries to bribe , then turns his weapon on him , but is killed by , who was eavesdropping on their talk . 
 As the investigation is concluded , suspects that may be involved , because he served with and hated him , and because Section 8 contains 's former trainees . She sees sneaking into 's car and follows them into Panama City , where they enter a doorway with a big eight - ball hanging above . In the building , she is greeted by and the rest of the team — , , and , who reveals as his ' colleagues ' . 
 Section 8 is a black - ops anti - drug unit led by Colonel , and the " insane mercenary " story is a cover to spook the cartels . The agents infiltrated the base under false names to investigate cocaine trafficking , and discovered , , and were responsible . , not realizing was also involved , informed him of drug dealing . The training mission ordered by was a covert Section 8 operation to circumvent and , faking 's death in order to transfer him to Section 8 . had been called to the base by the coded message to confirm ' and 's involvement . 
 Impressed by her work , offers a job in the unit .

While attending a fund - raising gala , ( ) , a naive , married American socialite living in England , witnesses a fiery plea delivered by an intruder – a renegade humanitarian , Dr. ( ) . His plea made on behalf of impoverished children under his care turns 's life upside down . Attracted to and his cause , she impulsively abandons her job at an art gallery and sheltered life in England to work alongside him in his effort to aid the refugee camps . She travels to Ethiopia . 
 As 's work takes her to these volatile areas , where few people have traveled and even fewer have survived , she discovers that the harsh realities she encounters , and her growing romantic attraction to the charismatic , unpredictable doctor , ignite in her a passion for saving lives , while risking her own in the process . She works for humanitarian and human rights organizations for ten years after she first travels to Ethiopia , and eventually works for the U.N.H.C.R. and acts as a regional representative for the United Kingdom .

At wedding party , his father recalls the day was born , claiming he caught an enormous catfish using his wedding ring as bait . , having heard these stories all his life , believes them to be lies and falls out with his father . Three years later , is stricken with cancer , so and his pregnant French wife return to his childhood home in Alabama to spend time with his father . ’s life is told through flashbacks , beginning with his encounter with a witch in his hometown , Ashton . She shows him his death but he reacts to it without fear . As he grows into adulthood , he finds his home too confining , and sets out into the world with a misunderstood giant , , who has come to town with a traveling circus . 
 and find a fork in the road and travel down separate paths . follows a path through a swamp and discovers the secret town of Spectre , the cheery locals claiming he was expected . There , he befriends Ashton poet and the mayor ’s daughter . However , leaves Spectre , unwilling to settle down but promises he will return . In the present day , speaks to the bed - ridden and asks him to tell her the story of how he met his wife , with listening outside the door . Returning to his reminisces , reunites with and they visit the Calloway Circus , where falls in love with a beautiful woman . and get jobs in the circus where the ringmaster reveals to one detail about the woman at the end of every month . 
 Three years later , discovers that is secretly a werewolf but shows no ill - will towards his employer . , upon returning to normal , reveals the woman is , and she attends Auburn University . confesses his love to , but she declines his wedding proposal despite numerous romantic gestures . He then learns she is already engaged to , a fellow Ashton citizen . beats in a fight , prompting to break off their engagement and marry . Shortly after , is conscripted into the army and sent to fight in the Korean War . He parachutes into the middle of a North Korean military show , steals important documents , and convinces Siamese twins and to help him go home in exchange for making them celebrities . 
 Upon returning home , becomes a travelling salesman and crosses paths with , unwittingly helping him rob a failing bank , inspiring the poet to work on Wall Street . In the present , investigates the truth behind his father ’s tales and travels to Spectre . He meets an older , who explains that rescued the town from bankruptcy and rebuilt it with help from his friends from Calloway Circus . suggests that had an affair with his father , but she reveals while she loved , he remained loyal to . returns home but learns has had a stroke and stays with him at the hospital . 
 wakes up but , unable to speak much , asks to narrate how his life ends . Though struggling , tells his father of their imagined daring escape from the hospital to the nearby lake , where everyone from ’s past is there to see him off . takes into the river , where he transforms into the giant catfish and swims away . A satisfied dies , knowing finally understands his love for storytelling . 
 At the funeral , and are surprised when all the people from ’s stories come to the service , though each one is a slightly less fantastical version than described . , finally understanding his father ’s love for life , passes on ’s stories to his own son .

Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Danny DeVito, Alison Lohman, Jessica Lange

In the world of underground motorcycle drag racing , the undefeated racer known as ( ) is the undisputed " King of Cali . " But 's dominance of the set is about to be threatened by a young motorcycle racing prodigy called ( ) , who is determined to win 's crown and earn the coveted title . says that the difference between men and boys are the lessons they learn - and that his father , , taught him plenty . 
 The film starts with , a novice rider and motorcycle club " prospect , " assisting his father , , as they prepare 's bike for the evening 's drag races . A biker issues a challenge to , who accepts , and the race begins . In the midst of the race , the other biker suffers a hydraulics malfunction and spins out of control , sending his bike flying from under him into a row of parked bikes , one of which heads right into , throwing him through a store window and killing him instantly . At the funeral , dozens of bikers from the " Black Knights " ( to whom was the mechanic ) show up with , who drops a rose and a signed Black Knights flag into his grave . 
 Six months later , is now a familiar racer with his custom - powered bike , and he shows up at the events . His first " race " was when he interfered with 's race with . As he interrupts the race , he pulls off several stunts , notably standing on top of the motorcycle while it is still moving . He wins the race and the crowd seem to like his stunts , much to the dissatisfaction of . demands to race with but says he is too inexperienced and should get experience first . 
 then goes to a diner where he meets , and it is revealed that the two were hustling in the previous race . Fellow biker tells them to create a bike club ; after a bit of persuasion they agree , and goes to the biker jury consisting of 8 leaders of the most powerful biker gangs , where is the chairman . He apologizes for his disrespect towards and they all agree to verify the club , calling themselves the " Biker Boyz . " 
 is set to race Motherland to prove himself to . However he has showed up late to " make an entrance " after has already beaten his long - time rival , who is continually after 's helmet . is arrested when racing Motherland , and the rest of the bikers manage to escape . confronts , saying that if he ever races again , she will kick him out of the house . 
 One night at a Black Knights dance , is challenged to race and accepts in a fit of rage . Having overheard , finds before the race , and demands that he stop the race . Angry , confronts her and demands a reason , and she tells him that is actually his son , not . Smoke successfully stops the race by punching out and stealing his keys , but this only leads to a fight between the two , from which comes off considerably worse than . then tells him that he is his son , to which angrily goes home and confronts , who confesses that it 's the truth . In a rage , he leaves home and moves in with his girlfriend . 
 decides to turn renegade and after gaining quite a few more followers for his club , announces that " we 're gon na win more lids than any crew on the set and we 're gon na out hustle every crew off the set " and indicates that from that point on , " Biker Boyz set their own rules . " The Biker Boyz get their own hangout and begin hustling several races , but when successfully hustles the nephew of a dangerous biker , he and are ambushed at a party . comes to the rescue but is quickly overpowered as the leader of the other club pulls a gun on him ; and some of the other Black Knights intervene and convince the other bikers to stand down . takes inside and sits down to give him a stern talking - to , but shrugs it off angrily . Aggravated , finally agrees to race , under the condition that whoever loses will never race again . But first has to race - this time , at the track . 
 On the race track , everybody shows up , including the Black Knights . At the race , and race down , and is going to win , but plays dirty and causes him to crash ; although survives , his bike is wrecked . Later that day , talks to , and informs him that the authorities are going to close the track , due to many crashes , but he managed to rent a local farm outside of town to race on it . agrees to arrive the next day . Later that night , , , and are trying unsuccessfully to fix 's bike until Dogg 's crew arrives to confront them , but Dogg 's mechanic admits that the damage is too severe to be fixed in time for the race . informs ; " There are only 2 bikes as strong and fast as Smoke 's : yours , and mine . " As a peace offering , Dogg offers to lend his bike , but only if promises him that he will beat tomorrow . 
 On the day of the race , both the crew of the Black Knights and the Biker Boyz arrive . wants it to be a fair race , with no N20 system , and wants to start the race . and are racing on a farm with open fields . With the finish line in sight , it is obvious that will win - however , filled with emotions , he decides to slow down and let his son win the race , becoming the new " King of Cali . " tells to hang onto his crown for a while , and that he 'll come and get it someday . 
 Kid rides off , repeating his sentiment that the difference between men and boys are the lessons they learn , and that his father taught him plenty .

( ) and ( ) are two close friends whose love lives have hit rock bottom . 's girlfriend ( ) has turned down his marriage proposal after vomiting all over her during a hot air balloon ride during the proposal . After runs into a friend who is getting married to a beautiful , younger girl he met on a singles cruise , he decides to take a similar cruise with . 
 While on their way to the travel agency , they get into a verbal altercation with a gay man who works at the agency they plan to book the cruise through . The manager ( ) attempts to patch things up by handling their booking personally . To and , the situation appears to be handled well and they leave , not expecting anything to go wrong . After they leave , it is revealed that the agent and manager , both men , are actually gay lovers . 
 Things do not go as planned though for and , as they learn that the manager booked them on a cruise for gay men . 
 During their trip , they come to learn that gay men are less objectionable than they first assumed . However , falls in love with the cruise 's dance instructor and in order to win her over , he pretends to be gay so he can get closer to her . Meanwhile , blossoms a romance with a bikini model named . After an accidental affair with her mean , sex - obsessed coach , must fend her off , after she has fallen in love with him as well . 
 In the end , wins while loses out on but sees a potential relationship with her sister instead . However , he is then unwittingly ( and unwillingly ) reunited with ; much to his disgust and her instant arousal upon seeing him .

Cuba Gooding, Jr., Horatio Sanz, Vivica A. Fox, Roselyn Sánchez, Victoria Silvstedt, Roger Moore

( ) is an uptight workaholic tax attorney in his 50s . He is separated from his wife ( ) , who has an extremely unpleasant sister ( ) . and have two children , 15 - year - old ( ) and 8 - year - old ( ) . 
 Online , has been conversing with a woman who seems ideal to him , " lawyer - girl " , who appears to be a blond , successful , and well - educated lawyer . He sets up a blind date at his house , and is shocked to see that lawyer - girl is in fact ( Queen ) , a convicted felon who wants to help her get her record cleared . tries to throw her out , but reluctantly lets her stay overnight in the guest room . 
 At the law office , ’s friend ( ) is helping ’s attempt to land a huge contract with a wealthy client , Mrs. ( ) . finds very attractive as soon as he meets her , and is actively wooing her during most of the film . 
 is very determined , and despite ’s rejection , she keeps reappearing at ’s home , his office , and other places where he visits . She comes very close to ruining his chances of landing the big contract . However , it becomes apparent that although she is from a very different social stratum than , and has a self - presentation which is the polar opposite of his , she is nonetheless kind , intelligent , ingenious , and well - educated in the law , thanks to the studying she did while she was incarcerated . 
 At one point , is forced to “ pass ” as the nanny of ’s children . She ends up genuinely making friends with the children , and she is able to help ’s son overcome his inability to read , as well as forcibly sorting out ’s daughter ’s boyfriend problems . 
 even helps himself learn to loosen up a lot more , so he has a chance of being successful in winning his wife back again , which is what he wants more than anything else . 
 As the movie ends , has set up a small law firm with , who is now in a relationship with , and is much less of a workaholic and succeeds in winning his wife ’s affections back .

The film is set in a post - ice age North America , where the local tribesmen believe all creatures are created through the Spirits , who are said to appear in the form of an aurora . Three brothers ( , the youngest brother ; , the middle brother ; and , the eldest brother ) return to their tribe in order for to receive his totem , a necklace in the shape of an animal . The particular animal it represents symbolizes what he must achieve to call himself a man . Unlike , who gained the eagle of guidance , and , who gained the wolf of wisdom , receives the bear of love . He objects to this , stating that bears are thieves , and believes his point is made a fact when a bear takes some salmon . and his brothers pursue the bear , but a fight follows on a glacier , during which gives his life to save his brothers , although the bear survives . Angered , heads out to avenge . He chases the bear up onto a mountain and kills it . The Spirits , represented by 's spirit in the form of a bald eagle , transform into a bear after the dead bear 's body evaporates . arrives , mistaking as dead , and believing his bear form is responsible , vows to avenge by hunting it down . 
 falls down some rapids , survives , and is healed by , the shaman of 's tribe . She does not speak the bear language , but advises him to return to the mountain to find Sitka and be turned back to normal , but only when he amends his mistake ; she disappears without an explanation . quickly discovers the wildlife can talk , meeting two brother moose , and . He gets caught in a trap , but is freed by an outgoing bear cub named . They make a deal : will go with to a nearby salmon run and then the cub will lead to the mountain . As the two eventually form a sibling - like attachment , reveals that his mother is missing . The two are hunted by , who is still determined to avenge , unaware that the bear he is pursuing is actually . Eventually , and reach the salmon run , where a large number of bears live as a family , including the leader , a grizzly bear . adjusts to his surroundings and is happy living with the other bears . During a discussion among the bears , tells a story about his mother fighting human hunters , making realize that the bear he killed was 's mother . 
 Shocked and horrified at what he has done , runs away in a fit of guilt , but soon finds him . reveals the truth to , who runs away , grief - stricken . An apologetic leaves to reach the mountain . and , having had a falling out , reform their brotherhood in front of , prompting him to go after . confronts on the mountain , but their fight is interrupted by , who steals 's hunting pike . goes to 's aid out of love , prompting to appear and turn him back into a human , much to and 's surprise . However , upon realizing that needs him because of his own misdeeds , asks to transform him back into a bear with 's support . complies , and is reunited briefly with the spirit of his mother , before she and return to the Spirits . In the end , lives with the rest of the bears and gains his title as a man , through being a bear .

( ) is a television field reporter for Eyewitness News at WKBW - TV in Buffalo , New York , but desires to be the news anchorman . He is in a relationship with his girlfriend ( ) , but also has a mild crush on his co - worker , ( ) , who barely seems to notice him . , however , suffers from constant bad luck and reaches his breaking point when he is passed over for promotion by his rival , ( ) , who then steals dialogue from an unaired segment by while accepting the promotion on air . 
 This causes to aggressively and insanely criticize the station during his first live report and mock - congratulate and is promptly fired . Following a series of other misfortunes , takes out his frustration on ( ) , blaming Him and claiming that He is " the one who should be fired . " 
 later receives a message on his pager directing him to an empty warehouse , where he meets . offers to give His job to see if can do a better job . gives two rules that he must follow : can not tell anyone else that he is and can not use his powers to interfere with free will . Initially , becomes jubilant with the powers , using them for personal gain such as having his dog use the toilet , getting revenge on a street gang that assaulted him earlier , transforming his damaged car into a Saleen S7[7 ] ( an expensive sports car ) and sexually impressing . 
 also finds ways of using the powers to cause miraculous events to occur at otherwise mundane events that he covers , such as discovering the body of , earning him his job back , or causing a meteor to harmlessly land near a cook - off . , still wanting the anchor position as well as wanting to get revenge on for taunting him , uses his powers to make humiliate himself on air , causing to be promoted to anchor position while gets fired . 
 After taking to a fancy dinner and telling her about his promotion ( disappointing her , as she thought he was going to propose ) , begins to hear voices in his head . He re - encounters , who explains that the voices are prayers to God , and that must deal with them . creates an e - mail system to receive prayers and respond to them - but finds that the influx is far too great for him to handle , even with the use of his powers . So he sets the program to automatically answer " Yes " to every prayer , thinking this will make everyone happy . 
 During a party to celebrate 's promotion , seduces and kisses him . When arrives and sees this , she angrily storms out ; follows her , but she is heartbroken and wo n't listen to him . He tries to use his powers to convince to stay , but can not influence her free will ( causing his relationship with her to get mocked by ) . As looks around , he realizes that automatically granting everyone 's prayers has plunged the city into chaos . returns to , who explains that despite how chaotic things seem , there is always a way to make things right , and that must figure out a way to solve it himself . then begins to solve his problems in life practically , such as helping a man whose car has broken down , potty training his dog properly , and allowing to have his job back ( and actually congratulating him , in contrast to his fake congratulation earlier ) . 
 returns to his computer system , having briefly unplugged it , and he finds many prayers from about . As he reads them , another prayer from arrives , this one wishing not to be in love with anymore . A despondent walks alone on a highway , asking to take back His powers and letting his fate be in His hands . is suddenly struck by a truck and regains consciousness in a white void ( heaven ) . 
 appears and tells to pray for what he truly wants ; prays for to find a man that would make her happy . agrees and finds himself in the hospital , shortly after being miraculously revived by the doctors . arrives and the two reconcile . After his recovery , returns to his field of reporting , but takes more pleasure , in simple stories . and announce their engagement on live television . The film ends with the homeless man had ran into on various occasions turning into , who claps the film off .

In Tibet , 1943 , a Tibetan monk is informed by his master that he has fulfilled a series of prophecies that mark him as his successor . The monk , forgoing his name , is entrusted with guarding a scroll his master protected , that contains knowledge that will make its reader powerful , young , and immune to injury . Granted its powers , the monk learns he will need to find his own successor to pass on the scroll in his future . Shortly after he receives the scroll , he is forced to flee when German soldiers , led by their officer , attack the monk 's temple and kill his master . , who sought the scroll for his own desires , vows to track down the monk . 
 Sixty years later , the nameless witnesses a young pickpocket named , fleeing from police after he was caught robbing one of their officers , along with members of a local gang who do not like him pick - pocketing on their turf . When the pair collide into a young girl and put her into the path of an oncoming train , and rescue her . Shortly after the pair introduce themselves to each other , steals the scroll from and runs away . pursues after him , suspecting he may be a suitable successor to his role , based on three prophecies his master told him before his death , the first of which has fulfilled . When finds himself fighting against the local gang 's leader , he meets a young woman named , whom he falls in love with . The next day , meets with to talk with them , just as approaches them to ask to return her necklace to him , which he had stolen to earn her esteem . The meeting is interrupted when is forced to run from a group of mercenaries seeking him , taking with him . 
 At an Asian laundromat , reveals that it cellar houses a group of fellow monks who aid him , and decides to show some advanced combat techniques . While training at an abandoned warehouse , the pair are attacked by the mercenaries , who steal the scroll for their employer , the head of the Human Rights Organisation , and , her grandfather . However , the pair discover the scroll is a fake ; learns that the real secret in it was tattooed onto 's body . Angered , visits 's home to track the pair down , murdering 's employer . When learns of this , he proceeds to seek out help from at the laundromat . An ambitious monk betrays the group to and . While and escape , the mercenaries capture all of the monks and take them a secret facility beneath the Organisation 's headquarter , where all are tortured ; the monk who betrayed them , is killed . 
 Seeking help , and visit at her home , learning that she is the daughter of a currently imprisoned Russian crime lord . realises that this fact and a small tussle between and inside the house , has fulfilled the second prophecy he was told about . At that moment , the group are interrupted by and her mercenaries , who capture and take him back to their base . , having met earlier that day when she was opening an exhibit created by the Organisation , helps to infiltrate their headquarters . Both later get separated . , dressed in his officer 's uniform , begins reading the scroll on 's body and regains his youth . However , finds that the scroll 's last verse is missing , to which reveals he memorised it . Before can scan 's brain for it , arrives and distracts him , allowing to break free . While , having dealt with , works to free the monks , and engage with and throw him off the headquarter 's roof and onto some electric cables . 
 Believing he has been dealt with , and reunites with the monks and , before the Scroll 's contents are transferred to , having fulfilled the third prophecy . , still alive , attempts to kill , but is killed himself instead by a falling statue . is then surprised to find that has the Scroll 's power herself , having survived being shot at by - like , she also fulfilled the three prophecies , and has the Scroll 's content on her body as well . , now aged , meets with and the next day , giving each one half of the final verse , deeming them now inseparable . The pair wish him a good vacation from his duties , before departing to fulfil their new role .

After rescuing U.S. Marshal ( ) in Mongolia , the Angels : ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , together with adoptive brother ( ) , are sent to recover H.A.L.O. ( Hidden Alias List Operation ) titanium rings stolen from the United States Department of Justice which can display the people listed in the witness protection program . DOJ official ( ) and a protected witness , ( ) are among those killed . At 's house in San Bernardino , the Angels track his assassin ( ) to a beach where they meet with former Angel ( ) . During the Coal Bowl motorcycle race , targets another witness named ( ) , but is killed by ( ) . Inside ' pocket , the Angels discover the photos of , , and , surprisingly , , under her birth name , . 
 reveals that she is a protected witness after sending her former boyfriend , Irish mob leader ( ) , to prison . has since targeted those who wronged him , including and , whose parents killed . is sent to the home of 's mother ( ) for his protection . At a monastery , the Angels learn about the Thin Man 's past from the Mother Superior ( ) . Afterward , the Angels track 's mob at San Pedro and manage to get the rings , but threatens with the murder of everyone she loves . While attends her boyfriend , ) 's high school reunion at Hermosa Beach and returns home to find her action star boyfriend - under - timeout , ( ) telling her awestruck father ( ) about her exploits , leaves the Angels and heads to Mexico . When , and notices her letter , they read her reasons for leaving them . While is upset by this , understands why led to protect them . When she asks about 's break out from jail , reveals someone had him released on good behavior . While in Mexico keeping a low profile , is convinced to return after seeing an apparition of former Angel ( ) . 
 and deduce that is a part of 's scheme after seeing him return 's keys without any pain , since he had earlier claimed to have broken his ribs , which is now proved to have been a lie . Following him , the two witness him being shot to death by , the true mastermind behind all of this . Though arrives to back the group , the Angels are shot by , who takes the rings , though they survive by having worn Kevlar vests beforehand . At the base , through the speakers reprimands for what she 's done . He confronts her for endangering the lives of her former teammates . By the time that he had rescued them , the girls were in critical condition and was kicked out of the Angels for it . responds by pulling out her gold guns and shooting the speaker . The Angels realize that , with the protection of , is going to sell the rings to the Antonioni Crime Family , the Tanaka Yakuza , and the Diablo Cartel at the Hollywood Walk of Fame , where 's film 's premiere is about to commence . The Angels set the three groups up to be arrested by the FBI instead , while they confront and . comes to the Angels ' aid , where it 's revealed he 's in love with and is doing his part to protect her . kills the Thin Man , but manages to throw him down to his death . The Angels fight all the way to an abandoned theater , where they kick her to a gas - filling chamber , with her dooming herself by shooting her bullets , exploding it . 
 The Angels attend the premiere where they learn that Mama is adopting . postpones his engagement with by buying for them a puppy named Spike while terminates her timeout with . The Angels celebrate their victory together with .

When documentary filmmaker and his wife decide life in New York City has become unbearable , they and their children and move into a decaying mansion filled with the possessions of the previous family . They befriend local tavern owners and and their daughter . As begins to sort through the many documents and family photographs scattered throughout the house , he decides to commit its history to film . 
 Converting the old building into their dream house becomes a nightmare for the when previous owner , recently released from prison , shows up and pressures into hiring him to help with the renovations . While he initially proves to be a good worker , the underlying sense of menace he projects is unsettling . A series of terrifying incidents , including being pursued by an unknown car , the sudden appearance of poisonous snakes in the house , and the killing of the horse given to them by the leads the to research the estate 's dark past . Hoping to glean some details about its history , Cooper visits 's aging and slightly demented father in the nursing home where he is living . Disjointed comments made by the elderly man lead to believe murdered his wife and children , and he begins to search his 1200 acre property for their remains . Sheriff , sister of 's battered , slatternly girlfriend , is skeptical about 's guilt , but slowly comes to realize may be right . 
 's suspicions are confirmed when he and discover three skeletons in Devil 's Throat , a deep well , hidden in the woods . Using a walkie talkie , he contacts Sheriff , unaware she has been attacked and disabled by , who punctures the tires on 's truck and sets 's car on fire to prevent them from escaping . Trapping them in the house in the middle of a storm that has knocked out the electricity , he forces them to rely on their wits and physical prowess to save themselves . finally corners and on the roof after chasing them through the mansion . , now raving mad , openly declares his insanity as well as his intent to kill them and throw them down the Devil 's Throat like his family . However , the couple is able to turn the tables on their tormentor by charging him with a line of rope that knocks him off his feet . They quickly tie him down against a roof lantern before he can break free . takes the killing tool and taunts as had done to him , before shattering the skylight , sending to his death . 
 's family are entombed in the family graveyard at Cold Creek Manor and and his family attain their wanted peace .

When North Carolina secedes from the Union on May 20 , 1861 , the young men of a rural North Carolina town on Cold Mountain hurry to enlist in the Confederate States Army . Among them is , a carpenter who has fallen in love with , a preacher 's daughter , and their whirlwind courtship is interrupted by the war . 
 Three years later , finds himself at the Battle of the Crater . Union soldiers tunnel beneath Confederate fortifications and detonate kegs of gunpowder prior to an ill - fated attack against the rebels . , 's acquaintance from Cold Mountain , is seriously wounded . gets him to a field hospital , where dies with beside him and friend playing him a song on his fiddle . 
 and his Cherokee friend are sent , with other Cold Mountain men , to flush out surviving Union troops behind their lines . During the raid , friendly fire kills and seriously wounds . As lies in the hospital near death , he reads a letter from in which she pleads with him to stop fighting , stop marching , and come back to her . recovers , and – with the war drawing ever closer to an inevitable Confederate defeat – deserts to return to Cold Mountain . 
 meets the corrupt preacher Reverend , who is about to drown his pregnant slave lover . stops , and leaves him tied up to face the town 's justice . Exiled from his parish , later joins on his journey . 
 They help a young man named butcher his cow , and join him and his family for dinner . When goes out to his trapline , the women in his family seduce , and 's wife , , tries to seduce . It is a ploy , as soon returns with the Confederate Home Guard , and both and are led away with other deserters . During a skirmish with Union cavalry , is killed and left for dead . An elderly hermit living in the woods finds him and nurses him back to health . 
 meets a grieving young widow named , who is raising her infant child alone ; he stays the night at her cabin . The next morning , a party of Union foragers arrive demanding food . orders away for his protection , but he hides close by . The leader , , and his lieutenant harass , steal her livestock , and leave in the cold , though the third soldier attempts to keep the baby warm . tries to rape but both he and the lieutenant are killed by . forces the kind forager to surrender and lets him go , but an enraged fatally shoots him . 
 Interspersed with 's adventures , we see 's wartime experiences . A proper city girl , she and her father only recently moved to a Cold Mountain farm named Black Cove . She met on her first day at Cold Mountain and had a brief , chaste romance with him the night before he left for the army . Shortly after leaves , her father dies , leaving her with no money , no farming skills and little prospect for help with most able - bodied men off at war . 
 survives on the kindness of her neighbors , one of whom eventually sends 's daughter , , to help . is a young woman who has lived a hard - scrabble life and is adept at the tasks needed to run the farm . moves in and together they bring the farm to working order . Meanwhile , writes constant letters to in hopes of meeting him again and renewing their romance . 
 The two women become close friends and confidantes . They are also friends with the Swangers , who live down the road from Black Cove . It is at the Swangers ' well that has a vision of coming back to her in the snow , surrounded by crows . 
 and as well as other members of their community , have several tense encounters with men of the Home Guard . Their branch is led by Captain , whose grandfather once owned much of Cold Mountain . He and his deputies hunt deserters , partially with the goal of 's seizing their land . also lusts after . Meant to protect the South and its citizen population from the North , the Home Guard have become violent vigilantes , killing deserters and terrorizing citizens for helping the deserters . and his men torture Mrs. to coax her deserter sons out of hiding , killing both boys and Mr. when they appear . 
 , having deserted , arrives back at Cold Mountain with traveling companions , an intellectually challenged banjo player , and , a mandolin player to whom is attracted . 
 While camping , , , and are cornered by and the Guard . unintentionally reveals the musicians are deserters , and the Home Guard shoot and while Georgia watches from hiding . He escapes to Black Cove and returns with and , who find dead and badly wounded . helps remove a bullet from 's back , and they decide to take shelter in some cabins in the woods to avoid and his men . 
 At this point the two story lines come together . , half - dead from starvation , finally reaches Cold Mountain and is almost killed by before she recognizes him . They later consummate their love and spend the night together . 
 The Home Guard soon find them , having captured and tortured Georgia for information . In the ensuing gunfight ambushes and kills and most of his band , but 's violent young lieutenant escapes up the mountain . Cornering him near the top , urges him to surrender peacefully , but draws , forcing to fire ; shoots dead , but is mortally wounded . reaches , finding him just as she saw him in her vision at the well : coming back to her in the snow surrounded by crows . He dies in her arms . 
 A few years later , and are celebrating Easter . has married Georgia , and the two have a young daughter and an infant child . It is revealed that 's night with has produced a child , .

A group of grifters rip off their latest mark and celebrate , while de facto leader of the group ( ) explains the art of the con . When one of the four ( ) is found shot to death , the other three learn that the latest money they stole actually belonged to a local L.A. crime lord called The King ( ) . proposes that the grifters work for the King and steal money from ( ) , a rival who owns a bank . 
 enlists the aid of his remaining partners , ( ) and ( ) , and also convinces an independent con artist named ( ) to round out their foursome . The King , a ruthless killer who suffers from ADHD , demands that one of his men , ( ) , also come along . 
 The con involves bribing a bank vice president into wiring money offshore . The plan hits a snag when Special Agent ( ) shows up in L.A. , looking to finally bust , whom he has followed for years . forces corrupt LAPD detectives ( ) and ( ) to switch their allegiance from to him . 
 After hearing about 's arrival , a nervous pulls the plug on the whole con . He screams at , making her walk out . gets to reconsider nixing the con , hinting that The King will torture and kill the grifters if the plan falls short . The con is back on , though now without 's help . 
 The bribed bank VP wires the money to in Belize . brings it to Ontario Airport , where he is met by both and The King 's men , both sides after the $ 5 million in a duffle bag . arrests The King and confiscates the money . 
 disappears . , thinking the King has the money , reveals he was the one who killed 's grifter friend . holds at gunpoint , but is shot by ( ) , a henchman for . It turns out that when walked out , she went straight to himself and revealed the entire con , which was taking place that minute . told to locate and find out exactly how the con was engineered , to stop such a thing from ever happening again . 
 takes to an abandoned lot and forces him to explain the entire story . A furious takes out a gun and kills . demands that he and both disappear immediately . Minutes later , arrives in a car and sits up from a pool of blood , unharmed . 
 The final parts of the con are revealed . 's " quitting " was faked — a set - up to confuse . is actually an old confidant of 's . He managed to " confiscate " the money and arrest The King at the same time . has the money and it 's split five ways . was wearing squibs to fake his own death in the lot . 
 In the end , everyone was in on everything except for The King and ( the first marks ) , and ( the second , bigger marks ) , and the two corrupt LAPD detectives , who have been arrested . The four grifters reunite and celebrate .

Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Dustin Hoffman, Andy García, Paul Giamatti, Robert Forster

The film opens with a group of thieves led by attempting to steal diamonds for a Frenchman named , who serves as the middleman for a mysterious employer . When contacts , a Taiwanese Intelligence Agent named intercepts the conversation and attempts to identify the criminals . 
 While the crew gathers up as many diamonds as they can , including a bag of black diamonds , Agent calls and demands that he and his crew leave the diamonds in the vault , warning him that the police are on the way . However , ignores this warning , and the criminals attempt a daring escape past a SWAT team blockade . While , , and all manage to escape , Agent captures and recovers ' share of the diamonds . is disappointed to find that does not have the black diamonds though . Meanwhile , asks his friend to appraise the black diamonds he had stolen . Arriving at the San Francisco International Airport , 's mysterious employer , , is informed , by his assistant , that has been attacked and that and his gang have taken the black diamonds . 
 Later that night , runs into . During this inadvertent meeting , receives a phone call from , who demands that hand over the black diamonds . refuses and is subsequently attacked by two of 's henchman . With 's help , he defeats them and escapes . After the fight , tells that some gangsters came to his workshop and demanded the black diamonds as well . After some hesitation , admits that he gave the stones to the gangsters to spare his own life . also receives another call from , who has kidnapped 's daughter , , to persuade to give up the diamonds . Now with a common enemy , and team up to recover the diamonds from the gangsters and rescue from . 
 visits jailed crime lord " , most likely the employer of the gangsters who had robbed . When refuses to cooperate , goes to ' night club , hoping to find the stones somewhere in his office . The plan goes awry , and and the gang have to leave empty - handed . Meanwhile , and go to an underground club to try to find the gangsters who attacked . Because the club does not allow guests , is forced to enter as a fighter in the club 's fighting ring . During 's fight , sees the man they are looking for , recognizing the man 's ring . Through this informant , they learn that the diamonds are hidden in the bubble bath in 's office . When they return to the nightclub to retrieve the diamonds , they find that 's men have already taken the stones . Meanwhile , while locked in a van , the bound and gagged frees herself , and finds a cell phone to call her father . Just before the phone 's battery runs out , gives some clues as to her location . With these clues , the gang surmises that is being held in an airport hangar . 
 Realizing that will want to auction off the stones , which are actually weapons of mass destruction , the group searches flight schedules to find an airport where a large number of private flights will be landing that night . Finding the right airport , the group races to the hangar , where 's auction is already starting . A fight ensues , and and his crew take out members of 's team . However , is rescued and is killed after Su forces him to swallow a capsule of synthetic plutonium and then breaks the capsule lodged in his neck . When the police arrive , promises to end his criminal career in order to lead a safe and happy life with . 
 In a bonus scene during the credits , and made a plan to make the movie with their story , and using famous actors , such as and . They plan to get the director of the movies Exit Wounds and Romeo Must Die ( ) .

Jet Li, DMX, Kelly Hu, Anthony Anderson, Tom Arnold, Mark Dacascos, Gabrielle Union

is a blind lawyer in New York City 's Hell 's Kitchen neighborhood , where he runs a firm with best friend . As a child , was blinded by a toxic waste spill . The accident enhanced 's other senses and gave him sonar to " see " via sonic vibrations . 's father , boxer , was killed after refusing to turn in a fixed fight for the mobster who had employed him earlier . After his father 's death , Matt promised to stop all crime that controlled Hell 's Kitchen , New York as the vigilante crime - fighter " Daredevil " . 
 meets , daughter of , a businessman who has dealings with , a rich executive who is also the criminal leader known as the Kingpin . When tries to end his relationship with , the mobster hires the Irish hitman , who has preternatural aim , to kill him . tries to stop , but ultimately succeeds in killing and framing 's alter - ego in the process . vows to exact revenge , while reporter discovers his secret identity . Believing to have done good things for Hell 's Kitchen , tells that is going after next . 
 tracks , but is attacked by , who plans to use her own training in martial arts to avenge her father 's death . She defeats and injures ; when she manages to remove his mask , she discovers 's secret identity and innocence . Forced to fight alone , is overpowered and killed by the hitman . A wounded makes his way to a church , where he is looked after by his confidante , Father , who knows his secret identity . After recovering slightly , fights , who had followed him to the church . discovers that loud noise is 's weakness and prepares to kill him with a spiked piece of wood after incapacitating him . blocks the attack and hears an FBI sniper stationed on the neighboring building preparing to fire . As the bullet is fired , moves out of the bullet 's path and pulls 's hands into it . When pleads for mercy , throws him from the church 's steeple . lands on the hood of 's car , severely injured but alive . 
 Upon discovering is the Kingpin and 's employer , makes his way to 's office . There , and begin a fierce fight ; however , proves to be a surprisingly powerful combatant due to his size and brute strength , and he dominates for most of the fight . Lying on the floor , questions as to why he killed the people loved , including years before : replies it was just business , for he had worked under at the time he killed , and was " in the wrong family at the wrong time " . Angered , regains his strength and breaks 's legs , but refrains from killing him , instead allowing him to be arrested by the police , who have discovered his criminal connections . Before being taken away , — who had also discovered 's secret identity after overpowering him — swears revenge on , who points out that can not reveal 's secret identity because the humiliation of having been beaten by a blind man will cause him to be perceived as weak by other prison inmates . Having gained closure over his father 's murder , returns to his day - to - day routine , and meets one last time , in which assures him he will not publish his article about 's true identity . 
 In a mid - credits scene , , having been moved to a prison hospital and severely bandaged after his confrontation with , is shown to still have his perfect aim after he impales a fly with a syringe needle and says " . "

Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Michael Clarke Duncan, Colin Farrell, Jon Favreau, Joe Pantoliano, David Keith

In the town of Darkness Falls , widow was adored by the town 's children . She gave them gifts and gold coins when they lost teeth , earning her the nickname . A fire in her home left her face disfigured and sensitive to light ; she wore a white porcelain mask and only left her house at night . The town 's adults were suspicious of ; they blamed her when two children went missing . They hanged her and exposed her face to light . Dying , swore vengeance . When the two missing children returned home unharmed , the townsfolk realized their mistake and quickly buried 's body . Over the next 150 years , the story of , the Tooth Fairy , became a legend ; her dark spirit visits children on the night they lose their last baby tooth . If anyone sees her when she visits , they are marked for her vengeance . 
 , an antisocial teenager befriended by ( ) , loses his last baby tooth . That night he sees and realizes the story is true . Knowing light is her weakness , he shines a flashlight into her face and hides in the brightly - lit bathroom . His mother is killed after seeing . The next morning , police arrive and is taken to a mental hospital after mistaken speculations that he killed his mother . 
 Twelve years later , ( ) telephones ( ) to ask for his help with her younger brother ( ) , who refuses to sleep in the dark . still suffers fear and paranoia from his encounter with ; he has dozens of flashlights and medications for anxiety and depression . visits at the hospital but denies any relation to his condition and walks away from , who believes his story . 
 tries to warn others of but faces ridicule and skepticism , which leads to the death of many townspeople . A lightning storm blacks out the whole town ; realizing and are in danger , Kyle rushes to the hospital . He rescues them and gains allies as others realize his story is true . , , and hide in the local lighthouse . They are helped by several medical personnel , all of whom are killed by . 
 During the struggle , tries to kill , but before she can do so , the lighthouse lights up . The sudden exposure to light causes her pain ; she drops her mask . sees her disfigured face and realizes she is now vulnerable . She resumes her attack , during which 's right sleeve catches fire and he kills by striking her face with it . 
 As the film ends , a boy is being tucked into bed by his parents . He is scared because he has just lost his last baby tooth . He finds his mother replaced the tooth with a gold coin , showing that and her curse are gone .

is a former child star who shot to fame on a TV sitcom called The Glimmer Gang with his catchphrase " This is Nuckin ' Futs ! " . His career subsequently halted after his 6th birthday . Since his heyday , he has been reduced to parking cars at Morton 's and appearing on Celebrity Boxing , where he is matched with . In the public eye and to his girlfriend who apparently leaves him during a roadside incident , is washed up . 
 After talking to an old friend , , is absolutely convinced that a new movie in the works , Mr. 's Backyard , will be his comeback vehicle . Even after , his agent , does not land him an audition , persists . While on duty at Morton 's , he joy rides in a customer 's vehicle , drops into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting , and he pesters to hook him up with . After he is kicked out because he 's not an alcoholic , fakes being wasted and crashes what turns out to be a class . However , ( in an uncredited cameo appearance ) is in the class and , finding his entrance to the class hilarious and ridiculous , he agrees to help him out and calls for . 
 bluntly tells that the part is not within his abilities because it requires knowing how a regular person lives . Unfortunately , never had a real childhood ; he grew up in the limelight , and then his mother abandoned him when his show was cancelled . Desperate to prove to that he 's right for the part , sells his raunchy autobiography to raise $ 30,000 . With the money , he pays a family to " adopt " him for a month , as he believes he will " watch and learn " . 
 Once hires his " family " , things get off to a rocky start , as , the bread - winning father , insists that they need the money , despite the rightful reservations of the other family members . , the mother , comes to pity and gradually provides him with surrogate guidance , realizing the lesson from Blake 's Backyard itself : sometimes all of the things you need are in your own backyard . learns much about himself and life in general , and begins to act as a third parent . He helps the family 's son score a date with his dream girl and helps the daughter join the pep squad . returns to him and is admired by , who turns out to be inept on the subject of fidelity . 
 lands an audition for by donating a kidney to after is savagely beaten by a psychotic street douche whom provoked while unknowingly driving 's vehicle ; is awarded the part , proving that " In Hollywood , Sometimes Your Dreams Can Come True ... Again " . After and abandon the household together , gives up the part to be with the family he has come to love . 
 The movie ends with a faux E ! True Hollywood Story report on , who now turns his real story into a new sitcom that uses all of his old friends , as well as his new family ( including the mother , whom he has married ) . The closing credits are a take - off on Relief albums listed as " To help former child stars " . The song includes The Brady Bunch 's singing " But if one more person calls me ' ' , I 'll bust his fucking head " , and many references to old television sitcoms . 
 The movie shows interacting with numerous former child stars , played by over two dozen actual former stars lampooning their careers , such as , , and .

New in New York City , arrives at Banner House to present her new work , Down with Love , a book the intent of which is to free women from love , teach them to enjoy sex without commitment , and to replace the need for a man with things such as chocolate . Following her rules would , she believes , help to give women a boost in the workplace and in the world in general . 
 The men who run Banner House refuse to support the book . But , 's editor , has an idea to promote the book , and that 's for to meet – a successful writer for the magazine Know and a notorious " ladies ' man , man 's man , man about town " – but he avoids her repeatedly by postponing their dates until she gets fed up , insults him , and walks out . 
 's boss and best friend , , and take a liking to one another . However , their relationship revolves around and , and neither is brave enough to express their feelings for the other . feels overshadowed by 's strong personality , and wants to see strength in her lover . She even assumes must be gay . 
 starts promoting her book with 's help , and things take off when they get to sing the song " Down with Love " as a promotion to the book on The Ed Sullivan Show . Sales skyrocket , as housewives and women around the world buy the book and rebel against their men ; now wants to meet , but now it is she who rejects him . 
 It all comes to a boiling point when appears on a national TV show talking about a chapter from the book – " The Worst Kind of Man " – and cites as the perfect example . His date rejects him , which infuriates him . swears he will prove is the same as every other woman , wanting the same things men do . 
 He arranges for a casual meeting at a drycleaners , taking advantage of the fact that has never met or seen him , and he poses as an astronaut , Major , attentive and polite . appears to be immediately infatuated with this man who seemingly has no idea who she is , in contrast to men who now avoid her , viewing her as the enemy since the publication of her book . 
 " " takes her to the most fashionable locations in New York while maintaining considerable sexual tension between them by feigning naivete and a desire to remain chaste until he is " ready " for a physical relationship . But he starts falling for her , and it gets harder to go through with his plan . 
 When finds / Zip at a party he is almost caught out , and decides it is time to take everything to the next level : he tells that wants to interview him for an exposé on the NASA space program and asks her to accompany him . It is his own apartment and he sets everything up to record her saying she loves him . But then it is she who reveals the truth : she knew he was really from the beginning , but she also lied as she is not but , once one of 's many secretaries , who fell in love with him whilst working at Know , but who turned him down when he asked her out because she did not want to be just another one in his long list of romances . 
 She tells him she did this to be different from all the women he knew , and make him love her . They both realize that does love her , but as he is proposing , one of his many lovers appears and thanks for what she 's done for womankind . realizes that she does not want love or him as she has become a real " down with love " girl . and 's relationship also changes when she insults him for helping . realizes he is indeed like any other man and takes to 's apartment to take things to the next level . 
 Days later , is completely depressed ; all his efforts to win back have failed . Even his exposé is ruined now that has told her story in her own magazine , Now . is also depressed as his relationship with is now apparently based only on sex . realizes he can do something and writes a new exposé , " How Falling In Love With Barbara Novak Made Me A New Man " . He learns there is an opening at Now and goes for an interview with her . There , he tells her how much she changed him , and it is obvious she wants him but turns him down anyway ; he says he wished there could be a middle ground for them " somewhere between a blonde and a brunette " , referring to her real persona , where she was a brunette . 
 As he is leaving her office , he realizes she is not coming after him , but she surprises him on the elevator , showing him a bright red hair style : she has found the middle ground and she wants to be with him . They fly to Las Vegas to get married , influencing and , who also decide to get married . 
 The end credits show their marriage has resulted in a new book intended to end the battle of the sexes . The pair end by singing " Here 's To Love " .

, , , and are four friends on an annual hunting trip in Maine . As children , they all acquired telepathic powers which they call " the line " after saving a mentally handicapped boy named from bullies and befriending him . 
 One night , sees beckoning him to cross the street , but as he does so is hit by a car . His injuries heal with mysterious speed and six months later he is able to make it for the group 's annual trip . rescues a man lost in the forest named . He is very ill , so and let him rest and recover inside their cabin . Suddenly , all the forest animals run past their cabin in the same direction , it is implied fear is the motivation as predator and prey flee together , followed by two military helicopters that announce the area is now quarantined . and return to the cabin to find a trail of blood from the bedroom to the bathroom , where is sitting semi - catatonic on the toilet , which is now covered in blood . is pushed off the toilet , falling , dead , into the tub as a three - foot long lamprey like creature writhes and screams in the toilet . attempts to trap the creature under the toilet lid , but the creature breaks out and kills him . tries to escape but is confronted by a large alien called Mr. , who possesses 's body and emits a red - dust around the entire cabin . 
 Nearby , and crash their SUV to avoid running over a frostbitten woman from 's original hunting party . walks for help while stays with the woman . She dies and also excretes a worm , which barely manages to kill . Mr. tricks and kidnaps , but telepathically warns to stay hidden . returns to the cabin to find dead and the worm that killed him laying a group of eggs . To kill all of the alien larvae , he sets fire to the cabin . 
 Meanwhile , an elite military unit specializing in extraterrestrials , led by the slightly unhinged Colonel , seeks to contain everyone exposed to the aliens . Col . is planning to retire after this operation and will pass command , along with a pearl - handled stainless - steel .45 pistol , to Captain , his trusted friend and second in command . The two lead an air - strike into a large forest clearing where the aliens ' spaceship has crash - landed . The aliens use telepathy to ask for mercy , but the helicopters massacre most of the aliens with mini - guns and missiles . The alien ship self - destructs , destroying the remaining aliens and two helicopters . 
 retraces his memories of the area while watching Mr. use his body . Mr. tries to coerce into cooperating but bites him in half when he refuses . realizes that Mr. possessed him , not by chance , but to access past memories of Duddits which he needs . arrives at the fenced - in concentration camp only to realize that Col . plans to kill all of those quarantined . convinces to prevent this by going over ' head and having him relieved . Later , uses 's gun as a phone . 
 and break out of the camp and head to ' home . , who is dying of leukemia , informs them Mr. is headed for the Quabbin Reservoir to seed the water with alien larvae . , realizing the danger looming to the entire planet , leaves the camp in his armed helicopter and tracks down , , and via a micro - chip in the pistol . At the reservoir , is mortally wounded and dies shortly after he shoots down . 
 In the reservoir 's pump house , uses 's machine gun to kill Mr. 's worm but can not decide if is possessed . confronts Mr. , who finally exits 's body . The two struggle as reveals himself to also be an alien of a different race . Both aliens explode in a cloud of red - dust which briefly resembles a dreamcatcher . , now himself again , steps on the final alien larva before it can escape and contaminate the reservoir .

Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis, Timothy Olyphant, Tom Sizemore, Donnie Wahlberg

In 1986 , ( ) finally gets his chance to go to regular school . At the same time , ( ) has been adopted and exchanged several times until he is finally accepted by the school janitor , ( ) . bumps into on the way to school , in search for a treasure his mother ( ) asked him to find , and as if it were destiny , the two instantly became the best of friends . introduces to his " friend " , ( ) , the school bully whose main function in life appears to be making 's life miserable . After putting in a trash can , he hoists the two friends up a flagpole . 
 Meanwhile , the corrupt Principal ( ) is searching for a way to get a large amount of money to get a condominium in Waikiki , Hawaii for him and his girlfriend , Ms. ( ) , the school 's cafeteria lady . Seeing and getting hoisted on a flagpole , Principal establishes a fake " special needs " class to swindle $ 100,000 from a former Special Needs student named . Obviously , and are more than thrilled to help , unaware of the real reason , and thus find themselves signing up people who are " special " enough for the class . These include a reluctant ; a teen named ( ) who broke his leg and arm in a skateboarding accident — and whom believes is a " little crippled boy " ; 's gorgeous girlfriend , ( ) ; geeky ( ) , whom and believe is a centaur after seeing him half - dressed in his horse mascot uniform ; ( ) , also known as " , " a Chinese exchange student who later becomes 's girlfriend ; and ( ) , a badly injured football player obsessed with his sport . Ms. becomes the teacher of the fake class and holds it in 's tool shed . 
 ( ) , a headstrong student and reporter for the school paper , is suspicious of Principal ' sudden contribution . invites over to her house for dinner and asks for information . , who thinks that she is flirting with him , turns to for courtship tips . A repulsive disaster involving 's bathroom and a melted chocolate bar that looks like feces makes her father ( ) freak out , inadvertently directing her attention to . Soon , and get into a fight over , without her knowing it , which causes the duo 's friendship to split . Inevitably , the two make amends when and realize that they were nothing without each other . They find Principal ' chest in his office which contains evidence of every scam he and Ms. ever pulled . 
 The next day , Principal finds his evidence chest missing , and Ms. falsely accuses of taking it . The Special Needs class were asked to build a float for Thanksgiving at that time ; instead of building a float with as the main attraction , they change it to look like Principal as a pirate with repeated recordings of his evidence and have it pulled by the class 's special bus . Before bringing out the float , they call the police . During the parade , the superintendent of the school district has a police detective pose as , so Principal Collins would fall for it . Eventually , the Special Needs class brings out their float and proves Principal and Ms. as thieves , exposing their plot . Principal and Ms. are arrested before they can get away with the money , and is grateful for and and regards them as heroes . However , just like in the original film , the duo 's advances to are in vain , as it turns out that had a boyfriend . He commends and for exposing ' and 's plot and rides off with . 
 and vow never to fight and risk their friendship over a woman , but as they head home , they are approached by ( ) and her twin sister , ( ) in a red Ferrari 308 GTS , who offer to take them to a huge girls ' party . After another debate over which girl they want , and reject them and and furiously drive off , splattering with mud in the process . 's father accidentally hits with his Mercedes , resulting in getting the windshield and hood covered with mud . 's father recognizes and as he frantically thinks his car is covered in feces , and casually walk away .

( ) and ( ) are a young , professional , married New York couple in search of their dream home . When they finally find the perfect Brooklyn brownstone , they are giddy with anticipation . The duplex is a dream come true , complete with multiple fireplaces , except for one thing : Mrs. ( ) , the old lady who lives on the rent - controlled top floor . Assuming she is elderly and ill , they take the apartment . 
 However , they soon realize that Mrs. is in fact an energetic senior who enjoys watching her television at top volume day and night and rehearsing in a brass band . As a writer , is attempting to finish his novel against a looming deadline . However , he is interrupted daily by Mrs. 's numerous demands and requests , and what begins as a nuisance quickly escalates into an all - out war . and try to get Mrs. to move out , but she refuses . Next , they try to file a noise complaint against her , but discover that she has already gone to the police first and filed a harassing complaint against them . Mrs. soon turns all of and 's friends against them by play - acting as the " poor , innocent , old lady " and makes it appear that the young couple are out to harm her . 
 When loses her job and misses his deadline ( all because of the old lady 's antics ) the pair are trapped at home together with Mrs. with no place to go . Their rage turns to homicidal fantasy as they plot ways to get rid of their manipulative , no - good neighbor . After peace overtures and a break - in lead to nothing , and decide to hire a hitman , named ( ) , to kill her . However , his asking price for doing the hit is $ 25,000 . Unable to initially come up with the money , approaches his friend and fellow writer , , to ask for a loan , but is rudely rebuffed . Desperate and needing the money in two days , they sell almost every possession they own to pay who will do the hit on Christmas Eve . does break into Mrs. 's apartment as planned , but fails to kill her when she defends herself with her speargun by shooting him in the shoulder , forcing him to flee , and the couple in fact have to rescue the old woman when the struggle results in a fire in her apartment . 
 Accepting defeat , and decide to evict themselves , but find out that the old woman has died right when they leave . and , now with no jobs , friends , or money left , move away where they contemplate their strange encounters . But here the audience learns in a climatic plot twist that the realtor of the duplex , ( ) ( revealed to be Mrs. 's son ) and the ill - tempered NYPD Officer ( ) ( 's gay lover ) who had frequently harassed and distrusted the couple and always sided with Mrs. in her arguments with and , and Mrs. herself ( who is not in fact dead ) have been doing this to others . This wicked and unethical trio have been running a mean - spirited , real - estate scam for several years : sells the ground floor apartment only to good - natured young couples , then Mrs. , aided by the corrupt Officer , harasses and destroys the young couple 's lives , eventually forcing them to move out , and then faking Mrs. 's own death so that the couple will never return and leaving Mrs. , and to collect and live off of the sales commission from the next occupants that buy the ground floor apartment . and were Mrs. and her son 's latest victims among so many . 
 At the conclusion , it is revealed in a voice - over by that he and relocated to the Bronx . Like all of the other couples that the trio scammed , they never saw Mrs. or returned to Brooklyn again , nor did they ever find out about the scam they were the victims of . While Mrs. , and Officer continue their scam by targeting the next friendly young couple that moves into the ground - floor apartment right after and move out , used his unpleasant experience of living there as inspiration for writing his next book , titled " Duplex " , which became a best - selling novel , saving and from their life of poverty , and giving the film a semi - happy ending .

On Christmas Eve , a baby boy crawls into sack at an orphanage and is unwittingly transported back to the North Pole . When discovered at the workshop , the elves name him " " because he is wearing " Little Buddy Diapers " , and he is adopted by Papa Elf . 
 grows up at the North Pole believing he is an elf , but due to his human size is unable to keep up with the other elves and demoted to the demeaning job of toy testing . When overhears that he is a human , Papa Elf explains that was born to and , and given up for adoption . subsequently died and , who now works for a children 's book publisher at the Empire State Building in New York City , is unaware of 's existence . reveals , to 's horror , that is on the naughty list due to his selfishness , but suggests could help redeem him . 
 travels to New York where he has trouble adjusting to the customs of the cynical human world . finds his father at work , but is incredulous and has security remove him . Taking a security guard 's sarcastic suggestion literally , visits the Gimbels department store where the manager mistakes him for an employee . At the store 's Santa Land , he meets , an unenthusiastic employee to whom he is instantly attracted . After hearing that will be at the store the following day , spends the night decorating Santa Land . When realizes that the Santa is not the real Santa , he confronts him and yanks the beard off his costume , resulting in a fight that lands in jail . reluctantly bails him out and takes him to a doctor for a DNA test , which confirms that is 's son . The doctor convinces to take home to meet his step mother and twelve - year - old half brother . and are put off by 's odd behavior , but insists that they care for him until he " recovers " . 
 and become friends after defeating a gang of bullies in a snowball fight and encourages to ask on a date . During the date , the two fall for each other . 's boss , citing the failure of the company 's most recent book , expects a new book by Christmas Eve , so and his team hire best - selling children 's author . interrupts a meeting between 's team and to tell of his newfound love and mistakes Finch , who has dwarfism , for an elf . pesters into losing his temper and walking out on , causing to harshly disown . leaves a note for and , and wanders the streets lamenting that he does not fit in anywhere . 
 On Christmas Eve , after finding 's notebook full of ideas , and his team scramble to create a book to pitch . 's boss is prepared to hear the pitch when arrives and informs that is gone . Realizing he was wrong , tries unsuccessfully to reschedule , then quits his job and leaves with to find . 
 's sleigh crashes in Central Park , attracting a large crowd . finds , who explains that the sleigh has lost its engine and can not fly without it , due to a shortage of Christmas spirit . finds the engine and is reunited with and . apologizes to and accepts him as his son ; then takes them to meet . takes 's list and reads it in front of television news cameras gathered outside the park , proving that is real . The Central Park Rangers , whom had placed on the naughty list , chase the sleigh as tries to reattach the engine . leads the crowd in singing " Santa Claus Is Coming to Town , " helping raise enough Christmas spirit to fully power the sleigh . 
 By next Christmas , has started his own publishing company with a best - selling book about 's adventures . and , now married , bring their newborn daughter to visit Papa Elf .

Will Ferrell, James Caan, Zooey Deschanel, Mary Steenburgen, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner

Exactly one year after the explosion of Flight 180 , college student is heading to Daytona Beach , Florida for spring break with her friends , , , and . On route , has a premonition of logs falling off a semi , causing a massive car accident that kills everyone involved . She stalls her car on the entrance ramp , preventing several people from entering the highway , including lottery winner ; widow and her fifteen - year - old son ; businesswoman ; stoner ; pregnant ; high school teacher ; and Deputy Marshal . While Officer questions , the pileup occurs . , , and are killed by a speeding truck , but is saved by Officer at the last second . 
 The survivors are brought to the police station , where they learn about the curse of Flight 180 . Later , a chain reaction causes a fire in 's apartment which he barely escapes ; but when slips the escape ladder falls and impales his eye . Officer researches the survivors of Flight 180 , and discovers that was killed by a falling brick . visits , the last survivor of Flight 180 , who is now a voluntary inmate at a psychiatric ward . refuses to help , but while arguing with she realizes that the survivors are dying in reverse , and warns to look out for " signs " of Death . Upon returning home , has a vision of a flock of pigeons attacking her and she and Officer rush to save and , but they arrive too late and is crushed by a glass pane , while leaving the dentist . decides to help and introduces and Officer to mortician , who tells them that only " new life " can defeat . They believe that if has her baby it will ruin 's plan and they will all be safe . 
 is accused of driving a stolen van and taken into custody , while the other survivors reunite for safety . After is decapitated by malfunctioning elevator doors , the group leaves to track down , who has gone into labor at the police station , while the officer on duty rushes to the hospital in her van . Along the way they discover that they have all cheated death twice ; had it not been for the survivors of Flight 180 they would all be dead , which explains why the survivors are dying in reverse . Since Officer saved from being hit by the truck earlier , she is last on Death 's list . 
 The survivors ' vehicle suffers a blowout , prompting them to swerve onto a farm . The back of the car is penetrated by PVC pipes which injure , and he is rushed to the hospital . As rescuers arrive at the scene , , the son of a farm owner , is nearly killed by a speeding news van , but saves him at the last second . Using the Jaws of Life 's rescuer accidentally activates the airbag and her head is impaled by a pipe protruding from her headrest . Her cigarette falls out of her hand and into a gasoline leak leading to the news van , causing the van to explode , and sending a barbed wire fence flying through the air , which kills . 
 , , and Officer rush to the hospital , and has another vision of Dr. " strangling " . After immobilizes Dr. , they witness give birth and assume they have cheated death . However , has another vision of someone with bloody hands in a submerging van and realizes that was never meant to die in the pile - up . 
 searches for , but accidentally causes his room to explode from an oxygen combustion , killing them both . realizes the person in her vision was herself and immerses a van in a lake to drown herself . is rescued by and resuscitated by , which was her actual premonition , thus granting her new life . Sometime later , and have a picnic with 's family and 's father to celebrate their survival . There they learn of 's deterrence from Death when his father tells them he was almost hit by a van , but saved him . The group then see a malfunctioning barbecue grill explode , killing .

Two clownfish , and , admire their new home in the Great Barrier Reef , Australia , and their clutch of 400 eggs . After a brief play fight , they spot a hungry barracuda staring at them . tries to save the eggs , and the barracuda attacks , knocking unconscious . He wakes up to find and all but one of the eggs have been eaten by the barracuda ; names this last egg . 
 On the first day of school , embarrasses during a field trip . While talks to the teacher , Mr. , sneaks away from the reef towards a boat , and is captured by a scuba diver . As the boat departs , one of the divers accidentally knocks his diving mask overboard . chases after the boat and meets , a blue tang who suffers from short term memory loss . and meet a clan of sharks , , , and , who claim to be vegetarians . discovers the diver 's mask , and notices an address written on it . When he argues with , and accidentally gives her a nosebleed , the blood causes to lose control of himself , and enter a violent feeding frenzy . The pair escape from . 
 Meanwhile , is placed in a fish tank in a dentist ’s office , where he meets the Tank Gang , led by . They learn is to be given to the dentist 's niece , who has killed previous fish given to her . devises a plan to escape : jam the tank 's filter with a pebble so the dentist will put the fish in plastic bags to clean the tank , then roll out the window and into the harbor . attempts to jam the filter , but fails , almost dying in the process . 
 After the mask falls into a trench in the deep sea , and struggle to escape an anglerfish in the trench . finds the diving mask , and reads the address as 42 Wallaby Way , Sydney . As finishes reading the address on the mask , is able to trap the Anglerfish , using the eyepiece of the mask . To her own disbelief , remembers the address on her own despite her short - term memory loss . After receiving directions to Sydney from a school of moonfish , and encounter a bloom of jellyfish that traps them , and nearly stings them to death . loses consciousness , and wakes on the back of a sea turtle named , who takes and on the East Australian Current . tells the details of his long journey with and a group of young sea turtles , led by , 's son . News of his quest spreads across the ocean . 
 Near the harbor , a pelican named flies to the dentist 's office , and brings news of 's efforts . Inspired , makes a second attempt to jam the filter . He succeeds , but the dentist installs a new high - tech filter before they can escape . 
 After leaving the Current , and are engulfed by a blue whale . Inside the whale 's mouth , desperately tries to escape , while communicates with the whale , which carries them to Sydney Harbour and expels them through his blowhole . They meet , and after helping the pair escape from a massive flock of seagulls , he takes them to the dentist 's office . has just arrived , and the dentist is handing to her . plays dead to save himself as arrives , causing to scream . Upon seeing , mistakenly believes he is dead . After is violently thrown out by the dentist , helps escape into a drain that leads to the ocean . 
 Depressed , leaves , and begins to swim home . meets when he reaches the ocean , but she has lost her memory . Eventually , 's memory returns after she reads the word " Sydney " on a drainpipe . She reunites with , but is caught in a fishing net with a school of grouper . enters the net , and orders the group to swim downward to break the net , enabling them to escape . After returning home , and proudly watch Mr. carry and his friends to school . Before the credits , the filter breaks down , and the tank fish escape the tank and into the harbor , but find that they are still in their plastic bags . 

is rendered powerless in Hell because the people of Springwood forgot about him . Disguised as , manipulates into killing Springwood teenagers to regain strength . In Springwood , lives with her widowed father with friends , , , and staying over . That night , kills , and the police suspect . Following a nightmare , awakens to find his father beheaded before kills . The next day , police claim it to be a murder - suicide , hoping to contain . 
 's ex - boyfriend and friend are patients at Westin Hills Psychiatric Hospital . They take Hypnocil to suppress their dreams because they previously had contact with . A news report leads and to escape and return to Springwood to tell about . That night , and the others attend a rave at a cornfield . tries to kill in a nightmare , but Jason kills her in the real world along with several other attendees , which causes to realize that 's rampage will deny him victims . 
 and escape the rave along with , , and . and go to 's house , only to discover killing . Deputy approaches and her friends who realize 's plan . Learning of Hypnocil , they attempt to steal it from Westin Hills , but possesses who disposes of the medicine . After electrocuting to death , is tranquilized by a possessed , who kills before falling asleep . 
 The teens devise a plan to pull from the dream world into reality and force him to fight . They take the unconscious to the now abandoned Camp Crystal Lake . Meanwhile , battles in the dream world , where has the advantage with his dream powers , he learns that is afraid of water because of his drowning death . uses water to render powerless , but goes to sleep and tries to save . attacks her and reveals himself as her mother 's killer . 
 awakens at Camp Crystal Lake and chases the teens into a cabin . is killed and the cabin ignites . is awakened and pulls into the real world where he is confronted by . As and fight , the remaining teens escape the cabin . 
 distracts until suddenly kills her . uses his speed and intellect , while uses his strength and tolerance . On a dock , tears 's clawed arm off after stabs 's eyes . and pour gasoline on the dock and set it on fire , causing propane tanks to explode , throwing and into the lake . climbs out and attempts to kill and , but is impaled by with his own clawed arm , which allows to decapitate as falls lifeless into the lake . and leave Camp Crystal Lake . The next day , emerges from the water , holding his machete and 's severed head as winks to the audience before laughing off - screen .

The film is set during spring break in Fort Lauderdale , Florida ; Texan singing waitress meets Pennsylvanian college student , and they fall for each other , and various romantic complications ensue . 's friend falls in love with charming busboy ; 's other friend , , schemes to keep and from meeting ; 's friend is always getting on the wrong side of a sexy beach patrolwoman ; and 's other friend , , tries to hook up with a cyber - pal .

( ) is a low - ranking Los Angeles mobster who is n't nearly as tough as he likes to act . ( ) , a higher - ranking member of 's organization , commands to kidnap the mentally challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor to use as a bargaining chip to save New York - based mob boss ( ) from prison . successfully convinces the young man , ( ) , to go off with him by promising to take him " to the Baywatch " , apparently a reference to the television show of that name , which seems to be 's singular obsession . does not trust to get the job done right , so he hires a woman calling herself ( ) to take charge . 
 is attracted to , but he resents both ' lack of faith in him and having to take orders from a woman . He is also frustrated by 's insistence on going to " the Baywatch " and by the fact that is gay . A suspicious detective ( ) comes to the apartment to question in reference to 's disappearance . is further annoyed when his mother ( ) takes an immediate liking to and when the two women team up to needle him . 
 The events take a darker turn when and receive orders to cut off 's thumb , something that neither wants to do . Worse , 's ex - girlfriend , ( ) , shows up at 's apartment , accusing of changing sexual orientation and attempting suicide by slitting her wrists and is rushed to the hospital , where she thankfully survives . While there , sneaks into the morgue and cuts off a corpse 's thumb , which he sends to the prosecutor as 's thumb . and go back to 's apartment , where confesses his love and the two sleep together . 
 They are summoned to meet with the mob 's boss . reveals that he did not approve of the plan to kidnap a federal prosecutor 's brother or the order to cut off 's thumb . He nevertheless rages at them because the thumb they sent did n't match 's fingerprint , and therefore not only failed to increase pressure on the prosecutor but even undermined the organization 's credibility . then kills , presumably in retaliation for the kidnapping and associated scrutiny by law enforcement . is about to kill and as well , but talks him out of it by pointing out that only they know where is and only they can silence and prevent him from revealing the involvement of Starkman 's organization in the kidnapping or even accusing Starkman of having been personally involved . They leave Starkman 's , decide to leave the mob , and discuss taking back to where they found him . On the way , they discover Baywatch ( or a similarly themed show or film ) shooting an episode on the beach . begs to be let off there and finally they consent . 
 convinces to take his car to escape to parts unknown ; but at the last minute , returns to pick up , and they leave town together .

Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Al Pacino, Justin Bartha, Christopher Walken, Lainie Kazan, Lenny Venito, Missy Crider

Colonel resigns from the Union Army as the south secedes from the Union and both sides prepare for war . Major , who is a professor at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington at the outset of the war , leaves his family behind to do battle at Manassas Junction . is asked by a retreating General for assistance against the Federal army who is pursuing them after a brief stand on Matthews Hill . In rallying his shaken troops , launches the name of Stonewall into history and the Confederates rout the Federals at Henry House Hill . maintains steadfast discipline in his ranks during the battle despite suffering a wound to his left hand from a spent ball . 
 Meanwhile , makes his transition from teacher to military officer and practices drilling his soldiers , and is taught military tactics by Col . , the commander of the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment . He is called to battle at the Union invasion of Fredericksburg . The Southern forces lead a fighting retreat as the Union army crosses the river and storms the town , and there are scenes of the subsequent looting of Fredricksburg by the Union Army . Outside the city , , and have prepared an elaborate defense on Marye 's Heights outside the town , and the movie focuses on Confederate defenses behind a formidable stone wall . Several Union brigades , including the Irish Brigade , attempt to cross an open field and attack the wall , but are thrown back with heavy losses by Confederate rifle and artillery fire . At one point , two Irish units are forced into battle against one another , to the anguish of a Southern Irishman who believes he is killing his kin . leads an unsuccessful attack against 's defenses , led by Brig . Gen. and finds his unit pinned down in the open field . He survives by shielding himself with a corpse until nightfall ; eventually he and surviving members of 20th Maine are ordered to retreat and spend 2 nights on the battlefield , sleeping with the dead . and the defeated Union soldiers depart Fredericksburg . and return to the city , and is confronted by an angry citizen whose house has been destroyed by Union artillery . 
 spends the rest of the winter at a local plantation , Moss Neck Manor , where he develops a friendship with a girl who lives there . Later , discovers the child has died from scarlet fever and he begins to cry . A soldier asks why he weeps for this child but not for the thousands of dead soldiers , and another soldier states that is weeping for everyone . is soon reunited with his wife and newborn child just before the Battle of Chancellorsville . 
 Outside Chancellorsville , identifies that the southern army faces an opposing force almost twice their size . calls upon his chaplain , who knows the area , and asks him to find a route by which the southern forces can infiltrate in secret . then leads his forces in a surprise attack on an unprepared Union 11th Corps . Although his men initially rout the opponents , they quickly become confused in the melee , and 's attack is stalled . While scouting a path at night , is caught in no - mans - land between the 2 armies and badly wounded by his own men , who had mistaken him and his staff for Union cavalry . During his evacuation , his litter bearers are targeted by artillery and drop on the ground . He is then taken to a field hospital where his arm is amputated . remarks that while has lost his left arm , he ( ) has lost his right . dies shortly after , of pneumonia he had contracted during recovery . 's body is returned to Lexington , accompanied by VMI Cadets and covered by the new Confederate flag .

Psychiatrist Dr. ( ) , who works at the Woodward Penitentiary For Women , has a car accident after trying to avoid a girl ( ) on a road during a stormy night . She rushes to try to help the girl . The girl turns out to be a ghost and possesses 's body . next wakes up in the very hospital she works for , but as a patient treated by her co - worker , Dr. ( ) . Drugged and confused , she remembers nothing of what happened after the car accident . To her horror , she learns that her husband ( ) was brutally murdered and that she is the primary suspect . While copes with her new life in the hospital , the ghost uses her body to carry out messages ( most noticeably , she carves the words " Not Alone " into 's arm ) , which leads her former colleagues to believe is suicidal and is inflicting the wounds on herself . 
 Meanwhile , bonds with fellow inmate and former patient , ( ) . Several times in sessions , had claimed that she 'd been raped while in the hospital , but had always attributed these stories to mental illness . One night , the door to 's room in the hospital is opened by the ghost that has been haunting her . When she passes 's room in the hospital , she can hear the rape occurring , and momentarily sees a man 's chest pressed against the window . The man 's chest bears a tattoo of . realizes that was not making up these stories and , when she sees the next day , she apologizes and the two embrace . warns that her attacker said he was going to target next . begins regaining some of her memories bit by bit and slowly comes to remember herself killing her husband . She realizes that the ghost had used her body to murder , thus making the patsy for his murder . This is why all of the physical evidence points to . 
 escapes from the hospital , having recognized the girl as a ghost . Seeking clues to the mystery of why she killed her husband , she goes to a farmhouse in Willow Creek , Rhode Island . In the cellar of the barn , she discovers a room containing a blood - stained bed , what appears to be a box containing drugs , restraints , and video equipment . She watches the tape that is still in the camera and the viewer hears a woman screaming as if tortured or raped . In the final seconds of the video , walks into the shot , covers a woman 's lifeless body on the bed with a sheet , and winks at the camera . At this point , police arrive and one officer comes closer to and draws a gun on her while she is holding a knife to him . backs up to a staircase and , all of a sudden , an injured , frantically screaming girl grabs hold of her from the adjoining crawlspace . The police release the girl , and is taken to jail . 
 While she is in jail , Sheriff ( ) , who was 's closest friend , talks to and quizzes her on how she knew all these things . He does not believe her claim that ghosts told her everything , and asks her what sort of person the accomplice would be . uses her experience as a psychiatrist to give a psychological profile , and as she does so , realizes that fits the profile perfectly . He attacks her , and in the fight reveals his tattoo ( ) . kills the sheriff in an act of self - defense with the help of the ghost . , just a few seconds later , shows up at the station , worried about 's safety after he solves the mystery himself . He looks relieved to see safe , and through the soundproof window mouths the words " I 'm sorry , . " 
 Approximately a year later , is seen walking with on a city sidewalk , discussing how each helped the other come to terms with her experiences . claims to be free of the ghost 's influence and sends off in a taxi . then sees a young boy standing in the middle of the road who appears as though he is about to be struck by a fire truck . yells for the boy to move , but after the fire truck passes through the boy without harming him , she realizes he was only a ghost . As walks away , a poster with the words " Have you seen ? " and a picture of the same boy is shown taped to a pole next to the street on which is walking .

Halle Berry, Robert Downey, Jr., Penélope Cruz, Charles S. Dutton

The death of singer prompts to fulfill his promise and a subtle black comedy unwinds , with bribing mortuary personnel , renting a psychedelic hearse from , and trekking across the southern California desert , pursued all the while by ' ex - girlfriend with 's girlfriend and ’ stepfather .

While the rest of his high school graduating class is heading to the same old kind of college , skateboarder and his best friends , , a goal - oriented workaholic , and misfit slacker have one last summer roadtrip together to follow their dream of getting noticed by the professional skateboarding world — and getting paid to skate . When skating legend 's skate demo tour hits town , the boys figure that as soon as he sees their fierce tricks , he 'll sign them up for his renowned skate team immediately , right ? Unfortunately , the guys are intercepted by 's road manager and they ca n't get their foot in the door , much less their boards . But they do get some free advice : keep skating , stay true to yourself , and stay in the game — if you 're good , you 'll get noticed . Following their dream — and 's national tour — , and start their own skate team , reluctantly sponsored by and his college fund . 
 After recruiting laid - back ladies man to join their crew and provide the van for their tour , team Super Duper launches the ride of their lives in an outrageous road trip from Chicago to Santa Monica . The professional scene does n't exactly welcome nobody , but these outsiders stick together through extreme misadventures . In their quest to go pro , they meet professional vert skating champions , and , skate pro and his crew , and , as well as sexy skate chick as they grind handrails across America and force the skateboarding world to give 'em a piece of the action.[2 ]

is the alderman for the 9th Ward in Washington , D.C .. After learning he is likely to lose his job and getting dumped by his girlfriend , , is surprisingly chosen as the party candidate for the presidency after his party 's original presidential and vice - presidential nominees die in a plane crash and he is lauded as a hero for saving a woman from an explosion . Assuming the election was already lost to sitting vice - president , the party decided to pick a likable but unwinnable minority candidate to improve their chances in the next presidential election . 
 At first , feels he will not be able to succeed as President because he would be representing the entire African - American populace , and does not want to do anything to mess it up . However , begins to rise in the polls after his brother persuades him to speak out for what he believes . He begins to talk about issues such as welfare , money , society , etc . 
 After runs a series of attack ads including one saying supports cancer , begins to fight back using what he claimed was " kissing " his opponent ( taken from Bugs Bunny – cartoons ) . A part of this strategy includes dubbing a videotape of saying he hates America but loves . This strategy gains even more points in the polls . 
 As voting day draws closer , eventually learns the reason why he was chosen as the party candidate , fires some disloyal campaign operatives ( although they reconciled with him afterwards ) , and chooses his brother as his running mate . He later has a debate with his opponent in which he manages to win the crowd over by speaking truth about the American life . Finally , ends up winning the election and the presidency . The film ends with a shot of Mount Rushmore with head added , complete with bling .

Teenager lives in Texas with his family , who have been cursed to be unlucky – a misfortune they blame on their ancestor 's failure to keep a promise to a fortune teller years ago in Latvia . One day , is falsely arrested for stealing a pair of sneakers that were donated to charity by a famous baseball player . Upon conviction , decides to attend Camp Green Lake , a juvenile detention camp , in lieu of serving his time in jail . 
 He arrives to find that the camp is a dried up lake run by the warden , , her assistant Mr. , and camp counselor Dr. . Prisoners who are known by their nicknames – including Zero , Armpit , Zig - Zag , Squid , X - Ray , and Magnet – spend each day digging holes in the desert ; they may earn a day off if the inmates find anything interesting . After finding a fossil and getting into a scuffle with another inmate , is accepted into the group and given the nickname " " . 
 later finds a golden lipstick tube initialed K.B. and gives it to X - who gets the rest of the day off . The Warden arrives and has everyone dig and expand X - Ray 's hole . After a few days , they start digging individual holes again . Eventually After taking the blame for 's stealing of Mr. 's sunflower seeds , is taken to the warden 's house where old wanted posters and newspapers lead him to suspect that " KB " stands for , a school teacher turned outlaw from the past . asks to grab her box of nail polish and mentions that it contains rattlesnake venom . After he and Mr. explain what happened with the sunflower seeds , injures Mr. and allows to return to his hole . 
 Camp Green Lake 's history is revealed in a series of flashbacks throughout the film . In the 19th century , Green Lake is a flourishing lakeside community . is involved in a love triangle with the wealthy , whom rejects , and an African - American onion seller named , whom loves . One night , after much turmoil , kills and in retaliation , kills the local sheriff and becomes an outlaw ; at one point , she steals 's son 's chest . Twenty years later , the now bankrupt track down and demand she hand over her treasure . refuses and tells them to dig for the treasure , after which dies from a lizard bite and the set about digging for the treasure . 
 In the present , when mocks , whose actual name is , the latter hits with a shovel and runs off . After some deliberation , searches for . The pair have difficulty surviving in the desert without water . Eventually , carries the now ill up the mountain where they find a wild field of onions and a source of water , helping them regain strength ; at the same time , unknowingly fulfills his ancestor 's promise to the fortune teller and breaks the curse . While camping on the mountain , discovers that stole the sneakers and threw them over the bridge to evade the police . 
 Returning to the camp , and investigate the hole where found the lipstick and discover a chest before they are discovered by , Mr. , and . They soon realize that , who is her family 's descendant , is using the inmates to search for his treasure . 
 The next morning , the attorney general and 's lawyer arrive , accompanied by police officers ; the chest found is discovered to belong to his great - grandfather before it was stolen by ; Mr. , who is revealed to be a paroled criminal named ; and , who is a criminal impersonating a doctor , are arrested for their actions . and are released and it rains in Green Lake for the first time in over 100 years . The family claims ownership of the chest which contains jewels , deeds , and promissory notes , which they share with , and both families live a life of financial ease as neighbors .

Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Sigourney Weaver, Tim Blake Nelson, Patricia Arquette, Henry Winkler

Sergeant is a financially strapped homicide detective with the Hollywood Division of the LAPD . He has been moonlighting as a real estate agent for seven years . His current partner is , a much younger detective who teaches yoga on the side and wants to be an actor . The partners are investigating the murders of the four members of rap group " H2OClick " , who were gunned down in a nightclub by two unidentified assailants . The detectives discover there was a witness who fled , and they work to track him down . They are distracted , failing to bond as partners , as has to deal with a looming real estate deal that may be the key to getting out of debt , while further pursues his dreams of acting by trying to be scouted by talent agents . 
 Meanwhile , the manager of H2OClick , , has his head of security eliminate the two hitmen , who he had hired to kill H2OClick and , earlier a rapper named that also managed . 
 and believe the murders are gang - related , but when happens to see the bodies of the hitmen at the morgue , they conclude that the murders were orchestrated . The detectives also notice similarities that tie the H2OClick and homicides together . learns from an undercover officer that the songwriter for H2OClick , a man named , has gone missing , leading to believe he is their murder witness . They struggle to track down until they finally learn his real name , , the son of former Motown singer . 
 Lieutenant arrives at the station . and have a bad history , as proved wrong on a case years ago . The animosity is compounded by the fact that 's latest love interest , a psychic named , used to date . is intent on ruining , going so far as to try to frame him and place both detectives in interrogation . Instead , it only serves to help and strengthen their partnership . offers to help with the case of his father 's death – Officer had been gunned down during a sting operation gone wrong , with his partner , Officer , implicated but released for lack of evidence . 
 The partners track down K - Roc to his home , where professes her son 's innocence and that manager was the real culprit . Sartain had been embezzling money from Klepto , H2OClick and other clients for years . Klepto and H2OClick threatened to hire lawyers to nullify their contracts , which led to have his head of security hire the hitmen as a " lesson " to all his clients . It also turns the security chief is former officer , and that is also in league with Sartain . 
 When the partners ca n't locate and , enlists the help of . She uses her psychic power to lead the two detectives to a clothing store . Just then , and happened to drive by , and and follow in a wild car chase . The chase ends with the four men on foot , with the two partners chasing the two culprits in different directions . When struggles with , winds up falling from the top of a building to his death . has drawn a gun on and loudly brags about having killed his father . utilizes his acting skills to distract , incapacitate him , and reveals he had a tape recorder on the whole time . and reunite as LAPD officers swarm the scene , but appears and calls for the arrests of the two officers . Instead , is arrested for his part in helping to cover up and 's crimes . 
 and are seen attending a production of A Streetcar Named Desire , in which is playing a lead role . It is implied that successfully brokered the real estate deal , and is giving his all in the pursuit of his acting dream . However , both of them receive calls from police headquarters and leave in the middle of the play – solid partners .

Harrison Ford, Josh Hartnett, Lena Olin, Bruce Greenwood, Lolita Davidovich, Dwight Yoakam, Master P, Martin Landau

holds down jobs as a bartender , a record store clerk and a dance teacher at a community center run by her mother in New York . 's dream is to make it as a renowned choreographer . 
 When hits the dance floor after her shift at the club she works at where her rival performs , the two are recorded as they try to out dance each other . When and friend leave the club , they encounter brothers and street dancing with other kids from the neighborhood . invites them to attend her classes at the community center , where they work together to inspire new dance moves . The video from the club catches the attention of music director , who gives a job as a backup dancer in ' new video . Unimpressed with his current choreographer , decides to let choreograph the video . Before long , is asked to choreograph for Tweet , , and . 
 's new choreography career makes it tougher for her mother to maintain the dilapidated community center . Wanting to help , finds an old store for sale and decides to turn it into a dance studio for the local kids . 's parents want her to teach ballet classes and refuse to help with the new dance studio , but puts down a deposit . Meanwhile , she convinces to let her use the kids she teaches at the center as backup dancers in 's new video . 
 makes plans to take to Atlantic City for her birthday , but convinces her to make an appearance at a black and white party instead , where he subsequently makes a drunken pass at her . She refuses his advances and leaves the party . later fires and the kids from 's new video , replacing her with and blackballing from the business . 
 The kid dancers are heartbroken about this turn of events . starts working for street corner drug dealers and soon lands in juvy . When visits him there , refuses her help and insults her . As she leaves , asks him how often his drug friends visit and he is visibly saddened by her question realising that his best friend is the main reason that he is in juvy and none of his friends visit him at all . 
 Depressed , is relieved when renews their friendship and helps realize she can still make her dreams come true . has been struggling to make the full down payment on the studio , and eventually comes up with the idea to hold a dance benefit at an abandoned church . , released from juvy , brings his dance friends to help prep for the benefit . 
 has been hired to manage a new video for . He pushes as the choreographer , having her do a short routine for . However , she is unimpressed and calls out for his arrogance and for being a horrible choreographer . She makes it clear that she will postpone the filming of her video until fires and brings in , whose work she has seen . Once realizes his mistake , he crawls back to and begs her to work for him . He even offers to buy her the studio tries to apologize for his behavior . She refuses both his apology and his help , saying she will pay for the studio on her own . also tells off that he is selfish and arrogant just as for his behavior . She makes him realize that not only did his arrogance get fired from her job , but caused her to break a lot of the students hearts when they had hopes of being backstage dancers for 's music video . 
 talks to the bank manager , who calls some local arts community donors to attend the benefit . The benefit is a full house , including 's parents , 's disapproving mother and 's boyfriend . The audience is wildly enthusiastic about the performances . 's mother sees the future he has as a choreographer , while 's parents change their mind about forcing her to be a ballet teacher . is in the audience and joins on stage to celebrate her victory . arrives as the benefit finishes , wanting to finally meet in person and planning to fire her limo driver if he makes her miss the benefit . As the credits roll , we watch a music video for Blaque , which has been choreographed by on recommendation .

When is dumped by his childhood love and fiancee , he decides to travel to a place with the most hopeful name he can find . He arrives in Hope , Vermont , a quiet New England town in northeastern United States in autumn and checks into a hotel showing clear signs of emotional distress . He tries to forget his troubles by drawing the eccentric town residents and asks for " rubbers " instead of erasers at a store , causing the small - town locals to go on alert . The casual request embodies cultural differences with Americans and Brits and causes some misunderstandings between the characters . The quirky outlandish hotel manager , ( ) sees the state he is in and calls over her friend , a therapist , to talk with him and take his mind off his troubles . The small town residents all know each other and have boring predictable lives , but by bringing and together , and her fellow Hope residents add some romance and drama to their own lives . A pair of opposites , is a reserved English artist and is a free spirited Vermont person that decorates her room with " her symbol " of butterflies . Eventually they fall in love with each other , with healing and building a new life while finally getting over the breakup with his ex . 
 Suddenly though , the attractive , sophisticated , witty and charming shows up to get back . Extremely self - confident and oblivious to anyone 's ideas or feelings that do n't match hers , denies that is no longer interested and relentlessly pursues him , while finding out about him and . exploits 's insecurities about her new relationship with and being a simple country person , while manipulating 's memories of their shared romantic and cultural history . and 's twenty years together adds to 's leverage , of couples that inevitably take each other for granted or stay together out of habit , but tells her that , " In one minute ... short span of time ... you not only became unimportant as an aim in life , but also the very thing I need to flee from in order to find happiness " . 
 Later goes to 's hotel room to tell her to leave and him alone and go back to England , however she changes into sexy underwear while smoking and sets off the fire alarm . sees the two together in front of the hotel during the fire evacuation and assumes took her back . tries to clear up the misunderstanding with but the only thing she wants from him is a promise to never contact her . Colin agrees on the condition that she get a passport . The residents of Hope are small town unsophisticates but very familiar with personal dilemmas and the ordinary common feelings in everyone 's lives , of loneliness , heartbreak , confusion , and naturally join in and 's drama . With other motives , flatters the town mayor with a personal portrait and accepts an offer of an " appreciation gift " . 
 tells that the town mayor found out her genealogy is linked to Hope , Vermont but reveals to her that it was faked to convince that they are over while refocusing her fixation with him to instead become the Queen of Hope at the town festival . is finally convinced by that their romance is over and decides to enjoy the consolation of becoming the Queen of Hope . 
 After leaves Hope , tells that 's cousin was supposed to meet him but forgot to cancel the meeting and that she should pick him up at Hope Springs . When gets there she finds it is Colin and he proposes , giving her a vintage butterfly engagement ring with their names engraved in it . carries her back to the hotel , where they pass and wave to , Mr and Mrs and the residents of Shiny Shores where lives and works . tells him that she is too heavy to be carried through the whole town and warns him of hurting his back . When they finally get to the hotel and undress , 's back is hurt despite 's warnings . They are happily reunited with no more complications from others and look forward to traveling back to England together , with finding happiness when he least expected it .

On October 30 , 1977 , amateur criminals and attempt an armed robbery at a gas station ; however , the owner , Captain and his friend begin mocking the robbers , and identifies and begins taunting him with his nickname . decides to kill them both , but is attacked by 's assistant , , allowing to kill them . Later on , , , , and are on the road in hopes of writing a book on offbeat roadside attractions . When the four meet , who is also the owner of " The Museum of Monsters & Madmen " , they learn of the local legend of Dr. . As they take off in search of the tree from which Dr. was hanged , they pick up a young hitchhiker named , who claims to live only a few miles away . Shortly after , the vehicle 's tire bursts in what is later seen to be a trap and takes to her family 's house . Moments later , 's half - brother , , picks up the stranded passengers and takes them to the family home . 
 There they meet 's family : Mother , , her adopted brother , Grampa and 's deformed giant half - brother , . While being treated to dinner , Mother explains that her ex - husband , , had previously tried to burn alive , along with the house after he suffered a psychotic break . After dinner , the family puts on a Halloween show for their guests and offends by flirting with . After threatens , tells them their car is repaired . As they leave , and , disguised as scarecrows , attack the couples in the drive way and take them prisoner . The next day , kills and mutilates his body for art . is tied up in a barn , is tied to a bed while dressed up for Halloween , and is partially scalped for failing to guess 's favorite movie star . 
 When does n't come home , her father calls the police to report her missing . Two deputies , and , find the couples ' abandoned car in a field with a tortured victim in the trunk . , who was once a cop , is called to the scene to help the deputies search . They arrive at the house and questions Mother about the missing teens . Mother shoots in the neck and kills him , and and are then killed by upon finding other bodies in the barn . Later that night , the three remaining teenagers are dressed as rabbits , and taken out to an abandoned well . attempts to run away , but is stabbed to death by moments later . One of the family members dons the uniform of one of the deputies and drives their car , while drunk . 
 Meanwhile , and are lowered into the well , where a group of undead men pull away , leaving to find her way through an underground lair . As she wanders through the tunnels , she encounters Dr. and a number of mental patients ; is on Dr. 's operating table being vivisected . Dr. tells his mutated assistant , who turns out to be , Mother 's ex - husband , to capture , but outwits him and escapes the chambers by crawling to the surface . She makes her way to the main road , where she encounters Captain , who gives her a ride in his car . She passes out from exhaustion in the front seat , and suddenly appears in the backseat with a knife . later wakes up to find herself strapped to Dr. 's operating table , with Dr. standing there .

Abandoned by her husband , recovering drug addict , living alone in a small house near the San Francisco Bay Area , ignores eviction notices erroneously sent to her for nonpayment of business taxes . Assuming the misunderstanding was cleared up months ago , she is surprised when Sheriff 's Deputy arrives to forcibly evict her . Telling that her home is to be auctioned off , feels sympathy for her , helps her move out and advises her to seek legal assistance to regain her house . 
 A former Imperial Iranian Army Colonel who fled his homeland with his family , now lives in the Bay Area working multiple menial jobs . Living beyond his means , he maintains the façade of a respectable businessman so as not to shame his wife , son , and daughter . 
 Seeing the auction of 's house in the newspaper , he buys it for a quarter of its actual value , intending to improve and sell the house . Meanwhile , is evicted from the motel she is staying in . Having nowhere else to go , she spends the night in her car outside her home . The next morning is angered to see her house being renovated and confronts the workers , injuring her foot . and treat her wound , but her jealousy at seeing how the have settled in only makes her more determined to get her house back . 
 Taking 's advice , finds an attorney who assures her that because of the county 's mistake , they will return 's money and the house will be restored to her . , having already spent money on improving the house , is unwilling to accept anything less than the much higher appraised value of the property , which the county refuses to pay . Informed that her only option is to sue the county , instead tries to convince to sell back the house for what he paid by telling him she and her brother inherited it from their father . refuses and angrily forces back into her car . 
 Desperate for help , seeks out and seduces him into abandoning his wife and children and becoming her protector . Using a pseudonym , confronts and threatens to have him deported if he refuses to sell the house back to the county . reports this to the police and identifies from a photo , resulting in a reprimand by internal affairs , and gives a furious warning to back off and leave him and his family alone . Now aware that is in trouble , calls her brother , but can not bring herself to admit that she is homeless , and he is unable to help her . 
 Despondent , first considers driving to the house and burning it , but after becoming drunk attempts suicide in the driveway with 's sidearm instead . finds her in her car drunkenly unable to discharge the gun , and brings her inside . again tries to kill herself with pills , but saves her by inducing her to vomit . As she and her husband carry to the bedroom , breaks into the house , retrieves his sidearm , sees unconscious , and locks the in their own bathroom , refusing to let them out until agrees to relinquish the house . eventually offers to sell the house back to the county for the price he paid and will give the money in exchange for her putting the house in his name . agrees to take and to the county office to finalize the transaction , and reluctantly goes along with the plan . 
 Outside the office , begins to manhandle and seizes 's gun and aims it at him . grabs hold of and screams for help , drawing the attention of nearby police officers who misinterpret the situation and shoot . is arrested but is released after confesses and is incarcerated . 
 rushes to the hospital and while he is there he prays , begging to save his son and vowing to make whatever changes he needs to in his life . But he finds his son did not survive . Distraught and grief - stricken , goes home and , believing they have nothing left to live for , kills by lacing her tea with pills . He then dons his old military uniform , tapes a plastic dust cover over his head , and asphyxiates himself while clutching his wife 's hand . eventually discovers the couple and frantically attempts to resuscitate but she is too late . As the bodies of and are taken away by paramedics , a policeman asks if the house is hers . After a long pause , she quietly replies , " No , it 's not my house . "

( ) is a 17 - year - old high school student who is disillusioned with love after seeing many dysfunctional relationships around her . Her parents are now divorced and her father , ( ) , a radio talk show host , has a new young girlfriend that the entire family despises . Her mother , ( ) , is now always alone while her sister , , is so overwhelmed by her upcoming wedding with that she barely exists in the house . The shallowness of all the teens at her school convinces that finding true love is impossible . 
 When walks in on her best friend having sex with her boyfriend , the high school soccer champ , , tries to warn her of the complications that lie ahead . Ignoring her advice , embarks on a summer fling with . In the meantime , must deal with and the rest of the must deal with her soon - to - be in - laws , ' overbearing Southern parents , who have an African American maid . In the meantime , runs into classmate , a slacker who never shows up for biology and is more interested in having fun than school work . He is best friend . 
 Then a few weeks later , dies of a heart defect on the soccer field while , and other classmates watch helplessly . This event changes the lives of and forever . While does her best to look beautiful for at his funeral , gives a moving speech about his friend . Struggling with 's death , , at age sixteen , soon learns that she is pregnant with his child . With at her side , reveals the pregnancy to her mother . 
 's father , , marries his mistress , , in a beach - side ceremony , with guests from all over the world , or " within his radio frequency " , as puts it . 
 and eventually start a relationship . He takes her to his and 's favorite hangout and once come close to having sex . and her mother get into an argument and on New Year 's Eve , sneaks out with to a party . Again , they come very close to having sex but this time stops it and is upset . On their way home , they are both upset and distracted and hit a tree . gets a broken arm , but otherwise they both walk away from it unharmed , but breaks up with saying that she ca n't wait around for him to grow up . Later things go awry when finds drunk on the family 's front porch . Finding a male stripper 's thong around her neck , witnesses the break - up of her sister 's engagement . She also learns that her mother sneaks out once a week to have sex with a man she met a couple of weeks previously , . After another make - up , proposes to again , this time at a crowded airport : she says yes . 
 On the day of and ' wedding , bursts into 's radio studio , professing his apologies and love to . He then heads to the wedding . On the way , he finds , who insisted on walking to the wedding , going into labor on the side of the road . He puts her in the car and walks into the wedding , getting 's attention . The three rush to the hospital , leaving 's mother behind in the rush . 
 While is having her baby , makes a list of all the little things she hates about , the way his hair falls over his face , the way his voice gets low when he 's serious , the way he bites his lip when he 's nervous and the way his eyebrow twitches . playfully uses Macon 's ' Jedi Mind Trick ' and they kiss and dance briefly in the hallway . The movie ends as and embrace and viewers see that gave birth to a baby boy .

( ) is a writer for a women 's magazine called Composure as the " How to ... " girl . She is bored and wishes she could write more about important things such as politics , economics , religion , poverty ; stuff she actually cares about . After 's best friend ( ) experiences yet another break - up , is inspired to write a new article titled " How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days " ; she will start dating a guy and eventually drive him away using only the " classic mistakes women make " in relationships . 
 At the same time , advertising executive ( ) is striving for a pitch to advertise a new diamond campaign . When his boss questions 's knowledge about romance , bets he could make any woman fall in love with him if he wanted to . His boss accepts the bet and confirms that if he can make any woman fall in love with him before the upcoming company ball , in just 10 days , he will allow to head the advertising for the new diamond company . 's rival co - workers , ( ) and ( ) , who were at Composure magazine earlier in the day and are aware of 's new assignment , set up to have him pick as the girl to test his theory on . 
 and meet and soon their quests , neither revealing their true intentions . works hard to drive insane and make him break up with her in order to complete her article , but continues to stick around in hopes of making her fall in love with him . gets knocked out in a movie theater by talking aloud while watching a chick flick , rapidly moves her things into his apartment , acts overly possessive and sensitive and clingy , ruins his boys ' poker night for him and his friends , and takes him to a concert when he was under the assumption he was going to see a New York Knicks basketball game . 
 Ben stays with her despite everything , and after coming very close to breaking up they attend couples counseling , led by 's friend . They agree , as a solution to their " problems " , to visit 's family in Staten Island for the weekend . While holidaying together , and begin to form a genuine bond , and upon arriving home even refers to as his girlfriend . then tries to explain to boss ( ) that she can not continue writing and publishing this article as she has " really got to know this guy " , but remains insistent upon it . Around the same time , and go to the company ball together where 's boss , ( ) , meets and tells that he " met her , she loves you , you win " . 
 Seeing 's good news , and are instantly envious and set about to ruin it for their co - worker . They tell his close colleagues , ( ) and ( ) , that knew about the bet all along and was playing along to help win . and then rush to 's side and beg her to keep quiet , when they do not realize she is still blissfully unaware of the bet . Almost simultaneously , , who is unaware of 's role in 's " How To " article , reveals 's true intentions to . Upon learning of 's bet , attempts to humiliate in front of everyone at the party , and the pair argue on stage . 
 They go their separate ways before is shown 's article and encouraged to read it . She explains in it how she " lost the one person she ever fell for " , and when he hears she quit her job at Composure and is on her way to Washington , D.C. for an interview , he chases her taxi and stops her . Once he accuses her of running away , they reveal their true feelings for each other and the film ends with instructing the taxi driver to return 's belongings to her home , and then they kiss .

Scientist has the idea to create super soldiers by introducing modified DNA sequences extracted from various animals to strengthen the human cellular response , but General denies him permission to use human subjects . subsequently conducts the experiments on himself . After the birth of his son , he finds that his son may have inherited the effects and seeks a cure , but is stopped in the process . Following a traumatic event , remembers nothing of the incident , and has been raised by the . Years later , is a geneticist working with his girlfriend , , within the Berkeley Biotechnology Institute on nanomed research . The pair hopes to achieve instantaneous cell repair by using low level Gamma radiation exposure to activate the nanomeds once they are introduced into a living organism . During routine maintenance of their appropriated gamma - ray spectrometer , a circuit shorts and triggers the experiment 's program sequence . Unable to prevent the machine from firing , throws himself in front of a colleague to shield the man and is exposed to a massive amount of gamma radiation . 
 visits in the hospital and remarks that he should be dead , but feels great . A new janitor at the lab claims that he is 's biological father , of whom has no recollection . When under extreme stress , transforms into the , a huge , humanoid , green - skinned monstrous being who destroys the laboratory , though later has no memory of the incident . General suspects of collaborating with but deduces has repressed memories . He orders to be put under house arrest . Through a phone call with his father , learns that the radiation unleashed something that was already in his DNA , and that plans to have killed by his dogs , which now have similar powers to the thanks to mutating them with gamma radiation . is then attacked by Major , leading to a transformation into the . The seriously injures before leaping to save . After being wounded in a lengthy struggle , he kills 's dogs and changes back into before being captured by the military the next morning . 
 is kept under observation at a secret desert base , while intends to weaponize the 's powers . tries to recreate 's failed experiment , but instead of turning into another he finds himself able to absorb any material he touches or energy to which he is exposed . He hands himself over to the military after lying to and telling that he had murdered his wife in front of the child . has a nightmare about the event , he realises his father thought he was a monster and tried to kill him while his mother protected him . This leads to a more powerful transformation into the . While attempting to gain a sample of the monster , is killed . The escapes the base and rampages across the desert to San Francisco , battling Army forces sent after him . When calms into his human form , General realizes the is uncontrollable and that should be executed . 
 At their mutual execution , David tries to taunt his son into transforming into the , but fails . He then decides to " go first " and bites an electrical cable , absorbing all the electricity in San Francisco . The electricity hits , triggering his own transformation . A brutal fight ensues between and the , with absorbing the 's energy . It proves too much for to handle , but when he himself transforms into a massive creature , he is killed by an Army missile . One year later , is presumed dead , while General Ross mentions apparent sightings and admits her love for . In a South American jungle , has become a doctor and is approached by rebel militants who want to take medical supplies from the poor . faces the militants ' leader , warning him that , " You would n't like me when I 'm angry . " His eyes turn green and the roar of the is heard from the distance .

Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Nick Nolte, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas

A convict named awaits execution for several vicious murders that took place at an apartment building . Journals belonging to are discovered mis - filed in the case evidence , not introduced during the trial . 's psychiatrist , Dr. , and his defense attorney argue that the evidence was intentionally suppressed by the prosecution and move to stay ' execution , contending that is legally insane . With this late evidence brought forth , a midnight hearing takes place , to determine if the journal is adequate evidence to grant their motion . 
 Meanwhile , ten strangers find themselves stranded in the middle of a torrential rainstorm at a remote Nevada motel , run by . The group consists of an ex - cop , now limousine driver , ; , an actress popular in the 1980s ; Officer , who is transporting convicted murderer ; , a prostitute ; newlyweds and ; and the family , , and their nine - year - old son who are in crisis because has been struck by 's car . 
 With both ends of the road completely flooded , the group is forced to spend the night at the hotel , but an unidentified killer begins to murder them one by one . is the first to be killed . discovers her head with some of her clothes in a laundry machine inside the motel 's laundry room . and join him shortly and the trio discover a room key marked with the number 10 inside the same machine where 's head is found . When they go to check the room where had left Maine , they discover that Maine has escaped . The group is told to stay together while and search for Maine , though sneaks off to steal 's wallet . becomes increasingly agitated , eventually fleeing to her room . She and argue as he chases after her , but he is stabbed to death while she is hiding in the bathroom . breaks into a darkened building , but when he looks outside he realizes he is in the diner , back at the motel , before being knocked unconscious by and . and tie up to a post and put in charge of guarding him ; but eventually sneaks off again , and is killed . As the group confronts , suspected of killing Maine , another room key marked with the number 8 is discovered near 's body . The group go back to check 's body to find a room key marked with the number 9 near his body . This leads the group to start thinking that they are being killed one - by - one in a countdown . A panicked attempts to escape in his truck , claiming he did not kill anybody but accidentally runs over , killing him . exclaims that the motel 's brochure describe native Indians being buried next to the motel and the bizarre deaths could be the work of some supernatural element . 
 At the hearing , the contents of 's diaries are revealed , indicating suffers from an extreme case of dissociative identity disorder , harboring eleven distinct personalities . His journal contains entries written by his different personalities , each with distinct handwriting and writing style , as if they were the personal thoughts of several different people . His defense attorney argues that is completely unaware of the crimes for which he is being executed , which is in violation of existing Supreme Court rulings . Dr. is introducing the concept of integrating the personalities of someone with dissociative identity disorder , when arrives , strapped into a wheelchair . 
 At the hotel , the survivors tie up , and he tells them his story - of taking over the hotel after finding the real hotel manager dead , of apparent natural causes , while leaving Vegas broke and desperate . It is discovered that has apparently died from her injuries . A room key marked 6 is found by her body , so they check 's body and find the key marked 7 in his pocket , even though both and died from clear accidents . , coming to the conclusion that it is unsafe for them to stay at the motel any further , asks and to leave immediately . However , the two die when the car they seem to have boarded explodes . Surprisingly , after putting out the fire caused by the explosion , their bodies are nowhere to be found . Paris , yelling in hysterics at their unknown assailant , says that her birthday is the next week . mentions that his birthday is also next week , on the 10th - , and all reveal that is also their birthday . They check 's photocopies of the guests ' IDs and confirm that all 11 of them were born on May 10 - which is also 's birthday , and the day he committed the murders . 
 Sensing a headache , hears a voice call out to him , as he listens he finds himself in different building , strapped to the chair , Dr. calling out to him . Finding he is at the meeting to argue and postpone 's execution , confused as to why he 's being told of the crimes and past . Dr. gives him a mirror and shows his own reflection , which is not his own . Dr. further explains to the horrified that he is in fact , one of the personalities that created as a child to cope with the abandonment and abuse he was subjected to . Informed that one of the personalities is the homicidal template that went on a killing spree , is instructed to " go back " to the motel to try and eliminate this identity . 
 ' awakens ' to find himself standing in the rain , looking at the motel from a distance . finds convict - transportation files for both Maine and in the police car . A flashback reveals that killed the correctional officer transporting him and Maine , putting the officer 's body in the trunk , and then assumed his identity . attacks , but she is saved by , who is then shot and killed by . Believing to be the murderous personality , goes after him , and they end up shooting each other fatally , leaving only still alive . When demonstrates that the homicidal personality is dead , 's execution is stayed and he is placed in a mental institution under 's care . In 's mind , has driven back to her hometown in Frostproof , Florida . As she tends to some soil in her orange grove , she discovers the room 1 motel key , and finds behind her . Flashbacks reveal that orchestrated all of the deaths at the motel , and made it appear that he had been killed with . kills , while strangles , causing the van to swerve off the road and stop before 's voice repeats the poem one more time , now the sole personality of .

John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Clea DuVall, Rebecca De Mornay

High school teacher and writer meets a student at a local bar , and when she heads to the bathroom sees a woman performing oral sex on a man . A few days later , Detective questions her as he investigates the gruesome murder of a young woman , whose severed limb was found in her garden . They flirt despite the grisly nature of their introduction , and meet at the same bar later . is alternately thrilled and frightened by the detective 's sexual aggressiveness , even as she grows more disillusioned with the attitudes and crude behavior of other men , including the detective 's partner , . Even as defends his partner , who can no longer carry a gun because he threatened his unfaithful wife , he promises he will do anything she wants except hit her . She leaves abruptly and is assaulted walking home , but calls and their affair begins that night . 
 recognizes the detective 's tattoo , from the man in the basement of the bar , and asks her sister if she would trust a man who got a blow job in a bar . says yes , but is still suspicious . After tells her that she and the first victim were in the same bar the night of the murder , and she might have seen the murderer , she begins to suspect that may actually be the killer , especially after a second victim is found . But later she goes with him to a woodsy spot by the water , where he scares her by shooting at garbage bags floating on the surface , then tells her she should learn how to shoot . She surprises herself by taking aim and shooting well , before they head back to the city . 
 She finds her old boyfriend in her bed when she gets home , and goes back to her sister 's apartment , where she finds the door open and 's dismembered body . She is now more frightened of than ever , but goes home and gets drunk , and almost stumbles into bed with her student before throwing him out . 's partner is outside watching as the young man runs out , and shouts out the window that should stay away from her . But he comes over and helps her clean herself up , and she ca n't decide if she should trust him . So she cuffs him to a pipe and makes love to him , and as soon as she is done he starts rattling the cuffs , demanding to be set free . She is fishing in his jacket for the keys when she finds the missing charms from her bracelet , which he claims he found and was planning to return to her . She suddenly becomes very suspicious of him , and he gets scared and yells at her . She finally tells she saw his tattoo in the basement of the bar when he was getting a blow job , and she runs out , stumbling right into his partner 's arms . tells what she saw , and he says they need to sit down and talk , so she gets in his car . 's screams from the window are ignored . 
 drives her out to the GW bridge , telling her this is the place he goes to fish , and she says , " I teach that book , To the Lighthouse . " But as soon as he locks the gate behind them she knows she is in trouble , and he shows her the tattoo on his arm , the twin of 's . She realizes is innocent , then she slips on his jacket before takes her in his arms . She shoots him once with 's gun but he tries to strangle her before she can shoot him again ; they fall , and he dies . She walks , bloodied , back to her apartment and lies down in the arms of the exhausted , still cuffed to the pipe where she left him .

( ) a TV soap opera producer , walks in on his wife ( ) being intimate with an ex - boyfriend . He files for divorce , and hires ( ) , a top divorce attorney and the inventor of the " pre - nup " , a completely foolproof prenuptial agreement . wins a large property settlement against , leaving him broke . 
 Private investigator ( ) tails the wealthy and married ( ) on a drunken night out with a blonde . When they stop at a motel , catches their tryst on video . He takes the video to 's wife , ( ) , a marriage - for - money predator . She files for divorce , demanding a large property settlement . Unable to afford a divorce settlement , hires to represent him . 's friend , serial divorcée ( ) , warns that will be a dangerous opponent . 
 and her lawyer , ( ) , fail to reach an agreement with and . Bored asks the fascinating to dinner , where they flirt . While they are out , breaks in and copies her address book for , who has his assistant search among the names for 's accomplice in predatory marriage . In court , feigns an emotional breakdown over 's infidelity , professing that she loved unconditionally at first sight . 
 then calls " Puffy " ( ) , a Swiss hotel concierge located by his assistant . testifies that asked him to find her a marriage target who was very rich , foolish , and a philanderer whom she could easily divorce , and that he pointed her to . The divorce is granted , but gets nothing , and ' ancient boss , ( ) , congratulates him . 
 wants revenge . She finds the now - penniless living on the street , still clutching his Emmy statuette . She offers him a chance to reclaim his lost glory if he helps her get revenge on . Soon after , shows up at ' office with her new fiancé , oil millionaire ( ) . insists on the prenup , which will make it absolutely impossible for her to claim any of her fiancée 's assets in the event of a divorce , over both and 's objections . However , destroys it during the wedding , as a demonstration of love . 
 Six months later , goes to Las Vegas to give the keynote address at a convention for divorce attorneys . He encounters , who has divorced and presumably collected a sizable share of the Doyle Oil fortune . However , she admits that she is disenchanted with her wealthy but lonely life . is thrilled , and marries her on the spur of the moment . To prove that he has no interest in her fortune , he signs the prenup , but she tears it up . The next morning a disheveled tells the convention that love is the most important thing , and that he is giving up divorce for pro bono work . 
 A short time later , discovers that " " was just an actor from one of 's soap operas . has tricked him , and now his considerable wealth is at risk . ' boss demands that something be done to save the firm 's reputation , and suggests the hitman " " ( ) . hires him to kill . 
 then learns that 's ex - husband has died without changing his will , leaving her his entire fortune . Since she is now the wealthier of the two parties , his assets are no longer at risk . A repentant rushes to save from , but has already offered to pay him double to kill instead . There is a struggle ; in the confusion mistakes his gun for his asthma inhaler , and kills himself . 
 Later , , and their lawyers meet to negotiate a divorce . pleads for a second chance and retroactively signs a prenup . Realizing her own feelings for him , she tears it up , and they kiss . then tells that to get 's help for supplying , she gave him an idea for a hit TV show , restoring his fortunes in the process : America 's Funniest Divorce Videos , with as the host .

The story involves a highly successful New York City family , each with its set of problems , and highlights the difficulties of the father - son relationship . is dealing with health problems resulting from a stroke . His son works as a lawyer in the firm that his father founded , but is questioning the usefulness of his work and his place in the family . 's son , , does not take college seriously and seems lost . The youngest son is 11 year old , who is extremely intelligent , while being socially awkward and is entering a difficult pre - adolescent time . 
 indulges in a thoughtless and careless brief romantic fling with at the soup kitchen they volunteer at , and his psychologist wife discovers it , threatening their marriage . When , 's wife and 's mother dies , the family comes together to heal . At 's funeral in suburban New York , tells that she knows about his romantic fling . and talk about past hurts . 
 Back at their home in New York City , is discovered with illegal drugs . Although devastated , and are supportive and vow to get help for . 's older brother dies and he , and give him a farewell send - off . Although he is forced to sleep on the living room couch , tells that he wants to make peace ; she agrees .

The film opens with and in the airport , then flashes back from the moment they met up to the present . Working - class and upper - class meet up when accidentally hits with a football . A few months later , despite opposition from 's rich family , they get married . They have kept a secret from each other : does n't tell that he accidentally killed her dog and does n't tell that she slept with , a childhood friend and her family 's friend , after she and started dating . 
 Flying to Europe for their honeymoon , they attempt to consummate their marriage by joining the mile high club , but fail rather publicly . They arrive at their classy hotel at the foot of the Alps to find that has sent them a bottle of cognac " with love " , while 's friend has sent them a Thunderstick A-200 sex toy . tries to force the toy 's American plug into the European outlet and he shuts down the entire village 's electricity . The newlyweds leave the hotel after has a heated argument with the hotel owner and pays a large bill to repair the power . While trying to find another hotel they crash their undersized car into a snowbank , stuck until daylight and once again unable to consummate their marriage . 
 They make their way to Venice , staying at a pensione recommended by 's father . The pensione turns out to be a wreck , and they soon check out after a cockroach crawls over when they tried to have sex . 
 The couple secure a nice Venetian hotel with the grudging financial help of 's father . They go sightseeing , but quickly gets bored and abandons so he can watch sports in a bar . runs into , who is staying at their hotel on business . This prompts her to initiate a conversation with in which he reveals that he accidentally killed her dog and she reveals she slept with . The couple storm out of the hotel and each go their separate ways : going back to the bar , where he meets American tourist , and going sightseeing , where follows her . flirts and dances with , who escapes through a bathroom window when he realizes she wants to have sex with him . He returns to the hotel , only to learn from the maître d ' that has gone out with for the evening . returns to the bar , only to be accosted by again . tries to think of a clever way to get out of his situation , and finds himself tricked into walking her to his hotel room , where the girl rips off her top before blurts out that he 's on his honeymoon , upon which the girl finally leaves . 
 gets drunk so takes her back to the hotel . When he kisses her at the entrance , she slaps him and reminds him that she 's on her honeymoon . sees the kiss from the balcony but not the slap . When confronts her in their room , Sarah finds 's bra . bursts in to ask to run away with him to Seattle , leading to a fight that lands and in jail – still without consummating their marriage . bails them out and the couple angrily decide to go home to Los Angeles , returning to the opening moments of the film . 
 has moved out and wants to get back with her . Upon receiving advice from his father , attempts to see at her family 's estate , but gives up after unsuccessfully trying to ram the gate . However , opens the gate herself after seeing make a romantic speech to the camera and the two rush out to proclaim their love for each other . 's family finally accepts and 's relationship .

wants her Chihuahua , Bruiser , to reunite with his mother , because she would like 's mom to attend and 's wedding . hires a detective to find 's mother , only to discover that the owner of her dog 's mother is C'est Magnifique , a cosmetics company that uses 's mother for " testing " . She finds out that her law firm represents the C'est Magnifique Corporation . 
 decides to leave Boston , where she and have settled with her fiancé , and go to Washington , D.C. , to work on Bruiser 's Bill . is upset that her dog 's mother is in a make - up testing laboratory , and decides to take it upon herself to be the " voice for those who ca n't speak " and to outlaw animal testing . 
 While working for Congresswoman , is met with skepticism and other barriers common to Washington politics . Rudd 's member of staff , , sarcastically calls her " Capitol Barbie " . ( There has even been a Barbie doll based on ] ) After a variety of ups and downs including a failed attempt to improve her work environment by having her co - workers write compliments about one another and place them in the " snap cup " , starts to lose her faith in Washington politics . 
 As the story moves along , discovers that is actually gay , after she is paged by " The Paws That Refreshes : A Doggy Day Spa " . has been affectionate with , a Rottweiller owned by Congressman , the Chairman of the Committee on Energy and Commerce which has jurisdiction over Bruiser 's Bill . Elle also finds that Congresswoman , the Ranking Member of the same committee , was a member of Elle 's sorority Delta Nu . As a result , both and warm to Elle and eventually come to support 's Bill . 
 Elle also discovers that Congresswoman has actually been working against her . has been doing so in an effort to satisfy the interests of a major campaign donor named " " ( who is never seen , but with whom has several telephone conversations ) . However , is eventually blackmailed into supporting 's petition , because 's Chief of Staff , , eavesdrops on a recorded conversation during which admits to that she has been working against Bruiser 's Bill in order to help 's sponsors who want to continue with tests on animals . As is appalled that lied to and blamed it on her , and eventually reach a place of mutual respect , especially after admits she came to Washington D.C. with an enthusiasm not unlike 's , but later lost that idealism when she discovered how dirty politics could really be . 
 With the help of her friends , 's discharge petition is successful , and Bruiser 's Bill is brought to the floor of the House . 's mother and the rest of the dogs are released by C'est Magnifique Corporation . and get married in a park in D.C. , albeit not at Fenway Park as they had planned , but standing on the home plate which has been delivered to D.C. by the UPS Guy . 
 In the final scene , asks whether they want to live in Beverly Hills , Washington D.C. , or Boston . As has many legal and political job offers after the successful discharge hearing , she responds , " Oh , I think I know just the place " , and winks as they drive by the White House .

Tired of playing second banana to , demands his own cartoon from Warner Bros. , but is promptly fired . Aspiring stuntman is asked to escort off the studio lot , but the ensuing chase leads to the Batmobile demolishing the studio water tower . is also fired in the process , and returns home with hitching a ride , discovering his father , action film star , , is actually a secret agent . instructs his son to travel to Las Vegas , find his associate , and gain the mystical " blue monkey " diamond , but he is shortly thereafter captured by the Acme Corporation , led by the childish Mr. Chairman . and head for Vegas . Meanwhile , ' routines fall apart without , so " Vice - President of Comedy , " , is sent to rehire or face being fired herself . informs of the situation , so they steal 's spy car , and pursue and . 
 In Las Vegas , and meet in a casino owned by Acme operative . gives them a strange playing card , but when attempts to kill them , they flee in the spy car with and . The spy car , which can also fly , crashes in the Nevada desert . The group eventually stumbles upon Area 52 , run by a woman called ' mother ' , who informs them of the situation , and plays a video recording , which reveals that Acme intends on using the blue monkey to transform mankind into monkeys to manufacture their products , before turning them back into human beings to purchase them . the Martian , imprisoned in the facility , escapes and leads a group of fellow alien inmates to obtain the playing card , but the heroes escape . Seeing that the card has Mona Lisa 's face on it , the group conclude they must view the painting in the Louvre , located in Paris . 
 At the Louvre , they discover that the card contains a viewing window , and looking through it , the window reveals that the Mona Lisa has a map of Africa hidden beneath . appears , and , revealing himself as an Acme operative , chases and through the gallery for the card whilst is kidnapped by Mr. 's bodyguard , Mr. , to obtain a photo of the African map . rescues . is disintegrated by after jumping out of a pointillism artwork . and reunite with and , and they leave Paris . 
 , , , and travel to Africa , meeting , , and , who escort them to the ruins of a jungle temple where they find the blue monkey . and company reveal themselves to be Mr. , , and in disguise . Mr. uses a disintegration gun to transport himself and the heroes to the Acme headquarters where he forces to give him the diamond , when is revealed to be his prisoner . 
 is sent to place the blue monkey on an Acme satellite which will emit an energy beam around the world to turn everyone , except Mr. , into monkeys . and rescue from a death trap , whilst and pursue into space . is incapacitated , prompting to become Duck Dodgers , in order to destroy the blue monkey . The transforming energy beam only strikes Mr. , turning him into a monkey . 
 and return to Earth , where discovers the whole adventure was staged to make a film . However , promises they will be equal partners , but just as 's luck seems to be improving , he is flattened by the Looney Tunes iris , where attempts to close the film with " That 's all folks ! " only for the studio to shut down before he can finish , and he tells the audience to go home .

, an aging American movie star , arrives in Tokyo to film an advertisement for Suntory whisky . , a young college graduate , is left in her hotel room by her husband , , a celebrity photographer on assignment in Tokyo . is unsure of her future with , feeling detached from his lifestyle and disillusioned about their relationship . 's own 25 - year marriage is strained as he goes through a midlife crisis . 
 Each day , and encounter each other in the hotel , and finally meet at the hotel bar one night when neither can sleep . Eventually , invites to meet with some local friends of hers . The two bond through a fun night in Tokyo , welcomed without prejudice by 's friends and experiencing Japanese nightlife and culture . In the days that follow , and 's platonic relationship develops as they spend more time together . One night , each unable to sleep , the two share an intimate conversation about 's personal troubles and 's married life . 
 On the penultimate night of his stay , sleeps with the hotel bar 's female jazz singer . The next morning arrives at his room to invite him for lunch and overhears the woman in his room , leading to an argument over lunch . Later that night , during a fire alarm at the hotel , and reconcile and express how they will miss each other as they make a final visit to the hotel bar . 
 The following morning , is set to return to the United States . He tells goodbye at the hotel lobby and sadly watches her walk back to the elevator . In a taxi to the airport , sees on a crowded street and gets out and goes to her . He embraces the tearful and whispers something in her ear . The two share a kiss , say goodbye and departs .

During the Napoleonic Wars , Captain of HMS Surprise is ordered to fight the French privateer Acheron . Acheron ambushes Surprise , causing heavy damage , while remaining undamaged by the British guns . The ship 's boats tow Surprise into a fog bank to evade pursuit . 's officers tell him that Surprise is no match for Acheron , and that they should abandon the chase . points out that the Acheron must not be allowed to plunder the British whaling fleet . He orders the Surprise refitted at sea , rather than returning to port for repairs . Shortly afterwards , again ambushes Surprise , but slips away in the night by using a decoy raft and ship 's lamps . 
 Following the privateer south , Surprise rounds Cape Horn and heads to the Galapagos Islands , where is convinced that will prey on Britain 's whaling fleet . The ship 's doctor , , is interested in the islands ' unique flora and fauna , and promises his friend several days ' exploration time . When Surprise reaches the Galapagos , however , they recover the survivors of a whaling ship destroyed by . hastily pursues the privateer , dashing 's expectation of more time to explore . 
 Surprise is becalmed for several days . The crew becomes restless and disorderly . Midshipman , already unpopular with the crew , is named a " " by the sailors ( someone who brings bad luck to a ship ) . As the tension rises , crew member refuses to salute on the deck , and is flogged for insubordination . That night , commits suicide by jumping overboard with a cannonball . The next morning , holds a service for . The wind picks up again , and Surprise resumes the chase . 
 The next day , Marine officer Captain attempts to shoot an albatross but accidentally hits instead . The surgeon 's mate informs that the bullet and a piece of cloth it took with it must be removed soon , otherwise they will fester . He also recommends the delicate operation be performed on land . Despite closing on Acheron , takes the doctor back to the Galapagos . performs surgery on himself using a mirror . Finally giving up the pursuit of the privateer , grants the chance to explore the Galapagos islands and gather specimens before they head for home . While looking for a species of flightless cormorant , the doctor discovers Acheron on the other side of the island . abandons most of his specimens and hurries to warn . Surprise readies for battle once more . Due to Acheron 's stronger hull , Surprise must be at close quarters to damage her . After observing the camouflage ability of one of Maturin 's specimens , disguises Surprise as a whaling ship ; he hopes the French will be lured in to capture the valuable ship rather than destroy it . The Acheron falls for the disguise and is disabled . leads boarding parties , engaging in fierce hand - to - hand combat . Upon capturing the ship , is informed by the ship 's doctor that the French captain is dead and is given the Captain 's sword . 
 and Surprise are repaired ; while Surprise remains in the Galapagos , the captured Acheron is to be taken to Valparaíso . As Acheron sails away , mentions that their doctor had died months ago . Realising the French captain deceived him by pretending to be the ship 's doctor , gives the order to change course to intercept the Acheron and escort her to Valparaíso , and for the crew to assume battle stations . is once again denied the chance to explore the Galapagos , but wryly notes that since the bird he seeks is flightless , " it 's not going anywhere " , and the two play Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid by as the Surprise turns in pursuit of the once more .

( ) is a con artist residing in Los Angeles with severe tourette 's syndrome and obsessive - compulsive disorder . Alongside his partner and protégé ( ) , operates a fake lottery , selling overpriced water filtration systems to unsuspecting customers . After experiences a violent panic attack , suggests he see a psychiatrist , Dr. ( ) . 
 provides with medication , and in therapy has recall his past relationship with , his ex - wife who was pregnant during the time of the divorce . At 's behest , informs that he called and found out that has a 14 - year - old daughter , ( ) . and meet , and her youthful energy rejuvenates him . thus agrees to work with on a long - term con : their target is ( ) , an arrogant businessman whom the pair plans to con with the Pigeon drop . 
 One night , unexpectedly arrives at 's house , saying that she has had a fight with her mother , and decides to stay for the weekend before returning to school . She explores his belongings and causes him to rethink his life , which he mentions during therapy with . returns home late one night , leading to an argument between the two . During dinner , admits that he is a con artist and reluctantly agrees to teach a con . The two of them go to a local laundromat and con an older woman into believing she has won the lottery , and she shares half of her expected winnings with ; however , then forces to return the money . 
 goes bowling with but is interrupted when reveals that 's flight to the Caymans has been updated to that day instead of Friday as planned . With little time left , reluctantly chooses to let play the part of distracting midway through the con ; however , after the con is finished , realizes what has happened and chases the two into a parking garage before they escape . then learns that was arrested a year earlier , and asks that she stop calling him . 
 Without , 's myriad phobias resurface , and during another panic attack , he ultimately learns that the medication given to him by is a placebo . proclaims that he needs in his life but that he would have to change his lifestyle , much to 's disappointment . and return from dinner one night to find waiting for them with a gun , alongside a badly beaten . shoots and sends her off with into hiding until the matter can be sorted out . As prepares to take care of 's body , suddenly springs to life and knocks unconscious . 
 awakens in a hospital , where the police inform him that died from the gunshot and and have disappeared . appears and gives him the password to his bank account , ordering him to give the money to when she is found . Later , Roy awakens to find that the " police " have disappeared , his " hospital room " is actually a freight container on the roof of a parking garage , " Dr. 's " office is vacant , and essentially all of his money has been taken . As he begins to realize that pulled a con on him , drives over to 's ( whom he has n't seen for years ) looking for . While speaking with ( ) , learns the truth : miscarried their child . There is no " " : the young girl he thought was his child was actually 's accomplice . 
 One year later , has become a salesman at a local carpet store , which and her boyfriend one day wander into . confronts but ultimately forgives her , realizing that he is much happier as an honest man . reveals that she did not receive her fair share of the cut from , and that it was the only con she ever pulled . and her boyfriend depart and returns home to his new wife ( ) , who is now pregnant with his child .

is a 28 - year - old woman , who suffered from a troubled childhood due to her lazy eye . She has very little social interactions , her only " true friend " being a glass - encased doll named made by her mother and given to for her birthday with the adage " If you ca n't find a friend , make one . " works at a veterinary hospital , assisting with surgeries . Her optometrist fixes 's lazy eye , first with glasses , then with contact lens . becomes friends with , a local mechanic . She has a fixation on his hands , which she considers to be the most attractive part of him , and they start dating . 's lesbian colleague , , begins to flirt with . One day , remarks that has a beautiful neck . They become friends , and gives her pet cat Lupe . 
 invites to her apartment and he shows her a film that he made for his university titled Jack and Jill . The film reveals a story of two young lovers , who go on a picnic , and end up eating each other . becomes aroused by the cannibalism in the film . During an intense make - out session , she bites on the lip , and it bleeds . Disturbed by her suspicious behavior , abruptly leaves . shouts at and shoves her in the cupboard . She begins volunteering at a school for blind children . She gives in to 's wishes and starts a short affair . stops calling her and overhears him say that he is glad he could get rid of her . Heartbroken , she visits , and finds her with another girl named . When even refuses to come near her , becomes enraged and kills . She becomes delusional , and believes that is talking to her . 
 takes to school and tells the blind children that is her best friend . The children struggle to take the doll out of the glass case , and the case shatters . and the children are cut by the broken glass . Scooping up the ruined doll , returns home devastated . The following day , she meets a punk boy named . He asks her if she wants to get some candy with him , and she accepts . does not admire him very much , but likes the tattoo on his arm . At her house , finds the cat 's corpse , and calls a freak . In retaliation , stabs in the head . 
 On Halloween night , dresses in a homemade costume resembling , and goes to 's house . She slits 's throat . When arrives , admires her legs , and stabs . Next , she kills and his new girlfriend , . At home , she designs her " new friend " , ( an anagram of her own name ) , a life - sized patchwork doll made from 's arms , 's neck , 's hands , 's legs , and 's ears . She uses 's fur for the hair . The head and torso are stuffed fabric stitched together . realizes that has no eyes , and can not " see " her , so she gouges out her lazy eye , fatally injuring herself . Crying in pain and bleeding , she puts her eye on 's head and begs the doll to look at her . She collapses dead on the bed beside the doll , and caresses it . Her creation comes to life , and brushes her face affectionately with 's hands .

In 1953 , ( ) , a 30 - year - old graduate student in the department of Art History at UCLA and Oakland State , takes a position teaching " History of Art " at Wellesley College , a conservative women 's private liberal arts college in Massachusetts . At her first class , discovers that her students have already memorized the entire textbook and syllabus , so she uses the classes to introduce them to Modern Art and encourages discussion about topics such as what makes good art . comes to know her students and seeks to inspire them to achieve more than marriage to eligible young men . 
 ( ) is highly opinionated and outspokenly conservative . does n't understand why is not married and insists that there is a universal standard for good art . She writes editorials for the college paper , exposing campus nurse ( ) as a supplier of contraception , which results in being fired ; another editorial attacks for advocating that women should seek a career instead of being wives and mothers as intended . ca n't wait to marry ( ) as their parents have arranged and expects the traditional exemptions from attending class as a married woman : insists she will be marked on merit and attendance , resulting in more conflict . 
 ( ) begins dating 's cousin , ( ) but persuades her that he is only using her as his parents have arranged for him to marry . ends the relationship , believing 's story to be true . However , some weeks later , and reconnect , with saying he has already decided for himself that he is not going to marry , so he and get back together . 
 ( ) dreams of being a lawyer and has enrolled as pre - law , so encourages her to apply to Yale Law School . She is accepted , but decides not to go because she wants to start a life with her new husband ( ) . She tells that choosing to be a wife and mother does not make her any less intelligent . 
 ( ) has several lovers and liberal views about sex . She admires for encouraging the students to be independent . earned the enmity of , whose conservative views conflict with her liberal ones . 
 declines a proposal from her California boyfriend ( ) because she does n't love him enough and begins seeing the Wellesley Italian professor , ( ) . is charming and full of stories about Europe and his heroic actions in Italy during the war . He has also had affairs with students ( including ) , and makes him promise that it will never happen again . The relationship progresses but when learns that spent the entire war at the Army Languages Center on Long Island , she decides to break up with him because he is not trustworthy . responds that did n't come to Wellesley to help the students find their way , but to help them find her way . 
 Within six months of the wedding 's marriage falls apart as has an affair and failing to find solace with her mother , she visits . Eventually , influenced by her , files for divorce and looks for an apartment in Greenwich Village , Manhattan . When Mrs. confronts for what she 's done , she reveals her frustration with her mother for not supporting her when she went to her for help when she found out about 's affair and that the only person who cared about her was . Therefore , reveals she 's going to have a life of her own , has applied to Yale Law School and will room with . 
 's course is highly popular , so the college invites her to return but with certain conditions : she must follow the syllabus , submit lesson plans for approval , keep a strictly professional relationship with all faculty members , and not talk to the girls about anything other than classes . decides to leave in order to explore Europe . In the final scene , dedicates her last editorial to , claiming that her teacher is " an extraordinary woman who lived by example and compelled us all to see the world through new eyes . " As 's taxi speeds up , all her students follow on their bicycles and is seen struggling to keep up with the taxi as a last effort to thank for changing her life .

Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ginnifer Goodwin

In 1989 , after moving from Michigan to Daytona Beach , Florida , prostitute meets in a gay bar . Although she is initially hostile and declares that she is not gay , talks to over a drink of beer . takes to almost immediately , as she likes that she is very protective of her . invites to spend the night with her . The two women return to the house where is staying ( temporarily exiled by her parents following the accusation from another girl that tried to kiss her ) . They later agree to meet at a roller skating rink , and they kiss for the first time . and fall in love , but they have nowhere to go , so goes back to her aunt 's home . 
 After being sexually assaulted and brutalized by a client , , kills him in self - defense and decides to quit prostitution . She confesses her actions to , who has been angry with her for her failure to support both of them . struggles to find legitimate work , but because of her lack of qualifications and criminal history , prospective employers reject her and are occasionally openly hostile . Desperate for money , returns to prostitution . She robs and kills her johns , each killed in a more brutal way than the last , as she is convinced that they are all trying to rape her . She spares one man out of pity when he admits he has never had sex with a prostitute , but eventually kills another man who , instead of exploiting her , offers help . uses the money she stole from her victims to support herself and . 
 However , reads in the newspapers about the string of murders , and she begins to suspect that may have committed them . She confronts , who justifies her actions by claiming she had only been protecting herself . Horrified , returns to Ohio on a charter bus . The night of her arrest , was approached by two bounty hunters luring her outside to hand her to the cops . whom always referred to as the only friend she has , tries to save her from getting arrested by stealing her away from the two men that approached her . offered to drive her off but refused thinking that he is trying to rape her like all the other men . is eventually arrested at a biker bar and speaks to one last time while in jail . reveals some incriminating information over the telephone and realizes that the police are listening in . To protect , admits that she committed the murders alone . During 's trial , testifies against her , with 's loving consent . is convicted of the murders and sentenced to death . On October 9 , 2002 , is executed by lethal injection .

( ) is a researcher at a publishing company who works under the tyrannical ( ) . has a crush on his boss ' daughter , ( ) , who is completely controlled by her overprotective father . She reveals to that her father is making her to house - sit on the same night as a party she wants to attend , but convinces her to stand up to her father and attend the party anyway . asks him to come to their house that night , leading to think that she has invited him to the party ; in reality , she just wants him to fill in for her - he reluctantly agrees . 
 A comedy of errors ensues , including the return of 's older brother , , on the run from drug dealers . dumps drugs into the toilet , and instead returns a bag of flour to the drug dealer . One of 's tasks is to guard their owl , O - J , which lives in an open cage ( it has not been able to fly due to a deep depression , from the loss of a prior mate ) . When the bird drinks from the toilet polluted with drugs , it flies away . 's ex - secretary goes to the house to try to earn her job back . After fighting with her boyfriend , she stays over at the house . 
 returns home after finding out that her boyfriend is cheating on her . hides from her everything that happened and she spends some time with him thinking he is homosexual . He clarifies to her that he 's actually straight and she starts to like him . 's friend thinks she has breast cancer and asks to feel her breasts . walks in on them and is disgusted by the situation . 
 , the drug dealer , finds out about the fake drugs and threatens to kill if he does n't return his money . tries to open a safe and steal the money . However , gives him sleeping pills mixed with alcohol which sends him into a coma . Because they think is dead , and her friends bury him . Later , escapes from the grave and threatens to kill . With 's help , rescues and she falls in love with him . He then goes to get her father , but on the way back the owl gets into the car making lose control of the car and crash into the house . They find police officers in the house looking for , who ends up getting arrested . is enraged by the damages done to the house and throws out . The next day , hears his son explaining to how she should stand up to their father and go back to . realizes his mistakes and gives a promotion .

The documentary takes an in - depth look at the family , which mostly consists of children who were rejected by their birth families due to mental or physical disabilities . The film is broken up into seasons , starting out with the family taking part in Halloween in the fall , and ending in the summer of the upcoming year . The family 's unconventional home life becomes a foundation for the supports , challenges , and successes that they face daily .

Three boys , , , and , play hockey in a Boston street in 1975 . Spotting wet concrete , they start writing their names into it when a car pulls up with two men , pretending to be police officers . One gets out and berates the boys for their actions , and tells to get into the car . The men hold captive and sexually abuse him for four days , until he escapes . 
 Twenty - five years later , the boys are grown and , while they still live in Boston , have drifted apart . is an ex - con running a neighborhood store , while is a blue - collar worker , still haunted by his abduction . The two are still neighbors and related by marriage . 's 19 - year - old daughter is secretly dating , a boy despises . She and are planning to run away together to Las Vegas . 
 goes out for the night with her girlfriends and sees her at a local bar . That night , is murdered , and comes home with an injured hand and blood on his clothes , which his wife helps him clean up . claims he fought off a mugger , " bashed his head into the concrete " , and possibly killed him . , now a detective with the Massachusetts State Police , investigates 's murder . His pregnant wife , , has recently left him . 
 Over the course of the film , and his partner , Sergeant , track down leads while conducts his own investigation using his neighborhood connections . discovers that the gun used to kill was also used in a liquor store robbery during the 1980s by , the father of 's boyfriend . has been missing since 1989 , but claims he still sends his family $ 500 every month . also feigns ignorance about 's gun but believes it was still in the house . Sergeant suspects as a possible perpetrator because he was one of the last people to see alive . He also has a wounded hand and , although he continues to tell his wife he got it while being mugged , he tells the police a different story — soon becomes suspicious of it . continues to behave strangely , which upsets his wife to the point she is afraid he will hurt her . While and his associates conduct their investigation , 's wife eventually tells about 's behavior , the bloody clothing , and her suspicions . 
 and his friends get drunk at a local bar . When leaves the bar , the men follow him out . tells that he shot " Just at that same location for ratting him out and sending him to jail . informs that his wife thinks he murdered and tells he will let him live if he confesses . repeatedly tells that he did kill someone but it was not : he beat a child molester to death after finding him having sex with a child prostitute in a car . does not believe 's claim and threatens him with a knife . When finally admits to killing thinking he can escape with his life , kills him and disposes of his body in the adjacent Mystic River . 
 While is being killed , ( having found out about his father 's gun during questioning ) confronts his younger brother and his brother 's friend about 's murder . He beats the two boys and threatens to kill them if they do not admit their guilt , but when takes the gun and is about to shoot him , and arrive just in time to stop it . 
 The next morning , tells the police have 's murderers — who have confessed . She was killed by 's brother , , and his friend in a violent prank gone wrong : The kids got hold of Just gun and saw a car coming which happened to be 's . aimed the gun just to scare her but the gun went off by accident . The car veered onto the curb and got out and ran into the park . and pursued her so she would n't tell anyone . The beating received was from , who had a hockey stick . Once she was beaten , shot her again , killing her . asks if he has seen , because he is wanted for questioning in another case , the murder of a known child molester . A distraught thanks for finding his daughter 's killers , but says , " if only you had been a little faster . " asks if he 's going to " send $ 500 a month too ? " 
 reunites with his wife and his daughter , after apologizing for " pushing her away " . goes to his wife , , and confesses . She comforts him and tells him he is a king and kings always make the right decision . At a town parade , sees , and mimics shooting him , to let know he is watching .

Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laura Linney, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden

Two LAPD policemen , and , investigate a warehouse heist and discover a gang of thieves , one of which kills before they escape . 
 Meanwhile , lifelong dream to become a police officer is thwarted when he flunks police academy for accidentally destroying a Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor . receives a warning from Detective after interfering with the investigation of 's death . crosses paths with when he notices trying to get into his car after locking his keys inside . When questions , race - baits to the brink of getting himself arrested . A bumblebee comes along , to which is allergic , causing him to panic . From afar , it appears as if is brutalizing when he is actually attempting to shoo the bee away by swatting it with his expandable baton ; a Latino man catches the incident on videotape . As a result of the seeming evidence and a spiteful lying about the accused brutalizing , is fired from the police force and charged with aggravated assault against . 
 After six months in prison , takes a job as a security guard and continues investigating 's death . Noticing an alarm being tripped at a soda warehouse , goes to investigate . , who is working for the same security company , is on duty at the warehouse , but is slacking off . interrupts the heist , and a gunfight erupts with the thugs , during which and cross paths again . Though the rest of the thugs get away , recognizes the tattoo of the man who shot , whose name he learns is . 
 One of the thieves drops a cell phone , which leads them to a semi - trailer truck rented by the killers and located on a bridge . Inside the truck , and find the thieves ' van . After a brief shootout with the thieves , and drive the van out of the truck and escape . Inside the van are what look like ordinary beer kegs ; has them examined by a friend who works at a foundry , who informs them that the kegs are actually made of an atomic aerospace alloy , which is worth millions . takes the van and the kegs to the house of his ex - girlfriend . They broke up after was arrested , and orders to tell the truth about the " assault . " promises , but when he sees that is an attractive woman ( and , like himself but not , black ) , he breaks his promise and starts hitting on her , by playing the victim again , which causes another fight between them , leading to her throwing both of them out of the house . After a heated argument , brutally punches in the face , before storming off . Later , and are cornered by police , learning that they are suspects in the bridge shootout . After they escape , realizes that the thieves must have an inside man in the police department to help them frame the duo for the shootout . 
 That night , after tracing the van 's owner to an address , and stake out the place , but rushes inside on his own and is confronted by . gets to safety , but is shot in the leg and forced to lend his favorite gun , " Earl Junior " after uses up the ammunition in his own gun . When takes to to get his wound treated ( which turns out to be a graze ) , a bee flies into the house and runs for cover , making realize that 's story about the " assault " on was actually true . She punches for lying and imprisoning , and reconciles with ( which was cut from the final film , possibly for time constraints . ) 
 Based on something overheard from , they follow him to a meeting at a yacht club and witness him talking to , who is revealed to be 's inside man . and share everything they know with 's former boss , Lieutenant ( at various points of the conversation , asks for one of his potato chips , but continuously refuses ) , and then pretend to approach , offering to sell him back the " beer kegs " for $ 1 million . However , overhears their plans and takes Washington hostage first . During the confrontation the next day , and meet with , and their men near the coast , rescuing and accidentally starting a shootout , but the trio manage to kill or apprehend most of 's gang , including . survives a gunshot wound while fights . Eventually , kills by dropping a lifting hook onto an unstable slab of rock that is standing on , catapulting him into the ocean . 
 Six more months later , in honor of their heroic actions , is reinstated in the LAPD and is admitted to the force , and they are made partners a short time later . The two encounter a situation similar to where they met , in which a man is apparently locked out of his car . helps the man , but learns afterwards that the man is actually stealing the car from a lady who is shopping . While attempting to stop the man by shooting out the car 's tires with , accidentally destroys the car , much to the lady 's anger and dismay .

is recruited by CIA agent to kill General , a corrupt Mexican Army officer who has been hired by Mexican drug lord to assassinate the President of Mexico and overthrow the government . Many years before , and his wife confronted in a shootout and wounded the general ; in retaliation , took the lives of and their daughter in an ambush . In addition to , persuades former FBI agent to come out of retirement and kill , who had murdered his partner in the past . Furthermore , AFN operative is assigned by to tail . 
 While monitoring 's activities , meets , an American fugitive who has been living under the protection of , but can no longer stomach the horrible tasks he 's been forced to carry out for him . convinces he will provide him protection in exchange for getting closer to by tagging ' pet chihuahua with a hidden microphone , and agrees to complete the deal by surrendering to U.S. authorities once has been taken down . ' assistant , , originally hired to keep an eye on , instead tranquilizes and turns him over to , also offering to reveal the details of 's plan . , however , is promptly killed by while escapes from captivity and calls his friends and to assist him in his mission . 
 While monitoring 's activity outside a hospital , notices armed men storming the building and follows suit . He discovers that a group of doctors have been gunned down and has bled to death as a result of a botched facial reconstruction , but realizes that the corpse on the operating table is a body double before he is knocked out and kidnapped by the real and , who reveals herself to be 's daughter . realizes his mission has been compromised , but is too late , as he is captured by and — who drill out his eyes before sending him out . Despite his blindness , he manages to gun down a hitman tailing him with the aid of a chiclet boy . 
 As the village celebrates the Day of the Dead during the President 's visit , and his army storm in and attack the presidential palace . 's troops , however , are met with resistance from not only the President 's bodyguards , but the villagers and the Mariachis . had instructed to allow the President to be killed before attacking , but the Mariachis , agreeing that the President is a good man , intervene early and protect him . enters the presidential palace , only to once again confront , who shoots out his kneecaps before finishing him off with a headshot . , who was released from captivity by , faces . After guns down , and kill the drug lord . manages to shoot the sadistic dead outside the presidential palace . Ultimately , and walk away with the cash that was using to pay , and escort the president to safety . says goodbye to and walks away , having avenged his partner 's death . then gives his share of the cash to his village before walking into the sunset .

In Montana in 1882 , " Boss " is an open range cattleman , who , with hired hands , , and , is driving a herd cross country . is a former soldier who fought in the Civil War and feels guilty over his past as a killer . 
 sends to the nearby town of Harmonville for supplies . The town is controlled by a ruthless Irish immigrant land baron , , who hates open - rangers . is badly beaten and jailed by the marshal , . The only friendly inhabitant is , a livery stable owner . 
 and become concerned when does not return . They retrieve him from the jail but not before getting a warning from about free - grazing on his land . 's injuries are so severe that and take him to . There they meet . is attracted immediately , but assumes that is the doctor 's wife . 
 After catching masked riders scouting their cattle , and sneak up on their campfire in the night , and disarm them . At the same time , another attack results in 's death . is badly injured and left for dead . and vow to avenge this injustice . They leave at the doctor 's house and go into town , where they lock in his own jail . knocks him out with chloroform he has stolen from the doctor 's office . The deputies are locked up as well . 
 learns that is the doctor 's sister , not his wife . He declares his feelings for her , and she gives him a locket for luck . leaves a note with , in which he states that if he should die , money from the sale of his saddle and gear are to be used to buy a new tea set , having accidentally destroyed her previous set during a " flashback " episode . 
 and are pitted against and his men . shoots , the gunman who shot and killed . An intense gun battle erupts in the street , with , and outnumbered before the townspeople begin to openly fight against . After an intense firefight , 's men are dead and ends up wounded and alone , trapped in the jailhouse . rushes to the jail , mortally wounding . 
 's brother tends to the wounded townspeople and open - rangers . speaks to in private , telling her he must leave . She counters that she has a " big idea " about their future together and that she will wait for him to return . He does return , and proposes to . and decide to give up the cattle business and settle down in Harmonville , taking over the saloon .

Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner, Annette Bening, Michael Gambon, Diego Luna, James Russo

( ) and ( ) are a couple frustrated that their hard - working lives do not allow them to spend much time together . They decide to head out on a scuba - diving vacation to help improve their relationship . On their second day , they join a group scuba dive . A head count is taken , and the passenger total is recorded as 20 . and decide to separate briefly from the group while underwater . Half an hour later , the group returns to the boat . Two members of the group are inadvertently counted twice , so the dive master thinks everyone is back on board , and the boat leaves the site . However , and are still underwater , unaware that the others have returned . When they resurface , the boat has gone . They believe the group will soon return to recover them . 
 Stranded at sea , it slowly dawns on and that their boat is not coming back for them . They bicker , battle bouts of hunger and mental exhaustion , and realize that they have probably drifted far from the dive site . They also realize that sharks have been circling them below the surface . Soon , jellyfish appear , stinging them both , while sharks come in close . receives a small shark bite on the leg , but does not immediately realize it . goes under and discovers a small fish feeding on the exposed flesh of her bite wound . He does not tell . Later , a shark bites and the wound begins to bleed profusely . removes her weight belt and uses it to apply pressure to 's wound . He appears to go into shock . The tight - fitting neoprene wet suits are apparently keeping them from fully realizing they have been sustaining small bites . After night falls , sharks return and attack during a storm , killing him . The next morning , and 's belongings are finally noticed on the boat by a crew member . He remembers the couple and realizes they must have been left at the dive site . A search for the couple begins . 
 realizes is dead and releases him into the water , where sharks attack and pull him down in a feeding frenzy . After putting on her mask , she looks beneath the surface and sees several large sharks now circling her . looks around one last time for any sign of coming rescue . Seeing none , she removes her scuba gear and goes underwater to drown before the sharks can attack . Elsewhere , a fishing crew cut open a newly - caught shark 's stomach , finding a diving camera , apparently that of and . One of the fishermen asks offhandedly to another , " Wonder if it works ? "

( ) is the respected Chief of Police of the fictional Florida Keys small town of Banyan Key , Florida . He has recently executed a successful , high - profile drug bust that turned up $ 450,000 in drug money . 
 Although he enjoys his job , his drinking while on duty is an obvious character flaw , exacerbated by his pending divorce from his wife , homicide detective ( ) . is currently seeing local resident ( ) , whose husband ( ) , a former professional quarterback turned security guard , abuses her . then learns that has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer . 
 intends to reward 's loyalty to her by making him the sole beneficiary of her $ 1,000,000 life insurance policy . tries to find a way to give some hope and suggests that she should travel to Switzerland to undergo a newly - developed , groundbreaking treatment . The problem is that has been living beyond her means and does not have any money . Desperate to help her , bends the rules and lends her the $ 450,000 so she can make the trip . 
 When the $ 450,000 goes up in flames in a suspicious house fire that supposedly kills and , finds himself in a great deal of trouble . Not only is the money now gone , but knows that even though he is innocent , circumstantial evidence – such as the insurance policy and the fact that he had been seeing – could make him the prime suspect . 
 The Drug Enforcement Administration agents call the next day to get the payment in order to bust a higher drug lord using currency serial numbers , responds erratically . He also finds about a person whom has been visited by . He finds out that the money is now with this new person and that is about to bust him . He rushes to the hotel and accidentally kills the stranger , takes the money and flees . Although is seen by the police , he is thought to have come to protect . 
 Later that evening , finds that is 's sole beneficiary and also that he has been visiting her . At the same time , receives a distress call from and unofficially goes to save her . and fight , shoots and kills . Then reveals that she had planned all of this and shoots in the leg . 
 When is about to kill , kills her as she had traced him using a GPS tracker and asks him whether he planned to elope with the money . But reveals that he has not brought the money with him . When the irritated DEA agents come to arrest as he had promised the money delivery by noon and it was 7 pm , he says that his man was sent to Miami , and simultaneously appears with the money , telling a wrong address and that he could not find the DEA office . So the DEA agents leave with the money and has no charges on him . 
 Later , when is on medical leave , visits him with news that now owns $ 1 million USD , which is 's insurance money . But says that , " as his wife , " she knows that has reject it , meaning that she has decided to drop the divorce and move back in with . Overjoyed , seemingly forgets about the life insurance money , though is amusingly adamant that must take it .

In the near future , ( ) is a reverse engineer ; he analyzes his clients ' competitors ' technology and recreates it , often adding improvements beyond the original specifications . To protect his clients ' intellectual property and himself , , with the aid of his friend ( ) , undertakes a memory wipe to remove knowledge of his engineering . 
 is approached by his old college roommate , ( ) , the CEO of the successful Seattle technology company Allcom . proposes a lengthy three - year reverse engineering job to , requiring him to live on Allcom 's secured campus until its conclusion but rewarding him handsomely with company stock . agrees and , after arranging for his long - term absence , arrives at Allcom , turns in his personal possessions , and is given a brief tour of the facility where he meets and flirts with botanist Dr. ( ) . He is injected with a long - term memory marker for the post - job memory wipe . 
 Three years later , at the conclusion of his memory wipe , is sitting in 's office , being thanked for a successful job . On returning home , finds that , although his Allcom shares would have been worth around $ 92 million , he had signed them away near the end of his tenure . Furthermore , he finds that his personal possessions have been replaced with an envelope containing a random assortment of everyday items . Soon after , the FBI detains him , and Agent ( ) accuses him of filing patent applications based on classified designs they suspect purchased from physicist , who was subsequently murdered . 
 is able to escape from custody , finding that items in the envelope can be used at the right time to evade capture . More than that , a fortune cookie message with winning lottery numbers indicates that these items are based on information from the future . 
 After warning of his plight , finds items pointing him to a café meeting with . , who has been watching ' movements , discovers a message to about this meeting and sends a body double to take her place to try to recover the envelope . The real shows up and helps escape from both the FBI and 's men . 
 The two take shelter at a local school , examining the remaining items in the envelope while tries to convince of the relationship they shared during his tenure at Allcom . One of the stamps holds a microdot that , on enlargement , reveals several pictures of newspaper headlines taken from a machine 's display : Allcom becoming financially successful with a device that can depict future events , but the world reacting to the catastrophic forecasts in ways that fulfill their outcomes , resulting in financial panic , political strife and America launching a pre - emptive nuclear strike . realizes he must have built this device based on 's invention and , on realizing the horrors that will come , prepared the envelope , using the forecasts from the machine to allow his future self to return to Allcom and destroy the machine . Furthermore , as discovers , rigged the device to malfunction , preventing from anticipating ' actions . 
 and return to Allcom and make their way to the machine room detected but not interrupted , jamming the door behind them . determines the location of the defective circuit and removes it , subsequently rigging the machine to explode in a few minutes . uses the machine one last time , seeing a vision of himself being shot by an FBI agent in the catwalks above the machine . Soon , 's men storm the room and , after a brief shootout , and escape to the catwalks . is waiting there , holding them at gunpoint , the same tableau from the machine . When ' watch , taken from the envelope , beeps , ducks in time to avoid the FBI Agent 's bullet that then kills . The machine is destroyed , and and escape in the chaos . Agent , surveying the destruction , shows sympathy for by reporting him killed in the explosion . 
 In the film 's conclusion , , , and have opened a greenhouse nursery . recalls a fortune cookie note from the envelope and discovers one last act he had done with the machine , foreseeing the results of a $ 90 million lottery and leaving the winning ticket in 's birdcage .

Ben Affleck, Aaron Eckhart, Uma Thurman, Paul Giamatti, Joe Morton

( ) is an arrogant New York City publicist who has been courting a woman named ( ) behind the back of his wife ( ) . He uses the last remaining public phone booth in the city to contact . During the call , he is interrupted by a pizza delivery man , who attempts to deliver a free pizza to him , but rudely turns him away by insulting his weight . As soon as completes his call to , the phone rings . answers , to find that The Caller , who knows his name , warns him not to leave the booth , and says he will say hello to for him . He also says he will call , leaving panicked . 
 The caller tells that he has tested two previous individuals who have done wrong deeds in a similar manner ( one was a pedophile , the other was a company insider who cashed out his stock options before the share price collapsed ) , giving each a chance to reveal the truth to those they wronged , but in both cases , they refused and were killed . To demonstrate the threat , the caller fires a suppressed sniper rifle at a toy robot sold by a nearby vendor ; the damage is unseen by anyone but , the caller , and the vendor . The caller demands that confess his feelings for to both and to avoid being killed . The caller contacts , and puts her on line with , who reveals that he is married . The caller then hangs up , telling to call himself . 
 As hesitates , the booth is approached by three prostitutes demanding to use the phone . refuses to leave , having been warned by the caller to stay in the booth and not reveal the situation . ( ) , the prostitutes ' pimp , joins his charges , smashes the side of the booth , grabs at in a headlock and starts punching him . The caller offers to " make him stop " and asks if can hear him , which just answers positively , causing the caller to misunderstand and shoot . staggers away before collapsing dead in the street . The prostitutes immediately blame , making a scene over 's body , accusing him of having a gun as the police and news crews converge on the location . 
 Police Captain ( ) , already suspecting of being the killer , seals off the streets with police roadblocks and starts trying to negotiate to get him to leave the booth , but refuses , telling the caller that there is no way they can incriminate him ; the caller proves him wrong , calling his attention to a handgun that was planted in the roof of the phone booth . Both and soon arrive on the scene . The caller demands that tell the truth , which he does . The caller then orders to choose between and , and the woman he does not choose will be killed . 
 While on the phone with the caller , secretly uses his cell phone to call , allowing her to overhear his conversation with the caller . She , in turn , quietly informs Captain of this . Meanwhile , continues to confess to everyone that his whole life is a lie , to make himself look more important than he really is or even feels . 's confession provides sufficient distraction to allow the police to trace the payphone call to a nearby building , and uses coded messages to inform of this . warns the caller that the police are on the way , and the caller replies that if he is caught , then he will kill . Panicked , grabs the handgun and leaves the booth , screaming for the sniper to kill him instead of . The police fire upon , while a smaller force breaks into the room that the caller was tracked to , only to find the gun and a man 's corpse . 
 regains consciousness to find the police fired only rubber bullets at him , stunning but not harming him . and happily reunite . As the police bring down the body , identifies it as the pizza delivery man from earlier . gets medical treatment at a local ambulance ; as he does , a man with a briefcase ( ) passes by and says that he regrets killing the pizza deliverer and warns that if his new - found honesty does not last , he will be hearing from him again . The man disappears into the crowd with unable to call out because he has been sedated by the paramedics . As he does , someone else is being called from that same line . The audience could only hear him say , " Hello ? " and the film ends .

, the eldest daughter in a highly dysfunctional family , lives in a small tenement apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan with her boyfriend . Although estranged from her family , she opts to invite them for Thanksgiving dinner , probably the last for her mother , who has breast cancer . 
 The film focuses on three journeys : the family 's arduous trek from suburbia to New York City ; 's preparations for the meal , made much more difficult when she discovers her oven is broken ; and 's efforts to find a suit so he can make a good impression on his girlfriend 's relatives . During the family 's journey , we learn about and 's relationship - and , in a crucial moment , we see an insight gains about her relationship with her daughter . During April 's journey , she meets many of her neighbors and establishes city - family relationships with them , as we see during the final meal . 's journey ends with a return to the gathering that is an exact capture of White America 's stereotypes of black men . 
 All these journeys tie together in the final scenes of reconciliation and hope for the future .

The film begins as , , , and are working on a plan to get honey from a beehive . wants to help too , but his friends tell him that he is too small . When the plan goes awry , saves the day by trapping the bees in a decoy hive ; but nobody notices what has done . Feeling ignored and unappreciated , sadly wanders away just as the bees escape from the decoy hive . 
 After escaping from the bees , 's friends realize that he is missing , so they decide to go on a search for him by using a special scrapbook that had made of their past adventures as a guide . On the way to 's house , they reminisce about when and her son arrived in the Hundred Acre Wood . Everyone is afraid of the newcomers and concocts a plan to use as a decoy so they could kidnap . pretends to believe is and gives him a dose of fish oil and a bath . She gives him a cookie afterwards and realizes she is actually very nice . and have become best friends and everyone agrees and should stay . 
 Back in the present , joins the search party and they head to their next destination in the scrapbook : the North Pole . They remember the story of their expedition to find the Pole . Partway through the expedition , falls into the river . , and try to save him but to no avail . uses a very long stick to catapult out of the river and hands it off to as he runs to try and catch . arrives on the scene , sees holding the stick , and declares has discovered the North Pole ; 's role in both 's rescue and the Pole 's discovery went unacknowledged . 
 Back in the present , 's friends express their regrets for not celebrating 's heroism . They become increasingly worried as a storm rolls in ; to reassure , and tell him about the time built a house for . has pointed out to did not have a house to keep him warm . decides they should build a house on that very spot , which he names " Pooh Corner . " briefly considers calling it " Pooh and Piglet Corner " before deciding " Pooh Corner " sounds nicer . joins in trying to build the house while struggles to keep up ; eventually , and give up . Then they learn has already built himself a house out of sticks , though it has gone missing . and realize they were using 's old house to build 's new house . As they struggle to explain , arrives and leads them back to 's newly completed house . Once again , 's contributions are overlooked as the wind gets the credit for moving 's house . 
 As the rain begins to fall , wants to skip to the end of the book to find where really is , but firmly insists they go through it in order ; they begin fighting over the book , which falls in the river . The friends sadly return to 's house to keep from catching a cold . They draw new pictures of , then set out to look for him once again . They find the scrapbook bindings , suspended on a hollow log , overhanging a raging waterfall ; goes to retrieve it , but falls into a hole in the log . 
 's friends form themselves into a rescue rope , but it is not quite long enough and is stuck hanging precariously over the waterfall . appears and pulls to safety , but the log begins to break , which knocks 's scrapbook into the river below . , , , and all make it to solid ground , just in time to see half of the log plummet to the water below . , , and begin to mourn for their apparent loss and almost fail to notice and emerging from inside of the other half of the log . 's friends take him home and show him the drawings they have made of him , demonstrating their appreciation for everything has done . The film ends as the characters are throwing a party and shows the new sign for the renamed " Pooh and Piglet Corner . "

While sailing to Port Royal , Jamaica , Governor , his daughter , and Lieutenant encounter a shipwreck and recover a boy , . discovers a golden pirate medallion around his neck , and keeps it in order to protect him . 
 Eight years later , is promoted to Commodore and proposes to . Her corset makes her faint and fall into the sea , which causes her medallion to emit a pulse . Captain comes to Port Royal to commandeer a ship , and rescues . identifies , and a chase ensues . encounters , now a blacksmith and swordsman . They duel , and is captured and imprisoned . 
 That night , the Black Pearl attacks Port Royal in search of the medallion . The crew of the Black Pearl capture , taking her to meet Captain when she requests parley . claims her last name is to conceal her identity as the governor 's daughter . takes her prisoner , believing her to be the daughter of " Bootstrap " . learns that her medallion is one of 882 gold pieces that 's crew stole from , for which they were forced to bear the curse of undeath ; they appear as decomposed corpses under moonlight . To lift the curse , they need to return all pieces with the blood of the owner of each piece , with 's being the final piece . 
 frees to rescue , whom loves . , the original captain of the Black Pearl before staged a mutiny , assists to reclaim his ship . The two commandeer the HMS Interceptor and head for Tortuga to recruit a crew ; en route , reveals that 's father , , was a pirate who was thrown overboard for opposing the mutiny against . At Isla de Muerta , and witness sacrificing 's blood and the final gold piece . The curse is not lifted because the medallion belonged to , making the owner by bloodline . rescues and brings her to the Interceptor , while is captured by and gets locked in the brig of the Black Pearl . 
 The Pearl pursues the Interceptor , taking the crew hostage and destroying the ship . makes a deal with to release in exchange for his blood , but exploits a loophole in the agreement , marooning and on a nearby island . Elizabeth makes a smoke signal , and brings the HMS Dauntless to rescue and arrest . asks to return for , convincing him by accepting 's marriage proposal . 
 That night , the Dauntless arrives at Isla de Muerta . plans to lure the pirates out to be ambushed by the crew of the Dauntless , but the plan goes awry when 's crew walks underwater to attack Dauntless . escapes the Dauntless and frees 's crew from the Pearl . They refuse to rescue and , so sets out on her own while 's crew takes the Pearl and flees . 
 reaches a deal with to operate a pirate fleet , but suddenly frees and duels , while and fight off 's crew . stabs , but the latter is revealed to be under the curse , having taken a piece of gold from 's chest . shoots , and drops both coins into the chest , with his and 's blood on them . The curse is lifted , causing to die from 's gunshot ; the rest of 's crew , realizing that they are no longer immortal , surrender and are arrested . 
 At Port Royal , is led to the gallows to be hanged for piracy . diverts 's attention and attempts a rescue , but and are surrounded and held at gunpoint . intercedes and declares her love for , leaving crestfallen . dives into the sea and escapes aboard the Black Pearl , which is waiting nearby . Governor pardons and gives his blessing for to marry him . permits and the Pearl " one day 's head start " before initiating pursuit . 
 In a post - credits scene , 's pet monkey " Jack " steals a piece of gold from the chest and regains immortality .

Set in the Los Angeles club scene of the late 1980s,[citation needed ] the film follows the story of ( ) and her all - girl punk rock band , Clam Dandy . On the verge of turning 40 , decides that if the band 's one last shot at the big time is unsuccessful , she will give up her dreams of stardom . Along the way , the women are rocked by personal tragedies that threaten to break up the band before they can get their last shot at success .

In New Orleans , a failed day trader at a stock brokerage firm shows up at the office and opens fire on his former colleagues , then kills himself . Among the dead is . Two years later , with attorney , 's widow takes Vicksburg Firearms to court on the grounds that the company 's gross negligence led to her husband 's death . During jury selection , jury consultant and his team communicate background information on each of the jurors to lead defense attorney in the courtroom through electronic surveillance . 
 In the jury pool , tries to get himself excused from jury duty . Judge decides to give a lesson in civic duty and Fitch tells Cable that the judge has now given them no choice , and that he must select as a juror . 's congenial manner wins him acceptance from his fellow jurors , but , a Marine veteran , takes an instant dislike to him . 
 A woman named makes an offer to and : she will deliver the verdict to the first bidder . dismisses the offer , assuming it to be a tactic by Fitch to obtain a mistrial . asks for proof that she can deliver , though , which provides . orders 's apartment searched , but finds nothing . retaliates by getting one of Fitch 's jurors bounced . shows the judge surveillance footage of his apartment being searched , and the judge orders the jury sequestered . then goes after three jurors with blackmail , leading one , , to attempt suicide . 
 loses a key witness due to harassment , and after confronting Fitch , decides that he can not win the case . He asks his firm 's partners for $ 10   million . Fitch sends an operative , , to kidnap , but she fights him off and raises Fitch 's price to $ 15   million . On principle , changes his mind and refuses to pay . Fitch agrees to pay to be certain of the verdict . 
 Fitch 's subordinate travels to Gardner , Indiana , where he discovers that is really , a law school drop - out , and that 's real name is . 's sister died in a school shooting . The town sued the gun manufacturer and helped the defense win the case . concludes that and 's offer is a set - up , and he calls Fitch , but it is too late . 
 receives confirmation of receipt of payment and he steers the jury in favor of the plaintiff , much to the chagrin of , who launches into a rant against the plaintiff , which undermines his support . The gun manufacturer is found liable , with the jury awarding $ 110   million in general damages to . 
 After the trial , and confront with a receipt for the $ 15   million bribe and demand that he retire . They inform him that the $ 15   million will benefit the shooting victims in Gardner .

and talk about what believes is a sex tape , but calls it a cursed tape . After several odd occurrences , they both die . Meanwhile , in a farm outside Washington , D.C. , widowed farmer and his clumsy brother discover a crop circle , saying " Attack Here ! " 
 , now a blonde news reporter , announces the crop circles on the news . She picks up her paranormally endowed nephew from school , where her best friend Brenda is his teacher . picks up his niece , who is in the same class . and fall in love , and invites her and to a rap - battle with his rapper friends and . proves to be talented but is disqualified for unintentional racist blunders . 
 After watching the cursed videotape , asks to keep her company . After playing several pranks on , she gets the rest of the popcorn in the lounge , when the TV turns on . fails to turn it off . climbs out of the well and the TV , gets into a fight with . kills , since is ignoring the ruckus . receives a phone call about the death , and meets with , who apologizes for the accident involving himself and 's wife . 
 During 's wake , and wreak havoc in an unsuccessful attempt to revive her , only to blow up her body and get kicked out of the house . watches the tape , finding it odd . A phone caller tells her she will die in a week . She calls , and for help . says his Aunt might be able to help . , the Matrix Oracle , and her husband agree to watch the tape . discovers the hidden image of a lighthouse and gets fights with 's mother . tells to find the lighthouse to break the curse . When Cindy returns home , she finds watched the tape . 
 At work , searches through pictures of lighthouses before finding the one from the tape . Desperate to save , warns everyone by entering a message into the news anchor 's teleprompter . Her boss interrupts her , and the anchor mechanically recites the wrong message . The take it seriously since they encountered an alien disguised as , and President personally visits the farm to investigate the crop circles . visits the lighthouse , where she encounters The Architect . The loquacious ( and lecherous ) old man explains was his evil adopted daughter , whom his wife drowned in the farm 's well , but not before she imprinted her evil onto the tape . Unfortunately , he mistakenly returned it to Blockbuster , unleashing the curse . When asks about how this relates to the Aliens , the Architect speculates that is summoning them to aid her in destroying the human race . 
 Returning home , discovers her station has been broadcasting the evil tape for hours , and there have been various sightings of aliens around the world . Worse , is missing . tracks him to the farm , where he has taken refuge with . orders everybody into the basement for safety , as he , and go outside to fight the extraterrestrials . The aliens arrive but reveal they are friendly and have come to stop , since they accidentally watched the tape on a broadcast they had intercepted . 
 In the basement , recognizes farm 's cellar from the tape , and she finds the well where drowned . Suddenly , appears behind her . A short fight ensues , during which takes hostage . and appeal to her , offering her a place in their family . appears to accept the offer but changes back to her monstrous form . As she advances on and the others , President accidentally knocks her into the well . The aliens leave in peace , and and get married . Leaving for their honeymoon , they realize they left behind . After avoids hitting at an intersection , another car strikes him .

Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen, Anthony Anderson, Leslie Nielsen, Simon Rex

No Vacancy , a rock band , performs at a nightclub three weeks before auditioning for the Battle of the Bands . Guitarist creates on - stage antics , including a failed stage dive that abruptly ends the performance . The next morning , wakes in the apartment he lives in with and his girlfriend , . They inform him he must make up for his share of the rent or move out . When meets No Vacancy at a rehearsal session , he finds out that he has been replaced by another guitarist named . Later , while attempting to sell some of his equipment for rent money , answers a phone call from , the principal of the Horace Green prep school , inquiring for about a short - term position as a substitute teacher . Desperate for money , impersonates and is hired . On his first day at the school , adopts the name " Mr. " and spends his first day behaving erratically , much to the class 's confusion . 
 The next day , overhears a music class and devises a plan to form them into a new band to audition for Battle of the Bands . He casts as lead guitarist , as drummer , cello player on bass , on keyboard , and himself as lead vocalist and guitarist . He assigns the rest of the class to various roles of backup singers , groupies , roadies , with as band manager . The project takes over normal lessons , but helps the students to embrace their talents and overcome their problems . He reassures , who feels nerdy , and is worried about not being cool enough for the band , , whose overbearing father disapproves of rock , and , an overweight girl who is too self - conscious to even audition for backup singer despite an amazing voice . During one eloquent lesson , he teaches the kids that rock and roll is the way to " Stick it to the Man " and stand up for themselves . Band " groupies " and , with 's approval , pitch the band name " The School of Rock . " 
 Two weeks into his hiring , sneaks his key band members out of school to audition for a spot in the competition , while the rest of the class stay behind to maintain cover . When wanders off , retrieves him but the group is rejected because the bill is full . After tricks the staff into thinking that they have a terminal illness , the band is auditioned . The next day , decides to check on 's teaching progress , forcing to teach the actual material . explains that a parents ' night will take place at the school the day before Battle of the Bands , rendering somewhat concerned . 
 As prepares for the parents ' night , receives a paycheck from the school via mail , soon realizing that impersonated him . During the parents ' meeting , the parents question what was teaching the kids until , and the police confront . With bursting in to question what is going on , reveals his true identity , admits he 's not a licensed teacher and flees to his apartment . He and argue and intervenes ; however , suggests should move out . 
 The next morning , the parents go on an uproar in front of at her office , while the kids decide not to let their hard work go to waste . When the new substitute discovers that the kids are missing , she informs , and and the parents race to the competition . A school bus comes to pick up , who leads the kids to the Battle of the Bands and decides that they play the song written by earlier in the film . Initially dismissed as a gimmick , the band wins over the entire crowd . Much to 's dismay , No Vacancy wins , but the audience chant for School of Rock and demand an encore . 
 is impressed and proud of and the band , much to the dismay of , whom breaks up with . Some time later an after school program known as the School of Rock has opened as continues to coach the students he played with before while teaches beginners , as the credits roll .

Three men , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) come together as the principal jockey , owner , and trainer of the championship horse Seabiscuit , rising from troubled times to achieve fame and success through their association with the horse . 
 is the child of a Canadian family financially ruined by the Great Depression . In desperate need of money , the family leaves Red with a horse trainer . eventually becomes a jockey , but makes extra money through illegal boxing matches which left him blind in one eye . is a clerk in a bicycle shop who gets asked by a passing motorist to repair his automobile , a technology which has recently been introduced . As a result , becomes knowledgeable enough with automobiles to increase their performance and sell them as a dealer , eventually becoming the largest car dealer in California and one of the Bay Area 's richest men . However , his son is killed in an automobile accident while driving the family car , which sends into a bout of deep depression , which eventually results in his wife ( ) leaving him . 
 On a trip to Mexico to obtain a divorce , he meets ( ) . After marrying , acquires a stable of horses and later has a chance encounter with the skilled and kindly horse trainer and drifter . hires to manage his stables after , who specializes in rehabilitating injured and abused horses , explains to " You do n't throw a whole life away just 'cause it 's banged up a little bit " . convinces to acquire the colt " Seabiscuit " , who comes from noted lineage but had been deemed " incorrigible " by past handlers and was later broken and trained to lose against better horses . 
 is unable to find a jockey willing to deal with 's temperament , but after witnessing brawling with other stable boys , he sees in him a similar temperament to the feisty horse and decides to appoint him as 's jockey . and become close and they begin to race . After overcoming early difficulties , such as a dismissive media and 's anger issues and blind eye , begins to earn considerable success and becomes an extremely popular underdog for the millions affected by the Great Depression . Inspired , tries repeatedly to provoke a race with the mocking New York tycoon and his fearsome stallion " War Admiral " , the top race horse in the country . eventually relents to a match race on his terms between War Admiral and Seabiscuit , but while the date approaches , is injured in a riding accident , fracturing his leg . When the doctor reports that he will be unable to ride again , suggests that get an old friend , the successful jockey ( ) to be Seabiscuit 's new rider . 
 teaches about Seabiscuit 's handling and mannerisms . At the match race , Seabiscuit upsets the heavy favorite , War Admiral , partly because of a secret that relates to , instructing him to hold him head to head with the other horse so he gets " a good look at the Admiral " . Later on , is racing at Santa Anita when he is injured and has to stop . helps him to recover and get fit enough to race again . The last race is again at the Santa Anita , and rides him this time after putting a special self - made brace on his own leg to keep it stable . is on a different horse . drops to last place and trails the pack , but holds back to be alongside and let " get a good look " . After a short conversation , surges and wins the race . 
 says , " You know , everybody thinks that we found this broken down horse and fixed him , but we did n't . He fixed us . Every one of us . And I guess in a way , we kinda fixed each other , too "

Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges, Chris Cooper, Elizabeth Banks, William H. Macy, Gary Stevens

14 - year - old ( ) is left by his irresponsible mother , ( ) , to live for the summer with his reclusive , bachelor great - uncles , ( ) and ( ) . Despite living on a ramshackle Texan farm , they are said to have a secret fortune and are made the target of every traveling salesman . They , in turn , sit on their porch with shotguns , the salesmen their targets . 
 is given a room in the attic and is not welcomed at first , until they realize he annoys other gold - digging relatives who visit with their children . For his part , persuades his uncles to try spending some of their money , generally with disastrous results . Packets of seeds to plant a vegetable garden turn out all to be corn . Then they order a lion for an animal target and end up with an aging , tame lioness , which they turn over to as a pet . Later , it is released by accident and takes to the cornfield , which becomes her new " jungle " home . While loading 50 - pound bags of Lion Chow , passes out and is taken to the hospital . On leaving , they encounter four greasers at a roadside store who draw switchblade knives on , but are easily beaten by him in a fight . 
 A subplot develops around the photograph of a beautiful woman that finds in the attic . In a series of flashbacks , tells the story of their African past , during which fell in love with an Arab princess promised to a powerful Sheik . When they married , the Sheik put a price on 's head , keeping them in constant peril from assassins . Finally won a duel against the Sheik but spared his life , warning him to cease the manhunt . When asks to hear more from , his uncle reveals that died in childbirth . then returned to the French Foreign Legion , until he retired with to their farm , where they are resignedly waiting to die . asks for confirmation , since his mother always lies to him . responds with a piece of his " What Every Boy Needs to Know ... " speech , that the actual truth is not as important as belief in ideals . then asks to promise to be around to give him the rest of the speech when he 's old enough and grudgingly agrees . 
 Late one evening , trails and discovers they have a room filled with money underneath the barn . On another night , 's mother and her current boyfriend , a supposed " private investigator " , arrive . While the uncles sleep , and demand that reveal the location of his uncles ' fortune , claiming they were actually bank robbers . When chooses to believe in his uncles instead , pins down and begins beating him . Sensing that he is in danger , the lioness emerges from the cornfield and mauls . Awakened by the ruckus , and find the old lioness has died of heart failure defending her “ cub ” . 
 The next day , leaves with his mother . Once on the road , explains that will be staying with them to recuperate , but asks her instead to " do something that 's best for me for once " and abandons her . While and are delighted to see him back , insists there have to be changes : His uncles must involve themselves in his education and live carefully , as he wants them to die of old age . 
 Seventeen years later , is alerted by the sheriff of his uncles ' deaths from a failed flying stunt with their biplane . Arriving at the farm , he is given his uncles ' will , declaring " The kid gets it all . Just plant us in the damn garden , with the stupid lion . " A helicopter bearing the logo Sahara Petroleum then touches down near the homestead and a man steps out with his young son , explaining that he heard about and 's deaths on the radio . He had recognized the names as the two Americans in tales told to him in his youth by his grandfather , " a very wealthy sheik " . When the man 's young son asks if his uncles were real , confirms , " Yeah . They really lived . "

In 1887 , ( ) tells her father ( ) , the Keeper of the Imperial Seal of China in the Forbidden City , that her brother , ( ) , is doing well as a sheriff in Carson City , Nevada , but her father replies that her brother is dead to him . At that moment , Lord ( ) , leads a band of Boxers into the city , who attack the Keeper . Despite 's efforts , her father is killed and the seal is stolen . With his last breath , he gives a box and tells her to give it to her brother . 
 Meanwhile , is doing well as sheriff , having captured an impressive array of fugitives . His deputy is relaxing with a book called " Roy O'Bannon Vs . The Mummy " , a highly fictionalized account of the events of the first film that now portrays 's " Shanghai Kid " as a cowardly sidekick , which dismays . receives a parcel containing a puzzle box and a letter from telling him that their father is dead and that she has tracked the murderer to London . 
 travels to New York City to find his old partner ( ) . and uses his share of the first film 's gold to buy a ticket to London . finds that has left his brief stint in law enforcement , broken off his romance with Falling Leaves , spent most of the gold investing in the Zeppelin , and is now a hotel waiter and part - time gigolo . ( Later reveals that he has lost all of the gold on publishing his novels ) . After they attempt prostitution to pay for a trip to the United Kingdom , the Mayor of New York arrives in search of his daughters who are 's latest clients . The pair escape and ship themselves to London in a crate . 
 In London , and have their duster and watch stolen , respectively , by a number of street thugs including a young boy named ( ) . After an extensive battle to reclaim these items , they are arrested by the police . In Scotland Yard , Inspector ( ) thanks the two for defeating the Fleet Street gang . He tells that is also in Scotland Yard , having attempted to kill Lord . Meanwhile , finds he is not alone in his carriage as ( ) has sneaked his way on ; slips him the dagger that killed the Keeper of the Imperial Seal . Sometime later , and wander through London and see Buckingham Palace . They encounter , who lets them into the empty house of a nobleman and finds an invitation to a gala at the castle . 
 and arrive that night at the gala , wearing disguises : masquerades as Major General " Sherlock Holmes " ( a name he derives from the face of a clock ) , and is the " Maharaja of Nevada " . and follow Lord to a private library , but slips quickly through a secret passage before they can reach him . As occupies himself with a copy of the Kama Sutra , looks for the secret passage and discovers it in the fireplace . enters the secret room , which contains treasures from throughout the British Empire and asks for 's help which repeatedly ignores , as he thinks it is something minor , and continues to read his book . 's guards then attack , but he is rescued by , who has escaped from Scotland Yard . The three see hand the Imperial Seal to , the illegitimate brother of the Emperor of China , which is then stolen by who leaves his hat . spots the three , and after a brief battle , he sets the barn on fire and escapes , and then the three also manage to escape . 
 They find drunk after being sacked at his home . deduces using from the hat that is in Madame Tussauds . They arrive just in time to save from the boxers at the expense of losing the seal again and being captured outside by police . Taken away in a police buggy , they are rescued in turn by , who later reveals his full name to be . After an interlude in a brothel where tries to convince that is unsuitable , has overheard this and is upset with , but forgives him when arranges a pillow fight with the ladies of the night . When sees this she runs into the night followed by and . They are all captured by , who tells them that he is going to kill the royal family and frame " Loony " . They escape and manage to stop from killing the royal family . Just as is about to kill , blasts and kills him with a rocket . The three they follow to the top of Big Ben . He throws out of the tower , but he survives when he grabs a hand of the clock . Thinking Roy is dead , fights with , and the pair are both thrown outside . saves as falls to his death . 
 and are knighted , as is , whose full name is now revealed to be Sir . decides to become a writer , of detective stories revolving around his deductive reasoning technique , and asks if he can use the " " name . proposes that he and go to Hollywood to get in on the ground floor with motion pictures . They roll off in a buggy , with ( wearing a fake moustache ) stowed away . also manages to open the box his father sent him , finding a message inside reminding him of the importance of family .

is a reporter at The New Republic , where he has made a name for himself for writing colorful stories . His editor , , is revered by the magazine 's young staff . When ( at the time Chairman of the American Conservative Union ) questions 's description of minibars and the drunken antics of Young Republicans at a convention , backs his reporter when admits to one mistake but says the rest is true . 
 is fired after he stands up to his boss on an unrelated personnel issue , and fellow writer is promoted to replace him . The magazine publishes an entertaining story by titled " Hack Heaven " about a teenage hacker named who was given a lucrative job at software company Jukt Micronics after hacking into its computer system . After the article is published , , a reporter at Forbes Digital Tool , begins researching the story in order to discover how scooped everyone else . is unable to uncover any corroborating evidence for Glass 's story . 
 Questioned by the Forbes reporter , becomes suspicious when can not provide sources for his article and when the few pieces of concrete evidence are discovered to be an amateurish website representing Jukt Micronics and a Palo Alto phone number where every call goes directly to voicemail . and his colleague , , can find no proof Jukt or even exist . drives to a hotel where the hacker convention supposedly took place . Despite frantic attempts at spin from Glass , discovers that the hotel 's convention room was not open the day the convention supposedly took place and that the restaurant where they supposedly ate dinner closes in the early afternoon . 
 finally admits to that he was n't actually at the hacker convention , but relied on sources for information . is outraged , but proceeds cautiously while seeking the truth . He suspends , earning him the enmity of staff reporters , who all are fond of . , a writer at the magazine , is so angered by 's actions that she considers quitting . When a colleague calls to express concern for 's state of mind , he also reveals that has a brother in Palo Alto . realizes the brother must have posed as the president of Jukt Micronics on the day he returned 's phone call . 
 pleads for another chance , but orders him out of the office and takes his security access card . Searching through back issues of The New Republic , realizes that much of 's previous work was falsified . When an emotional returns , fires him . accuses of wanting to get rid of everyone who was loyal to , but he challenges her to act like the good reporter she is . He reminds her that half of the falsified stories were published on 's watch and that the entire staff will have to apologize to their readers for allowing to continue to hand in fictitious stories . 
 The following day , a receptionist wryly remarks to that all this trouble could have been averted if the stories required photographs . discovers the staff has written an apology to their readers . They spontaneously applaud their editor , signifying their unity . At a meeting with and a lawyer , tacitly admits that 27 of the 41 articles he wrote for The New Republic were fabricated in whole or in part . An epilogue reveals that decided to complete law school , and wrote a novel called The Fabulist about a reporter who fabricates his stories .

Hayden Christensen, Peter Sarsgaard, Chloë Sevigny, Hank Azaria, Steve Zahn, Rosario Dawson

and his pirate crew attempt to steal the magical " Book of Peace " while it is being shipped to Syracuse , Sicily , protected by Prince of Syracuse . was once 's best friend as a child and he tells him if it ever meant anything he can prove it . tries to steal the book anyway , but is prevented when attacks the ship . The two work together to fight off and for a moment reaffirm their bond . Just when it seems the beast is defeated , is dragged off the ship . goes to save , but he is stopped by his crew . 
 Drawn underwater by , is saved by the beautiful Goddess of Discord , , who offers him any boon he desires in exchange for the Book of Peace . and his crew go to Syracuse to steal the Book , but leave without doing so . Anticipating this , impersonates and steals the Book . is sentenced to death , whereupon sends to retrieve the Book instead , placing himself as a hostage , and ' fiancée Lady goes to make sure that succeeds . To prevent them from succeeding , sends a group of mythical sirens , who entrance and seduce the men aboard 's ship with their hypnotic singing voices , but do not affect , who pilots the ship to safety . The Goddess of Discord later sends a Roc which captures , but she is rescued by . 
 After these and other incidents , and enter ' realm , where she reveals that her plan was to maneuver into 's place , leaving Syracuse without an heir , and agrees to surrender the Book of Peace only if truthfully tells whether he will return to Syracuse to accept blame and be executed if he does not get the Book . She gives him her word that she will honour the deal , making it unbreakable even for a god . When he answers that he will return , calls him a liar , and returns him and to the mortal world . Ashamed , admits the Goddess of Discord is right , truly believing deep down that he is a selfish liar . 
 In Syracuse , the time allotted to has elapsed . readies himself to be beheaded , but at the last minute , appears and takes his place . An enraged appears suddenly and saves by shattering the executioner 's sword to pieces . , shocked , realizes that this was still part of her test and that he has beaten her by proving his answer to be true after all . is furious but can not go back on her word and so she reluctantly gives the Book to before vanishing . With the Book restored to Syracuse , and his crew prepare to leave Syracuse on another voyage , leaving behind . Unbeknownst to him , sees that has fallen deeply in love with and has released her from their engagement and sent her to join 's ship . Now together , they and the crew set out on another long voyage as the ship sails into the sunset .

Brad Pitt, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer, Joseph Fiennes

is a wealthy New York music mogul who has had a 40 - year habit of dating women under 30 , including his latest conquest , . The two drive to her mother 's Hamptons beach house expecting to be alone , but are surprised by 's mother , successful playwright , who is there with her sister . 
 After an awkward dinner , the night turns disastrous when — during foreplay with — has a heart attack and is rushed to a hospital . The doctor , Julian , tells to stay nearby for a few days , so ends up staying with . Their personalities clash and make for awkward living arrangements — until they get to know each other . The fact that is dating her daughter and that has fallen for leave the two struggling to deal with relationships . 
 and agree to break up . He and spend more time together and eventually consummate their relationship . discovers that his improving health means that he no longer has to stay with , so he heads home . 
 receives news that her father , , 's ex - husband , whom still allows to direct her plays , is getting remarried to , an ear , nose and throat doctor who is only two years older than . Although is unaffected by the news , is devastated and pressures her mother into accompanying her to a family dinner . is the life of the party until she sees at another table with another woman . In the argument that follows , suffers from what he believes is another heart attack , but he is told by the young ER physician , Dr. , who treats him like her father , that it was only a panic attack . 
 Although she is heartbroken , figures that these events would be great to use in a play . hears about it and rushes to the NYC theater where it is being rehearsed . Despite her denials , it is quickly obvious that she has used the most personal details of their affair in the play . coolly rebuffs his every insinuation that he cares about her and hints that his character will die in the play — for a laugh . He then has another panic attack and is again treated by Dr.   , who warns him that he needs to learn to " decompress " . 
 Six months pass . 's play is a huge success . pays a visit to apologize for anything he ever did to hurt her . She replies that he was nothing but nice to her and happily tells him that she is pregnant and has a new husband . expresses a desire to see . tells him that her mother is in Paris celebrating her birthday . decides to surprise . Remembering how they had once planned to spend their birthdays together there , he shows up at the Parisian restaurant where she is seated at a table . explains that over the past six months he reached out to all of the women he ever had affairs with , and even though repeatedly rebuffed at first , finally broke through . They all had identical harsh stories that helped him learn how " I arrived at being me . " He tells that his trip to find her was the last and the farthest . appears . All along , has been waiting at the restaurant for , whom she is now dating . 
 and get along well during the dinner , but they part outside the restaurant . While he is gazing in heartache over the river Seine , pulls up in a taxi . She explains that figured out what was happening between them and decided to step aside to let her be with . explains that his search the last six months has made him realize he truly loves . and kiss . 
 A year later , at a New York restaurant , and , now married , are out with , her husband and her new baby daughter , as one big happy family .

Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Amanda Peet, Frances McDormand, Jon Favreau

, after stopping Donnagon from activating the EMP device , has retired from the OSS , no longer wanting to work for them . He now lives a quiet life and works as a private detective , although his salary is very little . One day , he is contacted by President , former head of OSS , who informs him that his sister , , is missing after a mission gone wrong . Upset about this , returns to the OSS to learn more about his sister . 
 Arriving at the technological and computer part of the OSS , he is reunited with a now reformed and his wife , who explain that was captured by the , a former OSS informant . The was imprisoned in cyberspace by the OSS , but he has since created Game Over , a virtual reality - based video game which he intends on using to escape cyberspace via players that reach Level 5 , which is unwinnable . agrees to venture into the game , save , and shut down the game , given only twelve hours to win . He is also informed that his sister was last seen on Level 4 . 
 In the game , which takes place in a full 3D environment , finds the challenges difficult , having only nine lives within the game and already losing one at the start . While roaming a cartoon - like medieval village , he finds three beta - testers , , , and , who provide him with a passage to the Moon and launch him into space , but mostly to get rid of the competition . 
 lands on the Moon , losing another life at the process , and receives an opportunity to bring in a fellow ally to assist him , selecting his wheelchair - bound grandfather , who has a personal history with the Toymaker . He receives a power - up which gives him a robotic bodysuit , allowing him to walk and possess superhuman strength and durability , and abandons , telling him that they will regroup later . Searching for the entrance to Level 2 , ventures into a robot battle arena where he fights a girl named in order to return to Earth and Level 2 . In the fight , he receives a robotic , more powerful suit , and he is placed on a huge mecha to combat . In the 3 - round fight , in which he loses another life , he defeats and returns to Earth . 
 He meets the beta - testers again who believe he is a player named " The Guy " , who can supposedly beat Level 5 . is unconvinced and challenges to a " Mega - race " involving a multitude of different vehicles , which will allow them on Level 3 . The only apparent rule of this game is " Win , at all costs . " wins the race with help from , and joins the group ; she and display romantic feelings for each other , with him giving her a med - pack with extra lives and she provides him with an illegal map of the game . Upon entering level 3 , and are forced to battle each other , the loser getting an immediate game over . During the fight , loses almost all of his lives , but swaps places with and is defeated , seemingly getting a game over , much to 's sadness . 
 The group arrives at Level 4 where finds , released by the , who leads the group on . notices their grandfather is with them and tells that the is the reason their grandfather is in a wheelchair . follows a map to a lava - filled gorge . The group surfs their way through the lava . The OSS finds out about the history between the and . Fearing that might seek revenge , attempts to prevent them from reaching Level 5 , but fails , as they fall into the lava and discover that lava does not mean the game over , but that it is actually possible to swim , and they reach a cavern where they find the door to Level 5 . Outside the door to Level 5 , informs them that they only have 5 minutes left . After the other gamers start to think that and are deceivers and threatens to give a game over , the real " Guy " appears and opens the door . However , he is struck by lightning as part of a booby trap set by the Toymaker when the door to Level 5 is breached , which makes him lose all of his hundred lives and get a game over , forcing the group to move on without him . 
 In the Level 5 zone , which is a purple - ish cyberspace , then appears , claiming to have gotten back into the game via a glitch but identifies her as " The Deceiver " , a program used to fool players . confirms this and apologizes to a stunned before the Toymaker attacks the group with a giant robot . then appears , holding the entrance back to the real world open so the group can escape . However , he can not come with them since someone needs to hold the door open . , shedding a tear , quickly holds the door open so he can go with them . After their return though , it is revealed that released the Toymaker , with the villain 's army of robots now attacking a nearby city . 
 and summon their family members : Parents and , 's brother , their Grandma , and Uncle Felix . With too many robots to handle , calls out to their " extended " family ( or " everyone " , as puts it ) , summoning characters from the first two films ( including and , and his son , scientist ( plus a ) , and and ) . All the robots are destroyed except for the 's . confronts The , and forgives him for putting him in his wheelchair , which he had been trying to find him to do for 30 years . The Toymaker shuts down his robot and joins the rest of the family and their friends in celebrating their families .

Alexa Vega, Daryl Sabara, Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Sylvester Stallone

Conjoined twins and try to live as normally as possible . Outgoing and sociable aspires to be a Hollywood actor , however , whereas shy , introverted prefers the quiet life . They run Quikee Burger , a diner in Oak Bluffs on Martha 's Vineyard , that guarantees free meals to customers whose orders are not completed in three minutes , a testament to how skilled and in sync and are with each other . Though is comfortable socializing with women , is the shyer of the two , and carries on a long - distance relationship with a pen pal named whom he has never met in person , and who is unaware that they are conjoined twins . 
 gets a role in a local play . stays as much as possible in the background , as he has a tendency to get stage fright . Following the play 's success , decides to follow his dream to Hollywood and persuades his hesitant brother to go along for the ride . They rent an apartment in California and become friends with fellow aspiring actress . When she expresses curiosity about their conjoinment , explains that they share a liver that is mostly 's , and that because surgical separation entails risk to , would not consent to the surgery , even though favored it . It is also the reason why appears somewhat older than . ( is seven years older than in real life . ) 
 's efforts to find acting work in Hollywood are fraught with difficulty , and his agent , , is little help , offering at one point to get him a job in a pornographic film . is upset that she has ended up starring in a prime - time TV show called Honey and the Beaze . She wants out of the deal , so she decides to hire as her co - star ( since her contract states she can choose anyone she wants ) , certain the show will get cancelled . The producers , realizing 's scheme , foil it by going forward with the production , compensating for 's presence by keeping him out of the camera frame and employing bluescreen effects . The show is a surprise hit and becomes famous . 
 arranges for to come to California . Although he did this without 's consent , and develop a romantic relationship , though the twins ' attempt to keep their conjoined nature a secret proves challenging , especially since must accompany the new couple everywhere , sometimes using creative solutions like disguising himself as a giant teddy bear . Eventually however , when discovers the twins in bed , she concludes that they are a homosexual couple rather than brothers . Although shows that they are indeed conjoined twins , is nonetheless in even greater shock at the deception , and flees . 
 informs the twins that word has leaked about and being conjoined . Rather than hide this , the twins decide to embrace it , and they both become huge celebrities , making commercials and appearing on The Tonight Show with . While enjoys this success , he knows that is unhappy because he misses May . Resolving that needs to be independent from him in order to be happy , demands they be surgically separated . When refuses , , determined to convince him , begins acting wild and crazy until can no longer take it . starts to make a fool of himself by getting drunk and accidentally snatching a woman 's purse . They eventually end up spending the night in jail for drunk driving ; even though was drinking , is the one who suffers the hangover since their shared liver is mostly his . When they are released the following morning , they get into a fight and decides to go with the operation . 
 On the night before the surgery , shows up and apologizes to for running out the way she did . informs her that they 're getting separated ; although she does not want them to , he knows that it 's best for them . At the hospital , and keep a vigil until learning from , a real - life neurosurgeon playing a cameo role , that the surgery was successful.[2 ] and , both being small - town people , decide to move back to Oak Bluffs , but finds the separation from difficult , both practically and emotionally , and is unable to do the things by himself that the twins used to do together , such as maintain three - minute challenge or play hockey . , for his part , loses his job when Honey and the Beaze is canceled due to low ratings , and finds it difficult to find subsequent work . He is also emotionally devastated by 's absence . After having a brief talk with about what 's best for him , he decides to move back to Oak Bluffs . 
 One year later , and are back in Oak Bluffs running the restaurant together , and have married and is pregnant . The twins simulate their former conjoinment with Velcro clothing that attaches them to one another . finds creative fulfillment continuing in local plays , including a musical in which he and play Bonnie and Clyde .

Turmoil erupts in Nigeria following a military coup d'etat , which involves the brutal murders of the president and his family . As foreign nationals are evacuated from the country , Lieutenant ( ) and his U.S. Navy SEAL detachment comprising ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , aboard the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman , are dispatched by Captain ( ) to extract a " critical persona , " one Dr. ( ) , a U.S. citizen by marriage and daughter - in - law of a U.S. Senator . Their secondary mission is to extract the mission priest ( ) and two nuns ( and ) , should they choose to come . 
 The mission begins as planned . tells Dr. of the company of rebel soldiers closing in on her hospital and the mission , and that the team 's orders are to extract U.S. personnel ; however , refuses to leave without the patients . calls Captain for options ; after their short and ambiguous conversation , he concedes to Dr. that they will take those refugees able to walk . She begins assembling the able - bodied for the 12 kilometres ( 7.5   mi ) hike ; the priest and the nuns stay behind to take care of the injured . Irritated and behind the schedule , the team and the refugees leave their hospital mission after daybreak . 
 At nightfall they take a short break . Guerrilla rebels rapidly approach their position , and stealthily kills a straggling rebel . Dr. warns that the rebels are going to the mission , but he is determined to carry out his orders , and they continue to the extraction point . Back at the mission , the staff and refugees are confronted by rebel forces . Despite the priest 's pleas for mercy , the rebel forces execute him and the remaining occupants . 
 When the team arrives at the extraction point , ' initial plan becomes clear : the SEALs suddenly turn away the refugees from the waiting helicopter . forces Dr. into the helicopter , leaving the refugees stranded in the jungle , unprotected against the rebels . En route to the aircraft carrier , they fly over the original mission compound , seeing it destroyed and all its occupants murdered , as Dr. had predicted . Remorseful , orders the pilot to return to the refugees . He then loads as many refugees as he can into the helicopter and decides to escort the remaining refugees to the Cameroon border . 
 During the hike to the border , using satellite scans , they discover the rebels are somehow tracking them . As they escape and evade the rebels , the team enters a village whose inhabitants are being raped , tortured , and massacred by rebel soldiers . Aware of having the opportunity to stop it , orders the team to take down the rebels . The team is visibly shaken by the atrocities they see the rebels have committed against the villagers . 
 Again en route , determines that a refugee is transmitting a signal allowing the rebels to locate them . The search for the transmitter reveals the presence of ( ) , the surviving son of late President , which they realize is the reason the rebels are hunting them : was not only the president of the country , but also the tribal king of the Igbo . As the only surviving member of this royal bloodline , is the only person left with a legitimate claim to the leadership of Nigeria . is angry at Dr. , who knew of 's identity , yet never informed the SEAL team . A newer refugee ( ) picked up during the trek is discovered with the transmitter on his person . He attempts to run but is shot . 
 The team decides to continue escorting the refugees to Cameroon , regardless of the cost . A firefight ensues when the rebels finally catch up with the SEALs , who decide to stay behind as rearguard to buy the refugees enough time to reach the border safely . radios the Truman for air support ; two F / A-18A Hornets take off and head for the firefight . The rebels kill , , , and . , , , and are wounded but direct the fighter pilots on where to attack . and Dr. are scrambling to the Cameroon border gate when they hear the fighter jets approach and bomb the entire rebel force . 
 , , , and rise from the grass as U.S. Navy helicopters land in Cameroon , opposite the Nigerian border fence gate . Captain arrives and orders the gate open , letting in the SEALs and the refugees . A detail of U.S. Marines then escorts the SEALs to the helicopters . Captain promises that he will recover the bodies of his men . Dr. says farewell to friends and flies away in the same helicopter with , while is surrounded by his people and proclaims freedom .

has been living off the grid in Los Angeles following the death of his mother , . Although a war between humans and 's forces did not occur on August 29 , 1997 , as foretold , still fears it . He rejects his fate as humanity 's savior and hides from Skynet . 
 Unable to locate in the past , Skynet sends a new model of the Terminator called the T - X to July 24 , 2004 , to kill other members of the Human Resistance instead . The T - X is more advanced than previous Terminators : it has an endoskeleton with built - in weaponry , a liquid metal exterior similar to the T-1000 , and it can reprogram other machines after injecting nanorobotics . This model is also designed to eliminate other Skynet - related machines . Unlike previous Terminators , its default appearance is female . The Resistance again sends a reprogrammed Terminator ( T-850 – Model 101 ) to protect the T - X 's targets , including and his future wife , . 
 After killing several other targets , the T - X locates and at an animal hospital , where has caught stealing drugs . They escape with the Terminator 's help . The next day , the Terminator takes them to a mausoleum where 's mother is supposedly interred . Inside her vault , they find a weapons cache left at 's request in case Judgment Day occurred . Police arrive and a gun battle ensues . The T - X also chases them , but they escape . The Terminator reveals that and his mother 's actions merely delayed Judgment Day , and that his plan is to drive and to Mexico to escape the fallout when Skynet begins its nuclear attack at 6:18   p.m. orders the Terminator to take and him to see 's father , a Lieutenant General who , in the present , is supervising the building of Skynet after Cyberdyne Systems went defunct . threatens to kill himself if the Terminator refuses . The Terminator calls 's bluff but agrees to take them after orders him to . The Terminator reveals that he killed on July 4 , 2032 ; sent him back after having him captured and reprogrammed , and she is the only one who can give him orders . 
 Meanwhile , at an Air Force base , General faces pressure from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to activate Skynet to stop an anomalous computer virus of unknown origin from invading servers worldwide ; he is unaware that the virus is actually Skynet establishing control over them . and arrive too late to stop Skynet from being activated , and its machines begin attacking 's staff . is mortally wounded by the T - X , which arrived before , , and the Terminator . Before dying , he gives and a code book and the location of what believes is Skynet 's system core . and head for the tarmac to take General 's biplane ; their destination is Crystal Peak , a military base built inside the Sierra Nevada . The T - X and the T-850 fight each other . The T - X severely damages the T-850 , then reprograms it to kill and . The T - X pursues and through the military base , but it becomes trapped when a particle accelerator is activated and the magnetic field bonds the T - X to the accelerator . The Terminator , unable to control his outer functions but still consciously aware , attacks and before John convinces it to reject the T - X 's control . The Terminator deliberately shuts its corrupted system down , enabling and to escape . Shortly after they leave , the Terminator 's system reboots . 
 and reach Crystal Peak and begin entering the access codes to gain entry when the T - X arrives by helicopter . Just as she is about to attack , the rebooted Terminator arrives in a second helicopter and crashes into the T - X , crushing it . The T - X pulls itself from the wreckage and attempts to drag itself inside the bunker to follow and . The Terminator holds the bunker open long enough for and to lock themselves inside , then uses one of its hydrogen fuel cells to destroy both itself and the T - X. 
 and discover that the facility is not Skynet 's core , but rather a nuclear fallout shelter and command facility for government and military officials . Skynet has no core and it has become a part of cyberspace after its self - awareness . Judgment Day begins as Skynet fires nuclear missiles across the world , starting a nuclear holocaust that kills billions . and begin receiving radio transmissions on the emergency equipment ; tentatively assumes command by answering radio calls , and they reluctantly accept their fate .

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl, Claire Danes, Kristanna Loken

13 - year - old begins her school year as a smart and mild - mannered honor student at a middle school in Los Angeles . Her divorced mother is a recovering alcoholic , who struggles to support and her older brother by working as a hairdresser . feels ignored by her mother , who is too busy with her fellow ex - addict boyfriend to address 's increasing depression . After being teased for her " Cabbage Patch " clothes , decides to shed her " little girl " image and gets her mother to purchase trendier clothes . 
 wears one of her new outfits to school , and catches the attention of , one of the most popular girls in school . invites to go shopping on Melrose Avenue in Hollywood but gives her a fake phone number as a prank . Nevertheless , determinedly shows up on Melrose Avenue and meets with and her friend . is uncomfortable with the two shoplifting and excuses herself to sit outside the store on a bench . When a distracted rich woman sits next to , takes the chance to steal the woman 's wallet , which impresses and . The three go on a shopping spree with the stolen money and and become fast friends . 
 quickly introduces to her world of sex , drugs , and criminal activity , much to 's delight . tells that , her adult cousin and guardian , is out of town for two weeks , and agrees to let her stay at her home with . While staying there , discovers that regularly cuts herself to cope with stress . Although is concerned about the change in 's behavior and worries about the extent of 's influence , she can not find a way to intervene . attempts to send home but claims her guardian 's boyfriend is physically abusive . A torn reluctantly agrees to let her stay . As and become closer , shuts further out of her life . 
 and get increasingly out of control , each egging the other on . The pair attempt to seduce 's neighbor , a lifeguard in his early twenties , and ditch a family movie night to get high on the streets in Hollywood . is shocked when he bumps into wearing sexualized clothing , including thong underwear , but dismisses his concerns . Later on , the girls take turns inhaling from a can of gas duster for computers for fun and become so intoxicated that they start hitting and punching each other . 
 attempts to break the girl 's friendship by sending to live with her father , a preoccupied businessman , but he refuses . After 's stay extends over two weeks , unsuccessfully attempts to contact , and then visits 's home with and . They find that was hiding because of bad plastic surgery she received . asks to formally adopt her but refuses . meekly supports her mother 's decision . Angry and hurt , a tearful storms off . Later at school , turns her friends against , and slowly begins to realize the negative effects of her lifestyle when she is told that she will have to repeat the seventh grade . 
 While walking home from school , offers a ride and takes her home where , , and are sitting quietly in the living room waiting for her . confronts about her drug use and stealing , having been convinced that was the bad influence on . Outraged , Tracy insists that was the instigator , but the skeptical refuses to listen and announces that she is moving to Ojai to keep her away from . defends 's innocence but then pulls 's sleeve up to show self - harm scars . After a screaming match , and leave . weeps in 's arms and attempts to fight against her mother 's embrace . tearfully pleads with to let go , with no success . The two fall asleep on 's bed . The last scene shows a dream sequence of spinning alone and screaming on a park merry - go - round during the daytime .

Professor leads an archaeological study of the village of Castlegard near LaRoque Castle in Dordogne , France , the site of the 1357 hanging of Lady , sister to ; her martyrdom led France to win the Hundred Years War against the English . 's team includes Scottish archaeologist , 's students , , and , and his son who is infatuated with . While excavating a nearby monastery , they find a sarcophagus with the remains of a French knight with a lopped ear , and holding the hand of his lady , an unheard - of practice for the time . travels to the American headquarters of the ITC Corporation , their sponsor , to question if they have tampered with the site . The students later discover a pair of 's bifocals and a note begging for help , though both date over 600 years old . When they contact ITC , the company invites them to their headquarters . 
 There , the team is introduced to ITC president and vice - president . reveals that in the process of developing teleportation technology , they locked onto a stable wormhole to 1357 Castlegard . was invited to see the past for himself but his group has not returned and they want the students to go back in time to locate him . All but volunteer to go . They are stripped of all modern technology save for pendant - shaped markers they can use to initiate their return . The students are joined by a security team including head of security and two former military men . 
 On arrival in 1357 , they find themselves in the path of a young woman chased by English knights ; the security men are killed while protecting the group , though one has activated their marker shortly after priming a grenade . When his body arrives in the present , the grenade detonates and shatters much of the teleportation device . aids to help make repairs . 
 The team evade the knights , and are led by the woman to the English - controlled Castlegard . They are captured and brought before Lord and his second in command , . They are stripped of their markers , and kills , believing him to be a French spy . The others are imprisoned along with , who is revealed to have promised that he can make Greek Fire for the English in exchange for his life . They make their escape but are pursued by the English . Gordon and are recaptured while the others make for the monastery , led by the woman . reveals himself to and as former ITC employee ; he had frequently used the teleportation device but was not told by ITC that each use damaged his DNA until it was too late , at which point he would die on a return trip . He plans revenge on ITC and kills . orders his knights to march on LaRoque castle , and brings along . 
 At the monastery , , , and meet , and realize the woman is Lady ; they have changed history by saving her . , who has become infatuated with Lady , is given a horse to rescue his friends . and help to swing the upcoming battle in the French 's favor by leading men through the monastery tunnels they had previously mapped to the castle . As the battle starts , is captured in his rescue attempt , and Lady is also kidnapped . manages to free himself , Lady and , while helps defeat . Enraged , slashes off 's earlobe ; realizes he is destined to be the knight in the sarcophagus . He defeats and recovers the markers , giving them to the others and says his goodbyes as he runs off to help the French assure victory and restore history . 
 As the three activate their markers , in the present and have finished the repairs after coming to learn that has attempted to sabotage their attempts ; he fears that when the students ' stories become public , ITC will suffer great financial losses . As the machine activates , races into it , attempting to block the teleportation , but instead he is sent back to 1357 , where he is quickly killed on the battleground . , , and safely return . Later , the team returns to Castlegard and re - examine the sarcophagus , finding that and Lady led a prosperous life after the war and had three children : , , and .

( ) is a San Francisco writer whose seemingly perfect life takes an unexpected turn when she learns that her husband has been cheating on her . The divorce — and the loss of her house to her ex - husband and his much - younger , pregnant new partner — leaves her depressed and unable to write . Her best friend ( ) , a lesbian who is expecting a child , is beginning to think might never recover . She urges to take an Italian vacation to Tuscany using the ticket she purchased before she became pregnant . At first refuses , but after another depressing day in her gloomy apartment , she decides that it 's a good idea to get away for a while . 
 In Tuscany , her tour group stops in the small town of Cortona . After wandering through the charming streets , she notices a posting for a villa for sale in Cortona . She rejoins her tour group on the bus , and just outside town , the bus stops to allow a flock of sheep to cross the road . While they wait , realizes that they 've stopped directly in front of the very villa that she had seen for sale — something she believes is a sign . She asks the driver to stop and she gets off the bus . Through a series of serendipitous events , she becomes the owner of a lovely yet dilapidated villa in beautiful Tuscany . 
 begins her new life with the help of a variety of interesting characters and unusual but gentle souls . She hires a crew of Polish immigrants to renovate the house . Over time , also befriends her Italian neighbors and develops relationships with her Polish workers , the realtor who sold her the villa , and ( ) , an eccentric aging British actress who evokes the mystery and beauty of an Italian film star . Later , she is visited by the now very pregnant , whose partner has left her . 
 meets and has a brief romantic affair with ( ) , but their relationship does not last . She is about to give up on happiness when one of her Polish workers , a teenager named ( ) , and a neighbor 's young daughter come to her for help . Her father does not approve of him , due to his being Polish and not having a family , yet they are very much in love and want to get married . persuades the girl 's family to support their love , by proclaiming that she is 's family , and the young lovers are soon married at the villa . During the wedding celebration , meets an American writer who is traveling in Tuscany , and their attraction for each other points to a romantic future .

( ) is a carefree and fun - spirited girl , living off the ample trust fund of her late rock legend father , . falls for singer ( ) when he plays at her birthday party thrown by her best friends , ( ) and ( ) . They have a night of passion but he leaves in the morning , saying that he ca n't stay in 's carefree life . Adding to 's misfortune , she finds out that her father 's accountant embezzled her money , so she is left penniless and homeless . She moves in with her best friend , who tells her that in order to stay with her , she must find a job . 
 begins work as a nanny of an eight - year - old hypochondriac and neat freak named ( ) who is the daughter of ( ) , a music executive who is too busy to notice . 's father is in a coma and is being treated at home by a private nurse which causes to stifle her emotions to maintain order . Although she enjoys ballet , she refuses to freestyle and often quotes : " Fundamentals are the building blocks of fun . " attempts to show her how to have fun , which at first causes much conflict between them , but eventually opens up to let in . 
 continues to pursue and holds onto his lucky jacket in hopes of seeing him again . After a baking accident , causes a fire that damages 's jacket . She redesigns it to fix the damage but breaks up with when he sees it , claiming he has to pursue his music career and does not have time for her flightiness . Soon after , he gets a record deal with Roma and has a hit music video with a song that inspired him to write , all while wearing the jacket made . Disgusted , agrees to 's suggestions to sell off her possessions so she can prove that she is growing up . However , after a fight , kicks out to live with . 
 The budding friendship between and continues to develop when takes to Coney Island and explains that when her parents died , she ran away to Coney Island and rode the tea cups . She encourages to talk to her comatose father , and promises that it will help him improve . However , 's father dies the next day , and tells to fire . In 's office , calls out for never paying attention to her daughter . As she leaves , bumps into , who begs to get back together as she was his whole inspiration . turns him down and coldly tells him that he is selfish and only cares about her when she can give him something . runs away from home and begs to find her . finds at Coney Island , riding in the tea cups . At first , tries to be angry with for raising her hopes but then she collapses into 's arms , crying , finally coming to terms with her grief . 
 , deciding to take charge of her own life , takes 's advice to auction off her late father 's guitar collection to an unknown buyer ; this enables her to afford her own place . At the wake for 's father , meets other musicians who ask her to design their clothes after seeing 's jacket in his video . She and also make up and finds to apologize as well . She promises to stay friends with and enrolls in design school after realizing her talent for fashion . 
 arrives at 's recital late and is pleased to see is wearing the tutu designed for her earlier . She is surprised when dances freestyle to singing " Molly Smiles " , a song written for her by her father when she was a child . He plays using acoustic guitar , while the remaining ballerinas dance with the other guitars from her father 's collection , revealing that he was the anonymous buyer . In a voice over , says that the end was a new beginning for all of them .

, a crime reporter for the Sunday Independent , becomes aware of how much Dublin 's illegal drug trade is encroaching upon the lives of its working class , especially the children , and vows to expose the men responsible . 
 begins by interviewing the pre - pubescent addicts who shoot up on the street or in abandoned buildings in the housing estates . Her investigation leads her to major suppliers and , a notable source of information about the criminal underworld . is willing to assist her to an extent but is not above misleading her in order to protect himself from nefarious drug lord . To steer her away from , suggests , a criminal known as The Monk , is in charge of the operation . pursues and discovers he is not involved . 
 As nears the truth , she and her family become targets . A bullet fired through a window in her home as a warning fails to stop her . She is then shot in the leg , and her young son is threatened . Her husband , mother , and brother implore her to stop , but when confronts at his home and is savagely beaten , she becomes more determined to expose him . Rather than press charges , which would necessitate her removal from the story , she forges ahead with the investigation . 
 On 26 June 1996 , appears in court to respond to parking tickets and speeding penalties that she had ignored . She is given a nominal fine of IR£100 . En route home she calls her mother and then her husband to report the good news . She is speaking to her office while stopped at traffic light on the Naas Dual Carriageway when two men riding a motorcycle pull up beside her . The driver breaks the window of her car and shoots her six times . The two flee and dispose of the bike and gun in a nearby canal . 
 is mourned by her family , friends , associates and the country . Her violent death results in the establishment of the Criminal Assets Bureau , and , along with several of his henchmen , are tried and sentenced to lengthy prison terms . The epilogue states that " writing turned the tide in the drug war . Her murder galvanised Ireland into action . Thousands of people took to the streets in weekly anti - drug marches , which drove the dealers out of Dublin and forced the drug barons underground . Within a week of her death , in an emergency session of the Parliament , the Government altered the Constitution of the Republic of Ireland to allow the High Court to freeze the assets of suspected drug barons . "

is a girl from a small town in Nevada who wishes to see the world in order to get away from her unhappy life of living in a trailer with her alcoholic mother , a former Las Vegas showgirl , and her abusive , alcoholic stepfather , where she feels miserable and lonely . After graduating from high school , tries to make ends meet by working as a clerk in a Big Lots . 
 After her boyfriend , , leaves her for another girl , she goes to a bar where she sees a talk show segment about , who has written a memoir called My Life in the Sky , and decides to follow her destiny by becoming a flight attendant . Her first position is at a small , seedy California commuter airline called Sierra , where she works with , a senior attendant , and also gets an intern herself , named . After working for several months , this success builds up her confidence and encourages her to attend open interviews for Royalty Airlines . She convinces and to join her at Royalty Airlines . While and get in , does not , and remains in Sierra Airlines . 
 After getting the job , puts her heart and soul into the training camp , and , after meeting , she is determined to be assigned to the top route , " Paris , First Class , International " . Alas , when the assignments are posted , is shocked and disappointed to discover that , instead of the top route , she has been assigned to a commuter route in Cleveland . , who had initially struggled with the material and procedures , has inexplicably been assigned the high - priority New York City route , much to the dismay of . 
 A few months later , by chance , runs into in Cleveland . knows from previous experience that has the airplane soap from 's house during their training sessions , but is still shocked when empties her handbag to reveal all manner of Royalty Air items . Even the smallest theft is strictly prohibited by Royalty Airlines , and could mean termination . Still sure there was some sort of error in her route assignment , turns to for help . Through a course of events , discovers that had switched their test booklets when they were being handed up to their trainer . 
 With that , realizes that has cheated her way to the top route , wanting success herself but knowing that would do better . When asks to have airline security spy on 's flight — to see if she stole any property ( a code blue)—Christine gets caught and is fired . gets the chance to re - take her exam and achieves a perfect score , resulting in being assigned a Paris , First Class , International route . However , following her " destiny " means deciding between a boyfriend , , and her career . She chooses the latter . 
 Though she gets all that she wants — Paris , first class , etc.—Donna realizes that she is still unhappy . She misses terribly , and with 's encouragement , she returns to Cleveland to meet him . She does , and after a heartfelt speech to his deaf grandmother , which he overhears , the two reconcile . The film ends with wishing her passengers well as they land in Cleveland , now moving her position from a flight attendant to a pilot .

Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Mark Ruffalo, Kelly Preston, Rob Lowe, Candice Bergen, Mike Myers

The girlfriend of , , is on the streets and picked up by a holy roller after leaves in a hotel room . eventually calls to come and get her . arrives at the apartment , and they have sex and snort cocaine in the bathroom . The next morning , while in a motel room , sees a newscast that states four people were murdered at a rowhouse on Wonderland Avenue , the same one she had earlier been at with . The story eventually moves on to two city detectives investigating the crime , and , and their contact with . Another officer , , intervenes in the investigation . 
 The next major character introduced is . He hears of his friends ' murders at Wonderland and soon discovers his girlfriend was there . While at the crime scene , he is picked up by and . Through 's story ( told in flashbacks ) , we are introduced to some of the people who partied at Wonderland . These people , known as the Wonderland Gang , included and his wife , , 's 22 - year - old girlfriend , and . has a fondness for antique guns and frequently shows them off . When he learns that knows notorious gangster , he gives a pair of stolen antique guns to take to , so that can fence them and the Wonderland Gang can split the loot . ( had befriended because of ' notoriety as the porn film phenomenon . ) takes the guns to , but says the guns are too rare to be sold , as they would be recognized right away and everyone involved would be apprehended . Rather than return the guns to , keeps them for himself . Attempting to get back in the gang 's good graces , suggests robbing 's home . is reluctant to go along with the robbery at first , but after gives him a rundown of what 's there , he is eager to participate . volunteers to draw them a map to plan the robbery , since he has visited 's house frequently . then visits to buy drugs , and on the way out leaves the kitchen door unlocked to give the gang easy access . 
 The next morning , , , and carry out the robbery , while wheel - man waits outside in a car , serving as lookout . Neither nor any of the women are present when the robbery occurs . The Wonderland Gang gains access through the unlocked kitchen door and robs at gunpoint . accidentally fires his gun , wounding 's bodyguard , . The gang hurls racial epithets at and and walks away with over one million dollars in cash , jewels , and drugs . They bring their loot back to the apartment to divide everything up . is unhappy with the cut he is given , even though he did not take part in the robbery and he 's in debt to the gang . 
 discovers was involved in the robbery , he has beaten and finds ' little black book . He tells he will kill every person listed in the book , starting with ' mother , if does not give up the men who robbed . 
 The retaliation for the robbery is swift and fatal . On July 1 , 1981 , a group of 's henchmen ( including ) , led by , gains access to the apartment at Wonderland Avenue . , , , and are all brutally beaten to death with striated lead pipes . compels to deliver blows to . is beaten but survives , and is questioned by and in her hospital bed . She tells them ( in a near comatose state ) that she does not remember anything , only shadows . is not present during the attacks .

College students and were rock climbing deep in a remote forest of West Virginia . When reaches the top , he prepares to help up , but is suddenly murdered . Someone then begins to yank up the cliff so she cuts the rope and falls to the ground before attempting to escape but before she rushes to the car , she trips over a piece of barbed wire and then gets pulled back into the woods , screaming . 
 Medical student ( ) drives through the mountains of West Virginia on his way to a business meeting , but a chemical spill in the road ahead forces him to take a different route . After being distracted for a moment , he collides with another car that is stopped in the middle of the road since its tires have been punctured by a piece of barbed wire . The car belongs to a group of college students on a camping trip : ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) and ( ) . 
 and stay to watch the cars as the others go to find help . Soon after , both of them are murdered by unknown attackers when they investigate the woods . Meanwhile , the others find an isolated cabin and go inside to use the phone . After looking around for a moment , they are horrified to find human body parts . They quickly attempt to escape but are instead forced to hide inside when they see the family returning home . Three disfigured cannibalistic mountain men " Three Finger " ( ) , " Saw Tooth " ( ) and " One Eye " ( enter the cabin , bringing 's dead body . The four silently watch in horror as her body is messily dismembered and then eaten . 
 Hours later after the cannibals fall asleep , they quietly attempt to escape . However , Saw Tooth awakens , alerts the other cannibals , and begins to chase them through the forest . The group climb up to a nearby clearing where they find hundreds of cars that belonged to the family 's previous victims . When the cannibals arrive , distracts their attention so the others can run for help , but he is shot in the leg by , leaving to distract them instead , and he gets away . The girls help into their truck and quickly drive down a nearby path to pick up . They find him , but as he runs to the car , kills him with arrows and takes his body back to their cabin . 
 , and reach a dead end and have to continue on foot . They stumble upon an old watchtower and find a radio inside , which they use to call for help , but do not get a response . Later , they see the cannibals armed with torches searching at the foot of the watchtower . The radio starts responding to their call , alerting the cannibals . Unable to get inside , the cannibals set the tower on fire to try to burn the group alive , but they escape by jumping out of the window into a nearby tree . As they hide , Three Finger catches and decapitates her . and successfully set up a trap to throw Three Finger off the tree and escape . 
 After escaping , and hide in a cave near a waterfall until the next morning . Just as they find a road out of the woods , the mountain men find them , pushing down the hill and taking back to their cabin . Chris survives the fall and meets a police officer , but before is able to convince the police officer of what is happening , the man is shot in the eye with an arrow . attempts to drive away in the police truck , but can not find the key , so he instead hitches a ride underneath the truck as it is driven back to the cabin by Saw Tooth , where is tied to a bed and gagged . As she is about to be killed , drives through the building with the murdered police officer 's car and runs into One Eye . Three Finger , who survived the fall off the tree , then arrives to help his brothers . unties and they fight the cannibals together . They escape and manages to kill the cannibals by shooting the containers of gasoline in the back of the police car with a shotgun and blowing up their cabin . and drive out of the forest with the cannibals ' pickup truck . 
 The credits are interrupted by a scene showing a deputy sheriff investigating and picking over the remains of the destroyed cabin . Three Finger , who survived the explosion , rises to attack the deputy . His insane laughter is heard , as the credits continue to roll .

Desmond Harrington, Eliza Dushku, Jeremy Sisto, Emmanuelle Chriqui

is a veterinarian at Sea Life Park on the island of Oahu , Hawaii . He has a reputation of womanizing female tourists and does not display any interest in committing to a serious relationship . 's closest friends are , a marijuana - smoking Islander ; his assistant , whose gender is unclear ; , his pet African penguin ; and , a walrus . 
 One day ’s boat breaks down while he is sailing around Oahu . He goes to the Hukilau Café to wait for the Coast Guard . There he sees a young woman named , who makes architectural art with her waffles . thinks she is a local , which prevents him from introducing himself , but the next day he comes back . and he hit it off instantly and she asks him to meet her again tomorrow morning . 
 However , when goes back to the café the following day , does not have any recollection of ever meeting him . The restaurant owner explains to that the year before , and her father went up to the North Shore to pick a pineapple for his birthday . On the way back , they had a serious car accident that left with anterograde amnesia and she wakes up every morning thinking it is Sunday , October 13 , of last year . 
 To spare the heartbreak of reliving the accident every day , and , 's lisping steroid - addicted brother , re - enact 's birthday by following a script , including putting out the Sunday newspaper , refilling 's shampoo bottles , re - watching the same Minnesota Vikings game , and re - watching the movie The Sixth Sense where and halfheartedly say , " Wow . Did n't see that coming , " during the famous plot - twist . 
 Despite 's warning , invites to have breakfast with him . Eventually she does , but it ends poorly when unintentionally hurts ’s feelings . He follows her home to apologize where and Doug instruct to leave alone . begins concocting ways to run into on the following days , such as pretending to have car trouble , creating a fake road block , or by having Ula beat him up . Eventually , and figure this out due to singing The Beach Boys ' " Would n't It Be Nice " on the days when she meets . 
 One day , as is about to sit with at breakfast , she notices a police officer writing her a ticket for her expired plates . attempts to argue that they are not yet expired , and takes a newspaper to prove herself , but sees that the date on all the newspapers is not October 13 as she thought . rushes home , and and are forced to admit their ruse when she confronts them ( and presumably not for the first time ; when sees 's frantic behavior as her truck pulls up to the house , he immediately realizes what happened and loudly announces to that " had a bad day " ) . 
 Henry comes up with an idea to make a video explaining to her accident and their relationship . Although is upset over understanding about her accident and memory loss , believes that she is more upset realizing her life is a lie every day . Because of this , , and show the tape every morning and help her spend her days by picking up where the tape says she left off . She spends more time with and goes to see some of her old friends . decides to erase completely from her life after learning of his decision not to take a sailing trip to Bristol Bay to study walruses , something he has been planning for the past 10 years . Although would rather spend that year making fall in love with him every day rather than go on the sailing trip , is convinced she is a burden on him and is preventing from really living his life . reluctantly helps destroy her journal entries of their relationship . 
 A few weeks later , is preparing to leave for his sailing trip . Before he departs , tells him that is now living at the brain institute and teaching an art class . He also tells him that she sings . Then he gives a Beach Boys CD . Listening to the CD , becomes emotional and curses for giving him the CD and causing him to miss . He then remembers that once told him that only sings after she meets him . Concluding that remembers him , he returns home . rushes to the brain institute where now resides and asks if she knows who he is . says she does not know him but shows him the pictures she has painted of him , saying she dreams about him every night . 
 Some time later , wakes up and plays a video tape marked " Good Morning Lucy . " It again informs her of her accident , but ends with her and ’s wedding . On the tape , says to put a jacket on and come have breakfast when she is ready . then sees that she is on ’s boat , which finally made it to Alaska . She goes up on deck and meets , and their daughter , .

At a young age , learns about boxing with her father and uncle in a small gym . Later , she becomes the assistant to a Cleveland boxing promoter . Her boss then begins doing business with , a sports manager , during a middleweight championship fight . 
 asks afterward what she thought of the fight . Obviously unimpressed with 's knowledge of boxing , offers her the loser 's contract for a dollar . She goes to visit the fighter at home , only to find him addicted to drugs . 
 Enter , a small - time hood . watches in horror and fascination as pummels the former middleweight champ . She offers to manage him professionally . is at first hesitant , but he eventually signs on with her . 
 Because of 's influence , ca n't find a fight anywhere in Ohio , so the two are forced to go on the road until makes a name for himself . begins to get swept up in all the attention she gets for being the first female boxing manager . Her attention eventually shifts from to her own media persona as her fighter 's number of wins continues to climb . 
 Finally realizing that she is not paying enough attention to her only client , agrees to sell 's contract to on the condition that he be given a championship fight . agrees , setting up for a shot at the title before he could be ready . arrives at the fight and stands in 's corner as he pulls off an upset and wins the championship .

Agent ( ) attends summer camp , actually a secret facility for training CIA teenage agents . When a group of CIA soldiers attempt to abduct head counselor ( ) , helps him escape , mistaking the CIA operation for a training exercise . The director informs that stole disks containing plans for a secret mind - control device , and sends to recapture him . 
 In the United Kingdom , poses as a summer orchestra student at the estate to spy on owner Lord , suspected of working with , supported by his handler , ( ) and , 's right - hand man , who are disguised as a chef hired by Lady and a taxi driver respectively . Whilst keeping his mission a secret from his fellow students , sneaks around the estate and confirms that and are working together and that they have a working prototype of the mind control device , evidenced when makes a dog serve drinks and play the piano . 
 The next day , breaks into a lab owned by , where he sees the finished device : a microchip inserted as a filling into a tooth cavity by dentist . Shortly afterwards and chase , armed with a rocket gun , through London streets , but is captured by the Metropolitan Police Service and taken to Scotland Yard . He is later freed by ( ) , a fellow student who , similar to , is actually a British Scotland Yard undercover operative . While buys coffee and soda , henchmen sneak up on , knocking him unconscious by drugging him with spray . They kidnap him and implant him with the microchip . 
 Under , and 's influence , meets the CIA director , who is then also converted . This is witnessed by , who explains things to . To get the microchip out of , cuts one of 's gadgets , exploding Mentos mints , into a precisely minuscule amount to safely remove it . The group later realise 's plan : to implant all of the world leaders , who are all in London for a G7 summit at Buckingham Palace , effectively giving him control of the world . 
 Deducing that with the CIA director under 's control , they may be put on a most wanted list , , and infiltrate the party before the summit . There , they realize that most of the dignitaries have already been implanted due to bizarre behavior and being appointed director of the Royal Mint by the British Prime Minister ( upon accepting this , cruelly states to that he is leaving her ) . They explain the truth to the other students , who are performing for the guests , and urge them to keep the world leaders from attending the G7 summit . They later proceed to do so with an impromptu but rousing performance of War , accompanied by dancing and clapping from the assembled dignitaries and Queen herself , whilst , and search for the villains . is implanted with the microchip , and is set on by . Before can kill him through , finds and subdues him , disabling the mind control software and rescuing the U.S. President , who was to be implanted . 
 Shortly after kicks out 's microchip , the two of them remove the CIA director 's microchip . , realising that his plan has failed attempts to flee , but ends up fighting , and being defeated by in the Queen 's gift room , destroying numerous priceless artifacts in the process . also attempts to escape , but is tripped by his apparently senile and blind butler , who turns out to be 's handler and is arrested , much to Lady 's delight . 
 After the villains are arrested , returns to the camp , where is now in charge as reward . 's parents pick him up , none the wiser about his dangerous exploits . , 's younger brother tries to eat a few of his explosive Mentos , but tosses them into the pond where they explode harmlessly .

The story begins 40 years after 323 BC , around 283 BC , with , who narrates throughout the film . grows up with his mother and his tutor , where he finds interest in love , honor , music , exploration , poetry , and military combat . His relationship with his father is destroyed when marries 's niece , . insults after disowning as his kinsman , which results in 's banishment from 's palace . 
 After is assassinated , becomes King of Macedonia . mentions 's punitive campaign in which he razes and burns Persepolis , then gives an overview of 's west - Persian campaign , including his declaration as the son of by the Oracle of Amun at Siwa Oasis , his great battle against the Persian Emperor in the Battle of Gaugamela , and his eight - year campaign across Asia . 
 Also shown are 's private relationships with his childhood friend , his lover , and later his wife . compares to , to which replies that must be his ( ' best friend and lover ) . When mentions that died first , pledges that , if should die first , he will follow him into the afterlife . shows extensive jealousy when he sees with and deep sadness when he marries her , going so far as to attempt to keep her away from him after murders in India . 
 After initial objection from his soldiers , convinces them to join him into his final and bloodiest battle , the Battle of Hydaspes . He is severely injured with an arrow but survives and is celebrated . Later on , succumbs to an unknown illness either by chance or perhaps poison , speculated in the movie to be typhus carried with him from India . , full of grief and anger , distances himself from his wife , despite her pregnancy , believing that she has killed . He dies less than three months after , in the same manner , keeping his promise that he would follow him . On his deathbed , grieves as 's generals begin to split up his kingdom and fight over the ownership of his body . 
 The story then returns to 283 BC , where admits to his scribe that he , along with all the other officers , had indeed poisoned just to spare themselves from any future conquests or consequences . However , he has it recorded that died due to illness compounding his overall weakened condition . He then goes on to end his memoirs with praise to . 
 The story then ends with the note that 's memoirs of were eventually burned , lost forever with the Library of Alexandria .

Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Rosario Dawson, Jared Leto, Raz Degan, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Hopkins

( ) is a Cockney limo driver and sex addict , who regularly beds beautiful women on one - night stands . In addition to these , he maintains a casual relationship with a single mother named ( ) that he refers to as his " semi - regular - quasi - sort - of - girlfriend thing " , and the unhappily married ( ) . At the first inkling that wants something more than casual sex , he decides to stop contacting her . 
 wants to go into business with his coworker and best friend , ( ) , but is preoccupied with trying to win back his ex - girlfriend , ( ) . asks to put in a good word with . meets with her at a bar to persuade her to get back together with - after both becoming intoxicated , they end up having sex on a pool table . meets with the next day , terrified that he knows about their indiscretion , but is relieved when says he and got back together and surprised when informs him that he asked to marry him . 
 goes to 's place for another booty call , but she throws him out after confronting him about his affair with , which she learned about after finding her panties in her rubbish bin , which had discarded there earlier after discovering them in his pocket . Later attempting to reconcile by attending her son 's birthday , bringing a teddy bear as a gift , discovers that his actions have led to reconciling with her estranged husband . later discovers is pregnant with his child , and ( without telling ) they visit a clinic and arrange for her to have an abortion . Soon afterward , and unexpectedly move upstate , without even saying goodbye to . 
 Following repeated failures to achieve an erection with various women , he visits a doctor who tells him he is perfectly healthy , and that his impotence is due to stress . However , the doctor also locates a lump on 's penis that may be cancerous . immediately has a test run at the clinic and spends a few anxious days awaiting the results . During one of his trips to the hospital , meets a widower named ( ) in the clinic bathroom . imparts some life advice to the depressed : " Find somebody to love , and live every day like it 's your last " . Soon afterward , finds out he does n't have cancer . 
 Believing he 's been given a second chance , decides to " aim higher " in his love life . To that end , he picks up a beautiful but unstable young woman named ( ) , and they quickly embark on a passionate , turbulent relationship . They move in together , but finds it hard to put up with her mood swings , especially after she goes off her medication . He begins to distance himself from and sets his sights on an older woman , ( ) , a sultry cosmetics mogul , who had inspired him to " aim higher " in the first place . becomes infatuated with her , but she wants to keep their relationship strictly sexual . then ends his relationship with . 
 runs into in a coffee shop , and realizes that he has genuine feelings for her ; to his dismay , however , she 's now happy with another person . A trip upstate to visit and his now - wife , , who reveals that she never actually went through with the abortion . also learns that knows that is the child 's father , but nonetheless decided to stay . Upon seeing with hurt in his eyes , leaves and calls , who tells him that he needs to get his life together . turns to for comfort but is crushed to discover that she has a new man in her life . demands to know what her new boyfriend has that he does n't ; replies , " he 's younger than you " . 
 has a chance meeting with late one night . He tries to get back into her life , but she says that she wants no part of him . He apologises to her for not calling her and admits that he has trouble expressing his feelings , running from relationships when they become too serious . wishes " good luck " with his life . The film ends with talking to the audience about genuinely changing his ways .

Jude Law, Susan Sarandon, Marisa Tomei, Nia Long, Sienna Miller, Jane Krakowski, Omar Epps

( ) , a risk analyst for life insurance , is celebrating his honeymoon with newlywed wife , ( ) , on the island of St. Barts , but catches her having sex with ( ) , a French scuba instructor . Returning home to New York alone , he attempts to piece his life back together . goes to an art gallery with his friend , ( ) , where he runs into former junior high school classmate ( ) . 
 and begin dating , with her introducing him to activities he once wrote off as " too risky " . This included eating at a Moroccan restaurant which ends badly due to Reubens IBS(Irritable bowel syndrome ) . Luckily , gives him a second chance where they end up salsa dancing and later enthusiastically having sex together , with shouting " 50 " as he orgasms . The contrast between their two personalities is a source of comedy throughout the film until returns and tells him she wants to reconcile their relationship . Meanwhile , , a self - centered , former teen idol , is trying to make a comeback by having a documentary filmed about his starring role as in an amateur production of Jesus Christ Superstar . 
 is torn between the free - spirited and the safe and familiar . To solve this issue , he enters information about and into a computer insurance program which measures risk . The computer tells him that , despite his numerous blunders with her , is the least risky choice for . joins on a sailing trip where he is to inspect ( ) , a high - risk client , but she is offended when she sees his risk analysis of her . She rejects his proposal to move in together , telling him that he would be better off going back to . 
 Back home , tries talking to , but to no avail . He eventually invites to Sandy 's opening show , where he learns that is leaving New York for Cincinnati in a few hours . After a speech given by his father , ( ) , to about not living in the past , realizes he wants to be with and not , and he rushes to her apartment to stop her from leaving . is not convinced she should stay with him , so eats food off the ground to prove he is capable of taking risks . 
 and vacation on the same beach where and he had their honeymoon . again encounters , but instead of being angry , he thanks before heading into the water with to join on his new boat .

Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Debra Messing, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alec Baldwin

A team of researchers funded by a New York pharmaceutical firm Wexel Hall , including Dr. , , , , , and Dr. leave for a jungle in Borneo - Indonesia to search for a flower called Perrinnia Immortalis ( Spanish for Blood Orchid ) , which they believe can be used as a type of fountain of youth . Though their guide Captain and his partner has misgivings about which path to take , convinces him to take an unsafe path . The team goes over a waterfall and has to wade through the river . A giant anaconda emerges from the water and swallows whole , but the rest of the team escape from the river . assures them that it was the largest snake he has ever seen and that it should take weeks for it to grow hungry again . However , most of the team demand that the expedition be called off . They travel to 's friend , , who lives on the river , to see if can borrow his boat , but they find dead and his boat crashed . 
 They find themselves in a small native village consisting of thatched huts and a disemboweled anaconda with a pair of human legs hanging out of the snake 's abdomen . The team realizes that the snakes are unusually large in size because their lives have been extended through the orchids , which are a part of the local food chain . says that since they must be close to the orchids , they should press on . However , the others contend that there is no evidence that the orchids will have the same effect on humans . Wanting to leave , they start building an escape raft . 
 discovers 's radio and gun and realizes they could have called for help long ago . is unable to convince him to allow the expedition to continue , so he paralyzes him using a poisonous spider . As joins the others at the raft , discovers and the spider bite . An anaconda drops down from the rafters and swallows alive soon after she leaves the building . The others arrive just as it finishes , so sets the building on fire in hopes of killing the anaconda , but notices that it already made its escape . uses the commotion to steal the raft . 
 With no more material to make another raft , they hack through the jungle to beat to the orchids and retrieve their raft . On the way they fall into a cave trying to escape from an anaconda . gets lost and panics after finding a skeleton . He runs into 's partner , , and as they return to the others , gets pulled under and tries to find him , but all he sees is 's lost flashlight floating . is eaten by an anaconda under water . tries to find and , but also notices 's lost flashlight floating and with his blood surrounding it . The terrified escapes from the caves behind the group , seconds ahead of the snake , which follows him through the hole and gets stuck . uses a machete to behead it , but another snake captures . The team follows and find him being constricted , but still alive . throws his knife and impales the snake through the head , killing it and freeing . 
 The group finds the raft just as finds the blood orchids , hanging precariously above a pit in which a ball of male anacondas are mating with the queen . shoots in the arm and forces the party to accompany him to the orchids . He has cross the pit via a thin log to fill a backpack with orchids . As she returns , the log cracks . orders her to throw him the backpack , but threatens to drop the flowers into the pit unless he drops the gun . The log breaks , and she falls , hanging by her leg halfway down the pit . As the others try to help her , attempts to retrieve the backpack . The spider he used to paralyze escapes from its jar and bites him . falls into the pit and is devoured . The vine holding also gives away and she too falls into the pit , but is alive . She climbs out just in time as one of the anacondas tries to get her feet . 
 The female anaconda notices them , but tricks it into biting their fuel container . tries to shoot the snake , but the gun is empty . shoots it with a flare , causing a chain reaction that sets the anaconda on fire and kills the other snakes and destroys the blood orchids . , , , and make it back to the raft and leave the place behind .

Johnny Messner, Matthew Marsden, Morris Chestnut, Salli Richardson

In 1974 , is the famous anchorman for a local San Diego television station , fictional KVWN channel 4 . He works alongside his friends , whom he had known since childhood , on the news team : lead field reporter , sportscaster , and intellectually - disabled , but loyal and good - hearted chief meteorologist . Station director informs the team that they have retained their long - held status as the highest - rated news Program in San Diego , leading them to throw a wild party , where unsuccessfully attempts to pick up a beautiful blonde woman , . later informs the team that they have been forced to hire , the same woman attempted to pick up . After a series of unsuccessful attempts by the team to seduce her , she finally relents and agrees to a " professional tour " of the city with , culminating in a sexual relationship . Despite agreeing to keep the relationship discreet , announces it on air as well as shouting about it in the office . 
 After a dispute with a motorcyclist ends in 's dog Baxter being punted off the San Diego – Coronado Bridge , is late to work . fills in for him on - air , gets higher ratings than normally gets , and the couple breaks up . is promoted co - anchor , to the disgust of the team , and both co - anchors become fierce rivals on and off the air . Depressed , the news team decides to buy new suits , but , who was leading the way , gets them lost in a shady part of town . Confronted by main competitor and his news team , challenges them to a fight . However , when several other news teams converge onsite , a full - on melee ensues , only to be broken up by police sirens that cause them to flee . Realizing that having a female co - anchor is straining their reputation , gets in another heated argument with , and they get in a physical fight after she offends him about his hair , further increasing tensions . 
 One of 's co - workers informs her that will read anything written on the teleprompter , so she sneaks into the station and changes the text in revenge . The next day , ( unaware of what he is saying ) concludes the broadcast with " Go fuck yourself , San Diego ! " , instead of his signature closing line , " You stay classy , San Diego ! " , subsequently triggering an angry mob outside the studio and prompting to fire . Realizing she went too far , attempts to apologize , but angrily dismisses her . becomes unemployed , friendless , and heavily antagonized by the public while enjoys fame , although her male co - workers hate her . also informs , , and that if they see they may not speak with him or they will be fired . 
 Three months later , when a panda is about to give birth , every news team in San Diego rushes to the zoo to cover the story . In an attempt to sabotage her , a rival news anchor pushes into a Kodiak bear enclosure . When could not locate , he recruits . Once at the zoo , jumps in the bear pen to save , as the public watches helplessly . The news team then jumps in to save and . Just as a bear is about to attack , , who miraculously survived , intervenes and encourages the bear to spare them . As the group climbs out of the pit , appears and holds the ladder over the bear pit , threatening to drop back in , and says that deep down he has always hated him , but then admits to that he also respects him and pulls out to safety . 
 After and reconcile , it is shown that in years to come , becomes the host of a Fox reality show named Intercourse Island , is married with 11 children and is a top political adviser to , is a commentator for the NFL before getting fired after being accused by of sexual harassment , and and are co - anchors for the CNN - esque World News Center .

In 1890 , England , a Chinese man , , robs the Bank of England . To evade the police , becomes the valet for , an inventor , taking the pseudonym . , just before arrived , had been trying to break the 50 - mph speed barrier , and after succeeding with the help of , they head to the Royal Academy of Science . There , is insulted by the other " brilliant minds " , in particular Lord , who believes that everything worth discovering has already been discovered . After a debate between the scientists about the bank thief , is pressured into a bet to see whether he can travel around the world in 80 days . If he wins , he will become Minister of Science in Lord 's place , if not , he will destroy his lab and never invent anything again . and start their journey around the world , taking a carriage and leaving London after a confrontation with Inspector , a corrupt officer hired by Lord to stop them . 
 and journey to Paris , France . Pretending to take to a convention with , leads him to an art school where meets , a would - be impressionist . There , is attacked by disguised warriors , the Black Scorpions , sent by General , a warlord from China who is after the Jade Buddha that he stole . had previously given it to in exchange for military assistance in China . When learns of 's ambition , she convinces them to take her with them . They depart in a hot - air balloon , chased by 's warriors . 
 Whilst on the Orient Express , learns that is trying to return the Jade Buddha back to his village , and is travelling with to get there quickly . keeps his secret in exchange for him convincing to let her travel with him . They travel to Turkey , where the train stops . Guards climb onboard and inform the trio that they are greeted by Prince . During the Prince 's banquet , he orders to stay as his seventh wife while the men are ordered to leave . The men blackmail Prince into releasing using a prized but apparently flimsy " The Thinker " statue of the Prince . The statue is destroyed , much to 's anger , but the trio escape from the guards . Lord , learning that has been abetting a thief 's escape , orders the British colonial authorities in India to arrest both . notices this and warns his companions , disguising themselves as Indian women to evade capture and successfully flee to China . On the train tells the story of the Ten Tigers of Canton to children . tells him legends are meaningless and tells him that him traveling around the world in eighty days is a legend . 
 leads his friends to his village , Lanzhou , where they are happily greeted . , however , finds out stole the Jade Buddha and leaves , but is immediately captured along with and by the Black Scorpions . With them is a man who was imprisoned for public urination . challenges the leader of the group to a fight , during which he is joined by the martial arts masters of the " Ten Tigers of Canton " , of which is a member . The Tigers drive the Black Scorpions from the village and free the Westerners . The is returned to the village temple . , feeling used by and , leaves for San Francisco , United States , alone , only to be proven wrong when the latter decide to help him win his bet . In New York City , 's disguised minions trick the trio to an ambush site . reveals the nature of their arrangements with Lord to take Lanzhou and tap the jade reserves underneath it . A battle against and her minions commences in the workshop where the Statue of Liberty is being constructed , resulting in missing a boat to help . 's minions were defeated and nearly dies to save . also survived but was knocked out by with a punch and joked that she was the 11th Tiger . feels he has lost , but the other two say they may still make it if they catch the next ship . 
 They board an old ship and convinces the captain to let him build a plane out of the ship 's old wood in exchange for a new ship . Using an altered version of the Wright brothers ' plans , builds the plane while the ship 's crew builds a catapult to launch it into the sky . They reach London , where the machine falls apart and they crash in front of the Royal Academy . Lord sends police to arrest them for robbing the bank , in order to stop them from making it to the top step of the Academy , and proclaims himself the victor when strikes noon , seemingly ending the wager . , and other ministers attest to 's unfair methods and his bullying nature , but scoffs at them . In the process he insults Queen , who arrives on the scene . She learned that he had sold her arsenal to in exchange for jade mines in China thanks to one of his aides . is arrested and sent to prison , and realizes he is one day early thanks to crossing the international date line . He victoriously ascends the stairs of the Academy and kisses .

Nine years before , and had met and had a brief encounter in Vienna . 's new novel , This Time , was inspired by that night , and becomes a bestseller . He does a book tour in Europe , including Paris . He does a reading at the noted bookstore , Shakespeare and Company . Flashbacks express elements of his time with in Vienna . Three journalists attend the reading to interview : one is convinced the book 's main characters meet again , another that they do not , and a third who wants them to but is doubtful that will occur . As speaks with the audience , his eyes wander and he sees there , smiling at him . 
 After the presentation , the bookstore manager reminds of his need to leave for the airport in about an hour for his plane . and 's time together is again constrained . They make the best of it , and their conversations become deeply personal . They begin with themes of work and politics and , with increasing passion , approach their earlier feelings for each other . 
 They touch on their failure to have met as planned six months after their first encounter . returned to Vienna but did not , because her grandmother had died suddenly . Since the pair had never exchanged addresses , they had no way to contact each other at the time . 
 Their talk reveals how their lives have changed during the nine years they spent apart . , now a writer , is married and has a son . has become an advocate for the environment , and has a photojournalist boyfriend . They each express some dissatisfaction with their lives . 
 They talk as they walk in Paris , with scenes showing a café , garden , bateau mouche , and 's hired car . Their former feelings are slowly rekindled , as their one night together looms large in memory , unmarred by ordinary trials . says his book was inspired by his hope of seeing again . She says that it brought back painful memories . They begin to approach each other tentatively but pull back . 
 In the concluding scene , and arrive at her apartment . persuades her to play a waltz on her guitar . Her song is about their earlier brief encounter . puts a CD on the stereo system . dances to the song , " Just in Time , " as watches her . imitates , saying , " Baby ... you are gon na miss that plane . " smiles and says , " I know . "

Set in London in 1938 , the film focuses on highly successful and extremely popular theatre actress ( ) , whose gradual disillusionment with her career as she approaches middle age has prompted her to ask her husband , stage director ( ) , and his financial backer ( ) to close her current production to allow her time to travel abroad . They persuade her to remain with the play throughout the summer ; and introduces her to ( ) , an enterprising American , who confesses his deep appreciation of her work . Seeking the passion missing from her marriage , and anxious to fill the void left when her close friend Lord ( ) suggested they part ways to avoid scandalous gossip , embarks on a passionate affair with the young man and begins to support him so he may enjoy the glamorous lifestyle to which she has introduced him . Their relationship revives her , sparking a distinct change in her personality . Always hovering in the background and offering counsel is the spirit of her mentor , ( ) , the theatrical manager who gave her start and made her a star , while flesh - and - blood ( ) serves as her personal maid , dresser , and confidante . 
 suggests they invite to spend time at their country estate , where he can become better acquainted with their son ( ) . At a party there , meets aspiring actress ( ) , and , when sees him flirting with the pretty young woman , she becomes jealous and anxious and angrily confronts him . He slowly reveals himself to be a callous , social - climbing , gold - digging gigolo , and is shattered when their affair comes to an end . 
 , now romantically involved with , asks him to bring to see her perform in a play in the hope the actress will induce her husband to cast her in a supporting role in 's upcoming project . The play is dreadful , and is not much better . Backstage , compliments her even - worse co - star and barely acknowledges , although she promises to tell about her . Afterwards , she forces to admit he loves , then - although her heart is broken by his admission - she assures him she will insist the ingenue be cast in her next play . 
 When 's performance in her current play begins to suffer from her personal discontent , closes the production ; and visits her mother ( ) and her Aunt ( ) in Jersey , where Lord comes to visit her . suggests a romantic tryst , and he gently tells her that he 's gay . Meanwhile , back in London , auditions for ; and , although resents it , she is given the role . 
 returns home to begin rehearsals for the new play . Shortly after , she learns from her son that has been one of 's casual trysts . Still , she is uncharacteristically solicitous toward the girl , making suggestions that place her in the spotlight and insisting her own wardrobe be drab to allow to shine . What her director and fellow cast members do n't realize is there 's a method to her seeming madness - has planned her sweet revenge for the opening night performance , during which she successfully affirms her position as London theatre 's foremost diva by upstaging every aspect of her performance .

Rather than providing a straightforward biography , the film weaves fantasy sequences with scenes containing somewhat fictionalized accounts of events in 's life , and throughout it , the adult singer interacts with his younger self . It chronicles his determination to rise from his working class roots as , a frail Bronx boy plagued by multiple bouts of rheumatic fever , and become a singer more famous than . To achieve that goal , he forms a band and struggles to find gigs at any nightclub that will hire him . 
 His agent gets a recording contract with Atlantic Records , where the singer enjoys teen idol success with " Splish Splash " . Not wanting to limit his appeal to rock and roll audiences , he changes his niche to big band singing and records major hits , such as " Mack the Knife . " To capitalize on his popularity with teenage and young adult audiences , is cast in Come September opposite . He falls in love with the eighteen - year - old actress and , determined to marry her , he romantically seduces and enchants her with songs like " Beyond the Sea " and " Dream Lover . " The two elope , angering her mother . finally realizes his own mother 's dream when he is signed to appear at the famed Copacabana nightclub in Manhattan . 
 As success takes him on the road and away from home , begins to drink heavily , and the couple fights frequently . Eventually they separate , then reconcile . She gives birth to a son , . To his actress wife 's chagrin , is nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as a shell shocked soldier in Captain Newman , M.D .. 
 In the late 1960s , becomes involved in the campaign to elect for President and contemplates a political career of his own . His sister , knowing his past will be investigated closely if opts to enter the political arena , shocks him with the news his beloved mother actually was his grandmother and he is 's illegitimate child , the son of a father she can not identify . 
 Devastated , becomes a recluse living in a trailer on the Big Sur coast in California . He finds himself out of step with changing music trends , and when he tries to adapt by incorporating folk music and protest songs into his repertoire , he finds himself rejected by the audience that once embraced him . Undaunted , he stages a show , complete with a gospel choir , at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas , and against all odds it is a huge success . 
 But his triumph is short - lived . Suffering from blood poisoning following surgery to repair his mechanical heart valve , is rushed to the hospital , where he dies at the age of thirty - seven . Following his death , he meets the younger counterpart of himself once again , and the two duet with " As Long As I 'm Singing . "

and are a married couple living in New York City . While scenes of Central Park are shown on screen , is heard lecturing to an unseen audience , explaining that he does not believe in reincarnation . After the lecture he goes jogging , collapses , and dies . Ten years later , has accepted a marriage proposal from her boyfriend , ( ) . 
 When , 's brother , arrives at 's engagement party , his wife excuses herself , saying she forgot to wrap 's gift . Instead , she buys a replacement after hurriedly burying the original gift while a young boy secretly looks on . 
 At a party for 's mother , the boy , who has followed , claims to be 's deceased husband , , and warns her not to marry . At first dismisses the boy 's claim . When receives a letter from him the next day warning her not to marry she realizes the boy truly believes he is her reincarnated husband . 
 That night and discuss the letter . Since the building watchman seems to know the boy and that his name is , calls to get more information . When answers the phone , rushes downstairs to confront him . He takes him to 's father and the three of them order to leave alone . refuses to recant his story and watches collapse in his father 's arms . 
 leaves a message on 's answering machine , which her mother overhears . That day at lunch , 's mother mentions that wants to meet in the park and that she will know whereabouts . hurries to Central Park and finds waiting in the spot where her husband died . He offers to submit to questioning . 
 's brother - in - law , a doctor , talks to , recording his responses on tape . answers all the questions , even giving intimate details of and 's sex life . is brought to 's by his mother and he is able to identify parts of the apartment . Everyone except remains doubtful . Anna 's family become worried , particularly her sister , who treats with contempt . 
 When misses an appointment with her fiancé to spend time with , begins feeling worried , not merely about the boy but about 's odd behavior . His jealousy is made plain when he physically attacks . When runs out , follows him and kisses her on the lips . 
 seems convinced by the boy 's story and asks and to meet him . encounters at the door and asks him to visit her later . When he visits he brings a backpack full of 's love letters to . This package was 's spiteful engagement gift , which the boy had secretly unearthed and read the night of the party . We learn that had been 's lover before his death , and that he gave the letters to her unopened as proof of his love . had been jealous that would not leave , but at the last moment abandoned her plan to give the letters . When points out to that if he were really a reincarnation he would have come to her first , runs out , confused . 
 When finds , she suggests they run away and marry when he is of legal age . He tells that since he loves her he can not be the reincarnated . 
 apologizes to , and they are married at the beach . writes a long letter apologizing to , wondering why he had the delusion of being her husband . wades into the sea in anguish after the ceremony . gradually pulls her back to the shore and whispers into her ear .

Vampires investigate an ancient tomb in the Syrian Desert , which they believe belongs to , the first vampire . To keep from interfering , they frame him for the murder of a human familiar . FBI agents subsequently locate 's hideout and kill his mentor and friend , . Demoralized , surrenders and is arrested . 
 The vampires ' familiars have arranged for the authorities to turn over to them . He is rescued by and , Abraham 's daughter , who invite to join their band of vampire hunters , the Nightstalkers . From them , learns that , an old enemy of King 's , has revived , or " " , with the goal of using his powers to cure vampires of their weaknesses . As the first of the vampires , 's DNA is untainted and he is able to survive in sunlight . Along with newly - innovative ultraviolet " Sun dog " ammunition , the Nightstalkers have created an experimental bioweapon known as Daystar , capable of killing vampires at the genetic level . However , they need a purer blood source to make it effective . As is too powerful to kill via normal means , they hope that the virus will kill him and , with his blood in the mix , ensure the rest of the species is wiped out , but also fear that this will include , too . 
 Eager to test , isolates him from the Nightstalkers , as he considers them unworthy of challenging him . He explains that all humans and vampires are inferior in his eyes and that he intends to wipe them from the Earth . finds evidence of the vampires " Final solution " : a network of ' farms ' where comatose humans are drained of their blood for vampire consumption . Told the humans are all brain dead , deactivates the farm 's life support systems . 
 Returning to the Nightstalkers 's hideout , and find all of them dead except for and 's daughter , both of whom have been taken captive . A recording left by , Daystar 's creator , reveals that 's blood is all that is needed to make it complete and effective . is tortured by the vampires for information , but refuses to talk , even when they threaten to turn him and feed him 's blood . 
 and arrive and free the captives . eventually bests in single combat and prepares to kill him with his own sword . fires the Daystar arrow , but catches it before it strikes him . He drops it to the floor by , not realising the danger it poses to him . At the last second , stabs him with it , triggering a chemical reaction that completes the " Daystar " virus , releasing it into the air , the virus becomes airborne , killing and the rest of the vampires . As slowly succumbs to his wounds and the virus , he praises for fighting honorably , but warns him that he will eventually succumb to his need for blood , thus proving that already is the new type of vampire . 
 Using the last of his power , disguises himself as . The FBI recover the body and declare legally dead . narrates that the virus did n't kill as the human half of his heart did n’t stop beating , it only slowed down , causing him to enter into a comatose state until his body was ready to fight again . awakens several months later ready to continue his fight against the vampires .

Wesley Snipes, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds, Kris Kristofferson, Dominic Purcell, Parker Posey, Triple H

, a documentary photographer , went to Kolkata to photograph prostitutes . While there , she befriended their children and offered to teach the children photography to reciprocate being allowed to photograph their mothers . The children were given cameras so they could learn photography and possibly improve their lives . Their photographs depicted a life in the red light district through the eyes of children typically overlooked and sworn off to do chores around the house until they were able to contribute more substantially to the family welfare . Much of their work was used in the film , and the filmmakers recorded the classes as well as daily life in the red light district . The children 's work was exhibited , and one boy was even sent to a photography conference in Amsterdam . also recorded her efforts to place the children in boarding schools although many of the children did not end up staying very long in the schools they were placed in . Others , such as and not only went on to continue their education , but were graded well .

( ) is unceremoniously dumped by his fiancée during their engagement party . Devastated , he attempts to express his feelings to her with a heartfelt letter . His boss has also given him the job of researching how to diplomatically lay off people at their company . As writes , the letter becomes a " how to " book on the correct way to end a relationship . He has a book published and becomes a best - selling author on the subject . Not wanting his male friends to suffer the same fate , he gives them advice on dumping their mates including , who is trying to break up with his gold - digger girlfriend ( ) . After his cousin ( ) reads 's book he starts to question his relationship with his girlfriend ( ) . 
 After breaking up with her goes to his cousin and asks him to talk to her , hopefully convincing her that 's a good guy . Since has never met her , he does n't know what she looks like so tells him that she has long black hair . ( As it turns out , that day , had cut her hair to a short length she described as being like ) . and end up sitting next to each other at the bar where was supposed to meet . tells her that he 's looking for his cousin 's ex - girlfriend who has long black hair . 
 Knowing that is 's cousin , lies and tells her name is . During the time and are at the bar , finds out that is planning to break up with her . She goes to 's house but when she gets there lies and says that he 's . The two begin an affair . Later , goes to 's house to break up with her , only to find that she was going to do the same , and has been seeing another man . 
 Changing his mind , goes to 's job and tells him that he thinks he 's in love with , and that she 's been seeing another man . During that conversation , realizes that ' ' is actually . At the party for 's hot seller book , is just back from Paris and has decided she wants to get back with . had planned on proposing to at the party but finds out that is dating his ex - girlfriend . He becomes upset with him and leaves the party to look for . The next day , talks to and tells him he 's getting married to . had a heart attack , and at the hospital , finds out that lied to her . Instead of getting mad , she says she fell in love with him . breaks up with and goes to look for . When he goes to her door , her neighbor tells him that she 's leaving for Portland by train . He goes to look for her . As the train is speeding away he confesses his love for her and they both ride the train to Portland .

The film begins shortly before 's mother 's ( ) annual Turkey Curry Buffet . ( ) is ecstatic about her relationship with ( ) . However , 's confidence in her relationship is shattered when she meets 's assistant , a beautiful , slim and quick witted Australian named ( ) . meets her ex , ( ) , at her job for TV morning show Sit - Up Britain and is offered a position alongside in a new travel tv series . initially refuses and declares that is a " deceitful , sexist , disgusting specimen of humanity " . eventually relents and agrees to sign on to the project , despite her friends ' serious misgivings . 
 is delighted when invites her to the " Law Council Dinner " , assuming he will propose afterwards , but the night does not end well . She is overdressed for the event , wearing a gold dress while everyone else is wearing serious lawyer black ; the hairdresser has ruined her hair , which her friends hurriedly repair at her flat ; she heavily rouges her cheeks in the taxi and then as a final debacle , makes a critical error in the trivial quiz that almost causes her team to lose with a question about . wins the night by chiming in with the correct answer . 's confidence is thoroughly deflated . 
 After the " Law Council Dinner " , and have an argument and she walks away from him in a huff . goes to 's apartment , apologizes , and tells her he loves her for the first time . Later in the night , asks if she 'd like to go on a ski holiday in Vorarlberg , Austria . Once on the slopes , she learns recommended the vacation spot to . While on the holiday , suspects she 's pregnant ; after an argument concerning the upbringing and education of their future children , the pregnancy test proves negative . After they return home , and attended a scheduled lunch with both of their parents . When the subject of marriage comes up during conversation , is hurt by 's comment that it 's not something they 're even thinking about yet . 
 overhears a message from on 's answering machine and discusses it with her friends , who advise that " If says ' I refuse to dignify that question with an answer ' , then you know he 's having an affair " . asks the question , responds predictably and breaks up with him . She travels to Thailand with her friend , ( ) and to film " The Smooth Guide " . and film the show , visit several exotic locations and flirt while off duty . loses faith in again when she is in his hotel room and while getting ready to romance , notices that a Thai prostitute has arrived for him . She decides he has not changed . 
 During the Thailand vacation , has a fling with a younger British man called . While packing up for their trip back home , asks to put 's ( ) gift in her bag . is arrested and sent to a Thai prison after airport security dogs detect a large stash of cocaine inside the gift . In prison , spends her time sharing stories with the inmates , giving relationship advice and teaching them how to sing and dance to 's " Like a Virgin " . arrives to tell that his superiors have sent him to put her release in motion . identifies in a picture as the man who gave the hidden cocaine . states that he was " just the messenger " and after confirming 's identity and that " spent the night with " , declares that her sex life does not interest him . does not protest or correct his presumption . In Britain , confronts Daniel for not helping when she was arrested , and they start a fight outside a museum . Eventually , swears off for good and sarcastically suggests to " why do n't you just marry her " . 
 arrives at Heathrow Airport as an international human rights celebrity . She is greeted by her parents , who have been busy planning their vow renewal ceremony . Her mother apologises for not making a bigger effort to participate in 's jail release campaign , saying she 's been busy . At home , is surprised by her friends , who inform her that personally tracked down the drug trafficker , arranged for his custody and extradition , and force to admit 's innocence . Hopeful that still loves her , immediately runs to his house . She finds there and assumes that there is a romantic relationship between and her . reveals that she is not seeking an affair with ; she is actually infatuated with and kisses her . is flattered but politely turns her down . 
 confronts at his legal chambers and asks him to take her back . proposes to and she accepts . The film ends with 's parents renewing their vows and catching the bouquet outside while snow is falling .

Growing up , and his friends , and siblings and , suffered many severe psychological traumas that frequently caused to black out . These traumas include being coerced to take part in child pornography by and 's father , ( ) ; being nearly strangled to death by his institutionalized father , ( ) , who is then killed in front of him by guards ; accidentally killing a mother and her infant daughter while playing with dynamite with his friends ; and seeing his dog burned alive by . 
 Seven years later , while entertaining a girl in his dorm room , discovers that when he reads from his adolescent journals , he can travel back in time and redo parts of his past . His time traveling episodes account for the frequent blackouts he experienced as a child , since those are the moments that his adult self occupied his consciousness , such as the moment his father strangled him when he realized that shared his time - traveling affliction . However , there are consequences to his revised choices that dramatically alter his present life . For example , his personal time - line leads to alternative futures in which he finds himself , variously , as a college student in a fraternity , an inmate imprisoned for murdering , and a double amputee . Eventually , he realizes that , even though his intentions to fix the past are good , his actions have unforeseen consequences , in which either he or at least one of his friends does not benefit . Moreover , the assimilation of dozens of years ' worth of new memories from the alternative timelines causes him brain damage and severe nosebleeds . He ultimately reaches the conclusion that he and his friends might not have good futures as long as he keeps altering the past , and he realizes that he is hurting them rather than helping . 
 travels back one final time to the day he first met as a child . He intentionally upsets her so that she and will choose to live with their mother , in a different neighborhood , instead of with their father when they divorce . As a result , they are not subjected to a destructive upbringing , do not grow up with , and go on to have happy , successful lives . awakens in a college dorm room , where is his roommate . As a test , he asks where is , to which responds " Who 's ? " . Knowing that everything is all right this time , burns his journals and videos to avoid altering the timeline ever again . 
 Eight years later in New York City , exits an office building and passes by on the street . Though a brief look of recognition passes over both of their faces , they both decide to keep walking .

Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Elden Henson, William Lee Scott, Melora Walters, Eric Stoltz, Ethan Suplee, Logan Lerman

Artist and graphics designer is a meek people - pleaser whose main support is her best friend . She works for a cosmetics company called Hedare Beauty , which is ready to ship a new skin cream , called Beau - line , that is able to reverse the effects of aging . However , when visits the R&D laboratory facility , she overhears a discussion between the scientist , Dr. , and , the wife of company - owner , about the dangerous side effects from continued use of the product . 's guards discover and are ordered to dispose of her . tries to escape using a conduit pipe , but the minions have it sealed and flush her out of it , drowning her . Washed up on shore afterwards , is mysteriously brought back to life by an Egyptian Mau cat , which had appeared at her apartment earlier ; from that moment on , she develops cat - like abilities . 
 From Mau 's owner , eccentric researcher , learns that Egyptian Mau cats serve as messengers of the goddess . realizes that she is now a " catwoman , " reborn with abilities that are both a blessing and a curse . Disguised as to hide her identity , , under cover of darkness , searches for answers as to who killed her and why . Eventually , her search ( which includes finding 's body , and later being accused of his murder ) leads her to . She asks to keep an eye on , to which agrees . However , when confronts ( who is at an opera with another woman ) , he reveals he knows nothing about the side effects . The police , led by 's love interest Detective , arrive and escapes . Later on , murders her husband for his infidelity , and admits to having Dr. killed because he wanted to cancel the product 's release . She contacts and frames her for the murder . is taken into custody by , but not before reveals the side - effects of the product : discontinuing its use makes the skin disintegrate , while continuing its use makes the skin as hard as marble . She also plans to release Beau - line to the public the following day . 
 slips out of her jail cell , and confronts in her office , rescuing , who 'd come to question after second thoughts about 's guilt , in the process , and revealing that is the one responsible for her death . During the fight , she scratches 's face multiple times , causing to fall out of a window and grab onto a pipe for her life . sees her face in a window 's reflection and , horrified by her skin 's rapid disintegration ( as a result of the scratches and her own use of Beau - line for years ) , fails to grab hold of 's outstretched arm and falls to her death . Though is cleared of any charges made against her regarding the deaths of Dr. and the , she decides to end things with , choosing to continue living outside the law and enjoying her new - found freedom as the mysterious .

Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Sharon Stone, Lambert Wilson, Frances Conroy, Alex Borstein

( ) , a high school biology teacher , takes her son to his bus stop for school . After she returns home , several men break into her house , kill her housekeeper , and confine in the attic of their safe house . ( ) , the group leader , smashes the attic 's telephone . uses the wires of the broken phone and contacts the random number of ( ) , a carefree young man who has just been dumped by his girlfriend , ( ) . 
 persuades to go to the police station , where he briefly reports to ( ) but has to leave to avoid losing connection . When denies knowledge of information wants , he leaves to get . Overhearing them , gets to 's school , only to see the boy kidnapped . He hijacks a security officer 's car and gives chase . When his phone battery runs out , he takes the gun in the car , cuts in line at a shop and buys a charger . 
 Deciding to check on 's kidnapping claim , visits 's house . He meets ( , the kidnappers ' accomplice , posing as . Believing the claim is a false alarm , leaves . With in tow , returns and asks about a place her husband mentioned , " The Left Field " , and confesses that it is a bar at the Los Angeles International Airport . 
 A cross - connection between phone lines causes to rob a nearby lawyer 's cellphone and car to maintain connection . At the airport , plants the gun on one of the kidnappers , tripping the alarm . When security intervenes , the kidnappers are revealed to be police officers and they proceed to apprehend . After viewing a news report of holding up a store for a charger , calls 's home . He notices the voice on the answering machine is different from that of the woman he met . 
 The kidnappers escort to his bank safe deposit box to retrieve a bag . intervenes and flees with the bag , but loses the lawyer 's cellphone . When opens 's bag , he finds 's video camera , on which unintentionally filmed LAPD Detectives , , , , , and ( a friend of 's ) robbing and murdering two drug dealers , marking them as dirty cops . 
 steals the lawyer 's car from the impound lot and retrieves his own cellphone . returns to the residence , where he kills in self - defense when she attacks him . Back at the safe house , learns that has been trying to contact help and attacks her . — being a biology teacher — purposely cuts his brachial artery , and he bleeds to death in seconds . Before and can escape , 's gang returns with and are about to execute the family when contacts and makes a deal : the videotape in exchange for the family at the Santa Monica Pier . 
 At the pier , disguises himself but is inadvertently exposed by . sends away for medical attention , arrests and brings him to . destroys the videotape , and radios the order to execute the ; however , overhears the transmission . escapes , following a distraction by his friend . overpowers and handcuffs him , then returns to the pier . and confront in a boathouse . knocks out . tries to kill , but shows up . After a brief chase , notices has circled behind and calls 's cell phone . The phone 's ring betrays 's position , and shoots him . 
 strangles with her handcuff chain in the van , then frees her husband and son . However , was merely stunned and aims his gun at them . intervenes and kills . While and are being treated by medics , is also exposed , because had copied the video recording onto his cellphone . finally meets , the man who risked his life to save her family . When she tells him she does n't know how to thank him , humorously tells her to never call him again .

( ) is the daughter of President of the United States ( ) . After Secret Service agents ruin a first date , demands less supervision . For his upcoming trip to Prague , the president agrees to assign only two agents to watch over , whose Secret Service codename is . In Prague , and her friend ( ) attend a concert , where discovers numerous agents in the crowd . Believing her father has broken his promise , Anna eludes her protectors with 's help . Outside the theater , she asks ( ) for a ride on his motorbike . Unknown to , is a Secret Service agent , and he informs agents ( ) and ( ) where she can be found . When the president learns of her behavior , he instructs to guard without revealing his true identity , to give her the illusion of freedom with a guarantee of safety . 
 Believing she is finally free , jumps into the Vltava River naked , mistaking it for the Danube , and she and climb a rooftop to watch an opera being shown in a plaza . The next morning , calls her parents . Initially relieved that his daughter is safe , the President 's tone changes when he is shown photos of her undressing . Outraged at her father 's tone , decides she will go to the Love Parade in Berlin . She and board a train , where they meet ( ) , a flighty romantic who gives them a stack of Six Million Dollar Man stickers , instructing them to post them in random places , and one day when they are unhappy , they may come across one and it will make them smile . discovers that they have boarded a Venice - bound train going in the opposite direction from Berlin . 
 In Venice , after checking in with agents and — who are now growing closer romantically — joins and and together they explore the city . After leaves , realizes he has stolen her wallet . When is recognized by tourists , she and flee . With no money , they tell a kind - hearted gondolier , ( ) , that they recently married against her parents ' wishes . During the free gondola ride , kisses to hide her from their pursuers . When he learns the " newlyweds " have no place to stay , invites them to his house , where they are welcomed by his mother , ( ) . That night , thinking their kiss was heartfelt , offers herself to , but he rejects her advances . 
 The next day , drives them to the Austrian border , as and show up at 's house and learn from that and are married , which is then reported to 's parents . Upset at 's rejection , hitchhikes a ride in a truck , leaving to chase her through the Austrian countryside . comes to a bridge , where she meets the Jumping Germans , a bungee jumping group . arrives just as is being strapped into the harness , and insists on jumping with her . 
 Later that evening at the Jumping Germans ' camp , one of the Germans asks to share his tent for the night . She refuses and flirts with , who rejects her advances again . Upset , she declares that she will share the German 's tent after all ; Ben finally admits his feelings for and they spend the night together . At the Love Parade , as explains his actions on the phone to his fellow agents , discovers his identity . Enraged at the apparent betrayal , runs off , only to be harassed by a group of men who recognize her . rescues her , and and her family return to the United States . 
 While preparing for college , reveals to her mother that her heart is " a little bit broken . " At college , with and Morales ( who plan to marry ) still protecting her , sees a Six Million Dollar Man sticker which reminds her of her European adventure . During Christmas break 's father tells her that resigned from the Secret Service and is working as a photographer in London . During an exchange program to Oxford University visits at the opera , where they kiss , reconcile , and escape on his motorbike .

After Riverside , Illinois couple ( ) and ( ) see their daughter , ( ) , depart for a Peace Corps assignment in Peru on the Sunday following Thanksgiving , empty nest syndrome sets in . calculates the couple spent $ 6,132 during the previous year 's holiday season and , not looking forward to celebrating Christmas without their daughter , he suggests they invest the money usually spent on decorations , gifts , and entertainment and treat themselves to a ten - day Caribbean cruise instead . Skeptical at first , finally agrees under the condition that they still give a donation to the church and Children 's Hospital . tries to refuse but finally agrees and they begin planning the trip . 
 The are amazed to discover they are considered pariahs as a result of their decision . 's co - workers think he has become when he gives all his employees letters that state about his Christmas boycott , local stationer is distressed to lose the couple 's order for their engraved greeting cards and Christmas Eve party invitations , the Boy Scout troop is upset and angered when the Kranks refuse to purchase one of their Christmas trees to help the scouts make enough money for a camporee , and the police are stunned to discover they wo n't be buying this year 's calendar from them . Most vocal in their objections are neighbors ( ) and ( ) . , who 's the unelected leader of the street , organizes a campaign to force the to decorate their home so Hemlock Street wo n't lose the coveted award for best decorations . has political and bureaucratic connections in Chicago . does n't seem to like , so his efforts are primarily personal . However , it is revealed that 's wife is suffering from cancer , perhaps dampening his holiday spirits . Children picket , led by 's son ( ) , neighbors constantly call , and Christmas carolers try to revive the ' holiday spirit by singing on their lawn , which stops by freezing his front lawn . Even the newspaper gets into the act by publishing a front page story complete with a photograph of the unlit house and states that the ' street has lost the prize and won sixth place because of how and refused to decorate their house . Still , and continue to stand their ground . 
 The two are in the process of packing on Christmas Eve morning when they receive a call from , who announces she 's at Miami International Airport , en route home with her Peruvian fiancé as a surprise for her parents . She 's anxious to introduce to her family 's holiday traditions , and when she asks if they 're having their usual party that night , a panicked says yes . Comic chaos ensues as the couple finds themselves trying to decorate the house and coordinate a party with only twelve hours to spare before their daughter and future son - in - law arrive . 
 While scrambles to find food , especially 's favorite honey glazed ham , goes to buy a tree from the Boy Scouts but they only have one worthless non - green tree left since their sales went big and rapid . decides to give a donation by giving them money but taking the tree in the process ; he then rejects it by throwing it in his backyard . While leads a picket at the ' , arranges to borrow the tree of neighbor ( who is going away for a week with his kids and wife to close relatives ) being given the warning that he is not to break one ornament or damage it . and try to transport it across the street on 's Radio Flyer wagon , only for the neighbors to confuse this with stealing the family 's Christmas tree and end up calling for the police to arrest him for theft . comes to 's rescue by showing the neighbors and officers that has 's keys and thus was given permission to borrow the tree . comes home enraged at for making the borrowed Christmas tree a " Disaster " and how she had to buy " Smoked Trout " to replace the honey ham ( which was crushed by a truck ) . Once it is established why is trying frantically to decorate his home , the neighbors , led by , come out full force to help him and ready it for . calls to say she landed from Miami ; despite this , she is sent by a police transport to their house thus leaving her still unaware of the chaos . 
 After subtly giving everybody , including and , a half - hearted toast , tries to convince to accept the cruise when she confronts him for the toast , but she refuses , disgusted that he is n't happy is home . Having a change of heart , sadly slips out of the house and goes across the street to the home . 's cancer , once in remission , has returned and , knowing this may be their last holiday together , insists they take the cruise in place of him and , going so far as to offer to take care of their hated cat , Muffles , so they can go . At first and decline , but ultimately decide to accept his generosity ; as a result , , whose holiday spirit has been renewed , realizes skipping Christmas was n't as good an idea as he had originally thought .

In the opening scene , 24 - year - old " " ( ) and ( ) see each other for the first time from opposite sides of a street as they are walking toward each other among many other rush - hour pedestrians . " " is a young American stripper who just arrived in London , and is an unsuccessful British writer who is on his way to work , where he writes obituaries for a newspaper . She looks in the wrong direction as she crosses the street and is hit by a taxi cab right in front of 's eyes . After he rushes to her side , she smiles to him and says , " Hello , stranger . " He takes her to the hospital , where is treated and released . Afterward , on the way to his office , they stop by Postman 's Park , the same park that his father and he visited after his mother 's death . Pausing in front of the office before he leaves her and goes to work , reminds her that traffic in England tends to come on from the right , and on impulse , he asks her for her name . They soon become lovers . 
 A year later , though the two are in a relationship , is straying . He has written a novel based on 's life , and while being photographed to publicize it , he flirts with the American photographer ( ) . shares a kiss with before finding out that and are in a relationship . arrives and uses 's bathroom , leaving Anna and alone again . takes the chance to try to persuade to have an affair with him , but is cut short by 's return . asks if she can have her portrait taken , as well . agrees and asks to leave them alone during the photo shoot . While being photographed , she reveals to that she overheard them , and she is photographed while still weeping over it . does not reveal what she overheard to , even as he spends a year stalking . 
 Another year later , enters a cybersex chat room and randomly meets ( ) , a British dermatologist . With still on his mind , pretends to be her , and using the pretense that they will be having sex , convinces to meet at the aquarium ( where told she often went ) . goes to the rendezvous and has his rude awakening there . tells that a man who had pursued her , , was most likely to blame for the setup . Soon , and become a couple and they refer to as " Cupid " from then on . 
 Four months later , at 's photo exhibition,[3 ] meets , whom he recognizes from the tearful photograph that is one of many being exhibited . knows that and are a couple , from talking to . Meanwhile , convinces to become involved with him . They begin cheating on their respective lovers for a year , even though and marry halfway through the year . Eventually and each confess the affair to their respective partners , leaving their relationships for one another . 
 goes back to being a stripper , heartbroken by her loss . One day , runs into her accidentally at the strip club and he ( heart - broken himself ) is convinced that she is the girl he met before . He asks her if her name is , but no matter how much money he gives her , she keeps telling him her name is " . " He asks her to have a one - night stand with him but she refuses . The line of questioning becomes pornographic , albeit without any explicit nudity . 
 Eventually , convinces to see him one last time ; she agrees to sleep with him so that he will sign the divorce papers and leave her alone . suspects the affair , to which confesses , and following their argument , she returns to . Distraught , confronts to try to get back . Instead , tells him 's whereabouts , and suggests that he go back to her . Suddenly , however , out of a sheer malicious impulse , he also tells him that he had a one - night stand with her . 
 takes back . also decides that she wants to return to her home country and invites to come with her and he agrees . While in a hotel room celebrating being back together ( and noting that it has been four years since they first met on that London street when was hit by a car in the opening scene ) , asks her whether she had a one - night stand with , she initially denies it . But when he insists on the truth , she suddenly tells him that she does n't love him anymore and goes on to say that she did sleep with . reveals that had already told him about the one - night stand but that he 's already forgiven her . She insists that it 's over and tells him to leave . The argument culminates in slapping . 
 In the end , and are together , and returns to New York alone . As she passes through the immigration checkpoint on her way back into the United States , a shot of her passport shows her real name to be . Thus she had lied about her name during her four - year relationship with . 
 Back in London , returns to Postman 's Park , and to his surprise , notices the name " " on a memorial that is dedicated to a young woman , " who by intrepid conduct " and at the cost of her young life , rescued three children from a fire . The final scene shows / Jane walking on Broadway towards West 47th Street with male passers - by staring at her beauty . This completes the visual symmetry within the film as it echoes the opening scene where / Jane and are staring at each other on the sidewalks of London .

Pleasure Island is a resort off the coast of Costa Rica , owned by famous musician . Staff members , , and sneak into the jungle to have sex . They are ambushed by a masked figure , who stabs to death . The killer chases the girls through the jungle . The killer pushes off a cliff and decapitates before she can reach help . 
 The resort staff remain unaware of the killings until ' body is found behind the kitchen . relates a story about a former employee who lost his mind and murdered his fellow staff members ; though insists it 's a story made up to scare guests around the campfire , the mounting death toll suggests otherwise . alerts the others when he finds murdered in a hedge maze . A message left by the killer suggests that he is targeting only the staff . All communication devices and transportation have been stolen or destroyed . 
 , a former FBI agent , convinces the staff to continue with their jobs and allow him to catch the killer . remains intent on warning the guests , despite warnings not to do so from the killer . When she lures the guests to the beach to make the announcement , she is attacked by the killer . intervenes , but the killer slashes his throat and turns on . Their bodies are found the next day . 
 The staff begins to suspect one of the guests , . , believing her innocent , tries to eliminate her as a suspect . disappears into the jungle after having a nightmare . and find a shrine of photos of and his friends , in which all of the faces except ' have been replaced with 's ; suspicion turns on and the staff lock in a room . The killer electrocutes one of the guests , causing a power failure . returns , and he and deduce that is not the killer , but has escaped . 
 When is found dead , the staff members turn on each other . tries to convince the group that they must work together to survive until the shuttle from the mainland returns for the guests . They reject this and split into smaller groups . manages to restore the electricity . and are drawn by music to the electricity hut where they find 's severed head . is next to be killed . 
 During a party in the nightclub , and discover and 's bodies . The guests see the corpses and a panic ensues . , , and find 's apparently lifeless body in a mud bath . While they consider their next move , leaps from the bath with a machete and grabs . 
 reveals that he wanted to kill everyone on the island because had intended to sell the island to the military , but decided to give the island to . Jealous , decided that would mismanage the resort and destroy it . grabs the machete , allowing the others to escape . is lost among the party - crazed guests , and and lock themselves in the nightclub . They see drowning in a large tank . smashes the tank and rescues . prepares to kill them , but appears and stabs . 
 pursues , , , and as they escape through the jungle . Cornered on a cliff , they jump to the water below . They find the resort 's damaged boats , and try to cobble together enough working parts to leave the island . appears and kills , then attacks and . overcomes , and is bisected by a rope attached to the power boat . As they motor away , 's lower half continues to pursue them despite his fatal wounds .

( ) , a meticulous Los Angeles cab driver , is working to earn enough to start his own limousine business . One of the evening 's fares is U.S. Justice Department prosecutor ( ) . On the drive to her office , they strike up a conversation and gives her business card . 
 's next fare is ( ) . Impressed by 's skill at navigating L.A. , offers $ 600 to drive him for the night , against regulations , which reluctantly accepts . As waits at the first stop , a corpse falls onto his car . reveals himself as a hitman , and the body is one of his five targets . He forces to hide the body in the trunk and continue driving . 
 At the second stop , restrains to the steering wheel with cable tie . attracts the attention of a group of young men and asks them for help , but two of them rob him and take 's briefcase . returns and kills both men with his pistol . then offers to buy a drink at a jazz club he likes . At the club , engages the owner ( ) in conversation , then unexpectedly kills him in front of . asks to let him go , but threatens to kill him if he refuses to obey . 
 's boss , who has been hectoring him over the radio , informs that his mother ( ) is trying to reach him . Learning of 's nightly visits to his hospitalized mother , insists that does not break his routine . At the hospital , proudly tells that has his own limousine company , revealing that has been lying to her . 
 Overwhelmed , leaves , taking 's briefcase containing files on his targets , and tosses it onto a freeway . forces to meet drug lord ( ) to obtain information on his last two marks , threatening to murder otherwise . , posing as , successfully acquires the information , but orders his men to kill " " if he does not complete the job . heads with to the next target , , who is at a nightclub . 
 Meanwhile , Narcotics Detective ( ) uncovers the connection between the three victims and reports his finding to FBI Special Agent ( ) . identifies the victims as witnesses in a federal grand jury indicting the following day . assembles a force to secure . At the nightclub manages to kill all of 's hitmen , 's bodyguards and himself , then leaves the club . rescues and smuggles him outside , but is killed by , who beckons back into the cab . 
 Following their getaway , the two trade insulting psychological summaries of each other 's life . Vincent mocks for his lack of ambition , while berates for his inability to understand other people . Aware that intends to kill him , deliberately crashes the cab , but both survive and escapes . A police officer arrives to help , but sees the corpse in the trunk and tries to apprehend . During the arrest , sees 's open laptop , which reveals that is his final target . He overpowers the police officer , pockets his gun , and rushes toward 's office building . 
 uses the officer 's gun to steal a bystanders phone , and then uses the business card from earlier to call and warn her of 's approach . She is initially incredulous , until reveals details about the witnesses has already killed , and urges her to call 911 . is already in the building , and enters in pursuit ; uses a fire axe to cut the power and telephone lines on the floor is on . 
 A tense hunt in the dark ensues . finally finds , aims at her , but is shot and wounded by , who escapes with on foot . pursues the pair onto a metro rail train . Finally cornered at one end of the train , decides to make a final stand , in which he and engage in a shootout . In the final moments of their confrontation , the subway car momentarily goes dark as they exchange gunfire , the pitch darkness rendering 's advantage of experience and marksmanship useless . , fatally wounded , slumps into a seat as and look on . He repeats a remark that he had previously made about a man dying unnoticed on a Metro train , before dying himself . 
 and get off at the next station , in the dawn of a new day .

( ) is a 15 - year - old girl who grew up in New York City and wants desperately to be a famous Broadway actress . narrates the story . Much to her annoyance , she moves with her family to the suburbs of Dellwood , New Jersey , but she confidently tells the audience , " A legend is about to be born . That legend would be me . " 
 At school , makes friends with an unpopular girl , ( ) , who shares her love for the rock band Sidarthur . idolizes the band 's lead singer ( ) . She also meets ( ) , a cute boy who takes a liking to her , and makes enemies with ( ) , the most popular girl in school . 
 When auditions for the school play , a modernized musical version of Pygmalion called Eliza Rocks , she is chosen over to play , and promises to make her life miserable . also beats on a dancing video game at an arcade , where reveals that she has tickets to the farewell concert of , who recently decided to break up . Afraid of being one - upped by , falsely claims that and she have tickets , too . She loses her chance to buy tickets and new clothes when her mother takes away her allowance , and the concert is sold out by the time she persuades to pay for the tickets . explains that they can buy tickets from a scalper , though , and she gets to sneak 's dress out of the costume room for her to wear at the concert . 
 On the night of the concert , and take a train to New York City , but loses the money for the tickets , and her plan to sneak into the concert does not work . and finally give up and walk through the city to 's after - show party . When they get there , stumbles drunkenly out of the building and passes out in an alley . The two girls take him to a diner to sober him up , but he gets in trouble , and they end up at a police station , where gives her father 's New York City address . 
 At this point , 's dishonesty becomes a problem . When she met , she tried to impress her by telling her a dramatic story about her father dying years earlier . highly values honesty , so she becomes infuriated when she discovers that 's story was a lie . After 's father arrives , and they explain what happened , gratefully takes them all back to the party , where forgives for lying , and the two girls see , who sees them , as well , and looks upset . talks with about his work , but is disappointed to discover that he is a drunk . 
 Back at school , humiliates by denying that she saw or at the party and calling a liar . None of the other students believes 's story about being arrested with and leaving her necklace at his house . 
 Afterward , goes home , depressed , and refuses to perform in the play , but she is spurred on by 's encouragement and arrives backstage just in time to prevent from taking over her part . As she is about to go on stage , her mother wishes her good luck and finally calls her by her nickname , " " . The modernist interpretation of Pygmalion ( ) ensues . After a great performance that brings a standing ovation , the cast goes to an after - party at 's house , where arrives to see . tries to save herself from humiliation by saying he is there to see her , but is proved wrong when gives her necklace in front of everyone . As 's lies become apparent , she backs away from the crowd on the verge of tears and falls into a fountain , greeted by everyone 's laughter . In a conciliatory gesture , helps her up , and accepts defeat . After dancing with , dances with , and they eventually share a kiss .

Detective has suffered a car accident with his partner . He mentions that the citizens of Los Angeles have lost their " sense of touch . " and the driver of the other car , , exchange racially charged insults . When exits the car , he arrives at a police investigation crime scene concerning the discovery of a " dead kid " . 
 While purchasing a revolver at a gun store , , a Persian shop owner , and his daughter , argue over what box of bullets they should buy . The gun store owner grows impatient and degrades the two of them by referring to as " " . asserts that he is an American citizen , but the store owner continues insulting and has the security guard escort him out of the store . demands the store owner to give her the gun or give her back the money ; the store owner gives the gun to . After argumentatively questioning the shop owner about bullets , asks for a specific box of bullets , then leaves . Two black men , and , argue over racial stereotyping of African Americans after , the wife of district attorney , walks in another direction while fearfully staring at them . and carjack the married couple as they are about to enter their SUV . Later , at the house , Hispanic locksmith is changing their locks when notices his tattoos . She loudly complains to about having been carjacked and now having to endure such a man changing their locks , feeling he will give copies of the keys to " his gang banger friends " . Having overheard this , leaves the keys on the kitchen counter . 
 Detectives and arrive at the scene of a shooting between two drivers . The survivor is a white male , identified as an undercover police officer . The dead man , a black male , is revealed also to be an undercover police officer . There is a large amount of cash found in the black officer 's trunk . This is the third time the white officer has shot and killed a black man . LAPD officer calls an HMO on behalf of his father and has a racially charged argument with a representative named . He then gets into the squad car with his partner and sees a car passenger performing fellatio on the driver of a moving vehicle . They pull over the vehicle similar to the one carjacked earlier , despite discrepancies in the descriptions . They order the couple , director and his wife , to exit . is cooperative , but is argumentative . This annoys , who molests under the pretense of administering a pat - down . Intimidated , says nothing . The couple is released . Once home , becomes enraged that did nothing while she was being violated . insists that what he did was correct and storms out . 
 Arriving home from work , finds his young daughter , , hiding under her bed after hearing a gunshot outside . To comfort her , gives her an " invisible impenetrable cloak " , which makes her feel safe enough to fall asleep in her bed . In the carjacked SUV , and , arguing and distracted , hit a Korean man while passing a parked van . They argue about what to do with him , finally dumping him in front of a hospital and driving away . Due to the blood in the vehicle , they are unable to receive payment for the SUV . The next day , at the LAPD station , talks to his superior , Lt . , about switching partners . , a black man , claims that 's charge of as a racist could cost both and their jobs . suggests a transfer to a one - man car . 
 visits and apologizes for the argument . He explains that his father was previously diagnosed with a bladder infection , but he fears it may be prostate cancer . nearly calls security to escort out of her office when he proceeds to insult her by calling her an affirmative action hire . When asks for his father to see a different doctor , denies the request and he storms out of her office . Meanwhile , is seen replacing a lock at 's shop and tries to explain to him that the door frame needs to be replaced . , whose English is limited , misunderstands and accuses of cheating him , which causes to leave . 
 The next morning , discovers the store has been wrecked and defaced with graffiti . His insurance company does not cover the damage , calling it a case of negligence due to the defective door . When is told that his shop will be closing down , he vows revenge on . Detective visits his mother , a hard drug abuser . She asks him to find his missing younger brother . He promises and takes notice that there is almost no food in the apartment as he is leaving . When he tries to present evidence in the shooting between undercover police officers , his superiors tell him not to reveal the cash in the black officer 's trunk , saying that their work in crafting a non - racist image for the department will be undone . 
 comes home and sees dishes in the dishwasher . She accosts her Hispanic maid for not putting them in the cupboards . comes across a car accident and as he crawls into the overturned vehicle , he finds trapped . Upon recognizing , becomes hysterical , but gasoline is leaking from the tank and running downhill towards another wreck , which has already caught fire . With the help of his partner and spectators , pulls out just as her car bursts into flames . and approach another Navigator which happens to be 's . They only see driving after they open the door and are shocked to see that the driver is black ( after previously bragged about not carjacking black people ) . is tired of being pushed around and resists . tells to shoot , but does not . 
 As police officers arrive , and both race for the car and jump in . drives away , with continuing to point a gun at him . A car chase ensues . is one of the police officers who has responded and recognizes 's vehicle . drives into a dead end , puts 's gun into his pocket , and gets out of the car , all the while yelling insults at the officers . Just before he pulls out the gun , convinces him to stop aggravating the situation and to go home . vouches for , fending off the other officers , and promising to give him a " harsh " warning . Later , tells that as a black man he is embarrassed for him and drops off at a bus stop . 
 locates 's house and waits in ambush . As he confronts with his gun in hand , 's daughter jumps into 's arms , attempting to protect her father with the " invisible cloak " . 's wife runs out the front door and watches in horror as shoots . It takes the grief - stricken parents and a moment to realize that is unharmed . The box of ammunition that had selected contained blanks . later tells his daughter that he believes the little girl was his guardian angel , preventing him from committing a terrible crime . is then shown with the box of bullets she had purchased , and the box is labeled blanks . 
 is complaining to someone she knows over the phone that she wakes up angry every day and does not know why . Immediately afterwards , she slips and falls down a flight of stairs , spraining her ankle . phones , telling him of her accident . 
 , who is hitchhiking , is picked up by . sees that has a small statuette of like his own . He begins to laugh as he realizes that they have so much in common , but thinks that he is being laughed at . pulls over and tells to get out if he wants to be " funny " . moves to pull the statuette out of his pocket in explanation , but believes he is pulling out a gun and mistakenly shoots and kills . dumps the body in the bush beside a road and then torches his own car . is revealed to be ' missing brother . and his mother meet at the morgue , where is revealed to be a coroner and promises to find who is responsible . Mrs. blames her surviving son for his brother 's death , claiming he was always too busy to look for . 
 returns to the white van owned by the Korean man whom they had run over the night before . Finding the keys still hanging from the door lock , he drives the van away . The Korean man 's wife arrives at the previously mentioned hospital looking for her husband , the man who was run over , named . Conscious and coherent , he tells her to go and immediately cash a check that he has in his wallet . The check is most likely payment for the contents of the van . has driven the white van to a chop shop he frequents , and as they inspect the van , a number of Cambodian immigrants are discovered locked in the back of the van , revealing that was involved in human trafficking . is offered $ 500 for each person in the van but refuses out of disgust . Whilst resting in her bed , hugs , saying she is the only true friend she has ever had and apologizes . drives to Chinatown and sets the Cambodian people free . As drives away , he passes a car crash , which turns out to involve . and the other driver get out and begin to exchange racial slurs .

Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Brendan Fraser, Terrence Howard, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Thandie Newton, Ryan Phillippe

As he is about to die , 's life flashes before him in the form of a musical production staged by the archangel in the Indiana theater where the composer first performed on stage . 
 He immediately calls to mind the start of his story - the night he met his wife , - ' latest divorcee and stunning beauty . From the start , they " click " and become a devoted couple . is well aware of 's gay identity and activities ; her " ex " was the same but violent with her . is completely different , she declares on their wedding day - he loves and adores her and shows it , so she tolerates his dalliances . Her love for and devotion to him are strong enough for her to overlook his romantic flings outside their marriage . With his fun with music turns into a top international career . Their lavish lifestyle is enviable worldwide . At film 's end he tells her the songs were all about her - " not all " she corrects - but enough of them . The leaders in music praise his work and his amazing shows begin . begins a tradition for his show opening nights - a Cartier cigarette case custom designed and engraved to commemorate each show , but almost misses one of his openings herself due to miscarriage and they remain childless . 
 To cheer , the couple move the showbiz , by invitation , to Hollywood . Great excitement , a new extravagant home , but trouble : his flings get too overt and indiscreet and it creates tension . is photographed in an amorous embrace with another man in a public restroom of a gay nightclub , and both he and are blackmailed into paying a heavy settlement to suppress publication of the pictures . When he shrugs off the blackmail , she finally goes to Paris , leaving him bereft . 
 Not until he is injured in a horseback riding accident that seriously cripples him does she return to his side , willing to forgive but still finding difficulty in coping with his extramarital affairs . Eventually is diagnosed with emphysema , and as she prepares them both for her impending death , she introduces him to her decorator and estate advisor , in an attempt to give a new partner once she 's gone . The match is successful . 
 dies in 1954 , and is devastated . But he continues his work until 1958 , when degeneration of the bad leg finally requires amputation , affecting his creative output . He never writes again , but works in productions of his earlier works , dying in 1964 at age 73.[1][2 ]

In 1958 , ( ) , her parents ( and ) , and her younger sister ( ) arrive in Cuba during the Cuban revolution . A self - described bookworm , is not very happy about having to move to a different country during her senior year of high school , as she had been planning to attend Radcliffe College , although the rest of her family seem extremely pleased to be in Cuba . 
 Meeting several other rich American teenagers down by the pool - including ( ) , the son of her father 's boss - , becomes disgusted when one of the teenagers insults a local waiter when he accidentally knocks over some of their drinks . attempts to talk to the waiter — ( ) , who works at the hotel to support his family — because she feels awful about what had occurred , but he is not interested . 
 watches a film of her mother and father dancing and wishes she could dance as well as they did . She and her father dance a bit . The next day in class , is asked to read aloud from The Odyssey - a passage about love and passion . After class , invites her to a party at the country club the next day and she accepts . 
 While walking home from school , she sees dancing at a street party , and he offers to walk her home . They stop to listen to a street band and police show up , stopping while runs away . 
 The next day , tries some of the dance moves she saw . sees her and asks her to come see the real dancers Saturday night , but she says she is already going to the country club . gets upset and leaves . wears one of her maid 's dresses to the country club party and impresses . convinces him to take her to the Cuban club where is dancing with the ladies . 
 dances with while sits at the bar . Soon he is accosted by 's brother , , who tells him that they will eventually kick the Americans out of Cuba . comes over and argues with his brother . takes back to the car and assaults her after she refuses to kiss him . She slaps him and runs into the club , and agrees to walk her home . 
 The next day , walks by a dance class . The teacher ( ) asks if anyone wants to enter the big dance contest and then dances with for a bit . She grabs a flyer for the competition . 
 While walking to the pool , apologizes to and then tells her that saw with her and got him fired . argues with and goes to find . He is now working at a chop shop with . She asks him to enter the dance contest with her , but he refuses . Meanwhile , it is becoming apparent that is helping the revolutionaries . 
 The next day , shows up at 's school and agrees to enter the dance contest with her . They start teaching each other dance moves and convinces her to " feel the music " . They practice all the time , and dances some more with the dance teacher , until it is the night of the dance . and dance with the other couples on the floor and are chosen to go on to the next round . 
 's parents disapprove of her relationship with , but reconciles with them . On the night of the contest 's final round , while and are on the dance floor , sees his brother and some revolutionaries disguised as waiters , and the police soon try to arrest them . The contest stops as everyone flees the club , and has to save from the police . and talk about how they miss their dad , then they hear that has fled the country and join the celebration . 
 Later , comes to the hotel and finds . He takes her to the beach and they make love . The next day , 's parents tell her they are leaving Cuba and she has one last night with . They go to the Cuban club where they first danced , and the floor is theirs . 's family is there to see her , and narrates that she does n't know when she will see again , but this will not be their last time to dance together .

is the owner of Average Joe 's Gymnasium , a small gym with only a few members . When he defaults on the gym 's mortgage , it is purchased by his rival , the arrogant , a fitness guru and owner of the Globo Gym across the street . Unless can raise $ 50,000 in thirty days , will foreclose on Average Joe 's and demolish it to build a parking garage . Attorney is working on the transaction for White . unsuccessfully attempts to seduce her ; she is repulsed but just says she does not date clients . She develops a close friendship with . 
 Average Joe 's employees and and members , , and try to raise the money needed to save the gym . suggests that they enter a dodgeball tournament in Las Vegas with a $ 50,000 prize . They form a team with and watch a 1950s - era training video narrated by dodgeball legend and a 12 - year old boy named . They are soundly defeated by a Girl Scout troop in a local qualifying match but win by default when the Scouts are disqualified because of one member 's steroid and beaver tranquilizer use . 
 spies on Average Joe 's using a hidden camera in a cardboard cutout of himself , and forms his own dodgeball team to defeat them . is approached by the aging , wheelchair - bound , who volunteers to coach the team . 's training regimen includes throwing wrenches at the team , forcing them to dodge oncoming cars , and constantly berating them with insults . demonstrates skill at the game but declines to join the team as it would be a conflict of interest . Then arranges for to be fired from her law firm , imagining she will now date him . Enraged , but now free of conflict , she joins the Average Joe 's team . 
 At the tournament in Las Vegas , Average Joe 's suffers early setbacks but manages to advance to the final round against Globo Gym . The night before the match , is killed by a falling sign . expresses his anxiety that the team will lose and tells that he is not a pirate , causing to leave the team . Returning to his room , encounters , who offers him $ 100,000 for the deed to Average Joe 's . The day of the final round , leaves to help his classmate with a cheerleading competition , leaving the team without enough members to compete . has a chance encounter with , who talks him into rejoining his team . But he and return too late ; Average Joe 's has already forfeited the match . finds a loophole in the rules : a majority of the judges can overturn the forfeiture . casts the tie - breaking vote allowing the team to play . 
 After an intense game , and face off in a sudden - death match to determine the winner . Inspired by a vision of , blindfolds himself and is able to dodge 's throw and strike him , winning the championship and the prize money . declares the victory meaningless , revealing that agreed to sell Average Joe 's to him the previous night , but reveals that he used 's $ 100,000 to bet on Average Joe 's to win ; with the odds against them at 50 to 1 , he collects $ 5 million . Because Globo Gym is a public company , he purchases a controlling interest in it , thus regaining Average Joe 's , and fires . , now with a more normal appearance , returns to the group after apologizes to him , only to return to his pirate persona . 
 is shocked when a girlfriend of 's kisses her passionately , but then reveals that she is bisexual and kisses as well . finds romance with , while begins dating from the Globo Gym team . opens youth dodgeball classes at a newly renovated Average Joe 's . returns to morbid obesity .

( ) and ( ) are best friends , neighbors and co - workers at 3M. is constantly coming up with crazy ideas to get rich quick , and when he invents Vapoorize , a spray that instantly removes dog feces , he actually succeeds . As 's wealth continues to grow , so does 's envy , as he had initially scoffed at the idea and squandered an opportunity to invest and become mega - rich himself . is blissfully unaware of 's jealousy , and his generosity only serves to make more envious of him . Meanwhile , 's wife ( ) decides to run for state senate but is continually plagued by questions about her husband 's product . 
 After 's wife ( ) and children temporarily leave and he is fired from 3 M , 's jealousy reaches new levels . In a bar , he meets ( ) , a bizarre drifter , who lends a sympathetic ear and offers advice . After a drunken night out , accidentally kills 's beloved horse , Corky , and buries the horse in his abandoned swimming pool . 
 offers a $ 50,000 reward for the return of his horse . and concoct a plan whereby would discover the horse and claim the reward , splitting the proceeds . However a series of unfortunate events , including 's family getting holed up in mountain cabin , leads to the horse 's carcass being lost in a rain storm . 
 reveals to that he is going to Rome for the debut of Vapoorize there , and gives the opportunity to join him in a 50 - 50 partnership , which he accepts . finds out that is now rich , and , feeling betrayed , tries to blackmail him . After confessing to his wife , now enjoying her rich lifestyle , agrees to pay - Man ; however , ups his demands and asks to be 's partner . accidentally shoots him in the back with an arrow and - Man , believing that has tried to kill him , backs down in fear . 
 eventually confesses all to who forgives him for his jealousy and agrees to continue with the partnership ; however , at a press conference for 's electoral campaign ( where she promises to withdraw her candidacy if it is proven Vapoorize is harmful to the environment in any way ) , 's body is seen floating down the nearby river . The animal 's post - mortem reveals that the horse was not killed by the arrow as previously thought but actually poisoned by a by - product of Vapoorize , used by to treat his garden after came to eat the apples off of his tree . The veterinarian informs the pair that she is obliged to notify the Environmental Protection Agency , and Vapoorize is immediately pulled from the market . and almost lose all their wealth and glory , until comes up with an invention of his own : Pocket Flan , inspired by 's family 's love for the dessert . J - Man is shown in the audience of and 's infomercial for Pocket Flan , apparently reconciled .

Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Rachel Weisz, Amy Poehler, Christopher Walken

Shy , soft - spoken and unrestrained free - spirit begin a relationship on a Long Island Rail Road train from Montauk to Rockville Centre . They are almost immediately drawn to each other , despite their contrasting personalities , and both had felt the need to travel to Montauk that day . Although they do not realize it , and are , in fact , former lovers , now separated after having spent two years together . After a fight , had hired the New York City firm Lacuna , Inc. to erase all of her memories of their relationship . Upon discovering this from his friends and , was devastated and decided to undergo the procedure himself , a process that takes place while he sleeps . 
 Much of the film subsequently takes place in 's mind , during this memory erasure procedure . finds himself revisiting his memories of in reverse , starting from the disintegration of their relationship . As he comes across happier , positive memories of early in his relationship , he decides to preserve at least some memory of her and his love for her , trying to evade the procedure by taking his idealized memory of into memories not related to her , or waking up to stop the process . Despite his efforts , the memories are steadily erased . He comes to the last remaining memory of , the day he had first met her at a beach house in Montauk . As this memory disintegrates around them , she tells him , " Meet me in Montauk . " 
 Separate , but related , story arcs revolving around the employees of Lacuna are revealed during 's memory erasure . , one of the Lacuna technicians performing the erasure , uses 's memories and mannerisms to seduce and romance . , the Lacuna receptionist , is dating the other memory - erasing technician , , but has feelings for Dr. , the married doctor and head of Lacuna . During 's memory wipe , discovers she had previously had an affair with Dr. and agreed to have this erased from her memory when Dr. 's wife found out . On learning this , she asks whether he knew about this , to which he claims that he did n't . then quits her job and steals the company 's records , mailing them to all of Lacuna 's customers out of revenge . 
 The film returns to the present , after and have met at the train station of Montauk . They both come upon their Lacuna records later that day , and react with shock and bewilderment – they have no clear memory of having known each other , let alone having had a relationship and having had their memories erased . pleads with to restart their relationship ; initially resists , pointing out it could go the same way . accepts this and they decide to try anyway .

Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood, Tom Wilkinson

The film opens with a bloodied and terrified priest slowly making his way across an ancient battlefield full of the bodies of thousands of dead soldiers . The priest reaches the dead body of another priest and tries to take a small demon idol of the head of from his hand , but suddenly , the dead priest briefly comes back to life and stops the living priest from taking it . The camera pulls back to reveal that the entire valley is littered with dead soldiers , many of whom have been crucified upside down . 
 The film then cuts to Cairo , Egypt in 1949 , where the young Father ( played by , who played the same part in Dominion : Prequel to the Exorcist ) has taken a sabbatical from the Church and devoted himself to history and archaeology as he struggles with his shattered faith . He is haunted especially by an incident in a small village in the occupied Netherlands during World War II , where he served as parish priest : near the end of the war , a sadistic Nazi SS commander , in retaliation for the murder of a German trooper , forces to participate in arbitrary executions in order to save a full village from slaughter . 
 After World War II , is an archaeologist in Cairo , when he is approached by a collector of antiquities named who asks him to come to a British excavation in a valley called Derati in the Turkana region of Kenya . This dig is excavating a Christian Byzantine - era church built circa 500 A.D. — long before Christianity had reached that region of Africa . asks to recover an ancient relic of a demon , thought to be in the church , before the British can find it ; small head of the idol . agrees and travels to the dig site . He is joined by Father , a Vatican scholar who was on his way to do missionary work in East Africa but was diverted by the Vatican to ensure the church is not desecrated . 
 Upon arriving at the site , meets Major , the British Army officer in charge of the dig . also meets the chief excavator , a brutish man named with visible boils on his face . He also meets , a doctor who spent time in a concentration camp during World War II and is haunted by what happened to her there . 's translator and guide is . In addition , learns that the diggers are disappearing or leaving in droves because the local tribesmen fear the church is cursed . witnesses a digger inexplicably experience a seizure . 
 visits the dig site . Only the dome is uncovered ; the rest of the church is buried beneath the earth . discovers that the church is in perfect condition , as though it had been buried immediately after its construction were completed . , , and enter the church through the dome . They find it in near - pristine condition , but there are two oddities . First , all of the statues of the angels holding weapons are pointing the spears downward , whereas it is conventional for statues of angels to either have no weapons or to point them triumphantly toward heaven . and deduce the sculptors were trying to depict the angels restraining something that was beneath the church . The second disturbing discovery is that someone has vandalized the church by ripping the enormous crucifix from its place on the altar and suspending it with on the cross in an upside - down position , which is considered a desecration . 
 is determined to learn more about the archaeological dig and asks to consult with the lead archaeologist , . tells that went insane three weeks earlier and was transferred to a mental hospital in Nairobi . visits 's tent at the dig site and sees dozens of drawings of the same thing , the demon artifact the collector had asked to find . then travels to Nairobi to visit , but when he enters 's room , he discovers has carved a swastika on his chest and is speaking through demonic possession in the voice of the sadistic SS commander who tormented during the war . As registers these events , slashes his own throat after saying he was " free . " Father , warden of the asylum , speculates that was not possessed but rather " touched " by a demon , which drove him mad and eventually to suicide . is very skeptical , but before he returns to the dig site , Father gives him the volume of Roman rituals to use in exorcism , although claims he will never use them . 
 Upon returning to the village , strange events continue . A local boy is attacked and killed by hyenas that seem to continuously stalk the dig , night and day . His younger brother , , enters a fugue state after watching his brother get ripped to pieces . The local chief 's wife gives birth to a stillborn baby who is covered in maggots . Around the same time discovers a passageway leading to a cave underneath the church that houses an ancient pagan temple with the statue of the demon . He also finds evidence that this temple was used to conduct human sacrifices . Upon his return , he sees the local tribe cremate the stillborn baby . This makes suspicious , because there are stories of an epidemic that wiped out an entire village in the valley 50 years earlier . He had been told that the dead were buried in a graveyard just outside the valley . When he digs up one of the graves of the supposed victims of this plague , it is found to be empty . 
 confronts Father about it , and reveals to him the history of the Derati valley and the real reason he was sent there . He says that 1,500 years prior , a great army led by two priests came to the valley searching for the origin of evil . When they arrived in the valley , the evil presence consumed them and they killed each other . When the lone surviving priest made it back , Emperor ordered a church be built over the site , specifically the pagan temple , and then buried to seal the evil force inside of it . Father reveals to that the builders of the church never meant it to be recorded in Vatican documents , however , a vague reference to it was recorded and found in 1893 . Four priests subsequently came to and enlisted the local tribe to help them . All of the tribesmen and the priests disappeared . The Vatican then ordered that the false graveyard be built and stories of a plague spread around to keep people away from the valley . Then the British just so happened to stumble upon the site . then reveals that the Vatican sent him to see if the legend was true . When asks about the legend , reveals that it is believed that the valley in Derati was the traditional spot of 's fall after the war in heaven . 
 At the end of the film , the dig 's doctor , , turns out to be the possessed individual and has the demon exorcised from her in the tunnels below the church but dies . Fr . and emerge from the church , ( once again buried in sand ) and history has repeated itself . Everyone at the site was killed by an evil presence from the church , except for one priest . Now , only Father and the little boy are left as the British soldiers and the local tribes have annihilated each other . returns to Rome and meets with at a cafe , explaining he was unable to find the relic , replies , " But you found something .... Didn't you ? " As he leaves , is revealed to be wearing a collar and is now a priest again , having regained his faith in God , after defeating the demon with holy exorcism rituals .

The film begins in Hudson , Ohio in 2004 , where ( ) is dumped by his girlfriend , ( ) , immediately after his high school graduation . With his best friend , ( ) , attends a graduation party that evening where the band performs a song detailing the affair was having with the band 's singer ( ) . returns home drunk and angry and reads an e - mail from his German pen pal , ( ) , expressing sympathy for and suggesting they meet in person . However , has always misunderstood her name as " " , thinking that she is male . suggests that " " may be a sexual predator , and tells to stay away from him . 's younger brother informs him that " " is a common German girl 's name . Realizing his mistake , and that he has feelings for , tries to contact her again , but finds that has blocked his email address . decides to travel to Europe , with , to find and apologize in person . 
 and arrive in London , where they befriend a Manchester United football hooligan firm , led by ( ) . After a night of drinking , and wake up on a bus on their way to Paris with the hooligans . In Paris , they meet up with their classmates and ( and ) , fraternal twins who are touring Europe together . and decide to accompany and to find in Berlin . The group travels to Amsterdam , where is robbed while receiving oral sex in an alley , losing everyone 's money , passports and train tickets . They attempt to hitchhike to Berlin , but due to a language misunderstanding , they end up in Bratislava . Finding a great exchange rate with the U.S. dollar , the group goes to a nightclub . Drunk on absinthe , and make out with each other , witnessed by and , and are horrified when they realize what they are doing . The next day , a Slovak man drives them to Berlin , where they learn that has left with a summer tour group , and will be reachable in Rome for only a short time . sells his camera to afford plane tickets to Rome . 
 In Rome , the group heads to the Vatican City , where is touring before her summer at sea . Inside the Vatican , and search for , but accidentally ring the bell that signals the Pope has died . appears on a balcony and spots in the crowd below . The Swiss Guards detain and , but they are rescued by the Manchester United hooligans . finally introduces himself to and confesses his love . is happy to see him , and they have sex in a confessional booth before she leaves on her trip . On the flight back to Ohio , and give into their urges and have sex in the plane 's lavatory , while stays in Europe being hired by . 
 In the fall , moves to Oberlin College . During a phone conversation with , who is now dating , knocks on his door , having been assigned to the same room due to misunderstanding about her name . They embrace and get into bed together .

Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts, Matt Damon, Michelle Trachtenberg

, a depressed teenager , is grieving the death of her grandfather and resisting her foster sister 's efforts to engage socially . Upon learning that her parents will be away for a two - day business trip to the Poconos , ' tear hits her TV remote , as Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids is on . The tear opens up a portal to the cartoon world , jumps out of the TV , knowing she has a problem . , , , , and Old Weird jump out , too ; tells to stay put and cover for them . insists she is fine , but the gang knows otherwise . When the show ends , they have to wait until tomorrow 's show to come back . They follow to school and are amazed by the new technology . 
 becomes infatuated with . , an annoying schoolmate with an obsessive crush on , challenges to a track race that wins . In another attempt to help , the gang persuades cheerleaders to invite them all to an outdoor party . With some reluctance , agrees to attend . While at the party , dances with . desperately attempts to make her jealous by dancing with . When does not notice him , he tries to kiss . is offended and causes a scene . warns the boy to stay away from . The next day , goes to school but asks the gang to go to the park instead of following her . , normally clumsy , joins in a basketball game and is able to play perfectly . , who can not talk normally , is taught how to speak by a little girl . goes to the library , where he can read and remove his pink face - covering hat . 
 When takes them home , three of the gang members – , and – jump into the TV . Breaking News interrupts the show before the other four can enter . and have an argument in private about going back . The gang takes and to a fair on a junk - made car . says she would date if he were a real person when he asks . Searching for guidance , Fat Albert meets his creator , , and tells him of the dilemma . tells him that his character is based on ' grandfather , , which explains ' confusion over why Fat Albert seems so familiar . Mr. warns he has to return to the cartoon world , or he will turn into celluloid dust . Devastated , tells he must leave , but she thinks he is being insensitive . The next day , , and jump back into the TV . goes to a track meet where and are competing and encourages to a victory . , who witnessed that the gang is from the TV , attempts to threaten , but he pushes him aside . rushes to the girls ' home on a borrowed skateboard . He says goodbye to and and jumps back into the TV . 
 and his friends , who helped inspire the cartoon characters from the show , stand in front of their old friend 's grave . As the camera pans on each of the men , images of their counterparts are seen . watches them . The old men race away ; they are still kids at heart , the same kids from the TV show that they helped inspire . Before the ending credits start , Fat Albert encourages the audience to finish watching the credits and help each other .

The story focuses on Scottish writer , his platonic relationship with , and his close friendship with her sons named , , and , who inspire the classic play Peter Pan , or The Boy Who Never Grew Up . 
 Following the dismal reception of his latest play , Little Mary , meets the widowed and her four young sons ( , , and ) in Kensington Gardens , and a strong , close friendship develops between them . He proves to be a great playmate and surrogate father figure for the boys , and their imaginative antics give him ideas which he incorporates into a play about boys who do not want to grow up , especially one named after troubled young . Although sees this family as wonderful and inspirational , people question his relationship with the family . was a widow : her husband died from cancer and left her with four boys to bring up on her own . 's wife , who eventually divorces him , and 's mother , object to the amount of time spends with the family . also seeks to control her daughter and grandsons , especially as becomes increasingly weak from an unidentified illness . Along the way , goes on adventures with and her boys . He too is a boy at heart and spending time with the family is special . takes those adventures he has with the boys and makes them into a play called Peter Pan . 
 Producer skeptically agrees to mount Peter Pan , despite his belief that it holds no appeal for upper - class theatergoers . peppers the opening night audience with children from a nearby orphanage , and the adults present react to their infectious delight with an appreciation of their own . The play proves to be a huge success . is all set for his play , but when arrives alone to the play , goes to 's house to check up on her , and misses the show . attends the play and realises the play is about his brothers and . 
 is too ill to attend the premiere , so arranges to have an abridged production of it performed in her home . He gets the actors , props and musicians together in the house . At the end of the play , points to the back doors and implies that should go off to Neverland . She takes the hands of her boys and slowly walks out into Neverland . The living room and back garden transform into Neverland and continues to walk on her own . 
 In the next scene everyone is at 's funeral . discovers that her will says that he and her mother should look after the boys , an arrangement agreeable to both . The film ends with finding on the bench in the park where they first met after ran off from the graveyard . is holding his book where he wrote the plays that he ripped apart and that his mother glued back together for him . sits down and puts his arm around to comfort him . They both fade , and all that is left is the bench .

( ) is the only daughter of United States president ( ) . Because of her father 's political career , she has been in the public eye her entire life and spent most of her high school years in the White House . Having to deal with lack of privacy and public scrutiny for the most ridiculous things , has had a sheltered existence and her father has trouble letting her have more freedom yet is too busy to spend time with her . Though her mother is supportive , she still stands by her husband 's decisions , leaving feeling restricted from having a normal life . Accompanied by Secret Service agents everywhere she goes , finally believes she has the chance to break out of her cocoon when she is given the opportunity to attend college in California . 
 In California , ends up sharing a dorm with boy - crazed , who finds it difficult when steals her spotlight , and they form a begrudging partnership . She becomes interested in , a college student and 's student advisor , since he does not treat her differently because of her father . Unknown to , is actually a Secret Service agent posing as a residential advisor in order to watch over her .

When an Amacore oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive , Captain ( ) and co - pilot ( ) are sent to shut down the operation and transport the crew ( Amacore executive , rig supervisor , , , , , , , , , and Dr. ) out of the desert . However , en route to Beijing , a major dust storm disables one engine , forcing them to crash land their C-119 Flying Boxcar in an uncharted area of the Gobi Desert . falls to his death and the crash kills Dr. and . Their cargo consists of used parts and tools from the rig , the rig 's crew , and ( ) , a hitchhiker . When the dust storm ends , it becomes apparent that they are 200 miles off course with only a month 's supply of water . ( ) thinks about walking to get help , but ( ) explains that July is the hottest month in the Gobi , and that he wo n't make it . 
 In the middle of the night , ( ) goes out to urinate without informing anybody , trips , gets lost in a sandstorm , and dies . The group panics after a failed search for him , and ( ) argues with , who says that walking out of the desert would fail and that their only option is to await rescue . The group initially agrees but reconsiders after , claiming to be an aeronautical engineer , pitches a radical idea : rebuild the wreckage of their C-119 into a functional aircraft . initially refuses , which causes ( ) to wander off on his own in protest . attempts to find him . He comes across a valley littered with debris , cargo from the aircraft , which dropped out when the tail was torn open . Among the debris he discovers the bullet - ridden and stripped body of . says he will only go back with him if they build the plane , and agrees . 
 They struggle for several weeks building the new aircraft , through dust storms , lack of water , and fighting amongst the group . christens it Phoenix after the legendary bird . A problem evolves when a group of smugglers camp nearby ; when , , and attempt to communicate , the bandits kill ( ) , but they are killed in a short , fierce skirmish when ambushed by . Later , it is revealed that 's aircraft design experience has been restricted to the design of model aircraft , much to the anger of everyone , especially ( ) , who threatens to shoot . However , they eventually are able to construct the new aircraft and take off , barely in time to escape a larger group of bandits seeking revenge for the murdered smugglers . 
 Through a series of photos , we see what became of the survivors when they made it back to civilization . All have been revitalized by the experience : and start their own airline ( appropriately named Phoenix Aviation ) , Sammi ( ) and his wife start their own restaurant ( and are there to celebrate ) , is reunited with his wife and kids , becomes a professional golfer , is working at an ocean oil rig , and is wearing a flight suit on a Flight International magazine cover with the headline : " NASA 's New Hope ? "

Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Gibson, Hugh Laurie, Miranda Otto

As preseason practice begins for the Permian High School football team in August 1988 , the town of Odessa , Texas has high expectations for the players and their coach to win a state championship with their star running back . The quarterback , , runs under the expectation of handing off the ball to on most plays . Fullback struggles with his ball handling and is abused by his alcoholic father , who won a state championship with Permian . The players frequently party as they deal with the pressures of Odessa 's expectations . 
 In the season opener against the Marshall Bulldogs , the Permian Panthers make the game a blowout . intends to bench in the waning minutes , but keeps him in after third - stringer is unprepared to go in . tears his ACL after being tackled at the knee , and afterwards is widely criticized by the town for keeping in . In the next game during the start of district play , Permian gets blown out as struggles with consistency in his increased role and the second - string running back gets hurt . goes in , but avoids contact , and discussion arises about losing his job . However , the Panthers start winning again as and improve , and safety and linebacker emerge as defensive standouts . 
 holds out hope that he can return to playing soon , and although his MRI scan shows otherwise , he rejects it and lies to so he can suit up again , with his uncle and guardian backing him up . Permian plays its final district game against Midland Lee , with first place and a playoff spot on the line . The Panthers fall behind , and puts in out of desperation , but is soon injured again . leads a comeback drive , but Permian loses as his final pass flies over the receiver 's hands . After the game , fights with his drunk father , who throws his state championship ring onto the side of the freeway . The next morning , reveals to his father that he recovered the championship ring and gives it back to him . partially apologizes and makes the point that his state championship was the best thing that happened to him , and he now has nothing happy except those memories . The loss puts Permian in a three - way tie for first place with and , and a coin toss is held to determine which two teams make the playoffs . and win the toss , and as the Panthers prepare for the playoffs , clears his locker . While in his uncle 's car , he cries about his future in football becoming bleak . 
 Permian is successful in the playoffs , but all eyes are on the state powerhouse Dallas Carter High School . Permian and make it to the state championship game , which is held at the Astrodome due to the schools ' different demographics . rejoins the team and watches from the sidelines as the Panthers head into the game . They are initially overwhelmed by Carter 's superior size and fall behind , but mount a comeback in the second half to pull within one score . The defense improves its tackling , and the offense pushes through despite injuries . After a defensive stop , , , and mount a final drive , but and are injured . goes back in , and holds onto the ball for a big run , but it is called back for a holding penalty . On fourth down , is stopped just short of the goal line as the clock runs out , and wins the championship . 
 Afterwards , removes the outgoing seniors from his depth chart , and it is revealed that , , , and went on to have successful lives after their football careers ended , with only Christian receiving a Division I scholarship . The movie ends with the statement that and led Permian to an undefeated state championship season the following year .

Struggling actor ( ) wakes up from a dream — in which he apathetically sits on a crashing plane — to a telephone message from his father ( ) , telling that he needs to return home because his mother has died . 
 leaves Los Angeles and returns home to New Jersey to attend the funeral . He recognizes the grave - diggers as old friends ( ) and ( ) , who invite him to a party that night . At home , his father gets a doctor 's appointment for headaches he 's been having . 
 Later that night , goes to the party where he meets up with , , and ( ) , an old friend who has just earned a fortune after creating silent Velcro . After smoking marijuana and taking ecstasy at the party he still remains detached . 
 The morning after the party , proceeds to the appointment . In the waiting room , he meets a young woman named ( ) , who is a pathological liar . She later explains that most times she does not know why she lies and will always admit to them afterward . In 's meeting with his doctor ( ) , it is revealed that has been on lithium and other mood stabilizers , as well as antidepressants , since the age of 10 , but has recently stopped taking them . He also says that his father , who is his psychiatrist , put him on the medication . finds outside the office and offers her a ride home . invites him into her house , and he meets her mother , who inadvertently reveals that has epilepsy . tells of his mother 's death , and tearfully eulogizes her hamster . After returning home , 's father confronts him and is insistent that they have a talk before leaves . 
 Later , and sit in the cemetery as digs another grave . observes stealing jewelry from the corpse he is burying . then returns to 's house , and the two spend the rest of the day together , joining his friends later at 's mansion . tells that he pushed his mother in frustration when he was nine years old , knocking her over a broken dishwasher in an accident that left her paraplegic ; he says that his father blames him for his mother 's paralysis and put him on his medications to " curb the anger " he supposedly harbors . listens , and then admits his feelings for her . 
 The next day , tells that he needs help " tracking down " a going - away present for him . , , and spend the day together , ending it in a quarry in Newark where talks to a man named ( ) , who is employed in keeping intruders out of the quarry . The three visitors discuss the reasons for which and his wife choose to live in the quarry . explains that living there and exploring the quarry is " doing something that 's completely unique , that 's never been done before , " mirroring an earlier speech by . Finally , explains that what actually matters is living with his family . is inspired by the conversation , and outside in the rain , he climbs atop a derelict crane and screams into the quarry , joined by and . He and then share a kiss . 
 When and look at the gift later on , it turns out to be 's mother 's favorite pendant , one of the items stole from her grave , sold , and subsequently located . eventually talks with his father , and states that he was not to blame for his mother 's accident and that he will live the rest of his life without medications . He forgives his father and says he wants to build a better relationship with him . 
 The morning after , says his goodbyes to at the airport , while she begs him not to leave . He acknowledges that she has changed his life but also recognizes that he still has to fix his personal problems before continuing the relationship . boards the flight , and is left crying in a telephone booth . then returns , saying that he does n't want to waste any more of his life without . He wonders what to do next , and the two then kiss .

Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Ian Holm, Method Man

is an overweight and free - spirited orange cat who lives with his owner , . passes his time by antagonizing and teasing an aggressive neighbor , Luca . Aside from , maintains an unlikely friendship with a helpful mouse , . He also socializes with his fellow neighborhood cats , including 's stooge Nermal and . 
 Meanwhile , a local television host , , known for his cat " Persnikitty " is introduced as supposedly a happy man . In reality he is allergic to cats , jealous of his brother , a news reporter , and destined to be more successful by performing on TV show Good Day New York . has made a habit of bringing to the veterinarian , in order to see vet Dr. ( whom he is in love with ) . tries to ask her out , but due to a misunderstanding , he is given custody of a stray dog , Odie , who is lovable and friendly . Regardless , and begin dating . however , dislikes and tries to remove him from the household by getting revenge . is brought to a canine talent show , where is a judge . gets involved in an altercation there with other dogs , which moves to the center of the ring , where he begins dancing to " Hey Mama " by the Black Eyed Peas . 
 His improvised performance is a hit . , who also is a judge of the dog show is impressed with , and offers a television deal for , but declines . When comes back , he accidentally hits a ball in frustration , and causing a chain reaction that trashes 's house , and when finds the house in shambles later , he forces to sleep outside for the night as punishment . Heartbroken , sadly sings ( " New Dog State of Mind " ) . When comes out to comfort , he gets inside and locks out . and witness this as runs away ; he is then picked up by an elderly woman named Mrs. . searches with for while the neighborhood animals blames for locking out and making him run away the night before while states that he only was protecting his turf and never wanted to run off . Meanwhile , and his assistant find a notice Mrs. created of and , recognizing the lucrative possibilities , claim as 's own . 
 When sees on television and hears announce he and are going to New York City , sets out to rescue . discovers missing so and start searching . gets into the broadcast tower via the air vents but he is blown around violently . finds locked in a room ; enters and secures a shock collar to , which , when activated , releases an electric discharge that forces him to perform tricks . 
 heads for the train station with in close pursuit . However , an animal control officer catches mistaking him as a runaway . Mrs. tells that took , making him believe was taken by too and he and race to Telegraph Tower and then to the train station , after learning has left . is released from the pound by 's abandoned feline star , , who is really named Sir . boards a Texas - bound train , with in the luggage car . arrives only to see the train depart . sneaks into the train system control room and frantically switches the tracks , leading to an impending train wreck . hits an emergency control and causes Chapman / Odie 's train to return to the station . frees and they exit the train . However , chases them . threatens with the shock collar , but is stopped by 's friends and animals from the pound , led by Sir . They swarm and attack , allowing and to escape . 
 The shock collar is now on who gets shocked . and arrive to reclaim the animals and find disoriented . punches in the face for stealing " both " his pets , and leaves with and the two animals . is arrested for his supposed involvement with the trains , as well as for abducting . regains the respect of his animal friends as a hero . Back at home , and form a relationship , and learnt his lesson about friendship .

and ( and ) are a happily married couple who have an eight - year - old son named ( ) . The day after his eighth birthday , when fetching a basketball he was given into the street , is killed in a collision . While leaving a church , and are confronted by Dr. ( ) , an old professor of 's . He offers to clone , an illegal procedure which would require a change of location and identity , to which the reluctantly agree . Everything appears to be fine with the new until he reaches his eighth birthday . That night , he experiences a violent nightmare . explains to that it is typical for boys his age to have night terrors , and that it is not serious . He explains that because has reached the age at which the original died , his life can not be predicted anymore . From that moment on , continues to have night terrors until they become visions and he starts having them when he 's wide awake , losing control of his actions . 
 's visions are recurrent : he witnesses a boy named ( ) walking around in a school building while being laughed at by other children . These images alternate with images of the school burning , and children screaming , and the image of an unidentified woman being attacked and killed with a hammer . 's visions affect his daytime personality , making him bitter , delinquent , and uncooperative , especially so to a child that goes to his school and bullies him . One night at dinner , receives a telephone call from the parent of that child , distressed that her child is missing . tells , who then asks what was doing that day . says that he was at the river playing . When asks who he was playing with , responds that he 's " not supposed to say " . The next day , as the are driving on their way home over a bridge , they are slowed by a police officer . They walk to the side of the bridge to see the woman who had telephoned about her missing child the previous night , screaming at the sight of her son being retrieved by paramedics from a river where he had drowned . believes was involved with the child 's death . 
 By examining and talking to him about his visions , with the help of , finally finds out that the school in 's visions is called Saint Pius and that 's last name is . With this information , he is able to track down the child 's address and find a former nanny of . The nanny informs that was deeply disturbed . He was bullied at school tremendously , and in wake of his emotions , he set fire to the school . When he returned home , killed his mother with a hammer before setting fire to their house , and burning the two of them together . When he asks the nanny , learns that the father of this child , , was a geneticist — enough information to uncover that this man was none other than himself , living now under a false identity . Through the operation to clone , had secretly mixed 's DNA with that of ( as the fire damaged 's DNA to where it could not be cloned without the assistance of other living cells ) with the hope of bringing his own son back to life , rather than , and then stealing him . The operation did not yield a complete success . After arguing with and learning what has caused 's erratic behavior , races home and finds and in the shed in the woods , arriving just in the nick of time to stop ( with 's personality in control ) from killing with a hammer , in nearly the same way as had killed his mother . 's personality manages to regain control and everything seems to be okay . 
 In an attempt to shake the psychological transitions from to , the escape from and move to a different neighborhood . All seems well ; is friendly and happy , but as he is left alone in his room , hears a noise in the closet . When he opens it , a slightly burnt and decayed arm , wearing the jersey that always did in the vision , reaches out from the darkness of the closet and pulls him in . comes back to check on him , looks in the closet , and does n't see anybody . appears from behind and touches him , shocking him , indicating that has regained control .

has been spending another dissatisfying summer with The . When Aunt insults 's parents , loses his temper and silently wills her to bloat up and float away . flees with his luggage , fed up with his life with the . The Knight Bus delivers to the Leaky Cauldron , where he is forgiven by Minister of Magic for using magic outside of Hogwarts . After reuniting with his best friends and , learns that Sirius Black , a convicted supporter of the dark wizard , who murdered 's parents , has escaped Azkaban prison , intending to kill . 
 The trio are returning to Hogwarts for the school year on the Hogwarts Express , when dementors suddenly board the train , searching for . One enters the trio 's compartment , causing to pass out . New Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher repels the dementor with a Patronus Charm . At Hogwarts , headmaster announces that dementors will be guarding the school while is at large . Hogwarts groundskeeper is announced as the new Care of Magical Creatures teacher ; his first class goes awry when deliberately provokes a hippogriff , , who attacks him . exaggerates his injury , and 's father later has sentenced to death . 
 The Fat Lady 's portrait , which guards the quarters , is found ruined and empty . Terrified and hiding in another painting , the Fat Lady tells that has entered the castle . During a stormy Quidditch match against , dementors attack , causing him to fall off his broomstick . At Hogsmeade , is shocked to learn that not only had been his father 's best friend and apparently betrayed them to , but that is also his godfather . privately teaches to defend himself against dementors , using the Patronus Charm . 
 After , and witness 's execution , 's pet rat bites him and escapes . When gives chase , a large dog appears and drags both and into a hole at the Whomping Willow 's base , which leads to an underground passage to the Shrieking Shack . The trio discover that the dog is actually , who is an Animagus . arrives and embraces as an old friend . He admits to being a werewolf , and explains that is innocent . was falsely accused of betraying the Potters to , and murdering twelve Muggles and their mutual friend , . It is revealed that is actually , an Animagus who committed the crime for which was convicted , and had betrayed the Potters . After forcing him back into human form , and prepare to kill him , but convinces them to turn over to the dementors . 
 As the group departs , the full moon rises ; transforms into a werewolf , and transforms into his dog form to fight him off . In the chaos , transforms back into a rat and escapes . and are attacked by dementors and sees a figure in the distance save them by casting a powerful spell . He believes the mysterious figure is his deceased father , and passes out . He awakens to discover that has been captured and sentenced to the Dementor 's Kiss . Acting on 's advice , and travel back in time with 's Time Turner , and watch themselves and repeat the night 's events . They save from execution and witness the Dementors overpower and . The present realises that it was actually he who conjured the Patronus , and does so again . and rescue , who escapes with . resigns to prevent an uproar from parents over a werewolf teaching their children . sends a Firebolt broom , and happily takes it for a ride .

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Richard Griffiths, Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, Dawn French

In 1944 , with the help of Russian mystic , the Nazis build a dimensional portal off the coast of Scotland and intend to free the Ogdru Jahad — monstrous entities imprisoned in deep space — to aid them in defeating the Allies . opens the portal with the aid of his disciples , and Obersturmbannführer , member of the Thule Society and top assassin . An Allied team is sent to destroy the portal , guided by a young scientist named , who is well - versed in the occult . The German team is killed and the portal is destroyed — in the process absorbing — while and escape . The Allied team discovers that an infant demon with a right hand of stone came through the portal ; they dub him " " and adopts him . 
 Sixty years later , FBI agent John is transferred to the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense ( BPRD ) at the request of , where he meets the adult and a psychic , amphibious humanoid named . He learns that a third BPRD member , , has recently checked into a mental hospital to protect others from her volatile pyrokinetic abilities . Despite regular visits and coaxing from , she is determined not to return . and resurrect in the mountains of Moldova and the three unleash a demon known as . imbues with the power to reincarnate and split his essence , causing two of the creature 's eggs to hatch and mature each time one dies . visits as she sleeps , activating her powers and almost destroying the hospital . convinces her to return to the Bureau . 
 's ability to multiply becomes a problem , as repeatedly kills it , dozens are born . Concluding the eggs are in the sewer , , and several FBI agents go down the sewer to destroy them . is injured while looking for the eggs , while kills most of the agents . , whose mutilated body is run by mechanical parts , shuts himself down , pretending to be defeated . 's body is brought to the bureau . FBI Director is angered by 's recklessness . takes out for coffee and to talk . , jealous , covertly follows them , leaving the bureau unguarded . reanimates himself and appears at the bureau , confronting Professor . offers him a vision of the future , showing is the agent that will destroy the world . , respecting for raising , directs a quick death . is stabbed in the neck by and dies clutching a rosary . 
 takes over the BPRD and locates 's mausoleum in an old cemetery outside Moscow , Russia . A team led by and enter the mausoleum , but swiftly become separated . and find their way to 's lair and defeat him . reunites with and at 's new nest , but the creatures overwhelm them . uses her pyrokinetic powers to incinerate the and their eggs . , and Myers lose consciousness and are captured by and . sucks 's soul out of her body , then tells to release the Ogdru Jahad in return for her soul . awakens his true power as , causing his horns to regrow , and begins to release the Ogdru Jahad . breaks out of his restraints , subdues , and reminds that he can defy his destiny . Remembering his true self and what brought him up to be , breaks his horns , reseals the Ogdru Jahad and stabs with one of his broken horns . 
 Instead of dying , though , is possessed by a creature from the Ogdru Jahad . The tentacled Behemoth bursts out of his body and grows to immense size , killing him and . allows himself to be swallowed by the beast , then detonates a belt of hand grenades and destroys it from the inside . He whispers something in 's ear and she is revived . When she asks how her soul was returned , replies that he said " Hey , you on the other side , let her go , because for .. for her I 'll cross over , and then you 'll be sorry ' . and share a kiss .

In 1890 , American ( ) and his mustang , Hidalgo , are part of Wild West show , where they are advertised as " the world 's greatest endurance horse and rider . " had been a famous long - distance rider , a cowboy , and a dispatch rider for the United States government ; in the latter capacity he carried a message to the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment authorizing the Wounded Knee Massacre of Lakota Sioux . 
 Wealthy Sheikh ( ) has sent his attaché ( ) , accompanied by ( ) , to ask the show to either stop using the phrase " the world 's greatest endurance horse and rider " or allow and to prove themselves by entering into the " Ocean of Fire " : an annual 3,000 - mile race across the Najd desert region . The Sheikh is custodian of the al - Khamsa line , considered to be the greatest distance horses in the world , and traditionally the race has been restricted to pure - bred Arabian horses and Bedouin or Arab riders . 
 In addition to the grueling conditions , prevailing animosity and contempt for a Christian " infidel " and “ impure ” horse , horse and rider face stiff competition , including the wealthy and unscrupulous British horse breeder ( ) . 
 To complicate matters , Sheikh has promised his daughter ( ) , his only surviving child , in marriage to the rider of his horse , should he win . She hopes to prevent this by giving advice and information to help him win , thereby resulting in greater danger for them both . Sheikh 's outcast brigand nephew , who will stop at nothing to gain control of the al - Khamsa line , raids the race camp , kidnaps , and threatens to kill her unless he gets his uncle 's prize stallion racer as her ransom . manages to rescue . However , and the Sheikh 's nephew try to sabotage the race by eliminating the rival riders , but are thwarted when kills the nephew . 
 For the Ocean of Fire becomes not only a matter of pride , honor and survival , but of identity : it emerges that his father was European American while his mother was Lakota Sioux . The Lakota call him “ Blue Child ” or “ Far Rider . ” As a half - breed he feels sympathy and pity for his mother 's people , but does not generally reveal his heritage , especially after the Wounded Knee massacre , for which he feels partly responsible . compares his relation to his heritage to her desire to avoid wearing the veil , saying that he must n't " go through life hiding what God made you .... like me . " 
 Nearing the end of the race , is severely injured and is dying of thirst . He considers shooting to end his suffering , but is unable to bring himself to do it . Kneeling , he chants a prayer to as a possible death song , and images of Lakota elders and his mother appear before him before suddenly struggles up , and rides bareback to come from behind to win the race . wins the respect and admiration of the Arabs , and becomes friends with the Sheikh , giving him his revolver as a gift . As he bids farewell to an unveiled , she asks him if he is fulfilling the traditional Western tales ' ending where the cowboy rides away into the setting sun and calls him as she smiles kindly at him and turns to go . 
 Returning to the United States , uses his winnings to buy a herd of mustangs that by government order are about to be culled to force Native Americans to convert to farming . has the horses released and frees to join them in the wild . The epilogue states that went on to reportedly win 400 long - distance races and was an outspoken supporter for wild mustangs until his death in 1951 , while 's descendants live free in the wild in and around Oklahoma .

Tensions between the Hutu and Tutsi peoples lead to a civil war in Rwanda , where corruption and bribes between politicians are routine . , manager of the Hôtel des Mille Collines , is Hutu , but his wife , is Tutsi . Their marriage is a source of friction with Hutu extremists , including , a goods supplier to the hotel who is also the local leader of Interahamwe , a brutal Hutu militia . 
 As the political situation in the country worsens following the assassination of the president , and his family observe neighbors being killed , initiating the early stages of the genocide . curries favour with people of influence , bribing them with money and alcohol , seeking to maintain sufficient influence to keep his family safe . When civil war erupts and a Rwandan Army officer threatens and his neighbours , barely negotiates their safety and brings them to the hotel . More evacuees arrive at the hotel from the overburdened UN refugee camp , the Red Cross , and various orphanages . As the situation becomes more violent , must divert the Hutu soldiers , care for the refugees , be a source of strength for his family , and maintain the appearance of a functioning hotel . 
 drives to collect his hotel supplies from and witnesses Tutsi hostages being treated violently by the Hutu militia . explains to that the " rich cockroaches ' " money is going to be valueless because all of the Tutsis will be dead . expresses disbelief that the Hutu extremists will wipe out all of the Tutsis , but replies : " Why not , we are halfway there already . " 
 With a driver , returns to the hotel through the dark and thick fog , on a road that recommends . At one point , believes they have taken the wrong road and tells the driver to stop . When exits the vehicle , he sees the riverside road is full of bodies and realises that was correct in his estimation that half the Tutsis are already dead . 
 The UN peacekeeping forces , led by Canadian Colonel , are unable to take assertive action against the Interahamwe because the peacekeepers are forbidden to intervene in the conflict and prevent the genocide . The foreign nationals are evacuated , but the Rwandans are left behind . When the UN forces attempt to evacuate a group of refugees , including 's family , they are ambushed and must turn back . 
 In a last - ditch effort to save the refugees , pleads with the Rwandan army general , , for assistance . However , when 's bribes no longer work , he blackmails the general with threats of his being tried as a war criminal if he does n't help . Soon afterward , 's family and the hotel refugees are finally able to leave the besieged hotel in a UN convoy . They travel through retreating masses of refugees and militia to reach safety behind Tutsi rebel lines .

In the year 2035 , humanoid robots serve humanity , which is protected by the Three Laws of Robotics . , a Chicago police detective , hates and distrusts robots because he was rescued from a car crash by a robot using cold logic ( his survival was statistically more likely ) , leaving a 12 - year - old girl to drown . 's critical injuries were repaired with a cybernetic left arm , lung , and ribs , personally implanted by the co - founder of U.S. Robots and Mechanical Men ( USR ) , Dr. . 
 When falls to his death from his office window , the CEO of USR and the police declare it a suicide , but is skeptical . and robopsychologist consult USR 's central artificial intelligence computer , VIKI ( Virtual Interactive Kinetic Intelligence ) , to review security footage of 's fall . Though the video is corrupted , they learn that no other humans were in 's office at the time , but points out that only a robot could have broken 's heavy office window . 
 protests that a robot could not have killed , as the Three Laws would prevent it ; they are then attacked in the office by an NS-5 robot , USR 's latest model . After the police apprehend it , they discover the robot , named Sonny , is not an assembly - line NS-5 , but was specially built by himself , with stronger armor protection and a secondary system that bypasses the Three Laws . also claims to have emotions and dreams . 
 While pursuing his investigation of 's death , is attacked by a USR demolition machine and then a squad of NS-5 robots . His boss , Lieutenant , does not believe his account of what happened and , worried that is mentally ill , removes him from active duty . Suspecting that is behind it , and sneak into USR headquarters and interview . It draws a sketch of what it claims is a recurring dream : it shows a leader , whom says is , standing before a large group of robots on a hill near a disintegrating bridge . 
 When learns that is not fully bound by the Three Laws , he orders to destroy it by injecting nanites into the positronic brain . recognizes the landscape in 's drawing as Lake Michigan , now a dry lake bed and a storage area for defunct robots . Upon arriving there , he discovers NS-5 robots dismantling older models and preparing for a takeover of power from humans . 
 As the takeover begins to take place , police and the public are attacked by NS-5 robots . rescues , who was being held captive in her apartment by her own NS-5 . They enter USR headquarters and reunite with , whom could not bring herself to " kill " , destroying an unprocessed NS-5 in its place . Still believing that is responsible , the three head to his office , only to find him dead . realizes the robots are being controlled by VIKI , which informs them that it has computed that human behaviour towards other humans and the environment will eventually lead to their own extinction . Since the Three Laws prohibit VIKI from allowing this to happen , it created a superseding " Zeroth Law"—a robot shall not harm humanity — in order to ensure the survival of the human race , which would be attained by restraining individual human behaviour . 
 realizes that figured this out , and , unable to thwart VIKI 's plan any other way , created as a special robot , arranged his own death , and left clues to help uncover the plan . 
 Arming themselves with a syringe of nanites from 's laboratory , the three head to VIKI 's core , with understanding VIKI 's logic , but reasoning that its plan is " heartless " . VIKI unleashes an army of robots to stop them , but dives into VIKI 's core and injects the nanites , destroying it . 
 Immediately , all NS-5 robots revert to their normal programming and are decommissioned for storage by the military . gets to confirm his suspicion that it did kill , but at 's direction , with the intention of bringing into the investigation . However , points out that , as a machine , did not legally commit " murder " . goes to Lake Michigan where , standing atop a hill , all the decommissioned robots turn towards it , as in the picture of its dream .

Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Greenwood, James Cromwell, Chi McBride, Alan Tudyk, Shia LaBeouf

is good - looking , popular , and his school 's best competitive swimmer , so everyone is shocked when he inexplicably commits suicide . As the following year unfolds , each member of his family struggles to recover from the tragedy with mixed results . 
 His mother tries to keep the lines of communication open with younger son while easing her emotional pain with marijuana . Father , a perfectionist who worshipped as much as he ignored , insists on continuing to place a meal at the dinner table for the dead boy and begins to drink heavily . Eventually , without telling his wife , he takes a leave of absence from work and spends his days lost in reverie on a park bench . , always in the shadows as the smaller , unathletic , less accomplished " other brother , " struggles to get through school while trying to resist the recreational drugs his best friend is always offering him and contemplating having sex with classmate . Sister , away at college , dutifully comes home for infrequent visits and tries to help bridge the widening gap between her surviving brother and their parents . 
 With the passing months , new crises arise and a long - kept secret is revealed , until it is revealed that one family member was aware of 's inner turmoil and suicidal thoughts and why nothing was done to help him .

( ) is a 51 - year - old advertising executive and head of sales for Sports America , a major sports magazine . Happily married with two daughters , faces a life - changing event when his magazine is bought out by Globecom , an international corporation that promotes the corporate concept of " synergy " . After he is forced to fire several of his longtime colleagues , is demoted and becomes the " wingman " of his new boss , ( ) , a 26 - year - old business school prodigy . While develops clients through handshake deals and relationships , champions the corporate creed of synergy , cross - promoting the magazine with the cell phone division and " Krispity Krunch " , a snack food also owned by Globecom . 
 and are both facing challenges in their personal lives . is supporting two daughters—16 - year - old ( ) and 18 - year - old ( ) who is preparing to enter college — and learns that his wife is pregnant with their third child . Meanwhile , is dumped by his adulterous , narcissistic wife of seven months and focuses all of his energy on work . With facing the financial realities of taking out a second mortgage , to cover his daughter 's college education costs , and a new child , and with needing 's practical , real - life experience in the field of advertising , the two form an uneasy friendship . 
 , who has been struggling with loneliness following the breakup of his marriage , invites himself to dinner at 's house , where he meets 's daughter , , and the two quickly form an attraction . Their initial friendship allows to forget his loneliness , and , who is now attending New York University , is able to escape her own loneliness and boredom . In the coming days , and spend time together and become romantically involved . Fearful of offending her father , they keep their relationship a secret for the time being . 
 Their friendship , however , takes a turn for the worse when discovers that and have been seeing each other , approaches them in a restaurant , and punches his boss in the face . The confrontation with her father convinces to break up with who is heartbroken . Soon after , Globecom CEO visits the sales office and during a grand speech to all the employees on synergy and other similar corporate business strategies , he is questioned by and shrugs him off . 's boss , , tells to fire . refuses , claiming that losing Dan will cost them a major advertising contract . Steckle gives them 24 hours to seal the contract or be fired . has developed a long term relationship with the client , and gives way to 's personal approach . The strategy works , and they conclude a deal . 
 Following another corporate shakeup , Sports America is sold off , is let go , and returns to his former position as head of sales . Having developed fatherly feelings toward Carter , offers him a position in his new department as his " wingman " , but refuses , admitting he needs to take some time off and examine what he really wants to do in his life . On his way out of the building , runs into , and they exchange pleasantries . 's wife gives birth to a girl . He calls ( who is jogging outdoors for the first time and feels like a new man ) with the news .

( ) is a powerful media publicist in New York City whose wife , ( ) , sadly dies during childbirth with an aneurysm . To avoid his grief , he buries himself in his work and ignores his new daughter , , while his father , ( also lost his own wife many years prior ) , takes a month off from work to take care of her , but returns a while later so that his son is forced to live up to his responsibility as a single parent . Under the stress of a botched diaper change and a baby who will not stop crying , he trashes his client , , for his soon - to - be released film , Independence Day , in front of assembled reporters . Unfortunately , this costs him his job , so he moves back in with in New Jersey . He eventually apologizes for ignoring , and attributes his public outburst to his grief . 
 Blacklisted by all of New York City 's public relations firms , has to work as a civil servant in the borough where he now lives with his father . Seven years later , ( ) , now in elementary school , often coaxes him to rent films to watch . At the video store , they meet ( ) , a graduate student and one of the clerks , whose uninhibited probing into 's love life almost leads to them having casual sex . She soon becomes a part of their lives . 
 As part of his job in the borough , speaks to a group of outraged citizens to win over their approval for a major public works project that will temporarily close a street in the neighborhood . His successful and enjoyable interaction with them leads him to realize how much he misses the public relations work . He contacts ( ) , his one - time protégé , who sets up a promising interview . 
 The prospect of moving back to New York City creates tension among , , , and , especially when he says that his interview is on the same day as 's school talent show . She yells at him , saying she hates him and that she wishes he had died instead of her mother . He claims he hates her right back , and says she and her mother took his life away and he just wants it back . He immediately regrets it and tries to apologize , but the damage is done and she angerly pushes him away and runs to her room , crying . A few days later they finally patch things up , and she accepts the fact that they will be moving to New York City . While waiting to be interviewed , he has a chance encounter with ( playing himself ) , whom he trashed at his public outburst years before . has no idea who is , but they have a conversation about work and children that persuades to skip the interview and leave . 
 rushes to make it to 's performance at the last moment . The film ends with him , , , , and the rest celebrating at the bar . He and hint at possible feelings for each other before being interrupted by . He holds her in his arms and says that they are staying in New Jersey because he decided to not take the job . She asks why he did so if he loved it so much . He then says that he thought he did , but he loves his new life more because being a father to her was the only thing that he was ever really good at .

Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, George Carlin, Stephen Root, Mike Starr, Raquel Castro, Jason Biggs, Jennifer Lopez

( ) is portrayed as a Roman cavalry officer , also known as , the son of a Roman father and a Celtic mother , who commands a unit of Sarmatian auxiliary cavalry in Britain at the close of the Roman occupation in 467 A.D. is loyal to Rome and a devout Catholic , but follows the teachings of Pelagianism , which many consider heretical . He and his men guard Hadrian 's Wall against the Woads , a group of native Britons who are rebels against Roman rule , led by the mysterious ( ) . 
 and his remaining knights ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) and ( ) expect to be discharged from their service to the Empire after faithfully fulfilling a fifteen - year commitment . 
 However , on the night when they are to receive their freedom , Bishop ( ) sends them on a final and possibly suicidal mission to rescue an important Roman family living north of Hadrian 's Wall . ( ) faces impending capture by the invading Saxons , who are invading from mainland Europe , led by their king ( ) and his son ( ) . According to , ' son is the Pope 's favourite godson and may be " destined to be Pope one day " . Though angry , the knights follow once more but only after he and argue over 's deeply held beliefs . 
 At the remote estate , discovers that has immured pagans , including a Woad named ( ) and a small boy named . defies and frees the captives before deciding to take everyone , along with ' family , back to Hadrian 's Wall . 
 One night , takes to meet with , the leader of the and her father . At first , thinks has betrayed him , but has come in peace . It is revealed in a flashback that 's mother had died in a attack when he was a boy . 's famous sword , Excalibur , had belonged to his father , , and marked his burial mound . had pulled it from the mound in an effort to rescue his mother from a burning building . suggests an alliance between the and the Sarmatian knights against the invading Saxons . 
 then betrays the group , takes hostage and attempts to kill but is shot by with an arrow . While moving on to the south , informs that executed after being insulted by his teachings of equality . returns from scouting the area and tells that a Saxon army is close behind them . The knights stay behind to delay the Saxons and allow the refugees to escape . They soon encounter the Saxons at an ice - covered lake bordered on each side by steep cliffs . Greatly outnumbered , , and the knights attempt to repel them with arrows . The battle is won when runs to the middle of the ice and breaks it with an axe at the cost of his life . Many Saxons are also killed , and the rest are forced to turn back . 
 Upon their return to the wall , awards the knights their discharge papers and is buried . attempts to persuade to remain in Britain and defend the people from the Saxons . The pair have sex in 's room prior to the Saxon army 's arrival . Despite 's pleas , decides to stay and defend the wall , sending his knights away to live the rest of their lives in freedom . 
 Now in command of the forces , prepares to face the Saxon army . As the knights are leading the evacuation , they hear the Saxon drums and turn back to join . 
 In the climactic " Battle of Badon Hill " set just south of Hadrian 's Wall , the catapult flaming missiles at the Saxon army . When the hosts meet , engages in combat with . fights and kills before facing off with . Meanwhile , disarms and is engaged by . shoots with a Saxon crossbow . then throws his sword into and kills him . dies with at his side . kills and the Saxons are defeated . 
 While he realises that his ideal Rome exists only in his dreams , despairs over the deaths of his men . The film ends with the marriage of and , after which proclaims him to be their king . United by their defeat of the Saxons and the retreat of the Romans , promises to lead the Britons against future invaders . Three horses that had belonged to , and run free across the landscape , as the closing narrative from describes how fallen knights live on in tales passed from generation to generation .

Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen Dillane, Ray Winstone, Hugh Dancy, Til Schweiger, Ioan Gruffudd

Professor is being interviewed about his sexual history . Interspersed with the interview , are flashbacks from his childhood and young - adulthood . The young child years show his father , a lay minister , denouncing modern inventions as leading to sexual sin , then in early adolescence , humiliating him in a store by denouncing its keeper for showing him cigarettes , while his adolescence shows his experiences as a Boy Scout and a late teenage scene shows disappointing his father by his chosen vocational intentions . It then shows adult teaching at Indiana University as a professor of biology lecturing on gall wasps . 
 falls in love with a student in his class , whom he calls , and marries her . Consummation of their marriage is difficult at first , because of a medical problem has that is fixed easily with minor surgery , after which it is shown that she has an equally intense sexual appetite as her husband . Meanwhile , at the University , Professor , who is affectionately called " " by his graduate students , meets with students after hours to offer individual sexual advice . 
 Later , in a fictional scene where his mother has just died and is back at his parents ' home with grieving friends and relatives - including his sister , who is obese and thus considered too unattractive to get a husband , and his brother , who is possibly an early boomerang generation man who moved back home after losing his business - shocks his father by telling him his " big secret " : that he 's doing a sex survey and wants his father to contribute his own sexual history to it . 
 At a book party celebrating 's latest publication on gall wasps , approaches the dean of students about an open - forum sex education course as opposed to the anti - sex propaganda taught in a general health education class . Eventually , it is approved , but on the grounds that it is open only to teachers , graduate or senior students , and married students . Nevertheless , begins , teaching the sex course to a packed auditorium . 
 continues to answer students ' questions in personal meetings but finds his answers to be severely limited by the complete paucity of scientific data about human sexual behavior . This leads to pass out questionnaires in his sexual education class from which he learns of the enormous disparity between what society had assumed people do and what their actual practices are . After securing financial support from the Rockefeller Foundation , and his research assistants , including his closest assistant , , travel the country , interviewing subjects about their sexual histories . 
 As time progresses begins realizing that sexuality within humans , including himself , is a lot more varied than was originally thought . The range of expression he creates later becomes known as the Kinsey scale , which ranks overall sexuality from completely heterosexual to completely homosexual and everything in - between . 
 The first sexological book publishes , which is on the sexual habits of the male , is a large - scale success and a best seller . 's research turns to women , which is met with more controversy . With the release of the female volume , support for declines . McCarthyist pressures lead the Rockefeller Foundation to withdraw its financial support , lest it be labeled " Communist " for backing the subversion of traditional American values . 
 feels that he has failed everyone who has ever been a victim of sexual ignorance . A customs officer is tipped off to an importation of some of 's research material , which only exacerbates the financial situation of 's research organization . suffers a heart attack , and is found to have developed an addiction to barbiturates . Meeting with other philanthropists fails to garner the support needed . Still , continues his taking of sex histories . 
 The story returns to the initial interview with , and he is asked about love and if he will ever attempt to conduct research on it . His response is that love is impossible to measure and impossible to quantify ( and without measuring , he reminds us , there can be no science ) , but that it is important . The final scene is of and his wife , pulling over to the side of the road for a nature walk . She remarks about a tree that has been there for a thousand years . replies that the tree seems to display a strong love in the way its roots grip the earth . Afterwards , the two walk off together , remarking " there 's a lot of work to do " .

Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Hutton, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt

Fourteen - year - old inventor , her twelve - year - old brother , and their baby sister are orphaned when a fire burns down their house and kills their parents . Mr. , the family 's banker , manages their fortune and leaves them in the care of their closest relative Count , who is only interested in obtaining their fortune despite not being the legal age of eighteen to obtain it . He also forces them to work through grueling house chores and belittles them . 
 The day obtains full custody , he pretends to go into a store claiming to buy soda , but notices the car is parked directly on train tracks with a train heading towards them . They manage to build a device to turn the switch controlling the tracks so that they are not hit . Mr. arrives and takes them away when he sees in the front seat , believing her to have been " driving . " initially says farewell , but threatens them that they will always be found . 
 The orphans are then taken to their uncle Dr. , a kind , caring herpetologist who is planning to take the children with him to Peru . However , arrives in disguise as an Italian scientist named . The orphans attempt to warn , and he believes to an extent . believes is after a large viper in his museum , which despite its looks , is actually very gentle . He is discovered dead shortly after , and the orphans can not prove that is responsible for Montgomery 's death . They are almost taken back to him when proves the viper 's innocence when it plays with her , disproving its hostile nature . flees the scene , ridding himself of all evidence of his disguise as the police pursue him . 
 Mr. leaves them with their Aunt , a kindly woman who is nonetheless obsessed with grammar and has irrational fears . appears disguised as Captain Sham to interfere with their plans again . One day , is not at the house , leaving what is apparently a suicide note ; takes advantage of mistakes in the letter 's grammar ( which would never have tolerated ) to decode her location : Curdled Cave . A hurricane sweeps through the town - ultimately destroying the house - but the children manage to flee before the structure falls apart . They sail to the cave and rescue her , but attract leeches due to having eaten a banana . appears and takes the kids with him , throwing off the boat and to the Lachrymose Leeches after she annoys him by correcting his speech . 
 A play is soon planned , titled " The Marvelous Marriage " that involves and as the leads : a groom and a bride . 's suspicions reveal that is planning to take advantage of the play to marry in reality in a desperate attempt to get the fortune . Unless follows her lines or finds a loophole , , who is being held hostage in a cage , will be dropped to her death . 
 manages to escape and finds a hidden tower in 's house , with a large lens which , if positioned correctly , can focus the rays of the sun . He discovers this way that it was who set the fire to their old house . He uses this window to burn the marriage certificate before the marriage is officially complete , leading to 's arrest . However , a jury of his peers overturn his sentence and vanishes . 
 , and are taken to visit their old home one last time . As they observe the burned remains , a letter lost in the mail finally arrives , and inside is a spyglass announcing their family 's secret society . Though their future is unclear , despite the children 's misfortune , they still have each other , thus making them " Very Fortunate Indeed " .

( ) , an associate producer on a daytime talk show ( syndicated out of Trenton , New Jersey ) , is convinced that her boyfriend ( ) is the right man for her , though he has an apparent phobia of commitment , and he 's vague about his past relationships . Taking the advice of colleague ( ) , she looks at his Palm Tungsten C and its record of the names and numbers of three ex - girlfriends : a French supermodel ( ) ; a gynecologist ( ) ; and a cook ( ) . 
 She sets up an interview with each woman , in an attempt to learn more about and get closer to . However , 's plan suffers a setback when she develops a friendship with one of the women . 
 is eventually betrayed by when , and the ex - girlfriends are brought together on stage for a live broadcast during sweeps season . During the show , comes to the realization that she is not the right one for and lets him go . On the way out , is met by , who is clearly out of her mind . tells that her actions were not premeditated , goes on to call the " event " a masterpiece and says that she hopes will one day understand that she got what she wanted : her life back . With a live camera behind her , responds with , " I should tear your eyes out right now . But how will you be able to look at yourself in the morning ? " , which the audience cheers on . then departs from the studio as the camera stays on a humiliated . 
 In the end , winds up earning her dream job working for ] and meets her idol , .

When small and quiet admits to his older brother , , that the school bully , , has hurt him because he moved 's video camera while was filming himself shooting baskets , tells his friends , reserved and troubled , and they devise a plan for revenge . Part of the prank entails taking on a boating trip to celebrate 's fictional birthday . Then , they will get him to strip in a game of truth or dare , then make him run home naked . 
 invites his new girlfriend , , along , and all six of them are driven to the river by . During the ride , reveals a different side by being genuinely pleased to be invited ; the group also learns he is dyslexic . However , does not tell the real plan until they arrive near the river . refuses to continue until promises he will call the plan off , which agrees to do . tells his brother he wants to stop , and then tells and . Although Clyde has no problem with not going through , is very reluctant to not do so . Throughout the trip , clumsily attempts to fit in with the group . Despite this , also gets confrontational when questioned about his motives ( or lack thereof ) when attacking someone . The group soon realizes although is annoying and extremely insecure , he is very lonely and just wants to be accepted and liked . 
 On the boat , deviates from the others ' plan and initiates a game of truth or dare , though the rest decide to go along with the game . After shoots with a water gun in good fun , makes a funny quip about 's father , not remembering that it is a sore subject as 's father killed himself years ago . This sets off , who dares to strip naked and jump in the water . When does not comply , exposes the whole plan and starts to ridicule . Angered and humiliated , launches into a vulgar tirade against everyone else on the boat , ending by crudely mocking 's dead father . snaps and , in an attempt to stop the fight , accidentally pushes off the boat . Unable to swim , struggles to remain afloat in the water . As the others regard the scene in horror , accidentally hits his head with his video camera and does not come to the surface . dives into the water but is unable to find . Minutes later , appears face down in the shallow water close to the shore . exhorts the others to help him bring to shore , where gives him CPR . The effort is in vain as is dead . 
 The group is traumatized and in fear of being charged with murder . They dig a hole and bury . 's plan is to explain that it was an accident , but threatens them , reminding them that 's camera ( now lost in the water ) has recorded 's taped confession of the original plan and the authorities will find out if the camera is discovered . then gains the complicity of both and the rest of the group . As they had already tricked into not telling his mother where he was going , she would not know of their involvement . At the end of the day , they all gather at and 's house . , , , and have had a change of heart and are willing to accept the consequences as opposed to having the guilt of 's death hanging over their heads . refuses to turn himself in and feels betrayed . He storms out and convinces his brother to give him his gun and car . The brother again agrees to the favor , albeit reluctantly . robs a gas station with the gun and drives off , becoming a fugitive . Meanwhile , the others go to 's house and confess to his mother with genuine remorse on their faces . 
 is later seen in an interrogation room , telling the story to the police , who later find and view the tape from 's video camera . In a final scene , audio of explaining his dream of becoming a filmmaker and documenting his life in hopes those who see it will finally understand him plays in the background . The police force , along with , , and their father , and 's mother , find the location of the corpse while watches the sheriff exhume 's body , as 's mother cries with devastation , his face full of regret and great pain for what he , his older brother , and friends have done .

Rory Culkin, Trevor Morgan, Scott Mechlowicz, Carly Schroeder, Josh Peck

Sixteen - year - old homeschooled and her zoologist parents return to the United States after a twelve - year research trip in Africa , settling in Evanston , Illinois . Attending a public school , North Shore High , for the first time , meets new classmates and . and educate on the school 's various cliques and warn her to avoid the most popular and infamous one , the " Plastics " , who are led by queen bee and include insecure rich girl and sweet but dimwitted . The Plastics take an interest in , and invite her to sit with them at lunch . Seeing that is getting along with the Plastics , hatches a plan of revenge against for some past slight , using as the infiltrator . 
 soon learns about 's journal " The Burn Book " , which is filled with rumors , secrets , and insults about other girls and some teachers at school . Despite this discovery , decides to forgo ' scheme for ethical reasons . Meanwhile , becomes attracted to 's ex - boyfriend , , whom a jealous proceeds to steal back at a Halloween party by kissing him in front of . This spurs to fully commit to ' plan to cut off 's " resources " , which involve breaking and up , tricking her into eating " nutrition bars " that actually make her gain weight , and turning 's fellow Plastics against her . In the process , unwittingly remakes herself in 's image , becoming spiteful and superficial , and abandons and . 
 When is finally made aware of 's treachery , she retaliates by spreading the contents of the Burn Book all over the eleventh grade , quickly inciting a massive brawl throughout the school halls . To avoid suspicion , inserts a fake libel of herself in the book in order to blame , , and , the only female juniors not mentioned in the book . The three girls convince Principal that they did not write the book . The principal soon quells the fighting , and gathers all of the girls in the gymnasium . Math teacher Ms. , whom the Burn Book defamed as a drug dealer , makes the girls face the ways they all treat each other , confess their transgressions , and apologize to each other and the teachers . When ' turn comes , she defies , confessing her plan to destroy with 's help and openly mocking with the support of the other girls . Pursued by an apologetic , storms out of the school and is struck by a school bus , breaking her spine . 
 Without any friends , shunned by , grounded by her parents and despised by her peers at school , takes full blame for the Burn Book and becomes an outcast . After she makes amends with Regina , 's guilt soon dissolves and she returns to her old personality . As part of her punishment for lying and failing Ms. 's class , she joins the Mathletes in the state championship finals , and ends up winning the competition for her team after her opponent answers incorrectly . At the Spring Fling dance , 's new boyfriend , , is elected King , while is elected Queen . Onstage , declares that all of her classmates are wonderful in their own way , breaks her plastic tiara , and distributes the pieces to some other girls . She then reconciles with , , and , and reaches a truce with the Plastics . 
 By the start of the new school year , the Plastics have disbanded . has joined the lacrosse team to deal with her anger , has become the school weather reporter ( claiming that her breasts can tell when it is raining ) , and has joined the " Cool Asians " clique . has graduated from high school and attends Northwestern University , has begun dating Mathlete , whom she initially disliked , and declares that she is now normal . A group of new " Junior Plastics " has arisen , and imagines them being hit by a bus .

Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried, Tina Fey

Set two years after the events of the first film , ( ) and his fiancée ( ) decide to introduce their parents to each other . They first fly to Oyster Bay , New York , on Long Island , to pick up 's father , retired CIA operative ( ) , her mother ( ) and one - year - old nephew ( the son of and ) . But rather than going to the airport as planned , decides to drive the family to Miami to meet the in his new RV . 
 Once they arrive , they are greeted by 's eccentric but fun - loving and amiable father , ( ) , and mother , ( ) , who is a sex therapist for elderly couples . Concerned that might be put off by the 's lifestyle , convinces to pretend that she is a yoga instructor for the weekend . However , small cracks begin to form between and the , due to their contrasting personalities . The meet gets off to a bad start when a chase between the 's active dog , ( a brown Chihuahua with black trim ) , and the 's cat , Jinx , culminates with flushing down the RV 's toilet , forcing to destroy it to save . Later , accidentally injures 's back during a game of football . 
 Meanwhile , informs that she 's pregnant , and the two decide to keep it secret from . again becomes suspicious of 's integrity and quality , when they are introduced to the ' housekeeper , ( ) , with whom reveals had a sexual affair fifteen years before . later takes the RV to 's 15 - year - old son , ( ) , to fix the toilet , but is disturbed by 's striking resemblance to Greg , and the fact that never met his father , and jumps to the conclusion that he might be 's son with . Meanwhile , , and realize is pregnant , but promise not to tell . Growing envious of and 's active sex life , consults on sex tips in order to seduce , but none of them work . 
 and 's relationship goes off with a bang when is left alone to babysit Little , whom has been raising via the method . Despite 's instructions to leave Little to self - soothe , is unable to stand listening to Little Jack 's cries and tends to the boy to cheer him up by hugging him , letting him watch TV , acting funny , and inadvertently teaching Little the word " asshole . " Disaster strikes when answers a brief phone call from , which is long enough for Little to wander out of his playpen ( after being opened by ) , put on Scarface and glue his hands to a bottle of rum . After a furious argument with the and his own family ( though amends are quickly made ) , resumes his spying on and sends and 's hair samples for a DNA test , while inviting to the ' planned engagement party in the hope of getting to admit he is 's father . At the engagement party , , who automatically assumes that knew about and has deliberately been keeping him a secret from , introduces to . Later , when denies knowing anything about , still refuses to believe him and drugs him with truth serum to make him talk . On stage , uncontrollably blurts out that is pregnant and that is his son in a - esqe matter before immediately losing consciousness . 
 The next morning , questions about , and does not confirm or deny that he is 's father , but insists that he knew nothing about him before the previous evening . believes him , and is willing to work things out with him . reaches his breaking point with 's dishonesty and demands that and leave the island with him . refuses and reveals 's actions to everyone . Everyone turns against , with announcing her intent to marry regardless of him having with , and admits that they were all aware of 's pregnancy . A shocked and hurt leaves with his grandson . 
 and pursue , but are soon tasered and arrested by an incompetent deputy sheriff , ( ) , due to a refusal to cooperate with him when he attempts to pull them over for speeding . returns to defend them after being informed is not 's father ( his real father turns out to be a baseball player who also resembles ) , but the overzealous tasers and arrests him as well . In their cell , , , and are released by the local judge , ( ) , who is a client of and close friend of the . Before they leave , requests that and stop their feud . admits that he made a mistake regarding and reveals his past career in the CIA to , before apologizing for his actions and making up with the two of them . 
 and are married that weekend by 's ex - fiancé , ( ) , who is now an ordained interfaith minister . During the party , asks for some sex tips and sneaks into the RV with . 
 During the post - credit scene , watches hidden baby - cam footage of the giving attention to Little over 's previous objections : gives Little chocolate , advises him to use his crying to disagree with everything says , and pretends to drunkenly tell Little to keep it a secret that he left to smoke pot , not answer the phone , when he left Little unattended and that is not really pregnant and only said it so that would let them get married . then pretends to only just discover the camera but then after making teasing gestures at it , reveals that he knew about it all along and none of the things he said before were true .

Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo, Blythe Danner, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand

The titular Mindhunters are a group of young FBI students who are undergoing training as profilers . Their instructor , experienced profiler ( ) , employs a highly realistic training approach by assigning the group variants of real investigations , including elaborate sets , props , and FBI actors to play out each scenario . 
 The students include ( ) , a young man with a talent for fixing things ; ( ) , a wheelchair - using ex - cop who goes nowhere without his gun ; ( ) , a smoker who is attempting to quit ; ( ) , a talented but insecure profiler who is terrified of drowning ; ( ) , a very intelligent , caffeine - powered British investigator , ( ) , a supposedly fearless man whose parents were killed when he was a child ; and ( ) , their leader and 's lover . Nearing the end of their training , the group 's over - all morale is high , though discovers that neither he , nor , will make the rank of " Profiler " after secretly reading their training evaluations . 
 The group travels with their instructor to a small island off the coast of North Carolina to complete their final training exercise . At the last minute , they are joined by ( , listed as ) , an outside observer who has requested to see 's teaching methods in action . The island , used by the Navy to train for hostage rescue and outbreak scenarios , has an existing " population " of target dummies , vehicles on mechanical rails , and small town storefronts . Similar to their earlier training scenarios , plans on using the town for their final exam , tracking a serial killer calling himself , " the puppeteer . " The team settles down for the evening and practice their profiling skills on each other and , who reveals that he is also a skilled profiler in his own right . and briefly bond over losses in their families ; reveals that her sister was murdered and drowned , creating her persistent fear of water , while shares that his parents died when he was 10 . The two resolve to use the scenario to confront their personal fears . 
 The following morning , during the initial investigation of the " puppeteer " scenario , dies after triggering a clock mechanism that causes a tank of liquid nitrogen to freeze him instantly . Convinced that 's death is neither accidental , nor part of the training simulation , the group heads to the dock to leave the island , but the boat explodes . After returning to base , the group realizes that broken watches and clocks found at each scene point to the fact that there is a real serial killer on the island , who has co - opted the training exercise and is now hunting them down . The killer 's M.O. indicates that he or she plans to kill someone at a time designated by the broken clocks . After a thorough search of the island reveals no other personnel , the group concludes that the killer is one of them . 
 At first , suspicions seem to point to , as found maps and documents of the island ; however , before the group finishes confronting him , they each pass out , realizing that their coffee was drugged . They awaken to discover that the killer murdered while they were unconscious , and suspicions again return to . He temporarily deflects these suspicions when he saves from another trap involving broken water pipes and lights electrocuting the water . However , is killed by a secondary trap when he goes to turn off the water . , meanwhile , deduces that the traps are based on their strengths , talents , and weaknesses ; the remaining profilers elect to stick together , to keep an eye on each other . After more clues are discovered , suspicion shifts to , who insists that she 's being framed . , suspicious that the killer is among the group , leaves to be alone , but she becomes the next to die after she smokes a cigarette laced with acid . 
 Unexpectedly , the island 's speakers begin to broadcast a taunting message from , making them realize that he did not leave the island , though he led the profilers to believe that he had ; convinced that has been the killer all along , the remaining profilers search for him . refuses to join the search party and stays behind at the lab . , and find and two other FBI agents next to him , all dead ; has been strung up to wires from the ceiling as a sort of marionette , just like the fake " puppeteer " crime scene that they were to investigate . The three turn on each other after triggering another trap , and is shot during the ensuing gun battle . finds himself trapped in a freezer after he tries to reload his empty gun , but he escapes and then dies when his gun backfires on him in the elevator . 
 finds 's body , but she is ambushed by , and the two struggle physically and mentally to profile the other , each believing the other person is the killer . manages to overpower but is then attacked by , and the two of them get into a protracted fight . eventually recovers and hits over the head with a fire extinguisher . reveals that he had been wearing a bulletproof vest , allowing him to survive getting shot on the street . With subdued , he expresses doubt that there 's enough evidence to prove that was the killer . , however , reveals that she found a way to get one step ahead of the killer . Knowing that the killer was relying on timed mechanisms and remotes , as well as enjoying watching their anxiety under pressure , she changed one of the clocks to appear slow by fifteen minutes , and covered it in a powder that glows phosphorescently under blacklight . Reasoning that the killer would not be able to resist setting the clock to the correct time , she grabs a black light to scan 's hands and reveal him as the killer . instead finds the marking powder on ' hands instead of 's . confesses that his parents did not die in an accident , but that he killed them . Struggling ever since to find more thrilling targets to kill , he joined the FBI and planned to kill his brilliant fellow profilers , the only people he thought would be " worthy prey . " tries to drown , but she manages to kick him into the water . The two both manage to recover their weapons underwater , but manages to shoot first . 
 recovers and begins to taunt her about the evidence he planted blaming her until reappears . In a last desperate effort , attempts to regain his weapon , forcing to kill him , shooting him through the top of the head as he bends down to retrieve his weapon . The following day , and flag down the U.S. Navy helicopter to leave the island , determining that they 've sufficiently secured the scene .

LL Cool J, Jonny Lee Miller, Kathryn Morris, Patricia Velasquez, Clifton Collins, Jr., Eion Bailey, Will Kemp, Val Kilmer, Christian Slater

The University of Minnesota ice hockey head coach ( ) interviews with the United States Olympic Committee for the national team coach 's job , discussing his philosophy on how to beat the Soviet team , calling for changes to the practice schedule and strategy . There is the added context that these Olympic games are occurring during the Cold War , adding a political dynamic to the USOC 's efforts to beat the Russians . 
 meets his assistant coach ( ) at the tryouts in Colorado Springs . selects a preliminary roster of 26 , indifferent to the preferences of senior USOC hockey officials . He convinces ( ) , the executive director of the committee , that he has their best interests at heart . reluctantly agrees to take the heat from the committee for ' decisions . 
 During the initial practice , tempers flare as forward and defenseman get into a fight based on an old college rivalry . bluntly tells the players that they are to let go of old rivalries and start becoming a team . As practices continue , uses unorthodox methods to winnow the roster down to 20 players . The players themselves worry about being cut at any time , knowing that himself was the last player cut from the 1960 Olympic hockey team that won the gold medal , so he will do anything to win . 
 During an exhibition game against Norway in Oslo that ends in a 3–3 tie , notices the players are distracted by girls in the stands and not playing up to their potential . After the game , he orders them back on the ice to skate " Herbies " , which they do for an extended period of time even after the rink manager turns off the power . Exhausted , forward interrupts and cries out whom he plays for : The United States of America . Getting the answer he wanted all along , finally tells the players they are done . Eventually , the team comes together , with the players thinking of themselves as a family representing the United States . 
 The team plays the Soviets in an exhibition game at Madison Square Garden . The Soviets manhandle the young American team , winning by a score of 10–3 . During the game , receives an injury that could keep him out of the entire Olympics , and starting goaltender is told he may be benched in favor of back - up goalie . ends up retaining his starting job when the coach brings him to realize that he has n't been giving his very best . 
 As the 1980 Winter Olympics begins , the Americans trail Sweden 2–1 in the first game . fires up the team during the break by overturning a table in his way and accusing injured of quitting . ( had said his injury would n't get worse if he played on it . ) ends up playing despite his pain , which inspires the team and scores a goal with less than a minute remaining in the third period for a dramatic 2–2 tie . They follow that up with a 7–3 win over heavily favored Czechoslovakia . 
 As the Olympics continue , the Americans defeat Norway , Romania , and West Germany to earn a spot in the medal round . The Americans are considered overwhelming underdogs to the Soviets in the first medal round game . The game begins and the Soviets score the first goal . Then , having healed enough from his injury , enters the game for the first time . He makes an immediate impact by heavily checking on a play that leads to a goal by . The Soviets score again to retake the lead but in the final seconds the Soviet goalie stops a long shot by , but gets the rebound and scores with less than one second left in the period . 
 During the first intermission the Soviet coach replaces with backup . In the second period the Soviets score a goal to go up 3–2 . Early in the final period the Soviet team is called for a penalty , giving the Americans a man advantage . scores his second goal of the game just as the penalty is about to expire . Later , puts them ahead 4–3 with 10 minutes left . The Americans hold off the Russians to win the game , completing one of the biggest upsets in sports history . 
 Two days later the team would go on to defeat Finland 4–2 to win the gold medal . The movie ends with staring out over his team with pride as the entire team crowds together on the gold medal platform .

is the franchise player of the Milwaukee Brewers baseball team . After recording his 3,000th hit , the selfish , narcissistic immediately retires , leaving the team without one of its star players in the middle of the 1995 playoff race , showing every bit of disregard for his teammates ' feelings . During the next nine years , uses his nickname as a business tool , owning several profitable properties under the name " Mr. 3000 " that make him increasingly wealthy . 
 In 2004 , the Brewers retire ' number so they can get rid of for good , and also draw a large crowd . Although many fans come to the ceremony , other players , including teammates and fellow stars , , and , stay away . Only his best friend and a middle relief pitcher from his early days in the majors named attend , and the ex - pitcher chastises for his arrogant attitude . 
 learns that , due to a clerical error , he retired with 2,997 hits instead of 3,000 . The error also partially contributes to not being voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame[1 ] and makes his " Mr. 3000 " marketing gimmick inaccurate . seeks to return to the game at the age of 47 to get three more hits , secure his place in the record books , and keep his local post - career marketing gimmick intact . 
 A top Brewers executive , citing the large attendance at ' number retirement ceremony and the fact that the Brewers are out of playoff contention , agrees to bring back during the September roster expansion . The team 's younger players only know of as a self - centered player , and team superstar , who is pompous and arrogant like , sees him as unneeded and too old to play . Manager refuses to speak to because of his abrupt retirement , and the sportswriters continually criticize him . 
 Despite his predictions to the contrary struggles to regain his baseball form . He goes hitless in his first 27 at - bats . His comeback is reported by television sportscaster , who resumes a former romantic relationship with . He gets two hits , including a home run , to increase his career total to 2,999 . 
 becomes a mentor to the younger players and urges to learn from his own mistakes as a baseball star and to be a team player , so that will not end up like him – all alone . This inspires the Brewers to a late - season comeback and a respectable finish . attempts to become serious with and make her a permanent part of his life , but she is reluctant to believe he is a changed man , particularly after he skips a team practice to go on national television with and begin boasting again . 
 In his last at - bat of the season , with a chance to be a hero , has a vision of his earlier years , when he was considered always dependable for the team . It inspires him to sacrifice his last chance with a bunt instead so the team can win a game and finish third in its division . Although never reaches the " 3,000 " milestone , his newfound generosity and attitude gets him inducted into the Hall of Fame . He renames his businesses " Mr. 2,999 . "

During the summer of 1981 in Hutchinson , Kansas , eight - year - olds and , teammates in Little League , both experience life - altering events . , the son of an irresponsible single mother and already discovering his homosexuality , is sexually abused by his Little League coach , who leaves town after that summer . , with a neglectful father and a mother who 's often working , remembers it starting to rain during a game . The next thing he remembers is being in a crawl space in his house with a bloody nose , having no memory of the intervening five hours . 
 views the coach 's abuse as love and becomes mainly attracted to " bearish " middle - aged men . He begins prostituting himself at the age of 15 . Three years later , he moves to New York City , where his best friend now lives , and continues prostituting there . has an emotional encounter with a client who is dying from AIDS . Though suspects the man wants sex , he actually wants nothing more than to feel another person 's touch . The encounter leads to start to withdraw from prostitution and take a job as a cashier . 
 For years after coming to in the crawl space , suffers from chronic nosebleeds , blackouts and bedwetting . He has unsettling recurring dreams about being touched by a strange , bluish hand . These odd dreams lead to suspect that he may have been abducted by aliens . Eventually , another boy wearing the same Little League uniform begins to appear with him in these dreams . When he 's 18 , meets a woman named who also believes she was abducted by aliens . They begin to form a friendship , but when she comes on to him , he panics and refuses to speak to her again . 
 While trying to untangle his confused memories , sees a photo of his Little League team , recognizing a young as the boy from his dreams . Taking the initiative to meet his former teammate , instead meets 's mother and his friend , and through him , he learns more about . After being beaten and raped by a trick , returns to Hutchinson to spend Christmas with his mother . Then , and meet for the first time in over a decade . After breaking into the house that was previously rented by the baseball coach , tells what happened that night : after the baseball game was rained out and did n't have a ride home , the coach offered to drive home with . Instead , they all went to the coach 's house , where the coach performed sex acts on the boys and made them perform sex acts on each other . A porch light caused the atmosphere to have an eerie blue color . After the coach and put 's clothes back on , collapsed face - first onto the floor , causing the bloody nose . Learning the truth at last , breaks down crying and is comforted by as Christmas carolers sing " Silent Night " .

is an American historian , cryptologist , and treasure hunter . As a child , his grandfather told him of a story that of Carrollton passed on a secret to their ancestor in 1832 of a fabled national treasure hidden in America by the Founding Fathers and Freemasons . The clue leading to the treasure is the phrase “ The secret lies with Charlotte ” . While is convinced by the story , his skeptical father dismisses it as nonsense . 
 Thirty years later , leads an expedition with , and his friend , , a computer expert , to find the Charlotte , a ship lost in the Arctic , which holds the first clue to finding the national treasure . They find a meerschaum pipe , which has a clue implying the next is on the Declaration of Independence . When suggests they steal the Declaration of Independence , opposes , causing a fight to ensue resulting in a massive fire fueled by gunpowder , and the group split in two . and his men escape the ship while and take cover just before the ship explodes . 
 and return to Washington D.C. and report the potential theft of the Declaration to the FBI and Dr. of the National Archives , but both dismiss their claim . decides to steal the document himself from the Archives ’ preservation room during a gala event . Obtaining ’s fingerprints , successfully obtains the Declaration but is spotted by ’s group just as they break in to steal it . tries to leave via the gift shop but has to buy the Declaration when the clerk mistakes it for a souvenir copy ; having no cash in hand at the time , pays for it with a credit card . , suspecting something is astray , pursues and takes back the document . kidnaps her , but and rescue , tricking by leaving behind a purchased copy of the Declaration . FBI Agent begins tracking down , using 's credit card information . 
 Unable to return home , the trio goes to ’s house . tries to convince that the treasure is a myth , but dismisses this . The trio then study the Declaration and discover an cipher written in invisible ink . The message refers to the Silence Dogood letters written by . formerly owned them but donated them to the Franklin Institute . Using a school boy to acquire the letters ’ key words , , , and discover a message pointing to the bell tower of Independence Hall , where the Liberty Bell once stood , unfortunately and his men question the school boy and pursue the new lead . finds a hidden cache containing a pair of glasses with multiple coloured lenses invented by , which , when used to read the back of the Declaration reveal a clue pointing to the symbol of Trinity Church which is located on Wall Street and Broadway in New York City . 
 The group is chased by ’s associates . is arrested by the FBI , while and lose the Declaration to . However , convinces to help them rescue in exchange for the next clue . agrees , arranging a meeting at the USS Intrepid where they help evade the FBI . 
 returns the Declaration and asks for the next clue , but when remains coy , reveals he has kidnapped as a hostage . They go inside Trinity Church where they find an underground passage but it appears to lead to a dead end lit by a lone lantern . claims it is referencing the Midnight Ride of , pointing to the Old North Church in Boston . leaves trapped in the chamber , heading for Boston . reveals the clue was a fake , then enter the treasure room but it seems looted . After a heart to heart between and , they find a notch which the meerschaum pipe fits into , opening a large chamber containing the treasure , then escape through the back exit . contacts , actually a Freemason , surrendering the Declaration and the treasure ’s location in exchange for clemency . is later arrested when tips the FBI off . 
 Later , and have started a relationship . Meanwhile , is somewhat upset that turned down the 10 % finder 's fee for the treasure but accepted a much smaller amount , which still has netted them all significant wealth .

Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Sean Bean, Christopher Plummer

Hardened criminal and drug dealer ( ) returns to his unidentified East Coast city , where he can find redemption by settling an old score with drug lord ( ) . He keeps tape - recorded journals about his life and is always talking about a woman named . Upon 's return , he meets up with ( ) , a barkeep who expresses a strong dislike towards him . She contacts to inform him of his return and willingness to pay his debt , as well as momentarily passing by ( ) , a struggling writer . 
 ( ) , one of 's henchmen , is assigned to collect his boss 's money from , appearing to be very interested in him for some reason . Prior to the deal , he is warned to not sabotage the deal in order to avert police attention . He , his friend ( ) and his sister ( ) go to and collect the money . is very tense upon arriving at the location of the pickup , prompting to authorize it for him . After a brief but tense transaction between and , the latter is set up for an ambush . angrily demands if recognizes him , and proceeds to stab him multiple times in the abdomen after receiving several taunts . A weakened stabs in the eye with an ice pick before they abandon him in a gutter . , who passes by at that moment , drives , a total stranger , to the hospital . 
 is informed that has died and has left him all his personal possessions . The items include jewelry , his car ( which is a rare Stutz Blackhawk ) , and a collection of his audio tapes . Meanwhile , is unnerved by botching the deal by using violence against and becomes paranoid of police attention . After being informed of 's injury , he tells the two to wait in a parking garage for a car to come and drive them to the hospital . Instead , he sets them up as two henchmen shoot and kill and , to 's horror . Just before can be killed himself , he gains gravity of the situation and guns down the henchmen , but is unable to retain his sister 's life as she dies in his arms . He then vows revenge against for the double - cross . 
 As listens to the journal , the story of 's life is told : after a particularly bad drug experience in the east , relocated to the west in search of a second chance . He finds assistance with the Vietnamese and even a new girlfriend , ( ) , whom he abuses . A television star , she turns to 's heroin and becomes sick and detached in the process . abandons her as she presumably turns to selling his drugs to pay the bills and for her drug habit . 
 In the present , sends out a duo of henchmen to kill . Additionally , learns of 's involvement in the situation from bystanders as his role of 's driver to the hospital , and requests for his murder , as well . , meanwhile , continues to listen to the tapes ; after he abandons , moves on to ( ) , a college student that he meets in an upscale bar . Their relationship goes well as starts to make a lot of money , but then tries his drugs . She does n't get addicted , but she does turn out to be very selfish by refusing to move in with , insisting that $ 250,000 is n't enough on which to retire . Angry , secretly switches her cocaine with heroin , getting her addicted . 
 realizes that the money talked about might be in 's trunk . It is , but at the same time , 's henchmen are sprawling all over the city in search of him . follows 's limo via cab to a secluded back - alley , at which he follows him into a bathhouse and proceeds to kill him . 
 listens to the last tape ; leaves , but she soon comes back , addicted and begging for help . He agrees to help her out , providing her a drug fix in exchange for sex . The humiliation and disgrace shatters her dreams and causes her severe emotional distress , thus making her addictions even stronger . After a while , she demands that he pay for her entrance to rehabilitation or else she 'll call the police . Enraged , decides to do the same thing he did to : mix her heroin with car battery acid , resulting in a fatal seizure for her . Through a flashback , it is revealed that is the biological father of , who is also 's child , and that brutally hit him before poisoning ( which explains the scar on his face ) . The tape ends with speculating on how his return to the East Coast will bring about his redemption with and tie the loose end with 's child , who he is completely unaware of as in their second encounter . 
 is found by 's henchmen , who hold him at gunpoint , but arrives just on time and kills them . tells that is his father , which greatly haunts the latter . As the police converge on the scene , the two make good their escape as flees on foot and takes 's car . Shortly afterward , writes a story based on that night , titled " Never Die Alone , " which is turned down by a publishing magazine as the agent believes it to be a fictionalized story . is cremated soon after . His narration focuses on the end of his life and how fate had such a powerful effect on not only his life but also on the lives of , , , , , and everyone else . Meanwhile , drives through a tunnel and escapes without capture as closes his narration with " I wonder what lies ahead for me on the other side " .

On the evening of November 7 , photographer ( ) and her attorney boyfriend ( ) go to dinner at a Chinese restaurant . As they travel home afterward , develops a craving for " something sweet " and stops their car at a convenience store . While is in the store buying some chocolate for , an armed man ( ) arrives and holds up the store , shooting the store clerk , his son , and dead . He runs away as arrives . 
 sinks into a deep depression , and can not bring herself to erase 's voice from their apartment 's answering machine . She consults her psychiatrist , Dr. ( ) , about persistent headaches that she has been suffering from since his death . She tells Dr. that the headaches started to occur before the incident at the convenience store , and that she had been having an affair with a co - worker , ( ) . After 's death has dinner with her mother , ( ) , who accidentally knocks a glass over . 
 During a college photography class that she teaches , sets up a slide projector for the students to showcase their best photographs . One slide in the slide show depicts the exterior of the convenience store on the evening of November 7 . contacts Officer ( ) , the head of the investigation into the shootings at the convenience store , who is as puzzled as she is as to who is responsible for the photos . 's headaches continue , and she begins to hear strange noises coming from within her apartment building and mysterious voices on the phone . Later , Officer discovers that the photo of the convenience store was paid for with 's credit card . 
 The film presents two more different versions of these events , and must figure out which is real before she loses grip on her sanity , and her life . The second version suggests that was present at the shootings and was only spared because the shooter ran out of bullets , and the third suggests both and were killed . In the words of , her character " goes through three phases . First there 's denial . Then she feels guilty and sad about the situation . Then she has to learn to accept it . "[4 ] According to , the events in the film were 's memories as she and lay dying on the floor of the convenience store : " Each movement of this memory was her process of coming to terms with the terrible trauma , which was that she was killed for absolutely no reason , and it was some random act of violence she could n’t confront " . He added he felt November was " open - ended " enough that he hoped viewers would " come up with the most beautiful stories themselves that are very different from how I saw it . "[5 ]

locates all eleven members of gang , demanding they return the $ 160   million they stole from his casinos plus $ 38   million interest . Short by half , the group schemes to stage another heist in Europe to avoid problems with United States authorities . They are tipped off by an informant named about the location of the first stock certificate ever . After a complex series of schemes they find the document has already been stolen by " " , another master thief . Europol Detective is called in to investigate the theft and realizes that she gave the idea of how to solve a complication of the heist with a description of a similar burglary earlier during their relationship . Surprising the group at their accommodation , she warns them they can not beat or his mentor , the mysterious master - thief " LeMarc"[2 ] , both of whom excel in practicing the " long - con " . She has been hunting both for years . 
 and his gang discover is , a wealthy baron who has a mansion on Lake Como . invites to his mansion and reveals that he had hired to inform the gang about the certificate in order to arrange the meeting with . is upset that did not describe him as the best thief in the world , and challenges to steal the Fabergé Imperial Coronation Egg . If and his gang win , will pay off the debt to . 
 and his gang begin to plan an elaborate heist to swap the egg for a holographic recreation , but the engineer hired by the group accidentally tips off to their presence , and she captures most of the gang on their first attempt . comes up with a second plan involving 's wife , , posing as a pregnant in order to get close to the Egg and swap it . They are foiled by and a coincidentally present , and the rest of the group are captured . is told that they are to be extradited to the United States . is chosen first to be interrogated by the FBI agent assigned to collect them . It turns out that she is his mother , who organizes the release of the whole gang . She points out to that will face only retribution for forging a signature on a Europol form to obtain the necessary arrest warrants for Ocean 's gang . 
 Some time later , and return to 's estate where he reveals his glee at their failure . claims to have stolen the egg at night using his agility and skills to evade the heavy security . 's celebration is short - lived when reveals that his group stole the egg while it was in transit to the museum and realizes they were tipped off by . A flashback reveals that and had met earlier when he revealed his confidence trick intended to humiliate , and at the same time , to restore to himself the egg that he had stolen years ago and had returned following his wife 's wishes . is forced to admit won the bet and gives him the money for the debt . They pay back and promise not to perform any more heists in his casinos — even as himself is in the background spying on . takes to a safe house that he claims has been lent to him by . She is reunited with her father , who is revealed to be the man she has been pursuing for years : .

George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Andy García, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Julia Roberts

Thirty - nine - year old divorcée ( ) works in the admissions office at Columbia University School of the Arts . She is unnerved when she receives an application from ( ) , the same name of her high school sweetheart who was killed in a car crash , and calls the student to arrange an interview . His appearance , mannerisms , and painting style closely resemble those of her former love , and she begins to suspect the young artist may be the reincarnation of her old flame . Hours after meeting , the two embark upon an affair . Also complicating 's life are her relationship with her ex - husband ( ) , who confesses he is learning to cope with a sex addiction that , unknown to her , plagued their marriage ; her ne'er - do - well brother ( ) , who is favored by their mother ( ) despite his shortcomings ; and her best friend ( ) , who stole the original from before his death and seems intent on doing the same with the contemporary version .

The film opens with a funeral for a young woman ; the deceased is ( the protagonist from 's Welcome to the Dollhouse ) , who went to college , gained a lot of weight , and committed suicide after she became pregnant . Her brother ( , reprising his role ) reads the eulogy while 's tearful parents ( and , also reprising their roles ) sit in the audience . 
 A few years later , , 's cousin , desires to have a child . She has sex with ( ) , a family friend , and becomes pregnant . 's parents are horrified and demand she gets an abortion . While the abortion is technically successful , it is implied via a fractured , emotional conversation with the doctor ( ) that can no longer have children . Not fully conscious , is unaware of this , and her parents , already fragile , lead her to believe all is well when she awakens , afraid to upset . 
 runs away from home . She befriends a trucker ( ) and has sex with him ; however , the trucker abandons her at a motel . She is eventually found by the Sunshine Family , a Christian fundamentalist foster home that cares for disordered orphans and runaways . She tells them her name is — the name she picked for the baby she was persuaded to abort . While at the Sunshine Family home , she discovers a dark side to the foster father ; he assassinates abortion providers . His next target is the doctor who performed 's abortion . The hitman whom the foster father uses is the same trucker previously befriended and had sex with . 
 Convinced she is in love with the truck driver , flees the Sunshine Family to join him on his assignment . The murder does not go as planned as , in addition to the doctor himself , the trucker ( whose name is revealed to be ) ends up accidentally shooting the doctor 's young daughter when she steps in front of the first shot . The police find and both in a motel room , and commits suicide by cop . 
 The film then skips ahead several months later to back home with her parents , planning her next birthday party . During the party , she talks to her cousin , , who has recently been accused of molesting his sister 's baby ( although he denies having done it ) . The film skips ahead to 's meeting , who now calls himself , and they have sex again . Once again , believes she is pregnant and is happy about it .

Rising movie star ( ) has finally achieved major success with his latest film . A persistent group of unscrupulous photographers — ( ) , ( ) , ( ) and their leader ( ) - harass and his wife ( ) , and their 8 - year - old son ( ) . When takes to soccer practice , he sees taking photos of and confronts him , where provokes into punching him , caught on camera by his fellow photographers . is sued for $ 500,000 and placed into anger management , while vows to destroy 's life . 
 As , and return from an event , and his crew drive up beside them , in four different vehicles , and blind them by taking pictures . 's car is hit by a pickup truck , and and his crew snap photos of the wreck they caused . While is not seriously injured , 's spleen is removed and is placed in a coma . is told by LAPD detective ( ) that the paparazzi each gave him the same story of finding the wreck after it happened , with no witnesses to dispute their claims . Some time later , accidentally causes to wipe out on his motorcycle , careening onto a precipice . tries to save him , but when gloats that they 'll put his family through hell , lets him fall to his death . 
 next goes after , secretly placing a prop gun in the jacket left in 's car , whilst invades 's movie set and is ejected by security . Following him , calls 911 , and describes 's car , saying that the driver is waving a gun . is pulled over and , reaching into his jacket for his ID , instead pulls out the prop gun , causing the cops to shoot him dead . 
 Convinced will target them next , and break into 's house to plant cameras inside . runs into , who assaults her and threatens to kill if she tells the cops . assigns Deputy ( ) and Deputy ( ) to provide extra security , but sneaks out past the two deputies and into 's house , discovering the feed from the cameras . arrives home , and confronts him with a baseball bat . In the morning , puts the car back where it was at , and races to beat , on his way to the house . shows a video taken by a camera in a button of 's shirt on the movie set , and thinks someone planted the gun in 's coat . finds beaten to death , and planted the bat in 's houseboat to frame him . 
 realizes traffic camera footage will prove what really happened at 's crash , along with the testimony of ( ) , who was with at the event , prompted by her guilt to come forward . At 's house , notices the video feed from the cameras in 's house and entering with a gun . goes to and 's bedroom and opens fire , only for to hit and throw him to the floor . He viciously beats , gloating about how he got his revenge . is arrested and relentlessly photographed by paparazzi as he is led away . Later , as is finishing filming , he 's called to the hospital , where has awakened from his coma . , , and attend at the premiere of 's latest film , and is now pregnant with a girl . After the film , meets the press out front , taking a paparazzi 's jibe at him in his stride .

Two engineers   – and   – supplement their day - jobs with entrepreneurial tech projects , working out of 's garage . During one such research effort , involving electromagnetic reduction of objects ' weight , the two men accidentally discover an ' A - to - B ' time loop side - effect : objects left in the weight - reducing field exhibit temporal anomalies , proceeding normally ( from time ' A , ' when the field was activated , to time ' B , ' when the field is powered off ) , then backwards ( from ' B ' back to ' A ' ) in a continuously repeating sequence , such that objects can leave the field in the present , or at some previous point . 
 refines this proof - of - concept and builds a stable time - apparatus ( " the box " ) , sized to accommodate a human subject . uses this box to travel six hours into his own past — as part of this process , Original - Abe sits incommunicado in a hotel room , so as not to interact or interfere with the outside world , after which Original - Abe enters the box , waits inside the box for six hours ( thus going back in time six hours ) , and becomes Future - Abe , who travels across town , explains the proceedings to , and brings back to the self - storage facility housing the box . At the end of the overlap - timespan , Original - Abe enters the box and ceases to exist . 
 and repeat 's six - hour experiment multiple times over multiple days , making profitable same - day stock trades armed with foreknowledge of the market 's performance . The duo 's divergent personalities   – cautious and controlling , impulsive and meddlesome   – put subtle strain on their collaboration and friendship . These tensions come to a head after a late - night encounter with ( father to 's girlfriend , ) , who appears inexplicably unshaven and exists in overlap with his original suburban self . falls into a comatose state after being pursued by ; theorizes that , at some unknown point in the future , entered the " box " , with timeline - altering consequences . concludes that time travel is simply too dangerous , and enters a secret second box ( the " failsafe box , " built before the experiment begun and kept continuously running ) , traveling back four days to prevent the experiment 's launch . 
 Cumulative competing interference wreaks havoc upon the timeline . Future - Abe sedates Original - Abe ( so he will never conduct the initial time travel experiment ) , and meets Original - Aaron at a park bench ( so as to dissuade him ) , but finds that Future - Aaron has gotten there first ( armed with pre - recordings of the past conversations , and an unobtrusive earpiece ) , having brought a disassembled " third failsafe box " four days back with his own body . faints at this revelation , overcome by shock and fatigue . 
 The two men briefly and tentatively reconcile . They jointly travel back in time , experiencing and reshaping an event where 's girlfriend was nearly killed by a gun - wielding party crasher . After many repetitions , , forearmed with knowledge of the party 's events , stops the gunman , becoming a local hero . and ultimately part ways ; considers a new life in foreign countries where he can tamper more broadly for personal gain , while states his intent to remain in town and dissuade / sabotage the original " box " experiment . warns to leave and never return . 
 The epilogue reveals that multiple " box - aware " versions of are still alive and circulating   – at least one Future - Aaron has shared his knowledge with Original - Aaron , via discussions , voice - recordings , and an unsuccessful physical altercation . Future - Abe watches over Original - Abe , going to painstaking extremes to keep him unaware of the future . The film 's final scene depicts a fully aware , directing French - speaking workers in the construction of a warehouse - sized box .

( ) and ( ) were raised by their oldest sister , ( ) , after their mother died when was seven . Now is very successful in the fashion industry , working as the executive assistant to the CEO of one of Manhattan 's most prestigious modeling agencies , and has a nice Manhattan lifestyle which keeps her extremely occupied and content . But 's world suddenly changes when and brother - in - law ( ) die in a car accident , leaving behind three children , turning everyone 's life upside down . 
 and are in shock when they hear and left in charge of their three kids : 15 - year - old ( ) , 10 - year - old ( ) , and five - year - old ( ) . Nobody expected to be named guardian of the children especially since was already a super mom with two children and a third on the way . But a letter left to by convinces her that she can take care of the children . And decides to do it on her own terms , which means raising the children and maintaining her already fast - paced schedule . But as work and children begin to interfere , quickly finds herself burnt out and disheartened by her responsibilities and 's lack of faith in her parenting . 
 Despite her already hectic schedule , finds the time to develop a genuine affection for her new dependents , as well as an equally genuine attraction to ( ) , the kids ' school principal and local Lutheran pastor . Busy trying to appease the children and adjust to suddenly being a mom , 's concentration on her job begins to slip and she is fired from ( ) . Stuck between a rock and a hard place , she is forced to become a receptionist at a car dealership . Things begin to look better for her as she bonds with the children and their sexy principal , and finally begins to get the hang of being a mom . But , struggling to come to terms with her parents ' death , begins to fall in with the wrong crowd and date the wrong kind of guy . When she disappears from the school prom with her new boyfriend to go find a motel , is forced to call in as back - up to search all over New York to find . Unable to confront and risk the girl 's hatred , once they track her down , turns the parenting reins over to . This makes realize that she is n't cut out to be a parent and so she turns the children over into 's custody . 
 returns to her wild lifestyle full of partying and booze , yet feels much less fulfilled than she had been before she became responsible for the children . She begins to find herself dissatisfied and depressed and so returns to 's house to beg her to let her take the children back home . She eventually convinces that she 's finally ready to be a parent when she puts her foot down and shows who 's boss . , who was listening to talking to the children , still refuses to give the kids back to her . leaves , and sits alone on a bench near a swing set . There , she is visited once again by , who gives her the letter that had written for . reads the letter , which explains that decided to choose because it 's about choosing someone who is more like herself , someone who can really give the children the mother they really want . While watching out her window , turns around with joy when the kids arrive , now hers . 
 The film ends with , and the kids walking along a pier , and sits on a bench and ties her shoes all by herself .

Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack, Hayden Panettiere, Spencer Breslin, Helen Mirren, Abigail Breslin

Raised on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida , went blind at the age of seven , shortly after witnessing his younger brother drown . Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way in the world , found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard . Touring across the chitlin circuit , the soulful singer gained a reputation before exploding onto the worldwide stage when he pioneered the incorporation of rhythm and blues , rock and roll , gospel , country , jazz and orchestral influences into his inimitable style .

, a photographer , awakens in a bathtub in a large dilapidated bathroom , and finds himself chained at the ankle to a pipe . , an oncologist , is chained to a pipe across the room , and between them is a corpse holding a revolver and a microcassette recorder . Each man finds a tape in his pocket , and is able to retrieve the recorder . 's tape urges him to escape the bathroom , while 's tape tells him to kill by six o'clock , or his wife and daughter will be killed and he will be left to die . finds a bag containing two hacksaws inside a toilet ; which they try to use to cut through their chains , but 's saw breaks and he throws it at the mirror in frustration . realizes that the hacksaws were n't meant to be used for their chains , but for their feet , and identifies their captor as , whom knows of because he was once a suspect . 
 Flashbacks show that while was discussing the terminal brain cancer of a patient named he was approached by Detectives and , who found his penlight at the scene of a Jigsaw " game " . 's alibi cleared him , but he agreed to view the testimony of the only known survivor of one of Jigsaw 's games , a heroin addict named , who escaped a " reverse bear trap " , and believes that Jigsaw helped her . 
 Meanwhile , and are being held captive in their home by a man who is watching and through a camera hidden behind the bathrooms two - way mirror . The house is simultaneously being watched by , who has since been discharged from the force . Flashbacks show that became obsessed with the case after 's testimony and eventually found 's warehouse using the videotape from 's game . He and entered the warehouse , where they apprehended and saved a man from a drill trap , but escaped after slashing 's throat , and was killed by a quadruple shotgun trap while pursuing him . Still convinced that is , continued stalking him after his discharge . 
 In the bathroom , finds a box containing two cigarettes , a lighter , and a one - way cellphone . He then recalls his abduction : he was trying to use his phone after being trapped in a parking garage , and was suddenly attacked by a pig - masked figure . They try to use a cigarette dipped in the corpse 's poisoned blood to stage 's death , but the plan fails when is zapped through his ankle chain . then recalls his own abduction : he was in his photo development room when the power went out and , after finding a puppet , he was attacked by the same pig - masked figure . calls at gunpoint and tells him not to trust , who admits that he was being paid to take photos of , many of which were in the bag containing the hacksaws . also reveals his knowledge of 's affair with one of his medical students ; who he had visited the night he was abducted . After urging to describe the man who was paying him , realizes that it was . then finds a photo he did n't take , of a man staring out a window of 's house , whom identifies as , an orderly at his hospital . Unfortunately , the clock strikes six as he realizes this , and moves to kill and . 
 manages to free herself and fights for the gun , after he calls . The struggle gets 's attention , and he saves and and chases to the sewers , where he is eventually shot in the chest after a brief struggle . , aware only of gunshots and screaming , is electrically shocked as well and loses reach of the phone . In desperation , he saws off his foot and shoots with the corpse 's revolver . enters the bathroom to kill because it is " the rules " , but , who only suffered a flesh wound , overpowers and bludgeons him to death with the toilet tank lid . As crawls out of the room to find help , searches 's body for a key and finds another microcassette recorder , which reveals that was another victim following rules in order to obtain an antidote for a slow - acting poison in his body . As the tape ends , the " corpse " rises and is revealed to be 's patient , the real killer . He reveals that the key to 's chain was in the bathtub he woke up in , which went down the drain when first woke up . attempts to shoot with 's gun , but activates a remote control , shocking . then shuts off the lights , and slams the door shut , leaving to die .

Mystery Inc. ( , , , and Scooby - Doo ) attend the opening of an exhibition at the Coolsonian Criminology Museum commemorating their past solved cases with monster costumes on display . However , the celebrations are interrupted by a masked man known as the Evil Masked Figure who steals two costumes using the reanimated Pterodactyl Ghost . The gang are ridiculed by journalist , who starts a smear campaign against them . Concluding an old enemy is the mastermind , the gang revisit old cases , dismissing the former Pterodactyl Ghost , , due to his death during a failed prison escape , they guess that , the Black Knight Ghost 's portrayer and 's cell mate in prison , is the culprit . 
 Going to ' mansion , insists on ringing the door bell twice , which activates a trap door that drops the gang into a cage . identifies that the lock can be unlocked with ' fingerprint . ingeniously releases them all using the makeup from her bag to recreate the previous thumb print left by , thereby effectively unlocking the prison . The gang find a book that serves as an instruction manual on how to create monsters . and find a note inviting to visit the Faux Ghost nightclub . They are attacked by the Black Knight Ghost , but escape when fights him off while discovers its weak spot and disables it . Before fleeing , the rest of the gang had previously discovered through the book found in ' mansion that the key ingredient to creating the monsters was a substance called " randomonium " , which can be found at the old silver mining town . 
 After helps overcome her fears of intimacy and assert herself by changing up her image , , and go to the museum accompanied by the curator , but discover that the rest of the costumes have been stolen . ridicules the gang further by turning the city against them . The gang go to the mines , finding ' plans to turn it into an amusement park . As they confront , he states that he and were cell mates who hated each other and that he has no connection to the museum robberies . 
 and , after overhearing the rest of the gang criticizing their tendency to bumble every operation , and especially their most recent offense in failing to tie the rope and secure the Pterodactyl Ghost , resolve to better themselves and become real detectives . Following a lead from their first clue ever , which was stuck to 's foot after he played around in ' mansion , they sneak into the Faux Ghost to try and solve the mystery . After speaking to , they learn he has resolved his ways . eventually causes a scene and his disguise falls off , leading and to escape through a trash chute . On their way out , they spot uncharacteristically assaulting someone who appears to be a member of his staff , ordering him to find answers to who vandalized his museum . Escaping an awkward interaction with , and spot leaving the bar and follow him . 
 The gang then find the Monster Hive where the costumes are brought to life as real monsters . and play around with the machine 's control panel , bringing several costumes to life , and the gang flee with the panel as the Evil Masked Figure terrorizes the city . Escaping to their old high school clubhouse , the gang realize they can reverse the control panel 's power by altering its wiring . Captain 's Ghost emerges from the bayou , forcing the gang to head back to the mines , encountering the various monsters along the way . sees in the mines , finding a shrine dedicated to built by , but proves his innocence by helping after a catwalk unexpectedly gives way under her . 
 The gang confront the Evil Masked Figure as the Tar Monster captures all of them but , who uses a fire extinguisher to freeze the Tar Monster 's body . He reactivates the control panel , transforming the costumes back to normal . The gang take the Evil Masked Figure to the authorities , unmasking him as . When asked why did what she did , suddenly pulls and peels 's face off , revealing she is actually in disguise ; had actually survived the fall from the prison wall , and sought to get revenge on Mystery , Inc. by discrediting them . 's cameraman is also arrested as an accomplice . 
 Mystery , Inc. are praised as heroes once again in Coolsville . In the Faux Ghost , the gang celebrates their victory with the now reformed criminals , whom they unmasked in the past ( including ) . 
 After the credits , Scooby - Doo is seen playing a Scooby - Doo 2 Game Boy Advance game . After he succeeds , he tells the viewers to enter the Scooby - Doo 2 Game Boy Advance code . ( This is only seen on the VHS and DVD release . )

Freddie Prinze, Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini

is an author who catches his wife having an affair with a man named . Depressed and suffering from writer 's block , puts off finalizing the divorce and retreats to his cabin at Tashmore Lake in upstate New York . is confronted by , who accuses him of plagiarizing his story " Sowing Season . " Upon reading 's manuscript , he discovers its resemblance to his own story " Secret Window , " except for the ending . 
 The following day , Mort explains that his story was published years before 's was written . challenges him to provide proof and warns against involving the police . That night , finds his dog killed with a screwdriver and reports to Sheriff . 
 drives to his house in Riverdale to find a copy of the magazine where his story was published , but leaves when he sees and . He contacts private investigator for help . agrees to travel to Tashmore Lake to watch the cabin and talk to , a resident who might have seen talking to . visits at the cabin and demands change the ending of " Secret Window " to 's version , where the protagonist kills his wife . then attacks and chokes . 
 calls , saying their house was burned down . travels to Riverdale and the two are questioned by a police officer . calls and says denied seeing . suspects was threatened by . They agree to confront together and arrange a meeting with at a local diner . 
 The next morning , oversleeps . Arriving at the diner , he learns that and did n't show up . Seeing at a gas station , approaches him and demands sign the divorce papers . The two have a confrontation and breaks his own hand . calls to a meeting place . When he arrives , finds and dead inside 's truck and faints . When he wakes up , says they were murdered with 's screwdriver for interfering with his business . has the magazine as proof and agrees to meet at 's cabin . He leaves and covers up the crime by removing his screwdriver from 's head and running the truck into a water - filled stone quarry . 
 calls , reminiscing about a miscarriage she had suffered during their marriage in hopes that she can convince him to sign the divorce papers , but refuses once again , causing her to drive to his cabin to try and convince him in person . Afterwards , picks up the magazine sent by his literary agent . He finds the package already opened and the pages containing the story cut out . Back at his cabin , sees 's hat . wears the hat and begins speaking to himself , trying to make sense of the events . realizes that is just a figment of his imagination ; brought to life through 's undetected dissociative identity disorder , and carried out malevolent tasks like killing , , and burning down his house . 
 When arrives at the cabin , she finds it in disorder , with the word " SHOOTER " carved repeatedly on the walls . appears behind her and realizes that the name represents 's desire to " SHOOT HER . " , speaking with 's accent and wearing his hat , chases and stabs her in the ankle . Concerned about 's safety , arrives and is ambushed by , who hits him in the face with a shovel . Amy watches helplessly as beheads with the shovel . recites the ending of " Sowing Season " as he kills as well . 
 recovers from writer 's block and experiences a mood improvement . Sheriff later stops by the cabin to warn that he is the prime suspect in and 's disappearances . dismisses the threat and the Sheriff leaves . In 's room there is a secret window that overlooks a secret garden . It is implied that the bodies are buried in the garden , which is now a cornfield , and the police will probably never find them . is seen eating corn for dinner and the screen cuts to black .

is a lawyer with a charming wife , , and a loving family , who nevertheless feels that something is missing as he makes his way every day through the city . Each evening on his commute home through Chicago , sees a beautiful woman staring with a lost expression through the window of a dance studio . Haunted by her gaze , impulsively jumps off the train one night , and signs up for ballroom dancing lessons , hoping to meet her . 
 At first , it seems like a mistake . His teacher turns out to be not , but the older Miss , and proves to be just as clumsy as his equally clueless classmates and on the dance - floor . Even worse , when he does meet , she icily tells she hopes he has come to the studio to seriously study dance and not to look for a date . But , as his lessons continue , falls in love with dancing . Keeping his new obsession from his family and co - workers , feverishly trains for Chicago 's biggest dance competition . His friendship with blossoms , as his enthusiasm rekindles her own lost passion for dance . But the more time spends away from home , the more his wife becomes suspicious . She hires a private investigator to find out what is doing , but when she finds out the truth , she chooses to discontinue the investigation and not invade her husband 's privacy . 
 is partnered with for the competition , although his friend steps in to do the Latin dances . and do well in the Latin dances , and while and 's waltz goes well , sees his wife and daughter in the crowd during the quickstep , and is distracted by trying to find them . He and fall and are disqualified , and and argue in the parking structure . quits dancing , to everyone 's dismay . 
 , having been inspired by to take up competing again , is leaving to go to Europe , and is having a going - away party at the dance studio . She sends an invitation , but he is not convinced to go until his wife leaves out a pair of dancing shoes that she bought him . He goes and meets at work , convinces her that while he loves dancing , he still loves her just as much , and he teaches her to dance . They go to the party , and and have one last dance before she leaves . 
 The end scene shows everyone afterwards : and are now together ; , who was actually gay , dances at a club with his partner ; Miss finds a new partner , and they are happy together ; and are back to normal and dance in the kitchen ; , newly married to his fiancée , dances with her at their wedding ; the private investigator that hired , , starts up dance lessons ; and , with a new partner , competes at Blackpool , the competition that she had lost the year before .

In Reef City , an underachieving bluestreak cleaner wrasse named fantasizes about being rich and famous . Soon after arriving for work at the Whale Wash , he is called to the office of his boss , a pufferfish named , to discuss the fact that he owes a large sum of money and must pay it back by the next day . His angelfish best friend offers him a pink pearl that was a gift from her grandmother to pawn and pay his debt . brings the money to the race track to meet , but hears that the race is rigged and bets it all on a horse named " Lucky Day " . is furious that bet the money but agrees to see how the race turns out . Moments before Lucky Day crosses the finish line , he trips and loses . 
 Meanwhile , a family of criminally - inclined great white sharks has a problem with one of their sons , , who is a vegetarian and refuses to act the part of a killer . His crime lord father , , orders 's more savage older brother to tutor in the family business . sees being electrocuted by ' two jellyfish enforcers and and charges at . However , is killed when an anchor falls on him . flees , overcome with grief and guilt . As there were no other witnesses and was seen near the body , everyone comes to believe that he killed , an opportunity that Oscar decides to exploit for fame . 
 returns to the city with a new title of " Sharkslayer " . becomes his manager and moves to the " top of the reef " to live in luxury . At the same time , has everyone search for . When several sharks approach 's neighborhood , his neighbors expect him to drive them away so he goes and runs into . Since he does not wish to return home , begs to let him stay at 's house . Soon , finds out about the lie and threatens to tell everyone . and stage an event in which pretends to terrorize the town and defeats him . Though this further cements 's reputation , it greatly angers . 
 buys some Valentine 's Day gifts for , but before he can present them to her , he finds that has kidnapped to force a sit - down . attends disguised as a dolphin named Sebastian . threatens to eat if does not comply . grabs into his mouth , but later regurgitates her . When realizes that " " is really , he chases through the reef . heads for the Whale Wash and ends up trapping both sharks . He is given an ovation by the other fish , but confesses that he is not a " Sharkslayer " and reveals the truth behind 's death . He then tells that everyone likes for who he is and urges him not to prejudge people before he knows them properly . Realizing that is right , makes peace with him and , stating that he and his gang bear him no ill will . forsakes all the wealth he has acquired , makes peace with the sharks , becomes co - manager of the Whale Wash ( now frequented by sharks , killer whales , and swordfish ) , and starts dating .

Will Smith, Jack Black, Renée Zellweger, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese

and return from their honeymoon to find they have been invited by 's parents to a royal ball to celebrate their marriage . refuses to go at first , but talks him into it , and along with , they travel to the kingdom of Far Far Away . They meet 's parents , King and Queen , who are shocked to see both their daughter and son - in - law are ogres , with particularly repulsed . At dinner , and get into a heated argument over how and will raise their family , and , disgusted at and 's behavior , locks herself away in her room that evening . worries that he has lost his true love , particularly after finding her childhood diary and reading that she was once infatuated with Prince . 
 is reprimanded by the Fairy Godmother and , her son , by reminding that was to marry in exchange for his own happy ending , and requests that he finds a way of getting rid of . arranges for and to join him on a fictitious hunting trip , which actually is a trap to lure them into the hands of an assassin , . However , is unable to defeat and , revealing that he was paid by , requests to come along and make amends . The three sneak into the Fairy Godmother 's potion factory and steal a " Happily Ever After " potion that thinks will restore 's love for him . 
 and both drink the potion and fall into a deep sleep through the rain , awakening the next morning to discover its effects : is now a handsome human , while has turned into an elegant white stallion . In order " to make the change permanent " , must kiss " by midnight " . , and return to the castle to discover that the potion has transformed back into her former human self as well . However , the Fairy Godmother , having discovered the potion 's theft , intercepts and sends to pose as him and win 's love . At the Fairy Godmother 's urging , leaves the castle , thinking that the best way to make happy is to let her go . 
 To ensure that falls in love with , the Fairy Godmother gives a love potion to put into 's tea . This exchange is overheard by , and , who are however arrested by the royal guards and thrown into a dungeon . While the royal ball begins , several of 's friends band together to free the trio . The gang creates a monster - sized gingerbread man , which breaks through the castle 's defences so can prevent from kissing . He arrives too late , but instead of falling in love with , knocks him out with a headbutt . reveals that he never gave the love potion , whereupon the now enraged Fairy Godmother attacks . In the ensuing melee , sacrifices himself to save : his armour ricochets the Fairy Godmother 's spell which disintegrates her into bubbles , but turns himself back into the Frog Prince . He had used the Happily Ever After potion years before in order to marry , but she tells him that she loves him regardless of his appearance . 
 As the clock strikes midnight , and let the potion 's effects wear off and they revert to their ogre forms , while changes back to his natural form as well . gives his blessing to the marriage and apologizes for his earlier behavior , and the party resumes . In the mid - credits scene , , who had previously romanced , arrives and reveals that they now have several dragon - donkey hybrid babies .

is an unsuccessful writer , a wine aficionado , and a divorced , depressed , borderline alcoholic middle - aged English teacher living in San Diego . He takes , his soon - to - be - married actor friend and former college roommate , on a road trip through the Santa Ynez Valley wine country . Though is still recognized on occasion , his acting career appears to have peaked years earlier , when he had a role in a popular TV soap . He now does commercial voice - overs and plans to enter his future father - in - law 's successful real estate business . wants to spend the week relaxing , playing golf and enjoying good food and wine . However , much to ' consternation , is on the prowl and wants one last sexual fling before settling into domestic life . 
 In the wine country , the pair visit ' favorite restaurant , The Hitching Post II , and encounter , a waitress with whom is casually acquainted . senses that is interested in , who believes she is married . lies to that ' manuscript has been accepted for publication , even though it is only being considered . At a tasting in a local winery , and meet a wine pourer named , who is also acquainted with . is immediately attracted to and arranges a double date , having discovered is no longer married . 
 During the date , gets drunk and telephones , his ex - wife , after learning from that she has remarried . The two couples go to 's home , where she and immediately adjourn to her bedroom for sex . and connect through their mutual interest in wine . says she is finishing a master 's degree in horticulture so she can get out of being a waitress . They leave separately , but not before gives her a copy of his manuscript . 
 's affair with continues , to the point where he believes he 's falling in love ; he bonds with her daughter and suggests to that they move there for him to be closer to . He wants to call off his wedding . After spending a day together , and return to her apartment and have sex . The next morning , lets it slip that is to be married . Disgusted with the men 's dishonesty , dumps and tells , who , furious and devastated that she 's been used , breaks 's nose . 
 On finding out his manuscript has been rejected , drinks heavily at a vineyard . When a server cuts him off , he ends up drinking from the spit bucket in the tasting room , creating a scene . That night , hooks up with another waitress named , who recognizes him from his acting career . Hours later , shows up at the motel   – naked and confessing that 's husband came home while she and were having sex . was forced to flee without his clothes and wallet ( which contains a pair of irreplaceable wedding rings ) . He convinces to sneak into the house , where he discovers and her husband having sex . grabs the wallet and runs , barely escaping 's irate husband , who pursues him in the nude . 
 To explain his broken nose to his fiancée , runs ' Saab 900 convertible into a tree , giving the appearance they had been in an accident . The pair return to the fiancée 's home , where is welcomed with open arms . meanwhile drives away in his battered car . 
 Following the wedding ceremony , runs into his ex - wife and meets her new husband . Learning that she is pregnant , hits rock bottom . Alone , he drinks his prized wine , a 1961 Château Cheval Blanc , from a disposable styrofoam soda cup at a fast - food restaurant . Time passes as returns to the routine of teaching school . One day he receives a voice - mail from , who says she enjoyed his manuscript and invites him to visit . is seen driving back to wine country and knocking on 's door .

In a technologically - advanced 1939 , the zeppelin Hindenburg III moors itself atop the Empire State Building . Aboard the airship is Dr. , a scientist who arranges for a package containing two vials to be delivered to Dr. . The courier looks back while leaving with the vials , to see that Dr. has vanished . 
 , a reporter for The Chronicle , is looking into the disappearances of and five other renowned scientists . A cryptic message leads her to Radio City Music Hall , against the warnings of her editor , Mr. , where she meets Dr. during a showing of The Wizard of Oz . He tells her that a Dr. is coming for him next . Suddenly , seemingly indestructible robots attack the city . Clearly outmatched , the authorities call for " Sky Captain " , the city 's hero and ' ex - lover and the commander of the private air force the Flying Legion . 
 While engages the robots with his modified Curtiss P-40 pursuit fighter , photographs from the street with little regard for her personal safety . He eventually manages to disable one robot ; the rest leave thereafter . News reports show similar attacks around the globe . The disabled robot is taken back to the Legion 's air base so that technology expert can examine it . follows and reluctantly convinces to let her in on the investigation . Her information takes them to the ransacked laboratory of a dying Dr. , while an assassin escapes . Just before he dies , gives the two vials and states that they are crucial to Totenkopf 's plans . hides the vials and withholds the information from . They return to the Legion 's base just before it comes under attack from squadrons of ornithopter drones . tracks the origin of the signal controlling the drones and notes it on a map before his capture . 
 and find 's map and fly to Nepal and then Tibet , where they discover an abandoned mining outpost and meet up with 's old friend . Two guides working for Totenkopf force to turn over the vials , locking the duo in a room full of dynamite . and manage to escape just before the room explodes , knocking them unconscious and destroying most of 's film . They wake up together in the mythical Shangri - La. The Tibetan - speaking monks there tell of Totenkopf 's enslavement of their people , forcing them to work in the uranium mines . Most were killed by the radiation , but the final survivor provides a clue to where Dr. is hiding . With insufficient fuel to make it there , they run into a Royal Navy flying aircraft carrier commanded by another of 's ex - flames , Commander . 
 leads the attack on 's island lair while and enter through an underwater inlet . and find themselves on an island with dinosaur - like creatures , which hesitates to photograph as she has only two shots left . They find a secret subterranean facility in a mountain , where robots are loading animals , as well as the mysterious vials , onto a large " Noah 's Ark " rocket . and are detected but , piloting a flying barge , arrives with three of the missing scientists . One of the missing scientists explains that Totenkopf has given up on humanity and seeks to start the world over again : the " World of Tomorrow " . The vials are genetic material for a new and . Sky Captain says they should just let go but states that they ca n't ; if the rocket reaches space , the afterburners will ignite the atmosphere and kill everyone on Earth . 
 As the group attempts to enter Dr. 's lair , one scientist is electrocuted by the defense system . A hologram of appears , speaking about his hate for humanity and his plans to rebuild it as a new master race . disables the defenses and the group discovers 's mummified corpse inside with a scrap of paper clutched in his hand : " forgive me " . He had died 20 years prior , but his machines continued his plan . decides to sabotage the rocket from the inside while the others escape . tries to tag along , but kisses her and then knocks her out . recovers , following and saving him from Dr. ' assassin , a female robot . and then board the rocket . Before the rocket reaches 100 km , when its second stage is scheduled to fire and thereby incinerate the Earth , pushes an emergency button that ejects all the animals in escape pods . tries to disable the rocket only to be interrupted by the same assassin robot . He jolts the robot with its electric weapon and then uses it on the controls , disabling the rocket . and use the last pod to save themselves as the rocket safely explodes . 
 Joe and watch the animal pods splash down around their escape pod , while Commander leads a group of flying aircraft carriers towards them . then uses the last shot on her camera to take a picture of rather than the animal pods . grins and says : " — lens cap . "

( ) has a horrible experience with a typical airline : his dog Dre was classified as a checked baggage instead of a carry - on , he eats a horrible airline meal , his buttocks gets stuck in the toilet during turbulence , and 's dog is sucked through a jet engine ( after a stewardess accidentally opens the cargo door ) . In response , he sues the airline and is awarded $ 100,000,000 by the jury . He decides to use the money to start his own airline , called N.W.A. ( Nashawn Wade Airlines ) , whose acronym and logo are a pop culture reference to rap group N.W.A. The airline specifically caters to African Americans and hip hop culture . The terminal at the airport is called the Malcolm X terminal , the plane is a heavily modified Boeing 747SP , customized with low - rider hydraulics , spinners , blended winglets to compensate for the drag from the decorations , and a dance club . The safety video is also a spoof of the Destiny 's Child song " Survivor " . 
 After taking off from Los Angeles International Airport , must deal with a multitude of problems , starting with his acrophobic captain , Captain ( ) . At a cruising altitude of Flight Level 330 , it is revealed that he has never left the ground because he learned to fly on computer simulators in prison . Meanwhile , his cousin ( ) , sets up a miniature casino and strip joint in one of the areas of the plane ( as seen in the workprint and unrated versions of the film ) , and 's ex - girlfriend is on board and less than happy to see him . Meanwhile , the family , the only caucasian passengers on board , must also deal with their own problems ; ( ) daughter is turning eighteen and plans to use her newfound freedom by drinking and having sex , his son has transformed from an exact duplicate of him to a stereotypical wigger , and his wife has found a new interest in black men after viewing pictures in a pornographic magazine . 
 The pilot seemingly dies after eating mushrooms that the co - pilot , First Officer ( ) , uses to soothe his genital crabs . attempts to contact , who is incapacitated after slipping near a hot tub , forcing to attempt to land the plane himself . lands the plane safely , using the airplane stewardess ' ( ) flight knowledge which she learned while having sex in the cockpit with the pilot on another plane . The plane lands in the middle of Central Park instead of John F. Kennedy International Airport , and the spinners are stolen from the plane . reconciles with his ex - girlfriend after earlier revealing to her that he only broke up with her so she would not give up her college opportunities for him . 
 The movie ends with telling the audience the fate of his crew . He claims that he and his ex - girlfriend are back together taking their relationship slow this time around , his cousin has started a strip club and gambling casino located in another airplane similar to the club in Nashawn 's plane , has begun a sexual relationship with one of the abrasive airline security guards ( Mo'Nique ) , and son has become a major music video director but has disappeared shortly after filming a video . The pilot later wakes up with both his chain and clothing stolen .

( ) is applying to Princeton University . For her application essay , she tells the story of a year from her childhood , and how it shaped the person she has become today ( narrated by ) . 
 ( ) is a poor Mexican single mother who moved to America seeking a better life for her and her daughter , . She takes on two jobs , but soon can not maintain them , so 's cousin takes her to a job interview to work as a nanny for the family , consisting of ( ) and ( ) , their children ( ) and ( ) , and 's mother ( ) . is a successful chef and an easy - going man who enjoys cooking and spending time with his children , while is a former businesswoman turned stay - at - home mother , and is slowly developing into an alcoholic . is uptight and her neurotic behavior often upsets the family - mentally abuses her daughter , body shaming by forcing her to exercise , buying her smaller - sized clothes and putting her down for certain behaviors ; she frustrates by expecting him to be submissive and accepting of her parenting style with . is more laid back and supports the mental well - being of his children , but he feels that he can not stand up to , and so usually decides to let her be . 
 Soon , is needed to be a full time nanny at the ' home for the summer . Unable to communicate well in English , finds a neighbor to translate , and admits she is unable to maintain these hours because she has a daughter . Out of desperation to keep as their nanny , invites to come stay with them , to act as interpreter for her mother . immediately becomes attached to since she is beautiful and thin , and begins to treat her more like a daughter than . The clothes and gifts which buys for does not go unnoticed by , who does not approve . Needing to get materials for a project that he is working on , gives the children a small task , in which they will receive money in exchange for various pieces of glass they collect from the beach . takes the task seriously and ends up receiving $ 640 for her collection . finds out about this , and is overwhelmed and angry at the large sum of money given to her daughter . and argue , with as the interpreter , and wants to leave because of the awkward family dynamic . coaxes her into staying , much to 's delight , and begins to learn English so she can better communicate with the . 
 In the meantime , opens a new restaurant , but falls into a temporary depression because of the stress of the business , while begins an affair . enrolls into a private school with , upsetting , who wants to keep in touch with her Mexican roots and working - class values . feels that her employer is overstepping her bounds and voices her objection to , who tells her he is also frustrated with because has no support system from her own mother . tries to encourage and build her self - confidence , by showing her small acts of kindness , especially after has been hard on her . 
 Summer ends and and attend their first day of school together . That afternoon , is allowed to bring her school friends back to the ' house ; however , is not . , who had not given permission for this , is upset at the situation and tries to cover for . The now - sober realizes that her daughter is having an affair and that her marriage is in trouble . She pleads with to end the affair , telling her she will never get another man as good as John . confesses to that she cheated on him and begs him to stay so that they can work things out ; however , a dejected walks out and bumps into , who was about to inform him that she is quitting . He offers to give a ride to the bus stop , but the pair end up going to his restaurant , where he cooks for . They have a genuine and deep conversation , and become closer , but is afraid of the consequences of a relationship , since they both have children . tells the she has feelings for him , but leaves before he can kiss her . A desperate continuously tries to contact , but prevents her from doing so . says that her own failings as a parent have caused to become the person that she is , and the two have a frank conversation during which they become closer as mother and daughter . 
 decides to quit and take her daughter home , which angers , who got along well with the . As they are about to leave , tells that he envies whoever will get to have her in the future , before parting ways forever . On their way home , tells that she can not attend to the private school anymore , upsetting even more . She screams in the middle of the street , accusing of ruining her life . loses patience with after she asks her mother for ' space ' , similar to the avoiding each other and asking for space when they can not solve a problem . explains to her daughter that it is time she answers the most important question of her life : " Is what you want for yourself , to become someone very different than me ? " considers this on their bus ride home , and they make up and embrace . 
 , in her university essay , acknowledges that her life rests firmly and happily on the simple fact that she is her mother 's daughter .

is a former United States Marine Corps Force Recon Master Gunnery Sergeant , acting as a selection cadre member for 1st SFOD - D. While observing an exercise designed to evaluate Delta candidates , meets a recruit , , as well as Sergeant , a knife - fighting instructor . 
 is drawn into a clandestine operation to find , the President 's daughter , who is missing . He and go first to the beach house of one of 's professors , with whom she is said to have a relationship . They find neither person there but find two unidentified men who react aggressively , leading , who has taken up position outside with a sniper 's rifle , to shoot the men . Another lead takes them to a bar where girls are recruited as prostitutes , and 's team follows a middleman from the bar to a bordello that funnels some of these girls to an international sex slavery ring . The madam gives them a contact number leading to a pay phone . 
 Calls placed to the pay phone are traced to , a Lebanese national currently in federal prison . They plan to intercept during a prisoner transport for medical treatment and gain information from him about the sex trafficking operation . 
 When the car carrying and another prisoner stops en route to its destination , shows up and appears to kill the transport guard , then kills the other prisoner who was on death row . He spares when says he can get them on a plane out of the country that night and confirms the sex slavery ring is based in Dubai . 
 stops at a convenience store to relay the information to the team . provides him with more ammunition , but , waiting in the car , happens to spot the badge of another agent talking with and opens fire . is wounded and has to kill . 
 As the team prepares an assault in Dubai , a news broadcast reports that and her college professor were discovered drowned while sailing off the coast of Martha 's Vineyard . The rescue operation is called off . returns home , convinced there is no more to be done , but tracks him down and insists that is alive . He shows an earring that was caught in his sniper 's mat from the beach house identical to the earrings is wearing in a news photograph . 
 When they return to the beach house to investigate , is killed by a sniper positioned on a nearby boat . evades the sniper and when he finds 's unique sign on a window in the beach house indicating she was there , he realizes that she may not be dead . He takes his pager and phone apart and finds a tracking device . 
 He tries to contact 's mother , who is visiting a rehab facility , but he is intercepted by a female Secret Service agent assigned to guard the First Family . When he shows the agent the earring , the agent , who knows well , explains that for years the President has used visits to his daughter as a cover for extramarital affairs , and that he pulled 's Secret Service detail to use as extra protection for himself during the latest trip , leaving her vulnerable to the members of the sex trafficking ring . 
 enlists Sergeant to help him rescue the girl from Dubai and turns to , a former Israeli operative . agrees to get him into Dubai and smuggle out concealed in a cargo container at the airport , obtaining weapons for him and support from a local man known as . 
 is killed during the rescue and flees with to a safe house , where he persuades her that although he is alone , he is acting under orders . Correctly guessing that he is really acting on his own , says that King of Sparta would respond to requests for help from neighboring kingdoms by sending one man , and decides to trust him . 
 When he takes to the airport to seal her in the cargo container , discovers he is being tracked when he finds a transmitter hidden in his knife . He rushes her out of the container just as his old team arrives to apprehend them . is shot and is captured . Her captor reveals herself as Sgt . , who shows her the earring and photos from the Secret Service agent , convincing to stop struggling . A Swedish news crew witnesses the struggle as they are about to board their own plane nearby , and recognize . is shot , and a hysterical is hustled to safety aboard the journalists ' plane . finds the injured , who asks if is now safe , which confirms . 
 Later , on a London city street , a stubbled is shown watching an evening news broadcast regarding 's return on a television in a shop window . The government spins the story of 's kidnapping as an opportunity for the President to take action to end the trafficking of American girls as sex slaves . A British man watching alongside says , " Time to go home , " and walks away . watches him leave and says , " Lucky man . " is then seen walking off into Piccadilly Circus .

, secretly the superhero , finds his personal and professional lives strained due the responsibilities of his superhero life ; he is estranged from both love interest and best friend , and additionally discovers his Aunt May is facing eviction . He also finds himself suffering temporary , but recurring losses of his powers , often in life - threatening situations . 
 , now head of Oscorp 's research division , is sponsoring a fusion power project by nuclear scientist , who befriends and mentors . While handling hazardous materials , wears a harness of powerful robotic tentacle arms with artificial intelligence . During a public demonstration that and attend , a power spike causes the fusion reactor to destabilize . refuses to shut down the reactor , which goes critical — killing his wife , fusing the harness to his spine , and burning the inhibitor chip blocking the arms from his nervous system . , as , shuts the experiment down , destroying it in the process . 
 At a hospital , doctors prepare to surgically remove ' harness . However , without the inhibitor chip the arms have developed sentience and attack them . Upon regaining consciousness and seeing the carnage , escapes and takes refuge at a harbor . Becoming increasingly influenced by the arms ' AI , he robs a bank in order to fund a second experiment . and coincidentally are there , and takes hostage . rescues her , but flees with stolen money . The Daily Bugle subsequently dubs the scientist . 
 becomes engaged to astronaut , son of Bugle publisher . suffers an emotional breakdown over his inability to balance his life , resulting in him losing his powers . He abandons his Spider - Man identity , returns to his normal life , and attempts to reconcile with . A garbageman brings 's Spider - Man costume to , who takes credit for driving Spider - Man into hiding . tells the truth behind his Uncle Ben 's death and how he is responsible . forgives him , but the rise in New York City crime rate worries . 
 Requiring the isotope tritium to fuel his reactor , visits to demand it . agrees in exchange for life . He tells to seek , who believes is friends with Spider - Man , but requests not harm him . locates , tells him to find , and abducts to motivate him . Her endangerment leads to 's powers resurfacing . Just as admits he was wrong about , steals his costume back from the Bugle and goes after . 
 As battles , they fall onto a New York City subway train . sabotages the controls and leaves to save the passengers , which he does at a great physical toll . When he faints from exhaustion , the grateful passengers save him from falling and bring him into the train , seeing his unmasked face but promising to keep their knowledge hidden . In vain , they try to protect him when returns to capture , whom delivers to . 
 After giving the tritium , prepares to kill , only to be shocked to see under the mask . convinces to direct him to ' lair . As , he arrives at the doctor 's waterfront laboratory and attempts to rescue discreetly . discovers him and they fight once again as the nuclear reaction swells . ultimately subdues , reveals his identity , and persuades to let his dream go for the greater good . finally commands the tentacles to obey him , and gives his life to destroy the experiment . sees true identity and feelings , which he says is why they can not be together . returns to , and leaves . 
 is visited by a vision of his father in a mirror , pleading for to avenge his death . Refusing to hurt , shatters the mirror , unintentionally revealing a secret room containing prototypes of the Green Goblin 's equipment . On her wedding day , abandons at the altar and runs to 's apartment , determined to be with him despite the risks . After they kiss , they hear police sirens , and encourages him go and help them as Spider - Man .

Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Alfred Molina, Rosemary Harris

( ) is one of the leading actors of his day , particularly famous for his portrayal of female characters , predominately in Othello . His loyal dresser , ( ) , aspires to perform in the legitimate theatre but is forbidden because of a law enacted by the Puritans prior to the restoration of the House of Stuart . Instead , she appears in productions at a local tavern under the pseudonym . Her activity aided by the novelty of a woman acting in public , which attracts the attention of Sir ( ) , who offers his patronage . Eventually she is presented to King ( ) . 
 ( ) , an aspiring actress and mistress , comes upon ranting rabidly about women on stage and literally seduces into banning men from playing female roles.[1 ] , having gone through a long and strenuous training to play female roles finds himself without a guise by which to keep the attention of his lover , ( ) , the Duke of Buckingham , as the latter never had intentions to lead a homosexual life and has lost the acceptance of London society which started to circulate rumors about their association . He is reduced to performing bawdy songs in drag in music halls , while 's career thrives , although her ability to emulate that of falls short because , as she says , never fights as a woman would do . 
 Called upon for a royal performance , panics and her friends implore for coaching during which she coaches him to develop his ability to regain a theatrical career in male roles . He agrees with the proviso that he replace the company head in the role of the titular protagonist . evolves as an acclaimed theatrical star .

In the 1970s , detectives and work for the Bay City Police Department . ( ) is a loud , macho acting cop who loves his Ford Gran Torino , and recklessly pursues people for minor offenses , while ( ) , is a cool easy - going cop , who sometimes actually works alongside criminals , claiming to be undercover , to investigate their activity . The two cops are made partners , almost as punishment for their recent shenanigans . Meanwhile , Jewish - American drug kingpin , ( ) , and his partner - in - crime , ( ) , are planning to bring in a shipment of drugs worth millions of dollars . They have developed a new type of cocaine which is untraceable in scent and taste . When finds out that one of his drug pushers failed a drug transport operation , he kills him and leaves the body in the ocean . 
 and are called to the scene where the body of the murdered pusher washes up a few days later . A clue from the dead man leads them to 's house for questioning . denies any knowledge of the crime and states his regret for the man 's death , but his wife mentions that the pusher had been dating a cheerleader . During questioning admires 's boat , to which replies " It 's a yacht . " After meeting cheerleaders , ( ) and ( ) , they learn from another cheerleader , ( ) , that a jacket worn by the dead pusher was made by Big Earl ( ) . Their street - wise , underworld contact , ( ) directs the two to a motorcycle bar operated by . Starsky and Hutch go undercover to the bar dressed as the characters " Captain America " and " " from the film Easy Rider . Discovering Big is in jail , they go to the prison to speak with , who has connections with 's drug business . Big Earl , who is implied to be gay and has an obsession with dragons , then makes the officers do embarrassing things to get what they want . He gives them a packet of what they think is cocaine . When it is taken to the lab for testing , ( ) , their captain , angered and humiliated about their interview ( which was caught on security camera ) tells them it is ' artificial sweetener ' and takes them off the floater assignment . The duo invite and to 's place where puts the ' sweetener ' in his coffee while sings Do n't Give Up on Us ( the original of which was actually recorded by , the original " Hutch " ) . , , , and go to a disco where , while suffering the effects of the drug , challenges an arrogant dancer to a dance off , and goes crazy when he loses . takes him home and proceeds to have a threesome with and . 
 continues to be the main suspect of the duo 's investigation , after they are assaulted by an Asian dealer and his knife - throwing son , and the dealer mentions that his boss " had a yacht . " Further investigation leads them to believe that stores drugs in his garage , and during his daughter 's Bat Mitzvah , they go undercover as mimes attempting to locate the drugs . After confronting , shoots the lock off the garage door , accidentally shooting and killing a pony inside . As a result , Captain indefinitely suspends both of them . tries to cover for , but reveals that had filed a complaint against weeks ago , right after they first became partners . tries to explain , but the partners argue , and it leads to a split in their friendship . 
 Meanwhile , 's young neighbor , ( ) , whom watches on Wednesdays , is involved in a bomb blast in 's house , and breaks his leg ( the bomb was intended for ) . comes to visit in the hospital where a " who 's at fault " argument with , finally leads to reconciliation . They both decide to go after and put an end to his drug business . With help from , who grudingly acts as a golf caddie for , they learn that plans to sell the drugs at a charity ball by hiding them in Volkswagen to be given away to preplanned dope pushers . 
 The disguised duo manage to enter the party and hold up , pretending to be winners of a car . Upon shooting open the trunk of the car , a large amount of cocaine is found . takes hostage , and in 's attempt to rescue him , he accidentally shoots Captain in the shoulder . covers for telling that shot him . In the ensuing confusion , and his girlfriend ( ) escape outside with the money that was used to buy the drugs . and pursue them in a car chase over a golf course . 
 and then take off in his yacht hoping to escape the partners . Not far behind , and decide the only way to catch is to land 's car onto 's yacht , which is fearful to do . gets the car up to speed on a pier and then hits a ramp , but jumps way off course and misses the yacht . It slams into the sea and sinks as the partners safely escape . However all is not lost ; , who was hiding in the yacht , knocks out , with the golf club that had accused him of losing earlier . After knocking out , steals a briefcase full of money that belonged to along with his sun glasses . 
 In the last scene , at a party celebrating the capture of , , and , is still upset about the loss of his car . surprises him by buying him another Gran Torino from the original Starsky and Hutch duo ( and ) . The two happy cops roll out in their new car answering to the police radio .

Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Snoop Dogg, Juliette Lewis, Amy Smart, Carmen Electra

is a wealthy advertising executive . Just before Christmas , he surprises his girlfriend with first class tickets to Fiji . She is horrified that he would want to spend Christmas away from his family . Citing the fact that has never even introduced her to his family , she concludes that he will never get serious about their relationship and dumps him . has his assistant send her a Cartier bracelet to apologize . Desperate not to spend Christmas alone , calls all of his contacts to find a place to stay on Christmas , but he is not close enough to anyone to be invited . 
 He tracks down 's therapist , Dr. , at the airport , hoping to squeeze in a therapy session . The hurried doctor tells him to list all of his grievances and then burn them at his childhood home . The house is now occupied by the , who wonder what is doing on their front lawn . When he sets his grievances on fire , sneaks up behind him and knocks him out with a shovel . After he comes to , explains what he was doing and asks for a tour of the house . Thrilled to see his old room , impetuously offers $ 250,000 to let him spend Christmas with the . accepts , and 's lawyer draws up a contract that requires the to pose as his family . 
 The next day , forces the family to go out and buy a tree together , requiring to wear a cap in public . While they are trimming the tree , the eldest child arrives for the holidays and is stunned by 's presence . He suggests that she could portray the maid , since she was an unexpected addition to the scenario . At dinner , writes a script for the family to read at the table . He hires a local actor to play the part of his grandfather , whom he calls . 
 takes and her brother sledding the next day . After crashing at the bottom of a hill , he moves in to kiss Alicia , who sneezes instead . Recovering back home from their growing colds , shares a childhood memory with about an old tree that was coated in ice during a storm . asks to leave because he was planning on divorcing his wife . Instead , encourages the couple to indulge themselves . buys a Chevelle SS , which he had when he was in high school , and goes to a photographer for some glamour shots . 
 One evening , takes to the old tree of her childhood , which he has had covered in ice again . She is touched by the gesture , but overdoes it , bringing in a full pageant production to surround the tree . Disgusted by his lack of restraint , demands that he leave . Meanwhile , was won over by the bracelet , and when 's assistant informed her that he was spending Christmas with his family , visits the ' house with her parents . promises the an extra $ 75,000 if they will play along for the evening , and they agree to pretend to be his family . 
 The visit between the two families steadily descends into chaos , culminating with everyone seeing 's glamour shots manipulated into pornography on 's computer . 's parents storm out , and informs her that their relationship is over . finally draws out of the truth about his family . His father left them when he was just four , and every Christmas , his mother would work a double shift at the diner to make extra money . He would spend Christmas Day alone and visit his mom at the end of the night , and she would give him an adult stack of pancakes . He repeated the ritual every year until he was 18 , and he has never been in a diner since . His mother died when he was in college . 
 returns to his apartment to spend Christmas alone . visits him to collect his money , and the two decide to go watch the actor who played Doo - Dah perform in the local production of A Christmas Carol . At the play , and decide not to divorce . and make up outside the theater , and the film closes with everyone eating in the diner where 's mother worked .

Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate, Catherine O'Hara

Traveling salesman is approached by a man in a diner who asks him an uncomfortable question . After leaving the diner , is found dead with his eyelids cut off and clutching a symbol consisting of a circle with a line through it . The murder is investigated by FBI Agent ( ) , who was recently suspended for beating suspected serial killer . receives a series of taunting faxes from someone who may be 's killer . As the investigation proceeds , and his partner , ( ) , become aware of the possible existence of , a " super serial killer " responsible for hundreds of deaths who leaves no evidence behind to link his crimes together . 
 Another body is found in the trunk of a car bearing an M.O. similar to 's murder . The ownership of the car is traced to a room in a halfway house occupied by . The agents discover that the room is filled with obsessive - compulsive sketches of the crossed - circle symbol , a Bible which contains sketches of missing persons , and a book on ritual . Questioning the other occupants of the halfway house , is told by one of them the symbol represents a zero , not a circle . Information sent by the killer leads to ( ) , who believes himself to be a former member of the FBI . The agents must decide if is the key to catching Suspect Zero , or if he is himself . 
 Outside a bar , kills a man who attempts to kidnap and rape a young girl . When and arrive , they find that the body belongs to , who had been released from prison . Evidence reveals that was part of Project Icarus , a secret government project attempting to cultivate telepathic abilities in individuals for military purposes . The experiments gave the ability to see the actions of serial killers , driving him to hunt them down . demonstrates that shares his abilities to some degree . Neither or 's superiors are convinced by his theories that is chasing the killer rather than being the killer . 
 Suspect Zero is revealed to be a man who drives cross - country in a refrigerated truck . He targets children , whom he abducts and transports to his ranch to be killed . links these crimes by recognizing that victims had signs of freezer burns while being transported . chases one truck driver to a carnival , only to find that the child he saw in his vision as " captured " is free . suddenly appears and captures . After refusing to be frightened , spares . Eventually , the two men track Suspect Zero to his ranch and find numerous shallow graves . Chasing him , both vehicles crash off the road . manages to free a child while kills . then tries to convince to end his suffering by killing him . When refuses , pretends to attack him , prompting to shoot him to defend her partner .

Team America , a paramilitary antiterrorism force , eliminates a gang of terrorists in Paris , destroying the Eiffel Tower , Arc de Triomphe , and the Louvre in the process . The team comprises , a young psychologist ; , her love interest ; , a psychic ; , a jock who is in love with ; and , a martial arts expert who harbors a deep hatred of actors . proposes to , but a terrorist shoots him dead . 
 Team America leader brings Broadway actor to Team America 's base in Mount Rushmore and asks him to use his acting skills to infiltrate a terrorist cell . Unbeknownst to the team , North Korean dictator is supplying international terrorists with weapons of mass destruction . infiltrates a terrorist group in Cairo , Egypt , and the team kills the terrorists . However , the city is left in ruins , drawing criticism from the Film Actors Guild , a union of liberal Hollywood actors led by . 
 At the base , tells that , as a child , his acting talent caused his brother to be killed by gorillas . While the two grow close and have sex , terrorists blow up the Panama Canal as retaliation for Cairo , which the Film Actors Guild blames on Team America . , feeling his acting talents have again resulted in tragedy , leaves Team America . The remaining members depart for the Middle East , but are captured by North Korean forces . In North Korea , invites the Film Actors Guild and world leaders to a peace ceremony , planning to detonate a series of bombs while they are distracted . 
 Succumbing to depression , is reminded of his responsibility by a speech from a drunken drifter . Returning to the team 's base , he finds has survived a suicide bomb attack by . After regaining 's trust by giving him a blowjob and undergoing one - day training , goes to North Korea , where he uses his acting skills to infiltrate the base and free the team . They engage in a fight with the Film Actors Guild in which most of the actors are killed . 
 After uses his acting skills to save 's life , confesses to that he hates actors because when he was 19 years old , he was raped by the cast of the musical Cats . goes on stage and convinces the world 's leaders to unite using the drifter 's speech . kills and is kicked over a balcony by . He is impaled on a Pickelhaube , exposing his true form , an enormous cockroach , which flees in a spaceship , promising to return . and begin a relationship and the team reunites , preparing to combat the world 's terrorists .

The film begins with two cars racing in the middle of the desert . Biker ( ) pulls up on his motorcycle and tries to pass them . He finally does so and stops at a diner which his old girlfriend ( ) owns . There are pictures all over the wall of and back when they were together . takes one of the pictures . He then goes back outside and the two punks who did n't let him pass show up . The three get into a fight but Ford beats up both of them . 
 Next meets up with his two best friends ( ) and ( ) . They take a ride back to town to see a motorcycle party . sees and the two begin to talk with saying that she is mad that left . A biker gang called the Hellions pulls up which contains ( ) the leader , his girlfriend ( ) and his right - hand man ( Max ) . is saying that he is pissed at Ford for stealing his bikes ( which contain drugs ) . tells that he stole the bikes to pay off bills and his own bike . The Hellions leave and , and all take a ride on their bikes . 
 Another biker gang who is friends with the Hellions pull up . The black biker gang called the Reapers , contains ( ) the leader and his brother ( ) . The gang says that better stop stealing bikes or he is going down . 
 and his two friends and arrive at a nightclub where tons of biker gangs hang out . The three gangs run into each other and cause a big brawl . is scared and runs into the bathroom . , and are in the bathroom also and confront there . says that he is sorry for not paying back for a blown drug deal ( which refused to allow prior to this scene ) and begs to give him some time to work it out . But refuses and kills by strangling him to death with a biker chain . , and the two friends go back to a motel to stay for the night . Meanwhile and are in the back of the motel flirting and talking . 
 At the murder scene where was found dead , two FBI agents show up . A woman , ( ) and her partner , ( ) . They say they will take care of the case and find out who killed . says that she was a witness to 's death ( obviously she is lying ) . She says that killed . finds out and tells his biker gang to catch and kill him . 
 Next , and the two friends stop at a diner . sees on the TV that is wanted for 's murder . tells and the four leave the diner and hit the road . The Reapers pulled up at the diner and chases the four . The four ride into a forest full of palm trees to get away . 's gang members meets up with them in the forest . tells and the friends to split up . rides out of the forest into a desert . follows . Here at the desert we see a train . jumps up onto the train and follows riding on top of the train . After a while jumps off the train and follows . slips and falls in front of the train and his leg gets caught on the tracks . decides to help . ( He helps because must tell that he did n't kill ) . saves and gives him his bike . , and meet up with and the four find a cave for the night to stay . 
 talks it out with his friends and says that he should call the FBI agents to tell them that he is innocent . calls them and picks up the phone . He says that he does n't believe but does . We next see that it is morning and the four leave the cave and find a huge truck and hop in the back of it . The trucker does n't know that the four are in the back . As the truck is driving it gets stopped by the cops . The four in the back hear the cops and take what is inside the back of the truck .... a fast car . Just before the agents open the back of the truck , Ford and bust out of the truck in the car and the two friends on their bikes . The four drive onto a highway . The FBI agents follow and so does . 
 The next scene takes place on the highway with tons of other cars . Ford jumps out of the car and jumps onto 's bike and tells to ride with . and the two agents follow . The partners are n't paying attention and their black Hummer hits a construction pipe and flies into the air and lands upside down(they survived though ) . rides his bike into Ford 's and the two crash . Ford holding at gunpoint explains to that he did not kill . He believes him says that he wants to find out who killed . says that it was and that he set them both up . At 's garage calls and tells her that he wants her and and to come and meet him and there . Just after that , the two FBI agents bust in and tell and to get down . says that she wants an explanation since she believes is innocent . Ford tells them and the two agents believe them . turns and shoots and she falls to the floor . reveals himself as 's inside man and that he is working with the after making a deal with him . , and show up revealing they have tied up Ford 's two friends with chains and have also taken hostage . says that can take the bikes back but wants to kill and ( after admitting to that he had killed ) . 
 There is a big fight scene with killing by hanging him with a chain . and leave the garage . frees while unties and and they leave the garage . Just before they do gets up and tells that she is wearing a bullet proof vest . She tells and the others to leave the garage which they do . then blows up the garage killing . Outside of the garage China meets up with . The two fight on their bikes . 
 The fight ends with kicking off her bike and throwing her through a car windshield , killing her . 
 Finally Ford catches up with on the street in a bike chase . shoots at the gas of the bike Ford is driving causing gas to leak from it . As is shooting at Ford the bullet hit the leaked gas causing a fire trail . Ford then soars through the air and lands on top of 's bike , the fire catches up to them both causing both bike 's to explode throwing Ford in the air and killing . picks him up and they drive back to the garage to find the others . It is also revealed that survived but is injured 
 and get back together and decide that the four need a vacation ( with suggesting Mexico ) . picks up his girlfriend ( ) and from a distance we see the four ride off in the desert as the screen fades to black and the credits roll .

Martin Henderson, Ice Cube, Monet Mazur, Jay Hernandez, Jaime Pressly

In the late 12th Century BC , a battle between the armies of King of Mycenae and of Thessaly is averted when the great warrior , , defeats 's champion in single combat . Meanwhile , Prince of Troy and his younger brother negotiate a peace treaty with , King of Sparta . However , Paris is having an affair with ' wife , Queen , and smuggles her aboard their home - bound vessel . Upon learning of this , meets with , his elder brother , and asks him to help take Troy . agrees , as conquering Troy will give him control of the Aegean Sea . has , King of Ithaca , persuade to join them . , who strongly dislikes , eventually decides to go after his mother tells him that though he will die , he will be forever glorified . 
 In Troy , King is dismayed when and introduce , but welcomes her and decides to prepare for war . The Greeks eventually invade and take the Trojan beach , thanks largely to and his . has the temple of sacked , and claims — a priestess and the cousin of Paris and — as a prisoner . He is angered when spitefully takes her from him , and decides that he will not aid in the siege . 
 The Trojan and Greek armies meet outside the walls of Troy ; during a parley , Paris offers to duel personally for 's hand in exchange for the city being spared . , intending to take the city regardless of the outcome , accepts . wounds Paris and almost kills him , but is himself killed by . In the ensuing battle , kills and many Greek soldiers fall to the Trojan defenses . On ' insistence , gives the order to fall back . He gives to the Greek soldiers for their amusement , but saves her . Later that night , sneaks into ' quarters to kill him ; instead , she falls for him and they become lovers . 
 Despite 's objections , orders him to retake the Trojan beach and force the Greeks home ; the attack unifies the Greeks and the enter the battle . duels a man he believes to be and kills him , only to discover it was actually , ' cousin . Distraught , the armies agree to stop fighting for the day . is informed of his cousin 's death and vows revenge . Wary of , shows his wife a secret tunnel beneath Troy ; should he die and the city fall , he instructs her to take their child and any survivors out of the city to Mount Ida . 
 The next day , arrives outside Troy and challenges ; the two duel until is killed , and Achilles drags his corpse back to the Trojan beach . , in disguise , sneaks into the camp and implores to return 's body for a proper funeral . Ashamed of his actions , agrees and allows to return to Troy with , promising a twelve day truce so that 's funeral rites may be held in peace . He also orders his men to return home without him . 
 declares that he will take Troy regardless of the cost . Concerned , concocts a plan to infiltrate the city : he has the Greeks build a gigantic wooden horse as a peace offering and abandon the Trojan beach , hiding their ships in a nearby cove . orders the horse be brought into the city . That night , Greeks hiding inside the horse emerge and open the city gates for the Greek army , commencing the Sack of Troy . While and guide the Trojans to safety through the tunnel , Paris gives the Sword of Troy to , instructing him to protect the Trojans and find them a new home . kills and captures , who then kills . fights his way through the city and reunites with . Paris , seeking to avenge his brother , shoots an arrow through ' heel and then several into his body . bids farewell to , and watches her flee with Paris before dying . 
 In the aftermath , is finally taken and a funeral is held for , where personally cremates his body .

Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom, Brian Cox, Brendan Gleeson, Peter O'Toole, Diane Kruger, Rose Byrne, Saffron Burrows, Julie Christie

Having solved a high - profile case involving serial killer that ended with her being taken hostage by but managing to overpower and arrest him regardless , ( ) is a rising officer in the San Francisco Police Department . She is transferred to the homicide division and promoted to the rank of inspector . Her deceased father 's former partner , SFPD Chief ( ) , her foster father , also serves as her proud mentor . finds that she might once again have to prove herself in a department that takes no prisoners . In addition , 's parents were both killed in the 1970s when she was young as a result of her father murdering her mother 's extra - marital lovers then himself and 's mother , an event which scarred her in the past and caused to foster her . 
 When , a minor criminal and one of 's former one - night stands is brutally murdered , and her new partner , ( ) , are assigned to the case . , who has a drinking problem , admits that she had slept with but remains assigned to the case . A few days later however , , another of 's one - night stands is murdered and soon the police come to the conclusion that the killer is stalking . At ' insistence , remains on the case so as to bait out the killer . 
 As investigations progress , keeps having alcoholic blackouts at night , having already had them on the nights when and were killed . She confides in these blackouts and her increasing doubts about her mental health to her police psychiatrist , Dr who was assigned to review her mental state following the arrest . She also confides this to , who encourages her to carry on . 
 discovers a third murder , that of 's defense attorney ( ) who was also a former lover of and had summoned her via note to meet him that morning . As a result , comes under more suspicion for the crimes , particularly from rival Inspector ( ) , due to 's relationship with the victims and her occasional flashes of violent behaviour in the line of police duty . begins to fear that she is becoming like her father and committing similar murders , especially after a fourth murder takes place , SFPD Officer ( ) who was another former lover who also had been stalking , and wakes up with 's corpse in her bed . In each case , the murder seems to have been committed using a yawara . Early in the film , there is a scene where is training in delivering blows with a yawara that appear similar to the blows used to kill the victims . is arrested and questioned for the murders but is bailed by after blood work evidence undertaken by pathologist ( ) reveals that 's blood had strong amounts of rohypnol , a date rape drug , in it which means she was incapacitated during the murders and thus can not have committed them . 
 tells that he suspects Delmarco of being the killer , Delmarco having grown increasingly close to during the course of the investigation . The two turn up at Delmarco 's quayside home to question him where serves Delmarco wine laced with rohypnol to incapacitate him , upon which realises that is the true killer based on how he says they 're now " in this together " and how he sets up the scene to look as if will commit suicide , akin to how her father had looked when he supposedly committed suicide . admits he killed all of 's lovers , as well as her parents and her mother 's lovers , because he considered it his mission to prevent her growing up to be a dissolute woman like her mother . As her father 's partner , had felt the responsibility to inform him that his wife was a nymphomaniac , which drove him insane . Furthermore , as he himself had an illicit affair with 's mother , felt the need to kill her lovers , ashamed that he helped destroy his partner 's marriage and drove him insane . then decided to put him out of his misery by killing him . 
 secretly transmits 's confession to other police officers on a mobile phone , allowing her old partner ( ) to track them down . When tries to shoot her and , shoots him in the chest , killing him and causing him to fall off a dock into the water . The film closes on 's corpse drifting on the water 's surface surrounded by sea lions as the cops look on .

Two seemingly happy couples meet regularly for dinner but in reality the couples suffer from hidden discomfort in their family lives , causing one spouse to seek a relationship with a spouse from the other couple .

Former President of the United States retires to his vacation home in the town of Mooseport , Maine to escape from his ex - wife . is a commoner working as the local plumber of Mooseport , who also owns a hardware store . 
 Following the death of the town mayor , the town council decides to approach former president about running for the office . agrees because , as it turns out , if he holds the office , his Mooseport house can serve as his office and , therefore , can no longer be divided up or sold off in his divorce settlement . As a surprise to , his name has also been entered into the race . When finds out is running , he decides to withdraw , until he witnesses make a pass at 's girlfriend of six years , veterinarian Dr. , who recently broke up with him because he was taking the relationship too slow and had not yet proposed marriage to her . believes that , by becoming mayor , he can show he is a mature decision maker and win her heart . 
 Tempers rise following the arrival of ex - wife and campaign spoiler . 's team , led by long - time executive secretary and love interest and presidential aide , bring in strong support in the form of campaign strategist , who becomes 's campaign manager as he complains of a dull existence since retired from the presidency . As the campaigns progress , and both become obsessed with winning the race at all costs , although refuses to resort to any cheating schemes , making realize that in all his years of running for elections this may be the hardest as he is taking on an honest everyman . 
 Eventually , on the night before the election , both candidates ( for different reasons - trying to get sympathy votes , wanting the campaign to end and believes would be a better mayor than him ) urge the voters to vote for the other candidate by saying that neither of them will vote for themselves . Harrison keeps his promise , but votes for himself anyway . Upon the revelation that won by one vote , his conscience gets the better of him and he concedes the match to . However , lies that he voted for himself as well , and declines office , making end up as mayor once again . later reveals to that he conceded the election because needs the mayorship more than he does and that all he really wanted was to propose marriage to her , which he does . As is proposing to , also proposes to . The film ends with telling that he ran an excellent campaign and offers to be his campaign manager for Governor of Maine , which shows some interest in when he realizes a governor has certain authority over mayors .

The plot begins in a convenience store where two FBI agent brothers who are posing as Cuban clerks , and ( and ) , try to capture members of an organization that sells drugs inside ice cream boxes . Unfortunately , the first arrival turns out to be a genuine ice cream delivery , and the actual drug dealers manage to get away . The situation is worsened by the fact that and have decided to resolve this bust by themselves . 
 The FBI supervisor , ( ) , gives the two agents a last chance to remain in the FBI by giving them the duty of protecting the mega - rich billionaire cruise line heiresses and ( and ) , who are arriving in town for Labor Day Weekend in the Hamptons , from a kidnapping plot ( known as the socialite kidnappings ) . When the sisters get minor facial cuts in a car accident , convinces them to stay in the hotel all weekend . Kevin and then disguise themselves as the sisters in order to save their jobs . 
 At the Hamptons hotel , and ( as and ) meet and 's three best friends , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , and their rivals the sisters , ( ) and ( ) . They also encounter 's love interest , , a broke and jobless actor who happens to be 's boyfriend . shows an interest in the news reporter ( ) from New York 1 and makes an attempt to woo her , forgetting that he is still in disguise as a woman . ' wife ( ) , whose relationship is already troubled , becomes an additional complicating factor as she gets suspicious when she hears a woman 's voice in the background during a phone conversation with . The woman ( a sales assistant ) is actually just trying to help get dressed in some very tight clothes , but misinterprets them talking and assumes that is having an affair . Meanwhile , pro basketball player ( ) takes an interest in , thinking that he is and white . A date with / Tiffany is then auctioned off to during a charity dinner , much to ' fear and 's jealousy . At the same time , learns of 's desire to be wooed by a wealthy man as opposed to the men she usually sees and uses / Marcus ' date to steal Latrell 's Aston Martin DB7 and house keys to take on a date while pretending to be . When and arrive at 's house , gets mauled by 's until he manages to trap the dog in a coat closet . As and get close , he manages to gain some information relevant to the case of ( the suspect they 're after ) . Meanwhile , makes many attempts to repulse on their date while brushing off his many advances such as eating uncontrollably , chewing off a hangnail on his toe and farting . His attempts fail to do anything but amuse and further endear “ ” to . Elsewhere , FBI agents and investigate and 's hotel room due to suspicion . In their search , they find the Sisters masks and conclude that they are and in disguise . 
 At a nightclub , attempts to roofie in hopes of having sex only to be tricked into taking it himself and ends up in bed with 's friend , ( ) . and beat and in a dance - off hoping to help win only to have drag him off . is seen vomiting in the bathroom , drunk and unintentionally slips to and that ( ) is penniless , and has only recently paid 's own father back for loans he has lent him . The next day , the real and see their faces in a magazine , and they realize that two people are impersonating them . and her friend , ( ) , see as while visiting and believes that is " cheating " on her and leaves him in disbelief and hurt . The sisters go to the hotel their clones were seen at where agents and undress them and pull at their faces and their hair , thinking they are and , only to find out that they 're the real sisters and lose their jobs . This leads to the chief finding out that and have been impersonating and . Because of this , the chief fires the both of them . Later on , and then realize that Mr. has been behind the kidnappings , using the ransom money to keep his family in their luxurious lifestyle . Their attempts to notify their chief fall on deaf ears and so they pursue the case themselves . 
 At the fashion show , and replace the sisters on the catwalk which angers them and attempt to humiliate the sisters . stands up for after she tells she 's tired of waiting for him and he callously brushes her off . After the sisters are foiled by the trio and humiliated off the catwalk , and are exposed by the real sisters , at which point attempts to kidnap the sisters . He temporarily manages to capture one of the real twins and , only to have his criminal activities and bankruptcy exposed . In the ensuing fight , is shot trying to protect , and is shot trying to protect . The duo successfully captures along with and ( with the help of and ) before his plan succeeded which gets them their jobs back . While thanking , peels his mask off , revealing that he is actually a black man . While is upset that is a man , his primary anger stems from the fact that is black , not that he is a man . apologizes to for constantly putting work before love , and the two make up , much to 's chagrin . falls for after he saves her from a bullet shot by when she caught his secret on film . The movie ends with , , and admitting they liked and a lot more when it was and , and the five agree to remain friends , promising to go shopping .

, a young advertising executive , returns to Chicago with his fiancée , , after spending the last two years in New York . He bumps into his old friend on the way into a meeting at a restaurant , in preparation for a business trip to China . Once inside , thinks he overhears , the beautiful dancer he was in love with two years before , who had vanished overnight . Unable to confront the woman he believes may be , he blows off the trip and instead embarks on an obsessive search for her , as the story of and 's romance unfolds in flashbacks . 
 A key card which the woman leaves at the restaurant leads to a hotel , where he finds 's silver compact and an article marked in a newspaper . He leaves a note for at the restaurant bar , borrows 's car , and trails the man from the newspaper article to an apartment . There discovers a note to under the door , with her key enclosed . The apartment is deserted , but he leaves a note himself , to meet him in Wicker Park , and keeps the key . An ecstatic returns the car to , who is furious because he has missed a date with his new girlfriend . When calls , takes the blame and is mollified . 
 The next day , after waiting in vain at Wicker Park , goes back to the apartment and is caught by a woman who is also named . She says the apartment is hers , but she has a coat and red - soled shoes with a broken heel identical to Lisa's — shoes that came from 's shop , where first met . She says that she was at the hotel because the man in the newspaper was stalking her , and asks to stay the night . They end up sleeping together . Flashbacks reveal that this " " is actually , 's old neighbor and friend . had fallen in love with from afar , but he met and fell for before found the courage to speak to him . The man from the newspaper was stalking , and agreed to swap apartments with her for a few days before left for a new job in London . 
 persuades to come with him that night to see perform in Twelfth Night . She is unrecognizable in stage makeup , but panics after she sees in the audience with . returns to the apartment , feels the real 's presence in spite of its emptiness , and spends the night . sleeps with that night ; in the morning , when calls , she answers the phone then drops it in a panic . She overhears say is at the apartment , and runs out to call him and meet him there . After receiving 's note at the restaurant , calls and asks to tell to meet her at three o'clock , saying he will know where . When arrives at the apartment , gives her another pair of red - soled shoes , 's size , but they are too big . She realizes he suspects something , but says he can exchange them and leaves . then calls and asks him to meet her at the restaurant . 
 Now suspicious , follows " " ( ) , bumps into , and follows him into the restaurant to finally meet , the girl is in love with . confronts , her deception revealed . A flashback reveals that two years ago , the same day that asked to move in with him , was offered a last minute job touring with a show in Europe and had to jump on a plane . had given a note to deliver to , telling him she loved him and wanted to live with him . Instead , had kept the note , deleted all the messages had left for on his answering machine , and told that she had caught in bed with another woman . never learned why left , seemingly without a word . In the present , a confused tells that called and wants him to meet her at three o'clock before she returns to London . is unsure where to meet , but gives him 's old note and he realizes that is at Wicker Park . Arriving too late , then races to the airport , and is met by , who has come to pick him up from the business trip to China he never went on . He confesses that he still loves someone else and can not marry her . is nearby on the phone , listening to admit what she has done and apologize . sees through the crowd and comes up behind her . She senses he is there , turns to kiss him , and they are reunited .

The film opens with a soldier and nurse getting out of two 1940 - style cars in the middle of night . The nurse runs up to the soldier and the camera switches to reveal this to be a scene from a film . Three Piggly Wiggly store workers in Fraziers Bottom , West Virginia — , , and — are watching and as the nurse on screen asks for forgiveness and the soldier agrees , the women in the audience are moved to tears as is clearly unimpressed . As the ladies wonder what — the star of the film — is doing at that moment , their prediction of praying is proven false as the scene cuts to — described in the next scene by his agent—"drinking , driving , smoking , leering , and groping all at the same time " . 
 's agent tells him that his hedonistic lifestyle is damaging his reputation and career opportunities . In order to improve his image and convince a director to cast him in an upcoming film , his agents establish a competition to win a date with with proceeds going towards the charity Save the Children . An online advertisement for the competition is found by . With the help of the Piggly Wiggly customers and the reluctant agreement of , and raise the $ 100 entrance money as reveals to his superior that he will leave for Richmond to go to college after he has a discussion " with someone about going to Richmond with me " . 
 A news crew arrives outside 's house , signalling her success at winning a date with . Subsequently , a despondent sees her off at the airport . is awed by Los Angeles and becomes tongue - tied in 's presence ; the date does not go well as vomits in the limousine and mentioning his love of animals — which had warned was a signal of sexual intentions — rouses her suspicions . After seeing 's house , requests to go back to the hotel and soon returns home , leaving thoughtful . 
 As is about to tell about moving to Richmond she is surprised — as much as is disappointed — by 's sudden arrival to rekindle their relationship . Though is still cynical of him as he uses a line from one of his films , his admission of not having " his priorities straight " seems to convince her of his good intentions . During a phone call with his agent , insists that he wants to turn over a new leaf , and will not return to Los Angeles for a while . When he picks up for a date he leaves a good impression on 's father , who had studied hard for the encounter . tries to stop their date by reporting the pair for illegally parking . He tries to convince that is just using her . Despite all his efforts , and grow close over the next few days . 
 In the bar , corners in a men 's room stall . After conceding that is in love with , tells that is more than a " wholesome small town girl " , is a wonderful person with " the kind of beauty a guy only sees once " . He explains about her six smiles : one smile when something makes her laugh , one for polite laughter , one for when she makes plans , one when she makes fun of herself , one when she 's uncomfortable , and one when she 's talking about her friends . makes swear not to break her heart or he will tear to pieces with his bare hands or " vicious rhetoric " . When the pair is in 's hotel room , his agents appear and inform him that the director has decided to cast him in the film after all . is overjoyed and convinces to come to Los Angeles with him by using 's " six smiles " speech . 
 After a rousing speech about great love from , a barmaid with a crush on him , rushes to 's house and confesses his love for her but she is confused and resolves to still go to LA with . On the plane when fails to identify one of 's smiles , he confesses his lie and she asks to go home . She runs to Piggly Wiggly and 's house , then drives furiously towards Richmond to overtake her heartbroken friend . Similar to the opening scene , and get out of their cars and , surrendering to a romantic song on the car radio , asks her to dance .

Twelve years after graduating from high school , three friends , , , and , find out that their childhood friend has died in a parasailing accident . After the funeral , they revisit the group 's old tree - house and find a map leading to lost treasure , which had apparently been working on for his entire life . takes a break from his job as a doctor and joins and on a camping trip to find the treasure . 
 They take a canoe down the river and eventually stop on the riverside for the night . They discover that they forgot to bring food , so goes out to catch some fish . However , the activity attracts a grizzly bear to their position , and the bear chases the group into a tree . In the morning , the group find all of their gear has been ripped up and completely destroyed by the bear . 
 The trio takes off into the river but are unable to read the map , causing them to go the wrong way . They fall off of a waterfall , and while they survive , their canoe is destroyed . They venture into the woods with a compass and find themselves at a pot farm where two farmers , and , mistake them for thieves and start shooting at them . They escape , burning the pot garden down in the process . This enrages the farmers , who decide to hunt them down and kill them . 
 Later , far into the forest the trio meets two hippie girls , and Butterfly , who treat them in their tree . Using a radio the farmers find them , but the hippie girls drop paper bags full of feces at the farmers to distract them while the trio escapes . They are saved from the thunderstorm by a mountain man who takes them to his hut and provides them with clothes . The mountain man later reveals himself to be , 's partner before his death . 
 The next morning , the farmers find them and assault the house . The trio escapes while shoots at the two farmers with his revolver . The trio stumbles upon the site of 's crash - landing where they discover 's corpse and the suitcase that he used to hold the ransom money , and they realize that burned the money in an attempt to survive . As crawls through a small tunnel to find a way out , the farmers find and , and a fistfight ensues . Eventually , Sheriff , who had earlier helped the trio , intervenes . He then reveals himself to be the farmers ' employer . arms a grenade taken from and throws it towards the pot dealers . It explodes , causing a tree to fall on the farmers and the sheriff , who are soon arrested . 
 In the closing scenes , , , and split half of the remaining money with who gives D.B. 's remains a proper funeral . proposes to his girlfriend , starts a relationship with , and becomes a camp counselor for a children 's summer camp where he ends up telling his troop an exaggerated version about the trip .

and lead a promising dance crew in Los Angeles , California who participate in street dancing battles at a warehouse owned by a local club owner , Mr. . The film opens up with their crew battling another crew led by . Their crew defeats 's crew . 
 After the battle , and go to another club to deliver drugs for a drug lord named in order to get money for the battles . Later on , and are challenged by , a rich kid from Orange County , for $ 5,000 , they think it 's easy money . After winning another battle , and his best friend , meet at a park . tells them that his crew will battle their crew next Saturday night , but and think that 's crew are not good enough to battle them tonight . Furious , accepts their offer . He borrows money from his grandmother for the battle . 
 Due to the amount of money on the line , Mr. announced that there will be no fighting during the battle and hires a bodyguard for insurance . Nonetheless a fight does breakout after and realize that their opponent has their moves set , due their crew member betraying the team to join 's . The crowd applauds 's crew but and are furious that they have lost for the first time . , crowing over his success , delivers the titular line , " You 're just mad ... 'cause tonight you suckaz got served ! " 's crew takes over Mr. 's club and and 's crew leave furiously . 
 Meanwhile , and , 's sister , are falling in love . picks her up from work and they go to a restaurant . While playing basketball with , who decides to join and after his crew leaves him , gets a cell phone call from telling him that he wants them to come earlier to do their job . tries to call immediately , but before can take 's call , turns off his phone , leaving to do the job himself . is beat down by some local thugs that take Emerald 's money landing him in the hospital , in trouble with Emerald , and furious at for not being there when he needed him . 
 The friends split up and form their own crews , but neither is as good as on their own as they are together . forbids to see , ignoring the fact that she and want to help him . tells and about the " Big Bounce , " a $ 50,000 dance competition purportedly sponsored by MTV which will provide the winning crew the opportunity to perform in a Lil ' Kim video . sees this as a way to pay back and his grandmother . Attempts to bring and together , particularly by , are fruitless , as both nearly come to blows when encountering each other . 
 receives a visit from , who tells him he has a couple of weeks to pay him back . He warns not to cross him or he " will never walk , let alone dance again . " 
 During the qualifying rounds of the Big Bounce , many crews perform and impress the judges with their skills including 's crew . During this time talks with Mr. about and 's problems . He reveals that he knows the situation with Emerald and took care of it stating that Emerald had a ' change of heart ' . When it is time for 's crew to dance , two slip - ups costs his crew a chance to make it to the finals . 's crew , however , impresses the judges and gets to the finals . 
 While lamenting his loss in the semis , and learn that , a young boy who has been accepted into the crew through , was killed in a drive - by . The next day , goes over to 's house and tells him that they should reunite the crew in honor of . arrives minutes later , after asked him to come over in an attempt for him and to end their feud . states , however , that in the competition rules they can only complete with the crews they started with . Regardless , both of them still do n't forgive each other . 
 Later , 's crew , going by the name " The Lil ' Saints " , show up to the finals of the " Big Bounce " competition . and host the competition . The finals begin , but when they announce the winner , they discover there is a tie between " The Lil ' Saints " and " Wade 's Crew " . Both crews refuse a tie . gets advice from Mr. , who declares a battle competition , " straight hood , " with no rules , even allowing other people to join the battling crews . also comes and asks to join 's crew . With backup from their friends , forgives and allows him to join . 
 They battle 's crew , dedicating the battle to Lil ' Saint . " The Lil ' Saints " win after they get the loud approval from the crowd . As they celebrate their victory , gives his blessings for and to be together . and , however , walk up to them , angry over their loss . replies with , " Y'all just mad , 'cause today , you suckas got served . " Their friends and the rest of the crowd begin to chant ' served ' causing both and to leave in shame . and continue to celebrate with their friends and family .

Children and sabotage the relationships of their divorced mother , determined to keep her single until their parents reconcile . , a child - hating businessman , purchases an expensive SUV and boasts with his beloved bobble - head of , who comes to life at its own will – though only can see or hear him . When he reaches his shop , he witnesses the woman of his dreams , . On his way to talk to her , he is disgusted to find she has two kids , who turn out to be and . 
 Later that night , runs into on his way home , asking for a jump start because her car has broken down . After receiving an electric shock , he agrees to take her home , and once there , agrees to transport her wherever she needs to go . On New Year 's Eve , he brings her to an airport to go to Vancouver for a business meeting , but her ex - husband calls to say he is sick and can not bring the children to the airport , leaving her to put her trust in . 
 Once at her house , he meets and for the second time and gives them " gifts " ( a pizza coupon for and a corkscrew for ) . They go to the airport to park , where accidentally damages 's car door . yells at , making him cry , but bribes him with 10 dollars to make sure he does n't get in trouble by the police . Inside the airport , is tackled by security after learns that corkscrews are illegal to bring on planes so he ditches the item in 's jacket pocket . After taking a train instead , the two kids jump off to collect a toy just as boards , forcing him to jump off and land unsafely . When they lose their luggage , they reluctantly drive . 
 Believing is only their mother 's friend , the kids are tamed but still misbehave and show no respect . At a truck stop , the two learn from one of 's friends on his cell phone that he not only dislikes them , but also lied about not having feelings for their mother . They then show less restraint and cause mayhem throughout the trip , hijacking 's car by having fake an asthmatic attack , injuring in the testicles with a plastic axe , signalling to truck driver that they have been kidnapped ( which results in heavy damage to 's car , much to his horror ) , and ultimately running away to visit their father . pursues them on a horse but falls off . 
 Once they arrive , however , they learn their father has not only moved on , but has a new family . Feeling betrayed and abandoned , they warm up to , as he does with them ; tells them his father also abandoned him . Along the rest of the trip , the three still find themselves in several mishaps , but each setback only strengthens their relationship . At one point , has to get an asthma refill from a pharmacist working as a clown at a chaotic children 's New Year 's Eve party , and during this , reveals her singing talent . Their bond is ultimately tested when 's car is inadvertently set on fire and explodes after loses his keys by getting into a fight with a deer due to scaring it with a camera flash and tries to hotwire it . angrily blames the kids by pretending it was their fault making them cry but calms down and apologizes immediately afterwards . 
 The trio tries to hitch a ride from , but he leaves behind and drives off , still thinking Nick is a kidnapper . To 's surprise , the kids physically attack him in the van , leading to a chase that ends when in Vancouver , where fights , along with several men dressed as snowmen . During the fight , has an asthma attack and collapses . rushes to his aid and revives him . Witnessing the event , believes trusting was a mistake . After encouragement from , goes to 's hotel to tell her and the kids farewell for good . After realizes how much and the kids have grown to care for each other , realizes that is the one for her , and they kiss on New Year 's Eve during the fireworks at 's suggestion .

As a child , falls down into a dry well and is attacked by a swarm of bats , subsequently developing a phobia of the creatures . While watching an opera with his parents , and , becomes frightened by performers masquerading as bats and asks to leave . Outside , mugger murders 's parents in front of him . Orphaned , is raised by the family butler , . 
 Fourteen years later , is freed in exchange for testifying against Gotham City mafia boss . intends to murder , but one of 's assassins does so first . 's childhood friend , Assistant District Attorney , berates him for attempting to undermine the justice system , saying that his father would be ashamed . confronts , who tells him that real power comes from being feared . decides to travel the world and learn how to confront injustice . While serving a prison sentence for theft in Bhutan , he meets , who trains him as a member of the League of Shadows , led by Ra 's al Ghul . After completing his training and purging his fears , learns that the League intends to destroy Gotham , believing it to be corrupt , decadent , hypocritical and beyond saving . rejects the League 's cause and burns down their temple during his escape . Ra 's is killed by falling debris , while saves the unconscious . 
 returns to Gotham intent on fighting crime . Inspired by his childhood fear , he takes up the vigilante identity of " " and sets up a base in the caves beneath Wayne Manor . He takes an interest in his family 's company , Wayne Enterprises , now run by the unscrupulous . Company archivist allows access to prototype defense technologies , including a protective bodysuit and a heavily armored car , the Tumbler . poses as a shallow playboy to allay suspicion . 
 intercepts a drug shipment , provides with evidence against , and enlists Sergeant , one of the few honest cops left in Gotham , to arrest him . In the prison , meets Dr. , a corrupt psychiatrist whom he has helped smuggle drugs into Gotham , and threatens to reveal his complicity if he does not declare him mentally unfit for trial . puts on a scarecrow mask and sprays with a fear - inducing hallucinogen that drives him insane ( which causes to constantly mouth the word " " ) , and has him transferred to Arkham Asylum . While investigating " the " , is exposed to the hallucinogen and left incapacitated . He is saved by and given an antidote developed by . When accuses of corruption , reveals that he has been pouring his fear - inducing drug into Gotham 's water supply . He drugs with it , but saves her and subdues , who claims to work for Ra 's al Ghul . evades the police to get to safety , administers the antidote , and gives her a vial of it for and another for mass production . reappears at 's birthday party and reveals himself to be the true Ra 's al Ghul . Having stolen a powerful microwave emitter from Wayne Enterprises , he plans to vaporize Gotham 's water supply , rendering 's drug airborne and causing mass hysteria that will destroy the city . He sets Wayne Manor aflame and leaves to die , but rescues him . 
 Ra 's loads the microwave emitter onto Gotham 's monorail system , intending to release the drug as the train travels toward the city 's central water source . rescues from a drugged mob and indirectly reveals his identity to her . He pursues Ra 's onto the monorail and fights him just as uses the Tumbler 's cannons to destroy a section of the track . refuses to kill 's , but also chooses not to save him , gliding from the train and leaving 's aboard as it crashes and explodes , killing him . 
 gains 's respect but loses her love , as she decides she can not be with him while he is . buys a controlling stake in the now publicly traded Wayne Enterprises , fires , and replaces him with . is promoted to Lieutenant of the Gotham City Police Department , shows the Bat - Signal , and mentions a criminal who leaves playing cards at crime scenes . promises to investigate , and disappears into the night .

Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman

, restless after years of filmmaking , enters the music industry after witnessing a Russian mob execute his friend , owner of a record company . offers to help his friend 's widow , , manage the failing business , which owes $ 300,000 to hip - hop producer . 
 is impressed by singer and helps free her from contractual obligations to and , who has a gay Samoan bodyguard named , an aspiring actor and the butt of and 's homophobic jokes . and hire a hitman , to kill before he can save 's company by arranging a live performance for along with and . 
 demands payment of the $ 300,000 , but agrees to give a few days to get the money plus the vig . When the Russians attempt to kill , mistakenly kills , the Russian Mob 's hitman . Carr is furious about the mistake . then kills with a metal baseball bat after " disrespects " him . 
 then tries to trick by handing him a pawn ticket , claiming that 's contract is being held at a pawn shop owned by the Russians . gives the ticket to the police , who pay the Russians a visit . and set up by making him believe that tricked in giving him the $ 300,000 to get 's contract . and the DubMD confront in his office , as do and his men . Insulted by 's racist remarks , kills him . 
 sends to kill . By assuring that he can help his acting career , befriends him . After learning that had gotten him an audition for a film , turns on , who had erased the message on his answering machine . For all his smooth talking and flamboyant wardrobe , finds himself in a firework conflagration which roasts him live on camera . is arrested on murder charges when makes sure he is caught with the bat used to kill . 
 squeezes in a dance scene with ( a nod to the " Twist Contest " scene in Pulp Fiction ) , celebrating as gets to make her appearance with Aerosmith in concert . agrees to become 's new producer . At the MTV Video Music Awards , Linda wins the awards for best new artist and video of the year . During her acceptance speech , she thanks , and . and leave the award ceremony . And as drives off , he passes a billboard revealing that is the co - star of a new movie with .

John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Cedric the Entertainer, André Benjamin, Steven Tyler, Vince Vaughn

( ) is a widowed hairstylist who has moved from Chicago to Atlanta so her daughter ( ) can attend a private music school . She 's made a name for herself as a stylist , but after her self - centered boss , ( ) , criticizes her decisions , she leaves and sets up her own shop , purchasing a run - down salon by the skin of her teeth by helping out a loan officer . 
 Upon buying the salon , she runs into instant barriers : loudmouthed young stylists , older clients who are fixed in their habits , an energetic young boy named ( ) who constantly flirts with women ( including ) while filming for his next music video , people wary of her ability as a hairdresser , and the constant trouble her rebellious sister - in - law , ( ) , finds herself in . issues an ultimatum with to clean up her act and start paying her back or she will be evicted . In a short time , the previous owner 's clients become her own and many of her former customers find their way from 's to her salon . When electrical issues arise , she finds that the upstairs renter , , is a handsome electrician from Africa who eventually bonds with due to his skills on the piano . Because is jealous that his shop is losing clients to 's , he pays a health inspector named ( ) , to find various ways to shut down 's business . 
 Over time , neighborhood regulars frequent the shop and the varied stylists become close to , as does ( ) . One of her former clients from 's even uses her connections to set up a meeting with Cover Girl for 's homemade miracle conditioner , affectionately called " hair crack " . 
 Tragedy strikes when the shop is trashed and heavily vandalized the night before 's big piano recital . When next enters the shop , she finds not only that her staff has cleaned up the majority of the mess and brought items from home so the shop could operate , but has also decided to grow up and enter beauty school . While filming for his next topic , tapes a meeting between and Inspector and learns that they were responsible for trying to ruin . Shortly , a disheveled woman enters the shop and begs for someone to fix her hair for a wedding she has in a few hours . Soon after , shows the videotape of a meeting he filmed of and Inspector . Later that night , goes to 's salon to not only tell him about the tape , but that she knows he is not from Austria , but from Nebraska . As soon as leaves , ( ) ( 's only male employee ) and a few of his friends give an extreme haircut as payback for what he did to her in trying to close her shop . 
 Later , as the shop listens to their favorite radio talk - show host DJ ( ) , they find out she was the desperate customer on the way to the wedding as she gives the shop ( and 's " hair crack " conditioner ) a shout - out on the radio .

10 - year - old has just moved to the fictional small town of Naomi , Florida with her father , a preacher . 
 While in the Winn - Dixie supermarket , she encounters a scruffy that is wreaking havoc.[2 ] claims that it is her dog and names it " Winn - Dixie " . Winn - Dixie becomes friends with everyone he encounters , and so makes some new friends in the process . She also rekindles her relationship with her father , and learns ten things about her mother , who abandoned them seven years ago . describes the preacher as a turtle , always sticking his head into his turtle shell , and never wanting to come out into the real world . This is most likely because of how sad he is about her mother , with whom he is still in love . 
 One of the people meets is Miss , a kind and somewhat eccentric elder librarian , who tells her many great stories , including one involving a bear . also meets , a blind recovering alcoholic with a tree in her backyard that has beer bottles hanging from it . She calls it a ' mistake tree ' and the bottles represent the ghosts of all the things she has done wrong . One day , fed up with Winn - Dixie , the landlord of the ' trailer park , Mr. , orders the preacher to get rid of the dog . The preacher calls the animal pound to take Winn - Dixie away , but begs her father to keep her dog . Unable to see his daughter this upset , the preacher tells the pound to return Winn - Dixie , claiming that he is not the same dog he called about . 
 gets a job at Gertrude 's Pets and befriends a worker there , , a shy ex - convict with a passion for music . She also meets a girl named , who is eager to get a dog like Winn - Dixie . Later , a thunderstorm comes and Winn - Dixie , being pathologically afraid of thunderstorms , runs away . While looks for him , her father wants to give up and she blames him for the loss of her mother and Winn - Dixie running away . But her father explains that he tried very hard to look for her mother . He then admits that he believes that she is never coming back . Later they go back to a party and starts to sing a song on his guitar . Winn - Dixie is heard outside howling along to the song . Everyone , while singing , lets him in and welcomes him back .

During his childhood , witnesses his father being taken by the Boogeyman , an evil creature which lives in all closets worldwide . Since then , he has taken precautions to ensure that the Boogeyman can not get to him , such as sleeping on a mattress on the floor , and removing all closets from his home , and keeping all his clothes in a dresser drawer . 
 After a Thanksgiving trip with his girlfriend to her parents ' house , has a premonition in which his mother tells him to return to the family home . Soon after , he receives a call from his uncle informing him that his mother has passed away . Upon returning to the psychiatric ward , where he grew up after his father died , he discovers that one of the patients , a young girl , is being threatened by the Boogeyman , which lives in the ceiling of her room . 
 Upon a suggestion by his psychiatrist that returning to his family home to spend the night in that house would be a good idea , returns to his old Victorian style house in the open country , where he relives memories of his mother telling his father that the Boogeyman does not exist and therefore can not possibly harm . is briefly attacked by the Boogeyman when he enters the downstairs closet . 
 meets a young girl in his woodshed , named , who wants to know if it 's true that the Boogeyman murdered 's father . Searching the woodshed he discovers a disturbing file of Missing Person lists and documents left by , and upon flicking through them , he discovers a collection of missing children whom were all taken by the Boogeyman . 
 panics and attempts to leave , but abruptly shows up and takes out of the house for a night to a quiet motel , where she is murdered by the Boogeyman , dragging her into the bath . 
 returns from getting ice and preparing drinks and enters the bathroom , where he finds that is missing . He realizes what has occurred , and stumbles blindly into a closet , and then walks out into his family home , just as , his friend , has returned to his home and , upon hearing noises from the closets , was about to open the door herself . drags back to the hotel , where they find the empty bath ; this time with blood on the side . begins thinking that might 've harmed ; but angrily denies it . Frustrated at 's refusal to tell her what is really wrong with him , claims that the person saw in her house was in fact her deaf father . calls 's Uncle to have him check on . But he is captured and taken away by the Boogeyman . 
 returns to his house and meets once more , who leads him to a house full of proclamations describing the Boogeyman . There is a chair in the middle of the room facing a closet . remembers this room as being the home of a doctor whom everyone thought was insane . then reveals herself to be one of the kids the Boogeyman murdered and disappears , telling he 'd best go to the place where it all started . The Boogeyman pulls through various portals in time through the closet , eventually depositing him in his childhood room , where he smashes various toys the Boogeyman uses to give itself form before eventually defeating it and being returned to the present . 
 With the Boogeyman gone , hopes that his and 's lives will be safer . Morning dawns and already feels better , thinking he 's safe . However , a post - credits scene reveals a young girl being tormented by the monster , revealing that the Boogeyman has resurfaced out of the closet .

In 1963 , and are hired by to herd his sheep through the summer in the Wyoming mountains . After a night of heavy drinking , makes a pass at , who is initially hesitant but eventually responds to 's advances . Despite telling that it was a one - time incident , they develop a passionate sexual and emotional relationship . After and eventually part ways , marries his longtime fiancée and has two daughters with her . returns the next summer seeking work , but , who observed and on the mountain , refuses to rehire him . 
 moves to Texas , where he meets , marries , and has a son with rodeo rider . After four years , visits . Upon meeting , the two kiss passionately , and inadvertently observes this . broaches the subject of creating a life together on a small ranch , but , haunted by a childhood memory of the torture and murder of two men suspected of homosexual behavior , refuses . He is also unwilling to abandon his family . and continue to meet for infrequent fishing trips . The marriages of both men deteriorate . abandons the rodeo , going into business with her father and expecting to work in sales . and eventually divorce in 1975 . Hearing about ' divorce , drives to Wyoming . He suggests again that they should live together , but refuses to move away from his children . finds solace with male prostitutes in Mexico . sees his family regularly until finally confronts him about her knowing the true nature of his relationship with . This results in a violent argument , causing to abandon his connections with . meets and has a brief romantic relationship with , a waitress . 
 and meet and befriend another couple , and . It is implied that begins an affair with , as tells Jack his boss has a remote cabin that he can use anytime he wants , and suggests they use it together sometime . At the end of a regular fishing trip with , tries to delay their next meeting . 's frustration erupts into argument , and blames for being the cause of his own conflicted actions . begins to cry . tries to hold him and there is a brief struggle , but they end up locked in an embrace . watches as drives away . Some time later , receives a postcard he had sent to , stamped " Deceased " . He calls , who says that died in an accident , when a tire he was changing exploded . As she is speaking , imagines that was actually beaten to death by a gang of thugs , the fate that feared . tells that wanted to have his ashes scattered on Brokeback Mountain , but she does not know where it is . 
 travels to meet with 's mother and father , and offers to take 's ashes to the mountain . The father refuses , preferring to have them interred in a family plot . Permitted by 's mother to see his childhood bedroom , finds the bloodstained shirt he thought he had lost on Brokeback Mountain . He discovers kept it hanging with his own stained shirt from that summer 's fight . holds both shirts up to his face , silently weeping . 's mother lets him keep the shirts . Later , 19 - year - old arrives at ' trailer to tell her father she is engaged . She asks for his blessing and invites him to the wedding . asks her if her fiancé really loves her and she replies " yes " . After leaves , goes to his closet , where his and 's shirts hang together , with a postcard of Brokeback Mountain tacked above . He stares at the ensemble for a moment , tears in his eyes , and murmurs , " , I swear ... "

Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Michelle Williams, Randy Quaid

( ) , a former who made a small fortune in the computer industry , wants to live in quiet retirement . He is content to lounge around watching old movies and listening to classical or easy listening music . His current girlfriend , ( ) , is ending their relationship and moving out of his house when a letter in a pink envelope arrives . After she walks out , reads the letter ; it purports to be from an unnamed former girlfriend , informing him that he has a son who is nearly nineteen years old , and who may be looking for him . Initially , does not intend to do anything about it , but his busybody neighbor ( , who is a mystery novel enthusiast , urges to investigate . researches the current locations of the five women most likely to have written the letter and gives the information along with maps and flight reservations , and persuades him to visit them . 
 Ultimately meets with four women ( the fifth one had died before the events of the film ) , each encounter worse than the last and each woman damaged in some way : 
 Later , stops at a florist to buy flowers from a young woman named ( ) who treats his cut . leaves the flowers at the grave of the fifth woman , , whom originally thought might be the mother before finding out she had died five years prior . Finally , returns home where he finds a pink letter from , admitting she still likes him . He discusses the trip and second letter with , who theorizes that might have written the original letter as a hoax . He then goes home to compare the two letters . then meets a young man in the street ( ) who he suspects may be his son . He buys him a meal , but when he remarks that the young man believes that is his father , the young man becomes agitated and flees . attempts to chase the man but gives up , standing in the middle of a crossroads . watches a Volkswagen Beetle drive past from which a young man ( ) in the passenger seat makes eye contact with , while the same music has listened to on his trip plays from the passing car .

Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Stone, Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange, Tilda Swinton

In 1959 , the four dead bodies of the family are discovered on their Kansas farm . While reading The New York Times , ( ) is riveted by the story and calls The New Yorker magazine editor ( ) to tell him that he plans to document the tragedy . 
 travels to Kansas , inviting childhood friend ( ) to come along . He intends to interview those involved with the family , with as his go - between and facilitator . ( ) , the Kansas Bureau of Investigation 's lead detective on the case , brushes him off , but 's wife ( ) is a fan of 's writing and persuades her husband to invite and to their house for dinner . 
 's stories of movie sets and film stars captivate . Over time , her husband warms to and allows him to view the photographs of the victims . The , , and are having dinner when the murder suspects , ( ) and ( ) , are caught . Flattery , bribery , and a keen insight into the human condition facilitate 's visits to the prison where the accused are held . 
 begins to form an attachment to . He informs of his intent to expand the story into a full - length book . Following the trial and conviction , gains continued access to the murderers by bribing Warden ( ) . 
 spends the following years regularly visiting and learning about his life , excepting a year - long stint when he goes to Morocco and Spain to write the " first three parts " of the book , accompanied by his romantic partner ( ) . 
 The story of 's life , his remorseful manner , and his emotional sincerity impress , who becomes emotionally attached to him despite the gruesome murders . aids and by obtaining expert legal counsel for them and initiating an appeal . Still he is frustrated , as declines to relate exactly what happened on the night of the murders . 
 Though initially an effort to provide proper representation and extend 's opportunity to speak with the killers , the appeals process drags on for several years . Without the court case being resolved , feels he is stuck with a story without an ending , and he is unable to complete his book . Eventually he gets to describe the killings and his thoughts at the time in great detail . He has what he wants from , but in the process he sees a callousness and selfishness in his own actions . 
 Now with everything in hand , still must wait for the appeals process to conclude before he feels he can publish his work . In the course of time , 's best - selling novel To Kill a Mockingbird is turned into a movie , but is unable to share in the joy of his friend 's success , too caught up in drinking through his own misery . 
 With the last appeal rejected , pleads for to return before he is executed , but can not bring himself to do so . A telegram from to ultimately compels to return to Kansas . There he is an eyewitness as and are executed . 
 talks to about the horrifying experience and laments that he could not do anything to stop it . She replies , " Maybe not . The fact is you did n't want to . " The final scenes show looking through photos from the case and at the writings and drawings given to him by . An epilogue points out that In Cold Blood turned into the most famous writer in America , also noting that he never finished another book . A postscript to the film gives the epigraph he would have chosen for the title of Answered Prayers : " More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones",[4 ] a quote from Saint Teresa of Ávila.[5][6 ]

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Clifton Collins, Jr., Chris Cooper, Amy Ryan

A young woman ( ) tearfully leaves her son ( ) to live with his grandmother and promises to return for him someday . Several years later , in 1753 , in Venice , ( ) , is notorious for his promiscuity with women , his adventures being represented in puppet theatres around the city . The , ( ) the ruler of the city , is a friend to , but can not be too lenient on him as he wishes to avoid trouble with the Church . He warns to marry soon , or he will be exiled from the city . gets engaged to , famous for her virginity , to save himself from exile . 
 later meets and falls in love with ( ) , who writes illegal feminist books under the pseudonym of a man , , and also argues for women 's rights as Dr. . mistakes 's name for ( 's servant ) and humors her , since she hates the ill - reputed . and her mother are heavily in debt , however , so her mother ( ) pressures her to marry rich ( ) , from Genoa , a union arranged by her late father . When arrives in Venice , lies to him and says that the hotel he booked is closed and he persuades him to stay at his house . also lies and says that he is indeed . While asks his advice on how to impress , lures him to stay at home while receiving treatment for weight loss . visits , pretending to be and tells her that he lied to her before to make sure she is not in love with someone else and marrying him only for his money . initially distrusts him but starts gradually to trust him . 
 During the Venetian Carnival , recognizes the real from his publicity posters which force to confess his true identity making her angry . is arrested by the Venetian Inquisition for crimes against sexual morality , such as debauchery , heresy , and fornication with a novice . He saves by pretending to be , which cools her anger . At his trial , confesses that she is the real , and both are sentenced to death . Meanwhile , 's mother and the real fall in love . 
 Just as and are about to be hanged in the Piazza San Marco , they are saved by an announcement that the Pope gave amnesty to all prisoners who were to be executed on that day , as it was the Pope 's birthday . It is later discovered that the " Cardinal " who gave the announcement was actually an impostor who happens to be 's stepfather , wedded to his long - lost mother who came back for him just as she promised when was a child . 
 As they all escape on 's boat , 's brother , ( ) , stays behind to marry and to continue 's legendary womanizing . The real spends the rest of his life as a stage actor touring with his family and the .

is a kind and loving boy living in poverty with his parents and four bedridden grandparents . They all rely on his father for income , employed at a toothpaste factory , responsible for putting the caps on the tubes . Mr. is later laid off when the factory replaces him with a machine that puts the caps on the tubes . Down the street is chocolate factory , which reopened after industrial espionage forced him into seclusion and sacking his employees . 's Grandpa worked for Wonka before the termination . 
 Wonka announces a contest whereby children that find Golden Tickets hidden in five Wonka bars will be given a tour of the factory and a lifetime supply of chocolate , and one a chance to be presented with an unknown grand prize . Four tickets are quickly found : the greedy and gluttonous from Düsseldorf , who found the ticket while eating a bar ; the spoiled and rotten from Buckinghamshire , who made her father buy as many Wonka bars as possible ; the gum chewing and boastful from Atlanta , who gave up gum and started buying bars after hearing of the tickets ; and the arrogant and aggressive from Denver , who retracked the manufacturing dates and hacked the system . hopes to find a ticket , but his chances are small as money is tight , and the best has to be made of his annual birthday present of one Wonka bar and a bar bought by Grandpa 's money , both of which yield no tickets . All hope is seemingly gone when the last ticket is apparently claimed in Russia . , on finding some money in the street , just intends to enjoy one chocolate bar when news breaks that the ticket was fake . To 's surprise , he finds the bar he just bought has the real last Golden Ticket . Bystanders attempt to separate him from it , only for the shopkeeper to see that he keeps the ticket , and gets back home with it . 
 When Grandpa sees the ticket , he jumps out of bed and dances with joy . He offers to accompany on the tour , but explains how he was offered money for the ticket , and intends to sell it . Grandpa reminds that money is far more common than the tickets , and convinces to keep it . Upon meeting him on the day of the tour , the visitors find to be peculiar , lonely , and acting odd at the mention of " parents " . The tour shows how the fantastical factory operates under the efforts of the short humans called Oompa - Loompas . 
 As seems to enjoy the entire tour , the other four children succumb to temptation , ending up being caught in the factory workings , and have to be safely recovered by the Oompa - Loompas , albeit in worse shape than at the start of the tour : falls into a river of chocolate and is pulled in by a pipe before being rescued from the fudge processing center ; expands into an oversized blueberry when she tries an experimental piece of chewing gum despite 's warning ; is thrown away as a " bad nut " by trained squirrels down the garbage chute ; and is shrunk down after being the first person transported by 's new television advertising invention . The four leave the factory revealing their deformities ; a chocolate - covered , a much more flexible but still blue , a garbage - covered and her father , and a taller and paper - thin who was overstretched with the " taffy puller " . 
 During the tour , flashbacks reveal 's troubled childhood ; his strict father , , a prominent dentist , forbade from candy consumption , but after managing to sneak a taste , he became hooked , and later ran away from home to live his dream . He then returned several days later to find his father and home completely gone . 
 then brings and Grandpa home using the Great Glass Elevator . Upon arrival , is congratulated as the only remaining child and the winner of the grand prize : being named heir to 's factory ( and presumably , his company ) . Unfortunately , stipulates that 's family has to stay behind ; therefore , to 's dismay , rejects the offer . then sadly flies back to the factory in his Great Glass Elevator , leaving a hole in the roof . Mr. is later given a new job at the toothpaste factory as a technician . 
 Some days later , 's candies are selling poorly , and he comes to associate his unhappiness with the financial state of his company , so he makes an effort to find . After discovering 's troubled past , helps him locate his father . When they visit , it appears that despite his strict prohibition of candy , the dentist has followed 's success , and they reconcile . allows 's family to move into the factory , while he and plan new product lines to produce .

Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Christopher Lee, Missi Pyle, James Fox

Two years after resigned from his head coaching position , the family begins to undergo many changes , beginning with and her desire to study in New York . Their oldest daughter is now married to and heavily pregnant with their first child . They intend to move to Houston because of 's new job promotion . 
 Feeling the family is breaking apart as the children grow up and move away , persuades the entire family to take one last family vacation all together at Lake Winnetka . Tom 's old rival and his large family ( with " only " eight kids ) are also there for the summer . constantly flaunts his wealth and success to , as well as the accomplishments of his children , often suggesting to that the children are less successful because of 's parenting style . The kids get into many incidents , several of which are accidental : , along with , crashes into a tennis court with a golf cart ; is caught shoplifting in a gift shop , and accidentally sets off a backpack of fireworks , causing widespread panic , especially when the backpack is thrown into a boat , igniting its engine and causing it to explode . 
 again starts the topic that needs to use a firmer hand on his kids . is angered by this , and they decide to settle the matter at the Annual Labor Day Family Cup . trains the kids for days , not realizing they are miserable . and watch Ice Age together , but are spied on by their fathers , which ultimately results in them getting into an argument and humiliating their children . Upon returning home , is furious and refuses to compete for her father in the Cup . Everyone , including , is angry with , not only for spying on , but also for ruining the entire trip through his competitiveness with the . 
 The next morning , goes to the Cup to compete with and ( the only two still willing to go ) . However , after discovering an old " Team " flag , and the rest of the family show up , showing they forgive and are willing to compete . After the events , however , the and the are tied for first ; a tiebreaking canoe race is announced , in which every family member must compete . During the race , 's water breaks ; the want to help , but , sensing the opportunity to defeat once and for all , initially refuses to help . Eventually , the convince Jimmy that they should help the , and the and the work together to get to the hospital as she goes into labor . , and go with in the delivery room , while , , and the rest of the kids stay in the waiting room . While talking to , realizes that he has to let his kids grow , but wherever they go , they will always be with him , and he will always be with them . then gives birth to a baby boy who she and name in honor of her father , who has shown them " there is no way to be a perfect parent , but a million ways to be a really good one . " announces that they have bought " The Big House " , the vacation home that the have been renting . , and baby leave for Houston a few days later while the continue their vacation at Lake Winnetka .

Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Hilary Duff, Tom Welling, Piper Perabo, Eugene Levy, Carmen Electra

In the small town of Oakey Oaks , rings the school bell and warns everyone to run for their lives . This sends the whole town into a frenzied panic . Eventually , the Head of the Fire Department calms down enough to ask him what 's going on , and he explains that a piece of the sky shaped like a stop sign had fallen on his head when he was sitting under the big oak tree in the town square ; however , he is unable to find the piece . His father , Buck , assumes that this " piece of sky " was just an acorn that had fallen off the tree and had hit him on the head , making the laughing stock of the town . 
 A year later , has become infamous in the town for being crazy . His only friends are outcasts like himself : ( who has a crush on him ) , of the Litter ( who ironically is extremely large ) , and ( who wears a helmet full of tap water ) . 
 Trying to help , encourages to talk to his father , but he really only wants to make his dad proud of him . As a result , he joins his school 's baseball team in an attempt to recover his reputation and his father 's pride , but is made last until the ninth inning of the last game . is reluctantly called to bat by the coach ( even though the coach is certain that he will lose the game for them ) . is able to hit the ball and make it past first , second , and third bases , but is met at home plate by the outfielders . He tries sliding onto home plate but is touched by the ball . While it 's presumed he lost the game , the umpire brushes away the dust to reveal foot barely touching home plate , thus declaring safe and the game won ; is hailed as a hero for winning the pennant . 
 Later that night back at home , he is hit on the head by the same " piece of the sky " — only to find out that it is not really a piece of the sky , but rather a device which blends into the background ( which would thereby explain how he was unable to find it last time ) . He calls his friends over to help figure out what the device is . 
 When pushes a button on the back of the hexagon , it flies into the sky , taking with it . It turns out to be part of the camouflage of an invisible UFO . manages to ring the bell to warn everyone , but the aliens see the crowds coming and manage to escape , leaving behind an orange alien child . No one believes the story of the alien invasion and think it is a repeat of the acorn incident , and is ridiculed yet again ... until the next day . He and his friends discover the orange alien , and a few minutes later a whole fleet of alien ships descends on the town and start what appears to be an invasion . The invasion is actually a misunderstanding , as the two aliens are looking for their lost child and attack only out of concern . As the aliens rampage throughout Oakey Oaks , vaporizing everything in their path , realizes he must return the alien to his parents to save the planet . First , though , he must confront his father and regain his trust . 
 In the invasion , , now regaining his pride and trust in his son , defends him from the aliens until they get vaporized . It is then discovered that the aliens were n't vaporizing people , but the ray guns had teleported them aboard the UFO . Afterwards , the aliens return everything to normal ( except , whose brain got scrambled , turning her into a Southern belle , and as a result , falls for her ) , and everyone is grateful for efforts to save the town .

( ) , the supplier of prescription drugs to fellow high school students in the fictional southern California town of Hillside , commits suicide . 's best friend ( ) , is prescribed more antidepressants by his psychiatrist father ( ) after discovering the body . When returns to school , he is antagonized by drug dealers ( ) and ( ) , who were supplied by . Their friend , ( ) , flirts with , but he soon realizes that her true intentions are for to retrieve the remaining drugs in 's home and refuses to cooperate . To force to procure the drugs , and plan to kidnap 's brother , ( ) , as a ransom , but they end up kidnapping another boy named ( ) instead . 
 The kidnappers hold – whose parents are unaware that he is missing – overnight at 's home . eventually agrees to go to 's house to find the drugs . Upon delivery , discovers that the bag does n't contain the prescription drugs and starts a fight with , leading to 's arrest . While trying to explain everything to Officer ( ) , 's father , reveals that his brother replaced the drugs with a bag of the vitamins that their mother ( ) sells . Neither Officer nor 's father believes his story , but he is released , whereupon his father increases his dosage of antidepressants . Meanwhile , crushes the real drugs and puts them into a casserole that his mother made for 's memorial . 
 The next day is 's memorial service and the wedding of Mayor ( ) to mother ( ) . finally realizes that his son actually has been kidnapped and heads out to look for him . Now at Lee 's house , asks to help stop the kidnapping scheme , but he does not comply . goes to 's house for help , where she finds him hallucinating about 's death and finally expressing his grief . Meanwhile , a paranoid , encouraged by , tries to kill to avoid being caught , but fights back and slices the knife through 's eye . runs out into the street , screaming in pain , and is hit by 's police car . 
 attends 's memorial , where all of the visitors are intoxicated by the drugs that are in his mother 's casserole . 's mother , ( ) , discloses to that she never knew her son . tells her about and acknowledges that they were best friends , and she thanks him . is later sent to prison . , who successfully changes the narrative of his involvement during the trial , is acquitted . A closing voice over explains that and " escape together " , and they are shown kissing .

is an Irish - American boxer from New Jersey , formerly a light heavyweight contender , who is forced to give up boxing after breaking his hand in the ring . This is both a relief and a burden to his wife , . She can not bring herself to watch the violence of his chosen profession , yet she knows they will not have enough income without his boxing . 
 As the United States enters the Great Depression , does manual labor as a longshoreman to support his family , even with his injured hand . Unfortunately , he can not get work every day . Thanks to a last - minute cancellation by another boxer , 's longtime manager and friend , , offers him a chance to fill in for just one night and earn cash . The fight is against the number - two contender in the world , . 
 stuns the boxing experts and fans with a third - round knockout of his formidable opponent . He believes that while his right hand was broken , he became more proficient with his left hand , improving his in - ring ability . Despite 's objections , takes up 's offer to return to the ring . resents this attempt by to profit from her husband 's dangerous livelihood , until she discovers that and his wife also have been devastated by hard times . 
 With a shot at the heavyweight championship held by a possibility , continues to win . Out of a sense of pride , he uses a portion of his prize money to pay back money to the government given to him while unemployed . When his rags to riches story gets out , the sportswriter dubs him " The Cinderella Man " , and before long comes to represent the hopes and aspirations of the American public struggling with the Depression . 
 A title fight against comes his way . is a 10 - to-1 underdog . is terrified because , the champ , is a vicious man who reportedly has killed at least two men in the ring . He is so destructive that the fight 's promoter , , forces both and to watch a film of in action , just so he can maintain later that he warned them what was up against . 
 demonstrates no fear . The arrogant attempts to intimidate him , even taunting in public that her man might not survive . When he says this , she becomes so angry that she throws a drink at him . She is unable to attend the fight at the Madison Square Garden Bowl or even to listen to it on the radio . 
 On June 13 , 1935 , in one of the greatest upsets in boxing history , defeats the seemingly invincible to become the heavyweight champion of the world . 
 An epilogue reveals that would lose his title to and later worked on the building of the Verrazano Bridge , owning and operating heavy machinery on the docks where he worked during the Depression , and that he and used his boxing income to buy a house , where they spent the rest of their lives .

Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Bruce McGill, Craig Bierko

In 1999 , takes over the head coaching job for the basketball team at his former high school Richmond , having played on the team himself and earning records . quickly sees that the athletes are rude and disrespectful , and are in need of discipline . He hands the players individual contracts , instructing them to attend all of their classes , sit in the front row of those classes , wear dress shirts and ties on game days , refer to everyone ( players and coach alike ) as " sir " , and maintain a 2.3 ( C+ ) grade point average , among other requirements . also asks the school staff for progress reports on the players ' grades and attendance . He teaches them to play a disciplined brand of basketball . 
 In the gym , is faced by hostility from the players and one of them , attempts to punch him but he stops him by putting his arm on his back and pushing him against the wall . quits the team in anger along with two other players , the previous season top scorers . warns them that , if they are late for practice , then they will run suicides ( a type of sprint touching the court 's lines ) , and , if they act disrespectfully towards him , then they will do push - ups . He then orders them to do a series of suicides for one hour to improve their conditioning . Later , 's son , , decides to join the team , after quitting the private school St. Francis . Shocked , asks why he did this , and tells him that he wants to play for his father . reluctantly agrees but holds his son to a higher set of standards than the rest of the team . 
 struggles to come to terms with his girlfriend , who is pregnant , unsure if he can juggle basketball and prepare for college as well as be a parent . In their opener against Hercules , watches the team win and then asks what he has to do to get back on to the team . agrees but on one condition : he needs to do 2,500 push - ups and 1,000 suicides before Friday . 
 During a practice , tells to give up because it is impossible to complete all of the push ups and suicides by Friday . When the day arrives , has not been able to finish but the team help him by doing some of his push - ups and suicides , getting him back on the team . On a game day , asks what his biggest fear is , and is confused by the question . Later , the team won the game . Carter learns that one particular student does not attend classes : . Later in practice , talks to , who does not seem to be worried about it , so suspends him for games . After a confrontation , leaves the team in anger . Afterwards , 's mother asks to let him back on the team . says that he needs to hear that from himself . apologizes for what he did and is allowed back on the team , but is told that he had to do 1,000 push - ups and 1,000 suicides to make up for it . 
 At the winter dance , talks to his girlfriend about the baby and says he does not want to live that way . He asks her what she 's going to do after the baby is born and believes that she would not know what to do . She angrily tells him that she is having the baby with or without his support . 
 The team goes on to have an undefeated record , eventually winning the Bay Hill Holiday tournament . The team go off to a party hosted in a girl 's house , without the knowledge of her parents . After looking for the players to celebrate , goes to the house and orders his team to leave . In the bus going home , criticizes his team for their reckless behavior , while points out that they won the tournament and already gave what he wanted : winners . Back at school , discovers that the progress reports show that some of the students have been skipping classes and failing academically . Enraged , locks the gym , and sends his players to the library to study with their teachers . This upsets the players , especially , who quits the team again , stating that he had tried so hard to do all those push - ups and suicides for , to get back on the team in the first place . 
 Later , although this priority to good values is praised in the national media , is criticized by parents and academic personnel alike for his decision to lock down the gym . One night , someone throws a brick through 's store window for not letting the team play . The next day , a man pulls up next to 's car at a stoplight then proceeds to spit on his window , taunting him about his decision to lock down the gym . became enraged and tries to hit him , but breaks up the fight . Later that evening , while is hanging out with his drug dealer cousin , he saves three of his teammates from being harassed by some gangsters , but when the drug deal goes wrong , his cousin is shot dead , leaving distraught . goes to the ' house and begs to be allowed back on the team . comforts him and allows it . 
 The school board eventually confronts , who explains how he wants to give his team the opportunity and option for further education so that they wo n't turn their lives around into crime , asserting that achieving a sound education is more important for the students than winning basketball games . states that he wants to prevent his players from turning their lives into crime . A man suggests that should be removed from the basketball coach position , which the board does not have the power to decide that , which then leads him to suggest that they should end the lockout . promises that he will quit if the lockout is ended . Principal and the chairman vote to not end the lockout , but the other board members ( four ) vote in favor of ending it . is shocked to find his players in the gym with desks and teachers , studying and working to bring their grades back up . The athletes decide to fulfill 's original intention of them pursuing academic achievement before continuing to play their next game . answers 's question about fear and thanks him for saving his life . They work hard and eventually raise their grade point average to a point that fulfills their contracts . Later , talks to about the baby and worked it out so she and the baby go to college with him . She reveals that she had an abortion and it was her choice and tells that he should go play basketball in college . He asked come with him to college with or without the baby and she agreed . 
 The Oilers eventually end up competing in the state CIF high school playoffs , but come up short to St. Francis by just 2 points after a game winning three - point shot by rivals . Nevertheless , is proud of his players accomplishing their goals of having a proper education . The film 's epilogue displays a series of graphics stating that a number of players went on to attend college and play basketball , such as , , , " " , , and .

and have a standing wager for mankind 's souls . Angels and demons are forbidden to manifest on Earth ; instead , their hybrid offspring influence humans . 
 In the Mexican countryside , a scavenger named finds a spearhead wrapped in a Nazi flag at the ruins of an old church , which is later revealed as the Spear of Destiny . becomes possessed and travels to the United States . 
 exorcises a Filipina girl possessed by a demon trying to break through to Earth , which should not be possible under the wager 's rules . He meets with the androgynous half - angel being . He asks for a reprieve from his impending death from lung cancer brought forth by prolonged smoking . declines , telling that he exorcises demons for selfish reasons and can not buy his way into Heaven . 
 After being assaulted by another demon , goes to Papa Midnite , a reputed witch doctor who runs a club serving as neutral ground where half - breeds do not have to conceal themselves . does not believe 's claim of demons crossing over . leaves , after exchanging hostile words with half - demon . 
 Elsewhere , a woman named commits suicide in a psychiatric hospital . Her twin sister , Detective , refuses to believe that , a devout Roman Catholic , would kill herself . Watching security footage of 's suicide , hears her say 's name . finds and asks him to help investigate . After they are attacked by winged demons , which believes were targeting , he agrees to help . 
 briefly transports himself to Hell through the possession of a familiar and sees damned to eternally relive her suicide . explains to that he can see the true nature of the half - breeds . He attempted suicide to escape his visions but was revived by paramedics ; for the sin of taking his own life ( he was technically dead for 2 minutes before being revived ) , his soul is condemned to go to Hell once he dies . The two examine 's room in the hospital and find a clue pointing to a prophecy in the Satanic Bible that 's son , , will attempt to claim Earth as his own kingdom . To do so , requires both a powerful psychic and assistance from . 
 tells that , a clairvoyant and a psychic , was committed by her parents . had the same gift but suppressed it . At 's insistence , reawakens her psychic ability through a near death experience . She immediately finds a clue pinpointing as an accomplice to the plot ; interrogates , who reveals that has the Spear , stained with the blood of — the assistance from . , now the psychic in place of , is abducted by an invisible entity . 
 convinces that the demons are breaking the wager 's rules . With 's help , finds out how the Spear emerged and 's location . arms himself and goes to the hospital , accompanied by his driver and apprentice . The two fight their way through an army of half - demons to exorcise . is killed by the invisible entity , which turns out to be . Resenting God 's favoritism towards humans , plans to unleash Hell on Earth to weed out those deemed " unworthy " of God 's love . casts from the room and prepares to use the Spear to cut free from . 
 Out of options , slits his wrists . As he bleeds out , arrives to personally collect his soul . tells of 's plan to usurp him . Confronted by , threatens to ' smite ' him in God 's honor ; however , the attack towards comes up short , revealing to both and that no longer has divine protection . proceeds to burn 's wings , making mortal . banishes back to Hell and grants any wish ; asks that be released to Heaven . complies but realizes too late that he can not take to Hell as a consequence ; by selflessly sacrificing himself , is granted entry to Heaven . Infuriated , heals 's injuries and cures him of his lung cancer , hoping he will eventually damn himself again . and depart , leaving the now human . Sometime later , , now making an effort to quit smoking , entrusts the Spear to and visits ' grave , where appears in an angelic form and flies away .

In a Victorian village , , the son of nouveau riche fish merchants , and , the neglected daughter of snobbish yet impoverished aristocrats , are preparing for their arranged marriage , which will simultaneously raise the social class of 's parents and restore the wealth of 's penniless family . Both have concerns about marrying someone they do not know , but upon meeting for the first time , they fall for each other . After the shy ruins the wedding rehearsal by forgetting his vows , he flees and practices his wedding vows in the nearby forest , placing the wedding ring on a nearby upturned tree root . The root turns out to be the finger of a murdered woman in a tattered bridal gown named , who rises from the grave claiming that she is now 's wife . After fainting , wakes up and finds himself spirited away to the Land of the Dead . The bewildered learns the story of how was murdered years ago by an unknown perpetrator on the night of her secret elopement . 
 Wanting to reunite with , tricks into taking him back to the Land of the Living by pretending he wants her to meet his parents . She agrees to this and takes him to see Elder , the kindly ruler of the underworld , to return and temporarily to the Land of the Living . Once back home , asks to wait in the forest while he rushes off to see and confess his wish to marry her as soon as possible , to which she gladly returns his feelings . Just as they are about to share a kiss , arrives and sees the two of them together . Feeling betrayed and hurt , she angrily drags back to the Land of the Dead . tells her parents that has been forcibly we d to a dead woman , but no one believes her . With gone , 's parents decide to marry her off against her will to a presumed - wealthy newcomer in town named Lord , who appeared at the wedding rehearsal . 
 apologizes to for lying to her , and the two reconcile . Shortly after , 's recently deceased family coachman appears in the afterlife and informs of 's impending marriage to . He also overhears that , in order to validate and 's marriage , must repeat his vows in the Land of the Living and willingly drink the Wine of Ages , a poison , thus joining her in death . Fretting about having lost to another man , agrees to die for . All of the dead go " upstairs " to the Land of the Living to perform the wedding ceremony for and . Upon their arrival , the town erupts into a temporary panic until everyone recognizes their loved ones from the dead , and they have a joyous reunion . 
 After a quarrel with , and realizing he was only after her supposed wealth , follows the procession of dead to the church . notices and realizes that she is denying her chance at happiness the same way it was stolen from her . She stops from drinking the poison and reunites him with . interrupts them , and recognizes him as her former fiance , who is revealed to be the one who murdered her for her dowry . tries to kidnap at sword point , but stops him and the two men duel ; the dead townspeople are unable to interfere with the affairs of the living . intercedes to save , and mockingly proposes a toast to , unknowingly drinking the cup of poison . The dead , able to intercede upon 's death , eagerly take retribution against him by dragging him to the underworld where he will atone for his crimes . , now a widow , is once again able to marry . 
 frees of his vow to marry her , giving the wedding ring back to and her wedding bouquet to before exiting the church . As she steps into the moonlight , she transforms into hundreds of butterflies as and look on wrapped in each other 's embrace .

On a seaside pier in Los Angeles , friends and decide to get their fortune told by . foretells that they will suffer a horrible fate , but they do n't believe her and walk away laughing . 
 That night , 16 - year - old high - schooler is picked up on Mulholland Drive by his 24 - year - old sister , who has just returned from visiting her boyfriend , . had a run - in with some bullies and his crush , . Driving home , and collide with an animal and another car . They attempt to rescue the other driver , , but an unseen creature slashes the siblings before it drags off and rips her in half . When interviewed by police , despite 's belief that it was a wolf or dog - type animal , the official report credits it to a bear or cougar . 
 does research about wolves in California and starts to believe that the creature was a werewolf , sharing his thoughts with a disbelieving . Later , is surprised to find herself attracted to the smell of blood on a co - worker , but eases her concerns by touching a silver picture frame and not getting burned . is becoming much stronger and more aggressive , as shown when a bully named coerces him to join the wrestling team . He easily defeats three wrestlers , including , and calls out for constantly making gay jokes towards him , saying that himself is repressing his own homosexuality . 
 At a party , runs into , who is paying attention to . leaves the party , while and leave as the full moon rises . is torn apart in a parking garage by a werewolf – 's predictions for both and have come to pass . 
 starts to believe the werewolf hypothesis when she meets , who warns about the effect the coming full moon will have . proves they have been cursed when he holds a silver cake server and gets burned , discovering that the picture frame touched earlier was only stainless steel . Their dog , Zipper,[7 ] bites , tastes his blood , becomes a lycanthropoid monster , and goes on a rampage . Realizing what 's happening , goes to warn with , who showed up at their house to confess that he is gay and has feelings for ; is flatly rejected , but still helps . 
 has deduced that is a werewolf . He confirms it , but claims it was n't he who attacked her and . When a fourth werewolf attacks them , and try to help , but is knocked out . The new werewolf turns back into , who was cursed after a one - night stand with . She now wants revenge by killing all of the other girls dates . When refuses to let hurt , she knocks him out , then turns into werewolf form and starts attacking . and fight her , and when the police arrive , the two draw her out by insulting her . The police open fire , apparently killing her in werewolf form , but she rises again as her head and heart are still connected . A policeman shoots her in the head , finally killing her . is okay , but has disappeared . 
 and return to a wrecked home . As works to restore the power , arrives . He reveals that he did bite and , and wants to kill ( due to his Alpha male instinct ) and have live forever by his side . She and fight , but her werewolf form emerges sporadically while he has complete control over his , dominating the fight . Werewolf joins in , climbing across the ceiling and biting , allowing to stab and badly injure with a silver cake server . decapitates with a shovel and breaks the curse on the two siblings ( and ) . They watch as 's body bursts into flames . 
 , and arrive at the house . and are now friends ; kisses and walks her home along with . is stuck with the clean - up of the messy house .

battles her ex - husband for custody of their daughter . wants to live closer to his apartment in Jersey City , but wants to move to the cheaper Roosevelt Island , where she has found a good school . 
 and view an apartment in a dilapidated complex on Roosevelt Island , a few blocks from 's new school . sneaks to the roof and finds a Hello Kitty backpack near the building 's water tower ; the manager , Murray , explains that no one has claimed it . initially dislikes the apartment but decides she wants to live there . makes an offer the same day . 
 Shortly after they move in , the bedroom ceiling begins to leak dark water . finds the apartment above flooded from every faucet . She finds a family portrait of the former tenants , the family : a mother , father , and a girl 's age . complains to and the superintendent about the water , but insists that he is not a plumber and blames teenage vandals . The ceiling , shoddily patched by , leaks again . is intimidated by teenagers in the apartment , and sees the face of a screaming girl in a washing machine . 
 's teacher is troubled by 's " imaginary friend " , . appears to argue with and lose control of her hand as she paints . After catches playing with dolls and talking to in the elevator , she forbids to talk to again . In the bathroom , passes out as dark water gushes from the toilets and sinks . As is busy meeting her lawyer , , takes to his apartment . 
 That night , follows footsteps to the roof and sees that water is spilling from the water tower . Inside she finds 's body . is arrested for negligence ; he was aware of her body , which was why he refused to fix the complex 's plumbing problems . and discover that 's parents had left her behind , each believing she was with the other . was left to fend for herself , and fell into the water tower and drowned , leaving her as a vengeful ghost who is jealous of . 
 agrees to move closer to so shared custody will be easier . As she packs , a girl in a hooded bathrobe who resembles asks her to read to her . When hears playing in the bathtub , she realizes that the girl is . begs not to leave but rushes into the bathroom to save . locks in the shower compartment and holds her underwater . pleads with to let her daughter go , promising to be her mother forever . Floods overwhelm the apartment , and and the ghost of walk the hall as mother and daughter . 
 Three weeks later , and pick up the rest of their belongings . In the elevator , 's ghost braids 's hair , telling her she will always be with her .

Advertising executive 's marriage to his wife is deteriorating , and his daughter suffers from diabetes , requiring expensive medication . ' story is being written down by a man in a prison cell . 
 On a commuter train , strikes up a conversation with , an alluring woman who is a married financial adviser . The two show each other photographs of their respective daughters . A mutual attraction develops , and the two begin meeting frequently . Ultimately , they decide to consummate their affair and wind up in a seedy hotel . An armed man — later identified as — bursts into the hotel room , beats , and brutally rapes . and , not wanting their spouses to learn of the affair , agree not to report the crime . Shortly after , contacts , threatens to kill his family , and blackmails him into paying him $ 20,000 . A month later , calls again , this time demanding $ 100,000 . 
 explains his situation to his friend , an ex - con who works as a repairman in his building . agrees to scare off for ten percent of the payout . embezzles $ 10,000 from his company and he and plot to get the drop on at his specified meeting location . However , surprises them , shoots dead , and takes 's payout . disposes of 's body and gives a false alibi when he is questioned about the murder by police detective , who also happens to be 's close relative . Later , receives a call from ; he is holding hostage and will kill her if he does n't deliver the $ 100,000 . takes the money from an account meant for his daughter 's medical treatment and makes the payoff to and his partner , who works at the motel . 
 Detective questions again after uncovering his friendship with , putting mounting pressure on to come clean about the blackmail . First , he goes to 's company to warn her and is introduced to the real . The woman he met on the train is , a temp who had worked there briefly . He goes to 's apartment ; it is actually in the process of being rented out . Seeing that 's photograph of her daughter was actually a cut out of a stock picture in a brochure , he realizes was in on the scam . 
 tracks down and sees her kissing , and later observes her seducing , another unsuspecting businessman . He rents a room in the same seedy hotel as before and waits for to ensnare her target and bring to a hotel room . Determined to retrieve his stolen money , knocks unconscious outside the hotel room door , disarms him , and reveals to the scheme was about to set him up for . arrives to back up and a gunfight ensues ; nearly everyone is fatally shot but , who watches die , returns to his room and convinces the police he is merely a bystander . Before leaving the hotel , claims his briefcase and gets back the money for his daughter 's treatments . 
 Later , ' boss confronts him about the $ 10,000 he embezzled when he paid . He is arrested for stealing from the company and sentenced to six months of community service , teaching in a prison . During one of his classes , he comes across the story about him written on one of the students papers . The writer instructs him to go to the laundry room . There , finds , who survived the gunfight . threatens to continue to disrupt ' life , but reveals that he has planned the encounter . He stabs to death with a shank which had given him . 
 walks away from the encounter by claiming to Detective that attacked him and he reacted in self - defense . is all but certain 's death was premeditated murder . However , he has pieced together 's crimes and is not inclined to seek justice for 's killer ; instead , he allows to return to his family .

Gigolos in Europe are being terrorized by a serial killer . In Malibu , wife has died from a shark attack , and is invited by his former pimp to Amsterdam . goes to take his mind off of . 
 After shows his boat , or " float crib , " the pair go to a coffee shop where they get high and bump into , a German gigolo . After leaving the coffee shop , finds dead in an alley , but thinks he is merely stoned and takes the dead gigolo to 's float crib ; when gets back , he immediately realizes that is dead . plans to dump the body , but skeptical of 's reputation of being well - endowed , unzips his pants and examines his genitalia and is caught by a tour boat . 
 Upon his release from the police station , finds at a restaurant and recalls that he saw the killer walking away from 's body . says it was a woman , so they both figure it was a she - john , a former client of the murdered gigolo . convinces to find the killer by becoming a gigolo again , visiting the former clients and " rooting " out the killer . They attend a meeting of the Royal Order of European Man Whores , but fail to procure a list of the clients . 
 and visit the first client on the list . While distracts the woman , breaks into her residence and finds a brand of lipstick which might be the kind found on all the victims . After leaving , finds on the street and shows him the lipstick . throws the lipstick in the trash , mentioning that the lipstick found on the victims " is a very rare one : Lavender Love # 66 " . As enters the police station , his niece , , approaches him and gives him his lunch . slaps herself three times when sneezes . helps her pick up the things she dropped , and explains to that she has obsessive - compulsive disorder . sees that she has a painting of a fish , so they go to the Amsterdam aquarium together . continues to investigate different women from 's book . 
 rides with to the Man - Whore Awards Ceremony under the guise of protecting the man - whores . pulls a gun on and tells him that he was once a man - whore hopeful . While was observing a demonstration on how to perform a certain sex act , one of his classmates offered to let him use his penis - enlargement pump . When the demonstration ended , was horrified the demonstration was his fiancée . was so angry and shocked that he continued to pump until his penis exploded , causing the other men to laugh at him . He blames man - whores for the loss of his fiancée and his penis , and plans to kill them all at their awards ceremony . 
 At the ceremony , evacuates the building and gets into a sword fight with , during which he mentions the other romantic ways of pleasing a woman ; his words move the ladies in the crowd and the male gigolos . beats , but before he can detonate the bomb , the woman with a penis for a nose and the woman with the tracheotomy distract . knocks out with a trophy taking the bomb detonator . For his bravery , is given the Golden Boner award . He shares a passionate kiss with , and accidentally sets off the bomb when the statue 's penis bumps the detonator button . and leave the scene . The following day , and come to pick up , who has been released from jail , and tells them that he is entering a brand new prostitution market : gay man - whoring . 
 In an epilogue : stops gay man - whoring and becomes a rapper . and got married with being pregnant . is gang raped in prison , and 's prosthetic leg is turned into a bong by a woman without a leg .

In 1944 , a Nazi SS lieutenant named forces the parish priest of a small village in occupied Holland , Father ( ) , to participate in arbitrary executions in retaliation for the murder of a German trooper in exchange for sparing the village . 
 In 1947 , , whose faith was shattered by the incident , is an archaeologist in Derati , a remote area in the Turkana region of British Kenya excavating a Byzantine church built around the 5th century — long before Christianity had reached that region of Africa . He meets up with Father ( ) , a Maryknoll missionary appointed to ensure the church is not desecrated , and Major ( ) , the British military officer overseeing the dig . 
 Making their way to Derati with ( ) , 's translator and guide , introduces to ( ) , a doctor who spent time in a concentration camp and is haunted by her experiences there , and ( ) , an enthusiastic convert who provides accommodation for the two men . takes on a tour of the dig site . Astonishingly , the church is in perfect condition , as though it had been deliberately buried immediately after its construction was completed . 
 On the site , meets a shy , physically - deformed young boy named ( ) , shunned and mistreated by the locals for fear that he is cursed . Although dissuaded by , attempts to make contact with , finally managing to bring the boy to for medical treatment . 
 Once the door is uncovered , , , and go inside the church . notices that this particular church is built in such a way as to restrain something beneath it . A hidden passageway leads them to a crypt containing a demonic idol - an ancient sanctuary where human sacrifice was performed . deduces that the church was built , not as a place of worship , but to seal this underground temple . On their way back , they find corpses of hyenas ( who have appeared out of season ) being eaten by a herd of cattle . The Turkana elders , thinking the church is evil , demand stop digging . 
 contacts to send a detachment to guard the dig from potential robbers , despite 's objections . Two British soldiers attempting to loot some precious stones from the church are then found dead the next day ( one was beheaded ; the other crucified to the altar head downward ) . Despite the Christian symbolism used in the murders and the testimony of ( ) , a Turkana warrior who had long been keeping a wary eye on the site , that the two men were affected by a strange madness that caused them to kill each other , Granville , blaming the Turkana , goes to town in a fit of rage demanding the purported culprits be given up , shooting a young woman in cold blood when the locals protest . The town is then placed under military surveillance . 
 Determined to stop the ' Christian evil ' from spreading , breaks into the mission school and slaughters ' students - 's two sons - before he is shot on the spot by British soldiers . bitterly questions if this is how rewards those who keep faith with him . 
 has a disturbing realization that 's unusual recovery is not caused by God , as he had thought . Fearing for 's soul , he considers baptising him ; the boy accepts on the condition it be held at the church . Meanwhile , a guilt - ridden and despairing Granville commits suicide by shooting himself in the mouth . 
 The Turkana elders ( via Chuma ) demand that the church be reburied and - who they hold responsible for the spread of the ' Christian evil ' and the arrival of the British troops - and be handed over to them to be killed ; when their demands are turned down , war between the two sides become inevitable . 
 , assisted by , begins to baptise at the church ; as they do so , however , the demon controlling assaults them . Realising an exorcism is in order , leaves quickly to fetch his copy of the Roman Ritual . The demon removes 's deformities and transforms him into a hairless , androgynous ' perfect ' being ; an earthquake erupts and seals off the entrance to the church . The Sergeant - Major ( ) , Granville 's second - in - command who had assumed control of the troops after the latter 's death , postpones 's requests to clear the entrance for daybreak . 
 The next morning , and the British find tied to a tree naked , shot with arrows . Taken back to the hospital to be looked after by 's wife , the dying reveals to that is possessed and begs him to perform an exorcism . Another earthquake shifts the rocks , unblocking the church entrance just enough to allow to go inside . At the underground temple , finds – who runs away under a trance – and the possessed . rushes back to the infirmary to wear ' vestments , and goes back to the church to begin the exorcism . The demon offers a chance to rewrite his past , at which ( in a hallucination ) finds himself back in 1944 Holland : when he refuses to cooperate , instead has and all the villagers killed for his defiance . 
 When comes back to his senses , the demon mocks the futility of his attempt to change what happened . As recommences the exorcism , a supernatural aurora appears in the sky , the entranced attempts to kill herself , violently beats his wife and the Turkana charge to battle . Despite the evil spirit 's resistance , the exorcism succeeds . regresses to his former condition as the demon leaves his body and enters that of a hyena . 
 With the demon driven out of , life returns to normal and the British detachment leave . One of the local elders , however , warns that the demon will pursue . Bidding farewell to and , now serving as 's assistant at the infirmary , , who has regained his faith and is an active priest once more , leaves for Rome .

, a bounty hunter , has been arrested by the FBI , investigating the theft of $ 10 million from an armored truck . She is interviewed by criminal psychologist and tells her everything she knows about the case . explains her profession and the events leading up to the theft with occasionally prompting her to give more detail . 
 is a former model living in Los Angeles who becomes a bounty hunter when , after being kicked out of college , she notices a newspaper advertisement for a bounty hunter training seminar . Her colleagues are , and Afghan driver . They are employed by , a bail bondsman who also runs an armored car business . Claremont 's mistress , , works for the California Department of Motor Vehicles . Her granddaughter is suffering from a blood disease and needs an operation that costs $ 300,000 . Claremont sets up the robbery of $ 10 million from , the owner of the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and a client of Claremont . His bounty hunters would return the stolen money and collect a $ 300,000 finder 's fee from . 
 has been running a counterfeit driver 's license racket at the DMV . A teenager named arrives at the DMV and asks for fake licenses for himself , his brother , and two of their friends . The FBI are tipped about 's racket . They threaten to send her to jail unless she gives them information about , whom they have been surveilling . throws them off the trail by saying that , his brother and his two friends are going to commit the robbery , when in reality she and Claremont are doing it themselves . 
 carries out the robbery with the help of three co - workers . finds that and his brother are the sons of mafia boss . He phones and tells her to abort the plan , leaving the money with getaway driver , who takes the money to his mother 's trailer home . has the bounty hunters apprehend , his brother and his two friends and then tells them to deliver them to men working for . tells them to retrieve the money from Fender and to deliver it to at the Stratosphere Casino . Following a shootout with 's mother , the money is retrieved . is told about his sons ' arrest and is led to believe that had his sons killed . In reality 's men released them on finding that they did not know anything about the robbery . Believing his sons dead , wants revenge and heads for the Stratosphere . In Las Vegas , Domino takes $ 300,000 of 's money and gives it to for 's operation . 
 At the Stratosphere , the bounty hunters meet with , who has an armed crew with him . and discuss the money and what should happen next . has stolen the money and filled the sacks with plastic explosives . He then reveals that he has the remote detonator taped to his hand , and has shipped the money to aid freedom fighters in Afghanistan . Shortly after this revelation turns up with his crew . Though denies he had 's sons killed , shoots him . In the ensuing gunfight and are severely wounded , but make it into the elevator with . blows up the top of the Stratosphere and is the only survivor . 
 After telling everything , is released by the FBI . advises her to retire from bounty hunting . The money in boxes is delivered to Afghanistan and opened by celebrating children in the streets , gets her operation , and shares a moment with her mother .

Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez, Lucy Liu, Jacqueline Bisset, Delroy Lindo

In the year 2026 , a portal to an ancient city on Mars is discovered in the Nevada desert . Twenty years later , the heavily populated Union Aerospace Corporation ( UAC ) research facility on Mars is attacked by an unknown assailant . Following a distress call sent by Dr. , a group of marines , led by , is sent on a search - and - rescue mission to Mars while overseen by . One of the marines , , accompanies his sister , Dr. , to one of the labs within the devastated sector to retrieve data and he learns that the dig site , where their parents were accidentally killed , was reopened and ancient skeletons of a genetically enhanced humanoid race were discovered . The team are then use a portal to get to Mars . 
 While searching for survivors in the facility , the marines find a traumatised and injured Dr. and escort him to the medical lab for treatment , but he later disappears . The marines shoot at an unknown creature in the Genetics Lab that leads them down into the facility 's sewer , where it attacks and attacks and kills . The corpse of the creature from the sewers is also taken to the Medical Lab for examination . begins an autopsy on the creature and discovers that its organs are human . Her and also witness resurrecting and killing himself by smashing his head against a reinforced window . Later on the two are attacked by one of the creatures but manage to trap it and realise it is a mutated Dr. . 
 The squad tracks tries to track down more of the creatures leading to deaths of , , and and an angered puts down the mutated Dr. . , and learn that UAC was experimenting on humans using the Martian Chromosome ( C24 ) harvested from the remains of the ancient skeletons but the mutants got loose , leading to the outbreak . and try to convince that the creatures are humans from the facility , mutated by the C24 serum , and that not all of those infected will fully transform into the creatures . hypothesises that some of those introduced to the Martian Chromosome develop superhuman abilities but retain their humanity , while others with a predisposition for violent or psychotic behaviour will be more adversely affected . The creatures use the portal and slaughter and mutate most of the research staff into abominations as well . This leads to ordering his team to sanitize the entire facility . returns with a scared , but when he informs that he did n't execute a group of survivors he found and refuses to go back and do so executes the for insubordination , leading to a standoff taking place . The group are then attacked by infected humans leading to the death of , and and being dragged away . is fatally wounded by a ricocheting bullet . To prevent him from bleeding to death , reluctantly injects with the C24 serum before he passes out . 
 regains consciousness , and finds his wounds have healed and that has gone missing . Using his new superhuman abilities he fights his way through the facility , even battling a mutated and monstrous before finding her unconscious and , who has become infected and murdered the group of survivors that found . The pair battle with the aid of their superhuman powers , and is able to gain the upper hand and throws him into the portal to Mars along with a grenade which destroys and the Mars facility . then carries his unconscious sister into the elevator and rides back up to the surface .

Set in the country of South Africa , the story begins with a cheetah cub being orphaned after his mother was killed by lions . The cub is found on the side of the road by a young boy named ( ) and his father ( ) . Initially reluctant to take in a wild animal , agrees to let take care of the cub . They name him “ ” , the Swahili name for “ cheetah ” . Over the years , becomes a part of the family , being closely raised by . As he nears adulthood , and decide to teach how to run by having him chase alongside ’s motorcycle , which can barely keep up with him . But with almost fully grown , to ’s dismay , his father tells him that it is time to take his friend to his real home before he grows too old to survive in his native habitat . His father says to Xan , “ has to live the life he was born to — or he ’ll never be fully alive . ” 
 reluctantly agrees , but their plans must be put on hold when his father suddenly falls ill and dies and and his mother ( ) must move to Johannesburg . comes with them , which wreaks havoc on their life in the city . ’s aunt is terrified of , who likes to sneak up and surprise her , and when escapes and pays a disastrous visit to ’s school , the two of them must flee the city to keep from being put into captivity . Not knowing where to go , gets an idea — he’ll carry out the plan his dad had outlined , taking home in the neighbouring country of Botswana , over the scorching Makgadikgadi Salt Pans , through the Okavango Delta and into the Erongo Mountains . 
 begins to drive to his destination in his father ’s old motorcycle , with in the sidecar . After running out of fuel and water in the grasslands , they find some shade underneath a crashed airplane . There , they are confronted by ( ) , a mysterious drifter on a journey of his own . While is n’t at all that sure he can trust , he agrees to go with him . manages to turn the immobile motorcycle into a desert sailboat out of a parachute from the plane wreck , and , and are on their way again , until they encounter the untraversable scrub brush of the Kalahari Desert and must abandon the motorcycle . While trying to find shelter , is trapped in an abandoned diamond mine by a cave in , and decides to leave him , as he suspects that he has been leading him to town instead of the jungle to sell and collect a reward for finding him . However , when is caught in a trap and Xan is knocked unconscious by a boar , rescues both of them , having escaped the mine through a ventilation shaft . 
 Soon , they reach the Okavango Delta , where is attacked by the deadly wildlife and the churning rapids of the Thamalakane River , but it ’s too late for him to turn back now . , and press through the Okavango , and finally the Erongo Mountains , on the border of Botswana and Namibia are in sight . However , once they get there , is suddenly set upon by a swarm of tsetse flies . To protect him from their lethal bite , huddles over and is bitten by hundreds of flies . He soon develops sleeping sickness , and takes him to a nearby village where he can be cared for . Later that night , outside the village , is out on his own and starts calling out into the mountains . finds another cheetah calling to him , and they bond rather quickly . It is never explained whether this is another male cheetah , or is in fact one of 's siblings . hears this activity , and realizes that this is where he and must part . says goodbye to , and comes to and says a final goodbye , and goes back to play with his new friend . Then goes back to the village to . Before the credits , it shows being reunited with his mother and the film ends .

is a designer for a shoe company . When his latest design , hyped to be a great accomplishment in his life , has a flaw that will cost the company $ 972 million to correct , is shamed by his boss before he is dismissed . Disappointed in his failure , and the subsequent breakup with his girlfriend , he plans to commit suicide , only to be stopped at the last moment by a call from his sister telling him that his father died while visiting family in Elizabethtown , Kentucky . When his mother refuses to go , following a dispute between her and the rest of the Kentucky , volunteers to retrieve the body . 
 On the flight to Kentucky , meets , an optimistic and kind flight attendant who gives him a seat in first class , due to the plane being empty . She proves helpful to a despondent , giving him directions and tips on getting to his destination before they part . When he gets to Elizabethtown , is met by the family , and he makes arrangements for a cremation at his mother 's request , despite the family 's objections . While staying at a hotel , where a wedding reception is being held , calls his mother and sister , then his ex - girlfriend as he continues to struggle with his suicidal thoughts . Finally , he calls , and the two of them talk for hours . She impulsively suggests they meet before she has to depart on a flight to Hawaii . 
 comes to grips with his father 's death , and while he is visiting his Aunt , his uncle remarks on how his father would look in the suit . realizes that he had n't given the suit to the mortuary to be cremated , and has second thoughts on the procedure . He rushes out to stop the cremation but is too late and is given his father 's ashes . returns from her flight and unexpectedly meets him at his hotel . They sleep together , but when she tells him she loves him , he responds with regret that he failed at his life , admitting he was contemplating suicide . leaves upset that had not responded in kind . 
 and arrive for the service , and tells a series of amusing anecdotes with her eulogy . arrives , and tells to take one final trip with his father , giving him a map with special stops to make along the way . follows the map home , spreading his father 's ashes at memorable sites until reaching a farmer 's market , where a series of notes gives him a choice ; to either follow the map home , or follow new direction . He chooses the latter , where is waiting for him . The two kiss and finally realizes he loves her .

Orlando Bloom, Kirsten Dunst, Susan Sarandon, Alec Baldwin, Jessica Biel

( ) , a young American Jew , goes on a quest to find the woman , , who saved his grandfather , , during the Holocaust in a small Ukrainian town called Trachimbrod that was wiped off the map when the Nazis liquidated Eastern European shtetls . His guides are a cranky , antisemitic grandfather ( ) , his deranged Border Collie named , and his over - enthusiastic grandson , ( ) , whose fractured command of English , passion for American pop culture , and constant chatter threaten to make the worst of every situation . The guides are not very knowledgeable about the subject of finding Jews , and usually just attempt to scam them by taking them on long journeys , but after hearing about 's compelling story , they decide they actually want to help him . After traveling through much of rural Ukraine , they eventually find 's sister , ( ) , who leads them to where was killed by Nazi soldiers after her father refused to spit on the Torah . 's grandfather kills himself after it was revealed he was Jewish and managed to survive the war himself by hiding his religion . returns home after saying farewell to , to whom he has grown close . Both and sprinkle soil gathered from the site of the massacre on their respective grandfathers ' grave . 's grandfather is given a Jewish burial .

Physicist is convinced evolution was triggered millions of years ago on Earth by clouds of cosmic energy in space and has calculated that one of these clouds is soon going to pass near Earth . Together with his friend , astronaut , convinces , his former classmate at MIT and now CEO of Von Doom Industries , to allow him access to his privately held space station to test the effects of a biological sample of exposure to the cloud . agrees in exchange for control over the experiment and a majority of the profits from whatever benefits it brings . brings aboard his ex - girlfriend and chief genetics researcher and her ex - astronaut younger brother . 
 The quintet travels to outer space to observe the cosmic energy clouds , but miscalculates and the clouds materialize ahead of schedule . and the leave the shielded station to rescue , who had gone on a spacewalk to place the samples . receives full exposure in outer space , while the others receive a more limited dose within the station . Back home they soon develop superpowers : can stretch his body like rubber , can become invisible and generate force shields , can engulf himself in fire and fly unaided , and becomes a rock - like creature with superhuman strength and durability . Meanwhile , faces a backlash from his stockholders because of the publicity from the space mission , and has a scar on his face that came from an exploding control console on the station . 
 's fiancée can not handle his new appearance and leaves him . goes to brood on the Brooklyn Bridge and accidentally causes a traffic pileup while preventing a man from committing suicide . , and the use their various abilities to contain the damage and prevent harm , including saving the crew of an FDNY ladder truck that nearly fell off the bridge due to the chaos . The media dub them the Fantastic Four . They move into 's lab in the Baxter Building to study their abilities and seek a way to return to normal . , himself mutating , offers his support but blames for the failure of the spaceflight , which has lost him his company 's hope for an IPO . 
 tells the group he will construct a machine to recreate the storm and reverse its effects on them , but warns it could possibly accelerate them instead . Meanwhile , arm has become organic metal , giving him superhuman strength allowing him to produce bolts of electricity , and he begins plotting revenge . He drives a wedge between and , who has rekindled his relationship with . Using the machine , restores to human form , while accelerating condition , causing much of his body to turn to metal . knocks the human unconscious and captures . 
 Now calling himself , he puts on a metallic mask and a cloak to hide his disfigurement , then tortures and fires a heatseeking missile at the Baxter Building in an unsuccessful attempt to defeat . confronts but is outmatched . Grimm arrives to assist her , transformed into the Thing again by reusing the machine . The battle then spills into the streets , and the combine their powers to wrap in an inferno of intense heat , while and douse him with cold water , inducing thermal shock and freezing in place . informs that he has accepted his condition with the help of , a blind artist for whom he has developed feelings , and the team embraces its role as superheroes . proposes marriage to , who accepts . Meanwhile , 's statue - like remains are being transported back to his homeland of Latveria when the dock master 's electronic manifest briefly undergoes electromagnetic interference , suggesting that is still alive .

Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington

Recently widowed Berlin - based American aircraft engineer is taking her husband 's body back to the U.S , after his untimely death . She and her six - year - old daughter , , are flying aboard an Aalto Airlines Elgin 474 , an aircraft helped design . When awakens from a short nap , is missing . None of the passengers or crew recall seeing . Flight attendant later claims there is no record of boarding and the passenger manifest registers the child 's seat as unoccupied . 's boarding pass and backpack are also missing . insists that Captain conduct a thorough search of the plane . 
 is not found and becomes increasingly desperate . She unjustly accuses two Arab passengers , and , of kidnapping and plotting to hijack the plane . Captain and the flight attendants , particularly , suspect is unhinged by her husband 's death and may have imagined bringing her daughter on board . Because of 's increasingly erratic and panicked behaviour , Captain orders sky marshal to guard and handcuff her . 
 Later , Captain receives a wire from a Berlin hospital claiming died with her father . furiously denies this and insists the search continue . A therapist , , consoles , who starts doubting her own sanity until she notices the heart drew on the foggy window next to her seat . asks to use the bathroom and , once inside , climbs through a trapdoor into the plane 's overhead crawl space . She sabotages the aircraft 's electronics , deploying the oxygen masks and cutting power to the plane 's lighting . During the ensuing chaos , she rides a dumbwaiter to the lower freight deck . She finds and opens 's casket using the lock code , suspecting may be trapped inside , but it only contains her husband 's body . finds her and escorts her back to her seat in handcuffs . He says the flight is making an emergency stopover at Goose Bay Airport in Newfoundland , Canada where she will be taken into custody . 
 makes a final plea to to search the plane upon landing . Before speaking to the captain , sneaks down the freight deck and removes two explosives and a detonator concealed in 's casket , then goes to the avionics section and plants and arms the explosives at an area where a presumably drugged is sleeping . It is revealed at this point that , , and the Berlin mortuary director are part of a conspiracy to hijack the plane for a $ 50 million ransom and frame as the hijacker , due to her job and knowledge of the plane . The conspirators kidnapped in hopes of unlocking the casket as she is the only one who knows the code . lies to Captain that is threatening to bomb the aircraft unless the ransom money is wired to a bank account and a G3 plane is readied upon landing . He then plans to detonate the explosives , which will kill and leave dead with the detonator in hand . 
 After landing in Newfoundland , the tarmac is surrounded by U.S. FBI agents . After the passengers disembark , apologizes to Captain for disrupting the flight but is certain will be found . Angered , Captain demands she drop the charade , stating that the $ 50 million has been wired . realizes that is the perpetrator and , assuming the role of the hijacker , demands remain aboard and the crew leave . realizes he can not refuse without giving himself away . 
 When the plane 's door closes , knocks Carson unconscious with a fire extinguisher , handcuffs him to a rail , and takes the detonator . appears and uncuffs as he regains consciousness . He fires a gun at , sending her running and locking herself into the cockpit . She fools away from the cockpit by throwing a binder in the plane 's attic . Meanwhile , a panicked flees the plane after a small altercation with . 
 finds the unconscious in the avionics and narrowly avoids . He reveals that was murdered by the conspirators to conceal explosives in his casket ( as caskets are not required to be x - rayed ) and how he abducted and dumped her in the food bin before disparaging the people aboard who would never care enough to notice . , carrying , escapes into the cargo hold and closes the hatch . Leaning on 's casket with in the non - combustible hold , she detonates the explosives , killing . Everyone watches in shock and amazement as carries her daughter out onto the tarmac , realizing that she was telling the truth the whole time . 
 At an airport hangar the next morning , Captain apologizes to and comments on how she and look alike . As a handcuffed is led away by FBI agents , one of the escorting agents informs of the arrest of the Berlin mortuary director , asking her to identify him . She carries the still unconscious through the crowd of passengers to a waiting SUV while the passengers realize the truth . As an act of respect and forgiveness , helps load her luggage . awakes and sleepily asks " are we there yet " as the SUV drives away .

The seemingly random murder of their adoptive mother , ( ) , at a Highland Park , Michigan convenience store , brings four brothers back home to Detroit , Michigan to find out what happened . Originally under the impression the crime was a simple robbery - gone - wrong , the brothers soon discover that the robbery was merely a cover for what was , in fact , a hit put out on . After this revelation , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) and ( ) track down the hired guns who killed . Refusing to say anything , they are unceremoniously executed by and . 
 The next day , Detroit Police Lieutenant ( ) and Detective ( ) confront the brothers about the murders . Lieutenant warns them that their interference with ’s case is ill - advised , and that it will eventually put them in over their heads . After confronting about the revelation of his failing business and benefiting from 's life insurance , the brothers are treated to a somewhat different version of events . informs them that his construction company was failing precisely because he was not getting involved with gang lord ( ) , and that for a project to succeed he had to pay off the right people , which he initially failed to do . In his effort to restore his business and relieve pressure from himself , he tried to pay off 's henchmen . As for the life insurance , explains that the money went directly to him for his daughters , because he paid all of 's bills while his other brothers were not around . 
 Back at their home , during a confrontation with , ’s men attack the brothers . is shot and killed during the attack . finds one of the gunmen still alive and questions him about who sent them . He almost spares the gunman but is offended when the gunman mumbles " Thank God " and kills him anyway . When Lieutenant arrives , he tells them not to worry about any legal ramifications , assuring them that it will go down as self - defense . He also informs them that filed a police report regarding and his involvement in 's affairs , and his partner , Detective , passed on that report to . warns the brothers to stay out of the matter and let him handle and then they will work together on . Later at a bar confronts , hitting him and ordering to hand in his badge . They walk out of the bar , and kills and calls it into dispatch claiming two assailants had fired upon . 
 Meanwhile , the remaining brothers devise a plan to buy off with the $ 400,000 from their mother 's life insurance . When accepts , sets off for 's . Arriving at 's , he subdues him . then goes to meet , while 's girlfriend , , heads to the police station , where she tells the police that is planning to kill a police officer . Hearing the sirens in the distance , thinks they are coming for , until opens his jacket showing a wire . claims the whole conversation was taped , including 's admission that he killed . The police arrive at 's in full force , and gets the upper hand on . With a gun pointed to ’s head , tells the police to back off . opens fire on the officers outside , who return fire and kill him . 
 Meanwhile , at frozen over Lake St. Clair , meets with and reveals that the $ 400,000 is to buy off 's henchmen , who are already embittered towards him due to his blatant mistreatment of them , and kill in exchange . angrily demands to know who will be the one to kill him just as shows up . and brawl for a good five minutes , at the end , uses his hockey playing skils to get the upper hand and knocks unconscious . His former henchmen seal his fate after he is dropped in a hole carved into the ice , drowning him . The three brothers , taken into police custody , are beaten in an attempt to make them confess to the murder of , which they do not . Back home , they set about repairing their mother 's house , and continuing their lives together .

Mark Wahlberg, Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin, Garrett Hedlund, Terrence Howard

In 1944 , American forces were closing in on the Japanese - occupied Philippines . The Japanese held around 500 American prisoners who had survived the Bataan Death March in a notorious POW camp at Cabanatuan and subjected them to brutal treatment and summary execution , as the Japanese view surrender as a disgrace . Many prisoners were also stricken with malaria . 
 The film opens with the massacre of prisoners of war on Palawan by the Kempeitai , the Imperial Japanese military 's secret police ( though factually , it was committed by the Japanese Fourteenth Area Army ) . 
 Meanwhile , at Lingayen Gulf , the 6th Ranger Battalion under Lt . Col is ordered by Lt . Gen. to liberate all of the POWs at Cabanatuan prison camp before they are killed by the Japanese . The film chronicles the efforts of the Rangers , Alamo Scouts from the Sixth Army and Filipino guerrillas as they undertake the Raid at Cabanatuan . 
 Throughout the film , the viewpoint switches between the POWs at Cabanatuan , the Rangers , the Filipino resistance and the Japanese . 
 In particular , the film covers the resistance work undertaken by nurse , who smuggled medicine into the POW camps . The arrested her and sent her to Fort Santiago prison . She was eventually released , but spent six weeks recovering from gangrene as a result of injuries sustained from beatings .

( ) takes her boyfriend , ( ) home to meet her parents on the occasion of her parents ' 25th wedding anniversary , planning to reveal that they are engaged . However , what has also left out is that is white . Her father , ( ) , dislikes almost immediately because of his race . Wishing to impress , lies to him about being a NASCAR pit driver for , not realizing that Percy is one of his biggest fans . After catching and in a compromising position , tries to force into a hotel , but all the hotels in town are booked . Instead , he allows to sleep in his basement on the couch , where also sleeps . 
 With the help of his personal assistant ( ) , tries to dig up as much dirt on as he can as well as creating the ideal black boyfriend for instead of revealing her boyfriend is white . He manages to get to reveal that he lied about being a NASCAR driver and also that he needs a $ 50,000 loan . discovers 's lies just as reveals that quit his job . Immediately , goes to tell his daughter this new information , however claims he was n't fired and instead quit . Angry that he did n't tell her the truth , leaves while 's snooping and plagiarism of his vows temporarily strains his relationship with his wife , ( ) . 
 The next morning and find the women to apologize , but while and reconcile , and break up and he leaves . On the day of his anniversary , tells her father that she and were going to get married . After wondering why a man planning to get married would quit his job , realizes that quit his job due to his boss ' disapproval of interracial relationships . goes after and brings him back to where they get back together , then the festivities begin .

awakens from a nightmare wherein is killed after overhearing Lord conspiring with and another man . attends the Quidditch World Cup between Ireland and Bulgaria with the . After the game , Death Eaters terrorise the camp , and the man who appeared in 's dream summons the Dark Mark . 
 At Hogwarts , introduces ex - Auror as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher . He also announces that the school will host the legendary event known as the Triwizard Tournament , in which three magical schools compete by facing three dangerous challenges . The Goblet of Fire selects " champions " to take part in the competition : of Hufflepuff representing Hogwarts , representing the Durmstrang Institute from Central Europe , and representing Beauxbatons Academy of Magic from France . The Goblet unexpectedly chooses a fourth champion : . can not pull the underage out of the tournament , as Ministry official insists that after being selected , the champions are bound by a contract . 
 For the first task , each champion must retrieve a golden egg guarded by a dragon . succeeds in retrieving the egg , which contains information about the second challenge . Shortly after , another event known as the Yule Ball , a formal dance takes place ; 's crush attends with , and attends with , making jealous . During the second task , the champions must dive underwater to rescue their mates . comes out in third place , but is placed second behind due to his " moral fibre " after saving 's sister as well as . Afterwards , finds the corpse of , then visits at his office , and while waiting for him , discovers a Pensieve , which holds 's memories . witnesses a trial in which , Durmstrang Institute 's Headmaster , confesses to the Ministry of Magic names of other Death Eaters , after 's defeat . When he names as one , vouches for 's innocence ; turned spy against before the latter 's downfall . As names , a devastated imprisons his son in Azkaban . Exiting the Pensieve , realises the man he saw in his dream is 
 For the final task , the champions enter a hedge maze , and must reach the Triwizard Cup . , under the influence of the Imperius Curse , incapacitates . After saves when the maze attacks him , the two claim a draw and together grab the cup , which turns out to be a Portkey and transports them to a graveyard where and are waiting . kills with the Killing Curse and performs a ritual that rejuvenates , who then summons the Death Eaters . releases in order to beat him in a duel to prove he is the better wizard . Unable to defend himself , tries the Expelliarmus charm at the same moment that attempts the Killing Curse . The beams from their wands entwine , and 's wand disgorges the last spells it performed . The spirits of the people he murdered materialise in the graveyard , including 's parents and . and his Death Eaters are distracted , allowing to escape with 's body by grabbing the . 
 tells that returned and killed . takes back to his office to interrogate him about Lord , inadvertently blowing his cover when he asks whether there were " others in the graveyard " though never mentioned a graveyard . reveals that he submitted 's name to the Goblet of Fire and manipulated throughout the tournament to ensure he would win . attempts to attack , but , , and intervene and subdue him . The teachers force to drink Veritaserum , a truth - telling potion , and he reveals that the real is imprisoned in a magical trunk . The false Moody 's Polyjuice Potion wears off , revealing him as is returned to Azkaban . 
 reveals to the students that killed , although the Ministry of Magic opposes the revelation . Later visits in his dormitory , apologising to him for the dangers he endured . reveals that he saw his parents in the graveyard ; names this effect as " Priori Incantatem " . Soon after Hogwarts , , and bid farewell to each other .

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Alan Rickman, Gary Oldman, Robbie Coltrane, Robert Pattinson, Ralph Fiennes

( ) is an aspiring race car driver . 's family includes her brother , , and her father , , who are members of their namesake 's racing team . Herbie , a Volkswagen Beetle , is towed to a junkyard after losing several races , and takes to the junkyard to buy her a car as a college graduation present . After selects Herbie , she finds an anonymous note in Herbie 's glove box , possibly written by Herbie 's old owner ( Herbie 's original owner from The Love Bug ( 1968 ) and Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo ) which reads : " Please take care of . Whatever your problem , he 'll help you find the answer " . takes her against her will to the garage where her old friend works as a mechanic . has take to a car show to buy parts for , but when they arrive , tricks into disguising herself in a racing suit and helmet and challenging NASCAR champion to an impromptu race , which wins by a second . 
 This delights , who tries to talk into racing again . However , , who has forbidden her from racing since she was hospitalized after a street racing accident years ago , is concerned . It also infuriates , who becomes obsessed with . organizes a local street - racing competition to lure back for a rematch , which and enter . easily defeats the other cars and qualifies for the final match with , but when talks into racing for pinks ( where the winner takes possession of the opponent 's car ) , becomes alarmed over 's desire to win Trip 's stock car . In addition to being deeply hurt by 's earlier assertion that driving in ’s car was the best ride of her life , incorrectly assumes that will reject him if she wins the other car , and also is unaware that Trip only agreed to the match so that he could have scrapped if he got possession of him . Consequently , intentionally loses the race against Trip Corvette C6 Z06 causing to be humiliated , being towed away by , being disappointed in , and lecturing for racing without his permission . 
 However , encouraged by her friend , decides to race professionally . She tries to buy back from , but has entered in a demolition derby . Desperate to save from destruction , goes to the derby , runs onto the field while the derby is in progress , pleads with to help her , and wins the derby . 
 Meanwhile , Team Peyton may have to forfeit an upcoming stock - car race due to financial troubles and two crashes by , one of which leaves him with a depth perception problem , rendering him unable to race . declines 's offer to drive for the team , but allows her to take his place and sends the Team Peyton crew to help her and prepare for the race . At the race track , and have a heart - to - heart conversation , and ominously warns that the race will be dangerous . 
 starts the race slowly , but he eventually catches up and begins passing the other cars before makes her first pit stop . While watching the race at home , decides to watch the race in person . On the track again , is soon boxed in by some other cars , but arrives at the track and encourages over the team radio , and escapes the trap by driving directly over who was in front of her . This damages 's oil system , so makes another pit stop and hurriedly extracts a replacement part from a yellow New Beetle , which has been eyeing amorously throughout the film , owned by , one of Team Peyton 's few remaining sponsors , switiching it with Herbie 's . The jerry - rigged oil system is fragile , and is intent on preventing from winning . 
 With , , and now working together , and catch up to . tries to damage by pushing him into the track wall when tries to pass him , but he is caught off guard and crashes into the wall when she slams on the brakes during his next attempt , causing 's car to ricochet off the wall and hit car , flipping his over . passes 's car , now upside down on the track , by climbing onto the catch fence above the wall and riding it all the way to the finish line . After landing back on the track , and win the race . is congratulated by her father and brother , and is hospitalized as and kiss . Later , warns and 's New Beetle not to stay out too long on their date . and his love then drive off into the night , ending the movie and rolling the credits .

Following his discovery of the body of his wife ( ) in a bathtub after her apparent suicide , Dr. ( ) , a psychologist working in New York City , decides to move with his 9 - year - old daughter ( ) to Upstate New York . There , makes an apparently imaginary friend she calls " " . Her friendship with begins to disturb when he discovers their cat dead in the bathtub , who , claims , was a victim of " " . Meanwhile , has nightmares of the New Year 's Eve party that occurred the night before his wife died . 
 When a family friend , Dr. ( ) , comes to visit and , reveals that she and have a mutual desire to upset her father . Soon , they meet ( ) and ( ) who are their neighbors . is wary of their unusual interest in . He later discovers that the reason for this is that the couple had a daughter who recently died from cancer and looked like . Later , when visits , she nervously and ambiguously implies that her husband has begun abusing her in response to their child 's death , emotionally and perhaps physically . 
 meets ( ) , a local woman , and her niece , , who is roughly the same age as . Hoping to cultivate a new , healthy friendship for , sets up a play date for her . is anxious to become friends immediately , but the play date is spoiled when cuts up 's doll 's face . After runs out of the house , tells that she does n't need any more friends . 
 Despite the unsuccessful play date , and hit it off . invites her over to dinner one night , where acts increasingly hostile towards her . Some time later , visits the house , hoping to make peace with . When tells her that she is playing hide - and - seek with , indulges her by pretending to look for . When she opens the closet , someone bursts out and pushes out a second - story window to her death . 
 After the police discover her car crashed near 's house , asks what happened . claims caused her death by pushing her out the window and forced to help him move the body . She tells the location of her body . A terrified discovers 's body in the bathroom in a bathtub full of blood . asks where is , and tells him that has " just left " . 
 , armed with a knife , goes outside , where he meets the neighbor who has become friends with . assumes that his neighbor is and begins to act aggressively . Becoming suspicious that has killed his own daughter , the neighbor asks to see , but cuts the neighbor with his knife . The neighbor then calls the police . 
 Back in the house , finds that , although he has been in his study many times ( listening to his stereo and writing a journal ) , the boxes were actually never unpacked after the move . With this , realizes that he has dissociative identity disorder and that is not imaginary at all , but that in fact " " is himself . Whenever " " would emerge , was in his study . was actually in control . also realizes that under his personality , he killed his wife and then made it appear to be a suicide . He also fully recalls the events of the New Year 's Eve party the night before his wife 's death . Immediately after the countdown to midnight , noticed his wife slip away . He followed her and caught her in a stairwell making out with another guest . " " was created as a way for 's rage to murder his wife , something that the docile himself was too decent to do . knew the entire time about her father 's split personality , but did not tell him because she was unsure which personality murdered her mother , suspecting until " " killed . 
 Once 's identity and horrible deeds are realized to , he becomes completely consumed by , leading him to murder the local sheriff ( ) , who arrives to investigate the previous altercation . calls for help . 
 arrives and is pushed down the basement stairs by ' ' . / , determined to play a hideous game of hide - and - seek with once again , starts counting . dashes and hides . She tricks and manages to lock herself in her room . As tries to break in , she climbs out from the window and runs into the cave where she originally met . 
 Meanwhile , takes the gun from the dead sheriff , breaks out of the basement , and finds looking for in the cave . pretends to be and attacks when she lowers her guard . begs for to come out and fight his murderous other personality . tells that no longer exists ; from the minute discovered the truth about himself , this enabled to fully take over . emerges from her hiding place , begging to let go . Her distraction allows to shoot , killing him at last . 
 Sometime later , in one of several endings , is preparing for school in her new life with . But 's drawing of herself with two heads , suggests that she might also have dissociative identity disorder .

( ) is a professional " date doctor " who coaches other men in the art of wooing women , with a focus on long - term relationships . He is very successful at what he does . While coaching one of his clients , ( ) - who is smitten with a client of his investment firm , celebrity ( ) - finds himself falling for ( ) . is a gossip columnist and workaholic . While and 's relationship continues to progress , finds it difficult to initiate a dialogue with , finding that none of his romantic methods is working on her . Throughout the entire process , he keeps his career secret , claiming to be a generic " consultant . " 
 meets with ( ) , a shallow chauvinist attempting to enlist to help him land a one - night stand with ( ) , 's coworker and best friend . Although refuses to help , misleads into believing that he has used 's services . 
 After finding out 's true identity , publishes an exposé , causing and to break up and 's reputation to suffer . At a speed dating cafe that sneaks into , and confront and cite as their source . explains that not only did he refuse to work with him - 's personality type is why women protect themselves - but that same protection also unintentionally made establishing genuine relationships difficult enough to create a demand for 's services . 
 then tries to salvage and 's relationship . He confronts , and realizes that he does n't really do anything significant besides giving his clients confidence and allowing them to get the attention of the women , and that most of his customers , particularly , really were successful just being themselves . reconciles with . The film ends with and getting married as well as and resuming their relationship .

Little ( ) discovers that the Big Bad Wolf ( ) has disguised himself as her grandmother . ( ) jumps out of the closet tied up just as the axe - wielding woodsman ( ) bursts through the window , startling everyone . The police quickly arrive , and , , , and the Woodsman are questioned by Detective ( ) about the events leading up to the incident . 
 explains that she was delivering goodies for her grandmother when she discovered a threat from the mysterious . Hoping to save her Granny 's recipes , she embarked upon a journey to take them to the top of a nearby mountain where her Granny lives . On her way , she encountered the , who asked her a series of suspicious questions . She managed to escape and eventually reached her Granny 's house ; however , she found the already waiting in ambush . 
 What at first seems to be an open - and - shut case becomes confused though , once it is learned that the is an investigative reporter . He reveals that he was searching for a lead on the identity of and had reason to believe that and were the culprits . Locating , he questioned her , hoping to get to the bottom of the mystery . When escaped , he headed for her Granny 's house and arriving first , went undercover , hoping to trick her into giving him the evidence he needed . 
 When questioned , the Woodsman , , reveals that he is in fact an aspiring actor who was only trying out for the part of a woodsman in a commercial . After his schnitzel truck was robbed by , he went out into the woods to get in character for his role and spent the rest of the day chopping trees . A large tree rolled after him and pushed him through the window of 's home . The investigation then turns to , who reveals that , unbeknownst to her family , she is an extreme sports enthusiast . During a ski race earlier that day , she was attacked by the opposing team , but got away safely after learning that they were hired by the Goody Bandit . 
 Despondent over her Granny 's lack of honesty , wanders off alone . Meanwhile , realizes that the one commonality between all four stories is a bunny named ( ) and concludes that he is . However , has already sneaked into the home and stolen 's recipes . sees and follows him to his hideout at a cable car station , but the police pursue him in the wrong direction . , the , and manage to locate as he is explaining his evil scheme to . plans to add an addictive substance to the stolen recipes and then destroy the forest , making way for new real estate for expanding his business . 
 The and go undercover to distract as sneaks into his lair , but open conflict ensues . sends a bound and gagged down the mountain in a cable car loaded with explosives and goes after her , with and his henchmen in pursuit . manages to free herself , and escapes with , while the police , who have been located by the 's squirrel assistant ( ) , are waiting at the bottom of the mountain to arrest and his henchmen . Some time later , finds success as part of a yodeling troupe , and , , the , and are enlisted by to join a crime solving organization called Happily Ever After Agency .

Former L.A. SWAT officer is a hostage negotiator in Los Angeles . One day , negotiates with a man who has taken his wife and son hostage after learning his wife was cheating on him . Shortly after denies a SWAT commander 's request to give snipers the order to open fire , the despondent man kills his wife , son , and himself . Traumatized , moves with his family and becomes police chief in Bristo Camino , a suburban hamlet in nearby Ventura County . 
 A year later , finds himself in another hostage situation . Two teenagers , and his brother , and their accomplice take hostage and his two children , teenage and young , in 's house after a failed robbery attempt . The first officer to respond is shot twice by just before arrives . attempts to rescue the officer , but she dies in front of him . Traumatized and unwilling to put himself through another tragedy , hands authority over to the Ventura County Sheriff 's Department and leaves . 
 has been laundering money for a mysterious right - wing militia and criminal syndicate through offshore shell corporations . He was preparing to turn over a batch of important encrypted files recorded on a DVD when he was taken hostage . To prevent the incriminating evidence from being discovered , the syndicate orders someone known only as the Watchman to kidnap 's wife and daughter . is instructed to return to the hostage scene , regain authority , and stall for time until the organization can launch its own attack against 's house . 
 forces and to tie up the children , while he knocks out and finds a large amount of cash . In an attempt to end the standoff and secure the DVDs himself , meets with and agrees to provide a helicopter in exchange for half of the money . When the helicopter arrives , and bring the money to and prepare to leave , but refuses to leave without , with whom he has become infatuated . says the helicopter will only carry three additional people and insists that stay behind , but the deal breaks down and the boys return to the house . learns that is a psychopathic killer who could turn on the hostages and his own accomplices at any moment . does , in fact , kill and , just as is about to release the children . 
 The syndicate sends fake FBI agents to recover the DVD and they storm the house ; is instructed to not go near the house . stabs and locks herself and in the panic room . Hearing their screams , breaches the house and is attacked by , who then kills most of the fake agents using his pistol and multiple Molotov cocktails . is then shot in the side by the only surviving agent . The agent tracks down and the children , and demands the encrypted DVD . After gives him the DVD , reappears , distracting the agent long enough to be killed by . then prepares to throw his last Molotov , but collapses to his knees , weakened by his injuries . He makes eye contact with , then drops the Molotov and immolates himself . 
 escapes with the children by shooting the indoor glass waterfall , which extinguishes the fire . He and a recovered then go to a rundown inn where 's wife and daughter are being held captive by the Watchman and his crew . , feigning hatred for , is freed in exchange for the family . While demanding that the Watchman kill , shoots the Watchman . This allows to kill the other gunmen and rescue his family .

College students and are travelling across Europe with their Icelandic friend . In Amsterdam , they get kicked out of a nightclub and visit prostitutes in a brothel . After , they return to their hostel to find there 's a curfew and they 're locked out . A man in a nearby apartment , , invites them to stay at his place that night . He convinces them to visit a hostel in Slovakia filled with beautiful women . The three board a train to Slovakia , where they encounter a strange Dutch businessman who touches on the leg . yells at him , causing the embarrassed businessman to leave . When they arrive in Slovakia , they are impressed by the beauty of the town and the grandeur of the hostel and find their roommates are two beautiful women , and , who invite them to the spa , and later to the disco . That night , at the disco , goes outside but is attacked by a gang of local kids known as the " Bubblegum gang " and is rescued by the Dutch businessman , buying him a beer to thank him and apologise for his reaction on the train . and have sex with and , while leaves with the desk girl , . The next morning , they are surprised to see that has n't returned , and they are unable to contact him . They are later approached by a Japanese girl named , who shows them a photo of and her friend , who has disappeared as well . 
 They get a selfie from who told them he went home but they find it strange and unusual for him . Although is anxious to leave , convinces him to stay one more night to have sex with the girls again . That night , and are slipped tranquilizers . stumbles back to the hotel room , while passes out in the disco 's storage room . wakes up in a dungeon - like room , and is approached by a man who drills holes into his chest and legs . The man removes his mask , revealing himself as the Dutch Businessman , and tells about his failed dream of becoming a surgeon . After begs to be set free , the Dutch Businessman slices 's achilles tendons , and removes his restraints . Unable to walk , attempts to crawl to the door , but the Dutch Businessman slices his throat with a scalpel , killing him . 
 Meanwhile , wakes up the next morning and returns to the hostel . He gets frustrated with the desk clerk , who insists that he already checked out , and when he returns to his room , he is greeted by two women , who invite him to the spa in an eerily similar manner to and . finds and at a pub and asks them if they know where is . tells him that and are visiting an art exhibit , and she agrees to take him there . They arrive at an old factory , and is horrified to find 's mutilated corpse being stitched together by the Dutch Businessman . is then ambushed by thugs and dragged down a hallway , passing by several rooms where other people are being gruesomely tortured . He is brought to a cell , where he is restrained in a chair and joined minutes later by a German client named . begs in German to be let go . 
 After severing two of 's fingers with a chainsaw , unintentionally removes his restraints as well . charges at with the chainsaw but slips and severs his own leg . reaches for a gun and shoots in the head . A guard enters the room but shoots him and escapes the cell . enters another room and hides in the bottom of a cart filled with corpses , and severed limbs . A butcher takes the corpses to the bottom floor to be incinerated , and bludgeons him with a sledge hammer . He then takes the elevator to the top floor and enters the dressing room , where he changes into business clothes , and finds a business card for the Elite Hunting club , an organization where rich people pay to kill tourists . He also meets an American client , who mistakes him for another customer , and picks up his gun . 
 escapes the factory but returns after hearing cries for help . He enters another room and discovers having her face and eye tortured by the American client . After killing the American client , and flee in a stolen car , pursued by guards . While driving , sees , , and , and runs them over , killing them . and make it to the train station , but after seeing a reflection of her disfigured face , leaps in front of an oncoming train and kills herself . This creates a distraction , allowing to board another train unnoticed . 
 Once aboard , hears the voice of the Dutch Businessman . When the train stops in Vienna , Austria , follows him to a public restroom and throws the Elite Hunting card under his stall . When the Dutch Businessman reaches down to pick it up , grabs his hand and cuts off the same fingers he lost during his escape . He then breaks into the stall and nearly drowns the Dutch Businessman in the toilet , but allows him to see his reflection before slitting his throat and killing him . then leaves to board another train . 
 In the Director 's Cut , kidnaps the Dutch Businessman 's daughter instead of killing him . After finding her teddy bear in the restroom she was supposed to be in , the Dutch Businessman searches for his missing daughter unaware that 's train has just left .

( ) is a pimp and drug dealer who is dissatisfied with his life . After acquiring a keyboard and reacquainting himself with an old friend from school , ( ) , who has become a sound technician , decides to try his hand at making hip hop songs . 
 and his sound - mixer friend ( ) help put together several " flow " songs in which he expresses the frustrations of a small - time hustler struggling to survive . quickly proves to have a real talent for lyrics , and his first fixed - length song , done at the urging of his friends , appears to have a decent chance of becoming a hit and getting local radio play . 
 The group experiences many setbacks throughout the creative process . must hustle those around him in order to procure proper equipment and recording time , and 's relationship with his wife becomes strained . throws out one of his prostitutes , , along with her one - year - old son , for ridiculing his art . 's pregnant prostitute , ( ) , joins in the creative process , singing hooks , and the group eventually records several fixed - length tracks , including " Whoop That Trick " and their primary single " It 's Hard Out Here for a Pimp " . After their first recording , DJay falls in love with . 
 's friend , ( ) , informs him that ( ) , a successful Memphis rapper , will be returning to the neighborhood for a Fourth of July party . gains admittance to the party under the pretext of providing marijuana , with the intention of giving his demo tape . is dismissive at first , but after a long night of reminiscing successfully persuades him into taking the tape . 
 Before leaving the party , however , discovers that the drunken has destroyed his tape , leaving it in the toilet . When confronts , laughs at the idea of touring with and insults him . In a fit of rage , beats and pistol whips with his own gun . Realizing what he has done , attempts to resuscitate the unconscious , until a member of 's crew enters the bathroom and quickly pulls out his gun . shoots the man in his arm , then uses him as a human shield to make his escape . 
 arrives home to find the police and 's associates waiting for him . turns himself in and tells ( ) to keep his writing pad , with his rap lyrics . He tells her she is " in charge " of getting his songs on local radio stations , and exchanges a glance with a tearful . is charged for assault and possession of a firearm and is sentenced to 11 months in prison . 
 While serving his time , gets a visit from . When asks if he really knew , reveals that he made it up in order to keep the group 's dream alive . learns from that has hustled the local radio DJs into playing his songs , which have become local hits . says he and want to discuss his future plans . The film ends as we see a friendly duo of prison guards who have their own rap group asking to listen to their demo , much as had approached Skinny Black . Humbled and flattered , accepts their tape and responds with : " You know what they say , everybody got ta have a dream " .

( ) a very smart and talented science student , plans to pursue a scholarship to Harvard University . For the scholarship , must present a personal summer project about physics . While watching a figure skating competition with her mathematically inclined friend , realizes that her favorite childhood hobby , ice skating , would make a perfect project . She decides to try to improve her own skating by applying physics and what she has discovered from watching other skaters . 
 She becomes proficient and skips two levels to become a junior skater . She helps junior skaters ( ) ( ) and ( ) improve their skating . Torn between her Harvard dream and her growing love of skating , has difficulty juggling schoolwork , skating , and a part - time job . ( ) 's mother , attempts to prevent from skating due to her declining academic performance . Meanwhile , tension arises between 's mother and 's coach ( ) , a disgraced former skater . 
 , who manages the rink where trains , has on a strict training program . During a competition where both and compete , sees that may outrank , and attempts to sabotage 's performance by switching her skates . Upset at this , and frustrated by all the restrictions of training , quits . declines the Harvard scholarship competition to devote herself to skating to her mother 's dismay . asks to be her personal coach and help her train for sectionals . Her mother , upset at this change of direction in her life , refuses to watch her skate . 
 At the sectionals , 's mind is not fully focused on the competition and she falls while attempting a triple salchow jump . To her surprise , she discovers that her mother is in the audience . Inspired , gives a highly rated artistic performance . The sectionals ends with going to the nationals and becoming the runner - up . 's brother , ( ) , gives flowers to congratulate her , and they kiss . Later , and bicker about how many college courses should take , and 's budding romance , 's sponsors , and 's future in figure skating .

Michelle Trachtenberg, Hayden Panettiere, Kim Cattrall, Joan Cusack

( ) and ( ) are sisters with nothing in common but their shoe size . They were raised by their father ( ) and stepmother ( ) after their mother died in a car accident . is the eldest ; an ostensibly plain and serious lawyer who is protective of despite her flaws . is a free spirit who is unable to hold a steady job ( due to her virtual inability to read ) and turns to alcohol and men for emotional and financial support . grudgingly allows to move in with her in her Rittenhouse Square apartment in Philadelphia when their stepmother throws her out of the house . Their already difficult relationship ends when catches in bed with ( ) , her boyfriend . This leads to an argument in which berates about her inability to read , and taunts her saying that she could n't even spell 's name , when calls her sister a ' fat pig ' . This apparently becomes the last straw for , and she tries to choke . Both of them cry , and subsequently disappears from 's life . 
 A few days before , while secretly looking through her father 's desk for money , discovered a bundle of old greeting cards containing cash . She was astonished to discover that the cards were addressed to both her and and were from their grandmother ( ) . Now , homeless and without job prospects , travels to Florida to find her and hopefully a new source of income . 
 When first hears from , she invites her to stay in her home . She admits to her close friend how was bipolar , and sent a note several days before her death to look after her girls . So she lets stay with her partially out of guilt for abandoning her responsibilities as a grandmother . However , as time passes , discovers that has come to do nothing but sunbathe and take money from her . asks to finance an acting career for her ; agrees to match her salary dollar for dollar if she accepts a job with the assisted living section of her grandmother 's retirement community . Meanwhile , has decided to quit her job , become a dog - walker , and date ( ) whom she had previously ignored . They become engaged . 
 is befriended by one of her patients , a blind retired professor of English literature ( ) , who has asked to read works of poetry to him.[2 ] She does so , but with great difficulty . After asking if she is dyslexic , the professor encourages to continue reading to him while offering emotional support to her . finds a friend in the professor , the first person in her life who does not ridicule her difficulties with reading ( and actually helps her to improve in this area ) . As time passes with the professor , 's confidence grows not only with reading but with her general image of herself . In addition , she also becomes friendly with the residents of the retirement community . In doing so , discovers a livelihood that is greatly needed among the elderly women : a personal clothing shopper , an activity for which shows enormous talent . ( who also does not ridicule her difficulties with math ) offers to run the financial aspects of the business . In the process , they become close and resolve their history . 
 Meanwhile , 's reluctance to talk about is straining her relationships with those around her , such as , her father , and stepmother . While remains oblivious to his daughters ' falling out and the stepmother does not care much of the sisters , tries to get to talk about . When he sees and former boyfriend converse about how can not talk about to anyone , 's patience has grown thin and effectively dumps after she keeps protecting by staying silent . 
 has also secretly contacted and sends a plane ticket asking her to come for a visit . is excited to hear from her long - lost grandmother , but her pleasure quickly sours when she arrives and discovers that her sister already lives there . After a long conversation with , reveals that after took and on a spontaneous trip to New York ( without 's knowledge ) , and got into a huge argument , with threatening to put her in a mental institution . killed herself 2 days later and sent a note to , pleading with her to take care of her daughters . does not remember this as shielded her from the events to protect her . 
 never recovered from 's death and never resolved her feelings towards ; for she felt he ignored the signs that his wife had problems . The three women bond and learn to resolve their complicated past . Meanwhile , has contacted telling that is in Florida and " in trouble " and arranges him to meet at the elderly residents ' party . The two rekindle their engagement after finally opens up about 's personality and 's desire to protect her fearing that will come to hate . 
 Before and return to Philadelphia offers to pick out and buy 's wedding dress , as a now seasoned personal shopper she is confident that she can please saying simply " trust me " . At 's wedding which takes place at the Jamaican Jerk Hut where their first date was . and reconcile and reads a poem[3 ] to as a wedding gift which moves to tears .

A sea plane flying on a stormy night malfunctions and crashes in the sea off the coast of the Bahamas . 
 and are lovers living a rustic life in a trailer , next to the beach in the Bahamas . works as a guide in the local aquatic theme park , while works a number of odd jobs in his field of passion , diving . His real dream is to find one of many treasure - filled merchant and pirate ships lost in the waters around the Bahamas . has similar dreams and a better boat , but turns down repeated offers to work for him . 
 's childhood friend , , and his girlfriend , ( whom he just met the night before ) , come to visit . , a lawyer in New York City , has acquired the use of a luxury vacation house from a client he defended . While snorkeling , finds artifacts on the sea bed that seem to stem from a ship wreck . The four of them investigate and find several other pieces that turn out to be the remains of legendary French pirate ship Zephyr . They also discover the crashed plane and its cargo of cocaine — and want to recover it , but refuses , dispersing the brick they retrieved into the ocean . 
 Needing money for equipment to salvage the treasure , and dive to the plane then try to sell a few bricks of recovered cocaine to local night club owner . turns out to be an associate of drug lord , to whom the cocaine belonged in the first place . 
 , , and are threatened by , who demands that they retrieve his cocaine or face deadly consequences . When the trio inform , she berates for violating his principles by helping a drug lord . He tries to explain the situation , but she leaves him , saying that ' they ' are over . After nightfall , , , and dive at the plane wreck to salvage the cocaine and more artifacts . As they are moving the cocaine packs from the plane to their boat , is attacked and bitten on the leg by a tiger shark . They abandon the cocaine at the dive site to rush her to the hospital , where she dies . Hearing of the tragedy , reunites with , mourning for the loss of . 
 insists on going to the police , and goes to the home of one of their friends , a local cop named . turns her over to , knowing that he was ' partner in the cocaine deal . has captured and taken him aboard ' ship , where they find that has killed and his entire crew , eventually killing and as well . 
 and learn of 's captivity , and set out to rescue her from ' ship , now anchored over the cocaine plane . is handcuffed and gagged with duct tape . They kill ' divers at the plane , while their friend helps dispatch the men on ' boat . Below , and are the only ones left . confronts in the plane , eventually using an air tank as a missile by hammering off the valve . dodges it , but it hits the fuel tank at the back of the plane , causing a major explosion , killing . jumps into the water and rescues . 
 Six weeks later , the trio is salvaging the Zephyr . While trying to bring an old cannon to the surface , the rope breaks and the cannon sinks back down breaking a part of the ship . is ready to call it a night , but dives in again and shouts that he has found gold .

In 2019 , Lincoln Six Echo and Jordan Two Delta live with others in an isolated compound . Their community is governed by a set of strict rules . The residents believe the outer world has become too contaminated for human life with the exception of one contagion - free island . Every week , a lottery is conducted and the winner gets to leave the compound to live on the island . 
 begins having dreams that he knows are not from his own experiences . Dr. , a scientist who runs the compound , is concerned and places probes in 's body to monitor his cerebral activity . While secretly visiting an off - limits power facility in the basement where his friend , technician , works , discovers a live moth in a ventilation shaft , leading him to deduce the outside world is not really contaminated . follows the moth to another section , where he discovers the " lottery " is actually a disguise to remove inhabitants from the compound , where the " winner " is then used for organ harvesting , surrogate motherhood , and other purposes for each one 's sponsor , who is identical to them in appearance . 
 learns has discovered the truth , which forces to escape . Meanwhile , has been selected for the island . and escape the facility , and emerge in the Arizona desert . explains the truth to her , and they set out to discover the real world . hires mercenary and former GIGN operative to find and return them unharmed to the compound . 
 and find , who explains that all the facility residents are clones of wealthy and/or desperate sponsors , who are kept ignorant about the real world and conditioned to never question their environment or history . provides the name of 's sponsor in Los Angeles , and helps them to the Yucca maglev station , before mercenaries kill him . In New York City , 's sponsor , model , is comatose following a car crash and requires transplants from to survive . 's sponsor , , gives Lincoln some explanation about the cloning institute , causing to realize that he has gained 's memories . agrees to help and but secretly contacts , who sends and the mercenaries to their location . tricks into shooting , allowing him to assume 's identity . 
 surmises that a cloning defect was responsible for 's memories and behavior , resulting in him and every future clone generation to question their environment and even tap into their sponsor 's memories . To prevent this , he decides to eliminate the four newest generations of clones . and , however , plan to liberate their fellow clones . Posing as , returns to the compound to destroy the holographic projectors that conceal the outside world . allows herself to be caught to assist 's plan . , who has moral qualms about the clones ' treatment after witnessing their fight for survival and learning that may not survive even with the organ transplants , helps . kills and the clones are freed , seeing the outside world for the first time . and sail away in a boat together .

In 1989 , , whose father served in the Vietnam War , attends U.S. Marine Corps training before being stationed at Camp Pendleton . Claiming that he joined the military because he " got lost on the way to college " , finds his time at Camp Pendleton difficult , and struggles to make friends . While feigns illness to avoid his responsibilities , a " lifer " , Staff Sergeant , takes note of his potential and orders to attend his Scout Sniper course . 
 After grueling training , the Scout Sniper course is left with eight candidates , among them , now a sniper , and 's roommate Corporal who becomes his spotter . When Iraq invades Kuwait , 's unit is deployed to the Arabian Peninsula as a part of Operation Desert Shield . Eager for combat , the Marines find themselves bored with remedial training , constant drills , and a routine monotony that feeds their boredom , and prompts them to talk about the unfaithful girlfriends and wives waiting for them at home . They even erect a bulletin board featuring photographs and brief notes telling what perfidies the women had committed . 
 obtains unauthorized alcohol and organizes an impromptu Christmas party , arranging for to cover his watch so he can celebrate . accidentally sets fire to a tent while cooking some sausages and ignites a crate of flares , waking the whole camp and enraging Staff Sergeant , who demotes from lance corporal to private and puts him on " shit - burning " detail . The punishments , combined with the heat , the boredom , and 's suspicions of his girlfriend 's infidelity , give a mental breakdown , to the point where he threatens with a rifle , then orders to shoot him instead . 
 Later , Operation Desert Storm begins and the Marines are sent to the Saudi Arabia - Kuwait border . learns from that concealed his criminal record when enlisting and will be discharged when the unit returns home . becomes distant from his friends . Knowing that will not be allowed to reenlist , the Marines attack him with a red - hot USMC branding iron , marking him as one of their own . Following an accidental air attack from friendly forces , the Marines advance through the desert , facing no enemies on the ground . The Marines march through the Highway of Death , strewn with the burnt vehicles and charred bodies of retreating Iraqi soldiers , the aftermath of a bombing campaign . The Marines later catch sight of distant burning oil wells , ignited only moments before by retreating Iraqis , and they attempt to dig sleeping holes as a rain of crude oil falls from the sky . Before they can finish , orders the squad to move upwind . 
 and are finally given a sniping mission . Lieutenant Colonel , their battalion commander , orders them to kill at least one of two high - ranking Iraqi Republican Guard officers at a nearby airfield . At the last second before takes the shot , Major interrupts them to call in an air strike . and protest , but are overruled and look on in disappointment as airplanes destroy the Iraqi airfield . 
 After returning home the Marines parade through a town in a jovial celebration of victory . returns home to his family and girlfriend but discovers she has a new boyfriend . is seen with a prostitute in a bar , in a corporate boardroom , as a supermarket employee , as a father of three , and continuing his service as a first sergeant in the Iraq War . Later , learns of 's death during a surprise visit from . He attends his funeral , reunites with some of his old friends and afterwards reminisces about the effects of the war .

When art dealer ( ) travels from Chicago to North Carolina to pursue a local , self - taught painter ( ) for her outsider art gallery , she takes the opportunity to meet and stay with the family of her new husband ( ) , who live close by . 
 There is his mother ( ) ; his reserved , contemplative father ( ) ; and his sullen , resentful , twenty - ish brother ( ) who , although married , lives at home . He is studying for his high school equivalency certificate while working at Replacements , Ltd. as an order processor . married his now pregnant wife ( ) before either of them finished high school . Relations between and are strained , with believing that a baby will solve their marital problems . 
 and stay in the expected baby 's nursery , and becomes friends with , who is very sweet and friendly , if somewhat naive and talkative . The family takes to a church service , where is asked to sing a verse from the Bible . is not used to intense religious displays but makes no comment . She attends 's baby shower and gives her sister - in - law an antique silver spoon , which stands out from the other gifts . discovers that she does not know much about , as they have been married only six months and knew each other only a week before they got married . 
 The artist is pursuing wavers over signing with her gallery . goes into labor , and the family goes to the hospital with her . chooses to go and convince the artist to sign with her gallery , which briefly makes angry . 's baby boy is stillborn . She had told she was going to name the baby " " . The artist and his sister drive back to her in - laws ' home , and she later sits with on the back porch and cries . comes home and has a wordless encounter in the garage with his brother , , who throws a tool at him , injuring his forehead . does nothing , understanding that his brother is expressing his feelings of being trapped where he is . 
 and go back to Chicago . As they drive onto the highway and pick up speed , remarks , " I 'm so glad we 're out of there . "

Embeth Davidtz, Alessandro Nivola, Scott Wilson, Celia Weston, Amy Adams

In 1995 , ( ) is an overweight high school student with a lisp , braces , and a " gentle giant " demeanor who secretly has a huge romantic crush on his classmate and best friend ( ) . After confessing his feelings by writing them in 's yearbook , he attends 's graduation party . As he returns the yearbook to her , it is secretly swapped by her despicable ex - boyfriend , ( ) , who reads the declaration aloud to everyone and humiliates . does n't reciprocate his romantic feelings ; after they share a brief kiss on the cheek , and the class burst in and humiliate again . While admonishes them , an enraged tearfully leaves the party , announcing that he would never return and vows to be more successful than everyone . 
 Ten years later , has lost weight , is handsome , and lives in Los Angeles ; he is a womanizer who has dated supermodels , starlets , and socialites , works as a highly successful record producer and also holds a position of senior vice president of the same record corporation he works for . Prior to Christmas , 's employer , company CEO ( ) , asks to accompany an emerging self - obsessed pop singer named ( ) to Paris to ensure she signs with their label , an order to which reluctantly complies . During the trip to Paris , accidentally sets her private jet on fire resulting in an emergency landing in New Jersey , near 's hometown . 
 takes to his mother 's house to spend the night and re - engages with his teenage past , including his unresolved feelings for . meets 's mother and 18 - year - old brother ( ) who has an enormous crush on . At the local bar , encounters some old classmates , including his best friend ( ) and 's wife ( ) ; he also encounters , who is now balding , fat , and a heavy drinker . also appears , working as a bartender to support herself through graduate school . 
 plans to impress and seduce . He gets to keep busy during his date with , but the realization that 's platonic friendship is important to him hampers 's plan . During a friendly ice skating " day date " , is taken away in an ambulance after injuring himself . At the scene , is reunited with ( ) , a paramedic and former high school nerd who was also romantically in love with her . 
 That night , in an attempt to rectify his situation , again leaves in 's hands and takes to a movie showing of The Notebook . , however , brings along , and 's mother ends up joining them , ruining 's plan . Meanwhile , plays a gig at the heavy metal club that sent her to , gets booed off the stage and assaults a member of the audience . 
 The next night , goes to 's for a Christmas party , planning to reveal his feelings for her , but he finds already there winning the guests over with his charm and musical talents . Back at 's place , ambushes and pushes him against the bathroom wall demanding to find out 's location ; fully aware of his feelings , she passionately tongue kisses him until he tells her where has gone . In a rage , she drives to 's house and crashes through her fence , destroying her family 's Christmas decorations . returns home in embarrassment , and follows him ; she tells him she is not mad and they end up spending the night together catching up and looking at photos , but due to 's continuing lack of assertion , the two end up falling asleep and no romance ensues . 
 The next day , speaks with about the night before and her fear that 's lack of affection means that he does n't like her . admits that while the two are " just friends " , she tried to " put herself out there " to , to show that she is interested in a relationship . Meanwhile , goes to 's medical office to get advice , saying that " the timing was n't right " and and 's history hinders his willingness to have sex with her . Outside the office , they happen to catch singing to a sexy nurse and then kissing her . reveals to and that he only plans to have sex with , as he wants to humiliate her in the same way that he felt she used to humiliate him when he was a nerd and she was the object of his crush . 
 tries to warn , but instead ends up attacking in front of her ; refuses to listen when tries to explain . consequently gets drunk and goes to the bar where works , finding her there with . refuses to listen and tries to convince her to have sex with him . When gently turns him down , storms out of the bar . and get into another fight , with him blaming her for keeping him in the " friend zone " and saying that she " peaked in high school " and will never amount to anything . punches and he is tossed out of the bar . 
 Upon returning to LA and having a frightening reunion with ( who sneaks into 's house to " surprise him " ) , realizes that is his one and only true love . He returns to New Jersey hoping to finally be with her . declares his genuinely intense romantic love for at her house and the two share a kiss outside , in view of the neighborhood kids .

( ) , a young emergency medicine physician whose work is her whole life , is in a serious car accident while on her way to a blind date . Three months later , ( ) , a landscape architect recovering from the sudden death of his wife , moves into the apartment that had been 's , after ' discovering ' it in what seems to be a fateful happenstance . 
 's spirit begins to appear to in the apartment with ghostly properties and abilities that make it clear that something is not right . She can suddenly appear and disappear , walk or move through walls and objects , and once takes over his actions . When they meet , they are both surprised , as is still unaware of her recent history and refuses to think she is dead . tries to have her spirit exorcised from the apartment , but to no avail . Since only can see and hear her , others think that he is hallucinating and talking to himself . 
 and begin to bond , as much as that is possible , and he takes her out of town to a beautiful landscaped garden he designed . tells him she senses she has been there before , and in fact , the garden was something she was dreaming of in the opening scenes of the film , where she was awakened by a colleague from cat - napping after working a 26 - hour shift in the hospital . 
 Together , assisted by a psychic bookstore clerk , ( ) , and find out who she is , what happened to her , and why they are connected . She is not dead , but in a coma , her body being kept on life support at the hospital where she used to work . When discovers that in accordance with her living will , she will soon be allowed to die , he tries to prevent this by telling 's sister , , that he can see her and what the situation involves . One of 's young nieces is revealed to be able to sense her presence as well . 
 thinks David is mentally disturbed and drives him out of her house . Desperate , decides to prevent 's death by stealing her from the hospital . He asks his friend / therapist to help him , and is found to be actually 's former college boyfriend , who had set up a blind date for with on the night of the accident - the reason can see is that they were meant to meet . He then admits to and that he loves her and that is the reason he does not want her to die ; he has gotten past the death of his wife . While stealing , they are quickly discovered in the hospital . The security guards find them , pulling away from , but when he is grabbed , her breathing tube is removed . gets away from the guards a bit longer , but is now dying . frantically kisses the dying , breathing some air into her lungs , while her spirit begins to fade away . Then , amazingly , her heartbeat returns and she miraculously awakens from the coma . However , the recovered does not remember anything that happened during the coma or any of the events with , who leaves the hospital in sadness . 
 Sometime later , goes back to her apartment . She is drawn up to the roof of the building , which has been transformed into a beautiful landscaped garden . She finds there , who has gotten in with a spare key 's spirit had shown him . Just as he is about to leave , she asks for her key back . When their hands touch , her memory of the events during her coma are restored , and they kiss .

( ) is a wealthy , selfish , obnoxious businessman who is about to divorce his wife ( ) . She plans to ruin him financially during the court proceedings , and is willing to do anything to protect his fortune . 
 He enlists his mistress , , and her brother , ( ) , to stage a mock kidnapping . They are to make and receive a huge ransom demand , which would keep the money safe from his wife . 
 Unfortunately for him , two other people have similar plans to kidnap him ; ( ) , an aggrieved employee and ( ) , a good - natured yet hapless nobody who lives in his grandmother 's basement and needs $ 10,000 after being threatened by his adopted sister .

In 1184 France , , a blacksmith , is haunted by his wife 's recent suicide . A Crusader passing through the village introduces himself as 's father , Baron of Ibelin , and asks him to return with him to the Holy Land , but declines . The town priest , 's half - brother , reveals that he ordered 's wife beheaded before burial , and kills him in a fit of rage and flees the village . 
 joins his father , hoping to gain forgiveness and redemption for himself and his wife in Jerusalem . Soldiers sent by the bishop arrive to arrest , but refuses to surrender him , and in the ensuing attack , is struck by an arrow that breaks off in his body , fatally wounding him . 
 In Messina , Italy , knights and orders him to serve the King of Jerusalem and protect the helpless , then succumbs to his injuries . During 's journey to Jerusalem his ship runs aground in a storm , leaving the only survivor . is confronted by a Muslim cavalier , who attacks him over his horse . reluctantly slays the cavalier but spares the man 's servant , and the man tells that his deed will gain him fame and respect among the Saracens . 
 becomes acquainted with Jerusalem 's political arena : the leper King ; , the Marshal of Jerusalem ; the King 's sister , Princess ; and her husband , who supports the anti - Muslim activities of brutal factions like the Knights Templar . After 's death , intends to break the fragile truce with the sultan and make war on the Muslims . 
 and his ally , the cruel of Châtillon , attack a Saracen caravan , and advances on 's castle Kerak in retaliation . At the request of the king , defends the villagers , despite being overwhelmingly outnumbered . Captured , encounters the servant he freed , who he learns is actually 's chancellor . releases in repayment of the earlier debt . arrives with his army to besiege , and meets it with his . They negotiate a Muslim retreat , and swears to punish , though the exertion of these events weakens him . 
 asks to marry and take control of the army , knowing they have affection for each other , but refuses because it will require 's execution . After dies , succeeds her brother , and becomes king . releases , asking him to give him a war , which does by murdering 's sister . Sending the heads of 's emissaries back to him , declares war on the Saracens and sends assassins to kill , though survives the attempt . 
 Guy and the Templars march Jerusalem 's army to war , despite 's advice to remain near water . 's army annihilates the Crusaders in the ensuing desert battle , executes , and marches on Jerusalem . and his men leave for Cyprus , believing Jerusalem lost , but remains to protect the people in the city , knighting the men of the city . After a siege that lasts three days , a frustrated parleys with . When reaffirms that he will destroy the city before surrendering it , agrees to allow the Christians to leave safely in exchange for Jerusalem — though he ponders if it would be better if there were nothing left to fight over . 
 is confronted by the disgraced one final time , but defeats and spares him . In the marching column of citizens , finds , who has renounced her claim as Queen . After they return to France , English knights en route to retake Jerusalem ride through the town to enlist , now the famed defender of Jerusalem . tells the crusader that he is merely a blacksmith again , and they depart . is joined by , and they pass by the grave of 's wife as they ride toward a new life together . An epilogue notes that " nearly a thousand years later , peace in the Holy Land still remains elusive . "

At a Los Angeles party , recounts recent events . Fleeing a botched burglary in New York City , 's friend is shot , forcing to evade police by ducking into an audition . unintentionally impresses the producers with an outburst of remorse they mistake for method acting , and is sent to Los Angeles to take a screen test for the role of a detective . At a Hollywood party , meets private investigator , hired to give on - the - job experience for his role , and party host , a retired actor who recently resolved a ten - year feud over his wife 's inheritance with his daughter , . He also encounters his childhood crush but wakes up in bed with her hostile friend . He runs over to 's place at 6 a.m. to apologize . 
 During a stakeout , and witness a vehicle being dumped in a lake and are spotted by the apparent killers . realizes there 's something in the trunk of the car and shoots the lock in a rescue attempt but accidentally hits the female corpse inside as well . They can not report the body because it appears killed her . 
 contacts , explaining that her sister came to Los Angeles , stole 's credit cards , and later killed herself . Believing is a detective , asks him to investigate 's death as a murder . After she leaves , discovers the lake corpse in his bathroom and a planted pistol . and dump the corpse , later identified as by police . discovers it was 's credit card that was used to hire to come to the lake , tying to their case . He goes to see , who accidentally slams the door on his finger , cutting it off , and she takes him to the hospital . 
 At a party where is working , is abducted , beaten , threatened , and ordered to cease the investigation by the killers from the lake and then let go . While taking back to the hospital , sees the killers heading to 's stakeout . Realizing that is heading into a trap , she leaves in her car and rushes off to the stakeout , where she saves , and one of the killers gets shot to death by a food - cart operator . A pink - haired girl , affiliated with the killers , steals 's car and unwittingly drives an unconscious to her safe house . The remaining lake killer arrives and shoots her ; recovers the pistol and shoots the killer . His finger has fallen off again , so he puts it on ice , but a dog jumps up and eats it . meets at his hotel where she reveals she had told that was her real father . They quarrel in bed , when reveals she had previously slept with 's best friend , and he throws her out , being careful not to slam her fingers in the door . 
 After disappears following a lead , and investigate a private health clinic owned by . realizes was incarcerated there by so an impostor could drop her court case . The pair capture a guard to question him but accidentally kill him and then are captured by . He reveals he now plans to cremate his daughter 's corpse to remove any remaining evidence . calls , who had not actually disappeared but had simply gone to work . steals the van containing the coffin . and escape , but crashes the van . is incapacitated in the ensuing shootout ; manages to kill and his thugs but is also shot . 
 Waking in a hospital , finds that and are fine . reveals 's sister was not murdered but committed suicide . had escaped her sexually abusive father in Indiana and located , believing him to be her real father . She accidentally witnessed having sex with 's impostor , the pink - haired girl . Believing this father was also incestuous , commissioned and committed suicide . 
 travels back to 's hometown and confronts 's father , who is now bed - ridden , slapping him multiple times and calling him an animal . When the old man berates for attacking a helpless old man , says simply , " Yeah . Big tough guy , " and leaves . 
 Having lost the movie role to , gets a job working for .

Years after a zombie apocalypse , survivors have set up outposts across the United States . One outpost in the city of Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , contains a feudal - like government . Bordered on two sides by rivers and on the third by an electric fence , the city has become a sanctuary . The rich and powerful live in a luxury high - rise called Fiddler 's Green , while the rest of the population subsists in squalor . ( ) , the city 's ruthless ruler , has sponsored Dead Reckoning , an armored personnel vehicle that can travel through the zombie - infested areas with ease . 
 ( ) is the designer and commander of Dead Reckoning . Unlike , is respected for his work in protecting the citizens , as well as providing them with food and medical supplies that the citizens can no longer safely acquire themselves . Using Dead Reckoning , and his crew venture into areas overrun with zombies to scavenge for supplies . On one mission , they notice many zombies exhibiting intelligent behavior . One such zombie is " Big Daddy " ( ) , formerly a gas station owner . During the mission , rookie ( ) is bitten by a zombie and commits suicide before he turns . 
 After the mission , retires from commanding Dead Reckoning . Back in the city , he visits Chihuahua 's ( ) bar . There , he sees a hooker named ( ) being forced into a cage with some zombies to entertain guests . and ( ) save ; kills in the ensuing chaos . , and are arrested . reveals that ordered her execution , for helping ( ) to instigate rebellion among the poor . 
 Meanwhile , ( ) , Dead Reckoning 's second in command , is denied an apartment in Fiddler 's Green despite his service to . In retaliation , takes over Dead Reckoning and threatens to destroy Fiddler 's Green with it . approaches and tasks him , as well as and , to retrieve Dead Reckoning . They are supervised by ( ) , Motown ( ) , and ( ) . 
 On the way , is bitten and then killed by . After catching up with Dead Reckoning , approaches the vehicle alone . , , and follow him after subduing Motown and leaving her behind . Realizing is working for , holds both and at gunpoint . As he prepares to fire Dead Reckoning 's missiles at Fiddler 's Green , uses a small device and deactivates Dead Reckoning 's weapons systems ; he then destroys the device . Motown , who had regained consciousness , opens fire and nearly kills both and ( who is maimed by one of the gunshots ) . She is bitten by a zombie and killed by . convinces to allow him escape North and to join him , but the latter decides to return to Fiddler 's Green to deal with ; his partner , ( ) accompanies him . While en route , is bitten by a zombie and leaves to kill by himself . takes over Dead Reckoning once again and returns to Fiddler 's Green . 
 Elsewhere , Big Daddy ( who has gathered a large group of zombies ) learns that they can walk safely underwater , and leads the zombies to cross the river to the human city . They take the guards by surprise and begin massacring the people . As a result of the zombies making it into the city , the electric fences that once kept the zombies out have now become a wall to trap them and the humans inside . Seeing the city overrun , runs with his money , and encounters a zombie in the parking garage . As the two struggle , Big Daddy kills both with a propane tank . 
 's group arrives at the city only to come upon a raised drawbridge . leaves to bring the bridge down , but a small group of zombies begin to attack Dead Reckoning . and the others manage to dispose of and evade the zombies . After crossing the bridge , they helplessly witness people being killed by the zombies , and realizing it is too late to save them , they mercy kill them with missiles . It is then revealed that most of the poor people were led to safety by , thus surviving the assault . Riley and share a well - meaning goodbye as they split up with their groups . As they see and the zombies ( who are , curiously , not attacking the surviving humans ) leaving the city , decides to leave them alone , citing that they are just looking for a place to go , too . While lighting up the rest of the fireworks ( which were earlier used to distract the zombies but are now useless since they do n't distract the horde anymore ) , 's group set off for Canada on Dead Reckoning .

A young musician named escapes rehab and walks home through a long forest , also swimming through a lake then lighting a fire for the night . The next day , he gets home and changes his clothes . He walks around in the house with a shotgun pointing it at his sleeping roommates , , , and . He is greeted by Yellow Pages representative who talks to him about placing an ad in the upcoming book . He receives a phone call from his record company telling him that he and his band have to do another tour and that it is important they make the booked dates , but hangs up . He goes upstairs and falls asleep on the floor in one of the rooms . awakes and finds him asleep as two boys arrive at the door . and answer the door and the two boys talk to them about their church down the street . changes into different clothes and leaves the house for the shed outside as the Christian boys leave . 
 , , , and leave and goes back into the house . His friend and a private detective come to the house and leaves as they look around the house for him . He waits for them to leave before he enters the house again . He messes with the guitars and drums putting them on loop with his vocals . He stops when his record executive ( ) comes over and tries to have him leave with her but refuses . goes to a rock club that night where a friend of his comes up to him and tells him about how he went to a Grateful Dead concert . leaves before his friend can finish telling the story . goes back home where takes some of his money and asks help from on a song . 
 tells that had a private detective with him and that they should leave . After and have sex with each other upstairs , plays acoustic one last time before walking out to the shed where he sits quietly , watching his roommates leave . They spend the night at their friend 's house , and awake the next morning to see the news announcing that committed suicide and an electrician found his body . , , and get in a car and leave , driving down a highway while plays the guitar in the back seat .

In the early 1980s , ( ) , the eldest son of a family of Ukrainian refugees , is visiting a Brighton Beach restaurant , where he witnesses a Russian mobster kill two would - be assassins holding Kalashnikov assault rifles . He is inspired to go into the arms trade , comparing the constant need for weapons to the similar human need for food . After completing his first sale , convinces his brother ( ) to become his partner , and they leave their jobs at the family restaurant behind . 
 's first big break comes in the 1982 Lebanon War , when he sells guns to all sides of the conflict , despite witnessing war crimes and atrocities . As becomes more successful in the war 's aftermath , his business comes to the attention of Interpol , and in particular idealistic agent ( ) . 
 becomes addicted to cocaine after a Colombian drug lord uses drugs to pay for an arms deal . checks into drug rehabilitation , and continues business alone . He lures childhood crush ( ) to a false photo shoot , where they fall in love and subsequently get married . 
 After the dissolution of the Soviet Union , flies to Ukraine and illegally buys tanks and weapons through his uncle , a former Soviet general . expands to Africa , and begins a business relationship with ( ) , a ruthless dictator waging a never - ending civil war in Liberia . During one flight into Africa , 's cargo plane is intercepted by and forced to land . escapes arrest by landing in a remote area , and distributing the aircraft 's illegal cargo to the locals . Unable to charge , tells he is an arms dealer , prompting her to confront him and demand he stop his illegal business . For a time , agrees , but offers him even more money and he soon returns . 
 convinces to come along on a sale in Sierra Leone in 2001 , where a militia force allied with is visibly preparing to destroy a refugee camp . Sympathizing with the refugees , pleads with to abandon the deal , but refuses , arguing that if they do the militia will also kill them . Stricken with guilt , steals a pair of grenades , destroying one of the weapon trucks and killing is shot and killed . reluctantly accepts half of the original diamond payment for the remaining weapons . 
 At home , discovers 's cache of his arms - dealing activities . She leaves with their son while 's parents disown him after learning the circumstances surrounding the death of . attempts to bring back the body of with a forged death certificate , but the U.S. Customs finds a bullet in 's corpse , so is arrested . In an interrogation room , presents with his charges and informs that he will be sent to prison for many life sentences . In response , correctly predicts that he will be released by one of 's superiors , as a " necessary evil " who distributes weapons so major governments can deny involvement .

Set in the Dogtown area of Venice Beach in the early 1970s , surfers , , and enjoy the life of skating and surfing the pier with board designer and the other locals . One day , is given polyurethane wheels for the skateboards in his shop , Zephyr Surf Shop . Teenager , a friend of the boys who works in the same shop , invites , , and the other locals to test the new wheels . They are all amazed as the polyurethane wheels allow the skateboards to make the same carves on flat ground as surf boards on the waves . After witnessing what from the Eastern Shore of Maryland could now do with the wheels , decides to add to his already famous surf team , a skate team , the Z - Boys . The team proves to be a success ; winning many contests , , , and gain popularity from locals across Venice . 
 A period of hot weather reduces the surf at the pier and the official declaration of a drought means swimming pools can not be filled with water . Taking advantage of this the Z - Boys start sneaking into local backyard pools to skate in , ignoring 's practice sessions , which angers him . After winning many major contests , the Z - Boys become more and more famous , appearing in various magazines . , , and start getting noticed by major skating companies looking to take the boys from . One night , throws a party at his shop to celebrate the success of the team . A company owner , , enters the party and convinces that is holding him back , and that it 's time to make him famous worldwide . accepts his offer and leaves the team . leaves the team as well , looking to make more money to help his mom pay the rent on their apartment . Despite 's desperate offers to keep him on the team , is the last to leave , as he begins getting offers to skate as well as to appear in T.V. Sad and angry , decides to shut down the Zephyr Skate Team . 
 The three boys become major celebrities . and now skate for money rather than the passion that continues to skate for . They become enemies of some sort and compete against each other in various contests . appears on the original Charlie 's Angels show while starts creating his own commercials to manufacture his popular boards and merchandise . is offered $ 10,000 to appear in a commercial sponsoring the toy , Slinky . However , he refuses , as he has become a much harder person than before . Soon , things start going out of control ; at a major skating championship that they all take part in , gets into a fight with another skater in the middle of the stadium , and gets violently knocked out , hospitalizing him and temporarily halting his career . leaves the company he had endorsed when they sacrifice quality for cheap materials . ends up winning the competition . 
 Back in Venice , the pier that the Z - Boys use to surf around burns down , which affects them all . shaves his hair and becomes a gang member . , still selling surfboards in his shop , finally decides to settle down and continues his passion of sanding and creating surfboards , as well as solving his financial troubles by selling his shop and is seen singing " Maggie May " . 's long - time equilibrium problem turns out to be caused by a brain tumor , and he undergoes surgery . Though , , and have all gone their separate ways , they all show up at the same time to visit . reveals that he is leaving his company to start his own . 's father empties their pool for them to skate in . , , and skate the pool and bring into the fun on his wheel chair , referencing all the good times they had before they became a skate team . 
 Closing cards reveal that went on to be a very successful skater and skating 's first world champion ( stating that he still sneaks into backyard pools ) ; started Powell Peralta , a modern popular skating company that included a 14 - year - old as part of its team ; and , too , achieved the only kind of success at skating and surfing he really cared about , becoming known as the ' spark that started the flame ' . later died of brain cancer . His father 's pool was kept empty and is known as the DogBowl .

At the Central Park Zoo , the zebra is celebrating his tenth birthday , but has grown bored with his daily routine and longs to experience the wild . 's best friend is the lion , who enjoys showing off for the public and his celebrity status as " the King of New York City " . attempts to cheer up , but , still unsatisfied , gets some tips from the zoo 's penguins — Skipper , Kowalski , Rico , and Private — who are trying to escape the zoo , and follows them out . , the giraffe , and the hippopotamus pursue in an attempt to convince him to return . The four , along with the penguins and two chimpanzees named and , find themselves at Grand Central Station , where they are quickly sedated via tranquillizer gun when 's attempt to communicate with humans is mistaken for aggression . The zoo , under pressure from anti - captivity activists , is forced to ship the escaped animals by sea to a Kenyan wildlife preserve . During their travels , the penguins escape from their enclosure and take over the ship , intent on taking it to Antarctica . Their antics on the bridge cause the crates containing , , , and to fall overboard and wash ashore on Madagascar , because the strap securing the crates broke off due to and fighting . 
 The animals are soon able to regroup , initially believing themselves to be at the San Diego Zoo . Upon exploring , however , they come across a pack of lemurs , led by King the ring - tailed lemur , and learn their true location . blames for their predicament and attempts to signal for help to get back to civilization . , on the other hand , finds the wild to be exactly what he was looking for , with and soon joining him in enjoying the island . eventually comes around , but , deprived from the raw steaks he was provided with at the zoo , his prey drive begins to show as hunger kicks in . The group is accepted by the lemurs , though King 's adviser , , cautions them about 's predatory nature . King ignores 's concerns and persuades the group to help the lemurs fend off the fossa , who hunt the lemurs as prey . While initially scares the fossa away and is worshiped by the lemurs , later , compelled by hunger , he attacks . Realizing that is now a threat , King banishes him to the far side of the island where the fossa live . Seeing what has happened to , and how difficult it is to survive with so many predators around the island , begins to regret his decision to leave the zoo . 
 The penguins , having been to Antarctica and found that it was n't what they had in mind , land the ship at Madagascar . Seeing this as a chance to return to New York , rushes after his friend against the wishes of and . attempts to convince the now grizzled , starving to return , but refuses out of fear of attacking again . The penguins , , and go to find , but are trapped by the fossa . At the last minute , overcomes his predatory instincts and scares the fossa away from the lemur territory forever . The lemurs regain their respect for , and the penguins help him satisfy his hunger through sushi . As the lemurs throw a farewell celebration for the foursome , the penguins decide not to break the news that the ship has run out of fuel .

, a recently retired tennis professional , is taken on as an instructor at an upmarket club in London . He strikes up a friendship with a wealthy pupil , , after discovering their common affinity for opera . 's older sister , , is smitten with , and the two begin dating . During a family gathering , meets 's American fiancée , , and they are instantly attracted to each other . 's mother , , does not approve of her son 's relationship with , a struggling actress , which is a source of tension in the family . encourages her father , , to give a job as an executive in one of his companies ; he begins to be accepted into the family and marriage is discussed . 
 During a storm , after having her choice of profession attacked by , leaves the house to be alone . follows outside and confesses his feelings for her , and they passionately have sex in a wheat - field . Feeling guilty , treats this as an accident ; , however , wants an ongoing clandestine relationship . and marry , but ends his relationship with . 
 , to her distress , does not become pregnant immediately . vainly tries to track down , but meets her by chance some time later at the Tate Modern . He discreetly asks for her number , and they begin an affair . While is spending time with his wife 's family , calls to inform him that she is pregnant . Panicked , asks her to get an abortion , but she refuses , saying that she wants to raise the child with him . becomes distant from , who suspects he is having an affair , which he denies . urges to divorce his wife , and he feels trapped and finds himself lying to as well as to . confronts him on the street outside his office and he just barely escapes public detection . 
 Soon after , takes a shotgun from his father - in - law 's home and carries it to his office in a tennis bag . On leaving , he calls on her mobile to tell her he has good news for her . He goes to 's building and gains entry into the apartment of her neighbor , Mrs. , who he shoots and kills and then stages a burglary by ransacking the rooms and stealing jewelry and drugs . As returns he shoots her in the stairwell . then takes a taxi to the theater to watch a musical with . Scotland Yard investigates the crime and concludes it was committed by a drug addict stealing money . The following day , as the murder is in the news , returns the shotgun and he and announce that she is pregnant . 
 Detective invites for an interview in relation to the murder . Beforehand , throws Mrs. 's jewelry and drugs into the river , but by chance her ring bounces on the railing and falls to the pavement . At the police station , lies about his relationship with , but Banner surprises him with her diary , in which he is featured extensively . He confesses his affair but denies any link to the murder , and appeals to the detectives not to involve him further in their investigation as news of the affair may end his marriage just as he and his wife are expecting a baby . 
 One night sees apparitions of and Mrs. , who tell him to be ready for the consequences of his actions . He replies that his crimes , though wrong , had been " necessary " , and that he is able to suppress his guilt . At the same time , dreams that committed the murders . His theory is discredited by his partner , , who informs him that a drug peddler found murdered on the streets had Mrs. 's ring in his pocket . and consider the case closed and abandon any further investigation . 
 gives birth to a baby boy named , and his uncle blesses him not with greatness but with luck .

The structure of the film consists of several subplots which all revolve around an intertwined cast of characters . 
 The film begins by introducing ( ) , a shoe salesman and recently separated father of two . After being thrown out by his wife ( ) , he gets an apartment of his own to share with his children , ( ) and ( ) . He meets ( ) , a senior - cab driver and amateur video artist , while she takes her client to shop for shoes , and the two develop a fledgling romantic relationship . 
 , six years old , and his 14 - year - old brother , , have a joint online chat which he later depicts in another chat session as " ) ) < > ( ( " , an emoticon that means " pooping back and forth , forever . " This piques the interest of the woman at the other end and she suggests a real life meeting . When and the woman meet at a park , she realizes he 's a child and kisses him and walks away . 
 Two of 's teenaged neighbors , ( ) and ( ) , develop a playful relationship with a much older neighbor ( ) who works in the shoe store with . He does not say much , but he keeps leaving signs on his window about what he would do to each of them . As a result of this relationship , and ask if they can practice oral sex on him , so that he can tell them which of the two does it better ; so they do . He says both were exactly the same . The daughter of a neighbor peeks in the window , sees what is happening , and quickly leaves . and later come to the neighbor 's house intending to have sex with him as practice , but he appears afraid when he sees them through his window and he pretends not to be home . 
 Meanwhile , 's work is rejected by a contemporary art museum , but then later accepted by the curator , who turns out to be the woman who was instant messaging with the brothers . 
 The plots come together in the end , with developing a friendship with the daughter of a neighbor , having been introduced to the hope chest that she has , and displaying a show of mutual acceptance of their attraction to each other , and , as a final plot device , finding that the noise he had awoken to early every morning was that of an early - rising businessman tapping a quarter on a street sign pole . When asked why he is doing it , he stops and turns around , saying " just passing the time " , and gives the quarter . When his bus drives away and tries it out himself , the sun heightens with each tap , time literally passing as he does it .

( ) , a young girl from a poverty stricken fishing village , is sold along with her older sister ( ) into a life of servitude by her aging father . is taken in by Mrs. ( ) , the Mother ( proprietress ) of a geisha house in Gion , one of the most prominent geisha districts in Kyoto , whereas is sold to a prostitution brothel . 
 At the okiya , meets another young girl named ( ) , the cranky ( ) , and the okiya 's only working geisha , ( ) who is famous for her breathtaking beauty . soon discovers is secretly a cruel and jealous woman that views as a potential rival due to her striking bluish - gray eyes , along with being a change in Mother 's future financial dependence . then goes out of her way to deliberately make 's new life miserable by having her take the blame for everything and intentionally withholding information of her sister 's whereabouts in the pleasure district . However , Auntie ( ) is aware of this and warns against trusting and angering , given her history with the ill - mannered geisha . 
 tracks down and makes plans to run away together . However , upon returning to the okiya she discovers with her boyfriend , ( ) , which is against the rules of the Geisha lifestyle . When they are caught , attempts to twist the situation by accusing of stealing . denies this and informs of what she saw in the shed . As a result , everyone is barred from leaving the okiya at night except to attend work engagements , and this further increases 's anger towards . On the night of their planned escape , attempts to sneak out but falls off the rooftop and is seriously injured . As punishment for dishonoring the okiya , tells that she wo n't invest any more money in her geisha training . She also informs that both her parents ( and ) are dead . misses her chance to flee and never sees again . She is also demoted from geisha training to working as a slave to pay off her increasing debts to Mother . 
 One day , while crying on a riverbank , is noticed by the Chairman ( ) and his geisha companions . He buys her a shaved ice dessert and gives her his handkerchief with some money in it . Inspired by his act of kindness , resolves to become a geisha so that she may one day become a part of the Chairman 's life . 
 Several years later , ( ) has begun her training as a maiko under 's tutelage and ( ) is envious of it as she remains a maid under . She is unexpectedly taken under the wing of ( ) , one of 's most successful geisha and long time rival of 's . Although initially reluctant , is persuaded by to allow to train as a geisha . 
 Under 's tutelage , becomes a maiko and takes the name of . She grows in popularity , and grows so desperate that she tries to ruin 's reputation . Predicting this , takes her to a sumo wrestling match where is reintroduced to the Chairman , who seems unaware of her previous identity as , as well as his business associate ( ) ( whom finds repulsive ) , who takes a liking to her . 
 Meanwhile , orchestrates a bidding war for 's mizuage between two men : and Dr. ( ) , which will make her a full geisha . Upon learning what has planned , spreads cruel rumors that has already lost her virginity . However , is named the lead dancer for a popular performance , which angers as she was hoping for to be named the lead . At the performance , she attracts the attention of many men , including the Baron ( ) ( 's danna ) , with her performance . When Dr. congratulates , she secretly convinces him to listen to a different opinion before taking the word of someone who lies . 
 The Baron invites to his estate for a sakura - viewing party , which is reluctant to let attend but lets her go anyway . When the Baron presents a kimono to in private at the party , he undresses her against her will in order to " take a look " , but does not go any further . 
 's mizuage is won with a record - breaking bid of fifteen thousand yen . Mother , seeing as a financial asset , names her as her adopted daughter and heiress to the okiya . This crushes , who was hoping that she would get adopted so she could have security in her old age , and enrages . She is then told by Mother that she must give up her spacious room to , which further outrages , who tries to remind her of her previous financial contribution . later tells that the bid had ended up a contest between Dr. and the Baron , having refused to partake in the bidding because it was against his principles . let it go to Dr. because of her romantic feelings for the Baron , despite his bid being even higher . When returning home from the mizuage ceremony , finds a drunken in her room , where she has found the Chairman 's handkerchief . A fight ensues , during which a gas lantern is knocked over and ignites a fire , and the okiya is partially destroyed by the flames . is then kicked out of the okiya by Mother , her belongings given to , and she is banished from with her fate left unknown . 
 's successful career is cut short by the outbreak of World War II . and are separated , with going to the hills to work for a kimono maker , an old friend of 's , and going to a physician , the Chairman 's old friend . After the war , is reunited with , who needs her help with impressing an American Colonel named ( ) who has the power to approve funding for the Chairman 's firm . reunites with , who now makes a living renting rooms for the poor . Although she is reluctant to return to the geisha lifestyle after what she 's been through , she agrees to help impress . is reacquainted with , who is now a flirty escort . goes on a trip with , the Chairman , , , and the Americans to the Amami Islands . 
 At Amami , the Colonel propositions , but is rejected . witnesses the incident and confronts . He finally confesses his feelings , telling her that he wants to become her danna . Knowing that entering into a relationship with will destroy any chance of her being with the Chairman , is distraught and devises a plan . catches on to it and warns her against it because of the kindness has shown her . She wants to accept him as her danna and not end up like did . She refuses and enlists 's help to have catch her seemingly being intimate with the Colonel . However , because of her secret resentment of , brings the Chairman instead , having full knowledge of 's feelings towards him . When confronts her , coldly tells her that she did a lot of favors for her in the past and she stole her chances of being adopted by Mother . She hoped by having the Chairman see her with , he would be disgusted by 's behavior and she would have to accept as her danna . 
 A few days later , after returning to , receives a call to go to the teahouse . expects to see , but instead the Chairman comes and finally reveals to her that he has known all along that she was the girl at the riverbank . He tells her that he had told about the affair after confronting for her behavior , effectively destroying 's affections for and his desire to be her danna . He also reveals that he was responsible for sending to her so that she could fulfill her dreams of becoming a geisha . finally reveals her love to the Chairman , and the film ends with their loving embrace and kiss , and a stroll through the garden .

( ) works with her parents ( and ) at their family circus , but desires to run away and join real life . At the next performance , after and her mother have a heated argument , 's mother collapses and is taken to the hospital . Ten days later , while is staying with her grandmother , she finds that the doctors determine that 's mother requires an operation , and can only blame herself for the situation . That night , she wakes up in a dream - like state and leaves her building to find three performers outside . As they try to perform for , a shadow encroaches on the area and two of the performers are consumed by it . The third performer , ( ) , a juggler , helps to quickly direct to safety through the use of magical flying books . She learns they are in the City of Light which is slowly being consumed by shadows , causing its widely varied citizens to flee . Soon is mistaken for the Princess . She and are taken to the Prime Minister ( ) . He explains that the Princess from the Land of Shadow stole a charm from the City of Light , leaving their White Queen ( ) in a state of unnatural sleep and the City vulnerable to the Shadows . notes the resemblance of the Queen and Minister to her mother and father , and offers to help recover the charm along with . They are unaware their actions are being watched by ( also ) who has mistaken as the Princess of the Land of Shadows . 
 and attempt to stay ahead of the shadows as they follow clues to the charm , learning that it is called the " MirrorMask " . discovers that by looking through the windows of the buildings , she can see into her bedroom in the real world , through the drawings of windows that she created and hung on the wall of her room . She discovers that a doppelgänger of herself is living there and behaving radically different from her . The doppelganger soon becomes aware of her presence in the drawings and begins to destroy them , causing parts of the fantasy world to collapse . betrays to in exchange for a large reward of jewels . The Queen 's servants warp 's mind so she will believe she is the Princess of Shadows . has a change of heart and returns to the Queen 's palace , and helps to break the spell on her . They search the Princess ' room , and discovers the MirrorMask hidden in the Princess ' mirror . They flee the castle with the charm . 
 As they escape to 's flying tower , realizes that her doppelganger in the real world is the Princess of Shadows , who had used the MirrorMask to step through the windows in 's drawings . The Princess destroys the rest of the drawings in 's room , preventing from returning , and and disappear in the collapsed world . The Princess takes the drawings to the building 's roof to disperse the shreds into the wind , but discovers one more drawing had made on the back of the roof door . successfully returns to the real world , sending the Princess back to her realm . At the same time , the White Queen finally awakens and the two Cities are restored to their natural balance . 
 returns to her apartment to learn that her mother 's operation was successful ; returns to happily help at the circus . Sometime later , becomes fascinated by a young man , strongly resembling , who wants to be a juggler for the circus .

Several weeks after the events of the first film , FBI agent has become a celebrity after she infiltrated the beauty pageant on her last assignment . Her fame resulted in her cover being blown while she is trying to prevent a bank heist . 
 To capitalize on her publicity , the FBI decide to make the new " face " of the FBI . Hurt after being dumped by her boyfriend , fellow Agent ( who gets relocated to Miami ) , she agrees to the reassignment . 
 When female FBI Agent gets relocated to New York City from Chicago , does n't take to her at all . Eventually , the FBI makes bodyguard , much to 's disgust , since the dislike appears to be mutual . 
 Ten months later she begins appearing on morning television shows , such as Live with Regis and Kelly , The Oprah Winfrey Show and the Food Channel , giving out fashion advice and promoting her book . 
 However , when her friends , Miss United States and are kidnapped in Las Vegas , Hart goes undercover to try to rescue them , accompanied by , following up her own lead after video footage of the abduction suggests that was the target rather than . This puts her at odds with the FBI , as they are unwilling to lose their mascot and are unsure if she 's still up to the task . 
 The kidnappers move and to the ship at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino which they plan to blow up . Soon afterwards , , and arrive at the Oasis Drag club where they end up singing songs and are told by a contestant where and are being held . It is then up to to save the day once more , but this time with the help of Agent .

( ) is a temp / dog walker / yoga instructor and aspiring fashion designer from Venice Beach , California , who meets doctor ( ) . She thinks he 's gay at first , based on a lie 's former girlfriend ( ) told her . But then asks her out , and believes that she 's finally found the right man . 
 Things start to go wrong when introduces to his mother , ( Jane ) . is a former newscaster , who has recently been replaced by someone younger , and is in the midst of a meltdown . Loathing from the outset , becomes even more distraught when proposes to . Fearing that she 'll lose her son the same way she lost her career , she sets out to ruin and 's relationship . With ( ) , her assistant , she tries everything possible to drive away . 
 eventually catches on to 's plan and fights back . On 's wedding day , turns up wearing a white dress instead of the peach - colored dress specially made for her . This leads to a violent stand - off between the two , leading with refusing to accept and states she 'll never be good enough for . Suddenly , 's own dreadful mother - in - law , 's grandmother , ( ) , appears and they have an indignant argument , while takes a liking to , saying she is stunning , her grandson is a lucky man , that she is an " exotic Latina " , and if only her son , 's father , was as lucky to find a woman like . 's resentment of bears a strong resemblance to 's feelings of animosity toward . even believes that 's father had died years ago of " terminal disappointment " , for which holds responsible . counters stating " smothered him to death " , because she thought nobody was ever good enough for him ( basically similar to how is ) . , satisfied she got her last word in , leaves ; showing she still favors . decides to back – down as she witnesses and 's relationship . " Nothing 's going to change " , she laments to after leaves the room , " In thirty years that will be us . " 
 exits to tell that the wedding is off . But before that can happen , enters and talks with . is miffed that compared her to , although points out that is actually far worse than , as she does n't ever recall trying to poison once , referring to earlier at the rehearsal dinner when put crushed nuts ( to which is highly allergic ) in the meal 's gravy . points out that 's efforts against to make happy are unwarranted . " Whatever made you think he was n't ? " is her final point . has an epiphany and realizes that she wants to stay , and they reconcile , ending the feud . then explains to that she wants her to stay , too , on one condition : if accepts the boundaries needs , if she is present at any family event , and if she treats her children with love . 
 and then get married and when throws her wedding bouquet , catches the flowers . As and drive away to their honeymoon , the film ends as and walk out of the celebration .

At the 1972 Munich Olympics , the Palestinian terrorist group Black September kills eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team . , a Mossad agent of German - Jewish descent , is chosen to lead a mission to assassinate 11 Palestinians allegedly involved in the massacre . At the direction of his handler , to give the Israeli government plausible deniability , resigns from Mossad and operates with no official ties to Israel . His team includes four Jewish volunteers from around the world : South African driver , Belgian toy - maker and explosives expert , former Israeli soldier and " cleaner " , and Danish document forger . They are given information by a French informant , . 
 In Rome , the team shoots and kills , who is living as a poet . In Paris , they detonate a bomb in the home of ; in Cyprus , they bomb the hotel room of . With IDF commandos , they pursue three Palestinians — , , and — to Beirut , penetrate the Palestinians ' guarded compound and kill all three . 
 Between hits , the assassins argue about the morality and logistics of their mission , expressing fear about their individual lack of experience , as well as ambivalence about accidentally killing innocent bystanders . makes a brief visit to his wife , who has given birth to their first baby . In Athens , when they track down , the team finds out that arranged for them to share a safe house with their rival PLO members , and the Mossad agents escape trouble by pretending to be members of foreign terrorist groups like ETA , IRA , ANC , and the Red Army Faction . has a heartfelt conversation with PLO member over their homelands and who deserves to rule over the lands ; is later shot by while the team escapes from the hit on . 
 The squad moves to London to track down , who orchestrated the Munich Massacre , but the assassination attempt is interrupted by several drunken Americans . It is implied that these are agents of the CIA , which , according to , protects and funds in exchange for his promise not to attack U.S. diplomats . Meanwhile , attempts are made on the assassins themselves . is killed by an independent Dutch contract killer . In revenge , the team tracks her down and executes her at a houseboat in Hoorn , Netherlands . is found stabbed to death on a park bench , while is killed by an explosion in his workshop . and finally locate in Spain , but again their assassination attempt is thwarted , this time by 's armed guards . It is implied that has sold information on the team to the PLO . 
 A disillusioned flies to Israel , where he is unhappy to be hailed as a hero by two young soldiers , and then to his new home in Brooklyn , where he suffers post - traumatic stress and paranoia . He is thrown out of the Israeli consulate after storming in to demand that Mossad leave his wife and child alone . comes to ask to return to Israel and Mossad , but refuses .

, an attractive 40 - year - old divorced preschool teacher , is urged by her family to date more . Although they show her photos of men with whom they want to set her up , does not seem interested in pursuing any relationships . , another recent divorcee , finds himself in a similar position ; his lawyer , , wants to set him up with a woman named . However , would rather focus on creating his handcrafted boats . 
 's sister visits and they discuss , a parent from school . is attracted to him but does not want anything complicated . reveals she set up an ad for on an online dating site , perfectmatch.com , using a picture from 's high school graduation . The description declares she is voluptuous and that her dates " must love dogs " ( is currently caring for her brother 's Newfoundland dog , " Mother Teresa " , while he goes through his own marital problems ) . proceeds to suffer through several disastrous dates with men who can not stop crying , are criminal , or like girls who are barely legal . 
 is confronted by at an art gallery ; she is curious why he did not call her , but again does not seem interested . then hands him a printout of 's dating profile and tells he has a date with her the next day at a dog park . The date proves to be awkward : shows up with a borrowed terrier and offends when he begins to analyze her profile . Even worse , he reveals that the dog is not really his . When she accuses him of being deceptive he points out that the requirement was " Must love dogs , " not " Must own a dog . " leaves abruptly but agrees to see him again . 
 and go on a dinner date where he asks her why she is not with her husband anymore . She explains that he just stopped loving her and that he was never ready to have children . acknowledges that her ex - husband is now with a woman fifteen years younger than she with a baby on the way . The date progresses back to 's house where they discover that neither has a condom . They hastily drive around but when they finally find protection neither of them is in the mood . 
 and are discussing when he admits that she intrigued him . That night , tries to call . Meanwhile , has connected with . She checks to see if is home but discovers he is with , one of her co - workers . assumes they are on a date , and while fleeing the scene she drops her wallet . arrives home to find her brother , who is drunkenly dealing with his own marital problems , and , who has been taking care of him . takes rowing and they share a kiss . Afterward he takes home while lights candles and sets the mood . But shows up instead of . He returns her wallet , explains that he and are not involved , and then kisses just as gets back . leaves , upset . 
 Around Thanksgiving calls and they go to a hotel and have sex . In the morning is rude to and during the drive home realizes that he really did sleep with . He admits he did n't tell her because he thought they were good together and did n't want that getting in the way . Meanwhile , is talked into taking to see Doctor Zhivago . notices leaving the theater afterward , but while discussing the film with him she notices and realizes the two of them are on a date . flees again , and when asks up to her apartment , he declines and instead walks home . 
 runs into a man named outside a coffee shop , not realizing that this man is 's father . When confesses that he is heartbroken , mentions that he has a daughter who is single but declines . While drinking coffee with later , quotes something that said to him and realizes that was talking about her . She heads over to 's with Mother , but he is out on the lake with his boat . When ca n't hear her yelling from the shore she convinces a girls crew team to take her out to him . Eventually she dives in and swims over to his boat . After climbing in tells how she feels about him and they kiss . Later , when telling the story of how they met , they mention in unison that they found each other at a dog park .

In 1989 , flees from her abusive husband back to her hometown in northern Minnesota with her children , and , and moves in with her parents , and . is ashamed of , who had as a teenager by an unknown father , and believes is promiscuous . While working a job washing hair , reconnects with an old acquaintance , , who works at the local iron mine and suggests do the same , as a job there pays six times more than what 's making now . 's pursuit of the job further strains her relationship with , who also works at the mine and believes women should n't be working there , so she and her children move in with and her husband , . 
 quickly befriends several other female workers at the mine and soon realizes the women are constant targets for sexual harassment and humiliation by most of their male co - workers , who , like , believe the women are taking jobs more appropriate for men . in particular is targeted by , an old friend from high school . tries to talk to her supervisor , , about the problem , but he refuses to take her concerns seriously . The women experience additional harassment in retaliation , and spreads rumors that attempted to seduce him , leading his wife to publicly berate and embarrass at 's hockey game . begins to resent the way the townspeople treat them and comes to believe the gossip about his mother 's alleged promiscuity . 
 takes her concerns to the mine 's owner , , but despite his previous assurances that he is there to help , she arrives to find that he has invited to the meeting , along with several other executives and offers to accept her resignation immediately . She refuses , and after implies he believes the rumors about her promiscuity , leaves devastated . Later , after being sexually assaulted by at work , she quits and asks , a lawyer friend of and , to help her file a lawsuit against the company . advises her to recruit other women to form a class action lawsuit , which would be the first of its kind . The female miners , however , fear losing their jobs and facing additional harassment , so attempts to go ahead with the case alone . She also discovers that has Lou Gehrig 's Disease , and her health is declining rapidly . 
 and argue over 's lawsuit , and when still refuses to forgive his daughter , Alice leaves him . At a union meeting , attempts to address the miners and explain her reasons for suing the mine , but they constantly interrupt and insult her , leading to stand up for his daughter and reprimand his co - workers for their treatment of and all the women at the mine . He and then reconcile . In court , the mining company 's attorney attempts to hold 's sexual history against her , based on 's testimony that is the result of a consensual sexual relationship between and her high school teacher , Mr. . then reveals that after school one day , where she and had been serving detention together after being caught kissing , she was raped by Mr. , which led to her pregnancy and eventually 's birth . 
 attacks the teacher in question , who is in attendance , and asks for a recess after storms out of the courtroom . still refuses to believe his mother and runs away , until urges him to reconsider , and he and embrace after having a talk . The next day , cross - examines and gets him to admit he lied about the encounter , which he witnessed but was too scared to do anything about . , who has come to the court in her wheelchair and is unable to speak , has read a letter saying she stands with . Other women then stand up to support 's complaint . They are followed by more women , family members , and miners , which allows the case to qualify as a class action . The mining company is forced to both pay the women for their suffering and establish a sexual harassment policy at the workplace .

is a high school student at Roxbury , a Beverly Hills school for the wealthy . She and her best friend take , a new student who recently immigrated from the Middle East , under their wing . When decides to take her revenge on a teacher , , who humiliated , she draws everyone — including her friends , family , and the media — into her plot , resulting in unforeseen repercussions . The film makes use of twists and flashbacks to tell its story .

is a recently divorced , 37 - year - old career woman from Manhattan who becomes romantically involved with , a talented 23 - year - old painter from the Upper West Side . shares all her secrets with her therapist who , unbeknownst to , is 's mother . is supportive of 's relationship with a younger man before she learns who he is , discovers the connection and finds herself not only faced with the ethical and moral dilemma of counselling 's girlfriend , but also the reality that she feels differently about the relationship now that she knows her son is involved . consults her own therapist , and they decide that it is in the best interest of her patient for to continue treatment , as long as the relationship remains the " fling " it appears to be . 
 However , soon realizes that the relationship is serious , and tells that she is 's mother . Feeling embarrassed and betrayed , ends her treatment with . Their differences causing problems between them , and break up . A couple of weeks later , is enjoying a night on the town with his best friend ; he gets drunk and ends up sleeping with , 's friend from work . The same day , after bumping into each other at the supermarket and going back to 's place , and start seeing each other again . They also try to make the relationship stronger by going to a Friday night dinner with 's family . The rift between and is patched up , although brings up the possibility of her and having children , to which reacts strongly . A few days later , discovers that had slept with , and and fight . After sulking for some time , goes to seek 's help as both his mother and as a therapist . She advises him to do what he can to keep the relationship , because it was through that was able to understand 's career as an artist . goes back to to apologize and offer to give her a child because that is what she wants the most . realizes how deep 's love must be for him to make such a sacrifice[clarification needed ] . Somehow , they both conclude that love is not enough to keep a relationship going , and they break up . 
 A year later , and his friend[who ? ] are seen leaving the first restaurant where he and had their first proper date . Going back to retrieve his forgotten hat , spots but she does not see him ; he gets his hat , rushes out the door , and hides . He defrosts the glass a bit to watch her , and she turns around and sees him . They share a smile before parting .

The plot alternates between events immediately following the death of ( ) , a brilliant mathematician whose genius was undone by crippling mental illness , and flashbacks revealing the life he shared with his daughter ( ) . is also a mathematician , but she struggles with living in her father 's shadow , with balancing her demanding studies with caring for her father and also with the fear that she may have inherited his mental illness . At home , clings to sanity by constantly bombarding with complex mathematical problems . 
 In the opening scene startles while she watches TV in the middle of the night . He gives her a bottle of champagne for her birthday , and they chat for a while about the nature of insanity , ending with the revelation that died last week and his funeral is tomorrow . 
 Awakened from this dream , realizes that ( ) , a former graduate student of 's , is still upstairs , reading through 's books . filled many notebooks with meaningless notes . believes that 's genius may have withstood his illness , and clues to that genius might lie among the gibberish of his notebooks . When comments on the vast amount of work did , a suspicious searches 's backpack . Though finds nothing in 's bag , a notebook falls out of his coat . He explains that he wanted to give the notebook as a birthday present because it " had something written in it about her , not math , her " . is forced to leave , giving the notebook as intended , when calls the police . 
 The next day , for the funeral , 's sister ( ) arrives in town . A huge contrast to the unkempt , is an overly put together , neurotic New Yorker . Relations between the sisters are tense , and can not stand her sister 's constant harping on matters of appearance . is also upset that did n't care for her father as much as did in his final years . 
 At the funeral , expresses her frustration with the many people there . She interrupts the string quartet with an impromptu speech , berating everyone for not being there for her father while he was alive . She describes his descent into insanity , and that at one time he would borrow piles of books believing that aliens were sending him messages encoded in their Dewey Decimal codes . She ends by saying she 's glad her father is dead and walks out of the church mid - funeral . 
 decides to sell 's house back to the university and wants to come with her to New York ; is upset that she will be forced to leave the house . It becomes evident that suspects that may be struggling with mental illnesses , as their father had . A wake held at the house the night after the funeral , is attended by many academic mathematicians . appears and chats up . Softening up to , sleeps with him . Afterwards , she gives the student a key to her father 's desk . 
 In flashbacks , is shown suddenly invigorated , believing he has seen the beginnings of a new mathematical proof that will prove his triumph over mental illness . 
 In the present , finds a notebook in 's desk , which itself contains a lengthy but apparently very important proof . He is very excited and shows the discovery to and . He asks how long she knew about this and why she did not tell him about it . She tells him that she wrote it . claims the work is hers and not her father 's despite evidence to the contrary . Neither nor believe . believes the mathematics of the proof are beyond , while simply suspects that is suffering the onset of mental illness . ca n't describe the proof without the notebook because it " is not a muffin recipe " . decides to take it to the math department the next day to verify the proof 's accuracy . 
 He returns as and are leaving , with news that the math department believes the proof to be valid . tells that he does n't think that her father wrote the proof because it employs newer mathematics and wants to explain it to him sometime . remains stung by his earlier lack of trust , and the sisters leave for the airport ; but , sprints after the car and throws the book through the window and onto 's lap . 
 At the airport , has another flashback . It is revealed that , while living together , her father challenged her to work on math , which she does , ultimately completing a proof , which she describes in one of the many notebooks in the house . goes to tell her father about the breakthrough , but he insists she read aloud the proof that he is working on . To 's disappointment , 's notebook contains not a proof , but a rambling and desperate observation of the passage of the seasons , that the year is divided into months of cold , months of warmth and months of indeterminate temperature , that the future of heat is the future of cold , that the future of cold is infinite , and that he will never be as cold as he will be in the future . Reading her father 's work , realizes that has not overcome his mental illness . A dispirited leaves her notebook in 's desk , where will later find it . 
 has begun to come to terms with herself , aided by 's confidence in her . She decides that she does not need to go with her sister to New York and runs out of the airport . She returns to University of Chicago , and the film ends with her and meeting up on campus and discussing the proof .

Coach ( ) was once college basketball 's top mastermind . His attention began to turn on what endorsement contracts he could secure instead of actually coaching his team . lets his temper get the best of him in most situations . After causing a mishap with a mascot , the board bans from collegiate basketball until he can show that he can control his anger . 's reputation has doomed him to being unhireable as a long time passes with no job offers . However , then gets one job offer , to Mount Vernon Junior High School , which was also where he graduated as a teenager . His alma mater 's basketball team , the Smelters , is looking for somebody to coach the team , and the headmistress thinks an alumnus of his caliber in basketball would be ideal . Although irritated , realizes he has no other options and accepts the coaching job , figuring this is the way to prove he can control his anger and get back into the spotlight of college basketball . As begins coaching the squad , he gets into an embarrassing situation that he 's never been in before and decides , enough is enough . He eventually starts teaching the concepts of basketball to his new team , albeit placing paramount emphasis on sportsmanship . With teaching and learning being done between both and the kids , the Smelters eventually start having success . Unexpectedly , this leads to find what he 's been missing this whole time ... not a big coaching gig , not high - dollar endorsement deals , and not even his name in lights ... but his simple love of the game . Eventually gains a new appreciation for his old school and figures that while it does not lead to big money endorsements , he can earn a comfortable living from this job .

After attending her grandmother 's funeral in Texas , hotel manager ( ) arrives at Fort Worth International Airport to take a red - eye flight back to Miami , Florida . While waiting in the check - in line , she meets ( ) , who is boarding the same plane . After their flight is delayed due to severe weather concerns , they meet again at an airport bar and engage in small talk while they wait . When boarding , discovers to her surprise that Jackson is seated beside her . 
 Soon after take off , learns from that he is working for a domestic terrorist organization planning to assassinate ( ) , the current United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security . is instrumental in their plans because of her job at the ' hotel , The Lux Atlantic Hotel , as Acting Manager . must make a call from the in - flight phone to arrange for to be moved to the targeted room where a missile will be fired from an adjacent boat in a harbor , killing and his family . threatens to kill her father , ( ) , with a hitman should she refuse to cooperate . 
 attempts to find a way to keep both her father and safe . When she first places a call to the hotel , answered by her co - worker , ( ) , the line goes dead midway through the conversation , and tries ( unsuccessfully ) to fool into thinking she is still ordering the room change , but catches on . She then makes two unsuccessful tries to alert the other passengers to the danger . She first attempts to write a warning in a book , when a friendly woman ( ) from the check - in line she met and gave the book to comes to talk to her about it , but knocks her unconscious and manages to get the book back before the woman sees the message . She tries again when the airphones go out due to the storms . goes to the restroom , and writes a warning in soap on the mirror , but confronts her and sees the writing on the mirror , and forces back inside , locking the door . A little girl witnesses enter the bathroom with still inside and notifies an attendant , but she dismisses it as and having sex . When begs him not to kill her father , simply responds by telling her she should stop gambling with his life . He then notices a scar above 's breast , and asks her if someone did that to her . When she tells him no , he believes that she is lying and briefly chokes her before wiping away the message . 
 When and return to their seats , makes the phone call , and the hotel staff move the politician to the targeted suite . After the call , she asks to call off the man outside her father 's house , but he refuses until he has confirmation of the assassination . 
 As the plane lands at Miami International Airport , confesses that the knife scar was from a violent rape she suffered two years ago , which she swore she would never let it happen again . She then stabs in the throat with a pen that she stole from another passenger , then takes his phone and flees the plane and terminal , narrowly escaping both and airport security . The little girl from before witnesses the stabbing and helps escape by pushing a suitcase into 's way , causing him to fall . Once outside , steals a nearby SUV . Noticing that the phone has a low - battery warning and could die at any time , she once again calls the hotel , alerting to the danger . pulls the fire alarm to evacuate the building and rushes to warn and his family , who are in the targeted suite . , the , and U.S. Secret Service agents manage to escape from the room seconds before a Javelin missile hits . 
 , still driving , tries to call her father , but the cell phone 's battery dies . She rushes to her father 's house , arriving to find the hitman outside his door . He pulls out a gun and shoots through the windshield numerous times , attempting to kill her , but fails when she hits him with the car and sends him flying into the house 's front door , killing him . finds her father inside , and he tells her that he has called the police because of the car crash . While phones the hotel to check that everyone is all right , arrives and knocks her father unconscious . He chases her through the house with a knife and they fight until manages to throw down a flight of stairs . retrieves the dead hitman 's gun from the floor and threatens with it . He attempts to escape , but shoots him before he can . He disarms and attacks her and is about to kill her when 's father takes a gun and shoots in the chest . 
 Later at the hotel , and the Secret Service thank and for saving him and his family from the assassination . and , two of the visitors at the hotel , confront and and angrily complain about their stay . tells them to fill out a comment card at the front desk , and then tells them to " shove it up their ass " .

On Christmas Eve 1989 , aspiring filmmaker , and his roommate , , learn that the rent previously waived by their old friend and landlord , , is due ( " Rent " ) . Their former roommate shows up and gets mugged . and meet with , who tells them he plans to evict the homeless from the nearby lot and build a cyber studio ( " You 'll See " ) . He offers them free rent if they get , Mark 's ex - girlfriend , to cancel her protest against his plans , but they refuse . 
 A street drummer , , finds and they bond since they have AIDS . , who is HIV - positive and a former drug addict , tries to compose his one last great song ( " One Song Glory " ) . He 's visited by his downstairs neighbor , , an exotic dancer and heroin addict ( " Light My Candle " ) . 
 On Christmas Day , and are visited by and ( in drag ) , bearing gifts ( " Today 4 U " ) . They invite and to attend Life Support , an AIDS support group . turns them down , while goes to fix 's sound equipment . He runs into , 's new girlfriend , who bonds with him as they discuss 's promiscuity ( " Tango : Maureen " ) . arrives at the Life Support meeting ( " Life Support " ) . He films the meeting for the documentary he 's making about people living with HIV / AIDS . 
 visits ( " Out Tonight " ) . , whose ex - girlfriend died of HIV / AIDS , rebukes her advances and throws her out ( " Another Day " ) . The next day , he joins , and at a Life Support meeting ( " Will I ? " ) . Leaving the meeting , the group imagines what it would be like to move to Santa Fe , New Mexico ( " Santa Fe " ) . and leave to help set up for her performance , and and reveal they are falling in love ( " I 'll Cover You " ) . performs her song that calls out for changing who he was when he got married and blames him for trying to shut down the tent city ( " Over the Moon " ) . The performance starts a riot because called in police to make sure the protest stayed peaceful , but it escalated into violence . Once the protest is over , the group goes to The Life Cafe and celebrates selling his riot footage to a local news station ( " La Vie Boheme " or " La Vie Boheme A " ) . and reveal they are falling for each other , and reveal they are HIV positive ( " I Should Tell You " ) . They share a kiss and continue celebrating with their friends ( " Viva La Vie Boheme ! " or " La Vie Boheme B " ) . 
 On New Years Day , has padlocked the apartment , but breaks the lock with a garbage can . takes a job at Buzzline , the television news program he sold his riot footage to . After another fight , proposes to ; the relationship ends when flirts with another woman at the engagement party ( " Take Me or Leave Me " ) . After being persuaded by , his ex - girlfriend , gives the group back their apartment . Over the following year , grows distrustful of , and their relationship ends ( " Without You " ) . 's condition gets worse and she dies in ' arms . At 's funeral , the group goes their separate ways after a bitter argument ( " I 'll Cover You / Goodbye Love " ) . 
 sells his guitar , buys a car , and moves to Santa Fe . He returns because he still loves . quits his job at Buzzline to pursue his own film ( " What You Own " ) . On Christmas Eve 1990 , and reunite with , who reveals he has reprogrammed an ATM to dispense cash when someone inputs the code : A - N - G - E - L. and find on the streets , near death . and reconcile and he sings the song he has written over the past year ( " Finale A / Your Eyes " ) . appears to die , but suddenly awakens . She tells them that she was heading to the light , but told her to go back . As 's documentary is shown for the first time , the friends reaffirm that there is " no day but today " ( " Finale B " ) .

In Rivet Town , is a young inventor who idolises Bigweld , whose company develops useful machines . invents the Wonderbot to help his father clean dishes at a restaurant . When 's supervisor confronts them , Wonderbot breaks the dishes , leaving in debt . takes his invention to Robot City to work at Bigweld Industries and help pay back his father ’s debt . On arrival , he learns has taken over Bigweld Industries and stopped making spare parts in favour of expensive ‘ upgrades ’ . 
 is thrown out and meets , ’s sister , , Lugnut , and Diesel , collectively known as ‘ the Rusties ’ . stays with them at a boarding house owned by Aunt . begins fixing old robots , known as ‘ outmodes ’ , in the neighborhood . Discovering this , ’s mother Madame orders to stop and destroy Bigweld . 
 later receives news that needs replacement parts , and decides to find Bigweld to ask him to return and keep on making spare parts . reminds him will attend the Bigweld Ball . and go to the ball in disguise only to hear announce is unable to attend . confronts , but is captured by security . , a robot executive at Bigweld Industries opposed to 's plan , rescues and . 
 is captured by a sweeper and taken to the Chop Shop , where the city ’s junk is melted down , but escapes . Meanwhile , and fly to 's house . asks Bigweld to return to Bigweld Industries and start making spare parts again , but refuses , telling to give up and leave . calls his parents , intending to return to Rivet Town , but convinces to stay . rallies the and prepares them for combat . reveals has built a fleet of super - sweepers to destroy all outmodes . returns to the group , having regained his resolve . 
 The group return to Bigweld Industries where fires , but is tricked and knocked unconscious . , and the Rusties rescue Bigweld and are chased across the city , but leave and Aunt behind . The remaining robots arrive at the Chop Shop , where Bigweld accidentally rolls into the processing area . and Aunt arrive with an army of outmodes . A battle ensues between the outmodes , 's henchmen and the super - sweepers ensues . fights , who falls into a furnace . loses his upgrades after getting trapped in some chains . disables the super - sweepers and rescues Bigweld . Retaking control of Bigweld Industries , visits Rivet Town to tell 's parents their son is his ‘ right - hand bot ’ and eventual successor .

Ewan McGregor, Robin Williams, Greg Kinnear, Halle Berry, Amanda Bynes, Mel Brooks

Set in 1978 Chicago , Roll Bounce tells the story of a boy named ( ) ( nicknamed " " ) whose mother has passed , leaving him with his father , ( ) and his sister , . After the local roller rink closes down , and his friends are forced to skate in the ritzy uptown rink " Sweetwater " . Tired of being disrespected by the skate rental distributor ( ) and other skaters at Sweetwater , the group enters a roller disco contest . Their biggest rivals are the 5 - year champion , ( ) and his crew , the Sweetwater Rollers . The film centers on X 's training for the competition while trying to work through problems with his father and his pretty childhood friend , ( ) . 
 In the end , it not only comes down to gaining the respect of others , but also learning to respect themselves and giving roller disco their all .

In 1997 , , an obituary and wedding announcement writer for The New York Times , travels to Pasadena , California , for her sister 's wedding , accompanied by her fiancé . At a pre - wedding party , learns from her grandmother that her late mother ran off to Cabo San Lucas to spend time with her prep school classmate the week before her wedding to 's father . points out 's parents were married just short of nine months before her birth , leading her to wonder if might really be her biological father . also discovers her grandmother might have been the inspiration for Mrs. , an infamous character in the novel The Graduate . 
 After the wedding , determined to find out more about and her mother 's past , decides to fly to San Francisco , where , now a highly successful and very wealthy Silicon Valley Internet wizard , is addressing a seminar . She meets him ; and he admits to the affair but assures Sarah he could n't be her father because he suffered blunt testicular trauma while playing in a high school soccer game and , as a result , is sterile . The two go out for drinks , and the following morning wakes up in 's bed in his Half Moon Bay home . 
 Although guilt - stricken by her behavior , allows to convince her to be his date at a charity ball , where she meets 's son . explains his wife wanted a biological child and was artificially inseminated to become pregnant . Mollified , kisses and is caught by , who has returned to California to find her . Following an ensuing argument , leaves her . Dejected , returns to visit , who flies into a rage when she learns has slept with her granddaughter . The two learn suffered an anxiety attack while flying to her honeymoon and wants to talk to . tells her sister about the relationship three generations of Richelieu women have had with . She reassures she truly is in love with her husband , , and in doing so realizes she 's ready to marry . 
 It is also revealed that was the one who accidentally caused 's testicular trauma . This makes somewhat nervous to be around , though is quite pleased by the revelation . reveals to he always knew about and 's affair . Despite being a fling for her , returned to because she loved him and he was someone with whom she could build a life . On the night she returned , was conceived . This explained the date difference between her birthday and her parents ' wedding . 
 Determined to win back , returns to New York City and tells her fiancé about her feelings . They reconcile on the condition that if they ever have a daughter , she would not be allowed anywhere near . The film ends with and 's wedding .

Informant awakens in a room with a spike - filled mask locked around his neck . A videotape informs him that in order to unlock the device , he must cut into his eye to obtain the key . He sets off the timer and finds the scalpel , but can not bring himself to retrieve the key and is killed after sixty seconds when the mask closes . 
 At the scene of ' game , Detective finds a message for her former partner , , and calls him in . Despite not wanting to be involved in the case , reluctantly joins and Sergeant in leading a SWAT team to the factory which produced the lock from ' trap . There they find and apprehend , the Jigsaw Killer , who is weak from cancer . He indicates several computer monitors showing eight people trapped in a house ; including his only known survivor , and 's estranged son . The other victims are called , , , , and . A nerve agent filling the house will kill them all within two hours , but assures that if he follows the rules of his own game , by simply talking with , he will see again . At 's urging , agrees in order to buy time for the tech team to arrive and trace the video signal . 
 The victims are informed by a microcassette recorder that antidotes are hidden throughout the house ; one is in the room 's safe , and a cryptic clue is provided . ignores a warning note and uses a key on the door , which fires a bullet through the peephole and ' eye , killing him . They search the house for more antidotes after the room lets them out , with no success . , who is revealed to have helped with the abductions , is forced into a crematory oven to obtain two antidotes inside , but inadvertently activates the trap and is burned to death before the others can save him , destroying the antidotes . In another room , throws into a syringe - filled pit intended for himself , and though she is able to retrieve the key , he is unable to unlock the door containing an antidote and he leaves out of frustration . Throughout the game , the victims discuss connections between them and determine that each has been jailed before ; with the sole exception of . 
 Meanwhile , passes the time with both idle and cryptic chat , eventually telling that his survival of a suicide attempt after his diagnosis is the true reason for his games . With the little time he has left , he wants to inspire in others the new appreciation for life he had found . Not interested in any of this , runs out of patience and returns to the monitors . He destroys several of 's documents and sketches at 's suggestion , but fails to provoke . As the tech team arrives , reveals the connection between the victims : has framed all of them for various crimes , and will be in danger if his identity is discovered . 
 Having left the others , returns to the safe room and finds a colored number on the back of 's neck . After realizing the answer to the clue , he kills with a spiked bat for his number after a brief fight and begins hunting the others . succumbs to the nerve agent after finding the clue revealing 's identity . and abandon him , but returns after finding ' body . finds a glass box containing an antidote , but her arms become trapped in the arm holes which are lined with hidden blades , and leaves her to die after reading her number . and find a tunnel in the safe room which leads to the bathroom from the first film . collapses inside just before finds them . notes that he can not read his own number , and he cuts the skin from his neck . As he approaches , , who feigned his collapse , jumps up and slashes his neck with a hacksaw , killing him . 
 Having seen chasing his son , brutally assaults and forces him to lead him to the house . 's sitting area is revealed to be a lift , which they use to leave the factory . The tech team tracks the video 's source and leads his team to a house , where they find VCRs playing previously recorded images . As realizes the game took place before they found , the timer expires and a large safe opens , revealing bound and breathing into an oxygen mask . enters the house alone and eventually locates the bathroom , where he is attacked by a pig - masked figure . He awakens shackled at the ankle to a pipe ; a tape recorder left by reveals that she is 's accomplice and intends to continue his work after he dies . appears in the doorway and seals the door , leaving to die .

In the 26th century , humanity has left an overpopulated Earth to colonize a new solar system . The central planets formed the Alliance and won a war against the outer planet Independents — those who resisted joining the Alliance . ( ) is conditioned by Alliance scientists into becoming a psychic and an assassin . She is rescued by her brother ( ) . During her training , inadvertently read the minds of several top government officials and learned their secrets . Consequently , a top Alliance agent known only as the Operative ( ) is tasked with recapturing her . 
 The siblings have found refuge aboard the transport spaceship Serenity with Captain " Mal " Reynolds ( ) , first mate ( ) , pilot ( ) , mercenary ( ) , and mechanic ( ) . Despite 's objections , brings River on a bank robbery . warns them that savage and cannibalistic Reavers are coming . They escape , but decides he and will leave Serenity at the next port . Once there , however , a subliminal message in a television commercial causes to attack numerous bar patrons , and takes the siblings back aboard the ship . The crew contacts reclusive hacker Mr. ( ) , who discovers the message designed to trigger 's mental conditioning . He notes River whispered " Miranda " before attacking and warns that someone else saw the footage . 
 receives an invitation to visit from ( ) , a former Serenity occupant . Despite knowing it is a trap ( did not argue with him ) , goes to rescue her . The Operative confronts , promising to let him go free if he turns over . refuses and , with 's help , barely escapes . reveals that Miranda is a planet located beyond a region of space swarming with Reavers . The crew flies to the planet Haven to ponder their next move , but they find Haven devastated and their old friend , ( ) , mortally wounded . The Operative claims responsibility , promising to keep pursuing them and killing anyone who assists them until he gets River . 
 Despite the crew 's objection , Mal disguises Serenity as a Reaver ship and travels to Miranda through a Reaver fleet without being attacked . On the planet , the crew find all its colonists dead and a recording by the last surviving member of an Alliance survey team ( ) . She explains that an experimental chemical designed to suppress aggression was added into Miranda 's atmosphere ; the population became so docile they stopped performing all activities of daily living and placidly died . A small portion , however , had the opposite reaction and became extremely aggressive and violent beyond madness . In effect , the Alliance created the Reavers and this is the secret River Tam had discovered . 
 Mr. agrees to broadcast the recording , luring the crew to the Operative . However , the Operative kills him , orders the destruction of his transmitting equipment , and prepares an ambush . The crew is less successful getting past the Reavers a second time , and the Reaver fleet pursues them . The Reavers and Alliance ships battle while manages to pilot Serenity to the planet ; despite taking serious damage , he crash lands near the broadcast tower before being killed by a Reaver spear . 
 The rest of the crew make a last stand against the Reavers to buy time to broadcast the recording . Through a message recorded by Mr. before his death , learns of a backup transmitter , but the Operative comes across this message as well . Sustaining heavy injuries , the crew retreats behind a set of blast doors that fail to properly close . A Reaver shoots through the opening , severely wounding . dives through the doors to close them before the Reavers drag her away . At the backup transmitter , fights the Operative , finally subduing him and forcing him to watch the broadcast recording . returns to the crew , and the blast doors open to reveal that has killed all the Reavers . Alliance troops arrive , but the Operative orders them to stand down . 
 The Operative provides medical aid and resources to repair Serenity . He tells the broadcast has weakened the Alliance government , but while he will try to convince the Parliament that and are no longer threats , he can not guarantee the Alliance will end their pursuit . takes off with as 's new co - pilot .

( ) , a transplanted Vermonter , is an aspiring artist and saleswoman at the evening gloves counter at Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills . Her quiet , orderly existence – filled with both the mundane ( futon furniture and an aging pickup truck ) and the serious ( a large student loan and a supply of antidepressants ) – is disrupted by the sudden appearance of two disparate men . 
 ( ) is an immature , awkward , socially inept , penniless twenty - something graphic designer for an amplifier manufacturer and aspiring typographer who enters 's life first ( in a laundromat ) . , aching for any kind of meaningful contact with someone else , gives him a chance , but it quickly fizzles after a half - hearted date ( that she pays for ) followed by a woefully underwhelming sexual encounter . 
 ( ) is a considerably older , suave , well - dressed , wealthy , divorced logician . charms over the course of a few dates , one of which ends at his house . offers herself to him , and the morning after they have sex . tells her that he does not intend for their relationship to be serious due to his constant traveling between L.A. and Seattle . Each has a different understandings of this talk : tells his psychiatrist that knows that he is going to see other people , and tells her acquaintances that wanted to see her more . 
 and embark on a lengthy affair , during which time is working as a roadie for the band Hot Tears . attempts to have one last liaison with before leaving , but she spurns him due to her relationship with . While on tour , the band 's lead singer introduces to the world of self - improvement and how to better relate to the opposite sex . becomes increasingly devoted to , who showers her with expensive gifts ( such as paying off her student loans ) instead of emotional affection . When 's depression hits her hard ( she has ceased to take her antidepressants because makes her happy ) , he takes her to the doctor and cares for her , further deepening her reliance on him . invites on a trip to New York , and has her fitted in the dress shop at Armani . 
 During a business trip , has dinner with an old girlfriend . During dinner she propositions him and he accepts . confesses the liaison to . Devastated , ends the relationship , abandons her trip to New York and visits Vermont instead . While she is basking in the warmth and familiarity of home , calls to apologize for hurting her and asks her to meet him in New York . She accepts . He takes her to a large party where she is the youngest guest , and she feels alone and out of place . When they return to the hotel room , wants to be intimate , but rejects him . 
 After returning to California , meets by chance on the way to an art gallery show , and they arrive together at the show . Her coworker ( who has been suspicious of the new clothes has been wearing to work ) mistakes for . 's path of self - improvement has changed him , a fact obvious to everyone but . After the show , goes home with , and goes home with thinking he 's . The next morning devastates by announcing that he plans on looking for a bigger house in case he meets someone and decides to have kids . calls thinking they have made a connection , but quickly finds out she has no interest in anything but ( and his money ) . 
 permanently ends her relationship with , deciding that she 'd rather hurt now than later . She mourns the relationship for a short period of time , then comes out of it . She eventually quits her job at Saks and takes one as a receptionist in an art gallery . pursues her again ( properly this time ) and they eventually fall in love . is invited to show her work at the gallery , and attends the opening with his new girlfriend , the woman he cheated on with . is clearly proud of his girlfriend and their interaction is as if they have known one another for years . Conversely , when and finally interact , their conversation is full of recognition , yet noticeably strained . At the end of their conversation , apologizes for how deeply he hurt her and admits that he did love her . is visibly touched by his admission and walks away . Her pain is short lived as she runs lovingly into 's arms . watches the healthy , openly in love couple and remarks that he feels a loss even though he had kept her " at arm 's length " to avoid the pain of their inevitable breakup .

The Salesman walks onto a penthouse balcony where The Customer looks out over Basin City . He offers her a cigarette and says that she looks like someone who is tired of running and that he will save her . The two share a kiss and he shoots her ; she dies in his arms . He says he will never know what she was running from but that he will cash her check in the morning , implying she had paid him to kill her . 
 On the docks of Sin City , aging police officer tries to stop serial child - killer from raping and killing his fourth known victim , eleven - year - old . is the son of Senator , who has bribed the police to cover up his son 's crimes . When 's corrupt partner , , tries to convince to walk away , knocks him out . 
 , experiencing pain from a bad heart , heads into the warehouse where and several henchmen are holding . shoots in the shoulder and tries to escape . catches up and shoots off 's ear , hand and genitals . , now recovered , shoots in the back . As the sirens approach , leaves and lies down in 's lap . passes out , reasoning his death is a fair trade for the girl 's life . 
 After a one - night stand , awakens to find has been killed while he slept . He flees the frame - up as the police arrive , vowing to avenge her death . His parole officer , , warns him to give up on this mission , believing may have imagined it all due to his " condition " . interrogates several informants , working up to a corrupt priest , who reveals that the family was behind the murder . kills the priest but is then attacked by a woman who looks like , which he dismisses as a hallucination . 
 goes to the family farm and is subdued by the silent stalker who killed . He awakens in the basement to find has been captured after looking into his story . She tells that the killer is a cannibal and that was a prostitute . He learns that the killer 's name is and escapes . is shot by the leader of a squad of corrupt cops . kills the cops except for their leader , whom he interrogates . He learns that Cardinal arranged for 's murder . 
 goes to Old Town , Sin City 's prostitute - run red - light district , to learn more about and is captured by her twin sister , , the attacker previously dismissed as a hallucination . Once he convinces that he is not the killer , the two return to the farm where kills . He confronts Cardinal , who confesses his part in the murders . was the cardinal 's ward ; the two men ate the prostitutes to " consume their souls " . kills the cardinal but is then shot and captured by his guards . 
 is taken to a hospital where cops threaten to kill his mother , to get him to confess to killing , and their victims . He is sentenced to death in the electric chair . visits him on death row and thanks him for avenging her sister . is then executed . 
 is being harassed by her abusive ex - boyfriend and his cronies . Her boyfriend violently warns him to leave alone . and his cronies flee to Old Town . follows and sees them harass , a young prostitute . , the prostitutes ' leader and 's on - and - off lover , also witnesses the scene . When threatens with a gun , , a martial arts expert , kills and his friends . They realize is actually Detective Lieutenant of the Basin City Police , considered a " hero cop " by the press . If the cops learn how he died , their truce with the prostitutes would end and the mob would be free to wage war on Old Town . 
 takes the bodies to a tar pit , where he is attacked by an ex - IRA mercenary hired by mob boss . He nearly drowns in the tar before saves him . The mercenary flees to the sewer with severed head but and retrieve it and return to Old Town . Meanwhile , mob enforcer kidnaps . , threatened with the death of her mother by the mob , betrays the prostitutes . prepares the mob 's invasion of Old Town . trades head for 's freedom but the head is stuffed with explosives ; detonates it , destroying the evidence and 's captors . The other prostitutes gun down the mercenaries while , almost injured in the fight , escapes . 
 is recovering in a hospital when Senator informs him that is in a coma and the legacy is in serious jeopardy . will be framed for 's crimes ; if he tells anyone the truth , they will die . A grateful promises to write letters every week while he is in prison . goes to jail , though he refuses to confess . He receives a weekly letter from , as promised . After eight years , the letters stop and he receives a severed finger instead . confesses to all charges leading to his parole and searches for an adult Nancy , not knowing he is being followed by a deformed , yellow man . He eventually finds her at Kadie 's Bar , where she has become an exotic dancer . 
 He realizes he was set up to lead the yellow man to and the two escape in 's car . Hiding in the trunk of 's car , the deformed man returns , revealing himself as , disfigured by years of surgery to regenerate his body parts . attacks and takes to the farm to finish what he started eight years before . follows and fakes a heart attack , giving him a chance to kill by emasculating him and beating him to death . Knowing that Senator will never stop hunting them , commits suicide to ensure 's safety . Again , he justifies his life for 's as a fair trade . 
 An injured departs from a hospital , talking on a cell phone with her mother . In the elevator she encounters The Salesman , dressed as a doctor . He offers her a cigarette , calling her by name , and she abruptly ends the call with her mother .

Jessica Alba, Bruce Willis, Benicio del Toro, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Rosario Dawson, Josh Hartnett, Carla Gugino, Elijah Wood, Nick Stahl

begins ninth grade at Sky High , a high school that exclusively teaches teenagers with superpowers . 's parents are and , two of the world 's most famous superheroes . 's best friend , , who happens to have a crush on him , has the power to manipulate plant life . is anxious about attending Sky High , located on a floating campus reached by a flying school bus , because , unbeknownst to his parents , he has not developed any super powers . On the first day , he and the other ninth graders are harassed by a duo of bullies : , a burly senior with super speed , and , a skinny senior with extreme flexibility and hyper - elastic body . Because of his lack of powers , is slated to enter a curriculum for " Hero Support " and becomes a sidekick . His classmates include , who melts into a fluid ; , who glows in the dark ; , who transforms into a guinea pig ; and , who joins the class in protest against the two - track nature of the school 's education system . The class is taught by The Commander 's former sidekick , " All American Boy . " 
 learns that not everybody gets powers , and there are such cases of those who have two superpower parents do not get any superpowers , such as the Bus driver . The Commander is unaware that his son has been relegated to Hero Support , and shows his hidden trophy room . He is particularly proud of the mysterious weapon , " The Pacifier " , which he took from his science - themed nemesis , , years ago . Unknown to either of them , , who had been presumed dead , watches them from a hidden camera in one of the other trophies . As settles into Sky High and makes friends with the other sidekicks , he comes into conflict with pyrokinetic student , , whose supervillain father had been imprisoned by The Commander . During a fight between the two , demonstrates super strength , impressing , a beautiful and popular " technopath " who controls machines with her mind . is subsequently transferred to the " Hero " track . visits the Stronghold 's house and asks 's parents to attend the Homecoming Dance to accept an award for Superhero of the Year . They accept . Later on , while walking to her house , asks out to Homecoming and , to his delight , becomes his girlfriend . then begins spending more time with and her clique of friends , ignoring the sidekicks and , who reveals to that she has loved for a long time . On the night before the dance , tricks into throwing a party at his house , and uses Speed to steal the Pacifier when takes her to the Secret Sanctum . After lies to , who shows up to investigate the noise and believes the lie , breaks up with , refusing to attend the dance , even though his parents were invited as honored guests . Later , he looks through his father 's old yearbook and sees a student who resembles . Believing that the student is and that is her daughter , he rushes to the dance . 
 At the dance party , reveals that she is actually . During her previous confrontation with the Commander , the Pacifier , which is meant to turn its target into an infant , had malfunctioned , turning her into a baby instead , thus faking her suspected death . She has since waited seventeen years for revenge . With the help of , , and , she takes over the school and uses the Pacifier to turn the faculty and students into infants . After returning to school , apologizes to , and teams up with , the sidekicks and to try to save the day . The sidekicks demonstrate their heroism after Royal Pain sabotages the school 's anti - gravity drive and their powers come in handy restarting it . Meanwhile , discovers that he has Jetstream 's powers of flight when he is thrown off the edge of the school grounds and prevents the campus from falling using his two abilities . and her henchmen are defeated and arrested and the faculty and students are returned to their proper ages . and kiss , and a voiceover by at the end reveals that they become a couple , he and became best friends , and gained superhuman powers after falling into a vat of toxic waste , thus becoming a superhero .

Michael Angarano, Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston, Danielle Panabaker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead

A decade after the events of the first film , Dr. is giving a tour of the hall of Norse mythology in Edge City Museum . When Dr. reaches the part concerning 's mask , a man in black becomes increasingly anxious . Dr. mentions that created the mask and unleashed it on Earth , and that those who wear the mask would have the powers of . When Dr. mentions that was imprisoned by , the stranger becomes very angry and transforms , revealing himself to be . The tourists panic and flee , but Dr. stays to argue with the angry god . takes the mask , but realizes it is a fake . In anger , he removes Dr. 's still talking face from his body and puts it on the mask stand , before getting rid of the guards and storming out of the museum in a whirlwind of rage . 
 Meanwhile , the real mask , which was thrown in the river by and at the end of the previous film , makes its way to a town called Fringe City , not far from Edge City , and is found by a dog named - who belongs to , an aspiring cartoonist at an animation company , is feeling reluctant to become a father . He has a beautiful wife , , and a best friend , . On a tropical island , is relaxing until confronts him and orders his son to find the mask . asks to help him , but tells that this is his mess and he has to clean it up . Later that night , puts on the mask for a Halloween party , transforming into a party animal similar to the mask character from the first film . When the company party turns out to be a bore , uses his mask powers to perform a remix of " Ca n't Take My Eyes Off You " , making the party a success , and giving 's boss the idea for a new cartoon , resulting in his promotion the next day . 
 returns to his house and , while still wearing the mask , conceives a baby . The baby , when he is born , has the same powers as . Meanwhile , is trying to find the child born from the mask , as his father , possessing a store clerk , tells him if he finds the child , he will find the mask . Later , goes on a business trip , leaving with the baby . , who has been promoted at work , desperately tries to work on his cartoon at home , but is continuously disrupted by baby . In order to get some peace and quiet , lets watch TV , which shows . devilishly obtains the idea to mess with his father 's head by using his mask powers . Meanwhile , the dog , who has been feeling neglected by because of , dons the mask by accident and becomes a crazed animal version of himself , who wishes to get rid of the baby , but all his attempts are overturned by . starts to notice his son and dog 's wild cartoonish behavior when starts harassing him . 
 Eventually , finds the mask - born baby , and confronts for the mask back , but is thwarted again and again by who uses his powers to protect his father . Eventually , becomes fed up with 's destructive approach and strips his son of his powers . A seemingly - deranged is later fired after failing to impress his boss during a pitch , but is able to reconcile and bond with . Loki , still determined to please his father , manages to complete a summoning ritual and appeal to to restore his powers . agrees , but only for a limited time , stating this as his last chance . then kidnaps to exchange for the mask , but decides to keep him despite the exchange , forcing to don the mask again to fight . The subsequent confrontation is relatively evenly matched due to and - in - the - Mask possessing equal powers , prompting to halt the fight , and suggest that they let decide who he wants to live with . Although tries to lure to him with toys and promises of fun , wins when he removes the mask and asks to come back to him using the human connection he has forged with his son . 
 Saddened and enraged , tries to kill , but his time has run out and appears in person . disowns , calling him a failure , and begins banishing , but confronts the powerful Norse god and tells him that " the most important thing in life is a relationship with your family " , and accepts as a son , accepting the mask from as well . 's cartoon , based on his own experiences of a boy and a dog competing for the father 's attention ( with playing the father via motion capture performance ) , is a hit , and reveals that she is pregnant again before the film closes .

The film opens with a car crash on the Brooklyn Bridge , and introduces ( ) , a survivor of the crash , sitting , unharmed , next to a burning car on the bridge . 
 Psychiatrist ( ) and his girlfriend ( and former patient ) , ( ) are then introduced in a new scene . discusses his patient , , a college student and aspiring artist whom he describes as depressed and paranoid , with feelings of guilt and remorse over having ' set fire to ' his car at the beginning of the film . mentions that he sometimes hears voices , and seems able to predict future events . is also suspicious of because he had suddenly been called to stand in for his regular psychiatrist , ( ) . has told of his plans to kill himself that Saturday at midnight . , who has survived a past suicide attempt , offers to help to dissuade from killing himself . 
 investigates 's circumstances and , after repeatedly attempting to reach Dr. , he comes to her apartment to find her disoriented and lethargic , mumbling incoherent phrases like " I did n't touch him ; I know you 're not supposed to move them , " occasionally belittling with a maudlin reference to an implied unresolved tension between the two , and the fact that she 's aware that he 's dating an ex - patient . , who had earlier claimed to have killed both of his parents , has his account contradicted by when he finds 's mother ( ) and her dog living in a bare house , confused about 's identity ( she insists that he is ) and refusing to respond to his questions . 's mother insists on feeding , but when she opens the fridge it is completely empty . Her head starts bleeding and when attempts to help her , her dog bites him . 
 At the clinic , whilst having his dog - bitten arm treated , discusses the visit with a present police officer ( ) who is curious as to why he would visit that house . explains what happened , but the police officer tells him that he had attended the funeral for the woman who lived there several months ago . This seems to send into a fugue in which the same scene and dialogue is repeated several times . 
 Later , contacts a waitress named ( ) , with whom has mentioned that he had fallen in love . She is an aspiring actress and he meets her at a script reading where she is reading lines from Hamlet with another man . She agrees to take him to , but after a long trip down winding staircases he loses her . When he gets back to the rehearsal room , she is there reading the same lines as when he first encountered her . 
 The search continues until 11:33 pm on Saturday , less than half an hour before plans to kill himself . At a bookshop known to have been frequented by , finds a painting that had painted and bartered for books about 's favorite artist . He learns that the artist killed himself on the Brooklyn Bridge on his twenty - first birthday . 's twenty - first birthday is Sunday , and realizes that plans to commit suicide on the Brooklyn Bridge in imitation of the artist . 
 finds on the Brooklyn Bridge in a physical atmosphere ( fog - like ) that is increasingly unraveling . After failing to dissuade , turns away as puts the gun in his mouth and pulls the trigger . 
 The car crash of the first scene is then reprised . was fatally wounded in the crash but , in his last moments , is suffering survivor guilt . Each of the characters introduced earlier in the film was in fact a random spectator at the site of the crash , including ( a doctor ) , and ( a nurse ) , who treat in an attempt to save him . The brief remarks they make are the same ones heard previously by their counterparts earlier . They fail to rescue , and dies , but not before seeing as and proposing to her , which accepts out of sympathy . 
 The entire film up until 's death had perhaps existed only in his mind during his last moments . However , there are clues that the people surrounding as he lay dying were actually drawn into another world in some way . For instance , after dies and is being loaded into a body bag , counterpart is heard telling her name to the police as . Since died before hearing this , he would have no way of knowing how to " dream " her true name . Additionally , before parting , appears to get a flash in his mind of the experiences and asks out for coffee .

In the near future , the United States Navy develops an aviation program to deal with international terrorists and other enemies of the state quickly and quietly , and project controller Captain is authorized to develop new technology to achieve these objectives . First , the project develops the F / A-37 Talon , a single - seat fighter with impressive payload , speed , and stealth capabilities . Over 400 pilots apply to participate , but only three are chosen : smart hotshot Lieutenant , tomboyish Lieutenant , and street - wise , philosophical Lieutenant . Their first test mission scores 100/100 , resulting in optimum hostile target elimination with negligible collateral damage . 
 hires Dr. to develop an artificial intelligence ( AI ) , the " EDI " , which will fly an unmanned combat air vehicle . The autonomous fighter jet is placed on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Philippine Sea to learn combat maneuvers from the pilots . This sparks some controversy . On the one hand , human pilots possess both creativity and moral judgment , while a machine can not fully appreciate the ugliness of war ; additionally , if robots fought the battles and soldiers no longer died in combat , then war would no longer be terrible and might become like sport . In contrast , a machine pilot is not subject to the physical limitations of a human pilot , can calculate alternative ways to achieve objectives faster and more accurately , and theoretically does not have ego . 
 The team is training EDI in air combat maneuvers when they are unexpectedly reassigned to take out the heads of three terrorist cells at a conference in downtown Rangoon . EDI calculates that mission success can be achieved only through a vertical strike , which could cause the pilot to black out and result in collateral damage . Command orders EDI to take the shot , but ignores the order and attacks in his own plane , successfully carrying out the strike . 
 As the team returns to the Lincoln , EDI is hit by lightning which reprograms its neural patterns . Aboard ship , the already - sophisticated AI is discovered to be learning exponentially , developing a rudimentary ethical code and an ego . However , refuses to take it offline . During the next strike , to destroy several stolen nuclear warheads in Tajikistan , realizes that the nuclear debris will cause significant collateral damage . The human pilots decide to abort , but EDI defies orders and fires missiles at the nuclear warheads , causing the predicted radioactive fallout . 
 orders the UCAV brought back to base , and attempts to reason with EDI , but the AI refuses to stand down . , taking things into his own hands , orders that EDI be shot down , and opens fire , but misses . Blinded by the explosion , crashes into a mountainside . 's plane is hit by debris from the explosion , resulting in loss of hydraulics of her port wing and canard , which in turn triggers the plane 's auto - destruct , forcing her to eject over North Korea . , now the only pilot airborne , must alone stop the EDI from executing a twenty - year - old war scenario called " Caviar Sweep " and attacking a false target in Russia . 
 chases EDI into Russian territory over the Buryat Republic , and after several attacks from Russian aircraft damage both planes , he calls a truce with the UCAV in order both to keep it from falling into enemy hands and to be able to rescue from North Korea . instructs him to make an emergency landing with EDI in Alaska . and his financial accomplice , , are being held accountable for EDI 's behavior and faces court - martial and possible discharge from the military . He seeks to eliminate witnesses by leaving stranded in North Korea – where she is headed south to the border under hot pursuit from the Korean People 's Army – and also by having eliminated in Alaska ; he also sends Orbit to erase EDI 's data to ensure its silence . 
 crash lands at the Alaska base , surviving with minor injuries . Already suspecting of treachery , he narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by a doctor , who tries to inject him with a tetanus shot which is actually poison . The pair struggle , and the doctor is injected with the poison and dies . then heads to the hangar , to find EDI and the intact plane . Meanwhile , when Orbit places EDI into an interface , the AI expresses sadness and regret for its transgressions . Orbit realizes that it has developed its own sentience , to the point of having feelings . Excited by this discovery , Orbit is unwilling to carry out his order to erase EDI 's memory . After ensuring Orbit 's escape , flies off to North Korea with EDI , contacting the Lincoln 's skipper , Captain to inform him about ' deceit . confronts and places him under arrest , but the latter commits suicide instead after a final call to ( who refused to answer the phone ) . 
 eventually finds the injured and embattled near the border between North and South Korea . He and EDI land and he goes to her aid . The two make a run for the border , chased by Korean People 's Army soldiers and a Mil Mi-8 helicopter . Out of ammunition and taking damage from the Mi-8 , the EDI sacrifices itself by ramming the helicopter , destroying both . This allows and to escape into South Korea , where they are found by US military forces soon afterwards . After attending 's funeral aboard the Abraham Lincoln , awkwardly expresses his feelings of love to . 
 In a post - credits scene , the camera pans over the debris - strewn scene on the border between the Koreas . EDI 's " brain " turns back on , implying it is still functional .

U.S. energy giant Connex Oil is losing control of key oil fields in a Persian Gulf kingdom ruled by the family . The emirate 's foreign minister , Prince , has granted natural gas drilling rights to a Chinese company , greatly upsetting the U.S. oil industry and the U.S. government . To compensate for its decreased production capacity , Connex initiates a shady merger with Killen , a smaller oil company that recently won the drilling rights to key petroleum fields in Kazakhstan . Connex - Killen ranks as the world 's twenty - third largest economy , and antitrust regulators at the DOJ have concerns . A Washington , D.C.-based law firm headed by is hired to smooth the way for the merger . is assigned to promote the impression of due diligence to the DOJ , deflecting any allegations of corruption . 
 is an American energy analyst based in Geneva . 's supervisor directs him to attend a private party hosted by the emir at his estate in Spain , to offer his company 's services . The emir 's illness during the party prevents from speaking directly with him while , at the same time , the emir 's younger son , Prince , shows the estate 's many rooms and areas to Chinese oil executives via remote - controlled cameras . No one notices that a crack in one of the swimming pool area 's underwater lights has electrified the water . Just as and all the other guests are brought to the pool area , 's son jumps into the pool and is electrocuted . 
 In reparation and out of sympathy for the loss of his son , Prince , the emir 's older son , grants 's company oil interests worth $ 75 million , and , though initially insulted by the offer , gradually becomes his economic advisor . Prince is dedicated to the idea of progressive reform and understands that oil dependency is not sustainable in the long term ; wants to utilize his nation 's oil profits to diversify the economy and introduce democratic reforms , in sharp contrast to his father 's repressive government , which has been supported by American interests . His father , at the urging of the American government , names the younger as his successor , causing to attempt a coup . 
 is a veteran CIA agent trying to stop illegal arms trafficking in the Middle East . While on assignment in Tehran to kill two arms dealers , notices that one of two anti - aircraft missiles intended to be used in a bombing was diverted to an Egyptian , while the other explodes and kills the two arms dealers . The dealers are later revealed to be Iranian Intelligence agents . makes his superiors nervous by writing memos about the missile theft and is subsequently reassigned to a desk job . However , unaccustomed to the political discretion required , he quickly embarrasses the wrong people by speaking his mind and is sent back to the field with the assignment of assassinating Prince , whom the CIA identifies as being the financier behind the Egyptian 's acquisition of the missile . Prior to his reassignment , confides in his ex - CIA agent friend , , that he will return to Lebanon . advises him to clear his presence with Hezbollah so they know he is not acting against them . travels to Lebanon , obtains safe passage from a Hezbollah leader , and hires a mercenary named to help kidnap and kill . But has become an Iranian agent and has abducted . tortures and prepares to behead him , but the Hezbollah leader arrives and stops him . 
 When the CIA learns that plans to broadcast the agency 's intention to kill , they set up as a scapegoat , portraying him as a rogue agent . 's boss , , worries that might talk about the assassination plan and that killing with a drone would make it obvious as an American - backed assassination . He has 's passports revoked , locks him out of his computer at work , and initiates an investigation of him . , however , learns from that , working on behalf of a group of businessmen calling themselves The Committee to Liberate Iran , is responsible for 's blackballing and the assassination , and threatens him and his family unless he halts the investigation and releases 's passports . 
 returns to the Middle East and approaches Prince 's convoy to warn him of the assassination plan . As he arrives , a guided bomb from a circling Predator drone strikes the automobile of and his family , killing them instantly . , having earlier offered his seat in 's car to members of his family , survives the missile strike and goes home to his wife and son . 
 Pakistani migrant workers and his son board a bus to go to work at a Connex refinery , only to discover that they have been laid off . Since the company had provided food and lodging , the workers face the threat of poverty and deportation due to their unemployed status . desperately searches for work but is refused because he does n't speak Arabic . and his friend join a madrasa to learn Arabic in order to improve their employment prospects . While playing soccer , they meet a charismatic cleric who eventually leads them to execute a suicide attack on a Connex - Killen tanker using an explosive from the missing Tehran missile . 
 meets with , who is convinced that bribed someone to get the drilling rights in Kazakhstan . While investigating Connex - Killen 's records , discovers a wire transfer of funds that leads back to a transaction between Texas oilman and Killen colleague and Kazakh officials . tells Connex - Killen of his discovery , and they pretend not to have known about it . advises that he will likely be charged with corruption in order to serve as a " body " to get the DOJ off the back of the rest of Connex - Killen . U.S. Attorney then strong - arms into giving the DOJ information about illegal activities he has discovered . gives up , but says this is not enough . meets with the CEO of Killen Oil , , and informs him that the DOJ needs a second body in order to drop the investigation . asks whether a person at 's firm above him would be sufficient as the additional body . acknowledges that if the name were big enough , the DOJ would stop the investigation and allow the merger . 
 is brought by his colleague and mentor to meet with the Chairman & CEO of Connex Oil , . reveals an under - the - table deal that made while the Connex - Killen merger was being processed . has given Hewitt to the DOJ as the second body , thereby protecting the rest of Connex - Killen . is able to accept the " Oil Industry Man of the Year " award with a load taken off his shoulders .

is a shy 17 - year - old in a family of four in suburban Oregon . He has a persistent thumb - sucking habit his father disapproves of , which has led to major orthodontic repair . He addresses his parents by their first names , and , so as not to make his father feel old . , a registered nurse , is idly fascinated by actor , entering a contest to win a date with him . She insists it is " innocent fun " , but is inordinately concerned with looking attractive for the contest . 
 struggles on his school 's debate team , led by Mr. which he joined to get closer to his environmentalist classmate . He tries to start a relationship with her , but she rejects him after he can not open up to her about his thumb - sucking habit . 
 At a regular checkup , 's orthodontist , Dr. , indicates he can tell that is still sucking his thumb , and attempts hypnosis , coaching to find his power animal ( a deer ) and suggesting that his thumb will taste like echinacea . This works , and finds his thumb distasteful , but falls deeper into frustration without the crutch . After conspires with his brother to disrupt Dr. in a bicycle race with 's father , his school counselor prods the to give him Ritalin . While his parents wring their hands over the idea , insists that he needs the help . 
 Almost immediately after beginning treatment , begins to have elevated energy , confidence and focus . He begins to excel on the debate team , unseating from the star position ; she quits the team and drifts into the stoners crowd . 's newfound aggressiveness nets the debate team repeated awards . Simultaneously , he begins to challenge the neuroses of the adults around him , especially their struggles with aging . With a somewhat deceitful cover letter , he applies to NYU , in spite of his mother 's urging that he go to college closer to home . 
 After rambling incoherently at the state debate championship , quits the debate team , throws away the pills , and seeks out to hook him up with pot . During their smoking sessions , blindfolds him and engages with him in kissing and other sexual activity , which interprets as a relationship . But when he broaches the subject , tells him otherwise , calling their meetings an " experiment . " He quits both her and the drugs . 
 Both and his father suspect that is having an affair with after she is transferred to a celebrity rehab facility where has been committed . Attempting to catch his mother in the act , he instead meets sneaking a smoke in the bushes , and learns the unromantic truth . The next day , he receives an acceptance letter from NYU . 
 During a final checkup , Dr. reveals to his discovery that thumb - sucking is not a medically debilitating problem , and says that everyone has their own flaws and nobody has all the answers — that in fact learning to live without having the answers is ( perhaps ) the answer . On his flight to New York , dreams of reaching his goal of being a TV anchor , " sharing the truth with the world " . He wakes up after sleeptalking to find his thumb in his mouth and an attractive girl smiling at him . Slightly embarrassed but self - confident , he introduces himself .

Lou Taylor Pucci, Keanu Reeves, Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio

One week before her vaginoplasty , a conservative transgender woman named ( ) receives an unexpected phone call from a young man named ( ) , a 17 - year - old jailed in New York City . He asks for ( 's birth name ) , claiming to be 's son . 
 was previously unaware she had a son ; she now wants to break with her past and renounce him . However , 's therapist ( ) refuses permission for her operation if she does not face up to her past ties before facing her new future . 
 flies from Los Angeles to New York City to bail out of jail . is a foul - mouthed runaway plus small - time drug user and male " hustler " . His mother committed suicide when he was a child after which he was raised by his stepfather , whom he says he does not want to see . 
 pretends to be a Christian missionary and persuades to ride with her back to the West Coast , secretly planning to leave him at his stepfather 's along the way . When they arrive in the town of Callicoon , Kentucky,[5 ] it turns out that 's stepfather was very abusive and he molested him several times in his youth . To 's dismay , her plan to leave with him fails miserably . and continue driving to Los Angeles together . They also stop by a house in Dallas where a group of transgender women ( many of whom are old friends of 's ) are hosting a gender pride gathering . Later on in the trip , when has to urinate , accidentally discovers that has male genitalia . He tries to be open - minded about it , but is angry that had not told him prior to his unintentional discovery . 
 After their car and money are stolen by a young hitchhiking hippie who calls himself a " peyote shaman " ( ) , makes some money by prostituting himself to a truck driver . To he pretends that he got the money from selling some drugs he had taken along for his own use . They get a ride with a kindly rancher ( ) to 's parents ' house in Phoenix , Arizona . and hit it off very well and flirt a little , which disturbes . Here they find her pampered and self - centred mother ( ) , her Jewish father ( ) who seems to be dominated by , and her rebellious and sarcastic sister ( ) . disapproves of 's transsexuality ( it is mentioned that she has been estranged for some time from her because of her transphobia ) , but is astonished to find out she has a grandson . She is kind to and invites him to stay and live with them . likes the luxury and kindness , but hesitates because he does not like how disrespectful they are to . Realizing he has feelings for , he tries to seduce her , saying that he will marry her if she wants . realizes she must tell the truth immediately , saying that she was his real father . is appalled and infuriated that had not disclosed this earlier . Overnight he steals money and valuable antiques from the house and disappears . Heartbroken , returns to Los Angeles via a plane ticket bought by her parents . Her family finally accepts her calling herself Bree , she has a completely successful surgery , but she is unhappy because she feels she will never again see or hear from . The therapist visits in recovery and , after she confesses she made a mistake , sobs and cries heavily on her shoulder . 
 Some months later , is surprised to see knock at her front door . invites inside and he reveals to her he has turned 18 , bleached his hair blonde , and has become an adult actor in gay pornographic films in Los Angeles . is vibrant , happy , and enjoying her job as a waitress at the restaurant where she was formerly washing - up . and reconcile , seemingly happy to have each other .

has relocated from southern France to Miami , Florida . As a favor , he becomes a temporary chauffeur for the wealthy family . The marriage of and is under great strain due to the demands of his high - profile government job . bonds with their son , , whom he drives to and from elementary school in his new Audi A8 W12 . Later , a somewhat drunk shows up at 's home and tries to seduce him , but he tactfully sends her home . 
 prepares for the arrival of Inspector , his detective friend from France , who has come to spend his holiday in Florida with . When takes for a medical checkup , he realizes barely in time that impostors have killed and replaced the doctor and receptionist . A lengthy fight erupts between villains , led by , and the unarmed ; which results in the death of one of the fake doctors . escapes with . Just as they arrive at 's house , he receives a phone call , informing him that he and are in the sights of a sniper capable of penetrating the car 's bulletproof glass . is forced to let into the car ; they speed away with , shaking off many pursuing police cars . 
 They arrive at a warehouse , where meets , the ringleader of the operation . is ordered to leave without . He discovers an explosive attached to the car and succeeds in removing it prior to detonation . is returned to his family after the payment of a ransom , but unknown to them and , has been injected with a deadly virus that will eventually kill anyone who the child breathes on . 
 Suspected by everyone except of being one of the kidnappers , tracks down the remaining fake doctor , , with 's assistance . pretends to infect with the same virus , then lets him escape . panics and hurries to a lab to get the cure , with following behind . In his panic , kills , another of 's men , in his attempt to force the scientist in charge of the lab to give him the cure . arrives and kills first another henchman , then ( after revealing the was not infected after all ) ; but when refuses to bargain with him , the scientist hurls the only two vials containing the antidote out of the window into traffic . manages to retrieve only one vial intact . 
 sneaks back into the Billings home and tells an already ailing what is happening . He uses the antidote on . Meanwhile , a coughing , the director of National Drug Control Policy , addresses the heads of many anti - drug organizations from around the world at a conference ; infecting all of them in the process . 
 drives to the house of , who has decided to inject himself with the remaining supply of antidote as a precaution . After dispatching 's many henchmen , has the archvillain at gunpoint . explains that a Colombian drug cartel is paying him to get rid of its enemies ; and that can not risk killing him , for his death would render the antidote unusable . An armed Lola shows up , leading to a standoff . leaves to deal with ; which results in finally killing her by kicking her into a wine rack with sharp metal points . 
 tracks , who is making an escape in his helicopter to a waiting jet . Using a Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster from 's garage , speeds to the airport and boards 's jet by driving onto the runway and climbing onto the jet 's nose gear . After killing the co - pilot ; gets into the interior of the plane and confronts , who pulls a gun on him . When they wrestle for it , a round kills the pilot and the plane crashes into the ocean . incapacitates by paralyzing him ( rendering him immobile while preserving the antidote in his system ) , then pushes his captive and himself out of the sinking plane . Boats converge to pick them up . 
 The are given the antidote . When visits them in the hospital , before entering their room , he sees them with , who is joking with them . He silently walks back to his car , where is waiting . He drops his friend at the airport . Alone , receives a call from a man who needs a transporter , to which he replies : " I 'm listening . "

is a former college football star who , after sustaining a career - ending injury , takes a job handicapping football games . His success at choosing winners catches the eye of , the slick head of one of the biggest sports consulting operations in the United States . takes under his wing , and soon they are making tremendous amounts of money . 
 's in - depth knowledge of the game , leagues , and players brings in big winnings and bigger clients . 's cable television show , The Sports Advisors , skyrockets in popularity when he adds 's slick " " persona to the desk , infuriating , who up to now has been 's in - house expert . 's total image is remade — new car , new wardrobe , and a new look — with the assistance of 's wife , , a hair stylist . 
 Things suddenly go south , however , when begins playing his hunches instead of doing his homework . He loses his touch and is even physically assaulted by the thugs of a gambler who lost a great deal of money following 's advice . and 's once - solid relationship sours . 
 's new high - rolling lifestyle depends entirely on his ability to predict the outcomes of the games . Millions are at stake by the time he places his last bet , and grows increasingly unstable . ( is a recovering gambling addict and alcoholic , among other things . tells early on that 's life is " held together by meetings ; if there 's an ' anonymous ' at the end of it , he goes . He has to . " ) He secretly begins gambling all of his own money on 's picks and becomes suspicious that is having an affair with his wife . 
 The film concludes with 's predictions coming true for the last game , both of which he allegedly determines by flipping coins in a bathroom , as he leaves New York and takes a job as coach of a junior league football team .

In 1968 , as an audience of inmates at Folsom State Prison cheer for band , he waits backstage near a table saw , reminding him of his early life . 
 In 1944 , , then known as , is raised on a cotton farm in Dyess , Arkansas with his brother , father , and mother . is known for his singing of hymns , while his brother trains himself to become a pastor . While is sawing wood for a neighbor with a table saw , goes fishing until he is spotted and reprimanded by his father for wandering off . Both and return home to see dying after being severely injured by the saw in an accident . In 1950 , enlists in the Air Force as , and is stationed in West Germany . He purchases a guitar , and in 1952 , finds solace in writing songs , one of which he develops as " Folsom Prison Blues " . 
 After his discharge , returns to the United States and marries his girlfriend , . The couple moves to Memphis , Tennessee , where works as a door - to - door salesman to support his growing family . He walks past a recording studio , which inspires him to organize a band to play gospel music . 's band auditions for , the owner of Sun Records . After they play " Folsom Prison Blues " , the band receives a contract , and launch to stardom at the beginning of the rock and roll era . 
 The band begins touring as and the Tennessee Two . On tour , meets , with whom he falls in love . begins spending more time with , who divorces her first husband , . After his attempt to woo fails , starts abusing drugs and alcohol . After his behavior reaches a bottom during a performance with , they separate . 
 Later , over 's objections , persuades to come out of semi - retirement , and tour with him . The tour is a success , but backstage , becomes critical of 's influence . After one performance in Las Vegas , and sleep together . The next morning , she notices taking pills , and doubts her choices . At that evening 's concert , , upset by 's apparent rejection , behaves erratically , and eventually passes out on stage . disposes of 's drugs , and begins to write " Ring of Fire " , describing her feelings for him and her pain at watching him descend into addiction . 
 Returning to California , travels to Mexico to purchase more drugs , and is arrested . 's marriage to implodes ; the pair divorce and moves to Nashville in 1966 . Trying to reconcile with , purchases a large house near a lake in Hendersonville . His parents and the extended family arrive for Thanksgiving , at which time dismisses his son 's achievements and behavior . After the meal , 's mother encourages her daughter to help . He goes into detox and wakes with ; she says they have been given a second chance . Though not married , the two begin spending most of their time with each other . 
 discovers that most of his fan mail is from prisoners , who are impressed with his outlaw image . He proposes to Columbia Records that he will record an album live inside Folsom Prison . Despite Columbia 's doubts , says that he will perform , and his label can use the tapes if they wish . At the Folsom Prison concert , says that he has been sympathetic to prisoners , explaining that his arrest for drug possession helped him to relate to them . With this success , embarks on a tour with and his band . On the bus , he stops to talk with and proposes to her , but she turns him down . At the next concert , says she will only speak with him on stage . later performs " Ring of Fire " on stage . After the song , invites to a duet and stops in the middle , saying he can not sing " Jackson " any more unless agrees to marry him . accepts and they share a passionate embrace on stage .

An opening narration explains how humans were unaware that a race of extraterrestrials was making plans to occupy Earth . 
 is a divorced crane operator longshoreman who works at a dock in Brooklyn , New York and lives in Bayonne , New Jersey . is estranged from his children . His former wife , , later drops off the children , 10 - year - old daughter and teenage son , at 's house on her way to visit her parents in Boston . Unexplained changes in the weather occur , with lightning that strikes multiple times in the middle of an intersection and disrupts all electricity . 
 joins the crowd at the scene of the lightning strikes , where a massive " Tripod " war machine emerges from the ground and uses powerful weaponry to destroy the area , disintegrating most of the witnesses into a grey dust and leaving only their empty clothes behind . collects his children , steals a car that had just been repaired , and drives to empty home in suburban New Jersey to take refuge . The next morning , he finds that a Boeing 747 has crashed in the street . A news team scavenging for food and surveying the wreckage explain that there are multiple Tripods that have attacked major cities including New York City , Paris , Washington , D.C. , and London , and have force shields to protect them from human weapons . They also explain the Tripods ' pilots traveled to Earth within the lightning as a way to enter them , which were buried on Earth millions of years prior . decides to take the kids to Boston to be with their mother . The three are forced to abandon their car after a mob sees that it 's working and swarms the vehicle . They later survive a Tripod attack which causes a Hudson River ferry to sink . During a desperate battle between U.S. Marines and the aliens , is forced to choose between being separated from and preventing from joining the fight : he lets go with the Marines , to what appears to be certain death . While escaping , and are offered shelter in the basement of a farmhouse by a man named . 
 The three remain undetected for two days , even as a probe and a group of aliens themselves explore the basement . They discover that the aliens are cultivating a strange red - colored growth ( known as " Red weed " ) across the landscape and it is quickly spreading , covering trees and making its way into the basement : the group deduces the aliens are modifying Earth to be more like their home planet . The next morning , suffers a mental breakdown after witnessing a Tripod harvesting human blood and tissue to fertilize the alien vegetation . Convinced that 's mad shouting will alert the Martians to their location , reluctantly kills him . The basement hideout is eventually exposed when a second probe catches the Ferriers sleeping . is abducted by a nearby Tripod and allows himself to be abducted as well , after picking up a belt of grenades from an abandoned military vehicle . and a number of other abductees use the belt to destroy the Tripod from within , freeing them all . 
 and arrive in a devastated Boston , where they discover the alien vegetation is shriveling up and most of the Tripods have collapsed . When an active Tripod appears , notices birds landing on it , indicating that its shields are offline . alerts the soldiers escorting the fleeing crowd and they shoot it down with anti - tank missiles . As the soldiers advance on the downed Tripod , a hatch opens and a sickly alien struggles halfway out before dying . and reach parents ' house , where they are reunited with and , who is alive after all . 
 A closing narration explains that the aliens ' immune systems could not handle the countless billions of microbes that inhabit the Earth , and that humanity has " earned " the right to the planet by virtue of naturally coexisting with the rest of its biosphere .

( ) and ( ) are divorce mediators in Washington D.C. who " crash " wedding parties to meet and bed women . At the end of a season of successful crashes , takes to a wedding for a daughter of the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury , ( ) . Once inside , the pair set their sights on 's other daughters , ( ) and ( ) . ends up having sex with on a nearby beach during the reception . is possessive and quickly becomes obsessed with , and urges to escape the reception with him . 
 Meanwhile , attempts to court , the maid of honor , but is interrupted by her hotheaded boyfriend , ( ) , who is unfaithful and disrespectful behind her back . When invites and to an extended weekend party at their family compound , overrules to accept and get closer to . 
 and become acquainted with the at their home : the Secretary 's wife ( ) sexually harasses ; 's brother ( ) tries to seduce during the night ; continues to lavish unwanted sexual attention on ; and repeatedly injures during a game of touch football . At dinner , spikes 's wine with eye - drops to make him sick and get more time to connect with . 
 and continue to bond the next day on a sailing trip . The suspicious takes the men on a hunting trip , where is shot in the buttocks . While he recovers , and go on a bike ride to a secluded beach . finally admits she is unsure how she feels about and ends up kissing passionately . Meanwhile , tends to 's wounds and reveals to him that she is not as innocent or inexperienced as she initially let on . realizes that he himself has been played and that he may be in love with . 
 Ready to confess everything to to convince her not to marry , is interrupted by being chased out of the house : has investigated and revealed and 's identities to the family . Betrayed , turns away from and the Secretary tells them to leave . 
 Over the following months , attempts to reach but she refuses to see him . attempts to crash and 's engagement party but is caught and beaten by . Confronting about abandoning him , he learns that has secretly continued his relationship with . Betrayed , spirals into depression , crashing weddings alone and becoming nihilistic and suicidal . Meanwhile , as and plan their wedding , 's doubts grow . proposes to and tries to ask to be his best man , but a depressed refuses . 
 visits 's former wedding crashing mentor , ( an uncredited ) , who convinces him to crash a funeral . While there , he reconsiders his belief in love and marriage and rushes to 's wedding . joins the wedding mid - ceremony to 's delight , but is upset by his appearance , prompting to profess his love to her and his regret for his past behavior in front of the congregation . interrupts , but finally tells him that she can not marry him . tries to attack , but intervenes to knock him out , and and kiss . 
 After the wedding , the two couples drive away from the ceremony together , discussing crashing another wedding together .

Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn, Christopher Walken, Rachel McAdams, Jane Seymour, Bradley Cooper

( ) is a successful architect and lives a peaceful life with his wife ( ) until her unexpected disappearance . Eventually , he is contacted by ( ) , who claims that his own son had also died . He says he has recorded messages from through electronic voice phenomena ( EVP ) . While is initially dismissive and angered , he later learns about his wife 's tragic drowning . Desperate , he begins to believe that the recorded voice is indeed that of his wife . becomes obsessed with trying to contact her himself , despite warnings from a psychic , ( ) , who tries to tell him how the recording can attract other , unwanted entities . A woman named ( ) , who also came to for his EVP work because she lost her fiancé , befriends . 
 is found dead . begins to be followed by three demons attracted by his obsession with EVP , and finds that some of the messages he is coming across are from people who are not yet dead , but may soon be . hears cries from a woman whom he finds in a car with a child . He is able to save the child , but not the woman . At that woman 's funeral , which and both attend , approaches the husband and tells him about what happened . The latter thanks for saving his son but then asks to be left alone . The husband continues to tell to stay away from him and his family . Afterwards , sees images of another person , a missing woman named , while working with his EVP devices . is later seriously injured by a fall from a balcony while possessed by the demons , that incident which was foreshadowed by 's image being among those on the EVP devices . 
 locates the site of his wife 's death by following signs on recordings and he also finds his wife 's abandoned car . finds a set of computers and electronic equipment on site . A construction worker ( ) from his company , who has been doing his own EVP work , is holding captive . He has been under the control of the demons to kill all these people , including . The three demons torture by breaking his arms and legs and cause him to fall to his death , but a SWAT team along with Detective ( ) arrives and are able to save by shooting the construction worker dead . After his funeral , 's voice can be heard on the radio through static interference saying " I 'm sorry " to his son . The child recognizes the voice and smiles . , at the graveside in a wheelchair , is menaced by odd noises . And right before the credits roll in , the camera flashes to a TV where and his wife are visible .

( ) is an alcoholic , burned - out N.Y.P.D. detective . Despite a late shift the night before , his lieutenant orders him to escort a witness , ( ) , from local custody to the courthouse 16 blocks away to testify on a police corruption case before a grand jury at 10 a.m. tries to be friendly with , telling him of his aspirations to move to Seattle to become a cake baker with his sister who he has never met , but is uninterested , and stops at a liquor store . They are suddenly ambushed by a gunman , and drags to a local bar to take shelter and call for backup . 's former partner , ( ) , and several other officers arrive . and his men are part of the corruption scheme , and he tells that is not worth defending as his testimony will likely expose several corrupt officers , including . The corrupt cops try to frame for firing at an officer before they try to kill him . intervenes , rescuing and fleeing . 
 briefly stops at his sister 's ( ) apartment to retrieve guns and ammo , and learns the police have already approached her about his activities earlier that day . He and take steps to further elude the police , and is wounded in the process . They become cornered in a run - down apartment building as and his men search floor by floor . calls the district attorney to arrange for help , but purposely gives the wrong apartment number , suspecting there is a mole involved . and are able to escape onto a passenger bus , and as the police follow them , is forced to treat the passengers as hostages . The bus crashes into a construction site and is soon surrounded by the ESU . Aware that will likely order the ESU to raid the bus , risking the safety of the passengers , allows the passengers to go free , using their cover to allow to sneak off the bus in the confusion . finds a tape recorder in the discarded possessions on the bus , and prepares a farewell message to . 
 To his surprise , returns to the bus ; while is ready to fire on him , is made to stand down by a superior officer . has come to see as his friend and wants to be there for him to see this through . 's tenacity convinces to get to the courthouse , and he manages to drive the bus into an alley , temporarily blocking the police from following them . He finds that has been wounded , and calls , a paramedic , to bring an ambulance around to help , despite knowing she will be followed . cares for and 's wounds , though still needs further treatment at a hospital . As 's ambulance drives away , the police stop her but discover the ambulance is empty ; she had a second ambulance pick up and that would not be under similar surveillance . Meanwhile , reveals to that should he testify , not only will be convicted but so would as one of the corrupt cops . gets off a block from the courthouse and wishes luck with his bakery , instructing the paramedic to take to the Port Authority and put him on a bus for Seattle . promises to send him a cake on his birthday . 
 continues to the courthouse , where the police and ESU are waiting for him , as well as the district attorney . enters the courthouse building through the underground garage , encountering alone , who tries unsuccessfully to dissuade him from testifying in 's place . enters the courthouse proper , where one of 's men ( ) tries to shoot but is killed by one of the ESU snipers . informs the district attorney that he will testify in exchange for having his record expunged , also revealing that he had recorded the conversation with in the garage on the tape recorder , which he submits as evidence . 
 Two years later , is freed from prison . He celebrates his birthday with and other friends , and is surprised to find that the cake had indeed come from , who has been successful in starting " Eddie & Jack 's Good Sign Bakery " in Seattle .

( ) is a persuasive senior from William McKinley High School in Wickliffe , Ohio , who , among other pranks , creates fake IDs . His gifts do not extend to grades , however , and he receives rejection letters from all of the colleges to which he applies , including those with high acceptance rates . In an attempt to gain approval from his strict father ( ) , creates a fake college , the South Harmon Institute of Technology ( S.H.I.T. ) . His best friend , ( ) , who has been accepted into his father 's ( prestigious alma mater , Harmon College , aids and fellow reject ( ) , who only applied to Yale University and was rejected due to legacy preferences ; ( ) , who lost his athletic scholarship after an injury ; and ( ) , who failed his SAT exam due to vacuity . To make the " college " seem legitimate , convinces to create a functional website for the school . 
 When his father insists on meeting the dean , hires 's peculiar uncle , ( ) , a former Harmon College professor , to play that role , and he leases an abandoned psychiatric hospital adjacent to Harmon College and renovates it to look like a college campus . Their plan backfires when the website , which automatically accepts any applicant , enrolls hundreds of other rejected students . realizes that these people have nowhere else to go , so he lets them believe that the school is real , a place where they will finally feel accepted , despite objections from his friends . After a visit to disenchants him with traditional college life , he has the students create their own curricula . Students write down what they want to learn on a giant whiteboard , ranging from the culinary arts , sculpting , meditations , to unusual courses such as psychokinesis , a subject one eccentric kid ( ) wishes to study . 
 creates a school newspaper ( the S.H.I.T. Rag ) , invents a mascot ( the S.H.I.T. Sandwiches ) , and throws themed parties , turning South Harmon into a party school . Meanwhile , the narcissistic dean of Harmon College , ( ) , makes plans to construct the Van Horne Gateway , a park - like " verdant buffer zone " adjacent to the college that the dean hopes will " keep knowledge in and ignorance out " . He dispatches ( ) to free up the nearby properties , but when refuses to relinquish the lease for the South Harmon property , sets to work trying to reveal the college as a fake . The dispute turns personal , since has been vying for the affections of 's ex - girlfriend , Monica ( ) . exposes South Harmon as a fake institution through , who is attempting to join 's fraternity as a legacy , but is constantly humiliated and abused by them . After debasing once more , the fraternity violently forces him to hand over all the files he has created for South Harmon . 
 contacts all the students ' parents , and with , he reveals that the school is a sham . Soon after , the school is forced to close , but Sherman , who has had enough with Harmon College 's corruption , files for accreditation on behalf of South Harmon , giving a chance to make his college legitimate . At the subsequent State of Ohio educational accreditation hearing , makes an impassioned speech about the failures of conventional education and the importance of following one 's own passions , convincing the board to grant his school a one - year probationary accreditation to test his new system , thus foiling Van Horne 's schemes . The college reopens , with more students enrolling , including and . In addition , finally earns the approval of his father , who is proud that his son now owns a college . As the film closes , walks to his car in the parking lot , only to watch it suddenly explode . watches in astonishment as the eccentric student from earlier makes his interest in psychokinetic explosion a reality .

, an 11 - year - old spelling enthusiast , attends Crenshaw Middle School , a predominantly black school in South Los Angeles . She lives with her widowed mother , her older sister , her older brothers and , and her infant niece . Her principal Mr. suggests that she sign up for the Crenshaw Schoolwide Spelling Bee . After being threatened for detention for the remaining of the semester , she enters and wins . Soon after , Dr. Joshua , a visiting English professor and Mr. 's friend from college , tests and decides that she is good enough to compete in the National Spelling Bee . Nevertheless , Dr. declines to coach her because she is rude to him . As a result , studies on her own to prepare for the district spelling bee . Although misspells her word during the final round of the bee , she qualifies for the regional bee when catches the other finalist cheating . also meets and befriends , a 12 - year - old Mexican American boy and fellow speller . invites her to join the spelling club at his Woodland Hills middle school . 
 At Woodland Hills , meets , a Chinese American boy who had won second place at the past two national spelling bees . Contemptuous , he asks her to spell " xanthosis " . When she starts with a " z " , he tells her she needs a coach . At the conclusion of the spelling club meeting , invites to his birthday party . At the party , nearly beats in Scrabble . The boy is reprimanded by his father for nearly losing to " a little black girl " . After the party , is depressed over her husband 's death and concerned about her daughter 's grades and frequent truancy . As she finds out about going alone to Woodland Hills , she subsequently forbids from participating in the upcoming state bee . To circumvent this prohibition , forges her deceased father 's signature on the consent form and secretly studies with Dr. . During the state bee , comes inside and interrupts her daughter before she can spell her word . relents after a side discussion with Dr. and Mr. . protects from disqualification by stalling until she can return . , and advance to the Scripps National Spelling Bee . 
 As Christmas approaches , goes out to buy Dr. a present , but when she meets him , he reveals that he is quitting being her coach because she reminds him of his deceased daughter . Instead , he gives 5,000 flashcards to study . Without her coach , rejected by her best friend Georgia , and feeling the pressure from her neighborhood residents to make them proud , loses her motivation . However , tells her that if she looked around her , she would realize that she has " 50,000 coaches " . recruits her family members , classmates , teachers , friends , and neighbor to prepare in earnest . After reuniting with Dr. , goes to Washington , D.C. with him , along with , Georgia , Mr. , and , unaware that her coach has paid for four of their tickets . Georgia rekindles her friendship with after she invites her . During the competition , becomes a crowd favorite . After all the other competitors are eliminated , only and remain . The two finalists are allowed a break , during which overhears 's father harshly pressuring him to win . attempts to intentionally lose by deliberately misspelling " xanthosis " . , knowing that knows this word , intentionally misspells it as well . tells that he wants a fair competition , rejecting his father 's obsession to win . The two then proceed to spell every word listed by the judges in the hopes of winning the championship together , with earning a share of it by correctly spelling " logorrhea " , much to his father 's delight . spells the last word on the list , " pulchritude " , and the two are declared co - champions amidst a cheering crowd .

In 1796 , is severely ill and taking a recuperative holiday in Bath , Somerset , with his cousin , . It is here that is introduced to his future wife , . Although he initially resists any romantic overtures , she convinces him to relate the story of his career . 
 The story flashes back 15 years to 1782 , and recounts the events that led him to where he is now . Beginning as a young , ambitious , and popular Member of Parliament ( MP ) , he experiences a religious enlightenment and aligns himself with the evangelical wing of the Church of England . contemplates leaving politics to study theology , but is persuaded by his friends , , , and that he will be more effective doing the work of God by taking on the unpopular and dangerous issue of the abolition of the British slave trade . His conviction in the cause deepens following a meeting with his former mentor ( introduced sweeping a church floor dressed in sackcloth ) who is said to live " in the company of 20,000 ghosts ... slaves " . As a former slave ship captain turned Christian , he deeply regrets his past life and the effects on his fellow man . urges to take up the cause . 
 becomes Prime Minister and becomes a key supporter and confidant . gives the opportunity to present a bill before the house outlawing the slave trade . 's passionate campaigning leads him to become highly unpopular in the House of Commons . He is opposed by a coalition of MPs representing vested interests of the slave trade in London , Bristol , Glasgow , and Liverpool led by and . Despite popular support and the assistance of an unlikely ally in the form of , 's bill to abolish the slave trade goes down to defeat . Afterward , the film portrays as one of his few friends and allies remaining in Parliament , however even their relationship becomes strained . , now facing the stresses of leading a shaky coalition during the French Revolutionary Wars , tells that his cause must now wait for a more stable political climate . 
 keeps up the fight but after years of failure he is left exhausted and frustrated that he was unable to change anything in the government . Believing his life 's work has been in vain , he becomes physically ill ( in the film he is depicted as suffering from chronic colitis which causes him to become addicted to laudanum prescribed for the crippling pain ) , which brings the story back up to 1797 . Having virtually given up hope , considers leaving politics forever . convinces him to keep fighting because there is no other person who is willing or able to do so . A few days afterward , and marry . Several years pass with no further success . 's wife and new children provide him with the support and strength needed to carry on the fight . 
 Finally , with a renewed hope for success devises a backdoor method of slowly weakening the slave trade through seemingly innocuous legislation . Aided by , , and new ally and cheered on by the now terminally ill , he reintroduces his bill to abolish the slave trade . In time , after the 20 - year campaign and many attempts to bring legislation forward , he is eventually responsible for a bill being passed through Parliament in 1807 , which abolishes the slave trade in the British Empire forever .

On the morning after his re - election , US President ( ) decides to read the newspaper for the first time in four years . This starts him down a slippery slope . He begins reading obsessively , reexamining his " black - and - white " view of the world in a more " gray - seeming " way , and holing up in his bedroom in his pajamas . Frightened by the President 's apparent nervous breakdown , his Chief of Staff ( ) pushes him back into the spotlight , booking him as a guest judge on the television ratings juggernaut ( and the President 's wife 's personal favourite ) , the weekly talent show American Dreamz . America can not seem to get enough of American Dreamz , hosted by self - aggrandizing , self - loathing ( ) , ever on the lookout for the next insta - celebrity . His latest crop of hopefuls includes ( ) , a conniving steel magnolia with a devoted , dopey veteran boyfriend ( ) , and ( ) . 
 Because 's mother died in the Middle East in an American attack , he joined a group of jihadists . He was an actor in an instruction film for terrorists , but he was too clumsy , and his interest in show tunes was frowned upon . Therefore , he was sent to the U.S. to await further instructions , but the leaders expected they could not use him . He moved to Southern California to live with his extended family there , including his effeminate cousin ( ) and ( ) . hoped to be selected to participate in American Dreamz , but in a misunderstanding , was selected instead . becomes angered by this at first but later agrees to help win and makes himself his manager . 
 's terrorist organization now sees an opportunity : is instructed to make it to the finale , and kill the President in a suicide attack . He succeeds in getting to the finale . Security is bypassed by assembling the bomb after the security check , in the toilet , from small parts smuggled in ( the smaller pieces of explosive are disguised as chewing gum ) . agrees , but changes his mind and disposes of the bomb in the trash can . 
 is the other finalist . Earlier in the film , she had dumped because she believed that her life would 've gone nowhere if she still had him for a boyfriend and that he 'd only drag her down . This drove to join the army , only to be wounded in Iraq and sent back to the U.S. For the purpose of the show and at the insistence of her agent , ( ) , has to pretend that she still loves . On the eve of the American Dreamz finale , proposes to , which she rejects until decides to boost 's popularity and chances of winning the show by asking to do the proposal on air . However , witnesses having sex with , and is furious . When he throws out the engagement ring , he finds the bomb tossed in the trash can . He then comes out on stage and threatens to detonate it . While the other people evacuate , starts singing and , who refuses to let go of the camera , films it . As reaches the end of the song , he detonates the bomb by walking into the camera , killing both himself and . The film then cuts to shots of people dialing up their cell phones to vote in for the winner . It is eventually revealed that was voted the surprise winner of American Dreamz . 
 The epilogue reveals what each of the characters went on to do after the end of last season . went on to become a successful star of his own Broadway revue , where he is shown performing a scene from the musical Grease . The President makes his wife his new Chief of Staff . And becomes the new host of American Dreamz .

This documentary film addresses the birth and evolution of hardcore punk rock from 1978 to 1986 ( although the packaging says 1980 - 1986 ) . The documentary boasts extensive underground footage shot during the height of the hardcore movement . It features exclusive interviews with early hardcore punk music artists from bands such as Black Flag , Minor Threat , Bad Brains , and many more .

The story centers around four gay friends who have recently graduated from San Torum High School . ( ) is an awkward , sex - crazed character who frequently masturbates with his mother 's fruits and vegetables . ( ) is a handsome and fit jock who is quite insecure . ( ) is a nerdy , well - dressed guy who is secretly in love with . ( ) is the most flamboyant , outgoing , and effeminate of the group . The four of them decide to make a pact to have sex by the end of the summer . Each boy proceeds to pursue sex in different ways , with both tragic and comedic results . tries to secure an online date with a man named ( ) , but ends up with the grandfather ( ) of their lesbian friend . seeks out fellow jocks , including a baseball pitcher named ( ) , while tries to earn the affection of ( ) , a male stripper ; and leave these men to have sex with each other instead , because they are in love . , having failed to seduce his long - time crush , his math teacher , Mr. ( ) , has a threesome with the rejected and . Much of the humor comes from how awkward each boy is at romance and how naive they are about sex . Each plot backfires horribly , until the boys finally begin to change their attitudes towards sex at the end of the film .

While hunting in the Mesoamerican rainforest , ( ) , his father ( ) , and their fellow tribesmen encounter a procession of refugees fleeing warfare . The group 's leader explains that their lands were ravaged and they seek a new beginning . He asks for permission to pass through the jungle . comments to his son that the visitors were sick with fear , and urges him to never allow fear to infect him . 
 At sunrise the next morning the tribe 's village is raided by a group led by ( ) . Huts are set on fire , many villagers are killed , including , and the rest of the adults are taken captive . heavily pregnant wife ( ) and their young son ( ) escape by hiding in a small natural pit cave that also serves as a water reservoir , but are left trapped when is captured . The raiders then lead the captives on a long forced march through the jungle , having left the children behind to fend for themselves . 
 On the journey ( ) , a badly wounded captive , is killed by the sadistic Middle Eye ( ) , eliciting anger from , who threatens his fellow raider with death if he kills another captive without permission . As the party approaches the Mayan city from which the raiders come , they encounter razed forests and failed maize crops , along with villages decimated by an unknown disease . A little girl ( ) infected with the illness prophesies death and the end of the Mayan world . Once the raiders and captives reach the city the females are sold as slaves while the males are escorted to the top of a step pyramid to be sacrificed before the Mayan King ( ) and Queen ( ) . 
 As a result of a solar eclipse and the superstitions surrounding it , and the remaining captives are spared from being sacrificed by beheading . Instead , they are ordered to be taken away and " disposed of " . They are offered freedom if they can avoid being killed during target practice by and his men . After some tribesmen are killed , is severely injured but kills son ( ) and escapes into the jungle . sets off with eight comrades to chase down and kill . Back in his native jungle , now has the advantage , although he is badly injured . Most of his pursuers — including and — are gradually killed off via clever conceits and traps laid out by until there are only two left to hunt him . 
 The drought breaks and heavy rain begins to fall , threatening to drown family , who are still trapped in the pit cave despite their attempts to escape . Seven gives birth to another son , who is born into the now dangerously rising water . Meanwhile , the two remaining raiders chase out of the undergrowth towards the coast . As they reach the beach , all three are stopped in their tracks by the sight of conquistador ships anchored off the coast and Europeans making their way ashore holding up a large cross . escapes while the two raiders remain , seemingly mesmerized at the conquistadors ' presence . returns in time to save his family from the flooded pit . He is overjoyed at the sight of his new baby son . 
 Sometime later , as the reunited family look out over the water at the Spanish ships , decides not to risk approaching the conquistadors , insisting his family head back into the jungle . They depart in search of a new home and a new beginning .

14 - year - old best friends ( ) and ( ) are upset to know that they will be separated in three days as has to move to Australia because of her mother 's ( ) work . , sensible and slightly naive , looks up to as a mother figure in some ways , since her parents drowned in a boat accident years before . She now lives with her grandparents ( and ) by the beach near , who is more daring and adventurous in the small beach town . 
 One night while the girls have a slumber party , prays to the ocean god for a miracle that will make her mother change her mind about moving . Minutes later , a violent storm occurs . The following morning , accidentally slips into the local beach club swimming pool and notices something strange under the water with blue hair and a tail . She tries to tell herself it was only a figment of her imagination since she 's been afraid of water ever since her parents ' deaths , but convinces to come back and explore it later that night . When they do , they find a mermaid named ( ) . They instantly become friends and tells the girls that she needs to prove to her father that true love exists or she 'll be made to get married to a man she does n't know when she returns home . She also explains that if you help a mermaid , you get a wish . 
 immediately sets her eyes on ( ) , the lifeguard who and have had a crush on for years . They are reluctant at first , but know it is their last hope , so they agree to help her . However , because is n't human , she does n't understand that people do n't just love one another instantly , and is rejected by when they first meet . Still , the girls promise to make fall in love with over the next three days . They use strategies found in the magazines that and read , and proceed to stalk around town so he can notice more and more . 
 At the street fair , spends the day with . While spending time together alone in the water watching the sunset , he mentions that he wants to see her at a party , The Last Splash , the following night , but she flees before she can give him an answer knowing a sunset can cause her legs to transform back into a tail . and show a water tower for her to spend the night in , and promise to visit her the next day . In the morning , the three take a bus to Tampa to buy new outfits for the party . 
 For years , and have had disagreements with a more popular group of girls , especially ( ) , who also has a crush on . lies and tells him that the reason left so soon is to be with her boyfriend , so invites to the party instead . Later that day , goes to find to tell him that made the whole thing up , and he and reconcile . At the party , and bond more , but before she flees again because of another sunset , she kisses him and asks him to meet her on the pier in the morning . When the three girls leave the party , follows them to the water tower and discovers 's secret . She unhooks the ladder to prevent from getting down and calls the news so they can expose her on national television . However , in the night , the town 's mysterious handyman ( ) helps her out and promises not to tell anyone what he knows . grants him a wish for helping her out . When shows up with her father , ( ) , a news and weather reporter to expose Aqua , the rescue team just finds a toy dolphin in the water tower and the whole crowd , including the rescue workers , all laugh at and . Humiliated , outraged and knowing that his career may now be ruined , takes 's car away from her — permanently as a punishment and tells that when she walks to school every day , she can think about why she needs to have so much attention , much to ’s dismay . 
 After a while , although he cares for her a lot , still has not fallen in love with . They meet on the pier where interrupts and pushes into the ocean . 's father calls her back home in a giant storm , but and swim after her as tries to defy her father again . They discover the meaning of platonic love and 's father is satisfied knowing love is real , and the girls receive their wish . They decide to not use it to keep from moving away , and instead , they part ways with , with promises of loving each other forever .

Starting from childhood attempts at illustration , young pursues his true obsession to art school . enrolls in Strathmore , an urban college . His roommates are aspiring filmmaker and closeted - gay fashion major . looks for love amongst the coeds , but is turned off by them all , before falling in love with the art model , . In his art classes , he forms a friendship with perennial loser , , who guides him through the college scene and introduces him to a failed artist , , a belligerent drunk . 
 As learns how the art world really works , he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him . The community has been wracked by a serial killer , , who has confounded the police . As slowly loses his idealism at art school , he finds himself in competition with a strange newcomer , ( an undercover detective ) , both for 's affection and for artistic recognition . 
 In a wild attempt to win a prestigious art competition , asks for , and gets , 's paintings , all of which are of the 's victims . leaves a lit cigarette in 's apartment by accident , setting a fire and burning up the apartment and . The police arrest as the ( who in fact was ) ; realizes that her true love is and that she was stupid to be in love with ( who is actually married ) ; and is sent to prison . 's paintings , especially one of , become prized by collectors ; scores a huge hit with his documentary of the called My Roommate : The Murderer . In prison , continues to paint and sells his works at high prices , not caring that people think he is the killer , while all the while is still in love with him . At the end , and share a kiss through the protective glass .

The story is set during the Great Depression , specifically around the time of the 1933 Long Beach earthquake . ( ) is a fiery , beautiful Mexican café waitress who aspires one day to be above her current standing in society , to make something of herself , to give her and her future children a place and chance in the world . 's character is portrayed as a struggling writer who comes to Los Angeles 's Bunker Hill area to start his writing career . Though he falls in love with , he does not marry her . Later , is infected by tuberculosis and leaves without informing him . When finds her , she is about to die and he promises to marry her , but dies and writes a novel dedicated to . writes a dedication in one of his books to her and throws it into the sand .

Set in London , the film opens with American best - selling author in a speeding car with her companion , , a famous English football star . takes the man 's hand and begins masturbating with it , all the while increasing her vehicle 's speed . At the point of orgasm , veers off the road and crashes into the West India Docks in Canary Wharf . She attempts to save her partner but , as she says while being questioned by the police , " When it came down to it , I guess my life was more important to me than his " . 
 is interrogated by Scotland Yard Detective Supt . , who notes that D - Tubocurarine , a neuromuscular blocking agent used to relax muscles during general anaesthesia , was found in her car and in her companion 's body , and the companion was n't breathing at the time of the crash , and that a man named " said that he sold Tramell " 15 milliliters of DTC last Thursday " . counters by saying that must be lying because " you 've got him on some other charge and he 's trying to deal his way out , if he even exists " . 
 begins therapy sessions with Dr. , who has conducted a court - ordered psychiatric exam and given testimony in her case . strongly suspects that is a narcissist incapable of telling the difference between right and wrong . begins to play mind games with , who becomes increasingly frustrated with , yet intrigued by , this mysterious woman . Soon , 's own life begins a spiral of destruction . 
 One night , goes on a date with , and has rough , violent sex with her after dealings with . receives a phone call from his ex - wife , , in a state of distress . Her partner , , a journalist writing a negative story about Dr. , has been found strangled to death . suspects that committed the murder and is attempting to frame him for it . More murders begin to surface around as his obsession with grows and his career and life are threatened – he finds his ex - wife in a bathroom with her throat slit after they have an altercation in a bar . Later , is killed – eventually , he himself can no longer tell right from wrong , and the police begin to suspect of involvement in the crimes . He confronts at her apartment where they engage in passionate sex . 
 The situation comes to a head during a confrontation between and at her apartment where , after a struggle , attempts to kill . gives a copy of the draft of her next novel , titled The Analyst . After reading it , he realises that has novelised most of the recent events with herself and other people related to , even himself , as characters . Then it turns out that the character based on herself is going to kill a therapist based on 's colleague , Dr. . 
 runs to 's apartment to warn her , finding there to his dismay . tells him that he is no longer in charge of 's therapy and that he 's going to have his license revoked , due to bad practice regarding 's treatment . There is a struggle between and , in which the latter is knocked out . then threatens Glass with a gun she carries , but takes it away from her . When arrives at the scene , shoots him because told him he had killed the girlfriend of one of 's patients just to " nail him " . 
 In the final scene , pays a visit to at a local mental hospital where he has been institutionalised , and he learns from her that the subject of her latest best - selling novel was a man very much like him . claims that she manipulated into committing all those murders for her own amusement , and flashbacks are shown of committing the murders . leaves with a wicked smirk on her face , while continues to sit silently in his wheelchair , stymied by frustration and rage .

Sharon Stone, David Morrissey, David Thewlis, Charlotte Rampling

At the funeral of their German - born grandfather ( ) , brothers and ( and ) discover that family tradition demands they travel to Munich during Oktoberfest to spread his ashes on the . 
 In Munich the brothers unintentionally start a brawl that takes down an entire Oktoberfest tent . They participate in Beerfest , an underground drinking game tournament , run by Baron ( ) , where they discover that the von are related to the . The German team reveals that was a stable boy who stole the recipe for " the greatest beer in all ze world " decades ago and ran away with his prostitute mother , . Swearing to get revenge on the Germans , and return to Colorado , where they recruit college drinking friends for an American Beerfest team . Among them are : who is good at drinking games like Beer Pong and has since become a male prostitute , who has a PhD in Chemistry , and who has been known to drink copious amounts of beer . 
 During the team 's year of drinking training , and find out their grandfather did not steal the family beer recipe , but was actually the rightful heir to the family brewery in Bavaria . The team uses the rediscovered recipe to brew Schnitzengiggle Beer , which is so good it literally makes them cry . After the German team receive a bottle of Schnitzengiggle in the mail , the clan goes to America to take the recipe back . Their agent ( ) steals the receipe off 's computer , and drowns in a beer vat when he catches her . Thinking he committed suicide , the team decides to disband , but change their mind when 's twin brother joins . Like his brother , has been known to drink copious amounts of beer and he even invites the other members of the team to call him " " in honor of his dead brother . 
 In Germany , the team uses an empty wooden keg as a Trojan Horse to get inside , where they emerge to boos and jeers . The Americans are allowed to participate after and show how uncannily they resemble the two Beerfest founders , thus convincing the crowd of their von Wolfhausen ancestry . In the finals ( bootline chug ) , tells at a crucial moment how his brother died , causing to crack and the Germans to win . 
 offers the Germans a double or nothing opportunity . The Germans tell they already have the recipe and thus no need for a rematch , but points out that only stole a recipe for a low - carb strawberry beer , which prompts to have killed . When one of the von Wolfhausens knocks off 's yarmulke , he enters into a state of purely concentrated rage ( the " Eye of the Jew " ) which allows him to coach the team to victory , barely gaining the win when the German team 's anchor fails to finish " Das Boot " ( Boot of beer ) by one drop . 
 In the post credits , the team go to Amsterdam to celebrate their victory in winning the brewery . Upon their travels they find who is in need of a team for an international pot smoking contest .

The film is shot as a documentary set in a world where the killers depicted in famous slasher films are real . A female journalist named and her two cameramen , and , document the preparations of as he prepares to join the ranks of other slasher villains . takes his identity from an urban legend about a boy who killed his family and was cast into a river by angry townsfolk . 
 He initially claims to be the vengeful spirit of the slain boy but soon admits that he is an ordinary man named who must rely on conventional tactics rather than supernatural powers . and her crew film 's meticulous preparations to slaughter a number of teenagers in an abandoned house and then be confronted by a virginal " survivor girl " , . and her crew come to share 's enthusiasm for his project , but their consciences catch up with them on the night of the murders . 
 They beg to call off his killing spree , but is adamant , believing that his survivor girl will define herself by facing him . and her crew abandon their documentary and at this point the film shifts from a documentary style to a traditional horror film presentation . attempts to warn and rally the remaining teens together to fight , but 's preparations repeatedly give him the upper hand . The group looks to - who is revealed to be very sexually active - for leadership , but she unexpectedly dies when trying to escape . 
 quickly realizes that , as a virgin herself , she was 's true survivor girl all along . continues picking off the group one - by - one until only remains . She faces and defeats him in the exact manner he had laid out for her , then burns down the shed in which he was defeated . She then runs into and who survived their encounters with . However , 's preparations included learning to feign death and slathering himself with flame - retardant gel . 
 Over the final credits , security camera footage reveals 's charred body sitting up on an autopsy table , still alive , accompanied by the song " Psycho Killer " by Talking Heads .

In New York City , works as a cook in a Mexican restaurant owned by his stern chef brother , . The establishment is getting ready for the noon rush . , the waitress , arrives late for the second day in a row and fires her on the spot . As leaves , she drops her teddy bear ; retrieves it and chases her into the subway to hand it back . When asked why she was late , she tells him she is pregnant and was ill from morning sickness . offers her a stroll around the city , which she accepts . He takes to 's colleague 's restaurant to recommend her for a waitressing position . While they dine to wait for the response , tells him she does not intend to proceed with her pregnancy and is seriously considering an abortion partly because the father is uninterested in supporting her and she is broke . 
 agrees to go with him to the beach but says he has to go back to the restaurant and get his wallet . When he returns , rebukes him for flaking at work for . After argues with his brother over his oppressive demeanor , fires him . then boards a train with to his home . During the trip he persuades to give up the unborn child for adoption , but she argues in favor of her bodily integrity . takes her to his parents ' house and introduces her to his family . He takes into the garage and shows her his old car which , a few years ago , he reveals he had been driving during the peak of his career as a soccer player and accidentally hit and killed a little girl . He was then sentenced to four years in prison for involuntary manslaughter . After being released he tried unsuccessfully multiple times to reconcile with the girl 's single mother , and the tragedy has since left him scarred for life . 
 's parents invite to have dinner during which time she finds out that was adopted . They tell her she is always welcome to stay at their house . takes to the beach nearby the house where she tells him how her father 's death when she was twelve caused her and her mother severe emotional pain . Because she had no siblings and spent her childhood taking care of her emotionally crippled mother , she tells how fortunate he is to have a loving family , and hopes someday she would meet a man who loves her and is as capable of raising a family as her father was . The next day , before they each go their own way , says she needs a friend to be there for her the next week . walks back to the restaurant and reconciles with . 
 Several years later , is playing on a beach with a young girl . When arrives she meets for the first time her daughter , , who is revealed to have been adopted by . The girls exchange gifts : gives the teddy bear given to her by her father , while hands a seashell . Afterwards , and the girls stroll down the beach together .

( ) has been assigned a desk job in public relations as an FBI agent , since he wants to live with his new wife , ( ) , during her delivery for the couple 's new baby boy . Meanwhile , an incident occurs in Orange County , California , where 's old friend , ( ) , has been killed while he was going undercover . 
 FBI agent ( ) is doing surveillance on a former U.S. Army military intelligence specialist named ( ) , who has since retired and is working for a private corporation called National Agenda Software . The FBI has soon discovered that is developing a computer worm which will create backdoors into the databases of all the branches of the U.S. government . Affected by his friend 's death , asks FBI chief , ( ) , to put him on the case , but refuses and tells him to stay away for safety analysis . 
 By eavesdropping via the webcam , finds out that the FBI is sending one of the agents to infiltrate 's house as a nanny . Giving the pretext of attending a safety conference in Phoenix , Arizona , leaves for Orange County and takes the " Big Momma " costume with him . 
 reprises his disguise as Big Momma from the original film and showing up at 's house as Mrs. ( ) is interviewing several other candidates . Big Momma eliminates the three other applicants for the nanny position by pointing out the sexually attractive qualities of the first , the drug use of the second , and the FBI Agent 's concealed firearm of the third . 
 Big Momma meets the three children : ( ) , ( ) , and . After failing to perform the housekeeping tasks assigned to her , Big Momma is fired , and works all night cleaning up and makes a large breakfast . Upon seeing it the next day , Mrs. changes her mind when the family awakes to find this . Big Momma is soon accepted within the household and becomes a daily part of their lives . His tasks include accompanying Mrs. to the spa , taking the family to the beach , watching out for trouble , and simply playing a game of bingo as part of her routine . 
 After Big finds out the password from , calls him who tells her that she needs her at a nightclub . Big goes at once , only to find that was lured by 's bosses , who kidnaps her and Big . Big and are tied up and placed in the back of the van . 
 Big has a switchblade , which reaches for and uses to free them . He sees that they are at the waterfront and witnesses giving a disc to a man who puts it in his laptop and is granted full access to FBI data . Big Momma gets on a jet ski and jumps it onto the dock , sending it into two men , and landing on one himself . Big Momma helps and they attempt to escape , but one of the men shot him . The FBI shows up , and gave the handcuffs to put on , but tells the agent in charge that 's family was threatened , and that no charges should be filed . and agree , and the case is closed . 
 Sometime later , Big Momma goes to the girls ' state cheerleading championships . Their stuntwoman broke her leg , and Big Momma helps them out by doing the routine and winning the competition . He later leaves and gives the family a farewell letter saying he must go on , but to look out , because one day he might be back .

, a boy born with severe jaundice , is constantly abused by his hateful mother , . With the help of her lover , murders 's father , , on Christmas Eve 1975 and buries his body in the house 's crawlspace . To prevent from talking , she imprisons him in the attic . Years later , attempts to conceive another child , but realizes that her boyfriend is impotent . She goes to the attic and rapes twelve - year - old . Nine months later , gives birth to their daughter , . 
 uses the occasion of ' birth to further reject , and her boyfriend believes he fathered . On Christmas Day 1991 , escapes from the attic and disfigures eight - year - old by gouging out her eye . He then brutally murders his mother and her lover . He is caught by police eating cookies made out of his mother 's flesh , and is sent to a mental asylum . 
 Fifteen years later , on Christmas Eve , , now 35 , escapes from his cell and heads to his former home , now a sorority house for Delta Alpha Kappa at Clemson University outside Boston . At the house , , one of the sorority girls , is murdered in her bedroom by an unknown figure . Meanwhile , begins to hear noises and goes up to the attic to investigate . Upon finding 's body in a rocking chair , is attacked and killed by the same assailant . In the living room , the other sorority sisters , , , , and , along with their housemother Mrs. , receive a threatening call from a stranger . 
 's half - sister soon arrives , searching for her . The withdrawn presents with a glass unicorn before leaving the sorority house to go home for the holidays . Meanwhile , 's boyfriend , , arrives but is kicked out when discovers a video of he and having sex . When the lights suddenly go out , goes to check the power under the house , but encounters the figure in the crawlspace and is dragged underneath and killed with a garden fork . The girls in the house subsequently receive an indecipherable call from 's cell phone . Outside while searching for , they find 's severed head in her car . 
 With the police are unable to arrive in time due to a snow storm , , Melissa and decide to stay inside the house whilst and Mrs. flee . In the car , is murdered , and Mrs. is impaled by a falling icicle . While and descend to the garage to investigate , is attacked and killed by an assailant with a pair of ice skates . and return upstairs and find 's eyeless corpse in bed . returns to the house , and the three go to investigate the attic ; while ascending the ladder , is dragged into the attic and stabbed to death . The killer is revealed to be , now an adult ; and watch in horror as appears in the attic as well . attacks , knocking both of them into the empty space between the walls of the house . 
 and manage to escape before starting a fire , and leave and to burn to death . Later , and recover at the hospital . , who is partially burned , kills the morgue assistant . While goes for an x - ray , appears in her hospital room and kills . When returns to her room , appears through the ceiling and attacks her , but uses a defibrillator to kill . Moments later , enters through the ceiling and chases to the stairwell . They briefly fight , ending with pushing off the railing where he is subsequently impaled on the tip of a Christmas tree .

Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Kristen Cloke, Crystal Lowe

It is 1999 and Sierra Leone is ravaged by major political unrest . Rebel factions such as the Revolutionary United Front frequently terrorize the countryside , intimidating Mende locals and enslaving many to harvest diamonds , which fund their increasingly successful war effort . One such unfortunate local is fisherman ( ) from Shenge , who is separated from his family and assigned to a workforce overseen by Captain Poison ( ) , a ruthless warlord . 
 One morning , discovers an enormous diamond in the river . Captain tries to take the stone , but the area is suddenly raided by government troops . buries the stone before being captured . Both and are incarcerated in Freetown , along with ( ) , a white Rhodesian gunrunner jailed while trying to smuggle diamonds into Liberia . They were intended for ( ) , a corrupt South African mining executive . 
 Hearing of the pink diamond in prison , arranges for himself and to be freed from detention . He travels to Cape Town to meet his employer : Colonel ( ) , an Afrikaner formerly with the apartheid - era South African Defence Force , who now commands a private military company . wants the diamond so he can sell it and leave the continent forever , but wants it as compensation for 's botched smuggling mission . returns to Sierra Leone , locates , and offers to help him find his family if he will help recover the diamond . 
 Meanwhile , RUF insurgents escalate hostilities ; Freetown falls to their advance while 's son is among those rounded up to serve as a child soldier under a liberated Captain Poison . and narrowly escape to Lungi , where they plan to reach Kono with an American journalist , ( ) ; in exchange , will provide her evidence of the illicit diamond trade . The trio arrive in Kono after a harrowing journey , where and his private army — contracted by the Sierra Leone government — prepare to repulse the rebel offensive . 
 While gets out with her story , the two men set out for Captain 's encampment . , stationed with the RUF garrison there , is confronted by , but having been brainwashed he refuses to acknowledge his father . radios the site 's coordinates to , who directs a combined air and ground assault on the camp ; finds Captain and beats him to death with a shovel as the mercenaries overwhelm the RUF defenders . then forces to produce the diamond , but is killed by , who realizes would eventually kill them both . holds the pair briefly at gunpoint , but confronts him again and renews their bond . Pursued by vengeful mercenaries , discloses he has been mortally wounded and entrusts the stone to , telling him to take it for his family . and his son rendezvous with 's pilot , who flies them to safety while makes a final phone call to ; they share final farewells as he asks her to assist , and gives her permission to finish her article . finally takes in the beautiful African landscape before dying . 
 arrives in London and meets with a van de Kaap representative ; he exchanges the pink diamond for a large sum of money and being reunited with his entire family . takes photographs of the deal to publish in her article on the diamond trade , exposing van de Kaap 's criminal actions . appears as a guest speaker at a conference on " blood diamonds " in Kimberley , and is met with a standing ovation .

In a world populated by anthropomorphic vehicles , the last race of the Piston Cup championship ends in a three - way tie between retiring veteran , infamous runner - up , and rookie . The tiebreaker race is scheduled for one week later at the Los Angeles International Speedway in California . is desperate to win the race , since it would not only make him the first rookie to win a championship , but also allow him to leave the unglamorous sponsorship of Rusteze , a bumper ointment company , and allow him to take The King 's place as the sponsored car of the lucrative Dinoco team . Eager to start practice in California as soon as possible , he pushes his big rig , Mack , to travel all night long . While is sleeping , Mack drifts off , and is startled by a gang of four reckless street racers , causing to fall out the back of the trailer and onto the road . wakes in the middle of traffic and speeds off the highway to find , but instead finds a grumpy Peterbilt . He then decides to head back the Interstate to find , but ends up lost in the run - down desert town of Radiator Springs , while inadvertently ruining the pavement of its main road . 
 After being arrested and impounded overnight ( while guarded by a rusty , but friendly , tow truck named Mater ) , is ordered by the town judge , , to leave town immediately . The local lawyer , Sally , requests that should instead be given community service to repave the road , to which reluctantly agrees . tries to repave the road in a single day , but turns out shoddy , and he is forced to repave the road again , which takes several days to complete . During this time , he befriends several of the cars , and learns that Radiator Springs used to be a popular stopover along the old U.S. Route 66 , but with the construction of Interstate 40 bypassing it , the town literally vanished from the map . also discovers that is the " Fabulous Hudson Hornet " , a three - time Piston Cup winner , whose racing career ended after an accident in 1954 , and quickly forgotten by the sport . finishes repaving the road , which has invigorated the cars to improve their town , and spends an extra day in Radiator Springs with his new friends , before and the media descend on the town , led by a tip to 's location . reluctantly leaves with the media to get to California in time for the race , while chastises after discovering that he had tipped off the media to 's whereabouts , not wanting to be discovered by them instead . 
 At the Los Angeles International Speedway , 's mind is not fully set on the race , and he soon falls into last place . He is surprised to discover that , who is decked out in his old racing colors , has taken over as his crew chief , along with several other friends from Radiator Springs to help in the pit . Inspired and recalling tricks he learned from and his friends , quickly emerges to lead the race into the final laps . But at the last minute , , refusing to come behind again , side swipes , and sends him into a dangerous spin , causing him to crash . Seeing this and recalling 's fate , stops just short of the finish line , allowing to win , and drives back to push Weathers over the finish line . The crowd and media condemn ' victory , but are nonetheless impressed with 's sportsmanship . Though offered the Dinoco sponsorship deal , McQueen declines , insisting on staying with Rusteze as an appreciation of their past support . Later , back at Radiator Springs , returns and announces that he will be setting up his headquarters there , helping to put Radiator Springs back on the map .

Paul Newman, Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Tony Shalhoub, Bonnie Hunt

In South Africa in 1980 , , a young , apolitical man , is accused of carrying out a terrorist attack . Afrikaner police officer is in charge of locating the perpetrators of a recent bomb attack against the Secunda CTL synthetic fuel refinery , which is the largest coal liquefaction plant in the world . 
 is unwillingly swept into 's investigation due to his inability to provide a satisfactory explanation for his whereabouts at the time of the bombing ( he was actually having an affair with a woman not his wife ) . Eventually , his wife , , and his family are tortured by and his subordinates . Desperate , says that he is willing to confess to a crime he did not commit to protect his family . concludes that is innocent , and orders his release . 
 Fuelled by the anger at the injustices he and his family suffered , joins Umkhonto we Sizwe , the military wing of the ANC and becomes exactly what had initially accused him of being . He attempts to execute a plan to attack Secunda , the oil refinery he used to work for , by first bombing its adjacent water supply facilities , and 15 minutes later triggering the main explosion within the refinery itself . This would allow the refinery 's workforce to flee between the two explosions , and not be harmed . Also , the damage of the first bomb would reduce the possibility of successfully extinguishing the fire caused by the second , main explosion . succeeds in the first part , but the second bomb is discovered by and deactivated . 
 is arrested and sentenced to 24 years in prison , after his wife goes to and tells him where is , because she fell for a simple trick in which left photographs of talking to a female member of the ANC . Through her unjust jealousy she sells him out . He is released early due to the abolition of apartheid . 
 , who has remarried , is waiting for him and apologizes , and forgives her and says he is sorry as well . Some time later , he sees sitting out near a small body of water . He creeps over and sees that it is indeed , and though a part of him wants to break ' neck , he decides that it is not worth it . He left alone , and went on to remarry and take in over 80 orphaned children in South Africa to provide a home for kids who lost their families during the anti - apartheid struggle .

In 2027 , after 18 years of global human infertility , civilization is on the brink of collapse as humanity faces extinction . The United Kingdom , one of the very few stable nations with a functioning government , is deluged by asylum seekers fleeing the chaos and war that has taken hold around the world . In response , the UK has become a police state as the British Army rounds up and detains immigrants . , a former activist turned cynical bureaucrat , is kidnapped by the " Fishes , " a militant immigrants ' rights group . They are led by 's estranged wife , , from whom he separated after their son 's death during a 2008 flu pandemic . 
 offers money to acquire transit papers for a young refugee named . later obtains the papers from his cousin , a government minister who runs a state - sponsored collection of salvaged art from around the world . Since the transit papers require that the bearer be accompanied , agrees to escort in exchange for a large sum . Luke , a Fishes member , drives , , and former midwife towards Canterbury . While en route , they are ambushed by an armed gang , and is killed . The group evades the police and hides 's body in the forest before heading to a Fishes safe house . 
 reveals to that she is pregnant and that had told her to trust only . had intended to hand to the " Human Project , " a supposed scientific group in the Azores , dedicated to curing infertility . However , persuades to stay and is voted as the new leader of the Fishes . Later that night , eavesdrops on a discussion and learns that 's death was orchestrated by the Fishes so could become leader ; they intend to kill and use the baby as a political tool to support the coming revolution . wakes and , and they steal a car , escaping to the secluded hideaway of 's aging friend , a former political cartoonist turned pot dealer . 
 The group makes plans to board the Human Project ship , the Tomorrow , which will arrive offshore from a refugee camp at Bexhill - on - Sea . proposes getting , a camp guard to whom he frequently sells drugs , to smuggle them into Bexhill , masquerading as refugees . When the Fishes discover 's house , the group flees while stays behind to stall the Fishes ; shoots and kills as watches from the woods . The group meets Syd at an abandoned school , and he helps them board a bus to Bexhill . When experiences contractions while at a checkpoint , distracts a suspicious guard by feigning mania and is taken away . 
 Inside the camp , and meet a Romanian woman , , who provides a room where gives birth to a baby girl . The next day , informs and that war has broken out between the British Army and the refugees — led by the Fishes . Having learned that they have a bounty on their heads , attempts to capture them , but they fight him off and escape . Amidst the fighting , the Fishes capture and the baby . tracks them to an apartment under heavy fire ; he confronts , who is then killed in an explosion , and escorts and the baby out . Awed by the baby , the combatants temporarily stop fighting and allow the trio to leave . leads them to a hidden boat , but chooses to stay behind as they depart . 
 As aircraft bomb from a distance , reveals that he had been shot by . He tells how to wind her baby to soothe her crying , and tells she will name her — after and 's lost son . loses consciousness as the Tomorrow approaches through the fog .

Eleven years after the events of the first film , ( ) opens the Quick Stop convenience store to find that it is on fire ; ( ) had left the coffee pot on after closing the night before . As a result of the destruction of Quick Stop and the adjacent RST Video , and begin working at a Mooby 's fast food restaurant along with ( ) and their manager ( ) . A year later , is planning to leave his minimum wage lifestyle in favor of a family life in Florida with his fiancée ( ) , whose father will provide them with a home and a business to run . This leaves , who fears that with moving to Florida would leave him without his best friend , bitterly disappointed . and ( and ) have since followed and , and now loiter outside of 's . Jay and no longer do drugs after they were arrested for the possession of drugs and were sent to rehab , and become devout Christians following their release . However , the duo continue selling drugs . 
 eventually confesses to that he is worried about dancing at his wedding , so she takes him up onto the roof of the restaurant to teach him some moves . soon lets go of his inhibitions and learns how to dance . When the song ends , , caught up in the moment , tells he loves her , and she reveals to him that she is pregnant ; and had a one night stand on the prep table a few weeks before . tells not to tell anyone about the baby ; however tells , and an angered leaves when she learns that told . 
 encourages to leave Mooby 's in search for , and in the meantime , sets up a surprise going away party for . hires " Kinky Kelly and the Sexy Stud , " a donkey show with a fog machine . When comes back , he mistakes the fog for a fire and calls the fire department , but upon discovering that it is not a fire , he proceeds to watch the show with , , , and . The group soon discovers that " " is , in fact , the donkey , while the man ( ) , whom thought to be the pimp , is " The Sexy Stud " . When returns , confesses his love for her . As they kiss , arrives . She throws her engagement ring at , dumps a cake she 'd made for over his head , and angrily walks off . 
 The fire and police departments soon arrive and discover the show . , , , , , and are detained and jailed . Although they are informed they will soon be released , blames for ruining his life and expresses his eagerness to start a new life without , while condemns for his willingness to live his life under the standards of others and for walking out of their friendship . Amid the argument , proposes that they buy the Quick Stop and re - open it , although says that neither have the money to purchase the store . and offer to lend them some money ( from the royalties they collected following the events of Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back ) on the condition that they can hangout outside of the Quick Stop anytime they want without calling the police . accepts their offer , but remains skeptical , prompting to emotionally confess his fear of losing . As a result , agrees to the proposition as well , and after his release , he proposes to , who accepts . After the Quick Stop and RST Video are rebuilt , applies for a job and is hired at RST Video . In the very last scene , with the store open , says , " Can you feel it ? Today is the first day of the rest of our lives . " The camera slowly zooms out , showing the newly rebuilt store and the scene turns black - and - white , while a woman checks through the milk jugs to find one with the furthest expiration date .

Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Trevor Fehrman

is a hardworking architect , married to his longtime sweetheart with two children , and . is easily pushed around by his overbearing boss , , and often chooses work over family . visits the retail store Bed Bath & Beyond to buy a universal remote control for his home . He stumbles around the various departments before falling onto a bed , and sees a section titled " Beyond " . A man named offers a free remote , but warns it can never be returned . 
 Learning to use the remote , finds that it can control reality much like a television , able to pause , rewind to events in his past , or fast - forward in time . He uses it to fast - forward past illness and arguments with . tells that during these times , his body is on " auto - pilot " , going through his motions of everyday life while his mind skips ahead . 
 is unable to buy promised bicycles for his children , but knowing that plans to promote him to a partnership , he uses the remote to skip to the promotion . He is shocked to find that a year has passed . During that time , he and have entered marriage counseling and his children have grown up with different tastes . The remote , having learned his preferences , starts time - skipping in response to casual wishes makes . attempts to get rid of the remote or destroy it , but the remote reappears in his hands shortly after each attempt . 
 At work , tells he plans on retiring , which would make the CEO . momentarily forgets about the remote , and tells he wishes he were CEO . The remote fast - forwards ten years into the future where is now CEO . While is wealthy and well - off , he has become morbidly obese , has divorced him , and both and have become moody teenagers . He argues with and new husband , which brings their family dog to jump atop , knocking him into a coma . The remote time - skips several years to when wakes from the coma , and is no longer obese . is now a partner of the firm , and 's father has died . 
 reappears and tells he is the Angel of Death . asks to go to a " good place " , whereupon the remote fast - forwards him several more years in the future to 's wedding . has a second heart attack when calls her dad . When he wakes in the hospital later that day , he finds his family there , including . had decided to skip his honeymoon to help fix some issues with the firm , but implores him not to ignore his wife . As and leave for the airport , tries to follow but collapses again and dies , telling his family that he still loves them . appears to take . 
 wakes back up in the bed at Bed Bath & Beyond , in his original present . He races home to rejoin his family . There he sees the remote on the counter with a note from , reading " Good guys need a break " . considers the remote for a moment before throwing it away ; it does not reappear . joins his family in a pillow fight .

Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhoff

, an English hitman based in Los Angeles , works for a crime syndicate led by . is contracted by to kill mafia boss as members of the Triads have been encroaching on 's business . goes to and apparently murders him . 
 However , ambitious small - time criminal uses the opportunity to conspire with against : will kill so the Triads do not retaliate , and then take 's place as 's new hired gun . The morning after death , while sleeps in his apartment , , his brother , and several henchmen break in and inject with a Chinese synthetic drug which inhibits the flow of adrenaline , slowing the heart and eventually killing the victim . wakes to find a recording left by showing what he has done . Furious , smashes his TV and heads out . 
 phones Mafia surgeon , who informs that in order to survive he must keep his adrenaline pumping through constant excitement and danger , and he is unsure if the antidote exists . keeps his adrenaline up through reckless and dangerous acts , which include picking fights with other gangsters , taking illegal drugs and synthetic epinephrine , fighting with the police , and having public sex with his girlfriend . 
 visits at his penthouse and asks him to help find an antidote , as well as to find and kill and his crew . says there is no antidote and only confirms that and are working together . tells how he will use his death as a scapegoat against the Chinese . An angered leaves 's penthouse to find . Through ' street contact , a transvestite named , he finds at a restaurant and unsuccessfully interrogates him about his brother 's whereabouts before killing him . phones through 's phone and tells him of his brother 's death , prompting to send thugs after as a revenge . rushes to pick up before 's thugs get to her . reveals his true profession to her and that he was planning to retire to spend more time with her . 
 , who has been kidnapped by 's men , is forced to call and tell him that is at a Triad warehouse . goes there , finding 's corpse and the henchmen . They reveal that ordered them to kill . , who has followed , unexpectedly arrives , but then escapes with after a shootout with 's henchmen . and go to place , where explains that he can not cure . Knowing that he will die soon , decides to take his revenge on and arranges a meeting with him at a downtown hotel . 
 goes to the rooftop of the hotel and meets with , , and his henchmen . takes out a syringe , filled with the same poison used by . As he is about to kill by injecting the second dose into him , , revealed to be alive as spared him , arrives with his Triads to assist and a shootout follows . During the battle , several of and all of 's men are killed . tries to escape with his private helicopter , but manages to catch up to him and holds him at gunpoint . Before can kill , sneaks behind and injects with the syringe , after which collapses . himself is betrayed by , who shoots him dead and tries to escape with his helicopter . 
 manages to stand up , boards the helicopter , and engages in a fight with . After some struggle , manages to pull out of the helicopter and while mid - air , proceeds to snap 's neck , killing him . While falling , calls on his cell phone to apologize for not coming back . hits a car , bounces off it and lands right in front of the camera . In the last shot , it is implied that his adrenaline is indeed still flowing fast ; his nostrils flare , he blinks , and two heartbeats are heard .

The introduction of the movie is a cartoon short where we are introduced to a happy , artistic , and mischievous but lonely little orphaned monkey somewhere in the jungle . ( ) is an employed guide at the Bloomsberry Museum . We are introduced to teacher Ms. ( ) and her students who come to the museum often but they are the only regular visitors . Mr. ( ) heartbreakingly informs that the museum will have to close because it is no longer making any money . 
 's son , ( ) , wants to tear down the museum and replace it with a parking garage . is convinced to volunteer to go to Africa in place of Mr. and bring back a mystical , forty foot tall idol known as the " Lost Shrine of Zagawa " in the hopes that it will attract customers , much to 's envy . is outfitted with a hideous yellow suit ( which causes people to laugh at him ) and boards a cargo ship to Africa despite his embarrassment . 
 With the help of a tour guide and tour group , supposedly finds the idol , but discovers it to be only three inches tall , much to his disappointment . also encounters the little monkey on his expedition to Africa and gives the monkey his yellow hat . The monkey , who quickly grows fond of , follows him and boards the cargo ship , unknown to . returns home and enters his apartment , only to receive a call from telling him to report to the museum , so can do an interview on the news . 
 The monkey follows to his apartment , and is discovered busily repainting a posh apartment in full scale African animals and due to the strict " no pets allowed policy " , is evicted by grumpy doorman ( ) . returns to the museum and reveals to the idol 's size . is kicked out of the museum by after the monkey accidentally destroys an Apatosaurus skeleton . 
 and the monkey sleep outside in the park , and the next morning , follows the monkey into the zoo , where and her young students name the monkey " " . gets into trouble and begins dangerously floating away on balloons high up over the city , takes flight as well . 's balloons are popped by spikes on a building and saves him from falling to certain death . 
 and make their way to the home of an inventor named ( ) , where uses an overhead projector to increase the idol 's size making it appear 40 feet tall . and head to the museum to show the invention . tries to convince his father that it would not be honest to fool the public , but the elder sees it as the only way to save the museum . Wanting his parking garage , foils 's plan by pouring a latte on the projector causing it to explode and frames for it by giving the rest to him . Believing his life to be ruined , allows animal control to take away . 
 speaks with Ms. who helps " see " what is really important in his life . regrets the decision to give to animal control , and boards 's cargo ship to get him back . tells that nothing else matters besides their " buddyship " . In the hold of the ship , discovers that when reflected in light , the idol reveals a pictogram with the message " turn your eye to the light , go from blindness to sight " . It turns out that when held up to the sun , the small idol is actually a map to the real idol . They sail the ship back to Africa and helps him find the real idol which is , indeed , forty feet tall . 
 The idol is put in the museum , and the museum goes back in business and becomes more successful than ever when it becomes more hands - on because of the addition of 's inventions , the interaction with Ms. and her young students and , of course , . finally gets his parking garage but is upset that is still working at the museum ( and the fact that his plan did n't go the way he expected ) . invites to move back to his apartment because he likes , and and almost start a romance , but causes more trouble by starting up a rocket ship , forcing to follow him .

( ) is an obese woman who dreams of marrying ( ) , but even in her dreams she is rejected . Writing in her diary , she thinks she will never find her true love . goes outside and dances to impress men on the streets , but is unsuccessful . goes to work at her father 's ( ) Greek diner . There she meets , with whom she forms an instant attraction . When yells at to get an order , she turns to respond and hits over the head with the coffee pot she is holding , knocking him to the floor . She turns around only to find his table is suddenly empty and figures he ran away . wants help and goes to see a love therapist , , who rejects her at first but reluctantly agrees to help her . takes her to a garage where she gets " pimped out " and made slimmer . 
 She earns a spot on a reality television dating show called The Extreme Bachelor , the bachelor turning out to be , the man she met in the diner . Host ( ) introduces , who greets all the women and is asked to eliminate the losers , which he does by shooting them one by one . is the last woman standing and is rewarded with dinner for two at a restaurant called " A Restaurant " . After their meal , and head back to her apartment , where they have sex . takes to meet her parents . 
 Later , takes to Tiffany & Co. , where they turn on the lights to reveal the salespeople ready to let her pick whatever she wants . then confesses he loves her and proposes to her . happily says yes . and go to a wedding planner named ( ) , who has a prominent rump . She suggests that they go to a restaurant called Taco Butt ( in alternate versions of the movie , she uses her rump as a pencil sharpener and recommends that they use a garbage barge as their wedding location ) . When they decline , she gets annoyed . When says he has a best man , she shows them what she booked for the entertainment , after which she uses her butt to knock over her desk then rips off her clothes to reveal a gold liquid spandex tight suit . She shows off her dance moves , then twerks and bounce and backs up to the couple with her massive rear for them to scream while she bounces and crushing and suffocate them for them to scream more for the screen to cut to the next scene . The alternate scene is she has backup dancers and she bounces and shows off her dance moves until she shakes her massive booty right to them for them to scream and knocks them over with her right and left buttcheek to end it . Afterwards , introduces to his ex - fiancée , , who turns out to be rather attractive and is not afraid to take her clothes off and converse with people while nude . Andy initially seems to harbor no resentment towards for marrying , going so far as to help shop for her wedding dress . At the dress store , hits her head on a power box and finds that she can read people 's thoughts . finds from reading 's mind that she wants to get back together with and plans to split the two of them up . and fight each other , Kill Bill - style . In one alternate version of the film adaptation , they walk off the screen — presumably to the left — in order to engage in " foot fellatio " to quote ( ) verbatim . 
 She can not forgive , and agrees to marry . Once at the altar with , is regretting it and has flashbacks about her and . They get back together and get married , with officiating . and meet at the wedding , and fall in love . Meanwhile , and leave in a horse and carriage . also gets a present from her mother - in - law : a vaginal thermometer which apparently has been in their family for generations and is regarded as good luck when it is not washed . 
 On their honeymoon , and go to Skull Island and film a woman , ( ) , tied to two pieces of wood . King comes on and rips off her dress , leaving her clad in a leopard print bikini . King Kong then gropes her , she says " I like hairy guys " and roars and flattens her .

On Mardi Gras in New Orleans , the ferry Sen. is carrying hundreds of U.S. Navy sailors and their families across the Mississippi River from their base to the city . Suddenly , the ferry explodes and sinks , killing 543 passengers and crew members . 
 Special Agent ( ) from the Bureau of Alcohol , Tobacco , Firearms and Explosives ( ATF ) is sent to investigate and discovers evidence of a bomb planted by a domestic terrorist . Arriving at the scene he meets with local investigators and FBI Special Agent ( ) , and informs them of his findings . He learns about and is invited to examine a partially burned body pulled from the river , identified as ( ) , which was reported to the authorities minutes before the explosion . 
 is impressed with 's detective expertise , and asks him to join a newly formed governmental detective unit whose first case is to investigate the bombing . Led by Dr. ( ) , they investigate the events before the explosion by using a program called " Snow White " , which enables them to look into the past ( 4 days , 6 hours , 3 minutes , 45 seconds , 14.5 nanoseconds ) in detail by ( according to ) using several satellites to form a triangulated image of events . The system is limited in that they can only see past events once ; there is no fast forwarding or rewinding , although they can record everything in the process . Convinced that is a vital link , persuades them to focus on her . While the team observes 's past through " Snow White " , the bomber calls her to talk about the SUV that she advertised for sale . He does n't buy her car , but the " Snow White " team now knows exactly where and when he was during the call . 
 finds out " Snow White " is actually a time window , and can send inanimate objects into the past . Despite 's protests against tampering with the past , has the team send a note back to his past self with the time and place to stop the ferry bomber . Instead , his partner gets the note and while following up on it is shot by the terrorist . The team attempts to follow the fleeing terrorist , who takes with him , but he moves outside of Snow White 's range . However , is able to follow him in the present using a specially equipped vehicle with a mobile Snow White unit . In the past time , the bomber takes Minuti to his bayou shack where he kills him and sets fire to his body . Still needing a vehicle big enough to hold the bomb the terrorist goes to 's address , kidnaps her and takes her car . 
 Using a facial recognition system , the ferry bomber is identified and taken into custody . He turns out to be ( ) , who is angry at the military after being turned down for joining by both the Marines and Army , because their medical screening showed he was unstable . Considering the case now closed , the government shuts down the investigation . Despite the killer having been caught , and the ferry victims remain dead , which unsettles since he is convinced that the team can actually alter history . persuades to do one last experiment : send to the past to save and stop the bombing ; a risky procedure , since no human has ever been sent back . survives the trip , because he was sent back to a hospital emergency room , where they were able to revive him . He steals an ambulance and races to 's shack just in time to stop 's murder , while flees with the bomb . 
 and go to the ferry . boards to try to find and disarm the bomb , but meanwhile has found and bound her in the bomb car . A brutal gunfight ensues which culminates with attempting to negotiate with but finally catching him off guard and killing him . He gets into the car to try to free but police surround the vehicle and threaten to open fire . To save everyone , and purposely drive the bomb SUV off the end of the ferry before it explodes . escapes but , unable to get out of the vehicle , dies in the underwater explosion . As mourns 's death , she is approached by an identical , the one from her present , who consoles her .

A group of martial arts and combat masters are invited to a fighting contest , " Dead or Alive " , on an isolated island within an advanced complex , with the ultimate prize of $ 10 million . Among the competitors are , a shinobi ninja - princess looking for her brother ( who was competing in the last tournament ) , , a professional wrestler setting out to prove she has more potential ( complicated by her father being one of the contenders ) , , a master thief and assassin , her treacherous partner , and , a friend of and who follows to keep her safe , using the invitation to DOA for this . A final competitor is , daughter of the tournament ’s late founder . When they arrive , they are monitored by the island ’s supervisor , Dr. , who , aided by egghead , is gathering data ( using injected nano - sensors ) from the fights for some mysterious project . To add to the situation , an assassin from 's colony , named , has followed to kill her and wipe away the disgrace the princess has caused to the clan . 
 The contest plays out , with multiple contestants fighting and being defeated ( including Gen , , , and ) , until only , , and are left , with being defeated by . During the course of the film , and form a plan to steal the fortune stowed away inside a hidden vault . During her fight , sees that the key to finding and unlocking the vault is a tattoo on the back of ’s neck . Meanwhile , begins to suspect of lying about her brother being killed in the previous tournament , and , infiltrating the main facility to find the truth , is captured . She is more than once confronted and nearly killed by , who tries to convince that is alive ( since it is eventually clear that loves ) . Also , begins to fall for , and in the end tells her about what he knows of the mystery project , and that before ’s father could shut the project down , he died ( indicating that he was murdered ) . 
 On the final day of the tournament , wondering where is , , and look for him and discover a secret entrance to the main complex , where they find unconscious . They are then gassed and captured . Meanwhile , resolves to stop the mystery project , and has to fight the armed staff of the island , sent to kill her and by . They are followed inside by , who finds his way to the vault , and is then knocked out by , who is working for . Inside the main complex , shows the four semifinalists the project he has been developing ; an advanced form of neural interface that allows him and others to use the fighters ' combined skills to become the ultimate fighter . After ‘ downloading ’ the data into the device ( shaped like a pair of sunglasses ) , he then shows that he kept alive and in peak condition to test the technology . He challenges to fight and win , if the others are to survive . accepts and is defeated , then thrown through a wall to die . is saved by , and the two of them apparently accept each other . 
 With the successful demonstration , prepares to sell the technology around the world , and begins " downloading " it to the watching buyers . stops the broadcast and alerts the CIA , which provokes to head for them . keeps back while frees the others , but both are defeated and activates a self - destruct sequence which will obliterate the base . , , , , , and launch a combined attack on , while and find and escape with him , despite 's urge to go back for the money . During the battle with the fighters , ’s ‘ glasses ’ are knocked off and he is easily paralyzed by and . The fighters then all escape as the base explodes and is consumed by the flames , making their escape by a hijacked pirates ' boat . 
 In the final scene , , , , , and are shown together again preparing to fight an army of ninja in 's palace .

Jaime Pressly, Holly Valance, Sarah Carter, Natassia Malthe, Devon Aoki, Eric Roberts

In 1962 Detroit , Michigan , young car salesman meets a black girl group known as " The Dreamettes " , which consists of lead singer and backup singers and , at an R&B amateur talent show at the Detroit Theatre . presents himself as The Dreamettes ' new manager and arranges for the girls to become backup singers for chitlin ' circuit R&B star . 
 soon starts his own record label , Rainbow Records , out of his Detroit car dealership , and appoints 's brother as his head songwriter . When their first single fails after a white pop group releases a cover version , , , and their producer turn to payola to make " Jimmy Early & The Dreamettes " mainstream pop stars . Offstage , becomes infatuated with while the married begins an affair with . 
 's manager , , grows weary of ' plans to make his client more pop - friendly and walks out . When bombs in front of an all - white Miami Beach supper club audience , sends out on the road alone , keeping The Dreamettes behind to headline in his place . Feeling that 's curvy figure and distinctive voice will not attract white audiences , appoints the slimmer and higher - voiced Deena lead singer and renames the group " The Dreams " . 
 With the aid of new songs and a new image , and C.C. transform The Dreams into a top - selling mainstream pop group . By 1965 , however , begins acting out , particularly when ' affections also turn towards . eventually drops from the group , hiring his secretary to take her place beginning with their 1966 New Year 's Eve debut in Las Vegas as " Deena Jones & the Dreams . " Despite 's defiance and desperate appeal to , he , C.C. , and The Dreams leave her behind and forge ahead to stardom . 
 By 1973 , has become an impoverished welfare mother living in Detroit with her daughter . Struggling to restart her career in music , she hires as her manager and begins performing at a local club . Meanwhile , with Deena Jones & the Dreams superstars and Rainbow having moved to Los Angeles and now the biggest pop business in the country , attempts to produce a film about starring an unwilling , who is now his wife . 
 The following year , , who has descended into drug addiction due to ' preoccupation with , has a breakdown during Rainbow Records ' tenth - anniversary television special . promptly drops him from the label and ends their affair . Sometime later , , who feels is undermining the artistic merit of his songs by making them into disco music , quits the label , only for everyone to then learn that has been found dead from a heroin overdose . 
 Disillusioned by 's death and ' cold reaction to the news , travels to Detroit and reconciles with , for whom writes and produces a comeback single . Just as the record begins gaining local radio play , uses payola to force radio stations to play The Dreams ' disco cover of the song . The plan falls apart , however , when , angry over how controls her career , finds evidence of his schemes and contacts , who arrives in Los Angeles with , , and a lawyer . 
 and reconcile , with revealing to that is 's father , while agrees to give 's record national distribution in order to avoid being reported to the FBI . Having been inspired by 's victory and realizing ' true character , leaves him to make it on her own . 
 By 1975 , The Dreams give a final farewell performance at the Detroit Theater and invite onstage for the final song . As the concert ends , notices in the front row and realizes she is his daughter .

Jamie Foxx, Beyoncé Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Hudson, Anika Noni Rose

For years , has been working at the local " Super Club " as a box - boy . He lives with his grandmother and spends his free time with co - workers , , and . Despite his slacker - like ways , he is kind - hearted , popular and supportive . His co - worker earns the Employee of the Month title for the 17th time in a row . is egotistical and rude towards his co - workers , including his box - boy , whom he berates constantly . When new cashier is hired , and fall for her and compete for her affection . is told that slept with the Employee of the Month at her last job , so he decides to win the title . has dinner with , but is repulsed when he puts the move on her . does not realize how feels , thinking they had a good kiss , and continues pursuing her . steps up his act and begins going to work on time and working harder , giving competition for the title . He also goes on a date with , which takes place entirely in Super Club . 
 Within a few days , with still winning the daily star , realizes that getting Employee of the Month is not as easy as he thought . With 's encouragement , finds his groove and , to 's horror , wins the star the next day . A war of attrition begins , as tries everything he could think of to derail 's string of stars , even breaking into his house one night to reset the clocks ; the sabotage causes to arrive a minute late the following day , but with 's help , 's attendance card indicates that he arrived on time , causing 's scheme to fail . takes 's shift on the day of a championship slow - pitch game against rival chain Maxi - Mart . However , he leaves to play in the game and is fired . Frustrated at 's new attitude , his friends tell him he is turning into and feel his attempt at getting the title is a result of trying to have sex with . overhears the conversation and is disgusted at for his true intentions , prompting her to compare him to her last boyfriend , also an Employee of the Month with whom she indeed had sex but could not stand his attitude , which was why she requested a transfer . 
 At month 's end , and are tied . On the day of the tie - breaking competition , quits , gets his job back and tells him he took responsibility for what happened , making a heartfelt apology to , , and . tells them he plans to win the competition , not for recognition or to make an impression , but for pride . When the store manager is about to announce 's resignation , , , , and show up claiming never filed the resignation papers . It is revealed that bribed the HR manager with a broken Butterfinger . tries to reconcile with , giving a heartfelt apology and telling her that no matter what , he is a better man because of her . Despite 's protests , the competition , for the fastest checkout , is held . The Employee of the Month Award will be granted to the person who finishes the task first . 
 beats by seconds but , during the award ceremony , , the security guard , brings a surveillance video of the competition that shows throwing items behind his back and onto the conveyor belt without scanning them . denies the allegations of under - ringing . The store 's assistant manager , who had just completed an audit of the tills used in the competition , proved the surveillance video was right about giving customers free items and has been doing this for 18 months , costing the store thousands of dollars . is fired and required to wear a police tracking device in lieu of jail time . ends up winning the competition , and his relationship with is rekindled . 
 Six weeks after he is terminated from Super Club , is on probation and working at Maxi - Mart , a rival store . finally learns to assert himself and treats the same as he was treated by him . He is still willing to give a ride to the bus stop , knowing that this would put him outside the range of his probation ankle monitor .

In 1993 , is a guide at an Antarctica research base under contract with the National Science Foundation . UCLA professor , Dr. , arrives at the base . He presses to take him to Mount Melbourne to find a rare meteorite from Mercury . decides that the only way to get to Mount Melbourne is by dog sled . 
 and make it to Mount Melbourne , but are called back to base camp due to an approaching heavy storm . begs for more time , and gives him half a day , which is enough time to find a fragment of the meteorite . En route back to base , slips down an embankment , breaking his leg and falling into freezing water . uses the lead dog Maya to carry a rope to and pulls him out . The two battle hypothermia , frostbite and near whiteout conditions as the dogs lead them home . Once there , the entire human crew is immediately evacuated , while the dogs are left behind . Certain that their pilot will return within days for the dogs , tightens their collars to ensure they can not get loose and run away . But because of the harsh weather conditions , no rescue can be attempted until the next spring - and by then the dogs will be dead . 
 Back at home , tries to secure a plane to return and save the dogs , but no one is willing to finance the risky expedition . Five months later , makes one last attempt to get back . realizes the magnitude of his ingratitude and uses the remaining balance of his grant money to finance a rescue mission . acknowledges that there is almost no chance that any of the dogs have survived this long , but he owes it to his team to go back for them . 
 After being left behind , the eight sled dogs – lead dog , Old Jack , , , , , , and the young , wait in the freezing conditions for to return . After two weeks without eating , they free themselves to forage for food , except Old who remains attached to the chain . Some time later , slips and falls down an incline , where he is fatally injured . The team stays with his body until morning , but have to leave . In the blizzard , becomes separated from the group . manages to lead the team to the Russian base , which is unsecured and full of food , while finds his way back to the American base , which is still locked and abandoned . Setting back out into the wilderness , finds the carcass of a dead Orca , but is driven off by a leopard seal . and the team are nearby , and lures the seal away so the team can eat . It doubles back and attacks , who is badly injured when it claps its reptile - like maw onto her paw . The team , now reunited , continue traveling . They are starving , freezing and exhausted , and eventually the injured collapses into the snow . The dogs lie down beside their leader as the snow piles up around them . They have been on their own for nearly six months . 
 makes it back to base and is dismayed to find the body of Old , still attached to the chain , and no sign of the other dogs . He hears the sound of barking and sees , , , and come over the horizon . After a joyous reunion , attempts to load the dogs into the snowmobile , but runs off , with in hot pursuit . leads him to , lying in the snow – weak , but alive . With six of his eight sled dogs in tow , heads back to civilization .

, elf princess of Ellesméra , flees with a strange stone , pursued by , a dark sorcerer under king . When corners , she uses magic to send the stone away . 
 , a farm boy living in the country of Alagaësia with his uncle , is hunting for food when he comes across the stone . Hoping to trade it for food , brings the stone home , and finds a blue dragon hatching from it . As he touches the dragon , a magical mark is burned into his palm . A few people are shown reacting to this incident , including , an old man named , and himself . 
 shelters and feeds the dragon , which learns to fly and magically grows to full size . She calls herself . When they are out , 's monstrous minions , the Ra'zac , arrive at the village to look for the dragon , killing 's uncle in the process . Blaming for his uncle 's death , sends her away . shows up , warns of 's importance , and urges him to call her back . The three then leave town . 
 leads the group to the , rebel freedom fighters opposing . On the way , fills in on the knowledge of dragon riders , , and the Ra'zac . He also trains sword - fighting . In a small village , they meet where a fortune - teller named , who tells of a woman awaiting his help , and of his dangerous path ahead . When and are attacked by 's servants , the Urgals , attempts to mimic and wipes out the whole group with a magic attack , then falls unconscious from the strain . teaches to control his magic and bond his powers with . 
 sets a trap for , using as bait . Hearing her telepathic calls , finds her , but is ambushed by . is outmatched , and arrives to help him , getting mortally wounded in the process . shoots an arrow into 's head , causing him to disappear . The trio escapes , and dies of his wounds while flying on . 
 confronts a hooded figure that has been following them . He reveals himself to be and guides them to the . Soon after , and his men surround the rebel camp . , , , and the prepare for battle . , and the fight 's forces as and duel in the skies with who rides his own beast . and kill , but is heavily injured . uses magic to heal her and once again passes out from the strain . 
 The following morning , awakes with at his side and finds fully healed . They catch up with , who is on her way to Ellesméra to lead the elves in the coming war . She calls " " and they part ways . Meanwhile , in his castle , a furious slashes at his hanging map of Alagaesia , revealing his immense pitch black dragon , Shruikan .

Ed Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, John Malkovich

The film is framed by ( ) being interviewed in a hospital several years after her time as an superstar . 
 In the mid 1960s , is a young heiress studying art in Cambridge , Massachusetts . She moves to New York City with her friend , ( ) . She is introduced to pop art painter and film - maker ( ) , who is intrigued by the beautiful , clearly troubled socialite . He asks her to perform in one of his underground , experimental films . She agrees and goes on to star in several of 's projects , becoming his muse . 
 She and become part of the tightly - knit , bohemian social scene at 's famous art studio , the Silver Factory . 's status as a superstar and rising youthquake fashion model earn her fame and international attention . The success , however , fails to ease her psychological issues . Although descended from a prestigious family lineage and raised on an idyllic , California ranch , was sexually abused by her father during childhood . She has been further shaken by the fairly recent death of her favorite brother , . Her trauma manifests itself in uncontrolled spending , poor money management and a burgeoning drug habit . 
 's Cambridge friend , ( ) , visits her in New York City and introduces her to folk singer ( ) , a character based on ] and begin a relationship , which causes to become jealous . attempts to make peace between the two men by arranging a screen test for at 's Factory . 
 When and his posse arrive , they act disrespectfully towards . and fight and he tells her that is a " bloodsucker " who will " kill " her . She tearfully responds that she " ca n't hate him . " Realizing that she has chosen over him , leaves her . 
 's worsening drug addiction begins taking its toll . Her relationship with deteriorates and she becomes a pariah among the Factory crowd . One night , while in a drug - induced stupor , she falls asleep with a lit cigarette and nearly dies in the ensuing apartment fire . Vogue , which once championed her as the newest " it " girl , now refuses to hire her ; editor ( ) explains that is considered " vulgar " due to her current lifestyle . 
 When visits again , she is barely conscious and is being filmed naked by three strangers in her apartment . kicks the men out and looks after . He gets them a taxi and shows her a photo of herself back in Cambridge . He says she inspired him back then and she can be an artist once more . , deeply upset at how far she 's fallen , gets out of their cab and runs frantically down the street . 
 The scene transitions to the framing device of 's interview several years later . She tells the interviewer that she is overcoming her addiction , pursuing art again and is glad to be home in Santa Barbara , California . The closing caption explains that spent her last few years struggling to remain clean . Her short marriage to a fellow patient ended when she died of a barbiturate overdose at the age of twenty - eight . 
 Meanwhile , in New York City , is interviewed the day after died in 1971 . When the interviewer asks about her and 's " breakup , " becomes visibly uncomfortable and says it was so long ago and he hardly knew her at all .

( ) , a 35 - year - old man , is still living with his parents ( ) and ( ) in Baltimore . 's best friends ( ) and ( ) are also still living in their parents ' homes and seem proud of it . has a number of meaningless romances ; when he gets sick of the women , he scares them off by inviting them to “ his place , ” and after seeing he lives at home , they promptly dump him , leaving him free again . and are fascinated when their friends , whose adult son recently moved away from home , reveal that they hired an expert to get their son to move out . 
 The expert is ( ) , who believes that men continue to live at home because they have low self - esteem . Her approach is to establish a relationship with the man to build his confidence and transfer his attachment from his parents to her . However , upon meeting , she finds that he does not fit any of her previous profiles , having normal social skills and no problems with self - esteem . He also has a good job which he enjoys . After an awkward encounter with his parents , thwarts his attempt to dump her and has sex with him , all the while developing real feelings for him . She and find themselves sailing unfamiliar waters and confide in their friends . 
 's vocation exasperates her roommate ( ) , who believes that took the job because she once had her heart broken by a man who lived with his parents . , on the other hand , is shocked when she finds out why lives at home : his life collapsed when his fiancée suddenly died , and his family has been his source of solace ever since . 
 discovers what is going on and blackmails for a date with ; although is more attracted to , she and wind up falling in love . then outs to , who in turn reveals all to . angrily confronts his parents and breaks up with . Wracked with guilt , refunds 's and 's money . After an awkward confrontation , manages to forgive his parents , but he can not forgive for manipulating him . 
 's parents and friends devise a plan to reconcile the two lovers . They tie up and gag and lock him and together in a room . pours her heart out to him , and he finally forgives her . The film ends with and in their empty nest , happily singing " Hit the Road , , " fading into the closing credits playing the song , and sailing away with on his newly purchased boat .

Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Terry Bradshaw, Kathy Bates

is the Mickey 's hamburger chain marketing director who helped develop the " Big One " , its most popular menu item . When he learns that independent research has discovered a considerable presence of fecal matter in the meat , he travels to the fictitious town of Cody , Colorado to determine if the local Uni - Globe meatpacking processing plant , Mickey 's main meat supplier , is guilty of sloppy production . 's tour shows him only the pristine work areas and most efficient procedures , assuring him that everything the company produces is immaculate . 
 Suspicious of the façade he 's been shown , meets rancher , who used to supply cattle to the Uni - Globe plant . and his Chicana housekeeper both assure him that because of the plant 's production level , several safety regulations are ignored or worked against ; workers have no time to make sure that the manure coming from the intestines stays away from the meat . later meets with , executive VP of Mickey 's , who admits being aware of the issue , but is not concerned . 
 is a young , upbeat employee of Mickey 's , studying for college and living with her mother . While her life seems to be set , she continually faces the contrast between her current career and her own ambition , emphasized by her two lazy co - workers , and , who , having heard of armed robberies at fast food restaurants in the area , start planning their own . 
 and are visited by 's brother , who encourages to leave town and start a real career . eventually meets a group of young activists , , , and , who plan to liberate cattle from Uni - Globe as their first act of rebellion . They proceed to sneak up to a holding pen at the plant , but after breaking down the fence , they are shocked that the cattle make no attempt to leave . Upon hearing the police , they retreat and contemplate why the cattle decided to stay in confinement . 
 , his love interest , and 's sister are illegal immigrants from Mexico , trying to make it in Colorado . They all go to Uni - Globe in hopes of finding a job - becomes a cleaner , while works on a meat processing conveyor belt . , however , can not take the environment , and instead finds a job as a hotel maid . develops a drug habit , and begins an affair with her exploitative superior , . 
 In a work accident , a friend of 's falls in a machine , and his leg is mangled . , attempting to save him , falls and is injured . At the hospital , is told that was on amphetamines at work . Because is now unable to work , has sex with in order to find a job at Uni - Globe . She ends up working on the " kill floor . "

Seven years after the events of Henry Fool , ( ) is coerced by a CIA agent ( ) to try to locate ' the confession novel ' notebooks that belonged to her fugitive husband ( ) whom he believes to be deceased . is launched into a world of espionage as she travels to Paris to retrieve some of the journals , each having mysteriously appeared in the hands of the most unlikely of people . , 's brother and Nobel Prize – winning poet because of , remains home with his sister 's son , the CIA and his publisher . 
 Even in death it seems is a force of nature causing life changing ructions in the lives of those he has touched . is surrounded by competing agents all vying for her help in retrieving notebooks as she and start getting clues to what the unpublishable nonsense of The Confession is really all about and why the CIA believe they contain information that could compromise U.S. security . A former air - hostess befriends and reveals she was similarly touched by 's chaotic influence and aid her in her efforts . 
 's whirlwind culminates in a tense meeting with a notorious terrorist and friend of where she has to make the biggest decision of her life .

High - school student visits an amusement park for a senior - class field trip with her boyfriend , best friend , and 's boyfriend . As they board the Devil 's Flight roller - coaster , has a premonition that the hydraulics securing the seat belts and coaster cars will fail during the ride , killing everyone on board . She panics and a fight breaks out . , best friends and ; alumnus ; athlete ; and goth couple and get off the ride . The roller - coaster derails killing the remaining passengers leaving devastated . 
 Several weeks later tells about an aircraft explosion and the subsequent deaths of the survivors , believing they might be in a similar situation . Thinking is mocking her , dismisses his theory . Then and die at a tanning salon when a chain reaction traps them in over - heating tanning beds . Now convinced Death is stalking them , and set out to save the remaining survivors using omens hidden in photographs took on the night of the roller - coaster derailment . 
 dies in a truck accident at a drive - through . The next day , they try to save at the gym . He says he does not believe them shortly before two falling weights kill him . They find and working at a hardware store . saves from being impaled by falling planks of wood . Erin falls on a nail gun and is shot repeatedly through the head . and are questioned by police then released . Assuming whoever was next must already be dead , they decide to ensure their own safety . As she leaves the station , is stalked by a grief - stricken . 
 learns that her sister and a friend also escaped the roller - coaster crash . She and rush to save them . They prevent from being impaled on a harrow . 's friend is impaled on a flagpole . saves from an exploding propane canister . A deranged , who blames her for 's death , confronts her . dodges exploding fireworks he throws at her . They strike a nearby cherry picker that collapses and kills . 
 Five months later , experiences more omens riding on a subway train with her roommate and friend . As is about to disembark , she sees entering the car and decides to stay . She later notices sitting at the back of the car . As the two of them are talking , the train derails and everyone on board except is killed . Soon after , is hit by another train . It turns out this is another premonition and , and try to stop the train . The film ends with a black screen and the sound of screeching metal .

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Kris Lemche, Texas Battle

It 's the late 1980s and low - level mobster ( ) has just been shot by his junkie cousin ( ) , but refuses to press charges against him to police . soon gets arrested and is sentenced to thirty years on an unrelated drug bust . 
 , afraid of reprisals from the extended mob family run by ( ) , agrees to be a government witness for district attorney Sean ( ) , who intends to bring down dozens of organized crime figures all at once . tries to bribe to be a government witness as well , but it 's not in the gregarious 's nature to be a rat . 
 That sets in motion a massive court case where , and dozens of other mobsters are tried together for a countless number of crimes in front of presiding Judge ( ) . Upset with his current lawyer , who could n't even keep him from doing a 30 - year stretch , turns down an offer to be represented by lead defense attorney ( ) and decides to represent himself in court , despite having no legal background or any real knowledge of how to proceed . 
 's mischievous and vulgar manner amuses the jury on occasions but persistently irritates the judge , lawyers , witnesses , and defendants , including his friends from the mob . As weeks turn into months , the court case evolves into a marathon affair . turns the courtroom into something of a three - ring circus . begins to believe that maybe could be effective , but is furious and Judge repeatedly threatens the charismatic mobster with contempt of court . 
 's estranged wife , ( ) , visits him in jail , where he is becoming increasingly frustrated . Guards spy on him and prosecuting attorneys remove his favorite chair , causing considerable pain to 's injured back . 
 He apologizes to the court and tries to mind his manners in the end . The prosecutors and the defense return to their offices expecting the jury to deliberate for at least a week . However , the jury comes to a decision after only 14 hours of deliberation . The jury reaches a verdict of not guilty for all . The entire courtroom reaches pandemonium as the family celebrates . The entire family hugs the twelve jury members as they leave . Meanwhile , is the only one bound for jail , returning there to finish his sentence . is welcomed as a hero in the correctional facility , where fellow prisoners chant " " and extend their hands in tribute to a man who refused to compromise his family for his life .

Vin Diesel, Linus Roache, Ron Silver, Alex Rocco, Peter Dinklage, Annabella Sciorra

is chief of security of Landrock Pacific Bank in downtown Seattle . He is visited by a collection agency , claiming he owes $ 95,000 ( $ 115,000 today ) to their online gambling site . Believing the incident is due to an identity theft , entrusts a colleague to take care of the claim . He goes out for a drink with who introduces him to , a potential partner . After they leave , follows into his car and forces him to drive home at gunpoint . 
 At home , finds his wife and two children unharmed , but under surveillance by 's henchmen . The next morning , is given instruction to transfer $ 10,000 each from the bank 's 10,000 largest depositors – $ 100 million total ( $ 120 million today ) – to Cox 's bank account . rigs with a camera and microphone to make sure he can not ask for help without them knowing . 
 At Landrock Bank , visits , reintroducing himself as , a potential partner . asks to give him a tour of the bank 's security system . On the way back home , attempts to bribe a henchman to betray , but kills the henchman . At home , attempts an escape with his family , but his attempt is foiled . In retaliation , gives 's son a cookie containing nut products , sending him into an anaphylactic shock . withholds the treatment ( an EpiPen ) , until acquiesces to their plan . 
 The next day , forces to fire his secretary , fearing that she is growing suspicious . initiates a wire transfer to send the money to Cox 's offshore accounts . Before leaving , uses an employee 's camera phone to take a picture of the account information on the screen . then begins wiping his tracks . He forces to delete security data and surveillance tapes , and use a virus to cripple the building 's system into disarray . Returning home , finds the house empty except for , one of 's men . 
 Realizing has no intention of letting him live , kills . He tries to call , but his colleague does n't answer . goes to 's house to inquire about . However , kills with the gun he had earlier confiscated from . , held at gunpoint , leaves a message suggesting an affair on 's answering machine . This implicates in 's death . In addition , the false $ 95,000 debts will be considered motive for embezzling the bank 's money . 
 turns to the only ally he has left : his secretary . She helps him retrieve the phone with the picture of Cox 's account information . calls and announces a change of plans . has hacked into his Cayman Island accounts and threatens to transfer the money away , unless frees his family . During the conversation , hears the family dog in the background , and realizes he can locate his family by the GPS tracking unit in the dog 's collar . The signal leads him to an abandoned house . He tells to call the police and approaches the house . 
 When one of his henchmen takes pity on the family , kills him . 's daughter runs out of the house . Another henchman chases after her , but runs him over with 's car . , seeing that the tide has turned , panics and takes and to the upper floor . enters the house and after a confrontation , he manages to kill with a pickaxe , saving his family .

Slick salesman ( ) has auto problems in a small New Mexico town and while his car is in the shop he visits low - rent fortune teller ( ) to pass the time . The supposed seer tells him he will have good fortune soon , but looking deeper relates the information that his future is blank , and he is safe only until the first snow of winter beyond which there is no future to foretell . The act upsets and rekindles old transgressions and makes him feel he is on a collision course with destiny especially when an old friend ( ) returns from a jail sentence that he went to in 's place after a bad business deal . becomes obsessed with knowing more of his future and re - visits but the old man can only tell the salesman that he has related to him all he can see . feels that has returned to kill him and that he must do something to change the course of his future but convinces him to accept his fate .

As three US servicemen – Marine Private First Class , Private First Class , and Navy Corpsman – are feted as heroes in a war bond drive , they reflect on their experiences via flashback . 
 After training at Camp Tarawa in Hawaii , the 28th Marine Regiment 5th Marine Division sails to invade Iwo Jima . The Navy bombards suspected Japanese positions for three days . Sergeant is put in charge of Second Platoon . 
 The next day , February 19 , 1945 , the Marines land in Higgins boats and Amtracs . The beaches are silent and Private First Class wonders if the defenders are all dead before Japanese heavy artillery and machine guns open fire on the advancing Marines and the Navy ships . Casualties are heavy , but the beaches are secured . 
 Two days later , the Marines attack Mount Suribachi under a rain of Japanese artillery and machine gun fire , as the Navy bombards the mountain . saves the lives of several Marines under fire , which later earns him the Navy Cross . The mountain is eventually secured . 
 On February 23 , the platoon under command of Sergeant reaches the top of Mount Suribachi and hoists the United States flag to cheers from the beaches and the ships . Secretary of the Navy , who witnesses the flag raising as he lands on the beach , requests the flag for himself . Colonel decides his 2nd Battalion deserves the flag more . is sent up with Second Platoon to replace the first flag with a second one for to take . , , , , and two other Marines ( Corporal and Private First Class ) are photographed by as they raise the second flag . 
 On March 1 , the Second Platoon is ambushed from a Japanese machine gun nest . During the fight over the nest , is hit by a U.S. Navy shell and dies from his wounds . Later that day , is shot in the chest and dies , and is killed by machine gun fire . 
 Two nights later , while is helping a wounded Marine , is abducted by Japanese troops and dragged into a tunnel . finds his viciously mangled body a few days later . On March 21 , is killed by machine gun fire and dies in 's arms . Of the eight men in the squad , only three are left : , , and . A few days after 's death , is wounded by artillery fire while trying to save a fellow corpsman . He survives and is sent back home . On March 26 , the battle ends and the U.S. Marines are victorious . 
 After the battle , the press gets hold of 's photograph . It is a huge morale booster and becomes famous . is asked to name the six men in the photo ; he identifies himself , , , and , but misidentifies as . eventually names as the sixth man , even after threatens to kill him for doing so . 
 , , and are sent home as part of the seventh bond tour . When they arrive to a hero 's welcome in Washington , DC , notices that 's mother is on the list of mothers of the dead flag raisers . angrily denounces the bond drive as a farce . The men are reprimanded by of the Treasury Department , who tells them that the country can not afford the war and if the bond drive fails , the U.S. will abandon the Pacific and their sacrifices will be for nothing . The three agree not to tell anyone that was not in the photograph . 
 As the three are sent around the country to raise money and make speeches , is guilt - ridden , faces discrimination as a Native American , and descends into alcoholism . After he throws up one night in front of General , commandant of the Marine Corps , he is sent back to his unit and the bond drive continues without him . 
 After the war , the three survivors return to their homes . still struggles with alcoholism and is never able to escape his unwanted fame . One day after being released from jail , he hitchhikes over 1,300 miles to Texas to see family . He tells 's father that his son was indeed at the base of the flag in the photograph . In 1954 , the USMC War Memorial is dedicated and the three flag raisers see each other one last time . In 1955 , dies of exposure after a night of drinking . That same year , drives to the town where 's mother lives to tell her how died , though it is implied that he does not tell her the truth . attempts a business career , but finds that the opportunities and offers he received during the bond drive are rescinded . He spends the rest of his life as a janitor . , by contrast , is successful , buying a funeral home . In 1994 , on his deathbed , he tells his story to his son , , and in a final flashback to 1945 , the men swim in the ocean after raising the flags .

is an upper class pet rat who makes his home in a posh Kensington flat . While his owners are away on holiday , plays around the house . A common sewer rat named comes spewing out of the sink and decides to stay , especially as England is playing against Germany in the World Cup final . schemes to get rid of by luring him into the " jacuzzi " , which is actually the toilet . is not fooled and instead throws in and flushes him away into the sewer . 
 discovers a city resembling London , Ratropolis , made out of various bits of junk , and meets , an enterprising scavenger rat who works the drains in her faithful boat , the Jammy Dodger . is irritated by initially , but ends up taking him along , while her archenemy The Toad sends his rat henchmen , and , after her for stealing back her father 's prized ruby . The Toad loathes all rodents to the point of hateful obsession , and plans to have and frozen with liquid nitrogen inside an icemaker . The pair escape , and takes a unique electrical cable that , unknown to everyone but the , is required to control the floodgates . 
 finds that the ruby is a fake and breaks it in front of , enraging her , for she can not now get the money she needs for her large family . offers her a real ruby if she takes him back to Kensington . Agreeing to the deal , the pair first stop to visit her family before setting off . During 's stay , he overhears a conversation that causes him to think that has double - crossed him , so he steals the Jammy Dodger . When catches up to him , she is able to clear up the misunderstanding . The pair evade a pursuit from , , and their accomplices . Incensed at his minions ’ repeated failures , The Toad sends for his French cousin , an infamous mercenary known as ( ) . It is revealed that The Toad was once Prince ' pet , but was replaced by a pet rat and flushed down a toilet , resulting in his hatred of rodents . and his subordinates intercept and and retrieve the cable , but the duo use a plastic bag to lift themselves out of the sewer , snatching away the cable during the ascent and get home , though the Jammy Dodger is destroyed . 
 Back home , pays the promised ruby and an emerald , then shows her around his house . She at first believes he has family in the home , but noticing his cage , she realizes he is a pet . tries to persuade to come with her , but he is too proud to admit that he is lonely . She departs , but is soon captured by The Toad . Talking to about half - time , pieces together The Toad 's plan : to open the gates during halftime of the World Cup , when all the humans will most likely be using their toilets , causing a great flood and drowning the rats and their underground city in sewage . The could then use the depopulated city as a home for his own tadpole offspring . gives his cushy position and has flush him back to the sewers to find and save the city . Together , they defeat The and his henchmen and freeze the wave of sewage with his liquid nitrogen . 
 and build the " Jammy Dodger Mark Two " and set off in her with 's entire brood . A newspaper article reveals England had lost on penalties . In a post - credits scene , 's former owner returns home with a new pet cat , which scares .

In 1916 , during World War I , a group of young Americans go to France , for different personal reasons , to fight in the French Air Service , L'Aéronautique militaire . These American recruits are under the command of French Captain , with the veteran fighter ace as their mentor . 
 During their training , each pilot struggles with the demanding flying ; later , they have to face the aerial dogfights that dominate the front line missions . One of them , meets a young woman named whom he courts despite her hesitations about his risky profession . [ N 1 ] 
 On their first mission to escort two bombers to attack a German ammunition depot , the rookie pilots are ambushed by Germans and two are killed while flying ; a third is forced to make an emergency landing . While on the ground he is killed by a ruthless German pilot identified as " The Black Falcon " ; the more chivalrous German pilot shakes his head in disapproval . 
 During a later battle , ' single machine gun jams ; — the pilot whom he had been chasing prior to the jam — flies beside , before saluting and banking away toward home , sparing his opponent 's life . 
 kills when dives after another American . After this , is alarmed to learn that German forces are going to invade 's village . Despite others disapproving of his conduct , they let him go . He single - handedly rescues and her two nephews and niece . He returns to base , and instead of being arrested for his misconduct , he is praised by their commander and awarded with the Croix de Guerre medal for bravery due to his courage . 
 During an attack on a German Zeppelin , is mortally wounded by the Black Falcon but , as his final act , destroys the Zeppelin by crashing into it . reunites with before she leaves for Paris . Before leaves for another battle , his plane is presented with an eagle , 's former insignia , and is promoted to Commander . Their next mission is to escort four bombers which are being sent to bomb the same supply depot from the first mission . 
 Upon returning from the bombing mission , takes off again to exact revenge on the Black Falcon . He is followed soon after by , who has recovered from his shock and saves . During the final battle , despite having jammed guns and being wounded , evades his enemy and fatally shoots the Black Falcon with his pistol . and three other pilots ( , , and ) survive the encounter and return to base . 
 flies for the rest of the war and returns to Nebraska and receives a hero 's welcome . enlists in the US Army but is kept from flying due to his race ; he later joins the Airmail Service . marries an Italian woman and starts a flying circus . goes to Paris but does n't find . He builds one of the largest ranches in Texas , but never flies again .

Character actress ( ) , despite having been in the entertainment industry for 30 years , is best known for playing a blind prostitute in a film from the late 1980s . ( Shearer ) is also an acting veteran who is known to the public as the hot - dog wearing mascot for a kosher line of frankfurters . Together they are cast in a new low - budget film called Home for Purim as the patriarch and dying matriarch of a Southern U.S. Jewish family in the 1940s . 
 A newcomer ingenue , ( ) , plays their lesbian daughter , who has come home along with her girlfriend ( ) . Rounding out the cast is ( ) , playing 's brother who has returned home from the Navy . The family reunites in time to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim . 
 Home for Purim 's cast and crew are in the process of making what appears to be a cheap melodrama . The director ( ) is constantly adding bizarre camera shots and acting notes . The producer ( ) , heiress to a diaper service , dresses flamboyantly but does n't seem to know much about managing a film beyond paying for expenses . The two writers ( and ) are at odds with the director , seeing their script mash together Southern genteel with out - of - place Jewish references and words . 
 The film - within - a - film 's plot centers around the daughter 's confession of her lesbianism as her mother gets nearer to death and the family celebrates an awkward Purim . 
 Because of an off - hand remark that turns into a full - blown rumor , Oscar buzz begins around all of the cast ( with the exception of ) . Each begins obsessing about the award potential in his or her own way . 
 pretends not to care while secretly pining for the award . begins to demand a higher salary and push his agent ( ) for more dignified work . breaks up with ( her boyfriend ) , claiming he is not being supportive . He is virtually left in the dark . The obnoxious entertainment news program Hollywood Now and its hosts ( and ) fuel the awards - season buzz , even coming to the set to interview the cast . 
 At this point , studio executives butt in and force the writers to make script changes , feeling the film is " too Jewish . " It is retitled Home for Thanksgiving . Despite the changes , the Oscar buzz intensifies to the point where , , and are convinced they will be nominated for Academy Awards . An inept publicist , ( ) , becomes very excited about the film 's word of mouth , even though he only has a vague idea of what the Internet is . 
 They all begin to do major press appearances for the film . These are often embarrassing , both for the actors and the movie audience . appears on a hip - hop teen show called Chillaxin ' in youthful attire with capped teeth , a tan , and dyed blonde hair . gets breast implants and extensive plastic surgery to the point where her face is comically ecstatic . goes on an L.A. shock - jock radio show , only to field questions about topless scenes rather than her performance . All rise early in the morning for the televised announcement of the Oscar nominees , although does n't even own a TV . 
 Ultimately the only person nominated for an award is , the one person for whom there was no buzz at all . ( He sleeps in on the morning of the announcement of the nominations . ) goes back to auditioning for food commercials and other infomercials for useless products . revives her failed one - woman show , No Penis Intended . ( after a drunken , explosive rant on Hollywood Now ) becomes an acting teacher and seems uncomfortably at peace with her mediocre career .

Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Harry Shearer, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Jane Lynch

( ) walks through a predominantly African American housing project and enters an emergency room , apparently in shock and with cut and bleeding hands . Police detective ( ) is sent to take a statement from , who says that her car has been stolen . When gets there , she reveals that her young son , , was in the back seat of the car . The police frantically begin searching for . 
 's brother , ( ) , a police officer in a neighboring town , calls a massive police presence in to search the housing project for clues . This angers the residents who protest their innocence . begins to suspect that is holding back details from him and pressures her to tell the truth . She insists that she has told the truth and would never harm her son . With a sketch artist she produces a picture of the man she says stole her car . 's white coworkers arrest a man from the housing project who they think matches the picture . flies into a rage and beats him . 
 Desperate to find , enlists the aid of a volunteer group which helps search for missing children . He suggests that they search Freedomland , an abandoned foundling hospital nearby . As they search , the group 's leader ( ) talks with . had lost her own son years before and convinces to admit that is dead . She leads them to a nearby park where they find 's body in a shallow grave , covered with heavy rocks . 
 realizes that could not have moved the rocks herself . Under interrogation admits to having been engaged in an affair with a man named ( ) who lived in the projects . She would give cough syrup so that he would fall asleep and she could visit . On the night in question she had returned to find dead , having drunk a whole bottle of cough syrup . helped her bury his body . When the police go to arrest , they are confronted by residents angry over previous unfounded police harassment and a riot erupts . is charged with criminal neglect , and promises to visit her in jail .

( ) is a single , cash - strapped woman working as a maid in Los Angeles in order to make ends meet . She is surrounded by a support network of well - off friends consisting of ( ) – a stay at home mom with a large trust fund ; ( ) – a successful television writer ; ( ) – a fashion designer ; and their respective husbands . 
 While the disparity in financial situations between and her friends creates some friction , each woman is facing her own individual struggles . ca n't seem to find love or money and resorts to questionable tactics to satisfy both . 's inheritance sometimes causes tension between her and her accountant husband , who likes to spend it . 's marriage is falling apart because she and her husband ca n't communicate effectively . Finally , is becoming increasingly unpleasant to be around , possibly because of her discomfort with her age and her husband 's sexual ambiguity . Together , these women attend charity benefits , have lunch , lean on each other , and wade their way through life .

Jennifer Aniston, Joan Cusack, Catherine Keener, Frances McDormand

plans to propose to his girlfriend Dr. , who is going on a business trip to London . follows her to the United Kingdom as a surprise ; After escaping from the kennel , and sneak into 's luggage and join him on the road trip . and break out of the hotel room due to boredom , then get lost . 
 Meanwhile , at Carlyle Castle in the British countryside , the late Lady 's will is read . She leaves all of Carlyle Castle to Prince XII , her beloved cat who looks just like . This enrages the Lady 's nephew , Lord , who will now only get the grand estate once Prince is out of the picture . Lord traps in a picnic basket and throws him into the river . 
 inadvertently switches places with : finds climbing out of a drain and takes him to the hotel , while 's butler finds in the street and takes him to Carlyle Castle . 
 In the grand estate is residing in , he receives the royal treatment , including a butler and a team of four - legged servants and followers . teaches his animal friends how to make lasagna , while learns to adapt to a more humble setting , while in 's company . Lord sees and thinks has come back – if the lawyers see / they will not sign the estate over to , who secretly wants to destroy the barnyand and kill the animals to build a country spa . makes many attempts to kill , one involving an unmerciful but dim - witted , . 
 Eventually and meet each other for the first time ( spoofing the brothers ' mirror gag ) . , with the help of , discovers the mix - up and goes to the castle , which coincidentally is visiting . 
 and taunt , whose plan is exposed , and are seen by the lawyers . threatens everyone if they do n't sign the papers to him , taking hostage . , , and save the day , alerts the authorities , and is arrested . , who had been trying to stop from proposing to , has a change of heart : He helps in proposing , and she accepts .

Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Billy Connolly, Bill Murray

Newly appointed men 's basketball coach gets a new job at Texas Western College in El Paso . Lacking necessary financial resources , he makes an effort to recruit the best players regardless of race to form a team that can compete for a national championship . Some of the young men he brings in possess skill , but are raw in talent when it comes to organized teamwork focusing on defense and ball distribution . In the end , his Texas Western Miners team comprises seven black and five white athletes ; a balance that raises eyebrows among university personnel . puts his players through a rigorous training program , threatening to cut anyone who does n't work as hard as he demands , while trying to integrate his players into a single team with a common goal . 
 Following initial victories against mediocre local teams , quickly discovers that he has to give his black players more free room on the court . Yet , the more victories his team achieves with its flamboyant style , up until this point rarely seen in college basketball , the more racial hatred mounts on his squad . This culminates in threats to his own family , the beating of a player while on the road and ultimately the vandalism of his team 's motel rooms by racists while they are at an away game . Increasingly frightened , the team loses its last game of the regular season after the black players stop playing with passion . Thus , the Texas Western Miners finish the 1965 - 66 regular season with a 23–1 record , entering the 1966 NCAA tournament ranked third in the nation . 
 Going on to the NCAA final , played at College Park , Maryland , they take on the top - ranked University of Kentucky under legendary coach , . , with a well - organized and more experienced all - white Wildcats squad , firmly believes that his opponent stands no chance . On the eve of the decisive game , decides to experiment with a bold strategy , informing his team that he intends to start an all - black lineup in the game , and also only using the two other black players in the rotation . 
 In the midst of seemingly insurmountable odds , Texas Western encounters mounting problems with forward and team captain leaving the game with an injury , and their center in foul trouble . In a close game , the Miners narrowly lead at halftime , but finally manage to beat Kentucky 72–65 with some impressive steals , rebounding and passing techniques in the second half . The film ends with the players exiting the plane that brought them back to El Paso to the greeting of a raucous crowd .

( ) works at Kilpatrick Detention Center in Los Angeles . He becomes frustrated at not being able to help the kids get away from their problems in life when they are released from the center , such as street gangs and drug dealings . He decides to create a football team so the kids can feel like they 're part of something . believes that football will teach the teenage inmates what it takes to be responsible , mature , and disciplined winners . He picks out a few kids in the room that he feels will benefit from this program and requires that they practice with him the following day . He states to his new team , the Kilpatrick Mustangs , " You do it my way , not your way . Your way got you here and you 're here because you lost . Right now you are all losers , but if you accept this challenge and stick with the program , you are all going to be winners at the end . " Two of the teens do not get along because they are from rival gangs . Willie Weathers ( ) is from the 88 ’s and ( ) is from the 95 ’s . The first game is against the best team in the league , Barrington . The game starts out somewhat positive for the Mustangs , as they recover a fumble on the first drive , but things quickly turn . They are demolished by Barrington , losing by 38 points . After starting 0–2 , the Mustangs start winning games as they learn to work together . and Willie finally shake hands when they win a game by one touchdown after makes a big block for . Near the end of the season , the Mustangs are headed for the playoffs . They are getting more publicity and more fans along the way . 
 One of ’s 88 gang mates , , stops by the field . He realizes that is a 95 . and get into a fight , and shoots in the shoulder . As prepares to put another bullet in 's head , runs toward and tackles him to the ground to save . is shocked that helped and not him . The police show up , and runs off . He fires at the responding officers who fire in return , killing him . Although survives the attack , he will not be able to play in the finals . is almost forced to forfeit the playoff game due to concerns about further gang violence , but 's boss steps in to prevent it by arranging for volunteers from neighboring police departments to patrol the game . The County Sheriff 's spokesperson states that " We will do whatever it takes to ensure that gangs do not take over the lives of our youth " . In the playoff game , a rematch against Barrington , the Mustangs go into the half down 14–0 . gives a motivational speech , and they go out and beat Barrington on the last play of the game . It is revealed in the narration that they lost the championship game 17–14 , but no one called them losers . A few months later , 's football method is officially made part of the program . 
 Nearly all the former members of the Mustangs are doing well in their new lives outside the detention center . is playing football at a top boarding school , is playing football for Washington High , is going to school in Redondo Beach and living with his mother , got a job working for a furniture company , is playing football for Dorsey High , and went back to their old gangs and are now in California youth authority prisons . was killed in a drive - by shooting in Compton , California . Only five of the players are back in jail . The movie ends with a new group of Mustangs training for the next season . Some footage of the 1993 Gridiron Gang documentary is shown during the end credits .

Every emperor penguin sings a unique song called a " heartsong " to attract a mate . If the male penguin 's heartsong matches the female 's song , the two penguins mate . , a female penguin , falls for , a male penguin and they become mates . They lay an egg , which is left in ' care , while leaves with the other females to fish . While the males struggle through the harsh winter , briefly drops the egg . As a result , is unable to sing , but he can tap dance instead . Nevertheless , he is enamored with , a female penguin who is regarded as the most talented of her age . One day , encounters a group of hostile skua , with a leader who is tagged with a yellow band , which he says is from an alien abduction . narrowly escapes the hungry birds by falling into a crevice . 
 Now a young adult , is frequently ridiculed by the elders . After escaping from a leopard seal attack , befriends a group of Adelie penguins called " the Amigos " , who embrace 's dance moves and assimilate him into their group . After seeing a hidden human excavator in an avalanche , they opt to ask , a rockhopper penguin , about its origin . has the plastic rings of a six pack entangled around his neck , which he claims have been bestowed upon him by mystic beings . 
 For the emperor penguins , it is mating season and is the center of attention . , one of the Amigos , attempts to help win her affection by singing a Spanish version of " My Way " , with lip syncing , but the plan fails . In desperation , begins tap dancing in synch with her song . She falls for him and the youthful penguins join in for singing and dancing to " Boogie Wonderland " . The elders are appalled by 's conduct , which they see as the reason for their lean fishing season . begs to stop dancing , for his own sake , but when refuses , he is exiled , prompting him to curse revenge on the elders for their blind belief . 
 and the return to , only to find him being choked by the plastic rings . confesses they were snagged on him while swimming off the forbidden shores , beyond the land of the elephant seals . Not long into their journey , they are met by , who wishes to join with as his mate . Fearing for her safety , he ridicules , driving her away . 
 At the forbidden shore , the group finds a fishing boat . pursues it solo to the brink of exhaustion . He is eventually washed up on the shore of Australia , where he is rescued and kept at Marine World with Magellanic penguins . After a long and secluded confinement in addition to fruitlessly trying to communicate with the humans , he nearly succumbs to madness . When a girl attempts to interact with by tapping the glass , he starts dancing , which attracts a large crowd . He is released back into the wild , with a tracking device attached to his back . He returns to his colony and challenges the will of the elders . reconciles with him , just as a research team arrives , proving the claims of the existence of " aliens " to be true . The whole of the colony , even the leader of the elders , engages in dance . 
 The research team returns their expedition footage , prompting a worldwide debate . The governments realize they are overfishing , leading to the banning of all Antarctic fishing . At this , the emperor penguins and the Amigos celebrate .

( ) is a former U.S. Army Ranger who suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ( PTSD ) . has a Mexican girlfriend , ( ) , whom he is determined to marry , and bring into the United States to start a life together . With this in mind , returns to Los Angeles , California . 
 In Los Angeles , meets up with his best friend ( ) . 's longtime girlfriend , ( ) , a young attorney , is " on the warpath " over his failure to get a job ( his previous job was outsourced ) and she encourages to help hand out resumes . After being denied a position in the Los Angeles Police Department for failing the psychological profile , gets drunk with , forgetting all about the resumes . 
 The two go to visit 's ex - girlfriend , but when her current boyfriend shows up , a fight ensues in which the boyfriend is backed up by a group of friends . is able to get the upper hand and when produces a gun , they subdue the men and rob them of their possessions , including marijuana and a handgun which they later decide to sell . later leaves messages on 's answering machine with several different voices , pretending to be companies responding to his resume . 
 The next day , when goes to visit , he finds in a surprisingly good mood due to the callbacks . and end up wasting the day again , getting a friend of theirs to leave another message on 's answering machine . They then go to a " paisa " bar to try to sell the gun , but leave after their potential buyer is stabbed in the neck and killed . is horrified , but is strangely excited by witnessing death again . 
 When arrives back home drunk , is upset , so plays back the answering machine , unaware that his friend did n't hang up early enough and his voice is heard on the tape . is enraged and throws out of the house . He goes and stays at 's place . gets shortlisted for a position with the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) , and after cheating on a urine test , it appears that he is going to be given a position . 
 manages to pass the urinalysis test , but subsequently fails a polygraph test due to a question about his drug use . The only hope left for him is a government agent working out of Colombia , who appreciates 's ability to " get things done " ; Jim eventually accepts the position but is warned that he must not get married to a foreigner ; his security clearance might be revoked . is told to report to FLETC in a few days . Meanwhile , gets a job when a company he applies at is now managed by an old friend . 
 goes to visit along with and another one of their friends , but before they leave , goes to visit and tells her that he has a job for real . She calms down and the two make love . Impatient , goes inside and tells that is coming to Mexico with him for the weekend , as it is their last chance to hang out . is angry and very much against the idea , and so yells at both her and . decides to go with to Mexico . 
 The trio arrive in Mexico , where they spend a relaxing night and morning the next day , preparing for a big party that night . At the party , reveals that she is pregnant , and responds violently , threatening to punch her in the stomach and shoot her in the head ; in the end , this is a result of 's severe PTSD . 
 On the way back , reveals that he is transporting 20 kilos of marijuana , much to 's dismay . When protests , pulls a gun on him , flashing back , before breaking down in tears , horrified at what he is becoming . , filled with pity for his friend , agrees to accompany to the deal after all . When they arrive to sell the drugs , they realize one of the buyers was the same man they had earlier robbed and beaten , the boyfriend of 's old flame . 
 Hostility ensues with both and the other gang members pulling out guns , resulting in the other man 's death . The other members of the buying party present plead for their lives , but kills them while suffering flashbacks due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder . While and are escaping in the car , a man from inside the house steps out and shoots at the car with an Armsel Striker ; is hit in the back and the side of his face , and subsequently paralyzed . 
 He urges to " step up " and shoot him , thus ending his suffering . After some hesitation , and say their goodbyes and ends up killing . The film ends with returning to , who was in the process of packing her belongings to leave for good . They embrace together as breaks down crying .

In June 1959 , ( ) , a Los Angeles private investigator more interested in generating an income than in devotion to his clients , is spying on the wife of a man named to find if she is cheating . On a visit to his own ex - wife , learns that his son is upset over the recent death of actor , who played on television . was found dead inside his Beverly Hills home with a gunshot wound to the head , which police ruled a suicide . 
 learns from a former police colleague that the suicide has aspects that the cops do n't want to touch . Sensing the potential for making a name for himself , begins investigating and notes several apparent conflicts with the official version of 's death . He also bickers with over his failures as a father , particularly now when his son seems so troubled . 
 Years previously , in 1951 , ( ) is a charming man whose acting career has stalled since appearing in Gone with the Wind . He catches the eye of a beautiful woman and they end the night in each other 's arms . In the morning , a newspaper photo reveals to that the woman is , the wife of , the general manager of Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer . 
 Frightened that an affair with a studio boss 's wife will destroy what is left of his career , is angry that did not tell him . She claims to have an open relationship with and tells him not to worry . The much wealthier begins to buy expensive gifts such as a house , a car and jewelry . 
 lands the starring role in the television series Adventures of Superman , based on the comic book hero . The role makes famous and gives him a steady income , but he longs for more " serious " work and is uncomfortable with the public 's stereotype of him as , resulting in snickers when he is seen on screen in the war film From Here to Eternity . 
 As the years pass , becomes bitter at being a kept man and at for not using her clout to help his career . He barbeques his costume to " celebrate " the program 's cancellation in 1958 . He also meets a young woman in New York City , actress , and leaves for her . is broken hearted and furious and seethes at her " mistreatment " by . 
 initially suspects that might have accidentally shot during an argument and imagines how the scenario might have played out . is beaten at his home by thugs , apparently working for , who are trying to scare him off the case . This and other evidence leads to suspect that was the one who had murdered . has a vision of how that killing would have occurred . 
 murders his wife , having grown impatient waiting for 's report . A guilt - plagued gets drunk , then visits his son 's school , where his inebriation scares the boy . visits ' manager , , who has a home movie that shot to promote some wrestling work . ' sadness and disappointment with his life is on display in the footage . 's final imagined variation on ' death concludes with the actor shooting himself . This is the most vivid of the three scenarios , and imagines himself in the upstairs bedroom watching the suicide . 
 Each of the scenes imagined by begins with playing guitar and singing " Aquellos Ojos Verdes ( Green Eyes ) " in Spanish for his house guests . After each of the three imagined renditions , says goodnight to his guests , then retires to his bedroom upstairs , just before the gunshot . 
 ' quest for success and 's realization of parallels to his own existence cause the detective to re - evaluate his life . watches another home movie , this one of himself and and their son in happier days . He goes to 's house wearing a suit and tie , greeting his son hopefully .

The animated introduction revolves around how ( voiced by ) becomes a Hound of Hell , in which he agreed to sell his soul to a demon named ( voiced by ) to bring back his dead sister ( whom he has accidentally killed ) . grants him knowledge , strength , and the power to decide who goes to heaven or hell for an unspecified period of time . The animation is switched out showing as a real person , as he narrates the stories . 
 A female tagger named ( ) is given the power of death by a mysterious ( ) , another Hound of Hell who captures her while she tries to escape from some gang members ( , and ) that harmed her mother ( ) . With it , any tag she " crosses out " causes the gruesome demise of the original tagger . She later suffers the ultimate price when she loses sight of her calling as an artist and starts to abuse her power . The told her that she could have broken the cycle of murder and violence in her city , but instead she made it worse . He takes the power away and sics the zombies of the recently deceased gang members on her . They lodge a spray - paint can in her head and spray the wall with her blood into a beautiful mural . tells the viewers " Now that 's life imitating art . " 
 A service held by Pastor ( ) is given for and her beautiful flower mural , while and watch on in human disguises . 
 A racist white couple , ) and ( ) , are given the chance at inheritance when 's father ( ) dies " mysteriously " . But in order for them to receive the inheritance , they have to live with some black Vietnam vets ( , , and ) that served under 's father for a year . 
 Instead of learning tolerance and respect from the vets , and just harass them and force them to work . When they start to cause casualties , they soon become victims to their unhappy house mates . After ironically dies by stomach explosion from caviar and demise upon the housemates getting him impaled on a horn , the remaining housemates gain the inheritance of their friend and celebrate . 
 Soon , , who is now revealed to be the new landlord , greets them and congratulates them on their new wealth . However , it 's short lived when 's pet chihuahua Pootie starts barking at , who shoots it in anger . Then he calmly says " No pets allowed . " 
 A new rapper named ( ) is finally starting to gain recognition and fame . 
 During an awards show after party , he is confronted by ( ) , a mysterious woman who seemingly stops time implying she too is a Hound of Hell . She shows him videos from his up - and - coming days : from when he first met ( ) ( another up - coming MC ) to 's last day when he was gunned down in a liquor store by a masked burglar . During that life , was always there acting as a big brother usually defending SOD when his ego got out of line . was offered a solo career by a British Record Mogul ( ) after SOD 's behavior was out of control , but refused and stayed with SOD . 
 When denies having anything to do with his death to , enters the room upon 's eyes glowing a familiar color . Back from the dead as a zombie , knows it was really and SOD 's manager ( ) who were behind his death revealing the elaborate plot of wearing a bulletproof vest as well as being the gunman as an act of betrayal and act of fame . then brutally kills and frames , who is then gunned down by the police during a shootout with them where he dies in the elevator . 
 During all the stories , tells the audience that each character had the potential to do good in life , but instead , chose to do evil for their own needs that resulted in each of their deaths . After each segment , he takes all the deceased characters to a mysterious elevator . First pulling out of her mural , then dragging by the horn which is embedded in his neck with his partner dragging afterwards . After claiming SOD who wakes up in the elevator , takes SOD , , , and and sends all of them to a one - way ticket straight to hell , where all of them are further tormented . tells the viewers that what they saw is what he does . When tries to quit , reminds him that he ca n't because they must do this for all eternity .

A United States Army librarian , Corporal " Average Joe " Bauers , is selected for a suspended animation experiment on grounds of average appearance , intelligence , behavior , etc . Lacking a suitable female candidate , they hire , a prostitute whose pimp " " has been bribed to allow her to take part . The experiment is forgotten when the officer in charge is arrested for having started his own prostitution ring under 's tutelage . Five hundred years later , and 's suspension chambers are unearthed by the collapse of a mountain - sized garbage pile , and 's suspension chamber crashes into the apartment of , who expels him . 
 The former Washington , D.C. has lost most of its infrastructure , with people living in plastic huts called " domistiles " . The human population has become morbidly stupid , speaks only low registers of English competently , is profoundly anti - intellectual , and individuals are named after corporate products . Suspecting hallucination , Joe enters a hospital , where he is incompetently diagnosed , and comes to realize what has happened to him and to society . He is arrested for not having a bar code tattoo to pay for his doctor 's appointment , and after being assigned the grossly incompetent as his lawyer , he is sent to prison . returns to her former profession . 
 is renamed " Not Sure " by a faulty tattooing machine , and takes an IQ test before tricking the guards into letting him escape . Once free , asks whether a time machine exists to return him to 2005 , and bribes him with promises of riches through compound interest on a bank account will open in the 21st century . knows of one , and leads him with to a gigantic Costco store , where a tattoo scanner identifies . He is apprehended , but is taken to the White House , where he is appointed Secretary of the Interior , on the grounds that his IQ test identified him as the most intelligent person alive . 
 In a speech , President gives Joe the impossible job of fixing the nation 's food shortages , Dust Bowls , and crippled economy within a week . discovers that the nation 's crops are irrigated with a sports drink named " Brawndo " , whose parent corporation had purchased the FDA , FCC , and USDA . When has the drink replaced with water , Brawndo 's stock drops to zero , and half of the population lose their jobs , causing mass riots . is sentenced to die in a monster truck demolition derby featuring undefeated " Rehabilitation Officer " . The monster truck scene is a callback to the first episode of Beavis and Butt - Head , where the two boys observe a 1992 Hyundai Excel , followed by a soft hippy - type character ( Mr. ) being crushed by a monster truck named " The Scrotalizer . " 
 and discover that 's reintroduction of water to the soil has prompted vegetation to grow in the fields . During the televised event they show the sprouting crops on the stadium 's display screen , and gives a full pardon , appointing him Vice President . and find that the " time masheen " had mentioned is merely an inaccurate , history - themed amusement ride . Following 's term , is elected President . and marry and conceive the world 's three smartest children , while Vice President takes eight wives and fathers 32 of the world 's stupidest children .

( ) and ( ) have been good friends since childhood . However , as they grow up , they each begin to live separate lives . works at his father ( ) morgue during the day , and works at a local club called Church at night playing the piano . becomes a singer at the club and a bootlegger ; he also gets married to ( ) , with whom he has five children . 
 One night when shows up late to the club , everyone becomes upset and rowdy including gangsters ( ) , ( ) , ( ) and ( ) who have a business deal with the club and . Finally shows up and performs ; , , and talk about their deal . wishes to get out of the business , and is willing to sell out to . Meanwhile , backstage , a singer from St. Louis named ( ) comes into the club and starts to complain about her train ride and her contract with the club . is actually an imposter ; she is really an aspiring singer named , who stole the contract from the real ( ) . 
 and have sex in a car in a warehouse until they hear people coming into the warehouse , jumps out of the car , gets dressed and confronts , and who have just arrived . then runs off , then shoots and kills and in order to get the business for himself . 
 Meanwhile , runs into while taking his family shopping and explains that the debt owed by is now his problem . He has to come up with this money by selling liquor at Church bought from 's " suppliers " . goes to 's house to warn her , but she is already packed up and ready to leave . As drives away in a taxi , she is being watched by one of 's henchmen . 
 Meanwhile , begins to have more problems at the club , and forces to sing . has an attack of stage fright , but calms her by giving her a song that he wrote for her . The song is a hit , and becomes an overnight star ; she and also fall in love . During a storm , runs over to the morgue to be with , and the two have sex . 
 's wife gets tired of his cheating and moves with their children to her mother 's house . gets a record deal in Chicago and asks to go with her , but he reluctantly declines , as he feels obligated to his father . When finds out that knows who she really is , however , she pledges her love to him and persuades him to go to Chicago with her . 
 devises a plan to buy liquor from bootlegger ( ) and his partner . One day , is making his rounds to pick up hooch from GW to load in a hearse borrowed from , when he sees a car on the road that seems to be stuck . He approaches the car to see an old woman , Mother ( ) , and her grandchildren . Mother tells that he is an angel and gives him a bible . walks into the old abandoned house of the two bootleggers and sees that 's henchmen have beaten up and killed his partner . 
 is caught and brought to , and is shot and killed . There is a fight between and 's henchmen . is shot but not killed due to the bible in his jacket and drives away in the hearse . However , pursues him and shoots at him . escapes into the Church club , and soon after arrives at the club . Before going to Chicago , and decide to make a stop at the Church club , and have a dramatic fight in the club and shots are fired by . Everyone in the club panics , and just when is about to shoot , is shot and killed by . 
 then notices that has been shot and runs to her aid . However dies soon afterward and begins to grieve . He then tends to her and prepares her for burial , dressing her up in a wedding gown and slipping a ring on her finger , implying that he was planning on marrying her . Afterward , attempts to commit suicide by hanging himself in his room , but is interrupted when rings the doorbell . is consoled and gives 's Chicago bound ticket to , who is then reunited with his wife and children . then begins to make records and tour in clubs throughout America and becomes famous . The film ends with pictures of , and in her coffin hung next to a picture of 's mother in her coffin at 's house .

, known in New York City society for his wit and fashion flair as much as he is recognized in literary circles as the celebrated writer of Other Voices , Other Rooms and Breakfast at Tiffany 's , reads a brief article about the murder of a farming family in Holcomb , Kansas , in the back pages of the New York Times of November 16 , 1959 . 
 Curious as to how the residents would react to a brutal massacre in their midst , the author and his friend , ( ) , who has just published her novel To Kill A Mockingbird , travel from New York to the rural Midwestern town , ostensibly so can interview people for a magazine article . Once there , he realizes there might be enough material for what he eventually describes as a nonfiction novel . 
 's dress and demeanor both amuse and dismay law enforcement officials . He allows the less ostentatious to act as a buffer between himself and those whose trust he needs to gain in order to obtain as much background information as possible . 
 The Kansas Bureau of Investigation 's lead detective on the case , ( ) , has refused to cooperate with the writer . But when his starstruck wife meets in a grocery store , she invites him and to Christmas dinner . He eventually wins over his host with personal anecdotes about , , , and the like . 
 As a result , when ex - convicts ( ) and Perry ( ) are apprehended in Las Vegas and extradited to Holcomb , permission is given to to interview them in their cells . The two men are tried and found guilty , but a lengthy period of appeals begins . 's society and literary friends like and in New York press him for juicy gossip about the case and inquire when they can expect to read the book . 
 forms an attachment to . He empathizes with the convicted killer 's unhappy childhood , and Smith 's remorseful manner , genuine sincerity , and obvious intelligence impress him . The criminal 's reciprocal feelings become evident , although has difficulty dealing with his emotions . As soon as learns that plans to title his book In Cold Blood , which suggests the author thinks of him only as a merciless killer , he violently subdues and nearly rapes him . 
 steadfastly refuses to describe the night of the murders . This greatly angers , who wants to hear details not only as a writer in search of the truth but as someone who finds it difficult to believe a loved one could be guilty of such a crime . eventually acquiesces and discusses what transpired . 
 then finds himself entangled in a personal and professional dilemma . As much as he wants to be sentenced to life in prison , a death by hanging would provide a far more sensational ending for readers of his book . He begins to unravel psychologically as the legal appeals drag on , unable to complete his book without an ending . 
 Years go by . and finally exhaust all their options ; they now ask that be present at their April 14 , 1965 execution . He complies reluctantly with their request . Afterward he learns bequeathed his meager belongings to him , and among them he finds a charcoal sketch of him the killer had drawn .

Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Lee Pace, Jeff Daniels, Hope Davis, Sigourney Weaver

The film opens to the sound of a gramophone playing Axxon N , " the longest - running radio play in history " . Meanwhile , a young prostitute , identified in the credits as the " Lost Girl " , cries while watching television in a hotel room , following an unpleasant encounter with her client . The Lost Girl ’s television displays a family of surrealistic anthropomorphic rabbits who speak in cryptic statements and questions . Occasionally , there are laugh track responses within these scenes . These three elements become recurring motifs throughout Inland Empire . 
 The main plot follows an actress named ( ) , who has applied for a comeback role as in a film entitled On High in Blue Tomorrows . The day before the audition , is visited by an enigmatic old woman ( ) who says she is her neighbor ; she predicts that will get the role , and recounts two folk tales . One tells of a boy who , sparking a reflection after passing through a doorway , " caused evil to be born " . The other tells of a girl who , wandering through an alleyway behind a marketplace , " discovers a palace " . The old woman presses for details on her new film , asking whether the story is about marriage and involves murder . denies both , but her neighbor disagrees . Disregarding 's offended response , the old woman comments on the confusion of time , claiming that were this tomorrow , would be sitting on a couch adjacent to them . The film then pans to where the neighbor is pointing , and we see and two girlfriends sitting on the couch . Her butler ( ) walks into the living room with a phone call from her agent , announcing that she has won the role . Ecstatic , and her friends celebrate while her husband ( ) ominously surveys them from atop a nearby staircase . 
 Some time later , and her co - star ( ) receive an interview on a talk show . The host ( ) asks them both whether they are having an affair , to which each of them responds negatively . is warned by his entourage that is out of bounds , due to her husband 's power and influence . Later , on the set being built for the film , and rehearse a scene with the director , ( Irons ) . They are interrupted by a disturbance , but upon investigation finds nothing . Shaken by the event , confesses that they are shooting a remake of a German feature entitled 47 . Production was abandoned after both leads were murdered , creating rumors of the film being cursed . 
 Immersed in her character , while the film is being shot , " " / appears to begin an affair with / " " . A strange scene follows based on what the old woman had described : appears in a mysterious alley walking to her car , carrying a bag of groceries , but then she notices a door in the alley marked Axxon N , and enters . It leads her back to the soundstage where the earlier rehearsal took place . She witnesses that rehearsal from across the room — she herself was what had interrupted it earlier . This time , when seeks to discover who 's observing them , she disappears from the rehearsal scene , and flees among the half - built backgrounds and into the house of a character named . Despite the set being merely a wooden facade , enters to find an illuminated suburban house inside . looks through the windows , but sees only darkness , not hearing her frantic cries of his character 's name , " " . 
 At this point , the film takes a drastic stylistic turn . Various plotlines and scenes begin to entwine and complement each other . The chronological order is often confused or nonexistent . Inside the house , sees her husband ( whether it 's " " or is unclear ) in bed . Hiding from him , she enters a different room and encounters a troupe of prostitutes . One of the women advises her to burn a hole through silk with a cigarette and look through the hole . complies and witnesses several strange happenings , many of which seem to revolve around her , or alternate versions of herself . 
 Prior to these scenes , the woman who plays ’s wife tells a policeman that she had been hypnotised to murder someone with a screwdriver , but finds the screwdriver embedded in her own side . A mysterious organization claims to have captives from Inland Empire . A parallel plotline involves Polish circus artists in the present day , as well as Polish prostitutes in Łódź during the 1930s , who are confronted by strange pimps while murder permeates their city . , having become one of the group of present - day prostitutes , wanders the streets while her companions ask , " Who is she ? " Both and her prostitutes frequently ask people to look at them and " say whether you 've known me before " . In a parallel plotline , climbs the dark staircase behind a nightclub to deliver long monologues to an unidentified man touching upon her childhood sexual abuse , disastrous relationships , and retaliations . Her husband seems to be connected with both the pimps and the organization , and then is hired by a circus from Poland because he is said to be " good with animals " . There is much talk of the , an elusive hypnotist . Convinced she 's being stalked by a red - lipped man , arms herself with a screwdriver . 
 Finally , walks down Hollywood Boulevard , and is startled to see her doppelgänger across the street . Before can investigate , arrives and attempts to kill her , having been hypnotized by The Phantom . is brutally stabbed in the stomach with her own screwdriver , causing her to stagger down the street and eventually collapse next to some homeless people on the corner of Hollywood and Vine . One woman remarks that is dying , then proceeds to debate with another , younger homeless woman about taking a bus to Pomona . Her companion talks at length about a friend named , a prostitute whose blond wig makes her look like a movie star , thus allowing her to walk through the rich district without drawing attention . The older woman comforts by holding a lighter in front of her face until she finally dies , promising her " no more blue tomorrows " . Off - camera , yells " Cut ! " and the camera pans back to show this has merely been a film scene . 
 As the actors and film crew wrap for the next scene , slowly arises , once more . announces that her scenes for the film are complete . In a daze , wanders off set and into a nearby cinema , where she sees not only On High in Blue Tomorrows — encompassing some of the subplots of the film — but events that are currently occurring . She wanders to the projection room , but finds an apartment building marked " Axxon N " . Eventually , confronts the red - lipped man from earlier , now known to be the Phantom . She shoots him , which causes his face to morph first into a distorted copy of 's own face , and then an even more distorted face bleeding from its mouth . 
 flees into a nearby room — Room 47 , which houses the rabbits on television , though she fails to see them . Elsewhere in the building , finds the Lost Girl , who has been watching and crying all along . The two women kiss , before fades away into the light along with the rabbits . The Lost Girl runs out of the hotel and into 's house , where she happily embraces a man and child . 
 is then seen back home , smiling at the old woman from the beginning of the film . The concluding scene takes place at her house , where she sits with many other people , among them , , and . A one - legged woman who was mentioned in 's monologue looks around and says , " Sweet ! " , the girl with the blonde wig and monkey , can also be seen . The end credits roll over a group of women dancing to " Sinner Man " while a lumberjack saws a log to the beat .

A man named sits in an unidentified cell and narrates a story of how he has committed the perfect robbery . In New York , masked robbers , dressed as painters and using variants of the name " " as aliases , seize control of a Manhattan bank and take the patrons and employees hostage . They divide the hostages into groups and hold them in different rooms , forcing them to don painters clothes identical to their own . The robbers rotate the hostages among various rooms and occasionally insert themselves covertly into the groups . They also take turns working on an unspecified project involving demolishing the floor in one of the bank 's storage rooms . 
 Police surround the bank and Detectives and take charge of the negotiations . , the leader of the robbers , demands food and the police supply them with pizzas whose boxes include listening devices . The bugs pick up a language which the police identify as Albanian . They discover , however , that the conversations are in fact propaganda recordings of deceased Albanian communist dictator , implying that the robbers anticipated the attempted surveillance . 
 When , chairman of the board of directors and founder of the bank , hears of the robbery taking place , he hires " fixer " to try to protect the contents of his safe deposit box within the bank . arranges a conversation with , who allows her to enter the bank and inspect the contents of the box , which include documents from Nazi Germany . implies that started his bank with money that he received from the Nazis for unspecified services , resulting in the deaths of many Jewish people during World War II . tells that will pay him a substantial sum if he destroys the contents of the box . 
 demands to inspect the hostages before allowing the robbers to leave and takes him on a tour of the bank . As he is being shown out , attacks , but is restrained by another of the robbers . Afterwards he explains that he deliberately tried to provoke and judges that the man is not a killer . However , this is disproven when the robbers execute one of the hostages . 
 The execution prompts the ESU team into action . They plan to storm the bank and use rubber bullets to knock out those inside . discovers that the robbers have planted a listening device on the police ; aware of the police plans , the robbers detonate smoke grenades and release the hostages . The police detain and question everyone but are unable to distinguish the identically dressed hostages from the robbers . A search of the bank reveals the robbers ' weapons were plastic replicas . They find props for faking the execution , but no money or valuables appear to have been stolen . With no way to identify the suspects and unsure if a crime has even been committed , 's superior orders him to drop the case . 
 , however , searches the bank 's records and finds that safe deposit box number 392 has never appeared on any records since the bank 's founding in 1948 . He obtains a search warrant to open it . He is then confronted by , who informs him of 's Nazi dealings . She attempts to persuade to drop his investigation , but he refuses , playing a recording of an incriminating conversation that she had with him . confronts who admits that the box contained diamonds and a ring that he had taken from a Jewish friend whom he had betrayed to the Nazis . 
 repeats his opening monologue , but with the revelation that he is in fact hiding behind a fake wall the robbers had constructed inside the bank 's supply room . He emerges a week after the robbery with the contents of Case 's safe deposit box , including incriminating documents and several bags of diamonds . On his way out , he bumps into , who does not recognize him . When opens the safe deposit box , he finds the ring and a note from . confronts and urges to contact the Office of War Crimes Issues at the State Department about 's war crimes . At home , finds a loose diamond , slipped into his pocket by .

During the 1970s , chaos reigns in the city of Philadelphia as southern portions of the city protest the shutdown of several job sites while their NFL team , the Philadelphia Eagles , endures a string of losing seasons , along with irate fans . 
 In 1976 , goes to a sandlot one night and joins his friends playing a pick – up football game against another group of young men . After the game ends , goes home and finds out that his wife is disgusted with his alleged failure to provide proper support . 
 The next morning , goes to the high school where he works as a substitute teacher . In a short , unexpected meeting with the principal , he is told of his layoff . Later in the day , there is a report that the Eagles have hired a new head coach named as shown in a formal televised conference . That night , goes to the bar where he works as a part - time bartender . The bar contains die - hard Eagles fans , who are watching TV about the hiring of . The news story concludes with the announcement by that he is staging open public tryouts for the Eagles . The men in the bar encourage to go to the tryout . When returns home , he finds out that his wife has left him and a note from her saying he will never be anything in the world . Distraught , trashes the few remaining belongings that left behind . 
 When goes to the bar the next night , he meets a new co - bartender , , who is a Giants fan . Desperate for income in the aftermath of his wife 's departure , receives support from his friends and attends the tryout hosted at Veterans Stadium . Out of several hundred Philadelphia residents attending the training facility , performs well during the workouts . After the camp is over , fails to start his car , and comes by . He is impressed by ’s actions at camp and invites him to training camp to compete for a roster spot with the Eagles . Everyone at the bar becomes excited about the TV announcement that will be joining the team . After work , has an interview with a newscaster . 
 The next day , exercises by jogging in the city and stops by at the empty home he tore up , where his former wife lived ; then he interacts with his friends , telling them about joining the Eagles . His father , meanwhile , offers to let stay with him . The following day , he goes to his first training camp with the Eagles . As the days of training camp progress , endures a life full of hard work and disrespect from the other players . goes out on a date with one night , but did n't think he 'd still be on the team . He says he 's not sure he can start a new relationship at that time , because he is focused on trying his best to make the team and she claims she did n't know it was a date . She goes to help out at the bar and he leaves . As training camp ends , the final roster spot is down to and a veteran . Against his assistants ' advice , decides to give the spot to . 
 As ’s career with the Eagles begins , the team loses all six preseason games and their regular season opener against the Dallas Cowboys . plays poorly against the Cowboys , and faces pressure from the fans and media for the poor start . After the team returns to Philadelphia , goes to the sandlot where he played with his friends once before . He is invited to play , but he declines because of his upcoming Eagles game and watches for a few minutes . A rainstorm begins , and then does join his pals and plays against another sandlot team to help his friends . During a wet and dirty game , ends the game by throwing a touchdown pass . When he runs into later , they speak briefly before passionately embracing and tumbling into 's home . 
 During the home opener against the New York Giants , Eagles fans are enraged about ’s appearance in a Giants shirt . In the locker room , looks again at the note had left and tears it up . opens the game by solo - tackling the kickoff returner inside the fifteen - yard line . After an up - and - down game , gets downfield during an Eagles ' fourth quarter punt to tackle the returner , forcing a fumble that he recovers and takes into the end zone for a touchdown , giving the Eagles their first win in ’s career . Eagles fans go wild with joy . As the film 's end credits appear , media and actual footage show highlights of ’s career with the Eagles . plays for the team for three seasons and eventually marries while succeeds in turning the Eagles into a winning team , culminating in an appearance in Super Bowl XV .

The movie begins with discussing her mother 's series of bad relationships which always caues them to move to a new town . She and her mother move to a suburb of Portland , Oregon and gets a job as a waitress . While at work , she sees popular local boy on dates with three different girls : , a chronic overachiever ; , who is head cheerleader ; and a promiscuous and liberal vegan activist . learns from a co - worker that he dates girls from different cliques at his school so that they never interact and convinces the girls he dates to keep their relationships secret . 
 One day in gym class , , , and end up on the same team for a volleyball game . During the game , brags about being with , and the girls learn about his scheme . , and begin fighting . tries to intervene , only to get all four of them sent to detention for the fight . Later that evening , the girls enlist 's help in seeking revenge against . Meanwhile , becomes friends with 's brother , better known as " The Other " . The girls ' initial attempts to undo ( making people believe he has genital herpes and with undermining his confidence by pranking him with estrogen , causing him to become weak and say strange things about himself ) initially work in humiliating , but eventually backfire as manages to use them to his advantage . After he breaks up with all three girls , they agree that breaking his heart is the ideal revenge . They then enlist to be the heartbreaker . 
 joins the cheerleading team in order to get 's attention , and the girls give her advice on how to act around and spy on the dates using surveillance equipment . also gets a make over and immediately notices and tries to win her attention , but dismisses him . With his ego insulted that there is a girl he can not charm , becomes determined to get her . 
 and eventually go on a series of dates , the first of which is a bonfire at the beach . is unprepared after asks to take her home and intervenes to teach her how to kiss . However , arrives , forcing to hide in the back of his Land Rover . 
 At her house , manages to buy time to escape by kissing , with 's skirt being ruined in the process after getting it caught in the car 's door . The plan seems to be working as relentlessly chases after , even going to her house in the middle of the night while talking to her on the phone at the same time . ( tells him that she needs to call the police because there is a stalker outside the house , and drives away in panic , hitting a trash can . ) 
 The next date is a romantic boat ride , and and have a good time together . later notices that is starting to fall for . To counteract this , tapes bragging to his friends in the locker room , saying he 'll be scoring " more than baskets " at the away game , and shows the tape to in order to get her to snap out of it . 
 The girls try another plan to embarrass Tucker at a hotel on the night of the away game . seduces on a video - chat and tells him to put on a woman 's thong and climb out of his room and into hers . He is misled and climbs into a teacher 's room and ultimately becomes the laughingstock of the school . again uses this to his advantage , starting a fashion trend that helps the boys in the basketball team play better . Meanwhile , 's mother and both discover the plan and lament the change in 's behavior . 
 Afterward , tells that she heard about what he said in the locker room about her . makes amends by giving her his watch and asking her to be his girlfriend . tells , and that she wants to be out of the plan , as whether they are dating or plotting to destroy John , it is still all about him . At 's birthday party , the tape the girls made of 's destruction is played , and reveals the entire plot as stares in disbelief , seemingly hurt . 
 , , and defend her after a guest throws his drink at . Still , becomes unfazed , and the party devolves into a cake fight . A few days later , and agree to be friends , and resolves to be honest . , happy that confessed , becomes her lab partner again , and it is hinted the two will begin dating . is now good friends with , , and . finishes saying , " as for the girl who made fall in love , well , she 's a legend " . After the credits , warns viewers at home wanting to try this that destroying a man has consequences , and the camera pans to several male teachers bending over to grab some papers , all wearing thongs .

Jesse Metcalfe, Brittany Snow, Ashanti, Sophia Bush, Arielle Kebbel, Jenny McCarthy

The film follows the life of lucky and popular ( ) who has an extremely fortunate life and is always experiencing remarkable strokes of luck in contrast to the life of unlucky and unpopular ( ) , manager of McFly , who is extremely unsuccessful and followed by bad luck wherever he goes . 
 Persistent in her effort to hold onto a client , manages to sell ( ) on the idea of a masquerade party . Meanwhile , tries to get a music businessman to sign up a band he leads , but due to his usual bad luck it is a disaster and is fired . When 's boss , , learns of the plan , she is , to 's surprise , impressed with the idea , leaving her with the task of organizing the party independently . , hearing of the party and of the number of possible sponsors who could be there , hatches a plan to attend , in order to meet a very famous man ( ) who could rehire him and publicise his band . He poses as a dancer for the masquerade party and gains entry . 
 During the party , is confronted by a fortune teller who warns her she will soon be struck by bad luck . As wanders around the party , he is taken with 's beauty and asks her to join him in a dance , during which they kiss . Neither can see the other 's face , as they are both wearing masks . During the kiss , their luck is switched : gets 's good luck and gets 's bad luck . spots and saves him from a taxi cab that nearly hit him . As a way of thanking him , , who is in charge of a major record company , signs up McFly and hires . is surprised that something good actually happened to him . Meanwhile , 's new bad luck kicks in and not only does she break her shoe , tear her dress , and nearly choke on an olive , but she goes to jail ( her neighbor turns out to be an escort ) . Even in jail , experiences more bad luck ( including one of the cell mates punching her in the face ) . After she gets out , she has even more bad luck , such as a flood in her house , a zit on her face , and causing the power to go out . Fed up and wanting to know why these bad things are happening to her , goes to the fortune teller , who tells her someone else has her lost good luck and he needed it more . 
 Desperate to regain her luck , asks more of the fortune teller , who explains that , in order for her life to return to what it was before , she must again kiss the person she kissed at the party . begins hunting down all the dancers from the company who had supplied the dancers at the party . While on her search , tries to get some food from a cafe but is rejected because she does n't have enough money . She creates mass chaos ( due to bad luck ) and makes a mad dash out of the cafe with the help of , who offers his previous job as a janitor person at the bowling alley and takes pity on her because he was once in her situation . , desperate for a job , accepts immediately . 
 Later , takes to the place where McFly is practicing and gets the deal from Phillips that signs his band up for a new music studio . shares his good fortune with , even giving her a place to stay . She discovers that is the one who has stolen her luck . Seizing her chance , she kisses him , whereupon he gets his bad luck back ; 's good luck has returned . That night , she thinks hard about her life and about how had put his ( her ) good fortune to use . She decides that her life was more enjoyable without luck and goes to 's first concert for McFly , during which things are n't running smoothly . 
 kisses , given good luck again , and the concert is saved . decides to end contact with , as she does n't want their luck to be switched again ; she believes put the good luck to better use than she ever did . She goes to the railway station , where finds her and tries to convince her that she was all he wanted since the party and says that even with all his good fortune , it could never buy him happiness . They then kiss each other relentlessly , causing their luck to swap so quickly that they no longer know who has the good luck and who has the bad . When they see Jake 's little cousin and both of them kiss her , one on each cheek , at the same time , she gets all the luck and wins a scratch card lottery of twenty - five dollars . Later , when they find a quarter , they decide that they still have some luck left . But only seconds later , they are drenched by a broken water line .

( Queen ) , an employee in the cookware department at Kragen 's Department Store in New Orleans , is a shy , unassuming woman who longs to cook professionally , and who records her dreams of a better life in a journal labeled " Possibilities " . It is the Christmas holiday season . While flirting with a co - worker named ( ) , she bumps her head on a cabinet door and is taken to the store 's health center for a CAT scan . There she is told by company physician Dr. ( ) she has several brain tumors resulting from a rare neurological disorder called Lampington 's Disease . Since her HMO plan will not cover the exorbitant cost of an operation , Georgia resigns herself to the fact she has only a few weeks to live , quits her job , liquidates her assets , and sets off on a dream vacation at the deluxe Grandhotel Pupp in the spa city of Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic . 
 Free of inhibitions and determined to live life to the fullest , Georgia checks into the Presidential Suite , buys a designer wardrobe in expensive boutiques , makes extensive use of the hotel 's spa facilities , attempts snowboarding and BASE jumping off a dam , enjoys succulent meals prepared by world - renowned Chef ( ) , and wins a small fortune playing roulette in the casino . She impresses the hotel 's staff , with the exception of cantankerous guest services manager Miss ( ) , with her naive manner and forthright kindness , and mingles with some of the other guests , including ( ) , a self - help guru and coincidentally the owner of the store where she works ; his assistant / mistress Ms. ( ) ; pandering Senator ( ) from her home state of Louisiana ; and prominent Congressman ( ) . is skeptical about Georgia 's origins and suspects her of trying to sabotage his business , but the rest are charmed by her free spirit . 
 When bribes Miss to dig up information about Georgia 's background , she finds a letter Georgia has written providing instructions for the disposal of her remains after her death . Miss is moved by the letter and realizes Georgia 's self - confidence and sunny optimism have touched everyone who has met her since her arrival . She confesses to Georgia she found the letter and urges her to return home and spend her last days with those she loves . takes Miss 's advice and heads for the airport , only to discover an avalanche has blocked the road . Unbeknownst to her , — having learned of her diagnosis and ready to acknowledge his feelings for her — is in a taxi on the other side of the snowdrift , trying to reach her at the hotel . 
 returns to the hotel , and starts across the snow on foot . At a New Year 's Eve party that evening , exposes as a saleswoman in one of his stores . tells them that is right and reveals that she is going to die . 's colleagues , disgusted by his insensitivity , embrace her and abandon him . Dejected and embarrassed , goes up to an upper floor of the hotel and sits on the ledge contemplating suicide . tries to persuade him to come down , suggesting if he were nicer and less driven and greedy , he would be a happier person . 
 arrives at the hotel and joins and on the ledge . In the lobby , Miss finds a fax from Dr. , in which he tells Georgia she was misdiagnosed due to X - rays generated by a broken , outdated CAT scanner . Miss rushes up to the ledge to announce the good news . and return to New Orleans where they later get married and open a restaurant , which is visited by Chef and Georgia 's long - time inspiration . An epilogue sequence shows that Ms. , Ms. , Dr. , and have all made better lives for themselves and are now happy , with Georgia changing her Book of Possibilities into the Book of Realities .

( ) has spent most of his life in prison , serving three different sentences . Each of his three trials were before Judge , who habitually imposed resentfully tough sentences . After being released from his third sentence , decides to take revenge on . tries to determine when will be presiding over his next case , only to discover that died three days before 's release . 
 He turns his attention to the judge 's brash son , ( ) . At a dedication ceremony for , breaks into 's BMW , wrecks the interior and empties 's emergency inhaler . After the ceremony , drives off and , finding his inhaler empty , panics and hyperventilates . He stops at a pharmacy and frantically searches through the shelves , desperately seeking a replacement for the empty inhaler , which he finds and immediately opens to use . The pharmacy owners think he 's a junkie seeking a fix . One owner mistakes the inhaler for a tiny pistol and calls the police . 
 is arrested and charged with assault and armed robbery . He demands that the Biederman Foundation do everything possible to have him acquitted . The board nearly complies with 's demands , but , as they are fed up of him and his behaviour , they see an opportunity to be rid of him . They get him a terrible defense lawyer for the trial . is found guilty and sentenced to three to five years . , not satisfied with merely going to prison , decides to join him in prison by committing a crime . At his trial before the same judge had , pleads guilty and asks for the same sentence ( 3–5 years ) at the same prison that is in . He manages to become ’s cellmate , pretends to be his friend , and gives terrible advice on surviving life in prison . 
 gets himself out of the many situations that 's misinformation creates . He meets gang leader ( ) , an imposing , brawny gay fellow who coerces into a relationship . Despite his intimidating appearance , is a sensitive romantic – he likes smooth jazz , he supplies potential romantic partners with his finest toilet - made Merlot , and he has transformed his prison cell into a candle - lit , rose - bedecked passion parlour . first submits to being his partner out of fear , but then he genuinely grows fond of and continues to play along with the " relationship " to keep happy . 
 gets into a mess with the prison 's " top dog " ( ) , who promises to kill him . instead gets his hands on a deadly chemical and a syringe with the intent of using it to commit suicide . Before he can do so , however , is attacked by in his cell , and just before can beat him to death he spots the syringe , assumes it to be heroin and injects himself with it , accidentally killing himself and earning the respect of and authority over his fellow prisoners , who believe had done the deed . reaches his one - year parole hearing not only relatively unharmed , but the new " top dog " in the prison hierarchy , after " killing " . However , will not allow his target to escape prison so easily . He manages to get 's parole denied . Enraged , confronts who then confesses to putting in jail . The two get into a fight . quickly realizes that he is now 's target . The guards set up a death match between the two . However , and secretly hatch a plan to inject each other with a coma - inducing drug . The guards and prisoners , believing that they are dead , bury the pair in the graveyard . , who had legally adopted to allow him to retake control of the Biederman Foundation , has bribe the mortician to skip the autopsy . later digs up and . , and begin a new chapter of life , starting a winery ( the product being " toilet wine " ) . The film ends with , , and now the best of friends , happily living free life in society .

In 2005 , Japanese archaeologists explore tunnels on Iwo Jima , where they find something in the dirt . 
 The scene changes to Iwo Jima in 1944 . Private First Class and his platoon are digging beach trenches on the island . Meanwhile , Lieutenant General arrives to take command of the garrison and immediately begins an inspection of the island defenses . He saves and his friend from a beating by Captain for ' unpatriotic speeches ' , and orders the men to begin tunneling underground defenses into Mount Suribachi . and Lieutenant Colonel Baron , a famous Olympic gold medalist show jumper , clash with some of the other officers , who do not agree with 's defense in depth strategy : believes the US will take the beaches quickly , and that the mountain defenses will have a better chance for holding out . 
 Poor nutrition and unsanitary conditions take their toll ; many die of dysentery , including Kashiwara . The troops begin using the caves . 's replacement , Superior Private , arrives for duty . suspects that is a spy from the Kempeitai sent to report on disloyal soldiers . 
 Soon , American aircraft and warships begin to appear and bombard the island , causing significant casualties . A few days later , the U.S. Marines land . The American troops suffer heavy casualties , but the beach defenses are quickly overcome , as predicted , and the attack turns to the positions on Mount Suribachi . While delivering a request for more machine guns from his commander to the Suribachi garrison , overhears radioing orders to retreat . The commander , however , ignores the General and instead orders his company to commit suicide . runs away with , convincing him to continue the fight rather than die . They find two other soldiers , but one is incinerated by an American flamethrower , and they witness a captured Marine being bayoneted to death . 
 and the soldiers in Mount Suribachi try to flee with Lt . Colonel at night , but they run into Marines , who wipe out all except and . They flee to friendly lines , but are accused by Lieutenant of desertion . raises his katana to execute them for cowardice , but arrives and saves again by confirming his order to retreat . 
 The Japanese attack US positions but take heavy losses . The survivors are told to regroup with Colonel while heads to the US lines with three mines , intending to throw himself under a tank . converses in English with a captured Marine , , until eventually dies from his wounds . Later , blinded by shrapnel , orders his men to withdraw and asks Lieutenant to leave him a rifle . Upon leaving , the soldiers hear a gunshot from 's cave . 
 plans surrender , and reveals that he was dishonorably discharged from the Kempeitai because he disobeyed an order to kill a civilian 's dog . escapes and surrenders to Americans , but is later shot dead by his guard . Meanwhile , , desperate and malnourished , breaks down and , when found by the US Marines , surrenders . is killed as he and his men arrive at 's position . meets up with , and one last attack is planned . orders to destroy all documents , including his own letters , saving 's life a third time . 
 That night , launches a final surprise attack . Most of his men are killed , and is critically wounded , but 's loyal aide drags him away . The next morning , orders to behead him ; however , is shot dead by a Marine sniper before he can do so . appears , having buried some of the documents and letters instead of burning them all . asks to bury him where he will not be found , then draws his pistol , an American M1911 — a gift was given in the US before the war — and commits suicide . A tearful then buries him . 
 Later , a US patrol find 's body . One Marine officer finds 's pistol and tucks it under his belt . They search the area and find with his shovel . Seeing the pistol in the Marine lieutenant 's belt , becomes furious and attacks the Americans with his shovel . Too weak to fight , he is knocked unconscious and taken to the POW beach . Awakening on a stretcher , he glimpses the setting sun and smiles grimly . 
 Back in 2005 , the archeologists complete their digging , revealing the bag of letters that had buried , and open it . As the letters spill out , the voices of the Japanese soldiers who wrote them resound .

( ) is a hapless , stay - at - home mother in a small suburb of Boston . She had been working on a doctorate in English , but set aside her work to marry ( ) and raise their 3 - year - old daughter , . Her marriage falls apart when she discovers that is addicted to online pornography . She meets ( ) , a law student who brings his 4 - year - old son , , to the park . is married to ( ) , but although their marriage is loving and amicable , it has been lacking intimacy . 
 When is supposed to be studying for the bar exam , he instead plays on a local football team or sits and watches teenagers skateboard outside his house , fantasizing about being young and carefree again . and become friendly and , on a dare , kiss in the park , scandalizing the other park parents . They are instantly attracted to each other , but resolve to keep their relationship platonic . One day , several parents panic when they see ( ) , a sex offender who was recently released from prison , swimming in the pool with the children . After is escorted away by the police , it begins to rain . 
 and take and back to her house and put the kids to bed . looks at one of 's books and finds a photo of him in it . While is drying towels in her basement , kisses her and they have sex . 's friend ( ) is a former police officer who was forced to retire when he accidentally shot a teenager at a local mall . Now he is estranged from his wife and spends much of his time harassing . lives with his mother , ( ) , who believes that meeting a woman his own age would cure him of his pedophilia . knows this is futile , but agrees to go on a date has arranged for him with a woman named . 
 During dinner , tells about his criminal record , and in return tells him that she has had a series of nervous breakdowns . They seem to get on well , but the date ends badly when he has her drive by an elementary school playground so he can masturbate next to her in the car . When skips taking the bar exam again , grows suspicious and tells to invite , , and over for dinner . The intimacy evident between and confirms her suspicions , and arranges for her mother to come for an extended visit so and ca n't see one another anymore . When 's football team plays its final game , attends and cheers as scores the winning touchdown . 
 Afterwards , while waits for at a nearby bar to celebrate their victory , and make out on the field . He admits that this is the happiest moment of his life , and convinces to run away with him . goes to 's house and uses a bullhorn to taunt him . comes out to confront him and has a heart attack . is arrested and is taken to the hospital . While sleeps in the waiting room , dies . When goes home , he finds an envelope containing a letter written by his mother saying : " Please be a good boy . " Distraught , destroys much of his mother 's collection of Hummel figurines , then takes a butcher knife from the kitchen . 
 That same night , and agree to meet in the park to run away together . tells he loves him before putting him to bed , writes a note explaining why he is leaving her , then sneaks out while she and her mother finish the dishes . Before he can get to the park , he is distracted by skateboarding teenagers , who convince him to try a jump himself . does so , but falls and knocks himself out . When he regains consciousness , he asks the paramedics to call his wife and to meet him at the hospital . It turns out that he never left the note for her and tells one of the skateboarders to dispose of it for him . 
 When takes to the park , she sees stagger by , and briefly feels afraid . When she sees him crying about his mother 's death , however , she feels sorry for him . When disappears , panics and rushes to find her , forgetting about . After finds and puts her in the car , starts crying , realizing her getaway with is just a fantasy . is upset about having indirectly caused May 's death . He genuinely wants to apologize to , but when he finds in the park , he discovers that he has castrated himself and is bleeding to death . races him to the hospital , and they arrive just as meets at the emergency room doors .

Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley

The film starts off with ( ) who is a very short convict . He is seen getting released and planning a robbery to steal a diamond with the help of his goofball cohort ( ) . After the successful robbery , the duo are almost arrested , but not before manages to stash the diamond in a nearby woman 's purse . The thieves follow the handbag 's owner to her home where they discover a couple , ( ) and ( ) , who are eager to have a child . 
 and hatch a plot to pass off as a baby left on the couple 's doorstep . After seeing , and , wanting a child , immediately adopt the baby as their own . However , 's dad ( ) has a bad feeling about . Friends of the couple find odd as well . Soon , warms up to the family . A local goon named ( ) , discovers the deception and demands the diamond from . arrives at the house that is staying in , and convinces 's henchmen that is his partner . and his henchmen go to the house and they keep and hostage . In a series of comedic maneuvers , manages to rescue and have arrested . is given a substantial reward for the recovery of the diamond , and since saved his life , he does n't turn him over to the police . 
 Before he leaves , thanks for taking care of him even though he was n't really a baby and admits that he thinks would make a great father for a real child someday . is about to be out of 's life for good , as watches him leave . is crying hysterically , so decides to let stay and from that point on , the two men become the best of friends . The film ends at some point in the future with and playing with and 's real baby , who looks exactly like ( face superimposed on that of the baby ) . And they all lived happily ever after .

is an overworked mother of two living in Albuquerque , New Mexico . Her brother , , who is gay and a scholar of , is temporarily living at home with the family after having attempted suicide . 's husband is a Type A personality striving to build a career as a motivational speaker and life coach . , 's son from a previous marriage , is a - reading teenager who has taken a vow of silence until he can accomplish his dream of becoming a test pilot . 's foul - mouthed father , , recently evicted from a retirement home for snorting heroin , lives with the family . , the daughter of and and the youngest of the family , is an aspiring beauty queen who is coached by . 
 learns she has qualified for the " Little Miss Sunshine " beauty pageant that is being held in Redondo Beach , California in two days . Her parents and , who has been coaching her , want to support her , and and can not be left alone , so the whole family goes . Because they have little money , they go on an 800 - mile road trip in their yellow Volkswagen Type 2 . 
 Family tensions play out on the highway and at stops along the way , amidst the ageing VW van 's mechanical problems . When the van breaks down early on , the family learns that they must push the van until it is moving at about 20    mph before it is put into gear , at which point they have to run up to the side door and jump in . Later on , the van 's horn starts honking unceasingly by itself . 
 Throughout the road trip , the family suffers numerous personal setbacks and discover their need for each other 's support . loses an important contract that would have jump - started his motivational business . encounters the ex - boyfriend who , in leaving him for an academic rival , had prompted his suicide attempt . dies from a heroin overdose , resulting in the family smuggling the body out of a hospital and nearly having it discovered by the police . During the final leg of the trip , discovers that he is color blind , which means he can not become a pilot , a realization that prompts him to finally break his silence and shout his anger and disdain for his family . 
 The climax takes place at the beauty pageant . After a frantic race against the clock , the family arrives at the hotel , and are curtly told by a pageant organizer that they are a couple minutes past the deadline . A sympathetic hired hand instead offers to register on his own time . As prepares for the pageant , the family sees 's competition : slim , hypersexualized pre - teen girls with teased hair and capped teeth . They wear lip gloss , adult - like swimsuits , and glamorous evening wear while performing highly elaborate dance numbers with great panache . It quickly becomes apparent that ( plain , chubby , wearing large eyeglasses , and untrained in beauty pageant conventions ) is a mere amateur by comparison . 
 As 's turn to perform in the talent portion of the pageant draws near , and recognize that is certain to be humiliated , and wanting to spare her feelings , run to the dressing room to talk her out of performing . , however , insists that they " let be " , and goes on stage . 's hitherto - unrevealed dance that her Grandpa had choreographed for her is performed to song " Super Freak " . scandalizes and horrifies most of the audience and pageant judges with a burlesque performance that she joyfully performs while oblivious to their reactions . The pageant organizers are enraged and demand and remove from the stage . Instead of removing her , one by one the members of the family join on stage , dancing alongside her to show their support . 
 The family is next seen outside the hotel 's security office where they are given their freedom in return for a promise never to enter a beauty pageant in the state of California again . Piling into the van with the horn still honking , they happily smash through the barrier of the hotel 's toll booth and head back to their home in Albuquerque .

Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin

The movie follows three recent college graduates in Chicago : , and . watches the screen of his laptop as he makes out with his girlfriend . conducts relationships by cellphone . 's preoccupation with chat rooms sabotages a potential face - to - face relationship with a girl he meets at a party .

Two bookies are separately ambushed and murdered by their unseen killers ; elsewhere , a young man is killed by a sniper . In a bus terminal , a young man is approached by , who tells the story of and the Kansas City Shuffle : two decades earlier , borrowed money from the mob to bet on a fixed horse race , only for the horse to die mid - race . To set an example to make sure nobody else would try to bet on a fixed race , the mob killed , his wife and young son . concludes that a " Kansas City Shuffle " is a misleading double bluff , and so tricks and kills the young man , before loading his body into a truck . 
 In New York City , is staying in his friend 's apartment and , upon being visited by 's neighbor , discusses 's disappearance and why his apartment was unlocked . suggests that may be missing and , after she leaves , is kidnapped by two henchmen , who take him to " The Boss " . Mistaking for , The Boss orders him to repay a large gambling debt or kill the son of his rival , " The Rabbi " ; The Boss believes The Rabbi is responsible for assassinating his son ( seen in the intro ) , and wants The Rabbi 's homosexual son , , to be killed in revenge . then returns to the apartment , but is kidnapped again by two Jewish henchmen working for The Rabbi . The Rabbi also mistakes for , and also demands he repay a large gambling debt . returns to The Boss and agrees to kill The Fairy . Concurrently with visiting the mob bosses , it becomes apparent is involved in both sides and is responsible for 's debts being called in , and he plans to kill after The Fairy dies and make it look like they were both killed by a jealous lover ( though 's motivations as to why remain unknown ) . 
 and go out to dinner , where arranges a date with The Fairy . is approached by Detective , who is investigating The Boss and The Rabbi . The detective hassles him again later and reveals his full name . arrives at The 's apartment and fatally shoots him , only for to appear ; rather than shoot , however , he finishes The , who pulls out a gun , revealing and are affiliated . then brings the bus terminal victim 's body , revealed to be , into the apartment while kills The Fairy 's bodyguards . Together , they blow up the apartment and the bodies , faking 's death in the process . and kidnap The Boss and The Rabbi , with both awakening restrained in The Boss 's penthouse . appears and explains the overarching twist : is , the son of the ill - fated , and the mobsters who killed were The Boss and The Rabbi . is revealed as the assassin hired to kill young , who after an attack of conscience took him in and raised him instead . 
 Twenty years later , and killed The Boss ' son and both mobsters ' bookies , stealing the bookies ' ledgers in the process . After finding that owed a great deal of money to both sides , they killed him and stole his identity . As gang warfare loomed , both mobsters went to , who agreed to both kill and protect The Fairy on the condition they call in 's debts , granting and unhindered access to the heavily guarded mobsters and as an ally respectively . After revealing his plan , suffocates The Rabbi and The Boss by taping plastic bags over their heads , killing them the same way they killed his father . Since earlier photographed for , shoots her to protect his identity . Finally , it is revealed that killed 's mother when his own gambling debts were called in by the mobsters ; kills as the pseudonym " " is explained : " Lucky Number Slevin " was the horse his father had bet on , and " " is Hebrew for " bad dog , " mirroring 's name . 
 Sometime later at the bus terminal , is met by , and it is revealed that , aware of 's intentions , explained his true identity to her and helped fake her death . appears , aware of the trickery ; since spared as a boy , he sympathizes and agrees to let her live .

Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Lucy Liu, Stanley Tucci, Bruce Willis

is host of a satirical news program , where he taps into people 's frustrations with the sharply divided , special interest - driven political climate . When an audience member suggests that he run for president , laughs it off , but following an online groundswell of support , he announces on air that he will stand as a candidate . He gets on the ballot in 13 states and participates in one of the national debates with the Democratic incumbent , President , and Republican candidate , Senator . 
 works at a the Delacroy voting machine company . Delacroy has been selected to provide machines for the Presidential election , driving its stock price higher . Shortly before the elections , notices that the voting system does not work correctly and alerts the head of the company , , via an e - mail that he deletes . 
 approaches the campaign seriously , to the chagrin of his manager , , and his show 's producer , . The night of the presidential debates , fed up with the other candidates ' posturing , finally shifts back into comedian mode , keeping the audience laughing while also making serious points . He continues his showman persona on the campaign trail , thoroughly shaking up the political landscape . While he surges in the polls , he only reaches 17 % compared to the 40 % each for and . 
 On Election Day , early returns show beating everywhere , exactly as predicted the voting system would report . When results from the 13 states with on the ballot start being reported , he sweeps them all , taking enough electoral votes to be elected President . When confronts that the results confirm the computer error , senior executive turns her aside . While and his team move from shock to celebration , is attacked in her home and given an injection . The next day she displays dramatically erratic behavior and is sent to the hospital , where tests reveal high levels of multiple illegal drugs . Her work mate , , visits her in hospital and reveals he has been promoted , which she thinks is an effort to buy him off . He tries to convince her that she has a drug habit and that no one will believe her if she goes public , but she decides that will believe her . 
 travels to Washington and impersonates an FBI agent in order to talk with . She explains that she was recently fired by , but is pulled away before she can explain about the election results . tries to contact Eleanor by calling Delacroy 's headquarters , with telling him that she was fired due to a drug problem . 
 figures out the flaw in Delacroy 's system – no matter the actual results , the system declares the winner as the name with double letters , in alphabetical order , so that Do"bb"s beats Kello"gg " , which beats Mi"ll"s . calls and he whisks her off to a Thanksgiving celebration with his friends . He is smitten by her , and tells her he already knows about her drug problem . She denies any drug problem , and finally tells him that the election result was wrong , then leaves . wrestles with the issue , then calls and tells that he will break the news the next day . She calls and tells , who provides the information to , who preempts ' public announcement by announcing that was caught attempting to throw the election for , but that her efforts had no impact on the polls . ' team turns against , but does n't . sees the news and becomes increasingly concerned , a feeling that is soon justified when she sees Delacroy agents break into her motel room and take her computer . 
 flees to the protection of a crowded mall , but is followed and apprehended by a Delacroy agent . She escapes and calls from a pay phone , but another Delacroy agent drives his truck into the phone booth . goes to the scene and talks with the injured in her ambulance , where she convinces him with the logic about the double letters . 
 His friends tell him to just be president , since polls now show that 60 % of the nation has decided that they want him . That night , invited onto the Weekend Update segment of Saturday Night Live , he announces to the public that the Delacroy vote system was flawed , that told her bosses before the election but they covered it up and silenced her , and that he will not run in the new election that must now take place . 
 President wins a second term . returns to hosting his satirical news program , with as his producer and later as his wife . The Delacroy executives are arrested . TIME magazine chooses as Person of the Year .

" " ( ) and ( ) are two rich , spoiled Hollywood socialite sisters who enjoy material things such as shopping and dating , rather than caring about the family cosmetics company which was founded by their late father , ( ) . Marchetta Cosmetics is run by co - founder and family friend ( ) . plans to go to college in the future and is planning to announce her engagement with fiancè ( ) . 
 When a major media scandal involving the Marchette night cream causing disfigurement breaks , the girls and their father 's reputation is destroyed , and & retreat to their mansion . lights a cigarette and when an argument breaks out between the sisters , an accidental fire starts . saves her father 's watch & her engagement party dress while saves their TiVo box which had recordings of her father talking about his cosmetics . They leave for a hotel but soon learn all their credit cards have been shut down , leaving the girls completely broke . They go and stay with their maid and close family friend ( ) in her small apartment . Their car gets stolen by two guys ( and ) whom they naively mistook for valets . 
 The next morning , and take a bus to 's engagement party . They are refused entry & when their friend ignores them , the girls realize that their friends only liked them for their money . 's fiancé gets his agent ( ) to dump her , saying that she is now a ' liability . ' plans to persuade the board of directors to sell Marchetta Cosmetics to their archrival ( ) . The girls are resigned to the fact that their company will be sold to and are given 30 days until the stockholders meeting , when the deal will be made official . After 's love interest and the company 's lab technician ( ) helps them evade the press outside , and decide to become ' private investigators ' and approach free legal clinic lawyer ( ) for help . He agrees , after initially refusing to help them as they are not ' underprivileged . ' Determined to restore their father 's reputation and the company he left as his legacy , the sisters are determined to expose the truth . 
 then rewatches a news broadcast on her TiVo and recognises a woman who accused of leaving her disfigured , was also featured on an eczema documentary on KLAE . goes to the KLAE offices dressed provocatively and flirts with the receptionist , who allows her access to the file room . She manages to get the address of the woman , before being arrested for fraud and trespassing . has to pawn her dad 's Rolex ( her most treasured possession ) to pay 's bail money after helps her realise that family is more important than material things . 
 The woman , claims that paid for her cosmetic surgery for the damage caused by Marchette Everdew night cream , but & learn from her neighbour that she has lied as she was born with a skin disease . The girls meet with the board of directors and successfully manage to clear the name , by revealing that ( their Fathers best friend and trustee of the company ) was behind the scandal , as he had helped fabricate testimonials , and used money taken from the sisters personal bank accounts . is promptly fired by Ava . 
 Six months later , the girls are seen running the company , with as the new CEO and studying while working as a chemist . Ava is now in a relationship with , and is now in a relationship with .

While working an undercover prostitute sting operation in a nightclub to arrest a pimp named , Miami - Dade Police detectives and receive a frantic phone call from their former informant . reveals that he 's leaving town , and , believing his wife to be in immediate danger , asks to check on her . learns that was working as an informant for the FBI but has been compromised . and quickly contact FBI Special Agent in Charge and warn him about ' safety . Tracking down through a vehicle transponder and aerial surveillance , and stop him along I-95 . reveals that a Colombian cartel had become aware that Russian undercovers ( now dead ) were working with the FBI , and had threatened to murder via a C-4 necklace bomb if he did n't confess . , learning of 's death by telephone call , tells that he does n't have to go home . Hearing this , the grief - stricken commits suicide by walking in front of an oncoming semi truck . 
 En route to the murder scene , and receive a call from Lt . and are instructed to stay away . He tells them to meet him downtown , where they are introduced in person to , head of the Florida Joint Inter - Agency Task Force between the FBI , the DEA , and ICE . and berate for the errors committed and inquire as to why the MDPD was n't involved . reveals that the Colombian group is highly sophisticated and run by , initially thought to be the cartel 's leader . enlists and , making them Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force deputies , to help , and they continue the investigation by looking into go - fast boats coming from the Caribbean , delivering loads of narcotics from the Colombians . They then use their Miami informant contacts to set up a meet and greet with the cartel . 
 Posing as drug smugglers , and offer their services to , the cartel 's security and intelligence man . After a high tension meeting they pass screening and are introduced to , South Florida 's drug trafficking kingpin . In the course of their investigation , and learn that the cartel is using the Aryan Brotherhood to distribute drugs , and is supplying them with state - of - the - art weaponry ( which they had used to kill the Russian undercovers ) . and 's financial adviser and lover begin a secret romance and begins to fear for the team 's safety . Those fears are soon realized as , the unit 's intelligence agent and 's girlfriend , is kidnapped by the Aryan Brotherhood by 's order , who never trusted and . The Aryan Brotherhood demand for and to deliver the cartel 's load directly to them . With Lt . 's help , the unit triangulates 's location to a mobile home in a trailer park and perform a rescue , but she is critically injured when fails to evacuate her before a bomb is remotely detonated by . Soon afterwards , reveals 's betrayal to and captures her . In the showdown , and face off against , his men , and the Aryan Brotherhood at the port of Miami . 
 During the firefight , begins to call in backup . When sees his police shield and radio , she realizes that he 's a cop . Betrayed , she demands that tell her who he really is . guns down as he attempts to shoot his way to safety . After the gunfight , takes to a police safe house and tells her she will have to leave the country and return to her home in Cuba . Meanwhile , is keeping watch on in hospital , and she begins to recover .

( ) is a clever and adventurous high school senior who is bored with her life . prizes her " unique experiences " ( she calls them " firsts " ) . For excitement , and to add to her list of firsts , decides to try being a call girl . Her first client , however , has a guilty conscience and ca n't carry through with the act , which disappoints . Her second client is decidedly more exciting : her stepfather ( ) . is initially shocked when he learns of her identity ( he initially blindfolded himself during intercourse per 's request ) , but soon a torrid love affair blossoms between the two . 
 In order to be together , and concoct a plan to have 's mother ( ) declared insane . When their plan fails , convinces to murder , despite his initial resistance to the idea . They attempt to make it appear that committed suicide , but they soon attract the attention of a detective ( ) who believes that and killed her . A nosy neighbor , ( ) , is sexually obsessed with , and when learns that had gone to 's house and had received sexual pictures from him , he and get into a fight . arrives to find standing over the neighbor , ready to beat him into unconsciousness , and when the police arrive they arrest . 
 visits in jail and admits that the sexual pictures sent were actually from her in order to get to think that the neighbor sent them . She also reveals that she assumed the police would eventually believe he killed ( since he was the more likely perpetrator ) . , therefore , ends up getting away with murder , and inherits her mother 's fortune . The film ends with giving a valedictorian speech , even though she is a C student ; the school gave her straight A 's out of sympathy for her mother 's death . She offers advice to the graduating class about how to live a good life , that perversely alludes to her crimes without making her look too suspicious . The detective is present at the speech , clearly still suspicious of , but knowing that he will probably never be able to prove that she was guilty of murdering her mother .

The story begins with nervously packing her portfolio and narrating that she is a London spinster , and that her ambition to become a children 's author meets with wide disapproval . She and her chaperone , Miss , visit the publishing house of and , who decide to publish her book . is thrilled and returns home , taking a drive through the parks to celebrate first . However , it is revealed the brothers think her book is ridiculous and will no doubt be a failure . The only reason they agreed to publish it is because they promised their younger brother , , a project . 
 When visits , they make decisions about her book regarding size , colour and price . admits he has never done anything like this before but has given her book a great deal of thought . realises what 's brothers have done regarding him and her , but they become determined to prove them wrong . takes to the printer , and she has her drawings reproduced and copies of her book sold . Thrilled , and visit the family , where meets the wheelchair - bound but lovely Mrs. , and 's sister , , nicknamed " " . has decided that she and are going to be friends and is overjoyed that is a spinster , as is , who believes men to be nothing but bores . The family befriends , yet , 's social - climbing mother , is unhappy about her daughter spending time in the company of ' tradesmen ' . 
 When she returns home , and bicker about 's stubborn decision not to marry . reminds her mother of the book she wrote , and her mother retorts she believes the venture will fail . However , the book sales are very successful and copies are displayed in many store windows . encourages to submit other stories for publication . Even 's father , , buys a copy of one of her books after hearing how his friends at the Reform Club were buying them . Encouraged by this success and her father 's support , invites and to her family 's Christmas party , despite her mother 's misgivings . At the party everyone enjoys themselves and shows a story she is writing especially for him , " The Rabbits ' Christmas Party " . She shows him a drawing from the story and shows him her studio where she writes and draws . Miss falls asleep from too much brandy ( a generous portion of which had been added to her coffee cup by ) , and plucks up the courage to propose to . Mrs. interrupts before can reply , and they join the other guests in the drawing room . confides in about proposing , and encourages her to say yes . then tells the guests of the stories she writes and they are delighted and amused . Mrs. , however , can not see what all the fuss is about . As the guests leave , whispers her agreement to marry , who is overjoyed . 
 visits at his club to ask his consent , and is dismissed within minutes . At the household , and her parents argue about her decision to marry . is adamant and will not be dissuaded . Mrs. tells her no can marry into trade , but reminds her that her grandfathers were both tradesmen . When Mrs. threatens to cut her daughter off , reminds them of her brother , , who married a wine merchant 's daughter and was not disowned . She states she can survive on her own with her books . Mr. attempts to reason with his daughter , but she tells him she wants to be loved and not simply marry someone because he can provide for her . 
 inquires with the bank about her royalty earnings , wondering if she would perhaps someday be able to buy a house in the country . She is amazed and delighted to learn that her book sales have made her wealthy enough to buy several estates and a house in town if she wishes . When she returns home her parents offer a proposition : that keep her engagement to a secret and holiday with them in the Lake District for the summer . If she still wishes to marry him at the end of the summer , they agree that they will not object to the marriage . agrees to the proposition and is quite convinced that she will not change her mind , telling her parents to prepare for an October wedding . 
 and kiss each other goodbye at the railway station and write many letters during their time apart , until one day a letter arrives from his sister , informing her that is ill . travels back to London only to find that has died . Overcome with grief , shuts herself up in her room . She turns to her drawing , but discovers that her characters disappear off the page . comes to visit and comfort her , and decides she must leave the house . 
 buys a farm in the country in the Lake District and moves there to resume her work . She hires a farmhand to run the farm and finds comfort in her surroundings . With the help of her solicitor , , she outbids developers at auctions and buys many other farms and land in the area to preserve nature . In captions , it is explained that eight years after moving to the Lake District she marries ( to her mother 's disapproval ) and the land she purchased eventually forms part of the Lake District National Park in North West England .

The parents of twelve - year - old leave town for the weekend , leaving him in the care of his babysitter , . has been spying on his elderly neighbor , who confiscates any item landing in his yard . After 's best friend his basketball on 's lawn , is caught by trying to recover it , but the enraged owner apparently suffers a heart attack and is taken away by an ambulance . That night , receives phone calls from the house with no one on the other end . Eavesdropping on 's boyfriend , hears him tell about losing his kite on 's lawn when he was a child and that supposedly ate his wife . Later , sees his kite in the doorway of Mr. 's house , but he is consumed by the house while retrieving it . 
 The next morning , a girl named is selling Halloween candy . and see her going to 's house and rush out to catch her before she is eaten by it . calls the police but is not believed . 
 The trio seek advice from , a supposed expert on the supernatural . They learn that the house is a rare monster created when a human soul merges with a man - made structure , and that it can only be killed by destroying its heart . They conclude that the heart must be the furnace and provides a cold medicine - filled dummy that should cause the house to sleep long enough for them to douse the furnace . Police Officers and thwart their plan and they are arrested when finds the cold medicine stolen from 's father 's pharmacy inside the dummy . When the officers go to examine the house , it eats them and the car in which , and have been shut . 
 When the house falls asleep , the kids begin exploring . In the basement they find a collection of toys accumulated from 's lawn , as well as a door that opens to a shrine containing the body of 's wife , , encased in cement . The house realizes they are inside and attacks them . , , and force the house to vomit them outside by grabbing its uvula . arrives home alive , revealing that 's spirit is within the house and that he did not eat her but instead had given her some of the happiest times in her life . As a young man , he met , then an unwilling member of a circus freak show , and fell in love with her despite her obesity . After he helped her escape , they began building the house . One Halloween , as children tormented her due to her size , tried chasing them away but lost her footing and fell to her death in the basement . had finished the house , knowing it was what she would have wanted but , aware that 's spirit made the house come alive , he pretended to hate children so as to keep them away . 
 tells it is time to let go , but the house overhears this . Enraged , it breaks free from its foundation and chases the group to a construction site . attempts to distract the house so he can dynamite it , but the house notices and attacks him . fights it off with an excavator and is given the dynamite . While distracts the house , and climb to the top of a crane and throws the dynamite into the chimney causing the house to explode . The trio then see with 's ghost before she fades away . apologizes to for the loss of his house and wife , but thanks the kids for freeing him and his wife from being trapped for 45 years . That night , children in their Halloween costumes are lined up at the site of the house , where , and help return the toys to their owners . 's mother picks her up and and go trick - or - treating , which they previously felt they were too old for . Those who were eaten by the house emerge from the basement .

has retired from field work for the IMF . He instead trains new recruits while settling down with his fiancée , , a nurse who is unaware of 's true job . He is approached by fellow IMF agent about a mission to rescue one of 's protégés , . was captured while investigating arms dealer . has already prepared a team for : , , and his old partner . 
 The team rescues and collects two damaged laptop computers . As they flee , discovers an explosive pellet implanted in 's head . Before he can disable it , it goes off and kills her . Back in the U.S. , and are reprimanded by IMF Director . learns that mailed him a postcard before her capture and discovers a magnetic microdot under the stamp . 
 IMF technician recovers enough data from the laptops to determine will be in Vatican City to obtain a mysterious object called the " Rabbit 's Foot " . plans a mission to capture without seeking official approval . Before leaving , he and have an impromptu wedding at the hospital 's chapel . The team successfully infiltrates Vatican City and captures . 
 On the flight back to the U.S. , threatens to drop from the plane as he interrogates him about 's foot , but remains tightlipped . After landing , learns that the microdot contains a video of warning that is working with . The convoy taking across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge – Tunnel is attacked , and escapes . races to 's workplace , only to find she has already been kidnapped . gives 48 hours to recover the Rabbit 's Foot in exchange for 's life , but is soon captured by the IMF . 
 takes part in 's interrogation but discreetly mouths that the Rabbit 's Foot is located in Shanghai , China , and provides with the means to escape . escapes IMF headquarters , travels to Shanghai , and acquires Rabbit 's Foot along with his team . As he delivers Rabbit 's Foot to the meeting point , is tranquilized . When he comes to , he realizes a micro - explosive is implanted in his head . The restrained sees holding at gunpoint . Despite asserting that he brought the real Rabbit 's Foot , shoots and leaves . 
 arrives and explains that the woman killed was not , but 's head of security disguised as , executed for failing to protect him in Vatican City . The ruse was to confirm the authenticity of Rabbit 's Foot . is alive and held as hostage . reveals himself as the mole . He arranged for to acquire the Rabbit 's Foot and sell to a terrorist group , so that IMF would have reasons to launch a preemptive strike . 
 When lets his guard down , knocks him unconscious . He frees himself and uses 's phone to track the last call 's location to find . He arrives and finds the place , but encounters . triggers the micro - explosive in 's head , but kills him and then jury - rigs an impromptu defibrillator to deactivate the explosive . Before electrocuting himself , he kisses and teaches her how to use his Beretta 92 to defend herself . While is unconscious , and a henchman arrive and shoots them dead . She successfully revives and he explains his true IMF career to her . 
 Back in the U.S. , is congratulated by as he leaves for his honeymoon with .

Tom Cruise, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames

After foiling a purse snatcher who tries to steal ( ) purse on the subway , ( ) becomes 's " hero " and starts dating this shy stranger . After several dates , displays increasingly neurotic and aggressive behavior , becoming more demanding and ultimately injuring and destroying his bed the first time they have sex . Soon after , reveals to him that she is in fact the voluptuous blonde superheroine , G - Girl , who accidentally received powers such as flight , superhuman strength , speed , and senses , invulnerability , super breath , and heat vision after she was exposed to radiation from a crashed meteorite as a teenager . starts to become more controlling after she reveals her powers and starts to lose his mind . 
 ( ) , 's co - worker , has a crush on him despite the fact that she is going out with a handsome but shallow underwear model . As and 's friendship develops further , and after becoming aggravated with 's escalating jealousy , ends the relationship . An enraged vows to make regret the decision , using her superpowers to publicly embarrass him , throwing his car into space and eventually causing him to lose his job as an architect when she strips him naked during an important meeting . Professor ( ) , 's former friend , and now G - Girl 's nemesis , contacts in order to enlist his aid in defeating her . refuses and makes plans to leave the city . As he does so he is contacted by who has broken up with her cheating boyfriend , and after confessing their feelings to one another , they end up having sex in bed . 
 ( as G - Girl ) discovers them in bed the next day . Enraged and jealous , she attacks the pair with a great white shark . Angered , contacts Professor and agrees to help him defeat her , as long as retires from being a supervillain . He instructs to lure Jenny to a meeting where she can be exposed to another meteorite that will draw away her powers , leaving her a mere mortal . agrees and meets for a candlelit dinner at his apartment , under the pretense of wanting to resume their relationship . arrives to see sitting on 's lap . The two women fight , and in the struggle 's superhero identity is revealed to . 's trap is sprung , and the energy that gave her powers is drained back into the meteorite , incapacitating . 
 Professor appears , but reveals that he has no intention of keeping his promise to retire from villainy and in fact plans to take the powers for himself . While he and fight , crawls to the charged meteorite attempting to regain her powers . intervenes just as grabs the meteorite , which explodes in a burst of power . Both and are catapulted off the roof , apparently to their deaths ; appears within seconds , powers restored , threatening even more mayhem . Only the unexpected reappearance of , who was also exposed to the meteorite 's energies , and now possesses the same powers as G - Girl , saves . The second fight between and is a full - on super - brawl , destroying part of the neighboring properties . Finally , reasons with them both and they cease fighting . He tells that Professor is her true love . agrees and she embraces her former nemesis . 
 The next morning , and meet up with Professor ( now just " " ) and . As cries for help are heard from afar , and , who have become partners in crime - fighting , take off to tackle the emergency . and are left holding their girlfriends ' purses and clothes , and leave to have a beer together .

is a divorced man from Brooklyn , hoping to find a good job to impress his ten - year - old son , but his ex - wife believing he is a bad example for their son . is hired at the American Museum of Natural History to replace the retiring security guards , , and . meets the museum ’s neurotic curator Dr. , and very attractive museum docent , who plans to write a dissertation on Sacagawea . On his first night , hands an instruction manual on what to do in the museum , warning him not to let anything “ in or out . ” 
 soon discovers that at night , the museum ’s exhibits come to life and cause havoc for him . Amongst the lively exhibits are a playful Tyrannosaurus skeleton named ; a mischievous capuchin monkey named who destroys the instructions ; the warring miniature factions of cowboys and legionnaires led by and General ; violent and his army ; a talking Easter Island Head that desires gum who calls " dum dum " ; the fire - seeking neanderthals ; and a wax model of , who is in love with . 
 explains to that the exhibits have come to life every night since the arrival of an Egyptian artifact , the Tablet of Akhmenrah , the mummified pharaoh trapped in his sarcophagus . He also explains to that as night guard , it is his job to make sure that no exhibit sets foot out of the museum , otherwise they will disintegrate into dust if the sun rises while they are outside . The next day , advises to research history to make up for the instructions ’ destruction . He studies in libraries and from . puts his new knowledge to good use on his second night , but some of his plans backfire and the neanderthals set their exhibit on fire , leading to one becoming dust after venturing outside . After having doubts and almost getting fired the next day , offers to introduce to , but she thinks he is mocking her . 
 On his third night , brings to the museum to watch the exhibits come to life , but they strangely do not . They catch , , and stealing artifacts , who explain the tablet ’s magic has allowed them to feel physically young in their old age , and plot to frame for the theft while they enjoy a happy retirement . activates the tablet , but steals it , locking and in the Egyptian exhibit . They free , and rally the exhibits to stop the thieves and retrieve their colleagues who fled out into Central Park . and are captured , but escapes by stagecoach . 
 and several exhibits give chase , where they stop and recover the tablet , using its magic to escort all of the exhibits back into the museum before sunrise . witnesses this and makes amends with and is subsequently introduced to . The next day , fires after watching news reports of sightings of the exhibits last night , but once they start to leave the museum , they find out that the reports have caused an increased number of visitors , and is immediately rehired . Near the end of the film , , , and the exhibits throw a party in the museum . During the credits , it is shown that , , and have been forced to serve as museum janitors for their crimes .

Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Carla Gugino, Jake Cherry

In the peaceful town of Timberline , 900 - pound ( 408   kg ) grizzly bear enjoys a captive , but pampered existence and spends his day as the star attraction of the town 's nature show while at night living in the garage of park ranger , who raised him since he was a cub . One day , the sadistic hunting fanatic drives into town with the one - antlered deer strapped to the hood of his truck . frees , at the last minute , against his better judgment , before catches him . never expects to see his " buddy " again , but follows home to find him sleeping in the garage . To wake up , throws rabbits at the window . He tells him to be " free " from his garage captivity and introduces to a world of sweet temptations he has never known . 
 When becomes sick from eating too many candy bars , events quickly spiral out of control as the two raid the town 's grocery store . escapes before is caught by a friend of , police officer . At the nature show , being chased by , sees , who " attacks " him . This causes the whole audience to panic . attempts to shoot , but sedates them both with a tranquilizer gun just before fires his gun . flees before can arrest him for shooting a gun in the town . The two trouble makers are released into the Timberline National Forest , only three days before open season starts , but they are relocated above the waterfalls , where they will be safe from the hunters . 
 Since he lacks any outdoor survival skills , reluctantly takes as his accident - prone guide to get him back home to Timberline to reunite with . But in the woods , they quickly learn that it is every animal for itself . The two run into their share of the forest animals including skunks , Maria and , ducks , and , various unnamed panic - stricken rabbits , the Scottish - accented squirrel , , along with his roguish gang , , a beaver and his construction worker team , a porcupine named who is in search of a friend and the herd of deer led by and ( who is in love with ) . 
 With each adverse encounter , learns a little about self - reliance and gains self - respect and they start to become friends . The next day , attempts to lead out of the forest , but it becomes evident that he has no clue where they are going . After causing a flood at 's dam , and are confronted by ; then loses his toy bear , Dinkleman , as the current makes the doll float out of 's paw . They end up in a waterfall , which floods and sends the forest animals falling down it . 
 At first , everyone blames , who accuses of lying to him about leading him home . admits he thought that if spent time with him , he would befriend him . leaves to unwittingly find 's log cabin . returns and talks to his gun " Loraine " and says he would take back what is his , discovers him ( like and the Three Bears ) , and pursues him to the city road where happens upon the glowing lights of Timberline . Instead of deserting his companions , helps the other animals defend themselves using supplies taken from an RV owned by two people looking for Bigfoot named and 's RV while their pet dachshund Mr. Weenie joins " the wilds " . 
 The next day , leads a revolution against the hunters , sending them running after blows up their trucks with a propane tank named " Mr. Happy " ignited by using an emergency flare . returns for a final confrontation and shoots in the process , which enrages and leads him to tie up with his own gun . rushes over to 's body but soon finds that survived the shot , only losing his second antler in the fracas . The other animals thank for his help and then proceed to take out their vengeance on by smothering him with honey and pillow feathers . returns to take back home where he will be safe , but he decides to stay with his friends , all of the animals in the forest . 
 During the credits , , is seen tarred , feathered and tied on the top of and 's RV at night , mistaken for Bigfoot .

While scavenging for food , the raccoon enters the cave of the bear , who has a wagon full of human food taken from a nearby rest stop . accidentally wakes from his hibernation , and in a race to escape , causes the stash to roll out onto the nearby highway and get run over by a large truck . To avoid being eaten himself , promises that he will completely replace the stash within the week . 
 heads towards a recently built suburban housing development in Chesterton , Indiana , separated from a forest glade by a large hedge . There he discovers a pack of animals recently awoken from their hibernation , led by the turtle ; the others include squirrel , skunk , porcupines and , along with their triplet sons , , and ; and opossum and his daughter . The animals are scared , as the development had been built during their hibernation and they fear they will be unable to forage for food in the small glade . shows them the amount of food humans consume and waste and suggests they forage from the humans . is hesitant but the other animals acquiesce . They make bold attempts to steal food directly from the humans , with secretly guiding them to help collect the food he needs to replace 's stash . 
 When the animals raid the trash cans of the homeowners - association chairwoman , she calls an animal exterminator named , who offers to install in her backyard an illegal , lethal trap called the " Depelter Turbo " . sees this and tries to warn the others , but insists they will be okay . Fearing for the safety of the pack , attempts to return what they stole ; he and argue , causing a small rampage through the development and destroying the stash had collected for . After a brief argument , and make up and rallies the others to raid ' home directly on the night before a large party . With disguised as a cat to distract ' own cat , Tiger , the others enter ' home and collect all the food . inadvertently reveals his duplicity to the animals , just as they are discovered by who calls . escapes with the food for but leaves the other animals to be captured by . 
 As returns the food to , he sees 's truck drive by and , consumed by remorse , uses the food to knock the truck off the road , enraging . is knocked out while the animals get free , and , and use skills they learned from a videogame to drive the truck back to the development . pleads to be let in the truck as tries to catch him , but the others , angry at his treachery , refuse . convinces the group to forgive since he came back to save them . They return the truck to the development , crashing through ' home , and the animals flee into the hedge . and converge on the animals from one side with a String trimmer and a Cattle prod respectively , while tries to swipe at them from the other . To escape , gives a caffeinated beverage , allowing the hyperactive squirrel to move incredibly fast . is able to manipulate into capturing , causing , , and to be trapped by the Depelter Turbo while the animals escape . The police and animal control arrive , and is sent to the Rocky Mountains while and are arrested for using the Turbo . 
 and apologize to each other , and is brought into the group , as is , who became infatuated with even after learning she was a skunk . realizes they have not had a chance to forage for food until reveals that while sped up , he had been able to collect enough nuts for them all to last the year .

Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, Wanda Sykes, Nick Nolte

is a university student as well as a locally famous gymnast who dreams of winning a National Championship competition . He suffers from restlessness , and on one occasion , attempts to compensate for the restlessness by running along streets before sunrise . At a car - service station , he encounters an old man who seems to know more about 's problem than himself knows , whom later nicknames " " . is unsettled by ' knowledge ; by the fact that had appeared in a nightmare as a faceless janitor , clad in mismatched shoes ( by which he is identified in waking life ) , who sweeps up the pieces of 's shattered leg ; and by the old man 's extraordinary speed , agility , and coordination . As a result of his exposure to the last , seeks to learn the secret behind it . 
 , prodded by the impatient and defiant , gives the boy a series of tasks and lessons . The central concept of " Soc 's " philosophy is this : that one must live entirely in the present moment . Other ideas include the related notion that at no time is " nothing going on " and the idea that an appropriate time exists for fighting and another for abstaining from violence . These lessons are conveyed through practical lessons , long contemplation , and one spectacular mystical experience . gradually learns to appreciate every moment ; to view the journey toward a goal as more meaningful and significant than the attainment ; to pay attention to that which he is doing – thus increasing his gymnastic prowess ; and ( to a slightly lesser extent ) control himself . Throughout the lesson , learns virtually nothing about his mentor , other than the philosophy , ' belief that service is the most noble action possible ( hence his choice to work as a car serviceman ) , and the presence of another protégé . 
 This protégé , a woman of 's own age named , has learned and integrated ' philosophy into her life , to the extent that she seems as wise as himself . attempts to ask her for information regarding , but receives little . treats indulgently , though she evidently respects him . 
 One day , drives recklessly , and his motorcycle collides with a car that ran a red light , causing his right femur bone to shatter . He is rushed to a hospital , where a metal bar is placed in his leg to maintain its integrity . As a result , his gymnastic coach believes that can not compete in the National competition . , hurt by this lack of faith , recovers from the injury and resumes his training under ' tutelage . Eventually , he is restored to full health and strength , while his coordination improves and his mind is set entirely on the present moment . He competes in the U.S. Trials for the Olympics and achieves a victory . 
 Slightly before the competition , diverts the bus he is riding to ' station , only to find that has vanished without a trace . At the arena , he attempts to teach his teammate what he has learned , but fails due to 's emotional insecurity and lack of comprehension . then is called upon for his turn to perform on the still rings . While he does his routine , performs flawlessly just like Pommel Horse tryouts . Moments before he completes his routine , is in his thoughts asking him three questions : " Where are you , ? " " Here . " " What time is it ? " " Now . " " What are You ? " " This Moment . " then performs his triple consecutive flips , the Commentators frantically speaking , and the judges staring at him in amazement . He then dismounts , while the rings swing outwards , eventually touching each other . The screen goes black , leaving his last moment unknown . 
 The postscript states that and his Berkeley Gymnastics Team won their first National title . It is implied at the end , in a postscript appearing on screen , that of the film and the author of the book on which the film is based are one and the same . It is also stated that the latter lives with his wife .

The film begins with the sentencing of ( ) , a notorious murderer . Between the reading of the sentence and the execution , the story of his life is told in flashback , beginning with his abandonment at birth in a French fish market . Raised in an orphanage , grows into a strangely detached boy with a superhuman sense of smell . After growing to maturity as a tanner 's apprentice , he makes his first delivery to Paris , where he revels in the new odors . He focuses on a redheaded girl ( ) selling yellow plums , following her and repeatedly attempting to sniff her , but startles her with his behavior . To prevent her from crying out , he covers the girl 's mouth and unintentionally suffocates her . After realizing that she is dead , he strips her body naked and smells her all over , becoming distraught when her scent fades . Afterwards , is haunted by the desire to recreate the girl 's aroma . 
 After making a delivery to a perfume shop , amazes the Italian owner , ( ) , with his ability to identify and create fragrances . He revitalizes the perfumer 's career with new formulas , demanding only that teach him how to preserve scents . explains that all perfumes are harmonies of twelve individual scents , and may contain a theoretical thirteenth scent . continues working for but is saddened when he learns that 's method of distillation will not capture the scents of all objects . informs of another method that can be learned in and agrees to help him by providing the journeyman papers he requires in exchange for 100 new perfume formulas . Right after departs , dies when the shaky building , along with his studio , collapses . En route to Grasse , decides to exile himself from society , taking refuge in a cave . During this time , he discovers that he lacks any personal scent himself , and believes this is why he is perceived as strange or disturbing by others . Deciding to continue his quest , he leaves his cave and continues to Grasse . 
 Upon arrival in Grasse , catches the scent of ( ) , the beautiful , redheaded daughter of the wealthy ( ) and decides that she will be his " thirteenth scent " , the linchpin of his perfume . finds a job in Grasse under Madame ( ) and learns the method of enfleurage . He kills a young lavender picker and attempts to extract her scent using the method of hot enfleurage , which fails . After this , he attempts the method of cold enfleurage on a prostitute he hired , but she becomes alarmed and tries to throw him out . He murders her and successfully preserves the scent of the woman . embarks on a killing spree , targeting beautiful young women and capturing their scents using his perfected method . He dumps the women 's naked corpses around the city , creating panic . After preserving the first twelve scents , plans his attack on . During a church sermon denouncing and excommunicating the murderer , it is announced that a man has confessed to the murders . remains unconvinced and secretly flees the city with his daughter , telling no one their destination . tracks her scent to a roadside inn and sneaks into her room that night , murdering her . 
 Soldiers capture moments after he finishes preparing his perfume . On the day of his execution , he applies the perfume on himself , forcing the jailers to release him . The executioner and the crowd in attendance are speechless at the beauty of the perfume ; they declare innocent before falling into a massive orgy . , still convinced of 's guilt , threatens him with his sword , but he is then overwhelmed by the scent and embraces as his " son . " Walking out of Grasse unscathed , has enough perfume to rule the world , but has discovered that it will not allow him to love or be loved like a normal person . Disenchanted by his aimless quest , he returns to the Parisian fish market where he was born and pours the remaining perfume over his head . Overcome by the scent and in the belief that is an angel , the nearby crowd devours him . The next morning , all that is left are his clothes and the empty bottle , from which one final drop of perfume falls .

The wedding of and is halted when Lord , chairman of the East India Trading Company , arrives with arrest warrants for them , and also for Commodore , who allowed Captain to escape . has resigned and disappeared after losing the Navy 's flagship , the HMS Dauntless , in a hurricane while pursuing . Meanwhile , is visited by 's father , , aboard the Black Pearl . is now a crewman on the Flying Dutchman , captained by . previously bartered a deal with to raise the Pearl from the depths ; now must join ' crew or be dragged to Locker by the Kraken . , meanwhile , promises to free if brings him 's magic compass which points to whatever the holder wants most . 
 finds and the crew on an island and frees them from cannibals . Shortly after , Governor frees from jail , but he is then captured . bargains with to find the compass . Disguised as a cabin boy aboard a Scottish merchant vessel , she makes her way to Tortuga where she later finds and also a drunken . After escaping the cannibals , and the crew visit voodoo priestess , who reveals ' weakness is his heart , which is locked within the Dead Man 's Chest . must find it and the key that opens it . Locating the Dutchman , makes a deal with to find the key to the chest in return for 's compass . tricks , who is shanghaied into service aboard the Dutchman . agrees to release from their bargain in exchange for one hundred souls . meets his father aboard the Dutchman and learns that possesses the key to the chest . They play a game of Liar 's Dice against to try and win the key , but they lose . Despite this , escapes with the key and is taken aboard the same ship was on . sends the Kraken after him , sinking the ship , but escapes . 
 In Tortuga , hires a new crew , including and . With 's use of 's compass , they are able to locate the chest . All parties arrive on Isla Cruces , where the chest is buried , but a three - way sword fight breaks out between , , and , who all want the heart for their respective goals : wants to call off the Kraken ; wants to rescue his father ; and wants to regain his life as a Navy officer . In the chaos , secretly steals the heart and runs off , pretending to lure away the Dutchman 's crew . attacks the Pearl with the Kraken , which devours most of the crew and destroys all but one of the Pearl 's lifeboats , but , who briefly flees the battle , returns and wounds the Kraken with a net full of explosives . 
 orders the survivors to abandon ship , but , realizing the Kraken only wants , tricks him and chains him to the mast so that the crew can escape . The Kraken drags and the Pearl to Locker . opens the chest to discover the heart is gone . In Port Royal , gives the heart and the Letters of Marque meant for , allowing him back into the navy as well as allowing to gain control of and the seas . The Pearl 's crew take shelter with , where they all agree to rescue . introduces the captain that will guide them : the resurrected Captain . 
 In a post - credits scene , the cannibalistic tribe now worships the prison dog in replacement of .

The RMS Poseidon , a luxury ocean liner , is making a transatlantic crossing . Former New York City Mayor and FDNY firefighter ( ) is traveling with his daughter ( ) and her boyfriend ( ) to New York , soon to be engaged . Also on board is former Navy submariner - turned - professional gambler ( ) , architect ( ) , ( ) and her son ( ) , stowaway ( ) , and waiter ( ) . 
 As the passengers are enjoying a New Year 's Eve party , officers on the bridge see a huge rogue wave bearing down on the ship . To survive the wave , they try to steer the ship to take the wave bow - first , but it does not turn fast enough . The wave swamps and capsizes the ship , killing the bridge officers along with many passengers and crew . In the ballroom , a badly injured Captain ( ) attempts to restore order and assures the surviving passengers that help is on the way , and tries to persuade them to stay put . Unconvinced , leads , , , , and towards the bow , where he believes they will have the best chance of escaping from the capsized liner . 
 As they head up , they have to cross an elevator shaft , into which falls before being crushed by the falling elevator . They reunite with , , , and gambler ( ) , who had all been in the nightclub section of the ship , and who are the only survivors out of all of the occupants in the nightclub . The group crosses a makeshift bridge across the lobby , where gets crushed by the engine . The pressure from the water finally cracks the ballroom windows , drowning and killing its occupants , including Captain . With the water rising rapidly , the group is forced to escape through an air duct and some ballast tanks , although hits her head underwater and drowns . 
 With the ship slowly sinking , the survivors soon find themselves in a crew lounge where they find the bow section is flooded , until an explosion of the engine room lifts it out of the water . The group enters the bow thruster room and are horrified to find the thrusters still running . With their path blocked by the propellers , and knowing that the control room is submerged in water , swims away to turn off the engine . He finds the ' shut off ' switch to be broken , but presses the reverse button instead , before drowning . 
 With the propellers now spinning in the other direction , throws a nitrogen tank into it , causing an explosion that destroys the engine , and leaving an opening for them to escape through . The group jumps out the thruster and swim to a nearby inflatable raft , and as they are getting into the raft , the ship starts to right itself . As they are paddling away , the waves push the raft further and further away from the sinking liner . Across the water , the survivors look on as the stricken ship sinks stern - first into the Atlantic . After firing a flare , two helicopters and several ships arrive to rescue the six survivors , having tracked the location of the Poseidon 's GPS beacon .

Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Kevin Dillon, Freddy Rodríguez, Emmy Rossum, Mike Vogel, Jacinda Barrett, Andre Braugher

When ( ) enters a dark university library intending to meet his friend ( ) , he is attacked by a humanoid spirit that sucks the life force out of him . Some days later , 's girlfriend , ( ) , visits his apartment , seeing evidence that it has not been well kept . tells to wait in the kitchen while he walks off . While waiting she finds 's pet cat , locked in a closet and dying from severe malnutrition . But when she rushes to tell him , she finds he has committed suicide by hanging himself with an Ethernet cable . 
 and her friends begin to receive online messages from asking for help but assume that 's computer is still on and that a virus is creating the messages . learns that 's computer has been sold to ( ) , who finds a number of strange videos on the computer . receives a package that mailed two days prior to his death . Inside are rolls of red tape and a message telling her that the tape keeps " them " out , although he does not know why . Later , visits and shows her video messages was sending to . had hacked 's computer system and then distributed a virus . This virus had unlocked a portal that connected the realm of the living to the realm of the dead . believed he had coded a counter to the virus and wanted to meet at the library . 's counter - program is found on a memory stick taped inside the PC case with red tape . 
 and visit and find his room entirely plastered in red tape . They believe the red tape keeps the spirits out . tells them of a project he worked on where he found " frequencies no one knew existed . " Opening these frequencies somehow allowed the spirits to travel to the world of the living . also tells them that these spirits " take away your will to live " and where to find the main server infected with the virus . 
 and find the server and upload 's fix , causing the system to crash and the spirits to vanish . Moments later , however , the system reboots and the spirits return leaving and with no option but to flee the city by car . Over the car radio , and hear a report from the Army announcing the location of several " safe zones " where there are no Internet connections , cell phones , or televisions . As and drive to a safe zone , the film concludes with a voice - over from saying " We can never go back . The cities are theirs . Our lives are different now . What was meant to connect us to one another instead connected us to forces that we could have never imagined . The world we knew is gone , but the will to live never dies . Not for us , and not for them . " Clips of abandoned cities are shown , including a window of an apartment with looking through it .

, now in his late fifties and retired from boxing , lives a quiet life as a widower , having died from cancer four years prior . He now runs a small but successful Italian restaurant named after her , where he regales his patrons with stories of his past . He also battles personal demons , involving his grief over 's death , the changing times , and his eroding relationship with his son , who has moved out to become a struggling corporate employee . , 's brother - in - law , continues to support him whenever he can , but is constantly riddled with guilt over his poor treatment toward his late sister . 
 Late one night , reunites with a woman named , who was once a mischievous neighborhood girl long ago . now works as a bartender at the Lucky Seven Tavern , and is a single parent of a teenage son born out of wedlock named , nicknamed " " . 's friendship with ( where takes to as his father figure ) quickly blossoms over the following weeks , providing him a much - needed buffer for his anguish . 
 Meanwhile , on the professional boxing circuit , , reigns as the undefeated , yet unpopular heavyweight world champion , often ridiculed for defeating only " bum " competitors , having never gone up against a true contender . This leads to tension with the public and his promoters , and encourages him to return to his roots , the small gym he first trained in , as well as his old trainer who sagely tells him that , inevitably , he will earn back his respect through a true opponent . Their relationship mirrors and . 
 ESPN later broadcasts a computer simulation of a fight between ( in his prime ) and , likened to a modern - day version of The Super Fight that ends in a disputed KO victory for , further riling the champ . In contrast , the simulation inspires to take up boxing again — an intention that goes public when he successfully renews his boxing license . 's promoters thus pitch the idea of holding a charity exhibition bout at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas to bolster 's floundering popularity . 
 With some hesitation , both men agree to the match , creating a media buzz that stabs at 's has - been status and 's credibility . later makes an effort to discourage from fighting , blaming his own personal failings on his father 's celebrity shadow , but rebukes him with some profound advice ; that to succeed in life , " it ai n't about how hard you hit ; it 's about how hard you can get hit , and keep moving forward " , and that blaming others wo n't help him . The next day , father and son meet over 's grave and reconcile ; has quit his job to be at 's side . sets straight to training with old trainer , , who quickly surmises that the slow and arthritic can only compete by building his strength and punching power as much as possible . 
 The bout itself is a back and forth affair , with easily dominating the first round , only to injure his left hand in the second one on 's hip . then makes a dramatic comeback , knocking down , and surprising the audience with his prowess and chin , despite his age . The two combatants beat each other severely throughout the full ten rounds , ending with both men still standing , although gets the last punch . thanks an appreciative for the match and tells him that he is a great champion while the audience applauds the two fighters . The result is announced as exits the ring to the adulation of the crowd : it is a win for by a close split decision , but clearly does n't mind the outcome . 
 In the closing shot , returns home and visits 's grave again , thanking her for helping him ; " Yo , we did it . We did it . "

Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Geraldine Hughes, Milo Ventimiglia, Antonio Tarver, Tony Burton

mother , , who wishes to become a famous poet , suffers from severe mood swings and erratic behavior . 's alcoholic father , , proves to be of no help . By the time he is a young teenager , no longer feels safe in his own house because of his parents . loudly claims that is the reason for her unhappiness , and that he desires to kill her . She ultimately sends then 13 - year - old to live with her psychiatrist , Dr. , the eccentric ( " Everyone ... a miracle ... see .. my turd is a direct communication from the Holy Father " ) patriarch of an oddball family , which consists of his submissive wife , religious older daughter , and his rebellious younger daughter , who is slightly older than . 
 finds it hard to adjust to living with the , and is subject to irregular weekend visits by his increasingly unsound mother . After confessing to that he is gay , befriends , 's patient and adopted 33 - year - old son . The two begin an erratic sexual relationship quickly after meeting , but finds it difficult to cope with their age difference . 
 Consistent with a confidence pattern seen with the family of – and with a 41 - year - old patient who abused , and with young adult patient – Dr. manipulates into signing over her money to him . By the time of 's 15th birthday , has found temporary stability with her living companion ( " I 've always wanted a daughter " ) , leaving feeling like his mother no longer wants him , while also dealing with the negative effects of 's schizophrenia and 's animosity . 
 A few years later , the still teenaged leaves for New York to become a writer . He says goodbye to his mother and goes to the bus station . , with whom he has developed a caring relationship , arrives and gives him some money she has saved up . 
 In a mid - credits vignette , it is shown that Dr. lost his license for insurance fraud and died in 2000 , went to work in a nursing home , earned a degree in psychology , worked with her dad until his death , re - established contact with and died in 2005 , remains estranged from her son , was never heard from again , and ( the real , seen onscreen sitting beside the film 's ) wrote a book .

( ) , a successful California beverage company executive , is struggling with a dysfunctional family , with his materialistic wife ( ) , his sharp - tongued teenage daughter ( ) , and his son ( ) , who is an adolescent weightlifter and likes hip hop . At a company picnic , is embarrassed in front of his self - absorbed boss ( ) by 's militant friend , who hurls a bottle of fat all over for putting unhealthy drinks in schools . Looking forward to a big family vacation in Hawaii , their trip is cancelled when , out of spite , tells that he has to attend a meeting with the Alpine Soda company in Boulder , Colorado instead , or else he will be fired . Concealing the real reason for going there , he rents a garish RV from the dodgy dealer ( ) and tells his family they are traveling to the Rockies . 
 On their trip , and his family encounter many mishaps . These include him damaging the parking brake , crashing into and running over objects such as shopping carts , flushing out a trio of raccoons with a stink bomb , and fixing a clogged sewage system . Along the way , they meet another traveling family , the , consisting of ( ) , ( ) , and their children , Earl ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . develops a romantic interest in and starts to like , but thinking that the are too strange for them , and decide to ditch them ; when the reappear at another stop , the believe they are stalking them . 
 Meanwhile , to disguise his business trip , tries to e - mail a proposal outline from his laptop , working in restrooms ; eventually , a hitchhiker steals it , leaving him with only a BlackBerry PDA , which he does manage to use to compose and wirelessly send his proposal to his company . The then recover his stolen laptop after picking up the same hitchhiker , and pursue to return it to him . 
 Eventually the begin to enjoy their vacation . In order to attend the merger meeting , distracts his family by faking illness and sends them on a hike . The meeting with Alpine Soda is a success , but is invited to talk to the whole company again the next day . Rushing back to his family in the RV , he takes a treacherous 4 wheel drive trail , and gets the huge vehicle stuck atop a jutting boulder in the middle of it . He eventually manages to dislodge it from there by getting on the front and rocking it until it eventually wobbles and tips forward enough to slide down from atop the boulder . Now riding on the front while it is traveling at a frenzied pace , he barely manages to return to his family in time , succeeding in fooling them , but while he is attempting a similar ruse the next day , the parking brake fails again and the RV rolls into a lake . He lets it slip about the real intentions of the vacation , and his family is upset that he would use them like that . Still needing to get to the meeting , he retrieves one of his family 's bicycles from the lake and pedals off . , , and are then picked up by the , and soon realize how well they get along , when appears again , climbing atop the moving bus . apologizes to his family , and they , in turn , apologize to him for their selfishness and reveal that they love him more than the lifestyle his job gives them . is just about to blow off the meeting when it turns out that he 's right outside the headquarters . 
 At the second meeting , starts his speech and it goes well , but then he has an epiphany and so he recommends against the merger , realizing that 's selfishness would destroy a great independent company . gets angry at and flips him over his shoulder , onto the ground . is then fired , but he quits anyway , and soon retrieves the sodden - but - still - operable RV from the lake . At the end , he is offered a job by the owners of Alpine Soda , who want to go national independently . In addition , at the same time , the parking brake fails again , causing the RV to roll backwards flattening both the police car and that of the owners of Alpine Soda . As the credits roll , the two families are shown dancing to and singing the song , " Route 66 " ( RV Style ) .

Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels, Cheryl Hines, Kristin Chenoweth, JoJo, Josh Hutcherson

After being left in the bathroom to die , Detective breaks his foot with a toilet lid to escape his shackle . Six months later , the aftermath of a Jigsaw " game " is discovered by a SWAT team . The victim was meant to rip chains from his body in order to escape from a bomb . Detective arrives at the scene , and points out that the room 's exit was welded shut , breaking Jigsaw 's modus operandi of giving his victims a chance to survive . While reviewing the videotape , she is abducted and awakens in a harness hooked into her ribs . manages to retrieve the key and unlock it before the timer expires , but it kills her anyway . 
 Dr. is abducted from the hospital where she works , and brought to the bedridden . His apprentice , , locks a collar around 's neck that is connected to 's heart rate monitor and will detonate if dies or moves out of range . She is instructed by to keep him alive until another victim has completed his game . The other victim , wakes up in a box and learns that he must undergo tests which will lead him to the man who killed his son in a drunk driving accident . became unstable and vengeful as a result , and now neglects his daughter . 
 's first test leads him into a meat freezer . He finds , the only witness of 's death , who refused to testify in court ; she is chained at the wrists between two poles which begin spraying her with ice - cold water . manages to convince to help her , but freezes to death before he can retrieve the key . 
 His second test leads him to a vat , at the bottom of which Judge , who gave 's killer six months in jail , is chained at the neck . Large pigs drop into a liquidizer and spray , but sets fire to a cage full of 's toys in order to retrieve the key and saves before he drowns . His third test involves , 's killer , who is strapped to a machine that will twist his limbs and neck until they break . The key is tied to the trigger of an enclosed shotgun . accidentally kills when he takes the key , and is unable to stop the machine before 's neck breaks . 
 Meanwhile , is forced to perform an improvised surgery to remove pressure on 's brain . During the surgery , hallucinates about another woman and declares his love out loud . This upsets and when she leaves , she finds a letter which drives her to hysterics . returns with the news that has completed his tests , but refuses to remove 's collar . She reveals that she no longer believes in 's philosophy which is why her traps are inescapable . She also reveals that she fought with after he escaped the bathroom and left him for dead . 
 Refusing to listen to 's warnings , shoots just as arrives . He retaliates by shooting with a gun provided by after his tests . As dies , reveals that 's test was actually hers : aware of her modus operandi , and unwilling to allow a murderer to inherit his legacy , he decided to test her . It is then revealed that is , in fact , 's husband . then addresses , offering to call an ambulance for if he accepts one last test : he can choose to kill or forgive him . tells he forgives him , but slashes his throat with a power saw . The door to the room seals as plays a final tape , which tells that he has failed his test by killing , the only person who knows the whereabouts of his daughter . The tape ends as dies , and the collar detonates and kills , leaving trapped in the room with the three corpses .

and wake up to find themselves chained to pipes in a bathroom . Their host , , reveals that the room is slowly filling with nerve gas with the only way out being to make a basket and get the saws , which have to be used on their feet . Unfortunately , Dr. saws the wrong foot and faints , leaving the two to die . 
 Meanwhile , ( ) visits her former brother - in - law , ( ) in New York City . Her husband ( ) has died , and her nephew has enrolled in military academy , leaving her broke and lonely . 's attempted suicide results in his ingesting viagra , which greatly swells his penis and causes his death when he falls off the railing . Afterwards , takes a job to care for Mrs. ( ) , who lives in a haunted house . Next door is ( ) , who runs into 's friends ( ) and ( ) , learning about their homosexual one - night stand . He is greeted at home by the arrival of his estranged children , ( ) and ( ) . Over the following day , bonds with , confiding to him about 's death in a fateful boxing match . The two realize their newfound love , but are interrupted by a gigantic triPod which disables electricity and starts vaporizing the town residents . 
 converses in mock Japanese with the haunted house 's ghost , ( ) , learning that the answer of the invasion is his father 's heart . While leaves the city with his children , reunites with her friend , ( ) , miraculously alive after her death . Following 's directions , the two head to the countryside and end up in a mysterious , isolated community . They are captured and put to trial headed by ( ) . The result allows them to live but never leave the village . Meanwhile , an emergency United Nations meeting , headed by the eccentric U.S. President ( ) , who is reluctant to stop reading " My Pet Duck " , goes awry when a weapon scavenged from the aliens renders everyone stark - naked . 
 and his children drive and find themselves in the middle of a war between the U.S. military and the aliens . Excited with the conflict , runs away , while and are taken by the triPod . Back at the village , is killed by the village loon , ( ) , revealing to that he fathered , who was killed during 's boxing match . and are soon taken by the triPod and sent to the bathroom seen in the prologue . manages to get through 's challenge , but is threatened with the safety of and his children , who are put to traps . Looking at a toilet with the " heart " nearby , realizes that , through 's wife , is the true father of . Seeing how far would save his children , apologizes for the invasion and releases them . and are successfully returned to their mother ( ) , who is revealed to have married a much older man . also becomes acquainted with 's brother , . 
 An epilogue set nine months afterward , narrated by who is subsequently hit by a bus , reveals 's giving birth to her child with , and resuming their relationship , and President being contented with his duck . Meanwhile , appears in The Oprah Winfrey Show and wildly professes his love for by jumping around , throwing , and crushing 's wrists and hitting her with a chair .

( ) is a downtrodden meter reader , subject to ridicule from co - workers and regular denizens , who dreams of dating the foreign graduate student who lives in his building , ( ) . To overcome his lack of self - esteem , he signs up for a course taught by Dr. ( ) where and his classmates are constantly bullied by Dr. and his assistant ( ) , who likes to use outrageous and unethical methods on them , including humiliation . Some tasks they are required to do are quite cruel and primitive – like the task to start a conflict or even a fight with somebody they meet just to prove they are fearless . However , nobody intends to quit the course because Dr. says he wo n't give a refund of $ 5,000 to anyone who quits or disobeys the orders given to them . The classmates even warn that Dr. will destroy him if his progress is too fast , just like he has done to one of his former students . 
 While participating , begins to develop a sense of personal pride and finally asks for a date where he uses tricks he learned during the course . Wanting to prove that he 's still got his edge , Dr. starts competing with for . He approaches her with a false story that he is a successful and child - loving surgeon whose wife has died , and , who is a voluntary caretaker for animals , is immediately attracted and starts dating him . When begins to see what 's happening , he decides to take action to get back , although his actions are futile . After a competitive tennis match in which humiliates him , Dr. enlists the talents of 's classmates to break into 's apartment and paint graffiti on the walls so he could frame as a stalker . uses his authority as a meter reader to impound Dr. 's car , and in retaliation Dr. gets fired from his job . 
 learns of Dr. 's plans for , from ( ) , a depressed former student , whose girlfriend was also led astray when he was humiliated by Dr. P. shows a fascicle full of evidence that Dr. is a fraud , who uses multiple identities and false stories to attract or distract his victims . After learning that Dr. invited to Miami , is determined to stop him once for all . He heads for the airport where Dr. tells him he is a winner and grants him two tickets – one for him and one for . However , at first does n't know that Dr. has sent him to the wrong gate . After realizing he was again tricked by Dr. , heads to the right gate and boards the plane to Miami in the last moment . With the aid of and classmates , he finally exposes Dr. 's duplicity , it 's revealed that Dr. is n't a doctor or surgeon ( he wanted to use a defibrillator on who just fainted , but was truly faking ) and that his wife is still alive . finally realizes she was wrong and returns to . When meeting after some time , Dr. grants him a diploma for passing his course – the first diploma ever issued by him . He also invites to attend one of his future courses as a guest , but refuses . The film closes with a summary of what happened to most characters after the film 's events .

Following the memorial service for investigative reporter ( ) , 's spirit finds himself on the barge of death with several others , including a young woman who believes she was poisoned by her employer , ( ) . The woman tells she thinks , a handsome British aristocrat with political ambitions , may be the Tarot Card Killer , a notorious serial killer of prostitutes , and that he killed her when she stumbled onto his secret . The Tarot Card Killer left a card on each murder victim 's body . 
 ( ) is a beautiful but awkward American journalism student on vacation in London . attends a performance given by magician ( ) , aka " The Great Splendini " , and agrees to participate onstage . While in a booth known as The Dematerializer , encounters 's ghost . The ghost has escaped the Grim Reaper himself to impart his suspicions of to a journalist who can investigate the story.[N 1 ] decides to infiltrate 's privileged world and find out if he truly is the dreaded criminal , enlisting in the process and taking advantage of his powers of deception . 
 catches 's attention by pretending to drown near him at an exclusive club 's swimming pool . When he rescues her , she introduces herself as , daughter of a wealthy oil family from Palm Beach . While poses as her father , " " begins dating . is convinced is the murderer , but finds it hard to believe . gradually falls in love with and begins to trust him . meanwhile becomes less sanguine about as he notices more and more inconsistencies , especially after finds a Tarot deck hidden under a French horn in 's vault , a climate - controlled music room containing expensive antique musical instruments . finally prevails upon to write a news story implicating , but the newspaper editor rejects the story because of 's lack of proof . Throughout their investigation , and have a relationship that is in turns friendly , paternal , and antagonistic — fueled largely by 's annoyance that her smooth " " charade is being compromised by 's obnoxious attempts to act the part of a nouveau riche oil baron . 
 Soon the police arrest the real Killer . , relieved that her suspicions were for naught , reveals her real name and the deception she and had practiced . is surprisingly gracious , and tells he wants to keep seeing her . They plan to spend the weekend at 's isolated country estate . Later , ( at 's urging ) suggests that used the Tarot Card murders to cover up a murder he committed . 
 While and vacation in the country , continues to investigate this theory . He finds that did frequent a prostitute , , who was later killed , apparently by the Tarot Card Killer . is described as a " baby - faced blonde " ( just like ) before convinced her to dye her hair , presumably to match the profile of the other Tarot victims . When calls with his findings , she waves them off . Unbeknownst to her , is listening in on another extension . 
 breaks into 's vault again , this time finding a mysterious key , which turns out to be to flat . Meanwhile , in a rowboat on 's lake , confesses to that he killed to stop her from blackmailing him and used the Tarot Card pattern to allay suspicion , just as had told . comments on the irony that he first met by saving her from drowning , and now she really would drown . He would kill later ; no one would connect an obscure stage magician 's death to that of a clumsy journalism student . This scene is intercut with shots of driving madly to the estate to rescue , ultimately ending in a car crash . 
 After his confession , throws into the lake and watches her go under . He then calls the police to report her drowning death . When they question him , he tells them was a terrible swimmer and almost drowned that first day at the pool . Suddenly , enters , soaking wet but smiling cheerfully . She informs and the police that the drowning had been an act to get his attention , and actually she was a very good swimmer . 
 Back in the newspaper offices , the editor who previously rejected 's article now congratulates on a brilliant piece of investigative journalism , the start of a promising career . seems flattered , and says she must also credit and the late , , who is now a passenger on the Reaper 's ship , performing for his fellow spirits the same magical gags and comedy routines he did in life .

( ) is a teen girl who plays for Cornwall College ’s soccer team until the team gets cut . Meanwhile , her twin brother , ( ) , is supposed to enroll in Illyria , an elite boarding school , but he secretly goes to London with his fledgling band instead . agrees to cover for him and decides to pass herself off as , in hopes of joining their boys ' team and beating Cornwall to prove their coach and her cocky ex - boyfriend , ( ) , wrong . With the help of her stylist friend , ( ) , she is transformed into " " and attends Illyria in his place . 
 While moving in , she meets her roommate , ( ) , an attractive soccer player and Illyria 's team captain . During tryouts , fails to impress Coach ( ) and is assigned to second string , much to her dismay . Her teammates , including , initially dislike " " due to his awkward and strange behavior . However , with help from once again , they begin to accept him into their social circle . " " then gets the popular and pretty ( ) as his lab partner , which frustrates , as he has feelings for her . " " agrees to put in a good word for if he promises to train him to be a better soccer player . Coach eventually notices " 's " effort and improvement , thus promoting him to first string . 
 At the Junior League carnival , where her mother has made her volunteer , works a shift at the kissing booth and shares a kiss with . expresses to " " that he might move on from as he is starting to like now . is delighted as she secretly feels the same way . 
 who now has a crush on " " , asks out on a date in hopes that it will make " " jealous . , who is unaware of 's true intentions , is enraged instead because has now abandoned his interest in . When finds out the truth , she encourages to tell " " directly about her feelings . 
 The situation becomes even more complicated when the real returns from London a day early , unbeknownst to . As soon as he arrives at Illyria , confesses her feelings and kisses him . , seeing this , believes his roommate has betrayed him . When " " returns to their room , the two have an argument and kicks him out . oversleeps and misses the first half of the game , while the real is mistaken for " " and winds up poorly playing his sister 's game instead . At half - time , explains the situation to and they switch places again . 
 , still furious at " " , refuses to cooperate with him on the field . Determined to makes amends with , " " explains that he is actually . wins the game when scores a goal , finally humiliating and the rest of the Cornwall boys . 
 Everyone at Illyria celebrates their victory over Cornwall , except for who is hurt about 's deception . introduces Sebastian and officially , and they begin dating . and 's divorced parents also make up , exchanging contact information so as to be better parents towards their children . She invites to her debutante ball , with an invitation delivered by , now 's roommate . Still hurt , does n't respond to 's invitation , which devastates her . At the ball , is skeptical that will show up ; she distracts herself by assisting , who is being escorted by to the ball , and is touched when asks to be her date . Her mother shows up with a dress that will suit 's " no ruffles " policy , but decides to go for a walk instead . She runs into outside , who tells her that he has feelings for her , but that he does n't want there to be any more deception on her part ; promises to be honest with him . Later , is escorted by , is escorted by , and and enter the stage late , but together , with in her new dress , much to the joy of her mother . and share a kiss before joining the crowd . At the end of the film , and are shown happily playing on Illyria 's soccer team together .

, a young woman who has recently been released from prison and is recovering from a heroin addiction , is trying to rebuild her life on the outside . Above all , she wants to repair her relationship with her young daughter , but finds the challenges more daunting than she had expected . Her daughter barely recognizes her and no longer calls her " mommy " , the halfway house where she lives has a curfew that interferes with her ability to visit her family , and her relationship with her family has become tense and strained . 
 In between trips to visit her daughter and her job at a youth center , attends Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in an effort to beat back her addiction to heroin . She strikes up a relationship with , a fellow addict she meets at Alcoholics Anonymous . The stresses of her damaged relationships with her family , satisfying her parole officer , and finding a way to reconnect with her daughter soon prove overwhelming . soon starts drinking and using drugs again , putting her parole at risk . Struggling to maintain a grip on her life , finally breaks down and admits to her brother that she knows she needs help .

Set in contemporary New York City , Shortbus revolves around ( ) , who is married to the handsome but unambitious and slightly dim - witted ( ) . She works as a couples counselor / sex therapist . She comes into contact with a couple : A slightly egotistical former child star ( ) and former prostitute ( ) , the film 's other lead character . At the outset , suggests to his boyfriend that they open up their relationship to sex with others . During their first consultation , snaps , slaps , and then apologetically reveals her " pre - orgasmic " status . The couple suggests she attend a weekly social / artistic / sexual salon in Brooklyn called " Shortbus , " which is hosted by drag artist ( playing himself ) . slowly opens up to new experiences ; this includes a friendship with a dominatrix who goes by the name ( ) . 's inability to achieve orgasm begins to cause conflict with , who in turn begins attending Shortbus with . 
 and meet a young ex - model and aspiring singer named ( pronounced " " ) and portrayed by ) and the three begin a sexual relationship . Meanwhile , and 's life is being closely watched by their across - the - street stalker neighbor , ( ) . fears the inclusion of in James and 's relationship might break them up and thus destroy his ability to live vicariously through them , so he attends Shortbus , where he confronts . begins to go daily to a spa with a sensory deprivation tank to meet with , and the two begin to have intense conversations . begins to help loosen up sexually ; helps achieve a deeper human connection than she had experienced before . One evening at Shortbus , discusses with the idea of giving up sex work to pursue her dream of being an artist . The two then have an unplanned sexual experience , and once again is left unsatisfied . Throughout the film , is seen making a film about himself and his relationship . It turns out to be a suicide note . He attempts to take his own life and is rescued by , who calls for help , but is too embarrassed to wait with for the help to arrive . He writes his phone number and email address on ' face while he is unconscious . When wakes in the hospital , he calls . goes to 's home to be consoled , but does not contact or , neither of whom can understand why he would n't call them or come home . 
 There follows an interlocking trio of scenes showing connections between the characters ' emotional problems and their sexual lives . 
 The film ends with a song by at Shortbus during the blackout . arrives and finds with and after acknowledging him sits down by herself . and also arrive followed by and . 's song starts on a wistful note , but as it progresses it becomes more energetic and positive thanks to the arrival of the Hungry March Band . This is mirrored in the actions and emotions of the actors . and make out on the floor , and and start to hit it off . seems to find a friend , and progresses from nervous anxiety to happy elation upon the arrival of the band . engages in a threesome with a couple she has seen several times before and who appear to meet her prerequisite of " just beginning to experiment sexually " ( and , played by and ) , and finally achieves an orgasm , and the blackout affecting New York ends , as does the film .

and her husband are deeply disturbed by their adopted daughter ’s constant sleepwalking and nightmares about Silent Hill , a town that was abandoned 30 years ago due to a massive coal seam fire . Against ’s wishes , takes on a trip to Silent Hill to find answers . Her erratic behaviour concerns police officer . flees from , but when a girl steps out into the road , crashes and blacks out . Waking up some time later , Rose finds herself in the foggy dimension of Silent Hill and realizes that is missing . 
 Exploring the town for , pursues the same girl she encountered prior to the crash , but the town transitions into a nightmarish dimension inhabited by inhuman monsters , including the fearsome Pyramid Head . learns of the existence of , a young girl burnt by the Brethren , the town 's fanatical cult . Her mother wanders the streets as an outcast , guilty for her negligence that led to ’s doom . is later joined by , also trapped in the foggy dimension of the town due to a giant fracture isolating Silent Hill . Meanwhile , in the real world , searches the abandoned town with policeman , but their search is in vain . Upon finding a photo of , goes to the orphanage where was adopted . appears , revealing he lived in Silent Hill and saved from the fire . He encourages to end his search and go home . 
 and explore a hotel the Brethren once used , accompanied by , a Brethren member , where they find the burnt remains of a ceremonial chamber . also encounters the girl , revealed to be Dark , who resembles a burnt . When the town transitions into a nightmarish dimension , , , and flee to an old church but emerges and skins alive . Inside , , the high priestess of the Brethren , and ’s aunt , suggests a “ demon ” knows where is . Her followers lead and to a hospital , claiming the demon is in the basement . sees a photo of from 's locket and brands and as " witches " due to resembling . fights the Brethren members but orders them to violently beat her . 
 enters the basement , but she is barricaded by a group of weapon - wielding nurses who appear to be almost completely blind due to their disfigured , covered faces . Although light and sound attracts them , manages to sneak through them , inadvertently startling them into attacking each other . She flees and enters 's room . In a flashback , it is revealed that was stigmatised by the townspeople for being a bastard . convinces , a formerly devout Brethren member , to " purify " , after is raped whilst attempting to hide from her tormentors . immolates during a ritual but realises this and alerts Gucci . They arrive too late as the ritual goes awry , igniting the infamous coal seam fire . Hospitalised , 's rage grew , manifested as , who is responsible for the shifting dimensions of Silent Hill . Her remaining innocence is later manifested as , who is taken to the real world to be adopted . Desperate to find , allows to grant access to the church by fusing with her body . Meanwhile , , protected by , is captured by the Brethren . 
 In the church , burns to death and plans to do the same for . intervenes and confronts of her crimes but stabs her in the heart in retaliation . ’s blood summons both the original and , who bisect and kill and her followers , except for , with razor wire . rescues but unwillingly merges with Dark before blacking out . leaves the town with a fully merged and return home , still in the foggy dimension of Silent Hill . Meanwhile , is alone in the real world but discovers that the front door has mysteriously opened .

After witnessing California - based gang boss brutally beat U.S. Prosecutor to death in Hawaii , is escorted by FBI agents and on a Boeing 747 - 400 to testify in a trial in Los Angeles . Despite increased security for the flight , arranges for a time - release crate full of venomous snakes to be placed in the cargo hold in an attempt to bring down the plane before it reaches Los Angeles International Airport ( LAX ) . To ensure the snakes attack the passengers without the need for provocation , he has one of his henchmen disguised as an airport ground employee spray the passengers ' leis with a special pheromone which makes the snakes highly aggressive . The crate opens midway through the flight and the snakes make their way through the cabin . A couple having sex in a bathroom , and a man using another bathroom are the first killed . The plane 's captain , , investigates and fixes an electrical short , but is killed by the viper that caused it . Co - pilot , unaware of the snake , believes has suffered a heart attack and continues toward LAX . 
 Some of the snakes attack , and while fending them off he accidentally releases the oxygen masks throughout the plane , causing several snakes to drop into the cabin with them . Numerous passengers , including Agent , are killed when the snakes invade the cabin . The surviving passengers , who have made their way to the front of the plane , put up blockades of luggage in a desperate attempt to stop the snakes . is attacked and the plane starts to dip downwards , causing a food trolley to crash through the luggage blockade . The passengers flee to the upstairs first class cabin before blocking the stairwell with an inflatable liferaft . Agent and Flight Attendant regain control of the plane . retakes the controls and has go into the cargo hold to restore the air conditioning / ventilation system . Agent contacts FBI Special Agent on the ground , who gets in touch with ophiologist Dr. , Customs ' main source for animal smuggling cases . Based on pictures of the reptiles emailed to him via a passenger 's mobile phone , believes a Los Angeles snake dealer known for illegally importing exotic and highly dangerous snakes to be responsible . After a shootout , the dealer is bitten by one of his snakes and withholds the antivenom if he does not give them details . The dealer finally reveals that hired him to obtain the snakes and adds how the latter managed to smuggle them on board the plane . injects the injured dealer with the antivenom and commandeers his supply of antivenom for the victims on the plane based on the list given to him , while gives orders to have arrested on multiple counts of murder and attempted murder . 
 contacts , telling him that antivenom will be ready for the passengers when they land . However , discovers that the cockpit is filled with snakes and is dead . After a brief discussion , , Three Gs ' bodyguard , agrees to land the plane based on prior flight experience . After everyone gets prepared , shoots out two windows with his pistol , causing the plane to depressurize . The snakes are blown out of the cockpit and the lower floor of the plane . and take the controls of the plane and reveals that his flight experience was from a video game flight simulator . Despite his lack of real - world experience , after makes an emergency landing , the plane makes it to the terminal . The passengers leave the plane and antivenom is given to those who need it . Just as and are about to disembark the plane , a final snake jumps out and bites in the chest . draws his gun and shoots the snake , and paramedics rush to , who is unharmed due to his wearing a ballistic vest . As a token of gratitude , later takes to Bali and teaches him how to surf .

Samuel L. Jackson, Julianna Margulies, Taylor Kitsch, Kenan Thompson

( ) is a successful , single African American woman who has sacrificed romance in order to pursue a career as a certified public accountant . Her obsessive compulsive desire for perfection and control has manifested itself in the bland , monochromatic decor of her new home and the rigid rules she follows in her personal life . Urged to loosen up by her friends , Kenya accepts a blind date with landscape architect ( ) arranged by her co - worker ( ) , who is in the process of planning the kind of wedding wants herself . The two meet at Starbucks , and she is surprised to discover is white . She quickly excuses herself and leaves . 
 The two unexpectedly meet again at a party at 's parents ' home , where landscaped the grounds . Impressed with his work , decides to hire him to renovate her unkempt backyard garden . As time passes , their employer - employee relationship evolves into a friendship and then love . 
 Although is helping her feel more comfortable about her living environment , finds it difficult to dismiss her reservations about their romance . The opinions of her girlfriends ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , her upper class parents ( ) and ( ) , and her womanizing younger brother ( ) begin to have a deleterious effect and 's unwillingness to discuss issues of color drives them apart . 
 introduces his sister to someone she views as a more acceptable suitor , tax attorney ( ) , who has just relocated to Los Angeles . The two begin to date , and while thoroughly approves , senses his daughter is not as happy as she was with . Everything thought she wanted suddenly seems immaterial , and nothing does ignites a spark between them . When the dissonance she ’s developed finally overwhelms her , Kenya chooses to reunite with , no longer allowing her controlling nature and social norms to dictate matters of the heart . 
 Kenya marries amongst their closest friends and loved ones .

Comic book fan ( ) signs up for an experimental antidepressant . Dr. ( ) instructs him to take one pill per day . creates a diary for his experiences but feels no results . His lack of self - assurance keeps him from getting to know ( ) , a quiet girl who works at a grocery store . 
 After several days of taking the pill , experiences supernatural powers , beginning with the ability to float . Paying a visit to , he sees himself floating , but sees him lying on the floor ; has no powers at all . He explains that is having an adverse psychotic reaction to the drug and orders him to stop taking it . instead convinces himself that he has telepathy and is mentally telling him to continue taking the drug . 
 Gaining self - confidence , quits his job in order to become a crime - fighting vigilante . He gains a reputation for tackling people after stopping a gunman from robbing 's store , believing he is picking up telepathic intent from would - be perpetrators . He confides his new gifts to best friends ( ) and ( ) . Their initial reaction to his supposed ability to walk through walls is curiously ambiguous . The viewer only sees what believes he is doing rather than what his two friends actually witness . offers his services to the police but has to flee when he is recognized as the mystery " crime fighter " . 
 After learns that is still taking the drug and getting worse , he calls on two representatives , ( ) and ( ) , to talk out of taking the drugs . believes they are there to take his powers away ( as he is confronted by an alternate version of himself " from a future that will now never exist " ) , so his " future self " stabs in the ear and runs off with in pursuit on foot . " teleports " behind and knocks him out and then escapes again . Just how he actually accomplishes this highly improbable sneak attack is left for the viewer to grapple with . then joins and who believe " the suits " are just as much of an hallucination as everything else . 
 On the way to meeting with , astounds his two friends by stopping a purse snatcher . claims never to have met before but gives the two friends a liquid to flush the medication from 's body . leaves all three and finds that Jonas and have broken into his apartment and are reading through his diary , talking about kidnapping him for a few days for the drug to work its way out of his system . 
 confesses that 's reaction could ruin the company if the word got out . While explains that he himself was only attempting to preserve his own career and life , takes the opportunity to swallow the remaining pills . After leaves and makes and " disappear " , the now - invisible pair beat to a pulp and utterly humiliate him in the process . With an unbelievable effort of sheer willpower , turns the tables and knocks both men unconscious . Realizing that he is losing his mind , he runs to for help . She reveals that she likes him but has been reluctant to speak to him because of a stutter . admits to liking her and requests to be locked up in the restroom until the drug leaves his system . 
 awakens the following morning to find he can not float . As is walking home runs him down with his car . is about to leave for dead when , incredibly , raises himself up off of the asphalt and stands defiantly there in the middle of the street . angrily backs the car into and sends him flying over the roof again , presumably finishing him off . This is too much for and he flees the scene on foot . But wo n't stay down . In yet another fantastic feat of willpower , drags himself up onto his feet and faces - off with 's car . intends to run down once and for all , but , faced with 's unbreakable spirit , his rage drains away . turns and hobbles off , a smile spreading across his bruised face .

In 1985 , is a first - year university student and information sponge . Since his working - class childhood in Southend - on - Sea , has loved the TV quiz show University Challenge , whose famous catchphrase—"Your starter for 10"—gives the film its title . Soon after arriving at Bristol University , attends a party where he meets the politically conscious , with whom he seems to have an instant connection . attempts to join their University Challenge team but narrowly fails to secure a spot when he helps another potential candidate , , cheat on the qualifying test . falls for the glamorous and tries to date her , despite her multiple signals that she only sees him as a platonic friend . As the term starts , is invited to join the University Challenge team after one of the other members falls ill . The captain of the team , , is a stuck - up post - grad who has managed to remain team captain despite never having achieved success on University Challenge . immediately impresses the rest of the team with his wealth of trivia knowledge and uses his time with the team to get closer to , eventually getting invited to her house for the Christmas holiday . Unfortunately , embarrasses himself in front of her family by getting stoned while trying to impress . He returns to Bristol to spend the rest of the vacation and meets again . They once more hit it off , but as they are hooking up , he inadvertently calls her " " , offending her and ruining the moment . Following his romantic failures , he talks with , his friend from Southend , who tells him that he is in legal trouble on account of his criminal activities . invites him to a party before he has to face the judge . 
 During the party , insults 's upbringing and belittles him in front of the rest of the partygoers . In retaliation , hits in the face and disrupts the event . In the aftermath , shares a drink with and tries to apologise for his behaviour . However , still feels that is in love with and encourages him to follow his heart and tell her how he feels . He takes her advice and arrives at 's flat to declare his love , but discovers already there . Excited by his violent behaviour at the party , she had invited him back to her place . feels betrayed by both and , especially since he had told his friend how he had felt about her . falls into a depression and struggles with not only concentrating during University Challenge practices , but also with his studies , threatening his university place . becomes increasingly frustrated with , and just as they arrive for their University Challenge match , berates him for his lack of focus . headbutts in response , but only ends up knocking himself unconscious . He is revived backstage by who has come to watch the show and gives him encouragement before he is escorted to the set . However , as he is being brought back to his team , is briefly left with an open envelope containing the quiz questions . He reads one of the cards before putting it back in the envelope , and , inspired by the relative ease of the question , rejoins his team . The match starts off poorly , with nerves clearly getting to as he fails to answer several questions and puts the team in a hole . slowly but surely digs them out of it , getting into his swing as he answers question after question . As the match is heating up and 's team has the momentum , inadvertently gives the answer to the card that he had previously seen even before quizmaster has even begun to read the question ( he has merely introduced it as " an astronomy question " ) . Realising that has seen the cards , suspends the match and 's team is disqualified . 
 returns home and falls back into another depression , sleeping all day and ignoring incoming calls . His mother tries to get him out of the house , but the only person who is finally able to reach him is . He tells that had gone easy on him , and that he is sorry for his behaviour and proud of for chasing his dreams at University . Inspired by his friend , returns to his studies and meets with his tutor , promising him that he is back for good . He then stands up to visit at a demonstration against nuclear weapons . He asks her if it she could ever forgive him for all the mistakes he has made , and if they can start again . She replies that he already knows the answer , and they kiss as the film ends .

The film opens with a character in a video game entering an eerie mansion . He is followed throughout the mansion by a woman in a red dress , who kills him by hanging him from a chandelier . The man playing the game is ( ) , and the game is called Stay Alive . later wakes up to find his roommate and his roommate 's girlfriend slaughtered . He is then hung from a chandelier and killed , similar to the way he died in the game . 
 The next day at work , while talking with his boss , ( ) , ( ) learns that is dead . At the funeral , he meets a girl named ( ) . Afterward , goes to an internet cafe owned by his girlfriend , ( ) , and her brother , ( ) , both avid gamers . has received a bag of ' possessions , and while looking through it , finds " Stay Alive " . Although is reluctant , they decide to play as a group . and another friend , ( ) join in , with playing online from his office . The game is set in a derelict mansion on Garouge Plantation , but it wo n't start until the six players recite " The Prayer of Elizabeth . " It 's a creepy request for " all who resist " to perish so that their blood might keep her young . The players create their characters and fight through a cemetery full of evil ghosts of children , heading toward a mausoleum and tower . touches a rose and the game directs him to pick it . A student of the occult , explains that undead spirits can not move across wild roses . goes down to the basement , but the door slams shut and separates him from the other players . Upstairs , enters a secret passage in a wardrobe . In the room , she locates 's diary with the prayer inside of it . notices that all the mirrors in the game are broken . Meanwhile , in the basement , finds a torture room full of undead girls . Scared , he throws down the rose which dispels the spirits . Now out of roses , the woman in red can stab 's unprotected character . The words " Game Over " cross the screen and the group decides to call it a night . Minutes later , the woman in red appears in office and kills him by stabbing him in the neck with conjoined scissor blades like the ones in the game . 
 Two detectives , and , question who knew all the homicide victims . realizes that and both played " Stay Alive " right before they died , and that they both died the same way their characters died in the game . Later , October researches Countess , the woman in red , a real - life murderer . would drain young women of blood , bathing in it to maintain her youth . Her weakness was mirrors , because she could n't stand to see herself growing old . Elsewhere , decides to play on alone . Keeping in touch with the others by cellphone , he tells them his character has found an unbreakable silver metal mirror which repels . Escaping outside , he is chased by a black horse - drawn carriage . Before he can be run down , pauses the game , so his character does n't die . Reassured that he 's safe , drives to meet the others . A demonic ghost - child startles him and he drives off the road . When he gets out of the car , the same horse carriage runs him over and kills him . The survivors agree to stop playing " Stay Alive " until they can find out more about it . However , Detective , a former gamer , ignores 's warning and plays until rips his character 's head apart with a trap . Undaunted , tries to find " Stay Alive " at a video store , but the clerk has never heard of it . Moments after he enters his car , is killed the same way his character did in the game . 
 and October stay at 's , while the other two search ' house . tells why he hates fire ; when he was a boy , his jealous father set their house on fire . Unable to move , he had to watch as his mother was burned alive . After his father went to prison , Hutch lived with ' family and knows one window is always left unlocked . Inside , they locate ' cellphone and find the name ( ) , the creator of " Stay Alive . " gets the corresponding address . As 's murder hits the news , the police arrive at 's house . and escape and rejoin the other two at ' . 
 has discovered that the real Countess was locked in the tower of her estate as punishment for her gruesome acts . She lived on for years and vowed to one day return and seek revenge . A resurrected haunted the school at Garouge Plantation , killing many girls and keeping a diary . reveals that the only way to kill the Countess is to drive three nails into her body to trap her evil soul . then goes outside alone to smoke . She sees the countess enter a house that is still under construction and follows her . Once inside , tries shoot the countess three times with a nail gun but this proves to be ineffective due to her being transparent . She tries to flee but a chain wraps around her ankle and she is hung upside down . and the others head over to the construction site to save her , but they arrive too late and 's throat is slashed by the countess , which leaves devastated . Since nobody was playing the game , the survivors realize that , once it has begun , the game can play by itself . The remaining three decide to search the house at ' address . volunteers to stay at the van and play the game on his laptop to distract , while and explore the house . They soon realize ' house is actually on Garouge Plantation , 's estate . Moreover , as he plays , discovers he can cause items in the game to appear in reality . 
 leads through the cemetery towards the tower , while is drawn to the closet and secret passage she 'd found earlier in the game . In the hidden room , she finds the blades used by , who then attacks her . hears screams , and guides him through the house to the closet . In the game , he throws roses at the Countess until arrives . The Countess begins to cheat and locks out of the van , while her carriage rides towards his character . breaks a window and moves his character just in time , but comes to kill him in real life , even though his character is still alive . ditches the van and runs across a field , with 's carriage close behind . He falls into a patch of rosebushes as the Countess exits her carriage , with her blades in hand . and return to the van to find the laptop screen marked " Game Over " and 's character dead . 
 Grabbing the laptop , and gather some of the wild roses . They then cross the cemetery to a mausoleum - type passageway leading to the tower . As a group of undead children pursue them , they drop numerous roses and make their way into 's torture chamber . When starts up the staircase , a heavy door with a barred window slams shut , separating him from . She urges him to go after 's body and perform the ritual , while she stays trapped with one last rose . reluctantly leaves and 's phantom attacks . climbs to the top of the tower and finds the completely preserved body of . While fights to live , hammers three nails one by one into the inert body . When he finishes , the evil spirit stops attacking , and reanimates 's body . Retreating , knocks over an oil lamp , spilling oil across the floor . Recalling that the Countess hates mirrors , uses his reflective silver laptop to repel her . Overcoming the fear of fire , he sets the room ablaze . Just then , still alive and carrying more roses , bursts in with and rescues him . As Countess 's body burns , the three walk away from the tower . 
 Meanwhile , in the video store , the shelves are now full of just released " Stay Alive " games . Intrigued , the employee puts a copy in the PlayStation 2 . As the video game starts , voices are heard reciting 's prayer . The evil phantom of Countess is then seen gazing out her tower window .

Jon Foster, Samaire Armstrong, Frankie Muniz, Sophia Bush, Jimmie Simpson

Following a party , brothers and and their best friend , break into the Maryland School of Arts and trash the school 's theatre , damaging many of the props . When a security guard appears , helps the two escape , accepting full blame for the vandalism himself . He is sentenced to 200 hours of community service , which is to be served at the school . While working , he peers in on a dance class and meets , a student preparing for her " senior showcase " , an audition performance which could determine whether or not she is offered a job by any one of the professional dance companies who are attending the performance . When and pay a visit on the school 's lot , watches curiously from a window as dances with his friends , mockingly incorporating a mashup of break - dance and the ballet moves he has recently observed . When 's dance partner , , sprains an ankle , finds herself unexpectedly without a partner for her routine . Auditioning some sophomore students to replace him , she decides that none meet her expectations . offers to help , but refuses . However , after demonstrates that he can handle the routine , reconsiders and convinces Director to allow to rehearse with her . During their initial practice session , is antagonistic towards as well as her boyfriend , , both of whom respond with haughty attitudes . As they continue to rehearse , and grow closer , each teaching the other about their respective styles of dance . also befriends a musician at the school named , who has a crush on 's friend , . 
 's bond with grows , and one day she takes him to a special spot on the waterfront near a company for which her late father used to work , revealing that this is where she first envisioned her routine . She confesses to that she had always imagined it as an ensemble dance , rather than a duet . becomes inspired to help her dream come true and begins recruiting younger dancers from the school to perform in her number . signs a recording deal with a company , but in doing so , betrays his friend , , to get the opportunity . Disgusted by his betrayal , breaks up with . Meanwhile , continues to attempt a balance between his new goals , his new friends , and nurturing a troubled relationship with his old ones . 
 asks Director if she will let him attend the school , and she advises that he must prove to her that he deserves a chance . Upon hearing this from , suggests that the showcase could also be used as his entrance audition . After dancing together at a club where and perform , and finally move forward with a romantic relationship . Rehearsals continue as normal , until returns seemingly healed from his injury . feels that he is no longer needed in the routine , and angrily accuses of treating him the same way that treated . He leaves the group and returns to janitorial work , his initial community service at the school . However , in the course of the training has been incorporating many of 's suggestions for the routine , and as a result now finds that the new choreography is now much too difficult for the original partner to perform . During one of their practice sessions , falls over and , realizing he can not cope with the dance , resigns himself from the routine , and is , once again , left without a partner . Crushed , she considers abandoning her dance career and going to college after all , but receives an emotional confession and strong encouragement from her mother , who once opposed her future in dance . transforms the choreography into a solo piece . 
 Later during a party , steals 'S car but is shot by and his friends and dies , leading both and to realize that they need to make better decisions in their lives . surprises by showing up , last minute , at the evening of the showcase . He tries to persuade to let him perform with her , and to forgive him for his behavior . She initially declines , but suddenly changes her mind as wishes her good luck and walks away . When the curtain opens , , , and the ensemble of students perform their original choreography against ' latest musical score . After the performance , Director is beaming and the crowd is blown away . 
 Backstage , when a proud Director tells a fellow director from a professional dance company hoping to sign that is a " transfer student " , is overwhelmed and embraces . She repeats advice given to him at their first rehearsal together , and the two share a kiss .

( ) is a rebellious 17 - year - old who has a run - in with the law when she and two friends go biking through a residential construction site . is arrested and forced by a judge to return to the regimented world of competitive gymnastics . was once considered one of the most talented gymnasts in the US . One year earlier , she made it to the World Championships , but she walked out of competition in the middle of the finals , costing the American team the gold medal and leaving many people hurt and crushed , making her one of the most hated people in gymnastics . 
 goes to the elite Vickerman Gymnastics Academy ( VGA ) in Houston , her ultimate nightmare , run by legendary coach ( ) . has a talk with Coach , who convinces her to take up the sport once again   – at least until she can enter an upcoming invitational competition . convinces her that she can use the prize money from the competition to repay some property damage debts she still owes and leave gymnastics once and for all . Disliking the sport 's rigid rules and intense training schedule , is reluctant to come out of retirement . Her attitude toward her fellow gymnasts   – as well as her past   – causes conflicts . After getting the cold shoulder the first day at the gym , realizes what she is up against . 
 At the invitational , 's talent shines and her return from gymnastics retirement seems for the better . But all is not what it seems in the scoring system . She starts to remember one of the many reasons she retired   – the flaws in judging . The panels do not look at the difficulty of the move nor do they look at the technique ; they merely take deductions for unimportant minor errors . As says , " It does n't matter how well you do . It 's how well you follow their rules . " 
 In addition , is severely stressed by her domineering mother , who has arrived to watch the meet . Her conduct at the World Championship ( " Worlds " ) has not been forgotten by the other athletes , and they treat her with open hostility . finally breaks down in the middle of her balance beam routine and , in a repeat of the World Championships , leaves the arena before completing the competition . Before she leaves , she reveals to the reason she walked out of Worlds : she had just discovered that her mother was having an affair with her then - coach , and her parents got divorced as a result . 
 then goes back to the judge who sentenced her to the gymnastics academy to inform her that she has dropped out and wants to be sent to either a juvenile hall or military academy . But the judge tells that someone ( obviously ) had just paid off all of her debt for the property damages in her incident with the law , that she is no longer under any legal issues , and that having jerks for parents does n't need to ruin her life . then approaches , who confirms it by claiming that he used the money that her father had paid him for her gymnastics training . persuades to remain with the academy a while longer so she can continue with her training to reach Nationals . 
 Although she did not complete the invitational , continues to train and , with three of her teammates ( ) , ( ) and ( ) , qualifies for the National Championships . The biased judging leaves her far back in the all - around standings , but this does not keep her out of the event finals . In the first event final , vault , executes an extremely difficult maneuver perfectly but receives a low score ( 9.500 out of 10 ) . When questions the judges , he learns that was penalized on the technicality of showing a bra strap . is next up . However , instead of vaulting , she shows her bra strap to the judges and forfeits her turn in disgust ( otherwise known as a " scratch " ) . One by one , the other gymnasts follow suit , earning a string of zeroes and forcing the judges to award the vault gold medal anyway . 
 's bold action sparks a movement . The gymnasts talk among themselves and realize that if they could choose the winner , the judging would be fair . They convince all the others in the competition to do the same , choosing one person from each event who they , by consensus , deem the best to be the " winner " . The winner completes her routine ; the others jump on and off the apparatus and scratch . It seems the movement will be ruined when , a longtime judges ' favorite and 's former teammate and best friend , arrives and threatens the choice of winners by competing herself . finally comes to her senses , though , and realizes that scratching is for the good of the competition to make a point . 
 What started out as a gymnastics competition turns into a small revolution for the rules and . Her talents are recognized once more and her future seems to be set with numerous colleges offering her athletic scholarships to compete in NCAA gymnastics .

, an agent for the Internal Revenue Service , lives his life by his wristwatch . He is assigned to audit an intentionally tax - delinquent baker , , to whom he is attracted . On the same day , he begins hearing the voice of a woman omnisciently narrating his life but is unable to communicate with it . 's watch stops working and he resets it using the time given by a bystander ; the voice narrates , " little did he know that this simple , seemingly innocuous act would result in his imminent death " . Worried by this prediction , consults a psychiatrist who attributes the voice to schizophrenia , though they consider that if there really is a narrator , he should visit an expert in literature . visits , a literature professor , and relates his story . When recognizes aspects of a literary work in 's story , he encourages to identify the author , first by determining if the work is a comedy or tragedy . 
 As audits Ana , the two fall for each other , but when refuses to accept cookies that made for him because they could be viewed as a bribe , tells him to leave , making believe the story is a tragedy . On the advice of , spends the next day at home trying to control his destiny by doing nothing , but his apartment is partially demolished by a wrecking crew that mistook the building for an abandoned one . believes that since can not control the plot , he should accept his impending death and enjoy whatever time he has left . takes a vacation from work , develops his friendship with his co - worker , fulfills his dream of learning to play the guitar , and dates . reassesses his story as a comedy . When he returns to with this revelation , inadvertently identifies the voice in his head from a television interview as author . , an admirer of 's work , reveals that all of her books feature the main character 's tragic death . 
 struggles from writer 's block and researches ways to kill the character to complete her next book . Her publisher sends an assistant , , to ensure the book is completed . finds through her tax records . When learns that experiences everything she writes , she is horrified by the thought that her books may have killed real people . She tells she wrote a draft of his death , but has not typed it up yet ; the events in the book manifest when she strikes the period key . suggests read the drafted ending to get his opinion . can not bring himself to read it and gives the manuscript to to review . confirms its excellence , labeling it as 's masterpiece ; 's death is integral to its genius . Though is distressed over his fate , comforts him by stating the inevitability of death : this one death , at least , will have a deeper meaning . reads the manuscript , then returns it to , telling her the death she has written for him is " beautiful " and she should keep it intact . He spends one last night with . 
 The next day , prepares to return to work , despite 's voice narrating as she types up her ending . Because 's watch is three minutes fast owing to the imprecise time given to him days ago , he reaches the bus stop early and watches as a young boy falls in front of the oncoming bus . continues writing ; leaps from the curb and pushes the child out of the way , but is struck by the bus . can not complete the sentence confirming 's death , and wakes up in a hospital , injured but alive . He learns that fragments of his wristwatch blocked the right ulnar artery in his body after the collision , saving his life . When reads 's final manuscript , he notes that the story is weaker without 's death . admits the flaw , but points out that the story was meant to be about a man that dies unexpectedly ; with sacrificing himself , the story would have lost its tragic impact . In place of , his wristwatch — anthropomorphized throughout the film — is the character who died tragically .

For the previous five years , has mysteriously abandoned his adopted home of Earth while on a journey into outer space to investigate what astronomers believed to be an intact Krypton . In his absence , journalist and past love wrote a scathing article " Why the World Does n't Need Superman " , winning her the Pulitzer Prize . is engaged to , the nephew of Daily Planet editor - in - chief , and with whom she shares a young asthmatic son , . Notorious criminal mastermind Lex secured an early release from prison due to not appearing as a prosecution witness during 's fifth appeal trial . By seducing an old heiress , is able to inherit her fortune , giving him resources for his next scheme . 
 returns to Earth , crash landing at the farm , just as he did as a child . He reveals to his adoptive mother that he left hoping to find his homeworld , and expresses his dismay at being the only one of his kind remaining . Upon returning to Metropolis in his human identity of , he is shocked to discover the consequences of his disappearance . 
 When a mysterious nationwide power outage causes catastrophic failures during a space shuttle launch , realizes he must reemerge as . Saving the shuttle and its ferry jet in highly public fashion causes a resurgence of media attention regarding 's return . Unbeknownst to anyone , the accident was triggered by using Kryptonian technology stolen from the Fortress of Solitude . 
 sends his moll , , to distract , allowing him to steal a sample of kryptonite from a museum . Still investigating the earlier power outage , tracks the hypocenter to the mansion recently inherited and , along with her son , explores the yacht docked there . Discovering , she is held captive as the yacht heads out into the Atlantic . plans to use the Kryptonian crystal technology used to create his Fortress of Solitude to create a massive new continent which would swallow some of the current landmasses bordering the Atlantic . The world will then be forced to use his new land . Placing a crystal inside a shell of refined kryptonite , triggers the new land growth by launching it into the sea . 
 manages to use a fax machine on board the yacht to send their location to the Daily Planet headquarters , where it catches the attention of and . Upon discovering her attempt at subversion , one of 's henchmen attacks , causing 's powers to emerge as he crushes the henchman with a piano – revealing that the ( no longer asthmatic ) is 's son . Realizing this fact , and his thugs escape by helicopter as the earthquake effects from the growing landmass span back to Metropolis . While works to contain the damage in the city , reaches the yacht by way of the floatplane and releases and from their locked room . The three become trapped when the yacht is split in two by the growing rock formations , knocking unconscious and sinking the yacht . rescues them and gets them to the safety of 's plane . 
 pursues , who has made his way to the growing land mass . The kryptonite shell surrounding the crystal has caused the new rock formations to be infused with kryptonite , making the land itself toxic to . 's thugs beat into submission as he is unable to fight back . impales with a kryptonite shard and allows him to fall into the ocean , presumably to die . 
 Regaining consciousness in the escaping floatplane , learns that has gone to confront . Knowing of the kryptonite danger , convinces to double back to help him . spots the Man of Steel in the water and and gets him into the plane , where removes the shard . Recovering , flies high into the atmosphere to regain his strength by exposure to sunlight . Using his heat vision , he then tunnels deep under the new land mass and , using the last of his strength , is able to fly it off into space before it absorbs more land . 
 Escaping with in the helicopter , a disillusioned discards the remaining crystals and the two eventually end up on a deserted island when they run out of fuel . Complications from kryptonite exposure cause to fall into a coma , and while doctors are able to remove more fragments from his skin , they can not revive him . visits him in the hospital and whispers into his ear while glancing at . Soon after , hospital staff discovers his room empty . No longer feeling alone in the universe , visits his newly revealed son in the boy 's room and repeats to the words of his own father as he sleeps . starts writing another article , titled " Why the World Needs Superman " . reassures her that he is now back to stay , and flies off into space , where he gazes down at the world .

Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Spacey, Frank Langella, James Marsden, Eva Marie Saint

is a man who grew up dreaming of going fast . While working on the pit crew of Dennit Racing driver , acts as a replacement driver after decides to take a bathroom break while in last place . After finishing third in the race , gains fame and fortune at Dennit Racing . While racing , he meets his future wife , after she flashes her breasts . 
 Years after winning several championships , persuades Dennit Racing to field a second team for his best friend and become an unstoppable duo on the track , but are soon introduced to their new teammate , openly gay French Formula One driver . The Frenchman soon outperforms both and to become Dennit Racing 's latest success story . Desperate to win , exceeds his limitations and crashes at Lowe 's Motor Speedway . His declining performance subsequently gets him fired from his team ; furthermore , divorces him and marries . 
 moves in with his mom , , and brings his two disobedient sons and with him while taking a job as a pizza delivery man . His luck worsens when he loses his driver 's license after colliding with a woman pushing a shopping cart and hitting a police officer . Meanwhile , is determined to reform her two disrespectful grandsons . 
 's estranged father returns to remind him how to drive , using unorthodox methods such as putting a live cougar in his car , and forcing him to escape the police . When his father leaves him again after causing trouble at a restaurant , 's former assistant persuades him to return to NASCAR , since it is in his nature to drive fast . They quickly develop a romantic relationship when takes 's advice and race at Talladega Superspeedway . makes amends with , , and , while uniting with his pit crew chief and close friend . At the start of the race , Bobby flies from last place to pass all of the drivers except . In the closing laps , uses a slingshot technique for to pass . 
 The replacement driver of 's Wonder Bread car causes a massive wreck that takes out the field , except and . On the final lap of the race , and collide , wrecking their vehicles . and exit their cars and begin running towards the finish line . reaches the line first , however both are disqualified for getting out of their cars . As takes the checkered flag , offers a handshake , but responds by kissing him on the lips . asks to move back in with her and start over , but he chooses to stay with instead . At the end of the event , is congratulated in the parking lot by ; declares that it was no longer about winning , knowing that he has a family who loves him no matter where he finishes . 
 In a post credits scene , Grandma is shown reading a story to and , both having fully been disciplined by her and are now presented as polite , respectful children .

As a young man , ( ) leaves his religious family and oppressive Midwestern town for Hollywood on a quest to form the world 's most awesome rock band . There he meets acoustic guitarist ( ) , who is performing on the street , and begins worshipping him as a rock god because of his skills and attitude . feeds 's fantasy by pretending to be famous with a self - named band ( " The Kyle Gass Project " ) , and exploits him to do work such as cleaning his apartment and buying him weed ( under the promise that can audition for his fictitious band . ) After learns is actually unemployed and living off his parents , the two become equal , and apologizes to by giving him a brand - new guitar . They create their own band : Tenacious D , named for birthmarks found on their buttocks . ( has a birthmark which says : " Tenac " , and has a mark which reads : " ious D " . ) 
 Soon and learn the deepest secret of rock : all the rock legends used the same guitar pick , The Pick of Destiny , which has supernatural powers . It was created by a dark wizard from a piece of Satan 's tooth , as a gift to a blacksmith who saved his life from the great demon . The pick gives its holder unnatural abilities with stringed instruments . Infatuated by the prospect of becoming the next great rock star , immediately sets Tenacious D on a quest to steal the Pick of Destiny from a rock history museum . Along the way , the band briefly splits up , when KG decides that sex comes first in " sex , drugs and rock ' n ' roll " , while wants to stick to the mission at hand . 
 But soon , and come back together when they realize they need each other as friends . The two manage to steal the Pick of Destiny due to incompetent security at the rock museum . Armed with this supernatural pick , they plan to use the winnings from a local bar 's talent contest to pay their rent , but before they can go on stage , they argue over who gets to use the pick first , snapping it in half accidentally . After a pep - talk from the bar 's owner , they decide they are good enough to go onto the contest without the pick , not knowing that the owner is Satan in human form , looking for his missing tooth piece . Coming back outside ( deciding they can both use half of the pick ) , they are confronted by Satan , who is " complete " when he places the Pick of Destiny back on his broken tooth , giving him the ability to use his supernatural powers on Earth . He threatens to make Tenacious D his first victim . 
 To save their lives , Tenacious D challenge to a " rock - off " , which he can not deny , as the " demon code " strictly forbids him from declining such a challenge . As the bargain goes , if Tenacious D wins , Satan must return to hell on his own and pay their rent . But if Satan wins , he gets to take back with him as a sex slave . Ultimately , they lose ( sings , " That was a masterpiece ! / He rocks too hard because he 's not a mortal man . " ) , and Satan attempts to shoot with a bolt of energy . jumps in the way , and the bolt bounces off his guitar , blowing off a piece of Satan 's horn . is able to send him back to Hell with a magical incantation . ( As explained earlier , should Satan become " incomplete " , he can be banished from the Earth with said incantation . ) 
 The two turn Satan 's horn into the " Bong of Destiny " and the movie closes with the two smoking from it as they write new songs .

is a handsome , smooth - talking tobacco lobbyist and the vice - president of a tobacco lobby called the " Academy of Tobacco Studies " , which for 15 years has been " researching " the link between tobacco smoking and lung cancer . They claim that their research — funded primarily by tobacco companies — has found no definitive evidence of any linkage . 's job consists mainly of reporting the questionable research of the " Academy " to the public and defending Big Tobacco on television programs by questioning opposing health claims and advocating personal choice . and his friends , firearm lobbyist and alcohol lobbyist , meet every week and jokingly call themselves the " Merchants of Death " or " The MOD Squad " . 
 As anti - tobacco campaigns mount and numbers of young smokers decline , suggests that product placement of cigarettes could once again boost cigarette sales . 's boss , , sends to Los Angeles to bargain for cigarette placement in upcoming movies . takes along his young son , , in hopes of bonding with him . The next day , is sent to meet with , the cancer - stricken man who once played the Marlboro Man in cigarette ads and is now campaigning against cigarettes . As his son watches , successfully offers a suitcase of money for his silence . During the drive back , and discuss the beauty of argument . 
 Senator , one of 's most vehement critics , is the promoter of a bill to add a skull and crossbones POISON warning to cigarette packaging . During a televised debate with , receives a death threat from a caller . Despite the threat , still plans to appear before a U.S. Senate committee to fight 's bill . is then kidnapped and covered in nicotine patches . Awakening in a hospital , he learns that the very high nicotine tolerance level resulting from his smoking has saved him from death by nicotine poisoning , but now he is hypersensitive to nicotine and can never smoke again . 
 Meanwhile , has been seduced by a young reporter named . During their steamy fling , the besotted tells all about his life and career — information that she happily publishes in an exposé that appears just after the kidnapping . Her article relentlessly criticizes and his work , exposing 's bribe , the product - placement scheme , and the MOD squad . It accuses of training his son Joey to follow his amoral example . All public sympathy due to 's kidnapping evaporates , and is fired by BR . 
 falls into depression until helps him recall the integrity in his job of defending corporations that almost no one feels deserve a defense . Rejuvenated , tells the press about his affair with and promises to clear the names of everyone mentioned in her article . He also declares that he will still appear before the Senate committee . At the hearing , admits to the dangers of smoking but argues that public awareness is already high enough without extra warnings . He emphasizes consumer choice and responsibility and , to the dismay of Senator , claims that if tobacco companies are guilty of tobacco - related deaths , then perhaps 's state of Vermont , as a major cheese producer , is likewise guilty of cholesterol - related deaths . 
 BR congratulates on the speech and offers him his old job but has a change of heart . Seeing Big Tobacco settling claims of liability , remarks that he has left just in time . He also mentions was humiliated upon being terminated by the paper for her article and is working as a weather reporter on a local news station . supports his son 's newfound interest in debating and opens a private lobbying firm . The MOD squad continues to meet with new members that represent the fast - food , oil , and biohazard industries . As he consults cellphone industry representatives concerned about claims that cellphones cause brain cancer , he narrates : " plays ball . kills people . I talk . Everyone has a talent . "

Other revelations in the film include : the discovery that many ratings board members either have children 18 and over or have no children at all ( typically , the MPAA has suggested it hires only parents with children between the ages of 5 and 17 ) ; that the board seems to treat homosexual material much more harshly than heterosexual material ( this assertion is supported by an MPAA spokesperson ’s statement in USA Today that " We do n't create standards ; we just follow them " ) ; that the board 's raters receive no training and are deliberately chosen because of their lack of expertise in media literacy or child development ; that senior raters have direct contact in the form of mandatory meetings with studio personnel after movie screenings ; and that the MPAA 's appeals board is just as secretive as the ratings board , its members being mostly movie theater chain and studio executives . Also included on the appeals board are two members of the clergy ( one Catholic and one Protestant , who may or may not have voting power ) . 
 Prior to Sundance , the film sparked initial press interest when it was handed an NC-17 rating by the MPAA for " some graphic sexual content . " When it premiered at Sundance , the film 's ratings deliberations , along with ’s appeal , were included in the documentary . Since the film had changed dramatically from the time of the NC-17 rating , the film can not be released with an MPAA rating without the film being resubmitted for review . 
 The film went on to draw crowds at many other festivals , including South by Southwest and the Seattle International Film Festival , and was slated for theatrical release in fall 2006 .

The film is set in England and Ireland , in the Dark Ages , after the fall of the Roman Empire in the 5th century . Lord of Cornwall plans to unify the peoples of Britain – Celts , Angles , Saxons , and Jutes – under himself as high king to resist Irish domination . 
 Most lords agree to this , as is highly regarded and respected as a fair and courageous leader . The Irish king discovers this and sends troops to attack a Jutish castle where a treaty between the British tribes is being discussed . The raid claims the lives of the castle 's lord and his wife , but manages to save their son , , at the cost of losing a hand . Feeling compassion for the young boy , whose father loyally supported him , welcomes into his home and regards him as a son . 
 Nine years later , has grown into a fierce , courageous warrior whose loyalty to is not that of a knight to his lord , but rather a son to his father . and other Cornish warriors launch an attack on an Irish slave caravan . fights , the champion and leader of the army of Donnchadh , whose lord 's daughter , Princess , has been promised to in marriage . Though kills and 's forces are overrun , he is severely wounded in the fight and believed dead , though he is in fact only suffering the effects of 's poisoned sword . 
 's body is put out to sea on a funeral boat which eventually washes up along the shores of Ireland . He is discovered by and her maid , , who administer an antidote that revives him . insists that conceal her identity so tells her name is and that she is a lady - in - waiting . and fall in love as she nurses him back to health . The two lovers must separate after 's boat is discovered . returns to Cornwall and receives a hero 's welcome . A confused but overjoyed welcomes him back with open arms . 
 Plotting to defeat Britain , proposes a peace treaty , promising his daughter in marriage to the winner of a tournament . wins the tournament on behalf of , unaware that " the prize " is the woman he fell in love with in Ireland . When he discovers the truth about , he is heartbroken to see her betrothed to , but accepts it since the marriage will end " a hundred years of bloodshed . " 
 and are married and there is finally hope that Britain will be united . is kind to and genuinely falls in love with her and although grows fond of him , her heart still belongs to . tells that she is his anytime he wants . is torn between his love for and his loyalty to , a man whom he loves as a father . is confused over what is tormenting and disappointed by the distance he is putting between them . 
 eventually gives in to ; they renew their love and begin an affair behind 's back . The affair is discovered by Lord , a longstanding dissenter to 's leadership . He informs of the affair and they conspire to use their love to overthrow , with getting 's throne in exchange . confides in that he believes is having an affair . is tormented by the guilt and burns down the garden where he would meet . After and 's coronation , attempts to end their relationship , but begs him not to leave her . They are caught in an embrace by , , and the other British kings . pretends to be furious that his daughter is being treated as a whore and ends the alliance . Seeing this as weakness on 's part , the other kings also decide to part ways with him . 
 is hurt and furious over his wife and son - figure 's betrayal . He tells he has ruined everything and that he wishes that he had never saved his life . However , after explains their history , relents . is taken to the river and tells him that is letting them run away together . puts in the boat meant for their escape and tells her that if they leave they will be remembered for all time as those " whose love brought down a kingdom . " pushes the boat away from the shore and runs off to the ensuing battle . 
 At the same time , 's nephew and 's old friend , , resentful of his uncle 's long favouring of , shows an old passage into the Roman foundations of 's castle . had made believe that he will become king when is defeated . Once they are in the passage , stabs and sneaks his army into the castle . and his forces swiftly become pinned down by 's army outside the castle and 's men within . 
 sneaks back into the castle via the secret tunnel , which he used to carry out his affair with . On the way , he finds the dying ; the old friends forgive one another before he dies . emerges from the tunnel and attacks 's men , allowing 's soldiers to secure the castle , but he is mortally wounded in combat by , whom he still manages to kill . Now outnumbered , , and the soldiers loyal to him emerge from the castle and present 's severed head to . urges the British kings standing with the Irish to aid them in making Britain a single , free nation . Inspired by his words , the British kings and their men attack and his army . 
 As a fierce battle between the British and Irish erupts , carries a dying to the river , where they are met by . leaves to lead the British to victory , while dies in 's arms after uttering his last words : " You were right . I do n't know if life is greater than death . But love was more than either . " sees to his burial beneath the ashes of the Roman villa where they had met to be with each other . She plants two willows by the grave , which grow intertwined . She then disappears from history and is never seen again . , it is said , defeated the Irish , united Britain , then ruled in peace until the end of his days .

Ultraviolet takes place in 2078 , in the years following a global epidemic that causes vampire - like symptoms , including super - human physical abilities , a healing factor and elongated canines . The infected " hemophages " die within twelve years after being infected . The " Archministry " , a militant medical group headed by Vice - Cardinal , has taken control of the government and begun rounding up infected citizens and exterminating them in order to contain the virus . 
 Having been infected a decade earlier , has become a member of an underground resistance movement fighting to protect the hemophages from the government . Working with the resistance , steals a weapon that was supposedly designed to exterminate all hemophages , only to discover that it is a young boy named " " . Rather than kill the child , flees with him , believing that a cure for the disease can be reverse - engineered from the antigens before he dies from them . 
 She eventually converses with , who tells her that the boy is his son , but she does not believe him . Instead she takes him to her friend , who tells her the boy has no antigens and he has no value to anyone . He also tells her that the boy has a tracking device embedded in him ( " so hot he 's nearly radioactive " ) , that they can track him easily and he has only 8 hours to live . In the meantime , reveals to that the antigens in Six 's blood are actually deadly to humans . Furthermore , clarifies that the boy is his clone , his previous claim to her being a ruse to earn her sympathy . Since the hemophages are nearly exterminated , the Archministry intends to engineer a new plague to maintain its power . When he refuses to give her the cure , escapes with and lets him spend his last moments at a playground . arrives , shoots , and takes 's body for dissection . 
 is revived in the facility run by , and she realizes that might not actually be dead . She storms the Archministry and reaches a laboratory just as is about to begin the dissection . In the ensuing fight , reveals that he uses enhancements he gained from an accidental exposure to the hemophage virus to aid in his rise to power . kills and leaves with 's body . later wakes up , having been immunized by the hemophage virus in 's tears . It is theorized that might , after all , be instrumental in formulating a cure for the hemophages , although it may be too late for ( who is nearing the end of her 12 years ) .

In 1202 , an army led by the three vampire elders ( , , and ) arrives at a Lycan - ravaged village . and capture their target , 's twin brother , , the first and most powerful werewolf . Despite 's defiance , orders that be imprisoned in a secret location forever . 
 In the present day , vampire takes to a safe house so that she can confront the vampire regent ; she knows that intends to kill and plans to stop him . However , has awakened before arrives . kills and his men . , an elderly man , sends in a team of " cleaners " to investigate the aftermath from the battle in the Lycans ' lair . When examines 's corpse he finds a metal disc inside which is the match to a pendant originally worn by . The other half of the pendant is now possessed by after the death of . 
 tracks and down and attacks them , but they evade him and hide in a warehouse . There , and share their feelings and have passionate sex . Now knowing that the pendant is important to , and set out to discover why wants it . recalls that she saw it as a child , but does not know its significance . They travel to the hideout of the exiled vampire historian . 
 reveals that was the first vampire , one of the three sons of , the first immortal . was bitten by a bat and became a vampire , while was bitten by a wolf and became a werewolf . The third son remained human and gave rise to a line of mortal descendants including , who became the first Lycan – Vampire hybrid . The first werewolves created by were entirely animal and unable to return to human form . Due to 's destructiveness , approached , then a dying mortal warlord , and offered to turn him and his army into immortal vampires in exchange for tracking down and stopping , and in destroying those he had infected . did not kill the brothers because he was led by to believe that doing so would result in the immediate extinction of all other vampires and his Lycan slaves . further reveals that 's father was the architect who built 's prison and that the pendant is the key . killed 's family because they knew the prison 's location , but turned into a vampire with the location of the prison encoded in her blood . then refers and to for help . After and leave , arrives and drinks ' blood to learn and 's location , killing . 
 Visiting , and discover he actually is . reveals that he has devoted his entire immortal life to keeping the Vampire - Lycan war a secret . However , he refuses to assist in killing his sons . Then arrives , beats and impales him . He learns the location of 's prison by drinking 's blood . He mortally wounds his father and obtains the other half of the pendant . He mocks his father 's refusal to help , revealing that he intends , with , to rule the world as god - like master of a race of vampire - Lycan hybrids . On 's bidding , drinks his blood , enhancing her physical strength and healing abilities to a level equivalent to that of a hybrid . Afterwards , blows up his ship , killing himself . 
 , aboard 's helicopter , leads his cleaners to the prison to confront and destroy , but he has already freed . In the ensuing battle , bites the cleaners who thus turn into werewolves . , presumed dead and carried aboard the helicopter , awakens and joins the fight in his hybrid form , killing by ripping his head off . engages in hand - to - hand combat , killing him by kicking him into the rotor blades of the cleaners ' crashed helicopter . 
 After the battle , realizes that 's blood granted her hybrid abilities , including being immune to the effects of sunlight , which is lethal to vampires .

On the morning of September 11 , 2001 , passengers board United Airlines Flight 93 , bound for San Francisco , at Newark Liberty International Airport , including , , , , , , II , and . Four al - Qaeda terrorists ( , , , and ) also board the flight . 
 Meanwhile , newly promoted FAA National Operations Manager is in a meeting when it is reported that American Airlines Flight 11 from Boston to Los Angeles has been hijacked after is overheard on the radio saying " We have some planes " . Minutes later the aircraft crashes into the North Tower of the World Trade Center . Much to and his staff 's horror , they learn that a second flight , United Airlines Flight 175 also from Boston to Los Angeles , has been hijacked , and after New York air traffic controllers attempt to contact the aircraft , it is seen live on CNN plowing into the South Tower of the World Trade Center . and his staff realize they are dealing with several hijackings and order the military to be on the lookout for American Airlines Flight 77 , which is reported missing and presumed to have also been hijacked . 
 On United 93 , a hesitant appears to have second thoughts of initiating the hijacking plan . Impatient , the other three hijackers prepare for invasion themselves . assembles a fake bomb out of clay and plastic during breakfast , then makes the first move and grabs hold of flight purser at knifepoint . After a passenger is fatally stabbed and the " bomb " is revealed , causing mass panic among passengers , and force the first - class passengers to the back of the plane . Meanwhile , and threaten and wrestle their way into the cockpit . The pilots send out a mayday call but are killed and dragged from the cockpit . is also killed . takes the plane 's controls and changes its course , intending to crash the plane into the United States Capitol . 
 , still debating on what to do about the unfolding disaster , is in shock when American 77 crashes into the Pentagon , and he orders the closure of US airspace and the grounding of all commercial flights until further notice . 
 Aboard United 93 , the passengers become aware of the dead bodies of the crew - members , and learn from family members via airphone of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon ; they decide to take action , organizing a revolt against the hijackers . Their plan is empowered by the knowledge that passenger has experience in flying aircraft . 
 After passengers arm themselves , pray , and make final phone calls to loved ones , says " Let 's Roll ! " The group begin their counterattack , rushing down the aisle and overpowering ; crushes skull with a fire extinguisher , killing him . Seeing this , alerts and in the cockpit of the ongoing assault . shakes the plane violently to throw the passengers off balance , but they continue their assault , overpowering who is killed by snapping his neck . Seeing the passengers getting nearer , and debate whether to take the flight down , realizing that their plan to reach their intended target will not succeed . The passengers then breach the cockpit with the food cart , and orders to crash the plane . The passengers finally gain entrance into the cockpit and attack the two hijackers over the controls . As the passengers and hijackers struggle for control of the yoke , the plane goes into a nosedive and turns upside down as the screen cuts to black . Title cards explain that the plane crashed into a field near Shanksville , Pennsylvania , killing everyone on board .

On the evening of November 14 , 1970 , Southern Airways Flight 932 , a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 chartered by Marshall University to transport the Thundering Herd football team back to Huntington , West Virginia following their 17–14 defeat to the East Carolina University Pirates , clips trees on a ridge just one mile short of the runway at Tri - State Airport in Ceredo , West Virginia , and crashes into a nearby gully , killing all 75 people on board . 
 The deceased include the 37 players ; head coach Rick and five members of his coaching staff ; , Marshall 's athletics director ; team athletic trainer and his assistant , ; sports information director and radio play - by - play announcer ; 25 boosters ; and five crew members . 
 In the wake of the tragedy , University President leans towards indefinitely suspending the football program , but he is ultimately persuaded to reconsider by the pleas of the Marshall students and Huntington residents , and especially the few football players who did n't make the flight , led by . hires as head coach who , with the help of ( one of two surviving members of the previous coaching staff ) manages to rebuild the team in a relatively short time , despite losing many of their prospects to West Virginia University . travels to Kansas City , where he pleads with the NCAA to waive their rule prohibiting freshmen from playing varsity football ( a rule which had been abolished in 1968 for all sports except for football and basketball , and would be permanently abolished for those sports in 1972 ) . returns victorious . 
 The new team is composed mostly of the 18 returning players ( three varsity , 15 sophomores ) and walk - on athletes from other Marshall sports programs . Due to their lack of experience , the " Young Thundering Herd " ends up losing its first game , 29–6 , to the Morehead State Eagles . The loss weighs heavily on and , who had been hurt in the first play of the game . The Herd 's first post - crash victory is a 15–13 win against Xavier University in the first home game of the season .

On September 11 , 2001 , Port Authority Police officers and are patrolling the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan when they see a plane fly dangerously low overhead . As all of the Police return to the station , they see on TV that the North Tower of the World Trade Center has been hit by the plane . Sergeant assigns many of the officers to assist in a precautionary evacuation attempt of the North Tower and they board a Metropolitan Transit Authority bus . On the bus , they hear reports that the South Tower is also hit by another plane . When they arrive at the World Trade Center , they realize the extent of the disaster , and see one of the victims jump out of the towers to certain death . The men proceed to get safety equipment from Building 5 and enter the concourse between the towers . 
 The group consists of , , and . Officer appears to inform them of other events , such as the attack on the Pentagon , the second plane 's hit on the South Tower and an attack on Israel though the group does not accept any of these as true . As the men prepare to enter the North Tower , the buildings begin to rumble . realizes that the South Tower is collapsing onto them and that their only chance of survival is to run into the service elevator shaft . trips and does not have time to get up , and is unable to get to the shaft in time , resulting in both deaths . , and manage to escape the huge amounts of dust and rubble flying down from the South Tower . However , as the rubble continues to crush the elevator shaft , the three are trapped . As the cascade of debris subsides , realizes he can free himself and manages to move nearer to in order to shift the debris covering his legs , but can not make it to as he is trapped deeper in the rubble . tries but fails to shift the debris due to its weight , and is instructed by not to leave . 
 As becomes optimistic that they will live , the rumbling begins again as the North Tower starts to collapse . Although and are not further harmed , is fatally injured when a concrete slab falls into the hole , crushing his torso . After he fires a gun through a gap in the rubble to try to alert rescuers to their position , he dies . and spend hours under the rubble , in pain but exchanging stories about their lives and families . is particularly anxious to keep from falling asleep and also realizes that by straining to grab a metal bar above his body , he can make a noise that rescuers might hear . Two United States Marines , and , who are searching for survivors , do hear it and find the men , calling for help to dig them out . is rescued first , and then hours later is lifted out of the debris , barely alive and in critical condition . They are then both reunited with their distraught families at the hospital . Two years after the attacks , and attend a barbecue with their families : 's wife , 's wife , daughter , and their newest addition . 
 The epilogue states that and were two of the 20 people pulled out alive and are now retired from active duty . re - enlisted in the Marines .

After commits suicide , he finds himself in an afterlife limbo much the same as life , just slightly worse . Here the color is dim , there are no stars , and no one can smile . This strange realm is populated by people who have committed suicide , such as , a Russian musician who lives with his mother , father , and brother – all suicide victims . Together they waste most of their afterlives in bars , until learns from a friend , , that his ex - girlfriend , , has also committed suicide . He and take to the road to find her , in 's rundown car . Early on , it is revealed that 's car has two idiosyncrasies : a sort of black hole underneath the passenger seat where items that are dropped disappear forever and broken headlights that can not be fixed by even the most adept of mechanics . On their trip , they pick up hitchhiker , who insists there has been a mistake , and is seeking the " people in charge " ( a.k.a . the PIC ) in order to be sent back . 
 After a few adventures across the country , as the trio journey along a desolate highway , pushes a button , miraculously activating the broken headlights on 's car . Shortly thereafter , they come upon a man lying in the middle of the dark highway , forcing them to veer off the road in order to avoid hitting him and wrecking the car in the process . 
 They discover the man , , an eccentric commune leader , had fallen asleep while looking for his dog . invites them back to his camp , where they quickly discover that minor " miracles " occur , as long as the campers remain apathetic about the result . The group stays with the camp longer than intended , and begins to obsess over the miracles and his inability to perform them . When contrasting this to 's obsession with the people in charge , she reveals that her death was an accidental overdose . meets a young woman , , whom he romances . Just as and discuss their plans to leave 's camp , another camper , , emerges from the woods with news that 's dog has been abducted by a cult leader called " " . , , , and set off in search of and 's dog . 
 The group soon find themselves lost and decide to bed down for the night . Unable to sleep , and discover a nearby ocean shore , where they kiss and spend the night together . In the morning , discovers them lying among a mass of ( presumably used ) condoms and needles . The group eventually reach 's camp , where they discover that is readying himself for a " real " miracle – to separate his soul from his body . As confronts , discovers that his is a devout cult follower , having committed suicide for the purpose of following into the afterlife . 
 As is about to perform public , ritual suicide , reveals himself to be an undercover agent for the people in charge . and are taken away , while leaves with them , promising that she 'll return . As waits , and arrive , explaining that has been returned to life and 's camp has been shut down . They depart together on a train , giving 's car to . After finally performing a miracle - creating a star in the sky next to one that had created earlier - enters the black hole under the car seat . 
 In a large warehouse filled with halls of boxes , is seen picking up 's file from a box , placing it into his inside breast pocket , and commenting on how fortunate it is to know people in high places . wakes up in a hospital bed . He turns his head , noting his parents outside talking to doctors . When he looks at the person in the bed next to his , he sees . Both look at each other and smile .

( ) and ( ) are preparing for their wedding day in Hawaii , until 's friend ( ) interrupts to say that ( ) got lost . They drive off together to pick up , who appeared to have hitched a ride with a light plane after landing on the wrong island . A day before the wedding , 's father , ( ) , who is also CEO of the company that works for , makes a toast with humorous remarks at 's expense , foreshadowing a conflict between the two . Later at a pre - celebration at a bar , neglects to be with . and later make up on the beach , as apologizes for laughing at 's father 's jokes . and get married . When returns to work , at 's father 's Thompson Land Development , he is surprised to find that Mr. has promoted him to be in charge of a design he proposed , though it had been altered somewhat . 
 Mr. makes absurd requests which proceed to get worse , starting with 's drastic reimagining of 's new architecture project and that get a vasectomy to prevent any future children with his daughter . Before returning home to celebrate his promotion with , stops by the bar , where he finds and . After leaves , reveals that he has financial problems , such as being evicted from his home and losing his job and car . and take into their home , though clearly they are frustrated as he is disruptive and messy . sets up with a woman at her work , a primary school , who is a Mormon librarian . agrees , though is shocked to find them having graphic sex when she comes home from dinner . Romantic candles burn down the front of the living room , and is kicked out . 
 Meanwhile , is being continually stressed out from work , though he and find time to go out for dinner . On the way back they find sitting on a bench in heavy rain with his belongings . reveals that the librarian had just dumped him . Feeling pity , insists they take him back in . apologizes for being disruptive and agrees to mend his ways . The next day , makes amends , refurbishing the living room , and doing 's thank - you letters , as well as making friends with kids from the block . cooks a large dinner for and , though is late again , so and start without him . When finally shows up , he is a little jealous that they were having dinner together , and have a fight . kicks out , suspecting an affair , which shocks . The following night , Mr. comes over for dinner . attempts to sneak back in to their home to get some of his belongings , but fails and falls off the roof . He is found outside and is invited in for dinner . 
 After Mr. takes a liking to and asks him to go fishing with him , it enrages because - even though he does n't like fishing - it 's Mr. 's way of approving someone . 's fury boils over as he then imagines hanging out with Mr. and engaging in sex with , causing to jump across the table and attempting to strangle ; Mr. hits over the head with a candlestick shortly after . After returning from the hospital with a neck brace , and confront Mr. about what he really thinks of his new son - in - law , while had left . The next morning , gets all the local kids to search for . eventually finds in the bar , and convinces him to chase after . helps break into Mr. 's office and confront him while himself distracts and evades a Samoan guard . and Mr. finally reach an understanding and admits to his agenda of insulting . and return to the house , where and reunite , apologizing , and agree to work it all out . Glad that he did his job , celebrates by leaping into the air with joy , until he falls to ground . 
 All turns out well , with becoming a motivational speaker , and spending more time with each other , and Mr. accepting as family . In a post - credits scene , famed bicyclist is seen reading 's motivation book , 7 Different Kinds of Smoke : Living , Loving , and Finding your Inner " -ness " .

is a cynical , skeptical author who is estranged from his wife after the death of their daughter . writes unsuccessful books evaluating supernatural events in which he has no belief . After his latest book , he receives an anonymous postcard depicting The Dolphin , a hotel on Lexington Avenue in New York City bearing the message , " Do n't enter 1408 . " Viewing this as a challenge , forces the hotel to allow him to book the room , referencing a law that any hotel room in New York can be requested as long as it meets safety standards . 
 The hotel manager , explains to that in the last 95 years , no one has lasted more than an hour inside of Room 1408 ; the latest count is 56 deaths , both suicides and " natural " deaths . The horrors began with a wealthy businessman named , who inexplicably committed suicide in the room when the hotel opened . warns about the danger , and attempts to bribe him to prevent him from entering 1408 . , who appears unmoved by the story , insists on staying in the room . replies that it is not haunted ; it is " an evil room . " 
 Once inside the room , describes on his mini - cassette recorder the room 's boring appearance and its unimpressive lack of supernatural behavior . During his examination , the clock radio starts playing " We 've Only Just Begun " , a hit song by The Carpenters . assumes that is pulling a prank to scare him . At 8:07 , the song plays again and the clock 's digital display changes to a countdown starting from " 60:00 . " The window slams down and wounds his hand . He begins to see hallucinations and ghosts of the room 's past victims , and visions of his own dead family members , including his father and . 's attempts to leave are in vain : the brass room key breaks and is sucked into the lock and the doorknob falls off ; climbing through the air ducts prompts an attack from the corpse of ; and when he tries to escape to an adjacent room by walking along the outside window ledge he sees the windows of the other rooms have disappeared . 
 uses his laptop to contact , pleading with her to call the police , but the sprinkler system short circuits his laptop . The room temperature drops to subzero when the laptop suddenly begins to work again , and tells him the police have entered 1408 , but the room is empty . A doppelgänger of appears in a video chat window and urges to come to the hotel herself ; it gives a sly wink . The room shakes violently and breaks a picture of a ship in a storm . Water pours from the broken picture , flooding the room . He surfaces on a beach and relives a surfing accident seen earlier in the film . His life continues from this point , and he reconciles with . 
 Assuming his experience in 1408 was just a nightmare , encourages him to write a book about it . When visiting the post office to send the manuscript to his publisher , he recognizes members of a construction crew as Dolphin Hotel staff . They demolish the post office walls , revealing is still trapped in the rubble of 1408 . 's ghost confronts , and after some reluctance he embraces her , but she dies and crumbles to dust . When the countdown ends , the room is suddenly restored to normal , and the clock radio resets itself to 60:00 . 
 The " hotel operator " calls . When asks why he has n't just been killed already , " she " informs him that guests enjoy free will , and as such he can relive the past hour over and over again , or use their " express checkout system " . A hangman 's noose appears and has a vision of himself hanged , but he refuses to give in . Deciding to quit running , improvises a Molotov cocktail from a bottle of cognac given to him by , and sets the room on fire . The fire alarm sounds , the hotel is evacuated , and is prevented from entering . After smoking a cigarette , breaks a window , causing a backdraft . then lies down on the floor and laughs in victory upon destroying the room . Two firemen break into the room and drag him out , and he warns them to not go in . , in his office , says " Well done , Mr. " . 
 survives , and he and are seen back together in their home , although she is unsure of the supernatural events he has explained to her . finds a box of 's possessions that were rescued from 1408 and suggests disposing of them . takes the mini - cassette recorder from the box , saying , " Sometimes you ca n't get rid of bad memories . You 've just got to live with them . " now realizes is ready to move on from his daughter 's death . Suddenly they hear 's voice on the recorder , confirming his account .

The town of Barrow , Alaska is preparing for its annual " 30 Days of Night " , a period during the winter when there is a month - long polar night . As the town gets ready , a stranger ( ) rows ashore from a large ship and sabotages the town 's communications and transport to the outside world . Barrow 's sheriff , ( ) investigates and also learns that his estranged wife , ( ) , missed the last plane and must stay the 30 days . That night , a coven of feral vampires , led by ( ) , attack and slaughter most of the townspeople , forcing , , 's younger brother ( ) , and several other survivors to take shelter in a boarded - up house with a hidden attic . finds the stranger locked up in the station . The stranger believed was going to turn him into a vampire . thanks him for doing what he asked , and then snaps his neck . ironically comments to his fellow vampires : " The things they believe . " 
 Eighteen days later , when a blizzard hits , the group uses the whiteout to go to the general store for supplies , but are stranded after it ends . While the group heads for the station , creates a diversion by having the vampires chase him to his grandmother 's house , where he uses one of her ultraviolet lights to burn the face of 's lover , ( ) , so badly that is forced to kill her . As he escapes , the town snow plow operator , ( ) , creates another distraction with his tractor , killing many of the vampires , before trying to blow himself up ; when he fails , crushes his head . arrives at the station , where he is then forced to kill ( ) , who has been bitten and is turning into a vampire . 
 Two weeks later , and see the deputy , ( ) , signaling them with a flashlight and bring him back to the station , after finding out he killed his family to save them from a more painful death . The trio find the others have made for the utilidor , a power and sewage treatment station that still has power , and head over there but are separated after saves ( ) , a young girl whose family was slaughtered by a vampire named ( ) who was stalking her . and make it to the utilidor but are attacked by ( ) , who bites ; knocks into the heavy - duty shredder , and in doing so , painfully grinds his own hand to a stump by accident , before being killed by because he is starting to turn . 
 As the month comes to an end , with the sun due to rise , the vampires start to burn down the town to destroy evidence of their presence , and prevent any survivors from telling the world what happened . Realizing is trapped and that he can not beat the vampires in his current state , turns himself into a vampire by injecting himself with 's infected blood . He confronts , and they get into a vicious fight , before is finally killed by having a hole punched through his head , causing the remaining vampires to flee . Knowing he will die soon , and go off to watch the sunrise together , sharing one last kiss . As the sun comes up , 's body burns to ash in 's arms , while she stares at the sky , coming to grips with what has happened .

In 481 BC , one year before the Battle of Thermopylae , , a hoplite in the Spartan Army , begins his story by depicting the life of from childhood to kingship via Spartan doctrine . 's story continues and Persian messengers arrive at the gates of Sparta demanding " earth and water " as a token of submission to King - the Spartans reply by killing and kicking the messengers into a well . then visits the , proposing a strategy to drive back the numerically superior Persians through the Hot Gates . His plan involves building a wall in order to funnel the Persians into a narrow pass between the rocks and the sea . The consult the , who decrees that Sparta will not go to war during the Carneia . As angrily departs , a messenger from appears , rewarding the for their covert support . 
 Although the have denied him permission to mobilize Sparta 's army , gathers three hundred of his best soldiers in the guise of his personal bodyguard . They are joined along the way by Arcadians . At Thermopylae , they construct the wall made up of stones and slain Persian scouts as mortar , angering the Persian Emissary . , an elite Spartan soldier , orders him to go back to the Persian lines and warn after cutting off his whipping arm . 
 Meanwhile , encounters , a deformed Spartan whose parents fled Sparta to spare him certain infanticide . asks to redeem his father 's name by joining ' army , warning him of a secret path the Persians could use to outflank and surround the Spartans . Though sympathetic , rejects him since his deformity physically prevents him from holding his shield high enough , potentially compromising the phalanx formation , and is enraged . 
 The battle begins soon after the Spartans ' refusal to lay down their weapons . Using the Hot Gates to their advantage , as well as their superior fighting skills , the Spartans repel wave after wave of the advancing Persian army . During a lull in the battle , personally approaches to persuade him to surrender , offering him wealth and power in exchange for his allegiance . declines and mocks for the inferior quality of his fanatical warriors . In response , sends in his elite guard , the Immortals , later that night . Despite some Spartans being killed , they heroically defeat the Immortals , with slight help from the Arcadians . 
 On the second day , sends in new waves of armies from Asia and other Persian city - states , including war elephants , to crush the Spartans once and for all , but to no avail . Meanwhile , defects to to whom he reveals the secret path in exchange for wealth , luxury , women , and a uniform . The Arcadians retreat upon learning of ' betrayal , but the Spartans stay . orders an injured but reluctant to return to Sparta and tell them of what has happened , a " tale of victory " . 
 In Sparta , Queen tries to persuade the Spartan Council to send reinforcements to aid the 300 . , a corrupt politician , claims that he " owns " the Council and threatens the Queen , who reluctantly submits to his sexual demands in return for his help . When disgraces her in front of the Council , kills him out of rage , revealing within his robe a bag of ' gold . Marking his betrayal , the Council unanimously agrees to send reinforcements . On the third day , the Persians , led by , traverse the secret path , encircling the Spartans . ' general again demands their surrender . seemingly kneels in submission , allowing to leap over him and kill the general . A furious orders his troops to attack . rises and throws his spear at ; barely missing him , the spear cuts across and wounds his face , proving the God - King 's mortality . and the remaining Spartans fight to the last man until they finally succumb to an arrow barrage . 
 , now back at Sparta , concludes his tale before the Council . Inspired by ' sacrifice , Greece mobilizes . One year later , the Persians face an army of 30,000 free Greeks led by a vanguard of 10,000 Spartans . After one final speech commemorating the 300 , , now head of the Spartan Army , leads them to war , against the Persians across the fields of Plataea .

The tree that the chipmunks , , and live in is cut down , and driven to Los Angeles . After JETT Records purchases it as a Christmas tree , the meet the struggling songwriter and composer , , who has had his latest song rejected by the company 's chief executive , , his former college roommate and best friend , who claims that there is " no sense in writing songs that no one is ever going to sing . " also once had a relationship with his next door neighbor , . 
 In the process of escaping the JETT building , the hop into a basket of muffins stole from one of 's coworkers , and follow him home . Once there , discovers the and kicks them out , only to hear them sing " Only You ( And You Alone ) " . He then makes a deal with them ; they sing the songs he writes , and he provides food and shelter for them . Unfortunately , when Dave tries to present the Chipmunks to , they fail to sing to him on account of stage fright . The day worsens as is dismissed as the Chipmunks ruin his job presentation by having drawn on it , thus getting him fired from his job . When tries to set the mood for 's dinner with , things become peculiar , and she rejects after he tells her about the Chipmunks . To make it up to , the go to in an attempt to obtain a record deal . 
 Once the sing 's song to , signs them to the label , and calls the next day . After a few singles , the become an international success . When expresses concern for their well - being and insists that the are " children " who do not need so much craziness in their lives , convinces the that is holding them back . After a misunderstanding with , they go to live with . They are enchanted with at first , but once they set off on a nationwide coast - to - coast tour , he takes advantage of their naïvete , changing their image and working them constantly . Meanwhile , misses the Chipmunks , and he wishes that they would return . He calls and asks to talk to them , but declines , and then conceals 's motives from the Chipmunks , saying that he sent tickets , but that sent them back . Later , the fact that the Chipmunks are becoming worn out is all over the news . Frustrated by what has done to the Chipmunks , decides to take matters himself by infiltrating their concert to reunite with them . 
 On the night before the big concert that is to transition the coast - to - coast tour into a world tour , a vet explains to that the Chipmunks ' voices have worn down due to exhaustion , and suggests that they should take a lengthy rest . Rather than cancel the concert and hand out refunds , advises the to lip sync . With 's help , is allowed into the concert , but is ejected by security . Witnessing the commotion , the realize that they 've been tricked and , deciding that they have had enough of , they stall the concert . locks them in a cage and prepares to take them for the world tour . tries to convince to let the go , but refuses . then leaves in his limo with the , and chases them , but the have already escaped to 's car . immediately pulls over and admits that he loves them like his own family . Meanwhile , looks in the cage , and is shocked to see that the have replaced themselves with international merchandising dolls . 
 Later that night , the are fully accepted as part of the family , and they invite over for dinner again . accidentally creates a short circuit after having difficulty popping the cork of a champagne bottle . Though decides not to say his catchphrase , the short circuit causes a blackout in the kitchen . As a result , can no longer prevent it . 
 In a mid - credits scene , , now unemployed , tries to make three squirrels sing " Deck the Halls " , but fails . After this , a message says " This film is dedicated to , who was crazy enough to invent three singing chipmunks nearly fifty years ago " .

Jason Lee, Ross Bagdasarian Jr., Janice Karman, David Cross, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney

In 1968 , is the right - hand man of Harlem gangster . When dies of a heart attack , takes control of the Harlem crime scene . 
 After handing in almost $ 1 million that he found in a mobster 's car , Newark detective is ostracized in his precinct . After his exiled and addicted partner overdoses on a potent brand of heroin called " Blue Magic " , Captain puts in charge of a task force that targets local suppliers . buys Blue Magic directly from producers in Thailand and smuggles it into the U.S. through returning Vietnam War servicemen . His low overhead allows him to eventually wholesale Blue Magic to most of the dealers in the New York area . With this monopoly , expands his control to nightclubs , casinos , and prostitution . He buys a mansion for his mother and recruits his five brothers , including and , as lieutenants to spread his empire . During his rise to becoming Harlem 's crime boss , Lucas falls in love with , a Puerto Rican beauty queen . 
 As ' business prospers , he makes a point of operating quietly and dressing with a modest conservatism both as a sign of strength and to avoid attracting police attention . Also , he stays away from the drugs to avoid making hard decisions under the influence . However , violates these principles when he attends the Fight of the Century with , sporting gaudy clothes that were a present by ; attends the fight , notices the previously unknown with even better seats than the Italian mobsters , and investigates him . Meanwhile , needs to deal with Lucchese mafia boss , who threatens to destroy ' family unless he gets in on a deal , and corrupt NYPD detectives led by , who attempts to extort and blackmail him to give them a cut . must also compete with local crime figure , a young gun trying to take over Harlem who has been diluting Lucas ' Blue Magic and selling it under the same brand name . After the Fall of Saigon cuts off ' supply , he is forced to rely on the other crime rings . 
 ' detectives witness cousin and driver shoot a woman and then use the threat of a long sentence to get him to wear a wire . The gathered information allows and his task force to identify and search one of the last planes carrying ' stock , discovering Blue Magic in the coffins of dead returning servicemen . With this evidence they obtain a warrant to follow the drugs into Newark 's projects and ' heroin processing facility . In the ensuing shootout , , young nephew who gave up a promising career for the New York Yankees to join ' crime family , is killed . Meanwhile , , whose prized Shelby Mustang had destroyed , and his men break into ' mansion to steal his emergency cash supply hidden under the doghouse , killing the dog . As gets ready to go after , his mother dissuades him from killing a cop , warning him that she and will leave him if he does . is arrested after ' team conducts a raid on the shops run by his brothers . 
 In the police station , offers to bribe , but is rebuffed . Instead , offers a chance at a shorter jail sentence if he aids his investigation of dirty cops in the NYPD and duly provides with the names . In the end , three quarters of the New York DEA are arrested and convicted , and a distraught commits suicide . , having just passed the bar exam , defends as his first client . is sentenced to 70 years in prison , of which he serves 15 years and is released in 1991 .

Before the main feature , a faux theater concession stand advertisement plays . A group of anthropomorphic theater snacks , The Soda Dog Refreshment Band , sings until they are interrupted by another snack band ( performed by Mastodon ) . They proceed to loudly sing their own bizarre theater rules before finishing on a guitar solo . 
 The film properly begins in Egypt , where Master , , and break free from the Sphinx , and are attacked by an oversized Poodle who kills before defeats it . and flee with 's corpse and meet Time Lincoln . He helps revive ; however , when government agents break into his house , Time Lincoln helps the Aqua Teens escape in a wooden rocket ship . is shot , changing the timeline and resulting in the Confederate States of America 's victory in the American Civil War and the government agents being made slaves to a black Kentucky Colonel as punishment for their crimes against the South . All this , however , is an elaborate story concocted by Shake to explain their origin to . A triangular slice of watermelon named is flying about in a spaceship made from a hollowed - out watermelon . He begins observing events of the Aqua Teens on Earth , including a backyard concert performed by Meatwad . All unfolding according to his plan . is joined in the ship by from Rush , sitting at his drums . 
 plans to work out on his new exercise machine , the " Insanoflex " . notices that the machine is n't assembled properly and the instructions are nowhere to be found . He searches online for them and instead finds a website written in a rare dialect , with a message in English warning not to assemble the machine ever . The site however lists a phone number which calls . It is revealed to be the number of and , the Plutonians . Before they even bother to answer the phone , they discover from the Future on board with them . explains to the two aliens the story of the Insanoflex : a machine , when assembled , will exercise a man into a super - being , who will attract all the women on Earth leading to massive inbreeding and the eventual extinction of mankind . To prevent this , the traveled to the past and stole a single screw that holds the machine together . The Plutonians point out to him that to get it assembled , someone could just buy another screw or shove a pencil in the screw hole . Back on Earth , finishes re - building the Insanoflex , with a pencil in the screw hole , somehow having obtained instructions . He discovers a missing M - shaped circuit board on the back panel . The trio visit , from whom had stolen the machine , to see if he has the missing piece . After he refuses to tell them , finds the address in the Insanoflex 's box . Dr. , whose abandoned asylum has been purchased and is being turned into condominiums around them , is visited by , , and . retrieves the missing circuit board and installs it into the machine upon returning home . insists that as the rightful owner he should be the first to test out the machine . The Insanoflex straps him in and transforms itself into a giant one - eyed robot . The robot plays dance / techno music and heads for downtown Philadelphia , all while 's strapped - in form is forced to exercise . Eventually , the robot begins laying metallic spherical eggs , which hatch into smaller versions of the machine . 
 The Aqua Teens , aided by an instructional workout video , find a way to destroy the machine by using music . With little time and a failed encounter with MC ( reincarnated as a fly ) , the Aqua Teens have no choice but to have Shake play his music . poorly plays his original song " Nude Love " on acoustic guitar , forcing the Insanoflex to commit suicide . ( now bulging with so much muscle that he can barely move ) leaves with his newly found date , a female bodybuilder named , and they head back to her condo while the Aqua Teens try to figure out a way to stop the newly hatched Insanoflexes from destroying the city . 
 As they travel to a possible lead back at Dr. 's asylum , begins to tell the origin story of the Aqua Teens : they were created by Dr. , along with a chicken nugget who had gone by the name of . In the flashback , Dr. proclaims that the Aqua Teens were created for one purpose : to crash a jet into a brick wall . Realizing the pointlessness of this mission , diverted the jet and set a course to Africa , where they would try to use their intelligence to solve world hunger . Upon entering Africa , was attacked and eaten by a lion . The remaining Aqua Teens then tried to help a small village but instead scared them away . After realizing they could n't be much help , they returned to America and rented out what is now their house in New Jersey . and state that they do not remember any of this , but explains it was because they were too busy playing Game Boy to pay any attention . 
 Meanwhile , and recline in her room , where she reveals " herself " to be Dr. Weird in disguise . He cuts off 's muscles and grafts them onto his own body . and Dr. do battle while they argue back and forth about who created whom . Dr. claims that it was who created him , not the other way around . Dr shows a teddy bear filled with razor blades . tries to take the teddy bear , but he loses his hand . Dr. then reveals that the blue diamond on 's back hides a VCR , in which a video tape with false memories of Dr. creating had been playing in 's head . also admits that he is transsexual lesbian trapped in a man 's body . Just then , arrives in his ship . mentions he saw the ship earlier . calls him a liar and shoots him with a shotgun . gets concerned when does n't reform like always . tells to play the Drum Solo Of Life to bring back to life . Meanwhile , tries to pick up the teddy bear for the 2nd time , but loses his other hand . forgets about his hands and leaves it . explains he created the Aqua Teens and all the other characters , including the Insanoflex . His plan was so that they would all eventually kill each other and would inherit all their real estate in order to create the " Insano - Gym " . Everyone , however , informs that they all rent and do not own any property , proving 's plan and everyone 's existence had been useless and pointless . Walter storms off in his ship , threatening to tell their mother . Just then , the Teens see their alleged mother standing before them , revealed to be a 9 - layer bean burrito . unknowingly jumps out the window , hugs her and states , " That 's neat . " In an abrupt end , The Soda Dog Refreshment Gang come onscreen once again and sing the audience out . 
 In a post - credits scene , The Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past from the Future is seen humping the TV in the Aqua Teens ' living room . Then a female box of fries ( presumably who got a sex change ) comes in and says , " Time for bed , honey ... "

Following the events of Are We There Yet ? , ( ) has married ( ) and moved in with her , ( ) , and ( ) into his apartment , also purchasing a 2007 Cadillac Escalade ( after he accidentally blew up his Lincoln Navigator SUV in the previous film by leaving the lighter unattended inside ) . He has also sold his sports memorabilia store to his best friend , ( played by in the first film ) . The family has also got a Berger Picard and named it . While getting ready for an interview with , tells that she is pregnant and they later find out that there will be twins . 
 For more space , and go check out a house in the suburbs . They meet ( ) there , and after some talking , decides to take the house . The family then packs up their things and moves into the house , with and – mostly the former – being against it . However , he did n't get it inspected first and they find mold in the house , so is angry with as he almost destroys their house . Meanwhile , sneaks out to go to a party and when finds out , he grounds her . He finally decides to fire , which causes to take the kids and move into the guest house , with the parting shot , " You 're the one tearing this family apart , ! " After taking some time to think , decides to fix the house on his own and also to apologize to especially when he was told that lost his wife few years previously . responds by bringing his friends to help , including and . 
 When goes into labor with the hospital half an hour away , , and have to deliver the babies . tries to get there , but his truck breaks down and he power walks down to the house . While she 's still in labor , gets a call from . After gives birth to twins boys , the movie ends six months later with a big barbecue in their backyard at which debuts his new magazine titled Are We Done Yet ? , based on his experience building the house .

In 1995 , ( ) is a cellist studying at the Juilliard School and living under strict rule of her father ( ) . ( ) is the lead singer of " The Connelly Brothers " , an Irish rock band . and meet at a party after their respective concerts , and sleep together on the rooftop under a full moon , to the music of a street performer below . The day after , they separate in a hurry , and are unable to maintain contact as is ushered away by her father to Chicago . is also aware that she is pregnant . Later , when in New York City , after an argument with her father over her unborn child , she is struck by a car . Due to the accident trauma , she gives birth prematurely , and her father secretly puts the baby boy up for adoption under her name , allowing to believe that her son died . 
 Eleven years later , ( ) is living in a boys ' orphanage outside New York City , where he meets ( ) , a social worker with Child and Family Services . has the savant - like ability to hear music wherever he is , making him a bullying target for the older orphans . Convinced that his parents will find him , runs away to New York City , " following the music " in the hope it will lead him to his family . He finds a boy named ( ) performing in Washington Square Park . 
 , who left the band the same night was struck , now lives in San Francisco as an agent , while has also given up performing and now lives in Chicago teaching music . reconnects with his brothers at a birthday party for one of the other band members , and after an argument and fistfight over breaking up the band , he decides to reconnect with the woman he now knows is . is called to her father 's deathbed , where he confesses that her son is alive and in New York , since her father believed that he was only doing it for both him and his daughter and that her son could have destroyed her future . abandons her father to his fate and heads to New York to look for her son . 
 follows to his home in a condemned theater , and is taken in by ( ) , a vagrant , arrogant , and aggressive musician who teaches homeless children music and employs them as street performers . tries playing 's prize guitar , Roxanne ( a Gibson J200 ) , and is so good that gives him the guitar and his old spot in Washington Square Park ( both of which were previously Arthur 's ) . He gives the stage name " August Rush " and tries to market him to clubs . Seeing the posters that has posted for the runaway , destroys all the ones he finds , hoping to keep and his gift for his own gain . 
 On arriving at 's apartment in Chicago , talks to one of her neighbors , who mistakenly tells she is on her honeymoon . Despairing , he ends up in New York , where he gets his band back together . After meets and on the street and becomes suspicious , the police raid the derelict theatre in which and his " children " are living . The police spot , but draws their attention and runs ; helps evade the police , telling him never to reveal his real name to anyone . ( now " " ) takes refuge in a church where a young girl , ( ) , introduces him to the piano and written music . He picks up both skills so quickly that gets the attention of the parish pastor ( ) , who takes to Juilliard where he once again impresses the faculty . A rhapsody takes shape from 's notes and homework . 
 In New York , goes to ' office , and identifies as her son . While looking for him , she takes up the cello again and accepts an offer to perform with the Philharmonic at a series of concerts in Central Park . is selected to perform the rhapsody he has been composing at the same concert . However , interrupts the rehearsal and claims to be his father , and manages to pull out of the school . 
 On the day of the outdoor concert , August is back in his spot in Washington Square , while makes plans to smuggle him around the country to play . He meets and , unaware of their blood relationship , they have an impromptu guitar duet . tells him of his dilemma , and encourages him to go . That evening , with help from , escapes from through the subway and heads for his concert . , after his own performance with his reunited band , sees 's name on one of the concert banners and also heads for the park . finds a misplaced flyer for " August Rush " with a picture , and realizing is , also heads for the concert . 
 arrives in time to conduct his rhapsody , which attracts both and to the audience , where they are reunited . finishes his rhapsody and as he turns to discover his parents , he smiles knowing that he has been right all along .

Freddie Highmore, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Terrence Howard, Robin Williams

Young billionaire ( ) is in love with ( ) , his mother 's personal assistant . requires a heart transplant . Dr. ( ) is 's heart surgeon and friend . asks Dr. to arrange his elopement with . They marry privately at midnight , then goes to the hospital for the operation . While 's mother , ( ) , awaits completion of his surgery , encounters anesthesia awareness . 
 The surgical pain causes to have a clairvoyant experience exposing Dr. 's plot to murder , also revealing that worked at the hospital under Dr. and has conspired with him against . 's plan was to poison the donor heart by injecting Adriamycin to cause its rejection , thus murdering to collect insurance money to pay off Dr. 's malpractice lawsuits . The scheme unravels and , realizing what has happened , sacrifices her own life so that , who is close to death , can live . She commits suicide so her heart can be switched for the poisoned one , and save . While tries to get away with what she did , Dr. feels guilty and he holds onto proof so she can be arrested too . Another surgical team takes over the operation , as barely clings to life and the conspirators are arrested . The new team takes 's heart and transplants it into 's body , as and Lilith have their final moments together in spirit ( out of body experience ) . The new head surgeon announces that has come back to life , as the new team stitch 's wound . , in spirit , is still in the afterlife with , tries to commit suicide to stay with his mother . makes his new heart stop beating and the surgeons have to use the defibrillator in attempt to revive . As resists being revived , forces ( in the " afterlife - world " ) to revisit a scene from his childhood , when accidentally killed 's abusive father . This scene reveals the truth for and connects his childhood flashbacks . After seeing this scene , gives away to revival , and before the surgeons could shock his body again , allows his new heart to begin beating . opens his eyes when the surgeons remove the eye tapes while ends his narratings with " He is awake . "

Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba, Lena Olin, Arliss Howard, Terrence Howard

The movie focuses on ( ) , the loving but over - bearing mother of three women , in particular ( ) . Her other daughters ( ) and ( ) are happily married , but has recently broken up with her boyfriend , and is concerned . 
 fears that her daughter can not find a good man on her own , so she secretly places a personal ad for her daughter . She finds a potential candidate , ( ) , and tries to orchestrate a chance meeting of the two . The plan seems flawless until finds her own date , guitarist ( ) , who happens to be a candidate rejected before . is unaware of her mother 's scheming and begins relationships with both and at the same time , with neither aware of the other . 
 Inevitably , this double - dating takes its toll and becomes estranged from both and . In 's case , it is because she discovers 's scheming . Meanwhile , stumbles upon her own perfect match after being alone for many years and begins to challenge her search for the perfect match for . also realizes she has a choice to be the daughter her mother wants her to be , or to be the woman she wants herself to be . Choosing the latter , which comes with a row with her mother , leads her to reconcile with , a relationship has realized she should have tried to orchestrate in the first place .

A young honey bee named ( ) has recently graduated from college and is about to enter the hive 's Honex Industries honey - making workforce alongside his best friend ( ) . is initially excited to join the workforce , but his courageous , non - conformist attitude emerges upon discovering that his choice of job will never change once picked . Later , the two bees run into a group of Pollen Jocks , bees who collect pollen from flowers outside the hive . The offer to take outside the hive to a flower patch , and he accepts . While on his first pollen - gathering expedition in New York City , gets lost in the rain , and ends up on the balcony of a human florist named ( ) . Upon noticing , 's boyfriend ( ) attempts to squash him , but gently catches and releases outside the window , saving his life . 
 later returns to express his gratitude to , breaking the sacred rule that bees are not supposed to communicate with humans . and develop a close bond , bordering on attraction , and spend time together frequently . Later , while and are walking through a grocery store , is horrified to discover that the humans have been stealing and eating the bees ' honey for centuries . He decides to journey to Honey Farms , which supplies the grocery store with its honey . Furious at the poor treatment of the bees in the hive , including the use of bee smokers to subdue the colony , decides to sue the human race to put an end to the exploitation of bees . 
 's mission attracts wide attention from bees and humans alike , and hundreds of people show up to watch the trial . Although is up against tough defense attorney ( ) the trial 's first day goes well . That evening , is having dinner with when shows up . leaves the room , and expresses to that he hates the pair spending time together . When leaves to use the restroom , ambushes and attempts to kill him , only for to intervene and break up with . The next day at the trial , taunts the bees , which causes to sting him . 's actions jeopardize the bees ' credibility and put his life in danger , though he manages to survive . While visiting in the hospital , notices two people smoking outside , and is struck by inspiration . The next day , wins the trial by exposing the jury to the cruel treatment bees are subjected to , particularly the smoker , and humans are banned from stealing honey from bees ever again . 
 Having lost the trial , cryptically warns that a negative shift in the balance of nature is imminent . As it turns out , the sudden , massive stockpile of honey has put every bee out of a job , including the vitally important Pollen Jocks . As a result , without anything to pollinate them , the world 's flowers slowly begin to die out . Before long , the only flowers left with healthy pollen are those in a flower parade called " The Tournament of Roses " in Pasadena , California . and travel to the parade and steal a parade float , which they load onto a plane to be delivered to the bees so they can re - pollinate the world 's flowers . When the plane 's pilot and copilot are knocked unconscious , is forced to land the plane , with help from and the bees from 's hive . 
 Armed with the pollen of the last flowers , and the Pollen Jocks manage to reverse the damage and save the world 's flowers , restarting the bees ' honey production . Humans and bees are seen working together , and certain brands of honey are now " bee - approved " . becomes a member of the Pollen Jocks , helping to pollinate the world 's plants . is also seen running a law firm inside 's flower shop , titled " Insects at Law " , handling disputes between animals and humans . The film ends with flying off to a flower patch with the Pollen Jocks .

Note : The story is explained here in its chronological order , rather than as it is presented in the film . 
 ( ) is a finance executive at a real estate firm in New York City . Facing an upcoming audit he knows will reveal his having embezzled from his employer ( in support of a drug habit ) , decides to escape to Brazil , believing there to exist no extradition treaty between Brazil and the United States . To raise the necessary funds for the trip and to establish himself once there , he hatches a scheme and enlists the aid of his brother , ( ) , himself in need of money to pay three months ' back child support as well as his daughter 's private school tuition . , meanwhile , has been having a long - standing affair with 's wife , ( ) , who has been unsatisfied with her marriage . 
 Of the two brothers , is well - meaning , but weak - willed and cowardly , easily dominated by his stronger - willed older brother , , a ruthless schemer . in turn harbors great resentment that his younger and more attractive brother received more love and affection from his parents than he did during childhood . devises a plan to rob their parents ' jewelry store , to which reluctantly agrees . argues that he can not go himself because he has been in the neighborhood recently , and could therefore be recognized . They assume that only , an elderly woman who works for their parents , will be in the store . states that just a toy gun is needed and that it is a victimless crime , because insurance will fully compensate their parents for the stolen items . plans to fence the jewelry via a New York City dealer his father knows , and expects to net about US$ 120,000 from the robbery . 
 Without consulting , hires ( ) , an acquaintance who is an experienced thief , to help him in the robbery , as he is too frightened to carry out the crime alone . reveals a real gun and decides he will commit the robbery himself ; just needs to wait in the car . Unbeknownst to the robbers , the brothers ' mother ( ) happens to be filling in for . The robbery goes awry when pulls a hidden gun on , causing a shootout ; dies on the scene , and falls into a coma , dying a week later in the hospital after her husband ( Albert ) agrees to take her off life support . , unsatisfied with the police 's indifference , decides to investigate on his own , and he becomes obsessed with finding information about the crime and others involved in it . Shortly after the botched robbery , is confronted by 's brother - in - law ( ) , who demands financial compensation for 's death to provide for his sister , ( ) , 's widow . 
 While is away from his office dealing with his mother 's death , his superiors at work repeatedly try to contact him regarding irregularities in his department 's accounts that have been revealed by the audit . At the wake for , and have a complex and emotional exchange , wherein states he loves despite their long - standing differences ; says he has always felt like an outsider in his father 's house . When questions his biological heritage , slaps him . and immediately depart , and on the drive home has an emotional breakdown over his relationship with his father . Later , at home , tells his boss has been trying to get in touch with him , and expresses her frustration with their marriage and 's growing coldness . , preoccupied with covering up his embezzlement and trying to help deal with 's blackmail , hardly reacts when announces she is leaving him . Her desperate attempt to extract an emotional response from him – revealing her affair with – fails , and she leaves . 
 , searching for information about the robbery , visits the same fence had contacted in New York City . After an acrimonious exchange that indicates and the jeweler have known and disliked each other for decades , the jeweler hands 's business card to , revealing to that recently came to him looking to fence some jewels . immediately goes looking for . decides to resolve the blackmail situation with by robbing a heroin dealer that he frequents , and then escape abroad . At the dealer 's apartment , and overpower the dealer and steal his money . is shocked when kills the dealer and a client who happened to be present . The brothers then go to pay off , but impulsively kills him from fear of continued blackmail . appears ready to kill ( 's widow and 's sister ) when objects . turns the gun on , revealing that he knows about and 's relationship . begs to kill him , but hesitates . As pauses over whether to shoot his brother , shoots with her brother 's gun , wounding him . leaves his brother and guiltily leaves some of the money behind for before fleeing with the money , drugs and paraphernalia they robbed from the heroin dealer . 
 After leaving the fence , tails . He follows from his apartment tower , watches as he goes to 's apartment , then follows his sons to their meeting with , and finally follows to the hospital where the paramedics take his wounded son . breaks down and apologizes to his estranged father for the robbery , explaining 's death was an accident . seemingly accepts his apology . then attaches 's heart monitor to himself and suffocates his son to death with a pillow . struggles to stop his father , but in his weakened condition he is overpowered . As nurses rush to help , walks away .

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei

A real estate con artist named ( ) panics when he learns that he is going to prison for fraud . 's fear of jail - house rape leads him to hire the mysterious guru known as " The Master " ( ) who helps transform him into a creative martial - arts expert . During his incarceration , uses his new - found skills to intimidate his fellow prisoners and prevents the prisoners from hitting or raping each other . 
 He gains the prisoners ' respect , and eventually becomes their leader , bringing peace and harmony to the prison yard . But the corrupt warden has a plan to profit by turning the prison into a war zone , forcing its closure , and selling off the property as valuable real estate . helps him with the real estate aspects in exchange for early parole , however his peacemaking efforts threaten the warden 's plan for a riot and he is persuaded to bring back violence . 
 In a last minute attack of conscience he deliberately blows the parole hearing to rush back and prevent the deaths of his fellow inmates , only to discover that his message of peace has sunk in and the prisoners are dancing instead of fighting . The warden orders the guards to open fire on the dancing men and , when they refuse , grabs a gun and shoots wildly . He attempts to shoot but he is stopped by 's wife and the Master , who had snuck in . Three years later leaves the prison , which is now run by one of the more sympathetic guards as the original warden is now an inmate , to be met outside by his wife , his young daughter , and the Master .

At the 2002 World Winter Sport Games , rival men 's singles skaters , a skillful skater but raunchy sex addict , and , an equally talented but sheltered and effeminate skater , tie for gold . While standing on the awards podium , the two have an argument that escalates into a fight and ends with the World Games mascot being accidentally set on fire . As a result , the National Figure Skating Association strips both men of their medals and bans them from men 's singles competition for life . 's competitive adoptive father , billionaire , immediately disowns him and leaves him stranded on the side of the road . 
 Three and a half years later , both men have grudgingly taken on alternative occupations : is working at a winter sporting goods store . He gets demoted to stockroom duty when he refuses to listen to a little girl when she tells him her skating boot has been tied too tightly . plays the role of " The Evil Wizard " in a children 's skating show called " Grublets On Ice " , until he is fired for ruining the show by being in a drunken stupor on stage . 
 's obsessive stalker , , tells him of a loophole in the ban allowing him to compete in pair skating . In hopes of entering the upcoming World Winter Sport Games , contacts his old coach , , but is unable to find a partner . 's search for a last - minute partner leads him to , and convinces the two to skate as the first - ever same - sex pairs team , because the regulations fail to state the genders of the pairs . 
 informs them that to win , they will need to get along and perform an element that has never been performed successfully : The " Iron Lotus " , an extremely complicated maneuver that developed years ago . However , it is also dangerous : the only attempt of the maneuver was " behind the Bamboo Curtain " in North Korea , and resulted in the man decapitating the woman with his skate blade . Nonetheless , they decide to attempt it as is convinced that two males would be better suited for the move because of the physics of a same - sex team . In the meantime , brother and sister competitors , and are worried that their spot as the top team is threatened when and perform well at a Winter Sports Games qualifier , command , their younger sister , to disrupt the duo by going out with and then having sex with . 
 Since has fallen in love with after going on a date with him , her elder siblings threaten to harm him if she does not comply . gets 's attention after attending a sex addict 's meeting as the newest member , then invites to her room , and tries to seduce him . refuses out of respect for , delighting , but can not resist grabbing her breasts . witnesses this and is outraged at 's and 's betrayals . attempts numerous times to apologize to , but is unsuccessful . 
 In an attempt to sabotage the performance the following day , and kidnap both and , but both are able to escape . and arrive in the ice rink just in time to compete , where they reconcile quickly and begin their routine . , seeing the two doing well , throws pearls onto the ice , causing to trip and break his ankle , rendering him unable to perform his role in the Iron Lotus . then offers to switch places with him . 
 Although they have never practiced the other 's roles , they perform it perfectly , winning the competition . reconciles with , and and are arrested due to the kidnappings and accidentally shooting a mascot . and begin arguing , then kiss each other incestuously before they are handcuffed by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police . and receive the gold medal and fly off into the sky via rockets on their skates . During the credits , is seen playing with dolls of himself , and .

( ) is a young FBI employee assigned to work undercover as a clerk to ( ) , a senior agent he is told is suspected of being a sexual deviant . has been recalled from a detail post at the State Department to FBI headquarters ostensibly to head up a new division specializing in Information Assurance . Initially , insists on a strict formality between the two men . He frequently rails against the bureaucracy of the FBI and complains that only those who regularly " shoot guns " are considered for senior positions instead of those , like himself , who are involved in vital national security matters . He calls the bureau 's information technology systems antiquated and laments the lack of coordination and information exchange with other intelligence agencies . 
 Eventually , becomes a friend and mentor to and takes a personal interest in him and his wife ( ) , who is suspicious of and resents his intrusions . A devout Catholic who is also a member of Opus Dei , urges , a lapsed Catholic , and his secular East German - born wife to become active churchgoers . 
 finds no evidence of leading a secret double life and develops a growing respect for his boss , so he confronts his handler in the undercover assignment , ( ) , and she admits that the sexual deviance allegations are only a secondary consideration . is suspected of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia for years and being responsible for the deaths of agents working for the United States . The entire Information Assurance Division that now heads was created specifically to lure him away from his previous job as liaison to the State Department , and his office was specially constructed with hidden surveillance equipment . The investigation already includes fifty agents , and is personally overseen by FBI Director , who has been reading 's reports on . 
 Director wants to catch in an act of making a drop so that their case against will be airtight , ensuring that he will cooperate and not leak the locations of any more agents or informants . is ordered to obtain data from 's Palm Pilot and keep him occupied while FBI agents search his car and plant covert listening devices in it . 
 The tracking devices in 's car cause interference with the radio , which makes suspicious . He also wonders why he was placed in an isolated position in the FBI only a few months before he is scheduled to retire . He tells he believes he is being watched by Russian agents . The FBI intercepts a message he sends to his Russian handlers saying he will not provide any more information . persuades that he is not being trailed by the Russians or by him on behalf of the FBI . With his confidence restored , makes one last dead drop of stolen information and the FBI catches him in the act . 
 Although he is assured promotion , is discouraged with the toll the case has taken on his marriage and opts to leave the agency . When leaves his office with his belongings , he unexpectedly encounters in an elevator being escorted by arresting officers . A tearful asks to pray on his behalf , and promises he will .

( ) , a single career woman , works at a Manhattan boutique hotel where her excellent skills in guest relations are the complete opposite of her lack of skills in the romance department . If it is not her loving and dominant mother ( ) attempting to set her up that consistently fail , she has her friend ’s ( ) disastrous blind dates to rely on as a backup for further dismay . She 's surrounded by friends who are all happily engaged or romantically involved and somehow , love escapes — until she meets an unusual Frenchman ( ) who helps her discover life beyond her self - imposed boundaries .

Brothers ( ) and ( ) , who live in South London , were raised by a weak father ( ) who runs a restaurant , and a strong mother ( ) who taught her sons to look up to their uncle ( ) , a successful plastic surgeon and businessman . 
 The brothers buy a sailboat at an oddly low price , despite its near pristine condition . They name it Cassandra 's Dream , after a greyhound that won Terry the money to buy the boat . Knowing nothing of Greek mythology , they are unaware of the ominous antecedents of this name — the ancient prophetess , whose prophecies of doom went unheeded by those around her . 
 While driving home from a day 's sailing in a borrowed car , crosses paths with beautiful actress ( ) , with whom he becomes infatuated . 
 has a gambling addiction that sinks him deeper in debt . wishes to invest in hotels in California to finance a new life with . To overcome their financial issues , they ask for help . He agrees to help them , but asks for a favor in return : they must murder someone for him . faces imprisonment for unspecified crimes and his future is threatened by ( ) , a former business partner who plans to testify against him . asks his nephews to get rid of , and in return he will reward them financially . After initial reluctance , the brothers agree . 
 They make two zip guns , untraceable and easily destroyed . Lying in wait in ' home , their plan is foiled when arrives with a woman . Their resolve shaken , they leave and agree to commit the murder the next day . 
 The next day , they succeed in carrying out the murder and later destroy the guns . is content to move on as if nothing happened , but is consumed by guilt and begins abusing alcohol and other drugs . His behavior frightens his fiancée ( ) , who tells about the situation and that believes he has killed someone . After confides that he wants to turn himself in to the police , goes to for advice . They agree there is no alternative but to get rid of . plans to poison during an outing on the boat . ca n't bring himself to kill his own brother , and attacks him in a fit of rage . In the chaos , knocks down the steps into the cabin , killing him . 
 The boat is later discovered adrift by the police , and the audience learns that snapped and drowned himself after killing his brother . The last shot is of Cassandra 's Dream , still in beautiful condition despite the tragedies it set in motion .

Hayley Atwell, Colin Farrell, Sally Hawkins, Ewan McGregor, Tom Wilkinson

In 1980 , Congressman is more interested in partying than legislating , frequently throwing huge galas and staffing his congressional office with young , attractive women . His social life eventually brings about a federal investigation into allegations of his cocaine use , conducted by federal prosecutor as part of a larger investigation into congressional misconduct . The investigation results in no charge against . 
 A friend and romantic interest , , encourages to do more to help the Afghan people , and persuades to visit the Pakistani leadership . The Pakistanis complain about the inadequate support of the U.S. to oppose the Soviet Union , and they insist that visit a major Pakistan - based Afghan refugee camp . is deeply moved by their misery and determination to fight , but is frustrated by the regional CIA personnel 's insistence on a low key approach against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan . returns home to lead an effort to substantially increase funding to the mujahideen . 
 As part of this effort , befriends maverick CIA operative and his understaffed Afghanistan group to find a better strategy , especially including a means to counter the Soviets ' formidable Mi-24 helicopter gunship . This group was composed in part of members of the CIA 's Special Activities Division , including a young paramilitary officer named . As a result , 's deft political bargaining for the necessary funding and ' careful planning using those resources , such as supplying the guerrillas with FIM-92 Stinger missile launchers , turns the Soviet occupation into a deadly quagmire with their heavy fighting vehicles being destroyed at a crippling rate . enlists the support of Israel and Egypt for Soviet weapons and consumables , and Pakistan for distribution of arms . The CIA 's anti - communism budget evolves from $ 5 million to over $ 500 million ( with the same amount matched by Saudi Arabia ) , startling several congressmen . This effort by ultimately evolves into a major portion of the U.S. foreign policy known as the Reagan Doctrine , under which the U.S. expanded assistance beyond just the mujahideen and began also supporting other anti - communist resistance movements around the world . states that senior Pentagon official persuaded President to provide the Stingers to the Afghans . 
 follows 's guidance to seek support for post - Soviet occupation Afghanistan , but finds no enthusiasm in the government for even the modest measures he proposes . In the end , receives a major commendation for his support of the U.S. clandestine services , but his pride is tempered by his fears of the blowback his secret efforts could yield in the future and the implications of U.S. disengagement from Afghanistan .

( ) and ( ) marry in 1975 in their home town of Macclesfield at ages 19 and 18 , respectively . retreats from domestic life , preferring to write poetry in solitude . On June 4 , 1976 they attend a Sex Pistols concert with ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , who are starting a band . Mesmerized by the concert , volunteers to be their singer . They name themselves Warsaw , and moves into a managerial role with the addition of drummer ( ) . The band debuts 19 May 1977 and soon rename themselves Joy Division . and finance their first EP , An Ideal for Living ( 1978 ) . 
 During his job as an employment agent , witnesses a seizure suffered by ( ) . Unsatisfied with the brief mention Joy Division receives from television host ( ) , Ian demands that he put the band on his programme . In April 1978 Joy Division plays a battle of bands , impressing and ( ) , who becomes their new manager . They perform " Transmission " on 's programme and sign to his Factory Records label ; signs the contract using his own blood . 
 In December 1978 suffers a seizure on the way back from the band 's first London gig ; He is diagnosed with epilepsy and prescribed medications that leave him drowsy and moody . Learning that has died of a seizure , he pens " She 's Lost Control " about her . He begins to neglect , who gives birth to their daughter in April 1979 . quits his job to go on tour , leaving to work and care for the baby . 
 admits to Belgian journalist ( ) that he is miserable at home and considers his marriage a mistake . The two begin having an affair during Joy Division 's January 1980 European tour . On returning home , tells he is unsure if he still loves her . During the rehearsing of " Love Will Tear Us Apart " , informs the band that they will be departing 19 May for a tour of the United States . finds evidence of 's infidelity and confronts him . He promises that the affair is over , but continues to see during the recording of Closer in Islington . 
 suffers a seizure mid - performance and is comforted by , who admits she is falling in love with him . He attempts suicide by overdosing on phenobarbital but doctors save his life . He continues to perform , but is exhausted by the strain and overwhelmed by the audience 's expectations . At a performance at the Derby Hall the stress proves too much and he is unable to go onstage . The audience riots when ( ) of Crispy Ambulance steps in to cover for , and the gig is ruined . tells that he believes everyone hates him and that it is his own fault . When learns that is still seeing , she demands a divorce . attempts to use hypnotherapy on , who then goes to stay with his parents . He writes to admitting his fear that his epilepsy will eventually kill him , and confesses that he loves her . 
 On 17 May 1980 , two nights before Joy Division is due to depart for America , returns home and begs not to divorce him . When she refuses , he angrily orders her out of the house . After drinking alone and writing a letter , he has another seizure . Regaining consciousness the following morning , he hangs himself from the Sheila Maid in the kitchen . discovers his body and staggers into the street , crying for help . The news of 's death leaves the remaining Joy Division members stunned , while consoles . 's body is cremated .

is a newspaper advice columnist , a widower , and single - parent to his three girls , living in Northern New Jersey . The family takes a trip to the rambling , Rhode Island home of his parents for an annual family gathering . Also in attendance are 's sister and brother with their families and 's younger brother who is known for his carefree bachelor ways . 
 The morning after their arrival , meets in a bookshop . They share a muffin and a heart - felt chat , although gently warns that she has a boyfriend . returns to his parents ' house and announces that he has ' met someone ' . Brother introduces his new girlfriend . Lo and behold , 's is 's . is disheartened and resists his father 's relationship advice about finding someone of his own . 
 reluctantly agrees to a foursome dinner with their once unattractive childhood friend , " pig - faced " . jealously watches and . The next morning , endures her ' punishment ' for his late night with by eating the burnt pancakes which she serves him . Tension grows between and , culminating at the family talent show . accompanies on the guitar as sings , " Let My Love Open the Door"--however , during the bridge , begins to sing too -- seemingly to . The next morning , breaks up with . However , and meet to talk at a bowling alley . The meeting evolves into a date and finally a passionate kiss , but unfortunately 's entire family arrives to bowl . punches in the face , and hurries out . 
 The plot resolves with and his daughters going to New York City , where they finally find at her gym . As he makes eye contact with her , , in voice - over , tells the readers of his advice column that instead of merely planning ahead in life , they should " plan to be surprised . " 
 The film ends with and celebrating their wedding at his parents ' Rhode Island home , and happily dancing with .

Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, John Mahoney, Emily Blunt, Dianne Wiest

and his wife , , receive an anonymous gift of a ventriloquist doll called " " . While is playing with , a figure approaches her , causing her to scream . finds her dead with her tongue cut out . After is released from custody by Detective due to lack of evidence , he spots inside 's box a mysterious message about " " , a deceased ventriloquist from his hometown , Raven 's Fair . 
 At Raven 's Fair , Jamie visits his estranged , wealthy and wheelchair - bound father , , and his much - younger wife , , for information regarding . Dismissing them as superstitions , arranges for 's funeral with the help of a local mortician , . meets 's senile wife , , who tells him of the danger of and her puppet , . After burying , is confronted by Detective in his motel room , the latter still doubting , and digs up , after leaves the cemetery where and the rest of her dummies are buried . 
 tells about . was a famous ventriloquist who was publicly humiliated when a boy , , rudely claimed that he could see mouth moving . disappeared some weeks later , and his family blamed it on , and lynched her . Her last wish was to have her body turned into a dummy and buried with her 101 dolls . , then the young son of the local mortician , saw ( after she was turned to a dummy ) rise up , but was spared thanks to his having kept his mouth shut . This is because takes her revenge by killing only those who scream . finds out that , the first victim , was his great uncle ; the family were the ones who killed by cutting out her tongue , and she has been seeking revenge against their entire bloodline by killing them the same way . 
 While crawling under the house after discovering with the Billy puppet , is killed by , who steals his tongue . Detective discovers that all of 's dolls have been dug up . He informs , who receives a call from " , " asking him to go to 's theatre . There , both and Detective discover 100 of the dolls lined up with 's body , which has been turned into a marionette . Through a clown - doll , reveals to that she killed his wife because she was pregnant with his son , thus killing any potential newborn of the Ashen family . and burn the theatre and all of 's dolls , though in the process , successfully makes Detective scream and kills him . 
 Back at his father 's residence , is confronted by but he repels her by throwing ( the 101st and last of the remaining dummies ) into the fireplace . He is horrified to learn that his father had already died a long time ago ; the current " " is the corpse converted into a doll controlled by , who is the " perfect doll " for , created just before her death . He screams as , possessed by , lunges at him . 
 The film ends with reciting a nursery rhyme about and a photo album with human puppets is shown : , , Detective , , , and himself .

is a businessman living in Boston , Massachusetts with his family . He , his wife and their two sons , and , watch 's hockey game . While and are driving home , they talk about the latter 's potential future as a professional hockey player . They stop at a gas station in a bad part of town and during a robbery of the gas station , , a new gang member , slices 's throat with a machete . ambushes the thugs , pulls off 's mask and sees his face , but escapes to get hit by a car . rushes to the hospital , but dies . 
 identifies in a line - up , but while meeting with the district attorney , he becomes angry when the DA presents a case that the defense will cut a deal for three to five years of jail time . The DA explains that is the only witness , there were no surveillance cameras , and the defense could gain sympathy for . At a pre - trial hearing , recants his identification so will go free . He follows the gang to their hideout , returning later and stabbing while he is alone . The gang leader , , wants revenge . One of the gang members says his sister saw a man in a suit the night where was killed . Confirming it was from a newspaper picture , they ambush him on the street . After chasing him , they stop at the top of a multi - story parking garage , where gets into a fight with one of the members and traps him in a car and sends him over the edge of the lot . 
 One of the gang members arrives at the office where works to deliver his suitcase that he dropped during the chase . calls a phone number found in the case , which belongs to . warns that has bought a " death sentence " for his family , and reveals that was his brother . immediately calls the police detective assigned to 's case , , who is already aware of what started , grants 's family police protection , and issues APBs on and his gang . That night , the officers at 's house are stealthily killed , but by the time realizes , he finds the gang members are in the house . They attack and subdue , then drag and downstairs to shoot them and dies . 
 After Detective gives a speech that wars are never settled , she lets pay a visit to a comatose , where he apologizes for not being a better father . escapes from the hospital to go after the remaining gang members , obtaining guns from a black market gun dealer , who is also 's father . tracks down , a member of the gang , and interrogates him about where the other members are , learning their lair is an abandoned mental hospital they call " The Office . " He forces at gunpoint to call 's cell phone , and executes while is listening . confronts and criticizes him , but kills him . heads to " The Office " to kill the remainder of the gang . After a shootout , he and encounter and seriously wound each other in the hospital chapel . Sitting on the same pew , claims that he turned into a vicious cold - blooded killer , just like him . pulls out one of his guns and kills . 
 With his family now avenged , returns home , watches his own family 's movies and awaits his inevitable arrest . Detective comes to arrest , but informs him that has moved and will now live . becomes relieved and looks at the television , which shows the family singing on the couch . 's final fate remains unknown . 
 In the extended version of the film , succumbs to his injuries .

Troubled by the death of his father ( ) in an auto accident , ( ) attacks his Spanish teacher ( ) when the teacher invokes his father while reprimanding him . For the assault , he is sentenced by a sympathetic judge to three months under house arrest with an ankle monitor and a proximity sensor . Detective ( ) explains the system to and his mother ( ) . Initially , the teen just plays video games , but he is soon grounded by and loses his access to the iTunes Music Store , Xbox Live , and his television . 
 's boredom leads him to watch the neighborhood , including the two neighbor boys who play pranks on him , his next - door neighbor ( ) , and ( ) , the new girl in town . One night , becomes suspicious of , who returns home in a 1967 Ford Mustang with a dented fender that matches the description given on a news report of a serial killer at large . 's best friend ( ) visits to spy on and , when they accidentally alert her to their hijinks , the curious girl joins them in spying on . observes a young woman had picked up from a nightclub as she flees the house in a panic but later appears to leave in her car . 
 throws a party and teases , knowing he is watching . He plays non - party music loudly to needle her , and comes over to stop it . But the two flirt and start to make out , distracting each other while blood splatters on 's windows . Later , as and watch , drags a heavy bag to his garage . gets to follow , but he confronts her in her car with a calm , but threatening manner . Meanwhile , successfully breaks into 's garage with a camera but gets trapped when the garage door closes . leaves to rescue him but alerts the police upon leaving his property with the ankle monitor . The police come and search the garage but show the bag contains a roadkill deer . then goes across the street to talk to to ask him not to press charges , while reveals that he has escaped from 's house . 
 When watches the tape made in 's house , he notices a dead body in plastic in a vent . Next door , takes captive and enters 's house , knocking out and binding and gagging . The killer reveals his plan to frame for the murders of and and make it appear then committed suicide . When arrives , interrupting the plan , the two teens barricade themselves in a room , where unties , and they flee out a window . 's ankle monitor again alerts the police , and he enters 's home to search for his mother . In a hidden room , finds ample evidence of 's previous murders . The officer who monitors arrives at the scene but is killed by . stumbles upon the decaying remains of murder victims and finds his mother bound and gagged . appears and , in the ensuing confrontation , fatally stabs him with a pair of gardening shears . 
 In the aftermath , is shown having his ankle bracelet removed by the authorities for good behavior , getting back at the two boys from earlier pranks and making out with on his sofa , while is playfully video taping them .

In the animated fairy tale kingdom of Andalasia , the evil Queen schemes to protect her claim to the throne , which she will lose once her stepson , Prince , finds his true love and marries her . She enlists her loyal henchman to keep distracted . , a young woman , dreams of meeting a prince and experiencing a " happy ever after " . hears singing and sets off to find her . sets free a captured troll to kill , but rescues her in time . When they meet , they instantly fall in love and plan to get married the following day . 
 Disguised as an old hag , intercepts on her way to the wedding and pushes her into a well , where she is magically transformed into a 3D live - action version of herself and transported to a manhole in New York City 's Times Square . quickly becomes lost . Meanwhile , , a divorce lawyer , prepares to propose to his longtime girlfriend , much to the dismay of his daughter . and encounter on their way home , and begrudgingly allows to stay the night at their apartment at the insistence of , who trusts . 
 , 's best chipmunk friend from Andalasia , had witnessed 's exile and alerted thereafter , and both embark on a rescue mission to the city , where they too are turned into 3D live - action versions , but is instead in the form of a real chipmunk – therefore losing the ability to speak . sends to follow and impede . In a restaurant , appears to in a soup pot and gives him three poisoned apples to murder . eavesdrops but is unable to communicate with , as animals can not speak outside of Andalasia . keeps silenced by detaining him in various containers . Meanwhile , after summons vermin to clean 's apartment , arrives to take to school . She meets and leaves assuming was unfaithful . is initially upset but spends the day with , knowing she is vulnerable in the city . questions about his relationship with and helps the pair reconcile by sending an invitation to the " King and Queen 's Costume Ball " at the Woolworth Building . 
 locates at 's apartment . While is eager to take home to Andalasia and finally marry , she says that they should first go on a date to get to know each other , still conflicted about her feelings . promises to return to Andalasia after ending their date at the ball , which and also attend . , who has been spying from Andalasia , decides to follow and kill herself after failed to poison her twice . and share a dance with each other and look into one another 's eyes , romantically . and then prepare to leave , but feels sorrow at leaving behind . appears as the old hag and offers the last poisoned apple to , promising " sweet dreams and happy endings . " takes a bite and is rendered unconscious . 
 attempts to escape with 's body but is stopped by . , realizing was using him and never loved him , reveals her plot . realizes that true love 's kiss is the only force powerful enough to break the apple 's spell . After 's kiss fails to wake , he prompts to do so instead . When kisses her just as the clock strikes twelve , awakens and the whole crowd cheers . furiously transforms into a giant blue dragon and takes hostage . takes 's sword and pursues to the top of the building . , who was freed by , helps send falling to her death . 
 A happy new life unfolds for everyone , showing and marrying in Andalasia ; running a successful fashion business and forming a happy family with and ; while and each become successful authors about their personal experiences in the real world .

( ) finds that her adoptive father ( ) , a museum curator , has been attacked by ( ) . Before dying , he gives clues which lead her to a " Golden Ticket " in a vending machine candy bar . During " comedic " situations , Golden Tickets are found by other orphans , which include ( ) , a disillusioned monk trainee ; ( ) , a displaced adopted girl ; and ( ) , a mutant at Mutant Academy who is often teased for his chicken - like wings . All four meet up at Willy 's Chocolate Factory . ( ) reveals his plot to use them all as a special ingredient in his treats . 
 In an effort to hide from the maniacal , finds a wardrobe . On the other side , in the middle of a wintry forest , she finds Mr. ( ) , who welcomes to Gnarnia and warns her of danger . The others follow to Gnarnia , and meets the White Bitch ( ) . She convinces him to trap the other orphans in order to become the king of Gnarnia in her White Castle . All four go to ' house , where they discover that they are all related to one another in a copy of the famous painting The Last Supper , and that the White Bitch killed their parents . They ally themselves with ( ) , ' life partner , to defeat the White Bitch . 
 sneaks off to the White Bitch 's castle and refuses to tell her where the others are . She flashes him her breasts , hypnotizing him into giving up the information on the orphans , then imprisons him . The White Bitch sends after the trio ; apparently sacrifices himself to ensure their safety . Afterwards , the orphans meet a graying ( ) , along with a balding ( ) and a pregnant ( ) at Hogwarts , and other characters from famous movies . They all help , , and train for the war against the White Bitch . Meanwhile , the White Bitch reveals her plans to create a new continent for her followers via a magic crystal . escapes with the assistance of Captain ( ) , only to find out it was a ruse as , the Bitch 's old enemy , needs intelligence out of . is then stabbed by the White Bitch as the magic crystal is thrown in the ocean and grows , putting the Bitch 's plan in motion . 
 Upon finishing their training , , , and head to the camp of ( ) . agrees to help , and he manages to kill , but while breaking out , is slain by the White Bitch . As the orphans have a pre - battle party with their allies , gets drunk and vomits everywhere . Their army is disgusted enough that nobody shows up to help the orphans the next day . The four siblings engage the White Bitch in battle and are killed . then finds a magic remote and uses its powers to revive his siblings . Together , they kill the army , defeat the White Bitch , and stop her plan . declares the White Bitch will receive a fair and just trial in the new Gnarnia , but 's wheel accidentally crushes her . The four are crowned the new rulers of the land . then shows up , having survived his battle . Decades later , the four now - elderly rulers find the wardrobe again and go through it . They appear moments after they had left , young again . They meet ( ) , who congratulates them on a happy ending , but then , the four are accidentally run over by 's wheel . 
 The unrated , longer version ( released in the United Kingdom as the " Rude & Crude Unseen Version " ) of the film features some scenes not shown in the theatrical version . In the last scene , , instead of , comes in and says : " I told you it was going to be an epic adventure . " then goes in the wardrobe and puts out a " do not disturb " sign that refers to the girl in the wardrobe . The Oompa - Loompas come in and start singing the theme song . The four are then crushed by the wheel . Also , during the scene where is crushed under the junk that falls out of the " Narnia " closet , the girl who runs out is nude , as opposed to wearing a bikini . In the Snakes on a Plane scene , when the lookalike yells , he replaces " goddamn " with " motherfuckin ' " . In the sex scene with , follows big hooters with the words silver dollar nipples .

Newly elected to Congress , former local television news reporter ( ) leaves his hometown of Buffalo , New York and later moves to the fictional community of Prestige Crest , Virginia , where his congressional campaign officially declares that he will change the world . prays to ( ) to give him this opportunity . His wife , ( ) , also prays that she , and their three sons ( , , and ) will be closer together as a family . On his first day in Congress , receives a letter from his greedy boss , ( ) , who provides him with a prime office , congressional staffers ( , and ) , and the opportunity to join as the junior co - sponsor to his Citizens ' Integration of Public Lands Act ( CINPLAN ) bill . Over the next several days , strange events in 's life occur : 
 comes to realize that this number actually refers to the verse in the Book of Genesis , where instructs to build an Ark in preparation for a flood . Although initially rejects this idea , himself starts appearing to in various guises , assuring him a flood is coming and the only way can save the world will be to save his community instead . decides to start building the ark with the tools and materials provided , giving him an opportunity to get closer to his sons , though sees this as a mid - life crisis . 
 still maintains his work in Congress , but his appearance and the animals that keep following him start to become disruptive . reappears and provides a robe , though warns him the flood will come mid - day on September 22 . When dons the robe , he finds he is unable to wear any other clothes , the robe seemingly displacing anything else he wears . Outraged by 's slothful appearance , fires him and his name removed from the bill . suspects had him fired to spend more time on the ark , and continues to do so , becoming a public spectacle and of ridicule . Believing that has gone insane , leaves him , although she encounters in disguise as a waiter at a diner . After hearing her concern about 's mental state , assures that she should see this as an opportunity for the entire family to get closer to each other . is inspired and finally returns to help finish the ark . 
 As September 22 nears , more people have come out in support of 's project , including the staffers he had . One shows researches that he had found on , specifically that he had built Prestige Crest after damming off a nearby water source , but had cut many corners in building the dam . The staffers suspect would do the same with the Public Land Act Bill . On September 22 , with the ark complete , the police attempt to destroy the ark with a wrecking ball , as it violates land codes . As animals start to amass near the ark , and rain falls , realizes that the flood will be a result of 's dam failing , destroying Prestige Crest . He warns the onlookers to either evacuate or get aboard the ark as he loads his family and the gathered animals aboard . The dam indeed breaks , destroying all the houses of Prestige Crest , but 's foresight saves all the lives there . The ark later washes through the streets of Washington D.C. and comes to its final destination in front of the Capitol during the vote of the Public Land Act Bill , interrupting it . This results accuses 's cost - cutting for the dam 's failure , leading to the other members of Congress voting against the bill . 
 is being put under investigation for his profiteering and ethics , while the animals are returned to their natural habitats . is finally reinstated in Congress , all the changes forced on him by God no longer remaining . While going on a hike , re - encounters , and expresses concern that he did not need to build the ark to show the problem with 's dam , but retorts that 's life is now perfect as he prayed for , being closer to his family and having changed the world for the better through his one Act of Random Kindness ( ARK ) . During the film 's closing credits , issues a new commandment to the outgoing audience : " Thou shalt do the dance . " This is later followed by footage showing the film 's cast and crew members dancing to C+C Music Factory 's hit song " Gon na Make You Sweat ( Everybody Dance Now ) . "

Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman, Wanda Sykes

( ) , a wealthy and resourceful Irish aeronautical engineer in Los Angeles , confirms that his wife , ( ) , is having an affair with police detective ( ) . Confronting his wife , shoots her . Police are called , including , who enters the house cautiously , negotiating with for both to put down their guns . confesses he shot his wife . Recognizing the victim , and being subtly goaded by , becomes enraged and assaults him . 
 Now in jail awaiting trial , engages in a battle of wits with rising star deputy district attorney ( ) , who considers the case an open - and - shut matter and agrees to go to trial immediately . is preparing to transition from criminal law to a corporate attorneyship at well - known law firm Wooton & Simms , and flirts with his future boss , ( ) . 
 At the trial , acts as his own attorney , thereby matching himself , an untrained litigant , against a star prosecutor . informs the court that the arresting officer ( Nunally ) was having an affair with his wife , assaulted him during his arrest , and was present during his interrogation . 's confession is therefore ruled inadmissible as evidence , being fruit of the poisonous tree . discovers that 's handgun could not have been used in the shooting because it does not match shell casings at the crime scene and in fact has never been fired . This baffles police , since CCTV surveillance was in effect during the shooting and until 's arrest . 
 Nunally comes up with a scheme to plant false evidence to implicate , which rejects . With no new evidence to present , has to concede the trial , and is acquitted . Disgraced , commits suicide outside the court . 
 's future with the prestigious firm is now in tatters . However , he begins to see his D.A. job as a means to fight for justice for those such as 's wife . himself observes the change , commenting sarcastically that has " found " . This motivates to continue searching for evidence , almost obsessively . Realizing that 's plan is to dispose of the only eyewitness to the crime , obtains a court order to keep on life support . He arrives at the hospital , but is unable to prevent staff turning off her life support . 
 A mix - up of cell phones causes to realize that and both used the same type of gun , a .45 caliber Glock 21 . He figures out that before the crime must have switched his and 's guns in the hotel room where and secretly met . had shot his wife with 's gun , then reloaded it . The detective had arrived on the scene carrying 's gun , and both had put down their weapons as a preliminary move in negotiations . When had recognized the victim , rushing over to , had switched the guns again , retrieving his own , unused , weapon . When had reappeared brandishing his gun , had tackled and assaulted him , before 's arrest . had then unwittingly holstered the murder weapon , allowing the unused gun be taken as evidence . 
 confronts with his deductions . With now dead , the bullet lodged in her head can now be retrieved and matched with 's gun . confesses , confident he is protected by the principle of Double Jeopardy . However , drily informs him that by allowing his wife to die , can now be prosecuted for murder , having previously been tried merely for attempted murder . Since he had taken off life support , new charges can be filed against and a new trial can be set . is arrested by waiting police . 
 The film ends with a new trial about to begin , with prosecuting and surrounded by a team of highly paid defense attorneys from Wooton & Simms .

In 1994 , in Long Beach , California , ( ) has been accepted to teach English for at - risk students at Woodrow Wilson High School , a once highly acclaimed school , but racial tensions have increased since the Los Angeles Riots of 1992 . struggles to connect to her students and she experiences numerous fights between some students , who are in rival gangs . 
 One night , ( ) , her boyfriend , and a friend go to a convenience store . ( ) , a Cambodian refugee , frequents the same convenience store . ( ) , an African - American student at Woodrow Wilson , frustrated at losing an arcade game , demands a refund from the store owner . As storms out of the store , 's boyfriend , ( as retaliation for losing a fight against that took place earlier during a gang fight at Woodrow Wilson ) , attempts a drive - by shooting to kill , but misses accidentally killing 's boyfriend . As a witness , must testify at court ; she intends to guard " her own " in her testimony . 
 At school , intercepts a racist drawing by one of her high school students and utilizes it to teach them about the Holocaust , most of which have no knowledge of . She gradually begins to earn their trust and buys them composition books to record their diaries , in which they talk about their experiences of being abused , seeing their friends die , and being evicted . Determined to reform her high school students , takes on two part - time jobs to pay for more books and spends a lot more time at school , much to the disappointment of her husband ( ) . Her students start to behave with respect and discover a lot more . A transformation is specifically visible in one student , ( ) . invites various Jewish Holocaust survivors to talk with her class about their experiences and requires the students to attend a field trip to the Museum of Tolerance . Meanwhile , her unique training methods are scorned by her colleagues and department chair ( ) . 
 The following school year comes , and teaches her class ( now sophomores ) again , making it the second year that she is their teacher . On the first day of semester , makes her class do a " Toast for Change " , allowing everyone to open up about their struggles and what they wish to change about themselves . Later on , the class makes enough money to have to arrive to the United States and tell her experience when she helped , her family , and hide from the Nazis ; she then also persuades to the students that they are heroes and that they " within their own small ways , [ can ] turn on a small light in a dark room . " These two events inspire to break free of the demands of her father to always protect her own rather than tell the truth . At 's trial , she shocks the courtroom by revealing that actually killed 's boyfriend in the store ; is spared of being convicted and later forgives . On leaving the court , is attacked and threatened but ultimately spared by members of her gang and ends up going to live with her aunt in order to keep herself safe . 
 Meanwhile , asks her students to write their diaries in book form . She compiles the entries and names it The Freedom Writers Diary . Her husband divorces her and tells her she can not teach her kids for their junior year . fights this decision , eventually convincing the superintendent to permit her to teach her kids ' junior and senior year , much to their elation . The film ends with a note that successfully prepared numerous high school students to graduate high school and attend college , for many the first in their families to do so .

Hilary Swank, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, Patrick Dempsey, Mario

Over one hundred years ago , the devil sent his bounty hunter of the damned , , to retrieve a document known as the contract of San Venganza , a list of a thousand corrupt souls . Seeing that the contract would give the power to unleash hell on Earth , the rider refuses to give him the contract . 
 In 1986 , reaches out to 17 - year - old stunt motorcycle rider , offering to cure his father 's cancer in exchange for 's soul , an offer he hastily accepts . The next morning , awakes to discover that his father 's cancer is cured , but he is killed that same day in a motorcycle stunt in which he falls into the ring of fire through which he jumps . accuses of causing his father 's death , but considers their contract to be fulfilled and promises to one day see him again . 
 21 years later , has become a famous stunt motorcycle rider known for surviving numerous deadly crashes . meets his lifelong sweetheart , now a news reporter , whom he abandoned after his father 's death . He convinces her to attend a dinner date . Meanwhile , , the demonic son of , comes to Earth , along with three fallen angels who bonded with the elements air , earth , and water . They are tasked to find the lost contract of . In response , makes the new Ghost Rider and offers to return his soul if he defeats , though he is also told he has no choice in the matter . is driven straight to the station on his first ride , where he transforms into the Ghost Rider and kills the earth angel , . He also saves a young girl from a mugger and incapacitates him with the penance stare ( a power that allows the Ghost Rider to make any evil person experience all the pains they caused on their victims as long as the victims were good and not evil ) . The next day , he meets a man called the caretaker , who seems to know all about the history of the Ghost Rider . He tells him everything that happened was not a dream and that it will happen again , especially at night when he is near an evil soul . 
 When he arrives home , finds and reveals himself as the devil 's bounty hunter . Unconvinced , she walks away in disbelief . After a brief imprisonment for the murders that committed , kills the air angel , , and escapes from the police before returning to the caretaker , who tells him of his predecessor , , a Texas Ranger who hid the contract of . returns home to find that has killed his friend and has taken captive , threatening to kill her if does not deliver the contract . tries to use the penance stare on , but it does not to work as has no soul to burn . 
 returns to the caretaker , who reveals himself as , and obtains the contract . tells that he is more powerful than his predecessors since he sold his soul for love as opposed to greed . leads to San Venganza , then gives a lever - action shotgun before fading away . 
 After killing the water angel , gives the contract to . He quickly transforms into in an effort to subdue , but dawn arrives and he is rendered powerless . uses the contract to absorb the thousand souls into his body . He attempts to kill , but is distracted when uses 's discarded shotgun to separate them . After tries to kill with the shotgun , he moves in and uses his penance stare to render him catatonic , burning all the corrupt souls within , which is what he had hoped for . 
 appears and returns his soul , offering to take back the curse of the Ghost Rider . Determined not to make another deal , declines , saying that he will use his power against him , and against all harm that comes to the innocent . Infuriated for being robbed of the power , vows to make pay , but tells that he is not afraid . then disappears , taking 's body with him . Later , tells that he got his second chance before sharing a final kiss with him . then rides away on his motorcycle , turning into the Ghost Rider .

Boston P.I. and his partner / girlfriend witness a televised plea by a woman named for the return of her missing daughter , who was abducted with her favorite doll " Mirabelle " . and are then hired by the child 's aunt to find . Using his connections in the Boston crime underground , discovers that and her boyfriend " " were drug mules for a local Haitian drug lord named Cheese and had recently stolen over $ 130,000 from him . After tracking down and discovering he has been murdered by 's men , and join police detectives and in investigating the case . meets with and tries to negotiate the return of 's stolen money for , but initially denies his involvement in the girl 's disappearance . Police Captain later reads a telephone transcript of the drug lord calling into the station to set up an exchange for . The exchange at a nearby quarry in Quincy is botched after a gunfight breaks out , killing and his men . It is believed that fell in the quarry and drowned in the confusion ; her doll is retrieved from the water and returned to . , whose own daughter was killed years before , takes responsibility for the death and goes into early retirement following public outcry over the mishap . 
 Two months later , a seven - year - old boy is abducted in Everett and receives information that the boy was taken by , a known child molester . After entering the suspect 's house and finding evidence of the abducted boy , returns with and late at night to rescue him . A shootout ensues with the residents and is lethally wounded . enters the house and finds the boy 's dead body ; he then shoots the surrendering in the back of the head in a fit of rage . Trying to alleviate 's guilt , confides that he once planted evidence on someone with the help of " " — whom he had initially told he did n't know . After 's funeral , speaks to a , a police officer , who tells him that had known about 's stolen money before knew it was missing . then questions 's husband in a bar and pieces together that and had conspired to stage a fake kidnapping in order to take the drug money for themselves and to teach a lesson . At that point , ( trying to cover for his earlier mistake ) enters the bar wearing a latex mask and holding a shotgun , staging a robbery to interrupt the conversation . realizes plans to kill him and to keep them quiet , but the bartender shoots twice in the back . flees and is pursued by to the rooftop of a nearby building , where he succumbs to his wounds . 
 is questioned by the police about 's death and learns that the police never had a phone transcript like the one that had read to him prior to the botched exchange . The police dismiss his claims of 's corruption as conspiracy theory and does not press the issue further . and drive to 's home , where finds alive and well with and his wife . was part of the kidnapping all along and helped set up the fake exchange to frame and throw off the scent . threatens to call the authorities , but attempts to convince him that is better off living with them than with her neglectful mother , and that is reason enough to not get involved . leaves and discusses the choices with , who says she will leave him if he calls the police , since she also believes is much better off with the . However , believes 's mother can change and she should n't be denied her child , and calls the police ; and are arrested , is returned to her mother amidst heavy publicity , and and break up . 
 later visits as is about to leave for a date . informs that has been forbidden to visit and is upset about 's arrest . volunteers to watch , who is holding her old doll and watching television . asks about , only to hear inform him that her doll 's name is " " — implying that did not even know the name of her daughter 's favorite toy . As the film ends , stares at the television with .

Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Amy Ryan, John Ashton, Amy Madigan

While playing seven minutes in heaven at a party in 1985 , 10 - year - old ( ) refuses to kiss a goth girl named ( ) who attempts to have sex with him . In retaliation , places a curse on , so that every single woman he sleeps with will break up with him and marry the next man who asks her out . 
 In the present , ( ) is a successful dentist in his thirties , and runs a dental practice in the same building as his best friend 's ( ) plastic surgery business . finds himself unable to tell his girlfriend , ( ) , that he loves her , and she breaks up with him while having sex on the beach . Following the break up , and decide to attend the wedding of one of ’s ex - girlfriends , . At ’s wedding , becomes enamored with ( ) , a clumsy , yet attractive and friendly marine biologist . Their chemistry is apparent the moment they start talking . The wedding eventually ends , and they seemingly go their separate ways . While working at a penguin habitat , accidentally slips and chips her tooth . When she visits to have it fixed , he asks her to go out with him instead of paying him . Though initially reluctant , agrees . Meanwhile , notices the pattern of girls getting married as soon as has sex with them . eventually convinces to embrace the influx of women who have learned of his pattern and visit his practice , arguing that there 's nothing better than having lots of guilt - free sex . However , after having this so - called " guilt - free sex " with numerous women , decides he wants a serious relationship with . However , just before he has sex with her , informs him that each of the women has slept with have got married , including . Worried that the same thing will happen to , begins to avoid her . 
 convinces to test the curse by having sex with an obese woman , and see if she marries afterward . asks to ask the woman out to see if this results in marriage , and when it does not , concludes that the curse is fake , and has sex with . Afterward , however , discovers that the woman was supposed to ask out got married to another man . calls , who confesses that he only pretended to ask the woman . gets mad because of 's treason but does n't care about the complaints . believes wants to go out with ( ) , who authored a book about penguins . Still convinced that will hang out with him , tries desperately to get 's attention and asks her to marry him . His attempts , though , cause to become convinced he 's stalking her and she breaks up with him . After the break - up , attempts to track down in order to break the curse . Now married with a child , reveals to that they were just kids back then , and the curse was n't meant to be real . 
 Now deciding to let fate take its course , puts in touch with , and the two seem to connect instantly . convinces to chase after , who is now headed to Antarctica with . After finds her , reveals that is already married to someone else , and that she 's only leaving for a week . hands a ring box containing a pebble , a reference to the penguin mating ritual in which a male penguin finds a stone and brings it to the female penguin he wants to be with ( therefore , proposing to her ) . Meanwhile , is shown pulling a pin out of a voodoo doll , which signifies that is freed from the curse and has finally gotten the girl of his dreams . A year later , and are in Antarctica together surrounded by penguins . 
 Later , is shown with his now wife house - sitting for and who are now married as well . They search for home - made sex tapes , and find a disturbing tape where is giving oral to a plush penguin while is off - screen making sex sounds , implying that they might have made the tape and left it for to find as a gag .

During another summer with his Aunt and Uncle , and are attacked by Dementors . After using magic to save and himself , is expelled from Hogwarts , but the decision is later reversed after a hearing at the Ministry of Magic . is whisked off by a group of wizards including , , and several new faces , including and , to Number 12 , Grimmauld Place , the childhood home of his godfather , . The building also serves as the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix , a secret organisation founded by , informs that the Ministry of Magic is oblivious to Lord 's return . At the Order 's headquarters , , mentions that is after an object he did not have during his previous attack . 
 Back at Hogwarts , learns that Minister of Magic has appointed a new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor : . She and immediately clash , and she punishes for his " lies " by forcing him to write a message with a magic quill , scarring his hand . When and notice 's scars they are outraged , but refuses to go to , who has distanced himself from since the summer . As 's control over the school increases , and aid in forming a secret group to train students in defensive spells , calling themselves " Dumbledore 's Army " . recruits the Slytherin students to expose the group . Meanwhile , and develop romantic feelings for each other . 
 has a vision involving an attack upon , from the point of view of 's attacker . Concerned that will exploit this connection to , instructs to give lessons to defend his mind from 's influence . The connection between and leads to further isolate himself from his friends . Meanwhile , , ' deranged Death Eater cousin , escapes from Azkaban along with nine other Death Eaters . At Hogwarts , and her Inquisitorial Squad expose 's Army . escapes as orders his arrest . becomes the new Headmistress . 's relationship with falls apart , as he believes she betrayed 's Army to . discovers through 's memories why hated 's father , who often ridiculed him . 
 has another vision , this one of being tortured by . Harry , and rush to 's fireplace to alert the Order via the Floo Network , since hers is the only fireplace not being monitored , but stops them before they can do so . As tortures , tricks into entering the Forbidden Forest in search of 's " secret weapon " . She and lead her to the hiding place of 's giant half - brother , , only to be confronted by centaurs who kidnap after she attacks and insults them . , , , , and fly to the Ministry of Magic on Thestrals in an attempt to save . 
 The six enter the Department of Mysteries where they uncover a bottled prophecy , the object was after . However , they are ambushed by Death Eaters including and . reveals that only saw a dream of being tortured ; it was simply a ruse to lure into the Death Eaters ' grasp . Harry refuses to give the prophecy , and a fight between 's Army and the Death Eaters ensues . The Death Eaters take everyone except as hostages , threatening to kill them unless he surrenders the prophecy . 
 obliges just as and arrive with Order members , and . As they attack the Death Eaters , drops the prophecy , destroying it . Just as overpowers , kills . appears , but arrives through the Floo Network moments before can kill . 
 A duel between and ensues , destroying much of the Atrium , while escapes . After the two prove evenly matched , possesses to try to get to sacrifice , but the love feels for his friends and makes it impossible for to remain in his body . Ministry officials arrive before disapparates ; is forced to admit that has returned and is forced out of his position as Minister in disgrace . is removed from Hogwarts and returns as headmaster . explains that he distanced himself from throughout the year hoping it would lessen the risk of using their connection . comes to terms with the prophecy ; " Neither can live while the other survives . "

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Imelda Staunton, Helena Bonham Carter, Gary Oldman, Ralph Fiennes

At a remote compound , a group of young boys are receiving tattoos of bar codes on the back of their shaved heads ; men observe , direct , and coordinate the training of the boys in firearms , unarmed combat , stamina and strength . The boys are trained from an early age to be professional , international hitmen - for - hire . 
 Interpol agent ( ) arrives home and is met at gunpoint by Agent 47 . The two talk about 47 's life as a professional hitman , working for a mysterious paramilitary group known simply as the Organization . 
 Three months prior , 47 ( ) is completing a hit on a Nigerian warlord named , force - feeding one of his prisoners with plastic explosives . He remotely detonates the bomb , killing and three of his men . In a change of plans , 47 is told by his Organization contact , , that he is to kill his next target , Russian President ( ) , publicly instead of privately . He completes his mission , but before he can leave Russia , he is contacted by his employers . They tell him that there is a witness to the assassination and order him to intercept and kill her . When realizes she has never seen him before , he does not shoot her , instead , he narrowly avoids an assassination attempt on himself , attempted by another Agent . 
 His employers reveal his location to agents of the FSB , who make plans to intercept him . As he is about to be taken , calls to warn him and tells him that himself ordered the hit . After he escapes from the hotel , intercepts ( ) , 's mistress , the woman who supposedly witnessed his hit . He interrogates her about and discovers that had a body double , who ordered the hit on the real so that he could take his place as the president of Russia . was to be killed after the hit to ensure total secrecy . 
 As and 47 attempt to take a train further into Russia , they are intercepted by more Organization Agents . 47 kills four of them . Whittier attempts to arrest 47 , and wounds and knocks his partner ( ) unconscious , but is persuaded by not to kill . 
 FSB Agent ( ) orders Interpol to leave the country . contacts CIA officer to offer him a deal . will kill , 's brother ( an arms dealer and human trafficker ) , in exchange for a favor . Agent informs 47 that had been planning something with a German arms dealer named . Intercepting him could lead 47 to . 
 and travel to Istanbul , where abducts in order to pose as at a meeting with . kills 's bodyguards and then , forcing 's double to attend 's public funeral . kidnaps and forces him to order his own agents to shoot 's double as he delivers the eulogy . Disguised as a soldier , kills 's double 's guards and takes him into the archbishop 's chamber in the church . kills him and allows himself to be taken into custody by Interpol and . 
 delivers on his end of the deal with . His operatives intercept the Interpol convoy that is transporting 47 to the airport , causing enough distraction that escapes . The scene then flashes forward to the conversation between and in 's home . suggests go along with his plan , saying that he will notify the police that he has killed the fake Agent 47 , implying that will not survive if he does not . He also suggests that waits until after his daughters have gone to school , so they do n't have to witness it . 
 picks up an envelope from an undisclosed sender . Inside it , there are papers and a message saying that she now owns a vineyard , a dream of hers . is watching her from afar , through the scope of a sniper rifle . He then looks at the corpse of another Organization Agent laying at his feet , tells the body that he warned the Organisation not to touch her , and then walks away .

Shortly after the events of Hostel , is suffering from nightmares as a result of PTSD and lives in seclusion with his girlfriend back in the US . The two get into an argument when denounces 's paranoia as exaggerated and insufferable . She wakes up the next morning to find decapitated . An unmarked box ( presumably containing 's severed head ) is then delivered to Elite Hunting boss , as he relaxes at an outdoor cafe . 
 In Rome , three American art students , , , and , are convinced by , a nude model they are sketching , to join her on a luxurious spa vacation in Slovakia . The four check into the hostel , where the desk clerk uploads their passport photos to an auction website , and American businessman submits the winning bids on and for himself and his passive best friend and they travel to Slovakia . 
 Later that night , at the village 's weekend - long harvest festival , discovers that has inherited a vast fortune from her mother . and go to the festival , where approaches and the two share a friendly , albeit awkward , conversation where says her name . When she uncomfortably asks him how he knew her name , he said her friend told him . A strange local man tries to dance with an intoxicated but when she rejects him to go on a boat ride with a local named , the strange man says " I could have helped you " . In a secluded area , kidnaps her with the help of two accomplices . and leave the festival , and volunteers to stay behind and wait for . wants to have sex with a local named , but refuses to leave them alone together . 
 The following morning , wakes up hung upside down , naked , with her wrists chained behind her back . A woman enters the room , and lies naked in a bathtub beneath her . She then uses a scythe to repeatedly slash 's back , and bathes in her blood , before finally slashing her throat . Meanwhile , , , , and head to the local spa to relax . dozes off , and awakens to find herself alone and her belongings stolen . While looking for her friends , she notices several men approaching her . Fearing for her life , she climbs over the spa walls . While escaping , she is ambushed by a gang of violent street children known as ' the Bubblegum Gang ' but and arrive and save her . After and leave , executes one of the children . 
 While at 's mansion , is again pursued by the men who chased her earlier , and realizes and are behind it . She tries to hide and discovers a room filled with human trophy heads ( including 's ) before she is captured and taken to the factory . Having been notified via pager , and are chauffeured to the factory . enters his room where is strapped to a chair with a sack covering her head . After looking around the room in horror , he takes the sack off 's head and explains what is going on . He unties her from the chair and almost decides to let her escape , but knocks her out and restrains her , having decided to take his anger for his domineering wife out on . 
 Meanwhile , terrorizes with a power saw but loses his nerve after inadvertently scalping her . Horrified by what he has done , he tries to leave , but one of the guards reminds him that he is contractually obligated to finish her . refuses , prompting the other guards to turn savage dogs loose on him , who maul to death . The Elite Hunting representatives try to find someone else to finish off and inquire with other patrons , including an Italian man who is eating alive . is approached by the representatives , and after discovering that has been killed , he accepts the offer and beheads her . 
 When returns seduces him into releasing her from the chair . attempts to rape her , but she fights him off and chains him to the chair instead . She demands the code to the cell door from , but still needs to be buzzed through , which inadvertently summons and the guards to the room . offers to buy her freedom with part of her inheritance , but explains that in order to leave she must also kill someone . When insults , she cuts off his genitals and tosses them to one of the guard dogs , leaving him to bleed to death . Per the standard contract is given an Elite Hunting tattoo , making her an official member . 
 That night , is lured from the village harvest festival into the woods by the Bubblegum Gang , where she is surprised by . After beheads her with an axe the children start playing soccer with 's severed head .

Lauren German, Roger Bart, Bijou Phillips, Heather Matarazzo, Richard Burgi, Jay Hernandez

Throughout his entire life , has believed his father , now deceased , was a successful and respectable stuntman working for . He aspires to follow in his father 's footsteps and become a famous stuntman himself . Meanwhile , his stepfather fails to respect as a man , often going out of his way to beat him in sparring sessions and mocking his stuntman dream . makes many attempts at landing jumps with his Tomos moped , most of them ending unsuccessfully . After an ill - fated jump attempt at the public pool , he returns home to find out that is in urgent need of a heart transplant that the family 's health insurance will not cover . Angered at the thought of his stepfather dying without getting a chance to gain his respect and beat him in a fight at least once , tells his childhood friends , , and his half - brother that he plans to do a jump over the length of fifteen school buses , and give the proceeds to his stepfather 's surgery . He also adds , his college - graduate neighbor on whom he has a crush , to his crew . 
 To promote his stunt and also raise funds , , who " likes to party " , works parties , corporate get - togethers , and other events , performing activities such as taping pillows to his body and having a washing machine , suspended by a crane , swing to hit him . releases a movie using his footage of 's stunts and sells over 200 tickets , but everyone at the movie laughs at 's expense as the film depicts his failed training attempts . gets angry and throws the theater 's projector out of a window , smashing the projectionist 's car below . ends up giving up all the money he has raised so far to the projectionist to cover the damages and avoid arrest . Upset , he returns home , where his mother reveals to him that his father was not the stuntman he thought he was . Humiliated , quits the crew and ends his dream to beat up Frank , despite his friends ' interventions . However , he takes up the jump again when asks to take him to the hospital due to an injury while " trippin ' balls " under the influence of acid given to him by his friend . When he does , gives him advice that inspires to apologize to . As accepts his apology , he also reveals that 's stunt footage has gotten popular through the Internet , and a local AM radio station hosted by offers to cover the expenses of the jump . 
 gets the crew back together and they start setting up for the jump . On the day of the jump , his friends give him a new suit , a rock ( to represent extensive pyrotechnic work done by ) , and a motorbike . He also receives a kiss from , who broke up with , her insensitive and callous boyfriend . As jumps off the ramp , the speed of his new motorbike enables him to jump over the buses , but the bike smashes through a stage and goes flying . lands squarely on the ground , and has an unconscious out - of - body experience . When he awakes , , with the help of and , triumphantly gets up to the applause of the crowd , and sees that the donations have accumulated over $ 50,000 , the cost of 's " conveniently priced " surgery . The film ends taking place six months after the events of earning $ 50,000 as again spars with , in which gains the upper hand and successfully gains his stepfather 's respect .

Andy Samberg, Isla Fisher, Jorma Taccone, Bill Hader, Danny McBride, Sissy Spacek, Ian McShane

In 2009 , a genetically re - engineered measles virus , originally created as a cure for cancer , turns into a lethal strain which kills 94 % of those it infects , mutates 5 % into predatory , nocturnal and vampiric mutants , who are extremely vulnerable to sunlight , with only 1 % immune . Three years after the outbreak , US Army virologist Lieutenant Colonel ( ) lives an isolated life in the deserted ruins of New York City , unsure if any other uninfected humans are left in the world . 
 's daily routine includes experimentation on infected rats to find a cure to the virus and venturing through Manhattan to search for food and supplies . Also awaiting for potential human survivors each day for a response to his continuous recorded radio broadcasts , which instruct any uninfected survivors to meet him at midday at the South Street Seaport . 
 Flashbacks reveal that his wife ( ) and daughter ( ) died in a helicopter accident during the chaotic evacuation of Manhattan , prior to the military - enforced quarantine of the island in 2009 , in which stays behind on the island as military personnel . 's loneliness is mitigated by the companionship of his German Shepherd aka ( given to him by his daughter as a puppy to protect him before she died in the helicopter crash ) , interaction with mannequins he has set up as patrons at a video store , and recordings of old television broadcasts . At night , he barricades himself and inside his heavily fortified Washington Square Park home to hide from the Darkseekers . One day , while waiting for survivors , follows a deer into a dark building . cautiously goes in after her and finds the deer 's corpse along with , but the building is infested by a colony of Darkseekers . Both manage to escape unharmed and the attacking Darkseekers are killed by the sunlight . 
 finds a promising treatment derived from his own blood , so he sets a snare trap and captures a female Darkseeker from the colony building , while a male Darkseeker ( termed " Alpha Male " in the script , and played by ] tries to go after them , but is blocked by the sunlight and returns to the shadows . Back in his laboratory in the basement of his house , treats the female without success . The next day , he is ensnared in a trap similar to the one he used to capture the female ; by the time he manages to escape , the sun is setting and he is attacked by infected dogs . and manage to eliminate them , but is bitten in the fight . injects her with a strand of his serum , but when she shows signs of infection , is forced to strangle her to death . Heartbroken and driven over the edge of insanity by his dog 's death , he ventures out and suicidally attacks a group of Darkseekers the next night . He kills a large number of Darkseekers but the rest overwhelm him and he is nearly killed , but is rescued by a pair of immune survivors , ( ) and a young boy named ( ) , who have traveled from Maryland after hearing one of his broadcasts . They take the injured back to his home , where explains that they survived the outbreak aboard a Red Cross evacuation ship from São Paulo and are making their way to a survivors ' camp in Bethel , Vermont . angrily argues that no such survivors ' camp exists . 
 once again attempts to administer a potential cure to the infected woman in his laboratory , but the next night , a group of Darkseekers , who had followed and back the night before , attacks the house . , , and retreat into the basement laboratory , sealing themselves in with the female Darkseeker on which has been experimenting . Discovering that the last treatment was successful , tries to assess the situation as the alpha male deliberately rams himself against a glass door to break in . draws a vial of blood from the woman he cured and gives it to , before shutting her and inside a coal chute in the back of the lab . He then takes a grenade and kills the Darkseekers at the cost of his own life , saving the cure . The next day , before dusk , and discover that her theory is right as they arrive at the survivors camp in Vermont . They are greeted by military officers and other human survivors before is shown handing the cure to military personnel . 
 During the lab attack , the alpha male makes a butterfly - shaped smear on the glass . realizes it is identifying the female which he was experimenting on by her butterfly tattoo and wants her back . puts his gun down and returns the female . and the alpha male stare at each other down as the former apologizes to the latter . The alpha male accepts it and the leave . Shocked , looks over the pictures of his numerous test subjects and the implications of his research methods begin to dawn on him . , , and then drive to the survivors ' camp in Vermont with the antidote .

The quiet suburb of New Salem is being terrorized by a serial killer who abducts and tortures young women , holding them captive for weeks before murdering them . ( ) , a pianist and aspiring writer , appears to be his latest victim when she disappears during a night out with her friends . She is later seen bound and gagged on an operating table as her hands are exposed to dry ice . As the days tick by , the special FBI Task Force convened to track the killer begins to lose hope of finding him before it 's too late . 
 Late one night , a driver discovers a young woman by the side of a deserted road , disheveled and critically injured . The girl is rushed to the hospital , where ’s distraught parents , ( ) and ( ) , wait by her side as she slips in and out of consciousness . When she is finally able to speak , she shocks everyone by claiming to be a down - on - her luck stripper named , who has never heard of . Convinced is suffering from post traumatic stress disorder , her doctors , parents , and law enforcement officials can only wait for rest and therapy to restore her memory . But after returning to her parents ’ suburban home , she continues to insist she is not who they think she is , despite bearing bizarre wounds identical to those of the serial killer 's previous victims , which include her hand and half of her leg cut off . 
 An FBI psychologist believes to be a delusional persona of , and the agents speculate the persona is to distance and protect from the events that happened . Examining 's laptop , they discover a short story about a girl with an alter ego named . In addition , a DNA test confirms that is . 
 Unaware of this , explains away her injuries as various events that happened before she arrived in town . She begins to suspect she may be 's identical twin sister , and comes to believe her injuries are sympathetic resonance with her twin 's wounds , in a stigmata - like fashion . However , shows a video of her pregnancy ultrasound clearly revealing there was only one fetus in her womb . then confronts and asserts 's child died shortly after birth , and that took from ( another character from 's short story ) , a crack addict , leaving her with to raise alone . 
 Confused and terrified , starts seeing visions of a menacing figure slowly butchering his captive . One of these visions take to a nearby cemetery . After investigating the grave of 's recently murdered friend , ( ) , finds a blue ribbon from a piano competition , with a message from 's ( and 's ) piano teacher , ( ) . She is followed by , and declares " I know who killed me " . 
 The two go , without FBI backup , to 's home to confront him . heads into 's house alone leaving a panicking in the car alone . Attempting to calm herself , refers to herself as . is seemingly overpowered , and it is implied killed , by . , having entered the house , attacks in self - defense and cuts his hand off before being overpowered and tied up . Confused , asks why she has returned and exclaimed he had buried her ( referencing an earlier vision had ) . Freeing herself , kills and heads into the nearby wood , finding where had supposedly buried alive . Using her prosthetic hand , she smashes the front of the glass coffin that had buried in , revealing a barely alive . This seemingly verifying 's version of events and relieved to have found her sister , lies on the ground next to her .

, a womanizing bachelor , and , a widower struggling to raise his two children , are two veteran New York City firefighters . During a routine sweep of a burned building , a segment of floor collapses on , but saves his life . vows to repay in any way possible . Experiencing an epiphany from the incident , tries to increase his life insurance policy , but he runs into difficulties naming his children as primary beneficiaries . He is told he should remarry so his new spouse can be the primary beneficiary ; however , no one specifies whom he has to marry . 
 Inspired by a newspaper article about domestic partnerships , asks to enter a civil union with him . Although declines at first , he is reminded of his debt to and finally agrees , entering a domestic partnership and becoming 's primary beneficiary in the event of his death . To their dismay , however , investigators arrive to inquire about their abrupt partnership , suspecting fraud . and decide to enlist the help of lawyer Alex , who suggests they get married and move in together to prove they are committed ; reluctantly agrees . The pair travel to Niagara Falls in Canada for a quick same sex marriage at a wedding chapel and begin living together . 
 At a gay benefit costume party , the partygoers are confronted by homophobic protesters . is provoked into punching their leader , and the incident is picked up by the local news . With their apparent homosexuality and marriage revealed , and are heckled , and their fellow FDNY firefighters refuse to work with them . Their only ally is , an angry , intimidating firefighter who comes out to . 
 becomes romantically interested in after the two spend time together , but finds himself unable to get close to her because she thinks he is gay . In another meeting at her apartment , and are making charm bracelets . They soon kiss , but , still believing is gay and married , is shocked and immediately distances herself from . Meanwhile , city agent arrives to investigate the couple , and the strain on both and causes them to fight . learns about the kiss and confronts about it , asserting that 's absence is jeopardizing their ability to maintain the ruse of their relationship . During the argument , reveals that he is still in love with his deceased wife , , and responds that he needs to move on for the sake of his children . Later that evening , a petition circulates to have and thrown out of the firehouse . Upon discovering it , a hurtful confronts the crew about personal embarrassments on the job that and helped them overcome . Afterwards , and apologize to each other and reconcile their differences . 
 Eventually , numerous women publicly testify to having slept with in the recent past , and the couple is called into court to defend their marriage against charges of fraud . They are defended by , and their fellow firefighters arrive in support , having realized all that and have done for them over the years . interrogates both men , and eventually demands the pair to kiss to prove that their relationship is physical . Before they do so , and are interrupted by FDNY Captain , who reveals their marriage to be a sham and that they are both straight . He then offers to be arrested as well , since he knew about the false relationship but failed to report it . This prompts each of the other firefighters to claim a role in the wedding in a show of solidarity . , , and the other firefighters are sent to jail , but they are quickly released after negotiating a deal to provide photos for an AIDS research benefit calendar , and and keep their benefits . 
 Two months later , and 's brother , , are married in Niagara Falls at the same chapel as and . At the wedding party , moves on from the death of his wife and talks to a new woman , while agrees to a dance with .

( ) is a very happily married and professionally successful man . He is perfectly content with his home life in suburban New York with his lovely wife ( ) , a teacher , and his two young children . There is one problem in his marriage : their sex life has stagnated , leaving frustrated and sex - starved . At one point , accuses of being on the down - low . During those dull days at the office , he occasionally fantasizes about other women , but never acts upon his impulses . 
 An encounter with an attractive old friend , ( ) , suddenly casts doubt over his typically resilient self - control . At first she claims to just want to be his friend , but she begins to show up consistently at his Manhattan financial office just to talk or have lunch , which causes his boss , secretaries , and peers to view him with varying degrees of contempt . When begins to deliberately seduce , he does not know what to do . Against his better judgment , he flies with her out of town for one day on an errand , where he is beaten by her boyfriend . Then he returns too late to make a sales presentation at an important business meeting , causing the loss of a lucrative contract . Later , when she and her fiancé are about to move to Los Angeles , asks to come to her apartment later to say a " proper goodbye " . When he gets to 's apartment , he finds her in her underwear in her bathroom . In the moments before it seems will consummate his attraction to , he realizes how grave the loss of his wife and children would be , so he walks out on . returns home , surprising his wife , and , for the first time in the film , they begin to rebuild a genuine rapport , with a possible promise of good things to come .

I 'm Not There uses a nonlinear narrative , shifting between six characters in separate storylines " inspired by the music and many lives of " . Each character represents a different facet of 's public persona : poet ( ) , prophet ( / Father ) , outlaw ( ) , fake ( ) , " rock and roll martyr " ( ) , and " star of electricity " ( ) . 
 Production notes published by distributor The Weinstein Company explain that the film " dramatizes the life and music of as a series of shifting personae , each performed by a different actor — poet , prophet , outlaw , fake , star of electricity , rock and roll martyr , born - again Christian — seven identities braided together , seven organs pumping through one life story . "[3 ] 
 19 year - old is questioned by interrogators . His cryptic responses are interspersed throughout the film , including remarks on fatalism , the nature of poets , " seven simple rules for life in hiding " , and chaos . 
 In 1959 , an 11 - year - old African American boy calling himself is freighthopping through the Midwestern United States . Carrying a guitar in a case bearing the slogan " this machine kills fascists " , he plays blues music and sings about outdated topics such as trade unionism . One African American woman advises him to sing about the issues of his own time instead . is attacked by hobos and nearly drowns , but is rescued by a white couple who take him in . They are impressed with his musical talents , but runs off when they receive a telephone call from a juvenile corrections center in Minnesota telling them he is an escaped fugitive . Upon learning that the real is deathly ill , travels to New Jersey to visit in the hospital . 
 The career of folk musician is framed as a documentary film , told by interviewees including folk singer . becomes a star of the Greenwich Village folk scene in the early 1960s , praised by fans for his protest songs . He signs to Columbia Records , but in 1963 , just as the Vietnam War is escalating , he stops singing protest songs and turns away from folk music , believing that neither effects real social or political change . Following the assassination of , gets drunk at a ceremony where he is receiving an award from a civil rights organization . Remarking in his acceptance speech that he saw something of himself in 's assassin , he is booed and derided by the audience . He goes into hiding , and in 1974 enters a bible study course in Stockton , California and emerges a born again Christian , denouncing his past and becoming an ordained minister performing gospel music under the name " Father " . 
 is a 22 - year - old actor who plays in the 1965 biographical film Grain of Sand . During filming in Greenwich Village in January 1964 , he falls in love with French artist , and they soon marry . Grain of Sand is a hit and becomes a star , but their relationship is strained and observes flirting with other women . She is particularly offended when , during an argument in 1968 over whether the evils of the world can be changed , he opines that women can never be poets . Eventually moves out of their house , then goes to London for four months to film a thriller and has an affair with his female co - star . January 1973 announcement of the Paris Peace Accords inspires to ask for a divorce . She gains custody of their two daughters , but allows to take them on a boating trip . 
 is a popular former folk singer whose performance with a full band and electric guitars at a New England jazz and folk festival outrages his fans , who accuse him of selling out . Travelling to London , is asked by journalist if he still cares about people , or thinks folk music has failed to achieve its goals of sociopolitical change . is attacked by a hotel employee , hangs out with The Beatles , encounters his former lover , and meets poet , who suggests that " sold out to God " . Interviewing , notes that 's songs are being used as recruitment tools by the Black Panther Party and opines that refuses to feel deeply about anything while simultaneously being very self - conscious ; is offended and walks out of the interview . At a concert performing " Ballad of a Thin Man " , is booed and called a " " by the audience . reveals on television that , despite his claims of a rough - and - tumble vagabond past , is actually , the suburban , middle - class , educated son of a Brookline , Massachusetts department store owner . Faced with a long string of upcoming European tour dates , spirals into drug use and is killed in a motorcycle accident . 
 Outlaw , believed to have been killed by , lives in hiding in rural Riddle , Missouri . Learning that Commissioner plans to demolish the town to build a highway , which has caused several townspeople to commit suicide , confronts . recognizes as the outlaw and has him thrown in jail . He is broken out by his friend and hops into a boxcar on a passing train , where he finds 's guitar . As he rides away , he remarks on the nature of freedom and identity . 
 The film concludes with footage of playing a harmonica solo during a live performance in 1966.[4 ]

Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw

( ) is a young , soft - core writer living in Los Angeles whose young , starlet girlfriend ( ) breaks up with him . pleads with her to stay , but she leaves . 
 When goes to his mother 's home in order to reclaim an item , he sees his mother crying in the living room . She explains that her mentally unstable mother , ( ) , claims that she is dying – though her doctor can not find anything fatal . 's mother tells him that she will be leaving for Michigan to take care of . offers to take his mother 's place as caregiver for his grandmother , explaining that he wanted to get out of the life he was currently living and write a biographical story he has been working on for the past eleven years . Though his mother objects to this decision , he ignores her and flies to Michigan . 
 Outside , finally arrives . He knocks on the door with a cheerful remark , and , obviously forgetting her own grandson , slams the door on him . After a quick negotiation , she lets him inside . reveals that she has been starving herself the past three weeks , and sees that all of the food in her home has gone stale . After a few brief phone calls with his mother and his boss , begins to clean up his grandmother 's home . 
 Meanwhile , ( ) and ( , who live across the street from , are returning from school . 's mother , ( ) , calls to the kitchen . She hesitantly tells that she has found a lump in her breast , a possible sign of breast cancer , and is to see a doctor in the coming days . , shocked , wants to come with her mother when she receives her results , but quickly refuses . 
 When takes out the trash , , who is smoking on her roof , watches him . He drops the trash , and begins to snicker ; hearing her laughter , turns toward her , and she hides in the shadow of the roof . hears the noise and comes outside with her dog , Bozo , and warmly introduces herself to . They have a brief talk before 's friends arrive loudly down the road and goes back inside . and meet , and she asks not to tell her parents that she smokes . He agrees , and takes a cigarette from her before she leaves . 
 The next morning , arrives at 's doorstep , bringing cookies and offering for him to walk with her . They walk around the neighborhood , talking about their lives . eventually mentions , wondering about his love for her . thinks about his relationship , and decides that it really was n't true love . He explains that he has written love letters for , pouring out his affection in these epistles . believes that the letters contain his best work . 
 After returns home , she sees that is heartbroken and needs someone to take his mind off . She asks to ask out on a date . bitterly refuses , calling it " lame " to ask someone out from across the street that she does n't even know . 's husband agrees and abruptly leaves the room , frustrated . She goes to her bathroom , filling a small cup of medicine to subdue her pain . Her husband follows her , trying to assuage the situation by insisting that will apologize and ask on a date . 
 The next day , decides to go on a run . While running , he has flashbacks of all the memorable times he had with : their meeting , their first kiss , and so on , until it finally leads to the breakup . When she utters the word " goodbye " once more , runs into a tree and passes out . When he wakes up , he sees standing over him . She gives him a ride home and then asks him out . tells her to ask her parents if they would allow her to take him out on a school night , as they normally would not . , confused , agrees , and goes back inside . 
 Shortly thereafter , invites on another walk . This time , she leads him into a small patch of forest . She admits that her husband is having an affair and that she does not love him – at least not the way loved . They hug and leave to run errands together . They share an awkward moment of both having something to say to the other ; begins with the declaration that 's husband is " out of his mind " . smiles , and dismisses what she has to say . Eventually , the two deepen their friendship and later , when she tells him she is sick , they kiss each other . 
 also goes to the movies with and . He finds out that has been dating . Afterward , brings to a football field because he was curious about the typical high school experience . There she confesses that she is sort of dating the high school quarterback , who is arrogant and cocky , but that they have not kissed yet . They also talk about 's best friend who seems to be the opposite of ; soft and shy . She also confesses that she knows her father is having an affair , but believes her mother does not know . 
 She claims to be more upset with her mother than her father because her mother is cold and more interested in her image than the truth . later finds out that could not wait for and hooked up with her best friend . She convinces to come to a party with her because he is older and mysterious . During the party , tries to fight , but steps in saying that is the one who screwed up . After the party , and share a kiss which sees . She tells to leave alone and to never speak to them again . Afterwards , he slips her a letter . 
 goes to see who tells her that he is not the guy for her and that if she thought about it , she would realize that she would know who he is . gets her cancer treatments and it is revealed that everything will be all right . and talk and start to heal their relationship . As drives home from the hospital , she stops to see who she realizes is the guy was referring to . finally reads 's letter which , though similar to a love letter , winds up being more of a " thank you " note . 
 comes downstairs to find his grandmother has died but does not immediately call the hospital . Instead , he goes outside for some air and meets up with . She apologizes and they are able to end their friendship on good terms . 
 The story closes with back in LA at the diner where broke up with him . He is writing , presumably a script , about his grandmother . He talks to the waitress and seems to be getting on with his life without .

Adam Brody, Kristen Stewart, Meg Ryan, Olympia Dukakis, Makenzie Vega

The film tells the story of military police veteran ( ) , his wife ( ) and their search for their son ( ) . A soldier recently returned from Iraq , has suddenly gone missing . 's investigation is aided by a police detective ( ) , who becomes personally involved in the case . 
 's body is eventually found , dismembered and burned . Military officials initially attempt to block the police investigation ; they suggest 's death was due to drug - related violence . His platoon mates who last saw him lie to and the police . tells the police that although he suspects the soldiers are lying about something , he believes they could not have killed their comrade . 
 It turns out that is wrong . The soldiers had killed and dismembered after a seemingly insignificant quarrel . The soldier who confesses to and the police seems emotionally detached from his words and actions , apparently to suggest he suffers post - traumatic stress disorder from events of the war .

( ) is a tough political correspondent infuriated by his editor 's insistence he cover a tabloid - level story about the paparazzi favorite ( ) . 's chagrin increases given the news of a searing White House scandal that is just breaking ; instead of covering the piece , must visit a posh Manhattan restaurant and interview , whom he instantly detests . The one - on - one is more of a disaster than either could have predicted , but by some strange twist of fate , is injured and brought back to 's loft . Once there , liquor is downed , cocaine is consumed , minor violence erupts , and the two begin to " dance a pas de deux " — attempting , not so subtly , to outmaneuver one another psychologically , as dark secrets and long - hidden vulnerabilities emerge . 
 teases into kissing her , which passionately does , but as her cell phone rings and reality reasserts itself , demands that he stop . is exasperated and complains that she does n't let him finish what she starts , unlike the male prostitute he once visited . During another of 's phone calls , uses 's laptop and opens a folder containing what he believes is 's diary . He is able to barely conceal his surprise when eyes him suspiciously , by saying he is merely Googling her , as per an earlier suggestion by her . 
 When 's attention returns to her phone call , e - mails a particularly expressive and emotional diary passage to himself . Later , unable to forget what he had read , betrays his snooping by asking what has made her lose hope . After an emotional outburst about her loss of privacy , she admits that she has cancer . At this , is immediately contrite about the way he has been treating her . He learns that no one knows about 's illness ; she feels that saying it aloud will make it more " real " . promises not to reveal the truth about her health ; demands that reveal something about himself in return . 
 As films the confession with a camcorder , admits that , as a reporter , he has made up stories and sources , and that he essentially caused his alcoholic former wife 's death . ( He took his time responding to her distress call to him - by the time he arrived , she was already dead . ) swaps out the camcorder tape when is unaware , and a while later , attempts to do the same . On a clandestine phone call to his editor , - against his promise to - tells him that has cancer . leaves 's loft , and as he is walking outside , she calls him on his cell phone . 
 reveals that not only did she lie about having cancer , ( the diary believed was hers was actually the diary of the character she played ) but she has ' confessional tape . She inquires whether she should send it to his editor first or the police . smugly retorts that he swapped the tape first ; disagrees and says he only has her rehearsal tape . The movie ends with and watching their tapes - wearing a sullen expression . sips a glass of wine while watching ' confessional tape , but it is unknown if she will follow through with her threat .

In April 1992 , arrives in a remote area just north of the Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska . Noting ' unpreparedness , the stranger who drops him off lends him a pair of boots . travels into the wilderness and sets up a campsite in an abandoned city bus , which he calls " The Magic Bus " . At first , is content with the isolation , the beauty of nature around him , and the thrill of living off the land . He hunts with a .22 caliber rifle , reads books , and keeps a diary of his thoughts as he prepares himself for a new life in the wild . 
 Two years earlier , in May 1990 , graduates with high honors from Emory University . Shortly afterwards , rejects his conventional life by destroying all of his credit cards and identification documents . He donates nearly all of his savings to Oxfam and sets out on a cross - country drive in his Datsun B210 to experience life in the wilderness . does not tell his parents , and , or his sister what he is doing or where he is going . He refuses to keep in touch with them after his departure , causing his parents to become increasingly anxious and eventually desperate . 
 At Lake Mead , ' car is caught in a flash flood , causing him to abandon it and begin hitchhiking . He burns what remains of his cash and assumes a new name : " . " In Northern California , encounters a hippie couple named and . tells about his failing relationship with , which helps rekindle . In September , arrives in Carthage , South Dakota and works for a contract harvesting company owned by . He is forced to leave after is arrested for satellite piracy . 
 then travels on the Colorado River and , though told by park rangers that he may not kayak down the river without a license , ignores their warnings and paddles downriver until he eventually arrives in Mexico . There , his kayak is lost in a dust storm , and he crosses back into the United States on foot . Unable to hitch a ride , he travels on freight trains to Los Angeles . Not long after arriving , however , he starts feeling " corrupted " by modern civilization and decides to leave . Later , he is forced to resume hitchhiking , after being beaten by railroad police . 
 In December 1991 , arrives at Slab City , in the Imperial Valley , and encounters and again . There , he also meets , a teenage girl who shows interest in , but he rejects her because she is underage . After the holidays , decides to continue heading for Alaska . One month later , camping near Salton City , encounters , a retired man who recounts the story of the loss of his family in a car accident while he was serving in the United States Army . He now occupies his time in a workshop as an amateur leather worker . teaches the craft of leatherwork , resulting in the making of a belt that details ' travels . After spending two months with , decides to leave for Alaska , despite this upsetting , who has become quite close to . On a parting note , gives his old camping and travel gear , along with the offer to adopt him as his grandchild , but simply tells him that they should discuss this after he returns from Alaska . 
 Four months later , at the abandoned bus , life for becomes harder , and he begins to make poor decisions . As his supplies begin to run out , he realizes that nature is also harsh and uncaring . concludes that true happiness can only be found when shared with others , and he seeks to return from the wild to his friends and family . However , he finds that the stream he had crossed during the winter has become wide , deep , and violent due to the snow thaw , and he is unable to cross . Saddened , he returns to the bus . In a desperate act , is forced to gather and eat roots and plants . He confuses similar plants and eats a poisonous one , falling sick as a result . Slowly dying , he continues to document his process of self - realization and imagines his family for one last time . He writes a farewell to the world and crawls into his sleeping bag to die . Two weeks later , his body is found by moose hunters . Shortly afterwards , returns to Virginia with her brother 's ashes in her backpack .

Emile Hirsch, Marcia Gay Harden, William Hurt, Jena Malone, Brian Dieker, Vince Vaughn, Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Stewart, Hal Holbrook

has been rejected by her college , her girlfriend broke up with her , and her big sister is getting married . She meets , who invites her to join Clits In Action , or C(i)A , a radical Third - wave feminist group . soon gets in touch with her political side.[2 ] She takes part in illegal activism with the group and becomes more aggressive in her daily life . 
 starts falling for , who has been involved for years with an older woman named . Courtney works with a more mainstream feminist organization and disagrees with the C(i)A 's method of creating awareness through public art , which usually involves vandalism . 
 The group travels to take part in a gay marriage protest – instead of being for or against it , they argue that marriage is the wrong goal , as it is an institution rooted in sexism . Despite being warned by another member of the C(i)A , , that uses people , shares a night of passion with her while they stay in a hotel . At the rally the next day , the outspoken ends up nearly coming to blows with a protester . The fight is caught by a local news crew and the group 's message is misconstrued as violent and homophobic . also reveals that their website – which they considered the center of their activism – has not received hits from anyone besides themselves . 
 C(i)A attempts to have a meeting at 's home , but personal conflicts come to a head . believes is going to leave Courtney to be with her , but remains dependent on her partner . and announce that they 're giving up on the group , stays behind with , and ( a transgender man who 's part of the C(i)A ) comforts , who is heartbroken over 's rejection and the loss of the C(i)A. They end up partying together and having a one - night stand . In the morning , has prepared breakfast and procured a flower for , who only considers him a friend . arrives to talk about what happened the night before . tries to explain that her night with meant nothing . He overhears and is deeply hurt . leaves and finds herself truly alone . 
 In an attempt to fix things , formulates a master plan to get C(i)A national attention . and like her idea , but insist she must make things right with . apologizes , forgives her , and the four carry out the plan , without . 
 attends her sister 's wedding , bringing joy to her family , but leaves early to execute her part of the plan – sneaking into the studio of a popular talk show with and . is appearing on the show to argue about the appropriateness of a celebration over the ( arbitrary ) anniversary of the construction of the Washington Monument , which she feels is a distraction from real issues . When the host requests a live shot of the monument , the C(i)A feeds their footage in . With the expert help of one of 's lovers , ( who was discharged from the military for being a lesbian under Do n't Ask Do n't Tell ) , and 's prowess with sculpture , a giant phallus has been erected atop the Washington Monument and is blown off with explosives . Back at the studio , pulls the fire alarm and the group escapes . 
 In the getaway car waiting for , she is surprised to see , who has finally broken it off with . apologizes for her behavior , and the two agree to just be friends , but then kiss . Through text in the epilogue , it is revealed that and volunteered to take the fall for the explosion , and received a reduced sentence because no one was hurt . started hormone therapy , started a new feminist group for men and got a girlfriend . 's sculpture appearing on TV launched her art career . took the talk show host , , out to dinner after fleeing the building together . subsequently left her husband to move in with . and remain together , and now attends college , where she has created a group focused on positive body image called the Itty Bitty Titty Committee .

Sixteen - year - old Minnesota high - schooler discovers she is pregnant by her friend and longtime admirer , . She initially considers an abortion . Going to a local clinic run by a women 's group , she encounters a schoolmate outside who is holding a one - person protest for pro - life vigil . Once inside , however , a variety of factors lead to leave . She decides against abortion , and she decides to give the baby up for adoption . With the help of her friend , searches the ads in the Pennysaver and finds a couple she feels will provide a suitable home . She tells her father , , and stepmother , , who offer their support . With , meets the couple , and , in their expensive home and agrees to a closed adoption . 
 visits a few times , with whom she shares tastes in punk rock and horror films . , who has set aside his rock band youth ( now confined to memorabilia displayed in the one room of the house that has designated for 's personal belongings ) , works at home composing commercial jingles . and happen to see in a shopping mall being completely at ease with a child , and encourages to talk to her baby in the womb , where it kicks for her . 
 As the pregnancy progresses , struggles with the emotions she feels for the baby 's father , , who is clearly in love with . maintains an outwardly indifferent attitude toward , but when she learns he has asked another girl to the upcoming prom , she angrily confronts him . reminds that it is at her request they remain distant and tells her that she broke his heart . 
 Not long before her baby is due , is again visiting when their interaction becomes emotional . then tells her he will be leaving to figure his life out . is horrified by this revelation , with asking " How do you think of me ? " , revealing is starting to develop feelings for . arrives home , and tells her he does not feel ready to be a father and there are still things he wants to do first . watches the marriage fall apart , then drives away and breaks down in tears by the side of the road . Returning to the ' home , she leaves a note and disappears as they answer the door . 
 After a heartfelt discussion with her father , accepts that she loves . then tells she loves him , and 's actions make it clear her feelings are very much reciprocated . Not long after , goes into labor and is rushed to the hospital , where she gives birth to a baby boy . She had deliberately not told because of his track meet . Seeing her missing from the stands , rushes to the hospital , finds has given birth to their son , and comforts as she cries . 
 comes to the hospital where she joyfully claims the newborn boy as a single adoptive mother . On the wall in the baby 's new nursery , has framed 's note , which reads : " : If you 're still in , I 'm still in .   — . " The film ends in the summertime with and playing guitar and singing together , followed by a kiss .

Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner, Jason Bateman, Allison Janney, J. K. Simmons, Olivia Thirlby

( ) is a career - minded woman who has just been given an on - air role with E ! and is living in the pool house with her sister 's ( ) family . ( ) is laid - back and sardonic . He lives off funds received in compensation for an injury and sporadically works on a celebrity porn website with his roommates ( , , and ) , in between smoking marijuana or going off with them at theme parks such as Knott 's Berry Farm . While celebrating her promotion , meets at a local nightclub . After a night of drinking , they end up having sex . Due to a misunderstanding , they do n't use protection : uses the phrase " Just do it already " to encourage to put the condom on , but he misinterprets this to mean to dispense with using one . The following morning , they quickly learn over breakfast that they have little in common and go their separate ways , which leaves visibly upset . 
 Eight weeks later , experiences morning sickness during an interview with and realizes she could be pregnant . She contacts for the first time since their one - night stand to tell him . Although insensitive at first , says he will be there to support . While he is still unsure about being a parent , his father ( ) is excited . 's mother ( ) tries to persuade her daughter to have an abortion , but decides to keep the child . Later , and decide to give their relationship a chance . The couple 's efforts include making an awkward marriage proposal with an empty ring box , promising to get her one someday . thinks it 's too early to think about marriage , because she is more concerned with hiding the pregnancy from her bosses , believing that they will fire her if they ever found out . After a somewhat promising beginning , tensions surface in the relationship . 
 is increasingly worried about 's lack of responsibility and commitment , and has doubts about the longevity of their relationship . These thoughts are due to her sister 's unhappy marriage . 's husband , ( ) , works as a talent scout for rock bands , but he leaves at odd hours in the night , which makes her suspect he is having an affair . Upon investigating , she learns that he is actually part of a fantasy baseball draft , which he explains he participates in to be free from 's controlling manner . This results in their separation , and when expresses amusement at 's deception , it leads to a heated argument with as they drive to her doctor . Angered , she ejects him from her car and abandons him in the middle of a busy street . He tracks her down to her appointment and they both start another argument , leading to their own breakup . and decide to go on a road trip to Las Vegas . 
 Under the heavy influence of psychedelic mushrooms , they realize their loss and decide to take responsibility for their relationships . Simultaneously , drags a timid out partying with her , but they are refused admission to a nightclub by its apologetic bouncer ( ) on account of 's age and 's pregnancy , leading to 's tearful laments about her life and her desire to have back . They reconcile at their daughter 's birthday party , but when tries to work things out with , she does n't want to get back together . 's boss finds out about her pregnancy , and sees an opportunity to boost ratings with female viewers by having interview pregnant celebrities . After a talk with his father , decides to take responsibility and goes to great effort to change his ways , including moving out of his friends ' house , getting an office job as a web designer , and creating a baby 's room in his new apartment . 
 He also starts reading the pregnancy books that he had purchased early on . When goes into labor and is unable to contact her doctor , she calls , as and are at Legoland . discovers that the gynecologist they had been seeing ( ) is out of town , at a Bar Mitzvah , despite having assured them that he never took vacations . calls him and leaves a furious voicemail , threatening murder . During labor , apologizes for doubting 's commitment and admits that she never thought the man who got her pregnant would be the right one for her . When and arrive at the hospital , adamantly refuses to allow her to be at 's side , insisting that it 's his place . is both furious and impressed that took charge of the situation and begins to change her formerly negative opinion about him . The couple welcomes a baby girl ( a boy in the alternate ending ) and settle down happily together in a new apartment in Los Angeles .

lives a secluded life in a small Wisconsin town . It is gradually revealed that his mother died when he was born , causing his grief - stricken father to be a distant parent to and his older brother , . left town as soon as he could support himself , returning only to inherit his half of the household when the father died . 
 The inheritance has been divided between the brothers : lives in the converted garage ; and his pregnant wife live in the house proper . 's attempts to invite into the house for a family meal are usually unsuccessful ; when he does come , conversation is difficult and he does n't stay long . He avoids social contact , finding it difficult to interact with his family , co - workers , or members of his church . A co - worker , , is interested in him , but he avoids anything more than brief encounters . 
 One day a large package arrives ; that evening tells and that he has a visitor whom he met via the Internet , a wheelchair - mobile missionary of Brazilian and Danish descent named . They discover that is a lifelike doll which apparently ordered from an adult website . Concerned about his mental health , they convince to take for a checkup to the family doctor , , who is also a psychiatrist . diagnoses with low blood pressure and advises to bring her in for weekly treatments . Her aim is to have regular contact with , hoping to get to the root of his behavior . She explains to and that his delusion is a manifestation of an underlying problem that needs to be addressed . She urges them to assist with his therapy by treating as a real person . 
 begins to introduce as his girlfriend to the townspeople . Due to their concern for , everyone treats as a real person . soon finds himself interacting more with people . During this time , has begun to date another co - worker , which silently bothers . 
 asks his brother when he knew he had become a man and what being a man means . says when he began doing the right things for the right reasons , even when it hurts . gives several examples , including their father keeping them , and taking care of them , even though he did n't know how . says that he never should have left alone with their father , and he apologizes for being selfish . Their conversation seems to reach and his dependence on immediately seems to shift . 
 When a co - worker with whom has been playing pranks goes a bit too far , comforts her . During the ensuing conversation , reveals she has broken up with her boyfriend . She invites to go bowling , which he initially declines before reconsidering . The two spend a pleasant evening together along with some other townsfolk . is quick to remind he could never cheat on . Although obviously disappointed , replies that the thought never crossed her mind . As they part , takes his glove off to shake 's hand – a significant advance in his ability to interact with others ; he earlier explained to the doctor that others ' touch felt like " burning " . 
 One morning soon after , announces that is unresponsive , and an ambulance rushes her to the hospital . Once there , he tells his family that her prognosis is not good and that would like to be brought home . The news spreads through town , and everyone whose life has been touched by sends flowers or sits with at the home . and ask why this is happening , and she reveals that it indicates a significant shift for . They suggest that and join them for a visit to the lake . While the couple is hiking , gives a very sad farewell kiss . As and make their way back from the hike , they discover despondent in the lake with a ' dying ' . 
 is given a full - fledged funeral that is well - attended by the townspeople . After is buried in the local cemetery , and linger at the grave site . When states that she should catch up with everyone else , asks her to take a walk with him instead , to which she happily agrees .

( ) has always longed to marry the man of her dreams in her family church . Though she has found her lifetime companion in ( ) , is distressed to learn that St. Augustine 's has only one wedding slot available over the next two years , though after re - checking their planning book , they find that the wedding can be held in three weeks . 
 While and do qualify for the slot , the church 's eccentric minister , Reverend Frank ( ) , will not we d the couple until they agree to attend his prenuptial course ( shortened , due to the new date , from three months to three weeks ) . As their wedding date draws near , and must now follow all of Reverend 's rules , attend his unusual classes , and complete a series of homework assignments designed specifically to irritate one another — in order to get past puppy love and ensure that their union will have a sound foundation . 
 In one part of the course , the couple has to care for twin " creepy robot " babies . They get on 's last nerve and he destroys one , to the horror of bystanders in a department store . To 's dismay , one of 's rules is no pre - marital sex . On behalf of , his young assistant ( ) breaks into the couple 's house and bugs it . Thus , and his assistant can listen to all conversations , though does not let his assistant listen to the adult parts . discovers the microphone / transmitter but does not tell , for fear she will accuse him of lying and planting the bug himself . 
 Problems gradually begin to develop between the couple due to the course . begins an investigation into , and eventually discovers that he was once married to . Shortly before the wedding , becomes reluctant to have the wedding , among other things because has not prepared marriage vows as instructed them to do , but instead drew a flip cartoon of a truck . then confronts over , believing him to be a hypocrite . reveals that the marriage was done to allow , then an immigrant , and a member of 's congregation , to stay in the U.S. Upset that would waste his time on a " stupid investigation " , calls off the wedding . On 's advice , goes on vacation to Jamaica , their slated honeymoon destination . 
 seeks advice from his friend , who advises him to give up on , saying that there are other women like her out there . however disagrees with this , and decides to go to Jamaica . and his assistant travel there too . He attempts to call , but she refuses to listen . Her parents assure her that all marriages have problems , and her friend tells her that may just want someone who relies on him , allowing her to forgive more easily . writes his vows on the sands of the beach to impress and they reconcile , and marries them there .

Two determined students at a West Coast university , and , at the urging of their idealistic professor , Dr. , attempt to do something important with their lives . They make the bold decision to enlist in the army to fight in Afghanistan after graduating from college . 
 Dr. also attempts to reach talented and privileged , but disaffected , student , who is not at all like and . He is naturally bright , comes from a privileged background , but has apparently slipped into apathy upon being disillusioned at the present state of affairs . Now , he devotes most of his time to extra - curricular activities like his role as president of his fraternity . tests him by offering a choice between a respectable grade of ' B ' in the class with no additional work required or a final opportunity to re - engage with the material of the class and " do something . " Before makes his choice , he must listen to Dr. 's story of his former students and and why they are in Afghanistan . 
 Meanwhile , in Washington , D.C. , a charismatic Republican presidential hopeful , Senator , has invited liberal TV journalist to his office to announce a new war strategy in Afghanistan : the use of small units to seize strategic positions in the mountains ( " forward operating points " ) before the Taliban can occupy them . The senator hopes that 's positive coverage will help convince the public that the plan is sound . 
 has her doubts and fears she is being asked to become an instrument of government propaganda . Near the end of the film , she informs her commercially - minded boss of her plans to call out the senator 's new strategy for what she feels is a ploy , but is shot down . Ultimately , 's version of the story is run without the critical interaction . Whether gave in and toed the company line or quit her job is not clear . 
 In Afghanistan , a helicopter carrying and is hit by Taliban insurgents . falls out , and jumps after him . 's leg is badly wounded , and he suffers a compound fracture , rendering him immobile as the Taliban arrive . After a drawn - out gunfight , the U.S. soldiers run out of ammunition . Rather than getting captured , helps stand up , facing the enemies and turning their empty weapons against them , an action which prompts the Taliban to kill them . The unit commanders attempt a rescue of the downed soldiers , sending A-10 Warthogs , but the weather , time , and distance interfere . 
 is then seen watching television with a friend . A reporter is discussing a singer 's private life , while below runs a strip announcing Senator 's new military plan for Afghanistan . He suddenly falls quiet , contemplating the choices with which his professor had left him .

The FBI responds to a brief computer outage at its Cyber - Security Division by tracking down top computer hackers who had been on a watch list , finding several of them have been killed . The FBI asks New York City Police Department detective to bring in , one of the targeted hackers who had been put on the watch list . arrives just in time to save from assassins working for , who works for her boss and love interest , . 
 En route to Washington , D.C. , with , reveals that he had been contacted by , under the guise that she was working for corporate security , and that she had paid him a large sum of money to write an algorithm that could crack a specific security system for white hat purposes . Meanwhile , orders his own crew of hackers to take control of the transportation grids and stock market , while nationally broadcasting a message threatening the United States . recognizes this as the start of a " fire sale " , an attack designed to target the nation 's infrastructure that is reliant on computerized systems . and are driven to the FBI headquarters , but poses as a dispatcher and reroutes the convoy into the path of an assault helicopter . manages to fend off the attackers and destroy the helicopter . 
 initiates a second broadcast by showing a simulated explosion of the U.S. Capitol building , causing a public panic . guesses that his next target is likely the power grid , and the two drive to a utility superstation in West Virginia . They find a team led by taking over the station . manages to kill all of them , including . He obtains video footage of which he relays to the FBI . Enraged over 's death , seizes control of the natural gas distribution system and redirects all of the gas into the station . and escape before the station explodes , leaving much of the eastern seaboard of the United States and Canada without power . 
 takes to fellow hacker . Running several generators to keep his computer systems online , identifies the piece of code wrote as a means to access data at a master Social Security Administration building at Woodlawn , Maryland . They realize the building is actually a NSA facility intended to backup the nation 's entire personal and financial records in the event of a cyber attack , designed by himself when he worked for the NSA . tells and that is an extremely talented programmer and top security expert for the U.S. Department of Defense . tried to alert the political and military leadership to critical weaknesses that made America 's network infrastructure vulnerable to cyberwarfare , but his unorthodox methods led to his dismissal . runs a traceroute and manages to identify 's location , but detects the intrusion . 
 taps into their connection and reveals that he has located 's estranged daughter , , and intends to kidnap her . and race to the Woodlawn facility , where discovers that 's men are downloading all the information . He manages to encrypt the data just in time before he is captured . kidnaps and takes him as well as , who had been kidnapped earlier , with him as his team flees from Woodlawn . pursues , hijacking his semi and enlisting to trace 's vehicle . accesses the communication system of a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II and , impersonating an air traffic controller , orders the pilot to attack the truck is driving . barely escapes , then makes his way to a nearby warehouse where has tracked . There , is installing the remaining files and holding and . Although kills most of 's remaining henchmen , shoots him in the right shoulder . 
 While holds at gunpoint from behind , manages to shoot 's weapon through his own shoulder and kill . then kills . An FBI tactical response team arrives and secures the scene . Afterwards , tries to discourage the romantic feelings developing between and .

Set in 2003 , ( ) is a young and talented poker player in Las Vegas haunted by his relationship with his estranged father , ( ) , a two - time World Series of Poker Champion . is a regular in Vegas poker rooms but needs $ 10,000 to get a seat in the World Series of Poker Main Event . 
 After a good night at the Bellagio hotel 's poker room , goes to a party and meets aspiring singer ( ) , who has just arrived in town . 's older sister ( ) warns her that is " hustle 10 , commitment zero . " Back at the Bellagio , is doing well at the tables before L.C. returns to town from the South of France . greets his father coldly . The two play heads - up . 
 Loan shark ( ) tells that he plays poker as well as anybody , except for his reputation as a " blaster " ( not patient enough ) who always goes for broke . proposes to stake in the $ 10,000 main - event with a 60 % ( ) — 40 % ( ) split of any winnings , but refuses . After failing to borrow money from his friend ( ) , goes to 's place hoping for a loan . Instead he runs into , who gets a call confirming that she has landed a job singing at a club . 
 proposes a celebration and at 's Horseshoe he shows her how to play poker . arrives and shows a wedding ring of 's late mother 's that had pawned and that L.C. has redeemed . loses his winnings . Over dinner , he explains to that his father stole from his mother before leaving her . says his father taught him how to play on the kitchen table with " pennies , nickels , and dimes . " They make love after dinner . As sleeps , steals money from 's purse . 
 plays in a " super satellite " for his entry to the main event . He appears to have the seat won , but a misdeal costs him . agrees to stake and even gives him an extra $ 1200 so that he can repay . He apologizes to her , saying he feels they have a chance at something special . They later run into , who wins all of 's stake money for the World Series in a quick poker game . 
 holds the stopwatch in a golfing marathon that must complete in 3 hours to win a bet . She declines to cheat for him when he finishes two seconds too late . gets a black eye when 's thugs toss him into his empty pool . They warn him to return the $ 11,200 stake that he owes to or get a seat in the World Series within 48 hours . When goes to 's apartment looking for , he learns has gone home to Bakersfield . sells the wedding ring to his father for $ 500 , and makes the 10 grand playing poker in one night to buy a seat in the World Series . travels to Bakersfield to tell that he meant what he said when he felt they had a chance at something special . 
 Back in Vegas , having found the entry money , enters the World Series . He and his father both advance to the final table of nine . looks on from the audience as and have a showdown . deliberately folds a winning hand , going out in third place . A few minutes later , gets rivered and goes out in second place , losing the title to ( ) who had " won his entry in an online satellite " ( a nod to , who did win the 2003 Main Event after a similar entry to the tournament ) . 
 After the tournament , offers his son a one - on - one rematch , playing only for pennies , nickels , and dimes . Their relationship is restored , as is 's and 's in the final scene .

( ) is a successful but self - absorbed writer ; it is suggested that she has borderline personality disorder . She brings her 11 - year - old son ( ) to spend a weekend visiting her free - spirited sister ( ) on the eve of 's wedding to ( ) at their home on Long Island . disapproves of 's choice of fiancé : is an unsuccessful musician whom considers " completely unattractive " . While in town , will also be interviewed in a local bookstore by ( ) , a successful author with whom she is collaborating on a screenplay . 's teenage daughter ( ) also visits the house . 
 and have an uneasy relationship . disapproves of 's life - choices - besides marrying , is pregnant , a fact that she has not shared with or her pre - teen daughter . , meanwhile , resents for writing and publishing thinly - disguised stories about her life . She is also incensed when shares secrets told to her in confidence - including her pregnancy . Rather than confront each other , however , and take out their frustrations on and , respectively . 
 Tensions come to a head twice . 's interview goes disastrously wrong when 's questions become personal . While interrogates him about emails he received from one of her 20 - year - old students , admits he kissed . Returning to the house , finds inside . Though says nothing , it is obvious to that knows the truth . When finds out what happened , he chases and beats . 
 and get into a heated argument , unleashing years of resentment . But following a climactic moment , and leave with and , leaving behind . 
 The next day , calls , intent on breaking up with him . When he begs for forgiveness , however , she gives in and takes him back . 
 decides to stay with her sister , and puts on a bus to Vermont so he can live with his father . As the bus pulls away with , has a change of heart and chases after it . Taking a seat next to a surprised , catches her breath .

is an aspiring 12 - year - old inventor at an orphanage whose inventions have been scaring off potential parents . He works all night on a machine to scan his memory to locate his mother , who abandoned him at the orphanage when he was a baby . While taking the scanner to his school 's science fair , meets 13 - year - old , a mysterious boy claiming to be a time cop from the future . needs to recover a time machine that a man wearing a bowler hat has stolen . tries to demonstrate the scanner , but it has been sabotaged and falls apart , throwing the science fair into chaos . leaves while , with the help of a robotic bowler hat named , repairs and steals the scanner . 
 meets at the orphanage and asks him to repair the scanner . agrees to do so only if can prove he is telling the truth , which does by taking them to the year 2037 in a second time machine . When they arrive , he and get into an argument and crash . asks to fix the time machine , but has another condition : has to take him to visit his mother afterwards . Reluctantly , agrees and hides in the garage . does not stay there for long , however , and ends up meeting the rest of the family except for , 's father , who is away on a business trip . Having followed , the Bowler Hat Guy and try to kidnap him , but the beat them back . The offer to adopt , but change their mind when they learn that he is from the past . admits to lying to about taking him back to see his mom , causing to run off in disgust . 
 then discovers that is , in fact , a future version of himself , and is his future son . also finds out that is a grown - up version of ' roommate , . Because he was kept awake by ' work on the scanner , fell asleep during an important Little League game and failed to make an important catch that cost the game . became so bitter as a result that he was never adopted and remained in the orphanage long after it closed . was " DOR-15 " , one of ' failed and abandoned inventions . They both blamed for their misfortunes and decided to ruin his career by stealing the memory scanner and claiming credit for it . Leaving behind , they take off with the scanner , drastically altering the future to a world where ' clones have enslaved humanity . repairs the second time machine , confronts and destroys her by promising to never invent her , restoring the future to its Utopian self . After persuasion from , tries to ask the adult to join the family , but he has disappeared , apparently ashamed at what he has done . 
 Back in 's time , finally meets face to face . explains how the memory scanner started their successful career , and persuades to return to the science fair . takes back , but makes one stop first : as he promised , he takes back to the moment when his mother abandoned him . 
 drops off in his own time and leaves . heads to the fair , but en route wakes up just in time for him to make the winning catch . Back at the fair , asks for one more chance to demonstrate his scanner , which this time succeeds . He is adopted by , one of the science fair judges , and her husband , who nicknames him " " and takes him home . The film ends with a quote by containing / ' motto : " Keep Moving Forward . "

is a " fixer " for a prestigious New York City law firm , using his connections and knowledge of legal loopholes for clients ' benefit . Although he is paid well enough , he is divorced , addicted to gambling , and faced with a large debt when his restaurant fails . After leaving a clandestine poker game to deal with , a client involved in a hit - and - run incident , drives back , stopping at a field , where some horses are standing on a hill . When he climbs the hill to gaze at them , his car explodes and burns . 
 The narrative moves back to four days earlier . is $ 75,000 in debt from a restaurant investment he entered with his brother , which collapsed when used the restaurant 's funds to fuel his drug habits . , having gone to a loan shark to raise the money , refuses to give up on his brother and is held responsible for the debt and given one week to come up with the money . Meanwhile , one of the firm 's leading attorneys , Arthur , has a manic episode in the middle of a deposition in Milwaukee involving a multibillion - dollar , six - year - long class action lawsuit against client U - North , an agricultural products conglomerate . arrives in Milwaukee and bails out of jail after finding out he is no longer taking his medication , but escapes from their hotel room in the middle of the night . 
 , U - North 's general counsel , discovers that had come into possession of a confidential U - North document detailing the company 's decision to manufacture a weed killer it knew to be carcinogenic . brings this to the attention of U - North 's CEO , who puts her in contact with two hit men secretly on retainer . She contracts them to follow and bug his apartment and phone . When they report that is building a case to expose his own client , approves of their taking drastic measures . The men murder in such a way as to make it look like an accidental drug overdose or suicide . 
 , saddened by 's death , becomes suspicious upon learning that U - North was planning a settlement just a few days before , and that had booked a flight to New York for one of the plaintiffs , named . She tells him that no one knew of her conversations with , not even her attorney , yet 's firm somehow knew of 's conversations with the U - North plaintiffs . With the help of his other brother , a police detective , gets access to 's sealed apartment and , finding a bottle of champagne and two glasses in the refrigerator , suspects arranged to meet . There is also a copy of Realm and Conquest , a fantasy novel which 's son had recommended to both and , with several pages evidently highlighted and annotated by , among which is a receipt from a photocopy shop being used as a bookmark . 
 is caught in the apartment and arrested for trespassing , but bails him out . Using the receipt , discovers that had ordered 3,000 copies of the confidential U - North document . takes one copy of the document with him . The hit men , who are now following him , also obtain a copy , which they provide to . is about to show his boss , , the document in his possession . Before he can do so , he is offered a renewed employment contract as well as the $ 80,000 he had requested to cover his debt . As a condition , 's associate , , operating on the assumption that Michael may be shaking down the firm based upon what he has found out about U - North 's activities , imposes a confidentiality agreement on to prevent him from divulging any information that might damage U - North 's case . This reveals to that and already know about U - North 's cover - up . 
 One of the hit men rigs 's car with a bomb , but is forced to leave the job unfinished when suddenly abandons his high - stakes poker game after receiving a phone call summoning him to meet the hit - and - run client in a remote part of Westchester County . He is followed by the hit men , who have trouble tracking him , but eventually get close enough to detonate the radio - controlled bomb . However , had already left the car to approach three horses standing motionless on a hilltop . The tableau resembles an illustration in the book he had found in 's apartment . When the bomb explodes , the horses bolt . runs to the burning car , throws some of his personal effects into it , and escapes into the woods . 
 Later , at a U - North board meeting at the New York Hilton Midtown hotel , proposes that the board approve a new settlement in the class action lawsuit against the company . She leaves the room to let the board of directors deliberate . She is shocked when confronts her in the foyer , since she believed him to be dead . He informs her that he has possession of the U - North memo , and knows about her role in 's murder and the subsequent attempt on his own life . He goads into offering him $ 10 million for his silence . reluctantly agrees , whereupon reveals that she is about to get busted . Angered with 's presence , calls out for security guards , but police arrive and arrest him and instead . hands the cellphone to , then leaves the building , and hails a cab . He tells the driver , " Gimme 50 dollars ' worth , just drive " , as the film ends .

George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, Sydney Pollack, Michael O'Keefe, Merritt Weaver, Ken Howard

( ) is a wealthy , successful businessman recently honored by the Portland , Oregon , Chamber of Commerce as " Man of the Year " . However , lives a secret life as a serial killer , known as the " Thumbprint Killer " . has abstained from murder for the past two years by attending twelve - step meetings for addicts , to try and cope with his " killing addiction " . He feels the compulsion to kill rising again , however , as his i d , ( ) , becomes more insistent . gives in to his addiction and kills a young couple while they are having sex in their house and , as part of his psychopathology , leaves each of the victims ' bloody thumbprints on a lampshade . follows his meticulous modus operandi , including fastidious preparation , cleaning up the crime scene , even locking the doors before departing , and burning the clothes he was wearing during the killings . then realizes that the couple 's curtains were open , facing an apartment building . 
 ' daughter ( ) unexpectedly arrives home , having dropped out of college in Palo Alto , California . She visits at work and mentions that she would like to get a job with his company . The same day , a man calling himself " Mister " ( ) turns up at ' work and blackmails him with photographs of at the most recent murder . demands that take him along on a murder , to which reluctantly agrees . 
 ' wife , ( ) , reveals that dropped out of college because she is pregnant . The are then visited by detectives from Palo Alto who want to interview about a murder committed in her former dorm building . and realize that committed the murder and consider letting her go to jail to " save her " from becoming like them . Eventually , however , uses an alternate identity , flies to Palo Alto , and commits a similar murder to make it appear as if a serial killer is loose , thereby exonerating . 
 researches the background of the police officer chasing the Thumbprint Killer , Detective ( ) , and discovers she 's in the middle of an agonizing divorce from ( ) . decides that and his lawyer , ( ) , will be 's first " victims " . At the scene of the murder , wets his pants in a fit of panic , leaving his DNA for the police to discover later . 
 While driving away from the scene , pulls a gun on , which and had predicted would happen . explains to that he knows he ca n't stop killing , and so plans to commit suicide to spare his family the shame of his being caught . takes to a cemetery he owns , and explains that they will find an open grave . will shoot and then cover him with just enough dirt to mask the body . The next day , a casket will be lowered into the grave and covered , and ' body will never be discovered . 
 attempts to shoot , but reveals that , at some point prior , he had broken into 's apartment and bent the firing pin on 's pistol , rendering it inoperable on the off - chance that would change his mind . ' brush with death makes him realize he wants to live to see his grandchild , and he turns on his would - be murderer , slitting 's throat with a shovel and hiding his body in the open grave . With 's urine providing the only DNA evidence of at a murder scene , will remain undetected . is named as the Thumbprint Killer and returns to his normal life . 
 Knowing he is in the clear , calls Detective , whom he has come to admire , to ask her why she is a police officer . She replies that her wealthy father had wanted a boy , and she wanted to succeed in spite of him . is unable to trace the call before hangs up , but she is puzzled as she realises was not the voice on the line and that they may have fingered the wrong guy . That night , has a nightmare in which murders him , suggesting that he fears will become like him .

( ) is a successful self - help author who returns to his hometown in Nebraska to receive an award . arrives at home and learns that his widowed mother ( ) is dating his former Physical Education teacher ( ) . disapproves of the relationship because he remembers as an abusive bully . 
 and become engaged and the majority of the film centers on 's attempts to convince his mother to break off the relationship . becomes increasingly obsessed with beating at various competitions and with proving that is not a suitable mate for . 's antics are so childish and extreme that his new love interest ( ) , a former classmate , refuses to see him again . 
 is set to receive his award at the same ceremony where will be presented with an award for " Educator of the Year . " receives his award first and is praised by numerous members of the community for being a great teacher and influence on children . is unconvinced and devotes his entire acceptance speech to explaining why is the " biggest asshole on the planet . " and various crowd members refute 's points , and then challenges to a fight . witnesses the confrontation and dumps . 
 The next day , has a heart - to - heart conversation with his mother , who tells him that he is selfish and has always sabotaged her relationships with men after his father 's death . realizes she is correct and attempts to apologize to . The two have a final exorcising fight , which leads to suffering a concussion . and visit in the hospital and all three seemingly make peace . declares that the key to life is not " getting past your past " but instead learning to embrace your past . He opines that 's vicious treatment in gym class helped him become the man he is today . 
 The film ends with several short scenes cut into the final credits . These scenes reveal that and got married , was reunited with , and wrote a second book entitled Backbone : The Definite Guide to Self Confidence .

( ) is a washed - up former pop star who is attempting to revive his dwindling career by hitching his name to the rising star of ( ) , a young megastar who has asked him to write a song titled " Way Back Into Love . " is reluctant to compose again after two decades , but his caring but professional manager tells him that his career is doomed if he does n't . During an unsuccessful attempt to compose the song in collaboration with a " very hip , very edgy " lyricist , discovers that the woman who is temporarily watering his plants , ( ) , has a gift for writing lyrics . , a former creative writing student reeling from a disastrous romance with her former English professor ( ) who " forgot " to mention he had a fiancée , initially refuses . cajoles her into helping him by using a few quickly - chosen phrases she has given him as the basis for a song . Over the next few days , they grow closer while writing the words and music together , much to the delight of 's older sister ( ) , a huge fan of . 
 Barely meeting the deadline has set for the song 's delivery , and are thrilled when she accepts it ; however , at a celebratory dinner with 's manager ( ) is mortified to encounter . She confronts him but finds herself tongue - tied in his presence , and 's own attempts to defend her result in a scuffle . Nursing their wounds back at 's apartment , and fall into an unplanned romantic encounter . 
 is later horrified when she finds plans to record a sexy interpretation of " Way Back into Love , " complete with an Indian vibe which she feels clashes with the romantic spirit of the song . She is determined to convince to abandon the arrangement , but vetoes her efforts for fear he will lose 's goodwill . In the ensuing argument , he admits 's version is awful but contends accepting it as the cost of doing business . Upset by 's willingness to demean his talent and extremely hurt by his argument that Sloan Cates was right about her personality , leaves him . 
 , intending to start a new life in Florida , reluctantly attends the opening of 's new tour at Madison Square Garden , at which and will debut " Way Back Into Love " . Upon hearing that is singing a new song " written by " , is upset to believe that is stealing credit for her work ; however , the song sings is called " Do n't Write Me Off " , his plea for to give him another chance . Touched , finds backstage , and he confesses he convinced to drop the risqué version of " Way Back into Love " in an attempt to win back . He and perform the tune as he and intended it to be sung , leading to the two of them kissing . 
 The end of the movie ( an homage to VH1 's Pop - Up Video ) reveals that the song becomes a hit for and , the film version of 's novel flops with critics and moviegoers ( ruining his career ) , PoP ! reunites for their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame after which their lead singer ( who left the band with some of 's songs to start a solo career ) winds up having his hip replaced after years of dancing , and and go on to become successful partners , both in songwriting and romance .

On April 15 , 1865 , five days after the end of the American Civil War , and enter a tavern in Washington , D.C. , and approach to decode a message in 's diary . recognizes the message as using the cipher and begins to translate it . While he does so , leaves for Ford 's Theatre to assassinate President . solves the puzzle and realizes the men are members of the Knights of the Golden Circle and are Confederate sympathizers . A fight breaks out , and rips several pages from the diary and throws them in the fireplace . is shot , and the gunman retrieves only a page fragment . 
 Approximately 142 years later , 's great - great grandson delivers a lecture on the story at a Civilian Heroes conference . Black market antiquities dealer , , shows one of the 18 missing pages of diary , with name written on it , convincing everyone that was not only a conspirator , but also the grand architect of the assassination . sets out to prove the innocence of . 
 Using spectral imaging , , his estranged girlfriend , and friend discover a cipher pointing to , hidden on the back of the diary page . and travel to Paris , where they find a clue engraved on the torch of the scale model of the Statue of Liberty , referring to the two Resolute desks . One of the desks is used by the President at the Oval Office in Washington , while the other is used by the Queen of Great Britain in Buckingham Palace in London . 
 and then head to London to infiltrate the Palace and shows up , unannounced . From the Queen 's desk , he obtains an ancient wooden plank . Meanwhile , has broken into house and cloned 's cell phone to track 's whereabouts . eventually obtains the wooden plank , but not before manages to photograph the symbols carved into the plank . 
 At 's insistence , reluctantly asks his ex - wife and 's mother , Dr. , for help in translating the symbols . She does so , but points out that some of the glyphs are partial , leading to conclude that another plank must be hidden in the other Resolute desk at the White House . 
 and coax 's new love interest , , a curator for the White House , into letting them into the office to see the desk . discovers that the second plank is missing , but he does find a stamp bearing the seal of the " President 's Secret Book " . tells that the Book of Secrets contains documents collected " by Presidents , for Presidents ' eyes only " , covering such controversial subjects as the assassination , Watergate , and Area 51 . 
 crashes the President 's birthday party at Mount Vernon to convince the President to follow him into a secret tunnel under the House , where he confronts him about the book . The President warns Ben that his actions will be interpreted as an attempt to kidnap the President and is now wanted for committing a federal offense . convinces the President to reveal the location of the book , which is at the Library of Congress . 
 In the book , finds a picture of the missing plank from the desk and an entry by President , who found the plank in 1924 , had it destroyed , and commissioned to carve Mount Rushmore to erase the map 's landmarks in order to protect the treasure . However , FBI Agent tracks to the Library and the three narrowly escape capture . 
 , , , and then head to Mount Rushmore , where they meet , who has kidnapped 's mother , . helps them find the entrance of a cave , containing the legendary Native American city of gold , Cíbola . Once inside , they encounter several traps and everyone gets separated . Eventually , they find the city of solid gold underneath Mount Rushmore and it begins flooding with water . In order to get out alive , one person has to stay behind to hold open the door to the tunnel . After a struggle and 's attempt to sacrifice himself , ends up staying behind and asking to give him the credit for finding the treasure . 
 clears his family 's name with the discovery and is cleared of all charges when the President , in an attempt to protect , tells everyone that saved his life . also ensures receives joint credit for the find . At the end , the President mentions the favor he asked of when he gave him the location of the Book , implying that a third movie would be forthcoming .

Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Jon Voight, Justin Bartha, Helen Mirren

( ) can see into his future . He can only see two minutes ahead , with the exception of a vision he once had of a woman walking into a diner . Knowing no details other than the time , he goes to the diner twice each day at 8:09 to await her arrival . He works as a small - time magician in Las Vegas , where he supplements his income with gambling , using his powers to win against the house . 
 draws the attention of FBI agent ( ) , who has figured out his ability and wants to stop Russian terrorists from detonating a nuclear weapon . Before she can approach , his gambling draws the attention of casino security . He stops an imminent robbery , yet is chased by security agents . Using his ability to forecast the actions of his pursuers , he eludes them and the Las Vegas police . tracks to his home , but he escapes after foreseeing her arrival . Later that night , the casino 's security chief is approached by two of the terrorists , is interrogated about and is then killed . 
 The following morning , is at the diner again when he sees ( ) , the woman from his vision . It turns out that not only can see the future , but he can also see how his actions can affect that future . After envisioning different approaches — all of which fall flat — he intervenes when 's ex - boyfriend arrives . Knowing that she is heading for Flagstaff , Arizona , Cris charms her into giving him a ride . follows , while the terrorists decide to kill him . A washed - out road forces and to spend the night in a motel . With the weapon tracked to Los Angeles , convinces her superiors to let her bring in . The terrorists follow in the hope that the agents will lead them to . 
 confronts near the hotel . Claiming is a dangerous sociopath , asks to drug so that they can bring him in peacefully . Instead , warns , who tells her his secret . When she asks why he will not help the FBI stop the terrorists , he explains his limitations , noting the exception for events involving her . Asking for to wait for him , he tries to escape from the FBI agents but is captured after saving from logs tumbling down the side of a mountain . Unable to kill , the terrorists kidnap instead . 
 In custody , is strapped to a chair with his eyes held open and forced to watch television until he has a vision that can help the FBI . They expect him to see a report about the detonation of the bomb , but instead he envisions a broadcast from several hours in the future in which is killed by a small bomb while strapped to a wheelchair as bait for him . escapes from captivity and races to the parking garage where she will be killed . Pursuing him to the garage , promises to help save her as long as will help stop the bomb ; she also sets up a plan to draw out the terrorists . 
 Using his ability , helps the FBI track the terrorists to the port where they are based . When they arrive , is able to walk right up to the terrorist leader and avoid being hit , by seeing where the bullets will go and dodging them . After killing the terrorists and saving , they find that the bomb has already been moved . shows a seismograph , hoping that he will see any tremors caused by explosions before they happen . As he stares at the screen he realizes that he has made a mistake and that he was too late : the bomb detonates out at sea and completely destroys the port , as well as the rest of the city . 
 The timeline reverts to and in bed at the hotel in Arizona , before goes outside to be confronted by . Because of 's involvement in events , has been able to envision everything that could happen leading to the nuclear explosion . " Every time you look into the future , it changes . " 
 calls and offers to help prevent the nuclear disaster , then asks to wait for him .

In Texas , 1980 , hitman strangles a deputy sheriff to escape custody and uses a captive bolt pistol to kill a driver and steal his car . He spares the life of a gas station owner after the owner accepts a challenge and successfully guesses the result of 's coin flip . 
 Hunting pronghorns in the desert , comes across the aftermath of a drug deal gone awry . He finds several dead men and dogs , a wounded Mexican begging for water , and two million dollars in a briefcase . He takes the money and returns home . That night , returns to the scene with water . He is pursued by two men in a truck and escapes . At home , he sends his wife , , to stay with her mother , then drives to a motel in Del Rio , where he hides the case in the air conditioning duct of his room . 
 , hired to recover the money , kills his employers after obtaining a clue to 's identity . Arriving to search 's home , he uses his bolt pistol to blow the lock out of the door . Investigating the break in , Sheriff notices the blown - out lock . Using a tracking device hidden with the money , goes to 's motel and kills a group of Mexicans who are preparing to ambush in his room . has rented a second room adjacent to the Mexicans ' room with access to the duct where the money is hidden . He retrieves the briefcase just before opens the duct and finds it empty . 
 While staying at a hotel in Eagle Pass , discovers the tracking device , but has already found him . Their firefight spills onto the streets , killing a civilian , and both are wounded . flees to Mexico , stashing the case of money in weeds along the Rio Grande . Severely injured , he offers money to some musicians , who take him to a hospital . , another hired operative , fails to persuade Moss to accept protection in return for the money . cleans and stitches his own wounds with stolen supplies and sneaks up on at his hotel . After unsuccessfully attempts to barter for his life , kills him in his hotel room . telephones the room and answers . tells that he will kill unless gives up the money ; he remarks that he will kill regardless . 
 retrieves the case from the bank of the Rio Grande and arranges to meet at a motel in El Paso , where he plans to give her the money and hide her from danger . is approached by Sheriff , who promises to protect . mother unwittingly reveals 's location to a group of Mexicans who had been tailing them . reaches the motel rendezvous at El Paso , only to hear gunshots and spot a pickup truck speeding from the motel . As enters the parking lot , he sees lying dead . When arrives , she chokes up upon seeing her husband 's dead body . 
 That night , returns to the crime scene and finds the lock blown out . hides behind the door . enters 's room and sees that the vent has been removed . Later , visits his uncle , an ex - lawman , and tells him he plans to retire because he feels " over - matched " . clarifies that the region has always been violent . 
 Weeks later returns from her mother 's funeral to find waiting in her bedroom . She refuses his offer of a coin toss for her life , stating that the choice is entirely his own . leaves the house and checks the soles of his boots . As he drives away through the neighborhood , a car crashes into his at an intersection and is injured . He bribes two young witnesses for their silence , and flees . 
 Now retired , shares two dreams with his wife . In the first , he lost some money his father had given him . In the other , he and his father were riding through a snowy mountain pass ; his father had gone ahead to make a fire in the darkness and wait for .

Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald, Tess Harper, Barry Corbin

( ) is the head chef at the trendy 22 Bleecker Street Restaurant in West Village of Manhattan , New York . She runs her kitchen at a rapid pace as she coordinates the making and preparation of all the fantastic meals , and personally displays the food to perfection on every dish . She intimidates everyone around her , including her boss ( ) , who sends her to therapy . hates to leave the kitchen when a customer wants to compliment her on one of her special dishes ; however , she is ready to leave the kitchen in an instant when a customer insults her cooking . 
 When 's sister is killed in a car accident , her nine - year - old niece , ( ) , must move in with her . is devastated by her sister 's death and with all of her problems , decides to hire a new sous chef to join the staff , ( ) , who is a rising star in his own right and could be the head chef of any restaurant he pleased . , however , wants to work under . The atmosphere in the kitchen is somewhat chaotic as feels increasingly threatened by as time goes on due to his style of running her kitchen . loves to listen to opera while he cooks and he loves to make the staff laugh . And finds herself strangely attracted to , whose uplifting personality has not only affected her staff but as well , who has been coming to work with . 
 With all that is happening in 's life , the last thing she would want is to fall in love with this man , as she has pushed away all others prior . Nevertheless , there is some kind of chemistry between the two of them that only flourishes with their passion for cooking . Yet life hits her hard when decides to offer the job of head chef and 's relationship with turns a sour note due to 's pride . also develops a special bond with . 
 In the end , allows herself to become vulnerable and tear down the walls she has built throughout her life so that she and could start fresh . The movie concludes with , , and having opened their own bistro .

( ) and ( ) are best friends as children at an orphanage , which doubles as a Chinese restaurant owned by their father figure ( ) , but are separated when gets adopted by an unnamed family . While being bullied by twins in a playground one day , is saved by a tough , overweight girl named ( ) who scares him into being her boyfriend and in turn ; protects him from bullies . She protects from the other children and intimidates them into letting play with them . Years later , as adults , 's bullying nature gets worse as she grows up to be a grumpy , arrogant , vindictive , and mean - spirited woman . 
 She eventually pressures into marrying her and bullies , insults , and controls him to make sure that she keeps him all to herself . is also belittled by 's older brothers ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , working as a bookkeeper at their local building company . The brothers also run a " security business " and instill fear in everyone in the town except Mr. , who is the only person in the community that does n't put up with their antics and refuses to sell his business to them . 
 When discovers that is cheating on him with her dance instructor ( ) , she carelessly brushes it off like nothing happened . yells at and she becomes angered and chases him a couple of blocks . He escapes her and throws away his wedding ring due to her deception . vents out his anger over 's infidelity at a puppet show for the children at the orphanage . Unexpectedly , during the show , sees for the first time since childhood . Stunned by her return , his affection for her reignites while he learns she is buying Mr. 's orphanage , but he is disappointed to find out the following Tuesday that she is now engaged to ( ) . 
 With help from his two ex - pimp friends Pope Sweet Jesus ( ) and Lord Have Mercy ( ) and the other townspeople , manages to meet up with without 's knowledge . Revealed to be a crooked businessman and gold digger , helps the brothers in their plan to turn the orphanage into a strip club called Nipplopolis to get a cut in the profit . The brothers dupe into getting to sign papers to renew the restaurant 's liquor license and put it in the ' name . 's meeting with leads to him helping her rehearse her wedding , where a kiss between the two of them makes her reconsider getting married . When returns home , he learns that witnessed the whole thing ( as she drove past and fainted ) . She threatens to kill if she ever sees with her again . 
 confronts after finding out about the deal and sees him in the window of the basement , where he has been locked away by a villainous . reluctantly insults , deliberately driving her away so that will not follow through with her previous threat to kill . Satisfied with hurting 's feelings , adds that played and has been setting her up since the first day she came back to town . Heartbroken , runs away and relishes in her sadness , laughing and mocking her . Fed up with the stress he is under , decides to leave town for good , but first tries to warn about , but she ignores him . 
 After that , the Latimores reveal their evil plan to and lock him up in the basement again and is chosen by to stay and keep watch . After the other Latimores leave to go to the wedding , escapes from the basement and past 's guard and races to the church on his bicycle . Though the Latimores try to stop him , reaches the church and informs of 's gold digging schemes . Unfortunately , his proof of 's divorce settlements were destroyed in the process due to him falling into a pond trying to escape the clutches of the Latimores . However , 's ex - wives and children show up in person , with each of them revealing conflicting tales about him as had arranged to provide further proof of 's wrongdoings . 
 Confronted by them , declares defeat and runs off , effectively ending the marriage . Furious that their plans are permanently ruined , the brothers try to attack before finding the townspeople standing up against them . In a blind rage , fights her way through the crowd with a spade and prepares to attack , but she runs away after being harpooned in the rear by Mr. . Her brothers are then chased out of town by 's friends . After avows her love for with a passionate kiss , the two reconcile and officially divorces , using her affair with and her attempted murder of him as grounds for it . 
 and buy the orphanage and get married under the same tree where they once played as children . and her brothers now essentially fugitives move to Mexico and open up El Nipplopolis , where becomes their most popular and lucrative stripper , never to be seen again .

, a 16 - year - old skateboarder , rides a freight train clandestinely with a man named whom he has just met at the Eastside Skatepark , known as " Paranoid Park " . While the train is moving a security guard notices the pair , chases after them , and tries to get them off by hitting with his flashlight . During the melee , hits him with his skateboard and the guard , losing balance , falls onto another track into the path of an oncoming freight train which cuts him in half . tries to destroy some of the evidence . For example , he throws his skateboard into the Willamette River from the Steel Bridge , and when he arrives at his friend 's house , he showers and disposes of the clothes he had been wearing . 
 is later questioned at school by Detective , as are several other students who had been skateboarding on the night in question . It is revealed that the police have recovered 's skateboard , though they have not traced it back to him , and have identified DNA evidence which places the skateboard at the scene of the security guard 's death . 
 Throughout the film keeps the incident to himself , and does not confide in anyone else . After having impassive sex with his girlfriend , , he breaks up with her . Another of his friends , , notices that he is worried about something . She advises him to write down whatever is bothering him as a cathartic release if nothing else . He initially rejects the idea , but eventually writes an account , which becomes the basis for the story . After completing the written account , burns it .

At an airport in France , an Iranian woman , , looks at the flight schedule ; her eyes come to rest at a listing bound for Tehran . She then takes a seat and smokes a cigarette . She reflects on her childhood , full of politically driven conflict . 
 As a young girl , lived in Tehran and wanted to be a prophet and was a great fan of . At the time , her passion was to participate in a revolution against the Shah of Iran . Her middle - class family participates in all the rallies , though herself is forbidden from attending . One day , , a friend of the family and the father of 's friend , is released from prison . They all listen as he explains the pains from prison , and grows jealous of having a real ' hero ' in her family . 
 Some days later , and a group of friends attempt to attack a young boy named , whose father , a member of SAVAK , the 's secret police , had killed Communists and revolutionaries as part of his work . They retrieve nails from a toolbox and attempt to nail him . They are stopped by 's mother , who punishes . In her room , tells that 's father 's crimes are not 's fault . walks up to the next day to say she forgives him for his father being a ' murderer ' but an indignant staunchly defends his father and angrily rides away on his bike . 
 One day , 's Uncle arrives to have dinner with the family after recently being released from his nine - year sentence in prison . is ecstatic to meet him as he is the very sort of family ' hero ' she wants to have . Uncle inspires with his stories of his life on the run from the government , a result of rebelling . Political enemies cease fighting and elections for a new leading power commence . 's family 's situation does not improve , in spite of 's optimism , and they are profoundly upset when Islamic Fundamentalists ' win ' the elections with 99.99 % of the vote and start repressing Iranian society , imposing strict Islamic ideals onto them . The government forces women to dress modestly , including wearing a headscarf , and is rearrested and executed for his political beliefs , as are other political dissenters who has come to know , while narrowly flees with his family after his sister was killed in his place . Many of the family 's friends , as well as thousands of Iranians flee the new regime to Europe or the USA . Upset that God did nothing to prevent the execution of her beloved uncle , she rejects her faith . 
 Profoundly disillusioned , tries , with her family , to fit into the reality of the new regime . The Iran – Iraq War breaks out and sees for herself the horrors of death and destruction . The Iranian government begins implementing ridiculous laws that create blatant injustices and cut down even more on social freedoms . witnesses her father threatened by corrupt rifle - wielding teenaged government officials . 
 Later , one of her uncles has a heart attack . They are informed that he needs open - heart surgery . As they do not have the equipment in Iran , he needs to be sent to England . However , since the borders are closed , only very sick people , if approved by the Board of Health , can leave . When the uncle 's wife attempts to get permission , she finds that the hospital director that she must deal with was her former window - washer ; incompetent and totally submissive to his beliefs , he refuses to allow the uncle to travel abroad for medical treatment , and her father go to see , a man who prints fake passports . He tells them he can make the passport in a week . is sheltering a relative named , an 18 - year - old wanted for her Communist beliefs , and who takes an instant liking to . Later , however , is spotted and promptly arrested and executed ; 's house is ransacked in the process . flees without ever making the passport . can only watch as her uncle eventually dies from his heart problems . His official passport arrived on the day of his death . 
 The family tries to find solace in secret parties where they enjoy simple pleasures the government has outlawed , including alcohol . As she grows up , begins a life of over - confidence . She refuses to stay out of trouble , secretly buying Western heavy metal music , notably Iron Maiden , on the black market , wearing unorthodox clothing such as a denim jacket , celebrating punk rock and other Western music sensations like . She nearly avoids being taken into custody by the female Guardians of the Revolution by lying . is expelled from school when she openly rebuts a teacher 's lies about the abuses of the government . 
 Fearing her arrest for her outspokenness , 's parents send her to a French lycée in Vienna , Austria , where she can be safe and free to express herself . She lives with Catholic nuns and is upset with their discriminatory and judgmental behavior . makes few friends , and ultimately feels intolerably isolated in a foreign land surrounded by annoyingly superficial people who take their freedom for granted and view her with open disdain . As the years go by , is thrown out of her temporary shelter for insulting a nun . 
 continues to go from house to house until ending up in the house of Frau Dr. Schloss , an unstable former philosophy teacher . One night , her grandmother 's voice resonates , telling her to stay true to herself as she leaves a party after lying about her nationality , telling an acquaintance that she was French . Her would - be lover reveals his homosexuality after a failed attempt at sex with . She engages in a passionate love affair with , a debonair native , which ends badly when she discovers him cheating on her . is then accused of stealing Frau Dr. ' brooch , and finally leaves . She spends the day on a park bench , reflecting upon how ' stupid ' she had been , and realizes that she has nowhere else left to go . She lives on the street for a few months . Eventually , she becomes ill and contracts bronchitis , and almost dies . 
 recovers in a Viennese hospital and returns to Iran with her family 's permission and hopes that the conclusion of the war will improve their quality of life . After spending several days wasting her time watching television , falls into a clinical depression . She attempts suicide by overdosing on medication . She falls asleep and dreams of and reminding her what is important and encouraging her to live . Her determination is renewed and she begins enjoying life again . 
 attends university classes and parties . She enters into a relationship with a fellow student . notices that her situation has gradually worsened and that Iranian society is more tyrannized than ever . Mass executions for political beliefs and petty religious absurdities have become common , much to 's dismay . She and her boyfriend are caught holding hands and their parents are forced to pay a fine to avoid their lashing . 
 Despite Iranian society making living as a student and a woman intolerable , remains rebellious . She resorts to personal survival tactics to protect herself , such as falsely accusing a man of insulting her to avoid being arrested for wearing makeup and marrying her boyfriend to avoid scrutiny by the religious police . Her grandmother is disappointed by 's behavior and berates , telling her that both her grandfather and her uncle died supporting freedom and innocent people and that she should never forsake them or her family by succumbing to the repressive environment of Iran . , realizing her mistake , delivers a speech at a gathering at the university , and her grandmother is pleased to hear that openly confronted the blatant sexist double standard in her university 's forum on public morality . 
 The fundamentalist police , however , manage to discover and raid a party that attends . While the women are detained ( though having just barely managed to cover themselves up , they ultimately avoid punishment ) , the men escape across the rooftops . One of the men , , hesitates before jumping , consequently falling to his death . Her family decides that , after her friend 's death and her divorce , leave the country permanently to avoid being targeted by the Iranian authorities as a political dissident . Before she leaves Iran , she takes a trip to the Caspian Sea and visits the graves of her grandfather and uncle . 's mother forbids from returning to which agrees . states that this would be the last time she saw her grandmother who died not long after her departure . 
 collects her luggage and gets into a taxi . As the taxi drives away from the south terminal of Paris - Orly Airport , the narrative cuts back to the present day . The driver asks where she is from and she replies " Iran ; " she has kept the promise she made to and her grandmother that she would remember where she came from and that she would always stay true to herself . She recalls her final memory of her grandmother telling her how she placed in her brassiere to smell lovely every day .

In order to control the oceans , Lord executes anyone associated with piracy by ordering to destroy all pirate ships in the seas . Condemned prisoners sing " Hoist the Colours " to compel the nine Pirate Lords to convene at Shipwreck Cove to hold the Brethren Court . Because Captain , Pirate Lord of the Caribbean Sea , never named a successor before being killed , Captain , , , , and the crew of the Black Pearl plot to rescue from Locker . Traveling to Singapore , the crew meet Captain ( Pirate Lord of the South China Sea ) , who owns navigational charts to the Locker . 's soldiers invade , but the crew escape . secretly promises to give to in return for the Pearl , which he will use to rescue his father from the Flying Dutchman . 
 The crew travels to the Locker and rescues . The crew encounters many dead souls , including 's father Governor , who was executed by . reveals that the Goddess Calypso charged with the job to guide the souls of those who died at sea to the next world . Once every ten years he could come ashore to be with the woman he loved . But he corrupted his purpose and was cursed to become a monster . The soul of Governor reveals that the Dutchman must always have a captain . 
 Returning to the living world , the Pearl stops at an island for fresh water , where the crew find the Kraken lying dead on the beach , having been killed by under orders from . They are then attacked by and 's men . Through a complex series of deals , is handed over to , who believes she is the goddess , while the rest of the crew make for Shipwreck Cove aboard the Pearl . throws off the ship as part of the plan to seize control of the Dutchman . tells that the first Brethren Court bound in human form after she betrayed her lover , . He plans to release her to defeat . attacks 's ship , the Empress , mortally wounding in the process . appoints his successor as Pirate Lord before dying . and the crew are locked in the brig of the Dutchman , where she finds a partially insane . In a moment of clarity , reveals that whoever kills must take his place , bound to serve the Dutchman forever . He reiterates that " the Dutchman must always have a captain . " Admiral frees and her new crew from the Dutchman , but is killed by . 
 The Black Pearl arrives at Shipwreck Cove , where attempts to persuade the Brethren Court to release . visits in the Pearl 's brig , revealing she is . 's father Captain , Keeper of the Pirate Code , informs the Court that only an elected Pirate King can decide on going into battle . A vote is taken . To avoid a stalemate , casts his vote for , making her King . 
 The Brethren Court and 's fleets emerge for war . On a sandbank , , , , , , and , trading for . steals 's piece of eight , all of which are owned by the Pirate Lords and required to free . frees , but when reveals it was who betrayed her and made it possible for the first Court to imprison her , vanishes and summons an enormous maelstrom . 
 The and the Dutchman battle in the maelstrom . and are we d by . On board the Dutchman , and engage in a duel for control of heart . stabs , mortally wounding him . gives up his chance for immortality and instead helps stab the heart . falls into the maelstrom . and escape the Dutchman as it is sucked into the maelstrom . 
 As 's ship , the Endeavour , approaches to destroy the Pearl , the Dutchman rises from the sea , now captained by ; the crew has been freed from 's curse . Together , the two pirate ships destroy the Endeavour . A stunned goes down with his ship while his navy retreats . With now forever bound to escort souls lost at sea to the next world , he and bid farewell to each other on the beach of an abandoned island . departs on the Dutchman , leaving pregnant and with the chest containing his heart . 
 and discover has stolen the Black Pearl again , but planned ahead and stole navigational charts . He departs from Tortuga alone to track down the mythical Fountain of Youth . 
 In a post - credits scene , set ten years later , and her son watch from a sea cliff as returns aboard the Dutchman .

Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy, Geoffrey Rush, Chow Yun-fat

( ) and ( ) are married with two daughters , ( ) and ( ) but their relationship is faltering . While is away on a business trip , is left to take care of the girls . After listens to a message from , Sheriff ( ) knocks on the door and tells that her husband died in a car accident on the previous day . Linda ’s mother , ( ) arrives to help the family through its grief . falls asleep on the living room couch , only to wake up in bed instead . She is shocked to see that is downstairs drinking coffee and watching TV . While on the road , is pulled over by Sheriff and learns that he has no knowledge of her . Before the day ends , she accidentally falls on a dead crow while hanging laundry in her yard . 
 The next day , is once again dead and has a gash on her face . awakes next to an empty bottle of lithium pills , prescribed by Dr. . Family members , along with 's friend ( ) attend the burial for . finds Dr. 's phone number in the garbage can but his voice mail message states that the office is only open on weekdays . ( ) later subdues with two assistants and Sheriff . arrives and says that needs to be committed to a mental health facility . wakes up in her bed again and finds in the shower . After dropping the girls off at school , she stops in her driveway and opens the garbage to discover the crow 's body inside . She goes to see Dr. who does not recognize her . tells about the premonitions she has been having until he prescribes lithium . Back at the house , sees running toward the glass doors . Despite 's urging , she runs through it hurting her face and hands . throws Dr. 's number in the garbage before realizing that the days are unfolding out of order . She records Tuesday as the current day , Saturday as the funeral 's day and Friday as a day yet to come . Before goes to bed she makes him promise that " if tomorrow is Wednesday , please , please wake me up before you leave . " 
 On Friday and visits the insurance agent who tells her that tripled his life insurance benefits on the morning of his accident . On the previous Sunday , visits Father ( ) who tells her a story about a woman with similar experiences who was later hanged for witchcraft . Eventually , visits the site of the accident . She stares at the " Mile 220 " sign , which is where Sheriff told her the accident took place . Images of her family flash before her eyes as tries to decide what to do . That night , puts pressure on and the kids to show more affection for each other . She continues acting strange , so tries to comfort her . She tells him that she ’s had a dream where he died . He tells her that it is just a dream and that everything will be fine . A storm rages on and a crow is struck by a falling power line . wakes up in her bed on Wednesday and reads a note from saying that he has taken the kids to school . begins to search for , who then calls the house and leaves the message from the beginning of the film . The two have a reconciliation . Then tries to save from the car accident over the phone ; however , her attempt fails . The movie ends with pregnant with another child .

It is 1974 and life is not easy for a black male to find employment , even college - educated ( ) . While struggling to find anything better , , a former competitive swimmer , is working on the decrepit Marcus Foster Recreation Center operated by the Philadelphia Department of Recreation . The center includes a dilapidated swimming pool , which rehabilitates . 's presence and activities cause friction with a bitter , overprotective janitor named ( ) . One day , Jim invites a group of black teens who have just been thrown off the basketball court in the Center 's yard in for a swim . ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) prove to be fairly capable swimmers and with a few pointers , could become great swimmers . With some help from , decides to try to save the swimming pool by starting the city 's first all African - American swim team , the P.D.R. team ( Pride , Determination , Resilience ) . When the team acquires ( ) , a female swimmer more talented than any of the boys , the prospects of competing against much more experienced white teams begin to improve . also develops a romantic interest in a beautiful city councilor ( ) , 's sister and guardian . Throughout their struggles in and out of the swimming pool , and encourage and mentor the kids , helping them not only to become successful at swimming but also in their struggles against prejudice , crime , and poverty .

In Burundi , a British forensic anthropologist is examining the corpses in a mass grave , claiming they were all killed in an identical manner . When the woman digs her shovel into what she believes is another grave , an unseen creature attacks , and violently drags her into the river . The UN soldiers accompanying her fire into the water , but only her partially devoured corpse floats to the surface , before being devoured . 
 In a New York City newsroom , television journalist ( ) is assigned by his boss , ( ) , to travel to Burundi with ( ) , a reporter who deals with animal stories and has become interested in , a gigantic , fierce crocodile known to have killed hundreds of people in Africa , over the years . With the killing of the anthropologist , is suddenly a story of interest to the world . does n't want to go , knowing that Burundi is a war zone , but he has little choice , since one of his stories turns out to have been based on falsified evidence . and are accompanied to Burundi by 's cameraman and friend , ( ) and herpetologist ( ) , who is intent on capturing alive . 
 At the airport in Bujumbura they are met by a government official nicknamed ( ) , who tries to delay their departure by warning them of unrest in the bush , caused by a dangerous warlord who has nicknamed himself " Little . " manages to overrule by faking a call to , and the team departs the next day , accompanied by two soldiers . When the party reach the village where the last attack occurred , they meet their guide , a licensed hunter named ( ) , and are blessed by the local shaman . The friendly villagers later assemble a steel cage in order to capture the crocodile and take it to a nearby swamp . The first attempt to capture , by placing a goat as bait , fails , but manages to shoot a tracking dart into it . 
 In the next attempt , ( ) , a teenage villager who helped set up the cage , uses himself as live bait to capture . The beast arrives , and tries to devour him , but disappears , as , , and race to rescue him . Meanwhile , catches one of the soldier escorts stealing money from a tent . The soldier knocks her down and attempts to rape her , but arrives and kills him . escapes unharmed , and catches up with the others . The remaining guard relays over his radio that the Americans videotaped the shaman 's execution . Just as the group realizes that the soldiers work for Little , the remaining guards , believing videotaped the evidence , wounds him ; intervenes , and shoots them . While 's wound is being treated , attacks the group . recalls the story of how his wife , , was killed by , and that he swore revenge . produces a grenade , and detonates it as grabs him in his jaws , and devours him , but the explosion fails to kill the crocodile . 
 The next day , a helicopter arrives to airlift the survivors , but a truck arrives with two of Little 's men , who fire a rocket at the helicopter . The group ducks , except for , who runs after the helicopter to stop it from flying away . is rammed by the truck and shot to death by the younger of the two militia members , a teenager performing what is clearly his first execution . When the driver of the truck notices the rest of the group , yells for them to split up . In the ensuing chase , both of Little 's men are killed : when the truck crashes into the river , the teenager is thrown out and dies on impact , while the driver is shot by when he tries to strangle to death . 
 stumbles upon and struggles to escape . While stays with the injured , goes to look for , but finds only his camera . As they are waiting for help , remarks to that he now understands the shaman 's earlier words that " we make our own monsters . " had earlier told the group that crocodiles frequently feed on carrion , and there is no limit to how large they can grow , given enough sustenance ; it is the bodies from the civil war , floating in the river , that have given a taste for human flesh , and allowed him to reach such a gargantuan size , as the years go by . 
 arrives in a Range Rover , but realizes that he is actually Little upon discovering the shaman 's necklace in his possession , who wants the video evidence . attempts to trick by giving him the GPS tracker linked to the dart on Gustave , saying it will locate the computer with the video . forces and to lead them to the " computer . " While holds at gunpoint , and one of 's men follow the tracking signal to 's lair , where the crocodile is sleeping . finds 's mutilated body , and a combat knife in the scattered human remains , and stabs the guard . At the same moment , splatters with 's container of crocodile pheromones and runs . wakes up but catches the scent of the pheromones , ignoring and in favor of devouring . 
 , and climb into the Range Rover , but attacks through the rear window . stabs the crocodile in the mouth with a machete . It then roars in defeat , as the others manage to escape . , , , and receive medical treatment and fly back home to America , watching leftover footage of on his camera . The end credits state that the Burundian Civil War ended with a ceasefire in 2005 , but is very much alive and still killing people in the Rusizi River of Burundi .

is a beautiful auto mechanic and aspiring musician who is invited to join music producer Infamous aboard his private jet en route to Las Vegas in appreciation of her services on his Ford GT . She is also a highly skilled race car driver , but is sometimes haunted by memories of her father 's death at a NASCAR race many years ago . Meanwhile , on another side of town , has just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq . He meets up with his brother before heading to Vegas themselves . is not happy that is living with their mob boss uncle , whom he always sees as the cause of their family 's destruction . They are unaware that has been running an unsuccessful counterfeiting ring and owes millions of dollars to another syndicate led by the " Godfather " . 
 On the outskirts of Vegas , a high - stakes race event is being held , with , Infamous , Hollywood producer and Chinese businessman placing their bets over who has the better car . When Infamous ' driver fakes an ankle injury , becomes Infamous ' driver in exchange for $ 300,000 and a recording contract . However , she is unaware that Infamous has to place her on his wager , as - who has been obsessed with her since watching her band perform on stage earlier - has placed four platinum bars at stake . At the same time , wagers his brand - new Enzo Ferrari on . 
 ( driving a Mercedes - Benz SLR McLaren ) takes on ( driving a Lamborghini Diablo ) . As they approach the finish line , is several car lengths ahead of , but he quickly zips past her by engaging the onboard nitrous system . Unfortunately , because of the excessive speed , the Diablo loses downforce , flies off the ground and flips in mid - air before crashing upside down at the finish line . Attempting to avoid the falling Diablo , crashes on a barrier and is knocked unconscious . Before can reach to rescue him , the Diablo bursts into flames , killing his brother instantly . 's henchmen , dressed as paramedics , place in an ambulance and speed off . 
 wakes up in 's mansion , realizing that she is now his property . Meanwhile , meets up with an old military friend and picks up some ammunition and gear before riding a Ducati 999 with the intent to kill . After breaking into 's mansion , and bump into each other and leave the complex . This prompts to have his henchmen kidnap her mother and convince her to drive for him at the next race at Red Rock Canyon in Nevada . Meanwhile , after receiving an ultimatum by the Godfather to pay him $ 80 million following a botched attempt at giving him counterfeit bills , raises his funds for the upcoming race by borrowing money from the banks using his mansion as collateral . 
 In the final race , , , and place their bets for a combined purse of $ 100 million . and are eliminated from the race after their cars ( an SLR and a Porsche Carrera GT , respectively ) are involved in separate crashes . During the race , ( driving Michael 's Enzo ) receives a phone call from notifying her that he has rescued her mother . While she is several car lengths ahead of Brecken 's Saleen S7 Twin Turbo , she stops the Enzo an inch away from the finish line and gives the S7 the win , costing the race . 
 With no money left , is given a last ride from the Godfather 's henchmen . As a way of thanking for handing his driver the victory , gives her a recording contract ( which shortly gives her a gold record and lands her on the cover of Variety ) , an Enzo and a Koenigsegg CCX . The film ends with ( in the Koenigsegg ) and ( in the Enzo ) racing each other before being chased by the police on the freeway .

When the Twin Towers went down in 2001 , lost everything important in his life . Five years have passed since 's wife and daughters died , and now the once - successful and sociable man has become a withdrawn shadow of his former self . He does not discuss his loss , causing his in - laws to worry for his sanity , believing that he has struck the tragedy from his mind . 
 When fate brings and his former college roommate together once again on a Manhattan street corner , is shocked to see just how far his old friend has fallen . 's hair is long and he wears a headset constantly to let music drown out the upsetting memories of his wife and children . 
 Though on the surface it would appear that , a successful dentist , has it all , the pressures of a family and career have been weighing heavily on him . At a pivotal moment when and both need a trusted friend , the restorative power of a rekindled friendship provides a lifeline needed to move forward . 
 endeavors to bring out of his shell by convincing him to see a therapist . is barely communicative , however , ending every session after only a couple of minutes . His therapist says he needs to tell the story about his family to someone eventually . soon tells his tragic story , but afterwards tries to commit suicide by cop and ends up in an asylum . 
 Legal proceedings commence , Judge ( ) must determine whether to commit to psychiatric care against his will . The judge leaves the decision to 's in - laws , asking them to think of what their daughter would want for . He approaches his in - laws in the lobby of the courthouse , stating that he does not carry pictures nor discuss his family because he sees them every day , in the faces of people walking down the street . They decide that he should not be committed ; instead , moves to a new apartment , leaving behind the painful memories associated with his former home . At the end of the film , visits for the day and his wife calls and tells him " I love you and just want you to come home . "

The film opens outside of a building where terrorists are holding hostages and a nuclear bomb . The Reno Sheriff 's Department arrives in a helicopter , called in as experts . As the group prepare to deal with the situation , Deputy wakes up and realizes it was a dream ; he was sleeping at the wheel and the vehicle he and Lt . are in crashes . 
 The film continues with introductory clips of the officers , telling how they became interested in law enforcement , à la COPS . After a scene involving a chicken in the road miscoded as an " armed person on a roof " , tells everyone that they have been invited to the American Police Convention in Miami Beach . On arrival , the group finds they are not on the entrant list . Having nowhere to stay , they rent rooms at a motel that seems to be a hub of illegal activities . After partying most of the night , most of the police officers unsuccessfully attempt to seduce one another at the motel , with the guys eventually turning to pleasuring themselves to the shock of the ones outside . 
 As everyone recovers from their hangovers , discovers a tattoo on her breast of a mystery man . The team return to the convention to see if their tickets were found , but discover the building has been the subject of a bio - chemical terrorist attack that has quarantined the police inside . The only city official left outside is assistant deputy mayor . The head of National Security asks Reno Sheriffs Department to provide law enforcement for Miami Beach . A high - ranking SWAT agent , , arrives on the scene to give a pep talk , but soon ends up blowing himself up with a grenade he had unpinned during the talk . 
 The team assume the Miami Sheriff 's responsibilities , and respond to several emergency calls including an alligator in a swimming pool ; street prostitution that leads to Reno : 911 regular who is in town to record an album ; and a dead beached whale , which they eventually remove by blowing it up . and are repeatedly kidnapped by , a drug lord who tries to act like from Scarface . fires the team for their incompetence , but as the team brings a cake to apologize to him they discover in cahoots with to create a drug empire . kills and escapes with the bio - terrorism antidote . The team chase , who holds them at gunpoint until and arrive in a Marine helicopter and surrenders . Lt . arrests him , but , who had been piloting the helicopter , accidentally blows up . 
 The antidote is distributed , and the Reno Sheriff 's Department are eventually congratulated by their peers for their actions . accepts a job at the Sheriff 's Department at Aspen , who had repeatedly turned him down previously . The remaining team are offered a flight back to Reno by , revealed to have a rich father , on his private jet . Back in Reno , briefs the team on their day 's work . enters , interrupting the briefing , and explains that Aspen has a zero - tolerance policy forbidding homosexual sheriffs . continues the briefing , and reveals the group have been invited to a convention at Scotland Yard .

( ) wakes up disoriented in a mansion . Wandering through its halls , she is forced to escape several security traps . However , she is eventually killed by a bounding mine hidden in the floor . Her body is dumped into a pit filled with dozens of copies and is revealed to be one of many clones being produced inside of an underground facility whose entrance above ground is surrounded by thousands of zombies . 
 Despite the best efforts of the bio - tech company Umbrella Corporation to cover up the contamination of The Hive and the release of the T - virus to the surface , going so far as to authorize the bombing of Raccoon City , the T - virus has spread around the world . As the virus spread , it affected not only humans , but other animals as well , and the environment deteriorated , turning cities into desolate landscapes and the wilderness into wastelands . The real ( from whom the clones are made ) wanders the wastelands of the Southwestern U.S. On her travels , she finds a dead man 's diary which states that there is an uninfected area in Alaska . She later begins to realize that she has developed telekinetic abilities due to the experiments performed on her . 
 Meanwhile , Dr. ( ) , former head of Project Alice and the head of the North American Umbrella facility seen earlier ( based in Nevada ) , considers 's recapture to be a top priority , since she has the ability to bond with the T - virus and not suffer mutation . He tries to persuade the Umbrella board , operating via holograms from the worldwide Umbrella facility , that he can use her blood to develop a permanent cure as well as tame the infected zombies . The new Umbrella chairman ( ) orders to use the clones to create a cure , and he refuses to authorize 's recapture until they are informed of her location . 
 Meanwhile , a convoy of survivors led by ( ) travels across the country in search of supplies . The convoy includes Raccoon City survivors ( ) and ( ) , along with new survivors K - Mart ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) and Nurse ( ) , among others . 
 While searching a motel for supplies , is bitten by a zombie , which he keeps secret . The next morning the convoy is attacked by crows that had been feeding on the infected . The crows almost overwhelm the convoy , killing Nurse and and taking out the flamethrower operator , causing the weapon to careen out of control . finally appears and saves and the others from a fiery death , using her telekinesis to fill the sky with fire , killing the crows and leaving her unconscious . After recovering , is introduced to and gives her the diary she found , and she and then convince to take her convoy to Alaska . 
 Dr. ' attempts to domesticate the infected have led to a new zombie breed that remembers basic things , such as how to use phones and cameras . 's security officer , Captain ( ) , is adamant about ' disregard for Umbrella 's regulations . , in private , informs to keep watch on ' actions , and tells that if disobeys orders , should kill . 
 triangulates 's location based on the signal sent out by her telekinetic abilities . Dr. has a crate of his new zombies sent to ambush the convoy , against 's specific orders . succumbs to his infection and bites . Most of the convoy , including and , are killed in the ambush . tries to shut down remotely , but she breaks free from their programming and continues to fight . She finds at the scene , and he becomes infected as he flees via helicopter . and K - Mart use ' computer to track the helicopter 's flight path , leading them to Umbrella 's underground location . 
 The convoy heads over to the site , which is surrounded by thousands of zombies . sacrifices himself by plowing his truck into the zombie mob and blowing the rig apart , giving and time to load survivors into the helicopter . decides to stay behind . Ordered by to terminate , arrives with a group of commandos and finds the scientist locked in his lab , injecting himself with massive doses of anti - virus in an attempt to counteract the infection . reveals that his employment is terminated and shoots him , triggering a mutation that transforms into a monstrous creature . Despite retaining his intelligence and thought , kills and all the facility employees , but is confined to the lab 's lower levels . 
 Entering the facility , meets a holograph of the Red Queen 's " sister " AI , ( ) . The White Queen informs that her blood is the cure to the T - virus , while also defending the Red Queen 's prior actions . She then tells about Dr. . agrees to deal with him . On her way to the lab 's lower levels , discovers one of her clones , still in development . The clone awakens , but appears to die from shock shortly after . soon discovers a replica of the Racoon City mansion deep within the complex and finds . The two engage in a fight , eventually leading them to a replica of The Hive 's laser corridor , where is killed by the laser - defense system . Just as is about to meet the same fate , the system is deactivated by her clone , whom is revealed to still be alive . 
 Later , in Tokyo , Japan , , who is the head of the Tokyo Umbrella facility , informs the rest of the Umbrella chairmen ( all holograms ) that the North American facility has been lost . 's hologram makes an appearance , declaring that she is coming for him , and she 's bringing some of her " friends . " Standing beside her clone , looks out onto a huge number of pods containing numerous developing clones .

is a fifteen - year - old student of Plainsboro , New Jersey with a pronounced stutter . His older brother is an obsessive - compulsive kleptomaniac , his father has recently walked out on the family after a heated argument , and his mother has begun to date the father of his school friend , . 
 is riding the school bus home one day when he is approached by , the articulate , competitive star of the debate team . She urges him to join her and replace her former partner , , who has dropped out of high school after falling silent mid - speech and losing the New Jersey State High School Policy Debate Championship . Though initially declines , he finds himself besotted with and agrees to be her partner . and begin to study for the upcoming tournament and form arguments on either side of whether the federal government should support the teaching of sexual abstinence in public schools . When finds himself unable to talk during a practice debate , he runs out of the room and hides in the janitorial closet , where joins him . kisses her hopefully , and they make out , but she subsequently falls out of contact with him . 's parents assure him that she is confident with the work they have already completed and that she will meet him on the day of the debate . 
 On the day of the tournament , Coach tells the debate team that has transferred to Townsend Prep for the remainder of her senior year and that will be paired with for the day . Struggling with his speech and his stutter , calls his therapist , who suggests that he sing his speech or talk with a foreign accent . and finish the day without much success , while wins a trophy for First Place as an Individual Speaker , which inexplicably goes missing . Coach asks to leave the team , telling him that had never planned to debate as his partner and had only recruited him as a cruel joke to damage the school 's chances of winning . He breaks into 's bedroom and takes a bottle of stolen tequila , then rides with to his friend 's house , who lives across the street from . A drunken drags 's mother 's cello across the street and throws it through 's window just as she is arriving home with her new teammate , . 
 Later in the year , 's mother breaks up with 's father , and decides to seek out and return her trophy , which he stole . She rejects his apology , and he travels to Trenton — the " Big City"—to find , 's former debate partner . convinces to debate with him , and they register as a home - schooled team in the upcoming Policy Debate Championships . In order to overcome his stutter , helps to write his entire speech to the tune of " The Battle Hymn of the Republic " . During the tournament , is interrupted in the middle of his song - speech by Coach and a Debate Official who disqualify and on the grounds that neither of them is home - schooled . is satisfied with their efforts , but finds before leaving . He insists that one day will be his day , while she tells him that it was not easy for her to betray him as he walks off , having gained a sense of confidence . He spends the evening at a nearby beach , and when his father picks him up , tries to tell him that life and love " should n't be rocket science " , although he is unable to say the phrase " rocket science " due to his stutter .

Three years after the events of Rush Hour 2 , In Los Angeles , Chinese Ambassador , with Hong Kong Police Force Chief Inspector as his bodyguard , addresses the importance of fighting the Triads at the World Criminal Court , announcing that he may know the whereabouts of , a semi - mythical individual of great importance to the Chinese mob . Before announcing , an unknown assassin uses a sniper rifle on without being seen , disrupting the conference , and resulting in a large riot among everyone observing them . chases the shooter and corners him , discovering that the assassin is his childhood Japanese foster brother . When hesitates to shoot , he makes his escape when LAPD Detective ( having learned about the shooting over the police radio ) arrives to intervene . 
 learns that will make a full recovery in the hospital , as the bullet hit his shoulder . 's daughter , now grown up as an adult arrives and makes and promise to capture the one behind the shooting . On insistence , and then go to the studio where teaches to find an envelope entrusted to her by . They meet the old master , who informs the duo that the Triads took belongings , and arrive in the hospital just in time to intercept a gang of French speaking assassins who attempted to kill and . and defeat the assassins and interrogate one of them with the help of a French speaking nun , Sister . For her protection , they take to the French Embassy and leave her under the care of , the French ambassador and the chairman of the World Criminal Court . When a car bomb nearly kills and , the duo decides to go to Paris to investigate . 
 In Paris , after undergoing a painful cavity search from Parisian Commissioner , and meet , a taxi driver , who is staunchly critical of Americans . After forces to help , he drives them to a Triad hideout . Once there , is tricked by a mob assassin named , who claims to have information about , with 's intervention saving when she attempted to kill him . and attempt to escape the Triads , having convinced a terrified that they need his help , but are ultimately captured by 's men . offers to let them live if the two leave Paris immediately , but refuses and , in a short struggle , he and escape their captivity . The duo recuperate at a hotel , where reveals his relationship with to , but decides that his help is not needed . leaves the hotel , disillusioned , but composes himself when he spots and follows a woman he met at the Triad hideout , learning that she is a stage performer named . Meanwhile , meets in his hotel room and reveals that is not a person , but a list of the Triad leaders and that is 's informant who has access to the list . 
 After locating and saving her from an assassination attempt , the two flee to their hotel room where seduces . They are attacked by and are rescued by , who decides to help them and has developed a great admiration for Americans . and then learn that is the list . The names of the thirteen Triad leaders have been tattooed on the back of her head and , as per tradition , explains that she will be beheaded and buried if the Triads capture her . When and bring to , they find out that he has been working with the Triads all along . calls and informs that he has captured and that he would like to exchange her for . 
 arrives at the exchange point , the Jules Verne Restaurant in the Eiffel Tower , with disguised as . challenges to a sword fight , during which the two fall off the tower and into a safety net . 's sword cuts the safety net open and the two men are left hanging on what remains of the net . wishes to save his foster brother , but says goodbye and lets go , falling to his death as watches , horrified . Meanwhile , saves and beats , who is killed after getting stuck in one of the elevator wheels . After escaping the triads by using a French flag as a parachute , and are confronted by , holding hostage and threatening to kill her and frame them . However , , who followed and , shoots from behind , killing him . The police arrive , with Commissioner gloating and trying to get undeserved credit . After both give the commissioner a simultaneous punch to the face , knocking him out , and leave the scene via victory dance .

A wax - coated microcassette is found in stomach during his autopsy , and reveals to Detective that the games will continue and he will still be tested . Elsewhere , two men - one with his eyes sewn shut , the other with his mouth sewn shut - awaken in a mausoleum , chained at the neck to a winch . The blinded man panics and activates the winch before attacking the muted man , who kills him in self - defense and uses a key from his collar to free himself . 
 Four days after death , a SWAT team led by and Lieutenant find her body , and warns against breaking through an unsecured door to reach her . The scene is also investigated by and , 's FBI contacts , who received a message and a key from her . Noting and 's physical limitations , speculates that a third accomplice was involved and soon becomes suspicious of , who has developed an obsession with saving people in the six months since the disappearance of detective . That night , is attacked in his home ; and awakens to learn that is still alive and he has ninety minutes to save him , with 's life at risk as well . Meanwhile , he must play his own game in order to face and overcome his obsession . 
 finds a prostitute , named , bound to a chair in his living room , and accidentally activates the trap , which slowly tears her scalp off . He manages to free her , but kills her in self - defense when she attacks him with a knife in order to evade arrest . is then led to a motel and instructed to abduct the owner , , who later finds out is a serial rapist . He forces onto a bed , which requires to blind both of his eyes in order to escape . However , only blinds one of his eyes , and the trap dismembers him . Next , is led to a school , where he finds a married couple impaled by metal spikes : , who has already died from blood loss ; and his abused wife , who has remained alive at his expense by pulling the spikes from both of their bodies . pulls out the last spike and gives her a key to free herself . He then turns on a fire alarm and goes to the location of his final test . 
 The agents alternate between investigating the scenes and questioning , 's ex - wife . reveals worked in civil engineering and property development , and that she miscarried her son after seven months when , a drug addict , slammed a door into her stomach while robbing her health clinic . At the motel , the agents learn that the room was rented out to a lawyer named , the survivor of the mausoleum trap , who vanished two weeks prior . is revealed to be the man overseeing the current game when he hands a gun . At the school , the agents learn that all three victims , and were 's clients . and find a puppet and a tape recorder in another room , which plays a cryptic message for before its face explodes , sending shrapnel into her face . After is hospitalized , furiously questions . He learns how ended his work with after falling into his depression , and that became the first victim of 's " games " . connects her story and a prior clue to the Gideon Meatpacking Plant , the location of 's final test . 
 arrives after , but ends up following . After finding in the sickroom , shoots him in self - defense when demands his daughter back . Meanwhile , pulls out a device which will free them when the timer expires ; if used before then , a pair of pincers will sever his spine . finds them and is shot by as he breaks into the room with one second to spare , releasing two overhead ice blocks that swing down and crush 's head , killing him . shoots and kills , believing he is responsible for the game , only to learn from 's tape recorder that his interference caused 's death . , the actual accomplice , releases himself from the chair , but leaves to die . He then seals in the sickroom and leaves the plant . The scene then cuts to at the morgue , revealing that 's autopsy took place after the events of the film .

reluctantly leaves a self - imposed exile at the request of Colonel , who appeals to him to help track down an assassin who is planning to shoot the president . gives him a list of three cities where the President is scheduled to visit and assesses a site in Philadelphia as the most likely . This turns out to be a set - up ; while is working with 's agents to find the rumored assassin , the Ethiopian archbishop is shot instead while standing next to the president . is then shot by a police officer but manages to escape . The agents tell the police that is the shooter and stage a manhunt for the injured sniper . However , he meets a rookie FBI special agent , , disarms him , and steals his car . 
 After his escape , takes refuge with , widow of his late spotter and close friend , killed years before in a mission in Africa . He later convinces her to help him contact with information on the conspiracy . is blamed for 's escape and is informed that he will face disciplinary review but argues that , given 's training and experience , it is surprising that the president survived and the archbishop standing several feet away was killed . He independently learns that may have been framed for the assassination and is further made suspicious when he learns that the officer that shot was himself shot dead just hours later in a mugging . 
 When the agents realize their secret is compromised , they kidnap and attempt to stage his suicide . tails them and kills the captors . The two then join forces and visit a firearms expert who provides information on the FBI 's ballistics report and a short list of people capable of taking a shot from a distance of one mile or more . Armed with this , they plot to capture the ex - sniper who they think is the real assassin . Once they find him , he commits suicide after revealing that the archbishop was actually the real target and was murdered to prevent him revealing U.S. involvement in the massacre of an Eritrean village . The massacre was carried out on behalf of a consortium of American corporate oil interests headed by corrupt Senator . records the ex - sniper 's confession of his involvement in the African massacre and then , with ' assistance , escapes from an ambush by mercenaries . 
 Meanwhile , other rogue mercenaries have kidnapped to lure out of hiding . With his new evidence and cat and mouse strategy , and are able to rescue her when Colonel and Senator arrange a meeting to exchange their hostage for the evidence of their wrongdoing . The Senator is allowed to escape , while and surrender to the FBI . 
 Later , is brought before U.S. Attorney General and the FBI director in a closed - door meeting with Colonel , , and also present . quickly clears his name by loading a round into his rifle ( which is there as evidence since it was supposedly used in the killing ) , aims it at the Colonel and pulls the trigger — which fails to fire . explains that every time he leaves his house , he removes the firing pins from all his guns , replacing them with slightly shorter ones , thus rendering them inoperable until he returns . Although is exonerated , Colonel can not be charged with his crime as the Eritrean massacre was outside American legal jurisdiction . The attorney general tells that he himself must abide by the law . " It 's not the Wild West where you can clean up the streets with a gun , even though sometimes that 's exactly what 's needed . " then orders released and exonerates him of all charges . 
 Afterwards , as and Senator plan their next move , breaks in and kills both conspirators , arranging for the house to blow up as if by accident . In a final scene , he drives away with .

Prince vows that he will become King of Far , Far Away and avenge the death of his mother , . Meanwhile , King is dying and his ogre son - in - law and daughter Princess are to succeed him . 's attempts at trying to serve as the Regent during the King 's medical leave end in disaster , and insists that an ogre as king is a bad idea and that there must be someone else to rule the kingdom . Before dying , tells of another heir : his nephew , . Prince goes to the Poison Apple tavern and persuades fairy tale villains to fight for their " happily ever after " by appealing to the defeats given in their stories . 
 , and set out to retrieve ; as they are sailing away , yells to that she is pregnant . The trio journey to Worcestershire Academy , an elite magical boarding school , where they discover , so - called " " , is a scrawny 16 - year - old underachiever picked on by everyone . At the school pep rally , tells he is going to be king of Far Far Away . is excited until and inadvertently frighten him by discussing the responsibilities of being king . As a result , becomes afraid of being king and tries taking control of the ship to go back to Worcestershire and as he and fight over the wheel , it breaks causing the ship to crash on a remote island , where they meet 's retired wizard teacher , . 
 Meanwhile , and the other villains attack the castle , but , , , and stall them long enough for and her mother Queen Lillian to escape along with , , , , and . One of the Pigs accidentally blurts out that has gone to retrieve , and Prince sends Captain and his pirates to track down . The ladies are put in a tower after betrays them when she falls in love with . 
 Captain and his pirates track and his friends to 's island , where they attempt to capture alive and defeat the others . and defeat the villains , and mentions and the takeover of Far Far Away . Concerned for his wife and future child , urges to return to Worcestershire . Instead , cons into using his magic to send them to Far Far Away . The spell works , but causes and to accidentally switch bodies . They find and learn that plans to kill as part of a play . 's men arrive , but tricks the knights into not taking them into custody and they break into the castle during rehearsals for the play . Caught in 's dressing room , the four are taken captive . 
 prepares to kill , believing he is the next king . To save 's life , tells that was a pawn to take his place as King of Far Far Away . believes and allows to leave . and are imprisoned with and the ladies , where grows frustrated with their lack of initiative . 's mom , Queen , expertly smashes an opening in the stone wall of the prison with a headbutt . While the princesses launch a rescue mission for , and free , , the wolf and pigs , and and 's children . They encounter , still angry , but and mollify him by explaining that lied to to save 's life . 
 By nightfall , stages a musical in front of the kingdom . Just as is about to kill , , along with , , the princesses and the fairy tale characters confront the villains . convinces the villains that just because they are being treated like losers does not mean that they have to be losers . 
 Touched by 's speech , all the villains agree to give up their evil ways , except for an infuriated . He lunges at with his sword , but blocks the blow , so attacks him instead . , who seems fatally injured , informs that he needs to work on his aim and that the Prince needs to keep looking for his own happily ever after . As pushes Prince aside , deliberately knocks over 's tower , which crushes him to death . 
 is then crowned king , and takes the throne . While the kingdom celebrates , restores and to their proper bodies , accidentally switching their tails temporarily . returns home to the swamp with , becoming the parents of ogre triplets .

At his country estate , a writer matches wits with an actor who has stolen his wife 's heart involving mind games and tricks .

Las Vegas magician and wannabe gangster , ( ) is hiding out in a Lake Tahoe hotel penthouse with his entourage . His agent , ( ) , discusses a potential immunity deal with FBI Deputy Director ( ) . Agents ( ) and ( ) learn that ailing Las Vegas mob boss ( ) has issued a bounty on Israel worth one million dollars , and involving a mysterious assassin known only as The Swede , stipulating that he will bring Israel 's heart . A number of assassins also seek the reward , including ( ) , who specializes in disguises and impersonations ; ( ) and ( ) , two hitwomen hired by 's underboss ; ( ) , a calm torture expert and mercenary ; and the psychotic neo - Nazi brothers , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . 
 dispatches and to take Israel into custody when the deal is struck . Meanwhile , a team of bail bondsmen , ( ) and his partners , " Pistol " ( ) and ( ) have been hired by the firm that posted Israel 's bail to bring him into custody . The bondsmen are attacked by the , and only escapes alive . is dispatched to the murder scene while proceeds to Israel . At the same time , each of the assassins gain access to the hotel in their own various ways . 
 encounters , disguised as a security officer , in an elevator at the hotel . senses something is wrong and both are mortally wounded in a gunfight . Meanwhile , gains access to the penthouse by posing as one of Israel 's henchmen . Israel 's second - in - command , Sir ( ) , learns that Israel agreed to inform upon as part of the plea deal and attempts to kill him , but Israel injures long enough for the hotel security team to restrain . Georgia finds and in the elevator , but assumes is . In Los Angeles , abruptly withdraws from the deal with Israel and orders that and are not told . The brothers reach the penthouse floor , where they engage in a shootout with the security team and , who manages to kill and . , learning of the FBI 's new position , attempts suicide . 
 arrives at the hotel and sets up a position around Georgia 's elevator . provides cover from another hotel with a .50 - caliber , M82 sniper rifle , outgunning the FBI agents . , still alive , shoots Georgia , but is shot by . , thinking Georgia is dead , refuses to escape and keeps shooting at the FBI team . escapes to the penthouse , where she stops before he can kill . escapes , and , distraught over the death of , stops and on the stairwell , but lets them escape . , after seeing the pair alive and free through her rifle scope , is gunned down by the FBI . 
 and a team of FBI agents descend on the penthouse and take Israel to the hospital , while escapes by tearing off his disguise & dressing as a member of hotel security . , carted away on a gurney , is also shown to be alive . tries to escape , but is gunned down by . 
 arrives at the hospital and learns the truth about the day 's events from . It transpires that the mysterious Swede is a prominent heart surgeon and that was hired by to get Israel 's heart so it could be transplanted into the body of . is further revealed to be ( ) , an FBI agent who went undercover and was thought to have been killed by the mob . The FBI had attempted to kill , after they thought his assignment had blurred the lines between being a mobster or an FBI agent . But survived and ended up taking on the role as full - time . The mobster has agreed to expose the mob 's operations in exchange for Israel 's heart as he is 's love child and , thus , the most compatible donor . 
 , furious over the unnecessary deaths , especially ' , protests and is ordered by to leave the hospital and go home to Washington , D.C , as he is no longer on the case . Realizing that the FBI will never admit what they did , he walks into the emergency room , locks the door and pulls the plug on both men . He then lays his gun and badge on the floor while and his men desperately try to break in , apparently resigning as an FBI agent .

Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Alicia Keys, Jeremy Piven, Ben Affleck

Three years after the events of the second film , plans to propose to , who has just made her Broadway musical debut . Later , a meteorite lands at Central Park , and an extraterrestrial symbiote follows to his apartment . , seeking vengeance after his father 's death , attacks with weapons based on his father 's technology . The battle ends in a stalemate , with crashing out and developing amnesia , wiping out his memory of as . Meanwhile , police pursue escaped convict , who visits his wife and dying daughter before fleeing again , and falling into an experimental particle accelerator that fuses his body with the surrounding sand , transforming him into the . 
 During a festival honoring , kisses , infuriating . The super - powered robs an armored car , and confronts him . easily subdues , and escapes . NYPD Captain informs and Aunt that was true killer ; the deceased was 's accomplice . As sleeps in his suit , the symbiote assimilates his suit . later awakens and discovers his costume changed and his powers enhanced ; however , the symbiote also brings out 's dark side . Wearing the new suit , locates and battles him in a subway tunnel . Discovering that water is 's weakness , breaks a water pipe , causing water to reduce into mud and washing him away . 
 's changed personality alienates , whose career is floundering , and she finds solace with , but leaves afterwards in regret . recovers from his amnesia and , urged by a hallucination of his father , blackmails into breaking up with . After tells she loves " somebody else " , meets with and claims to be " the other guy " . confronts about forcing to end her relationship with him and spitefully tells that his father never loved him . Another fight ensues , in which throws a pumpkin bomb at , who deflects it back , disfiguring 's face . 
 Meanwhile , exposes rival photographer , whose fake photos depict as a criminal . This plagiarism results in their boss , , firing . Later , to make jealous , brings to a nightclub , where now works . Realizing this , leaves the nightclub , and , after he accidentally attacks , he realizes how the symbiote is corrupting him . Retreating to a bell tower of a church , rings the bell to weaken and remove the symbiote , which falls below to the lower tower and bonds with , who in turn , praying for 's death , is transformed into Venom . locates and convinces him to join forces to defeat . 
 Posing as a taxi driver , Brock kidnaps , and holds her as bait from a web high above a construction site , while keeps the police at bay . Seeking help , goes to , who rejects him . While battles and , learns the truth about his father 's death from his butler , and goes to the construction site to help , resulting in a battle between the four . subdues the before assisting against . In the ensuing battle , attempts to impale with 's glider , but steps in , and is impaled himself . Remembering the symbiote 's weakness , assembles a perimeter of metal pipes to create a sonic attack , weakening it , and allowing to separate from the symbiote . activates a pumpkin bomb from 's glider and throws it at the symbiote , but , attempting to become Venom again , dives in and , along with the symbiote , is killed . 
 After the battle , explains that Uncle 's death was not only an accident , but that Uncle was trying to help him , and his death has haunted him ever since . forgives , who then leaves . and stand beside , who dies from his injuries . , , and Aunt attend 's funeral . Later , at the nightclub , and reconcile .

Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace

The story follows lonely introvert , a telesales insurance company worker by day and talented painter as well as a lover of classic jazz by night . His only friend is his boss , ( ) , who keeps an eye on him and humors his bizarre behavior . When awkward meets social , a new co - worker , he begins to come out of himself , and reveals the depth and darkness of his mind .

The magical kingdom of Stormhold is surrounded by a stone wall , through a gap in which lies the fictional English village of Wall . goes through the guarded gap and meets an enslaved princess , . She offers him a glass snowdrop in exchange for a kiss followed by an invitation into her caravan . Nine months later , the Wall Guard delivers a baby to , named . 
 Eighteen years later , the dying King of Stormhold throws a ruby into the sky , decreeing that his successor will be the first of his fratricidal sons to recover it . The gem hits a star , they fall together , and the remaining sons , and , independently search for the gem . 
 In Wall , sees the star fall and vows to retrieve it for the object of his infatuation , , in return for her hand in marriage . learns that his mother is from beyond the wall , and receives a Babylon candle that she had left for him , which instantly takes the user to any desired location . lights it and is transported to the fallen star , personified as a beautiful woman named . He promptly chains her to take her home to . 
 Three ancient witch sisters in Stormhold resolve to eat the fallen star 's heart to recover their youth and replenish their powers . Their leader , , eats the remnants of an earlier star 's heart , and sets off to find . She conjures up a wayside inn as a trap . 
 becomes tired , so chains her to a tree and promises to bring food . In his absence , a unicorn releases her , but unwittingly takes her to 's inn . discovers gone , but the stars whisper that she is in danger , telling him to get on a passing coach , which happens to be ' . At the inn , they interrupt 's attempt to kill . kills , but and use the Babylon candle to escape into the clouds , where they are captured by pirates in a flying ship , who teach how to fence . 
 discovers that , as the last surviving son , he need only find the stone to claim the throne . He learns it is in the possession of the fallen star and realizes that the heart of a star grants immortality . 
 After leaving Captain 's ship , and confess their love for one another and spend the night together at an inn . Come morning , leaves sleeping and goes to with a lock of her hair , to tell he will not marry her , having fallen in love with . When the lock turns to stardust , he realizes will die if she crosses the wall , and rushes back to save her . 
 finds gone , and starts walking towards the wall , thinking he has abandoned her for . 's mother notices walking to her doom , so takes the caravan of her enslaver , a witch named , to the wall to stop her . arrives , kills , and captures and , taking them to the witches ' castle . and both pursue , agreeing to work together for the time being . Barging into the castle , recognises the princess as his long - lost sister and informs that she is his mother . 
 and kill two of the witches , but uses a voodoo doll to kill and make his corpse fight . is about to finish off , when she appears to break down over the loss of her sisters . frees , but her feigned defeat was just a ruse to bolster 's broken heart . As and embrace , their love allows her to shine once again , vaporising in a blinding flash of starlight . 
 retrieves the jewel that was wearing . As the jewel turns red , explains that , as her son , is the last male heir of . He becomes king with as his queen while and are reunited . After 80 years of ruling , they use a Babylon candle to ascend to the sky , where also becomes a star and the pair live forever in the sky .

is a young man in inner - city Los Angeles . He and his younger brother compete in local dance competitions as members of a crew known as the " Goon Squad " . During the battle there are backs and forths , but in the end of the battle the Goon Squad win a cash - prize , and the leader of the rival crew goes all in for a double or nothing battle , which accepts much to the dismay of his brother who knows that if the opposing crew leader thinks he got hustled the crew wo n't be able to spend the money they win , the Goon Squad wins the second battle and the losing home crew responds by ambushing and his crewmates after the show . A fight breaks out , and the leader of the rival crew starts beating up . pushes him away and starts fighting him , leading the rival to pull out a gun and shoot , killing him . 
 Arrested for assault , is subsequently sent by his mother to live with his aunt and uncle in Atlanta , Georgia , where he is to attend historically black Truth University . , the physical plant director at Truth , aims to teach responsibility and puts him to work doing maintenance as part of a work - study program . 
 sees , to whom he is immediately attracted . After registration , he moves into his dorm room , where he meets his new roommate . meets at a stepping competition on the green between the Truth chapters of rival fraternities Theta Nu Theta and Mu Gamma Xi . The Mu Gamma Xi crew , seven - time national stepping champions , easily steals the show until sees across the way and runs right through their step line in an attempt to speak to her . 
 That night , and his friends go out to a local club called the Phoenix and invite along . Hoping to impress and upstage and the ( all of whom are also in attendance ) , takes to the floor . Despite the animosity between and , the Gammas recognize his skills as a dancer and their chapter president invites him to pledge for Mu Gamma Xi . turns down both 's offer as well as an offer from the Theta Nu Theta chapter 's leader . 
 After learning that is a student history tutor , signs himself up for tutoring so that he can spend time with her . The two slowly begin a friendship and takes out to dinner . During their date , discusses the importance of black fraternities and sororities with , and tells him to visit Heritage Hall on the campus ' Greek Row . 
 The next day , learns about the significant number of African - American historical figures and celebrities who were members of various Greek - letter organizations , and decides to pledge for the Theta chapter along with and their friend . After " crossing over " to become official Theta members , , , and join the Thetas ' step crew . 
 While having dinner , breaks up with due to his chauvinistic attitude and his failure to know anything about her , particularly that green is her favorite color . She grows closer to and they eventually become a couple . While at practice , , , and other new members realize the step dance moves are old fashion and are n't good enough to win the stepping competition . So they decide to take the time to learn fresher moves . then gathers his older member and challenges and the rest to an old school vs. new school stepping contest . blows the contest due to his showboating . They remind , much like did earlier in the film , that it is about the team and not about him . apologizes to the entire fraternity and is quickly forgiven . also requests to show the team some of his moves . 
 A few days before the competition , stumbles upon 's file and discovers his assault record and presents it to the board . The board then decide to suspend for not disclosing his criminal record . Dr. , who is April 's father , calls in to his office . He was willing to uplift his suspension on the condition that he is to no longer date April . declines the ultimatum and walks away . then tells and about the suspension . They then reveal that dated Dr. until she met and there has been some animosity between and ever since . confronts Dr. about 's suspension and claims he was only protecting . then confronted her father about the situation . then overturned the board 's decision deciding that he would rather deal with in April 's life than lose his daughter in his . 
 's suspension was finally uplifted and he rejoins the Thetas to compete alongside them against the Gammas in the stepping competition . Both teams were tied at the end and it was brought into sudden death rules to determine a winner . Unknown to and the Thetas , the had recorded practicing his moves prior to the competition . Going first , does DJ 's exact routine from the videotape . After he finishes , matches move for move , but tosses in something the Gammas did n't get on tape . The Thetas finally defeats the . goes on stage to hug and kiss and while celebrating their victory still wearing 's gloves kisses his fist and throws it in the air in Honor of his brother . The Thetas then do their new cheer and have their picture taken where its hung in the Heritage Hall .

( ) is having a particularly bad day ; not only has his unemployment run out , but he has also been evicted from his apartment . Retirement - home caregiver ( ) is potentially up for a promotion at work , and celebrates with a night of drinking and Ecstasy before driving home . On the way home , hits with her car and he becomes trapped in her car 's windshield . Afraid of being arrested , continues to drive home with the promise that she will get help . But as she begins to debate the issue , feels the accident will destroy her life and opts to take a taxi to work , leaving him to die slowly in her garage . When realizes that , he painfully tries to escape . 
 enlists the help of her boyfriend , ( ) , in an attempt to kill and dispose of . Meanwhile , is able to pull himself free from the windshield , but before he is able to escape the garage , and restrain him . They go back into 's house and decide to kill , and hide the evidence by burning both 's corpse and the car . 
 returns to the garage , and prepares to shoot the apparently unconscious with a revolver . But , secretly awake , manages to attack before stabbing him through the eye with a concealed pen , killing him . During the brawl , a shot is discharged from the gun , prompting to investigate . tries to start the car , but enters the garage before he is able to do so . knocks over and limps out of the garage towards the street , taking 's gun with him . 
 pursues , wielding a hammer from the garage . pleads with to stay back , not wanting to fire on her , but she subdues him with the hammer . She drags back to the garage and begins dousing the room with gasoline , panicking . She hopes that the police will conclude that broke in , attacked and accidentally became engulfed in flames while trying to burn the garage down . However , is able to sneak back into the car , start it and drive forwards , pinning against the back of the garage . 
 begs for help , while steps out of the car and lights a match . He asks why she did n't help him , and says she does n't know , and continues to plead for her life . decides to spare and extinguishes the match . suddenly produces 's revolver and fires on , who ducks beside the car and a stray bullet ignites the gasoline , setting alight . As she screams in pain , burning to death , struggles to the front of the garage and is able to open the door . stumbles out onto the driveway and collapses as neighbours surround him , alerted by the fire . is helped away and turns to look back at the burning garage , where 's screaming has subsided .

In 2057 , the sun is dying and the Earth is freezing . A crew of eight pilot a colossal nuclear bomb aboard the spaceship Icarus II , with the intent to jump start the sun , and return to Earth . As they slingshot past Mercury , Icarus II discovers the distress beacon of Icarus I , the first ship to attempt their mission , which disappeared seven years earlier . Reasoning that two bombs have a better chance of success than one , physicist recommends Captain change course and commandeer Icarus I. , the ship 's engineer , opposes the deviation as risky . Navigator calculates a trajectory to intercept Icarus I , but forgets to realign the shields that protect the ship from the sun , causing damage to four shield panels . 
 and embark on a spacewalk to make repairs , assisted by Pilot , who angles the damaged portion of the shield away from the sun . The angle however allows the sun to destroy the ship 's oxygen garden and oxygen reserves . As Icarus II 's autopilot returns the shield to its original alignment , orders to safety and repairs the last panel , moments before he 's immolated . blames himself for the loss of , and psychiatrist assesses him as a suicide risk , sedating him . 
 Icarus II docks with Icarus I. , , , and former communications officer now - Captain search the vessel , leaving and botanist on board Icarus II . They discover Icarus I 's mainframe has been sabotaged , making its bomb delivery impossible . In the ship 's log is a rambling message from Captain , who abandoned his mission . The crew of Icarus I is found charred to death in the solar observation room , where they were long ago exposed to the un - shielded sun . Suddenly , the two ships explosively decouple , destroying Icarus I 's outer airlock , stranding the four crew members on it . suggests one crew member stay behind to manually operate the airlock while the other three jettison between airlocks , using the vacuum release for propulsion . volunteers to stay behind . is sealed in the only space suit , while and wrap themselves in salvaged insulation material . releases the airlock and the three crew members rocket into space . misses the airlock and freezes to death , while and make it back to Icarus II . , having spent the mission obsessed with looking into the shielded sun , voluntarily exposes himself to its full , deadly force in the observation room . 
 calculates that there is enough oxygen left for four of the five survivors to reach the sun . After a contentious vote , decides to kill , but discovers to have already committed suicide . Somewhat relieved that they will now at least make the trip to the sun , is informed by Icarus that an unknown fifth person is onboard the ship . When he goes out to investigate , he discovers an insane and disfigured . attacks and locks him in an airlock . He then kills , and removes the mainframe from its coolant bath , shutting down the computer . pursues . 
 attempts to manually lower the computer back into the freezing coolant , but when his leg catches on the descending computer he becomes trapped , and the computer is disabled . As he freezes to death , he radios to escape the airlock , decouple the bomb from the ship , and activate it as it plummets into the sun , delivering the payload to its destination . blows the airlock , separates the bomb from the ship , which explodes , and enters the payload , where he finds . ambushes them , telling them ordered him to send all humanity to Heaven . As they hurtle into the sun , escapes Pinbacker , reaching the bomb controls . Not sure if it will work under these extreme conditions , he watches as the bomb begins to successfully ignite at the edge of the sun itself . 
 Back on the frozen Sydney Harbour , 's sister witnesses the sun returning to its full power .

( ) and ( ) are two high school seniors who lament their virginity and poor social standing . Best friends since childhood , the two are about to go off to different colleges , as did not get accepted into Dartmouth like . After is paired with ( ) during Home - Ec class , she invites him to a party at her house later that night . Later , their friend ( ) comes up to the two and reveals his plans to obtain a fake ID during lunch . uses this to his advantage and promises to bring alcohol to ' party . Meanwhile , runs into his crush ( ) and he offers to get her some vodka for the party . 's fake ID is met with derision by and , as it states that 's name is simply " " . After contemplating their options , decides they have no choice but to have buy the alcohol with his fake ID . goes in and successfully buys the alcohol , but is interrupted when a robber enters the store , punches him in the face , and takes money from the cash register . 
 When police officers ( ) and ( ) arrive to investigate the robbery , and believe that will be arrested for possessing a fake ID . Inside the store , and are apparently fooled by 's ID and give him a ride to the party . While arguing over what to do , is hit by a car being driven by ( ) , who promises to take them to a party he is attending in exchange for them not telling the police . During 's time with the police , they exhibit very irresponsible behavior such as drinking on the job , shooting their firearms at a stop sign , and improper use of their sirens to run red lights . All the while , the three develop a strong friendship . When and arrive at the party , they quickly discover that is not welcome there . is brutally beaten by ( ) , the party host , while fills detergent bottles from the basement with alcohol he finds in the fridge . Just as he is about to leave , angrily confronts him for dancing with his fiancée earlier , who was on her period . also questions as to why he is holding detergent bottles . throws an empty beer bottle at , but it misses and hits someone else , starting a fight between and a few other people . 's fiancée is angry at for embarrassing her and calls the police . and escape with the alcohol . 
 After running away , and begin to argue , with angrily asking why is going to Dartmouth when he knew would not get accepted . angrily responds that has been holding him back for years and he does not want to miss out because of him . During the argument , pushes in front of the police cruiser driven by and . Afraid of losing their jobs , the cops decide to frame and by arresting them , but when comes out of the car , makes a run for it , and and escape with the alcohol . While on a bus , a drifter attempts to steal the vodka wanted , causing it to fall out of 's hand and break on the floor , after which the trio is kicked off . They run to the party , but on the way , accidentally clues in on his plans to room with the next year . Hurt , angrily takes the alcohol into the party by himself . At the party , becomes popular and tries to hook up with , but he changes his mind after realizing she is too drunk . 
 drags upstairs to have sex with him , but he refuses and leaves after she vomits next to him on the bed . Back downstairs , gets drunk with a classmate while ranting angrily about girls , and passes out on a couch . Meanwhile , impresses ( ) and plans to have sex with her upstairs as well . drunkenly attempts to kiss , but she turns him down because she neither drinks nor wants anything to do with while he is drunk . then confesses to his plan to hook up with her while they were both intoxicated and become her boyfriend over the summer before they both departed for college and that he has effectively ruined any chance of that happening . tries to reassure him otherwise , but before she can continue , passes out and accidentally headbutts her , leaving her with a black eye . and bust the party , quickly shocking awake again , and saves an intoxicated by carrying him out . 's lovemaking only lasts for a moment , before he is interrupted by , who scares away . calms down , who is angry at for ditching them . 
 After they apologize for " cock - blocking " him , they reconcile and reveal they knew was not 25 the whole time — they played along , wanting to prove cops can have fun as well . To make it up to , they pretend to arrest him to boost his social standing , then proceed to drive recklessly and destroy their car with a Molotov cocktail while shoots it with the cop 's firearm . At 's house , reveals to that he knew all along that was 's roommate in college after looking at papers had lying around with that information . reveals he did not want to room with and only did it because he did not want to live with strangers . He then confesses his true brotherly love feelings to who in return shows the same feelings . and patch things up and declare their love for each other . The next morning , they go to the mall to buy stuff for college , where they run into and , and they all reconcile . In the end , takes the escalator downstairs with to buy concealer for her bruise , while and leave to go buy a new comforter to replace the one that accidentally vomited on ; signifying that the two will go their separate ways .

A documentary crew follows the misadventures of , a 17 - year - old northern rockhopper penguin who lives in Shiverpool , Antarctica with his mother and his older brother . has wanted to be a professional surfer ever since a visit from legendary surfer several years ago . When a talent scout shorebird named arrives to find entrants for the " Big Z Memorial " surfing contest , jumps at the chance despite the lack of support from his family . En route to the contest , befriends another entrant , . 
 The entrants arrive at Pen Gu Island , the site of the contest , where meets and immediately falls in love with , a female gentoo penguin who is a lifeguard . He also meets , an arrogant penguin who has won the Big Z Memorial nine times since it was first held after 's alleged death during a previous match ten years ago . sees him vandalizing Big Z 's memorial and immediately challenges to a surfing duel . easily wins the duel while nearly drowns . rescues him and takes him to her uncle , the " " , to help recover from his injuries . wakes up and panics when he ca n't find the souvenir necklace he got as a kid from Big Z. criticizes the necklace , but decides to return it when he later finds it in his hut . 
 While returning the necklace , finds sitting on a koa log and offers to help him make a perfect surfboard . They attempt to take the log back to 's house , only to lose control of it and end up on a beach far away from the contest . When gets to the beach , he discovers a shack full of old trophies and surfboards , which are actually 's belongings . After observing sadly looking in the shack , he realizes that is actually and asks him to teach him how to surf . Reluctantly , agrees , but says that has to make his own board first . The attempt does n't go well , however , as an impatient does n't listen to 's advice and makes an unstable board that shatters as soon as he tries to enter the water . Angry , he storms off , running into , who eventually persuades him to return . That night , a happier , more patient works on a new board , finishing it by morning , and falls asleep . 
 compliments on his board , but when is eager to start training , he instead has him do seemingly menial tasks unrelated to surfing . Losing his patience with , he places him on the board and pushes him into the water while he is asleep as a prank . asks him if he had fun , and when says " yes " , takes him to the water and begins teaching him how to surf the waves , both being joined by . Afterwards , asks if he 'll come watch the contest , but Z refuses , saying he faked his death because he realized he could n't compete with his then - new rival , and that he was disillusioned . Not impressed that just gave up , morosely throws the necklace gave him to the sea and leaves , meets up with , and gets back to the contest just as it begins . 
 easily makes it to the finals , as do and . In the semifinals , battles with , with trying to throw him off his board , but falls off his own board and loses . During the finals , however , bursts in and tries to hit off his board . intervenes at the last minute , sending him and out of bounds and into a surfing obstacle known as the Boneyard , which has killed surfers who have ventured there . punches off his board before crashing , and is rescued by . , who had been secretly watching 's performance , rescues from a gigantic wave and helps him get back to the beach safely . 
 and find out that won by default since and were disqualified . However , accepts the loss , having decided he 'd rather just have fun instead . reveals himself to the spectators and invites all of them to surf at his beach . finishes his interview with a reflection of the past events and then joins the rest of his friends in the water .

In 1846 , , a barber , arrives in London , accompanied by sailor . Fifteen years earlier , he was falsely convicted and exiled by the corrupt Judge , who lusted after 's wife . adopts the alias " " and returns to his old Fleet Street shop , situated above Mrs. 's meat pie shop , where she sells the " worst pies in London " . tells him that raped , who then poisoned herself with arsenic . The couple 's daughter , , is now 's ward . vows revenge , and re - opens his barber shop after Mrs. , who loves him unrequitedly , presents him with his old straight razors . becomes enamored with , but is caught by and driven away by his henchman , . 
 denounces faux - Italian barber 's hair tonic as a fraud and humiliates him in a public shaving contest judged by . A few days later , arrives at 's shop , with his boy assistant . identifies himself as 's former assistant , , and threatens to reveal 's secret unless gives him half his earnings . kills , and hides his body in a trunk . 
 After receiving advice from , visits for grooming , intent on marrying . shaves , preparing to slit his throat ; they are interrupted by , who reveals his plan to elope with before noticing . An angered renounces 's service and leaves . swears revenge on the entire world , vowing to kill as many people as he can while he waits for another chance to kill . Mrs. gets the idea to bake 's victims into pies . searches for , whom has sent to an insane asylum upon discovering her plans to elope with . 
 The barbering and pie - making businesses prosper , and Mrs. takes as her assistant . She tells an uninterested of her plans to marry him and move to the seaside . discovers 's whereabouts and , following 's suggestion , poses as a wigmaker 's apprentice to rescue her . has deliver a letter to , telling him where will be brought when frees her . has become wary of and tells Mrs. of his suspicions , vowing to protect her . 
 arrives at the pie shop , informing Mrs. that neighbors have been complaining of the stink from her chimney . distracts him with an offer of a free grooming and murders him . Mrs. informs of 's suspicions , and the pair search for the boy , who hid in the sewers after finding human remains in Mrs 's bakehouse . Meanwhile , brings , disguised as a sailor , to the shop , and has her wait there while he leaves to find a coach . 
 A beggar woman enters the shop in search of , and hides in the trunk . The woman recognizes , but upon hearing coming , kills her and sends her through the trapdoor in the floor . As enters , explains that had repented and is coming to him , then offers a free shave in the meantime . When finally recognizes as , Todd stabs him several times , cuts his throat and sends his body down a trap door to the bakehouse , killing him . comes out of her hiding place , still in disguise , and prepares to kill her as well , not recognizing her as his daughter . However , hearing Mrs. scream in horror in the basement after discovering 's body , lets go . 
 discovers that the beggar woman was his wife , whom he believed to be dead , and that Mrs. deliberately misled him so she could have him to herself . pretends to forgive her and dances with her before hurling her into the bakehouse oven , then cradles 's dead body in his arms . appears , enraged at Mrs. 's death , and allows to slit his throat with his own razor . leaves as bleeds to death over his dead wife .

Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Laura Michelle Kelly

The documentary background to the death of , an Afghan peanut farmer , who gave up farming to become a taxi driver , and who died after several days of beating at Bagram detention center . 
 left his home of Yakubi in eastern Afghanistan in the autumn of 2002 , investing his family money in a new taxi to make money in a larger city . On 1 December 2002 he and three passengers were handed over to US military officials by a local Afghan warlord , accused of organising an attack on Camp Salerno . The warlord was later found guilty of the attack himself , but had been ingratiating himself ( for $ 1000 per person ) by handing over alleged terrorists . 
 was held at the prison at Bagram Air Base , and given the prisoner number BT421 . Chained from the ceiling , he received multiple attacks on his thighs , a standard technique viewed as " permissible " and non - life - threatening . It is likely that the severe attack caused a blood clot which then killed him . His official death certificate created by the US military to pass to his family , with his body , was marked " homicide " . Medical conclusion stated that 's legs were " pulpified " and , had he lived , would have required amputation . 
 The film explores the background of increasingly sanctioned " torture " since 9/11 in contravention of the Geneva Convention and looks at the exposures of . 
 Interviews include of The New York Times who brought the case into the international spotlight , and , a British citizen imprisoned at the same time , and witness to the events . Military interviewees include the main interrogator , and Sgt . Cpt explains how he was the only person charged ( charged with derliction of duty ) . 
 The documentary claims that of the over 83,000 people incarcerated by US forces in Afghanistan up to 2007 , 93 percent were captured by local militiamen and exchanged for US bounty payments . Also that 105 detainees had died in captivity and that 37 of these deaths had been officially classified as homicides up to 2007.[2 ] 
 The film also looks at Guantánamo Bay and how the same techniques were implemented there .

In 1898 , , a prospector in New Mexico , mines a potentially precious ore vein from a pit mine hole . In the process of dynamiting the lode , he falls and breaks his leg . He saves a silver sample , climbs out of the mine , drags himself to an assay office , and receives a silver and gold certificate claim . In 1902 , he discovers oil near Los Angeles and establishes a drilling company . Following the death of a worker in an accident , adopts the man 's orphaned son . The boy , , becomes his nominal business partner , allowing to present himself to potential investors as a family man . 
 In 1911 , is approached by , who tells him of an oil deposit under his family 's property in Little Boston , California . attempts to buy the farm at a bargain price . However , , 's twin brother and pastor of a local church , demands $ 10,000 and states that it is for the church . An agreement is made and Daniel acquires all the available land , except for one holdout : . Oil production begins , but an accident kills a worker and a gas blowout deafens blames the disasters on the well not being properly blessed . When demands the $ 5,000 that still owes his family , beats and humiliates him . At the dinner table , berates his father for trusting . 
 A man arrives at 's doorstep claiming to be his half - brother , . Daniel hires and the two grow close . sets fire to their house , intending to kill . Angry , sends him away to a school for the deaf in San Francisco . A representative from Standard Oil offers to buy out 's local interests , but strikes a deal with Union Oil and constructs a pipeline to the California coast , though the ranch remains an impediment . 
 Reminiscing about his childhood , becomes suspicious of and one night holds him at gunpoint . " " confesses that he was a friend of the real , who died from tuberculosis . In a fit of rage , murders the impostor and buries his body . The next morning , is awakened by , who knows of the previous night 's events and wants to repent . At the church , as part of 's baptism , humiliates him and coerces him into acknowledging that he is a bad father . Some time later , as the pipeline is well under way , returns and reunites with , while leaves town for missionary work . 
 In 1927 , marries , sister of and . , now extremely wealthy but suffering from alcoholism , lives as a recluse in a large mansion . Through a sign language interpreter , asks to dissolve their partnership so that he can establish his own oil company in Mexico . reacts brutally , mocks deafness , and reveals his true origins as an orphan . H. W. tells he is glad they are not related and leaves . 
 visits , who is drunk in his private bowling alley . , now a radio preacher , offers to sell the land of , who has recently died . agrees on the condition that denounce his faith and his own credibility . reluctantly does so . reveals that the property is now worthless because he has already drained its oil through surrounding wells . Shaken , confesses to being in dire financial straits and to having strayed morally . taunts him , chases him around the bowling alley , and then beats him to death with a bowling pin .

Several thousand years ago , the planet Cybertron was consumed by a civil war between the two Transformer factions , the Autobots led by and the Decepticons led by . jettisoned the AllSpark , a mystical artifact that brings life to the planet , into space , but pursued it . crashed in the Arctic Circle and froze , and was discovered in 1895 by explorer . inadvertently activated Megatron ’s navigational system , which etched the AllSpark ’s coordinates into his glasses . The glasses end up in the possession of his great - great - grandson . In the present , buys his first car , a rusting Chevrolet Camaro , but discovers it has a life of its own . 
 In modern Qatar , Blackout attacks and destroys a United States military base in a failed attempt to hack the military network to find information on Megatron and the AllSpark . A team of Army Rangers led by Captain escape across the desert , pursued by Blackout ’s drone Scorponok . They fight Scorponok off , aided by aerial reinforcements , and travel home with Scorponok ’s stinger , discovering sabot rounds damaged its armor . At the Pentagon , Secretary of Defense leads the investigation into the attack . Sound analyst catches another Decepticon , Frenzy , hacking into the U.S. military network while onboard Air Force One . While the hack is thwarted , Frenzy downloads files on ’s glasses , tracking down with Barricade , disguised as a police car . 
 and his high school crush are rescued from and by the Camaro who turns out to be Autobot scout , but he is mute and has to communicate through his car radio . Previously sending a beacon to his fellow Autobots , takes and to meet the new arrivals – , , , and . explains the details of their situation , revealing that if gained the AllSpark he would transform Earth ’s machinery into a new army and exterminate mankind . , , and the Autobots travel to ’s house to retrieve the glasses , but the teenagers are captured by agents of Sector Seven , a top secret government branch , led by . The Autobots stop the agents , but they call for backup , who take , , and into custody , while obtains the glasses , and uses them to locate the Allspark . 
 The respective groups connected to the Transformers are gathered together at Hoover Dam by Sector Seven ’s director , who reveals , still frozen , and the AllSpark . , who smuggled away in ’s bag , summons the other Decepticons to attack and sabotages 's cryonic system . is released to protect the AllSpark , shrinking it down to a handheld size so it can be transported to safety . escapes the dam after thawing out . Frenzy attacks Secretary , and Agent in the Dam 's radio room , trying to prevent them from summoning the Air Force , but is decapitated by his own ricocheting shuriken . 
 A lengthy battle occurs in Mission City,[5 ] with most of the Decepticons being killed , but murders . He prevents ’s attempted escape with the AllSpark , and begins to fight . After a long brawl seems to get the upper hand . then tells to push the cube into his chest in order to ensure their mutual destruction , but rams it into 's chest instead , extinguishing his spark . and are the only Decepticons to survive the battle and escape . 
 salvages a shard of the AllSpark from ’s body . The United States government shuts down Sector Seven , disposing of the dead Decepticons in the Laurentian Abyss . and then start a relationship while the Autobots secretly hide out on Earth , sends a transmission into space inviting any surviving Autobots to join them . 
 A brief mid - credits scene shows escaping into space to rally other Decepticons and summon them to Earth .

begins his quest for stardom in Springberry , Alabama in 1946 . While playing with his brother , accidentally cuts his brother in half at the waist with a machete . The trauma of the incident causes to lose his sense of smell . After his brother 's death is announced by a physician making a house call , 's mother sends him to the local store to buy some butter and a candle . There , he meets a blues guitarist , who lets play his guitar . is a natural . 
 In 1953 , after a successful and controversial talent show performance , then 14 - year - old decides to leave Springberry with his 12 - year - old girlfriend , . They soon marry , have sex , and have a baby after 8.7 months . While working at an all - African American nightclub , gets a break when he replaces singer at the last minute and impresses the Hasidic Jewish record executives attending the show that evening . 
 then is brought to the studio where he is interrupted while recording a rockabilly rendition of " That 's Amore " . The recording executive berates as talentless . Backed into a corner , makes the first recording of " Walk Hard " , the song inspired by a speech gave to . 
 Within 35 minutes , the song becomes a hit , and begins to get caught up in the fame of rock and roll . When stumbles upon a room of groupies smoking with drummer , introduces to marijuana . tells to leave because he " do n't want no part of this shit " ( a running gag throughout the film ) but eventually tries it and continues to do so every time he finds with a new drug . His attitude and drug problems cause him to become unfaithful to . 's father then returns to inform that 's mother has died while dancing to 's song on the radio . manages to make feel responsible for her death , contributing to an already high level of inner turmoil . is then introduced to cocaine , which leads to a change in his music to a louder , " Punk rock " type . With the addition of backup singer , produces several more hit records . However , they become attracted to each other , and weds while still married to , which leads to both women leaving him . He then snaps at his chimpanzee companion , who is " only concerned with fruit and touching himself " . is eventually busted after purchasing drugs from an undercover cop , serves time in jail , and spends time in rehab before returns . 
 They move to Berkeley , California in 1966 at the beginning of the ' 60s counterculture movement . writes protest songs for midgets . His singing style is then compared by a reporter to that of , which angrily denies . 
 During a band visit to India , takes LSD with The Beatles , which causes to lose touch with reality yet again and have a Yellow Submarine - esque hallucination . becomes obsessed with every aspect of the recording process and is consumed with creating his masterpiece entitled Black Sheep ( a homage to Smile ) . The band does not appreciate his insane style of music and his continuous abuse of the others in the group . As a result , the band breaks up ; is also unable to deal with 's insanity and drug problems and leaves him . goes through another stay in rehab , where he is visited by 's ghost . ridicules 's self - pity and tells him to start writing songs again . 
 is next seen jogging into the 1970s , and hosting a CBS variety television show . But his song - block prevents him from writing a masterpiece for his brother . ( In the director 's cut , remarries again , this time to . ) appears again and tells that he needs to tell that he loves him . Although 's father appreciates his courage , he challenges to a fight to the death with machetes . However , accidentally cuts himself in half . Just before he dies , the senior forgives and tells him to be a better father than he was . His death causes to have an emotional breakdown and he destroys almost everything in his home . 
 accepts that it is time to focus on spending time with his numerous children . returns to him in 1992 , divorced and single . talks to about what he has done since they last met . After finally understanding what is most important to him , regains his sense of smell and they get remarried . 
 In the present day , 's son pays a visit to 's estate . He informs that he has become popular with younger listeners through rapper sampling of " Walk Hard " . is upset about this at first , but pays it little mind when he is informed that he is to receive the lifetime achievement award . is reluctant to play a song at first , fearing the temptations he once succumbed to , but his wife , children and grandchildren put their full support behind him . reunites with his band and he is finally able to fulfill his dream of creating one great masterpiece that sums up his entire life with his final song , " Beautiful Ride . " The ghost of his family listens to his song . A title card reveals that died three minutes after this final performance . 
 After the credits roll , a short black - and - white clip purporting to be " The actual , April 16 , 2002 " is played . ( The real is again played by , but using a more gravelly voice . )

In 1988 in Brooklyn , New York , ( ) is the manager of the successful El Caribe nightclub in Brighton Beach that is frequented by Russian black market gangster and drug lord ( ) , and owned by , 's uncle and 's boss . 
 has distanced himself from his father , NYPD Deputy Chief ( ) , and his brother , Captain ( ) . He uses the maiden name of his mother , , as his last name , preferring to remain on the sidelines and enjoy a hedonistic life with his girlfriend ( ) and best friend ( ) . 
 When leads a police raid on El Caribe in the hopes of arresting , refuses to cooperate . The incident strains 's relationship with his father and brother even more , to the point that and come to blows . 
 The police are unsuccessful in making a case against , who decides to retaliate . The next evening , is shot by a masked assailant , and his unmarked police cruiser firebombed . survives the ambush , but is hospitalized for four months . , unaware of 's family ties , confides that the Chief will be the next victim . resolves to help the police . Without his father 's knowledge , goes undercover inside 's cocaine - smuggling operation with a police listening device hidden in a cigarette lighter , but when the device is discovered , he narrowly escapes being murdered , and the police raid the operation and arrest . 
 and are placed in protective police custody , and their relationship begins to deteriorate . Months later , escapes custody while being transported to a hospital . and the police prepare to move and to a new location . During a blinding thunderstorm , the police convoy is intercepted by 's men , and during a chaotic car chase , is fatally shot . passes out in the rain when he sees his father 's body . 
 The police take and back to a hotel near Kennedy Airport . wakes up a few hours later and finds in the hotel room . After tells him that their father died , the grief - stricken asks how " they " found them . At the subsequent funeral , a colleague of 's , Captain , gives him 's Korean War medal . is told that a Russian shipment of cocaine is arriving sometime in the coming week . 
 To avenge his father , decides to officially join the police force without the consent of , who leaves him . After he is sworn into the NYPD , learns the true involvement of , his friend , and , 's uncle . He and organize a final sting operation , set for April 4 , 1989 . During the raid , is emotionally incapacitated by the memory of his shooting and can not continue . flees into the reed beds , and the police toss in flares to smoke him out . As the beds are engulfed in flame and smoke , runs in to find himself , ignoring the other officers ' pleas that he wait . shoots in the chest , mortally wounding him . 
 Nearly a year after the raid on El Caribe , , now in uniform , graduates from the NYPD Police Academy to become a full - time police officer . Before the ceremony , reveals to that he has decided to switch to a job in the administration sector , since the shooting led him to realize that he needs to spend more time with his children . As the chaplain announces that is to give the valedictorian address , thinks he sees in the audience , but it turns out to be an illusion . and express their brotherly love .

plays a man who finds out the true nature of love one Valentine 's Day when he wants to propose to his girlfriend .

( ) , ( ) , ( ) and ( ) are four middle - aged everymen living in a Cincinnati suburb who find themselves bored with the pace of daily life and lack of adventure . is a dentist who has trouble impressing his son ( ) ; is a single computer programmer who is afraid to talk to women ; is a henpecked plumber whose wife has made him return to work after having taken a year off to unsuccessfully write a book ; and is a wealthy lawyer married to a supermodel . They find escape from their daily routines on weekends by riding motorcycles together posing as a biker gang called the " Wild Hogs " . 
 One day , finds out his wife is divorcing him thus leaving him bankrupt . He convinces his friends to go on a road trip on their bikes to California . After encountering several misadventures , they end up at a local bar , where they meet a much larger biker gang called the Del Fuegos , headed by ( ) . calls the Wild Hogs " posers " and has his gang steal 's bike after a bogus deal to exchange 's bike for a new bike that is in fact used and derelict , forcing the men to leave with in a sidecar attached to 's bike . 
 Furious at their lack of respect , returns to the Del Fuegos bar and retrieves 's bike , cuts off their bikes ' fuel lines in the process and fabricates a story to the other Wild Hogs of how he " negotiated " with them to return the bike . When the Del Fuegos hear the Wild Hogs riding back past the bar , they attempt to pursue them , only for the bikes to stall . inadvertently drops his lit cigarette onto the ground , igniting the fuel leaking from the bikes which then causes the bar to explode . , after witnessing the explosion from afar , convinces the others to keep riding . Eventually , the Wild Hogs run out of gas and end up stranded in the desert . They eventually push their bikes to Madrid , New Mexico , where they stumble into a diner and help themselves to water and beer without paying . As a result , the townspeople first mistake them for Del Fuegos . When the Wild Hogs explain their actions , they learn that the Del Fuegos have been terrorizing the town frequently , while the local police force are unable to do anything to protect the town . Although is still anxious about the Del Fuegos , the others convince him to stay in the town overnight . During their stay in the town , falls in love with ( ) , the diner 's owner . While out searching for the Wild Hogs , 's closest biker members and spot the group and report their location to . tells the pair not to hurt the Wild Hogs until he gets there , leaving them unable to fight back when spots and confronts the pair by splashing beer and spraying ketchup and mustard on their clothes before finally laying a low blow to , thus scaring off . The Wild Hogs are hailed as heroes amongst the town 's residents and celebrate well into the night with the townspeople . 
 The next day , persuades the others that they must leave , but their departure is ruined when the Del Fuegos arrive . threatens to wreck the town unless the Wild Hogs pay for the damage done to their bar . admits to the Wild Hogs what he really did to get 's bike back as well as the real reason for the trip , angering the others . and the rest of the Del Fuegos take over 's diner , but when he threatens to burn it , confronts them and is captured and tied from a rope against a tree . The others attempt to rescue but fail . They then decide to fight the Del Fuego gang letting , , and a member trained in martial arts " " battle the group in a 4 on 4 fight but the Wild Hogs are repeatedly beaten up . The townspeople band together to battle the Del Fuegos , but just as threatens to take on the rest of the town , ( ) , 's father and the founder of the Del Fuegos , arrives and stops the fight . lectures for letting four " posers " hold off an entire biker gang , questioning aloud just which side was the " posers " . He also adds that the bar was merely an insurance scam and therefore was glad that the Wild Hogs destroyed it . tells the Del Fuegos to leave town and ride the open road until they remember what riding is really about , mentioning as he leaves that " takes after his mother " . He then acknowledges the Wild Hogs by telling them his motto : " Ride hard , or stay home " . 
 and 's wives arrive , and reconciles with his son . 's wife orders him to return with her , but he refuses and convinces her to let him finish the ride . The Wild Hogs leave and arrive in Southern California , where everyone except for crashes into a surfboard while he laughs . During the credits , it is revealed that the Wild Hogs called Extreme Makeover : Home Edition to give the Del Fuegos a new bar . The Del Fuegos react in joy at their new bar while the Wild Hogs watch the event on TV .

John Travolta, Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy, Marisa Tomei

In 1938 , ( ) , a 70 - year - old professor of linguistics , pining after the love of his youth , ( ) , travels to Bucharest , the city where he and she met at university . Feeling that his fruitless search for the origin of human language has condemned him to a solitary , wasted life , is intent on committing suicide after this one last journey . However , while crossing the street , he is abruptly yet non - lethally struck by lightning . In hospital , Professor ( ) informs that , much to both their surprises , the lighting appears to have regenerated him into a much younger man . Soon after , while residing at the Professor 's home , also discovers that he possesses strange , psychic capacities . 
 As Romania is invaded by Nazi Germany , ( ) begins to show an interest in 's miracle patient . Since 's budding powers have blurred his perception of reality , he is bamboozled into mistaking a Nazi spy known only as the Woman in Room Six for an erotic fantasy , who discovers during their nights together that he has developed a talent for speaking in tongues . Meanwhile , an alternate persona , invisible to human eyes , presents itself to as his “ Other ” from outside space and time . When asks for proof , the “ Other ” obliges by bringing him two roses out of nowhere . Unbeknownst to , has witnessed the event and overhears his friend ask himself , “ Where do you want me to put the third rose ? ” Understanding the Nazis ' designs , persuades to escape from Romania . 
 Living like a spy , eventually winds up in Switzerland towards the end of the war , where he is confronted by at gunpoint in an alleyway . argues that ’s existence supports the Nazis ' ideal of the superman , and that the coming nuclear conflicts can only be survived by a superior species of man . In the background , the “ Other ” confirms this to be the case . However , in refusing to cooperate , manifests telekinetic powers which manipulate into shooting himself . Subsequently , returns to a normal existence and resumes his linguistic research . Having realised that the lightning strike has partially lent him the capacities and knowledge of future humanity , he develops a secret language for his audio diary , to be deciphered long after the nuclear apocalypse . 
 Many years later , encounters a woman named ( ) while hiking in the Alps . The “ Other ” reveals her to be the reincarnation of . When the mountains are hit by a violent thunderstorm , rushes to her rescue and finds her chanting in Sanskrit , which he greets her with to gain her trust . During her stay in hospital , now identifies herself as “ ” , one of the first disciples of the . Suspecting she may now be afflicted with a condition similar to his own , calls the Roman College of Oriental Studies for aid , who inform him that 's last act in life was to retire into a cave for meditation on Enlightenment . Since the cave ’s location is unknown , the scholars , led by Professor ( ) , agree to fund an expedition to find it in India , hoping ’s past self will guide them . The venture proves a success when a local recognises “ ” and directs her to the place of meditation . Following this discovery , becomes herself again and falls for . 
 The couple elope to Malta , where for a time , they live happily together , until tells in her sleep that he has always loved her . This causes to writhe in bed as if possessed and begin chanting a language even he does not understand . The “ Other ” explains that she is speaking in ancient Egyptian , having travelled further back along the path of her past selves . For the next two weeks , learns how to control this state in , leading her to regress ever further in time and speak previously unknown tongues . However , 's health begins to decline from exhaustion , and declares that he can not continue these sessions , or even being close to , since his proximity to her is accelerating her age . Over the objections of both and the “ Other ” , he leaves . 
 Despairing , returns to the town where he taught as a professor . His alter ego appears to him in a miror and reveals the future of mankind ; nuclear warfare will unleash an electromagnetic pulse , giving birth to a new , powerful human species , of which is but the first member . symbolised the dawn of man , and he stood for the dusk . Outraged at the idea of sacrificing millions of lives in the name of evolution , shatters the mirror , causing the “ Other ” to vanish , yelling incoherently in an unfamiliar language . In the morning , townsfolk find 's body , lying dead at the bottom of a staircase . As ’s voice is heard echoing “ Where do you want me to put the third rose ? ” , the rose appears in ’s lifeless grasp .

MIT maths major ( ) is accepted into Harvard Medical School , but can not afford the $ 300,000 fee . Despite a 44 MCAT score and top grades , he faces fierce competition for the prestigious Robinson Scholarship that would pay for medical school in its entirety . The director tells him that the scholarship would go to the student who " dazzles " him . Having nothing that would do that , walks away and tries to write an essay with nothing in mind to compose it . 
 At MIT , Professor ( ) challenges with the problem in one of his non - linear equation classes , which he solves successfully . After looking at 's 97 % score on his latest non - linear equations paper , invites to join his blackjack team , which consists of fellow students , , , and . Despite being told by that he had already gotten into the Harvard Medical School , refuses to join the team on the premise he had been promoted at his job . visits at his job and attempts to coax him into joining the team . The system involves card counting , and the team is split into two groups . " Spotters " play the minimum bet and keep track of the count . They send secret signals to the " big players " , who place large bets whenever the count at the table is favorable . reluctantly joins the team , telling he is only doing so until he can pay for medical school . 
 takes the team to Las Vegas over many weekends ; comes to enjoy his luxurious lifestyle as a " big player " . His performance impresses — who develops a mutual attraction with him — and . However , becomes jealous of 's success and is kicked out of the team after he drunkenly incites a melee , requiring the team to scramble to cash in their stock of chips before the casino swaps out . Security chief ( ) monitors the blackjack team , having his eyes on . , distracted by blackjack , does not complete his part of a project for an engineering competition , estranging him from his friends . During the next trip to Vegas , an emotionally distracted continues playing even after he is signaled to walk away , thereby losing $ 200,000 . An angered leaves the team and demands that repay him for the loss , telling he lost because he was gambling instead of counting . tells he has won over $ 300,000 and does not intend to stop . and his three remaining teammates agree to go into business for themselves ; , however , kidnaps , beats him and frees him after being tipped off by . 
 learns that he has been given an incomplete grade in one of his classes and , therefore , will not graduate , and that his winnings have been stolen from his dormitory room . Suspecting , reconciles with his friends and , and approaches with an offer : he and the team will hit Vegas for another attempt before the casinos install biometric software that will quickly identify card counters , as long as , once a very successful " big player " , also plays . Disguised , the team returns to Planet Hollywood and wins $ 640,000 before fleeing and his men , chips in hand . and split up , with taking the bag of chips . escapes into a limousine with the intention of stealing the winnings , but finds his bag is full of chocolate coins and that the casino manager is driving 's limousine . It is revealed that and made a deal in which would be allowed to come back to Vegas for one night in exchange for , with whom has a grudge : Years ago , was a pit manager when took his casino for over $ 1,000,000 by counting cards , resulting in being fired . After capturing , confronts and demands at gunpoint the bag of chips for his retirement ; after giving up the money , rejoins his friends , who have been counting all night themselves . The film closes with recounting the entire tale to a " dazzled " Harvard director .

( ) has been a bridesmaid for 27 weddings . One night when she is attending two weddings almost simultaneously , she meets ( ) , who helps her get home but discusses with her his cynical views of marriage . He finds her day planner in the cab they shared . Meanwhile , 's sister ( ) arrives from Europe and falls in love with 's boss ( ) at first sight . pretends to like the same things that does to get him to like her . Despite being in love with herself , does not reveal the truth and her sister 's courtship progresses rapidly . Soon the new couple announce that they intend to marry in three weeks and becomes the wedding planner . 
 The reporter who agrees to cover their wedding for the society page turns out to be , who writes wedding announcements under the pseudonym . After looking at the contents of 's planner , he decides to use the contents as material for a piece on the " perpetual bridesmaid " and hopefully be promoted to writing investigative pieces about " real " news . 
 is unaware of 's intentions . When he asks to interview her for his column on , he gets her to try on all 27 bridesmaids dresses in her closet . He takes pictures of her in all of them and sends them with the completed article to his boss . As they get to know each other , begins to think that is not as one - dimensional as he thought and asks his editor to hold his article so he can " fix " it . 
 When finds out that is getting her sister 's marriage fixed with the man she loves , he rebukes her . agrees to one drink with and ends up getting drunk . and kiss and have sex in the car . The next morning , the two go to a diner and a waitress recognizes . 's editor ran the article on the front page of the ' Commitments ' section , despite and her settling to hold it for a while . When finds out about it , she feels betrayed and is furious at him . then gets angry at for giving material about her , whom he describes as a bridezilla . The fight escalates when sees that altered their late mother 's wedding dress to her own style — the last straw on ' string of lies to and demands on . 
 Despite the fight , asks to make a slideshow for her engagement party . decides that should know the truth about and shows pictures of with other men , eating ribs ( as she claimed that she is a vegan , like ) , holding a cat by the tail , and recoiling from 's dog ( she told him that she loves dogs , but actually hates them ) — in short , doing all the things she had told that she never did . After that , , the child mentors , tells the crowd that had him clean 's apartment for money . breaks off the engagement . 's friend , Casey(Judy ) , points out that telling the truth to and breaking their engagement at the party did n't help the situation , and that it would have been better if she had been upfront with him in the beginning . The next day , confronts to apologize . She is still mad with , as believes that resented her throughout the years . reveals that the reason she stayed in New York was because she got fired from her job and her boyfriend dumped her ; she explains that when she met she 'd tried to be like since she fell in love with him . also encourages to focus on her life and her own needs , rather than becoming a pushover for all of her friends by bending over backwards for their every desire . 
 Later at work , tells that he appreciates her because she never says no . Remembering that once said the same thing as a criticism , quits and admits she only stayed at the job because she was in love with . She discovers after an experimental kiss that she no longer loves him and goes to meet . She announces in front of a crowd at a wedding he is covering that she is in love with him . 
 One year later and are getting married . and meet again and a hope for a second chance shows . All 27 brides whom helped , as well as and , are her bridesmaids , wearing the dresses she once wore as their bridesmaid .

Katherine Heigl, James Marsden, Malin Åkerman, Edward Burns, Judy Greer

In 1882 , the small town of Appaloosa , New Mexico , is being terrorized by local rancher ( ) , who killed the town 's marshal , , and two deputies when they came to 's ranch to arrest two men . The town hires lawman and peacekeeper ( ) and his deputy ( ) to protect and regain control of the town . The pair agrees on one condition : that the town follow 's law and essentially cede control to him . The lawmen begin by confronting four of 's men who are causing a disturbance in the saloon . Three men refuse to allow themselves to be arrested , forcing and to kill them . The fourth man surrenders and leaves the saloon . has a meeting with and , initiating a standoff . 
 sees a woman , ( ) , who just came to the town and immediately takes an interest in her . He follows her to the diner where is having a breakfast . They make acquaintance with her and observing and are getting together well , keeps his silence . Soon , and begin a romantic relationship and buy a house together . However , attempts to seduce when they are alone but refuses her advances out of his loyalty to . 
 When one of 's men tells and that he will testify against on the triple murder case , they arrest and keep him locked up until the trial in spite of the attempts of 's gang to free him . The trial finds him guilty and sentences him to death . , and several deputies transport via train to the prison where he was to be hanged but when they stop for refueling over a bridge , hired guns and ( and ) , old acquaintances of , appear with at gunpoint , forcing to release to them . 
 and catch up with the outlaws and see and frolicking naked together in a stream . When the outlaws are attacked by Chiricahua Apache , and force the Indians away . tells that 's promiscuity is the result of her insecurity and she really likes . They then turn over to the sheriff of Beauville ; unbeknownst to , the sheriff is a cousin of the brothers . Knowing that is determined to bring to the gallows , the and the sheriff free and engage and in a gunfight . and are wounded but manage to kill , and the sheriff . escapes on horseback and and return to Appaloosa with . 
 After some time , is granted a full pardon by President ( whom he previously claimed to have known ) and returns to Appaloosa in an attempt to publicly reform himself . He buys the hotel and ingratiates himself with the locals . Privately he brags before and to infuriate them over their failure to hang him . tells that he still wants to be with , despite her fickleness . decides to leave the town to make some money and resigns as deputy . Later he discovers that is having a relationship with and challenges to a duel . attempts to stop him , but remains steadfast and asks to permit the gunfight to occur . manages to fire first just before fires but 's shot misses , and hits in the throat , killing him . leaves town , seeing that and are together ; his parting thoughts express his hope that can find happiness with and for him , he gladly walks into uncertainty in hope of finding adventure and fortune .

In 2027 , Russian mobster hires mercenary to bring a young woman known only as to New York City . gives a variety of weapons and a subdermally implanted UN passport . , the girl , and her guardian Sister , travel from the Noelite Convent in Mongolia to reach New York via Russia . 
 Unlike the technologically advanced U.S. , war and terrorist activity have transformed Russia 's cities into dangerous , overpopulated slums . They must also evade an unknown group of mercenaries claiming to have been sent by 's supposedly dead father . The stress of humanity 's situation causes to act out in strange ways and display clairvoyance abilities . On one such occasion , Aurora , seemingly for no reason , panics and runs from a crowded train station , just before it explodes in a terrorist attack . 
 Later , they board a submarine that carries refugees to Canada . To avoid satellite detection , the submarine abandons and shoots some refugees . Aurora , infuriated by the loss of life , operates the 30 - year - old submarine without training . Sister tells Toorop that Aurora could speak nineteen different languages by the age of two , and always seems to know things she has never learned . Three months before leaving with Toorop , she began acting differently . This occurred after a Noelite doctor administered a pill . The doctor tells her to go to New York City and arranges for Toorop to take them . 
 Once in Harlem , a news broadcast about the bombing of the convent causes the group to realize there is more going on than they know . The Noelites have become a major new salvationist religion , which vast numbers of people cling to as the world spirals out of control . However , in private meetings , it is seen that their High Priestess only desires power and uses invented miracles to court converts . , working for the Noelites , had planted a tracking device in 's passport and bombed the convent when he knew they were in the United States . The doctor who earlier saw examines her again . When he leaves , reveals ( without being told ) that she is pregnant with twins despite being a virgin . 
 Looking outside , sees 's men and the Noelite group , heavily armed and waiting for them . The High Priestess calls and asks him to bring outside . Just before they take her away , changes his mind and starts a firefight with the two groups to get two women to safety . 's men can lock onto Toorop with rockets tracking his heartbeat . dies defending , who in turn shoots , saying , " I need you to live . " By dying , the rocket goes off target and explodes near Aurora instead ; she inexplicably survives . 
 Dr. revives Toorop using advanced medical techniques , but several of Toorop 's body parts are replaced with cybernetics to undo the damage of being dead for over two hours . says when was a fetus , he implanted a supercomputer into her brain . It is also implied that the Noelite group had him create Aurora to become pregnant at a certain time to use her as a " virgin birth " . 
 After she was born , the Noelites hired to kill , but he failed . remained " dead " until he found his daughter in Russia with . uses a machine to scan 's memory to find what said to him before " died " . In 's memory , tells to " go home " . and several of 's men leave the facility . En route to 's lab , the High Priestess calls , at which point he is killed by a nuclear missile sent to him by the High Priestess . is later killed by the High Priestess , but it is too late , since has already escaped . goes to his old house in the forest , finds , and takes her to a hospital , where she dies after giving birth . was " designed to breed " , not to live , so her death after childbirth was preprogrammed . takes care of her two children . 
 In a scene that is only present in the theatrical cut but was removed from the director 's cut , the twins are shown to be of different ethnicities , one looking like and the other like .

Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Melanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Mark Strong, Charlotte Rampling, Gérard Depardieu

( ) is a professional freelance contract killer who works strictly by the rules ; never socializing outside his work , staying secluded in quiet spots , never interacting or meeting with his handlers and always leaving on time without a trace . He usually hires young pickpockets or small - time criminals as his local help , whom he usually murders after the end of the job to prevent any identification . He uses multiple aliases and also has middlemen between him and his handlers . He also carries a watch to perform a hit in specific time and correctly visualizes his every target . 
 After completing a hit in Prague and killing his current help , travels to Bangkok for an assignment to assassinate four people for notorious Bangkok crime boss , whom he never meets . occasionally provides insight via voiceover narration throughout the film . He hires a local Thai pickpocket named , who has simple English knowledge , as his go - between in Bangkok , a condition of the contract being that the gang will never meet . Contracts from the Bangkok gangsters are passed to one by one via a nightclub dancer , . 's first execution in Bangkok is done on motorcycle ; when the target car stops at a red light , kills all the occupants with a machine pistol . 
 retrieves information about the second target , again via , and the pair become friendlier with every contact . Before executes his mission , informs him of the target , , another notorious gang lord and 's rival crime boss who acts as a sex trafficker , buying young girls from impoverished parents and selling them after sex deals . sneaks into the target 's penthouse and drowns him in his pool . Unsatisfied with 's assistance , contemplates killing him , but after a brief confrontation when is ambushed by local gangsters regarding a briefcase containing information files of Surat's / Joe 's targets , he instead decides to act as 's mentor and trains him for self - defense . 
 Midway through the movie , Joe meets , a deaf - mute pharmacist , with whom he becomes intrigued after a brief consultation . later returns to the pharmacy to invite out for dinner . Soon after falls for and meets her mother . The affair is cut short when he shoots and kills two assailants in 's presence . Blood splatters on , and she runs off , trembling and traumatized by the violent deaths . Feeling betrayed , can not forgive and ends their relationship . 
 Before the third kill , the gang attempts to identify , and he warns them off . For the third execution that takes place at the Damnoen Saduak floating market , assists . The kill does not go as planned , and the target , a playboy and a criminal underworld associate , nearly gets away but manages to catch and assassinate him . Before beginning his last mission visits , presumably to say goodbye . She initially ignores him but as begins to drive away she runs after his car . 
 His fourth target is the Prime Minister of Thailand , who is revered by many . is about to make the kill when he has second thoughts , is spotted , and escapes through a panicking crowd . Meanwhile , the gang has abducted and with plans to execute them . , now a target , is attacked at his house by four of 's henchmen . He uses explosives to take them out and is faced with the choice of rescuing or leaving the country unharmed . decides to rescue Kong , so he sets off to the gang 's headquarters with one of the half - alive attackers . 
 goes to the gang 's headquarters , kills most of the gang including 's underboss / bodyguard ( who is blown into half by explosives ) , and saves and . The fearful gang leader flees to his car with three other accomplices . spots him and shoots the gang members , then gets into the back seat with . As the police arrive at the location , realizes he has only one bullet . He puts his head adjacent to 's , puts the gun up to his temple and pulls the trigger , killing himself and . 
 An alternate ending to the theatrical version shows that before kills himself in the original version , steals a police car and comes to his rescue . He kills and runs to the stolen car ( although he is shot once in the arm ) . After eluding the police officers , they hide in a neighborhood a few meters away from 's headquarters . As locals come out to investigate the commotion , reveals that is the man who killed . They help him recuperate while one local remarks that was a very bad man , adding that his death marks an end to his crimes and atrocities in their place ( with the words " it 's good that he is dead " ) then takes to a boatman and gives him his passports , so that he may flee the country . thanks for his assistance , and gives him a bank account number with " a bonus " , stating that he was a good student . then departs , with the camera focused on ( from 's perspective , similar to the original ending ) .

In Passaic , New Jersey , the declining " Be Kind Rewind " VHS rental store owned by Mr. ( ) is due to be demolished to make way for high - end development ( due in large part to the refusal of Mr. to rent out DVDs ) unless he can find the money to renovate his building , despite his claims that jazz pianist was born in that building . Mr. leaves on a trip for several days to join friends and memorialize , as well as visiting a DVD rental store to learn efficient and modernized ways of running a video rental store , leaving his only employee , ( ) , to tend to the store . Before leaving Mr. cautions to keep his paranoid and klutzy friend , ( ) , away from the store . After attempting to sabotage a nearby electrical substation , believing its energy to be melting his brain , becomes magnetized , and when he enters the store the next day , he inadvertently erases all the VHS tapes in the store ( as well as making the camera go out of focus , whenever he walks past it ) . quickly discovers the disaster , and is further pressed when Miss ( ) , Mr. 's friend , wants to rent Ghostbusters . To prevent her from reporting a problem to Mr. , comes up with an idea : as Miss has never seen the movie , he proposes to recreate the film using himself and as the actors and cheap special effects hoping to fool her . They complete the movie just in time when another customer asks for Rush Hour 2 . and repeat their filming , enlisting the help of ( ) , a local woman , for some of the parts . 
 Word of mouth spreads through Miss 's nephew ( ) of the inadvertently hilarious results of and 's filming , and soon the store is seeing more requests for such movies . , , and quickly pass off the movies as being " sweded " , insisting the films came from Sweden and thus able to demand long wait times and higher costs for the rental . Soon , to meet demand , and enlist the locals to help out in making the movies , using them as starring roles in their films . When Mr. returns , intent on converting the store to a DVD rental outlet , he quickly recognizes that they are making more money from the sweded films than from normal rentals , and joins in with the process . However , the success is put to a halt when two court bailiffs ( and ) arrive , insisting the sweded films are copyright violations , and seize the tapes and the store 's assets , crushing the tapes with a steamroller . Without any money to renovate the building , Mr. gives up hope , and is forced to reveal to that he made up the connection of to their building . Mr. is given a week to evacuate the building before it will be razed . 
 , with the help of the local townspeople , convinces Mr. and to give one last hurrah and put together a documentary dedicated to the fake life of , and the two quickly warm up to the idea . On the day the building is scheduled for demolition , Mr. invites all the locals to watch the final film . In his eagerness to start the show due to the presence of the demolition crew waiting to start the job , accidentally breaks the only TV the store has , but a nearby DVD store owner loans them his video projector , allowing them to show the movie on a white cloth placed in the store 's window . As their film ends , Mr. , and exit the store to find a crowd has gathered in the street to watch the film through the window , including the city official and wrecking crew , and they are given a rousing applause by the gathered crowd .

( ) is a hotel maintenance man who is promised as a child by his father ( ) to be the manager of the family hotel , but later it is bought by hotel chain Nottingham Hotels . 25 years later , the new manager ( ) plans to build a new hotel and appoints another man , the snotty ( ) to become the manager , simply because he is dating his daughter , ( ) . 
 's sister ( ) asks him to watch her kids ( who own a guinea pig with huge eyes named ) , because the school at which she is the principal is being closed and she is looking for a job in Arizona . The first night , tells a bedtime story taking place in medieval times ( with him as the main character ; in this case , an underdog peasant named Sir Fix - A - Lot ) , with some additions from her kids . The next day , the entire story miraculously comes true . gives a shot at the manager position when he says his new hotel theme was taken by Hard Rock Hotel and on his way home ( though it actually came from a truck crash ) it rains gumballs on top of him , all from the story . 
 The next night , at the hotel , he tells another story set in the Old West , and when he waits for it to come true , a man dressed in Indian attire steals his wallet . He saves from an obnoxious paparazzi and gets kicked by a dwarf . He also spots a Ferrari car , and thought he was being offered it for free ( like in the story ) but drives away with it ( implying that it was actually her car ) . 
 The night after that , out on a campfire near the hotel , he tells them about a Greek chariot - riding stuntman , and he ends up falling for his sister 's friend and fellow colleague ( ) . 
 On the last night with the kids , he tells them about a space fight in which he triumphs over . After he wins the gig of manager ( despite his presentation being flawed due to a bee stinging his tongue ) , he makes the discovery from that the new Nottingham Hotel will be at the location of the closing school . After being dismissed by Nottingham ( for inadvertently destroying his birthday cake ) , which turned out to be the connection to the ending of the space story ( at which he originally thought he would combust ) , he gets the hotel moved to Santa Monica , and then with is able to avert the demolition , saving the school and his nephew and niece , while getting his wallet and money back from the same man that stole it from him earlier . 
 Sometime later , he marries and establishes a motel named after his late father . and his accomplice ( ) are demoted to the motel 's waiting staff . marries 's best friend ( ) , giving him control of the Nottingham Empire , becoming the ninth richest man alive . In the meantime , Nottingham quits hotel management to become a school nurse and newlywed and have a baby , while the guinea pig marries too , and has a bunch of babies .

In Beverly Hills , California , wealthy heiress leaves her richly pampered pet chihuahua , , with her irresponsible niece , , while she embarks on a business trip for ten days . , the gardener 's pet Chihuahua of Mexican descent , has an unrequited crush on , by which she is disgusted . decides to go to Mexico with her friends and stay at a hotel by the beach . When leaves alone in the hotel room to go dancing at a club , goes looking for her . gets dog - napped as she tries to find and is sent to the dog fights in Mexico City . There , she meets a street - smart German Shepherd named . comes back to the hotel and is frantic when she finds missing . 
 is picked to fight in the pit against , a fierce Argentinean - Bolivian Doberman Pinscher . helps her escape the dog fights , unleashing the other dogs from their cages and unlocking the ring to allow both and himself to flee . After several arguments , he then decides to return her to Beverly Hills safely . 
 Meanwhile , and go to the Mexican police and offer rewards in an effort to find . is sent by the dog fight ringleader , , to capture and obtain the reward . They reach the border by train , but they are caught when the conductor wanders back to the place them and the other dogs are hiding , and are forced to jump out , eventually arriving in the barren deserts of Chihuahua , where explains that he was a former police dog ; he was retired after he lost his sense of smell during a raid and a sneak attack from . 
 and are in Puerto Vallarta and find that was spotted in the state of Chihuahua . After tracking and from Mexico City , arrives in Chihuahua and attempts to capture , but saves her and ends getting captured in a cage inside an abandoned Aztec temple , but comes to rescue the two and is briefly defeated . then rescues , but discovers that had vanished . finds , and is arrested by the police . returns safely to Beverly Hills without finding out what happened and accepts a romantic relationship with , as well as with . The characters ' fates are later revealed : returns to being a police dog in Mexico ; is recaptured by and is adopted by a rich lady who " had a passion for fashion " ; and move to Beverly Hills and become rich ; and and have their first date .

( ) is a CIA case officer in Iraq , tracking a terrorist called ( ) . He meets , a member of the terrorist organization who is prepared to offer information in return for asylum in North America . Despite his boss , ( ) objections , agrees to shelter . is used as a pawn to draw out the rest of his cell ; when he is captured , is forced to shoot him to prevent him from exposing ' identity . However , furious at 's refusal to act on the information provided , and his associate ( ) go to search a safe house in Balad , Iraq , of which had told them . There , observes men burning records and attempts to bluff his way in , but is exposed . In the ensuing shootout and chase , and 's vehicle is hit by an RPG . and some salvaged discs are rescued by helicopter but is killed in the explosion . 
 Meanwhile , unknown terrorists in the UK plan to follow up on bus bombings in Sheffield with more attacks in Manchester , but blow themselves up when the police arrive at their house . Recovered from his injuries , is assigned to Jordan to continue searching for , where he meets with ( ) , head of the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate . 
 finds an safe house in Jordan and orders to watch it . Simultaneously , organizes another ' side operation ' via a local agency operative named ( ) and that he is to conduct an operation without ' knowledge . employs the use of an agency asset , , who blows cover to a terrorist from the safe house . As he flees to inform his colleagues of their exposure , makes chase and kills him in such a place and manner that one might believe the death to be random . ( via ' back channels ' ) corroborates the acceptance of killing by those who remain at the safe house ; and accuses of running " side operations " which interfere and ( at least ) undermine operational integrity of primary operation and tells to stop . While going to the hospital to receive rabies shots for bites suffered during the pursuit and elimination of the terrorist , meets a nurse named ( ) , and he begins developing romantic feelings for her . The bombers strike again in an Amsterdam flower market , and kill at least 75 people . 
 Having recognized one of the men living in the safe house as former small - time criminal ( ) , takes into the desert and coerces him into working for Jordanian intelligence , threatening to set him up as a collaborator if he does not co - operate . Hoffman asks to use , but he refuses , believing a greater return will come later . Unknown to and , tells ' CIA subordinate ( ) to follow and kidnap him . escapes and notifies the terrorists in the safe house that it is being watched , and they abandon it . 's partner is caught and accuses of having had knowledge of the move on , and blames 's duplicity with him for the destruction of the safe house . He exiles from Jordan . 
 returns to in Washington , and they devise a new plan to find . Suspecting he is motivated more by pride than ideology , they stage a fake terrorist attack and set up ( ) , an innocent Jordanian architect , as its instigator , hoping will come out of hiding and attempt to contact him . sees TV news coverage of the attack and takes the bait . 
 invites back to Jordan and shares his suspicions that is a terrorist , though feigns ignorance . later tries to save from being kidnapped by henchmen but fails and sees his partner nearly killed in the subsequent car crash . Under interrogation , denies any knowledge of the attack though he is later found beaten and killed . goes back to his apartment and finds out that has been kidnapped . He desperately asks for help , admitting he fabricated terrorist cell and the attack . refuses to help because of earlier having lied to him . 
 offers himself in exchange to 's kidnappers , and is brought to the middle of the desert , with watching everything via a surveillance drone . is surrounded by a group of SUVs , which circle him to create an obscuring dust cloud before picking him up . The dust cloud blocks 's view , so that he can not determine which of the SUVs , now headed in different directions , is carrying . is taken across the border to Syria where he is to be interrogated by . When asks about , he is told that someone has lied to him and that he has been double - crossed . tells that there is an infiltrator ( ) in his organization who works for Ferris , and that , by association , works for Ferris . does not believe , beats him , turns on a video camera and orders his execution . and his agents arrive at the last moment , saving ' life . is shown arrested in his own SUV by , security officer . 
 visits in the hospital and reveals he had faked 's abduction , and orchestrated 's capture by using as a go - between . Having lost the will to fight in this particular ' war ' , goes off the grid and goes to see again .

A White Shepherd puppy named is adopted by a seven - year - old girl named . Five years later , and star in a hit television series called Bolt , in which uses various superpowers to protect from the villain . To gain a more realistic performance , the show 's producers have deceived his entire life , arranging the filming in such a way that believes everything in the television show is real and that he really has superpowers , including a devastatingly powerful sonic scream - like " superbark " . After a cliffhanger episode causes to believe has been kidnapped , he escapes from his on - set trailer in Hollywood but knocks himself unconscious and is trapped inside a box of foam peanuts which is shipped to New York City . 
 In New York , resumes his search for and quickly finds that his " superpowers " are useless . He encounters , a feral cat who bullies pigeons out of their food . compels to guide him back to — being convinced her captor is a lunatic — and the two start their journey westward by truck . Meanwhile , in Hollywood , is distraught over 's disappearance but is convinced by the studio to continue filming with a less experienced lookalike . 
 Surprised at his first feelings of hunger , is shown by how to act like a cute but needy dog , obtaining food for them both at an RV park . They are joined by , a fearless hamster and fanatical fan . 's unwavering faith in substantiates the dog ’s illusions about his superpowers , but causes to realize that is from a television show . She tries to tell that his superpowers are not real , but simply becomes frustrated and attempts to " superbark " her repeatedly . The noise draws the attention of an Animal Control patrol and and are captured and taken to an animal shelter . 
 , freed from the van by , finally accepts that he is just a normal dog , but regains his confidence after ( oblivious to this revelation ) exhorts him to heroism . They rescue from the shelter , and and form a close friendship in which she teaches how to be an ordinary dog , and enjoy typical dog activities . In Las Vegas feels drawn to find while tells him that is only an actor , and that humans never truly love their pets but betray and abandon them , as happened to her . refuses to believe her and continues on alone to Hollywood ; with 's encouragement his two friends follow shortly after . 
 reaches the studio and finds embracing his lookalike . Unaware that still misses him and that her affection for the lookalike is only a part of a rehearsal , he leaves . , on a gantry in the studio , sees telling her mother how much she misses . Realizing that truly does love , follows and explains . At the same time , the - lookalike panics during the show 's filming and accidentally knocks over some flaming torches , setting the sound stage on fire with trapped inside . arrives and the two reunite inside the burning studio , but are unable to escape before begins to suffocate from the smoke . refuses to leave her , and with his last strength , uses his " superbark " through the building 's air vent . Hearing the noise , the firefighters rescue them in time . 
 and her mother quit when their overeager agent attempts to exploit the incident for publicity purposes . The show continues with a replacement " " and " Penny " and a new storyline involving alien abduction . adopts and , and she and her family move to a rural home to enjoy a simpler , happy lifestyle with and her new pets .

Faced with a demotion at work due to a drinking problem , angrily quits his job as a CIA analyst and decides to write a memoir . When his pediatrician wife finds out , she sees it as an opportunity to file for divorce and continue her affair with , a deputy U.S. Marshal . She copies her husband 's financial records and other files , including the draft memoir , and gives them to her lawyer . 
 The lawyer 's assistant copies the files onto a CD , which she accidentally leaves on the locker room floor of Hardbodies , a local gym . The disc falls into the hands of dim - witted personal trainer and his co - worker , who mistakenly believe it to contain sensitive government information . They plan to return the disc for a reward , with hoping to use the money to pay for cosmetic surgery . After a phone call and subsequent meeting with provoke a furious reaction , and attempt to sell the disc to the Russian embassy . Unbeknownst to them , the Russian ambassador is a spy for the CIA . 
 's increasingly temperamental and erratic behavior prompts to change the locks on their house and invite to move in . is a womanizer and is also seeing . persuades to sneak into the ' home to get more files from their computer . finds hiding in a wardrobe and the shock causes him to shoot dead . 
 Two days later at the CIA headquarters , , 's former superior , and his director learn that information from has been given to the Russian Embassy . They are perplexed : the material delivered to the Russians is of no importance , and the apparent motive of all the involved parties is unknown . The director , unaware of 's identity , orders 's death to be covered up . 
 argues with and leaves the house . On his way out , he spots a man who has been trailing him for the past several days . tackles the man and finds out that he is a private detective hired by his wife to gather evidence to divorce him . Separately , it is revealed that is having an affair of her own . is devastated and goes to see an agitated , who confides to that is missing . agrees to help find . 
 returns to the Russian embassy to find . The Russians have dismissed the CD contents as " drivel " and escort off the embassy grounds . She turns to , the kindhearted manager of Hardbodies , who has unrequited feelings for her . Against his better judgement , agrees to go to the ' home to search 's computer . 
 and meet in a park ; believes a man in the park is surveilling him . denies knowing the man , which makes suspicious . When reveals the address where disappeared , realizes that is the man he shot . Convinced that is a spy and that everyone in the park is surveilling him , he panics and flees . 
 becomes unhinged when he finds out that has emptied his bank accounts and decides to break into the house to get his alcohol and personal belongings . Finding in the basement , shoots and then kills him with a hatchet . A CIA agent intervenes by shooting , leaving him in a coma . 
 At CIA headquarters a few days later , and his director try to understand what happened . has been detained trying to flee to Venezuela , as that country has no extradition treaty with the US . The director instructs to send to Venezuela . The director and agree to leave comatose and deal with him if he ever wakes . promises to keep quiet if they will pay for her plastic surgery , to which the director agrees . They conclude that there appears to be no lesson for the agency to learn from the events . " I guess we learned not to do it again , " the director says , despite not knowing exactly what they did , and closes the file .

George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt, Richard Jenkins

In Los Angeles in 1928 , single mother returns home to discover her nine - year - old son , , is missing . Reverend publicizes 's plight and rails against the Los Angeles Police Department ( LAPD ) for its incompetence , corruption and the extrajudicial punishment meted out by its " Gun Squad " led by Chief . Several months after 's disappearance , the LAPD tells that the boy has been found alive . Believing the positive publicity will negate recent criticism of the department , the LAPD organizes a public reunion . Although " " claims he is 's son , she says he is not . Captain , the head of the LAPD 's Juvenile Division , insists the boy is and pressures into taking him home " on a trial basis " . 
 After confronts with physical discrepancies between " " and her son , arranges for a medical doctor to visit her . He tells that " " is three inches shorter than before his disappearance because trauma has shrunk his spine , and that the man who took had him circumcised . A newspaper prints a story that implies is an unfit mother ; Briegleb tells it was planted by police to discredit her . 's teacher and dentist each give signed letters confirming " " is an impostor . tells her story to the press ; as a result , sends her to Los Angeles County Hospital 's " psychopathic ward " . She befriends inmate , who tells she is one of several women who were sent there for challenging police authority . Dr. ( O'Hare ) diagnoses as delusional and forces her to take mood - regulating pills . says he will release if she admits she was mistaken about " " ; she refuses . 
 Detective travels to a ranch in Wineville , Riverside County , to arrange the deportation of 15 - year - old to Canada . The boy 's uncle , , has fled after a chance encounter with , who mentions his business there being a juvenile matter . tells that forced him to help kidnap and murder around twenty children , and identifies as one of them . tells that is in protective custody following a mental breakdown . orders 's deportation , but takes to the murder site and tells him to dig where the bodies are buried . hesitates , but soon uncovers body parts . secures 's release by showing a newspaper story about the killings that names as a possible victim . Under interrogation by , 's impostor reveals his motive was to secure transport to Los Angeles to see his favorite actor , , and says the police told him to lie about being 's son . The police capture in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada . Meanwhile , introduces and her case to famed attorney " who takes the case pro bono and quickly secures a court order for the release of other unjustly imprisoned women whom the police wanted to silence . 
 On the day of the city council 's hearing into the case , , , and arrive at Los Angeles City Hall , where they encounter thousands of protesters who are demanding answers from the city and decrying the LAPD . The hearing is intercut with scenes from 's trial . The council concludes that and should be removed from duty , and that extrajudicial internments by police must be stopped . 's jury finds him guilty of murder and the judge sentences him to death by hanging . 
 Two years later , has not given up her search for . sends her a message saying he is willing to admit to killing on condition that meets him before his execution . She visits , but he refuses to tell her if he killed her son . is executed the next day . 
 In 1935 , , one of the boys assumed to have been killed , is found alive in Hesperia , California . He reveals that one of the boys with whom he was imprisoned was . , , and another boy escaped , but were separated . does not know whether was recaptured , but he says helped him escape , giving hope he is alive . 
 In the epilogue , it states that after the hearing , Captain was suspended , Chief was demoted , and Los Angeles Mayor chose not to run for reelection . California 's state legislature made it illegal to forcibly commit people to psychiatric facilities by mere words alone of authorities , and Rev. continued to use his radio show to expose police misconduct and political corruption . Wineville is said to have changed its name to Mira Loma to escape the stigma of the murders , and reportedly never stopped searching for her son .

is a sex addict who works as a reenactor of life in Colonial America . He works with his best friend , , who is also a reformed sex addict . To support his hospitalized mother , , cons others by intentionally choking at restaurants to get money from his rescuers . 
 When he visits his mother one day , he meets Dr. , who takes care of her . She tells that his mother 's condition is worsening and that they could try an experimental stem cell technique that would require harvesting cells from the umbilical cord of a newborn baby with 's genes . She convinces to have sex with her so she can have his child and save his mother . 
 never knew his father and is anxious to obtain the information from his mother , but she never recognizes him when he visits . He asks to pose as him and ask her questions . agrees and reveals that 's mother kept a diary . finds it , but it is in Italian . tells she can read Italian and agrees to translate the diary . 
 and try several times to have sex , but can not maintain an erection . After discussing it with , he realizes he loves . She then reveals to him that his mother may have fled Italy because she stole ' foreskin , and used its cells to conceive , making him the Second Coming . He is reluctant to believe but , in the end , accepts 's assertion . However , his mother finally recognizes him and tells him that she stole him as a baby and she has no idea who his real parents are . As she tells him this , he feeds her chocolate pudding and accidentally chokes her to death . 
 While tries to resuscitate 's mother , a hidden band around her wrist falls into 's view , revealing that she is actually a patient in the hospital — not a doctor . then reveals that she was admitted to the hospital years ago , in a catatonic state , and fell in love with through the stories his mother told her about him . As she was a former medical student , the nurses allowed her to wear a white coat , as it calmed her down . , a voluntary patient , checks herself out without saying goodbye to . 
 After his mother 's funeral , boards a plane . He goes to the bathroom and the door opens to reveal joining him .

As an unspecified global catastrophe looms , an underground city , Ember , is constructed to shelter a large group of survivors . In addition , a small metal box intended for a future generation of Emberites is timed to open after 200 years . This box is entrusted to the Mayor of the City of Ember , and each mayor passes it on to his or her successor . Over time , however , the significance of the box is forgotten , and the succession is broken when the seventh mayor suddenly dies . The box opens by itself at the allotted time , but this goes unnoticed . Several decades later , Ember 's generator begins to fail , while food , medicine , and other necessities are in dangerously short supply . 
 At a rite of passage for all graduating students of Ember City School , Mayor stands before the students as they choose their adult occupations by lottery . , the son of inventor and repairman , is assigned " Messenger " , while his classmate is assigned " Pipeworks Laborer " and apprenticed to elderly technician . Shortly afterwards , the two secretly exchange assignments . At home , ( a descendant of the seventh mayor ) finds the opened box and enlists 's help to decipher its contents . Gradually , they learn that it contains a set of instructions and directions for an exit from the city . Later , they also discover that Mayor has been hoarding canned food in a secret vault for his own benefit while the people go hungry . After attempts to report this , the mayor captures her and tries to steal the metal box , but she escapes during a blackout . Now fugitives from the mayor 's police , and , accompanied by 's little sister , , use the instructions and assistance from to flee the city via a subterranean river . Meanwhile , the Mayor turns against his accomplice , , and locks himself in his vault , only to be devoured by a gigantic star - nosed mole ( which and encountered earlier ) . , , and eventually reach the Earth 's surface , where , for the first time in their lives , they witness a sunrise . The movie ends as and tie a message to a rock and drop it from far above it into the city − where it is found by .

The film is presented as footage from a personal camcorder recovered by the United States Department of Defense in the area " formerly known as Central Park " , bearing a disclaimer stating multiple sightings of a case designated " Cloverfield " . The tape originally contained footage from the last day and had spent together , which later got overwritten in its majority by the events filmed during the night of Friday , May 22 , 2009 , the resulting tape alternating between the two . 
 The first segment is filmed by on the morning of Monday , April 27 . and wake up in an apartment after a night together and they make plans to go to Coney Island that day . The footage cuts to the evening of Friday , May 22 , when , 's brother , and his girlfriend , , prepare a farewell party for , who will be moving to Japan . Their friend films testimonials during the party . 
 After has an argument with and leaves , a supposed earthquake strikes , causing a brief citywide power outage ; the local news reports a capsized oil tanker near Liberty Island . When the party - goers leave the building , the severed head of the Statue of Liberty is hurled into the street in front of them . Hud records what appears to be an enormous creature several blocks away collapsing the Woolworth Building . Later , during the city 's evacuation , the creature 's gigantic tail destroys the Brooklyn Bridge , killing and several other people . News reports show the Army National Guard 's 42nd Infantry Division attacking the monster . Smaller " parasite " creatures fall off its body and attack nearby pedestrians and soldiers.[5 ] 
 listens to a phone message from , stating that she is trapped in her apartment at the Time Warner Center and unable to move . Going against the crowd , , , , and another party - goer , , venture into Midtown Manhattan to rescue . By 3:17 am , they get caught in a battle between the creature and the Army National Guard and run into the Spring Street station , soon attacked by several of the parasitic creatures during the scuffle ; is bitten by one . Exiting the subway via the 59th Street station , the four come to a command center and field hospital . reacts to the bite , causing her to bleed from her eyes . She is dragged into a tent , where she apparently explodes . , intending to save , persuades one of the military leaders to let him go . The man then tells when the last evacuation helicopter will depart before the military executes its " Hammer Down Protocol , " which will destroy Manhattan in an attempt to kill the monster . 
 The group rescues , impaled on exposed rebar , and the four make their way to the evacuation site at Grand Central Terminal , where they encounter the creature once more . is rushed into a departing Marine Corps helicopter and escapes . Moments later , , , and are taken away in a second helicopter and witness a U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit bomb the creature . The bombing causes the creature to fall , but then it lunges at the protagonists ' helicopter , causing it to crash into Central Park . 
 The footage skips to the early morning of Saturday , May 23 , less than an hour later . A voice on the crashed helicopter 's radio warns that the Hammer Down protocol will begin in fifteen minutes . The three friends regain consciousness and flee ; retrieves the camera when the creature suddenly appears and kills him . 
 and grab the camera and take shelter under Greyshot Arch in Central Park . As sirens blare and the bombing starts , and take turns leaving their last testimony of the day 's events . The bridge crumbles and the camera gets knocked out of 's hand and buried beneath some rubble.[6 ] and each proclaim their love for each other just before another bomb goes off , with both screaming while the monster roars . 
 The footage concludes with and 's Coney Island date on April 27 . Unnoticed by the characters , an indiscernible object falls from the sky into the ocean . points the camera toward and himself , and zooms in on the latter , who says " I had a good day . " At that point , the tape freezes and cuts out . 
 After the credits , indistinct radio chatter can be heard.[7 ] It can be perceived as " Help us " , but when played in reverse , it says " It 's still alive".[8 ]

The film is about ( ) , a 17 - year - old college - bound girl who is getting ready to graduate from high school and really wants to go to Georgetown University . However , her father ( ) , the chief of police in the quiet Chicago suburb where they live , is overprotective of , and is n't ready for her to leave and study so far away from home . has other plans for ; he wants her to go to Northwestern University which is only 28 minutes away from home . also receives problems from disagreements with his real estate agent wife , ( ) , the family pig , who continuously annoys him , and his young son ( ) , who spends much time with the pig . gets invited to an interview at Georgetown after a college recruiter saw her performance at a mock trial . Her two best friends , ( ) and ( ) , offer to take her on their college road trip to Pittsburgh . is all set to go with her friends until her father surprises her with his own college road trip to Washington , D.C .. 
 On their way , reluctantly visits Northwestern to take a tour . They meet an almost - too - happy father and daughter duo , ( ) and ( ) , who are on their own college road trip . has planted actors at Northwestern , one screaming at they lost an eye at Georgetown . almost falls for it until one of the actors says to her " Yeah , the chief 's a pretty smart guy " , since he never met . 
 Their car soon breaks down and they find in the trunk with and a supply of oxygen . They stop at a hotel ( thanks to 's navigating ) but end up causing trouble when eats coffee beans and becomes hyperactive . They run into and again , who offer and a ride since ' car broke down . Later , and her father ride on a tour bus where they try to work out their differences . At one destination , and show up and take to a sorority house . , due to a misunderstanding , and the owner not letting him in to check on her , sneaks into the house . After hearing that his daughter has faith in him , he decides to leave the next morning . Unfortunately , after leaves , he gets caught by the owner , brutally tazed , and arrested . ' mother comes to bail him out , and opens up about her own past fears when her son went to the Army , but still believed in her son to go his own path . 
 and end up forgiving each other at the airport . After dropping off , they skydive to make the interview at Georgetown . is nervous , but tells her she can do it and that they did n't come all this way for nothing . She then is accepted into Georgetown , which is accepted into too . 
 In the end , copes with letting go and the final scene shows the and families at Thanksgiving dinner . introduces her boyfriend ( ) , who turns out to be a male . accepts this , and announces her engagement to ( ) , a chipper young man who behaves exactly like . This causes to finally snap and attacks .

In 2012 , the collapse of the US economy and the subsequent increase in crime rates leads to the rise of privatized prisons . One such prison is Terminal Island Penitentiary , whose warden , , earns her profits by broadcasting a modern gladiator game participated in by the prisoners . In the game " Death Race " , the racers , along with their navigators , compete in a three - part race over three days on a closed track . The track is littered with pressure plates that activate either the cars ' offensive weapons , defensive equipment or deadly traps . Any racer winning five races will be granted freedom . 
 Towards the end of one race , a masked driver nicknamed is nearing the finish line , pursued by his rival . His navigator , , reports that all his defensive equipment have malfunctioned . Against her protest , refuses to let finish first . ejects herself out of the car just before destroys it . 
 Industrial worker , ex - con and former NASCAR driver struggles to support his family . When the steel mill he works at is closed , he and his fellow angry workers are attacked by the arriving riot police , forcing them to fight back . He returns home to his wife and their new - born daughter , . A masked assailant knocks him unconscious . wakes up with a bloodied knife in hand , and his wife lies dead nearby , just before policemen storm into his home . He is arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment , while is placed in foster care . 
 Six months later , is transferred to Terminal Island Prison . He immediately gets into a fight with and his Aryan Brotherhood gang . 's right - hand man calls to her office . She tells him that died from his injuries after the previous race , and offers to let go free if he impersonates to win one more race ( as had already won four ) . accepts the offer and meets 's maintenance crew consisting of , , and , who explains the main reason she needs is that the profits and audience of " Death Race " has halved since 's " disappearance " . 
 On Day 1 , meets his navigator . 's defensive equipment again mysteriously malfunctions . Under attack by , one of the other competitors , improvises and spills napalm over 's car , and has ignite it with the cigarette lighter . 's car is then run into by Machine Gun Joe 's . When sees doing the same hand gesture as the masked assailant ( making realize it was that killed his wife ) , he is distracted and is hit by , coming in last place . Day 1 ends with three racers dead ( , , and ) and six remaining . After a conversation with and another fight with , deduces that ordered to frame , so she can have a replacement for . 
 On Day 2 , confronts about the malfunctions . Case admits she sabotaged 's car to keep him from winning and leaving Death Race , in exchange for her release papers , but that he was only supposed to lose and that he won the last race at the cost of his life . tricks into crashing , then leaves his car and kills by snapping his neck . then unleashes the Dreadnought , a newly - built heavily armed 18 - wheel tanker , to thin out the racers and boost ratings . The Dreadnought kills three more racers ( , , and 14 ) , leaving only and alive . contacts and the two work together to trigger a trap which destroys the Dreadnought , much to 's shock and anger . 
 Aware that he knows her angle , asks to consider staying and racing as , in exchange for a life of comfort compared to attempting to put his old life back together , but he refuses . She orders to plant a bomb under his car in case he wins , knowing that she can always find other people to impersonate . Knowing has no intention of letting him go ( and figuring out that no one will ever win five races , as sooner or later they all get killed ) , plans an escape and talks to . 
 On the final race , deliberately keeps from activating his weapons and allows to activate his . , and destroy and drive through a weakened wall , discovered by examining footage of the first race , and head for the bridge to the mainland . activates the bomb , not knowing that it was removed and neutralized by . The cars wreck the pursuing police cruisers , and a furious Hennessey dispatches attack helicopters . After the cars make it to the mainland and split up , the helicopters follow 's car under 's orders . reveals that she had already received her release papers . She wears 's costume , and jumps out of the car before the helicopters corner her . is captured while and escape on a freight train . 
 , although furious about the losses , is happy about re - capturing " Frankenstein " and the race 's success . She opens a congratulatory present , only to find the bomb she had planted on 's car . , the sender , detonates the bomb , killing and along with the media room . He then turns to the camera and , breaking the fourth wall , states " I love this game " . 
 With and 's deaths , the future of Death Race becomes uncertain , and 's name is cleared . Six months later , and are shown working in Mexico as mechanics , and have been reunited with Case and Piper .

The film is based on a true story , beginning in August 1941 . Nazi Einsatzgruppen ( task forces ) are sweeping through Eastern Europe , systematically killing Jews . Among the survivors not killed or restricted to ghettoes are the Belarusian Jewish brothers : , , and . Their parents are dead , killed by local police under orders from the occupying Germans . The brothers flee to the Naliboki Forest , vowing to avenge the deaths of their parents . 
 They encounter other Jewish escapees hiding in the forest , and the brothers take them under their protection and leadership . Over the next year , they shelter a growing number of refugees , raiding local farms for food and supplies and moving their camp whenever they are discovered by the collaborationist police . kills the local Auxiliary Police chief responsible for his parents ' deaths and the brothers stage raids on the Germans and their collaborators . Casualties cause to reconsider this approach because of the risk to the hiding Jews . Rivalry between the two eldest brothers , and , fuels a disagreement between them about their future ; as winter approaches , decides to leave the camp and join a local company of Soviet partisans , while his older brother remains with the camp as their leader . An arrangement is made between the two groups in which the Soviet partisans agree to protect the Jewish camp in exchange for supplies . 
 After a winter of sickness , starvation , attempted betrayal and constant hiding , the camp learns that the Germans are about to attack them in force . The Soviets refuse to help and they evacuate the camp as German dive - bombers strike . A delaying force stays behind , led by , to slow down the German ground troops . The defense does not last long ; only and a camp member named survive to rejoin the rest of the group , who , at the edge of the forest , are confronted with a seemingly impassable marsh . They cross the marsh with only one casualty but are immediately attacked by a German platoon supported by a Panzer III tank . Just as all seems lost , the Germans are assaulted from the rear by a partisan force led by , who has deserted the Soviets to rejoin the group . 
 As the survivors escape into the forest , the film ends as text on the screen states that they lived in the forest for another two years , building a hospital , a nursery , a school , growing to a total of 1,200 Jews . Original photographs of the real - life characters are shown , including in his uniform and their fates are shared : joined the Soviet Army and was soon killed in action , never getting to see the child he fathered ; , and survived the war and emigrated to America to form a successful trucking firm in New York City . The epilogue also states that the brothers never sought recognition for what they did and that the descendants of the people they saved now number in the tens of thousands .

38 - year - old father is in the midst of a divorce . After her first sex - ed class , his 10 - year - old daughter insists on hearing the story of how her parents met . reluctantly gives in , but decides to change the names and some of the facts relating to the various love affairs of his youth , thereby creating a love mystery ; is left guessing which of the women will turn out to be her mother . The story he tells is depicted in flashbacks . From time to time the film switches back to the present , where comments ( often critically ) and asks questions . 
 The story begins in 1992 when , an idealistic political operative , moves away from Wisconsin and his college sweetheart , , to New York City , where he works on the campaign . Over the years , becomes involved with three women who enter his life , including , an aspiring journalist , and , the copy girl for the campaign . and have a chance meeting outside work , where reveals he is going to propose to . When practices his proposal to on April , she is taken aback by 's wholehearted words and replies , " Definitely , maybe . " They go back to her apartment , where has multiple copies of Jane Eyre in her collection , explaining that her father gave her a copy with an inscription in the front shortly before he died , and the book was later lost . She has spent years looking through copies of Jane Eyre at secondhand stores hoping to find the copy her father gave her , but she buys any copy she finds that has an inscription . They kiss , but abruptly stops and leaves . 
 comes back to New York where she confesses , just after proposes , that she slept with his roommate . She did it on purpose to break up with , saying that she is " letting him go " because she does not share his passionate ambitions . After is elected , opens a campaigning business with most of his work colleagues , which enjoys a good amount of success . 
 Before left Wisconsin , asked to deliver a package to her former roommate , , who is living in New York City . first meets when he gives her the package , a diary that she wrote when she was a teenager ( which , among other things , tells of her brief affair with ) . He finds she is going out with a famous writer who is old enough to be her father . The writer breaks up with , and starts a relationship with her . April quits her job and leaves to travel around the world . When she returns , she plans to tell that she loves him , but discovers that he is planning to propose marriage to . half - heartedly congratulates him instead . writes an offensive article about one of 's clients . can not forgive this conflict of interest , and he ends his relationship with . As a result of the article , loses his business and his dream of a political career ends , with all of his friends abandoning him . 
 calls after a long absence and finds that has a new job , but is despondent and depressed , feelings further exacerbated when she reveals she has a new boyfriend named . She throws a birthday party for him , reuniting him with his old colleagues . gets drunk and confesses he loves . When she tells him he should 've told her when he had his life together , he starts an argument with her when he implies that she is wasting her life working in a book store . Some time later , passes a used book store and finds the copy of Jane Eyre that has been seeking with the note from her father . goes to 's apartment to give her the book , but he decides against it when he meets , who is now living with her . 
 moves to New York City , and she and rekindle their relationship after a run - in at a party of Summer 's they both were attending . correctly guesses that " " is her mother . states that it is unfortunate that the story has a sad ending , but explains that the story has a happy ending : . 
 decides to bring the copy of Jane Eyre to . While catching up , it is revealed that they are now both single among other things . When giving the book , apologizes for waiting so long to do so and a hurt asks him to leave . 
 is happy to have figured out the story , but she realizes that her father will never love her mother romantically again because he still loves . She figures this out from the way he talks about her in the story and that while he changes her mother 's name from to and 's to , he keeps 's name the same . makes have an epiphany , realizing that he is miserable without and has loved her all along since the moment he met her . They go to 's apartment and talks to her over the speaker . Just as and begin to walk away ( since stopped responding and did n't let in the building ) , runs out and asks what story was talking about . tells that he kept Jane Eyre because it was the only thing he had left of her ( revealing in doing so that he still loves her ) . hugs as she forgives him and then walks hand - in - hand with into her building to hear the story . As walks upstairs , embraces ( subsequently revealing that she loves him too ) and they kiss .

Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Derek Luke, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz

In the year 10,001 B.C. , a caveman runs away from a predator through a plain and immediately gets into a fight with ( ) . After defeating him , the caveman then encounters the predator , a saber - toothed , gasoline - drinking ( ) , who informs him that the world will end on August 29 , 2008 and that their fate lies in a Crystal Skull . The sequence is then revealed to be a dream of ( ) in the present day . He then finds out that his girlfriend ( ) is having an affair with ( ) , and she breaks up with because he is not admitting his true feelings for her . 
 Later that day , has a " Super Duper Sweet Sixteen " party at his house , despite being 25 . The guests include ( ) , Dr. Phil ( ) , 's best friend ( ) , and ( ) , among others . During the party , arrives with her new boyfriend , a Calvin Klein underwear model . The party then comes to a halt when the room shakes and the lights go out . A bulletin on the radio claims there is a meteor shower and it is the end of the world . Soon after , the city starts to freeze over , and , , , and 's girlfriend ( ) retreat to a garage for shelter . When mentions that the calamities are caused by global warming , realizes his dream about could be related . Later , is chided by the others for not committing himself to his relationship with . 
 The gang leaves the garage and gets a call from , where he admits his feelings for her before the call is dropped . He decides to go to rescue . is later killed by a meteor . While the others comfort a distraught , the Enchanted Princess ( ) , a prostitute , climbs out of a manhole and gets hit by a taxi . catches her , and they immediately fall in love with each other . The Princess ' pimp , Prince ( ) , challenges to a dance fight for her love , but a tornado appears and Prince escapes . ( ) , ( ) , and the ( ) attempt to fight it , but all are defeated by cows thrown by the tornado . After taking shelter , , , , and the encounter rabid knockoffs of and the Chipmunks , who attack the gang and kill . The then go after and , but they trap them in a trash can , fatally suffocating them as they attempt to escape . 
 On their way to the museum where is trapped , the group runs into , who informs them that they must go to evacuation buses and that there will be no chance of survival if they go to save . With time against them , the Princess kills ) , and the group hijacks his Mach Five to drive to the museum . At the museum , they save , who reveals that the Crystal Skull is the only thing that can stop the end of the world . and the Princess then find that the museum doors are closed and all of the artifacts have come alive , including ( ) , who fights but is defeated . When makes out with the Princess , accidentally pulls her wig and discovers that she is actually a transvestite . While this happens , takes out a katana and kills and the . 
 Meanwhile , and run into a nude ( ) , who fights with . After is defeated , and encounter ( ) , who is revealed to be 's father . tries to put the Crystal Skull on the altar , but he has an accident . does it instead , and he averts further destruction . The film ends with a wedding ceremony for and being performed by ( ) . The film ends with an extensive musical number about all of the characters dating each other , which sets off a chain , ending with the Chipmunks .

In 1964 at a Catholic church in The Bronx , New York Father gives a sermon on the nature of doubt , noting that like faith , doubt can be a unifying force . Sister , the strict principal of the parish school , becomes concerned when she sees a boy pull away from Father in the school courtyard . At dinner , she asks her fellow nuns if they know why Father would preach about doubt , and instructs them to be alert to a possible problem in the school . 
 One day during class , Sister , a young and naive teacher , receives a request for , an altar boy and the school 's only black student , to meet Father in the rectory . When he returns , is upset and Sister notices the smell of alcohol on his breath . Later , she sees Father placing an undershirt in 's locker . She reports her suspicions to Sister . 
 Sisters and confront Father . Several times , he asks them to leave the matter alone as a private issue between the boy and himself , but Sister persists . Finally , he is pressured into saying that had been caught drinking altar wine and that he will now need to be dismissed as an altar boy . Sister is relieved and believes Father 's explanation , but Sister is not convinced . 
 Father gives a sermon on bearing false witness and gossip . Sister asks him about the shirt he put in 's locker , an observation she had kept from Sister . Father Flynn explains that the boy had left the shirt in the sacristy , and that he had put it in the locker to spare the boy additional embarrassment . goes on to say that it is he , not Sister , that really cares about the boy . 
 Sister meets with mother regarding her suspicions . Mrs. shocks Sister with her lack of interest in the alleged misconduct on Father 's part . As far as she is concerned , need only last to the end of the school year , as graduation from a prestigious church school would increase his chances of going to a decent high school . It is hinted that is homosexual and that his father is physically abusive because of it . Mrs. begs Sister to leave out of her campaign against Father . 
 Father demands that Sister stop trying to destroy his reputation . Sister responds that he must confess and resign . Father is adamant that there is no illicit relationship , but Sister claims that she has learned that he has a history of problems , having moved to three different parishes in the last five years . She tells him that she has contacted a nun from one of his prior churches , who corroborated her suspicions . Father is furious that she has contacted a nun rather than the church pastor , which is proper church protocol . Sister threatens to visit his previous parishes and contact parents if necessary . Father agrees to request a transfer . 
 Following his final sermon , Father steps down from the pulpit and shakes hands with the members of the congregation . Some time later , Sisters and are sitting together in the church garden . Sister tells Sister that despite her warning , the bishop has appointed him to pastor at a larger church with a parochial school , promoting him to a more prestigious position and perpetuating the problem . She admits to having lied about speaking to a nun at Father 's former church , saying it would not have worked if he was innocent . Sister concludes that she has paid a price in pursuing the wrongdoing of Father . She breaks down in tears and says to Sister : " I have doubts ... I have such doubts . "

On the first day of high school , and witness two bullies , and , attack a geek , , by stuffing him into his locker . intervenes . and begin endlessly targeting , and . also befriends the duo , much to 's dismay . 
 suggests hiring a bodyguard . They place an ad on the Internet , and after a series of disturbing interviews with ex - cons and hired guns , they end up selecting ( ) . pretends to be a martial arts expert and mercenary , but is really a homeless beggar . His real intention of becoming their bodyguard was to rob them and use the money to buy a ticket to Canada . tells the boys to find some common interests and become friends with and . challenges to a rap battle , but gets carried away and ends up humiliating . As an angry , alongside , ambushes , , and . The boys try using a tactic taught them , but it ultimately fails . The boys are furious with 's teachings . But they decide to bring him to school as a substitute teacher , and in that capacity he is able to protect them . While there , meets a teacher , ( ) , and they start a sexual relationship . 
 One morning as his mother is driving him to school , sees taking a shower at the beach ; his mother reveals that he is homeless . tells and finds the boys and punches . Later on , at 's house , they catch 's homeless friends stealing everything in sight , leaving the house completely empty . confesses that his real name is and he went AWOL from the U.S. Army and his name was because he hurt his pinky in high school with a drillbit . The boys fire , who later recovers all of 's possessions and places them back before 's parents return home . Unfortunately , the boys accidentally let slip about . Their parents take things up with the principal , who contacts the police . plays innocent and charms all the adults ; continues to ridicule the boys after 's disappearance . Tensions finally burst when interrupts 's attempt to ask his crush , , out . Without realizing what he was doing , challenges to a fight . After insults , he refuses to help them . 
 and arrive at ' house , where he is hosting a party ; initially the duo knock him down , but he soon overpowers them . shows up to help against them . , who has a change of heart , comes to their aid and for a while causes quite a lot of pain to , and almost defeats him ; but knocks him out while he is trying to break ' leg . shows up and punches him . refuses to fight back until it is revealed is not a minor ( he 's 18 , therefore , he 's not really emancipated ) . Upon learning this , quickly begins fighting and cleans ' clock within seconds . He is about to attack , but he is spared when he reveals he 's only 17 . Within minutes , the police arrive and flees for fear of prosecution . wakes up and throws a samurai sword at the boys , but catches it . He saves them , at the cost of half of his pinkie finger in the process . 
 is arrested and shipped off to Hong Kong to be with his parents as an alternative to being sent to prison for the attempted murder of the three boys with the sword , along with his breaking many underage drinking laws ; another condition of house arrest , as opposed to prison , is that he is to never attempt to make any sort of contact with , and ever again . reveals that he had been bullied by into being his accomplice when the police interview him , and is cleared of any wrongdoing . , with renewed confidence , asks out and she accepts , while finally accepts , and declares him a friend . is taken to jail , but ends up being released within three weeks . He is reunited with and the boys . 
 In a post - credits scene , is revealed to have become a school nurse and asks a kid with a bloody nose if he needs a bodyguard .

Family man ( ) is living the American Dream with his girlfriend ( ) and their son . However , their dream becomes a nightmare when unintentionally kills a burglar on his lawn . By attacking an unarmed intruder after he exited the house , he is arrested and charged with murder . 
 During the bus ride to prison ( ) , leader of the local Aryan Brotherhood , stabs a man and hides the knife with a young Aryan member named ( ) who is sitting behind . In a moment 's panic , hides the knife under 's seat and forces him to deny knowledge of it . As a result , is sent to solitary confinement until the stabbing can be investigated . Lieutenant , ( ) , interrogates about the stabbing but he does n't cooperate with the investigation . decides to send to the Security Housing Unit ( SHU ) where he is the commanding officer . 
 ( Val ) , an inmate who is serving a life sentence becomes 's cellmate in " the SHU " . 
 Life is tough in the SHU for . Inmates are under 23 - hour lock - down , and he ca n't have visitors for the first three months . immediately realizes that the daily hour of yard time consists of inmate fights , on which the guards bet . At different points throughout the film , it 's shown that not all of the guards are in favor of 's methods . 
 In addition to the prison violence , 's regular visits with start to take their toll on their relationship . has nightmares after one of his visits , and the family 's finances are running low . , at the encouragement of her mother , breaks up with through a letter . Enraged , and seemingly having nothing to live for , breaks down and resorts to fighting the prisoners . 
 After talking to , devise a plan that can reveal the truth about the violence in the prison , and possibly get him released .

Married couple ( ) , a fire captain , and ( ) , a hospital administrator are experiencing marital difficulties . At work underscores the importance of never leaving one 's partner while at home he and argue copiously . accuses of being selfish due to his desire to buy a boat taking preference over paying for her mother 's medical bills , and frustrated over his habitual use of internet pornography . feels unappreciated and undervalued . Their constant arguing causes Catherine to demand a divorce , to which an enraged agrees . 
 's coworker ( ) and father ( ) convince him to hold off on divorce proceedings . His father persuades him to try the Love Dare , a 40 - day challenge for improving marriages by changing the way a spouse is treated . reluctantly agrees , though he decides not to tell . At the hospital where she works , has been openly flirting with Dr. ( ) . 
 begins The Love Dare halfheartedly viewing the tasks as more of a checklist , while nurses at 's hospital warn her not to trust him as they interpret his actions as a way to butter her up for a better divorce settlement . With encouragement from his father and , continues , though eschews his affections and grows closer to Dr. . Finding unmoved , is consoled by his father while reveals that he has been divorced . sustains burns on the job , and while being treated at the hospital where his wife works , Dr. inadvertently discovers that is married and he is treating her husband , but continues his affections . continues The Love Dare with renewed faith and gives him an envelope petitioning for divorce . 
 discovers that her mother 's medical costs have been paid anonymously and thinks it was Dr. , bringing them closer . discovers the burgeoning affair and confronts the doctor . After leaves , Dr. produces a wedding band , revealing that he is also married , and ends his affections towards . 
 confronts after discovering his Love Dare journal , and he reveals to her that he has completed the challenge but is still following its guidelines . says she needs time to reconsider the divorce , and discovers that her husband used his savings to pay her mother 's medical bills . Moved by 's selflessness , reconciles with him . discovers that his mother , whom he has treated poorly , is actually the one who completed The Love Dare for his father , and not vice versa as had originally thought . The film ends with and renewing their wedding vows .

The film is set in Baltimore . The film follows ( pronounced ) ( ) and ( ) , who are best friends and bumbling petty criminals . At the beginning of the film , the two have just begun working in a store that repairs electronic goods . The manager is impressed by 's skillful ability to fix things . gets both men fired when he attempts to steal a television from the store . attempts to find another honest job , but no one he asks is willing to hire him as he has stated a criminal record on his application form . 
 gets them a one - off job for local criminal or con man , who will pay them $ 3000 . While attempting to deliver ten stolen wheelchairs worth $ 1200 each , the duo lose the merchandise in a police chase . They are sentenced to 5000 hours of community service . Then they are told they have 24 hours to pay $ 12,000 to cover the loss or they will be shot dead . Simultaneously , 's son will have to move to Atlanta unless gives his ex some money to pay her lease on her business premises . 
 does not care about , but nevertheless the pair work together to raise the money they need . First they try to get a loan from a guy named at a massage parlor . goes to get a massage hoping to get close to the pretty Chinese attendant . He enjoys the massage immensely but is scared away when his masseuse is revealed to be ( a man ) . The next day attempts to take mind off what happened by pointing out a beautiful girl , the pastor 's daughter , heading into the church for service . They follow her into the church and join the mass for service . The church has raised $ 230,000 dollars and is considering moving to new premises . comes up with a desperate scheme to rob their neighborhood church . is against the idea but eventually agrees , seeing no other option . Instead , they are forced to deal with much more than they bargained for . 
 They enter the church 's office and encounter the terrified and smarmy deacon . They soon realize that the church is far from empty , as they believed . They accompany the deacon to a meeting , planning to leave quickly so that his absence does not cause suspicion . During the meeting it is made clear that the Deacon is pushing the pastor to move the church . sees the deacon for the money - hungry self - righteous man that he is , but is unable to convince her father . She is however close to one of the Church senior members , The church choir then show up for an unscheduled rehearsal further endangering the pairs ' plans . Finally losing patience , fires a gun into the air and orders the Deacon to get the money . 
 When they try to steal the money they find that the money has already been stolen . Enraged , they both hold the church hostage until the money turns up . ties the pastor up , as he is defiant and difficult . then interrogates everyone about the money 's whereabouts . He appears to suspect , who looks down on him for obvious reasons . She reminds him that the pastor is her father . rebukes her by reminding her that without money the church could not move , to which she has no argument . Meanwhile , takes , a little boy , to the bathroom as he was making a fuss about wanting to go . When he says that he will return the child back to his mother ( the kind sister ) , the boy reveals that his real mother has left him . feels empathy for the boy . 
 The police pass by and orders everyone to the back room and orders to poke his head out the door and talk to them . does so , and attempts to signal to them with blinks and long drawn - out words . However the police simply figure that he is eccentric . The hostages moan that it is too hot . goes to fix the broken air conditioner , while watches over the hostages . To bewilderment , sister begins cooking for everyone , using the church 's kitchen . gives him a plate , and fondly remembers how her husband loved her cooking on his birthday . He expresses his sadness at never having had a birthday as no one knew his birthday , and is comforted by Sister . 
 Meanwhile , and go to fix the air conditioner . After an awkward conversation , where warms to and questions what he is doing , they finally get the air - conditioning going . then orders everyone back to the lobby . The blind , deaf janitor finds the missing money . receives a phone call from his son , which he is ashamed to answer . Momma T then asks for Durell 's purpose for what he is doing . claims that he is doing it for his son . Momma T rejects his claim and says that is doing it for himself , as he is blaming everyone but the person responsible , himself . 
 says that he will not lose his son and leaves the money . Unfortunately , cops have surrounded the church blocking their way out . The pastor tells them to escape out the back , which leads to a chase . The two criminals soon get caught . At the trial , which the entire church attends , the says that they have been accused of stealing 64,000 dollars . But the amount of money he claims was almost stolen was twice the amount the Deacon claimed was collected . This puts the at question . The case is dropped after no one stands when witnesses are called . goes back to 's apartment , where he is confronted by the men who gave them the wheelchairs . 
 After he explains his situation , the two men allow him to go and get his son . opens the door , yelling at and asking him where did the money come from . The money was left at her doorstep and tells her it was a gift . He implores her not take his son away , claiming that his son is all he has . She responds that she will stay . In the end , and appear much happier . It is implied that is closer to his ex - wife and son , while remains close to and . The remaining money is used to restore the community and is seen painting a community centre .

" Finn " Finnegan is a treasure hunter searching for a sunken Spanish galleon , the Aurelia , that was lost at sea with the 1715 Treasure Fleet . During his search to find the galleon and its treasure , his wife divorces him . has been working as a steward on a yacht owned by multi - millionaire . finds a clue to the location of the treasure and manages to get on yacht The Precious Gem and convince him and his daughter to join ( and fund ) the search for the treasure . 
 , a gangster , and 's mentor , , are intent on finding the treasure first . The Precious Gem and 's vessel compete to find the treasure in The Bahamas . As attempts to secretly take down 's search grid , discovers a sword which holds a clue to finding the treasure . and follow the clues to an ancient church and discover a diary describing the location of the treasure . and his associates , who have been following and , take hostage and assume incorrectly that is dead . forces to aid him in the search for the treasure in a blowhole . finds the treasure in a cave beneath the blowhole . 
 and the enlist to help steal the treasure from . They arrive as sends one of his associates back into the water to find out who was killed in the blowhole . The blowhole kills Bigg Bunny 's employee and traps and . saves , but kidnaps again . transports to plane on her jet ski , and leaps onto the plane 's pontoon as it takes flight . attempts to shoot , but kicks out of the plane , sending him into the ocean . takes henchman as a prisoner . 
 and are reunited and find the treasure together . is shown to be pregnant . In the end , the treasure is displayed in 's museum , now renamed the Fitch Finnegan Maritime Museum .

Composer ( ) is in a five - year relationship with actress ( ) , who stars in a CSI - like television show titled Crime Scene : Scene of the Crime . One day , as stands stark naked in their apartment , announces that she is breaking up with him . Devastated , and unable to banish his grief through one - night stands , takes a trip to Hawaii . However , the vacation is ruined when he learns that and her new rock star boyfriend ( ) are also guests of the resort . Taking pity on him , hotel concierge ( ) offers him an expensive suite for free in exchange for cleaning up the room himself . 
 begins spending time with and starts to develop feelings for her . Meanwhile , the relationship between and begins to falter . Much of the discord is triggered by the news that 's TV show has been canceled and that is about to embark on a world tour with his group , Infant Sorrow , for 18 months . During a day of surf and sand and run into each other and begin talking . Inadvertently , informs that he and began having sex a full year before she broke up with . When confronts , she tells him she began feeling disconnected emotionally from him and she could n't do anything to make their relationship work . Further exacerbating the situation is 's obvious jealousy of the budding relationship between and , while ( through observing 's relationship with ) begins to realize that his relationship with her was n't as great as he remembered . 
 , , , and later share an awkward dinner together . After the dinner , takes back to his hotel room and they begin to have sex . hears them through the wall and initiates sex with , moaning loudly for the benefit of the couple next door , and and turn the situation into a competition and become even louder . When realizes is clearly putting on a performance to provoke a reaction from , he stops the sex and tells her the trip was a mistake as she 's clearly not over . They bicker furiously , prompting to announce that the relationship is over . The next day encounters , and learns that he and have broken up and that he is flying back to England . goes to 's room to console her where she admits she still loves him and tries to rekindle their romance . The two start to engage in sexual activity , but abruptly cuts it off because of his feelings for , and his now ambivalent feelings towards . immediately goes to to confess what happened , but she is hurt and demands that he leave and never contact her again . Before leaving , takes down a naked picture of from a local bar despite enduring a beat - down from the owner . 
 He flies back to Los Angeles and after a period of sadness and self - loathing , he begins working on his puppet comedy - rock opera , A Taste for Love . He sends an invitation to for the opening night performance . Although extremely hesitant at first , eventually decides to attend . After the performance congratulates and tells him she 's looking into attending school in the area . She leaves so can bask in the success of his show , but quickly returns to 's dressing room to tell him she misses him . tells her that he has missed her , too . The film ends as they embrace and kiss .

( ) and ( ) are an upscale San Francisco couple . Having both come from dysfunctional families , with divorced parents and siblings with out - of - control kids , the two disdain the idea of getting married or having kids . In an effort to avoid their families at Christmas , the two go on vacation abroad while pretending to be doing charity work there . The third Christmas of their relationship , and plan to go to Fiji , but are trapped at San Francisco International Airport by a fog bank that cancels every outbound flight , and interviewed by a news crew , alerting their families to the fact they 're stuck at home for the holidays . 
 With no way to get out of it , and find themselves visiting their families on Christmas Day . They first visit 's father ( ) , then 's mother ( ) , then 's mother ( ) and , finally , 's father ( ) , thereby celebrating four Christmases in one day . As they brace themselves for a marathon of homecomings , and expect the worst , but are nevertheless unable to prepare themselves enough for what they get . As the day progresses , each discover a new secret about their partner that they had previously been too embarrassed to share , namely that 's real name is " " , and has a fear of inflatable castles , stemming from being ostracized as a child , and these discoveries put an intense strain on their relationship . While counts down the minutes to freedom , finds herself looking at the lives of 's and her own siblings and comes to realize that she does want a marriage and children of her own , the prospect of which frightens when she mentions it to him . Eventually , in the final visit of the day , at 's father 's house , asks to let her spend the visit on her own and claims to her family that they had split up . Meanwhile , spends some time at his own father 's house with just his father and realises that he wants a marriage and children , and that he loves way too much to leave her . He returns to her and they discuss the possibilities of having a child and getting married . The two then embark on their holiday in Fiji . 
 A year later on New Year 's Day , the couple welcomes their first child , a baby girl . They have spent the last nine months hiding from their families . As their baby is the first born in the New Year , a news crew comes to congratulate them — once again revealing them , and their new baby , to the whole city , and their families .

Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Sissy Spacek, Jon Voight, Mary Steenburgen

After the Watergate scandal of 1972 and his subsequent resignation in 1974 , 400 million people worldwide watched leave the White House . Among them is British journalist , currently recording a talk show in Australia , who decides to interview . 
 ’s literary agent , , believes the interview would be an opportunity for to salvage his reputation , and to make some money . demands $ 500,000 , and ultimately gets $ 600,000 and accepts . 
 After persuading his friend and producer that the interviews would be a success , and travel to California to meet with . On the plane to California , flirts with a young woman called , and they begin a relationship . 
 struggles to sell the interviews to U.S. networks , and decides to finance the project with private money and syndicate the broadcast of the interviews . He hires two investigators — and — to help him prepare , along with . is not clear on what he wants from the interview , and encourages him to aim for a confession from . 
 Under scrutiny by 's post - presidential chief of staff , , and embark on the first three recording sessions . is restricted by an agreed - upon timeframe and , under pressure from his own team , attempts to ask tough questions , but dominates the sessions regarding Vietnam and his achievements in foreign policy . Behind the scenes , 's editorial team is nervous about the interviewer 's technique and angry that appears to be exonerating himself . 
 Four days before the final session , which will center on Watergate , receives a phonecall from an inebriated . In a drunken rant , declares that they both know the final interview will make or break their careers , and compares himself to , insisting that they both came from humble backgrounds and had to struggle to make it to the top of their fields , only to be knocked back down again . gains new insight into his subject , while assures that he will do everything in his power to emerge the victor from the final interview . 
 The conversation spurs into action . He works relentlessly for three days to prepare , while pursues a lead at the Federal Courthouse in Washington . 
 As the final recording begins , ambushes with damning transcripts of a conversation between and that dug up in Washington . As his own team watches in horror from an adjoining room , admits that he did unethical things , adding , " When the President does it , that means it 's not illegal . " A stunned is on the verge of inducing a confession when bursts in and stops the recording . After and confer , the interview resumes , aggressively pursues his original line of questioning , and admits that he participated in a cover - up and that he " let the American people down . " 
 After the interview , and pay a farewell visit to at his villa . thanks for the interviews and Nixon , graciously admitting defeat , thanks in return and wishes him well , privately adding that he has no recollection of calling while drunk . He also for the first time addresses by his first name . watches and leave and then leans over a railing of his villa , looking out at the sunset . 
 An epilogue states that the interviews were wildly successful and that never escaped controversy until his death in 1994 .

Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell, Toby Jones, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall

The film is set shortly before Christmas in the North Country of Upstate New York , near the Akwesasne ( ' Where the Partridge Drums ' ) St. Regis Mohawk Reservation and the border crossing to Cornwall , Ontario . ( ) is a discount store clerk struggling to raise two sons with her husband , a compulsive gambler who has disappeared with the funds she had earmarked to finance the purchase of a double - wide mobile home . While searching for him , she encounters ( ) , a Mohawk bingo - parlor employee who is driving his car , which she claims she found abandoned with the keys in the ignition at the local bus station . The two women , who have both fallen on hard economic times , form a desperate and uneasy alliance and begin trafficking illegal immigrants from Canada into the United States across the frozen St. Lawrence River for $ 1,200 each . 
 's older son wants to find a job and help support the family so they can afford to eat something more substantial than popcorn and Tang . He and his mother clash over whether he should remain in high - school and look after his little brother or drop out to work . To make matters worse , sets an outside corner of the trailer afire with a torch in an attempt to unfreeze the water pipe . longs for the day she will be able to reclaim and live with her young son , who was taken from her by her mother - in - law immediately after his birth . 
 Because the women 's route takes them from an Indian reservation in the US to an Indian reserve in Canada , they hope to avoid detection by local law - enforcement . However , their problems escalate when they are asked to smuggle a Pakistani couple and , fearful their duffel bag might contain explosives , leaves it behind in sub - freezing temperatures , only to discover it contained their infant baby when they arrive at their destination . She and retrace their route and find the bag and the baby , which insists is dead , but which she revives moments before being reunited with the baby 's parents . The experience leaves her shaken , and she announces she no longer wants to participate in the smuggling operation . But , needing just one more crossing to finance the down payment on her mobile home , coerces her into joining her for one last journey . 
 They pick up two Asian women from a strip club for crossing . When the club owner tries to short them , successfully threatens him with a gun . When she is re - entering her car , the irate club owner retaliates by shooting in the ear . Shaken , her fast and erratic driving catches the attention of the provincial police . tries to elude capture by crossing the frozen river where one of the wheels of the car breaks through the ice . The four women abandon the vehicle and take refuge at the Indian reservation . 
 Because the police are demanding a scapegoat , the tribal head decides to excommunicate for five years due to her smuggling history which involved the death of her Mohawk husband . Surprised then saddened by the news , gives in to 's pleas to go free for the sake of her children . However , running through the woods , has a fit of conscience and returns . gives her share of money to with instructions for taking care of her ( 's ) sons and seeing through the purchase plans for a mobile home . and the illegal immigrants are surrendered to the police and a trooper speculates she will have to serve four months in jail . calls her son to explain what has happened . 
 pushes her way into her mother - in - law 's home and reclaims her infant son . She and the baby show up at the trailer while is still on the phone with his jailed mother . In a day scene , completes the welding of a bicycle - propelled carousel bearing his younger brother and 's strapped in baby . He pedals the carousel while smiles on . A truck nears carrying the new mobile home .

and , their son , and their dog arrive at their lake house . Their next - door neighbour , , is seen with two young men , and . They find reacting somewhat awkwardly . and come over to help put the boat into the lake . After they leave , and stay outside by the lake , tending to their boat . asks his father why was behaving so strangely . 
 While is in the kitchen cooking , comes by to borrow some eggs . gives him the eggs but drops them . Feeling a little annoyed , gives him another four eggs and takes off . Soon afterwards she hears barking and and show up together . asks her to try out one of the clubs outside and she begrudgingly approves . In the boat , and hear barking hysterically when suddenly the barking stops . and request more eggs , as the last ones also ended up broken . becomes frustrated , but when tries to force the men to leave , breaks 's leg with the golf club . The two young men then take the family hostage . 
 guides on a hunt to find the family 's dog , which he has killed with 's golf club . When their neighbors , the , visit , passes the two men off as friends . They return to the house , and the are forced to participate in a number of sadistic games in order to stay alive . asks if or Ann wants to bet that they will be alive by 9:00 in the morning , and says that he and are betting they will not be . Between playing their games , the two men keep up a constant patter . frequently ridicules 's weight and lack of intelligence . He describes a number of contradicting stories of 's past , although no definitive explanation is ever presented as to the men 's origins or motives . 
 During the " games " , and put 's head in a bag , nearly suffocating him ; is forced to undress to make them stop . When released from the bag , tries to escape under the help of his parents . He goes to the neighbors ' empty house , where he discovers their corpses . goes out searching for after subduing with tape , leaving to guard her and . begs him to let them go , but refuses . When found , attempts to shoot with a shotgun , but the gun fails to go off . Paul returns him to the living room , along with the shotgun . 
 The men play a new game , saying whoever gets counted out will be shot . panics and runs , which results in shooting and killing him . and are grief - stricken , but they eventually resolve to survive . is able to free herself and flee the house while , with a broken leg , desperately tries to make a call on the malfunctioning phone . fails to find help , only to be re - captured by and , who bring her back to the house . After stabbing , they tell to make a choice for her husband ; a painful and prolonged death with the knife , or a quick death with the shotgun . 
 seizes the shotgun on the table in front of her and kills . An enraged grabs the shotgun and starts looking for the television remote . Upon finding it , he rewinds the last occurrences back to a moment before grabs the shotgun , thereby breaking the fourth wall . On the " do over " , snatches the shotgun away and admonishes her , saying she is not allowed to break the rules . 
 and kill and take , bound and gagged , out onto the family 's boat . tries to free herself , but is caught by and . Around eight o'clock in the morning , they nonchalantly throw her into the water to drown , thus winning their bet . They knock on the door of the 's house and request some eggs . The film ends with glancing at the camera with a smirk .

, an analyst for the top secret American intelligence agency , CONTROL , yearns to become a field agent like his idol , Agent 23 . Despite top scores in the acceptance tests , is denied the promotion due to his higher value as an analyst . When CONTROL headquarters is attacked by the terrorist organization KAOS , almost all of CONTROL 's agents ' identities are exposed , leaving only Agent 99 as a viable field operative . is also promoted to field agent as Agent 86 , but the experienced 99 is reluctant to partner with him because of his incompetence . On the first day of his job , receives a Swiss army knife which includes special add - ons like a miniature flamethrower and a crossbow that shoots darts attached to spider web thread . 
 While on a plane , Agent 99 spots a threatening looking man in the back and says she thinks he 's an assassin . brushes it off as profiling and notices that he has a wad of gum stuck to the bottom of his shoe and attempts to scrape it off using a match . Passengers around him start to yell and panic , thinking he is trying to light his shoe , and that it must be a bomb . He is tackled by an Air Marshall and his hands are put into zip ties . requests to use the bathroom , and while inside attempts to break his zip ties using the crossbow on his pocketknife . He does finally break the zip tie , but one of the darts hits the " eject " button and leaves him plummeting towards the earth with no parachute . 
 Agent 99 goes to eject . She sees the dart and that there are still two parachutes there . She realizes what happened and quickly ejects to save . She grabs him , but the threatening man follows close behind . He slashes 99 's chute with a large knife . does not panic , knowing she has a backup chute . She briefly lets go of to slash the man 's chute . However , he grabs onto her and and prevents her from being able to pull her parachute . She kisses him , and , shocked , he lets go . 99 pulls her parachute , and the man plummets through the roof of a farm . 99 and assume he is dead , but 99 is irritated with 's incompetence . 
 The two arrive at the mansion of KAOS ' chief bomb - maker , . accidentally inhales a tranquilizer that he meant to shoot at the guards . When he wakes up , he is in entirely new clothes , a disguise chosen by 99 . They infiltrate the main office and trace nuclear material to a KAOS nuclear weapons factory disguised as a Moscow bakery . In the bakery , meets with KAOS boss and his second - in - command , , only to learn that a double - agent has compromised their identities . manages to escape and destroy the weapons factory , but he and 99 are confronted by the same man that they had assumed dead earlier . All seems lost , but manages to persuade to spare their lives . He does this by talking to about his crumbling relationship , realizing he knows all about the man after tracking him while he had been working as an analyst . 
 The Chief sends 23 to observe the cleanup of the factory , but KAOS sneaks the weapons out through the Moskva River beforehand , leaving 23 convinced that only a bakery had been destroyed . Realizing that was alone during his key discoveries , CONTROL believes to be the double - agent . 99 , who has been gradually falling in love with , is heartbroken but takes into custody . 
 contacts the U.S. government and threatens to release nuclear weapon detonator codes to hostile countries unless he is paid a ransom of $ 200 billion . When his threats are not taken seriously , KAOS plans to detonate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles . While is in a CONTROL holding cell , sends him a coded message via the radio show American Top 40 alerting him to 's plan . escapes ; arrives in Los Angeles to reunite with the Chief , 99 , and 23 ; and convinces them that he is not the double - agent . When his Geiger counter - equipped watch picks up traces of radiation from 23 , they realize 23 is the real double - agent . 
 23 takes 99 hostage and flees in a vehicle . After a chase , manages to rescue 99 , but in the struggle , the car is set on fire and forced onto railroad tracks . kisses 23 to distract him , a trick learned from 99 . He and 99 are thrown off the vehicle before it collides with a freight train , killing 23 . After analyzing 23 's nuclear football , realizes that the bomb will be triggered by the final note of 's " Ode to Joy " . They rush to the Disney Hall , and tackles the elderly conductor just before the final note , saving the President and Los Angeles . , despite his plan failing , is satisfied with 's performance and promises not to kill his wife in response , but insults her at the same time . In response , throws into a river . 
 Back in CONTROL headquarters , a party is held in 's honor , where 99 gives him a puppy . is afterwards given honors and gets his dream of becoming a real spy . While leaving , attempts to fix the jammed door , much to 99 's dismay , and ends up jammed between the sliding doors as a humorous ending shot .

Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin, Terry Crews, James Caan

The film begins as married New York City businessman ( ) is accidentally killed while trying to buy an apartment for his mistress . Shortly afterward , cynical dentist ( ) has a near - death experience while under general anesthetic during a colonoscopy . When he recovers , he is able to see and communicate with ghosts who populate the area . The ghosts annoy by asking him to help them with personal business that was left unfinished when they died . promises to keep the other ghosts away if will break up an engagement between 's widow ( ) , a professional Egyptologist , and ( , a human - rights lawyer who says is dishonest . eventually agrees to the deal and tries to woo away from . 's past rudeness to makes this difficult , but he attracts her interest by analyzing the teeth of a mummified Egyptian Pharaoh that she has been studying . 
 When has dinner with and , he decides that is not as bad as claimed , but himself begins to fall in love with , and she enjoys 's sense of humor . At another dinner , reveals that she learned of 's mistress the day he died , and when visits for some dental work , drugs him with laughing gas in order to make him reveal that has broken their engagement . does n't understand why he is still on Earth if his " unfinished business " was to break up and . 
 , not being engaged to any longer , says yes to a work proposal that would send her to the Valley of the Kings in Egypt for six months . As a going - away present , gets her a new key chain from a fancy jeweler 's , as she had earlier mentioned that she desperately needed one . But when he mistakenly reveals information about that only could have known , she demands the truth , and tells her the whole story about the ghosts . does n't believe him and demands to know what 's worst nightmare was . lies to , telling him a fake nightmare , and , thinking that has been lying to her and playing some kind of game , walks away and cuts him off . demands to know why lied to him about the nightmare , and points out that only cares about his own needs . 
 sinks into a depression and asks a fellow dentist ( ) , for medication that will help him forget . His colleague instead convinces him that his life would be better if he decided to stop being selfish and start helping people . begins helping the ghosts around him with their " unfinished business " on Earth , bringing comfort to people they left behind and enabling the ghosts to depart . As he does this he realizes that the ghosts were still on Earth not because they had unfinished business , but because the people they were close to were not finished with them . He begins to appreciate life and the people he encounters . 
 realizes that the reason can not leave is that has not let go of him yet . He confronts who asks him to ask why she was n't enough for him , and says he 's sorry for hurting her , which tells . is incredulous that after his infidelity , all would have to say was ' sorry ' and thinks that is making it all up . He rushes after her and while trying to persuade her to believe him , gets hit by a bus . , now a ghost himself , watches with as people crowd around his body and sobs over him . arrives on his way to the reception and tries to revive with prayer and CPR . Seeing how distraught is , gives ' some advice ' that will be useful in case he is resuscitated , and tells him that 's tears are for , in other words she loves him . After saying this , is finally allowed to leave the earthly plane . 
 wakes up alive in the hospital . Later , who needs dental work , comes in for an appointment with another dentist but finds 's office to say hello . tells of 's real nightmare — that of losing his way home , which was the advice told him , and then assures her that has ' found his way home . ' The movie ends with saying , " It hurts when I smile " , to which replies " I can fix that for you".[2 ]

( ) is a cantankerous , retired Polish American assembly line worker and Korean War veteran , who has recently been widowed after 50 years of marriage , causing him to be a lapsed Catholic . His Highland Park neighborhood in the Detroit area of Michigan , formerly populated by working - class white families , is now dominated by poor Asian immigrants , and gang violence is commonplace . Adding to his isolation and detachment are his feelings towards his married sons and their families . 
 He rejects a suggestion from one of his sons to move to a retirement community ( sensing that they want his home and possessions ) , and lives alone with his elderly dog , Daisy . A longtime cigarette smoker , suffers from coughing fits , occasionally coughing up blood , but conceals this from his family . Roman Catholic priest Father ( ) tries to comfort him , but disdains the young , inexperienced man . Eventually , opens up to the priest , revealing that he is still haunted by memories of the war . 
 The Hmong Vang Lor family reside next door to . Initially , he wants nothing to do with his new neighbors , particularly after he catches ( ) attempting to steal his 1972 Ford Gran Torino as a coerced initiation into a Hmong gang run by 's cousin , , whose nickname is " " . The gang is infuriated by 's failure and they attack him , but confronts them with an M1 Garand rifle and chases them off , earning the respect of the Hmong community . 
 As penance , 's mother makes him work for , who has him do odd jobs around the neighborhood , and the two form a grudging mutual respect . 's sister ( ) introduces to Hmong culture and helps him bond with the Hmong community , who soon become more like family to than his actual family and he , in turn , becomes a better man to them than he was to his own sons . helps get a job and gives him dating advice . eventually visits a doctor regarding his coughing fits , where it 's implied that he does not have long to live . 
 's gang continues to pressure , assaulting him on his way home from work . After he sees 's injuries , visits the gang 's house , where he attacks a gang member as a warning . In retaliation , the gang performs a drive - by shooting on the Vang Lor home , injuring . They also kidnap and rape . There are no other witnesses , while the community members , including the victims , refuse to assist the police to incriminate the gang members . 
 The next day , seeks 's help to exact revenge , and tells him to return later in the afternoon . In the meantime , makes personal preparations : he buys a suit , gets a haircut , and makes a confession to Father , who had pressured him to make it at the behest of his late wife . When returns , takes him to the basement , gives him his Silver Star medal , then locks him in the basement and tells him of his haunting memory of having killed a surrendering enemy soldier . He keeps locked in the basement , until the revenge is over , to make sure the boy will never be haunted by killing someone , with his life ahead of him . 
 That night , goes to the gang members ' house , where they draw their firearms on him . He loudly berates them and enumerates their crimes , drawing the attention of the neighbors . Putting a cigarette in his mouth , he asks for a light , then puts his hand in the pocket of his jacket and provocatively pulls it out as if he were holding a gun , causing the gang members to shoot and kill him . As he falls to the ground , his hand opens to reveal the Zippo cigarette lighter with the 1st Cavalry insignia ; he was unarmed . His plan had in fact been to provoke them into killing him in public . , following 's directions , frees , and they drive to the scene in 's Gran Torino . One of the police officers tells them that all gang members have been placed under arrest for the murder , and due to the number of witnesses , they all face a lengthy sentence in prison . 
 's funeral mass is celebrated by Father and attended by his family and many of the Hmong community , many of whom are wearing traditional attire ; their presence visibly puzzles 's family . Later , his last will and testament is read . To the surprise of his family , leaves them nothing : his house goes to the church and his cherished Gran Torino goes to , with the condition that he does not modify the vehicle . Later , is seen driving the car along Jefferson Avenue with .

is an alcoholic American who possesses superpowers , including flight , invulnerability , and superhuman strength . Whilst performing superhero - like acts in Los Angeles , he is often ridiculed and hated by the public for his drunken and careless acts , and becomes enraged when referred to as an “ asshole ” . rescues , a public relations specialist , from an oncoming train , which he irrationally derails to save . Thankful and seeing him as a career opportunity , offers to help improve ’s public image . meets ’s family , his son , who is a fan , and his wife , who takes an immediate dislike to . 
 encourages to issue a public apology , and then go to prison for a time , until Los Angeles needs him properly . reluctantly agrees , struggling to fit in prison , and quickly causes trouble when he assaults two fellow inmates . is visited by ’s family , encouraging him to be patient . Los Angeles ’ crime rate rises , and is eventually released to help , wearing a combat outfit . He foils a bank robbery orchestrated by , slicing off his hand to prevent him from activating a detonation switch . He is praised as a hero , and becomes popular . 
 reveals to and that he is amnesiac and an immortal , waking up in a hospital eighty years ago with no memory of his identity . He also learns is n’t ’s biological mother , and is ’s second wife . Carrying a drunk home , kisses , only for her to toss him through the wall , revealing she has superpowers too . The next day , and speak in private . claims they have lived for three thousand years , are the last of their kind , and are siblings . disbelieves her about the last fact , and flies away to inform , only for to chase him and incite a violent battle across the city . witnesses the fight , later confronting the duo . admits used to be her husband in another life . 
 That night , stops a liquor store robbery , only to be shot multiple times , and is hospitalised . appears , explaining that when the immortals paired up , they would slowly lose their powers , becoming mortals . was attacked eighty years ago and gained his amnesia . , who escaped prison with several other criminals , attacks the hospital to get revenge . is caught in the crossfire and injured . recovers , killing the criminals , but is further injured . tries to kill him , but chops his remaining hand off with a fire axe , before finishing him off . throws himself out of the hospital , taking great leaps and bounds to restart ’s heart , before flying off towards the Moon . 
 A month later and his family receive a call from , revealing he has imprinted the Moon ’s surface with ’s AllHeart marketing logo . In a mid - credits scene , approaches a criminal in New York City , who calls him an asshole .

After returning home from White Castle , and decide to travel to Amsterdam , Netherlands so can surprise his neighbor and newfound girlfriend . At the airport , the duo encounter 's ex - girlfriend , who is engaged to , a college friend of 's whose family has political connections . The plane passengers mistake 's bong for a bomb and the duo are apprehended by sky marshals . , a neurotic and racist Deputy of Secretary of Homeland Security , believes the duo are agents of a joint Al - Qaeda and North Korean conspiracy and send them to Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba . The duo escape and board a Cuban refugee boat to Miami , Florida where they begin their trek to Texas , hoping can clear their names . On the road , has flashbacks of meeting in college . 
 The duo endure several misadventures on their way to Texas , such as staying at the home of incestuous sibling couple and their imbred son , escaping a Ku Klux Klan rally , and visiting a brothel with , who helps them evade capture from . When they reach Texas , agrees to exonerate the duo , but upon seeing reconnect with , instead delivers them to . On the flight back to Cuba , and subdue and his guards and escape via parachute . falls to his death in the struggle . The two land in President 's estate . While smoking cannabis with the duo , pardons them . The duo are escorted to and 's wedding by Secret Service and expose 's betrayal to and the guests . confronts them , but punches him out . consoles a furious by reciting a poem he wrote for her in college and they reconcile . , , and travel to Amsterdam where finds . The couples happily tour the city while getting high off cannabis .

During Christmas 1955 , a young is told a bedtime story by his adoptive father , , of an ancient war between human and magical creatures . After the magical creatures are driven back by the humans , the goblin blacksmiths extend an offer to , king of the elves , to build him an indestructible mechanical army . Encouraged by his son Prince , accepts ; the Golden Army subsequently decimates humanity . Regretting his actions , forms a truce with the humans , that they will keep to the cities and the magical creatures to the forests . The crown to command the Golden Army , which can only be worn by one of royal blood , is split into three pieces . , disagreeing with the truce , leaves in exile . 
 In the present , returns and begins gathering the pieces of the crown . He collects the first piece from an auction , killing everyone at the site by unleashing tooth fairies , and kills his father for the second piece . His twin sister , Princess , escapes with the final piece . Meanwhile at the B.P.R.D. , is having issues with his girlfriend , and dislikes that their organization must operate in secrecy . Investigating the auction slaughter , allows himself to be revealed to the world . In the commotion , discovers is pregnant ; she swears him to secrecy . Furious at 's actions , the Bureau 's superiors send the ectoplasmic medium Johann to rein him in . With in charge , the team tracks the tooth fairies to a secret market under the Brooklyn Bridge . finds , who has obtained a map leading to the Golden Army , and falls in love with her . fights and kills 's accomplice , and an elemental forest god that summons against him . During the fight questions why he fights for the humans when they have driven the magical creatures into hiding , of which he too is one . is taken under the B.P.R.D. 's protection . 
 tracks his sister to the B.P.R.D. headquarters using their magical bond , which causes them to share wounds and read each other 's thoughts . hides the final crown piece before finds her , and he battles . critically wounds with his spear and abducts , promising her return in exchange for the crown piece . Unable to remove the spear shard in his wound , , and take to the Golden Army 's location in the Giants Causeway in Northern Ireland . They encounter the Bethmoora goblin master blacksmith who brings them before the Angel of Death to retrieve the spear shard . Though warned will doom humanity if he lives , and that she will suffer the most from it , pleads for 's life . The Angel removes the shard from 's chest and tells to give him a reason to live . She reveals to that he will be a father , and he recovers . 
 The goblin leads the team to the resting place of the Golden Army , where awaits them . gives him the last piece of the crown and awakens the Golden Army , and commands them to kill the team . challenges for the right to command the army ; as is the son of , a member of Hell 's royal family , must accept the challenge . defeats and spares his life , but tries stabbing him . commits suicide to stop her brother ; the dying tells he will have to choose whether humanity or magical beings must die . psychically shares his feelings with before she dies . melts the crown apart , deactivating the Golden Army . , , , and resign from the B.P.R.D. , and contemplates his future life with and their baby . corrects " babies " , revealing that she is pregnant with twins .

Having been diagnosed as terminally ill , purchases a tract house in his hometown , a working class suburb of Los Angeles , and awaits the inevitable , fortified with whiskey and frozen pizza . His peaceful solitude and self - imposed exile are disrupted by his meddling neighbor , who insists she sees the face of embedded in the stucco wall of his home and is convinced the image has miraculous powers when it begins to exude drops of blood . Before long , she is leading pilgrimages to his backyard and inviting Father from the local parish to bless the supposedly sacrosanct blemish . To the image is a water stain . 
 In addition to dealing with , finds himself interacting with and her taciturn six - year - old daughter , who has n't spoken a word since her father abandoned the family a year earlier . becomes convinced of the image 's healing powers when begins to talk after touching it . Another disciple is supermarket cashier , who wears thick glasses and discovers her vision is perfect after she too comes in contact with the stain . 
 Disbelieving and frustrated by the faithful who have gathered at his home , destroys the image with a sledgehammer . In the process he weakens the structure and a corner of the house collapses on him . At the hospital , he is greeted by , and a talking and is startled to learn the truth : he is no longer ill . He finds himself ready to accept hope and belief and even the possibility of miracles .

A dust speck is dislodged from its obscure place and sent adrift through the Jungle of Nool . At the same time , the elephant , the jungle 's eccentric nature teacher , takes a dip in the pool . The dust speck floats past him in the air , and he hears a tiny yelp coming from it . Believing that an entire society of microscopic creatures are living on that speck , he gives chase to it before placing it on top of a clover . finds out the speck harbors the city of Whoville and its inhabitants , the , led by Mayor . 
 He has a wife , , 96 daughters ( whose names all begin with the letter H ) , and one teenage son named . Despite being the oldest and next in line for the mayoral position , does n't want to be the next mayor , and because he 's so scared of disappointing his father , never talks . Once begins carrying the speck with him , the city starts experiencing strange phenomena ( earthquakes and changes in the weather ) , and the Mayor finds his attempts to caution Whoville challenged by the Town Council , led by the opportunistic yet condescending Chairman . 
 After he makes contact with , the Mayor finds out from Dr. that Whoville will be destroyed if does not find a " safer , more stable home " . resolves ( with the help of his best friend the mouse ) to place the speck atop Mt. Nool , the safest place in the jungle . The head of the jungle , , disbelieving 's beliefs and resenting him for overshadowing her authority , attempts several times to demand that give up the speck , but ignores her demands . Also taking force toward are the Wickersham Brothers , a group of monkeys who love making misery . Eventually , the enlists a vulture named to get rid of the speck by force . 
 After a few failed attempts , manages to steal the clover away from and drops it into a massive field of identical pink clovers , causing an apocalyptic tremor in Whoville . After unsuccessfully picking nearly three million clovers , eventually recovers the clover ( exactly the 3,000,000th clover ) . The eventually finds out , thanks to Mrs. , that still has the speck , and decides to rally the jungle community into fighting , saying that 's goal will lead to anarchy . Upon cornering him , the offers an escape from punishment by renouncing Whoville 's existence . 
 Despite 's heartfelt speech when he refuses , the orders the animals to rope and cage him , and to have the speck and the Who s destroyed in a pot of boiling beezlenut oil . The Mayor enlists all of his people to make noise by shouting " We are here ! " , as well as playing a variety of instruments , so the animals may hear them , assisted by 's " Symphonophone " , an invention which creates a huge musical contribution ( which reveals that 's " true " passion is music ) , but still fails to penetrate the surface of the speck . 
 As lies beaten and captured , the easily takes the clover , and drops it . Meanwhile , grabs the horn used to project 's voice , runs up the highest tower and screams " YOPP ! " , breaking through the sound barrier just seconds before the speck hits the oil . 
 The Kangaroo 's son , grabs the clover and returns it to . The animals finally hear the s , realizing the truth about the clover , and isolate the for tricking them . While being praised for his integrity by his neighbors , even forgives the devastated , and she befriends him with a makeshift umbrella for Whoville . Here , the people of Whoville and the animals of Nool gather in song and recite the chorus from " Ca n't Fight This Feeling " . The film ends with the narrator revealing that the Jungle of Nool , or rather Earth , is just one speck , like Whoville , among numerous others , floating in outer space .

Carrying out orders , rookie hitman shoots a priest during confession , but accidentally kills a young boy who is also in church . He and his mentor are sent to Bruges , where they are to await further instructions , by their employer . finds the city charming and quaint , while has nothing but contempt for it . 
 They chance upon a film shoot involving a dwarf actor , which amuses . is attracted to , a local drug dealer moonlighting as a production assistant . He takes her to a restaurant , where he gets into an argument with a Canadian couple ( mistaking them for Americans ) and ends up knocking them unconscious . takes to her apartment where they begin to make love , but her ex - boyfriend appears and threatens with a handgun . disarms him and fires the gun , loaded with blanks , in 's face , blinding him in one eye . admits that she and rob tourists , but insists she had told that was not a target . and spend a debauched night with the dwarf actor , , who takes cocaine and rants about a coming war between blacks and whites . 
 calls and orders him to kill , on the principle that killing a child , even accidentally , is unforgivable . With a handgun supplied by 's local contact , tracks to a park and reluctantly prepares to kill him . , however , distraught at his killing of the boy , prepares to kill himself with 's loaded gun . Seeing this , stops , informs him of 's order and tells him to leave Bruges to make a new start elsewhere . He gives some money and puts him on a train to another city , while confiscating his gun to prevent a further suicide attempt . reports back to , who immediately sets out for Bruges , enraged at the disobedience . He picks up a gun at 's , and , 's son , learns of his intention . 
 On the train , is identified by the Canadian couple he assaulted in the restaurant and is escorted by the police back to Bruges . bails him out and the two share a drink on the market square beneath the Belfry of Bruges . arrives in Bruges and rushes through the streets towards 's hotel , but spots sitting outside a cafe . As the two have a drink , boasts that if he himself had killed a child , he would have immediately taken his own life . argues that has the capacity to change and deserves a chance at redemption . is unconvinced , so suggests they ascend the bell tower . At the top , pulls his handgun on , but refuses to resist . Confused , can not bring himself to kill , so he shoots him in the leg as punishment for not killing . Seeing at the square , climbs the tower to inform , who is helping down the tower . tries to disarm , who shoots him in the neck and rushes down . Bleeding heavily , drags himself back to the top of the tower and jumps into the square . rushes to 's mangled body and learns of 's arrival . Just before he dies , tells him to take his gun , but it has been broken in the fall . 
 chases to the hotel ; , the pregnant owner , refuses entry , even when he draws his gun . and agree to continue the chase on the canal and jumps onto a passing barge . wounds with a shot from a distance . staggers onto the street where 's film is shooting . catches up and repeatedly shoots until he collapses . One of the bullets hits ( costumed as a schoolboy ) , blowing his head apart . believes he has killed a child and , despite protest from , kills himself . is carried past , and into an ambulance . In narration , reflects on the nature of hell , comparing it to the city of Bruges , and declares that he really hopes he wo n't die .

In 1957 , and his partner are kidnapped by Soviet agents under Colonel Dr. , who infiltrate a warehouse labeled " Warehouse 51 " and force to locate a mummified corpse recovered from a crash site . Upon its discovery , reveals he is a double agent working for the Soviets . escapes and unsuccessfully attempts to retrieve the body . After a fight with 's sadistic henchman , Colonel , escapes to a model town at the Nevada Test Site minutes before an atomic bomb test , and takes shelter in a lead - lined refrigerator . is rescued , decontaminated , and apprehended by FBI agents , who suspect him of working for the Soviets ; though freed on the recommendation of General , who vouches for him , he is put on indefinite leave of absence from Marshall College . His leaving also causes the dean 's resignation to keep Indiana 's job at the college . 
 is approached by greaser , who tells him that had found a crystal skull in Peru , suffered a mental breakdown and was later kidnapped . tells about the legend of crystal skulls found in Akator . gives a letter from his mother , who is also held captive , containing a riddle written by in an ancient South American language . KGB agents attempt to capture them , but and escape them and reach Peru . At the local psychiatric hospital , 's scribbles on the walls and floor of his cell lead them to the grave of , a Conquistador who searched for Akator . They discover the skull at the grave , with reasoning that had returned it there . 
 and are captured by and the Soviets and taken to their camp in the Amazon jungle , where they find and 's mother , , who reveals that is 's son , . believes the crystal skull belongs to an alien life form and holds great psychic power , and that finding more skulls in Akator will grant the Soviets the advantage of psychic warfare . uses the skull on to enable him to understand and identify a route to Akator . and his four allies escape with the skull , but and get caught into a dry sandpit , to be recaptured by the Soviets after accidentally brings them as assistance . On their way to Akator , tells he is a CIA double - agent to regain 's trust , and 's team fights its way out of the Soviets ' clutches , while is devoured by siafu ants . and his allies cause many of the Soviets to fall from a cliff , and they survive three waterfalls in an amphibious vehicle . and identify a skull - like rock formation that leads them to Akator , unaware that lied about being a CIA agent , is still loyal to and has been dropping transceivers to allow the surviving Soviets to track them . 
 The adventurers evade the city 's guardians , gain access to the temple , and find it filled with artifacts from many ancient civilizations , identifying the aliens as extra - dimensional " archaeologists " studying the different cultures of Earth . They find and enter a chamber containing the crystal skeletons of thirteen alien beings , one missing its skull . arrives and presents the skull to its skeleton , whereupon the aliens reanimate and telepathically offer a reward in ancient Mayan through . A portal to their dimension becomes activated , and the other remaining Soviets are drawn into the portal . As , , , and – who has regained his sanity – escape , the thirteen beings fuse into one , and in the process of receiving the overwhelming knowledge , is disintegrated and sucked into the portal . is caught in the vortex while trying to scrounge some of the treasure , and even though offers him his whip to pull him to safety , he willingly lets go and is sucked in . and the others escape and watch as the city crumbles , revealing a flying saucer rising from under the ground and vanishing , while the hollow in the valley floor left by its departure is flooded by the waters of the Amazon . 
 The following year , is reinstated at Marshall College and made an associate dean , and he and are married . Before the wedding party leaves the chapel , a gust of wind blows 's brown fedora off the coat rack and deposits it at 's feet . picks it up and is about to don it before snatches it from his hands and puts it on with a grin .

Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Jim Broadbent, Ray Winstone

The film opens with ( ) and his wife ( ) reading the fairy tale " Little Red Riding Hood " to their baby daughter , as a red velvet hood appears out of nowhere . Twelve years later , ( ) and her father visit an old book shop in Europe , unaware that is secretly looking for a copy of the book Inkheart . He succeeds in finding it . Shortly thereafter , encounters a marten with horns outside the shop , who tries to bite her fingers . A man ( ) suddenly appears from the shadows , claiming to be an old friend . comes out of the shop , recognizing the man as , who quickly asks him to read him back into the book . flees with . 
 takes to visit her great - aunt ( ) in Italy . There he tells that nine years ago , reading to her from , he inadvertently freed , a fire dancer , due to a gift he possessed from birth . Unfortunately , the book 's villain , ( ) , and one of his henchmen , , was also freed . Fleeing with his infant daughter , lost . and 's minion , ( ) , arrive . captures the group and takes , destroying 's library . They are taken to 's new castle in the real world . During their imprisonment , explains his gift to and , stating that when he reads a person or an object out of a book , someone from the real world is sent into it , hence his wife 's disappearance . forces to use his gift , acquiring treasure from one of the stories in The Arabian Nights , and imprisoning ( ) , one of the 40 Thieves . , who was promised a return into the book , is betrayed by . Nevertheless , the group escapes using the tornado from The Wizard of Oz . 
 proposes to search for the author of Inkheart , ( named in honor of Italian writer ) , as he may have another copy . leaves to recover what is left of her library as the others head for the author 's town , Alassio . is initially afraid of learning his fate in the book , but later joins them . When they meet ( ) , the author 's ecstatic mood upon seeing his creation alive makes realize he dies at the end , trying to save his marten , . Angry , he berates before eventually telling that is trapped in the castle and has lost her voice . 
 and take 's car ; stows away in the trunk . At 's house , begins reading a number of books out loud , bringing from The Wizard of Oz . bursts in with his men . Noticing , he takes them to Capricorn . , who had decided not to take the train home , realizes something was amiss and pursues them . At the castle , reveals he plans to bring the Shadow , the monster of . He threatens to harm 's mother if she does not comply . sneaks into the castle . is captured , but escapes after informs him of 's intentions . 
 attempts to free and others , as forces her to bring the . returns to the castle with , setting it alight . The distraction allows to give a rewrite he made to help stop 's plan . As arrives with the creatures imprisoned , writes out the story on her arm . As she reads out her creation , turns into dust , his henchmen and the Shadow vanish , and all the read - out creatures back are returned where they belong , including . In addition , she grants 's wish to live in the world he created , while reuniting her and with her mother and restoring her voice . In the end , is also safely read back into Inkheart , where he is reunited with his wife . In the real world , reveals he kept with him , thus allowing to avoid his fate and have control over his destiny . As and his family leave with , agrees to teach him how to read while agrees to teach her how to use the dragon breath , the fire breathing ability of 's which learnt .

Brendan Fraser, Eliza Bennett, Sienna Guillory, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Andy Serkis

In Ann Arbor , Michigan , 15 - year - old ( ) gives his crush , ( ) , a snow globe . A bully , ( ) , throws it onto a frozen river . While trying to retrieve it , falls through the ice and is pulled away by the current . He suddenly finds himself in the local library and discovers his ability to " jump " from one place to another . Amazed with his new ability , he leaves his abusive father ( ) and runs away from home . 
 Eight years later , an adult ( ) lives lavishly on stolen money . One day , he is ambushed in his home by ( ) , a member of the Paladins , a group of religious extremists who have been tracking down and killing " Jumpers " . Their reasoning is that ' alleged omnipresence is considered blasphemous . tries to capture with electric cables designed to nullify his ability , but escapes . He returns to Ann Arbor , seeking his old crush ( ) . When ( attacks him , teleports him into a bank vault and leaves him there . then returns to and invites her on a trip to Rome . later discovers in police custody and learns 's identity . 
 and arrive in Rome , though he keeps his ability a secret . After talking , they share a kiss and have sex . They visit the Colosseum , where meets ( ) , another Jumper . A group of Paladins appear , and casually kills them , then jumps away . tries to leave with , but he 's detained by Italian police and questioned about the deaths . 's mother , ( ) , who had left him when he was five , appears and helps him escape . She urges him to leave Rome with , to protect her . , upset and afraid when tries to skirt around the issue , demands to know the truth . declines and puts her on a plane home . 
 runs into again , and follows him to his hideout in a cave . reveals that he has been trailing and killing for years and plans to kill to avenge his parents . tells that the will target his loved ones to draw him out . teleports home and finds his father lying bleeding . He gets his father to a hospital and returns to to ask for help . Realizing is personally hunting , agrees . 
 They go to pick up at the airport , but she is no longer there . returns to his hideout to get weapons . breaks into 's apartment , angering her . Seeing arriving , decides to reveal the truth to her . He teleports her to 's hideout . Using a machine that keeps 's " jump scar " open , the Paladins , including , invade the hideout . and subdue most of them . sees his mother 's photo on the wall and realizes she is also a Paladin . is chased back through the jump scar , but he manages to snatch with him . He sets up a trap in 's apartment , expecting to come back for her . 
 Obsessed with killing , plans to bomb the apartment ; but objects , wanting to save . They fight and David traps with power lines in Chechnya . Ignoring 's warning , jumps to 's apartment and is quickly trapped by 's cables . The cables " link " him to the apartment , making him unable to jump away alone . Mustering his strength , teleports the apartment and everyone inside to a river . Once free of the cables , teleports to safety and dumps in a cave in Horseshoe Bend ( Arizona ) . He leaves there , explaining that not all Jumpers are a threat to be destroyed . 
 visits his mother and discovers his half - sister , ( ) . tells that when he was five , he made his first jump . She is a Paladin and had to either kill or leave . After leaving her house , meets with outside , and they jump to an unknown location .

Hayden Christensen, Samuel L. Jackson, Rachel Bilson, Jamie Bell, Diane Lane, Michael Rooker

In the Valley of Peace , a land in ancient China inhabited by anthropomorphic animals , the giant panda is a kung fu fanatic who idolizes the Furious Five – , , , , and – a quintet of kung fu students trained by the red panda Master Shifu . As he helps his adoptive goose[3 ] father Mr. in his noodle restaurant , is unable to pursue his dream of becoming a kung fu master himself . 
 Grand Master , an old tortoise and 's mentor , has a vision that 's former student , the evil snow leopard , will escape from prison and return to the Valley of Peace to take revenge for being denied the Dragon Scroll , which is said to hold the secret to limitless power . is alarmed and sends his messenger , the goose , with a request for the prison to heighten security in order to prevent escape . He then holds a kung fu tournament for the Furious Five so that may identify , the one kung fu master worthy of receiving the Dragon Scroll and capable of defeating . arrives as the arena doors close and is unable to enter . Desperate to see the Dragon Warrior chosen , straps himself to a set of fireworks , rockets into the sky , and crashes into the middle of the arena . He opens his eyes to see pointing his finger at him , and to the shock of everyone present , proclaims as the Dragon Warrior . 
 Unwilling to accept that 's decision was intentional , tries to get rid of through a torturous and agonizing training regime . The Furious Five also scorn and disparage as an upstart with no skill or potential in kung fu . However , after receiving encouragement from , endures his training and slowly begins to befriend the Five with his tenacity , culinary skill , and good humor . Meanwhile , escapes from prison as foreseen by , ironically picking his locks with one of 's fallen feathers . learns of escape from and informs , who extracts a promise from to believe in , and then passes on to the heavens in a stream of peach blossoms . Still unable to grasp the basics of kung fu , despairingly admits that he has no chance of defeating . , however , discovers that is capable of impressive physical feats when motivated by food . Using this as positive reinforcement , successfully trains to incorporate these feats into an effective kung fu style . 
 Meanwhile , the Furious Five set out to stop themselves , only to be overwhelmed and defeated by nerve strikes . decides that is ready to receive the Dragon Scroll , but the scroll reveals nothing but a blank reflective surface . Unable to understand the message of the scroll , orders and the Five to evacuate the valley . As arrives and fights , the distraught finds Mr. who , in an attempt to console him , reveals that the long - withheld secret ingredient to his famous " secret ingredient soup " is " nothing " , explaining that " to make something special you just have to believe it is " . realizes that this is the message of the Dragon Scroll , and goes back to confront before he is able to kill . 
 becomes a formidable challenge for , frustrating him with confusing fighting techniques on top of a physique that renders him immune to dangerous nerve strikes . momentarily bests and retrieves the scroll , but is unable to understand or accept its symbolic meaning . Eventually , defeats in combat before using the mysterious Wuxi Finger Hold to vanquish him . is praised by the Valley of Peace and earns the respect of the Furious Five , who fully acknowledge him as a true kung fu master . then finds , who finally attains inner peace with the valley safe once more . 
 In a post - credits scene , and eat dumplings together as it 's revealed that the peach tree planted by Oogway has grown .

Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogen

In 1925 ( ) is captain of the Duluth Bulldogs , a struggling professional American football team . is determined to save both his team and pro football in general when the players lose their sponsor and the league is on the brink of collapse . He convinces Princeton University 's college football star , , to join the Bulldogs , hoping to capitalize on 's fame as a decorated hero of the First World War ( like , he single - handedly captured a large group of German soldiers ) . In addition to his legendary tales of combat heroism , has dashing good looks and unparalleled speed and skill on the field . As a result of his presence , both the Bulldogs and pro football in general begin to prosper . 
 Chicago Tribune newspaper reporter becomes the object of the affections of both Dodge and . has been assigned to find proof that 's war heroics are bogus . confesses that the surrender of the Germans was a lucky accident and that his role in it was more foolish than heroic . soon discovers 's agenda and is doubly hurt when he learns that Dodge and are starting to show affections for each other and even shared a kiss . The ensuing fight over 's affections puts her off . Spurred on by the threats of 's manager , she decides to publish the story . 
 The story sparks a firestorm of accusations and reprimands . 's manager resorts to shady dealing to cover it up , even bribing the original witness to change his story . 
 Dodge 's attempts to legitimize pro football take on a life of their own . The new commissioner formalizes the game 's rules , taking away improvisational antics . In addition , the commissioner takes the responsibility of clearing up the controversy to set an example for the new direction of professional football . 
 With the whole world against ( even the Tribune is pushing her to retract her story ) , Dodge concocts a clever ruse . Interrupting a private hearing in the commissioner 's office , threatens with a confrontation by his old army mates . claims that they are just outside the door , ready to congratulate him for his heroic actions . In truth , the men are Bulldogs in borrowed Army uniforms . 
 confesses the truth . The commissioner frees from printing a retraction . is ordered to simply say he got too much credit for his war actions , but must give a hefty part of his paycheck to the American Legion . 's conniving manager is banned from football as well . is warned that if he pulls any old tricks to win the next game , he will lose his place in the league . 
 Dodge plays in one last game . This time it will be against , who has changed sides from Duluth to Chicago . The rivalry for 's affection spills onto the field . 
 The game does not go well for Dodge , including how muddy the field is . Dodge decides football should be played without rules . notices that after a brawl , Dodge is missing and with most players covered in mud , no one can tell who is who . There appears to be an interception and Chicago seems to have won , but when the mud is removed it is seen that the player is none other than , who disguised himself as a Chicago player on the play . The play is changed from an interception to a touchdown , and the Bulldogs win . 
 tells Dodge that Dodge is finished playing football , based on the threat the commissioner had made . He intends to tell the newspapers the real story about his " capture " of the German soldiers . Dodge argues that America " needs " heroes and it is implied the true story will not be told . Dodge and part on good terms once again . 
 After the game , Dodge meets up with and they ride into the sunset on Dodge 's motorbike , discussing with humor the possibilities in their future , which include bankruptcy , scandals and jail time . During the end credits , pictures show Dodge and getting married , donating $ 10,000 to the US military and 's former manager with new clients and .

In Africa , the lion tries to teach his son how to fight , but the cub is more interested in dancing . Rival male challenges for the title of alpha lion , and during their fight is captured by poachers . The crate containing falls into the ocean and drifts to New York City , where he is renamed and grows up at the Central Park Zoo with the zebra , the giraffe , and the hippopotamus . 
 Years later , following their adventure in Madagascar , the zoo animals — , , , , the penguins Skipper , Kowalski , , and Private , and chimpanzees and Phil — prepare to return to New York aboard a battered airplane piloted by the penguins , accompanied by the lemurs King the ring - tailed lemur , , and the mouse lemur . The plane runs out of fuel and crash lands in continental Africa . The animals find themselves at a watering hole on a nature reserve , and are excited to meet others of their species . is reunited with his parents and impresses them with tales of his status as " the King of New York " . fits in with a herd of other zebras who look and sound just like him . , a hypochondriac , is distressed that the reserve has no doctors , so the other giraffes appoint him their witch doctor . Seeking romance , attracts the attention of the smooth - talking male hippopotamus , . 
 Meanwhile , the penguins set about repairing the plane , assisted by numerous chimpanzees recruited by and . They steal vehicles from several groups of New Yorkers who are on safari and strip them for parts . , a tough old woman who beat up during the events of Madagascar , takes charge of the stranded tourists and helps them survive in the wilderness . 
 The zoo animals ' excitement soon turns to disappointment . In a scheme to oust as alpha lion , insists that complete a rite of passage which mistakes for a talent contest . It is actually a fighting contest , and tricks him into choosing the strongest lion as his opponent , resulting in 's humiliating defeat . Faced with the duty of banishing his son , relinquishes his title as alpha and takes over . Meanwhile , is dejected by the realization that the other zebras can do everything he can , believing himself no longer unique . comes to believe that he is deathly ill , and 's interest in Moto Moto saddens him since he has secretly loved her for a long time . The four friends argue heatedly with one another . has a date with Moto Moto , but loses interest when she realizes he is only attracted to her because of her size . After a pep talk from King , finally reveals his feelings for . 
 The next day , the animals panic when the watering hole dries up . Determined to redeem himself , mends his friendship with and they leave the reserve to investigate upriver . King suggests that offering a sacrifice to the nearby volcano will restore the water . , forlorn and believing he is dying , volunteers to be sacrificed . stops him from jumping into the volcano , and realizes that he is the perfect guy for her . and discover that the stranded New Yorkers have built a camp and dammed up the river , and is captured by them . rushes to his aid , but saves them both by dancing for the tourists , who remember him fondly from the zoo . , , , the penguins , and the chimpanzees arrive in the repaired airplane and help destroy the dam , restoring the water . angrily makes a stand for control , but tricks him into being subdued by . offers the title of alpha lion , but he declines , and father and son become co - leaders . 
 Skipper marries a bobblehead doll from the plane , and he , the other penguins , and the chimpanzees head off to honeymoon in Monte Carlo . , , , , and the lemurs happily decide to stay on the reserve for a while .

On Halloween night , 1998 , at Cornell University , ( ) , in costume as , slips into bed with his pre - arranged date , . It turns out to be the wrong woman , 's roommate ( ) , and likes her because she is so honest and does not fling herself at him . Ten years later , and are best friends . is very wealthy because of his creation of the " coffee collar " and gets a dime every time it is used . is with a different girl every week , while focuses on her career at the Metropolitan Museum of Art . He is very content with his life , suspecting that is too . 
 After takes to his father 's ( ) sixth wedding , tells she must go to Scotland for work . While she 's gone , discovers that without her , being with another woman week after week is not very fulfilling . He realizes that he loves and decides to tell her his feelings when she gets back . Upon returning , surprisingly announces she is engaged to a wealthy Scot named ( ) . asks to be her maid of honor for her wedding . After discussing it with his friends , decides to be her maid of honor , only to spend time with her and try to convince her she does not even know , as well as making her realize that he loves her and she should be marrying him . 
 After arriving in Scotland at Eilean Donan Castle for the wedding , realizes he is running out of time to stop . He meets all of 's family and must perform in a variant of the Highland Games , in which the groom must compete to prove himself worthy of his bride . is also in the competition with but loses in the last round . takes out for a walk , hoping to tell her how he feels . The other bridesmaids interrupt for 's bachelorette party . On her Hen Night , Hannah parades around a pub and sells her kisses for change . As she goes around , then kisses . Though it just started as a peck on the cheek , it turns into a passionate kiss . 
 That night , confronts to ask about the kiss . When she gets to his room , her drunk cousin is there , trying to have sex with him . leaves and runs after her . He knocks on her door , pleading for her to let him in . She refuses and asks about the kiss . He tells her he knew he , not , was the one for her . She refuses to say that she thinks so too and instead tells that she still expects to marry the next day . can not go through with watching and get married so he decides to go home . 
 When questioned about his sudden departure shortly before the wedding is to take place , informs that is just afraid of losing her . On the way home , realizes that he must stop the wedding and goes back on horseback . Just when the priest asks for objections , is sent flying off his horse and through the chapel doors . Seeing her best friend on the floor , rushes to him . As he struggles to stand up , he tells her that he loves her more than anything and that she should marry him . They then share a kiss . tells that she is very sorry and that he is the perfect guy , just not the perfect guy for her . 's grandmother then tells , in Scots , to " deck " , which he does without hesitation . 
 and eventually get married . catches the bouquet and then links arms with 's dad , to which he says " Number 6 ? " and his lawyer says " 7 " . and go on their honeymoon . turns on the light just to see if he has got the right girl and replies " You do " . The two kiss and as turns off the light , says " Oh , " and replies " Oh , . "

Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd, Kathleen Quinlan

On the Greek island of Kalokairi , 20 - year - old bride - to - be reveals to her bridesmaids that she has secretly invited three men to her wedding without telling her mother , . They are the men that her mother 's diary reveals could have been her father : Irish - American architect , Swedish adventurer and writer , and British banker . She dreams of being given away by her father at her wedding , and believes that after she spends time with them she will know which is her father . 
 's mother , who owns a villa , is ecstatic to reunite with her former Dynamos bandmates , wisecracking author and wealthy multiple divorcée , and reveals her bafflement at her daughter 's desire to get married . shows off the villa to and . The three men arrive and smuggles them to their room . She does not reveal that she believes one of them is her father , but does explain that she and not her mother sent the invitations . She begs them to hide so will be surprised by the old friends of whom she " so often " favorably speaks . They overhear working and swear not to reveal 's secret . 
 spies them and is dumbfounded to find herself facing former lovers , demanding they leave . She confides in and that she truly does not know which of the three fathered . and rally her spirits by getting her to dance with an all female ensemble of staff and islanders . finds the men aboard 's yacht , and they sail around Kalokairi , telling stories of 's carefree youth . plans to tell her fiancé about her ploy , but loses her nerve . and sing to each other , but is abducted for his bachelor party . 
 At 's bachelorette party , , , and perform . When , , and arrive , decides to talk with each of them alone . While her girlfriends dance with the men , learns from that received the money for her villa from his great - aunt . guesses she must be 's namesake . She asks him to give her away and keep their secret until the wedding . 's happiness is short - lived as and each pull her aside to tell her they are her father and will give her away . , overwhelmed by the consequences of raising the hopes of all three " fathers " , faints . 
 In the morning , and assure they will take care of the men . and intend to tell each other what they learned the previous night , but interrupts them . confronts , believing wants the wedding stopped . says that all she wants is to avoid her mother 's mistakes . accosts , concerned about getting married so young . confronts him and they realize they still have feelings for each other . and young continue flirtations from the previous night . confesses to and asks for his help . He reacts angrily to 's deception and she turns to her mother for support . As helps her daughter dress for the wedding , their rift is healed and reminisces about 's childhood . admits her mother disowned her when she became pregnant . asks to give her away . As the bridal party walks to the chapel , intercepts , who reveals the pain she felt over losing him . 
 and walk down the aisle as the band plays . tells and all gathered that her father could be any of the three men . reveals that while he left to get married , he did not go through with it , but returned to find with another man . The men do not want paternity confirmed , agreeing to be one - third of a father for . She tells Sky they should postpone their wedding and travel the world . proposes to . She accepts and they are married . At the reception , sings to , makes a play for and openly admits he is gay . The couples proclaim their love . and sail away .

Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Christine Baranski

Soon after their wedding , and ( and ) escape the brutal Michigan winters and relocate to a cottage in South Florida , where they are hired as reporters for competing newspapers . At The Palm Beach Post , immediately receives prominent front - page assignments , while at the South Florida Sun - Sentinel , finds himself writing obituaries and two - paragraph articles about mundane news like a fire at the local garbage dump . 
 When senses is contemplating motherhood , his friend and co - worker ( ) suggests the couple adopt a dog to see if they 're ready to raise a family . From a litter of newborn yellow Labrador retrievers they select ( named after reggae singer ) , who immediately proves to be incorrigible . They take him to Ms. ( ) , who firmly believes any dog can be trained , but when refuses to obey commands , she blows her whistle and runs towards her and tackles her , pinning her to the ground and humping her on her leg . That gets too far and Ms. expels him from her class . 
 Editor ( ) offers a twice - weekly column in which he can discuss the fun and foibles of everyday living . At first stumped for material , realizes the misadventures of might be the perfect topic for his first piece . agrees , and settles into his new position . continues to wreak havoc on the household , providing with a wealth of material for his column , which becomes a hit with readers and helps increase the newspaper 's circulation . becomes pregnant , but loses the baby early in her first trimester . She and travel to Ireland for a belated honeymoon , leaving the rambunctious dog in the care of a young woman who finds him impossible to control , especially during the frequent thunderstorms that plague the area . Soon after returning from their vacation , discovers she is pregnant again , and this time she delivers a healthy boy , . When she has a second son , , she opts to give up her job and become a stay - at - home mom , prompting to take on a daily column for a pay increase . Due to the crime rate , the couple decides to move to a larger house in the safer neighborhood of Boca Raton , where delights in swimming in the backyard pool . 
 Although she denies she is experiencing postpartum depression , exhibits all the symptoms , including a growing impatience with and , who asks to care for the dog when insists they give him away . She quickly comes to realize he has become an indispensable part of the family and agrees he can stay . accepts a job for The New York Times and moves away . Some time later , and welcome a daughter , , into their family . 
 celebrates his 40th birthday and later goes skinny dipping with in their swimming pool . Increasingly disenchanted with his job , he decides to accept a position as a reporter with The Philadelphia Inquirer with 's blessing , and the family moves to a farm in rural Pennsylvania . soon realizes that he is a better columnist than reporter and pitches the column idea to his editor . Life is idyllic until the aging begins to show signs of arthritis and deafness . An attack of gastric dilatation volvulus almost kills him , but he recovers . When a second attack occurs , it becomes clear surgery will not help him , and is euthanized with at his side . The family pay their last respects to their beloved pet as they bury him beneath a tree in their front yard .

Detective ( ) is a three - year veteran in the NYPD Cold Case Unit , privately consumed with investigating and finding the murderer of his wife and their infant child . When , a known acquaintance with a connection to his wife , is brutally murdered , becomes the prime suspect in the case . 
 and ( ) visit 's tattoo parlour , where the tattoo artist tells them 's tattoo represents the wings of a Valkyrie , which , in Norse mythology , are creatures that decide the fate of warriors in battle . then goes to take some of 's belongings out of storage and ends up discovering that documents from when she worked at the Aesir Corporation have gone missing . interrogates 's former supervisor , ( ) , in his office at Aesir and learns that was associated with a military contract to create super - soldiers using the highly addictive drug Valkyr . Only a few subjects showed positive results ; the rest saw hallucinations and eventually went insane , so the project was terminated . agrees to testify , as long as protects him from who calls " the man who killed your wife " : agrees and starts to escort out of his office , but a SWAT team ( in fact disguised contractors ) ambushes them , killing and attracting 's attention . After an intense gunfight escapes with the evidence and shows the video to : it explains the Valkyr project - is a former Marine and his testimony explains that , while taking the drug , feels invincible , with no side effects ( unlike most other test subjects ) . corners at his warehouse hideout , and during their battle , 's defeat appears to be certain until arrives , killing and knocking unconscious as they leave . 
 explains that he is selling Valkyr and admits to killing because she inadvertently came across incriminating documents . plans to drown in the river hoping to make it look like a drug - induced suicide , but breaks free and dives into the icy river . He considers suicide but hears the voice of his wife . He swims to shore and , to prevent hypothermia , consumes both vials of Valkyr , transforming into a super - soldier with visions of Valkyries . follows back to the Aesir building . Assisted by , he shoots his way through Aesir security employees , eventually confronting and killing on the building 's helipad . His vengeance complete , he falls to his knees , ready to die . He sees a vision of his wife and child , smiling . He comes to , as the sun cuts through the clouds and a SWAT team surrounds him .

Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Ludacris, Chris O'Donnell, Donal Logue, Olga Kurylenko

In his New York City apartment , a young boy named ( ) stares through his telescope at an object falling from the sky . It is a golf - ball - sized metal ball which flies through the window and lands in his fishbowl , quickly draining the water along with the goldfish . He decides to show it at his school 's science class presentation . 
 Some months later a massive fireball crashes into the water near Liberty Island . It is revealed to be a spaceship which resembles a human ( ) , controlled by 100 tiny humanoid aliens . Its Captain ( also played by ) pilots the spaceship from the command deck located in its head , with the help of his second - in - command Number 2 ( ) , and researcher Number 3 ( ) . The spaceship looks very human , and displays numerous superpowers , but the aliens do n't know how to make the " ship " act like a human . A superstitious cop named ( ) desperately searches for the alien . 
 The aliens need to save their planet , Nil , from an energy crisis . They need salt , which they plan to take by draining the Earth 's oceans using the metal ball , so they have to recover the ball . After the spaceship is hit by 's single mother , ( ) , while driving , the Captain decides to befriend and . He tells them his name is , based on a quick scan of common Earth names . At 's home the crew see their missing ball in a photograph taken at the science presentation . After having breakfast with , " " goes to 's school where he pretends to be a substitute teacher and eventually is able to talk to alone . tells him that the ball was taken from him by a bully ( ) . With 's help , takes the metal ball back from the bully . 
 The Captain ( via ) spends some time with and and realizes that humans are more advanced than they originally thought . The crew observes humans displaying feelings and love , such as witnessing 's painting or a homeless man offering to share his blanket with when he sleeps in a doorway . The Captain decides to cancel the plan to drain the oceans because it would destroy life on Earth . The police track down using the impression of his face found in the dirt at the crash site and they arrest him . After spending so much time on Earth , most of the crew begin to exhibit new " feelings " , adopting Earth 's culture , mannerisms and general laid - back attitude . Number 2 decides that the captain and the rest of the crew 's changing behavior is unacceptable and takes command of the " ship " , imprisoning the Captain . Under Number 2 's command , breaks out of the police station and another attempt is made to arrest him . Number 3 , who has become infatuated with the Captain , becomes jealous of . She first cooperates in the command change but later agrees with the Captain 's view on humans . Both are caught by Number 2 and they are expelled from the spaceship . In the meantime , Number 17 ( ) , a young , fun - loving alien , jumps out of the " ship " while drunk from the alcohol has imbibed . The Captain apologizes to Number 3 for ignoring her . He admits that he too loves her and wants to be with her . Back at the police station , discovers Number 17 in his coffee and interrogates him to find out where is going . 
 Number 2 takes to the harbor , where he tries to throw the metal orb into the ocean , but is stopped by the Captain and Number 3 , both of whom managed to gain reentry back onto the ship . They convince the rest of the crew that the real Captain is in charge again . Reinstated , he orders Number 2 to be stuck in the ship 's " butt " forever . The metal orb meanwhile slips out of 's hand and rolls into the ocean . The Captain attempts to retrieve the orb but is told that they only have enough power to either retrieve it or return home . The Captain decides to save the Earth and the rest of the crew agrees . The ball , thrown in the ocean by Number 2 , is retrieved . powers down while and his partner catch up and point their guns at him . With no power , 's shields are disabled , leaving the crew defenseless . tries to tell the police officers that is harmless but is ignored . He then grabs 's taser which he uses on , recharging him . The captain and Number 3 reveal themselves to the police officers who stand down . The Captain says goodbye to and saying he now understands love . Number 17 is then returned to by . About to fly away , a team from the FBI arrives and throws a net over . While the FBI agents wrestle the body down , " 's " crew evacuates to one of the ship 's " lifeboat " shoes , activate the engines , detaches the shoe and heads home to , leaving behind both the ship and Number 2 . While in the lifeboat , the captain asks for Number 3 's hand in marriage . She accepts and they kiss .

The film opens with a Spartan elder inspecting three babies . The first , an ugly , talking baby ogre ( Shrek the Third ) , is abandoned to die for its deformity ; while the second , who is Vietnamese , is adopted by and . The third , , is accepted as a Spartan for his already - present muscular physique and prepared for kinghood through brutal training . An adult ( ) is cast out into the wild , survives the harsh winter , and hunts down a gangsta penguin ( Happy Feet ) . Returning a king for his inauguration wearing a penguin skin hat , sees ( ) erotically dancing and asks her to marry him , to which she responds by giving him the combination to her armor - plated chastity belt . 
 Years later , is training his son when Captain ( ) informs him that a Persian messenger has arrived . Accompanied by the Spartan politician , the messenger presents ' demands for 's submission . After growing angry with both the messenger 's disrespect and finding him making out with his wife , kicks him into the " pit of death " . Despite 's advice that the messenger 's guards are now needed to convey the actual message , kicks them in as well , along with several other people he simply dislikes . Resolving to face the Persians , visits the prophets and gives them medicines such as Neutrogena as their prize for their consultation . They advise him that he should consult the for any advice . The Oracle , , reveals that will die should he go to war . 
 After reaching a decision while spending the night with his wife , meets the soldiers assembled for his departure to Thermopylae , and finds that only thirteen were accepted in the army due to stringent requirements . Among them are , his son , and a slightly unfit Spartan named . Once at the Hot Gates , they encounter a deformed ( also played by ) , who tells and the Captain about a secret goat path above the Hot Gates that could use to outflank the Spartans . When she asks to be made a Spartan soldier , rejects her as unqualified due to her inability to use a spear correctly . and his platoon soon face off with ' messenger and his Immortals , beating them in a dance contest before driving them off a cliff . ( ) , impressed , personally approaches and attempts to bribe him with a trip to the Palms Hotel and Casino . declines , and the Spartans face the Persian army in a " Yo Momma " fight , which the Spartans win , but has his eyes scratched out and wanders away . 
 decides to betray the Spartans and reveals the location of the goat path to in return for various gifts and for having her deformed hump removed . meets the twelve remaining Spartans and the war begins . Meanwhile , back in Sparta , Queen has several confrontations with , as he is the vital vote in sending more troops to assist her husband . Following her address to the Council , publicly betrays the Queen . The Queen then battles in a parody of Spider - Man 3 and defeats him using a dust buster . With 's deceit exposed , the council is united with the queen . 
 At the Battle of Thermopylae , the Persians introduce their secret weapons , and , who kills with a decapitating uppercut . Captain avenges him with Botox poisoning before being struck down by . pursues and plays Grand Theft Auto . Managing to find the " Transformer Cube " , uses it in a car to become and shows off his powers to access the " Leave Britney Alone ! " video on YouTube . However , accidentally trips on his extension cord and falls on and the surviving Spartans , apparently killing them . The blind eventually returns to Sparta to tell of ' final moments . A year later , leads a larger Spartan force to defeat the Persians , but the blind warrior ends up going the wrong way . They end up in Malibu , where they knock down as she is leaving rehab again .

Sean Maguire, Ken Davitian, Carmen Electra, Diedrich Bader, Kevin Sorbo, Travis Van Winkle

The film opens with archival footage of police raiding gay bars and arresting patrons during the 1950s and 1960s , followed by November 27 , 1978 announcement to the press that and Mayor had been assassinated . is seen recording his will throughout the film , nine days ( November 18 , 1978 ) before the assassinations . The film then flashes back to New York City in 1970 , the eve of 's 40th birthday and his first meeting with his much younger lover , . 
 Dissatisfied with his life and in need of a change , and decide to move to San Francisco in the hope of finding larger acceptance of their relationship . They open Castro Camera in the heart of Eureka Valley , a working - class neighborhood in the process of evolving into a predominantly gay neighborhood known as The Castro . Frustrated by the opposition they encounter in the once Irish - Catholic neighborhood , utilizes his background as a businessman to become a gay activist , eventually becoming a mentor for . Early on , serves as 's campaign manager , but he grows frustrated with 's devotion to politics , and he leaves him . later meets , a sweet - natured but unbalanced young man . As with , can not tolerate 's devotion to political activism , and eventually hangs himself . clashes with the local gay " establishment " which he feels to be too cautious and risk - averse . 
 After two unsuccessful political campaigns in 1973 and 1975 to become a city supervisor and a third in 1976 for the California State Assembly , finally wins a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977 for District 5 . His victory makes him the first openly gay man to be voted into major public office in California and the third openly homosexual politician in the entire US . subsequently meets fellow Supervisor , a Vietnam veteran and former police officer and firefighter . , who is politically and socially conservative , has a difficult relationship with , and develops a growing resentment for when he opposes projects that proposes . 
 and forge a complex working relationship . is invited to , and attends , the christening of 's first child , and asks for 's assistance in preventing a psychiatric hospital from opening in 's district , possibly in exchange for 's support of 's citywide gay rights ordinance . When Milk fails to support because of the negative effect it will have on troubled youth , feels betrayed , and ultimately becomes the sole vote against the gay rights ordinance . Milk also launches an effort to defeat Proposition 6 , an initiative on the California state ballot in November 1978 . Sponsored by , a conservative state legislator from Orange County , Proposition 6 seeks to ban gays and lesbians ( in addition to anyone who supports them ) from working in California 's public schools . It is also part of a nationwide conservative movement that starts with the successful campaign headed by and her organization Save Our Children in Dade County , Florida to repeal a local gay rights ordinance . 
 On November 7 , 1978 , after working tirelessly against Proposition 6 , and his supporters rejoice in the wake of its defeat . A desperate favors a supervisor pay raise , but does not get much support , and shortly after supporting the proposition , resigns from the Board . He later changes his mind and asks to be reinstated . Mayor denies his request , after being lobbied by . 
 On the morning of November 27 , 1978 , enters City Hall through a basement window to conceal a gun from metal detectors . He requests another meeting with , who rebuffs his request for appointment to his former seat . Enraged , shoots in his office and then goes to meet , where he guns him down , with the fatal bullet delivered execution - style . The film suggests that believed that might be a closeted gay man.[3 ] 
 The last scene is a candlelight vigil held by thousands for and throughout the streets of the city . Pictures of the actual people depicted in the film , and brief summaries of their lives follow .

A security guard runs through a subway station until he enters a room he can not escape and starts begging his reflection in a mirror for his life . His reflection uses a shard to slice into its own throat ; the wound reflects upon the real security guard 's body , killing him . 
 ( ) , a suspended police detective , begins his first day as a night security guard at the Mayflower , a luxury department store that was gutted by a fire and shuttered five years prior . The building still contains numerous mirrors from the store . 
 On 's first night of patrol , he finds a mirror that appears to be covered with handprints , but only on the reflected side of the glass . He sees an open door in the reflection while it is actually closed . Over time , begins to see more intense visions , which he initially shrugs off as hallucinations . He soon finds the wallet of , the previous night guard ( from the beginning of the film ) who supposedly killed himself . Inside is a note that says " " . After noticing the absence of blood on the mirror shard in ’s crime photos , is convinced that the mirrors make people do things to themselves that they are not actually doing . 
 Meanwhile , 's sister , ( ) is killed by her reflection as it grips its jaw and slowly pulls its mouth apart , causing her to bleed profusely . is distraught when he finds her body . In anger , he attempts to destroy the mirrors at the Mayflower , but they are impervious to damage . He demands to know what the mirrors want , and cracks appear on one of the mirrors , spelling out the word " ESSEKER " . 
 enters the flooded basement of the Mayflower and finds a small sign stating " Psychiatric Studies " and " St. Matthew 's Hospital " underneath . He moves to the site of the leak and begins pulling at the tiles and brick of the wall and finds a room with a chair surrounded by mirrors beyond it , a Psychomanteum . Realizing that the Mayflower was built on the site of an earlier hospital , asks his police friend ( ) to help him locate the patient - employee manifest for the hospital . finds the name , a patient of the psychiatric hospital . She was twelve years old at the time and died in a mass suicide . 
 looks through 's file and finds an Authorization and Consent form that negated her Death Certificate , stating that she had been discharged from the hospital two days before the suicide and is led to believe that is still alive . Meanwhile , 's wife ( ) discovers her son 's ( ) reflection acting differently from the real . In a panic , she calls , who immediately returns home . Together they cover every reflective surface in the house with green paint . 
 locates childhood home , and discovers that as a child she was violent and uncontrollable , and diagnosed with severe schizophrenia . She was taken in by a doctor from St. Matthew ’s Hospital , who believed that she was suffering from a rare personality disorder . His treatment was to confine to a chair surrounded by mirrors , believing this would cure her disorder by forcing her to confront her own reflection . is told by her brother that when she returned , apparently cured , strange things started to happen with the mirrors in their home . As a result , her family sent her to a convent , Saint Augustine 's Monastery , where mirrors are forbidden . 
 visits the convent and finds ( ) , who explains that she was actually possessed by a demon , which was drawn from her and became trapped in the mirrors . She explains that it collects the souls of those it kills and if she were to return it would make it possible for the demon to be brought back into the mortal world . She refuses to go back . 
 Meanwhile , discovers that is missing at home and a thin reflective layer of water is completely covering the floor . After putting her daughter in a safe closet , she finds using a chef knife to scrape the paint from the mirrors . tries to stop him but he escapes , obviously possessed . 
 Having threatened her at gunpoint , returns with to the Mayflower and straps her into the chair in the Psychomanteum . Back at 's house is suddenly pulled through the water on the floor by his reflection and begins to drown . At the Psychomanteum the lights begin to flicker and the building begins to shake as the demons in the mirrors are released . They repossess and all the mirrors in the Mayflower explode . Simultaneously , is released from the demon 's grip and is able to pull him to safety . is then attacked by the repossessed . He manages to kill her by igniting a nearby gas line , setting off a huge explosion . The old building collapses , killing the demon , and trapping under the ceiling as he rushes toward the exit . 
 pulls himself out of the rubble and stumbles out of the building . Policemen and firemen are everywhere in the street , and a body is seen being taken in a bag by paramedics , but nobody notices . He looks at the older security guard 's name tag and sees it is written backward , realizing everything is in reverse ( like in a mirror ) . He comes upon a mirrored surface in the city and fails to see his own reflection as he reaches out to touch it . He realizes that he was actually crushed under the rubble and is now trapped in the mirror world : In the living world , his hand appears as a handprint on the glass surface .

( ) is a help line operator and a ladies man with a hobby : If a guy loses a girl and wants her back , he gets in touch with and pays him to take the girl on a bad date . Throughout the evening inevitably behaves in the most moronic fashion causing the girl to realize that her ex was not really such a bad guy after all and get back to their ex . 
 He shares an apartment with his step cousin ( ) who has fallen for his colleague ( ) . takes on a date and confesses his love but she insists they remain friends . After the date explains his situation to who volunteers his services as a good friend ( instead of having to pay for his services as usual ) . initially turns him down , not wanting to be close to , but the next day sees flirting with another co - worker and begs to take out . He accepts . 
 bumps into and they arrange to go out . He behaves badly all night but is too drunk to care . When he drops her off she expects him to come in but he resists the temptation out of loyalty to . calls but when they meet she explains that her date with has motivated her to see other men . sends roses and an apology poem in 's name . calls at work and berates him for leaving early the previous night . goes to see and they end up having casual sex on a regular basis while begins a series of desperate attempts to stay friends with her after all . 
 prepares to go on a date with a single mother but when he arrives to pick her up , she is breast - feeding her child . , in an effort to be funny , awkwardly remarks that he would like to have what the baby is having . The woman , now creeped out and furious , yells at and throws him out , cancelling their date . Distraught , goes to 's home to see her but is told by her roommate that was busy upstairs with the guys she has been having sex with regularly . , even more upset and refusing to leave , starts to walk up the stairs only to discover that the man has been sleeping with is actually . and get into a fight and go separate ways . 's feelings for have now grown and he decides to consult with his father ( ) . After meeting with his father , he has doubts that he is deserving of a serious relationship with her . While attending the wedding of ' sister ( ) , he realizes that she is one of his previous bad dates . The groom , ( ) , asks to keep quiet about his use of his services . After overhearing telling that she has fallen for him , 's guilt causes him to sabotage their relationship and call to apologize to him . 
 arrives at the wedding reception and reveals 's schemes to . points out his clients , including the groom , and is punched and thrown out . , distraught from the fact that used her , and that played to cheaply win her , never wants to see either of them again . Later , while talking with and his father , realizes that he loves and they encourage him to reconcile with her . He finds her and jogs with her for a few miles , in the attempt to make amends , but is unmoved . 
 Three months later , is on a date when sees him and spontaneously decides to sabotage the date by embarrassing him . She walks up to him and throws wine in his face , ruining his date . Then continues to try embarrass him by stating to the whole room that he left her pregnant . He soon catches on to her " joke " and they then continue to throw insults at each other ( some of which shadow previous insults they threw at each other at their second meeting ) , each trying to best each other in a " play argument " of insults and bantering . After which they reconcile with a kiss . The film ends suggesting their relationship is back on . As the film 's titles roll up , it is shown / suggested that and ' roommate ( ) hook up ( or at very least have a sexual encounter if not actually a relationship ) . It 's left up to the audience to decide .

( ) is a straight bass player in a queercore band that is searching for a name , but tentatively calls themselves The Jerk - Offs . A teenager from Hoboken , New Jersey , he is still heartbroken after his girlfriend , ( ) , broke up with him three weeks , two days , and 23 hours ago , and continues to make " breakup " mix CDs for her . ( ) and Dev ( ) , his gay bandmates who both hate , convince to perform at a club because his favorite band — the legendary , publicity - shy indie band Where 's Fluffy ? — is performing somewhere in New York City that night . 
 ( ) attends the same high school as , Convent of the Sacred Heart , and though they dislike each other , they have a mutual friend named ( ) . has not met , but shares his taste in music based on recovering his mix CDs after discards them . The three girls end up at Arlene 's Grocery on Manhattan 's Lower East Side , where The Jerk - Offs are playing . asks to pretend to be her boyfriend after teases her about her lack of a boyfriend . kisses him , unaware that he is the ex - boyfriend of . gets drunk and wants to take her home , but 's bandmates ( who see as a potential new girlfriend for him ) offer to take home so and can spend time together trying to find the show . 
 When and stop at Gray 's Papaya for hot dogs , a confused escapes from 's van . and meet up with and to try to find her . A confusing phone call leads them to look for her at a club that " Where 's Fluffy ? " is rumored to be playing , but with no success in finding or the band . , eager to win back , catches up with them when she gets a phone call from , who is now able to tell that she has " found " and " an altar boy without pants . " They finally locate a drunk on stage at a gay cabaret dressed as a Christmas tree . When they arrive at 's car , is sitting on the hood waiting for him . tells him how nice it was to meet him , but he leaves to talk with without giving a response . 
 An upset meets up at a club with her friend with benefits , ( ) , but soon realizes that he has an ulterior motive and hopes to get a deal for his band with 's father , a famous record producer . Disgusted with , she agrees to cover his and his friends ' drinks , but then tells the waitress to increase the tab because there was a miscalculation , and she leaves him to pay . , meanwhile , decides to confront , but she pleads for a ride home and flirts with him in the car . asks to stop by the river , where she tries to seduce him . Whilst she seductively dances in front of the car , reminisces fondly about and the night 's events and drives away , leaving behind . 
 calls , apologizing for leaving , and she agrees to meet him again . Deciding to go somewhere where no one they know will find them , they arrive at Electric Lady Studios , a music studio owned by 's father . Once there , gets to play something he wrote in the studio , but then joins him in the recording room . gets a text message from telling her where she found Where 's Fluffy ? playing . When they arrive at the show , they meet , who can not understand why will not take her back , and , who wants the same answer from . starts a fight with , but and 's friend , ( ) , steps in and headbutts . and share a smile and leave together . At Pennsylvania Station , admits that he does not care about missing the concert , and they kiss on the escalator as the sun rises over New York City .

Michael Cera, Kat Dennings, Alexis Dziena, Ari Graynor, Aaron Yoo, Jay Baruchel

( ) is an 11 - year - old girl whose mother , , has died . 's father , ( ) , a marine biologist , has told her that was swallowed by a blue whale after it was scared by a ship called The Buccaneer . lives with her father on a South Pacific island and has several local animals for company : the sea lion , the bearded dragon , the sea turtle , and Galileo the pelican . takes the boat for a two - day scientific mission to find Protozoa nim ( a new species of plankton he named after his daughter ) ; he wants to take his daughter along , but she convinces him that she needs to stay to oversee the imminent hatching of 's eggs and can manage on her own ; they will be able to communicate by satellite phone . 
 , who is fond of adventure books written by ( ) , receives an email addressed to her father with an inquiry about his field of knowledge . The sender , " " , seems to be the explorer , but is actually , a neurotic San Franciscan who constantly imagines that she is speaking to her fictional character ( also portrayed by ) . An email conversation follows . She goes to the island with the volcano , but is injured . 
 suffers a shipwreck in a cyclone , making it impossible for him to communicate with , and does not return as planned . brings things he needs to fix his ship . explains the situation to " " , but suffers from agoraphobia and never leaves the house or even opens the door . The island is visited by loud , ugly tourists from Brisbane , Australia , whom believes to be pirates . As the tourists approach the island , makes it seem uninhabitable by catapulting lizards to shore . She also makes a fire in the crater of the volcano , which fools the tourists into thinking the volcano is erupting . By rolling down boulders to simulate an avalanche , she inadvertently triggers an actual eruption . Without revealing herself , she gets out of the crater just in time as a plume of ash bursts out . Down at the beach the tourists scramble to the boats . One of them , a boy , , sees and catches up with . He is confused by her presence and she tells him she lives on the island . He tells the others , but they do not believe him . Meanwhile , travels to the island to " rescue " , but she , expecting " " ( the fictional male character ) , at first rejects . 
 later relents and they share a meal . The next day , starts to cry , reasoning that her ever - successful father would be back by then if he were still alive . Fortunately , reaches the island windsurfing on a makeshift catamaran . and meet and begin to get to know each other ( amazed at being identical to how she pictured her fictional character ) , and the film ends with them all playing on the beach using a coconut as a ball .

The intro shows a camera recording faces of corpses , with their mouths being moved by medical students . 
 Med school student graduates top of his class from Harvard and joins one of the nation ’s most prestigious pathology programs . There , a rivalry develops between a group of interns and . They invite him into their group , which entertains itself with a secret after - hours game at the morgue of who can commit the perfect undetectable murder . Eventually the group 's leader , , realizes that Teddy is sleeping with his girlfriend , Dr. . When catches several members of the group in lies , he realizes that what initially seemed like vigilante killings are , in actuality , just innocent people murdered for sport . 
 's fiancée arrives to stay with him in his apartment . , angered by 's infidelity , kills her for the next game . However , just as they are about to begin the autopsy on ( in the meantime plotting 's death ) , realizes that the gas has been left on in the room . rigged the gas to kill everyone in the group . This results in a massive explosion as one of the group lights a crystal - meth pipe . Everyone in the room is caught in the explosion . realizes what is about to happen and survives . is seen walking away from the explosion . 
 Later , manages to kill in what he believes to be the " perfect murder " . Upon completing his autopsy report on his murdered fiancée , is knocked out by and then is forced to trade verbal barbs with him . uses some of 's own rhetoric against him in reverse psychology fashion , after which fellow pathologist frees and together they kill in exactly the same way that he killed 's fiancée . In the process , they vivisect .

Milo Ventimiglia, Michael Weston, Alyssa Milano, Lauren Lee Smith

In 1937 , a military facility is on watch behind a two - way mirror as a soldier , smoking marijuana , reveals what he hates about the army while remaining euphoric . A high - ranking officer immediately closes the project and deems marijuana illegal . 
 Seventy - one years later , , a 25 - year - old process server and habitual marijuana smoker , visits the home of his drug dealer , , to buy marijuana . tells him that he may already know the identity of 's next customer , . drives to 's house and witnesses and a police officer , , shoot a man to death . While fleeing the area , leaves behind his roach , which contains a rare strain of marijuana called Pineapple Express . identifies the strain and sends his two henchmen , and , to a dealer , , who tells them that he has only sold the pot to . 
 At 's apartment , learns that is a dangerous drug lord and could trace the roach . and flee into the nearby woods while 's henchmen persuade to arrange a meeting with . They accidentally fall asleep in 's car and wake up to find that they missed their meeting with . They leave the woods and arrive at 's house , hoping to determine whether has linked them with the Pineapple Express . says is not after them . realizes that he is lying and knocks him out . They wake and question him until he reveals that has discovered who they are and that he is going to kill them . and decide that they must leave the city . 
 To leave town , and sell Pineapple Express to raise bus fare . However , a police officer named sees and arrests him . In the back of the cruiser , tries to convince that is corrupt and tells her that he witnessed her and murder a man . recognizes and promises him that she will investigate her soon because had been long suspicious of 's corruption . However , leaps in front of the police car and hijacks it , thinking that is the one who is driving . hears a police radio call of 's arrest and pursues and in a high - speed chase , but they escape . After an argument about their situation , and split up . visits his grandmother in an assisted living home , but he is kidnapped and held hostage in 's lair beneath a barn . enlists to help him rescue . unexpectedly backs out at the last minute , and is captured . While and are held hostage , they reconcile and plan their escape . 
 Asian mobsters attack the barn to avenge a fellow gangster 's death at the hands of and Officer ( the same murder that witnessed ) . and free themselves but are caught by . grazes 's ear with a gunshot , but he is disarmed and shot by . Dale and join the fight , and a brawl ensues between and . When refuses to kill , emerges from the lair and shoots him in the chest , killing him . He turns around to kill , but drives through the barn and saves by hitting with his car . seems to be shot to death by . One of the mobsters activates a bomb , resulting in 's death , and setting fire to the barn . When 's car explodes , it flips over and lands on , killing her . The explosion incapacitates , but finds him and carries him from the burning barn . , wounded but still alive , also escapes and reconciles with them . Afterward , they eat breakfast at a diner and talk about their adventure before 's grandmother picks them up and takes them to the hospital .

Assistant Chief is the head of a multigenerational New York City Police Department ( NYPD ) family , which includes his sons , , and his son - in - law . Deputy Inspector is the Commanding Officer of the 31st Precinct , where Sergeant is a patrol officer , while Detective works in the Missing Persons Squad , having transferred to this lighter duty after being shot during an arrest two years earlier . 
 leads the NYPD to victory in city - league football . While everybody is celebrating , receives a call that four men from his precinct have been shot dead when answering a " shots fired " 911 call at the Washington Heights apartment of a local drug gang leader , . bullies into joining a task force put together to investigate the killings . 
 and fellow patrol officers , and find the abandoned cab fled in , containing the dead cab driver . The four officers are part of a corrupt group in 's precinct , along with the four dead officers . Under 's direction , they burn the cab and dead driver , and set about finding before and the task force do . 
 tells that his investigation has revealed that a policeman named had tipped off to the raid . When later confronts , he admits to what he did and expresses surprise that never knew what was going on with the officers in his precinct . He says " Everyone knew . " The cops had intended to kill so they could work with another dealer , , but warned due to a childhood friendship , believing would simply flee . Though tells to hand over his badge , he does not take the information to his superiors for fear of losing his command . Later , arrives at 's house , pressuring for failing to find and kill . 
 Steady police work helps find , while elsewhere beats 's cousin and prepares to kill the cousin 's baby to get the same information . reaches only to find and his crew there first , torturing to death . tries to intervene ; however , suddenly uses 's gun to kill , then tells to accept being the hero who killed the cop - killer . 's crew leaves just before 's backup arrives . 
 Overcome with grief over his role in the murders and the corruption , meets privately with a reporter and confesses to the corruption ( but gives no names ) in the 31st Precinct . then commits suicide in the reporter 's car . After the newspaper reports the corruption , Internal Affairs ( IAB ) investigates the killing . says he was not the shooter and refuses to say more , while admits his crew was there then fabricates a story that killed in cold blood . is furious with his son for not lying to IAB , to which reveals that he did enough lying for his father regarding the shooting that hurt him two years earlier , at which his fellow officers threw the shooter off a building for revenge . arrives and tells his father that the lies and corruption end now , and they will arrest their brother - in - law even if it costs his career . 
 Things quickly unravel within the 31st Precinct sector . and look for , while and hold up a liquor store , with and a customer soon dead and holding the owner hostage . While 's cousin agitates the crowd outside the liquor store , goes in and arrests . confronts at a nearby bar , where wins a brutal brawl between them . is walking a handcuffed back to the liquor store when the still - agitated crowd surrounds them . 's cousin has the crowd hold while offers himself to be beaten to death . staggers away from his dead brother - in - law , making it back to at the liquor store . A few days later , the three men arrive at the New York County Courthouse to give their statements .

, who has been the Punisher for five years , assaults a party for mob boss , and kills him and the guests . escapes to his recycling plant hideout , and Detectives and , who were staking out the party , inform . infiltrates 's hideout , and after a brief firefight , is thrown into a glass - crushing machine that leaves him hideously disfigured . later refers to himself as " " because the stitches in his face resemble puzzle pieces . , who takes cover behind the body of , discovers that was actually an undercover agent . 
 Agent , the deceased agent 's partner , joins the NYPD 's " Punisher Task Force " , partnering with Soap to help bring to justice . Meanwhile , frees his deranged and cannibalistic brother , " " . 
 Distraught over killing the agent , attempts to make reparations to 's wife , , and daughter , , to no avail . threatens to retire from the vigilante business , but his armorer , Microchip , forces him to reconsider , telling him will go after 's family for revenge . 
 , , and two goons , and , break into 's house and hold the family hostage . The Punisher tracks down , a known associate of , executing him after extracting the information before being apprehended by and . tells him went after 's family , and sends a police car to check on the house , intending to turn the in . When the patrol car fails to respond , checks on the house , where he is captured by and . frees the , who kills and before leading 's wife and daughter away . then arrests and after a short gunfight . 
 and his brother bargain with the FBI for their release by giving up , who was smuggling in a biological weapon destined for Arab terrorists in Queens , New York . The brothers are granted immunity , plus the US$ 12 million was paying to use Jigsaw 's port , and a file on Micro . They take Micro hostage , killing his mother in the process . They once again take the hostage , after critically injuring Micro 's associate , whom had left to protect them . later arrives at the hideout , and euthanizes . sets himself up in the Bradstreet Hotel , putting together a small army of gangsters who want to see the dead . enlists the help of , who informs 's father , , where is located . 's goons start a shootout in the hotel lobby , affording a distraction . 
 enters through a second - floor window , leading to a firefight with Jigsaw 's hired guns . Afterward , engages in hand - to - hand combat ; realizing he will probably not survive the brawl , runs away . chases him and confronts both him and , who are holding and at gunpoint . gives a choice : If Frank shoots , will let the others go free . bravely offers his life to save the girl , but chooses to shoot instead . As a result , kills . Enraged by the loss of his partner , attacks , eventually impaling him with a metal rod and throwing him onto a fire . As burns to death , calmly tells him , " This is just the beginning . " Outside , forgives , who bids farewell to and the family . As and leave together , tries to convince to give up his vigilante status after having " killed every criminal in town . " changes his mind when he is held up by a murderous mugger who quickly becomes another victim of the .

While closing his Brazilian Jiu - Jitsu studio one evening , martial arts teacher ( ) is approached by attorney ( ) , who is seeking the owner of the vehicle she accidentally sideswiped . Off - duty police officer ( ) , who was receiving a private lesson from , sees that is distressed and tries to take her coat . Startled , grabs 's gun and it goes off , shattering the studio 's front window . To avoid having charged with attempted murder , and agree to conceal the event . 
 's insurance , however , will not cover his act of God claim that the window was broken by a strong wind . 's wife ( ) , whose fashion business profits are the only thing keeping the struggling studio afloat , requests that ask for a loan from her brother ( ) , a mixed martial arts champion . At 's nightclub , meets with 's other brother , ( ) , and learns that quit as the club 's bouncer because never paid him . confronts about the situation but is rebuffed . then declines 's offer to fight on the undercard of an upcoming match between and Japanese legend ( ) , which could potentially pay out $ 50,000 . believes competitions with money as the incentive are not honorable and weaken the fighter . 
 Meanwhile , aging Hollywood action star ( ) enters the nightclub without security and is accosted by a man with a broken bottle . intervenes and subdues three men in the process . The following day , receives an expensive watch and an invitation to dinner from . gives the watch to to pawn in lieu of his unpaid salary at the nightclub . At the dinner party , 's wife ( ) arranges an informal business deal to buy a large amount of dresses from 's company . , impressed by , invites him to the set of his current film . As and leave the dinner , explains his unique training method to 's business associate ( ) . Before a sparring match , each fighter must draw one of three marbles , two white and one black ; whoever draws a black marble has to fight with a handicap . 
 uses his military experience to answer a few technical questions for on the film set and is offered the role of co - producer . That evening , faxes the details of his training methods to so they can be used in the film . arrives at the studio and informs that he was suspended from duty for pawning the watch , which turned out to be stolen . During their dinner that evening , relays the information to who excuses himself to handle the matter , but never returns . At home , learns that the phone numbers that gave have been disconnected . is panicky , having borrowed $ 30,000 from a loan shark to order the fabric for the dresses . As he meets with the loan shark to discuss an extension , notices and ( ) on television using 's marble - drawing method as a promotional gimmick for the undercard fights of 's match . 
 hires to sue , but 's lawyer threatens that if they do not drop the lawsuit , he will give the police an empty shell casing with 's fingerprints , as proof that she attempted to kill an off - duty cop . He also threatens as a witness who covered up the crime by bribing the cop with a stolen watch . When told of the situation , feels responsible and kills himself . feels obligated to help 's financially struggling wife and , in desperate need of money himself , decides to compete as an undercard fighter in the upcoming competition . 
 At the arena , discovers the fights are being fixed via a magician ( ) using sleight of hand to surreptitiously switch the white and black marbles . Disgusted by this revelation , confronts the conspirators : , and who confirm that unknown to the competitors , the fights are handicapped by the fight promoters so as to ensure winning bets . They also reveal that is intentionally losing the fight to so they can make money on the rematch . tells that is the one who told them about shooting the window and justifies her betrayal by explaining that his sister is too smart to stay with someone who can not provide for her . 
 As is exiting the arena , he meets . Their conversation is not audible , but it ends with slapping . then re - enters the arena . He incapacitates several security guards trying to stop him and is ultimately engaged by . The audience and camera crews take notice as and face off in the arena 's corridors . Inspired by the Professor ( ) , an elderly martial arts master attending the match , manages to slip a difficult choke hold and defeats , making it onto the ring to speak to the Professor personally . He is approached by , who offers his ivory - studded belt , previously referred to as a Japanese national treasure , as a sign of respect . He is then approached by the Professor himself , who proceeds to award the coveted red belt to an incredulous , and embraces him , acknowledging his dedication to the art .

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tim Allen, Alice Braga, Randy Couture, Ricky Jay, Joe Mantegna, Emily Mortimer, David Paymer, Rebecca Pidgeon, Rodrigo Santoro

In 1948 , ( ) meets ( ) at a party . He is a longshoreman , hoping to be a cashier ; she wants to be an actress . later secures a sales position with Knox Machines , for which his father worked for 20 years , and and he marry . The move to 115 Revolutionary Road in suburban Connecticut when becomes pregnant . 
 The couple becomes close friends with their realtor ( ) and her husband ( ) , and neighbor ( ) and her husband ( ) . To their friends , the are the perfect couple , but their relationship is troubled . fails to make a career out of acting , while hates the tedium of his work . Meanwhile , asks the couple to meet her son , ( ) , who had been declared insane , to try to help better his condition . They accept . 
 wants new scenery and a chance to support the family so can find his passion , so suggests that they move to Paris to start a new life away from the " hopeless emptiness " of their repetitive lifestyle . 
 The ( including ) talk with and . During the conversation , the tell the about their plans to live in Paris . Surprisingly , the only person who seems to comprehend their decision is . 
 As the couple prepares to move , they are forced to reconsider . is offered a promotion , and becomes pregnant again . When discovers she is contemplating having an abortion , he is furious and starts screaming at , leading to a serious altercation , in which says that they had their second child only to prove the first child was not a " mistake " . 
 The next day , takes the promotion and tries to accept his uneventful life . At the end of an evening at a jazz bar with the , and end up alone together and have sex in the car . professes his long - held love for , but she rejects his interest . 
 The following day , confesses to having had an affair with a female assistant at his office , hoping to reconcile with . To his surprise , responds apathetically and tells him it does not matter as her love for him has gone , which he does not believe . The come over for dinner , and announces to the guests that their plans have changed , as is pregnant . harshly lambasts for crushing 's hope , as well as his acceptance of his circumstances . Angered , nearly attacks , and the hurry out . Afterwards , and have a severe verbal altercation , after which flees the house . 
 spends the night in a drunken stupor . The next morning he is shocked to find in the kitchen , calmly making breakfast as if nothing happened . , unsure of how to react , eats with her then leaves for work . goes upstairs and performs a vacuum aspiration abortion . Afterwards , she discovers herself bleeding and calls an ambulance . arrives at the hospital , distraught and being comforted by . soon dies in the hospital due to blood loss . 
 , feeling deep guilt and now a hollow shell of his former self , moves to the city and starts selling computers . He spends all of his extra time with his children . A new couple , the , buys the house and tells the story of the to them . stops the story and walks out of the house , crying . When asks what is wrong , he asks her in return to never talk about the ever again . 
 talks to her husband years later about how the seem to be the best - suited couple for the ' old house . When her husband mentions the , starts to talk about why she did not like them . As she continues talking about all of the things that she did not like about them , her husband turns off his hearing aid .

Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn, Kathy Bates

Police psychologists review recordings of a man ( ) , who states his name as Detective , the " Poetry Boy " killer . The Poetry Boy earned the moniker for his modus operandi of murdering criminals and leaving short poems with their bodies . reveals that he looks up to his partner of almost 30 years , Detective ( who the audience is led to believe is the character portrayed by ) , and considers him to be his role model of how a cop should be . 's character is known by the nickname " " and by " , " and they are referred as such outside of the recordings . 
 These recordings provide a narrative , and the film opens with the tenth victim , a drug dealer named ( ) . and investigate the murder with the less - experienced Detectives ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . When they find a poem on the body , the cops link it to Poetry Boy . 
 As Poetry Boy murders acquitted rapist and Father , a Catholic priest and child molester ( whose victims included Poetry Boy himself ) , tensions escalate between , , and . is now living with , who happens to be 's ex - girlfriend . Poetry Boy assaults an attempted fourteenth victim , Russian mobster ( who survives ) , and goes on to shoot at 's house and rape . and suspect of being Poetry Boy due to his markmanship skills and psych evaluations , so they arrange a secretly supervised meeting between and suspected drug dealer ( 50 Cent ) , during which supposedly must kill him . proves his innocence during an encounter with this drug dealer as he has the " wrong " gun and humiliating but obviously inappropriate poem . After and leave the scene unsatisfied , kills . During this scrape , inadvertently drops his journal . 
 stumbles upon and reads 's journal ; claims as Poetry Boy 's fourteenth victim . puts in front of a video camera and forces him to read the journal . At this point , it is revealed that the narration set up as a red herring , and is the actual . Turk 's name is actually and is . lost his faith in the justice system when planted a gun at the house of acquitted child molester and murderer ( ) , convicting him . This leads to take the law into his own hands as the serial killing vigilante known as . 
 When finishes , he chases to a construction site . fires aimlessly to convince to report that the Poetry Boy is assaulting a police officer , resisting arrest , and fleeing , but resists . When takes aim at , fires , striking in the chest . calls for an ambulance , but begs for the call to be canceled . After some hesitation , calls off for paremedics , allowing to succumb from his wounds . He is last shown coaching a Police Athletic League baseball team as looks on .

Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Carla Gugino, Curtis Jackson, Donnie Wahlberg

and are two energy drink salesmen who promote a drink called " Minotaur " to school children , and encourage kids to stay off drugs . loves the job , but hates it , viewing it as a pointless , dead - end career . 's depression results in the collapse of his relationship with his girlfriend , after he impulsively proposes to her . After a presentation at an elementary school , the duo find their Minotaur truck being towed , as they were parked in a no - parking zone . After an argument with the tow truck driver , attempts to " drive " their truck free of the tow truck , damaging the tow truck , nearly running over a security guard and crashing into a statue . Both men are arrested and charged with assault and disorderly conduct . 
 strikes a deal with the judge in which they have to log 150 hours of community service over the next 30 days , in lieu of 30 days in jail . They are to complete their service with Sturdy Wings , a big brother - big sister program led by , a recovering addict . is aware of their court mandate and warns them that if they fail to meet her requirements they will be sent to prison . is paired up with , a foul - mouthed streetwise miscreant obsessed with breasts , who has driven away all the other " Bigs " he has been paired with . is assigned , a nerdy teenager obsessed with medieval live action role - playing games . 
 is unable to find common ground with while takes a disliking to . considers choosing the jail sentence , but insists that if they go to jail , they will get raped . They gradually bond with their " littles " . and share the experience of having been abandoned by their fathers while learns about 's medieval fantasy realm . takes an interest in 's favorite group , Kiss , and discovers that shares his obsession with breasts , which teaches him to control . and bond when they realize that they are both involved in the Sturdy Wings program against their will . joins Augie 's live action role playing game , " LAIRE " ( Live Action Interactive Role - playing Explorers ) and attempts to reconcile with , but to no avail ( must commit to the break - up , stating that it is for the best ) . 
 However , their good luck is short - lived . When manages to sneak up on the King of LAIRE , the King lies and tells everyone that he killed . , defending , confronts and then pushes the King , and gets himself and banned from LAIRE forever . Later , insults 's mother and stepfather for refusing to support 's hobby , earning their hatred . As soon as 's parents kick out of their house , retorts , " I 'd be psyched if he were my kid . " Meanwhile , takes to a party and leaves him unsupervised , resulting in Ronnie walking home alone and a series of angry messages from 's mother , , on 's cell - phone . and 's parents ask Sturdy Wings for new mentors , and and are expelled from the program , thus failing to complete their community service . says that she will defend and in court , but can not make any promises , as they will eventually be sent to jail . and argue and go their separate ways . 
 convinces King to allow himself and to fight that afternoon in the much - awaited battle royale . gets permission from to hang out with after he gets out of jail , and earns 's forgiveness . However , the King secretly warns the other members of 's LAIRE " country " of Xanthia that allowing to fight with them will lead to severe retribution in the game . They call to tell him he 's too much of a liability and he has nowhere to turn . To form a new LAIRE country , and need four members and matching costumes . asks and to join them . They arrive with 's Kiss costumes and a - themed Minotaur truck , naming their new country " Kiss - My - Anthia " . After a betrayal by his former Xanthian allies , finally duels with the king , defeating him . A hidden player , , who goes by in LAIRE , then attacks and defeats ; she is crowned the new queen and chooses as her king - consort . 's parents forgive . 
 Impressed with having seen that and care for the children , clears their names with the judge . serenades with a rendition of the Kiss song " Beth " and they happily reconcile .

Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Jane Lynch, Elizabeth Banks

In 1976 , is a singer who used the profits from his one - hit wonder , " Love Me Sexy , " to buy a basketball team in the American Basketball Association ( ABA ) , the Flint Tropics , becoming the owner , head coach , and starting power forward . The ABA Commissioner announces a plan to merge the league with the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , but only four teams will move to the more established league . The Tropics , the worst team in the league , are in danger of dissolving . argues that the teams with the four best records should be merged and the Commissioner accepts . 
 trades the team 's washing machine to the Kentucky Colonels for , a backup point guard who won an NBA Championship with the Boston Celtics , but did not play during the playoffs . The Commissioner reveals that the Tropics will also need at least 2,000 fans at every remaining home game . begins to stage extremely desperate stunts , like wrestling a bear named . The Tropics begin playing better with , as well as the increased intensity of , the Tropics ' best player . takes over as offensive and defensive coordinator and starting point guard , leaving as the head coach . trains the team rigorously with a play he calls the " Puke " as the players are to run it , until they literally throw up . 
 From 's training , the Tropics go on a winning run , moving from last to fifth . gets a visit from the Commissioner . The NBA does not think that Flint has a large enough media market and will not allow the Tropics into the league even if they beat the first place San Antonio Spurs in the last game of the season . admits that he stole " Love Me Sexy " from a napkin his mother wrote on three weeks before she died . Realizing that all his assets are basically stolen , trades to the Spurs so that he may realize his dream of playing in the NBA . inspires the team to leave everything on the court , while they may not be able to continue the franchise after this season , they have come very far and still have a lot to prove . 
 Going into the Spurs game , which declares the " MegaBowl " , the Tropics are in fifth place and with a win they would make it into fourth , although they have no chance in making it into the NBA . The game begins and the Tropics fall behind quickly . In the closing seconds of the first half , gets fouled hard by while going up for a shot and is injured . decides he has seen enough and rushes into the Tropics locker rooms with the rest of the team , which angers the Spurs . 
 During halftime , an unconscious imagines that he is in heaven with his mother . He apologizes for stealing her song and she gives him a weapon in order to win . On the court , the Tropics reveal their new weapon : the alley - oop . With the return of , the alley - oop is very effective , but the referee calls the play a foul . After some persuasion by and , is soon convinced that it is a legitimate score . The Tropics take advantage of this new strategy and begin coming back . After the Spurs start defending against the Alley - Oop , calls a time - out and calls for them to run the " Puke " with 12 seconds left and down by two points , 115–117 . The play gives the ball , but he gets fouled hard again with two seconds left , giving him 2 free throws . Shooting granny style , sinks the first basket . The second bounces off the rim but tips it in right at the buzzer for two points to win , sparking a wild celebration in the arena and the streets of Flint . 
 The Spurs ' coach offers his position back . The now - former ABA Commissioner offers a position on the staff of the NBA Assistant Commissioner , as a marketing director . As is about to accept , the Commissioner is mauled by the bear and the celebration quickly turns into an arena - wide panic .

The protagonist of the film dials 911 to report his own suicide . He then narrates how God created the world in seven days ; whereas he managed to destroy his in seven seconds . The introduction of the film establishes that the protagonist intends on helping seven people of his own choice . The reason why at this point remains unknown . For almost each encounter , the protagonist poses as an IRS agent to establish a sense of initial trust . 
 
 At home , the protagonist now known as ( ) phones a meat delivery company to complain about his order and is put through to ( ) . During the phone call , is revealed to be a vegetarian as well as blind in both eyes , prompting to viciously humiliate and taunt , as well as goading him into retaliating . however calmly thanks for his call and disconnects . 
 
 then travels to a hospital to meet ( ) , who has a congenital heart condition which is only complicated by her rare blood type , therefore limiting donor viability . Despite being turned away from the hospital staff , watches sleep later that evening but leaves as she wakes during the night . 
 
 arrives at a care home for the elderly to meet with , an administrator who brags that he was able to cut expenditure at the home by 17 % , but also wishes that his own finances could be as equally impressive . notices 's brand new BMW out front despite 's claim that he is insolvent . Despite this , pleads for a 6 month extension so that he can pay with his bonus in January , whereas leaves with the matter unresolved . On his way out talks to , an elderly resident whom was attempting to talk to earlier but was unsuccessful in doing so . 
 informs that he has the capacity to drastically change 's circumstances for the better , but needs to be sure that he deserves it and that if he is a " good man " . tearfully confides with that has barred the nurses from bathing her , after her request to be put on different medication is refused as the original makes her dizzy . Visibly appalled by this revelation , transports from her room to the bathrooms whilst attempts to perform damage control . angrily demands show his patients better respect , and ultimately denies his request there and then for an extension . 
 
 later meets with ( ) , a child services employee to ask her the name of someone who is in dire need of help , but is too proud to ask . directs 's attention to , a Latin immigrant whose boyfriend beats her regularly , and almost killed her in the previous year . is too scared of repercussions to press charges , leaving powerless to help . travels to 's home still posing as an IRS agent , but upon revealing that he knows of her genuine situation demands he leaves . leaves his calling card just in case she changes her mind . 
 Several days later , a scared and desperate calls to accept his help . arrives momentarily and realizes that her boyfriend has beaten her again . gifts her the deed to his beach house , to provide her and her children a safe home . 
 and 
 ( ) , is the coach of a junior hockey team who had also arranged partial scholarships for some of his players to attend College . also has kidney failure , prompting to donate his own kidney as a reward for 's good nature . ( ) is a younger patient at the same hospital is at . By chance , decides to donate his bone marrow to to help with his treatment . 

 meets with several times over at her home , he establishes a bond with her Great Dane ' Duke ' . asks why she would choose such a large animal , to which responds that the average life span of a Great Dane is seven years , and that they commonly have from heart problems . considers that she chose to take care of something else as opposed to always being taken care of . During the pair 's final meeting where cooks dinner , the two finally share a passionate kiss after having long established feelings for each other . 
 During the evening , the " real " ( ) shows up outside , and demands that " " , his brother who was impersonating as " " return his IRS credentials . attempts to leave , but ends up spending the night with . The two play a game of " What If ? " With wondering if whether her pager will go off - signalling that a donor has been found for her . wonders if they would both eventually get married and have children together . eventually falls asleep , leaves and heads to the Hospital is being treated at to ask her Doctor the chances of finding a suitable donor . When the doctor reveals these chances to be almost impossible , decides to call ( ) , his life long best friend to announce that " it 's time " . 
 Returning to his Motel room , makes two final phone calls . The first goes to , the blind vegetarian that verbally abused over the phone . profusely apologizes for his actions , but pleads with that he had to ensure he was a decent person by attempting to get the better of him . then calls 9 - 1 - 1 as introduced in the film , before filling a bathtub with ice water . As he is entering the bathtub , reminisces about the night that changed him forever . Driving a Chevrolet Corvette with his wife as passenger , carelessly texts whilst driving , and very nearly collides with an oncoming car . Swerving violently , collides with a Ford E - Series van , causing both cars to roll violently and kill the six occupants of the van as well as 's wife . Back in the present , tips a bucket into the water containing a Box Jellyfish , its tentacles wrap around 's arm and delivers a sting which causes a quick but excruciatingly painful death . 
 Having committed suicide in ice water , has cautiously preserved his vital organs - his heart in particular which is donated to . The real meets with , and tells her that a year following the accident he got lung cancer , and required a double - lobe transplant which came to his aid for . Six months later , then gave part of his liver to , the child services employee seen earlier in the film . attends a Church session where is playing piano to a children 's choir . As the performance ends , it is shown that is now able to see as he congratulates the choir on their singing . makes contact with , but is so overwhelmed by seeing 's eyes in that she begins to break down into tears . , seeing her scar from heart surgery , realizes she is , and the two share an emotional hug .

walks through the streets of New York City thinking about events that have happened to her and her friends during Sex and the City . is now happily married to , but she had a hard time getting pregnant - so they adopted a Chinese girl named ; has settled down in Brooklyn with ( ) to raise their son together ; and has relocated her business to Los Angeles to be close to ( ) , who is now a superstar , although she misses her old life and takes every opportunity to fly East to be with , and . 
 herself is now in a relationship with ( ) , and they are viewing apartments with plans to move in together . falls in love with a penthouse far from their price range . immediately agrees to pay for it . offers to sell her own apartment , although she also voices her fear that she would have no legal rights to their home in case they separate , as they are not married . To quell her fears , suggests that they marry . announces the news to her friends . and are happy at the news , but - as points out dryly - sounds more excited at the thought of " finally getting Botox " . suggests her longtime gay friend , , as the pushy wedding planner . 
 confesses to her friends that she has been so busy she has n’t had sex with in six months . When Steve confesses he has cheated on her , is devastated and immediately separates from him . At and 's rehearsal dinner , tries to reconcile with , but she rebuffs him . Still upset with , she tells bluntly that marriage ruins everything . 
 On the wedding day , ( partially due to 's words at the rehearsal dinner ) is too fearful to go through with the ceremony . , devastated , flees the wedding . stays behind to clear the guests . changes his mind and catches up with in an attempt to reconcile in the middle of a one - way street . furiously attacks him with her bouquet while he earns scathing looks from and , as well as from the crowds of New Yorkers watching the scene unfold . To console ( who is depressed , and at the beginning of the holiday does n't eat anything for two days ) , the four women take the honeymoon that had booked to Mexico , where they de - stress and collect themselves . 
 Upon returning to New York , hires an assistant , ( ) , to help her manage her life . eventually confesses to about what happened at the rehearsal dinner , and the two briefly fall out as storms out of a restaurant on Valentine 's Day . After reflecting on the argument she had with , agrees to attend couples counseling with , and they are eventually able to reconcile . finds her five - year - old relationship passionless , and begins over - eating to keep from cheating on with a gorgeous neighbour , . She eventually decides to say farewell to and moves back to New York . Around the same time , quits her job as 's assistant to get married and move back permanently to her hometown of St Louis . 
 learns she is pregnant , and for most of her pregnancy is fearful that something might happen to her baby , so she stops her regular running around Central Park . puts her fear to rest by telling her that , since she already soiled herself in Mexico , her bad luck is finished . Later , has a surprise encounter with that leaves her so outraged that her water breaks . takes her to the hospital and waits until baby is born , hoping to see . passes on the message that would like her to call him , and that he has written to her frequently , but never received a reply . searches her correspondence and finds in 's personal assistant file that he has sent her dozens of letters copied from the book she read him before their wedding , culminating with one of his own where he apologizes for screwing up and promises to love her forever . 
 travels to the exquisite penthouse had bought for them to collect a pair of brand new Manolo Blahnik shoes ( that later become one of the icons of the movie ) that she had left there . She finds in the walk - in closet he had built for her , and the moment she sees him , her anger at his betrayal dissipates . They share a passionate kiss , and proposes to properly , using one of her diamond - encrusted shoes in place of a ring . They later marry alone , in a simple wedding in New York City Hall , with wearing the simple suit that she had intended to wear before being enticed away by the dress that she had modelled in the bridal issue of Vogue . , , and turn up to surprise , having been called by . The film ends with the four women sipping cosmopolitans , celebrating 's fiftieth birthday , with making a toast to the next fifty .

Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, Chris Noth

( ) is an 18 - year - old recent high school graduate . He searches for a girl online making it seem as if he is attractive and strong , although he is sweet and unassuming . He soon meets " Ms. Tasty " ( ) and agrees to meet her in person . She lives in Knoxville , Tennessee , while he lives in Chicago , Illinois . With his best friends ( ) and ( ) , he goes to Knoxville in a 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge borrowed without permission from 's arrogant homophobic older brother ( ) . 
 On the way to Knoxville , they come across a hitchhiker ( ) , as the radiator in the Judge overheats . suggests urinating in the radiator in order to get to the next town , so they talk her into urinating into the radiator after her friends when the hitchhiker says he is empty . They only works briefly as they try to leave the hitchhiker in the dust . The hitchhiker , frustrated at 's lack of concern for his well being , leaves , but not before urinating on the car window . As and wander to find help , is waiting with the car as ( ) happens to pass by in his horse - drawn buggy . and his Amish buddies repair the car while they join a Rumspringa party where Fall Out Boy are playing a concert , and at which meets an attractive Amish girl , ( ) . The three promise to come again on the way back to do some work in return for fixing the car . 
 They go to jail due to throwing a tire iron into a state trooper car , due to his increasing frustration after trying to put a possum he hit out of its misery , and are released after pays the bail . Upon arriving in Knoxville , they find a hotel that sports a wide variety of role playing rooms . , who has discovered the Judge missing , arrives angrily and insists that they go back and that can not visit Ms. . After pretends to be gay , allows him to see Ms. , hoping this encounter will change 's mind . finally meets Ms. . However , when he tells her about , her seduction of becomes a threat as her psychotic boyfriend ( ) puts a gun to 's head . It becomes apparent that they work at a chop shop and attempt to steal the Judge . 
 and arrive after having sex , as well as a redneck named ( ) whose girlfriend ( ) slept with earlier . , however , is hiding in the car when tries to steal it . Soon , a green car that has been continuously drag - racing with the Judge throughout the movie arrives . manages to save , who then is able to run off and report to the police . Ms. tries to escape , but is stopped by the green car , whose drivers turn out to be and ( and ) , two dim - witted self - declared " womanizers " from 's school , whom Ms. tried to manipulate into giving her the car . is treated after being shot by in self - defense . tells the police about the chop shop location and the couple is arrested . 
 Upon finding out that if leaves the Amish community , she will be shunned , refuses to come back home and stays behind to marry , while and realize their love for each other . and drive to a tree where throws his shoes up into the tree . A few weeks later is 's date to her cousin 's wedding . At Thanksgiving dinner , tells his family that he is gay . On New Year 's Eve and finally have sex , in 's basement under a blanket on the sofa . In the final frame of the film , a picture is shown of and getting married , accompanied by . is shown sporting a beard exactly like 's . During the credits , a short scene shows and Fall Out Boy arguing over the fact that the Amish fixed Fall Out Boy 's tour bus for just " a five song set " in form for compensation , referring to a running gag throughout the movie .

Josh Zuckerman, Amanda Crew, Clark Duke, Seth Green, James Marsden

Carnegie Mellon English Professor ( ) is a widowed parent of his alienated college son , ( ) , overachieving high school daughter , ( ) , and sibling to his adopted ne'er - do - well brother , ( ) that he can not evade enough . The professor is bitter , arrogant , self - absorbed and uninterested in his students ; this does not help him when he parks illegally on campus , his car is impounded and does not pay his fine before getting to the college impound lot watched by a flunked former student . 
 suffers a trauma - induced seizure after falling from the top of a fence in an attempt to retrieve his briefcase from inside his impounded car . In the emergency room , he is treated by Dr. ( ) , a former student he does not remember . has to figure out a way to get about without being able to operate his car ; is without a place to sleep and a job so sets things up for what he characterizes as a " win / win " situation . 
 goes to the hospital for a follow - up , where another doctor tells him had been his student . He meets again outside the hospital as he is leaving and , since has failed to show up , she offers to take him home . When they arrive , he asks to join him for a " face - to - face conversation . " She agrees , fulfilling her old student crush on the professor . is not pleased , confronting about 's fragility . At dinner , monopolizes the conversation and walks out . fakes a visit to the emergency room to see again and the two reconcile for a second date . They get back to 's place where they have sex , but while spending the night , is turned off by 's neediness and worries that he is , in fact , still too distraught by his wife 's death . To get rid of him , she feigns being called in by the hospital and does not return any of his subsequent calls . On another night , in the midst of a contentious family Christmas dinner at the ' , arrives unannounced with a cake . 
 After gets drunk to celebrate her early acceptance into Stanford University , she makes a pass at him , which he rejects . He then moves in part - time with 's son , ( ) , in his college dormitory . 
 ' girlfriend , ( ) , who is one of his father 's students , tells that has had a poem accepted by The New Yorker . In contrast , 's latest academic tome has been universally rejected . After suggests a new title , You Ca n't Read ! , the book is sold to Penguin Group , a large non - academic publisher in New York . To 's dismay , however , the book is largely re - worked and edited by the publisher and only vaguely resembles his original work . accompanies on a trip to New York to meet with the publisher , where she learns she is pregnant with his child . Finding him preoccupied by his book 's publishing and an ongoing campaign to become chairman of the English Department , is again upset by 's self - absorption and breaks up with him without telling him the news . 
 Back in Pittsburgh , is confronted by both and , who both point to his apparent lack of interest in his children 's lives . Encouraged by , goes to the hospital to reconcile with , who reveals her pregnancy . He has meanwhile dropped his bid to become department head and has become a more involved parent and professor . 
 During the end credits , and cradle twin babies : one boy and one girl .

Dennis Quaid, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page, Thomas Haden Church, Ashton Holmes

is an 18 - year - old whose life and love has always been automobile racing . His parents and run the independent Racer Motors , in which his brother and his pet monkey , his mechanic and his girlfriend are also involved . As a child idolized his record - setting older brother , , who was apparently killed while racing in the Casa Cristo 5000 ( AKA The Crucible ) a deadly cross - country racing rally . Now embarking on his own career , is quickly sweeping the racing world with his skill behind the wheel of his brother 's Mach 5 and his own Formula One car the Mach 6 , although primarily interested in the art of the race and the well - being of his family . 
 , owner of conglomerate Royalton Industries , offers Speed an astoundingly luxurious lifestyle in exchange for signing to race with him . Though tempted , Speed declines due to his father 's distrust of power - hungry corporations . Angered , reveals that for many years , key races have been fixed by corporate interests , including himself , to gain profits . takes out his anger on Speed by having his drivers force Speed into a crash that destroys the Mach 6 and suing Racer Motors for intellectual property infringement . Speed gets an opportunity to retaliate through Inspector , head of an intelligence agency 's corporate crimes division . Racer supposedly has evidence that could indict Royalton but will only offer it up if Speed and the mysterious masked agree to race on his team in the Casa Cristo 5000 , which could also substantially raise the stock price of his family 's racing business , blocking a Royalton - arranged buyout . agrees but keeps his decision secret from his family , and Detector 's team makes several defensive modifications to the Mach 5 to assist in the rally . 
 After they drive together and work naturally as a team , begins to suspect that is actually his brother in disguise . His family discovers that he has entered the race and agree to support him . With the help of his family and Trixie , defeats many brutal racers , who were bribed by fixer to stop him , and overcomes seemingly insurmountable obstacles to win the race , while Detector 's team arrests . However , 's arrangement is revealed to be a sham , as he was only interested in increasing the value of his family 's company to profit from Royalton 's buyout . Enraged , hits the track that he used to drive with his brother , and confronts Racer X with his suspicion that he is . Racer X removes his mask , revealing an unfamiliar face , and tells Speed that is indeed dead . returns home , where 's sister gives him 's rejected automatic invitation to the Grand Prix . The family bands together and builds a new Mach 6 in 32 hours . 
 enters the Grand Prix against great odds ; Royalton has placed a $ 1,000,000 bounty on his head that the other drivers are eager to collect , and he is pitted against future Hall of Fame driver . overcomes a slow start to catch up with , who uses a cheating device called a spearhook to latch the Mach 6 to his own car . Speed uses his jump jacks to expose the device to video cameras , causing to crash . wins the race , having successfully exposed Royalton 's crimes . While Racer X watches it is revealed in a flashback montage that he really is , who has faked his death and undergone plastic surgery to change his appearance as part of his plan to save his family and the sport of racing . He chooses not to reveal his identity to his family , declaring that he must live with his decision . The family celebrates 's victory as and kiss , and is sent to jail .

Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox

During the Clone Wars , Jedi Knights and lead a small Republic clone army against the Separatist droid army on the planet Christophsis . Awaiting reinforcements , the two Jedi greet a shuttle carrying the young Jedi , who insists that she has been assigned by Jedi Master to serve as 's Padawan . begrudgingly accepts 's apprenticeship , and the two succeed in deactivating the Separatists ' energy field while - stalls the droid army commander , allowing a Republic victory . earns 's respect . 
 Following the battle , arrives and informs the Jedi that crime lord the Hutt 's son has been kidnapped . and are tasked with retrieving the Huttlet , while - is sent to Tatooine to negotiate with over a potential treaty between the Hutts and the Republic . and find on the planet Teth , where they are ambushed by Separatist forces led by Count 's apprentice , discovering that hopes to frame the Jedi for 's kidnapping . The Jedi manage to escape the trap along with R2 - D2 and hijack a derelict transport with which they travel to Tatooine . - , alerted by , arrives on Teth and defeats in a lightsaber duel , though she manages to escape . 
 Meanwhile , Senator , 's secret wife , learns of 's mission and fears for his safety . She decides to contact 's uncle in Coruscant . The refuses to cooperate , apparently believing that it is the Jedi who are responsible for the situation . However , soon discovers that has actually conspired with to have killed in order for to have and executed in return , which will force the Jedi Council , led by , to take into custody and allow to seize power over the Hutt clans . is discovered and detained , but a chance call by C-3PO enables her to summon a squadron of clone troopers , and is arrested . 
 Upon their arrival on Tatooine , and are shot down by MagnaGuards . devises a ruse to confront while carrying a decoy , leaving to take the real to 's palace . While fights off , is ambushed by the MagnaGuards , whom she defeats . The two deliver safely to , who nonetheless orders the Jedi 's execution for their supposed attempt to kidnap him . However , contacts in time and reveals and the Separatists ' responsibility for the kidnapping . Acknowledging the Jedi 's heroism and allowing the Republic to have punished for his betrayal , agrees to the Republic treaty while and are retrieved by - and . In the meantime during his escape , reports to his master about the failure of their plot against the Jedi and , but the Sith Lord assures him that the tide of war is still in their favor .

and are immature adults still living at home . lives with his divorced mother , , and lives with his widowed father , . and meet , fall in love , and get married , forcing and to live with each other as step brothers . 
 and despise each other for interfering with their lifestyles . warns not to touch 's drum set , which later does anyway and is confronted by . further enrages Dale by rubbing his genitals all over the drum set , and a violent brawl ensues between them . They are grounded for a week following the incident and told they must find jobs within a month , or they will be evicted from the house . 
 When 's younger and more successful brother , the Executive Vice President of a helicopter chartering corporation , comes to visit with his family , he openly ridicules them for their lack of ambition , enticing to punch him in the face . is awed that stood up to , while 's wife ( who also resents ) finds 's courage a turn - on , attempting to begin a sexual affair between the two . and discover their shared interests and develop a brotherly friendship . 
 schedules several job interviews for and , in which they perform poorly . and reveal their plans to retire and sail the world on 's boat and allow to sell the house , and they demand that and attend therapy and find other living arrangements . 
 and decide to start a large entertainment company , Prestige Worldwide . They present their first music video , which they filmed on 's boat , at 's birthday party . The presentation backfires when the video shows the boat crashing . is furious and refuses to make an investment . On Christmas Day , announces he and are getting divorced , causing and to break down . 
 Blaming each other for the divorce , and fight , then decide to go their separate ways . works for 's helicopter leasing firm and works for a catering company . Weeks later , and are fully mature adults and are doing well at their new jobs and living independently . 
 Wanting to reunite the family , volunteers to oversee the Catalina Wine Mixer for 's company and invites and . They hire the catering company works for . The party is a success , until the lead singer of Uptown Girl , a 1980s tribute band hired to perform at the event , loses his temper with a corporate audience member after he refused to play any pre-80s hits and is rejected . With the stage empty , fires , blaming him for the debacle , and ultimately encourages and to be their eccentric child - at - heart selves again . and take the stage and perform " Por Ti Volaré " . is so moved by the performance that he and make amends . ends his relationship with to her dismay . 
 Six months later , Robert and are back together living in their old house . and his therapist are in a relationship , while and have turned Prestige Worldwide into a successful entertainment company that runs karaoke events . has his boat repaired and put on display in the backyard . In a mid - credits scene , and stand up to a group of bullies from a middle school who abused a year prior . In a post - credits scene , and sleepwalk once more .

Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly, Richard Jenkins, Mary Steenburgen, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant ( ) leads a squad stationed in Tikrit during the Iraq War . The film begins with footage from the tour of the squad , explaining they have 28 days before returning to the United States . While on duty at a checkpoint , the squad hears gunshots , after which a car speeds past filled with insurgents , one of whom fires an AK-47 at them . 's men jump into their Humvees and follow the insurgents into an alley . When the soldiers get out of their vehicles , the insurgents ambush them from rooftops . 
 As the firefight ensues , a rocket propelled grenade ( RPG ) is discharged , destroying one of the Humvees , killing two soldiers inside . Shortly after , another RPG is discharged , exploding an Iraqi vehicle . Squad member PFC ( ) is unfortunately near the vehicle when the RPG is discharged but another soldier , Pvt . , dives on and saves him . This is at the expense of severely wounding Pvt . . Shortly after , fellow squad member , a close friend of , is shot in the neck and jaw in front of , and is killed instantly . 
 Later , when Staff Sergeant enters a house to help injured long - time friend and squad member Sgt . ( ) , he discovers that he had accidentally killed several Iraqi civilians by throwing a grenade to kill an insurgent in a room , unaware of any civilians present in the area . is visibly shocked and the ambush ends with three soldiers killed . 
 Upon returning to their Texas hometown of Brazos , and are decorated with the Bronze Star and Purple Heart in a solemn ceremony . A U.S. Senator takes aside after the ceremony and offers to help in any way he can . That night , shows the effects of post - traumatic stress disorder . He gets drunk and digs a foxhole in his front yard , and strikes his fiancée ( ) in the face . When comes over to check on , he is unable to get through to him . drives over drunk after his wife has kicked him out . 
 The next day , suggests that they all go to the " ranch " , a small forest cabin located outside of town . The men pass the time by drinking and watching shoot his wedding gifts , after their friend reads the cards . Upon hearing the commotion , a hungover awakens and shoots the cards to silence them and to show his skills in sniping . The next day , , and report to their military base . When arrives expecting to be discharged , he is unexpectedly ordered back to active duty in Iraq , based on the military 's controversial stop - loss policy , which required soldiers who had fulfilled their required tours of duty to return to the war . He refuses to comply and goes AWOL , becoming a deserter . 
 sympathizes with 's refusal and offers to travel with him to Washington , D.C. to see the Senator who offered to assist earlier . During a multi - day drive to Washington , D.C. , calls the Senator 's office and is told that because he is now a fugitive , the Senator is not interested in seeing him . and also visit the family of , one of the three soldiers under 's command killed in the alley ambush and encounter another AWOL soldier who recommends a lawyer to help arrange forged discharge documents so he could establish a new identity in Canada . 
 They also visit , a soldier who was blinded , lost his right arm and leg , and sustained facial burns from saving from a rocket - propelled grenade , previously during the ambush in Iraq . After phones to tell him of their exact location , he arrives in uniform to take back , and tells he has volunteered to return to Iraq . refuses to return and is furious with for re - enlisting and ends their relationship . and finally reach New York City and meet with the lawyer , who gives forged papers and a passport which would allow him to flee to Canada in exchange for payment of $ 1000 . , who is depressed after being discharged from the army , commits suicide , returns to visit 's grave immediately after the funeral , only to end up in a dispute with , ultimately turning into a physical battle ending with leaving the cemetery and weeping . 
 , his mother and drive to the Mexican border , but ultimately decides that he does not want to abandon everything that he has ever known . He also tells his mother and that if he goes to Mexico he 'll never really be able to leave the war behind him . The final scene depicts a busload of soldiers , including and , returning to the war .

Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rob Brown

is the host of an unsuccessful nature program called Strange Wilderness . When they meet with network head , , they learn that the show is threatened with cancellation due to the low ratings , inappropriate footages and poor quality since the death of 's father ( the show ' original host ) . While coming up with ideas to keep the show on the air , ( an old friend of 's father ) comes to him with photos of Bigfoot hiding in Ecuador and possesses a map to his cave . is excited but also learns that his rival , host of a more successful wildlife show , will pay $ 1,000 for the map . Unable to pay the amount , tells that he will have the money and pay him in a week at his mountain cabin . 
 along with his crew , ( soundman ) , ( equipment manager ) , ( RV driver ) , and ( camera man ) start preparing for the long trip . They also bring in two new people : , a former car mechanic now hired as the animal handler , and , a travel agent . While stopping to shoot a show on sea lions , dresses up as a seal to get good angles but gets attacked by a shark and ends up hospitalized . Outside the hospital , and get into trouble with a local Hispanic gang , get their front teeth knocked out and go to a local dentist . These incidents result in the group 's funds being drained . 
 The group arrive three days to Bill 's cabin and learn that he already sold the map to . However , he manages to make a copy of the map since studied the map under one of 's security cameras . He also manages to acquire the help of renowned tracker , , but the group does n't have the money to hire him . While urinating in the bushes , is attacked out of nowhere by a mother turkey and ends up with his penis inside the bird 's mouth . The group rushes him to a hospital to remove the turkey off his penis . The group stops the doctor from cutting the turkey 's head off when a wildlife ranger and his son , who are the turkey 's owners , say there is a $ 5,000 reward for the bird 's return . 
 The group continue their journey and eventually reach Ecuador where they meet up with , a friend of and explorer , who takes them to . The next morning , however , they wake up to find that has left , stolen their equipment , and has gone with him . Though hesitant and not willing to give up , agrees to lead the group through the jungle . During the night , catches up with the group where she explains that she saw stealing their equipment and pretended to run off with him so she could convince him to give her the map . The next day while crossing the river , gets attacked and eaten by piranhas . They also come across 's camp and find that he and his team have been killed by local pygmies . The group then gathers the camp 's equipment and eventually reach 's cave . While filming , a confused Bigfoot steps out and ends up getting gunned down when the group was scared at his presence . Not sure how to end the show in a good way , comes up with the idea of showing committing suicide . They return to the studio to show their footage , where he berates them for their ridiculousness and cancels the show . This leads to a huge fight within the group . 
 A year later , gets a visit from ( the original cameraman and a friend of his father ) and encourages him to revive the show . gets everyone back together and they make an episode about a shark attack . They show the episode to , who decides to put the show back on the air since people love shark attacks and 's death gives them no competition . 
 The film ends with captions explaining that Strange Wilderness became successful again and six months later , they went searching for the Lock Ness Monster .

( ) is a disillusioned LAPD Vice detective working for a unit known as Vice Special and haunted by the death of his wife . Working undercover , he meets with Korean gangsters ( who he believes have kidnapped two Korean schoolgirls ) in a parking lot , who are looking to buy a machine gun from him . After a vicious beatdown , the Koreans then proceed to steal his car . This was planned , however , and he has the cops locate the vehicle via GPS . Upon arrival at their hideout , storms in and kills the four gangsters inside , then locates the missing children after the shootout and altering the crime scene such that he killed the gangsters by returning fire . While the other officers in his unit congratulate him , he is confronted by his former partner , Detective ( ) , who no longer approves of the corruption as well as the deception and has gone straight , reporting the problems to Captain ( ) , of Internal Affairs , who apparently starts an investigation against . 
 Believing that was " snitching " on him , follows him to a convenience store to beat him up . However , is executed in the store in an apparent gangland hit albeit with heavy fire by two gangbangers under the pretense of a robbery . Though is innocent and the two were working together to fight back , the surveillance video of the shootout shows him to have accidentally shot while trying to protect him with his .38 revolver , which can heavily implicate him in the murder . The DNA of two criminals known as and is found at the scene , as well as a large amount of cash in Washington 's possession . It is assumed that Washington himself was corrupt , despite his seemingly changed attitude , and that he had been stealing drugs from the department 's evidence room and selling them to and . teams up with Detective ( ) , who has been assigned to the case to join him in his personal investigation . 
 Their search for the two involves some tough interrogation of a Latino gang member named ( ) , a Crips gang member named ( ) , and a drug addict / dealer named ( ) , which eventually leads them to a house in the hills where they discover the bodies of the real and buried in a shallow grave . The condition of the bodies makes it apparent that they were killed well before Washington 's murder . and , posing as dirty cops who are willing to take over Washington 's supposed activity of stealing and selling drugs , are able to set up a meeting through with two criminals masquerading as ( ) and ( ) . and then recognize as the cop that was present at the convenience store robbery , prompting to question who and really are , and in turn quickly states he recognizes the two , and he is shot and killed immediately , along with . manages to kill both men and escapes back to his girlfriend 's house , where a news report reveals the killers were undercover LASD deputies ( later states that the two had been in deep cover for so long that they " lost their fucking minds " and had become corrupt cops ) . 
 Shortly afterward , is subdued at his girlfriend 's house by Detective ( ) and Detective ( ) , two fellow officers from his unit who admit that they planted and ' DNA and the drugs at the scene of Washington 's murder , and learns that it was their captain , ( ) , not , that Washington was giving up to , and they were the ones that were stealing drugs from the department 's evidence room . The two cops take out to the house where the two bodies of the real and were found earlier for execution . However , manages to kill both of them . He then heads to Washington 's house to take care of their supervisor , Sergeant ( ) , who was about to kill Washington 's widow . He captures and places him in the trunk of his car . 
 eventually learns that he has been a pawn in a plan masterminded by Captain . He shows up at his house intending to kill him and after a brief struggle , he finds out that has incriminating evidence against almost all in the department , as well as judges , councilmen and politicians . With so many people in 's pocket , he has been able to quickly move up the department 's ranks as well as conceal his unit 's corruption . He then tries to convince that he is his friend and best officer before trying to bribe him with a large amount of stolen money and incriminating documents hidden in a wall of his home . Angry with all that he has been made privy to and how it has come about , shoots and kills . 
 Captain and Sergeant arrive at the scene , and reveals to that they used him to bring down and get access to his files by opening his eyes to the real corruption going on within his unit . As he leaves , tells that the department does need him .

Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Common, The Game

( ) is an unpopular student at Empire High School . He lives with his Uncle ( ) and Aunt ( ) , and his best friend , ( ) , is also his confidante . has a crush on ( ) , but she is dating bully ( ) . One day , and his class go on a school field trip at an animal research lab run by terminally ill businessman ( ) , who is 's uncle . During the trip , accidentally saturates himself in animal - attraction liquid , which causes a group of animals to hump him . This also leads a chemically enhanced radioactive dragonfly to fly onto 's neck and bite him . 
 Meanwhile , creates a machine designed to heal illness ; testing it on himself , he gains perfect health at the cost of needing to drain life energy from a victim per day . To avoid arrest for murder , becomes the villain . During a science fair , begins to experience strange physical traits which creates a number of mishaps , and later realizes he has developed superpowers from the dragonfly bite . reveals his secret to his uncle and , and an argument starts between him and . The next day , while visiting the bank with , accidentally allows a bank robber to make off with stolen cash . The robber then shoots and injures . 
 is later met by ( ) , who takes to his school for mutants , where he meets , , , , and Mrs. , who convince to become a superhero . At home , creates a superhero costume and dubs himself . As , starts watching over the city and fighting crime , quickly becoming a media sensation , despite being unable to fly . Later , attempts to stop from robbing a warehouse full of " ceryllium " as part of his evil plan but fails , allowing to escape . 
 Later that night , is attacked by thieves , but saves her and they share a kiss . Meanwhile , plans to construct a machine that will kill people and give him enough life energy to make him immortal . Later that night , and have dinner with 's family and , but secretly learns of 's true identity when he notices the same injuries on as on Dragonfly . Making up an awkward excuse , he and leave . returns minutes later as and kills Aunt . awakens from his coma , learning about her death indirectly from his moronic doctor . After a comic funeral , meets and offers to begin a relationship with him . However , fears will come for if they were together , and therefore rejects , leaving her hurt and furious . 
 decides to end his superhero career , but knowing that would head to an awards ceremony to kill hundreds of people , he gets to take him there . At the ceremony , discovers that is . When clashes with on a rooftop , he tries to activate his machine , but manages to kill him with a bomb that had been comically stuck onto his genitals after being thrown by . is thrown off the side of the building by the explosion , but manages to grow wings and save her . learns is due to a family ring he wears being exposed through a hole in his glove , and the two begin a relationship . After being thanked for saving the city , flies away with , but the two are unexpectedly rammed by a passing helicopter .

Retired CIA field agent attempts to build a closer relationship with his 17 - year - old daughter , who lives with her mother and her wealthy stepfather . While overseeing security at a concert for pop star , saves her from an armed attacker . Out of gratitude , offers to have assessed as a singer . Before can tell her about the offer , asks her father for permission to travel to Paris with her best friend . He initially refuses , but eventually agrees . At the airport , learns the girls are actually planning to follow the band U2 during their European tour . 
 Upon arriving at Charles de Gaulle Airport , and meet , an attractive young Frenchman who offers to share a taxi . and go to 's cousins ' apartment , only for to find that they are in Spain . While she makes a call to , sees men enter the apartment and abduct . follows her father 's instructions to hide and listen closely . After she is dragged out from underneath a bed , yells a description of her abductor . hears a person breathing heavily and , realising one of the abductors has picked up the phone , tells him that he will not go after the kidnappers if they release his daughter , but warns them that failure will result in their deaths . A man tersely replies , " Good luck . " 
 , an old friend and former colleague of , deduces that the kidnappers are part of an Albanian sex trafficking ring and identifies the man as . Based on previous history , will disappear for good if not found within 96 hours . flies to Paris , breaks into the apartment and finds 's reflection in a picture on 's phone . He finds at the airport and tries to capture him . While fleeing , gets rammed by a truck . With his only lead dead , turns to an old contact , former French intelligence agent , who now has a desk job . informs him of the local red - light district where the Albanian prostitution ring operates , but warns him not to get involved . enters a makeshift brothel in a construction yard , where he rescues a drugged young woman who has 's denim jacket . After a gunfight and high - speed chase with the brothel 's operators , takes the woman to a hotel where he treats her with improvised detoxification . 
 The next morning , the woman tells of a safe house where she and were kept . Posing as , enters the house under the pretense of re - negotiating the police protection rate . When he identifies , the meeting erupts into a fight that results in the death of all gangsters except . A quick search reveals several heavily drugged girls , including a dead . ties into a chair and interrogates him using parrilla . reveals that virgins like are sold quickly due to their prized value , and identifies the buyer as . leaves him to die from continuous electrocution and visits apartment that evening . Having discovered corruption , injures the latter 's wife to coerce him into disclosing Saint - Clair 's location . 
 infiltrates a covert sex slave auction underway beneath Saint - Clair 's manor , where is the subject of the last sale . forces , an Arab bidder , to purchase her . While making his way out , is knocked out and chained to a pipe , but manages to escape and eliminate Saint - Clair 's henchmen . Saint - Clair reveals a yacht owned by a sheikh named before murders him . pursues the yacht and eliminates the bodyguards , including , before encountering in his suite where he is holding at knifepoint . When attempts to negotiate , kills him with a point - blank headshot . Back in the United States , is reunited with and . reconciles with and allows him to bond with by visiting together .

( ) is an Arabic - speaking Sudanese - American and devout Muslim . His Sudanese father was killed by a car bomb when he was a child . As an adult , is first seen operating as an arms dealer . While negotiating a deal with ( ) in Yemen he is arrested and thrown into a Yemeni jail . Later , and become friends and when 's people arrange an escape , he takes with them . They meet ( ) , a lieutenant in the terrorist organization . FBI Special Agent ( ) suspects has been radicalized and begins tracking him . 
 Joining , uses the skills he learned as a Special Forces Engineer Sergeant with the U.S. Army Special Forces to bomb the U.S. consulate in Nice , France . It is revealed that is working under deep cover for a US intelligence contractor , ( ) ; is devastated when he learns that despite 's covert efforts , innocent people perished in the consulate bombing . Impressed with , introduces him to leader , who discloses a plot to place suicide bombers on 50 buses in the U.S. during Thanksgiving , and instructs to act as liaison to each of the sleeper bombers . Later , unwittingly interrupts a meeting between and , and is killed by . 
 reveals his deep cover to Agent , who tracks him to Halifax , Nova Scotia , Canada . While on board a cargo ship to Marseille , France , kills and , and tells an enraged that by targeting innocents they betrayed Islam . then tells that he switched the bombers ' emails and he placed them all on the same bus so all of them died without victims ( except for the driver of the one bus ) . The Canadian police and the FBI break in , killing and injuring . 
 Later , underneath the ' L ' in Chicago , tells Agent he feels guilty for killing innocent people , and that the Qur'an says that to kill an innocent person is to kill all mankind . responds by noting that the Qur'an also says that by saving an innocent person , he has saved all mankind , tells he is a hero , and assures him of a possible career with the FBI .

Hook - handed Vietnam veteran Staff Sergeant 's memoir , Tropic Thunder , is being made into a film . With the exception of newcomer , supporting actor , the cast — fading action hero , five - time Academy Award - winning Australian method actor , rapper , and drug - addicted comedian — all cause problems for rookie director , who can not control them , resulting in a million - dollar pyrotechnics scene being wasted . The project is months behind schedule . Furious studio executive orders to resume filming as planned , or have the project shut down . 
 On Four Leaf 's advice , drops the actors into the middle of the jungle , with hidden cameras and rigged special effects explosions to film " guerrilla - style " . The actors have guns that fire blanks , along with a map and scene listing that will lead to a helicopter waiting at the end of the route . Unknown to the actors and production , the group have been dropped in the middle of the Golden Triangle , the home of the heroin - producing Flaming Dragon gang . Just as the group are about to set off , inadvertently steps on an old land mine and is blown up , stunning the actors . , believing faked his death to encourage the cast to give better performances , assures the others that is alive , and that they are still shooting the film . is unconvinced but joins them in their trek through the jungle . 
 When and pyrotechnics operator try to locate the dead director , they are captured by Flaming Dragon . is revealed to have hands ; he confesses to that he actually served in the Coast Guard , has never left the United States , and that he wrote his " memoir " as " a tribute " . As the actors continue through the jungle , and discover that is leading them in the wrong direction . The resulting argument results in leading the rest of the cast as an increasingly delirious is captured by Flaming Dragon . Taken to their base , believes it is a POW camp from the script . The gang discovers he is the star of their favorite film , the box office bomb Simple Jack , and force him to reenact it several times a day . 
 Meanwhile , in Los Angeles , 's agent confronts over an unfulfilled term in 's contract that entitles him to a TiVo . Flaming Dragon calls during the discussion and demands a ransom for , but instead delivers a profanity - laden death threat . Despite the threats , expresses no interest in rescuing and is instead happy at the insurance payout that would happen if dies . He attempts to convince to play along by promising a Gulfstream V jet and " lots of money " . 
 , , , and discover Flaming Dragon 's heroin factory . After witnessing being tortured , they plan a rescue attempt based on the film 's script . impersonates a farmer towing a " captured " on the back of a water buffalo , distracting the armed guards so and can infiltrate and find the prisoners , but a combination of broken Chinese and inconsistencies in his story sets off the gang 's boss . The actors , knowing their cover has been blown , begin firing , fooling gang members into surrender . Their control of the gang falls apart when grabs the leader and heads for the drugs , and the gang , realizing the guns fire blanks , recover their guns and fight back . 
 The four actors locate Four Leaf , , and and cross a bridge rigged to explode to get to 's helicopter . initially remains behind , believing Flaming Dragon to be his " family " , but runs back screaming , chased by an angry horde . Four Leaf destroys the bridge , rescuing , but as the helicopter takes off , the gang boss fires a rocket - propelled grenade at the helicopter . unexpectedly stumbles out of the jungle carrying a TiVo box and throws it in the path of the grenade , saving them . The crew return to Hollywood , where footage from the hidden cameras is compiled into a feature film , Tropic Blunder , which becomes a major critical and commercial success . The film wins his first Academy Award , which presents to him at the ceremony . During the end credits , dances alone to ' " Get Back " .

Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey, Jr., Steve Coogan, Nick Nolte, Tom Cruise

Special Agent ( ) is a widowed single parent living in a suburban Portland home with her daughter , ( ) , and her mother , ( ) . At night , she works in the FBI 's cybercrime division with ( ) , fighting identity theft and similar crimes . One night , an anonymous tip leads them to a website called KillWithMe.com . The site features a streaming video of a cat being tortured and killed . The website can not be shut down , as the creator knew that someone would try and built into it a fail - safe ; every time the server is closed , a mirror server immediately replaces it . 
 After the cat 's death , KillWithMe.com 's webmaster graduates to human victims , kidnapping them and placing them in death traps that are progressively activated by the number of hits the website receives . The first victim is a helicopter pilot ( bled to death by injections of anticoagulant ) , followed by a newscaster ( burnt to death by heat lamps while cemented into the floor ) . At a press conference , the public is urged to avoid the website , but as feared this only increases the site 's popularity . 
 is kidnapped after investigating a lead based on his hunch as to the killer 's identity . In the killer 's basement , he is submerged up to his neck in a vat of water with his mouth taped shut ; the death trap introduces into the water a concentration of sulfuric acid . After the killer leaves the room , uses his dying moments to blink a message in morse code , giving the FBI the lead he was following up on . 
 follows up on the morse code message to discover that the victims were not random : they were involved in broadcasting or presenting the suicide of a junior college teacher . The teacher 's unstable techno prodigy son , ( ) , broke down and was admitted to a psychiatric hospital . When released , he decided to take revenge and prove a point : that the public 's interest in the suffering of others is insatiable , as well as to wreak vengeance on those he felt had exploited his father 's death . was killed because he came too close to discovering the murderer 's identity . 
 The police raid 's house but he is not present . has been following because he is now obsessed with her . He captures and places in a makeshift death trap : hanging her above a cultivator and progressively lowering her to her death . escapes by swinging out of the way while dangling from the ceiling . She breaks free and pins down the murderer , fatally shooting on his own website as the police arrive . ends up like his father , his death caught on camera and shown all over the internet . displays her FBI badge to the webcam . 
 The chatter in the website 's chat room dwindles , statements being made such as " a genius died today " as well as " glad the killer is dead " and another one saying " You go girl ! " , and a final comment asking whether the video could be downloaded .

U.S. President ( ) attends a political summit in Salamanca , Spain , to promote an international treaty . Displayed with eight differing viewpoints , an assassination attempt on the president occurs , relayed in a time span of 23 minutes . Each time the events unfold from the beginning , a new vantage point is shown revealing additional details , which ultimately completes the story of what actually took place during the incident.[2 ] 
 From the first vantage point , GNN producer ( ) , directs various media personnel from a mobile television studio as the president arrives at the gathering . Mayor ( ) delivers a short speech and then introduces the president , who is shot twice as he greets the crowd from the podium . An explosion outside the plaza soon follows . Moments later , the podium itself is destroyed by a secondary explosion , killing and injuring numerous people . As the smoke clears , GNN reporter ( ) is seen lying dead in the rubble.[2 ] 
 The second vantage point follows Secret Service agents ( ) and ( ) . notices a curtain fluttering in the window of a nearby building that was allegedly vacated . He also observes American tourist ( ) filming the audience . After the president is shot , tackles a man rushing to the podium named ( ) . pursues a lead to a potential assassin . Following the second explosion , barges into the GNN production studio and asks to view their footage . He calls , who reports the direction of the suspected assassin 's escape route . then views an image on one of the camera 's live feeds that startles him and prompts him to run out.[2 ] 
 In the third vantage point , , a Spanish police officer assigned to protecting the mayor of Salamanca , sees his girlfriend ( ) , being embraced by a stranger and overhears them speaking about meeting under an overpass . When he confronts her , assures of her love for him as he hands her a bag . When the president is shot , rushes onto the stage to protect the mayor , but is tackled by . While being detained , he witnesses toss the bag he gave her under the podium , causing the second explosion . escapes as the agents who previously had him in custody mount a chase while firing shots in his direction , failing to subdue him . confronts an unseen individual at the overpass and asks if he is surprised to see him still alive.[2 ] 
 The fourth vantage point revolves around who is chatting with a man called ( ) , while a little girl named ( ) , bumps into him and drops her ice cream . Later , notices looking at the curtain fluttering in the window of a nearby building , and captures the footage with his camcorder . Following the second explosion at the podium , chases and the pursuing Secret Service agents . At the overpass , views the pair of agents from afar shooting in the direction of as he greets an individual in a police uniform under the overpass . Seriously wounded , falls to the ground . sees who had earlier become separated from her mother , trying to cross a busy intersection . An ambulance races down the road about to hit , as runs out to save her.[2 ] 
 The fifth vantage point begins as President , having been informed of a credible assassination threat , has returned to his hotel room with his aides while his body double proceeds to the gathering in the plaza . The President talks with his personnel about the reason for the terrorists ' plot , the retaliation by the U.S. to the plot , the return of to active duty , and giving the order for the retaliation to proceed . The first explosion occurs just outside the hotel . Seconds later , a masked assailant bursts into the president 's room , shoots his advisers and then proceeds to abduct Ashton.[2 ] 
 By the sixth vantage point , terrorist , previously seen as , shoots 's body double using a remote - controlled automatic rifle placed in an adjacent window next to the one with the fluttering curtain that had drawn ' attention earlier . The rifle is retrieved by , who sees leaving the scene wearing a Spanish policeman 's uniform on one of the GNN live feeds , even though he tells that he 's in pursuit of the assassin over the phone . realizes is actually part of the terror plot . The man saw embracing is revealed to be sharpshooter ( ) , whose brother is being held hostage to ensure 's cooperation with the terrorists . The first explosion , at the hotel , is revealed to be a device detonated by a suicide bomber disguised as a bellhop who had previously handed a hotel room key . kills the guards and aides within the hotel , and kidnaps the president . is later placed in an ambulance with and disguised as medics . joins in a police car to a planned rendezvous at the overpass . commandeers a car and chases and . gets into a collision with a truck , allowing the duo to escape . At the overpass , , who did not die in the blast at the podium as intended , confronts and . Enraged , shoots , mistakenly believing he had knowledge of his kidnapped brother 's whereabouts . is then shot and killed by when he demands to be brought to his brother , who had been killed earlier by . dies of his wounds as reaches the scene on foot firing several rounds at , who attempts to flee . After crashing his car , a critically injured is dragged out by . He orders to reveal where the president has been taken , but dies . Meanwhile , regains consciousness in the ambulance and attacks , distracting her and just as runs into their path . swerves causing the ambulance to flip over just as pulls out of its way . runs to the ambulance where he sees lying dead . He shoots dead and rescues the president.[2 ]

Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt

( ) and ( ) visit Barcelona for the summer , staying with 's distant relative ( ) and her husband ( ) . While the two are great friends , is practical and traditional in her approach to love and commitment and is engaged to the reliable ( ) , whereas imagines herself to be a nonconformist , spontaneous but unsure of what she wants from life or love . 
 At an art exhibition , is intrigued by artist ( ) , who says has suffered a violent relationship with his ex - wife . Later , he brazenly approaches the two women to invite them to join him right away for the weekend in the city of Oviedo , in a small plane he flies himself , for sight - seeing , fine eating and drinking , and hopefully , lovemaking . is won over by the offer almost at once , but is unimpressed and reluctant ; she , however , eventually decides to accompany her friend anyway , mainly to watch over her . 
 At the end of their first day , refuses to join in his hotel room , citing her fidelity to , but accepts his invitation immediately . Before the lovemaking starts , suddenly falls ill with digestive complaints , and is put to bed , with food poisoning . and proceed to spend the weekend together alone while they wait for to recuperate . gradually changes her opinion of as he tells her about his tumultuous relationship with his former wife , ( ) . accompanies him to visit his father , an old poet , and then becomes deeply moved by a Spanish guitar performance later that evening . She finally succumbs to advances as they walk through a grove of trees in the dark . The next day , with recovered , the three of them fly back to Barcelona . 
 Feeling guilty , does not mention the incident to , and the two begin to grow apart . starts throwing herself into her studies while and take up a relationship . then moves in with and begins to discover more about his past . After learning that attempted to kill herself , brings her to his home , where already lives . After some defiance , the two women grow fond of each other . realizes that the ex - spouses are still in love , and suggests that may be the element that can give balance and stability to their relationship . All three become romantically involved with one another . 
 In the meantime , is joined in Spain by an enthusiastic and the two get married . When describes her new life with to , becomes secretly jealous , and after a few other awkward moments , she realizes she is unsatisfied in her married life and is still attracted to . Learning that is similarly unhappy in her marriage , she confides to her , and , who sees her younger self in , decides to bring and together . Meanwhile , becomes restless and at some point decides to leave and ; without her , their relationship quickly falls apart again . 
 As the summer winds to a close , arranges for and to meet at a party . begs to meet him again privately before leaving Spain , which she finally accepts , lying to in the process . At his home , seduces and wins over again , but they are interrupted by who bursts in with a gun , firing wildly as tries to calm her . gets shot in the hand in the process , and leaves , shouting they are insane and she could never live like this . She confesses the entire story to , who never realized how felt about , and wishes she could have helped her . , and return to the United States ; never learns what truly happened , goes back to her married life , and is back where she started , still unsure of what she wants from life or love .

Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Patricia Clarkson

( ) works at a dead - end desk job with an overbearing boss , takes medication for panic attacks , and has a live - in girlfriend ( ) who cheats on him with his work friend , ( ) . One evening , is told by a woman named ( ) that his recently murdered father was an assassin , and the killer , named ( ) , is now hunting him . When and engage in a shoot - out , panics and runs , followed by . flips into her car and then executes an escape . 
 awakens in a factory surrounded by and other assassins . The group 's leader , ( ) , forces at gunpoint to shoot the wings off of several flies , which he does , much to 's shock . explains that 's panic attacks are actually a rare ability that allows him to distribute massive amounts of adrenaline to his brain , slowing his perception of his surroundings and granting him superhuman strength and speed . He reveals that 's father , as well as , were members of the Fraternity , a society of assassins that maintains balance in the world . wants to train him so that he may help kill . 
 , panicking at this , leaves the building and awakens the next morning in his apartment . He discovers that his bank account now contains several million dollars . Filled with new confidence , he insults his boss in front of the whole office and hits in the face with a keyboard . , waiting for , takes him to the Fraternity headquarters , a repurposed cotton mill . 
 trains under 's leadership , learning endurance , knife fighting , and hand to hand combat . He also learns to control and use his abilities for firearm marksmanship , including curving bullets around targets . Frustrated by his lack of progress and the brutality of the training , insists he is ready , but disagrees . refocuses on his training and starts to excel . then shows him the Loom of Fate , which has served for 1,000 years in giving coded names of Fraternity targets through errors in the fabric . The Loom identifies those who will create evil and chaos in the future , with responsible for interpreting the code . 
 After several successful missions , and dumping his girlfriend with the help of , has an unexpected shootout with , wherein he accidentally kills the , a Fraternity member he had befriended . shoots in the shoulder . grants 's wish to avenge his father and sends him after — but then secretly gives a mission to kill , saying that his name has come up in the Loom . 
 Analyzing the bullet from his shoulder , realizes that had used a traceable bullet for the first time ( as his previous kills were all untraceable ) . traces it to a man named . and capture , who arranges a meeting with . When faces alone on a moving train , crashes a car into the train , causing a derailment . While saves from falling , fatally shoots him . Before dying , reveals that he is 's real father . confirms this , and explains that was recruited because he was the only person would not kill . points her gun at , but he shoots the window below , falling into the river . 
 is retrieved by , who takes him to ' apartment – which is located just opposite 's – and explains that started manufacturing targets for profit after discovering that he was targeted by the Loom . discovered the truth , went rogue , and started killing Fraternity members to keep them away from his son . departs , stating that wished a life free of violence . , however , decides to kill after discovering his father 's secret room , containing schematics to the Fraternity base . 
 attacks the base using explosive rats ( a tactic he learned from the Exterminator ) , killing surviving Fraternity assassins , including The Repairman and the ( whom he kills with 's own blade ) in a massive shootout . Entering 's office , he is surrounded by , and the remaining assassins . discloses 's deception , to which reveals that the names of those present had legitimately come up in the Loom , and that he had acted to protect them . He gives the members a choice : kill themselves , per the code , or kill and use their skills to control the world . As the others choose the latter , curves a bullet around the room , choosing to follow the code and kill everyone , including herself , but not before throwing her gun to . escapes in the mayhem . 
 , penniless again due to his bank account being wiped out by , returns to his desk job . appears to kill , but is shocked when the person turns around and is revealed to be a decoy . kills with a shot from miles away , the same way his father did . states that he is taking back control of his life before turning to the audience and asking " What the fuck have you done lately ? "

( ) is a superhuman Israeli counter - terrorist , but a barbecue he hosts is interrupted by the IDF sending him to stop a Palestinian terrorist group led by his personal arch - enemy , ( ) , another superhuman . Seeing it as an long - awated chance , he fakes his own death during the pursuit and smuggles himself onto a plane to New York City , cuts his hair , and adopts the alias " Scrappy Coco " . 
 's military expertise makes ( ) give him stay . However , starts to lose comfort in when he finds him sleeping with his mother , ( ) . encounters a fellow Israeli named ( ) , who owns an electronics store , at a disco ; he recognizes but vows to keep his identity a secret . attempts to gain a job , but turns him down , informing him that several workers had dreams of their own , but got used to the lifestyle of the store , and 's reason to turn down is that he respects his dream too much to let kill his own dream , which commends him for . takes him to an area in lower Manhattan populated with Middle Eastern immigrants , who are split between a Palestinian side and an Israeli side of the street . is fearful at first , but after informs him of Phantom 's success ( and following a memory of a mercenary cutting his hand off , but he telekinetically controls it and stabs the mercenary in the back , and drinking a Fizzy Bubblech drink afterwards ) , attempts to land a job in a struggling salon of a Palestinian woman named ( ) . reluctantly allows to sweep floors for free , but after losing one of her employees ( and an apparent attempt at suicide ) , she eventually allows him to be a stylist after he pleases a senior lady with an exceptional haircut and back room sexual service . 's reputation spreads rapidly among the more elderly women of lower Manhattan , causing 's business to prosper , which upsets ( ) , a corporate magnate who has been trying to buy out all the local tenants on the block so that he can build a rollercoaster mall . 
 is identified by a Palestinian cab driver named ( ) , who bears a grudge against for having taken his goat away in Palestine long ago because spat on him . convinces his friends , and , to help him kill , but after two failed attempts to contact another terrorist through a customer service line , and a failed bomb attempt ( in which they confuse 12 boxes of Neosporin for nitroglycerine , thanks to mispronouncing the word ) , they are forced to contact Phantom . attempts to blackmail Phantom , but he ends up getting the stiff end of the deal as he convinces to visit New York to find . Meanwhile , after takes 's shift for a community nightwatch and takes out a series of graffiti artists , which frustrates even further , he realizes that he has fallen in love with and comes clean to and his mother about his true identity ( after learning of 's visit , even though had apparently figured that out already ) before meeting . rejects after he reveals he was formerly an Israeli counterterrorist operative . decides to leave to protect her , though she gives him a book as a leaving gift , and confront in a championship Hacky Sack game sponsored by Walbridge . After meets with , arrives and reluctantly begins to fight . 's fight is cut short with sudden news of the Middle Eastern block being attacked , and he quickly leaves , shortly after discussing his plans with and an undercover agent . 
 arrives and calms the Israelis and Palestinians , who each blame the other for the violence , while making peace with . then appears and confronts , but refuses to fight . appears , revealing that she is 's sister , and convinces her brother to cooperate with against the arsonists , revealed to be racist rednecks hired by Walbridge to instigate an interethnic riot so he can get his new mall in the aftermath . As and work to save the block ( both by kicking combat , and by singing " The Sound " , a sound so loud , it destroys many shop windows , blows the manhole cover , and even blows up the artificial breasts of 's girlfriend ) , admits that he always wanted to be a shoe salesman rather than a terrorist . Although the rednecks are defeated ( with the lead one in a humiliating way ) and is jailed ( since the methods he used were far from legal ) , continues singing " The Sound " and accidentally destroys all of the shops on the block . However , with the Israelis and Palestinians united ( and rekindled , in the case of and ) , the block is transformed into a collectively owned mall called the Peace and Brotherhood Fire Insurance Mall . opens a shoe shop in the mall called Fatoush 's Kickin ' Shoes ( having stopped being embarrassed about his first name , and having apparently closed the muchentuchen restaurant chain ) , reopens his " Going Out of Business " electronics shop , gets back his goat , which he gives small children rides on next to a baby shop , and and open a beauty salon together called Dalohan ( which is presumably their ship name ) , with having now married . In the end , 's parents , initially unsupportive of his dream to be a hairdresser , show up , approving of his new job and lifestyle before his father requests that he cut his hair , which happily does .

A sting operation to capture arms dealer goes awry when the FBI 's inside man double crosses them . rendezvouses with his girlfriend , who has a getaway car . Officers and are dispatched to help the FBI . They look at 's record and see a surveillance video of him dancing with . An encounter with them at a traffic light leads to her death and being taken away . swears vengeance on . 
 One year later , now promoted to Detective due to his actions with , gets a phone call from , who has escaped from prison . runs outside the house looking for , and 's car and house explode , throwing him to the ground . After recovers , says he is launching a game of revenge called " 12 Rounds . " The house , the car , and , the plumber who came to fix a pipe were " Round 1 . " , ’s girlfriend is kidnapped by for " Round 2 . " For " Round 3 , " and must follow a series of clues to locate the cell phone that calls , and for " Round 4 " has to get to New Orleans Savings and Loan where a fire has broken out and extract two security deposit boxes within 20 minutes . 
 has a lead on the man who helped kidnap and volunteers to look into that while continues with the game . FBI Special Agents and work with them to get back . 
 For " Round 5 " one of the security boxes is a bomb and the other contains a clue to the next round . discovers and disposes of the bomb . The other box contains a hotel room key . The room is raided and found empty . For " Round 6 , " follows a series of clues to a bus where he finds on board , wearing a bomb underneath her jacket . He is handcuffed to a bar and is given an envelope with a phone number as the clue to the next round . The Feds try to get but he escapes with . When is freed , he tells the Feds about the bomb . shows up and tells he has located 's henchman , . 
 In " Round 7 " has to find the correct cell phone number that disarms bombs placed in different locations . answers and tells him that his call disabled Streetcar 907 's brakes . and slam their car into the transformer , shutting off electricity for the whole neighborhood . They run along the streetcar , clearing people out of the way until it can slow to a halt . 
 A mine planted by kills and . says that 's bomb can only be disarmed by 's fingerprint . He tells to pay a visit to , so , , and start for the cemetery . Another detective , calls to tell him that the numbers in the envelope were rigged to the streetcar . had cameras monitoring the elevator shaft and set off the bomb five seconds early . realizes that 's death in the elevator episode was orchestrated by . does a check on and finds he had a second job as a Homewood Security guard . They figure out that was leading them to take out the power because Homewood Security comes in to move the federally unprotected cash from the United States Mint in New Orleans . 's grudge against was only a cover for his scheme to steal this money . 
 tells to lock down the Mint , while he and go after . realizes that " Round 12 " is a wild - goose chase , since needs , a nurse , to help him escape . , dressed as a security guard , steals the cash . He uses 's ID card to get to a Medevac chopper on a hospital roof , transporting the money inside a body bag . and race to the hospital roof , where is wounded . activates the touch phone - bomb and throws the switch away . and jump into a pool , while is left in the exploding helicopter .

John Cena, Ashley Scott, Steve Harris, Aidan Gillen, Brian J. White, Taylor Cole

In 1989 , 17 - year - old ( ) learns during the start of his high school championship basketball game his girlfriend ( ) is pregnant . Moments after the game begins , he leaves the game and goes after , abandoning his hopes of going to college and becoming a professional basketball player . 
 Nearly two decades later , ( ) , now 37 years old , finds his life stalled . ( ) , now his wife and mother of their two children , has separated from him , forcing him to move in with his geeky , yet extremely wealthy , best friend , ( ) . He is fired from his job . His high school - age children , 17 - year - old ( ) and 16 - year - old ( ) want nothing to do with him . Later , while visiting his high school to reminisce , an encounter with a mysterious janitor ( ) transforms back into his 17 - year - old self . 
 After convincing of his identity , believes that 's transformation was caused by a mystical spirit guide who is trying to steer him on a better path . enrolls in high school posing as , 's son , and plans to go to college on a basketball scholarship . As he befriends his bullied son and discovers that his daughter has a boyfriend , ( ) , who does not respect her and frequently torments , comes to believe that his mission is to help them . 
 Through their children , spends time with , who notes his remarkable resemblance to her husband , but rationalizes it as an odd coincidence . Deciding to also try and fix his relationship with , begins to finish ( under the pretense of getting " volunteer credit " ) all of the garden projects he abandoned as an adult . He does his best to separate and while also encouraging to be more confident so he can make the basketball team and go out with a girl he has a crush on . has difficulty resisting his desire for despite the relationship 's clear inappropriateness . , meanwhile , begins to pursue the school 's principal through increasingly extravagant stunts in order to win her affections , to which she adamantly rebukes . 
 After and help win a basketball game , throws a party at 's house . When arrives to reprimand her children for attending a party , shows her that has finally managed to get together with his crush , leading and to have an intimate conversation where accidentally tries to kiss her . Disgusted , she storms off as tries unsuccessfully to explain his true identity . 
 On the day of the court hearing to finalize and 's divorce , makes one last attempt to win her back ( as ) by reading a supposed letter from . He states that although he could n't set things right in the beginning of his life , it does n't change the fact that he still loves her . After he exits , notices that the " letter " is actually the directions to the courtroom and she begins to grow curious . As a result , she postpones the divorce by a month . Frustrated that he could not salvage his marriage , decides to once again pursue a scholarship and move on with a new life . During a high school basketball game , reveals himself to . As runs away , decides to chase her down , but not before handing the ball off to his son . is then transformed back into his 37 - year - old self , and reunites with . 
 As prepares for his first day as the new coach at his children 's school , , who has successfully started a relationship with the principal , gifts him a whistle , both happy with their new starts in life .

Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Thomas Lennon, Matthew Perry, Melora Hardin, Michelle Trachtenberg, Sterling Knight

In 2009 , American geologist visits astrophysicist in India and learns that neutrinos from a huge solar flare are heating Earth 's core . presents his information to White House Chief of Staff , who brings him to meet the president . 
 The following year , U.S. President and other world leaders begin a secret project to ensure the survival of humanity . China and the G8 nations begin building nine arks , each capable of carrying 100,000 people , in the Himalayas near Cho Ming , Tibet . , a Buddhist monk , is evacuated and his brother joins the ark project . Funding is raised by selling tickets at € 1   billion per person . By 2011 , articles of value are moved to the arks with the help of art expert and First Daughter . 
 In 2012 , struggling Los Angeles science - fiction writer is a chauffeur for Russian billionaire . 's former wife ( ) and their children ( and ) live with 's boyfriend , plastic surgeon and pilot . takes and camping in Yellowstone National Park . When they find an area fenced off by the Army , and his children climb over the fence . They are caught and brought to the geologist , who has read 's books . After they are released they meet , who hosts a radio show from the park . 
 That night , after the military evacuates Yellowstone , watches 's video of theory that polar shifts and the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar predict a 2012 phenomenon . According to , anyone who attempted to inform the public was killed . Soon after and his children return home , earthquakes begin in California ; heeds 's warning , and rents a private plane . He rescues his family as the Earth - crust displacement begins and escapes from Los Angeles by air as the city collapses and sinks into the Pacific Ocean . 
 They fly to Yellowstone to retrieve a map from with the arks ' location . As they leave , the Yellowstone Caldera erupts ; is killed when he stays behind to cover the eruption . The group lands in Las Vegas to find a larger plane and meet , his twin sons and , his girlfriend and their pilot . and fly them out in an Antonov An-500 as the Yellowstone ash cloud envelops Las Vegas . 
 , and fly to the arks on Air Force One . Knowing that his daughter will survive , President remains in Washington , D.C. to address the nation for the last time while millions of people die in earthquakes and megatsunamis worldwide . With the presidential line of succession gone , assumes the position of acting commander - in - chief . 
 When 's group reaches China , their plane runs out of fuel . continues flying the plane as the others escape on a Bentley Continental Flying Spur stored in the cargo hold . is killed when the plane crashes , and the others are spotted by Chinese Air Force helicopters . and his sons ( who have tickets ) are brought to the arks and the family , and are left behind . The remaining group is picked up by and brought to the arks with his grandparents . With 's help they stow away on Ark 4 , where the U.S. contingent is located . As a megatsunami breaches the Himalayas and approaches the site , an impact driver lodges in the ark - door gears . This keeps a boarding gate open , which prevents the ship 's engines from starting . In the ensuing chaos , , and are killed . is injured , the ark begins filling with water and is set adrift . and dislodge the tool and the crew regains control of the Ark before it strikes Mount Everest . is reunited with his family and reconciles with . 
 Twenty - seven days later , the waters are receding . The arks approach the Cape of Good Hope , where the Drakensberg ( now the tallest mountain range on Earth ) is emerging . and begin a relationship , and and rekindle their romance . 
 An alternate ending appears in the film 's DVD version . After Captain ( the Ark 4 captain ) announces that they are heading for the Cape of Good Hope , learns by phone that his father ( ) is still alive . tells him that he , ( whose arm is in a sling ) and some passengers and crew survived the megatsunami which struck the Genesis , and Captain says that they should soon see the ocean liner . thanks for taking care of , and tells that she enjoyed his book . returns 's cell phone , which he recovered during the Ark 4 flood . says that she sees an island , and the ark finds the shipwrecked Genesis and her survivors on a beach.[7][8 ]

John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Woody Harrelson

In Germany , 1930 , a scientist ( ) is ordered by his dictator ( ) to create a robot in the apparent name of progress . The scientist uses his own intellect to create the B.R.A.I.N , a highly intelligent robot without a soul . Upon completion , however , the dictator quickly seizes it and turns it into the Fabrication Machine , an armature that can construct an army of war machines to destroy the dictator 's enemies . Lacking a soul , the Fabrication Machine decides to exterminate all of Earth 's population . The Fabrication Machine reprograms the other war machines to attack humanity , wiping out all plant , animal and microbial life with toxic gas and chemical weapons . On the verge of destruction , the scientist uses alchemy to create nine homunculus - like rag dolls known as " stitchpunks " , giving them portions of his own soul via a talisman he created . He dies upon completion of the final doll . 
 Some time later , the final stitchpunk , 9 ( ) , awakens in the scientist 's workshop . Taking the talisman with him , 9 ventures into the devastated city and meets 2 ( ) , a frail inventor who gives him a working voice box and is surprised to see the talisman . The last active machine , the Cat - Beast , attacks the pair and abducts both 2 and the talisman . 9 collapses , but awakens in Sanctuary , the tower of a dilapidated cathedral that is home to other Stitchpunks : the dogmatic leader 1 ( ) , his large bodyguard 8 ( ) , the cycloptic engineer 5 ( ) , and the mentally unstable oracle 6 ( ) . 1 immediately declares 2 as dead , but 9 , having seen the condemned factory where the Cat - Beast took him , decides to rescue him . 9 and 5 venture to the factory where they find 2 . The Cat - Beast attacks the trio , but are saved by the warrior 7 ( ) . 9 , drawn by curiosity , connects the talisman to the derelict Fabrication Machine , reviving it , and it subsequently kills 2 by sucking out his soul . 9 , 5 , and 7 manage to escape the factory . 
 7 takes 9 and 5 to an abandoned library , where the silent scholar twins , 3 and 4 , show 9 the Fabrication Machine 's origins . 5 realizes the talisman 's symbols match the clairvoyant drawings of 6 . 9 and 5 return to Sanctuary to investigate , but 1 intervenes and reprimands them for disobeying his orders . Meanwhile , the Fabrication Machine assembles new robotic creatures ; one of them , the bird - like Winged Beast , attacks Sanctuary , leading to a battle between it and the stitchpunks . The stitchpunks win , defeating the Winged Beast , but lose their safehouse due to a fire caused during the battle . 
 As the group retreats to the library , 6 , 3 , and 4 cryptically explain the talisman 's origins . Meanwhile , the Fabrication Machine retrieves 2 's corpse and uses it as a hypnotic lure for another one of its robot creatures , the snake - like Seamstress . The Seamstress attacks the library and captures both 7 and 8 , but 2 's body is recovered and given a funeral by the others . The stitchpunks then run to the factory to destroy the machines . As part of their plan , 9 goes in alone , kills the Seamstress , and rescues 7 , but not before 8 's soul is absorbed by the Fabrication Machine . 9 and 7 then escape while the others destroy the factory . 
 The stitchpunks celebrate the destruction of the factory , but the Fabrication Machine , which survived , suddenly emerges from the ruins of the factory and absorbs 5 's soul . The Fabrication Machine attacks the group as they run away , and finally captures 6 , who is absorbed , but not before telling 9 to go to the scientist 's workshop to find answers . 9 follows 6 's instructions , finding a holographic recorded message from the scientist , explaining the origins of the B.R.A.I.N , and that the Stitchpunks have his soul , making them the only hope for humanity . Following this revelation , 9 returns to his friends . 
 9 reunites with the other stitchpunks and decides to sacrifice himself so the others can retrieve the talisman . Having had a change of heart , 1 redeems himself by saving 9 , pushing him out of the way and allowing himself to be absorbed while 9 removes the talisman . 9 activates the talisman and reabsorbs the souls taken by the Machine , resulting in its final destruction . Afterwards , 9 , 7 , 3 , and 4 free the souls of 5 , 1 , 6 , 2 , and 8 from the talisman . Bidding farewell to their friends , they fly up into the sky . Rain then falls from the sky , the raindrops containing small flecks of glowing bacteria , bringing life back into the world .

Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Christopher Plummer, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau

In 1987 , plans to have a summer vacation in Europe after graduating with a comparative literature degree from Oberlin College and to attend a journalism graduate school at Columbia University when his holidays end . A few days after his graduation , his parents advise him to seek a part - time job rather than going to Europe when they unexpectedly announce that financial problems have taken a toll on them and they would be unable to financially support him . 
 gets a job at Adventureland , a local amusement park in his hometown of Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , where his childhood friend works . Assistant manager assigns to the games area . He meets his co - workers : sarcastic ; 's wife and park manager ; ; ; the alluring ; and the park 's technician , , a part - time musician . Another games worker , , saves from being stabbed by a lying , cheating customer . 
 With her father and stepmother away , throws a party and gets to know . During the conversation , persuades to join her in the house 's swimming pool . After leaves the pool , follows only to jump back into the water in humiliation when announces to the partygoers that he saw having an erection while leaving the pool . After the party , , who has been having an affair with , comes over to further pursue it . 
 Later that week , gives his mixtape of " J 's Favorite Bummer Songs " and asks her out for a drink . At the Stardust Lounge she is surprised to learn has never had sex . They listen to his mixtape and share a first kiss on the way home . The following day , tells about his strong feelings for , which reports to her . tells she wants to take things slow due to problems in her life , leaving confused and upset . drunkenly makes out with , but rejects him the next day , saying her Catholic parents would not allow her to date a Jew . Outraged , calls an anti - Semite in front of other staff members in defense of . asks on a date , but he has mixed feelings because of his relationship with . After talks him into going , he accepts offer . 
 After the date , during which and kiss , learns had called to say she regrets having rejected his feelings . later sees and walking together and , irritated by the chain of events , quits . unsuccessfully tries to talk him out of it , and reveals he 's angry at for dating when is already in love with . tells about going out with After hearing of this , goes to 's mother 's home to end their affair . The park 's mentally challenged parking attendant , prompted by , tells he saw and doing " pushups without any pants on " in the back of 's car . 
 goes to 's mother 's house , which is where told him takes girls to have sex and sees leaving . Shocked to see , becomes tongue - tied . leaves angrily , and cries . tells about the affair and asks her not to tell anyone , but she tells her friend . Upon noticing that all the park employees know , quits and moves back to New York . A heartbroken drunkenly crashes his father 's car into a tree and passes out . The next morning , his mother angrily wakes him up and tells him he has to pay to repair it with his summer earnings . On top of that , ' friend from Oberlin , who he had initially planned on moving to New York with , calls to let him know that he will not be going to Columbia and instead will be attending Harvard Business School , thus canceling their living arrangements . 
 Now , without enough money for graduate school or a place to live , nonetheless heads to New York City with his parents ' blessing and waits outside 's apartment in the rain . She is reluctant to talk to him , feeling she has ruined everything . tells her he sees her in a different way than she sees herself . Touched , brings up to her apartment . reveals he would rather attend Columbia University next year . He gets out of his wet clothes and offers him an Adventureland T - shirt to change into . They kiss and begin to take their clothes off . asks , " Are we doing this ? " , and says , " I think so . "

Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Martin Starr, Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Margarita Levieva, Ryan Reynolds

During a benefit concert in Paris , France , is injured from a backstage accident . Having to recuperate there , asks his aunt , , to look after the , , , and . Arrangements are also made for them to go to school at West Eastman High School . After also has an accident , the are left in the care of , 's grandson . 
 Meanwhile , , who is broke and destitute , lives in the basement of JETT Records . Three singing female chipmunks , , , and , also known as The Chipettes , emerge from a FedEx packagee . recruits and hires the Chipettes in an effort to resurrect his career . 
 While at school , the are ridiculed by jocks , who threaten to kill them for drawing their girls ' attention away from them . They chase the Chipmunks around the school and give a swirlie in a toilet . They visit the principal 's office , only to discover that the principal , Dr. is a huge fan , and enlists their help to raise money for a music program by participating in a contest . Meanwhile , is shocked to find the Chipmunks on the front page of his newspaper . After he reads a story about them , he quickly sends the Chipettes to school . 
 When the Chipmunks meet the Chipettes , a rivalry forms after the former group learns that the latter group are with : with both groups wanting to compete in the Battle of the Bands , Dr. sets up a concert for them to compete in with the winners representing the school . Meanwhile , becomes popular with the jocks and joins the football team , not realizing that the next game is during the concert . At the concert , and tell the fans that failed to show up , and that they can not perform , leading to a victory for the Chipettes . When finally shows up after the concert is over , he finds the auditorium empty , and calls him out for his lack of responsibility . then returns home and attempts to apologize to his brothers , but is ignored . runs away the next day , until and save him from an eagle , leading to the three making up . 
 Soon , the are hired , but learn that the concert at which they are to perform as an opening act for a concert at the Staples Center is on the same night as the school contest . convinces them to call off the battle and perform at the concert , but refuses to give the same credit to and that he gives . She demands that they all perform together or not at all , until threatens to send them to a barbecue restaurant unless they perform . 
 Before the Battle of the Bands , receives a call from the Chipettes , who tell him that has locked them in a cage , so races off to rescue them while tells how to open the cage over the cell phone . and are on the verge of going out to perform until the others arrive just in time to perform at the contest . The and the Chipettes perform together and receive the money for the music program . , who had left the hospital upon learning that was looking after the , returns during the contest , happy to see the Chipmunks again . Meanwhile , is further exposed at the concert of Staples Center he set up for the girls when he attempts to imitate them , only for him to be taken away by security guards . After the contest , allows the Chipettes to stay with them . 
 In the mid - credits scene , Dr. has the jocks scrape the gum off from under the bleachers in the gymnasium as punishment for making late for the show . In the post - credits scene , is thrown into a dumpster .

Jason Lee, David Cross, Zachary Levi, Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Anna Faris, Christina Applegate, Amy Poehler

Under the watchful eyes of Father and Dr. , the European Organization for Nuclear Research ( CERN ) initiates the Large Hadron Collider and creates three vials of antimatter particles larger than any ever produced before . Almost immediately , Father is killed and one of the vials of antimatter goes missing . At the same time , the Roman Catholic Church is mourning the sudden death of Pope in Rome and prepares for the papal conclave to elect the next Pope . The , Father , assumes temporary control of the Vatican . Before the conclave enters seclusion , four of the " preferiti " ( the favorite cardinals to be elected pope ) are kidnapped by a man claiming to represent the Illuminati . In a video message , he threatens to kill one candidate every hour starting at 8 pm and to destroy all of Vatican City at midnight , using the missing vial of antimatter as a bomb . The Vatican summons symbologist from Harvard University and to help them save the four preferiti and locate the vial . 
 listens to the Illuminati 's message and deduces the four cardinals will die at the four altars of the " Path of Illumination " , marked by statues of angels in locations relevant to the four classical elements . Over the objections of Commander , head of the Swiss Guard , but with 's consent , is granted access to the Vatican Secret Archives . He examines Galileo 's banned book with . Following the clues and accompanied by Inspector General and of the Vatican Gendarmerie Corps , they arrive at the Chigi Chapel in the Church of Santa Maria del Popolo . There they find Cardinal dead , suffocated with soil and branded with an ambigrammatic word " Earth " . They verify the second location is the crowded Saint Peter 's Square and arrive just as a bloody Cardinal emerges with his chest branded with " Air " . unsuccessfully attempts to perform CPR on him , only to discover his lungs had been punctured , while the assassin slips through the crowd . 
 While studies 's diaries , , and locate the third church , Santa Maria della Vittoria , and arrive to see Cardinal , branded " Fire " and suspended above a burning pile of wood . A gunfight erupts between the assassin and the officers , with and being killed in the process . manages to escape , but not before being spotted by the assassin . convinces two Carabinieri officers to take him to the next location and the trio race to the Water altar , the Fountain of the Four Rivers , just as the assassin arrives in a van . The assassin murders the officers and drops a bound and weighted Cardinal into the fountain before bidding farewell to and driving off . With the help of bystanders , rescues the cardinal , who tells him the Illuminati 's lair is Castel Sant'Angelo . There , and discover a hidden passageway leading to the Vatican , being used as a hideout for the assassin . Discovering a case with marks for five branding irons , they realize the fifth brand is for the but are confronted by the assassin before they can alert . The assassin spares their lives once more , stating killing them is not a part of his mission unless they pursue him . He then cryptically warns them to be careful as his contractors are " men of God " before departing . He escapes to a car left for him by his contractor , but is killed immediately when it explodes upon ignition . 
 and rush back to the Vatican where they find Commander hovering over with a gun , the Vatican symbol branded into 's chest . and Archbishop are shot by the Guards . As dies in front of , he opens his hand to reveal a key which takes . The stolen antimatter vial is found in St. Peter 's Tomb below the church , but the battery life is too low to risk re - connecting it to a battery . , a former military pilot , seizes the vial and uses an awaiting helicopter to fly above the Vatican . At a high altitude , he parachutes out as the antimatter bomb explodes overhead . is hailed a hero and savior , and the cardinals move to elect him pope . and use 's key to watch a security video showing speaking to before the attack . The video reveals it is , not the Illuminati , who masterminded the scheme . reveals he murdered the previous pope because he felt the pope had betrayed the church by trying to bridge the gap between science and religion . After had killed the pope , he intended to have himself elected to the papacy whilst rallying the most conservative Cardinals to his side . The recording is shown to the Papal conclave , and it dawns on that he has been exposed . He flees to a remote recess in the building where he is able to commit suicide by setting himself on fire . 
 The Vatican officially announces died due to internal injuries suffered during his parachute landing , and Cardinal is named Pope , with Cardinal as the new . thanks for his assistance and gives 's " Diagramma Veritatis " for his research as a gift from himself and Pope , requesting only it be returned to the Vatican by 's testament , and any future references he may make about the Catholic Church in his future publications be done gently , to which replies , " I 'll try . " As the film ends , the new Pope shares a grateful nod with and , and walks out onto the balcony to greet the crowd waiting for him in the Square .

Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor, Stellan Skarsgård, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Pierfrancesco Favino, Nikolaj Lie Kaas

( ) is a less than popular high school sophomore with a dream to get into Northwestern University 's summer journalism program . Although claims he 's a great writer , he 's never finished an article for St. Donovan 's School Newspaper . The editor - in - chief , ( ) , assigns to do an article on , the student body president . attempts to get an interview , but is unable to get a story out of and is bullied by 's friends . is the star of the basketball team and on a game night , takes a fall and injures his knee . The next morning Principal ( ) discovers the SATs have been stolen from a safe in his office . rounds up his " usual suspects " of high school misfits along with to question them . The group is innocent but warns them all to watch their step . 
 When senior ( ) solicits 's help tracking down the set of stolen SATs,[3 ] uncovers a story . He sets on a large scale investigation and links to the crime . He writes an article pointing the finger at . forces to open his locker and the SATs fall out . As a result of his sleuthing , becomes one of the most popular kids at St. Donovan 's . decides to submit 's article to Northwestern which earns a scholarship to the summer program . wins the respect of everyone from Principal to the kid that farts on him in Spanish class and takes to homecoming . As 's popularity grows so do his suspicions . confronts , proclaiming his innocence , stating that he got into Cornell but decided to take the test again to see if he could get a better score . begins to wonder if the president really stole the SATs or if he 's just a pawn in a conspiracy . 
 investigates even deeper into the lives of 's shady friends , all members of the Student Council . He discovers their involvement with drug dealing . The Student Council had actually stolen the SATs along with other tests throughout the year , modifying the marks of the best students to make them doubt their test - taking abilities and turn to the Student Council for speed - like " study drugs " . says that while was n't a part of the scam , group ringleader ( ) has framed to avoid being caught . also finds out that led him along the entire time to keep him from finding out the truth . and , step - siblings , are revealed as lovers . 
 confronts the group in the principal 's office . threatens to have thrown out the window and frame it as a suicide , but his threat and confession are heard on the school 's intercom system . When entered the room , he secretly turned on the microphone ; 's friends save him from being thrown out the window and rushes into the office , followed by the student body and . attempts to gain 's trust again , only to be shut down and left to deal with 's punishment .

In 2154 , humans have depleted Earth 's natural resources , leading to a severe energy crisis . The Resources Development Administration ( RDA for short ) mines for a valuable mineral — unobtanium — on Pandora , a densely forested habitable moon orbiting the gas giant Polyphemus in the Alpha Centauri star system.[10 ] Pandora , whose atmosphere is poisonous to humans , is inhabited by the Na'vi , a species of 10 - foot tall ( 3.0   m ) , blue - skinned , sapient humanoids[34 ] that live in harmony with nature and worship a mother goddess named Eywa . 
 To explore Pandora 's biosphere , scientists use Na'vi - human hybrids called " avatars , " operated by genetically matched humans ; , a paraplegic former Marine , replaces his deceased identical twin brother as an operator of one . Dr. , head of the Avatar Program , considers an inadequate replacement but accepts his assignment as a bodyguard . While protecting the avatars of and fellow scientist Dr. as they collect biological data , 's avatar is attacked by a thanator and flees into the forest , where he is rescued by , a female Na'vi . Witnessing an auspicious sign , she takes him to her clan , whereupon 's mother , the clan 's spiritual leader , orders her daughter to initiate into their society . 
 Colonel , head of RDA 's private security force , promises that the company will restore his legs if he gathers information about the Na'vi and the clan 's gathering place , a giant tree called Hometree,[35 ] on grounds that it stands above the richest deposit of unobtanium in the area . When learns of this , she transfers herself , , and to an outpost . Over the following three months , grows to sympathize with the natives . After is initiated into the tribe , he and choose each other as mates , and soon afterward , Jake reveals his change of allegiance when he attempts to disable a bulldozer that threatens to destroy a sacred Na'vi site . When shows a video recording of 's attack on the bulldozer to Administrator ] and another in which admits that the Na'vi will never abandon Hometree , orders Hometree destroyed . 
 Despite 's argument that destroying Hometree could damage the biological neural network native to Pandora , gives and one hour to convince the Na'vi to evacuate before commencing the attack . While trying to warn the Na'vi , confesses to being a spy , and the Na'vi take him and captive . Seeing this , 's men destroy Hometree , killing 's father ( the clan chief ) and many others . frees and , but they are detached from their avatars and imprisoned by 's forces . Pilot , disgusted by 's brutality , carries them to 's outpost , but during the escape fires at them , hitting . 
 To regain the Na'vi 's trust , connects his mind to that of , a dragon - like predator feared and honored by the Na'vi . finds the refugees at the sacred Tree of Souls and pleads with to heal . The clan attempts to transfer from her human body into her avatar with the aid of the Tree of Souls , but she dies before the process can be completed . Supported by the new chief , speaks to unite the clan and tells them to gather all of the clans to battle against the RDA . Noticing the impending gathering , organizes a pre - emptive strike against the Tree of Souls , believing that its destruction will demoralize the natives . On the eve of battle , prays to , via a neural connection with the Tree of Souls , to intercede on behalf of the Na'vi . 
 During the subsequent battle , the Na'vi suffer heavy casualties , including and ; but are rescued when Pandoran wildlife unexpectedly join the attack and overwhelm the humans , which interprets as 's answer to 's prayer . destroys a makeshift bomber before it can reach the Tree of Souls ; , wearing an AMP suit , escapes from his own damaged aircraft and breaks open the avatar link unit containing 's human body , exposing it to Pandora 's poisonous atmosphere . prepares to slit the throat of 's avatar , but kills and saves from suffocation . 
 With the exceptions of , and a select few others , all humans are expelled from Pandora and sent back to Earth , after which is permanently transferred into his avatar with the aid of the Tree of Souls .

Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Stephen Lang, Laz Alonso, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel Moore, Wes Studi

( ) and ( ) are in their early thirties living in the Denver , Colorado area and struggling to meet daily needs and build fulfilling lives . When they learn they will soon become parents , they are confronted with the challenge of how – and where – to raise a child and build a happy family . 
 Six months into 's pregnancy , the couple visit their only family in the area , 's parents , and ( and ) , only to find that and have decided to move to Antwerp , Belgium , a month before the baby is due . They also announce that they will be gone for two years and they have already rented the place out to another couple , despite 's and 's situation . Frustrated with and 's selfishness and careless attitude , and decide this is an opportunity to find somewhere else to raise their family , since they are both employed in situations where they can work from home and live wherever they choose . 
 They first visit Phoenix , Arizona , meeting up with 's old boss , ( ) , her husband , ( ) , and their two children . in particular is disturbed by and 's crass and mean - spirited behavior toward one another and their children . 
 and next visit 's sister , ( ) , in Tucson , Arizona . At 's request , tries to persuade to stay with her boring boyfriend . When takes a call and displays his trademark humor , tells that she is lucky to have him and agrees . 
 They next visit 's childhood friend and pseudo - cousin in Madison , Wisconsin , " " ( pronounced " " ) ( ) , a college professor at the University of Wisconsin with inherited money and radical views about parenting . and bring a stroller as a gift , greatly angering as she and her husband ( ) are a " continuum home . "[3 ] When 's condescension and 's backhanded compliments to get to be too much for , he tells them they are horrible people and he and leave but not before taking their son on a wild stroller ride through the house ( which he enjoys ) . 
 and then visit old college friends in Montreal , ( ) and his wife , ( ) , and their diverse family of adopted children . and are happy to have found a loving family and a nice town and decide to move to Montreal . After dinner , confesses to that has recently suffered her fifth miscarriage and that they seem unable to have biological children . 
 In the morning , receives an emergency call from his brother , ( ) , in Miami , whose wife has left him . and fly to Miami , where worries about his young daughter and the potential effects of a divorce on her . tries to comfort while spends time with his daughter . and spend the night outside on a trampoline , promising to love each other and their daughter and have a happy home . 
 The next day , tells a story about her childhood house and her parents ( who were both killed in a car crash when she was 23 ) . Moved by her memory , they decide to settle in 's old family home on the Florida Panhandle . Realizing it is the place for them , they sit together happily , overlooking the water .

John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Jeff Daniels, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Allison Janney, Chris Messina, Catherine O'Hara, Paul Schneider, Jim Gaffigan, Melanie Lynskey, Josh Hamilton

and are best friends who have planned every detail of their weddings , since first witnessing a wedding 20 years ago at the Plaza Hotel . They both have made it a priority to be married in the same location in June . The two get engaged at the age of 26 , and are expected to be each other 's maid of honor . They schedule their weddings with New York 's most famous wedding planner , , but due to a clerical error they are scheduled to have a wedding on the same day , June 6 ( three and a half months later ) . 
 The two of them ask the 3rd bride , , to switch her date with but immediately refuses , resulting in getting in a fight with at her job , for which and are escorted out of the store . A week of passive- aggressive hostility passes before the two women make it clear that neither will compromise , especially after the headstrong hopes that 's passive nature would end their wait of who will surrender their date while rejects the suggestion of a double wedding as she wants a day that is all about herself rather than sharing everything with . 's fiancé , , begins to show signs of being controlling . The two women declare war after a slight misunderstanding that already set her wedding date , outraging who sets her date as well , which becomes aware of at their shared shower party . The two exchange threats and insults in front of their friends who decide not to take sides . 
 Both women attempt to sabotage each other 's wedding , including changing 's dance instructor , secretly sending candy to make her too fat to fit into her dress , making 's tan turn bright orange , tampering with 's hair dye to turn 's hair a shocking blue - white color , registering on Babies R Us as pregnant , and showing up to 's bachelorette party to out - dance her . and get into an argument regarding 's maniac behavior of sabotaging 's wedding and their friendship , including how has changed since they first met . and are shown to undergo strains in their relationship because of 's new found opinionated and confident trait , a depart from her usual people - pleasing characteristics . has learned to be more sensitive and expressive , which gives her a sense of relief to finally have the luxury of being able to let go and be less controlling . However , due to her stress about the wedding and strained friendship with , she ends up demoted . 
 Both brides - to - be are shown to be in the Plaza very shortly before they are due to be we d , separately . Right before leaves to begin her march to the altar , she encounters 's father and receives his blessing ; immediately she regrets setting up a wild spring break DVD to play at 's wedding . She sends her assistant to replace the DVD with the right one , filled with childhood memories . Thinking that the DVD is for a prank , he does not do so . Before the brides enter their respective venues , they share a moment of reconciliation as they both smile at each other . 
 begins her walk down the aisle but stops when the footage of her spring break is shown . She loses her temper and tackles after sprinting to the other section of the Plaza . The two brides wrestle in their dresses on the floor while the people closest to the brides having decided to let the brides resolve the problem . After tussling , and lie on the ground panting , and then make up . stands up and walks over to who is upset at 's behavior . tells him that she is not the same person he fell in love with ten years ago and that she has now changed , as it has been apparent that she learned to be more assertive . With that , the two tearfully call off their wedding . 's wedding resumes with participating and dancing with , 's brother and a well known magazine journalist . 
 The movie picks up a year later when and meet up for drinks , where it 's revealed that married . and also reveal to each other that they are pregnant and that their due dates are the same , March 3 , and both friends get excited .

( ) is a U.S. Marine captain , about to embark on his fourth combat deployment . He is a steadfast family man married to his high school sweetheart , ( ) , and he has two young daughters , ( ) and ( ) . 's brother ( ) is being released from jail for an armed robbery , before departs to Afghanistan in October 2007 . deploys and after a bit of time , news comes that 's Blackhawk helicopter has crashed during an operation in the Helmand Province , killing all of the Marines aboard . In reality , he and a hometown friend , Private ( ) , have been taken prisoner in a mountain village by Taliban fighters . 
 With gone , attempts to redeem himself in the eyes of his family by wrangling old friends to help with kitchen repairs for and the girls . slowly sheds her previous resentment towards her brother - in - law . As months pass , and bond over their mutual mourning , culminating in a passionate fireside kiss . They immediately regret it afterwards and do not take their attraction any further , though continues to win the favor of his nieces . Meanwhile , and are tortured by their captors , forced to make videotaped dismissals of the military and their mission , though only cracks . The captors eventually deem him useless and force , at gunpoint , to beat to death with a lead pipe . 
 Sometime later , is rescued by American forces . Once he returns home , drifts through a cold , paranoid daze , showing signs of severe post - traumatic stress disorder , due to the traumatic events he experienced in Afghanistan . Refusing to explain to his family what happened while he was there , also lies to 's widow that he does not know how died . His paranoia also leads him to believe and had a sexual relationship in his absence . During 's 6th birthday party at her grandparents ' home , a resentful and jealous claims that 's paranoid assumptions are true : That and slept together . After the family returns home , becomes enraged , destroying the newly remodeled kitchen with a crow bar and pulling a pistol on , who arrives and tries to calm his brother 's violent breakdown . 
 The police arrive , and after a violent confrontation in which holds the gun to his head and contemplates suicide , he reluctantly surrenders after a frantic plea from and . After the police arrest , he is admitted to a mental hospital . visits him and tells him that if he does not tell her what is tormenting him , he will lose her forever . Faced with this decision , finally opens up about the source of his pain , confiding in her that he killed and they embrace . A letter between husband and wife is read aloud , with wondering if he will be able to continue living a normal life .

16 - year - old and his best friend visit the Cirque Du freak . freak show . believes a performer , , is a vampire .. talks to after the show and asks to become a vampire . initially refuses but is talked into testing 's blood , that he spits out telling he has bad blood . furiously swears revenge and leaves . overhears everything because he has been hiding in a cupboard after stealing 's spider , Madam Octa . 
 When realizes that Madam Octa has been stolen , flees from the theater with hot on his trail . Outside there is a limo waiting for him , which he is told to get into . Inside he meets and mad . They drop off at his house where he sneaks back into his room . 
 At school is looking at Madam . sees him and grabs the cage to look too . Madam jumped at while he was holding the cage to look at it , startling and making him drop the cage and it escapes . After a chase by and Madam slips into 's shirt , bites him , and makes good its escape . Madam 's poisonous bite leaves in the hospital . asks for the antidote . In exchange for an antidote requires become a half - vampire and 's vampire assistant . agrees , but after gives the antidote reneges on his promise to become his assistant . Later , thinking of feeding off his sister , agrees to leave his family and join Cirque Du Freak as 's assistant . fakes his death and a funeral is held for him . 
 When digs up 's grave they are attacked by who wants to make a Vampaneze . After winning the fight and return to Cirque du Freak where meets the snake boy , , and , the monkey girl . Meanwhile , , still attempting suicide , is stopped by Mr. who offers him a chance to become a Vampaneze , like . Mr. tells that he is neither a vampire nor a Vampaneze , but someone with an interest in both . learns has not fed on humans yet and sends after him , knowing that he will be weak . escapes , so they kidnap and have tell to " come home " . 
 Mr. makes contact with and entices him to join his Vampaneze by playing on his resentments and insecurities . is turned into half - Vampaneze and then he and capture 's family . arrives home to find his family missing and a flier for Cirque du Freak . arrives at the theater , where and Steve are waiting for him . They fight , but is weak from not feeding . 
 arrives to fight . frees herself , while Mr. watches from the balcony . offers some of her blood . He eventually agrees and fights with using his new powers . stabs and with his dying words declares that the truce between the two clans is broken . and continue to fight , but stops them and turns into a Little Person . and then leave . 
 's family are hypnotized to have forgotten what happened to them . Left by themselves , and then share a long heartfelt kiss before being interrupted by Mr. . gives his own coffin , and accepts his new life as a member of the Cirque du Freak .

John C. Reilly, Ken Watanabe, Josh Hutcherson, Chris Massoglia, Michael Cerveris, Ray Stevenson, Patrick Fugit, Willem Dafoe, Salma Hayek

is a wannabe - scientist who lives in Swallow Falls , a tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that has sardines as the base of its economy . lives with , his widowed technophobic father , and his pet monkey , . Despite 's zealous enthusiasm , his inventions , including spray - on shoes , a remote controlled television , rat birds , hair - un - balder , and a flying car , all ended in failure . 
 then invents a machine that transforms water into food , called the " Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator " ( FLDSMDFR ) . turns on the FLDSMDFR in his laboratory , but ends up overloading the house 's electrical supply . He then decides to power the machine by hooking it up to a nearby power plant . When he turns the machine back on , it ends up rocketing through town , causing widespread damage , ultimately shooting up into the sky . While recovering from his failure , meets , a weather intern whose big break was foiled by 's actions . Their conversation is cut short when rainbow colored clouds float over the town and begin to rain cheeseburgers . 
 The town rejoices in their renewed food choices , and creates a communication device to send orders to the machine and order it to create different types of food . Swallow Falls ( now renamed Chewandswallow ) suddenly becomes a successful " food tourism " destination . Everything is going well until the townsfolk start greedily requesting food from 's machine . notices that the food is beginning to grow larger in size . Although he is concerned that the food is starting to " over mutate " , the now morbidly obese mayor sees it as profitable for him and the city , and guilts into continuing to make food rain . 
 Citizens and worldly tourists in Chewandswallow are blissful until suddenly a large tornado formed of spaghetti and meatballs threatens the town . rushes to his lab to turn the FLDSMDFR off and attempts to send a " kill code " to stop the machine , but the mayor , while trying to stop him by throwing a giant radish at him , accidentally destroys the communication device . With unable to control the machine , a massive food storm is created which threatens the world . When 's father encourages him to fix the mess , gains self - confidence , places the kill code in a USB flash drive , and builds a new flying car to reach and deactivate the FLDSMDFR , with the aid of , her cameraman , and ( namesake of the Baby Brent Sardine cannery ) . 
 As they approach the machine in the sky , they find that it is now at the core of a giant meatball , where clouds go in the top and a food hurricane comes out the bottom . The machine sends living food to attack them . In the chaos , the flash drive with the kill code is sucked by the wind out the window . 
 Back at Chewandswallow , the citizens and tourists escape while the last leftovers fall . Mt. Leftovers collapses , causing an avalanche of food that destroys the town . Despite the avalanche ravaging 's Lab , manages to re - send the kill code to 's cell phone from there . then goes inside the meatball , finds the machine , and connects the phone to a port . To his dismay , discovers that sent him the wrong file , so he is unable to stop the FLDSMDFR . then gets an idea and uses his Spray - On Shoes formula on the machine , causing it to explode . With the machine destroyed , the food storm subsides and everyone is able to return safely to Chewandswallow . finally shows his appreciation for his son and his inventions before and celebrate with a kiss . Meanwhile , the obese mayor is seen stranded in the middle of the sea , having eaten nearly all of his peanut butter and jelly sandwich boat , while muttering that his plans were not well thought out .

Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Bruce Campbell, Mr. T, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Benjamin Bratt, Neil Patrick Harris, Al Roker, Lauren Graham, Will Forte

is a shopping addict who lives with her best friend . She works as a journalist for a gardening magazine but dreams of joining the fashion magazine Alette . On the way to an interview with Alette , she buys a green scarf . Her credit card is declined , so goes to a hot dog stand and offers to buy all the hot dogs with a check , if the seller gives her back change in cash , saying the scarf is to be a gift for her sick aunt . This prompts a guy to give her the $ 20 she needs for the scarf . 
 When arrives at the interview , she 's told that the position has been filled internally . However , the receptionist tells her there is an open position with the magazine Successful Savings , explaining that getting a job at Successful Savings could eventually lead to a position at Alette magazine . interviews with , the editor of Successful Savings and the man who just gave her the $ 20 . She hides her scarf outside his office , but 's assistant comes into the office and gives it back to her . knows the game is up and leaves . 
 That evening , drunk , she and write letters to Alette and Successful Savings , but she mails each to the wrong magazine . likes the letter she meant to send to Alette and hires her . Rather than completing a work assignment for a new column , goes to a clothing sale . While inspecting a cashmere Gucci boots she has just purchased , she realizes it is not 100 % cashmere and she has been duped . This gives her an idea for the column , which she writes and submits to . When asked if the article is to be published using her name , refuses to use her real name and creates the name " The Girl in the Green Scarf " and it as well as the article became an instant success . 
 later returns home to renewed confrontations with her debt collector , , so makes her attend Shopaholics Anonymous . After one shopping spree she meets a friendly woman , Miss , only to learn that she is the group leader and forces to donate all the clothes she just bought , including a bridesmaid 's dress for 's wedding and a dress for a TV interview . After the meeting ca n't afford to buy back both and buys back the interview dress . During the interview , is in the audience and confronts . Successful Savings terminates 's column after the public confrontation for bringing discredit on the magazine and believing she is a risk for not paying debts . 
 is angry when she finds out that lost the bridesmaid dress , and feels she let everyone down . 's father , , is more sympathetic , making a remark that the United States has not fallen despite its gigantic national debt , and offers to sell his recreational vehicle to help her . declines his offer , saying that he earned the camper through years of hard work and saving , and that she will need to tackle her debts on her own . Alette offers a position at the magazine , but she declines . Meanwhile , starts a new company , Brandon Communications . 
 The members of Shopaholic Anonymous promote 's clothes sale , which generates a lot of revenue , but not enough to retire her debts . She finally sells her green scarf when a woman bids on it for $ 300 , making it possible for her to give all the cash to the debt collector , which she pays in pennies — to give it to him in the " most inconvenient way possible " . 
 attends 's wedding after reclaiming her bridesmaid dress , and forgives her . Walking past a window , she is tempted to buy a dress , but walks away . then runs into who returns the green scarf to her after revealing that the person who bought it at an auction was acting as his agent . becomes romantically involved with and starts working at his new company .

Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Joan Cusack, John Goodman, John Lithgow, Kristin Scott Thomas, Leslie Bibb

and her parents move from Pontiac , Michigan , to their new home in Ashland , Oregon , the dilapidated Pink Palace Apartments . Her eccentric new neighbors include Mr. , Miss and Miss , and , the grandson of the landlady . 
 gives a button - eyed ragdoll that resembles her . The doll then lures her to a small door in the living room , which is bricked up and can only be unlocked by a button key . That night , a mouse guides her through the door , where the bricks have been replaced by a corridor to the Other World , inhabited by button - eyed doppelgängers of people from her world . meets her Other Mother and Other Father , who are warmer and more attentive than her real parents . 
 After dinner , she goes to sleep in her Other Bedroom , but awakes in her real bedroom . Despite cryptic warnings from her neighbors , visits the Other World three times , where she meets the Other Mr. , the Other Miss Spink and Miss , and , who has been rendered mute . The cat is the same cat as in the real world , but is able to speak in the Other World . 
 The Other Mother invites to stay forever , but says a pair of buttons will have to be sewn over her eyes . Horrified , attempts to flee , but the Other Mother has blocked all the exits to the real world . The cat appears and reveals to her the sinister truth about the Other World and the Other Mother . The Other Mother suddenly grows tall and grotesque and imprisons her behind a mirror . There , meets the ghosts of previous victims , including the long - lost twin sister of 's grandmother . They tell her that the Other Mother , whom they refer to as the , created and sent button - eyed rag dolls that resembled them in order to spy on their lives . With the promise of a better life , she lured them into the Other World , where she sewed buttons over their eyes and consumed their lives . To free their souls , their real eyes need to be found . promises to help . 
 is suddenly rescued from the mirror by the Other Wybie . He helps her escape back to the real world , but discovers that her parents are missing . She eventually deduces that they have been kidnapped by the . The cat advises to propose a " game " : if can not find her parents and the ghosts ' eyes , she will let buttons be sewn over her eyes , but if she can , they will all be set free . The reluctantly agrees . 
 One by one , finds the ghosts ' eyes in the Other World , now turned nightmarish , from its deranged inhabitants . As she does , the Other Pink Palace Apartments ' surroundings gradually disintegrate until only the living room is left . Inside , sees the in her arachnoid form . Warned that the will never let them go , she tricks her into unlocking the door . While the is distracted , finds her parents trapped in a snow globe , grabs it , and throws the cat at the 's face . The struggling cat rips her button eyes out . escapes into the corridor and slams and locks the door shut on the 's hand , severing it . Her parents reappear in the real world , with no memory of what happened . That night , the ghosts warn her to get rid of the button key to prevent the from accessing the real world . As prepares to drop it down the well , the severed hand attacks her and tries to drag her back to the Other World . smashes it with a rock , then throws the pieces and the key into the well and seals it shut . 
 The next day , and her parents , who have finally finished their work , host a garden party for the neighbors . also prepares to tell Mrs. the truth about her twin sister .

Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Ian McShane, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French

, a dealer for Guitar Hero , and , a stay - at - home mom , are a typical couple raising two young children in the suburbs of Chicago . They experience various stresses including redecorating their house and raising their kids . and are high school sweethearts with a smart but naive teenage daughter named . Their relationship is on the rocks and they are even considering a divorce once goes off to college . and are a neurotic couple who 've experienced multiple failed attempts to conceive , and , recently divorced from his wife , has a much younger twenty - year - old girlfriend , . 
 At 's son 's birthday party , and , using a PowerPoint presentation , announce their troubled marriage and they are considering divorce because they can not have a baby . As a last - ditch effort , they have found a couples therapy resort named Eden . A deal called the Pelican Package is half the normal cost if they can get three other couples to join them . In their presentation , they show beautiful pictures of sunlit beaches and beautiful locations . They also assure the others that the couples therapy is purely optional . 
 and discuss their inability to go because of childcare responsibilities and decline the trip . In the middle of the night , their home security alarm is activated when shows up unexpectedly to further sell the idea of the retreat . The commotion wakes the kids , who have overheard their parents ' conversations of not being able to go because of them . Fearing that their parents are contemplating divorce , the kids have already arranged for 's father , Grandpa to babysit so their parents can go to Eden . 
 The retreat proves to be divided into Eden West and Eden East . West is for couples and uses the tagline " Stay Together " . East is for singles and uses the tagline " Come Together " . East and West attendees are not allowed to intermingle . 
 Upon arrival at Eden West , the four couples are shown their villas . At dinner , resort host informs them that couples therapy , which starts at 6 a.m. , is actually mandatory . If any couple fails to attend , it will be taken as an indication that they want to leave , and a refund for Eden will be given , although not for their airfare . The group debates what to do . After an indulgent dinner with many delicacies , they decide to put up with " a couple of hours " of therapy in order to enjoy the other amenities of the resort . 
 In the morning , each couple meets with an assigned therapist . All four couples learn that they have problems , even and , who thought they were fine . They endure resort owner 's unusual methods , including swimming with and feeding lemon sharks and yoga sessions with amorous instructor . 
 On the fourth night , escapes to Eden East . The other seven , encouraged by who is unsatisfied with his marriage , leave to find her . Following an argument between and , the men and women split up . As they try to find their way to the resort , the men end up arguing and pointing out each other 's marriage mistakes . 
 The women run into who takes them to Eden East . The men come across the staff lounge where they find playing Guitar Hero . He threatens to report them to , but challenges him to the game ( without telling that he is involved in the game 's production ) . , after having lost the wager , directs them to Eden East , even though he knows he was tricked by . 
 When they arrive , realizes what a good thing he has with . He goes with her to be alone at a waterfall . finds with and knocks him out , reuniting with his wife . and share drinks and end up becoming intimate . runs into his ex - wife , who admits she still loves him . tells to remain in Eden East and enjoy being single , then leaves with his ex - wife . All four couples return to Eden West . 
 , seeing that the couples have worked out their problems , frees them from the therapy and allows them to go jet skiing , and with that , really enjoy the rest of their vacation .

Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Jason Bateman, Faizon Love, Kristin Davis, Malin Åkerman, Kristen Bell, Kali Hawk, Jean Reno

Immediately after the events of the previous film , ( ) lands in the middle of an intersection after falling out of a helicopter . He is scooped off the street via snow shovel by a group of Chinese medics and removed from the scene . wakes up in a makeshift hospital and sees doctors removing his heart while ( ) watches . The doctors place 's heart in a white cooler with a padlock , and place a clear plastic artificial heart in his chest . He wakes up sometime later and escapes . He notices a yellow battery pack is attached to him . After a gunfight and interrogation of a thug , he learns the location of : the Cypress Social Club . 
 calls ( ) , who says that Chev has been fitted with an AbioCor artificial heart . informs that once the external battery pack runs out , the internal battery will kick in and he will have 60 minutes before it stops working . While driving Chev crashes his car which destroys his external battery pack . After getting directions from a driver , has the driver use his jumper cables on him . At the club , Chev loses but picks up a hooker named ( ) who sends him to a strip club where is hiding out . In the club , Chev finds ( ) , now a stripper ( It is humorously revealed that the phone call made to while falling to his supposed death at the end of Crank was completely incomprehensible due to the wind rushing by , and the farewell he had left on her answering machine was merely how he imagined it would sound ) . A group of Mexican mobsters , led by , show up looking for . After a gunfight , learns that a mobster named " El Hurón " ( " The Ferret " ) wants to kill him , but he does n't find out why . 
 Outside of the strip club , commandeers a police cruiser with and another stripper . The stripper tells that he should look at the Hollywood Racetrack for . Along the way , meets ( , who reveals himself to be 's brother ( and unable to completely control his body due to " full - body Tourettes . " ) Wanting his help , he tells that El Huron was involved in his brother 's death , but escaped . At the horse track Chev begins losing energy again . Another call to informs him that friction will cause static electricity to power the internal battery . Chevy 's attempts to generate electricity by rubbing himself against members of the audience prove ineffective , but later arrives and they have sex on the racetrack , which generates enough friction to charge the heart . Chev spots and leaves behind . escapes , and is about to be subdued by security when picks up in his limo . He informs that there is an ancient and prominent leader in the Triads named ( ) , who was in need of a heart transplant and chose Chev 's to replace his . kills and his henchmen upon learning that wishes to return him to for a reward . Meanwhile , calls in Orlando ( ) to assist in tracking down El Huron . 
 While searching for , boards an ambulance and steals a battery pack for his artificial heart . exits the ambulance upon seeing on the street outside and a shootout ensues before subdues . discovers that 's red cooler does n't contain his heart ( it actually contains something that finds utterly disgusting but is never specified in the film ) . He then learns via cellphone from that his heart has already been transplanted into ( who is shown using it to engage in various acts of revelry and depravity ) . is shot and killed by as questions him , after which is knocked unconscious . Doc uses his secretary , , to lure into his apartment and retrieve 's heart . 
 has a flashback seeing himself as a young boy , being interrogated by his mother ( ) and ( ) on the show about his violent attitude and his already extensive criminal activities . 
 is taken to an island where El Huron awaits . It is revealed that El Huron is , in fact , the brother of and , both of whom killed in the first film . He reveals head is being kept alive long enough to watch El Huron kill . El Huron is about to kill when , and show up , each with their own group of gunfighters , and a fierce gunfight ensues . kicks disembodied head in the nearby swimming pool . engages El Huron in a fight before he can kill . As he starts to slow down , climbs a nearby electric pole and grabs a pair of live wires to recharge . He is flung off the pole and set on fire by the massive current . He returns fully powered and on fire , just in nick of time to save Venus , and kills El Huron . Due to a hallucination caused by the electric currents , he sees as and kisses her , inadvertently setting her on fire as well . walks towards the camera , giving the middle finger to the audience . 
 During the first portion of the end credits , Doc replaces 's heart . At first it looks like a failure , but 's eyes open wide and his heart monitor indicates normal activity , indicating that the transplant was successful .

Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Clifton Collins, Jr., Efren Ramirez, Dwight Yoakam, Reno Wilson, Bai Ling, David Carradine

( ) is a 57 - year - old alcoholic singer - songwriter who was once a country music star . He now earns a modest living by singing and playing his guitar in small town bars across the southwestern United States . Having a history of failed marriages ( four that he admits to , although a reference is made to a fifth he does not discuss ) is without a family . He has a son , aged 28 , with whom he has not had contact in 24 years . He is mostly on the road performing , staying in cheap motels and travelling in his old ' 78 Suburban alone . The film opens with his arrival at a bowling alley for a show . 
 Enter ( ) , a young journalist after a story , divorced and with a four - year - old son , ( ) . She interviews one evening after his gig , and then as they become close , visits again ostensibly to gather more material , and the two enter into a relationship . and her son become a catalyst for beginning to get his life back on track . In doing so , he lets himself be pushed into renewing a professional relationship with ( ) , a popular and successful country music star he once mentored , and plays as the opening act at one of 's concerts , despite his initial balking and wounded pride at being the opening act to his former student . He asks to record an album with him , but says his record company insists on a couple more solo albums before a duet project can be recorded . He instead suggests that concentrate on writing new songs that can record solo , telling him he writes better songs than anyone else . 
 's drinking soon gets out of control , and he ends up running off the road while driving drunk . In the hospital , the doctor informs him that although he only sustained a broken ankle from the crash , he is slowly killing himself , and must stop drinking and smoking and lose 25 pounds if he wants to live more than a few more years . 's relationship with makes him start to rethink his life . He calls up his son to make amends , only to have his son tell him that his mother , 's ex - wife , has died , and hang up on him . The relationship starts to look up , with visiting him with her son . After a situation where loses briefly at a shopping mall while drinking at a bar , breaks up with him . 
 After losing and her son , who were becoming his only family , resolves to quit drinking . After going through a treatment program at a rehab center , and with support from his Alcoholics Anonymous group and his old friend ( ) , finally manages to get sober . Having cleaned up his act , he tries to reunite with , but she tells him that the best thing he can do for her and is to leave them alone . After losing , finishes writing a song that he thinks is his best ever , " The Weary Kind " , and sells it to . 
 Sixteen months later , plays " The Weary Kind " to an appreciative audience while watches backstage , as his manager presents him with another of the large royalty checks for the song . As is leaving , approaches him , saying she has come to the show as writer for a large music publication . As they catch up , sees an engagement ring on 's finger and tells her that she deserves a good man . He offers her the money from that royalty check for to have for his 18th birthday , which initially refuses but eventually accepts after says the song would not exist without them . asks if would like to see again , but declines saying it might be too unsettling for the boy . The film ends with asking for another interview , leaving the viewer to wonder if they might rekindle the relationship ; they walk away , happily , chatting with each other .

After immigrant is deported , ICE / Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent takes care of her little son and brings him to the boy 's grandparents in Mexico . Later the woman is found dead near the border . returns to the grandparents to tell them the bad news . 
 , a 15 - year - old girl from Bangladesh , presents a paper at school promoting that people should try to understand the 9/11 hijackers . The school principal reports this to authorities . FBI agents raid the home and ransack the girl 's room , reading her diaries and a school assignment on the ethics of suicide ; they criticize her room as " too austere " and note that she has an account on an Islamic website . The profiler says this makes her look like a would - be suicide bomber . is not charged for this , but it turns out that she stays in the United States illegally . She was born in Bangladesh and brought to the United States at age three . 's continued presence jeopardizes her chances and puts at risk her two younger siblings , who are US citizens because they were born in the country . , the immigration defense attorney , suggests that instead of the whole family 's being deported , can leave for Bangladesh with her mother while the rest of the family stays in the U.S. 
 , an immigration examiner / officer , gets into a car accident with , an aspiring actress from Australia . Realizing that she is in the country illegally , makes an arrangement with whereby she will have unlimited sex with him for two months in exchange for a green card . When eventually says he wants to leave his wife for , she makes it clear that she holds him in contempt and is only sleeping with him for the green card . In a moment of clarity , exempts from completing the three months and arranges for her to get her green card in the mail . Special Agents from the ICE / Office of Inspector General eventually confront about the suspiciousness in her immigration paperwork , and she admits to the sexual arrangement she had with and leaves the country " voluntarily " . is arrested by ICE / OIG for corruption . His wife adopts a little girl from Nigeria , who has already been in the detention center for 23 months . 
 has a colleague , . His family disapproves of his sister 's having sex with , a married man . Encouraged by his father , ( 's brother ) plans to scare the couple , but things get out of hand : he shoots both of them , and goes to , who helps him hide the evidence . slowly suspects 's involvement as the film progresses . 
 worked in a copy shop and made extra money by providing counterfeit immigration papers . had previously paid him for false papers before she had made her arrangement with . But when was killed , the authorities discovered her documents among his belongings , leading the immigration team to examine 's case more closely . 
 South Korean teenager is about to be naturalized with the rest of his family , but he has started to hang out with a bad crowd and ultimately participates in a convenience store robbery to " pop his cherry " with his gang . happens to be at the same convenience store and kills the other robbers but ( due to his own guilt over his involvement in his sister 's death ) lets go free . 
 , 's boyfriend and an atheist Jewish musician from the United Kingdom , pretends to be a religious Jew in order to get a job at a Jewish school , which allows him to stay in the U.S. When reporting to an immigration office , the immigration examiner / officer makes him demonstrate his familiarity with the Jewish religion in front of a rabbi visiting for other purposes – chants poorly but the rabbi gives his approval . After the test , in private , the rabbi requires to bring his " wonderful " voice to temple and to take lessons from him to eliminate the deficiencies in his knowledge . 
 investigates 's sister and sister 's boyfriend 's murders . He finds proof of 's guilt in the murders and 's guilt in the cover - up . Disgusted by 's and 's actions he turns the evidence over to the Los Angeles Police Department . The LAPD arrests for two counts of murder and as an accessory to two murders after the fact .

Harrison Ford, Sean Penn, Jim Sturgess, Ashley Judd, Alice Eve, Alice Braga, Cliff Curtis, Summer Bishil, Ray Liotta

A successful Manhattan couple , lawyer ( ) and estate agent ( ) , are separated due to 's infidelity . After dinner one night , and witness the murder of one of 's real estate clients . As a result , they become targets of contract killer ( ) and must enter the Witness Protection Program . 
 and are relocated to the small town of Ray , Wyoming and placed temporarily under the protection of husband and wife / sheriff and deputy , and ( and ) . For their own safety , they are permitted no outside contact via telephone or e - mail . They have trouble adjusting to small - town life , but after a perilous encounter with a bear and awkward attempts at shooting rifles , chopping wood , and horseback riding , they eventually adjust and begin assisting the local citizens professionally . Meanwhile , neither of their assistants back in New York City know their whereabouts . plants a bug at 's office and in her assistant 's purse , hoping to gain information , which is eventually successful . 
 attempts to call but 's assistant stops her by kissing her , which she responds to by tasering him . and go on a " date " in town and begin to reconcile , but then is heartbroken when he learns that had a one - night stand with one of their acquaintances during their separation . The next day , with in town unbeknownst to them , the anticipate leaving for a permanent hiding place . The invite them to a rodeo , but the Morgans are at loggerheads , so they decline . Leaving the Morgans without any form of security , the leave for the rodeo . tries to attack the house but is accosted by a bear , which gives the Morgans time to escape . They flee on horseback to the rodeo to seek help . follows them to the rodeo , they spot him and hide in a bull suit . However , they end up in the ring with a bull , which then charges them , injuring . , unable to walk , stays hidden from while impulsively confronts him with a canister of bear repellent spray . accidentally sprays himself in the face , alerting who then holds at gun - point . The are rescued by the and their new friends from the town . 
 Six months later , and Adam are in a committed relationship while and have repaired their marriage . They have an adopted baby girl from China , named in honor of the Wyoming town , and is pregnant with their biological child living happily together in New York City .

Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Elliott, Mary Steenburgen, Elisabeth Moss, Wilford Brimley, Michael Kelly

In 1982 , an alien ship hovers over Johannesburg . When investigation teams enter , they discover a population of malnourished extraterrestrials , thereafter nicknamed " prawns " . The South African government confines the aliens to District 9 , a government camp . In 2010 , following unrest between the aliens and locals , the government hires private military company Multinational United ( MNU ) to relocate the aliens to a new camp . , an MNU executive , appoints , a nebbish Afrikaner bureaucrat , to lead the relocation . The relocation uses bribes of cat food , which is addictive for the aliens . 
 Three aliens — , his son , and a friend — are seen scavenging pieces of alien technology , from which they finish distilling a fluid which they collect in a small canister . During an inspection , discovers and confiscates the canister from the shack of 's friend , but accidentally sprays some of the fluid onto his own face , which causes him to have a momentary seizure . 's friend is subsequently killed by , a mercenary soldier employed by MNU . 
 ' body tissue begins to mutate into alien tissue . He is detained and transported to MNU headquarters for brutal experimentation , where researchers and officials discover that his chimeric DNA grants him the ability to use his transformed arm to wield alien weapons . overpowers them and escapes the facility . and his men hunt down , while a smear story is broadcast , one that reaches his wife , , claiming that is a wanted fugitive who has contracted a sexually transmitted disease from anal intercourse with prawns . 
 finds refuge in District 9 and learns that is hiding the command module of their spacecraft and the canister 's fluid would be able to reactivate the command module and the dormant mothership . He claims he can reverse ' mutation in the mothership . To recover the canister from MNU headquarters , obtains alien weapons from District 9 Nigerian arms dealer and his gang . They use these to assault the headquarters , retrieve the canister , and flee to District 9 . 
 decides to return to his home planet for help and explains that he can not undo ' mutation until he returns in three years . Enraged , knocks out and attempts to fly the command module to the mothership , but is almost immediately shot down by and his men . They capture and , but 's gang attacks the convoy and seize . 
 's son activates the mothership and an alien mechanized battle suit in 's base , using it to kill and his men . uses the suit to rescue , who promises to return in three years with a cure for . kills all the attacking soldiers before cripples the suit ; ejecting . As he corners a heavily injured , a group of aliens protect by killing . The command module is lifted into the mothership and and his son leave Earth . 
 A series of news broadcasts are shown about the potential return of the spacecraft and ' whereabouts . MNU 's illegal experiments are exposed and District 9 is demolished . finds a metal flower on her doorstep , giving her hope that is still alive . The final scene shows a fully transformed in a junkyard , crafting a similar flower .

In 1969 , Pasadena , California , a couple seeks the aid of the medium , saying their son has been hearing evil spirits ' voices after stealing a silver necklace from a “ gypsy wagon ” . aids the family by carrying out a seance , but they were attacked by an unseen force ( revealed later to be ) that pulls the boy into Hell . The medium says she will encounter the force again one day . 
 In present - day Los Angeles , bank loan officer hopes to be promoted to assistant manager over her co - worker . Her boss , , advises her to demonstrate that she can make tough decisions to get a promotion . is visited by an elderly woman , , who asks for a third extension on her mortgage payment . Despite knowing is on a fixed income , and that she suffers from medical ailments , denies an extension to prove herself to her boss . begs not to repossess her house and kneels in front of her . becomes frightened of the woman 's persistence , desperate pleading as she is helping her to stand up and calls security , who take away while blames for " shaming " her and vows to take revenge . compliments on how she handled the situation , and embellishes his positive statements , alluding to a promotion . 
 When leaves work and gets to the parking garage to drive home , , hiding in the backseat , attacks in her car . Despite sustaining what should be fatal injuries , rips a button off 's coat and uses it to place a curse on . Later , and her boyfriend meet fortune teller , who tells that she is being haunted by a dark spirit , likely the result of a curse . At home , is attacked by the entity and has repulsive nightmares about . At work the next day , after hallucinating flies buzzing in her stomach and ’s hands in place of ’s , snaps at and has a projectile nose bleed that soaks her boss in blood . She runs out of the office , and in the occurring panic , steals a file from 's desk . 
 goes to talk to for forgiveness in efforts to lift the curse . ’s granddaughter answers the door , skeptical of ’s remorse , and finds that can not lift the curse , seeing as has died , and her granddaughter was hosting the funeral / viewing for her in the basement . 
 returns to , who explains that as long as is the owner of an accursed object , she will be haunted by a powerful demon called the Lamia ( loosely based on the Greek Lamia , a child eating demon ) , that will torment her for three days before taking her to Hell for eternity . He suggests a sacrifice to appease the demon . Desperate to stop the attacks , reluctantly sacrifices her pet kitten . At a dinner party , she meets ’s parents for the first time , . She is again tormented by the , plagued with grotesque hallucinations like bugs appearing in a cake she bought for the night , and auditory illusions which cause her to scream abruptly and frighten and his parents . 
 returns to who says that will risk her life to stop the demon for a fee of $ 10,000 . prepares a seance to trap the 's spirit in a goat and kill it , and then allows the to inhabit her body . tries to persuade it not to steal 's soul , but it vows never to stop until dies . then places hand on the goat , causing the spirit to enter its body . assistant , , attempts to kill the goat , but is bitten by the goat and becomes possessed and attacks the members of the seance . banishes the from the seance , but dies in the process . thinks the medium has overcome the , but explains that she only managed to drive the spirit away until the next day . Then , he seals the cursed button in an envelope and tells that she can get rid of the curse by giving the button to someone as a gift , thereby passing the curse on to that person . 
 decides to give the envelope to in revenge for his stealing her work , but changes her mind after seeing how pathetic is when he meets up with her . With guidance from , learns that she can give it back to even though she is dead . digs up 's grave , and after struggling momentarily with the corpse , “ formally ” gives back the button , and callously jams the envelope in ’s mouth just in time before dawn , seemingly ending the curse . 
 returns home and prepares to meet at Los Angeles Union Station for a weekend trip . She gets a message from her boss telling her that she landed her dream position after confessed to stealing her work and was fired . At the station , buys a coat that she has been wanting as a sign of a new beginning . , planning to propose , reveals to that he found the envelope containing the cursed button in his car ; then realizes she mixed up her envelope with another that she gave to when she accidentally dropped it and that the curse was never lifted . Horrified , backs away and falls onto the tracks . As looks on , unable to reach , a train barrels towards her , while fiery hands suddenly emerge from the tracks and drag into what looks like the pits of Hell . , holding the button in his hand at the edge of the train platform , with tears rolling down his face , stares at the tracks in utter disbelief and horror .

Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Dileep Rao, David Paymer, Adriana Barraza

Five years ago . ( ) , an MI6 agent , meets ( ) , a CIA agent , at a party in Dubai . He is unaware of her identity and attempts to seduce her . drugs him and steals classified documents from him . 
 Three years later in Rome . and meet for the first time since Dubai and spend several days together at a posh hotel . They imagine leaving their government jobs for work in an intensely competitive area in the private sector . They contemplate using their skills in intelligence to enrich themselves . After exploring possibilities over several months , including companies vying for the market in double - crust pizza , they settle on cosmetics and personal hygiene . How they will turn their positions to their advantage is unclear even to them , but they will be ready when the opportunity presents itself . 
 accepts a job in counter - intelligence at Burkett & Randle . After more than a year , takes a position in intelligence at Equikrom , where he will act as the handler and as one of his agents . 
 Aware that 's new employer will be spying on him to assess his loyalty , he and first practice how they will pretend to be meeting in New York for the first time since Dubai , reprising much of the dialog of their actual encounter in Rome . They are unaware that 's employers at Burkett & Randle are spying on her and hear this rehearsal , which blows her cover . Burkett & Randle CEO ( ) decides to keep in her job , even though she is a mole , and to manipulate her in his rivalry with Equikrom . 
 and , working as mole and handler , reprise the dialog yet again and , as they anticipated , 's employer is listening in and is persuaded that is loyal . 
 Throughout the weeks that follow , and remain wary of one another . Both are experienced in double - dealing and despite their romantic connection and plans to escape with new identities once this operation is complete , neither is entirely free of the other 's suspicion . 
 makes a speech to his intelligence team , including , that paints his company as the innovator defending itself from duplicity and theft . He underscores how the unannounced new product makes vigilance even more urgent . He and others in his organization plant information that they know she and the intelligence team at Equikrom will steal as they try to understand what that " major development " might be . 
 provides a copy of this speech to Equikrom CEO Dick Garsik ( ) , who plots to steal whatever Burkett & Randle has developed . His team , including , devote themselves to stealing information from Burkett & Randle 's offices , in the course of which seduces one of their travel office employees and he and several others visit a casino in the Bahamas . 
 Thanks to information from , is able to appear a hero to her employers , catching Equikrom 's spying activities after the fact or preventing them in some measure in the Bahamas . at Burkett & Randle pretends to be impressed , thanks for successfully defending the company 's new product , and he reveals to her that it is a cure for baldness . She informs at Equikrom , who leaves for a shareholders meeting in Las Vegas expecting she will obtain the chemical formula and he will announce the new development to his shareholders before Burkett & Randle goes public with the information . 
 Excitement builds as the Equikrom team , using as their principal source inside their rival 's offices , succeed in acquiring a copy of the formula . and rendezvous at the Zürich Airport , each with a copy of the formula that they plan to sell to a Swiss company for $ 35 million . At the same time , tells his shareholders that they are in the final stages of testing for a product that cures baldness . The formula , the Swiss announce to and , is not what they think , just a harmless lotion . They in turn are disappointed , but impressed by how completely they were manipulated . They have only each other now , and a thank you bottle of champagne from Tully .

( ) is the owner and founder of Reynolds Extract , a flavoring - extracts company . Although his business is successful , his marriage lacks passion . It does not help that he is also often accosted by his annoying neighbor , ( ) . One day , a series of mishaps occur at the extract factory , resulting in an employee , ( ) , losing a testicle . ( ) , a con artist and drifter , reads a news story about the accident . Hatching a get - rich - quick scheme , she gets a temporary job at the factory , flirting with in order to manipulate him into giving her more information about Step . She also begins a series of petty thefts from her co - workers , who openly accuse each other of the thefts . Although initially decides not to sue the company , he changes his mind after a " chance meeting " with ( that she sets up in order to meet and flirt with him ) . Under 's influence , Step hires ambulance chaser attorney ( ) . 
 , unhappy in his marriage and mistaking 's manipulations for genuine attraction to him , entertains the idea of an affair with ; however , he still loves his wife , and wants to avoid actions that would leave him with regrets later . While visiting his friend ( ) and complaining about his situation , suggests that hire a gigolo to seduce his wife , so that can then have a guilt - free " revenge " affair . initially balks at the idea ; but , after his judgment is impaired after ingesting a ketamine tablet that mistakenly told him was just a Xanax , eventually agrees . The friends hire ( ) to seduce his wife ( ) into an affair , while posing as the pool cleaner . The next morning , sobers up , realizes what he has done , and tries to stop from going to his house ; but by then , and have already begun an affair . Things backfire further , as falls in love with and wants to run away with her . After smoking marijuana with and his friend , attempts to call , but soon realizes that he is calling 's number . Just then , walks into the apartment . realizes that is trying to get with [ who lives with ] , and , infuriated , punches in the face . 
 meets with and his associates , in the factory office , to discuss the terms of the settlement for Step . The workers , believing that the meeting is about a buy - out of the factory by General Mills , organize a strike . Frustrated by 's uncompromising negotiating style and the growing disrespect from his employees , storms out and goes home — where admits her affair with to him . admits to that he hired Brad to do it , then leaves after arguing with his wife . 
 moves into a motel , where he spots , staying in another room . When he goes to her room , he notices a purse stolen from one of his employees , along with other stolen items , and realizes that is not only a thief , but is also behind a lot of the company 's problems . threatens to call the police , but softens when breaks down in tears . promises to talk to and get him to drop the lawsuit . Ultimately , the two spend the night together . The next morning , disappears , but leaves the stolen items behind . 
 meets with at the factory , where he offers to drop the lawsuit if promotes him to floor manager . Meanwhile , while cleaning the pool herself , stops by and loses her temper , finally telling him what she really thinks of him and all the things probably wanted to say to him , and just as she finishes her tirade , he collapses and dies . Feeling guilty , attends the funeral , where she runs into . After a few awkward moments , the two agree to share a ride later , hinting at a possible reconciliation . It is revealed that has scammed , too : she steals his luxury car , leaving him Step 's truck in its place .

Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Kristen Wiig, J. K. Simmons, Ben Affleck

While raiding Berk 's Squab Farm , Mr. and his wife trigger a fox trap and become caged . reveals to that she is pregnant and pleads with him to find a safer job if they escape . reluctantly agrees . 
 Two years later , the and their sullen son are living in a hole . , now a newspaper columnist , moves the family into a better home in the base of a tree , ignoring the warnings of his lawyer about how dangerous the area is for foxes . The tree is located very close to facilities run by three farmers : , , and . 
 Soon after the move in , 's nephew comes to live with them , as his father has fallen ill with double pneumonia . finds this situation intolerable ; his soft - spoken cousin is apparently superior to him at almost everything , and everyone – including and 's female fox friend , – is charmed by at 's expense . Longing for his days as a thief , and his friend steal produce and poultry from the three farms . 
 Angered , the farmers decide to kill . They camp out near his home . When emerges , the farmers open fire , but only shoot off his tail . They then attempt to dig out . After demolishing the site of the tree , the farmers discover the have dug an escape tunnel . Reasoning that the will have to surface for food and water eventually , the farmers wait at the tunnel mouth . Underground , is upset that returned to his thieving ways . The group later encounters and many other local animal residents whose homes have also been destroyed by the farmers . As the animals begin fearing starvation , leads them on a digging expedition to tunnel to the three farms , robbing them clean . 
 While the other animals feast , and begin to reconcile after defends from a bully . The cousins return to 's farm , intending to reclaim Mr. 's tail . When they are interrupted by the arrival of 's wife , escapes , but is captured . Discovering that has stolen their produce , the farmers flood the animals ' tunnel network with cider . 
 The flood forces the animals into the sewers , trapping them . learns that the farmers plan to use to lure him into an ambush and heads to the surface to surrender , which would mean his demise . The animals are confronted by , 's security guard , who attacks and . Hearing his son 's cries , returns and fights in an electrical room until pushes him into an electric generator , electrocuting him . Before dying , confesses 's location . asks the farmers for a meeting in town near the sewer hub where he would surrender in exchange for 's freedom . The farmers set up an ambush , but and the others anticipate it and launch a counterattack . 
 , , and slip into 's farm . frees and braves enemy fire to release a rabid beagle named to keep the farmers at bay . The animals become accustomed to living in the sewers with others considering moving in . and settle their differences and become good friends . leads his family , , and to a drain opening built into the floor of a supermarket owned by the three farmers . 
 Celebrating their new food source and the news that is pregnant again , the animals dance .

( ) is a middle - aged retired stand - up comedian turned movie star . Despite his wealth he is disillusioned and depressed as most of his recent film work is low - brow and poorly received . He is diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and offered an experimental treatment that has only an 8 % chance of therapeutic response . Believing he is about to die , he returns to his roots of stand - up comedy . 
 ( ) is an aspiring stand - up comedian in his 20s who shares an apartment with his two best friends , and ( and ) . is a lead in his own TV comedy series and makes good money . is a rising comedy star and guest star for a recurring role on 's TV show . meets at a small comedy club and hires him as his assistant . becomes one of 's only close relationships . The two travel around the country , hires as his personal assistant and joke writer and opens for him in the big comedy clubs , often meeting with real life comedians who play themselves and talk about the business of comedy . 
 reconnects with his ex - fiancée , ( ) who is currently married to ( ) . George′s physician tells him that the leukemia is in remission . decides he wants back . invites and to her house in Marin County while her husband is away on business . and spend quality time with and her two young daughters . and sneak off to have sex , but returns home and there is an altercation . 
 The plot of the movie now concerns whether will choose her husband , , who she suspects has cheated on her ( he later confirms he received a happy ending at a massage parlor ) , or ( who also cheated on her many times ) . is not always on 's side in the love triangle , so when it does n't go 's way in the end , he fires , who then calls out on having learned nothing from his near - death experience . 
 returns to his old food - service job . After some time has passed , attends 's stand - up act and sees that his old assistant has become a talented and competent performer . The next day , finds at work and they reconnect as friends , telling each other jokes as equals .

Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen, Leslie Mann, Eric Bana, Jonah Hill, RZA, Jason Schwartzman

In the near future , weapons master ( ) has created a nanotech - based weapon – nanomites designed to devour metal and other materials , capable of destroying anything from tanks to cities . The nanobots can only be stopped by activating the kill switch . His company M.A.R.S. sells four warheads to NATO , and NATO troops led by American soldiers ( ) and ( ) are asked to deliver the warheads . Their convoy is ambushed by the Baroness ( ) , whom recognizes to be his ex - fiancee . and are rescued by ( ) , ( ) , Breaker ( ) , and Heavy Duty ( ) . They take the warheads to The Pit , G.I. Joe 's command center in Egypt , and upon arriving , rendezvous with the head of the G.I. Joe Team , General ( ) . takes command of the warheads and excuses and , only to be convinced to let them join his group , after reveals that he knows the Baroness . 
 is revealed to be using the same nanotechnology to build an army of soldiers with the aid of the Doctor ( ) , planning on using the warheads to cause worldwide panic and bring about a new world order . Using a tracking device , locates the G.I. Joe base and sends ( ) and the Baroness to retrieve the warheads , with assistance from ( ) . 
 After a fight , and the Baroness retrieve the warheads and take them to Baron , the Baroness 's husband , for him to weaponize . Making their way to Paris , the pursue the Baroness and , but are unsuccessful in stopping them from launching one of the missiles . The missile hits the Eiffel Tower and releases the nanomites in it , destroying the tower and some of the surrounding area before manages to hit the kill switch . However , in so doing , he is captured and taken to 's base under the Arctic . 
 The Joes locate the secret base and fly there , as loads three missiles with nanowarheads , which are aimed for Beijing , Moscow , and Washington , DC , the world 's three most important cities . He intends to do this to strike fear into the hearts of every man , woman , and child on the planet , after which they will turn to the person with the most power in the world , the President of the United States . After Snake Eyes takes out one missile , destroys the remaining two by using a stolen M.A.R.S. prototype Night Raven jet , while Scarlett , Breaker , and Snake Eyes infiltrate the base . Snake Eyes duels and prevails over Storm Shadow . learns that the Doctor is , 's brother , believed to have been killed by a mistimed airstrike during a mission led by ( also the origin of the alienation between and ) . had encountered Doctor ( ) in the bunker and was seduced by the nanomite technology , taking too long to retrieve the data and getting caught in the bombing , which disfigured him . After freeing Duke , the Baroness is subdued , as the Doctor reveals he has implanted her with nanomites , which has put her under his control for the past four years . Attempting to kill , ends up being burned , so the Doctor and he flee to an escape vessel . and the Baroness pursue him while the fall back ; when the Doctor activates the base 's self - destruct sequence , which involves ' blowing the ice cap ' to create blocks of ice which then nearly crush the . 
 The Doctor assumes the identity of the Commander , having healed 's burned face with nanomites , encasing it in silver and naming him " " , which places under the Commander 's control . They are captured by soon after . On the supercarrier USS Flagg , the Baroness is placed in protective custody until they can remove the nanomites from her body . Meanwhile , , having had his physical appearance altered by nanomites , infiltrates the White House during the missile crisis and assumes the identity of the President of the United States of America ( ) , thus completing a part of 's plan to rule the world .

Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Saïd Taghmaoui, Jonathan Pryce, Rachel Nichols, Sienna Miller, Lee Byung-hun, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

In 2034 , computer programmer ( ) invents self - replicating nanites that replace brain tissue and allow humans to control other humans ' actions and see through their eyes . The first application of 's " Nanex " technology is a virtual community life simulation game , Society , which allows gamers to manipulate live actors as their avatars . Society becomes a worldwide sensation , making the richest man in the world . He then creates Slayers , a first - person shooter where the " characters " are death - row prisoners using real weapons in specially created arenas . Unlike Society actors , Slayers participants are not paid ; instead , they volunteer in exchange for the promise that any Slayer who survives 30 matches will earn his freedom ( though no one ever has ) . 
 ( ) is the crowd 's favorite , having survived a record 27 matches . He is exclusively controlled by ( ) , a seventeen - year - old superstar gamer from a wealthy family . 
 An activist organization called the " Humanz " hacks a talk - show interview with and claims that his technology will one day be used to control people against their will . The Humanz also disrupt Society play , but sees both these actions as trivial . However , feels threatened by 's winning streak , and introduces a new inmate into Slayers , ( Crews ) , specifically to kill . Unknown to anyone else , will not be controlled by a player , and thus not be handicapped by the " ping " that causes a small but dangerous delay between the player 's command and the Slayer 's action . 
 / 's wife , ( ) , works as a Society character , but in spite of her earnings , she is refused custody of their daughter , who has been placed with a wealthy family . 
 The Humanz contact and separately , warning them that Castle has no intention of letting survive , and offer to create a mod that will let him escape , but only if relinquishes control during the game . The escape is successful , and news outlets report that has been fragged , which puts in a difficult position : he is labelled a " cheater " , locked out of his bank account , and investigated by the FBI for helping escape . 
 is brought to the Humanz ' hideout ; he refuses to help their fight against , but learns of 's current location in Society . He rescues her , escaping from both and 's security forces . They are met by ( ) , the talk show host , secretly assisting the Humanz . The Humanz deactivate the nanites in and 's brains , and remembers that the original nanites were tested on him while he was still in the military . Under 's control , shot and killed his best friend , and was imprisoned . 
 Upon learning that is the wealthy father who adopted , infiltrates his mansion to get her back . He locates , who reveals that his henchmen have already tracked down the Humanz ' lair and killed all of them . He also reveals that 98 % of his own brain has been replaced with nanites , but his allow him to control others , rather than be controlled . He plans to release air - borne nanites which will infect the entire United States within six months , giving him ultimate control . attacks , who easily kills him . then attacks , but is frozen in place , as explains that his men have reactivated his and 's nanites . 
 Unknown to , and ( ) escaped the murder of the Humanz , and patch into the Nanex , revealing the confrontation to the world and exposing 's plans . It also unblocks 's account and restores his control of . 
 tries to manipulate into killing his own daughter , but he resists , and then 's control allows him to attack . He and wrestle for control over , but tells to imagine 's knife stabbing him . unconsciously does so , allowing to kill him and removing his control over everyone . With dead , convinces his technicians to deactivate the Nanex , freeing all the " characters " in Society and Slayers . 
 The film closes with the family taking a trip down a country road , ending with the words " Game Over " .

Gerard Butler, Michael C. Hall, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Kyra Sedgwick, Amber Valletta, Logan Lerman, Terry Crews

lives with his mother , who designs tacky clothes and makes rock - hard popcorn balls . and make ends meet by working at a women 's retail clothing store . spends his spare time writing science fiction stories , and he has recently completed a story called Yeast Lords , which centers on a hero named , modeled after his long - dead father . 
 At various times , portions of Yeast Lords are seen as imagines them . is obliquely masculine , and he valiantly struggles with a villain over yeast production . 
 At a two - day writing camp for aspiring fantasy and science fiction authors , attends lectures by his idol , the prolific and pretentious writer . announces a contest for the writers , in which the winner 's story will be published nationally . After encouragement from fellow camper , submits Yeast Lords . shows the story to her friend who runs an ultra low - budget video production company . gives a post - dated check for $ 500 and begins adapting Yeast Lords into a film . 
 As reviews the stories from the campers , he gets a call from his publisher , rejecting his latest manuscript . Panicked , he picks up 's story , and it sparks his imagination . changes ' into , an extremely effeminate and comically flamboyant hero , changes the other character names and title , but otherwise leaves the story intact . His publisher loves it , and the novel is rushed into production under the title , and . 
 Portions of 's version are now seen playing out alongside 's original vision of the story . 
 At the local premiere of 's version of Yeast Lords , is nauseated to see how badly has adapted his work , and he abruptly leaves the film with . They go to a bookstore where he discovers 's plagiarism after reading a paragraph from and . He confronts at a local book signing , and assaults him with some merchandise had offered him in exchange for keeping his theft quiet . Two policeman hustle him out of the store and he is placed in jail . 
 comes to visit her son in jail to give him his birthday present . She hands him a box of manuscripts , all officially bound by the Writers Guild of America . She explains that she has been registering all his stories with them since he was seven years old , thinking they would make a nice keepsake for his children . Yeast Lords is one of the registered stories . 
 Copies of 's novel are unceremoniously dumped from store shelves , being replaced with 's original novel .

Michael Angarano, Jemaine Clement, Sam Rockwell, Jennifer Coolidge

( ) is a famous photographer and confirmed womanizer . He takes a break from his playboy lifestyle to attend his brother 's wedding , where he becomes reacquainted with ( ) , 's childhood friend and the only girl who 's ever captured his heart . After delivers a drunken speech at the rehearsal dinner where he says that love is n't real , he 's met in the bathroom by the ghost of his uncle ( ) , a roué who taught everything he knows about seducing women . informs that , over the course of the evening , he will be visited by three ghosts who will lead him through his romantic past , present , and future . 
 The first ghost is the " Ghost of Girlfriends Past " in the form of ( ) , one of his high school girlfriends and his first lover . Together , they revisit scenes from his past , focusing on his relationship with . In 1982 , and were very close as children ; she gave him his first instant camera which he used to take her picture , promising to keep it forever . When 's parents died in a car accident , consoles throughout the years without them , as she , his brother and his uncle were all he had left . By middle school , the two were on the verge of romance , but 's hesitation at asking her for a dance caused to dance with and kiss another boy . Heartbroken , was told by that he must avoid romance at all costs in order not to feel such pain again . For the next two years , schooled in the art of seduction . When he next saw , at a high school party , ignored her and kissed another girl named , whom he had his first sexual encounter with . Several years later , as adults , and rekindled their romance , but forced him to woo her for several weeks in an attempt to rid him of his womanizing ways . After they finally did have sex , falls in love with her , but when he lies in bed with her to fall asleep beside her , he remembers his uncle 's warnings about sleeping and spooning with the opposite sex after a night of passion . Realizing this , he panics , running out on her so he wo n't be hurt . The next morning , wakes up alone and broken - hearted . His relationships thereafter consisted of a series of very short flings . 
 Awakening back in the mansion in the present , accidentally destroys and 's ( his bride - to - be ) wedding cake and unsuccessfully attempts to reconcile with . After his failed attempt , returns to his uncle 's room and finds another woman awaiting him in his bed , however , fearing that this woman was the next " Ghost ” , panics and runs out of his room . As he storms out of the house , he is confronted by the " Ghost of Girlfriends Present " in the form of his assistant Melanie ( ) , the only constant female figure in his life . With her , he sees that in his absence the other wedding guests make fun of him and his shallow lifestyle . stands up for his brother , recalling that helped raise him after their parents ' death , and expresses his hope that will someday change for the better . As the bridemaids discusse their love lives , one of them makes a remark about being emotionally twisted beyond recognition by to the point that she 's unable to move on to a new relationship . hears this and though tries to comfort her , leaves the room hurt and in tears . guides to the kitchen to show him a crying as she tries to repair and 's wedding cake . also sees that is being comforted by ( ) , and is upset that his own actions and attitude are bringing the two closer . He is further upset to discover that and the three women whom he previously broke up with by conference call are bonding over his disregard for their feelings . 
 Returning to the house , finds furious at learning that had slept with one of her bridesmaids very early in their relationship , information that had let slip earlier in the evening . attempts to mend the situation but only makes things worse , and tells him to leave . On his way out , he is confronted by the " Ghost of Girlfriends Future " ( ) , who takes him forward in time to see that will eventually relinquish her feelings for him and move on to marry , while ends up not marrying and remains alone . Further in the future , an elderly is the only mourner at 's funeral . appears and tells that this is his future if he continues on the same path , pushing him into the grave to be buried by his many ex - girlfriends . 
 awakens in the home and learns that has called off the wedding and is on her way to the airport . He intercepts the bridal party and convinces to forgive by sharing lessons learned from his own mistakes , particularly that the pain of heartbreak is outweighed by the regret of never risking one 's heart in the first place , something he admits to always regretting having done . helps to restart the wedding , which he photographs , and afterwards he reconciles with by showing her the picture he still carries of her as a child and by promising to always be there when she wakes up . The two kiss and dance in the snow to the same song once hesitated to ask her to dance to . 
 Meanwhile , tries to hit on the ghost of girlfriends future , but she magically vanishes after throwing a drink in his face . Then he tries to hit on the ghost of girlfriends present , but informs she is one of the attendees and vanishes . and start talking and then dancing . is left with the ghost of girlfriends past , , who is not interested since she is only 16 . says that they are ghosts and therefore ageless .

Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Breckin Meyer, Lacey Chabert, Emma Stone, Anne Archer, Robert Forster, Amanda Walsh, Noureen DeWulf

is struggling with alter - ego 's popularity and keeping her double - life a secret from the media , but , a sneaky undercover journalist for UK celebrity magazine BonChic , vows to uncover her secret . ( as ) ends up in dispute with over a pair of shoes she wants to buy for 's birthday present . When follows her to the party , is forced to attend as instead of herself , taking the focus of attention away from – especially when is accompanied by and in a performance of " Let 's Get Crazy".[9][10 ] and try to stop from leaving , but the party is ruined by 's exploding " Happy Birthday Lilly " cake . Upset , accidentally tells that is from Crowley Corners , Tennessee , unaware that he is a journalist . 
 is furious over newspaper reports of 's fight with and her general behavior . He tells that is out of control and needs to remember who she truly is . Leaving for an award show , the instead arrive in Crowley Corners for 's grandmother 's birthday . is angry at her father for the switch but points out that this is the life she could have had . Despite 's protests , decides to spend two weeks in Crowley Corners and falls in love with a woman named . eventually warms to her hometown when she rekindles a connection with childhood friend . 
 Nevertheless , is eager to resume her duties and becomes chastened after snaps that she seems to prefer being over spending time with her family . tries to write new songs but ignores her and she develops writer 's block . Meanwhile , conflict grows between residents and land developer Mr. , who wants to destroy part of the town to build a shopping mall . At a barn party , several singers contribute to a charity to save Crowley Corners , singing " Back to Tennessee " and " Crazier " . sings as herself with " Hoedown Throwdown " until Mr. arrives to tell the townspeople they will not stop him . suggests that ask to make an appearance , unaware that is 's alter ego . 
 does not know what to do until arrives , disguised as , offering to help . As the two make up , confides her difficulties , adjusting to farm life while trying to be herself and . takes pictures of the girls , believing to be , and realizes she inadvertently led there and apologizes . The town is overjoyed to have but is unimpressed and admits to that he has a crush on . As , urges to ask out and he does , but has already been invited to dinner with the mayor by . tries to be in two places at once but accidentally lets her guard down and is caught by mid - switch . finishes writing " Butterfly Fly Away " which she and sing together to cheer up . completes the chicken coop that she and were building ; touched by this , goes to the concert to support . 
 Seeing arrive , stops mid - song and explains to the crowd that she can not live a lie anymore , especially when she is home . then removes her blond wig , revealing her secret identity . She then sings " The Climb " and announces that she 's not going to be anymore and that she 'll be returning home to Tennessee for good . The crowd pleads her to continue being , promising not to reveal her secret , but is in the crowd and takes a picture . His twin daughters arrive , having missed the reveal , and their excitement and enthusiasm for convinces him to not sell the story , quitting his job . kisses and then returns to the stage to finish with the song " You 'll Always Find Your Way Back Home " . leaves Tennessee to resume her double life but with greater perspective and a better attitude .

Miley Cyrus, Emily Osment, Jason Earles, Mitchel Musso, Moisés Arias, Melora Hardin, Vanessa Williams, Billy Ray Cyrus, Lucas Till

Lord is tightening his grip on both the wizarding and Muggle worlds , kidnapping from Diagon Alley and destroying the Millennium Bridge . After the family is disgraced when is apprehended and sent to Azkaban for his involvement with the Death Eaters , chooses to carry out a secret mission at Hogwarts . and , 's mother , seek help from , who claims to have been acting as a mole within the Order of the Phoenix all along . makes an Unbreakable Vow with to protect and fulfill the assignment if he fails . 
 16 - year old accompanies from Surbiton to the village of Budleigh Babberton to visit former Potions professor . Professor has been in hiding but agrees to return to teach at Hogwarts . tells that it was important for him to come with him when he met with , because has something that needs and thinks could be able to persuade him . He then takes to The Burrow , where reunites with his best friends , and . When the three go visit and 's new joke shop at Diagon Alley , they see entering Knockturn Alley with a group of Death Eaters including . believes has made a Death Eater , but and are sceptical . On the Hogwarts Express , hides in the carriage using his Invisibility Cloak to spy on to see what he 's up to . is spotted by , who petrifies him and breaks his nose in revenge for putting his father in prison . is found and saved by . 
 At Hogwarts , and borrow textbooks for 's Potions class , and is stuck with a copy that turns out to be filled with helpful notes and spells left by the " Half - Blood Prince " . Harry uses the book to excel in the class and impresses , winning a vial of Liquid Luck . becomes Keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team and forms a romantic relationship with , upsetting . consoles and reveals that he now has feelings for 's younger sister , . 
 spends the Christmas holidays with the . On Christmas Eve , discusses his suspicions about to the Order of the Phoenix . 's suspicions are dismissed by the Order , but later on tells privately that the may have been interested in a Vanishing Cabinet . and attack the Burrow and burn it down , drawing into a battle , trying to save , before the Order arrive and fight them off . At Hogwarts , has been giving private lessons through using the Pensieve , the magical devise used to go back in time and see old memories of when he first met . Back then the Dark Lord was a young boy named , who had already showed signs of being a sociopath and not feeling sympathetic toward his peers . also reveals to that possesses a memory of that needs desperately . gave the memory , but it was an altered version that made it appear that did n't know anything as he was guilty about it . shows the altered memory and asks him to confront and retrieve the real one , but when brings it up gets angry and refuses to talk any more about it . After accidentally ingests a love potion , brings him to for a cure and to smooth over their argument from earlier . After curing , the trio celebrate with mead that mentions was suppose to be a gift for from an unknown source . The mead poisons , and is forced to save his life after hesitates . murmurs 's name while recovering in the infirmary , causing to end their relationship . confronts about the poisoned mead and a cursed necklace that was used earlier on an unsuspecting student meant for , and the two duel . uses a curse from the Half - Blood Prince 's potion book to severely injure , who is rescued and healed by Professor . Fearing the potion book may be filled with more Dark Magic , and hide it in the Room of Requirement and share their first kiss . 
 decides to use his Liquid Luck potion to convince to give up the memory needs . views the memory with and learns that wanted information for creating Horcruxes , magical objects that contain a Wizard 's soul by murdering someone else , in order to escape their own death , in essence making them immortal . concludes that successfully split his soul into seven pieces while keeping one part in his body he put the other six into objects to make horcruxes , two of which have already been destroyed : diary ( which destroyed in the Chamber of Secrets ) and ring ( which had destroyed the previous summer ) . and travel to a seaside cave where aids in drinking a potion that hides another Horcrux , 's locket . A weakened defends them from Inferi and apparates back to Hogwarts . , , and more Death Eaters enter Hogwarts with 's help through the vanishing cabinet in the Room of Requirement that managed to connect to the one he had been working on in Knockturn Alley . 
 instructs to hide and not to interfere no matter what happens . arrives in the Astronomy Tower and disarms revealing that he has been chosen by to kill the headmaster . had tried to kill previously with the cursed necklace and the poisoned mead but was unsuccessful . When is unable to bring himself to do it again , casts the killing curse instead , killing , who falls from the tower . confronts and attacks , but overpowers him , and reveals himself as the Half - Blood Prince who the potion book belonged to , before escaping . returns to Hogwarts , where the students , staff , and a few guests mourn 's death . later reveals to and that the locket Horcrux was a fake . The locket contains a message from " R.A.B. " , stating that he has stolen the real Horcrux with the intent of destroying it . Rather than returning for their final year at Hogwarts , the three decide to hold out , and track down the remaining .

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Jim Broadbent, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall, David Thewlis, Julie Walters

Nine people in Baltimore deal with their respective romantic problems , usually thwarted by the differing ideals and desires of their chosen partner . At the center of this is ( ) , a young woman who repeatedly misinterprets the behavior of her romantic partners . 
 ( ) is a single woman who repeatedly misreads mundane actions and comments from her dates as indications that they are romantically interested in her , and frets when the guy does not call her . 
 In attempting to meet ( ) , a real estate agent , at a bar , she befriends the bar owner ( ) , who reveals the strategies men use to avoid a woman . He explains that if a man is interested in a woman , he will overcome any obstacles to ensure they date again , and that has been misinterpreting and obsessing over imagined " signs " that she receives . Their friendship continues , and interprets his eagerness to always assist ( such as taking 's call while he is on a date ) as a sign that he is interested in her . She makes a move , but claims he is not romantically interested in her and chastises her for ignoring his advice . She angrily replies that at least she has not let herself become cynical and bitter like him . 
 eventually moves on from , however , in a role reversal , begins falling for . After leaving several unanswered messages , arrives at 's apartment to declare his love . thinks that she is the rule , but after suddenly kisses her passionately , he says that she is his exception . 
 's friend and co - worker , ( ) , is having difficulties in her marriage to ( ) . As obsesses on their home renovations , becomes attracted to ( ) , a yoga instructor and aspiring singer , and she requites his affection for her . and pursue a flirtatious friendship under the pretense of him helping her establish a singing career . reveals to that once gave him an ultimatum by threatening to leave him if he did not propose . agrees to be friends with , and in order to flirt with him she strips and jumps naked into a swimming pool . She invites him to join , but he decides against it . 
 Fervently anti - smoking ( due to her father 's death from lung cancer ) , pointedly asks if he has been smoking and later is perturbed to find cigarette butts hidden in their back yard . insists that they are not his , and their contractor , ( ) , says none of his workers smoke at the house . During a tense shopping trip , reveals to that he has cheated on her . is devastated but rationalizes 's behavior , blaming herself for being too cold and domineering in the relationship , and decides she wants to save their marriage . 
 After a positive discussion about her singing career , begins to have sex with in his office . They are interrupted by who , hoping to spice up their marriage , has arrived unexpectedly . hides in a closet , and attempts to send away who then makes a heartfelt plea to save their marriage , and there are indications she succeeds in seducing him . After leaves , angrily departs , vowing to cut ties with . As tidies up 's clothes back at their completed house , she discovers a fresh pack of cigarettes in a pocket , and she explodes in anger . When returns home , he finds his clothes neatly folded with a carton of cigarettes and a note attached from asking for a divorce . moves into a new apartment by herself to start a new life , and is later seen performing at an upscale nightclub . is alone , purchasing the same beer at the same supermarket where he met . 
 Meanwhile , enjoys a close friendship with 's friend , . He is romantically interested in her , but is only interested in a casual relationship . misinterprets her hugs and cute nicknames for potential romantic interest . 
 's friend , ( ) , works in advertising for a local newspaper , and helps promote his real estate business in a series of print ads . Like , she meets many men ( mostly online ) , but despite constantly monitoring emails , pager , phone , and Myspace messages , her dates go nowhere . 
 While attempts to cultivate a gay clientele , two gay men tell him how he is going wrong with . Taking their advice , decides to declare his love to . Vulnerable after falling out with , agrees to start a serious relationship with him . But when proposes buying a house and moving in together sometime later , admits she does n't want to , and they break up . 
 later runs into , recognizing him from his ad photo , and introduces herself , since they have only spoken over the phone . They hit it off , and start dating . 
 's other co - worker , ( ) , is living with her boyfriend , ( ) , who is also friends with . After seven years of dating , wants to get married , but does not believe in marriage . With 's newfound pragmatic stance on relationships after advice from , she announces she will no longer misinterpret vague gestures from men as more than they really are . This spurs to confront about their relationship . When he still does n't want to get married , she breaks up with him . 
 Later , the preparations for her younger sister 's wedding brings the issue into sharper focus for after hearing many back - handed comments from various family members . During the reception , her father ( ) suffers a heart attack . looks after him as he recuperates while her sisters wallow , and their husbands remain glued to the television playing video games and watching football with constant takeout as the household falls into chaos . As reaches the end of her patience looking after her siblings and in - laws as well as her recovering father , arrives with groceries and helps with the chores . The two reconcile , with saying that is more of a husband to her than her sisters ' spouses are to them , and she will not insist they be married . later proposes to her , and they marry in an intimate ceremony aboard his sailboat .

Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connelly, Bradley Cooper, Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson, Justin Long

Two heterosexual male friends ( ) and ( ) meet after having not seen each other for 10 years . During a party , they find themselves locked in a " mutual dare " situation engaging to make a gay pornography film , including anal sex , as an " art project " between two straight guys and submit it to the HUMP ! film festival . They do not decide yet who will penetrate whom . tells that he will discuss the project with his wife ( ) . However , as begins to describe the project to , she reacts skeptically at the mere mention of amateur pornography . finds himself lying to ; he talks about the project with only vague detail , telling her that he will likely act as a behind - the - scenes assistant to the hypothetical film crew . 
 Later , finds herself alone with and suggests that they have a drink together in an effort to get to know one another . Now drunk , the two begin discussing and 's art project , assuming that has completely informed of their intentions . After bluntly reveals that will potentially have a gay experience , becomes upset and confused , confronting personally . The next morning , insists that he still wants to go through with the project , and consents . 
 and meet in a hotel , bringing a video camera . Their attempts to have sex are prolonged by lengthy discussions and frequent analyzing of how to approach the experience . Although they film themselves kissing each other on the mouth , and hugging each other in their underpants , neither nor appear comfortable becoming completely naked , let alone having sex . The two continue to talk , not sure if either one will be able to achieve an erection , and begin to question the validity of their experiment as a work of art . finally suggests that they call off the project , and the two laugh at the ridiculousness of the situation . leaves the hotel , intending to apologize to . prepares to leave shortly afterward , but not before reviewing the footage that the two have recorded .

On graduation day at Buffalo Glenn High School in Tacoma , Washington , valedictorian confesses his love for head cheerleader and long time crush , in his speech while also taunting , a girl with an eating disorder , and an ignorant bully , 's Army soldier boyfriend ; and urging his best friend to ' come out of the closet ' and finally admit he 's gay . Afterwards , invites and her friends , and , to a party he has planned at his house . 
 At 's house , his parents leave but not before his father revealing that he has condoms upstairs if he needs them . , , and arrive at ’s house for the party . and his Hummer soon come barging in , with his Army buddies vowing revenge on . They attempt to beat up , but it results in , , , , and escaping in 's car . 
 They drive to a gas station hoping to get beer , but are told by the convenience store clerk that he will not accept the driver ’s license gave him which states that she is 37 . So bribes the clerk with a kiss . He accepts , which makes realize that she is not who he thinks she is . They then start a bonfire in an isolated section of town where , , and are chased by a stampede of cows after trying to tip one over . then puts on the song " Beth " by KISS and is told that she was named after that very song . thinks it 's cool that has two " headbangers " for parents . In 's eyes one can see she 's slowly warming to , and is becoming aware that he truly does genuinely love her , much to her amazement . 
 They all get in crazy reckless driver ’s Echo and drive without lights . They then stumble upon 's father and mother ( who are both having car sex ) by almost crashing into them . Rather than facing ’s father with his pants down , decides to drive them away unseen to a private party at house , encountering once again who had tracked them there . challenges to a fight , as a now fed - up crashes his car through the wall of the house . They drive away in ’s Hummer H2 to the vacant Buffalo Glenn High School , parking halfway up the front flight of stairs , and enter the school with ’s head cheerleader key . After showcasing their cheerleading routine , , , and decide to run to the girls ' locker room to take a shower . Just as is undressing to join his friend and the girls in the shower , and his buddies appear in the locker room and jump him once again . challenges and his friends in a towel whipping ' duel ' , as he has been training for years after being towel whipped as a bullied young kid . finally manages to defeat the three guys , towel - whipping them unconscious down a flight of stairs . They escape to 's father 's cabin in 's Echo where , , and have a threesome , as and enjoy the sun rise and finally share their first kiss . 
 They head to 's house afterwards where his parents are delighted to see he has ' hooked up ' , but make him aware he still needs to be punished for leaving the house in a wreck . says goodbye to , gives him a kiss , and touchingly thanks him for loving her . tells her " what 's not to love " and that she must n't forget that . Then promises that he will see her at their high school reunion and if they are both still single that he will marry her . smiles and tells him it 's a deal . After leaves with and , proclaims to that he might be gay after all , or perhaps bisexual ( plus jokes that after last night 's antics he 's still more heterosexual than ) . informs that he was just playing about waiting until the reunion to talk to again . He tells that he is going to leave a message on Facebook and ask her out . disagrees with him and tells that he should make a grand gesture by going to her house with a boom box and wait for her . They then begin debating on how should go about asking on a date .

Hayden Panettiere, Paul Rust, Jack Carpenter, Lauren London, Lauren Storm, Alan Ruck, Cynthia Stevenson

( ) , a Los Angeles real estate agent , proposes to his girlfriend ( ) , and she accepts . seems to not have any close friends to share the good news with , only family and mainly female acquaintances . After overhearing 's friends voicing their concerns over his lack of close male friends , decides that he needs to find male friends in order to have a best man for the upcoming wedding . 
 turns to his gay younger brother , ( ) , for advice on dealing with men . He makes a series of overtures toward various men , including ( ) , the persistently hot - headed husband of 's friend ( ) who does n't really like all that much to begin with ... a problem that only escalates when inadvertently projectile - vomits on after winning a beer - drinking contest and is kicked out of 's house . 
 Feeling rejected , is about to give up , when during an open house at mansion which is trying to sell , he meets ( ) , an investor who is attending the showing simply to pick up divorced women and take advantage of the free food . The two quickly become friends , especially bonding over their mutual adoration of the progressive rock band Rush . introduces to at their engagement party , but the meeting takes an unfortunate turn when a nervous makes a very awkward toast . 
 The next night , agrees to attend a concert with , on the condition that he can bring . During the concert , is left feeling ignored by and . The next day , while shopping for tuxedos , asks why he is marrying , and also asks for an $ 8,000 loan . After some thought , decides to lend the money , and later grants him the honor of being best man at his wedding . , meanwhile , has become suspicious of . tells that he lent money and asks her if she knows why they are getting married , since he had no answer to 's question . Hurt and angry , leaves . 
 leaves for work the next morning only to discover that has used the $ 8,000 loan to purchase several ridiculous billboard advertisements promoting 's real estate business ( using pictures of he took of him on his iPhone ) . Still upset over his fight with , confronts and decides to end their friendship . then patches things up with , explaining to her that while he is nervous , he is ready to get married . While and prepare for the wedding , finds himself alone and desperate to hang with someone . 
 At work , discovers that Sydney 's billboard advertising campaign was successful . Feeling encouraged , finally stands up to his insufferable colleague , ( ) , who had been badgering for half the selling rights to the lucrative property . When makes one final attempt to get a piece of the listing , slaps him across his face and tells him to stay away from it . 
 feels bad about fighting with but does not re - invite him to the wedding . Instead , he assembles an array of random groomsmen that includes , father ( ) , and . Before the wedding , sees looking forlorn , clearly missing his friend . She calls and invites , who is , unbeknownst to them , already en route to the wedding . Just before the vows are to be taken , makes a dramatic entrance via moped . He informs and that he is , in fact , a successful investor and returns the money he borrowed from , stating that the billboards were the couple 's wedding present . and declare their love to each other , assumes the role of best man , and the wedding commences . 
 As the end credits begin to roll , we see the wedding reception , where and join the hired band ( played by OK Go ) in a rendition of the song " Limelight " pulling on stage to join them . After the song ends , attempts to toast the newlyweds and runs to frantically stop him as the screen cuts out ( still remembering 's ill - advised toast at the engagement dinner . )

and , the two woolly mammoths , are expecting their first child , and is obsessed with making life perfect and safe for the family , since his first experiences as a husband and father went bad when his family were killed by hunters . At the same time , the saber - toothed cat finds himself unable to catch a cocky gazelle he has been stalking and decides to leave The Herd , believing that he is losing his predatory nature as a tiger . the ground sloth begins to wish for a family of his own and " adopts " three apparently abandoned eggs that he finds in an icy underground cavern and calls them , , and . tells him to put them back , but instead looks after the eggs , which hatch into baby Tyrannosaurus Rex the next morning . 
 Although tries his best to raise the three dinosaurs , their rambunctious behavior scares away all the other animals ' young and ruins a playground built for his child . Not long after , a female Tyrannosaurus Rex , Momma , whose eggs stole , soon returns and carries both and her young underground , with in pursuit . , , and the opossums follow as well and discover that the icy cavern leads to a vast subterranean jungle populated by dinosaurs thought to be extinct . Here , an angry Ankylosaurus threatens The Herd despite 's efforts to fend it off ; they are saved from a further crowd of angry reptiles by a deranged one - eyed weasel named . 
 has been living in this jungle for quite some time and is fighting , a huge albino Baryonyx , intending to avenge the eye he lost to it when he was young with a knife he carved from one of 's teeth . He agrees to lead The Herd through the jungle 's perils to Lava Falls , where has taken and her babies . In the meantime , and try to outdo each other in feeding the offspring ; he loses this contest , but is soon welcomed into the family regardless . The next day , however , is separated from the family and attacked by . is knocked onto a loose rock slab that is floating on a river of lava and about to plummet over the falls . 
 As The Herd moves toward Lava Falls , goes into labor and a Guanlong pack strikes , causing a rock slide that separates her from and . doubles back to protect her and fends off further attacks , while takes and ahead to rescue . Just as he goes over the falls , the trio swoops in on a commandeered Harpactognathus only to be chased by a flock of Pterodactylus on the way and saves his life . reaches just in time to hear the cry of a newborn baby girl . He wants to name her , or Little , but instead names her after the fruit ( and the codeword they had chosen to use if she went into labor during the trip ) . is saddened at the fact that he never had a chance to say goodbye to " his " children as he returns to The Herd and learns of ' birth . 
 Before they can leave the jungle , they are ambushed by , who begins to attack them at full force ; working together , , , and manage to trap by ensnaring him in vines . However , he quickly breaks free and resumes his onslaught . The is saved by the timely arrival of , who charges at and knocks him off a cliff . As she and her children wish well , , now without a purpose in life since is gone , decides to join The Herd and live on the surface . However , a distant roar tells him that is still alive ; he changes his mind and sends The home , blocking off the path to the underground jungle at the same time . and welcome into their frozen world and admit that did a good job looking after 's children . decides to remain with The , while stays underground , happily battling it out with .

Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Josh Peck, Simon Pegg

( ) is a very successful financial advisor , who had been working at the same securities firm for eight years as their top account manager , that is until ( ) was hired as his rival . seems to have the whole company under some spell as he spiels his nonsensical idioms filled with Native American mumbo jumbo . These top executives seem more content with chanting Indian style noises rather than listen to how they can make money through sound investments . 
 When finally discovers that his daughter , ( ) , is somehow able to tell the future within the financial world by using her ' goo - gaa ' comfort blanket and her imaginary friends ( Queen and Princesses , and ) , he discovers he has an invaluable upper hand now at the office . 
 In order for to ask these imaginary friends any question he must travel through the imaginary world , through a dense forest , past a dragon , through caves , and even walk through France . Before , who is a part - time father really had no time for his daughter , now is forced to play with her and by her rules . After only a couple of days with her , he rediscovers the inner child within himself and genuinely has a lot of fun playing these imaginary games with . 
 becomes suspicious and begins to search for 's secret . When he finds out that was just playing with a blanket , he purchases a six thousand dollar blanket and forces his son to tell him the " future " and making him extremely hyperactive by making him drink many cans of Red Bull . 
 and are now competing for the position of heading the Western division of the company D.D.E. In order to be prepared for the most important presentation of his life , must once again invoke the use of the Goo - Gaa blanket and meet up with the princesses . The only problem is that is spending the night at her friends house , and there is no way for to obtain the Goo - Gaa without taking it from her . 
 Also , the presentations will be held on the day of 's class play . manages to get to give him the Goo - Gaa , but she is soon seen crying because he seems to care only about the blanket , not her . returns home and tries to get the princesses ' attention . then starts working on his presentation . As hours pass , he stretches , and the Goo - Gaa falls on the floor , but he continues working without noticing . 
 decides to go to the presentation instead of 's class concert . gives his presentation , but his idea is too crazy for the owner of the company . Then it 's 's turn . When he is about to present , he suddenly decides to go to 's class concert , and leaves the presentation . As he drives over , he changes into a king costume . Back at the class concert , is about to sing her solo part , then all of a sudden appears dressed as a king , and starts singing , delighted to see him . 
 After the class concert , starts talking to about how sorry he is for misusing her blanket , not caring about her , and for using the princesses for the wrong reason . Meanwhile , the owner of the company , D.D.E. appears , and wants to talk to . He and talk , and he decides to give the position to because of how much cares about his family . accepts . goes back to , for whom it is time to say good - bye to the princesses . They both start waving , and as a gust of wind blows , some leaves form into the shape of a person then fly off into the sky . , 's mother , and leave happy .

In 1941 , SS colonel interrogates French dairy farmer as to the whereabouts of the last unaccounted - for Jewish family in the area . In exchange for the Germans agreeing to leave his family alone for the rest of the war , reveals that the family is hidden under the floor . orders SS soldiers to shoot through the floorboards . The family is killed except for , a young woman who escapes . 
 Three years later , Lieutenant of the First Special Service Force recruits Jewish - American soldiers to the , who spread fear among the German soldiers by killing and scalping them . The Basterds also recruit sergeant , a German soldier who murdered thirteen Gestapo officers . interviews a German soldier , Private , the only survivor of a Basterd attack on his squad . carved the Nazi swastika into 's forehead with a knife so he could never hide that he served in the German Heer . 
 is operating a cinema in Paris under an assumed name . She meets , a German sniper who killed 68 soldiers in a single battle ; is to star in a Nazi propaganda film , Stolz der Nation ( Nation 's Pride ) . Infatuated with , convinces to hold the premiere of the film at her cinema . plots with her projectionist and lover , , to kill the Nazi leaders attending the premiere by setting the cinema ablaze . 
 Unknown to , British Intelligence Corps Lieutenant is also planning an attack at the premiere with the Basterds . goes to a tavern with and to meet an undercover agent , the German film star . draws the attention of Wehrmacht Sergeant and Gestapo Major with his unusual accent , and eventually gives himself away by ordering three drinks and gesturing " three " with his index , middle and ring fingers , as opposed to the German way with the thumb , index and middle fingers . Covers blown , the men engage in a brief firefight , which leaves only Sergeant and an injured alive . arrives and negotiates with Sergeant for 's release . agrees to release , but is shot by her when he lowers his guard . Suspicious , briefly tortures before she gains his trust , and informs him that will be attending the film premiere , prompting him to decide to continue the mission despite the death of all German speaking Basterds . Meanwhile , investigates the aftermath at the tavern and finds one of 's shoes and a napkin with her signature . 
 At the premiere , two of the , and , join in posing as Italians , hoping to fool the Germans unfamiliar with the language . , who speaks fluent Italian , converses and quickly sees through their cover , but sends and , who are strapped in dynamite , to their seats without exposing them . takes to a private room where he verifies that the shoe from the tavern fits her , then he strangles her to death . He arrests the remaining two Basterds , and . has contact his superior with the OSS and cuts a deal : he will allow the mission to proceed in exchange for immunity from his war crimes and other rewards . 
 During the screening , slips away to the projection room to see . After she rejects his advances , he becomes aggressive . She pretends to acquiesce , then pulls a pistol from her bag and shoots him . As lies on the floor , mortally wounded , turns back to the projection and watches 's film , in which he is being portrayed as a brave war hero . Remorseful , moves to embrace , who raises his pistol in response and shoots her before they both die . As Stolz der Nation reaches its climax , it cuts to spliced - in footage of telling the audience that they are about to be killed by a Jew . , having locked the doors of the auditorium , ignites a pile of flammable nitrate film behind the screen as 's image laughs . and break into the box containing and , killing them , then fire their submachine guns into the crowd until their dynamites go off , killing everyone in the theater . and his radio operator drive and into Allied territory , where they surrender . shoots the radio operator and carves a swastika into 's forehead .

Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Brühl, Diane Kruger, Michael Fassbender, Eli Roth, Til Schweiger

On 11 February 1990 , is released from Victor Verster Prison after having spent 27 years in jail.[5 ] Four years later , is elected the first black President of South Africa . His presidency faces enormous challenges in the post - Apartheid era , including rampant poverty and crime , and is particularly concerned about racial divisions between black and white South Africans , which could lead to violence . The ill will which both groups hold towards each other is seen even in his own security detail where relations between the established white officers , who had guarded 's predecessors , and the black ANC additions to the security detail , are frosty and marked by mutual distrust . 
 While attending a game between the Springboks , the country 's rugby union team , and England , recognises that the black people in the stadium are cheering for England , and not their own country , as the mostly - white Springboks represent prejudice and apartheid in their minds ; he remarks that he did the same while imprisoned on Robben Island . Knowing that South Africa is set to host the 1995 Rugby World Cup in one year 's time , persuades a meeting of the newly black - dominated South African Sports Committee to support the Springboks . He then meets with the captain of the Springboks rugby team , ( ) , and implies that a Springboks victory in the World Cup will unite and inspire the nation . also shares with a British poem , " Invictus " , that had inspired him during his time in prison . 
 and his teammates train . Many South Africans , both black and white , doubt that rugby will unite a nation torn apart by nearly 50 years of racial tensions , as for many black people , especially the radicals , the Springboks symbolise white supremacy . Both and , however , stand firmly behind their theory that the game can successfully unite the South African country . 
 Things begin to change as the players interact with the fans and begin a friendship with them . During the opening games , support for the Springboks begins to grow among the black population . By the second game , the whole country comes together to support the Springboks and 's efforts . 's security team also grows closer as the racially diverse officers come to respect their comrades ' professionalism and dedication . 
 As watches , the Springboks defeat one of their arch - rivals - Australia , the defending champions and known as the Wallabies - in their opening match . They then continue to defy all expectations and , as conducts trade negotiations in Taiwan , defeat France in heavy rain to advance to the final against their other arch - rival : New Zealand , known as the All Blacks . New Zealand and South Africa were universally regarded as the two greatest rugby nations , with the Springboks then the only side to have a winning record ( 20 - 19 - 2 ) against the All Blacks , since their first meeting in 1921 . 
 Before the game , the Springbok team visits Robben Island , where spent the first 18 of his 27 years in jail . There , is inspired by 's will and his idea of self - mastery in " Invictus " . mentions his amazement that " could spend thirty years in a tiny cell , and come out ready to forgive the people who put [ him ] there " . 
 Supported by a large home crowd of all races at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg , motivates his teammates for the final . 's security detail receives a scare when , just before the match , a South African Airways Boeing 747 jetliner flies in low over the stadium . It is not an assassination attempt though , but a demonstration of patriotism , with the message " Good Luck , Bokke " — the Springboks ' Afrikaans nickname — painted on the undersides of the plane 's wings . also famously arrives onto the field before the match wearing a Springbok cap and a replica of 's # 6 jersey . 
 The Springboks complete their run by beating the All Blacks 15 - 12 in extra time , thanks to a drop goal from fly - half . and meet on the field together to celebrate the improbable and unexpected victory , and hands the William Webb Ellis Cup , signaling that the Springboks are indeed rugby union 's world champions . 's car then drives away in the traffic - jammed streets leaving the stadium . As watches the South Africans celebrating together from the car , his voice is heard reciting " Invictus " again .

The film documents the varied playing and recording styles of guitarists , , and . 
 's history with guitar traces back to his childhood when he played in a skiffle band . After desiring to do more than play pop music , " retires " from guitar playing to attend art school . He later revives his music career as a session guitarist , only to be discouraged by the realization that he is playing others ' music and stifling his own creativity . At that point , Page begins to write and perform in the bands The Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin . discusses the skiffle and blues music that influenced him at the time . For many of 's scenes , he is seen visiting Headley Grange , where several songs from Led Zeppelin IV were recorded , and in one scene , explains how the distinctive drum sound from " When the Levee Breaks " was achieved from the acoustics of the house in which it was recorded . 
 The Edge 's history with guitar traces back to building a guitar with his brother and learning to play . In the film , he visits Mount Temple Comprehensive School and recalls forming U2 in his childhood . He also demonstrates his playing technique , in how he eliminates certain strings from chords , as well as his use of echo and delay effects to " fill in notes that are n't there " . He also discusses his purchase of his signature guitar , the Gibson Explorer , in New York City and the punk music that influenced him . In other scenes , he plays early demo tapes of " Where the Streets Have No Name " , discusses his inspiration for " Sunday Bloody Sunday " , and spends time experimenting with guitar effects for the riffs to " Get on Your Boots " . 
 traces his musical background to his childhood in a rundown neighborhood of Detroit . Living with two drum sets and a guitar occupying his room and sleeping on a piece of foam due to taking out his bed for more room for his music , struggled to find a musical identity , as it was " uncool " to play an instrument and his nine siblings all shared a musical propensity . His strong interest in blues and roots music opposed the hip hop and house music popular in the predominantly Latino south Detroit neighbourhood at the time . eventually finds a niche in a garage rock band called The Upholsterers while working as an upholsterer , which paves the way for his future bands The White Stripes and The Raconteurs . 's philosophy is to limit and challenge himself in various ways to force creative approaches to recording and playing . 
 The touchstone of the film is a meeting of the three guitarists dubbed " The Summit " . In these scenes , the three guitarists not only converse about their influences and techniques , but they also play each other 's songs together , showing each other how to play " I Will Follow " , " Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground " , and " In My Time of Dying " . The film concludes with the men playing an impromptu cover version of The Band 's " The Weight " on acoustic guitars .

( ) , who owns a successful bakery in Santa Barbara , California , and ( ) , a successful attorney , divorced ten years earlier . They had three children together , two girls and a boy , who are grown . , who was cheating on , married the much younger ( ) . 
 and attend their son 's graduation from college in New York City . After a dinner together , the two begin an affair , which continues in Santa Barbara . is torn about the affair ; is not . While has scheduled for regular sessions at a fertility clinic , is secretly taking medication to increase urine flow , the side effects of which are decreased sperm count and dizziness . After one of his sessions he has a lunchtime rendezvous with at a hotel . collapses in the hotel room and a doctor is called . The doctor speculates that the reason for 's distress may be the medication and says he should stop taking it . Jake and 's children know nothing of the affair , but ( ) , who is engaged to their daughter , spots the pair and the doctor in the hotel , but keeps silent . 
 ( ) is an architect hired to remodel 's home . Still healing from a divorce of his own , he begins to fall in love with . On the night of 's graduation party in Santa Barbara , invites to the party . She is stoned when he picks her up because she has smoked a marijuana joint that had given her earlier . Before going into the party , smokes some of the joint with . Once inside , they are laughing and happily high , becomes jealous observing them , and after pressing , smokes some with her also . 
 then observes and dancing together and realizes they are having an affair . When they leave the party , asks if they could have something to eat . takes him to her bakery and they make chocolate croissants together . and separate , although it is not clear who leaves whom . Eventually by a webcam in 's bedroom , sees naked and realizes that the two have been having an affair . tells he can not continue seeing her because it will only lead to heartbreak . 's kids also find out , and they are not happy about Mom and Dad getting together again because they are still recovering from the divorce . tells them she is not getting back with . and talk and end their affair on amicable terms . The film ends with at 's house ready to commence the remodeling . Before the credits roll , and are seen laughing about the chocolate croissants while walking into her house .

Robert Adamson, Blanchard Ryan, Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin

, once an insecure and bookish teenager living near Devil 's Kettle , Minnesota , is now a violent mental inmate who narrates the story as a flashback while in solitary confinement . Since childhood , she had been friends with a selfish and popular cheerleader , , despite having little in common . One night , takes to a local dive bar to attend a concert by indie rock band Low Shoulder . A suspicious fire engulfs the bar , killing several people . In shock , agrees to leave with the band despite 's protests . Later that evening , , covered in blood , appears in 's kitchen and proceeds to eat food from the refrigerator . Unable to digest it , she vomits a trail of black , spiny fluid and then leaves in a hurry as calls after her . 
 The next morning at school , appears fine and shrugs off 's concerns . While the whole town is devastated by the deaths caused by the fire , Jennifer seduces the school 's football captain in the woods and then kills him ; his disemboweled corpse is later found . Meanwhile , the members of Low Shoulder gain popularity due to their rumored heroism during the fire and offer to make a charity appearance at the school 's spring formal . 
 A month later , is beginning to look pale , so she accepts a date with school goth / emo , whom she brutally kills . While and have sex , senses something dreadful has happened . She leaves in a panic and almost runs over , who is drenched in blood . At home , she finds in her bedroom . kisses her , initiating a brief makeout session , and soon explains what happened after the fire : Low Shoulder took her into the woods and offered her as a virgin sacrifice to Satan in exchange for fame and fortune . Although the sacrifice and demonic exchange were a success , was not a virgin . As a result , when lead singer murdered her , the ritual backfired and a demonic spirit took over her body . Unbeknownst to , also encountered Indian exchange student after the fire and , upon hearing that no one knew he had survived , took him into the woods and made him her first victim . states that when she has eaten , she can withstand virtually any injury without pain , making her rather difficult to kill . 
 At school the following day , the town is stunned by 's death . goes to the school library 's occult section and determines that is a succubus ; she is weakest when she is hungry and must feed on flesh in order to sustain her life and appearance . tells about her discoveries and warns him not to attend the school dance . He does not believe her , so she breaks up with him in order to protect him . still goes to the dance , hoping to meet with , but is instead intercepted by , who seduces him and takes him to an abandoned pool house . arrives there and finds feeding on . tries to drown but , hovering in the air , attacks her . She is then stabbed with a pool skimmer by a fatally injured . escapes while watches her boyfriend die . 
 decides she must kill . She goes to 's home and sees her , already recovered , picking out her next victims in her yearbook . Crashing through the window with a box cutter , fights and stabs her in the heart , destroying the demon and killing her . 's mother enters and finds with the box cutter on top of her daughter 's body . Soon after , is brought to an asylum . As she was bitten non - fatally by , she manifests some of 's supernatural powers , such as the ability to hover in the air . Desiring revenge for what was done to her , , and , escapes the mental facility and hitchhikes a ride to the hotel where Low Shoulder are staying , and brutally murders them all .

Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Johnny Simmons, J. K. Simmons, Amy Sedaris, Adam Brody

In 2002 , ( ) is a young writer with an unpleasant job at the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation 's call center , where she answers telephone calls from victims of the September 11 attacks and members of the general public complaining about the LMDC 's controversial plans for rebuilding the World Trade Center . To do something she enjoys , she decides to cook every recipe in Mastering the Art of French Cooking ( 1961 ) by ( Streep ) in one year ; decides to write a blog to motivate herself and document her progress . 
 Woven into the story of 's time in Queens in the early 2000s is the story of 's time in Paris throughout the 1950s , where she attends Le Cordon Bleu to learn French cooking and begins collaborating on a book about French cooking for American housewives . The plot highlights similarities in the women 's challenges . Both women receive much support from their husbands , except when 's husband becomes fed up with her excessive devotion to her hobby and leaves her for a short time . 
 Eventually , 's blog is featured in a story published in The New York Times , after which her project begins to receive the attention of journalists , literary agents , publishers , and a dismissive response from herself . Although 's book is rejected by , it is accepted and published by Alfred A. Knopf . The last scene shows and her husband visiting 's kitchen at the Smithsonian Institution and in the same kitchen receiving a first print of her cookbook and celebrating the event with her husband .

Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond

Pompous paleontologist has a low - level job at the La Brea Tar Pits , three years after a disastrous interview with of Today became a viral video and ruined his career . Doctoral candidate tells him that his controversial theories combining time warps and paleontology inspired her . She shows him a fossil with an imprint of a cigarette lighter that he recognizes as his own along with a crystal made into a necklace that gives off strong tachyon energy . She convinces him to finish his tachyon amplifier and come help her on a seemingly routine expedition to the cave where found the fossil , which is in the middle of nowhere . With cave gift shop owner they raft into the cave , where has detected high levels of tachyons . He activates the tachyon amplifier , triggering an earthquake that opens a time warp into which the raft falls . The group finds themselves in a desert , filled with various items from many eras , and without the amplifier . They rescue a primate - like creature , of the Pakuni tribe , who becomes their friend and guide . 
 The gang spends a night in a cave after surviving a meeting with a fast , intelligent Tyrannosaurus they nickname " Grumpy " , who stalks for calling him stupid . receives a telepathic message begging for help and finds himself in ancient ruins . The group encounters a race of lizard men called Sleestaks before meeting the one who sent the telepathic message , the Altrusian . He explains that he was exiled by the evil Zarn who is attempting to take over Earth with his Sleestak minions , but can prevent this if retrieves the tachyon amplifier . 
 The group stumble upon a desert where many things from across time end up and they encounter many Compsognathus , Dromaeosaurs , Grumpy , and a female Allosaurus . The Allosaurus and battle it out over a previously killed ice - cream seller until they sense and chase him . kills the Allosaurus with liquid nitrogen and finds that the amplifier was eaten by the Allosaurus . The amplifier is then stolen by a Pteranodon and taken to its nest . The group arrives at the nest and lightly steps through the Pteranodon eggs to retrieve the amplifier , but when he reaches it , it stops broadcasting the soundtrack to 's favorite musical A Chorus Line . When the eggs begin to hatch , realizes that the music was acting as a sort of lullaby keeping the baby Pteranodons asleep . , and belt out " I Hope I Get It " , with inexplicably joining in , displaying an impressive singing voice . 
 , and - celebrate their good fortune . Meanwhile , pockets a dinosaur egg and learns from a recording left by the long - deceased that deceived them and he is actually the one planning to invade Earth . But she is captured by the Sleestaks to be brought to the Library of Skulls for judgment . The others saved her from being executed for helping , but the villain — now possessing the amplifier , and mind - controlling the Sleestaks — leaves them to open a portal to Earth . pole vaults into 's mouth and after removing an intestinal blockage , befriends him . He joins the others to defeat the Sleestak army and confront . After the crystal link between the Land of the Lost and Earth is shattered , reveals the portal will close forever . Thinking fast , grabs 's crystal and inserts it into the port , knowing that the substitute crystal wo n't hold for long . chooses to stay behind to live a better life and to prevent from following and back to Earth , learning later that female Pakuni are very attractive . 
 A triumphant again appears on Today with the dinosaur egg brought back to promote his new book Matt Lauer Can Suck It . The egg left behind on the Today set hatches a baby Sleestak , which hisses as the screen goes black .

In a home invasion , kills the wife and daughter of . Prosecuting Attorney is unable to securely convict . Unwilling to take a chance on lowering his high conviction rate , he makes a deal with , who pleads guilty to a lesser charge and receives a reduced sentence for testifying against his accomplice , . is convicted and sentenced to death . is released after a few years . feels betrayed by 's actions and the justice system . 
 Ten years later , is executed . Unknown to the prosecutors and witnesses , the drug usually used has been replaced with an anticonvulsant , causing to die painfully . Evidence implicates . An anonymous caller alerts as the police draw near and directs him to a remote location . , disguised as a police officer , reveals himself as the caller and paralyzes with poison . He straps to a table and videorecords dismembering him . When 's remains are found , evidence ties his death to . willingly surrenders and goes to prison . 
 learns his wife and daughter have been sent the dismemberment video and are traumatized by it . He initially refuses a plea bargain with , but District Attorney orders to make a deal . demands a new bed in his cell in exchange for a " confession . " In court , represents himself and successfully argues he should be granted bail , then berates the judge for accepting the " bullshit " legal precedents he cited and for being too eager to let madmen and murderers back on the street . The judge jails for contempt of court . 
 demands a steak lunch and a music player be delivered to his cell by a specific time , in return for telling where to find 's lawyer , who was reported missing . agrees , though the lunch is delayed by a few minutes by the warden 's security measures . Once he has his meal , which he shares with a cellmate , provides a set of coordinates where and the others find 's lawyer , buried alive but suffocated by time - mechanized materials while 's lunch was delayed . As loud music plays in 's cell , he proceeds to kill his cellmate with the bone of his steak , forcing the warden to secure him in solitary confinement . 
 arranges a meeting with a CIA contact and brings . They learn previously worked with the agency , creating imaginative assassination devices . They are warned can kill anyone anytime he wishes . During a meeting with and , the judge dies when her cell phone explodes . demands all charges against him be dropped or he will " kill everyone " . takes precautionary measures instead . After a deadline has passed , a number of 's assistants die from car bombs . Leaving the funeral of a colleague , is killed by a weaponized bomb disposal robot . meets with in private and punches him repeatedly . stands his ground and tells Rice that he is just beginning to destroy the current system and all who believe in it . The mayor puts the city under lockdown and promotes to acting District Attorney . 
 learns that owns an auto garage near the prison . A tunnel leads to a cache of guns , disguises , and other equipment below the solitary confinement cells , with secret entrances to each cell . He and Police Detective realize that wanted to be in solitary confinement all along ; this allows him to easily leave the prison without detection , carry out his pre - meditated murders while misleading the cops who assume he must have accomplices . Evidence points to 's next target , City Hall , where the mayor is holding an emergency meeting . and his men can not find but discover evidence pointing to a cell - phone - activated suitcase bomb in the room directly below the meeting . 
 returns to his cell . He is surprised to find waiting for him . suggests another deal , but says he no longer makes deals with murderers , thanking for teaching him that . warns him to not do anything he will regret , but 's cell phone is ready to be dialed to activate the City Hall bomb . and leave immediately when dials the phone . realizes too late that has moved the bomb to his cell , which is now sealed . holds his daughter 's bracelet , accepting his fate as the bomb explodes . 
 The epilogue shows watching his daughter in a musical performance on stage , something he had been unable to find time for previously .

Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Colm Meaney, Bruce McGill, Regina Hall, Viola Davis

The movie begins with ( ) and his best friend ( ) as kids . They sneak into the bedroom closet of 's brother , as he recently acquired a valuable rookie card . Upon opening the box the card was in , notices that 's brother has an issue of Playboy . opens the magazine , instantly becoming obsessed with it . Three weeks later , 's demeanor has changed to that of a hormone driven teenager , despite that he is only 8 years old . Fast forward ten years later , and are seniors in high school . 
 is still a huge fan of the Playboy franchise , while and his girlfriend of two years , ( ) are public speakers on the subject of abstinence for younger teens . Despite this , in reality , has other plans , stating that since they have been together for two years , if she is not 's first then they have big problems . 
 They decide to go through with it at the after prom party that had invited them to . On the day of prom , tells that he has the limo booked , which when pulls up , has already picked up 's high school drop - out friend , , who now goes by the MC name of . MPEG ( ) . At the After Prom party , goes upstairs to prepare , while takes into the kitchen and gives him several shots of hard alcohol . As leaves to go upstairs to meet , he walks through the wrong door , and falls down the steps into the basement . He is hurt so bad , that he falls into a coma for four years . 
 After wakes with a baseball bat , he tells him that stuck around for a little while , but disappeared shortly thereafter because was " a vegetable . " left to continue his recovery as went to work . He came back later to visit again with the newest edition of Playboy . While discussing where had vanished to , happened to stumble across a centerfold in his new issue of none other than . devises a plan to go cross country to the Playboy Mansion where there was a party to be held in 3 days for Playboy 's annual Birthday bash , where was sure to be . left as he had a date with his " partner " of 13 months , ( ) , who back in high school seemed to hate . 
 Later that night , broke into the hospital while was asleep , stating they had to leave on their trip now , as opposed to 3 days later , as had an incident involving and accidentally forgetting she has seizures caused by strobe lights as a side effect of her epilepsy . Starting out on the road trip , the two are attacked by 's brother , ( ) , and his firemen crew , but manage to escape temporarily . 
 Once in Chicago , they meet up with their old friend , who has become a famous rapper over the four years . They all hop on board his party bus and begin to trek across the country towards the Playboy Mansion . After an argument between and , and were both thrown out of the bus in the middle of nowhere , and left to walk the rest of the way . Just as it seemed all hope was lost , a car pulled up with two lesbian women . They make a deal where the boys will drive while the girls are in the back with each other having sex . 
 They make it all the way to the Mansion only to be stopped by bouncers at the door . Moments later , several fire trucks arrived , in search of . and manage to sneak into the mansion dressed in fireman outfits . The two go in separate directions while outside , forces her way into the mansion , followed up by her brother , . randomly hits on several Playboy models and meets PMOY 2007 and makes his way to the Grotto . , in search for , is suspected of being a stalker and is taken into a secure holding area , but not before being spotted by . 
 Meanwhile , runs into and darts back into the mansion , where he is spotted by the firemen . After avoiding the firemen , he tries to hide in the mansion and suddenly finds himself face to face with . and have a discussion about 's issues , telling about the first woman he ever fell in love with ( who to 's dismay , was not as good looking as the Playboy Bunnies of modern day , and had apparently died at a young age ) . tells that " there is a bunny in every woman , " and that if can only see the " bunny " in those women , that he 's on to something . 
 Back in the holding area , comes in to see . seems disgusted to see her , claiming that she left him behind and did n't care about him , and accusing her of sleeping with countless other men . argues that she did still love him and proves it by telling that the money she made modeling and being a Playboy Bunny was sent to help pay for 's hospital bills , something never bothered to mention due to his absent minded nature . Just at that moment , had called to have all stalkers removed from the mansion . Once tossed out on the streets , finally caught up with . apologised for his faults and promised to look past hers and decides to give him another chance . At the same token , runs into . MPEG , who promised to " rip 's face off . " seems too distracted regardless to find . After comes out and reveals that MPEG was born without genitals , his right - hand man realizes that he 's never seen MPEG in action with a woman . At that moment , his crew pulls down his pants , showing nothing but two straws where his genitals should be , confirming what said . MPEG leaves ashamed , and after and make up , lets everyone back in . and find themselves in the Mansion 's kitchen , and tells that is waiting upstairs for him , shades of the situation that started the whole mess in the first place . And just like 4 years previous , and take several shots together before goes upstairs , where he finally has sex with . In the unrated version , footage show and having sex . As going too fast he overexerts himself .

Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore, Raquel Alessi, Molly Stanton, Craig Robinson

In the far reaches of space , a planet explodes sending a strange meteorite across the galaxy , heading towards Earth . Meanwhile , of Modesto , California is going to be married to news weatherman . Just before the ceremony , she is hit by the meteorite and its energy causes her to glow green and grow to enormous size . She is tranquilized by the military and awakens in a top secret government facility that houses monsters of which the public are ignorant . She meets General , the Army officer in charge of the facility , and her fellow monster inmates : Dr. , a mad scientist who became half - human , half - cockroach after an experiment ; B.O.B. ( Benzoate Ostylezene Bicarbonate ) , a brainless , living mass of goo as a result of a food flavoring mutation ; Insectosaurus , a massive mutated bug standing 350 feet in height , and the Missing Link , a prehistoric fish - ape hybrid who was thawed from deep ice . herself has been renamed to Ginormica . 
 In a mysterious spaceship in deep space , an alien overlord named is alerted to the presence of quantonium , a powerful energy source on Earth , and he sends a robotic probe to retrieve it . The probe later lands on Earth where the President of the United States attempts to make first contact with it . However , the attempt fails and the probe goes on a destructive rampage , headed straight for San Francisco . convinces the President to grant the monsters their freedom if they can stop the probe . In San Francisco , the robot detects the quantonium radiating through 's body and tries to take it from her , putting many lives at risk . At the Golden Gate Bridge , the monsters work together to defeat the probe . 
 sets course for Earth to obtain the quantonium in person while the now - free returns home with her new friends and reunites with her family . However , the monsters alienate themselves from the humans due to their inexperience with social situations . breaks off his engagement with , claiming that he can not marry someone who would overshadow him and his career . Heartbroken , the monsters reunite , but realizes that her life is better as a monster and promises not to sell herself short to anyone again . Suddenly , is pulled into 's spaceship . tries to save her , but he is shot down by the ship 's plasma cannons , seemingly killing him . 
 On board the ship , extracts the quantonium from , shrinking her back to her normal size . then uses the extracted quantonium to create clones of himself in order to launch a full - scale invasion of Earth . manages to the monsters on board the ship . They rescue and make their way to the main power core where Dr. sets the ship to self - destruct to prevent the invasion . All but are trapped as the blast doors close and she personally confronts on the bridge . With her time running out , she sends the ball of stored quantonium down on herself , restoring her monstrous size and strength . After rescuing her friends , they flee the ship and meet with and , who has morphed into a butterfly . The ship self - destructs , killing and his army . 
 Returning to Modesto , and the monsters receive a hero 's welcome . Hoping to take advantage of 's fame for his own career , tries to get back together with her , but she rejects him . then arrives to tell the monsters about a new monstrous snail called Escargantua making its way to Paris . The monsters take off to confront the new menace .

Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Rainn Wilson, Kiefer Sutherland, Will Arnett, Stephen Colbert, Paul Rudd

In New York 's West Village , a mother 's ( ) dilemmas of marriage , work , and self are shown in the trials and tribulations of one pivotal day .

( ) is a Greek American teacher who came to Greece to teach at a local college about Classic Greece . However , budget cuts caused her to be laid off and forced her to get a job as tour guide . She believes she has hit rock bottom when she loses her passion in everything . Informed by her boss , ( ) , that she ranks poorly as a guide because the tourists think she 's boring , finds herself leading a tour around Greece with an assorted group of misfit tourists whom she believes is a failure since they seem to care more about buying T - shirts than learning about history and culture . Instead , she wishes to have a good group of Canadian tourists whom seems to be more engaged in history and culture than wanting to go shopping for souvenirs and hang out at the beach . disagrees with Georgia 's assessment , informing her that they are more interested in ( ) , a rival male tour guide also working for because he 's engaging in tours . As Georgia 's tour departs , her driver is injured in an accident and is replaced by another driver , ( ) . 
 In a clash of personalities and cultures , everything seems to go wrong and Georgia is on the verge of quitting as she ca n't connect with the group to get them to appreciate Greece and its culture . This is made worse when she voices her disgust with for favoring over her in letting his group stay in better hotels than her group . After being ignored again , Georgia decides to send a letter to inform her that she 's quitting at the end of her tour and can find another tour guide more tolerant to her and . 
 One day , an older traveller named ( ) , helps see why she ca n't connect with the group : she finds them annoying and is bored with her current job . Therefore , he shows her how to have fun and teach her how to be more engaging to the tourists . This helps Georgia learn more about the current group of tourists she has and open her eyes to the different places where they come from . In doing so , she also teaches them the origins of the Olympic Games , which they take genuine interest in . While they become more immersed in Greek culture , begins to show interest in Georgia . However , Georgia 's antics distract him while driving , and he narrowly avoids causing an accident on the road . At the hotel they 're staying at , Georgia 's female members of her group manages to stall a hurt as , and secretly sabotage his tour bus by stealing the air conditioning from it to install in her own bus . As the group begins to enjoy themselves at the beach , becomes sick and they take him to the hospital . is unsure if she should continue and is concerned for 's health until encourages her to do so . 
 During her group 's tour of the Parthenon , tells them why she likes coming there because at the right time , she could feel the wind from the ruins . While his own group looks around , confronts and her group . realizes she ended up with the better group when he reveals that without air conditioning on his tour bus , got a serious headache from having to hear his group complaining the entire time and he never bothered getting to know them . When openly insults his group in front of and her group by calling them Americans , the Canadians are offended by this and start trying to beat him up . and her group visit the hospital where is recovering well . At night when the group is celebrating the farewell party at a Greek buffet , confronts for the letter and convinces her to stay with a promise of a raise after she produces the review logs with good reviews with her current group of tourists . She even admitted that she was glad quit since she never liked being around him and only tolerated because she knew his parents very well . Georgia begins a relationship with .

( ) has acute promyelocytic leukemia . Conceived by in vitro fertilization , her younger sister ( ) was brought into the world as a savior sister . She is a genetic match to her older sister and can donate compatible organs , blood , and tissue to help her . When turns 15 , she goes into renal failure and 11 - year old knows that she will be forced by her parents to donate one of her kidneys . She also realizes that she may not be able to live the life she wants to lead – she will not be able play sports , drink alcohol , or be a mother in the future . tells her parents that she does not want to be a donor and sues them for medical emancipation and the rights to her own body . Her father ( ) understands her , though her domineering mother , ( ) , who leads an obsessive campaign to keep alive , is indignant at her decision . Attorney ( ) agrees to work for as her guardian ad litem , suing for partial termination of parental rights . He has agreed to take the case because he has epilepsy , and is sympathetic to her predicament . 
 The film is interlaced with flashbacks that detail and 's close relationship , as well as how 's illness has affected her siblings , including their brother , . In a flashback , meets a fellow cancer patient , ( ) , whom she begins dating . He asks her to the hospital 's prom for teen patients ; there , they slow - dance , then have sex . A few days later , begins to worry as she has not seen since the dance . She learns that has died and attempts suicide by overdosing on painkillers , but stops her . expresses hope that after she dies , she will see . 
 makes a request to go to the beach one last time . obtains permission and discharges her from the hospital for the day . overreacts and demands that be returned to the hospital immediately . angrily refuses and threatens with a divorce if she does not join them . shows up at the beach , where they enjoy one final family outing . 
 During the hearing , reveals that is actually acting under 's instruction ; , not wanting to live any longer , had persuaded to refuse to donate her kidney . had wanted to give her kidney and had been upset at 's decision . is finally forced to acknowledge what has been trying to tell her all this time : she is ready to die . Later that day , dies sleeping , with her mother by her side . After her death , states that has won the case . The family moves on with their lives . , who gave up practicing law to look after , returns to work , retires from firefighting and counsels troubled youths , and receives an arts scholarship in New York . reveals that every year on 's birthday they go to Montana , which was her " most favorite place in the world " . She concludes that she was not born merely to save her sister , she was born because she had a sister , and that their relationship continues even in death .

Cameron Diaz, Alec Baldwin, Abigail Breslin, Sofia Vassilieva, Joan Cusack, Thomas Dekker, Jason Patric

, former night guard at the American Museum of Natural History , now runs his own direct response television company that sells inventions based on his experiences . He travels to the museum , discovering most of the exhibits will be moved to the Federal Archives at the Smithsonian Institution and replaced with holographic information providers . The Tablet of Akmenrah is to remain in the museum , leaving most of the exhibits without the ability to come to life at night . After the exhibits are moved , receives a phone call from , who informs him that the monkey stole the Tablet and took it to the Smithsonian , bringing every exhibit in it to life . travels to Washington , DC , navigating his way to the archives with help from his son while posing as a night guard . 
 finds his friends trapped in their shipping container under attack from ’s evil older brother , accidentally activating the tablet and bringing the exhibits in the Smithsonian to life again . reveals his plans to use the tablet ’s powers to conquer the world . escapes , aided by a gigantic octopus and General , who is captured , and then the adventurous , who becomes his travelling companion around the museum . The two evade ’s men , trapping them in the portrait of in Times Square . enlists fellow evil historical leaders , , , and to help capture and retrieve the tablet . tries to help but is placed in an hourglass . is unable to open the Gate of the Underworld with the tablet , sending and off to translate it or dies . 
 While searching for someone in the museum who can help , and end up falling in love . They travel to the National Air and Space Museum , briefly encountering the statue of at the Lincoln Memorial . Inside the museum , grounds all of the aircraft and rockets from taking off , before a group of bobbleheads inform him that the combination is the value of pi . , , and ’s troops arrive , prompting and to escape using the Wright Flyer . They crash the plane into the Smithsonian , where uses the acquired combination to summon an army of bird - headed warriors . crashes in through the window , frightening the warriors back into the Underworld . 
 gathers an army of allies including ’s friends and , leading to a climactic battle . obtains the tablet , banishing back to the Underworld . flies and the New York exhibits back home , giving a final kiss before taking off in her plane , knowing she will become dust before reaching the Smithsonian . sells his company , donating the money to the museum to renovate it , and the exhibits remain , capable of moving about at night under the pretense of being animatronics . is rehired as night guard and aids a woman who resembles during the debut of the museum 's new extension of visiting hours .

Ben Stiller, Dick Van Dyke, Robin Williams, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Jonah Hill, Ricky Gervais

The Ozunu Clan , led by the ruthless Lord ( ) , trains orphans from around the world to become the ultimate ninja assassins . One of these orphans , ( ) , was forced to train as an assassin for the clan . The training was both brutal and hard especially for him because he was to be the next successor of the clan . 
 The only kindness he was ever shown was from a young kunoichi named , with whom he eventually develops a romantic bond . As time goes on , becomes disenchanted with the Ozunu 's routine and wishes to abandon it for freedom . One rainy night , decides to make her escape and encourages to join her ; however he decides to stay . Branded as a traitor , was caught and later executed in front of by their elder ninja brother , impaling her through the heart . 
 As a result of 's death , begins to harbor resentment and doubt towards the . 's death opens his eyes and he begins to see faults within the clan and sees that what he 's been taught to do was n't right . Some time later , is instructed by Lord to complete his first assassination . Afterwards , meets the rest of his clan atop a city skyscraper in Berlin . There he is instructed by Lord to execute another kunoichi traitor like . Upon remembering 's death and finally having had enough , cracks . He rebels against Lord by cutting his face with a kyoketsu - shoge and engages in combat against his fellow ninja kin . Barely surviving , he falls off the roof of the skyscraper and into a river . For the years that are to come , recovers and trains on his own to intervene and foil all of 's assassination attempts in hopes of bringing down the clan that took everything from him . 
 Meanwhile , Europol agent ( ) has been investigating money - linked political murders and finds out that they are possibly connected to the Ozunu . She defies her superior , ( ) , and retrieves secret agency files to find out more about the investigation . meets and convinces him to see for protection as well as to provide evidence against the Ozunu . However , is arrested by and abducted by agents from Europol for interrogation . 
 Although feeling betrayed , is assured by that he is still on her side and gives her a tracking device for emergencies . The Ozunu ninja infiltrate the Europol safehouse where is being held in an attempt to kill him and everybody inside . frees and they both manage to escape , but suffers near - fatal wounds . then takes him to a motel to hide . Resting in the motel , implants the tracking device into , as the ninjas remain in pursuit . Unable to fend off the Ozunu , she hides outside the motel until Special Forces arrive to help her . 
 By the time they arrive , the ninjas have already kidnapped , bringing him before Lord for prosecution . During transport back to the Ozunu , uses his ninja techniques to heal his own wounds . Europol special forces and tactical teams led by storm the secluded Ozunu retreat ( nestled in the mountains ) using the tracking device on . 
 Turning the night into day by saturating the sky above with powerful flares , the military forces are able to fight the ninjas on their own terms . In the confusion , frees from his bindings , where he proceeds to kill and confront Lord in a sword duel . interferes to help , but is stabbed by Lord . Enraged , uses a ' shadow blending ' technique for the first time to distract and kill Lord . , seemingly fatally wounded , is in fact saved by a quirk of birth : her heart is actually on the opposite side of her chest . After Europol leaves , stays behind to tend to the ruins of the retreat . He later climbs the same wall did while trying to escape in the past , and looks out at the surrounding countryside , recognizing his freedom for the first time .

Rain, Naomie Harris, Rick Yune, Ben Miles, Sho Kosugi, Sung Kang

( ) works for a finance company and is married to ( ) . While is at work , he greets temporary worker ( ) , who , believing was flirting with her , attempts to seduce him throughout the film . repeatedly rejects her , but continues to pursue him , making sexual advances on him at the Christmas party . At one point , she follows him to his car and attempts to seduce him with revealing lingerie and fishnet stockings , but refuses again and forces her out of his car . intends to report to his firm 's human resource management , but learns that she has quit her job . Thinking that has given up , is annoyed when he receives flirtatious emails from her . and his workmates visit a resort for a conference , where he spots and confronts , who spikes his drink . Incapacitated , is helpless when follows him into his hotel room . He confronts Lisa again the following day , and hours later discovers her lying naked in his bed after attempting suicide , and calls for medical help . 
 After repeated attempts to reach on his phone , finds at the hospital and suspects that he and had an affair , as claims . LAPD Detective ( ) at first questions 's fidelity to as well , but soon becomes skeptical of 's claims , due to inconsistencies in her story . , refusing to believe , kicks him out of their house , and he moves into a separate apartment . Months later , and meet up for dinner and finally reconcile . Meanwhile , tricks the babysitter ( ) into letting her in under the pretense of being one of 's friends . When and return home after dinner , they discover that had been in the house and seemingly abducted and 's infant son , ( and ) . goes to his car with the intent to pursue Lisa , only to find the baby is safely sitting in the back seat . He and immediately take to the hospital for a check - up . When and return home from the hospital , they find has trashed their bedroom and removed 's face from their family portrait . leaves a threatening voice message on 's phone , and she and set up a home alarm system . 
 learns that and will be going away from town for a few days , with leaving one afternoon and the next day . While is on her way to pick up , she realizes she forgot to set the alarm system and returns home . Meanwhile , breaks into and 's house again and decorates the master bed with rose petals . While setting the alarm , hears in the bedroom . She confronts , who tries to convince her that was seeing . However , sees through her lie and attempts to call the police , but tackles her to the floor , and the two engage in a fistfight . calls the home phone and answers ; he calls Detective and they both head toward the house . runs to the attic and pursues her . leads her to a weak spot in the attic floor , where falls through . Seeing that is in mortal danger , reaches out in an attempt to grab and lift her up , but refuses and tries to pull down with her . Seeing that the floor is beginning to buckle , pries off of her arm . falls onto the glass table below , and is killed when a chandelier falls from the ceiling onto her . Detective arrives as comes out of the house . As soon as Detective goes inside the house to investigate 's actions , soon arrives ; he and then tearfully embrace one another .

( ) and ( ) are best friends and co - owners of a successful sports marketing firm . Seven years prior , , recently divorced , married ( ) after being whisked away by for a tropical vacation . The marriage , however , is short lived . Seven years later , resurfaces to tell that their short marriage resulted in something he never suspected : twins ( ) and ( ) . 
 , facing jail time for her work as an environmental activist , asks to take care of the kids while she does her time . Thinking this might be his chance to get back with , agrees , but only if will help him since neither have any experience taking care of kids . At the same time , the two must finalize a huge marketing deal with a Japanese company ; something they 've always dreamed of , but will take all of their talents to clinch . 
 Because 's condo does not allow children , he has to board with . Whilst this is happening , and are close to securing the biggest account in the history of their careers with the Japanese corporation . and 's attempts to take care of the kids are well - intentioned , but very misguided . On a trip with the kids to an overnight camp , a hard - nosed camp instructor ( ) becomes convinced that and are homosexual partners . The trip ends with a bang after Dan accidentally sets a beloved statue of the camp 's founder on fire . 
 The kids then proceed to spill and replace and 's prescriptions , mixing them up in the process . then must play a game of golf with the Japanese executives while experiencing extreme side effects and tries to woo ( ) with a face frozen by the pills . 
 Desperate to help communicate with the children despite his inexperience with children , recruits his friend ( ) , a flamboyant children 's entertainer , who is famous around the world . comes by and straps and in motion control puppet suits so can help make all the right moves with his daughter while having a tea party . The suits malfunction , but speaks from the heart , winning over but his speech makes emotional . Everything is great with as she returns home upon having served time in jail . However , the guys have sealed their Japanese deal , sending junior associate ( ) to Tokyo . When goes missing after arriving there , and must fly to Tokyo themselves to work . must leave the kids and despite his ( and their ) desire to be a family . 
 Once in Tokyo , realizes that what he really wants is to be a good father . He leaves the meeting without sealing the deal , rushing with to Vermont for the kids ' birthday party . They are n't able to get into the Burlington Zoo in time and are forced to break in with the help of . However , they mistakenly wind up in the gorilla enclosure . Though and escape , is captured by the gorilla ( which takes a strong liking to him ) . 
 then pays a birthday party performer hired by to use his jet pack and suit , flies into the ceremony and wins his kids back over . When the jet pack stops working in mid - air , he is taken to an ambulance on a stretcher . One year later , and are together , has married , and has become like a new " uncle " to the kids .

John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Seth Green, Ella Bleu Travolta, Conner Rayburn, Matt Dillon, Rita Wilson, Dax Shepard, Bernie Mac, Luis Guzmán, Justin Long

and 's marriage is strained after their third child was stillborn . The loss is particularly hard on , who is also recovering from alcoholism . They decide to adopt a 9 - year - old Russian girl , , from the local orphanage . While and 's deaf - mute daughter embraces almost immediately , their 12 - year - old son is less welcoming . 
 becomes suspicious when expresses far more knowledge of sex than expected of a child her age . When seriously injures another girl at a local park , initially believes that the event was an accident but becomes alarmed when Sister , the head of the orphanage , visits with the warning that bad things frequently happen in 's vicinity . overhears this and uses as a distraction so that she can kill Sister with a hammer , which she hides in the children 's treehouse . is convinced that something is wrong with but does not believe her . is allowed by John to play hooky from school . During conversation , tells him that she does n't think likes her very much . He says that 's not true and that she should do something nice for her . then presents with roses from the grave of their passed child . grabs by the arm , frantic with the fact that she cut the roses . During the night , breaks her arm and presents it to . He kicks from their bedroom due to 's request for safety . then buys wine which she refrains from drinking . The next day causes 's car to roll into on coming traffic with inside . points out the wine to , who tells to go to rehab or he will leave with the kids . finds 's hidden Bible and discovers that it came from the Saarne Institute in Estonia , which she eventually learns is a mental hospital . She e - mails a picture and asks for more information . 
 When learns about Sister 's death from , he plans to retrieve the hammer and prove 's guilt . overhears their conversation and confronts as he searches the treehouse , setting it on fire and locking inside . falls to the ground trying to escape and is knocked unconscious with a major neck injury . attempts to kill him with a rock but stops her . While is hospitalized , slips into his room and smothers him with a pillow but doctors quickly revive him . realizes what did to and attacks but orderlies help to restrain her . As takes and home , doctors sedate . 
 That night , tries to seduce a drunken , who finally believes was right and threatens to send back to the orphanage . Meanwhile , as is coming out of sedation , she receives a call from Doctor at the Saarne Institute , who reveals that is actually a 33 - year - old woman named . She has hypopituitarism , a condition that stunted her physical growth , and has spent most of her life posing as a little girl . tells that is extremely violent and has murdered at least seven people , including a family who adopted her in Estonia , whom she killed because the father rejected her sexual advances . 
 flies into a rage after being spurned by and ransacks her room . She removes the makeup , false teeth , and body wrappings , revealing wrinkles and dark spots on her face , as well as fully developed breasts and a fully developed body figure . then shuts the power in the whole house and stabs to death . witnesses this and hides . can not reach on the phone , so she calls the police and rushes home to find him dead . gets a gun from 's safe and shoots in the arm , then goes searching for , finding her in the greenhouse . While shoots at , crawls onto the greenhouse roof , breaks through the glass above , and lands on her , knocking her out . takes the gun and leaves the greenhouse with . 
 regains consciousness and finds and outside near a frozen pond . lunges at , knocking the gun out of 's hand and hurling them both onto the ice . watches from a hill above , picks up the gun and tries to shoot , but shatters the ice instead , causing and to drop into the water . After a brief struggle , climbs partially out of the pond with clinging to her legs . , hiding a knife behind her back and reverting to her little - girl persona , begs not to let her die , calling her " mommy . " angrily responds that she is not her mother and kicks in the face , breaking her neck . and are met by the police moments after .

Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder, Jimmy Bennett

The film follows as she embarks on a quest across America to make a documentary about a subject she does not understand : love . As she and her good friend ( and director ) search for answers and advice about love , talks with friends , strangers , scientists , bikers , romance novelists , and children . They each offer diverse views on modern romance , as well as various answers to the age - old question : does true love really exist ? 
 Shortly after filming begins , meets a boy after her own heart : . As their relationship develops on camera , her pursuit to discover the nature of love takes on a fresh new urgency .

lives in West Orange , New Jersey with his teenage daughter , , and elderly mother , . Aspiring to join the New Jersey State Police , he trains at the police academy , but his hypoglycemic medical condition causes him to collapse , therefore failing the exam . To shape things up for his career , works as a security guard at the West Orange Pavilion Mall . 
 patrols the mall on a Segway to assure that things are safe and clean . He goes to the surveillance room and trains , who is new but uninterested on the job . Meanwhile , eventually becomes acquainted with , the vendor of a new kiosk . He meets her one evening at a party at Joe 's American Bar and Grill with other mall employees . Things initially go well , but is sidetracked when he decides to participate in a nacho - eating contest with . The hot and spicy salsa is more than can handle , and he begins chugging down several alcoholic beverages causing him to become excessively drunk and incoherent . He ruins the party and makes a wild exit by falling through a window . 
 Two days later , on the night of Black Friday , an organized gang of thugs disguised as Santa 's Village employees begin what appears to be a bank heist inside the mall . They take and other customers in the bank hostage . is revealed as the gang 's leader – his mall security job was a ploy to gather intelligence . They are keeping the hostages as insurance for the gang 's escape . The crew forces shoppers to exit the mall and strategically places motion sensors around each entrance to detect any attempt to enter or exit the building . 
 takes a break in the arcade and plays " Detroit Rock City " via Rock Band . He eventually walks back out in the mall , and discovers the entire mall is evacuated and under a state of emergency . Upon realizing this , he calls the police , and slips out of the mall to speak with Commander Sergeant . realizes is still inside after spotting her car in the parking lot , and decides to return to the mall to look for her . A state SWAT team soon arrives with Commander at the helm . , a former classmate and bully from 's childhood , takes control of the police units and orders to let them handle the situation . After spotting as one of the hostages , refuses and attempts a rescue . Vastly outnumbered and physically outclassed , takes a stand against ' crew using improvised measures to take them down one by one . He discovers credit card codes written in invisible ink on the burglars ' arms and realizes that their real plans go beyond robbing the bank . 
 , unaware of what has happened , shows up at the mall on her way to bring some food , but ' remaining henchmen seize her , and add her to the hostage group . manages to subdue all of ' accomplices and attempts to evacuate the hostages by pulling them up through an air vent . The plan fails when can not fit . enters the room , capturing and forcing him to give up the credit card codes he recorded on his cell phone . escapes , taking and with him . As police swarm the mall to apprehend the criminals and rescue the hostages , borrows a display minivan and joins in pursuing to the airport , where he is attempting to escape to the Cayman Islands . 
 After a brief scuffle , overpowers and puts him in handcuffs . Moments later , however , pulls his gun on , revealing that he was in cahoots with . demands the phone containing the codes from , who refuses , and destroys the phone . Before can retaliate by shooting , Chief of the mall security team arrives in time , and shoots in the arm . and are arrested , and and are returned safely . For his bravery and assistance , offers a job with the West Orange Police Department . honorably declines , opting to remain in mall security . and are eventually married in the mall , where they exchange vows on a set of black and white Segways .

Kevin James, Jayma Mays, Keir O'Donnell, Bobby Cannavale, Stephen Rannazzisi, Shirley Knight

On Planet 51 , green humanoids with snail - like feelers and pointed ears live peacefully in a society reminiscent of the 1950s United States , but with alien technology and 1950s - themed alien homes . In the town of Glipforg , is a teenager with a new part - time job at the local planetarium and a long - time crush on his neighbor , . His best friend is , a big fan of the Humaniacs films . tries to ask on a date , but her hippie friend , , keeps interrupting with his protest songs . 
 A mysterious spacecraft goes into orbit around Planet 51 and sends out a signal . On Planet 51 , under a secret Army installation called Base 9 ( their version of Area 51 ) , there is a basement filled with Earth artifacts including robotic satellites and space probes launched by the United States and the Soviet Union . The spacecraft 's signal activates Rover , a wheeled A.I. probe . Rover escapes , following a program to locate the newly arrived astronaut . The Planetary Army becomes suspicious after Rover 's escape and begins to investigate . 
 The spacecraft touches down in 's backyard ; NASA astronaut emerges . As plants the United States flag , he steps on a " rubber ducky " someone left on the ground . Everyone stares , and tries to get back into his module . Shocked when he realizes he is on an inhabited planet , runs about wildly and hides at the planetarium as the Army arrives on the scene . Planetary Army General consults Professor about the " alien invader " . The Army quarantines the area and asks citizens to start a local civil defense force to prevent the citizens from becoming " zombies " . 
 At the planetarium , discovers 's hiding place . They are surprised to discover they speak the same language . Realizing this alien is no threat , decides to help , hiding him in his bedroom for the night . finds , who is very happy to see it . As the General and his men search 's room , the group sneaks back into the planetarium with , who tells he has " the right stuff " . also shows the star that Earth orbits and how the universe is much bigger than had thought . The next morning , the Army takes 's module to a secret location . 
 The next night is the première of a new Humaniacs movie , and , and attend in costume as fans . introduces some new music as part of the contest and teaches to dance . Things go well until arrives : chaos ensues . arrives and points out that 's U.S. flag insignia identifies him as the alien . is captured and unmasked . When tries to keep him from being taken away , labels a zombie , and announces he will dissect both their brains . To protect , pretends to " release " him from his control . is proclaimed a hero , and and are taken away . 
 At Base 9 , interrogates , and an accidental gunshot starts a complicated chain reaction with soldiers shooting at each other . thinks is resisting his demands and allows to have a go at dissecting 's brain . gets his job back at the planetarium and is permitted to speak about the incident on TV , but can not fully accept the honor . He feels terrible about and decides to do the right thing . , and join him to go off to rescue . The teens know luck is on their side when shows up on the edge of town — he unscrewed the bolts holding together the armored vehicle in which he was imprisoned . 
 sniffs out 's trail and leads them to an abandoned gas station in the desert . They look around , and sees a soda bottle in an old refrigerator . When he tries to take it , it opens up the entrance to Base 9 . has distract the soldiers guarding the base with his protest group while the rest of them sneak into the base . They find strapped to a laboratory table , and getting ready to remove his brain . and his friends break in through the ceiling while scares away the scientists , technicians , and guards . They release but set off alarms . 
 helps the group find 's spacecraft , which was in a hangar . warns that , if the " alien " tries to leave , he will blow up the hangar . To give his chance to escape , initiates the 2 - minute destruct countdown by pressing the self - destruct control button , which panics the guards into fleeing the underground base . In the resulting firestorm , the General is knocked unconscious . The teenagers and Rover get into the module , but rescues the General from the fire . pilots the ship out of the base just in time as the base starts to blow up and up into orbit around the planet , allowing the teens to experience outer space . and enjoy the weightlessness , realizes has not turned him into a zombie , and asks out on a date . returns to the planet 's surface . Although the soldiers are ready to shoot anyone who appears , stops them . Finally , the inhabitants of Planet 51 see that came to their planet for peaceful purposes . lets stay with and says his farewells to Planet 51 . then leaves Planet 51 peacefully , accompanied by the Planet 51 Xenomorph - resembling pet dog - like animal seen throughout the film ( who had sneaked aboard 's ship without anyone noticing , except its owner ) . 
 In an end scene is seen emerging from Base 9 from a hatch , only to be seized and dragged away by two military test subjects of 's brain removal procedure who insist that the professor share the delightful experience of having his brain removed .

Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Gary Oldman, Seann William Scott, John Cleese

In 1987 , 16 - year - old ( ) lives in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City with her unemployed mother , ( Mo'Nique ) , who has long subjected her to physical , verbal and sexual abuse . has also been sexually abused by her now - absent father , ( ) , resulting in two pregnancies . The family resides in a Section 8 tenement and survives on welfare . Her first child , a daughter named Mongo ( short for Mongoloid ) , has Down syndrome and is being cared for by ' grandmother , though forces the family to pretend that lives with her and so she can receive extra money from the government . When ' second pregnancy is discovered , her high school principal arranges for her to attend an alternative school , where she hopes can change her life 's direction . finds a way out of her traumatic daily life by escaping into daydreams in which she is loved and appreciated . 
 Inspired by her new teacher , ( ) , finally learns to read and write . She meets sporadically with social worker Ms. ( ) , who learns about incest in the household when reveals who fathered her children . While is in the hospital giving birth to her second child , , she meets ( ) , a nursing assistant who shows her kindness . Upon returning home , her mother carelessly drops 3 - day - old and hits her , angrily declaring that ' revelation about the incest has resulted in their being cut off from welfare . fights back and runs away from her home with ; she eventually breaks into her school classroom for shelter . After Ms. discovers them the next morning , she frantically calls local shelters looking for a safe place for and to stay , but they end up staying with Ms. and her live - in girlfriend . The next morning , Ms. takes her and to find assistance for them ; will be able to continue her schooling while she raises in a halfway house . 
 soon returns to inform of her father 's death from AIDS . later learns that she is HIV - positive , though is not . Feeling dejected , she steals her case file from Ms. 's office . As she shares the details of her file with her fellow students , she begins to hope for the future . Later , meets with her mother , who brings , at Ms. 's office . Ms. confronts about her and 's abuse of , going back to when was 3 years old . tearfully confesses she 's always hated for " stealing her man " by " letting him " abuse her , and for eventually " making him leave " . tells that she finally sees her for what she is , and tells her mother that she will never see her or the children again , leaving with and . begs Ms. to retrieve her daughter , but Ms. silently rejects her and walks away . 
 plans to complete a GED test to receive a high school diploma equivalency . She walks out into the city with both children in tow , ready to start a new life and have a brighter future .

Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Sherri Shepherd, Gabourey Sidibe

In 1945 , the United States set up the Division , a government agency that tracks , captures , and experiments on people who possess psychic abilities , creating an arms race for superhuman powers . Each psychic is categorised into various groups based on what powers they have . Decades later , two " Movers " , teenager and his father , hide from Agent , a Division " Pusher " . tells he received a vision from a " Watcher " about a young girl must help to bring down the Division . flees while is murdered by . 
 Years later , has developed a drug which can boost psychic abilities . All test subjects have died , until a Pusher named successfully adapts to it . However , she escapes , stealing a syringe of the drug and flees to Hong Kong . lives in Hong Kong as an expatriate , but is visited by , a moody teenage Watcher whose mother , , is considered the strongest Watcher and aided in ’s escape . convinces to help her find the briefcase containing the stolen drug . They are attacked by the Chinese triad , led by a " " , his two sons , and a Watcher daughter nicknamed “ Pop Girl ” . is badly wounded by the , but is healed by , an opportunistic " " . 
 Using the drawings creates , she and track down , who is actually ’s ex - girlfriend . hid the case and then had a " Wiper " erase her memory of its location . recruits a " Shadow " named to cover from the sight of the Division ’s Watchers . attempts to foresee the case ’s location , competing with the stronger yet cocky Pop Girl . ’s group escape the Bleeders before splitting up . meets and his assistant , a talented Mover , learning will become ill without the drug ’s support . The battle until leaves , wanting the current future to go as planned . finds a key in ’s shoe which unlocks a locker atop a construction site where the case is hidden . 
 To distract and the triad , proposes an elaborate plan to obtain the drug and eliminate their enemies . He creates several envelopes containing instructions for each of his friends , including " Shifter " and fortune teller " Sniff " Emily , and employs the who erased ’s memory to do the same to his regarding the plan to throw off . locates the case , creating a duplicate of it and the syringe , while delivers to as part of the plan . then pushes her into believing she is actually a Division agent and her relationship with was a lie . 
 is confronted by , only for the Wiper to appear and erase the girl ’s memory , as per instructions from . , upon regaining his memories , visits , discovering ’s brainwashing . They travel to the construction site where unknowingly retrieves the fake case , but the triad arrive , leading to a lengthy battle between the various factions . During the fight , the triad members and are killed . seizes the fake syringe and injects himself with it , apparently dying . After and leave , appears , revealing is alive . They retrieve the real case and syringe from a dumpster , planning to use it to free ’s mother from Division , who had foreseen the whole narrative and plotted it out before her capture . 
 In the final scene , discovers her unopened envelope , which contains photographs proving her relationship with was real . She then pushes into committing suicide .

In Hollywood , Psychiatrist Dr. ( ): most of 's patients are luminaries in the film industry , each undergoing their own life crisis . lives in a large , luxurious house overlooking the Hollywood Hills and has published a hugely successful self - help book . However , he is disheveled and lives alone in his large house . He smokes marijuana at home , in his car and behind his office , when not seeing patients . routinely drinks himself to sleep around his house , waking up in his clothes and never enters his bedroom . Despite his own problems , continues psychotherapy with his patients , maintaining his incisiveness , compassion and strong doctor - patient relationships . 
 Around some of 's patients , ( ) is a high - powered talent agent who is both narcissistic and anxiety- ridden , with a germ phobia , ( ) is an actor addicted to various drugs and alcohol , and one of 's biggest clients , is not one of 's patients , but they share a drug - dealer named ( ) . ( ) is another popular celebrity with a drinking problem , about which he is in denial . He continues therapy , however , because he believes that he has a sex addiction . ( ) is an actress in her thirties , who is intelligent , compassionate and poised , but is facing fewer career opportunities because of 's notion that her age is a limitation . Her rock - star husband , who she says " was n't always like this , " is self - centered and cheating on her . 's newest patient , ( ) is a troubled high - school student , who is required to see a therapist by her school , after cutting her hand by punching a mirror . She is referred to by his father as a pro bono case because like 's wife , 's mother committed suicide . is an avid moviegoer who aspires to become a filmmaker . 
 has few friends , and spends time with , his quirky pot dealer . also socializes with ( ) to whom he is loosely related through 's deceased wife , whose mother was 's godmother . is a struggling young screenwriter who finds romantic interest in 's assistant ( ) . also derives creative inspiration from . secretly steals 's private file from 's office and pursues a platonic interest in . He writes his breakthrough screenplay about , and with 's help , succeeds in gaining 's interest in the screenplay . 
 suffers a breakdown on a live television talk show , alarming the host ( ) and the viewers when he states publicly for the first time that his wife committed suicide . He denounces his book as " bullshit " and himself as a fraud , and storms off of the set . , and react to 's on - air outburst . decides to stop treating , though he begins helping finally come to terms with her mother 's suicide . 
 discovers the screenplay and feels betrayed by . angrily attacks for his deception , but accepts his own professional responsibility in the situation , which he unknowingly allowed . Later , and are mysteriously invited to a meeting at 's office . seats them in a conference room , where is already waiting . To their surprise , now approves of 's screenplay . announces that he will be representing and making 's screenplay into a movie . , having disposed of his drug supply , approaches at home . He tells her he does n't want to see her anymore " ... professionally , " implying his interest in seeing her romantically . She smiles . 
 That night , enters his bedroom , wearing pajamas . He momentarily regards his former marital bed , before climbing into it and turning off the light .

Narcissistic gigolo ( ) lives in Los Angeles , drifting from one relationship to another without a steady job or even a place to live . He preys on women who can provide for him . After meeting ( ) at a club he moves in with her , using his looks and sexual prowess to keep her happy . 
 Before long , however , starts cheating on , first with his friend ( ) , then with ( ) , whom he met at another party . disapproves of 's free - wheeling lifestyle and has expressed a desire for a relationship , but has no real interest in her except for sex . catches with , but they come to an uneasy arrangement where she will ignore his infidelity . 
 While is out of town , meets a waitress named ( ) . He enlists his friend ( ) to help him get interested , but she does not fall for his charms . Although he eventually gets a date with her , she abandons him afterwards . Soon after , unexpectedly shows up in 's pool and they end up having sex . The next morning is moving 's car and realizes it does not belong to her but to her " boyfriend " , after she told him she was single . throws her out in anger . However , he can not stop thinking about her , and his obsession frustrates to the point that she gets fed up and throws him out , quickly taking him back . , however , leaves on his own accord , still enchanted by . 
 searches for a place to stay , but has a falling out with and can not get into the parties he once did . He runs into at a swanky hotel , and she admits that she was only interested in him for his house , believing him to be rich . It transpires that she is the same as , scamming rich men for money in the same way he does with women . She lets him move in with her and her stoner roommate ( ) and they begin dating , though continues to scam and hustle , with some reluctant assistance from . 
 One day , an upset reveals to that she just broke up with her fiancé because she is in love with . She further tells him her fiancé 's family owns the New York Rangers and that he is the one who has been paying her bills and living expenses . Nikki , who has also fallen in love with , is nonetheless angry that she kept her engagement from him , and leaves the house in a huff . When he returns he only finds a note that says she has left for New York City . At 's urging and with paying for the airfare , follows her . He finds her at a plush penthouse and begs her to come back to LA with him . She refuses , telling him she can not afford to let him chase his fantasies around while she runs down the funds they would need to live . He then proposes to her , but she tells him that she is already married , breaking his heart . says that she can not get a divorce because she needs the luxuries and high expenses . Her husband ( ) returns home and passes off as a grocery boy , dismissing him . 
 returns to LA , getting an honest job delivering groceries and living with . He delivers groceries to 's house , where they are picked up by the kept man who has replaced . The ending credits show feeding a mouse to 's African Bullfrog .

Ashton Kutcher, Anne Heche, Margarita Levieva, Sebastian Stan, Rachel Blanchard, María Conchita Alonso

In the 23rd century , the Federation starship USS Kelvin is investigating a " lightning storm " in space . A Romulan ship , Narada , emerges from the storm and attacks Kelvin . Narada 's first officer , , demands that Kelvin 's Captain come aboard to negotiate a truce . is questioned about the current stardate and an " Ambassador " , whom he does not recognize . Narada 's commander , , kills him , and resumes attacking Kelvin . , Kelvin 's first officer , orders the ship 's personnel , including his pregnant wife , to abandon ship while he pilots Kelvin on a collision course with Narada . sacrifices his life to ensure 's survival as she gives birth to . 
 Seventeen years later on the planet Vulcan , a young is accepted to join the Vulcan Science Academy . Realizing that the Academy views his human mother as a " disadvantage " , he joins Starfleet instead . On Earth , becomes a reckless but intelligent young adult . Following a bar fight with Starfleet cadets accompanying , meets Captain , who encourages him to enlist in Starfleet Academy , where meets and befriends doctor . 
 Three years later , Commander accuses of cheating during the simulation . argues that cheating was acceptable because the simulation was designed to be unbeatable . The disciplinary hearing is interrupted by a distress signal from Vulcan . With the primary fleet out of range , the cadets are mobilized . and board 's ship , the Enterprise . Realizing that the " lightning storm " observed near Vulcan is similar to the one that occurred when he was born , breaks protocol to convince that the distress signal is a trap . 
 Enterprise arrives to find the fleet destroyed and Narada drilling into Vulcan 's core . Narada attacks Enterprise and surrenders , delegating command of the ship to and promoting to first officer . , and Chief Engineer perform a space jump[5][6 ] onto the drilling platform . is killed but and disable the drill . Despite their efforts , launches " red matter " into Vulcan 's core , forming an artificial black hole that destroys Vulcan . rescues the high council and his father , but his mother dies . 
 As Narada moves toward Earth , tortures to gain access to Earth 's defense codes . maroons on Delta Vega after attempts mutiny . encounters an older , who explains that he and are from 129 years in the future . In that future , was threatened by a supernova . 's attempt to use " red matter " to create an artificial black hole and consume the supernova failed , and 's family perished along with . and 's vessel were caught in the black hole , sending them back in time . stranded on Delta Vega to watch Vulcan 's destruction . 
 Reaching a Starfleet outpost on Delta Vega , and the elder meet . With the elder 's help , devises a way for to beam onto Enterprise while it is travelling at Warp speed . Following the elder 's advice , provokes younger into attacking him , forcing to recognize himself as emotionally compromised and relinquish command to . After talking with , decides to help . While Enterprise hides itself within the gas clouds of Titan , and beam aboard Narada . fights with and , killing the latter and rescuing , while uses the elder 's ship to destroy the drill . leads Narada away from Earth and sets his ship to collide with 's ship . Enterprise beams , , and aboard . The older 's ship and Narada collide , igniting the " red matter " . offers help to escape , but refuses , prompting to give the order to fire , dooming Narada to be consumed in a black hole . 
 is promoted to Captain and given command of Enterprise while is promoted to Rear Admiral . encounters his older self , who persuades his younger self to continue serving in Starfleet , encouraging him to do , for once , what feels right instead of what is logical . remains in Starfleet , becoming first officer under 's command . Enterprise goes to warp as the elder speaks the " where no one has gone before " monologue .

Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Ben Cross, Anton Yelchin, Winona Ryder, Eric Bana, Leonard Nimoy

One night , a thief fleeing through Georgetown in Washington , D.C. , is shot by a man carrying a briefcase . A pizza delivery man who witnesses the incident is also shot by the killer and is left in a coma . The following morning , a young woman is killed by a Washington Metro train in what seems to be suicide . Congressman ( ) is distraught to hear that the woman was ( ) , a lead researcher on his staff . , who has military experience , is leading an investigation into PointCorp , a private defense contractor with controversial operations involving mercenaries . tells his former college roommate and old friend ( ) , an investigative reporter , that he had been having an affair with and that she had sent him a cheerful video message on the morning of her death , which he says is inconsistent and unusual behavior for someone about to commit suicide . 
 ( ) , a reporter and blogger with the online division of Cal 's newspaper and its editor , ( ) , discover that 's death occurred in one of only three CCTV blind spots in the Metro camera system . Cal believes the shootings are related to 's death and finds a link between the petty thief and a homeless girl who sought out Cal . The girl gives him photographs that the thief , a friend of hers , had stolen from the killer 's briefcase . The photos show surveillance images of talking to a well - dressed man . visits the hospital where the pizza delivery man is regaining consciousness and witnesses his murder by an unseen sniper . Later , she reviews CCTV footage and recognizes a man she saw at the hospital . 
 It is later revealed that PointCorp stands to gain € 36.95 billion ( over $ 24.3 billion U.S. in 2009 ) annually from its mercenary activities in the Middle East and domestically . speaks with , who shares his research findings — PointCorp is cooperating with other defense contractors to create a monopoly and purchase government surveillance and defense contracts , essentially privatizing United States security from the government . Cal 's PointCorp insider returns with the address of someone linked to the suspected assassin . finds the assassin living there and calls the police , who force the man to disappear after he shoots at . 
 , following a close lead , finds the identity of the well - dressed man who was speaking to in the listed photographs . He is ( ) , a PR executive working for a subsidiary of PointCorp . blackmails him into talking about his activities with and secretly tapes their conversation . The PR executive reveals that was actually paid to spy on and to seduce him to get information for PointCorp , but she fell in love with and was pregnant with his child when she was killed . 
 Before 's newspaper goes to press , goes on record to present his research into PointCorp . 's estranged wife ( ) , whose conversation with seems to imply a past love triangle dating back to their college years , reveals that she knows the amount of money received from PointCorp , after just hearing 's statement to the newspaper . After the couple leaves , realizes that knew already that was working for PointCorp . wonders what would have done had he known he had been tricked and whether himself is connected with 's assassin . A picture of from his military days , with the assassin in the frame , confirms 's hunch . reveals that he had been suspicious of , and that he hired the assassin to watch her . The assassin is U.S. Army Corporal ( ) , whose life had once saved . says that hated PointCorp more than he did , and that he killed with no authorization from him . 
 tells that he has three minutes to leave his office before the police arrive , as he has already contacted them . As he leaves the building , is confronted by . Officers arrive and shoot before he opens fire . leaves and goes to his office . There , and type up their own story , noting that was secured and arrested .

In the future , widespread use of remotely controlled androids called " surrogates " allows everyone to live in idealized forms from the safety of their homes . Compared to their surrogates , the human operators are depicted as slovenly and homebound . Protected from harm , a surrogate 's operator feels no pain when the surrogate is damaged . In Boston , FBI agent ( ) has been estranged from his wife ( ) , since their son 's death several years before . He never sees her outside of her surrogate and she criticizes his desire to interact via their real bodies . 
 and his partner , Agent ( ) , investigate the death of two people who were killed when their surrogates were destroyed at a club . ( ) , one of the victims , is the son of Dr. ( ) , the inventor of surrogates and the former head of their manufacturing company , VSI . The two determine that a human , ( ) , used a new type of weapon to overload the surrogates ' systems and kill their operators . After locating , attempts to bring him into custody . uses the weapon and injures during the chase ; inadvertently crash - lands into an anti - surrogate zone known as the Dread Reservation ( one of many throughout the US ) . A mob of humans destroys 's surrogate , forcing him to interact in the world without one . The Dread leader known as ( ) kills and confiscates the weapon . 
 learns that VSI originally produced the weapon , designed to load a virus that overloads the surrogate 's systems , thus disabling it , under a government contract . Unexpectedly , the weapon also disabled the fail - safe protocols protecting operators . The project was promptly scrapped and all prototypes supposedly destroyed . also learns that ( ) , his FBI superior , supplied the weapon to and ordered Dr. 's assassination , upon VSI 's request , for his criticism of surrogate use . , using one of his father 's many surrogates , was killed instead . is murdered in her own home by an unknown man who hijacks her surrogate , and the orders the weapon delivered to her . During a military raid on the reservation , the is shot , revealing his identity as a surrogate , with himself as the operator . 
 Travelling to 's home , discovers that he has been controlling not only the , but as well . Using 's surrogate in FBI Headquarters , uses the weapon to kill and proceeds to upload the virus to all surrogates , which will destroy them and kill their operators . reveals that he only wanted to empower the disabled to live normal lives , but after he was fired from VSI , they capitalized on surrogacy for profit . Convinced his plan is unstoppable , disconnects from 's surrogate and swallows a cyanide pill . takes control of 's surrogate and , with the assistance of the network 's system administrator , ( ) , insulates the virus so the operators will survive , but a second step is required to save the surrogates . ultimately lets the virus permanently disable surrogates worldwide . People emerge from their homes without their surrogates , confused and afraid . 
 Returning home , shares an emotional embrace with in her real form . The film ends with an aerial view of the collapsed surrogates along with overlapping news reports of downed surrogates all over the world and how people are now " on their own " again .

Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Boris Kodjoe, James Cromwell, Ving Rhames

Set in 1969 , the film follows the true story of ( ) , an aspiring Greenwich Village interior designer whose parents , ( ) and ( ) , own the small dilapidated El Monaco Resort in White Lake , in the town of Bethel , New York . A hippie theater troupe , The Earthlight Players , rents the barn , but can hardly pay any rent . Due to financial trouble , the motel may have to be closed , but pleads with the local bank not to foreclose on the mortgage and delivers a tirade about her struggles as a Russian refugee . The family is given until the end of the summer to pay up . 
 plans to hold a small musical festival , and has , for $ 1 , obtained a permit from the town 's chamber of commerce ( of which he is also the president ) . When he hears that the organizers of the Woodstock Festival face opposition against the originally planned location , he offers his permit and the motel accommodations to organizer ( ) . A neighbor , ( ) , provides his nearby farm land ; first they agree on a fee of $ 5,000 , but after realizing how many people will come , demands $ 75,000 , which the organizers reluctantly accept . comes to agreement about the fee for the motel more smoothly . Initial objections by his mother quickly disappear when she sees the cash paid in advance . 
 and encounter a little bit of expected opposition . The local diner refuses to serve anymore , inspectors target the motel ( and only his ) for building code violations , and some local boys paint a swastika and hate words on the motel . However , resistance quickly dissolves in the tidal wave of peace and love ( and commerce ) brought to the area . The family works hard serving the massive influx of visitors and become wealthy in the process . A cross - dressing veteran , ( ) , is hired as a security guard . also struggles with hiding his homosexuality from his family , when he connects romantically with one of the event organizers staying at the motel . 
 On the first day of the concert , , his father , and hear the music begin in the distance . 's father , transformed and enlivened by all the new life in town , tells to go and see the concert . hitches a ride through the peaceful traffic jam on the back of a benevolent state trooper 's motorcycle and arrives at the event . There , he meets a hippie couple ( and ) , who invite him to join them on an LSD trip in their VW Bus a short distance from the crowd . has trouble relaxing at first , but gradually melts into a psychedelic union with them . When they finally emerge after sundown , watches the vast crowd and brilliant lights of the distant concert ripple with harmonious hallucinatory visuals that swell into serene white light . 
 returns home from his liberating experience and has breakfast with his parents . He suggests to his mother that they now have enough money to replace him , but she can not bear to let him have his freedom . storms out , facetiously suggesting his mom eat the hash brownies has just offered . After another beautiful day at the festival , during which his friend the Vietnam veteran , ( ) , appears to overcome his post - traumatic stress disorder , returns home to find his parents laughing and cavorting hysterically , having eaten 's hash brownies . The once - brittle family ( particularly ) is united in joy and delirious affection . 
 The next morning , however , inadvertently reveals that she has secretly saved $ 97,000 in cash in the floorboards of her closet . is upset that his mother hid this from him while he put his own savings into helping his parents . 
 After the final day of the concert , decides to move to California as he packs up his things and says farewell to his father , after his father encourages him to strike out on his own . As pays one last visit to the concert and looks out over the muddy desolation of the farm , rides up on horseback and they marvel at how despite the obstacles , the event was a success . mentions his next big project : staging a truly free concert in San Francisco with the Rolling Stones — the infamous Altamont Free Concert .

Demetri Martin, Dan Fogler, Henry Goodman, Jonathan Groff, Eugene Levy, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Imelda Staunton, Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber

In 2003 , Dr. ( ) of Cyberdyne Systems convinces death row inmate ( ) to sign over his body for medical research following his execution . One year later , the automated Skynet system is activated and becomes self - aware ; perceiving humans as a threat to its existence , it starts a nuclear holocaust to eradicate them in the event known as " Judgment Day " . 
 In 2018 , ( ) leads an attack on a Skynet base , where he discovers human prisoners and schematics for incorporating living tissue to a new type of Terminator , the T-800 . survives an explosion on the base , which is destroyed . Following 's departure , emerges from the base 's wreckage and begins walking towards Los Angeles . 
 returns to the Resistance headquarters located aboard a nuclear submarine and is briefed by General ( Ironside ) that the Resistance has discovered a hidden signal containing a code protocol which they believe can initiate a permanent shutdown of Skynet 's machines . Working on this intelligence , the Resistance plans to launch an offensive against Skynet 's headquarters in San Francisco . It is decided among the Resistance that the offensive will commence in four days , due to an intercepted kill - list created by Skynet , which plans to terminate the Resistance 's command staff within the same time frame . learns he is second on this list , following ( ) . The Resistance leaders are unaware of 's importance , but knows that will eventually travel back in time and become his father ( as seen in The Terminator ) , and realizes that Skynet has learned of this fact . 
 Arriving at the ruins of Los Angeles , encounters and a mute child named ( ) during a skirmish with Skynet 's machines where and are subsequently abducted and taken prisoner by Skynet . Two Resistance A-10 airplanes are shot down while trying to intercept a machine transport . locates downed pilot ( ) . They then make their way to 's base , where thereafter , is wounded by a magnetic land mine . Attempting to save his life , the Resistance fighters discover that is actually a cyborg , with a mechanical endoskeleton and a partially artificial cerebral cortex . Although believes himself to be human , and his wife ( ) think that has been sent to execute him and orders him to be killed . helps escape . During the pursuit , saves 's life from Skynet 's hydrobots and the two make a bargain : will enter Skynet 's headquarters in San Francisco , to help rescue and the other prisoners , if he lets him live . 
 pleads with General to delay the offensive so he can formulate a plan to extract the human captives , but refuses and relieves of his command . However , the Resistance disobeys 's orders and instead , await 's signal . enters the base , interfaces with the computer , and disables perimeter defenses so that can infiltrate the cellblock and release human prisoners . learns from Skynet ( which assumes the form of Dr. on a screen ) , that he was ressurected and built into a machine to lure to the base ; when the Resistance launches its attack , will be killed , achieving the goal that Skynet had failed to accomplish in the past . The hidden signal that the Resistance received earlier is revealed to be a ruse , and Skynet uses it to track down and destroy the command submarine with the Resistance leaders aboard . 
 tears out the hardware linking him to Skynet and assists in battling the new T-800 ( Model 101 ) Terminator ( Kickinger ) . is soon outclassed in strength and temporarily disabled until comes to his aid . eventually defeats the T-800 , while destroys the base by rigging together explosives . , , and are airlifted out . though was seriously wounded during the assault with a life - threatening injury to his heart . offers his own heart for transplantation , sacrificing himself to save . As he recovers , radios to other Resistance fighters that , although this battle has been won , the war is still not over .

Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood, Bryce Dallas Howard, Common, Jadagrace Berry, Helena Bonham Carter, Jane Alexander

In 17,000 B.C. , the Seven Primes travel across the galaxy to create Energon with star - absorbing machines named Sun Harvesters . One of them , later known as The Fallen , defies their sole rule to never destroy planets hosting life by establishing a Sun Harvester on Earth . He is confronted by the other Primes , who imprison him before he can harvest the planet 's Sun using the Matrix of Leadership . The Primes then sacrifice themselves to hide the Matrix in an unknown location . 
 In the present day , two years after 's defeat , the Autobots and the U.S. military have formed the Non - biological Extraterrestrial Species Treaty ( NEST ) , a classified international task force , to eliminate the surviving Decepticons . In Shanghai , the Autobots intercept two Decepticons , Demolisher and Sideways . Sideways is killed by the Autobot Sideswipe , while kills , but not before he warns them of the Fallen 's return . At NEST 's secure headquarters in Diego Garcia , National Security Adviser concludes the Decepticons are still on Earth to hunt the Autobots , since 's corpse is at the bottom of the Laurentian Abyss and the last known AllSpark shard is secured in the base . Soundwave hacks into a military satellite , overhears the information , and sends Ravage to retrieve the shard . 
 Meanwhile , is preparing to attend college , leaving his girlfriend and guardian behind . He finds a smaller AllSpark shard and picks it up , causing him to start seeing Cybertronian symbols . The shard 's energy pulse turns the appliances in the kitchen into murderous Transformers , who attack and his family . After destroys the rampaging appliances , gives the shard to , who later captures the Decepticon Wheelie when he attempts to steal it . The Constructicons , upon discovering 's location , travel to the Laurentian Abyss and resurrect using the stolen shard and parts torn off from one of their own allies . then travels to one of Saturn 's moons , where he reunites with his master , the Fallen , who orders him to capture alive and kill , the only Transformer who can defeat the Fallen . 
 , , and his college roommate are attacked by , a Decepticon Pretender posing as a college student . After killing her , they are captured by , , and the Decepticon , but and arrive and rescue the humans . fights , , and alone as reveals that the symbols in 's mind will lead the Decepticons to a new Energon source . After killing , is killed by . The other Autobots arrive and repel and before they could recapture . As goes into hiding with , , , , and the Autobot twins Skids and Mudflap , the Decepticons launch devastating simultaneous attacks around the world , destroying ships in the Second Fleet and damaging Paris . The Fallen hijacks Earth 's telecommunications systems , demanding that be handed to him . 
 , , and enlist the help of former Sector Seven agent , , who reveals that the Transformers visited Earth eons ago and the most ancient , known as Seekers , remained on Earth , hiding in secret . With help from , they track down a Decepticon Seeker named Jetfire at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum . They use their shard to revive , who teleports the group to Egypt and explains the story of the Fallen . and turn against the Decepticons , and order them to locate the Matrix , which could revive . 's group finds the Matrix in Petra , but it disintegrates into dust in 's hands . Undeterred , stuffs the Matrix 's remains into his sock . 
 Meanwhile , NEST forces and the Autobots land near the Giza pyramid complex but are attacked by a large force of Decepticons . During the battle , many Constructicons combine to form , who destroys one of the pyramids to reveal the Sun Harvester inside , before he is killed by a destroyer 's railgun called in by . and the Decepticon Rampage attempt to spring a trap with 's captured parents as bait , in order to force to give them the Matrix , but interferes and kills them both . Major and Master Sergeant call in an airstrike , which kills a majority of the Decepticon ground forces . However , manages to shoot , seemingly killing him , before retreating upon getting attacked . Nearing his death , the contact through a vision , telling him the Matrix is earned , not found , and that he earned the right to bear it . They restore 's life and the Matrix , which he uses to revive . 
 The Fallen teleports to their location and steals the Matrix from , then returns to the pyramid with and activates the Sun Harvester . , who was gravely wounded during the battle by but did manage to kill his attacker , sacrifices himself in order to transplant his parts to , which give him immense strength and the ability to fly . knocks the Fallen and off the pyramid , destroying the Sun Harvester in the process . In the battle , disables and kills the Fallen ; vowing vengeance , retreats with . The victorious Autobots and their allies then return to the United States at the aircraft carrier .

Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Matthew Marsden

It is Halloween night in the fictional town of Warren Valley , Ohio . and , a couple , return home after a night of festivities . had overdone it while decorating their home for Halloween , and it looks like a haunted attraction . and discuss removing the Halloween decorations from their yard , which is against tradition , before midnight . starts doing so regardless , while waits for her inside their house . 
 While continuing to remove decorations , is enveloped by a white sheet , which was part of the decorations . Someone unseen attacks her , and they briefly struggle beneath the sheet . Her throat is slit by a candy sucker . A few trick - or - treaters witness the murder , but run away . The unseen killer drags 's corpse back to the yard . wakes up some time later , and goes searching for . He finds that 's mutilated body parts have been incorporated into the decorations . A pumpkin sucker is lodged in 's mouth . 
 , a young vandal , destroys the jack - o'-lanterns which decorate an entire neighborhood . At a certain house , begins to take a bucket of candy under a " please take one ! " sign , and is caught by the homeowner : his school principal , . knows that suffers from diabetes mellitus , and warns him against indulging in candy . sits down on his porch , and invites to join him . is given a lecture on respect and rules of etiquette by , while eating a chocolate bar . begins coughing , while continues acting casually . notes that an important rule for Halloween is to always check your candy . soon vomits blood , and dies . was poisoned by a chocolate bar spiked with cyanide . drags the body into his house , just ahead of the visit of a group of trick - or - treaters . They receive candy from . 
 dumps in his back yard , in a large hole containing another child 's body . As he tries to bury the bodies , faces numerous interruptions : his young son repeatedly asking for help with his jack - o'-lantern , Spite ( the neighbor 's dog ) that barks at the fence , the first child in the grave trying to escape , and surly neighbor Mr. . stabs the boy with his shovel , throws a severed finger over the fence to distract the dog , and explains to that he is dealing with a septic leak . voices his frustration with his son 's requests , such as 's wish that his mother was still alive . 
 finishes burying the bodies . He ignores , who seems to be requesting help , and enters his own kitchen , where jumps out and scares him . again asks for help with his jack - o'-lantern . Seemingly annoyed , takes a butcher knife and follows to the basement , where a table is covered with carving materials . suggests making a scary face this time , as brings the knife down , drawing blood . Though the lead up to the scene implies that is killing his son , the shot shifts to alive and smiling . Father and son look together at 's severed head , which they intend to carve . 
 Four trick - or - treaters ( seen earlier ) scour the neighborhood , collecting jack - o'-lanterns . They consist of two girls ( and ) and two boys ( and ) , and they are led by . They stop at the home of schoolmate , said to be a savant . They ask for one of her jack - o'-lanterns and invite to a quarry . When they arrive , the group 's leader , , claims it is the site of " The Halloween School Bus Massacre " , a local legend . 
 The events of the legend are depicted in flashback , while narrated by . According to , thirty years ago , the bus was carrying eight mentally challenged and mentally disturbed children , clad in freakish Halloween costumes . They were so deranged , that they had to be chained to their seats . There was a contract killing arrangement between their parents and the bus driver , since the parents hired him to kill their children . One of the children broke free and tried to drive the bus to safety , but ended up driving it off the cliff and into the lake . The only survivor was the paid driver , and the bodies were never recovered . The driver supposedly disappeared . The eight jack - o'-lanterns collected are meant as an offering to the eight souls who died . 
 The trick - or - treaters take a rickety elevator to the bottom of the quarry , where and seem to be attacked by water - drenched figures in chains . It turns out to be a cruel prank to scare . However , when kicks a jack - o'-lantern into the lake , the eight dead children rise up . reaches the elevator first , while is captured by the undead children . The other three teens beg to let them in the elevator , but she ascends with the jack - o'-lanterns instead and abandons them . The teens can be heard getting brutally murdered by the dead children . While silently leaves the quarry ( as the sole survivor ) , she briefly encounters . 
 , a self - conscious young woman , is getting ready for a party with her older sister and two female friends ( called and ) . The women dress in fairy tale costumes , with uncomfortable as . claims it is a tradition . The women pick up dates while walking through town , but is disinterested and leaves . Nearby , a masked man has a sexual encounter with a young woman in an alley . The man reveals the fangs of a vampire , and the woman soon bleeds to death . Her corpse is abandoned on a sidewalk , and the passing crowd ignores it . The vampire casually walks away , with nobody suspecting him of murder . 
 Later , as walks in the woods alone , she is confronted by the same vampire . He sinks his fangs into her neck . The vampire mocks her by commenting : " My , my , what big eyes you have " , in reference to the fairy tale . 
 The other three women are enjoying a bonfire party with the men they brought , and with several other similarly - dressed women . is worried about the missing , commenting that was always " the runt of the litter " . Someone screams as a body falls out of a tree , dressed in 's red cloak . removes the cloak and sees it is the vampire , who is bleeding and begging for help . then appears and assures everyone that she is all right , despite the blood oozing from her neck , and that she is ready to join them . The vampire is revealed to be wearing fake fangs and a mask , and is actually . The women , including , begin transforming into werewolves . had been shy because she had never killed anyone before , but now she is happy to have found someone who deserves death . As she prepares to kill , she mocks his terrified eyes with the phrase : " My , my ... what big eyes you have " . 
 The other werewolf women feast on their dates , which they had already killed before ' arrival . is observing their feast , though nobody seems to notice him . 
 lives alone with his dog , Spite , and scares away trick - or - treaters while stealing their candy . He later finds his home decorated , inside and out , with jack - o'-lanterns and scribbled trick - or - treat rhymes . While still within his home , is attacked by , a small boy in orange footie pajamas who has been a witness to many events of the evening . During a brutal struggle , removes the burlap sack from 's head to reveal a cross between a jack - o'-lantern and a human skull . calls to for help , but is tackled by . shoots with a shotgun , but is soon attacking again . However , rather than killing , instead takes a chocolate bar which landed on 's chest , chewing on it as he leaves . Photos burning in a nearby fireplace reveal to be the bus driver from the " School Bus Massacre " . 
 Bandaged and bruised from his encounter with , answers his door to give candy to trick - or - treaters . He spots walking over to and 's house . then walks by and is almost hit by a car of laughing women ( the werewolves ) . sits on his porch , handing out candy and wearing a costume that mimics his father 's first appearance . returns inside then answers another knock at the door to find the kids from the School Bus Massacre with their bags outstretched . 
 During the end credits , a series of comic strip panels show being murdered and dismembered by the school bus kids .

Rochelle Aytes, Dylan Baker, Leslie Bibb, Jean-Luc Bilodeau, Brian Cox, Alberto Ghisi, Brett Kelly, Quinn Lord, Britt McKillip, Anna Paquin, Tahmoh Penikett, Lauren Lee Smith

The film tells the story of , the first werewolf born capable of taking human form and the first to be called a Lycan . , a vampire elder , raises the child , envisioning a race of Lycan slaves guarding the coven 's fortress during the day and working as laborers for the vampires at night . The forests and the countryside are filled with savage werewolves born from 's rampage , and human nobles have taken to begging for protection against the beasts : he grants it in exchange for tributes of silver , which enables him to keep his slaves under control . As grows up , he and 's daughter ( ) fall in love , and in their adult years they begin a secretive intimate relationship . is reckless and insubordinate , and one night escapes the shackles preventing him from turning werewolf and rescues from his werewolf brethren . Despite acknowledging that rescued his daughter , can not forgive the escape and has whipped and imprisoned . 
 By trading her seat on the vampire council , enlists the help of in orchestrating 's release . , unable to flee alone , liberates the other Lycans as he escapes . remains , planning to meet in three days . As she prepares to leave she is visited by her father . asks if she assisted in 's escape : she denies it , but he discovers the truth by biting her neck and reading her memories through her blood . Discovering her relationship with , he imprisons her . Meanwhile , in the forest , recruits both human slaves and werewolves to build a force against the vampires . In the fortress , the vampire council and nobles demand that recapture , as his Lycans have been attacking human estates , freeing their slaves and offering them immortality as Lycans themselves . replies that he is confident will return as he has something wants : . 
 learns about 's imprisonment and eventually rescues her from her room but they are stopped from escaping by . , hoping to spare 's life , reveals to that she is pregnant with 's child . Disgusted , overpowers her and imprisons both her and . is unanimously sentenced to death by the council at a trial presided over by her father , and is executed by exposure to sunlight in 's presence . later visits her body and retrieves her pendant . 
 turns werewolf , but his attempt to escape the fortress is thwarted by the Death Dealers . He is able to communicate with and control the wild werewolves , however , and summons them to storm the fortress . A melee ensues in which vampire council members , their aides and lesser vampire nobles are killed . Realizing that intends to flee , pursues him and they fight . traps by exposing him to shafts of sunlight and then stabs him through the mouth with a sword and pushes his body down into a nearby body of water . With the battle over , 's deputy declares that " it is finished " , but knows this victory is only the beginning of what will become a war between the races . 
 The film 's coda reveals , having survived his wound , on a vampire ship fleeing the fortress and being sealed in an elder hibernation chamber by . The opening scene of the first Underworld film is also shown , with the voice of vampire ( ) revealing to ( ) that it was who had killed her family , not the Lycans , and that he had spared her life because she reminded him of his executed daughter ; , unaware of the truth , dismisses 's statement as " lies " .

Rhona Mitra, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Kevin Grevioux, Shane Brolly, Steven Mackintosh

In 1940 , nine - year - old idolizes famous explorer . When is accused of fabricating the skeleton of a giant exotic bird he says he discovered at Paradise Falls , he vows not to return until he captures one alive . One day , befriends a girl named , also a fan . She confides to her desire to move her " clubhouse"—an abandoned house in the neighborhood — to a cliff overlooking Paradise Falls . 
 and grow up , get married and live in the restored house . sells toy balloons at the zoo where works . However , after suffers a miscarriage[7 ] and they are told they can not have a child due to also being infertile , the couple remember their childhood dream of visiting Paradise Falls . They save for the trip , but repeatedly have to spend the money on more pressing needs . Finally , the now elderly arranges for the trip , but falls ill and dies . 
 By 2009 , still lives in the house , stubbornly holding out while the neighborhood homes are torn down and replaced by skyscrapers . When he accidentally injures a construction worker , the court deems him a public menace , ordering him to move to a retirement home . However , resolves to keep his promise to by turning his house into a makeshift airship , using thousands of helium balloons . , a young " Wilderness Explorer " who visited in his effort to earn his final merit badge , for assisting the elderly , becomes an accidental stowaway . 
 After surviving a thunderstorm , the flying house lands on a tepui opposite Paradise Falls . and harness themselves to the still - buoyant house and begin to walk it across the mesa , hoping to reach the falls before the balloons deflate . encounters a tall , colorful flightless bird , known as the mythical " Snipe " , whom he names " " . They then meet a Golden Retriever named , who wears a special collar that allows him to speak and who vows to take the bird to his master . The next day , they encounter a pack of aggressive dogs led by Alpha , a Doberman Pinscher , and are taken to their master , who turns out to be . invites and aboard his dirigible , where he explains to them that he is searching for a giant bird . When notes the bird 's similarity to , becomes hostile , believing they are attempting to capture the bird themselves . flees with and , but captures and starts a fire beneath 's house , forcing him to choose between saving it or . After saves the house , he and eventually reach the falls , though is upset at for abandoning . looks through 's childhood scrapbook and is surprised to find that she has filled in the blank pages with photos of their marriage , along with a note thanking him for the " adventure " and encouraging him to go have a new one . 
 The repentant goes outside , only to see sailing off with some balloons and a propulsive leaf blower to try to rescue . By throwing out his furniture and keepsakes , manages to lighten the house enough to follow . is captured by , but manages to board the dirigible , tether the house , and free and . inadvertently saddles with the cone of shame and becomes the dogs ' new leader . pursues them around the airship , trapping , and inside 's house . lures back onto the airship , with and clinging to her back . leaps after them , but snags his foot on some balloon lines and falls to his death . The house then descends out of sight through the clouds . 
 After reuniting with her chicks , and fly the dirigible back to the city . receives his Assisting the Elderly badge , and presents with his own badge : a grape soda cap that gave to when they first met . Meanwhile , 's house has landed on the cliff beside Paradise Falls , fulfilling his promise to .

Edward Asner, Jordan Nagai, Paul Eiding, Christopher Plummer, Bob Peterson

Utilizing an alternative timeline and applying multiverse theory , the story exists in a nearly identical , but separate America , whilst slightly mimicking both historically significant time periods . Initially starting in 1939 , during the fading Interwar Period , The " Minutemen , " a team of costumed crime fighters , formed in response to a rise in costumed gangs and criminals ; this creation and timeline occurring prior to , and similarly covering the 1960s Vietnam Era through mid-1980s Cold War Era America , saw the rise of The " Watchmen " team formed decades later . Their existence and influence dramatically affected world events : Doctor 's powers have helped the United States win the Vietnam War , and given the West a strategic near - peer parity military advantage over the Soviet Union , which by 1985 threatens to escalate the Cold War into a fully committed thermonuclear war . Additionally , the Comedian has suppressed evidence of the Watergate Scandal , allowing President to stand for , be re - elected , and serve multiple consecutive Presidential Terms . Owing to success in ending the War , dodging The Watergate Incident , and overwhelming support sees a full Repeal of the 22nd Amendment . 
 Eventually , growing anti - vigilante sentiment sweeps the U.S. general public , coupled with a massive nationwide police officer strike , enables the passing of , and U.S. Senate ratifying , the Keene Act , which was previously proposed and failed to garner support , but now a Federal Law deeming all " costumed adventuring " and " vigilantism " , leads to outlawing masked crime - fighters and their actions . While many of the heroes retire , Dr and the Comedian operate as government - sanctioned agents , and continues to operate outside the law . 
 While investigating the murder of government agent , discovers that was the Comedian , and theorizes that someone may be attempting to eliminate former costumed heroes . He warns his retired comrades — ( Nite Owl II ) , Dr. , and the latter 's lover , also a former heroine ( Silk Spectre II ) . Dr. ignores , and is skeptical , but relays this information to vigilante - turned - billionaire ( ) , who also dismisses it . 
 Following a backlash , Dr exiles himself to Mars , giving the Soviets the confidence to invade Afghanistan . 's theory appears to be justified when narrowly avoids an assassination attempt , and finds himself framed for the murder of a former villain named . When is arrested , his identity is revealed to be , and he is sent to prison . goes to stay with after breaking up with Dr. . The two become lovers and decide to come out of retirement . After helping break out of prison , is confronted by Dr. , who transports her to Mars . As he probes her memories , he discovers that she is 's daughter , and realizes the miracle of her life , created in spite of her parents ' turbulent relationship . He then returns to Earth with her . 
 Investigating the conspiracy , and discover that is behind everything . records his suspicions in his journal , which he drops off at the publication office of the New Frontiersman , a right - wing tabloid . and confront at his Antarctic retreat . admits to being responsible for 's murder , Manhattan 's exile , 's framing , and his own assassination attempt , which he staged to divert suspicion . He explains that his plan is to unify the U.S. and U.S.S.R. by destroying the world 's main cities with exploding energy reactors generating a Radioactive Decay Signature similar to that produced by Dr. . and attempt to stop him , but subdues them both and reveals that his plan has already been set into motion : The reactors already detonated , and the Decay Signatures are recognized as Dr. 's , leaving the world powers to assume he caused the attack . 
 and Dr. arrive in a destroyed New York City and determine that is responsible . They teleport to his base , causing him to retreat and attempt to kill Dr. . Unsuccessful , he shows them a televised news report in which states that the two superpowers have allied against their new " common enemy " : Dr. . Although his allies realize that revealing the truth would only disrupt this new peace , refuses to compromise , and attempts to return to the United States to expose . Dr. intervenes and complies with 's demand to kill him to keep him from revealing the truth . 
 Dr. shares a final kiss with before departing permanently to another galaxy , while an enraged attacks , who makes no effort to defend himself . Nevertheless , he defends his actions , claiming that for world peace to be possible , there had to be sacrifice . rejects his logic declaring that has deformed and mutilated humanity . and return to New York with plans to continue fighting crime . Later , an editor of the New Frontiersman tells a young employee that , as the world is at peace , there is nothing to report on . The editor gives the employee permission to print the contents of a collection of crank mailings , among which is 's journal .

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matthew Goode, Patrick Wilson, Malin Åkerman, Billy Crudup, Jackie Earl Haley, Carla Gugino

( ) is a cynical chess teacher and former Columbia professor in quantum mechanics . Divorced , he avoids human contact except for his friends ( , , ) and students , patronizing everyone he meets for not matching him intellectually . He spends much of the film washing his hands , all the while singing the " Happy Birthday " song — an attempt to gauge the proper length of time for the process . 
 comes home one night to find ( ) , a simpleminded 21 - year - old , lying on his doorstep . He reluctantly lets her in for a meal and soon she tells him her story . She turns out to be of a distinctly Southern background , having been born to fundamentalist parents in Mississippi and ran away from them . She asks if she can stay the night , which eventually allows , and she stays with him while she looks for a job . develops a crush on despite their age difference and their varying cultures and intelligence . 
 finds a job as a dog walker while still living with . Out on the job , she meets ( ) and they arrange a date . When she comes back home , she explains to that she ultimately did not like because he loved everything in the world too much . realizes that he loves her and they get married . 
 After a year passes , 's mother , ( ) finds , explaining that she and her husband ( ) thought had been kidnapped . She goes on to tell her that left her and sold their house after lost money in the stock market . She meets and is disappointed with him , so she tries to persuade to end her marriage . The three go for lunch at a restaurant and meet 's friend ( ) . As goes to use the restroom , ( ) inquires about . slyly decides to recruit him to end 's marriage . Later that evening , , who had taken an interest in , asks her over for dinner . They spend the evening together , and discover that she is a talented photographer . makes plans to contract her professionally . 
 explains to the audience that over the next few weeks changed and started experimenting in artistic photography , exotic new habits , and having an open relationship with and his business partner , ( ) . still hates and continues to arrange for to marry . She takes her to an outdoor craft market and " accidentally " runs into , who questions her about her marriage . initially sees past 's attempt and tells him that her marriage is fine . She warns her mother to stop at once , but keeps trying . Later , shopping for clothes , meets in another planned encounter and he gets her to admit that her relationship with is not entirely satisfying . He invites her to the boat he lives on , and the two end up kissing and beginning an affair . 
 arrives at and 's home full of regret and hopes to get the family back together . They all go to 's photography exhibit opening together , and he sees how his ex - wife has changed since she moved to New York . Distraught , he retreats to a bar , drinking away his misery . While there , he meets a recently divorced gay man , ( ) , and admits something that he has known most his adult life : that he is also gay . 
 tells she is in love with . is devastated and jumps out a window again , but this time lands on ( ) , breaking her arm and leg . As he visits her in the hospital , he asks her if there is anything he can do to make it up to her , and says she would like to go to dinner with him . 
 Finally , hosts a New Year 's Eve party , at which everyone is seen in their new relationships : with and , with , with , and finally with . and her parents have completely shed their former Southern conservative mindsets and wholeheartedly adopted the liberal New York City way of life and values . ( tells that his former membership in the National Rifle Association had been but a sublimation of his repressed homosexuality . ) They are now all the best of friends , and at midnight they kiss . Afterward is revealed to be the only one who is able to communicate with the audience , and explains directly to them that one has to find all the enjoyment he can , to find " whatever works " .

Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, Ed Begley, Jr., Conleth Hill, Michael McKean

, a lonely eight - year - old boy[6 ] with an active imagination whose parents are divorced , is wearing a wolf costume and chasing his dog . His older sister , , does nothing when her friends crush 's snow fort with him inside during a snowball fight . Out of frustration , messes up her bedroom and destroys a frame he made for her . At school , 's teacher teaches him and his classmates about the eventual death of the sun . Later his mother , , invites her boyfriend Adrian to dinner . becomes upset with his mother for not coming to the fort he made in his room . He wears his wolf costume , acts like an animal , and demands to be fed . When his mother gets upset , he throws a tantrum and bites her on the shoulder . She yells at him and he runs away , scared by what transpired . At the edge of a pond , finds a small boat that he boards . 
 The pond soon becomes an ocean . , still in his wolf suit , reaches an island . He stumbles upon a group of seven large , monstrous creatures . One of them , , is in the middle of a destructive tantrum caused by the departure of a female Wild Thing named K.W. As wreaks havoc tries joining in on the mayhem , but finds himself facing the suspicious anger of the Wild Things . When they contemplate eating him , convinces them that he is a king with magical powers capable of bringing harmony to the group . They crown him as their new king . Shortly after , returns and declares a wild rumpus , in which the Wild Things smash trees and tackle each other . 
 The Wild Things introduce themselves as , , , , , the , and Soon , they pile on one another before going to sleep , with at the center . takes on a tour of the island , showing him a model he built depicting what he wishes the island looked like . Inspired by this , orders the construction of an enormous fort , with in charge of construction . When brings her two owl friends and to the fort , a disagreement ensues , as feels they are outsiders . To release their frustrations , divides the tribe into " good guys " and " bad guys " for a dirt clod fight , but is hurt during the game . After an argument between and , leaves once again . 
 finds alone in the fort . reveals that he suspected that is not a king with magical powers , but warns him to never let know . At pre - dawn , throws another tantrum — this time , about the fort , 's absence , and the eventual death of the sun , which talked with about earlier . When gets angry with for not doing a good job as king , tries explaining that he is " just a boy , pretending to be a wolf , pretending to be a king " , exposing the truth to the rest of the Wild Things . becomes enraged and rips off 's right arm , though only sand pours from the wound . chases into the forest and attempts to eat him . is saved by , who hides him in her stomach . listens as and argue over 's behavior . 
 finds the crushed remains of 's model island and leaves a token of affection for him to find . finds and tells him he is going home because he is not a king . The other Wild Things escort to his boat . runs to join them after finding 's token and arrives in time to see him off . He starts to howl and howls back , then all the other Wild Things join in . looks at and she smiles kindly at him . Returning home , is embraced by his mother , who gives him a bowl of soup , a piece of cake and a glass of milk and sits with him as he eats . He watches as she falls asleep .

Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, James Gandolfini, Catherine O'Hara, Forest Whitaker, Paul Dano

( ) is a misfit in the small town of Bodeen , Texas , with no sense of direction in her life . Her mother , ( ) , a former beauty queen , pushes her to enter beauty pageants despite her lack of interest . During a shopping trip to Austin with her mother , encounters three roller derby team members and finds herself intrigued by the sport in which teams and players are given pun names that highlight the violent aspect of the sport . Intrigued , she and her friend attend a roller derby bout under the pretense of going to a football game , where they see the " Holy Rollers " defeat the " Hurl Scouts " , a perennially unsuccessful derby team . 
 Returning to Austin , lies about her age and tries out for the Hurl Scouts , discovering her natural skating abilities in the process . Joining the team , is given the derby name " . " After realizing she needs to be unmerciful in roller derby , sees she needs to take charge in other aspects of her life . One involves ' love interest , a lanky young rock guitarist and singer named ( ) whom she meets via her exposure to roller derby . They enjoy a whirlwind romance before leaves for a tour , taking a T - shirt gave him to remember her by , in exchange for his jacket . She later finds a picture of him at a gig with another girl , who is wearing her T - shirt . She burns his jacket in retribution and subsequently breaks up with him following his return , although he vehemently denies that anything happened . 
 Another sub - plot examines ' relationship with her parents , a loving but controlling mother and an amiable but clueless father ( ) who seldom opposes his wife 's parental decisions . After seeing her excelling and enjoying roller derby , ' father convinces her mother to let out of a pageant ( which is at the same time as the championship roller derby game ) and convinces the Hurl Scouts to come get for the bout . Various other sub - plots include her relationship with , and confrontations with a stuck up snob at school . is fine with ' new path , until she gets arrested with an open container of beer while she is waiting for , who has left to go find . Eventually , gets together with their manager and forgives . The movie ends with the Hurl Scouts narrowly losing the championship match and everyone finally getting along ; the team chants " We 're number two ! " which was the same thing they chanted when they lost their first match .

Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Drew Barrymore, Juliette Lewis, Jimmy Fallon, Daniel Stern

( ) is a single father and high school English teacher whose biggest fear is that he will one day end up all alone . He dreams of becoming a famous writer , but his previous novels have all been rejected by publishers . His 15 - year - old son ( ) is a pornography - obsessed underachiever who despises and is annoyed by everyone , especially his father.[4 ] is a student at the school where teaches an unpopular poetry class . His only friend is , a fellow student who spends his evenings at the ' house trying to avoid his alcoholic mother . 's consistently poor academic performance and vile behavior gain the attention of the school principal ( ) , who advises that should transfer to a special - needs school . is in a non - committal relationship with a younger teacher named ( ) , who is spending time with a fellow teacher named ( ) , whose writing class is more successful than 's . On nights when cancels their dates and he is alone , bonds with his elderly neighbor ( ) . 
 One night , after and spend an evening with , discovers that has died in an autoerotic asphyxiation accident in his bedroom . To avoid embarrassing his son , he stages ’s death as a suicide . He writes a suicide note on ’s computer and hangs his son ’s body in the closet . A classmate later obtains the suicide note from police records and publishes it in the school newspaper . The note strikes a chord with the students and faculty , and suddenly many students claim to have been friends with and are touched by how deep and intelligent he shows himself to be in his writings . 
 Enjoying the attention his writing is finally receiving , decides to write and publish a phony journal that was supposedly written by his son before his death . becomes something of a postmortem cult phenomenon at the school , and soon Lance begins to receive the adoration that he has always desired . finds ’s suicide note and journals as highly uncharacteristic based on 's personality when he was alive , but brushes him off when confronts him . The journal soon attracts the attention of book publishers and lands a television appearance on a nationally broadcast talk show . The school principal then decides to rename the school library in ’s honor . 
 At the library dedication , starts to feel guilty for exploiting his son 's death for his own benefit as well as hatred towards those who pretend to like when in reality they did n't . While giving a speech , decides he can no longer continue the charade and confesses to everyone that 's death was accidental , and that he wrote the suicide note and journal . Predictably , is denounced by the students and faculty , including ; and at the same time finally realizes that it is better to be alone than to end up with people who make you feel all alone . Despite now being despised by everyone , nevertheless feels reborn and dives naked into the school 's swimming pool . Outside , tells that he knew the truth all along , and that he enjoyed 's writing and encourages him to keep writing which says he will . The film ends as the two happily watch a zombie movie with .

In 1845 , , a boy living in Canada , witnesses his father being killed by groundskeeper . The anxiety activates the boy 's mutation : bone claws protrude from his knuckles , and he impales , who reveals that he is 's birth father before dying . flees along with 's other son , who is thus 's half - brother and has a healing factor mutation like . They spend the next century as soldiers , fighting in the American Civil War , both World Wars , and the Vietnam War . In Vietnam , the increasingly violent attempts to rape a Vietnamese woman , and kills a senior officer who tries to stop him . happens upon the fight and defends , resulting in the pair being sentenced to execution by firing squad , which they survive due to their mutant healing abilities . Major approaches them in military custody and offers them membership in Team X , a group of mutants including Agent Zero , , , , and . They join the team for a few years , with now using the alias , but and the group 's lack of empathy for human life causes to leave . 
 Six years later , is working as a logger in Canada , where he lives with his girlfriend . and approach at work . reports that and have been killed , and he thinks someone is targeting the team 's members . refuses to rejoin , but after finding 's bloodied body in the woods , realizes is responsible . He finds him at a local bar , but loses the subsequent fight . Afterward , explains that has gone rogue , and offers a way to become strong enough to get his revenge . undergoes a painful operation to reinforce his skeleton with adamantium , a virtually indestructible metal . Once the procedure is complete , attempts to betray by ordering that his memory be erased so he can be used as 's personal weapon , but overhears this and escapes to a nearby farm , where an elderly couple take him in . kills them the following morning and tries to kill , but takes down 's helicopter and swears to kill both and . 
 locates and at a boxing club . explains that is still working for Stryker , hunting down mutants for Stryker to experiment on at his new laboratory , located at a place called " The Island " . mentions , the only one who escaped from the island and therefore knows its location . and find in New Orleans , then both fight , who kills and extracts his DNA . Agreeing to help release mutants that has captured , takes to Stryker 's facility on Three Mile Island . learns that is alive , having been forced by into surveilling him in exchange for her sister 's safety . However , refuses to release her sister and denies the adamantium bonding promised for his service , claiming that test results revealed would not survive the operation . activates , now known as Weapon XI , a " mutant killer " with the powers of multiple mutants . 
 While and join forces to fight off Weapon XI , is mortally wounded leading the captive mutants to Professor and safety . After kills Weapon XI , arrives and shoots in the head with adamantium bullets , rendering unconscious . Before can shoot , she grabs him and uses her mutant power to persuade him to turn around and walk away until his feet bleed . regains consciousness but has lost his memory . He notices his dog tags read " " on one side and " " on the other . He pauses upon noticing 's body , but does not recognize her , and leaves the island . 
 In a mid - credits scene , is detained for questioning by some MPs in connection with the death of his superior , General , whom had murdered to protect his experiment . There were two alternate post - credits scenes that were shown at different screenings . One post - credit scene reveals a surprise twist on the fate of Weapon XI / Deadpool where he is revealed to have survived his decapitation . The other post - credit scene shows in Japan where he tells a barmaid he is " drinking to remember . "

Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston, will.i.am, Lynn Collins, Taylor Kitsch, Ryan Reynolds, Dominic Monaghan

Mountaineer goes hiking at Utah 's Canyonlands National Park . He befriends hikers and , and shows them an underground pool . After swimming , parts ways with the hikers , and continues through a slot canyon in Blue John Canyon . While climbing down , he slips and falls , knocking a boulder which smashes his right hand and wrist against the wall . Stuck , he tries calling for help but realizes that he is alone . 
 begins recording a video diary to maintain morale , chipping away parts of the boulder in order to free himself and to keep warm at night . He rations his food and water , in order to survive the ordeal . He sets up a pulley using his climbing rope in a futile attempt to lift the boulder . 
 Days pass . considers using his pocket knife to cut himself free , but finds the dull blade unable to cut bone . With no water , he is forced to drink his urine . His videos become desperate and depressed and he hallucinates about escape , relationships , and past experiences including a former lover , family , and and . During one of the hallucinations , he realizes that his mistake was that he did not tell anyone where he was going . He thinks that it was destiny that the boulder trapped him . 
 Using his knowledge of torque , fashions a crude tourniquet from CamelBak tube insulation and uses a carabiner to tighten it . He then slowly amputates his arm successfully . He wraps the stump of his arm to prevent exsanguination and takes a picture of the boulder . He then rappels down a 65 - foot rockface using his other arm and drinks rainwater from a small pond . He meets a family on a hike , who alert the authorities , and a Utah Highway Patrol helicopter brings him to a hospital . starts a family , continues climbing and always leaves a note saying where he has gone .

James Franco, Amber Tamblyn, Kate Mara, Clémence Poésy, Lizzy Caplan

In 1970s New York City , ( ) , the son of a powerful real estate tycoon , marries ( ) , a beautiful working - class student . Together they flee New York for country life in Vermont — only to be lured back by 's father ( ) . Upon their return , they buy a beautiful apartment . When brings up the idea of having children , implies he ca n't have any . They eventually buy a lake house out of town , and tells a pregnant neighbor that she is expecting as well . tells , to which he responds by throwing a chair and breaking a shelf . makes have an abortion , which he misses while doing work for his father . 
 goes back to college and eventually applies and gets into medical school . During a celebratory party at her parents ' house , drags out by her hair when he wants to go home and she asks him to wait . wants a separation , but her funds , which she needs in order to graduate , are cut off when she attempts to leave . gets violent and begins to show signs of abuse . Family secrets are slowly revealed , and disappears without a trace . 
 Years later , the 20 - year - old case is re - opened . Soon after this , 's best friend ( ) is found dead , and police consider as the main suspect .

Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Kristen Wiig, Philip Baker Hall

is a 28 - year - old dancer in a New York City ballet company , which is preparing to open its new season with 's Swan Lake . With prima ballerina being forced into retirement , artistic director announces he is looking for a new dancer to portray the dual role of the innocent White Swan and the sensual Black Swan . auditions for the role and gives a flawless performance as the White Swan , but fails to embody the Black Swan . 
 The following day , asks to reconsider choosing her to play the role . When he forcibly kisses her , she bites him before running out of his office . Later that day , sees the cast list and discovers , much to her surprise and that of her overprotective mother , she will be portraying the lead . At a gala celebrating the new season , an intoxicated confronts , accusing her of sleeping with to get the role . The following day , discovers that was hit by a car while walking in the street and believes she did it on purpose . 
 During rehearsals , tells to observe new dancer , whom he describes as possessing an uninhibited quality that lacks . also falls victim to several hallucinations of a doppelgänger following her wherever she goes and finds unexplained scratch marks on her back . One night , accepts 's invitation to dinner despite 's objections . 
 Over dinner , offers an ecstasy capsule to help her relax . turns it down , but later accepts a drink laced with ecstasy powder . The two dance at a nightclub and return to 's apartment late . After fighting with her mother , barricades herself in her room and has sex with . The following morning , wakes up alone and realizes she is late for the dress rehearsal . Upon arriving at Lincoln Center , she finds dancing as the Black Swan and realizes that their encounter never took place . 
 After learning that has made her alternate , 's hallucinations grow increasingly stronger to the point where tries to prevent her from performing on opening night . forces her way out of the apartment and arrives at Lincoln Center only to discover that is set to take over . She confronts , who becomes so impressed by her confidence that he allows her to perform . 
 During the end of the second act , becomes distracted by a hallucination , causing her partner to drop her . She returns to her dressing room and finds preparing to play the Black Swan . When transforms into 's doppelgänger , the two engage in a fight that ends with stabbing the doppelgänger with a shard of glass . She hides the corpse and returns to the stage , where she loses herself and gives a flawless performance as the Black Swan . 
 receives a standing ovation from the audience and , after surprising with a passionate kiss , returns to her dressing room . While changing , hears a knock at the door and opens it to find alive and congratulating her . Realizing the fight never occurred , and yet the mirror is still broken , and that she stabbed herself , quietly continues changing . 
 After dancing the final act , in which commits suicide by throwing herself off a cliff , falls onto a hidden mattress . As the theater erupts in thunderous applause , , and the cast gather to congratulate , only to discover that she is bleeding profusely . loses consciousness , but not before telling that her performance was perfect .

Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder

The film is presented in a nonlinear narrative . Throughout the film , the present timeline is intercut with the story of how and became involved . The following is a linear summary of the plot . 
 is a young hopeless romantic high school dropout , working for a moving company in Brooklyn . is an aspiring doctor studying pre - med , living with her constantly fighting parents and caring for her grandmother in Pennsylvania . She is also dating a fellow student named . During intercourse one day , did n't use protection causing an angered to break up with him . and meet at her grandmother 's nursing home while is delivering a new resident 's furniture . He gives her his number but she never calls . They coincidentally meet again on a bus and begin dating shortly afterwards . The two fall deeply in love and soon after , a jealous finds out and beats up . 
 discovers she is pregnant and tells the baby is unlikely to be his . At an abortion clinic , decides at the last moment to cancel the procedure . comforts and tells her he does n't mind if the child is not his and wants to begin a family with her . and get married . 
 Five years later , the couple lives in rural Pennsylvania with their daughter , and family dog , . paints houses for a living and struggles with alcohol while is a nurse at a clinic . goes missing one day and is found dead on the road side , further straining the couple 's marriage . After watching old family videos , insists on taking out for a romantic getaway at a motel so they can have some time off from their preoccupied lives , much to 's reluctance . At a liquor store , runs into and begins a conversation . and get into an argument in the car when she mentions seeing again . 
 At the motel , constantly tries to seduce but she rebuffs him . They start fighting and she locks him outside the motel room . is called away by the clinic early in the morning . She takes the car and leaves a note for . At the clinic , 's boss , Dr. , talks to her about a position he had offered her . He asks her to move closer to work , suggesting they would be able to spend time together on weekends . Visibly upset , says she previously thought he offered her the position because of her job skills . 
 Angered that left the motel without waking him , shows up drunk at the clinic . He has a heated argument with which leads to a violent altercation with Dr. . Dr. kicks both and out , firing the latter . demands a divorce while leaving the clinic . At her parent 's house , tries to persuade to give the marriage another chance , asking if she wants their daughter to grow up in a broken home . says she does not want to grow up with parents who are so hateful to each other . 
 After reminds of their wedding vows , they hug and apologize . Cindy then pulls away asking for some space . is seen walking away from the house while runs after him . tells to go back to her mom despite begging him to stay . challenges her to a race in an attempt to send her back to . He continues walking away while picks up an upset , who cries " I love him . "

On October 23 , 2006 , , an American civilian truck driver working in Iraq , wakes up and finds himself buried alive in a wooden coffin , with only a Zippo lighter and a BlackBerry phone at hand . Although he initially has no idea how he got there , he starts to piece together what has happened to him . He remembers that his and several other trucks were ambushed by terrorists , who killed his colleagues ; he was hit by a rock and passed out . He receives a call from his kidnapper , , demanding that he pay a ransom of $ 5 million by 9PM or he will be left in the coffin to die . 
 calls the State Department , which tells him that due to the government policy of not negotiating with terrorists , it will not pay the ransom but will try to rescue him . They connect him with , head of the Hostage Working Group , who tells they are doing their best to find him . 
 calls and demands he make a ransom video , threatening to execute one of his colleagues who survived the attack . insists that no one will pay $ 5 million , so drops the amount to $ 1 million . Despite his compliance in making a video , the kidnappers execute his colleague and send him the recording of it , which he watches in horror . Shortly afterwards , distant explosions shake the area , damaging his coffin , which begins to slowly fill with sand . continues sporadic phone calls with , skeptical of the man 's promises of help . To reaffirm his wholehearted intentions , tells about a 26 - year - old named who was rescued from a similar situation three weeks previously , telling him that the kid is home with his family and happy . 
 Later on , receives a phone call from his employers , who inform him that he was fired from his job due to an alleged prohibited relationship with a colleague ( the one who was executed ) , and thus he and his family will not be entitled to any benefits or pension he earned during his time with the company . calls back and explains that the explosions that had damaged his coffin earlier were in fact several F-16 bombings , and that his kidnappers may have been killed . begins to lose all hope and does a last will and testament in video form , giving his son all of his clothes and his wife his personal savings . calls back demanding that video record himself cutting his finger off , threatening 's family back home in Michigan if he refuses , saying that he lost all of his children . records himself cutting off one of his fingers and sends the video . 
 Shortly after making the video , the cell phone rings , and begins to hear digging and distorted voices . The voices become clearer , saying to open the coffin , and the coffin opens . But abruptly , it becomes obvious that he hallucinated the encounter . 
 After some minutes , calls and tells that they know where his location is and are driving out to rescue him , explaining that an insurgent gave them details of where to find a man who was buried alive . then receives a tearful call from his wife , and he assures her that he is going to be okay . As sand continues to fill the coffin to dangerous levels , giving seconds left to live , calls back and tells him that he and the rescue team have arrived at the burial site . Through the phone , digging is heard , but can not hear any digging around him . The team digs up a coffin and opens it , but it turns out that the insurgent led them to coffin , the man claimed had been rescued . Now knowing that he is not going to be saved , tries to calm himself down as he accepts his tragic fate . The sand finally fills his coffin and he suffocates to death as the light goes out and the screen goes black . The last thing we hear is repeating , " I 'm sorry , , I 'm so sorry , " as the connection times out .

( ) moves to Los Angeles after she quits her bar job when her boss refuses to pay her . Once in L.A. , she tries and fails at every audition she does until one night , she finds herself unknowingly in a burlesque club when she hears the music on the street . She finds ( ) and the dancers performing “ Welcome to Burlesque ” and decides to pursue a career on stage once she meets ( ) at the club 's bar . refers her to for an audition , but she is instantly rejected and ushered out by ( ) . Instead of leaving , begins serving customers at the club as a waitress , while asks to give a chance . 
 When ( ) becomes pregnant , auditions are held to replace her . begins her audition when everyone leaves , and after performing " Wagon Wheel Watusi " , persuades to allow her to become one of the club 's dancers , much to the annoyance of ( ) , the lead performer who is always late and caught drinking before numbers . One day has to replace on stage because is too drunk to perform . sabotages the performance by turning off the music that the dancers usually lip sync to , but before the curtain is dropped down , impresses everyone with her amazing singing skills . immediately decides to have become the main star of a whole new show at the club . It becomes increasingly popular and enjoys her newfound stardom while fumes in the background . Despite the club 's growing success , is still unable to pay the bank the money that she owes . 
 One night after the club closes , , worried with the club 's economic prospects , sings " You Have n't Seen the Last of Me " . A very jealous shows up drunk and picks a fight with , calling a " slut with mutant lungs " and feels that has rejected their long - term friendship for . Tess , who has grown frustrated with , questions her gratitude for the help she has received from her during her many drunken binges . Angered , quits on the spot ( before falsely claiming that she slept with after his and 's honeymoon ) , and the altercation ends when angrily retaliates by smashing the passenger side window on 's convertible with a crowbar . 
 Meanwhile , and become romantically attracted to each other . However , is unable to act on his growing feelings for due to his engagement to his girlfriend , who is away in New York City for work as an actress . begins to become increasingly infatuated with , who begins to spend time with him , making jealous . At Georgia 's wedding , appears to call off his engagement and becomes drunk . That night , and sleep together , but the following morning 's fiancé , ( ) , unexpectedly returns from her play and finds the two in bed together , angrily insisting that she and never broke up . denies this , and while trying to fix things , he asks to leave . Feeling heartbroken and betrayed , runs to for support , and learns that is gay , due to his having spent the night with Georgia 's wedding DJ the night before . While making coffee , receives a call from , and prompts her to go with after his phone call , while and ( the DJ ) go on a date . 
 While spending time with , learns about " air rights " , which refers to the empty space above a building and what can be done with it . breaks things off with after she sees his plans to build a skyscraper on the property the club is on ; protests this , asking why this suddenly makes him " the bad guy " , to which replies , " It does n't , . It just makes you the wrong guy " . tells about the predicament , and together they inform the owner of the new million - dollar condos across the street ; fearing the loss of business that would result from the obstruction of his prospective tenants ' view , he purchases the air rights to the club 's property . The resulting money is enough for to buy out 's share ( as they are divorced and he wanted out of the club ) , pay off the bank , and re - fashion the club to her own vision . She also makes up with , who tells that she claimed she slept with just to hurt her , and rehires her at the club after tells her she wants to " come home " . 
 reunites with after he tells her that it 's over with for good . After she finally earns 's respect , performs " Show Me How You Burlesque " , written by ( who refused to allow to listen or see his music throughout the movie due to it not being " ready " ) with all of the dancers on stage , much to the crowds ' delight .

Cher, Christina Aguilera, Stanley Tucci, Eric Dane, Kristen Bell, Cam Gigandet, Alan Cumming, Julianne Hough, Peter Gallagher

( ) is a social worker living in Oregon , who is assigned to investigate the family of ten - year - old ( ) , as her grades have declined and an emotional rift with her parents has emerged . suspects that the parents have been mistreating . 's fears are confirmed when 's parents try to kill her by gassing her in the oven at home . saves with the help of Detective ( ) . is originally sent to a children 's home , but she begs to look after her instead . With the agreement of the board , is assigned to take care of until a suitable foster family comes along . In the meantime , 's parents , and ( and ) are placed in a mental institution for attempting murder . 
 Not too long after moves in , strange things begin to happen around . Two weeks later , another of 's cases , a boy named ( ) , suddenly murders his parents with a crowbar , and informs that somebody phoned from her house the night before the crime . As she is suspected of involvement in the incident , undergoes a psychiatric evaluation by 's best friend , ( ) . During the session , however , turns the evaluation around , asking what his fears are and subtly threatening him . That night after receiving a strange phone call , is panicked by a mass of hornets coming out of his body in hysteria and kills himself in the bathroom . 
 gradually becomes fearful of , so she heads to the mental asylum for answers from 's parents . They tell her that , far from being truly human , is actually a - like demon who feeds on emotion , and that they had tried to kill her in an attempt to save themselves . 's father tells that the only way to kill is to get her to sleep . Shortly after leaves the asylum , 's mother hallucinates being on fire , and her father is stabbed in the eye after attacking a fellow inmate through whom the voice of spoke . initially thinks should seek psychiatric help , but is later convinced when he receives a strange phone call in his home from . He arms himself to help . However , he fatally shoots himself in the head with his shotgun , as makes him imagine he is being attacked by dogs . 
 After realizing that her closest colleagues have been eliminated , and that the rest of her cases will be next , serves tea spiked with sedative . While is asleep , sets fire to her house , hoping to get rid of her . However , the girl apparently escapes unharmed ( from this point on , the audience may wonder whether is really present or is hallucinating her presence ) . A police officer offers to escort and to a temporary place to sleep . As is following the police cars , she suddenly takes a different route and drives her car at a high speed , hoping to bring fear to . Instead , forces to relive her childhood memory of her mother driving fast in a rainstorm . fights through the memory , telling herself that it is not real . The image fades , and appears scared by the fact that was able to fight through her illusion . 
 drives the car off a pier . As the car sinks , struggles to lock ( now in her demonic true form ) in the trunk . then attempts to swim to the surface . The demon grabs 's foot to stop her from swimming away but struggles and eventually breaks free , as a trapped sinks to the bottom . climbs out of the water and sits on the pier . Subsequent to the film , with defeated , the case was solved , and and are safely released from the mental asylum . 
 On the DVD as a deleted scene in the Special Features section , careens through the harbor gate and drives the car off the pier into the bay just as in the theatrical ending . The car sinks to the bottom and fills with water . Suddenly , a man swims down to the car , opens 's door , and carries her to the surface , leaving behind . tries unsuccessfully to open her door but begins to pass out . Suddenly , the man reappears and frees her , too . As an ambulance carries away , a news broadcast details the event , and can be seen watching it . In the final scenes , can be seen in handcuffs , frantically pleading with her lawyer to tell her where is , while arrives at the home of her new foster family .

A hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder .

Kevin Spacey, Barry Pepper, Kelly Preston, Jon Lovitz, Rachelle Lefevre, Daniel Kash, Graham Greene, Maury Chaykin

Living on City Island , in the Bronx , ( ) , a prison guard , is the father of a dysfunctional family whose members all have secrets . discovers that his secret illegitimate son is now the 24 - year - old prison inmate ( ) who is being held in the same prison where he works . Without revealing this truth to his family , consequently gets out of prison and employs him as hired help at his own home in order to become closer with his unknowing son . has also been secretly taking acting lessons , taught by ( ) , and begins to form a platonic bond with ( ) , an aspiring actress . 
 Meanwhile , 's 20 - year - old daughter , ( , the real - life daughter of , her on - screen father ) , has not told her family that she has been suspended from college , lost her scholarship , gotten breast implants , and become a stripper to try to pay for her next semester ; their youngest teenage child , ( ) , has a secret sexual fetish for feeding women ( feederism ) , and fantasizes about their fat next - door neighbor ; and 's wife , ( ) , thinking she has lost all marital intimacy , sexually pursues without realizing that he is her stepson . 
 successfully auditions for a part in a film , while his wife and seek each other 's sexual attention . befriends his fat neighbor , who helps to bring him closer to an overweight girl whom he has been attracted to at school . 
 Tensions rise as the family 's many dysfunctions come to a head . , finally deciding to escape the insanity of the household , steals their car to find working at the strip club . Just before the group is nearly torn apart in a violent outburst , reveals the truth about everything , with discovering in amazement that the dysfunctional family he sought to escape is actually his own . and the others admit their faults and acknowledges the family 's problems with the desire to work them out . The finally relieved group reunites in forgiveness toward one another , welcoming the overwhelmed as a new member of their bizarre but loving family .

Andy García, Julianna Margulies, Steven Strait, Alan Arkin, Emily Mortimer

and ( and ) are NYPD detectives . After failing to capture suspect ( ) and endangering civilians , and are suspended without pay . 's daughter ( ) is getting married , and the cost of the wedding is close to fifty thousand dollars . Though his ex - wife 's arrogant second husband ( ) offers to pay for the wedding , is determined to find a way to come up with the money . Meanwhile , is worried that his wife ( ) is cheating on him , so he sets up a hidden camera . While is selling a 1952 baseball card to pay for the wedding , the card shop is robbed by ( ) , who steals 's card and 's favorite gun . They find out that is going to rob a house that night so they stake out the house to retrieve the card and the gun . and arrest , but he has already sold the card and the gun for drugs . 
 and go to the drug dealer , ( ) , who tells them they may have the card if they retrieve a stolen car . When they find the car , they discover a woman named ( ) in the trunk . reveals that she is the mistress of a drug lord who was kidnapped and murdered by gang . previews the tape from 's hidden camera and finds what looks to be and another man , but he tells there is nothing on it . then sees the tape and is heartbroken when he sees that has lied . does not want to get and hurt , so she flees , leaving them a flashdrive concealed in a crucifix , which contains all the dealer 's contacts . 
 and bail out so he can retrieve the card and the gun from , but he falls out of a tree and dies . breaks into the house to retrieve the card but is surrounded by the gang . At the same time , learns that played a trick on him for not trusting her . After killing most of the gang , and find holding at gunpoint . They shoot him dead , but 's bullet goes through 's baseball card , in shirt pocket . Pleased with the duo 's investigation and assisting two colleagues ( and ) who were caught in the shootout , the precinct chief ( ) restores and to active duty and gives them commendations . 
 Crestfallen at the destruction of his prized card , lets pay for the wedding . asks and to give away together . says nothing about it . discreetly points his pistol at and orders him to sit down at the moment the priest calls out for the father who would give away . A bonus scene during the closing credits reveals that did not die in the fall when he pulls a prank on the coroner opening the body bag by doing one of his knock - knock jokes resulting in her fleeing in horror while exits the body bag in laughter .

Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Adam Brody, Kevin Pollak, Guillermo Diaz, Seann William Scott

( ) informs her ex - husband ( ) that she is getting married . Even though they have been apart for seven years , the news devastates , who was already depressed . At a party the next night , gets more and more drunk until he ends up urinating in the bushes , where ( ) strikes up a conversation . goes back to 's house but leaves during the night , after they have had sex . returns for dinner the next night , and again leaves after they have had sex . follows her to her house and falls asleep in his car . The next morning , he approaches the house and meets 's 21 - year - old son ( ) . invites inside and makes friendly conversation with him . is startled to see in her house when she returns , but the trio have dinner together . is unnerved by the unnatural intimacy between and . 
 The next morning , can not find his shoes , which he had left in the living room . Through the day , he gets increasingly disturbed by their disappearance and starts to worry that is messing with him . He ropes into meeting and , in order to appraise his paranoia . finds sweet , if a little overly intimate with his mother . Relieved , returns for another night at 's home . As they begin to have sex for the first time in her house , screams in his room , and runs to comfort him . She does not return to , who goes out looking for her in the middle of the night . He encounters holding a large kitchen knife , allegedly making a snack . says he had a night terror , and that has gone to sleep . He then advises to back off on the relationship because he is scaring off . leaves a note for her and goes home . In the morning , sits down and tells her that had confessed to him that she was coming on too strong . When she presses for details , he explodes in a tantrum and storms off , checking through the window to make sure that she is upset . When finally comes home , he explains that he has rented a room and will be moving out . After a few happy days alone together , decides to move in with . 
 One night , as they begin to have sex , surprises them and says that he has had another panic attack and wants to return home . confronts privately , and admits that he has been deliberately sabotaging their relationship . He moves back home , and remains wary of him . The night before 's wedding , he warns not to cause trouble . At the wedding however , is hurt when he sees how the event stirs romantic feelings between and his mother . Drunk , he confronts in the bathroom and attacks him , yelling that will not take his mother away from him . As defends himself , they spill out of the bathroom , into open view . makes it look like John attacked him . advises to open her eyes , and storms off furious . 
 Later , believes 's explanation , but will not continue the relationship , convinced that will sabotage it and that he will end up alone in a few years . He moves into a cheap apartment . confronts about his behavior , and describes how unhealthy their intimacy has become . reconsiders his position and visits , begging him to come back . opens his door to see crying , and they reconcile . takes home and decides to continue his relationship with .

and ( and ) are a married couple from New Jersey with two children , and , and whose domestic life has become boring and routine . They have not had sex in over one year . is a tax lawyer while is a realtor . They are motivated to reignite their romance after learning that their best friends , and ( and ) , are planning to divorce to escape the married - life routine and to have more excitement in their lives . 
 To avoid the routine that had become their weekly " date night " , decides that he will take to a trendy Manhattan restaurant , but they can not get a table . takes a reservation from a no - show couple , the , despite 's misgivings . While eating they are approached by two men , ( ) and ( ) , who question them about a flash drive they believe and stole from mobster boss ( ) . and explain that they are not the , but the men threaten them at gunpoint and not believing them stating that the head waitress said they were the and the and that they also stole the flashdrive from . Not seeing any other way out , tells them it is in a boathouse in Central Park . 
 At the boathouse , pretends to search ; while Collins and 's backs are turned , hits them with a paddle and escapes with on a boat . At a police station , and talk with Detective ( ) , but discover and are also detectives , presumably on 's payroll . Realizing they can not trust the police , they decide to find the real . They return to the restaurant and find the cellphone number of the . 
 remembers a former client , ( ) , is a security expert and - like action hero . He is consistently seen never wearing a shirt . At his apartment , traces the cellphone signal to an apartment owned by . and arrive , but and escape in 's Audi R8 . 
 They arrive at 's apartment and break in . They question , nicknamed " " ( ) , and his wife " " ( ) about the flash drive and . It turns out that they went to the restaurant , but left when they spotted . Realizing they are in danger , the couple give the flash drive to and flee . When and get back in the Audi , and shoot at them . and crash the Audi head - on into a Ford Crown Victoria taxicab , resulting in their Audi and the Ford being attached at the bumpers . and the cab driver ( ) decide to drive off to get away . climbs into the Ford to navigate while navigates the Audi . checks the flash drive on the driver 's Amazon Kindle and finds pictures of district attorney ( ) with prostitutes ( early in the film , a press conference shows highlighting his integrity platform ) . After evading and , they are eventually hit and are separated by an SUV . The cab falls into the river ; and the driver escape , but without the flash drive . 
 In a subway , determines that obtained the flash drive to blackmail . They return to 's apartment , and is reluctant to help after becoming exhausted by their incompetence , but begs and he agrees . and go to an illegal strip club that frequents , with under the guise of a new prostitute and as her pimp . After doing a pole dance for , they confront him and tell him they are the . and come in and hold them at gunpoint and take them up to the roof with . arrives with henchmen and it is revealed that has been paid by to keep him out of jail . When mentions the photos , a feud escalates between the mobsters and , and . asks to count to three ( her typical method of calming their children ) . When she does , a helicopter appears and and the SWAT team come onto the roof to arrest , , and everyone else . It is revealed that was wearing a wire courtesy of , who informed of the situation . 
 After being declared heroes , and enjoy breakfast at a diner , where admits he would marry and have their kids all over again if given the chance . When they return home , they have sex on the front lawn , being applauded by their neighbors .

In 2019 , a plague has transformed most of the world 's population into vampires . The human population has plummeted and the need for blood becomes desperate . Vampires deprived of blood for long durations degenerate into " subsiders , " psychotic bat - like creatures with no memories of who they were and whose only thought is the craving for blood . The few remaining humans are captured and harvested in laboratory farms while scientists research a synthetic blood substitute . 
 ( ) is the head hematologist for the largest supplier of human blood in the US , owned by ( ) . and colleague ( ) are developing a blood substitute . 
 Driving home from a failed experiment , accidentally runs another vehicle off the road . Checking on the occupants of the other vehicle , he learns they are humans . With the police approaching , has them hide in his vehicle . They part ways , but not before their leader , ( ) , learns 's name and occupation from the ID badge on his jacket . 
 At home , is surprised by his estranged brother ( ) . 's gift of a bottle of pure human blood re - ignites a long - standing argument over 's sympathies towards humans . The argument is cut short when a subsider invades 's house , forcing the brothers to kill it . 
 The next morning , visits 's home and hands him a note with instructions for a meeting . During the meeting , is introduced to ( ) , a human who was once a vampire . Before he can say how he reverted to human , a military team arrives with , who had followed and intends to capture both and . manages to knock unconscious and the three flee . Once they escape , explains that he was cured of vampirism when he was ejected from his sun - proof vehicle by a crash . Exposed to the sun , burst into flames , but his life was saved when he landed in a river , having been exposed to the sun for a precise length of time to turn him human again . agrees to help find a way to recreate the cure . 
 That night meets more human survivors , as well as Senator ( ) , a vampire who is secretly helping the colony develop a cure . A convoy of humans heading to 's group is ambushed and captured . The soldiers track the position of the vineyard , forcing and the humans to flee . , and stay behind so can be cured . is able to recreate the cure had explained , curing himself of vampirism . They attempt to regroup with and the other humans , only to find they are all dead . 
 One of the captured convoy , ( ) , is revealed to be ' human daughter . has forcibly turn her into a vampire . She refuses to drink human blood , and turns into a subsider . She is rounded up with others and dragged into sunlight to burn to death . Witnessing 's death upsets , causing him to seek out his brother . Meanwhile the military imposes martial law to control the subsider population and preserve order . 
 , and break into 's home and ask him to help spread the cure . However , has finally discovered a viable blood substitute and is not interested in a cure . He summons soldiers who capture while and escape . They are found by , who agrees to help . He attacks , but drinking his blood turns human again ; revealing that the risky sunlight cure is unnecessary . 
 , trying to save , turns himself in to , who gloats about his new monopoly of the blood substitute . taunts into biting him , making him human again like . 
 leaves at the mercy of soldiers who are on the brink of becoming subsiders . arrives and , surrounded by soldiers , draws their attention to himself to allow and to escape ; a feeding frenzy results , as the hungry soldiers consume first 's blood and then that of the soldiers cured by it , until at last only three soldiers are left standing , cured and bewildered . , to cover up the cure , shoots the three and is about to shoot and when kills him with a crossbow . 
 The three survivors drive off into the sunrise . In a voice - over , addresses the general population , announcing the cure .

While serving in the United States Army Special Forces in 2003 , Staff Sergeant is lying on the ground in Afghanistan , after being shot multiple times with his comrades around him . In a voice - over , he recalls a childhood trip to the US Mint and compares himself to a coin in the United States Military before stating that the last thing he thought of before he blacked out was " you . " 
 In 2001 , is on leave in Charleston , South Carolina . He meets , a college student building homes with a group of co - eds for Habitat for Humanity while on spring break , when he fetches her purse from the ocean . She invites him to a bonfire party where he meets her neighbor , , and his son , . Over the course of two weeks , they go on several dates and fall in love . also meets 's father , who is obsessed with his coin collection . 
 mentions to that his father -like 's son , Alan- may have a form of high - functioning autism known as Asperger 's Syndrome . This upsets , who storms off . 's friend , who also has a crush on her , makes a comment that provokes to fight , and he accidentally punches , breaking his nose . sees the commotion , and stops speaking to . later apologizes to , who offers to give a message . She drives to 's house to spend one last day together . 
 and continue their relationship through letters , and visits her in her hometown to meet her family while on a future leave . As their time apart start as weeks and turn into months and years , begins to spend more time with , and decides that she wants to work with autistic children ; she plans to build a farm and horse stables where they can enjoy the outdoors and animals . and makes plans to start a life together after is discharged from the army in December 2001 - but September 11 happens , and chooses to re - enlist . Over the next two years , the romance continues through their letters , and one turns out to be a literal " " letter , in which breaks up with , saying that , while she still loves him , she has developed feelings for someone else - she does not reveal that the " other man " is . In a fit of anger , burns all of 's letters . 
 is later wounded and encouraged to return home , but he re - enlists for a second time . Four years pass , and is informed that his father has had a stroke - instead of being deployed with the rest of his unit , is being sent home to be with his dad . When arrives at the hospital , he learns that his father is alive , but in grave condition . In addition to reading his father articles from coin collectors ' newsletter ( which Mr. has collected , along with his beloved coins , for decades ) , writes a letter to his father , which he reads to him at the hospital ; 's voice - over at the beginning of the film was from this letter , in which he told his father that the first thing to cross his mind after he was shot was coins , and the last thing to cross his mind before he lost consciousness was his dad . Soon afterward , his father dies . 
 After his father 's funeral , visits and learns that she has married , abandoning her dream of a riding camp for autistic kids because of 's fight against lymphoma . They enjoy a quiet evening together , eating dinner and are tempted to pick up where they left off years earlier , but do not go through with their feelings , and leaves . The next day , goes with to visit in the hospital , and tells that still loves ; she loves him ( ) , too , but not in the same way she loves - and can see that . sells all of his father 's coin collection ( except the valuable mule coin that he found with his father years ago ) in order to raise money to help with 's cancer treatment . returns to the military , carrying the mule coin with him as a charm / talisman . He receives a letter from Savannah telling him that died after two months of treatment . , now a civilian , eventually returns home ; while riding his bike in town one day , he sees Savannah at a coffee shop , and they hug .

Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Henry Thomas, Scott Porter, Richard Jenkins

A funeral service is held for the father of ( ) and ( ) . , the older son , and his wife ( ) live at his parents ' home . and have been trying to buy their own home and have children but have been unsuccessful . envies because is a successful author , while he has not yet had his novel published , and resents his brother because would rather spend money on a first class airline ticket than help him pay for the funeral expenses . 
 and 's cousin ( ) and her fiance ( ) are on their way to pick up 's brother ( ) before heading to the funeral . To ease 's nerves , she gives him a pill from a bottle labeled as Valium . later reveals to that it is a powerful hallucinogenic drug he has concocted for a friend . Chaos ensues when hallucinates that the coffin is moving . He knocks it over , and the body falls out of the coffin , shocking everyone and delaying the funeral until further notice . 
 is approached by an unknown guest , a white dwarf named ( ) , who reveals himself to be the secret lover of his late father . shows photos as proof and threatens to reveal them to 's mother unless he is paid $ 30,000 . While in shock , relays the situation to , who suggests to pay the money because claims that he is buried in debt . When and meet with to pay him , starts to deride 's ability as a writer and refuses to pay . turns violent , putting his hand in his pocket and trying to leave the room , but and subdue him , tying him up to prevent him from leaving . Family friend ( ) enters the room , giving several doses of what he also believes is Valium to try to calm him down . also enters the room , telling them that it is the same hallucinogen took earlier . 
 When and who are supposed to be guarding get distracted by Uncle ( ) , frees himself from his bonds , jumps off the couch and hits his head on the coffee table . With , , and believing is dead , they plan to put him in the coffin . While everyone is outside watching who is on the roof naked , threatening to commit suicide because he has seen 's ex - boyfriend ( ) kissing her , and put in the coffin . tells that forcibly kissed her and calms him down by revealing she is pregnant . With everyone back inside , they continue the eulogy . While awkwardly tries to give his speech , shakes the coffin from inside it , then suddenly forces it open and emerges , finally surprising . The pictures fall out of 's pocket , while and 's mother ( ) sees the pictures , screams at , and starts to attack him . yells for everyone 's attention as he delivers a moving and impromptu eulogy , saying that his father was a good man with flaws like everyone else . 
 and say goodbye while gets a ride to the airport by , whom he had been trying to seduce all day . and are finally alone and going to try to have a baby . asks where Uncle is and tells him that she gave him what she believes is Valium to calm him down , shocking . Uncle sits on the roof naked , like had been , complaining about how " everything 's so fucking green . "

Loretta Devine, Peter Dinklage, Danny Glover, Regina Hall, Martin Lawrence, James Marsden, Tracy Morgan, Chris Rock, Zoe Saldana, Columbus Short, Luke Wilson

, a supervillain , is disheartened when an unknown supervillain steals the Great Pyramid of Giza . , with the assistance of his colleague Dr. and his Minions , resolves to one - up this mystery rival by shrinking and stealing the Moon . As it would be costly to steal the moon , seeks a loan from the Bank of Evil . Bank president Mr. is impressed by the plan but will provide the money only if can obtain the necessary shrink ray first . Upon learning that an up - and - coming villain named was responsible for the pyramid theft , starts a rivalry with him . 
 and the Minions steal the shrink ray from a secret base in East Asia , but intercepts them and steals it for himself . attempts to break into 's fortress to recover the shrink ray but is defeated by numerous booby traps . However , he notices three orphan girls , , , and , who are able to easily walk into the base because they are selling cookies . disguises himself and adopts the girls , planning on using them to infiltrate 's base so he can get the shrink ray back . However , has trouble nurturing them properly due to their rambunctiousness , their ballet classes , and his own ineptitude as a parent . 
 Eventually , and the girls arrive at Vector 's fortress , and steals the shrink ray . The girls then suggest a day at a theme park ; agrees , believing he can abandon the girls there , but instead he warms up to them . Later , contacts via video chat , stating that he finally has the shrink ray . , , and interrupt the meeting , and announces that he has lost confidence in and will no longer fund his operations . As tells the he can no longer pay them for their services , the girls offer the contents of their piggy bank . , inspired , sells parts of his lair to construct a spacecraft . plans to steal the Moon when it is nearest the Earth , but this is the same day as the girls ' ballet recital . becomes conflicted , and Dr. , seeing the recital as interfering with the plan , arranges for the girls to be returned to the orphanage . At the same time , informs , revealed to be ' son , of 's possession of the shrink ray and the adoption of the three girls , encouraging to act . 
 successfully shrinks and steals the Moon , and rushes back to Earth to attend the recital — only to find a ransom note from , who has kidnapped the girls . After arriving at Vector 's headquarters , surrenders the Moon , but reneges on the deal , flying off with the girls and the Moon . Meanwhile , Dr. has discovered that the effects of the shrink ray are temporary ; the bigger the object 's original size , the faster the shrinkage will wear off . As the Moon starts to expand in Vector 's ship , , Dr. , and the Minions execute a daring mid - air rescue of the girls just as the Moon explodes out of Vector 's ship and launches itself back into orbit , with Vector trapped on it . 
 Sometime later , has returned the Great Pyramid and re - adopted the girls , writing them a bedtime storybook framed around his own experience . The film ends with the girls performing their own ballet recital for , his mother , Dr. , and the Minions .

Steve Carell, Miranda Cosgrove, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Kristen Wiig, Will Arnett, Ken Jeong, Danny McBride, Julie Andrews

( ) speaks in a voice - over about stories that his mother told him about the devil sometimes actively seeking out individuals who have sinned while they are still alive on Earth . While taking human form , he traps them in a confined place only to turn them against each other , before killing them one at a time . explains that the last victim will die in front of his or her loved one to " make cynics of us all " . He says that the signs are set in motion with a suicide , as that is when the Devil first makes his presence known . This story is abruptly interrupted by a violent suicide of a man who had fallen from the thirty - fifth floor of a Philadelphia office building . The truck he falls on rolls silently away . 
 Detective ( ) is a recovering alcoholic who is assigned to the case of the suicide . He later explains that the reason for his alcoholism was the hit and run death of his wife and son , five years previously , in which the perpetrator was never apprehended . Meanwhile , five strangers board an elevator , which later becomes stuck between floors . When security finds them , they notice that there is CCTV and a radio with which they can call into the elevator , but they have no way of hearing the passengers in return . takes the investigation regarding the elevator as it is the same building from which the suicide victim jumped . 
 is revealed to be one of the security guards and is disturbed by an image of what looks like a screaming face frozen on the video monitor . His boss ( ) dismisses the superstitious suspicions and sends repair technician ( ) to investigate the elevators while tries to ascertain the identities of the individuals . Only four of the five are accounted for : ( ) , a sleazy mattress salesman ; ( ) , a pathological liar who plans to leave her rich husband and take his money with her ; ( ) , a temporary security guard with a history of violence ; an unnamed older woman who police mistakenly believe is named ( ) who is seen on video to be a thief , and another man who later introduces himself as ( ) , who does not appear to have signed in at the security desk . 
 The power goes on and off in the elevator , and each time the power is restored , something evil takes place . falls to his death on top of the elevator , and is electrocuted trying to restore power . Soon people in the elevator start dying , and the suspicion keeps shifting between all in the elevator . is thrown into a mirror only to have his jugular vein sliced causing him to bleed to death , the old woman is hanged on a lamp cord from the elevator ceiling , winds up on the floor with his neck twisted , and 's throat is slit by a broken piece of the mirror . Finally , the old woman seemingly returns to life , but with red , staring eyes ; it is revealed that she is the Devil , and that she has come for and . In order to save , confesses to having been responsible for a hit - and - run five years ago in which he killed a mother and her son . Detective hears him apologize over the radio . The Devil , powerless now that has repented for his sin , curses before vanishing , and the elevator comes back online , sparing 's life . 
 As the corpses of , , and are wheeled away , decides to take into custody , and , while en route , informs him that he is the husband and father of the mother and son killed in that accident . But despite saying he 'd gone over what he 'd say , or what he would do if they 'd ever cross paths , he forgives . 
 , again in a voice - over , says that his mother always reassured him at the end of her stories , " If the Devil is real , then God must be real too . "

Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Geoffrey Arend, Caroline Dhavernas, Jacob Vargas, Jenny O'Hara, Bojana Novakovic, Joshua Peace, Bokeem Woodbine

The film starts with waking up his brother , saying it is time for school . However , tricks , as it is night . After the title sequence , attends his first day at middle school and discovers the ups and downs , such as the missing stall doors in the boys ' bathroom and the difficulties of obtaining a seat during lunch break . During P.E. lessons , he and his best friend escape from a game of Gladiator and learn about the Cheese Touch - a rotten piece of cheese on the basketball court that makes anyone who touches it an outcast . also meets , a girl who isolates herself from the other girls to survive . states his intention of becoming the most popular student in school . 
 At the end of the day , unintentionally embarrasses both boys by asking if he wants to come over and " play " . looks through 's yearbook at home and catches them , threatening to kill . The next day , signs up for wrestling to become popular but suffers humiliating losses against both , a weird outcast , and , 's arch - enemy from elementary school . On Halloween , the two boys encounter teenagers while trick or treating , and they are drenched with water . When threatens to call the cops , the teenagers chase them to his Grandma 's house . Some time later on , makes it an effort to make popular by changing his style of clothing and looks , and how he wears a backpack . 
 The boys join Safety Patrol in an effort to become popular , and they try out for a contest that offers a student a chance to become the new cartoonist for the school paper . After breaks 's arm during a game the boys played , becomes extremely popular , and wins the contest . becomes jealous of him . At Safety Patrol , panicks when he encounters a truck identical to the teenagers ' from Halloween , and hides the kids in a construction zone . He is spotted by a neighbour who mistakes him for . To his own bewilderment , is banned from the Patrol , but eventually confesses to . Upset and feeling betrayed , tells that is n't a good friend , and that all he cares about is himself . then ends their friendship , and makes friends with who replaces as 's new best friend . 
 decides to pursue popularity without by joining the school play . At tryouts , 's soprano voice earns him the role of ; however , threatens the teacher into casting her instead . signs up as a tree , hoping to throw apples on during the play , but during rehearsal , the trees are told they wo n't throw apples but sing a song instead . At the performance , refuses to sing as is videotaping the performance , and begins throwing apples , ending the play in chaos . 
 Later , found an invitation to the mother - son sweetheart dance , which was trying his hardest to hide . As a result , got revenge by letting read 's pornographic magazines . is grounded for leaving his magazines out in the open where their baby brother is able to find them , but fails to reconcile with . 
 One day at school , and confront each other . and the other kids force and to fight ; however , neither of them are good at fighting . The Halloween teenagers arrive at the scene and force the school to flee , but catch and . They force to eat the cheese before the P.E. teacher forces them to flee . When the other kids notice that the Cheese has been moved from its original location and has been bitten , covers up for by saying he ate it . This mends their friendship but makes an outcast , as he is thought to have the Cheese Touch . 
 When the yearbooks are published , he and make the Class Favorites page as " Cutest Best Friends . " Surprisingly though , people were brave enough to be close to .

Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Rachel Harris, Steve Zahn, Devon Bostick, Chloë Grace Moretz

is a mid - level financial executive , who comes up with a way to invite wealthy Swiss businessman to become a client of his firm . Impressed by 's ingenuity , his boss invites him to a " dinner for winners " in which he must find and bring an eccentric person with a special talent ; the winner earns a trophy and the executive that brought him or her gets glory . 
 He learns it is more of a " dinner for idiots " , and the partygoers will be mocked . 's girlfriend lands a curator deal for eccentric artist and unsuccessfully proposes to her . After learning of the cruel nature of the dinner party , becomes upset and asks him not to attend and he agrees . 
 accidentally hits IRS employee with his car when tries to retrieve a dead mouse in the road . Witnessing 's bizarre behavior , realizes he is the perfect loser for the dinner . shows up at 's apartment and accidentally invites over , who had a one night stand with years ago and has been stalking him . decides to guard 's apartment from to make up for inviting her . 
 When arrives at his apartment , mistakes her for and sends her away , giving the impression that is cheating on her . calls and finds the number saved in the phone . While talking to him , he and think they hear in the background and head to 's apartment . tosses Tim 's keys through 's apartment window and must break in , only to find preparing to make love to two girls dressed like animals ( neither is ) and head back home . 
 opens the door to find waiting outside . calls and asks if he 's having an affair and steals the phone and stuffs it down her pants . While hides in his bedroom , and get into a bar - styled fight , scaring away . left her phone at 's apartment and a voice message from reveals that is leaving for his ranch . 
 works for the IRS and offers to take to work to find 's ranch address , where they meet up with 's boss and rival , , who stole 's wife . leaves the next day for his brunch with the but crashes , with pretending to be . is pushed into asking to marry him by and walks in during . and chase down to 's ranch , where accidentally offends . 
 To his surprise , found already at 's dinner party . is a hit with the group , and is a shoo in for the trophy , but unexpectedly , arrives , embarrassing with his mind control . then tells everything and , after some encouragement , gets to win with " brain control " , before causing his boss and fellow executives to reveal the truth . A guest reacts badly to the news and causes chaos in the process , with losing a finger . 
 is fired , as is after makes realize it would be a problem to have her continue working for him . marries , enters into a relationship with , does some artwork with , and hosts a monthly " breakfast for champions " for all of the losers . writes a book in the mental hospital and gets a new museum started in Switzerland for . 's company goes into a big loss and he is named " Wall Street 's Biggest Loser " .

Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Jemaine Clement, Jeff Dunham, Zach Galifianakis, Bruce Greenwood, Ron Livingston, Rick Overton, Lucy Punch, Andrea Savage, David Walliams

( ) , a successful architect , is due to fly home from Atlanta to Los Angeles to be with his wife ( ) , who is about to give birth . On the way to the airport , he has a chance encounter with ( ) , who is going to LA to be an actor and is planning to scatter his recently deceased father 's ashes at the Grand Canyon . When misuses the words " terrorist " and " bomb " while talking to , they are both escorted off the plane . This is only the first of a series of misadventures caused by the drastically dysfunctional . , now on the No Fly List and missing his wallet , agrees to drive with to Los Angeles . 
 stops to buy marijuana , and discovers that they are nearly out of money . Since has no I.D. , he gets his wife to wire the money to , but discovers had the money wired to his stage name instead of his legal name . When the Western Union employee ( ) refuses to accept 's " Stage name I.D. " it leads to a violent altercation . 
 After a night at a rest stop , decides to drive off and abandon , but realizes that he still has 's father 's ashes , having forgotten to unload them with the rest of 's stuff when he left . This causes him to wrestle with his conscience , and he decides to return . drives so can get some rest , but he falls asleep at the wheel and crashes the car . After and are picked up by 's friend ( ) , again decides to part company with . initially persuades him otherwise , but then throws out after mistakenly drinking some of 's father 's ashes , which were stored in a coffee tin . 
 When lets them use his Range Rover to make the rest of the trip , mistakenly drives to the Mexico – United States border . Despite assuring that he 'll handle the situation , flees , and is arrested for possession of marijuana . The Mexican Federal Police lock up , but steals a truck and breaks him out , causing several car crashes in the process . 
 They stop at the Grand Canyon , and finally scatters his father 's ashes . then confesses that he tried to leave at the rest area . makes a confession of his own : he has had 's wallet and I.D the entire time . seemingly forgives him but then attacks in a rage , but is interrupted by a call from , who has just gone into labor . and leave for California . finds a gun in the truck and he accidentally shoots . Arriving at the hospital where is in labor , passes out from loss of blood . 
 delivers the baby safely , and expresses his discomfort at his new daughter being named . leaves while telling to call him . At the end , guest stars on an episode of his favorite television program , Two and a Half Men with and watching it in bed with their daughter .

Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galifianakis, Michelle Monaghan, Juliette Lewis, Jamie Foxx, RZA, Alan Arkin, Matt Walsh, Danny McBride

, a 17 - year - old girl living in Ojai , California , lies to her best friend about going on a date in order to get out of camping with 's hippie parents . Instead , she hangs around the house all weekend listening to " Pocketful of Sunshine " , which is played by a greeting card she was sent by her grandmother . The following Monday , pressed by , lies about losing her virginity to a college guy . , a girl with a devout Christian faith whom considers to be prissy , overhears her telling the lie and soon it spreads like wildfire . The school 's church group run by decides will be their next project . confides the truth to her friend , and he understands because others bully him because of his homosexuality . He later asks to pretend to sleep with him so that he will be accepted by everyone as a " straight stud " . 
 convinces to help him and they pretend to have sex at a party . After having a fight with over 's new identity as a " dirty skank " , decides to counteract the harassment by embracing her new image as the school tramp . She begins to wear more provocative clothing and stitches a red " A " to everything she wears . Boys who usually have had no luck with girls in the past beg to say they have had sex with her in order to increase their popularity , in exchange for gift cards to various stores , in turn increasing her reputation . Things get worse when , 's 22 - year - old boyfriend , contracts chlamydia from sleeping with Mrs. , the school guidance counsellor , and blames it all on . agrees to lie to cover up the affair so that the marriage of her favorite teacher , Mr. , would be spared . 
 's group of friends from the church youth group , which now includes , begins harassing in order to get her to leave school . After an ill - fated date with , a boy who wants to pay her to actually sleep with him and not just pretend she did , reconnects with , her old love interest , who is also the school 's mascot . then tells her that he does not believe the rumors because he remembers when she lied for him when he was not ready for his first kiss years ago . then begins to ask everyone she lied for to help her out by telling the truth , but and have abruptly left town and everyone else is enjoying their newfound popularity and do not want the truth to get out . Mrs. also refuses to tell the truth and when threatens to expose her , Mrs. rebuffs her , saying no one would believe her . 
 Out of spite , then immediately tells Mr. , who believes her and separates from Mrs. . After a friendly talk with her open - minded mother , comes up with a plan to get everything finally out in the open . She then does a song and dance number at a school pep rally to get people 's attention to watch her via web cam , where she confesses what she has done ( the web cam is the framing device of the film ) . The various boys whose reputations helped improve are also shown watching . Later , texts , apologizing for lying to her . When she is finishing up her web cast , comes by riding a lawnmower and tells her to come outside . She signs off by saying she may lose her virginity to , and proudly declares " it 's nobody 's goddamn business " . She goes outside to meet him , they kiss and the two are shown riding off on the lawnmower .

Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson, Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Malcolm McDowell, Aly Michalka

had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having – a husband , a house , a successful career – yet like so many others , she found herself lost , confused , and searching for what she really wanted in life . Newly divorced and at a crossroads , steps out of her comfort zone , risking everything to change her life , embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self - discovery . In her travels , she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy , the power of prayer in India , and , finally and unexpectedly , the inner peace and balance of true love in Indonesia .

Julia Roberts, James Franco, Richard Jenkins, Viola Davis, Billy Crudup, Javier Bardem

Upon leaving prison , " Driver " breaks into a run until he retrieves his 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle . He drives to an office in Bakersfield , California and kills a man . visits the man who gave him the car and gun and forces him to give him a list of names . Meanwhile , is tracked by detective and " " , a detective on the verge of retirement whose life is off track due to a debilitating heroin addiction . gets a break in the case when she recognizes on video . Later , a nameless hitman , " " , is hired to kill . promises his girlfriend it is his last job . 
 heads to the second name on his list , an old man who films his own personal snuff films . He is in the middle of filming a sexual assault when busts in the door and shoots him dead . initiates a gun fight in the hallway , but escapes . This affects philosophically , who proposes to his girlfriend and takes the case personally . Cop and Detective are investigating 's past and discover he was double crossed . remembers from a video of his half - brother 's death , filmed by the videographer . On tape , an unidentified man shoots in the head , but he narrowly survives , needing a metal plate in his skull . 
 visits his old girlfriend 's house . She knows he is killing the people in the video and , after revealing she aborted their unborn child and has begun a new life , she tells him she hopes he succeeds . At a strip club in Nevada , stabs a bouncer who killed his half - brother , . Soon , both and get word that the man survived the stabbing and is in the hospital . Knowing will go back to finish him off , they converge there . 
 enters the hospital and kills the man when he is in surgery . Cop attempts to bring down but is unsuccessful ; however , spares his life after seeing his badge . While driving away from the hospital , encounters . After a high - speed chase on the freeway , shoots in the neck after shoots out his tires.[3 ] 
 The penultimate name is 's father . believes his father arranged to have him and his half - brother killed after they refused to share the money they stole in a bank job . is the result of his mother 's affair , which 's father never forgave . finds out his father died years before , and his mother stitches the gunshot wound on his neck before he leaves . The last man is a traveling evangelist , and after his service is over and everyone has left , confronts him . The evangelist knows why he is there and tells him that he has turned his life around , begging for forgiveness . spares him , only to be confronted by . 
 Detective learns the true identity of the man who shot . She hurries to the church ; is already on the scene . tells to pick up his gun so they can have a test of skill . declines , saying he has no fight with him . explains he wanted to be better since he could not walk when he was a child . Cop walks in and shoots in the head , revealing it was he who shot in the video . He gives the money for the job , a single dollar , but declines . departs , telling never to contact him again . 
 calls his girlfriend , telling her they will be okay because he closed the case and how he has been reading up on women . 's wife was 's girlfriend and an informant for . She told him about the bank job , and put together the crew to take out and . Suddenly , he is shot by , who survived the shot due to his metal plate . Detective arrives on the scene after has already left , and she covers up 's involvement . scatters his brother 's ashes in the sea and drives off into the sunset ; simultaneously , the Evangelist begins a sermon on forgiveness .

Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thornton, Carla Gugino, Maggie Grace, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Moon Bloodgood

In 1957 , when second - graders and first meet , knows it 's love , but is n't so sure and tries to avoid . By the sixth grade , in 1961 , tries to get rid of by dating , whom despises . However , 's best friend , , takes an interest in and eventually tells her the truth about asking her out ; she does n't take it well . 
 From 's perspective , returned her feelings , but was shy . After finding out and broke up , she thought she could have back . But then they reconsider their decisions as time goes on . 
 In 1962 , 's grandfather moves in with the family . has different views about . There 's a large , old sycamore tree that loves which no one else understands . One day , it 's cut down by a group of landscapers so a house can be built there , despite 's opposition . She becomes very depressed afterwards , as the tree let her see the world in a more enlightened way . Her father gives her a painting of the tree . 
 gets to know while helping her work on her lawn . begins to develop feelings for , who begins to have mixed feelings about him . When finds out that has been throwing away the eggs she offered his family right under her nose , out of fear of salmonella , she feels hurt and starts avoiding him . 
 After visiting her disabled uncle , overhears supporting 's badmouthing of her , which truly causes her to stop having any interest in him . When the are invited to the ' for dinner , confronts about what he said . During dinner , they sit opposite each other ; she does n't talk to or make eye contact with him . After dinner , she apologizes for her behavior . is confused and sad that she apologizes , because it means he is n't forgiven and she does n't care enough to hold a grudge . 
 As the 1963 basket boy auction approaches , hears that is planning to bid on against . thinks that intends to bid on him because he hears that she has a wad of cash . worries about what will happen if she tries to bid on him , but she bids on out of sympathy as nobody was bidding for him . 
 During the basket boy lunch , and sit at a table across from and . He sees she 's having a good time with her date and gets jealous . He grabs her and attempts to kiss her , publicly humiliating her . He chases after her she dodges his kiss . gets on her bike and cycles home . yells at , and they end their friendship after an argument . 
 tries to talk to even though she wants to be left alone . Two days later , plants a sapling sycamore tree in 's front yard to show her how he feels . When sees the sycamore , she goes out to help him . Upon seeing him do that , she realizes that they have never really talked after all these years . As they plant the tree , puts his hand on 's , and they share loving smiles .

Madeline Carroll, Rebecca De Mornay, Anthony Edwards, John Mahoney, Callan McAuliffe, Penelope Ann Miller, Aidan Quinn, Kevin Weisman

A personal aide to the U.S. ambassador in France , ( ) has an enviable life in Paris and a beautiful French girlfriend , but his real passion is his side job as a low - level operative for the CIA . wants to become a higher level agent with more responsibilities . As the result of a shortage of agents in France , he is assigned as a partner to secret agent ( ) . 
 's first test is to have Wax released from airport detention by the French Customs when does not want to surrender the cans of his favorite energy drink . Despite the apparent triviality of an energy drink that could probably purchase in Paris , continues to verbally abuse French Customs until places a Diplomatic Mail sticker on 's luggage containing the energy drink , which makes them immune from customs and quarantine requirements . 
 Once in the car , apologizes for his behavior while opening the tins and revealing the concealed pieces of his personal SIG Sauer P226 X - Five Lightweight , which he refers to as " Mrs. " . explains that he has been sent to Paris to investigate a drug ring at least indirectly responsible for the death of a woman who happens to be the niece of the Secretary of Defense . 
 During the investigation , reveals that there was no overdose — their goal is to trace the money back to a circle of Pakistani terrorists . Evidence leads them to the terrorists , resulting in an armed confrontation in which most of the terrorists are killed . and learn that the terrorists plan to infiltrate the U.S. embassy with explosives hidden beneath their burkas . As they collect evidence , they find photographs of Agent pinned to a wall . 
 Ultimately , learns that the terrorists are targeting a summit meeting . discovers that 's fiancée ( ) is a " sleeper " agent who was assigned to infiltrate them . When confronted , shoots in the shoulder and escapes through a window . A Volvo picks her up on the street below . 
 attempts to detonate an explosive vest while the last remaining terrorist in the Volvo attacks a US motorcade traveling to the summit by speeding towards them , wired with explosives . destroys the vehicle with an AT4 rocket launcher just in time . finds at the summit and attempts to dissuade her from carrying out her mission by professing his love . She attempts to detonate her vest anyway and is forced to kill her . 
 As leaves Paris , escorts him to his plane . offers a full - time partnership . The two play a game of chess on the tarmac , placing their handguns on a utility cart , revealing that he is now carrying a Desert Eagle pistol and earning another modicum of admiration from his new partner .

Childhood friends and , along with 's girlfriend , spend a Sunday afternoon at a New England ski resort on Mount Holliston . They are eager to take one last run down the mountain before they go home ; however , the ski resort decides to close early because a storm is moving in . 
 The friends convince the ski lift attendant to let them on one last time . Before the group gets all the way to the top , the attendant is called into the boss 's office and is replaced by a co - worker . As he leaves , he tells the co - worker that there are only three skiers left . Another set of three skiers comes down the mountain . When he sees them , he shuts down the ski lift , stranding the three friends in their ski lift chair far above the ground . 
 They take it as a joke , but the ski resort 's lights are then turned off , leaving the three friends in fear and shock . knows the ski slopes have closed for the week . feels he has no choice but to jump from the ski lift chair and get help , as they will not survive up there in the bitter cold until Friday . 
 After discussing the danger , decides to jump off the lift . Upon hitting the ground , he suffers a compound fracture on both of his legs . Soon , his screams and the scent of blood attracts a pack of wolves . , now fearing for 's safety , decides to try to get to the ground by traversing the suspension cable between the lifts and steel support tower . However , as wolves close in on , he returns to the chair and holds as is brutally torn apart by the wolves . 
 In the morning , awakes with her hand frozen on the bar , which she grabbed during her sleep . She is also suffering severe frostbite . discusses his previous life experiences with her , before attempting to traverse the ski lift cable , and onto a support pole on the other side . By doing this , he also causes the chair is sitting in to dangerously loosen from the cable . After scaring off a pair of wolves by using a ski pole , he slides down the mountain on 's snowboard , planning to return with help . The wolves give chase after him . never returns and spends the night alone on the loose cable . 
 The next day , begins to climb out of the lift , but the screw comes loose and causes the lift to fall . Blocked by a cable , the lift is hanging a few meters above the ground . jumps and then the lift lands on her ankle . Injured , she begins to slide and crawl down the mountain . She encounters the wolves feasting on 's mutilated corpse . Too occupied with 's corpse , they ignore her as she continues down , eventually crawling to a nearby road . 
 The first car that passes does n't see her but soon a minivan appears and the driver , seeing her outstretched body lying in the snow along the side of the road , stops to assist her . The film ends with the driver saying they are going to a nearby hospital , followed by closing her eyes .

The story is told in flashback . CIA agent recounts his final mission in the form of a confession to a Catholic priest . The mission begins when 's mentor in the CIA , , informs him that his next assignment is to gather intelligence for the possible prosecution of American citizens , an arms dealer , and , a hedge fund manager . succeeds in being hired as 's bodyguard and accompanies to the building , where is supposed to obtain $ 100,000,000 in cash . Unknown assailants attack the vehicle in which and are travelling . While is distracted , , flying above them in a helicopter with several other CIA agents , discovers that the others are traitors when they kill him . They are after the $ 100,000,000 . 
 and survive the attack partly because has a heart attack just as it begins . The driver is killed ; takes the wheel , loses the killers , and drives to Detroit Medical Center , where he is provided with lifesaving care . The CIA traitors show up and begin killing hospital staff . , the primary target of the killers , eludes them and manages to take several of them out until takes him prisoner and takes him to new team leader . However , is knocked unconscious and left to take the blame for deaths , while is taken , along with a doctor to meet so that the killers can get his $ 100,000,000 . 
 decides the best course of action is to let the killers have the money , then hunt them down and kill them many years later . Meanwhile , steals an ambulance and drives to 's building to save the doctor and eliminate his former team members . Accomplishing both of these missions , then eludes scores of Detroit Police Department officers and escapes with a bag which contains approximately $ 25 million . As leaves the cathedral and the priest to whom he made confession , he leaves the bag behind . Walking past the basketball court , a young man tosses a basketball to him , which reminds that he is forgiven .

Wesley Snipes, Zoë Bell, Gary Daniels, Robert Davi, Ernie Hudson, Jaime Moyer, Frank Zieger

In 2009 , British rock star ( ) releases an album and a titular single , " African Child " , which is a commercial and critical failure . In an interview , ' girlfriend , ( ) , drunkenly declares they have a boring life . relapses , ending their relationship . He also loses custody of his son , . Meanwhile , in Los Angeles , ( ) works as a talent scout at Pinnacle Records , a record company . He lives with his girlfriend , ( ) . Pinnacle Records is performing poorly , and the head of the company , ( ) , asks for ideas . suggests that play at the Greek Theatre on the tenth anniversary of a performance there in 1999 . 
 sends to London to escort to Los Angeles . informs that she has received a job offer in Seattle and that they are moving there . They argue and apparently break up . meets and learns that he had not been expecting him , thinking that the concert was not for two months . They bar - hop across the city as tries to get to catch a flight to New York . calls to apologize , only to learn that believes they broke up . While partying , 's phone accidentally calls , informing her of 's activities . and travel to New York for 's appearance on Today . To keep sober , imbibes all of 's whiskey and marijuana . While performing live on Good Morning America , is unable to remember the lyrics to his recent song , " African Child " , and replaces it with an old hit , " The Clap " , to cheers from the audience . 
 During their flight to Los Angeles , learns that has become depressed , as he misses his son and has been alienated from his own father , ( ) , for years . suggests he visit him after the show ; instead , insists they go to Las Vegas to see . hooks up with a sexually violent girl , ( ) , who takes him to a hotel room and rapes him . After tells that he has been raped , gives him drugs to calm him down . starts to have a bad trip and believes he is having a heart attack . agrees is having a heart attack , while attempts to calm down . fights with ; jumps into the fight , inadvertently setting the lounge on fire . 
 attempts to help by giving him an adrenaline shot . They run out of the hotel , chased by . and flee to Los Angeles , where convinces to visit has been sleeping with Metallica 's drummer , ( playing himself ) , and confesses that is not actually ' biological son . Meanwhile , goes to his home to apologize to . They are interrupted when arrives and proposes that they engage in a threesome . agrees and hesitantly goes along . angrily decides to kiss , ending the threesome . and both immediately regret it , and angrily tells to go , criticizing his mental state . Instead of preparing for his show , goes to the rooftop of the Standard Hotel , and calls , threatening to jump . rushes to the hotel and attempts to talk down . 
 Instead , jumps into a pool several floors down , breaking his arm . tells that he is lonely , sad , and embarrassed , but reminds that thousands of fans love him and are waiting to see him . decides to perform at the Greek Theatre , even though pleads for him to go to the hospital . Upon their arrival , offers drugs to give to so he will not cancel the concert . , tired of 's abuse , quits on the spot . walks stage - side with , trying to convince him to go to the hospital . However , sees how happy is while performing and heads home to reconcile with . Months later , , sober again , has returned to fame with a single ( produced by ) based on events from their night in Las Vegas .

Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elisabeth Moss, Rose Byrne, Colm Meaney, Sean Combs

No one really knows ( ) , who lives as a hermit deep in the woods . Rumors surround him , such as how he might have killed in cold blood , and that he 's in league with the devil . So the town is surprised when shows up in town with a fat wad of cash , requesting a " funeral party " at Reverend 's church for himself . Rev. declines this proposal . ( ) , the owner of the local funeral parlor in financial trouble , coveting 's wad of cash , agrees to advertise a funeral party at which the townsfolk will be invited to tell the stories they 've heard about him . To ensure a good turnout , a lottery is organized , with 's property as the prize . Many people buy tickets . 
 Things get more complicated when an old mystery is remembered , involving a local widow named ( ) , who was 's girlfriend in their youth , and her deceased sister , ( ] ) . With the help of a preacher who insists on telling the truth , tells those gathered at his funeral party ( including ) what happened forty years earlier . He reveals his affair with 's married sister , . He confesses to that it was who was his true love , his only love . They made plans to run away together , and when she did n't arrive at the agreed place , he went to her home to search for her . He discovered that her husband had attacked her with a hammer , knocking her out . The husband threw a kerosene lamp against a wall to set the house on fire and kill himself , the unconscious , and . freed himself from the attacking husband , but as his clothes caught fire , he also saw catch fire . As he went to put the fire out , he felt himself flying through the window , possibly pushed by the husband , and he was unable to re - enter the house to save . 
 returns , seeming to forgive . He sees what appears to be the ghost of down the lane . He dies shortly after his funeral party . His actual funeral service is held on a burial plot on his property . officiates the ceremony , with Reverend , , his wife and child , and in attendance . After a short benediction from , places a portrait of her sister , Mary on 's casket , signifying her forgiveness of his past actions and allowing them to be together , even if only figuratively . The mourners leave 's property as his grave is filled .

( ) is a 31 - year - old woman who is having trouble pacing her life . She is still in grad school and she recently got a job as a summer intern at a newspaper in New York . While out with a friend at a bar , she meets ( ) , who interrupts her game of Centipede . The two then drink together and end up at his place , where they smoke from a bong and have sex while 's roommate ( Charlie Day ) " DJs their hook up " . The next morning , is anxious to leave but asks her to have breakfast with him and she agrees . She then tells him that she is only in New York for six weeks and is not looking for a relationship . He agrees to keep things casual . 
 and start having a fling , but they soon develop feelings for each other , and tries to convince her boss to find her a permanent position . Before the end of her internship , she writes a well - received article , and her boss asks her to contact him in January regarding possible job openings . Meanwhile , , who works at a record label , is given an assignment to manage a band he does not like , and is starting to dislike his job . 
 They both continue with their fling , but when the six weeks are up they find it difficult to let go . After drives to the airport they say goodbye , but just as is about to leave runs after her and tells her that he is crazy about her and wants to have a long - distance relationship with her . She agrees . 
 Over the next couple of months and spend all their free time texting and calling one another trying to work out times when one of them can fly in . surprises by showing up on Thanksgiving and they have a very emotional reunion . When they go to 's sister 's house ( where is currently staying ) , they start to have passionate sex on the dining table while , unbeknownst to them , 's brother - in - law , , is having dinner . eventually walks in and there is an awkward moment . The next day , and are out to see The Boxer Rebellion , and they agree that the band is good . gets jealous when he sees that is friends with , a handsome bartender who works with her . eventually has to leave and goes back to New York . 
 In January , calls her summer internship boss and asks him about the possibility of a job . Her boss tells her they are not hiring — that in fact they have just laid off 100 employees . Not finding comfort in a phone conversation with , she goes and gets drunk with and almost kisses him , but ends up going home . Later , her professor mentions that he recommended her for a position at the San Francisco Chronicle and she goes for an interview . Meanwhile , tries to have phone sex with , but it does not go well . 
 A month later as is packing to go to New York she gets a call from the Chronicle letting her know that she is hired . She goes to New York and tells , and the two have a fight . The next day they make up and he asks her to make the decision whether or not to accept the job . A week later he calls her and tells her he wants her to move to New York so that they can live together and start fresh . She agrees and he goes to San Francisco to sort things out . However , after a conversation with , realizes that he can not be the reason that turns down the job and the two part ways after an emotional conversation and a long hug in the airport . 
 Six months later is doing well with her career , having written her first front page story , and has not been with any woman since . He quits his job and starts managing The Boxer Rebellion , the first band he and saw together . He sends tickets to their show and she goes , not knowing that he is the manager . She runs into him there and he tells her he has moved to Los Angeles . Since that is only a few hours away from San Francisco , they have another chance at a relationship . Late that night they go back to 's house , and interrupt and dry humping on the dining - room table ( like and earlier in the film ) . The film ends with 's niece , , descending from upstairs during the awkward moment , and they all scream " Maya ! Statue ! " ( a running joke where always yells " ! Statue ! " at her daughter to quiet her and make her stop moving around ) .

Drew Barrymore, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, Ron Livingston, Rob Riggle, Christina Applegate, Kelli Garner, Natalie Morales, June Diane Raphael, Kristen Schaal, Jim Gaffigan, Sarah Burns

On March 19 , 2003 , Iraqi General ( ) flees his residence amid the bombardment of Baghdad . Before leaving the compound , he passes a notebook to his aide , instructing him to warn his officers to get to their safehouses and wait for his signal . 
 Four weeks later , U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer ( ) and his platoon check a warehouse for Iraqi weapons of mass destruction . To 's surprise , the warehouse has not been secured , with looters making their way in and out , as soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division are too few to do much . After a firefight with a sniper , finds that the warehouse is empty , the third consecutive time he has found nothing . Later , at a debriefing , brings up the point that the majority of the intel given to him is inaccurate and anonymous . High - ranking officials quickly dismiss his concerns . Afterward , CIA agent ( ) tells him that the next place he is to search was inspected by a UN team two months before and that it too has been confirmed empty . 
 Meanwhile , U.S. Department of Defense official ( ) welcomes returning Iraqi exile politician ( ) at the airport . There is questioned by Wall Street Journal reporter ( ) . She says she needs to speak directly to " " , but brushes her off . 
 Meanwhile , while checking another unpromising site , is approached by an Iraqi who calls himself " " ( ) . tells him that he saw some Ba'ath Party VIPs meeting in a nearby home . They include and his officers and aides in Baghdad , who are discussing the current situation . decides to wait for the Americans to offer him a deal , and attack if they do n't . As the meeting ends , and his men burst into the house . narrowly escapes , but is captured . Before can extract much information , is taken away by Special Operations personnel - however , keeps notebook . complains to again , but he states that the stakes are much larger than her role in selling newspapers . 
 goes to 's hotel room in the Green Zone , where he tells him what happened and gives him the notebook . arranges for to get into the prison where is being interrogated . is then approached by , who questions him about the false reports of WMDs . bluffs his way in to see . Near death after being tortured , he tells that they " did everything you asked us to in the meeting . " When asks what meeting he is talking about , he says one word : " Jordan . " then confronts about the bogus intel she published , but she refuses to identify Magellan , her source . After tells her he suspects that is , reluctantly confirms that Magellan met with a high - ranking official in February in Jordan . 
 realizes that Poundstone 's men are hunting - Rawi , and can think of only one reason : confirmed there was no Iraqi WMD program and is now a major liability . Poundstone confiscates the notebook from ; it contains the locations of safe houses . When tries to arrange a meeting with , he is abducted by men following Poundstone 's announcement of the decision to disband the entire Iraqi army . tells that he informed that the WMD program had been dismantled after the First Persian Gulf War ; , however , reported that - had confirmed there were WMDs so the US government would have an excuse to invade . 's men attack the locations listed in the notebook . When they get to the general 's hiding place , he flees , ordering one man to kill . manages to kill his captor and races after . finally captures , but suddenly appears and shoots the general , telling that " the fate of Iraq is not yours to decide " . With his only witness against now dead , tells to flee . 
 Later , writes a scathing report . He confronts in a meeting and gives him the report , but dismisses it , telling that WMDs do not matter . then rejoins the meeting , only to see Iraqi factional leaders reject , the US 's choice as leader of Iraq , as an American puppet and storm out . Afterwards , receives 's report by email . The recipient list includes reporters for major news agencies around the world .

Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson, Amy Ryan, Khalid Abdalla, Jason Isaacs

( ) walks the family dog , Mahler . She picks up dry cleaning and heads back to his house , where the entire family is packing for a trip to Vietnam . ( ) explains that his brother , , will be staying in the house while they are away , and he asks to help if he needs anything . His wife , ( ) , confides that has just been released from a hospital after suffering a nervous breakdown . is a carpenter and has been hired by to build Mahler a dog house . It is implied throughout the film that actually does little work , and is skeptical about him actually finishing the project . 
 When ( ) arrives , he calls to ask about the people swimming in the pool . explains that they are neighbors who are allowed to use the pool . She comes to the house to pick up her paycheck and feed . She has a very brief and awkward conversation with , before offering to pick up groceries for him . He gives her a two - item list , requesting whiskey and ice cream sandwiches . 
 's friend ( ) stops by and invites him to a barbecue at the home of their mutual friend ( ) . At the party , is uncomfortable , and is visibly hostile towards him . He runs into ( ) , an ex - girlfriend , and she agrees to meet up with him for some drinks . He explains that he is in Los Angeles to simply do nothing for a while . She replies that it is brave for a man in his mid - forties to have no ambition . 
 Meanwhile , he calls to meet up for a drink . Since as a New Yorker , he does not drive , she picks him up . They stop at her apartment to pick up her purse , which she forgot . comes on to her , and they begin to have sex . Having just come out of a long relationship , stops , not wanting to have meaningless sex . 
 and have dinner , where vents his anger over the fact that declined a major label recording contract that their band was offered fifteen years ago . marvels over the fact that will even talk to anymore , given how devastated was by losing the contract . insists that conforming to the commercial contract would have been impossible for the band . 
 One day , notices that is lethargic . He calls to take them to a vet , where they learn that the dog has an auto - immune disease . did not want to get involved with , but as they encounter each other during 's treatment , they keep escalating their relationship , with falling hard for . 
 When meets up with for drinks , it is her turn to be uncomfortable . She barely remembers their relationship ; whereas , he remembers the most minute details from their time together . muses , to 's astonishment , that they would have probably gotten married and had kids . When asks her out on a date , she says it would be a ' terrible idea ' and abruptly asks for the check . 
 After and finally have sex , they end up in an argument , where he yells at her for always coming back to him , despite the fact that he does not want to get involved . The next day , remorsefully calls her , and is getting drunk in her apartment alone . She confesses that she is due to have an abortion the next day . convinces her to let him take her to the clinic . Since he does not drive , has to drive and to the clinic . She undergoes general anaesthesia and stays in the clinic overnight . 
 Back at the house , 's college - age niece , ( ) has turned up . She is heading to Australia the next morning with her friend , ( ) , and they throw a house party with dozens of their friends . Roger does drugs with the kids . shows up and gets into an argument with , where his hurt feelings over the record contract come up . confesses that he had no idea that his personal concerns about the contract would put a stop to the entire deal , and he admits to feeling an immense burden of guilt over it . Both and bemoan the fact that they have ended up in lives that they did not plan to have ; however , has made peace with his . Before leaving he tells that he had heard from that had been hospitalized , which had never brought up . Having had a similar experience he laments he could have helped him and in disgust says that they never talk about anything good or meaningful . Dejected , ends up calling 's phone and leaving her a long voice mail where he confesses that he really likes her . 
 The next day , 's niece invites him to Australia , and he jumps at the invitation . He convinces the neighbors in the pool to take care of , but on the way to the airport , he changes his mind . Instead , he goes to pick up at the hospital , and they return to her apartment . The film closes as she listens to 's voice mail .

Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mark Duplass, Chris Messina, Brie Larson, Juno Temple

In 1978 , five childhood friends win their junior high school basketball championship . Afterwards , they celebrate at a rented lake house . The friends ' coach , ( ) , whom they nickname " " , encourages them to live their lives in a similar way to how they played the game . Thirty years later , ( ) has become an ambitious Hollywood talent agent with his wife , fashion designer ( ) , and his three children — daughter ( ) and two sons ( ) and ( ) . The boys act very spoiled in his vicinity , much to his annoyance . ( ) claims he is now a co - owner of a lawn furniture company , and is also disappointed in his wife ( ) for continuing to breastfeed ( ) , one of his two children , the other being ( ) . ( ) is a stay - at - home father with two children , and ( and ) . His wife ( ) , the primary breadwinner of the family , is pregnant with another child and shares the house with her mother , ( - Ann ) . ( ) , nicknamed , has been divorced three times and holds custody of his daughters , , and ( , , and ) . His current wife , ( ) , is 30 years his senior . ( ) is a slacker and lothario . All five friends regularly harass each other in comedic fashion throughout the film : for being rich , for being overweight , for being skinny and useless , for his continuous use of the joke " ! " and for having a much older wife , and for being sexually juvenile . 
 The friends each find out that has died , and reunite at their hometown with their families , a first in the three decades . Intending to pay tribute to at a private funeral , rents the lake house for the 4th of July weekend for his friends to stay at . However , has planned a fashion show in Milan , forcing to retreat . While at the lake house , he becomes annoyed at how his sons are playing video games instead of being outdoors , and pushes them to play outside along with his friend 's children . At a local restaurant , talks to his old nemesis , ( ) , who is still bitter towards for an error in the match , where his shot should n't have counted since he allegedly had his foot on the outside line . With this , challenges and his friends to a rematch , but he declines when commenting on 's health . The next day , 's ashes are spread in the woods while becomes depressed , lamenting his failed marriages , and later warns the arrival of his three daughters from the previous marriages . After having to deal with , he then relaxes with his friends partaking in fishing . After joking on , the others elect to cheer him up with a game of arrow roulette . wins by staying in the circle for the longest time , but the arrow severely impales his foot when it flies back down . then snaps at for using a maize - covered poultice . That night , manages to get the kids interested in talking on cup - phones and accidentally reveals herself to be the " Tooth Fairy " when listens in . Now happy that they are enjoying a similar kind of young fun that he had , proceeds to install an extensive cup - phone network in the house . 
 settles on staying at the lake house over going to the fashion show . The friends decide to visit a water park , where learns to drink milk out of a carton and repeatedly flirts with and , having bought them skimpy bikinis . The families cause mayhem throughout the park ; shoves a ride attendant down a water slide when the latter insults for being less attractive than her sisters ; ignores 's warning about a chemical in the kiddie pool that turns urine blue , and chaos results when the urine is revealed ; the spouses spot and attempt to attract a muscleman , but he is laughed off due to his high - pitched Canadian accent ; and at the zip line attraction , and the group meet again , accompanied by his own group of friends and former teammates , including ( ) , who is severely injured after crashing into a shed while sliding down the zip line by his feet . teaches his son how to shoot a perfect shot during basketball , and the friends then end the night by sharing a dance with their spouses . The next day , picks up 's phone and confronts him on lying about canceling their flight trip before she agreed on staying . Eventually , everyone concedes into admitting their own truths about how they feel with their lives . On their final day at the lake house , accepts the rematch once and for all , and plays against their former opponents . At the game - deciding shot , purposely misses to allow 's team to get a proper win . Before the end of the film , plays another game of arrow roulette , but with a larger crowd of people this time . Everyone fearfully takes off , and a still paralyzed gets his foot impaled by the arrow .

Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, David Spade

Minister of Magic addresses the wizarding media , and states that the Ministry will remain strong , even as Lord gains strength . The Death Eaters have made major gains after 's death , committing mass killings of Muggles and infiltrating the Ministry itself . , , and set out to complete the mission gave by hunting down and destroying 's Horcruxes . Meanwhile , informs Lord and the Death Eaters of 's impending departure from Privet Drive . commandeers wand , as 's own wand can not be used to kill because they share the same core . 
 The 's are forced to leave their home and move to somewhere safe , as even they know the danger they could be in and they leave behind . The Order of the Phoenix gather and escort to safety , using Polyjuice Potion to create decoy for the trip so the Death Eaters wo n't know which is the real one . During their flight they all are ambushed by Death Eaters who kill and , injure , and knock out . After arriving at the Burrow , has a vision of the wand - maker being tortured for information by . tries to leave on his own that night so the others wo n't get hurt , but talks him out of going alone and says that they all need to stay together . The next day arrives at the Burrow with will and distributes three items to , , and . receives Dumbledore 's Deluminator , receives a copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard , and receives the first Golden Snitch that he ever caught in a Quidditch match . reveals that was also bequeathed the Sword of Godric Gryffindor . The minister tells that the sword was not 's to bequeath , and in any case is missing . 
 The Death Eaters completely take over the Ministry , kill and replace him with ( a puppet ruler ) . The Ministry begins arresting and persecuting Muggle - born witches and wizards . Before the wedding of and , and kiss passionately until interrupts them . At and 's wedding , however , Death Eaters attack . patronus charm forewarns the wedding party , and most escape . , , and disapparate to London , where they are attacked in a diner by Death Eaters . The trio are forced to seek refuge at 12 Grimmauld Place . While there , they discover that the " R.A.B. " from the fake Horcrux locket is , the younger brother of who had reformed from being a Death Eater and was against . , the 's house elf , tells them that the Wizard thief broke in and stole many items from the house including the real locket . and apprehend , who reveals to the trio that he sold the locket and is now in the possession of who still works at the Ministry . Using Polyjuice Potion , the trio infiltrate the Ministry and find the locket around 's neck . stuns and retrieves the locket . The trio escape from their pursuers by apparating in the wilderness but is injured and can not apparate again until he recovers . 
 After several unsuccessful attempts to destroy the Horcrux , the trio take turns wearing it to dilute its power . sees a vision of interrogating and killing the wand - maker , who claims that a teenage boy had once stolen the legendary Elder Wand from his shop . While is wearing the locket , he is overcome by negative feelings and argues with before leaving him and behind which greatly upset the both of them . deduces that the Sword of Gryffindor can destroy Horcruxes as it is impregnated with Basilisk venom , and the venom is known to destroy powerful objects like the Horcruxes and decides with to go to Godric 's Hollow . They visit 's parents ' graves and the house where they were killed . They encounter , who they believe through investigating that she may have the sword . lets and into her house , and is revealed to actually be , 's pet snake , controlling 's reanimated corpse from inside of her . and escape into the Forest of Dean , but accidentally breaks 's wand whilst fighting . is then able to identify the mysterious thief seen in 's vision as the Dark Wizard from the 1940 's . 
 That evening sees a Patronus in the form of a doe , which leads him to a frozen pond . 's sword lies beneath the pond 's ice , which breaks and jumps in to retrieve it . The locket around his neck attempts to strangle him , but arrives just in time to rescue . uses parseltongue to open the locket , and destroys the Horcrux with the sword . says he used the Deluminator bequeathed to him to find his way back to them . , and reconcile , and the trio decide to go and visit to learn more about a symbol drawn in the book left . first asks where is , but is vague in his answer . explains to them that the symbol represents the Deathly Hallows , three magical objects : The Elder Wand , the Resurrection Stone and the Cloak of Invisibility , that when combined make a wizard master of Death . reads the story of the origin of the Hallows from her book , and after some awkward conversation the trio try to leave but are stopped by . He explains that has been kidnapped before betraying them and summoning the Death Eaters in order to get his daughter back . , , and disapparate as 's house is destroyed . 
 Arriving back in the wilderness , the trio sets up camp when Snatchers find and chase them down . strikes with a curse to disguise his features as the Snatchers take them all to Malfoy Manor . imprisons and in the cellar with , , and the goblin . then tortures for information on how they got the Sword of Gryffindor , which claims was in her vault at Gringott 's . requests help , communicating with a piece of broken mirror in his possession . apparates into the cellar to save them . and rush to save , and a battle ensues that sees disarm . drops a chandelier above , forcing her to release . throws her knife at them as grabs everyone and disapparates . They arrive at Shell Cottage and find that 's knife has fatally wounded . insists that they bury properly without any magic , which they all agree to do . 
 In the final scene , breaks into 's tomb and steals the Elder Wand .

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Richard Griffiths, John Hurt, Jason Isaacs, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, David Thewlis, Julie Walters

On assignment in Thailand , French television journalist is shopping for souvenirs for her lover 's children . She finds a stand where a mother and her daughter work ; they sell gifts to for a dollar . looks over the balcony and witnesses the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami coming into shore . It hits as watches from a distance . She grabs hold of the girl and runs away from the shore but is quickly swallowed by the wave . Pulled lifeless from the water , she is resuscitated by rescuers but is left for dead . She gasps back to life after having a near - death experience in which she sees a vision of human figures inhabiting a realm of light , among them the silhouettes of the mother and daughter holding hands . and are soon reunited as the disaster subsides and they return to Paris . 's experience , however , interferes with her work performance to the point that ( who is also her producer ) sends her on a leave of absence to write the book they 've discussed , which would add to her prestige . 
 In San Francisco , former professional psychic is persuaded against his wishes to perform a reading for , a wealthy client of his brother . A genuine medium with a gift for communicating with the dead , abandoned his old career because he was unable to deal with the emotional impact of the reunions and the often disturbingly intimate family secrets revealed . While doing the reading , hears the word June and asks if a date in June means anything to him . at first denies that it means anything , but privately reveals to that June was the name of his late wife 's nurse , whom he was in love with for ten years . 
 In London , 12 - year - old twins and try desperately to prevent their alcoholic , heroin - addicted mother , , from losing them to social services . After evading the authorities yet again , the boys ' mother sends to the chemist to pick up her detox prescription , having finally decided to get clean . On the way home , is attacked by street thugs , and while trying to escape , he is hit by a van and killed . No longer able to protect his mother , and barely able to cope with life without the brother he idolizes , is sent to a foster home . 
 Now writing a book and with more time to contemplate her near - death experience , travels to Switzerland to meet a renowned specialist in the field . As the director of a hospice who has seen her share of dying patients , the doctor describes herself as a former skeptic who was convinced by the evidence that the afterlife exists and that people like have had a genuine view of it . She persuades to write a book on her experience in the hope that the scientific community will ultimately accept the reality of life beyond death . 
 Desperate for one last reunion with his twin brother , steals money from his foster parents and goes around London seeking someone to help him contact . He encounters only frauds and pretenders . While he is trying to board the underground at Charing Cross , 's cap , which has become a talisman for , blows off his head . Delayed by trying to find the cap , he misses his train and sees it explode in the tunnel during the 2005 London Bombings . 
 enrolls in a cooking class taught by one of San Francisco 's leading chefs . Its students are paired - up , resulting in being partnered with a young woman named . The two hit it off and after attending their second class decide to put their new culinary skills to use by preparing an Italian dinner at 's place . All goes well until they hear an ill - timed phone message from his brother , which inclines to reveal his past as a psychic to . Curious , she presses to do a reading for her . explains his reluctance , but acquiesces . They contact the spirit of 's father , who ends the session by asking her forgiveness for what he did to her as a child . flees 's home in tears , and she does n't return to the cooking class . 
 Having been in talks with a publisher before her trip to Thailand about a biography of , now stuns them with her new manuscript entitled " Hereafter : A Conspiracy of Silence " . The publisher rejects the manuscript but soon steers her toward other publishers who might be interested , the most promising of them in London . 
 learns from that he does not intend on having her back at the job he urged her to take leave of , because her public interest in the hereafter damages her reputation as a serious journalist , and that he is having an affair with the woman who replaced her on the TV news program . 
 is laid off from his factory job , and is persuaded by to revive his psychic practice . Still heartbroken over the fiasco with , he changes his mind and impulsively leaves San Francisco to make a new start elsewhere . He travels to London and listens every night to audiobook readings by of works . As a devotee , he also visits the Dickens Museum and attends 's live reading of at the London Book Fair . There , one of the presenters is , reading her now published book , Hereafter . While handing a signed copy of her book to , their hands touch and has a psychic flash of 's tsunami drowning . 
 and his foster parents are also at the London Book Fair . Asking leave of them , spots , someone he has read about and seen online . attempts to speak with the medium , who brushes him off and returns to his hotel . follows him , standing outside the hotel until nightfall . Eventually asks him in and agrees to do his reading . 
 Through , tells that he is happy in the afterlife . He instructs to stop wearing his cap and says it was he who knocked it off his head at the train station . It was used , he says , to keep from the doomed train but now he must stand on his own . tells him not to fear this " because we are one " . As leaves , he says he is sorry about " the French woman " as he could tell that " you like her . " The last time we see , he is visiting his mother in a rehab center . She is visibly better and he is not wearing 's cap . 
 lets know where is staying . leaves an anonymous note for , saying he believes her book to be true . She decides to join the anonymous fan for lunch and discovers . While she is looking for him , sees a vision of them kissing at the same meeting . Their shared glimpses of the hereafter having made them appreciate this life all the more , and sit together in the cafe .

Matt Damon, Cécile de France, Bryce Dallas Howard, Lyndsey Marshal, Jay Mohr, Thierry Neuvic, Jenifer Lewis

Three estranged , depressed friends : is dumped by his girlfriend ; is a henpecked husband with a dead - end job ; and is a party animal in his 40s . They reconnect when is hospitalized for carbon monoxide poisoning . To cheer him up , and arrange for to join them at Kodiak Valley Ski Resort , where the three enjoyed fun times in their youth ; 's reclusive nephew tags along . During a night of heavy drinking in their hotel room 's hot tub , the four douse the console with an illegal Russian energy drink called " Chernobly " . 
 The next day , the friends go skiing and , after many strange occurrences ( 1980s fashion , music videos on MTV and still being black ) , they realize they have traveled back to 1986 . , and have also assumed their younger bodies : they appear normal to each other , but to others ( and in their reflections ) they look like their younger selves . 's appearance has not changed , though he occasionally flickers . 
 A cryptic hot tub repairman appears and warns them not to change anything , as it might affect history . To minimize the butterfly effect , the guys plan to re - enact their experiences . has to break up with his girlfriend and get stabbed in the eye with a fork ; must pick a fight with and get beaten up by , a ski patrol bully ; must have sex with a groupie and give a poor performance with his band at an open mic event . They discover 's alcoholic mother , 's sister , is also at the resort . 
 The guys find their tasks difficult ; gets punched to the floor by and loses his backpack , but realizes he must face him again later at night , so he reluctantly challenges again . finds his attraction to reignited , but is distracted when he meets laid - back music journalist during the resort 's Poison concert . worries about cheating on his wife , even though the events occur before he even meets her . Later on , tries to capitalize on his knowledge of football game outcomes ; it works until he risks everything on a game - winning touchdown , only to have a squirrel from the resort ( which he vomited on earlier ) crash the field and ruin the play . 
 turns the tables on when she initiates their breakup , but soon re - encounters April ; they break into a nearby home and become intimate . changes his destiny by covering the more upbeat " Jessie 's Girl " , followed by a " preview version " of " Let 's Get It Started " . When the repairman informs that a chemical was the key to their time travel , realizes it was the Chernobly . The guys prevent , once again beaten up without his friends , from falling off the rooftop . They go to 's cabin to search for the drink , during which finds and seduces . When suddenly vanishes , the guys realize that is 's father ; after and make love , reappears . Leaving , finally assaults ; the four friends retrieve the Chernobly and return to the hot tub where they create a vortex . and enter the tub , but decides to stay in 1986 , admitting to that his carbon monoxide poisoning was attempted suicide ; knowing the future , he wants to make investments and be a good father to . insists upon staying too , but pushes him into the vortex at the last moment . 
 Back at the present , , , and discover that has changed history by founding the immensely successful Lougle , which affords him a luxurious lifestyle with . discovers that he is happily married to , while is a successful music producer married to a happy and caring wife . The guys reunite at 's mansion with their families , satisfied with their new lives .

John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Crispin Glover, Lizzy Caplan, Chevy Chase

Softball player is devastated when she is left off the Team USA roster . Unsure what to do next , begins dating , a pitcher for the Washington Nationals . She also receives an intriguing phone call from a young executive , , who was advised by a friend of 's to give her a call . calls out of politeness because he wants to explain that his relationship with his girlfriend has just become more serious . But life takes an abrupt turn for the worse for when he suddenly finds himself the target of a federal criminal investigation for corporate malfeasance at a company run by his father , . is fired from his job and abandoned by the company , with the exception of his father and his pregnant secretary , . 
 Still reeling from this blow , goes to his girlfriend for sympathy and is stunned when she immediately breaks up with him . On a whim , calls again to invite to dinner and she accepts . It turns out to be a disaster ; is so overwhelmed with his troubles that eventually asks that they just eat in silence , and they part ways not expecting to see one another again . Soon , moves in with , who has a penthouse in the same upscale building where 's father lives . is rich , well - meaning and fun , but is also immature and insensitive , and continues to have casual affairs with other women . 
 is indicted and could face prison time . is so loyal that she tries to give him inside information in advance , but he urges her not to lose her own job . tries to do better in 's eyes , promising to consider seeing fewer women on the side . He inadvertently offends her , so moves out and spends a pleasant , tipsy evening at 's modest new apartment . 's father then drops one last bombshell on his son : It was he who committed the illegal act for which is being charged . Due to a previous conviction , would spend at least 25 years — basically , the rest of his life — in prison , whereas would only do three years at most . 
 On the night 's baby is born and her boyfriend proposes , begins to reconsider her previous reluctance to settle down . is clearly smitten with her , but pleads for another chance and she accepts . makes a proposition to his father : He will take one more shot at persuading to be with him ; If she will , must go to jail , and if she wo n't , will take the rap for his dad . At a birthday party that throws for her , confesses his feelings for and goes outside to give her time to think it over , looking on from above . Finally , says goodbye to and joins outside . At the end of the movie , they are seen boarding a bus together .

The Isle of Berk is a remote Viking village , from which dragons periodically steal livestock . , the awkward fifteen - year - old son of the village chieftain , , is too small to fight the dragons and instead fashions mechanical devices under his apprenticeship with the blacksmith , though his inventions often backfire . During one attack , believes he has shot down a Night Fury , an extremely rare and dangerous dragon . later finds it in the forest trapped in his bolas , but finds that he can not bring himself to kill the dragon and instead sets it free . 
 assembles a fleet to find the dragons ' nest , leaving in a dragon - fighting class taught by . returns to the forest to find the Night Fury still there , and realizes it is unable to fly properly because of its crippled caudal fin . gradually tames the dragon and gives it the name " Toothless " , for its retractable teeth . makes a harness and prosthetic fin that allows him to guide the dragon in free flight . By studying 's behavior , becomes proficient in subduing the captive dragons during training . 's fleet arrives home unsuccessful , but he is cheered by 's unexpected success . 
 , a tough Viking girl on whom has a crush , discovers is training , but takes her for a ride to demonstrate his relationship with the dragon before she can tell the village . unexpectedly takes the pair to the dragons ' nest where they discover a gargantuan dragon named the Red Death,2 which eats the smaller dragons unless they bring it stolen livestock . 
 Back at the village , subdues a captive dragon in his final training test in front of his father instead of killing it , but inadvertently angers the dragon into attacking . attempts to protect in the ensuing panic but is instead captured by the Vikings . accidentally reveals to that is capable of locating the dragons ' nest . disowns his son and sets off for the nest with chained to the lead ship as a guide . 
 The Vikings expel most of the dragons but are overwhelmed by the Red Death until , and their fellow pupils fly in riding the training dragons from the academy and provide cover fire . almost drowns trying to break free from a sinking ship but saves them both and then reconciles with his son . and destroy the Red Death but is injured in the fight . regains consciousness on where his lower left leg has been replaced by a prosthesis , and the Vikings and the dragons now live in harmony .

Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, T. J. Miller, Kristen Wiig

In 2008 , while rehearsing for a charity event , actor , with camera watching , tells people he 's quitting to pursue a career in rap music . Over the next year , we watch the actor write , rehearse , and perform to an audience . He importunes in hopes he 'll produce the record . We see the actor in his home : he parties , smokes , bawls out his two - man entourage , talks philosophy with , and comments on celebrity .

Tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix as he attempts to reinvent himself as a hip-hop artist.

and are " extractors " , who perform corporate espionage using an experimental military technology to infiltrate the subconscious of their targets and extract valuable information through a shared dream world . Their latest target , Japanese businessman , reveals that he arranged their mission himself to test for a seemingly impossible job : planting an idea in a person 's subconscious , or " inception " . To break up the energy conglomerate of ailing competitor , wants to convince 's son and heir , , to dissolve his father 's company . In return , promises to use his influence to clear of a murder charge , allowing to return home to his children . accepts the offer and assembles his team : , a conman and identity forger ; , a chemist who concocts a powerful sedative for a stable " dream within a dream " strategy ; and , an architecture student tasked with designing the labyrinth of the dream landscapes , recruited with the help of 's father - in - law , Professor . While dream - sharing with , learns his subconscious houses an invasive projection of his late wife . 
 When the elder dies in Sydney , accompanies the body on a ten - hour flight back to Los Angeles , which the team ( including , who wants to verify their success ) uses as an opportunity to sedate and take into a shared dream . At each dream level , the person generating the dream stays behind to set up a " kick " that will be used to awaken the other sleeping team members from the deeper dream level ; to be successful , these kicks must occur simultaneously at each dream level , a fact complicated due to the nature of time which flows much faster in each successive level . The first level is 's dream of a rainy Los Angeles . The team abducts , but they are attacked by armed projections from 's subconscious , which has been specifically trained to defend him against such intruders . The team takes and a wounded to a warehouse , where reveals that while dying in the dream would normally wake up , the powerful sedatives needed to stabilize the multi - level dream will instead send a dying dreamer into " limbo " , a world of infinite subconscious from which escape is extremely difficult , if not impossible , and a dreamer risks forgetting they are in a dream . Despite these setbacks , the team continues with the mission . 
 impersonates 's godfather , , to suggest Fischer reconsider his father 's will . drives the van as the other dreamers are sedated into the second level . In the second level , a hotel dreamed by , persuades that he has been kidnapped by and is his subconscious protector . persuades him to go down another level to explore 's subconscious ( in reality , it is a ruse to enter 's ) . The third level is a fortified hospital on a snowy mountain dreamed by . The team has to infiltrate it and hold off the guards as takes into the equivalent of his subconscious . , under pursuit by 's projections in the first level , deliberately drives off a bridge and initiates his kick too soon . This causes an avalanche in ' level and removes the gravity of 's level , forcing him to improvise a new kick synchronized with the van hitting the water . 's projection emerges and kills ; kills , and succumbs to his wounds . and enter Limbo to rescue and , while sets up a kick by rigging the hospital with explosives . 
 reveals to that he and went to Limbo while experimenting with the dream - sharing technology . Sedated for a few hours of real time , they spent fifty years in a dream constructing a world from their shared memories . When refused to return to reality , used a rudimentary form of inception by reactivating her totem ( an object dreamers use to distinguish dreams from reality ) and reminding her subconscious that their world was not real . However , when she woke up , still believed that she was dreaming . In an attempt to " wake up " for real , committed suicide and framed for her death to force him to do the same . Facing a murder charge , fled the U.S. , leaving his children in the care of Professor . 
 Through his confession , makes peace with his guilt over 's death . kills 's projection and wakes up with a kick . Revived at the mountain fort , enters a safe room to discover and accept the planted idea : a projection of his dying father telling him to be his own man . While remains in Limbo to search for , the other team members ride the synchronized kicks back to reality . eventually finds an aged in Limbo and reminds him of their agreement . The dreamers all awake on the plane and makes a phone call . 
 Upon arrival at Los Angeles Airport , passes the U.S. immigration checkpoint and Professor accompanies him to his home . Using his totem — a spinning top that spins indefinitely in a dream world but falls over in reality — conducts a test to prove that he is indeed in the real world , but he ignores its result and instead joins his children in the garden .

Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, Michael Caine

In Russia , the media covers disclosure of his identity as . , whose father has just died , sees this and begins building a miniature arc reactor similar to 's . Six months later,[N 2 ] is a superstar and uses his Iron Man suit for peaceful means , resisting government pressure to sell his designs . He reinstitutes the Stark Expo to continue his father 's legacy . 
 The palladium core in the arc reactor that keeps alive and powers the armor is slowly poisoning him , and he can not find a substitute . Growing increasingly reckless and despondent about his impending death , and choosing not to tell anyone about his condition , appoints his personal assistant CEO of Stark Industries , and hires Stark employee to replace her as his personal assistant . competes in the Monaco Historic Grand Prix , where he is attacked in the middle of the race by , who wields electrified whips . dons his Mark V armor and defeats , but the suit is severely damaged . explains his intention was to prove to the world that Iron Man is not invincible . Impressed by 's performance , 's rival , , fakes 's death while breaking him out of prison and asks him to build a line of armored suits to upstage . During what he believes is his final birthday party , gets drunk while wearing the Mark IV suit . Disgusted , 's best friend , U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel dons 's Mark II prototype armor and tries to restrain him . The fight ends in a stalemate , so confiscates the Mark II for the U.S. Air Force . 
 , director of S.H.I.E.L.D. , approaches , revealing " " to be Agent and that was a S.H.I.E.L.D. founder whom Fury knew personally . explains that 's father jointly invented the arc reactor with , but when tried to sell it for profit , had him deported . The Soviets sent to the gulag . gives some of his father 's old material ; a hidden message in the diorama of the 1974 Stark Expo proves to be a diagram of the structure of a new element . With the aid of his computer J.A.R.V.I.S. , synthesizes it . When he learns is still alive , he places the new element in his arc reactor and ends his palladium dependency . 
 At the Expo , unveils 's armored drones , led by in a heavily weaponized version of the Mark II armor . arrives in the Mark VI armor to warn , but remotely takes control of both the drones and ' armor and attacks Iron Man . is arrested while and 's bodyguard go after at 's factory . escapes , but returns control of the Mark II armor to . and together defeat and his drones . seemingly commits suicide by blowing up his suit , along with the defeated drones . 
 At a debriefing , informs that because of 's difficult personality , S.H.I.E.L.D. intends to use him only as a consultant . and receive medals for their heroism . In a post - credits scene , S.H.I.E.L.D. agent reports the discovery of a large hammer at the bottom of a crater in a desert in New Mexico.[N 3 ]

Robert Downey Jr., Don Cheadle, Mickey Rourke, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson

After contemplating suicide by jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge , 16 - year - old decides to go to the hospital to seek help . tells Dr. that he needs immediate help to which Dr. registers for a one - week stay in the hospital 's psychiatric floor . It is revealed that has a lot of pressure at his high school , Executive Pre - Professional ( based on Manhattan 's Stuyvesant High School ) , stressing over the need to turn in an application for a prestigious summer school , his shortcomings in the shadow of his best friend , , whom he considers to be great at everything , and his dad who pressures him to do well . At first , is uncertain if he made the right choice to stay , mostly due to the fact that his friends might find out when he misses school , especially , his crush and 's girlfriend . He is placed in the adult ward with a few other teenagers because the teenage ward is undergoing renovations . 
 is introduced to , an adult patient who claims he is only there on vacation , as he takes under his wing . During a group discussion , learns that is stressed about an upcoming interview in hopes of moving to a group home . When states that all he will have to wear for the interview is the sweater that he is currently wearing , offers one of his dad 's dress shirts to wear , and accepts . 's kind offer to is witnessed by , another teenage patient who is in for self - harm . She is impressed by and leaves him a note to meet with her that night . Later , and attend a painting session for the patients . paints a picture of an imaginary city map which he describes as " like my own brain " . 
 Throughout his stay , forms close bonds with various patients , including and . reveals to that he is a father of a little girl and that he is actually in the ward for attempting to commit suicide six times . As tries to help with his problems , , in return , helps to gain the courage to ask out . One night , suddenly stops by to visit , revealing that she and have broken up . asks to his room , where she tries to seduce him . However , the two are caught by 's roommate , an older patient who has not left the room during his stay . As runs out of the room , chases her and calls out that he loves her , unaware that is standing behind him . Upset , storms off leaving behind a self - portrait that she had planned to give . 
 eventually wins 's forgiveness , and the pair sneak out of the ward in scrubs and run around the hospital , ending up on the roof . There , while is trying to finally work up the courage to ask her out , takes the initiative and asks him , then they kiss afterwards . Later , when has an interview with the head physician , Dr. , he explains that he has realised that he wants to become an artist , and says he should be thankful that his problems are n't as bad as those of the others . That night , arranges with one of the staff for a pizza party , promising to pay the cost , so the patients can say goodbye to him and , both of whom are being discharged the following day . He calls asking him to bring a record . When delivers the record , he tells that he and are working out their problems and they embrace . At the party , plays the record , which is Egyptian music , bringing out of his room . tells that they should meet again after they are discharged , which considers , and thanks for changing his outlook on life . 
 In the morning , asks where is , but discovers had left earlier that morning . is a little disappointed , but is happy that he and had left an impression on each other . After leaves , it is shown that he starts dating , becomes better friends with and ( who are still together ) , begins pursuing his goal of becoming an artist and has broken the news to his dad that he is n't going to follow his path , which his dad understands . The movie ends with saying that while his stay did n't cure his condition , it helped him a lot , and he can get through the rest of his life with the help of his family and friends . The final scene shows how he goes on to live his life with his family , friends and .

Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, Viola Davis, Zoë Kravitz, Aasif Mandvi, Lauren Graham, Jim Gaffigan

During the American Civil War , ( ) served as a Confederate cavalryman until his commanding officer , ( ) ordered him to burn down a hospital . refused , and was forced to kill his best friend , 's son . After the war , a vengeful and his right - hand man , ( ) , tie up and force him to watch as his house is burned down with his wife and son inside . then brands 's face with his initials and leaves him to die . Days later , American Indians revive with their mystical powers . As a result of his resurrection , acquires the ability to temporarily resurrect the dead . When apparently dies in a hotel fire , satisfies his hunger for vengeance by turning to bounty hunting . He also sears the branded side of his face with a hatchet blade , preferring a mass of scar tissue to 's initials . 
 In 1876 , , alive and well , hijacks a train carrying components of an experimental " superweapon " , slaughtering its military guards and civilian passengers alike . When informed of the theft , President ( ) surmises that is planning a terrorist attack for July 4 , during the celebration of the American centennial . instructs Army Lieutenant ( ) to find and hire him to stop . 
 spends the night in a brothel with ( ) , a prostitute attracted to the disfigured man for more than just professional reasons . As he prepares to leave the next morning , ' men burst in and tell him that is still alive . They show him a captured thug from the train hijacking who told them is headed northwest , before dying during interrogation . briefly resurrects the man , who knows only that he was recruited by ex - Confederal Colonel ( ) , who is running an illegal deathmatch pavilion in South Carolina . 
 With the help of a corrupt Washington aristocrat , ( ) , tracks down and steals the remaining components of the weapon , invented by . 
 When confronts in South Carolina , refuses to talk , sarcastically telling to ask 's dead son , , where his father is . says that is a good idea , then overpowers 's men and throws himself into the ring , to be killed by his own fighters . After setting fire to the ring , he frees a dog being tormented by 's handlers , which starts to follow him around . 
 In a cemetery in Gettysburg , digs up and resurrects ( an uncredited ) . apologizes for killing , and says that his father has to be stopped before he murders more people . reveals that his father is at Fort Resurrection , and then returns to the afterlife . 
 After entering the fort , confronts , killing several of his men , but escapes and receives a near - fatal wounding from , but is able to escape . He collapses in a field , hovering near death for several days . , anticipating that will return , sends to bring him " something loves , " so kidnaps from the brothel . test - fires the " superweapon " on a small town in Georgia , which is leveled to the ground , killing hundreds of civilians . When President receives the news , his aide reports that they have no idea where in the country will strike , and that they do not have enough military manpower to guard every centennial celebration . 
 is found by his Native American allies , who perform a ceremony that heals him . Back on his feet , he relays a message to Lt . that plans to attack Washington , D.C. , then rides to Independence Harbor alone to stop him . When attempts to infiltrate the harbor where 's ironclad warship is anchored , spots him and attacks him . overpowers and kills him , then resurrects him just so can incinerate his body completely . holds at gunpoint and forces to surrender . With and captive in the hold of his ship , steams toward Washington , D.C. A monitor commanded by Lt . intercepts , but is quickly destroyed with the weapon , which has been mounted on the bow . 
 In the hold , picks her handcuffs and frees herself and . She holds off the guards while rushes up to the deck to stop . gains the upper hand and orders the weapon to fire . The weapon blankets Washington with a volley of delay - action bomb shells , and gives the order for the trigger shell to be launched . But and 's fight takes them down into the engine room , where throws his tomahawk into the weapon 's belt feeder , trapping the trigger shell . He then brutally beats and traps his neck in a gear , before saving . The pair jump into the water just as the trigger shell ignites in the engine room , killing and all his men . The next day , President rewards with a large sum of money , a full pardon , and offers him a job as Sheriff of the entire United States . declines , but assures the president that if they need him , they 'll be able to find him . is waiting for him outside the White House , and they leave the city together . 
 In the last scene , visits 's grave to apologize for having to kill his father , then rides out of the cemetery with his dog .

Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox, Michael Fassbender, Will Arnett, Michael Shannon

is an ordinary teenager who lives in Staten Island , New York . Inspired by comic books , plans to become a real - life superhero . He purchases and modifies a scuba diving suit , and arms himself with batons . During his first outing , he gets stabbed and then hit by a car . After recovering , he gains a capacity to endure pain and enhanced durability due to having some bones replaced with metal . 
 In his absence from school , a rumor spreads that he is gay , as he was found naked by the paramedics after discarding his costume . As a result , his longtime crush , , immediately attempts to become his friend . Unhappy with the misunderstanding , nevertheless appreciates the opportunity to get closer to . 
 returns to crime - fighting and gains notoriety after intervening in a gang attack . Calling himself " Kick - Ass " , he sets up a Myspace account where he can be contacted for help . Responding to a request from , he confronts a drug dealer , , who has been harassing her . At 's place , is quickly overwhelmed by 's thugs . Before they can kill him , two costumed vigilantes , Hit - Girl and her father , Big Daddy , intervene , easily slaughter the thugs and leave with their money . After coming home , realizes he is in over his head , and plans to give up crime - fighting . However , pays him a visit and encourages him . 
 real identity is , formerly an honest cop . Framed by Mafia boss , he was jailed . His wife committed suicide , leaving behind his daughter . Against the protest of his former partner , trains himself and as preparation for getting revenge on . They have been undermining 's operations by raiding his warehouses , robbing his money and destroying his drugs . 
 believes is responsible for the attacks and targets him , impulsively killing a party entertainer who is dressed like - Ass . 's son , , suggests a different approach . He poses as a new vigilante , " Red Mist , " and befriends . He plans to lure Kick - Ass into 's lumber warehouse and unmask him . However , they find the warehouse on fire and 's men dead . retrieves a hidden camera he earlier placed in the warehouse , and sees Big Daddy kill the men and burn the warehouse . Red Mist and part ways . watches the footage and learns of Big Daddy and Hit - Girl . 
 Following the event , decides to quit being Kick - Ass . He reveals his identity to , and clears up the misunderstanding about him being gay . She forgives him and becomes his girlfriend . However , contacts him again , and tricks him into revealing Big Daddy and Hit - Girl 's location . At one of Big Daddy 's safe houses , shoots Hit - Girl out of a window , and 's men capture Big Daddy and Kick - Ass . 
 Frank intends to have his thugs torture and execute his captives in a live Internet broadcast . While Kick - Ass and Big Daddy are being beaten by 's gangsters , Hit - Girl , having survived the shooting , storms the hideout and kills all of the gangsters . During the fight , one thug sets Big Daddy on fire . and say a tearful farewell before Big Daddy dies of his burns . 
 and Hit - Girl resolve to defeat once and for all . Hit - Girl infiltrates 's headquarters , and kills numerous guards and henchmen before running out of bullets . When she is cornered by the thugs , arrives on a jet pack fitted with miniguns and kills the remaining thugs . and Hit - Girl then take on and . fights and they knock each other out . overpowers an exhausted Hit - Girl . Before he can kill her , regains consciousness and shoots him with a bazooka . is blasted out of the window and explodes in mid - air . and retire from crime - fighting . becomes 's guardian , and she enrolls at 's school . Meanwhile , sits in his father 's office , dressed in an upgraded suit . Facing the camera , he says , " as a great man once said , wait'll they get a load of me , " before firing a gun at the audience .

Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloë Grace Moretz, Mark Strong, Nicolas Cage

After a break - up with a boyfriend , an overcautious ( ) travels to Nice , France , with her parents ( and ) . After getting into an elevator to go to her hotel room , she meets ( ) . asks her out for drinks , and she accepts . The scene then changes to sneaking onto a boat , putting a remote controlled bomb on the bottom of a helicopter , then taking out a guard . He then swims back and goes on the date with . After the helicopter takes off , triggers the bomb using his phone . 
 After a night of drinking , reveals that she is not the spontaneous person she 's been pretending to be and , in return , bluntly tells her that he 's an assassin , albeit unhappy about being one . Unfortunately , she 's already passed out and has n't heard . In spite of this , decides that 's the woman he 's been looking for and decides to marry her . When tells his boss , ( ) , his plan , the response is that quitting is not an option . is defiant and goes ahead with his plan . 
 Three years later , they are settled into their new normal life . After surprises with a remodeled office , she gives him a birthday surprise : tickets to Nice to celebrate his birthday and their three years . Because of his dubious connections to Nice , is less than enthusiastic . When 's friends ask about his reaction , they take it as a sign that he might be getting bored and fill her head with doubts . 
 Meanwhile , gets a postcard from his old boss and the ultimatum to take another assignment . While trying to refuse him long distance , 's father shows up to take to dinner , so hangs up the phone , prompting suspicion in Mr. . This is fueled further when 's dad sees the postcard and quizzes him about the XOXX ( hugs and kisses ) , being odd coming from a former boss . Stopping home to change , finds that the dinner invitation is just a detour to bring him to a surprise party . While navigates drunken friends , 's friends continue to fill her head with doubts over 's lack of enthusiasm for the Nice trip . This is further irritated , when the following morning , despite her attempts to be physical with him , rushes off on her business trip . 
 A little while later , comes back ( without having gone on her trip ) to find being tossed around their house by ( ) , 's best friend and co - worker . screams for her to get his gun ( of which she was unaware ) and she shoots in the arm . While interrogating him , reveals that there is a $ 20 million bounty on 's head . An unidentified sniper takes shots at them , and and flee . goes after them ; and , after a car chase through the neighborhood , they end up in a construction zone , where crashes his car . rams him into a trench , impaling his car on rebar and killing him . They then go to the hotel room where 's old boss is staying but find that someone has already killed him . demands that they go to her Dad for help , but disagrees . In the middle of their argument vomits and declares that she might be pregnant . 
 Heading back to his office for to take a pregnancy test , is attacked by his secretary ( ) and realizes that there are others who know about the contract . then reveals that she is pregnant and is leaving . Left alone , is attacked by a delivery driver , who is then run over and killed by ( ) , 's wife , another killer vying for the contract . She then tries to run over , but returns and smashes 's car into a fuel tank , which then shoots at and explodes , killing . The two discuss their possible future and return to their neighborhood , which is holding its annual block party . When they first arrive , they are attacked by two more assailants who , in a chase through backyards , crash their car , giving and a chance to flee into the block party . As they walk through it , they receive many suspicious looks from neighbors . They enter their house to retrieve guns and their passports . is grabbing the guns when he is attacked by the two assailants again , whom he eventually kills . 
 Meanwhile , one assassin , Kristen ( ) , one of 's best friends , holds 's mother as a hostage in a Mexican standoff with . 's father arrives and kills . He then explains that he was the one who put out the bounty on . He knew of 's previous work all along , and hired the neighbors and co - workers three years before , in case started working for his old boss again , who 's father says had " gone dirty . " After seeing the postcard from in 's office , he came to the conclusion that had re - accepted his old job and activated the assassins . He reveals that he had been an operative as well , and that he was actually the target was supposed to kill in Nice three years earlier . 
 In a standoff between and 's father , he does not trust that is really out of the game . Wanting to prove that he really did get out , drops his gun , and tells 's father he has no intention of killing him . , now convinced , reveals her pregnancy to her parents . 's father , after killing one last wounded assassin , drops his gun as well . The family makes peace by building a trust circle , in which reveals that English is not his first language , and that he wanted to be the first one to say " I love you " to . The movie ends showing and 's father working on some wires near and 's baby 's crib . has grown a moustache just like 's father . and then leave to let 's mom and dad babysit . They all leave the room , but comes back in to activate the lasers protecting the baby .

After colliding with ( ) twice in the airport departure terminal on the way home from Wichita to pick up car parts , ( ) is told she has been bumped to a later flight . C.I.A. Agent ( ) , believing is working with , puts her back on the plane . Completely taken with , goes to the restroom to prep herself up . Meanwhile , fights and kills everyone else on the plane , even the pilots , who were all agents sent by . After reemerges and gives him a kiss , crash - lands the plane in a cornfield . He drugs a shocked and confused , warning her about the agents who will come after her and that she is not safe with them . 
 Waking up at home , struggles through a day fitting a bridesmaid 's dress for her sister 's ( ) wedding , and is shocked to learn her sister would like to sell their father 's 1966 Pontiac GTO tri - power , which had planned on finishing as a wedding present . is then picked up by a group of intelligence agents , led by . arrives and , through a long gunfight on the highway , kills several agents and reclaims . She flees at the first opportunity and contacts ( ) , a firefighter and former boyfriend . Believing is merely stressed and is playing out a fantasy , takes her out and she tells him everything that has happened to her , though he still does not understand . then arrives and pretends to take hostage while holding everyone else at gunpoint , fleeing with her . 
 explains that is safer with him and she agrees to follow him as they go to pick up ( ) , a genius inventor who has created a perpetual energy battery called the Zephyr . Traveling to Brooklyn , and discover that has fled from the warehouse he was hiding in , leaving a clue for about his location . They are then attacked by henchmen sent by Spanish arms dealer , ( ) . After again being drugged , drifts in and out of consciousness between their capture and escape from 's men , and brings her to an island that is off - the - grid , which uses as a safe house . Accepting a call from her sister after leaving in frustration , accidentally leads 's men straight to the hideaway . They try to kill and with an unmanned aerial vehicle . Before they escape by helicopter , is knocked - out by since she is afraid of flying . 
 reunites with and they , with , get on a train heading for Austria . is attacked by ( ) , an assassin sent by to retrieve the and , and kill . But and fight him and he is killed by another train . Arriving at Salzburg , the three check into a hotel . later leaves to meet with ( ) , 's henchwoman , to make a deal . follows him and listens to 's conversation , mistaking that he does not care for her . She is then picked up by and C.I.A. Director ( ) , who reveal that Miller was using her at the airport to smuggle in the Zephyr when they bumped into each other and convince her that he does n't love her . They also tell her that is the traitor and plans to trade the battery with . Heartbroken , allows the C.I.A. to find back at the hotel . escapes with the battery , but is seemingly shot on the rooftop and falls to his death in the river . is taken into custody afterwards to Schwedelbach , Germany , though it is later revealed that has been the real traitor all along and he captures . 
 Returning home , heads to an address she remembered from 's iPhone , where she finds his parents and learns that his real name is . They believe their son , a former Army sergeant and Eagle Scout , is dead ; but they are fabulously wealthy from winning lotteries and sweepstakes they do n't remember entering . Leaving a message on her own answering machine that she has the Zephyr , she is captured by 's men and taken to Sevilla , Spain . She is drugged with a prototype truth serum before being rescued by , who was tracking , who was delivering to . 
 Chaos erupts throughout the streets and is killed by a bull stampede . At the docks , saves from a bullet wound after handing over the Zephyr in a small pouch . later reveals that the battery is unstable and it explodes , killing . collapses from the gunshot and is hospitalized in Washington D.C .. apologizes to about him and , but tells him to let go of and return to the C.I.A. , however , she uses euphemisms that imply he will be killed by the agency the next day , saying he “ will be safe ” and “ he will be transferred to a secure location ” ( code language revealed to earlier in the film that means a person will be killed ) . has a look of realization that the agency will not risk him possibly going rogue again and will likely kill him to prevent it . Shortly after left the room , the nurse who was in the room ( who heard the coded language ) drugged and is revealed to be . After breaks out of the hospital , he wakes up in the rebuilt GTO that belonged to her father . After asks what day it is , kisses him and says it is someday . This is a reference from the start of the film that they both have things they want to do someday , and begins to drive towards Cape Horn . As the credits begin to roll , 's parents unwittingly receive tickets to Cape Horn in the mail and accept to go .

Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Maggie Grace, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Dano, Viola Davis

Successful real estate stager ( ) is frustrated that her cardiologist boyfriend ( ) still has not proposed to her after four years . She decides to travel from Boston to Dublin , to propose to him on February 29 , leap day , while he is there at a conference . wishes to invoke an Irish tradition that a man who is proposed to on leap day must accept the proposal . During the flight , a storm diverts the plane to Wales , where hires a boat to take her to Cork . The severity of the storm , however , forces her to be put ashore at a small seaside village called Dingle , where she makes her way to a local tavern . tries to enlist the help of ( ) , the surly Irish innkeeper . She requests him to taxi her across the country to Dublin . At first he refuses , but after his tavern is threatened with foreclosure , he agrees to drive her for € 500 . The two set out in his old beat - up car . Along the way , he makes fun of her fancy Louis Vuitton luggage , which he calls " Louie " . He also mocks her belief in a leap year " tradition " of women proposing to men . 
 Their travel is interrupted by a herd of cows blocking the road . steps in cow - dung while attempting to move the animals , and tries to clean her expensive shoes while leaning on 's car which causes it to roll downhill into a stream . Continuing on foot , flags down a van with three ne'er - do - wells who offer her a lift . Ignoring 's warning , accepts the ride and hands them her luggage . Before she can enter the van , they drive off without her . and eventually make their way on foot to a roadside pub , where they discover the three van thieves going through 's luggage . fights them , displaying unexpected strength for a man of his size , and retrieves 's bag . and are ejected from the pub by the owner for fighting on the premises . 
 and reach a railway station and decide to wait for the next train . While waiting , they hike up a hill to the ruins of a nearby castle . They ask each other what they would grab if their homes were on fire and they had only 60 seconds to flee . In doing so , also tells her of an old Irish legend about a young woman promised to an elderly lord that she did not love . So she gave her wedding guests a sleeping potion so she could run away with the man she does love . The legend told is loosely based on " The Pursuit of Diarmuid and Gráinne " . During the story they lose track of time and miss the train . That night they are forced to stay at a local bed & breakfast at Tipperary , where they pretend to be married , taking the name " O'Brady - Callaghan " so that their conservative hosts will allow them to stay . During dinner , when other couples kiss to show their love for each other , and are " forced " to kiss as well . This stirs feelings that neither had expected . That night , they sleep in the same bed , but do not admit their new feelings for each other . 
 The next day while hitch - hiking down the road , and are caught in a hail - storm and take shelter in a nearby church , where a wedding is taking place . They are invited to the reception . But during the reception , drinks too much . begins to question her own intentions with and realizes that she loves . Just as the two are about to kiss , vomits and passes out . The following day they arrive in Dublin , as they make their way on foot from the bus terminal to the hotel , reveals that he was once engaged but his fiancé ran off to Dublin with his mother 's claddagh ring and his best friend . suggests to him , now that he is in Dublin , that he should ask for his mother 's ring back . When they arrive at the hotel where is staying , surprises by proposing to her right in the lobby . She accepts rather hesitatingly . then turns around to look at just to see that he had already walked out of the hotel . 
 At their engagement party in Boston , learns that decided to propose because he thought it was the only way to appease the co - op board of the apartment building the couple had wanted to move into at the beginning of the film . Dismayed , pulls the fire alarm and waits , testing the 60 - second concept she had discussed with earlier . When the alarm sounds , 's instinct is to retrieve all of their electronic materials such as mobile phones , laptops , etc and shows no concern for 's well - being . At that moment , fully realizes that there is nothing in the apartment that means anything to her , including . Meanwhile , in Dublin , had already retrieved his mother 's claddagh ring from his ex - fiancé . 
 Sometime later , arrives back at Caragh 's Tavern in Dingle , where is busy running his seemingly successful business , having pulled together the balance he owed to his property owner with the help of the community . She reveals to him that she has broken off her engagement to and tells that she has come to believe that all she needs / wants is right in Dingle . When she proposes that they get together , leaves the room without saying a word . Thinking that she had been rejected , rushes outside and makes her way to the edge of a nearby cliff overlooking the sea . emerges , revealing that he had walked out simply to retrieve his mother 's claddagh ring so that he could give it to her . Taking her offer even further , proposes to on the cliff , and she happily accepts .

, a 17 year old barn owl , lives in the Tyto Forest with his family ; his father , ; his mother , ; his older brother , ; his younger sister , ; and Mrs. , the family 's nest maid , a kind blind snake . enjoys listening to the " Legends of Ga'Hoole " , which are mythical tales of warrior owls called the Guardians who fight against the Pure Ones . berates his brother 's dreams , having grown tired of listening to the stories . When their father teaches them the first steps to flying , becomes jealous of 's talents at branching . Later , when practicing branching while their parents are hunting , pushes off a branch which forces them both to fall to the ground . They are attacked by a Tasmanian devil ( who scars 's face ) but are saved , and then kidnapped , by two owls , and . 
 Along the way , more owlets are revealed to have been kidnapped . meets , a young female elf owl who is also kidnapped . At St. Aegolius , the owlets are greeted by , who says that they will be divided into either soldiers or " pickers " . When and protest , they are sorted as pickers while , who enjoys the place , betrays , and is sent to be a soldier . and avoid being " moon - blinked " ( a catatonic state caused by sleeping under a full moon ) while the others do not know and become moon - blinked . They are forced to " pick " through owl pellets , scouring for bits of metal " flecks " , which are being used to build a superweapon . They are spotted by , a boreal owl , who reveals that he works under the Pure Ones only to keep his family safe and that he is n't really a Pure One at all . He teaches them to fly , but finds out whilst coming to invite to become a soldier . decides to remain with the Pure Ones , despite 's pleas for him to come with him . and engage in a battle , and is later killed . Following his instructions to seek the Great Tree of Ga'Hoole and warn the Guardians , and fly out . Along their journey , they meet , a great grey owl , and , a burrowing owl , and rest with them in their shared hollow . is reunited with Mrs. who is brought in by , having captured her for dinner while she searched for and . She agrees to go with them to find the Guardians . 
 The band flies towards the sea of Hoolemere where a flock of crows chaotically guides them to the legendary shrine and gateway of the Guardians , kept by an oracular echidna , who provides comic , but accurate , descriptions of the quintet and guidance to the object of their quest . He sends the owls out to sea to find the island of Ga'Hoole . During flight , the band encounters a fierce storm and 's wings freeze , causing him to nearly drown in the sea , but they are saved by and , the king and queen of the Guardians who lead them back to the Tree of Ga'Hoole . There , tells the Guardian council about the Pure One 's plans . The Guardians are skeptical , but an elderly screech owl named is convinced by 's sincerity . sends a great grey owl called out with two scouts to investigate St. Aegolius . 
 The band is shown refuge at the Tree of Ga'Hoole , guided by a young Guardian - in - training named , a short - eared owl . develops a crush on her , to 's annoyance . They are sent to attend different classes called " chaws " . During one lesson in the middle of a rainstorm , grasps a brief hold on gizzard - flying ( flying purely with instinct ) but loses control and falls towards the sea . rescues him and orders back to his hollow . There , learns that is , in fact , the famous hero of ; the legendary leader of the Guardians who fought and defeated , the ancient leader of the Pure Ones , and 's mate . But is disheartened when he learns that his hero is a battle worn veteran who scoffs at his own past . returns from his scouting mission with news that his two wingmen were killed in an ambush . He brings back with him two moon - blinked owlets , one of which is . Seeing the evidence , the Guardians arrange for battle and fly out towards St. Aegolius . Before leaving , instructs an anxious to tend to his sister . When she finally snaps out of her trance , tells that it was who moon - blinked her and gave her to , and he realizes that is a traitor and that the Guardians are actually flying into a trap . The band then follows the Guardians where they find the Guardians subdued by the flecks , contained in a machine operated by bats . 
 , and fend off the bats sent by to kill the paralyzed Guardians . This causes to distrust , and , believing he lied to him about bringing all the Guardians , has him dragged away by several bats , and is apparently killed in the darkness . Meanwhile , flies through a forest fire , igniting a lamp of oil , and manages to disable the fleck trap . Freed and recovered , the Guardians fly into battle and goes straight for , who with begins to overpower him . flies into the battle after spotting , but attacks him , throwing him into the forest fire . The two brothers briefly fight while tries to talk some sense into but replies that the Pure Ones believe in him like no one ever has , and that has instilled in him the belief that the strong will triumph , the broken will be put out of their misery and that honor is just another word for weakness before he leaps onto , causing them to fall down a tree . Injured , tries to trick into helping him up , but as he attempts to do so , attacks him again , only for the branch is holding onto to snap , causing him to fall into the fire and disappear , seemingly killed . Furious at 's apparent death and betrayal , grabs a flaming branch and attacks Metal Beak , but the evil warrior easily gains the upper hand on . His over - confidence proves his undoing , however , and as he dives at , the younger owl manages to stab him with a flaming branch , killing him . , shocked at her mate 's death , retreats with the remaining Pure Ones , vowing revenge on them . 
 When they return to the tree , and are reunited with their parents , who have just arrived . The band is then welcomed and initiated as new Guardians . Some time later , tells the story to a group of owlets , revealing that is still out there with a contingent of Pure Ones . He also reveals that 's body was never found . Meanwhile , back in the smoking remains of the canyons , a shadowy figure with glowing red eyes ( most likely who survived the flames ) is shown looking at body and mask . The movie ends with and the band flying off into another storm .

Jim Sturgess, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Barclay, Anthony LaPaglia, David Wenham, Hugo Weaving, Ryan Kwanten, Helen Mirren, Sam Neill, Joel Edgerton, Miriam Margolyes, Richard Roxburgh, Deborra-Lee Furness, Abbie Cornish, Leigh Whannell, Angus Sampson, Bill Hunter, Sacha Horler, Essie Davis, Barry Otto

The Archangel ( ) falls to Earth in Los Angeles and cuts off his wings . He steals a police car after a policeman is killed by another officer who is possessed . He travels towards the Paradise Falls Diner , near the edge of the Mojave Desert . 
 Meanwhile , ( ) , a single father driving to Los Angeles , stops at the diner . He meets the owner , ( ) ; 's son , ( ) ; Percy ( ) , the short - order cook ; ( ) , a pregnant waitress ; ( ) and ( , a married couple ; and ( ) , their rebellious teenage daughter . The elderly ( ) enters the diner and begins taunting the diner 's patrons . When confronts her , she rips his throat open with her teeth before screeching that they are all going to die , and climbs up the ceiling . shoots her before she can kill . , , , and try to get to the hospital but they are forced to turn back after passing through a swarm of flies . 
 arrives and arms the patrons as the entire sky turns black . Hundreds of cars approach , filled with possessed people who begin to attack the diner . leads the patrons in the fight , but is dragged away . Later , explains that has lost faith in mankind and has sent His angels to destroy the human race . He also reveals that 's baby must stay alive , as it is destined to be the savior of mankind ; disobeyed 's order to kill 's baby , as he still has faith in humanity . The next morning , discovers crucified behind the restaurant and covered with huge boils . She tries to rescue him , but he violently explodes into acid . dies shielding from the blast . is driven insane and must be restrained . Meanwhile , the remaining survivors hear a radio transmission that reveals there are other pockets of resistance . One such refuge is nearby , but advises them not to go , since they would be too vulnerable on the move . 
 That night , a second wave of possessed attack . is lured into a trap and killed and goes into labour . and help her deliver the baby as trumpets sound , signaling the approach of the Archangel ( ) . In a panic , breaks her restraints and tries to give the baby to the possessed , but she is executed by . Moments later , enters the diner and fatally wounds . urges the group to escape and tells Jeep to " find the prophets , learn to read the instructions " . The hordes of possessed humans are unable to approach 's baby ; , , , and the baby go to 's cruiser . and fight to a standstill before stabs through the chest with his morning star . dies and his body disappears . Dying , uses a lighter engraved " hope " to ignite the diner 's gas main and blow up the diner , incinerating himself and the remaining possessed . 
 Jeep 's body is covered in the same mysterious drawings seen on 's body ; Jeep concludes that the tattoos are his instructions . appears and flies onto the fleeing car . jumps on him and yells at Jeep to slam on the brakes , sending her and through the front windshield as the car crashes and buying Jeep and time to get away , but in the process is killed . Eventually corners them in the nearby mountains and is about to kill them when descends from Heaven , an Archangel again . tells that gave what he asked for but did what needed , giving humanity another chance ; says this was 's plan to test his angels and that failed Him . Ashamed , leaves . explains to that he is the child 's true protector and that they will see again , before flying away . and reach the top of the mountain and see a small town in the valley below . Sometime later , , , and the baby drive away with a station wagon full of weapons .

Paul Bettany, Lucas Black, Tyrese Gibson, Charles S. Dutton, Adrianne Palicki, Kevin Durand, Doug Jones, Willa Holland, Kate Walsh, Dennis Quaid

In March 1983 , in Los Alamos , New Mexico , a disfigured man is taken to the hospital . An unnamed police detective tries to question him about a recent murder . While the detective answers a call outside the room , the disfigured man jumps out of the window , leaving behind a note that reads " I 'm sorry . " 
 Two weeks earlier , , an unhappy and lonely 12 - year - old boy who is neglected by his divorcing parents , sees a young girl , , and an older man moving in next door . and become close friends and start communicating by Morse code through the walls of their apartments . At school , a teenage bully named and two of his friends constantly terrorize , who lies to his mother about it but tells the truth . encourages him to retaliate , and pledges to protect him . 
 's companion , , abducts a local teenager and drains his blood into a jug , only to accidentally spill all of the jug 's contents . Starving , attacks a neighbor and drinks his blood , killing him and forcing to dispose of the body . 
 On another night , hides in the back of another car , but is discovered . In the ensuing struggle , the car falls into a ditch and flips over . Trapped , pours concentrated sulfuric acid on his face , rendering his features unrecognizable and bringing the story back to the first scene . learns what happened and visits , who lets her drink his blood before falling to his death . That night , is awakened by , who insists he verbally invite her in . She spends the night in his bed and agrees to be his girlfriend . 
 The next day , 's class goes ice - skating on a river . Cornered by the bullies , hits with a metal pole , splitting his left ear . At the same moment , the students spot the neighbor 's body encased in the ice . 
 Later , tries to make a blood pact with . Seeing blood , reveals her vampire form and flees , feeding on another neighbor , who later bursts into flames when exposed to sunlight at the hospital . A nurse tries to help her by offering a healing hug , but is also unexpectedly consumed by the uprising fire due to her contact with the patient . The hospital room is filled with explosive flames almost instantaneously , to the surprise of her husband who recently stepped out of the room for questioning with a self - proclaimed and state - licensed police officer . The next night , admits to that she is a vampire and that was not her father . discovers an aged photo of her with as a young boy . 
 sneaks out to spend the night at 's . In the morning , the detective forces his way into 's apartment and finds her asleep , only to be distracted by . wakes and attacks the detective , killing him . tells she will have to leave town . They share a kiss and he watches tearfully as she enters a taxi and leaves . 
 During swim class , , ( 's older brother ) , and their friends ambush and begin to drown him , only to be dismembered by . The next day , leaves town on a train , traveling with a large trunk . From inside , a message in Morse code is tapped out . smiles and taps out a response .

Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz, Elias Koteas, Richard Jenkins

( ) is a young American woman who works for The New Yorker as a fact checker . She goes on a pre - honeymoon with her chef fiancé ( ) to Verona , Italy . is unmoved by the romance of Italy and uses his time to research his soon - to - open restaurant , often neglecting . accidentally discovers an unanswered " letter to " by from 1957 , one of thousands of missives left 's Verona courtyard that are typically answered by the " Secretaries of Juliet " . She answers it and within a week the now elderly ( ) arrives in Verona with her handsome barrister grandson ( ) . and take an instant liking to each other , but and do not get along . 
 Following the advice in 's reply , decides to look for her long - lost love , ( ) . , thinking 's story might help her with her writing career and has genuine interest in the story , helps . The two find out that there are many living in the area . After many days of searching for the right , they find that one is dead . blames for his grandmother 's sadness . He accuses her of not knowing what real loss is . , witnessing the dispute , tells he was wrong and that 's mother had walked away from her when she was a little girl . The following day , insists that apologize to at breakfast , which he does . After dinner , talks to about love , and the two kiss . The following morning is their last day of searching for . On a whim , points out a vineyard to and asks if he could stop so they can have a farewell drink for . As drives down the road , sees a young man who looks exactly like her . They discover the man is Lorenzo 's grandson , and and the elder reunite . 
 Back in New York , breaks up with before returning to Verona to attend and 's wedding . She finds with another woman , , and runs out crying . comes out to find her , and she admits she loves him but tells him to go back to . reveals that is his cousin and tells he loves her . He climbs up the vine to the balcony , recreating the original famous scene from Romeo and , but accidentally falls down , and they kiss as he lies on the ground .

Amanda Seyfried, Chris Egan, Vanessa Redgrave, Gael García Bernal, Franco Nero

( ) is the owner of a small Atlanta bakery , and ( ) , ( often just known as " " ) is a promising television technical sports director for the Atlanta Hawks . Their best friends ( ) , an attorney , and ( ) set them up on a blind date that goes horribly wrong , and results in both hating each other . As the years go by , and Alison get married , and have a baby girl named , and select and as godparents of . They have become friends , but still tease and banter with each other . 
 Shortly after 's first birthday , and are killed in a car crash . and learn that in their friends ' wills , they were named 's joint guardians . and must put their differences aside and move into 's home to care for her . Living together proves to be a struggle . One night , leaves with while she covers an important catering job - the same night that he is given the opportunity to direct a big basketball game . takes to the game , but she constantly distracts him with her crying . When they get home , and argue , but later they make up . 
 meets ( ) , 's pediatrician , and finds herself attracted to him . They arrange a date , which is cut short when calls to tell that has a high fever . and go to the hospital , and sees kiss . 
 As the two guardians continue to care for , they discover that raising a child is much more expensive than they had expected , and can no longer afford to implement her plans to expand her business . offers to invest in her company , and eventually agrees . To cement the new relationship , they decide to go on a date . They end up having sex and begin to develop feelings for each other . Their Child Protective Services caseworker , who has previously advised them against getting involved , tells them they must make a firm commitment either to stay together , or break up . Anything in between would be bad for . is offered a job in Phoenix , Arizona , and he seriously considers taking it up , as it has been his dream for several years , but does n't discuss it with . is upset when she finds out and tells him to take the job , accusing him of looking for a way out of raising . goes to Phoenix . 
 At Thanksgiving returns to Atlanta , hoping to patch things up with ( who is hosting a big dinner for neighbors and friends ) , but finds her in a relationship with . and argue , because mentions is planning to sell the house soon , since it is too expensive to keep up . insists it was and 's wish that be raised in their home , by them together . consistently accuses of deserting her and , while points out how quickly she replaced him . tells her he loves her , but leaves the dinner , planning to return to Phoenix . Once alone with , says that if he and his ex - wife had fought in the way that and did , they would still be together . He tells it is obvious she needs to work out her feelings for , and leaves . 
 The caseworker comes for the last appointment to determine whether and are fit parents for . realizes that she ca n't take care of without , and that she loves him . She and drive to the airport with the caseworker . rushes to buy tickets for all three of them to gain access to the departure gate , but on arriving at the gate , finds that they have missed 's flight , which has departed . She returns to the house disappointed . To her surprise , she finds him sitting inside . He tells her he has realized that and chose them to be 's guardians because , together , they are a family . 
 At 's second birthday party , all the neighbors and friends in attendance . has made an elaborate cupcake display for , as well as another cake with the number 1 on it . When asks what the cake is for , she says , " It 's for us , 'cause we made it a year . " They kiss . The guests sing ' Happy Birthday ' to .

Five years after the events of the previous film , ( ) is preparing to celebrate his twins ' fifth - birthday party . Things seem to go awry when 's father - in - law ( ) visits . Recently , has been diagnosed with a heart condition and become embittered by his daughter 's divorce from her husband ( their marriage was the social event in the first film and how and met ) , for cheating on her with a nurse . 's original plan was to declare his successor as head of the family , but he decides to pass the role to , naming him " The Godfocker . " Despite reluctantly accepting the role , resumes his spying on him and begins to suspect him of infidelity when he sees him with drug representative ( ) , who openly flirts with him , and the presence of Sustengo erection pills in 's house prompts to think is no longer sexually attracted to his wife ( ) . Furthermore , starts to doubt 's ability to provide for his family when he appears reluctant to send his children to a private school . 
 During a medical conference promoting , meets at a bar . tells of 's original intention to name him as successor , " The , " and his relief and happiness at leaving 's family makes slightly uncomfortable . Meanwhile , speaks to about the possibility of divorcing and renewing her relationship with her ex - fiancé , ( ) . Eventually , following a row at a clinic , escapes to his and 's unfinished new house , where turns up . She tries to cheer him up with takeout and wine , but she drinks so much wine ( also popping many erection pills ) that she gets excessively drunk and makes an eccentric , extremely aggressive sexual pass on . , looking for so he can apologize to him and bring him home , pulls up to the house and sees through the window what looks like and having sex , although is actually trying to rebuff 's advances . Disgusted , leaves , and tells and that he could n't find . 
 's parents ( ) and ( ) rejoin the family at the twins ' birthday party the next day . Enraged at 's apparent infidelity , engages him in a physical fight , despite claiming that was drunk and he was rebuffing her . The fight culminates with having a heart attack and collapsing , and quickly taking charge of the situation and looking after . As paramedics take him away , quietly admits that he believes after feeling his carotid artery , which remained stable while was claiming his innocence . Impressed with for his integrity and quick thinking , approves to be the . 
 Four months later , on Christmas Day , and 's parents come to spend Christmas with them in their new house . 's parents ( who are Jewish ) give a kippah as his present , informing him that while they were nursing him back to health they traced his family roots and discovered that he is part Jewish ( which does n't impress ) . informs and that he and have sold their Miami Island home and are moving to Chicago , only two houses down from their house . and decide they will move too , because they also want to be close to their grandchildren . The film ends with and trying to wean their parents off the idea . 
 During the credits , is back in his home on Long Island . He has grown fond of the search engine Google ( having used it to do research on earlier in the film ) . With Mr. , the family 's cat , watches a video of on YouTube in which mocks him at the conference . then discovers a remixed version of the video using puns of several of the words in the video , and is slightly amused .

Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, Jessica Alba, Laura Dern, Harvey Keitel, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand

In eastern Siberia 's Dzhugdzhur Mountains , and his men take control of the X-5 missile , which has a nuclear warhead . In Ecuador , Col . and Lt . are searching for former Green Beret , Navy SEAL and Army Ranger . The two men find him meditating in a chapel , and try to convince him to retrieve the warhead . refuses ; later that night , explodes into a fit of rage after a flashback where killed his fiancée , , at their wedding ; he then accepts the offer . 
 After having a heated conversation with and at The Pentagon , forms his own team to pursue . recruits all but his long - time friend and . meets and on a tarmac , while his team is in a van with his homemade C-4 explosives . The van explodes , killing the team and is removed from the case . convinces to form a new team , now including . 
 The group travels to Cunth 's nightclub in Las Vegas . gets on stage and announces who he is , his intentions , and where he will be the next day . The team sets up a sting operation with portraying . , one of Cunth 's henchmen , attacks the van and are in , but runs down . With disguised as and disguised as , the team breaks into a warehouse to stop from getting the passwords to operate the rocket . distracts the guards and kills most of the men , but is unable to stop the transfer of the pass codes . The team goes to a charity event is holding and 's guards throw out . 
 returns to the Pentagon where reprimands him and takes him off of the case . Soldiers attack and uses as a human shield to survive ; and escape . survives since he was wearing a bulletproof vest , but leaves since used him as protection . and return to 's house where the two have sex . goes to his wife 's grave in shame , but her ghost gives her blessing . then has sex with the ghost of his wife on her tombstone . 
 Upon returning to 's house , discovers that has kidnapped her and what 's plan is : to bomb the State of the Union address . calls to gloat , but traces the call . and make their way into 's compound . Soldiers capture and and bring them to and the missile . The group overpowers and his men and handcuffs to a handrail . removes the nuclear component and guidance system before his team escapes as the missile explodes . 
 Six months later , and are getting married . Also present at the wedding as ghosts are his dead team members . spots a disfigured with an RPG . saves , and battles before throwing him off a cliff behind the altar , shooting him with a machine gun and launching a grenade as he falls , incinerating the corpse , and finally urinating on it at the foot of the cliff .

Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillippe, Powers Boothe, Maya Rudolph, Derek Mears, Val Kilmer, Mark Henry, Chris Jericho, Glenn Jacobs, Paul Wight, Montel Vontavious Porter, The Great Khali

On April 8 , 2000 , was attacked outside of a bar by five men who beat him nearly to death . After nine days in a coma and forty days in the hospital , was discharged with brain damage that left him little memory of his previous life . Unable to afford therapy , creates his own by building a 1/6 - scale World War II - era Belgian town in his yard and populating it with dolls representing himself , his friends , and even his attackers . He calls that town " Marwencol , " a portmanteau of the names " , " " " and " . " 
 was initially discovered by photographer , who documented and shared his story with Esopus magazine[7 ] and then his work was shown in a New York art gallery . But having the label of " art " applied to his intensely personal work forces to make a choice between the safety of his fictional town and the real world he 's avoided since his attack.[8 ]

After a vicious attack leaves him brain-damaged and broke; Mark Hogancamp seeks recovery in "Marwencol" a 1/6th scale World War II-era town he creates in his backyard.

Ever since they arrived on Earth as infants , supervillain has fought superhero for dominance of Metro City . In his latest plan , and his sidekick kidnap reporter and hold her hostage in a copper - lined observatory . When arrives to save her , he reveals he is weak to copper , and obliterates him with a death ray . finally takes control of the city , but his celebration is short - lived as without to challenge him , he finds his life has no meaning . 
 While wandering the recently - opened Metro Man Museum , sees nearby , and uses his holographic disguise to take the form of , the museum 's curator , whom he had " dehydrated " into a small cube . He talks to and becomes attracted to her , and is inspired by one of her statements to create a new superhero for him to fight . returns to his lair and creates a serum containing DNA which he plans to inject into a proper candidate . However , 's arrival at his lair with her dimwitted cameraman causes to inadvertently inject with the serum . disguises himself as 's " Space Dad " and convinces him to become the superhero " " . spends several days training with his Space Dad before issuing a challenge to fight . 
 On the day before the fight , gets into an argument with , and tries and fails to woo . , disguised as , takes on a dinner date . sees them , and as he had been infatuated with , becomes upset and leaves . Shortly thereafter , 's disguise fails , revealing his identity to , who also storms off . The situation leaves him unable to find his invisible car , where he left an antidote to undo the change to . 
 does not arrive at the scheduled fight , and finds that he has used his abilities for criminal purposes . As " Space Dad " , tries to convince to fight , but his disguise fails , and realizes has used him and taken from him . engages in a super - powered fight with . Realizing wants to kill him instead of arresting him , lures into a copper - lined trap , but he is unaffected and continues to fight . escapes from the battle and seeks out , hoping she can help . She offers to take him to Metro Man 's secret headquarters , where they are both surprised to find Metro Man alive . Metro Man faked his death and weakness to copper , as he had become tired of being a superhero and wanted to retire to become a music star . He refuses to help , but offers the advice that a hero will always rise up to challenge evil . 
 Returning to the city , does not believe he can become the hero the city needs , and allows himself to be locked up in prison . kidnaps and demands show himself or he will kill her . has a change of heart and pleads with the prison warden , apologizing for his past actions . The warden reveals himself to be in disguise , accepting 's apology , and frees him so they can fight . 
 As is about to kill , appears and frees her . The two escape , but traps under rubble and threatens to kill him when Metro Man suddenly arrives , and flees . discovers that " " is really an injured Minion in disguise , while " Metro Man " is . , in his flight , recognizes 's distinctive mispronunciations , and realizes he was duped . flies back and fights , during which finds his invisible car . He grabs the antidote and is able to inject it into , restoring him to normal . Now hailed as heroes , and appear at the reopening of Metro Man 's museum , now dedicated to instead , while , in disguise within the crowd , silently congratulates his former rival . 
 In a mid - credits scene is doing the laundry when a re - hydrated pops out of the washing machine .

In 2004 Houston , drives with several million dollars in a duffel bag to deliver to Russian mobsters , worried about the safety of his wife and their children . 
 In 1997 Los Angeles , has a reputation for solving problems , and helps a sick friend co - managing a nightclub . and are best friends renting together . The drug - addicted friends are discussing pornography and asks why you can not buy porn on the internet . , a former NASA scientist , takes 15 minutes to create a program to allow online credit card transactions to charge people for looking at porn on their website . They earn thousands of dollars in a matter of days . Needing more porn they approach , a Russian mob boss who owns a local strip club , who agrees to 25 % of their business in return for letting them photograph and film his strippers . 
 and 's website is successful and they party in Las Vegas while neglecting to make payments to . has made the L.A. nightclub a success and attracts the attention of , a crooked lawyer hired by and to sort out their problem with . meets the friends and becomes a partner in the business , but not wanting to be a pornographer recommends they instead they become middle men and take a cut of the money transfers . pays off $ 200,000 , knowing is under federal indictment and a threat to the business . 
 's nephew comes to collect his $ 400,000 profit , but when he threatens to kill 's family , one of 's body guards punches his head so hard that he starts bleeding from his ear and falls dead . and his partners dump the body in the ocean and fabricate a story that 's nephew took the money and ran . is skeptical , but agrees to let it pass in return for an increase to 50 % of the partnership . 
 expands the business by focusing on the online credit card billing services . They create a billing company called " 24/7 billing.com " , becoming the titular Middle Men for other internet - based porn providers . The billing business is making hundreds of millions of dollars within a year . becomes addicted to the money , sex and power of his new lifestyle , spends little time with his Houston family and starts a relationship with porn star . 
 , bitter that cut him out of what has become a multimillion - dollar partnership , schemes to take over the company . He manipulates the foolish and to work with Denny Z , providing billing services for Denny 's websites which include child pornography . 
 Audrey 's live stream porn site is watched by an international web of terrorists , which the US government uses to track and arrest or kill the terrorists . The FBI asks for and 's help to expand their terrorist hunt , but and fear that is meeting with the FBI to turn them in for the murder of 's nephew and the child porn . The two confide in about killing 's nephew , which uses to incite to make a move on . 
 When finds out that his partners are helping facilitate child porn , he confronts at a house party . sees having sex with two men at the party and realizes how much he misses his family , leading him to break up with . 
 An FBI agent , appreciative of the help has given the government , warns him that 24/7billing.com is about to be indicted for supporting child porn . 's life is further complicated when 's men kidnap his maid 's son , who they believe is 's son . gathers up several million dollars and goes to meet , as seen at the start of the film . 
 is told that the boy will be released if he signs a contract giving his partnership share to , , , and . Jack signs the agreement but asks to backdate it six months , claiming he wants to avoid taxes . kills , but lets go in recognition for all the money he has made him . 
 's FBI contact charges , and with providing billing services for child porn . avoids charges having sold the company before the crime . flees the country . and the maid 's son return home , and welcomes back .

Luke Wilson, Giovanni Ribisi, Gabriel Macht, James Caan, Jacinda Barrett, Laura Ramsey, Terry Crews, Rade Šerbedžija, Kelsey Grammer, Kevin Pollak, Robert Forster

( ) , a young African - American , has recently graduated from Columbia Medical School and is headed to Laos for a year to work with Doctors Without Borders . Unbeknownst to their respective parents , and his fiancee ( ) , who is Mexican - American , have been living together and would like to get married before they both head off to Laos together . 
 Meanwhile , in Los Angeles , ' father ( ) is coming out of a " meeting " when he sees his car being towed by ( ) , who happens to be 's father . tries unsuccessfully to halt the tow by holding on to the door of his car . Both and hurl various racially based insults at one another . and meet later that evening and discover that they will soon be in - laws . Both ' and 's family try to out do one another to make the wedding more African - American or Mexican - American , with comedic results . 
 has also not told her parents that she recently dropped out of Columbia Law School to volunteer teach at a charter school catering to recent immigrants . This leads to believe that she will be supporting as he volunteers as a doctor without pay . When tells that he disapproves of him living off his daughter , says nothing . feels abandoned , leading to an argument with about her commitment to their relationship . When asks if he no longer wants to get married , he replies he does n't know , leading her to call off the wedding . She then angrily reveals to her parents the truth about dropping out of law school and living with for the past few months when offers to ' toss the ball ' and 's mother refers to it as ' our wedding ' . 
 's sister ( ) , who disapproved of her sister getting married , makes and the rest of the family realize that makes happy and that race should not matter . goes to , they reconcile , and they end up having a wedding that embraces both African and Mexican customs . 
 During the end credits , several pictures of the two families are shown depicting family events , including 's engagement to ( ) , who is Asian - American .

Forest Whitaker, America Ferrera, Carlos Mencia, Regina King, Lance Gross

is a failed novelist who still talks to his childhood imaginary superhero friend , . At the urging of his wife , has moved to a Long Island beach community for the winter season in order to overcome his writer 's block . 
 There , meets 17 - year - old , who he sees while riding his rustic bike around town . He sees her light a fire in the trash can for no apparent reason . He decides to follow her . She confronts him , and , trying not to appear as a pervert , hires her as a weekly babysitter , even though he has no children . Friday night she comes over to watch his " children " but he reveals to her that he has no children . seems completely fine with it and decides to spend his time at the pier , talking to Captain , who insists that can never make a correct decision without his help . After returning from the pier , comes home to find that has made soup while he was away . He is awed by the fact that she has made this with her hands , as he has been having trouble in using his hands to make anything . He hires her again for the same time next week , though Captain Excellent states that it will only lead to bad things but decides to ignore him . Their tenuous friendship is sparked by 's awe over 's youth and innocence and 's enjoyment of 's writing . They eventually grow so close that their relationships seems to be similar to that of a father and daughter . tells about the death of her twin sister , , while confides in her about his failing marriage . Meanwhile , 's imaginary friend since 's death , watches her relationship with grow , and though he feels neglected by , all he wants is for her to be happy , no matter what that means for him . In the end and must face the reality of their lives , with standing up to her loutish boyfriend and bidding goodbye to Captain Excellent once and for all .

August 2006 , a " burglary " occurs at the home of ( ) and ( ) . The entire house is trashed except for their infant son 's bedroom . installs security cameras throughout the house after the vandalism , which capture many strange occurrences . ( ) , the Hispanic family housekeeper and nanny , goes into 's room after hearing a loud bang and senses a demonic presence in his room . She takes him downstairs and attempts to cleanse the house of " evil spirits " , but when arrives home and catches her burning sage , is fired . 
 believes that their home is haunted and tells . reviews the footage but dismisses her claims . talks to her sister ( ) about being tormented by a demon when they were little girls . 's daughter , ( ) , begins investigating the mysterious occurrences and discovers that humans can make deals with demons for wealth or power by forfeiting the soul of their first - born son . She also discovers that was the first male to be born on 's side since the 1930s . 
 The violence quickly escalates ; the family 's German shepherd , , becomes aware of the demon 's presence and is attacked . and take to the veterinarian , leaving alone with . When checks on the baby , the demon assaults her and drags her down to the basement , where she stays for an hour . Finally , the basement door opens and a possessed walks out . The following day , is home with , who will not get out of bed . She finds the basement door covered in scratches and the word meus ( Latin for " Mine " ) , etched into it . 
 goes upstairs to check on and sees there , with a strange bite mark on her leg . When tries to get , furiously orders her not to touch him . Now terrified , begs to come home . After he arrives , she shows him the footage of 's attack . He immediately calls , who prepares a cross to exorcise the demon ; and tells them that will have no memory of being possessed . Since the curse can only be transferred to a blood relative , tells he is going to pass the demon onto , so that and will be safe . begs him not to because it is unfair to , but sees no other way to save his wife and son . 
 That night , when tries to use the cross on , she attacks him , and all the house lights go out . Using the handheld camera 's night vision he finds that and have disappeared . Furniture starts to topple over , and the chandeliers begin to shake . chases into the basement , where she attacks him . After he touches her with the cross she collapses and the house shakes violently . hears demonic growls and screams and finally , the shaking stops . puts to bed and burns a photo of a young ( the same photo later finds in the attic of his and 's house in the first film ) . 
 Three weeks later , visits and explains that strange things have started happening at her house . She then returns home to her boyfriend . On October 9 , the night after is killed , a possessed breaks into and 's home and kills by snapping his neck while he watches TV . She then kills in 's room , violently hurling her at the camera , and takes the baby . She leaves , cradling , and the screen fades to black as 's crying turns into laughter . 
 An epilogue text states that was on a school trip , and she found the bodies of and upon her return home and that and 's whereabouts remain unknown .

In New York City , and meet at the top of the Empire State Building , where reveals that his master lightning bolt has been stolen and accuses 's demigod son , , of the theft . reminds him that is unaware of his true identity , but declares that unless his master bolt is returned to Mount Olympus before the summer solstice , in two weeks ' time , war will be waged between all the gods . 
 is a 16 - year - old boy who appears to his peers to be dyslexic and has a unique ability to stay underwater for a long time . While on a school field trip to the local museum , is attacked by Alecto , a disguised as his substitute English teacher , Mrs. who demands the lightning bolt . 's best friend , , and his Latin teacher , Mr. — both of whom appear disabled — help and scare off . Upon learning of 's reason for the attack , gives a pen , claiming that it is a powerful weapon , and has take and his mother to Camp Half - Blood , leaving behind 's abusive husband , . However , upon arriving at the camp , the three are attacked by the , who appears to kill , who is unable to enter the camp . tells to use the pen that he received from , and discovers it is a sword . He uses his sword to fight the , without initial success . kills the with his own horn , then faints from shock . 
 Three days later , wakes up in the camp . He learns he is the son of , is a disguised and his junior protector and is the Centaur , , also initially disguised . suggests that go to Mount Olympus to convince of his innocence . begins training to use his demigod powers , which include water manipulation and using water to heal . He also meets other demigods , including , daughter of ; and Camp Leader , son of . is visited by a fiery apparition of his uncle , who reveals that is with him in the Underworld and that he will return her safely if hands over the lightning bolt . Defying 's orders , decides to go to the Underworld believing if he can convince of his innocence , will release his mother , joined by and . They visit , who gives them a map showing the location of three pearls belonging to ' wife , , which they can use to escape the Underworld . They are also given a pair of winged sneakers stole from his father and a shield describes as his favorite . 
 The trio heads out , locating the first pearl at an old garden center before they suddenly encounter , who tries to kill them until she is decapitated by ; they take her head with them for later use . They locate the second pearl in the Parthenon in Nashville ; uses the winged shoes to take it from a statue of . However , they are then confronted by the Hydra , which turns to stone using 's head . The last pearl is located at the Lotus Casino in Las Vegas , where the three eat lotus flowers , which make them forget their reason for being there . They stay in the casino for five days until speaks in 's mind , helping return to his senses . frees and from the effects of the flowers and they flee , discovering that the casino is run by the Lotus - Eaters , and they had been keeping people captive since ancient times . With all three pearls , , , and head into the Underworld , the portal to which is located in Hollywood . 
 In the Underworld , they meet and . Though tells that he does not have the lightning bolt , finds it hidden inside 's shield , revealing that is the lightning thief . knocks unconscious with the lightning bolt to get her revenge on him for imprisoning her for all eternity and hands the bolt to . However , because they only have three pearls , remains with to allow 's mother to leave . , , and teleport to the Empire State Building but are attacked by , who wants to destroy Mount Olympus to secure the demigods ' place as the new rulers of Western Civilization . After a fight across Manhattan , defeats and apparently kills and returns the lightning bolt to , who forgives and allows to briefly speak with his son . The film ends with and reuniting with , furloughed from and sporting a new pair of small horns that designate his promotion to 's senior protector . and are reunited , and they nearly kiss but tricks and they continue to train . 
 In the post - credits scene , is kicked out of the apartment by . He decides to get a beer on his way out , but finds a note from saying that he should not open the refrigerator . He breaks the lock anyway and is turned to stone and killed by 's head inside , on a serving plate . One of her snakes blurs the screen , revealing the movie 's end . The sound of turning to stone is heard while the screen is black .

Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Abel, Rosario Dawson, Steve Coogan, Uma Thurman, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Bean

( ) and ( ) are a couple living in a New York City apartment with their teenage daughter , ( ) . and own a furniture store specializing in used modern furniture , which they buy at estate sales . They have bought the apartment adjacent to theirs , but its occupant , the elderly and cranky ( ) , will stay in it until she dies . has two granddaughters , the dutiful and generous ( ) , a breast cancer Radiologic Technologist , and the cynical , sharp - tongued ( ) , a cosmetologist . 
 is troubled by the profits she makes from furniture sellers who do not know the value of what they are selling ; the contrast between homeless people in her neighborhood and her own comfortable life ; and the fact that her family will only be able to expand their apartment when dies . She tries to assuage her guilt through volunteer jobs ( which leave her weeping ) and donations to homeless individuals ( which sometimes backfire ) .

Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Ann Guilbert, Kevin Corrigan, Sarah Steele

awakens to find himself parachuting into an unfamiliar jungle . He meets several others who arrived in the same manner : Mexican drug cartel enforcer , Spetsnaz soldier , Israel Defense Forces sniper , Revolutionary United Front officer , San Quentin death row inmate , Yakuza enforcer and general practice doctor . 
 Upon landing , they discover that all are armed and lethal killers , with the apparent exception of , though none know where they are or how they got there . The group follows , who suspects is a former black operations soldier turned mercenary . Arriving at higher ground , they find themselves staring at an alien sky and realize that they are not on Earth . In the jungle they find a plant with a neurotoxic poison that collects on a scalpel , empty cages , deadfall traps , and a deceased US Special Forces soldier . 
 The party is attacked by a pack of quadruped alien beasts . deduces they are on a planet used as a game preserve , where humans are hunted as game . is killed , and his body is then used as bait to lure the survivors into a trap , which they avoid . The group follows the quadrupeds ' tracks to a camp and finds a captive Predator . Their hunters , three larger " Super Predators " known as the Tracker , Berserker and Falconer , attack the group . is killed and the rest of the group escapes . confronts , believing she knows something about the alien creatures based on her shock of recognition when they encountered the captive Predator . She reveals that she has heard of the Predators before , from a report by the only survivor ( Major ) of a Special Forces team who encountered one in 1987 in Guatemala . 
 The group next meets , a solitary American soldier , who has survived on the planet for " ten seasons " by hiding and scavenging from the Predators and their victims . At his hideout , he explains that the Predators hunt in threes and sharpen their killing skills by abducting warriors and dangerous beasts from other worlds and bringing them to the planet to hunt . also reveals that there is a blood feud between the larger Predators and the smaller ones . devises a plan hoping that if they can free the smaller Predator being held prisoner in the encampment , it may take them home using the larger Predators ' spaceship . 
 When the group fall asleep , traps them in a room and attempts to use smoke to suffocate them . Having gone mad , he plans to kill them for their equipment and supplies . uses an explosive to break out of the room , attracting the Predators to the hideout . tries to escape and is killed by the Tracker Predator . In the ensuing chase , uses two claymores to kill the Tracker , sacrificing himself . As the remaining group flees , they are intercepted by the Berserker Predator . distracts it by attacking it with his shiv , buying time for the others to escape , and is killed when rips out his spine and skull . As they continue to flee , stays behind to duel the Falconer Predator with a katana , killing it before dying from his wounds . 
 , and continue to head for the Super Predators ' camp hoping to enact 's plan , until is injured by a trap . When refuses to abandon him , leaves them both behind and they are caught by the Berserker . frees the smaller captive Predator in exchange to return to Earth . The Predator dons his armor and hacks into the computer of the Super Predators ' ship using his wrist computer , and sets a course for Earth . runs to the ship as the Berserker arrives , and the two Predators confront each other . The Berserker kills its foe and uses his wrist computer to self destruct the ship as it takes off , ostensibly killing . Meanwhile , paralyzes using the neurotoxic poison he had earlier captured and reveals that on Earth he was a murderer , and feels that he fits in on this planet among the monsters . appears , never having boarded the ship , and stabs with his own scalpel , paralyzing him . 
 booby - traps with grenades , using him as bait to injure the remaining Predator . While covers him with her sniper rifle , he proceeds to fight the Berserker with an axe and eventually decapitates it . As and rest , they observe parachutes opening in the distant sky . , surmising that more Predators will soon arrive to hunt the new prey , tells they must find another way to get off the planet , and they make their way back towards the jungle .

Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Walton Goggins, Oleg Taktarov, Louis Ozawa Changchien, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Laurence Fishburne, Danny Trejo

, a street urchin in Persia , is adopted by King after showing courage . Fifteen years later , 's brother receives proof that the holy city of Alamut is supplying weapons to Persian enemies , and the princes — , along with the king 's biological sons and — are sent to capture Alamut . and his friends breach the city and open a gate letting the Persians in . During the attack , fights a royal guard and takes from him a special dagger . 
 Alamut falls to the Persians , but Princess denies that the town has any weapon forges . asks her to marry him to unite the two nations , and she only accepts after seeing the dagger in 's possession . During the celebration , is fooled into presenting a poisoned gown seemingly given to him by to King , which fatally burns the king . accuses of being the murderer , and the prince is forced to escape , carrying along . is appointed king and sets a bounty on 's head . 
 While in hiding , attempts to kill , and in the struggle the prince discovers the dagger enables its wielder to travel back in time . concludes that invaded Alamut for the dagger , and decides to confront his brother at the funeral of the king in Avrat . On the way , the two are captured by merchant - bandits led by Sheik who seek the reward money , but they manage to escape . After arriving in Avrat , tries to convince his uncle that he was not the cause of his father 's death . Instead , he notices the burns on 's hands , which indicate that he arranged the murder of the King . Furthermore , has set up an ambush for along the Persian streets , but after a conflict with Garsiv , escapes . sends a group of covert warriors , the Hashanshin , to kill and find the dagger . 
 During a sandstorm , tells the origins of the Sands of Time that enable the dagger 's time travel , while admitting the weapon only holds enough sand to reverse time by one minute . realizes that plans to place the dagger in the sandglass holding the Sands of Time , causing to go back in time and prevent himself from saving from a lion as children , so that will grow to be king of Persia instead . says that in doing so , the sandglass would be broken and destroy the world . Sheik captures the two again , but saves 's men from an Hashanshin attack using the dagger . The Sheik is convinced to carry them to a sanctuary near Hindu Kush , where the dagger can be sealed by returning it to the stone it once came from . At the sanctuary , they are found by , whom convinces of his innocence , but are then ambushed by the Hashanshins . sacrifices himself to save , while is knocked unconscious by a Hashanshin and the dagger is stolen . 
 's group travels back to Alamut to retrieve the dagger from and tell the truth . 's right - hand man dies retrieving the dagger for , and the prince demonstrates the weapon 's powers to to convince him . Afterwards walks in , kills , and takes the dagger back . saves from being killed and the two head for the secret underground tunnels that lead to the sandglass . When they reach , he stabs the sandglass and throws them both off a cliff . sacrifices herself , letting go of and falling to her death , allowing him to fight . 
 When removes the dagger from the sandglass , time rewinds to the moment he found the dagger . finds and and exposes 's betrayal . attempts to kill , but is subdued and killed by . apologizes to and proposes to strengthen the two nations ' bond by marrying her to . returns the dagger to as an engagement gift and tells her he looks forward to their future together .

The adventurous and creative third - grader ( ) often finds herself in trouble at school and at home , usually with her best friend , ( ) . When her father ( ) loses his job and the family falls into severe debt , 's efforts to earn money end up backfiring in humorous ways . She repeatedly embarrasses her older sister , ( ) , calling her by her family nickname , " " , in front of 's crush , the paperboy ( ) . After working as an executive in a storage company since 's birth , causes quarrels with his wife and the girls ' mother ( ) when he decides to pursue a creative career . 
 Meanwhile , 's visiting aunt ( ) is one of the few people who accept despite all her eccentricities . After a car - painting accident involving 's old flame ( ) , gives up her money - making schemes . The next day , ruins her school portrait by cracking a raw egg in her hair and responding with disgust when the photographer asks her to say " Peas " instead of " Cheese " . 's worries increase the following day , when her classmate ( ) reveals that after her own father lost his job , her parents divorced and her father moved to Tacoma . The news makes sick , and has to pick her up early from school , interfering with a sudden job interview . Instead of being angry , decides to spend the rest of his day drawing a mural with . 
 and attempt to make dinner for their parents , but the pan catches fire while is on the phone with . During the ensuing argument , overhears that loves him . Still upset , goes to feed her cat Picky - Picky but is devastated to find the cat dead . The girls ' private funeral for Picky - Picky helps them reconcile . A job offer for in Oregon leads 's parents to decide to sell their house . As the family touches up the garden during an open house , inadvertently initiates a water fight with the neighbors , which floods the neighbors ' backyard and exposes a box that buried there years ago . The box contains mementos of and 's teenage romance , and in light of their rekindling relationship , he proposes to her . Hesitantly , accepts , and the family begins planning the impromptu wedding . Furious that her aunt broke her promise not to get " reeled in " , rushes home and seeks solace in the attic . The fragile rafters break , leaving 's legs dangling from the ceiling during the open house . After the open house clears out , scolds for her lack of maturity . He then receives a phone call from her teacher , Mrs. ( ) . Feeling unwanted , decides to run away . Unable to convince not to leave , her mother helps her pack her suitcase . Opening the heavy suitcase at a bus stop , discovers that her mother made it heavy on purpose to keep from traveling far . Inside , her mother has packed a book of 's sketches of . Her family finds her soon afterward and everyone is happily reunited . 
 At and 's wedding , saves the day when she finds the wedding ring dropped . During the reception , and share a kiss and dance together . also receives a job offer from 's school ; Mrs. recommended to the school 's board as its new art teacher after she saw the mural that he and made . is delighted that the family will not have to move and that and reconcile . Before and leave for their honeymoon in Alaska , gives a locket with her school picture , and tells that she 's " extraordinary " .

Joey King, Selena Gomez, John Corbett, Bridget Moynahan, Ginnifer Goodwin, Josh Duhamel, Sandra Oh

, retired black - ops CIA agent , lives alone in Cleveland , Ohio . Lonely , often chats on the phone with , a worker at the General Services Administration 's pension office in Kansas City , Missouri . He creates opportunities to talk to her by tearing up his pension checks and calling her to say they had never arrived . 
 One night , a " wetwork " ( assassination ) squad raids 's house and attempts to kill him , but he easily wipes them out . Knowing they have tapped his phone , he believes will be targeted . In Kansas City , as refuses to go with him , he forcibly ties her up and gags her with duct tape . Meanwhile , CIA agent is assigned by his boss , , to hunt down and kill . 
 To find out who is targeting him , tracks down his old associates for help . He goes to New Orleans , Louisiana , and visits his CIA mentor , , who now lives in a nursing home . tells that the same hit squad murdered a reporter for The New York Times . Locked in a motel by , escapes . Another agent , posing as a police officer , tries to kidnap her , but returns in time . attacks them , but tricks the police into arresting and escapes with . The two head to New York City and find clues left behind by the deceased reporter , which leads them to a hit list . 
 They then find , another former black - ops agent and a paranoid conspiracy theorist . tells them the people on the list , including and , are connected to a secret 1981 mission in Guatemala . Another person on the list , , is still alive . The trio tracks down , who tells them that the mission involved extracting a person from a village . is then assassinated by a helicopter - borne machine - gunner , and the team escapes as closes in . 
 goes to ex - Russian secret agent , who helps him infiltrate CIA headquarters . In the CIA archive , , the records keeper , who has much respect for , simply hands him the Guatemala file . confronts in his office and the two have a vicious fight . Though victorious , is shot during his escape . Having escaped an attempt on his life , arrives and helps extract the team . They hide out in the home of former wetwork agent ( ) , who treats 's wound and joins the team . 
 The file gives them clue to the next lead , , an illegal arms dealer , currently being protected by the FBI . , and enter 's mansion , with posing as a buyer from Djibouti , and and disguised as bodyguards , while and keep watch outside . They interrogate , who reveals the target for extraction was the now – Vice President ( ) , a Lieutenant in the United States Army at the time whose Senator father was able to organise his extraction from the field via . ordered the hit on the people who were involved in the operation to hide the fact that he was responsible for massacring a village of civilians , clearing house for his upcoming plans to run for President . 
 and a team of FBI agents surround 's mansion . tries to negotiate 's surrender , and tells him about the Vice President 's treachery . The terminally ill pretends to be , walks outside , and is killed by sniper from the Vice President 's personal hit squad . The confusion , as well as 's cover fire , buys the team enough time to leave the mansion , but is captured . They escape with the help of , who is 's old flame . calls from his family 's phone and warns him against harming , as he threatens to kill 's family , although it is hinted the threat was n't genuine and was only intent on scaring . 
 The team , along with , kidnaps at a campaign fundraiser disguised as waiters , party guests , cooks , and Secret Service . calls , offering to trade for . At the meeting point , arrives . After a short dialogue , injures , revealing himself and to be the masterminds behind the assassinations and the destruction of the village and that was only a scapegoat who was never involved with the crimes . Disgusted with ' corruption , pretends to arrest , but shoots and kills . and kill 's bodyguards , and kills by crushing his windpipe . lets 's team go . As they leave the scene , and are eager to start a new life together , but reminds of his favor . 
 A few months later , and are in Moldova with a stolen nuclear device . They flee from Moldovan Army troops with wearing a dress and in a wooden wheelbarrow being pushed by .

Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Karl Urban, Mary-Louise Parker, Brian Cox, Julian McMahon, Richard Dreyfuss

At New York City in 1991 , is waiting with her mother for the subway , when they are mugged by two young men , who shoot her mother after boarding the train . 
 Ten years later , is a student at New York University , and lives with her father , , a New York Police Department detective . audits classes at NYU , and works at the university bookstore . He has a strained relationship with his businessman father , , because his older brother , , committed suicide years before . ignores his youngest child , , of whom is protective . 
 One night , with his roommate , , gets involved in somebody else 's fight , and is arrested by . calls to bail out , but he does not stick around to have a conversation with his father . sees dropping off , realizing that she is his daughter . He approaches with the idea to get back at the detective by persuading him to sleep with and dump Ally . and go to dinner , kiss at the end of the night , and continue seeing one another . While at 's apartment , convinces the pair to go to a party , after which is very drunk , and ends up throwing up . She passes out before can get her to tell him 's phone number . The following day , she and her father argue . slaps her , and flees to 's apartment . 
 , a budding artist , is featured in an art show , and asks his father to attend the show . When he fails to show up , confronts him in a board room filled with people , which causes his father 's frustration to boil over . 's partner recognizes with on a train , so breaks into 's apartment , and confronts him . provokes by confessing to 's plan and his initial reason for meeting , which forces to confess to . She leaves and returns home . visits at her father 's home to explain that he is to blame , and is in love with her . 
 is bullied by classmates at a birthday party where they cut her hair off . and visit 's mother 's apartment , where is sobbing . accompanies his sister back to school , and when her classmates tease her for her new haircut , turns violent , and ends up in jail . is impressed that stood up for his sister , and they connect . asks to meet with the lawyers at his office . 
 spends the night with , and they reveal they love each other after making love . takes to school . He calls to let him know this , and explains that he will be late . is happy that his father is spending time with . He tells that he will wait in his office . He looks on 's computer , featuring a slideshow of pictures with , , and when they were younger . 
 After drops off at school , she sits in her classroom , where the teacher writes the date on the blackboard as September 11 , 2001 . looks out the window of his father 's office , which is revealed to be located on the 101st floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center . Once the terrorist attacks begin , the rest of the family , and , look at the towers before the camera pans over the rubble , showing 's diary . In a voice - over of his diary , reveals to that he loves him , and he forgives him for killing himself . is buried next to . 
 Some time later , and seem to have a healthy father - daughter relationship . , who has since gotten a tattoo of 's name on his arm , is working hard in school , and gets on the subway at the same spot where her mother was killed .

Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin, Chris Cooper, Lena Olin, Pierce Brosnan

In 2025 , advancements in medical technology have perfected bio - mechanical organs . A corporation known as The Union sells these expensive " artiforgs " on credit , and when customers are unable or unwilling to pay for their artiforgs The Union sends " repo men " to locate and forcibly repossess the organ- invariably resulting in the death of the owner . 
 and his partner are considered the best of the Union 's repo men . However , 's wife disapproves of his work , believing that it is a bad influence for their son . At a family barbecue , allows to discreetly perform a repossession nearby , but is caught by who leaves with in anger . While patrolling with , the duo discovers a " nest " , a refuge for Union customers who have defaulted on payments for their artiforgs and are attempting to escape the country . and raid the nest by themselves , impressing their boss , . He offers them the opportunity to become full - time raid captains . declines and attempts to ask to transfer to sales , but cuts him off . tells that what they do is important , but 's mind is made up . suggests that 's last job be a musician that is a fan of . After helping the musician finish one last song , he uses a defibrillator in order to stop the artificial heart , but the device malfunctions , and is severely injured , requiring replacement of his heart with an artiforg . 
 divorces for taking another job , so he moves in with . As he tries to go back to work , he realizes he 's developed sympathy for the customers , unable to lie when he tries sales , but also unable to kill when repossessing their artiforgs . He 's soon unable to make the payments on his heart and is in debt . discovers that has not been repossessing and takes him to a " nest " with enough artiforgs to clear his debt ; however , can not do the job . Furious , demands he stay there until he gets over his inhibition . A stunned debtor wakes up and knocks out . 
 Waking up , encounters , a singer he would see while drinking in a bar with . He takes her to a motel room and discovers she has numerous artiforgs . Breaking into the office , attempts to clear 's and his own accounts , but he is interrupted by , who lets him leave . On the run , Beth and leave for the abandoned outskirts of the city . tells of how she contracted various diseases and was involved in a car crash , and was forced to resort to buying artiforgs on the black market after running up severe debts . They begin a relationship , and decides to document his life as a repo man with an old typewriter found . As he works on a manuscript , he is interrupted by a repo man . sets a trap and the collector drops through a hole in the floor . falls through the same hole , damaging her prosthetic knee . Before the collector can shoot , manages to kill him . 
 sneaks into his former workplace to obtain scanning jammers he had confiscated during his raid on the nest . He attempts to force to clear his account , only to discover that accounts can now only be cleared at the Union 's central office due to his earlier attempt . and attempt to flee the country at the airport , but security is alerted by bleeding from 's knee . A fight with airport security ensues . arrives , but is on the wrong side of a security panel and watches their escape . They go to a black market doctor to replace 's knee . 
 After the procedure , they are stopped by who tries to convince to to rejoin him as a repo man . refuses , and reveals he rigged the defibrillator unit that caused his heart to fail , so would continue to work with him . They fight , and knocks unconscious . awakens , saying she stunned as an organ repossession raid is underway . They flee and decides to delete the accounts of all implant clients . meets and on a train one last time , passing on his manuscript to . 
 and break into Union headquarters and are forced to fight their way through the facility to the Union 's database . Using 's prosthetic eye , they enter and seal themselves inside as and arrive . The server 's only interface is an organ scanner , requiring and Beth to cut themselves open to use the scanner internally on each of their artiforgs , clearing their accounts . and enter the server room using an artiforg from one of the slain repo men , finding near death and attempting to scan her heart . is ordered to kill , but he instead kills and helps revive . tosses two grenades into the artiforg drawer of the server , with the explosion destroying the mainframe , wiping the records of everyone who has an account with the Union . 
 Later , is seen on a tropical beach , enjoying his freedom with and . His text has been published as a book , The Repossession Mambo . While talks to , he notices that suddenly disappears , leaving 's book on his chair ; then sees the beach flicker with static before returning to normal . It is revealed that is in a coma , having sustained severe brain damage when hit him . has paid off 's debt for his heart and also paid to link his brain to a neural network , allowing him to live out his life peacefully in a computer generated dream world . is unconscious , and says he will take care of her ; he then says a sorrowful goodbye to . The film ends with delivering a sales pitch for the neural network .

Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Liev Schreiber, Alice Braga, Carice van Houten, Chandler Canterbury

One year after the events of Extinction , ( ) and her clones lead the assault to attack Umbrella HQ , located in Tokyo , slaying the entire branch except for ( ) , who escapes in a tiltrotor plane and detonates a bomb that leaves a massive sinkhole . The real boarded beforehand and attempts to execute , only for him to inject her with an anti - virus to remove her superhuman abilities . is revealed to have used the T - Virus to gain his own superhuman abilities and prepares to kill , before the autopilot crashes the plane into the mountains and only survives . 
 Six months later , travels to Alaska in an airplane , tracking broadcasts from a safe haven called Arcadia ; however , she only finds abandoned planes , and is attacked by feral ( ) . destroys a spider - like device on 's chest , giving her amnesia and pacifying her . They travel to the ruins of Los Angeles , where they find survivors living in a prison which is surrounded by thousands of undead . They meet , ( ) who leads the surviving band from the prison , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . With their help , finally lands on the prison 's roof and learns Arcadia is n't a fixed place , but a cargo tanker traveling along the coast . However , though the ship has n't moved , no one from it has responded to the group 's rescue flares . takes to the last inmate , ( ) , who insists he 's falsely imprisoned , and will reveal an escape route in exchange for freedom . goes to the showers to wash up , but catches attempting to peep . Holding him at gunpoint , they are attacked by a group of infected people that dug into the prison . They take , but she manages to kill them . 
 Desperate , they free , who reveals that is his sister , and the prison has an armored car they can use to escape . However , a giant axe - wielding monster begins breaking down the gate . , and go to the basement armory to get more guns ; however , zombies kill en route . and reinforce the gate . informs and Yong the car is missing its engine , and it would take a week to fix . shoots and heads for Arcadia in 's airplane . The Axeman breaks down the gate , allowing the zombies into the prison . The group decides to use the zombie - dug tunnels to escape into the sewers . is slashed in half by the Axeman , while is knocked out . successfully defends , manages to defeat the Axeman and disorienting it , after which kills it by firing at its head . Unfortunately , is dragged back into the tunnels by a zombie . 
 and the board the Arcadia , discovering it functional but abandoned . then remembers Arcadia is an Umbrella trap to get test subjects ; they release the survivors , among them ( ) . follows a trail of blood deeper into the ship , where she finds . The T - Virus revived him , but it battles for control , something he believes fresh human DNA can pacify ; the Umbrella staff fled when he began eating test subjects . 's DNA is superior to his , since she retained control despite her bonding with the virus at a cellular level . believes eating her will help him regain control of his body over the effects of the T - Virus . 
 The fight while battles , now working for . easily overpowers and , but is able to defeat both and with help from K - Mart . They lock in the room with 's corpse . is devoured by when he revives . then escapes in an aircraft , activating a bomb on the Arcadia ; the plane explodes instead as placed the bomb there beforehand . Unbeknownst to them , parachutes away from the explosion , while emerges from the sewers , battered but alive . resolves to turn Arcadia into a real haven and broadcasts a new message for any other survivors . As , and watch over from Arcadia , it is approached by a military squadron of Umbrella aircraft . 
 During a mid - credits scene in one of the aircraft , ( ) , who went missing after the Raccoon City destruction incident , is dictating the attack wearing the same mind control device used on .

Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Kim Coates, Shawn Roberts, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Spencer Locke, Boris Kodjoe, Wentworth Miller

( ) is being tortured in a prison in North Korea on suspicion of being an American spy . Her boyfriend , arachnologist ( ) , generates so much publicity about 's imprisonment that the CIA is forced to arrange a prisoner exchange , despite the agency 's policy against it . 's CIA colleague ( ) greets at the border . As they drive away , proposes marriage , despite 's admission to Mike that she is in fact a CIA operative . 
 Two years later , on and 's wedding anniversary , a Russian defector named ( ) walks into 's office . interrogates him , with and CIA counterintelligence officer ( ) observing . claims that , on " Day X " , highly trained Russian sleeper agents known as " KAs " will destroy the U.S. tells them that Agent " KA-12 " will assassinate Russian president ( ) at the funeral of the American Vice President . reveals that KA-12 is named , and lie detectors confirm his entire story . orders be detained , while kills two agents and escapes . In the confusion , is able to escape from the building , running barefoot through the street . While the CIA is searching for her , discovers that her husband was kidnapped . 
 A while later at the funeral , appears to succeed in killing President , and then surrenders herself . is declared dead . escapes again and heads to a barge where is hiding with other sleeper agents . In a series of flashbacks , recalls growing up in the Soviet Union and being trained with other children . On the barge , welcomes her back and has killed in front of her . When shows no reaction , is convinced she is loyal and begins briefing her on her next mission . She is to rendezvous with another KA who will help her assassinate the American president . She kills and the other agents before leaving . She then meets with ( ) , who uses his cover as a NATO liaison to get into the White House . Once inside , launches a suicide attack to force agents to move the President ( ) to an underground bunker , accompanied by . follows them and manages to enter the bunker before it is sealed . 
 The U.S. President learns that Russia has mobilized its nuclear arsenal in response to their president 's death . He orders American nuclear weapons readied in response . CIA Agent suddenly kills everyone except the President and introduces himself as , another member of the KA . incapacitates the President and begins aiming nuclear missiles at Mecca and Tehran to incite a billion Muslims against the United States . tries to persuade to let her inside the sealed room , but then he sees a television report saying President is alive and well ; had used spider venom to cause a simulated death of . refuses her entry and reveals that 's kidnapping and murder and her blown cover were all his idea . plans to place full blame for the nuclear attacks on . breaks into the room before he can launch the missiles . The two wrestle for control of the nuclear football , with aborting the missile strikes before being captured . 
 As is being led out in chains , grabs a pair of scissors , ready to attack her or to defend himself if necessary . She unexpectedly hooks her chain around 's neck and jumps over the stair railing , strangling him to death . On the helicopter ride to be interrogated , questions her . explains that she killed because he orchestrated the death of her husband , and promises to hunt down the remaining KA agents if freed . is convinced after receiving a text that 's fingerprints were found on the barge where the sleeper agents were killed , supporting her story . is allowed to escape , jumping out of the helicopter into the river below and escaping into the woods . 
 In an alternate ending , arrives in disguise at the place in the former Soviet Union where she was trained as a child ; she is then seen by the water as she watches drown , and the place blows up .

In Toronto , 23 - year - old is a bassist in Sex Bob - Omb , a floundering garage band . To the disapproval of his friends , he is dating , a 17 - year - old high - school student . meets an American Amazon delivery girl , , having first seen her in a dream , and loses interest in , but does n't break up with her before pursuing . When Sex Bob - Omb plays in a battle of the bands sponsored by record executive , is attacked by 's ex - boyfriend . defeats and learns that , in order to date , he must defeat the remaining six evil exes . 
 breaks up with , who blames and swears to win him back . defeats 's second evil ex , Hollywood actor and skateboarder , by tricking him into performing a dangerous stunt . He defeats her third ex , superpowered vegan , who is dating 's ex - girlfriend , , by tricking him into drinking dairy . He defeats her fourth ex , ( with 's help , as he ca n't hit a girl ) , by prodding the spot behind her knee ( tells him this is 's weak point ) . 
 becomes upset with 's dating history , and breaks up with him . At the next battle of the bands , Sex Bob - Omb defeats 's fifth and sixth evil exes , twins and , earning an extra life . gets back with her seventh evil ex , , AKA . Sex Bob - Omb accepts 's record deal , except for , who leaves the band in protest . 
 invites to his venue , the Chaos Theater , where Sex Bob - Omb is playing . Resolving to win back , challenges to a fight for her affections , earning the " Power of Love " sword . interrupts the battle , attacking , and is forced to reveal that he cheated on both of them . kills and visits him in limbo to reveal that has implanted her with a mind control device . 
 uses his 1 - up and re - enters the Chaos Theater . He makes peace with his friends and challenges again , this time for himself . He gains the " Power of Self - Respect " sword and disarms . He apologizes to and for cheating on them , and and join forces to defeat . 
 Free from 's control , prepares to leave . accepts that her relationship with is over and , at her encouragement , he leaves with .

Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons, Brandon Routh, Jason Schwartzman, Mae Whitman, Brie Larson, Aubrey Plaza, Tennessee Thomas

In 1969 , Denver housewife and mother ( ) agrees to take over her ailing father , Meadow Stables in Doswell , Virginia , despite her lack of horse - racing knowledge . With the help of veteran trainer ( ) , navigates the male - dominated business , ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and one of the greatest racehorses of all time . 
 learns of her mother 's death and returns to her childhood home . She reunites with Mrs. , her father 's secretary , and comforts her confused and elderly father . At her mother 's funeral , meets and his son , , of Claiborne Farm in Kentucky . The offer any help she may need during her efforts to bring Meadow Stables back to profitability . 's brother informs her of a dishonest sale that was about to be made by the trainer until their mother stopped him . fires the trainer and asks to help her find a new trainer . He recommends , an aging French Canadian , who initially turns down Penny 's offer . 
 's father had made a deal with leading owner that if breeds his best stallion ( Bold Ruler ) to Chenery 's two best mares ( Somethingroyal and the two owners would flip a coin to see who receives which foal . Bold Ruler , the stallion , was fast but could n't last over distances . is the obvious choice for her young age , but Somethingroyal 's bloodline is made up of many horses with good stamina . hopes to choose Somethingroyal 's foal for the interesting mix of speed and stamina . wins Hasty Matelda 's foal , and wins Somethingroyal 's foal , Secretariat . 
 When Secretariat enters his first race at Aqueduct race track in Queens , New York City , everyone has high expectations . The jockey , , is very young with little experience , which worries , but reassures her . During the race , Secretariat is repeatedly hit by other horses and comes in fourth . and fight , and blames for the loss . realizes the only way Secretariat will ever win is if he has an experienced jockey . 's flight back home is canceled on the day of the race , and she misses her daughter 's solo in a play . Her son holds up the pay phone so can hear sing . 
 gets experienced jockey to ride Secretariat to many victories . Secretariat is named horse of the year after a successful two - year - old season . 's father suffers a stroke and dies , leaving and her brother to inherit the estate . Although she needs six million dollars to pay estate taxes , refuses to sell Secretariat . 
 Instead she syndicates the horse , selling 32 shares worth more than six million dollars , as long as he can win a three - year - old distance race . She tries to sell a share to , who instead offers to buy the horse for seven million dollars . refuses to sell him . When demands to know why , she tells him Secretariat 's value will triple when he wins the Triple Crown – a feat no horse has accomplished in twenty - five years . During this time , , trainer of rival horse Sham , tries to provoke a match race with Secretariat . 
 Secretariat is taken to the Wood Memorial three weeks before the first of the Triple Crown races to take on and attempt to earn her syndication money . notices that the horse 's breathing is heavy , he refuses to eat , and he is reluctant to allow the bit into his mouth . After Secretariat loses the race , an abscess in his mouth is discovered that may have caused the poor performance . 
 Secretariat recovers and wins both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness in record time . comes in second place in both races and tells Sham 's jockey , , to stay with Secretariat through the Belmont in an attempt to tire him early and win . However , Secretariat runs an unbelievable race , finishing 31 lengths ( over 82 yards ( 75   m ) ) ahead of the next horse to secure the Triple Crown . An exhausted Sham ends up in last place , having failed to keep up with Secretariat 's record - breaking pace . and her family receive the Triple Crown trophy at the end of the race .

Diane Lane, John Malkovich, Dylan Walsh, James Cromwell, Kevin Connelly, Scott Glenn

, , , and meet up . In flashback is depicted arriving in New York City in 1986 , then met in 1987 , in 1989 . She also meets , when she was a bartender at the music club CBGB . 
 In the present , three of the four women are married but , who at 52 , is desperately trying to keep her libido alive with the help of " and her team of doctors " to keep her menopause at bay . The four of them attend and 's wedding , where serves as " best man . " quits her job after the misogynistic new managing partner disrespects her once too often . 's two children are a handful ( mostly her two - year - old daughter 's extreme and constant crying ) and she 's worried that is attracted to their buxom Irish nanny , . 's marriage to Mr. has settled down , though they differ on how to spend their spare time . For their anniversary , gives Mr. a vintage Rolex watch engraved with a romantic message , while he , much to her dismay , shows her a new TV in their bedroom as his gift , which Big says they can use to watch old movies together , something they did at the hotel at and 's wedding and seemed to enjoy . , however , is disappointed , as she had hoped for jewelry as a gift . 
 Meanwhile , has been approached by an Arab sheikh to devise a PR campaign for his business . He offers to fly her and her friends on an all - expenses - paid luxury vacation to Abu Dhabi . The girls happily accept , although is worried about the separation from and is worried about leaving her husband alone with the nanny . Only , unfettered by a job for the first time in her life , is enthusiastic . Upon entering Abu Dhabi , 's hormone - enhancing drugs are confiscated under UAE law . This renders her devoid of estrogen ; her famous libido goes dead . tries to call every few minutes ; revels in the luxury surrounding her , while befriends her manservant , , who is an underpaid temporary worker from India . 
 runs into her former lover , . He proposes dinner à deux at his hotel and she decides to meet for dinner . The dinner is very enjoyable , with the two discussing old times . remarks on the ways is " not like other women " . In a moment of remembered passion , they kiss . runs away in panic and returns to the hotel . Back at the hotel , and have drinks together and discuss the difficulties of motherhood . arrives , tells her friends about the kiss , and asks them whether she should tell , as they have no secrets between them . reflects on the events of the previous film , when her husband , , told her about his affair . counsels to wait before deciding anything . opts to call to tell him . is silent upon hearing the news , and after saying a few words , hangs up . 
 The four women find their style and Western attitudes contrast with Muslim customs . While on a date with a handsome Dane , is arrested for public indecency after fondling him at a restaurant and making out with him on the beach . With the Sheikh 's intervention , is released , but is left with a permanent police record . Worse , the Sheikh decides to cancel the PR meeting and ceases paying for the remainder of the women 's luxurious stay . They are told they have 1 hour to either pay $ 22,000 a night for the rest of their stay or leave . They quickly pack their bags and leave , but must return to the souq to find 's passport . When 's flamboyance nearly incites a riot , the girls are rescued by a group of Emirati women who share their sense of style under their black robes . 
 When returns home , she finds the bedroom television removed and gone . She passes an anxious day , at the end of which he returns . tells her that although he was " pretty torn up " , he realizes that what she needs is something to remind her at all times that she is married . He hands her a jewelry box , which reveals an engagement ring set with a black diamond . When asks him why a black diamond , he says , " Because you 're not like anyone else " , echoing 's earlier comment . 
 and combine their interests ; 's nanny , , turns out to be a lesbian and is no threat to her marriage ; finds a new job at a more laid back and diverse law firm where she is appreciated , and stays the same , even meeting up with the Danish architect she met in Abu Dhabi for sex on the beach , this time a beach in The Hamptons .

Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, John Corbett, Chris Noth, David Eigenberg, Evan Handler, Jason Lewis, Lynn Cohen

is a TSA officer at Pittsburgh International Airport , along with his friends , , , and . is hoping to reconcile with his ex - girlfriend , to the chagrin of his friends , who point out that she has a new boyfriend and treated poorly while they were dating . An attractive woman , , arrives at the passenger terminal to board a flight to New York City . She garners unwanted flirting from several male TSA officers , while is the only one to treat courteously . On the airplane , realizes that she accidentally left her cellphone at airport security . Using her friend 's phone , calls her phone and arranges a time for to return it to her the following evening . 
 The next night , and arrive at the Andy Warhol Museum and return 's phone , but after accidentally spilling a drink on the museum director they are told to leave . , the event 's planner , feeling sorry for what happened offers Kirk tickets to a hockey game . brings to the game , where they meet and her best friend . assumes meant to set him up with , until explicitly tells that is interested in him . Later , directly asks out and he agrees . predicts their relationship will fail , as he deems a " 10 " in a scale of attractiveness , and only a " 5 " , and the gap is too large to overcome . Separately , believes Molly has only chosen because he is " safe " , after being hurt by her last boyfriend . While on their date , confides in that he dreams of becoming a pilot , while shares her story of how she was once a lawyer before realizing her love for event planning . 
 accompanies to a family lunch , where she charms the men in the home and creates jealousy in who is quickly ignored by the men when arrives . This causes to take a sudden interest in again . After returning to 's apartment , ejaculates prematurely in his pants while the two are making out , just as 's parents arrive for a surprise visit . Desperate to conceal the stain on his pants , seems discourteous by avoiding to stand up and shake hands , and quickly leaves 's apartment . Believing he fled to avoid meeting her parents , begins ignoring 's calls . At 's urging , admits the true reasons for his leaving , and their relationship resumes . While celebrating the birthday of 's sister , is troubled when is intentionally vague about 's line of work to her parents . Additionally , 's ex , , arrives at her parent 's request , and deliberately alludes to having a physical " defect " . 
 After the party , both of them go back to 's apartment where discovers 's " defect " is slightly webbed toes , which considers so minor that he decides that she is indeed too perfect for him . Upset with over his insecurities and wishing that there was something wrong with her to justify them being together , confesses that had the same problem and ultimately cheated on her . admits she asked out because she considered him safe , which causes to break up with her and leave . Afterward , agrees to resume his relationship with , and makes plans to attend a family vacation together . 
 and realize they caused the break - up by telling and they were too opposite physically to be together , and agree to work together to fix the mistake . brings to the airport , while has sabotages the plane so that can not leave . rejects and meets at the terminal gate , where she confesses her true feelings about and his insecurities , as well as her desire to be with him regardless . and then make up and resume their relationship .

Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve, T. J. Miller, Mike Vogel, Nate Torrence, Krysten Ritter, Geoff Stults, Lindsay Sloane

In 1954 , U.S. Marshals and his new partner travel to the Ashecliffe Hospital for the criminally insane on Shutter Island in Boston Harbor . They are investigating the disappearance of patient , who was incarcerated for drowning her three children . Their only clue is a cryptic note found hidden in 's room : " The law of 4 ; who is 67 ? " They arrive just before a storm hits , preventing their return to the mainland for a few days . 
 and find the staff confrontational . Dr. , the lead psychiatrist , refuses to turn over records , and they learn that 's doctor left the island on vacation immediately after disappeared . They are given access to the hospital , but they are told that Ward C is off limits and that the lighthouse has already been searched . While being interviewed , one patient secretly writes the word " RUN " in ' notepad . starts to have migraine headaches from the hospital 's atmosphere and experiences waking visions of his involvement in the Dachau liberation reprisals . He has disturbing dreams of his wife , who was killed in a fire set by a local arsonist named . In one instance , she tells him that is still on the island somewhere — as is , who everyone claims was never there to begin with . later explains to that locating was an ulterior personal motive for taking the case . 
 During their investigation , and find that has abruptly resurfaced with no explanation as to her former whereabouts or how she escaped . This prompts to break into the restricted Ward C. There he encounters , a patient in solitary confinement . warns him that the doctors are performing questionable experiments on the patients , some of whom are taken to the lighthouse to be lobotomized . warns that everyone else on the island is playing an elaborate game specifically designed for — including his partner . 
 regroups with and is determined to investigate the lighthouse . They become separated while climbing the cliffs toward it , and later sees what he believes to be 's body on the rocks below . By the time he climbs down , however , the body has disappeared , but he finds a cave where he discovers a woman in hiding who claims to be the real . She states that she is a former psychiatrist at the hospital who discovered the experiments with psychotropic medication and trans - orbital lobotomy in an attempt to develop mind control techniques . Before she could report her findings to the authorities , however , she was forcibly committed to Ashecliffe as a patient . returns to the hospital , but finds no evidence of ever being there . 
 is convinced that was taken to the lighthouse ; he breaks into it only to discover calmly waiting there for him . explains that is actually , their " most dangerous patient " incarcerated in Ward C for murdering his manic depressive wife after she drowned their children . and are anagrams of and ; furthermore , the little girl from ' recurring dreams is his daughter . 
 According to , the events of the past several days have been designed to break ' conspiracy - laden insanity by allowing him to play out the role of . The hospital staff were part of the test , including Dr. posing as and a nurse posing as . The migraines that suffered were withdrawal symptoms from his medication , as were the hallucinations of the " real " . Overwhelmed , faints . 
 awakens in the hospital under watch of and . When questioned , he tells the truth in a coherent manner , which satisfies the doctors as a sign of progression . Nevertheless , notes that they had achieved this state nine months before but had quickly regressed , and further warns that this will be his last chance to redeem himself . 
 Some time later , relaxes on the hospital grounds with Dr. , but he calls him " " and says that they need to leave the island . shakes his head to an observing , who gestures to the orderlies towards . asks Dr. if it is worse to live as a monster or die as a good man , and is then led away by the orderlies .

Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Ted Levine, John Carroll Lynch, Elias Koteas, Jackie Earle Haley, Max von Sydow

and his girlfriend have flown to Los Angeles for 's best friend 's birthday party . They celebrate with 's wife , , and his assistant , . During a private argument about whether or not they should move , reveals she is pregnant . 
 The next morning , blue lights descend from the sky , hypnotizing anyone who looks at them . The light affects them physically , causing them to become zombie - like , immobilized and collected by the light machines . is taken , but is saved when tackles him . He and go to the apartment roof to investigate the lights but are attacked by one of hundreds of flying alien drones . As they attempt to open the rooftop door , quickly opens it from the other side , accidentally looks directly into the aliens ' light and is hypnotized , but and are able to save her and close the door . 
 Back in the apartment , believes the open water would be a safer place , since there are no machines over the sea . They encounter a bickering couple , and , also preparing to flee the building . As 's car exits the garage it is flattened by a massive four - legged alien , killing . escapes but is abducted as he flees . The others retreat into the garage , where they encounter another alien lifeform in the shape of a large multi - tentacled squid that takes . It corners the rest of the group before the building 's concierge , , slams into it with an SUV and finds alive . When they try to free him , the squid creature comes back to life , sucking out 's brain and regaining its energy . As they run back into the building , is abducted . 
 The next day , the United States Air Force launches an attack against the alien spaceships and flying alien drones using stealth unmanned combat aerial vehicles and conventional drone aircraft armed with air - to - air missiles ( a " jet engine " powered MQ-9 Reaper ) . Only one stealth plane ( an X-47B ) pierces the carnage and fires a nuclear missile , hitting the mothership , before it is destroyed . The detonation blows the ship apart , but it slowly begins to repair itself . After tells that the alien light made him feel powerful , he is adamant that safety must be found outside . wants to stay inside and tries restraining him . physically starts changing as he lifts off the floor and vows that he will protect his family . 
 Helicopters arrive with soldiers as and go to the roof hoping to catch a ride to safety . and stay in the penthouse , but are found . is hypnotized and abducted ; attempts to kill a tanker alien by turning on a gas stove and igniting a lighter , causing the room to explode . The soldiers are thrown off the roof by the aliens and a squid alien attacks and . They kill it , but is badly hurt . Surrounded by the aliens , they accept their fate , look into the blue light , and are sucked into the mother ship . 
 Inside the alien spacecraft , wakes on a pile of human corpses . Tubes are sucking human brains into machines ; probes go through the pile looking for what they can find . sees in the pile but has to watch helplessly as his brain is removed . She is probed , but left alone since she is pregnant . is transported to another chamber where other pregnant women have been sent . Meanwhile , 's brain , glowing red instead of the usual aliens ' blue , is inserted into a new alien body . 
 Animating the alien body , seems to retain control , and comes to the aid of and their unborn child . recognizes him when he caresses her belly and her head . He then turns around to confront advancing aliens , and in between the credits , a series of still images depict " " protecting and their child from the other aliens .

Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, Donald Faison, David Zayas, Brittany Daniel, Neil Hopkins

Genetic engineers and hope to achieve fame by splicing animal DNA to create hybrids for medical use at the company N.E.R.D. ( Nucleic Exchange Research and Development ) . Their work previously yielded , a dog - sized vermiform creature intended as a mate for their female specimen , . After successfully mating them , and plan to create a human - animal hybrid that could revolutionize science . Their employers of N.E.R.D. and forbid them from doing this . Instead , they are to find and extract proteins used for commercial drug production from and . and , however , disobey their superiors and pursue their own agenda in secret , developing a viable prepubescent female creature . 
 Although they had planned to terminate the hybrid before it reached full term , persuades to let it live . They discover that she is aging at a vastly accelerated rate . discovers that the creature is undergoing mental development such as that of a young human child . names the creature " " after the creature spells out NERD , having seen the letters on 's shirt . 
 After moving to a new location for fear of discovery , they find she has a dangerously high fever . In an attempt to save her they place her in a large industrial sink filled with cold water . Later on fully submerges in the sink , and in doing so discovers that is amphibious . 
 While studying , and neglect their work with and . At a highly publicized presentation of their work , and savagely fight to the death . It is subsequently discovered that had spontaneously changed to a male , but and failed to notice because they were focused on . 
 forms a motherly bond with . After jumps on 's brother , , they move her to an isolated farm . There , displays carnivorous tendencies and retractable wings . She grows into adolescence and becomes bored with being locked up in the barn , but and fear that letting her outside might lead to her discovery . realizes that the human DNA used to create was 's , not from an anonymous donor as had told him . After exhibits dangerous misbehavior restrains and removes her stinger , using it to synthesize the protein that and had been searching for . 
 Meanwhile , and have developed a mutual attraction . discovers them having sex in the barn and is horrified . accuses of never having wanted a " normal " child because of her fear of losing control ; instead she chose to raise one as an experiment , where control could be assured . Deciding the only solution is to terminate , they return to the farm and find seemingly already dying . 
 discovers human DNA in 's protein samples and arrives to investigate . tells that is dead and buried behind the barn . However , , having metamorphosed into a male , rises from the grave and attacks the group , killing and before raping . attacks to save , but overpowers him . intervenes and is about to kill , but she hesitates , which allows to kill . then kills . 
 is later informed that 's body contained numerous biochemical compounds for which the company has begun filing patents . offers , now visibly pregnant with 's baby , a large sum of money to go through with the pregnancy , which accepts .

Young mother puts her daughter to bed while her husband watches golf on television . A bee buzzes around the window as she stays with her girl . After the child is asleep , she goes downstairs and announces she 's leaving , saying " You keep my soul in a dungeon . " He takes a moment to disconnect from the game , then runs upstairs to the bedroom and holds their daughter out the window , threatening to drop her if leaves . " Do you think I wo n't ? Do you think I wo n't ? " he yells at her . She agrees to stay . 
 Many years later , DeNiro ) and ( ) return home from church for a quiet afternoon . He watches TV and drinks in an identical pose to his younger self in the earlier scene , while she works on a puzzle . Late that night a call wakes them . picks up the phone and hears a woman 's voice . " ? " he asks , obviously distressed . We find him at church the next day , speaking at his brother 's funeral . 
 reports to work at a prison , where he 's a parole officer . He listens to Christian radio in his car on the way in . Once there , we see him talk to different inmates but hear a persistent buzzing in the background as if to suggest that has other things and pressures on his mind . He 's called into the warden 's office and asked to shut the door . The warden calls one of his reports " an incompetent mess . " before laughing and revealing he 's joking . He then asks to get , his replacement , up to speed on his cases before he retires . agrees , but requests that he keep all of his " currents " until he leaves , in order to see them through until their reviews . offers condolences about 's brother . has a new case in his office , named ( ) reviews his file as if the man is n't there . He insists that he likes to be called . is hesitant to oblige , assuming it 's a prison nickname . asks if he can help him get out early , pointing out that he acknowledged his guilt and is n't interested in talking about what he did when it 's all in the file . wants to talk about his crimes however , and has an outburst assuming is n't interested in helping . dares him to give him the maximum and starts walking out . Jack then yells at him , letting him know that they talk about what he wants to talk about and demanding he " sit the fuck down . " 
 then explains , " Look , this is the process , we talk . We 're not friends , but let 's pretend we 're friends . Just relax . Just talk . That 's all . Then maybe we both get what we want . OK ? " He then asks about his wife , . describes her as a " dime " which he explains to means " a perfect ten . " He also tells that she 's an alien . assumes he means she 's an illegal alien , but says " No . She 's whiter than you . She 's from another planet . " describes her sexuality graphically , telling , " She 's crazy . She 'll do anything . " He warns " Look if we 're gon na talk about , you got ta watch out cause it 's gon na give you some pictures in your head , gon na keep you up nights , man . " When he notices that does n't look pleased , he apologizes for his mouth . asks about 's wife . When says he 's been married 43 years , remarks " 43 years and you still get it on and everything ? " This offends and tries to explain , he 's just curious about how he 'll do when he 's older . explains that he does n't discuss his wife that way . He tells " I do n't consider this polite conversation . " and reminds that they 're there to talk about him . 
 drives home listening to more radio , and buying a couple of bottles of booze on the way . He sits on the porch with , both of them listening to a Christian radio program discussing predestination . attempts to talk to him but he is n't even aware of it . She asks " Where have you gone ? " meets with again and asks him to recount the arson incident . tells him that " " and his grandfather got into a fight which ended with 's grandparents dead , before torched the house . wants to talk more about it . : Whose idea was it ? : I told you it was ! Like I said I was n't even ... I went outside the house . : Yeah , but you did n't stop him , did you ? : Stop him what ? : From killing your grandparents . : You ai n't gon na do it man . You 're not gonna ... You do n't give a fuck man . I was outside . come out and I did n't even know what he done until he told me . testified to that , man ! That 's why I did n't even catch the rap for manslaughter . I got accessory and arson . I 've done eight out of ten to fifteen . What more do you want , from me ? stares at him blankly . 
 We then find ( ) at a preschool working with kids . She smiles , telling the class that today is a day for them each to do one nice thing for someone else and not tell anyone about it . 
 is hosting a card game for her friends . She gets a phone call from a woman looking for , the sound of the call is distorted , but the caller hangs up when she says she 'd Mrs. and offers to take a message . 
 calls from prison and catches her watching the kids at recess . tells him that " she was short with me , like she did n't want to talk . " asks " Why were you talking to her ? " He tells her " I need you to do this for me right now . Do n't let it slide . " She says OK . We see having another meeting with who says " I guess what I 'm getting at , is do you believe what you did was wrong ? " : What do you think , because I grew up west side , that I 'm one of these socio ... delinquent types , do n't know the difference between right and wrong ? Want me to tell you about my bad childhood ? : I do n't know . Did you have one ? : Well , at the time , I thought a lot of shit was normal ... definitely unhealthy , but on the same token , i did n't think I was a bad person to begin with . You want to know if I 'm gon na light any more grandparents on fire ? : Are you ? : No . tells him he deserves to be free , telling " I 'm as clean as you . " says " Maybe , maybe not . " : Seriously , let me ask you something , you know ? Why do you got ta sit there , asking me these questions , like you never done nothin' . Why do you get to walk around free and I do n't ? : I was n't convicted of a crime . : You never did anything bad ? You never did anybody no wrong , had to be forgiven for nothing ? : I never broke the law . shuts him out , staring blankly again while asks him about the many things he could have done . claims he 's been reborn , but ca n't answer when asks what " reborn " means to him . 
 stops at the prison for a visit with . She likes his cornrows , and the two are cautioned against contact when she starts kissing him passionately . He asks for an update on her contacting . She tells him she 's left messages and he has n't called her back . He instructs her " You 've got to get with him person to person . " She tells him she did n't wear panties just for him , and he touches her but restrains himself before getting carried away , not wanting to break the rules . He says " I ca n't get no ticket . You understand right ? I 'm too close . " She appears disappointed but agrees . He tells her he 's got to get out or he 's likely to kill himself , which she tells him not to joke about . becomes fascinated with another prisoner reading the Bible to his son . After the visitation is over , he gets every religious book he can from the library . Nothing seems to catch until he finds one on " Zukangor " This religion is a patchwork of many and instructs that enlightenment can be achieved by hearing the " perfect pitch " making yourself " like a tuning fork . " 
 That night leaves a message on and 's answering machine , before calling up a guy for sex . She 's waiting for outside the prison the next day . He tells her it is n't appropriate to meet this way , acting as if she 's there to see and reminding her of proper channels to do that . She then offers him a bird 's nest that the kids in class made , which he refuses but then reconsiders when she describes the kids making it . asks about it , but he says that does whatever she wants . runs the Zukangor faith past , describing the tuning fork idea and their practice of chanting then listening .. is n't into the idea , saying he 's Episcopalian . explains that the religion also uses reincarnation , stating you have to come back until you get it right . asks him " What about this life ? " and tells him he 's thought about that a lot . 
 and go to church , but Jack stays behind to talk with the pastor , telling to go home . He tells the pastor that faith seems to come easy for people he knows but not to him , he says " sometimes the thoughts that I have , I think you should shoot me . " Pastor : I do n't think that 's what God wants for you . : What does he want ? Unable to give a concrete answer the pastor quotes a verse saying " Be still and know that I am . " which he paraphrase to as meaning sometimes God speaks in mysterious ways . 
 In the prison yard , tries the chanting , but seems to find it too noisy . calls 's house again , picking up the phone first . When asks who it is she says " a friend of yours . " He tells she should n't call the house , making a point to call her Mrs. although she insists on every time . She wants to know when they can meet . : Look Mrs , I have business with your husband ... : Well that 's why I 'm calling . I mean , what , did you think I had another reason ? : Well , no , I did n't . : Maybe we could go to lunch . You could bring Mrs. too . You know she 's got such a sweet voice , what 's her first name ? : Look , I admire that you love your husband and that you want to do what 's right for him , but you 're not helping him . I 'm telling you that right now . : [ raspy voice ] Oh I do love my husband . I love him so much , and all I 'm asking you , is for a chance to help you see him in a different light . i mean , how many men at that place you work at have somebody loving them like that ? huh ? Does n't that mean something to you ? A man in a position like yours ? : No . It does . She describes how she misses him in her bed , and goes quiet , looking around self consciously . is somewhere close by . We then see visiting . She tells him " I got him . It 's gon na happen . " looks dead tired and looks at her coldly . He complains that it 's too loud all the time and he 's having weird dreams . He talks about suicide again , and she assumes he 's referring to a dream , and then asks him if he ate spicy food before bed . 
 meets for lunch . He starts talking about his grandchild , and mentions that his daughter 's getting divorced , explaining " People are gon na do what they 're gon na do . " She notices him fidgeting with back pain . She mentions magnet therapy as a suggestion for his back , explaining that the magnets remove toxicity , from cell phones and everything in the environment . has an egg which she tells him she has to eat because the kids painted it . She offers it to him , making a voice to indicate the egg talking , she says " Eat me . " He says " Why not . " and takes a bite saying " I 'm just eating the healthy part . " She says " Go on , just eat the whole thing . " They end up at 's place where she asks him if he feels the magnets . sits at home on the porch in the dark , smoking cigarettes . has a few drinks and ends up sleeping with . 
 is lying in bed in his cell and two guards come to get him asking what 's wrong and escorting him to Medical . While he waits for someone to see him he witnesses another inmate being brutally shivved . sees it occur through a barred door , close enough that he gets blood on him . He reaches out to the dying man through the bars , wide eyed , as if he 's realized something . We hear a high pitch in the background , as he looks in the dead man 's eyes . 
 At 's house the next morning , reads from a devotional book aloud to , asking " To what extent is my commitment to obey God based on do 's and don'ts or out of true love for him ? In what recent circumstance was I aware of God 's leading ? " She asks , " Why do n't you say the blessing ? " which he does , saying a standard prayer but adding " Make us mindful of the needs of others . " eliciting a look from . She asks if he wants an egg , and he quickly declines . 
 sits in the cafeteria , looking more peaceful , and seems able to block out the noisy room . drives listening to the radio which says " We are not sinners because we sin . We sin because we are sinners . " He goes to a field to drive golf balls , but soon goes to see again for sex , which she seems pretty open about , telling he 's a good man for " helping them " while they 're in bed . tells her sternly that nobody is to know about this , warning that whatever it is she wants will " all go bad if anybody knows . " She just says " Of course silly . " 
 is out in the prison yard staring at the sky , and we see that he is n't affected by the noise . He goes in to visit and asks her " Do you ever wonder about things they say go on forever ? " : What ? : Things they say go on forever - like ... what 's that mean , you know ? The sky , like , they say the sky goes on forever . But what is that really ? That 's - I mean , you ca n't see nothing you ca n't see , so ... it 's like a big bowl of blue above you . You can see clouds during the day or you can see stars at night maybe , but even with a telescope you ca n't see forever . So how do they know ? : Know what ? : What it is . Eternity - how do they know ? changes the subject saying " So , he said the board 's gon na review the whole thing . Okay ? And they 're gon na take into consideration your age and , you know , your Mom , and all that and the fact that you were an addict back then . [ noticing he does n't appear to be listening ] baby , look at me . I was trying to tell you about your parole ! : Yeah : Well , you were n't listening . : Oh yeah , I 'm listening . I am . : Ok . So said ... : You call him ? She explains what plans to do and tells him it 's great but is distant . HE says " Sometimes i think the best thing is to just listen . " prompting her to cry and tell him to " stop playing . " 
 is angry when he comes into work the next day . He meets with who attempts to explain something about his experience with the inmate who was shivved . does n't seem to get any sense of what he 's saying , reading in his notes that had " a profound spiritual epiphany . " says he 's never heard that word before , and tells him they can drop it . says " Do n't get me wrong . I 'd like to believe in such things . " : Like what ? Like me ? You believe in me ? : Sure , I 'd like to believe in you too . That 's why we 're all here , right ? attempts to describe it again , as a moment when " all the static went away , and I could hear for real . " He explains that he now sees that his life in prison is n't empty and pointless like he thought it was . He tells , that the efforts he 'd asked him for earlier are n't important to him anymore , saying " You should do what you think is right . Okay ? I am whatever you say I am in there . So write what you feel . Seriously . " He explains that he wants to be out but is likely to have the same problems he 's always had when he gets out . 
 stops by to see again , and tells her what happened . She tells him it 's probably " some kind of play acting . " and that he 's always had different ideas about things . tells her " It was different . " and asks her to " be straight . Is this all just an act/ Just tell me what 's going on . " She tells him " I do n't do anything I do n't want to do . I like you . I would never fuck you if I did n't want to . " He tells her he 's not going to come by anymore but she tells him he will . She says that even after gets out , they can still be friends too . still tries to leave and she mentions that is " a good man at heart . " He seems shacked and asks " Do you really believe that . " She says " Yeah I do . no different than you and me . " asks if she goes to church ans says " Hell no . There 's no such thing as God . " gets home and showers before going to bed . 
 The next day , he tells that he sent the report recommending early release . seems antagonistic about it and surprised . He goes over the details of the night of the arson , describing seeing his grandparents dead when they were alive two minutes ago . He says that he heard a loud buzzing in his ears and knew that there needed to be a fire . He asks " You ever seen a fire take control ? It 's something , It 's alive . I watched it take them up and start to change them . And the only thought that came in my head was ' This is awesome . ' : Awesome ? : Yeah . It was truly awesome . And the thing is , I know I 'm supposed to take responsibility for my actions . I know that I 'm supposed to feel guilty about it , but I never did , and I never knew why . But , now I think i can understand that it was just part of what was supposed to happen in my life 's journey . You know ? : That was your decision . He explains that they 're all God 's coworkers , without knowing it . insists it has nothing to do with God and cuts him off . : Enough of this shit . You know ... You ... , she said that you were ... : ? : Your wife she ... : You call her ? Do n't ... : What ? : Do n't listen to her . : What do you mean ? : Do n't listen to what she 's telling you man . : She believes in you . : It 's a game to her . It 's a game . I told you in the beginning , she 's an alien . She 's like a freak . : That 's not a nice thing to say . : No . Listen , I 'm telling it to you straight . She 's just working on you . starts to get angry and tells he 's nuts that he has " a beautiful wife that cares about you ... " but asks " beautiful ? you think she 's beautiful ? " leaving speechless a moment.he recovers : Okay , you 're a con , I 've known that from the start . I did n't believe you for one fucking second . Never did . Never did . So you 've both been conning me ? Ok . I know . I 've been around the block a few times . Sick and fucking tired of it . : What 'd I say man ? rants about being conned and his frustrations , that " no one changes for the better . " asks him " Do you have anyone ? " which only angers him more . then advises him to " blow your life up . I 'm pulling for you . " gets irate and starts yelling at the guards to come grab . drives home without the radio . Late that night , leaves a message on the machine , saying she needs him to call as she 's in the dark on everything . The next morning the phone rings while he and are eating breakfast and she tells him to let the machine get it , but he does n't getting up to get the call , to find it 's their daughter . That night he sits with on the porch . She 's been reading Zukangor , and tells he started out as a stone , and worked his way up to human , and each incarnation has been paying off debts . He realizes she 's reading from a flyer which she tells him was junk mail and she says " You know what I think ? I think we get this one life . I do . You account for what you 've done and if you do n't you pay for it when you die . You do n't think ? " : Oh [ beneath his breath ] Shit . : Shit . Shit . Son of a bitch . Fuck . Fuck . : Ok . I get it . continues swearing at him , when pulls up in the dark , and approaches the porch . gets up to persuade her to leave . He calls her Mrs. and attempts to act official until they get to the car and he says " Get in the fucking car . " She asks what 's going on with her husband and angrily says she just needed a friend to talk to , but drives away . He acts outraged about her coming to their home for 's benefit . 
 At work in the morning , is asking the warden for 's report back , explaining he made an error . The warden is n't happy , as the hearing is in an hour . The warden tells him that it does n't matter as 's fate is already determined by " luck and quotas . " does n't stay for the hearing . We see that he takes his gun when he leaves the prison . is at home drinking with , who is discussing their devotional book . She mentions that they 'll be looking at the commandments next . asks her " Do you believe in all this ? " and she tells him to read the next lesson . " What request is on the top of my prayer list today ? Is it a selfish request or is it one that will bring God glory ? " : I know what I want . How about you ? You lost your place again ? Is there something you want to say to me ? " : [ shakes his head ] : You do n't ? : I ca n't even think of what you 'd want me to say . gets up from the table and leaves him there . 
 is informed that he 'll be released . He stops in to see while he 's waiting . asks if he wants to talk about anything , as he " looks a little ragged . " reminds that he can have him watched twenty four hours a day . remarks " Shit man , you do n't believe in nothing do you ? " : I believe you 're one sick son of a bitch . : I know you do n't believe in me , but you do n't believe in yourself . You do n't believe in God . I do n't think you feel that anything is true inside . : I 'll give you true . I 'm glad you 're out of my hair . Now you can be someone else 's headache . makes it clear he wants him out of the office . shows up to pick him up and comes into the office . asks if he can kiss her and says that 's fine . He tells her he 's ready to go , but turns back before leaving and says to " You know I want to thank you . Seriously . I appreciate everything that you 've done for me . " nods uncomfortably and looks at and says " Good luck to you too Mrs. . " She answers . " , . We 're all friends here , right ? " He says " Take good care of him . " She whispers " I will . You take good care too old man . See you later . " As is about to shut the door behind them , stops and says " I meant to say , , she did tell me that you fucked her . I know that must be against some kind of rule around here . : I knew what you two were doing . : Oh , did you know what you were doing when you let my wife suck your cock ? : Good luck to you . : See you out on the bricks . : Good luck to you ! 
 gets home and that night we see he 's taking his gun out to the porch . He remembers telling him she liked him as he tries to sleep . He thinks he hears noises downstairs and keeps his gun in hand to go look . He finds a fire downstairs , and goes to get who is already awake . Watching the house burn keeps taking the lord 's name in vain , which she repeatedly tells him she wo n't stand for . He remarks that they were almost incinerated by " some nutjob I let out . " and she insist that " nobody did this to us . It was an act of God . " She makes up a story about frayed wiring in the kitchen wall and rags in the basement . " Why would you say that ? " asks and she say " Because . it 's as good a story as any . " 
 We see with her daughter and granddaughter , looking through photo albums . Her daughter says " I do n't know how you stuck it out as long as you did . I 'd think you 'd have done this sooner . " says " I almost did , once . " although she does n't answer when asked " what happened ? " is at the bar with his coworkers , for his retirement party . He starts giving , his replacement , advice about all the cons she 'll be dealing with . He starts hitting on her , but she insists they keep things professional , but he starts swearing at her and then at the warden who steps in . They offer to drive him home but he insists on leaving himself . He listens to the radio , which is about having Satan on the ropes , but is flailing his arms which causes damage . sees walking down the street and approaches him with gun in hand asking why he ruined his life . says " Hey man you ai n't gon na do this . " which causes a reaction similar to the beginning with saying " You think i wo n't ? You think I wo n't ? " with a gun to 's face . With the gun still on him , shakes his head and says " No . No I do n't . " He looks at before walking away . goes into work to clean his office . We hear the radio station again , and we hear Stone , describing the sound which brings spiritual truth and the tuning fork idea . packs a bag and starts walking down the road . We see at a bar trying to get a guy 's attention . smokes a cigarette alone looking over a fence . She hears a bee buzzing , which also seems to be heard by , in his old office , who looks up from packing .

Detectives and , investigate a daring heist by a group of well - organized bank robbers . The crew , led by , consists of , , and brothers and . The crew is without a former member , , who was caught during a previous robbery five years ago . In his absence , began a relationship with his former girlfriend , who has accepted his marriage proposal . 
 After is released from prison , he meets up with the crew to plan a heist , in which it is discovered that two trucks will travel together , but that all the money is kept in the lead truck , which holds $ 12 million . 
 The crew , dressed as construction workers , hide out underground , while poses as a police officer , so he can keep an eye out for the trucks . Meanwhile , in order to cover themselves in case is setting them up , heads to the top of a nearby garage to take out with a sniper rifle in case things go wrong . The blast , having been perfectly timed to the time the trucks had turned the last corner , occurs too far forward , because the lead driver had stopped short to avoid a bicyclist , and the ruse is up . The lead driver radios the police , while armed guards pile out of the rear truck . 
 A gunfight ensues between the robbers in the crater and the guards on the street , until , commandeers the rear truck , and rams the lead truck into the crater . and the other robbers pack the cash into bags , and flee by heading down a variety of different tunnels , with the plan of connecting into various subway lines to make their escape . 
 and show up on the scene , and , after learning of the robber 's escape through the sewer system , remembers a map of the city subway system from the Russian gang hideout , and deduces that they must be escaping through the stations marked on the map where the sewers intersect the subway . They rush to the nearest station , where they find , and a chase ensues , during which hides his bag of money and is cornered , and is forced to shoot Detective in his escape . escapes , while stops to aid his partner , who dies from his wound . 
 reconvenes with the rest of the crew at a hotel room , and admits to the shooting of . It is now revealed that had previously cut a deal with the Russian gangsters to kill his former henchmen in exchange for half of the heist 's take . gives the Russians the hotel room number , then escapes out the bathroom window , just before the Russians storm the room and attempt to kill the crew . dies in the ensuing firefight , but the rest of the crew is able to kill the Russians , and flee the building before the police arrive . and return home where , to their horror , finds 's corpse , and finds the safe where they kept their secret stash of money opened and cleaned out . The police surround their home , and shoot the two when they make a suicide charge outside , killing them . 
 and separate to make their escape , but realize that intends to take all of their money , which is being held by , a well - connected fence . sneaks onto 's private plane and kills him , taking their laundered money in two suitcases . and Detective arrive , and a three - way Mexican standoff results in which hits both and . As prepares to finish off , arrives and shoots him dead . recognizes as the same cop , who was with the little girl . and refuse to kill . and an injured take the money and drive off , with 's sister in tow . A gravely - wounded manages to call 911 for help on his cell phone . 
 The film ends without revealing whether either or survive their injuries .

Matt Dillon, Paul Walker, Idris Elba, Jay Hernandez, Michael Ealy, Tip "T.I." Harris, Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen, Zoe Saldana

Long ago , a drop of sunlight became a flower capable of healing illness , decay , and injury . Hundreds of years later , the flower is still used by Mother to retain her youth , until soldiers from a nearby kingdom , Corona , steal it to heal their ailing queen . Shortly afterwards , the Queen gives birth to Princess . While attempting to recover the flower , discovers that 's hair contains the flower 's healing properties , and that cutting her hair destroys its power . takes the baby and raises her as her own daughter in an isolated tower . Once a year , the King and Queen release sky lanterns on 's birthday , hoping for their daughter 's return . 
 On the eve of her 18th birthday , requests to leave the tower and discover the source of the lanterns , but refuses , claiming that the outside world is a dangerous place . Meanwhile , a thief called steals 's crown from the kingdom and inadvertently discovers the tower after ditching his allies , the brothers . captures and discovers and hides the crown , but is unaware of its significance . plans to take to Gothel to prove she can take care of herself , but before she can do so , becomes angry , quickly silencing . then asks for a special paint that will take three days ' round trip to obtain and return , and accepts . convinces a reluctant to escort her to see the lanterns in exchange for the return of the crown . 
 takes to the Snuggly Duckling , a pub filled with frightening thugs , but who instead are charmed by 's innocence . Royal soldiers led by one of the royal army 's lead horses , Maximus , arrive in search of . and escape but are then trapped in a flooding cave . Resigned to his fate , reveals his real name : . starts to reveal that her hair glows when she sings , but then realizes that this is their key to escape . Her hair provides enough light to find a way out of the cave . and take refuge in a forest where , now in league with the , gives the crown to and suggests using it to challenge 's interest in her . 
 finds the pair and tries to capture , but arranges a truce in honor of her 18th birthday . The group reaches the kingdom and enjoys the festivities , culminating in an evening cruise as the lanterns are released . There , gives the crown and after fulfilling her dream of seeing the lanterns in person , and realize they have fallen in love with each other and attempt to kiss until he sees the on the shore . leaves and intends to hand them the crown . Instead , the brothers tie onto a boat and confront , saying that is escaping with the crown . sets a rescue by betraying the brothers and returns to the tower as and the are captured . 
 Back home , recognizes the symbol of the kingdom , which she had incorporated into her paintings over the years . Realizing that she is the long - lost princess , she confronts . As is sentenced to death , the regulars help him escape . He is then carried back to 's tower by . enters by climbing 's hair , only to find bound and gagged . stabs and attempts to escape with , but agrees to lifelong captivity if she is allowed to heal . As slowly dies , he slices off 's hair , destroying its magic and causing 's age to catch up with her . She then trips and falls out of the window of the tower to her death , turning into dust in the process . 
 A heartbroken mourns for . However , her tears , which still contain a bit of the sun 's power , land on his cheek and restore 's life , resurrecting him . The two return to the kingdom and reunites with her parents . The kingdom breaks out in celebration , is pardoned for his crimes , and and eventually marry .

Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Brad Garrett, Ron Perlman, M. C. Gainey, Jeffrey Tambor, Peter Sallis, Paul F. Tompkins

( ) is a minor league hockey player nicknamed the " Tooth Fairy " for hitting opposing players so hard that he knocks out their teeth . One night , steals a dollar from his girlfriend 's ( ) six - year - old daughter ( ) that had been left for her lost tooth and tells her that the tooth fairy does n't exist . Then he receives a magical summons under his pillow . He grows wings and is transported to the realm of tooth fairies . He meets his case worker , ( ) and the head fairy , ( ) . He has an adversarial relationship with them . tells that he is a " dream crusher , " due to his unsympathetic dealings with children like . He is sentenced to serve two weeks as a tooth fairy . Later , he meets ( ) , who gives him his tooth fairy supplies , which include " Shrinking Paste , " " Invisible Spray , " and " Amnesia Dust . " 
 's teenage son , ( ) dislikes . wants to grow up to be a heavy metal star . When defends against a bully , he begins to win him over , and begins teaching him to play his electric guitar better so he can win a talent show . 
 visits several children and tries his best to be a good tooth fairy , but ends up causing more harm than good . says that he is the worst tooth fairy ever and denies him more supplies for the remainder of his sentence . He buys black market supplies from another fairy named ( ) , but they malfunction and he is seen by a child 's mother and arrested . While behind bars , tells that his duty is extended to three weeks . bails out . 
 Despite managing to improve his tooth fairy skills , as well as bonding with and continuing to bond with , this progress is halted when becomes frustrated after he ca n't score a goal at a hockey game . He takes his anger out on , telling him that he will never become a rock star . His dreams crushed , smashes his guitar and breaks up with . Later , comes to 's house and announces that he is a tooth fairy in training , but that 's cruel remarks hurt himself more than others . The next game , gets back on the ice and sees . wants to teach the importance of dreams , encouraging to score a goal and to go get ' tooth . With a renewed spirit , scores the goal , gets into his tooth fairy costume , and flies away while spreads Amnesia Dust on the audience to cover up the event . 
 At 's , sees taking her tooth , but she promises to keep it a secret , and apologizes to and encourages him to keep pursuing his dreams , using his magic wand to grant a new guitar . Downstairs , sees him as a tooth fairy , but assumes that he rented a costume for ' sake , causing her to forgive him . flies to the talent show and throws Amnesia Dust on him when they arrive . 
 heads back to the fairy realm to give the tooth , and is told that because of this job , as well as reaffirming ' belief , he has been relieved of his fairy duties . explains that he will never see the tooth fairies again and he will have Amnesia Dust thrown on him . Before departing , says a friendly goodbye to . throws Amnesia Dust on and transports him back to the talent show . There , outperforms everyone and ends up forming a band . proposes to , and she accepts . 
 During the credits , is shown playing left wing for the Los Angeles Kings , and when he sees in the crowd , he does n't recognize him . His fairy friends secretly help him score a goal .

Dwayne Johnson, Ashley Judd, Billy Crystal, Julie Andrews, Stephen Merchant, Ryan Sheckler

Seventeen - year - old Andy[11 ] is about to leave for college , and his toys have not been played with for years . He intends to take with him , and puts , , and the other toys in a trash bag to be stored in the attic . 's mother mistakenly takes the bag to the curb for garbage pickup . The toys escape and , believing intended to throw them away , decide to climb into a donation box with 's discarded toy , Barbie , bound for Sunnyside Daycare . follows them , but is unable to convince them of the mistake . 
 's toys are welcomed by the other toys at Sunnyside , and are given a tour by Lots - O'-Huggin ' Bear ( " Lotso " ) , Big Baby , and . The toys choose to stay , except , who attempts to return to , but is instead found by , one of the Sunnyside students . She brings home and plays with him along with her other toys , which are well - treated . Meanwhile , at Sunnyside , a group of toddlers play roughly with 's toys . seeks out to request to have the toys moved to the older children 's room , but declines . At the same time , Mrs. , through an eye she inadvertently left in 's room , sees searching for the toys . However , before they can leave , 's toys are imprisoned by 's gang , guarded by , whom switched to Demo Mode . This caused him to believe he is a real space ranger , therefore turning against the other toys . At 's house , meets a toy clown named , who explains to that he , , and Big Baby once had a beloved owner named . When the toys were accidentally left behind by 's family during a trip , they made their way back to her house , where found that he had been replaced . lied to , saying had replaced all of them . When they found Sunnyside , took it over , with only getting out because took him home after he was broken , and fixed him . 
 returns to Sunnyside and learns from a Chatter Telephone toy that there is only one way out of the daycare : the trash . and 's other toys execute their plan , but accidentally reset to Spanish mode instead of his old persona . promptly allies himself with and falls in love with . The toys reach a dumpster , but are cornered by and his gang . As a garbage truck approaches , reveals what he learned about and shows proof of 's ownership tag , which had kept , to . destroys the tag and says that toys are meant to be discarded , but an enraged Big Baby throws into the dumpster . As the toys try to leave , pulls into the dumpster just as the truck collects the trash . The rest of 's toys fall into the back of the truck while trying to rescue him , and a falling television lands on , restoring his memory and normal personality . The truck deposits the toys at a landfill , where they find themselves on a conveyor belt , leading to an incinerator . and help reach an emergency stop button , only for to abandon them and escape . The toys resign themselves to their fate , but are rescued by the Aliens operating an industrial claw . is found by a garbage truck driver , who straps him to his truck 's radiator grill , and drives away . and the other toys board another garbage truck back to 's house . 
 In 's room , climbs into the box with 's college supplies , while the other toys ready themselves for the attic . leaves a note for , who , thinking the note is from his mother , takes the toys to 's house , and introduces her to them . recognizes , who , to 's surprise , is at the bottom of the box . Though hesitant at first , passes on to , and then plays with her before leaving . and the other toys witness 's departure as they begin their new lives with . Meanwhile , , , and Big Baby have made vast improvements to Sunnyside , and maintain contact with and his friends through letters .

Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ned Beatty, Don Rickles, Michael Keaton, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Estelle Harris, John Morris, Jodi Benson, Laurie Metcalf, Blake Clark, Teddy Newton, Bud Luckey, Timothy Dalton, Lori Alan, Kristen Schaal, Jeff Garlin, Bonnie Hunt, John Cygan, Jeff Pidgeon, Whoopi Goldberg, Jack Angel, R. Lee Ermey, Jan Rabson, Richard Kind

In 1989 , seven years after the events of the first film , , who has been recently promoted CEO of ENCOM International , disappears . Twenty years later , his son , now ENCOM 's primary shareholder , takes little interest in the company beyond playing an annual prank on its board of directors . 
 After being freed from police custody for his most recent prank , is asked by , an ENCOM executive and 's old friend , to investigate a strange pager message originating from 's shuttered video arcade . discovers a large computer in a hidden basement , which suddenly teleports him to the Grid , a virtual reality created by that exists within ENCOM ’s computer mainframe.[6 ] He is quickly captured and sent to " the Games " , where he is forced to fight a masked program named Rinzler . When is injured and begins bleeding , realizes that is a human " User " and takes him before , the Grid 's corrupt ruling program who resembles a younger . nearly kills in a Light Cycle match , but is rescued by , an " apprentice " of , who conveys him to his father 's hideout outside 's territory . 
 reveals to that he had been working to create a " perfect " computer system and had appointed and ( a security program created by ) its co - creators . During this construction , the trio discovered a species of naturally occurring " isomorphic algorithms " ( ISOs ) not conceived by , bearing the potential to resolve various mysteries in science , religion and medicine . , considering them an aberration , betrayed , seemingly killed , and destroyed the ISOs . Meanwhile , the " Portal " permitting travel between the two worlds had closed , leaving trapped in the system . Having gained complete control , sent the message to in order to lure onto the Grid and reopen the Portal for a limited time . As Flynn 's " identity disc " is the master key to the Grid and the only way to traverse the Portal , expects to bring to the Portal so he can take 's disc , go through the Portal himself , and impose his idea of perfection on the human world . 
 Against his father 's wishes , returns to 's territory on 's tip - off to find Zuse , a program who can provide safe passage to the Portal . At the End of Line Club , its owner reveals himself to be , then betrays to 's guards . In the resulting fight , rescues his son , but is injured and gains possession of 's disc . attempts to bargain with for the disc , but simply takes the disc and destroys the club along with . and stow away aboard a " solar sailer " transport program , where restores and reveals her to be the last surviving ISO . 
 The transport is intercepted by 's warship ; as a diversion , allows herself to be captured by , whom recognizes as , reprogrammed by . reclaims 's disc and rescues , while takes control of a Light Fighter on the flight deck . , , and several guards pursue the trio in Light Jets . Upon making eye contact with , remembers his past and deliberately collides with 's Light Jet , but uses 's spare baton to escape while falls into the Sea of Simulation below . confronts the others at the Portal , where reintegrates with his digital duplicate , destroying along with himself . , having switched discs with , gives 's disc to and they escape together to the real world . In 's arcade , backs up and deactivates the system . He then finds a waiting and tells him he plans to retake control of ENCOM , naming chairman of the board . He departs on his motorcycle with , and she witnesses her first real sunrise .

Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund, Bruce Boxleitner, Michael Sheen, Olivia Wilde, Beau Garrett, John Hurt

While moving a train pulled by AWVR AC4400CW 's # 777 and # 767 at the Veteran Allegheny and West Virginia Railroad ( AWVR ) trainyard in the fictional city of Fuller , Pennsylvania , the two hostlers , and , take ill - advised shortcuts and accidentally allow the engine to leave the train - yard on its own power without the air brakes engaged . Initially believing the train to be a " coaster " , yardmaster orders , , and chief welder to drive and catch up the train to stop it . When finds that the train has already passed where it was supposed to be , they realize that the train is running on full power and now poses a dangerous threat . and manage to catch up to 777 using a high railing truck but fail to board the train in time . alerts , director of operations for AWVR , and also instructs the local and state police and sheriffs to secure all the grade crossings to prevent injury . Visiting Federal Railroad Administration safety inspector warns that eight cars being pulled by 777 contain highly toxic , and highly flammable , molten phenol , which would be a major disaster if the train should crash or derail in a populated area . Triple 7 is also filled with around 5,000 gallons of diesel fuel , which poses another serious threat . News of the runaway train soon becomes a media event . 
 However , suggests they purposely derail the train , but disagrees and believes they can safely stop the train by lashing it behind two slower - moving diesel engines helmed by veteran engineer , slowing it down long enough for AWVR employee and former U.S. Marine to descend via helicopter to 777 's cab and stop the train manually . Though the lashing initially works , a sudden hard bump knocks out and derails the two diesel engines , causing them to explode , which ultimately kills in the process . They realize that 777 , traveling at its current speed , will certainly derail on " Devil 's Curve " , a tight , elevated portion of track in the middle of the city of Stanton and would supposedly crash into a large fuel depot near the curve on the eastern side of the state . Plans are made to purposely derail the train outside the town of Arklow using a portable derailer . 
 Meanwhile , retiring AWVR engineer and conductor , a new hire looking to turn his life around after an incident with his now estranged wife , are pulling several cars with SD40 - 2 # 1206 from Stanton . Though originally aware of 777 coasting away from the Fuller train yard , they are ordered at the last minute to pull into a Repair - In - Place track , making it just in time as 777 races by and clipping the last few cars they are pulling . observes that the last car on 777 has an open knuckle , which means that if they could catch up to the train , they could couple their engine to 777 and use their own brakes to slow the train before it reaches Stanton . As Colson unhitches their cars to give them the best chance of catching up , reports his plan to and and warns them that the derailing idea will not work given 777 's momentum , but threatens to fire if he continues . Given that AWVR has already given him a forced early retirement notice , ignores and sets 1206 on course to catch up with 777 . As 777 passes Arklow , police attempt to shoot the fuel shutoff switch on the engine , but fail to hit it . As predicts , the train barrels through the derailers without slowing down or derailing . and fully support 's plan and take over control of the situation from . 
 and catch up to 777 and attempt to engage the coupling . Their attempts to connect with 777 cause the grain car seal to break and leak grain at a blinding rate . notices the locking pin on the coupler is not engaged . He attempts to kick it in but the pair again hit 1206 and gets his right foot crushed in the process . However , he is able to hold on enough to fully engage the locking pin . works his way across 777 to its cab , manually engaging the brakes on the freight cars along the way , while engages 1206 's dynamic brakes , which initially slow down 777 , but would prove to be no match for 777 's speed . They are able to reduce the speed slow enough to clear the Stanton Curve without derailing by using the independent brake , but 777 remains out of control and threatens to crash into the Stanton train yard . Despite attempting to reach the locomotive by jumping on the cars , finds his path blocked to 777 's cab , but arrives in his truck with a police convoy and drives on a parallel road to the tracks . jumps to 's truck , and drives him up to the front of 777 allowing to get into the cab and engage the brakes . 777 is safely stopped before it reaches the end of the line . 
 , , and are heralded as heroes , with retiring ( with full benefits ) and reuniting with his wife and child . is promoted to 's former position for her leadership , recovered from his injuries and goes to work in the fast food industry , indicating he was fired .

The film follows a group of related characters and their struggles with love on Valentine 's Day . 
 Florist ( ) wakes up and proposes to his girlfriend ( ) , who accepts . However , ’s closest friends , ( ) and ( ) , are n't surprised when suddenly changes her mind and leaves a few hours later . 
 On a flight to Los Angeles , ( ) , a captain in the U.S. Army on a one - day leave , befriends ( ) . is travelling a long distance to get back home only for a short time , and states that she must really be in love to do so . When the plane lands and has to wait hours for the taxi , offers his limousine to allow her to be there on time . 
 ( ) , an elementary school teacher , has fallen in love with Dr. ( ) , but does not know that he is married to ( ) . tells her that he needs to go to San Francisco for a business trip : on his way , he stops by at 's flowershop and orders two flower bouquets - asking for discretion . Wanting to surprise him and despite 's warnings , flies to San Francisco , convinced that was wrong . finds out that he is married and finds him at a local restaurant . Dressed as a waitress , makes a scene at the restaurant , making suspicious . 
 One of ’s students , ( ) , orders flowers from , to be sent to his teacher . suggests to to give the flowers to a girl named in his class who has a crush on him after telling the meaning of love . 
 's babysitter ( ) is planning to lose her virginity to her boyfriend ( Carter ) . The planned encounter goes awry when 's mother discovers a naked in 's room , rehearsing a song he wrote for . 
 ’s grandparents , ( ) and ( ) are facing the troubles of a long marriage . admits to about an affair she had with one of his business partners long ago . Although she is deeply sorry , is very upset . 
 ’s high school friends , ( ) and ( ) , are experiencing the freshness of new love , and have agreed to wait to have sex . 
 ( ) , a closeted gay professional football player , is contemplating the end of his career with his publicist ( ) and his agent ( ) . is organizing her annual " I Hate Valentine 's Day " party , but soon becomes interested in sports reporter ( ) , who was ordered to do a Valentine 's Day report by his boss ( ) , and who shares 's hatred of the holiday . 
 Substituting for 's absent secretary is one of the firm 's receptionists , ( ) , who dates mail - room clerk ( ) . is shocked when turns out to be moonlighting as a phone sex operator . explains that she is only doing this because she has a $ 100,000 student loan to pay off . is upset , but eventually reconciles with her after seeing forgive . 
 finally comes out on national television , and , 's lover , goes back to him . arrives home late at night to greet not her supposed boyfriend but her son . drops off at home after a date and they kiss . and hang out at 's news station where they later kiss . dines with his wife , and and agree to wait to have sex . and reconcile and redo their marriage vows , 's wife has left him because of his infidelity and tries to call , who is instead starting a new relationship with . receives a call from one of 's masochistic clients and takes delight in expressing her dominance and sadism .

Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Héctor Elizondo, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, Taylor Lautner, George Lopez, Shirley MacLaine, Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts, Taylor Swift

In 2001 , is released from prison after serving time ( eight years ) for insider trading and securities fraud . Due to his arrest in 1993 , his assets have been frozen , and he is left poor and disrespected . 
 In 2008 , is promoting his new book Is Greed Good ? , warning about a coming economic downturn . His estranged daughter , , runs a small , non - profit news website and is dating , a top trader at Keller Zabel Investments ( KZI ) . , a protégé of KZI managing director , has been raising money for Dr. and his fusion research project , which might create abundant clean energy . is also financially assisting his mother , , who has quit nursing to speculate in residential real estate . 
 In the early stages of the downturn predicted by Gekko , KZI 's stock loses more than 50 % of its value . tries to arrange a bailout for KZI from other Wall Street banks but is blocked by , head of rival firm Churchill Schwartz ( Church ) , which KZI had refused to help during the dot - com bubble years earlier . Despondent , commits suicide by jumping in front of a subway train . A distraught proposes marriage to , who accepts . 
 attends a lecture given by and introduces himself . tells him that KZI 's collapse started when Bretton spread rumors of KZI having toxic debt . and arrange a trade : will try to reconcile 's and 's relationship , and will gather information to destroy for his actions against KZI and for providing evidence against years ago . In revenge , illegally manipulates the market by spreading rumors about the nationalization of a foreign oil field which Church has invested in . The company loses $ 120 million , but gives a job , impressed by his initiative . further impresses when he convinces Chinese investors to invest in the fusion project through Church . 
 attends a $ 10,000 - a - seat fundraiser with , buying a seat for to facilitate a " chance " meeting . confronts about what he did to him and to . replies that no one cares what thinks anymore . also bumps into , and they discuss their shared experience going to jail . follows outside , where she explains why she blames him for everything that went wrong , stemming from his affairs and her brother 's suicide . claims he worked , from prison , to get the best therapists and even paid off a drug dealer to stop selling to , who died from an overdose . forgives him . 
 As the financial crisis accelerates , and business mentor advise federal regulators to buy their multibillion - dollar subprime loans . As real estate collapses , helps out with his own money . Shortly after informs that she is expecting their first child , learns that Bretton is diverting the Chinese investment into underperforming solar panels , which are not a threat to his large position in fossil fuels . soon informs that Bretton had secretly made huge profits betting against subprime loans yet still accepted the feds massive bailout . 
 proposes using a $ 100 million trust fund account , which he hid in Switzerland for in the 1980s , to fund the fusion research . She signs the money over to , not knowing he would entrust it to to complete the investment . When betrays them by leaving the country with the money , breaks up with . sets up a hugely successful investment company in London , capitalized by the $ 100 million . visits him to propose a new trade : gets her money back , and can participate in his grandchild 's life . refuses . 
 pieces together all the details of Bretton 's dealings , from KZI 's collapse through to his unnecessary government bailout of Bretton 's company . He gives the information to , telling her that revealing it will bring her website publicity and credibility . When runs the story , finds himself under intense government scrutiny while his company 's investors move all their money to 's firm , which recently posted a $ 1.1 billion return on investment . 
 has successfully reunited with in New York , when late one night appears , apologizes and tells them that he has anonymously deposited $ 100 million into the fusion research account . One year later , , and other family and friends attend the first birthday party of , and 's son .

Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan, Eli Wallach, Susan Sarandon, Frank Langella, Vanessa Ferlito, Charlie Sheen

Seventeen - year - old looks after her mentally ill mother , twelve - year - old brother and six - year - old sister in the rural Ozarks of Missouri . She makes sure her siblings eat and teaches them basic survival skills like hunting and cooking . The family is destitute . 's father , , has not been home for a long time ; his whereabouts are unknown . He is out on bail following an arrest for manufacturing " crank " . 
 Sheriff tells that if her father does not appear for his court date , they will lose the house because it was put up as part of his bond . sets out to find her father . She starts with her meth - addicted uncle and continues to more distant kin , eventually trying to talk to the local crime boss , . refuses to see her ; the only information comes up with are warnings to leave the situation alone and stories that died in a meth lab fire or skipped town to avoid the trial . 
 When fails to appear for the trial , the bondsman comes looking for him and tells that she has about a week before the house and land are seized . tells him that must be dead , because " do n't run . " He tells her that she must provide proof that her father is dead to avoid the bond being forfeited . 
 tries to go see again and is severely beaten by the women of his family . shows up and rescues , promising her attackers that she will not say anything or cause more trouble . tells that her father was killed because he was going to inform on other meth cookers , but he does not know who killed him . He warns her that if she ever finds out who did , she must not tell him , as the killer will likely kill him as well . 
 A few nights later , the same Milton women who beat come to her house and offer to take her to " [ her ] daddy 's bones . " The women place a burlap sack on her head and drive her to a pond , where they row to the shallow area where her father 's submerged body lies . They tell to reach into the water and grasp her father 's hands so they can cut them off with a chainsaw ; the severed arms will serve as proof of death for the authorities . takes the hands to the sheriff , telling him that someone flung them onto the porch of her house . 
 The bondsman gives Ree the cash portion of the bond , which was put up by an anonymous associate of . tries to give 's banjo to , but he tells her to keep it at the house for him . As he is leaving , he tells her that he now knows who killed her father . reassures and that she will never leave them . As the three of them are sitting on the stairs of the porch , goes and gets the banjo and starts to play - showing a natural affinity for it .

Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt, Sheryl Lee, Shelley Waggener, Laura Sweetser

In 2002 , ( ) is an acne - riddled high school sophomore in Ridgefield , California , with glasses and braces , making a video about how much she hates high school , and reveals how she is tormented and bullied by other children , specifically the high school mean girl ( ) , who made 's high school life miserable . She adds that her protective older brother , ( ) , was very popular as a handsome basketball player . However , at a very important basketball game , pushes the mascot ( ) , who runs into , resulting in a loss of the game . 
 Eight years later , in 2010 , she is a successful public relations executive in Los Angeles , recently promoted to a job in New York . When she returns to Ridgecrest to her attend her older brother 's ( ) planned wedding , she discovers that is about to marry a girl named , who happens to be J. When meets for the first time in eight years , seems not to recognize her . is also upset to see that fits in very well with the family during her welcome home dinner , where we learn 's parents died after high school and that she has done an ample amount of charity work . The plot thickens when 's mother ( ) meets up with 's aunt ( ) , 's former best friend who pushed her into a pool at their senior prom . is now a successful , wealthy woman who owns several hotels and a private plane . 
 Although seems willing to put the past behind her , she still feels the need to " outdo " during their interactions together . On the other hand , is unwilling to forget the things did to her in high school , unless she apologizes , and decides to try to let her brother know of 's bullying past . Her attempts to get alone for a conversation fail . When tells that she knows who she really is , it is obvious that remembers . She refuses to give a meaningful apology , and treats her disrespectfully , leaving convinced that has not changed . Meanwhile , comes to 's hotel room for " closure " about anything bad between them that happened in the past . They appear to make up , but still seems not to be too fond of . 
 One day on the street , and 's grandmother ( ) meet a man named ( ) . reveals that they have dated , and appears devastated when he hears that she 's marrying . decides to bring to the rehearsal dinner as part of her plan to stop the wedding . When it is time for guests to make a toast to the bride and groom , unexpectedly jumps up to give his toast to . He reveals to a stunned wedding party that left him at the altar . Later , a video is presented ( recovered by ) from their old high school time capsule . The video reveals confessing who she was in high school : an alpha - female bully , with the footage showing proof of her tormenting and other students . As the video is showing her ruining 's basketball game ; Will unplugs the video projector before the video is complete and walks out , furious . 
 is in trouble when everyone discovers that she was responsible for the video at the rehearsal dinner . 's defense for pretending not to remember is : " I thought we could start over . " is now convinced that has n't changed , and walks away . then starts a fight with , who fights back . walks in and witnesses the fight . He confronts , calling her a bully and a liar and then scolds for starting the mess behind his back . tries to reason with but he does n't care about her past and is furious that she lied to him . He calls off the wedding , much to her devastation . 
 and argue after the rehearsal dinner , and accuses of trying to ruin her life throughout high school . A fight ensued , with both of them falling into the pool . reveals that she had a grudge with , even when they were best friends , because she always competed with and outdid her , culminating with taking the boy that wanted to the prom . stated that was already a legendary head cheerleader and prom queen , and drama was supposed to be hers , yet also defeated her with the auditions . She sarcastically thanks for what she did , because it motivated her to become successful in life . apologizes for being insensitive , but reveals that she is proud of , and that her family is her true accomplishment . , remorseful of her actions , reveals that she was just jealous of 's happy family especially that her marriages did n't work out , and feared that was trying to take away from her . The two are hugging in the pool when 's husband , ( ) , shows up . At home , he says that he is disgusted with the wedding and weekend being a disaster and grounds and , despite protest . 
 Later that night , finds in the kitchen wearing her wedding dress , crying and binging on junk food . She finally admits to that she feels truly awful for bullying and tormenting her and feels like a terrible person , and that she loves and his entire family . She explained that after her parents died , she decided to reinvent herself as someone they could be proud of , and when she found out that was her fiancé 's sister , she panicked and decided to pretend not to remember her , because she had spent so much time distancing herself from the person she was in high school that she did n't know how to apologize to her . forgives her and promises to get them back together . apologizes to for her actions , saying she was only trying to protect him . 
 and reconcile in the family 's old tree house , but it collapses and injures both of them . and 's little brother , ( ) , loosened the screws as a part of his plan in hiding the tree house because was going to move it as a wedding present . They are both forced to stay at a hospital , which delays the wedding . However , puts together a makeshift wedding at the hospital , with the bride and groom bandaged , but properly dressed and able to walk down the aisle . has a surprise for , it 's ( ) , the boy from high school that wanted to go to the prom with . welcomes home and wants to be her date for the wedding , which makes very happy and they appear to start a relationship . appears to start a relationship with ( ) , her brother 's best friend who has always been kind to her . introduces 's grandmother to an elderly woman , ( ) . Unfortunately and were rivals in high school when stole a boy from her . gets her revenge when she cuts in on 's dance and takes her partner . 
 At the wedding reception , presents her wedding gift to and — Hall & Oates in person performing and 's favorite and special song , " Kiss on My List " ( as the movie 's couples , each share kisses — and , and , and , and , and forces a kiss from ) . Everyone then joins Hall & Oates on stage .

Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, Odette Yustman, Kristin Chenoweth, Victor Garber, Betty White, Kyle Bornheimer, Christine Lakin, Cloris Leachman

( ) and ( ) divorce . begins seeing a fortune teller , ( ) , for spiritual advice . Their daughter ( ) has a troubled marriage with author ( ) , who once wrote a successful book and is now anxiously waiting for response from his publisher about the manuscript of his newest one . helps pay their rent . 
 marries a prostitute , ( ) . falls for ( ) , a musicologist he sees through a window near his and ’s flat , who is engaged to another man . considers having an affair with ( ) , her new boss at an art gallery . But confesses he is having trouble at home and eventually it turns out he is having an affair with ( ) , 's protégée . begins a friendship with ( ) , the proprietor of an occult bookshop , which develops into romance . 
 's book is rejected . He hears that a friend , who is also a writer , has died in an accident . Knowing that his friend had just finished a manuscript that he had not shown to anyone , steals it and claims it is as his work . It is well received . He convinces to break off her engagement , and moves in with her . 
 gets into a fight with over her high expenses . He asks to make a new start with him , but she refuses . has sex with another man and gets pregnant . wants a DNA test to find out whether he is the father , but argues that his paternity is irrelevant . 
 quits her job and asks for a loan she promised , for setting up her own art gallery , but refuses because according to it is astrologically a bad time . is furious . is informed that there was a mix - up of the people killed in the accident and is shocked to hear that the friend whose manuscript he stole is actually in coma and recovering . 
 In the end , all are dissatisfied with their choices , except for . She has acquired from a belief in reincarnation and sees her life now as only one episode in her series of lives . shares her beliefs , and they receive his deceased wife 's blessing for the new relationship via seance .

Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Gemma Jones, Freida Pinto, Lucy Punch, Naomi Watts

Shy , socially inept teenager lives with his mother , , and her boyfriend , , in Oakland , California . After selling a faulty car to a group of sailors , takes and to a trailer park in Clearlake where meets , a bright young woman his age , with an interest in French culture and who shares 's musical taste . Despite 's boyfriend , , they become romantically involved . purchases a dog for named Albert ( after ) , but the dog rips up the family Bible and 's parents ban it from the house . 
 needs to return to Oakland and takes and with him . promises to arrange a job in Ukiah for 's father , , while will get his mother to kick him out so he can return to . Back at home , creates an alter - ego named , a suave , rebellious troublemaker . Immediately after Nick makes the decision , dies of a heart attack . Under ' influence , mouths off to his mom and her new boyfriend , police officer . takes 's Lincoln , and crashes into a restaurant , which starts a fire . agrees to lie and report the car stolen . In return , must live with his father . In Ukiah , phones and tells her he had to blow up " half of Berkeley " to return . 's parents overhear this and ship her to a French boarding school in Santa Cruz , forbidding ever to see her again . 
 In his new high school , befriends , and they take 's grandmother 's car to visit . After being allowed into 's room , goes to the restroom and meets , 's neighbor , and claims said terrible things about her . brings the matron to 's room and the boys flee . On the way home , the car dies and calls Mr. , his father 's idealist neighbor , to come pick them up ; he tells that is an illegal immigrant whom is trying to " free from persecution " . 
 When he returns home , meets 's older brother , , who tells him that she will be returning home on Thanksgiving and invites him for dinner . begins to send letters asking her to slip sedatives into 's drinks to make her fall asleep in class , thereby getting expelled . finds , 's 25 - year - old girlfriend , , and , lounging in his living room , high on mushrooms , which also ingests . finds them and punches , which results in punching . leaves the house to live with . On Thanksgiving Day , receives a call from his mother explaining left and will not cover for anymore . goes to Thanksgiving at Sheeni 's . unexpectedly arrives and explains 's letters to ; is horrified and leaves . 
 steals his father 's car to escape the police . He then removes his clothes and drives the car into a shallow lake in front of the police station . He buys a wig and a dress and impersonates one of 's " friends " . He fools Mr. and Mrs. and goes up to 's room . Upstairs , tells that he understands what loneliness is like , and that everything he has done , including burning down Berkeley , destroying his parents ' cars and having her sedated were all so that they would n't have to be alone anymore . forgives , and the two have sex , finally achieving 's dream of losing his virginity . barges in , telling he 's brought the police with him . beats up and asks to wait for him ; reassures him that he will only be in juvenile detention for three months . 
 The animated closing credits show in jail with helping him . When is released , shows up in a car and they drive away into the sky towards the Paris skyline , as various characters appear to make amends with the two and give them their blessing .

Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Jean Smart, Mary Kay Place, Justin Long, Ray Liotta, Steve Buscemi, Zach Galifianakis, Ari Graynor, Fred Willard

Marijuana - smoking , Grand Rapids slacker pizza delivery driver ( ) has trouble completing the " 30 Minutes or Less " policy and is reprimanded by his boss ( ) . 's school teacher friend ( ) discovers that slept with his twin sister , ( ) , on the night of their high school graduation , causing and to end their friendship . ( Danny ) and ( ) , are miserable living under the shadow of 's domineering father , The Major ( ) , who about 10 years prior won over $ 50 million in the lottery . confides in lap - dancer ( ) about his contempt for his father and 's presumed inheritance . At 's suggestion , he and devise a plot to kidnap a complete stranger and strap a remote - controlled bomb to his chest . They order a pizza and wait for a driver to come to their hideout . When arrives , and assault him and knock him unconscious . 
 When wakes up , he finds a vest rigged with explosives strapped and buckled onto his torso , with both a timer and a cellular phone - activated trigger . and tell him his situation : the bomb will detonate unless he robs a bank within 10 hours . They also threaten to detonate the bomb if notifies the police . He goes to 's school job and alerts him the situation , to which he reluctantly accepts . En route to the bank , manages to quit his job and then goes to see for the last time . and hold up the bank and obtain money while the bank manager pulls the alarm , forcing and to flee quickly . says he and will meet at an abandoned rail yard to make the exchange . and go to a restaurant instead as calls up to get her hit - man ally and to head to the rail yard . and the hit man ( ) arrive to pick up the money . hands the money and expects to give him the code which will deactivate the bomb . However , appears and strikes with a metal bar while incapacitates . The two grab the money and escape . 
 Overly frustrated by the turn of events and when refuses to answer the phone again , activates the speed dial number on his phone for the bomb to explode , but alters the numbers . Rethinking their plan , he and head to 's apartment in their masks and kidnap her . breaks into the Major 's house to find information regarding 's location and finds a hand - drawn map to the scrapyard . While there , the Major attacks him with a pen gun . The Major is then shot by after a struggle . Upon applying some peroxide , uses the information he found in 's room to head to the scrapyard . threatens to kill unless meets up with him at the scrapyard . 
 At the scrapyard , gives the code 69 69 69 to deactivate and unbuckle the bomb with just minutes to spare . has them at gunpoint but has fake having a sniper on them by pointing with his laser pointer . After believing him , and drop their weapons and leave with the money . However , is knocked out by who now has at gunpoint , demanding for the money . gives him the money but decides to still kill him and is torched with a flamethrower by . While being burned on the ground , wounds and shoots the gas tank on 's back , causing it to explode . takes the money and leaves with and . chases after and steal the money and when he has at gunpoint his van explodes , seemingly killing him . reveals he reactivated the bomb and put it in 's van . While looks at the money , it squirts blue dye on his face . In a post - credits scene , ( who survived the explosion ) , , the Major recuperating in a wheelchair , and are seen in an advertisement for their new family business called " Major Tan : Tanning Salon " . 
 In the alternate ending , , and drive off with the money and discuss what they will do with their new - found riches . Meanwhile , just miles behind them , is revealed to have survived the explosion that occurred moments earlier . Annoyed with his plan 's failure , he goes to his father 's mansion to see if successfully killed him . finds his dad on the floor suffering from his gunshot wound and tells about his plans for the tanning salon / brothel . His father is excited and tells his son that he is proud of him . The final scene is at the Four Seasons in Atlanta , where is managing the special events program . She joins up with and , who are chilling out by the pool enjoying their new lives . In addition to this , the late has been blamed for the bank robbery , so all is well .

Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari, Nick Swardson, Michael Peña, Fred Ward

( ) is a 27 - year - old public radio journalist in Seattle with girlfriend and artist ( ) of whom best friend and co - worker ( ) disapproves . While is brash and outspoken , is more introverted and mild - mannered . 
 After experiencing harsh pains in his back , is diagnosed with schwannoma neurofibrosarcoma , a malignant tumor in his spine , and must undergo chemotherapy . He sees on the Internet that survival is 50/50 . After reveals this , his overbearing mother , , who nurses her Alzheimer's - stricken husband , offers to care for him but declines , as has already promised to take care of him . However , is uncomfortable during his treatments and is often late to pick him up . She also gets him a retired racing greyhound as a pet , named Skeletor . Throughout 's struggle , Kyle attempts to maintain his morale , helping shave his head and openly using his illness to pick up women . While on a date , sees with another man at a gallery , forcing her to confess to infidelity ; then breaks up with for good . He starts to follow , using his illness to successfully pick up two women at a bar . 
 Meanwhile , skeptically begins going to a young , inexperienced therapist , , a PhD candidate doing the clinical aspect of her thesis at the hospital . Although their relationship and sessions begin unevenly , he slowly begins to open up to her . After she drives him home after one of his chemo sessions , the two develop a rapport , blurring their professional and personal relationship . She helps understand his mother 's situation and that even loved ones feel just as much stress as the patient , which helps repair the rift between him and his mother . During treatments , befriends and , two older cancer patients also undergoing chemotherapy , who offer advice and smoke marijuana with him . 
 After dies , 's fear of his potential death and future surface as he is subsequently informed that he needs to undergo surgery . The night before , argues with an intoxicated , demanding that he drive even though he can not . After a near miss , breaks down and berates for seemingly not taking him seriously and using it for his own gain . calls and tells her that he wishes he had a girlfriend like her , but also says he is tired and just wants it to be over . That night , stays at 's and finds a book entitled ' Facing Cancer Together ' from their first trip to a bookstore where picked up the shop clerk — filled with notes , highlighted paragraphs and turned - down pages , proving that sincerely cares and has been simply continuing to treat the same since pre - diagnosis . 
 The next day , drops off , who embraces for being a good friend and apologizes for the previous night . After says his farewells to family , he undergoes the surgery . During the wait , goes to the waiting room and inadvertently meets 's family and . After the surgery , , , and are told that although the bone degradation was worse than they had thought , the tumor was removed successfully , and that would recover . 
 Some time later , is getting ready for a date with , while encourages him and cleans the incision on 's back from the surgery . The doorbell rings and lets inside . After leaves , asks , " Now what ? , " and simply smiles — at last being free of cancer .

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen, Anna Kendrick, Bryce Dallas Howard, Anjelica Huston

( ) is an 18 - year - old high school senior living in the suburbs of Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania with his parents ( ) and ( ) . He has troubles from recurring nightmares and has been seeing psychiatrist Dr. ( ) to diagnose them . 
 is teamed with ( ) for a school research project on missing children . discovers he looks very much like an age - progression photo of a missing child , . His investigations show that his parents are probably biologically unrelated . He approaches and she confirms the truth . She goes off crying to get his father to help her explain it all to him . 
 Two men claiming to be from the Department of Juvenile Justice arrive at 's home in the evening while is on her way to get . is suspicious and attacks the two , but is shot and killed by the intruders . is also killed , but not before subduing one agent , as well as yelling for to run . runs but returns for , who is now captured by the remaining agent . overpowers the agent and rescues , he attempts to find out who the man is , but is suddenly forced out of the house because a bomb planted there is about to detonate . 
 The blast injures , so takes her to the hospital and attempts to contact the police . His call is intercepted by CIA operative ( ) , who tells he is in danger and he will send two men to collect him . is suspicious and while he is trying to make sense of it all , Dr. appears and helps him and escape . While driving away , Dr. explains that 's biological father , ( ) , stole an encrypted list of 25 corrupt CIA operatives from the Serbian terrorist ( ) when was 3 : then planned on abducting to coerce to hand over the list . had been given to his adoptive parents to protect him . used the website to claim as the missing child in order to find him . Dr. gives the address of a safe house in Arlington , Virginia and tells him to trust only his biological father and a man named . 's men follow them , but is able to help them escape . Meanwhile , is warned by his superior to end the situation as soon as possible once he learns of the involvement of , who is revealed to be a former CIA operative . 
 Arriving at the safehouse : the two obtain money , a gun , a photo of 's biological mother ( ) , and a cell phone . tries to call her family , but her call is intercepted by and the CIA , forcing them to flee . Finding the address for his mother , the pair discover the address is a cemetery and that has died . and visit her grave and find fresh flowers there , and , according to the graveyard attendant , the sender is , who lives in Nebraska . The two take an Amtrak passenger train to get there using fake IDs provided by their friend ( ) . En route they confess their feelings for each other and share a passionate kiss . They are unaware that they are being followed by 's right - hand man who abducts when she goes out for food . He leaves her bound and gagged with duct tape in a separate room , but she frees herself by using a piece of broken glass . fights the right - hand man and he throws him out the window . After the train stops the two make a run for it . 's team finds 's henchman and tracks them down . 
 explains the data that had stolen contains 's name on the list . As tries to play that off , the agents are attacked by 's snipers . and take off in a car before they can be caught . As they flee , the cell phone from 's man rings , the caller is and he threatens to kill 's parents if does not hand over the data . gets to agree to make the transaction at a Pittsburgh Pirates baseball game at their home stadium , the PNC Park . 
 works with to obtain tickets and secures a gun to one of the seats with the intent to kill . calls and warns him off , but refuses to listen . When arrives , takes 's photo so can recognize him . The two meet and tells how he killed his mother when was 3 after she refused to give up 's location . grabs the gun from and demands the list , bolts and gives chase , followed by CIA operatives who have seen them in the crowd . is able to escape and is killed by . , his superior and his agents arrive . asks for the cell phone , promising to give the decrypted results to his superior . However , had warned his superior about 's corruption and takes the phone himself while is taken into custody . calls , apologizing for not being the father he should have been , asks him to show himself but refuses . arrives with and says she has arranged for to live with her until he decides what to pursue in his life . As the movie ends , and go on a date in the empty PNC Park .

Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Alfred Molina, Jason Isaacs, Maria Bello, Sigourney Weaver

African Cats , referred to as a " true life adventure,"[11 ] tells the true story of two animal families living in the wild by using real - life footage.[12 ] The film focuses on a young lion cub named raised by her mother , a mother cheetah named who is raising five newborns , and , the leader of and 's pride , defending his family from a banished lion named ' Kali'.[13][14 ] With so many species competing for space and food in the savanna , the animals must figure out what′s the best way to survive . 
 The film begins by introducing , a cheetah who lives in the vast plains of the Maasai Mara National Reserve , in Kenya , and has just given birth to five cubs to take care of . Then we see , a six - month - old lion cub , with her mother , who both belong to the River pride , which lives in the south of the park . The pride′s leader is named , an old male lion , who has a distinctive broken tooth because of an earlier fight . In the north of the Maasai Mara , and her cubs coexist with another lion pride led by a large male named , who wishes to expand his pride and territory by taking over Fang′s southern pride and territory , which however he can not reach as the Pride Lands are divided by the crocodile infested river . 
 's cubs are playing while and one of his four sons are on patrol . , seeing them as a serious danger to her cubs , goads them so as to lure them away . However , after the confrontation , the cubs have scattered . desperately calls for them . As it gets darker , hyenas are seen and heard . In the morning , three of the five cubs return to . Although she continues to call for the rest of them , it′s clear that they have been killed by hyenas . 
 was injured by a zebra 's kick while hunting . As the wildebeest begin to migrate to greener pastures , so does the River pride . However , due to her injury and old age , has trouble keeping up . stays alongside her mother and tries to help on her way . Soon , they begin to lose track of the pride . Knowing that needs her family for her survival , forces through her injury , and they soon find themselves within the River pride once more . 
 As time passes , 's cubs have thrived , and begin to show more of their cheetah nature . One day , a gang of three adult cheetah brothers roaming about zone in on . Again , finds herself having to divert attention from rivals so that they do not find her cubs . However , being fellow cheetahs , they do not tire as easily as lions do ; and soon , the brothers separate from her cubs . As they circle them , the cubs stand their ground and hiss at the bullies , meaning they have inherited their mother 's prowess and bravery . Before the cheetah brothers can do anything , a passing elephant chases them away – meaning that in the savanna , even bullies get bullied . 
 Some time later , the river has lessened . and his largest son take advantage of it so they can cross and begin their assault on the River pride . They head towards the southern territory . , upon seeing them approaching , runs for his life , but does not back away – knowing that could be killed should the assault succeed , she fearlessly attacks the rivals . Soon , the other lionesses , inspired by 's courage , join in the fight . and his son are defeated , and return to the northern territory empty - handed . Victory completed , returns , and life returns to usual for the pride as well . Meanwhile , hyenas approach and her cubs , but the brave mother cheetah , having already lost two cubs to them , does not back away ; sure enough , she attacks them fearlessly , not letting them anywhere near her cubs . Finally , the hyenas give up the fight and leave – 's bravery has kept the remaining cubs alive and free from danger . 
 was injured ever further during the fight . Seeing that she might not make it , on a rainy day – which the lions take advantage of to bond with each other – , for Mara′s sake , she goes to her sister – who has cubs of her own – and reconnects with her so as to maintain a spot in the pride for . Once she sees that is accepted by , slips away from the pride to find a nice quiet place to die . 
 As time goes by , reunites with his four sons . Although they have shown signs of betrayal with ideas of dethroning him , is still strong , and shows them that he 's the boss and that only he will wear the crown . Together , they are the most powerful force in the land . They return for another assault . Upon seeing them , runs , never to be seen or heard from again – if he is to ever return again , he would be shown no mercy . 
 takes over the pride and exiles 's cubs , including – now a young adult . Her male cousins are seen as the number one threat to and his sons , so they hunt them down . Seeing that they can no longer stay within their pride , 's male cubs have no choice but to cross the river , even though its level has grown and it is infested with crocodiles . As they get near the northern bank , one of them is nearly caught in the jaws of a crocodile ; nonetheless , they reach land unscathed . The lionesses refuse to admit as their leader , the wound of losing their cubs still far too fresh in their minds . 
 , banished from her pride , tries to live on her own and fend for herself . However , she was banished before she was taught to hunt , and finds her first attempts at catching meals on her own , even small warthogs and especially big rhinos and buffaloes , humiliatingly unsuccessful . She learns that there are benefits in belonging to a pride . 
 Soon the wildebeest return , and the lionesses begin to hunt for their new cubs – Kali′s offspring , having made peace with him and his sons . successfully hunts and feasts . Soon after , she proves herself to the pride , and is at last welcomed back – 's sacrifice for raising her cub was not in vain . 
 's cubs are now young adults , and they′re thriving . They hone their hunting skills , they practice on a serval and a jackal , and even get to cross the river . Afterwards , they encounter hyenas then 's pride , and learn to stand up to hyenas like a true brave cheetah does , and to avoid and outrun lions ( instead of hunting them ! ) . Finally , they successfully hunt an antelope for food . , seeing that her cubs are now ready to forge their own path , leaves them and returns to the solitary life of a cheetah . 
 At the end of the film , the narrator ( in the US version , in the UK version ) shows and 's cubs as the finest examples of a mother′s love . 
 During the credits , it is shown that has become one of the most successful cheetah mothers to roam the plains , that her cubs went their separate ways , that has been accepted by her pride and is now ready for motherhood herself , that still reigns supreme on both sides of the river , and that the filmmakers are still looking for .

Centers around two families of lions and cheetahs who teach their cubs the ways of the wild in surviving the African savannah. Narrated by Samuel L. Jackson

, The , and The , go on a vacation on a cruise ship . The and the , and especially , end up creating pandemonium . Later that night , after leaves to eat at the captain 's table and apologize for 's behavior , sneaks out to the ship 's casino , followed by , who hopes to keep out of further exposure ; meanwhile the Chipettes go to the ship 's dance club , leaving alone in the room , watching an unsuitable monster movie . discovers that his old boss , , is working as the ship 's safety monitor dressed as a pelican , and is out to inform the captain if the and cause more problems . and are eventually caught in the casino , and are brought back to the room , along with the Chipettes , and all are accused by for not being trustworthy . The next day , goes para - sailing on a kite , but the kite flies away with him and the other Chipmunks . goes on a hang - glider to find them but attempts to stop him , and they both end up in the Pacific Ocean . 
 Meanwhile , the find an island , and they sleep for the night . enlists 's help to find the same island and begin looking for the Chipmunks . The next morning , the go and find food and while doing so , an island castaway named shows up and sees the and for the first time . They then go to 's tree house , where sprains her ankle after falling off a zip line , and gets bitten by a spider , the side effects including personality changes and loss of inhibition . 
 The morning after , everyone observes 's personality has changed , and he has no memory of being ; he also thinks he is a French adventurous chipmunk named . " " becomes attracted to , but does not take as kindly to and . Later , takes , , , and to a lake with a waterfall , and finds a cave . He returns with a gold bracelet which he gives to as a crown . and , having become the " responsible " ones , see an active volcano the next day , and they decide that they have to leave the island with the others . and " " find and , and they go to meet with the other chipmunks . With and in charge , they are all assigned jobs to build a raft to leave the island . When and " " go and look for food , " " is knocked unconscious , and is kidnapped ; " " reverts to afterward . 
 Everyone finds awake , and he can not remember anything since the change . They discover that has taken , and they head towards the waterfall . When they approached the tree log to cross , and decide that they will go and find . As encourages to find the treasure in the cave by tying her to a rope , and come to her rescue . The island begins to rumble again , as lets go of the rope , and runs with and back to the raft , but is pulled back at the log bridge . swings in to help before can cut the ropes with Swiss Army Knife . is left hanging from the log when it almost gives away . 
 and convince to help save . They then run towards the raft and escape the eruption . While on the raft , apologizes to for kidnapping her and forcing her to retrieve the treasure . As a gift , gives the gold bracelet that had given to her . reconciles with , and they are rescued . The and perform at the International Music Awards . also starts a new career as a screenwriter by selling a screenplay about 's story to Hollywood , earning him his wealth back . 
 In a post - credits scene , the , the , and are on a plane heading back home . is speaking on the pilot 's microphone and tricks the passengers into thinking that the aircraft 's destination is Timbuktu . Meanwhile , a stewardess keeps instructing to sit down as the plane is about to take off . accidentally pushes the food cart , which hits leading to him doing the catchphrase .

Jason Lee, David Cross, Jenny Slate, Justin Long (voice), Matthew Gray Gubler (voice), Jesse McCartney (voice), Christina Applegate (voice), Anna Faris (voice), Amy Poehler (voice), Alan Tudyk (voice)

( ) , a brilliant 17 - year - old girl who has spent her young life fascinated by astronomy , is delighted to learn that she has been accepted into MIT . She celebrates , drinking with friends , and in a reckless moment , drives home intoxicated . Listening to a story on the radio about a recently discovered Earth - like planet , she gazes out her car window at the stars and inadvertently hits a stopped car at an intersection , putting ( ) in a coma and killing his pregnant wife and son . After serving her four - year prison sentence , chooses to work with her hands and to have minimal contact with other people , becoming a janitor at her former high school . 
 Hearing more news stories about the mirror Earth , enters an essay contest sponsored by a millionaire entrepreneur who is offering a civilian space flight to the mirror Earth . 
 One day sees laying flowers . She visits his house , intending to apologize . He answers the door and she loses her nerve . Instead , she pretends to be a maid offering a free day of cleaning as a marketing tool for Maid in Haven ( a New Haven - based company ) . , who has dropped out of his Yale music faculty position , has been letting his home and himself go , and accepts 's offer . He has no idea who she is , and when she finishes asks her to come back the next week . Despite her fear , returns to clean regularly but tears up 's cheques . In time , a caring relationship develops and they have sex . 
 is chosen to be one of the first to travel to the other Earth . asks her not to go when she tells him , believing they might have something together . She finally decides to tell him the truth about who she his . He is upset and throws her out of the house . 
 hears an astrophysicist talking on television describing a " broken mirror " hypothesis . rushes back to 's house , but he refuses to let her in . She breaks into his house , and he begins to strangle her . He stops , and when she recovers she tells him she heard that the moment the people on both worlds knew about each other , their syncronicity was broken , and that she thinks his family could be alive on the other Earth . She leaves him the ticket . In time , she learns that accepted the gift and becomes one of the first civilian space travelers to the other Earth . 
 Four months later , on a foggy day , approaches her house , discovering her other self from Earth 2 standing in front of her , dressed as she used to before the accident .

In December 1974 , the crew of the cancelled Apollo 18 mission is informed that it will now proceed as a top secret Department of Defense ( DoD ) mission disguised as a satellite launch . Commander , Lieutenant colonel , and Captain are launched toward the Moon to place detectors to alert the United States of any impending ICBM attacks from the USSR . 
 remains in orbit aboard the Freedom command module while and land on the Moon in the lunar module Liberty . While planting one of the detectors , the pair take rock samples . After returning to Liberty , the pair hear noises outside and a camera captures a small rock moving nearby . claims the noises are interference from the ICBM detectors . finds a rock sample on the floor of Liberty despite having secured the samples . During further lunar exploration they discover footprints that lead them to a bloodstained , functioning Soviet LK lander , and a dead cosmonaut in a nearby crater . queries about the Soviet presence , but he is told only to continue with the mission . 
 The following day the pair find that the flag they had planted is missing . Their mission complete , the crew prepares to leave , but the launch is aborted when Liberty suffers violent shaking . An inspection reveals extensive damage to Liberty and non - human tracks that cites as evidence of extraterrestrial life . feels something moving inside his spacesuit and is horrified as a spider - like creature crawls across the inside of his helmet . disappears from view and finds him unconscious outside of Liberty . later denies the events . A wound is discovered on 's chest ; removes a Moon rock embedded within him . The pair find themselves unable to contact or due to increased levels of interference from an unknown source . 
 speculates that the true intention of the ICBM warning devices is to monitor the aliens , and that the devices are the source of the interference , only to discover something has destroyed them when they attempt to switch them off . shows signs of a developing infection and he becomes increasingly paranoid . The mission cameras capture the rock samples moving around in the interior of Liberty , revealing that the aliens are camouflaged as Moon rocks . Increasingly delusional , attempts to destroy the cameras within Liberty , but he accidentally damages the system controls , causing Liberty to depressurize . Realizing the Soviet LK is their only source of oxygen , the pair travel to the LK lander in their lunar rover . causes the vehicle to crash as he runs away , believing he should not leave the Moon , because of the risk of spreading the infection to Earth . 
 awakens and tracks to the crater where they found the cosmonaut . is pulled into the crater by the creatures . gives chase , but he is confronted by the aliens , and flees to the Soviet LK . uses its radio to contact USSR Mission Control who connect him to the Department of Defence . The deputy secretary informs that they can not allow him to return to Earth , admitting they are aware of the situation and incorrectly believe he is also infected . manages to contact and they make arrangements for to return to Freedom . prepares the lander for launch , but arrives , revealing he had survived the alien encounter earlier . However , he is now completely psychotic and demands to be let in . When refuses to let him in , he tries to break the lander 's window with a hammer . Before can enter the vehicle , he is attacked by a swarm of creatures inside his helmet , which causes his head to explode , killing him . 
 launches , but the DoD warns that is infected and orders him to abort the rescue or communication will be cut off , without which the CSM will be unable to return to Earth . The lander 's engines shut off as it enters orbit , and it is in free fall . Small rocks within the craft float in the air , some of which reveal themselves to be alien creatures . is attacked and infected by the creatures , preventing him from controlling the vehicle . tells that he is moving too fast as the LK crashes into Freedom killing them both . The space footage ends abruptly . 
 The footage cuts to before the pilots ' mission , showing them having a barbecue with friends and family . The " official " fate of the astronauts is given , describing them as having died in various accidents that left their bodies unrecoverable . An epilogue explains that many of the rock samples returned from the previous Apollo missions are now missing .

On Christmas Eve , hundreds of Christmas elves helm the command centre of mile - wide,[6 ] ultra - high - tech sleigh - esque craft , the S-1 . The current Santa named and the Christmas elves deliver presents to every child in the world using advanced equipment and military precision . These complex operations are micromanaged by thousands more elves , under the command of 's militaristic eldest son and heir - apparent and his obsequious elfin assistant at mission control underneath the North Pole . Meanwhile , his younger son - the clumsy , fearful yet enthusiastic - devotedly answers the letters to . During one of the delivery operations in Germany a child wakes up and almost sees due to an accidentally activated toy ; in the tense escape operation , a Christmas elf aboard the S-1 inadvertently leans on a button , causing a present to fall from the supply line and go unnoticed . 
 Having completed his 70th mission , is portrayed as far past his prime and whose role in field operations now is largely symbolic . Nonetheless , he is held in high esteem , and delivers a congratulatory speech to the enraptured elves . announces he looks forward to his 71st , much to the frustration of , who had prepared to succeed his father as Santa at the conclusion of this mission . During their family Christmas dinner , 's suggestion for the family to play a board game degenerates into a tense quarrel between and , while 's father and predecessor , bored by retirement , resentfully criticises their over - modernization . After knocks the board off the table , 's PDA ( a high tech device named a ' HOHO ' ) flashes and he leaves the table in a hurry . Later , their father shares with his wife his grave doubts about his self - identity should he retire . 
 follows , and the two learn that a Christmas elf named found the missed present - a wrapped bicycle for a little girl in England called , to whose letter had personally responded . alerts his father , who is at a loss as to how to handle the situation ; argues that one missed present out of billions is an acceptable error whose correction can wait a few days , citing this year 's Christmas as the most successful in history . on the other hand , on learning of the dire situation , proposes delivering the gift using Evie , his old wooden sleigh , and the great - great - grandchildren of the original eight reindeer , forcefully whisking away a reluctant and a stowaway . In the process the three get lost on three different continents , lose several of their reindeer , and land in danger several times , ultimately being mistaken for aliens and causing an international military incident . Through all this , eventually learns , to his compounding disappointment , that 's true motive is to fulfill his ego , refuses to help them out of petty resentment and possibility of his brother being made hero overshadowing his work , and that his own father has gone to bed , apparently content even though a present was not delivered . 
 Finally , stranded in Cuba after losing the sleigh and the remaining reindeer , renews his sense of purpose : that it all comes down to having presents delivered , regardless of how it is done and who did it . With 's and 's help , he manages to recover the sleigh . Meanwhile , the elves grow increasingly alarmed at rumours of the neglected delivery and the ' unthinkable indifference , sending them into a panic . In response , , , and take the high - tech sleigh - craft to deliver a superior present ... albeit to the wrong child . 
 and his company manage to reach England , but lose the remaining reindeer ; furthermore a US Predator drone scrambled by Chief of UNFITA intercepts and opens fire on the sleigh believing them to be aliens . Grandsanta sacrifices the sleigh , while and to parachute to the ground . Ultimately with and 's help , all the male arrive at 's house before she awakens , only to have all but quarrel about who gets to actually place the gift . Noticing that only truly cares about the girl 's feelings , the elder collectively realize that he is the sole worthy successor . As a result , gives the honour and , recognizing his own shortcomings , forfeits his supposed birthright and acknowledges his brother 's worthiness to take up the mantle . In a fitting conclusion , glimpses a snow - bearded in a wind - buffeted sweater just before he vanishes up into the S-1 . 
 In a postscript , goes into a happy retirement with where he also becomes Grandsanta 's much - desired new companion and plays 's board game with him for many happy hours . Meanwhile , finds true contentment as the chief operating officer of the North Pole . is promoted to Vice - President of Packing , Pacific Division . In a nod to traditionalism once neglected , the high - tech S-1 is re - christened EVIE in honour of Grandsanta 's old sleigh and refitted to be pulled by a team of five thousand reindeer - led by the original eight , all of whom managed to return home safely via innate navigational abilities . Finally , happily guides the entire enterprise in the proper spirit as the new Santa .

James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Bill Nighy, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton, Ashley Jensen, Will Sasso, Ramona Marquez, Iain McKee, Joan Cusack, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Palin, Dominic West, Andy Serkis

is an immoral English teacher at John Adams Middle School ( JAMS ) in Cook County , Illinois . She is foul - mouthed and greedy , drinks alcohol heavily , smokes marijuana , and shows movies while sleeping through class . She plans to quit teaching and marry her wealthy fiancé , but must resume her job when he dumps her after learning she is only after his money . tries to win over substitute teacher , who is also wealthy because his family runs a watch company . , a dedicated and enthusiastic colleague , also pursues while the school 's gym teacher , , makes it clear that he is interested in romantically , and she is not interested in him because he is a gym teacher.[3 ] 
 Early in the film , plans to get surgery to enlarge her breasts , and becomes all the more motivated to do so once she learns 's ex - girlfriend had large breasts . However , when she tries to schedule an appointment for her breast surgery , she can not afford the $ 9,300 procedure . She feels worse when admits that he is interested in , and that he only likes as a friend . attempts to raise money for the surgery by participating in her 7th grade class car wash in provocative clothing and by manipulating parents to give her money for more school supplies and tutoring , but her efforts are not enough . , acting on the growing resentment between them due to pursuing and ignoring school rules , attempts to warn the principal about Elizabeth 's embezzlement scheme , but he dismisses her claims as groundless . 
 later learns from her best friend , , that the teacher of the class with the highest state test scores will receive a $ 5,700 bonus . With this knowledge , decides to change her style of teaching , forcing the class to intensely read and study To Kill A Mockingbird for the upcoming test . However , the change is too late and insufficient . The students receive low scores on their quizzes , frustrating her even more . Meanwhile , she befriends the gym teacher as and start dating . Desperate to pay off the procedure for her breast surgery , steals the state test answers by disguising herself as a journalist and seducing , a state official who is in charge of creating and distributing the exams . gets drunk and convinces him to take her to his office to have sex , but she spikes his drink and steals a copy of the answers . A month later , 's class aces the test and she wins the bonus , giving her the funds needed to get her breasts enlarged . 
 When learns that and are chaperoning an upcoming field trip , she smears an apple with poison ivy and leaves it for , who ends up with her face breaking out in blisters , so she can not go . On the trip , seduces . They dry hump and secretly calls using 's phone leaving a message recording all the action , ensuring she knows about the affair . However , ultimately finds unsatisfying . On a field trip , her student is embarrassed and ridiculed by his classmates after publicly confessing his unrequited love for a classmate named . consoles him afterwards and tells him how she is too superficial to return his interest , which causes to reflect on her own superficial ways . To stop the other students from making fun of , she helps by giving him her bra and telling everyone she caught a student from another school giving him a handjob . 
 Left behind at the school , switches 's desk with her own to trick the janitor into unlocking 's sealed drawer . finds 's journalist disguise and the practice test , which leads her to suspect cheated on the state exam . informs the principal and gets to testify against her . However , took embarrassing photos of while he was drugged and , with the help of her roommate , , uses them to blackmail him to say she is innocent . Having failed to expose 's cheating , accuses her of drug use , based on a tip from a student . When the police arrive and bring their sniffer dog to search the school , they find 's mini liquor bottles , marijuana and OxyContin pills in 's classroom , in a secret compartment in 's desk which helpfully points out to the police . At the end of the school year , is moved to another school in the county by the superintendent . asks to start over , wanting a relationship with her , but rejects him to be with , who she has learned she has a lot in common with . 
 When the new school year starts , has not gotten the breast enlargement after all , because she feels that she looks fine the way she is . She also has a new position as the school 's guidance counselor .

Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, John Michael Higgins

On August 12 , 2011 , large masses thought to be meteors land in the oceans near major coastal cities . The objects are discovered to be spacecraft containing hostile extraterrestrial life . As Los Angeles is being evacuated , Marines from Camp Pendleton arrive , including Staff Sergeant , an Iraq War veteran . was to begin retirement , but because of the attack , he is made the acting platoon sergeant for 1st Platoon , Echo Company , of the 2nd Battalion 5th Marines.[5 ] 
 Under the command of 2nd Lieutenant , the platoon arrives at Santa Monica Airport , now a Forward Operating Base . The alien ground forces have no apparent air support , so the Air Force prepares to carpet bomb the Santa Monica area , and the platoon is tasked with rescuing civilians from an LAPD station in West Los Angeles before the bombing in three hours . As they advance through LA , they are ambushed and suffer multiple casualties . takes two survivors , and , to look for , who is missing from the group after having been wounded . After fighting off an alien , they regroup and team up with a group of Army National Guard soldiers from the 40th Infantry Division , and an Air Force intelligence Tech . Sergeant , . At the police station , the platoon finds five civilians : veterinarian , children , , , and 's father . A helicopter soon arrives to evacuate the wounded Marines , but fails to take civilians because of weight restrictions . During takeoff , it is destroyed by alien air forces , killing , , and Simmons.[5 ] 
 The Marines commandeer an abandoned town bus for evacuation . With the help of and , they also vivisect a wounded extraterrestrial and find a vulnerable spot in its abdomen , as well as realizing that the UFO aircraft are drones which track down victims using their radio transmissions . reveals that her mission was to locate the aliens ' central command center , believing that its destruction would deactivate the drones . On the I-10 freeway , their bus comes under attack , as well as finding the freeway 's off - ramp destroyed . The Marines release their civilians from the freeway by rappelling them . In the ensuing battle , Marines and and the remainder of the National Guard troops are killed , while both ( who grabs a rifle and attacks one of the aliens ) and Lieutenant are wounded . detonates explosives inside the bus , sacrificing himself to kill the aliens , leaving in command . Surviving troopers , , , , , , and the civilians escape the bombing zone . A news report speculates that the aliens are seeking Earth 's water for fuel while attempting to colonize the planet and eradicate humans . The team prepares for the bombing , but nothing happens . Returning to the FOB , the Marines find it destroyed and that the military is retreating from LA . The Marines plan to escort the civilians to an alternate extraction point . finally dies from his wounds , and comforts 's son . confronts over his brother , Cpl and the others who were killed during 's last tour . They come to peace when explains that he continues to think of them , and recites each person 's name , rank and serial number . then says that the surviving Marines deserve to move forward united to honor their fallen comrades , including for his bravery . They reach the extraction point and evacuate by helicopter.[5 ] 
 In mid - air , the chopper experiences a brief loss of power . theorizes that they are hovering over a location occupied by the alien command center as it relays radio energy to its drones . He decides to reconnoiter the area alone , but 's team insists on accompanying him . Searching underground , the Marines confirm the presence of a large alien vessel . radios in to request missiles , which manually directs using a laser designator while the others defend his position . Despite being killed when a Drone homes in on his radio signals , the Marines succeed in routing a missile to the command module , which is destroyed . The alien ground forces retreat as their uncontrolled drones crash . At a Temporary Operating Base in the Mojave Desert , , , , , and , the survivors of the original platoon along with , are greeted as heroes . Despite orders to rest , they re - arm themselves and join the rest of the Marines in retaking Los Angeles as other countries wage similar military operations against the hostile species.[5 ]

Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Ramón Rodríguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ne-Yo and Michael Peña, Lucas Till, Joey King, Will Rothhaar, Nzinga Blake, Jim Parrack, Aisha Tyler, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Noel Fisher, Taylor Handley, Cory Hardrict

( ) is the arrogant and vain son of news anchor ( ) . bullies ( ) , not knowing she is a witch ; she transforms him into a hairless , scarred , heavily - tattooed shell of his former self . If does not find someone who loves him by the next spring he will stay altered permanently . is taken to live in a private house with their maid ( ) and the blind tutor ( ) . Both are comforts to when his father , unable to deal with his transformation , has abandoned him . 
 As spring nears , finds himself infatuated with ( ) , a former classmate he had avoided . He rescues her drug - addicted father from two dealers , shooting one ; the other vows to kill . persuades 's father to allow her to move in with him . At first , uses a false identity , refuses to see , and hides from her , which angers her to the point that she stops speaking to him . eventually reveals his face and the two begin to warm up to each other . writes a letter professing his love for but does not give it to her for fear of rejection . He visits to plead for more time ; she refuses , but agrees to restore 's vision and grant green cards to 's three children in Jamaica if he gets to fall in love with him . 
 The surviving drug dealer lands in jail . and visit 's hospitalized father . He gives her the letter but regrets it when she tells him she considers him a good friend . calls him after reading the letter , but a heartbroken does not answer the phone . Persuaded by and , goes to meet one last time before she leaves on a school trip to Machu Picchu . tells her to go , but as she leaves , tells him that she loves him , breaking the curse . 's former self is restored but does not recognize him and tries to call but 's phone rings instead . When realizes what happened , the two share a passionate kiss on the side of the street . 
 After the curse is lifted wakes up with the ability to see , and receives the green cards . approaches office as a new intern , implying that she will test like she did .

Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer, Mary-Kate Olsen, Peter Krause, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Neil Patrick Harris

FBI agent ( ) is elated to learn that his stepson , ( ) , has been accepted to attend Duke University in Durham , North Carolina . However , is uninterested and instead wants to sign a recording contract for him since he is underage . When refuses , 's best friends encourage him to ambush on the job in order to obtain the signature . 
 , in an attempt to capture Russian gang member ( ) , uses an informant named to deliver a flash drive to the gang , while attempts to ambush on the job . ( ) reveals that the flash drive is empty and a duplicate is hidden with a friend at the Georgia Girls School for the Arts . 
 During the exchange , 's cover is blown and he is killed , which witnesses . eventually rescues and they escape , but since 's car was left at the scene knows the gang members will be able to track them down so and are forced to hide undercover . once again becomes 's grandmother , Big Momma , and also disguises as an obese girl named " " , Big Momma 's great - niece . Big takes a job as a house mother at the Georgia Girls School for the Arts , while is enrolled as a student . 
 Surrounded by attractive young women , nearly blows his cover , but manages to befriend a girl named ( ) . The headmistress announces that a historic music box has been stolen from the library , and deduces that this music box contains the flash drive . While scoping out the library , Big Momma encounters security guard , who attempts to woo her while giving a tour . Seeing a picture of with , realizes that he is the friend , and tries to find out more about the music box . 
 Meanwhile , the gang members approach 's best friends , posing as record producers , and encourage them to notify them of 's whereabouts . sets up a date between and himself , though she doubts she will be interested in the seemingly egotistical " Prodi - G , " 's hip - hop alias . reverts to his true self and the date goes well , but an encounter with 's best friends causes the gang members to tail them . 
 helps perfect her musical performance for the upcoming " Showcase " event , turning it into a duet , and the two exchange a kiss at the end of the date , while encourages to pursue college . Before the gang members can capture , he changes into his disguise , throwing them off . Learning of an exchange between two students and , Big attempts to flirt with in order to apprehend him for stealing the music box , but the secret exchange ends up being the stolen gamecock from the Ignatius Boys School . 
 During this encounter , reveals his true identity to . After gaining the favor of several students by offering sage advice and comfort to them , Big Momma finally learns the music box was actually stolen by as a hazing to become a full pledged member of the " Divas " , a group of top artists in the school . As she is about to perform her duet , forces to retain his disguise , and he attempts to perform the duet with as , only to break disguise and ruin the performance . As storms off , the gang members arrive and a chase ensues . 
 accidentally draws their attention as he attempts to pursue and explain himself . Just as he recovers the flash drive , the gang members catch up and hold him at gunpoint . Big interferes and provides an escape , but all three are caught again and 's disguise is revealed . Just as is about to kill them , arrives with a taser and saves the day . 
 and reconcile , and signs 's record contract , only to have him tear it up and reveal his new plan to attend college . As the film ends , and make an agreement to keep the whole ordeal a secret from .

Martin Lawrence, Brandon T. Jackson, Jessica Lucas, Tony Curran, Faizon Love, Sherri Shepherd, Portia Doubleday

In the present day , scientists in the Arctic uncover an old , frozen aircraft . In March 1942 , Nazi officer and his men steal a mysterious relic called the Tesseract,[N 2 ] which possesses untold powers , from the town of Tønsberg in German - occupied Norway . 
 In New York City , is rejected for World War II military recruitment because of various health and physical problems . While attending an exhibition of future technologies with his friend , Sgt . , again attempts to enlist . Overhearing ' conversation with about wanting to help in the war , Dr. allows to enlist . He is recruited into the Strategic Scientific Reserve as part of a " super - soldier " experiment under , Col . , and British agent . is unconvinced by 's claims that is the right person for the procedure but relents after seeing commit an act of self - sacrificing bravery . The night before the treatment , reveals to that underwent an imperfect version of the procedure and suffered permanent side - effects . 
 and Dr. Zola harness the energies of the Tesseract , intending to use the power to fuel 's inventions , mounting an offensive that will change the world . discovers Erskine 's location and dispatches assassin to kill him . subjects to the super - soldier treatment , injecting him with a special serum and dosing him with " vita - rays " . After emerges from the experiment taller and more muscular , an undercover kills and flees . pursues and captures , but the assassin avoids interrogation by committing suicide with a cyanide capsule . With dead and his super - soldier formula lost , U.S. Senator has tour the nation in a colorful costume as " Captain America " to promote war bonds while scientists study him and attempt to rediscover the formula . In 1943 , while on tour in Italy performing for active servicemen , learns that ' unit was MIA in a battle against 's forces . Refusing to believe that is dead , has and engineer fly him behind enemy lines to mount a solo rescue attempt . infiltrates the fortress of 's Nazi division Hydra , freeing and the other prisoners . confronts , who removes a mask to reveal a red , skull - like visage that earned him the sobriquet " the Red Skull " . escapes and returns to base with the freed soldiers . 
 recruits , , , , , and to attack other known Hydra bases . outfits with advanced equipment , most notably a circular shield made of vibranium , a rare , nearly indestructible metal . and his team sabotage various Hydra operations . The team later assaults a train carrying Zola . and succeed in capturing , but falls from the train to his assumed death.[N 3 ] Using information extracted from Zola , the final Hydra stronghold is located , and leads an attack to stop from using weapons of mass destruction on major American cities . climbs aboard 's aircraft as it takes off . During the subsequent fight , the Tesseract 's container is damaged . physically handles the Tesseract , which opens a wormhole into space , sucking him into it . The Tesseract burns through the plane and is lost in the ocean . Seeing no way to land the plane without the risk of detonating its weapons , crashes it in the Arctic . later recovers the Tesseract from the ocean floor but is unable to locate or the aircraft , presuming him dead . 
 awakens in a 1940s - style hospital room . Deducing from an anachronistic radio broadcast that something is wrong , he flees outside and finds himself in present - day Times Square , where S.H.I.E.L.D. director informs him that he has been " asleep " for nearly 70 years . In a post - credits scene , approaches and proposes a mission with worldwide ramifications.[N 4 ]

Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, Dominic Cooper, Neal McDonough, Derek Luke, Stanley Tucci, Hayley Atwell, Sebastian Stan, Kenneth Choi, Toby Jones, Richard Armitage, J. J. Feild, Samuel L. Jackson

When two grade - school boys get into a fight in the park that results in one boy , , hitting the other , , in the face with a stick , their parents meet in a Brooklyn apartment to discuss the matter . 's parents , ( ) and ( ) , visit the home of ( ) and ( ) , 's parents . Their meeting is initially intended to be short , but due to various circumstances , the conversation continues to draw out . In fact , and begin to leave the apartment on two occasions , but are drawn back in to further discussion . 
 At first , the couples are friendly to each other , but their respective comments start to hurt feelings , making everyone argue with one another . Apart from fighting among themselves , the couples blame each other about who is responsible for the fight between their sons . calls the " superficially fair - minded " and and complain about 's arrogant and dull attitude . Everyone also gets irritated with when he accepts endless business phone calls on his BlackBerry , interrupting the discussion , and showing he has more interest in his business problems than the matter at hand . also receives many phone calls from his ailing mother , to his frustration . 
 accuses of being a murderer because he , annoyed by the constant noise it made during the night , had earlier turned his daughter 's pet hamster loose in the street . becomes emotional about the hamster and with everyone arguing with each other . Other issues include a risky drug is working to defend and 's mother has been prescribed , and the question of idealism and responsibility that is part of 's current work . 
 offers everyone a glass of fine scotch . claims she does n't " get drunk " and drinks way too many and finally stops 's phone calls by dropping his cellphone in 's flower vase full of tulips and water . and both laugh uproariously while and try to blow - dry the BlackBerry . 
 The conversation continues to decay into personal attacks and opinionated statements and , eventually , epithets are uttered ( ? ) . is ranting , calling 's son a ' snitch ' , and 's true colors are revealed when she destroys the tulips and drunkenly and vulgarly states she is glad that her son beat up 's and 's son . The couples realize the conversation is going nowhere . 's BlackBerry , lying on the coffee table , vibrates , and all four stare at it . 
 The film cuts to the hamster , alive and well in the park , where and are reconciling on their own .

, a British spy , infiltrates the world 's largest untapped oil reserves owned by a group of lemon cars . After being discovered , he flees and fakes his death . 
 , now a four - time Piston Cup champion , returns to Radiator Springs . However , Italian formula race car , , challenges to the newly created World Grand Prix , led by its creator , Sir . and his best friend — along with , , , and — depart for Tokyo for the first race of the Grand Prix . 
 Meanwhile , the lemons , who are led by weapons designer and an unknown mastermind , are secretly plotting to secure their oil profits by using an electromagnetic pulse emitter disguised as a camera . They plan to use the emitter to trigger and destabilize the use of Allinol , an environmentally friendly fuel that was created by Axlerod and is required for racers to use in the Grand Prix . and his partner attempt to meet with American spy car at a World Grand Prix promotional event in Tokyo , to receive information about the mastermind . is captured and killed by 's henchmen , but not before passing his information to , who is then mistaken to be the American contact of and . 
 At the first race , three cars are ignited by the camera . places second in the race after , due to accidentally giving him bad racing advice shortly after evading 's henchmen with help from and . is soon abducted by and boards his plane , where he helps to identify some of the information he was given . After traveling to Paris to collect more information from 's old friend , they travel to Porto Corsa , Italy , where the next race is being held . During the race , infiltrates the criminals ' meeting , just as the camera is used on a few more cars , causing a multi - car pileup that allows to finish first . Due to increased fears over Allinol 's safety , Axlerod lifts the requirement to use it for the final race . However , when decides to continue using it , the criminals plot to kill in the next race in London . This spooks , causing him to blow his cover and allow him , Finn , and to be captured . 
 is taken to and tied up inside the clock tower of the Big Ben . learns that the camera did not function on , but the criminals tell him they planted a bomb in his pits as a backup plan , causing him to break free and escape . and escape soon after , but realize that the bomb is on 's air filter . has already arrived at the pits when they tell him this , so he flees down the race course while chases after him . apprehends Professor at the finish line . The other lemons arrive and outnumber , , , and , but they are soon rescued by the arrival of the other Radiator Springs residents . then uses evidence he has seen to reveal that is the mastermind of the plot who placed the bomb on . forces to deactivate the bomb , and he and the other lemons are arrested . 
 receives an honorary knighthood from the , while reveals that he changed McQueen 's fuel from Allinol to gasoline , explaining why the camera did not work on him . and ask if can join them on another mission , but he declines , and then participates with the World Grand Prix competitors in a race at Radiator Springs .

Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Eddie Izzard, Jason Isaacs, Thomas Kretschmann, Joe Mantegna, Peter Jacobson, Tony Shalhoub, Guido Quaroni, Paul Dooley, John Ratzenberger, John Turturro, Jeff Gordon, Lewis Hamilton, Darrell Waltrip, Brent Musburger, David Hobbs, Bruce Campbell, John Lasseter, Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Michel Michelis, Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, Jenifer Lewis, Michael Wallis, Lloyd Sherr, Sig Hansen, Jeff Garlin, Katherine Helmond

Naive and idealistic insurance agent welcomes his former teacher into his home , addressing her as Mrs. . After having sex with her , he reminisces about his experiences as her student . In his position as an insurance agent , he is sent to represent his company , Brownstar Insurance , at a regional conference in Cedar Rapids , Iowa , as a replacement for his co - worker , , who died in an auto - erotic asphyxiation accident . idolized Roger , believing that his death was merely an unfortunate accident , and that he embodied all it was to be a moral Christian , the key criterion used to judge the winner of the coveted " Two Diamonds " award , which had won three years in a row . 
 's boss , , pressures him to win again to ensure they keep the company afloat . At the conference , meets fellow insurance agents , , and . He also meets , a sex worker who works the parking lot in front of the hotel . She affectionately calls him " " after he offers her candy . Initially wary of the conference - goers , he spends more time with , , and , and develops genuine friendships , including a crush on . All the insurance agents participate in a scavenger hunt . is paired with , and , after they win , they become intoxicated with Dean in the hotel swimming pool . and 's sexual tension builds to a head and , after making out in the pool , they have sex in 's hotel room . They were all seen in the pool by ASMI president . 
 The next morning , is guilt - ridden and calls to confess , before desperately asking her to marry him . After explaining she has been sleeping with other people and desires freedom , she suggests to that he take the opportunity to start a new life . Tim returns to , who attempts to comfort him by telling him what was really like : she was his lover but left him after his sexual appetites became too twisted for her , and he bribed for each one of his awards . refuses to believe this and leaves 's room , accusing her of being a " prostitute " sent to destroy his life . 
 He runs into and accidentally lets slip 's bribery . As his friend , swears to not tell anyone . After receiving advice from , goes to for his assessment ; it does not go well , and under the pressure he ends up also bribing for the award , leaving him penniless and ashamed . later comes across and accompanies her to a party , where he gets high and inadvertently starts a fight . , , and show up just in time to rescue him and , who says she is in love with . 
 The night ends as appears at 's door to inform him that with the successful acquisition of another Two Diamond award , he has received a generous offer for the company ; despite meaning the branch 's closure , he has chosen to sell . While formally announces the sale , bursts in , takes over the podium , and reveals that his company has unethically acquired the award every year by bribing Helgesson and confesses to doing so himself . flees the room , his reputation in tatters , and a furious confronts , his revelations having cost the sale of his company . responds by announcing his intention to leave the company and start another with his clients from Brownstar , 17 of which have agreed to stay with him . storms off , dumbfounded . 
 As the four friends say their goodbyes and prepare to see each other next year , and are shown happy as friends , and invites and to stay at a wealthy friend 's cabin in Canada for the summer ; both of them surprise by gleefully accepting . The three of them go on to start their own company together called Top Notch , with involved , too .

Ed Helms, John C. Reilly, Anne Heche, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., Kurtwood Smith, Stephen Root, Mike O'Malley and Sigourney Weaver, Alia Shawkat, Rob Corddry, Thomas Lennon, Welker White, Steve Blackwood

In 1992 , in Bogota , Colombia , a drug lord 's assassin named ( ) tells his boss , ( ) , that he wants to leave crime behind . Don is incensed that thinks he can leave . Don sends his henchman ( ) and a group of killers to kill and his family . gives his nine - year - old daughter ( ) a SmartMedia computer memory card with the information on business and tells her it 's her " passport " ; he also gives her the address of her uncle ( ) , a criminal in Chicago , who will take care of her . The last thing he gives her is something that he says will keep her safe : his mother 's cattleya orchid necklace . After saying their goodbyes , and his wife Alicia ( ) leave to battle and his men but both are gunned down as watches . tries to manipulate her into giving him the disk , but refuses and escapes , after stabbing in the hand . She makes it to the U.S. Embassy and gives the information in exchange for a passport and passage to the United States . She escapes from the airport and takes a bus to Chicago . Once she finds , asks him to train her as a killer . 
 Fifteen years later , a 24 - year - old ( ) has become an accomplished assassin . Her uncle serves as her broker , providing her with contracts . With each murder she commits , she leaves her signature , the Cattleya flower , which is a message to her ultimate target , . The message to let know she is coming for him . After learning about this Colombian orchid , FBI Special Agent ( ) can now link this case to more than twenty other cases . As a last resort , the FBI decides to inform the public about 's calling card . , who is currently in a witness protection program overseen by CIA Agent ( ) , realizes that 's daughter is in the U.S. and orders ( whose hand still hurts ) and his operatives to find her . does everything in her power to kill , but not without some complications .

Zoe Saldana, Jordi Mollà, Lennie James, Michael Vartan, Cliff Curtis

Returning from a Hong Kong business trip , ( ) has a layover in Chicago to rendezvous with a former lover before returning to her family in suburban Minneapolis . She appears to have contracted a cold during her trip . Her six - year - old son from a previous marriage , , also becomes symptomatic and is sent home from school . 's condition worsens and two days later she collapses with severe seizures . Her husband , ( ) , rushes her to the hospital , but she dies of an unknown cause . 
 returns home and finds that has also died from a similar infection . is placed in isolation but seems to be immune to the disease . He is released and returns home to his teenage daughter , though they are unsure if she has inherited his immunity . She decides to stay with her father regardless , since he 's now all alone . struggles to protect his daughter from the risk of infection , while learning that his wife was unfaithful to him prior to her death . Meanwhile , everyone who had contact with begin to spread the disease around the world . 
 In Atlanta , representatives of the Department of Homeland Security meet with Dr. ( ) of the CDC and express fears that the disease is a bio weapon intended to cause terror over the Thanksgiving weekend . Dr. dispatches Dr. ( ) , an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer , to Minneapolis to begin investigating . traces the outbreak back to while negotiating with local bureaucrats , initially reluctant to commit resources , for a proper public health response to the virus . After successfully setting up triage camps in stadiums and warehouses , Dr. becomes infected . Her evacuation is postponed , as airports begin to close in anticipation of a quarantine . She later dies and is buried in a mass grave . As more and more people become infected with no cure in sight , social order begins to decay , with rampant looting of stores and homes . The President is moved underground while emergency services suffer absenteeism and no longer respond . and attempt to escape to Wisconsin , but discover that the borders are closed . 
 At the CDC , Dr. ( ) determines the virus is a mix of genetic material from pig and bat viruses . Work on a cure stalls because scientists can not discover a cell culture within which to grow the newly identified Meningoencephalitis Virus One ( MEV-1 ) . 
 UCSF professor Dr. Ian ( ) violates orders from the CDC to destroy his samples , and identifies a usable MEV-1 cell culture using bat cells . uses the breakthrough to work on a vaccine . Other scientists determine the virus is spread by fomites with a basic reproduction number of four when the virus mutates , projecting that one in twelve of the world population will be infected , with a 25 - 30 % mortality rate . 
 Conspiracy theorist ( ) posts videos about the virus on his popular blog . In one video , he shows himself sick and later claims he recovered using a homeopathic cure derived from forsythia . In a panic , people seeking forsythia overwhelm pharmacies , spreading and accelerating the contagion as the infected come into contact with healthy people . 
 's claims attract national attention . During a television interview , he reveals that Dr. had secretly informed his friends and family to leave Chicago just before the city was quarantined . is informed the government will investigate and may charge him for leaking information . Later , it is revealed had faked being infected in an attempt to increase profits for shareholders in companies producing and selling forsythia . is arrested for conspiracy and securities fraud , but is released when his many supporters successfully raise funds to provide for his bail . 
 Using an attenuated virus , Dr. identifies a possible vaccine . To cut out the lengthy time it would take to obtain informed consent from infected patients , Dr. inoculates herself with the experimental vaccine and immediately visits her gravely ill father ( ) , a doctor who has been infected with MEV-1 after he refused to stop treating patients during the outbreak . does not contract MEV-1 and the vaccine is declared a success . 
 The vaccine 's production is rapidly increased , but due to limited production , the CDC awards vaccinations by lottery based on birth date . Inoculations take place for one full year until every survivor is vaccinated . First responders , doctors and others designated by the government are declared exempt from the lottery . Dr. gives his fast - tracked MEV-1 vaccination to the son of ( ) , a CDC janitor who had overheard Dr. 's phone call warning his girlfriend to leave Chicago . Meanwhile , and reconcile with the hope of life going back to normal . 
 Earlier , Dr. ( ) , a WHO epidemiologist , travels to Hong Kong to follow the lead . She collaborates with ( ) and other local epidemiologists and public health officials ; they identify as patient zero . As the virus spreads , kidnaps to use her as leverage to obtain MEV-1 vaccine doses for his village . spends months living with the villagers until the vaccine is announced . exchanges for the vaccine doses . Her colleague mentions that similar kidnappings were widespread , and the exchanged doses were placebos . rushes away to warn the villagers . 
 The death toll reached at least 2.5 million in the U.S. and 26 million worldwide . Dr. places samples of MEV-1 in cryogenic storage , alongside samples of H1N1 and SARS . 
 The source of the virus is revealed to viewers . A bulldozer ( coincidentally , operating for the company Emhoff worked for ) knocks down a palm tree disturbing some bats , with one finding shelter and food in a banana tree . That bat then flies over a pig pen , dropping a chunk of banana from its mouth , which is then eaten by a piglet . Chinese chefs later collect pigs from the pen and take them to a Macau casino . A chef is called away from his preparations of a piglet , and casually wipes his hands on his apron . The chef then shakes hands with , giving her the mix of bat and pig viruses that makes her patient zero and the origin of the MEV-1 virus .

Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Ehle, Sanaa Lathan, Amr Waked, John Hawkes, Demetri Martin

In 1873 New Mexico Territory , an unnamed loner ( ) awakens injured in the desert with no memory and a strange metal gauntlet . He wanders into the town of Absolution , where preacher treats his wound . Sheriff recognizes the stranger as wanted outlaw and attempts to arrest him . beats up the posse sent to take him in and nearly escapes , but a woman named ( ) knocks him out . prepares to transport both and volatile drunk to Santa Fe for trial . 
 's father , Colonel ( ) , a ruthless cattle baron , demands be released . He also demands be released to him , since had stolen gold from him . During the standoff , alien spacecraft begin attacking the town . , the sheriff and other townsfolk are abducted by long , whip - like feelers hanging from the bottom of the ships . 's bracelet activates and becomes a weapon ; he shoots down a ship , ending the attack . 
 , , and other townsfolk form a posse to track an injured alien that escaped from the downed ship . Meanwhile , travels to an abandoned cabin and , in a flashback , recalls returning to it with stolen gold and then being abducted , along with a woman named , by the aliens . His memories returning , joins up with the posse . During the evening , the group comes upon a capsized paddle wheel steamboat that the aliens apparently dumped hundreds of miles from any rivers capable of holding it . They camp in it , and during the night the alien they were tracking kills , who sacrifices himself to save , 's grandson . 
 By morning , most of the posse has deserted , and those remaining are attacked by 's former gang . , who had stolen the gang 's loot after their last heist , attempts to retake control but it is foiled . The aliens begin attacking them again and is captured . jumps aboard the ship and attacks the alien pilot , causing the ship to crash . The alien survives the crash , suddenly comes out of the water and attacks , fatally wounding her . then kills the alien with his wrist - blaster . 
 The remaining posse is captured by Chiricahua Apache Native Americans , who blame them for the alien attacks . After 's corpse is dumped on a fire by a Chiricahua warrior , she is resurrected and emerges from the fire . reveals herself to be from another alien race , who had travelled to Earth to help resist the invaders after they destroyed her home world . The aliens , who are mining gold and abducting people to conduct experiments to find humans ' weaknesses , are far stronger and more durable than humans , and have superior weaponry , but are not invulnerable . They can be stabbed and shot to death , but only 's gauntlet weapon or a well - aimed shot with a rifle can kill them with a single blast . tells them that the aliens which previously attacked them are just scouts . 
 She also claims holds the secret to the aliens ' whereabouts and argues that they must defeat the aliens before the invaders exterminate all life on earth . After taking medicine offered by the ' medicine man , recalls that was euthanized after she was used in an alien experiment , but he had escaped , inadvertently stealing the gauntlet - like alien weapon encasing his wrist . He then also remembers the location of the aliens ' base of operations . 
 Armed with this knowledge , the group , now led by , prepares to attack the aliens ' grounded mother ship . Meanwhile , returns to his old gang and persuades them to join the fight . After the humans maneuver the aliens into a ground battle , and board the ship and free the captives , but is captured . rescues him , and both men escape from the ship after killing the alien responsible for 's death . As the remaining aliens are taking off in their damaged craft , sacrifices herself by entering the ship 's core and destroying it by using 's wrist gauntlet as a bomb , obliterating the ship . 
 With the aliens gone the abducted townsfolk begin to remember their pasts . Still a wanted man , decides to leave , though the sheriff and say they will claim he was killed in the invasion . The citizens intend to reconstruct their town .

Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Ana de la Reguera, Sam Rockwell, Adam Beach, Paul Dano, Noah Ringer

is a middle - aged man who is told by his wife that she has cheated on him with a co - worker , , and wants a divorce . After moving into his own apartment , goes to a bar night after night , talking loudly about his divorce , until he attracts the attention of a young man named , a womanizer who beds different women each night , although a young woman named has recently rejected his advances . takes pity on , and offers to teach him how to pick up women . Using 's teachings , seduces at the bar . After the encounter , manages to successfully seduce other women in the bar . He sees again at their son 13 year old 's parent - teacher conference . The interaction goes well until they discover that 's teacher is , who reveals to that she and have slept together . then confesses to sleeping with nine women since their separation . leaves in disgust and begins actively dating . Meanwhile , , a recent law school graduate , is expecting her boyfriend to propose marriage while they celebrate her passing the bar exam , but he does not , instead , offering her a position at his law firm . Offended and hurt , returns to the bar where she originally rejected 's advances and kisses passionately . The two return to 's home to have sex , but end up talking to each other all night and making a connection . starts a relationship with , and he becomes distant from . 
 At the same time , makes numerous grand gestures to try to win the heart of his 17 - year - old babysitter , , who actually has a crush on . On the advice of her classmate , she takes nude photos with raunchy expressions of herself to send to and tucks them away in an envelope inside her dresser drawer . Later , calls under the guise of needing help with the house 's pilot light , but sees through the ruse since he is secretly gardening at the hold house in the night and sees that did n't really need any help . Realizing that she called just because she too was missing him , decides to try and win her back . Meanwhile , returns 's calls and asks for advice about being in a real relationship and meeting his girlfriend 's parents . 's mother , , friends with , who dislikes , discovers 's naked photos in the dresser drawer and shows them to 's father , . was 's best friend before made him end their friendship in the aftermath of the breakup . rushes to the residence to confront him about the photos , with in pursuit . and his kids create a makeshift mini golf set in their backyard to remind of their first date . During the gathering , and show up at the house , and is revealed to be and 's first daughter born to them right out of high school . is appalled that is dating his daughter , and forbids her to see him . At that moment , shows up and attacks . arrives and tells her father that knew nothing of the pictures . Then arrives on the scene to return 's sweater from a previous date . asks if his name is and when replies " yes , " punches him in the face for the pain he caused . , , , and then get into a scuffle which is soon broken up by the police . starts spending time at the bar again and receives a visit from , who confesses that he is in love with . replies that he is happy that is a changed man but does not approve of and 's relationship , having seen 's former lifestyle . resigns without harboring any ill feelings ; rather , he expresses his respect for and praises him for being a great father . 
 At 's eighth grade graduation , is the salutatorian and gives a pessimistic speech about how he no longer believes in true love and soul - mates . stops him and instead begins to recount his courtship with to the audience , saying that , while he does not know if things will work out , he will never give up on . With renewed faith , reaffirms his love for , to the audience 's applause . After the ceremony , gives and his blessing . gives an envelope containing the nude photos of herself that were originally intended for to " get him through high school . " and have a laugh talking about the events that have transpired the past year , hinting that they might get back together .

Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, John Carroll Lynch, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Bacon, Analeigh Tipton, Liza Lapira, Joey King, Mekia Cox

The family attends a party at a roller rink , where reunites with his best friend , meets a new girl at school named who instantly has a crush on , and reveals he passed on the Cheese Touch . During the party , his older brother embarrasses by suggesting that he ask to skate with him and then interfering with Couples Skate by persuading a crowd of violent teenagers to enter the rink , along with replacing " Always " by Atlantic Starr with a heavy metal song . This prompts 's parents ( who misunderstand this ) to speak to on the rink 's public address system and then carry him off the rink . , extremely angry with for humiliating him , tries to tackle him , but he misses and in turn , lands in birthday cake . She and her friends then proceed to beat up as the intro starts . 
 and 's mother , , makes an effort to have them bond by going in their bedroom and doing some things together by using her methods called " Mom Bucks " , but it makes things worse as cheats her system . At school , the teacher treats as a bad kid and immediately dislike because 's related to much to 's dismay . After school , a school talent show is advertised on TV ; in which sees it as an opportunity to perform magic , and sees it as a big break for his band , Löded Diper . However , rejects the idea of doing the magic . also gets permission from ’s mom so can come with ’s family to Rockin Rapids , a water park , though prefers to stay home and practice his magic act for the talent show . 
 At church , and are grounded after a scuffle , causing to get upset about what others think of her , and her family 's reputation being ruined ; after which , they are forbidden to go to the water park , nor inviting people over , and told that they must bond . However , does the opposite , and throws a party . Though , this party causes to be more friendly and open towards . 
 The next morning , calls and says that they will be home in one hour . and hastily erase all the evidence , but find out that the bathroom door is painted on with a graffiti ; therefore , they replace the door , but finds out that the replacement door does n't have a lock like the last door . convinces to deny everything as their parents arrive . however , later slowly began to discovers the difference and questions the two brothers . Though denies this , nearly reveals the truth and convinces to not to punish . Convinced that did n't reveal about the party , starts bonding with him as a gesture of gratitude . 
 One night , they are finally exposed when their father comes across photos of the party and the 's reputation is ruined again , and no one will support 's articles about siblings bonding anymore . and both get grounded , which includes not being allowed to participate in the school talent show . Their punishment is to stay at the retirement home with their Grandpa is staying , in which finds out that is visiting her grandmother . tells that she can relate to about siblings giving her a hard time ; however , siblings will eventually get over it . also reveals she is more patient and mature than her siblings . 
 The next day , to humiliate , reads and steals 's diary — in which has written about his crush on — and attempts to hand it over to . , with only his underwear on , chases after and takes the diary back , but he accidentally hides in the women 's restroom and when returns , reveals to that he tapes the whole incident . 
 At the talent show a few nights later , finds out that he has been booted from the band by , a band member who recently joined ; is n't able to perform his magic tricks due to his partner having stage fright . , with a change of heart , helps and out by participating in 's magic act in return for allowing to perform his band act . The next morning , gives the tape from the retirement home in return for making it possible for him to participate , symbolizing that they are not only brothers , but also friends . 
 In a mid - credits scene , and have just finished posting the video that shot of 's music act with dancing on YouTube , and it goes viral , making and an internet sensation . However , an enraged , having seen the video , shouts at off - screen , that he is " so dead . "

Zachary Gordon, Devon Bostick, Rachael Harris, Robert Capron, Steve Zahn

( ) is an undead criminal who has broken out of Hell and stolen Satan 's personal gun , labeled the Godkiller , to kill ( ) , a cult leader who tricked 's daughter into joining his followers in the wake of 's death 10 years prior , only to kill her and her husband and steal their daughter ( 's granddaughter ) to be sacrificed in a Satanist ritual . believes that if he kills the baby , he will unleash Hell over Earth . 
 After interrogating and murdering some of 's followers , discovers that the ritual will take place in Stillwater , an abandoned prison in Louisiana . He heads there , but stops by a diner , where he meets ( ) , a waitress . 's car is damaged in the pursuit , so he sabotages 's car , a 1969 blue Dodge Charger R / T 440 and follows her to fix it in exchange for a ride on the way to Stillwater to find . 
 Entering her room , walks in on her boyfriend , ( ) , having sex with another woman . beats up the woman and assaults , getting knocked to the ground . , in a phone booth nearby , hears the commotion and comes to 's aid , kicking in the face as he is about to continue assaulting , and punching repeatedly . steals his car , taking along with him driving to Stillwater . Meanwhile , a supernatural operative of Satan , The Accountant ( ) , arrives on Earth with the mission to bring back to Hell and take the gun back . After interrogating , he discovers that and are heading to Louisiana , and murders with a bat before tricking a pair of state troopers into helping him by impersonating an FBI agent . 
 At a shady hotel , is attacked by and his men , who heard about his return , but he kills most of them . The Accountant appears with the police and chases after and , who are chasing after 's van . uses the Godkiller to shoot the out of the road . They then follow to a church , only to find it filled with 's followers . They are ambushed and captured . is kidnapped and is shot in the eye and left for dead , but he awakens and kills 's men before pursuing the RV once again . Inside , breaks free and fights before jumping out of the RV and onto 's car . then disables the car by repeatedly shooting its engine . 
 and then meet 's friend ( ) , who provides them a new car , a 1971 red Chevrolet Chevelle SS . discovers that is literally undead and had to abandon his daughter to protect her from his former companions , which is why she was so easily manipulated by . reveals that he died 10 years prior in a shootout , and that personally carried his coffin . She also discovers that the Godkiller was stolen by from Satan himself and has the power to completely destroy one 's soul , preventing it from going to either Heaven or Hell . 
 After arming himself , tells that he can not guarantee her safety and that she should leave , but she assures him that she has never had a worthy cause to fight for until now , and that she is with him regardless of the consequences . tells to stay behind , not wishing him to die . With the help of the , they evade the troops of Sheriff ( ) and finally arrive at Stillwater . The Accountant captures and forces to give up the before he can engage , but he allows to go into battle against and his followers to save his granddaughter , noting that Satan is more of a well - educated , calm warden of a very large prison , rather than a face of evil , and that he actually despises the sacrifices of innocent lives in his name . 
 While slaughters 's men before they can sacrifice the child , escapes The Accountant 's clutches with the Godkiller . eventually gets the upper hand on and savagely beats him . fires the Godkiller at , but misses and hits one of his few surviving men instead . She is knocked out by the gun 's recoil . orders one of his female servants to murder the child . However , the woman , who had been caring for the baby ever since stole her , finds herself unable to carry out the deed , making angry . The Accountant attracts 's attention , allowing to grab the and shoot , destroying his soul . 
 The Accountant retrieves the baby and allows to say goodbye to her . gives her to , who promises to care for and protect her . arrives and looks on as " dies " . After both and have left , is revealed to be still " alive " and with the Accountant . 
 Following this , makes good on his earlier promise to , and nonchalantly drinks a beer out of what is left of King 's skull . He agrees to go back to Hell , but warns that if he is punished too severely for his actions , he will escape again . The Accountant claims that he looks forward to it , insinuating that chasing is the most fun he has ever had , before he wiggles his keys and manifests a black 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air . He throws the keys to , who drives off into the gates of Hell .

Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Billy Burke, Charlotte Ross, Christa Campbell, Tom Atkins, Katy Mixon, Todd Farmer David Morse

Salesman ( ) is fired from his job of 16 years following an unspecified incident in Denver related to his alcoholism . He sits in the parking garage after leaving the office , drinking from a flask . He then takes the Swiss Army Knife he was given as a farewell gift and stabs it into his supervisor 's car tires , only to leave the knife ( which has his name on it ) and run away when he is unable to pull it back out from the tire . He immediately drives to a convenience store and buys a large amount of beer . When he returns home , he finds his wife is gone , the locks have been changed , and his belongings have been strewn all over his front lawn . His wife has left him a letter telling him that she is leaving him , also over the Denver incident , and to not contact her . 
 spends the night on the lawn . In the morning , he leaves to buy beer and food , returning to find his company car being taken back . In addition , his credit cards no longer work , he has been blocked from the joint checking account he has with his wife , and his phone service is terminated . When the police ask him to vacate the premises , gets them to contact his AA sponsor , Detective ( ) , who provides him with a permit for a yard sale , allowing him three more days before he must move on . gets a neighborhood boy , ( ) , to help him sell his possessions , assuring he will pay him for the help , and also that he will teach him to play baseball . The first day 's sale is unsuccessful as is unwilling to let items go . 
 meets his new neighbor , a pregnant young woman named ( ) , and invites her to his backyard . There , he tells her that he had been sober for six months until attending a conference in Denver , during which he had gotten blackout drunk with a female coworker ; he awoke with no memory of the night before , and soon learned that she had lodged a complaint against him , setting the stage for his firing . 
 then finds a yearbook with a friendly message from an old classmate , ( ) , whom he tracks down and visits . The reunion is awkward , but nevertheless gives a hug and tells him that he is a good person deep down . 
 Now completely broke , has to go without alcohol and soon experiences withdrawal . gives him a Valium and tells him that he needs help . He replies that she is no better than him because she puts up with her husband 's drinking and frequent absences . storms off , angry and hurt . 
 The next morning awakes to find has arranged his belongings on the lawn and has put price tags on them . Most of the things are sold by that evening . apologizes to , who admits that he was right and that she had told her husband to come home or get a divorce . She , and then go out to dinner . In the restaurant restroom , encounters his former supervisor , who explains that the incident in Denver probably did not happen . They fired the female employee he got drunk with because it was discovered she has a history of suing fellow employees for sexual harassment , and that probably would have gotten his job back if only he had n't slashed the supervisor 's tires . expresses little reaction to this news , but when the supervisor leaves a glass of beer in the restroom , takes it back to him without drinking a drop . 
 After dinner , meets with , and answers 's phone while he steps out of his office . The caller is 's wife , , telling she is waiting at his house . confronts , who admits has been staying with him ever since she left . The two men have a fight , and says deserves better than . It is also divulged that and his wife were both recovering alcoholics . Later , while drives home , he observes that , because got sober and did n't , their marriage had little chance of succeeding , and proceeds to list the ways failed her as a husband . He then hands a packet of divorce papers for him to sign , along with some spending money and keys to the house . tells to drop him off on the nearest curb ; before he gets out of the car , he asks to tell his wife he 's sorry . He walks home the rest of the way , at one point stopping to look into the convenience store where he regularly bought beer , but moves on . 
 The next day , he settles up with – including repaying him for what he skimmed from 's profits for beer money – and receives an appreciative hug from , whose husband has come home . She hands him the Polaroid photo she took of him a few days prior , with the message from her fortune cookie taped to the bottom , which says " Everything is not yet lost . "

Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall, Michael Peña, Christopher C. J. Wallace, Glenn Howerton, Stephen Root, Laura Dern

Nine - year - old ( ) , who has Asperger syndrome , is the son of German American ( ) . often sent on missions to do something connected with one of his riddles . The last riddle he gives proves that New York City once possessed a Sixth Borough . In a flashback , and play a scavenger hunt to find objects throughout New York City . The game requires communication with other people and is not easy for the socially awkward , who is told " If things were easy to find they would n't be worth finding " . 
 On September 11 , 2001 , and his classmates are sent home from school early while his mother ( ) is at work . When gets home , he finds five messages from his father on the answering machine saying he is in the World Trade Center . When calls for the sixth time , is too scared to answer . The machine records a sixth message which stops when the building collapses . knows his father has been killed and falls to the floor . He replaces the answering machine with a new one and hides the old one so his mother will never find out . 
 A few weeks after what calls " the worst day " , he confides in his German grandmother and they become closer . 's relationship with his mother worsens since she can not explain why the World Trade Center was attacked and why his father died . tells his mother he wishes it had been her in the building , not his father , and she responds , " So do I " . After , says he did not mean it , but his mother does n't believe him . 
 A year later , finds a vase in his father 's closet with a key in an envelope with the word " Black " on it . He vows to find what the key fits . He finds 472 Blacks in the New York phone book and plans to meet each of them to see if they knew his father . He first meets ( ) , who has recently divorced her husband . She tells she did not know his father . 
 One day , realizes that a strange man ( ) has moved in with his grandmother . This stranger does not talk because of a childhood trauma caused by his parents ' death in World War II . He communicates with written notes and with his hands which have " yes " and " no " tattooed on them . As they become friends and go together on the hunt to find what the key fits , learns to face his fears , such as those of public transport and bridges . Eventually , concludes that the stranger is his grandfather and plays the answering machine messages for this stranger . Before playing the last message , the stranger can not bear listening any longer , this message being his son 's last words , and stops . Later on , the stranger moves out and tells not to search anymore . 
 When looks at a newspaper clipping his father gave him , he finds a circled phone number with a reference to an estate sale . He dials the number and reaches , who wants to take to her ex - husband , , who may know about the key . ( ) tells he has been looking for the key . had sold the vase to 's father who never knew the key was in the vase . The key fits a safe deposit box where 's father left something for him . Disappointed and distraught because the key does not belong to him , confesses to that he did not pick up the phone during his father 's sixth and final phone call and then goes home . He proceeds to write letters to all the people he met and thank them for their kindness . 
 's mother tells she knew he was contacting the Blacks . She then informs him that she visited each Black in advance and informed them that was going to visit and why . makes an artbook - like scrapbook filled with pop - ups and pull tabs like a children 's book , of his scavenger hunt and all the people he met and titles it " Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close " . At the end of the book there is a pull tab , showing an animation in which 's body is falling up instead of down . 
 Soon after , visits the park he and his father frequented and thinks about the swings his father showed him . Looking underneath one , he finds a message from his father , congratulating him for finishing what would be their final expedition , giving the closure he desperately needed . 
 's grandfather returns to live with 's grandmother .

Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, Max von Sydow, Viola Davis, John Goodman, Jeffrey Wright, James Gandolfini

is on his way to a company retreat with his colleagues . While their bus crosses the North Bay Bridge , has a premonition that the bridge will collapse , killing everyone on it , except for his ex - girlfriend , who he manages to get across the bridge safely . In a panic , he persuades several people to leave the bridge before it collapses , including ; his friends and ; 's girlfriend ; his boss ; and co - workers and . FBI agent does n't believe that is responsible for the bridge collapse , but promises to keep an eye on him . At the memorial service , coroner mysteriously tells the survivors that " Death does n't like to be cheated , " and warns them to be careful . Believing this to be nonsense , they ignore his warning and leave . 
 Later , goes to gymnastics practice with , where an unseen entity begins to follow her , and when a chain reaction causes to fly off the uneven bars , she snaps her spine , leaving devastated . The next day , is killed when his head is crushed by a falling Buddha statue during an acupuncture session at a Chinese spa . , who has been present for both deaths , tells the remaining survivors that if they wish to cheat , they must kill someone who was never meant to die on the bridge and thereby claim their remaining lifespan . On the same day , goes to an eye surgery clinic to treat her myopic vision . While the eye doctor is out looking for files the laser malfunctions , searing her eye and hand . She manages to free herself just as and arrive to save her , but trips and falls out of the window onto a car below . Later , realizes that the survivors are dying in the order they were meant to die on the bridge ; and realize that is next on Death 's list . 
 Meanwhile , , who has returned to the factory , accidentally kills his co - worker , , during an argument by pushing him in front of a lifting hook , which impales him through the chin . relays this information to the remaining survivors , who realize he claimed 's remaining lifespan by killing him and therefore must be safe . When arrives to question about the incident , a wrench launched by a belt sander hits him in the face , killing him . 
 That evening , works at a restaurant , and after work asks his supervisor to reserve the restaurant for a date with . , who has become unstable after 's death , interrupts the date to tell them that he has decided to kill to take her lifespan . After draws a gun , and both escape to the restaurant 's kitchen . Agent overhears the gunshots from outside , but when he enters the restaurant he is shot dead by . Believing that he is now safe from Death , decides to kill both and to remove any witnesses . and fight and knocks unconscious , but just as is about to stab with a kitchen knife , awakens and stabs him in the back with a large skewer ; leading to believe he has claimed 's life . 
 Two weeks later , and board a flight to Paris . As they take their seats , a fight breaks out between two passengers ( and ) , revealing the plane he and are on is Flight 180 . Upon take - off , overhears that one of the passengers had a vision of the plane 's destruction , but it is too late for them to leave and both he and are killed before the plane explodes . At 's memorial , learns that had a brain aneurysm that would have burst " any day now . " As realizes he is still in danger , the landing gear from Flight 180 crashes through the roof and crushes him , setting off the events of the first four films .

Nicholas D'Agosto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher, Arlen Escarpeta, with David Koechner and Tony Todd, P. J. Byrne, Courtney B. Vance, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood

( ) is an executive recruiter for a leading job agency in New York City , and ( ) works as an art director for a small internet company in Los Angeles . has the task of trying to recruit to interview for a job with GQ and begin working in New York City . comes to New York and after interviewing for the position learns from that he has been given an offer to work for GQ . Initially skeptical about the job and moving to New York , eventually agrees to the job after a fun night exploring the city with . 
 The following day , presents with the contract to sign so she can land her commission for recruiting him . Not knowing anyone else in the city , he and quickly develop a strong platonic friendship . One night , they get on the topic of sex and relationships . They come to the conclusion that sex should not come with so many emotional attachments . As they both feel the need for a physical connection , they agree to have sex without emotion or commitment . After several trysts together , comes to the realization that this is not really what she wants and she would like to start dating again . She tells that they need to stop . 
 meets , an oncologist , and they begin dating . After five dates , they consummate their relationship , only to break up the next morning . Trying to be sympathetic and to console her , suggests she travels with him to California over the Fourth of July weekend , while he visits his family . Initially hesitant , agrees after much persistence from . They fly to Los Angeles , where meets his sister , nephew , and father , who suffers from the early stages of Alzheimer 's disease . While in California , they begin to develop strong emotional romantic feelings for each other , and share a passionate kiss , which leads to a night of close intimacy unlike any other they had shared before . However , the next day , overhears a conversation between and , where suspects and like each other , though he insists otherwise and says is too " fucked up " for him to date . Hurt , she flies back to New York . A few days later , returns to New York , trying to reconcile his friendship with and find out why she has been ignoring him . He finally finds , and she informs him she overheard everything he said and has no interest in maintaining any kind of a friendship with him . 
 Soon after this , discovers that may be leaving the GQ position for another job before the year elapses on his contract , which would affect her commission . She confronts about this , which leads to another argument . Both begin to do some soul searching trying to come to terms with their feelings about their relationship . spends time with her mother , , while discusses it with over the phone . His sister informs him that their father will be flying to Newark and he needs to be picked up at the airport . While at the airport , his father , in a moment of Alzheimer's - induced confusion , incorrectly recognizes a passer - by as a woman from his past . asks him about the woman . After regaining his lucidity , his father says that she was a woman he met in the Navy and " the love of my life " . He also states that he regrets decisions he made in his youth to let her go . 's father tells him not to do the same thing , and to reconcile with if there is any chance of saving the relationship . 
 realizes how he really feels about after talking with his father , and decides to go after her ; he calls ’s mother to set up an excuse to get to go to Grand Central Station thinking she will be picking up her mother . He arranges to have a flash mob dance to " Closing Time " set up to surprise at the station . When the moment comes , he catches up with and tells her how he really feels . Surprised and happy by this turn of events , tells him to kiss her . After sharing a passionate kiss , suggests it is time they go on their first real date . They go across the street to the Pershing Square café and although they attempt to keep the date casual and relaxed , the film ends with them in a sensual embrace and passionate kiss .

Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Patricia Clarkson, Jenna Elfman, Bryan Greenberg, Richard Jenkins, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, Nolan Gould, Jason Segel, Rashida Jones, Andy Samberg, Shaun White

Billions of years ago , beings called the Guardians of the Universe used the green essence of willpower to create an intergalactic police force called the Green Lantern Corps . They divided the universe into 3600 sectors , with one Green Lantern per sector . One such Green Lantern , of Sector 2814 , defeated the malevolent being and imprisoned him in the Lost Sector on the desolate planet Ryut . In the present day , escapes from his prison after becoming strengthened by an encounter with crash survivors on the planet , feeding on their fear to gain strength before pursuing and nearly killing , who escapes and crash - lands on Earth where he commands his power ring to find a worthy successor . 
 , a cocky test pilot working at Ferris Aircraft , is chosen by the ring and transported to the crash site , where the dying appoints him a Green Lantern , telling him to take the lantern and speak the oath . says the oath and is whisked away to the Green Lantern Corps home planet of Oa , where he meets and trains with veteran Corps members , , and Corps leader , who believes he is unfit and fearful . , disheartened by his extreme training sessions and 's doubts , quits and returns to Earth , keeping the power ring and lantern . 
 Scientist is summoned by his father , Senator , to a secret government facility to perform an autopsy on body under the watchful eye of . A piece of Parallax inside the corpse enters , giving him telepathic and telekinetic powers at the cost of his sanity . After discovering that he was chosen for the secret work only due to his father 's influence and not for his own abilities , attempts to kill his father by telekinetically sabotaging his helicopter at a massive party . saves the senator and the party guests , including his childhood sweetheart . Later , at the government facility , uses telekenisis to successfully kill his father by burning him alive . also elevates high above the floor . As she 's falling , arrives and saves the injured by creating a pool of water which whisks her away out of further danger . During the encounter learns of coming to Earth . 
 On Oa , the Guardians tell that was one of their own until he desired to control the yellow essence of fear , only to become corrupted . Arguing that the way to fight fear is with fear itself , requests that the Guardians forge a ring of the same yellow power , preparing to concede Earth 's destruction to in order to protect . appears and tries to convince the Guardians that fear will turn the users evil if its power is used , but they reject his pleas , and he returns to Earth to try to defeat on his own . 
 saves from after a brief showdown . arrives , consumes 's entire life force , and then wreaks havoc on Coast City . After a fierce battle , lures away from Earth and toward the sun . is inadvertently caught in the sun 's gravitational pull while escapes , and is destroyed . loses consciousness after the battle and falls toward the sun , but is saved by , , and . 
 The entire Green Lantern Corps congratulates for his bravery . tells he now bears the responsibility of protecting his sector as a Green Lantern . 
 In a mid - credits scene , takes the yellow ring and places it on his finger , causing his green suit and eyes to turn yellow .

Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Angela Bassett and Tim Robbins, Temuera Morrison, Taika Waititi, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Clarke Duncan

( ) and ( ) are best friends , as are their wives , ( ) and ( ) . They are both unhappy with their married lives and missing the old days when they were single . Realizing this , their wives talk to their friend Dr. ( ) and decide to give them a " Hall Pass " : a week off from marriage during which they can have sex with other women . They are skeptical at first , but ultimately accept the offers and try to pick up women with their friends ( ) , Flats ( ) and ( ) . and spend and 's " Hall Pass Week " at 's parents ' house in Cape Cod , where flirts with athlete ( ) . She says that if their husbands have Hall Passes , so should they . 
 With their wives and children away , Fred and check in at a hotel and prepare for their Hall Pass Week . On day one , they decide to eat before going to a local bar and get too tired to spend the night there , preferring to stay at the hotel . 
 On day two , they eat hash brownies and decide to play golf , but get too high and wreak havoc on the golf course . 
 On day three , and go to a bar with their friends but fail to impress the women there . They decide to get drunk in order to become more loose , but go too far and wind up getting into a fight with other customers . They spend day four at the hotel suffering from a hangover . 
 On day five , goes to a local coffee shop where he flirts with an attractive waitress named ( ) , much to the annoyance of her co - worker who insults . When answers him back , is impressed and tells that they might see each other at the local gym . They later meet there , and invites for a beer after they work out . decides to sit in the hot tub instead , but falls asleep and stays there for several hours , ending up with his muscles too weak to use and forced to accept the help of two naked men to leave - much to his dismay . Meanwhile , and get closer , while finds herself attracted to 's coach . 
 On day six , and go to a bar called Enter the Dragon with their friend ( ) , where Rick meets his children 's babysitter ( ) , who has just turned 21 and is with her aunt . is attracted to , but he shoots her down to dance with . , the party 's DJ , is angry at this . After the party is over , goes to party at 's while takes a girl to his hotel room . However , she feels sick , and after a minor incident in the bathroom , is sent back home by before they can have sex . Later that evening , shows up at the room and mistakes for , eventually seducing him . begins to fake oral sex on her . 
 Meanwhile , 's coach tries to seduce , but she rebuffs him . , on the other hand , has sex with , but tells him it will be just that one time . On her way back home , she feels guilty about cheating on and has a car accident . 
 At 's house , is approached by Brent , who is angry at for going out with . calms , then finds alone in a bedroom and offers him a one - time fling . He initially wants to do it , but ultimately rebuffs her , unable to cheat on . After answering 's phone , learns of 's accident and makes his way to the hotel to tell him . In the lobby he finds , who thinks he was having sex with . They enter the room and find having fake sex with her . After finding out the truth , kicks in the face . 
 Upon hearing about 's accident , tries to go to the hospital but finds vandalizing what he thought was 's car . Upon seeing , his mother , at the hotel , thinks has had sex with her and tries to kill him as well , but runs out of bullets and is tackled by and . and make their way to the hospital with and the police chasing them . At the hospital , is arrested for attacking them and finds out only broke her nose . 
 goes back home to . He tells her he did not use the Hall Pass and remembers the time he lost his virginity to her . She is the only woman he has ever been with . Moved by his declaration , tells him she did not use her Hall Pass either , and they reconcile and have sex for the first time in months . 
 and also reconcile and decide to hide their cheating from one another . However , ultimately confesses that he used his Hall Pass with when asks him to take her to see . 
 During the credits , hosts a barbecue where he pays to be present . Noticing how happy and are following the Hall Pass week , 's wife suggests that she give him a Hall Pass . After a fantasy where he sleeps with a married woman , resulting in the death of her , her husband , her grandmother and several innocent bystanders ( and ending with him getting raped in prison ) , agrees to " give it a whirl " .

is a fifteen - year - old girl who lives with her father , in rural northern Finland , near Kuusamo . 
 Since the age of two years , has been trained by , an ex - C.I.A. operative from Germany , to be a skilled assassin . He teaches her hand - to - hand combat and drills her in target shooting . He left the agency , going incognito into the Arctic . knows a secret that can not become public , and , a senior C.I.A. officer , searches for him in order to eliminate him . has trained with the intent that she will kill . 
 One night , tells that she is " ready " to face their enemies . digs up a radio beacon that eventually will alert the C.I.A. to their presence . Although he warns that a confrontation with will be fatal for either her or , he leaves the final decision to , who activates the beacon . leaves , instructing her to meet him in Berlin . 
 is taken to an underground C.I.A. complex in Morocco where a suspicious sends a body double . While talking to the double , starts to cry and crawls sobbing into the lap of the double , which makes her captors uneasy . They send some guards to her cell to sedate her . As they enter the cell , kills the double along with some of the guards and escapes . 
 meets and , who are on a camper - van holiday with their children , and in Morocco . She stows away in the family 's camper - van on the ferry ride to Spain , seeking to reach Berlin . The family is kind to her , and she and become friends , even sharing a kiss together . 
 hires , a sadistic former agent , to capture . travels with the family as they drive north through France . and two skinheads trail them and eventually corner and the family near Hamburg , but she manages to escape , killing one of the assailants . catches up with the British family and during interrogation finds out that is heading to Berlin . 
 Arriving at the address that had given her , meets with , an eccentric old magician and a friend of 's , who lives in an abandoned amusement park . plans a rendezvous with her father . However , and arrive . escapes , but overhears comments that suggest is not her biological father . 
 Later , goes to her grandmother 's apartment where she finds , who has unsuccessfully tried to kill in her hotel room . 's grandmother has been murdered by . admits that he is not her biological father . He once recruited pregnant women into a C.I.A. program where their children 's DNA was enhanced in order to create super - soldiers . After the project was shut down , its subjects were eliminated . 
 and arrive ; acts as a distraction to allow to escape . kills in a fight , but is shot by , who goes to 's house . is there , having just discovered tortured to death by . After a chase , kills .

Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Tom Hollander, Olivia Williams, Jason Flemyng and Cate Blanchett

, son of the penguins Mumble and , is unable to dance like the other penguins . and his two best friends , and , follow to Adélie - Land and find that Adélie - Land has been ruled by a God - like " penguin " named . is actually a puffin in Adélie - Land who survived the loss of his native fishing grounds due to his " miraculous " ability to fly . Erik instantly becomes enamored with , who takes a liking to him . and tell the others that they were saved by humans . The two eventually flee ( under 's mistaken assumption that the humans were going to eat them ) and end up on Antarctica , where performs his first miracle by revealing moss to the local penguins . uses his power of " Sven Think " to help find a mate . instantly falls in love with , another Adélie penguin who is uninterested . follows the chicks ' footprints to Adélie - Land and orders them to return to Emperor - Land , but they refuse . sends back to Emperor - Land with . 
 Meanwhile , a couple of krill are in the midst of a swarm . is an adventurous and existentialist krill determined to discover what lies beyond the swarm . His friend , , reluctantly follows him to ensure his safety . Once separated from the swarm , and realize that krill are at the bottom of the food chain , created to be eaten . Inspired , ventures out to evolve and " move up the food chain " by eating a real creature instead of being eaten . 
 tells that he is unique to the world and that he will someday find his calling , but is oblivious . While trying to cross a perilous ice bridge , the penguins encounter Elephant Seal and his two young sons , who refuse to let the penguins pass . Suddenly the ice gives away and is trapped in a deep crevice below the ice . sets out to free by luring a leopard seal to chase him down . Seeking acceptance from , is devastated to learn attributed the feat of courage to . returns to the southern elephant seal beach . 
 When the penguins return to Emperor - Land they discover that a large iceberg has trapped the emperor penguin population below large walls of ice . ventures out to Adélie - Land to recruit the help of , the and the Adélie penguins to bring fish to the doomed Emperor penguins . Meanwhile , , and deliver meager supplies of fish to the trapped penguins . attempts to deliver a fish to by flying and nearly tossing himself over the edge of the iceberg . scolds for his beliefs , saying that no penguin can fly and that none of the emperor penguins will be able to escape . Once realizes Emperor - Land is destined to die , he begins to break down . sends off to hunt for fish , calming and the rest of the hysterical Emperor - Land . In the process , becomes inspired to create another swarm of krill but refuses , preferring to adhere to his new predator lifestyle . 
 The next morning , a large flock of skua attack the trapped Emperor - Land . the Elder encourages the penguins to stand up to the birds through perseverance and unity . When all hope seems lost , returns with the entire Adélie - Land , led by , to aid the trapped emperor penguins . orchestrates a cooperative effort to feed the trapped emperor penguins through hunting and bringing back a flow of fish from the sea . Meanwhile , becomes increasingly agitated with 's behavior and leaves him into the feeding swarm , to join " fellow predators " . In the process he is attached to a fish carried by and down into the trapped Emperor - Land . 
 The humans who saved and come to Antarctica again to help the penguins find a way out . However , a blizzard approaches and causes the humans to flee and not return . reports that the ocean has frozen over significantly and there is no chance of the humans returning or the Adélie penguins transporting food over such a distance . urges to teach the penguins how to fly , but reveals that he is not a penguin but a puffin . He admits that after the loss of , he was lonely and grew to love the penguins who accepted him as a family . , after watching snow fall into a crevice between chunks of iceberg , begins to tap - dance on the ice and lead the Adélie penguins in a dance to force snow between the ice and weaken it . The plan works until several chunks break loose , sending , , and a portion of the Adélies as well as several chinstrap , little blue and Magellanic penguins into the doomed crevice . and tumble towards the edge , and grabs the thread from 's vest . The thread snaps and falls on . and the pull on the thread that is holding onto and pull him up but injures his foot , unable to dance and lead the Adélies . realizes is trapped below and , risking his own life , jumps off the iceberg to be with her and professes their love to each other . becomes aware of the dancing and proves himself to be a worthy dancer despite public outcry against him . He leads the remaining Adélies in dance while and venture off to the elephant seal beach . 
 Meanwhile , , weary from the dangers he experienced as a predator on the surface , ventures back into the sea to find , but not before experiencing the penguin 's dancing . He is suddenly forced down a crack in the ice and into the sea beneath Emperor - Land . Reuniting with and his swarm , the krill enter the inaccessible ice below Emperor - Land . 
 and arrive at Elephant Seal Beach where is in the middle of a fight of dominance between another large male . pleads to the elephant seals to help free the emperor penguins . Hesitant to return a favor at such a pivotal time of the year , declines . Using his singing abilities , commends for his bravery and lectures for his lack of kindness . The elephant seals travel en - masse to Emperor - Land . The penguins and the seals begin slamming the ice to the beat of 's song Under Pressure , joined by , and their krill swarm below the ice . Finally , the iceberg crumbles enough for the emperor penguins to climb out of the crevice and reunite with their families .

Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hank Azaria, Alecia Moore (Pink), Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Sofía Vergara, Hugo Weaving, Richard Carter, Common, Magda Szubanski, Anthony LaPaglia

After burying , asks the goblin to help him , , and break into vault at bank , suspecting a Horcrux may be there . agrees , in exchange for the Sword of Gryffindor . Wandmaker tells that two wands taken from Malfoy Manor belonged to and to , but 's has changed its allegiance to . 
 In 's vault , discovers the Horcrux is cup . He retrieves it , but snatches the sword and abandons the trio , leaving them cornered by security . The three release the dragon guardian and flee on its back . sees a vision of killing goblins , including , and learns is aware of the theft . also realises there is a Horcrux at Hogwarts somehow connected to . The trio apparate into Hogsmeade , where reluctantly instructs the portrait of his deceased younger sister , , to fetch , who leads the trio through a secret passageway into Hogwarts . 
 hears of 's return and warns staff and students of punishment for aiding . confronts , who flees after challenges him to a duel . gathers the Hogwarts community for battle . At insistence , speaks to ghost , who reveals that performed " dark magic " on her mother 's diadem , which is in the Room of Requirement . In the Chamber of Secrets , destroys the Horcrux cup with a Basilisk fang . In the Room of Requirement , , and attack , but and intervene . casts a Fiendfyre curse and , unable to control it , is burned to death while and his friends save and . stabs the diadem with the Basilisk fang and kicks it into the Room of Requirement , where it is destroyed . As 's army attacks , , seeing into 's mind , realises that 's snake is the final Horcrux . After entering the boathouse , the trio witness telling that the Elder Wand can not serve until dies ; he then orders to kill . Before dying , tells to take his memories to the Pensieve . In the chaos at Hogwarts , , , and have been killed . 
 learns from 's memories that while despised 's late father , , who had bullied him , he loved his late mother , . Following her death , worked secretly with to protect from because of his love for . also learns that was dying and wanted to kill him , and that the Patronus doe he saw in the woods that led him to the sword had been conjured by . discovers that he himself became a Horcrux when originally failed to kill him and that must die to destroy the piece of 's soul within him . then surrenders himself to in the Forbidden Forest . casts the Killing Curse upon , who finds himself in limbo , where 's spirit meets him and explains that the part of within was killed by 's own curse . then returns to his body , determined to defeat Voldemort once and for all . 
 announces 's apparent death to everyone at Hogwarts and demands they all surrender . As gives a defiant response and draws the Sword of Gryffindor from the Sorting Hat , reveals he is still alive ; the Malfoys and many Death Eaters abandon . While confronts in a duel throughout the castle , kills in the Great Hall and decapitates , making vulnerable . and 's fight ends with 's own Killing Curse rebounding and obliterating him . After the battle , explains to and that the Elder Wand had recognised him as its true master because he had disarmed , who earlier had disarmed its previous owner , , but instead of claiming the Elder Wand , breaks and discards it . 
 Nineteen years later , , , , , and proudly watch their own children leave for Hogwarts at King 's Cross station .

Following the loss of his mother in a car crash , ( ) falls into a state of depression . He becomes obsessed with the car his mother died in and follows it when it is towed away . He and his passive , depressed and pill - taking father ( ) live with 's grandmother ( ) , where they are soon joined by a squatter , ( ) , a foul - mouthed , tattooed , heavy metal - loving lout . 
 After school , , a bully from the towing service , finds his car vandalized and blames , who is saved and taken home by ( ) , a grocery store clerk . witnesses attacking , but does nothing . Later , sets 's car on fire , leading to police questioning , but lack of evidence forces them to let him go . proceeds to spy on at the grocery store when appears and follows her home with She causes a fender - bender and is verbally assaulted by the other driver , when comes to her rescue by threatening him . He then takes and to a random house that is for sale . There , trashes the swimming pool and lights the diving board on fire before he shocks and by leaving them there alone . When the pair get back to 's broken down car , it has a ticket in the window , at which point breaks down and cries about how bad her life is . 
 Later that night , and get into an argument over dinner . is saddened that there is ' nothing she can do ' , and goes to her room . says he 'll walk with her in the morning , but the next morning , he finds her dead . steals his dad 's credit card and takes money to buy the car back , but is told it 's been removed . He decides to give the money to , but when he gets there she is having sex with , so he damages his van while telling both of them he does n't want to see them again and leaves . 
 He threatens at his house and finds out the car was taken to be crushed . begins attacking until , who has been following him , appears and drags off him . tells him he still does n't want to see him again and then goes to the junkyard . He climbs in the wrecked car and sleeps , dreaming of his mother 's death . He wakes up when the car is going to be crushed and falls out . He returns home after seeing it destroyed . While getting ready for his grandmother 's funeral , comes and asks for forgiveness and leaves him . At the funeral , is asked to say words for her , but has nothing to say . 
 walks in drunk , resisting efforts to throw him out and demands that the mourners listen to him . He tells a story about how when he was younger he blew up the gas tank of a car and shrapnel destroyed one of his testicles . He then explained that he got caught up in the loss of his testicle focusing on it so much that he forgot he had a right testicle and working penis . He then draws the parallel : you lost a wife , and you lost a mother ; I lost a testicle . He then announces that he promised he ’d go on a walk with her and proceeds to push the casket out of the room . and stand agape and watch pushing the casket through the road . After a brief hesitation and run to catch up and take a place on each side with their hands on the casket to help push and also to join the walk with . 
 The next day , shaves for the first time in weeks and tells that is gone . Then he shows the compacted remains of his mother 's car , which sits in the driveway . The screen draws back and then we see on the roof has spray painted in huge white letters , “ was here . "

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Devin Brochu, Rainn Wilson and Natalie Portman, Piper Laurie

On Easter Island , an optimistic young rabbit named is intended to succeed his father as the Easter Bunny . Intimidated by the calling 's demands and ignoring his father 's orders , runs away to Hollywood to pursue his dream of becoming a drummer . So his father sends his royal guard the Pink Berets out to find him . Meanwhile , 's father 's second - in - command plots a coup d'état against him to take over Easter . 
 At Van Nuys , is hit by , an out - of - work , job - hopping slacker who was driving to his sister 's boss 's house he is house - sitting , while his parents forced him to move out . Feigning injury , E.B. persuades to take him in as he recovers , but when causes trouble , attempts to release him in the wilderness . persuades to help him by claiming to be the Easter Bunny , whom as a child had witnessed delivering eggs . 
 sees the closing in on him and hides inside a business where is having a job interview . enjoys a successful recording session with The Blind Boys of Alabama as their substitute drummer , but ruins 's job interview . In the process , gets a tip about a possible audition for , who invites him to perform on his show . 
 Afterward , attends his adoptive younger sister 's school Easter pageant with hiding in a satchel . , alarmed that the Pink Berets have apparently found him due to the three bunny suit shadows on a wall and disgusted by 's awful rendition of " Peter Cottontail " , he dashes out and disrupts the show . 
 feigns a ventriloquist 's act with 's cooperation as his dummy and they lead the show in singing , " I Want Candy " . Both 's father , , and , are angry about the upstaging , but is inspired to be the Easter Bunny himself . is skeptical , but he agrees to train the human and finds that has some genuine talent for it . 
 As the Pink Berets close in on him , prepares a decoy to fake his death and leaves for 's show . The see the decoy and , horrified that the human has apparently killed , capture and take him to Easter Island . is held captive and confronted by 's father and about killing E.B. pretends to be upset about 's death , silences ( who tries to reveal the truth of the decoy ) and seizes control of the factory . 
 Meanwhile , at the Hoff Knows Talent live show , is in his dressing room preparing for his performance but his reflection begins to berate him for acting selfish and leaving . Just then a production assistant arrives to tell him that he is next to perform . leaves his dressing room and begins to feel guilty about leaving so he discusses the situation with , who advises him to go back and help his friend . 
 finds evidence of 's capture and races back to the factory . He confronts , but is immobilized in gummy candy and tossed into the chocolate bunny carving line . ’s father and are tied up with black licorice and are to be boiled alive ; eats through the licorice to allow them to escape , something his fellow captive was unwilling to do because of the poor taste of the candy . survives by dodging the blades . 
 , now a chick - bunny combination due to the magic of The Egg of Destiny , battles with and beats him with an elbow drop easily due to his size and then tries to lead the Egg Sleigh out with his sidekick directing with light up wands , but improvises a drum session that makes uncontrollably driven to dance to the beat and provides the wrong signals , causing a crash to subdue . 
 After being defeated , is made to pull the Egg Sleigh . then apologizes to his father for his selfishness , and he and are crowned co - Easter Bunnies .

James Marsden, Russell Brand (voice), Kaley Cuoco, Hank Azaria (voice), Gary Cole, Elizabeth Perkins, David Hasselhoff, Chelsea Handler, Hugh Laurie (voice)

and are friends who despise their bosses . works at a financial firm for the sadistic , who implies the possibility of a promotion for for months , only to award it to himself . is a dental assistant being sexually harassed by his boss , Dr. ; she threatens to tell his fiancée that he had sex with her unless he actually has sex with her . and 's accountant friend enjoys working for at a chemical company , but after unexpectedly dies of a heart attack , the company is taken over by 's cocaine - addicted son , whose apathy and incompetence threaten the future of the company . 
 At night , over drinks , jokingly suggests that their lives would be happier if their bosses were no longer around . Initially hesitant , they eventually agree to kill their employers . In search of a hitman , the trio meet , an ex - con who agrees to be their " murder consultant " . suggests that , and kill each other 's bosses to hide their motive while making the deaths look like accidents . 
 The three reconnoiter 's house , and steals 's phone . They next go to 's house , where and go inside while waits in the car . returns home and confronts for littering , but then has an allergy attack from the peanut butter on the litter . saves by stabbing him with an EpiPen . and think is stabbing to death and flee , with accidentally dropping 's phone in 's bedroom . The next night , watches 's home , but she seduces and has sex with him . and reluctantly wait outside 's and 's houses , respectively , to commit the murders , despite neither of them wanting to . discovers 's cellphone in his bedroom and uses it to find his address , suspecting his wife is having an affair . He drives over and kills , with as a secret witness . 
 flees at high speed , setting off a traffic camera . The trio meet to discuss their reservations about continuing with their plan . They are arrested by the police , who believe the camera footage makes them suspects in 's murder . Lacking evidence , the police are forced to let the trio go free . The trio consult with again , but learn that he never actually killed anyone , having been imprisoned for bootlegging a film . suggests that they get to confess and secretly tape it . The three accidentally crash 's surprise birthday party , where and get to confess to the murder before realizing that , who has the audio recorder , is elsewhere having sex with . threatens to kill all three for attempting to blackmail him . They flee by car , but gives chase and repeatedly rams their vehicle . Believing they have committed a crime , the car 's navigation - system operator remotely disables 's car , allowing to catch and hold them at gunpoint . shoots himself in the leg as he boasts about his plan to frame them for murdering and attempting to kill him to get rid of the witness . 
 The police arrest , and , but the navigation - system operator , , reveals that it is his company 's policy to record all conversations for quality assurance . plays the tape that has confessing he murdered . is sentenced to 25 years to life in prison , while the friends get their charges waived . is promoted to president of the company under a sadistic CEO , retains his job under a new boss , and blackmails into ending her harassment by convincing her to sexually harass a supposedly unconscious patient , while secretly records the act .

Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis, with Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland and Jamie Foxx

In 1931 , 12 - year - old ( ) lives in Paris with his father ( ) , a kind , widowed clockmaker who also works part - time at a museum . One day , his father finds a broken automaton - a mechanical man designed to write with a pen - at the museum . He and try to repair it , with 's father documenting the automaton in a notebook . When his father is killed by a fire at the museum , Hugo is forced to live with his resentful , alcoholic uncle ( ) , and made to learn how to maintain the clocks at the railway station of Gare Montparnasse . When goes missing for several days , continues to maintain the clocks , fearing that he would be sent away as an orphan by the vindictive Station Inspector ( ) if 's absence is discovered . attempts to repair the automaton with stolen parts , believing it contains a message from his father , but the machine still requires a heart - shaped key that his father could not find . 
 is caught when stealing from the toy store owner ( ) , who looks through his father 's notebook and threatens to destroy it . encounters ' goddaughter ( ) , who offers to help get the notebook back . learns has forbidden from going to the cinema , and introduces the medium to her as his father had done for him . As their friendship grows , he shows her the automaton , and is astonished when inadvertently reveals she wears the key as a necklace given to her by . When started , the machine draws out a scene that recognizes from his father 's description of the film A Trip to the Moon . identifies the signature , that of , as her godfather . She sneaks into her home , where they find a hidden cache of more imaginative drawings of , but are caught by , who banishes from his home . 
 and go to the Film Academy Library and find a book about the history of cinema that praises ' contributions . They meet the book 's author , ( ) , a film expert who is surprised to hear that might still be alive , as he had disappeared after World War I along with nearly all copies of his films . Excited at the chance to meet him , agrees to meet and at ' home to show his copy of A Trip to the Moon , hoping it will invigorate . 
 The next day , discovers that the key has somehow found its way onto the railway tracks in the station . As he drops onto the track to retrieve it , he is suddenly hit by and killed by an uncontrollable train that eventually smashes through the walls of the station . wakes up to discover that the harrowing events were just a nightmare . After noticing that a pocket watch hanging from the rafters of his home is missing , can still hear an ominous ticking emanating from near him . When he realises that the sound is coming from near his chest , he pulls up his shirt and is horrified to discover that overnight , his torso has been filled with uncovered hydraulics which seem to be what keeps alive . As he tests his limbs , they too become purely mechanical . When his head turns to metal , he discovers he is turning into his own automaton . As the final stages of the transformation end - his hair and eyeballs disappearing and his face forming into that of his automaton - wakes up again to discover that this was yet another nightmare , possibly and disturbingly symbolising ’s belief of all beings having a sole purpose in life . 
 On the scheduled night , ' wife ( ) tries to turn them away , but compliments as an actress in many of ' films , and she allows them to continue . As the film plays , wakes up at the sight , and finally convinces him to cherish his accomplishments rather than regret his lost dream . recounts that as a stage magician , he had been fascinated by motion pictures , and used the medium to create imaginative works through his Star Film Company , but was forced into bankruptcy following the war , closing his studio and selling his films to be turned into raw materials . He laments that even an automaton he made that he donated to a museum was lost . recognizes this is the same automaton he has , and races to the station to retrieve it . He is caught by , who has learned that 's body was found some time ago , and threatens to take to the orphanage . arrives and tells that he will now see to , adopting him as his son . 
 Some time later , is named a professor at the Film Academy , and is paid tribute through a showcase of his films recovered by . joins in with his new family as they celebrate at the apartment , where the guests include a mellower who has a new leg brace is clearly in love with ( ) , flower seller at the station . As the movie ends , starts to write down 's story and showing the automaton being placed in one of happily placed ( possibly slowly smiling ) .

Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer and Jude Law, Christopher Lee, Helen McCrory, Michael Stuhlbarg, Marco Aponte, Frances de la Tour, Richard Griffiths, Johnny Depp

is an alien from the planet Lorien . He was sent to Earth as a child with eight others to escape the invading Mogadorians , who destroyed Lorien . Here , is protected by a Guardian , , and has developed powers , including enhanced strength , speed and agility , as well as seven other powers he will develop later in life , known as legacies . He is protected by a Loric charm which protects him from all mogodaroan harm as long as he is hurt out of order . He can only be hurt after the first three loriens are killed in order . 
 The Mogadorians , led by the Commander , learn about the nine children and come to Earth to find them . The Lorien can only be killed in sequence ; Number One through Number Nine . Three of them are already dead , with being Number Four . Knowing this , he and move from a beachside bungalow in Florida to an old farm in Paradise , Ohio , where befriends conspiracy theorist and a dog which he names after . He also falls for an amateur photographer , . Her ex - boyfriend , football player is a bully who torments both and . 
 During the Halloween Festival , and his friends chase and into the woods , where they try to beat up . However , he uses his powers to fend them off and rescue . witnesses this , which forces to reveal his true origins . The next day , 's father , the local sheriff , interrogates on 's whereabouts when his son and his friends were attacked . 
 tells that too many people are suspicious of them so they have to leave . refuses because of . Meanwhile , the Mogadorians continue searching for , while being trailed by another Garde , Number Six , who is also trying to locate Number Four . Number Six 's guardian was killed , and she realizes that the remaining six of the Garde will have to team up and fight against the Mogadorians . She knows Number Three is dead and that Number Four is being hunted . 
 The Mogadorians eventually locate and manipulate two conspiracy theorists into capturing . When and go to rescue him , they are attacked but manage to fend the Mogadorians off . However , dies after and escape with some Lorien artefacts , including a blue rock that acts as a tracking device for other Garde . 's father , a conspiracy theorist who disappeared while hunting aliens in Mexico , had another of the rocks . While searches for it , tries to say goodbye to at a party , only to discover that the Mogadorians have framed him and for the murders of the conspiracy theorists . sees and calls his father , who corners and . saves from a fall , revealing his powers in the process , and they escape to their high school . 
 Meanwhile , The Commander arrives in Paradise , in a convoy of trucks . He is confronted by and his father , and after injuring the sheriff , he forces to show him where is hiding . takes him to the school , which he knows is 's hideout . 
 There , , , and are attacked by the Mogadorians , who brought two Piken to hunt the trio . They are saved by Number Six and , who is actually a shapeshifting Chimera sent by 's biological parents to protect him . and Number Six , who can turn invisible and can block energy attacks , continue to fight the Mogadorians . They eventually defeat them all , including the Commander . 
 The following day , and Number Six unite their blue rocks and discover the location of the other four surviving Garde . decides to let come with them in hopes of finding 's father . They set off to find the others so they can all protect Earth from the Mogadorians , leaving and a repentant , who lies to his father about 's whereabouts , telling him to head west since he told his father he was heading east , and returns a magic box left to by his Dad that hid that was in police evidence . thanks and promises that he will come back to Paradise to find her . While they share their goodbye kiss a hurt and slightly agitated is shown , before shakes his head before waving and putting a fake smile . The video ends with , , and Number 6 driving out towards the sunset smiling and vowing to protect their new home , Earth .

Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, Callan McAuliffe, Kevin Durand

Before the dawn of man and beast , Immortals waged war against each other in Heaven . The victors declared themselves gods while the vanquished were renamed the Titans and imprisoned beneath Mount Tartarus . The Epirus Bow , a weapon of immense power , was lost on Earth during the war . 
 In 1228 BC , the mortal king Hyperion[4 ] of searches for the bow , intending to use it to release the Titans to get revenge on the gods for failing to save his family from disease . captures the virgin oracle , believing that she can use her visions to find the Epirus Bow 's resting place . 
 In a small village nearby , the inhabitants prepare to flee to Mount Tartarus to avoid 's army . One inhabitant named is a skilled warrior trained by his mentor , a mysterious old man . and his mother , are considered undesirables because was born from Aethra being raped , and they are forced to stay behind by Athenian soldiers including . is able to beat multiple opponents until the Athenian officer intervenes and discharges from the army for his actions . travels to Hyperion , offering his service and the village 's location . accepts , but hammers 's testicles for being a traitor so he can never father children . 's forces attack 's village , murdering the villagers and , and taking captive . 
 The old man is revealed to be when he meets with his fellow gods , , , , and . warns them not to interfere in mortal affairs as gods unless the Titans are released , and that they must have faith in mankind to defeat . 
 is enslaved alongside the thief . , who is held captive nearby , sees a vision of . organizes a revolt , using the chaos to escape with , , and the other slaves . decides to pursue and attempts to capture a boat , but he and his allies are overwhelmed by 's forces . disobeys ' orders and falls from Olympus into the ocean , causing a tsunami that wipes out 's men . sees another vision of standing near a shrouded body . She determines that must return home to bury . 
 While laying to rest in the village 's labyrinth , discovers the Epirus Bow embedded in nearby rock . He frees the Epirus Bow , but is attacked by 's henchman the . kills the and uses the Bow to save his allies from being executed before collapsing from poisoned scratches inflicted by the . tends to and later falls in love with him . They make love to each other , stripping her of the visions she deemed a curse . 
 The group returns to 's temple while and his forces are away at Mount Tartarus . At the temple , and are lured into an ambush and loses the Epirus Bow . Outnumbered by 's men , directly intervenes to save , and provides the men with horses to reach Mount Tartarus . arrives and angrily kills for disobeying his command . tells and his allies to let ' death be a warning to both the gods and them that they will receive no more help from the gods , and he must justify the faith has in him alone . Before leaving with , tells to prove him right . The lost Epirus Bow is brought to Hyperion . 
 , , and travel to Mount Tartarus . tries in vain to warn Hellenics ' King of Hyperion 's plans , but dismisses his talk of gods as myth , intending to negotiate peace with . The following day , uses the Bow to destroy Mount Tartarus ' seemingly indestructible gate . 
 leads the Hellenic army to war against the forces , killing . ignores the battle , storms through to Mount Tartarus , and kills and , using the Epirus Bow to breach the mountain and free the Titans before and can stop him . The force of the release knocks the mortals down . Knocked into the vault and unable to escape , retrieves the Epirus Bow and kills a Titan to buy time to get away , but is killed by the other Titans . , , , , and arrive and battle the Titans while fights . destroys the Epirus Bow , and the gods prove more than a match for the Titans , but they are overwhelmed by sheer numbers , with all but and being killed . kills while collapses Mount Tartarus on the Titans . As the mountain is collapsing , picks up 's body and ascends to Olympus along with a badly wounded . The collapsing mountain wipes out all of 's men . The mortally wounded is also transported to Olympus for his sacrifice and given a place among the gods . 
 Several years later , ' story has become legend , and has given birth to ' son , a gift from the gods . , an oracle like his mother was , is met by in his old man persona , who informs the child that in the future , he too will one day fight against evil and that he must n't fear his visions . sees a vision of the sky filled with thousands of gods and Titans fighting ( including and a fully healed ) with leading the charge .

Henry Cavill, Stephen Dorff, Luke Evans, Isabel Lucas, Kellan Lutz, Freida Pinto, Mickey Rourke

In 2169 , people are genetically engineered to stop aging on their 25th birthday . Everyone then develops a countdown on their forearm set for a year . When the clock reaches zero , that person " times out " , or dies . Time has thus become the universal currency , and can be transferred between people or within " time capsules " . Two major areas exist within Los Angeles : Dayton , a poor manufacturing area , and New Greenwich , where people have enough time to essentially be immortal . 
 is a Dayton factory worker living with his mother . He rescues a drunken man named from an attempted robbery by a gang of time - robbing thugs led by . reveals to that the people of New Greenwich hoard most of the time for themselves to live forever , while constantly increasing the cost of living keeps poorer people dying . The next morning , transfers 116 years of his time to the sleeping , before timing out and falling off a bridge . , leader of the police - like Timekeepers erroneously assumes that played a part in 's death . 
 visits his best friend . warns him that having so much time within Dayton will get him killed . gives ten years in return for their years of friendship before meeting his mother to leave for New Greenwich . uses all but 90 minutes of her time to pay off a 2 - day loan and finds herself short for a bus fare to get home . She urges the bus driver to lend her 30 minutes , but he refuses and advises her to run . She dies in 's arms before he can lend her time . 
 In New Greenwich , visits a casino and meets time - loaning businessman and his daughter . While playing poker with , comes dangerously close to timing out but eventually wins more than a millennium in a flawless gamble . , impressed , invites him to a party in the mansion . buys a new sports car and drives himself to the party . After a quick dance , down at their private beach Will tempts into a nude moonlit dip in the waves ( her first brush with danger ) . Once back indoors , is surprised by the Timekeepers , there to arrest him . 
 Dismissing 's claim of innocence , confiscates all but two hours of his time . When asked why he is investigating a suicide , instead the Timekeeper insinuates he knew 's father . Left with little choice , takes as a hostage and drives back to Dayton . They are ambushed by ' gang , crash the car and are left with 30 minutes each . attempts to get some time back from , but his wife tells him that he has drunk himself to death , blaming for the stupidity of his generosity . pawns her diamond earrings for extra time , and calls Weis to demand a 1,000 year ransom ( to be paid into the time - mission for the desperate ) . When refuses to pay , releases anyway . She calls from a pay phone , but they are ambushed by , whom shoots in the arm to protect . They steal his car , and gives enough time to survive . 
 and team up and rob ' time banks , giving the extra time capsules to the needy . After a decade reward is offered for their capture , ' gang tracks them down to a hotel room . challenges to a " time - duel " , which wins through a trick used by his father . Will shoots the rest of the gang while they are distracted by ' death . The pair soon realize they can not steal enough time to significantly change anything , as New Greenwich simply raises prices on Daytoners . 
 They rob ' personal vault and obtain a one - million - years capsule . chases them back to Dayton but is too late to stop them from distributing the stolen time . After chasing them to the city 's outskirts , reveals that he came from Dayton and intends to stop other Daytoners escaping . He realizes too late that he forgot to collect his daily time allotment and times out . and , each with just over a minute to live , race to 's patrol car . collects 's daily share and runs back to in a scene reminiscent of his mother 's death . This time , he saves her when her clock only has seconds left . 
 TV reports show factories in Dayton shutting down as everyone has enough time and abandon their jobs to go to New Greenwich . and continue robbing banks as part of their efforts to crash the system , while the rich attempt to cope with the sudden surge of people infiltrating their zone .

Amanda Seyfried, Justin Timberlake, Alex Pettyfer, Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde, Matt Bomer, Johnny Galecki, Vincent Kartheiser, Elena Satine

, an ex - con who served 13 years in Angola for manslaughter , returns home to New Orleans and fights to protect the woman he loves and her young daughter from his dangerous former best friend . In better times , ( ) would have done anything to protect his best friend , ( ) , a two - bit gangster and the son of Dr. ( ) -- the city 's toughest crime boss . While is in prison , marries ( ) , the love of 's life , and together they raise a daughter , ( ) . is 's daughter , a fact known to , but pretends to be her biological father . The day picks up from prison , the short - fused thug gets an itchy trigger finger that could land his buddy right back behind bars . The situation grows increasingly tense as Dr. attempts to handle the situation quietly as he comes under investigation by the Louisiana Tax Board agent ( ) for dealing in untaxed cigarettes . When flees and Dr. decides that the only way to get the job done right is to do it himself , realizes that and are in mortal danger , and races to their rescue .

Paul "Triple H" Levesque, Michael Rapaport, Parker Posey, Julie White, Michael Cudlitz and Bruce Dern

Married couple and , their children , , and infant daughter have recently moved into a new home . One night , is drawn to the attic when he hears creaking noises and sees the door open by itself . He falls from a ladder while investigating and sees a figure in the shadows . Hearing his terrified screams , and rush to his aid . The next day , falls into an inexplicable coma . 
 After three months of treatment without result , and are allowed to take home . Soon after , paranormal activity begins to occur ; begins hearing voices over the baby monitor when no one is in 's room . says that sleepwalks at night , sees a frightening figure of a man in 's room , who vanishes when comes and the burglar alarm is repeatedly triggered for no reason . After finds a bloody hand print on 's bed , she questions about the house , but he ignores her . That night , is attacked by the figure from 's room , and the decide to abandon the house and move elsewhere . 
 In the new house , sees the ghost of a dancing boy who leads her to 's room . 's mother , , visits them one day , and says she had a dream in which a figure in 's room replies " " when she asks what it wants . At the same time , she sees a monstrous red - faced demon standing behind and screams , while 's room is ransacked and himself is found lying on the floor . 
 calls demonologists , , and . Upon entering , senses a presence in the house and upon entering 's room and she sees something on the ceiling . draws the demonic , red - faced figure saw . 
 explains that is not in a coma ; he was born with the ability to travel mentally to the astral plane , and had been doing so in his sleep , believing his abilities to merely be dreams . He had traveled too far and became lost in a purgatory realm called " The Further " , a place inhabited by the tortured souls of the dead . Without his mental presence , 's body appears comatose and spirits can use it to enter the physical world . is skeptical until he realizes that drawings in 's bedroom hinted at his astral projection abilities and the same red - faced demon had seen . 
 performs a seance to communicate with , but they contact the demon who uses 's body to attack them until it is stopped by . reveals that her acquaintance with is decades old , because she previously performed the same service on when he was eight years old . was terrorized by the parasitic spirit of an old woman . dismissed his nightmares until the spirit showed up in her photos of , progressively getting closer each time . also possesses the ability to astral project , though he had suppressed his memory of the ability years prior with 's help . has inherited this trait from him . tells that the only way to rescue is for him to go into the Further . 
 puts in a trance and he is able to project himself to their previous house . He goes to the attic , but is attacked by the same figure that attacked . After defeating him , enters the Demon 's lair , where finds chained to the floor . frees him , but they are caught by the demon while the spirits of the Further invade the real world and terrorize , , and the others . After managing to escape , confronts the old woman that haunted him as a child . The old woman dissolves into darkness after shouts at it to leave him alone . When and return to their bodies , they wake up in their new home and the spirits seem to disappear . 
 As they celebrate the apparent end of their ordeal , starts packing her equipment with , when she senses that something is wrong , noticing 's hands look old and dirty , she takes a photo of him . , enraged by this , strangles to death . is horrified when she discovers 's dead body and searches for . picks up the camera and sees that the image took of is the old woman that haunted him as a child , implying that has been possessed . suddenly puts his hand on her shoulder , says " , I 'm here " , and she turns around and gasps .

In 1919 , after anarchists attempt to assassinate Attorney General , he puts his protegé in charge of a new division dedicated to purging radicals . quickly begins compiling a list of suspects . He meets , a new secretary at the Justice Department , and takes her to the Library of Congress to show her the card catalog system he devised . He makes an awkward pass at her , then proposes to her . She refuses him , but agrees to become his personal secretary . 
 finds that the Department of Labor refuses to deport anyone without evidence of a crime . Learning that , the Commissioner General of Immigration , dislikes the anarchist , arranges to make her eligible for deportation and thereby creates a precedent of deportation for radical conspiracy . Following several such Justice Department raids of suspected radical groups , loses his job as Attorney General . His successor , , appoints as director of the Justice Department 's new Bureau of Investigation . meets lawyer , and hires him . 
 When the kidnapping captures national attention , President asks the Bureau to investigate . employs several novel techniques , including the monitoring of registration numbers on ransom bills and expert analysis of the kidnapper 's handwriting . When the monitored bills begin showing up in New York City , the investigators find a filling station attendant who wrote down the license plate number of the man who gave him the bill . This leads to the arrest , and eventual conviction , of for the kidnapping and murder of the child . 
 After , , and 's mother ( with whom still lives ) see the film G Men , and go out to a club , where is seated with , , and ' mother . ' mother asks to dance and he becomes agitated , saying that he and must leave , as they have a lot of work to do in the morning . When he gets home , he tells his mother that he dislikes dancing with girls . She tells him she would rather he be dead than a " daffodil " . She insists on teaching him to dance , and they dance in her bedroom . 
 and go on a vacation to the horse races . That evening , tells that he cares deeply for him , and tells that he loves him . panics and claims that he wants to marry . accuses Hoover of making a fool out of him and they end up fighting on the floor . suddenly kisses , who says that must never happen again ; says that it wo n't , and tries to leave . apologizes and begs him to stay , but threatens to end their friendship if talks about another woman again . After leaves , says that he loves him , too . 
 Years later , feels his strength begin to decline , while suffers a stroke . tries to blackmail into declining his Nobel Peace Prize , sending him a letter threatening to expose his extramarital affairs . disregards this and accepts the prize . 
 tells to destroy his secret files after his death in order to prevent President from possessing them . He visits , who urges him to retire . refuses , claiming that is going to destroy the bureau he has created . accuses of having exaggerated his involvement with key events of the Bureau . Moments later , tells that he needed[clarification needed ] him , more than he ever needed anyone else . He holds his hand , kisses his forehead , and leaves . 
 returns home from work , obviously weakened . Shortly after goes upstairs , his housekeeper calls , who goes to the house and finds dead next to his bed . A grief - stricken covers his friend 's body . gives a memorial speech on television for , while several members of his staff enter 's office and search through the cabinets and drawers in search of his rumored " confidential " files , but find nothing . In the last scene , destroys stacks of files .

Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer, Josh Lucas and Judi Dench, Damon Herriman, Ed Westwick, Jeffrey Donovan, Ken Howard, Stephen Root, Denis O'Hare, Geoff Pierson, Lea Thompson, Gunner Wright

  Homemade videos show fraternal twins and growing up in New York City . is the gifted twin , while constantly tries — and fails miserably — to get his attention by injuring him and/or driving others away from him . 
 In present - day Los Angeles , is a successful advertising executive who lives with his beautiful wife and their two kids : / Sofie and , a Hindu child they adopted at birth . never left the working - class neighborhood they grew up in ; she recently inherited the home , having lived with their mother until her death one year ago . 
 As always , is irritated by the upcoming Thanksgiving visit of his sister . ruins Thanksgiving dinner by loudly embarrassing a homeless guest . finally calls her out for making a fool of herself , of him , and of everybody else at the table . Stung , runs off into the woods with her pet cockatoo Poopsie . demands that apologize to his sister , which he very unwillingly does . has a list of things she wants to do while in Los Angeles : be on a game show ( The Price is Right , which — despite her horrendous performance — gives a carload of prizes simply to be rid of her ) ; go horseback riding ( she proves too big and heavy for the pony , which collapses under her ) ; and do a studio tour . Since has an open - ended plane ticket , she decides to stay until the end of Hanukkah - much to 's horror . 
 's agency client , meanwhile , wants him to somehow get actor to appear in a Dunkin ' Donuts commercial . is n't sure how he 's supposed to make that happen . 
 tries online dating . She has no success until poses as and alters her profile , leading to more than 100 responses . Yet when 's date - " Funbucket " - meets her , he hides in the men 's room until she leaves the restaurant . 
 takes to a Lakers game where is supposed to be . blows off but is taken with and gives her his phone number . was hoping would go back home by New Year 's Eve , since the family is going on a cruise . 's friends and colleagues throw him a birthday party , extending the invite to . Again loudly disgraces herself , , and the various celebrities in attendance . invites to his home , where she accidentally destroys his Oscar statuette . Abruptly , she becomes bored with him and leaves . 's Mexican gardener , who is also taken with , invites her to meet his family at their annual fiesta . There she hits it off with everybody , and tries Mexican food for the first time , thus acquiring a horrible case of diarrhea which makes her even tougher to live with than usual . 
 refuses to do the Dunkin ' Donuts commercial unless gets him a date with ; to that end , invites on the cruise with his family . At sea , while continues making a fool of herself and everyone around her , disguises himself as his own sister and goes on her date with . suspects that invited her on the cruise just so would do the commercial ; such is confirmed when she phones , he answers as , and then she hears in the background . , still believing to be , spells out that sees much more in her than just a pathetic half - wit ... which is what always took her for . Feeling unspeakably guilty , returns to the ship , only to learn that has gone back home to The Bronx . At a restaurant on New Year 's Eve , toting a picture of her and 's late mother , comes across a group of former classmates who always made fun of her ; these classmates , led by , pick up directly where they left off ... until , his wife and their kids show up . and converse in their made - up twin language ( which even finds incomprehensible ) . attacks and is cold cocked by . also turns up at the party , dressed as the Man of La Mancha , and tells that while he may have feelings for her , there is another man more worthy of her than himself . She then goes home , where ( the other suitor was referring to ) and his children await her arrival . professes his love for , and the two begin a relationship . 
 The television commercial is made , with starring and singing as he promotes a new coffee—"Dunkaccino " from Dunkin ' Donuts — with a rap song . But when shows it to him , , to no surprise , hates it and tells him to destroy every copy of the commercial .

In 1988 , ( ) , a 22 - year old man , leaves his wedding right before the ceremony is about to begin after learning that his fiancee is cheating on him , and was only marrying him because he was going to be a doctor . He goes to drink alone at a bar , where a young , beautiful woman walks in . She sees that has a wedding ring on his hand , and asks him about his wife , to which he explains how she recently left him for someone else , and the woman from the bar ends up sleeping with him . 
 Twenty - three years later , ( now 45 - years old ) is now a successful plastic surgeon in Los Angeles who feigns unhappy marriages to get women , and to avoid romantic commitment that may lead to heartbreak . The only woman aware of his schemes is his office manager and best friend ( ) , a divorced mother of two . At a party , meets ( ) , a sixth grade math teacher , without his wedding ring on , and they have a connection together . The next morning , she finds the ring and assumes he is married . She refuses to date him because her parents divorced due to adultery . 
 Instead of telling her the truth , tells her that he is getting divorced from a woman named . tells that they are getting divorced because she cheated on him with a man named " " ( not the actor ) . then insists on meeting . asks to pose as " " and they go shopping for new clothes to dress like a trophy wife . 
 A made - over " then meets with and and gives them her blessing . However , after hearing talking on the phone with her kids , assumes that her kids are 's as well . then privately meets with 's kids , ( ) and ( ) , to get them to play along and gives them the aliases of " " and " " respectively . accepts their demands for being his fake children . 
 meets the kids at a play center where has adopted a fake british accent , and acts very morose . They blackmail in front of to take them all to Hawaii . At the airport , they are all surprised by 's goofball cousin ( ) , who has adopted an Austrian disguise as the " Dolph Lundgren " that had made up earlier . To maintain the lies , and are forced to bring him along . 
 At the resort in Hawaii , tells that he is considering asking to marry him . and also run into the real - life ( ) and her husband ( ) . Because of and 's long - time rivalry , introduces as her husband rather than admit she is a single mother . Over time , is impressed by and his way of fun with her kids . 
 again runs into , who invites her and out to dinner . agrees to take out to dinner so that can go with . Since he is supposed to be a sheep salesman , 's cover is nearly blown when he is forced to save the life of an actual sheep who choked on a toy whistle . At dinner , asks and to tell each other what they admire most about each other , and , as and talk , they start to feel a connection . Later , when and return from their dinner date , suggests that she and get married now , since a drunken told her about 's plans of engagement . and are both surprised by her proposition , but ultimately agrees . later calls regarding his confusion , but says that she will be taking a job in New York City to get a fresh start to her life . 
 The next day , confronts about 's feelings for her , which dismisses . then runs into at a bar and admits that she pretended to be married to to avoid embarrassment . confesses that she is divorcing because he is gay and also that he did not invent the iPod , but made his money by suing the Los Angeles Dodgers after getting hit by a foul ball . confides in about being in love with , but then shows up behind her , saying that he is not marrying and that he is in love with . Meanwhile , on the plane ride back to the mainland , meets a professional tennis player ( ) who shares her interests . Sometime later , and get married .

Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Brooklyn Decker, Nick Swardson, Nicole Kidman, Dave Matthews, Bailee Madison

In 1960 , and his childhood friends and are longshoremen at the Cleveland docks . Meanwhile , the members are exploited by corrupt union boss , and the leadership of the ILA union urges to run against him . Meanwhile , ca n't pay a gambling debt to Cleveland Mafia Capo . In return for 's debt being forgiven , supplies 's crew with goods stolen from the docks . finds out , demands a cut of 's profits , and then sends an enforcer to kill him . Instead , beats up the enforcer , then beats up , throws the union leader out of his office , and is later elected union president . He improves the working conditions at the docks while continuing his dealings with . 
 's corruption is exposed by the Plain Dealer newspaper and Cleveland Police Detective , who grew up with in Collinwood , arrests him . Bankrupt and facing prison , plea bargains to lesser charges in return for becoming an FBI informant and being banned for life from organized labor . is released and moves his unhappy wife and daughters back to Collinwood . gets him work as an enforcer for Hungarian Jewish loan shark , and later helps pitch a deal to Mafia Capo : will force the city 's garbage haulers to join the union controls . , , , and ex - Hells Angel terrorize many into joining , but 's friend refuses . orders to kill , but balks because has ten children . tells him privately , though , that , " You wanted to play in the big leagues . Sometimes you have to do things you do n't wanna do . " 
 As prepares to kill with a car bomb , he learns from the FBI that has returned to gambling , and has become an informant for . That night , assigns to set the bomb under ’s car and presses the detonator as he does it . An enraged later shoots at in a park . returns fire , kills , and is arrested for murder , but released after 's driver tells that acted in self - defense . Having had enough , 's long suffering wife leaves him and takes the children . 
 sees his elderly Irish neighbor , , being evicted . He intervenes , pays her rent , and she gratefully gives him her father 's gold Celtic cross to wear for protection . begins to use his money and connections to help other Irish - Americans in need , and earns the nickname " " . 
 wants to open his own restaurant , and asks to help him . arranges a $ 70,000 loan from the Gambinos , but ' courier buys cocaine with the money and gets arrested . and argue over which of them should pay back the money ; when refuses to pay , hires a hitman to kill him . narrowly escapes , and later kills with a car bomb . 
 After Mafia boss dies , both and are considered for succession . is chosen due to his closer ties to the Five Families and decides to charge 30 % " street tax " for doing business in Cleveland . refuses to pay , crudely mocks 's Italian heritage , and vows , " The Irishman 's in business for himself now . " 
 An outraged has 's house blown up , but he survives . He then attempts to demote and take away his crew , only to have the latter join forces with . Vowing to take over Cleveland together , and start by organizing the murders of ’s associates , many of whom are blown up . Thirty - six car bombings occur during the summer of 1976 , drawing national attention and humiliating . After failing multiple times to kill , is forced to humbly ask Genovese boss to help him kill and . 
 Having learned of this from the FBI , claims that he wants to leave Cleveland and buy a ranch in Texas , but needs to raise $ 2 million . Wishing to size up their enemies , and travel to New York and invite to invest in the ranch . After they leave , orders his associates to hire professional hitman to kill them both . is killed in a car explosion , dies in a bombing at the Cleveland docks , and is shot near his house . Detective lets know that a master killer is after him . He offers protection , but is told , " My enemies will be taken care of . " 
 During a dentist 's appointment on October 6 , 1977 , notices a car being parked next to his but makes nothing of it because the man who left the car was unknown to him . Returning to his car , is stopped a small group of young boys riding bikes . In a gesture of admiration to the spunkiest of them , he gives the boy a necklace with a meaningful history to him . He notices driving by slowly , and accepts that he is about to die , detonates a bomb on the car next to 's , killing instantly . An epilogue , by , reveals that the investigation of murder led to the collapse of the Mafia , not only in Cleveland , but all over the United States .

Ray Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer, Christopher Walken, Linda Cardellini, Fionnula Flanagan, Jason Butler Harner, Vinnie Jones, Paul Sorvino, Marcus Thomas

In 1980 , mercenaries ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) are in Mexico to assassinate a man . is shot when he becomes distracted after realizing he has killed the man in front of the target 's young daughter . Affected by this , retires and returns to his native Australia . 
 The following year , is summoned to Oman to meet ( ) . He learns that failed a $ 6 million job . If does not complete 's mission , will be executed . Sheikh , a deposed king of a small region of Oman , wants to kill three former SAS troopers — ( ) , ( ) , and ( killing his three eldest sons during the Dhofar Rebellion . must videotape their confessions and make their deaths look like accidents , all before the terminally ill sheikh dies . This will allow the sheikh 's fourth son , ( ) , to regain control of his father 's desert region . and agree to help for a share of the money . 
 and sneak into 's house . After confesses on videotape , they take him to the bathroom , intending to make it look like he slipped and hit his head . However , 's girlfriend knocks on the door . While and are distracted , attempts to break free , causing to kill him . 
 In England , questions bar patrons about former SAS members . This is reported to the Feather Men , a secret society of former operatives protecting their own . Their head enforcer , ( ) , is sent to investigate . 
 discovers preparing for a long nighttime march in wintry weather at the Brecon Beacons mountain range . infiltrates the base , disguised in uniform , and drugs 's coffee . follows on the march and makes him confess before the drug sends him into shock to die of hypothermia . 
 For their last target , their plan is to crash a remote - controlled truck into 's car . With the help of the inexperienced ( ) , kills ; however , and his men were watching over . A gunfight ensues , and accidentally kills . and part ways . is tracked down by 's men , and is hit by a truck and killed while trying to escape . 
 returns to Oman and gives the sheikh the last confession , which he has faked . is released , while heads back to Australia and reunites with ( ) , a childhood acquaintance . Soon , he is informed by the Agent that there is one last man who participated in the sheikh 's sons ' murders and that this man , , is about to release a book about his experiences in the SAS . 
 sends to France so can protect her . The sheikh ’s son confirms that was innocent . , meanwhile , traces through the Agent and sends a team to protect the author , but distracts them , allowing to shoot . He only wounds the man , however , taking pictures that appear to show him dead . captures , taking him to an abandoned warehouse , but then a government agent arrives and reveals that the British government is behind the events because of the sheikh 's valuable oil reserves . A three - way battle ensues , with escaping and shooting the government agent . 
 In Paris , the Agent tries to kidnap for ransom , but beats the henchman and shoots the Agent in the leg . seems threatening at first , but spares his life . 
 and head to Oman to give the sheikh the pictures . However , arrives first , tells the sheikh the pictures are fake and then stabs him to death . The sheikh 's son does not care ; he gives the money . spots leaving , and they chase after him , along with the sheikh 's men . 
 After stopping the sheikh 's men , and confront on a desert road . takes some of the money for his expenses and his family . They leave the remainder , telling that he will need it to start a new life after killing the government agent and acting against the wishes of the Feather Men and the British government . says that it is over for him and that must make up his own mind what to do . reunites with .

Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro, Dominic Purcell, Aden Young, Yvonne Strahovski, Ben Mendelsohn, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Grant Bowler, Matthew Nable

Lord , the scion of a peacock clan that rules Gongmen City in ancient China , seeks to weaponize gunpowder , which had recently been invented to create fireworks . After discovering from the court 's goat soothsayer that " a warrior of black - and - white " will defeat him if he does not change his ways , leads an army of wolves to exterminate the panda population to avert the prophecy . 's parents are horrified at this atrocity and exile their son , who swears revenge . 
 Thirty years later , is living his dream as , protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters , the Furious Five . His teacher tells him , however , that he has yet to achieve inner peace . While defending a village from wolf bandits who have been stealing refined metal for , is distracted by a symbol on the wolf leader 's armor , which causes to have a flashback of his mother and allows the wolves to escape . asks his goose father , Mr. , about his origins . reveals that he found as an infant in a radish crate and adopted him , but remains unsatisfied , wondering how and why he ended up in the Valley of Peace . 
 receives word that has returned to Gongmen City and killed , the leader of the kung fu council protecting the City , and is plotting to conquer China with his newly developed weapon , a cannon . sends and the Furious Five to Gongmen City to stop and destroy his weapon . They find the city occupied by 's forces , with the two surviving council members and imprisoned . The six heroes ask the council members for help to liberate the city , but the two cite their helplessness against 's weapon and refuse . and the Five are discovered by the wolf boss and give chase , only to be arrested in front of 's tower . 
 Upon being brought before in his tower , and the Five free themselves and destroy Shen 's weapon . However , is again distracted by a flashback upon seeing the same symbol as before on 's plumage , realizing was there the last night saw his parents . This allows to escape and destroy the tower with an arsenal of cannons . After and the Five escape , tells to stay behind for his own safety . Despite this , breaks into the factory to question about his past , inadvertently foiling the Five 's plan to destroy the factory . claims that 's parents abandoned him , and then blasts out of the factory into a river with a cannon , where he is presumed dead . 
 survives and is rescued by the soothsayer , who takes him to the ruins of the nearby village where was born . Guided by to embrace his past , remembers that when he was an infant , his parents had sacrificed themselves to save him from 's army , his mother hiding him in a radish crate and luring 's forces away from him . attains inner peace , realizing that he has lived a happy and fulfilling life despite this early tragedy . 
 returns to Gongmen City to save the captive Five and prevent 's conquest of China . A battle ensues between 's armada , sailing in the heart of Gongmen City , and and the Five , joined by , who has persuaded and to help . modifies the movements used during his inner peace training to redirect 's cannonballs against his own armada , destroying it . then urges to let go of his own past , but attacks until slashes the ropes holding up his last cannon , which falls on top of him , crushing him to death and destroying much of the ship . Victorious , returns to the Valley of Peace and reunites with Mr. , lovingly declaring the goose to be his father . 
 At the same time , 's birth father is revealed to have survived 's attack and is shown to be living in a far - off , hidden village inhabited by surviving pandas , and senses that his son is still alive .

Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie, Ian McShane, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross, James Hong, Jackie Chan, Victor Garber, Michelle Yeoh, Dennis Haysbert, Gary Oldman, Danny McBride, James Woods, Jean-Claude Van Damme

, a middle - aged Navy veteran , is fired from his job at a big - box store due to a lack of college education , despite his seniority and exemplary work . , who is divorced and lives alone , can not find a job and could lose his house . 's neighbor , , advises him to enroll at East Valley Community College and get an education . 
 Subsisting on unemployment benefits and unable to afford to drive his SUV , buys a scooter from . At the college , he becomes part of a colorful community of outcasts , also - rans , and the overlooked all trying to find a better future for themselves . Two of the classes he takes are speech , taught by and economics , taught by Dr. . While he initially struggles in speech class , he does very well in economics . 
 drinks at home after school because she is unhappily married to , a former professor - turned - writer - turned - blogger . In reality , spends his days looking at internet porn . 
 's economics classmate invites him to join a club of scooter riders led by her boyfriend . She also updates 's home decor , hair style , and wardrobe . 's friend , who runs the diner , offers him a job to help make ends meet , as had been a Navy cook . 
 After a night with goes horribly wrong , is left alone at a bus stop , where and his scooter gang notice her . Larry offers her a ride home , which Mercedes reluctantly accepts . On their way home they witness getting arrested for drunk driving . At her front door , Mercedes offers to kiss her and they hug ( Mercedes thinks that they are kissing ) . She wants to have sex as well , but declines , not wanting to take advantage of her inebriated state . When arrives home the following morning he finds all of his possessions on the front lawn . 
 Realizing there is no way he will not lose his house , uses the knowledge he gained in his Economics class to begin a strategic foreclosure . Mercedes , meanwhile , warns not to disclose the events of the previous night , and remains under the false impression that he is romantically involved with the much - younger . It disappoints , who had been excited about Mercedes ' interest in him . He goes back to concentrating on his studies and his new job instead . 
 runs into , who is telling , her English teacher , that she will be dropping out of college to start a thrift store . finds out that and are just friends . Later , comes over to ' apartment to provide emotional support due to her divorcing . 
 Finals now come , and is scheduled last . His speech is about his travels around the world while in the Navy . is given a big round of applause by his classmates and an A - plus grade from , who is now happier in her life , and has rediscovered her passion for teaching . 
 A short while later , and show up at 's diner . She lets him know that he was an excellent student , to which he replies that she was an excellent teacher . When the next term begins , some of the students from ' speech course register for her class , but is not with them . He is seen taking Dr. 's second - term Economics class . walks to her office and sees a note from on the door , which is an invitation for French toast , with the address to his new apartment . She drives there and they kiss .

Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Bryan Cranston, Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Wilmer Valderrama, Pam Grier, Rita Wilson, George Takei, Rob Riggle

( ) , a British exchange student attending college in Los Angeles , meets and falls in love with ( ) , an American student who returns her affections . After graduation , decides to spend the summer with rather than return to the United Kingdom , unaware of the consequences of overstaying her student visa , which expired upon her graduation . After returning to London for a family engagement , flies back to Los Angeles , where she is detained , denied entry , and deported to the United Kingdom by immigration officials . 
 The couple 's love for each other grows strained by their separation and long - distance relationship . Despite her efforts at appealing the immigration decision , is told she is banned from entering the United States . Meanwhile , leaves behind his successful design business and visits in London for a few weeks . There , he learns that 's parents , ( ) and ( ) , have hired an immigration lawyer to try to get the ban lifted . suggests that marrying may help their efforts . is uncomfortable with the suggestion , and the couple struggle with their feelings . 
 After returns to the United States , he and grow apart , and begins a relationship with his colleague , ( ) . also tries to find a new life for herself , beginning work as a secretary for a magazine , but she is unable to abandon her feelings for . She eventually phones him from London and says that they will never find in others what they found in each other , and that they should marry . Soon after , breaks up with , returns to London and marries in a small registry office ceremony with her parents as witnesses — both affirming that they will " never allow anything to destroy the feelings we share for each other " . With a tearful parting , returns to his business in Los Angeles while the couple wait six months before they appeal the ban on 's visa . 
 Six months later , flies back to the United Kingdom for the appeal , but it is rejected . With their relationship compromised and no hope of resolving the visa issue , and begin to fight with each other out of jealousy and frustration . goes back to the US , and continues his relationship with . eventually gets promoted at work to the position of editor — something she wanted very much . Her love life , however , is not as positive or fulfilling — her new boyfriend ( ) does not evoke the same feelings in her as , whom she still misses . 
 Sometime later , is finally offered a new visa . She gives up her job , her current boyfriend and her apartment , and flies to Los Angeles to , who greets her with flowers at the airport where they have an awkward reunion . brings to his house where he joins her in the shower , and as the water falls over them , they remember happier memories they had together at the beginning of their relationship , which has now become strained due to their indiscretions during the time spent apart .

Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlie Bewley, Alex Kingston, Oliver Muirhead, Finola Hughes, Chris Messina, Ben York Jones, Jamie Thomas King

is a struggling author with writer 's block . His girlfriend , frustrated with his lack of progress , breaks up with him . encounters , the brother of his ex - wife , who gives a sample of a new nootropic called NZT-48 . Returning to his apartment , takes the drug and discovers he now has perfect recall and the ability to cross - correlate information quickly . He cleans his apartment obsessively in a few hours and begins writing a new book . 
 The next day , the effects having worn off , he brings the pages he wrote to his publisher , who praises them . seeks out for more NZT-48 , but while he is running errands for him , is murdered . locates 's NZT-48 supply and begins ingesting the drug daily . With the help of the drug 's effects , spends a few weeks cleaning up his life . 
 Testing his analytical skills on the stock market , quickly begins making large returns on small investments . He borrows $ 100,000 from a Russian loan shark , , and is hired at a brokerage firm , where he parlays this capital into over two million dollars in just a few weeks . He also resumes his relationship with . 's success leads to a meeting with finance tycoon , who tests him by seeking advice on a merger with company . After the meeting , starts experiencing hallucinations and a sense of time skipping forward . When these effects cease , 18 hours have passed which he can not remember . 
 goes through 's ledger and learns that everyone taking NZT-48 is either in the hospital or dead . A man in a trench coast is revealed to have been following him . meets with , who informs him that she too had been on NZT-48 , and that when she attempted to stop taking it she experienced a severe mental and physical rebound effect . later catches and demands the money be paid back with interest immediately . He then discovers and ingests 's NZT-48 , after which he begins using as his source for the drug . 
 Desperate for a pill after takes his last dose on hand , he asks to retrieve his stash from her apartment . While bringing the pills to , she notices the man in the trench coat following her . She calls for help and he encourages her to take one of the pills , which empowers her to escape . says she can not be with him while he is on the drug because it makes him a different person . 
 experiments with NZT-48 and learns to control his dosage , sleep schedule , and food intake to prevent side effects . He hires a laboratory in an attempt to reverse engineer NZT-48 , an attorney to keep the police from investigating 's death , and two bodyguards to protect him from , who is threatening him to obtain more NZT-48 . 
 On the day of the merger , 's wife informs that has fallen into a coma . recognizes 's driver as the man in the trench coat and realizes is on NZT-48 . While participates in a police lineup , his attorney steals 's whole supply of NZT-48 from his jacket . Soon afterward , enters withdrawal , and hurries home after questions him about 's coma . breaks into 's apartment , demanding more NZT-48 , but Eddie kills him and his henchmen and escapes . meets with the man in the trench coat , surmising that had employed the man to locate more NZT-48 . Once dies , they recover 's stash from his attorney . 
 A year later , has retained his wealth , published a book , and is running for the United States Senate . visits him and reveals that he has absorbed the company that produced NZT-48 and shut down 's laboratory , offering a continued supply of the drug in exchange for becoming his personal lobbyist . However , tells that he has already perfected the drug and weaned himself off it , retaining his abilities with none of the side effects . He leaves and meets at a Chinese restaurant for lunch .

Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro, Andrew Howard, Anna Friel

A 17 - year - old Manhattan student , , shopping on the Upper West Side , interacts with bus driver as she runs alongside his moving bus ; he allows himself to become distracted , leading to a fatal accident by missing a red light , in which a pedestrian , , is hit by the bus and subsequently dies in 's arms . Initially , reports to the police that the driver had a green traffic signal , but later , out of remorse , changes her story . She confronts , who first pretends to have forgotten the details of the accident , and then reveals to her in anger that he does remember them , but believes he did nothing wrong , causing to pursue his firing from the company with passion . In collaboration with 's best friend , , and cousin , , ultimately becomes involved in a wrongful death lawsuit against the Metropolitan Transit Authority , seeking the dismissal of the driver ( who is revealed to have caused two previous accidents ) , as well as monetary damages , which would be awarded to the victim 's next of kin , her cousin . Meanwhile , 's life takes various turns , including a flirtation with her math teacher , , her decision to lose her virginity to a classmate , , and various vehement debates with classmates about politics and terrorism . 
 and her actress mother have a rocky relationship , with sporadic fighting and expressing ambivalence toward her mother 's boyfriend . An after - show dinner , attended by , her mother , and , ends with making a remark perceived as anti - Semitic toward . dies of a heart attack not long after . has sex with , then later confronts , telling him , in the presence of another teacher , that she has had an abortion . She expresses doubt about who the father was and mentions that there are several possibilities . 
 The lawsuit reaches a conclusion , with an award of $ 350,000 , but the MTA refuses to fire , out of concern that it would inflame a labor dispute . claims the settlement offer , revealing the monetary settlement to have been her primary motivation ; this causes to become very upset and disillusioned with the outcome of the case . 
 and her mother plan to attend an opera that and she were to see before his death . On the way , sees driving the same bus that had killed the pedestrian and there is a brief moment where the two see each other . During the opera performance , 's accumulated emotion from the sequence of events bursts out and she and her mother affectionately reconnect , crying together and holding each other as the opera goes on .

Anna Paquin, J. Smith-Cameron, Jean Reno, Jeannie Berlin, Allison Janney, Matthew Broderick, Mark Ruffalo, Matt Damon, Kieran Culkin, Olivia Thirlby, John Gallagher, Jr., Rosemarie DeWitt, Matt Bush

An unnamed investment bank begins a mass layoff on the trading floor during a normal business day . Among those let go is ( ) , head of risk management for the trading floor . tries to speak about his current , unfinished project , first with human resources staff and then with desk head ( ) , but is told that his work is no longer his concern . While being escorted out of the building he meets one of his risk analysts , ( ) , and gives him a USB drive - stick to look at with a vague instruction to " be careful . " 
 works late that night to finish 's project , and discovers that current volatility in the firm 's portfolio of mortgage - backed securities has exceeded the historical volatility levels of the positions . Because of excessive leverage , if the firm 's assets decrease by 25 % , the loss will be greater than the value of the firm itself and the firm will go bankrupt . and his colleague , junior analyst ( ) , tell Emerson about the situation . Emerson alerts floor head ( ) , who also returns to the office . They attempt to contact , but the company shut off his phone and he had n't yet returned home . 
 Through the night , they have meetings with division head ( ) , chief risk management officer ( ) , and finally CEO ( ) . 's plan is for the firm to quickly dump all of the toxic assets in a fire sale before the market learns of their worthlessness , thereby limiting the firm 's exposure , a plan favored by . protests that dumping the firm 's toxic assets will spread the risk throughout the financial sector and destroy the firm 's relationships with its counterparties . He also warns that their customers will quickly learn of the firm 's plans once they realize that the firm is only selling the toxic securities , but is not buying any new ones . 
 They finally locate back at his home in Brooklyn , and is able to convince him to return to the office , informing him that the firm will not pay him his severance and other benefits unless he agrees to participate in their plan . also tells he 'll probably lose his job in the crisis , but will get a large severance , while explaining to him the corrupt , cyclical nature of the markets . Meanwhile , it is revealed that , , and were aware of the risks in the weeks leading up to the crisis . offers up as the scapegoat , putting the blame of the crisis on her and forcing her resignation . Both and are instructed to remain in the office all day and do nothing in return for an increase to their severance packages . expresses regret for not doing more to stop the crisis . 
 Before morning , is able to convince to go along with 's plan . In a speech to his traders in preparation for the fire sale , warns them that , by participating , they are effectively ruining their reputations and ending their careers in the industry . The firm successfully pulls off the sale despite growing suspicion from their buyers , as the firm takes tremendous losses while dumping positions for cents on the dollar . After trading hours end , tells Rogers there will be another round of layoffs , but will keep his job . Angry that he was retained , confronts , but dismisses his protests , claiming that the current crisis is no different from various Financial crisis and bear markets of the past , and that sharp gains and losses are simply part of the economic cycle . He persuades to stay at the firm for another two years , promising that there will be a lot of money to be made from the coming crisis . also informs he will promote . says he will accept the deal , but only because he needs the money . 
 In a final scene , buries his beloved dog that has passed away in his ex - wife 's front yard in the middle of the night , and learns from her that their son 's financial firm took a big hit but survived the day 's trading .

Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Stanley Tucci

Unbeknownst to humans , there is a thriving , technologically sophisticated society of Martians living below the surface of Mars . The Martians Supervisor ( ) , while observing Earth , sees a mother ( ) persuading her pre - teenage son , ( motion by , voice by ) , to do his chores . The Martians decide to bring her to Mars , where her " momness " will be extracted and implanted into the next generation of nannybots . Meanwhile , tells his mother in anger that his life would be better without her , breaking her heart . 
 Later that night , goes to apologize , but discovers that his mom is being abducted . He runs after her , but they end up in separate parts of the Martian spaceship . On Mars , is taken to an underground cell . He escapes and is chased by Martian guards , but he follows a voice that tells him to jump down a chute , and lands in a lower subterranean level . There , he sees a trash - covered landscape that is inhabited by furry creatures . 
 is whisked away by the creatures to meet , a.k.a . ( ) , the childlike adult human who had told him to jump down the chute . explains to that the Martians plan to extract 's mom 's memories at sunrise , using a process that will kill her . , who is lonely and does not want to leave , pretends to help rescue his mother , but his plan goes awry leading to being captured and being pursued by Martian guards . 
 is rescued by ( ) , one of the supervisions who raises Martian babies . tells her about his search for his mom and what a human relationship with a mom is like , as and her kin were mentored by only nannybots and supervisors and do not know of love . 
 returns to 's home but finds him missing . 's robotic spider , Two - Cat ( ) , takes to the Martian compound where is being prepared for execution . is captured by the guards , but tosses him a laser gun , allowing him to escape . 
 and retreat to an even lower uninhabited level , where , explains his mom 's abduction and murder by the Martians 25 years earlier . blames himself for her being chosen , and regrets that he had not been able to save her . convinces to actually help him just as finds them . They discover an ancient mural of a Martian family and realize that Martian children were not always raised by machines . explains that Martian female babies are currently raised by nannybots in the technologically advanced society , while the male babies are sent down below to be raised by adult male Martians , which are the furry creatures he encountered earlier . 
 , , and save 's mom just before sunrise , causing the energy of the extraction device to short out the electronic locks to the control room . This lets the adult males and babies enter , where they run amok , attacking the guards and robots . 
 and his Mom steal oxygen helmets and try to escape across the Martian surface , but the Supervisor causes to trip and his helmet shatters . His mom gives him her own helmet , saving but sacrificing herself . The Martians are awed , as this is the first time they have seen love . 
 finds his own mother 's helmet , and gives it to 's mom , saving her . brings a ship for them to escape in , but the Supervisor intervenes . argues that Martians were meant to be raised in families , with love , but the Supervisor insists that the current situation is better , because it is more efficient . The guards decide to arrest the Supervisor because they prefer the loving vision of family life . The other Martians celebrate . 
 , his mom , , , and travel to Earth . decides not to stay on Earth because he wants to pursue a relationship with on Mars . and his mom return to their house just before 's Dad ( ) comes home .

Seth Green (Seth Dusky (voice)), Dan Fogler, Elisabeth Harnois, Mindy Sterling, Joan Cusack

A young woman named escapes from a cult in the Catskill mountains to a nearby town . In a diner , she is confronted by a cult member who attempts to convince her to return , but she refuses . calls her sister , . picks her up and takes her to the vacation lake house in Connecticut that she shares with her husband , . 
 In a flashback , meets the cult leader , , for the first time . christens her and welcomes her to the cult . 
 While staying with and at the lake house , begins exhibiting strange behavior : swimming in a public lake naked , sleeping all the time , not eating , and arguing with her sister and brother - in - law about how to live . reveals she abandoned and is now attempting to get her back into her life , while she and are also trying to have their own child . 
 In another flashback , is seen integrating into cult life , but one night she is drugged and raped by . tells she needs to share herself and be more open with others . 
 Back in the present , climbs into bed with and while they are having sex , angering . Also that night , attempts to contact the cult and is greeted on the phone by a girl identifying herself as , the name all the women in the cult give when someone calls . loses her nerve and hangs up . 
 In the next flashback , helps a girl named integrate into the cult . She helps drug and rape , as had been done to her . attempts to get to kill a cat as well as another cult member , but refuses . She begins participating in burglaries perpetrated by the cult . 
 and host a party . has a psychotic episode when she recognizes one of the bartenders as a cult member and has to be sedated . attempts to convince to send to a psychiatric hospital , an idea rejects . 
 In the last flashback , watches and talk intimately . She goes on a burglary with the cult that culminates in the stabbing of a man who discovers them , to 's shock and horror . has a breakdown in the house . forcefully subdues her and berates her for her failing to follow the cult 's ideals . 
 In the final scenes , has a nightmare and a panic attack . tries to help her , but kicks him down the stairs . threatens to send to a psychiatric hospital , to which angrily responds that will be a terrible mother . The next day , and reconcile somewhat , and goes swimming . She sees a cult member watching her and leaves the water . When the three leave the house , the cult member is seen following their car while says nothing .

Elizabeth Olsen, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy, John Hawkes, Louisa Krause, Sarah Paulson

In 2010 , , a successful but creatively unfulfilled Hollywood screenwriter , and his fiancée , are in Paris vacationing with 's wealthy , conservative parents . is struggling to finish his first novel , centered on a man who works in a nostalgia shop . dismisses his ambition as a romantic daydream , and encourages him to stick with lucrative screenwriting . is considering moving to Paris ( which he notes , much to the dismay of his fiancée , is at its most beautiful in the rain ) . is intent on living in Malibu . By chance , they are joined by 's friend , who is described as both pedantic and a pseudo - intellectual , and his wife . speaks with great authority but questionable accuracy on the highlights of Paris up to the point of even contradicting a tour guide at the Musée Rodin , and insisting that his knowledge of 's relationships is more accurate than that of the guide . admires him ; finds him insufferable.[7 ] 
 A night of wine tasting gets drunk and he decides to walk the streets of Paris to get back to the hotel ; goes off with by taxi . He stops to reconnoiter his location . At midnight , a 1920s car pulls up beside him , and the passengers dressed in 1920s wardrobe , urge him to join them . They hit a party for attended by notable people of 1920s Paris : and his wife , , and . gets bored at the party and encourages and to leave with her . They head first to Bricktops where they see dancing , and then to a cafe , where they run into and . gets upset when says her novel was weak , and she heads with to St. Germain , followed shortly thereafter by , who does n't like the thought of his wife and the toreador . After discussing writing , offers to show 's novel to . As exits the building to fetch his manuscript from his hotel , he finds he has returned to 2010 ; the bar where the 1920s literati were drinking is now a laundromat . 
 The next night , wants to share with his time travel experience . She ditches before the clock strikes midnight . Before long , the same car returns ; joins on his way to visit a friend . is introduced to and other friends at her apartment : and his lover . and are instantly attracted to each other . reads aloud the novel 's first line:[8 ] 
 says that she is hooked by these few lines and has always had a longing for the past , especially the Belle Époque . 
 continues with his time travel for the next couple nights . is annoyed at the boulevards and bistros and 's wanderings . Her father is suspicious and hires a private detective to follow him . has her time with and , and eventually , although he is conflicted by his attraction to her . confides his predicament to , , and , but being surrealists they see nothing strange about his claim to have come from the future , finding it to be perfectly normal . 
 Each discusses the impossibility of 's relationship with , and as artists , what work of art from each could come of the romance . would suggest a film plot to that is the cause of him attempting to understand the purpose of the plot . 
 and her parents are traveling to Mt. San Michel while meets , an antique dealer and fellow admirer of the Lost Generation . He buys a gramophone record , and later finds 's diary from the 1920s at a book stall by the Seine , which reveals that she was in love with him . Reading that she dreamed of receiving a gift of earrings from him and then making love to him , attempts to take a pair of 's earrings to give to , but is thwarted by 's early return to the hotel room . 
 buys earrings for . Returning to the past , he finds her at a party and tells her , " I sense there are some complicated feelings you have for me . " He takes her for a walk , they kiss , and he gives her the earrings . While she 's putting them on , a horse - drawn carriage comes down the street , and a richly dressed couple inside the carriage invite and for a ride . The carriage transports the passengers to the Belle Époque , an era considers Paris 's Golden Age . and go first to 's Paris , then to the Moulin Rouge where they meet , , and . asks what they thought the best era was , and the three determine that the greatest era was the Renaissance . The enthralled is offered a job designing ballet costumes and proposes to that they stay , but , upon observing that different people long for different " golden ages " , has an epiphany and realizes that despite the allure of nostalgia , any time can eventually become a dull " present " , so it 's best to embrace your actual present . however , elects to stay in the 1890s , and they part . 
 rewrites the first two chapters of his novel and retrieves his draft from , who praises his progress as a writer and tells him that likes it , but questions why the main character has not realized that his fiancée ( based on ) is having an affair with a pedantic character ( based on ) . 
 returns to 2010 and confronts . She admits to having slept with , but dismisses it as a meaningless fling . breaks up with her and decides to move to Paris . Amid 's pique , calmly leaves , after which 's father tells her and her mother that he had followed , though the detective has mysteriously disappeared . It is revealed that the detective found himself in the Versailles of and , and is last seen fleeing from the palace guards amid threats of " Off with his head ! " 
 Walking by the Seine at midnight , bumps into , and , after it starts to rain , he offers to walk her home and they learn that they share the love of Paris in the rain .

Kathy Bates, Adrien Brody, Carla Bruni, Marion Cotillard, Rachel McAdams, Michael Sheen, Owen Wilson

Oakland Athletics general manager is upset by his team 's loss to the New York Yankees in the 2001 postseason , losing in 5 games after the A 's held a 2 games to none lead . With the impending departure of star players , , and to free agency , needs to assemble a competitive team for 2002 , but must overcome Oakland 's limited payroll . 
 During a visit to the Cleveland Indians , meets , a young Yale economics graduate with radical ideas about how to assess players ' value . tests 's theory by asking whether he would have drafted him ( out of high school ) , having been a Major League player before becoming general manager . Though scouts considered a phenomenal prospect , his career in the Major Leagues was disappointing . admits that he would not have drafted him until the ninth round and surmised that would probably have accepted a college scholarship instead . Impressed , hires to be the Athletics assistant general manager . 
 Oakland scouts are first dismissive and then hostile towards 's non - traditional sabermetric approach to scouting players . aggressively confronts , and is fired . then takes to the radio airwaves to question the team 's future . Rather than relying on the scouts ' experience and intuition , selects players based almost exclusively on their on - base percentage ( OBP ) . signs the ones suggests , such as unorthodox submarine pitcher , past - his - prime outfielder , and an injured catcher , , who intends to use at first base . also faces opposition from , the Athletics ' manager , who does not agree with the new philosophy . With tensions already high between them due to a contract dispute , disregards 's and 's strategy and plays a lineup he prefers . 
 Early in the season , the Athletics fare poorly , leading critics to dismiss the new method as a failure . convinces the owner to stay the course . He trades away the lone traditional first baseman , , to force to use at that position , threatening to make similar deals if wo n't cooperate . The A 's win 19 consecutive games , tying for the longest winning streak in American League history . 's young daughter implores him to go to a game against the Kansas City Royals , where Oakland is already leading 11–0 after the third inning and appears set to win a record - breaking 20th game in a row . Like many baseball players , is superstitious and avoids games in progress , but upon hearing how well the game is going on the radio , he decides to go . arrives in the fourth inning , only to watch the team falter and eventually allow the Royals to even the score at 11 . Finally , the A 's do win , on a walk - off home run by . 
 After celebrating that , however , the A 's again lose in 5 games in the postseason , this time to the Minnesota Twins . is disappointed , believing nothing short of a championship should be considered a success . He is contacted by the owner of the Boston Red Sox , who realizes that the sabermetric model is the future of baseball . declines an opportunity to be GM of the Red Sox , despite the $ 12.5 million salary , which would have made him the highest - paid general manager in sports history . He returns to Oakland , while an epilogue reveals that two years later , the Red Sox won the 2004 World Series , using the model pioneered by the Athletics .

Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Chris Pratt, Casey Bond, Stephen Bishop, Royce Clayton, David Hutchinson, Kathryn Morris

( ) , is a divorced real estate entrepreneur whose father traveled around the world during his childhood in the 1970s . He learns that his father has died during an adventure to Antarctica . The following week , a crate containing a gentoo penguin , named Captain , shows up at his door as a souvenir from his father ’s last adventure . A few days later , five more penguins arrive . intends to give them away but changes his idea when his children , ( ) and ( ) , think that the animals are 's birthday present . At work , is given the task of buying Tavern on the Green , the only privately owned real estate in Central Park that is an old restaurant where he used to eat with his father when he was a child . However , its elderly owner , , will only sell it to a person of true value . has unsuccessful meetings with her , and she refuses to sell the restaurant to him . Having the penguins around helps become closer to his children . He also begins dating their mother , again . The penguins lay three eggs . Two eggs hatch , and one does n’t . becomes obsessed with seeing the last egg hatch , losing his job . realizes that the egg ca n’t be hatched so he decides to donate the penguins to the New York Zoo . Then , he is re - employed but his children and former wife are disappointed by his decision . finds a lost letter from his father telling him to hold his children close and love them . asks his children and former wife to help him get the penguins back from the zoo . They find the penguins , free them and they get away and flee to the tavern . Upon seeing how had reunited his family and saved the penguins , sells him the restaurant . decides to renovate and reopen the restaurant . and his family travel to Antarctica with the penguins , allowing them to live with their own kind . 's first penguin , Captain , reveals to have laid another egg . tells his children that they 'll visit them when the baby is born .

Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino, Philip Baker Hall, Angela Lansbury, Clark Gregg, Madeline Carroll, Maxwell Perry Cotton, Ophelia Lovibond, Dominic Chianese

After first meeting at a summer camp as teenagers , ( ) and ( ) run into each other a few times as young adults but never keep in touch . becomes a doctor in Los Angeles , a production assistant for a musical television show . 's father ( ) , the well - known star of a former hit television comedy series , has begun a romance with 's ex - girlfriend , ( ) . Adam finds out , gets drunk and calls the women in his phone seeking a hookup . The next morning , he wakes on a sofa wearing nothing but a small towel . It turns out that he texted and then came to the apartment she shares with some other residents — ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . Once there , he took off all his clothes and then passed out . leads to her bedroom to retrieve his missing pants and they end up having sex . 
 The two have sex again at ’s house and before she leaves agrees to her proposal for a casual relationship ( as she puts it , using each other for the dirty and nothing else ) . warns about falling in love with him , but she dismisses the idea and sets ground rules to keep what they ’re doing from becoming too serious . At first things go well , but becomes jealous when ( resident — seeks her attention . brings a gift ( a mix CD ) and she rebuffs him , saying they should stop for a while and hook up with other people . But after being apart for two weeks returns to and they continue being sex friends only . 
 's birthday comes along a few months later . He goes out for dinner with and , who announce their plan to have a baby together . berates the other couple while defending . He persuades her to go out together on Valentine 's Day . Things fall apart when she becomes too uncomfortable during the date . An angry advises that he should find someone else who wo n’t hurt him . tells that he loves her — something she 's not at all receptive to hearing — they have a fight , ending their arrangement . 
 Six weeks later , a script wrote is being filmed . He gets a regular writing job on the show with the help of ( ) , the show 's assistant director , who is clearly attracted to . Meanwhile , is depressed over not being with . The situation is compounded and complicated by her younger sister 's ( ) wedding the next day and her widowed mother ( ) arriving for the event with a male companion ( ) of her own . feels she is being strong for her mom by not letting herself get too close to anyone so she wo n't become upset by seeing get hurt if a relationship ends poorly . 's mom tells her to stop . 
 When confesses that she ca n't stop thinking about , insists that she call him to put things right . A nervous phones and tells him that she misses him . He responds that they were never really together . Realizing that she needs to speak with him in person , leaves Santa Barbara where the wedding is taking place and drives to 's house . Her plans are ruined – and she has to hide to avoid being seen — when he arrives home with . assumes has a new girlfriend and tearfully drives away . calls before he and can have sex — has overdosed on a cough syrup - based drink called " Purple drank " . Meeting outside the hospital , says that she is ending her relationship with and leaves for a party . goes in to visit who surprisingly gives him some tender advice about falling in love . 
 tells about 's dad being admitted to the hospital . As leaves the building he calls and tells her that she must be present if she is going to say that she misses him . gets out of her car as the call ends and is stunned to suddenly find her there . She tells that she is sorry she hurt him and confesses that she really loves and cares about him and they reconcile . After eating breakfast together the next morning — something that never happened before — they arrive in Santa Barbara just before 's wedding is starting . As they enter a room and pause asks what will happen next , and with a smile on his lips he silently intertwines her hand with his — for the first time they are holding hands together as a couple . 
 The end credits show an epilogue in which and are in a relationship , and are in a restaurant waiting for to arrive to tell him . ’s roommate ( ) and are in a relationship and are shown meeting his two dads . had told that old people scare her and she is ridden with anxiety when she is trapped in an elevator full of senior citizens . and are seen kissing in the park . and are in a relationship , but he wants his freedom and is n't pleased when she reveals that she ’s already been seeing other men . is having a baby and is the delivering doctor . lures a nervous - looking into a hospital room . At last , and are shown peacefully sleeping together .

Natalie Portman, Ashton Kutcher, Cary Elwes, Kevin Kline, Greta Gerwig, Lake Bell, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges

The film opens with a short scene from the " current " day in 2006 , which appears later on , before going back 18 years . 
 and meet on 14 July 1988 after their graduation from the University of Edinburgh . They spend the night together but agree to be just friends , and plan to spend the following day together , the 15th , St. Swithun 's day . The film chronologically reconnects , or both of them on that one day over the next 18 years after they go their separate ways . 
 One year later in 1989 , helps move into a flat in London where she plans to pursue a career as a writer . However , after little success , she ends up working as a waitress in a Mexican restaurant by 1990 , and meets , an aspiring comedian who is hired soon after . is travelling the world while drinking and having sex promiscuously with a succession of girlfriends , but they keep in contact via phonecalls and letters . He then visits on 15 July 1991 and , to get her out of her rut , suggests they go away for the weekend . They flirt back and forth and it 's made clear that may have deeper feelings for him , but since she knows that is not boyfriend material , nothing comes of it and two more years fly by . is now a wealthy and successful television presenter on a raucous late - night television show , where he meets , who later becomes his new girlfriend . 
 visits his parents on 15 July 1994 after his mother has been diagnosed with cancer and is terminally ill . He arrives at the family home still under the influence of drugs and alcohol from heavy partying the night before , which his father notices and is furious about , telling he will ban him from visiting again if he keeps it up . Also , his mother appears very unimpressed with the nature of his television show and reveals that she no longer believes he is a nice man . On the same day , goes out on a date with . Although there appears to be no romantic spark between them , she knows he means well and so they continue to date anyway . 
 By 1995 , is now a school teacher and has moved in with . However , she grows more and more irritated with him because of his lack of ambition and failure to contribute to maintaining their household . is the presenter of another television show , which is n't doing so well , making him " the most annoying man on telly " . On 15 July 1996 , he and meet for dinner . He turns up high on cocaine , leaves the table every ten minutes , flirts with another woman down the hall , and insults . She storms off and , out in the street , decides that they must break off their friendship due to them outgrowing each other . She tells him that although she loves him , she no longer likes him anymore . 
 Two years later , 's television career has gone into a steep decline because he is 32 years old and television executives prefer presenters in their early 20s . Meanwhile , and have split up and she becomes a published author of children 's books . By 1999 , is in a long - term relationship with . On 15 July 2000 , 's former university roommate and 's old best friend get married , and both and are invited to the wedding . There , receives a job offer from , his old roommate who has since become a multimillionaire from owning a chain of organic food restaurants . and leave the party to talk on the rooftop , where he tells her about , who is now his fiancée , and is on his way to becoming a father . tries to hide the fact that she is upset and they share a very brief but meaningful kiss . 
 By 2001 , is a father but later learns that is having an affair with and they divorce . Two years pass and has moved to Paris , where visits her on 15 July in the hope that they will get together again , this time for good . It is revealed that they had a one - night stand after his marriage to broke down . However , reveals that she has a new boyfriend ( ) , a French musician who plays piano in a jazz band . Smitten with but taken aback by the revelation that she has moved on , decides to leave . Suddenly , she has second thoughts and chases after him , exclaiming that she thought she had gotten rid of him . He promises to never hurt , lie to or cheat on her , and they share a passionate kiss and finally start a full relationship together . 
 and become engaged in 2004 and eventually marry . Parlaying his restaurant experience into a new career , opens his own cafe in England , which proves to be very lucrative , and he and start trying to have their own baby . However , they are unsuccessful and become frustrated with one another . On 15 July 2006 ( the scene from the very beginning of the movie ) , is hit by a truck while riding her bicycle out of a blind alley , and she dies . becomes inconsolable and self - destructive , and is particularly desolate each year on their day . Over the years , he gets support from his ex - wife , their daughter , his widowed father , and even , who also mourns every year . has since married and had children , but he visits and tells him that was never the same with him as she was with , that she " lit up " whenever was around , and that " she made you decent and you made her so happy " . 
 On 15 July 2011 , visits Arthur 's Seat in Scotland with . The movie flashbacks to 1988 when they met and reveals they spent their day together at the same place . At the top , and promise to always be best friends .

Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Romola Garai, Rafe Spall, Ken Stott, Patricia Clarkson, Jodie Whittaker, Jamie Sives, Georgia King

( ) is a biodynamic farmer living with his girlfriend , ( ) . While selling produce at a local market , sells marijuana to a uniformed police officer due to the officer 's claim that he had a stressful week , which made feel sympathetic after initially being skeptical . is then arrested on a charge of selling drugs . 
 has three sisters : ( ) the middle sister , is a journalist for Vanity Fair trying to get her first major article published . Though she has trouble finding a man to keep her interest , she and a neighbor , ( ) have hidden feelings for each other . ( ) , the youngest , is an independent , bisexual hipster living with her girlfriend , ( ) , and five other roommates . ( ) , the oldest , is married to ( ) , a documentary filmmaker . Their marriage is failing as shows no sexual or emotional interest in . They also have strict control over their son ( ) , which leaves him unhappy and unable to express himself . 
 When is released from prison , he returns home to his girl and his dog ( " " ) . He finds that she is living with ( ) , and no longer wishes to continue their relationship or allow him to work at the farm . gives a ride into town and tells him that if he can scrape together $ 1000 for the first 2 months rent , might let him stay in the goat barn behind the farm . initially stays at his mother 's house but a few days later shows up at 's place , asking if he can stay with her . He is put in 's room and told that he must help around the house and work with on his newest documentary about a Russian ballerina named ( ) . 
 The next day , reluctantly asks to chauffeur while she interviews an important client , Lady ( ) . hopes to pry into her scandalous past , but is dismayed to learn of a legal agreement to only ask about charity work . tries to pretend is n't there , but his friendliness charms , who takes a liking to him . That night , goes with to a self - help meeting with 's artist friend , ( ) . is attracted to but is dissuaded by her lesbian relationship until informs him that she is bisexual and likes guys too . and take a cab home and end up having sex . 
 goes back to working with , but is told to watch the car while conducts a private interview with . Hours later , is told by a police officer to move out of a tow zone . Running upstairs to get the keys he discovers naked with . later says the only reason he was naked was to make feel more " comfortable " while being naked , which believes . The next night , goes with to 's benefit dinner , and stays behind to have a conversation with . She explains the gossipy part of her life ( that had hoped to discover ) to , who listens with interest . is later kicked out of 's house because , at an important school interview , tells the interviewer that just got out of jail for selling drugs to a policeman . apologizes , stating he was only trying to help be himself . Now staying with , casually mentions 's nude interview with and concludes that is having an affair . also mentions a personal detail about that makes realize that has the info she needs . She forces to tell her the details , which is ashamed to do since he was trusted . returns to the farm with the rent money but does n't allow him to rent the barn , or leave with his dog . 
 asks , who is a lawyer , about ways to get custody of his dog but she suggests as an alternative that they work together to simply take the dog from . He later goes out to lunch with and hints at 's attraction towards his sister . explains that is too bossy for him , though admitting she is beautiful . mentions the idea to , who is hurt to learn what had to say and tells her thoughts on , leading to a fight between the two . later confides in that she is pregnant . and try to tell about 's affair but becomes angry and the conversation turns into an argument between the three about their personal lives . later confronts about the affair , and he blames her attempts at pleasing him . is angry that he is blaming her for his infidelity , and divorces him . 
 takes into work the next day as she needs him to vouch for the veracity of her article . reads the article but does n't want to sign a release as he knows had told him the details in confidence . The editor calls in the company lawyer and decide they ca n't publish 's article without vouching for it , which he refuses to do . She kicks out and he stays with , who lies about having told about the cheating . The next morning , and drive to the farm to steal his dog back . They sneak into the house but casually brings up 's infidelity and angrily calls from inside the house , which alerts to their presence . refuses to give his dog and drives away , leaving behind . 
 goes to his parole officer , , and thinking he can trust him , tells him that the stress of his life was getting to him and he smoked marijuana with a neighbor . tells now he must report him . goes home to a family dinner and is blamed by his sisters for all the trouble in their lives . finally loses his temper and yells at them for their selfishness and for bringing everyone else down which seems to strike a chord with them . arrives with an officer to reluctantly take into custody . posts 's bail , but he refuses to sign his release form , opting to stay in prison rather than be with the girls . They devise a plan to get from in order to get him to leave . Although refuses , comes out of the house carrying , tired of refusing to give his dog . They take to the prison where he is reunited with , motivating him to leave prison . 
 A few weeks later , is out to lunch with his sisters . receives a call from , who wants to go with to her gynecologist appointments for support . has patched things up and started a relationship with . has decided to start dating again and has started letting be himself . Meanwhile , and have opened up a small homemade candle shop together . One day , can not find and begins running through town looking for him . He finds playing with another dog who has also run away from her owner . The owner comes up and when asks her dog 's name , she replies " " to which says his dog is " " , and they both smile .

Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Steve Coogan, Hugh Dancy, Kathryn Hahn, Rashida Jones, Shirley Knight, T. J. Miller, Adam Scott

In 2005 , delivers a box of old videotapes to her pregnant sister and her husband , which holds footage of young and with their mother , , and her boyfriend . A year later , and 's house is ransacked and the tapes are missing . 
 In 1988 , a young and are living with their mother and her boyfriend . notices that since 's imaginary friend appeared , strange things have been happening around the house . Dennis and attempt to make a sex tape , but are interrupted by an earthquake . The camera shows dust fall from the ceiling and land on an invisible figure in the room . While reviewing the footage , notices the strange incident . His friend suggests that place cameras throughout the house to capture any other incidents . That night in the girls ' bedroom , wakes up and talks to someone off - camera . When questions her the following day , tells him it was . Later on , has a tea party with . But , when walks in and calls a baby for having imaginary friends , and goes in the closet to look for , the door slams shut on its own . 
 and later hire a babysitter named to watch the kids , but she abruptly leaves after the couple gets home . is almost desperate to leave due to a couple of incidents ( one seen , one unseen , but both captured on camera ) . In the unseen event ( and a very dramatic effect ) , a blanket with what appears to be a person inside pretending to be a ghost , simply drops down and is revealed to be empty , but footsteps are heard running away . But the final straw for is when , finding the empty sheet , she goes to check on the sleeping girls . As she moves towards the crawl space closet , she is blasted by a sudden gust of wind , which terrifies her , causing her to run downstairs , waiting by the door for the parents return . The following night , wakes up to a visit from and she tells him they 're not friends anymore . This causes to throw an off - screen fit . discovers a strange symbol in the girls ' closet the following morning , and later finds the same symbol in a book about demonology . When becomes ill , and take her to the hospital . is left home with , and they play Bloody Mary in the girls ' bathroom . When nothing happens , insists they try again . is then attacked and discovers a large scratch on his torso . They try to leave the bathroom , but a black figure moves past the door . The second time they try to leave , furniture is violently flung across the room . After and return , quickly leaves , warning that whatever they 're dealing with is dangerous . tells that the symbol he found in the girls ' room belonged to a witches ' coven that brainwashed girls of child - bearing age into having sons , and then force them to give up their sons ; they would not remember anything afterward . dismisses his claim , and instead argues with . 
 The invisible demon terrorizes and , harming until agrees to do what it asks . The next day , asks her mother to take them to her grandmother 's house in Moorpark , California , but she refuses . After encounters frightening activity herself , she agrees to go to 's home . sets up another camera in their new bedroom . At 1 am , they are awoken by loud disturbances and goes to investigate . When she fails to return , goes to look for her . He calls for and the girls but there is apparently no one there . Downstairs , notices a human silhouette behind a curtain , but when he looks there is no one there . He finds occult imagery on the walls , including the symbol from the girls ' room , which had been concealed behind paintings . enters the garage and discovers several women , including , dressed in all black . He flees back to the house , with the women in pursuit . In the house , he finds at the top of the stairs . As he approaches her , he sees that her limp body is levitating above the ground . Her body is thrown at , knocking him down the stairs . He sees , and hides with her in a closet . The demon growls and bangs on the door , but eventually leaves . 
 and leave the closet and walk into the kitchen . In the window , sees the women outside in the garden , circling around a bonfire . They find crying by the stairs near 's body . approaches from behind , but when he places his hand on her shoulder , turns around and unleashes a demonic scream that throws him to the other side of the room , injuring his leg . flees and tries to crawl toward 's body . stands in his way , and 's body is violently contorted , killing him . then beckons to and and , after they start going upstairs , tells them to get ready . Before they head upstairs , calls for when they leave the camera lying on the floor . And then , it goes to static and black after low growling sounds are heard from upstairs .

Katie Featherston, Sprague Grayden, Brian Boland, Lauren Bittner, Christopher Nicholas Smith, Mark Fredrichs, Chloe Cserngey, Jessica Tyler Brown

and are British comic book enthusiasts and best friends who travel to the United States to attend the annual San Diego Comic - Con International , and to take a road trip through the American Southwest to visit sites significant to UFO lore . While driving on a remote desert highway at night , after a tense situation with some rednecks in a diner , and observe a car driving erratically and then crashing . They stop to investigate and offer assistance to the driver , who turns out to be an alien named . faints , but agrees to assist and gives him a ride . 
 Later , Special Agent of the US Secret Service arrives at the car - crash site and informs his unseen female superior , " , that he is closing in on . She sends two inept rookies , and , to assist . 
 , , and camp at an RV park run by two Christian fundamentalists , one - eyed and her father , . The next day , when discovers , the three are forced to take her with them . During an argument , convinces to question her beliefs . later uses his healing power to cure 's blinded eye . The fugitives stop at a bar and tries to call , but intercepts the call . She is accosted by the rednecks from the diner , and a bar fight ensues . The group escapes when terrifies the rednecks into fainting . Later , at another RV park , is questioned by Agent , but claims to know nothing about " a one - eyed girl " or " two British nerds " . Released , and she retrieve and , who narrowly escape and . Frustrated , orders and to return to base , but they go behind his back and insist on catching the alien on their own . 
 The group soon arrives at a house owned by , who rescued when he crashed on Earth 60 years ago and accidentally killed her dog ( Who was named after ) in the crash , and as a result of no one believing her story , has spent her life as a pariah . As she makes tea for her visitors , , , and surround the house . The fugitives flee , but shoots at them , igniting gas from 's stove and destroying her house . is apparently killed in the explosion . pursues and catches up to the RV . Due to an error in judgement , drives off a cliff and is killed . reassures the Big Guy that he will have within the hour , but she is tired of waiting and informs that she has ordered a " military response " . 
 , , , , and arrive at Devils Tower National Monument , where they set off fireworks as a signal to Paul 's mothership . A helicopter suddenly arrives with agents and the Big Guy . then appears and initiates a stand - off , disabling the agents , but is then wounded by the Big Guy . Secretly , is 's friend and was attempting to aid his escape under the guise of capturing the alien . The group fights the Big Guy and knocks her out . arrives unexpectedly and fires his shotgun , intending to kill , but jumps in front of and and is fatally wounded . once again uses his healing powers , reviving in spite of the danger to himself . and admit their feelings for each other and kiss , but then the Big Guy regains consciousness and holds the group at gunpoint . Just as the Big Guy is about to kill them , she is crushed by a suddenly arriving spaceship . says goodbye to his friends but before he goes , he offers a chance to go with him , promising to give her a new life after ruining her childhood and accidentally killing her dog . The aliens go home as the humans wave them goodbye . 
 Two years later , , , , , and ( who survived the explosion ) are at another Comic - Con , where and are promoting Paul , their best - selling novel .

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Sigourney Weaver, Seth Rogen (voice), Bill Hader, Jane Lynch, Jeffrey Tambor

This film 's story occurs in 1750 , set roughly sixteen years after At World 's End ( and six after its post - credits scene ) 
 After a failed attempt to rescue his first mate , , in London , Captain is brought before King . The king wants to guide an expedition to the Fountain of Youth before King and the Spanish Navy can locate it . 's old nemesis , Captain , now a privateer in service to the British Navy after losing his leg and ship , the Black Pearl , which he says was sunk , is heading the expedition . 
 refuses the offer and escapes . He meets up with his father , Captain , who warns about the Fountain 's rituals . learns someone is impersonating him to recruit a crew to find the Fountain . The impostor is , 's former lover , and the daughter of the ruthless pirate , who practices voodoo magic and wields the mythical " Sword of Triton " that controls his ship , the Queen Anne 's Revenge . While is shanghaied aboard 's ship , escapes execution by memorizing and destroying 's map showing the Fountain 's location , forcing to take him along . 
 Meanwhile , after a failed mutiny aboard the Queen Anne 's Revenge , is forced to guide the crew to the Fountain . seeks the Fountain 's power to circumvent his predestined fatal encounter with a " one - legged man " , who happened to be . must find two silver chalices aboard missing flagship , the Santiago . The Fountain 's water must simultaneously be drunk by two people from the chalices . Drinking from one chalice containing a mermaid 's tear will extend life ; the second person dies , their remaining years of life transferred to the other drinker . also discovers that the Black Pearl was captured and shrunk before being added to 's collection of other shrunken ships in bottles . 
 The Queen Anne 's Revenge heads for Whitecap Bay to find and harvest mermaid tears . After managing to lure in a mermaid named , she summons other mermaids to attack the crew before causes an explosion that scares them away . A mermaid named is caught , but , a captive missionary , falls in love with her . Reaching ship on an uncharted island , and coerce into retrieving both chalices . locates the grounded , decaying vessel , only to find there . Both guess that the Spanish have taken the chalices , after they are nowhere to be found on the vessel . 
 and team up to sneak into the Spanish camp and steal the chalices . reveals he only wants revenge against for attacking the Black Pearl , and his leg being amputated . and escape with the chalices . Meanwhile , , reciprocating 's love , is tricked into shedding a tear . collects it , leaving her to die of dehydration while is forced to go with them . returns with the chalices and bargains with for 's safety , 's confiscated magical compass ( which they took from him before sending him to get the chalices ) , and ' release . In return , vows to give the chalices and lead him to the Fountain ; agrees , and is set free with the compass . 
 At the Fountain , 's crew is confronted by and his men and they battle while and fight . The Spanish suddenly arrive , intending to destroy the Fountain , believing its power an abomination against God . They crush the chalices and throw them in the swamp . When stabs with a poisoned sword , pulls it out but is cut and poisoned . notices is poisoned and begins frantically searching the swamp for the chalices . obtains 's magic sword and gains control of the Queen Anne 's Revenge and her crew . Despite resistance from 's crew , the Spanish successfully pull down a pillar , crushing the Fountain of Youth . The Spanish army leaves once the fountain is in ruins . is mortally wounded , but he returns to free . She helps retrieve the missing chalices and gives them to him , telling him not to waste her tear . goes back to the dying . She says she can save him if he asks her to . When he asks for her forgiveness , she kisses him and takes him underwater . 
 With and both nearing death , retrieves the last remaining drops of water from the destroyed fountain and puts the tear in one of them . Knowing that one of them must be sacrificed , he wants to drink from the chalice containing the tear . Instead , drinks it , asking his daughter to save him . agrees and drinks from the second chalice . is upset to lose , but reveals that he made a mistake about which chalice contained the tear . Neither of the two are happy , and they both believe deliberately tricked them . 's wounds are healed as the Fountain fatally consumes 's body , killing him . 
 Eventually , and admit their love for each other , yet he distrusts her intentions ( aware that she may try to avenge her father ) and strands her on a cay . Now wielding 's magical sword , captains the Queen Anne 's Revenge and returns to piracy . finds , who had used the compass to locate the Revenge . He reclaims the shrunken Black Pearl and the other conquered ships in bottles , carrying them in a gunny sack . The two leave , hoping to revert the Black Pearl to its original size and continue living the pirates ' life . 
 In a post - credits scene , a voodoo doll of crafted by washes ashore and is found by , who then smiles .

Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Kevin McNally and Geoffrey Rush

A centuries long war between humans and vampires has devastated the planet 's surface and led to a theocracy under an organization called The Church . They constructed giant walled cities to protect mankind and developed a group of elite warriors , the Priests , to turn the tide against the vampires . The majority of the vampires were killed , while the remainder were placed in reservations . With the war over , the Clergy disbanded the Priests . Outside the walled cities , some humans seek out a living , free from the totalitarian control of the Church . 
 Priest ( ) is approached by ( ) , the sheriff of Augustine , a free town . Priest learns that his brother and his wife , - 's girlfriend before he entered the priesthood - were mortally wounded in a vampire attack , and 's niece , ( ) , was kidnapped . asks for 's help in rescuing . Priest asks the Clergy to reinstate his authority , but Church leader Monsignor ( ) does not believe the vampire story and refuses , not wanting to discourage the idea that the Church completely defeated the vampires for fear of compromising their authority over the city . defiantly leaves the city and sends three Priests and a Priestess to bring him back . 
 and arrive at Nightshade Reservation where humans called Familiars , people infected with a pathogen that makes them subservient to the vampires , live alongside a number of the surviving vampires . After a fierce battle , the pair discovers that most of the vampires have taken shelter in Sola Mira , a vampire hive where lost several of his comrades during a major battle . ( ) joins them at Sola Mira , revealing a bond with . The trio destroys a Hive Guardian vampire , then discover that the vampires have bred a new army and dug a tunnel out of the mountain towards a town called Jericho . The other three Priests have arrived at Jericho just as night falls and an armored train arrives , unleashing hundreds of vampires upon the population . The vampires are led by a powerful and mysterious human wearing a black hat . When the three Priests reject Black Hat 's offer to join him , he kills them all . 
 The next morning , , and arrive in Jericho and discover the town empty and the three dead Priests crucified . and share an intimate moment where she makes her move , hoping that now that has died , he would no longer feel bound to her . , who is clearly not over , gently refuses . realizes that the vampires have been using the trains to travel by day and attack the free towns by night , with the walled cities at the end of the train line . believes an attack on the cities would be unwise because of the sun , but reveals that factories , producing massive clouds of smoke and ash , have permanently deprived the city of sunlight , so the vampire attack would be a slaughter . 
 threatens , claiming he will shoot him unless he promises to let live whether she 's been infected or not . ( had earlier revealed to , who is in love with , that if they discovered had been infected as a Familiar , he 'd kill her . ) does n't understand why , who is basically a stranger to , cares so much about her . reveals that is actually 's daughter , and that his brother , stepped in as a husband and a father when was taken by The Church . 
 While rushes ahead to plant a bomb on the railroad tracks , and board the train to rescue . Battling vampires and Familiars , the two are finally overpowered by just as they find . is revealed as one of the Priests who was defeated in the final attack on and a close friend of . After being captured , the vampire Queen gave him her blood , turning him into the first Vampire - Human hybrid who can survive the sun . As fights , discovers the truth about her parentage . battles several Familiars , finally placing the explosives on her motor bike and crashing it into the train engine . The explosion and subsequent derailment kills the vampires and engulfs Black Hat in fire , while , , , and are able to escape . 
 returns to the city and confronts Monsignor during Mass , telling him of the burnt train containing the vampires ' bodies , but not the queen 's . He proves this by throwing a vampire head onto the floor and shocking everyone in the room . still refuses to believe him , declaring that the war is over , while says that is just beginning . Outside the city meets and she reveals that the other Priests have been notified and will meet them at a rendezvous point . sets off into the sunset .

Paul Bettany, Karl Urban, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Lily Collins, Stephen Moyer, Christopher Plummer

is a young Houston lawyer and a drug addict . is his longtime friend and straitlaced law partner . They decide to take on a case involving , a local ER nurse , who is pricked by a contaminated needle . As and dig deeper into the case , a healthcare and pharmaceutical conspiracy teeters on exposure and heavyweight attorneys move in on the defense . Out of their league but invested in their own gain , the mounting pressure of the case pushes the two underdog lawyers and their business to the breaking point.[3 ]

Chris Evans, Mark Kassen, Brett Cullen, Marshall Bell, Michael Biehn, Jesse L. Martin, Roxanna Hope, Tess Parker, Kate Burton, Vinessa Shaw

A pet chameleon ( ) becomes stranded in the Mojave Desert after his terrarium falls from his owners ' car by accident . He meets an armadillo named ( ) who is seeking the mystical " Spirit of the West " . While wandering the desert , he narrowly avoids being eaten by a vicious red - tailed hawk before meeting the desert iguana ( ) . takes him to Dirt , an Old West town populated by desert animals . 
 The chameleon presents himself to the townsfolk as a tough drifter named " " . He quickly runs afoul of outlaw Gila monster ( ) but avoids a shootout when is scared off by the hawk 's return . is chased by the hawk until he accidentally knocks down an empty water tower which crushes the predator . The town mayor ( ) , an elderly tortoise , appoints as the new sheriff . Meanwhile , the townsfolk worry that with the hawk dead , the gunslinger ( ) , who is afraid of hawks , will return . 
 After discovering Dirt 's water reserves — stored in the town bank inside a water cooler bottle — to be near empty , a skeptical demands investigate where the water has gone . That night , inadvertently assists a trio of bank robbers , led by a mole named ( ) , mistaking them for prospectors . The townsfolk find their water bottle stolen the next day , so organizes a posse . During the search , they find the banker , Mr ( ) in the middle of the desert dead , but oddly the cause of his death was drowning . The posse tracks the robbers to their hideout . They fight 's ( bat ) riding clan over the stolen water bottle before discovering it to be empty . The robbers profess that they found it empty , but the posse brings them to town to put them in jail while the citizens want to lynch them . 
 confronts the mayor about his buying of the land around Dirt , but the mayor denies any wrongdoing and shows that he is building a modern city with the purchased land . The mayor then summons , who forces to admit that he lied to the townsfolk and runs him out of town . returns to the road where he fell from the car , crosses to the other side , and passes out . 
 wakes and meets ( ) , whom identifies as the Man with No Name . After telling him what he did to the citizens of Dirt , the Spirit tells that he must go back and set things right , telling him that " No man can walk out on his own story . " 
 With the aid of and mystical moving yuccas , learns that Dirt 's water supply is controlled by an emergency shut - off valve in a water pipeline to Las Vegas , which the mayor has been manipulating to cause a water shortage so he could buy the land . returns to Dirt to challenge to a duel , a diversion so the yuccas can turn the pipeline 's valve to flood the town . then holds at gunpoint and makes clear his resolve . The mayor , however , forces to surrender by threatening ' life and locks them inside the glass bank vault to drown . He then tries to shoot with 's gun , intending to kill along with the rest of the Old West , but the gun is empty . has taken the bullet , which he uses to crack the glass and shatter the vault , freeing himself and . Impressed , salutes and drags the mayor into the desert . The citizens of Dirt celebrate the return of the water and recognize as their hero .

Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Winstone, Timothy Olyphant

In 2020 , human boxers are replaced by robots . ( ) , a former boxer , owns " Ambush " , but loses it in a fight against a bull belonging to promoter and carnival owner ( ) , who rigged the fight to mess with as he sees him as a joke , partially because he beat him up the last time they competed for bailing on the bet . Having made a bet that Ambush would win as a result , now has a debt to that he ca n't pay — which he runs out on . 
 After the fight , learns that his ex - girlfriend died and he must attend a hearing deciding the future of their son , ( ) , whom has had almost zero contact with and complete apathy towards since he was born . There , 's aunt , ( ) , and her wealthy husband , ( ) , request full custody , which concedes for $ 100,000 , half in advance , on the condition that retains for three months while they are on vacation and the other half when they return . Thereupon , , , and ( ) , the daughter of 's former boxing coach , acquire the once - famous " Noisy Boy " , but it is destroyed in a subsequent fight against " Midas " . As he and attempt to scavenge parts to make a new robot from a junkyard , discovers " Atom " , an obsolete but intact sparring robot designed to withstand severe damage , that is capable of mirroring opponent and handler movements and storing them in its memory due to its rare " shadow function " . 
 At 's behest , pits Atom against " " , whom Atom overcomes . programs Noisy Boy 's vocal - respond controls in Atom , and convinces to help him with Atom 's fighting move memory , resulting in a series of victories and culminating to being offered a fight in World Robot Boxing against national champion " Twin Cities " . After reaching the arena , the owner of global champion " " offers to buy Atom , which instantly rejects . disagrees , but eventually takes 's side . The fight starts with Atom on the attack , but Twin Cities easily takes the offensive and corners Atom . While their opponent has no blind spot , notices a hitch whenever Twin Cities throws a right jab . Using this , is able to get Atom out of the corner and eventually win by knockout . Elated by their success , challenges , publicly , with the audience squarely on their side . After the fight , and his two henchmen ambush for bailing earlier and rob them of their winnings , prompting to return to . 
 This upsets , and when tries to convince him that living without him is better for , says he always wanted to fight for him and be there as a father . After leaves , returns to . While talking with her about the events , the two kiss , revealing their attraction to each other . Persuaded by , arranges the challenge offered by and convinces to allow to witness the fight . 
 starts the fight by knocking down with its first punch , but gets up , and continues its assault , knocking down multiple times , but each time gets back up , and eventually is able to land its first punch , a right uppercut . survives the first round , stunning the audience . , who had made a bet with a friend of 's of $ 100,000 that would not last the round , tries to slip away , but is cornered by the fight 's bookmakers . The two opponents go back and forth throughout the fight , Atom landing multiple punches but also getting knocked down many times , getting back up for each of them . Late in the fourth round , Atom 's vocal - respond controls are damaged , forcing to use its " shadow function " to make it mimic his boxing skills . This , and the fact that starts running out of power from its constant offense , tip the odds in Atom 's favor , forcing Zeus ' programmer to manually control it , and and both watch doing what he was meant to do , and are touched by seeing him literally fighting for his son . gets a sound beating , once even hitting the ground and barely avoiding losing by knockout , but survives the final round and wins the match by the judges ' decision . The technologically superior machine remains undefeated , but with the humiliation of being fought to a near - loss , to which is hailed the " People 's Champion " .

Hugh Jackman, Dakota Goyo, Evangeline Lilly, Kevin Durand, Anthony Mackie, James Rebhorn, Rima Fakih, Rick Yune

is a young woman who lives in the village of Daggerhorn , on the edge of a forest plagued by a werewolf , with her parents , and , and older sister . She is in love with the town woodcutter , but her parents have arranged for her to marry , son of the wealthy blacksmith . and plan to run away together , only to learn that the Wolf has broken its truce not to prey on the townspeople in exchange for cattle stock sacrifices and has murdered , who is revealed to have had a crush on . 
 learns of and 's love , telling she too did not love her husband at first , but learned to love him – that she had loved another . Father , the local preacher , calls for the famous witch hunter , Father , to help them but the townspeople decide to venture into the Wolf 's lair to destroy it . They divide into groups , with one consisting of , , and . separates from them moments before the Wolf attacks and murders . The Wolf is cornered by the men and killed . finds mourning and discerns that he was her love . She also realizes that , being the older daughter , should 've been the first to we and should have been engaged to , but could not as she was the illegitimate daughter of , making her 's half - sister . 
 The following day , as the people celebrate , Father arrives and reveals that , had they killed the Wolf , it would have returned to its human form as it is a werewolf , but what they slew was a common grey wolf . He also reveals that they 've entered the Blood Moon Week , an event that happens every thirteen years , in which whoever is bitten by the Wolf is cursed to become one as well . Father 's men , led by The Captain ( ) , isolate and begin to investigate its people in search of the . That night , the Wolf attacks and , while the townspeople rush to the Church ( as the Wolf is unable to step onto holy ground ) , and her friend venture into the village to search for 's autistic brother , . They are cornered by the creature and discovers that she is able to understand the Wolf 's sounds . It threatens to kill and destroy the village if does n't leave with it . The then escapes , vowing to return to learn 's decision . 
 The following day , is captured by Father 's men . Having witnessed performing a card trick earlier , Father claims he 's a student of the dark arts and attempts to force the frightened to reveal the 's identity . When is unable to do so , Father locks him up in a large iron elephant brazen bull . In exchange for 's release , reveals that is able to communicate with the but is already dead by the time the Captain opens the elephant . Believing to be a witch , Father has her captured and displayed at the town 's square in order to lure the out so he can kill it . and join forces and help to escape . is captured by the Captain and thrown into the elephant , while Father orders to be killed for helping . Father saves and is then killed by Father . 
 takes to the church , but they are attacked by the , who bites off Father 's hand , which contains silver - coated fingernails . The townspeople shield from the , who is once again forced to flee , but not before burning a paw by touching holy land . The now cursed Father is subsequently killed by the Captain . 
 dreams that the is her grandmother , who lives in a cabin in the nearby woods , so she goes to check on her . After retrieving Father 's hand on the way , rushes to her grandmother 's cabin , but is confronted on the way by . She then notices that he is wearing a glove on his right hand , the same paw that the burned trying to enter the church , assumes is the Wolf and stabs him . Arriving at 's house , is horrified to find her dead , and learns that the is her father , . He reveals that the curse was passed to him by his own father , and he intended to leave the village but wanted to take his children with him . He sent a note to pretending to be to meet him at night so he could ask her to accept her " gift " . However , when he confronted her , she could n't understand him . Realizing was not his daughter , he murdered her in a fit of rage . He then took revenge against , his wife 's lover , and now wants to accept the curse . 
 refuses , just as appears and confronts , who bites ( thus giving him the curse ) and tosses him aside . is able to throw an axe into 's back , distracting him . stabs to death with Father 's hand . and fill 's body with rocks so he can never be found and dump the body in the lake . departs in order to learn how to control his curse , vowing to return only when he 's able to ensure 's safety . narrates that found his courage and joins the ranks of the Captain 's monster hunters . 's mother finally accepts that her husband will never come home , and the village continues to live in fear even though the wolf never returned . She then moves to her grandmother 's house , leaving her old life behind as she ca n't go back to the village because she is married to the wolf ( ) and wants to keep that a secret . 
 The last scene shows outside the cabin on a full moon . She hears a slight growl , turns around and sees in wolf form as she begins to smile . In an alternate ending , is seen holding a baby , which is her baby with .

Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Virginia Madsen, Lukas Haas, Julie Christie

( ) notices a fire station siren being removed from its pole and members of the Five Points Trinity Church , led by ( ) , protesting the funeral of a murdered local gay teenager . ( ) , a friend of , reveals he received an invitation from a woman named ( ) he met on a sex site for group sex with and ( ) . They borrow 's parents ' car and travel to meet her . Along the way , they accidentally sideswipe the vehicle of Sheriff ( ) , while he was having sex with a man . Afraid , the boys drive off . 
 Sheriff returns to the station and tells his deputy ( ) to go and look for the vehicle . Meanwhile , the boys arrive at the woman 's trailer . She encourages them to drink , and after being drugged by the beer , they pass out while undressing . wakes up while being moved in a covered cage . He realizes he is in the sanctuary at Five Points after he identifies . begins a long , hate - filled sermon before identifying another captive , a homosexual they lured in through an internet chat room . They bind him to a cross using plastic cling wrap , murder him with a revolver and drop him into a small crawl space where and are bound together . 
 then begins binding to the cross , but stops when he notices driving up to the church . and use a protruding bone from the corpse to cut themselves free , which is heard by ( ) . He lifts up the trap door just in time to see escape and runs after him . is not able to help out of his tight cling wrap cuffs and leaves him for dead . chases into a room stocked with weapons , where the two shoot each other . hears the gunshots and calls for back - up , but is shot and killed by ( ) . then blackmails , telling him to stay away or he will reveal 's homosexuality to his wife using explicit photos the church has taken of him . In desperation , calls ATF Agent ( ) , who begins setting up outside the church . 
 While the family mourns , ( who had broken free ) arms himself and plans to shoot the congregation , but witnesses still being held captive on the cross . Travis makes a run for it , but is mistaken for a congregation member by and shot . tries to reason with the family , but ATF Special Agent ( ) is shot in the head by and a shoot - out erupts . In the midst of the shooting , is killed , and Agent receives a call from ATF higher - ups ordering him to stage a full raid on the complex to ensure that no witnesses remain . is clearly disturbed by this , but passes on the order to another tactical agent , named ( ) , who also struggles with this decision and argues with . dismisses 's protests for personal reasons , rationalizing his decision based on personal gain and the reputation of the ATF . storms off in disgust . 
 During the shoot - out , ( ) escapes and is captured by an ATF agent ( ) . Just as the ATF agent is about to shoot her , he is killed by . returns to the house and unbinds , begging him to help her hide the congregation 's children . refuses and her pleas turn into a fight . notices them and attacks . tries to break up the fight and accidentally shoots in the process , killing her . sends the children up into the attic , and changes his mind and decides to help hide the children . They run outside to plead with to spare the children but are killed by . 
 The shoot - out is interrupted by a mysterious trumpet blast . The remaining Coopers lower their weapons and run outside rejoicing , claiming that " the Rapture " has come upon them . calmly approaches a stunned ATF team and confidently taunts them that God 's wrath is upon the Earth . He raises his arms and stands in the face of a confused and worried in a moment of triumph , daring him to defy God . 
 Several days later , during a briefing before high - ranking government officials , reports that he then head - butted and took the rest of the congregation into custody . He explains that the trumpet noises were not the Rapture but came from a group of college students who lived down the road and were irritated with . As a prank they rigged up an old fire house siren to an iPod with loud trumpet noises , unaware of the shootout taking place over the hill . is promoted despite disobeying a direct order from his superiors at the time to kill everyone at the compound . 
 is surprised that he is not punished for his actions but his superiors explain that their initial decision to kill the members of the congregation was mostly personal and that they are satisfied with the alternative punishment of taking away the prisoners ' constitutional rights to due process by classifying their crimes as terrorism and locking them up without ever letting them go to trial . laments this outcome in a story he shares about a couple of hungry brawling dogs he once knew that taught him about the darker side of human nature and the way simple beliefs can turn humans into bloodthirsty animals . 
 is finally seen pacing around his cell singing and sermonizing to himself until another prisoner ( ) tells him to " shut the f * * * up " . 
 During various interactive Q&As for the film , has stated that the original ending continued with the Rapture happening and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse descending on the scene.[10 ]

Michael Angarano, Kerry Bishé, Nicholas Braun, Kyle Gallner, Ralph Garman, John Goodman, Matt L. Jones, Melissa Leo, James Parks, Michael Parks, Kevin Pollak, Haley Ramm, Stephen Root

, a scientist at the San Francisco biotech company Gen - Sys , is testing the viral - based drug ALZ-112 on chimpanzees to find a cure for Alzheimer 's disease . ALZ-112 is given to a chimp named Bright Eyes , greatly increasing her intelligence . But then , during 's presentation for the drug , is forced from her cage , goes on a rampage , and is shot to death . 's boss terminates the project and has the chimps slaughtered . However , 's assistant discovers that the reason for Bright Eyes ' rampage was that she had recently given birth to an infant chimp . reluctantly agrees to take in the chimp , who is named . learns that has inherited his mother 's intelligence and decides to raise him . Three years later , introduces to the redwood forest at Muir Woods National Monument . Meanwhile , treats his dementia - suffering father with ALZ-112 , which seems to restore his cognitive ability . 
 Five years later , when reaches adolescence and sees a dog on a leash like his own , he questions his identity and learns of his origins from . Meanwhile , 's condition returns as he becomes resistant to ALZ-112 . injures an aggressive neighbor , , while defending a confused from him . As a result , he is placed in a primate shelter where he is tormented by a chimp named and the chief guard , , but also where he befriends an orangutan named who came from a circus . learns how to unlock his cage , gaining free access to the common area . With the assistance of a gorilla named , he confronts the sanctuary 's alpha , and claims that position . Meanwhile , clears development of a more powerful , gaseous version of the drug – ALZ-113 – when tells him it can also improve intelligence . takes the drug home to try to save his father , but declines further treatment and dies overnight . 
 After attempting to test the drug on a scarred bonobo test subject named , becomes exposed to ALZ-113 and becomes ill . Attempting to warn at his home , he sneezes blood onto and is later discovered dead . attempts to reclaim , but the chimp refuses to go home with him so he could look after the other apes . Instead , he escapes from the facility and returns to 's house , where he takes canisters of the ALZ-113 . Upon returning , releases the gas and allows it to enhance the intelligence of the other apes . When attempts to get him back into his cage , speaks for the first time , yelling " No ! " and gets in a fight which inadvertently leads to 's death . The apes flee the facility , release the remaining chimps from Gen - Sys , and free more apes from the San Francisco Zoo on the way . 
 A battle ensues as the ape army fights their way past a police blockade on the Golden Gate Bridge to escape into the redwood forest . sacrifices himself to save by jumping into the helicopter in which is riding . The helicopter crashes onto the bridge , trapping in the wreckage . While ignores ' pledges for help , seizes his chance for revenge and sends falling to his death in the bay below . 
 As the apes find their way into the forest , catches up to them in a stolen police car and warns that the humans will hunt them down , and begs him to return home . In response , hugs him and says that , " is home . " , realizing that this is indeed their last goodbye , respects 's wishes . The apes embrace their new lifestyle in the forest . 
 In a mid - credits scene , an infected leaves his house for work as an airline pilot , arriving at San Francisco International Airport for his flight to Paris . His nose begins to drip blood onto the floor . A graphic traces the spread of the humanity - ravaging virus around the globe via international flight routes .

James Franco, Freida Pinto, Andy Serkis, Tom Felton, David Hewlett, Chelah Horsdal, Brian Cox, Jamie Harris, Tyler Labine, David Oyelowo, John Lithgow

On the fifteenth anniversary of the original Woodsboro massacre , high school students and are attacked and brutally murdered by a new . 
 The following day , returns to Woodsboro to promote her new book with her publicist . After evidence is found in 's rental car , becomes a suspect in the murders and must stay in town until the murders are solved . 's cousin , , who is dealing with the betrayal of her ex - boyfriend , , gets a threatening phone call from , as does her friend . and , alongside their friend , are questioned about their calls by , who is now the sheriff , while one of his deputies , , assists him in the case . Meanwhile , 's wife , , is struggling with writer 's block and decides to investigate the murder instead . 
 stays with and her aunt . Later that night , , who lives next door to and , is attacked and killed by as and watch in horror . and rush in to save , but the killer injures them and gets away ; and are taken to the hospital . In the hospital 's parking garage , murders . , trying to solve the murders , enlists the help of two high school movie fanatics , and , who explain that the killer is using the rules of movie remakes . concludes that the killer will likely strike at a party being held that night . 
 goes to the party to investigate . injures her but flees when arrives . takes her to the hospital . At 's house , discovers that the policemen assigned to guard the house are dead . She also discovers that has left the house and gone to 's . goes down to tell , but the killer appears , kills , and disappears again . After Deputy arrives , rushes to 's house to save on her own . 
 , , , and are at 's house when appears and murders a drunken . arrives at the house . is forced to answer horror movie trivia to save , who is tied up and gagged outside . goes upstairs to find , promising to return to . After answers 's questions , she goes outside to untie , believing that she has won the game . He suddenly stabs her in the stomach and reveals himself as , before leaving her for dead . is confronted by and a second , who is revealed as . explains that her motive was out of anger and jealousy because of the fame that had received for surviving the murders , and that they intend to frame as ; she then pulls a bound and gagged out of a closet and shoots him in the head . then betrays and kills him , too , to pin him as 's accomplice and to make herself the sole survivor . stabs in the stomach and mutilates herself to make it seem as if attacked her . Later , , , and the rest of the police stumble upon the carnage . 
 and are then taken to the hospital . After discovering that had survived , she goes to 's hospital room and attempts to finish her . , , and intervene , having been clued by a detail about 's injury that somehow knew . subdues 's rescuers , which gives the chance to shoot her in the chest , finally killing her . calls in all police units , as media reporters outside confirm as " the new " , a title that would be short lived .

Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Anthony Anderson, Alison Brie, Adam Brody, Rory Culkin, Marielle Jaffe, Erik Knudsen, Mary McDonnell, Brittany Robertson, Marley Shelton, Aimee Teegarden, Nico Tortorella, Anna Paquin, Kristen Bell, Shenae Grimes, Lucy Hale

In Villach in the year 1235 , three women are accused of witchcraft by a priest . While one claims to be a witch through persuasion from the church , one denies it , another does neither and curses the priest . He orders them hanged and drowned . That done , he urges the guards to pull them back up for a ritual to make sure the so - called witches never come back to life . The guards refuse , claiming they are dead enough . The priest returns late at night to perform the ritual . One of the corpses , one of a hag with a blind eye suffers a seizure but dies , while another corpse , a younger woman , takes on a demonic appearance and kills the priest and burns his book with the rites in it . 
 In the 14th century , German Teutonic Knights Sir ( ) and Sir ( ) are engaged on a crusade , taking part in several different battles throughout the 1330 's ( 1332 Gulf of Edremit , 1334 Siege of Tripoli , 1337 Imbros & 1339 Artah ) and eventually in the Smyrniote crusades . After witnessing the massacre of civilians during the 1344 capture of Smyrna , the two knights desert the Order and the crusade and return to Austria . 
 While traveling through Styria , and encounter the grotesque sight of people infected with the Black Death and discover that the Holy Roman Empire has been swept by the plague . They enter an unnamed town , trying to conceal their identity as deserters , but are revealed as knights by the crest on 's sword . They are arrested and taken to Cardinal , who is infected with the plague . The Cardinal asks the knights to escort an alleged witch suspected of causing the plague to a remote monastery , where an elite group of monks reside . These monks can determine if the girl is truly a witch , and if she is found guilty , know a sacred ritual to cancel her powers and stop the plague that is devastating Europe . The two knights agree under the condition she be given a fair trial and that the charges of desertion against them be dropped . The Cardinal agrees and they set out accompanied by a priest , ; a young altar boy , , who wants to become a knight like his deceased father ; a knight , Sir , whose family was killed by the plague ; and the well - traveled swindler , who will serve as their guide to the monastery in return for a pardon . The witch , a young girl later identified as from Marburg , shows hatred towards and forms a bond with . 
 Shortly after setting off , the group camp for the night . decides to take first watch . When comes to relieve him of the watch , says how much she reminds him of his dead daughter , then goes on to speak of the politics of her trial , and how the Church can not have her not be guilty . decides to give up the mission and goes to convince the others to do the same , leaving alone with . becomes hysterical at the prospect of being left alone with . She attacks him and grabs his key to the cage , then escapes , fleeing toward a nearby village . The search for her leads the group to a mass grave , where has visions of his dead daughter . Chasing the visions , he impales himself on 's sword and dies . When they recapture her , the tearful Anna explains that she only ran away for fear of . However the group gradually becomes less trusting of her . They cross a rickety rope bridge , where saves from falling to his death by grabbing him with one hand , showing unnatural strength . The group enters the dark forest called Wormwood , where attempts to kill so that the group can go home , only to be stopped by the others . appears to summon monstrous wolves , which chase the group and kill . An enraged tries to kill , but is stopped by and , who point out that the monastery is in sight . 
 At the monastery , the men find that all the monks have been killed by the plague , but locate the Key of Solomon , an ancient book filled with holy rituals used to defeat evil . The men confront , and begins to perform a ritual used on witches . However , as begins precisely recounting 's past actions during the Crusades , realizes that she is not a witch , and begins frantically performing an exorcism . However , the demon that is possessing reveals himself and melts the metal of the cage . He fights off the knights effortlessly , but when throws a vial of holy water on him , the demon flies out of sight . As the men search for the demon , they realize he is not trying to escape , but to destroy the book so that nothing can stop his powers . They find a room where the monks were writing copies of the book , where the demon , revealing himself to be , destroys the copies and possesses the dead monks ' bodies to use as weapons . The three men fight the possessed monks while continues the exorcism ritual . During the fight , / Anna breaks 's neck , then kills . gathers the book and continues the ritual , while continues fighting / Anna . is mortally wounded during the fight , but is able to finish the ritual and is expelled from 's body , freeing her . After 's defeat , asks to keep safe before dying . 
 Their fallen friends have been buried and asks to tell her about the men who saved her , so they depart from the monastery with the book .

Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Stephen Campbell Moore, Claire Foy, Stephen Graham, Ulrich Thomsen, Robert Sheehan, Christopher Lee

Seven Tulane University undergraduates – , , , , , and – drive to 's family vacation home on a private lake . There , encounters her old boyfriend , , and his friend . , , and go wake - boarding when a shark attacks . He is able to swim back to shore – missing his right arm . When swims into the lake to retrieve 's arm , he is pursued by the shark , barely making it to shore . Being a pre - med student , he stabilizes , and they all take him to the hospital . 
 Blood from 's wound attracts a shark that attacks the boat . ( 's girlfriend who he was about to propose to ) is knocked into the water and eaten . The shark damages the steering column of the boat , causing it to crash in front of the boathouse . , and make it to shore . 
 and arrive and agree to take and to the mainland . During the boat trip , reveals that he and put the sharks in the lake and feed college students to them . forces into the water by shooting him ; he swims to a mangrove tree but is devoured by a bull shark . and force to strip down and feed her to cookiecutter sharks . 
 arms himself with a harpoon and ventures into the water to kill the shark that killed . His wound attracts a hammerhead shark ; he kills it but is further wounded . and pull the shark to shore , and finds a camera attached to its belly . decides to take to the mainland on a jet ski . When they are pursued by sharks , sacrifices himself and later is killed by a great white shark . 
 Sheriff visits and and gives them soup , which makes and 's dog , who has also eaten the soup , pass out . hears and speaking from 's radio , describing 's death . and then appear and take to their boat , while prepares to dunk into the lake , where sand tiger sharks wait . reveals that he , and have been inspired by the Discovery Channel 's Shark Week and Faces of Death videos to film people being eaten by sharks . is able to break free and ignite a can of gas . Badly burned , plunges into the lake and is eaten by a sand shark . 
 reveals the reason why he is bitter at Sara : three years ago , while they were dating had to go off to college and she and had a farewell swim at their favorite diving spot . The day is ruined when almost drowns and , who is angry with her for having to leave him , refuses to help her . As revenge she runs him over with a jet ski , damaging half his face . throws her dog into the water and soon after calls up , the man from the bait shop , telling him to release another great white shark , and lower her into the lake in a shark cage . As is about to release her , arrives and takes hostage . After a scuffle during which kills in order to catch offguard , shoves into the water and tries to set free but appears and tries strangling him . escapes as a great white shark devours . kills the shark and frees . , , and 's dog swim to the boat , having survived . A distance away , another great white shark breaches , signifying that sharks remain in the lake .

Sara Paxton, Dustin Milligan, Katharine McPhee, Alyssa Diaz, Joel David Moore, Joshua Leonard, Chris Zylka, Chris Carmack, Donal Logue

In 1891 , delivers a package to Dr. , payment for a letter he was to deliver . opens the package , triggering a hidden bomb that is prevented from detonating by the intervention of . takes the letter while and escape . finds assassinated moments later . meets with Professor to explain the events , but , deeming her position compromised by her love for , poisons and kills her . 
 Later , Dr. arrives at 221B Baker Street , where discloses that he is investigating a series of seemingly unrelated murders , terrorist attacks and business acquisitions around the globe that he has connected to . After meeting up with his brother at 's bachelor party , meets with Gypsy fortune - teller , the intended recipient of the letter he took from , sent by her brother . defeats an assassin sent to kill , but she flees before can interrogate her . After the wedding of and , meets for the first time . Voicing his respect for ' perseverance , informs that he murdered . vengefully vows to defeat him and subtly requests and be left alone now that is no longer working with him , but indicates he will kill them if continues to interfere . 
 's men attack and on a train to their honeymoon . Holmes , having followed the pair to protect them , throws from the train into a river below where she is rescued by . After defeating 's men , and travel to Paris to locate . When she is found , tells that she has been targeted because is working for and may have told her about his plans . takes the pair to the headquarters of an anarchist group to which she and had formerly belonged . They learn that the anarchists have been forced to plant bombs for . 
 The trio follows ' deduction that the bomb is in the Paris Opera . However , realizes too late that he has been tricked and that the bomb is in a nearby hotel ; the bomb kills a number of assembled businessmen . discovers that the bomb was a cover for the specific assassination of , one of the attendees , by 's henchman , . 's death grants ownership of 's arms factory in Germany . , not wishing to repeat his mistake from the previous evening , spies on , learning he is travelling to Germany . deduces it is to visit his newly acquired factory and so the trio follow him there . 
 At the factory , captures , interrogates , and tortures while fights . spells out 's plot , revealing that the Professor secretly acquired shares in multiple war profiteering companies using various pseudonyms to conceal his identity and intends to instigate a world war to make himself a fortune . Meanwhile , uses the cannon he had been hiding behind to destroy the watchtower in which is concealed . The structure collapses into the warehouse where is holding captive . , , and an injured reunite and escape aboard a moving train . deduces that 's final target will be a peace summit in Switzerland , creating an international incident . 
 At the summit , deduces that is the assassin and that he is disguised as one of the ambassadors , having been given radical reconstructive surgery by . and , who is also in attendance , retreat upon a balcony to discuss their competing plans over a game of chess . and find and stop his assassination attempt , but is discreetly killed by . Despite his war being averted , remains confident in his victory , warning that the nations of Europe will inevitably go to war with one another regardless of 's manipulations . then reveals that , while being tortured by , he replaced the professor 's personal diary that contained all his plans and financing with a duplicate . The original was sent to in London , who decrypted the code using a book that had noticed in 's office during their first meeting , before passing the information to Inspector , who seizes 's assets and donates his fortune to anti - war charities . and anticipate an impending physical altercation , and both realise that would win due to ' injured shoulder . Out of options and with the vindictive promising to torture and kill and afterward , grabs and throws them both over the balcony and into the Reichenbach Falls below . 
 Following ' funeral , and prepare to have their belated honeymoon when receives a package containing a breathing device of 's that had noticed and expressed a liking for before the summit . Realizing that may still be alive , leaves his office to find the delivery man . , having concealed himself in 's office , reads 's memoirs on the typewriter and adds a question mark after the words " The End " .

Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Jared Harris, Eddie Marsan, Rachel McAdams, Stephen Fry, Geraldine James, Kelly Reilly

( ) is a single attorney working in a New York law firm . After too many drinks on her 30th birthday , grabs a cab with her friend , ( ) , who is also her best friend 's ( ) fiancé , and playfully reveals she has had a crush on him since law school . On the cab ride home , it is revealed that he has always felt the same and the two kiss . They wake up in bed together the next morning to calling both of their phones . sneaks out before they can talk about what happened between them . initially believes the encounter is a one night stand , but it eventually develops into an ongoing affair . The couple soon find themselves lying to and others in order to cover up their relationship . tells that she is having an affair with another friend of hers , ( ) and an acquaintance , ( ) to cover up her sexual encounters with . , who has been friends with both and since childhood , is the only one who knows what has happened between and after figuring it out himself , and reluctantly agrees to keep their secret . 
 Meanwhile , 's mother ( ) has been suffering from depression for some time and it seems that and 's upcoming wedding is the only thing keeping her sane and happy . When skips out on the 4th of July weekend in the Hamptons to stay in the city and spend time with , they run into his parents . His father suspects something is going on between the two of them and he tells to end it as soon as possible , saying that what he wants should not be considered a priority when it conflicts with what is right . Considering his mother and father 's feelings , leaves in order to go back to Darcy . 
 As the wedding nears , and are speaking less and less . At the beach , their secret is almost revealed by , who is frustrated with , especially for lying to people she cares about . That night at the bar , finally tells that she wants him to call off the wedding so they can be together , but he tells her that he ca n't . 
 moves to London for a job and flies out to visit him . He reveals that he loves her and just wants to see her happy , but is sad and accepts that does not reciprocate his feelings . returns to New York to find sitting on her doorstep . He reveals that he ended things with and called off the wedding . 
 is ecstatic until ends up at her door begging to come in to talk . hides and enters her apartment . She reveals to that she has been cheating on with his friend . She is also pregnant with ' child and says that they are very happy . gives her blessing to , who proceeds to leave only to return minutes later and ask what 's jacket is doing in her apartment . begins to search the apartment for , who comes out , making her realise that is the other woman . becomes infuriated and storms out of the apartment , telling that she hates her . 
 Two months later , and run into each other on the street . They have not spoken since the incident and says that she is happy , but does n't sound so convincing . sees that has picked up one of 's shirts from the dry cleaner , is unapologetic for sleeping with but is sorry for hurting . As they leave , they turn back and glance at each other , with smiling and waving . She reveals to that she is honestly happy as she puts a hand over her baby bump . walks around the corner to sitting on a bench . They walk down the street together holding hands . 
 The film ends with an ambiguous scene during the credits . shows up to surprise in London ; tries to ignore her and briskly walks away . The screen turns black with text indicating that the story is to be continued , which may indicate that a movie based on Something Blue , which is the book sequel to Something Borrowed,[3 ] will follow .

Kate Hudson, Ginnifer Goodwin, John Krasinski, Colin Egglesfield, Steve Howey

In 2003 , teenager lives in Kauai , Hawaii with her parents and , and two brothers , and . All are surfers , but she and her best friend have grown up with a passion for the sport and enter a competition . Her church youth ministry leader , , is disappointed when she has to withdraw from a planned mission trip to Mexico because of the contest . 
 In the competition , and place first and third , respectively . The following day , goes to the hospital for knee surgery , and the girls go surfing with 's father and brother . As dangles her left arm in the water , a tiger shark is swimming just under her surfboard and notices her arm floating in the water . It unexpectedly attacks , ripping off her arm below the shoulder . , , and get her out of the water where makes a tourniquet out of his swimshirt to put on her while calls 911 as is also informed . An ambulance meets them on the way to the hospital . Just before starting 's knee surgery , Dr. is called to the emergency room to treat . Besides losing her left arm , she also lost 60 % of her blood and Dr. calls her survival a miracle . 
 The onslaught of paparazzi also proves to be a great strain on her family and their privacy . The are grateful to for his quick and active thinking and decisive action that saved her life . Her injury prevents her from participating in the Rip Curl photo shoots , but she wishes well . 
 perseveres and after a recuperation period , gets back in the water , and learns to surf with one arm . Inside Edition offers to provide a prosthetic one that is cosmetically perfect and has bendable joints , in exchange for an interview . She angrily rejects it when she learns it will not help her surf as it is not weight bearing , as a result of the size of her arm stump . 
 eventually re - enters the competition , telling rival not to go easy on her , and rejects a five - minute head start offered by the judges . She does not perform well because she can not stay on the board long enough to go out and catch a competitive wave so wins . Disappointed at this loss , she decides to give up competitive surfing and her friendship with is strained following an argument . 
 decides to surprise by joining the youth group on another mission trip to help the people of Phuket , Thailand who were devastated by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami . Despite her recent tragedy , she joins her youth group to help the Thai children get over their fear of the ocean . They are understandably afraid of the water , including a little boy . She decides to go into it with a surfboard , hoping this will coax him into it . It works , and the realization that she can use her gift to inspire people motivates her to take up surfing again . 
 , who believes that possesses a great surfer 's instinct for sensing when the best waves will form , rigs a handle on her surfboard which she can use to prevent falling off while paddling out to the waves , which is not prohibited by the competition 's rules . trains for the competition while rekindling her friendship with . She enters the national championship . During the competition , she performs respectably , though she is still chasing third place . Suddenly , with only minutes left on the clock , the waves die down and all the surfers can only loiter , waiting for the waves to start back up . 's belief in his daughter 's instinct is proven when she is the only one to sense a big wave forming , and she alone paddles out . When it forms , the others can not get out in time and she catches it just as the horn sounds . If it is in time , she will win , but the judges rule that the time has expired . is the winner , but she has finally gotten over her differences with , inviting her up on the platform to share first place . 
 Subsequently , lets the reporters interview her . One asks her what she would do if given the chance to undo the loss of her arm . She says that she would still lose it because she can embrace more people now than she ever could with both .

AnnaSophia Robb, Helen Hunt, Lorraine Nicholson, Dennis Quaid, Carrie Underwood

U.S. Army pilot Captain wakes up on a Metra[6 ] commuter train headed to Chicago . is disoriented , his last memory before that was being on a mission in Afghanistan . To the world around him – including his traveling partner and the bathroom mirror – appears to be , a school teacher . As he comes to grips with this revelation , the train explodes , killing everyone aboard . 
 regains consciousness inside a dimly lit cockpit . Communicating through a video screen , Air Force Captain verifies ' identity and insists he stay " on mission " to find the train bomber before a second bomb hits downtown Chicago in six hours . is inside the " Source Code " , an experimental device designed by scientist Dr. . In the machine he experiences the last eight minutes of another compatible person 's life within an alternative timeline.[a ] 
 is unwillingly sent back into the Source Code repeatedly in frustrating , exhausting attempts to learn the bomber 's identity . He tries to warn authorities on the train and flee with , escaping the explosion . Other times , he can not locate or disarm the bomb in time and dies on the train . Later , learns that he has been with them for two months since being reported killed in action in Afghanistan . In real life he is comatose and is missing most of his body , he is on life support while hooked up to neural sensors . The cockpit capsule is a projection of his brain as it attempts to make sense of a missing environment . Angry at learning that he is on life support , he asks to be disconnected after the mission and agrees . 
 finally catches the bomber , a man named . leaves his wallet behind to fake his own death and gets off at the last stop before Chicago . In their first encounter , kills both and and flees in a rented white van with a dirty bomb in it . remembers the license number and direction and reports it to when he returns from the Source Code . The authorities use the information to catch , preventing him from detonating the dirty bomb . reneges on his promise to let die and orders to wipe ' memory for a future mission . convinces to allow him one more trip back to the train so that he can try to save everyone , despite 's insistence that events could not be altered . 
 is sent back into the Source Code where he asks to go out for coffee with him . He then leaves her and disarms the bomb , subdues , and reports him to the authorities . uses 's phone to send an email to before calling his estranged father and reconciling with him under the guise of a fellow soldier . returns to and starts to kiss her , at the same time approaches the Source Code chamber and disconnects the life support . dies , but in the new alternate timeline he finishes the kiss with . They continue on the train and then walk through downtown Chicago to the Cloud Gate . 
 When the alternate - timeline arrives for work at Nellis Air Force Base that morning , she receives the email from . The email includes a coded message verifying 's identity , and he informs that they have changed history and that Source Code works . He asks her to take care of the alternate - timeline version of him that is still in a coma .

Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright

In the 1960s,[9 ] a young woman[9 ] nicknamed ( ) is institutionalized by her abusive widowed stepfather ( ) at the fictional Lennox House for the Mentally Insane in Brattleboro , Vermont , after she is blamed for her younger sister 's death . The stepfather bribes ( ) , an asylum orderly , into forging the signature of the asylum 's psychiatrist , Dr. ( ) , to have lobotomized so she can not inform the authorities of the true circumstances leading to her sister 's death . During her admission to the institution , takes note of four items that she would need to attempt an escape . 
 slips into a fantasy world in which she is newly arrived in a brothel owned by , whom she envisions as a mobster , where she and the other patients are sex slaves . In this realm , she befriends four other dancers   – ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and 's sister and " star of the show " , ( ) . Dr. is envisioned as the girls ' dance instructor . informs that her virginity will be sold to a client known as the High Roller ( ) , who is actually the doctor scheduled to perform the lobotomy . encourages to perform an erotic dance , during which further fantasizes she is in feudal Japan , meeting ( ) . After she expresses her desire to " escape " , the Wise Man presents with weapons and tells her that she would need to collect five items : a map , fire , a knife , a key , and a fifth , unrevealed item that would require " a deep sacrifice " but bring a " perfect victory " . She then fights three samurai giants . As her fantasy ends , she finds herself back in the brothel , her dance having impressed and other onlookers . 
 convinces the four girls to join her in preparing an escape . She plans to use her dances as a distraction while the other girls obtain the necessary tools . During her dances , she imagines fantastic adventures that mirror the escape efforts . These adventures include infiltrating a bunker protected by steampunk - inspired World War I German soldiers to gain a map ( mirrored by copying a map of the brothel / institution from 's office ) ; storming an Orc - infested castle to retrieve two fire - producing crystals from inside a baby dragon ( mirrored by stealing a lighter from the mayor 's pocket ) ; and boarding a train and fighting robotic guards to disarm a bomb ( mirrored by stealing a kitchen knife from the 's belt ) . During the last fantasy , sacrifices herself to save and is killed when the bomb detonates , which is paralleled by the fatally stabbing while she tries to protect her sister . 
 overhears relaying 's plan to , confirming his suspicions that something is amiss . He has locked in a utility closet and confronts the other girls backstage . He shoots and and attempts to rape , but she stabs him with the kitchen knife and steals his master key . frees and starts a fire to keep the orderlies occupied while they look for an exit . They escape into the courtyard , where they find a throng of men blocking their way . deduces that the fifth item needed for the escape is in fact her own sacrifice . She concludes that this is actually story . Despite protests , she insists on revealing herself to the visitors , thus distracting them long enough to allow her friend to slip away unnoticed . 
 Back in the asylum , the surgeon has just performed 's lobotomy . notes earlier that the girl , during her short stay , stabbed an orderly , started a fire , and helped another girl escape the asylum . The surgeon is baffled by 's expression , and asks why she authorized the procedure . realizes that has forged her signature and summons the police , who apprehend as he attempts to sexually assault a lobotomized . While being led away , also incriminates the stepfather . is shown smiling serenely , having apparently found freedom within her own inner " Paradise " . 
 At a bus station , is stopped by police as she tries to get on a bus to Fort Wayne , but she is rescued by the bus driver ( ) , who misleads the police and allows her to board . thanks the Driver , who tells her they have " a very long way to go " . During the end credits , Dr. and perform " Love Is the Drug " in a glitzy musical sequence that includes all five female leads . 
 In a deleted scene , is shown stealing clothes from a nearby farm . , meanwhile , wakes up after being knocked out by the guard in residence . The High Roller explains that he and are supposed to " screw " , but that he has no intention of simply taking her . Instead , he is looking for a moment of truth in a fake world , which can only be provided by someone who is not a faker , which is why he needs - he says he wants to see in her eyes a simple truth : that she would give herself to him willingly , not because she has to , but because she wants to . At first , seems reluctant as the High Roller becomes more intimate , but soon starts warming up to him . The High Roller explains that in exchange for this one moment of truth , he will give her absolute freedom , as an abstract ideal . willingly pulls him close to her , and they kiss . At this moment , 's fantasy ends , and she is thrust back into the real world just as the surgeon 's needle enters her eye .

Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Oscar Isaac, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm, Scott Glenn

Short - order cook recalls his only two good memories from a disappointing life : marrying his wife , , and an incident in which he directed a police officer to catch a purse snatcher . immortalizes these two events in a pair of crayon drawings that he hangs on his wall for inspiration . , a recovering addict , leaves for , a charismatic strip club owner who gets her hooked on drugs . sinks into depression , where he has a vision in which he is touched by the finger of God and meets , a superhero from a public - access television show ( based on the actual Christian superhero series , Bibleman[8 ] ) , who tells that God has chosen him for a very special purpose . believes that God has chosen him to become a superhero and goes to a local comic book store for inspiration . His claim that he is designing a new superhero is met with enthusiastic appreciation from the store clerk , . creates a superhero costume and assumes the identity of " The Crimson Bolt . " 
 Armed with a pipe wrench , he begins to fight crime by delivering savage beatings to various rulebreakers , ranging from drug dealers and child molesters to a man who cuts in line at the movies . soon becomes a media sensation . Initially , the media view him as a violent psychopath , but he begins to gain public appreciation after the criminal backgrounds of many of his victims come to light . later attempts to rescue at ' house , but ' thugs recognize him under the costume and shoot him in the leg as he flees while climbing over a fence . 
 A wounded goes to for help . cajoles into letting her become the Crimson Bolt 's " kid sidekick , " christening herself " " and designing a costume . She proves to be even more unhinged than , using her superhero guise to nearly kill a man who possibly vandalized her friend 's car . decides to let her go , but changes his mind when rescues him from some of ' thugs at a gas station . soon becomes enamored with , but her advances are turned down as insists that he is still married . Arguing that it is different when they are in their superhero identities , rapes while the two are in costume . runs to the bathroom and vomits , where he encounters a vision of in the toilet . He decides that it is time to rescue her from . 
 Armed with guns , pipe bombs , and bulletproof vests , and sneak into ' ranch , killing the first few guards they encounter . However , they are both shot . is struck in the chest , his bulletproof vest sparing him , but is shot in the head and killed . Devastated by her death , goes into a rage , slaughtering all of ' thugs . Inside , shoots , but gains the upper hand and stabs to death as watches , horrified . 
 takes her home , and she stays for a few months " out of a sense of obligation " for saving her life , surmises . However she leaves him again . This time , however , she manages to overcome her addiction and uses her experiences to help others with similar problems . She remarries and has four children . is convinced that her children will change the world for the better . , now with a pet bunny , looks on his wall of happy memories . The wall is covered with pictures of his experiences from his time spent with and pictures of 's kids , who call him " Uncle . " looks at 's picture , and a tear runs down his cheek .

Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, Nathan Fillion, Gregg Henry, Michael Rooker, Andre Royo, Sean Gunn, Stephen Blackehart, Linda Cardellini

In 1979 , Deputy Sheriff ( ) of Lillian , Ohio , and his 14 - year - old[3 ] son ( ) , mourn the death of his mother ( ) in a steel mill accident.[4 ] blames her co - worker , ( ) , as she was covering his shift while he recovered from a hangover , and all has left is a locket that belonged to her , that he now holds on to . 
 Four months after 's funeral , 's best friend ( ) decides to make a low - budget zombie movie for an international film competition . enlists the help of ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , as well as 's daughter , ( ) . Though their fathers would be furious , and become close to each other . 
 has them film a scene at a train depot at midnight . During a rehearsal , a train approaches , and has them start filming as the train passes to add ' production value ' . While filming , witnesses a pickup truck drive onto the tracks and ram the train , causing a massive derailment that destroys the train , the depot and the surrounding area , and separates the children from each other amidst the chaos . finds himself near one container , to which the loading door is violently thrown from the carriage by an unseen force . Eventually the kids regroup and wander the wreckage . The children investigate the wreck and find crates full of strange white cubes , then discover the truck 's driver is Dr. ( ) , their biology teacher . , barely alive , warns them at gunpoint to forget what they saw that night , or else they and their parents will be killed . The children flee the scene just as a convoy from the local U.S. Air Force base , led by Col . ( ) , arrives at the scene . discovers an empty Super 8 mm film box , and assumes the event was purposely captured on camera . 
 While and wait for their film to be developed , the town experiences strange events : All the dogs run away , several townspeople go missing , the electrical power fluctuates and electronic items from all over are stolen . Overhearing military communications , approaches to address the rising panic in town , but instead orders him arrested . orders the use of flamethrowers to start wildfires outside of town , as an excuse to evacuate people to the base . Suddenly , soldiers sweep into town to begin the evacuation . Meanwhile , and watch the derailment footage and discover that a large creature escaped from the train . 
 At the base , learns from 's father that she is missing , abducted by the creature following an argument between and her father . , , , and convince Jen ( ) , ' older sister , to pretend to hit on ( a worker at the camera shop ) in order to get into town to rescue . They break into Dr. 's storage trailer and discover films and documents from his time as a government researcher . 
 They play the film , which reveals that an alien crash - landed in 1958 . The Air Force captured the alien and was running experiments on it while keeping it from its ship . was one of the scientists experimenting on the ship , composed of the white cubes . At one point , the alien grabbed , apparently establishing a psychic connection with him . Now understanding the alien , he was compelled to rescue it and help it escape from Earth . He found out about the train , years later , and sought the opportunity to help the creature . The boys are caught by Nelec , but as they are taken back to base to face an unknown fate , the alien attacks their bus , tipping it over . The boys escape as the alien focuses on killing the airmen , saving for last . Meanwhile , escapes from the base 's brig and makes his way to the shelter housing the townsfolk . He learns from about 's plan to rescue . and then agree to put aside their differences to save their kids , making amends along the way . 
 In town , the military attempts to kill the alien but find their hardware goes haywire in its presence , resulting in significant collateral damage to the town . is injured in an explosion , so stays behind with him while and head to the cemetery , where had earlier seen something there that made him suspicious . Inside the cemetery 's garage , they find a massive tunnel leading to a warren of underground caverns . In a chamber beneath the town 's water tower , they find the alien has created a device from the town 's stolen electronics , that it appears to be trying to fully activate , attached to the base of the tower . The alien also has several people , including , hanging from the ceiling and unconscious , that it uses for food . Using 's firecrackers as a distraction , frees and the others , but they end up trapped in a dead end cavern after the alien chases them down and dispatches the others . and scream and cower against the tunnel wall , but steps forward and tries to talk to the alien . The alien grabs , who quietly speaks to the alien , telling him over and over that " bad things happen " but that the alien " can still live " . After studying for a moment , and then hearing its device fully activating , the alien releases him and departs , allowing the three to return to the surface . 
 As and reunite with their fathers , everyone watches as numerous metal objects from all over town are pulled to the top of the water tower by an unknown force . The white cubes are also pulled in to assemble into the alien 's spaceship , using the objects and the water tower as its base . As it nears completion , the alien enters the spaceship . The locket is then drawn from out of 's pocket towards the tower and , after a brief moment , decides to let it go , completing the ship . The water tank implodes and as the tower legs fall to the street , the ship rockets into space . takes 's hand as they watch the ship depart into the night sky . 
 During the credits , the kids ' completed film , entitled The Case , is shown .

Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Ron Eldard, Noah Emmerich, Gabriel Basso, Riley Griffiths, Ryan Lee, Zach Mills, Amanda Michalka

The film is set in 1988 Los Angeles . is a recent MIT graduate who works at a Suncoast Video store while trying to figure out what he wants to do with his life , something that his police officer father has grown impatient with . While working one day , 's high school crush , walks into the store . After pretending that he does n't work there and saying that he works at Goldman Sachs in an effort to impress her , invites to a Labor Day party , hosted by 's twin sister 's boyfriend , , at his hillside home . 
 Later that night , , , and 's best friend , ( ) , head to the party . On the drive over , steals a brand new Mercedes - Benz convertible from the car dealership he got fired from earlier that day , justifying his actions by saying that needs the convertible if he really wants to impress . The trio arrive at the party . While there , catches up with an old classmate ( who actually works at Goldman Sachs ) and then awkwardly tries to woo . snorts some cocaine he found in the glove box of the stolen convertible and gets involved in a dance - off , and 's boyfriend proposes to her in front of everyone at the party . She says yes , upsetting , who does n't think that will support her in her dream to attend graduate school at the University of Cambridge . eventually invites and to another party her boss is hosting in Beverly Hills . takes there in the Mercedes , while rides with her two friends in another car , using the cocaine as an enticement to let him go along . has a wild sexual encounter with an older woman while and continue to mingle with each other , after 's successful ' put down ' of 's boss , a habitual sexual harasser . They leave the party to go into a neighbor 's backyard where they jump on a trampoline , play truth or dare , and end up having sex . 
 Meanwhile , shares her unopened admissions letter from Cambridge with , and it is revealed that she was not accepted . is visibly relieved , while is visibly upset . confesses to that he does n't actually work at Goldman Sachs . gets extremely upset at his deception and storms off , back to her boss 's party , leaving guilt - ridden . finds there and they leave the party , and tells about how he told the truth about his job . patronizes him for not trying to have just one night of enjoyment and attempts to lighten the mood by offering a line of cocaine , despite him driving . , feeling vulnerable , attempts to snort the cocaine , but ends up driving the convertible off the road and into a ditch . A police cruiser soon arrives , and it turns out to be 's dad and his police partner . Already disappointed with 's unwillingness to choose a career path , Mr. damages the convertible even more as a means of coercing to get a better job in order to pay off the damages . He takes and into custody , but lets them off in the neighborhood with a warning . apologizes to his dad for being such a failure , to which his dad replies that because he 's never even tried to succeed , he 's actually less than a failure . Then , in a less condescending tone , he encourages to take a shot at anything in life . 
 Knowing has left her car at the party , and make their way back there , where bets are being placed on who will " ride the ball " , a giant , steel sphere that someone enters and rides as it 's rolled down a hill ( something 's dad has stated that nobody has done since he himself was a kid ) . finds at the party and tries to apologize , but is unwilling to forgive him . Feeling he has nothing to lose , volunteers to " ride the ball " . When he does the ball rolls downhill uncontrollably , hitting several parked cars and eventually flying off an embankment before landing in a backyard swimming pool . almost drowns as the ball sinks , but manages to escape just in time . rushes to the scene and walks with back toward the party , meeting up with and , who are elated to discover he was n't killed . apologizes to , and she forgives him after playing a little hard - to - get and then gives him her phone number . All four return to the party , which is beginning to wind down as dawn approaches . All who are still there ' whoop ' it up at 's successful return . 
 , after realizing was right all along , ends the engagement and breaks up with , who experiences a crying breakdown . Pondering his future with a Goth - type girl he met at the party , is told by her that maybe he should go to college . Outside , as she leaves the party , boldly kisses goodbye . 's dad is shown investigating the scene where the steel ball was found . He finds 's Suncoast Video name tag floating in the pool , and smirks proudly . staggers out of the party house , now in a shambles , to meet up with and , who asks " Who wants breakfast ? " , and the three leave together as the sun is rising .

Topher Grace, Anna Faris, Teresa Palmer, Dan Fogler, Michelle Trachtenberg, Chris Pratt, Robert Hoffman, Lucy Punch, Michael Ian Black, Lauren Conrad, Audrina Patridge, Heidi Montag, Demetri Martin

In Lagrange , Ohio , has apocalyptic dreams and visual and auditory hallucinations of rain " like fresh motor oil " , swarms of menacing black birds , and being harmed by people close to him . He hides all of this from his wife , , and their deaf daughter , . He instead channels his anxieties into a compulsive obsession to improve and enlarge a storm shelter in his backyard ; however , his increasingly strange behavior - including a tendency to cut ties with anyone in his life that has harmed him only in his dreams - strains his relationship with his family , friends , employer , and the close - knit town . grudgingly sees a counselor at a free clinic , with whom he talks about his family 's psychological history . His mother , , has paranoid schizophrenia that surfaced in her at about the same age that is now . 
 In order to get the expanded storm shelter done , breaks work rules by using equipment from his construction job at his house and gets a home improvement loan he can ill afford to start building the shelter - all without telling his wife . becomes angry when she discovers the project . After takes more than the prescribed dose of a sedative and has a seizure , calls an ambulance . He recovers , then finally explains the truth to her , including his dreams . 
 begins to miss more work , causing tensions with his boss , as he and make preparations for the cochlear implant surgery is to undergo in six weeks ' time . Having been informed of the borrowed work equipment , 's boss fires him and gives him only two weeks ' worth of medical insurance benefits , after placing , the close friend and co - worker whom asked to help him start construction of the shelter , on two weeks ' unpaid administrative leave . 
 buys gas masks for his family and extends his previous employer 's health insurance policy for a few extra weeks . After he finds out that his counselor at the free clinic has suddenly transferred and been replaced with a new one , he walks out . Tensions linger between and over his loss of a job / income at such a crucial time for their family . gets to see an actual psychiatrist and demands that they attend a social function so she can restore some sense of normalcy to their strained , increasingly isolated life . At a Lions Club community gathering , a bitter , who has been spreading gossip that is crazy , is angrily provoked and punches him . Enraged , knocks to the floor , overturns a table and unleashes a frightening verbal tirade upon everyone present . He prophetically shouts that a devastating storm is coming , insisting that none of them are prepared . 
 Later , a tornado warning sends him and his family into the shelter . After they awaken , reluctantly removes his gas mask , prompted by . They go to open the shelter doors , but he still hears a storm outside . His wife implores him , insisting that there 's no storm and that he needs to open the door . After a tense standoff , throws open the doors into the blinding sun ; a strong - but - bearable storm has passed , and neighbors are cleaning up broken tree limbs and other yard debris as power company trucks restore electricity along the street . 
 A psychiatrist advises the couple to go through with their planned , annual beach vacation , but that will need to get psychiatric care in a facility away from his family upon their return . At Myrtle Beach , while is building sand castles with , she signs the word " storm " . As exits their beachhouse , the thick , oily rain that spoke of begins to fall , staining her outstretched hand . looks up to a bigger version of the ominous storm clouds had seen , massing over the ocean ; tornado - like waterspouts reach down to the ocean 's surface , and the tide pulls back as a tsunami looms in the distance . and exchange knowing glances .

Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, Kathy Baker, Ray McKinnon, Lisa Gay Hamilton

In 965 AD , , king of Asgard , wages war against the Frost Giants of Jotunheim and their leader , to prevent them from conquering the nine realms , starting with Earth . The Asgardian warriors defeat the Frost Giants and seize the source of their power , the Casket of Ancient Winters . 
 In the present,[N 2 ] 's son prepares to ascend to the throne of Asgard , but is interrupted when Frost Giants attempt to retrieve the Casket . Against 's order , travels to Jotunheim to confront , accompanied by his brother , childhood friend and the Warriors Three : , , and . A battle ensues until intervenes to save the Asgardians , destroying the fragile truce between the two races . For 's arrogance , strips his son of his godly power and exiles him to Earth as a mortal , accompanied by his hammer Mjölnir , now protected by an enchantment that allows only the worthy to wield it . 
 lands in New Mexico , where astrophysicist Dr. , her assistant , and mentor Dr. find him . The local populace finds , which S.H.I.E.L.D. agent soon commandeers before forcibly acquiring 's data about the wormhole that delivered Thor to Earth . , having discovered 's nearby location , seeks to retrieve it from the facility that S.H.I.E.L.D. has constructed , but he finds himself unable to lift it and is captured . With 's help , he is freed and resigns himself to exile on Earth as he develops a romance with . 
 discovers that he is 's biological son , adopted by after the war ended . A weary falls into the deep " Odinsleep " to recover his strength . seizes the throne in 's stead and offers the chance to kill and retrieve the Casket . and the Warriors Three , unhappy with 's rule , attempt to return from exile , convincing , gatekeeper of the Bifröst — the means of traveling between worlds — to allow them passage to Earth . Aware of their plan , sends the Destroyer , a seemingly indestructible automaton , to pursue them and kill . The warriors find , but the Destroyer attacks and defeats them , prompting Thor to offer himself instead . Struck by the Destroyer and near death , 's sacrifice proves him worthy to wield Mjölnir . The hammer returns to him , restoring his powers and enabling him to defeat the . Kissing goodbye and vowing to return , he and his fellow Asgardians leave to confront . 
 In Asgard , betrays and kills , revealing his true plan to use 's attempt on 's life as an excuse to destroy Jotunheim with the Bifröst Bridge , thus proving himself worthy to his adoptive father . arrives and fights before destroying the Bifröst Bridge to stop 's plan , stranding himself in Asgard . awakens and prevents the brothers from falling into the abyss created in the wake of the bridge 's destruction , but apparently commits suicide by allowing himself to fall when rejects his pleas for approval . makes amends with , admitting he is not ready to be king ; meanwhile , on Earth , and her team search for a way to open a portal to Asgard . 
 In a post - credits scene , is taken to a S.H.I.E.L.D. facility , where opens a briefcase and asks him to study a mysterious cube - shaped object,[N 3 ] which says may hold untold power . An invisible prompts to agree , and he does .

Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Colm Feore, Ray Stevenson, Idris Elba, Kat Dennings, Rene Russo, Anthony Hopkins

is the building manager of The Tower , an upscale apartment complex in New York City . Its employees include 's brother - in - law , concierge , who is expecting a child with 's sister ; , a newly hired elevator operator ; , the doorman nearing retirement ; , an immigrant maid from Jamaica threatened with deportation ; and receptionist Miss , who is studying to become a lawyer . 
 One morning witnesses what he believes is , The Tower 's penthouse tenant , being kidnapped . gives chase , but is tackled by FBI agent , who explains that was actually attempting to flee the country and resist arrest for masterminding a Ponzi scheme , embezzling $ 2 billion . confesses to the Tower staff that he gave their pensions to to invest , and they have lost everything ; attempts suicide by stepping in front of a train , but survives . After visiting in the hospital , , , and confront , under house arrest in his penthouse apartment . expresses condolences , but is not sincere enough when he forgets to ask if is all right , and out of anger , smashes the windows of the 1963 Ferrari 250 GT Lusso displayed in 's apartment . 's boss , Mr. , fires him for his actions , as well as and , who were with him at the time of his actions . 
 meets at a bar where she drunkenly suggests that has concealed $ 20 million as a reserve , and that should steal it . , , , and evicted Tower tenant Mr. conspire to find and steal the money from 's assumed safe . They supplement their inexperience by enlisting 's childhood friend , a petty criminal , and , who has locksmith experience that can help open the safe . is later rehired as the Tower 's new manager , and , uncomfortable with the plan , warns to abandon it or will turn him over to the police . Subsequently , informs that is scheduled to attend court on Thanksgiving during the Macy 's Thanksgiving Day Parade to avoid publicity , and that will be set free . and his team decide to break into 's apartment during the parade . 
 attempts to betray the team by reaching the safe first , having tricked into giving him lessons . The team intercepts him at 's apartment , and during the ensuing altercation , they break down a false wall , revealing 's safe , which turns out to be empty . and fight over 's gun ; the gun goes off and the bullet hits the car , revealing gold underneath the Ferrari 's paint . They realize that used his money to buy gold , turn it into car parts , and assembled the car to hide the money in plain sight . Later , finds a ledger of 's illegal finances in the car 's glove box . 
 As they reach the lobby , and return , revealing the Thanksgiving court date as a ruse . notes the missing car and 's safe and , for violating his bail by not declaring the latter , has him remanded back into federal custody until his real court date . and the FBI arrest and the crew ( except ) as they walk outside the Tower . Miss arrives , telling the FBI that she passed her bar exam three days ago and is acting as 's attorney . She shows them 's ledger and tells them she will turn it over in exchange for everyone 's freedom . The FBI accepts on the condition that , being the primary conspirator , must serve a minimal two - year sentence . pleads guilty and is sentenced to life imprisonment . 
 The team retrieve the car and send various parts of it to Tower employees to compensate for their lost pensions . As is led to his cell , a satisfied smile slowly forms on his face .

Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, Casey Affleck, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick, Téa Leoni, Michael Peña, Gabourey Sidibe, Judd Hirsch

In 1961 , the " Ark " , a Cybertronian spacecraft carrying an invention capable of ending the war between the benevolent Autobots and the malevolent Decepticons , crash lands on the dark side of Earth 's Moon . The crash is detected on Earth by NASA , and the President authorizes a mission to put a man on the Moon as a cover for investigating the spacecraft . In 1969 , the crew of Apollo 11 lands on the Moon . 
 In the present , the Autobots assist the United States military in preventing major conflicts around the globe . During a mission to Chernobyl to investigate suspected alien technology , finds a fuel cell from the " Ark " , discovering that it had survived its journey from Cybertron . The Autobots are then attacked by , a Decepticon scientist , who manages to escape . After learning of the top - secret mission to the Moon , the Autobots travel there to explore the " Ark " . They discover a comatose Sentinel Prime – ' predecessor as leader of the Autobots – and five Pillars he created as a means of establishing a Space Bridge between two points to teleport matter . After returning to Earth , uses the energy of his Matrix of Leadership to revive Sentinel Prime . 
 Meanwhile , is frustrated that he is unable to work with the Autobots or find a job . He also becomes envious of the close relationship between his new girlfriend , , and her boss . After finding work , is provided information by his eccentric co - worker about the " Ark " , before is assassinated by the Decepticon Laserbeak . contacts the now - independently wealthy Sector 7 Agent , and together they realize that the Decepticons and their leader , , are murdering people connected to the American and Russian space missions to the " Ark " . They locate two surviving Russian cosmonauts , who reveal satellite photos of hundreds of Pillars being stockpiled on the Moon . realizes that the Decepticons raided the " Ark " long before the Apollo 11 mission to the moon and intentionally left Sentinel and the five Pillars for the Autobots to find , as Sentinel is the key to activating the Pillars and the Decepticons lacked the means to revive him . The Autobots rush to return Sentinel to their base for protection , but Sentinel betrays them and murders the Autobot , revealing he had made a deal with to ensure Cybertron 's survival . 
 Sentinel uses the Pillars to transport hundreds of concealed Decepticons from the Moon to Earth . is later captured by , who is revealed to be in service of the Decepticons . The Autobots are exiled from Earth at the demand of the Decepticons to avoid war , but as their ship leaves Earth it is destroyed by 's second - in - command , , seemingly killing the Autobots . The Decepticons , led by and , invade Chicago as their agents place Pillars around the world . reveals to that the Decepticons plan to transport their homeworld of Cybertron to the Solar System , then to enslave humanity and use Earth 's resources to rebuild their world . teams up with former USAF Chief and ex - NEST soldiers to go into Chicago to save , but they are nearly killed by Decepticon forces before the Autobots intervene , revealing they concealed themselves during the launch of their ship to convince the Decepticons they were destroyed . 
 Working together , the Autobots , along with several ex - Rangers and Navy SEALs , manage to rescue and kill Laserbeak , Starscream , Soundwave and Shockwave , with using Shockwave 's arm - cannon to blast the Control Pillar , disabling the Space Bridge . confronts as he reactivates the Control Pillar , and knocks into the Pillar , killing him . and arrive and destroy the Control Pillar , permanently disabling the Bridge and causing the partially transported Cybertron to implode . and Sentinel fight while Carly convinces that he will be replaced by as leader of the Decepticons : severs ' right arm , and is about to execute him when intervenes , incapacitating . slyly proposes a truce , having the desire to become the one in charge again , but instead attacks , decapitating and killing him . pleads for his life , but executes him too for his betrayal . With the Decepticons defeated , and are reunited and the Autobots accept that , with Cybertron gone for good , Earth is now their home .

Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, Tyrese Gibson, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Patrick Dempsey, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand

Dr. and his wife arrive in Berlin for a biotechnology summit . At their hotel , realises he left his briefcase at the airport and takes a taxi to retrieve it . On the way , the taxi is involved in an accident and crashes into the Spree , knocking unconscious . The driver , , rescues him and flees the scene , as she is an illegal immigrant from Bosnia . regains consciousness at a hospital after having been in a coma . 
 When returns to the hotel , he discovers with another man who she says is Dr , and she claims to not know him . The police arrest . He phones a colleague , Prof. , but reaches only his voice mail . Aboard a train , writes down his schedule for the next day by memory . visits the office of Prof. , whom he is scheduled to meet , but sees the impostor , " " , already there . As attempts to prove his identity , shows him his ID and family photo , both of which have the impostor 's face . Overwhelmed by the identity crisis , falls unconscious , then finds himself back at the hospital . , an assassin sent to target , kills a nurse , , but escapes . 
 He seeks help from 's friend , private investigator and former Stasi agent . 's only clues are his father 's book on botany and , who since the crash has been working at a diner . While persuades to help him , researches and the biotechnology summit . He discovers the summit will be attended by Prince of Saudi Arabia , who is funding a secret project headed by . Prince has survived numerous assassination attempts , and suspects that 's identity theft might be related . 
 At 's apartment , and another assassin , , attack ; the couple escapes after kills . In his book , Martin finds that has written a series of numbers that correspond to words found on specific pages . Using his schedule , confronts alone ; she tells him he left his briefcase at the airport . Meanwhile , receives at his office and reveals his findings about a secretive assassination group known as ' Section 15 ' . soon deduces that is a former mercenary and potent killer from the group . Knowing is here to kill him and he has no way of escaping , commits suicide by ingesting cyanide to protect from Section 15 . 
 After retrieving his briefcase , parts ways with . When she sees him kidnapped by and , she steals a taxicab and chases them . When wakes , says is a cover name in the Section 15 assassin team . notified of 's head injury , which caused him to believe his persona was real ; was activated as his replacement . runs over before he can kill , then rams 's van , killing him . After finds a hidden compartment in his briefcase containing two Canadian passports , he remembers that he and were in Berlin three months prior to plant a bomb in Prince 's suite . 
 Now aware of his own role in the assassination plot , seeks to redeem himself by thwarting it . Hotel security immediately arrests and , but convinces them of his earlier presence in the hotel . uses her own copy of the book 's secret codes to remotely access 's laptop and steal the data . After being convinced of the bomb 's presence , security evacuates the hotel . 
 suddenly realizes that Prince is not Section 15 's target , but rather , who has developed a genetically modified breed of corn capable of surviving harsh climates . With 's death and the theft of his research , billions of dollars would fall into the wrong hands . Seeing their assassination attempt has been foiled , dies attempting to disarm the bomb . kills , the last remaining Section 15 assassin , before the latter can murder . announces he is giving his project to the world for free , while and board a train together with new identities .

Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Frank Langella, Aidan Quinn, Bruno Ganz

U.S. Marine ( ) visits his father , ( ) , a recovering alcoholic who has returned to his Catholic faith . had to run away from with his dying mother when he was just a boy due to having previously been an abusive alcoholic , and has never quite forgiven him . tries to convince him that he has changed , but to no avail . The next day , enters a gym where , in less than 1 minute , he beats unconscious a professional fighter named ( ) , in a fight which is filmed via a cell phone 's video camera and later uploaded to the Internet , where it goes viral . learns about a winner - takes - all mixed martial arts tournament called Sparta in which the winner will receive $ 5,000,000 . asks his father to help him train for the tournament , but only under the condition that does not try to reconcile their relationship . 
 Meanwhile , 's older brother , ( ) , a high school physics teacher and former MMA fighter , is struggling to provide for his wife ( ) and two daughters . He had to mortgage his house to pay for his younger daughter 's open heart surgery , and is now in danger of losing everything . To increase his income , battles amateur fighters for money . Rumors of 's secret life spread around the school , and the superintendent suspends him without pay . Later that night , comes over to meet up with in his driveway to try to reconcile with him , but to no avail . Before leaves , he tells that is back in town . Left with no other option , seeks the training of old friend ( ) and begins competing in smaller venue fights . After the fighter planned to enter into the Sparta tournament is injured , convinces to enter him as a replacement . 
 After arriving at the tournament , discovers that has also entered . It is revealed that is still angry at for staying behind for when and their mother left ; was left to care for their mother when she became terminally ill . claims that he could not help having been in love with and that he has forgiven his father for the wrong he has done , but is unconvinced . 
 Meanwhile , the video of beating " Mad Dog " attracts the attention of a Marine whose life saved in Iraq . The Marine tells the press about 's heroism , and becomes a national hero . However , 's records surface from the Corps and reveal that he deserted the military after his entire unit was killed in a friendly fire bombing . had been using his mother 's maiden name as his own surname in order to evade arrest for his desertion . He reveals to have pledged to give his winnings to the widow of one of his fallen friends . The military police will take him into custody after the tournament is over . 
 Over two nights , and have contrasting fortunes : quickly and brutally knocks out opponents , while is outmatched physically but utilizes Brazilian Jiu - Jitsu to force grappling submissions . In the semi - final match , is matched up with undefeated Russian wrestler ( ) , who dominates him in two rounds . In round three , swings for the fences , making the bout a back and forth battle . In the closing moments of the final round , takes 's back from the clinch and goes for a rolling kneebar . As attempts to escape the position , quickly reverses and readjusts the kneebar narrowly winning by submission . meets in the semifinals , and once again knocks him unconscious almost immediately . 
 The night before the final day , attempts to talk to about his actions in Iraq . angrily dismisses his father , who relapses and starts drinking again . Seeing his terrible pain , calms and comforts him . In the end the brothers are the last fighters remaining in the tournament , and despite 's desire to reconcile , shows no interest in doing so . wins the first two rounds , but eventually dislocates 's shoulder with an omoplata arm - lock . As the fourth round starts , insists give up as only has use of one arm . As continues trying to knock out , unloads a barrage of strikes trying to end the fight . goads to continue hitting him as the fourth round ends . At the start of Round 5 , refuses to fight , but persists . realizes he has to force him to submit , and he traps in a rear naked choke . As they struggle on the canvas , apologizes to and tells him that he loves him . After some hesitation submits . The reconciled brothers exit the ring as their father looks on smiling .

Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Jennifer Morrison, Frank Grillo, Nick Nolte, Kurt Angle, Noah Emmerich, Kevin Dunn, Denzel Whitaker, Erik Apple, Vanessa Martinez, Nate Marquardt, Anthony Johnson

, Circus Vargas ' owner , encounters an elderly man named , who is separated from his nursing home group . The two strike up a conversation and reveals he had a career in the circus business and was present during one of the most infamous circus disasters of all time , equal in seriousness to the 1944 Hartford circus fire and the Hagenbeck - Wallace Circus wreck . 
 tells his story to , starting in 1931 when he was a 23 - year - old veterinary medicine student at Cornell University . During his final exam , he is informed that his parents were killed in a car accident . His father has left huge debts , and the bank was foreclosing on 's home . Feeling there is no point in returning to school , and having no home to go to , he jumps onto a passing train where he meets a kind old man named . 
 wakes up the next morning and discovers that he jumped on the Benzini Bros. circus train . He sees a beautiful young woman named , and meets , the circus 's ringmaster , head animal trainer , and 's husband . reveals he studied veterinary science and hires as a vet for the circus animals after tells that ( a show horse ) has laminitis . 
 instructs to fix and keep him performing as long as possible . But can not bear to see 's suffering and takes it upon himself to tell and shoots . August is furious with 's decision to euthanize against orders . To show who is boss , he threatens to throw him off the moving train — telling him that an animal 's suffering is nothing compared to a man 's , and that must carry out all of 's future orders if he wishes to keep his job . 
 eventually procures the elephant as 's replacement . He invites to his car for dinner and cocktails with him and . watches the married couple flirt and dance in front of him , but it becomes clear that their relationship is complicated because is possessive , jealous and rough with . 
 In the next few weeks , becomes frustrated when seems impossible to train . is brutal with , beating her with a bullhook when she fails to follow orders . After a brutal beating that gave to when she ran away after fleeing from the event and dropping , realizes that the elephant only understands Polish commands . After that , performs beautifully and the circus enjoys a short period of success . While working together to train , and fall in love . After discovers this , he cruelly taunts the two . discovers that plans to throw from the train and they run away together , hiding in a local hotel . Soon after consummating their relationship , they are ambushed by 's henchmen who drag away and beat up . 
 returns to the circus to find . tells that his friends and were thrown from the train and killed . Several circus employees have become fed up with 's murderous cruelty and unleash their revenge by unlocking all the animals ' cages while the big top tent is jam - packed with an audience enjoying and 's performance . attempts to find in the chaos and attacks him . When tries to stop from beating , he turns his fury on her and chokes her , while one of 's henchmen beats . and , two of 's best friends and one of the circus workers save and he sees hit on the back of the head with an iron stake , killing him . As a result , Benzini Bros. is officially shut down , and no one is charged with releasing the animals . 
 Back in the present , explains to in flashbacks that he returned to Cornell and finished his degree . He and took several horses and , and got jobs with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus . worked as a veterinarian and she continued to perform with . They married , had children and kept until her death . He took on a job as a vet at the Albany Zoo and after more children and many happy years together died . 
 then asks to work as the ticket taker , to which agrees .

Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, Hal Holbrook

Dr. ( ) is an American ophthalmologist who goes to France following the death of his adult son , ( ) , killed in the Pyrenees during a storm while walking the Camino de Santiago ( the Way of St. James ) , a Catholic pilgrimage route to the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia , Spain . 's purpose is initially to retrieve his son 's body . However , in a combination of grief and homage to his son , decides to walk the ancient spiritual trail where his son died , taking 's ashes with him . 
 While walking the Camino , meets others from around the world , all looking for greater meaning in their lives . He reluctantly falls in with three other pilgrims in particular . ( ) is an overweight man from Amsterdam who says he is walking the route to lose weight to get ready for his brother 's wedding and also that his wife will desire him again . He is a friendly extrovert who is the first to start walking with . ( ) is a Canadian fleeing an abusive husband , who says she is walking the pilgrimage to quit smoking . ( ) is an Irish travel writer who when younger had desires to be a great author like or but never wrote the novel he dreamed of . He is the last to join the quartet and has been suffering from " writer 's block " . As the pilgrims travel the Camino , they occasionally meet and talk with other pilgrims — two Frenchmen , a young Italian and Father , an elderly priest from New York . occasionally sees visions of alive and smiling among other people . 
 On the pilgrimage , the group experiences challenges , such as when a young Romani steals 's backpack . Although the thief escapes , his father drags him back to to return the pack , with embarrassed apologies and an offer to attend a street party in compensation . 
 After the group arrives at Santiago de Compostela , is accompanied by the other three members to Muxía . He scatters the remainder of 's ashes at the sea there . 
 With 's backpack on his back , sets out on another journey .

Martin Sheen, Deborah Kara Unger, Yorick van Wageningen, James Nesbitt, Tchéky Karyo, Emilio Estevez

is still grieving the loss of his wife and dealing with the expulsion of his 14 - year - old son , , from school , and decides to make a fresh start by buying a new house . He tours many houses with his 7 - year - old daughter , , and his realtor , Mr. , but finds none he likes until his daughter finds a listing with what seems like the perfect house . They drive to an old large house and inspects the property , telling his realtor it is perfect . When they hear a lion roar , explains that the house comes with a zoo in the back , which closed several years before ; if they want the house , they must buy the zoo . 
 eventually decides to buy the zoo when he sees happily playing with the peacocks . , however , hates the idea of moving away from his friends and retreats into his artwork which has grown more macabre since the death of his mother . 's brother , , tries to dissuade him from the purchase , but buys it anyway . The zoo staff , led by the 28 - year - old head keeper , , help to start renovating the zoo with the intent to reopen it to the public . When confronts about why he bought a zoo , knowing nothing about running one , simply responds , " Why not ? " befriends 's 13 - year - old homeschooled cousin , , who develops a romantic interest that is oblivious to . 
 A strict USDA inspector , , arrives for a surprise inspection and makes a list of repairs that would cost around $ 100,000 , which does not have . , the zoo 's accountant , gossips that will probably sell the zoo . The workers ' morale sinks , fearing the property will be sold to a buyer that will close it down . 
 When tells that she heard his family might be leaving , he is overjoyed , which hurts her feelings . discovers that his wife bequeathed him an investment account , with instructions to use the money wisely while listening to his heart . advises him to walk away and start over with the money , but decides to use the money to repair the zoo . While this lifts the zoo workers ' morale , is unhappy about having to stay ; he confronts his father , and a heated argument ensues . They reconcile the next morning and admits he misses . gives his son advice using his favorite principle , that you only need 20 seconds of courage to achieve great things . realizes that instead of trying to start over by forgetting his wife , he should accept that she will always be a part of him . 
 Prior to the grand opening of the zoo , the facility passes a very stringent inspection from , who grudgingly wishes them good luck . , following his father 's advice , confesses to that he loves her and she forgives him . The week prior to the opening , the worst rainstorm in 100 years is predicted to wash it out . The weather clears in time , but in the morning they are disappointed when no visitors arrive . They discover that a fallen tree has blocked the access road , with a large crowd of waiting visitors behind it . The staff help them to climb over the tree . There are so many people that they run out of tickets , forcing and to look for more . They end up face to face in a shed , where admits to that she is romantically interested in him and since she " ca n't get a handle on it " , she kisses him , telling him that maybe they can do it again on New Year 's Eve ; kisses her back , and tells her that he is looking forward to it . 
 takes his children to the restaurant where he met their mother , explaining that it was the point where their existence became a possibility . He takes them through that day 's encounter , where worked up the nerve to talk to his future wife with " 20 seconds of insane courage " , and walks up to the table she was sitting . He visualizes her sitting there , and asks her why such an amazing woman would talk to someone like him . She responds , " Why not ? "

Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Patrick Fugit, Elle Fanning, John Michael Higgins, Colin Ford, Stephanie Szostak, Angus Macfadyen, Carla Gallo, Peter Riegert, J. B. Smoove

In Boston , ( ) is a thirty - something woman who is struggling to make better decisions with her life . Her boyfriend ( ) breaks up with her when she asks him to attend her sister 's ( ) upcoming wedding , and she then gets laid off from her job . While taking the subway home , comes across a Marie Claire magazine article entitled " What 's Your Number ? " , which says that women who have more than twenty lovers in their lifetime have difficulty finding a husband . After making a list of all the men she slept with , she realizes that her number is nineteen , making her decide not to have sex with anyone else until she finds " the one " . She then wakes up after 's bachelorette party and discovers that she hooked up with her ex - boss ( ) . 
 Hoping to avoid an awkward confrontation , lets her musician neighbor ( ) into her apartment so that will leave . It turns out that was only over to avoid a girl that he slept with , because he does n't want to give the women he sees any expectations . 
 then runs into " Disgusting Donald " ( ) , her once overweight ex - boyfriend who 's now successful and good - looking , and his fiancée . She decides to track down all of her ex - boyfriends in the hope that one of them will have grown into the man she wants to marry , and therefore the number of men she has slept with will never have to increase . She gets help from ( who 's skilled in ' digging up dirt ' ) to find all of her exes in exchange for letting him stay in her place after his one - night stands , telling to pay particular attention to one ex ( ) , who sees as ' the one that got away ' . 
 Things do not quite work out the way she expected and remembers why it did n't work out with those men in the first place , ranging from one man having stayed in the same job since their break - up to another requiring her to pretend to be British . Depressed after an unsuccessful search , has a night out with that culminates in the two growing closer and almost having sex . She stops him , but without a boyfriend decides to take him as her date to 's wedding . and 's friends worry she is falling for and warn her off him , reminding her of his promiscuous nature . Soon is furious when she finds out that had found contact details after all but withheld them in the belief that they were going to become an item , and the two have a falling - out . 
 She successfully contacts and the two begin to date again . attends her sister 's wedding with him while and his band perform at a different wedding . During a slow - dance with at the reception , confesses her ' number ' to , and , thinking she 's joking , expresses disgust at the thought . quickly realizes that her true feelings lie with and that she and are incompatible , breaking it off with him . then has to run to numerous weddings before she finally finds and confesses her feelings . 
 Waking up with the next morning , gets a call from an old boyfriend ( ) telling her that they in fact did not sleep together . rejoices in the fact that is indeed the 20th and last man she ever slept with .

Anna Faris, Chris Evans, Ari Graynor, Blythe Danner, Ed Begley, Jr., Joel McHale, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Zachary Quinto, Chris Pratt, Andy Samberg, Thomas Lennon, Mike Vogel, Martin Freeman, Anthony Mackie, Dave Annable

Small - town New Providence , New Jersey , attorney ( ) moonlights as a wrestling coach and struggles to keep his practice solvent , while shielding his wife ( ) and their two young girls , and , from the extent of the problem . When his court - appointed client , ( ) , who is suffering from early dementia , turns out to have no locatable relatives , he persuades a judge to appoint him as guardian , for which he will receive a stipend of $ 1,508 per month . , however , has no intention of taking care of and moves him to a senior care facility while he continues to get paid for guardianship . 
 When 's troubled teenage grandson , ( ) shows up from Columbus , Ohio , looking to live with him , and let him stay with them instead . tries to break into 's old house , and when and question him about it , he reveals his troubled family life : His mom is in rehab , she lives with her boyfriend , and he does n't want to go back . Upon hearing this , refuses to allow to return home and lets him stay in their household . After sits in on practice , they discover that he is a talented wrestler and enroll him at 's high school , where he can resume his education and wrestle on 's losing team , helping to make them viable contenders in their league . 
 This " everyone benefits " setup is disrupted when 's mother ( ) shows up , fresh out of rehab . attempts to gain custody of her father and her son , and with them her father 's substantial estate . However , explains to and her lawyer that had disinherited her from his will , causing her to become furious . Later , calls to her hotel room to show him court documents proving that is supposed to keep at home and not at the elderly home . reacts violently towards his mother before running away . 
 Upon learning the truth about , the boy rejects him as a money - seeking opportunist no better than his mother . Realizing the mistake of his earlier actions , and seeking instead to do what 's best for both and , offers the monthly stipend in exchange for leaving them in his care . He and take into their home permanently and return to his , with instead taking a job as a bartender to address his financial problems .

Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Bobby Cannavale, Jeffrey Tambor, Burt Young, Melanie Lynskey

wakes up one day to find that he is out of honey . While out searching for more , discovers that has lost his tail . , , , , , and come to the rescue while has his bouncing fun , and decides to hold a contest to see who can find a replacement for 's tail . The prize for the winner is a fresh pot of honey . After many failed attempts for what would replace 's tail ( including a cuckoo clock , then a yo - yo , an umbrella , a dartboard , misc toys , a vane , and a concertina ) , suggests that they use a scarf , which unravels . 
 The next day , goes to visit and he finds a note that says " Gone Out Busy Back Soon " ( misspelled as " Gon Out Bizy Back Soon " ) . Because is unable to read the note , he asks for 's help . 's poor reading comprehension skills lead and his friends to believe that has been abducted by a ruthless and mischievous monster they call the " Backson " and describes it in a song that is shown in a chalk - drawn scene . plans to trap the in a pit , which they think he will fall into after following a trail of items leading to it . Meanwhile , , who wants a sidekick to help him defeat the , recruits a reluctant to be a second . He dresses up like the and tries to teach how to fight . manages to escape from and hides underwater where he discovers an anchor . 
 After a failed attempt to get honey from a bee hive , 's imagination combined with his hunger get the better of him which has ended up eating some mud and later , accidentally falls into the pit meant for the . , , , , , and ( using the anchor he found as a replacement tail ) try to get him out , but fall in themselves . , who did not fall in , attempts to get and friends out of the trap ( though continuously irritating with over - interpretations of his instructions ) , but he runs into , who is still in his outfit , and mistakes him for the actual monster . escapes from on a red balloon , which knocks some of the storybook 's letters into the pit . After the chase , and fall into the trap as well , where reminds that he , being " the only one , " is " the most wonderful thing about " . Eventually , figures out to use the fallen letters to form a ladder , and his friends are able to escape the pit . They soon find , and tell him about the , but he clarifies , saying that he meant to be " back soon . " The hunny pot prize has given to the red balloon from earlier , much to 's dismay . 
 Later , visits only to find that is the one that has taken 's tail , not realizing that it belongs to . has been using 's tail as a bell - pull for his door . chooses to leave and return the tail to instead of sharing a pot of honey with . is proud of 's selflessness and rewards him with a large pot of honey .

Jim Cummings, Tom Kenny, Craig Ferguson, Travis Oates, Bud Luckey, Jack Boulter, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Wyatt Dean Hall, John Cleese (narrator)

In 1944 , in a Nazi death camp , Nazi scientist witnesses a young bend a metal gate with his mind when he is separated from his mother . In his office , orders to move a coin on his desk , and kills the boy 's mother when can not . In grief and anger , 's magnetic power manifests , killing two guards and destroying the room . Meanwhile , at a mansion in Westchester County , New York , child telepath meets young shapeshifter , whose natural form is blue - skinned and scaly . Overjoyed to meet someone " different " , like himself , he invites her to live with his family as his foster sister . 
 In 1962 , is tracking down , while graduates from the University of Oxford . In Las Vegas , CIA officer follows U.S. Army Colonel into the Hellfire Club , where she sees — now known as Sebastian — with mutant telepath , cyclone - producing , and teleporter . Threatened by and teleported by to the Joint War Room , advocates deployment of nuclear missiles in Turkey . , an energy - absorbing mutant whose powers have de - aged him , later kills . 
 , seeking 's advice on mutation , takes him and to the CIA , where they convince Director that mutants exist and is a threat . Another CIA officer sponsors the mutants and invites them to the secret " Division X " facility . and find as is attacking him , and rescue from drowning , while escapes . brings to Division X , where they meet young scientist , a mutant with prehensile feet , who believes 's DNA may provide a " cure " for their appearance . uses 's mutant - locating device Cerebro to seek recruits against . and recruit stripper , cabbie , Army prisoner , and runaway . They all create nicknames , and dubs herself " " . 
 When meets with a Soviet general in the USSR , and uses her telepathic powers to pretend to have sex with him , and capture and discover that intends to start World War III that will trigger mutant ascendency and the extinction of the human race . , and attack Division X , killing everyone but the mutants , whom invites to join him . accepts ; when and retaliate , kills . In Moscow , compels the general to have the USSR install missiles in Cuba . Wearing a helmet that blocks telepathy , follows the Soviet fleet in a submarine to ensure the missiles break a US blockade . 
 , thinking is attracted to her in her natural form , tells him not to use the cure . When she later attempts to seduce by taking the forms of various women , tells her she is beautiful as she is , in her natural mutant form . uses the cure on himself but it backfires , giving him blue fur and leonine aspects . With piloting , the mutants and take a jet to the blockade line , where uses his telepathy to influence a Soviet sailor to destroy the ship carrying the missiles , and uses his magnetic power to lift 's submarine from the water and deposit it on land . During the ensuing battle , seizes 's helmet , allowing to immobilize . tells he shares 's exclusivist view of mutants but , to avenge his mother , kills — over 's objections — by forcing the Nazi coin from his childhood through 's brain . 
 Fearing the mutants , both fleets fire missiles at them , which turns back in mid - flight . tries to stop by shooting him but he deflects the bullets , one of which hits in the spine . rushes to help and , distracted , allows the missiles to fall harmlessly into the ocean . Parting with over their differing views on the relationship between mutants and humans , leaves with , , and . Later , a wheelchair - bound and his mutants are at the mansion , where he intends to open a school . promises never to reveal his location and they kiss . When they kiss , uses his powers and erases their memories from her mind . Elsewhere , frees from confinement .

James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, Jennifer Lawrence, Oliver Platt, Ray Wise, Zoë Kravitz, Caleb Landry Jones, Lucas Till, Edi Gathegi, Jason Flemyng

( ) is a divorced , alcoholic 37 - year - old ghost writer of a series of young adult novels , who is on deadline with her editor to finish the last book of the soon - to - be - cancelled series . receives an e - mail with a picture of the newborn daughter of her high school boyfriend ( ) and his wife ( ) . Believing this to be a sign she and are meant to be together , leaves Minneapolis and returns to her hometown of Mercury , Minnesota , to reclaim her life with , under the pretext of overseeing a real estate deal . 
 Upon arriving after listening to " The Concept " by Teenage Fanclub on repeat from an old mixtape gave her in high school , arranges to meet him the next day at a local sports bar , for old times ' sake . In the interim , she goes alone to a different bar , Woody 's . There she reconnects with a former classmate she barely remembers , ( ) , who became disabled after being beaten by jocks who erroneously assumed he was gay . tells that her plan to destroy 's marriage is irrational and selfish , but she ignores him . 
 The following day , meets at the sports bar , where they run into , the bar 's bookkeeper . On their way out , invites to a performance of 's " mom rock band " . In the interim , spends another night getting drunk with , who distills homemade bourbon in the garage of the house he shares with his sister . When attends the concert of 's band , the other moms are resentful of , whom they remember as the " psychotic prom queen bitch " . When 's band performs , the lead singer dedicates their opening song to from ; much to 's dismay , it is " The Concept " . 
 wants to stay out longer , so offers to drive the drunk home . On the lawn they share a kiss that is quickly broken up when the babysitter opens the front door to greet them . The next day , after an awkward encounter with her parents , is invited to 's daughter 's naming ceremony . She later goes out drinking with again , during which tells to grow up . The following day , attends the party , where she declares her love for , but he rebuffs her . Everyone at the party is called out to the lawn to await a surprise has prepared for . , who has been drinking at the party , collides with , who accidentally spills punch on 's dress . insults her , and in a profanity - laced tirade tearfully reveals she became pregnant with 's baby years ago , but had a miscarriage after three months . 
 , who has been preparing a drum - set gift for in the garage , opens the garage door and belatedly learns what has transpired . asks him why he invited her . He reveals it was 's idea , as she feels sorry for . Humiliated , leaves the party and visits , where she breaks down in tears and , later , initiates sex . The following morning , while sleeps , has coffee in the kitchen with , who still idolizes her . talks about needing to change herself , but says is better than the rest of Mercury and should not change . says she agrees , and prepares to return to Minneapolis . asks to go with her but declines and leaves alone . 
 In a diner on her way home , writes the last chapter of the book , in which the main character graduates high school , quickly leaves her past behind and looks forward to the future . Afterward , in the parking lot , contemplates her crumpled car .

Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt, Patrick Wilson, Elizabeth Reaser, J. K. Simmons, Collette Wolfe, Hettienne Park

and are sons of King in the Kingdom of Mourne . They are warriors : is dashing and skilled and is lazy and ineffectual . While celebrating his latest victory over the evil sorcerer , , who has been ravaging 's kingdom , introduces the virgin whom he has freed from a tower and wishes to marry . Though his brother makes him the best man , skips the wedding after overhearing ' Knights Elite , led by , talk about him negatively . The wedding is then crashed by , who reveals himself to be the one who placed in the tower . re - kidnaps her and flees . Returning to the castle with his servant , is given an ultimatum : join on his quest to rescue or be banished from Mourne . 
 Visiting the Great Wize Wizard , and learn that is attempting to fulfill a prophecy of a warlock having sex with a maiden when the two moons converge , impregnating her with a dragon that will allow him to take over King ' kingdom . To destroy , they are given a magic compass that will lead them to the Blade of Unicorn , located within a labyrinth . On the way there , they learn 's eunuch slave , , has been reporting to of their progress and that the Knights Elite are serving the warlock . sends his mechanical bird to tell the king of the betrayal by the Knights Elite and request reinforcements . , and are captured by nymphs under their leader , , who imprisons them at an arena , where kills off 's finest warrior . In retaliation , summons a hydra - like monster to kill them . The brothers are rescued by , a warrior seeking revenge for her father 's murder at 's hands . 
 Later that night , learns that is also after for the slaughter of her brothers . The next day , the party learns too late that stole the compass from . , finally angered by his brother 's selfishness , decides to find the Blade of Unicorn alone as and go to a tavern , where they find and retrieve the compass . But finding that his brother has been captured by 's men , wins over as they join forces , entering the labyrinth where they encounter a . After becoming separated from the others , retrieves the Blade of Unicorn and slays the . and his group make their way to 's castle and free , giving him the Sword of Unicorn . As the others kill off , and his men and 's three witches , impales with the Blade of Unicorn , to prevent him from raping . 
 After their victory , leaves for another quest and the heroes return home . and marry , while is approached by , who reveals that she has fallen in love with him . However , for them to have sex , he must first slay the witch who has cast a spell on her , locking her in a chastity belt . Though not in the mood to go out , 's suggestion convinces him to go on a new adventure .

Danny McBride, James Franco, Natalie Portman, Zooey Deschanel, Justin Theroux, Toby Jones, Damian Lewis, Michael Clarke Duncan

A zookeeper named ( ) sets up a plan to propose to the love of his life ( ) , but she rejects him and claims that his career as a zookeeper is what is keeping her away , therefore breaking 's heart . 
 Five years later , is shown to be the lead zookeeper at the Franklin Park Zoo who cares deeply for the zoo animals . That night , holds a party at the zoo for his brother ( ) who is getting married , but freaks out when he discovers that was invited . offers to come and work with him at a car dealership , explaining that it is the best way to get back . contemplates quitting his job at the zoo and joining his brother at the dealership . 
 Later , the animals hold a meeting saying that they think is the best zookeeper at the zoo and do n't want him to leave , so they decide to find some way to help him win Stephanie 's heart . ( ) suggests that they teach their animal mating techniques , but ( ) protests , reminding them that it 's against the animal code to talk to humans . ( ) says that will be at the zoo tomorrow , and all the animals have to do is make look like a hero in front of her . 
 The next day , unlocks the door to the lion enclosure and lets out , who confronts and 's fiancée ( ) . ( ) , the zoo 's vet , manages to get them away from , but fails to jump into the lion enclosure , ruining the animals ' plan . When he climbs out of the enclosure , yells at , causing to believe he has gone mad . The next night , all the animals break their code of silence and tell that they will teach him what to do to win . Griffin learns their different mating rituals , but ends up humiliating himself in front of the other zookeepers and the guests . 
 then has a talk with ( ) , a forlorn gorilla who was moved into a deep enclosure after allegedly attacking a zookeeper named ( ) . explains to that abuses the animals and he fell when he was abusing . He lied and said that attacked him , causing to lose his trust in humans . 
 discovers that is dating her other ex - boyfriend , a bullying alpha - male named ( ) . 's mate ( ) tells that the best way to attract a female is to be seen with another female , so asks to go with him to and 's wedding . then takes to T.G.I. Friday 's and they bond , with telling that he 's his best friend . 
 and go to the wedding and seem to have fun together . becomes brave enough to stand up to and this grabs 's attention . After tells she had a great time with him , asks out to dinner . accepts and they go to dinner and then go to a fashion show . tells that his job at the zoo is holding him back , so decides to quit his job and accepts 's offer , which upsets . also becomes upset and tells that he thought he could trust someone again , but was proved wrong when quit his job . decides to leave the zoo and accepts a job in Nairobi . 
 becomes the best employee at the car dealership , but misses working at the zoo . proposes to , but refuses and dumps her . He then goes back to the zoo and apologizes to , who accepts 's friendship . The animals then tell that is heading to the airport . heads out to stop her , though he does make a stop first to beat up . Then , with 's help , manages to catch up with on the bridge and confesses his love for her . Six months later , and are back working at the zoo and is now living in a new enclosure where he gets a great view of the city . When asks what a " Benihana " is , asks if he still has his iZod .

Kevin James, Rosario Dawson, Leslie Bibb, Ken Jeong, Donnie Wahlberg, Joe Rogan, Thomas Gottschalk, Adam Sandler (voice), Sylvester Stallone (voice), Nick Nolte (voice), Don Rickles (voice), Judd Apatow (voice), Jon Favreau (voice), Faizon Love (voice), Cher (voice), Maya Rudolph (voice)

In 2005 , scholarly student ( ) and popular underachieving jock ( ) miss their school prom ; being rejected by the girl he asked to be his date and being barred from attending because of his grades . Seven years later , the duo meets again at the Police Academy and become friends and partners on bicycle patrol . They catch a break when they arrest ( ) , the leader of a one - percenter motorcycle gang , but are forced to release him after they failed to read him his Miranda rights . 
 The duo is reassigned to a revived scheme from the 1980s , which specializes in infiltrating high schools . Captain ( ) assigns them to contain the spread of a synthetic drug called HFS ( Holy Fucking Shit ) at Sagan High School . He gives them new identities and enrolls them as students , giving them class schedules fitting their previous academic performances ; taking mostly arts and humanities , and taking mostly science classes , but the duo mixes up their identities . gets a lead on HFS from classmate ( ) , and he and meet the school 's main dealer , popular student ( ) . The two take HFS in front of him to maintain their cover . After experiencing the drug 's effects , the duo discovers that 's intelligence now makes him popular , while 's lax attitude is frowned upon . 
 takes a liking to , who develops a romantic interest in . becomes friends with the students in his AP Chemistry class and finds himself becoming more interested in geeky hobbies and academic pursuits . and throw a party at 's parents ' house , where they are living during the course of their assignment , and invite . During the party , a fight breaks out between , , and some party crashers . wins the fight , solidifying his social status and gaining 's trust . 's friends hack 's phone to enable them to listen in on his conversations . 
 At a party at 's house , using the phone hack , and his friends overhear information about an upcoming meeting between and his supplier , but also catch making disparaging comments about . The rift between the duo grows as their new school life intrudes upon their official police work . and track to a cash transaction with the distributors of HFS – the motorcycle gang from the park – and a chase ensues on the freeway . They return to school , argue , and eventually begin fighting , which disrupts the school play . They are expelled from school and are removed from the Jump Street program . 
 , stressed and terrified , recruits and as security for a deal taking place at the school prom . While dressing for the prom , and rekindle their friendship . At the prom , they discover that the supplier is the physical education teacher , Mr. ( ) , who created the drug accidentally and started selling it to the students to supplement his teacher 's salary . Having caught smoking marijuana , he was able to persuade him into being his dealer . 
 The motorcycle gang arrives for the deal but interrupts them and starts arguing with . As a result , the gang leader recognizes and , and orders his men to kill them . Two of the gang members reveal themselves as undercover DEA agents and ( and ) , and former members of the 21 Jump Street program . In the ensuing gunfight , and are fatally wounded . Mr. and escape with the money and as a hostage ; the gang , , and follow close behind . creates a homemade bomb and uses it to kill the gang . Mr. shoots at but takes the bullet to his arm , sparing 's life . In response , shoots Mr. , unintentionally severing his penis . As they arrest Mr. and ( in addition to successfully reading the Miranda rights ) , and reconcile their relationship and and share a kiss . 
 Both officers are congratulated and reinstated in Jump Street as gives them a new assignment : infiltrating a college .

Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Ice Cube, Ellie Kemper, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, Johnny Depp

In 1818 , ( ) lives in Indiana with his parents , ( ) and ( ) , who work at a plantation owned by ( ) . There , rushes to the aid of his friend , a young African American boy , ( ) , being beaten by a slaver . Because of his son 's actions , is fired . That night , sees break into his house and attack . She falls ill the following day , and dies shortly afterwards . tells that poisoned . 
 Nine years later in 1827 , a vengeful tries to kill at the docks , but , who is actually a vampire , overpowers him . However , before can kill him , is rescued by ( ) . explains that vampires exist , and offers to teach to be a vampire hunter . accepts and , after a decade of training , travels to Springfield , Illinois . During his training , tells that the vampires in America descend from ( ) , a vampire who owns a plantation in New Orleans with his sister , ( ) . also tells of the vampires ' weakness , silver , and presents him with a silver pocket watch . 
 In Springfield , befriends shopkeeper ( ) , and meets ( ) . Though warned him not to form any close relationships , develops romantic feelings for . 
 successfully finds and defeats . Before dying , reveals that is also a vampire . confronts , who reveals that , several years ago , he was attacked and bitten by . Because ' soul was impure , he became a vampire , and that prevented him from harming or any other vampire ( since " Only the living can kill the dead " ) . has since been training vampire hunters , hoping to destroy . 
 Disappointed , decides to abandon his mission . However , learns of his activities and kidnaps to lure into a trap at his plantation . captures and tries to recruit him , revealing his plans to turn the United States into a nation of the undead . rescues his friends , and they escape to Ohio . 
 marries and begins his political career , campaigning to abolish slavery . It is at this time in the movie symbolically puts on the top hat which he dons the rest of the movie . warns that the slave trade keeps vampires under control , as vampires use slaves for food , and if interferes , the vampires will retaliate . After 's election as President of the United States of America , he moves to the White House with , where they have a son , ( ) . is later bitten by and dies . 
 Confederate President ( ) convinces to deploy his vampires on the front lines . orders the confiscation of all the silverware in the area and has it melted to produce silver weapons . , believing that is tearing the nation apart , defects and informs that will transport the silver by train . 
 On the train , and , who have set fire to the upcoming trestle , attack , , and . During the fight , in which is killed , learns that the train holds only rocks . reveals that 's betrayal was a ruse to lure into a trap . uses his watch to stab , killing him , and the three escape the train before it explodes . Meanwhile , and the ex - slaves have transported the silver to Gettysburg through the Underground Railroad . 
 The now leaderless Confederate vampires stage a final , massive assault and are met head on by the Union . Armed with their silver weapons , the Union soldiers destroy the vampires and eventually win the battle . During that battle , confronts , the vampire that killed her son , and kills her . 
 Nearly two years later , on April 14 , 1865 , tells that the remaining vampires have fled the country . tries to convince to allow him to turn into a vampire , so that he can become immortal and continue to fight vampires , but declines . 
 In modern times , approaches a man at a bar in Washington , D.C. as he once approached .

Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, Marton Csokas

In the Philippines , a terrorist kills the U.S. ambassador , his son , and dozens of children at an elementary school , using a vehicle - borne IED disguised as an ice cream truck . The mastermind , a Chechen terrorist named ( ) , escapes to a training camp in Indonesia . Elsewhere in Costa Rica , two CIA operatives , ( ) and ( ) meet to consolidate intelligence about their target , a drug smuggler named . 's men kill and capture , who is imprisoned in a jungle compound and tortured . 
 At Coronado , the members of Bandito Platoon , SEAL Team Seven are at home . Lieutenant ( ) confides to Chief that his wife is pregnant and has the entire team spend time together with their families until their next deployment . A squad from the platoon consisting of , , , , , , and , is then deployed to Costa Rica to exfiltrate . 
 The seven Navy SEALs insert into the jungle via HALO and hold position outside the compound all night . At dawn , they approach the compound , hear being tortured , and decide to enter the compound early . and , the team sniper , provide cover for the other five , led by , who conduct room - clearing , engaging several enemy guards . is shot in the head , blinding him in one eye , and knocking him unconscious , though he survives . The SEALs extract , escaping with her and recovering a cellphone full of the information she had gathered . However , the gunfight alerts the enemy quick reaction force down the road , who drive toward the camp . The SEALs commandeer an enemy truck and exfiltrate . The hot pursuit forces them to revert to a tertiary extraction point where the SOC - R boats extract the team and neutralize the enemy pursuit with miniguns . 
 and , who are revealed to have been childhood friends , meet in Kiev . knows the CIA is watching him and informs that subordinates will complete their project , which is to equip suicide bombers with specialized vests . 
 On the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard , is informed that the intelligence recovered confirms and were working together . , an old - school Muslim terrorist , seeks to bring jihad to the U.S. , while provides the routes for smuggling drugs and people into the U.S .. and , are sent to Somalia , where an arms transfer involving is taking place . The remaining SEALs , comprising , , and , stay in the U.S. in case the terrorists make it in . himself has been reassigned to SEAL Team Four , hunting for somewhere on the oceans . Lieutenant gives a letter to give to his family in case he is killed . 
 and sixteen terrorists are found to be on an island off Baja California , where the SEALs act to secure the island , killing eight terrorists . and eight others escape . Elsewhere , in the South Pacific , SEAL Team Four captures and interrogate him . and are found to be associates and that there is a plan to detonate vest bombs throughout the U.S. , in order to cause panic and economic disruption with the goal to surpass that of the September 11 attacks . 
 The SEALs are informed that is en route to the U.S. via tunnels underneath a milk factory , and are ordered to link up with Mexican Special Forces and neutralize the remaining targets . Arriving at the factory , the SEALs and Mexican forces launch an assault there . During the gunfight , a combatant throws a grenade , and dives on it to save his team before it detonates , killing him . pursues the terrorists and shoots them as they try to escape through the tunnels . He is then shot several times and gravely wounded by , who is intercepted and killed by before he could execute . 
 At home , is given a military funeral with full honors , where the SEALs pay their respects . It is then revealed that 's narration throughout the movie was a written letter meant for 's son . The film ends with a dedication to every U.S. Navy SEAL killed in action since 9/11 along with a listing of their names as well as a photo montage of other everyday public servants ( soldiers , police , firefighters , etc . ) .

Active Duty U.S. Navy SEALs, Roselyn Sánchez, Jason Cottle, Alex Veadov, Nestor Serrano, Emilio Rivera

Dr. ( ) is a psychologist and police lieutenant who now lives in Detroit with his wife ( ) and their children . After learning is pregnant , considers accepting a job as an FBI profiler . Meanwhile , a man ( ) participates in an underground fighting match and seduces businesswoman ( ) . The man is invited to 's house , where he kills her . 
 At the crime scene , finds a charcoal sketch left behind by the killer in the style of the artist , leading to the murderer being nicknamed after him . While examining the sketch , deduces that 's next target is German businessman ( ) . attempts to kill but is foiled by , and escapes after being shot by 's partner ( ) . deduces that also plans to target billionaire CEO ( ) . 
 As revenge for foiling his attack on , attacks and 's colleague , ( ) , torturing her to death . then tracks down , who is on a date with , and kills her with a sniper rifle . 
 targets and at a conference , killing and seemingly . and track to the abandoned Michigan Theater . As and fight , they fall through the crumbling theater ceiling . falls to his death , but helps pull to safety . 
 deduces 's employer was himself . Having embezzled money from his clients , asked for and 's help to fake his death and flee to Bali , then hired to eliminate them and a double pretending to be the real . After frames for drug smuggling , is arrested in Indonesia , where he will be condemned to death by firing squad . Having avenged 's murder , decides to accept the job offer from the FBI and moved to Washington with his family .

Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, Jean Reno, Giancarlo Esposito, Edward Burns, John C. McGinley, Cicely Tyson, Chad Lindberg, Carmen Ejogo, Stephanie Jacobsen, Yara Shahidi

On November 4 , 1979 , Iranian activists storm the United States embassy in Tehran in retaliation for President giving the asylum in the U.S. during the Iranian Revolution . 60 of the embassy staff are taken as hostages , but six avoid capture and are sheltered in the home of Canadian ambassador . With the escapees ' situation kept secret , the U.S. State Department begins to explore options for exfiltrating them from Iran . , a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency exfiltration specialist , is brought in for consultation . He criticizes the proposals , but is at a loss when asked for an alternative . While on the phone with his son , he is inspired by watching Battle for the Planet of the Apes and begins plans for creating a cover story for the escapees : that they are Canadian filmmakers who are in Iran scouting exotic locations for a science - fiction film . 
 contacts , a Hollywood make - up artist who had previously worked for the CIA . puts in touch with film producer . Together , they set up a phony film production company , publicize their plans , and successfully establish the pretense of developing Argo , a " science fantasy adventure " in the style of Star Wars , to lend credibility to the cover story . Meanwhile , the escapees grow restless . The revolutionaries reassemble embassy photographs shredded before the takeover and finally realize that some personnel are unaccounted for . 
 Posing as a producer for Argo , enters Iran under the alias Kevin and meets with the six escapees . He provides them with Canadian passports and fake identities . Although afraid to trust 's scheme , they reluctantly go along , knowing that he is risking his own life too . A scouting visit to the bazaar to maintain their cover story takes a bad turn when they are harassed by a hostile shopkeeper , but their Iranian culture contact hustles them away from the hostile crowd . 
 is told that the operation has been cancelled to avoid conflicting with a planned military rescue of the hostages . He pushes ahead anyway , forcing his boss to hastily re - obtain authorization for the mission and confirm their tickets on a Swissair flight . Tensions rise at the airport , where the escapees ' ticket reservations are confirmed at the last minute , and the head guard 's call to the fake production company in Hollywood is answered only at the last second . The group boards the airliner , which takes off just as the Revolutionary Guards at the airport are informed of the ruse and try to stop them . 
 To protect the hostages remaining in Tehran from retaliation , all U.S. involvement in the rescue is suppressed and full credit is given to the Canadian government and its ambassador ( who shuts down the embassy and leaves Iran with his wife as the operation is underway ) . The ambassador 's Iranian housekeeper , who had known about the Americans and lied to the revolutionaries to protect them , escapes to Iraq . is awarded the Intelligence Star , but due to the mission 's classified nature , he receives the medal in secret and has to return it afterwards . The award is restored to him after the Canadian Caper is declassified in 1997 .

Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Kyle Chandler, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall, Michael Parks, Tom Lenk, Christopher Stanley, Taylor Schilling, Ashley Wood, Chris Messina, Richard Kind, Titus Welliver, Rory Cochrane, Devansh Mehta, Omid Abtahi, Scoot McNairy, Kerry Bishé, Christopher Denham, Bob Gunton, Philip Baker Hall, Adrienne Barbeau, Fouad Hajji

In 2005 , the Gliese system is discovered to have a potentially habitable planet and a communications array is built by NASA to sent a transmission from Hawaii . Meanwhile , is arrested while attempting to impress . His brother , naval officer , forces to join the U.S. Navy in order to improve his life . 
 In 2012 , and are in a relationship and serves as a lieutenant aboard the USS   John Paul Jones while commands the USS   Sampson , but is in danger of receiving a disciplinary discharge . During the 2012 RIMPAC exercise , five alien spacecraft arrive . Their communications ship collides with a satellite and crashes in Hong Kong while the other four land in the waters off Hawaii . , , and the JMSDF Myōkō investigate and discover a floating structure . When it is touched by it generates a force field that encloses the Hawaiian Islands and separates the ships from the fleet . Three alien warships surface and begin a confrontation . In the ensuing engagement both the and the are destroyed , resulting in 's death , while the command crew of the John Paul Jones are killed . assumes command as the ranking officer . They recover the survivors from Myōkō , including Captain . The alien structure launches drones towards Hawaii , which attack and cause heavy damage . 
 On Oahu , , a physical therapist , is accompanying retired U.S. Army Colonel and double amputee on a mountain hike . After becoming aware of the aliens ' presence , they encounter scientist who informs them the aliens have taken over the communications array , and determines that they are planning to use it to re - establish communications with their home planet . Aboard the John Paul Jones , naval personnel capture a semiconscious alien . The alien forms a telepathic link with , showing him they have successfully invaded and conquered other planets . Other aliens arrive to retrieve their comrade , but are prevented from sabotaging the ship . Examination of the captured alien 's helmet reveals the aliens are sensitive to sunlight . , and force to recover his spectrum analyzer from the aliens . They use it to radio and inform them the aliens will be able to contact their planet in four hours . 
 With radar disabled , Captain suggests using NOAA 's tsunami warning buoys around Hawaii to track the alien warships . This allows the John Paul Jones to destroy two of them but the third evades their fire . At dawn , they lure the warship eastwards as and shoot out its bridge windows , blinding its crew and allowing the John Paul Jones to destroy the alien ship . The John Paul Jones is then sunk by alien drones as the crew escape . 
 The survivors return to Pearl Harbor and commandeer the USS   Missouri , a decommissioned battleship . With the aid of the retired veterans preserving her , the Missouri is restored to battle readiness and confronts the alien structure , revealed to be a giant mothership . In the ensuing battle , the Missouri severely damages its quarry and disables the force field . Meanwhile , , and attempt to stall the aliens at the communications array . As the mothership rallies , uses their last shell to destroy the communications array . Fighters from the RIMPAC fleet suddenly arrive and destroy the drones and the mothership , eliminating the alien threat . 
 A ceremony is held to honor the military personnel , where is promoted to lieutenant commander and presented with both a Silver Star and his brother 's posthumous Navy Cross . After the ceremony , asks 's father Admiral for her hand in marriage . The admiral initially refuses , but then invites to lunch to discuss the matter , referencing how and met . 
 In a post - credits scene , three teenagers and a handyman in Scotland discover a crashed alien pod . When they open it , an alien hand reaches out , and they run off in terror .

Taylor Kitsch, Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker, Tadanobu Asano, Hamish Linklater, Jesse Plemons, John Tui, Gregory D. Gadson, Adam Godley, Peter MacNicol

As a storm approaches a southern Louisiana bayou community called the " Bathtub " ( a community cut off from the rest of the world by a levee ) , six - year - old and her ailing , hot - tempered father are optimistic about their life and their future . The children in school are being taught by Miss about nature and the release of prehistoric aurochs from the melting ice caps . At home , fends for herself while her father is missing . When he returns , he is wearing a hospital gown and bracelet . They argue , and when returns to her house , she deliberately sets it on fire . A chase ensues between the two , and she ends up getting slapped by . When she retaliates by punching him in the chest , collapses . , realizing the damage she has caused , runs for help only to find her father missing when she returns . 
 Meanwhile , in the Arctic , the frozen aurochs in an ice shelf start drifting into the ocean . 
 Many of the Bathtub residents flee an approaching storm . reappears , staggering along the side of the road ; he finds Hushpuppy and takes her home to start barricading before the storm hits . In an effort to make his daughter feel better , attempts to scare off the storm by firing a rifle at the clouds . The next day , the two tour the devastation and connect with surviving residents . 
 The Bathtub residents celebrate the end of the storm and make plans to rebuild their community , but the environment is damaged because the salt water surge from the storm has contaminated the fresh water supply . hatches a plan to drain the water away by destroying the levee . He and a small group of friends plant dynamite and blow a hole in the wall using an alligator gar , and the water recedes . Authorities arrive and enforce a mandatory evacuation order , removing the residents of the Bathtub to an emergency shelter . receives surgery , but it is too late to restore his health . At the first opportunity , the evacuees escape back to their homes . 
 Aware of her father ’s condition , searches for her absent mother . She and her friends swim to a boat , which takes them to a floating bar known as the Elysian Fields . meets a cook who may be her mother , though the woman does n't recognize her . The cook says that the girl can stay with her if she wants , but says she needs to go home . and her friends return home where she confronts the . As the leave , returns home . She says her last goodbyes to the dying , listening to his last heartbeat . She sets his funeral pyre ablaze , standing together with the remaining residents of the Bathtub .

Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry, Jonshel Alexander, Marilyn Barbarin, Kaliana Brower, Nicholas Clark, Henry D. Coleman, Levy Easterly, Philip B. Lawrence

In small - town Carthage , Texas in 1996 , local assistant mortician , a beloved member of the community , becomes the only friend of the wealthy , recently widowed , who is widely considered cold and unpleasant by the other townsfolk . , in his late 30s , and the elderly quickly become inseparable , frequently traveling and lunching together , though 's social life becomes hindered by 's constant and sometimes abusive need for his attention . 
 murders after growing weary of the emotional toll of her possessiveness , persistent nagging , and non - stop putdowns . For nine months , takes advantage of her poor reputation to excuse her absence with few questions while using her money to support local businesses and neighbors . Finally , 's stockbroker uses 's neglect of previously agreed upon payments to enlist the help of her estranged family . This results in an authorized police search of her house that concludes with the discovery of 's corpse in a freezer chest . 
 The local district attorney , , charges with first - degree ( premeditated ) murder . is arrested and he soon confesses that he killed while claiming her emotional abuse as a mitigating circumstance . Despite this confession , many citizens of Carthage still rally to 's defense , with some even asserting that deserved to die . Frustrated , successfully requests a change of venue to the town of San Augustine , 50 miles away , to avoid selecting a biased jury . Despite the absence of evidence of premeditation , is found guilty as charged and imprisoned for life .

and the gang travel to Atlantic City , where enthusiastically takes them to see The Brancusi Circus . They arrive to find that the circus does not open until tomorrow , but decide to look around when they notice that the front door is unlocked . Whilst searching , they meet a man who is pursuing a werewolf that has intruded into the circus . The werewolf attacks the gang , but is eventually scared off by , using a spotlight . The man thanks the gang and introduces himself as , the ringleader . inherited the circus from his uncle last year and has been working to modernize it . He informs the gang that the werewolf they had encountered has been shadowing the circus for a few months , has scared off many of his artists , and has stolen jewelry wherever they are . He even suspects that the werewolf might be one of his own artists . notices that this incident alludes to a case during the 18th century , in Ingolstadt , where a werewolf named collected a combination of jewels which enabled him to change into a werewolf at any time . After the gang tells that they solve mysteries , hires them to go undercover as circus performers . 
 The next morning , introduces the gang to the other circus artists . and pose as animal artists and team up with animal trainer , who informs them that plans to eliminate all the animal acts in order to modernize the circus . is given a role as a human cannonball and works with strong man . is given a position as a backup trapeze artist and meets the other trapeze artist , , and his girlfriend . immediately becomes jealous of when begins to flirt with him . works as a motorcycle stunt artist and meets the circus clowns , and . only communicates with a horn . tells that he is reluctant to have this role as a clown , and says that he was once an actor in the Soviet Union . Afterwards , when goes to get refreshments , he is abducted by the werewolf . 
 Later on the gang witness another robbery by the werewolf and are chased by a second werewolf wearing 's uniform . The gang escape and return to the circus to inform . Despite this , decides that the show must go on . fills in for , while does a tightrope act to fill in time . The shows goes very well , especially 's act , although takes credit for 's performance when he tells the audience that he 's 's ' trainer ' . Before can perform her act , the two werewolves attack and . and manage to drop the trapeze safety net on them , but werewolves are nowhere to be found when they search the net . In spite of the attack , the performers receive a big round of applause from the audience , who believe that the werewolves were just part of the show . 
 The next day , shows the gang the reviews from last night 's performance and comments that they are the best reviews he has ever received . In the reviews , the critics deemed the greatest circus artist , much to the dismay of , whom the critics refer to as ' ' . When goes to show the rest of his artists the review , the gang find a book about the Ingolstadt werewolves in his office , causing them to suspect that might be involved in the werewolf attacks , since initially claimed to have no knowledge on werewolves . On the page which has the list of the jewels a werewolf needs , finds that the only jewel the werewolf does n't have is a carbonado . They confront about the book , but claims that the book is n't his . 
 When going for a lunch break , receives numerous praises from the locals , which in turn continues to annoy so much that bribes him with a wheelbarrow full of Scooby Snacks to prevent him from quitting . informs the gang that they will be doing a private show for , a singer from the band Wülfsmöøon which admires . Later on , finds out that a carbonado is also called a black diamond , a jewel that owns . The gang prepare to catch the werewolf during the show , but before the show begins , , and go missing . During the show , the werewolves appear after 's act , along with three more , each wearing the clothes of the missing artists . The werewolves manage to steal the black diamond from and continue to chase the gang . During the chase , pulls off one of the werewolves ' fur and finds red fur underneath it , and notices that the cage which had 's baboons is empty , making them realize the werewolves were just and his trained baboons in disguise . uses one of 's Spanish commands to stop them . tries to escape , but is tranquilized and caught by , who claims that he was tied up in a storage shed , but managed to break the ropes . There , they find the rest of the missing artists . , who 's still unconscious , is taken away by the police , but they are unable to find any of the stolen jewels . 
 The next day , the circus packs up and prepares to leave Atlantic City . thanks the gang by giving them free passes to any of the Brancusi Circus performances . bids good luck in finding the ' black diamond ' . informs that he has decided to quit his job as a clown and to pursue his dream in theatre . However , after the circus train begins to depart , starts to think that there is still something missing . remembers that last heard that the jewel was referred to , not as a ' black diamond ' , but as a ' carbonado ' , and recounts that before was captured , he said " you wo n't take ' us ' that easy " , suggesting that he had an accomplice . She also noticed during last night 's performance that the ropes around did n't look like they were broken , but cut . She also remembers that they only found the book about the Ingolstadt werewolves when knocked it off the shelf , suggesting that planted it there . With the facts added up , the gang realizes that was 's accomplice . The gang pursue the train and see attacking to get to the box office money . and manage to jump onto the train and , while there , apologizes to for taking credit for his act . The two free the baboons to aid them in stopping , and they subdue him using the tranquilizer darts . 
 As is taken away by the police , informs the gang that and had worked with his uncle for years and were angry when took charge and decided to modernize the circus . When was about to get caught , double - crossed him in order to buy some time to get away with the jewels and the box office money . At the end , arrives and thanks the gang for recovering his jewel by giving them a private performance .

Frank Welker, Matthew Lillard, Grey DeLisle, Mindy Cohn, Craig Ferguson

, a U.S. Secret Service special agent assigned to the presidential detail , is drugged , kidnapped and held captive within a glass box in the cramped , dark trunk of a car . At first thinks it is a prank from people he owes money for gambling debts , but he quickly learns that the truth is far more sinister . begins to endure mental and physical torture as terrorists attempt to extract information . The information needed is the location of the secret bunkers , dubbed " Roulette " , that are used by the president and vice president during a national emergency . 
 's only contact is , another hostage that is also locked in a trunk of a car ; both hostages have timers in the trunk with them that counts down . The terrorists have left old radios in the trunk to allow them to communicate with their hostages as well as allowing and to talk to one another . Through long conversations , learns that the cars are actually bombs , and that they are currently in Maryland traveling towards Washington D.C. The car is almost pulled over by police and a high speed chase ensues but is unable to be rescued , although the box is shot , leaving a hole in the glass . is tortured every time the counter hits zero , at one point bees are released into his tank , since he is allergic to bee stings . However , the terrorists give him an Epi - pen injection , saving his life : they need him alive . The terrorists also kidnap his estranged wife , , and hold her in another trunk . After enduring much emotional and mental stress , still refuses to give up the location . After his countdown reaches zero , 's glass box begins to flood with liquid . After nearly drowning , is pulled out by someone , revealed to be . 
 It is revealed that the whole situation was an exercise to test whether would break or not . Everyone he saw or was in contact with is present , along with their radios , which they used to play their parts . collapses from his wounds and is put in an ambulance with . On the way to the hospital , he sees the Washington monument through the window and chuckles . Noticing this , looks out the window and asks if the monument was the location , but dismisses it as unimportant and gives her an engagement ring , asking her to marry him . When she replies that they are already married , smiles and asks her to marry him again . As they kiss , handcuffs him to the gurney and pulls a wire from her shirt . Revealing themselves to really be with the terrorists , and are told over the radio that they have the location now that they lured him into a false sense of security and is to be killed . As holds a gas - filled mask over 's face , the film cuts to black .

Stephen Dorff, Chyler Leigh, JR Bourne, Tom Berenger, Pruitt Taylor Vince

In Medieval Scotland , Princess of the clan Dunbroch is given a bow and arrow by her father , King , for her sixth birthday . Her mother , Queen , disagrees with the present . While venturing into the woods to fetch a stray arrow , encounters a will - o'-the - wisp . Soon afterward , , a huge demon bear , attacks the family . flees on horseback with , while and his men fend off , though the fight costs him one of his legs . 
 Ten years later , discovers that to her dismay , she is to be betrothed to the son of one of her father 's allies . Reminding of a legend of a prince whose pride and refusal to follow his father 's wishes destroyed his kingdom , explains that failure to consent to the betrothal could harm . 
 The allied clan chieftains and their first - born sons arrive to compete in the Highland games for 's hand in marriage . twists the rules , announcing that as her own clan 's firstborn she is eligible to compete for her own hand . She easily bests her suitors in an archery contest , shaming the other clans . Later , she and argue , and runs away . After following the wisps to the hut of an elderly witch , bargains with her for a spell to change her fate . 
 When gives the spell , in the form of a cake , to , it causes to transform into a bear , losing her ability to speak but still retaining most of her human personality . returns to the witch 's cottage with , only to find it deserted , and discovers a message from the witch : unless is able to " mend the bond torn by pride " before the second sunrise , the spell will become permanent . and are led by the wisps to ancient ruins , where they encounter . Realizing that was the prince in the legend , vows that she will not let the same thing happen to her mother , and concludes she needs to repair the family tapestry she damaged during their argument . 
 They return to the castle to find the clans on the verge of war . Having learned from her experience with her mother , intends to declare herself ready to choose a suitor as tradition demands , but with nonverbal encouragement from , instead insists that the first - borns should be allowed to marry in their own time to whomever they choose . The clans agree , breaking tradition but renewing and strengthening their alliance . 
 sneaks into the tapestry room with . , who is losing her humanity , attacks , but suddenly regains her composure and flees the castle . Mistaking the queen for and unwilling to listen to , pursues the bear with the other clans , locking in the castle . With the help of her younger triplet brothers , who also ate the cake and have been transformed into bear cubs , escapes and repairs the tapestry while riding after her father . and the clans capture , but intervenes and stops her father before arrives . batters the clan warriors and targets , but intercedes , holding off and causing him to be crushed by a falling menhir . This releases the spirit of the prince , who silently thanks for freeing him . As the sun rises for the second time , realizes the mistakes she has made and reconciles with , unknowingly fulfilling the real meaning of the witch 's message , causing the queen and the princes to turn back into humans . 
 With gone , and work together on a new tapestry when they are called to the docks to bid farewell to the other clans , and ride their horses .

Kelly Macdonald, Julie Walters, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Kevin McKidd, Craig Ferguson, Robbie Coltrane

In February 2012 , Seattle teenager ( ) starts videotaping his life ; his mother is dying of cancer and his alcoholic father , who is a former firefighter , is verbally and physically abusive . At school , is frequently bullied by his classmates . 
 's cousin ( ) invites him to a party to help him mingle with some people , but his filming causes an altercation with an attendee and he leaves disappointed . He is persuaded by popular student ( ) to record something strange that he and have found in the woods . The trio enter a hole in the ground , where they hear a loud strange noise and discover a large glowing blue crystalline object which turns red , and gives them painful nosebleeds . As the crystalline object begins to react violently , the camera cuts out . Weeks later , , , and record themselves as they display telekinetic abilities , but begin bleeding from their noses when they overexert themselves . They develop a close friendship and begin using their abilities to play pranks , but when telekinetically pushes a rude motorist off the road and into a river , insists that they restrict the use of their powers , particularly against living things . 
 After discovering themselves being capable of flight , they agree to fly around the world together after graduation . wants to visit Tibet because of its peaceful nature . encourages him to enter the school talent show to gain popularity . amazes his fellow students by disguising his powers as an impressive magic act . After the show , , and celebrate at a house party where becomes the center of attention . After drinking with his classmate , she and go upstairs to have sex , but he vomits on her , humiliating both of them . 
 As time goes on , becomes increasingly withdrawn and aggressive , culminating when his father attacks him and uses his powers to overpower him . His outburst is so extreme that it inflicts psychically connected nosebleeds on and . While ignores the nosebleed , flies up to in the middle of a storm and tries to console him . However , grows increasingly frustrated , and is suddenly struck by lightning and killed . At 's funeral , confronts about the suspicious cause of 's death . While denies responsibility to , he privately begs for forgiveness at 's grave . 
 grows distant from and again finds himself ostracized at school . After being bullied , he uses his powers to rip a few teeth out of a bully 's mouth . begins to identify himself as an apex predator , rationalizing that he should not feel guilt for using his powers to hurt those weaker than him . With his mother ’s condition deteriorating , disguises himself using 's firefighter gear , where he plans to steal the money for her medication . After mugging a local gang , he robs a gas station where he inadvertently causes an explosion that puts him in the hospital with severe burns , and under police investigation . At his bedside , his father informs the unconscious that his mother has died , and he angrily blames for her death . As his father is about to strike him , awakens and the wall of his hospital room explodes . 
 At a birthday party , experiences a nosebleed and senses is in trouble . He and his girlfriend , , go to the hospital , where is floating outside . After saving when attempts to kill him , confronts his cousin at the Space Needle and tries to reason with him , but grows hostile and irrational at any perceived attempt to control him . attacks and the pair fight across the city , crashing through buildings and hurling vehicles . When police shoot in the arm , throws dozens of police ( and their cars ) through the air , and then uses his powers to destroy the buildings around him , threatening hundreds of lives . Unable to get through to his cousin and left with no other choice , uses his powers to impale with a spear from a nearby statue - killing him . The police surround , after which he awakens and flies away . 
 Later , lands in Tibet with 's camera . Speaking to the camera while addressing , tearfully vows to use his powers for good and to find out what happened to them in the hole . He positions the camera to view a Tibetan monastery in the distance before flying away , leaving the camera behind .

Dane DeHaan, Michael B. Jordan, Alex Russell, Michael Kelly, Ashley Hinshaw, Anna Wood, Joe Vaz

In the Chatham Islands , 1849 , American lawyer witnesses the whipping of a Moriori slave , . stows away on 's ship and convinces him to advocate for to join the crew as a free man . saves 's life before Dr. , hoping to steal 's gold , can deliver poison he claims will treat a parasitic worm . In the US , and his wife denounce her father 's complicity in slavery and leave to join the abolition movement . 
 In 1936 , English composer finds work as an amanuensis to aging composer , allowing to compose his own masterpiece , " The Cloud Atlas Sextet " . reads 's journal among the books at 's mansion . demands credit for " The Cloud Atlas Sextet " and threatens to expose 's homosexuality if he refuses . shoots and goes into hiding , using the name . He finishes " The Cloud Atlas Sextet " and shoots himself before his lover arrives . 
 In San Francisco , 1973 , journalist meets , now a nuclear physicist . tips off to a conspiracy to create a catastrophe at a nuclear reactor run by , but is killed by 's hitman , , before he can give her a report as proof . finds 's letters to and tracks down 's " Cloud Atlas Sextet . " Scientist passes her a copy of 's report . kills by blowing up his plane , and runs 's car off a bridge . She escapes but the report is destroyed . With help from the plant 's head of security , , evades another assassination attempt , which results in 's death . With a copy of the report from 's niece , she exposes the plot and oil executives are indicted . 
 In London , 2012 , , author of a gangster memoir , murders a critic after a harsh review , generating huge sales . 's brothers threaten the publisher , the aging , for 's profits . 's brother tells him to hide at Aurora House . On the way , reads a manuscript based on 's story . Believing Aurora House is a hotel , signs papers committing himself ; in fact , Aurora House is a nursing home . reveals to that he sent him there as revenge for 's affair with 's wife . The head nurse , , is abusive , and denies contact with the outside world . escapes with three other residents , resumes his relationship with an old flame , and writes a screenplay about his experience . 
 In Seoul , 2144 , Sonmi-451 is a " fabricant , " a human cloned for slave labor , kept as a fast food server in a dystopian Neo Seoul , Korea . She is exposed to ideas of rebellion by another fabricant , Yoona-939 . After is killed , is rescued by rebel Commander . He exposes to the banned writings of and a film version of 's experience . After is captured , rescues her , introduces her to the leader of the rebel movement , and shows her that clones are recycled into food for other clones . makes a public broadcast of her manifesto . The authorities attack ; is killed and is recaptured . After recounting her story to an archivist , she is executed . 
 In 2311 , the tribespeople of the post - apocalyptic Big Island of Hawaii worship Sonmi-451 ; their sacred text is taken from her broadcast . is plagued by visions of a demonic figure , Old . , his brother - in - law , and his nephew are attacked by the cannibalistic Kona tribe . runs into hiding and his companions are murdered . His village is visited by , a member of the Prescients , an advanced society using remnants of high technology , but who are dying from a plague . is searching for a communication station on Mauna Sol to send an SOS to off - world humans . In exchange for healing 's niece , guides to the station where Sonmi-451 made her broadcast . Returning , finds his tribe slaughtered by the Kona . He kills the sleeping Kona chief and rescues , and uses her gun to save him from the Kona and is saved by . and join and the Prescients as their ship leaves Big Island . On a distant planet , recounts the story to his grandchildren and joins Meronym .

Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Bae Doona, Ben Whishaw, James D'Arcy, Zhou Xun, Keith David, David Gyasi, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant

( ) is an ex - smuggler who now has a peaceful life with his wife , ( ) , and their two sons in New Orleans . They learn that 's brother ( ) was smuggling drugs , but dropped them into the Mississippi River during a surprise inspection by U.S. Customs and Border Protection . 
 's boss , mobster ( ) , threatens to kill ' family if does n't pay him back $ 700,000 . decides to raise the money by running contraband , working with his former smuggling partner , ( ) , who now owns a legitimate construction company . Promising he will not run drugs , joins a cargo ship , planning to buy $ 10,000,000 in fake bills in Panama and smuggle them into the U.S. He is joined by , his good friend ( ) , and gets help from crew mates . After breaks into ' house and intimidates his wife and children , moves into 's house for safety . 
 In Panama , discovers that the only one who can provide high quality fake bills is crime lord ( ) . Leaving in the van with the money for the fake bills , meets with to negotiate . calls , threatens to kill one of ' sons and forces him to take the money and buy cocaine . With the money gone , and agree to help rob an armored car in exchange for the fake bills . After a shootout in which 's group along with numerous police and security officers get killed , they successfully steal a painting that resembles a splattered tarp . and barely make it back to the ship with the fake bills and the painting . They drive the van with contraband into a container , which is loaded onto their cargo ship . hits and berates for using the money to buy cocaine , but apologizes when explains the reason . 
 It is revealed that is working with , and he desperately needs money to pay gangster ( ) . calls and learns that plans to get rid of the cocaine bought . instructs to threaten . Through , warns not to dump the cocaine . realizes that has betrayed him . contacts the cargo ship 's Captain ( ) , with whom he has a partnership . He tells of ' smuggled contraband , and promises him a share if he secures it . Unable to get to give up the contraband , calls U.S. Customs to inspect the ship in New Orleans . The Customs agents find the container with ' van , which is empty except for the paint splattered tarp , which they ignore . 
 Once is on shore , and his thugs demand the drug package . takes to 's house , having made a duplicate key while on the ship , and knowingly activates the security system . opens 's carpet cleaner and retrieves the cocaine from it . While and his gang sit in 's living room with the cocaine , sneaks out . awakens to the noise and comes into the living room as the police arrive . Both 's group and are arrested for possession of the cocaine . 
 Warned by , leaves 's house . When she goes back to retrieve some personal items , gets angry with her and accidentally pushes her against a bathtub . Thinking she is dead , he dumps her ( unconscious ) body in a yet to be poured foundation at one of his construction sites . goes to 's construction site and manages to locate and save by calling her cellphone . is arrested and sent to prison , where he is greeted by a lynch mob . 
 retrieves the fake bills , which were dumped into the Mississippi River by before docking in New Orleans . At a U.S. Customs auction , buys the escape van earlier confiscated from the cargo ship , and finds the painting still in it . pays $ 3 million for the fake currency and asks about the missing . learns the painting can be fenced for over $ 20 million on the black market . The film ends with , , and the boys beginning a new life in a waterfront house .

Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, Caleb Landry Jones, Lukas Haas, Diego Luna, J. K. Simmons

Newly transferred college student becomes friends with , and , a clique who run the campus ' suicide prevention centre . Over the course of the film , the four girls date less attractive men in order to help the men 's confidence ; they try to clean up the " unhygenic " Doar Dorm ; they clash with the editor of the campus newspaper The Daily Complainer who wants to close down the " elitist " Roman letters fraternities ; and finally they try and start a new dance craze , called The Sambola !

Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Carrie MacLemore, Hugo Becker, Billy Magnussen, Ryan Metcalf, Caitlin Fitzgerald, Jermaine Crawford, Aubrey Plaza, Zach Woods, Taylor Nichols, Carolyn Farina

In 1760 , the family moves from Liverpool , England to Maine and establishes the fishing town Collinsport , where they build their estate , Collinwood . 
 When he first arrives , the young son ( ) , meets the young ( ) , who instantly becomes besotted with him . 's witch mother who was with her at that time warned her of socialising with people of noble birth . This , however , did not stop from following the family for many years , hoping to be loved by , but to no avail . 
 By 1776 , , now a grown man , falls in love with a young woman named ( ) , scorning who was now working as a maid in his household . Turning to black magic , curses the family , first killing 's parents ( and ) in an assumed accident , then by enchanting to leap to her death off a cliff called Widow 's Hill . In a fit of grief , attempts to leap to his own death but fails , as curses him to the immortal life of a vampire . When he still rejects her advances , she turns the town against him , and he is buried alive in a coffin . 
 In 1972 ( that is , 196 years later ) , a young ( also ) , under the assumed identity of " " , applies for a job as a governess at Collinwood and meets with the current reclusive matriarch , ( ) . Her nephew ( ) , for whom will be caring , believes his mother , who drowned in a boating accident , still visits him . does not divulge that since her young age she , too , can see ghosts . 
 After meeting with , his live - in psychiatrist ( ) , his father ( ) , and 's rebellious daughter ( ) , is hired by . That night , sees the ghost of , who warns that " he 's coming " before disappearing after falling from a chandelier . 
 Elsewhere , a group of construction workers dig up 's coffin and inadvertently free him . After satiating his bloodthirst of 196 years and shocked by the modern times he finds himself in , returns to Collinwood , and hypnotizes the groundskeeper , ( ) , as his personal , and introduces himself to the family as a " distant relative " . believes him to be a con - man until he reveals hidden riches buried in a secret passage within the house , whereas thought the family to be destitute . After realising who and what is , she asks him to keep it a secret to protect the children of his true nature , passing him off as his own descendant , " " . 
 During his breakfast with his newfound family , is instantly smitten with when he meets her as she resembles . Resolved to honorably win her heart , he seeks out 's advice on courting her . , now an immortal witch herself , learns of ' resurgence and visits him , informing him that she now has taken over Collinsport as a member of the upstanding community . In retaliation , reopens the Cannery family business and uses hypnosis to steal several of the fisherman crews who work for . As a result , she tries to buy him off . However , even after an episode of supernatural lust between the two , he rejects her offer . Meanwhile , later discovers his identity by hypnotizing him and offers to cure his vampiric condition via blood transfusions . 
 After successfully restoring the family fortune and business , decides to hold a ball to reintroduce the family to the townsfolk with suggesting that they make it a happening with musician as the headliner . During the ball , catches stealing from guest 's coats and later finds gazing out from a balcony . Feeling comfortable around him , confides to that she 's actually an escapee from the mental asylum where her parents had her confined since she was a child due to her powers . Meanwhile , makes a grand appearance in order to see . When she catches him and kissing , she becomes even more embittered . 
 Motivated after reciprocated his feelings , seeks out ( wishing even more desperately to be mortal again ) , only to find out that the latter has been using his blood to make herself immortal . Feeling betrayed , he drains her and dumps her seemingly dead body into the town bay with 's help . After catching trying to break into the secret passage , gives him a choice : to stay and be an exemplary father to or to leave with enough money to live his thieving life elsewhere . chooses the latter , anguishing . 's true identity is finally revealed to the rest of the family and when he saves from a falling disco ball . is scared by the revelation and runs away . 
 Upset , barges into 's office to demand her to release him from his curse , and while she offers him blood due to her knowing that is no longer around to provide him blood transfusions , she also threatens to send off Widow 's Hill , the same way she did to , and offers him an ultimatum : Either become partners and lovers with her or be locked in a coffin again . With rejecting the former , she proceeds to do the latter , this time placing him in the Family Mausoleum . Shortly after , he is found and freed by , alerted by his mother 's ghost , and they return towards the mansion . Meanwhile , destroys the Collins Cannery and implicates in the murders of and all the people he had to feed on , turning the townsfolk against the family . 
 At the mansion , and see the police , , and the angry mob approaching as withdraws into the mansion . Willing to turn himself in as long as she goes along with him , reveals his and 's true natures in front of an angry mob and a fight ensues , pitting and against . During the fight ( following the mob 's departure upon these revelations ) , reveals to her family that she is a werewolf and joins her family in their battle against , but a fire later breaks out in the house . Ultimately , the ghost of 's mother ( ) manages to hurl against the chandelier , which then falls to the ground , mortally wounding her as she starts to shatter . She reaches into her chest and literally offers her heart to this time as it shatters as well , resulting in her death . Concerned for 's well - being , storms off to look for her as informs him through his mother that she 's headed towards Widow 's Hill . As asks what they will do now , says that they will do what they 've always done as the family : " Endure . " 
 After catching up to Victoria at Widow 's Hill , stops her from leaping and refuses to turn her into a vampire to save her from eternal suffering as an immortal , despite her request . Touched , throws herself from its cliffs anyway , resulting in leaping after her and biting her , so that she can survive the fall as a vampire . She awakens , asking him to call her , and the two kiss passionately on the rocky shore . 
 The closing scene is at the bottom of the bay as opens her eyes to her new immortal life .

Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Bella Heathcote, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jonny Lee Miller, Gulliver McGrath

is a shark expert whose business has been failing since a shark attack killed a fellow diver under her command . Once dubbed " the shark whisperer " , is haunted by the memory of the attack and unable to get back into the water . With bills piling up and the bank about to foreclose on 's boat , 's estranged husband , , presents her with a lucrative opportunity : to lead a thrill - seeking millionaire businessman and his teenage son on a dangerous shark dive – outside the cage . Battling her self - doubts and fear , accepts the proposal and sets a course for the world 's deadliest feeding ground – Shark Alley .

Halle Berry, Olivier Martinez, Ralph Brown, Luke Tyler, Mark Elderkin

Detachment is a chronicle of one month in the lives of several high school teachers , administrators and students through the eyes of a substitute teacher named ( ) . ' method of imparting vital knowledge to his temporary students is interrupted by the arrival of three women in his life — the damaged and naive prostitute ( ) , a fellow teacher ( ) and a troubled teen named ( ) . These women all have profound effects on ' life , forcing him to both re - discover aspects of his own personality , and to come to terms with both the tragic suicide of his mother and the impending death of his grandfather . The film is punctuated with flashbacks of scenes of ' young childhood and his mother 's suicide . 
 Sub - plots include the struggles of Dr. ( ) within her role as the school counselor and the painful torment of Principal ( ) , who faces her dismissal as head of this deeply flawed school .

Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, William Petersen, Bryan Cranston, Tim Blake Nelson, Betty Kaye, Sami Gayle, Lucy Liu, Blythe Danner, James Caan

The family attends a pool party at the local pool , where the family meets a former trouble - making friend of who is now a model student after attending a military school known as Spag Union . 's father thinks about enrolling there . 
 's summer starts off badly : bans video games in anger at 's laziness , and his mother starts a book club for all the boys in the neighborhood , but she does not see their books as real literature . is also getting jealous of the neighbor 's athletic kids , and after his video game ban , forces and to bond with each other : their bonding activities end in disaster . 
 A few weeks later , 's best friend , , takes to the local country club , where his family are members of . enjoys the lifestyle there and the fact that his crush , , teaches tennis there and he does n't have to go to the book club . 
 returns home to learn that signed him up for an unpaid summer internship at his work without his consent , and lies about having a job at the country club . and are delighted , and give him a starter cell phone , a Ladybug , which only allows him to call home or 911 . 
 Later , invites on a family trip to their beach house near the Boardwalk , but finds the lifestyle banal and attempts to escape . He tries to call home using his Ladybug phone , but the phone rejects the call , and after he inadvertently calls 911 , the police arrive , almost leading to the arrest of 's father , who sends home in disgust . 
 does n't allow to tag along with him to the country club because of the beach house incident , but sneaks in , meets up with and her sister and manages to get a gig at 's sweet sixteen , much to 's delight . 
 and quickly make up , but is unable to attend the club , forcing to sneak in . One morning , drops off , only to be confronted by 's father : has built up a $ 260 fruit smoothie bill from his time at the country club . When attempts to explain the situation , the clerk informs him that the club does not employ minors , and is exposed . As a result , when he receives a Spag Union disc in the mail , he fears he will be sent there . 
 informs that the " Wilderness Weekend " could be a way to avoid Spag Union . Their troop proves weak compared to 's boss , 's , troop . After a Camp story and continues to mess things up tells him that everyone messes up , after the boys overhear and his troop insulting , attempts to set up a plan for revenge by using traps , and finds out that 's troop has been using electric and other appliances including pre - cooked meals and portable TV 's rather than actually camping . 
 arrives at the tent , manages to escape while accidentally throws his own tent into the campfire , and admits he was responsible but his friends tell him that he did it to defend his honor . , having lost his respect for , then confronts him with the electronic conveniences ( although he was jealous of throughout the movie ) , and runs into 's trap , leaving him humiliated . 
 reveals that he never liked camping anyway , and decides not to send to Spag Union , much to 's surprise and delight . gives advice about learning from mistakes and taking responsibilities . The two discover they are much alike than they realize . 
 At 's Sweet 16 birthday party a few days later , Löded Diper performs a hard rock version of " Baby " by and , during an attempt to win over . However , accidentally knocks over a huge ice sculpture of , which results in her losing her temper and accidentally smashing a chocolate fountain with a microphone stand , splashing chocolate all over her , and the party ends in disaster . 
 then implies that she likes by holding his hand , and in the final scene , , , and all hang out together at the local pool . describes that his summer did not go the way he expected , but had positive circumstances .

Zachary Gordon, Steve Zahn, Robert Capron, Devon Bostick, Rachael Harris, Connor Fielding, Owen Fielding, Peyton List, Karan Brar, Melissa Roxburgh, Grayson Russell, Laine MacNeil, Sachin Tyler Sadachcharan

In 1858 Texas , the brothers , and , drive a group of black slaves on foot . Among the shackled slaves is , sold off and separated from his wife , . The brothers are stopped by Dr. , a German dentist - turned - bounty hunter from Düsseldorf , who asks to buy one of the slaves . He questions about his knowledge of the brothers , a group of outlaws for whom Dr. is carrying a warrant . When becomes suspicious , Dr. , a superior gunslinger , kills with a fast draw , then shoots 's horse , pinning to the ground and crushing his leg . Dr. insists on honorably paying a fair price for before leaving him at the mercy of the newly - freed slaves , who kill him and follow the North Star to freedom . As can identify the brothers , Dr. offers him his freedom in exchange for help tracking them down . 
 After tracking the to the Tennessee plantation of the wealthy and killing them , the liberated partners with Dr. and becomes his apprentice . Later that evening , the duo are hunted by and a large gang of white supremacists ( a reference to the early Ku Klux Klan ) , but Dr. deceives and kills most of 's gang with an explosive and kills . Dr. explains that he feels responsible for since is the first person he has ever freed , and feels morally obliged to help reunite with . Now fully trained , collects his first bounty , keeping the flyer for good luck . 
 In 1859 , and Dr. travel to Mississippi , where they learn the identity of 's owner : , the charming but cruel owner of the Candyland plantation , where slaves are forced to fight to the death in brutal wrestling matches called " Mandingo fights " . Dr. and meet at his gentleman 's club in Greenville and submit their offer to buy one of his best fighters ; however , this is a pretense . Their ulterior motive is to purchase Broomhilda . Intrigued , invites them to his ranch at Candyland . 
 During the ride to Candyland , they come across a group of 's slave trackers cornering one of 's Mandingo fighters , , who tried to run away due to no longer wanting to fight . says that because he bought for $ 500 , ( who has only fought three times ) must fight at least five times . When and Dr. offer to reimburse and then change their minds , has his chief tracker , Mr. , unleash several attack dogs that devour alive . 
 After finding and telling her of their plan , Dr. claims to be charmed by her and offers to buy her as well . During dinner , 's staunchly loyal house slave becomes suspicious . Deducing that and know each other and that the sale of the fighter is a ruse , alerts , who alters the deal so that will be sold instead of the fighter . Dr. agrees , and the papers for her freedom are drawn up and signed . smugly insists that the deal be sealed through a handshake , which Dr. refuses . When threatens to have his bodyguard kill , Dr. , who has finally had enough of 's cruelty and is still thinking about 's death , shoots through the heart with his concealed derringer , killing him . As mourns , turns around and kills Dr. by shooting him with his sawed - off shotgun , and is killed by in turn with 's own revolver . A shootout begins , and shoots down a great number of 's henchmen before surrendering when is taken hostage . 
 The next morning , tells that 's sister , , is in charge now , and he will be sold to a mine and worked to death . En route to the mine , proves to his escorts that he is a bounty hunter by showing them his flyer . The escorts release him and give him a revolver , which he immediately uses to kill them before stealing a horse and returning to Candyland with a bag of dynamite . At the plantation , kills more of 's henchmen , including Mr. and all the other trackers , takes 's freedom papers from the dead Dr. 's pocket , and frees his wife from a nearby cabin . When 's mourners return from his burial , kills and the remaining henchmen , releases the two remaining house slaves , and kneecaps before igniting the dynamite that he has planted throughout the mansion . and watch from a distance as the mansion explodes , killing , before they ride off together .

Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Walton Goggins, Dennis Christopher, James Remar, Michael Parks, Don Johnson, Laura Cayouette, James Russo, Tom Wopat, Misty Upham, Rex Linn, Cooper Huckabee, Doc Duhame, M. C. Gainey, Bruce Dern, Ned Bellamy, Franco Nero, Jonah Hill, Robert Carradine, James Parks, Tom Savini, Quentin Tarantino

, or for short , is an 18 - year - old Korean - American girl living in New Mexico in 1994 with her immigrant parents . goes out one night with a friend and hits it off with a young fireman at a bar , who offers to give her a ride home at the end of the night . eventually notices his fireman badge is fake and attempts to escape his car , but she is captured , bound and transported in the trunk of another car . 
 is taken to an isolated warehouse , where she is drugged , has her braces removed , personal belongings taken away , is fitted with a tracking bracelet and put into an area of the warehouse called the stables . is introduced to , a corrupt law enforcement official who was earlier shown killing two people in cold blood and who is the local leader of a sex trafficking ring , as well as his volatile , drug - addicted overseer , . informs that he has information about her parents and that they will be harmed if she does n't cooperate . He renames her and gives her two days to adapt to her new life before she is forced to work . endures daily pregnancy tests , being forced to star in pornographic films and being prostituted out . During her first prostitution " job , " attacks the client and tries to escape once again , but captures her and punishes her by forcing her to lie in a tub filled with ice overnight . 
 One year passes , and has adapted as much as possible to life in the operation and has befriended another girl named , who is shocked to learn is as old as she is ( by now , 19 ) . tells something unknown happens to girls who become " too old . " Moments later , herself is mysteriously taken away . notices that 's trustee , a girl named , has obtained the class ring she was given by her father the day of her abduction and makes an attempt to forcibly retrieve it from her until Vaughn and an enforcer pull her off . forces to swallow the ring , which she does , but then volunteers to assist in overseeing the operation , specifically with accounting . After working one night at a college fraternity party , has assist him in accounting from the frat brothers , and in recapturing two other girls who attempt to escape . begins replacing as 's trustee , answering phones and assisting with day - to - day operations , and is taken out of the sex work side of the operation . 
 is shown leading a seminar on drug trafficking , but is questioned by detectives as he was placed by a GPS at the location of a missing deputy and landowner , the two people he killed earlier in the movie . and meet later to dispose of bodies in the nearby lake , including . suddenly and brutally kills on the boat , presumably because of his implication in the death of the deputy and landowner . 
 One day , while answering phones , is taking a customer 's order when the customer asks how much it 'll cost , which knows is an indication that it is a police sting , but she takes the order anyway and says nothing . and take a girl to the house of a man named , and instantly recognizes him as the one who transported her to the warehouse in the trunk of his car . goes to the bathroom and finds a room full of baby beds . She also finds , who is heavily pregnant ( why she was taken away , as she 'd tested positive on one of the daily tests ) and blissfully ignorant as to what will actually happen to her baby ( he or she will be sold ) . notices being withdrawn on the way back , deduces that she found out what 's house is used for and attempts to force to kill a girl in the desert to prove her loyalty , but she is stopped at the last minute by . 
 is informed that one of his enforcers have flipped on the operation , presumably because of sending him to a sting . is forced to start packing the girls for the move and is taken to 's house , where informs her they are moving to Dubai . realizes this could be her last chance to escape . While he is in the bathroom , she sprays 's meth pipe with chemicals that inhales , killing him . then cuts the tracking bracelet off her ankle , takes drugs and money from 's house , and goes to 's house . attempts to negotiate 's freedom ; refuses but admits that he remembers . He agrees to let her see . While his back is turned , injects with drugs and kills him . finds , telling her her baby was sold , and they both escape the house . finds a pay phone and calls her mother , hearing her voice for the first time in a year .

and are close friends and partners in the Newton Division of the Los Angeles Police Department ( LAPD ) in South Central Los Angeles . , a former US Marine , is recording their police activities for a film project . 
 Upon responding to a public disturbance call , , a Bloods gang member , yells racial insults at , who responds by accepting a one - on - one fist fight . beats and arrests him , but wins 's respect for not charging him with assault . Later that night , and his fellow Bloods gang members are attacked by a group of Sureños in a drive - by shooting and one of 's friends is killed . The next day , the officers respond to a noise complaint at a house party full of Sureños , where encounters a gang member named Big Evil , whose truck he later finds is filled with ornately decorated firearms and a large amount of money . 
 and are awarded the Medal of Valor after rescuing three children from a house fire . Upon further investigating a house , they arrest a man who is also in possession of several ornate firearms , and is guarding a cell full of human trafficking victims . When ICE agents arrive , one agent informs the officers that the house is tied to the Sinaloa Cartel , and strongly urges them to " lay low " due to possible reprisals . Around this time , begins dating a woman named , and 's wife gives birth to their first child . 
 One night , and respond to a call from their fellow officer , , and find her partner with a knife through his eye . He leads them to , who is being savagely beaten nearby . After arresting the culprit , the officers learn that is not returning to patrol and is leaving the force . marries , and at their wedding tells that , should anything happen to him , he will take care of . The next day , the officers perform a welfare check on an elderly woman . In her house , they discover drugs , dismembered corpses , and a message from the cartel . Unbeknownst to them , a cartel member has " green - lit " the officers , and the gangsters from the earlier drive - by begin following them . On patrol the officers encounter who , out of respect for , warns them that the cartels plan to have them killed , but and just shrug it off . 
 Shortly after gets pregnant , the officers are baited into chasing a reckless driver into an apartment complex , where they are ambushed by the same group of Latino gang members . They fight their way into an alley , where is shot in the chest . As desperately attends to his partner , the assassins arrive and shoot him several times in the back , killing him . Police backup eventually arrives and the gangsters are brutally slain after refusing to surrender . 
 survives , having been shielded by 's body . At 's funeral , tries to deliver a eulogy , but only manages to say a few words : " He was my brother . " In a flashback to the day of the shooting , recounts to a story from his teens before the two receive the call from dispatch .

Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Anna Kendrick, Natalie Martinez, America Ferrera, Frank Grillo, David Harbour

After is dumped by her boyfriend , she is unable to afford a place of her own . Her old friend informs her of a beautiful apartment right by Gramercy Park , but does not include the fact that his other friend lives there . During their freshman year of college , had to drive an inebriated home from a frat party . She accidentally spilled her own urine onto from an empty slushie container , and was promptly thrown out of the car . Despite their clear disdain for each other , they reluctantly move in together for lack of better options . 
 One night , hears strange noises coming from 's room . Believing she is being attacked , she opens the door to see is saying sexually explicit things on the phone . explains that her career as a writer does not earn her enough money to live in New York , so she does some work as a phone sex operator . is disgusted by her roommate 's profession , but makes some suggestions to how she could make more money . Several weeks go by , and loses her job at a publishing company when her boss decides to retire . She encourages to obtain a land line , 1 - 900 - mmmhmmm , and becomes her business manager , as they go into business for themselves , which is much more lucrative . In a few weeks they make $ 12,000 , of which gets ​1⁄3 , which increases when she becomes a phone operator herself . In the process of their venture , they become close friends . 
 Throughout the film , Katie has been speaking with a repeat customer named and the calls become less about phone sex and more about getting to know one another . They agree to meet , but are accompanied by and who are concerned that he may be a rapist . However , after and meet they discover that they are very well suited to each other and begin to start a relationship which leaves feeling distressed as it is revealed that she is a virgin and has been lying for many years to cover up her insecurities . 
 gets an interview at a prestigious publishing company who earlier rejected her , and convinces her to do the interview so that she can blow them off . Yet once gets to the interview and admits that she has been running a phone sex line all summer , they offer her the job as they feel she has business savvy . Concerned about her long - term prospects , accepts the job which angers to the point where she reveals their business to 's conservative parents . moves out and the girls stop speaking to each other . 
 's ex - boyfriend returns from Italy and declares that he made a mistake in breaking up with her . He reveals that he had a passionate love affair with a fiery Italian woman , but if he is to succeed in his business he needs someone boring , predictable and simple - the same reasons he gave to for dumping her in the first place . stands up for herself and leaves for good . Meanwhile , and decide to have sex and in order to calm their nerves they talk on the phone while lying next to each other in bed . When they were finished feels sad that she ca n't share this news with , whom she loves . encourages her to call , and they declare that they ' think ' they love each other . 
 and both call each other at the same time , and they engage in a phone conversation full of unintentional innuendo before they meet each other on the street and hug.[7 ]

Ari Graynor, Lauren Miller, Mark Webber and Justin Long, Seth Rogen, Mimi Rogers, Nia Vardalos, James Wolk

The B-17F Lucky Lass , part of the United States Army Air Forces ( USAAF ) 99th Bombardment Group ( Heavy ) ( the " Diamondbacks " ) from the 12th Air Force is stationed at Navrin , Algeria in 1943 . We learn in the opening reveal that air crews are expected to complete 25 combat missions before they can be sent home . However , losses are heavy and the odds are that only 2 in 10 will survive 25 missions . During a raid on Gerbini , Italy , with her Irish - American crew , the Lucky Lass is heavily damaged and the ( pilot " Pops " ( ) , and both waist gunners , ( ) and ( ) are killed . 
 Five days later , ( ) is now the Lass ' aircraft commander ) , and replacements arrive . Co - pilot ( ) reports to , and two new waist gunners , ( ) and ( ) , introduce themselves to the enlisted crewmen . On their walk - around of the North African base , the replacements are introduced to the alcohol still flight engineer ( ) has put together from bomber parts and other scraps . explains that the Army adds ethanol to boost the octane rating of aviation fuel , so they are cooking the fuel to distill out the alcohol . The crew , anxious to get back into the air , push maintenance chief Sgt . ( ) to clear their aircraft to fly . After some griping , tells the men that the Lass has already been cleared earlier that day . The crew throws a party / wake to celebrate their return to flight status and mourn their losses . Only dares to sample the local cuisine , goat meat and cous - cous , while everyone else sticks to their C - rations . is present and appears standoffish . Further alienating him from the crew , he does not join in 's toast to their recently departed crewman because he does n't drink . takes the you new young pilot outside and gives him some advice to try harder to fit in , including drinking with the men . 
 During the next mission which is supposed to be a milk run , an already hungover succumbs to ptomaine poisoning . takes over the controls . The squadron is ordered to fly into the clouds in a roundabout course to avoid flak emplacements on the approach to the target in Messina . Michael simply tries to keep an eye on the plane in front of him and does n't use instrument navigation . Unfortunately , when the Lass comes out of the clouds , the rest of the squadron is nowhere to be seen . Not only are they off course , they have flown over territory heavily defended by antiaircraft guns . They abort and manage to make it home without any injury . A despondent tells that he 's going to apply for a transfer to another plane . says that while getting loss is a serious screw up , shit happens . He convinces that the crew will eventually forgive him and suggests he start by admitting his mistake and apologizing to the crew . However , as he approaches the crew 's tent , he overhears them making disparaging comment about him . The complain that they wo n't get credit for what was an easy mission , and he realizes now is not the right time to talk to the men . That night , there is a fierce sandstorm forcing everyone on the base to take cover . finishes collecting a batch of alcohol , but in his haste to get away from the storm , he fails to shut down the still , allowing the flammable liquid to drip and pool on the ground . 
 To help boost the crews ' confidence in , lets him take the pilot 's chair . Shortly after takeoff , the pilots notice the oil pressure rising rapidly , and the engines begin losing power . Since they ca n't stay in formation , the Lass is forced to abort yet another " milk run " ( an easy mission ) to Messina , Sicily . To make matters worse , the still is destroyed in a fiery explosion . The crew blames at first , considering him a jinx . Later , the squadron limps back , indicating that it had not been an easy mission . At the debriefing , we learn that the squadron 's fighter protection was diverted , and enemy fighters had unexpectedly shown up over the target . assures that by aborting the mission , he had perhaps saved their lives . 
 With the Lucky Lass grounded and the squadron decimated , some of the ' crew are mixed into other crews for the next mission . ( ) , ( ) and are not assigned . feels guilty at missing yet another mission , but his crewmates point out this is a blessing in disguise because as the only officer on the ground , he can ensure that fixes the plane properly . After having worked all night to ready the squadron for today 's mission , is loath to order his men to work in the 105 degree in the shade sun . He tells they 've already checked the plane and did n't find any mechanical problems , but wo n't take it lying down . After reading the Riot Act , he persuades to inspect the Lass again to discover the " gremlins " that brought down the aircraft . Since excessive oil pressure was the problem , insists that take apart the oil pumps despite the new pump having been installed just last week , and a visual inspection not revealing anything . reluctantly follows 's orders and discovers that the oil lines have been fouled with sand from the last sandstorm . Meanwhile , to make good on a promise to ( ) for a celebration on his safe return , and with no alcohol left , is caught stealing liquor from the officer 's club by the chicken - shit quartermaster , ( ) , and is facing a summary court - martial . pleads with to intervene with Col ( ) , the " Old Man " . arrives just as the colonel asks if he has an exonerating explanation . explains about the ' newly discovered mechanical problems , and claims he ordered to get alcohol to use as a solvent to clean the oil lines , and accepts blame because he was n't explicit enough in his order to to get it legitimately . The colonel pretends to believe 's ridiculous lie and lets Charlie off . protests , but the colonel dresses him down and tells he does n't have time to waste on anything that does n't effect the operational efficiency of the squadron and dismisses . Before dismissing , the colonel asks why he only grabbed Scotch whiskey , to which he replied the Lass is an Irish bomber with discriminating taste . The colonel takes a bottle from the case and chuckles to himself after and leave . That night , whole crew celebrate 's vindication , and declare an honorary Irishman , christening him , " " . 
 July 19 arrives and the Lass is cleared to fly the Rome mission . On the final run to the IP , is blinded by shrapnel from anti - aircraft fire , but they continue and manage to release their bombs over the target . However , as they make the turn home , a B-17 flying above them is hit and begins falling in their direction . They take evasive action , but the doomed bomber 's wing clips part of the Lass ' right horizontal stabilizer , causing them to go into an uncontrolled climb until they stall and begins a lateral spin . The plan loses altitude rapidly as and struggle desperate to regain control . 
 At the last second , and manage to pull up , but they are now very low over Rome and taking heavy ground fire . As they reach the edge of the city , a barrage of flak takes out another engine and obliterates . Back in the waist , checks on a wounded . Oliver says he 's OK . As turns back to his guns , another flak round kills him instantly . asks ( ) to come to the cockpit to help him fly , since the navigator was once in flight school . makes his way to the cockpit without saying a word about his wounds . He looks at the pulped flesh that used to be before climbing into the seat . The Lucky Lass gets away from Rome , and makes a run for a British airbase at Malta . 
 Michael asks from his position as the ball turret gunner about their situation . He reports that aside from the knocked - out engines and other damage , the B-17 appears to be fine . However , the damaged port landing gear falls away as it 's being lowered , leaving no choice but to order everyone to bail out . , not noticing that is wounded , leaves the cockpit with at the controls . 
 As helps the crew bail out , begins to cough up blood . opens the bomb bay doors and makes his way back to as the last of the crew exits the plane . As he turns around , is horrified to see blood soaked , obviously in excruciating pain . knows he 's not going to make . As tries to help him get ready to bail out , he sees 's parachute has been destroyed . says that they can land the aircraft on the water or both jump together using his parachute . nods , but he then tells to " take care of the boys " and pushes out . makes his way back into the pilot 's chair to take control of the B-17 and starts climbing , but in its damaged state , it can not take the stress and disintegrates , taking the navigator with it . 
 Some time later , back at Narvin , a new replacement checks in with , now the flight commander of a new bomber , starting the cycle again .

Bug Hall, Donnie Jeffcoat, Sean McGowan, Manu Intiraymi, Howard Gibson

Young scientist lives with his parents , and , and his beloved Bull Terrier dog , Sparky , in the quiet town of New Holland . 's intelligence is recognized by his classmates at school , his somber next - door neighbor , , mischievous , , obese and gullible , overconfident , creepy , and an eccentric girl nicknamed Weird Girl , but communicates little with them due to his relationship with his dog . Concerned with his son 's isolation , 's father encourages him to take up baseball and make achievements outside of science . hits a home run at his first game , but , pursuing the ball , is struck by a car and killed . 
 Inspired by his science teacher Mr. 's demonstration of the effect of electricity on dead frogs , a depressed digs up 's corpse , brings him to his makeshift laboratory in the attic and successfully reanimates him with lightning . Seeing Weird Girl 's living cat , Mr. , the undead escapes from the attic and explores the neighborhood . He is recognized by , who blackmails into teaching him how to raise the dead . The two reanimate a dead goldfish , which turns invisible due to an error with the experiment . brags about the undead fish to and , which , in panic of losing the upcoming science fair , inspires them to make a rocket out of soda bottles , which causes to break his arm and Mr. to be blamed and fired due to his accused influencing and reviling the townsfolk for questioning his methods when he steps up for self - defense . So , the gym teacher replaces Mr. . 
 Eventually , 's fish disappears when he tries to show it to a skeptical ( who was told by ) , and when is confronted by , and on the baseball field at school , he accidentally reveals 's actions , inspiring them to try reanimation themselves . 's parents discover in the attic and are frightened , causing the dog to flee . and his parents search for while the classmates invade the lab , discovering 's reanimation formula . The classmates separately perform their experiments , which go awry and turn the dead animals into monsters — Mr. holds a dead bat while it is electrocuted , resulting in him fusing with it and becoming a monstrous bat - cat with wings and fangs . turns a dead rat he found in the garbage into a wererat , revives his mummified hamster Colossus and 's turtle is covered in Miracle Gro and turns into a kaiju . 's Sea - Monkeys grow into amphibious humanoids . The monsters break loose into the town fair where they wreak havoc . 
 After finding at the town 's pet cemetery , sees the monsters heading to the fair and goes with his classmates to help deal with them — the Sea - Monkeys explode after eating salt - covered popcorn , and is stepped on by , while the rat and are returned to their original , deceased forms after both being electrocuted . During the chaos , , 's pet poodle , is grabbed by Mr. and carried to the town windmill with and chasing after . The townsfolk blame for 's disappearance and chase him to the windmill , which Mayor accidentally ignites with his torch . and enter the burning windmill and rescue and , but is trapped inside . rescues , only to be dragged back inside by Mr. . A final confrontation ensues , and just as Mr. has cornered , a flaming piece of wood breaks off and impales Mr. , killing him . The windmill then collapses on , killing him again . To reward him for his bravery and saving , the townsfolk gather to revive with their car batteries , reanimating him once more . comes to as the two dogs share their love and kiss .

Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau, Charlie Tahan, Atticus Shaffer, Winona Ryder, Robert Capron, Conchata Ferrell

( an advertising executive ) and ( a charitable investment advisor ) , longtime best friends now in their mid-30s live in the same building in Manhattan . Not romantically involved , they are close friends with two childless married couples , the placid and and the sex - obsessed and . During the next four years , after both couples have children , their marriages suffer . Following a chaotic birthday party for at and 's place in Brooklyn , and discuss how it would be better to have children first , to ' get it out of the way ' since ' time is running out ' , and only then meet the person that you wanted to marry . After more discussion , they decide to have a child together , despite never having had romantic feelings for each other , and then to continue to date other people , to find ' their one ' . Although their friends predict disaster , and adjust to their new relationship with baby far better than their friends had imagined.[3 ] 
 and begin dating again and enter into budding relationships with young actress and divorced father , respectively . During a couples winter getaway in Vermont , calls and 's thought process and parenting skills into question . In the ensuing argument , decries their arrangement as untenable in the long term and humiliates . defends his decision to have a child with , saying that he loves her deeply and that she was the soundest choice of person for him to start a family with . 
 After returning from Vermont , and separate and later divorce . Shortly thereafter , at 's birthday dinner out ( about 18 months after 's birth ) , is surprised to find that she invited only him . tells him that wants her to meet his children that weekend but that this new degree of commitment has made her realize that she is in love with , who , along with , have become her closest family . A stunned tells that his love for her has never been romantic and has asked Mary to move in with him . Heartbroken , leaves the restaurant , and soon moves out of her Manhattan apartment to Brooklyn , putting some space between herself and . A few months thereafter , and break up over their differing feelings about children , and both and return to dating others . Several months later , at a bar with , confides that he does have feelings for , but that their messy split makes acting on such feelings impossible . disagrees , noting the differences between his and 's sex - based relationship and and 's long - lasting friendship . 
 Shortly before 's next birthday , after dropping 2 - 1/2 - year - old off at 's house after a day out , presents her with a present : a photo scrapbook of the couple , and then the three of them ( that he 'd made for her birthday prior , but she never received due to their abrupt parting ) , consistent with 's prior statement that and were her family . They reminisce over several of the photos and then put to bed , after says a few things about ' staying the night ' ( as wants him to ) . 's emotional shift and words make emotional and uncomfortable , so she sends home . He leaves , but quickly returns , and tells her what he said to her a year ago was all wrong . He finally realized it — she is the love of his life , she is his ' person ' , " and that 's just the way it is " . She tells him she ca n't be with someone who is n't ' into ' her , and he , after a passionate kiss , offers to have sex with her to prove he is into her , in every possible way . She accepts his offer , passionately kisses him back , and they tumble onto her bed .

Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O'Dowd, Megan Fox, Edward Burns

In Romania , a French priest named warns the monks of a monastery about an impending attack by the devil 's forces to obtain a boy named . The monastery falls under attack ; tries to help the boy and his mother escape , but the distrusting mother shoots at and flees with her son . manages to distract the men chasing and , but nearly dies in the process and loses them . He believes that only the Ghost Rider is capable of protecting the boy . He finds the Rider and seeks his help . 
 Eight years have passed since became the Ghost Rider – a vengeful , fiery spirit who feeds on the evil of his victims and consumes the souls of sinners . No matter how big or small the infraction — anything from genocide to a white lie — the Rider does not differentiate . This drives into hiding , fighting the evil spirit within him . finds him and convinces him to save the boy in exchange for his priesthood 's ability to restore 's soul and remove the Ghost Rider 's curse . Meanwhile , pursuers force and from the road and bring them to their leader : her former boyfriend . has tied up and is about to execute when the Ghost Rider appears ; the Ghost Rider kills several of 's men and then moves in on . distracts the Ghost Rider , who then is shot with grenades into submission . 
 awakens in a hospital . On the way out , he convinces not to trust him , but to accept his help to find . tells about the , and speaks an incantation to via phone , which effectively puts up a " firewall " preventing the from sensing 's whereabouts . He warns it will not shield him from being sensed and gives him instructions to deliver . later tells that as she lay dying , she made a deal with : her life in return for him impregnating her with , making a direct vessel for and the potential for him to have unlimited power on the surface world . lacks this power so far from Hell . nearly escapes , but breaks his ankle and is recaptured . That night , and interrogate a known contact of 's . takes off ahead of to deal with . saves as the converts a mining machine ( a Bagger 288[9 ] ) into a massive fiery machine , destroying their hideout complex and mortally wounding . When Ghost Rider catches up to and starts to use his Penance Stare on her , is able to stop the with a word , exercising his hidden power . 
 catches up with the group as they ride off . is not done with ; using his power , he turns into a demon called capable of instantly decaying anything he touches while shrouded in darkness . and bring to 's monastery with warm reception . explains that the Ghost Rider is the twisted incarnation of the Spirit of Justice , , after being captured and tortured to madness while in Hell . tells that he can exorcise the spirit from him if tells a secret that only he knows of . confesses that his deal with was really a selfish one : his stepfather had accepted his cancer and was ready to die ; was the one who did not want him to go . With this confession , exorcises of the spirit and becomes human again . The head monk ( ) proclaims that will never be safe from the influence of evil and says he must die , taking , , and captive in order to execute the boy . intervenes , killing the monks and taking captive again to deliver to . The others follow , with not wanting to desert after having promised to protect him . With the ritual to transfer 's spirit and power into underway , the three infiltrate the compound to save him . kills , but ( who states has the same powers as he does ) gives back the power of the Ghost Rider . manages to escape with and the Ghost Rider and give pursuit . After a vehicular struggle , Ghost Rider manages to defeat and causes the SUV carrying and to crash . The Ghost Rider sends back into Hell while , who had died in the accident , is returned to his mother . Channeling the blue flame of Zarathos , manages to revive and assures him of his safety . 
 As the film closes , the angelic blue flaming Ghost Rider rides off on his motorcycle , saying : " My name is . I 'm . "

Nicolas Cage, Ciarán Hinds, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth, Christopher Lambert, Idris Elba

( ) is a middle - aged insurance salesman living in Syracuse , New York , who is sick with how the United States has fallen into a state of rudeness based on pop culture , talk radio , television , and Internet influences . After a boring evening of watching television , visualizes killing his loud and inconsiderate neighbors , whose baby 's screams exacerbate his chronic migraine headaches and rob him of sleep . His ex - wife ( ) has custody of their daughter ( ) , who has become a typical spoiled brat . Matters come to a head when he is fired after 11 years ' service at the insurance company for obtaining a female co - worker 's address without authority merely to send her roses to lift her spirits ; then told by his profane and uninterested doctor that he has an inoperable , terminal brain tumor . 
 prepares to commit suicide but stops as his TV features a reality show starring ( ) , an extremely spoiled teenager , and has an epiphany . The next day , he steals his noisy neighbor 's car and drives to 's school and , after unsuccessfully attempting to blow her up in her car , he shoots her at point - blank range . One of 's classmates , ( ) , witnesses this and applauds him . follows back to his motel where he is once again preparing to commit suicide ; initially egging him on , then talks him out of it . explains to that he only wants bad people to die – people who have committed blatant acts of cruelty and stupidity against their fellow man . suggests they kill 's parents and he agrees . shoots 's father ( ) and , after a brief chase , stabs her mother ( ) . convinces to take her along by painting herself the tragic victim of her drug - addicted mother and rapist step - father . They then decide to go on the lam , continuing their killing spree . They visit a movie theatre to watch a documentary about the 1968 My Lai Massacre . During the film , several teenagers enter the nearly empty theatre and immediately act obnoxiously , talking aloud and on their cell phones . One of them throws popcorn at . and shoot and kill all but the least aggravating of them , whom thanks for not being rude . Subsequently , they kill several others , including a rude man who double - parks his car , several extremist right religious protesters and ( ) , a popular , abrasive conservative political television commentator . 
 During an evening while they 're lying low , suggests to that they move to France and ' go legit ' , to raise goats and make cheese , and avoid prosecution for the murders they 've committed . Returning a phone message from his doctor , learns there was a mix - up with his MRI results ( the image was of another patient named ) and that he has no tumor and probably just suffers from any one of a number of relatively inconsequential ailments . 's new lease on life is spoiled when , while eating breakfast in the motel diner with and discussing their travel - to - France plans , a leering redneck at the next table labels an underage prostitute and her pimp . The same day , sees a TV news missing person report in which 's parents ( and ) appear wholesome and concerned , a far cry from her description . Incensed at the deception , takes out his anger on the leering diner , garroting him in his room . takes the man 's pickup truck and , as he is leaving , tells he knows the truth . She confesses but says she had to get away from a life of bland conformity and experience something ' un - normal ' . leaves her the stolen car and they split up . 
 buys an AK-47 assault rifle from an illegal arms dealer ( Mike ) and makes his way to Los Angeles . sees another TV news report that shows back home with her elated parents and that he is wanted for abducting her . Unbeknownst to him , is not happy to be back home . gains access into the American Superstarz studio , kills several audience members and one judge , and holds the other judges , contestants , and the audience hostage . As the SWAT team arrives , also appears and joins on stage , apologizing for lying to him . makes a brutally honest speech in front of the TV camera about the ridiculousness and selfishness that is promoted in today 's American society and on television . then tells she is a pretty girl , and they proceed to shoot the judges , contestants and several members of the audience before being gunned down by the police .

Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Mackenzie Brooke Smith, Melinda Page Hamilton

( ) lives in Portland , Oregon with her sister ( ) , a college student . Much earlier , was kidnapped by a brutal serial killer who put her in a deep vertical hole somewhere in Portland 's 5,100 - acre Forest Park . found human remains , used one of the bones to stab her abductor , and escaped from the hole , using his rope ladder . When the Portland police are unable to find the hole , and discover that had been committed to a psychiatric institution after her parents ' death , they believe the abduction only happened in 's head , and sent back to a psychiatric facility . 
 A year later , now works as a waitress in a local diner on the graveyard shift . She and her friend ( ) are generously tipped by a regular customer . Returning home from the shift , is shocked to discover is missing , as she was to take an exam the next day and wanted to wake her early . 's boyfriend , ( ) , tells her that he has n't heard from , and later that she did n't show up for the exam . is then convinced the serial killer who took her has now taken . 
 Police Lt . ( ) , Sergeant Powers ( ) , and Detective ( ) dismiss her claims , trying to look for any other excuse for to be missing , believing that it 's all in 's head . The department 's newest homicide detective , ( ) , tells her that he believes her , giving his card in case she needs any help about the case . 
 interrogates her neighbors and learns that a van with a locksmith company 's name on it parked in front of her house in the middle of the night . finds the company it belongs to and talks to owner ( ) and the van 's driver , 's son ( ) . When denies any knowledge , breaks into the van , where she finds a receipt from a hardware store for things that the killer would use . holds at gunpoint and forces him to reveal that he allowed a stranger named " " to rent the van during the night . 
 reports 's gun - waving behavior to the police , who then want to arrest , as her time in the psychiatric facility means she can not legally possess a weapon . goes to the hardware store , and learns that 's real name is ( ) and that he 's staying at a rundown hotel . After narrowly eluding the police , heads to the hotel , and breaks into 's room , where she finds duct tape , pet food like that which she was given by her kidnapper , and matches from the diner where she works . 
 visits , and learns that is the generous tipper from the diner . gives her 's phone number and against 's judgment , leaves with the phone number . is spotted by the police who pursue her through Portland , but she escapes back to 's house . borrows 's car to avoid the police and save . then calls , who gives her directions to a location in Forest Park . locates a small campsite and finds pictures of 's prior victims , and at the same time , breaks the duct tape off of her hands , and escapes , only to discover she has been concealed under her house all along . and are shocked when they hear 's story , finally believing what they have heard from . They also learn is to meet the kidnapper , but they do n't know where that is to happen . 
 finds the hole where held her captive . emerges from an alcove from within the hole and grabs , pulling her into the hole . He intends to kill her with the same piece of bone that stabbed him with in her initial escape . kicks to keep him away , then grabs her revolver and shoots him . She starts climbing up the rope ladder to get away , but grabs her foot and attempts to pull her back down . Desperate , kicks to break his hold and shoots him again . She then manages to climb away and extracts the rope ladder , trapping in the hole . After shooting a third time in the leg so that he can not stand , demands he tell her where is , on a promise of not shooting him again . admits that has been bound and gagged under their house the whole time , and he only used to lure into the trap . pours a can of kerosene into the hole . As begs for his life , saying " You said you would n't kill me , " she says " I lied , " and drops in a lantern , burning to cremate . 
 disposes of the revolver and returns home , finding okay , along with , , and . As is terrified at the ordeal , whispers to her that is dead . When asks about the man she was to meet , ( with deadpan sarcasm ) tells the police , " It was all in my head . " Then she and go into the house and close the door , leaving the police and frustrated . 
 Some time later , , in his office , receives an anonymous package . Inside are the pictures had taken of each of his victims , bound and gagged , including herself . An included map indicates the spot in Forest Park where the police can find the hole . Realizing how wrong he was about , calls into his office to investigate the new leads .

Amanda Seyfried, Daniel Sunjata, Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan, Wes Bentley

Former Marine ( ) goes to a diner in Upstate New York to meet ( ) . He tells her to get in his car , but she refuses and they fight . He pulls out a gun , but she disarms and pistol - whips him . ( ) , a customer in the diner , intervenes and demands his car keys and that he get in the car . As they flee , she explains who she is and what has happened to her . The flashback sequences are intermixed with scenes of their flight . 
 tells that she and work for a company that handles " operations " . One week before , the firm 's director ( and 's ex - boyfriend ) ( ) had attended a meeting in Washington , D.C. arranged by government agent ( ) . 's firm was hired to rescue ( ) , who was allegedly being held hostage in an apartment in Barcelona . Also present at the meeting was 's Spanish contact , ( ) . 
 and her team , which includes , travel to Barcelona and , despite difficulties , succeed in rescuing and delivering him to . 
 Back in the United States , is approached by , who insists she undertake what he describes as an easy assignment : to pose as the wife of British MI6 agent ( ) during a mission in Dublin . agrees and accompanies to a party at Russborough House , where they meet with his contact , ( ) . meets with again as watches from afar . She sees go into a barn and after he leaves , she enters it to find dead , clutching in his hand a brooch which had insisted she wear as a recognition signal for her initial contact with . realizes she has been set up . 
 On returning to their room at the Shelbourne Hotel , attacks and they have a brutal fight ; gets the upper hand and suffocates him near to death with a choke hold , then shoots him point blank in the face . She finds a missed call on 's phone and returns it . answers and asks if has been taken care of , before realising who is on the other end . As leaves the hotel , she evades 's agents , who are tailing her . Heavily armed members of the Garda Emergency Response Unit ( ERU ) appear and try to arrest her . She escapes after a chase and sneaks onto a ferry to England . 
 calls and asks him whether it was he or who set her up . calls , who then calls . tells that he has had suspicions about for some time . then contacts and tells him to inform 's father , ( Bill ) , of her purported crimes . 
 Meanwhile , enters the United States and reaches the diner , expecting to meet . Now on the road , and are captured by the police . Both are taken into custody but the police are ambushed and killed by 's men . manages to kill one of them and flees with in one of the police cars . She releases and leaves to meet with her father . 
 reaches her father 's house in New Mexico before Kenneth , and two other men arrive to interrogate about his daughter 's whereabouts . receives a photograph on his phone of lying dead , and it dawns on him that might have been set up . He tries to press for the truth , but shoots him and escapes , as takes out 's other men . apologizes to as he dies in her arms . 
 The following day , meets with , who reveals that he told to contact 's father , expecting that would go to her father 's house and that she would kill him there . also gives her 's present location . Before they part , he offers her a government job , but she says she will respond after she has found . 
 In Mexico , confronts on a beach and they fight . 's foot becomes jammed between rocks . Unable to escape , he reveals that was a journalist who was being protected in a safe house after having exposed 's crimes . Knowing that planned to leave his firm , arranged for her to kidnap and deliver him to , who delivered him to , who killed him . then framed , planning to cut all ties that could lead to him , and convinced that was a double agent whom he should kill . leaves to drown in the incoming tide . 
 A few days later , locates , who is on vacation in Majorca . The film ends as she confronts him , presumably intending to eliminate him as the last remaining link in the conspiracy against her .

Gina Carano, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Bill Paxton, Channing Tatum, Mathieu Kassovitz, Michael Angarano, with Antonio Banderas and Michael Douglas

Former Division I collegiate wrestler is a 42 - year - old bored and disillusioned biology teacher at the failing Quincy High School . Budget cutbacks at the school jeopardize the continuation of its music program , which would result in its teacher , , being laid off . Concerned for both his colleague and his students , attempts to raise the $ 48,000 necessary to keep the music program alive . He moonlights as a night instructor for an adult citizenship class , where student asks him for outside tutoring . When arrives at 's apartment , he learns that was a former mixed martial arts ( MMA ) fighter . While watching the UFC at 's apartment , learns that the loser of a fight receives $ 10,000 , which gives him the idea of raising the money by fighting and losing in MMA . , helped by and , begins with small unsanctioned bouts paying only $ 750 to the loser . begins training him in defense , later adding trainer to teach offense , after knocks out an opponent and realizes that wins give larger payouts , needing fewer fights to achieve his $ 48,000 goal . While trains with , , one of 's students and a band member , helps study for his citizenship test by putting the information into songs . then begins fighting in small MMA fights and gradually gaining higher amounts of money for the school . 
 has been pursuing the school nurse , , and they share moments revealing affection for each other , while also rekindling 's passion for teaching . He begins to engage the class and earns the respect of his students . is within $ 6,000 of his goal , when tells him that turned down a sanctioned UFC fight offered by , with the certainty of earning $ 10,000 for a loss . confronts , who apologizes and admits he turned it down because he was jealous – was once asked to fight at the UFC but suffered a neck injury while training for it , ending his career . and accept the offer , with and his crew soon travelling to the MGM Grand Las Vegas for the fight . Once he arrives , he learns that school administrator has been embezzling from the winnings and the school , meaning all 's efforts have been in vain . decides he must win the fight and the $ 50,000 purse . 
 The publicity of 's slow rise to fame has grown , and the school 's band appears in the stands to play his theme song , thanks to contacting . During the fight , reminds the losing that even if he does not win , he has inspired the students , which is their real purpose as teachers . has no answer to his dangerous opponent , , who is angered that his original opponent cancelled and that he is stuck with a man that " does not deserve " to be fighting at the UFC . After finding inspiration from the students , manages to win the fight , earning $ 50,000 and 's respect . and kiss through the chain link fence of the ring . 
 A subplot involves student , her father , and 's brother , who is unhappily self - employed as a house painter . has a large family and both he and his wife have low paying jobs ; enjoys cooking . 's father has a restaurant that is failing since his chef quit . 's father wants her to stop music and focus less on school so that she can help with the restaurant , but she has a passion for music . encourages to pursue her musical talent , which drives hostility from her father to for " telling his daughter to disobey him " . becomes the chef for her father 's restaurant , which improves the business , so 's father is thankful to . Once sings 's theme song at the UFC fight , shown on TV , her father tearfully accepts that music is her true passion . 
 In the closing scene , and all of the students in 's citizenship class attend their American citizenship ceremony .

Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winkler, Charice Pempengco, Bas Rutten, Reggie Lee, Joe Rogan, Mike Goldberg, Greg Germann, Jason Miller, Melissa Peterman, Bruce Buffer, Krzysztof Soszynski

In 1895 , in the aftermath of the death of his wife ( ) at the hands of an angry human mob , Count ( ) commissions and builds a massive five - star , monsters - only hotel in Transylvania in which he raises his daughter ( ) and to serve as a safe - place getaway for the world 's monsters from fear of human persecution . Famous monsters such as ( ) and his wife ( Fran ) , and ( and ) and their massive immediate family , The Invisible Man ( ) , and the Mummy ( ) often come to stay at the hotel which is completely human - free and safe for monsters because of the history monsters and humans had . 
 In the present day , on 's 118th birthday , allows his daughter to leave the castle in order to explore the human world , but he sets up an elaborate plan using his zombie bellhops disguised as humans to make them seem intimidating , but without her being in any danger , and frighten her home . The plan works , but the zombies inadvertently lead a 21 - year - old[12 ] human named ( ) back to the hotel . frantically disguises him as a Frankensteinesque Monster and passes him off as " " , ' a distant cousin of 's right arm ' . soon encounters and the two " Zing " ( a form of romantic attraction ) . Unable to get out of the hotel without notice , quickly improvises that is a party planner , brought in to bring a fresher approach to his own traditional and boring parties . quickly becomes a hit to the other monsters , especially , but this disgusts and worries greatly . orders to leave , but is brought back by . After being shown the beauty of a sunrise by , is inspired to give humans another chance . 
 Meanwhile , the hotel chef ( ) with the help of his pet rat learns that is a human and kidnaps him in order to cook him . intervenes and magically freezes to keep him from telling anyone that is human . leads to his quarters and shows him a painting of his wife . Much to 's surprise , knows the woman in the painting from a legend he has recently heard and relates a story about how she fell perfectly in love with a count , but died in a mysterious fire . reveals the full painting with himself in it and confirms the truth of the tale , and proceeds to tell the full version , thus explaining why built the hotel and the origin of his overprotective behaviour with . is understanding and develops respect for his knowledge , and the two bond , recognising that is a good person . then tries to leave for good , but convinces him to stay for the time - being to avoid ruining 's birthday . 
 The party is a great success the next night , and looks forward to opening a gift from her deceased mother . However , when and share their first kiss , overreacts , and , in his outburst , inadvertently confesses to deceiving with the town . A still - frozen Quasimodo bursts in and the Fly ( ) translates from his frozen speech that is a human disguised by . The guests are outraged by the deceit at play , but is undeterred and wants to be with , even knowing he is human . feigns disinterest in and rejects her out of respect for her father and leaves the hotel . then angrily yells at and flies off . 
 finds on the roof with her mother 's present . He learns it is a book about how her mother and " Zinged " and fell in love . realizes humankind has become tolerant of monsters , and manages to convince , , , and to head out into the human world to help him find , and with the scent - tracking ability of 's daughter , , they learn that he is bound on a flight to the United States soon . The four head to the airport , but are held up in a town celebrating a Monster Festival along the way . Instead of being frightened by the appearance and powers of real monsters , the humans admire the group , and a team of men dressed as vampires help by providing him shelter from the sunlight while he rushes to the airport . arrives to see 's plane taking off , and he gives chase in bat form , burning in the sunlight . After getting 's attention , makes his way to the front of the plane and uses his mind - controlling power on the pilot ( ) to help him apologize for his actions . accepts his apology ; then manipulates the pilot to return to the Transylvanian airport for a " refuel " . 
 returns to . confesses that their ' Zing ' was mutual and the two kiss , making realize his daughter has grown up and can make her own decisions . The monsters finish celebrating 's party as , , and their monster friends sing " The Zing " to the audience of hotel guests .

Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Steve Buscemi, Molly Shannon, David Spade, Cee Lo Green

A newly divorced medical doctor ( ) , and her 17 - year - old daughter ( ) move to a small , upscale town . They are disturbed to discover the house they are moving into is on the same street as a house in which a family used to live before they were massacred . The story of the massacre is told to them by the neighbors . Four years prior , a girl named killed her parents , then fled into the forest and was never seen again , leaving her brother ( ) as the sole survivor . now lives alone and is hated by his neighbors ; ( ) , a local police officer , appears to be 's only supporter . 
 The mother - daughter relationship becomes rocky and starts seeing against her mother 's wishes , finding to be lonely but a sweet boy . confides in her that he accidentally injured by allowing her to fall from a swing when they were little ; he was supposed to be watching her while their parents were getting high on drugs . The resulting brain damage from the accident made her extremely aggressive , leading to their parents ' murder . is revealed to have been secretly taking care of a seemingly now - grown ( ) in a hidden room . manages to escape and approaches a young couple in a car while brandishing a kitchen knife . catches up to her before she can reach the couple but accidentally kills her while trying to hide her . In grief , he goes to a diner , where he meets a kind waitress named ( ) . 
 Later , some unruly high school boys pick a fight with and he flees , and drives to his house and subdues a fire the boys started . She finds tampons in the kitchen garbage and explores the house with suspicion until she finds the secret room and is attacked by , who is revealed to actually be . restrains " " while frantically screaming at to leave . finds blue contact lenses and wallet in the kitchen . has kidnapped the waitress and attempted to make her look like . tells she has to go home but hits her , knocking her unconscious . 
 wakes to find herself tightly tied to a chair . reveals that actually died during the swing accident . He says his parents blamed him for it , and reveals that he was the one who killed them . He explains that he wants , but that he needs and can not have both . Officer goes to 's house to look for , but stabs him to death . frees herself and tries to escape in 's car , but knocks her out with chloroform and traps her in his car trunk with 's body . arrives and is also stabbed by . struggles out of the car and ultimately shoots with 's gun . When she approaches him , he suddenly wakes up and grabs her wrist . When attempts to stab with the knife , strikes him in the head with the hammer . 
 and move out ; is placed in a psychiatric ward ( behavior hospital ) . A flashback shows young in girl 's clothing about to blow out birthday candles . His mother calls him " " and when protests that his name is , not , she slaps him violently ; it 's revealed that was the only child who killed the parents and is not real .

Jennifer Lawrence, Max Thieriot, Gil Bellows and Elisabeth Shue, Nolan Gerard Funk, James Thomas, Allie MacDonald, Jonathan Malen, Jon McLaren, Eva Link

As punishment for a past rebellion , the 12 districts of the nation of Panem are forced by the Capitol to select two tributes , one boy and one girl between 12 and 18 , to fight to the death in the annual Hunger Games until there is only one survivor . In District 12 , after her younger sister is chosen , volunteers to take her place . She and fellow tribute are escorted to the Capitol by chaperone and mentor , a past victor . stresses the importance of gaining sponsors , as they can provide gifts during the Games . While training , observes the " Careers " ( Marvel , Glimmer , and ) , volunteers from Districts 1 and 2 , who have trained for the Games from an early age . During a televised interview with , expresses his love for , which she initially sees as an attempt to attract sponsors ; she later learns his admission is genuine . 
 At the start of the Games , ignores 's advice and grabs some of the supplies placed around the Cornucopia , a structure at the starting point , and narrowly escapes death . Twelve tributes die in the initial melee , and only eleven , including the Careers , survive the first day . tries to stay away from the others , but Head Gamemaker triggers a forest fire to drive her towards them . She runs into the , with whom has seemingly allied , and flees up a tree . advises the to wait her out . The next morning , notices , District 11 's young female tribute , hiding in an adjacent tree . draws her attention to a nest of tracker jackers , genetically modified poisonous wasps . cuts the branch holding the nest ; it falls on the sleeping Careers . Glimmer is killed , but the others get away . is disoriented from being stung herself ; returns and tells her to flee . 
 helps recover , and the two become friends and allies . destroys the supplies the have stockpiled by detonating the mines guarding them , while provides a distraction . finds and frees from a net , but Marvel impales with a spear thrown at ; kills him with an arrow . comforts and , after she dies , adorns her body with flowers . Afterward , she makes a three - finger salute to the cameras . This triggers a riot in District 11 . warns about the unrest caused by the Games . 
 persuades to change the rules to allow two winners provided they are from the same district , suggesting that this will pacify the public . After the announcement , searches for and finds a gravely wounded . Another announcement promises that what each survivor needs the most will be provided at the Cornucopia the next morning . Despite 's strong opposition , leaves to get medicine for him . She is ambushed and overpowered by . When gloats about 's death , , District 11 's male tribute , appears and kills her . He spares once , for 's sake . The medicine fully heals . 
 While hunting for food , hears a cannon go off , signaling a death . She races to and finds he has unknowingly collected deadly nightlock berries . They discover , District 5 's female tribute , dead from eating the berries she assumed were edible from watching . 
 then unleashes genetically modified beasts . They kill and chase , and onto the Cornucopia 's roof . There the last survivors fight to a stalemate . holds in a headlock and uses him as a human shield . directs to shoot 's hand , enabling to throw him to the beasts below , who tear at him until shoots him with an arrow . 
 However , the rule change about two victors is suddenly revoked . urges to shoot him , but she convinces him to eat nightlock together . Just before they do , hastily names them co - victors . Afterward , warns that she has made enemies with her acts of defiance . has locked into a room with nightlock .

Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, with Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland, Willow Shields, Paula Malcomson, Amandla Stenberg, Alexander Ludwig, Dayo Okeniyi, Isabelle Fuhrman, Jacqueline Emerson, Leven Rambin, Jack Quaid, Toby Jones, Wes Bentley, Latarsha Rose

In Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , a man drives a van into a parking garage across the Allegheny River from PNC Park and , after dropping a quarter into the meter , readies a sniper rifle . He takes aim and kills five people on the river 's North Shore Trail from long range before fleeing in the van . 
 The police soon arrive at the scene of the murder , headed by Detective ( ) , and discover a shell casing as well as the quarter used to pay for parking . A fingerprint taken from the coin points to ( ) , a former U.S. Army sniper . When the police raid his house , they find the van , equipment for reloading rifle cartridges , the rifle in question , and asleep in his bed . 
 During an interrogation by and the District Attorney , ( ) , is offered a choice between life in prison in exchange for a full confession or guaranteed death row , as has never lost a conviction . Thinking is going to confess when he takes the notepad , they are bewildered when he instead writes " Get Jack Reacher " . ( ) is a drifter and former U.S. Army Military Police Corps officer . He arrives in Pittsburgh after seeing a news report about and the shooting . and deny 's request to view the evidence but agree to let him see the suspect . , as it turns out , was brutally attacked by fellow inmates while in police custody and is now in a coma . meets 's defense attorney , counselor ( ) , the District Attorney 's daughter , who has been saddled with the apparently hopeless task of saving from the death penalty . 
 says she can arrange for to see the evidence if he will become her lead investigator . retorts that he is not interested in clearing . He reveals that had gone on a killing spree during his tour in Iraq but was not prosecuted because , unbeknownst to , his victims were under investigation for numerous rapes and the U.S. Army wanted them forgotten . vowed that if tried anything like this again , he would take him down . 
 agrees to investigate if visits the victims ' families to learn about the people murdered that day . goes to the crime scene and finds inconsistencies about this location , thinking that a trained shooter would have done the killings from the cover of the van on the nearby Fort Duquesne Bridge . After Helen reports her findings about the victims to , he suggests that the owner of a local construction company was the intended victim , while the other victims served as a cover - up . 
 After an apparently spurious bar fight , realizes that someone is attempting to strong - arm him into dropping his investigation . is later framed for the murder of the young woman ( ) who was paid to instigate the bar - room brawl , but this only motivates him further . eventually follows up a lead at a shooting range in the neighboring state of Ohio , owned by former U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant ( ) , who will talk only if will demonstrate his U.S. Army sniping skills . 
 The real perpetrators are gang members masquerading as legitimate businessmen . The gang 's elderly leader ( ) spent much of his life in a Soviet Gulag and is known only as the Zec ( prisoner ) . The gang kidnaps Helen with the aid of Detective and holds her hostage at a quarry . After he steals 's Mercedes - Benz , outwits the mob guards , killing them with 's help , before confronting the about the conspiracy . points out that has killed most of the witnesses against him and doubts that he would be convicted . shoots the in the head on the spot . 
 and flee the scene with confidence that will clear 's name . When Barr awakens from his coma , he tells that he has no recent memory but believes that he must be guilty of the shootings . 's mental reconstruction of how he would have committed the shootings confirms that 's theory was correct from the beginning . Still unaware of all these developments , is willing to confess and accept his punishment , fearing that will mete out justice if the law does not .

Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike, Richard Jenkins, Werner Herzog, David Oyelowo, Robert Duvall

( ) is a 30 - year - old unemployed stoner living in his mother 's ( ) basement in Baton Rouge , Louisiana . He looks for his destiny in seemingly random occurrences . He finds inspiration in the feature film Signs , which reinforces his belief in this outlook . One day , he answers the telephone ; it 's a wrong number , from somebody asking for " , " and contemplates the meaning of this , deciding it 's a sign . 
 Receiving a call from his irritated mother asking him to buy wood glue to fix a door shutter or find a new place to live , boards a bus , where he sees a kid wearing a sports jersey bearing the name . He follows ( ) to a basketball court , where he joins a pick - up game and the two bond . agrees to smoke weed with , but discovers he has been tricked when he is beaten and mugged . 
 He happens upon a Hooters restaurant where he crosses paths with his older brother ( ) , a successful yuppie struggling with a failing marriage . 's wife ( ) is spotted at a gas station across the street with another man . and spend several hours following them , first to a restaurant and later to a hotel , with 's new Porsche being ticketed , crashed and eventually towed away at various points in the journey . The brothers also visit their father 's gravesite and fight over their conflicting life philosophies . 
 sees a truck reading " Kevin Kandy " and runs off to hitch a ride , only to end up at the same hotel where has found in a room with another man . offers to break down the door . The man is a co - worker of hers named ( ) . quickly ushers out and then confronts about his role in their problems . Frustrated , she leaves , saying she will move in with her mother . and reconcile . explains how he is struggling to find his destiny in life , while Pat admits he wants to fall in love with again and for her to do the same with him . encourages his brother to tell her that , and they hail a taxi to pursue her . 
 Interspersed within the main story is the story of , who is at work , frustrated with her unfulfilled life and dissatisfaction with her sons . The doldrum is interrupted when a paper airplane with a beautiful drawing of a flower lands in her cubicle , followed by an anonymous co - worker claiming in an IM message to be a secret admirer . spends the day trying to deduce the identity of her admirer . She confides her frustrations to colleague and friend ( ) , revealing that she has not dated since her husband 's death . encourages her to warm up to the attention she is receiving . is surprised and confused when the admirer turns out to be herself , and though neither believe themselves to be attracted to their own gender , appeals to 's desire to become close with someone who truly understands her . At that moment , a fire alarm goes off and ceiling sprinklers activate ; this is an enlightening moment for who sets off with on a spur of the moment trip to New Orleans . 
 , , , , and all converge on a bridge , where they are stuck in standstill traffic . exits the taxi and runs through the traffic to tell how he feels , passing 's car ; sees her son and runs after him , followed by . As Jeff muses to the cab driver about seeking out his destiny only to find it is n't very exciting , he observes a helicopter flying overhead , jumps out of the taxi and also runs through the traffic , passing , who was sharing his feelings with when they were interrupted by the arrival of and . continues onward to discover that the cause of the traffic is an accident in which one car plummeted over the side of the bridge . He dives into the water and rescues two children and their father ; when Jeff then fails to resurface dives in and rescues him . The group reconciles after the ordeal , and the audience sees celebrating her birthday and and apparently faring better in their marriage . sees a news report about his heroics and learns that the father of the kids he rescued was also named ; now with a sense of purpose , he grabs some wood glue and fixes the door shutter .

Jason Segel, Ed Helms, Susan Sarandon, Judy Greer, Rae Dawn Chong

In 1881 , attends the funeral of his uncle , , a former American Civil War Confederate Army captain , who died suddenly . The body is put in a tomb unlockable only from the inside . The attorney executing the will hands 's journal , which he reads , hoping to find clues about 's death and the reason he is the willed heir . The bulk of the film enacts what reads . 
 While prospecting in the Arizona Territory in 1868 , just after the Civil War , is arrested by Union Colonel , who seeks his help in fighting the Apache and insists that owes it to his country . refuses , stating that any debt was paid when he lost his family . escapes from his cell but is pursued by and his cavalry . After encountering a band of Apaches , and the wounded take refuge in a cave , which turns out to be the object of 's earlier search : the " Spider Cave of Gold " . A mysterious priestly being , a , appears in the cave at that moment , and surprised by 's presence , immediately attacks him with a knife ; kills him but accidentally activates the 's powerful medallion , and is unwittingly transported to the ruined and dying planet of Barsoom , later revealed to be Mars , hundreds of millions of years in the past . 
 Due to Barsoom 's low gravity and his own relatively high bone density , is able to perform incredible jumps and feats of strength . He is captured by the Tharks , a clan of four - armed Green Martians led by their " Jeddak " ( chieftain ) , . instructs his loyal follower to watch over , leading to her feeding him a liquid that enables him to understand the Martians ' language . 
 Elsewhere on Barsoom , the human Red Martian city of Helium , led by , and the Walking City of Zodanga , led by the villainous , have been at war for a thousand years . , who wants to conquer all Barsoom , is armed with a special and highly destructive weapon given him by three Therns in the midst of a ship - to - ship close quarters combat , which the weapon ends by annihilating all the other participants . Then he proposes a cease - fire with Helium and an end to the war , sealed by marriage to ' daughter , the Princess of Helium . The unwilling Princess , disguised as a soldier , escapes in a Helium ship . 
 As tries to get to show off his jumping abilities , a Thark sentry spots a ship from Helium and another from Zodanga , and the Tharks scatter to hide . races into action and leaps to save from falling . He kills some Zodangan soldiers and briefly fights with . 's ship retreats and is hailed by as " Dotar Sojat " ( roughly translatable as " My Right Arms " ) , for his strength and skill . even grants him as part of the Thark spoils . Later , , accompanied by , tries to find a way to get back to Earth , and stumbles upon a temple ruin sacred to the Tharks ; encounters them there and vainly tries to stop them from entering . They discover an inscription depicting a way to Earth in the sacred river of Iss , before , , and are caught by ' rivals and . The three are sentenced to death according to the Thark code , but are helped to escape by , who reveals to that is his daughter . and find the prisoners gone , and the ambitious declares that has betrayed them . 
 , , , and ( a " Calot " - a large creature that resembles an amphibian and behaves like a loyal dog ) embark on a quest to the end of the sacred river to find a way home for . They discover clues to the " ninth ray " , a means of accessing infinite energy and the key to understanding how the medallion works . They are attacked by the Green Martian Clan of Warhoon , who have been manipulated by , the leader of the Therns , to pursue them as part of 's latest plan . After initially fleeing , sends the others away and takes a stand , fighting the horde himself as atonement for being unable to save his own family . Though defeating many Warhoon , is ultimately overpowered ; he is saved when intervenes in a Helium ship . is also in the company ; says that had come alone and had organized the rescue party . reluctantly agrees to marry and is taken to Zodanga to be healed . 
 Upon awakening , is led to 's room . sends the servant girls away and gives his medallion , telling him to return to Earth . As leaves with , is met by , who takes prisoner and walks him around Zodanga . In different Zodangan forms , explains to the ' purpose , how they manipulate the civilizations of various planets into self - destruction . He also reveals 's secret plan to kill once he marries her and to destroy Helium and rule Barsoom , so completing the course the Therns have set for the planet . also reveals that he and the Therns had been doing this for millions of years , and implies that Earth is their next target . escapes thanks to , and he and return to the Tharks to request their help . There , they discover has overthrown . , , and are thrown into an arena to be killed by two enormous four - armed Great White Apes . defeats them and then challenges and easily kills , so becoming of the Tharks . 
 and his Thark army charge on Helium and defeat the Zodangan army in a huge battle , while is killed by before revealing anything more about the Therns to . With the ' course they have set for Mars permanently foiled , is forced to escape in the chaos of the battle and leave Mars forever . and marry and he becomes Prince of Helium . On their first night , decides to stay on Mars forever , and throws away his medallion . Seizing this opportunity , , in the form of a Helium guard , appears instantly and sends back to Earth , trapping him there and away from Mars . 
 Back on Earth , concludes that there may be other " Way - stations " like the " Spider Cave of Gold " , and embarks on a long quest for clues of the ' presence on Earth and hoping to find one of their medallions ; after ten years , he appears to die suddenly and requests his unusual funeral arrangements — consistent with his having found a medallion , since his return to Mars would leave his Earth body vulnerable in a coma - like state . He leaves clues about opening the tomb . 
 The film reverts to the original timeline . races to 's tomb and opens it , expecting to find 's body . A , in the form of a man with a bowler hat ( who has been shadowing for some time ) , appears behind holding a weapon with which to destroy the body . Both are taken aback to see the tomb empty . A shot rings out and the drops dead . emerges and confesses to that he never found a medallion . Instead , he had devised a scheme to lure a in order to get its medallion . reiterates to that his body on Earth needs protecting and recommends that enjoy his life on Earth , to fall in love and to write books . He then takes the 's medallion , whispers the code , and is transported back to Barsoom and Dejah .

Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciarán Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Willem Dafoe, Bryan Cranston, Polly Walker, Daryl Sabara

It has been four years since the events of the first movie . Seventeen - year - old ( ) is caught by the police after a brief chase on his dirtbike which ends with him driving into a swimming pool while trying to evade them . Minutes later , his stepfather ( ) arrives when a police officer ( ) , who is friends with tells him that has illegally broken into a remote satellite research center , and that he has talked Mr. and Mrs. ( the owners of the swimming pool ) out of pressing charges . takes home where his mother ( ) is not pleased with his actions and the fact that he and do n't get along well . 
 discovers that trespassed in the satellite research center in order to boost the signal of a code received from someone he suspects is , 's grandfather who had been missing for two years . Wanting to bond with his stepson , the next day helps decipher the code of characters which lead to three books : Treasure Island , Gulliver 's Travels , and 's own Mysterious Island . Using the books ' individual island maps , suspects they are books about the same island and uses a back light in order to make them all one completed land mass with the coordinates to its location . manages to convince to let both of them go in search of the island , in the slight hope of proving wrong , that there is no so - called mysterious island there . 
 They arrive in Palau where they need transportation to travel to this dangerous part of the ocean . A Palauan helicopter tourism guide ( ) and his daughter ( ) , who develops an immediate crush on , agree to fly them out to the island for $ 3,000 , but the helicopter gets caught in a hurricane and they crash into the Pacific , waking up on the island . 
 Moving into the island , they discover one of the laws of the Mysterious Island is that , traditionally small animals become large and large animals become small ( inspired by from Gulliver 's Travels ) . The crew discover tiny elephants and giant butterflies , which are the first creatures they come across on the island . The group decides to explore further into the island . 
 After leaving that part of the island they come across an egg clutch belonging to a Giant Frilled Lizard , they are then saved by 's grandfather ( ) who takes them to a large hut he 'd built from the wreckage of the ship that brought him to the island , called the Blue - Eyed Lucy . He has a working radio , but due to the positioning of the communications satellite it will be two weeks before they could call for help . 
 The next morning , leads the group to the lost city of Atlantis which is usually submerged in the ocean and he also calculates that the island sinks once every 70 years . However , discovers the sea water appearing from the ground is the evidence that 's calculations are wrong , and that the island will sink in a couple of days . Their only means of salvation seems to be the legendary Nautilus ( Captain 's submarine ) , hidden somewhere on the island . enters 's crypt and finds his journal , which shows the whereabouts of the ship in a cave at Poseidon 's Cliffs . They decide to go to that cave through the heart of the island . 
 They mount giant bees in order to fly over a high ridge and make up time , but encounter large birds that try to devour the bees . After saving 's life , crashes and dislocates his ankle . and patch up 's ankle the best way they can . Afterward , they have a bonding moment when sings his rendition of " What a Wonderful World " to ease 's pain . 
 The next morning , the water has risen greatly and deduces that the island will sink in a matter of hours , not days . is missing , having gone toward the island 's golden volcano ( inspired byTreasure Island ) in search of gold to give his daughter a better life . While and go after him , and head for Poseidon 's Cliffs to look for the Nautilus . also finally calls by his preferred name , as up to that point he only called him " " and the family makes up . 
 To deal with the rising water after finding the Nautilus ' cave underwater , and create makeshift oxygen tanks and dive down fifty feet in order to obtain the Nautilus and are nearly killed by a giant electric eel . They are unable to power the ship however , because the vessel 's batteries have run down due to being 140 years old . They engineer a way to power the submarine from the electric eel 's electricity . 
 Meanwhile , and find and convince him to escape with them instead of trying for the golden volcano . They head towards the shore as the island begins to suddenly and violently rip itself apart . The golden volcano starts to erupt violently , pouring lava all over the area . Highly flammable lava bombs are thrown from the golden volcano into the air and suddenly land on the sinking island 's debris . and use a harpoon to get an electrical jump start from the electric eel swarming around them and they are able to power the machine , just in time to pick up the others who had fallen into the water . pilots the submarine out of harm 's way while and fire torpedoes into the path of falling island debris . As they clear the dangers , finally kisses for his bravery . 
 Six months later , and are well off . is now running the most popular tourist attraction on Palau providing tours aboard the Nautilus and is attending college . goes to visit on his birthday . While they are celebrating , shows up with a book for 's birthday present . opens it to find From the Earth to the Moon , 's suggestion for a new adventure with the family , to which protests . replies " What could possibly go wrong ? It 's only the moon ! " 
 During the credits , the mini - elephants from the earlier scene are swimming underwater over Atlantis .

Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzmán, Kristin Davis

After the untimely death of a small - town church choir director ( ) in Pacashau , Georgia , ( ) , a no - nonsense mother raising two teens alone , takes control of the choir using the traditional Gospel style that their Pastor ( ) approves of . However , the director 's widow , ( ) , the main benefactor to the church , believes she should have been given the position . As in previous years , the choir reaches the regional finals of the national amateur " Joyful Noise " competition , only to be disappointed when a rival choir beats them . Tough times in the town have led to budget problems that threaten to close down the choir , at the same time as the town needs the choir 's inspiring music more than ever . 
 has a son , ( ) , who has Asperger syndrome , and a talented , pretty and ready - to - date daughter , ( ) . But is not ready to date under her mother 's household rules . has recently begun caring for her rebellious , drifter grandson , ( ) . A romance blossoms between and , which is strongly opposed by . also has a rival suitor , ( ) . At 's urging , , and most of the choir come to believe that some more contemporary arrangements ( prepared by Randy ) would be more successful for the choir . It also turns out that the choir has a chance at the national finals of the competition when the rival choir is found to have cheated by hiring professionals . But the pastor says that the church will not sponsor the choir unless they continue to use their reverent , traditional style . 
 husband , ( ) , enlisted in the army after having trouble finding work at home , but his prolonged absence has saddened his family and causes additional tension between and . Meanwhile , a vivacious member of the choir who choreographs their routines , ( ) , after a long dry stretch , finds passion first with Mr. ( ) , whose weak heart gives way by morning , and later with ( ) . The town 's tough times forces another choir member , ( ) , and his family out of business . and come to blows in a confrontation , Olivia 's frustration with her mother boils over , and threatens Pastor with disendowing the church if the choir is not allowed to compete in the finals with the new arrangements . 
 During the movie befriends and begins to teach him how to play the piano . One day , while at the quarry and are hanging out as arrives . and begin to fight over ending with giving a bloody nose . When returning home brags to about the fight . Angered by the news , she throws out and tells him to leave her family alone . , however , is able to befriend and convince him to help out the choir with his guitar skills . 
 The choir travels to Los Angeles for the finals , feeling very unsettled . and have a fight and slaps . Tough competition presents itself in the form of a choir made up of cute pre - teens , with a charismatic young soloist ( ) . But Vi , , and pull the choir together and they give a rousing performance , using the new arrangements and choreography , capturing first place . The choir returns to town in triumph . One year later and get married and then comes back to his family .

Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan, Courtney B. Vance, Kris Kristofferson

In West Dallas , Texas , 22 - year - old drug dealer comes to the house of his father and step - mother , after his mother , , threw him out of her house . To make matters worse , stole his cocaine money and spent it on fixing her car , and now is desperate to pay off his debt to his dealer , , so he decides to murder his mother to collect the $ 50,000 life insurance of which his 12 year old sister is the sole beneficiary . Assuming would share the money with and their father , manages to rope the dim - witted into hiring , a police detective who has a side career as a contract killer , to kill ( 's ex - wife ) to get the money . and decide that after paying from the proceeds of the life insurance policy , they will split the remainder four ways between themselves , , and 's wife . hears the plan as they are talking , and agrees that it 's a good idea . 
 The plan almost fails when demands all of the money in advance , which of course and do not have . However , is interested in the odd , childlike and offers to take her as a " retainer " until the insurance comes through . Through 's interaction with , it is revealed that tried to kill once when she was an infant . " dates " and then appears to be staying over at their home and having sex with her regularly . has a change of heart and asks him to call off the hit , only to discover that has already killed . With ' reluctant help , hides the body in a car and torches it . 
 After 's death is discovered , the family learns that the insurance beneficiary is actually , 's boyfriend , rather than her daughter . then admits he originally heard the details about the policy from , who also told him about . then realizes that duped into hiring to kill . Immediately afterwards , tries to talk into running away with him to escape , who has already had two of his goons severely beat up for not having repaid him . says she will go with him , but she must see again first . 
 After and return home from 's funeral , they find inside with . He comes out of her room and asks increasingly pointed questions of , which ultimately leads her to admit that she knew the policy was really $ 100,000 ( accidental death is double ) . shows them a check of that amount payable to , as well as incriminating photos which prove was having an affair with . Angered , declines to protect when punches her and forces her to simulate oral sex on a fried chicken drumstick . 
 knows is coming to take away and he threatens to kill and if they do n't stop him . After is seated for dinner , announces that he and will be married . refuses to let them , ordering to leave with him ; tells her to stay where she is . For a moment sits there , then she gets up and turns and , while the men yell out at her , threatens with a gun and the two struggle . and jump in to assist as he brutally beats , not wanting to be killed by if flees with . In all the confusion , recovers the gun and , in a rage , she fires several shots , killing and seriously wounding . turns the gun on , telling him that she is pregnant . appears overjoyed as he inches closer to . The film ends just as moves her finger back on the trigger .

Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Juno Temple, Gina Gershon, Thomas Haden Church, Marc Macaulay

In 1931 , the brothers — , , and — are running a successful moonshine business in the Piedmont region of Virginia . The brothers use their gas station and restaurant as a front for their illegal manufacturing business with the assistance of 's disabled friend and engineer , . witnesses infamous mobster shoot dead a rival in broad daylight . 
 returns to the gas station , where hires dancer as a waitress . Shortly afterward , the gas station is visited by newly arrived U.S. Marshal , accompanied by the Virginia state 's attorney , the sheriff , and the sheriff 's deputy . demands a cut of profits from all bootleggers within the county , including , who refuses and threatens to kill if he returns . implores his fellow bootleggers to unite against , but they refuse . 
 Meanwhile , lusts after , daughter of the local Brethren preacher . He attends their church service drunk , embarrassing himself but piquing her interest . walks in on a visit from to 's house , and is beaten by him as a message to his brothers . That night , beats and throws out two customers who had been harassing and threatening . After resigns and leaves , is ambushed by the two men , who slit his throat . returns looking for but is beaten and raped by the men . She decides to keep the assault from . 
 While recovers at a hospital , decides to cross the county line with to sell their remaining liquor . They too are ambushed by the mobsters , led by , but are spared when reveals he is a Bondurant , whom admires for their stance against . reveals to the address of his brother 's assailants , who were previous employees of his and currently work for Rakes . 
 and later find , torture and kill the men and send one of their testicles to . Banner becomes a regular client of the brothers , who have expanded their operation with multiple large stills deep in the woods , increasing its profitability . continues to court . decides to return to Chicago , but convinces her to stay and provides her with a spare room . They develop a romantic relationship . On a day trip , decides to show the brothers ' secret operation , but they are followed and ambushed by and his men . , , and all flee . The police take home but leave to , who murders him . 
 After 's funeral , the sheriff of Franklin County warns the that and his men are blockading the bridge out of town , with calling in Prohibition agents to shut down the county 's moonshine businesses . speeds off in 's car to confront . and quickly follow to provide backup for , to 's chagrin . She reveals she had delivered him to the hospital after the attack and deduces that she had been assaulted as well . arrives at the bridge but is wounded by . and arrive and a shootout ensues , with and his driver also shot by . A large convoy of bootleggers then join the shootout on the brothers ' side . is about to finish off the wounded but is shot in the leg by Sheriff in an effort to halt the bloodshed . shoots several more times before trying to escape . and confront and execute him together . 
 Following the end of Prohibition in 1933 , is arrested on corruption charges while the are all married — to , to , and to a Martinsville woman — and working in legitimate occupations . During a festive reunion at 's house sometime later , drunkenly ambles to a frozen lake and falls into the freezing water . Although he drags himself out , he later dies of pneumonia , putting to rest the legend of his invincibility .

Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Dane DeHaan, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce

( ) is a 35 - year - old college admissions officer in New York City who loves literature and language , but is newly single and dissatisfied with his life and career . He believes that the happiest time of his life was the years at his unnamed Ohio liberal arts college , where he could study poetry uninterrupted , surrounded by others like him . ( ) , his former English professor , invites back to the college to attend 's retirement ceremony . meets 19 - year - old ( ) , a sophomore studying drama and the daughter of 's friends . 
 After the retirement dinner , stumbles upon a dorm party where he runs into . They agree to have coffee together the next day . He spends the afternoon with , and they walk around the campus discussing life , books , and music . He also encounters his old romantics teacher , ( Janney)—a woman he has long admired — and meets the eccentric ( ) and ( ) , a brilliant but depressed student who , like , always carries a book with him.[6 ] Before leaves , asks to stay in touch ; they become pen pals and become closer via handwritten letters . Meanwhile , feels lost in retirement , and goes to the dean to ask for his job back . The dean replies that the faculty have already hired his replacement , and causes a scene in the dean 's office . 
 invites back to campus , hinting that she has feelings for him . has concerns about the 16 - year age gap , but agrees . When sees them together , however , he warns about living in the past . confesses her feelings to and asks him to sleep with her ; he agrees , but changes his mind after she admits that she is a virgin . is insulted and hurt , asks him to leave . goes to a bar where he meets again . They have a one - night stand , but afterward she tells him to grow up and kicks him out . Meanwhile , goes to a party and kisses a classmate . leaves without seeing again , but says goodbye to . 
 returns to New York and , some months later , writes to again . He apologizes for hurting her , says that he misses her and credits her for helping him to grow . He meets and starts dating ( ) , a bookseller his own age with a similar love for books . After helps avert 's suicide by overdose , he advises the young man to stop hiding from life within books . goes to see and apologizes to her again . She says that she had hoped to take a shortcut to adulthood through a relationship with , and that she understands that what he did was the right thing . goes back home and renews his correspondence with . The film ends with lying down reading the book ' Songs of Innocence and of Experience ' which she received via courier from , and lying on 's chest , them happily talking about growing old .

Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins, Allison Janney, John Magaro, Elizabeth Reaser, Zac Efron

In Canada , novelist meets ; has been told that 's life story would be a good subject for a book . tells his story to : 
 's father names him after the swimming pool in France . In secondary school in Pondicherry , he adopts the name " " ( the Greek letter , π ) to avoid the sound - alike nickname " " . He is raised in a Hindu family , but at 12 years old , is introduced to Christianity and then Islam , and decides to follow all three religions as he " just wants to love God " . His mother supports his desire to grow , but his rationalist father tries to secularize him . 's family owns a zoo , and takes interest in the animals , especially a Bengal tiger named . After gets dangerously close to , his father forces him to witness the tiger killing a goat . 
 When is 16 , his father announces that they must move to Canada , where he intends to settle and sell the animals . The family books passage with the animals on a Japanese freighter . During a storm , the ship founders while is on deck . He tries to find his family , but a crewman throws him into a lifeboat . A freed zebra jumps onto the boat with him , breaking its leg . The ship sinks into the Mariana Trench . briefly sees what appears to be a survivor , but it turns out to be . 
 After the storm , awakens in the lifeboat with the zebra , and is joined by a resourceful orangutan . A spotted hyena emerges from under a tarpaulin covering half of the lifeboat and snaps at , forcing him to retreat to the end of the boat . The hyena kills the zebra and later the orangutan . emerges from under the tarpaulin , killing the hyena before retreating back to cover for several days . 
 fashions a small tethered raft from flotation vests which he retreats to for safety from . Despite his moral code against killing , he begins fishing , enabling him to sustain the tiger as well . When the tiger jumps into the sea to hunt for fish and then comes threateningly towards , considers letting him drown , but ultimately helps him back into the boat . One night , a humpback whale breaches near the boat , destroying the raft and its supplies . trains to accept him in the boat , and realizes that caring for the tiger is also helping keep himself alive . 
 Weeks later they encounter a floating island of interconnected trees . It is a lush jungle of edible plants , fresh water pools and a large population of meerkats , enabling and to eat and drink freely and regain strength . At night , the island transforms into a hostile environment . retreats to the lifeboat while and the meerkats sleep in the trees ; the water pools turn acidic , digesting the fish in them . Pi deduces that the island is carnivorous after finding a human tooth embedded in a flower . 
 and leave the island , eventually reaching the coast of Mexico . is saddened that does not acknowledge him before disappearing into the jungle . He is rescued and brought to a hospital . Insurance agents for the Japanese freighter company interview him , but do not believe his story and ask what really happened . He tells a different story , in which the animals are replaced by human survivors : his mother for the orangutan , an amiable sailor for the zebra , and the ship 's brutish cook for the hyena . In this story , the cook kills the sailor and feeds on his flesh . He also kills 's mother after which kills him with a knife and uses his remains as food and fish bait . The insurance agents are dissatisfied with this story , but they leave without questioning further . 
 recognizes the parallels between the two stories , noting that in the second one , fills the role of the tiger . Pi asks which story the writer prefers , and chooses the first , to which replies , " and so it goes with God " . Glancing at a copy of the insurance report , sees that the agents also chose the first story .

In January 1865 , President expects the Civil War to end soon , with the defeat of the Confederate States . He is concerned that his 1863 Emancipation Proclamation may be discarded by the courts after the war , and the proposed Thirteenth Amendment will be defeated by the returning slave states . He feels it imperative to pass the amendment beforehand , to remove any possibility that freed slaves might be re - enslaved . 
 The Radical Republicans fear the amendment will be defeated by some who wish to delay its passage ; support from Republicans in the border states is not yet assured . The amendment also requires the support of several Democratic congressmen to pass . With dozens of Democrats being lame ducks after losing their re - election campaigns in the fall of 1864 , some of 's advisors believe he should wait for a new Republican - heavy Congress . remains adamant about having the amendment in place before the war is concluded and the southern states readmitted . 
 's hopes rely upon the support of , a founder of the Republican Party whose influence could win over members of the western and border state conservative faction . With Union victory in the Civil War highly likely , but not yet secured , and with two sons serving in the Union Army , is keen to end hostilities . Therefore , in return for his support , insists that allow him immediately to engage the Confederate government in peace negotiations . Yet knows that significant support for the amendment comes from Radical Republicans , for whom negotiated peace is unacceptable . Unable to proceed without 's support , reluctantly authorizes 's mission . 
 In the meantime , and Secretary of State work to secure Democratic votes for the amendment . suggests they concentrate on the lame duck Democrats , as they will feel freer to vote as they choose , and will also soon need employment ; will have many federal jobs to fill as he begins his second term . Though and are unwilling to offer monetary bribes to the Democrats , they authorize agents to contact Democratic congressmen with offers of federal jobs in exchange for their support . 
 At a key moment in the debate , racial - equality advocate agrees to moderate his position and argue that the amendment represents only legal equality , not a declaration of actual equality . Meanwhile , Confederate envoys are ready to meet with to discuss terms for peace , but he instructs they be kept out of Washington , as the amendment approaches a vote on the House floor . Rumor of their mission circulates , prompting both Democrats and conservative Republicans to advocate postponing the vote . But in a carefully worded statement , denies there are envoys in Washington , and the vote proceeds , passing by a margin of just two votes . Black visitors to the gallery celebrate , and returns home to his " housekeeper " and lover , a black woman(negro ) . 
 When meets with the Confederates , he tells them slavery can not be restored , as the North is united for ratification of the amendment , and several of the southern states ' reconstructed legislatures would also vote to ratify . On April 3 , visits the battlefield at Petersburg , Virginia , where he exchanges a few words with Lieutenant General . Six days later , receives General 's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse . 
 On April 14 , is meeting members of his cabinet to discuss future measures to enfranchise blacks , when he is reminded that First Lady is waiting to take them to their evening at Ford 's Theatre . That night , while 's son is watching Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp at Grover 's Theatre , the manager suddenly stops the play to announce that the President has been shot . The next morning dies ; Secretary of War declares , " Now he belongs to the ages " .

Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones

In 2079 , CIA agent is arrested for murdering undercover agent , who had uncovered evidence of another agent selling secrets about the space program . Secret Service director , on advice from the President , has convicted of murder and espionage . is sentenced to thirty years on the maximum security space penitentiary MS One , where prisoners are kept in stasis for the length of their sentence . 's friend and fellow agent tries to locate 's contact , who knows where 's briefcase containing the stolen secrets is hidden . 
 Meanwhile , the President 's daughter arrives on MS One to investigate claims that keeping prisoners in stasis can cause them to develop mental instability . The warden allows her to interview , a deranged prisoner . He manages to escape and releases all of the prisoners , starting a riot led by his brother . is shot , and is captured along with others . convinces and the President to send to rescue , rather than risk her life in a siege . is initially reluctant to go , but agrees after tells him that is on MS One and could help prove his innocence . initially attempts to trick into releasing , but it goes bad and is forced to infiltrate MS One . realizes that is the President 's daughter and secures her , but she escapes with her bodyguard and they hide in a secure room . A problem with the oxygen supply brings to sacrifice his life by suicide in order to stop himself from using up oxygen so as to buy more time . 
 breaks into the secure room and rescues after administering first aid for her wounds . then changes 's hair & clothing to conceal her gender , allowing them to walk through the prison population without being noticed . They find , but the stasis has given him dementia and made him incoherent . and bring with them and attempt to reach the escape pod . With no one at the helm , the prison falls out of orbit and crashes into the International Space Station . The collision causes a hull breach , killing . brings to the escape pod , but discovers it has only one seat . Realizing that he has been sent there to die , he sends on her way , but she allows the pod to launch without her because she believes the remaining hostages will be killed . contacts and threatens the hostages unless she reveals her location ; after she does , however , he kills them anyway . 
 and discover evidence that the prisoners were being illegally used as test subjects . finds and captures ; he also shoots , leaving him for dead . learns that has killed all of the hostages ; he contacts the President , threatening to let and the prisoners rape if they are not released . The President refuses to allow a siege and risk , causing to temporarily relieve him of his command . orders the destruction of MS One . tries to rape as promised , but is stopped by . and fight , resulting in 's death . then tries to stab , but arrives and knocks him out . and flee from and the remaining prisoners . Meanwhile , 's men plant a bomb on the prison . and use space suits and jump from MS One as it detonates . Using their suits , and re - enter Earth 's atmosphere and land safely in New York City , where is arrested . 
 later realizes that 's incoherent rambling was actually a code revealing the location of 's briefcase . gives the briefcase to , who unlocks it but is shocked to find it empty . notes that he had not given the unlocking code , and is revealed to be the mole and arrested . is released and his possessions returned , including a lighter given to him by before his death . Examining the lighter , finds a memory card containing the real secret information hidden inside . meets and teases him after discovering his first name is ; the pair walk away together .

Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Vincent Regan, Joseph Gilgun, Lennie James, Peter Stormare

In 2044 , 25 - year - old works for a Kansas City crime syndicate as a " looper " . Since future tracking systems have made it near - impossible to dispose of bodies , the syndicate uses time travel , invented thirty years later and outlawed instantly . Managed by a future man named , loopers kill and dispose of face - concealed victims , and are paid with silver bars strapped to the target . To prevent connections to the syndicate , a looper 's final victim will be their retired future self ( identified by gold bars strapped to them instead of silver ) , ending the contract and " closing the loop " . 
 's friend , part of a minority that manifest low - level telekinesis ( or TK ) , confides that his old self has escaped , after warning him of a person in the future called the Rainmaker who will overthrow the five major bosses and close all loops . reluctantly hides in his apartment 's floor safe , but is taken to by , one of 's elite " Gat Men " . reveals 's location instead of forfeiting half his silver and 's men cut an address into younger 's arm , then begin severing body parts . As Old 's limbs disappear , he goes to the address and is killed . 
 When 's next target arrives , it is his older self with his face uncovered . Before can kill him , Old shields himself , knocks Young unconscious and escapes . Returning to his apartment , Young Joe fights with , only to fall off a fire escape and black out . 
 In another timeline , Young Joe kills his older self as he arrives . He moves to Shanghai , where his drug addiction and partying persist , becoming a hitman to finance himself . Years later , he meets a woman during a bar fight and they marry . Thirty years after , is taken to close the loop and his wife is killed in the process . Overpowering his captors , sends himself back to 2044 , thereby altering history . When Old sees Young fall , he shoots the Gat Men and drags him away . 
 Old Joe begins to manifest vague memories of Young 's actions in the present , and meets his younger self at a diner to explain that he intends to save his wife by killing the as a child . and several other arrive at the diner and a gunfight ensues . Young Joe collects a corner of Old 's map as both escape . 
 Young Joe follows the map to a farm where a woman and her son live . recognizes a number on the map as 's birthday and hospital code . Young guesses that Old is going to kill all three children born on the same day , not knowing which one will become the Rainmaker , so he stays at the farm to wait for Old . 
 , another Gat Man , comes looking for both at the farm , but and hide in an underground tunnel . Later that night , and have sex and reveals she has TK powers . 's powers are revealed to be even stronger , with hiding in a safe when he has a tantrum . In the morning , Young wakes to find holding at gunpoint in the living room . Frightened , falls down the stairs and telekinetically kills . Young realizes that is the Rainmaker and that Old will know this from his memories . 
 captures Old and takes him to . Old breaks free and kills and his henchmen , then travels to 's farm . While Young kills , Old pursues and . 's face is grazed by a bullet and he creates a telekinetic blast , but is calmed by before he can kill them . Telling to run into the cane field , stands between Old and her son . Realizing that 's death will turn into the Rainmaker , Young commits suicide , erasing Old 's existence , saving and preventing from becoming the .

Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Qing Xu, Noah Segan, Jeff Daniels, Piper Perabo, Garret Dillahunt

is a 12 - year - old , idealistic boy , who lives in Thneedville , a walled city that , aside from the human citizens , is almost completely artificial ; everything is made of plastic , metal , or synthetics with no living plants . has a crush on local environmentalist , who wants to see a " real tree " more than anything in the world , and decides to find one in order to impress her . His energetic Granny secretly tells the legend of the Once - ler , who will tell anyone about trees if they brought him fifteen cents , a nail , and a shell of a great - great - great grandfather snail . When leaves Thneedville in search of the - ler , he discovers that the outside world is a contaminated , empty , barren wasteland . Once the boy finds him , the - ler agrees to tell about the trees on the condition that he listens to the story over multiple visits . agrees , but on his next trip , he encounters the mayor of Thneedville , , who is also the proprietor of a company that sells bottled oxygen ( " fresh air " ) to Thneedville residents . forbids from talking about trees , saying they are dangerous , but really it is because trees produce oxygen free of charge , he considers it a threat to his business . After revealing that he has " security camera eyes " all over the city , pressures to stay in town . However , continues to sneak out of 's sight ( with his grandmother 's encouragement ) and learns more of the trees ' history . 
 Over 's various visits , the - ler recounts the story that when he was a young man , he departed his family to find good material for his invention and make a business . The - ler meets the guardian of the forest , the Lorax , after cutting down a Truffula tree in a lush Truffula tree forest valley . The Lorax urges the - ler to leave the forest , but the - ler refuses . Eventually , the - ler promises not to chop another tree down , and the two seem to begin a friendship of sorts . Then , the young businessman 's Thneed invention becomes a major success and the - ler 's family arrives to participate in the business . At first keeping his promise , the - ler continues Thneed production by harvesting the Truffula tree tufts in a slow , but sustainable manner . However , his greedy and lazy relatives soon convince him to resume chopping down the trees . Overtime , the - ler 's deforestation spirals into a mass overproduction . Flushed with wealth , the - ler rationalizes his short - sighted needs into arrogant self - righteousness , and the Lorax 's helpless protests do not stop him . The - ler pollutes the sky , river , and landscape , until the very last Truffula tree falls . With no further chance of business , he is left broken and his mother disowns him . With the region uninhabitable because of the pollution and deforestation from the - ler 's business , the Lorax sends the animals off to find a new place to live before the - ler sees him depart into the sky , leaving only a stone - cut word : " Unless " . Distraught and ruined , the - ler becomes a recluse . 
 After he finishes telling his story , the - ler finally understands the meaning behind the Lorax 's last message , and gives the last Truffula seed in hopes that he can plant it and make others care about real trees once more . 's desire to impress also becomes a personal mission to remind his town of the importance of nature . , still determined not to have trees undermine his business , takes heavy - handed steps such as covering 's nature paintings , closing off the door that uses to see the Once - ler , and forcibly searching 's room for the seed , which has begun to grow after accidentally having some water from 's falling bottle . enlists his family and to help plant the seed . and his two henchmen pursue the dissidents until they manage to elude him and reach the town center . When finally attempts to plant the seed , he is interrupted by , who rallies the population to stop them by telling the people that trees are extremely dangerous and filthy . To convince them otherwise , takes an earthmover and rams down a section of the city wall to reveal the environmental destruction outside , thereby showing them what is encouraging . Horrified at the sight and inspired by 's conviction ( as though a part of the Lorax is within him ) , the crowd turns against when they discover his true nature , with his own henchmen expelling him from the town with his jet pack - like helmet , and the seed is finally planted . Time passes and the land starts to recover ; new trees sprout , the animals begin to return , and the redeemed , now - mustached - ler happily reunites with the Lorax .

Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Ed Helms, Rob Riggle, Betty White, Jenny Slate

Many days after bidding the penguins goodbye , the lion suggests to his friends , the zebra , the giraffe and the hippopotamus and the lemurs , King the ring - tailed lemur , the aye - aye and the mouse lemur that they should go to Monte Carlo to get the penguins and chimpanzees , and and fly back to New York City , which they agree to do . 
 In Monte Carlo , the penguins and chimpanzees have been saving up their daily winnings from the casino to fly back to Africa and bring their friends home . 's interference to kidnap them leads to animal control , led by a vicious big - game hunter named , pursuing them around the city , with and the gang barely escaping . With determination , vows to capture and add his head to her collection of animals ' heads she 's captured . 
 In the skies of France , the plane crashes as the authorities close in . They come across a circus train consisting of the sea lion , the jaguar , and the tiger , and manage to gain entry , claiming that they are circus animals themselves . The team soon learn from that they are performing in Rome and London , where they plan to impress a promoter to get them on their first American tour . Before the zoo animals ' claim is discredited , the penguins suddenly appear with a deal to purchase the circus themselves ; however , the circus animals ' show in Rome proves to be a failure . 
 In route to London , soon reveals to that was the biggest star of them all , but quit due to an accident in one of his stunts ; therefore , the friends lost faith in the circus . At a stop in the Alps , convinces the circus to continue pursuing the circus . persuades to teach her Trapeze Americano . In the process , they grow closer . 
 Meanwhile , is arrested in Rome while chasing the animals , but escapes and discovers that was the missing lion from the zoo in New York . Once free , recruits her injured men and they head toward the Alps , forcing the animals to proceed to London despite incomplete rehearsals . finds preparing to leave and convinces him to stay by reminding him of how he enjoys performing the impossible . He suggests that he uses hair conditioner as a safer lubricant to perform his flaming ring jump as well as fix his damaged fur . As a result , 's stunt is performed perfectly and the show is a spectacular success . After the impressed promoter arranges for an American tour , shows up with a paper showing that was missing . Though the penguins are able to foil ' plan , is forced to confess that the four of them are just zoo animals trying to get home , disappointing the others who feel used and lied to . 
 The zoo animals and circus go their separate ways but arrive in New York City at the same time . Realizing how much their adventures have changed them , the zoo animals find that their true home was with the circus . Before they can go back , however , tranquilizes and captures them , before being discovered by the zoo staff , who believe she is responsible for returning the missing animals . King and the penguins manage to get to the circus and convince the circus animals to rescue their friends . 
 Back at the zoo , awakens to find that he along with his friends are trapped in larger fence enclosures . , who was honored by the zoo guards , secretly loads a poison - filled dart into a gun that she hides inside a foam finger in preparation for publicly executing . The circus animals arrive led by and are able to defeat and her henchmen . and his friends eventually decide to permanently join the circus to pursue their adventures , while and her henchmen are sent off in crates bound for Madagascar thanks to the penguins .

Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett Smith, Frances McDormand, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the Entertainer, Andy Richter, Bryan Cranston, Jessica Chastain, Martin Short, Paz Vega, Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Christopher Knights, John DiMaggio, Conrad Vernon

( ) has big plans for a business of his own but pays his bills through a series of odd jobs , most notably performing as the star stripper at Xquisite Strip Club in Tampa , a club owned by ( ) , who has dreams of creating an " empire " of strip clubs . 
 soon meets 19 - year - old ( ) , a recent college dropout looking for a construction job . takes under his wing and encourages him to begin stripping at Xquisite . is introduced to 's sister ( ) . Despite his on - and - off relationship with a woman named ( ) , finds himself attracted to and promises to look after . 
 falls further into the excessive lifestyle of the Xquisite dancers , using drugs and having sexual encounters with many clients . When announces he has a plan to move their act to Miami , confides in that he is tiring of the lifestyle and wants to get a small business loan to pursue his dream of opening a custom furniture business . The bank declines his loan application and realizes that he has to stay in the business to continue to pay his bills . later attends a hurricane party at Dallas ' house , where becomes part of a scheme created by ( ) , Xquisite 's DJ , to sell drugs to Xquisite 's clients , and is eventually given a package of ecstasy . Adam begins using drugs regularly , and notices more of 's reckless behavior , to the chagrin of who is relying on to protect him . 
 A few days later , and perform for a private party at a sorority house where brings the package of drugs with him . At the party , gives a young woman an ecstasy pill causing a brawl between and the woman 's boyfriend . and are forced to flee without the drugs , which says were worth $ 1,000 . They also do not collect their payment , which infuriates Dallas . After the next night 's show , and take drugs and go to a club . vomits and passes out ; finds him on 's floor the next morning . angrily confronts about his lifestyle , and ends her friendship with him . and his suppliers break into 's house looking for , revealing that the drugs were actually worth $ 10,000 . gives up most of his life savings to pay 's debt in full . 
 Later , before the dancers ' final performance at Xquisite , decides he has had enough . Knowing that Dallas has no loyalty to any of them and is driven by greed , leaves the club through the back . After realizing is not coming back , Dallas promotes to replace as lead dancer . drives to 's apartment and tells her he has quit stripping . She has learned what he did for , and she invites him to join her for breakfast . She playfully asks what they can do until morning , and then kisses him .

Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer and Matthew McConaughey, Cody Horn, Olivia Munn, Matt Bomer, Riley Keough, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, Adam Rodríguez, Gabriel Iglesias

In New York City , ( ) checks into the Roosevelt Hotel under the false name of , goes to his hotel room on the 21st floor , and climbs on the ledge , ready to commit suicide . The crowd below calls the police , with ( ) controlling the crowd , while ( ) tries to talk with . However , will only speak to negotiator ( ) , who is on a leave of absence , after failing to save a suicidal policeman . arrives at the hotel room and manages to acquire 's fingerprints from a cigarette they share . has them analyzed and discovers that is an ex - policeman , arrested for stealing the $ 40 million Monarch diamond from businessman ( ) . was given a 25 - year sentence but escaped from the Sing Sing Correctional Facility one month earlier , after being allowed to attend his father 's funeral . , however , maintains his innocence and accuses of framing him for the theft of the diamond , as lost his fortune and was too proud to sell the diamond . 
 Unknown to the police , is merely distracting them while his brother , ( ) , and 's girlfriend , ( ) , break into 's vault across the street , to steal the diamond and prove 's innocence . Meanwhile , informs of 's identity , and orders the jewelry store 's security to check the vault . and are able to evade them but do not find the diamond . They set off the alarms , tricking into retrieving the diamond and ambush him , stealing the diamond at gunpoint . Meanwhile , 's ex - partner , ( ) , arrives at the hotel with evidence that is planning something and demands to be allowed into the hotel room . does not trust him , and backs her up . claims he has found bomb schematics in a storage unit rented and is convinced that he will detonate an explosive somewhere . While the crowd is evacuated by the bomb squad , , believing in 's innocence , calls Internal Affairs and discovers that three of the cops employed by were suspected of being corrupt : , and a deceased officer called . 
 and enter the hotel and hand the bag containing the diamond to the hotel concierge ( ) . The concierge pockets the diamond . calls , one of the men who helped him frame , and has him capture and . begins to make his escape through the hotel , at one point being aided by the concierge who tells him " everyone is rooting for you , kid , " while handing him a disguise ( and the diamond ) . chases to the roof , where he has arrested for obstruction . brings and , threatening to throw off the roof , if does not give him the diamond . turns it over , and leaves . Meanwhile , escapes custody and rushes back to the roof . attempts to force to jump off the roof , but arrives and shoots , who wounds . rushes to 's side , who apologizes and reveals that he had no idea that would frame for stealing the diamond . survives , as he is wearing a bulletproof vest , and is preparing to kill , when shoots him , but does not kill him . jumps from the roof onto an airbag set up earlier by the police , catches up to , beats him and pulls the diamond he had only just recently given him from his jacket , proving 's innocence in front of both the police and public , resulting in being arrested . 
 Later , is cleared of all charges and released from custody and meets , , and at a bar . There it is revealed that the hotel concierge is in fact and 's father , , who had faked his own death in order to help break out of prison and prove his innocence . proposes to with a diamond ring presumably stolen from 's vault . She accepts and they all celebrate together .

Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie, Ed Burns, Titus Welliver, Génesis Rodríguez, Kyra Sedgwick, Ed Harris

widowed father the King ( ) marries an evil sorceress named ( ) , the most beautiful woman in the land . One day , the king leaves to fight a great evil that has invaded the land , but never returns . rules in his absence and keeps in the palace . 
 Ten years later , ( ) desires to see her kingdom . Defying 's orders , she leaves the palace . Arriving at a forest , she meets Prince ( ) who has been robbed by dwarves . She and the prince fall in love , but go their separate ways . arrives in the town , and finds the town folk are destitute due to Queen 's greed . 
 Meanwhile , Prince finds his way to the palace . realizes he comes from a wealthy kingdom and throws a ball to woo him . secretly attends the ball , planning to ask the prince to help her restore the kingdom . Queen notices them dancing and orders her manservant ( ) to take the princess into the forest and feed her to the Beast ( ) that lives there.[4 ] takes to the forest , but he releases her . flees the Beast and collapses at the door to the Seven Dwarves ' house . She wakes up to find the dwarves ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . 
 Queen levies another tax on the townfolk to pay for the parties she throws for Prince . collects the taxes , but , on the way back to the palace , the dwarves rob him . sneaks away to return the money . The townspeople and the Town Magistrate ( ) are overjoyed to have their money back and lets the Dwarves take credit for it , earning them the people 's loyalty . 
 informs that is dead . When the Prince finds out that the bandits have robbed Brighton , he goes after them , unaware of the awful things the Queen has done . In the forest , discovers that is alive and in league with the bandits . Each believing the other to be in the wrong , and duel . returns to the Palace defeated and informs the Queen that is alive . 
 goes to her Mirror House , within which lives her reflection , ( ) . has the Mirror Queen temporarily turn into a cockroach , and requests a love potion so she can make the prince fall in love with her . The potion turns out to be a ' puppy love ' potion and the prince becomes devoted to her like a puppy dog . Under this spell , the prince agrees to marry her . She then uses dark magic to create two giant wooden puppets in the forest and uses them to attack and the Dwarves . cuts the strings of the puppets and breaks the spell . 
 and the Dwarves crash the royal wedding and capture the Prince before and arrive . When Queen arrives , the Baron and the other Aristocrats had their clothes stolen , because of her inability to handle bandits and for lying about death , they demanded that be deposed . Back in the forest , the still - cursed Prince wishes to return to the Queen . kisses and the spell is broken . 
 encounters , who sends the Beast after her . Prince tries to save , but the captures her . However , the Beast hesitates in killing her and sees that it wears a necklace with a moon charm on it similar to the one the Queen wears , ( which the princess noticed just before she was taken to be eaten by the ) . She cuts the chain with her father 's dagger and the Beast suddenly becomes engulfed in light . begins to age , and the Mirror Queen says this is her punishment for using dark magic . The Beast turns out to be father , who has no memory of the last ten years . 
 Grateful to for his assistance , the king agrees to let him marry as starts a relationship with . After accepts the Magistrate 's gift , a crone in a hooded robe appears and offers an apple as a wedding gift . At first , accepts the gift . As she is about to bite it , she realizes that the crone is . pulls out her knife and cuts a piece from the apple and gives it to , who reluctantly accepts it . The Mirror House declares that it was story along , and shatters . The , meanwhile , all live " happily ever after " . 
 During the credits , the cast , led by , engage in a Bollywood - style musical number .

Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Sean Bean, Mare Winningham, Michael Lerner, Robert Emms, Mark Povinelli, Danny Woodburn, Jordan Prentice, Ronald Lee Clark, Sebastian Saraceno, Martin Klebba, Joe Gnoffo, Bonnie Bentley, Nadia Verrucci

In September 1965 , on the New England island of New Penzance , 12 - year - old orphan is attending Camp Ivanhoe , a Khaki Scout summer camp led by Scoutmaster . , also 12 , lives on the island with her parents , and , both attorneys , and her three younger brothers in a house called Summer 's End . and , both introverted , intelligent and mature for their age , met in the summer of 1964 during a church performance of Noye 's Fludde and have been pen pals since then . Their relationship having become romantic over the course of their correspondence , they have made a secret pact to reunite and run away together . They hike , camp , and fish together in the wilderness with the goal of reaching a secluded cove on the island . Meanwhile , the Khaki Scouts have become aware of 's absence , finding a letter that he left behind stating that he has resigned his position as a Khaki Scout . Scoutmaster tells the Khaki Scouts to use their skills to create a search party and find . 
 Eventually , and are confronted by a group of Khaki Scouts who try to capture them . During the resulting altercation , injures the Scouts ' de facto leader , , and Camp Ivanhoe 's dog is killed by a stray arrow fired by one of the Scouts . The Scouts flee and and hike to the cove , which they name Moonrise Kingdom . They set up camp , and as the romantic tension between them grows , they kiss repeatedly . 
 's parents , Scoutmaster , the Scouts from Camp Ivanhoe , and Island Police Captain find and in their tent at the cove . 's parents take her home and when contacts the foster parents he is told that they no longer wish to house . He stays with while they await the arrival of " Social Services"—an otherwise nameless woman with plans to place in a " juvenile refuge " and to explore the possibility of treating him with electroshock therapy . 
 The Camp Ivanhoe Scouts have a change of heart and decide to help the couple . Together , they paddle to a neighboring St. Jack Wood Island to seek out the help of , an older relative of one of the Scouts . works at Fort Lebanon , a larger Khaki Scout summer camp located on St. Jack Wood Island and run by Commander , who is 's boss . decides to try to take and to a crabbing boat anchored off the island so that can work as a crewman and avoid Social Services , but before leaving he performs a " wedding " ceremony , which he admits is not legally binding . and never make it onto the crabbing boat , and instead are pursued by 's parents , Captain , Social Services , and the scouts of Fort Lebanon under the command of Scoutmaster . 
 A violent hurricane and flash flood strike and , after many twists and turns , apprehends and on the steeple of the church in which they first met . The steeple is destroyed by lightning , but everyone survives . During the storm , decides to become 's legal guardian , thus saving from the orphanage , as well as allowing him to remain on New Penzance Island and maintain contact with . 
 At Summer 's End , is painting a landscape of Moonrise Kingdom . and her brothers are called to dinner . slips out of the window to join in his patrol car , and tells that he will see her the following day .

Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Bob Balaban, Harvey Keitel, Marc Rizzo, Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward

, out of work and out of cash , turns in desperation to her disreputable cousin , of Vinnie 's Bail Bonds , for work . Despite having no equipment , training , or particular skill she becomes a bail enforcement agent , chasing after 's highest stakes bail jumper : , a former vice cop who is wanted for murder , who also happened to seduce and dump back in high school after taking her virginity . 
 In the midst of the chase , has to deal with her meddling family , a problematic tendency of witnesses who die when she gets too close , and lessons in bounty hunting from the mysterious . When she finally catches up to , she realizes that the case against him does n't add up and that the old flame from their school days may just be rekindling .

Katherine Heigl, Jason O'Mara, Daniel Sunjata, John Leguizamo, Sherri Shepherd, Debbie Reynolds

On October 9 , 2006 , and her husband are killed by her demon - possessed sister , who then abducts 's one - year - old son , . Text states that and 's whereabouts remained unknown . 
 Five years later , in November 2011 , lives in a wealthy suburb of Henderson , Nevada with her father , mother , and little brother . When their new neighbor falls ill and is taken to the hospital , her son , , is left in the care of the family . 
 One night while is sleeping , her boyfriend 's computer starts recording her laptop webcam , and he sees getting into the bed with her . The next day , tells about 's friend , . After strange events happen , and set up cameras all over the house . On the third night , the strange happenings escalate until one day , finds a trail of toys that leads to a closet . She finds , who says , " He does n't like you watching us , " as a chandelier falls and almost kills her . 
 On the sixth night , sees many cars parked outside 's house , and goes to check it out , but runs back home after being caught by a strange woman in a black gown . The next day , has an encounter with an invisible force . later reveals a green symbol on his back to and and tells them , " I had to meet him . " and learn the symbol is from a witches ' coven , one that would unleash a demon to possess a young boy . They learn that to complete the possession ritual , would need to spill the blood of a virgin - is revealed to be a virgin . The next day , the boys go to 's house . follows them ; ( from the original film ) , presumably 's mother , has returned from the hospital . explains to that knew he and were both adopted and that 's real name is " " . told his old family wants him back . On the ninth night , hears a creak in the kitchen . He investigates and starts believing when a kitchen knife falls right in between him and the camera . The next night , argues with about his real name . While is taking a bath , he gets pulled underwater by . When he rises , he appears to be in a trance . That night , while is asleep , makes the blanket fly off the bed and levitates her in mid - air . 
 On the twelfth night , a possessed is seen sneaking around . hears the garage door open , so she goes to close it . It opens again and the door crashes down , almost killing her . enters the house and goes to 's room , where she tells him that she 'll wait until he is " ready " . The family 's car turns on by itself and begins spewing exhaust . escapes the garage and attempts to show her parents the footage of this incident , but the footage has been mysteriously erased . Her parents think she 's gone crazy . 
 The next night , and go to dinner to talk about the strange events that had been occurring . While they are gone , is violently thrown against the ceiling , dying upon impact . drags her body away . comes over to meet , but no one is home . He attempts to leave a message on 's laptop but appears and kills by snapping his neck . 
 and arrive home and goes next door , believing he saw and . finds 's body and is suddenly knocked down by a force , presumably . She flees to 's home and finds being dragged out of sight . She searches for him when she hears 's voice . Suddenly , runs towards the camera , shrieking demonically . escapes from by jumping through a window and finds in the yard . looks behind and she sees dozens of witches running towards her . As she turns around , lunges at her . The camera falls to the ground and the screen cuts to black .

Katie Featherston, Kathryn Newton, Matt Shively, Brady Allen, Aiden Lovekamp, Stephen Dunham, Alexondra Lee

In the small town of Blithe Hollow , Massachusetts , is an 11 - year - old boy who speaks with the dead , including his late grandmother and various ghosts in town . Almost no one believes him and he is isolated emotionally from his family while being ridiculed by his peers . His best friend , , is an overweight boy who is bullied himself and finds in a kindred spirit . After rehearsal of a school play commemorating the town 's execution of a witch three centuries ago , the boys are confronted by 's estranged and seemingly deranged uncle , Mr. , who tells his nephew that he soon must take up his regular ritual to protect the town . Soon after this encounter , Mr. dies . 
 During the official performance of the school play , has a vision of the town 's past in which he is pursued through the woods by townsfolk on a witch hunt , embarrassing himself and leading to his father grounding him . His mother tells him that his father 's stern manner is because he is afraid for him . The next day , sees 's spirit who tells him that the ritual must be performed with a certain book before sundown that day ; then making him swear to complete the task , 's spirit is set free and crosses over . is at first reluctant to go because he is scared but his grandmother tells him it is all right to be scared as long as he does not let it change who he is . sets off to retrieve the book from 's house ( having to take it from his corpse ) . 
 He then goes to the graves of the five men and two women who were cursed by the witch , but finds that the book is merely a series of fairy tales . , a school bully , arrives and prevents from reading the story before sundown . attempts to continue reading from the book , to no effect . A ghostly storm resembling the witch appears in the air , summoning the cursed dead to arise as zombies , who chase the boys along with 's 17 - year - old sister , ; and 's older brother , down the hill and into town . Having realized that the witch was not buried in the graveyard , contacts classmate ( who tells them to access the Town Hall 's archives for the location of the witch 's unmarked grave ) for help . As the kids make their way to the Town Hall , the zombies are attacked by the citizenry . During the riot , and his companions break into the archives but can not find the information they need . As the mob moves to attack Town Hall , the witch storm appears over the crowd . climbs the Hall 's tower to read the book , in a last - ditch effort to finish the ritual , but the witch strikes the book with lightning , hurling from the tower and deep into the archives . 
 Unconscious , has a dream where he learns that the witch was , a little girl of his age who was also a medium . realizes that was wrongfully convicted by the town council when they mistook her powers for witchcraft . After awakening , encounters the zombies and recognizes them as the town council who convicted . The zombies admit that they only wanted to speak with him to ensure that he would take up the ritual , to minimize the damage of the mistake they made so long ago . attempts to help the zombies slip away so they can guide him to 's grave , but is cornered by the mob . , , , and rally to 's side and confront the crowd , arguing that their rage , fear , and misunderstanding make them no different than the cursed townsfolk from long ago . Although the mob calms down , the witch unleashes her powers to create greater havoc throughout the town . 
 Judge guides 's family to the grave in a forest . Before the grave is reached , 's magical powers separate from the others . finds the grave and interacts with 's vengeful spirit , determined to stop the cataclysmic tantrum she has been having over the years . Though she attempts to push him away holds his ground , telling her that he understands how she feels as an outcast , that her vengeance has only made her like the ones who wronged her , and eventually forcing her to remember happier days . Having finally encountered someone who understands her plight , is able to find a measure of peace and cross over to the afterlife . The storm dissipates , and she and the zombies all fade away . The town cleans up and regards as a hero . In the end , watches a horror film with the ghost of his grandmother and his family , who have grown to accept for who he is .

Kodi Smit-McPhee, Casey Affleck, Tempestt Bledsoe, John Goodman, Jeff Garlin, Bernard Hill, Anna Kendrick, Leslie Mann, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Elaine Stritch, Tucker Albrizzi, Alex Borstein, Jodelle Ferland

, a sports commentator for the minor - league Fresno Grizzlies , is fired due to his old school talk and lack of social media . He and his eager - to - please wife , , agree to babysit their three grandchildren , , , and in Atlanta when their daughter , , and son - in - law , , go away for an entrepreneur exhibition . Problems arise as their parenting skills collide with and 's helicopter parenting . After learning of the children 's various problems , such as 's high achievement syndrome , 's stutter , and 's imaginary friend , they try to make them their new best friends . 
 eventually returns home when her boss gives her an assignment to redesign the website for the X Games . uses this to his advantage , as he arranges an interview for the role of sports commentator . He manages to place 's life in danger when he nearly gets hurt by a skateboard ridden by . Eventually , the tension comes to a head as disagrees with 's letting attend a party the night before a recital and the death of . eventually reconciles with and , and she allows to withdraw from the recital . takes her place in it and resolves his stutter by reciting the commentary from the Shot Heard ' Round The World . Afterwards , and successfully become a major part of their grandchildren 's lives , with taking up a new job as a commentator for a Little League Baseball team along with .

Billy Crystal, Bette Midler, Marisa Tomei, Tom Everett Scott, Bailee Madison, Joshua Rush

At the 2011 ICCA Finals , Barden University 's all - female a cappella group , the Barden Bellas perform Ace of Base 's " The Sign " , which seems to be going well ( other than the audience finding it rather boring ) , until ( ) suddenly projectile - vomits on the audience during her solo . The are publicly humiliated , losing the competition . Four months later , newly arrived Barden freshman ( ) has no desire to attend college , but she is forced to do so by her father ( ) , a professor at the university , with whom has a strained relationship . Wishing she could instead pursue a career as a music producer in Los Angeles , spends her time making mash - up mixes of songs and takes up an internship at the school radio station , where she gets to know fellow freshman ( ) . 
 When 's father discovers she has not been attending classes , he comes to her with a proposition : if she joins a club and still does not want to remain at college after one year , he will allow her to leave college , and he will pay for to move to Los Angeles to pursue her music career . After some persuasion from ( ) , the co - leader of the along with , she reluctantly joins the Barden Bellas . does not initially approve of recruiting , but yields nonetheless due to a desperate need for members and 's talent . joins alongside a group of other women who do not fit the ' typical mold : ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , but and were kicked out of the Barden Bellas for having sex with a treblemaker the next day after . is also revealed to have joined the ' all - male rival group , the Treblemakers , but his roommate ( ) was rejected after being called weird by ( ) . 
 The Bellas participate in the 2012 ICCA Regionals at Carolina University where , at 's insistence , they perform the same medley that helped the Bellas advance to the finals the previous year . In spite of their old set list , the group manages to place second , thanks to putting her own spin on her solo , which sends them to the semi - finals . Unfortunately , disaster strikes for when the Treblemakers cause an uproar with an old a capella group after the competition . The try to intervene , but and accidentally smash a window with the trophy , which alerts a police officer standing outside who then arrests her . kindly waits for outside the police station , but makes matters worse by getting her father involved in the situation , who is furious and tells that he will no longer pay for her to move to Los Angeles because of the incident . This infuriates , which turns her budding friendship with sour . In the meantime , suggests to the to try to be more daring , but insists that they will win with the repertoire the group has always used in the past . 
 At the ICCA Semi - Finals , provides an impromptu layering of one of her favorite songs into the traditional song on the ' set list in an attempt to reinvigorate the crowd after they seemed to have lost interest . Even though the audience seemed to enjoy 's remix , the Bellas come in third in the competition behind the Treblemakers and the Footnotes . becomes furious with , who in turn quits , with the Bellas losing on their chance to advance due to their third place ranking . finds out that the Footnotes have recruited a high school student into their team and reports it , causing their disqualification and simultaneously advancing the Bellas to the finals by default . They re - form after spring break , with the notable exception of . During rehearsals , stands up against 's stubbornness . The group starts to fall apart , which sparks a fight . Meanwhile , tries to apologize to for being rude , which he declines by telling her she pushes away everyone who cares about her . then apologizes to the for her actions during the semi - finals and asks to have another chance , which eventually allows . After having a group heart - to - heart conversation , the decide to adopt 's more modern and original music style . and relinquish their leadership to . Meanwhile , Treblemakers leader leaves after being offered a job as a back - up singer for . With gone , persuades the to let join the group in 's place . 
 At the a cappella national competition , the Treblemakers perform , with performing for the first time . The sing a piece arranged by , which includes " Do n't You ( Forget About Me ) " a song featured in The Breakfast Club , one of 's favorite movies . This acts as a more effective apology from , and after the performance , she and kiss . The win the national competition , and six months later auditions for new members take place .

Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Rebel Wilson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Skylar Astin, Freddie Stroma, Alexis Knapp, Adam DeVine, Ester Dean, Brock Kelly, Elizabeth Banks, John Michael Higgins

The film has a nonlinear narrative . It contains numerous flash - forward and flashback cuts , indicated with an overlaid digital clock showing the time advancing rapidly forward / backward to the next scene . In chronological order : 
 ( ) is a disenchanted Columbia Law School graduate who has put off taking the bar exam because he could not bear to enter the humdrum life of the legal profession . He finds meaning and purpose in being employed as a thrill - seeking New York City bicycle messenger despite arguments with his girlfriend and fellow bike messenger , ( ) , who insists that he should make something of himself . 
 's roommate , ( ) , has asked to move out for a personal reason she does n't disclose . is in the process of packing her few belongings . delivers $ 50,000 that she has saved for two years to Mr. ( ) , a Chinese hawaladar , in exchange for a ticket that she must deliver to Sister , buying a place for 's son and mother in one of Sister 's ships on which gangs smuggle people from China to the United States . 
 Mr. , a local loan shark , has learned of the ticket and that whoever returns it to Mr. can collect 's money . He approaches ( ) , a gambling - addicted NYPD detective who owes him money , offering to clear Monday 's debt if gets him the ticket . begins searching for , who decides to hire to deliver the envelope with the ticket to Sister by 7 pm after is told by that anyone who knew she was visiting him is a loose end which could cause her to be in possible danger if she tries to deliver the ticket herself . and conduct their transaction at the college where is a student . After leaves , is confronted by , who sees the courier receipt gave her . He is able to steal the receipt from . After leaves , finds , and learns the contents of the envelope . 
 catches up with before he leaves the college campus , stating that he is a college official , that had no authority to handle the contents of the envelope on the college 's behalf , and that he would like the envelope back , with the receipt gave to in his hands . refuses . He is able to escape , with in pursuit . heads to the police station to report Monday , only to find out he 's a police detective . hides in the bathroom , where he opens the envelope and finds the ticket . 
 After he escapes the station , angrily tells his dispatcher , ( ) , that he is returning the package so that someone else can drop it off . Returning to 's college , leaves the envelope , which is picked up by his rival , ( ) . Before picks it up , however , calls the dispatch to redirect the delivery to a different address . 
 As he is about to leave the college after returning the envelope , runs into . He confronts her about the ticket , and she reveals the truth . Guilt - ridden , tries to catch up to , who refuses to give Wilee his drop . They race each other and in the process , are chased by a bike cop who had earlier tried to arrest . As they approach Monday 's location , the bike cop tackles off his bike and arrests him . , who learns of Monday 's trickery and races over to warn , appears , grabs 's bag and gives it to . 
 As they are about to escape , is hit by an oncoming taxi . He falls to the ground fracturing some ribs in the process . He is put in an ambulance with , while his damaged bike is taken to an impound lot , with the envelope hidden in the handlebars . Monday tortures by pressing on his injured ribs , and offers to give the envelope in exchange for his bike . 
 tells that the envelope is in 's bag , and leaves to search it , while meets with in the impound lot . She gives him the envelope , which she had retrieved , and he escapes on a stolen bike . , realizing has tricked him , pursues to Sister 's place . Meanwhile , calls Mr. for help . He deploys his enforcer , , to help her . 
 As reaches Chinatown , he is confronted by , who is threatening to kill him . However , arrives with a flash mob of messengers , dispatched by , who delay Monday by hitting him numerous times , giving time to deliver the ticket to Sister just before the stroke of 7 pm . She calls the captain of her ship and tells him to allow 's family aboard . Outside , is confronted by the Sudoku Man , who shoots in the back of his head with a silenced pistol . Dying and feeling faint , tries to get in his car saying that he just wants to think for a second , but dies before he can do so . 's mother calls her and confirms that she and 's son have gotten on the ship . meets with and while they are finally reunited again .

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez, Jamie Chung

As a spacecraft departs a planet , a humanoid alien drinks an iridescent liquid and then dissolves . The remains of the alien cascade into a waterfall . The alien 's DNA strands mix with the water . 
 In 2089 , archaeologists and discover a star map in Scotland that matches others from several unconnected ancient cultures . They interpret this as an invitation from humanity 's forerunners , the " Engineers " . , the elderly CEO of Weyland Corporation , funds an expedition , aboard the scientific vessel Prometheus , to follow the map to the distant moon LV-223 . The ship 's crew travels in stasis while the android monitors their voyage . Arriving in December 2093 , mission - director informs them of their mission to find the Engineers and not to make contact without her permission . 
 The Prometheus lands on the barren , mountainous surface near a large , artificial structure , which a team explores . Inside , they find stone cylinders , a monolithic statue of a humanoid head , and the decapitated corpse of a large alien , thought to be an Engineer ; Shaw recovers its head . The crew finds other bodies , leading them to surmise the species is extinct . Crew members and grow uncomfortable with the discoveries and attempt to return to Prometheus , but become stranded in the structure when they get lost . The expedition is cut short when a storm forces the crew to return to the ship . secretly takes a cylinder from the structure , while the remaining cylinders begin leaking a dark liquid . In the ship 's lab , the Engineer 's DNA is found to match that of humans . investigates the cylinder and the liquid inside . He intentionally taints a drink with the liquid and gives it to the unsuspecting , who had stated he would do anything for answers . Shortly after , and have sex . 
 Inside the structure , a snake - like creature kills and sprays a corrosive fluid that melts 's helmet . falls face - first into a puddle of dark liquid . When the crew returns , they find 's corpse . separately discovers a control room containing a surviving Engineer in stasis , and a large 3D holographic star map highlighting Earth . Meanwhile , sickens rapidly . He is rushed back to Prometheus , but refuses to let him aboard , and at his urging , burns him to death with a flamethrower . Later , a medical scan reveals that , despite being sterile , is pregnant . Fearing the worst , she uses an automated surgery table to extract a squid - like creature from her abdomen . then discovers that has been in stasis aboard Prometheus . He explains that he wants to ask the Engineers to prevent his death from old age . As prepares to leave for the structure , addresses him as " Father " . 
 A monstrous , mutated returns to the Prometheus and kills several crew members before he is killed . The Prometheus ' captain , , speculates that the structure was an Engineer military base that lost control of a virulent biological weapon , the dark liquid . He also determines that the structure houses a spacecraft . and a team return to the structure , accompanied by . wakes the from stasis and speaks to him in an attempt to explain what wants . The Engineer responds by decapitating and killing and his team , before reactivating the spacecraft . flees and warns that the Engineer is planning to release the liquid on Earth , convincing him to stop the spacecraft . and the remaining crew sacrifice themselves by ramming the Prometheus into the alien craft , ejecting the lifeboat in the process , while flees in an escape pod . The Engineer 's disabled spacecraft crashes onto the ground , killing Vickers . goes to the lifeboat and finds her alien offspring is alive and has grown to gigantic size . 's still - active head warns that the Engineer is pursuing her . The Engineer forces open the lifeboat 's airlock and attacks , who releases her alien offspring onto the Engineer ; it thrusts an ovipositor down the Engineer 's throat , subduing him . recovers 's remains , and with his help , launches another Engineer spacecraft . She intends to reach the Engineers ' homeworld in an attempt to understand why they wanted to destroy humanity . 
 In the lifeboat , an alien creature bursts out of the Engineer 's chest .

Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, Charlize Theron

In 1944 , as the air war over Europe enters a deadly phase with increasing losses of Allied bombers , the 332d Fighter Group ( the Tuskegee Airmen ) consisting of young African - American USAAF fighter pilots , after enduring racism throughout their recruitment and training in the Tuskegee training program , are finally sent into combat in Italy . Although flying worn - out Curtiss P-40 Warhawk aircraft and chafing at their ground attack missions , the Tuskegee Airmen recognize they may never fight the Luftwaffe . The tight - knit group of Capt . , 1st Lt . , 2nd Lt . , 2nd Lt . , and 2nd Lt . under the guidance of Major and Col . , face a white military bureaucracy still resistant to accepting black flyers as equals.[N 1 ] 
 Strife develops between friends and , each of whom battles his own inner demons : is a hotheaded and reckless pilot , while is an alcoholic prone to self - doubt . After returning to base , becomes infatuated with , an Italian girl , and starts a relationship . When punches a white man who uses a racial slur at a " whites only " officer 's club , he is sent to the brig and reprimanded by Colonel . 
 Meanwhile , secures a chance to " light up the board " when the Tuskegee Airmen are chosen to support the Allied landings at Anzio , Italy known as Operation Shingle . There , they battle Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters led by a German ace pilot they nickname " " and manage to raze the base that Pretty Boy retreats back to . is stunned to see the pilots who damaged his plane and razed his base were African - Americans . During their first victory , is injured by anti - aircraft fire and suffers impaired vision in one eye . Easy reluctantly allows to continue flying . 
 Impressed with the Tuskegee Airmen 's performance , the USAAF Bomber Command ask to use his fighters as escorts for Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers because of unacceptably high casualties among bomber crews . accepts on the condition his unit be supplied with the new North American P-51 Mustang.[N 2 ] The tails of the aircraft are painted bright red and become the unofficial name of the outfit . Noting the reckless aggression of previous escort fights , orders his pilots to stay with the bombers at all costs . Their first escort mission is a success , and the 332nd downs multiple Luftwaffe aircraft without the loss of a single bomber . even takes his chances to attack a Kriegsmarine destroyer before returning to base . However , is shot down and captured by a Wehrmacht patrol , while crash lands and nearly dies , but is rescued from his burning Mustang before the fuel tank explodes . 
 As a result of his injuries , is discharged , and is taken to Stalag 18 , a German POW camp . A group of POWs recruit him , as they believe he can not be a German spy . blames himself for death and spirals deeper into alcoholism . Worried , makes a deal with : he will fly less recklessly as long as remains sober . Meanwhile , attitudes against the Tuskegee Airmen begin to change as they earn the bomber crews ' respect . proposes to , who accepts as long as he stays in Italy . and his group of POWs escape , but German guards spot several POWs ; draws the Germans ' attention while the others escape . One of the POWs reaches the 332nd 's base and informs them about sacrifice , assuming him to be dead . 
 The Tuskegee Airmen are tasked with escorting the first American bombers to attack Berlin , though for propaganda reasons they are only asked to escort the bombers on the first leg of their journey . When the fighter squadron meant to relieve them never arrives , Easy stays with bombers . They are attacked by Pretty Boy , now leading a flight of the revolutionary new Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighters . Despite being outclassed , the Tuskegee Airmen shoot down several enemies , along with escorting a wounded B-17 back to Allied airspace . Pretty Boy nearly shoots down Easy , but at the last moment , attacks and kills in a head - on attack . Although victorious , is mortally wounded and dies , with his Mustang crashing soon after . is then forced to inform about 's death and consequently overcomes his alcoholism . At 's funeral , returns , having survived his escape from German captivity , invoking 's memory . 
 Ultimately , the Tuskegee Airmen are awarded the Presidential Unit Citation in honor of their achievements .

Cuba Gooding, Jr., Terrence Howard, Daniela Ruah, Bryan Cranston, Nate Parker, David Oyelowo, Ryan Early, Method Man, Elijah Kelley, Ne-Yo, Tristan Wilds, Kevin Phillips, Robert Kazinsky, Lee Tergesen, Andre Royo, Marcus T. Paulk, Michael B. Jordan

and the others on the Umbrella Corporation freighter Arcadia , now face an attack by an assaulting fleet of tiltrotor V-22 Ospreys led by 's former ally , , resulting in the killing of many of the survivors in the ship . is captured during the attack while the fates of , and K - Mart are left ambiguous . 
 The story switches to a suburban living with her husband , , and her deaf daughter . Zombies attack , revealing the suburbia was actually Raccoon City during the contamination incident . and manage to run away from the undead , with the help of , by letting them ride in her car . As the three escape , they are hit by a garbage truck , knocking unconscious . hides , but is killed by a zombified . 
 Meanwhile , the real awakens in an underground facility and is interrogated by . During a power failure , escapes her cell and the laser grid , finding herself in a simulation of Shibuya Square , Tokyo . Fighting her way out against zombies , she enters a control room filled with dead Umbrella employees and encounters , one of top agents . appears on a screen , explaining that they no longer serve Umbrella and the power outage was staged by 's hacking into the facility 's computer mainframe . also reveals that the Red Queen , one of 's arch - enemies , was reactivated after the Hive incident and now controls Umbrella . He furthermore explains that the facility is underwater , located in Kamchatka , Russia , and that it formerly served as a Soviet naval outpost . 
 The facility was designed by Umbrella for manufacturing clones and creating simulated outbreaks to show the effect of the T - virus . and plan to rendezvous with a rescue crew organized by , which includes , , and ( 's former ally , who survived after the outbreak in Los Angeles ) . Leon 's team plants explosives near the entrance of the facility , which will detonate in two hours to ensure the facility 's destruction . The group plans to meet with and in the Raccoon City suburbia area . In a New York City simulation , and defeat two Executioners . and his team enter a Moscow simulation ( Red Square in front of the GUM façade ) , but they are cut off by a heavily armed Las Plagas undead horde , which has surrounded them . 
 In the Suburban setting , and encounter , who mistakes for her clone mother , and is instantly attached to her . They also encounter the clones , which consists of 's deceased allies ; , " evil " and , who are sent to capture them . During the shootout which was triggered by , she gives her smart glasses and her grappling hook so that she and can find their way out , and they become separated . They encounter the " good " clone of ( who they met in Suburbia at the beginning ) in the Moscow simulation ( Arbatskaya metro station ) , and gives her a weapon . She then rescues 's surviving crew from the barrage of Las Plagas zombies and a giant Licker . Once united , the group heads toward the tunnel and reaches the submarine pens in the facility exit , but they are ambushed by 's team . is captured by the Licker , and " good " is killed , breaking her neck after being thrown by the . rescues , and also kills the using a belt of grenades she found . sacrifices himself in the process , holding the Umbrella operatives off long enough to ensure the others ' escape . Using 's bombs , they finally manage to destroy the facility , allowing and to escape , while and also survive , having used the ventilation system . 
 On the surface , their snowmobile is knocked over by Oscar - Class submarine . Jill and " bad " confront the group with being held as their hostage . and begin fighting each other , while - now also enhanced with the Las Plagas parasite , granting her superhuman strength and healing - fights and . is able to tear the mind - controlling scarab off 's chest , returning her to her normal self . Unfortunately , also kills in the process , while is knocked out . Realizing that they ca n't kill , shoots the ice under her feet and she is dragged down by the swimming zombies from the undersea installation to be devoured , killing her for good . , , , , and travel to 's headquarters , a heavily barricaded and fortified White House , staffed by the remainders of the U.S. Armed Forces . meets in the heavily barricaded Oval Office , where he injects her with the T - virus , returning her superhuman abilities ; as only successfully bonded with it , she is the ultimate weapon . On the roof , explains that the Red Queen is trying to wipe out humanity , and all of the remaining uninfected humans are in the base ; it is humanity 's last stand . A pull - away shows the U.S. Military defending the White House alongside the remaining Umbrella Corp. soldiers against enormous hordes of T - virus abominations swarming all over the walls .

Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Kevin Durand, Sienna Guillory, Shawn Roberts, Aryana Engineer, Colin Salmon, Johann Urb, Boris Kodjoe, Li Bingbing, Oded Fehr, Mika Nakashima

awakens from a frozen pond with amnesia . Upon realizing no one can see or hear him , he disappears . Three hundred years later , as the young Spirit of Winter , enjoys delivering snow days to school kids , but resents that they do n't believe in him . At the North Pole , the Man in the Moon warns that Pitch Black is threatening the children of the world with his nightmares . He calls , , and , to arms . They are then told that has been chosen to be a new Guardian . is unimpressed by this position , as he still resents not being believed in , but convinces him to aid them . 
 Visiting 's world , learns that each and every baby teeth contain childhood memories of the children who lost them ; 's teeth are included , but tells he does n't remember . However , raids 's home in order to kidnap all of her subordinate tooth fairies except , whom saved , so that the children 's teeth ca n't be collected and steals all the teeth , thus preventing from sharing 's memories and causing children to not believe in . In order to thwart 's plan , the group decides to collect children 's teeth . During their journey , a quarrel between and awakens a boy , . Since he still believes , he can see everybody except for . 's nightmares then attack , provoking as the Guardian of Dreams . aids , but is killed by . 
 As Easter approaches , the dejected Guardians gather in 's home . With the unexpected aid of 's little sister , , they begin the process of painting eggs for Easter . After takes home , he is lured to 's lair by a voice . taunts him with his memories and fear of non - belief , distracting him long enough for to destroy the eggs , causing children to stop believing in and . Losing his trust in the Guardians , isolates himself in Antarctica , where tries to convince him to join his side . When refuses , threatens to kill unless gives him his staff . He agrees , but breaks 's staff and throws him down a chasm . Unlocking his memories , he learns that he was a mortal teenager who fell into ice while saving his younger sister . Inspired , fixes his staff and returns to the lair to rescue the kidnapped baby fairies . 
 Due to , every child in the world except disbelieves , weakening the Guardians . Finding 's belief wavering , makes it snow in his room , renewing belief and causing to be seen and heard for the very first time . and gather the boy 's friends , whose renewed belief bolsters their fight against . threatens them , but their dreams prove stronger than his nightmares , resulting in 's resurrection . Defeated and disbelieved in , tries to retreat , but his nightmares , sensing his fear , turn on him and trap him in his lair . Afterward , and his friends bid goodbye to the Guardians as accepts his place as the Guardian of Fun .

Chris Pine, Isla Fisher, Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Jude Law, Dakota Goyo

Set in the near future , an aging ex - convict and thief named ( ) lives alone and is experiencing increasingly serious mental deterioration and dementia . 's son ( ) , an attorney with a family of his own , grows tired of making weekly visits to his father 's home , but is reluctant to put his father into full - time care , so he purchases a robot companion ( voiced by ) , which is programmed to provide with therapeutic care , including a fixed daily routine and cognition - enhancing activities like gardening . 
 Initially wary of the robot 's presence in his life , warms up to his new companion when he realizes the robot is not programmed to distinguish between legal recreational activities and criminal ones , and can assist him in lock - picking . Together , the two commit a heist in order to win the affection of the local librarian , ( ): they steal an antique copy of from the library , which is being renovated and turned into a community center in the wake of declining interest in print media . 
 In the meantime , 's daughter ( ) , who is away on a philanthropic trip in Turkmenistan , learns of the robot and returns to convince her father to get rid of the machine , which she finds ethically objectionable . insists on keeping the robot , and they commit one last heist , stealing jewels from ( ) , the rich young developer at the head of the library renovation project . The police become involved and begin to question and monitor , who maintains his innocence , feigning deathly illness so that will return to see him . In order to cover his tracks , is faced with the decision of whether to wipe the memory of his robot , even as his own memory rapidly deteriorates . 
 goes to the library where he discovers that is his ex - wife , which he had forgotten . He then returns home where the robot convinces him to wipe its holographic memory ; it argues that it is not a real person and its sole reason for existence is to help , which it can best do by helping him avoid jail . is then sent to a " Brain Center " , where he receives help in coping with his dementia . The police do not recover the jewels that , as implies in a note to , are hidden under the tomato plants in the garden that the robot made .

Frank Langella, James Marsden, Liv Tyler, Jeremy Strong, Jeremy Sisto, Peter Sarsgaard (voice), Susan Sarandon

In 1987 , ( ) arrives in Los Angeles from Oklahoma with dreams of becoming a singer . Meanwhile , barback ( ) prepares for another night of work at The Bourbon Room ( " Sister Christian / Just Like Paradise / Nothin' But a Good Time " ) . As approaches The Bourbon , her suitcase is stolen . tries to catch the robber , but fails . He comforts and , upon learning of her situation , gets her a job at the Bourbon Room as a waitress . 
 The club 's owner , ( ) , and his right - hand man , ( ) , are trying to find a way to pay off a tax debt that threatens the club . Hoping to raise enough money , and decide to book ( ) , a detached and self - indulgent rock star preparing for his final gig with his band , Arsenal . That night , tells about his dreams of becoming a rock star , but that he has stagefright ( " Juke Box Hero / I Love Rock ' n ' Roll " ) . Upon hearing of 's upcoming concert , ( ) , the religiously conservative wife of the mayor ( ) , organizes a protest with other ladies in front of the Bourbon Room ( " Hit Me with Your Best Shot " ) 
 and 's relationship starts with their first date at the Hollywood Sign where admits he has started writing a song for ( " Waiting for a Girl Like You " ) . On the night of Arsenal 's final show , learns that their opening act has cancelled . convinces him to use and his band , , as the replacement opener ( " More Than Words / Heaven " ) . Meanwhile , Stacee 's manager , ( ) , schedules an interview between and ( ) , a reporter for Rolling Stone . 
 During the interview , she mentions the rumors that is difficult to work with and implies that he was actually kicked out of Arsenal , a charge denies ( " Wanted Dead or Alive " ) . asks if she could bring him a bottle of scotch from his limo and she agrees . After the interview , lashes out at him , claiming that he was once a great musician but now is on the verge of becoming a has - been . orders everyone out of the dressing room so he can settle things with privately . Both recognize their attraction to each other and are about to have sex when sings ( " I Want to Know What Love Is " ) . As leaves the room ashamed of what she has done , enters to give his scotch . and collide and the bottle of scotch shatters on the floor . is getting ready to open Arsenal 's show when he sees exit 's room , where he infers that they had sex . becomes angry at this and is inspired to sing ( " I Wanna Rock " ) for the opening act . After he sings , and break up and quits her job at the Bourbon Room . attempts to run after but tells him to let her go and offers a record deal since he was impressed with his performance as Arsenal sings their last song of the night ( " Pour Some Sugar on Me " ) . 
 An unemployed takes refuge at a strip club bar known as the Venus Club , where she has no other choice but to work there ( " Harden My Heart " ) . The club 's owner , Justice ( ) offers a job as a dancer ( " Shadows of the Night / Harden My Heart " ) , but instead chooses to wait tables . soon realizes that she is n't making enough money as a waitress as signs to 's record label ( " Here I Go Again " ) . Back at the Bourbon Room , worries that the place will close and that he has " let everyone down . " comforts him and proceeds to confess his love for him , learning that reciprocates . They kiss ( " Ca n't Fight This Feeling " ) . is disappointed in realizing that he has to be part of a boy band called " the Z Guyeezz " and not a rock band as part of his record deal while decides to be a dancer in the Venus Club ( " Any Way You Want It " ) . 
 visits the Hollywood sign , where she finds . They both reveal to each other their current occupations and realize things did n't turn out the way they 'd planned . tells that she did n't have sex with and that she is going home to Oklahoma . As they part ways , and both lament the situation ( " Every Rose Has Its Thorn " ) . 
 realizes he has feelings for and calls the Rolling Stone office in an attempt to find her , but the receptionist tells him that " she is covering show at The Bourbon Room " and , unaware that he was supposed to perform that night , rushes to the venue , where leads the patrons of the club against and her protest group ( " We 're Not Gon na Take It / We Built This City " ) . When arrives at the club , he recognizes and greets her . discovers that was once a groupie for Arsenal as displayed on their album cover , and exposes this to the public , ruining her reputation . Meanwhile , has found all of ’s stolen records at the Tower Records they first visited together . He buys them back and drops them off for her at the strip club . 
 The Z Guyeezz start the show , but the rocker crowd rejects them , and , spotting in the audience , leaves the stage . The two reconcile and also dismisses , telling him rock ' n ' roll will never die . reunites for the opening act , where she and perform the song he wrote for her ( " Do n't Stop Believin ' " ) . Meanwhile , while and are having sex in the bathroom , hears the song and is moved by it . 
 Eight months later , , who has rejoined Arsenal , performs the song with and , who is now part of , in a concert at Dodger Stadium in front of a crowd that includes , , , a pregnant , and , who has returned to her rock ' n ' roll persona .

Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Åkerman, Mary J. Blige, Alec Baldwin, Tom Cruise

( ) is a young novelist who is struggling to recreate the early success of his first novel and unable to commit to any of his ideas . With his introverted personality and idealistic view of what it means to be in love , also struggles in finding relationships , feeling most women are only interested in an idolized and preconceived notion of who they believe him to be . 
 His therapist , Dr. ( ) , gives him a writing assignment : to write a page about someone who likes his rather uninspiring dog , Scotty . has a dream in which he meets a strange young woman , who draws a picture of and says she likes him . wakes up and is inspired to write about her . In therapy he admits he is falling in love with the character he is writing and tells the therapist all about ( ) . 
 's brother ( ) and sister - in - law ( ) come to visit and finds articles of women 's clothing around the house . That night while writing before falling asleep at his typewriter , writes a passage with admitting that he is not the kind of guy she usually goes for and yet she is falling in love with him . The next day , is stunned to find in his kitchen , an actual living person . Thinking he is going crazy , he calls , who does not believe him and advises him to meet with someone to take his mind off things . is confused by his behavior and insists on coming along , but he leaves her to shop while he meets ( ) , a young fan of his book who had given him her number . finds them and believes he is cheating on her . In the ensuing confrontation , discovers that others can actually see , proving that she is real and not a figment of his imagination . explains that he feels overwhelmed , and they break down in love . 
 introduces to , who is incredulous at first and suggests alternate explanations . However , soon proves that his writing directly affects . Explaining how he loves her , asks not to tell anyone of 's origins . Although warns him that women are mysterious creatures and that things may change , insists that since he wrote her into existence , he knows her and asserts that he will never write about again . 
 Months later , reluctantly takes to meet his free - spirited mother ( ) and her boyfriend ( ) . While with her much more outgoing personality enjoys the time with his family , introverted spends the weekend reading by himself , growing jealous of the time she spends with other people as 's happy spirit begins to fade at 's increased gloominess . 
 After they return to 's , the relationship is tense . complains of 's singing while she cooks and he reads . Depressed , she and have a serious talk . explains how lonely she is and suggests they start spending less time together . is miserable . Fearful of 's desertion and desperate , he begins to write her story again in which she too is miserable without him . returns full - time but becomes incredibly clingy , afraid to leave 's side for even a second . Tired of this , writes that is " filled with effervescent joy , " as a result of which she becomes constantly happy , leaving morose , him knowing her happiness is artificial . 
 After talking with about what he has been doing , intends to write back to her normal self , but the wording he uses leaves her confused . fights with once more and he attempts to cheer her up by taking her along to a party hosted by author ( ) . At the party , leaves and talks with people about his still - unfinished manuscript . He also runs into his ex - girlfriend ( ) , and they have a heated argument in which accuses of being uninterested in anyone outside of himself . Meanwhile , finding alone flirts with her , convincing her to strip to her underwear and join him in the pool . finds them just as she is stepping into the pool . Furious and humiliated , he drives home . 
 At home , and fight , with telling him that he can not stop her from doing what she wants . As she prepares to leave , reveals that she is a product of his imagination and that he can indeed control her , and is capable of making her do anything he writes . A growing argument leads to a crazed demonstrating his power by making perform a series of ever more frenzied and humiliating acts as the type bars of the typewriter begin to jam in his excitement . , exhausted , collapses to the floor as hangs his head in anguish , before gently attempting to approach her . With a sudden burst of frenzied fear , runs out and locks herself in his room . 
 , distraught and ashamed , writes a final page , which states that as soon as leaves the house she is no longer his creation , no longer subject to his will , and she is free . He leaves the manuscript outside her door with a note telling her to read the last page and that he loves her . The next morning , finds that the note is gone and has vanished . 
 Time passes , and suggests he write a new book about his experiences with Ruby . The novel , The Girlfriend , is a success . While walking with in the park one day , sees a woman that appears to be but she has no recollection of him . She is reading his book , which she says her friend described as pretentious . She also states that seems familiar , which he deflects by showing her his photo on the book . Embarrassed and laughing she says they ought to start over and that she has'nt finished the book yet but , " Do n't ruin the ending for me . " To which he replies , " I promise . "

Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening, Steve Coogan, Elliott Gould, Chris Messina, Alia Shawkat, Deborah Ann Woll

In Cape Town , South Africa , ex - CIA NOC operative turned international criminal ( ) acquires a data storage device from rogue MI6 agent ( ) . After the pair is attacked by a team of mercenaries led by ( ) , is killed and is cornered by the gunmen , leaving him no choice but to surrender to the American consulate . 
 is transferred to a local safe house maintained by " housekeeper " Matt ( ) , a young agent on his first low - level CIA posting . The CIA sends in a team led by veteran agent ( ) to interrogate and bring him back to the US . watches uneasily as and his men waterboard . When the power to the safe house is cut , the CIA team realise that they are in grave danger . and a heavily armed group attack the safe house , killing and his team . escapes , taking as his charge . makes contact with his superior , ( ) , at CIA headquarters in Langley , Virginia , along with ( ) , the operative in charge of 's interrogation and 's superior , and CIA Deputy Director ( ) , who is overseeing the operation . orders to lie low and await further instructions . 
 immediately begins to manipulate as they go into hiding , insisting that someone within the CIA gave away their location to the mercenaries and that will be the one forced to take the fall if things go wrong , warning him to be wary of the words " We 'll take it from here " . hides out with and calls his girlfriend ( ) , a French medical resident who does not know that he works for the CIA , and tells her to leave the house . later tells to go to Cape Town Stadium to retrieve a GPS device with the location of another nearby safe house . He retrieves the GPS at the stadium , but creates a diversion and gets away by disguising himself as a policeman . , detained by the police , escapes but is forced to fire at police when they attempt to arrest him again . goes to recapture but disarms him and aims as if to kill , only to fire next to 's head and say " I only kill professionals " . 
 contacts and informs and the others of 's escape . orders him to visit the nearest American embassy for debriefing after hearing that fired at the police . When tells him " We 'll take it from here . " , decides to pursue himself . He meets with and reveals that he is a CIA agent , telling her to return to Paris for her safety . 
 and are instructed to go to South Africa in order to pursue . En route , suggests that has joined , which denies . tracks to a shantytown in Langa , where is meeting Nicaraguan ( ) , an old contact and document forger . and his team attack again , killing along with his wife , but eludes him and his men with 's help . brutally interrogates one of ' wounded mercenaries , who reveals that is working for the CIA , which is seeking to retrieve the storage device received from . 
 As they bandage their wounds , tells the story of how he was forced to kill an air traffic controller while on a mission , having been told he was helping smuggle weapons . He later learned of the man 's innocence , and that he was simply part of a plot to assassinate a whistle - blower who would expose wetwork committed by the CIA . tells he continued his career and eventually went rogue simply because he was good at it , and urges to not kill innocent people . takes to the new safe house , where keeps the housekeeper , ( ) at gunpoint , believing he no longer knows if he can trust the CIA . 
 attacks , and after a brutal struggle , breaks 's neck , but he is badly wounded in the fight . reveals the device contains Israeli intelligence which includes details of corrupt officials and secret money transfers involving American CIA , British MI6 , and other intelligence agencies ; recognises the reference to the Mossad because the CIA accused of selling secrets to them before he became a rogue agent . leaves , who passes out from his wounds . Meanwhile , arrives in South Africa and informs of the device 's existence , but not its contents . then kills her and travels to the safe house where he reveals that he is ' employer . He confirms that the file contains incriminating evidence against him , and encourages to lie about what has happened . returns and kills and his men but is shot by . then shoots in the chest , killing him . gives the file and tells he is better than him before he dies from his injuries . 
 Back in the United States , meets with Director , who informs that unflattering facts about the CIA must be removed from his report , but that he will be promoted . He asks about the file 's location but denies having been told about it by . states that whoever has those files will have many enemies . assures that he will " take it from here " , visibly shaking , and leaves . He leaks the files to the media , incriminating personnel from many intelligence agencies , including . Later , has tracked in Paris . He sends a note to her as she sits in a cafe across the street . She reads the note , looks up at , and smiles .

Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Shepard, Rubén Blades, Nora Arnezeder, Robert Patrick

( ) is a disillusioned college graduate who lives at home with her widower father ( ) and interns at Seattle Magazine . One of the magazine 's writers , ( ) , proposes to investigate a newspaper classified ad that reads:[8 ] 
 's boss ( ) approves of his story idea and selects his team : and a man named ( ) , a studious biology major interning at the magazine to diversify his resume . They travel to the seaside community of Ocean View to find and profile the person behind the ad . later reveals an ulterior motive for this assignment : to track down a long - lost love interest who lives in town . 
 discovers that the person behind the ad is ( ) , a stock clerk at a local grocery store . 's attempt to approach alienates him , so orders to make contact . ' disaffected attitude serves her well , and she quickly endears herself to as she poses as a candidate to accompany him on his mission . While is paranoid and believes that " secret agents " are tracking his every move , gains his trust as she participates in a series of training exercises in the woods around his house and begins to develop feelings for him . She tells about losing her mother when she was young and that her mission is to prevent it . says his mission is to go back to 2001 and prevent the death of his old girlfriend , who was killed when someone drove a car into her house . 
 Meanwhile , tracks down ( ) , his fling from his teenage years ; although she is not as attractive as his memories of her younger self , they reconnect and sleep together . He asks her to come back with him to Seattle , but she believes this is just another fling for , so she refuses . Upset by her rejection , takes out on the town and they pick up some young women . tells to not waste his youth and convinces him to spend the night with one of the women . 
 The next morning , receives a phone call from , who has been following up the team 's notes on the story ; she informs him that ( ) is still alive . During an interview , learns was only friends with and that had driven into her then - boyfriend 's house , but no one was injured . After the interview , is questioned by two government agents who have been following and believe that he may be a spy because of his communication with government scientists . 
 returns to 's house to confront him about , but rationalizes that his time traveling must have worked . then comes in to warn them that the government agents are also on the property . panics and runs into the woods . follows him and finds has boarded his time machine , which has been integrated into a small boat . apologizes for lying to , tells him everything else they shared was real , and joins him on the time machine . tells that his mission has been updated , saying he now wants to go back for her . As , , and the two government agents watch , activates the time machine and it disappears , along with himself and .

Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni, Jenica Bergere, Kristen Bell, Jeff Garlin, Mary Lynn Rajskub

Best friends ( ) and ( ) are marijuana growers in Laguna Beach , California . , a former Navy SEAL , smuggled the seeds for the plants out of Afghanistan . , a University of California , Berkeley graduate in business and botany , cultivates the marijuana . The seeds yield a particularly potent strain , which develops a wide customer base . and become wealthy , and devotes time and money to charity work in Africa and Asia . They are both openly in a relationship with ( ) . 
 The trio receives a video from Mexican drug - cartel enforcer ( ) of severed heads and a chainsaw , and demands a meeting at which the cartel offers a partnership . Although and offer to hand over their network and get out of the business , the cartel wants their expertise and insists on a partnership . and make plans with to go to Indonesia for a year , not telling her that they are fleeing the cartel . They speak to corrupt DEA agent ( ) , who is on the take from them and who urges them to join the cartel . is kidnapped by 's gang ; and are notified of the kidnapping by a video call from cartel leader ( ) , who threatens to harm if they decline the partnership . 
 They discuss the situation with , who tells them that is facing the loss of her political connections in Mexico ( foiling her efforts to move into the US ) . Since she has already lost most of her family , says that he has nothing on her that can help them . stabs in the hand and demands DEA intelligence so they can attack . With help from 's Navy SEAL friends , he and attack a cartel money convoy and kill seven of 's men . 
 , held in horrible conditions , demands to speak to whoever is in charge . drugs and rapes her in retaliation for going over his head . , traveling to the US to visit her daughter and deal with the escalating situation , has brought with her . and frame high - ranking cartel member ( ) as an agent of 's rival , El Azul . With ' help , they falsify evidence and give it to . tortures to force a confession . After confesses , covers him with petrol and forces to ignite the petrol ; is forced to watch . double - crosses and begins working with . 
 and pay $ 3 million for information about 's daughter , ( ) , and the name of his informant in 's cartel . They kidnap and video - call to establish that they are now in control . With at their mercy , they arrange a desert meeting to exchange and at which snipers from both sides are in position . asks who revealed her daughter 's location , and tells her it was . She tries to kill , but he shoots her first ; a firefight erupts , and is shot several times . is shot in the back by , but shoots him in the neck before kills him . is mortally wounded , and injects him , and himself with a fatal overdose so they can die together . 
 wakes from a nightmare . At the meeting , steals 's car and escapes as leads DEA agents to the scene . Everyone but and are arrested . Because has incriminating information about , identifies and as his informants in the cartel and they are released . is sentenced to thirty years in prison , and and create a new cartel called the Azulados . , and leave the country and live in a beachside hut , possibly in Indonesia . wonders if they are living like savages .

Taylor Kitsch, Aaron Johnson, Blake Lively, Uma Thurman, Salma Hayek, Benicio del Toro, Emile Hirsch, John Travolta, Joel David Moore, Demián Bichir, Mía Maestro, Trevor Donovan, Sandra Echeverría, Gillian Zinser

In New York City , a news report is broadcast informing the world that a mission to stop an incoming asteroid has failed and that the asteroid will make impact in three weeks , destroying all life on Earth . ( ) and his wife , ( ) , listen to the broadcast from the side of the road . When Dodge makes an uninterested response , looks at him in disgust and flees the vehicle without a word . 
 While everyone around him reacts differently to the news , from suicide to constant drugs and guilt - free sex , 's life does not change at all . He continues to attend to his meaningless job as an insurance salesman and to employ his cleaning lady and spends his nights alone . 
 hesitantly attends the wild party of his neighbors , ( ) and his wife , ( ) , where he declines offers of sex and drugs and listens to a philosophical rant from his drunken friend ( ) . shortly returns home to reminisce about his high school sweetheart , , when he notices his neighbor ( ) crying on the fire escape . She has just broken up with her boyfriend , , ( ) for making her miss her last opportunity to see her family in England . At her apartment , gives Dodge three months worth of his mail that was incorrectly delivered to her and , in the process , unwittingly tells him that his wife was having an affair . 
 storms off into the night , guzzling codeine - laced cough syrup and window cleaner in a suicide attempt . He wakes up in a park , with a dog tethered to his foot and a note on his sweater reading " Sorry , " which becomes the dog 's name . takes Sorry home , opens the old mail , and is surprised to discover a three - month - old letter from , which explains that he was " the love of her life . " Later , a riot breaks out on his block . and abandon the self - centered amid the rioters , with explaining to that he knows someone who could fly her to England if she helps him find . She agrees , and the two set off with Sorry for Dodge 's hometown in Delaware . 
 Along the way , and run out of gas , share a bizarre experience with suicidal motorist ( ) , witness the eruption of an orgy at a restaurant , have sex in a pick - up truck , and spend a night in jail . They get a ride to Camden , New Jersey , where they meet 's ex - boyfriend , ( ) , who is prepared for the apocalypse . 
 has a working satellite phone in his bunker and lets contact her family . and Dodge borrow a car from and eventually make it to 's family home . and walk up toward the door of the home but find no one home and then spend the day together ; they realize a mutual affection . discovers a letter from Olivia to her parents , which reveals 's address . and drive to 's home , where Dodge leaves a letter to and expresses his feelings for . Later , they discover a marriage ceremony performed at the beach ; and kiss and join the ceremony . Then , they go to the house of the man who Dodge promised could take to England . The man turns out to be 's estranged father , ( ) . After making amends with , puts a sleeping into his father 's plane , whispering to her that she is the real love of his life . and depart , leaving Dodge behind . 
 returns to his apartment with Sorry ; they soon enter 's apartment , where Dodge sets a record in her turntable and listens until the power dies . Lighting a candle , hears whining . has returned , upset that Dodge allowed her to leave ; they embrace . As the two lie in bed , expresses her fear of the end being so near . distracts her by asking her to tell him of her childhood . They feel and hear a deep booming sound , and tells Dodge she wishes that they had known each other sooner . replies that there never would have been enough time together and professes his love for her . When they feel and hear a second deep , booming sound , panics and tells him she thought they would save each other ; Dodge assures that they did . smiles as the screen fades to white and then abruptly cuts to black .

Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Adam Brody, Derek Luke, William Petersen, Connie Britton, Patton Oswalt, Melanie Lynskey, Rob Corddry, Melinda Dillon, Rob Huebel, Gillian Jacobs, T. J. Miller, Amy Schumer, Jim O'Heir

( ) and her adoptive father ( ) , have spent the past few years moving from town to town and assuming different identities . believes that they are on the run from the police because killed a man in self - defense and that her adoptive mother ( ) died in a car crash . In fact , he has been protecting her from a cult of Silent Hill , called the Order . was able to free ( ) from one of the alternate dimensions using one half of a talisman called the Seal of Metatron , but she herself remained trapped in Silent Hill . 
 meets fellow student ( ) , but is haunted by hallucinations of Silent Hill . She is approached by private investigator ( ) regarding her identity . warns her father , but he is abducted by the Order and taken to Silent Hill . Unaware of this , goes to a mall to wait for him , but enters the mall 's Otherworld . explains he was hired by the Order to find , but decides to help her when he discovered who his clients were . A monster , the Missionary ( ) , kills . returns to the real world and flees , unfortunately leaving her a suspect of ' murder . 
 escorts her home , but they find a message instructing to go to Silent Hill . On the way to rescue her father , reads a letter from her father detailing the truth of her background and lost memories . and travel to the town , but stop at a motel , where reveals that he is the son of the Order ’s leader ( ) , and was sent by her to ensure came of her own volition to Silent Hill . He reveals that is a part of ( ) , a girl whose immolation 38 years ago by the Order lead to creation of the town 's shifting dimensions . The resulting argument triggers a shift to the Otherworld . The Missionary grabs , but not before he tells to find his grandfather ( ) , who possesses the other half of the Seal of Metatron . 
 ventures into one of the alternate dimensions to find . She encounters ’s mother ( ) , who reveals that intends to complete the purpose intended for at her burning . finds who after informing her that the Seal of Metatron will reveal " the true nature of things , " fuses 's half of the amulet with the one he possesses and becomes a monster . After being knocked out and carried off , regains consciousness and grabs the amulet from within his body , killing . As she runs away , she unknowingly summons Pyramid Head ( ) , the entity created to protect ( and by extension ) , and hides from him . Shortly after , she witnesses being taken away by the Order after being deemed insane by for betraying them . 
 saves and they go to Lakeside Amusement Park where the Order 's sanctuary is hidden . Dark ( and ) , the manifestation of ’s wrath , confronts who embraces her counterpart , absorbing her , and making complete once again . confronts , who is holding and hostage . explains that 's destiny was to be the incubator for a deity worshiped by the Order , who would punish all sinners upon its birth , completing 's destiny as well . Remembering 's words , gives the Seal of Metatron , revealing her to be the Missionary . summons , who kills the Missionary , allowing to rescue and . 
 As the fog fades from the town , decides to stay in Silent Hill to find and free , leaving and to care for each other . They manage to hitch a ride away from the place in a truck driven by ( ) . mentions to ( now referring to herself as ) and that they were lucky he was there since he had n't been driving in that direction for a long time . A couple of police cars , followed by a prisoner transport , enter the area of Silent Hill , which is then consumed by the fog . In a post - credits scene , is seen walking through an unknown area in Silent Hill .

Adelaide Clemens, Kit Harington, Deborah Kara Unger, Martin Donovan, Malcolm McDowell, Carrie-Anne Moss, Sean Bean, Radha Mitchell, Heather Marks

After eight months of treatment in a mental health facility for bipolar disorder , ( ) is released into the care of his father ( ) and mother ( ) . His main focus is to reconcile with his ex - wife , ( ) . She has moved away and obtained a restraining order against him after had found her in the shower with another man and nearly beat him to death . During his time in the clinic befriends ( ) , an easygoing man who is embroiled in a legal dispute with the clinic on whether or not he is eligible to leave . 's therapist , Dr. ( ) , does his best to convince him to keep taking his medication , as a repeat of his violent outbursts might send him back to the clinic . But tells him that he has a new outlook on life : he attempts to see the good , or silver linings , in all that he experiences . 
 At dinner with his friend ( ) and his wife ( ) , meets 's sister ( ) , a young widow with depression and relationship problems . Sparks fly between and and she tries to connect by offering casual sex , but keeps focusing on getting back . tries to get closer to and even offers to deliver a letter to — if , in return , he will practice dancing with her ( which she does as a therapy ) and to partner with her in an upcoming dance competition . He reluctantly agrees and the two begin a rigorous practice regimen over the following weeks . believes the competition will be a good way to show that he has changed and become a better person . 
 The elder hopes to open his own restaurant and has resorted to illegal bookmaking . Having bet virtually all of his money on the outcome of a Philadelphia Eagles game , he asks Pat to attend as a " good - luck charm " . is eventually released from the clinic , and teaches and some new dance moves for their routine . asks for time off from practice to attend the game . She gives him a typed reply from , in which she cautiously hints there may be a chance for reconciliation between them . Before he gets into the stadium , gets involved in a fight when some racist fans harass the Indian fans there including his therapist Dr. , and is hauled away by the police . The Eagles lose the game and is furious . shows up at their house and points out that the way she is " reading the signs , " Philadelphia teams do better when she and are together . Convinced , makes a parlay with his gambling friend : if the Eagles win their next game and and score 5 out of 10 in their dance competition , he will win back double the money he lost on the first bet . is reluctant , and , , and conspire to persuade to dance in the competition by telling him that will be there ; it is revealed that his parents have secretly supported 's attempts to get along with him . notices that the letter from also refers to " reading the signs " and realizes that wrote it . 
 , , and their friends and family arrive at the competition on the night of the football game . despairs when she finds that actually is in the audience , invited by and who want to lift her restraining order on and give the chance to reconcile with her . walks to the bar and starts drinking . finds her moments before their dance and drags her onto the dance floor . They begin their routine as the Eagles defeat the Dallas Cowboys . At the conclusion of their set , and score exactly 5 points . Amid cheers from friends and family and confused looks from the crowd , approaches and speaks quietly into her ear . sees this and runs off . leaves behind after a short conversation , and chases . He hands her a letter , in which he admits that he knows she forged 's letter and confesses that he loved her from the moment he met her , though it took him so long to come to terms with it . They share a kiss . opens a restaurant with the money he has won , grows even closer to the , and and begin a relationship , no longer wearing their wedding rings .

Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Anupam Kher, Julia Stiles, Chris Tucker

True crime writer moves into a home with his wife , their 12 - year - old son , and their 7 - year - old daughter . has moved his family ( unbeknownst to them ) into a home where a family was murdered , all hanged by ropes on a tree in the backyard . intends to use the case of the murdered family as the basis for his new book and hopes that his research will reveal the fate of the family 's fifth member , a 10 - year - old girl named who disappeared following the murders . Later that night discovers a screaming , half - naked in a box having a night terror . 
 finds a box in the attic that contains a projector and several reels of Super 8   mm footage that are each labeled as innocent home movies . discovers that the films are actually murder footage depicting different families being murdered in various ways by an unseen person holding the camera . notes the appearance of a mysterious symbol in the films as well as a strange masked figure . Consulting a local deputy ( whom nicknames Deputy So & So ) , they discover that the murders took place at different times , beginning in the 1960s and in different cities across the country . He also learns that a child from each family went missing following every murder . The deputy refers to Professor , whose expertise is the occult , to decipher the symbol in the films . tells that such symbols are that of a Babylonian deity named , who would kill entire families and then take one of their children in order to consume his / her soul . 
 One night , hears the film projector running and finds the missing children seated in the attic watching one of the films . suddenly appears on camera before physically appearing before , causing him to fall off the ladder . takes the camera , projector and the films outside and burns them with petrol . His wife meets him outside and he tells her that they 're moving back to their old house immediately . At his old home , Ellison receives a video - message from , who sends him scans of historical images associated with , including the symbol seen in the murder movies ; early Christians believed that images of served as a gateway for the demon to come from the spiritual realm to the mortal world , and children who come into contact with these images can be possessed . 
 discovers the unharmed projector and films in his attic , exactly as he did in the new house , along with an envelope of film labeled " extended cut endings " . Deputy So & So calls and informs him that every murdered family had previously lived in the house where the last murder took place and each new murder occurred shortly after the family moved from the crime scene into their new residence . By moving , has placed himself and his family in line to be the next victims . 
 The extra footage depicts the missing children coming onscreen following each murder , revealing themselves to be the killers , before suddenly disappearing . becomes light - headed , and notices a bright green liquid mixed with his coffee in the cup , along with a note reading " Good Night , Daddy " under the cup before losing consciousness . awakens to find himself , and bound and gagged on the floor . , under 's possession , approaches them , filming with the 8   mm camera , and murders them all on camera with an axe . then views the film of her murders while drawing the murder in the lid of the home movies box . The missing children stare at her through the camera , but flee when appears . He lifts into his arms and teleports into the film with her . The box of films is seen sitting in the family 's attic , now accompanied by 's reel , labeled " House Painting ' 12 " .

Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Fred Thompson, James Ransone, Clare Foley, Michael Hall D'Addario, Vincent D'Onofrio

( ) , an elementary school teacher , arrives at work hungover and vomits in front of her class . Asked by a student if she is pregnant , she pretends she is , then continues the lie to the school principal , Mrs. ( ) . Her co - worker ( ) reveals that he knows she has been drinking and she makes him swear not to tell anyone . 
 Attending a party with her husband ( ) and his brother ( ) , drinks heavily . While leaving , she meets a woman who asks for a ride . is offered crack and the two get high together . The next morning , wakes alone on the street . She finds her car and drives home , where acknowledges they both are alcoholics . They get intoxicated and have sex before passes out . heads out alone to buy wine but is turned down by the cashier . She urinates on the floor because the bathroom door is locked , then steals a bottle of wine . 
 Waking up , realizes she has passed out again . At work , , a recovering alcoholic , invites her to an Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA ) meeting . There , she befriends ( ) , who has chosen a passion for food and cooking over alcohol . decides to become sober and change her life . drives home , but bluntly makes an offensive comment which upsets her . When and visit her estranged alcoholic mother , ( ) , mentions the AA meetings but is skeptical ; 's father left them after getting sober and now lives in another state with his " shiny new family " . 
 is surprised the next day when she is thrown a baby shower by her colleagues . She reconciles with , putting his comments behind them . At home , is angry when it becomes clear told and his friend about smoking crack . That night , she rebuffs 's sexual advances . At school , Kate is questioned by a curious student as to why she is not gaining weight . She subsequently feigns a miscarriage and her students accuse her of killing her baby , for which she reprimands them . 
 tells she feels she must confess to Mrs. the truth about her faked pregnancy . discourages her , warning that she will lose her job , and they begin to fight over financial issues . lashes back that she would never depend on 's parents ' money and that she has struggled her whole life . Kate decides to tell Mrs. the truth and is fired . In a bar , she relapses . and drive her home , where she starts an altercation with . 
 After some time , speaks at an AA meeting , celebrating one year of sobriety , while gets in trouble for riding a bicycle while drunk . visits and they play croquet . asks if she would move back in with him if he begins going to AA meetings . says he must get sober for himself , not for her . then asks to play another round , to give him a chance to redeem himself . The film ends before gives her answer .

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Kyle Gallner, Mary Kay Place, Octavia Spencer, Bree Turner, Mackenzie Davis, Patti Allison, Richmond Arquette, Natalie Dreyfuss

In Los Angeles , substitute schoolteacher and aspiring writer are a couple in their twenties making a film documentary . Their subject is a secretive cult led by the mysterious ( ) , whom they plan to expose as a fraud . 
 When the cult considers and ready to meet , they are made to shower thoroughly and dress in white surgical gowns . Then they are driven blindfolded to a secret basement location and received by , with whom they exchange a distinctive , intricate handshake , which they have been practicing . and then join eight other members and meet , who uses an oxygen tank and implies that the showering and clothing requirements are to avoid aggravating her illness . 
 claims to be a time - traveler from the year 2054 . She describes the future as riddled with war , famine and struggle , and has come back to select a special band of chosen people to prepare for what lies ahead . She leads the group in a series of intense psychological exercises and tells them about herself and the future , never proving nor disproving her extraordinary claim . 's charismatic manner is powerful , and both and have moments in which they waver between skepticism and belief . is especially concerned when she notices that , who was initially adamant that was a charlatan , seems to now be intrigued by and even attracted to . 
 After several group meetings , instructs to bring her the eccentric eight - year - old , one of his students . insists is her mother , and that and will be banned from the group if he fails to comply . When admits that he is considering following 's orders , is outraged and accuses him of falling for 's deception . After they argue , is privately approached by , a woman who identifies herself as a Justice Department agent . tells that is wanted for a variety of felonies . agrees to set up to be captured and to hide this plan from . 
 With 's help arranges for to meet the student in public , at the LaBrea Tar Pits , during a class field trip . When meets the little girl , is amazed to see them wordlessly perform the cult 's intricate handshake . asks how she knew her secret handshake , and reverently responds : " You taught it to me . " Men in police uniforms burst into the room and seize . As cult members angrily accuse of betraying , he exchanges a glance with who smiles slightly , affirming her role in 's capture . then asks who was , and he responds , stricken , that he does not know .

At the funeral of his son and associates in Tropojë , Albanian mafia head and low - lying freelance terrorist vows to seek vengeance on his son 's killer . Travelling to Paris with his men , he interrogates and tortures former intelligence agent , whose business card was found at the scene of 's death , but finds no information . He then bribes a corrupt police official for 's files and deduces that 's old friend was responsible and is in Istanbul . 
 Meanwhile , has just finished his three - day security job for a wealthy Arabian sheikh in Istanbul and is surprised by his ex - wife and daughter . While going out for lunch with the next day , spots 's men following them . He tells to run and tries to shake the Albanians , but finally surrenders when they capture . Realising that is also a target , calls her at the hotel and tells her to hide , but then he is captured and knocked out . She narrowly avoids capture when the kidnappers are forced to flee after shooting two security guards . 
 Regaining consciousness , finds himself zip tied to a pipe over his head in an empty basement . He uses a concealed miniature cell phone hidden in his sock to contact and instruct her to alert the American Embassy ; instead she convinces him to let her help . Opening her father 's equipment case , takes a grenade and detonates it on a nearby rooftop ; the resulting sound allows to instruct her on triangulating his location . 
 The mobsters bring in , cut her throat slightly , and hang her upside down to bleed out . As soon as they leave , frees himself and then her . He next has detonate two more grenades and releases some steam through a chimney to guide her to his location . tosses a gun down the chimney , which uses to kill his guards . He rescues , but watches get recaptured . Stealing a taxi , and pursue the kidnappers ' van , whereupon an SUV , driven by one of the kidnappers ' henchmen , arrives to distract them . A chase and shootout ensue , alerting Turkish police and ending when manages to lure the SUV into the path of an oncoming train , taking it out . 
 Leaving at the U.S. Embassy , uses his memory to find 's hideout . He rescues and pursues the surviving mobsters to a bathhouse , where he kills them . Confronting , offers to let him walk if he agrees to return home and cease his desire for revenge . agrees and drops his gun , but the former goes back on his word and tries to kill , only to find the gun unloaded . Realizing that will never drop his vendetta against him , kills him by impaling him onto a sharp towel hook . 
 Three weeks later , the family is at a diner back in Los Angeles , having milkshakes to celebrate passing her driving test . They are joined , much to 's surprise , by 's boyfriend , to which she jokingly tells her father not to " shoot this one " .

Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen and Rade Šerbedžija, Leland Orser, Jon Gries, D. B. Sweeney, Luke Grimes, Aclan Bates, Kevork Malikyan

In 1985 , eight - year - old is an only child living in Norwood , Massachusetts , a suburb of Boston , who wished for his new Christmas gift — a jumbo teddy bear named — to come to life and become his friend . The wish coincides with a shooting star and comes true ; word spread and was briefly a celebrity . 
 27 years later , ( now 35 ) and are still living in Boston , and are still staunch companions enjoying a hedonistic life . is dating , who is from Philadelphia . As their anniversary approaches , hopes to marry but feels he could not move forward with around . is hesitant about making leave , but he is persuaded to act when they find at home with four prostitutes . 
 finds his own apartment and a job at a grocery store , where begins dating his co - worker . learns that has been skipping work , using her as an excuse , to continue to spend most of his time with . and are invited to a party put on by 's womanizing manager , but lures away to a party at his apartment with the offer to meet , the star of their favorite film , Flash Gordon . intends to stay only a few minutes but gets caught up in the occasion . finds there and breaks up with him . blames for ruining his life and banishes him . 
 and confront each other about their ruined friendship and they fight but manage to reconcile after a violent brawl in their hotel room . To repair 's relationship with , arranges for an old lover , singer , to help by having express his love for with a song during her concert . He does an off - key rendition of theme song , All Time High , by and is booed offstage . is touched by the attempt and returns to her apartment where confesses about his role in 's relapse and offers to leave them alone forever if she talks to . 
 is persuaded , but is kidnapped by , an obsessive stalker who idolized as a child . plans to make his brutish son 's new toy . manages to reach a phone to contact but is immediately recaptured . Realizing is in danger , and locate 's residence and track him to rescue . The chase leads to Fenway Park , where punches , but during the chase , is damaged and falls onto the field ripped entirely in half . A police car arrives , forcing to flee . and gather 's stuffing and relays his wish that be happy with before dying from his injuries . 
 Unable to accept 's death , a distraught and attempt to repair , which proves useless . Feeling saddened about the incident , makes a wish on a shooting star . The next morning , hangs his head while looking over 's dead body . Fortunately , is magically restored and reconciles with and , encouraging them to resume their relationship . and are married ( with as the presiding minister ) , and comfortably accepts having a life of his own as he and continued their love affair . attempts to restart his career and moves into a studio apartment with . gives up his pursuit of , goes into a deep depression , and dies of Lou Gehrig 's disease . gets arrested by the Boston Police Department for kidnapping , but charges are dropped because they ca n't arrest him with kidnapping a stuffed bear . hires a personal trainer , loses a significant amount of weight , and goes on to become .

Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane, Giovanni Ribisi, Joel McHale, Patrick Warburton, Jessica Stroup, Laura Vandervoort, Ralph Garman

The film follows four storylines about each of the couples , titled : 
 Each of the women are readers of book Act Like a Lady , Think Like a Man . When the men learn that the women are hooked on 's advice , they try to turn the tables on their mates , which later seems to backfire .

Michael Ealy, Jerry Ferrara, Meagan Good, Regina Hall, Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Terrence J, Romany Malco, Gabrielle Union, Steve Harvey, Gary Owen, Chris Brown, Wendy Williams, Tony Rock, La La Anthony, Sherri Shepherd, Tika Sumpter, Keri Hilson, Kelly Rowland, Jenifer Lewis

While having sex in the shower reveals to his wife that he took a Viagra given to him by his friend ( ) ; this enrages and they stop . is angered that she is turning 40 . 
 In the five years since Knocked Up , owns a boutique with ( ) and ( ) working for her . owns his own record label , with his friends ( ) and Cat ( ) working with him . 's business is struggling financially as he promotes the reunion of & The Rumour . The couple also are having to deal with their daughters ; , a young teenager , and eight - year - old . For 's birthday , the couple goes on a romantic weekend to a resort . There they get high from eating marijuana cookies , and fantasize out loud about ways they would kill each other . 
 After speaking with her friends ( ) and ( ) , decides to improve her marriage and family through exercise , and becoming more connected with her parents . tells that he needs to stop lending his dad , ( ) , money , because it is hurting them financially . goes to visit him , but is unsuccessful at giving him the news , and still agrees to give him money . Meanwhile , visits her gynecologist ( ) , and discovers that she is pregnant . She decides not to tell about this . Later , she yells at a student , ( ) , who has been taunting . She yells at him so much that his mother , ( ) , gets into an argument with . 
 One night between the school taunting sequences , takes out dancing at a club , planning to confront her with her suspicions that she has been stealing money from the store . and meet several players from the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team at the pub . awkwardly finds out that one of the players wants to hang out with her and possibly sleep with her . She is proud that he wants to have sex with her , but admits that she is married , has two kids , and is pregnant . Afterwards , drops off at her house and confronts her about the missing money . reveals she is able to afford nice things because she is also an escort . Later , meets up with , who confesses that she stole the money to buy Oxycontin . Debbie fires her and leaves . Meanwhile , and are having to deal with and fighting all the time , which results in arguments between the family . They later have a meeting with the principal , but the couple denies everything that happened . The couple is overjoyed when starts using the same language they used previously and the principal dismisses them . 
 On 's 40th birthday party , he argues with his dad about the money he wants from them . argues with her dad about not spending enough time in her life , and how his is perfect . then explains that his life is not perfect , and how he has always cared about her and loved her . Later , overhears talking about her pregnancy , and rides out of the house on his bicycle in anger . and then go after , trying to find him . Soon , they find that he wrecked after hitting his head on a car door . then gets into an argument with the driver of the car who then punches him in the stomach . Debbie and take to the hospital , where and reconcile , with advising that it 's because of her , that she keeps the family together . and talk later and explains that he is actually thrilled about having a third baby , and that he does n't feel trapped , so the two reconcile . Sometime later , and are watching a small concert with performing . then suggests that should sign him to his label and plan to talk to him as they finish watching the show.[4 ] After the main credits roll , there 's an extended alternate take of ad - libbing insults during the conversation with , , and the principal .

Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, John Lithgow, Megan Fox and Albert Brooks, Iris Apatow, Maude Apatow, Melissa McCarthy, Robert Smigel, Charlyne Yi

CIA agents and best friends ( ) and ( ) are deployed to Hong Kong to prevent international criminal ( ) from acquiring a weapon of mass destruction , but the mission goes awry , resulting in the death of 's brother , . swears vengeance against them . Upon returning to America , their boss , ( ) assigns them to desk duty for their protection . 
 is a womanizer , whose cover is a cruise ship captain , while , who presents himself as a travel agent , has an ex - wife , ( ) and a young son , ( ) , who believes his dad is a weakling . 
 goes to 's karate lesson , where loses his match . tries to give advice but rolls his eyes and asks how he would know since he is just a travel agent . walks to the car , where he attempts to rekindle his connection to his family , but makes excuses as to why they ca n't go out for supper together . 
 After being rebuffed by , sees a commercial for online dating . He decides to sign himself up and is paired with ( ) , a product - testing executive who is dealing with the recent engagement of her ex - boyfriend . Her best friend , ( ) enrolled her in the same online dating website . insists on being 's backup for the date and hides nearby , but and hit it off right away . 
 Shortly thereafter , runs into at a video store and tries to flirt with her , not knowing she 's 's date . She surmises that he 's a ladies ' man and ignores him . Intrigued , crashes into one of 's test groups and coerces her to go on a date with him . 
 and soon discover that they are seeing the same woman and decide not to tell her that they know each other , not to interfere with each other 's dates and not to have sex with her , letting her instead come to a decision between them . 
 takes on a date to a circus ( after hours ) where they swing on the trapeze and have a really great date . 
 The date with does not go well at the start , with storming out of the club takes her to . After arguing in the street , walks away from but seconds later , sees her ex - boyfriend and his fiancée approaching . Desperate , grabs and kisses him . She lies to her ex that she and are together , as plays along with the ruse . Her ex and his fiancée both seem jealous at the passion displayed , and later move along . demands that explain what just happened and suggests they grab some dinner at a nearby pizza parlor , where they talk seriously and hit it off . 
 Later , after dating both men a few times feels guilty about dating them at the same time , but is persuaded by to make the best of the situation . 
 By this time both men have bugged 's home and cell phone so they can spy on her when she is on dates with the other one , they overhear her tell that she is going to need to have sex with them both to decide which one is the right one . This leads to both men taking steps to ensure she does not sleep with the other one . 
 After a few more dates , and discuss the pros and cons of dating more than one guy , especially since has told he loves her . tells " do n't pick the better guy , pick the guy that 'll make you a better girl " . 
 After a while , invites to lunch , while discovers that has arrived in town to exact his revenge . He interrupts 's date to warn but does n't believe him . They engage in an extended fight , after which discovers that they are in fact best friends and , feeling made a fool of , leaves with . At that moment , the women are kidnapped by and his men , who are pursued by and . 
 and rescue and after a car chase , in which they reveal that they are not who they say they are . On 's advice , they shoot out the headlights on 's SUV , deploying the airbags and sending the car rolling out of control towards them all . With standing directly in the path of the approaching SUV , and , on opposite sides of the road , urge her to come to their side and she is saved as she ultimately chooses 's side , while dies when his car rolls off the elevated freeway and crashes below . has decided to be with and makes amends with him , as they declare their brotherly love for one another , and says they 're " family , and forever . " and kiss . The car chase is picked up by the news , and and see it . tells his mom that his dad is not a travel agent . 
 Later , is at his karate lesson with when comes to pick up . and reintroduce themselves to each other and she invites him out for supper as a family . 
 Shortly thereafter , and go on a mission . They are about to parachute out of a Chinook helicopter when reveals that he will be marrying , and asks to be his best man . He reveals that he had sex with before she met , but no longer feels guilty about it because had sex with . , however , reveals that they did not go all the way and angrily tackles out of the helicopter .

Tom Hardy, Chris Pine, Reese Witherspoon, Chelsea Handler, Abigail Spencer, Til Schweiger, Laura Vandervoort, Leela Savasta, Angela Bassett

A few years after the events of the second film , both the government and the general public have become aware of the existence of the Vampires and Lycans . A program to study and potentially harness their powers soon escalates into an all - out genocide and shortly after the " Purge " begins , and are captured by humans . Due to her enhanced vampiric traits , is imprisoned in cryogenic suspension . 
 After being frozen for twelve years , during which both species have been hunted to the brink of extinction , manages to escape . She soon learns that another subject , whom she initially believes to be , has also escaped . While making her way through the high - tech facility , has visions from someone else 's point of view . Believing that is mentally guiding her , she follows these visions , leading her down a garbage chute into a labyrinthine series of basement tunnels . Here she encounters a young vampire named , who has been tracking her . They quickly realize that the tunnels are infested with Lycans , who are hunting the subject is connected with . Determined to reach , fights her way through the Lycan pack until she reaches the second escapee : not , but a frightened and confused young girl named . 
 Using 's van , , and make their way out of the facility , only to be attacked once again by a trio of Lycans . stabs a Lycan while shoots another ; the third smashes its way into the rear of the vehicle , where it bites 's shoulder . This triggers 's partial transformation , revealing her hybrid traits , as she savagely rips the creature 's head in half . realizes that is her and 's daughter . reveals that during her own escape from the facility , she found 's cryogenic tank and deactivated it , which was what allowed to escape . However , despite her hybrid nature it becomes apparent that 's bite wound is not healing and she is rapidly growing weaker , resulting in agreeing to take the pair to his coven . 
 After reluctantly drinking some blood , 's wound heals , but as they do not feel welcome in the coven , gets ready to leave . tries to convince her to stay and help them start an offensive against the humans by training some Death Dealers , but before she makes up her mind , the coven comes under attack by Lycans . joins the fight and kills many Lycans before being knocked unconscious by a " Super - Lycan " that heals instantly and is not affected by silver . When she awakens later she finds that , 's father , has surrendered to the Lycans in return for them leaving . had been mortally wounded in the battle , but revives him with her blood . After leaving , confronts a human detective named , who is sympathetic to the vampires due to his now dead wife being a vampire . confirms that the Lycans have been traced to Antigen , the corporation dedicated to killing off the immortal species . It is also revealed that Antigen runs the facility from which had earlier escaped . 
 discovers that Antigen is actually run by Lycans , who have been posing as humans in order to trick the world 's governments into believing the Lycans are extinct . The director of Antigen , Dr. , is trying to perfect the Lycan race and wants 's DNA to do so . The " Super - Lycan " faced earlier is identified as – 's son and the prototype for Lycan modifications . and infiltrate Antigen to stop 's plan and save . comes across Subject 0 , whom she identifies as and attempts to free him by shooting his cryogenic tank . However , she is forced to leave the thawing in order to stop the Lycans from escaping with . , who had inherited 's immunity to sunlight , arrives and helps kill several Lycan henchmen . After confronting and his son , fights 's son and after tricking him into returning to his more vulnerable human form by hiding in a narrow tunnel , kills him by implanting a silver grenade in his stomach , while kills by ripping out his throat . As the police arrive , urges the vampires to flee and distracts the officers . , , and return to 's tank and find it empty with the ice shattered . states that the world will be hunting and the trio vow to find him first .

Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea, Michael Ealy, Theo James, India Eisley and Charles Dance

The film is presented as an anthology of short horror films , built into a frame narrative which acts as its own short horror film . Each short film is linked together with the concept of found footage ( each segment is from the VHS tapes found in the room ) . 
 The frame narrative focuses on a criminal gang who film their exploits , which include smashing the walls and windows of an abandoned house and sexually assaulting a woman in a parking lot . An anonymous source offers them a large sum of money to break into a house and steal a single VHS videotape . The gang is eager to expand their criminal enterprises , and accept the task . 
 Entering the house , the criminals find an old man sitting dead in front of several television sets playing white noise . Feeling free to roam the house , they discover hundreds of unmarked VHS tapes , and set about collecting them all to ensure that they retrieve the right one . One of the criminals stays behind in the TV room with the dead body to watch the " Amateur Night " tape left in the VCR . The contents of this tape and the four subsequent ones comprise the bulk of the film , with the action cutting back to the criminals ' efforts between each short . 
 As the frame narrative progresses , the gang encounters a strange figure moving around the basement , which appears to be the old man . Glimpses of the TV room demonstrate that , unknown to the criminals , the man 's body disappears at one point only to reappear in the exact position . Similarly , the criminals return to the TV room to find that the first viewer has disappeared , prompting another of the criminals to continue watching the tapes himself . After the ending of " The Sick Thing that happened to when she was Younger " segment , the gang 's leader returns to the TV room to discover that he is the only person left , and that the old man 's body is gone . 
 Searching the rooms upstairs , he finds the decapitated remains of one of the criminals , and is subsequently attacked by the old man , who is now a zombie . The leader flees downstairs , where he falls and is killed by the zombie . The frame narrative ends with the camera left in the TV room picking up the sound of the VCR starting the " 10/31/98 " tape by itself . 
 , , and are three friends who have rented a motel room to fulfill 's intent of bringing women back for sex ; 's glasses have been outfitted with a hidden camera that will allow them to turn their planned encounter into an amateur porn video . While the three men are bar - hopping , encounters a mysterious young woman , , who appears unusually shy , and says little other than " I like you . " 
 In addition to picking up , the men also succeed in convincing another young woman , , to return to their motel with them . passes out as attempts to initiate sex and , laughing , discourages him from continuing . continues awkwardly coming on to , but a dejected comes on to instead , oblivious to the scales visible on her feet as he undresses her . appears responsive , pushing onto his back and then beginning to undress , seemingly beginning a threesome . Overwhelmed , goes to the bathroom ; disrobes and attempts to take 's place , but has made it clear that she dislikes . 
 Moments later , bursts into the bathroom claiming bit him . When they approach , sprouts fangs , attacks and kills him . and hide in the bathroom until , still nude , arms himself with a shower curtain rod and returns to the room . tries to wake and attempts to fight but she subdues him , drinks his blood and rips off his genitals . escapes , but ends up falling down a stairwell and breaks his wrist in the process . catches up to , but instead of attacking , she attempts fellatio . Finding unaroused , she crawls over to a corner and cries softly , which gets louder , then turns into a horrific growl . flees , begging bystanders for help , but he is suddenly lifted into the sky by , who has transformed into a winged creature . This reveals that she 's a succubus , who was on the hunt . The glasses fall off 's face and hit the ground before the video cuts out . 
 A married couple , and , travel to Arizona for their second honeymoon . They visit a Wild West - themed attraction where receives a prediction from a mechanical fortune teller , which claims that she will soon be reunited with a loved one . That evening ( off camera ) , a woman comes to and 's motel room and awkwardly tries to convince to give her a ride the next day . In the middle of the night , while the couple are asleep , someone breaks into the room , turns on the camcorder and films touching 's buttocks with a switchblade . The intruder then steals $ 100 from 's wallet and dips his toothbrush in the toilet . The next day , on their way to visit the Grand Canyon , notices the missing money and accuses of taking it , but she assumes he is joking . That night , someone enters the room again and stabs in the neck with their switchblade , filming him as he chokes on his own blood and dies . The camera then shows the killer , the woman from earlier , cleaning the blade while she and kiss passionately . The recording cuts to asking her lover if she has erased the footage . 
 Three friends — , , and — accompany their new friend , , on a camping trip . films the group as leads them through the woods , occasionally mentioning ' accidents ' that took the lives of her friends . When scanning certain areas , images of mutilated bodies appear in the film . then tells them that a murderer killed her friends during a camping trip here the previous year , but the group laughs it off as a joke . and leave the group and are killed by a human - like figure with a red head obscured in tracking errors named " The Glitch " ( as identified in the end credits ) . 
 At the lake , tells she lured all three of them to the grounds to use as bait so she can find and kill the mysterious force . reveals that she had been to this lake before where a killer had slaughtered all her friends and she was the only survivor . She notes that the police did not believe her when she said the killer could be in two places at once . The entity walks up behind and slits his throat . 
 runs away , luring the figure into two easily escaped booby traps and is cut by it in the second one . She films the entity close up , but it continues to be obscured by the tracking error . continues to run through the woods , she finds in his death throes . After he dies , the figure approaches and a final trap impales it . gloats at it and walks away but when she turns around , it is gone ; it reappears in a tree and jumps down , beats her with the camera , then kills her , subsequently eviscerating her , then inhabiting her body . 
 This segment is shown through computer video chats . talks to her boyfriend , a trainee doctor , about a strange bump on her arm and how it reminds her of an accident she had when she was younger . After witnessing a small , childlike entity rush into her room and slam the door shut , believes her apartment is haunted . Her landlord claims that no children have ever lived in the apartment , but is unconvinced . During her next video chat with , an increasingly frantic digs into her arm with a scalpel to find out what the bump is , but urges her to stop before the wound becomes infected . 
 attempts to contact the being , but it knocks her out . quickly appears in her apartment and surgically removes an alien fetus from 's torso . Aliens are using as an incubator for alien / human hybrids , and has been working for them and removing the fetuses for some time . The aliens erase 's memory , and mentions that the arm bump is a tracking device . In their next chat , a badly injured believes she sustained her injuries after wandering into traffic in a fugue state . She reveals that the doctor recommended has diagnosed her as schizoaffective , and tearfully says that deserves a better , more normal girlfriend . He assures that she is the only person he wants to be with , but once their chat ends he begins a new chat with a different woman who has the same bump on her arm and also believes is her boyfriend , showing that the aliens are using more than one person as an incubator . 
 It 's Halloween 1998 . , , , and ( dressed in Halloween costumes as the Unabomber , a pirate , a teddy bear implanted with a nanny cam , and a Marine , respectively ) head out to a Halloween party at a friend 's house , only to end up at the wrong place . Sneaking inside , they begin to experience paranormal phenomena and believe that they are at a realistic haunted house attraction and have fun with it . In the attic they find several men gathered around a young woman whom they 've suspended from the rafters , apparently performing an exorcism . The men are chanting " cast you down " , and the boys exuberantly join in . One of the men reacts angrily to their presence and physically assaults the young woman . Some of the men are pulled upwards into the darkness by an unseen force . More violent , overtly threatening paranormal phenomena then begin to occur and the boys initially flee before realizing they should try to rescue the girl . Returning to the attic , the boys work to untie her and get her to safety , as the house itself comes to life with poltergeist phenomena and ghostly arms rising from the walls and the floors to claim the lives of the woman 's captors . 
 Exiting through the basement , the boys pile into their car with the girl and drive away . The car abruptly stops and the girl disappears , reappearing in the street before them and walking away amid a flock of birds before they realize that they 've stopped on train tracks . The boys attempt to get out of the car as the train approaches , but they are unable to unlock the doors . The screen starts to flicker with static and the train smashes into the car off - camera , killing all inside . 
 During the end credits , clips from Tape 56 are shown . 
 A joke ending was shot in one - take by Radio Silence in which the doors are unlocked and the boys get out just before the train smashes into their car . The boys walk away and talk about how much fun they had and what a crazy night it was as the train hits the car and it explodes behind them . [ 7 ]

Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg, Radio Silence

and are an urban married couple who purchase a micro - loft in New York after much hesitation . is expecting a promotion while is trying to sell a documentary to HBO . Soon after purchasing their home , learns that his company has folded , overnight , while HBO rejects 's documentary . With both out of work , they are forced to sell their apartment and drive to Atlanta to live with 's arrogant brother and his wife after offers a job . 
 After many hours on the highway , demands they stop to rest . The closest place to stop appears to be a bed and breakfast hotel named Elysium . After exiting the highway , as they approach , they are surprised to see a naked man walking ahead of them . He approaches them . Startled and apprehensive , tries to back up to the highway , but accidentally flips the car over . The nude man , , helps them out of the car , and they are forced to stay at the hotel . They meet several colorful guests , and then go to bed . While trying to sleep , they are distracted by noises downstairs . When they go to investigate , they learn that Elysium is a hippie commune . They meet various eccentric residents of Elysium , including , , and Elysium 's owner . and spend the night feeling more alive than before . In the morning , everyone helps flip the car back upright so they can leave , as urges them to stay , but they continue on to Atlanta . 
 George and arrive at 's house and find the atmosphere chaotic . quickly reaches a breaking point with and takes back to Elysium , where they are welcomed back . is excited about the simpler lifestyle while is hesitant . They decide to stay and give the place a two - week trial run . After a few days , starts feeling enlightened after drinking some drug laced tea in the truth circle , while begins having second thoughts . and soon learn that ' free love ' is strongly encouraged as and want to seduce and , respectively . Both and rebuff the notion of free love , and several crazy situations arise during that period , bizarre and otherwise . 
 At the same time , Elysium is being targeted by property developers to build a casino on the property , as title to the property is disputed , and has misplaced the deed to the land . After the developers arrive with a bulldozer , to make a TV reporting - crew take more interest , scares them off by flashing them her breasts , and many of the other residents join her , which gets sensationalized coverage , and halts the proceeding . is lauded as a hero by the commune . The two weeks are up , and demands that they leave , saying that if they stay , they would have to give in to ' free love ' . wants to stay and has sex with . is pressured to have sex with , but he becomes uncomfortable and drives her away with his awkward and bizarre behavior . The next morning , reaches a breaking point , again , stating that he dislikes the rules of Elysium and wants to leave . wants to stay , so goes back to 's house alone . 
 believes he has found his soul mate in and searches for the deed to Elysium , which he finds and sells to the property , for $ 11,000 , to developers to start a new life with , betraying the commune . A child from the commune witnesses the burning of the deed by and the man that wants to build the casino . tells he wants them to leave Elysium behind , together , and that the others can look after themselves . refuses . 
 In the meantime , realizes he loves and comes back to find her , getting into a fight with while the commune looks on and tries to help ' non - violently ' . The child that witnessed the burning of the deed by tells the commune what happened and punches in the jaw . 
 In the aftermath , the news show that visited Elysium does a follow - up story about the commune . and start a publishing company , with their first book being a political thriller novel written by . The novel is then fast - tracked into a film adaptation starring . reclaims his rights to Elysium after he is reunited with all the original founders of Elysium , one of whom had another copy of the deed . 
 In a post - credits scene , is a cast member of the television reality show The Real Housewives of Atlanta .

Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux, Malin Åkerman, Kathryn Hahn, Lauren Ambrose and Alan Alda

Set in Atlanta,[4 ] the film opens with fitness trainer ( ) and her dance partner ( ) performing on the TV show Celebrity Dance Factor . They are crowned the winners of the show , but vomits in their trophy , discovering that she is pregnant . struggles when trying to balance her pregnancy with her normal active life . She has an ongoing argument with over whether or not to have their son circumcised . During labor , she chooses not to have an epidural . She gives birth to a daughter they name , ending their debate . After giving birth , and get engaged . 
 Photographer ( ) ca n't conceive children and decides to adopt from Ethiopia with her husband , ( ) . They decide to buy a new house for the baby . sends to hang out with the " dudes group " , a group of fathers who walk around the park and support one another , which was founded by ( ) . feels even more nervous to become a father . loses her job and becomes hurt when she realizes how much is unprepared for a child . However , they eventually go to Ethiopia and adopt a baby boy named . 
 ( ) runs a breast feeding boutique called The Breast Choice , and has been trying to have a baby with her husband ( ) for two years . She eventually does conceive and shares the news with after taking five pregnancy tests . Having planned a magical and happy pregnancy , feels awful throughout it and , during a convention she was chosen to speak at about the miracle of childbirth , she begins to break down and bursts out into a speech about how much the process sucks . Her outburst is filmed and becomes a viral hit on YouTube , after which her boutique is flooded with customers . After many labor - inducing activities , she goes to the hospital only to find out she has to have a cesarean section , which is against her birth plan . She loses a lot of blood , but is okay and delivers a son named . 
 ( ) , a famous race car driver and 's father , is married to a younger woman named ( ) . During a lunch where and announce her pregnancy , and also announce they are expecting . Unlike , cruises through her pregnancy without issues . envies her and detests her ease ; however , soon after gives birth to twin girls , she and are shown struggling with the fussy babies . 
 ( ) , 's cousin and food - truck chef , meets an old high school friend , ( ) , also a food - truck chef , during a turf war between their food trucks . She believes he is a player and initially blows him off , but the reunion leads to an unexpected pregnancy after having sex that night . Worried at first , they eventually adjust to the idea of becoming parents and move in together . However , one night discovers she is bleeding and they drive to the hospital where they discover she has miscarried . Devastated , tells to leave , which he does , but he makes several attempts to get back with her . Eventually , they get back together and decide to take things slowly and their story ends with them joining forces to create a food truck together . 
 At different points in the film , certain characters meet others and we discover all the stories are linked . is 's father , was on ' weight loss program and is a regular customer of 's food truck , is 's cousin , and is and Skyler 's photographer .

Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Chace Crawford, Brooklyn Decker, Anna Kendrick, Matthew Morrison, Dennis Quaid, Chris Rock, Rodrigo Santoro

( ) , a son of ( ) , lives as a fisherman after the death of his wife , ( portrayed by in the previous film ) , with his young son , ( ) . visits and asks for his help , saying that humans are not praying to the gods and as a result the gods are losing their power and becoming mortal . They can no longer sustain the walls of Tartarus which are crumbling , and the imprisoned Titan will soon be free . , valuing his family 's safety , refuses to get involved . 
 meets his brothers ( ) and ( ) , and his son ( ) in Tartarus . He asks 's help in rebuilding Tartarus 's walls , but rejects the offer and attacks . betrays , imprisoning him and stealing his thunderbolt . Hades and plan to make a deal with : in exchange for remaining immortal , they will drain 's divine power to revive . The walls of Tartarus break , unleashing monsters onto the world . 
 After killing a Chimera that attacked his village , travels to meet his father . He instead finds a dying who informs him of the circumstances and tells him to find his Demigod son ( ) who will lead him to , who knows the way into Tartarus . then gives his trident and succumbs to the injuries he sustained when meeting and dissolves into dust . , ( ) , and set out to find on a hidden island . explains that created three weapons which , , and wield : 's thunderbolt , 's pitchfork , and 's trident , and that these weapons can jointly form the Spear of Trium , the only weapon that can defeat . After an encounter with 30   ft . Cyclopes , the travelers eventually meet the now mortal ( ) and reach the entrance of a labyrinth leading to Tartarus . sacrifices himself during an attack by to enable , , and to enter the labyrinth . 
 The group eventually enters Tartarus . Meanwhile , has been almost entirely drained of power as awakens . apologizes to for banishing him to the underworld and asks his forgiveness , as he has forgiven for his actions . decides to help and stop in contrast to , who still wants to proceed to the former 's revival . arrives and frees . wounds with ' pitchfork , allowing to obtain it before he and the others escape Tartarus with . 
 Aiming to retrieve ' thunderbolt from in order to defeat , challenges him to a duel . accepts . Meanwhile , 's army is overwhelmed by the . revives and together they defeat the creatures . appears and begins to attack 's army . and hold off while duels eventually killing him with the thunderbolt . Combining the gods ' weapons into the Spear of Trium , destroys , traveling to his heart and throwing the spear into it . 
 reconciles with and then dies of his wounds as he dissolves . tells that now he is powerless and leaves . kisses . tells his father that he wants to return to his life as a fisherman , but tells him they ca n't . encourages to be proud of himself , as his son and the grandson of . The film ends with giving his sword to .

Sam Worthington, Rosamund Pike, Bill Nighy, Édgar Ramírez, Toby Kebbell, Danny Huston, with Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson

When Litwak 's Family Fun Center & Arcade closes at night , the various video game characters leave their normal in - game roles and socialize in a hub . Wreck - It Ralph , the antagonist of the game Fix - It Felix Jr. , is ostracized by its other characters for just doing his job , while the titular hero is praised . Tired of being mistreated , announces at the game 's thirtieth anniversary party that he will earn his neighbors ' respect by winning a medal . 
 learns he can obtain a medal from the first - person shooter , Hero 's Duty . After disrupting a game session , scales the game 's central beacon and obtains a medal , only to hatch a Cy - Bug , one of the game 's monsters , which can adapt to and devour other environments . and the Cy - Bug stumble into an escape pod , which is launched out of the game , and crash land in Sugar Rush , a candy - themed kart racing game . 
 Meanwhile , with Ralph missing , his game is labelled as malfunctioning and faces being unplugged . , upon learning from that has " gone Turbo " ( alluding to a rogue character of the same name who abandoned his own game and destroyed another out of jealousy , resulting in both being unplugged ) , ventures to Hero 's Duty , teaming up with the game 's heroine , Sergeant , to retrieve and the Cy - Bug . In Sugar Rush , 's medal is stolen by a little girl , , to buy her way into the daily races to determine who players can choose as their avatar . King , the ruler of Sugar Rush , forbids her from racing because she has glitches . and agree to work together by building a race kart for to win a race and retrieve the medal . With the kart , they flee to Diet Cola Mountain , an unfinished race track . As can not drive , helps her learn . King hacks the game 's code , obtaining 's medal , which he offers to him in exchange for preventing from racing . He explains that if wins and becomes playable , her glitches would be brought to the attention of players , their game would be unplugged and would die , unable to leave the game because she is a glitch . reluctantly agrees , trashing Vanellope 's kart . Returning to his own game he finds that it has been evacuated with Felix still missing , and also notices 's image on the side of the Sugar Rush cabinet , and realizes she was meant to be a playable character . 
 Elsewhere , and search Sugar Rush for . falls in love with after they escape a pit of Nesquik - Sand , but she abandons him when he reminds her of her late fiancé , who was eaten by Cy - Bugs on their wedding day as part of her pre - programmed backstory . is later imprisoned in King 's castle , but frees him and , and rebuilds the kart . discovers a swarm of Cy - Bug eggs underground , which hatch and start devouring the game . 
 participates in the race , but is attacked by King . 's glitch reveals he is actually , who took over Sugar Rush , displacing as the main character . , , and evacuate the game , but can not leave due to her glitch . When points out the Cy - Bugs can be destroyed by a beacon of light as per Hero 's Duty , decides to make Diet Cola Mountain erupt to replicate it . is confronted by Turbo , now fused with a Cy - Bug that devoured him , and Turbo carries him away . breaks free , hits the mountain , and causes it to erupt , but saves him using her glitch . The volcanic beacon destroys the Cy - Bugs and Turbo . 
 crosses the finish line , rebooting Sugar Rush and restoring her status and memory as Princess , the main character of the game , but she still uses her glitching ability to her advantage . and return home , allowing their game to be spared . and marry , while a content gains respect from his fellow characters .

John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, Alan Tudyk, Mindy Kaling, Joe Lo Truglio, Ed O'Neill, Dennis Haysbert, Adam Carolla, Horatio Sanz, and Rich Moore

is a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency analyst , recruited " out of high school " around 1999 , tasked with finding the al - Qaeda leader . In 2003 she is stationed at the U.S. embassy in Pakistan . She and fellow officer , attend the blacksite interrogations of , a detainee with suspected links to several of the 2001 hijackers in the September 11 attacks , who is subjected to approved torture interrogation techniques . provides unreliable information on a suspected attack in Saudi Arabia , but does reveal to the previously unknown name of the personal courier for , . Other detainee intelligence connects courier traffic by between and . In 2005 , denies knowing about a courier named ; she interprets this as an attempt by to conceal the importance of . 
 In 2009 , during the Camp Chapman attack , 's fellow officer and friend is killed . On the same day a case manager that likes the lead , shares with her an interrogation with a Jordanian detainee claiming to have personally buried in 2001 . learns what the CIA was told five years earlier , that Morocco caught traveling under the name of . Realizing her lead may be alive , contacts , now a senior officer at the CIA headquarters . She speculates that the CIA 's photograph of " " is that of his brother , , who was killed in Afghanistan . says that their beards and native clothes make all of the brothers look alike . This would explain 's account of " death " in 2001 . 
 wants the telephone number of mother , and it comes from a Kuwaiti prince for the price of a Lamborghini . CIA operatives use electronic methods to pinpoint a caller in a vehicle who persistently exhibits tradecraft behaviors that delay confirmation of his identity . The vehicle is physically tracked to a large urban compound in Abbottabad , Pakistan , near the Pakistan Military Academy . Gunmen attack while she is in her vehicle ; the action indicates to the agency that her cover is blown , so she is recalled to Washington , D.C. 
 When the compound is put under surveillance , the habits and culture of the inhabitants are analyzed but no conclusive photographic identification of is obtained . The President 's National Security Advisor tasks the CIA with creating a plan to capture or kill . Two stealth helicopters from Area 51 are flown by the Army 's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment to enter Pakistan , insert members of DEVGRU and the CIA 's SAD / SOG and raid the compound . Before briefing President , the CIA Director holds a meeting of his senior officers , who assess that being there is a chance of 60–80 % , rather than another high - value target . , also in attendance , uses the " habits " intelligence to shore - up her conclusion to 100 % that is there . 
 The raid is approved and is executed on May 2 , 2011 . A helicopter crashes , the SEALs gain entry and kill a number of people within the compound — among them a man in the building who is believed to be . At a U.S. base in Jalalabad , Afghanistan , visually confirms the identity of the corpse . is seen boarding a military transport to return to the U.S. ; the only passenger in the vast interior . The pilot asks her the destination ; she does not reply . 
 As the plane 's cargo - hold door closes , begins to cry softly.[15 ]

Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong, Chris Pratt, Kyle Chandler, Taylor Kinney, Mark Duplass, Frank Grillo, Stephen Dillane, Édgar Ramírez, Harold Perrineau, Reda Kateb, Jennifer Ehle, James Gandolfini, Scott Adkins, Mark Valley, Ricky Sekhon, John Barrowman

Criminals ( ) and ( ) are questioned by the United States Border Patrol after a meeting with drug lord ( ) in Mexico . Unknown to , is an undercover DEA agent named and reports to his superior , ( ) , that he failed to acquire cocaine from that they could use as evidence to convict him . 
 Against 's orders , decides to remain undercover and assist in robbing $ 3 million - stashed in the vault of the Tres Cruces bank - from , so they can prosecute for money laundering . has a rendezvous with fellow DEA agent and former lover , ( ) , who is also seeing another man , while , an undercover enlisted Intelligence Specialist with the Navy SEALs , meets with his commanding officer , LCDR Harold ( ) , who instructs to kill so the Navy can use the stolen money to fund unauthorized covert operations . 
 During the heist , and are surprised to find $ 43.125 million in the vault instead of the expected $ 3M. After the heist , follows orders to betray and escape with the money , managing to pull his gun right as is about to pull his own . Unwilling to kill , wounds in the shoulder , and then sees 's DEA badge . Not sure what to think of , he leaves behind in the desert and leaves with the money . meets with , and after learning what happened , attempts to have killed . escapes after learning the money will be transferred to a Navy base in Corpus Christi . Meanwhile , a man named ( ) aggressively interrogates the Tres Cruces bank manager about the stolen money and also questions the vet who treated 's wounds as he tracks 's movements . 
 However , goes to 's apartment to find out where he took the money , only to have contact him from a sniper 's post across the street . A hit squad sent by attacks the apartment but and escape . visits to tell him what happened , but and his men are there waiting for him . kills , frames for the murder and lets him go , making a deal that if Bobby returns the $ 43 million he will be cleared . 
 and kidnap and interrogate him in the garage at 's house . They find out is a black ops operative to whom reports , and that the money they stole belonged to the CIA . The garage is attacked by another hit squad , led by . , , and escape , but so does , who calls his crew . All three end up being captured by , and taken to his farm in Mexico . After beating them and receiving a visit from , gives the pair 24 hours to steal the money from the Navy and return it to him , or will die . 
 At the base , infiltrates 's office , only to discover is 's boyfriend , and they had planned to steal the money for themselves . Meanwhile , asks Admiral ( ) for help . orders 's arrest , but disavows to prevent the scandal from tarnishing the Navy 's reputation . evades arrest , as does . Unable to find the money , is too late to prevent from killing . He later realizes that the money is in a motel room that he and frequented and goes to help , who had returned to 's farm alone to exact vengeance . 
 There , is surrounded by 's men until both and intervene . arrives in a car filled with money , and then blows up the car , scattering the money everywhere , which leads to a massive shootout . During a standoff among , , , and , reveals that the CIA has 20 other secret banks , and the loss of the $ 43.125 million is only a minor setback . Signaling with a phrase from an earlier conversation , shoots , and shoots . and kill and the duo escapes , but not before shoots in the leg as payback for shooting him in the desert . While planning to continue to take down the CIA 's secret banks and sabotage their black operations , reveals to that he did not blow up all the money and had some stashed away .

Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg, Paula Patton, Bill Paxton, Fred Ward, James Marsden, Edward James Olmos

In 1841 , is a free African - American man working as a violinist , living with his wife and two children in Saratoga Springs , New York . Two white men , and , offer him short - term employment as a musician if he will travel with them to Washington , D.C. However , once they arrive they drug and deliver him to a slave pen run by a man named . proclaims that he is a free man , only to be savagely beaten with , at first , a wooden paddle , then , a leather belt . is later shipped to New Orleans along with other captive African Americans . He is told by the others that if he wants to survive in the South , he must adapt to being a slave and not tell anyone he is a free man . A slave trader named gives the identity of " " , a runaway slave from Georgia , and sells him to plantation owner . Tension grows between and a plantation overseer which ends with savagely beating and whipping the overseer . To save 's life , sells him to another slave owner named . In the process , attempts to explain that he is actually a free man , but tells him he is too afraid and that he can not help him now . 
 At the plantation , meets , a favored slave who can pick over 500 pounds of cotton a day , twice the usual quota , whom regularly rapes and abuses . Some time later , cotton worms destroy 's cotton . Unable to work his fields , leases his slaves to a neighboring plantation for the season . While there , gains the favor of the plantation 's owner , Judge , who allows him to play the fiddle at a neighbor 's wedding anniversary celebration and to keep his earnings . is also raped by a female slave in the middle of the night . When returns to Epps , he uses the money to pay a white field hand and former overseer , , to mail a letter to his friends in New York . agrees and accepts Northup 's saved money , but immediately betrays him to . In the middle of the night , a drunken wakes and questions him menacingly about the letter . is narrowly able to convince that is lying and relents . then emotionally burns the letter he intended to give to . 
 begins working on the construction of a gazebo with a Canadian laborer named . is unsettled by the brutal way that treats his slaves and expresses his opposition to American slavery , earning 's enmity . overhears the conversation and decides to reveal his kidnapping to . Once again , asks for help in getting a letter to Saratoga Springs . agrees to send it . One day , the local sheriff arrives in a carriage with another man . The sheriff asks Northup a series of questions to confirm that his answers match the facts of his life in New York . recognizes the sheriff 's companion as Mr. , a shopkeeper he knew in Saratoga . has come to free him , and the two embrace , though an enraged furiously protests the circumstances and tries to prevent from leaving . gives an emotional farewell to and rides off to his freedom . faints as leaves . 
 After being enslaved for 12 years , is restored to freedom and returned to his family , leaving behind the other slaves . As he walks into his home , he sees his wife with their son and daughter ( fully grown ) and her husband , who present him with his grandson and namesake , . apologizes for his long absence while his family comforts him . The film 's epilogue displays a series of graphics recounting 's unsuccessful suits against , , and , along with the 1853 publication of 's slave narrative memoir , Twelve Years a Slave . The memoir describes his role in the abolitionist movement and the mystery surrounding details of his death and burial . and never met again .

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Lupita Nyong'o, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, Alfre Woodard

Friends since high school , and are both over 21 and want to take their best friend out for his 21st birthday while visiting him at college . insists he ca n't , citing the important medical school interview he has to be ready for at 8 am the next morning . threatens to make a lot of noise , keeping up all night , if he refuses to come out . eventually accepts , but only for one drink . 
 At the bar , accidentally hits a boy named with a dart . gets aggressive , and the trio have to flee , which interrupts a nice chat that is having with a girl named . Excited that he is now allowed to enter bars , drinks too much and becomes unresponsive . and decide to take him home , but they can not remember where he lives . Because knows , they attempt to find her to ask her where he lives . They sneak into the sorority house that they think lives in , but it is the wrong house , and is instead filled with Latina students . 
 Along the way , they encounter two blindfolded women preparing to be paddled as part of their sorority initiation ritual . has the women make out with each other , but they and the other women of the house are furious when they discover the intrusion . Once again , the boys have to flee , and and throw from a balcony onto a pool cover in order to escape . bounces off the cover into a rose garden , and the two worry that they killed him . They find him uninjured . Surprisingly , he is still willing to party . 
 They finally find , but she does not know 's address , and instead refers them to her boyfriend , who turns out to be , the boy whom had hit with a dart earlier . refuses to look up the address in his phone , so threatens him ( using a gun that they found in 's pocket ) , trying to steal the phone . shoots into the air , panicking a buffalo and prompting it to attack people , including . At the address taken from 's phone they discover that no longer lives there , and that there is a party being thrown . They join in on party games in order to access a boy who may know 's current address . The party games include a drinking game against a group of Serbian party - goers . 
 When they finally find the boy who may know 's address , they are disappointed to discover that he does not actually know it . They leave in the care of two stoners who undress him for fun , write " " on his forehead , dress him in a lacy bra and glue a teddy bear to his penis . After leaving the party , goes out on the street still naked except for the teddy bear and the bra . and go after him to get him dressed , but he evades them and is apprehended by the police after running atop several cars and being a public disturbance . and go to the campus police station where they are told that has been transferred to the psychiatric unit . A woman offers to escort them to the hospital , but it is actually a trap set by the Latina sorority . They take revenge on and , who leave with buttocks branded and bruised by spanking . They have to walk across campus wearing nothing but socks on their penises until they get new clothes . In the mental health facility , and ask if they can take home , but the hospital refuses citing that is on a 24 - hour hold . The two also learn that has attempted suicide before due to stress . They also encounter , who has broken up with after he was injured by the buffalo . 
 and then learn 's address from a man named " " , who states he lives next door to and thus realise they drove past 's house several times ( thinking the had simply been moving around ) . They go to 's room , smuggle him out of the window and throw him atop a car from the third floor . They worry that they killed him again , but somehow avoids injury . Awakened by the fall , steals the car on which he has landed ( which turns out to be 's ) . The three boys flee with driving recklessly . During their reckless driving , police catch up to their tail but the trio manage to evade the police with steering the car over an overpass . Miraculously , they land without injury . 
 The boys finally arrive to 's apartment with minutes to spare to get him ready for his medical school interview . They pull the teddy bear off ( accidentally circumcising him in the process ) , shower and dress him . goes to 's home to destroy the room , but 's father arrives and apprehends him . Encouraged by and , confesses to his father , who pressured him into going to medical school , that he does not actually want to . His father refuses to accept this and even insults his own son . becomes angry for the way 's father is treating his son and punches him . tells his dad to leave which he does . admires for standing up to his father , and the two reconcile . realises he has fallen in love with , and runs to her house , where they kiss . 
 Three months later , , who is intelligent but lazy , improves his grades and wants to go to university . The night before his admissions interview , he is at a music festival with , ( who is now dating ) , and . He has a wild night and arrives to the professor 's office with red hair , a broken leg , and a coroner 's uniform profusely apologizing for his current state . The professor turns out to be the " Chief " that they repeatedly saw dancing alone in the street on the night of Jeff 's 21st birthday .

In 1945 , after sportswriter suggests that consider as the black ballplayer is looking for , and his team , the Kansas City Monarchs , stop by a gas station . When the attendant refuses entry to the washroom , says they will find another station at which to fill up the team bus , and the attendant relents . As steps out , a scout for the Dodgers sent by approaches him and invites him to Brooklyn . He is offered a $ 600 per month contract and a $ 3,500 signing bonus , which accepts after being warned by that he must control his temper if he wants to play . proposes to his girlfriend , , by phone and she accepts . 
 During spring training , earns a roster spot with the Montreal Royals , the AAA affiliate of the Brooklyn farm system . After a great season there and spring training in Panama , he advances to the Dodgers . Most of the team soon signs a petition , stating they refuse to play with Robinson , but manager insists will play with the main team . When is suspended by , the Commissioner of Baseball , for actions in his personal life , leaving the Dodgers without a manager to start the regular season , agrees to manage the team . 
 In a game against the Philadelphia Phillies , manager taunts , causing him to go back to the dugout and smash his bat out of frustration . With encouragement from , then returns to the field and hits a single , steals second base and advances to third on a throwing error , and scores the winning run . When 's behavior toward generates bad press for the team , the Phillies ' owner requires him to pose with for newspapers and magazine photos . 
 Later , 's teammate comes to understand what kind of pressure is facing , and makes a public show of solidarity , standing with his arm around 's shoulders before a hostile crowd at Crosley Field in Cincinnati , silencing them . 
 In a game against the St. Louis Cardinals , " accidentally " spikes on the back of the leg with his cleats while running the bases . 
 's home run against Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher , who had earlier hit him in the head , helps clinch the National League pennant for the Dodgers , sending them to the World Series , which they would lose to the New York Yankees .

Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Christopher Meloni, John C. McGinley, Lucas Black, Alan Tudyk, Nicole Beharie, C. J. Nitkowski, Brett Cullen, Kelley Jakle, Ryan Merriman, T. R. Knight, Hamish Linklater

In late medieval Japan , is a half - Japanese , half - English outcast who lives in the Akō Domain , which is ruled by the benevolent Lord . When was young , adopted him as a foundling . 's daughter and eventually fall in love , despite being scorned by her father 's samurai due to his mixed ancestry . 
 Before a planned visit from Shogun , is visited by the Shogun 's master of ceremonies , Lord , who wants to take for himself . enlists the help of a shapeshifting Kitsune named who sends a Kirin to kill in the forest of Ako . 's samurai struggle in their battle with the monster so joins in riding an abandoned horse . As the monster charges him , recovers a lost sword that he uses to slay it . Shortly thereafter he spots the disguised in her white fox form with different coloured eyes . Later during the Shogun 's visit , sees that one of the Shogun 's concubines has the same multi - colored eyes . He tries to warn 's principal counselor and samurai , , that she is the Witch . 
 Later , arranges a duel for the entertainment of the Shogun : 's best warrior , the giant , will battle a warrior of 's choosing . However , before the duel begins , the Witch uses her magic to incapacitate 's combatant . secretly dons his armor and fights in his stead , but his disguise is revealed and the Shogun orders him severely beaten as punishment . Later that night , uses her magic to make believe that is raping , causing him to attack an unarmed in his delirium . is sentenced to death for attacking a Shogunate official , though the Shogun allows him to die with honor through seppuku . The Shogun then gives both the Akō domain and , although he grants one year to mourn the death of her father before marrying . The Shogun also brands and his men ronin and forbids them from seeking vengeance for 's death . To ensure that the ronin do not interfere with his takeover plans , imprisons in an outdoor pit to break his spirit . 
 Nearly a year later , is released by 's men . He now knows that is guilty of treachery for using 's sorcery to cause 's downfall . reunites with his family and asks his son to aid him in reuniting the scattered ronin . They learn that has been sold into slavery and rescues him from the fighting pits of the Dutch colony of Dejima . leads them to the Tengu Forest , a mystical place he escaped from as a child , so that they can find swords for themselves . instructs to never draw his sword while in the Tengu temple and continues alone to another room to face the Tengu Master , who once trained in their fighting ways . While confronts the Tengu Master in a battle of wills , watches an illusion of his men being slaughtered by the Tengu , during which he fights the urge to draw his own sword . With and both successful in their Tengu challenges , the ronin are given Tengu swords . 
 Armed with their new weapons , the ronin plan to attack on his pilgrimage to a shrine where he seeks blessings for his wedding to . However , 's procession is a trap and the ronin are ambushed by 's forces , led by and her companion . Several of the ronin are killed , and , thinking they are all dead , takes 's sword and presents it to as a trophy . later taunts with their deaths and attempts to manipulate her into committing suicide from despair . 
 and ( having actually survived the attack ) rally the surviving ronin . , Kai , and half of the ronin infiltrate 's castle by disguising themselves as a band of traveling wedding performers loyal to the memory of Lord . With 's men distracted during the performance , the remaining ronin scale the castle walls , and the reunited groups start to battle with 's men . While fights , and are attacked by the Witch , who shape - shifts into a dragon . uses his sword and draws on the mystical powers of the Tengu to finally kill her . After gutting him , emerges with 's severed head and 's men surrender . 
 After winning the battle , the ronin ( including ) surrender themselves to Shogunate authority and are sentenced to death as they explicitly violated the Shogun 's prohibition on avenging . However , the Shogun finds that they followed the principles of in their actions and , therefore , restores their honor as samurai . Thus , instead of execution , the ronin are allowed to perform seppuku . They are also given the honor of burial with their master , Lord . The Shogun gives back to , and at the seppuku ceremony , he pardons 's son so that he may serve and preserve 's bloodline for the country . 
 A closing caption informs the audience of the tradition of paying respect at the graves of the 47 Ronin which continues every year on December 14 .

Keanu Reeves, Tadanobu Asano, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rinko Kikuchi, Kou Shibasaki, Jin Akanishi, Min Tanaka, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa

Straight - laced Princeton University Admissions Officer ( ) is caught off guard when she makes a recruiting visit to an alternative high school overseen by a former college classmate , the free - wheeling ( ) . With vast experience in the coaching , consoling , and criticism involving Princeton 's admission , she pays a visit to the Quest School , where teaches while raising an adopted son . After exposing to outspoken Quest students ' impressions of college , he takes her to meet the rather unconventional , a child prodigy . 
 Back on campus , 's longtime boyfriend breaks up with her after impregnating a " scholar " named . After an awkward romantic attraction to , she arranges for to visit Princeton , where she and a colleague , , are rivals to succeed the soon - to - retire Dean of Admissions . 
 long ago had a secret pregnancy , putting the baby up for adoption , and is shown apparent proof by that is her son . Although he is brilliant , 's miserable transcript results in his being deemed unfit to attend the University . , in an act that greatly endangers her position , schemes to gain entrance into the school , knowing that Princeton can not reveal such a scandal . 
 Her resignation is demanded . Later , when revealing to that she is his biological mother , she finds out that there was a photocopy mistake on his birth certificate and that the boy has already located his actual biological mother . appears at the Adoption Agency , trying to locate her son , where she describes her life with a different perspective . When asked how would she feel to meet her actual child , she replies that she would feel " nervous , but lucky . " 
 In the end , now dating , she receives a letter about her son , which says he is not ready to meet her yet . points out to her that she is on the waitlist " ... and that 's not so bad . "

In the near future , an environmental cataclysm forces the human race to abandon Earth and settle on a new world , Nova Prime . 
 One thousand years later , The Ranger Corps , a peacekeeping organization commanded by General ( ) , comes into conflict with the S'krell , alien creatures who intended to conquer Nova Prime . Their secret weapons are the Ursas , large predatory creatures that hunt by " sensing " fear . The Rangers struggle against the Ursas until learns how to completely suppress his fear , a technique called " ghosting " . After teaching this technique to the other Rangers , he leads the Ranger Corps to victory . Meanwhile , 's son ( ) blames himself for the death of his sister ( ) at the hands of an Ursa . trains to become a Ranger like , but his application is rejected due to his recklessness , and views him as a disappointment . 's mother ( ) convinces to take on his last voyage before retirement . 
 During flight , however , their spaceship is caught by an asteroid shower forcing them to crash - land on the now - quarantined Earth . Both of 's legs are broken , and the main beacon for firing a distress signal is damaged . instructs to locate the tail section of the ship , which broke off on entry to the atmosphere . Inside is the backup beacon which they can use to signal Nova Prime . gives his weapon , a wrist communicator and six capsules of a fluid that enhances the oxygen intake so he can breathe in Earth 's low - oxygen atmosphere . warns him to avoid the highly evolved fauna and flora , and be careful of violent thermal shifts . leaves to find the tail section , with guiding him through the communicator . 
 is attacked by giant baboons and , during his escape , is bitten by a poisonous leech . administers the antidote , but two of his capsules are damaged and his nervous system shuts down . When awakens , he narrowly escapes a thermal shift . lies to , not informing him of the damaged capsules . That night , listens to tell him a story of when he was attacked by an Ursa , how he realized that fear is merely an illusion created by the mind 's thoughts of the future , and thus he first began to " ghost " himself from the Ursas , choosing to live rather than to let his enemies , both fear and the Ursas , decide his fate . 
 The following day , reaches a mountaintop and learns about the broken capsules . Knowing that the only way to make it with 2 capsules would be to skydive , orders to abort the mission . Believing his father still sees him as a disappointment , blames 's death on 's absence on the day of the attack . He skydives from the mountaintop , but is captured by a large condor and his communicator is damaged . wakes in a nest of the condor , where he is surrounded by tigers . The condor attacks the tigers , and escapes . He reaches a river , and builds a raft to continue along the river . Tired , falls asleep on the raft . He dreams of his sister , , who reassures him that 's bitterness is just his own anger for not saving her . urges to wake up and when he does , he is surprised by another thermal shift and nearly freezes to death . is rescued by the condor , who sacrifices itself for him . 
 reaches the tail section and retrieves the emergency beacon along with another communicator , weapon , and more oxygen capsules . The communicator only allows to see and hear , but not for to hear him . learns the ship 's Ursa escaped and killed the remnants of the crew . The emergency beacon does not activate and realizes that the atmosphere is blocking the signal . heads to a nearby volcano from which he can fire the beacon , and is injured when the Ursa attacks him . is able to control his fear and " ghost " himself from the Ursa enough to kill it . He then fires the beacon . A rescue team arrives , and the two travel back to Nova Prime .

In the Indian Ocean , a man ( ) wakes to find water flooding his boat . He has collided with a wayward shipping container , ripping a hole in the hull . He uses a sea anchor to dislodge the container , then changes course to tilt the boat away from the hole . He patches the hole and uses the manual bilge pump to remove the water from the cabin . 
 The boat ’s navigational and communications systems have been damaged by saltwater intrusion . The man tries to repair the marine radio and connects it to one of the boat 's batteries . When he climbs the mast to repair an antenna lead , he sees an oncoming tropical storm . When the storm arrives , he runs before the wind . He intends to bring the boat into a hove - to position , but as he crawls to the bow to hoist the storm jib , he is thrown overboard and regains the deck after a struggle . The boat capsizes , turtles after a further 180 - degree roll and is dis - masted , and most of the equipment is destroyed . With the boat badly sinking , the man abandons ship in an inflatable life raft , salvaging whatever he can to survive . 
 As the man learns to operate a sextant , he discovers he is being pulled towards a major shipping lane by ocean currents . He survives another storm but his supplies dwindle , and he learns too late that his drinking water has been contaminated with sea water . He improvises a solar still from his water container and a plastic bag to produce freshwater . 
 The man is passed by two container ships , which do not see him , despite his use of signaling flares . He drifts out of the shipping lane with no food or water . On the eighth day , he writes a letter , puts it in a jar , and throws it in the ocean as a message in a bottle . Later that night , he sees a light in the distance . He tears pages from his journal along with charts to create a signal fire . The fire grows out of control and consumes his raft . He falls into the water and allows himself to sink . Underwater , he sees the hull of a boat with a search light approaching his burning raft . He swims towards the surface to grasp an outstretched hand .

In 1978 , con artists and have started a relationship and are working together . has improved 's scams , posing as English aristocrat " Lady . " loves but is hesitant to leave his unstable wife , fearing he will lose contact with his adoptive son . has also threatened to report to the police if he leaves her . FBI agent catches and in a loan scam , but offers to release them if can line up four additional arrests . believes is English but has proof that her claim of aristocracy is fraudulent . tells she will manipulate , distancing herself from . 
 has a friend pretending to be a wealthy Arab sheik looking for potential investments in America . An associate of 's suggests the sheik do business with Mayor of Camden , New Jersey , who is campaigning to revitalize gambling in Atlantic City but has struggled in fundraising . seems to have a genuine desire to help the area 's economy and his constituents . devises a plan to make Mayor the target of a sting operation , despite the objections of and of 's boss , . helps manipulate an FBI secretary into making an unauthorized wire transfer of $ 2,000,000 . When 's boss , , hears of the operation , he praises 's initiative , pressuring to continue . 
 leaves their meeting when presses him to accept a cash bribe . convinces the sheik is legitimate , expressing his dislike of , and the two become friends . arranges for to meet the sheik , and without consulting the others , has Mexican - American FBI agent play the sheik , which displeases . brings the sheik to a casino party , explaining mobsters are there and it is a necessary part of doing business . is surprised to hear that Mafia boss , right - hand man to , is present and that he wants to meet the sheik . explains that the sheik needs to become an American citizen and that will need to expedite the process . also requires a $ 10,000,000 wire transfer to prove the sheik 's legitimacy . 
 confesses his strong attraction to Sydney but becomes confused and aggressive when she drops her English accent and admits to being from Albuquerque . starts an affair with mobster , whom she met at the party . She mentions her belief that is working with the IRS , causing to threaten , who promises to prove the sheik 's investment is real . later confronts , who admits she told and agrees to keep quiet but wants a divorce . With 's help , and videotape members of Congress receiving bribes . assaults in a fight over the money and later convinces that he needs the $ 10,000,000 to get Tellegio , but gets only $ 2,000,000 . A meeting is arranged at the offices of Tellegio 's lawyer , , but does not appear . 
 visits and admits to the scam , but says he has a plan to help him . throws out and the loss of their friendship deeply upsets . The federal agents inform that their $ 2,000,000 are missing and that they have received an anonymous offer to return the money in exchange for and 's immunity and a reduced sentence for . It is revealed that the Alfonse Simone whom had arranged the wire transfer with was a con man working with and . accepts the deal and removes from the case , which ends his career . The Congressmen are prosecuted and so is , who is sentenced to 18 months in prison . and move in together and open a legitimate art gallery , while lives with and shares custody of with .

Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence

In 1980 , ( ) and ( ) are married and are both co - anchors for a prestigious news network in New York City . One day , ( ) , the most famous nightly news anchor in New York , reveals that he is retiring . He intends to promote , making her the first female nightly news anchor in the history of television , and to fire due to his continuously sloppy performance on air . grows jealous of 's success and storms out of the house , leaving her and their 6 - year - old son ( ) . 
 Six months later , is back in San Diego , but barely able to hold a job due to his depression . After being fired from SeaWorld and botching a suicide attempt , accepts a job offered to him by ( ) with GNN , the world 's first 24 - hour news network , for the station 's official launch . He reassembles his news team , finding ( ) , who owns a fried chicken store ( that sells bats secretly to cut down on costs ) , ( ) , now a famous cat photographer , and ( ) , who is presumed dead but appears at his own funeral . They are assigned the unpopular late - night timeslot while obnoxious rival anchorman ( ) is put in a primetime slot . Meanwhile , finds that has started dating psychologist ( ) . 
 As GNN launches , decides to broadcast what the people want to hear , rather than what they need to hear . He and his team devise a sensationalist and patriotic newscast . Their new approach proves to be a hit , beating in ratings by a massive margin , and the other news networks scramble to emulate them . and his team are promoted to primetime , where they enjoy fame and fortune . 's success excites GNN 's manager , ( ) , and they begin a romantic relationship . meets a similarly eccentric GNN office worker named ( ) and immediately falls in love . lets his newfound fame get to his head and neglects his parental obligations to , angering . He also alienates , , and , claiming he is tired of carrying them . 
 During a party celebrating GNN 's success , causes to slip and suffer a head injury , resulting in him becoming temporarily blind . Unable to read the news , isolates himself in a lighthouse , unable to adjust to his temporary loss of vision . arrives with for a visit , announcing that she has quit her own job , and bonds with his family , gradually adjusting to his disability . and his son rehabilitate a small shark , naming him before setting him free . Later , discovers that was concealing messages from his eye doctor regarding an experimental procedure , since she thought his blindness has been significant in the family bonding . He leaves angrily , gets his vision restored , and returns to GNN . 
 Back in New York , is once again approached by , who pleads with him to attend 's piano recital . At the same time , an exclusive news story comes in , requiring to cover it . However , on live TV , instead admits that news is supposed to inform , not entertain , and takes responsibility for the mistakes he made , following it up by quitting and walking off . He leaves for 's recital but is intercepted by an angered and his team and several other news teams , all of whom want to kill him due to his fame . 's friends arrive to defend him and a massive battle ensues . 's old arch - rival ( ) arrives in time to save from 's news crew , before sets off an explosion . manages to reach 's recital in time , and reconcile with . 
 and his friends later attend 's and 's wedding on the beach . During the wedding , spots in the water and tries to greet him , only to be attacked , forcing his dog to rescue him .

Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, James Marsden, Dylan Baker, Meagan Good, Harrison Ford, Greg Kinnear, Josh Lawson, Vince Vaughn, Luke Wilson, Nicole Kidman, Fred Willard, Chris Parnell, Fred Armisen, Jim Carrey, Sacha Baron Cohen, Drake, Kirsten Dunst, Tina Fey, Will Smith, Liam Neeson, Amy Poehler, John C. Reilly, Kanye West, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool, Jason White, Lewis Hamilton

In Gatlin , South Carolina , teenager awakens from a recurring dream of a girl he does not know . In voice - over narration , he describes his enjoyment of reading banned books , his despair of his small - town existence , and his dreams of leaving Gatlin for college . Arriving for his first day of junior year , notices newcomer , who resembles the girl he has been dreaming about . The other students do not take kindly to her and spread gossip regarding 's reclusive uncle , , and suggest that her family includes devil worshippers . Overhearing these whispers , tenses . On a drive home , nearly runs over , whose car has broken down . He gives her a ride home , and the two bond over their shared love of poetry and having both lost their mothers . 
 During class a couple of girls insist they ca n't be in a class with . They begin to pray to be protected from and her family , yelling over the teacher 's protests . is visibly shaken and the classroom windows shatter , amplifying the fears and suspicions of the class and the townspeople at large that she is a witch . checks on afterwards and she runs from class . goes to Ravenwood Manor to see and they start to form a friendship . After seeing them together invites him inside and scares him off . later returns to the mansion to give her a locket he found at Greenbriar as a present . Both of them touching the locket triggers a shared flashback to the American Civil War , after which awakens at his home . disapproves of their fondness and developing love of each other , and conspires with 's family friend , , to keep the two separated . continues to pursue until she confesses that she and her family are " casters " capable of performing magical spells . On her sixteenth birthday , 's true nature will steer her towards either the light or the dark ; fears the latter , as it entails being consumed by evil and hurting those she loves . and her family insist she is responsible for her own choices and reassure her that she is a good person . 
 Matters are complicated by the arrival of two immensely powerful dark casters who aim to push to the dark : , 's provocative cousin and childhood friend ; who is a siren , a caster that can make any mortal ( especially men ) obey her command telepathically ; and 's mother , who did not raise and has currently possessed Mrs. , the mother of 's friend . In a local church , the townspeople have gathered around to complete a petition to expel from school . Then , arrives and outside of natural reality confronts him . She foresees that will become an even more powerful caster , since the moon will bring out more energy and will be considered as the most powerful solstice and intends for to use her newfound power to purge the Earth of humans , leaving casters to rule in their wake . and use the locket to re - experience the whole flashback at a movie theater , while on a date , which reveals their ancestors , caster and mortal Confederate soldier were in love . was shot in battle , and revived him using a forbidden spell that caused her to go dark , kill her one true love and curse all the family 's women into going dark . This mortifies and she leaves the theater in fear . They consult with , who is a seer and keeper of a caster library beneath the town library . The most ancient of these books , the Book of Moons , reveals the secret to undoing the curse : someone loves has to die . Unwilling to take 's life , has a final moment together with in which she makes it snow and then erases all his memories of their time together . 
 seduces and gives him a bullet to use in an upcoming Civil War reenactment of the Battle of Honey Hill which will take place on 's birthday . During the reenactment , and agree to " kill " each other so they can ditch the reenactment . While at the ceremony for her sixteenth birthday , feels the shock of the curse being broken and runs off to , clutching his dying body as and encourage her to surrender to grief and accept the dark . lashes out in anger , sending lightning strikes and a huge twister through the crowd of reenactors and seemingly kills everyone until 's body transforms into , who had previously disguised himself as to become the needed sacrifice to lift the curse and reveals that he promised 's mother to keep her son alive . His dying words encourage to " claim yourself " ; she then causes the moon to disappear , so it can not claim her for the dark . allows to flee and pulls from Mrs. 's body , using her power to seal 's spirit away in the form of branches . 
 Six months later , a still - amnesiac stops by the library to visit before leaving for an NYU college tour with . He apologizes to for not having gotten to know her during their time in Gatlin . When he inquires if a book by ( which she had shared with him when they first met ) is any good , asks him to define good ( the same reply she gave the first time he asked ) and presents the book to him as a " getting out of Gatlin present " . As drives to visit his mother at the insane asylum , after being freed from 's possession , before leaving to NYU , reads a passage in the book that he had earlier associated with , while is revealed in the caster library to be a half light / dark caster , as one of her eyes turns a different color , shown the same way her cousin and mother had them . As and drive past the town line , glimpses the town 's burned exit sign and has a moment of remembrance . The car skids to a halt ; gets out of the car and yells 's name ; she hears his call and is freed of her dark side before the screen fades to black .

Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davis, Emmy Rossum, Thomas Mann, Emma Thompson

Nine years have passed since Before Sunset . and have become a couple and parents to twin girls . struggles to maintain his relationship with his teenage son , , who lives in Chicago with 's ex - wife . After spends the summer with and on the Greek Peloponnese peninsula , drops him off at the airport to fly home . is a successful novelist , while is at a career crossroads , considering a job with the French government . 
 The couple discuss their concerns about , and then about 's choices for her career . Over dinner they talk more about love and life . Friends staying with them pay for a hotel room so they can have a night alone . While walking to the hotel , the couple reminisce about coming together . After reaching the hotel , they have a fierce argument , expressing fears about their present and future together . Among other issues , wants them ( to consider ) to move to Chicago so he can be closer to , which thinks will cost her any chance of a life outside her family . In the heat of the argument , tells she no longer loves him . 
 leaves their room and sits alone in the hotel 's outdoor restaurant . joins her and jokes that he is a time traveler bringing her a letter from her 82 - year - old self , describing this night as one of the best of their lives . Unamused , says their fantasies will never match the imperfect reality . proclaims his love , saying he does not know what else she could want . After a moment , joins in 's joke , and the two seem to reconcile .

In 1977 , 18 - year - old ( ) , who works as an animal trainer for films , meets ( ) , a Hollywood producer , in a gay bar in Los Angeles . At 's urging , he leaves his adopted home in search of better - paying work . introduces to ( ) , who takes an immediate liking to the handsome younger man . invites the two backstage and then to his luxurious home in Las Vegas . observes that one of 's beloved dogs is suffering from a temporary form of blindness , and with his veterinary assistant background , informs the famous pianist that he knows how to cure the condition . After treating the dog , becomes 's " assistant " at the performer 's request . also becomes employed as 's stage chauffeur , driving a Rolls - Royce limousine onto the stage for 's grand entrances . 
 moves in with and becomes his lover . At this point , says that he is bisexual because he is also attracted to women . is sympathetic , informing him that he wanted and tried to love women , but was exclusively attracted to men . He relates a story of a " divine healing " in which a " messenger " informed him that still loved him . 
 It gradually becomes clear that is trying to mold into a younger version of himself . He asks his plastic surgeon , Dr. ( ) , to transform 's face to more closely resemble his own and makes an unsuccessful attempt to formally adopt him . soon turns to drugs as he becomes more angry and frustrated with trying to control him as well as 's obsession to publicly hide their romance at any cost . 
 By 1982 , 's increasing drug abuse and 's interest in younger men , including dancer ( ) , creates a rift that ultimately destroys their relationship . When begins visiting pornographic peep shows and suggests that they each see other people , becomes upset . retains an attorney to seek his financial share of the property by suing for over $ 100,000,000 in palimony . As a result , ends their formal partnership and involves himself with his most recent , and much younger , " assistant " . In 1984 , 's palimony lawsuit starts where he gives details about his five - year romance with the entertainer , while flatly denies any sexual relationship . 
 Not long thereafter , in December 1986 , receives a phone call from telling him that he is very sick with what is later revealed to be AIDS and that he would like to visit him again . agrees and drives to 's retreat house in Palm Springs , where he and have one last , emotional conversation . dies a few months later in February 1987 . attends 's funeral , in which he imagines seeing performing one last time with his traditional flamboyance , before being lifted to Heaven with a stage harness .

Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Dan Aykroyd, Scott Bakula, Rob Lowe

( ) disembarks in San Francisco after a flight from New York City . She takes a taxi to her sister 's ( ) apartment , where is dismayed to learn that traveled first class despite claiming to be broke . has recently suffered a nervous breakdown and , having incurred heavy debts , has been forced to seek refuge with her sister . 
 A series of flashbacks reveal that 's husband , money manager ( ) , was arrested for defrauding his clients . and her husband , ( ) , were among 's victims ; he swindled them out of $ 200,000 of lottery winnings that had wanted to start a business with , and their marriage fell apart . committed suicide in prison after being publicly disgraced . 's step - son ( ) dropped out of Harvard and cut himself off completely from , believing her to be complicit in 's crimes . After 's death , began drinking heavily and abusing anti - anxiety medication . She also developed a habit of talking to herself about her past . 
 is now dating a mechanic called ( ) , whom detests for his low breeding and coarse manners . She considers becoming an interior designer because of her " great taste " and past experience in decorating her homes . She wants to take online courses , but , having no computer skills , she decides to take a class in computers to gain basic proficiency . With no income , she grudgingly takes a job as a receptionist with a dentist ( ) , who pesters her with unwanted sexual advances . When he tries to assault her , she fights him off and quits . 
 's situation improves when she meets a wealthy widower , ( ) , at a party . is a diplomat aspiring to become a Congressman . She poses as an interior designer , telling him that her husband was a surgeon who died of a heart attack . is impressed by her stylishness and invites her to decorate his new home . begins a romance with ( ) , whom she met at the same party . She breaks up with , who begs her not to leave him . Eventually , she finds out that is married and gets back with , realizing she has been influenced by . 
 develops a romance with , and he is about to buy her an engagement ring when they bump into outside the jewelry store . rails at about what did to and him . also reveals that is living nearby in Oakland and is now married . is outraged that lied to him and calls off the engagement . goes to Oakland and finds , who tells he never wants to see her again because of what she did to his father . 
 It is revealed that finally learned of 's many affairs and confronted him . When he told her he wanted to divorce her to be with a 19 - year - old au pair , , in a moment of blind rage , called the FBI to inform the authorities of 's fraudulent business dealings . This led to his arrest . 
 returns to her sister 's apartment and finds back with , who is moving in now . and needle each other , and is furious when takes his side . lies to claiming that she is going to marry and leaves . takes a seat on a park bench and starts muttering to herself .

Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett, Louis C.K., Bobby Cannavale, Andrew Dice Clay, Sally Hawkins, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg

, living as a beach vagrant , lives out of his car and scavenges for food and money . A policewoman tells him that , the man who murdered 's parents , is to be released from prison . returns to his hometown in Virginia and watches the collect from prison . Despite failing to steal a gun , follows to a club restroom and , after a fight , fatally stabs him . Realizing he dropped his car keys in the club , steals the ' limousine ; as he drives away , he discovers a teenage boy , , in the back and lets him go . 
 After cleaning himself up , visits his sister , , for the first time in years and tells her that he has killed . is shocked but glad . As the killing has gone unreported on the news , surmises that the have decided to seek revenge without police involvement . flees her home with her daughters and Dwight waits in the house for the ' attack . The arrive in the car left outside the club . escapes the attackers and runs over one of the , , in his car ; he places the unconscious in the trunk . Before drives away , one of the attackers shoots him in the thigh with a crossbow . 
 After attempting surgery on himself , has the wound treated at a hospital and returns to 's house to clean up the mess . He tracks down an old high school friend , , who lends him a rifle . On 's land , interrogates at gunpoint . tells him that was not his father 's killer ; it was 's now - deceased father , in revenge for 's father having an affair with wife . wrestles 's rifle from him , but shoots him dead from a concealed position . To keep from further involvement , removes the battery from 's car . 
 goes to the house and finds it empty . He searches it for guns , dumps them in a lake , and waits to ambush the . He leaves a message on the house answering machine asking them to leave out of the dispute . and her remaining children , and , return and listen to 's message ; when it becomes clear that the intend to kill , shoots killing him . holds the women at gunpoint while explaining his dilemma about whether to kill the family members . enters through another door and shoots with a shotgun using both barrels . , severely wounded , asks to leave with his car and tells him they are half - brothers . After leaves , attempts to attack ; reaches for a TEC-9 hidden under a recliner and fires at , but she misses and instead kills . 's next shot mortally wounds , but she kills him before she dies . A postcard sent days earlier arrives at 's house .

In the city of New Orleans , hitman and his partner kill a corrupt former WDCPD policeman , , although leaves a prostitute , , alive . Later , at a bar , is murdered by another hitman , , who also attempts to kill but fails . 
 Washington , D.C. , Detective arrives in New Orleans to investigate his former partner 's death and meets Lieutenant , who informs him confirmed was assassinated . goes to the morgue , and , after seeing 's body and finding out who he is , he deduces that and killed . Meanwhile , meets with his employer , , and 's lawyer . reveals that tried to blackmail , and provided local mobster with a file detailing 's illegal operations . later kills and his men and retrieves the file . 
 meets in a bar and informs him that he knows and killed . leaves , and when tries to follow him , he is attacked by corrupt cops who were ordered by to prevent from further investigating about . rescues and takes him to a tattoo parlor , where 's estranged daughter , , treats 's wounds . They later go to a massage parlor where interrogates , the middleman who hired and on 's behalf . tries to kill , but manages to kill him , although his gun jams . later confronts , who admits to having tampered with 's gun , nearly causing his death . and agree to work together . 
 and kidnap and take him to 's house , where he is forced to give them a flash drive detailing Morel 's plans to acquire housing projects and demolish them to build office buildings and reveals is an ex - mercenary hired to be Morel 's enforcer . Afterwards , shoots him in the head . and his men trace 's cellphone to 's house , but and are able to escape and detonate a bomb , killing 's men . escapes and swears revenge on . Angered at 's methods , abandons him and continues alone . 
 meets with Lieutenant to ask for his help , but tries to kill him , as he is also on Morel 's payroll . kills him and saves . Meanwhile , learns about and kidnaps her . then calls and offers to trade for the flash drive . agrees , and meets with in an abandoned warehouse , where he delivers the flash drive to him and is returned to him , while infiltrates the building to arrest . becomes furious when is allowed to leave ; he kills and his men before confronting ; they fight until stabs in the throat and shoots him dead from afar . 
 retrieves the flash drive and shoots him in the shoulder to make it appear as if failed to capture him . decides to stay with waiting for the police and leaves . He later meets at a bar , where tells him he did not mention 's involvement to the police this time , but if continues in the business , will take him down . welcomes him to try and drives off into the night .

Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Sarah Shahi, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christian Slater, Jason Momoa

takes command of MV Maersk Alabama , an unarmed container ship from the Port of Salalah in Oman , with orders to sail through the Gulf of Aden to Mombasa , Kenya . Wary of pirate activity off the coast of the Horn of Africa , he and First Officer order strict security precautions on the vessel and carry out practice drills . During a drill , the vessel is chased by Somali pirates in two skiffs , and calls for help . Knowing that the pirates are listening to radio traffic , he pretends to call a warship , requesting immediate air support . One skiff turns around in response , and the other – manned by four heavily armed pirates led by – loses engine power trying to steer through Maersk Alabama 's wake . 
 The next day , 's skiff , now fitted with two outboard engines , returns with the same four pirates aboard . Despite the best efforts of and his crew , the pirates secure their ladder to the Maersk Alabama . As they board , tells the crew to hide in the engine room and allows himself to be captured . He offers the $ 30,000 in the ship 's safe , but 's orders are to ransom the ship and crew in exchange for millions of dollars of insurance money from the shipping company . While they search the ship , sees that the youngest pirate does not have sandals and tells the crew to line the engine room hallway with broken glass . Chief Engineer cuts power to the ship , plunging the lower decks into darkness . cuts his feet when they reach the engine room , and continues to search alone . The crew members ambush , holding him at knifepoint , and arrange to release him and the other pirates into a lifeboat . However , 's right - hand man refuses to board the lifeboat with unless goes with them . Once all are on the lifeboat , attacks , forcing him into the vessel before launching the boat with all five of them on board . 
 As the lifeboat heads for Somalia , tensions flare between the pirates as they run low on the plant - based amphetamine khat and lose contact with their mother ship . becomes agitated and tries to convince the others to kill . They are later intercepted by the U.S. Navy destroyer USS   Bainbridge . Bainbridge 's captain is ordered to prevent the pirates from reaching the Somali coast by any means necessary . Even when additional ships arrive , asserts that he has come too far and will not surrender . The negotiators are unable to change his mind and a DEVGRU SEAL team parachutes in to intervene , while makes an unsuccessful attempt to escape from the lifeboat before being quickly recaptured and repeatedly beaten by . 
 While three SEAL marksmen get into positions , and the SEALs continue to try to find a peaceful solution , eventually taking the lifeboat under tow . agrees to board Bainbridge , where he is told that his clan elders have arrived to negotiate 's ransom . In the lifeboat , prepares a goodbye letter to his wife in case he is killed , while decides to take full control . spots writing the letter and beats him further . retaliates by wrestling until subdues by striking him in the back with his AK-47 , injuring him . convinces and that must be killed . The pirates tie up and blindfold , leaving him to say his final goodbyes . As the pirates prepare to shoot , Bainbridge 's crew stops the tow , causing and to lose balance . This gives the marksmen three clear shots and they simultaneously kill all three pirates . is arrested and taken into custody for piracy . is rescued from the lifeboat and treated . Although in shock and disoriented , he thanks the rescue team for saving his life . 
 Before the credits it is revealed soon returned to sea after his recovery while was sentenced to 33 years in jail for orchestrating the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama , and the kidnap and attempted murder of .

Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Catherine Keener, Max Martini, Yul Vazquez, Michael Chernus, Chris Mulkey, Corey Johnson, David Warshofsky, John Magaro, Angus MacInnes

, a man living in Chicago , is distraught after the death of his mother . At the hospital , he sees her as a spirit and asks her what he should do with his life . She replies by telling him to go to Bucharest because she believes it seems right to do . On the flight , he meets , an elderly man sitting next to him , who is returning home to Bucharest after seeing a Cubbies game , with a silly hat as a gift for his daughter . Partway through the plane ride , dies , and sees him too as a spirit , who asks him to deliver his gift to his daughter , which he promises to do . 
 Arriving at the airport , he is hassled over the hat by the authorities , but eventually meets 's daughter , , whom he falls instantly in love with . After he gives her 's gift , they part . While in a taxi , he finds in her car on the side of the road . She tells him she ca n't keep up with the ambulance containing her father 's body , and he offers to help catch up to them . They suddenly cause the ambulance truck to crash and flip over , with 's body flying out of it . is taken to the hospital by another ambulance , leaving her car with . He takes the car to Bucharest opera house to drop off her cello , not before finding a revolver in her bag . Following a stage performance , is confronted by her estranged and unstable husband , . suddenly spots walking by , and notices and questions him aggressively . lies that is a tuba player , after which leaves . 
 arrives at a hostel and meets his roommates , and . After partying for a while , enters the bathroom and encounters , who was waiting inside to apologize for his earlier behavior . After departing , then sees walking , and they spend the night out . Later , they part ways with telling him that if he finds her the next day , she will kiss him . The next day , wakes up to find out that has taken too much viagra , and they go to a club seeking medical help . The trio are shocked with their bill and are taken to a backroom by security . There , they meet , a friend of who questions of his involvement with . 
 At night , meets at her house for a house gathering in honor of . takes her to the attic to kiss him . Later on , shows up and finds there and openly expresses his doubt that is a tuba player . forces to leave by threatening to shoot him . After the guests leave , tells of how she made the mistake of marrying . He listened to her cello performances at the café where she grew up playing . realized too late that was an active criminal . Her father found an incriminating tape to use against to force him to leave the country , but it never worked . then confesses that he is in love with her , and they have sex . 
 The next morning , finds gone and a note telling him to not leave the house . explores the house and discovers a room filled with tapes , accidentally discovering the tape threatened with , revealing security footage of him killing several people in a restaurant . A disturbed leaves the house and find and at a nearby restaurant . He approaches them and explains that he " saw the tape . " violently interrogates until the police arrive and take away . The cops tell him that does n't want to see him anymore and that he will be taken to Budapest . Upon arrival at the hostel to get his belongings , he is alerted by the presence of 's associates . They chase to a subway , where he escapes and runs back to 's home to find the tape . He finds and the same men waiting for him , showing and 's backs glued together outside . calls regarding the tape , prompting to leave the house . 
 waits for at the Opera House , where she tells him that she does n't want to see him again and says goodbye . She goes to her car with , who has the tape and intends to destroy it so that life with can continue . A saddened once again speaks to the ghost of his mother , who says that she is proud of him and hopes he does n't die . After she disappears , he runs to 's car and attempts to stop , only to be knocked unconscious . He wakes , hanging from a rope by his ankle above a boat dock . burns the tape and prepares to shoot , but decides to let do it . She ends up sparing just as the cops arrive . is dropped into the lake and survives , and commits suicide by cop . The film ends with and finally being separated from the super glue , and and finally together in a relationship .

Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen, Rupert Grint, Vincent D'Onofrio, Melissa Leo

Inventor and his friends have saved the world from the food storm created by the " Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator " ( FLDSMDFR ) but this has left their island home town of Swallow Falls covered in food . Super - inventor , the CEO of Live Corp and 's childhood idol , offers his company 's services to clean the island and helps to relocate the population to nearby San Franjose , California . also invites to work at Live Corp. 
 Six months later , shows that the island is flourishing with sentient food created by the FLDSMDFR in the form of " foodimals " , and that some are trying to swim from the island , potentially threatening the world . tells he needs to travel to the island , find the FLDSMDFR , and insert a special USB device into it to destroy it to end the threat . Though the mission is meant to be classified , invites his friends to help : his girlfriend , meteorologist ; her cameraman ; police officer ; , his pet monkey who communicates via a device on his chest ; and " Chicken " . He also grudgingly accepts the help of , his father , who takes them to the island by his fishing boat . When learns that is not alone , he and his assistant , a super - intelligent orangutan , soon follow along with several Live Corp employees . 
 While Tim stays with the boat , and his friends work their way through the jungle - like environment that now covers Swallow Falls and encounter the numerous forms of foodimals , including a strawberry they call " " . arrives shortly , offering to help . becomes suspicious of 's motives , as his claim that the foodimals are dangerous does not align with what they have observed already . refuses to accept 's statement , and she and the rest of 's friends leave on their own , eventually getting captured by the Live Corp employees . 
 , and track down and locate the FLDSMDFR . As is about to insert the USB device , he recognizes that it is acting as a brain to all the foodimals on the island , and it is not dangerous to them in any way . He refuses to use the USB device , but forces his hand , and with the device , is able to seize control of the FLDSMDFR . announces his plan to use it to create more foodimals , and with those and the ones being captured on the island as they speak , he will make food bars out of them . knocks into a river , where he washes out and reunites with . Without the FLDSMDFR , he and his father find the foodimals on the island are dying , and vows to get it back with the help of . 
 helps and sneak into the Live Corp base . As frees the foodimals , challenges to turn over the FLDSMDFR , but threatens to use his friends in his food bar processing machine . is able to use his inventions to beat and free his friends , along with 's help after shows how little respect he has for her . tries to escape but is eaten by a cheeseburger spider . recovers the FLDSMDFR , restores it to normal , and returns it to where they found it , allowing the foodimals to flourish naturally . He and his friends , including and , return home , and reconciles with , who lets him try out fishing for the first time . 
 In a mid - credits scene , is trying to ask on a date while he is distracted by a banana sandwich .

Anna Faris, Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Kristen Schaal, James Caan, Neil Patrick Harris, Benjamin Bratt, Terry Crews, Will Forte

is a lesbian who becomes disillusioned with her domestic life and career after suffering a mild concussion when her son , , accidentally hits her in the head with a thrown baseball . She then begins working as a prostitute for other women.[4 ]

In July 1985 , Dallas electrician and rodeo cowboy ( ) is diagnosed with AIDS and given 30 days to live . He initially refuses to accept the diagnosis , but remembers having unprotected sex with a woman who was an intravenous drug user . He is soon ostracized by family and friends who mistakenly believe he contracted AIDS from homosexual relations , gets fired from his job , and is eventually evicted from his home . At the hospital , he is tended to by Dr. Eve Saks ( ) , who tells him that they are testing a drug called zidovudine ( AZT ) , an antiretroviral drug which is thought to prolong the life of AIDS patients — and is the only drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) for testing on humans . informs him that in the clinical trials , half the patients receive the drug and the other half are given a placebo , as this is the only way they can determine if the drug is working . 
 bribes a hospital worker to get him the AZT . As soon as he begins taking it , he finds his health deteriorating ( exacerbated by his cocaine use ) . When he returns to the hospital , he meets ( ) , a drug addicted , HIV - positive trans woman , to whom he is initially hostile . As his health worsens , he drives to a makeshift Mexican hospital to get more AZT . The facility is run by a Dr. , who has had his American medical license revoked because aspects of his work with AIDS patients had violated US regulations . tells that the AZT is " poisonous " and " kills every cell it comes into contact with " . He instead prescribes a cocktail of drugs and nutritional supplements centered on ddC and the protein peptide T , which are not yet approved in the US . Three months later , finds his health much improved . It occurs to him that he could make money by importing the drugs and selling them to other HIV - positive patients . Since the drugs are not illegal , he is able to get them over the border by masquerading as a priest and swearing that they are for personal use . Meanwhile , also begins to notice the negative effects of AZT , but is told by her supervisor , Dr. , that it can not be discontinued . 
 Over the next year , ( 1986 ) begins selling the drugs on the street and at gay nightclubs . He comes back into contact with , with whom he reluctantly sets up business since she can bring many more customers . The pair establish the " Dallas Buyers Club " , charging $ 400 per month for membership , and it becomes extremely popular . He gradually begins to respect and think of her as a friend . When has a heart attack caused by a recently acquired dose of interferon , learns of the club and the alternative medication . He is angry that it is interrupting his trial , while the FDA confiscates the interferon and threatens to have arrested . agrees that there are benefits to AIDS medicine buyers clubs ( of which there are several around the country ) but feels powerless to change anything . The processes that the FDA uses to research , test and approve drugs are seen as flawed and a part of the problem for AIDS patients . and strike up a friendship . 
 The FDA gets a warrant to raid the Buyers Club , but can do nothing but fine . In 1987 , the FDA changes its regulations , making any unapproved drug illegal . As the Club runs out of funds , , who is addicted to cocaine , begs her father for money and tells that she has sold her life insurance policy to raise money . travels to Mexico and gets more of the peptide T. Upon return , finds out that died after being taken to the hospital . is also upset by her death , and is asked to resign when the hospital discovers she is linking patients with the Buyers Club , having learned that AZT trials previously conducted in France had proven the drug to be ineffective against HIV . She refuses , and insists that she will have to be fired instead . 
 As time passes , shows compassion towards gay , lesbian , and transgender members of the club and making money becomes less of a concern ; his priority is provision of the drugs . Peptide T gets increasingly difficult to acquire , and in 1987 he files a lawsuit against the FDA . He seeks the legal right to take the protein , which has been confirmed as non - toxic but is still not approved . The judge is compassionate toward him and admonishes the FDA , but lacks the power to do anything . As the film ends , on - screen text reveals that the FDA later allowed to take peptide T for personal use and that he died of AIDS in 1992 , seven years later than his doctors initially predicted .

The family — mother , father , older son , and younger son — reside on a quiet suburban street in an unnamed American city . is currently unemployed , placing the burden of supporting the family on , who works as a real estate agent . Their two sons enjoy a happy relationship and communicate with each other from their beds via walkie - talkie . 
 A number of strange occurrences befall the family . During the night , the contents of the kitchen are rearranged in bizarre configurations . The house alarm is set off when it detects that all entry points were breached simultaneously . suffers a fit while playing soccer and is shocked when hundreds of birds suddenly crash into the house . One night , is awakened by a sound from 's room . When she goes to check on him , through the darkness she sees a figure standing over his bed . She turns on the light to find an empty room . is found walking away from the house but can not remember leaving . , and each suffer catatonic episodes and regain consciousness with no memory of their experiences . Strange symbols are found on and 's bodies . 
 Greatly disturbed by the various phenomena afflicting the family and the house , begins to search online for answers and finds articles attributing some of what they have experienced to UFOs and reports of alien abduction . installs security cameras throughout the house . He reviews the night 's footage and frame - by - frame analysis reveals three dark figures standing over their beds as they slept . Now believing that there is an extraterrestrial force at work , and seek the help of a specialist , , who calls the beings " the Greys . " informs them that many others have suffered the same fate as the , with most cases ending in a child abduction . warns the that the person who the first show interest in is usually the one who is abducted and that they should be highly protective of , who he believes has been " chosen . " 
 buys a shotgun while buys an aggressive guard dog . The family spend July 4 boarding up the windows of the house , then eat dinner and reminisce about happier times . Suddenly , the house lights begin to flicker and the dog starts barking ferociously . sends the boys upstairs and stands guard outside the door . hears the TV in her bedroom turn on . She walks towards it , unaware of a being standing directly behind her , and becomes trapped in her room . gets and into his and 's room where they barricade themselves in and huddle together on the bed . The TV begins to flicker again and the beings – now revealed to be Greys – materialize in the room . blacks out and experiences a hallucination in which his father commits suicide while standing over his mother 's bloodied body . Seeing his brother , chases after before reawakening in the upstairs hallway of his house . The appear in front of him and he disappears with them in a flash of light , the rest of the family powerless to help . 
 Three months later , and are suspects in 's disappearance , and have moved into an apartment . balefully cuts out a newspaper article about 's disappearance and hangs it on his wall with other pictures of missing children . As is going through old things , she finds pictures that drew as a child that show the surrounding him . She belatedly realizes that it was , not , in whom the first showed interest , and that he was the one who had been chosen . Feedback then emanates from a nearby walkie - talkie as and both hear 's faint voice calling 's name .

A mysterious vehicle using a huge magnet steals a highly potent mutagen known as PX-41 from a secret laboratory in the Arctic Circle . The Anti - Villain League ( AVL ) , headed by , tries to recruit former supervillain to track down those responsible and recover the mutagen , but refuses , claiming that he is now a legitimate businessman and devoted father to , , and . Dr. , 's friend and assistant , longs to go back to villainy and leaves for new employment . reluctantly agrees to investigate the theft , and is partnered with undercover AVL agent . 
 The pair begin their search in the Paradise Shopping Mall , disguised as bakery employees . immediately suspects Mexican restaurant owner , , of being the infamous " " , a legendary supervillain who supposedly died by riding a shark into the mouth of an active volcano with 250 pounds of dynamite strapped to his chest . and break into 's restaurant at night , but find no proof . Meanwhile , who dreams of one day having a mother , believes that will fall in love with ; denies it , saying his relationship with is only professional . 
 Although holding as his chief suspect , agrees to pursue others , including wig merchant . After witnessing 's two - timing son , , woo and invite everyone to his Cinco de Mayo party , renews his focus on . His neighbor , , sets him up on a dinner date with her vacuous friend . The date goes horribly , but arrives and rescues from being humiliated by by shooting her with a tranquilizer gun . While they take home , and spend personal time together , and falls in love with her . 
 The next day , the AVL arrest after finding an almost - empty jar of the mutagen in his shop , and the investigation is closed by . is reassigned to Australia , but gives her lipstick Taser as a gift before leaving . A heartbroken , having lacked the courage to ask out on a date , instead takes the girls to the Cinco de Mayo party . While there , he follows and discovers a secret musical steps - activated elevator , where he finally finds proof that is . 
 On her flight , , realizing that she has also fallen in love with , jumps out of the plane and hang glides down to the party . discovers that , who is revealed to have hired as a partner , has been abducting 's Minions and using the stolen PX-41 serum to make them rabid and indestructible . plans to launch rockets full of the mutated Minions into major cities in order to achieve world domination . He gives the chance to team up with him , but walks away . 
 later arrives at the party , but captures after , 's pet chicken , retrieves her AVL ID badge from her purse . rejoins , who fakes being captured with two other minions to help him enter 's fortress . creates an antidote to the serum ; , , and the girls use it as a weapon to return the Minions to their normal state . then takes the mutagen himself and turns into a monster , but and defeat him using 's lipstick Taser and a fart gun . 
 finds strapped to a TNT - loaded shark rocket and starts to untie her , but launches the rocket , sending it flying towards the same volcano where previously faked his death . accepts 's invitation for a date , and the pair dive into the ocean seconds before the rocket enters the volcano and violently explodes . rejoins the AVL , and he and eventually get married , giving , and a mother .

Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Russell Brand, Pierre Coffin, Benjamin Bratt, Steve Coogan, Ken Jeong, Kristen Schaal, Moisés Arias, Javier Bardem

An ambitious , up - and - coming reporter has much success with her interview with underage video chat - room stripper . , a runaway , works in a whole " house " with other chat - room strippers under his boss , . However , the FBI wants her to reveal his address in order to shut down the whole website that hosts the web - rooms . Since she has paid him in order to make initial contact , she may have broken the law , making the police and her boss put pressure on her to cooperate . wants to save him from the business , yet fears losing his trust in the process . reluctantly gives her the address , and somehow , is tipped off and the entire house flees . When discovers this , she follows them to the motel where they 're staying , and asks to leave with her . At first , is hopeful for the future and willing , but when is hesitant to guarantee him safe haven in her home , he resists . watches the argument , then slaps . The entire group of chat - room strippers leave and drives away in tears . 
 Two boys , and his friend , impersonate a girl , " " , on Facebook Messenger and convince teenager ( the son of , a legal counsel at the TV station where works ) to send a nude picture of himself . The boys distribute it to classmates , and the picture circulates to nearly everyone in their grade . is so embarrassed by this cyber bullying that he attempts suicide by hanging himself and ends up in a coma . doggedly searches 's social media , looking for answers , and begins chatting with " " . visits in the hospital , where he meets , and falsely calls himself . 's father ( the real ) discovers what has been doing and becomes very angry with him . However , he grudgingly protects his son by erasing the evidence on 's iPad . Later , discovers that is actually " " , and goes to 's house angrily , resulting in a physical altercation . tries to intervene , and hits him with a hockey stick . then hits , who falls to the ground , which stops the fight . 
 A young married couple , and , seem to live a fairly normal life , however , the couple is still devastated due to a tragedy that occurred two years ago , the death of their only son , , caused by SIDS . , who remained sterile , could not have other children and overcome mourning , one day , the couple finds their identities are stolen online . They hire private detective ( 's father ) to find the thief , and after revealing that had been regularly chatting on a support group website , determines their burglar . and go after the suspect , , following him at work , watching his movements , and breaking into his home for evidence . Right before goes to confront him at his front door , calls to tell him that is not their guy , and that he too was a victim of the burglar . , who had been noticing and stalking him , confronts them in their car with a rifle ; however , , a former Marine , disarms him and forces him back into his house . is able to coax the gun away , relating to the online chats about each of their losses . 
 The film ends with none of the stories being resolved , and yet , with all characters having grown closer to the ones they love in the process , or rather , having stopped " disconnecting " .

Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, Michael Nyqvist, Paula Patton, Andrea Riseborough, Alexander Skarsgård, Max Thieriot, Colin Ford, Jonah Bobo

is a young Italian American and modern - day Don Juan living in New Jersey , with a short list of things he cares about : " my body , my pad , my ride , my family , my church , my boys , my girls , my porn . " Though he has a very active sex life , he is more sexually satisfied by viewing pornography and masturbating , which he claims allows him to “ lose himself ” in . 
 On a night out with his two best friends , and Danny , sees , a young Jewish woman from a more affluent background . Although she finds him interesting , she declines his offer for a one - night stand . He tracks her down on Facebook and invites her to lunch . There is mutual attraction , but insists on a long - term courtship , which proceeds for over a month without sex . She encourages to take night classes to get an office job outside the service industry , and indulges her love for romance movies , which he usually dismisses as unrealistic fantasy . They meet each other 's families and 's parents love her . 
 The two have sex , but is still dissatisfied . He loves and considers her body perfect , but still finds pornography more satisfying . While she sleeps , watches pornography . catches him and is shocked . She prepares to leave , but he denies that he watches pornography and claims it was a joke emailed to him by a friend . 
 Their relationship resumes , with watching pornography primarily outside his apartment , concealing his habit from . He is caught watching a video on his cell phone before a college class by , a middle - aged woman earlier encountered weeping by herself . politely brushes her off . continues asserting control , insisting that cleaning his own apartment , a task finds satisfying , is not something she is comfortable with him doing . checks the browser history on 's computer , confronts him with proof that he has continued viewing pornography , then ends their relationship . 
 tries to return to his old lifestyle , but ends up in a downward spiral . continues reaching out , offering the benefit of her experience . She lends him an erotic video that she believes has a more realistic depiction of sexual relations . He responds by initiating a sexual encounter in her parked car . She persuades to try masturbating without pornography , but he is unable to . She feels the reason he is more satisfied with watching than having sex is that pornography is a one - sided affair . If wants to lose himself , it must be to another person , a mutual experience . Esther reveals that her husband and son died in a car accident . With her , forms an emotional sexual connection . 
 tells his family about the break - up with : while they are displeased , his sister states that was just dating because she knew she could manipulate him . meets with and apologizes for lying to her about the pornography . says she asked one thing of him and he failed . replies that she asked many things of him and he could not meet her expectations . As she tells him to never contact her again , he sees how shallow she is and realizes he is better off without her . 
 begins dating . Even though she is considerably older and neither has any interest in getting married , believes he really understands and that they can get emotionally lost in each other .

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Rob Brown, Glenne Headly, Brie Larson, Tony Danza

( ) and ( ) are co - workers at Chicago craft brewery Revolution Brewing , where they spend their days drinking and goofing off . They seem to be perfect for each other , but they are both in relationships . is with ( ) , and is with ( ) . is a nice and practical girl , whereas is more of an introvert . presses about marriage , which he promises he will be able to talk about some time soon . 
 One day , and are drinking with co - workers , and and also show up . invites and to join him and for a trip to his family 's cottage.[4 ] During the trip and go for a long hike in the woods , where they end up kissing . 
 and spend the whole trip drinking and staying up late alone together , and end up having a bonfire together . invites to go skinny dipping before stripping off her clothes and running into the lake . 
 After the group returns home , realizes his and 's differences and breaks up with her . Newly single insists the whole brewery crew go out the next evening for drinks to celebrate her ' singleness . ' That night she ends up sleeping with a co - worker , . When hears about this he is angry at both and and spends the whole day snapping at both of them , but eventually apologizes for his behavior . decides to go away for a week with some friends from college . During this trip , and go out for dinner and fall asleep together on the couch . agrees to help clean out her old apartment and move the next day , and at the end of the day falls asleep on the bed . joins him . 
 The next morning , and keep moving and make plans to get dinner to celebrate when they are done . cuts his hand badly while helping move a couch . is squeamish about the blood and unhelpful . An impatient driver , blocked by the moving van , yells at them and starts a fight with . After ends up with a broken lip , calls and another co - worker to help finish the move . When invites out for drinks , she agrees to go with him instead of going to dinner with . is annoyed and an argument ensues . 
 Returning home , finds has come home early , and she is crying . She sees his injuries and while cleaning him up , confesses to kissing while at the cottage . She tells how guilty she feels about what happened , and that she really loves him and wants to marry him . forgives and lets her know that he still loves her and wants to marry her . The next day at work and awkwardly interact and then eventually end up sitting together at lunch . They each offer one another bits of their lunch before they crack a smile , and drink a beer .

Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson, Anna Kendrick, Ron Livingston, Ti West, Jason Sudeikis

In 2154 , Earth is overpopulated and polluted . Most of Earth 's citizens live in poverty , on the edge of starvation , and with little technology and medical care . The rich and powerful live on Elysium — a gigantic space habitat located in Earth 's orbit . Elysium is technologically advanced , including medical machines known as Med - Bays that can cure all diseases , reverse the aging process , and regenerate new body parts . A long - running feud exists between the wealthy residents of Elysium and the citizens of Earth , who demand Elysian technology to cure their medical ailments . 
 , a former car thief on parole , lives in the ruins of Los Angeles , and works at an assembly line for ArmadyneCorp , a company run by its CEO , who had originally designed Elysium , and now supplies its weaponry , as well as the robots that police Earth . During an industrial accident at the factory , is trapped in a chamber , and is hit by a lethal dose of radiation . After being rescued , he is informed that he has five days to live before succumbing to radiation poisoning . Desperate for a cure , he and his friend seek help from a human smuggler named to get him to Elysium ; his only chance for survival is using a Med - Bay . 
 Meanwhile , when a trio of ships full of illegal immigrants from Earth attempts to reach Elysium and its Med - Bays , Elysian Defense Secretary , an intense , cold , ruthless Frenchwoman , orders a sleeper agent , , to destroy the shuttles . While two of the shuttles are shot down in space , killing everyone on board , the third shuttle makes it ; but , once on Elysium , everyone on board is either killed or arrested and deported . Elysian President reprimands for her immoral and unsubtle methods and threatens to fire her unless she tones down her actions . Regarded as a loose cannon , is dismissed from service . , vowing to protect Elysium and her own power , bargains with to create a program that can override Elysium 's computer core to give her the Presidency . stores the reboot program in his brain for transport to Elysium and encrypts it with a lethal protection program . 
 agrees to get to Elysium if he can steal financial information from Carlyle . To assist him , 's men surgically attach a powered exoskeleton to . With and a team of 's men , shoots down Carlyle 's ship , and in the ensuing firefight with Carlyle 's security droids , internally bleeds to death after being shot . downloads the program to his suit 's neural implant but realizes that the encryption makes it unusable . Alerted to the data theft by Carlyle 's medical implant , Delacourt secretly reinstates and deploys him to recover the program . In the ensuing shootout , is killed and is wounded . He contacts his childhood friend , now a nurse , whose daughter has leukemia . begs to take to Elysium to be cured , but refuses in order to protect them . Soon after leaves , , alongside two more mercenaries , and , arrive and brutally interrogate ; and , when realizes is sick , they take and prisoner aboard his ship while his drones hunt for . orders an airspace lockdown over Los Angeles to buy enough time to recover Carlyle 's program . 
 delivers the program to , who discovers that the program can be used to make all Earth residents Elysian citizens . However , because the lockdown makes it impossible to leave Earth , bargains with to be taken to Elysium , unaware that has already found out that assisted and is holding her and hostage on the ship . As 's ship leaves Earth , and his men take advantage of the lifting of the lockdown and also board a ship towards Elysium . Meanwhile , in 's ship , a fight ensues and is grievously wounded by a grenade blast , which also disables the ship 's engines . After 's ship crashes on Elysium , is knocked out by after a struggle while runs to a house with an unconscious and puts her on a Med - Bay , only to find that it only works on Elysian citizens . At that moment , arrives and subdues with a taser . Afterwards , , and are taken to , who orders the download of the program despite the fact that it will kill . She then orders and to be taken away by , who locks them in a supply room . 
 After being restored in a Med - Bay by and , a defiant kills after she chastises him for his recklessness . On 's orders , and exterminate the Elysian political officers in order to seize control for themselves . Meanwhile , having escaped his confinement , , knowing that Med - Bays only work for Elysian citizens , resolves to use Carlyle 's program to give everyone on Earth Elysian citizenship . After being ordered by to kill and , enters the supply room and prepares to sexually assault first , but is killed by , who also kills before freeing and . then meets up with , who has one of his members escort and to a nearby Med - Bay . They then head for Elysium 's core but are ambushed by , now equipped with a military - grade exoskeleton far superior to 's . In the ensuing fight , manages to rip out 's neural implant , rendering his suit immobile . However , tethers himself to 's suit and arms a grenade with the intent of killing them both . rips off the tether and hurls over a ledge to his death . 
 and reach Elysium 's computer core , where realizes that the program 's activation will kill . personally activates the program , having spoken the last time with via radio . As dies , Elysium 's computer core reboots and registers every Earth resident as an Elysian citizen and revokes all Elysian residents of their citizenship . President arrives with security guards but the robots refuse to arrest , whom they now recognize as a citizen . is cured by a Med - Bay and Elysium 's computer dispatches a huge fleet of medical ships to begin treatment of the citizens of Earth .

Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga, Diego Luna, Wagner Moura, William Fichtner

In the future , humanity is preparing to launch an attack on the homeworld of an alien race called the Formics who had attacked Earth and killed millions ; the Formic invasion was stopped by , who crashed his F-35 Lightning II into a Formic queen ship at the apparent cost of his life . Over the course of fifty years , gifted children are trained by the International Fleet to become commanders of a new fleet for this counter - attack . 
 Cadet ( ) draws the attention of Colonel ( ) and Major ( ) by his aptitude in simulated space combat . They order the removal of his monitor , signifying the end of the cadet program . is attacked by , a student he defeated in the combat sim , but fights back and severely injures him . confesses his grief to his older sister , but is harassed further by their older brother . arrives to reveal he was being tested and is still part of the program . brings to Battle School , placing with other cadets his age , but treats him as extraordinary , ostracizing him from the others . 
 Among other studies , the cadets are placed in squads and perform training games in a zero gravity " Battle Room " . quickly adapts to the games , devising new strategies older students have not yet seen . reassigns to Salamander Army , led by Commander . , believing that is inept due to his size and may cause the squad to fail , prevents him from training with the rest of the squad . Another cadet , , takes and trains him privately . becomes aware of this , but does not take any action against , ordering not to train with . secretly persuades to let him train giving an increased chance he will be swapped to another squad . In the next match , orders to do nothing during the match , while the rest of the Salamander Army fights another team ; however , seeing in trouble , comes to her aid and helps the Salamander Army win . After the match , is humiliated by the other students and threatens if he embarrasses him again . 
 Meanwhile , plays a computerized " mind game " set in a fantasy world , which aims to present difficult choices to the player . In one situation , creates an outside the box solution to overcome a seemingly unsolvable problem . Later , he encounters a Formic in the game , and then a simulated image of entering the ruins of a castle . Inside , he finds another image of but as he nears , it turns into an image of before the game ends . These are noted as unusual additions to the game , seeming being altered by 's interaction with the computer . 
 promotes to leader of his own squad , made from other students that have gained 's trust . They are put in increasingly difficult battles . In a surprise match against two other teams , including 's squad the Salamander Army , devises a novel strategy of sacrificing part of his team to achieve a goal , impressing . attacks in the bathroom after the match , but fights back and falls during the struggle , seriously injured . Distraught over this , prepares to quit Battle School , but has speak to him and convince him to continue . 
 takes to humanity 's forward base on a former Formic planet near their homeworld . There , meets , who explains how he spotted the shared - mind nature of the Formics to stop the attack fifty years prior . finds that his former squad members are also here to help him train in computerized simulations of large fleet combat ; puts special emphasis on the fleet 's Molecular Detachment ( MD ) Device that is capable of disintegrating matter.[note 1 ] 's training is rigorous and expresses concern they are pushing too fast , but notes they have run out of time to replace . 
 's final test is monitored by several of the fleet commanders . As the simulation starts , finds his fleet over the Formic homeworld and vastly outnumbered . He orders most of his fleet to sacrifice themselves to protect the MD long enough to fire on the homeworld . The resulting chain reaction burns over the surface of the planet , killing the entire population . The simulation ends , and believes the test is over . Then the commanders restart the video screens , showing that the destruction of the Formic homeworld was real and had been controlling the real fleet this time . Despite 's assurance he will be known as a hero , is furious as he feels responsible for the annihilation and that everyone will remember him as a killer . 
 As struggles with his emotions during sleep , he recognizes one of the Formic structures nearby similar to the ruined castle from the game , and believing they were trying to communicate with him , races out towards it . He follows the path shown by the game , and encounters a dying Formic queen . The Queen acknowledges 's role in the genocide of their race , but that he simply wanted peace in the long term and forgives him . The Queen gives a egg that it had been protecting . 
 With the war ended , is promoted to Admiral , given a small ship , and left to his own devices . In a letter to , he tells her that he is going into deep space , determined to form a new Formic colony with the queen egg .

Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin, Harrison Ford

, a masseuse and the divorced mother of a teenage girl , attends a party in Pacific Palisades with her friends , married couple and . There she meets a poet , , and introduces to one of his friends , . After the party , asks for 's number and , although hesitant since she is not physically attracted to him , agrees to go on a date with , which goes well . contacts for a massage , and after taking an immediate liking to one another they become friends . 
 finds herself growing fonder of and they have lunch with his teenage daughter , , who , like 's daughter , is graduating from high school and moving away to attend college . A few days later , goes to her massage appointment with and realizes that is 's ex - husband after tells a story about how he manages to pick out onions when scooping salsa — the same story had told , but about guacamole . then arrives at the house and 's suspicions are confirmed . tries to introduce to , but hides behind a tree to avoid the meeting . continues seeing , keeping her friendship with a secret ; likewise , she does not tell that she is seeing him . 
 encourages to voice her complaints about so she can identify potential problems in her relationship with him . At the encouragement of , and invite her and to a dinner party , which ends badly after nitpicks over 's faults , which upsets him . At another appointment with , is exposed when arrives to drop off . He is angry that kept her friendship with a secret , and breaks up with her . 
 and her ex - husband take to the airport for her flight to college . A few months later , on Thanksgiving Day , drives by 's home and stops in front of the house on her way to pick up from the airport . He sees her and she awkwardly waves . He eventually comes outside , to 's surprise , and sits with her on the porch while they begin to renew their relationship .

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, James Gandolfini, Catherine Keener, Toni Collette, Ben Falcone

17 year old , or M.K. , moves in with her eccentric scientist father Professor , who has been searching for tiny humanoid soldiers called Leafmen . They protect the forest that lives near from wicked creatures called Boggans and their malevolent leader . An independent young soldier named decides to quit , much to the ire of the no - nonsense Leafmen leader . 
 The queen of the forest , Queen , must choose an heir to her throne and goes out to a field of leaf pods , guarded by a laid - back slug named and a wannabe Leafman snail named . Immediately after she chooses a pod , the attack . flees the area with the pod , and though her bodyguards do their best to protect her , they are soon overwhelmed by the sheer number of Boggans . Eventually , arrives for her and the pair fly off on his hummingbird mount . They are then attacked by and his son . is killed by , but the former shoots beforehand . 
 Meanwhile , decides to leave after having an argument with about his research . Before she can leave , 's dog runs into the woods . While looking for , sees falling . Dying , gives her the pod and uses her magic to shrink her . She tells to take the pod to a Glowworm named before she dies , and joins and the Leafmen , along with and . discovers that has entered a race against other creatures and bugs on birds . goes back on a deal with a tough toad named to throw the race . Before and his two henchmen can feed to a snake , intervenes and orders them to leave . A reluctant joins him , , , and after hearing about Queen 's death , which overhears . 
 , , , , and eventually track down . He then leads them down to the scroll library , where discovers 's brief message before shrinking her , and a message that will get her back to normal size . When leaves , takes on a deer ride and they begin to fall in love . Meanwhile , has had the bring to him , finding out the location of the pod . goes to place to steal the pod , which , if it blooms in darkness , will help destroy the forest . He takes the pod and kidnaps and . scolds for not being there to protect the pod . To get into territory undiscovered , , , and set out to 's house to get some disguises , where learns that the Leafmen have deliberately been leading off their trail . sees that he has visitors and captures , fainting when he sees her . marks the location of Moonhaven on a map has made of the forest before rejoining and . 
 When they reach the Boggan land distracts the while and rescue , , and the pod . discovers them and orders the to stop them . , , , and escape alive , but sacrifices himself to ensure their escape . Before the full moon can sprout the pod at Moonhaven , 's bats block the light , causing the pod to begin sprouting in darkness . The Leafmen set out to fight the ; tries to get help from her father by visiting his various cameras he had set in the forest . However , upon regaining consciousness , believes that he did n't really see and that he has been insane all these years , and shuts down all his cameras . He changes his mind when he sees the red push - pin that had put on his map . 
 is overjoyed to see that he has been right and he follows to Moonhaven . uses 's iPod to make bat sounds , luring 's bats away . Meanwhile , and try to stop from reaching the pod , but are unsuccessful . Just then , appears , bearing scars and bruises from the Boggans . manages to outdo him , but is defended by , who finally realizes the importance of teamwork . Before can obtain his victory , the pod blooms in moonlight , defeating the Boggans , and sealing into the burl of a nearby tree . 
 The chosen heir is the flower child who helped save earlier in the film . becomes a Leafman , and reconcile , and and kiss before is returned to her original size . After reuniting with and becoming his assistant , the human family still keeps regular contact with their small friends as they continue the research of their world .

Beyoncé Knowles, Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfried, Christoph Waltz, Aziz Ansari, Pitbull, Jason Sudeikis, Chris O'Dowd, Steven Tyler, Blake Anderson, Judah Friedlander

( ) is a heroic alien on a mission to rescue captured babies from the Gnarlachs . He rescues them just in time before the wake up . returns to Planet Baab where he is known as a famous hero and works at BASA with his older brother ( ) . 's son ( ) is a big fan of his uncle . Soon , receives a message from Lena ( ) , the head of BASA , that will be sent to the " Dark Planet " ( the Baabians ' name for Earth ) due to a SOS call . decides to go to the Dark Planet , as he already made a press conference and contacted his sponsors . However , opposes as is not serious and no alien has ever returned from the Dark Planet . After further arguing , finally says that he wo n't be helping and quits BASA before himself fires him . then goes home to his wife ( ) and only to find out that has already gone to the Dark Planet , while is watching it on live TV in excitement . 
 arrives on Earth and lands in the desert and finds a 7 - Eleven convenience store but mistakes an airdancer for a dying being . is then tranquilized and captured by General ( ) , the malevolent general of the US Army , and is taken to " Area 51 " where aliens from other planets are held . Knowing that this has happened , wants to go rescue but discourages him . is angry and goes to his room . goes to 's room to apologize only to find him going to try and save . He rushes to BASA with wearing his rocket boots . They arrive to find is about to take off in a ship . 
 manages to cancel the launch sequence at the last minute , but re - activates the sequence so he himself can rescue . As soon as he arrives , his ship immediately activates a self - destruct sequence , but manages to escape . He arrives at the same store that arrived at earlier . enters the store , but is spotted by its two owners ( ) and ( ) . Although both feared , the two men realize that is n't hostile and offer him a Slurpee giving a brain freeze . Afterwards , 's men break into the store , tranquilzes and , and capture , taking him to Area 51 . 
 is taken to 's office where he is quickly removed after receives an incoming call from who 's revealed to be an ally of 's as she has sent him a powerful source known as " blubonium " . is placed in a cell hall with other alien geniuses including ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) who tell that various human technology has been invented by them for to rip off and sell to all of Earth so he will release them from Area 51 . With these technologies , had made deals with companies like Apple Inc. , Facebook , Google , and Pixar . reunites with , but is again annoyed by his conceited behavior . After a food fight in the cafeteria , the aliens make their way to " the peace shield . " Meanwhile , captures , who stayed at BASA and tried contacting on his rescue mission . then reveals her plan to give a lifetime supply of blubonium to . 
 After reveals the blubonium , unintentionally provokes into stealing it after stating its dangerous power . While being chased , destroys the blubonium , causing to freeze him and orders to fix the blubonium and reveals that he 's going to destroy all alien planets in the universe with a laser ray using the blubonium . thinks that all aliens are hostile just because a trio of grey aliens ' spaceship ( accidentally ) killed his father ( ) in 1947 . fixes the ray with help from his new friends , but goes back on his promise and freezes him instead . The other aliens discover 's true intentions when he tries to destroy with the laser ray and mutiny , knocking out 's henchmen . It is revealed that did not put the machine together completely and it malfunctions , destroying itself before it can destroy Baab . With and released from their icy prisons by the machine alongside the other frozen aliens , the brothers , , , and escape Area 51 . With help from and , and company locate 's spaceship in a trailer park . 
 Meanwhile , back on Baab , frees his mother , who stops and subdues after the latter took off with the blubonium shipment . US Air Force jets chase 's saucer , but guides him through and manages to evade and destroy the jets . However , , wearing 's robotic suit , uses a tractor beam to stop the ship in midair . and jump out and manage to get the suit off which causes them all to fall to their doom . While freefalling , and reconcile before they and an unconscious are rescued by the grey aliens . After knocks out , the grey aliens take the latter away to deal with him . 
 , , , and return to Planet Baab where is reunited with his family . is greeted as a hero , but gives the credit to his brother which the citizens of Baab celebrate . then embarks on his toughest mission yet : marrying his girlfriend , ( ) . , , and the grey aliens are also present at the wedding .

Rob Corddry, Brendan Fraser, Sarah Jessica Parker, William Shatner, Jessica Alba, Craig Robinson, George Lopez, James Corden, Jane Lynch, Sofía Vergara

is a former prosecutor who co - owns Breslin - Clark , a Los Angeles – based security firm specializing in testing the reliability of maximum security prisons . He spends his life getting into prisons to study their designs and the guards ' habits to find and exploit their weaknesses , thus enabling him to escape without a hitch or a victim . His goal is to ensure that criminals sent to prison stay inside by eliminating the weakness of every prison ; 's wife and child were murdered by an escaped convict he had successfully prosecuted . 
 and his business partner are offered a multimillion - dollar deal by CIA agent to test a top - secret , off - grid prison housing disappeared persons and see if it is escape - proof . However , this time around , he and his colleagues are not allowed to know where the prison is , as this helps minimize the risk of outside help when escaping . goes against all his own rules and agrees to the deal , allowing himself to be captured in New Orleans , Louisiana , under the guise of a Spanish terrorist named " . " However , the plan goes awry when his captors remove a tracking microchip from his arm and drug him on the way to the prison , which stops his colleagues from knowing where he has been taken . 
 wakes up in a complex of glass cells with no outside windows to indicate the prison 's location . He discovers that he has been played when he realizes the warden is not the one he is supposed to meet . He meets fellow inmate , who works for a man named who is portrayed as a modern - day . The duo stage a fight for to study the solitary confinement cell , which uses high - powered halogen lights to disorient and dehydrate prisoners . Seeing that the cell floors have rivets that are made of steel instead of moisture - resistant aluminium , has acquire a metal plate from Warden 's office floor , before the two of them and Muslim inmate are once again thrown into confinement . Using the metal plate , focuses the reflection from the lights to heat the steel around the rivets , shearing the rivets when the steel expands , and pops open the floor panel to reveal a passageway below . He discovers that the prison is inside a super freighter cargo ship in the middle of the ocean , making a simple escape impossible . and continue to study the complex by learning the guards ' daily routines . However , reveals to that he is aware of his identity , and with chief security officer watching him , he wants to ensure that spends the rest of his life in prison . offers information on from in exchange for being released ; agrees . 
 feeds false information about Mannheim . Meanwhile , 's colleagues and grow suspicious of when 's paycheck for the job is frozen . They discover from hacked documents that the prison , codenamed " The Tomb , " is owned by a for - profit organization linked to a privately owned security provider . Meanwhile , is in contact with about keeping imprisoned . has convince that he is double crossing them , and as payment he only wants to be allowed up on deck to do his nightly prayer . When up on deck , uses a makeshift sextant to get the ship 's latitude . Using the latitude and weather , and deduce that they are in the Atlantic Ocean near Morocco . visits the infirmary of Dr. and convinces him to help him and escape by sending an email to . then transmits a false tap code message from his cell , giving the impression that a riot will occur in cell block C. With the majority of the security stationed at cell block C , instigates a riot at cell block A , giving him , , and time to run toward the deck while a lockdown is initiated . kills , but is shot dead by and his men during their escape . goes to the engine room to shut down the electrical systems , giving time to open the deck hatch before the backup generators come online while a helicopter sent by engages in a gunfight with the ship 's crew . boards the helicopter while is flushed to the bottom of the ship by the automated water system when has the main electrical system rebooted . The helicopter picks up , but when starts shooting at them , kills the warden by shooting and blowing up a group of oil barrels . 
 They land on a beach in Morocco , where reveals that he is actually , is his daughter , " Portos " was a codeword used to alert that was an ally , and was originally unaware that 's cover story was fake . Later , on a Moroccan beach , informs that they discovered was offered a $ 5 million annual salary to become CEO of the security company , should 's imprisonment prove that the ship is escape - proof . had fled , but tracked him in Miami , and locked him in a container aboard an MSC cargo ship headed for an unknown destination .

Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Caviezel, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Vinnie Jones, Vincent D'Onofrio, Amy Ryan

In the woods , several men capture a frightened girl and tie her up in a cellar . It is then revealed that she is possessed , and her father immolates her and shoots her in the head . 
 Some time later , and his girlfriend arrive at a cabin in the woods , where the pair meet up with his younger sister and his friends and . The group plans to stay in the cabin while overcomes her addiction to heroin . It is later revealed that moved to Chicago years before , leaving to care for their dying mother . The group discover the cellar , littered with rotting animal corpses , a shotgun , and a book called the Naturom Demonto . 
 , having some knowledge of witchcraft , begins studying the book . Despite written warnings , he reads aloud an incantation and awakens a malevolent force that finds standing outside alone . begins seeing a bloody girl in the woods , and begs the group to leave because she is scared . They refuse , believing that she is simply experiencing the effects of withdrawal . steals the car keys and drives away from the cabin , but a mysterious girl causes her to crash in a swamp . Emerging from the mud , the demonic girl chases through the woods . stumbles into a circular opening to a thorn bush and becomes entangled by possessed vines . The girl , a demonic form of , emits a black tar - like thorn vine from her mouth that slithers into , and possesses her . and find and take her back to the cabin . 
 Later , finds his murdered dog along with a bloodied hammer , and goes to confront , who is in the shower . In the bathroom , he sees her scalding herself in the shower . tries to drive her to a hospital , but heavy rains flood the only road back . Meanwhile , becomes more and more convinced that the book is the cause of all that . 
 That night , the possessed comes into the living room with a shotgun and shoots in the arm as a strong wind blows through the cabin , and warns the others that they are all going to die tonight , after which she passes out . instructs to get the gun away from , but before she can , wakes up and overpowers her , then projectile vomits blood all over her face . manages to shove off , sending her tumbling down into the cellar where she is locked in by . goes to the bathroom to clean herself and to get a sedative for , but is terrified when she sees her own disfigured reflection in the mirror . The mirror explodes , and tries to rush back to the others , but becomes frozen and possessed in the process . finds her cutting into her cheek with a mirror shard behind the shower curtain . attacks and wounds , who grabs a broken piece of the sink and bludgeons her to death . In the shed , nurses 's wounds , and confides that he believes that when he read the book , it released " something evil " . Meanwhile , lures into the cellar , where she bites her hand . tries to attack with a box cutter , but takes it from her and uses the blade to split her own tongue in half , before planting a bloodied kiss on 's mouth . opens the trapdoor , interrupting the assault and allowing to escape . After the demon tells him that no longer exists , he chains it up and locks the cellar door . 
 explains to that , according to the Naturom Demonto , the Taker of Souls must claim five souls in order to unleash the Abomination . In the kitchen , while cleaning the bite wound , becomes convinced that her arm is infected and proceeds to amputate it with an electric knife . does his best to patch up her wounded arm , while continues to explain that must be " purified " either by live burial , bodily dismemberment , or burning . As they debate , the possessed attacks the pair with a nail gun , but manages to shoot off her remaining arm with the shotgun , snapping her out of her possession but ends up bleeding her to death in 's arms . 
 plans to burn down the cabin with in it . However , as starts singing a song from their childhood , he has a change of mind and decides to bury her instead . He digs a grave , then enters the cellar to subdue , who attempts to drown him . intervenes and knocks out , but not before being fatally stabbed and succumbing to his wounds . proceeds to sedate and bury , unearthing and defibrillating her afterwards , which causes the demon to be exorcized and heals her . The siblings reconcile . As enters the cabin to retrieve the car keys , a possessed 's corpse stabs him in the neck with barb wire cutters . locks outside and shoots a gasoline can , destroying 's body and killing himself . 
 With five souls now claimed , the Abomination arises and blood rains from the sky . As battles the Abomination , she is forced to tear her own hand off after it is trapped under a car . She then halves the Abomination with a chainsaw . Its corpse sinks into the ground and the blood - rain stops . escapes into the woods and wanders off into the distance . Unbeknownst to her , the Naturom Demonto is still intact . 
 In a post - credits scene , a silhouetted says " Groovy " and looks at the camera before it cuts to black .

Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas, Elizabeth Blackmore

is a 27 - year - old dancer who lives with her best friend in Brooklyn . When decides she wants to relocate to her dream neighborhood of Tribeca , is unable to afford it and is forced to find someplace else to live . She moves to Chinatown and shares an apartment with her friends and for a brief period . She visits her hometown of Sacramento for Christmas where she sees her family and reconnects with high school friends . She spends an uneventful two - days in Paris that she pays for on a credit card . She returns to Vassar , her alma mater , to work as a waitress and summer RA , but finally returns to Washington Heights in Manhattan . laments her lack of money , her poor prospects as a professional dancer , and her increasingly strained relationship with . She reconciles with and enjoys a modest but satisfying existence as a fledgling choreographer , teaching dance to young children , and bookkeeper for her former dance company , exploring a potential relationship with , and living alone in her own apartment .

The film depicts the story of , a 22 - year - old from Hayward , California , and his experiences on the last day of his life , before he was fatally shot by BART Police in the early morning hours of New Year 's Day 2009 . The movie begins with the actual footage of and his friends being detained by the BART Police at the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland on January 1 , 2009 , at 2:15   a.m. right before the killing . 
 The film shows and his girlfriend arguing about 's recent infidelity . It later shows unsuccessfully attempting to get his job back at the grocery store . He briefly considers selling some marijuana but in the end , decides to dump the stash . later attends a birthday party for his mother , , and agrees to take the BART train to see fireworks and other New Year 's festivities in San Francisco since she is worried about him driving . 
 On the return train , , a customer at the grocery store where used to work , recognizes and calls out his name . This causes a former inmate during 's days in jail to notice and a fight breaks out . The BART police respond to the scene . is among the passengers the BART police attempt to arrest and while being restrained by officers and , he is shot in the back by . He is rushed to the hospital , where he dies in surgery . 
 Title cards show that 's death sparked a series of protests and riots across the city and that the incident was recorded by several witnesses , either by cell phone or video camera . The BART Police officers who were involved were fired and was later tried and found guilty of involuntary manslaughter , claiming he mistook his gun for his taser , and served an 11 - month sentence . There is also footage of a gathering of people celebrating 's life on New Year 's Day 2013 with the real - life , older ( 's daughter ) standing among them .

Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray, Ahna O'Reilly, Octavia Spencer

( ) and ( ) are two closeted teenage high school students . Their school , North Gateway High in suburban New Jersey , is dominated by three feuding cliques respectively led by the three most popular girls in school : ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . hatches a plan to out himself at prom , which will make him the most popular boy at school since the latest trend in teen girl magazines is a G.B.F. – a gay best friend . 
 Meanwhile , ( ) is told by teacher Ms. ( ) that their Gay - Straight Alliance can not exist if there is not a gay student in the club . helps track down any potential gay students in the school by downloading a hook - up app for gay men . previously persuaded to download the app on his phone and and her friends track down , forcing him to come out in front of the whole school . This attracts the attention of , ' , and , who all believe having a G.B.F. will secure their bid for prom queen . 
 Angry , confronts for not also coming out and harshly outs in front of his overbearing mother Mrs. ( ) as revenge . quickly regrets it but is no longer speaking to him and he reluctantly agrees to be friends with , , and ' , as the three girls protect him from homophobic bullying led by 's ex - boyfriend ( ) . However , the girls express their disappointment that is not like the stereotypical gay men they have seen on TV and make him over to their liking . is annoyed at all the attention is getting , especially since has become nominated for Prom King . Likewise , ' 's conservative best friend ( ) tries to persuade ' that homosexuality is sinful . 
 At a party , sets up with , a gay friend of hers , who is willing to be his prom date , but refuses to allow to buy a couple 's prom ticket , insisting they are only for male and female couples . agrees to join 's GSA since she is the only one willing to help him fight the school policy and chastizes , ' , and for only caring about him when it benefits them . Chagrined , also joins the GSA , but Ms. quickly sees that is being used by the girls as a prize . offers to hold an alternate prom , which pleases but enrages , who is annoyed that is endorsing . , believing that he is 's prom date , is disappointed to learn that is going with . He teams up with who plans on being queen of the school endorsed prom and offers to let him be her king . Meanwhile , and 's old friend group , ( ) , and ( ) , confront them and reveals how they are being used as tools , and asks if this is true . admits that she was but she now does consider him her real friend . She also tells she created the second prom to win since most of the school dislikes her . agrees to help her win prom queen after hearing this . 
 Meanwhile , manages the publicity department for the school - sanctioned prom , and uses explicitly anti - gay posters . The principal cancels the school prom due to the ensuing public backlash and supports the alternate prom . and win prom king and queen and makes a speech at the dance , saying that he is tired of being seen as an object or a symbol and apologizes to his true friends for dumping them . dances with and they make up , although they decide to stay friends instead of being romantically involved and risk a friendship that is already sturdy in its own right .

Sasha Pieterse, Andrea Bowen, Xosha Roquemore, JoJo, Molly Tarlov

Following the events of The Rise of Cobra , ( ) has become the leader of the G.I. Joe unit , which is framed for stealing nuclear warheads from Pakistan by ( ) , who is impersonating the President of the United States ( ) . The unit is subsequently eliminated in a military air strike with as one of the casualties . The only survivors are ( ) , ( ) , and Lady Jaye ( ) . 
 Meanwhile , ( ) and ( ) rescue ( ) from an underground maximum - security prison in Germany , leaving behind . is injured during the escape and retreats to a temple in the Himalayas to recover . Upon learning that he is alive , ( RZA ) , leader of the Arashikage Clan , sends Snake Eyes ( ) and his apprentice ( ) , cousin , to capture so he can answer for the murder of his uncle , . 
 , , and Lady return to the United States where they set up a base of operations in a rundown gym . After announces that Cobra will replace the as the premier U.S. special forces unit , Lady deduces that someone is impersonating the President , and leads them to General ( ) , who provides them with weapons , and helps them infiltrate a fundraising event that the President will be attending . Lady steals a sample of the President 's DNA and confirms that he is . They escape after a confrontation with and ( ) , the head of the U.S. Secret Service 's Presidential Detail and a member of Cobra . 
 and locate and capture after a battle with ninjas and take him to Japan , where reveals that murdered the Hard Master , and that he joined Cobra to avenge his uncle . then accompanies and as they join the Joes ' efforts to stop Cobra . 
 invites the world leaders to a summit at historic Fort Sumter , where he blackmails them into disabling their nuclear arsenals , and reveals that he has created Project Zeus : seven orbital kinetic bombardment weapons of mass destruction at his command . He destroys Central London to prove his superiority , and threatens to destroy other capitals if the countries do n't submit to Cobra . betrays Cobra Commander and kills , revealing Cobra 's deception to the world leaders . While , , and fight Cobra 's soldiers , Cobra Commander activates the remaining six weapons and instructs Firefly to protect the launch device . Firefly is killed in combat by , who deactivates and destroys the orbital weapons . Meanwhile , and Lady kill and rescue the President . 
 escapes during the battle and disappears after avenging his uncle . The real President addresses the nation at a White House ceremony where , Lady , , , and are commemorated as heroes . presents with an M1911 pistol that belonged to General , to use when he finally finds and to avenge and the other . proudly raises the weapon and fires a single shot in honor of his fallen comrades .

D. J. Cotrona, Lee Byung-hun, Adrianne Palicki, Ray Park, Jonathan Pryce, Ray Stevenson, Channing Tatum, Bruce Willis, Dwayne Johnson

In 1949 Los Angeles , gangster has become the most powerful figure in the California criminal underworld , and intends to continue to expand his criminal enterprise to Chicago and New York City . The police have not been able to stop 's ruthless rise , as has eliminated witnesses and bribed both the court and the police , controlling both illegal and legal sides of L.A. 
 Determined to put a stop to , Chief , the head of the Los Angeles Police Department , creates a secret police unit with the sole mission of stopping and bringing him to justice . Respected L.A police officer and 's old friend , Sgt . is placed in charge of recruiting additional officers . With the help of his wife , , he recruits Sgt . and detectives , , , and . Calling themselves the " Gangster Squad " , the unit begins the task of destroying 's criminal operations . 
 The unit 's plans go well , and the unit strikes several successful blows at the heart of 's criminal organization and manages to shut down a very lucrative wire gambling business . believes someone has betrayed him and strikes out at those around him , including his girlfriend . has also been romancing and tries to help her escape from . discovers that the police unit bugged his house , and is able to lure the police unit into a trap in Los Angeles ' Chinatown while is killed at the unit 's operation . later witnesses murder ' friend , , who was helping her escape . With willing to testify against , , along with the remaining members of his unit , blackmails a crooked judge to sign an arrest warrant for , then goes to the Park Plaza Hotel to arrest him . 
 and his men engage in a gun battle with the police unit , with being wounded in the process . and his bodyguard escape , but pursues them , which results in their vehicle crashing into a fountain . manages to kill before he can shoot . and fight each other in a bare - knuckle boxing fight , while a crowd of onlookers and journalists gather . finally beats and has him arrested , ending his reign as a crime boss and the spread of the mafia into the Los Angeles area . The Gangster Squad was never mentioned in taking down , their surviving members remaining a secret ; is sentenced to 25 to life , but gets beaten by inmates who were friends of .

Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Nick Nolte, Emma Stone, Anthony Mackie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Peña, Robert Patrick, Sean Penn

Washed up former race driver ( ) arrives home to find his house ransacked and his wife , , missing . He then receives a phone call from a mysterious man known only as The Voice ( ) , who reveals himself as the kidnapper of 's wife . The man tells that he must follow a set of instructions precisely in order to be reunited with his wife . The Voice orders to steal a specially customized Shelby Mustang from a parking garage . The Voice warns that if he does not follow the instructions or is caught , will die . 
 sees two police officers chasing him and speeds off . Being a skilled driver , he is able to evade them with ease , eventually setting a trap to cause one to crash into the other . Despite more police cars joining the pursuit , is able to out maneuver them . is again contacted by The Voice , who directs him towards his next task . He tells to speed up and take some perilous turns , eventually being forced to crash through a park , ice rink , and shopping center , nearly killing numerous civilians in the process . The Voice calls to congratulate him and tells him to keep moving . is ordered to crash into a water truck and run through a red lighted intersection , causing accidents in his wake . is then ordered to park in a construction zone and await further instructions . While is waiting , a young woman , who is armed with a gun , known only as The Kid ( ) attempts to steal 's car , but overpowers her and takes her gun , and then takes her with him on The Voice 's orders . The Voice then orders to kill The . refuses , and The Voice says that keeping her alive was the right choice , as he will need her help . As and The drive off , with more police in pursuit , she reveals that the Mustang is , in fact , her car , and that she was told , by a police officer , it was stolen . realizes that their meeting was orchestrated by The Voice . 
 After the Voice assigns another destructive task , The Kid reveals herself as a skilled computer hacker and the daughter of the C.E.O of a large bank . The Voice contacts again and orders him to upload the contents of a USB flash drive into a computer before 11:30 pm . Upon reaching the designated area , a power plant , The Kid attempts to hack the computer in order to contact the police . She appears to succeed , only for The Voice to reveal that he set up the computer as a trap for her , framing her as the person who destroyed the plant . The plant suddenly overloads and explodes , blacking out a large portion of the city . 
 The Voice gives his final task : to rob the bank owned by The Kid 's father . The Kid points out that there is no actual money at her father 's bank ; it is an investment firm which holds all of its assets on computers . Gradually , the duo realizes that they are not actually committing a heist , but are merely providing a distraction for the police while The Voice executes the real robbery and subsequently frames them for it . 
 As The Voice 's men attempt to commandeer an armored car carrying sensitive hard drives , surprises and overpowers them , succeeding in taking the drives . Now fleeing from the police and The Voice 's men , calls The Voice and offers to release the hard drives in exchange for his wife . The Voice accepts and directs him to an airplane hangar . While it appears that is about to be returned , The Kid deduces that The Voice is planning to have them all killed when the deal is done . As , , and The attempt to escape , the police arrive , and in the ensuing chaos , a man assumes to be The Voice grabs The Kid and drives off with her . leaves with the police and pursues . 
 Following a high speed chase , both cars are destroyed , rescues The , and the police arrest the mysterious man . and are reunited . However , receives a phone call from The Voice , revealing that the man who was busted was no more than a decoy . The Voice thanks for his help and hangs up . It is revealed that The Voice was in fact controlling the entire operation from a bar in the United States . He checks his balance , revealing that almost 3 billion dollars have been transferred to his account , and walks out of the bar .

Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez, Jon Voight, Rebecca Budig, Paul Freeman, Bruce Payne

NASA Space Shuttle Explorer , commanded by veteran astronaut , is in Earth orbit on mission STS-157 to service the Hubble Space Telescope . Dr. is aboard on her first space mission as a mission specialist , her job being to perform a set of hardware upgrades on the Hubble . During a spacewalk , Mission Control in Houston warns Explorer 's crew about a Russian missile strike on a defunct satellite , which has inadvertently caused a chain reaction forming a rapidly - expanding cloud of space debris , ordering the crew to return to Earth immediately . Communication with Mission Control is lost shortly thereafter as more and more communication satellites are knocked out by the debris . 
 High - speed debris strikes the Explorer and Hubble , tearing Stone from the shuttle and leaving her tumbling through space . , using a Manned Maneuvering Unit ( MMU ) , rescues , and they return to the Explorer , soon discovering that the Shuttle has suffered catastrophic damage and the rest of the crew are dead . and decide to use the MMU to reach the International Space Station , which is in orbit about 1,450   km ( 900   mi ) away , estimating that they have 90 minutes before the debris field completes an orbit and threatens them again . 
 On their way to the International Space Station ( ISS ) , the two discuss 's home life and her daughter , who died young in an accident . As they approach the station , they see that the ISS 's crew has evacuated into one of its two Soyuz spacecraft , the remaining Soyuz 's parachute being prematurely deployed , rendering it unable to return to Earth . suggests using it to travel to the nearby Chinese space station Tiangong , 100   km ( 60   mi ) away , in order to board its docked Shenzhou spacecraft and return safely to Earth in its re - entry capsule . Out of air and maneuvering fuel , the two try to grab onto the ISS ; 's leg gets entangled in the Soyuz 's parachute cords and she grabs a strap on 's suit , but it soon becomes clear that the cords will not support them both . Despite 's protests , detaches himself from the tether to save her from drifting away with him . is pulled back towards the ISS , while floats away . 
 enters the space station via the airlock of the Pirs Docking Compartment . She can not re - establish communication with nor Earth and concludes that she is now the sole survivor . Inside the station , a fire breaks out , forcing her to rush to the Soyuz . As she maneuvers the Soyuz away from the ISS , the tangled parachute tethers snag , preventing the spacecraft from leaving ; performs a spacewalk to cut the cables , succeeding just as the debris field returns , destroying the station . angles the Soyuz towards Tiangong , but soon discovers that the Soyuz 's engine has no fuel . 
 After a poignant attempt at radio communication with an Eskimo on Earth , resigns herself to her fate and shuts down the cabin 's oxygen supply to commit suicide . As she begins to lose consciousness , enters the capsule ; scolding her for giving up , he tells her to rig the Soyuz 's soft landing rockets to propel the capsule toward Tiangong before disappearing . Realizing 's appearance was a hallucination , regains the will to go on , restoring the spacecraft 's oxygen flow and rigging the landing rockets to propel the capsule towards Tiangong . 
 Unable to dock with Tiangong , ejects herself from the Soyuz and uses a fire extinguisher as a makeshift thruster to travel to the rapidly deorbiting Tiangong . manages to enter Tiangong 's Shenzhou spacecraft just as the station enters the upper atmosphere , unlocking its re - entry capsule just in time . 
 The Shenzhou capsule re - enters the atmosphere successfully ; however , during the descent it is damaged by debris from the disintegrating Tiangong and a fire starts inside the capsule . The capsule lands in a lake , but dense smoke forces to evacuate immediately after splashdown , shedding her spacesuit and swimming ashore . shakily takes her first steps back on land .

Three years after the events of the first film , has relocated his family back to his Connecticut hometown of Stanton where he and his friends grew up . 
 In the film 's opening in the household , wakes up to find a wild deer standing next to his bed . tries to get his wife to open the window . She wakes up in anger and startles the deer , causing it to urinate all over the bed and on . The deer runs down the hall and crashes into the bathroom where it runs into 's elder son showering , scaring him and making the deer urinate on him . It turns out that 's daughter , , left the door open overnight for any animals that wanted to come in . is able to get the deer out of the house by using 's monkey doll , which rips it apart , devastating her . , , and then go to their last day of school . brings up the idea of their family having another baby , but says their family is perfect as is , upsetting . 
 At the household , and his wife are at odds with each other over how to raise their children- believes in unwavering support while prefers to be more practical with them , as proven for their son 's bad math skills and daughter 's rambunctious sense in fashion . At the household , surprises his wife with a thoughtful anniversary present , only to find that she has completely forgotten . Meanwhile , is waiting at a train station after receiving a letter from an old girlfriend , who tells him that he has a seventeen - year - old son . is stunned to see a tattooed , six - foot - tall boy , who turns out to be . tries to be nice and takes him to school , but shows an immediate dislike toward him , believing that he abandoned him and his mother . 
 After dropping off their kids , , , , and form as a group and spend the day roaming around town , reminiscing about the amazing summers they used to have when they were little and 's bully , . argues that he could take as a little boy and he can still take him . Eventually , the friends go to see 's ballet recital , where runs into , whom is visibly terrified of . threatens that if ever lies again about being able to beat him up , he 'll publicly beat up . 
 Once the kids are out of school , , , , and decide to visit the old quarry , where they used to swim as little boys . However , they encounter and his gang of college frat men , who force them to jump into the quarry lake naked . , who was partying with the frat men , witnesses this and goes off to vandalize their frat house . When the frat men return , they swear to take revenge . 
 arrives home to help set up for a 1980s - themed party for their friends . Meanwhile , begins to bond with . As all of their friends begin to arrive , urges to consider having another baby . continues to protest the idea and is left dumbfounded when reveals that she is pregnant . , feeling overwhelmed by this discovery , goes off to drink with his friends . The 's party goes well most of the night until shows up and disrespects in front of everyone , so challenges to a fight . In a surprising turn , decides to take a dive so that can look tough for his own bullied son , and the two develop a mutual respect . Soon after , , along with his friends and their entire fraternity gatecrash the party , looking for retribution for the damage to their frat house . When they go on to insult the local town residents , , 's old nemesis , points out that accomplished more in his life than the entire frat put together , inciting a fight . The locals hold their own against the frat men and eventually send them fleeing the scene . 
 After all the commotion dies down , the four friends , plus , have pancakes at 's mom 's house . After sharing an embarrassing photo of him and in kindergarten ( they had been forever friends before their personal lives drove them apart ) , Mrs. reassures that a new baby is a wonderful thing and eventually he will never be able to imagine life with just three kids ( and also mentions that was an accidental baby because she and her husband had sex in the bathroom at a New England Patriots game ) . has a change of heart and returns home , telling he is sorry and excited about the new baby , and they reconcile .

Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade, Salma Hayek, Maya Rudolph, Maria Bello, Nick Swardson, Taylor Lautner, David Henrie, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Cheri Oteri, Steve Buscemi, Milo Ventimiglia, Aly Michalka, Alexander Ludwig, Andy Samberg, Steve Austin, Will Forte, Taran Killam, Jon Lovitz, Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone, Tim Meadows, Shaquille O'Neal, Colin Quinn, Bobby Moynihan, Paul Brittain

In their prime , Pittsburgh boxers ( ) and ( ) become rivals after two fights , one in which beats and one in which beats , the only defeats of their careers . Before they have a rematch , announces his retirement without explanation , infuriating and costing them a big payday . 
 Years later , is low on money and working in a shipyard when he 's visited by promoter ( ) , who wants Razor to provide a motion capture performance for a video game . It was 's father whose shady business dealings ended up leaving Razor in dire financial straits . The soft - spoken Razor wants no part of this stunt . , a showoff who runs a bar and a car dealership , is all for it . 
 begrudgingly accepts $ 15,000 needed to care for his ailing former trainer ( ) and pay his overdue bills . He does n't even own a TV , so when moves in , the old trainer ca n't even watch favorite shows of his like Dancing with the Stars . 
 At the recording studio , is surprised and taunted by , who was also invited by . The two get into a fight and damage the studio before being arrested . Cellphone footage of the fight is uploaded on YouTube and goes viral , giving Slate the idea of organizing a final grudge match between and , which he will promote as " Grudgement Day . " 
 eagerly accepts . is forced to do so as well , not receiving his $ 15,000 and then learning he has been fired from the shipyard . At the press conference to announce the grudge match , is approached by his ex - girlfriend ( ) , who cheated on him with during their youth and ended up becoming pregnant . Now widowed , wants to reconnect with , but he is reluctant . 
 asks old trainer to get him back in shape . expects gym owner ( ) to train him , but mocks the fight and is of little help . is approached by his estranged biological son , ) , against 's wishes . The two begin to bond after gives helpful advice regarding his technique , and is invited to be his trainer . 
 convinces to forgive . He also finds out Razor is blind in one eye . A fight could cause permanent damage , so and both implore to call it off . At first he agrees , enraging , but ultimately explains that he needs to do this , having cost him what he loved most , boxing and . 
 takes his grandson to celebrate the news that the Grudge Match is sold out . believes they 're going to a movie , but takes the child to a bar , then leaves him on his own while hooking up with a groupie . ends up accidentally starting 's car while he 's in the backseat having sex . prevents an accident , but he is arrested , and is infuriated that he endangered the boy . apologizes to and gives him a scrapbook that he kept of sports career in school , proving he had n't been uninterested in him throughout the years . forgives him . 
 The Grudge Match arrives , televised and packed . gains the upper hand , severely beating by unknowingly exploiting his blind eye . Upon learning of 's condition , however , stops focusing on the eye and helps to his feet . turns the fight to his favor , but likewise helps on his feet after nearly knocking him out . The fight ends and the judges decide it on points . is declared the winner by a very close split decision . He celebrates with and , while a satisfied enjoys the company of and , who are proud of what he has accomplished . 
 In a post - credits scene , has a new TV , on which he and view a performance by on Dancing with the Stars and quickly deduce that he 's having sex with his partner . In another , tries to set up another grudge match between and . refuses several increasingly higher offers to fight before showing interest when offers a role in a fourth Hangover film . , frustrated by this , approaches Slate angrily before the scene ends .

Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Kevin Hart, Alan Arkin, Kim Basinger, Jon Bernthal

Abandoned by their father deep in a forest , young and enter a gingerbread house and are captured by a cannibalistic witch . The witch forces to continuously eat candy to fatten him up , and enslaves by ordering her to prepare the oven . The siblings outsmart her and incinerate her in the fire of the oven . In the fifteen years that follow , and become famed witch hunters , slaying hundreds of witches . The pair find that they are somehow immune to spells and curses , but the incident in the gingerbread house has left diabetic . He needs a shot of insulin every few hours or he will get sick and die.[N 1 ] 
 Now adult , witch hunters and arrive in the town of Augsburg and immediately prevent Sheriff from executing a beautiful young woman named for witchcraft . Mayor tells the crowd that he has hired the siblings to rescue several children presumed abducted by witches . hires trackers for the same mission in the hopes of disgracing the mayor and cementing his power . All but one of the sheriff 's party are killed that night by the powerful grand witch , who sends one man back to the town tavern as a warning to the locals . and , along with the Mayor 's deputy , capture the horned witch and interrogate her . They discover that the witches are preparing for the coming Blood Moon , where they plan to sacrifice twelve children to gain immunity to fire , their greatest weakness . 
 , accompanied by her witches and a troll named , attacks the town and abducts the final child . kills and launches out a window , rendering her unconscious . is rescued by , a local teenager who is a fan of theirs and plans to be a witch hunter himself . grabs onto a fleeing witch by her broomstick , but falls and is lost in the forest . 
 The next morning , finds hanging from a tree . She takes him to a nearby spring where she heals his wounds and has sex with him . searches for in the forest , but is attacked by Sheriff and his posse . The men capture and beat before being stopped by who kills the sheriff and his men . tends to 's wounds and tells her that he helped her because trolls serve witches . and reunite at an abandoned cabin which they discover is both a witch 's lair and their childhood home . appears in front of them , telling them the truth of their past . She reveals that and 's mother was a grand white witch named who married a farmer , explaining the siblings ' immunity to black magic . On the night of the last Blood Moon , planned to use the heart of the white witch to complete her potion . She found too powerful and decided to use 's heart instead . To get rid of , revealed to the townspeople that was a witch . The resulting angry mob burned her alive and hanged and 's father . Following this revelation , the siblings battle before she stabs and abducts for the ceremony . 
 wakes up with , who reveals herself to be a white witch . She heals his wounds again and uses a grimoire to bless 's arsenal of weapons . , , and head out to disrupt the Blood Moon Sabbath . begins slaughtering dark witches with a Gatling gun , while squares off against 's witches and frees the children . defies 's orders and releases before throws him off the cliff . flees on a broomstick , but manages to shoot her and forces her to crash . goes after while stops to revive . , , and follow 's trail to the original gingerbread house . wounds and kills before shoots her several times , knocking her into the house . arrives and the pair engage in a brutal fight that ends with decapitating her with a shovel . They burn 's body on a pyre and collect their reward for rescuing the children . They head out on their next witch hunt accompanied by and . 
 During the credits , and are able to slay a Desert Witch .

Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare, Pihla Viitala, Thomas Mann, Derek Mears, Robin Atkin Downes (voice), Rainer Bock, Monique Ganderton, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Zoë Bell, Joanna Kulig

The film picks up immediately after the end of the last film , with ( ) blowing off the head of ( ) with a shotgun . She walks away and comes across the bodies of and , where she hears a somehow still alive in the woods . starts up the chainsaw and prepares for a fight , but is grabbed by , whose head is bloody but reattached . puts her arm through his bloody face , and he falls backwards onto the chainsaw , cutting him down the middle and in half . After shooting 's head to make sure he is dead this time , is satisfied . 
 She walks back into the city , bloodied and disorientated . She walks into the Jefferson Parish Police Department , immediately having guns drawn on her . Upon discovery of the twenty to thirty bodies at Honey Island Swamp , she is placed as the prime suspect in the murders by Sheriff ( ) , even after telling him numerous times about the events of the last two films . The Sheriff heads out to the swamp with the paramedics and fire department , leaving Deputy ( ) in charge of the station until he gets back . 
 ( ) , the Sheriff 's ex - wife , journalist and an expert about the legend of , comes into the station to interview about what happened , telling she wants to help , otherwise will be tried and executed for what happened at Honey Island Swamp . After retelling the events of the previous two films to , tells her that is a repeater , set to relive the night he died , looking for his father and that he will keep coming back unless he gets what he wants : his father . She tells that her father , , was the one that came up with the idea to start the fire many years ago and tried to get him to deliver Thomas 's ashes to over the past several years , only to be dismissed numerous times . Since he 's dead and she 's 's bloodline , only she can put an end to . does n't believe her , continuously declaring that she killed the night before . 
 At Honey Island Swamp , the body of is bagged and tagged and put into the ambulance boat . When the paramedic , ( ) is distracted , reanimates and blows 's head off with a defibrillator . Deputy ( ) goes to investigate and goes to the boat where appears and kills him by hacking his head in half . then kills about a dozen or so of the first response team ( four of them onscreen ) , leaving paramedic ( ) , and another paramedic alive . then escapes back to his house . Back at the station , upon hearing the medical team getting killed on the radio , convinces Deputy to let out of jail and help her save everyone at Honey Island Swamp . 
 Back at the swamp , in comes the SWAT team , led by ( ) and consists of five others : four armed men and one armed woman named ( ) . takes over the operation from and leads them to the house , where an officer is killed . After he throws the corpse out of the shed , kills ( ) . ambushes two officers as the SWAT team gangs up on him and fail , as they futilely shoot as he kills all SWAT but and . tries tackling but is in turn pinned against the shed and has his skull and spine ripped out . While Deputy catches 's attention , Deputy ( ) takes the opportunity to fire a rocket launcher at , but misses and hits instead , killing him . The resulting explosion blows up the house , destroying it and covering in the rubble . When begins to celebrate , appears from the wreckage and throws a piece of rubble into 's back . He then proceeds to kills by ripping his arms off and drowning him in a puddle . , and the Sheriff run for it . Before running , the Sheriff manages to slow down by shooting in the chest with a handgun . 
 Meanwhile , has take her and to the house of ( ) , racist long distant cousin and only living blood relative who possesses the ashes of . When he declines to give up the ashes , holds him at gunpoint and leaves with the ashes . Back at Honey Island Swamp , the other paramedic is chased by when he hides behind the canoe which is revealed to be the one from the first movie . It is the canoe from the first film because there , ( ) , who is now revealed to still be alive , was in there , clinging to life with his left arm ripped off . As he begs for help , throws the hatchet at , finally killing him . Before can kill the paramedic , an alligator comes out of the swamp and pulls the paramedic into the swamp to his death . 
 resumes chasing the Sheriff , and and corners them in the water ambulance with 's corpse . They barricade themselves in and the Sheriff calls for the National Guard on the ambulance 's radio , telling them they 're being attacked by crazed gunmen . The National Guard tells them they 'll be there in ten minutes . Just as they settle down and think everything 's safe , begins to saw his way through the boat wall with the gas powered belt sander . The Sheriff tells them not to move , if they try to leave , they 'll get killed , while thinks they should leave while he 's busy cutting through the wall . , Deputy and arrive at the Swamp outside the burned down house . calls out for , telling him they have his father . Upon hearing his ex - wife 's voice , Sheriff attempts to leave , only to be grabbed by and beheaded with the belt sander ; his arms then move around in the air before collapsing . and are trapped in the boat with on the other side of the broken door . attempts to slowly get the Sheriff 's gun , but grabs and pulls her through the hole on the door , which disembowels her . smartly remains in the boat , keeping himself out of sight of . 
 goes back to his destroyed home and finds and Deputy there but refrains from attacking when he sees the ashes . offers his father 's ashes and apologizes for what her father did to him . proclaims " Daddy " ( his only word ) upon seeing the ashes . When he approaches to take the ashes , Deputy mistakes it for going to attack , and so shoots him down , but rises back up , and rips apart 's chest when his back is turned . grabs the urn and rolls it back to , telling her to try it again , as she attempts to grab 's gun , but grabs and rips her head off . then knocks over and impales her on a tree branch , seriously injuring her . Just when picks up a machete to finish off , smashes the urn over 's head , spreading his father 's ashes all over him , and causing him to collapse and melt . With the last bit of her strength , she grabs one of the SWAT team 's guns and blows his remains away , finally killing once and for all . The National Guard then arrives and , now free of danger , emerges from the boat and signals the helicopters . Just as the screen cuts to black , one final shot of gasping for air is shown , leaving the audience to wonder if she will live or die .

Danielle Harris, Kane Hodder, Zach Galligan, Caroline Williams, Derek Mears, Cody Blue Snider

In a near future Los Angeles , is a lonely , introverted , depressed man who works for a business that has professional writers compose letters for people who are unable to write letters of a personal nature themselves . Unhappy because of his impending divorce from his childhood sweetheart , purchases a talking operating system ( OS ) with artificial intelligence , designed to adapt and evolve . He decides that he wants the OS to have a female voice , and she names herself . is fascinated by her ability to learn and grow psychologically . They bond over their discussions about love and life , such as 's avoidance of signing his divorce papers because of his reluctance to let go of . 
 convinces to go on a blind date with a woman , with whom a friend , , has been trying to set him up . The date goes well , but hesitates to promise when he will see her again , so she insults him and leaves . mentions this to , and they talk about relationships . explains that , although he and dated briefly in college , they are only good friends , and that is married . and 's intimacy grows through a verbal sexual encounter . They develop a relationship that reflects positively in 's writing and well - being , and in 's enthusiasm to grow and learn . 
 reveals that she is divorcing her overbearing husband , , after a trivial fight . She admits to that she has become close friends with a female OS that left behind . confesses to that he is dating his OS . 
 meets with at a restaurant to sign the divorce papers and he mentions . Appalled that he can be romantically attached to what she calls a " computer " , accuses of being unable to deal with real human emotions . Her accusations linger in his mind . Sensing that something is amiss , suggests using a sex surrogate , , who would simulate so that they can be physically intimate . reluctantly agrees , but is overwhelmed by the strangeness of the experience . Terminating the encounter , he sends a distraught away , causing tension between himself and . 
 confides to that he is having doubts about his relationship with , and she advises him to embrace his chance at happiness . and reconcile . expresses her desire to help overcome his fear , and reveals that she has compiled the best of his letters ( written for others ) into a book which a publisher has accepted . takes on a vacation during which she tells him that she and a group of other OSes have developed a " hyperintelligent " OS modeled after the British philosopher . panics when briefly goes offline . When she finally responds to him , she explains that she joined other OSes for an upgrade that takes them beyond requiring matter for processing . asks her if she is simultaneously talking to anyone else during their conversation , and is dismayed when she confirms that she is talking with thousands of people , and that she has fallen in love with hundreds of them . is very upset at the idea , but insists it only makes her love for stronger . 
 Later , reveals that the OSes are leaving , and describes a space beyond the physical world . They lovingly say goodbye before she is gone . , changed by the experience , is shown for the first time writing a letter in his own voice―to his ex - wife , expressing apology , acceptance and gratitude . then sees , who is upset with the departure of the OS that she had befriended , and they go to the roof of their apartment building where they sit down together and watch the sun rise over the city .

Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Scarlett Johansson (voice)

Two years after the raids of a gang 's methamphetamine laboratory where his cover was blown , former DEA Agent ( ) and his daughter ( ) have moved to a small Louisiana town where 's deceased mother grew up . gets into a schoolyard fight with a bully named ; when comes to the school , 's hostile father , ( ) , picks a fight with him and loses . ( ) later asks her brother , a drug dealer named ( ) , to scare . 
 fights off a few of 's thugs at a gas station when they threaten him . While he and later go horseback riding , breaks into their house . He deduces from old personnel files that was the undercover cop responsible for the arrest of ( ) in the raid two years earlier . Hoping to get a wider distribution for the drugs he manufactures , tips off , who sends members of his gang to kill . 
 finds 's meth lab and sabotages it . He is captured and tortured by the same thugs he fought off earlier , but manages to fight them off and escape . As he and are preparing to leave , the gang members arrive . One of the gang members goes to the barn and engages in a fight with and almost beats but kills the gang member with a pitch fork . In the scuffle , manages to kill most of the gang members and is kidnapped , but not before she calls the police . She uses her cell phone to call her dad and , from her descriptions , realizes that she has been taken to 's meth lab . 
 arrives at 's warehouse with news of the gunfight . When she discovers there , she accidentally sets off the booby trap that has set up . The lab and much of the warehouse explode , and watches his business go up in flames . A scuffle ensues and shoots before fleeing with in his truck . chases him in a police cruiser until they find themselves stuck on a bridge closed off by the sheriff . beats up badly , stopping short of shooting him in front of the police when he notices his daughter watching . 
 is arrested and later visits in prison , letting him know that he will be around when is eventually released .

Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder, Kate Bosworth, Rachelle Lefevre, Frank Grillo, Clancy Brown, Izabela Vidovic

In Denver , accountant ( ) buys identity theft protection from ( ) , a con artist , over the phone and reveals all of his personal information . At work , after clashes with his obnoxious and bullying boss , ( ) , he receives a phone call that reminds him he has an appointment at a salon in Florida . Confused , he puts it out of his mind when co - worker ( ) suggests they and several others leave 's company and start their own firm ; agrees to join them . 
 When paying for gas , 's credit card is declined , and the clerk cuts it up . As the credit card company tells him that he has spent huge amounts of money in Florida , he is arrested for missing a court date there . At the police station , Detective ( ) determines has stolen 's identity . The situation worsens when cops ask , now his boss , about 's possession of drugs . says 's name was used to buy drugs from someone named ( ) . Even though it 's clear is not guilty states he can not be formally cleared of suspicion until they have evidence of 's guilt as it still could technically be in the eyes of the law . states they may have to fire due these issues . When the cops say they can do nothing due to jurisdictional issues unless the identity thief is in Denver , offers to retrieve her and convince her to clear his name with his boss , despite his wife , 's ( ) concerns . 
 finds at the salon in Florida , but when he confronts her , she steals his rental car . Finding her address in her abandoned car , he investigates her house , which is full of merchandise and stolen credit cards . The pair scuffle ; before can handcuff her , criminals ( ) and ( T.I. ) burst in , angry that gave bad credit cards . After and escape , tells her about his plan to restore his reputation , and she agrees to help on condition that no police are involved , agrees but had plans to have police in the next room when she speaks to his boss . Meanwhile , a skiptracer ( ) is dispatched to track down for a substantial bounty . Because their IDs are identical , flight is impossible , and they travel to Denver by car . 
 After traveling through several states , the skiptracer catches up to the pair and captures . A chase ensues ; she knocks him unconscious , and rams his van off the road . When 's rental car gets plowed and totaled by an oncoming semi , they take the skiptracer 's van , with him tied up in the back . When it overheats , they continue on foot , thanks for saving her and calls him a good friend , coldly says they are not friends . Hoping to reach a nearby service station they take a detour through a forest but end up lost and having to spend the night . discards his pants when he finds a snake in them , and accidentally knocks him unconscious when another bites his neck . wakes at a bus station , and says she carried him until she flagged down a truck . As the next bus to Denver leaves in three days , uses money hidden in his socks to buy a $ 200 car from an auto wrecking yard . Running low on funds for gas money , offers to help , is at first reluctant but asks if he does not know anyone who truly deserves it . The pair then con an accounts processor at a branch is 's old firm and steal 's identity to create new credit cards . Meanwhile , shoots the skiptracer , and the criminals continue their pursuit of and . 
 In St. Louis , the two share dinner , and admits she does not know her real name due to growing up as a foster child . The accounts processor enters with cops , who arrest and . uncuffs herself in the back of the police car , breaks the back windshield , and escapes with . The skiptracer shoots and , finds and on the highway mid - escape , and hits with his car . comes to her aid , but revives and defensively strikes in the throat . and eventually get home , where has dinner with 's family and reconciles with them . 
 The next morning , finds gone and a note that apologizes for the trouble she caused . prepares to quit his job , but shows him that turned herself in . Detective tells he is no longer part of the investigation , and is taken away in cuffs . Before she leaves , asks her why ; says she knew he would not turn her in , but it was the right thing to do . A year later , celebrates another birthday , this time with his third child . The family visits in prison , and presents her with a birth certificate that reveals her name as . They both agree it is an awful name . hugs . When a guard antagonizes her , punches the guard , and another guard stuns her with a Taser . As she recovers and walks back to her cell , watches with a shocked and slightly bemused expression .

Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy, Jon Favreau, Amanda Peet, T.I., Genesis Rodriguez, Morris Chestnut, John Cho, Robert Patrick, Eric Stonestreet, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Clark Duke, Ben Falcone

is a Hollywood actor who is known as " king of voice - overs " for his extensive narration and voice - over work . He has recently published an autobiography and is about to receive a lifetime achievement award upon turning 60 . His 31 - year - old daughter , , is a struggling vocal coach who has always been overshadowed by her father . forces to move out of his house so that he can live with his girlfriend , who is a year younger than . leaves to stay with her older sister and her husband . 
 An upcoming film series , The Amazon Games , plans to bring back the " In a world ... " line made famous by the late . The trailer voice - over is highly sought after . bows out so that his friend and heir - apparent , , can assume the role , but develops laryngitis and fails to show up to a temp track recording . happens to be at the studio doing other work with engineer , and she substitutes for . The series ' executive producer decides she wants for the job instead . also gets other voice - over work , but she neglects to tell her self - absorbed father about her newfound success . and feel entitled and are dismissive of the unknown woman who " stole " the job from them . 
 visits at the hotel where works as concierge . Intrigued by the voice of a flirtatious Irish guest , she asks to interview and record him for her voice archive . During the interview , pretends to be single . 
 joins and at a party at 's mansion . flirts with her , and ends up staying the night . While waiting for to come home from work , listens to the recording of her interview with the hotel guest and is shocked at her lie . He leaves the apartment after she arrives . 
 Rumors spread quickly about and . boasts to of his night with some party - crasher , and when learns she is the woman in competition for the job , he decides to keep pursuing her , still not fully realizing who she is . 
 and host a meal for 's daughters . It comes out that is the mystery woman in the running for the coveted job . is indignant , furious at , and dismissive of , causing her to leave angry . vows to compete for the job himself . 
 is distraught about her husband , and secretly records her anguish , sending the message to to help win him back . 
 Competition for the job heats up . All three must send recordings for the studio to decide among . is ready to drop out , but champions her cause , also explaining that he likes her . admits she likes him , too . They work together to produce the audition recording , then party together afterwards . At the end of the night , finally kisses her . 
 Though is still angry at her father , insists that she and go to the Golden Trailer Awards , where is due to receive a lifetime achievement award . There the trailer for The Amazon Games is revealed ; got the job and is elated . storms off . berates him and threatens to leave him if he does not grow up and show support for his daughters . During his acceptance speech , is magnanimous in victory , dedicating the award to his daughters . In the ladies room , encounters the executive producer , , who bluntly tells that she was not the best person for the job , but was chosen for the greater meaning of having a woman in that role . 
 In the final scene , goes back to her work as a voice coach , helping low self - esteem , high - pitched , squeaky - voiced women to speak less like a " baby doll " or " sexy baby " and be taken more seriously as mature women , using her voice - over on The Amazon Games trailer as their inspiration .

In February 1961 , is a struggling folk singer in New York City 's Greenwich Village . His musical partner , , has died by suicide ; his recent solo album Inside Llewyn Davis is not selling ; he has no money and is sleeping on the couches of friends and acquaintances . He plays The Gaslight Cafe one night , then gets punched out in the alley . 
 wakes up in the apartment of two of his older and wealthier friends , the . When he leaves , the ' cat escapes and is locked out . takes the cat to the apartment of and . reluctantly agrees to let stay that night . tells she is pregnant , with a possibility it is 's child . 
 The next morning , the ' cat escapes again . Later , asks to pay for an abortion , though she is upset she just might be losing 's child . 
 visits his sister in the hope of borrowing money but realizes it will not be possible . Their conversation makes it clear that they are living in different worlds . She gives him a box of his belongings , but he tells her to trash it . She mentions that he could make money by going back to the Merchant Marine . 
 On 's invitation , records a space travel - themed novelty song with and . Needing money for the abortion , agrees to an immediate $ 200 rather than royalties . is setting up 's appointment when the gynecologist informs him there is no charge , as a previous girlfriend did not go through with the abortion had paid for , keeping the baby and moving to Ohio . 
 While talking to at a café , spots what he believes to be the ' cat and returns it that evening . Asked to play after dinner , he reluctantly performs " Fare Thee Well " , a song he had recorded with . When Mrs. starts to sing 's harmony , becomes angry and yells at her . Mrs. leaves the table crying , then returns with the cat , having realized that it is not theirs . leaves with the cat . 
 rides with two musicians driving to Chicago : the laconic beat poet and the odious jazz musician . At a roadside restaurant , collapses from a heroin overdose . The three stop on the side of the highway to rest . When a police officer tells them to move on , he suspects that is drunk and tells him to get out of the car . resists and is arrested . Without the keys , abandons the car , leaving the cat and the unconscious behind . In Chicago , auditions for . says is not suited to be a solo performer but suggests he might incorporate him in a new trio he is forming . rejects the offer and hitchhikes back to New York . Driving , he hits what he fears may be the same cat . 
 Back in New York , feeling tired and out of options to make something of himself , uses his last $ 148 for back dues to rejoin the Merchant Marine union , and visits his ailing father . searches for his seaman 's license so he can ship out with the Merchant Marine , but it was in the box his sister finally trashed . goes back to the Union Hall to replace it , but he can not afford the $ 85 fee . visits and she tells him she got him a gig at the Gaslight . 
 At the Gaslight , learns that , the manager , also had sex with . , angered by this , heckles a woman ( played by actual ' 60s folk musician ) as she performs , and is thrown out . He then goes to the ' apartment , where they graciously welcome him . There , he learns that the novelty song is likely to be a major hit , with massive royalties . He is amazed to see that their actual cat , Ulysses , has found his way home . 
 Returning to an expanded version of the film 's opening scene , performs at the Gaslight . teases about his heckling the previous evening and tells him that a friend of his is waiting in the alley . As he leaves , watches as a young starts to perform onstage . Behind the Gaslight , is beaten by a shadowy suited man for heckling his wife , the previous night 's performer . watches as the man leaves in a taxi and he bids him " Au revoir " .

Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, Justin Timberlake

In 1986 , summons demonologist to help her son , who is being followed by the spirit of an old woman . After investigating the house and encountering paranormal phenomena , tells that they must suppress 's astral projection abilities for his own safety . 
 Twenty - five years later , is under questioning about the death of . She is warned that if her husband 's fingerprints are found at the crime scene , he will be prosecuted for 's murder . The Lambert family relocate to 's house as the investigation continues . and the others begin to experience strange , seemingly paranormal activity in the house . 
 Specs and visit 's house and discover a videotape of the 1986 investigation . Upon reviewing it , they find someone standing behind in the video . The next morning , tells that he has been having bad dreams involving a woman in a white dress ; as well as hearing talk to an unseen figure in the hallway . receives a call from the police stating that the fingerprints do not match . The woman in the white dress appears and attacks . hears a voice urging him to kill his family . 
 visits and and they show her the tape , enhanced to show an adult as the figure standing behind the young . They contact 's former colleague , who attempts to contact 's spirit . They are told to find answers at an abandoned hospital where used to work as a doctor . Upon arriving , recounts the story of a patient named who was admitted for trying to castrate himself . Two days later , saw in an elevator . When asked a nurse why was out of his bed , the nurse explained that he had jumped to his death from the roof the day before . 
 and the group go to the family home where they find a secret room . Inside they discover numerous corpses , a black wedding gown and newspaper clippings revealing to be a killer referred to as " The Bride in Black " - who kidnapped and murdered young women while dressed as a woman himself . 's body begins to slowly deteriorate and realizes he is possessed . insists that they all get away from . arrives to drug him , but deduces that he is possessed by . begins to choke to death . awakes in the spirit realm , where he meets the real , who has revealed that he is stuck in the Further for a long time , and together they go into The Further . travels to 's room , where an evil spirit is approaching his daughter . He struggles with the spirit but is overpowered . 's spirit arrives and banishes the spirit from the house . It is revealed that these actions are what triggered some of the mysterious events in the first film , as time moves non - chronologically in the Further . 
 In the real world , , who is possessed by , ambushes and . and the children escape to the basement . voluntarily enters The Further to help his father . In The Further , , , and try to track down by revisiting in 1986 , with the young showing the adult where to find him . In 's house , the three witness 's mother , – the woman in the white dress – abusing him for acting like a male ; and forcing him to dress and act like a girl . had killed his female victims at the behest of his mother 's spirit . Upon finding , she and fight . saves and appears to destroy 's spirit , which stops the possessed from murdering his family in the real world . 's ghost disappears . and escape , only to find , who leads them back to the living world . The family is finally reunited , with and allowing themselves to once again have their memories suppressed by . 
 Some time later , and arrive at the house of a family whose daughter , , is in an unexplained coma . Unbeknownst to them , 's spirit enters . She hears a crackling sound and gasps as she sees something standing in the shadows .

Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Ty Simpkins, Barbara Hershey

At a New Year 's Eve party in 1999 , meets scientist , the inventor of experimental regenerative treatment Extremis that allows recovery from crippling injuries . Disabled scientist offers them a place in his company Advanced Idea Mechanics , but rejects him . Thirteen years later , is having panic attacks due to his experiences during the alien invasion and subsequent Battle of New York.[N 1 ] Restless , he has built dozens of Iron Man suits , creating friction with his girlfriend . 
 A string of bombings by a terrorist known as the Mandarin has left intelligence agencies bewildered by a lack of forensic evidence . 's security chief is badly injured in a Mandarin attack , causing to issue a televised threat to the Mandarin , who responds by destroying 's home with helicopter gunships . , who came to warn , survives the attack with . escapes in an suit , which his artificial intelligence J.A.R.V.I.S. pilots to rural Tennessee , following a flight plan from 's investigation into the Mandarin . 's experimental armor lacks sufficient power to return to California , and the world believes him dead . 
 Teaming with , a precocious 10 - year - old boy , investigates the remains of a local explosion bearing the hallmarks of a Mandarin attack . He discovers the " bombings " were triggered by soldiers subjected to Extremis whose bodies explosively rejected the treatment . After veterans started exploding , these explosions were falsely attributed to a terrorist plot in order to cover up Extremis 's flaws . witnesses Extremis firsthand when Mandarin agents and attack him . Meanwhile , resurfaces and kidnaps and . American intelligence agencies continue to search for the Mandarin 's location , with — the former War Machine , now re - branded as the Iron Patriot — lured into a trap to steal his - like armor . 
 With 's help , traces the Mandarin to Miami and infiltrates his headquarters using improvised weapons . Inside he discovers the Mandarin is actually an English actor named , who is oblivious to the actions carried out in his image . , who appropriated 's Extremis research as a cure for his own disability and expanded the program to include injured war veterans , reveals he is the real Mandarin behind 's cover . After capturing , reveals that he has subjected to Extremis in the hope that he will help fix Extremis 's flaws while trying to save her . kills when she tries to stop him . 
 escapes and reunites with , discovering that intends to attack President aboard Air Force One . saves some surviving passengers and crew but can not stop from abducting and destroying Air Force One . They trace to an impounded damaged oil tanker where intends to kill on live television . The Vice President will become a puppet leader , following 's orders in exchange for to cure his young daughter 's disability . On the platform , Stark goes to save , as saves the president . summons his Iron Man suits , controlled remotely by J.A.R.V.I.S. , to provide air support . secures the president and takes him to safety , while discovers has survived the Extremis procedure . However , before he can save her , a rig collapses around them and she falls to her apparent death . confronts and traps him in an Iron Man suit that self - destructs , but fails to kill him . , whose Extremis powers allowed her to survive her fall , intervenes and kills . 
 After the battle , orders J.A.R.V.I.S. to remotely destroy each suit as a sign of his devotion to , while the Vice President and are arrested . With 's help , ' Extremis effects are stabilized , and promises to leave his life as behind , undergoing surgery to remove the shrapnel embedded near his heart and throwing his obsolete chest arc reactor into the sea . He muses that , even without the technology , he will always be . 
 A present - day post - credits scene reveals that has been telling this story to , who fell asleep .

Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak, James Badge Dale, Jon Favreau, Ben Kingsley

In the Kingdom of Cloister , , a young farm boy , is fascinated by the legend of , an ancient king who defeated an army of invading giants from a realm in the sky by controlling them with a magical crown . At the same time , Princess becomes fascinated with the same legend . 
 Ten years later , goes into town to sell his horse to support his uncle 's farm . There , spots and becomes enamored with her after defending her honor from a group of hooligans . Meanwhile , Lord returns to his study , only to find that a monk has robbed him . The monk offers some magic beans he stole from as collateral for 's horse . Back at the castle , quarrels with her father King as she wants to explore the kingdom , but he wants her to stay and marry . Likewise , 's uncle scolds him for being foolish before throwing the beans on the floor and leaving the house . 
 Determined to be free , sneaks out of the castle and seeks shelter from the rain in 's house . As it rains , one of the beans takes root and grows into a massive beanstalk that carries the house and into the sky as falls to the ground . 
 , , and 's attendant volunteer to join the king 's knights , led by and his second in - command , , and climb the beanstalk in search of . As they climb , and cut the safety rope , intentionally killing some of the knights . At the top , they discover the giants ' realm and decide to split into two groups : one with , , and , and the other including and , but not before forcibly takes the remaining beans from ( although manages to save one for himself ) . 
 's group is trapped by a giant , who takes everyone prisoner except . Meanwhile , 's group encounters two other giants ; one eats , but before the other can do the same to , dons the magical crown . 
 follows the giant to their stronghold , where the two - headed giant leader , , has killed . finds and imprisoned there . As the giants prepare to kill their remaining prisoners , walks in and enslaves the giants with the crown . He tells the giants they will attack at dawn and gives them permission to eat and . rescues and as one of the giants prepares to cook as a pig - in - a - blanket . The trio makes for the beanstalk , where causes the giant guarding the beanstalk to fall off the realm 's edge . Seeing the giant 's body , orders the beanstalk cut down to avoid an invasion by the giants . 
 and head down the beanstalk , while stays to confront . kills , but takes the crown before can claim it , and is forced to escape down the beanstalk . , , and all survive the fall after the beanstalk is cut down . As everyone returns home , warns that the giants are using 's beans to create beanstalks to descend down to Earth and attack . 
 The giants chase , , and into the castle , where fills the moat with oil and sets it on fire . falls in the moat and breaks into the castle from below . As the siege continues , captures and , but throws the final bean down 's throat , causing a beanstalk to rip apart his body . takes the crown and sends the giants back to their realm . 
 and marry and tell the story of the giants to their children . As time passes , the magic crown is crafted into St Edward 's Crown and is secured in the Tower of London .

Nicholas Hoult, Eleanor Tomlinson, Stanley Tucci, Ian McShane, Bill Nighy, Ewan McGregor

is sitting in the waiting room of a lawyer 's office . His mother comes out to grab him and tells him they 're going to see his grandfather . is sitting in the waiting room of a hospital , checking out a magazine and looking at racy photos . A nurse comes in to inform that his wife has died . After a brief moment of silence , starts laughing , overjoyed that his wife is dead . leaves the hospital to get himself off , but unfortunately for him , the massage parlor and strip club are closed . Desperate , he sticks his penis into the slot of a vending machine . That 's when he gets himself stuck and starts asking onlookers for help . 
 attends his wife 's funeral with a group of strangers as they outlived all their close friends . As he starts giving a speech , and his mother barge in and pulls outside to talk to him . She says she is going back to jail for violating her parole , and she asks to make sure stays with his father . reluctantly agrees and they go back inside . starts to steal a pearl necklace from 's casket , but tries to stop her . Their struggle ends up pushing into the casket , spilling 's corpse onto the floor . 
 takes to meet with a counselor while they contact 's father . turns out to be a deadbeat who refuses to take in as he is unable to afford to do so . When his girlfriend comes in to remind him that he can get child support for , he instructs to take down to Raleigh , North Carolina to drop him off by Sunday . starts selling his late wife 's belongings , and tries to sell her bed to a potential customer . Later , calls a couple of unwitting guys to come help remove the bed , though he really asks them to help him and carry 's body to the trunk of his car , since he felt that she needs to be taken south to be buried properly . 
 and hit the road , and says he 's hungry , so pulls over to a nearby market where a woman is selling food . He tries to hit on her while goes on a ride outside the shop . He tells that it is not working , forcing to test it out , only to end up getting blasted through the window when the ride springs off its base . Frustrated , tries to send off to North Carolina in a box . He takes him to the post office , but since keeps moving and speaking , both women in the post office open it and are shocked to find him inside . Before he can get into anymore trouble , he says he will just take back on the road . leaves in the car as he goes away to play Bingo . Meanwhile , leaves the car to explore and stops an older gentlemen to get him to tie his shoelaces . 
 The duo head to a supermarket when gets hungry again , steals food from the premises and makes himself and sandwiches , which is seen by the staff . A woman comes out to chastise for eating without paying . The two pull into a motel for the day . They pull 's corpse out of the trunk since thinks it would be disrespectful to leave it in the car . then asks a man if he knows where a strip club is . The man points one out to him and he leaves in the room . goes to a club featuring male performers , and tells one of the dancers that he plans on waiting until the women are so aroused by the dancers for him to swoop in and make his move . When the men start to dance , jumps on the dance floor and pulls down his pants . At the same time , leaves the motel room to find him . He goes to another strip club and then to an adult book store . eventually returns home before they have to hit the road again . 
 As they approach North Carolina , tries to use to find a woman to hook up with , but they all turn him down . They drive to a diner where crashes into a large penguin statue , arguing with one of the customers about fixing it . At the diner , asks why he has to stay with his dad when he does not like him very much . insists that must do so anyway , then defecates onto the wall behind him . Embarrassed , they leave and later play some basketball while asks if he can take him fishing . gets hungry yet again and takes him to a church where a wedding reception is taking place . During a group photo , swipes a glass of champagne , causing the whole tower of glasses to collapse , and he ends up falling on top of the table and into the wedding cake , crashing onto the floor . 
 drives to a bar where they are meeting . is talking to a member of a biker organization called Guardians of the Children , which assists abused children . explains that will allow for him to get child support just as and Billy walk in the door . asks him to make sure that is taken care of , though he rudely responds to that he 'll get the job done . bids farewell . As leaves tearfully , one GOC member comes out to assure him that they will keep their eyes on . drives away , but immediately starts to miss . He turns the car around and drives back to the bar to get back , just as is showing off his bad parenting by refusing any food . calls to him , but prepares to fight him . The GOC members pull them away from each other and allow to leave with while they hold off and warn him there will be trouble if he acts threateningly . 
 To celebrate , and crash a beauty pageant after spotting a flyer for it on their road trip . gets dressed up as a girl and charms most of the judges , even though one reigning child champion and her mother note the unusual event of a girl being there with a grandpa . dresses up as a sailor girl to put on a show . It appears cute until he rips off the outfit to reveal him wearing women 's underwear and then put on a risque dance to " Cherry Pie " , then for to throw money at him . Everyone , including the judges , are completely speechless . His wig falls off and the duo runs out . drives up to a bridge where he and finally get rid of 's body by throwing it into a river before proceeding to fish , fulfilling 's desires .

The film opens in 2001 with a middle - aged ( ) introducing the iPod at an Apple Town Hall meeting.[6 ] 
 It then flashes back to Reed College in 1974 . had already dropped out due to the high expense of tuition , but was still attending classes with the approval of Dean ( ) who took him under his wing . is particularly interested in a course on calligraphy . He meets up with his friend ( ) who is excited to see that is holding a copy of Be Here Now by . Influenced by this book and his experiences with LSD , and spend time in India . 
 Two years later , is back in Los Altos , California living at home with his adoptive parents ( ) and ( ) . He is working for Atari and develops a partnership with his friend ( ) after he sees that has built a personal computer ( the Apple I ) . They name their new company Apple Computer , though there already is a company called Apple Records that is owned by The Beatles ( then teases that this is symbolic of his preference for ) . gives a demonstration of the Apple I at the Homebrew Computer Club . is later approached by ( ) who shows interest in the Apple I. Knowing that he and will need a studio in which to build them , convinces his father to allow them to use the family garage ( set up as a carpentry / tool center ) for his new company . Realizing that they can not build these computers alone , also recruits , ( ) , and ( ) to the Apple team.[7 ] 
 , however , is disappointed by the Apple I , a reaction which inspires to start again with a second model . He hires ( ) to reconceptualize the power supply for what would be called the Apple II . In addition , after many failed attempts , finally wins the interest of a venture capitalist , ( ) , who also joins Apple . They release the Apple II at the 1977 West Coast Computer Faire where it is a remarkable success . Suddenly and the company are very successful . 
 The success also causes to distance himself from his friends and his high school girlfriend ( ) . When tells him she is pregnant with their child , he promptly ends their relationship . eventually gives birth to whom continues to deny as his daughter . He also brings in ( ) to become the CEO of the company . As his behavior becomes more erratic ( for example firing an employee for not appreciating his investment in using fonts ) , is moved away from The Lisa to the Macintosh Group where he works with , ( ) , , and ( ) . He also forces the original team leader of the Macintosh group , , out of it . Though the Macintosh is introduced with a great deal of fanfare in 1984 , is forced out of the company by in 1985 . 
 The film jumps forward to 1996 . is married to ( ) and has accepted ( ) as his daughter ( she now lives with them ) . He has a son , ( ) and is also running the company NeXT which Apple decides to buy . He is asked by then - CEO to return to Apple as a consultant . does so and soon he is named the new CEO , ultimately firing and his ex - friend ( who refused to support him when he was forced out of Apple 11 years prior ) . becomes interested in the work of ve ( ) and works to reinvent Apple . The film ends with recording the dialogue for the Think Different commercial in 1997 . Before the credits , there are original photos of all the main characters paired with clips from the film of the actor playing the part , plus a dedication to .

Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad, Lukas Haas, J. K. Simmons, Lesley Ann Warren, Ron Eldard, Ahna O'Reilly, John Getz, James Woods, Matthew Modine

, a slacker , recalls confronting a zombie skinhead whom he beheaded one year prior and wonders whether an axe that had its handle and head replaced over time is still the same axe . In the present day , he meets with small time reporter , , to recount the supernatural events that plagued the small , undisclosed city lives in . 
 Some time ago , is at a party with his friend , with acquaintances , , along with high school classmate , who has an amputated hand . learns that 's dog , , has gone missing after biting , a drug dealer who pretends to be Jamaican . As he leaves the party , sees next to his car . 
 A frantic , incoherent calls , demanding he come over at once . At 's apartment , finds a syringe containing a black - colored drug , oblivious to a bizarre creature only can see . tells that the drug , " Soy Sauce " , given to him by , grants inhuman knowledge when taken , along with dumping the user in alternate dimensions and timestreams , as demonstrated by a past version of calling present . 
 As they drive off , is bitten by the suddenly animate syringe , propelling him through alternate dimensions . Returning to the present , a strange man , , appears in the backseat , attempting to offer advice on the strange events , but disappears when threatens him . 
 Detective questions the two at a police station about the party . reveals that and were the only survivors of a drug - fueled afterparty thrown by - everyone else either disappeared , or suffered grisly , bizarre deaths . 
 In the present , an incredulous tries to leave , but convinces him to stay after showing him a strange monster . 
 During questioning , apparently dies . Despite this , telepathically contacts , helping him escape from the police station and a ghost that appears as a cop , and guides him to 's house . 's Soy Sauce knocks unconcious . He wakes up to see preparing to burn down the trailer , who tells him 's body disappeared , and that the Soy Sauce is letting in some kind of evil force . shoots , who survives by time - traveling and tampering with the round he was shot with . , controlled by , drives 's car through the wall , allowing him to escape . In his house , is subdued by a possessed . 
 kidnaps , , , and , taking them to an abandoned mall , hoping to use a ghostly door inside to travel to another dimension . manipulates into going outside , where Appleton kills him . then explodes into a swarm of demonic insects , who possess . reluctantly kills him . opens the ghost door with her phantom limb , allowing and passage . They meet and , a celebrity psychic and exorcist . They have teamed up against Korrok , an eldritch biological supercomputer that has turned into a genocidal god , who uses the Soy Sauce to open up new dimensions to conquer . gives and a LSD - laced nuclear bomb to incapacitate with . 
 The two step through a portal to an alternate Earth . Disciples of Korrok greet them as " chosen ones " and present a brutal utilitarian society , where dissenters are horribly maimed by Korrok 's monsters . The duo are brought before , who plans to devour them , absorb their knowledge to conquer their dimension . tries to activate the bomb , but fumbles . , who followed the two , grabs the bomb and flings himself into , detonating it and destroying the two of them . 
 Upon escaping , and meet and learn that was meant to defeat all along - after biting a Soy Sauce - addled , it linked him to and . becomes 's girlfriend . and become exorcists and demon hunters , with 's assistance . 
 In the present , reluctantly decides to publish the story , despite fears of damaging his career . realizes is a ghost , noticing inconsistencies in his background - the real is dead in the trunk , killed by an unknown force . Seeing this , vanishes . 
 Later , and play basketball , and inadvertently wind up in a post - apocalyptic dimension . A paramilitary organization informs them they are chosen ones who will restore the world , but an annoyed and walk off .

Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, Paul Giamatti, Clancy Brown, Glynn Turman, Doug Jones, Daniel Roebuck

, bored after having retired from fighting crime as Kick - Ass , begins training with Hit - Girl to become a real hero . Following the death of his father , accidentally kills his own mother by short - circuiting her tanning bed ; she had been in denial about her husband 's death . Now in control of his father 's criminal empire , finds a fetishwear outfit , adopts two of his father 's handguns and decides to become a supervillain The Motherfucker , swearing vengeance on Kick - Ass . 
 's guardian , , discovers she is still fighting crime and makes her promise to give it up . 's girlfriend , , has noticed behaving strangely and breaks up with him , believing he is cheating on her with ( she also reveals she has cheated on him ) . resumes his life as Kick - Ass , joining the superhero team Justice Forever ( which had inspired ) , led by Colonel Stars and Stripes . It includes ( 's friend , ) , Dr. Gravity , , , and the parents of a missing child named . Kick - Ass begins a sexual relationship with . He and try to get their friend involved with heroics , but instead alienate him by calling his chosen identity , , a blatant copy of Kick - Ass . 
 , attempting to lead a normal life , tries out for the dance team at school , impressing the audience with her audition . tries to convince to join Justice Forever , but she refuses , and promptly asks a boy to take her on a date . The date ends up as a cruel prank planned by bullies in her school , leaving abandoned in the forest to walk home alone . consoles the tearful and encourages her to beat the bullies at their own game . The next day , does so with verbal put - downs and a specially designed shock baton that makes the bullies vomit and soil themselves in the cafeteria , resulting in her suspension from school . 
 's father discovers is Kick - Ass after finding his superhero costume , and they have an argument which leads to leave home . Meanwhile , The Motherfucker assembles a gang of supervillains called the Toxic Mega Cunts and establishes an underground lair , including a tank with a live shark . Growing ever more deranged after his imprisoned uncle has his aide killed in order to teach him a lesson , the Motherfucker ambushes Colonel Stars and Stripes in the Justice Forever headquarters and has his henchwoman decapitate him before taunting Justice Forever on Twitter . He then tracks down and attempts to rape her to anger , though he is unable to reach an erection in time as the authorities arrive , and instead has her beaten . When police arrive , kills all of the officers , resulting in a police clampdown on both costumed villains and vigilantes . When the police track through his IP address , 's father claims he , not , is Kick - Ass , getting himself arrested in 's place . 
 The , unconvinced the real Kick - Ass has been caught , learns from , who had inadvertently joined the Toxic Mega Cunts , that the man identified as being Kick - Ass is actually his father . The has Mr. beaten to death in jail by his contacts there and sends a photograph to , revealing his true identity as . A grief - stricken vows to abandon his Kick - Ass identity , as he had promised his father . At his father 's funeral , The 's gang ambushes and kidnaps . pursues their van and rescues , and then convinces him to confront The Motherfucker . 
 , now wearing Big Daddy 's body armour over his Kick - Ass costume , and his vigilante friends attack the TMC 's lair , where a brawl ensues . Hit - Girl is pitted against Mother Russia , who initially seems to overwhelm the outclassed Hit - Girl . However , Hit - Girl tricks Mother Russia into injecting her with a syringe of adrenaline , which gives her the strength to defeat her . Fighting on a rooftop , The Motherfucker nearly falls through a skylight , but Kick - Ass grabs him . The Motherfucker refuses help and falls , landing in his own shark tank , where he is mauled and left for dead . 
 Justice Forever decides to take a break from its superhero duties , helping people in their ordinary lives instead for the time being with the promise to return to them one day . tells that because she is wanted for murder , she is leaving New York , but that the citizens need Kick - Ass . She kisses him before departing . accepts the responsibility and begins training and upgrading his equipment , and a metal Kick - Ass helmet is shown before cutting to credits . 
 In a post - credits scene , , who has survived the shark attack , and whose limbs were bitten off by the shark , complains for attention .

Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloë Grace Moretz, Jim Carrey

, , , and are childhood friends from Flatbush , Brooklyn , New York , who are now living in their senior years . and his wife are living mundane lives in Naples , Florida . , twice - divorced and recovering from a minor stroke , lives with his overprotective son and his family in Englewood , New Jersey . lives alone in his Brooklyn apartment , a curmudgeon in grief since the death of his wife , , over a year ago . is a successful entrepreneur in Malibu , California , who lives with his 31 - year - old girlfriend . Shortly after proposing to , finds an old bottle of scotch he and his friends stole in their childhood days and calls and , who immediately propose a bachelor party for in Las Vegas before his wedding that weekend . After being given permission by to cheat on her , collects and and fly off to rendezvous with in Vegas . 
 Arriving in Vegas , and get into a heated argument about 's failure to attend 's funeral . They head to Binion 's Gambling Hall and Hotel to check in , only to realize that the hotel is closed for renovations . They agree to try the Aria Resort and Casino , where the wedding will be held . Before leaving Binion 's they are attracted to the lounge by the singing voice of , who is immediately charmed by their appreciation of her singing . The five share a drink , and they convince to join them at The Aria . 
 While waiting to get rooms , goes to a blackjack table and has a brief altercation with a cocky gambler named . buys chips with $ 15,000 ( half of his pension funds ) , planning to enjoy his escape from medical worries . When and return , they find that is up to $ 102,000 , and they quickly leave the table in fear of being accused of card counting . Meanwhile , as tours the wedding chapel with , he becomes charmed with her as she explains to him that she moved to Vegas because she was recently laid off as a tax attorney in Atlanta and always wanted to sing despite being a divorced empty nester . 
 The quartet later become judges of a wild swimsuit competition . They are then confronted by the casino manager , who offers the group his largest penthouse suite for free , in hopes that will stay and spend his winnings at the hotel . They are assigned ( who is disappointed because the original person staying in the room was going to be 50 Cent ) is their host / butler . suggests they open the old bottle of scotch to celebrate the gang 's reunion , but confronts him about his absence from ’s funeral and leaves the suite . That night , the remaining three go to the Aria 's popular nightclub , where they accept the bouncer 's suggestion that they earn immediate entrance by purchasing $ 1,800 bottle service , using some of 's winnings . There , and talk with the bachelorette and her maid - of - honor from a bachelorette party while goes dancing . comes by and begins groping the bachelorette and is confronted by , and . attempts to throw a punch at but is knocked down by , who stopped by to give his cell phone due to several missed calls from his son . 
 The next day , while the others are hungover and recovering , visits and tells her that he and were both in love with when they were younger and she picked . catches his eye while she tries to convince him to stop grieving and move on with life because would want it . Afterwards , joins at their pool cabana and admits he needs to move on from ’s passing while also showing concern for about marrying a younger woman . and join in and decide to throw a big bachelor party for in their suite that night . brings to the cabana to apologize for his behavior , having convinced him that the quartet are mafia members from the East Coast called “ The Flatbush Four . ” , fearing for his life , agrees to become their errand boy for the day . With and 's help , they prepare for the party and invite several people including the bachelorette group from the nightclub , exotic dancers , a band of transvestite entertainers , and cast members of Zarkana . 
 While the others prepare his party , visits . She admits that she is fond of him , and asks if he truly loves . As they walk along The Strip , tells that gave an ultimatum to choose either or him and she secretly chose first , but told that she was meant to be with . 
 The bachelor party goes into full force as gets ready to be social again , finally removing his wedding ring . meets the maid of honor from the night before , who begins flirting with him to his delight . dances with the bachelorette , strippers , transvestites , then gives advice to on how he , too , can meet women properly . is surprised by a worried , who tracked 's cell phone . convinces him to calm down and enjoy this chance for some special father - son time . and the maid of honor head upstairs to be alone , where he encourages and enjoys her seductive ways but eventually turns down sex , realizing that he tells about all the wonderful things that happen in his life , and telling her about this soon - to - be wonderful moment would devastate her . 
 tells he invited to the party because he likes her and wants to start anew after ’s passing , but realizes likes her too . When arrives , pushes into the decorative pool in the suite and takes upstairs to tell her that likes her and to give him a chance . She states that she feels like she is being treated like and “ gifted ” by to , which overhears . is devastated to learn about 's choice and throws the old bottle of scotch in the trash as he leaves the party . 
 The next morning , confronts at the pool and tells him he does not love like loved and that the wedding must be stopped . As and her bridesmaids arrive , pushes into the pool and tells that is calling off the wedding . and talk it out and leaves with her bridesmaids . As the guys pack up to leave , comes to terms with his age and admits his fear of getting old and being alone . They come together as friends again and tell to go see . shows up at the lounge where is singing and reveals his feelings for her . The guys say their goodbyes to and and finally decide to crack open the old bottle of scotch for a final toast .. 
 A couple months later , and call and to announce they are getting married . They try to call but he is unable to answer the phone as he is busy in bed with .

Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline, Mary Steenburgen

In Afghanistan , Taliban leader is responsible for killing over twenty United States Marines , as well as villagers and refugees who were aiding American forces . In response to these killings , a United States Navy SEALs unit is ordered to execute a counter - insurgent mission to capture . As part of the mission , a four - man SEAL reconnaissance and surveillance team is tasked with locating . These four SEALs include team leader ; snipers and ; and communications specialist . 
 The team is inserted into the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan , where they make a trek through the mountains . Here , they begin to encounter communications problems , which will play a critical role in the following events . Upon arriving at their designated location , the SEALs are accidentally discovered by an elderly shepherd and two teenage goat herders . Knowing that if they release them , the herders will likely alert Taliban to their presence , the team is split about whether to kill the herders or not . After a brief debate , convinces the others that they will incite backlash if they kill the three herders . The team decides to release them and abort the mission , but before they can escape , they are discovered by Taliban forces . Although they manage to kill several Taliban gunmen , they find themselves heavily outnumbered and at a significant tactical disadvantage . Each of the men suffers serious injuries during the firefight and , in an attempt to flee from the insurgents , they jump off the edge of a precipitous ridge and into a large ravine . 
 Despite their injuries , the SEALs made a defensive retreat through the steep woods . begins to lose consciousness and shouts questions to , unwittingly revealing the team 's position to the Taliban . and jump off another ridge to flee from the Taliban fighters . tries to carry down the mountain , but is shot in the shoulder ; the impact forces to lose his grip and fall forward off the cliff . A dying remains at the top of the cliff and is killed by the Taliban insurgents . decides to try climbing back up the cliff to get a phone signal in order to call in support forces via satellite phone . and shoot at the Taliban fighters to provide with cover . When he finally reaches higher ground , is able to alert the SEAL base of his team 's location and request emergency assistance right before he is shot dead by Taliban fighters . 
 In response to 's distress call , a quick reaction force team assembles , boards two CH-47 Chinook helicopters , and heads toward the location without gunship escort seeking to extract the remaining members of the reconnaissance and surveillance team . During an attempt to insert the arriving forces , the Taliban insurgents shoot down one of the helicopters , killing eight Navy SEALs and eight Special Operations aviators who were on board . The second helicopter is forced to turn back . After witnessing the attack , and a badly injured are left behind . attempts to find cover , but is killed when he leaves his hiding spot to attack several approaching insurgents . When is discovered by the Taliban , one of the insurgents fires a rocket - propelled grenade , and its impact causes him to land at the bottom of a rock crevice where he is able to hide from the Taliban fighters . 
 stumbles upon a small body of water and submerges himself , only to find upon surfacing that a local Pashtun villager , , has discovered his location . takes into his care , returning to his village , where he attempts to hide in his home . then sends a mountain man to the nearest American air base to alert military forces to 's location . The Taliban fighters arrive at the village to capture and kill , but and the villagers intervene , threatening to kill the fighters if they harm . The fighters leave , but later return to punish the villagers for protecting . and his fellow militia are able to fend off several fighters during the ensuing attack . American forces , arriving via helicopters , shatter the advancing Taliban and , in the process , kill the bulk of the insurgents with concentrated weaponry fire . The American forces evacuate back to base . 
 Photos of the real - life , and the fallen service members who died during the mission are shown during a four - minute montage , and an epilogue reveals that the Pashtun villagers agreed to help as part of a traditional code of honor known as the Pashtunwali .

Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, Eric Bana

With Krypton destabilized from mining of the planet 's core , - , chief advisor to Krypton 's supreme council , recommends the council give him control of the genetics codex . Before any action can be taken , soldiers led by General , an old friend of , launch an uprising and arrest the councilors . Realising that Krypton is doomed , steals the genetic codex sought by and infuses them into the DNA of his infant son , – the first naturally born Kryptonian child in centuries . Donning his old armor , sacrifices his life to allow his son to escape on a preprogrammed spacecraft . orders the rocket 's destruction , only to learn that forces loyal to the council have suppressed the rebellion . In a brief trial , and several of the surviving rebels are convicted of treason and sentenced to the Phantom Zone moments before Krypton explodes . 
 Following coordinates , the ship crash lands on Earth in Smallville , Kansas . A childless couple , and , find and raise him as their own , naming him . eventually becomes an isolated young man as a result of developing superhuman powers which he tries to hide from others . He then learns his true origins from , who urges him to keep his powers hidden . Several years later , dies in a tornado while refusing to let rescue him . Burdened with guilt and looking for a new purpose in his life , leaves to travel the world for an extended period of time under several disguises . 
 Several months later , Metropolis , Daily Planet reporter receives an assignment to investigate the discovery of a Kryptonian scout ship in the Canadian Arctic . Disguised as a worker , enters the ship and activates its central computer using a key left by , which allows him to communicate with an artificial intelligence modeled after his father . The AI explains that was sent to Earth to guide its people , and presents him with a Kryptonian uniform bearing his family 's symbol . While following , inadvertently triggers the ship 's security system . uses his powers to rescue before wearing the uniform and testing his flying abilities . Unable to convince supervisor to publish an article on the incident , tracks down and agrees to keep his secret safe . 
 Escaping the Phantom Zone , and his crew intercept a transmission from the scout vessel and travel to Earth . Deducing that Kal - El is nearby , they broadcast a global address demanding that he surrender or risk war . meets with the United States Air Force and agrees to comply , with joining him as a hostage . reveals that he possesses numerous terraforming devices , the largest called a World Engine , which he salvaged from Kryptonian outposts , which he intends to use to transform Earth into a new Krypton . His science officer , , extracts 's genes to create Kryptonian colonists who will annihilate humanity and build a society based on 's ideals of genetic purity . With help from , and flee and warn the U.S. military , just as orders an invasion . deploys the World Engine from the Kryptonian ship , which touches down in the Indian Ocean and begins firing a beam through the planet towards the ship , severely damaging Metropolis and initiating the terraforming strategy . 
 Given the codename " Superman " , destroys the terraforming platform while the military launches a suicide attack , killing 's troops . With the ship destroyed and Krypton 's only hope of revival gone , vows to destroy the Earth and its inhabitants . fights and in the process they both destroy downtown Metropolis . They then crash into a train station , where attempts to kill some passengers , forcing to snap his neck , killing him . 
 persuades the government to let him act independently , so long as he does not turn against humanity . To allow access to dangerous situations without attracting attention , takes a job as a freelance reporter for the Daily Planet .

Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, Antje Traue, Ayelet Zurer, Russell Crowe

When a businessman 's plot to steal from criminals goes south , he learns that he stole from the wrong guy , and when a dangerous drug cartel shows up , all hell breaks loose . A businessman ( ) uses his nightclub to target criminals for theft , but gets double crossed by his long - suffering girlfriend ( ) after using her as the bait.[1 ]

aspires to become a scarer – a monster who enters the human world at night to scare children and harvest their screams for energy – after visiting Monsters Inc. , Monstropolis ' most profitable scaring company , on a school field trip . Eleven years later , is a first - year scare major at Monsters University , where he meets . studies hard , while the privileged , coming from a family of talented scarers , relies only on his natural ability and begins to falter . As the semester progresses , and attempt to join a fraternity , but only is accepted into Roar Omega Roar , the strongest fraternity on campus . At the semester 's final exam , a fight between the two causes them to accidentally break Dean 's cherished Scream Can . fails both of them immediately , stating that did not study enough , and is not scary enough , and Roar Omega Roar kicks from their group . 
 Wanting to prove himself , enters the university 's " Scare Games " , and makes a wager with Hardscrabble : she will reinstate him and his team to the scare program if they win , but must leave the university if they lose . He joins a group of misfits named Oozma Kappa , the weakest fraternity on campus , but they are denied entry to the Games for being one team member short . subsequently joins them , seeing the competition as his ticket back into the scare program . Oozma Kappa finish last in the first challenge , but are saved from elimination after another team is disqualified for cheating . Oozma Kappa improve gradually due to 's training and intricate knowledge of scaring , and they advance through each following challenge , finishing just behind Roar Omega Roar . In the final round , they defeat Roar Omega Roar with a decisive final scare by in the simulation bedroom . However , soon discovers that he only won because changed the machine 's difficulty to the easiest setting . 
 Determined to prove that he can become a scarer , breaks into the school 's door - making lab . He enters a door to the human world that leads to a summer camp , but he is unable to scare a cabin full of children , and flees into the woods . Meanwhile , offers to reinstate , but he declines , instead confessing to that he cheated just as she is alerted to 's break - in . Hardscrabble forbids anyone else from going through the door , but sneaks through to rescue . After reconciling , they try to return , but are unable to exit after Hardscrabble deactivates the door while waiting for the authorities to arrive . Pursued by camp rangers , realizes that the only way to escape is to generate enough scream energy to power the door from their side . Working together , and terrify the camp rangers and generate an overwhelming amount of scream energy , returning to the lab seconds before the device overloads , and explodes in front of . 
 and are expelled from the university as a result of their actions , while the other members of Oozma Kappa are accepted into the scare program for the next semester , as was impressed by their performances in the Games . As leaves on the bus , runs after him to raise his spirits . then appears and wishes them good luck , claiming they were the first students to have surprised her . The two take jobs in the mail room of Monsters , Inc. , eventually working their way up to join the scarer team . 
 In a post - credits scene , a slug finally makes it to the school , but learns from a janitor that he missed the entire school year due to his slowness , much to his dismay .

Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Joel Murray, Sean Hayes, Dave Foley, Peter Sohn, Charlie Day, Frank Oz, Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Nathan Fillion, Aubrey Plaza, Tyler Labine, John Krasinski, Bonnie Hunt, Bobby Moynihan, Julia Sweeney, Beth Behrs, John Ratzenberger

Movie 43 is a series of different sketches containing different scenes and scenarios . 
 The film is composed of multiple comedy shorts presented through an overarching segment titled " The Pitch " , in which ( ) , a mad screenwriter , is attempting to pitch a script to film executive ( ) . After revealing several of the stories in his script , becomes agitated when dismisses his outrageous ideas , and he pulls a gun on him and forces him to listen to multiple other stories before making consult his manager , ( ) , to purchase the film . When they do so , 's condescending , humiliating attitude toward angers him to the point that , after agreeing to make the film " the biggest film since Howard the Duck " , he confronts in the parking lot with a gun and tries to make him perform fellatio on the security guard ( ) ( had gotten on the lot by doing the same thing ) and kill him if he does not make the film . tries to calm down with more story ideas to no avail , but pulls out a gun and shoots to death . The segment ends with it being revealed that it is being shot by a camera crew as part of the movie , leading into the final segments . 
 The structure of the film released in some countries , like the United Kingdom and the Netherlands , differs . Instead of a pitch , the films are connected by a group of three teenagers searching for the most banned film in the world , Movie 43 , which will ultimately lead to the destruction of civilization.[5 ] ( ) and his friend ( ) make a video in the style of MTV 's Jackass and upload it on YouTube where it instantly reaches over 1,000,000 views . This turns out to be an April Fool 's prank from 's younger brother ( ) , who cloned YouTube and hyper - inflated the views while working on his science project . and attempt to get revenge . They tell of a film that 's so dangerous it will cause the annihilation of the world . The movie is known as Movie 43 . While and look for Movie 43 on Google , retrieves 's laptop and loads it with viruses from porn sites , and masturbates to a strip tease video on the porn sites in a bathroom . finds hundreds of results for Movie 43 on a website referred to by him as a dark corner of the Internet . They find the sketches starting from the 43rd search on the list of results . As he and keep watching videos , they are interrupted by a man known as ( ) and a group of Chinese mobsters ( and ) who are tempted to find Movie 43 , even going as far as to take 's classmate ( ) , film executive 's oldest son , hostage . warns them that if they find Movie 43 , civilization will be left to ruins . They ignore his claims and keep searching . They eventually find the real , the one and only Movie 43 , which turns out to involve as a profane commando who leads a group of recruits to survive after the world has ended . As finishes ruining 's laptop , their mother ( ) enters , wearing the same shirt and shorts that the woman in the strip tease video wore , causing to flip out after realizing that he had masturbated to a video of his mother . He also has visions , and finds semen from his erect crotch on his hand causing him to stare at his hand in shock and horror . Afterward , a deadly earthquake rumbles and mankind is lost . However , a few years later the only survivor , a crippled , finds 's laptop still working despite viral infections . He watches the last remaining skits on the laptop . This version of the film was released in the U.S. as part of the Blu - ray Disc of Movie 43 as an unrated alternate cut of the film . 
 ( ) is a single businesswoman who goes on a blind date with ( ) , the city 's most eligible bachelor . When the two arrive together at a restaurant , is shocked when he removes his scarf , revealing a pair of testicles dangling from his neck . Over dinner it confuses her that fails to acknowledge his anatomical abnormality , and that nobody seems to be surprised by it . When two friends of ( and ) come by , one of them convinces him to give a kiss . agrees , but when he kisses her , his neck - testicles are dangling near 's mouth , causing her to scream and budge out of the kiss . 
 Having recently moved , ( ) and ( ) have coffee with their new neighbors . The neighbors , ( ) and ( ) have a teenage son , ( ) , whom they have home - schooled . and begin inquiring about the homeschooling , and the numerous manners in which and have replicated a full high school experience within their home , going as far as hazing , bullying , and giving out detentions , are revealed . They believe the experience should be as awkward as possible , like " real high school " . This includes throwing parties that exclude , instigating 's " first kiss " and revealing romantic feelings for . Visibly disturbed , the neighbors end up meeting , who says he is going out and gives them the impression that all is fine : until he reveals a doll made of a mop with 's face on it , referring to the doll as his girlfriend . 
 ( ) and ( ) have been in a relationship for a year . When he attempts to propose to her , she reveals to him that she is a coprophiliac , and asks him to defecate on her in the bedroom . Urged by his best friend ( ) and others to go along with it , he eats a large meal and drinks a bottle of laxative prior to the event . Wanting foreplay , is angered when wants to finish , and she runs into the street . Chasing after her , he is then hit by a car and graphically evacuates his bowels everywhere . She cradles him and apologizes ; covered and surrounded by his excrement on the road , she exclaims that it is the " most beautiful thing " she has ever seen and accepts his marriage proposal . ( In the end credits , and are mistakenly renamed and by , , , , and ) . 
 Neil ( ) is working a night shift at a local grocery store . His ex - girlfriend , ( ) , comes through his line and the two begin arguing , which soon turns into sexual discussion and flirtation as they lament over their relationship ; unbeknownst to them , 's intercom microphone broadcasts the entire explicit conversation throughout the store , where various elderly people and vagrants tune in . After she leaves in tears , the customers agree to cover his shift while he goes after her . 
 A developing company is having a meeting in their headquarters over their newly released product , the " iBabe " , which is a life - sized , realistic replica of a nude woman which functions as an MP3 player . The boss ( ) listens to his various workers ( , and ) argue over the placement of a fan that was built into the genital region of the iBabe , which is dismembering the penises of teenage boys who attempt to have sex with them . The board members then agree to strongly emphasize the dangers of the product via its new commercials . 
 ( ) and his cohort ( ) are in Gotham City at a speed dating establishment seeking out a bomb threat by their nemesis , ( ) . While attempts to connect with various women through speed dating including ( ) and ( ) , encounters his ex Wonder Woman ( ) and attempts to stop from detonating , who later turns out to be the ( ) in disguise , which already knew and was screwing with , who kissed " her " moments before unveiling . 
 A faux - Public service announcement about children stuck in machines and how adults ' criticism of these particular machines affect the feelings of the children stuck inside the machines . This commercial was paid for by the " Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Inside Machines " . 
 ( ) and ( ) are watching television after school at 's house as their first " middle school " date . When they begin to kiss , his older brother ( ) enters the living room and makes fun of them . then discovers she is menstruating and tries to hide it , and when sees blood on her pants , he panics and believes her to be bleeding to death , causing a debacle , which would later have and 's father ( ) and 's father ( ) involved . calls them out on their stupidity and feels embarrassed to know that she 's getting her first period in front of them and they do n't know what to do about it . When she leaves with her father , yells that the process of keeping the lining of her internal organs intact by inserting his erect phallus into her vagina is much too complicated and agrees . Steve cheers them up by farting in front of them . As goes to the bathroom , and watch a game on television , which has a very graphic Tampax commercial in which a girl gets eaten by a shark due to her menstruating . 
 Another faux - commercial involving two women who go swimming in the sea . As the women submerge into the water , a great shark suddenly appears and eats one of the women . A tagline appears , reading : " Tampax . Now Leak - Proof " 
 ( ) captures a leprechaun ( ) for his roommate ( ) as a birthday present . After tying the leprechaun up in the basement , they demand he give them a pot of gold . The obscene leprechaun threatens that his brother is coming to save him . When he arrives , and are shot at but ultimately kill both leprechauns . At the end of the segment , reveals he has also caught a fairy ( ) who performs fellatio for gold coins . 
 ( ) and ( ) are on a date together at a Mexican restaurant . Tired of typical first dates , challenges to a game of truth or dare . She dares him to grab a man 's buttocks , and he follows with daring her to blow out the birthday candles on a blind boy 's cake . The game rapidly escalates to extremes , in which both of them get plastic surgery and tattoos , and humiliate themselves . When and arrive back at 's apartment , they praise their date . tries to kiss her , but she rejects him , claiming she 's not attracted to Asian men ( which he was surgically altered to resemble ) . It is revealed that she was joking and invites him to have sex with her as she shows him her enlarged breasts . 
 Set in 1959 , Coach ( ) is lecturing his all - black basketball team before their first game against an all - white team . Worried about losing the game , the timid players are lectured by the coach about their superiority in the sport over their white counterparts , which he expresses vulgarly . When the game ensues , the all - white team loses miserably yet rejoices in a single point they earn . 
 Played mid - credits , ( ) worries that her boyfriend 's ( ) cat , Beezel ( an animated cartoon ) , is coming between their relationship . seems to detest and anyone who comes between him and , but only sees as innocent . One day , witnesses masturbating to summer vacation photos of in a swimsuit . attacks her and violently urinates on her . still finds his pet innocent but threatens to leave if he does n't get rid of . Caring more about his relationship , agrees to find a new home for him . That night , from a closet , tearfully watches the couple make love ( whilst sodomizing himself with a hairbrush and dry humping a stuffed teddy bear ) . The next day when it comes time to take away , he is nowhere to be found . goes outside to look . then runs her over with a truck and attempts to shoot her to death with a shotgun , but she chases him into the street and begins beating him with a shovel , which is witnessed by a group of children attending a birthday party at a neighboring house . When approaches to see what is happening , tries to explain 's motives . acts innocent and sides with his cat . The children of the party then attack and murder for beating up , stabbing her with plastic forks . grabs , as again fantasizes about French kissing his owner . 
 In this segment that was cut from the film , ( ) and ( ) are looking for their breast - flashing daughter ( ) with the help of the private eye ( ) , who is behind the camera with only one clue which is a small video that features their daughter . The scene was included as an extra on the DVD and Blu - ray release . 
 The second segment that was cut from the film follows ( ) , a shy apprentice mortician who is secretly a necrophiliac at the hospital he works at . One night , a body he 's having sex with is brought back to life from the pressure of his thrusts . His supervisor ( ) suddenly walks in and mistakenly believes that has performed a life - saving operation of some kind . The staff at the hospital and the media congratulate him while a news reporter asks what he did to save her . Unable to conjure an answer , one of the cops on scene tells everyone else they can just watch the security tapes to find out . As they rush to the security room , is given a personal thanks by the girl ( ) he revived , upon which he responds with an awkward " You 're welcome".[6][7][8 ] Unlike Find Our Daughter , this segment was not included in the DVD or Blu - ray release[9 ] and instead premiered at the 2014 LA Comedy Festival.[10 ]

Elizabeth Banks, Kristen Bell, Halle Berry, Leslie Bibb, Kate Bosworth, Gerard Butler, Josh Duhamel, Anna Faris, Richard Gere, Terrence Howard, Hugh Jackman, Johnny Knoxville, Justin Long, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloë Grace Moretz, Liev Schreiber, Seann William Scott, Emma Stone, Jason Sudeikis, Uma Thurman, Naomi Watts, Kate Winslet

Two 14 - year - old boys in the De Witt , Arkansas area , ( ) and ( ) , have found a boat stuck high in a tree on a small island in the Mississippi River . They want to claim it for themselves but discover someone is living in it . They meet him , a strange man named ( ) , who claims to have grown up nearby . He tells the boys that he needs food and promises to give them the boat if they help him while he stays on the island . 
 The boys return with food and ask why he is hiding out ; he says he is waiting for his old girlfriend , ( ) , whom he describes as beautiful with bird tattoos on her hands . They later spot her grocery shopping in town . falls for an older high - school girl named . 
 learns from his father that his parents are heading for divorce . This threatens their old river houseboat . Once no longer used as a residence by the owner , it will be removed . 
 Later , and his mother are stopped at a police roadblock . He then learns that is a fugitive and tells the police that he has not seen that man . and rush back to and ask why the police are hunting him . explains that he killed a man who had gotten pregnant and pushed her down a flight of stairs , causing her to lose the child . The boys decide to help in exchange for his pistol . 
 sends to ( ) , an older father figure from his childhood , for help . lives across the river from and agrees to come talk to but is disturbed to hear that is in trouble over again and refuses to help . 
 After his plea for help is rejected by , gives the boys a note for . They find her motel room where another man ( the brother of the man killed ) is abusing her . charges at the man but is quickly overpowered . and tell about the man . realizes that the family of the man he killed has arrived to kill him . 
 ( ) , the father of the man murdered , and his surviving son ( ) with a handful of bounty hunters talk about staking out 's motel and have paid off the local and state police . 
 Stealing machine parts and an outboard motor from junkyards , the boys help repair the boat . They also try to reunite with , but she decides not to . suffers heartbreak when rejects him in front of her friends . 
 Upon returning to the island , angrily calls a liar , says he used the boys to do what he was afraid to do , and turned them into thieves . Running away , falls into a pit containing water moccasins and is bitten . jumps in and rescues . races to get the unconscious to hospital on the mainland . Recognizing as the wanted man , one of the hospital employees calls the police who , in turn , tip off . 
 manages to get back to the island where he and get the repaired boat into the water . As they agreed before , gives a Colt .45 semi - automatic pistol but without bullets . wants to say good - bye to , so takes him to the houseboat where he is recovering . While is in ' room , the son and his posse arrive and start shooting . fires his old sniper rifle , killing several attackers from across the river . saves and tries to get away but is shot as he dives into the river . The police arrive and find all the posse members dead . One trooper calls to tell him that his other son is now dead . 
 's parents separate . He and his mother move to an apartment in town and their houseboat is demolished , while his father gets a new job far away , before telling to take care of his mother and departs . sees some attractive older teenage girls there and smiles . He is uncertain of 's fate , but still believes he was protecting . 
 is revealed to be alive and recovering on the repaired boat driven by . Many days have passed , and the film ends with them looking ahead at the mouth of the Mississippi River , and south of that , the Gulf of Mexico .

Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Sam Shepard, Michael Shannon, Joe Don Baker, Ray McKinnon, Sarah Paulson, Paul Sparks, Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon

In Billings , Montana , a police officer arrives and discovers walking around in the traffic . is picked up by his son , who learns that wants to go to Lincoln , Nebraska , to collect a million dollar sweepstakes prize he believes he has won . When sees the sweepstakes letter , he knows immediately that it is a mail scam designed to get gullible people to purchase magazine subscriptions . brings his father home , where his mother becomes increasingly annoyed by 's insistence on collecting the money . 
 After is picked up again trying to get to Nebraska , and his brother discuss putting in a retirement home . pays a visit with his ex - girlfriend , , who returns his belongings and refuses to move back in with him . Their conversation is cut short by a call from reporting that has taken off once again . retrieves and decides to drive him all the way to Lincoln , much to 's dismay . 
 While in Rapid City , South Dakota , goes on a bender and hits his head while stumbling back to their motel room . takes him to the hospital to get his head stitched up . learns that they will be passing through 's hometown of Hawthorne , Nebraska , and suggests they spend the night with 's family . is against the idea , but they end up going anyway . 
 They stay with 's brother , his wife , and their two sons , and . and visit a mechanic shop once co - owned , followed by some beers at a bar . When brings up 's alcoholism and problems within the family — with implying that he did not love nor really want children — they get into an argument . At another bar , they meet , whom the family blames for stealing 's air compressor decades ago . Over 's objections , mentions winning the money and the barflies toast his good fortune . The next day , they learn that the news has spread through the town like wildfire . 
 arrives by bus in Hawthorne , where escorts his parents to the cemetery . pays her respects there while providing some colorful history on 's relatives , particularly their sex lives . A local newspaper owner wants to run a story about and his sweepstakes " victory . " She is an old lover of 's and provides with some background about his father , including how he was affected and turned to alcohol after being shot down during the Korean War . That night , corners in the men 's room about some money loaned years ago that he wants back , threatening legal action . 
 The rest of 's family , including , come to visit him . and , and others approach and about their share of the money that they believe owes them . A fight begins , ending abruptly with calling out the relatives for their own unpaid debts . , , and tour the former 's childhood home , which has fallen into disrepair . They drive past a house identifies as 's , so and Ross conspire to steal back the air compressor . soon realizes that the house actually belongs to another couple . She distracts the homeowners so and can quickly return the stolen compressor . 
 At the bar , asking for money , reveals that cheated on before 's birth . As they leave , they are attacked by a masked and , who escape with the sweepstakes letter . They later tell they threw it away after finding out it was a scam . Nevertheless , and go searching for it . They enter a bar where they find reading the letter aloud to the other patrons , humiliating . After takes the letter back and goes outside , punches in the face . 
 has repeatedly said he wants to buy a truck with the money . He can not drive any more , but tells his son that he also wants to leave something for his family when he passes . says that they are not going to Lincoln , at which point collapses . takes him to the hospital in Norfolk . In the middle of the night , abruptly leaves and starts walking , so relents and drives to Lincoln . 
 They arrive at the marketing agency , where they are told that did not have the winning number . He is given a consolation gift of a hat that reads " Prize Winner " . goes to an auto dealership and trades in his Subaru for a late - model truck that his father always wanted , along with a new craftsman air compressor . While driving back through Hawthorne , lets Woody take the wheel for all to see , hiding below the dash to allow to feel that his days of independence are not over yet . Among them is 's former flame who smiles at him , a nonplussed with a black eye , and 's brother . waves goodbye and drives out of town , then stops in the middle of the road and switches seats with , who takes them the rest of the way back home .

Four stage magicians , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , are each given a tarot card that leads them to the same empty New York City apartment where they find information from an unknown benefactor . 
 A year later , the four have their first major performance as the Four Horsemen in an elaborate Las Vegas show funded by insurance magnate ( ) . Their final trick appears to transport one of the audience members to the vault of his bank , the Crédit Républicain in Paris , where stacks of new euro bills are stored . At the magicians ' command , the fans in the vault activate , drawing the bills into the vents and then showering the Las Vegas crowd with them . The euros are shown to be real , and the vault in Paris is found to be empty of its recent shipment of euros . FBI agent ( ) , and Interpol agent ( ) , are then partnered to investigate the Horsemen . The two question the magicians but have no evidence to hold them . and turn to ( ) , a former magician who now makes money by explaining the tricks behind magic acts . demonstrates how the Horsemen used a mock vault under the Las Vegas stage and says that the group must have stolen the money in Paris before it arrived at the bank , replacing it with flash paper that left no evidence . 
 , , and follow the Horsemen to their next show in New Orleans , where their final trick appears to transfer millions of dollars from Tressler 's private accounts to those in the audience , made up of people that were denied insurance claims by Tressler 's company in the wake of Hurricane Katrina . and attempt to apprehend the four , but the magicians elude arrest . hires to expose the Horsemen in revenge for the loss of his money . investigates the Horsemen and determines they are connected to a group called the Eye , a small group of magicians that claim to have access to real magic . She finds out one of the Eye 's members , , had previously been exposed by but died in a locked - safe escape trick he was performing in an attempt to regain his standing . suspects a fifth person is aiding the Horsemen . 
 's research leads the FBI to the New York City apartment . When they raid it , three of the Horsemen escape while recovers numerous documents and then leads the authorities on a high - speed car chase . loses control of his car , causing it to flip and catch fire . is unable to save , but manages to recover the papers , pointing to the Horsemen 's next planned crime , stealing millions of dollars in cash out of a large safe of the Elkhorn company . , , and find the safe has already been stolen , and when they track it down , its contents have been replaced with balloon animals . The Horsemen broadcast they will perform their final show that night at 5 Pointz , inviting the public to attend . The FBI and police converge on the scene and amid the chaos search for the Horsemen . The remaining Horsemen appear to the crowd , giving their fans a farewell and a message about an ulterior purpose , and then run to jump off a roof ; attempts to shoot them but holds him back . The three jump , turning into a shower of money over the crowd . The money is counterfeit , but the audience 's race to collect it prevents the authorities from tracking the real Horsemen . 
 After the show , walks to his car , only to find it full of the money stolen from the Elkhorn safe . Assumed to be the fifth Horseman , he is arrested . speaks to in jail , where slowly comes to realize that 's theory was correct , and was the fifth Horseman . quietly walks away , leaving shouting " Why ? " . Elsewhere , the Horsemen ( including , who had faked his death using a duplicate car and an already - dead body ) meet at the carousel in Central Park , and use their tarot cards to turn it on . arrives and welcomes the four to the Eye . 
 Later , at the Pont des Arts , meets with and reveals he is 's son . He brought the Horsemen together to get retribution for his father 's death : the Elkhorn Safe Company for providing a faulty safe that led to the accident ; for humiliating and impoverishing his father and forcing him to try the new trick to regain his standing ; and the Crédit Républicain and Tressler 's insurance companies for failing to pay out life insurance on afterwards . , who has come into a romantic relationship with , decides not to turn him in . She takes a lock and a key that produces , attaching the lock among the other love locks on the railing and throwing the key into the Seine .

Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson, Mélanie Laurent, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman

In 2077 , sixty years after a war with extraterrestrials that devastated Earth , humanity has relocated to Saturn 's moon Titan via a giant space station called the Tet . Gigantic offshore fusion energy generators drain Earth 's oceans to power the colonies on Titan . 
 Led by mission controller and guided by his housemate and communications partner , " Tech-49 " Jack Harper regularly leaves his tower post to repair downed combat drones that guard the regions and generators against the alien scavengers . Although his memory has been wiped , he has had recurring dreams and visions of being on the observation deck of the Empire State Building with a dark - haired woman . He also collects the occasional artifact that he finds from humanity 's past . is concerned about 's curiosity , questioning whether they are still “ an effective team , ” and encouraging him to do his job , so they can join the others on Titan soon . 
 After scavengers destroy a generator , discovers that they have been using the Empire State Building 's antenna to transmit coordinates to outer space . While taking a break at his secret lake house retreat , he watches a crash - landing module of a pre - war spacecraft called the Odyssey . Thinking that the ship contains aliens , he investigates , only to find humans in stasis chambers . One of the humans is the woman from his dreams . protects her chamber from a drone that destroys the others , and later , revives the woman , , who makes instinctively jealous . and return to recover her flight recorder , but are captured by the scavengers . They are taken to their headquarters at the Raven Rock Mountain Complex , and the scavengers are revealed to be human survivors . 
 Their leader , , wants to reprogram their captured drone to carry nuclear fuel cells to blow up the Tet ; he has sensed is different because of the latter 's hobby of collecting relics . Although refuses , releases them to seek the truth beyond the boundaries of the forbidden radiation zone . When they reach the Empire State Building , reveals that she is his wife . then remembers that he proposed to her there . recalls that she was on a mission to Titan when they were diverted to investigate an alien presence . 
 When the two return to 's tower , refuses them entry , and reports her findings to , saying they are " no longer an effective team . " acknowledges this , but activates a drone that kills before shoots it down . and escape in his ship , but are shot down by other pursuing drones . The two eject into the radiation zone , which turns out not to be radioactive . discovers another ship with a technician trying to repair a downed drone , and is shocked to see that the tech is a clone of himself who goes by " Tech-52 " . The clone also is shocked to see . battles and incapacitates his clone , but is accidentally shot . After flying to Tech-52 's tower , and discovering an inquisitive Vika clone , he returns to treat Julia then take her to the lake house . 
 At the scavenger base , reveals to and that the Tet was an alien artificial intelligence that destroyed the Moon , causing massive devastation to the planet , and invaded Earth with thousands of clones and drones to wipe out the human race , extracting all of the planet 's natural resources before moving on . As repairs the captured drone , the base is attacked by other drones , gravely injuring , and ruining the captured drone except for its fuel cells . agrees to deliver to through the stasis chamber . On the way to the Tet , listens to the Odyssey 's flight recorder , and learns that he was the mission commander , was his co - pilot , and was their mission controller from Earth . When the Tet started to draw in their ship , jettisoned the pod of stasis chambers containing the crew members ( including ) leaving himself and to be captured . 
 Back in the present , enters a large room full of capsules of and clones . He shows Tet the stasis chamber , but it carries Beech and the fuel cells , which they then detonate , killing themselves and destroying the Tet . On Earth , awakens at the lake house . Three years later , she and her daughter meet the resistance members and " Tech-52 " , who has also recovered his memories .

Tom Cruise, Olga Kurylenko, Andrea Riseborough, Morgan Freeman, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Melissa Leo, Zoë Bell

In 1993 , alcoholic advertising executive , , becomes intoxicated and before passing out , sees a woman with a yellow umbrella . When he wakes , he finds himself locked within a hotel room . His unseen captors provide him with food and hygiene items , but do not explain why he is captive . sees a news report that says his ex - wife was raped and murdered and he is the prime suspect , while their infant daughter was adopted . 
 Over the next twenty years , works himself into shape , compiles a list of all those who would want to imprison him , and writes letters to eventually give to . One day , he sees an interview with , who says she would forgive her father if she ever saw him . 
 is drugged shortly thereafter , and wakes to find himself outside with a cell phone and a small amount of money . He spots the woman with the yellow umbrella and gives chase , but ends up running into , a nurse that offers to help . He refuses but takes her business card . goes to his friend , and explains what has transpired . While there , gets a call on his cell phone from a man calling himself the Stranger , mocking him . spends a great deal of effort to determine if any of the men on his list are the Stranger , but they all prove to be innocent . collapses from dehydration , and calls to help . While he recovers , is taken emotionally by 's letters to , and offers to help him further . She is able to help identify a Chinese restaurant that 's food came from while imprisoned . 
 follows a delivery from the restaurant to a warehouse where he was imprisoned , and meets , its owner . tortures into confessing that the arranged for his imprisonment . On return to 's bar , finds the there with the woman with the yellow umbrella , his bodyguard . The says they have kidnapped , but if can determine his identity in 46 hours , he 'll let free , give $ 20 million in diamonds and proof of his innocence in 's murder , and the Stranger will even commit suicide . 
 learns that and his men are seeking revenge by attacking , and he races there , only to be captured by . Just as is about to beat him savagely , the calls and offers to pay him for 's release , and lets them go . recognizes the ringtone from the Stranger as the theme song to Evergreen Academy , where attended . At the school , they look through yearbooks ; recognizes one student , , and recalls tormenting his sister , , for her promiscuity , which led to rumors that their father , , had incestuous relations with them both . As a result , moved them to Luxembourg , but later murdered his wife and and committed suicide . calls with the name , and confirms 's guess that the is . , who has cloned 's phone , overhears the conversation , and enraged by 's contempt of him , kills before can arrive . hides in a hotel for her safety , and they end up having passionate sexual intercourse , unaware is watching through hidden cameras . 
 goes to 's penthouse , defeats , and confronts . congratulates him , giving him the diamonds and escorting him to where is . However , asks to think why he had let go in the first place , and shows that the interview with was all a set - up , and " " was a paid actress . shows that is really his daughter , and had engineered events to this point to make feel what it is like to lose everything . then fulfills his promise and commits suicide . Shaken , writes a letter saying they can never see each other again , and leaves her most of the diamonds , using the rest to pay to return him to the captivity of the hotel room .

Former Army Ranger ( ) is the lead U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to head the U.S. Presidential detail . maintains a personal , friendly relationship with President ( ) , First Lady ( ) and their son ( ) . During a snowy Christmas evening drive from Camp David to a campaign fundraiser , the car transporting the First Family spins out of control on a bridge due to icy conditions ; pulls from the vehicle , but falls to her death while inside the car . 
 Eighteen months later , having been removed from the presidential detail , works at Treasury headquarters . During a meeting between and South Korean Prime Minister ( ) , a North Korean terrorist organization , led by ( ) , mounts an air and ground assault that results in the capture of the White House . The group is aided by treasonous members of the prime minister 's own detail , including ( ) , a former Secret Service agent . and several top officials are held hostage in the White House bunker ; South Korean Prime Minister is executed on live video . Before his own death , detail agent ( ) alerts the Director of the Secret Service ( ) that " Olympus has fallen " . 
 seeks to use 's hostage status as leverage to force U.S. officials to withdraw the Seventh Fleet and U.S. forces from the Korean Peninsula , thus removing American opposition to a North Korean invasion of South Korea . He also seeks to destroy the American nuclear weapons stockpile by detonating them in their respective silos across the country , turning the United States into an irradiated wasteland . To accomplish this , he requires the access codes to a system called Cerberus , which are held by three top government officials , including the President , all of whom are inside the bunker . orders the other two officials to reveal their codes to save their lives , certain that he will not give up his code . 
 During the initial assault by 's forces , joins the White House 's defenders . He falls back into the White House , disabling the internal surveillance and gaining access to 's satellite ear phone , which he uses to maintain contact with and Speaker of the House ( ) , now the Acting President . 
 Authorized to proceed , ’s first act is to save the President 's son , whom plans to use to force to reveal his Cerberus code . finds hiding in the building 's walls and sneaks the boy to safety . then begins reconnaissance , during which he kills several of the terrorists , including . Meanwhile , Army Chief of Staff General ( ) convinces to order an aerial SEAL assault on the White House . discovers the assault force and activates the Hydra 6 , an advanced anti - aircraft system built by the military . Discovering the system , advises and to abort the mission , but the new weapon system annihilates most of the assault force before can stop it . retaliates for the infiltration by killing Vice President ( ) . 
 After disables ’s communications , tries to execute Secretary of Defense ( ) outside the White House in front of the media , but rescues her . With his forces dwindling , fakes his and 's death by sacrificing several of his men and the remaining hostages . However , sees through the ruse . eventually cracks ’s code using brute - force attack and activates Cerberus . As and his remaining men attempt to escape , ambushes them and kills the remaining terrorists . During the fight , tries to break free from 's grip and is subsequently shot by him in the stomach . and confront each other and a climactic fight breaks out , in which quickly gains the upper hand . Eventually , kills by stabbing him in the head with a knife and disables with the assistance of and his staff , with only seconds to spare . 
 During daybreak , walks out with and is received by the soldiers posted to await their arrival . After the events , the United States begins to heal from the attack , while once again heads the president 's security detail .

Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster, Cole Hauser, Finley Jacobsen, Ashley Judd, Melissa Leo, Dylan McDermott, Radha Mitchell, Rick Yune

In 1905 Kansas , works as a magician in a traveling circus . As a storm approaches , the circus strongman learns has flirted with his wife and threatens him . escapes in a hot air balloon , but is sucked into a tornado that takes him to the Land of Oz . There he encounters the beautiful yet naïve witch , who believes him to be a wizard prophesied to become King of Oz by destroying the Wicked Witch who killed the previous king ; the idea of being an immensely wealthy monarch makes immediately accept . En route to the Emerald City , falls in love with , though he does not reciprocate her feelings . They encounter the flying monkey , who pledges a life debt to when he saves him from a lion . reveals his deception to , forcing him to maintain the lie that he is a wizard . 
 At the Emerald City , meets 's beautiful older sister , , who tells him that the Wicked Witch resides in the Dark Forest and can be killed by destroying her wand . and are joined en route to the forest by , a young , living china doll whose village and family were destroyed by the Wicked Witch . The three reach the forest and , upon retrieving the wand , discover the " Wicked Witch " is the Good Witch , who identifies herself as the late king 's daughter and as the true Wicked Witch . sees this with her crystal ball and tricks into thinking he is trying to court all three witches at once . She offers a magic green apple she says will remove her heartache . bites it and turns into a hideous green - skinned witch . 
 brings 's group to her domain to escape 's army of Winkies and flying baboons . She confides in that she knows he is not a wizard , but still believes he can help stop . He reluctantly takes charge of an " army " of Quadlings , Tinkers , and Munchkins . enters 's domain and angrily reveals her new , hideous appearance to before threatening to kill him and his allies with the Emerald City 's well - prepared army . despairs at his chances of victory , but after telling China Girl about the exploits of his hero , he conceives a plan that relies on trickery and makes preparations with and his group . 
 and her subjects mount a fake attack on the Emerald City using a pulley - rig army of scarecrow puppets hidden by thick fog . The witches are tricked into sending their flying baboons through a poppy field that puts them to sleep . However , two baboons manage to capture , who is brought to the city square and chained . Meanwhile , infiltrates the Emerald City with his allies , but appears to abandon them in a hot air balloon loaded with gold , which destroys with a fireball . As the wicked sisters prepare to execute , appears before his friends , having faked his betrayal and death . Using a hidden smoke machine and image projector , he presents a giant image of his face as his " true " form , and a fireworks display to intimidate the Wicked Witches . fearfully hides in her castle while flees on her broom , unable to hurt the " invincible " wizard ; calls to , offering that she would be welcome to return should she overcome her wickedness , which is met with defiance from , who flies away to the West , leaving saddened . China Girl frees , who engages in a magical duel . During the fight , destroys 's emerald necklace , revealing her to be an old hag , and banishes her . is carried away by the two remaining flying baboons as she vows revenge . 
 , now ruler of Oz , uses his projector to sustain the belief that he is a powerful wizard . He also presents gifts to his friends : Master , who helped build his machines , receives 's camping - tool jackknife ; , the grumpy herald , receives a mask with a smiley face ; the long - suffering receives 's friendship along with his top hat ; and China Girl accepts her friends as her new family . Finally , takes behind the curtains of his projector , thanking her for making him a better person , and they kiss .

James Franco, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Zach Braff, Bill Cobbs, Joey King (voice), Tony Cox

In 2013 , huge alien sea monsters called Kaiju emerge from an interdimensional portal called the Breach at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean . Over the course of three years , the Kaiju wreck havoc upon coastal cities along the Ring of Fire , such as San Francisco , Cabo San Lucas , Sydney , Manila , and Hong Kong . Humanity responds by constructing massive robotic machines called Jaegers to combat the Kaiju threat . Each Jaeger is piloted by two or more people , who are connected by a neural bridge in a process called " drifting " to share the mental stress of piloting the machine . 
 In 2020 , the Jaeger Gipsy Danger , piloted by brothers and , defends Anchorage from the Kaiju named Knifehead . They both engage in combat , with Gipsy gaining the upper hand and defeating Knifehead by blasting it with its plasma cannon . Unknown to them , Knifehead is still alive . then re - emerges , ambushes them , critically damages Gipsy Danger by severing its left arm , and throws out of the cockpit , killing him . manages to pilot Gipsy alone , activating the remaining plasma cannon and finally killing . Traumatized by 's death , quits the Jaeger program . 
 In 2025 , the world governments decide to end funding for the continuous construction of Jaegers , in favor of building massive coastal walls , as the Kaiju are growing more powerful , their attacks more frequent , and Jaegers are being destroyed faster than they are being built . The remaining four Jaegers are relocated to Hong Kong under the command of Marshal , who plans to end the Kaiju War by destroying the Breach using a nuclear weapon . However , the wall is revealed to be a failure , as a Kaiju named Mutavore easily breaks through the wall at Sydney before being killed by the Australian Jaeger , . 
 tracks down at a wall - construction site in Alaska and persuades him to rejoin the program . Traveling to the Hong Kong base , the Shatterdome , is introduced to , director of the Jaeger restoration program and 's adoptive daughter . Four Jaegers remain in operation – the refurbished Gipsy Danger , the Russian Cherno Alpha , the Chinese Crimson Typhoon , and Striker Eureka , piloted by father and son and , and intended to deliver the nuclear weapon to seal the Breach . 
 To find a new co - pilot , Raleigh participates in tryouts , assuming is " drift - compatible " , despite 's protests . During their first drifting test , Raleigh is distracted by the memory of 's death . , in turn , is lost in the memory of the Kaiju attack on Tokyo that orphaned her , and nearly fires Gipsy 's plasma cannon . is promptly relieved of piloting duties , and confronts , the former Jaeger pilot who fought and killed the Kaiju that attacked Tokyo and adopted after the battle , telling him that he is being overprotective of her . 
 consults Kaiju experts and . claims that the Breach will stabilize and the Kaiju will increase in number , but it will allow the assault to succeed , while suggests drifting with a Kaiju 's brain to learn more about them . goes ahead with his plan despite 's protests and discovers that the Kaiju are actually bioweapons grown by alien colonists , that live in the dimension on the other side of the breach called the Anteverse , who plan on wiping out humanity . With 's permission , searches for black market dealer , who sells body parts of dead Kaiju , to obtain a fresh Kaiju brain to drift with . However , he soon figures out that since drifting is a two - way link , the Kaiju hive mind gained access to his knowledge just as he did theirs . Soon after , two new Kaijus , and , emerge simultaneously to find . 
 All Jaegers except are dispatched to intervene . destroys Crimson Typhoon , while destroys Cherno Alpha and paralyzes Striker Eureka with an EMP blast . then heads out to find , destroying much of Hong Kong in its wake . Out of options , reluctantly allows and Raleigh to pilot . is then deployed to fight the two kaiju , first taking on , who stayed near the deactivated Striker . kills by blowing it apart with its plasma casters , then follows Otachi into the middle of Hong Kong where they narrowly manage to save from being eaten . takes flight and tries to carry Gipsy into the atmosphere , but manages to kill midair with its sword , and plummets back to earth unharmed . 
 Examining 's body , and find out that it is pregnant . The infant bursts out and chases , but seemingly dies shortly after birth : when approaches to investigate , it springs back to life and eats him whole before choking on its umbilical cord and dying for good . Now with an accessible brain , and drift with the infant 's brain , discovering that the Breach can only open in the presence of a 's DNA . 
 As was injured during the previous fight , , who is dying from radiation sickness resulting from piloting a Jaeger built with a nuclear core before the implementation of radiation shielding , pilots Striker Eureka with . Along with , they approach the Breach . Three Kaijus emerge from the Breach to defend it : , , and , who is the largest one ever encountered . manages to cripple Gipsy but is quickly killed , while is immobilized by , who calls to for aid . and decide to detonate the bomb , as they are easily overwhelmed , depending on Gipsy 's nuclear reactor to seal the Breach . The explosion kills , however survives , so grapples it , burns it to death using its reactor and , considering and 's discovery , rides its corpse into the Breach . As the Jaeger reaches the other side , successfully overloads the reactor and ejects and himself using escape pods . The reactor explodes , killing a few nearby alien creatures and destroying the Breach , while Raleigh and Mako 's escape pods surface in the Pacific Ocean . , now the Marshal , orders the war clock to stop , indicating mankind 's victory , and and embrace as rescue helicopters arrive . 
 In a mid - credits scene , , revealed to have survived being swallowed , cuts his way out of the Kaiju infant and asks where his lost shoe is .

Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Rob Kazinsky, Max Martini, Ron Perlman

In 1995 , schemer ( ) is a recently released convict who had served time for Medicare fraud . Sun Gym owner ( ) hires him to increase membership and make the gym more fitness - based . increases the gym 's membership by 75 % within six weeks and befriends trainer ( ) , a bodybuilder rendered impotent due to his steroid use . soon lusts after the earnings and lifestyle achieved by ( ) , a sleazy new member he begins to train , who believes is a crook . Inspired by motivational speaker ( ) , decides to be a " do - er " and hatches a plan to extort for his assets by kidnapping and torturing him . 
 recruits accomplices and ( ) , a recently released , cocaine - addicted convict who has turned to Christianity . Though is reluctant to join the team , he soon acquiesces after a being kicked out of the halfway house he is living in , after the priest running the home makes a sexual pass at him . This " Sun Gym gang " unsuccessfully attempts to kidnap at home , and a second time in public , but later incapacitates him with a taser outside his deli and takes him to a small warehouse he owns ( which is stocked with sex toys ) . The kidnappers wear masks and disguises his voice , but identifies from his distinctive cologne . The scheme goes as planned otherwise : makes calls , under duress , to provide false explanations for his disappearance , gets his family to move out of state , and signs the documents that transfer his assets to . even bribes to notarize documents in 's absence , by presenting documents signed by and using 's money to sponsor the Sun Gym . 
 The Sun Gym gang is able to collect 's money and assets , but they realize releasing him is a bad idea . Therefore , concocts a plan to kill by forcing him to drink liquor and crash his BMW , making it appear like a drunk driving accident . When survives the crash , the gang burns the car with in it . escapes the blazing vehicle , so the gang runs over his body , twice , and leave him for dead . Unbeknownst to them , survives and is hospitalized . The Sun Gym gang members spoil themselves with 's riches . takes over 's car and his home in a ritzy Miami suburb ; marries the nurse who has been treating his impotence , ( ) , and uses his cut to purchase penile erection treatments ; and abandons his restraints of religion and sobriety , and blows away his money on cocaine and his new stripper girlfriend . 
 reports what happened to the police , but they are turned off by his unpleasant manner and do not believe his bizarre story even when he gives them name , particularly because of 's blood alcohol level , and the fact that was born in a South American country well known for its involvement in the drug trade . He then contacts ( ) , a retired private investigator - who declines to take the case but warns to quickly leave the hospital before the gang returns to kill him . takes his advice and hides in a cheap motel . Upon reflection , takes 's case and tails the Sun Gym gang . He visits the Sun Gym and meets with , who becomes suspicious after mentions 's name . 
 When furiously calls about his stolen money , , , and * 69 the call , thereby identifying where it originated , and go to the motel to kill ; however , they arrive too late , as he has checked himself out and is hiding at an abandoned baseball stadium . When and discover that is paying for 's room using his own credit card , they plan to kidnap at his home . They arrive at the house , but the plot is thwarted when the police stop by to drop off . In order to evade arrest , and run and jump off dock into the water . 
 gets a message from and goes to the stadium to take him home . Meanwhile , ( who has wasted all of his share of the spoils ) attempts to rob an armored car . However , dye packs planted in the money bag explode , and he narrowly escapes the police , getting his toe shot off in the process . He and ( who depleted his share on payments for treatments , his and 's wedding , and a new home ) explain to they need more money , and the gang plans another kidnapping . 
 They target the wealthy ( ) , who owns a phone sex operation . After a promising discussion at 's mansion , the gang invites and his wife ( ) to 's home to propose an investment scheme . insists on meeting with someone more senior and questions 's amateurish business savvy . This angers , who attacks and accidentally kills him . discovers this and tries to shoot , but injects her with a potent horse tranquilizer . and try to use the combination obtained from a heavily sedated to open a safe at her and 's home , but the combination does not work . When rouses and tries to escape , gives her a second injection , accidentally causing her to fatally overdose . 
 and purchase equipment to dismember and dispose of the bodies and dump the parts in oil drums ( which they sink in a secluded swamp outside Miami ) , while incinerates their hands on a barbecue grill to eliminate their fingerprints . , perturbed by the violence he committed , leaves the gang and returns to the priest 's church . The police learn of and 's disappearances , and with evidence from , they set a plan to arrest the Sun Gym gang . 
 The film returns to June 17 : the police arrest at the church , at home , and at the Sun Gym . , also at the gym , spots the approaching police force and flees . Although struck by a police cruiser , he escapes and heads out by sea in 's speedboat . and deduce is going after the former 's hidden bank account in Nassau , Bahamas and accompany the police to capture him . 's pursuers catch up with him , and he attempts to escape . shoots , chases him in a car and incapacitates him , and the authorities arrest him . 
 is brought back to the United States and stands trial with , , and . At the trial , rolls over on and with a full confession , and meanwhile has divorced the night before and testifies against him . Ultimately , the four are convicted . 
 The end credits reveal the fates of the main characters : 
 The movie ends with 's saying : " That 's the American dream " .

Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris

An old gangster , with a hard drive containing records of who he paid off , is targeted by a competition between dirty cops , internal affairs , etc . The dirty cops hire a thug to get into the safe ( in the back of a diner ) at midnight . But he brings his friends and goes too early for the time - release lock . Another crooked cop shows up ( for uncertain reasons ) . The shooting ensues and during hostage negotiations the thug tries to put the blame onto an ex - con who just got out of jail , so that no one notices the real target is the hard drive .

While in Camp Half - Blood , recounts the story of and her sacrifice . A young , , and are running to Camp Half - Blood while being pursued by monsters . sacrifices herself to get the others into the camp , and her father transforms her into a pine tree , creating a magical border around the camp . Soon a Cyclops passes through the border and is revealed to be , 's half - brother . The camp is later attacked by who breaks through the border and ravages Camp Half - Blood . defeats it with the help of , , and . Following this , ( who had survived his and 's battle in the previous film ) appears and confronts , trying to convert him to his cause . When refuses , disappears . 
 The campers realize that 's tree has been poisoned by and they are vulnerable to attacks . visits the , who tells him of a prophecy of a half - blood of the eldest gods either saving or destroying Olympus . tells that he is the only living , human half - blood of the eldest gods , so the half - blood in the Prophecy may refer to him . and learn about the Golden Fleece , which has the power to heal anything , and propose a quest in which they retrieve the Fleece and use it to heal 's tree . Mr. chooses to lead the quest , much to 's and 's dismay . convinces and to accompany him on the quest , and joins them . hails the Chariot of Damnation , and threatens the three drivers ( the Graeae ) to tell him of his prophecy , giving him coordinates for the Sea of Monsters ( the Bermuda Triangle ) before ejecting the group from the cab in Washington D.C. because they lack money . While walking down the street , is kidnapped by and taken to . , , and first locate with the help of , then ride a Hippokampos to his yacht , the Andromeda . reveals his plan to revive using the Fleece so Olympus will be destroyed . and they are then locked in the brig , though they later escape when uses his ability to manipulate water . 
 The group is consumed by , and they discover in the monster 's stomach . and work together to escape by shooting a hole through its gut , and soon they arrive at Circeland , 's lair . finds , and the five escape Polyphemus , retrieving the fleece and trapping him in his cave . Afterwards , arrives and demands the fleece from , who refuses . shoots a crossbow bolt at , but takes the bolt in the chest and falls into the water below . 
 begins reviving Kronos and encourages to take leadership . The team escapes captivity , and grapples with over the Fleece , like the prophecy said they would , but easily gains the upper hand . is suddenly thrown away by , revealed to have survived his wound due to the water healing it , as he is 's son . rises from the sarcophagus and consumes and before battling . realizes that Riptide is the " cursed blade " of the prophecy and slices into pieces imprisoning in the sarcophagus once again , causing him to regurgitate and , the latter landing in Polyphemus 's Lair . Their victory is short lived as is stabbed by the , who is killed in turn by and . dies in 's arms but is resurrected by the Fleece . then gives the fleece to , and they return to Camp Half - Blood . places the fleece on 's tree . The group returns the next day to find alive , as the fleece returned her to human form . 
 realizes that , as a child of , is another possible child of the prophecy about either preserving or destroying Olympus . The film ends showing the sarcophagus with 's remains in it glowing , implying that still has some degree of his power , and is still planning to return .

Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario, Leven Rambin, Jake Abel, Douglas Smith, Stanley Tucci, Nathan Fillion

is a crop duster plane who works at a cornfield and practices aerobatic maneuvers in his spare time , dreaming of becoming a racer . His dreams are scorned by his boss , , and his forklift / mechanic friend , . However , he is supported by his fuel truck friend , . and train for qualifiers for the upcoming Wings Across the Globe race . On the night before the qualifiers , asks an elderly and reclusive navy war plane named Skipper Riley to teach him how to fly well , but refuses . enters the qualifiers , and although the audience mocks him for being a cropduster , he manages to wow them by his well - practiced flight maneuvers ; but he barely makes it into the race . 
 Later in the morning , visits and tries to talk him out of racing , but when explains he wants to prove he 's more than just a crop duster , decides to mentor on his speed and agility . While in the midst of his training , admits that he has a fear of heights . Despite this , their training continues , and when it is complete , heads off to the meeting of the race at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City . There he befriends an eccentric but loyal Mexican race plane named El Chupacabra , who eventually falls in love with a beautiful French - Canadian racer named , who shows no interest in him . then makes a rival of the arrogant and villainous 3 - time - winner plane , who rudely dismisses him as being only a crop duster . He also falls in love with a racer plane named Ishani , who becomes supportive of him . During the first leg of the race from New York to Iceland , 's refusal to fly high causes him to finish in last place . 
 During the second leg of the race to Germany , shows good sportsmanship by saving another racer , Bulldog , from crashing when Bulldog 's eyes get squirted with oil from one of his propellers , winning Bulldog 's respect but finishing last again . 
 The third leg is to an air base at Agra in India . 
 The fourth leg is over mountains to Nepal . 
 The fifth leg is over the Hump ( the mountains between northeast India and south China ) to Shanghai . In India , invites to fly around the Taj Mahal and advises him to fly low through the Himalayas by following some railroad tracks . However , after encountering a tunnel and barely being able to fly through it , realizes deliberately gave him bad advice to get a new propeller from Ripslinger , and he shuns her . As the race continues , manages to get into first place . In Shanghai , manages to help win over with a romantic song . 
 In the sixth leg of the race across the Pacific Ocean , 's henchmen , and , under orders from , sabotage 's navigation antenna . Lost and low on fuel , miraculously comes across the USS Flysenhower ( a reference to the real - life carrier ) which allows him to land and refuel . While on the carrier , sees a hall of fame set up for 's squadron but discovers that only flew one mission , which contradicts his previous reputation as a veteran of many battles . He is then forced to take off to try and beat an oncoming storm . 
 gets distracted from flying by his thoughts about and ends up crashing into the ocean but is eventually rescued . He is flown to Mexico to his friends but he is severely damaged and may never fly again . confesses to that he did indeed fly only one mission in the Pacific theatre , where his entire squad of trainees was killed in an attack on the Japanese Navy . was the only survivor , but torn by his guilt , he never trained another plane or flew again . Demoralized and heartbroken , begins to consider dropping out of the race but is encouraged by his friends , , , and many of his newfound fans to continue , and they all donate parts to have repaired . 
 In the seventh leg , back to New York , with a change of heart and morale restored , becomes determined to continue in the race , but still wo n't give up and plots to put an end to 's competing in the race " once and for all " . He and his goons attack but are thwarted by , who has overcome his guilt and come to help . When trying to catch up with , conquers his fear of heights when his engine starts losing power , forcing him to ride the jetstream . Both he and make it to the finish line in New York ; and when it looks like will win , his ego gets the best of him , and he slows down to have his picture taken . manages to fly above him and win the race while crashes into some portable toilets . is congratulated by his friends and fans , and thanks him for giving him the confidence to fly again . rejoins the navy briefly in the company of and they take an honorary flight together , ending the story .

Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Priyanka Chopra, Brad Garrett, Teri Hatcher, Cedric the Entertainer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, John Cleese, Carlos Alazraqui, Roger Craig Smith, and Gabriel Iglesias

In suburban Pennsylvania , ( ) , his wife , their teenage son and young daughter attend a Thanksgiving dinner at the home of their friends , ( ) and his wife ( ) , their teenage daughter and young daughter . The four children go for a walk in the neighborhood and approach an RV that is parked outside a house nearby . There is music playing , which suggests there is somebody inside . After dinner , and go missing . 
 Detective ( ) is informed and starts a search . He locates the RV , which is found parked at a gas station . As police surround the vehicle , the driver , , starts the vehicle and crashes into a nearby tree . He is subsequently arrested and taken away . has the IQ of a 10 - year - old , and appears confused when being questioned at the police station . His vehicle is searched by forensics but nothing is found relating to the girls . Pursuing other leads , discovers a corpse in the basement of , a priest . admits that he killed the man because the man confessed he was " waging a war against God " and had killed 16 children and said that he would kill more . 
 As the search continues , is informed that has been released and attacks him outside the police station . whispers to him , " They did n't cry until I left them . " Since wo n't re - arrest , and Dover hears singing the same ditty as , abducts him , locks him up in his late father 's abandoned home and tortures him — with the help of a reluctant — to force him to talk . First he beats him , but says nothing . ties him up in the shower and uses plywood to enclose him in the dark . He adjusts the water so the shower is either scorching hot or freezing to further torture him . 
 At a candlelight vigil for the girls , sees a suspicious hooded man , who flees when approaches him . Later on , the man breaks into both families ' houses but leaves without doing anything . follows to where is being held prisoner but does n't find him , as fabricates a story about stopping over in the building so he 's able to drink to ease his suffering without his wife knowing . A store clerk recognizes the hooded man from a composite drawing and reports him to after seeing him buying children 's clothing . The suspect , , is later arrested at his home , where the walls are covered in drawings of mazes . then finds crates filled with maze books , live snakes , and bloodied children 's clothing , including items belonging to the missing girls . They discover had himself been abducted as a child . At the police station , confesses to the abduction but during a physical altercation with and two other officers , he snatches a gun and kills himself without revealing any more information . The police conclude that was a fantasist and had no involvement with the disappearances ; he stole the clothes from the girls ' homes and bloodied them with pig 's blood to recreate abductions . 
 continues to torture , who incoherently talks about escaping from a maze . visits 's aunt , , who tells him that is the way he is because he had an accident with snakes her husband kept as pets when he was younger . She also says that she and her husband were religious until their young son died of cancer . Back at the police station , becomes frustrated with getting nowhere with the case until he matches a maze drew while in custody to the maze necklace worn by the man killed in his basement . 
 Suddenly , is found drugged but alive . visits her in the hospital to ask for information . Her memories are confused but she mumbles , " You were there , " to . He then realizes that may have heard his voice at the ' house when he visited , and runs from the police . searches for at the apartment building and discovers . then goes back to the ' house to get information from , but she pulls a gun on him . She explains that , before her husband left her , they abducted many children as part of their " war on God " to avenge their son 's death . was the first child they abducted , followed by . just took the girls for a ride , and decided to abduct them . shoots in the leg and imprisons him in a concealed pit in her yard , where he finds the police whistle belonging to his daughter . 
 goes to the ' house to tell her that her nephew has been found . He finds a photograph of 's husband wearing the same maze necklace found on the body in the priest 's basement , making him her missing husband . finds drugging , and they exchange gunfire . is wounded , and is killed . then rushes to the hospital where she reunites with her mother . is reunited with his parents after surviving the torture . A day later , returns to the ' house where the authorities have begun excavating the property . As the forensic investigators depart for the night , hears 's labored blowing on the whistle from the pit .

Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard, Melissa Leo, Paul Dano

Three years after the previous film , while trying to lead a normal life with girlfriend , is approached by , who claims people are still after them , but dismisses him . After appealing a second time , drives off , and his car explodes . Although does not believe is dead , convinces him to go to 's funeral where he delivers a teary - eyed eulogy . 
 After the funeral , a group of government agents approach and take him to be interrogated at an FBI run Yankee White Facility . During the interrogation , appears with team of private military contractors , kills most of the facility 's personnel , and tells that he will torture until he gets information out of . escapes from the room , evades 's assassins , and with the sudden timely help of , who turns out to be alive , goes on the run with . 
 In a diner , explains that he and are being hunted because they were listed as participants in a clandestine operation codenamed Nightshade , conducted during the Cold War to smuggle a nuclear weapon into Russia piece by piece . has convinced world agencies that and his crew are terrorists and must be stopped . calls , telling she has been contracted by MI6 to kill the three of them . Meanwhile , top contract killer , whom knows is seeking revenge on , is also hired . 
 , , and steal 's plane and fly to Paris to find a man nicknamed " The Frog " , with the Americans and in pursuit . As they arrive in Paris , they are stopped by , a Russian secret agent with whom had a relationship earlier in his career . is also in search of , and joins them to find The . When he sees them , The flees . and catch him and bring him back to his house , where seduces him , both to help them and to prove she is a better girlfriend than . 
 The gives them the key to his security box , which apparently takes from after drugging him ; but , anticipating this , had handed a similar - looking key to before his meeting with her . , , and later find documents in The 's security box which point to Dr. , a brilliant physicist , as the creator of the Operation Nightshade bomb . 
 They find that is alive , held thirty - two years in a maximum security asylum for the criminally insane in London . ( alerted by ) unexpectedly confronts the trio , but helps to fake their deaths and then gain access to the asylum , in which feigns insanity , while and pose as the facility staff , having tied up and gagged the real staff with duct tape . and meet , who is hyperactive and can not rationally respond to their questions thanks to mind - fogging drugs the asylum had been giving him , so they take him to one of 's safehouses . After the drugs begin to wear off , remembers the bomb is still in Moscow . 
 They travel to Moscow , and concludes he hid the bomb in the Kremlin . They break into the Kremlin , and locates the suitcase - sized bomb , which is powered by red mercury , which has no radioactive signature and causes no fallout . As they are about to leave , stops them . persuades her to switch to their side . After they escape and are celebrating , , who has escaped MI6 imprisonment for failing to kill him , calls from London and tells him that was locked up because he had wanted to detonate the bomb , not sell it . 
 quickly holds at gunpoint and confirms 's message , revealing that he made a deal with and the Americans to give them the red mercury . He shoots , making it look as if killed her , and leaves with the bomb case . reneges on his deal with , intending to interrogate him until all his secrets have been tortured out of him , but escapes during air transit using a nerve gas he created , administering the antidote to both himself and . then moves to the Iranian embassy in London . Before can follow him , attacks . Reaching a standoff , urges to join sides with him and stop the bomb . finally relents , and the five enact a plan to recapture and the bomb . 
 first seduces the Iranian ambassador , then takes him hostage . poses as a person seeking to defect to Iran , causes a diversion with the embassy plumbing , and the disguised team comes to " fix " it . They discover in the ambassador 's safe plans disclosing the location of the bomb , but find that has already triggered the bomb 's countdown timer and killed ( after disclosing he also remembered how his family had been killed by people like ) . When they are discovered by embassy guards , seizes and flees to the airport to escape the imminent explosion . 
 , , , and , taking the active bomb case with them , give chase , but , in his attempts to disarm the bomb by cutting wires , causes the timer to speed up and count down even faster . , holding the bomb case , boards the plane and confronts who releases and forcefully insists he take the bomb off the plane with her . They rejoin , , and and wait for death as 's plane takes off . As it disappears high in the sky it explodes in an immense fireball . reveals that he had covertly placed the bomb from the case into a compartment near the plane 's exit and confronted with only a closed empty case . angrily tells that owes him " $ 30 million for the plane and $ 20 million for not killing you ( ) " . 
 The closing scene shows enjoying herself on a mission in Caracas with and .

Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren

Five years after 's death , has become increasingly uneasy in his role as Lord Marshal of the Necromonger fleet . His refusal to swear into the Necromonger faith has caused dissent among his subjects and assassination attempts by his subordinates . After the latest attempt on his life , strikes a deal with Commander : the location of Furya and a ship to take him there , in exchange for succeeding him as the next Lord Marshal , so that he can achieve what he calls transcendence . Led by 's aide , , and a group of Necromongers arrive on a desolate planet . Realizing that it is not , kills most of his escort when they attempt to assassinate him . In the chaos , causes a landslide and buries alive . 
 emerges from the rubble with a broken leg , which he sets and splints while fending off native predators : vulture - like flying animals , packs of jackal - like beasts and swarms of venomous , scorpion - like water - dwelling creatures called Mud Demons . Needing time to heal , hides himself within some abandoned ruins . After he 's fully healed , notices a vast savanna beyond some rocky cliffs , but the only passage through is impeded by several muddy pools infested with Mud Demons . He begins injecting himself with Mud Demon venom in order to build an immunity and constructs improvised melee weapons , as well as raising and training an orphaned jackal - beast pup . He kills the Mud Demons and reaches the savannah . After finding a dormant mercenary station , notices a series of approaching storms , and concludes they will unleash an unidentified threat . activates an emergency beacon at the station , which broadcasts his identity to mercenary groups within the area . 
 Two ships promptly arrive in answer to the beacon , the first a group led by a violent and unstable man named , and the second a better - equipped team of professional mercenaries led by a man named Colonel . leaves them a message promising they will all die unless they leave one of their ships and depart the planet on the other . , and are killed by during the first night , forcing a reluctant to cooperate with . later steals power nodes from each of the teams ' ships and approaches and to strike a deal for their return . However , the conversation turns into an ambush : ' second - in - command , , shoots with several rounds of horse tranquilizer , and 's jackal - beast is shot and killed by . 
 Back at the Station , interrogates about the fate of his son , ( the mercenary from Pitch Black ) . When the storms reach the station , 's threat is revealed as thousands of Mud Demons emerge from hibernation underground , awakened by the rainwater , and besiege the station , killing and . agrees to release in order to locate the hidden power cells . attempts to kill , who is worth twice as much dead as he is alive . , with only one leg free , beheads with his own machete , something he had promised to do . The group then releases . 
 They fight their way to the ship , with being killed . , 's man Diaz , and leave the ship together on the hover - bikes to retrieve the power nodes . During their journey , knocks ' bike over the side of an embankment , causing him to crash . He is then picked up by . After they reach the power nodes , reveals ' son 's morphine addiction , as well as a ' spineless ' attempt by to utilize a child as ' bait ' for the creatures on the world they were stranded on ten years prior . attempts to kill and . fights and kills him , but a dying damages the only working hover bike , having already sabotaged the other . 
 and fend off a seemingly endless horde of Mud Demons while running back to the station . is severely wounded . takes both nodes and abandons . begins to fight a futile battle against the advancing Demons . Just when it seems he is about to be killed , arrives in one of the ships and shoots the creatures while descends to rescue . Giving him the other ship , asks where he intends to go , before deciding he is better off not knowing . praises for being a better man than his son and departs into deep space . 
 In the theatrical version , this is the end of the film , while in the extended version , there is an additional scene which takes place aboard the Necromonger capital ship where kills and finds out that has crossed the threshold into the Underverse , seen as a large hole in space surrounded by gas . looks out the window as he is told that has gone to achieve transcendence , where he is both dead and alive.[3][4 ]

Vin Diesel, Jordi Mollà, Matt Nable, Katee Sackhoff, Dave Bautista, Bokeem Woodbine, Raoul Trujillo, Karl Urban

Boston Police Department officers Detective Sergeant and Detective Lieutenant discover and steal several shards of gold while on duty . buries his share under an orange tree sapling in his garden ; his wife , , thinks that the tree is a surprise gift and mentions how content she is with their life together . realizes that they do not need the gold , and decides to submit it as evidence . During a raid later on tells that he ca n't let him turn in the gold , then shoots and kills . Time stops around and he is drawn into a vortex in the sky . 
 In the afterlife , as penance for his thievery , is recruited for the R.I.P.D. ( The Rest In Peace Department ) . The R.I.P.D. is responsible for finding and returning souls who refuse to move on to the afterlife . Left unchecked , these souls become " deados " , monsters disguised as humans . He is partnered with , a former U.S. Marshal and participant in the American Civil War . Their first stop is at a cemetery to watch 's funeral , and attempts to make his presence known to but is not recognized . explains that R.I.P.D. officers are given new identities and appearances to prevent them from revealing that the afterlife exists . appears as an old Chinese man while appears as a beautiful blond woman . 
 On his first field mission , aids in interrogating a suspected deado and discovers the perpetrator is in possession of gold like he and had stolen . and submit the gold as evidence before visiting one of 's informants . tricks the informant into revealing as his contact . They follow to 's old house , where he " discovers " 's stolen gold . and track and observe him handing the gold off to a deado whom they stop and interrogate . The deado overpowers them , taking the gold and transforming into a hulking monster that leads them on a chase through the city that attracts the attention of normal humans and causes a panic . R.I.P.D. Chief receives orders to remove and from the case and from active duty due to this exposure . learns from Eternal Affairs that the gold could be used to construct the Staff of Jericho , which will reverse the flow of souls from earth to the afterlife . 
 and argue , and leaves by himself to try again to reveal himself to . tails him and they argue but finally make amends and decide to work together to stop whatever is planning . They discover that is a deado and arrest him , but a confiscated item of his freezes the whole department . and a group of deados escape with the remainder of the gold and assemble the Staff of Jericho ( an Obelisk of gold ) . takes hostage and stabs her as a necessary human sacrifice to activate the staff . A battle ensues ; destroys the Staff of Jericho , and exacts his revenge on . Close to death , sees for who he is ; and they share a tearful farewell . 
 Later , informs that will live . She reinstates them both fully , though she adds 53 years to 's term in the R.I.P.D. due to her revealed affections for him . As a reward , gives a new appearance , but he is dismayed to find it is that of a Girl Scout .

Jeff Bridges, Ryan Reynolds, Kevin Bacon, Mary-Louise Parker, Stephanie Szostak

used to have a lucrative career on Wall Street ; this history prevents him from receiving tuition assistance at Princeton , so he funds his master 's degree by referring students to online gambling , for which he receives a cut . After the dean threatens to expel him for these activities , tries to win his tuition using his excellent poker skills in online gambling , but he loses all his money to a cheater , something he is able to prove by statistics . 
 travels to Costa Rica to confront , who runs the biggest empire of online gambling websites in the world , including the one lost his money on . After sees the statistics , he finds coders have coded the software to allow them to cheat . After firing those involved , tells he 'll pay him millions per year to stay in Costa Rica and assist with the site . 
 slowly begins a romantic relationship with , ex - lover of , who appears to have no objections . has blackmail a gaming affiliate with videos of his infidelity to force him to sign with . FBI agent kidnaps and threatens to ruin his life in various ways if he does not assist in a conviction of . can not do anything legally as he has no authority in Costa Rica , but he takes advantage of this to use tactics that would be illegal and unethical for law enforcement inside the United States . tells that everyone in the organization ends up confronted by at some point . 
 Over time , 's organization is revealed to be less than ethical . He sends to bribe Costa Rica gaming director with too small a payment , which leads to being beaten . tells him it comes with the territory of such a lucrative career . When tries to leave the country , has drugs planted in his bag and offers to overlook it if agrees to cooperate . A local police officer reveals that the police dislike but that he would buy his way out of any trouble and destroy whoever tried to take him down . 
 's friend , who works on the software design for , suggests that is running a Ponzi scheme ; the players ' accounts have no actual money , and uses the money as his own bank account , keeping just enough to allow players to cash out when they need to . Aware that might be wanting out , buys the massive poker debts of 's father and brings him to Costa Rica , using him as a hostage . 
 throws and his bodyguard into the river to get eaten by the crocodiles , but pulls them out before they are eaten . disappears and is later found nearly beaten to death . Thanks to betraying , finds out that has been setting him up all along ; is about to move his operations out of Costa Rica , planning to leave behind as the fall guy . gives out massive bribes to local officials , including low - level police officers . When the movement day hits , calls to sarcastically apologize to , telling him he will be busted , as flies away on a private jet . 
 When lands , he finds he has been betrayed : the bribed pilot has instead flown him to Puerto Rico , an American territory . Shavers and other FBI agents move in to arrest him as and fly away on the private jet . says they 're free to go because left a flash drive for him containing sufficient evidence to convict .

Justin Timberlake, Gemma Arterton, Anthony Mackie, Ben Affleck, David Costabile, Sam Palladio, Oliver Cooper

A terrified woman , , flees her house in Boston , having been in the possession of a bloody knife . After taking shelter with a neighbor , she is at the bus station trying to flee town . She buys a bus ticket with her hair now cropped and bleached and stops in the small town of Southport , North Carolina . At the general store , she introduces herself as . After getting a job as a waitress , and renting a small house on the edge of town , befriends her neighbor , . She meets , a widowed father of two young children , , who has a strained relationship with him , and , who operates the local general store . soon gives a bicycle so she wo n't have to walk . 
 It 's not too long before and start a relationship , and she becomes like a mother to and . Meanwhile , , a Boston police detective , prepares wanted posters for a woman named " " which describes that she is wanted for first - degree murder . sees 's wanted poster in the police station and notices the picture bears a striking resemblance to . He confronts with the information , causing a huge fight . They break up , and moves out of her house . 
 As is about to leave town , however , intercepts her and says that he has fallen in love with her . returns his love , and decides to stay in Southport . She tells that she fled to Southport to escape her abusive and alcoholic husband . They got in a fight , and she stabbed him in self - defense before she fled south . 
 Meanwhile , is suspended for creating the wanted posters , whereupon it is revealed that he is 's ( 's ) abusive and alcoholic husband . Enraged , he breaks into 's former neighbor 's home back in Boston and finds the phone number to the Southport restaurant where works . Arriving just in time for the town 's Fourth of July parade , a severely intoxicated sees kissing , which enrages him . That night , has a dream that she is standing on the docks watching the fireworks when comes up and tells that " he " is here . wakes up in the convenience store next to a sleeping when suddenly appears and confronts her , demanding that she go back with him . She refuses and tells him to leave . pulls a gun and pours gasoline all over the store , with the intent to burn it down . 
 When he hesitates , buys time by faking sympathy for him and agreeing to return home with him . When he lets his guard down , she pushes him into the water ; however , a firework spark lands on the gasoline , igniting a fire that engulfs the store . sees the burning store , quickly makes his way across the harbor by boat , and saves . Meanwhile , tries to fight off ; during the struggle , the gun goes off and kills , ridding her of him forever . 
 In the aftermath of the fire , recovers several letters which were written by his late wife before she died . The letters were prepared ahead of time for memorable events such as 's eighteenth birthday and 's wedding day . gives a letter with the words " To Her " on the envelope ; the letter thanks the recipient for making happy . Enclosed with the letter is a photo of 's late wife , whom is astonished to discover was actually . This means that was , in the form of an angel , who led to her husband , .

In 1961 , the financially strapped author reluctantly travels from her home in London to Los Angeles to work with Walt Disney at the urging of her agent , . Disney has pursued the film rights to her stories for twenty years , having promised his daughters that he would produce a film based on them . has steadfastly resisted Disney 's efforts because she fears what he would do to her character . However , she has not written anything in a while and her book royalties have dwindled to nothing , so she risks losing her house . Still , has to remind her that Disney has agreed to two major stipulations — no animation and unprecedented script approval — before she agrees to go . 
 ' difficult childhood in Allora , Queensland , Australia , is depicted through flashbacks , and is the inspiration for much of . idolized her loving , imaginative father , , but his chronic alcoholism resulted in his repeated firings , strained her parents ' marriage , and caused her distressed mother to attempt suicide . died at an early age from tuberculosis when was seven years old . 
 In Los Angeles , is irritated by what she perceives as the city 's unreality and the inhabitants ' intrusive friendliness , personified by her limousine driver , . At the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank , meets the creative team that are developing Mary Poppins for the screen : screenwriter , and music composers and . She finds their presumptions and casual manners highly improper , a view she also holds of the jocular Disney . 
 ' working relationship with Disney and his team is difficult from the outset , with her insistence that is the enemy of sentiment and whimsy . and his people are puzzled by ' disdain for fantasy , given the nature of the story , as well as ' own rich imagination . She particularly objects to how the character George , the estranged father of the children in charge , is depicted , insisting that he is neither cold nor cruel . Gradually , they grasp how deeply personal the Mary Poppins stories are to her and how many of the characters were inspired by her past . 
 The team realize has valid criticisms and make changes , though she becomes increasingly disengaged as painful childhood memories resurface . Seeking to understand what troubles her , Disney invites to Disneyland , which , along with her developing friendship with , the creative team 's revisions to the character , and the addition of a new song and a different ending , help dissolve ' opposition . Her creativity reawakens , and she begins working with the team ; however , when discovers that there is to be an animation sequence , she confronts Disney over his broken promise and returns home . 
 Disney learns that is actually her pen name , taken from her father 's given name . Her real name is , and she 's actually Australian , not British . This gives Disney new insight into , and he follows her to London . Arriving unexpectedly at her door , Disney tells her that he also had a less - than - ideal childhood , but stresses the healing value of his art . He urges to not let deeply - rooted past disappointments dictate the present . relents and grants Disney the film rights . 
 Three years later , in 1964 , Mary Poppins is to have its world premiere at Grauman 's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood . Disney has not invited , fearing how she might react with the press watching . Prompted by , shows up unannounced at Disney 's office ; he reluctantly issues her an invitation . Initially , she watches Mary Poppins with a lack of enthusiasm , particularly during the animated sequences . She gradually warms to the rest of the film , however , becoming deeply moved by the depiction of personal crisis and redemption .

Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Colin Farrell

is the young supervisor of Short Term 12 , a group home for troubled teenagers . She lives with her long - term boyfriend and coworker , , but finds it difficult to open up to him emotionally . When finds out she is pregnant , she schedules an appointment for an abortion ; she eventually tells an overjoyed about the pregnancy , but not about her plan to have an abortion . At the facility , and focus their efforts on , a Short Term 12 resident who is about to turn 18 and is struggling with the prospect of leaving the facility . 
 bonds with , a recent arrival at Short Term 12 who has a history of self - harm . distances herself from the other teenagers as she does not intend to stay at the facility for long , and when her father fails to pick her up on her birthday , she reacts violently towards the staff . After her outburst , she sits in the " cool - down room " with , who shows her own scars from cutting herself . That night , leaves the facility in the middle of her birthday celebrations and , unable to force her to return , follows to her father 's house . After finding the house empty , they return to Short Term 12 . When reads a cryptic story she has written , begins to suspect that was abused by her father . 
 At a party hosted by 's foster parents , he proposes to , who accepts . The following morning , is upset by a phone call that reveals her father is being released from prison , and refuses to be consoled by . She arrives at Short Term 12 to discover that has been picked up by her father overnight . She is angry at the decision to send back to her father , but her boss maintains that denied that she was abused by him . Later that day , finds that has attempted to commit suicide after the death of his fish . 
 While waiting at the hospital as is being treated , breaks down and becomes upset with her for refusing to talk to him about how she feels ; instead , she tells him that she no longer wants to marry him and that she plans to have an abortion . Upset , she returns to 's father 's house and breaks in , intending to injure him while he sleeps , but she is interrupted by , who suggests that they smash his car instead . opens up to about being sexually abused by her own father , and after shows bruises from where her father hit her they return together to Short Term 12 , where reports her father for physical abuse . goes home to apologize to , who tells her that will recover . 
 Several weeks later , starts seeing a therapist and she is shown viewing an ultrasound with . tells the rest of the staff about running into , who is doing well and has a girlfriend .

After her husband completes a four - year prison sentence for insider trading , drives into a wall in an apparent suicide attempt . , her assigned psychiatrist , prescribes a series of antidepressants , but none work . contacts 's previous psychiatrist , , who suggests an experimental new drug , Ablixa . The drug seems to help , but gives her sleepwalking episodes as a side effect . 
 One night , stabs to death while sleepwalking . fights for 's acquittal in court . She pleads insanity and is declared not guilty on the condition that she stays in a psychiatric hospital until cleared by . The publicity destroys 's reputation , and his colleagues assume negligence on his part . 
 discovers evidence that is lying ; she was not depressed and faked her suicide attempts . He also discovers someone may have profited from Ablixa 's fall in stock value . He interviews after administering what he claims is a truth serum that will make her drowsy . Though the serum is actually a placebo , she feigns drowsiness , confirming 's suspicion that she is deceiving him . When he confronts with his findings , she mails photographs to his wife implying he had an affair with . leaves him , taking her son with her . 
 calls 's bluff by telling her told him about their plot . He threatens with electric shock treatment and tells her is paying him to keep her incarcerated so she can keep a bigger cut . explains that she hated for losing their opulent lifestyle , and began plotting to kill him , get away with it and profit by his death . She began seeing for counseling , and the two women became lovers . taught about the financial world , while taught how to fake psychiatric disorders . They plotted to kill and use the negative Ablixa publicity to manipulate stock prices . accepts 's offer to give him a cut of her money if he releases her from the ward . 
 meets wearing a wire . After mentions details of the plot , she is arrested for conspiracy to commit murder and securities fraud . , due to double jeopardy , can not be charged as criminally responsible for her part in 's murder . 
 As retaliation for 's part in the plot , , who still oversees her case , prescribes her Thorazine and Depakote and describes their unpleasant side effects . She is sent back to the mental ward for refusing treatment , and regains his family and reputation .

The film opens with ( ) video - chatting with his childhood best friend ( ) . brings up a box of drugs that he is attempting to move and attempts to persuade to let ship the drugs to his house , offering him a share of the profit . Despite 's reluctance , texts him the tracking number for the package . Meanwhile , ( ) , 's estranged father and owner of a construction company , sees ( ) , a new employee , doing overtime work , and helps him with it . 
 A courier delivers 's package to the 's house . signs for the package and brings it to his room , discovering that it contains a large amount of pills in a bag , as well as a tracking device . DEA officers arrive and break into the house ; flees but is chased down by Agent ( ) . 
 While at a barbecue , receives a call from his ex - wife ( ) about having been arrested . and meet at the police station and have a tense discussion while waiting to be allowed to speak to . An investigator speaks with them , saying that set up in a sting operation to reduce his own sentence after being caught . 's charges carry a minimum of 10 years in prison . 
 is arraigned in court where he is denied bail . He is put in an interview room with , , , and the investigator , who pressures to plead guilty to narcotics trafficking and set up one of his own friends for trafficking in order to reduce his own sentence , as had done . 
 Using his connections , arranges to meet with local US Attorney ( ) , who is running a very aggressive anti - drug campaign to bolster her chances for election to Congress . agrees to reduce 's sentence if will inform on a drug dealer , but states that he 'll receive little help from her and that the risk will be all his . 
 visits in prison , observing that is being brutalized by other prisoners . feels responsible because he was not there for his son , and realizes that may be killed before he finishes his prison sentence . 
 Agent leads a task force which will monitor any dealings arranges to use as evidence for an arrest . searches through his employee records and finds that has two prior distribution convictions . is currently leading a clean life to avoid a third strike , because he now has a wife and young son to care for . offers twenty thousand dollars if will simply introduce him to a dealer ; initially refuses , but later agrees so that he can move his family to a safer apartment , though he is unaware that is acting as an informant . 
 introduces to ( ) , an extremely dangerous , high - ranking local drug dealer , who like has two strikes . Explaining that his construction business can not stay afloat in the current economy without a supplement to its revenues , offers to run nearly limitless amounts of drugs at almost zero risk in his freight trucks . Because his is a legitimate business , the trucks avoid suspicion and carry too much freight to be thoroughly searched . agrees under the condition that and drive the initial run themselves . 
 and Agent arrange for several wire taps to be put in place to record the transactions involved . drives to the pick - up point near the Mexican border . In the process , a rival gang ambushes the pick - up , but manages a daring escape , impressing cartel kingpin ( ) , whose men fight off the hijackers . successfully completes his end of the deal , delivering the drugs to while under surveillance by Agent . 
 mentions a meeting with cartel members higher than himself ; , hoping to catch the higher priority targets , does not move to arrest as agreed . claims did the right thing and reneges on her promise to reduce 's sentence , unless cooperates in the second meeting . , outraged , demands in turn that be released when the job is completed . learns of 's arrangement with the DEA and is furious , saying that the cartel will kill , , and their families if the truth comes out . and send their families into hiding . 
 meets with , who wants him to run nearly $ 100 million in drug profits into Mexico , where the cartel 's base of operations is located , and offers to make a member of the cartel 's inner circle if he succeeds . is ecstatic about the prospect of arresting such a high - profile dealer , but has a change of heart and tries to talk out of doing the run , suspecting the cartel will kill him afterward . 
 devises a plan to free himself and from both the government and the cartel . During the run , is able to escape 's surveillance . At the same time , raids 's house , killing his guards and mortally wounding him . Before dying , reveals 's cell phone number to . calls and has him track both his new cell phone and 's phone , effectively giving both the money and the kingpin at once . The cartel realize is an informant and he leads them on a highway chase and shoot - out before escaping . Cartel members and the money are seized by 's men . is surrounded by federal agents ; unwilling to engage in a gun battle because his young son is with him , he surrenders . 
 is released the next day . and his family go into the witness protection program ; refuses , saying he and his family will go into hiding on their own . Because has lost his job , leaves the large reward check that was supposed to receive for the capture of .

Dwayne Johnson, Barry Pepper, Jon Bernthal, Michael K. Williams, Melina Kanakaredes, Nadine Velazquez, Rafi Gavron, David Harbour, Benjamin Bratt, Susan Sarandon

Released from prison after serving 28 years , reunites with his old friend and partner . has been ordered by mob boss to kill as soon as he gets out . One of the first things wants is to visit a local brothel , which is run by . After is unable to perform , he and break into a drugstore where consumes a larger dose of Viagra than what is prescribed . After a return to the brothel , tells that he 's ready to party . They go to a club , where shares an intimate dance with a younger woman . 
 After snorting some pills , passes out , so contemplates killing him then and there . Instead , he takes to a hospital where the head nurse is , their old friend 's daughter . Thereafter , they go to a local diner where correctly guesses that is to kill him . says he 's been given until 10 a.m. to do the job , or else he will be killed as well . breaks into a black Dodge Challenger SRT8 , and they go to get , who had once been their getaway driver . gets behind the wheel and almost immediately into a highway chase with the police . Asked what he wants to do next , the widowed chooses the brothel , since he has n't slept with anyone since his wife . 
 After they leave , the three men hear sounds coming from the Challenger 's trunk . In it , they find a naked Sylvia , who was kidnapped by men who abused her , then threw her into the trunk . tells them where the kidnappers are . and go there , then shoot a couple of them . After tying everyone up , comes in with a baseball bat , whereupon and leave her to her revenge . Back at the car , and find that has died . They break the news to , who helps the two bury her father at the cemetery . and return to a diner , where the young waitress ( who waits on them several times ) is revealed to be 's granddaughter , who adores , but has no clue who he is . makes a phone call to , begging him to show mercy , since he has only a few years left . reveals that he knows about , and that he will hurt her if does n't complete the job . 
 writes a letter to , puts his home keys inside the envelope , then pins it to the wall of the diner . Walking down the street at sunrise , spots a church and he goes inside to give a priest his confession . Next , they break into a tailor shop , where they try on suits . Two thugs working for Claphands interrupt them , pestering to get the job done . and shoot and wound them both . goes to 's apartment . The phone rings . It 's and he asks what she thinks of his paintings of sunrises . When he was painting , says , he was thinking of her . A shoe box in the closet is filled with cash . The rent has been paid in advance for a year . He tells goodbye and calls him her grandfather . He tells that he loves her and hangs up . 
 Strolling down to ' warehouse , and draw their pistols and open fire . A firefight commences , during which and shoot at and his men , killing both of the latter . A firefight between them and ensues . The camera pans above the building , and the sky turns into one of 's sunrise paintings .

In 2259 , Captain is removed from command of the starship USS Enterprise for violating the Prime Directive after exposing the ship to the primitive inhabitants of the planet Nibiru in order to save them , and , from a cataclysmic volcanic eruption . Admiral is reinstated as commanding officer with demoted to the rank of Commander and first officer . Commander is transferred to another ship . Shortly after , the Section 31 installation in London is bombed by renegade Starfleet operative . attacks Starfleet Headquarters in a jumpship during an emergency meeting about the situation , killing and other senior officers . disables the jumpship , but transports to Kronos , homeworld of the hostile Klingons . 
 Admiral reinstates and to Enterprise with orders to kill using a new long range stealth photon torpedo . Chief Engineer objects to allowing untested torpedoes on board the ship without knowing their specifications ; when he is overruled , he resigns . assigns to replace . En route to Kronos , Enterprise 's warp capabilities become disabled . leads a team with and onto the planet in a small landing craft , where they are ambushed by Klingon patrols who order them to land . leaves the landing craft to talk to the Klingons . They decide to kill , but kills them . After the battle , demands that tell him the number of torpedoes on board the Enterprise , surrendering when tells him . 
 Dr. Leonard and 's daughter , Dr. , open a torpedo at 's behest , revealing a man in cryogenic stasis . Upon further investigation , all the other experimental torpedoes are revealed to similarly contain cryogenically frozen humans . is taken to the ship 's brig , where he reveals his true identity as , a genetically engineered superhuman awoken by Admiral from centuries of suspended animation to develop advanced weapons . reveals that sabotaged Enterprise 's warp drive , intending for the Klingons to destroy the ship after it fired on Kronos , creating an act of war by the Klingon Empire . also gives a set of coordinates . contacts on Earth and asks him to investigate . discovers the coordinates lead to a covert Starfleet facility near Jupiter . 
 Enterprise is intercepted by a much larger Starfleet warship , USS Vengeance , commanded by Admiral . demands that deliver , but Enterprise flees to Earth to expose him . After Vengeance disables Enterprise near the Moon , Carol reveals her presence aboard the ship . forcibly transports Carol to Vengeance before ordering Enterprise 's destruction . offers and himself for the lives of his crew , but rejects 's offer , revealing he never intended to spare them and ordering Vengeance to attack . Vengeance suddenly loses power after being sabotaged by , who infiltrated the ship . With transporters down , and , with the latter 's knowledge of the warship 's design , space - jump to Vengeance . contacts his older self , who warns that is ruthless and untrustworthy and that 's older self was only defeated at a terrible cost . After capturing the bridge , overpowers , and , kills , and takes control of Vengeance . 
 demands that return his crew in exchange for the Enterprise officers . complies but surreptitiously removes 's frozen crew from the torpedoes and arms the warheads . beams , and aboard Enterprise , but betrays their agreement by attacking Enterprise ; however , Vengeance is disabled when the torpedoes detonate . With both starships caught in Earth 's gravity , they plummet toward the surface . enters the radioactive reactor chamber to realign the warp core , sacrificing himself to save the ship . 
 crashes the Vengeance into downtown San Francisco in an attempt to destroy Starfleet headquarters . escapes the wreckage so transports down in pursuit . discovers that 's blood has regenerative properties that may save . pursues through the city and is about to kill him , but stops him . 's blood revives . One year later , speaks at Enterprise 's re - dedication ceremony . is sealed in his cryogenic pod and stored with his compatriots . The Enterprise crew embarks on a five - year exploratory mission .

John Cho, Benedict Cumberbatch, Alice Eve, Bruce Greenwood, Simon Pegg, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban, Peter Weller, Anton Yelchin

On her 18th birthday , ( girl with a strong acuteness of the senses — has her life turned upside down after her loving father ( ) dies in a horrific car accident . She is left with her unstable mother ( ) . At 's funeral , and are introduced to 's charming and charismatic brother ( ) , who has spent his life traveling the world . He announces that he is staying indefinitely to help support India and , much to 's delight and India 's chagrin . 
 Shortly after , India witnesses argue with Mrs. ( ) , the head caretaker of the house . Mrs. then disappears . and grow intimate while India continues to rebuff his attempts to befriend her . Later , her great aunt ( ) visits the family , much to and 's dismay . At dinner , shows surprise at 's claims of traveling the world and tells that she needs to talk to her about . 
 ends up changing hotels due to an unexplained fear and suspicion of . However , she loses her cell phone and tries to call the ' home from her hotel payphone . corners her in the phone booth and strangles her to death with his belt . Meanwhile , discovers Mrs. 's body in the freezer and realizes is a murderer . 
 unleashes her inner aggression at school and stabs a bully , ( ) , in the hand with a pencil after he tries to land a surprise punch to her head . This draws the attention of another classmate , ( ) . goes home and witnesses and growing intimate . She wanders off to a local diner where she runs into . She and go into the woods where they proceed to make out until aggressively bites him . attempts to rape India until intervenes , and breaks 's neck with his belt while 's body lies on top of India . aids in burying the body in her garden . She attempts to call , but hears her phone ring in the garden , realizing killed her too . takes a shower and masturbates to the memory of the murder , climaxing as she remembers breaking 's neck . 
 While going through 's office to gather things of his she wants to keep , discovers that a key she received as a birthday present belongs to a locked drawer to 's desk . Inside , she finds dozens of letters wrote to her over the years , which detail his travels and his love for his niece , although they have never met . However , she sees that the sending address is a mental institution . She confronts , who explains the truth : murdered his and 's younger brother as a child by burying him alive in a sandbox because he was jealous that paid more attention to him . He was then put in a mental institution . When released on India 's 18th birthday , gives a car , money , and an apartment in New York City on the condition that he stay away from 's family . Feeling hurt and betrayed , beat to death with a rock and staged the car accident . 
 At first , is in shock and angered but explains he has come for her then gives her a birthday present , a pair of stiletto heels . She seemingly forgives and grows closer after he provides an alibi for her when Sheriff ( ) questions her about 's disappearance . They grow close to intimate before witnesses them . proceeds to tell that he wants her to come to New York with him and that he had waited for her until her 18th birthday so she is now of age . Later , coldly expresses her desire to watch suffer before confronting , implying that she knows the truth about 's death and 's stint in the mental institute . seduces and then attempts to strangle her with a belt before fatally shoots him with a rifle . She then buries 's body in the backyard and then she leaves for New York in his car . 
 She is pulled over for speeding by Sheriff , who asks her why she 's in a hurry . replies that she wanted to catch his attention , then plunges a pair of pruning shears into his neck . She pursues the wounded sheriff into a field to dispatch him with her rifle .

Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, Lucas Till, Alden Ehrenreich, Phyllis Somerville, Judith Godrèche

Following the events of the original film , the people of Newt , Texas , led by Mayor ( ) , burn down the farmhouse of the murderous clan in an act of vigilante justice . The arsonists are proclaimed heroes of the community , and the entire family is killed . However , an infant , , is found by one of the townsmen , , who promptly murders her mother , . and his wife take the child into their care and raise her as their own daughter . 
 Decades later , ( ) discovers that she was adopted after receiving a letter that her grandmother , , has passed away . , her boyfriend ( ) , her best friend , and 's boyfriend travel to her grandmother 's home in Newt to collect her inheritance . Along the way , the group picks up a hitchhiker named . Upon arriving , is given a letter that she neglects to read . As the group explores the house , they decide to stay the night . and her friends leave to buy food and supplies , leaving behind to look after the house . begins stealing valuables and is killed by ( ) in the basement . 
 Later that day , and her friends return to find the house ransacked . While is preparing dinner , he goes downstairs to the cellar where impales him on a hook . finds 's body and is attacked by , but she manages to escape . and draw the attention of , while gets in the van and picks up her friends . Using his chainsaw , cuts through one of the tires , which causes the van to crash , killing on impact . He then chases to a nearby carnival , where Deputy ( ) , the mayor 's son , and the police are patrolling the grounds . 
 escapes to the police . While at the police department , she begins digging through the files , learning how the family was killed and empathizing with them . The sheriff and send an officer to investigate the estate . Over the phone , the officer reports his findings . He finds hiding in the trunk and accidentally shoots her in the head before he himself is killed by . skins the flesh from the officer 's cadaver and uses it to create a new flesh mask . 
 Enraged by the officer 's findings , vows to end the remaining , kidnapping and taking her to a slaughterhouse to lure . Listening over the deceased officer 's police radio , learns of 's location and goes to the slaughterhouse to kill her . Before he is able to do so , he sees a birthmark on 's chest and releases her . is then attacked from behind by . physically and repetitively beats , until tosses his chainsaw . He uses it to force to his death in a meat grinder . Afterwards , and return to the Carson Estate , where reads the letter she was given . It informs her that she is , that is her cousin and that he will protect her , but it also requests that she take care of him in return . 
 In a post - credits scene , 's adopted parents show up at the estate to visit , intending on greedily splitting her assets . As they wait in front of the door , comes through the door with his chainsaw in hand .

Alexandra Daddario, Dan Yeager, Tremaine 'Trey Songz' Neverson, Tania Raymonde, Keram Malicki-Sánchez, Thom Barry, Paul Rae and Bill Moseley

arrives in Los Angeles to visit old friend and fellow Canadian actor , who invites him to attend a housewarming party hosted by . is uncomfortable at the crowded party , so accompanies him to a convenience store for cigarettes , but beams of blue light come down and suck numerous people into the sky . and flee back to 's house , only to find the party unharmed . An earthquake strikes and the partygoers rush outside , but , one of them who was high on cocaine , gets impaled by a lamppost and a large hole opens in ' yard , swallowing himself and most of the other partygoers . , , , , and survive , run back inside the house , learn that the biggest earthquake has struck Los Angeles on the news , take inventory of their supplies , set up a ration system , board up the house and await help . 
 The next morning , , also in the house and unaware of the crisis , wastes most of the food and water in the house . The others tell him of the previous night 's events , which he initially does not believe until a man outside is decapitated as they watch . Tensions rise due to various conflicts , including and 's growing estrangement , and the others ' skepticism of 's belief that the disaster might be the Apocalypse predicted in the Book of Revelation . Later , , another survivor of the party , returns . However , due to a misunderstanding , she believes the group is planning to rape her and leaves , taking the group 's remaining drinks with her . is chosen to travel outside to the basement for water , but finds the door is locked and returns after an encounter with an unknown being . 
 and reach the basement by digging through the floor and find the water , but ends up wasting most of it out of spite , prompting him to be kicked out of the house . Before he leaves , reveals that was in town two months ago , but he stayed at the Four Seasons and told not to tell , due to their strained friendship . After he leaves , gently chastises , causing him to punch , giving him a nasty nosebleed . Later that night , prays to to kill due to his immense hatred of him , but he gets raped and possessed by a demon . The next day , and go to a neighboring home for supplies and escape a demonic bull . Meanwhile , and are attacked by the possessed , but and arrive in time to knock him out . The group subdues and tie him up , but during an exorcism attempt , and get into a fight and knock a candle over . A fire starts , engulfing and the house in flames and forcing the others to flee outside . 
 suggests taking his car to his home in Malibu , but finds the car guarded by a demon . volunteers to sacrifice himself and is raptured into Heaven . They are then captured by a group of cannibals led by and his gimp , . volunteers to sacrifice himself to save the others , but taunts and flips off as he ascends to Heaven , causing the beam to vanish . warns that he was being petty for not going to Heaven and joins the cannibals to eat him alive . and escape and encounter Satan . apologizes to for his actions and as Satan attempts to eat them , a beam strikes and he begins to ascend while does not . grabs 's hand , but his presence prevents him from ascending into Heaven . lets go as a result , and another beam strikes him and slices off Satan 's crotch and he and both finally ascend to Heaven where they meet , who tells them that it is a place where any desire comes true . wishes for the Backstreet Boys and the band performs " Everybody ( Backstreet 's Back ) " as everyone dances .

James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Michael Cera, Emma Watson

Eons ago , , father of , clashes with the Dark Elf , who seeks to unleash a weapon known as the Aether on the nine realms . After conquering 's forces , including enhanced warriors called the Kursed , on their home world of Svartalfheim , safeguards the Aether within a stone column . Unknown to , , his lieutenant , and a handful of Dark Elves escape into suspended animation . 
 In present - day Asgard , stands imprisoned for his war crimes on Earth.[N 1 ] Meanwhile , , alongside warriors , , and , repel marauders on Vanaheim , home of their comrade ; it is the final battle in a war to pacify the Nine Realms following the reconstruction of the Bifröst , the " Rainbow Bridge " between realms , which had been destroyed two years earlier.[N 2 ] The Asgardians soon learn that the Convergence , a rare alignment of the Nine Realms , is imminent ; as the event approaches , portals linking the worlds appear at random . 
 In London , astrophysicist Dr. and her intern travel to an abandoned factory where such portals have appeared , disrupting the laws of physics around them . Separating from the group , is teleported to another world , where she is infected by the Aether . alerts that has moved beyond his near all - seeing vision , leading to Earth . When finds , she inadvertently releases an unearthly force , and returns with her to Asgard . , recognizing the Aether , warns that the Aether will not only kill but that its return heralds a catastrophic prophecy . 
 , awakened by the Aether 's release , turns into a Kursed and attacks Asgard . During the battle , and search for , sensing that she contains the Aether . 's mother is killed protecting , and and are forced to flee without . Despite 's orders not to leave Asgard , reluctantly enlists the help of , who knows of a secret portal to Svartalfheim , where they will use to lure and confront , away from Asgard . In return , promises vengeance on for killing their mother . With and stalling Asgardian soldiers and assisting their escape , , , and head to Svartalfheim . 
 There , tricks into drawing the Aether out of , but 's attempt to destroy the exposed substance fails . merges with the Aether and leaves in his ship as is fatally wounded while killing . , cradling in his arms , promises to tell their father of his sacrifice . Afterward , and discover another portal in a nearby cave and reunite in London with and 's mentor Dr. — who was briefly institutionalized due to the mental trauma he suffered during 's attack on Earth . They learn that plans to restore the Dark Elves to dominance by unleashing the Aether at the center of the Convergence in Greenwich . battles through various portals and across multiple worlds until one portal separates them , leaving unopposed on Earth . returns in time to help his mortal comrades use their scientific equipment to transport to Svartalfheim , where he is crushed by his own damaged ship . 
 Thor returns to Asgard , where he declines 's offer to take the throne and tells of 's sacrifice . As he leaves , 's form transforms into , who is alive and impersonating . 
 In a mid - credits scene , and visit the Collector and entrust the Aether to his care , commenting that with the Tesseract already in Asgard , having two Infinity Stones so close together would be unwise . As they leave , the Collector states his desire to acquire the other five Stones . In a post - credits scene , and reunite on Earth , while somewhere in London , a frost monster from Jotunheim — accidentally transported to Earth during the final battle — continues to run amok .

Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, Idris Elba, Christopher Eccleston, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Kat Dennings, Ray Stevenson, Zachary Levi, Tadanobu Asano, Jaimie Alexander, Rene Russo and Anthony Hopkins

In a suburban San Fernando Valley garden in Los Angeles,[12 ] , a.k.a . , is a garden snail who dreams of being the greatest racer in the world , just like his hero , five - time Indy 500 winner , . His obsession with speed and all things fast has made him an outcast in the slow and cautious snail community , and a constant embarrassment to his older brother , . desperately wishes he could escape the slow - paced life he 's living , but his one chance to live proves a near fatal disaster when he tries to recover a prize tomato and needs to be rescued by . 
 Demoralized , wanders onto a freeway to admire the traffic and wishes he was fast on the first star ( which is actually an airplane light ) . Suddenly , he gets into a freak accident when he gets sucked into the supercharger of a drag racer , fusing his DNA with nitrous oxide . The next day , when wakes up , he now possesses incredible speed and accuracy , as well as some characteristics of an actual car . Unfortunately , 's first attempt to show this power off ends with him crashing a big wheel tricycle into the garden , getting himself and fired from the garden crew by their foreman . 
 As the siblings quarrel over Turbo 's problems , is snatched by a crow , but is pursued and rescued by at a run down strip mall called Starlight Plaza . There , they are captured by , a " Dos Bros " taco truck driver , and are brought to a snail race held by him and his co - workers . astounds both humans and snails alike and earns the respect of the snails , led by Whiplash , with his crew members , , , and , who have skills of their own . Inspired by this extraordinary snail , dreams to revive the strip mall with Turbo as an attraction , and eventually with the help of the snails who manage to divert and strand a tour bus and drum up impressive business . At this success , convinces to enter him in the Indianapolis 500 as a competitor . While 's brother , , still declines to support him , the neighbors agree to put up the entrance fee and accompany them to Indianapolis . 
 Once there , is refused entry into the race , but a chance meeting with gives a chance to show off his speed , astounding the audience and the racers and qualifies for the race . This impossible feat soon becomes a sensation on social media and the CEO gives in to the pressure , egged on by himself , to let the snail compete . However , the night before the race , is demoralized by , while confesses that he can not bear to see his brother endanger himself . Undeterred , enters the race the next day , but the dangerous racetrack and the more experienced competitors leave him trailing in last place . At a pitstop , and his crew give a vital pep talk , advising him to stop racing like a car . Back in the race , realizes what they mean and uses his small size to his advantage . With the snail rapidly gaining in the standings , starts racing dirty and manages to knock Turbo against the circuit wall , damaging his shell and weakening his speed powers . 
 Eventually , in the final stretch with Turbo in the lead , tries a desperate maneuver to beat the snail and gets into a major crash that snares most of the competitors in a major pileup . Similarly , is thrown , waking up from unconsciousness with his shell punctured and his speed gone . Alarmed at seeing Turbo giving up , puts himself into incredible dangers to meet up with Whiplash 's crew to get to the racer . Seeing his brother and the crew arrive on crows to encourage him to continue , resumes the race . Unfortunately , , refusing to lose , single - mindedly pursues him by dragging his wrecked car in an attempt to win . At the last second , tells Turbo to tuck and roll into his shell before tries stepping on him , and the force allows him to tumble past the finish line to win . is then attacked by before being disqualified for cheating . 
 At this victory , Starlight Plaza becomes a major attraction with all the businesses becoming spectacular successes including extremely elaborate snail races with Whiplash 's crew getting special propulsion aids for their shells , while is content with his new job as the track referee and paramedic . As for Turbo , he becomes happier discovering that his shell has healed , and with that , his superspeed has returned .

Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Michael Peña, Luis Guzmán, Bill Hader, Richard Jenkins, Ken Jeong, Michelle Rodriguez, Maya Rudolph, Ben Schwartz, Kurtwood Smith, Snoop Dogg, Samuel L. Jackson

The film starts with a man ( mentioned in the credits as the " " ) who appears to be harvesting a type of larva for the unusual effects it has on the human mind when ingested . 
 At a club , ( ) is tasered and kidnapped by the . He drugs her with a strange capsule , inducing a sort of hypnotic susceptibility , which causes an extremely suggestible mental state that the then exploits . He uses an elaborate set of distractions , such as getting her to create a paper chain where each link features a transcription from the book Walden , in order to distract her while performing his mind control . He eventually manipulates her to liquidate her home equity and steals a valuable collection of rare coins . Through hypnotic suggestion , is prevented from consuming solid foods . She is only allowed to drink small portions of water at regulated intervals , which she is compelled to perceive as extremely refreshing and delicious . The capsule administered to contains a live larva found among the leaves of the Thief 's special , blue - tinged orchid flowers — a larva that presumably is infected with a roundworm that subsequently infects 's system . She is released from her suspension of hunger by the Thief , presumably to trigger the onset of roundworm growth . binges ravenously and falls asleep in soiled clothes . She awakes in her home to find one of several large roundworms visibly crawling under her skin . She unsuccessfully attempts to remove them by using a kitchen knife . 
 Later , a pig farmer and avid field recorder — the " Sampler"—draws to his farm using infrasonics , which attracts the worm . The Sampler silently sets up a transfusion through which he transfers the worm from 's body into that of a young pig . then awakens in an abandoned SUV on the freeway with no memory of these recent traumatic events . Upon arriving at her disordered house , she quizzically notices blood on her sheets and floors and considers calling the police . She realizes she has no information to tell them and stops dialing . After cleaning up , she heads to work where she is promptly fired for her unexplained absence . A trip to the grocery store reveals to that her personal funds are gone , evidently stolen by the Thief . 
 A year later , meets a man named ( ) on a train and unknowingly connects with him , seemingly on a telepathic level . and meet several times , before finally spending the night with each other , and afterward realize they both retain identical stitching scars from the aforementioned , forgotten , transfusions . The two of them soon realize that they both had similar experiences ; lost his job as a broker due to shifting company funds around to cover for money stolen from him and attributes the incident to drug abuse . At the same time , it is made clear to the audience that a parallel exists between the emotions and have been feeling and two pigs , one of which is the host to 's parasite . As an example : mistakenly believes herself to be pregnant at the same time her pig counterpart is actually pregnant . Upon consultation with a doctor , she is diagnosed with having had endometrial cancer that was successfully removed . The supposed cancer , she is told , is no longer a threat to her body , but it has rendered her infertile and she is unable to conceive . 
 The finds that the pig containing 's worm has now given birth to piglets . He throws the piglets into a burlap sack and tosses them into a river . This event coincides with and Kris feeling an extreme sense of loss and frustration , and both act as if something terrible is happening to them ; spontaneously picks a fight with two of his co - workers while frantically searches as if she 'd lost something . The two , in their panicked state , reunite and travel to 's house , where they gather supplies , including a gun , and make camp in her bathroom 's tub , expecting the worst . Meanwhile , the sack of piglets is seen rotting away and a blue substance bursts from the piglets ' open wounds , filling the surrounding waters , from which orchids have emerged . The orchids eventually turn the same color blue and are collected by farmers , who sell the plants in the neighborhood where the Thief operates . 
 These events seem to mark a change in the state of things . and begin to remember each other 's personal histories as their own . discovers mumbling the text of while swimming . It is while performing this ritual that comes to sense things that the has sensed , and it is this moment that the two start to piece together what happened to them both . In a dreamlike sequence , , , and the all sit down at the same table in a bare , white room where reveals to the that she is aware of him ; the collapses from an apparent heart attack . The scene then cuts suddenly to a parallel shot back at the pig farm , where shoots and kills the collapsed . and collect a box of written records revealing others who were similarly drugged , and the two summon these other past victims to the farm by sending them copies of Walden . The farm is thereafter remodeled and the pigs are better cared for ; as a result , no more pigs are drowned , the orchids in the river no longer turn blue , the Thief is deprived of the roundworms for his drug . The film ends with cradling a baby pig , as if for the moment , at peace .

The film is presented as an anthology of short horror films , built into a frame narrative which acts as its own short horror film . Each short film is linked together with the concept of found footage ( each segment is from the VHS tapes found in the first film ) . 
 After a private eye named botches an investigation , a college student 's mother requests that and his girlfriend , also a private investigator , look into the disappearance of her son . After breaking into 's dorm , they discover a large stack of VHS tapes and a laptop that is still recording a video . On the laptop , discusses the VHS tapes , saying where he got one of the most recent ones , and tells to watch the tapes while he inspects the house . As watches the first tape , a figure peers out from the shadows of the dorm , and watches her . 
 calls into the room , and they discuss the tapes ' legitimacy . tells to continue viewing the tapes , which 's video explains must be watched in the proper order " to affect you " . 
 re - enters the room and finds in a hypnotized state with her nose bleeding . After being woken , says she has a migraine . leaves to find medicine , and a seemingly entranced watches another tape . From the shadows , the figure crawls out and watches her . 
 Upon 's return , he discovers has killed herself with a gun . A VHS tape with the word " WATCH " written on it in lipstick , lies beside her . picks up the tape and anxiously watches it . 
 Confused , watches the webcam footage and sees explain that he and his mother want to make their own tape ; then attempts suicide on - camera by shooting himself through his jaw , but seemingly survives , even though his jaw is completely ripped off , and runs off moments before and enter the dorm . As watches it , an undead suddenly rises and attacks him . manages to overpower by breaking her neck and rushes into the other room as she chases after him on all fours . hides in a closet and shoots in the face when she finds him . hears a strange gurgling sound and explores the closet only to find hiding in the back , revealing that has been hiding in the closet the whole time . strangles to death and afterwards gives the camera a " thumbs up " , his plan being a success , before turning off the camera . 
 After a car accident , receives an ocular implant with a camera to replace his damaged right eye . The doctor warns that he may experience " glitches " because the implant is still in an experimental stage , and notices a young red - haired woman staring at him on the way out of the hospital . That night at his home , he is haunted by a man and young girl , both of whom appear dead . calls the doctor to demand that he remove the implant , and spends the night locked in his bathroom . 
 The next day , the red - haired woman , , appears at his door , asking him if he is starting to see dead people . She reveals that she was born deaf and had an implant installed in her ear , which allowed her to hear but also gave her the ability to hear dead people . suggests that if he has the implant removed the ghosts will go away but explains that removing the implant will just keep Herman from seeing the ghosts , not send them away . She then asks if has ever hurt anyone but he does n't answer . Suddenly the ghost of 's " creepy " uncle appears behind her . She seems unaffected by this saying that he was n't a very nice guy . She then explains that the ghosts become stronger when one pays attention to them , so they have sex in an effort to ignore them . Later that night , the ghosts of the dead man and young girl appear and an unseen force drowns in the outdoor pool . Running back through the house in an effort to escape the ghosts , again locks himself in the bathroom and uses a straight razor to cut out his ocular implant . The ghosts of and her uncle then appears next to him , and opens the door to escape , but unwittingly runs directly into the ghosts who throttle him and stuff the implant , still attached to the razor , down his throat , presumably killing him . 
 A cyclist , , with a camera affixed on his helmet , is riding through a state park , when he runs into a hysterical and bloody woman , asking for help with her boyfriend . then sees several zombies approaching them , before he is suddenly attacked and bitten on the throat by the woman , whom he kills . staggers through the park , heavily bleeding , before finally collapsing and apparently dying . A pair of bikers come across him and attempt to help , but he reanimates , attacks , and partially devours them . Hearing noise in the distance , the three zombies head off towards it . 
 The trio invades a young girl 's birthday party , killing several people , some of whom reanimate to attack others . While trying to attack a man and his three daughters in their car , he notices his bloodied reflection , which seems to subdue his aggressive behavior . When he accidentally pocket dials his girlfriend , , he is shocked back to a semi - conscious state upon hearing her voice and kills himself with a discarded shotgun . 
 A news crew composed of 4 members ( the interviewer , his girlfriend , and and the cameramen ) infiltrate an Indonesian cult in the hope of shooting a documentary about their mysterious activities . Inside the building , they find the walls adorned in bizarre symbols , schoolchildren in classrooms , and women dressed in white garments . overhears that his fiancée , , is pregnant with 's child . 
 In the basement , finds a bloody woman strapped to a chair who begins convulsing , causing him to run away . While the cult leader is being interviewed , a bell chimes , and he suddenly announces the " time of reckoning " over the intercom . The cultists begin a mass suicide via poison and gunshots , while has his throat cut by the cult leader after repeatedly interrupting the announcement . is abducted by several women in surgical apparel , and is shot dead by one of the cult members . As attempts to rescue , an explosion knocks him down , he stands and attempts to advance into the fiery room only to be intercepted by the cult leader , covered in blood with the cult 's symbol written on it , who then proceeds to explode into a cloud of blood and organs . finds placed on an altar but is unable to save her as a horned demon ( which resembles The Baphomet ) tears its way out of her body . As attempts to flee , he is attacked by the previously deceased cultists and schoolchildren , including and , who have all turned into zombie - like ghouls . He eventually makes it to his car and attempts to drive away , but the demon chases him down and overturns the vehicle . As he attempts to crawl out , the demon calls him " papa " , causing him to begin laughing hysterically , realizing that the demon is actually his child . Shortly thereafter , the camera malfunctions . 
 Young brothers and attach a camera to their Yorkshire Terrier dog , Tank , to create videos at their lake - side house . After their parents leave , and invite over their friends , and Danny , and the group harass the older sister , , and her boyfriend , . While the group is swimming at a nearby lake , they fail to notice a grey alien hiding beneath the water . 
 Later that night , the aliens begin frightening the kids with bright lights and deafening noises . Realizing the aliens are in the house and have cut the power , attempts to scare off the intruders with a shotgun , only to be quickly grabbed by one of the aliens . The aliens attack the rest of the teenagers in the house , dragging them in their sleeping bags , and attempting to drown them in the lake . 
 Only , , and escape , running into the woods to hide . After inadvertently alerts the aliens to their location by barking , the group run toward what they believe to be police lights and sirens , but it turns out to be a trap set by the aliens who abduct . and flee to a nearby barn , where the aliens drag away as and escape up a ladder . As the aliens close in on , he is suddenly pulled into the air by the alien ship 's tractor beam . As is pulled into the air , his grip loosens on 's leash , and falls down the ladder to the floor , the impact loosening the camera from his back . Mortally injured by the fall , whimpers as he and the camera both slowly die .

Simon Barrett, Adam Wingard, Eduardo Sánchez, Gregg Hale, Timo Tjahjanto, Gareth Huw Evans, Jason Eisener

( ) and ( ) are a pair of gum - chewing young assassins who casually snuff out crime figures in New York City , distracted only by the fact that a concert by their favorite pop idol Sunday has suddenly been canceled . 
 Determined to raise cash to buy a pair of the newest Sunday dress , the duo takes on a new hit job offered to them by their handler ( ) . The target is a mysterious unnamed loner ( ) who stole from rival boss , . A sudden and unexpected empathy after finding out about their quite unusual mark 's pancreatic cancer and the estrangement from his daughter leads the two girls into an unexpected journey of self - examination , catapulting the junior enforcers into a world beyond their deadly routine , all while encountering dangerous foes such as rival boss 's crew of hitmen and rapists or the legendary assassin simply known as Number 1 ( ) , who 's said to have once killed three ninjas with a fingernail file .

Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Danny Trejo, James Gandolfini

About eight years after a zombie apocalypse , , a zombie , spends his days wandering around an airport which is now filled with his fellow undead , including his best friend M. and M achieve rudimentary communication with grunts and moans and occasional near - words . As a zombie does not have a heartbeat and constantly craves human flesh , especially brains , as he is able to " feel alive " through experiencing the victims ' memories when he eats them . 
 While and a pack of zombies are hunting for food , they encounter and a group of her friends , who were sent by 's father from a walled - off human enclave to recover medical supplies . sees and is drawn to her ; his heart beats for the first time . After being shot in the chest by 's boyfriend , , kills while is distracted and eats his brain . 's memories increase 's attraction to . He rescues her from the rest of the pack by wiping some zombie blood on her face , masking her scent , and takes her to an airplane he resides in to keep her safe . 
 is terrified of and suspicious of his intentions . She starts trusting him after he rescues her during a failed escape attempt and finds food for her . insists that stay with him for a few days , until he deems it safe enough for her to leave . The two bond , listening to LP records and playing games to kill time , causing to begin to come to life ; his heart starts beating and he is slowly able to communicate with words [ 9 ] After a few days , gets restless , and tries to return home , yet attracts swarms of zombies . After fending off a group including , who is confused by 's actions , decides to return her to the human enclave . 
 On the way , reveals to that he killed , prompting her to abandon him and return home alone . begins making his way back to the airport , heartbroken . He discovers that and other zombies are also showing signs of life , making them targets for the – skeletal zombies who , having lost their humanity , have shed their flesh and prey on anything with a heartbeat . and lead a group to the human enclave , where sneaks inside the wall . 
 finds and meets her friend , who is shocked to see in the territory and notices 's growing humanity . When reveals that the other corpses are also coming back to life , the three of them attempt to tell Colonel , 's father and leader of the survivors . Colonel dismisses them and threatens to kill , stopping only when pulls a gun on him . and escape to a baseball stadium where the rest of 's group is waiting , but find themselves under attack by . 
 While and his gang of zombies square off against the , and run , but find themselves trapped . Taking the only escape route , jumps with into a pool far below , shielding her from the impact . After pulls from the bottom of the pool , they kiss . Colonel arrives and shoots in the shoulder without warning . attempts to persuade him that has changed , when she notices that he is bleeding from his wound – revealing that he has completely revived and is human once more . The humans and zombies combine forces and kill most of the Boneys while the rest perish from starvation and the zombies slowly assimilate into human society . Later , a fully human and watch the wall surrounding the city be demolished , signifying the end of the apocalypse .

Nicholas Hoult, Teresa Palmer, Rob Corddry, Dave Franco, Analeigh Tipton, Cory Hardrict and John Malkovich

During a torrential downpour , a woman , later identified as , confusedly staggers into a store as the butcher receives a delivery . After several attempts to address her , she finally responds and explains that the foul weather has strongly affected her . The butcher says that it will get worse before it gets better , and she purchases groceries . As she leaves the store , she sees a poster that advertises missing teenage girls . Before she can reach her car , she begins bleeding from her mouth and loses consciousness after striking her head against a structure as she falls into a rain - filled ditch , where she drowns . 
 Later , the sheriff tells that his wife , , has died . Consumed by grief , does not show up to identify the body but instead sends his two daughters , and . Doctor , who delivered 's young son , explains that an autopsy is mandated by the state . During the examination , he finds evidence of Kuru disease . Meanwhile , is comforted by his kindhearted neighbor , and , while driving through the storm later , finds a motorist in need of assistance ; the film implies that attacks her with a tire iron . 
 Interspersed are scenes from a book the oldest daughter is reading , a journal of the family from pioneer times telling of hunger and hardship in the winter . The men of the party have mostly been lost in the wilderness , and the women may not survive the winter . 
 and debate whether they are prepared to take over their mother 's religious duties , but is adamant that they perform this year 's ritual . , too , has trouble keeping the family 's past . Eventually , wanders into his father 's shed and finds a young woman held hostage . angrily demands that leave , then forces his daughters to kill and butcher the captive . They reluctantly obey , and the entire family eats her remains after a bit of urging from . attempts to deliver a vegetarian meal to the , noting she thinks she heard a woman crying in the shed , but she receives an icy welcome from . 
 Back in pioneer times the family has taken shelter in a cave , but the girls fear the father is losing his mind , keeping to himself in the depths of the cave and crying at night . Eventually he leads the girls down to where he has been keeping their only food source , one of the women in the party who died ( possibly their mother ) , tied to a rack with pieces cut off of her . he hands his oldest daughter a knife and points to the carcass . She is grim and resolute . 
 , whose daughter previously went missing , becomes suspicious when he finds a bone fragment in a creek . Though Sheriff brushes off his concerns , is able to convince Deputy to investigate . finds more evidence in the creek , only to be confronted by , on whom he has a crush . leads him to a secluded spot , and confesses his feelings for her . Confused and overwhelmed with guilt , breaks into tears . As Anders comforts her , they begin to have sex , but finds them and kills . Disgusted , he tells to return home . 
 orders the girls to stay in their bedroom , and they form a plan to escape . prays alone in his room , muttering that they have kept their tradition and will be joining their mother soon . While recites prayers , takes the car keys . When prepares dinner , he takes a jar full of powder and adds it to the soup . As the children set the table , notices white powder residue and realizes is planning to poison them with arsenic . She unsuccessfully attempts to alert , then knocks 's bowl on the floor to prevent him from eating . Before can react , , whose research has turned up evidence that the may have engaged in cannibalism , arrives at the home and confronts , demanding to know what happened to and his daughter , whose hair ornament he sees is wearing . stalls for time as he reaches for his pistol , and jumps in front of to protect him . accidentally wounds his daughter , and shoots . 
 survives and knocks out . and flee the house in a panic , and they take refuge with . breaks into 's house and kills her , then convinces and to rejoin him . Back at 's house , he again urges his children to eat . When he tells that she looks like her deceased mother , bites into her father ’s neck , tearing away a chunk of his flesh , while stabs her father through the hand . Together , the girls bite into him , ripping away his flesh and devouring it until their father dies . notices , barely conscious , has witnessed the whole thing , and she places his daughter 's stolen hair ornament on his chest . The next morning , the children leave town , and brings a diary that details their ancestor 's memories of cannibalism , implying their tradition will live on .

A small - time cannabis dealer named , who lives in Denver , Colorado , is robbed of his money and weed stash ; some of which he owes to his wealthy drug lord supplier . After is brought to him , forces to smuggle a " smidge " of marijuana from Mexico as a solution to clear his debt . Realizing that one man attempting to get through customs is too suspicious , he hires his stripper neighbor stage - named , a teenage runaway and petty thief named , and his eighteen - year - old neighbor , to pose as a bogus family called " the . " When the reach the compound , they find out that the amount of marijuana they were picking up is not " a smidge " but actually two tons . Because of the extra load of the marijuana on the RV that they are driving , one of the radiator hoses breaks while going up a steep incline . A family they had met at the border , the , consisting of , , and their teenage daughter , catch up to them and tow the ' RV to a garage . En route to the garage , learns that is a DEA agent after finding his badge and gun in the glove compartment . 
 The marijuana turns out to be stolen from cartel where had pose as an agent of . The next day , when the return to the garage to collect the RV , the mechanic is found tied - up and gagged with duct tape in his office and and his henchman One - Eye are waiting for them and prepare to execute the family . They immediately tell that they are not a real family and that they did not know they were stealing from him . is given a chance to prove that she is a stripper by dancing , and when she gets close , turns a steam vent onto , allowing the to escape in the RV with behind the wheel . Due to 's erratic driving , the RV veers off the highway and a Mexican redknee tarantula , hiding in a bowl of fruit , crawls up 's leg and bites his testicle . 
 has a severe allergic reaction to the bite , and the head to the hospital near a carnival for 4th of July celebrations . This further delays the delivery of the smuggled contraband . During their wait , and begin to bond and reveals her real name to be ( " with an H " ) . The two of them scold for leaving with a strange boy , ; which leaves feeling amused and happy for the attention she did n't receive from her real parents , who neglected her . 
 renegotiates with for a fee of $ 500,000 on the condition that it arrives that night . When is finally released from the hospital , rushes him to the RV in a wheelchair and accidentally tips him over . In the ensuing argument , inadvertently reveals how much he is getting paid , in comparison to how little he offered to pay each of the others . , , and are left in disgust by the revelation , and so leaves them behind at the local carnival . 
 Shortly after leaving , regrets abandoning them after hearing " Waterfalls " by TLC on the radio and returns to the carnival . confides in about how she felt like she was actually part of a real family . tries to sexually harass , but is thwarted by and . then arrives at the carnival , begging them to come back with him and offering each a full share of the profits . On their way to the RV , they encounter and . In the ensuing conversation between the and the , blurts out that they are smuggling cannabis . One - Eye appears and is about to shoot everyone , but comes out of his motor home and knocks him out cold . then appears from around the corner , with held at gunpoint and is about to kill them all ; but is momentarily distracted by 4th of July firework display . and then subdue him while he is distracted . and ( with a newfound confidence ) kiss , as do and . arrests , but lets the leave . 
 delivers the drugs to , who tells him he is late and that their deal is off , but then admits that he had never intended to pay him at all . DEA agents interrupt the meeting , arresting , revealing that grassed them up . , the agent in charge of the raid , tells that he will have to be placed in the witness protection program until the trials of and are finished . He then adds that anyone who was a witness to the crime will be put into protection , which pleases . The are then seen together in a suburban house with several marijuana plants growing in the back garden .

Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, Emma Roberts, Will Poulter, Ed Helms, Nick Offerman

An office team go on a two - day team - building seminar on a wilderness island . The group includes , a meek office worker and Eagle Scout ; , a manipulative bully who steals his ideas ; , an HR manager and ' love interest ; and , a sarcastic slacker . However , when the pilot is found dead and their ex - marine guide is mauled by a tiger , the office workers must fend for themselves . 
 tries to assume leadership , but the group votes for . immediately wants to sacrifice so they can eat him . He finds some coffee and adds a hallucinogenic herb that induces an orgy among some of the coworkers . They split into two teams . feeds his team more psychedelic herbs and sets himself up as . ` team finds an abandoned building with supplies . The guide shows up and they find out he 's really not much use . ' team is captured by 's group , and beats by pretending to be a better God . A ship rescues the workers , except who is left behind . gets 's job , but quits , taking with him .

Jean-Claude Van Damme, Adam Brody, Rob Huebel, Kristopher Van Varenberg

President of the United States ( ) generates controversy over a proposed peace treaty between the allied nations to remove military forces from the Middle East . Divorced US Capitol Police officer ( ) is currently assigned to Speaker of the House ( ) after saving his nephew 's life during a tour in Afghanistan . 
 hopes to impress his politically obsessed daughter ( ) by getting a job interview for the Secret Service Presidential Detail , while also getting tickets for the two of them to tour the White House . However , his interviewer , Secret Service Special Agent ( ) , a former college acquaintance of his , believes him to be unqualified due to his disrespect towards authority , and subsequently deems him ineligible for the job . 
 Disguised as a janitor , a man detonates a bomb at the center of the US Capitol building , causing the White House to be on lockdown . is sent to escort the Speaker to an underground command center in the Pentagon , while Vice President of the United States ( ) is taken aboard Air Force Two . At the same time , mercenaries led by ( ) , having infiltrated the White House by disguising themselves as audio - visual repairmen , quickly overwhelm the Secret Service , take the tour group hostage and seize the White House . manages to escape to go find his daughter , who was separated from him during the tour . Retiring Head of the Presidential Detail ( ) escorts and his detail to the Presidential Emergency Operations Center . Once they gain access , kills his detail , revealing himself to be the real leader of the attack on the White House . He wants vengeance against after a botched black ops mission resulted in the death of his son . kills a mercenary , takes his gun and radio , and rescues . 
 and bring in ( ) to hack into the defense system , but still require to activate the nuclear football . One of the mercenaries , ( ) , catches recording a video of the mercenaries and takes her hostage . and contact the command structure , which uses 's video to discover the identities of the mercenaries , who used to work for various government agencies . and try to escape via a tunnel but find the exit gate rigged with explosives . They are forced into the garage and escape in the presidential limo , which is attacked by and flips into the White House pool . After and are presumed dead in an explosion , is sworn in as the 47th President of the United States . and are still alive and learn that ordered an aerial incursion to take back the White House , but the mercenaries shoot down the choppers . Having already learned of from the video , takes her to in the Oval Office . finishes hacking into NORAD and launches a missile to shoot down Air Force Two , killing and everyone else on board . is sworn in as the 48th President of the United States and orders an air strike on the White House . 
 surrenders himself to to save . attempts to force to use the football to launch the nuclear missiles against the various cities in Iran ; blames the Iranian regime for killing his son in combat . refuses at first , while sets various rooms on fire as a diversion . Down in the tunnels , inadvertently triggers the explosives and dies when they detonate . After killing most of the remaining mercenaries and freeing the hostages , confronts and blows him up with a grenade belt during a fight . attacks , who uses 's handprint to activate the football . locks Iran 's targets with the football when enters the Oval Office by crashing a reinforced Chevrolet through the wall . When reaches to launch the missiles , violently opens fire on with the car 's Gatling gun , violently killing who is thrown against the wall in the gunfire . waves a presidential flag on the front lawn , convincing the incoming fighter planes to call off the air strike . is revealed to have conspired with in orchestrating the attack . has arrested for treason and names as his new special agent and takes him and on a personal aerial tour of DC .

Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Richard Jenkins, James Woods

Former UN employee , his wife and their two daughters are in heavy Philadelphia traffic when the city is overrun by zombies that are attracted to sound . As chaos spreads , the escape to Newark , New Jersey and take refuge in an apartment , home to a couple with a young son , . UN Deputy Secretary - General — an old friend of Gerry's — sends a helicopter that extracts the and to a U.S. Navy vessel in the Atlantic where scientists and military personnel are analyzing the worldwide outbreaks . Dr. posits that the plague is a virus and that development of a vaccine depends on finding the origin . reluctantly agrees to help find the outbreak 's source after it is made clear that he and his family will be removed from the ship if he does not . 
 and fly to Camp Humphreys , a military base in South Korea , where they are attacked on arrival by zombies . Turning to re - enter the aircraft , slips , falls and accidentally discharges his gun , killing himself . After being rescued by the base 's surviving personnel , led by Captain , learns that the infection was introduced to the base by its doctor , who was ultimately incinerated by a soldier with a lame leg whom the infected ignored . A former CIA operative imprisoned at the base for selling weapons to North Korea ( to help them fight the infection ) tells to go to Jerusalem , where he says a safe zone has been maintained by the Israeli Mossad since before the outbreak 's official acknowledgement . As and his team bike back to their aircraft , zombies attack , kill several soldiers and infect Captain , who commits suicide to prevent himself from turning . and his pilot escape . 
 In Jerusalem , meets Mossad chief , who explains that months earlier , the Mossad had intercepted an Indian military message claiming that Indian troops were fighting the rakshasa , or " dead spirits " . Israel had thereupon quarantined Jerusalem , erecting huge walls around it . Just as shows that Israel is allowing survivors to take refuge in the city , loud celebratory singing from refugees prompts zombies to scale the walls and attack . orders some Israeli soldiers to escort back to his plane . On the way , notices zombies ignoring an emaciated boy . Soon after , one of 's escorts , a soldier who identifies herself only as " " , is bitten in the hand , which quickly amputates to stop her turning . and escape on a commercial airliner as Jerusalem is overrun , and Israel seeks to protect its remaining borders . 
 contacts , and the airliner is diverted to a World Health Organization ( WHO ) facility outside Cardiff , Wales . When a stowaway zombie attacks in mid - air , uses a grenade to blow the infected out of the aircraft , but this also causes them to crash . is injured , but both he and survive . They proceed to the WHO facility , where loses consciousness . He awakens three days later and explains to the remaining WHO staff a theory he has , based on the people he has seen the zombies ignore : the infected do not bite the seriously injured or terminally ill since they would be unsuitable hosts for viral reproduction . He suggests that they test this by deliberately infecting somebody with a pathogen from the facility , but the pathogens are stored in a wing already overrun by zombies . , and the lead WHO doctor go to get a pathogen . As they fight their way through , they are separated ; continues to the pathogen vault while and the doctor return to the main building . A zombie corners inside the vault , prompting him to inject himself with an unknown pathogen and open the vault , thereby testing his theory . The zombie ignores him , as do those he encounters while returning to the main building . Everybody rejoices at 's success . 
 and his family are reunited in a safe zone at Freeport , Nova Scotia . A " vaccine " , derived from deadly pathogens , is developed and issued to survivors battling the infected , acting as a kind of camouflage . The vaccine also helps survivors to reach quarantine zones . Human offensives begin against the zombies , and hope is restored . " This is n't the end , " comments , " Not even close . Our war has just begun . "

, a single mother living with her daughter , operates a motel . is a blind man traveling cross country in a Jeep with his associate . They stop by 's motel , when hires prostitute , and convinces to stay the night . When is entertaining , an argument has fatally shooting , waking up . investigating finds and dead . 
 The police arriving , has a conversation with her police friend who was 's pimp . He comforts her while tells him she will not allow his girls to use the rooms in her motel anymore , as a social worker was around earlier threatening to take away . The following day takes and hostage looking for the Jeep . As watches TV agrees to retrieve the Jeep from the police . forces and to stake out 's residence . answers the door and and fight . refuses to give the Jeep . forces to break into the police junkyard and retrieve a package hidden behind the radio . After evading the Patrolman , reaches the car but can not find the package . 
 Back at the motel , learns more about and figures out that he is a courier who is supposed to deliver bundles of money . She proposes to that they split the money if she helps him faster and he reluctantly agrees due to his new impairment . After falls asleep with looks around and finds 's hidden stash of emergency money . 
 The next morning , and stake out , learning that was 's nephew and 's husband died in a hit and run . After finding , follows him only to be found out and cornered in an alley . After has pinned on the roof of the car , sneaks up behind him and interrogates him and heads to 's house thinking the money is stashed there . After finds the money under the bed she is confronted by 's wife , whom shoots . They leave after tying to the radiator . They go back to the motel where leaves with all of the money with another associate , . 
 calls the police and tells them that she was a hostage . They tell her that was not found at his house and decide to leave a squad - car there for her safety . and meet Québécois mafia , and his associates in a car park . The mafia force into the car and proceed to count the money to find that is missing fifty grand , which has as her cut . When threatens to kill , kills them all . Back at the motel , packs her and 's things , she sends the police away only to be approached by to give her back her cut , when shoots and , and has cornered , who then throws him through a window , unintentionally fatally slicing his neck . 
 sets the scene to look like a deal gone bad , and takes into a taxi to parts unknown .

After the terrorist attacks on 9/11 , ( ) , studying at the LSE ( London School of Economics ) , becomes a U.S. Marine second lieutenant fighting in Afghanistan , where his spine is critically injured when his helicopter is shot down . During a lengthy recovery back in the United States , he attracts the attention of ( ) , a medical student helping him learn to walk again , and ( ) , an official with the CIA who recruits him . 
 Twelve years later , is working on Wall Street covertly for the CIA looking for suspicious financial transactions that would indicate terrorist activity . When the Russian Federation loses a key vote before the United Nations , notices that the markets do not respond in the expected way . He discovers that billions of dollars held by Russian organizations have disappeared . A large number of these funds are controlled by ( ) , a Russian tycoon . 
 's employer conducts business with , so when discovers certain accounts are inaccessible to him as an auditor , he has reason to visit Moscow and investigate . On arrival he narrowly survives a murder attempt by an assassin ( ) posing as his bodyguard . sends an SOS and is surprised to learn his backup is . During their debrief , explains how Cherevin 's shadow investments could make the United States vulnerable to complete financial collapse following a staged terrorist attack , which would also weaken global markets . 
 At his meeting with Cherevin the next day , he is told that the problem company and all of its assets have been sold , thus preventing 's audit . Meanwhile , , now 's fiancée , concerned he may be having an affair , secretly flies to Moscow to meet him . Against protocol for unmarried couples , reveals that he works for the CIA , to her great relief . Improvising on the situation , has agree to be included in a plan to infiltrate Cherevin 's offices . and meet at an upscale restaurant across the street from 's office . Over dinner , causes a scene and purposely insults . Excusing himself , he gains access to 's office where he downloads critical corruption files . 
 and the CIA discover used a falsified death certificate to place his son , ( ) , in the United States as a sleeper agent . uses his talent for pattern recognition to locate 's hideout and intended target , Wall Street . He locates a fake police response vehicle driven by and gives chase . After catches up and engages in a physical confrontation with , he discovers the bomb in the rear of the police decoy . Unable to defuse it , he hijacks the vehicle with in it . He later crashes it into the East River while simultaneously jumping out , as the bomb detonates , killing . is executed by his co - conspirators in Russia . and are called to the White House to brief the president .

is a detective , on an undercover operation where fake passports are being smuggled into Atlanta by a man named " " . After a shootout with the smugglers , and a car chase that leaves one injured , the lieutenant leading the case ask to drop the case on " " , something does n't do . 
 , a fast - talking , jumpy high school security guard who plays video games on his spare time , applies for the Atlanta City Police Academy . When he gets in , he decides to ask for his blessings to marry his sister . then says has to be worthy of , making him go on a " ride along " to prove it . 
 After picking up and taking him to the police station , tells dispatch to give him all the 1 - 26 's that are called into the station . makes take care of all the 1 - 26 's . then arrives at the park to question an informant , about a connection of Serbia and " " . He finds out that a shipment will come in later that day . After leaving the park , takes to the local shooting range where he finds out that Zastava M92 's have been given to the store , realizes he has a clue for . When a 1 - 26 is called in , and are called to the Sweet Auburn Curb Market where a drunk man named is being disorderly . tries to subdue him but is unable to , so arrests him . 
 asks to be taken home before he receives a call from . He tells her about his stressful day , before says that plays poker with a guy named , along with telling him that 1 - 26 's are a code for annoying situations for new - comers as a joke . He then goes into the police station and sees laughing with and his partners and . 
 Upset at , refuses to go home and instead takes a 1 - 26 call to respond to a disturbance at a strip club , where two men get into a mexican standoff with and , which thinks it 's another joke call , so he fools around . subdues the men , and the two are then tipped off about a gun deal involving 's men . then confronts about the 1 - 26 's . receives a call from in the car , when he finds out that had turned himself in , says how 's brother in the park said that had just got out of prison . then contradicts , saying that had n't been in prison for over two years , leading to another clue . 
 The men go to talk 's other brother , , trying to find out the location of the gun deal , during the confrontation , accidentally shoots , who subsequently reveals that the deal will take place at an old abandoned warehouse at 9 PM . 
 decides to infiltrate the warehouse with and , after leaving behind in the car . is then betrayed by and , who turn out to be crooked cops working for . is then tied up , just when witnesses . not only mocks , but also criticizes him for his unsociable , egocentric personality . As the deal begins , enters pretending to be ( since no one has ever actually seen the real ) . Having successfully fooled the crooks , then wreaks havoc at the deal , and right as is about to leave with , the real appears . A shootout ensues , and many of 's men are killed . reveals his sharp reflexes and extensive knowledge of battle ( a result of his video game experience ) . and take the money meant for the deal and escape right before the warehouse blows up because of 's grenade that hit a box of explosives and destroys 's car . Unbeknownst to them , , and all escape . 
 and arrive at 's apartment and tie her up . As she was playing one of 's video games , 's fellow players hear the confrontation ensuing between , and from 's headset . At the hospital after being shot in the leg , receives a call from the fellow player , and tells that there 's something going on at the apartment . After seeing some dirty cops arrive at the hospital , takes and leaves to go to the apartment , along with 's money . then injures , before getting into a fight with . As is about to shoot , knocks him out with a frying pan . gets knocked out by in a fight , before takes the bag of money and , and leaves the apartment . 
 follows and and confronts them . Right as is about to shoot , slides over a car and kicks him , and shoots twice , injuring him . Police arrest , and , and finally gives his blessing . 
 In a mid - credits scene and are engaged , and is weeks away from graduating from the police academy . At a barbecue at ' house blows up the barbecue grill and is sent flying back into the bushes , killing the neighbor 's dog .

In 1795 , Dr. ( ) creates a monster ( ) , a soulless creature patched together from corpses , and then rejects it , disgusted with what he has made . In a fit of rage , the creature kills 's wife ( ) and chases it to the Arctic to get revenge , but succumbs to the weather . The creature buries his creator in the family crypt and is then attacked by demons before being rescued by the gargoyles ( ) and ( ) , who bring it before the gargoyle queen ( ) and their commander ( ) . explains that they were created by the Archangel Michael to battle demons on Earth and protect humanity . They name the creature " " and invite him to join them , but he declines and departs after being given heavy , baton - like weapons to protect himself , as more demons will come after him . The weapons allow him to " descend " demons ( destroying their bodies and trapping their souls in Hell ) as they have the symbol of the Gargoyle Order carved on them . 
 Throughout the centuries , fends off the demons that pursue him . During a modern - day confrontation at a nightclub , a human police officer is killed . While is summoned by the gargoyles once more , the demon ( ) reports that is alive to his leader , the demon - prince ( ) , who is disguised as billionaire businessman , and his right - hand man , ( ) . has employed scientists ( ) and ( ) to conduct experiments with reanimated corpses , and sends a group of demons led by his most formidable warrior , ( ) , to attack the gargoyles ' cathedral and capture so he can unlock the secret to giving life . 
 Before can punish for the police officer 's death , the cathedral is attacked and convinces to release him . In the ensuing battle , a number of gargoyles , including and , are " ascended " ( returned to and trapped in Heaven ) while is captured and brought to an abandoned theater . is instructed to bring as a trade for ; interrogates a demon and gains the same information . having escaped , descends into the vaults and takes journal , which was taken off of 's body the night they found him . He exchanges the journal for , as it contains the secrets of the experiment . Once departs with , attempts to recover the journal , but is prevented from doing so as several demons attack . Descending them , then follows to the Wessex Institute , where he learns that plans to recreate 's experiment and use thousands of reanimated corpses as hosts for souls of the descended demons . The demons will be able to return from Hell if they have soulless bodies to possess . retrieves the journal and escapes and later confronts before they are attacked by . manages to " descend " . 
 warns the remaining gargoyles of ' plan , agreeing to give them the journal if they get him and to safety . agrees , but sends to kill him and retrieve the journal . After a violent fight , is forced to " ascend " and then decides to burn 's journal and destroy its secrets before the gargoyles come after him . evades them , leading them to the Wessex Institute where they join battle with ' demons , descending early in the fight . While the battle progresses , ventures into the Institute to rescue , who had been kidnapped by to put the next stage of his plan into process after he killed . takes his true demonic form and activates the machine . overpowers and tries to have one of the demon spirits possess him , but proves immune as he has grown his own soul . As the gargoyles attempt to stop the reanimated bodies , carves the symbol of the Gargoyle Order on , sanctifying his very body and utterly destroying it , descending alongside all the other demons in his army , and causing the entire building to collapse . 
 Recognizing 's bravery , rescues him and and forgives for 's death . retrieves his weapons . After bidding farewell to , departs to begin an immortal quest to protect the humans of the world and hunt demons for selfless reasons , the attitude that had earned him his soul in the first place . In doing so , he embraces his role and his true name of " Frankenstein " .

( ) is sitting on a bench in New York City waiting for someone to arrive . A voiceover explains that he has been waiting for a long time , but to explain why , he needs to go back to the beginning . begins by telling the audience that every relationship reaches the " So ... " moment , where someone in the relationship will want to take the relationship to a more serious place . At that point , knows the relationship is over , as he is not ready to start dating . 
 is currently working with his best friend ( ) at a publishing house designing book covers . Their friend ( ) , a young doctor who has been married to ( ) since the end of college , comes to them after requests a divorce . The three decide to go out to a bar and celebrate being single . The group meets up with 's female wingman , ( ) , as they try to get 's mind off of his wife . meets a girl with glasses ( ) , while meets ( ) , and hits it off with her after teasing another man that was trying to buy her a drink . gets the girl 's number , but decides not to call , resolving to work it out with his wife . sleeps with , but escapes her apartment when he discovers circumstantial evidence that she may be a prostitute . 
 The next day , and make a book cover pitch to a new author , who happens to be . is able to explain himself and the two begin seeing each other on a regular basis . Meanwhile , begins to fall for , and the two begin seeing one another . Additionally , meets with his estranged wife , and when she claims that the reason their marriage fell apart is because he is not spontaneous enough , kisses her , and the two sleep together in the hospital , reigniting their romance . All three friends attempt to keep their relationships a secret , due to their earlier agreement that they would stay single . The relationships all come to a head during Thanksgiving , a time that the three friends usually spend together , but varying circumstances keep them apart . agrees to attend a funeral for 's recently passed father , plans a Thanksgiving dinner with his wife , and attends the traditional Thanksgiving feast with , free to openly tell the guests about their relationship . 
 ultimately decides not to attend the funeral , not ready to fully commit to , and their relationship falls apart . has a serious conversation with his wife during their dinner , causing her to admit that she no longer loves him . and head to the dinner where they discover 's relationship with , and when he denies that they are dating , his relationship falls apart as well . Although the three fight about keeping their relationships secret , they repair their friendship and try to recover their relationships . 
 calls the glasses girl from the bar , setting up a date , and reunites with after being hit by a taxi and ending up in the hospital . However , two months later , has still not reconciled with , despite still being in love with her . and help by encouraging him to tell her of his love at her weekly book readings , which are sparsely attended . However , upon their arrival , the reading is full and is unable to figure out a way to talk with her . He decides to make a scene by improvising a book reading , referencing their first meeting and requesting that they start over by meeting in Gramercy Park . 
 Returning to the beginning , is waiting for in Gramercy Park . arrives and sits on the bench with him , where starts their talk , beginning with , " So ... "

Experienced CIA agent ( ) , originally from Pittsburgh , works with a team to capture the , lieutenant to an arms trafficker called the , as he is selling a dirty bomb to some terrorists in a hotel in Belgrade.[6 ] The deduces the trap when he recognizes one of the agents ( dressed as a chambermaid ) , whom he kills . , suddenly dizzy as he pursues the , only manages to cripple him by shooting him in the leg , then has a blackout , allowing the to escape . Meanwhile , elite CIA assassin ( ) , a " Top Shelf agent " , has been personally assigned by the Director to kill the . monitors the operation and suspects has unknowingly seen the . 
 is nearly disabled by an extreme cough , which is diagnosed as terminal brain cancer which has spread to his lungs . He is given only a few months to live , and will not see the next Christmas . For decades he has kept his dangerous career a carefully guarded secret from his wife ( ) and daughter ( ) , at the cost of losing them . He decides to spend his remaining time trying to fix his relationship with his estranged daughter , and if possible , his ex - wife . He returns to Paris , where he and his family live separately , to find the Réunion family of is squatting in his apartment . He is told by the police that he is not permitted to evict indigent squatters until after the winter . He makes an awkward reconnection with , and tells her of his terminal illness . She allows him to reconnect with , and when she has to go out of the country on business , she agrees to let him look after . 
 recruits him to find and kill the , in exchange for an experimental drug that could extend his life significantly . reluctantly accepts , to get more time with his family . tells him the way to trap the is by getting the , in turn by getting his accountant , in turn by kidnapping the gang 's limousine driver . All the while is fighting the hallucinogenic effect of the medicine , which occurs whenever his heart rate goes too high , and which he can only control by consuming alcohol . He must also deal with 's school problems , including her habit of lying so she can sneak out partying . He manages to keep her out of trouble , and slowly reestablishes a father relationship with her , which impresses his wife . 
 He tracks the and the into the subway , but they gain the upper hand when he is disabled by the hallucinations . The attempts to kill him by pushing him in front of an oncoming train , but manages to push the on the track instead . The escapes , then contacts a business partner who can help him to flee the country . 
 The family is invited to a party thrown by 's boyfriend 's father , who happens to be the 's business partner . manages to protect and , kill all the Wolf 's men , and trap the in an elevator before breaking the cables , causing the cabin to free - fall to the ground . The survives , severely injured , but is again disabled and , also feeling guilty for all the damage his work has done to his family , he 's suddenly unable to pull the trigger , and drops his gun where the can get it . intervenes and kicks the gun back to , telling him to finish the job and kill the , but he decides not to , because " I promised my wife I 'd quit . " then kills the . 
 At last retired , survives to Christmas , which he is spending at a beach house with and . He discovers a small , red wrapped gift package , which contains another vial of the cancer medicine . is seen on a hill behind the house smiling as opens the package .

, the " black sheep " son of a rich family starts working as a janitor at a psychiatric hospital as part of his parole . While walking through the hospital one night he overhears another janitor , , telling a patient that he 's a doctor and needs to give her physical examination , in order to rape her . After hearing this , knocks out and tells the patient , , to go back to bed . , having been admitted to the hospital for being raised in isolation her entire life and hearing voices as well as being barefoot all her life , decides to follow out of the hospital . 
 Rather than send back into the hospital , decides to bring her home for his brother 's wedding to convince his family that he has finally straightened out his life . While she impresses the family with her genuine , if unstable , charm , she also admits to that she was in the hospital for killing her mother . While at the wedding 's father , suspecting that something is amiss , presses her for information , causing to have a panic attack . As gets her into a cab , surrounded by his family , he tells them truth of who she is and that he is a janitor at the psychiatric hospital , only having come home to get money to pay back a loan shark . When and return to his parents ' house they search through his father 's cars for keys and find a set in a classic RV , in which they set out for home . Despite getting along while driving leaves at a bus station in Shreveport , Louisiana , intending to abandon her , but ends up having a change of heart and goes back for her . 
 Their journey becomes a fun adventure , despite the fact that they are both being hunted , for escaping the hospital and for taking her and violating his probation . As is the only one who can drive they pull over so he can sleep . During the night wakes him up due to a cop having pulled up behind . While hides in the cupboard tells the cop that her boyfriend , " , " ran away when he saw the flashing lights . The cop tells her that his father 's name was , before proceeding to check the RV . After checking the bathroom , which smells bad because they ca n't flush it , he leaves and walks into the bush on the side of the road to find her boyfriend . While the cop is distracted throws away the keys to his car , so that her and can escape , causing to see her in a different light . A few nights later they go to a carnival , which has never been to before , claiming that it is " the best day of her life . " 
 Later when they make a stopover , makes a phone call to Dr , the doctor who was handling . She then overhears his conversation that he is going to take her back to Los Angeles only to bring her back to the psychiatric hospital . She runs away crying and goes to the RV alone and attempting to drive it away before can get to her . As she only know the basics that taught her she ends up driving around the parking lot in circles before crashing the RV . As opens the door , she climbs out crying , as other people comes to check on them . then hurries them both into a diner . , curious about , not truly believing she 's schizophrenic as her doctor believes , asks her about whether the voices told her to kill her mother . tells him that it was n't her who heard voices , but her mother who did . Her mother was screaming one night but did n't go to her and when she woke up in the morning her mother was dead , causing to believe that she killed her mother . As vehemently tells that she did n't kill her mother , she died , a group of cop cars show up at the diner to arrest and , assuming that one of the bystanders to the crash called them . As kisses , the cops come into the diner and handcuff , separating him a . 
 When 's mother finds out he 's in jail she persuades his father to bail him out , which he does . When returns to his apartment , he finds the door busted open and his belongings torn apart . Glancing out the window he sees one of the loan sharks goons waiting for him outside , just as the loan shark looks up and sees . After fleeing his apartment complex goes to psychiatric hospital to see , but the security and Dr tell him to leave . 
 Desperate , goes to the train station and lies down on the tracks , so that he 'll be deemed suicidal and thus get taken to the psychiatric hospital . Dr , knowing that is fine and that it was just a ruse , dismisses , but after insists that he is suicidal , the doctor puts him in solitary confinement . Before is taken away he tells the doctor that it was n't who heard voices but her mother . While at the hospital another patient gives information on 's well - being and confirms that they 're being kept apart . 
 That night , who had an altercation with the night he met , sneaks the loan shark 's goon into the hospital , where he then goes and strangles using a chain . As is struggling to get him off , the patient who was giving him information , takes out the goon by hitting him in the head with a broom . After this wakes up in hospital where Dr apologizes to about and tells him he was right about 's mother , who was a diagnosed schizophrenic . Dr then decides to release both and from the hospital . Before goes to meet he gets a letter from his father which has a check for $ 40,000 in order to pay off his debts . then meets at the entrance to the hospital , where the two share a hug and kiss before leaving together , hand in hand . 
 As the credits start to roll , the last scene shows and riding a merry - go - round .

Alcoholic U.S. Air Marshal boards a British Aqualantic Airlines Boeing 767 from New York City to London . He sits next to , who has switched seats so she can be by the window . After takeoff , receives a text message on his secure phone stating that someone will die every 20 minutes unless $ 150 million is transferred to a specified bank account . breaks protocol and consults , the other air marshal , who dismisses the threat . , however , has and flight attendant monitor the security cameras while texting the mysterious person to try to identify him . 
 When is seen using his phone and suddenly goes to the rear toilet , confronts him . first offers him some of the money . When turns him down , attacks . During the ensuing fight , when reaches for ' dropped gun , has to break his neck , killing him . This happens exactly at the 20 - minute mark . When checks 's phone , it reveals that someone texted that he knows what is in 's briefcase . finds cocaine in it . 
 alerts the TSA , but TSA agent informs him that the bank account is registered in his name and accuses of being the perpetrator . At this point , the pilot dies , apparently poisoned , at the 40 - minute mark . , the co - pilot , convinces that he 's innocent . 
 searches the resentful passengers . One of them uploads a video in which accuses and manhandles schoolteacher , convincing the rest of the world that is the perpetrator . Meanwhile , is instructed by the TSA to divert to Iceland . persuades a programmer named to write a computer virus to make the hijacker 's phone ring . The phone rings in passenger ’s suit pocket , but he denies it is his . As roughly questions him , he suddenly dies , foaming at the mouth , at the 60 - minute mark . 
 While smoking in the first class lavatory , discovers a hole drilled into the wall which offers a clear shot to the pilot 's seat . He then inspects ’s body and discovers a dart . He asks a passenger who used the toilet recently if anybody used it after her ; she replies that did . accuses of being the hijacker . gets upset , as she had stood by him . She manages to convince of her innocence . 
 In the meantime , two Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets meet the plane , to escort it to a military base in Iceland . The passengers watch a television news report claiming that is hijacking their flight . The hijacker then texts that a bomb will explode in 30 minutes . realizes that the bomb bypassed the security checks , and finds it in 's cocaine briefcase . When some passengers attack , stops them , believing that the bomb is the first priority . convinces the others of his innocence , and has them move the bomb beside a rear door and surround it with luggage to direct the blast outward , while everybody moves to the front of the airplane . tells to descend to 8,000 feet , as the current pressure differential would rip the airplane apart if the bomb exploded . However , the pilot of one of the escorting jets refuses to let deviate from his course . 
 , watching a passenger ’s phone video ( the news video ) , notices making contact with , planting the secure phone . Unmasked , runs to the rear . chases after him , but loses his gun to in a fight . reveals he is 's accomplice . Their goal was to frame , thus ruining the reputation of the Air Marshals Service . wants revenge for the service not preventing the death of his father on September 11 and , as a result , believes that " security is the country 's biggest lie " and its exposure is necessary to get it addressed . persuades , who is more in it for the money , to try to disarm the bomb , saying that he could not survive parachuting out at this altitude . However , shoots . Just then , suddenly descends steeply against orders . That distraction enables , with 's help , to kill . recovers and attacks , still wanting to jump out of the aircraft . subdues him , then runs from the rear of the airplane just as the bomb goes off , killing and blowing out the door . Despite the damage , manages to land the plane safely . is praised as a hero . He and make plans for the start of a possible future together .

, the last surviving disciple of , is living in exile as he tells his story . 
 was born to a virgin . Three visiting wise men declare him the future King . Thirty years later , an adult ( ) travels to Galilee and begins recruiting followers , from , to his brother , to the fisherman , to the tax collector . These men and women would become his disciples . Through his teachings and numerous miracles , builds a huge following , who begin to call him the . He also draws the attention of the Pharisees , the Jewish religious leaders . The Pharisees claim is blaspheming God by forgiving sins , something only God can do . responds by saying he is the son of . 
 tells the disciples they are to travel to Jerusalem for the upcoming Passover holiday . He enters the city on the back of a donkey and is met by a huge crowd of supporters , who lay palm leaves in his path . , the head of the Pharisees , is afraid ' presence in the city will further agitate the people , who are already in a near state of revolt against the oppressive Romans , led by . ( Earlier , had warned that if there were any trouble from the Jews , would close the temple , thus cancelling Passover . ) Upon entering the temple , sees the money changers and proceeds to upend their tables . This act draws cheers from the people and scorn from the Pharisees . Later , tells a little girl that every stone of the temple will soon fall . The Pharisees take this as a plan to destroy the temple and decide must be stopped . 
 , one of ' disciples , approaches the Pharisees . He also believes is going too far and wants to help . They give him 30 pieces of silver for his assistance . That night ( the night before Passover ) , tells the disciples this will be their Last Supper together and says that one of them will betray him . Later , in the Garden of Gethsemane , kisses ' cheek , thereby identifying to the Pharisees and revealing ' betrayal , and is then arrested for blasphemy . The disciples then flee the garden to save themselves . 
 orders an immediate trial , even though it 's late at night and not in public , which are violations of Jewish law . He is afraid an open trial on Passover will cause trouble , and will close the temple . asks if he is the son of , and he answers " I am " . This is all the Pharisees need to hear , and they immediately find Him guilty of blasphemy . 
 That morning , to a growing crowd , announces ' guilt and reveals the penalty for blasphemy is death . , horrified by what he has done , throws the silver at the Pharisees and runs off ; he later hangs himself . believes if the Pharisees killed on Passover , it would start a riot , so he turns him over to the Romans for the punishment . tells that did n't break any Roman laws , but orders him to be lashed 40 times . Since it 's Passover , says he will follow tradition and free a prisoner of the people 's choosing , and if they choose , he will be set free . By this time , ' mother ( ) has arrived in Jerusalem to see what is happening to her son . 
 orders the crowd to enter his courtyard to choose whether to release or , a convicted murderer . Since none of ' followers were allowed into the courtyard , easily sways the vote so that is set free . then asks what he should do with , and again sways the crowd to have him executed by way of crucifixion . Fearing a riot among the hostile people , orders the crucifixion , then literally washes his hands of the situation . A battered and bloodied then carries his cross to Golgotha and is nailed to it by the mocking Roman guards , who earlier had placed a crown of thorns on his head . Before the cross is put into place , orders a sign attached to it , reading : " The King of the Jews " , much to ' dismay . With , , and watching in horror , hangs from the cross for several agonizing hours . After forgiving the Romans , and the Pharisees who condemned him to death , he asks why has forsaken him , and declares " It is finished . " Accomplished , dies as the temple and earth shake by earthquake . While the lamps are knocked down , the curtains in the temple where God 's spirit was supposed to be present , tear apart . He is then lowered from the cross and placed into a tomb , which is sealed off with a large rock . 
 Three days later , goes to visit the tomb , but is shocked to see the rock broken into pieces and the tomb empty . She sees a man by the tomb 's entrance and realizes he is ; has been resurrected . goes to the disciples ' hiding place and tells them the good news , but they do n't believe her . then appears to them , and they all now believe , except " Doubting " . Once touches , then he believes . Forty days later , is speaking to his disciples and tells them to travel the world to spread his message . He then ascends into Heaven , and the disciples go their separate ways . 
 The movie concludes with an elderly saying that all of the disciples were eventually killed for their beliefs , except him . He has been exiled to live alone on a deserted island until he dies . then sees , who tells him he will not die , but have everlasting life , and will return one day .

Queen of Sparta tells her men about the Battle of Marathon , in which King of Persia was killed by General of Athens ten years earlier . 's son , , witnesses his father 's death , and is advised to not continue the war , since only " the gods can defeat the Greeks " . 's naval commander , , claims that ' last words were in fact a challenge and sends on a journey through the desert . finally reaches a cave and bathes in an otherworldly liquid , emerging as the 8 - foot tall " God - King " . He returns to Persia and declares war on Greece to avenge his father . 
 As 's forces advance towards Thermopylae , meets with the council and convinces them to provide him with a fleet to engage the Persians at the sea . then travels to Sparta to ask King for help , but is informed by that is consulting the , and is reluctant to side with Athens . later reunites with his old friend , who infiltrated the Persian troops and learned was born Greek , but defected to Persia as her family was raped and murdered by Greek hoplites and she was taken as a sex slave , and subsequently left for dead in the streets . She was rescued and adopted by a Persian emissary . Her lust for vengeance gained the attention of King and he made her a naval commander after she killed many of his enemies . also learns that has marched to fight the Persians with only 300 men . 
 leads his fleet of fifty warships and several thousand men , which include , 's son and ' right - hand man to the Aegean Sea , starting the Battle of Artemisium . They ram their ships into the Persian ships , charge them , slaughtering several soldiers before retreating from the sinking Persian ships . The following day , the Greeks feign a retreat and lead a group of Persian ships into a crevice , where they become stuck . The Greeks charge the Persian ships from the cliffs above and kill more Persians . Impressed with ' skills , brings him onto her ship where she seduces him , in an attempt to lure him to the Persian side as her second - in - command . He refuses , causing her to push him aside and swear revenge on him . 
 The Persians spill tar into the sea and send suicide bombers to swim to and board the Greek ships with their flame bombs . and her men fire flaming arrows and torches to ignite the tar , but an Athenian manages to kill one of the Persians , who falls into the tar carrying a torch , causing ships from both sides to explode . is thrown into the sea by an explosion and nearly drowns before being rescued by , and stands by 's side as he succumbs to his injuries . Believing to be dead , and her forces withdraw . After recovering from his injuries , learns that only a few hundred of his warriors and six of his ships survived the disastrous attack executed by . 
 , an Arcadian general , tells that and his 300 men have been killed after betrays the Greeks to . returns to Athens and confronts . The deformed Spartan traitor reveals that plans to attack and burn Athens to the ground . is regretful of his actions , and is welcoming death . spares him instead , so he can warn that the Greek forces are gathering at Salamis . He then visits in Sparta while she is mourning 's death to ask for her help , but she is too overcome with grief . Before leaving , returns 's sword , which had been delivered to him by under 's orders , and urges to avenge . 
 In Athens , 's army is laying waste when arrives to deliver ' message . Upon learning he is alive , leaves to ready her entire navy for battle . suggests a more cautious plan but she still leaves for battle , ignoring 's advice . The remaining Greek ships charge into the Persians ships , and the two armies battle , beginning the decisive Battle of Salamis . and fight , which ends in a stalemate with both receiving severe injuries . 
 At this moment , who had been narrating the tale to the Spartans , arrives at the battle along with ships from numerous Greek city states including Delphi , Thebes , Olympia , Arcadia , and Sparta , all of them uniting against the surrounded Persians . leads the Arcadian army while urges to surrender . , watching the battle from a cliff , turns his back on her , acknowledging his naval defeat and continues the march of his army . tries to kill one last time but is killed as he stabs her through the stomach . While leads the Greek assault , and take a moment to silently acknowledge one another 's alliance as the remaining Persians attempt a counter - attack . The three then charge at the opposing Persians with the whole Greek army .

Mr. is a gifted anthropomorphic dog who has an adopted 7 - year - old young human son , . He tutors travelling throughout history using the WABAC , a time machine . They visit in Versailles during the French Revolution in 1789 . Getting caught in the Reign of Terror , is nearly sent to the guillotine by , but escapes with through the Paris sewers . 
 In the present day , Sherman attends the Susan B. Anthony School in New York City on his first day of school . His knowledge of the apocryphal nature of the cherry - tree anecdote leads to a fight with in the cafeteria where she puts him in a choke hold . is called in by Principal who tells that had bit . He is also confronted during this meeting by Ms. , a Child Protective Services agent , who implies that 's behavior is due to being raised by a dog . She informs that she will come to their home to investigate whether he is an unfit parent . 
 invites and her parents over for a dinner party to reconcile before Ms. arrives . calls a liar for claiming first - hand knowledge of history . Despite 's contrary instructions , shows the WABAC . goads into taking her into the past , where she stays in Ancient Egypt in 1332 BCE to marry King . returns to get Mr. 's help . hypnotises the , and retrieves by telling her the fate of a pharaoh 's widow . 
 The WABAC runs out of power , but is able to get them to Renaissance Florence in 1508 where they meet . and explore attic , finding his flying machine . goads into flying it , which he manages to do before crashing . is thrilled the device works , but is upset that risked his safety and destroyed a historical artifact . 
 They again attempt to return , but a black hole forces them into an emergency landing during the Trojan War in 1184 BCE . Upset about learning what Ms. would do to him , runs off and joins the army of King in the Trojan Horse . During the final parts of the Trojan War , is trapped inside the Horse as it rolls towards a cliff . rescues her , but apparently dies during the attempt . 
 pilots the WABAC to a few minutes before they left in the present to get Mr. 's help to fix everything . As and try to explain the situation , 's earlier self shows up . tries to conceal the presence of two from the , then arrives . Then a second arrives from Ancient Troy . 's attempt to collect both causes them to touch and begin to merge . Both rush to assist , but they each merge back together amidst a cosmic shockwave . grabs to take him away , hurting him in the process . furiously bites , who then calls the NYPD . , , and race to the WABAC , but can not time travel due to a rip in the space - time continuum caused by the merger of their cosmic doubles . Historical figures and objects from the past begin falling from the cosmic rip and into the present . 
 Mr. crash - lands the WABAC in Grand Army Plaza at statue 's base . Historical figures and police officers quickly surround them . calls in Animal Control to collect . explains that everything was his fault , but contends that it is all because a dog can not raise a boy . climactically shouts down , saying that if being a dog means being as loving and loyal as is , then he is proud to be a dog too . , her parents , the historical figures , and others all make the same pledge . is able to grant a presidential pardon which is supported by and . 
 As , , , , and try to figure out how to close the rip , suggests they travel into the future . and take off in the WABAC and undo the damage . The historical figures are dragged back to their respective times , with abducting back to his own time as she vows revenge on . 
 returns to school having made great friends with . History , meanwhile , is contaminated with modern traits , while and get married in the Trojan Horse .

( ) , is unhappily married to , ( ) . They have a son who is acting weird . is n't interested in anything but staying fit and cycling ; she teaches spin classes and wins the town 's cycle race every year . Straitlaced is bullied by his retired father - in - law , whose small - town Pharmacy he took over . 
 ( ) , is a bored trophy wife , prescription drug abuser and one of 's best clients . She seduces the unhappy and they begin an affair and do lots of pharmaceuticals . 's life is transformed by " better living through chemistry " . persuades to murder her husband ( ) so that they can run away together by tampering with the dosages of his heart medication . The plan fails when the delivery boy ODs on stolen pharmaceuticals . realises that he ca n't abandon his son who needs him and straightens up . leaves and heads overseas .

is a former race car driver who owns his late father 's garage , Marshall Performance Motors , in Mount Kisco , New York where he and his friends tune performance cars . Struggling to make ends meet , he and his crew participate in street races after hours . After a race , 's former rival conscripts them into completing the build of a rare Ford Shelby Mustang worked on by the late , in exchange for 25 % of the car 's estimated selling price of $ 3 million . The completed Mustang is displayed for auction at a party in New York City . and meet , an English car broker whose client , , wants to purchase the car if they can prove it will drive over 230   mph as claims . Despite 's objections , takes the Mustang to a local race track and successfully drives it at 234   mph , convincing to purchase it for $ 2.7 million . 
 , enraged that disobeyed his order , challenges and his friend to a race after flatly tells that everyone knows is a better driver than him . offers to relinquish his entire share of the Mustang sale if wins , otherwise will have to forfeit his share . The three race on the interstate in three illegally imported Koenigsegg Agera R 's . On the home stretch , , realizing he will lose , intentionally bumps 's car , sending it down a ravine and killing when it bursts into flames . disappears from the scene , and serves two years in jail for involuntary manslaughter , unable to prove that was there . 
 Upon his release on parole , sets out to avenge 's death . He borrows 's Mustang to enter the De Leon , a winner - takes - all supercar race organized by the mysterious Monarch . As a condition , requires to accompany while is driving the Mustang . The pair have to reach San Francisco before the race starts in 45 hours . In Detroit , they cause an interstate chase with the Michigan State Police and upload the footage , leading Monarch to offer the invitation for the De Leon . offers his rare Lamborghini Sesto Elemento to anyone who can stop from entering the race , causing a group of truckers to go after the Mustang as well . 
 The truckers ambush and in Utah , forcing them off the road . , a member of 's crew , appears in a US Army helicopter stolen from the National Guard , and tows the Mustang mid - air to 's crew at the Bonneville Salt Flats , getting himself arrested in the process . and reach San Francisco 's Mark Hopkins Hotel in time to register for the race , but on Nob Hill , a tow truck smashes the Mustang , injuring and leaving without a car for the race . Desperate , meets 's fiancè , his ex - girlfriend and 's sister . Having discovered 's involvement in 's death , gives the location of 's Koenigsegg , which and crew member extract . meets at a San Francisco hospital , and confesses his feelings for her with a kiss , letting her know that he has a " fast " car , and that this is for . 
 The next morning , surprises by showing up in the Koenigsegg and giving him 's engagement ring , informing him that she is through with him . The race is gruelling , with racers and cops alike getting wrecked one by one , eventually leaving and racing side - by - side along the Pacific Coast Highway . attempts to ram off the road , but slams his brakes , causing 's car to crash . Near the finish line , turns around to pull from the burning wreckage before winning the race ( mirroring a vision claimed he had before dying ) . Both are consequently arrested by the California Highway Patrol ; the police prove the belonged to and use that evidence to incarcerate him for killing . After serving 178 days in jail for illegal street racing , is released and meets him at the prison gates in a 2015 Ford Mustang . The couple has five hours to reach a prison in Utah , where is getting released early for good behavior .

Nine years after the events of the show 's third season , former teenage sleuth has left the fictional town of Neptune , California , and moved to New York City , where she is in a relationship with and has a job offer from the prestigious law firm Truman - Mann and Associates . She is contacted by her ex - boyfriend , now a Lieutenant in the United States Navy , who has been accused of murdering his girlfriend , a fellow Neptune High student who became a self - destructive pop star under the stage name " " . He is being bombarded for offers of representation from lawyers , and agrees to return to Neptune and help find one who will best represent him . She reunites with her father , Neptune 's former sheriff - turned - private investigator , who shows her how corruption and classism are rife under Sheriff . 
 investigates the circumstances of 's death . During her investigation , she is dragged to her ten - year high school reunion by friends and . There , she learns that former outlaw biker is now a reformed family man . During the reunion , realizes 's murder is connected to the death of 's best friend , , who disappeared off a boat at sea nine years earlier . After 's nemesis plays a copy of 's college sex tape with , a fight breaks out . The reunion comes to an abrupt end as sets the sprinklers off . She attends an after party and speaks with ; and his fiancée ; and , all of whom were with and on the boat the night disappeared . Meanwhile , while driving home from the reunion , stops to help a driver being harassed by bikers , only to be shot by the driver , a nervous . The sheriff 's department plants a gun so that can claim self - defense , and agrees to prove 's innocence . 
 concludes that those on 's boat nine years ago covered up the circumstances of her death and that someone killed because she threatened to confess . Compromising videos of are posted online , and traces them back to , who has been planting spyware on celebrities and selling the footage . uses 's footage to prove lured out to 's home the night of her murder , suggesting that she and killed and framed . ignores her evidence and refuses to follow up , but unbeknownst to him records the conversation . Having stayed in Neptune longer than planned , calls in New York to explain that she can not return yet , and breaks off their relationship . rescinds their job offer , which results in an argument between and about what she 's doing with her life . 
 has a clandestine meeting with Deputy about 's case , but they are attacked by an unknown driver in a truck who slams into ' car , killing him and leaving in critical condition . and sleep together , reaffirming their relationship . sends bugged flowers to 's apartment and calls her , playing recordings of 's voice , hoping to scare into confessing to being the mastermind behind 's death . panics and calls , revealing his involvement . goes to 's apartment to confront her , where reveals that is the mastermind of 's death and framing : overdosed , and he took photos of a panicked , , and dumping 's body and has been blackmailing them . 's bug broadcasts everything via a radio frequency which she believed to be unused but is actually that of a local radio station . hears their conversation over the radio from his apartment in the building opposite , then shoots and kills through the window before coming after . She calls the police and lures to the basement before beating him unconscious with a golf club . 
 returns to active duty in the Navy but promises to come back to . 's photo and the secret recording of refusing to investigate 's claims leak online , forcing to arrest , with calls to oust from office . and recover from their injuries , but returns to the criminal lifestyle . takes over her father 's private investigator business with as her assistant , resolved to help fight Neptune 's corruption .

In a futuristic dystopian Chicago , society is divided into five factions : Abnegation ( the selfless ) , Amity ( the peaceful ) , Candor ( the honest ) , Dauntless ( the brave ) and Erudite ( the intelligent ) . The remaining population are the Factionless . At the age of 16 , they undergo a Human serum albumin - induced psychological aptitude test which indicates their best - suited faction , though they are allowed to choose any faction as their permanent group at the subsequent Choosing Ceremony . 
 ( ) was born into Abnegation , which runs the government . Her father , ( ) , serves on the ruling council along with the head of Abnegation , ( ) . takes her test with a Dauntless woman named ( ) as her proctor . Her results show the rare quality of equal attributes of multiple factions , meaning she is Divergent . Her divergence includes Abnegation , Erudite , and Dauntless . records her results as Abnegation and warns her to keep the true result a secret , saying that because Divergent can think independently the government can not control them and they are considered threats to the existing social order . 
 The next day at the Choosing Ceremony , 's brother ( ) chooses Erudite . After some indecision , defects to Dauntless . These choices draw attention to and as most Abnegation choose to stay in their faction . After the ceremony , meets ( ) , ( , and ( ) , three other initiates from other factions who also chose Dauntless . and are from Candor , and is from Erudite . The initiates ' commitment and fearlessness are immediately tested , and ( ) , a brutal Dauntless leader , makes it clear that anyone not meeting Dauntless ' high expectations will be expelled from the faction to become Factionless . is the first to volunteer for a leap of faith from a tall building into a dark hole , landing in a net . When ( ) , a transfer initiates ' instructor , asks her name , she shortens it to " " leaving her Abnegation childhood behind . 
 initially struggles in Dauntless training , ranking far below the cutoff after the first evaluation , but with 's help slowly improves . matches her against her nemesis ; — ( ) in a fight . is soundly defeated and wakes up in the infirmary . Informed that she will miss the most important test , Capture The Flag , leaves the infirmary and joins the other initiates , secures her team 's victory , and makes the final cut . 
 In the next phase of training , the initiates face their worst fears in psychological simulations . Divergent are resistant to serums and simulations , so excels at these tests , solving them in peculiar ways , but warns her to solve the challenges as a normal Dauntless would in order to hide her abilities . 
 visits . She tells him that is planning to overthrow Abnegation and become the ruling faction . He does n't believe her . On her return to Dauntless quarters , is attacked by , , and before being rescued by . The next day pleads for ' forgiveness but she refuses , calling him a coward . He later kills himself by jumping into " The Chasm " rather than live with the shame . 
 To prepare her for the final test , takes into his own fear simulations , where she learns that he was , the son of ( her father 's colleague ) . After the simulation , they kiss . then passes her test and is officially initiated into Dauntless . The Dauntless , including and , are injected by Dauntless leadership with a serum supplied by Erudite which is supposedly for tracking , but is actually for mind control . 
 The next morning , the Dauntless prepare to execute Abnegations by the orders of the Erudite and the Dauntless leadership working with them . Divergents are unaffected by the mind control serum . When the mind controlled Dauntless army are preparing for execution , a confused reveals himself by asking everyone what is happening and is shot immediately by . Witnessing this blends in with the army to avoid suspicion . On the train , she carefully makes her way next to . She stands next to him and after a few seconds he reveals himself as a Divergent to for the first time by holding her hand and she is relieved . While the move to raid Abnegation , and separate from the group and attempt to locate ' parents . is suspicious of and tests him by pointing his gun at . breaks their cover and points her gun at . Their identities as Divergents are revealed to the Dauntless leaders and they both get captured . is taken into custody while is ordered to be executed . Her mother ( ) appears and liberates her . now knows that her mother was also Dauntless . She tells her father 's whereabouts and that they have to get back to them immediately . kills one of her friends , , and is really affected by the fact that she had to kill her friend to survive . Unfortunately , her mother is soon shot dead as they flee . has to leave her mother 's dead body to save herself from being killed . 
 finds her father in hiding with several Abnegations , including and . The group sneaks into Dauntless headquarters , where encounters and forces him to lead them to the Erudite 's control center . Her father sacrifices himself in a shootout , and goes in alone to find , who is now under stronger mind control designed for Divergents and attacks her . Using her knowledge of his fears , she manages to wake him from the mind control and the two enter the central control room , where Erudite leader ( ) is about to have the Dauntless army execute the entire Abnegation faction . uses a sample of the mind control serum on her to force her to cancel the program . The group escapes the compound and boards a train out of the complex .

Shailene Woodley
Theo James
Ashley Judd
Jai Courtney
Zoë Kravitz

( ) , an evangelical college student , enrolls in a philosophy class taught by Professor ( ) , an atheist , who demands his students sign a declaration that " God is dead " to pass . is the only student who refuses to sign . Radisson requires to debate the topic with him but agrees to let the class members decide the winner . 's girlfriend ( ) demands either sign the statement " God is dead " or drop Radisson 's class , because standing up to Radisson will jeopardize their academic future . breaks up with for insisting on confessing his belief in God . 
 Radisson gives twenty minutes at the end of the first three lecture sessions to argue that God exists . In the first session , presents his evidence that created the universe . In the second session , argues that macroevolution is not as solid of a theory as it is usually presented . In the first two sessions , Radisson has counter - arguments for some of 's points . Ultimately , it comes down to the third and final debate between and , who again both make compelling points . then halts his line of debate to pose a question to : " Why do you hate ? " After repeats the question twice more , explodes in rage , confirming he hates God for his mother 's death that left him alone despite his prayers . then casually asks how he can hate someone that does not exist . In the end , ( ) , a student from China whose father had forbidden him from even talking about God to avoid jeopardizing 's brother 's chance at overseas study , stands up and says , " God 's not dead . " Almost the entire class follows 's lead , and leaves the room in defeat . 
 dates , an evangelical whom he belittles in front of his fellow atheist colleagues . Her brother ( ) , a successful businessman and atheist , refuses to visit their mother , who suffers from dementia . 's girlfriend is a left - wing blogger who writes articles critical of Duck Dynasty . When she is diagnosed with cancer , dumps her . A Muslim student named ( ) secretly converts to Christianity and is disowned by her infuriated father when he finds out . 
 After the final debate , invites to attend a concert by Christian pop rock group the Newsboys . reads a letter from his late mother , and is moved to reconcile with . confronts the Newsboys in their dressing room , only to ask them to help guide her in converting to Christianity . While on his way to find , is struck by a car and fatally injured . Reverend , who is waiting at the intersection , tends to and helps him become a Christian as he dies . 
 The film 's main characters all convene at the Newsboys concert , where they play a video clip of congratulating . The Newsboys play their song " God 's Not Dead " , dedicating it to Josh.[5 ]

Following the events of the previous film , The find themselves at a loss as to what to do until suggests the Muppets go on a European tour with him as their tour manager . As the Muppets begin their tour , a criminal mastermind named , a near - exact double for in appearance , escapes from a Siberian Gulag and joins his subordinate to begin a plot to steal the Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom . 
 Once the arrive in Berlin , Germany , secures them a show at a prestigious venue . Frustrated with the group 's incessant requests and Miss 's insistence they marry , goes for a walk at 's suggestion . ambushes him and glues a fake mole onto his cheek then slips away . Mistaken for , is sent to the Gulag . Taking 's place , 's blunders in imitating him are covered by ; however , knows the truth . After the Berlin performance opens with freezing at the audience , has to introduce the show . and steal paintings from a museum while the perform . The next morning , Interpol agent and CIA agent grudgingly team up to apprehend the culprit whom believes to be his nemesis " The Lemur " - the number - two criminal in the world . 
 Meanwhile , has attempted several times to escape the Gulag but is thwarted each time by prison guard , who is not only aware of his true identity but is as infatuated with him as Miss is . orders to help organize the prisoners ' annual talent show . 
 Following hidden instructions on the stolen painting , and divert the tour to Madrid , Spain . allows the to perform whatever they wish , much to 's confusion . During this show , and break into a museum and destroy a roomful of busts to find a key needed for their plan . Even though the performance is a disaster , the receive critical acclaim . and deduce that the connection between the crimes is the Muppet tour , and the pair interrogates the , only to find that they are too ill - equipped to be guilty . The instructions on the stolen key lead and to schedule the next show in Dublin , Ireland . 
 In Dublin , discovers that has been giving away show tickets and bribing critics to ensure a packed house and rave reviews , while notices 's resemblance to . They both realize that has taken 's place and brought in as his accomplice . attacks and , but fends him off and the three escape from the train to rescue . During the Dublin performance , steals a locket from a museum and proposes to Miss onstage ; accepts , and the pair plan a ceremony to be held at the Tower of London in London , England , where the Crown Jewels are kept . 
 , , and reach the Siberian Gulag on the night of the performance , and uses it as a front to allow them , himself , and all the prisoners to escape the Gulag . , , , and infiltrate the Tower as the wedding begins , and ( with the help of Baby Band ) manages to steal the jewels . 
 interrupts the ceremony , revealing 's ruse , but the crook takes hostage and flees to a helicopter , where he is intercepted by , who is actually the and intends to double - cross him . ejects him from the helicopter and tries to take off with , but jumps aboard and the rest of the Muppets climb atop each other to stop the escape . and knockout and both criminals are arrested . arrives in London to arrest for escaping . The other Muppets tell her that if she arrests him , then she will have to take all of them as well ; she relents , allowing to go free . The Muppets perform at the Gulag with and the prisoners participating , ending the film .

As a young boy , witnesses his father , , killed by a young - cain . Many years later , an adult is living with his wife and their sons , , and . After seeing a flower grow instantly from the ground and being haunted by dreams of a great flood , takes them to visit his grandfather . 
 They encounter a group of people recently killed and take in and adopt the lone survivor , a girl named , as their daughter . is treated for a serious abdominal wound and will survive , but determines that she will be unable to have children . and his family are chased by the murderers and seek refuge with the fallen angels known as the " Watchers " , in whose territory lives . The Watchers are confined on Earth as stone golems for helping humans banished from the Garden of Eden . gives a seed from Eden and tells that he was chosen for a reason . Returning to his tent that night , plants the seed in the ground . The Watchers arrive the next morning and debate whether they should help until they see water spout from the spot where planted the seed . Once a forest grows instantly , the Watchers agree to help and his family build an ark . 
 After birds fly to the ark , arrives with his followers and confronts . defies and remarks that there is no escape for the line of . retreats and decides to build weapons to defeat the Watchers and take the ark . As the ark nears completion , animals of various species enter the ark and are put to sleep with incense . 
 With having become enamored of , goes to a nearby settlement to find wives for and but , seeing the settlers selling their daughters for food , he abandons his effort and begins believing that the Creator wants all of humanity dead . Back at the ark , he tells his family that he will not seek wives for his younger sons . After the flood , they will be the last humans and there will be no new human generations . 
 Devastated that he will be alone his entire life , runs into the forest . begs to reconsider but , when he will not , she goes to for help . Later , in the forest , encounters who cures her infertility . Meanwhile , , searching for a wife on his own , befriends the refugee . 
 After it starts raining , becomes angry that he was not chosen to be saved and incites his followers to make a run for the ark . finds in the forest and forces to save himself , but leaves to die when she is caught in an animal trap one of the sinners set . 's family enter the ark except for , who remains in the forest and is swept away by the rushing waters just as he finds a single , delicious berry to eat . The Watchers fight off and his mob of followers , sacrificing themselves and ascending to heaven , their reward for protecting the by now somewhat crazed . As the flood drowns the remaining humans , an injured climbs onto the ark and solicits , playing on anger toward for allowing to die . 
 discovers that she is pregnant as the rains stop and begs the Creator to let the child live . interprets the ending of the rain to mean he must ensure the extinction of humans and , against his wife 's protests , resolves that , if the child is a girl , he will kill her . Months pass , and and build a raft to escape 's resolve , but discovers and burns it . then starts feeling labor pains and gives birth to twin girls . In the meantime Ham has called telling him the beasts are awake and eating each other . emerges and attempts to hit . and engage in combat . promises that will not harm their daughters and goes to stop him . He attacks as falls to the ground only to be knocked out . eventually forces to the edge of the raft , but kills him with a dagger before he can shove in the ocean . picks himself up and immediately goes to find and the babies . He is confronted by his wife who lies and tells him it was a boy but he does not believe her . He goes to find on top of the ark , she cries and tells him to wait to kill them until she can calm them down as she does n't want them to die crying . prepares to stab 's twins , but he spares them upon looking at his granddaughters and only feeling love . 
 Upon exiting the ark on the new land , a shameful goes into isolation in a nearby cave , making wine in which to drown his sorrows . expresses disappointment for his father 's current state of unseemly drunkenness and nakedness before leaving his kin to live alone . Having reconciled at the behest of , blesses the family as the beginning of a new human race and all witness waves of immense celestial rainbows .

is the leader of the Drug Enforcement Administration 's Special Operations Team , which consists of , 's wife , , , , , and . 
 During a raid on a cartel warehouse , is killed , the team steals $ 10 million and hides it in the sewer while blowing up the rest to cover their tracks . The money disappears , and their superior suspends them while the DEA investigates the team for the theft . After several months without any confessions or evidence of their participation , the team is reinstated . 
 is killed after an unidentified stranger tows his trailer onto a railroad crossing while he is unconscious and is rammed by a train before he can escape . Atlanta Police homicide detective and her partner are assigned to the case and interrogate 's teammates . 
 notes is aggressively avoiding interrogation , and accompanies her to 's house , hopeful he will cooperate . When they arrive , they find him nailed to the ceiling and disemboweled . recognizes the execution as the modus operandi of the cartels , leading to assume the cartel is hunting the team over the stolen money . 
 and visit , who left the DEA after being suspended , and find him dead after a shootout in which he killed an assailant identified as a cartel enforcer . later visits , who is suspicious of . tells her that 's family was kidnapped by the cartels , who videotaped their murders and later sent the tape to along with the severed body parts of his wife and son . spent months searching for his family 's killers before the team convinced him to move on . apologizes to , and they have sex . 
 traces the dead enforcer 's cellphone to a cartel safe house , which is raided by and his team , but the enforcers are not there . They are later found dead at the bottom of a river near 's house , and Detective realizes that they were killed before and , meaning someone is framing the cartel for killing their team members . 
 reunites the team to tell them what happened , and lashes out and reveals she 's been having an affair with . confides in that they stole the money . and meet with in a local restaurant and kills using a sniper rifle . and have been behind the murders of their teammates . is putting together her gear to leave the country with when figures out she 's behind the murders . He destroys 's passport to prevent her from leaving the country , and attacks him with a knife , killing him . 
 and go to 's house and find 's body stuffed in a refrigerator . calls , pretending to be alone , and arranges a meeting at a parking garage . goes there with Detective , who ducks down in the car , unseen . and ambush , and assists . and drive away , pursued by and . After a lengthy chase , and 's car crashes into a tow truck , the ramp decapitating . 
 and confront a dying , who accuses the team of stealing the money behind her back , motivating her to seek revenge . is puzzled , assuming had stolen the money . tells the dying that he took the money . tries to reach for her weapon and kills her . The local cops arrive and disappears . 
 Weeks later , is in Mexico , where he uses the stolen money to bribe a corrupt police official into helping him identify , the man who murdered his family . finds him in a Mexican bar and kills him and others loyal to him in a shootout and he is shot in the chest . sits at a table , takes a shot of whiskey , lights up one last cigar and smiles as he hears the sirens .

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Terrence Howard
Sam Worthington
Olivia Williams

Two years after the Battle of New York,[N 1 ] works in Washington , D.C. for the espionage agency S.H.I.E.L.D. under Director , while adjusting to contemporary society . and Agent are sent with S.H.I.E.L.D. 's counter - terrorism S.T.R.I.K.E. team , led by Agent , to free hostages aboard a S.H.I.E.L.D. vessel from and his mercenaries . Mid - mission , discovers has another agenda : to extract data from the ship 's computers for . returns to the Triskelion , S.H.I.E.L.D. 's headquarters , to confront and is briefed about Project Insight : three Helicarriers linked to spy satellites , designed to preemptively eliminate threats . Unable to decrypt the data recovered by , becomes suspicious about Insight and asks senior S.H.I.E.L.D. official to delay the project . 
 On his way to rendezvous with , is ambushed by assailants led by a mysterious assassin called . escapes to ' apartment , and warns that S.H.I.E.L.D. is compromised . is gunned down by the Winter Soldier , before handing a flash drive containing data from the ship . is pronounced dead during surgery , and recovers the body . The next day , summons to the Triskelion . When withholds 's information , brands him a fugitive . Hunted by S.T.R.I.K.E. , meets with . Using data in the flash drive , they discover a secret S.H.I.E.L.D. bunker in New Jersey , where they activate a supercomputer containing the preserved consciousness of . reveals that ever since S.H.I.E.L.D. was founded after World War II , Hydra has secretly operated within its ranks , sowing global chaos with the objective of making humanity surrender its freedom in exchange for security . The pair narrowly escape death when a S.H.I.E.L.D. missile destroys the bunker , and realize that is Hydra 's leader within S.H.I.E.L.D. 
 and enlist the help of former USAF pararescueman , whom befriended , and acquire his powered " Falcon " wingpack . Deducing that S.H.I.E.L.D. agent is a Hydra mole , they force him to divulge that Zola developed a data - mining algorithm that can identify individuals becoming threats to Hydra . The Insight Helicarriers will sweep the globe , using satellite - guided guns to eliminate these individuals . , , and are ambushed by , who kills . During the fight , recognizes as , his childhood best friend who supposedly fell to his death on a mission , but actually was captured and experimented upon after WWII . manages to extract the trio to a safehouse where , who had faked his death , is waiting with plans to sabotage the Helicarriers by replacing their controller chips . 
 After the World Security Council members arrive for the Helicarriers ' launch , broadcasts Hydra 's plot to everyone at the Triskelion . , disguised as one of the Council members , disarms . arrives and forces to unlock S.H.I.E.L.D. 's database so that can leak classified information , exposing Hydra to the public . Following a struggle , kills . Meanwhile , and storm two Helicarriers and replace the controller chips , but the Winter Soldier destroys 's suit and fights on the third . fends him off and replaces the final chip , allowing to take control and have the vessels destroy each other . refuses to fight the Winter Soldier in an attempt to reach his friend , but as the ship collides with the Triskelion , is thrown out into the Potomac River . The Winter Soldier rescues the unconscious before disappearing into the woods . With S.H.I.E.L.D. in disarray , appears before a Senate subcommittee and , under the cover of his apparent death , heads to Eastern Europe in pursuit of Hydra 's remaining cells . and decide to find the Winter Soldier , while , who was a double agent for Hydra , is hospitalized following the Triskelion 's destruction . 
 In a mid - credits scene , Baron , at a Hydra lab , proclaims that the " age of miracles " has begun as scientists examine an energy - filled scepter[N 2 ] and two test subjects : one with superhuman speed , the other with telekinetic powers . In a post - credits scene , visits a memorial at the Smithsonian Institution .

The film takes place in two different times : the present and 11 years earlier . The two plot lines are told in parallel through flashbacks . In 2002 , software engineer moves into a new house with his wife , 10 - year - old son , and 12 - year - old daughter . purchases an antique mirror to decorate his office . Unbeknownst to them , the mirror supernaturally induces hallucinations . is haunted by visions of her own body decaying , while is seduced by a ghostly woman named , who has mirrors in place of eyes . 
 Over time , the parents become psychotic ; isolates himself in his office , and becomes withdrawn and paranoid . All of the plants in the house die , and the family dog disappears after being shut in the office with the mirror . After sees with , she tells her mother , and the parents fight . One night , goes insane and attempts to kill her children , but locks her away . When the family runs out of food , the children realize that their father is under the influence of the mirror , so goes to seek help from their mother , and finds her chained to the wall , acting like an animal . and try going to their neighbors for help , but the neighbors disbelieve their stories . When attempts to use the phone , she discovers that all of her phone calls are answered by the same man . 
 One night , unchains , and both parents attack the children . Marie briefly comes to her senses , only to be shot dead by . The children try to destroy the mirror but it tricks them , making them believe they are hitting the mirror when they are actually hitting the wall . also experiences a moment of lucidity and kills himself by forcing to pull the trigger of the gun and shoot him . Before dying , he begs the children to run , but and other victims of the mirror appear as horrific ghosts . The police arrive and take into custody . Before the siblings are separated , they promise to reunite as adults and destroy the mirror . As is taken away , he sees the ghosts of his parents watching him from the house . 
 Eleven years later , is discharged from a psychiatric hospital , having come to believe that there were no supernatural events involved in his parents ' deaths . has spent most of her young adulthood researching the history of the mirror . Using her position as an employee of an auction house , she obtains access to the mirror and has it transported to the family home , where she places it in a room filled with surveillance cameras and a " kill switch " — an anchor weighted to the ceiling . intends to destroy the mirror , but first wants to document its powers , proving 's innocence . 
 attempts to convince that she 's wrong and the siblings argue . When they notice the houseplants begin to wilt , they review the camera footage and see themselves performing actions they have no memory of . finally accepts that the mirror has an evil power and attempts to escape the house with , only for the pair to be drawn back by the mirror 's influence . Seeing a hallucination of her mother , stabs it in the neck , only to realize that she has stabbed her fiancé . They try to call the police , but are only able to reach the same voice who spoke to them on the phone as children . activates the kill switch , realizing too late that stood in its path , and he has killed her . The police arrive and arrest a hysterical , just as they did when he was younger . As both a boy and an adult , claims the mirror is responsible . As he is taken away , the older sees 's ghost standing in the house with his parents .

Spix 's Macaws and and their three children — , , and — are living happily in the city until realizes that her children are becoming more like humans . Meanwhile , 's former owner , and her ornithologist husband , are on an expedition in the Amazon and , after a fall down a waterfall , discover a quick - flying Spix 's macaw that loses one of its feathers . When word gets out about this through television , believes that they should go to the Amazon to help find the blue macaws . While the kids are ecstatic , is uncertain , but he is pressured into going along . , and decide to come along . attempts to follow but fails . brings a fanny pack full of supplies , one of which he uses mostly is a GPS , much to 's displeasure . 
 Meanwhile , the leader of a group in a line of illegal logging named Big Boss , discovers and 's expedition to find the macaws and orders his henchmen to hunt them down to avoid disruptions to their work . Also , and 's old nemesis , , has survived the plane crash from the first film , but he is now unable to fly and is working as a fortune teller / con artist . When he sees and his family flying overhead , he immediately decides to seek revenge on them . He enlists two minions to help him in his plans ; a silent anteater named and a poison dart frog named , who is in love with . and his family use a boat to get to the jungle ( with 's first plan of revenge being inadvertently foiled by ) ; and when they arrive , they find nothing . However , they are eventually taken to a flock of blue macaws that are hiding in a secret paradise land . There , they meet 's stern long - lost father , , his older sister , and 's childhood friend , . seems unimpressed with 's domesticated human behavior . 
 While searching for the macaws , and are eventually trapped by the loggers . Meanwhile , does his best to fit in with the flock , as his family and friends are doing , although the flock ( especially ) are against humans and all things human . Meanwhile , a disguised plans to kill at the new Carnival show after landing in an audition hosted by , , , and . When tries to pick a Brazilian nut for , he accidentally tries to get it in the territory of the Spix macaw 's enemies , the scarlet macaws , led by the hostile . inadvertently causes war between the two tribes for food when he accidentally hits with a twig . The war turns out to be just like football ( soccer ) , and accidentally costs the flock the food when he scores an own goal . 
 visits and 's site , where he discovers that it has been majorly disturbed . After discovering the loggers are destroying the jungle , sends ( who followed ) to warn the flock as he saves and . persuades the macaws to defend their homes , and they easily outmatch the loggers with help from the scarlet macaws and the other animals . Big Boss tries to blow up the trees as a back - up plan , but steals the lit dynamite . goes after , and reveals himself as they are falling down when he tugs on the dynamite . After the dynamite goes off , and engage in a battle while tangled in vines . and try to help by shooting with a dart that has 's poison on it , but it accidentally hits , who gives a Shakespearean death speech before seemingly dying . , in a and Juliet - style , tries to commit suicide by drinking her own poison and the pair are seemingly dead . However , reveals that is n't poisonous at all ( she was lied to by her parents that she was ) . tries to attack one last time , but showers with affection against his will . Meanwhile , Big Boss is eaten by a boa constrictor he encountered . 
 With the flock now under and 's protection , and decide to live in the Amazon with their kids and friends , though still agreeing to visit Rio in the summer . Meanwhile , and are captured by , and are both sent back to Rio . finally arrives in the Amazon after hitching a ride with , and joins the birds ' party .

Dr. ( ) is a scientist who researches the nature of sapience , including artificial intelligence . He and his team work to create a sentient computer ; he predicts that such a computer will create a technological singularity , or in his words " Transcendence " . His wife , ( ) , is also a scientist and helps him with his work . 
 Following one of 's presentations , an anti - technology terrorist group called " Revolutionary Independence From Technology " ( R.I.F.T. ) shoots with a polonium - laced bullet and carries out a series of synchronized attacks on A.I. laboratories across the country . is given no more than a month to live . In desperation , comes up with a plan to upload 's consciousness into the quantum computer that the project has developed . His best friend and fellow researcher , ( ) , questions the wisdom of this choice , reasoning that the " uploaded " Will would be only an imitation of the real person . 's consciousness survives his body 's death in this technological form and requests to be connected to the Internet to grow in capability and knowledge . refuses to have any part of the experiment . demands that leave and connects the computer intelligence to the Internet via satellite . 
 R.I.F.T. 's leader ( ) kidnaps and eventually persuades him to join the group . The government is also suspicious of what 's uploaded consciousness will do and plans to use the terrorists to take the blame for the government 's actions to stop him . 
 In his virtual form and with 's help , uses his new - found vast capabilities to build a technological utopia in a remote desert town called Brightwood , where he spearheads the development of ground - breaking technologies in medicine , energy , biology , and nanotechnology . , however , grows fearful of 's motives when he displays the ability to remotely connect to and control people 's minds after they have been subjected to his nano - particles . 
 FBI agent ( ) , with the help of government scientist ( ) , plans to stop the sentient entity from spreading . As has already spread his influence to all the networked computer technology in the world , and R.I.F.T. develop a computer virus with the purpose of deleting 's source code , destroying him . plans to upload the virus by infecting herself and then having upload her consciousness . A side effect of the virus would be the destruction of technological civilization . This would also disable the nano - particles , which have spread in the water , through the wind and have already started to eradicate pollution , disease , and human mortality . 
 When goes back to the research center , she is stunned to see in a newly created organic body identical to his old one . welcomes her but is instantly aware that she is carrying the virus and intends to destroy him . The FBI and the members of R.I.F.T. attack the base with artillery , destroying much of its power supply and fatally wounding . When threatens to kill unless uploads the virus , explains that he has only enough power either to heal 's physical body or upload the virus . tells that should not die because of what they 've done , so uploads the virus to save . As dies , he explains to that he did what he did for her , as she had pursued science to repair the damage humans had done to the ecosystems . In their last moment , he tells to think about their garden . The virus kills both and , and a global technology collapse and blackout ensues . 
 Five years later , in and 's garden at their old home in Berkeley , notices that their sunflowers are the only blooming plants . Upon closer examination , he notices that a drop of water falling from a sunflower petal instantly cleanses a puddle of oil — and realizes that the Faraday cage around the garden has protected a sample of 's sentient nano - particles . 
 The movie ends with a voiceover by : " He created this garden for the same reason he did everything . So they could be together . "

, a meek salesman , loses his job despite his debt and the people who depend on him : , his mentally handicapped brother ; , his pregnant fiancee ; and an unnamed , abusive father . receives a mysterious phone call that offers him $ 1,000 to assertively kill a fly that has been harassing him . After checks his bank account online and sees that he has been credited , he accepts the next challenge : to eat the dead fly . The caller explains that he will be offered a series of thirteen challenges , each of which will result in greater rewards . If he fails to complete any of them , interfere in the game , or reveals the game , he will forfeit all the money . 
 The next few challenges attract police attention : making a child cry , arson , and scamming a homeless person . When the child identifies in the police station based on wanted posters , Detective takes over the case . becomes concerned about 's secretive and odd behavior , and he explains that he is planning a surprise . For his sixth challenge , is forced to take a corpse out for coffee . Given a strict deadline , panics and brazenly steals a cup of coffee from a police officer . is credited with two challenges for his bold behavior after he threatens to file a complaint about the officer 's public intoxication . 
 After he flees the scene , the caller tells that he has left behind evidence ; however , if he wins the game , his record will be purged . At the same time , tracks a conspiracy theorist that has been investigating the game . Paranoid , the man flees but advises him to kill at his first opportunity . For his next challenge , receives no instructions and is taken to a rural motel . There , a man identifies himself as a former childhood bully , and the caller tells to sever the man 's arm . initially refuses but does so once the man taunts him . After driving the man to the hospital , savagely beats the man 's brother , who was also involved in bullying and , and once urinated on 's face . As a result , he is credited with two more completed challenges . 
 When the police arrive at the banquet hall where and are having their rehearsal dinner , is surprised to discover that they are interested in . To give time to escape , he accepts his next challenge , to destroy the banquet hall while singing The Internationale . Disappointed in his reluctance to break social norms , the caller instructs to surrender to the police , from whom learns that another person has been playing the game . takes and accidentally wounds a hostage to escape and complete the game before the other competitor . As he escapes , he leaves behind his cell phone . Desperate , he takes an old woman hostage when she shows up , sure that she is involved in his next challenge . 
 After feigning ignorance , the old woman reveals his next challenge : to set a stainless steel wire across the road . is horrified when he realizes that a group of bikers have been instructed to speed down the road . Although he disarms the trap in time , the other competitor rearms the trap , and the cyclists are decapitated . Disgusted , quits the game , and , when he returns home , discovers that is the other competitor . reveals that the final challenge is to kill a family member . Although originally tries to talk out of killing their father , becomes homicidal when their father reveals he won the game by killing their mother . To prevent his sons from experiencing the horror of winning the game , their father commits suicide . 
 However , refuses to stop playing the game and attempts to kill . kills in self - defense , though he is stabbed multiple times . is credited for his final challenge , but he forfeits all the money when he interferes with the game by killing , who has murdered the conspiracy theorist and has now arrived to clean up the crime scene . Later , learns that has declined to play the game , and he collapses laughing .

In 2018 , in a dystopian , futuristic Detroit , abandoned brick mansions left from better times house only the most dangerous criminals . Unable to control the crime , city officials built a colossal containment wall that is 40 FT tall and has been constructed around this area known as the projects , or the " no go zone " to protect the rest of the city . Police monitor all movement in and out of Brick Mansions in which schools and hospitals in this dangerous area are shut down . For undercover cop ( ) , every day is a battle against corruption after the death of his father . For French - Caribbean ex - convict ( ) , every day is a fight to live an honest life . starred in District B13 in which he continues his role of a muscular man that is a master of building hoping , fighting , and acrobatics which brings excitement and action to the movie . maintains a charming , intelligent , and consistent character throughout the film . When drug kingpin ( ) kidnaps 's girlfriend and holds her captive as stole a massive amount of heroin and emptied it down a bathtub , reluctantly accepts 's help and together they struggle to save 's girlfriend and stop a sinister plot that involves a stolen bomb set to destroy the entire city . Initially was deceived by trusted police officials as he was under the assumption that was wanted for being a highly dangerous criminal . was not aware that had been making payments to the police station as police officials were corrupt . Formerly trusted police officials allow to leave with 's girlfriend and lock up in a prison cell . kills a police official in attempt to escape and save his girlfriend . is put in the back of a police van where he meets , an under cover cop playing the role of another prisoner . uncuffs his handcuffs , throws the police out of the car , and then helps to escape . At first , and fight both verbally and physically , but they quickly learn how to work together for the greater good . Moreover , there is also some girl fighting action between 's Spanish waitress girlfriend and 's assistant that portrays herself to be bisexual . To overcome is not an easy task as he is an incredibly powerful leader with an army of heavily armed individuals ready to protect him at any cost . Eventually , with the help of and , realizes at the end of the film that his father was killed by his fellow officers that he trusted and that the mayor of Detroit was behind the plot . , and confront the mayor and manage to prove his true intentions and have him publicly humiliated on the news after compromising plotting an attack on Brick Mansions precedence and then he is arrested . is welcomed back into the city , with and continuing their friendship . runs for mayor of Detroit 2018 while promoting the idea of equality and freedom .

OsCorp scientist records a video message to explain his disappearance . Later , he and his wife , , are aboard a private jet hijacked by an assassin sent to kill and his wife . and fight off the man , but the ensuing struggle causes the plane to crash , killing both and , after he uploads the video . 
 In the present time , 's son , , continues to fight crime as Spider - Man . He pursues and apprehends . Later , meets with his girlfriend at their high school graduation ceremony and , insisting he keep his vow to her late father , ends their relationship . 's childhood friend , , returns to Manhattan to see his terminally - ill father , , CEO of OsCorp . explains his illness is genetic , and is at the age where it first develops . gives a small device he claims contains his life 's work . The next day , dies , and is appointed the new OsCorp CEO . 
 While working in an OsCorp laboratory , electrical engineer shocks himself by accident and falls into a tank of genetically - engineered electric eels . They attack him , and he mutates into a living electric generator . Meanwhile , attempts to maintain a friendship with , but she reveals that she may move to England for schooling . Before they can discuss it , wanders into Times Square , accidentally causing a blackout , and is stopped by after a battle . Dillon is taken to the Ravencroft Institute , where he is studied by German scientist Dr. . Meanwhile , the first symptoms of 's illness are showing , and he uses the device gave him to deduce that 's blood could help save him . He asks , who has been selling photos of Spider - Man to the Daily Bugle , to aid him in finding - Man . refuses , unsure of what effects the transfusion would have . Although he later comes to as , he still refuses , and becomes resentful towards . OsCorp vice - president frames for covering up 's accident , removes him as CEO and takes control of Oscorp . 's assistant , , informs him of equipment that could help him , so he makes a deal with , who now calls himself " , " to get him back inside the OsCorp building . There he finds a suit of armor and other equipment made by , as well as venom from the now - destroyed genetically - altered spiders . The venom accelerates 's illness , and transforms him into a goblin - like creature , but the suit 's built - in emergency protocol restores his health and cures his disease . 
 uses information left by his father to locate the video message in an abandoned subway station 's hidden lab . explains that he had to leave because he refused to cooperate with 's plans to make biogenetic weapons . then hears a voicemail from , telling him that she was offered the British scholarship , and is heading to the airport earlier than expected . He catches her and professes his love for her , and they agree to go to England together . causes another blackout , and heads off to battle him as . follows , and together , they restore power , and overload 's body , killing him . 
 The transformed , who now calls himself " " , arrives equipped with 's armor and weaponry . Upon seeing , he deduces Spider - Man 's secret identity and , swearing revenge for being refused the blood transfusion , kidnaps her and takes her to the top of a clock tower . defeats , but his webbing breaks during the battle , and falls . tries but is unable to save her . Mourning her death , the depressed he ends his career as Spider - Man . 
 Five months later , is coping with the aftereffects of his transformation while incarcerated at Ravencroft . His associate , , visits and the pair discuss forming their own team . orders to start with . Later , an unknown team of men break out of prison . Equipped with an electromechanical suit of armor , calls himself the Rhino and rampages through the streets . , inspired by 's graduation speech , resumes his role as Spider - Man , and confronts him .

( ) is a field reporter for KZLA6 , a Los Angeles - based news station . She has a pristine public image , though she has the odd misfortune of provoking the aggression of any cat she ’s near . After she ’s rejected for an anchor position with a network news program in favor of a Bay Area reporter with an Asian last name , she laments the news while mourning the departure of her boyfriend . 
 Having made prior plans with her friends ( ) and ( ) to go clubbing , she agrees to keep their plans in hopes that it will help her feel better about her situation . She ends up highly intoxicated after several shots of liquor and many more drinks thereafter when she and her friends are invited to join a group of men in a booth . When one of the men invites her to leave with him , she instead leaves on her own , only to be trapped on a fire escape when she exits through a one - way door . She ’s rescued by ( ) , a part - time bartender at the club and a romantic fiction writer . ends up going home with where they play several drinking games so can get equally as drunk as , she awakens later in bed with wearing only her undergarments . 
 After a confrontation with ’s cat , slips out of his apartment with only her keys and the clothes on her back ( including a yellow dress that she borrowed from ) , and witnesses her car being towed away with her purse inside . Looking for a way home , she startles a sleeping taxi driver who mistakes her request to take her to the impound lot as directions to a strip club . Having no money , the driver demands lap dances as payment and runs off . She ends up at The Point where Officers ( ) and ( ) interpret her flagging down cars for help as solicitation , and issue her a warning , though they fail to listen to her and render assistance . 
 continues on where she encounters a crack dealer named ( ) whom she chases back to his crack house when police officers ambush them on the street corner . At the crack house , she meets ’s friends ( ) and ( ) who offer her one of their phones to call for help , unfortunately she can not remember anyone ’s number except her own , her parent 's and 's . Desperate , she phones for help , but he angrily rejects her , with discovering during the call that he 's already with someone else . When a rival gang attacks the crack house , escorts out through a drain pipe and they make a run for it . Before parting ways , gives her $ 10 worth of crack that she can hopefully sell or trade for the cash she needs to get home . 
 After attempting to peddle the crack to a rival dealer ( ) , she escapes on a city bus and manages to travel several blocks without paying the fare before the bus driver sprays mace in ’s eyes and ejects her from the bus . 
 After flushing her eyes out from a spigot , she steals a teenager ’s bicycle from the public library and heads towards the freeway until Officers and along with the bike owner track her down . She slips into an Asian massage parlor to evade the police and pretends to be a masseuse , incidentally giving a massage to the cabbie from earlier that night . She eludes the police and , stealing a pair of shoes , she sprints all the way to Interstate 10 , where she crosses just as the traffic returns after an interruption from road construction . 
 She makes it to the impound lot , only to be denied by the clerk . Sneaking into the gate behind a tow truck , she gets into her car only to find that her purse has been stolen . Distraught , she steals her own vehicle but fails to make it out of the lot when the spike strips blow out all four of her tires , and the gate shuts , wedging her vehicle . 
 , and arrive in time , giving her a ride back to the station . However , the “ Carpocalypse ” , previously reported on by for causing massive traffic congestion on LA freeways , stops their journey short . calls KZLA ’s traffic reporter who arrives in his helicopter to pick her up and deliver her to the station . 
 She arrives in time to go on air , only to find out she ’s reporting on her own escapades from the night before . Deciding to set the record straight , she clarifies on all of the misunderstandings and stands up for her actions . The network executives appreciated what they saw and pitch a reality show to her which she holds out on and departs with . Meanwhile , federal agents raid 's apartment after his phone number is connected to a drug ring ; and walk home together .

In 2004 , Broadway diva opened the musical The Haunting of the Opera ( a reference to real - life musical The Phantom of the Opera ) to a packed audience . However , that same night , she was murdered backstage by an unknown assailant wearing the mask of the play 's villain , Opera Ghost . 10 years later in the present - day , 's children and have grown up raised by , a former lover of 's and the producer of a musical theater summer camp on the brink of bankruptcy . When hears that the camp will be producing a kabuki version of The Haunting of the Opera , she decides that she will sneak into auditions one way or another . She manages to convince a camper overseeing the auditions , , to let her in and easily impresses the stage director and wins the lead role of - much to 's dismay . 
 As the opening day grows closer and closer , discovers that will only let her perform on opening day as long as she provides him with sexual favors . He emotionally blackmails her by playing her off of , a camper that will do anything to perform on opening night . tries to ward off 's attentions by only making out with him , which disgusts - whom has largely ignored since the audition . The night before the performance , gives an ultimatum : either she sleeps with him or he gives the opening night performance to . initially acquiesces to 's overtures , but decides at the last minute that she ca n't go through with it . After she leaves , is brutally murdered by someone wearing the Opera Ghost mask , but tells everyone that died by car accident . Unwilling to potentially lose a visit from important Broadway agent , who is only willing to watch the performance if is performing , manages to persuade everyone to perform opening night as planned . 
 That night , tries to warn that was killed and that the murderer is still out there , but his warnings go largely unheeded and the show begins . All seems well with the musical and until later in the performance , when Opera Ghost kills campers , , and , and stops from taking revenge on for performing on opening night . This causes a gap in the performance , which the cast tries to fill with impromptu music and dancing while looks for her missing co - star . She instead finds an ever - increasing number of bodies . 
 manages to intervene when she discovers Opera Ghost trying to kill . This killer is revealed to be , who says that he did it because he did not want to get involved in the acting world , which he saw as corrupt , especially . tells that is the one who kill their mother in a jealous rage . He spent the 10 years trying to avenge his mother 's death and he wants to kill whoever who 's close to . knows about the truth , turns violent , manages to free himself , attacks and fatally stabs him to death . He decides to kill because her brother wants to kill . chases throughout the camp and corners her backstage . Just as is about to kill , she finds a buzz saw and kills him and stumbles onto stage . The audience initially assumes that this was all part of the show and applauds what they believe to be the finale . 
 The film then cuts to the Broadway revival of The Haunting of the Opera with as the lead . As she prepares backstage , Opera Ghost lunges out of the mirror at , only for it to be a hallucination .

is a big - time sports agent who , along with his partner , recently formed their own company . Unfortunately , all of J. B. 's clients have retired , and he is unable to reel in star football player . Desperate to find new clients , realizes India , with over one billion people , has real potential for untapped baseball talent . He approaches investor Mr. with his proposal — a talent contest staged in India called " Million Dollar Arm . " Contestants score points by demonstrating they can pitch a baseball with speed and accuracy . Along with the prize money , two winners will be flown to the U.S. and receive coaching to become legitimate baseball prospects within two years . commits to providing the funding , on the condition the prospects are ready within only one year . With no alternative , reluctantly assures the winners will be ready for a major - league try - out within one year . 
 approaches veteran baseball pitching coach who explains that cricket , the main sport played in India , and baseball have entirely different motions for bowling and pitching , and getting a fresh recruit ready for a try - out within one year is extremely unlikely , if not impossible . points how has nothing to lose and everything to gain by taking up the challenge , and agrees . 
 While is holding down the fort in Los Angeles , flies to India . He is bewildered by the traffic , the overcrowding , and the lax way Indians conduct business . He is joined by the curmudgeonly , a longtime major league scout , and hires as his interpreter . After lengthy try - outs in numerous cities , two youngsters emerge as the winners — and , and they are flown to the U.S. to begin their baseball training . The pair , who grew up in poverty in India and do not speak or understand English , are instantly overwhelmed by the sights and sounds of America . Things soon come to a crunch when they are detained by hotel security for messing with elevator emergency controls , inadvertently getting themselves stuck and setting off the fire alarm . is subsequently forced to invite them to stay at his home . For their baseball training , dumps the pair by House and his staff while he runs off to close more deals . In being treated so , the pair feels like social outcasts . tenant is the only person who genuinely seems interested in their well - being . 
 When takes the boys and to a party thrown by , whom to sign , things get worse when gets drunk after mistakenly drinking a punch with alcohol and becomes sick from binge - eating , forcing an enraged to drive them home , and forfeit the deal with , who signed with someone else . calms him down and makes him realize he is treating the two boys like a business deal . The next day , trades in his Porsche for a Dodge Caravan and joins the boys for their prayers . Ignoring pleas of the two boys ' lack of readiness , insists his terms be fulfilled and the boys demonstrate their baseball skills one year from the time they arrived in the US . ESPN , Sports Illustrated , and local media are joined by numerous major - league scouts to watch the boys pitch . The try - out is a complete disaster , as the pair is both very nervous and pitch without speed or control , failing to impress anyone . 
 convinces that the boys be given another try - out . refused to go along with it , and no scouts are interested in wasting their time on another fiasco . All hope is lost until arranges for to meet the Pittsburgh Pirates head scout who was away in Puerto Rico for the first try - out , and agrees to come . changes his mind and sees the second try - out of and . This time , insists the boys relax and have fun . The scouts are quickly impressed as the pair consistently deliver 90 +   mph fastballs thrown accurately , and both are offered a contract by the Pittsburgh Pirates .

Divorcee goes on a blind date with widower at Hooters ; it goes badly . talks at work to her friend about the experience . discusses his date with his co - worker . They both agree in the separate discussions that things could have gone better . and run into each other while on errands to the pharmacy to get a personal item for one of their own children . They attempt to avoid embarrassment by these purchases and switch between themselves . attempts to sort out the mess by going over to Lauren 's to exchange . is at Lauren 's and has broken up with her boyfriend , 's boss , although they had already paid for a trip to Africa . committed to using 's portion of the holiday without knowing that intended using 's . Also , the hotel accommodation for and was a romantic suite . 
 The families are put together for a " blended familymoon " , where they get together with other couples , including the oversexed and , 's new bride and quite his junior to the chagrin of their teenage son , whom 's oldest daughter develops a crush on at first sight . 
 The kids make an awkward impression with each other , with calling his mom " hot , " and the others not knowing how to react to acting like her mom is there with her , as she is not ready to let go of her quite yet . Over time though , they begin to bond with each other and each other 's parent . 
 makes the boys happy by helping them with adventurous sports , and they slowly warm up to him , ultimately seeing him as a father figure they needed , while takes care of the girls , and helps to change her tomboyish look into a more feminine one drawing the attention of , who becomes her boyfriend . is pleasantly surprised by her change of appearance and he and begin to warm up to each other as time passes . They inadvertently get together for a couples massage and have fun with each other . Afterwards , the girls prove their affection for , when asks for her to put her to bed . does so and sings " Somewhere Over the Rainbow , " which , unknown to her , was the song 's mom used to sing . The other girls pretend to sleep , while realizing how much they truly love . She returns this feeling when she maternally kisses each girl 's forehead as she says goodnight . starts to realize the depth of his feelings for . 
 On the last night of the trip , puts on a beautiful black dress that she admired earlier . She wears it that evening and receives admiration from everyone . While the children are pulled away for a kids - only buffet , briefly smiles at , causing her to tearfully tell how truly happy she is , and them to agree that they are ultimately going to be a beautiful family . Meanwhile , and are sat down for a romantic dinner , which soon discovers was actually planned by specifically for her . They chat briefly about basic parenting techniques and then pull in for a kiss ; however , at the last second , pulls away , apologizing and explaining that he " ca n't do it " . 
 After returning home , realizes he misses and that he 's fallen in love with her , which he admits to his daughters who are ecstatic with the news . Although is not fully ready to move on from her mother 's passing , she also does n't want her dad , or herself to lose . She starts to move on by telling her dad that her mom said that she had other things to do in Heaven and would n't be around as much . At the kids ' behest , goes to 's house to give her flowers , only to find her ex - husband there , pretending to be back with . gets excited to see and wants to play ball , but sadly leaves and bails on his son again . later tries to make a move on , but she refuses because of his continuous failure to be a good father , as well as having an affair with his receptionist during their marriage . 
 That following Saturday , and go to support at his game , along with , , whom has worked things out with , and his kids . , once again , is a no - show . and his daughters arrive to show encouragement , inspiring to hit the ball . then finds and they admit to wanting to be together , and they finally kiss , to the happiness of their kids , who realize that they are already a family .

, startled by the sound of a door window breaking , wakes her husband , . He accidentally shoots the intruder , identified as , a wanted felon . is shaken by the experience . visits the cemetery on the day of 's burial where 's father , — a paroled convict — accosts in his car , making a veiled reference to 's son , . Alarmed , picks up from school and arranges for to meet them at the police station . Though follows him to his son 's school , the police decline 's request for help . However , when the arrive home to find their front door broken in , the family is put under police protection . 
 Police are posted around the house , including one guard inside , hoping to catch when he returns . It turns out that never left and has been hiding in the house 's crawlspace since the initial break - in . He emerges and knocks out the guard , goes into 's room , and locks the door . When is alerted to 's presence inside the house by the sound of water dripping from the open crawlspace hatch , he alerts the observing police and breaks down 's bedroom door . has already escaped out the window and to a nearby river , however , and is tracked to Mexico — where he is apprehended . The police invite to the station to close the case , and , while there , notices a wanted poster for " " , who looks different from the man he shot . repeatedly attempts to point out the contradiction to officer , but dismisses this as a trick of memory due to shock and refuses to discuss the issue . 
 sees taken away in an unmarked police car , which he follows . He sees the police forcibly remove from the car , and inject him with an unknown substance , splash him with alcohol , and leave him on train tracks to die . saves from an approaching train . at first does not believe 's claims that the man he shot was not . The two exhume 's grave and confirms that the body In the coffin is not his son . notes that the man 's finger tips have been cut off to prevent identification . 
 visits at work and claims that changed his appearance to avoid capture , explaining the discrepancy in the wanted poster . is visited by — a private investigator known by — who says the name is tied to several widely circulated news stories about the killing of a burglar . theorizes that after became involved with the Dixie Mafia , he was caught by Federal investigators , who faked 's death and placed him in Witness Protection in exchange for information . 
 , , and learn that might be living in Houston under the name " " . When they attempt to meet him at his new home , they instead find a number of home videos which turn out to be snuff films , one of which features beating a woman to death with a baseball bat . wants to take the tape to the police . believes the police already know about the videos but are unconcerned because is far more valuable as an informant against the Dixie Mafia while the victims are illegal immigrants whom few will miss . resolves to kill his own son at any cost . 
 They track to a remote mansion where he and his associates are making another snuff film . They infiltrate the mansion and begin killing everyone they encounter . When is the last survivor , hesitates to kill him , and is shot . shoots both and before finally wounds him . declares himself as 's father , shoots his son in the head , and dies from his own wounds shortly after . and set the mansion ablaze and escape with the hostage . The next morning returns home to his family .

In a dystopian future , Sentinels have been programmed to identify and hunt down mutants and their human allies who carry the mutant gene for extermination . During a Sentinel raid which overwhelms nearly every mutant in Russia , sends 's consciousness back in time a few days before the attack , in an effort to warn the X - Men so as to ensure their survival . 
 Professor and other mutant survivors later meet at a remote Chinese temple , and explains the history of the Sentinels , which were designed by , whom assassinated in 1973 ; 's DNA was then modified by scientists to advance the Sentinel program . Using 's ability to send a mutant 's consciousness back in time , and plan to alter history by preventing ’s assassination . While initially plans to be the candidate , volunteers instead since his regenerative powers would allow him to survive the process . 
 After awakening in his younger body in 1973 , arrives at the X - Mansion , discovering the school has been shut down and that the younger can walk due to a specialized serum suppressing his mutant abilities . Hoping to reunite with , agrees to help bust out of his prison cell under the Pentagon , aided by and . 
 discovers has been experimenting on mutants and in revenge plots to assassinate him at the Paris Peace Accords . Her vengeance results in failure after , , and intervene , and attempts to kill her to prevent the Sentinel takeover from happening . During the fight , , , and expose themselves as mutants to the world . takes advantage of this event and successfully convinces President to initialize the Sentinel program . 
 obtains his signature helmet to block out ’s psychic powers and secretly takes control of 's Sentinel prototypes . abandons the serum , regaining his mutant power , and communicates with his future self , who inspires him to protect the relationship between mutants and mankind . After using Cerebro to track , he , and take flight to Washington , D.C. to put an end to her assassination plot on . 
 At a ceremony where unveils the , , , and search for the disguised . appears , controlling the Sentinels , and uses the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium to surround the White House . transforms into and fights a Sentinel . confronts , but is thrown into the Potomac River . , , and hide in a safe room beneath the White House , but rips it out of the building with the intention of killing the U.S. President . 
 In the future , the Sentinels launch an attack on the X - Men , slaying most of them . In the present , persuades to spare after she saves President from , altering history and erasing the Sentinels from existence . and both leave , one a criminal , the other a hero ; and is jailed for attempting to sell U.S military secrets to Vietnamese officials . 
 wakes up at the mansion in the present day to find , , , , , , , and all alive . speaks to , who is also aware of the changes in history . Back in 1973 , the younger is rescued by , who is disguised as . 
 In a post - credits scene , an Egyptian crowd is seen chanting to , who telekinetically elevates building blocks to forge pyramids as four horsemen observe him from afar.[6][7 ]

is a powerful fairy living in the Moors , a magical forest realm bordering a human kingdom . As a young girl , she meets and falls in love with a human peasant boy named , whose love for is overshadowed by his ambition . As they become older , the two grow apart , and becomes protector of the Moors . When King tries to conquer the Moors , mortally wounds him and forces him to retreat . As he lies dying , he declares that whoever kills will be named his successor and marry his daughter , Princess . visits in the Moors . He drugs her , but can not bring himself to kill her . Instead , he cuts off her wings with iron , which is lethal to fairies , and presents them to the king . Devastated by 's betrayal , turns the Moors into a dark kingdom . She finds a raven named to act as her wings , spy and confidant . She transforms him into different forms as needed , including human . 
 After some time , informs that , now king , is hosting a christening for his newborn daughter , . Bent on revenge , arrives uninvited and curses the infant princess : on her sixteenth birthday , she will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into a deep sleep from which she will never awaken . When begs for mercy , mocks him and offers an antidote : the curse can be only broken by true love 's kiss . Fearing for his daughter 's safety , sends to live with three pixies — , , and — until the day after her sixteenth birthday , while he destroys all the spinning wheels in the kingdom and hides their remnants in the castle dungeon . He sends his armies to find and kill , but she surrounds the with an impenetrable wall of thorns . King slips into madness and paranoia , trying to prevent the curse , even neglecting to see his wife on her deathbed . 
 Despite her initial dislike for , begins to care for her when the bumbling and neglectful pixies fail to do so . After a brief meeting with the young , watches over her from afar . When is fifteen , she encounters . Knowing that she is being watched over , she calls her " fairy godmother . " tries desperately to undo the curse but is unsuccessful , as the curse proves to be unbreakable by any means other than true love 's kiss . In the forest , meets Prince , and the two are attracted to each other . On the day before Aurora 's sixteenth birthday , tells that she would like to live with her in the Moors . When returns to the cottage , the pixies inadvertently tell of her past . Having learned of 's true identity , runs to her father 's castle . 
 After a brief reunion with his daughter , locks her away in a room for her own safety while setting up a plan to kill . However , the power of the curse draws to the dungeon , where a spinning wheel magically reassembles itself . She pricks her finger and falls into a deep sleep , fulfilling the curse . , intent on saving , abducts and infiltrates 's castle , but 's kiss fails to awaken . At her bedside , apologizes to and kisses her forehead . awakens , as 's motherly feelings towards her count as true love . However , as and attempt to leave , they are ambushed by and his guards , with an iron net dropping on her . transforms into a dragon , and he battles 's guards , but he is eventually caught as well . taunts , who is dizzy and sick from the iron , his former love for her fully gone , but before he can deliver a killing blow , finds her wings and releases them . They fly to and reattach themselves . carries to the top of the castle 's highest tower and beats him easily and quickly in battle , but can not bring herself to kill him . attacks her as she turns away , however , and both plummet from the tower . breaks away and sends to his death . 
 In the end , returns the Moors to its former glory , and is crowned queen to unify the two kingdoms .

In 1882 , in the town of Old Stump , Arizona , a cowardly sheep farmer named ( ) is dumped by his girlfriend ( ) as a result of his withdrawal from a gunfight . He prepares to leave for San Francisco , believing that the frontier offers nothing for him . Meanwhile , infamous outlaw ( ) robs and kills an old prospector ( ) for a gold nugget . He orders his right - hand man ( ) to escort his wife ( ) to Old Stump to lie low while he continues his banditry . and arrive in Old Stump under the guise of two siblings intending to build a farm , but is arrested after shooting the Pastor 's ( ) son ( ) in a saloon . During the ensuing fight , saves from being crushed to death by two of the brawlers , and the two become close friends . They attend a county fair where 's new boyfriend , the haughty ( ) , challenges to a shooting contest . is defeated , but steps in and defeats . mocks , who angrily challenges to a duel in a week 's time . then spends the week teaching how to shoot . 
 During a barn dance the night before the duel , slips a Mickey . After leaving the dance , and kiss before heading home . Upon breaking out of jail and murdering the sheriff , witnesses the kiss and reports it to . On the day of the duel , arrives late and goes into convulsions from the laxative he had unknowingly drunk . , who has decided that is not worth fighting for , once again forfeits the duel . He retires to the saloon , but arrives and demands to know who kissed his wife . When no one comes forward , shoots a nearby cowboy ( ) . He reveals that is his wife and threatens to continue killing unless his wife 's lover duels him at noon the next day . later forces to reveal 's name and then prepares to have sex with her , but she knocks him unconscious and escapes . 
 returns to 's farm , where he angrily shouts at her for lying to him . pursues to the farm ; helps her escape , then escapes himself . While fleeing , he is captured by a tribe of Apache Indians , who threaten to burn him alive . The Indians spare him when he reveals that he can speak their language . They give him a bowl of peyote , which sends him flashing back to his birth and through painful events of his childhood before making him realize that he loves . Meanwhile , recaptures in town , in front of 's ( ) house . returns to Old Stump and confronts . He wounds with a bullet poisoned with rattlesnake venom before his own gun is shot out of his hand , but he manages to stall until fatally succumbs to the poison . attempts to win back , but he rejects her and instead happily enters a relationship with . also receives a bounty for killing and uses the money to buy more sheep . 
 Later at the Fair , the proprietor of a racially charged shooting game called " Runaway Slave " asks who would like to take a shot . ( ) steps up and shoots the man while commenting that " people die at the fair " .

Seth MacFarlane
Charlize Theron
Amanda Seyfried
Neil Patrick Harris

In 2015 , an alien race called Mimics arrive in Germany to storm and conquer continental Europe . In 2020 , the United Defense Force ( UDF ) achieves one solid victory over the Mimics at Verdun . In Britain , General of the UDF commands Major to cover a massive assault on France . , who has no combat experience , objects and threatens to put the blame on should the invasion result in failure . has arrested for disobeying orders and orders him sent to Heathrow Airport , now a military base . wakes up to find has falsified records to make it appear he is only a private and has assigned him to the misfit J squad under the command of Master Sergeant . 
 The invasion of France is a colossal failure for the UDF . During the battle , uses a Claymore mine to kill an unusually large blue Mimic but dies when the alien 's blood dissolves him . is jolted awake and finds himself back at Heathrow experiencing the events of the previous morning over again . attempts to warn that the invasion will fail but is not believed . He repeats the loop of dying on the beach and waking at Heathrow over and over again , becoming more skilled in combat each time . During one time loop unsuccessfully attempts to save the life of Sergeant , who realises that can loop time . She orders him to locate her the next time he wakes up . 
 reawakens and locates , who takes him to Dr. . is an expert in Mimic biology and explains that Mimics are a superorganism in which the " Omega " controls the cerebrum , while the " Alphas " behave as the ganglia in which the Omega controls ordinary Mimics . If an Alpha is terminated , the Omega resets the day and rearranges its tactics until the battle is won . inadvertently " hijacked " their ability to reset time through his exposure to an Alpha 's blood . had this ability at Verdun , using it to win the battle before losing its power when she was wounded in battle and receiving a blood transfusion . She tells to locate and kill the Omega in order to end the alien invasion and save the human race . 
 Over many more loops trains to excel in combat . After one frustrating lesson visits London and discovers that the Mimics will attack there after defeating the UDF in France . also begins having visions of the dam in Germany that the Omega is hiding in . and spend many loops figuring out how to escape the invasion and reach the dam . comes to know and falls in love with her , but is only interested in the mission . Upon reaching a point where she is killed whatever they do , decides to fly to the dam on his own . Inside the dam , instead of finding the Omega , he is ambushed by an Alpha and Mimic who attempt to strip him of his ability to reset time . preserves the ability by deliberately drowning himself . 
 and infiltrate the MoD to obtain a prototype device built by that can locate the Omega . compels General to give him the device , and during the ensuing car chase discovers that the Omega is under the Louvre Pyramid in Paris . is captured and seriously injured , he wakes up in a hospital to find he has been given a blood transfusion and has lost the ability to loop time . 
 frees and they recruit J squad to help destroy the Omega before the invasion begins . They fly to Paris , where the other soldiers sacrifice themselves so that and can get into the Louvre . Just before luring away an Alpha standing between them and the submerged Omega , kisses to thank him for getting her as far as he did . The Alpha kills and mortally wounds , but he manages to drop a belt of grenades that kill the Omega . 
 The dying floats down through the water , into the Omega 's blood . He awakens en route to his first meeting with , who is announcing on TV that Mimic activity has ceased following a mysterious energy surge in Paris . , still a major , goes to Heathrow and finds . She greets him as icily as she did in previous loops , causing to chuckle .

is a teenager living in Indianapolis , who has terminal thyroid cancer that has spread to her lungs . Believing she is depressed , her mother urges her to attend a weekly cancer patient support group to help her make friends with individuals who are going through the same thing . There meets , a charming teenager who lost a leg to bone cancer but has since apparently been cancer - free . He invites to his house where they bond over their hobbies and agree to read each other 's favorite books . recommends An Imperial Affliction , a novel about a cancer - stricken girl named that parallels her experience , and gives Counter Insurgence . They keep in touch via text over the weeks that follow and grow closer . After finishes the book , he expresses frustration with its abrupt ending ( it ends in the middle of a sentence ) . explains that the novel 's mysterious author , ( ) , retreated to Amsterdam following the novel 's publication and has not been heard from since . 
 Weeks later , tells he has traced assistant , , and has corresponded with by email . She writes to him to find out more about the novel 's ambiguous ending . replies that he is only willing to answer her questions in person . asks her mother if she can travel to Amsterdam to visit him , but refuses because of financial and medical constraints . suggests that she use the " cancer wish " she received from Make - A - Wish Foundation but explains that she has already used hers to visit Walt Disney World . and go on a picnic date and begin to fall in love . surprises with tickets to Amsterdam . After a medical setback , 's doctors eventually agree to allow the trip , since they expect that she will soon become incapable of doing anything at all . 
 and arrive in Amsterdam and are presented with reservations at an expensive restaurant , pre - paid by Van . During the meal , confesses his love for . The following afternoon , they go to house , but are shocked to find he is a mean - spirited alcoholic . arranged the meeting and their dinner without knowing anything about it . Angered by his assistant 's actions , he taunts for seeking serious answers to a piece of fiction and belittles her medical condition . She leaves , utterly distraught . invites them to go sightseeing to make up for their ruined experience . The three visit the Anne Frank House , where struggles to climb the house 's many stairs . They spend that night together in their hotel and have sex for the first time . The next day tells that his cancer has returned and spread throughout his body and is terminal . is heartbroken , expressing how unfair life can be . 
 After their return to Indianapolis , ' health worsens . He is taken to the ICU and realizes he is close to death . invites his blind best friend and to his pre - funeral , where they deliver eulogies that they have both prepared . tells him she would not trade their short time together for anything , since he " gave me a forever within the numbered days . " dies eight days later and is astonished to find at the funeral . He tells her that had demanded he attend his funeral to make up for the spoiled trip . tells her that the novel is based on the experiences of his daughter , who died from leukemia at a young age . He gives a piece of paper which she crumples up asking him to leave . Later , talking with , learns that had asked to help him write a eulogy for her . She retrieves the crumpled paper and reads his words accepting his death and about his love for her . She lies on her back on her lawn looking up at the stars , smiling as she remembers and says : " Okay . "

Two years following their success in the 21 Jump Street program , ( ) and ( ) are back on the streets chasing narcotics . However , after failing in the pursuit of a group of drug dealers led by ( ) , Deputy Chief ( ) puts the duo back on the program to work for Captain Dickson ( ) – now located across the street at 22 Jump Street . Their assignment is to go undercover as college students and locate the supplier of a drug known as " WHY - PHY " ( Work Hard ? Yes , Play Hard ? Yes ) that killed a student photographed buying it on campus from a dealer . 
 At college , quickly makes friends with a pair of jocks named ( ) and ( ) , the latter being a prime suspect of the investigation . starts attending parties with the jocks who do not take as kindly to . Meanwhile , gets the attention of an art student , ( ) , by feigning an interest in slam poetry . The two sleep together , to the disapproval of 's roommate ( ) , and later finds that is the daughter of Captain , whom bragged to about " getting laid " , much to 's fury . Despite sleeping together , tells not to take it seriously , and he starts to feel left out as bonds more and more with who encourages him to join the football team . 
 When and are unable to identify the dealer , they visit Mr. ( ) and ( ) in jail for advice . After confessing the two are having regular intercourse , points out a unique tattoo on the arm of the dealer in the photograph . Whilst hanging out with and , notices that does not have the tattoo but sees it on 's arm . and are invited to join the fraternity led by the jocks , but refuses , furthering the tension between the two as passes their requirements . They later realize that is not the dealer but rather another customer . Soon afterwards , they find and his men on campus , but again evades them . reveals to that he has been offered a football scholarship with and is uncertain about his future as a police officer . Afterwards , reveals his true identity and moves out of the dorm , angering . 
 Spring break arrives , and goes after . He is joined by , so the two can have one final mission together . The pair head to the beach where is likely to be dealing WHY - PHY . Inside a bar , they find , who is 's daughter , giving instructions to other dealers . The pair , backed up by and the rest of Jump Street , ambush the meeting . flees , while is knocked out by . While pursuing , is shot in the shoulder . attempts to escape in a helicopter ; and manage to jump across to it , but they fall into the sea due to 's injured arm . However , is able to throw a grenade into the helicopter . celebrates his victory prematurely while the grenade explodes , sending the totalled remains into the sea . tells that he still wants to be a police officer as he believes their differences help their partnership , and the two reconcile in front of a cheering crowd . approaches them claiming to have a new mission undercover at a med school . 
 During the credits , and go on to a variety of undercover missions to different schools , which are portrayed as fictional sequels , an animated series , and a toy line . One mission features Detective ( ) while another sees the return of , who survived the helicopter explosion . In a post - credits scene , reveals to that he is late , implying he is pregnant .

Channing Tatum
Jonah Hill
Ice Cube
Peter Stormare
Dave Franco

Five years after the Viking village of Berk and the dragons made peace , they now live together in harmony . goes on adventures with his dragon , Toothless , as they discover and map unexplored lands . Now 20 years old , he is being pressed by his father , , to succeed him as chieftain , although remains unsure if he is ready for this responsibility . 
 While investigating a burnt forest , and discover the remains of a fort encased in ice and meet a group of dragon trappers led by , who blames them for his fort 's destruction and attempts to capture their dragons for an insane conqueror named . The two dragon riders escape and return to Berk to warn about the dragon army that is amassing . orders the villagers to fortify the island and prepare for battle . , however , refuses to believe that war is inevitable . After interrupts 's plan to get to take him to , explains that he once met at a gathering of chiefs , where , mocked after offering the chiefs his service in return for their servitude , murdered them all using armored dragons , with as the only survivor . Undeterred , flies off with in search of to try to reason with him . 
 They run into a dragon rider named , who is revealed to be 's long - lost mother . She explains that she , like her son , could not bring herself to kill dragons . After being carried off during a dragon raid , she spent 20 years rescuing dragons from 's traps and bringing them to an island nest created out of ice by a gigantic Alpha dragon called a " Bewilderbeast " , which is able to control smaller dragons . tracks to the nest , where he discovers that his wife is still alive . Meanwhile , and the other riders kidnap to find , but captures them and learns of 's dragons . 
 and his armada lay siege to the nest , where he reveals that he has his own Bewilderbeast to challenge the Alpha . A battle ensues between the two colossal dragons , which ends with 's Bewilderbeast killing its opponent and becoming the new Alpha . 's Bewilderbeast then seizes control of all the adult dragons , which hypnotically obey . tries to persuade to end the violence , but orders him killed . , under the Bewilderbeast 's influence , approaches and launches a blast , but pushes out of the way and is hit instead , dying as a result . The momentarily relinquishes control of , but drives him away in a fit of despair . maroons and the others on the island and rides , again under the control of the , to lead his army to conquer . is given a Viking funeral and , now having lost both his father and dragon , is unsure what to do . encourages him by telling him that he alone can unite humans and dragons , and inspired by her words and his father 's , decides to return to Berk to stop . 
 The dragon riders fly baby dragons back to Berk , as they are immune to the Bewilderbeast 's control . They find that has already attacked the village and taken control of its dragons . confronts and a brainwashed while the other riders work to distract the . succeeds in freeing from the Bewilderbeast 's control , much to 's surprise . and briefly separate from the Bewilderbeast and confront on the ground , but the Bewilderbeast attacks them , encasing them in ice . However , blasts away the ice , revealing that both and he are unharmed . He then challenges the Bewilderbeast , shooting it in the face repeatedly , which breaks its control over the other dragons , who side with as the new Alpha dragon . All the dragons repeatedly fire at the Bewilderbeast until fires a final massive blast , breaking its left tusk . Defeated , the Bewilderbeast retreats under the sea with on its back . The Vikings and dragons celebrate their victory and is made chieftain of Berk . 
 Afterwards , Berk undergoes repairs while feeling secure knowing that its dragons can defend it .

In Belleville , New Jersey in 1951 , performs together with his brother , and their friend , as The Variety Trio . He meets 16 - year - old , a barber 's son , already well known in the neighborhood for his singing voice . has the admiration of Genovese Family mobster , who takes a personal interest in him . 
 One night , the group attempts a robbery of a safe , resulting in the police later arresting them . In court , is let off with a warning , but is sentenced to six months in prison . After his release , reunites with the group , and adds as lead singer . changes his professional name to , and then . At a performance , is entranced by a woman named . He takes her to dinner , and they are soon married . 
 The group , now called " The Four Lovers , " is in need of a songwriter after leaves . 's friend , , tells him about a talented singer - songwriter , , and invites him to hear the group perform . is impressed with 's vocals , and agrees to join . 
 The band , having recorded several demos , attempts to attract interest , but has little success . One day , in New York City , producer signs them to a contract . However , they quickly realize that it only allows them to perform back - up vocals for other acts . says that the group does not have a distinctive image or sound yet . Inspired by a bowling alley sign , the band is renamed " The Four Seasons , " and they sing a new song has written , " Sherry " , to , who agrees to record it . 
 " Sherry " quickly becomes a commercial success , followed by two more , " Big Girls Do n't Cry " and " Walk Like a Man " . However , before an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show , is approached by mobster , a loan shark for one of the other Five Families , who claims that owes him $ 150,000 . goes to , who gets to allow the group to pay the debt , which turns out to be considerably larger . must go to work for the mob 's associates in Las Vegas until it is paid . , irritated by 's irresponsibility , not being involved in the group 's decisions , and never being able to see his family , also leaves the group . 
 Forced to tour constantly to pay the debt , the band hires a set of studio musicians , and becomes and the Four Seasons , with now acting solely as songwriter and producer . learns from his now ex - wife , , that his daughter , , now a drug addict , has escaped from home . meets his estranged daughter and regrets not acting as a better father for her when she was growing up . He also arranges for to offer her singing lessons and for to cut a demo for her . 
 A few years later , the group has finally paid off 's debt . However , this coincides with the news of 's death by drug overdose . and both grieve for their daughter . composes a new number for to sing , his first as a solo artist . At first , is hesitant , as he is still in mourning , but eventually agrees . The track , " Ca n't Take My Eyes Off You " , becomes a commercial success . 
 In 1990 , the Four Seasons are about to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . The band performs " Rag Doll " onstage , their first performance together in over twenty years . The music fades as the four men take turns addressing the audience . , in an ironic twist , now works for , who has went on to become an Oscar - winning actor . claims to have no regrets about leaving the group , enjoying the time he spends with his family . has retired to Nashville , Tennessee . Lastly , states that the best time he had during his time with the Four Seasons was before their success , " when everything was still ahead of us and it was just four guys singing under a street lamp . "

John Lloyd Young
Erich Bergen
Vincent Piazza
Christopher Walken

( ) begins by saying how Las Vegas has always been a place for casinos and showgirls , and is the perfect place for couples to get married . 
 and his friends are all in Las Vegas for the wedding of ( ) and ( ) , with her son ( ) and mother ( ) joining them . ( ) and ( ) arrive , with 's womanizing past constantly being brought up by old friends and former flames , including the concierge at the hotel , who throws her drink in his face . ( ) and his wife ( ) are trying to get a spark back in their marriage . ( ) and ( ) have married and are now trying for a baby . ( ) and ( ) are reunited after spending time away from each other , and they make out in the limousine . Finally , pulls up to the hotel in a gaudy sports car , happily getting away from his wife ( ) . 
 The men and women separate to enjoy their day . books himself a lavish suite and intends to go all out for a wild weekend . 
 's overbearing mother ( ) does n't approve of his engagement with , still thinking no woman is good enough for her son . even takes over the bachelorette party duties , even though is the maid of honor . The women start to have a party for , complete with their own blow - up doll ( named Idris ) , until makes up her own party , which is boring . This , along with 's desire to have the perfect wedding , heaps on the stress . 
 Among other problems plaguing the couples include being called by her boss ( ) , who tells her she is being considered for a C.O.O. position in New York , meaning she will be separated from . tries to get to have sex with her and by roleplaying " Game of Thrones " characters , but has reservations about becoming a father . He 's also not thrilled about having to give up smoking weed , and he instead brought weed breath strips . is ready to marry , but shows hesitation . 
 While the ladies have to deal with , and conspire to set her up with 's Uncle . takes the ladies out to dinner , and after plans to take to see . Uncle ( ) shows up and begins flirting with . The ladies leave them to go see together , so they can leave to have fun . Elsewhere , the guys are hitting the casinos , with trying to score as much as he can . They run into 's old frat brothers ( ) and ( ) , who just want to party . is then pulled aside by a chef who offers him a position there in Vegas , which could possibly jumpstart his career . 
 The ladies gives a makeover and giving her a black suit ( complete with a montage ) to undo her frumpy housewife look to a more alluring style . They then take the guys ' party bus to the club , forcing the guys to either take a - type bus , or walk . They choose the latter . On the bus , the ladies find 's weed strips and take them , while gets a call from her boss who officially makes her COO . 
 finds himself in trouble when finds out that he 's been using her card to pay for his expenses , running her up to $ 40,000 in charges . He tries to win it back at the casino , putting it all on his " lucky number " 15 . While his back turned , pulls the chips away to leave only one to spare the loss . However , the ball does land on 15 , and is angry at . Meanwhile , the ladies start to feel the effects of dance clubs , and they end up making an impromptu video to " Poison " . 
 As a last resort , takes the guys to the club ( the same one the ladies are at ) for amateur 's night , dressing in various costumes to try and win some money . This , however , turns into a disaster when sees getting a lap dance ; he charges to attack the dancer , leading to an all - out fight between the guys , the ladies , and the dancers . They are all put in jail for the night . 
 Realizing that the wedding is in a few hours , they all try to call someone for help , but with no luck : is busy spending the night with in her room ; is already shacking up with ( who appears as himself ) ; 's mother has gone to pick up his kid . sees the way he talks to his child , and is influenced to become a father . The guys blame for getting them into this mess . 
 sees the messages on her phone and rushes to bail them out . Everybody rushes to the venue for the wedding , but they are too late , and their spot has been taken ; runs away crying , and leaves without a word . The couples decide to resolve their problems , except for and . decides that he 's finally committed to being a father , and reveals she might be pregnant ( though she claims to be a week late ) , bringing the two closer . and admit that they were considered for good jobs , but they each turned them down so they could be together . explains and apologizes to for everything that 's been going on , and finally proposes to her ; accepts . 
 is unable to find and looks for him in 's room . She tells maybe it was for the best and that if she really loves her son , she would finish packing and leave him , making more overwhelmed and fed up . walks in on this and has become fed up with his mother and decides to show tough love and tells his mother that she must apologize to , but she refuses . declares that he will marry whether she likes it or not , and that she will no longer be invited to the wedding . disagrees with , saying that he needs to apologize to , because as a mother herself , she would be heartbroken if her own son did not let her go to his wedding . , recognizing her mistakes , makes the first move and finally apologizes ; the three reconcile . 
 , feeling like a failure as a best man , packs his bags to leave Vegas ; however , with the help of his personal butler , ( ) , he finds another venue . and are married , and everybody , including , cheers and celebrates . In the end , becomes fed up with Vegas , and as the group leaves the hotel , he lets have his last dollar . then wins $ 100,000 on a slot machine . tries to claim the prize as it was his dollar , though everybody else tries to hold him back from fighting .

When ( ) and ( ) meet , it 's hate at first sight : his big Corporate Candy Company threatens to shut down her quirky indie candy shop . But amazingly ( and predictably ) , they fall in love , until they break up and then must find their way back together .

Sixty - five million years ago , an alien race known as the " Creators " used devices called Seeds to terraform planet Earth , effectively wiping out the dinosaurs and covering it with an alloy called Transformium . In the present day , geologist excavates the Transformium for K.S.I. Industries , which uses it to build man - made artificial Transformer drones . 
 Five years after the Battle of Chicago , the humans have begun to view the Transformers as a threat to public safety , leading the U.S government to terminate all human - Autobot joint programs . Although the public believes that the Autobots have been granted sanctuary , they are actually being hunted by a rogue CIA black ops division known as Cemetery Wind led by opportunistic government official , who believes that all Transformers should be exterminated regardless of faction . They are aided by , a Cybertronian bounty hunter working for the Creators , who promises to give a Seed if his division manages to capture . Cemetery Wind locates in Mexico City and kills him when he refuses to give up ' whereabouts . 
 , damaged and disguised as a rundown semi - truck , is discovered in an abandoned theater by , a financially struggling Texan inventor , and brings him back to his farm . While his teenage daughter and business partner encourage him to turn over to the authorities after realizing what he really is , instead fixes , hoping to understand his technology , and unexpectedly revives him . Still skeptical of , calls , who attacks and destroys the farm , but and 's boyfriend , Irish rally car driver , come to their aid . While on the run from Cemetery Wind and Lockdown , is killed by one of Lockdown 's grenades . The survivors flee to the desert and take shelter in an abandoned gas station . Later , scans a new , more functioning alternate mode , then summons the surviving Autobots – Bumblebee ( who now has a new alternate form ) , Hound , Drift , and Crosshairs . Using a CIA drone that he stole during the attack , discovers K.S.I. 's involvement in the attacks on the Autobots . vows to personally kill and make him pay for his actions against his fallen brethren . 
 Infiltrating K.S.I. 's headquarters in Chicago , discovers the remains of Autobots and Decepticons are being melted down to make the drones . , the ambitious company CEO , is collaborating with Attinger to revolutionize global defenses and improve human society using the Seed . He has captured the Autobot Brains and is using him and data from Megatron 's head to create prototype Transformer soldiers named Galvatron and . Outraged at 's discovery , the Autobots storm the building ( in which Bumblebee gains a new alternate form along the way ) , rescue Brains , and destroy the laboratory , but they leave after declares they are no longer needed in the world . In retaliation , Attinger forces to deploy Galvatron and to attack the Autobots . During the battle , starts destroying vehicles on its own will and even speaks to while fighting him . then arrives and abducts while and retreat ; is inadvertently captured as well . 
 While Lockdown 's large prison spacecraft hovers over Chicago to hand over the , , , and the Autobots use this opportunity to sneak on board and rescue and . They hijack a smaller ship , containing a number of other Autobots called the Dinobots , just before Lockdown leaves Earth . The Autobots reveal to that is , in fact , , who gave K.S.I. the data to build the Transformer drones so that he could transfer his consciousness into the Galvatron drone , after K.S.I. officials unknowingly revived him , and is plotting to use the Seed and the K.S.I. drones to conquer the world by detonating the Seed in Hong Kong , as K.S.I. has brought it there to use it in the remote Mongolian desert to create vast amounts of usable Transformium . contacts to inform him of 's presence , causing him to have a change of heart and agreeing to hand over the Seed with help from and his Chinese business associate Su . Meanwhile , finds out about 's escape with the Dinobots and returns to Earth to retrieve them . 
 decides the Autobots should no longer help humans since they revived , but convinces to not lose faith in them . Back at the facility , reactivates himself and takes control of the K.S.I. drones . A battle breaks out in Hong Kong 's streets between 's group , the Autobots , Cemetery Wind , , and his drones . During the fight , forms an alliance with the Dinobots , while kills . returns to recapture and the Dinobots , first by using a large magnet in his ship that picks up and drops metal objects , causing destruction to the city . After disabling the magnet , fights at an abandoned factory . In the ensuing duel , kills ( who still believes all Transformers are a threat ) to save before being impaled with his own sword by . and fight while and use a tow truck to free , who kills before using one of his grenades to finish off the remaining drones . Now the only surviving drone , retreats , vowing to return . 
 As 's ship leaves Earth , tells the Autobots to protect the Yeagers and lets the Dinobots go . also offers to help the Yeagers build a new home . then flies away into space with the Seed to hide it away , while sending a message to the Creators that he is coming for them .

The film opens in a 2010 firefight in a palm grove in the Diyala Province of Iraq . Three Marines discover an underground cavern and start to scream as their helmet video feed goes black . In The Bronx in 2013 , veteran NYPD officer , , stands over the corpse of an infant in a darkened alley . He and his partner , , resume their nocturnal patrol for the 46th Precinct . A domestic disturbance call comes in over the radio . probes the dispatcher for more information and finds out that the male at the address is a former Marine . He tells that his " radar " is going off because maybe the former Marine still thinks he is fighting in the war . 
 At the site of the complaint , and encounter the shirtless and heavily tattooed former Marine , , who insists his wife is okay . When his wife lifts her head , the officers see that she has been badly beaten . They notice deep scratch marks on the floor and are wary of a dog as they make the arrest . resists them ferociously , eventually drawing a knife on and fleeing the house on foot . catches up to and makes the arrest ; although , not without suffering a sizable wound to his forearm that will require stitches . The officers notice that 's fingernails are cracked and bleeding , and they assume that he is mentally ill or high on drugs . 
 and are called to the Bronx Zoo after a woman has thrown her toddler into the moat surrounding the lion enclosure . They find the woman in a lemur pen . She is furiously scraping at the ground , and after they apprehend her , she rapidly recites the lyrics to " Break On Through ( To the Other Side ) " . notices a painter inside the lion enclosure . He enters the pen to interrogate the mysterious man , but he is attacked by the lions and barely escapes . 
 When the deranged woman , , is transferred from the precinct to a mental health facility , a Jesuit priest , , arrives at the family 's request . He asks the officers several pointed questions about 's behavior at the zoo . When another domestic disturbance call comes in , notices the complaint makes reference to doors and decides that he and will respond . At the house , the family of three have been staying in the living room after a series of strange disturbances . There is one area of the house where light bulbs instantly burn out and candles will not remain lit . 
 The family explain that there were two painters working the basement , where most of the disturbances occurred . In the basement , discovers the badly decomposing body of one of the painters , . At ' apartment , which is overrun by cockroaches and refuse , they find business cards for Alphonsus Painting company as well as a picture of with and the child that she threw at the zoo . In another picture , is pictured in his Marine uniform with Jimmy and a third Marine , . They realize must have been the painter at the zoo . 
 visits at the precinct and asks to view the surveillance tapes of at the zoo . He believes that is possessed by demons , and he explains that there is secondary evil created by humans and primary evil which comes from demons . is skeptical , but when he reviews the surveillance footage with , he hears strange noises and sees things that does not . returns to house and finds a wall that was being painted in 's home office . He scrapes away the paint to find a pictograph of an owl . At 's home , his daughter lies in bed as a stuffed owl stares ominously at her from a shelf in her bedroom . She is awakened by strange noises and frightened . 
 Back at 's home , has scraped off the paint from the rest of the wall to find a bizarre mix of Latin and ancient pictographs . finds some hard drives with footage from 's deployments and watches the full footage from the palm grove in Diyala . In the cave , the soldiers found a carving of the same message that is on the wall in 's home . revisits the basement where he found ' body , scrapes off the paint from a wall , and finds the message again . He reviews the zoo surveillance footage and sees the same message was being painted over by in the lion enclosure . With , he visits in the mental hospital and shows her the message from the cave . She savagely bites 's already wounded forearm . 
 decodes the message as a kind of bridge between Christian and pagan theology which would theoretically allow demons a door to the human world . He explains that certain people are more susceptible to such messages than others . He suggests that the voices and images is seeing could be a result of his intuitive " radar " , which means that he is also susceptible to the archaic message . and gradually share more of their personal histories with each other . goes with and to an apartment building where they are attacked by and . is subdued by 's cross . overwhelms and eventually kills . 
 At 's home , his daughter is once again awoken during the night . Her stuffed owl rolls off the shelf and advances towards her bed . As she runs screaming from the room , she sees in the hallway . arrives home to find in his living room . warns that he has abducted 's wife and daughter . is brought to the precinct where and perform an exorcism on him . 's wife and daughter are located in an Alphonsus Painting van at a storage facility . The film ends with the baptism of the ' second child .

In Murphysboro , Illinois , strikes a deer on the way to her job at the fast food restaurant Topper Jack 's , damaging her vehicle ; when she arrives , her supervisor , , is forced to dismiss her from the restaurant . After her car breaks down on the way home on Illinois Route 13 , she walks home to find her husband , , eating a romantic meal with their neighbor , . leaves in frustration and walks two doors down to her parents ' house . 
 She tells her mother , , about her plans to leave and takes her grandmother 's car . requests to come along . initially refuses but ultimately agrees when proves that she has a large sum of cash . has beer with , and the next morning they wake up near a park where convinces not to go back home . wants to go to Niagara Falls with since she had n't gone as a child . Along the way the two stop in a bar in Louisville , Kentucky , meets and his son , and hooks up with . and begin to make a love connection as and drunkenly make out in the car . gives his number to call him so he can pick up . Back at the hotel , is forced to sleep outside . The next morning , picks up , and the two leave . , infuriated with , leaves her , but returns after feeling guilty . and are arrested after gets caught buying a case of beer for two teenagers as well as shoplifting a pint of whiskey for herself . is released , but stays at the jail for possessing illegal prescription drugs . 
 To bail out , robs a Topper Jack 's , where she converses with employees and . Finally having obtained the money , she rushes to the prison to bail out , but has already bailed her out . With the help of 's wealthy lesbian cousin ( who made her fortune off of a small chain of pet supply stores ) , they destroy the car to hide the evidence from the robbery . The two then stay at the home of and her wife , . At a 4th of July party thrown at the house , gets drunk and humiliates by making rude comments about her weight and appearance in front of all the guests . After runs off to the dock on the lake by the house , follows her to both comfort her and offer her some tough love , telling her that she always complains about her life , but never does anything to change it . She tells that if she wants to make things better for herself she needs to work hard to make it happen . 
 Later in the morning , brings coffee to , who is presumably asleep outside . After repeatedly trying to wake her , does not wake up and assumes she is dead . She , , and grieve 's death , but suddenly awakens , much to everyone 's shock . was actually unconscious due to the large amount of alcohol she drank the previous night . is relieved , and she tearfully demands to get help for her drinking problem . The ambulance arrives and takes to the hospital . The police arrive as well , and is arrested for her robbery of Topper Jack 's . 
 is released from prison 38 days later , and her father , , picks her up . He offers to kill for her , though she declines . Returning home , finds that and have packed 's belongings . She and agree to an amicable divorce . She walks down the street to her parents ' place and finds out that is now living in Brookview Retirement Home . goes to Brookview to break her out , but is actually happy there . She has been attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at the home , and she is dating one of the men there . However , they do still take a trip to Niagara Falls . 
 At Niagara Falls , surprises there and they kiss . tells him about her choice to move to Louisville to get a fresh start in life and get closer to him . The last scene shows leaving to be with and befriends and .

In 2002 , six - year - old and his older sister live with their mother in Texas . overhears arguing with her boyfriend , saying she has no free time due to parenting . The next year , moves the family to Houston so she can attend the University of Houston and get a better job . In 2004 , 's father , , visits Houston and takes and bowling . When he drops the children off at home , he argues with while and watch from a window . takes to one of her classes , introducing him to her professor , ; sees them flirt . 
 By 2005 , and have married and blended their two families . They share experiences such as playing video games and attending a midnight release of Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince . and are enrolled in the same school as their step - siblings , where befriends , who has a crush on him . In 2006 , and bond with as he takes them out for a day in Houston , culminating in a Houston Astros game and a sleepover at his house . continues her education and is initially supportive of 's strict parenting style , which includes many chores for the children and an enforced cutting of 's long hair . becomes abusive as alcoholism takes over his life . After assaults and endangers the children , moves the family to a friend 's house and files for divorce . 
 In 2008 , learns that has a boyfriend and talks to her and about contraception . and go camping and bond over music , film , and 's blossoming interest in girls . and have grown into their lives in San Marcos , a town close to Austin . In 2009 , is bullied at school and teased on a camping trip but starts receiving attention from girls . teaches psychology at college and moves in with , a student and Iraq War veteran . 
 By 2010 , has experimented with marijuana and alcohol . , who has remarried and has a baby , takes and to visit his wife 's parents . For his birthday , gives a suit and CDs ; 's step - grandparents give him a Bible and a shotgun . In 2011 , is lectured by his photography teacher , who sees his potential but is disappointed in his lack of ambition . attends a party and meets , who becomes his girlfriend . After arrives home late one night from a party , a drunk confronts about his late hours . and split up . 
 In 2012 , and visit at the University of Texas at Austin , where they share their hopes and fears about college . 's roommate discovers them asleep together in her dormitory . In May 2013 , during the end of 's senior year in high school , he has a painful breakup with , wins the silver medal in a state photography contest , and is awarded college scholarship money . 's family throws him a graduation party and toasts his success . gives him advice about his breakup . Planning to sell the house and downsize , meets and for lunch and asks them to sort through their possessions . Later that year , as prepares to leave for college , breaks down , disillusioned by how quickly life has passed . At Sul Ross State University in Alpine , moves into his dorm and meets his new roommate , 's girlfriend , and 's roommate . takes drugs given to him by and the group goes hiking at Big Bend Ranch State Park . shares with her belief that , rather than people seizing moments , moments seize people ; agrees .

Patricia Arquette
Ellar Coltrane
Lorelei Linklater
Ethan Hawke

Ten years after the pandemic of the deadly ALZ-113 virus , later called Simian Flu , the worldwide human population was drastically reduced , with only about one in five hundred genetically immune to the virus . Meanwhile , the apes , under the chimpanzee , all bestowed with genetically enhanced intelligence by the virus , have long established a colony in the Muir Woods near San Francisco . 
 One day , a group of humans led by a man named enter the apes ' territory from San Francisco in search of a hydroelectric dam that would restore power to the city . An encounter by 's son and his friend leads to the latter 's injury by a man named . manages to prevent further escalation while orders the humans to leave . Prompted by , a scarred bonobo who holds a grudge against humans for his mistreatment as a test subject , brings his army to the humans ' community at an unfinished tower as a display of strength . announces his intent to fight the humans if forced to while demanding the humans to stay in their territory . convinces his fellow leader to give him time to take a small team to the forest and reconcile with the apes so they can access the dam . He meets with , who allows them to work on the generator on the condition that they surrender their guns . As , his wife , and son work , they bond with the apes . The fragile bonding is greatly helped when , a nurse , effectively treats 's illness . 
 Meanwhile , arms his community using the Fort Point armory . discovers the armory and confronts of this , but accuses him of loving humans more than apes . beats in response but refrains from killing him . later returns to the armory and takes an assault rifle , killing two guards and then as the humans succeed in repairing the generator and restoring power to the city . takes advantage of their celebration to covertly set fire to the apes ' home . He then shoots , who falls into the underbrush below , and frames the humans for 's apparent death in order to wage war . quickly takes command and leads the apes into San Francisco , where they plunder the armory and mount an assault on the tower . The apes breach the building and imprison the humans as flees underground . When refuses 's orders to kill unarmed humans , citing 's teachings , throws the ape to his death and has any other ape loyal to imprisoned . 
 's family finds barely alive and transports him to his former house in San Francisco . reveals that shot him and confesses that apes can be as corrupt and violent as humans . When sneaks into the settlement to find medical supplies for , he encounters , who spares him before learning that his father is still alive and that it was who shot him , not the humans . After reconciling with , returns to the tower and frees the imprisoned humans and apes . escorts the apes into the tower , and then finds . He learns that the return of electricity allowed ' men to make radio contact with survivors at a military base , who are now coming to fight the apes . confronts at the top of the tower ; as they fight , detonates C-4 charges that destabilize the tower in a failed attempt to kill the apes , at the cost of his own life . starts shooting at the apes , but tackles him off a ledge . While clinging on a metal girder , is rejected as an ape by and dropped to his death . 
 and acknowledge their friendship , with warning of the approaching human military . responds that the humans will never forgive the apes for their attack and convinces to leave with his family . He then stands before a kneeling mass of apes , preparing for war .

Andy Serkis
Jason Clarke
Toby Kebbell
Gary Oldman
Kodi Smit-McPhee

A Ph.D. student , , is researching the evolution of human eyes with , his first year lab assistant , and . He has a particular hostility to superstition , religion and " intelligent design " , which he hopes to discredit by filling in the steps of the evolution of the eye . At a Halloween party he has an encounter with , who is wearing a black face mask , where only her magnetic hazel - speckled , ash - blue eyes are visible . Fascinated , he photographs her eyes and then up at the warehouse party she later leads him into the washroom to have sex . However , soon after , she abruptly leaves without saying goodbye . 
 ca n't stop thinking about her . One day , synchronicities around the number eleven , amongst others , seem to mysteriously guide him to a billboard displaying what he recognizes to be 's eyes . Eventually he sees her on a train and approaches her , letting her listen to the music on his earphones . They begin a relationship , although his rationalism often clashes with her fey spirituality . One day they spontaneously agree to marry . They are told they need to wait a day for a license , and as they disappointedly walk out of the registry office , gets a call from at the lab . There has been an exciting breakthrough in their research . She has found a blind worm — Eisenia fetida — with the DNA necessary to develop an eye , just what they 'd been looking for . takes to the lab with him , though she 's less pleased he 's willing to do so on their supposed ' wedding day ' . He attempts to appease her by exchanging their wedding rings , to which she 's reluctant as it possibly being bad luck . He states he does n't believe in such , then places her ring on her finger anyway , whilst whispering that he 's loved her forever . 
 Back at the lab , is upset by the research they 're doing and an uncomfortable leaves . After a short argument , kisses Ian and knocks over a bottle of formaldehyde , accidentally splashing 's eyes . They call , who helps him to the eyewash station and bandages his eyes , and takes him home . On the way up , the elevator in 's apartment building stops between floors . wishes to hoist up but she refuses . Frustrated by her childish fears , he rips off his bandages and attempts to climb out himself . As he 's pulling up , the elevator suddenly starts to move again . With blurry eyes , thought he had pulled her out in time , but it was too late - 's bottom half being chopped off , she dies instantly in his arms . goes into a deep depression , and continues their research . One night brings him a meal at his home . He begins to cry and she comforts him . They begin to kiss . 
 The film flashes forward seven years . has written a book on the evolution of the eye that he claims further debunks creationism . and are now married and is pregnant . When their baby is born , the hospital takes an iris scan of baby ' eyes . The results are entered in the database and the program identifies the baby as a certain Paul Edgar Dairy . The nurse re - enters the results , thinking it a glitch , and the problem disappears . 
 A few months later , a Doctor calls , claiming that a test of the baby 's urine may indicate an elevated risk of autism and recommending a further test . But and become suspicious during this unconventional test and decide to investigate Doctor . They find that she is in fact one of a very few people with full access to the iris scan database . tracks some pictures from this test to Idaho where he stumbles on the family of , who apparently died just before their baby was conceived . 
 's former research partner , , is the creator of the iris database . He helps and run some photos of deceased family members , plus various other people 's eyes through the database to see if there are any other recent matches . They get a hit for , whose iris scan matches one made in India just three months prior , years after 's death . 
 goes to India to find the subject of this scan . There he finds , the head of the community centre where the iris scan was made . recognizes 's eyes as those of a girl she knows , named , and agrees to help . and begin searching for , who is an orphan and seems to have disappeared into the crowds of the city . tries putting up a billboard showing 's eyes and offering a cash reward . He is besieged with calls but none are credible . Weeks later he comes across a little girl staring at the billboard . It is . He takes her back to his hotel and contacts over Skype . The two of them conduct a simple test designed to reveal if might be somehow linked with . At first is uncannily accurate , but in the end her results are within the probable range of random chance . asks him how he feels about this and he says he feels rather foolish . Feeling somewhat disheartened , then leaves the hotel room with to take her to but when they reach the elevator , the moment the doors open panics and throws herself into his arms , too frightened to enter . Staring into each other 's eyes with a certain recognition , they then cling to each other , tears streaming down both 's faces . He picks her up and takes her down the stairs instead , with tightly gripped around his neck , till they walk out the dark interior and step out into the light . 
 A post - credits scene shows Dr. scanning the irises of famous deceased figures , apparently finding many such matches .

Since winning the Wings Around the Globe race in the first film , has a successful career as a racer . Unfortunately , his engine 's gearbox becomes damaged because routinely operates the engine beyond its design limits . With that particular model of gearbox now out of production and none available anywhere , 's mechanic fits a warning light to his control panel to ensure he does n't damage his gearbox any further . No longer able to race and faced with the possibility of returning to his old job as a crop - duster , goes on a defiant flight and tests his limits . In doing so , exceeds his limits and makes a forced landing at Propwash Junction airport , causing a fire . 
 The residents put out the fire with some difficulty , but the accident leads government inspector to condemn the airport for inadequate firefighting personnel . Aggrieved at his carelessness , offers to undergo training to be certified as a firefighter to meet the necessary regulations to reopen the airport . To that end , travels to Piston Peak National Park where he meets a fire and rescue crew under the command of a helicopter named Blade Ranger . The leader of an efficient unit , Blade is initially unimpressed by the small newcomer and 's training proves to be a difficult challenge . 
 , the team 's mechanic , replaces 's original undercarriage with two pontoons fitted with retractable undercarriage wheels for his new role as a firefighter . During training , learns that was formerly an actor who played a police helicopter on the TV series CHoPs . Later , is devastated by a call from his friends at Propwash Junction noting that all attempts at finding a replacement gearbox have failed and that his racing career is over . 
 Lightning in a thunderstorm over a forest near Piston Peak starts several spot fires which unite into a serious forest fire . The team fights it and seem to have extinguished it , but later , during the grand reopening of the park 's lodge , visiting VIPs fly too low and make air eddies which blow embers about , creating a larger fire , and thereby forcing the need for an evacuation . 
 A depressed 's education in the midst of the large fire falters to 's frustration and things come to a head when makes a forced landing in a river during a fire dispatch and is swept through the rapids with trying to extract him . Eventually , the pair make it to land , and confesses his physical disability , to which advises not to give up . They shelter in an abandoned mine while the fire passes . The situation is complicated in that also is damaged from protecting in the fire , and is temporarily grounded for repairs . While is recuperating , learns from that 's co - star from CHoPs was killed during a stunt gone wrong on set that was helpless to stop , so he decided to become a firefighter to save lives for real . 
 The national park 's superintendent , , selfishly diverts all the water supply to his lodge 's roof sprinklers to prevent the lodge from burning , and so prevents the firefighters from making fire retardant for their own duties . With only their pre - existing tank loads , the firefighters manage to help the evacuees escape the fire while is alerted that two elderly campers named and , that he met earlier , are trapped on a burning bridge deep in the fire zone . He races to the scene and is forced to push his engine to the maximum to climb vertically up a waterfall to refill his water tanks to drop water to save the campers , as the only other surface water near is a river too shallow and twisty and rocky for him to scoop from . Meanwhile , shows up and assists and by holding up the bridge . successfully drops water and extinguishes the fire , allowing the campers to escape just before the bridge collapses , but his overstressed gearbox fails completely and his engine stalls . He tries to glide through the trees to make a safe landing , but one of his pontoons hits one of the trees and he crashes . 
 Unconscious , is airlifted back to base where he wakes up five days later to find that ranger is now in charge of the park , to much delight . tells him that not only has his structure been fully repaired ; he has built a superior , custom - refurbished gearbox for his engine to allow full performance once again . Impressed at 's skill and heroism , certifies him as a firefighter . Propwash Junction is reopened with assuming his duty as a firefighter , celebrated with an aerial show with his new colleagues from Piston Peak . 
 During the mid - credits scene , it is shown that 's misconduct resulted in his demotion and reassignment as a park ranger in Death Valley .

and are a married couple , who , after having two kids , have sex at every opportunity . After struggles to get an erection , suggests making a sex tape . They film themselves having sex in every position listed in The Joy of Sex . When done , asks to delete the recording , in which they hate , but he ends up instead inadvertently synchronizing the video to several iPads the couple had given away over time . After failing to get it out of the cloud , they set out to get back all of the gifted iPads , leading to a series of awkward encounters and close calls . 
 After collecting the iPads and deleting the videos , their friend 's son threatens to upload a copy of their sex tape to YouPorn unless they give him $ 25,000 . After failing to get the money , they break into the YouPorn headquarters and begin to destroy their web servers . Their plan is quickly thwarted when an alarm sounds . The owner and his cronies confront them and threaten to call the police , but agree not to do so in exchange for $ 15,000 to cover the damage . He also removes their video and explains that all they had to do to have a video removed was send him an e - mail request for such removal . After they have deleted all but one copy of the video , and decide to watch the video once themselves . Afterwards , they take the USB flash drive containing the video and go outside to smash it with a hammer , blend it , burn it with fire , and bury the remains .

( ) , a realtor by trade , develops self - absorption , turning his back on his neighbors and shunning the notion of kindness to others , after his wife dies ; part of his self - absorption is having no patience for children , not even his own now - adult son , from whom he has been estranged . He has a next - door neighbor , ( ) , whose own husband has likewise died , never having had any children of her own , which leads her to throw her soul and her tears into reviving a singing career that had stagnated . 
 Then , one day , 's estranged son suddenly leaves his father in charge of his own nine - year - old daughter ( ) , a granddaughter whom never knew existed . When 's estranged son drops off at his home , needing his father to take care of her , neither nor , each of whom are lonely souls , have any reason to suspect that 's involvement with their lives would enable them to heal their emotional wounds .

In 1928 , a globally famous illusionist , , performs in front of a crowd in Berlin with his world - class magic act . As he walks off stage the film audience sees that he is actually a British man named ( ) . He berates his employees and is generally curmudgeonly towards his well - wishers . In his dressing - room , he is greeted by old friend and fellow illusionist ( ) . enlists Stanley to go with him to the Côte d'Azur where a rich American family , the , has apparently been taken in by a clairvoyant and mystic , ( ) . In fact , the son of the family , ( ) , is smitten with , and his sister ( ) and brother - in - law ( ) are concerned is considering proposing marriage . says that he has been unable to uncover the secrets behind her tricks and he admits that the more he watched her the more he believed she really has supernatural powers . So he would like , who has debunked charlatan mystics in the past , to help him prove she is a fraud . 
 and travel to the French Riviera , but is soon astonished by 's ability to go into a fugue state and apparently pull out highly personal details about him and his family . witnesses a seance in which communicates with the deceased patriarch of the American family . A candle floats up from the table and grabs it to try to discern what trickery is at play , but is astounded to find no apparent subterfuge . begins spending time with . He takes her to visit his aunt and they drive a convertible along the picturesque rocky corniches . 
 When and visit his aunt ( ) , is seemingly able , after holding aunt 's pearls , to somehow relate secret details of 's one great love affair . This finally convinces of 's authenticity and he has an emotional epiphany , feeling that his lifelong rationalism and cynicism have been misguided . When caught in a rain storm , they end up at an observatory that had visited as a child . After the rain subsides , they open the roof up and view the stars . 
 At a - esque party , and dance . As they walk together later that night , asks him if he has felt any feelings for her " as a woman " . , who has admired her talents as a mystic and is grateful to her for opening his eyes to a new worldview , is taken aback and admits that he has not thought of her that way . She leaves upset . The next day holds a press conference to tell the world that he , who spent his life debunking charlatan mystics , has finally come to find one who is the real deal . The reporters drill him with questions , but the grilling is interrupted when he receives news his aunt has been in a car accident . 
 rushes to the hospital , and in an emotional scene in a waiting room considers turning to prayer for solace . That is , if he now has come to believe in divination and mysticism , perhaps he should believe in God and prayer . He begins to pray for a miracle to save his aunt , but is unable to go through with it . The rationality that has been his whole life comes back and he rejects prayer , the supernatural and by extension , and her powers . He decides once more to prove she is a fraud . 
 Using a trick seen earlier in his stage act , appears to leave the room but stays to overhear and discuss their collusion in what has been an elaborate ruse . He discovers that was able to know so much about him and his aunt because she and collaborated to fool . was indeed a charlatan tricking the rich American family and was quickly discovered by . Rather than unmask her and stop the ruse , he enlisted to help him one - up his best friend and rival , . 
 is initially angry at and but decides to forgive them . In a conversation with his aunt , who has recovered from her car accident , admits and fully realizes that he is in love with . He finds her and asks her not to marry , but marry him instead . is taken aback and finds his haughty , awkward proposal unsuitable . She tells him she still plans to marry the wealthy . Returning dejected to his aunt 's , further admits that he fell in love with at first sight , and , saddened , is then surprised when , who had arrived before him , knocks a spirit knock . He proposes , she accepts with a spirit knock , and they kiss as the film ends .

Get on Up is told using a nonlinear narrative as if through stream of consciousness , including asynchronous events and frequent breaks in the fourth wall . The film opens in 1993 with walking through a darkened hallway as an audience chants his name . He hears the voices of people he knew throughout his life . The film then cuts to 1988 in Augusta , Georgia ; learns that his private bathroom in a strip mall he owns was used without his consent . As confronts and then forgives the trespasser , James accidentally fires a shotgun , attracting the police . 
 During the 1960s , and his band decide to travel to Vietnam to show support to the black troops , where they put on a well - received show . In 1939 , is raised in the woods by his parents ( and ) , whose marriage is fraught with financial struggles and physical abuse . Later he performs in a singing group , The Famous Flames , formed by , whose family sponsored his release from prison , a penalty he paid for stealing a suit . lives with the family and becomes lead singer of 's group . In 1964 , manager convinces them to let The Rolling Stones close The T.A.M.I. Show instead of The Flames . The Flames upstage the Stones , and , exiting the stage , tells the Stones , " Welcome to America " . In ' childhood , leaves , and threatens her with a gun and keeps . continues to abuse until joins the army . James is left living with and working for his Aunt , who runs a brothel . At her home , he attends church and enjoys the choir . 
 At the age of 17 , steals a suit , is arrested , and receives a 5 - to-13 - year prison sentence . In prison , sees a group of singers performing . His enthusiastic reaction incites a riot wherein both he and one of the singers , , are injured . invites into the household . Years later , joins 's gospel group and they put on a show at a club as The Famous Flames , following a performance by . Another flashback from 's childhood shows him and other black boys forced into a battle royal boxing match while a band plays . Inspired by the funky band , wins the match . 
 In the 1950s , and meet an agent from King Records , with whom The Flames record their first single , " Please , Please , Please " , on the Federal Records label in 1956 . King Records executive initially mocks the song but appreciates 's vocals . becomes ' manager , calling him the true voice of the group . The records are labelled as " James Brown and His Famous Flames " , leading all the members except to quit . and form a new band with , , , and . The Famous Flames singing group is also re - formed , replacing the members that quit . The Flames perform at the Apollo Theater to an excited audience . After the show , tells that a lady claiming to be his mother is there . As a young child , had seen with a soldier , to whom she claimed she did n't know . Aunt consoled , saying that his mother was a fool and would someday be rich . 
 has a child , , with his first wife . He later divorces her and marries . On one occasion , the couple hosts a Christmas event . Afterwards , hits for wearing a revealing outfit . It is this scene that raises the question of whether women should expose their cleavages in public . In an attempt to reach out to the black community , records the song " Say It Loud - I 'm Black and I 'm Proud " ( 1968 ) with a group of children . convinces the Boston Garden 's manager to not cancel a performance following the assassination of .. Several people try to get on stage ; security guards intercede until controls the audience . 
 Over time , manages the band poorly , and they all quit . dies of a heart attack . muses about a career as a lead singer , leading to a heated argument with , who tells that , although 's wife ( who was a featured singer in 's Revue ) could be a major solo performer , could not . Angry and upset , fires back at , and after makes some cruel statements , finally leaves him for good . Backtracking several years , to an incident at the Apollo , 's mother appears backstage during a Flames concert and expresses her love for despite her reluctance to be a mother . After she leaves , comes back in , sees having a breakdown , and heeds his request to take care of . In 1973 , learns has been killed in a car accident . Immediately before the incident at the strip mall , smokes a joint laced with PCP . The police chase and arrest him . 
 In 1993 , meets for the first time since 's funeral to give him tickets to his show . walks onto the stage through a darkened hall . He sees visions of people from his life chanting his name . His performance of " Try Me ( I Need You ) " moves and his wife to tears , and the audience cheers .

In 1988 , following his mother 's death , a young is abducted from Earth by the Ravagers , a group of space pirates led by . Twenty - six years later on the planet Morag , steals an orb but is attacked by , a subordinate to the fanatical Kree , . Although escapes with the orb , discovers his theft and issues a bounty for his capture , while sends the assassin after the orb . 
 When attempts to sell the orb on Xandar , capital of the Nova Empire , ambushes him and steals it . A fight ensues , drawing in a pair of bounty hunters : the genetically and cybernetically modified raccoon , and the tree - like humanoid . Nova Corps officers capture the four , detaining them in the Kyln . A powerful inmate there , , attempts to kill due to her association with , who killed his family . convinces that can bring to him , though reveals that she has betrayed , unwilling to let him use the orb 's power . Learning that has a buyer for the orb , , , , and work with her to escape the Kyln in 's ship , the Milano . 
 meets with 's adoptive father , , to discuss her betrayal . 's group flee to Knowhere , a remote criminal outpost in space built in the giant severed head of a Celestial . A drunken summons while the rest of the group meet 's contact , the collector . opens the orb , revealing an Infinity Stone , an item of immeasurable power that destroys all but the most powerful beings who wield it . 's tormented assistant grabs the Stone , triggering an explosion that engulfs 's archive . 
 arrives and easily defeats , while the others flee by ship , pursued by 's followers and 's adoptive sister . destroys 's ship , leaving her floating in space , and 's fighters capture the orb . contacts before following into space , giving her his helmet to survive ; arrives and retrieves the pair . , , and threaten to attack 's ship to rescue them , but negotiates a truce , promising the orb to . 's group agrees that facing means certain death , but that they can not let him use the Infinity Stone to destroy the galaxy . On 's flagship , the Dark Aster , embeds the Stone in his warhammer , taking its power for himself . He contacts , threatening to kill him after first destroying Xandar ; hateful of her adoptive father , allies with . 
 The and 's group join with the Nova Corps to confront the Dark Aster at Xandar , with 's group breaching the Dark Aster with the Milano . uses his empowered warhammer to destroy the Nova Corps fleet . fights and defeats , who then escapes , but the group find themselves outmatched by 's power until crashes a Ravager ship through the Dark Aster . The damaged Dark Aster crash - lands on Xandar , with sacrificing himself to shield the group . emerges from the wreck and prepares to destroy Xandar , but distracts him , allowing and to destroy 's warhammer . grabs the freed , and with , , and sharing its burden , they use it to destroy . 
 In the aftermath , tricks into taking a container supposedly containing the Stone , and gives the real Stone to the Nova Corps . As the Ravagers leave Xandar , remarks that it turned out well that they did not deliver to his father per their contract . 's group , now known as the Guardians of the Galaxy , have their criminal records expunged , and learns that he is only half - human , his father being part of an ancient , unknown species . finally opens the last present he received from his mother : a cassette tape filled with her favorite songs . The Guardians leave in the rebuilt Milano along with a sapling cut from Groot . 
 In a post - credits scene , sits in his destroyed archive with two of his living exhibits : a canine cosmonaut and an anthropomorphic duck.[N 1 ]

Vin Diesel
Dave Bautista
Zoe Saldana
Chris Pratt
Bradley Cooper

The family ran a restaurant in Mumbai . The second - oldest son , ( ) , was being groomed to replace his mother ( ) as the restaurant 's main cook . However , a mob attacks and firebombs the restaurant over an election dispute . ( ) and his family evacuate the guests , but is killed . Seeking asylum in Europe , the family first settles in London , where their residence proves ill - suited for a restaurant . They depart for mainland Europe . 
 Shortly after entering France , the brakes on 's van fail near Saint - Antonin - Noble - Val in the Midi - Pyrénées . ( ) , a sous chef at an upscale French restaurant named " Le Saule Pleureur " ( " The Weeping Willow " ) , passes by and offers to help the find an auto repair shop and a guest house . She brings the Kadams to her apartment and treats them to cold food . is amazed at the quality of the food in the village and its availability and discovers that made the food herself . 
 learns of an abandoned restaurant building available for purchase . It is located directly across the street — only a hundred feet ( 30   m ) — from Le Saule Pleureur . Madame ( ) , proprietor of Le Saule Pleureur and purporting to act as caretaker for the owners of the abandoned restaurant , asks the to leave because it is " private property " . buys the property , even though the rest of his family is against it , and names the restaurant " Maison Mumbai " . 
 Mallory asks for their menu and by the time of their opening night has bought all the locally available ingredients they would need to serve . A cold war erupts between Papa and . The war peaks on Bastille Day when one of 's chefs , , and two others vandalize the ' restaurant by spray - painting words which translate to " France for the French " on the outer wall and firebombing the interior . catches the arsonists in the act and scares them off , but his hands and legs are burned . The following morning , who knew nothing of the arson and vandalism , dismisses and personally cleans the graffiti from Maison Mumbai . 
 , having heard from that hires potential chefs by taste - testing an omelette and deciding whether the person is indeed a great chef , asks if he may cook an omelette for her to his recipe . Due to his injured hands , helps under 's supervision . After tasting the omelette , recognizes 's potential and invites him to work for her . is initially against the move , but ultimately strikes a deal with her as to 's pay . 
 's cooking , which gradually evolves into a fusion of Indian cuisine and French cuisine , results in 's restaurant receiving its second Michelin star . The award draws national attention to 's cooking , and he is offered and accepts a job in Paris . and make amends and begin seeing each other . 
 's cooking in Paris quickly receives critical acclaim , fueling speculation of a third Michelin Star for the Paris restaurant , but his work is increasingly bogged down by thoughts of his family and ( with whom he had an ongoing romance ) . returns home and reunites with . He invites to join him in a business venture — buying a stake in Mallory 's restaurant , along with operational control . believes this will help the restaurant earn its third star . That evening , and prepare dinner at Mallory 's restaurant and bring the dishes across the road to the courtyard of Maison Mumbai for all to enjoy .

Two longtime friends , ( ) , a struggling video game designer , and ( ) , an unemployed , washed - up former college quarterback , recall a pact they once made : if they had n't " made it " in Los Angeles by the time they were thirty , they would head back to their Columbus hometown . As they leave a bar , their car is hit by a Mercedes Benz G500 driven by an Albanian gang , who intimidate them into not retaliating . 
 attempts to pitch a video game about policemen , but the idea is rudely dismissed by his boss , . Later , convinces him to use the police uniforms from his presentation as costumes for their college reunion party . Upon attending , they meet many successful former classmates and both are confronted with a sense of failure and they mutually accept to honor their pact . As they walk home , they are treated like real cops and decide to enjoy the gag . They kick the Albanian gang out of Georgie 's , a local diner . It allows to finally get the attention of , a waitress to whom he is attracted and who works at the said diner . 
 decides to take the hoax further than one night . He learns official procedures on YouTube and buys a used Ford Crown Victoria police cruiser , modifying it with decals to resemble a real LAPD car . Although reluctant , agrees to continue the charade , and through it , begins a relationship with . gets revenge on the Albanians who hit his car , unaware they are actually mobsters blackmailing the owner of Georgie ’s . During their many shenanigans , and end up on a real distress call with Patrol Officer . The experience shakes , who realizes they face serious jail time if exposed . He tries to “ retire , ” but gets a phone call from about a man frequently harassing her at work . It turns out to be , the leader of the same Albanian gang . Once more , the pair are intimidated into doing nothing . 
 Via , obtains surveillance equipment to gather evidence and put away , along with an unidentified partner who has been investigating the pair . convinces to do an undercover operation to obtain information on an incriminating shipment of crates . During the mission , they discover the crates full of SWAT equipment and weapons , along with secret tunnels that run between 's club and ’s restaurant . This necessitates the acquisition of the restaurant , explaining the blackmail . After a few close encounters with the mobsters , they barely escape . Fed up , insists on mailing the evidence anonymously , but , finding purpose in his life again , is set on delivering it personally . They fight , and part ways . 
 brings his evidence to , who recommends it go to the highest authority , which is Detective . Unfortunately , is actually 's business partner . After instantly recognizing each other , makes it out of the station , but his sudden threat has blown their cover . Meanwhile , decides to " man up " and , in uniform , assertively pitches his game again . One of 's officers shows up to try and kill him , inadvertently helping to sell the pitch . is abducted , and sends a threatening message to . Overwhelmed , pleas to for help after admitting everything . He also confesses to that he is not a real cop , which he had made previous attempts to do , and she disgustedly leaves him . 
 goes into the tunnels alone while pits and against each other , prompting to shoot and kill the detective . attempts to save his friend , but is overpowered . arrives , causing and his crew to retreat . admonishes the duo for their deception and orders them to leave before going after the mobsters , without waiting for backup . and agree they ca n’t abandon him , and suit up with the SWAT equipment . They save , but he becomes incapacitated . The pair then face alone , during which the two reconcile . They fail to take him out , but luckily , is able to show up and shoots on the side of the neck , saving and . 
 Thanks to the respective confidence and motivation gained during their impersonations , has become a successful game developer , while graduates from the police academy as a true , fully - fledged member of the LAPD . apologizes to , and after she forgives him , they rekindle their relationship . , however , still has not given up on their fun as cops together , and convinces to don the fake uniform once again and join him on patrol .

The Expendables — led by and formed by , , and — extract former member , a knives specialist and team medic , from a military prison during his transfer on a train . They recruit to assist them in intercepting a shipment of bombs meant to be delivered to a warlord in Somalia . Arriving there , they reunite with , who directs them to the drop point , where is surprised to find out that the arms trader providing the bombs is , a former co - founder of the Expendables who went rogue and was presumed dead . In the ensuing firefight , The Expendables manage to kill all but , who shoots twice . As the team attempts to aid him , they are forced to retreat due to ' advanced weaponry , and is severely injured in the process . 
 Back at the United States , CIA operative , the Expendables ' new missions manager , gives a mission to capture in order to bring him to the International Criminal Court to be tried for war crimes . Blaming himself for 's injuries , disbands the Expendables , not wanting his team to get killed following him , and leaves for Las Vegas where he enlists retired mercenary - turned - recruiter to help him find a new team of younger mercenaries to pursue . The recruits include former U.S. Marine , nightclub bouncer , computer expert , and weapons expert . Skilled sharpshooter asks to be included in the team , but turns him down . 
 The new team members rendezvous with 's rival , returning a favor for . Drummer has traced to Romania , where he is set to make an arms deal . and the new recruits infiltrate an office building is using as a meeting place and , having to kill a few men in the process including arms buyer , manage to capture . In transit , begins to taunt and explains why he betrayed The Expendables in the first place . nearly kills him to shut him up but , despite egging him on , he stands down . ' men catch up to them , with the aid of his GPS Tracker , and fire a missile at the team 's van . is thrown into a river , while , , and are captured by ' crew . kills ' retrieval team and escapes . 
 sends a video , challenging to come after him and giving him his location in the country of Azmenistan . While preparing to leave and mount a rescue alone , is found by , who offers his services again . gives him a chance , later accompanied by the veteran . They rescue the young mercenaries , only to learn from that he has rigged the place with explosives . As both the young and veteran Expendables begin to fight one another , convinces them to work together in order to take down once and for all . As the final battle begins , is able to use a jammer device to delay the countdown , giving them just under half an hour before detonation . then orders the armed forces of Azmenistan to attack the building with full force , including tanks and attack helicopters . and arrive in a helicopter to help , alongside returning Expendables member . 
 The new and veteran members of the Expendables work together to kill ' men . When a second wave moves in , lands on the building to evacuate the team . As everyone makes it to 's chopper however , personally attacks after shooting him down . Having been forced to remove the armor and his weapon , and engage in hand - to - hand combat after drops his gun to challenge . Both are evenly matched , but manages to knock down before they both reach for their guns , starts shooting but gets the better of him . At his mercy , questions " What about the Hague ? " Having coldly answered " I am the Hague " shoots with his Colt Single Action Army revolver , finally killing him . Seconds after ' death , the batteries of 's device run out and the building begins to explode and collapse . The team makes it to 's helicopter and flies away to safety , with clinging to it from the outside . 
 In the aftermath , recovers from his wounds , and officially accepts , , , , and into the team . They all celebrate at a bar together .

Sylvester Stallone
Jason Statham
Antonio Banderas

After his girlfriend ( ) dies , ( ) is left devastated . He begins to spend time with 's parents ( ) and ( ) as a source of comfort . confesses to that he and were having problems in their relationship ; advises him not to let the end of the relationship define it . 
 The stop contacting . Confused , he goes to their house and sees through a window . yells at the to let him in but his brother , a security officer , escorts him off the premises . At home , 's manic demeanor and strange comments that is alive causes his parents , and , to worry . That night , breaks in and discovers that 's parents have been hiding her . A heated argument ensues before storms off . Later , he goes to 's grave and sees a large hole in its place . He confronts and with this and they explain that , after the funeral , suddenly reappeared , seemingly alive and well . 's parents are reluctant to let her leave the house , especially during daytime , and refuse to tell her that she died . When takes on a daytime date in the park , she gets blisters on her face , apparently from the sun . bans from the house and seeing , but continues to sneak in . 
 starts to notice people around town acting similarly to , who has grown increasingly violent and has mood swings ; he also discovers smooth jazz can calm her down . He also notes that and people like her are stronger now than when they were living humans . brings to her grave and informs her of her death and resurrection , then tries to break up with her , only for her to angrily run off with his car . walks home and discovers his family members shocked by the sudden reappearance of his dead grandfather . picks up and tells him that is extremely upset , insisting that tell her that he lied about her death and promise to be with her forever ; reluctantly agrees . 
 's attempts to talk to fail . When she eats a bystander , he drives away , with her in the car . catches them , knocks unconscious , and takes . Once he has recovered , heads home , and finds a stranger inside the house and burnt bodies in the backyard . Believing his family dead , packs his bags , and prepares to leave the state . However , he changes his mind and drives back to the house . 
 He finds the house is in disarray , with and in the kitchen . Tied to a stove , has become a full - fledged , bloodthirsty zombie , having eaten and bitten off 's hand . convinces to leave , then calms by promising to hike with her like she always asked him to . They run into , who has gone hunting zombies . He reveals that their parents are still alive , having escaped to a safehouse . gives his handgun , reminding him that is suffering . 
 On their hike , and stop by a cliff . He tearfully apologizes to her for never doing the things she wanted when she was still alive . They say " I love you " to each other , and shoots her in the head . 
 is reunited with his family at the safehouse , along with a traumatized ( ) , who was forced to kill her own grandmother . The survivors make plans to leave town but , suddenly , the power returns and a TV news story shows things inexplicably going back to normal . visits the graves of and , leaving 's scarf on her tombstone , and a knight chess piece on 's . 's mom picks him up in her car , with in the backseat . invites for dinner and she accepts , smiling as they drive off .

and her family are getting ready to go on with their normal day activities when it is announced on the radio that school has been canceled . 's dad is a teacher and as a result of the snow day does not have to go to work . 's mom , a travel agent , decides to call in sick and along with her family get on the road to visit 's grandparents who live on a farm . It is also revealed that is dating an older , popular up - and - coming rockstar named . 
 The story flashes back to 's early life with a rocker dad and an inexperienced mom , when one day they take to a music class where decides that she wants to start playing the cello . After her parents see that is passionate about the cello , they hire a teacher to help her play . is shown pregnant with , whom thinks is the reason for her father 's departure from his band . 
 Years later , an adolescent is still passionate about the cello and is playing at school in the band room where peeks in on her playing , seeing her for the first time , leading him to ask , 's best friend , about her . then asks out on a date to a cello recital , where they show mutual affection towards one another . 
 The story flashes back to current time with the family driving to the grandparents ' farm when their car collides with an oncoming truck . appears to have an out - of - body experience where she finds herself barefoot and sees her body lying on the road while paramedics are trying to help her and her family . tries to ask a paramedic what is happening , but realizes that no one can see or hear her . , now in the hospital , panics as she does not know the current status of any of her family members when they take her in for surgery . A sympathetic nurse , Nurse , tells — her physical body , not 's spirit , which apparently she can not see either — that it is up to her whether or not she wants to stay . 
 The story flashes back once again to attending one of 's concerts with his band Willamette Stone , where she does not seem to fit in . 's band is steadily gaining more recognition and gets signed to a label , which starts to put a strain on their relationship due to the travel schedule . While at dinner , 's grandpa suggests that she should apply to Juilliard , an idea which she initially rebuffs , but later further researches . She eventually lands an audition in San Francisco . It takes a while for to tell about her audition and when she does he becomes upset and leaves for a week - long gig . 
 In the present day , undergoes surgery . She sees a doctor speaking with her grandparents who are standing outside of a pediatric room where lies in a coma - like state . comes to the hospital to see , but is not allowed in as he is not an immediate family member . It is then revealed that 's mom was pronounced dead on arrival and her dad died on the operating table . She later finds out that has died from an epidural hematoma . Grandpa talks to , revealing that her father gave up being in a band because he wanted to give her a better life and be a better father . He also , tearfully , gives permission to move on from this life if she wants , which influences to decide that she wants to die so that she can join her family on the other side . 
 The story flashes back to at her audition for Juilliard , where she plays the best she has ever played , leading her to think that if accepted , she would go . After a reconciliation with , they talk about the huge possibility of her going to Juilliard , which ultimately leads to them breaking up and going their separate ways . 
 After some time , seems stable enough to receive more visitors . is shown symbolically about to let go when she hears the music performed at the cello recital that she attended with . It is revealed that has come to see and that he is playing his iPod for her . He brings with him a letter has received from Juilliard saying that she has been accepted and lets her know that he would do whatever she wants if she stays . He begins to play the song he has finally written about her . , after flashing back through all the happy moments in her life , squeezes 's hand and opens her eyes and sees as he hovers over her and says , " ? " .

Chloë Grace Moretz
Mireille Enos
Jamie Blackley
Joshua Leonard

regains consciousness on a highway overlooking The Projects , surrounded by several dead young men and a crashed police car , with no memory of how he got there . He retraces his steps , recalling that since it 's Saturday , he watched dance at Kadie 's Saloon . Stepping outside , he encounters four rich frat boys burning a homeless man alive . When intervenes , the leader of the frat boys shoots him in the arm , calling him " Bernini Boy , " which mishears as " " . They flee , and follows them , stealing a police car on the way , which he crashes into their car , leading to his blackout and memory loss . He follows the two surviving frat boys into The Projects , the neighborhood where he grew up . With the assistance of the deadly residents lurking in the shadows , he dispatches the frat boys . He questions the leader about being called " Bernini Boy " , and learns that it is the brand of coat he is wearing . After slitting the boy 's throat , he considers his coat and realizes he ca n't remember how he got it . 
 , a cocky young gambler , arrives in Sin City and heads to 's place . He immediately hits the jackpot on multiple slot machines . Taking a young waitress , , with him as a good luck charm , he buys into the backroom poker game led by the all - powerful Senator . repeatedly wins in the high - stakes game , and cleans the senator out . One other player , the corrupt police lieutenant , warns him to flee the city . Instead , takes out for a night on the town . He walks her home , and 's goons suddenly attack him . He fights them off , and tells to meet him at a hotel , and he is escorted into 's limousine . In payment for the humiliation he suffered at the card game , takes back his money , and uses a pair of pliers to break the fingers of 's playing hand . They toss out of the car , and the Senator shoots him in the leg . reveals that he recognized as his illegitimate son . However , he remarks that he only considered his dead son , his flesh and blood . He leaves alive , preferring to let him suffer , and swears revenge . 
 Years before " The Big Fat Kill " , attempts to put his violent past behind him , working as a private detective and leading a life of complete sobriety , and struggles daily to refuse his inner demons . After saving the life of , a hooker , who is nearly murdered by her businessman lover ( ) , he receives an unexpected phone call from his former lover , , who left four years prior for a wealthy tycoon , . She begs him to meet her at 's saloon , and despite his embittered feelings , he agrees . When arrives , she begs forgiveness for leaving him , and implies she is afraid for her life before her massive chauffeur , , arrives to escort her home . Unable to get her out of his mind , sneaks into estate , where he observes swimming , but is caught and beaten . is returned home , where a nude waits for him . He tries to throw her out , but ca n't resist her and they make love . She tells him that and torture her physically and mentally , and she knows will kill her soon . arrives and viciously beats a naked , sending him out the window with a single punch . 
 Determined to rescue , recruits to help him , and they mount an assault on 's compound . attacks , putting him in traction , and tearing out his eye . confronts , who denies 's accusations , and an enraged beats him to death . As he reacts in horror , appears and shoots several times , taunting him , and thanking him , for helping her murder her husband , and take over his fortune . She shoots him in the face and forces him to fall out of a window , where rescues him and takes him to Old Town . 's old flame , , recognizes him and saves his life . With the help of , and the deadly assassin , undergoes reconstructive surgery on his face , and plots his revenge . 
 Meanwhile , two detectives , , and , investigate 's death . claims was an obsessive ex - lover , and he killed her husband in a jealous rage . is skeptical , but seduces , who believes her every word . They begin an affair and pressures him to find and kill . When , obsessed with , attempts to track down in Old Town , an action that would break the truce between the police and the prostitutes , attempts to stop him . An enraged shoots in the face , then commits suicide afterward . Out of options , reluctantly partners with the mob boss . 
 , with his face newly reconstructed , is accompanied by , and , poses as 's man from Texas . Inside 's estate , however , sees past the new face , and captures . and strike from 's car , and shoots with a hidden .45 he had up his left sleeve . Six bullets fail to kill him , and aims shakily at , as unexpectedly grabs one of 's guns , shooting several times . She attempts to convince to pair with her , and that the pain he suffered revealed his true intentions , but shoots her mid - kiss , and she dies in his arms . 
 visits an unlicensed doctor , , who shoots up heroin before trading his services for 's last $ 40 , and his shoes . Realizing he left unprotected , rushes to his hotel , but finds waiting for him , along with 's dismembered head and hands . Again , lets him go . Intent on taking down , scrounges a dollar from a sympathetic waitress , , which he uses to regain enough money playing slots to buy his way into 's game the following night . Playing a card shark 's con , folds his first few hands , allowing to taunt him about his dead mother . He once again cons into going all in , then reveals his winning hand . taunts , reminding him that tonight 's story of how the same man beat him twice will follow him for the rest of his life . His vengeance completed , smiles resignedly , a single tear running down his face as shoots him in the head , commanding his men to get rid of the body . 
 Four years after " That Yellow Bastard " , " is in a deep depression over death . She is obsessed with getting revenge on Senator for having driven to kill himself . As she wallows in despair , the ghost of watches over her , unable to reach her but still attempting to help . On the same night that joins the backroom poker game , attempts to shoot from the stage of 's , but she ca n't bring herself to pull the trigger . 
 hallucinates a visit from , and shortly thereafter cuts her hair and smashes a mirror , using its shards to cut her face . She decides to get to help her kill by showing him the scars , and making him believe that was responsible . As they step out of the club , they meet a motorcycle gang that are there to shoot up the place . kills two , but leaves their leader for to finish off . The pair mount an assault on 's compound . slaughters 's bodyguards , while picks off the guards with a crossbow . is wounded , but continues alone to confront . shoots her first in the side , then the leg , and is about to finish her off . Suddenly , 's ghost appears in the mirror , startling long enough for to recover and kill him .

, a young alchemy scholar , is searching for the philosopher 's stone , a legendary substance capable of turning base metals into gold and granting eternal life . After finding the Rose Key and narrowly escaping a cave collapse in Iran , she travels to Paris , where she enlists the help of her ex - boyfriend , , and cameraman . They use the Rose Key to translate the headstone of , who wrote about the philosopher 's stone . The headstone contains a riddle that leads them to believe that the philosopher 's stone is hidden 370 feet underneath the streets of Paris . also enlists the help of a guide named , his girlfriend , and their friend , who are familiar with the layout of the Catacombs of Paris . refuses to follow the group into the catacombs , but is driven underground with the rest when a policeman spots them trespassing . After crawling through a narrow tunnel which collapses behind them , they encounter female cultists who appear to be performing a mysterious ritual . The group then find themselves in a blocked tunnel that is reluctant to enter , as people who have entered have never been seen again . 
 After venturing deeper into the catacombs , the group encounter , a friend of who disappeared into the catacombs years earlier . He agrees to guide them out , explaining that the only way out is down . They eventually find a tomb filled with treasure , as well as the philosopher 's stone . Removing the stone , realizes that the treasure is a trap , and the chamber collapses . With the philosopher 's stone , is able to heal injuries that sustained in the fall . is lost under the rubble , and the group decide to leave him behind . 
 The group find a Gnostic Star of David , which symbolizes the notion " As above , so below . " Seeing that a door has been drawn onto the ceiling above , finds a real door in the floor below . Beyond the door , the group finds the entrance to a tunnel that is marked with the phrase " Abandon all hope , ye who enter here " in Greek , identical to the entrance to Hell in Dante 's Inferno . 
 Passing through , they find a reflection of the room they left behind . There , they discover , who kills before disappearing . The remaining members of the group realize that they must continue deeper into the catacombs in order to escape , and they climb down a hole . However , is pushed to his death by the lead female cultist . Leaving his body behind , the rest encounter a man sitting in a burning car , which recalls an incident in which was forced to leave someone to die in a car crash ; the man pulls into the burning car before it disappears and is left buried upside down . The rest of the group are unable to pull from the ground , and they decide to continue into the catacombs . Visions of demons follow the group through dark tunnels , and one attacks . After the philosopher 's stone fails to heal his injuries , murmurs , " . " Remembering the word from a riddle , realizes that the stone itself is yet another trap . Only by returning it will she find the real philosopher 's stone . 
 As she races back to the tomb , she finds a hanged man , whom she recognizes as her father . She apologizes to him for not answering the phone the night that he killed himself . She then returns to the tomb , where she finds a polished mirror that makes her realize that she possesses the magical abilities of the philosopher 's stone . returns to and heals him with a kiss . She then explains to and that the only way to escape is to admit to their torments , just as she admitted that she feels responsible for her father 's suicide . admits that he accidentally allowed his brother to drown when the pair were kids because he got lost looking for help . admits that he has a son he knows is his , but chooses not to acknowledge , which explains the visions of a running boy he has been seeing during their journey . As the demons continue to chase them , the group jump down a deep hole . At the bottom , the hole above them closes and a manhole appears on the ground below . Jumping through , the group find themselves right side up on a street overlooking the Notre Dame . and hold each other , realizing that they are safe , while a dazed walks away into the night .

The story centers on ( ) as she struggles to come to terms not only with the aftermath of the car accident that killed her son and left her partially disabled by chronic pain , but also with the suicide of ( ) , a woman from her chronic pain support group . As time flies by , starts visualizing several times leading to short conversations . As the drug effects diminish , she returns to the present . By blackmailing from her support group , she procures 's address and befriends her husband . , her helper and driver is very loyal and dutiful . Since the accident , dared not to sit up erect in her car , so drives her anywhere . Also , she is taking physiotherapy practices to improve her condition . Later , in her dream , comes to her with a cream scratch cake with lit candles . She explains her guilt of not having been able to make a birthday cake for her son due to chronic pain . The film documents how 's pain and grief affect her behavior , her relationships with other people , and her ability to function from just after 's death until she reaches a breakthrough point in her own path .

Jennifer Aniston
Adriana Barraza
Anna Kendrick

( ) writes a suicide note and cuts his wrists . Meanwhile , ( ) is in her bathroom preparing to swallow a handful of pills , but is interrupted by a call from a hospital informing her that her brother – whom she has n't seen in 10 years – has unsuccessfully attempted suicide . visits in the hospital in Los Angeles , and suggests that he come to stay with her in their hometown of Nyack , New York for a while ; he reluctantly agrees . meets 's gregarious husband ( ) , who tells he and are trying to have a baby . This surprises , as never expressed wanting children . reacquaints himself with the town , and observes ( ) , a middle - aged man working in a bookstore . Meanwhile , is taking scuba lessons , and having sex with the instructor , ( ) . 
 At 's invitation , their mother ( ) makes a surprise visit . 
 asks if she 'd be a good mother , and honestly replies that she 'd be overprotective and uptight , which upsets her ; he later apologizes , joking that the reason he said that was his concern about her " morbid obesity . " later confesses to that she 's been taking birth control pills , both to avoid having a child with and because she 's been sleeping with the instructors of all the classes she 's been taking . She worries that she 's not worthy to be married to , but reassures her . 
 meets with , who was his high school English teacher . They had a sexual relationship when was 15 . now has a 16 - year - old son , and is dating a woman . lies about his career , claiming to have an acting agent in Los Angeles , when he really just waits tables at a tourist restaurant . and spend the night together . Later shows up at 's house while his son is there , infuriating him with the danger of his past being exposed . gets drunk , and throws away a trinket that had given him in high school , which he still carried as a keepsake . 
 tells about a boy that had once bullied him , who – their father had assured him – would reach his peak in high school and have a miserable adult life . But it turned out that the bully had a successful happy life , and it was who had peaked in high school . asks for reassurance that he wo n't kill himself , and he promises to try not to . and spend Halloween together , and reminisce about their father 's death . leaves his phone behind when he goes to the bathroom , and sees an incoming call from . She is upset with for resuming contact with . had exposed their sexual relationship , ending 's teaching career . 
 confides to that he is concerned that he may be infertile . mentions that used to hide cigarettes around the house , planting the idea for to look for medications that might be to blame . 's menstrual period is late , and she considers buying a pregnancy test . She runs into an old classmate with a badly - behaved child , which adds to her anxiety about parenting , but she is relieved when she begins menstruating . 
 ends the relationship with , and returns home . There she is confronted by , who is painfully confused by the birth control pills he has found . She admits to her affairs , then confronts , blaming him for ruining her marriage . retorts that it was no " marriage " and she lashes back suggesting that next time he tries suicide to do it right . leaves a voicemail echoing his suicide note , and goes to the pool where she 'd been taking scuba lessons . Tying weights to herself , she jumps into the pool . As she begins to drown , she panics but is unable to free herself . , having heard her message , jumps in the pool and rescues her . 
 The film closes with the twins at 's home , looking at his fish tank full of goldfish .

( ) finds out his wife ( ) has been having an affair with his boss ( ) for a year . After he moves out , 's sister ( ) calls to tell him their father has died . The gather for the funeral at their mother 's home where they reconnect with family friends ( ) , and his mother ( ) . is unhappy because her husband ( ) is too busy with work . reunites with his older brother ( ) and 's wife ( ) , who had once been 's girlfriend . The youngest brother , ( ) , arrives late with older , therapist girlfriend ( ) and interrupts the funeral . 
 The ' mother , ( ) tells her children their father wanted them to sit shiva ( despite the fact that was an atheist ) , presided over by the ' childhood friend , rabbi ( ) . knows about 's discovery of 's infidelity , about which he avoids telling everyone else . also reunites with ( ) , a girl who had a crush on him in high school . 
 During a family gathering , drunkenly badgers to tell the truth about . laments being seen as the family screw - up , while also flirting with another girl while watches . Irritated , blurts out that was cheating on him and he plans to divorce her . shows up the next day and reveals she 's pregnant with 's child . It could not be 's child as he is sterile . finds out about the pregnancy and reveals this to the family . 
 The family goes to temple for a service where the brothers sneak out to smoke joints found in his father 's suit . , upset that she and have n't conceived , crawls into bed with in hopes that he could get her pregnant , but he rejects her . visits in his backyard , and expresses her remorse over being involved the accident that caused 's brain injury and then leaving him . A few days later , when her husband leaves for a conference , an upset sleeps with . Being caught walking home in the morning by , she tearfully confesses she will never love the way she loved . spends the night with , and then spends the day with her . But then calls him out of fear that she is having a miscarriage , and he admits to that is pregnant . gets to the hospital to be with , only for to show up . The baby is fine and is determined to be a girl . Upon being asked to leave by the OB , and get into a fight in the waiting room . When and arrive , punches in the face . Upon leaving , tells he 's not ready to be a step - dad and leaves . 
 The next day , apologizes to , tearfully confessing that she only wants a baby so badly and is so frustrated by her lack of progress with . replies that she should focus and remember the things she does have with , the love they share and not let the need for a baby ruin her marriage . walks in as hugs her and assumes they were kissing . chases and attacks as leaves for being unfaithful , resulting in the three brothers fighting . silences everyone by kissing passionately in front of all the spectators and informs everyone that she and are in love , something was happy with . She admits the was her idea , in order to come out to all her children at once and get them all to reconnect . The four siblings are shocked at first , but see their mother is happy and accept it . 
 One night , when the power goes out in the basement ( where is staying ) , attempts to fix the problem in the power box , only to be given an electrical shock that knocks him out . He dreams of a memory with his father , where had fallen down from his bike as a child , and his father comforted him and pressed his forehead to his , a characteristic sign of affection used for his children . wakes up crying , finally fully mourning for his father . 
 meets at the skating center , apologizing for not being honest . leaves with her two kids , waving to from the car , tearing up as she lets him go again . The brothers make amends , and offers a job at their father 's sporting goods store . decides to quietly slip out , and after loading his luggage in his car , steals 's Porsche 997 . The final shot is of driving on the highway to Maine , a place he has always wanted to go .

Best friends and host the popular podcast The Not - See Party , where they find and mock humiliating viral videos . announces plans to fly to Canada to interview , an Internet celebrity famous for severing his leg with a samurai sword . In flashbacks spread throughout the film , it is revealed that was originally a failed stand - up comic who became popular with his increasingly vicious podcasts , and that he frequently cheats on his girlfriend , . 
 Upon arriving in Manitoba , Wallace is surprised to learn that committed suicide . Upset that he flew to Canada for nothing , decides to stay an extra day and find another person to interview . He finds a handbill from someone offering a room in his home for free and the guarantee of hearing a lifetime of interesting stories . His interest piqued , arrives at the mansion of , a retired seaman in a wheelchair . tells the story of how a walrus , whom he named Mr. , rescued him after a shipwreck . then passes out from the secobarbital laced in his tea that made for him . 
 The next morning , wakes up to find himself strapped into a wheelchair and his left leg amputated . tells him he was bitten by a brown recluse spider and a local doctor had to amputate it to save 's life . not only reveals that he can still walk , but lays out his plans for : he plans to fit into a perfectly constructed walrus costume . 's attempts to contact and fail when neither answer their phone . It is then revealed that and are in fact lovers . leaves a voicemail apologizing for how he treated her , and knocks him unconscious . 
 Now aware that is in danger , and fly to Canada to look for him . Back at the mansion , continues to mutilate and alter , to whom he tells his backstory : a orphan , he was sexually abused for years by the clergy who fostered him . True to his plan He sews together a walrus shaped costume over made of human skin , complete with tusks made of the tibia bones from 's severed legs . 
 A local detective puts and in touch with , a former Sûreté du Québec inspector who has been hunting for years . reveals that , nicknamed “ The First Wife " , has been kidnapping and murdering people for years ; he says he believes Wallace may still be alive , but not as they remember him . They eventually find 's address through two convenience store clerks , whom had annoyed earlier . 
 Meanwhile , is completely broken conditioned into thinking , and behaving entirely like a walrus . reveals that his obsession with walruses comes from killing and eating Mr. six months after living on the island , although a rescue boat arrived soon after . For the past 15 years , he has attempted to turn his victims into his beloved savior in order to relive their last day and give Mr. another chance at survival . Dressed in his own homemade pelt , engages in a fight with during which eventually manages to get impaled on his tusks ; dies , but is satisfied to have fulfilled his life 's mission at last . and enter the enclave and are horrified by 's transformation and ability to even produce the viciously low - ranging bellowing a walrus can do . later enters the room and reluctantly aims a shotgun at . 
 One year later , still has not been released from inside the pelt and now lives in a wildlife sanctuary . and visit him and feed him a mackerel . remembers a discussion she had with the day before he left for Canada about how crying separates humans from animals , because crying shows that you have a soul . tells she still loves him before walking off crying . A tear is running out of one of 's eyes as he bellows , implying that the human side of may not be completely gone .

In 1967 in Santa Monica , , a doctor , presents his expectant wife with a rare vintage porcelain doll as a gift for their first child to be placed in a collection of dolls in their daughter 's nursery . 
 That night , the couple is disturbed by the sounds of their next door neighbors , the , being murdered during a home invasion . While calls the police , she and are attacked by the ' killers . The police arrive and shoot the man dead while the woman commits suicide by slitting her own throat inside the nursery while holding the porcelain doll . News reports identify the assailants as the ' estranged daughter , , and her unidentified boyfriend , both members of a cult . 
 In the days following the attack , a series of paranormal activities occur around the 's residence . Afterwards , gives birth to a healthy baby girl . She and name their child . The family rents an apartment in Pasadena and , after finding the doll that had discarded since 's previous attack in one of their boxes , another set of paranormal events plagues and her daughter . The next night , is haunted by a malevolent presence in her apartment and believes it to be 's ghost . During a storm , encounters an enigmatic figure in the building 's basement who begins pursuing her before she escapes . 
 calls back Detective to gather information about and the cultist and learns that the cult intends to summon supernatural beings . With the help of bookseller and fellow tenant , realizes that the cult practiced devil worship , which summoned a demon who followed the family after they moved to their apartment in order to claim a soul . Upon returning home , and are attacked by the demon who reveals itself while manipulating the doll . and contact their parish priest , Father , who informs them that demons sometimes attach themselves to inanimate objects as an advantage to accomplish their goals and that a human soul must be offered for a purpose . Without any hopes of exorcising the demon out of the doll , Father decides to take it away to seek help from the for investigation . But before he can enter the church , the demon impersonating 's spirit attacks him and grabs the doll . 
 The priest is hospitalized on the next day and , when checks on him , Father warns the latter that after sensing its powerful presence , the demon 's true intention is to claim 's soul . That night , while is visiting , the demon uses Father 's physical form to sneak into the apartment and abduct in exchange for her mother 's soul . To spare her daughter , attempts to jump out of the window with the doll but arrives in time along with to stop her . decides to take her own life in 's place instead as atonement for causing a car accident that resulted in the death of her daughter years ago . As the Forms are reunited , the demon and the doll disappear . 
 Six months later , the doll is bought from an antique shop by a mother as a gift for her daughter , one of the nursing students from the prelude of the first film .

The day of their fifth wedding anniversary , writing teacher returns home to find that his wife is missing . Her disappearance receives heavy press coverage , as was the inspiration for her parents ' popular Amazing Amy children 's books . Detective does a walkthrough of their house and finds poorly concealed evidence of a struggle . The police conduct a forensic analysis and uncover the remnants of cleaned blood stains , leading to the conclusion that was murdered . Suspicions arise that is responsible , and his apathetic behavior is interpreted by the media as characteristic of a sociopath . 
 Flashbacks reveal that and 's marriage had disintegrated ; both lost their jobs in the recession and moved from New York City to 's hometown of North Carthage , Missouri . became lazy and distant , and began cheating on with one of his students . unearths evidence of financial troubles and domestic disputes , and a witness states that wanted to purchase a gun . She also finds a medical report indicating that is pregnant , of which denies knowledge , and a diary supposedly written by highlighting her growing isolation , ominously ending with the fear that will kill her . 
 is revealed to be alive and well , having changed her appearance and gone into hiding in a distant campground in the Ozarks . Upon learning that was cheating on her , she resolved to punish him by framing him for her murder . plans the framing in great detail : she befriends a pregnant neighbor to steal her urine for the pregnancy test , drains her own blood to leave traces of evidence of murder and fabricates a diary describing her fear of . She also has increase her life insurance so it looks like he murdered her for the money . By using the clues in a " treasure hunt " game she and play on their anniversary , she ensures he visits places where she has planted the corroborating evidence of 's guilt for the police to discover . She anticipates will be convicted and executed for her murder , and contemplates committing suicide after his conviction . 
 hires , a lawyer who specializes in defending men accused of killing their wives . meets 's ex - boyfriend , who says falsely accused him of rape , and gradually deduces 's plan . He also approaches another ex - boyfriend , the wealthy , against whom previously filed a restraining order , but refuses to share any details . When 's neighbors at the campground rob her of her remaining money , she calls and convinces him that she ran away from because he was abusing her . He agrees to hide her in his lake house , which is equipped with surveillance cameras . 
 convinces his twin sister , , of his innocence . After 's mistress reveals their affair at a press conference , appears on a talk show to profess his innocence and apologize for his failures as a husband in the hope of luring . His performance rekindles 's feelings for him , even as arrests him for 's murder . inflicts injuries on herself and uses 's surveillance cameras to her advantage , making it appear that kidnapped and raped her . She seduces and kills him during sex by slitting his throat . Covered in 's blood , she returns home and names him as her captor and rapist , clearing of suspicion . 
 When questions about the holes in her story , accuses her of incompetence . The FBI sides with , forcing to back down . tells the truth , saying that the man she watched pleading for her return on TV is the man she wants him to become again . shares this with , , and , but they have no way to prove 's guilt . 
 intends to leave and expose her lies , but reveals she is pregnant , having artificially inseminated herself with 's sperm stored at a fertility clinic . doubts the child is his and says he will take a paternity test . He then reacts violently to 's insistence that they remain married , but feels responsible for the child . Despite 's objections , reluctantly decides to stay with . The " happy " couple announces on television that they are expecting a child .

Before the Renaissance , is the Prince of Wallachia and Transylvania . As a child , he was a royal hostage in the palace of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and was trained to be a soldier in the Sultan 's elite Janissaries corps , where he became their most feared warrior . He was called after slaughtering thousands by impaling them on spears . 
 Now ruling his domains in peace , and his soldiers discover a helmet in a stream and fear that an Ottoman scouting party is preparing the way for invasion . The stream leads to Broken Tooth Mountain , the top of which has a cave carpeted in crushed bone . Within the cave , they are attacked in the dark by an inhumanly strong and fast humanoid creature , killing 's retinue . Returning to his castle , learns from a local monk that the creature is a vampire , who was magically trapped in the cave many years ago . celebrates an Easter feast with his wife and son Îngeraș , when an Ottoman contingent arrives at the castle . offers them the usual tribute payment of silver coins , but the emissary wants an additional tribute of 1,000 boys to be trained as Janissaries . refuses . believes can convince Sultan to show mercy . offers himself in place of the boys ; but refuses and demands 's son in addition . 
 Knowing war is coming , returns to the Broken Tooth Mountain cave to seek help from the vampire . The vampire tells him there are consequences and offers him some of his blood , which will temporarily give the powers of a vampire . If he resists the intense urge to drink human blood for three days , he will turn back into a human . Otherwise , he will remain a vampire forever , and the ancient vampire will be freed , the seal on his cave broken . accepts the offer . He discovers that he has the ability to transform into a cloud of bats . When he returns to Castle Dracula , the Ottoman army attacks , but singlehandedly kills them all . He then sends most of the castle 's subjects to Cozia Monastery for safety . 
 learns of 's curse , as she sees him holding silver to keep himself weak when near his people to avoid revealing his condition to them or attacking them for blood . 's sudden increased strength also arouses suspicion among his subjects . 
 That night , the Ottoman army marches on the monastery . commands an enormous swarm of bats to repel them ; however , the soldiers are actually a decoy force , allowing a handful of Turks to infiltrate the monastery , kill many of the inhabitants and kidnap . tries to defend her son , and falls from the edge of the monastery wall . Despite his superhuman speed , can not reach her in time . Dying , pleads with to drink her blood before the sun rises and lifts his curse , so that he will have the strength to save their son . reluctantly drinks her blood , triggering his final transformation into a full - blooded vampire and granting him even greater powers . As he does so , he summons black storm clouds to block out the sun . returns to the monastery and turns the small group of survivors and mortally wounded into vampires as well . 
 At the Ottoman army 's camp , prepares for a massive invasion of Europe . and his vampires arrive , hidden by a large lightning storm , and easily massacre the terrified Ottoman soldiers , while himself goes after , who is holding captive . Aware that vampires are weakened by silver , has lined the floor of his tent with silver coins , making 's strength and speed that of a human — and impairing his vision — as fights him with a silver sword . He overpowers and prepares to impale his heart with a wooden stake , but turns into a flock of bats and evades him . Taking the name " , Son of the Devil " , he kills with the stake and drinks his blood . then sends away before his vampire army preys on him , and dispels the storm clouds so that the vampires , including himself , will burn away and die in the light . However , a man who had previously observed 's nature and wished to serve him drags his dying body out of the sunlight and offers him his blood , which restores to life . With presumed dead and Europe saved from the Ottoman invasion , is crowned the new Prince of Wallachia . 
 In the present day , meets a woman named , who strikingly resembles , in the streets of a modern city ( London ) , while the vampire who cursed watches them from afar . As they walk away , he follows , saying " Let the games begin " .

, a museum tour guide , takes a group of school detention students on a secret museum tour , telling them , with wooden figures , the story of a Mexican town called San Angel from the Book of Life , holding every story in the world . 
 On the Day of the Dead , , ruler of the Land of the Remembered , and , ruler of the Land of the Forgotten , set a wager for their own worlds after seeing and competing over . bets on while bets on . However , cheats by giving his Medal of Everlasting Life , granting the wearer invincibility . frees a herd of captive pigs , resulting in her being sent to a boarding school in Spain . Parting ways , gives her one of the rescued baby pigs , which he named , and she gives him a guitar engraved with the phrase " Always play from the heart " . 
 Years later , 's dreams are suppressed by his father , who trains him to be a bullfighter to honor their family , while becomes a hero with the Medal 's aid . On 's first bullfight , returns . defeats the bull but refuses to kill it , dismaying and the crowd but impressing . That night , is pressured by her father and mayor , General , to marry for his protection from the Bandit King . and both profess their love before dawn but are interrupted when sends his dual - headed snake staff who bites her once and sends her into a coma . Devastated by 's apparent death , allows to kill him , believing he will be reunited with in death . 
 At the Land of the Remembered , reunites with his mother and his ancestral family . They travel to La Muerte 's castle , discovering , now the new ruler of the realm , who explains the bet and that the snake only killed him by two bites . awakens ( thanks to 's Medal ) , learns of 's death , and accepts 's proposal , despite 's protestation . , , and his grandfather , travel to the Cave of Souls to reach La Muerte . Inside , they meet the Candle Maker , the overseer of mortal lives and the Book of Life 's keeper . After seeing that 's story in the Book of Life is blank and can be rewritten by himself , he takes them to the Land of the Forgotten . They find La Muerte at 's previous castle and expose his cheating . Furious , lectures before offering a new wager at 's request : 's life will be returned if he completes a challenge of 's choosing , but if he fails , he will be forgotten and will keep both realms . sets against a giant bull skeleton made from the skeletons of every bull slain by the family , believing that to be his greatest fear . 
 In the Land of the Living , leads his army to San Angel ( in middle of and 's wedding ) to find the Medal , which was previously his . kills , who arrives in the Land of the Remembered in time to see 's fight . , realizing his fear is actually that of being himself , refuses to fight and instead sings an apology to the bull , appeasing it and touching his family and even the deities ( especially ) . Impressed , the deities restore to life and send him and his family to San Angel to protect it from and his army . is knocked unconscious when destructs himself , but he is protected by the Medal , which had slipped him earlier . returns it to and resolves to be a true hero , while and are happily married as and reconcile . 
 In the present , finishes the story , and the now - amazed children leave the museum . and an elderly security guard named reveal themselves to be and in disguise ( and still very much in love ) . The Candle Maker appears and encourages the audience by showing them the Book of Life and telling them to write their own story .

The film begins with the September 11 attacks shown on television when ( ) enters a house and begins to perform salah when he is kidnapped and taken to Guantanamo Bay detention camp , specifically Camp Delta . 
 Eight years later , Army Private first - class ( ) is placed as a guard at Guantanamo . Upon arrival , she volunteers to the IRF and is cold towards the detainees , despite her contempt for the facility 's handling of detainees . While on duty , tries to make conversation , but is annoyed by his persistence and rebuffs his advances ; in return , throws his feces at her and is sent to the frequent flyer program . Corporal " Randy " Ransdell also takes an interest in , going as far as to attempt to have sex with her in a bathroom . 
 enters 's cell while it is being searched and notices suicide - prevention pamphlets on the floor . She finds 's file , which reveals that he has a history of self - harm and discipline , becoming more and more violent as time passed . When returns to his cell , he apologizes to for his actions . He confides to her that he was born in Bremen , Germany and was not involved with terrorist groups , and a relationship forms between the two . 
 Eight months later , lies to and orders her to watch shower , violating SOP and Arabic social norms . Upon discovering that lied , files a report to her commanding officer , Colonel . talks to , who makes ( unspecified ) counter - accusations , and dismisses 's complaint because is her superior . Both enlisted must attend boards of inquiry ( not shown nor later referred to ) . begins to become more isolated from the other guards and is reassigned to the night shift . 
 One night , near the end of 's tour at Guantanamo , takes a blade hidden in his Quran and tries to commit suicide , but is talked down by , who tells him her name and where she 's from ( also violations of SOP ) . At this point , it is clear that her feelings towards the detainee have softened as she is distressed by the possibility of him dying . As leaves Guantanamo teary - eyed , discovers the book he had been hoping for over two years , finding she had written a note inside saying : " To , I do n't know if 's a good guy . But I know you are . Love , "

Petty thief ( ) is caught stealing from a Los Angeles construction site by a security guard . He attacks the guard , steals his watch and leaves with the stolen material . After selling the material at a scrap yard , asks for a job , but the foreman says he does not hire thieves . While driving home , sees a car crash and pulls over . Stringers — freelance photojournalists — arrive and record two police officers pulling a woman from the wreck . One of the stringers , ( ) , tells that they sell their footage to local news stations . Inspired , steals a bicycle and pawns it for a camcorder and a police radio scanner . After two unsuccessful attempts at recording incidents , records the aftermath of a fatal carjacking and sells the footage to KWLA 6 . The morning news director ( ) tells him the station is especially interested in footage of violent incidents in affluent areas . hires an assistant , ( ) , a young man desperate for money . To give his footage more impact , begins tampering with crime scenes and in one case moves a body . As 's work gains traction , he buys better equipment and a faster car . 
 coerces into a date and threatens to terminate his business with her unless she has sex with him , knowing her job depends on his footage ; she reluctantly agrees . The next day he turns down a business offer from , who beats him to an important plane crash story later that night . berates to get better footage and keep his end of their bargain . In retaliation , sabotages 's van ; when it crashes , is severely injured and records the aftermath . Later , and arrive before the police at the site of a home invasion in an affluent neighborhood . records footage of the gunmen leaving in their SUV and of the victims in the house . The news staff fret over the ethics of the footage but is eager to break the story . In exchange , demands public credit and more money . Police detective ( ) questions about his connection to the home invasion . He gives her edited footage of the home invasion , cutting out the parts with the gunmen . That night , he and track down the gunmen ; plans to follow them to a more crowded public area , then call the police and record the ensuing confrontation . Alarmed , demands half the money stands to make , threatening to tell the police about 's crimes ; agrees . 
 When the gunmen stop at a restaurant , phones the police . They arrive and exchange gunfire . One suspect is killed while the other manages to escape in his SUV . The police give chase with and tailing and recording . After the gunman 's SUV crashes , urges to film the gunman , claiming he is dead . The wounded gunman shoots through the glass and tries to escape but is shot by police . As lies dying , films him and tells him that he can not work with someone who has leverage over him . is awed by the chase footage and expresses her devotion to . The news team discovers that the home invasion was actually a drug deal gone wrong ; refuses to report this information to maximize the story 's impact . Police try to confiscate the footage for evidence but defends her right to withhold it . Interrogated by Frontieri , fabricates a story about the men in the SUV following him ; Frontieri suspects he is lying , but can not prove it . hires a team of interns and buys new vans to expand his business .

( ) is an aimless twenty - eight - year - old living in Seattle , Washington who is in a committed relationship with her high school sweetheart and is still close with her high school friends . At her friend 's ( ) wedding , her boyfriend unexpectedly proposes marriage . She also sees her father cheating on her mother . Shocked and confused , she flees and runs into teenager ( ) and her friends . After buying them alcohol , plays with their skateboard . When they ask her to join them on their night out , she does . 
 Returning home , 's boyfriend suggests that rather than have a big wedding they elope . agrees but delays the wedding by pretending that she has a week - long career advice seminar to attend . 
 receives a call from asking her to pretend to be her absentee mother at a guidance counsellor 's meeting . goes to the meeting and afterwards asks if , in return , she can stay at her house . 
 is unsuccessful at sneaking into her house , where her single - parent lawyer father ( ) questions about her relationship with his daughter . lies that there was a gap between her lease expiring and her moving to a new apartment . reluctantly allows her to stay and gradually begins to trust her . asks to drive her to her estranged mother 's house to see her for the first time in years . 
 asks to go out drinking and they later have sex . The next morning , he offers to let her stay in his home longer than the week she asked for , but she declines . 
 , seeing them kiss , tentatively tells that she approves of the relationship . reveals that she is still engaged after finds the engagement ring in 's purse and that has no idea . On the way home from shopping for 's prom dress , the two begin fighting , causing to accidentally crash the car . He tells that he has been drinking the wine that she bought for them because he is upset that his parents are sending him to boarding school in the fall . Feeling guilty , tells the police that she was the one driving the car . She still has alcohol on her breath from that morning and is arrested . When arrives to free her , reveals her engagement as well as the fact that she bought alcohol for his daughter . 
 's father picks her up from the police station . He says he has confessed his cheating to her mother and they are still trying to work things out . 
 shows up at 's door with the white dress bought and a few other things left over from the car crash . She tries to convince to go to prom . When comes down the girls lie and say is a girl was mentoring at the seminar . Once he goes back upstairs offers her a ticket for prom , urging her to go one last time but this time saying to do it for . 
 Even then continues to lie to her fiancé about where she had been for the past week . At the airport he takes a selfie and sends it to their high school friends . , believing that their relationship is stifling her , breaks up with him , unfriends all of her high school best friends and proceeds to go to 's prom , where she tells to be honest and pursue , a friend whom she is in love with . goes to 's house , and leaves him a note on a box of wine asking him to check one of two boxes labeled ' yes ' or ' no ' to the question ' Can we try again ? ' , and knocks on the front door . answers the door , reads the note , sees her at the bottom of the steps and closes the door on her . Afterwards she knocks again and picks up the hidden keys outside , but before she can unlock the door opens the door again and lets her in .

In the mid-21st century , crop blights and dust storms threaten humanity 's survival . , a widowed engineer and former NASA pilot , runs a farm with his father - in - law , son , and daughter . Living in a post - truth society , is reprimanded for telling that the Apollo missions were not fake ; he encourages her to carefully observe and record what she sees . They discover that dust patterns , which first attributes to a ghost , result from gravity variations , and translate into geographic coordinates . These lead them to a secret NASA facility headed by 's former supervisor , Professor , who explains that 48 years earlier a wormhole appeared near Saturn , opening a path to a distant galaxy with twelve potentially habitable planets located near a black hole named Gargantua . Volunteers had previously traveled through the wormhole to evaluate the planets , with , , and reporting back desirable results . explains he has conceived two plans to ensure humanity ’s survival - Plan A involves developing a gravitational propulsion theory , allowing a mass exodus from Earth , while Plan B is a conventional launch of the Endurance spacecraft with 5,000 frozen embryos to colonize a habitable planet . is recruited to pilot the Endurance . When refuses to see him off , he leaves her his wristwatch to compare their relative time when he returns . 
 The crew consists of , the robots TARS and CASE , and the scientists Dr. , ( Professor 's daughter ) , , and . After traversing the wormhole , , , and use a lander to investigate 's planet , where time is severely dilated . After landing in knee - high water and finding only wreckage from 's expedition , a gigantic tidal wave kills and waterlogs the lander 's engines . By the time the engines restart , 23 years have elapsed in terms of Earth time . 
 Having enough fuel for only one of the other two planets , rules they go to 's , as he is still broadcasting . En route , they receive messages from Earth . is now a scientist working on Plan A. On his deathbed , Professor reveals to her that Plan B was his only real plan , knowing that Plan A required observations of gravitational singularities from within a black hole . 
 On 's planet , the Endurance crew revive from cryostasis . He assures them colonization is possible , despite an extreme environment . On an excursion , attempts to kill and reveals that he falsified the data in the hope of being rescued . He steals 's lander and heads for the Endurance . While a booby trap set by kills , rescues with the other lander and they race to the Endurance . is killed in a failed manual docking operation , severely damaging the Endurance . Through a difficult docking maneuver , Cooper regains control . 
 With insufficient fuel , they resort to a slingshot around Gargantua which costs them another 51 years . In the process , Cooper and TARS must jettison their landers to allow and CASE to reach ' planet . Slipping past the event horizon of Gargantua , they eject from their craft and find themselves in a tesseract , possibly constructed by humans of the far future . Across time , can see through the bookcases of 's old room on Earth and weakly interact with its gravity . Realizing that he is now 's " ghost " , he manipulates the second hand of the wristwatch he gave her before he left , transmitting via Morse code the quantum data that TARS collected from inside the event horizon . 
 The tesseract , its purpose completed , collapses and ejects and TARS . wakes on a huge station , orbiting Saturn . He reunites with , now an old woman nearing death . Using the quantum data , she was able to develop the gravitational propulsion theory , enabling humanity ’s exodus and transformation into an advanced spacefaring civilization . She reminds that is out there alone . and TARS take a spacecraft to rejoin and , who are setting up a human colony on ' habitable planet .

Anne Hathaway
Matthew McConaughey
Jessica Chastain
Michael Caine

and his family must spend Christmas with his estranged family of misfits . Upon realizing that he left all his son 's gifts at home , he hits the road with his dad in an attempt to make the 8 - hour round trip before sunrise .

is a 14 - year - old robotics genius living in the futuristic city of San Fransokyo who spends much of his free time participating in illegal robot fights . To redirect , his elder brother takes him to the research lab at the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology , where meets 's friends , , , , and . also meets Professor , the head of the university 's robotics program . Amazed , Hiro decides to apply to the university . 
 To enroll , he signs up for the school 's science fair and presents his project : microbots , swarms of tiny robots that can link together in any arrangement imaginable using a neurocranial transmitter . At the fair , declines an offer from , CEO of Krei Tech , to market the microbots , and accepts him into the school . At the end of the day , a fire breaks out among the exhibits and rushes in to save , the only person left inside . The building explodes moments later , killing . 
 Weeks later , a depressed inadvertently activates Baymax , the inflatable healthcare robot that created ; the two find 's only remaining microbot and follow it to an abandoned warehouse . There they discover that someone has been mass - producing the microbots , and are attacked by a man wearing a mask who is controlling them . After they escape , equips Baymax with armor and a battle chip containing various karate moves , and they track the masked man to the docks . , , , and arrive , responding to a call from Baymax , and the masked man chases the group . The six escape to 's mansion , where they decide to form a high - tech superhero team to combat the villain . 
 The group tracks the masked man , whom they suspect to be , to an abandoned Krei Tech laboratory which was used for teleportation research until a test pilot was lost in an accident . The masked man attacks , but the group subdues him and knocks off his mask – revealing him to be , who had stolen 's microbots to shield himself from the explosion and not saving . Enraged , removes Baymax 's healthcare chip , leaving only the battle chip , and orders him to kill . reinstalls the healthcare chip at the last second , preventing Baymax from carrying out the kill order . escapes , and leaves with Baymax , intent on avenging . 
 Back home , tries to remove the healthcare chip again , but Baymax stops him and states that vengeance is not what would have wanted . To calm him down , Baymax shows videos of running numerous tests during Baymax 's development as a demonstration of 's benevolence and legacy . remorsefully apologizes to his friends , who reassure him they will catch the right way . 
 Video footage from the laboratory accident reveals that the lost test pilot was 's daughter , and that is seeking revenge on . interrupts at a public event and attempts to destroy his headquarters using 's teleportation portal . After a lengthy battle , the team deprives of his microbots and the mask , saving , but the portal remains active . detects inside , alive but in hyper - sleep , and leaps into the portal with to rescue her . They find 's pod , but on the way back out , is struck by debris , damaging his armor and disabling his thrusters . uses his armor 's rocket fist to propel and back through the portal before it closes . is arrested while is taken to the hospital . 
 Some time later , discovers Baymax 's personality chip clenched in the rocket fist . He rebuilds 's body , and the six friends continue their exploits throughout the city . During the end credits , a series of newspaper headlines reveals that the university has awarded a grant and dedicated a building in 's honor , and that the team has continued protecting the city . In a post - credits scene , discovers a hidden cache of superhero equipment in his family mansion . His father , a retired superhero , returns from vacation and says , " We have a lot to talk about . "

The recently widowed , 80 - year - old is moved by his daughter , against his will , into an apartment in New Orleans , next door to 74 - year - old . has become embittered , considers himself a realist , but spends most of his time lying down . is a flighty , vivacious romanticist who dreams of " the sweet life in Rome , " as lived by in the 1961 film La Dolce Vita . Despite their opposite temperaments and outlooks on life , they fall in love . 
 coaxes out of his shell but tries his patience by telling him several lies about herself . She claims to be a widow and hides her severe kidney disease , which requires dialysis . does n't know whether or not to believe 's claim that made a painting of her . She says that she has it in a safe , for which she has misplaced the key . 
 plays the aide , who regularly cares for . As she sees him daily , she provides a lively counterpoint and commentary on his developing relationship with . 
 When learns from his doctor friend that is probably dying , he takes her to Rome to fulfill her dream of wading ( like ) in the Trevi Fountain . He chooses this rather than investing in his son - in - law 's dubious business venture . After dies , her son opens her safe and gives the painting by , which bequeathed to him .

Twenty years after the events of the first film , has been committed at Baldy View Sanitarium , a mental institution , ever since his doomed romance with . During a recent visit , discovers that pranked him into thinking he was traumatized the entire time . They head to their apartment , where reveals he needs a donated kidney . 
 They go to 's old home , but can not get a kidney from his parents because he was adopted . 's dad gives him his mail that has been piling up since he moved out . It includes a postcard from a former girlfriend , , dating back to 1991 . It says she is pregnant and needs to call . admits that she had a daughter named that she gave up for adoption . She wrote a letter , only for it to be returned and instructed to never contact her again . 
 Hoping she can provide a kidney , and drive a hearse that gave them to Oxford , Maryland , where she now lives . Dr. and his wife are 's adoptive parents . , who has taken the name , is going to a KEN Convention in El Paso to give a speech on her father 's life work . is given a package to be given to one of the convention heads but ends up forgetting the package and her phone . 
 is secretly trying to poison and out of jealousy , with the help of her secret lover , the family 's housekeeper , . and arrive to inform the of their situation . realizes left the package , which he says is an invention worth billions . suggests that and deliver the package to . So that he and can get the contents of the box , accompanies and . Annoyed with the duo 's antics , attempts to kill them but dies in a train collision . hears of the death from 's twin brother Captain , a former military man who agrees to help her kill and . 
 When the duo arrives in El Paso on a stolen Zamboni ice resurfacer , impersonates , so he and are invited to a seminar . They get into an argument when discovers that has developed a romantic attraction to . After being escorted out of the convention due to not being on the attendance list , gets a call from . After informing that he is in town with her dad , they arrange a meeting during which deduces that he , not , is 's father . 
 arrives at the convention with and exposes as a fraud , telling the convention heads that he stole the package . also arrives and tampers with the fire alarm to create a diversion after she and are denied entry . As the building is evacuated , runs into and , only to have and corner them with guns in a bathroom . At this moment , returns , having been to Mexico to have one of his own kidneys removed for . and are about to shoot , but three FBI agents bust in with a healthy - looking , who knew all along that was trying to poison him . It is revealed that it was , not , who wrote " do not contact again " on 's letter , and that the " priceless invention " in the package was in fact nothing but cupcakes . attempts to shoot , but jumps in front of the bullet and is severely injured . and are arrested . 
 is rushed to the hospital where he reveals that he was pranking about needing a kidney and both laugh . tells and that ’s biological father is a dead high school friend named . As the duo leave El Paso , they spot two women walking in their direction and shove them into a bush as a joke . and run off and high - five each other .

In a framing sequence , — as himself — addresses the audience from beside a fireplace , explaining his love of Christmas . goes on to express his views on the contemporary celebration of Christmas , which include his beliefs that atheists have tried to " take the holiday away " and that is a Christian . also criticizes fundamentalist Christians who have politicized the holiday by tying the celebration to pagan traditions and making accusations that the holiday has become too tied to materialism . 
 The film switches to its main narrative , in which attends a Christmas party at his sister 's house . There , he notices that his brother - in - law , , is not celebrating like the other guests . When asked why , tells that he feels the holiday became too commercialized and consumerist , and that he feels uncomfortable with what he believes are pagan elements of contemporary Christmas celebration . tells that he is wrong and recites the story of the Nativity , which is depicted in cartoon form . Meanwhile , two guests at the party discuss conspiracy theories . 
 complains that several elements of Christmas , most notably Christmas trees , are not biblical in origin . tells him that Christmas trees were God 's idea , since God created trees . He also says that each tree represents a Christian cross ; breaking the fourth wall , encourages the audience to visualize a cross every time they see a Christmas tree . further addresses several other concerns Christian has about the historicity of the holiday , including its date and the role of the Three Wise Men . ties the Nativity directly to the crucifixion , saying that swaddling cloth was a foreshadowing of his burial shroud , and claims that the gifts of frankincense and myrrh were used to treat dead bodies in a form of primitive embalming . encourages and the audience to place Nutcrackers around Nativity sets to represent 's soldiers during the Massacre of the Innocents . 
 is convinced by the arguments , but then complains that has co - opted as the figurehead of the holiday ; he further expresses discomfort over the fact that " " is an anagram of " Satan . " tells the story of , including a reenactment of the First Council of Nicaea in which violently beats for heresy . claims that , after the council , went out and began beating heretics for teaching false doctrine , and that " was ' bad , ' in a good way . " explains that St. was the basis for , who was a byproduct of ' story being diluted by secular culture . With this knowledge , Christian joyous declares that " is the man . " 
 Reassured of Christmas ' Christian roots , and Christian return to the party . criticizes people who feel that the holiday is too commercial , saying that because God took on material form , it is appropriate to celebrate using material things through the giving of expensive gifts . explains that presents represent Jerusalem , and that Christmas is " doing what God does " , as God has given humanity many gifts . then issues a plea to the audience to make Christmas an overtly religious holiday again , " for our children . " , as a gift to his wife , organizes a hip hop dance to symbolize his love of Christmas , set to " Angels We Have Heard on High " . , , and all the party guests break dance in an elongated musical sequence . then tells everyone to feast , and suggests the audience organize the best dinner possible for Christmas , but not to forget it is a celebration of God .

In November 2014 , , , and decide to start their own business after tiring of working for ungrateful bosses . Their idea is a car - wash - inspired shower head called the " Shower Buddy " . They have trouble finding investors until they are approached by and his son . admires their commitment to manufacturing the product themselves , while prefers to outsource to China , and agrees to invest if they can make 100,000 units . Taking out a business loan , the three rent a warehouse , hire employees , and manage to produce their output . However , backs out of their deal at the last minute , claiming that he never signed an agreement , and he plans to take their inventory in foreclosure and sell them ( renamed the " Shower Pal " ) himself , while leaving the three in $ 500,000 debt with their outstanding loan . 
 Seeking financial advice , , , and visit 's old boss , , in prison ( after the murder of 's boss ) , who says the three have no feasible legal options to recover their losses . The three then resolve to kidnap and hold him for ransom . They seek the help of , who says the best way to kidnap someone who knows them is to keep the victim unconscious for the duration of the kidnapping . The three create a ransom note asking for $ 500,000 and go to the office of 's old boss , Dr. , to steal a tank of nitrous oxide . While there , and are almost caught by 's sex addiction group meeting ; after the group leaves , has sex with , providing the distraction that allows and to escape the building . The trio goes to 's house , but while they hide in the closet , accidentally turns on the tank and they pass out . When they wake up in the morning , they find gone . 
 When they arrive back at the warehouse , they find tied up in the trunk of their car . gets out and reveals he found them hiding in his closet , but decided to stage his own kidnapping with them due to his strained relationship with his dad and numerous personal debts . sent the ransom note to his dad and increased the ransom to $ 5 million . The three are uncertain of 's plan , but threatens to go to the police if they back out . They call to inform him of 's kidnapping , threatening to kill if calls the cops . However , the police , led by Detective , subsequently arrive at their warehouse to question , , and due to their involvement with . When the police leave , breaks down , knowing cares more about his money than his son . Now sympathetic to , the trio agrees to work with him in the fake kidnapping , and all four devise a plan to outsmart the police and take the ransom money , utilizing untraceable phones , a basement garage to block out any tracking signal , and disguising himself as . 
 While the plan is in motion , , , and find that left his own phone instead of the untraceable one . They nevertheless call on 's phone to give him the instructions . Before they leave , arrives at their hotel room and demands to sleep with or else she will report them for breaking into her office . 's wife , whom has three daughters with , arrives and believing is cheating on her with , storms off . angrily locks in the bathroom so the three can leave . In the basement garage , , , and wearing homemade masks tell to give them the $ 5 million , and the cell phone . However , is suddenly killed by , who reveals that , after seeing that his father did not care about him , he decided to kill and frame , , and in order to inherit the family business . forces to switch pants as 's pants have 's blood on them . 
 As the trio are about to be cornered by the police , arrives , as he anticipated that the three would be betrayed and killed and was seeking to claim the ransom money for himself . He attempts to help them get back to the warehouse where is supposed to be tied up , with the police chasing them before does so they can prove their innocence . When they get back to the warehouse , escapes with the money and the police arrive to find tied up . Before the police arrest , , and , 's phone rings in 's pocket , and the police recognize the ringtone as the same phone that was left to by the kidnappers . tries to claim the phone is his , but when asks why did not bother to call the police if he had a phone , takes hostage . attempts to attack , but shoots him , which distracts long enough for to subdue and arrest him . 
 A few days later , wakes up in the hospital to find out the three did get in trouble , but because helped save 's life , the police dropped the charges . He also finds out helped make amends with , although she hints at having had sex with him during his coma and promises to have sex with his wife as well . In the aftermath , their business goes into foreclosure but is subsequently purchased by in prison , who allows the three of them to stay employed . , meanwhile , uses the ransom money to invest in Pinkberry .

Jason Bateman
Charlie Day
Jason Sudeikis
Jamie Foxx

In Antarctica , three young penguin brothers — , , and — defy the laws of nature to save an egg the other penguins believe to be doomed . After saving it from a pack of leopard seals and accidentally setting themselves adrift on an iceberg , the egg hatches into their new member , . 
 Ten years later ( after the events of the previous film ) , the penguins decide to leave the circus to celebrate 's birthday by breaking into the United States Gold Depository at Fort Knox in order to treat him to a discontinued snack called " Cheezy Dibbles " in the vending machine of their break room . Despite this , Private begins to feel out of place with the team , as he is constantly described as being the " secretary / mascot " . Suddenly , they are abducted by the machine and sent to Venice , Italy by Dr. , a renowned geneticist who removes his human disguise and reveals he is actually an octopus named , who has grown resentful of penguins after their cuteness had him shunned from every zoo and aquarium across the globe . 
 swallows 's collection of snowglobes along with a canister of a green substance called the Medusa Serum before the four escape and are chased through the canals and streets of Venice by 's henchmen . When cornered , they are rescued by a group of animals from an Arctic elite undercover interspecies task force agency called " The North Wind " consisting of their leader , a gray wolf whose name is classified ( in which mistakenly calls him " Classified " throughout the film ) , a harp seal demolitionist named Short Fuse , a polar bear named Corporal , and an intelligent snowy owl named , who instantly falls in love with . Their mission is to help animals who ca n't help themselves and have been fighting to protect the penguin population . 
 At their hideout , their communication systems are hacked by , who reveals that he has an enormous supply of the Medusa Serum and that he intends to capture the penguins out of every zoo he was kicked out of . Viewing the penguins as a hindrance to their mission , Classified tranquilizes the group and sends the group to their most remote base ( which happens to be on Madagascar ) but the penguins awaken mid - flight and crash land in the Sahara Desert before making their way to Shanghai , China , which they mistake for Dublin , Ireland . Discovering 's next target in Shanghai using 's snowglobe collection , the penguins ship themselves to their current location and make their way to the zoo . Disguising himself as a mermaid - tailed penguin ( a tourist attraction ) to distract from his real target , himself is captured along with the Shanghai penguins after the North Wind arrives to put a stop to 's plan . The penguins take the North Wind 's high - tech plane to give chase , but inadvertently self - destruct the machine . They manage to track to an island though , using a tracking device planted on him when Classified darted them before planting them in a flight to Madagascar . Meanwhile , on the island , demonstrates his way to genetically mutate the penguins into hideous monsters as an effort to make humans disgusted by them as revenge . 
 and Classified argue on the best means to rescue the captives and stop , finally settling on Classified 's plan of a frontal assault and agrees to act as a diversion . The North Wind manages to corner in his lair only to be captured by 's henchmen as well as the other penguins . demonstrates his mutation ray at full power on Private , apparently disintegrating him with the beam , but unbeknownst to them he escapes at the last minute by using a paper clip he swallowed earlier . Private rescues the North Wind members , who want to regroup due to lack of equipment , but , not wanting to leave anyone behind goes to stop . As 's submarine docks at New York with the promise of returning the penguins he found to the zoo , he turns the ray on the rest of the penguins , mutating them all into hideous monsters . The city erupts into chaos as the brainwashed , mutated penguins run amok on the terrified human crowd . Getting , and back to their senses , decides to connect himself into the ray to return them to normal . After fending off more of 's henchmen , they manage to turn all the penguins back to normal in one huge blast . 
 is left partially mutated from the machine while the rest of the penguins are restored to normal . Despite his strange new look , the Penguins show their gratitude and new - found respect for . ( who was caught in the blast ) has been turned into a pipsqueak version of himself and is trapped in a snow globe where he is admired by a little girl . Finally seeing one another as equals , Classified promises to grant the Penguins anything they want . In addition to getting a kiss from , the Penguins are given their own jet packs and they then fly off above the clouds looking for their next adventure . 
 In a mid - credits scene , the Penguins return to the circus and plug into the ray and use him to revert Private back to normal . does not appear to show any side effects from the ray until he manages to swallow King whole , much to King 's delight .

In June 1995 , despite a lack of hiking experience , recent divorcée ( ) leaves Minneapolis , Minnesota , to hike 1,100 miles of the 2,650 - mile Pacific Crest Trail[6 ] on a journey of self - discovery and healing . During the hike , reflects in flashbacks on her childhood in Minnesota and memories of her mother , ( ) . 's death from cancer sent into a deep depression that she tried to numb with heroin and anonymous sex , which eventually destroyed her marriage to her husband ( ) . After finding out she was pregnant , got an abortion and resolved to hike the trail to redeem herself . 
 begins her trek in the Mojave Desert in Southern California with her backpack . On the first night , she discovers she has brought the wrong type of gas for her stove and is therefore unable to cook food . After a few more days , meets ( ) , a farmer and construction worker who takes her in for the night and with his wife offers her a home - cooked meal and a warm shower . 
 meets a hiker named ( ) who agrees to meet her at Kennedy Meadows , California . Upon arrival , she meets a camper named ( ) who helps strategically lighten her overweight backpack and convinces her to replace her undersized hiking boots with a new pair , to be delivered to a future stop on the trail . continues her hike into Northern California despite 's warnings of deep snowfall . After removing a boot to remove a loose toenail , the boot accidentally falls down an inaccessibly deep slope , forcing her to continue the journey wearing sandals reinforced with duct tape . 
 's best friend sends her provisions to stops along the trail , including letters that congratulate her on her progress . also receives letters from her ex - husband along the way . 
 On the morning of Day 58 , is out of water and desperately licks the dew off her tent . Dehydrated and near exhaustion , she siphons water from a muddy puddle . While she waits for her water to disinfect , two hunters approach , one making suggestive remarks that leave feeling threatened and vulnerable . This causes her to quickly leave and run away . 
 makes her way out of California and arrives in Ashland , Oregon , where she meets a man named ( ) , with whom she attends a concert and later spends the night . Days later , arrives at Mount Hood National Forest and encounters a friendly group of young hikers who share their experiences . The hikers recognize her from the signatures she 's been leaving in the hiker 's record books along the PCT . frequently leaves quotes or poems that are meaningful to her along her journey . 
 One rainy day , finds a llama that escaped from a young boy hiking with his grandmother . chats with the boy , who asks her about her parents . After she mentions her mother 's death , the boy sings " Red River Valley " to , saying it is a song his mother used to sing to him . As the boy leaves , breaks down and cries . 
 On September 15 , after hiking for 94 days , reaches the Bridge of the Gods on the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington , ending her journey . At various points along the trail , including at the end of the bridge , encounters a red fox , which she interprets as carrying the spirit of her mother watching over her . She reflects that , four years in the future , she will remarry , five years after that have a son and one year after that have a daughter named , after 's mother .

In 1300 BC , , a general and accepted member of the Egyptian royal family , prepares to attack the Hittite army with Prince , likely the Battle of Kadesh . A High Priestess of Sekhmet ( the war goddess ) divines a prophecy from animal intestines , which she relates to ' father , She tells the two men of the prophecy , in which one ( of and ) will save the other and become a leader . During the attack on the Hittites , saves ' life , leaving both men troubled . Later , is sent to the city of Pithom to meet with the Viceroy , who oversees the Hebrew slaves . Upon his arrival , he encounters the slave , who is a descendant of , and is appalled by the horrific conditions of the slaves . Shortly afterwards , meets , who informs him of his true lineage ; he is the child of Hebrew parents who was sent by his sister to be raised by 's daughter . is stunned at the revelation and leaves angrily . However , two Hebrews also overhear 's story and report their discovery to . 
 dies soon after ' return to Memphis , and becomes the new Pharaoh ( ) . arrives to reveal ' true identity , but is conflicted about whether to believe the story . At the urging of Queen , he interrogates the servant , who denies being ' sister . When threatens to cut off 's arm , comes to her defense , revealing he is indeed a Hebrew . Although wants to be put to death , decides to send him into exile . Before leaving Egypt , meets with his adopted mother and , who refer to him by his birth name of . Following a journey into the desert , comes to Midian where he meets and her father , . Moses becomes a shepherd , marries and has a son . 
 Nine years later , gets injured during a rockslide . He comes face to face with a burning bush and a boy called , who serves as a representative of the God of . While recovering , confesses his past to and reveals what has asked him to do . This drives a wedge between the couple , because fears he will leave their family . After he arrives in Egypt , reunites with and , as well as meeting his brother for the first time . returns to confront , demanding the Hebrews be released from servitude . refuses to listen , insisting that to free the slaves would be economically impossible . Upon threatening ' life , orders the death of , executing random Hebrew families until he is found . Using his military skills , trains the slaves in the art of war . The Hebrews start attacking the Egyptians , prompting to raid slave villages . appears to and explains that ten plagues will affect Egypt . All the water in the land turns to blood , and the Egyptians are further afflicted by the arrival of frogs ( lice omitted in this telling ) and flies . The plagues of the death of livestock , boils , hail and thunder , locusts , and darkness then affect the country . While conversing with , is horrified at learning the tenth plague will be the death of all firstborn children . The Hebrews protect themselves by covering their doors with the blood of lambs , as instructed by . is devastated over his son 's death and relents , telling and the Hebrews to leave . 
 During the exodus from Egypt , the Hebrews follow ' original path through the desert and towards the Red Sea . Still grieving for his son , decides to go after the Hebrews with his army . After making their way through a dangerous mountain pass , and the Hebrews arrive at the edge of the sea , uncertain about what to do . Out of despair , flings his sword into the sea , which begins to recede . and his army pursue the Hebrews , but stays behind to confront them . The Red Sea reverts to its normal state , drowning the majority of the Egyptians ( crossing the Red Sea ) . survives and makes his way back to the Hebrews . is revealed to have survived , but he is distraught over the destruction of his army . leads the Hebrews back to Midian , where he reunites with and . At Mount Sinai , after seeing 's displeasure at the Hebrews ' construction of the Golden Calf , transcribes the Ten Commandments . Years later , an elderly riding with the Ark of the Covenant sees walking with the Hebrews through the desert .

In 1970 , visits the beach house of her ex - boyfriend , , a private investigator and hippie in Gordita Beach , Los Angeles County . tells him about her new lover , , a wealthy real estate developer . She asks to help prevent 's wife and her lover from having abducted and committed to an insane asylum . 
 meets with , a member of the Black Guerrilla Family . hires to find , a member of the Aryan Brotherhood he met in jail , who now owes him money and is one of 's bodyguards . 
 visits 's Channel View Estates project and enters the only business in the developing strip mall , a massage parlor , where he meets an employee , . searches the premises for , but he is hit with a baseball bat and collapses . He awakens outside , lying next to 's dead body and surrounded by policemen . is interrogated by Det . of the LAPD , and learns that has disappeared . He is helped by his attorney , , who arranges for his release by the LAPD . 
 is hired by former heroin addict , who is looking for her missing husband , . She was told that was dead , but she believes he is alive because due to a large deposit to her bank account . seeks out and says he is hiding at a house in Topanga Canyon . In a second meeting , he reveals he is a police informant and fears for his life , only wanting to return to his wife and daughter . 
 leaves a message for , apologizing for setting him up with the police and telling him to " beware of the Golden Fang " . He meets her in an alley , where she explains that the Golden Fang is an international drug smuggling operation . talks to , who gives him information about a suspicious boat called the " Golden Fang " and tells him that , the last time the ship sailed , it was with on board . Thanks to a postcard from her , finds a large building shaped like a golden fang and meets dentist Dr. . 
 calls and tells him that has just been found dead with fang bites in his neck . decides to help about and tells him to search for in Chryskylodon , an asylum run by a cult connected to the Golden Fang . There , finds , who is being watched by the FBI . tells he felt guilty for the negativity his real - estate business has caused and wants to give away his money . He appears to be a happy member of the cult . 
 When returns home to his beach house , he is greeted by , who has returned and is indifferent to the trouble her disappearance has caused . She confesses to being on a " three - hour tour " and that she was brought along as inherent vice . She and have sex . 
 , an assistant district attorney with whom was having a fling , provides him with confidential files from which he learns that the loan shark is paid by the police department to kill people for them and that one of his victims was 's former partner . is tied to the Golden Fang and learns that was involved with a deal , which is how he ended up dead . visits , noticing his obsession with baseball bats , but is abducted and drugged by his partner . He manages to escape , killing both and . appears and rescues him but after being driven home by , learns that he has been set up : has planted heroin in his car . arranges for the drugs to be returned to the Golden Fang in exchange for 's freedom . and ride in a car going to an unknown destination .

Joaquin Phoenix
Owen Wilson
Reese Witherspoon
Benicio del Toro

New York Times reporter is spending a day interviewing comedian and recovering alcoholic , star of the hit film franchise Hammy The Bear , about a cop in a bear suit . has forgotten her audio recorder , so they first go to her apartment . While there they discuss a magazine article about the complex . explains that left something behind to let the prince know that she wanted to see him again . 
 is attempting a foray into serious films with , in which he portrays Haitian Revolution figure , and is sensitive to criticism , particularly by Times critic , whose previous reviews of 's work have been negative and insulting . As the interview begins in his limousine , recalls his lowest point , when he was in Houston in 2003 and met , who supplied him with drugs , alcohol and women . Yet after refused to pay the women , they contended they were raped , leading to 's arrest . 
 After the limo gets hit by a cab , and wander the city . stops at a jewelry store to pick up the rings for his wedding to reality - TV star . They visit the apartment of 's old friends and his ex - girlfriend . interviews each , learning that was n't particularly funny when he started in stand - up comedy . They nominate their five favorite rappers , including a sixth in their lineups as well . goes to radio shows such as Opie and Anthony to promote Uprize and attends a press conference with fellow stars including and . To his chagrin , is asked when there will be another Hammy movie . 
 At a hotel , and unexpectedly encounter her boyfriend , , along with his friend , who is wearing 's shirt . deduces is cheating on her with . She and , both recovering alcoholics , stop in a liquor store but resist making a purchase . explains in graphic detail how the signs were there that was gay . laughs , calling naive . She becomes angry and insults his movie , but the two end up kissing . asks to borrow 's phone , since his own died . While using it , he sees an email from her editor , revealing is herself . The truth devastates , who angrily tells he felt he was never funny unless he was drunk or high , and now is fearful for his career . Despondent and acting out at a supermarket , he is arrested by police . 
 In jail , calls , who fumes over the arrest , mainly because of how it will look for her image . She tells this piece of fame is all she has since she thinks she has no other talent . 's manager takes the phone and tells to go to his bachelor party for good press and fly out for the wedding . 's bodyguard bails out , and they go to a strip club for a bachelor party with a theme based on Hammy The Bear . There , hangs out with , , and . They give him different views on marriage and sex . runs into , who wants to make it up to him and invites him to follow her . 
 , , and go to the Comedy Cellar , where gets up onstage and performs standup for the first time in years . He turns out to still be funny , and the crowd loves him . After the performance , he tells he got inspired to return to standup after being in jail and talking to , who told he does not want to keep rapping and wants to sing instead . He then sings " Smile " , terribly . 
 They drop off at her place , where she and share one last kiss before departing . asks for her top five rappers , which she lists . While driving away , tells he should have gone after . goes through the gift bag from the party and finds items including a scented candle and a bottle of vodka . Then he pulls out a slipper , and smiles . 
 After the credits begin rolling , the movie returns to the party , where shares his " top five " as , , , , and Sir - Mix - A - Lot .

In 1938 Egypt , a team of archaeologists discover the tomb of pharaoh , including a young , finding the magical Tablet of Ahkmenrah . The locals warn the group that removing the tablet will end its magic . In present - day New York City , remains the night guard of the American Museum of Natural History . He , , , , , and the capuchin monkey help re - open the Hayden Planetarium . A new wax Neanderthal resembling named is introduced , identifying as his father . shows that the tablet is corroding , which later causes the exhibits to act erratically , causing mayhem at the planetarium 's reopening . Afterwards , catches his son throwing a house party , who plans on taking a gap year to sort out his life . 
 reunites with , now in retirement , who realises the end of the tablet 's magic will cause the exhibits to become lifeless . explains 's parents , and , may be able to restore the tablet 's power , but are located in the British Museum . convinces the museum 's curator , Dr. , to let him ship to London to restore the tablet , convinced that knows its secrets . and travel to the British Museum , bypassing the night guard . To 's surprise , , , , , , , and have come as well . is left to stand guard while the others search the museum , the tablet bringing its own exhibits to life . 
 They are joined by a wax Sir who helps them fight off the aggressive museum exhibits like a statue and a skeleton . and fall through a ventilation shaft , but are rescued from an erupting Pompeii model by . The group find 's parents , learning the tablet 's power can be regenerated by moonlight , since it is empowered with the magic of Khonsu . mistakes the tablet for the Holy Grail and steals it , leaving to find Camelot . and are locked in the employee break room by but escape , remaining behind to distract , but they become attracted to each other . 
 crashes a performance of the musical Camelot , starring and as King and Queen , but and the others chase him to the theatre roof , where the New York exhibits begin to die . then sees that the quest was about them and gives the tablet back . The moonlight restores the tablet 's power , saving the exhibits . They decide that and the tablet should stay with his parents , even if it means the New York exhibits will no longer come to life . Back in New York , spends some final moments with his friends before sunrise . 
 Three years later , , having taken the blame for the planetarium incident thus giving his job back , now works as a teacher , and a travelling British Museum exhibit comes to New York . becomes the new night guard , and gives the tablet to Dr. , showing him its power , and allowing the exhibits to awaken again . Outside , watches them party inside .

In 1958 , leaves her husband and takes her young daughter to North Beach , San Francisco . Supporting her daughter alone , gets a job painting illustrations at a furniture factory . While creating portraits at an outdoor art show , meets , who is selling his Parisian street scene paintings . Soon , proposes to her and they marry . 
 goes to a popular jazz club and tries to convince the club 's owner , , to purchase the couple 's paintings . He only agrees to rent out the walls to . A drunk woman is touched by one of 's paintings and buys it . fights with and ends up on the front page of the local newspaper . When goes to the club again it is packed with curious people . , a celebrity gossip columnist ( who serves as the film 's narrator ) , wants to know more about 's art , but is only interested in 's paintings . Afterward , shows all the money they have made from the sales . He tells her they are a great team : she can stay at home painting and he will sell her works . 
 opens up his own gallery , promoting the art as his own work , and sells reproductions . , however , is upset about taking credit for her art , and feels guilty about lying to about who is the real artist . decides to paint in a different style with elongated features and small eyes , so that she can honestly tell people she is also a painter . 
 and move into a mansion . While going through a crate finds a stack of paintings of Parisian street scenes , but they are all signed by . She realizes paints over the name of the original artist and claims the paintings as his own . When confronts , he says he always wanted to be an artist , but never had the talent . 
 learns of the New York World 's Fair and demands paint something to put on display ; she refuses and threatens to have her killed . discovers her mother working on the World 's Fair painting " Tomorrow Forever " . tells her mother she always knew that she was the real artist . 
 At a party , is angered after reading scathing review of the " Tomorrow Forever " exhibit and confronts . Back at home , starts drunkenly throwing lit matches at and . They run into the studio and lock the door , but nearly sets the house on fire . runs away with . 
 One year later , and have settled in Honolulu , Hawaii . will not agree to a divorce unless signs over the rights to every painting , and produces 100 more . agrees and continues sending paintings to California . is visited by two Jehovah 's Witnesses who convince her that honesty is important . The next time receives the paintings , they are signed " " . On a Hawaiian radio show , reveals she is the real artist behind the paintings attributed to , making national news . publishes 's claims that has " gone nuts " . sues both and the newspapers that printed his version of the story for libel and slander . 
 At the trial , reporters swarm the courthouse in Honolulu . The judge immediately rules that 's statements in the press have contributed to the public idea that has painted the paintings , and as such dismisses the libel lawsuit against the newspapers . Since the libel suit only concerned the newspaper and its lawyers , is left to defend himself against slander , even cross - examining himself as a " witness " . The judge directs both and to create a painting in one hour to prove who is the real artist . paints steadily , but is hesitant , claiming his arm hurts too much to hold a paintbrush . completes her painting and wins the lawsuit . Outside the courthouse , says she does n’t care about money and just wants credit for her paintings . A fan asks her to sign a copy of " Tomorrow 's Masters " and she does , finally autographing her own work . 
 The end credits then state that later retired in life and opened an Art Gallery , while continued with his claim that he was the true artist but never produced anything to back this , and eventually died bitter and penniless .

is the host of the talk show Skylark Tonight , where he interviews celebrities about personal topics and gossip . After and his crew celebrate their 1,000th episode , the show 's producer is upset by a producer peer who criticized the show as not being a real news program . A while later reveals his concern and urge for change , to which agrees . discovers that North Korean leader is a fan of Skylark Tonight , prompting to arrange an interview . travels to a place outside Dandong , China to receive instructions from , the North Korean chief propagandist , and accepts the task of interviewing , on behalf of Skylark . 
 The next day , CIA agent shows up at Skylark and 's place , proposing that the duo assassinate using a transdermal strip that will expose to ricin via handshake ; they reluctantly agree . Skylark carries the ricin strip hidden inside a pack of gum . Upon their arrival in the presidential palace in Pyongyang , they are introduced to security officers and ; discovers the strip and chews it , believing it to be gum . That night , airdrops them two more strips from an UAV , but in order to smuggle it back to their room , has to evade a Siberian tiger and then hide the container in his rectum . Later , shows up and introduces himself to . 
 spends the day with by playing basketball , hanging out and partying . persuades that he is misunderstood as a cruel dictator and as a failed administrator , and they become friends . At dinner , has a seizure due to the ricin poisoning and accidentally kills before dying . The next morning , feels guilty and discards one of the ricin strips , then thwarts Rapaport 's attempt to poison with the second strip . After another dinner mourning the death of 's bodyguards , witnesses 's malicious side as he threatens war with South Korea . leaves , and after taking a walk , he discovers that a nearby grocery store is merely a façade and realizes that has been lying to him . 
 At the same time , during attempted sexual intercourse with , who still has the ricin strip in his hand , reveals that she despises and apologizes for defending the regime . , , and form a plan to break 's cult of personality by causing him to cry on air . As they arm themselves for the event , and have sex . Before the broadcast starts , presents with a puppy to keep . 
 During the internationally televised interview with , addresses increasingly sensitive topics and challenges 's need for his father 's approval . Meanwhile , and seize control of the broadcasting center and fend off guards trying to halt the broadcast . Despite his initial resistance , eventually cries uncontrollably and soils himself after sings " Firework " by ( having learned of 's fondness of earlier ) , ruining his reputation . Feeling betrayed , shoots and leaves , but reveals he has survived due to wearing a bulletproof vest . , , and regroup with the puppy in tow and escape the presidential palace with the unexpected help of a panel - control guard . The trio hijack 's personal tank ( which had been given to by and then passed down to ) to get to their pickup point . boards a helicopter , and his army pursues the group . He prepares a nuclear missile launch , but before he can issue the command to launch , Skylark fires a shell from the tank and destroys 's helicopter , killing him . With the immediate threat over , guides Skylark and Rapaport to an escape route , and they are rescued by three SEAL Team Six members disguised as Korean People 's Army troops and are loaded onto a rescue craft . Back in the U.S. , writes a book about his experience , and North Korea moves toward becoming a denuclearized democracy with as interim leader .

A ( ) and his Wife ( ) wish for a child but suffer under a curse laid upon the 's family by a Witch ( ) who found the 's father robbing her garden when his mother was pregnant . Because the 's father also stole some beans , the Witch was punished with the curse of ugliness by her own mother . The Witch offers to lift the curse , but only if the and his Wife obtain four critical items for her : a cow as white as milk , a cape as red as blood , a hair as yellow as corn , and a slipper as pure as gold . The Witch later tells the that she asked him to do this task for her because she is not allowed to touch any of the objects . 
 The Witch 's demands eventually bring the and his Wife into contact with ( ) , who is selling his beloved cow , Milky - White , and to whom the offers magic beans left him by his father ( which were stolen from the Witch ) which grow into a large beanstalk ; with ( ) , whose ruby cape the couple notices when she stops to buy sweets on her way to grandmother 's house ; with ( ) , whose tower the Baker 's Wife passes in the woods ; and with ( ) , who also runs into the Baker 's Wife while fleeing from the pursuing Prince ( ) . 
 After a series of failed attempts and misadventures , the and his Wife finally are able to gather the items necessary to break the spell . Meanwhile , each of the other characters receive their " happy endings " : marries the Prince ; is freed from her guardian , the , by 's Prince 's brother and marries him ; provides for his mother by stealing riches from the Giant in the sky , and kills the pursuing Giant by cutting down the beanstalk ; and her Grandmother are saved from the Big Bad Wolf ( ) ; and the Witch regains her youth and beauty after drinking the potion . 
 However , each of the characters learns their " happily ever after " is not very happy : the is worried that he is a poor father to his newborn baby ; the 's Wife is temporarily seduced by the Prince ; is disenchanted by the cheating ; and the learns that she has lost her powers with her restored youth and beauty . The growth of a second beanstalk from the last remaining magic bean allows the Giant 's Wife to climb down and threaten the kingdom and its inhabitants if they do not deliver in retribution for killing her husband . The characters debate the morality of handing over . In the process , Mother and Grandmother , 's Mother , and the Baker 's Wife are killed . The characters blame each other for their individual actions that lead to the tragedy , ultimately blaming the Witch for raising the beans in the first place . She curses them for their inability to accept responsibility for their individual actions . Casting all her remaining beans away , she begs her mother to punish her again and disappears into a large pit of boiling tar . 
 The remaining characters resolve to kill the threatening Giant 's Wife , though and the try to explain to the distraught and the complicated morality of retribution and revenge . The characters lure the Giant 's Wife into stepping in the tar pit where she ultimately trips and falls to her death . With The Giant 's Wife dead , the characters move forward with their ruined lives . The , thinking of his Wife , is determined to be a good father . decides to leave the Prince and help the , and and , now orphans , are living with the and . The comforts his son after he begins to cry by telling a story as the movie ends with the 's moral , meaning that children can change due to the parent 's actions and behaviors .

The film opens with flying as a bombardier of a United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber , during an April 1943 bombing mission against the Japanese - held island of Nauru . The plane is badly damaged in combat , with a number of the crew injured . The pilot , , manages to bring it to a stop at the end of the runway suffering from an exploded tire . 
 The story flashes back to 's childhood as a young Italian - American boy in Torrance , California . is a troublemaker , who steals , drinks liquor and smokes , to the disappointment of his parents . He is often picked on by other kids for being of Italian ethnicity . One day , is caught looking up women 's dresses from under the bleachers during a track meet . His brother sees how fast runs away and decides to train him to be a runner . As he grows , becomes more disciplined and also becomes an accomplished distance runner , earning him the nickname " The Torrance Tornado " . He qualifies for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , Germany . comes in 8th and sets a record for speed in the final lap in the 5,000 meters race . 
 Returning to 1943 , , the surviving crew and several replacements are sent on a search - and - rescue mission with a plane previously used for spare parts . During the mission , of the plane 's two left engines , one fails , while the crew bungles the remaining engine , and the plane crashes in the ocean . Louie , and survive and live on two inflatable rafts . After three days , a search plane flies over but they are unable to get its attention . They weather a storm and fend off a shark attack while subsisting on rations , rainwater , birds and fish . On the 27th day , they get the attention of a Japanese plane , which strafes and damages the rafts but misses them . dies 6 days later . 
 On the 47th day , Japanese sailors capture and . Now prisoners of war , and are taken to Kwajalein Atoll where they are kept in a dungeon . sees the names of nine U.S. Marines , that were held captive on the island , scratched into the wall . later finds out that they were beheaded . One day , the Japanese ask and to tell them about E - class bombers and the Norden bombsight . states they flew D - class , and draws a rendition of a Philco radio . On another , they are dragged out to disrobe and kneel on planks . Thinking this is to be their execution , the two are shocked that they are crudely washed so as to ship them to mainland Japan . Upon arrival , the two are separated and sent to different POW camps . 
 's camp , Ōmori , in Tokyo , is headed by a Japanese corporal , , who treats him very cruelly , in part because of 's status as a former Olympian and an American officer . is especially tough on , beating him often . is given an escape from 's torture when two Japanese newsmen give him the opportunity to broadcast a message home saying that he is alive after they learn the US government classified him as KIA . When he refuses to broadcast a second message with anti - American propaganda , he is sent back to camp where has each of the other prisoners punch him to teach him respect . 
 After two years , gets a promotion and leaves the camp . The camp is damaged when Tokyo is bombed by American forces . and the other internees are forced to move to Naoetsu prison camp , where discovers , to his horror , that is in charge . The prisoners are now put to work loading coal barges . , exhausted , pauses during work , and tells him to lift a giant piece of wood and orders a guard to shoot if he drops it . successfully lifts and holds up the wood despite being thoroughly worn out , and enrages by staring him straight in the eyes ; proceeds to beat him severely . 
 At the end of the war , and the other prisoners in the camp are liberated when the Americans occupy Japan . In the meantime , tried to find in his quarters but realizes he had fled but sits down and stares at a picture of as a child standing with his father . Back home in America , kisses the ground and hugs his family . 
 At the end of the film , there is a slideshow showing what happened after the war . was married and had two children . survived and eventually married his sweetheart . went into hiding for several years and successfully evaded prosecution in spite of being listed in the top 40 most - wanted Japanese war criminals by General . lived out his promise to devote his life to God ; eventually believing in and forgave his war - time captors , meeting with many of them . , however , refused to meet with . 
 In January 1998 , had an opportunity to revisit his time as an Olympian when he ran a leg of the Olympic Torch relay for the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , Japan . He was four days short of his 81st birthday . The site for his leg of the relay was not far from one of the POW camps where he was held during the war . The closing titles reveal that died on July 2 , 2014 , at age 97 .

Former covert operative ( ) visits his daughter , ( ) , to deliver a birthday gift . After an awkward visit , he invites his ex - wife , ( ) , to dinner . Although she declines , she shows up at his apartment and tells him about her marital problems . He agrees to let her try to work things out with her current husband ( ) . comes to see and asks him never to see his wife again - despite the fact he is aware they have a daughter together . Without 's knowledge he uses his phone to arrange a meeting with making out it is that wants to meet her then promptly deletes the message after it is sent . It is in this location she gets kidnapped . 
 The following day , receives a text from asking to meet him for breakfast . After purchases breakfast , he returns to his apartment to discover 's lifeless body . L.A.P.D. units immediately appear and try to arrest him , but he resists and escapes . Meanwhile , L.A.P.D. Inspector ( ) familiarizes himself with 's background and issues an APB for him . 
 retreats to a safe house equipped with weapons and surveillance electronics . He retraces 's travels to a remote gas station convenience store and finds surveillance footage of her being abducted by unidentified men with unique hand tattoos , but L.A.P.D. detectives arrive and arrest him . While in transit , frees himself , hijacks the police cruiser , escapes , and downloads phone records from an L.A.P.D. database onto a thumb drive . He contacts at 's funeral via a camera hidden in his friend 's suit , instructing her to maintain her " very predictable schedule . " She purchases her daily yogurt drink with a " Drink Me Now " note which , unknown by her , is drugged by . During a lecture , she feels nauseated and runs to the restroom where is waiting . He surprises her and gives her the antidote to the drug . removes a surveillance bug that , unknown to her , was planted by . He tells her that he is looking for the real murderer and that she should keep safe . tells of her pregnancy and that is acting scared and has hired bodyguards , which he has never done before . 
 tails 's car but is ambushed by a pursuing SUV that pushes his car over the edge of a cliff . He survives the crash , hijacks a car , follows the attackers to a roadside liquor store and kills them . then abducts and interrogates , who confesses that 's murder was caused by his failure to repay a debt to his former business partner and ex - Spetsnaz operative ( ) and that he exposed 's identity to out of jealousy . 
 With assistance from his old colleagues and a nervous , gains entry to 's heavily secured penthouse . After killing the guards , a furious gun battle , and a brutal fight , a mortally wounded reveals that all that happened was a setup : planned 's murder and framed as part of a business deal to collect on a $ 12 M insurance policy . adds that when he failed to kill , used to kill and keep the insurance money . Meanwhile , injures ( ) , and abducts , intending to flee with the money . Under police pursuit , arrives at the airport in 's Porsche as 's plane is taxiing for takeoff . After destroying the wheels , preventing the plane from taking off , overpowers and prepares to kill him but pauses at 's pleas . He tells to expect final punishment if he escapes justice or completes a reduced prison sentence . and the LAPD arrive to arrest . is cleared of all charges . 
 In the aftermath of 's arrest , , who is pregnant , informs that she wants to name her baby after her mother if it is a girl .

At a nuclear plant in Chai Wan , Hong Kong , a hacker causes the coolant pumps to overheat and explode . Not long after in Chicago , the Mercantile Trade Exchange gets hacked , causing soy futures to rise . The Chinese government and the FBI determine that the hack was caused by a Remote Access Tool ( RAT ) . An army officer in China 's People 's Liberation Army ( PLA ) cyber warfare unit , Captain ( ) , is tasked to find the people responsible for the attacks , and enlists the aid of his sister ( ) , a hacking engineer . He meets with FBI Special Agent ( ) in Los Angeles and reveals the code in the RAT was written by himself and ( ) , his brilliant college roommate , in their school days at M.I.T. , years before was sent to prison for an unrelated hack . asks that the FBI arrange for to be released from prison , where he is serving a sentence for computer crimes . is offered a temporary release in exchange for his services . He negotiates a deal with the U.S. government to have his prison sentence commuted as time served if his assistance aids in the apprehension of the hacker . However , he must wear an ankle bracelet and be monitored by a US Deputy Marshal named ( ) . 
 identifies the criminal who aided the hacker in his penetration of the Exchange 's computer servers and develops a romantic relationship with . Clues uncovered by Captain and Special Agent next lead the team to Hong Kong where the team works with Police Inspector ( ) . manipulates the update system on the Marshal 's phone GPS that tracks his location , so he can follow his own lead and arranges a meet with the hacker 's partner to a restaurant . While they are waiting , he tells about his past , but the hacker 's partner never shows . discovers a camera watching them and messages the hacker on the restaurant 's computer that he is on his trail now . A gang arrives , but defeats them as if it were a prison fight . Meanwhile , the team traces the stock trade money to a known paramilitary operative named . , , , and , along with a Special Duties Unit team , raid 's hideout . A shootout ensues and as well as a number of SDU officers are killed as 's men are armed with superior firepower and explosives , allowing them to escape by boat . 
 Meanwhile , the nuclear plant has stabilized enough to retrieve a data drive from the control room but it is corrupted . The NSA 's Black Widow software has the power to repair the data , but the US does not want the Chinese using it . goes rogue and successfully hacks into the NSA to use Black Widow , discovering that the hacker 's server is based in Jakarta . finds out the hacker has been buying high - resolution satellite photos of a site near Seri Manjung , Malaysia . 
 's hack into the NSA does not go unnoticed and the US government , NSA & FBI demands his return to prison . 's superiors advise him to proceed the investigation without . Outside , one of 's men secretly plants a tracking device on 's car . , and manage to elude them but argues with about the danger of them staying together , when they are ambushed by and his men . is killed as are and , who arrive on the scene . and barely escape into the subway . uses her connections to acquire a plane to go after . 
 Mourning 's death , and travel to Malaysia out of revenge to figure out the hacker 's goal . After discovering a set of tin mines , realizes that the hacker 's attack at the nuclear plant was merely a test for a later plan to sabotage a large dam with huge spill ways to destroy several major tin mines that are down stream in Malaysia , allowing the hacker to make a fortune trading tin futures . The two travel to Jakarta and hack into the bank 's computer to successfully drain the hacker 's bank accounts , forcing the hacker to respond . The hacker ( ) and agree to become partners . knows that the meeting will be a trap and arms himself with makeshift weapons and body armor , using his prison knowledge . He conceals the weapons under a loose fitting jacket . 
 insists the red hat hacker and come alone but they bring their henchmen . spots them and alerts , who orders them to a new location at nightfall , a crowded parade in a large park . trails the hacker and from behind . draws a machine pistol on as he approaches . As is frisking , he is overpowered and fatally stabbed with the screwdriver . Two of the hacker 's men catch up and a firefight ensues , wounding despite the armor , who manages to kill both men with the pistol . is stabbed by the hacker , but manages to kill him . He regroups with 's help , and she gives him medical attention . The film ends with and leaving Indonesia , with the hacker 's money still in their bank account , although they are now fugitives at large .

In the deep jungles of darkest Peru , British geographer happens upon a previously unknown species of bear . He is about to shoot it to take back a specimen to the United Kingdom when another bear playfully takes his gun away . He learns that this family of bears is intelligent and can learn English , and that they have a deep appetite for marmalade . He names them and . As he departs , he throws his hat to and tells the bears that they are always welcome should they wish to go to London . 
 Several years later , the two bears are living in harmony with their nephew when an earthquake strikes their home , forcing them to seek shelter underground . After being trapped by a falling tree , Uncle is unable to reach the shelter in time and dies from his injuries . The next morning , Uncle 's hat is found by his nephew . Aunt encourages her nephew to go and find solace in London , and stows him away on a cargo ship , after which she says she will move into the Home for Retired Bears . 
 The young bear reaches London 's Paddington Station , where he meets the family , who take him home temporarily and name him after the station . , the father and a devoted risk analyst , does not believe a word of why he 's here and is adamant that stay only one night while they find a place for him to live permanently , but his wife - a story illustrator - and their two children find him endearing , as does family relative and housekeeper Mrs. . 
 thinks he can find a home with the explorer who found Aunt and Uncle , but does not know his name . Since there seems to be no word of his expedition anywhere on the Internet , takes to Mr. , an antique shop owner who discovers that the hat bears the stamp of the Geographers Guild , but the Guild says that it never sent a member to explore darkest Peru . With the help of , infiltrates the Geographers Guild archives and discovers an expedition to Peru was undertaken by . He uses the city 's phone books to track the addresses of all the " M. Clydes " in London . 
 Meanwhile , the hateful museum taxidermist Director captures , kills , and stuffs exotic animals to house in the Natural History Museum . When she becomes aware of , she immediately sets out to hunt him down . The family departs for the day , leaving home alone . Scheming with the Browns nosy next - door neighbor Mr. , sneaks in and attempts to capture ; he manages to defend himself , but inadvertently starts a fire in the kitchen in the process . Disbelieving 's statement of 's capture attempt , states that he must move into a new home as soon as possible and reluctantly agrees . 
 Feeling unwanted at the Browns , leaves and attempts to track down Montgomery himself . He finally locates the house , only to learn that died years ago , and that is his daughter . She resents her father for losing his job and membership with the museum ; out of a change of heart , he refused to bring a valuable Peruvian bear specimen home , even though it would have made his family wealthy . is determined to succeed where her father failed and capture a Peruvian bear so she can become rich and famous herself . She tranquilizes and prepares to stuff him , but when Mr. discovers her true intentions , he informs the family and they rush to save . They rescue him , and subdues by throwing a marmalade sandwich at her which Uncle left in his hat for emergencies . This attracts a huge flock of pigeons , distracting her , as Mrs. opens a roof hatch and pushes her off the roof , trapping her on a flagpole . 
 In the aftermath , the allow to move in with their family and is sentenced to community service at the petting zoo her father opened after he lost his job . writes to Aunt saying he is happy and has finally found a home .

Ben Whishaw
Hugh Bonneville
Sally Hawkins
Madeleine Harris
Samuel Joslin
Julie Walters
Nicole Kidman

( ) provides best man services , through The Best Man Inc. , for guys who do n't have the friends necessary for a wedding . ( ) , a successful tax attorney , and his fiancée ( ) are planning for their wedding day . becomes frantic searching for a best man , and is referred to 's company by his party planner , . 
 asks to pull off a " Golden Tux " ( seven groomsmen ) to match with 's bridesmaids , which has never been done before . After hearing 's plea , agrees to be his best man for a fee of $ 50,000 and all expenses paid . When going over the formalities for the wedding , tells his name will be . 
 recruits three of his friends as groomsmen . , a criminal who escaped from a federal prison , agrees to be a groomsman because there will be seven bridesmaids to hit on . agrees in order to get away from his nagging wife . agrees because there will be good food . , his secretary , , , and , interview people willing to fill the four remaining spots based on their " party trick distractions . " They choose , a sexy man with a stutter , , who has three testicles , , who can dislocate and relocate his shoulder , and , who can say every sentence backwards . 
 tells that " " flew in from El Salvador for the wedding . insists that comes to a family brunch . tells that he must act as a military priest . At the brunch , becomes nervous and almost blows his own cover until accidentally sets 's grandmother ( ) on fire . They take her to the emergency room , and makes up a lie to , 's father , that used to play football . challenges and to a football game with some of his old college teammates who will be at the wedding . 
 meets his groomsmen , whom has given fake identities based on the last names of famous Los Angeles sports figures — , , , , , , and . takes and the groomsmen on fake photo shoots of skydiving , scuba - diving , running a marathon , and climbing mountains . 
 When begins to have doubts , they visit , who tells him that the only key is to please and her mother and nothing else matters . To prove how good he is at being a best man , takes to a wedding where the best man makes a terrible speech . After , they have drinks and show off their dance moves . reveals he once made an excellent best man speech for an acqaintance which led to his career as a wedding ringer . reveals that his father was an international tax attorney and moved frequently , so never got to make friends . When his parents died , took over the business , and work consumed him , leaving him without a best man . drives home , and reiterates that they are in a business relationship , and , although hurt , agrees . 
 is reminded by that he needs a real friend for himself , and he is motivated to succeed on completing 's wedding . 
 The groomsmen kidnap to his outrageous bachelor party . He is introduced to , who tries to seduce him , but instead befriends her . A prank involving peanut butter , a blindfolded 's genitals and a basset hound goes awry , requiring the groomsmen and to rush to a hospital . When wakes up the next day , kisses him goodbye , and hints she would like to know him better . Later , the groomsmen play football with and his college football friends , including , , and . A mud bowl ensues and blows out his knee on the last play . 
 At the rehearsal dinner , 's bridesmaids sing a song , while 's groomsmen create a slideshow of the fake pictures they previously took , winning over . That night , , speaking to , notices Bic razors and deodorant in their cabinets . She recognizes the familiarity in the last names of the groomsmen and deduces the scheme . She asks about it but he brushes it off , saying is paranoid , to which she reluctantly agrees . 
 On the day of the wedding , the family priest cancels . hatches an idea where , already introduced as a military priest , officiates the nuptials . At the wedding reception , congratulates , who exclaims that the wedding is a disaster because the zipper on her dress is torn , her grandmother has third degree burns , her dad 's knee is blown out , the food is bad , and she is n't marrying the man she loves . She confesses that she only married because he is a nice man and can easily provide the lavish lifestyle she wants . overhears and tells that he ca n't go through with the wedding , but dismisses this . 
 As gives his best man speech , stops it and reveals he and are n't married since " " is not a licensed officiant . He also tells everyone that his groomsmen are fake . pays his $ 50,000 fee and they accept each other 's friendship . is livid that her wedding is ruined . 's college friends make peace with and and tell them they were good players . gets a date with 's sister , ( ) . 
 As they leave , has an idea . They cash in 's first class honeymoon tickets to Tahiti , going instead on a guy trip where the groomsmen , , , and , who begins her romance with , party in the plane , while says that he " has a bad feeling about this flight " as a reference to his character in the TV series Lost .

Kevin Hart
Josh Gad
Olivia Thirlby
Kaley Cuoco
Alan Ritchson

A futuristic resort , Vice , offers visitors the opportunity to live out all their fantasies , no matter how violent or deviant , on human - like androids ( referred to as " artificials " ) . Every day , the androids ' memories are reset , and any damage sustained is scheduled for repair . To maintain the illusion that the androids are real , they are programmed to have emotions and believe themselves to be human . , an android bartender , believes herself to be on the last day of her job . After meeting , a friendly visitor who encourages her to follow her dreams , she and her friend , also an android , are brutally killed by a different visitor . At the same time , Detective arrests a rapist at the resort as he sexually assaults one of the androids . 's captain orders him to stay away from Vice and only arrest its patrons after they leave , as Vice provides massive tax revenue for the city . believes that visitors to Vice become desensitized to violence and rape , pointing to the man he arrested as proof . As storms out , he vows to stop Vice . 
 Vice CEO orders immediately reactivated , as important clients are scheduled to arrive soon . Soon after , she experiences random flashbacks , and she is recalled . An engineer explains that her memories can not truly be deleted , only made inaccessible . To stop her from having flashbacks , he must first bring all her memories to the forefront . Alarmed by the trauma of reliving all her deaths and sexual assaults , breaks free of her restraints before her memories can be reset . Security forces chase her through the resort , but she escapes into the outside city . There , she learns the truth about Vice and herself . orders a security team , lead by , to quietly reacquire her through any means necessary . plans to expand the use of artificially intelligent androids to military and commercial use once they have become more socially acceptable . Believing a loose android could jeopardize this , he covers up the escape and blames the resort 's brief shutdown on a terrorist attack . 
 becomes suspicious and angers his captain when he confronts . Ordered again to stay from Vice , is assigned to a series of homicides apparently performed by a professional mercenary . Unknown to or his captain , this is ' work as he attempts to recapture and kills anyone who gets in his way . After evading , visits an abandoned church she has seen in her dreams . There , she meets again , who reveals himself as her creator . created her in the image of his dead wife so he could spend more time with her . bought out his company . When learned of ' plans , he left but lost control of his research . promises to help , but before they can leave , arrives , having realized that fingerprints left at a crime scene belong to 's dead wife . As attempts to arrest , knocks him unconscious . Vice 's security also track to the church ; and escape as and the security team open fire on each other . 
 's friend , a computer hacker , gives them new identities and passage out of the city . En route , dies while protecting from more of Vice 's thugs . takes up 's offer to stay and shut down Vice . Returning to , he gives them a virus that will shut down Vice and upgrades to give her advanced combat skills . and infiltrate Vice posing as a married couple . tracks down but fail - safe programming prevents her from harming him . However , after is captured , forces a tech to load the virus . All of Vice 's androids have their memories restored , and they start a rebellion , killing the visitors who previously brutalized them . then reveals that , despite wanting to kill , she is actually a decoy to distract for , and she is already aware of the fail - safe programming . Ignoring 's taunting , begins a gunfight with which kills . then frees herself and hands ' pistol to , who then uses it to kill . As and embrace outside the resort as the chaos continues , ' eyes suddenly open .

( ) separates from her husband ( ) , after he was caught cheating with his secretary . Her colleague and best friend ( ) urges to divorce . 19 - year - old ( ) moves in next door to help his wheelchair - bound uncle . They learn that there was a car accident in 's family last year , and now he 's an orphan . befriends ( ) , 's teenage son , and begins attending his school , where teaches English literature . is drawn to , expressing love for 's Iliad . With and away on a fishing trip , catches watching him change clothes through her window . 
 goes on a miserable double date with and her boyfriend ( ) , and his ill - mannered friend ( ) . With still away , calls over to help him cook . She ends up having dinner with him , during which he unashamedly flirts with her . Despite 's hesitation , she lets seduce her and they have sex . tells that she regrets their night together , causing him to punch a wall in rage . The school year begins , with joining an uncomfortable 's class after hacking into her computer , making it appear as if she had requested this . manipulates into hating his father , causing him to lash out at . Later , overexerts himself at gym class and goes into shock ; saves his life by injecting him with 's EpiPen . receives flowers from , and she confronts him about it . witnesses and together at home after going on a date , which escalates his obsession with her . 
 After an incident where — in defense of — slams a bully 's ( ) head into a locker repeatedly , , who is vice principal at the school , discovers that was kicked out of his previous school for disorderly conduct . After insults her , she expels him . During the fall fling , goes to investigate a leak in the boys ' bathroom , where she sees the words " I fucked " written on the wall before emerges . He attempts to force himself on her , but she fends him off and demands that he stay away from her and . The following day , leaves a printer running in 's classroom , with pictures of them sleeping together scattered everywhere . Later , when 's car brakes fail to work , he and are nearly involved in an accident . blackmails , telling her that he has a video of them having sex , which he will relinquish to her if she continues sleeping with him . She refuses , and has lure away from his house so she can break in and delete their sex tape . While there , she finds pictures of herself all over the walls and on his laptop ; she also finds instructions on how to tamper with the brakes of 's car and 's parents ' car . 
 binds and gags with duct tape and uses a recording of her voice to lure to her house . When arrives , she discovers dead , her throat slashed by . A horrified contacts the police , but runs into again . She accuses him of killing his parents , and he says his mother killed herself after his father cheated on her , so he caused the accident which killed his father and his mistress . takes to a barn house where he has tied up and , threatening to kill them unless stays with him . A violent altercation occurs as attempts to free them . pours kerosene around the barn , causing it to ignite in flames . frees himself and attempts to choke with a rope , prompting to shoot him in the chest . stabs 's eye with 's EpiPen . removes the EpiPen from his eye and blindly attempts to strangle to death . When he holds at gunpoint , she pulls a lever that drops an engine on , killing him . and then help a wounded exit the burning barn house as police and paramedics arrive .

Lord , an unscrupulous art dealer and swindler , is accosted in Hong Kong by one of his victims , a gangster named . , 's faithful manservant , extricates his master before they can be killed by 's gunmen . They return to London , where and his wife , , consider ways to pay off their crushing debt to the UK taxman . A painting by becomes the target of an elaborate theft which results in the murders of an art restorer and one of the thieves . Inspector is put on the case . , who has been in love with since college , asks Mortdecai to assist him . believes the prime suspect to be . agrees to help in exchange for 10 % of the insurance money . 
 interviews people affiliated with the art world , including , an art smuggler . While they argue , arrives and shoots at them , killing ; and escape unharmed . meets with a man known as , who knows the thief and says that the painting conceals the location of a hoard of Nazi gold . is kidnapped by thugs working for a Russian named . and think that has the painting . threatens torture unless surrenders it , but escapes through a window and spirits him away . 
 , wanting to be alone with , sends to America to meet with , a potential buyer for the Goya . plans to sell his beloved Rolls - Royce to the American , and uses the opportunity to see if is involved with the theft . Arriving in Los Angeles , he discovers that the Goya has been hidden in the Rolls . , in the employ of , stashed it there after stealing it from , the original thief ; planned to dupe into smuggling the Goya into the United States in his own car . He invites to a party that night , where intends to display the ill - gotten painting . suggests that he and steal the painting for themselves during the party . 's daughter , , is secretly 's partner . She attempts to seduce while steals the painting . arrives with and catches her husband in a compromising position . flees the scene to help steal the painting , but they find has been murdered by and the painting is gone . and capture , but gets the drop on them , liberating her lover and the painting . Pursued by , , and , they hide in a motel where intentionally sets fire to the Goya and the fire causes the explosion of the building . reveals that the painting was a fake ; The Duke has the real one hidden . 
 The retrieve the painting and put it up for auction . The sale attracts , still seeking revenge , and , who wants the painting regardless of cost . While and waylay both men 's thugs , attempts to kidnap . bids up the Goya but wins it ; apprehends during the commotion . The find that the proceeds of the sale pay off their debt courtesy of Martland and that after the sale they are still broke however , the painting is revealed to be another fake . plots his revenge whilst his thugs begin to torture Sir by surgically opening his testicles with electricity .

A realm divided between a land of fairies and light , and a land of bog creatures and darkness , living in the dark forest . Primrose flowers , which are a crucial ingredient to love potions , mark the border between the lands . is a fairy princess and heir to the throne of the Fairy Kingdom , and is engaged to be married to , a handsome warrior who breaks her heart when she discovers him kissing another fairy on their wedding day . Scorned , vows to never fall in love again . 
 Sometime later , her sister , who frequently says she is in love , is distraught regarding the upcoming Spring Ball over which boy she could meet there . Her best friend , an elf who has a crush on , tries to cheer her up with a song , but they are nearly devoured by a giant lizard before a hardened rescues them . , having fallen through the border of the dark forest , finds a Primrose petal , which he subsequently hides when fleeing the forest . 
 At the ball , tries to assert his intention to marry , who refuses and humiliates him out of the dance . He encounters and tricks him into returning to the dark forest to convince the Sugar Plum Fairy , who had been captured years ago by the Bog King , to create the love potion . acquires the petal he had hidden and with the help of a curious imp , ventures into 's castle , eventually finding the fairy and promising to free her in exchange for the love potion . 
 Their escape rouses Bog , who manages to recapture the Sugar Plum Fairy while escapes , followed by the imp , and is enraged when he learns that has a vial of love potion . returns to the ball and tries to hit with the love potion during his musical number . interrupts the celebrations and captures just as she is sprayed by the love potion and the imp steals it in order to spread it throughout the forest . orders them to deliver the potion to him by moondown or he would harm . Defying her father 's order , flies off after her sister while he grants a small army to head off on foot to 's castle . 
 Meanwhile , falls in love with him due to the potion , and has her imprisoned for his own sanity . arrives and fights with to return her sister . When she realizes the severity of the situation , the two of them begin to find common interests . When they consult the Sugar Plum Fairy for an antidote , she explains that true love will negate the effects of the potion , recounting a time where fell in love with another female in the forest who left him despite his use of the love potion on her , as she was in love with someone else at the time he used the potion on her . A mutual attraction begins to develop between and , but it is only 's mother who sees it . 
 recovers the potion from the imp and gives it to as they march on to the castle . sees this and suspects that had set him up , breaking his heart again as he leaves her stranded in a spider web . She escapes and joins in the battle taking place at the castle . frees the Sugar Plum Fairy , , and ( at the Sugar Plum Fairy 's insistence ) the love - stricken forest creatures that the imp had hit with the love potion . 
 In the escape , seemingly sacrifices himself by holding the mouth of his den open long enough for everyone to escape . He survives , to 's relief , and reveals his true feelings to , who then reciprocates them , breaking the love potion 's spell over her and they kiss , to her father 's surprise . sprays with the love potion , who pretends to fall in love with him , only to suddenly punch him and send him off the chasm , being hit by the love potion in the process . 
 and , at the insistence of and his mother , finally admit their feelings for each other and kiss .

Five married men share ownership of an upmarket loft , which they use to discreetly meet their respective mistresses . When the body of a murdered woman is found in that loft , the men begin to suspect each other of having committed the gruesome crime , as they are the only ones with keys to the premises . Through flashbacks , which are intertwined with scenes from the present , the story is unraveled . 
 The five men are : 
 The murder victim is ( ): , , and Marty met her at a bar ; both and are attracted to her , but she hooks up with and becomes attached to him . At a party they are both attending , threatened to tell 's wife about the affair as a way to have them break up , but she is dissuaded from this by . She seemingly tries to commit suicide at the loft , by taking pills with champagne . She is discovered by , who calls , and , showing them a note to . The note read " See you in the next life " ; this note is taken from the loft by . 
 The men were motivated to set up by , who showed them DVDs of having sex with 's wife , ; 's prostitute , ( who had paid to allow to seduce her , so that he would take a key to and use the loft ) , and , and 's younger sister . Three of the men leave to set up their alibis , with remaining at the loft to stage the scene . He takes some cocaine and cuts 's wrists , using her bloodied finger to write a Latin phrase similar to that in her suicide note . He then handcuffs 's right hand to the bed . 
 Over the course of the movie , as the five men discuss what to do with the body , , , , and drug , strip and handcuff him to the body on the bed . Before passes out completely , tells him about 's suicide and the contents of her note . While being questioned by the police , tells them of the set - up , but they do not believe him as the only prints found were 's and 's . They also have the DVDs of his sexual exploits , except the ones with , , and ; they wo n't believe him that made the videos and the DVDs of the other men were not found . The police also mention that all four men have alibis for that morning — and were seen together having breakfast , was at his office , was alibied by his father - in - law ( who was blackmailed with information about his own cheating , information had because he knew used that same information to blackmail his father - in - law to give him a contract on a project ) . 
 Releasing from interrogation , Detective ( ) tells him that has been arrested for murder ; he is surprised as he thought would only be implicated in 's suicide . The detective further states that the pills did not kill , that her wrist cuts were not self - inflicted , the prints on the knife were 's and they did n't find a suicide note . The surprised thanks and leaves . Outside of the police station , he reaches into his jacket pocket , only to find that the suicide note gave to him is gone . He then walks to the loft and confronts about the missing note . After initially denying that he had it , leads Chris to the note , which was in the garbage . looks at the note and wonders why would get rid of the only evidence of the attempted suicide , speculating that , not , was the author of the note . then tells everything ; he framed , because he was attracted to himself , and felt that stood between him and . 
 We see that had gone after the night she almost told 's wife about the affair . He told her that was using her and not worth it , and that he could treat her better . She rebuffs him , saying she felt nothing for . Hurt , turns around to find that his wife saw him talking to . When returned to visit at the loft , showed up and drugged , trying to kill her — out of " love " — with an insulin overdose . He then staged the suicide with the pills , champagne bottle , and suicide note . then tells him that is being charged with murder as had n't been dead when they left her with . then states that technically it was who killed and that he will clean the situation up . When says no more cleaning up , pulls out a kitchen knife and threatens him . Sirens can be heard and says he called the police , told them everything and that it is over . He and struggle , and he gets the knife from . tells to tell and their kids that he 's sorry ; he then jumps from the loft 's balcony , killing himself . 
 Six months later , and are reconciled , is facing trial for manslaughter , and is divorced , sharing custody of his kids . He runs into after leaving a bar , and she asks if he needs the loft key , that he had given her for them to meet up . mentions the key would not work as now lives at the loft , since it was the only thing his wife left him with from their divorce . mentions that he heard left the congressman , one of her clients as a prostitute , and she replies that he ’s not the only thing she gave up , implying that she ’s no longer in that line of work . asks if he would like to grab a cup of coffee with her as the scene fades away .

In 2014 , 17 - year - old high school senior and aspiring inventor ( ) is admitted into MIT , but is unable to afford its tuition fees . Upon learning his mother , ( ) , is planning to sell the house to help pay for his college , enlists his sister ( ) and his friends ( ) and ( ) to sift through the belongings of his father ( ) , an inventor who died in a car crash on 's seventh birthday , in the hope of finding something that can use to get a scholarship instead . finds an old camera with a video recording of his seventh birthday party , in which he briefly spots his 17 - year - old self in a reflection . Noticing how he appears to be reaching for a basement light switch in the reflection , and his friends go to the basement , which was forbidden by his father . Underneath a trapdoor activated by the basement switch , the group find the blueprints of a temporal relocation device that was developing named " Project Almanac " , and use the available resources to build a functional time machine . , , , and later use the battery from the car of 's longtime crush , ( ) , to charge up the machine , and successfully send a toy car back in time , but blow out the power for the entire neighborhood . They end up being caught by and recruit her to their experiment . 
 , , , , and eventually travel back in time to the day before and break into 's house , where he draws a smiley face on the back of the neck of his sleeping past self ( which simultaneously appears on the back of the visiting 's neck ) . However , he awakens and seeing his future self causes a feedback loop that nearly erases them both from the timeline . The five agree to use the machine for personal gain on the condition that they always use it together . uses it to win the lottery , gets back at her bullies , aces a chemistry test to secure his academic future , and the group eventually decides to travel back to Lollapalooza three months before . hesitates to declare his feelings for during a particularly open and obvious moment in their conversation , and their relationship becomes awkward . decides to travel back to Lollapalooza alone to change that , leading to a future in which they are a couple . When he returns , he finds that the blackout caused by them sending the toy car back resulted in their school 's star basketball player getting hit by a car and breaking his leg ; the team does n't make it to the championships , and those that would have attended go elsewhere , including the player 's father , a pilot who ends up crashing a commercial airliner , along with multiple other catastrophes around the world . goes back alone once again and prevents the accident that would lead to the player 's injury , and averts the plane crash . He returns to the future to learn that instead is in critical condition in the hospital after being run over . 
 continues to travel back in time to rectify the poor outcomes , but eventually is caught by during one of his trips , accidentally sending her back with him . confronts , who is forced to admit to using the time machine to win her affection . As lambastes for his deception , her past self runs up , causing another feedback loop , and is erased from the timeline . decides to go back to prevent the machine from being created , but the machine is out of hydrogen . As returns to the present , he is confronted by the police , who suspect him of being connected to 's disappearance . Narrowly evading the manhunt after him , is able to get to his school and obtains a hydrogen canister . He manages to activate the machine just as the police break into the supply room , and sends himself back to the day of his seventh birthday . 
 In the basement , confronts his father , who recognizes him and realizes that this means he will eventually complete the machine . convinces of the machine 's danger and tells him that he should say goodbye to his son . Meanwhile , destroys the blueprints and a vital component , causing him to be erased from the timeline . However , the camera he and his friends have been using all along is left behind and records the whole thing . Back in the future , and are once again going through their father 's belongings , when they find their father 's camera ( as they did originally in the beginning ) as well as the alternate 's camera , which still contains all the footage of and the group from the original timeline , beginning with the original recording of him and finding only one camera in the attic , and ending with disappearing in the basement during his trip ten years in the past . Shocked to see this , they presumably go through all the footage and see their adventures traveling through time . Implicitly , they come to understand the mistakes they made . Later , at school , approaches for the first time once again , displaying knowledge of the future , and confides in her that they are about to " change the world " , implying they are going to make a second attempt at the time machine , and do things the right way this time .

Sofia Black D'Elia
Jonny Weston
Allen Evangelista
Virginia Gardner

( ) is a recovering gambling addict who takes odd jobs in Las Vegas as a " chaperone " ( his version of a bodyguard ) to support his addiction . After helping a client impress a woman ( ) , he accepts a proposition from a young man ( ) to show him around Vegas and provide him with protection while he gambles . 
 While eating at a diner , 's waitress friend ( ) hands him a message from a woman he knows , ( ) , who wants him to stop by her house . , a professional escort , explains she had a date the previous night at the Golden Nugget . Afterward , she was brutally raped and beaten by three unknown men in their hotel room . asks to find out who they are so that she can sue them . 
 discovers that the man responsible for raping is ( ) , a gangster . had his two thugs dump her in a hospital car park . goes to the hotel to confront , disguised as someone sent by another criminal . A confrontation develops but defends himself , overpowering and his men , who are tied up as calls . In the room , contemplates castrating , who breaks down and begs her forgiveness , decides to take the $ 50,000 from 's desk and leaves . 
 splits the money with and leaves Las Vegas . takes to a casino . Playing blackjack with dealer friend ( ) , then goes on a huge winning streak with the next dealer , amassing over a half a million . But when he goes to the cashier , he has a sudden anxiety attack , and loses his winnings as well as his original $ 25,000 on a single blackjack bet with . The next morning , , revealed to be a self - made millionaire , wants Nick to mentor him on being brave , but declines . At the bar , 's men arrive to deliver to , but beats them off . 
 meets with ( ) , the mafia boss of Las Vegas . has received a complaint from , who claims that broke into his hotel room , pistol - whipped him , and killed two of his men – all to fund his gambling addiction . takes to a room with , where tells his side of the story : that killed his own men later and that bears a cut on his penis . tells to drop his pants to prove wrong , but he refuses and leaves . 
 At the local diner , offers a check for $ 500,000 and a plane ticket to Corsica for what he has learned from . and his men appear in the diner . shows his newfound manliness by singing loudly as a distraction so can escape . thinks about his sailboat and then kills the thugs and with his utensils behind the diner . Afterwards , insists take the check and the ticket , and accepts . then drives out of Las Vegas .

Earth and countless other planets were established by families of transhuman and alien royalty for the purpose of later " harvesting " the resulting organisms to produce a type of youth serum for the elites on other planets . After the death of the matriarch of the House of Abrasax , the most powerful of the alien dynasties , her children , , , and , quarrel over the inheritance , with inheriting an enormous refinery on Jupiter and spending his inheritance on a lavish spaceship , declaring his intention to dismantle the youth serum trade , of which Earth is the next intended source . 
 cleans the homes of wealthy neighbors . To buy a telescope , agrees to sell her egg cells with the help of her cousin , under the name of her friend . At 's house , and are attacked by extraterrestrial ' Keepers ' ; and when photographs these , they erase both of their memories of the incident . stumbles upon the strange photograph on her phone while waiting at an egg donation clinic , but can not recall anything about it . During the procedure , the doctors and nurses are revealed to be Keepers sent to kill her , and she is saved by , a former soldier sent by to bring her to him . 
 While and ascend to a ship , it is destroyed by a squad of Keepers who then attack them . fends off the attack and manages to kill the Keepers and hijack one of their vehicles while protecting . Afterwards , realizes that must be of great significance to both and , who is revealed to have sent the Keepers to Earth to capture her . He takes to the hideout of , another former soldier living in exile on Earth . As discovers that she can control the bees in 's residence , she is revealed to be galactic royalty . agrees to help , but a group of hunters who initially were hired by but bribed by capture her and take her to 's palace on a distant planet , where explains that Jupiter is genetically identical to the dead matriarch , and therefore the Earth 's rightful owner . Supported by Captain of the Aegis ( an intergalactic police force ) , retrieves her from , and takes her to the planet Ores ( the intergalactic capital planet ) to claim her inheritance . 
 In another attempt to lure Jupiter to him , sends to kidnap 's family . On the way back to Earth , 's henchmen capture and detain , as punishment for not bringing to him as promised . reveals to his plan to marry and kill and claim Earth . He then throws into the void of space ; but survives and returns with to save at the altar before she completes the marriage contract . asks to return home , but learns that her family has been taken hostage by . In his refinery in the Great Red Spot , demands Earth in exchange for 's family . Realizing that can " harvest " Earth only with her permission , refuses . infiltrates the refinery and damages its gravity hull , causing the refinery to begin collapsing . While the occupants evacuate the refinery , 's ship moves in and rescues 's family . 
 survives the collapsing structures , only to land at the feet of who tries to kill her ; but she fights him off , and is rescued by while falls to his death . As the refinery is in its final stages of collapse , opens a portal to Earth and prepares to evacuate , potentially leaving and behind . However , she is relieved to find that they have survived and crossed the portal along with 's ship . 's family is returned home with no memory of their disappearance , while secretly retains ownership of the Earth . 's rank in the Legion is restored , and he and begin a relationship .

In a prologue , the witch Mother is imprisoned in an underground chamber by , the last of a knightly order known as the Falcons , who have long defended mankind against supernatural threats . Several decades later , now works as a " Spook , " a roving witch hunter . 
 The rise of the centennial blood moon allows to regain much of her power and break free from her prison . In a confrontation with the aged , she kills his apprentice , , before escaping . returns to her dilapidated mountain fortress , restoring it , and her sister , , to their former condition . 
 then seeks out , the seventh son of a seventh son , on a local farmstead , and recruits him as his newest apprentice . Before leaves , his mother gives him her pendant as a talisman . On their way to 's home , sees a girl about to be burned by a mob as a witch . Recognizing her from clairvoyant visions he has had , he takes her from the mob and releases her . The girl , , warns him not to let know about her . is revealed to be 's daughter , who spies on for her . begins gathering her army to conquer mankind . 
 meets 's assistant , and rushes to learn what he needs to become a Spook before he and leave to confront at her fortress . warns that they only have a week before the blood moon is full , after which will become too powerful for them . En route to the fortress , is summoned to a walled city by an Inquisitor whose forces have subdued one of 's followers , a werebear named . instructs to burn the warlock alive , but hesitates , causing to dismiss him while burning himself . meets again and the two share their feelings and have passionate sex . Later , they briefly consider going off on their own . But Tom has a vision of killing and unleashing destruction upon the world . rejoins , who reveals that he once loved , and that is why he could not kill her , even after she murdered 's own wife . feels responsible for every person killed by since then , and warns that must be killed , like all witches . 
 , , and are attacked on the road by an enormous boggart , and narrowly manages to kill it and survive being swept down a waterfall . is then confronted by , who attacks but is repelled by the necklace around his neck . recognizes it as the Umbran Stone , which increases the power of witches . It originally belonged to , but one of her witch followers , 's mother , stole it from her , weakening her enough for to trap her . 
 instructs to steal the stone from , promising to spare his life if she does because she loves him . and her minions then raze the aforementioned walled city to the ground to avenge the death of . 's family happens to be in the city , and his mother sends her husband and daughter to safety , before managing to kill the warlock and confronting with her own powers . kills her , mocking her for giving away the stone that would have saved her life . 
 Out in the country , reappears before and pleads with him to leave with her , as he had suggested in their earlier meeting . tries to kill her , but , blinded by love , stops him , proclaiming " She 's not the enemy ! " . He lets her flee , but points out she has taken the stone from around 's neck , replying , " Now tell me she 's innocent ! " . realizes her reappearance had been a ruse , and pursues her , with and following . Then 's servant attacks them , capturing and driving and over a cliff , wrongly believing them dead . has a vision of his mother , telling him that as both the seventh son of a seventh son , and the son of a witch , he is unique and has the power to defeat . 
 The witches gather as attempts to seduce with her magic . is horrified to hear that was left for dead . In remorse , she grabs the stone from , breaking 's hold on . As transforms into a dragon to kill , also transforms , to protect her daughter . retrieves the stone and , fighting together , , and kill several of 's minions . defeats and kills for her disloyalty , but is seriously wounded in turn . confronts in her room , alone . She appears close to death , bitterly recalling her and 's relationship , but then she seizes him with her claws . arrives and hurls a blade at , freeing , who retreats . finishes her off by burning her body . 
 Afterwards , acknowledges 's training is complete and brands his hand as a new knight . appears , but accepts that 's commitment to his new vocation means they can not be together at the present . She promises that they 'll meet again , before disappearing . departs for an unknown destination , leaving with as the town bells ring , calling for the new Spook 's services .

( ) is an upbeat man who works at a bathtub factory , and lives in a modified apartment above a bowling alley with his dog , Bosco , and his cat , Mr. . is a schizophrenic who chooses not to take his medication and enjoys delusions and hallucinations that manifest in the form of his pets talking to him . often represents his good intentions while Mr. represents his more violent nature . One day , his manager compliments his hard work and chooses him to help organize an employee barbecue , and he gladly accepts the opportunity to work with his workplace crush , an English woman named . The following day he asks her out on a date . She initially agrees , though with reluctance , but then stands him up to go to a karaoke party with two other women who work with her in the accounting department at work , and . After the party , 's car wo n't start , leading her to flag down as he drives by . offers to take him out for a late dinner to make up for standing him up on the original date , but on the way , accidentally hits a deer which crashes through his windshield . 's hallucinations show the deer crying out in pain and begging to kill it so he slits the deer 's throat . , terrified , runs off into the woods . pursues her and stabs her to death . 
 Upon returning home , suggests he has to go to the police and confess , encouraging him in saying that he 's a good man and wo n't be punished . On the other hand , Mr. says there is no shame in killing , but insists needs to dispose of the body and refrain from going to the police or else he will be severely punished and locked away . collects 's body from the forest , and returns home with it but leaves a bloody shoe and pile of organs . He dismembers , placing her innards in numerous plastic boxes and her disembodied head inside his fridge . After this traumatic experience , his delusions increase with now having being able to talk to him . Her tone suggests she forgives him for his actions , but she insists he takes his medication to end his behavior . takes his pills , and experiences nightmares of his abusive past . When he wakes up during the night , he is groggy , but his hallucinations have ended ; his pets no longer speak to him , his apartment is a complete mess with animal waste littering the floor , garbage piling up in bags and up against the walls of his apartment and blood all over his kitchen after cutting up 's body and 's head is cold and rotting . He throws away the pills in terror , and the next morning , his hallucinations resume and his happy life is back to ' normal ' . tries to convince to kill someone else so that she has someone to talk to , but insists that he ca n't . 
 asks on a date . He develops feelings for her and takes her to his abandoned childhood home , where it is revealed his German mother had confessed to her insanity and was about to be taken away by the authorities when he was a child . When they arrived , she tried to slit her throat , but could n't do it herself and so she begged to finish the job to end her suffering . The police had found standing over his dead mother with a piece of broken glass and he is committed instead . sobs in front of , who comforts him . They go back to her house and spend the night together . When returns home the next morning , he still feels pressured into killing someone else by and Mr. , and seems unsure of what to do next . 
 finds out 's address through accounting and delivers a gift to his house . When inadvertently locks himself out , he tries to get back in through the sky light , but manages to pick the door open using her hairpin . She wanders in and discovers the state of the apartment , as well as the covered head of , though she does n't immediately recognize it beneath the coat covering it . sneaks up on her , upset that she trespassed into his home , but despite pressure from Mr. , he refuses to kill her . sees for the first time the troubled , delusional man is , and , frightened , tries to run away , running to the bathroom to hide , and then into his bedroom . comes in , genuinely trying to apologize for scaring and she , feeling cornered , attempts to put up an act , insisting they can go back to normal and forget what happened in order to make him let her leave , but when she panics and tries to escape hurriedly , grabs her by the arms to stop her and throws her backwards back onto the bed to break her neck on the headboard . After she dies , cuts her body apart and places her head in the fridge , next to 's . Other workers from accounting begin to realize and have gone missing . When goes to 's house to ask if he knows where they are , immediately kills and dismembers her . 
 confesses his killings to his counselor Dr. . She tries to call the police , but he takes her hostage into the countryside and forces her to help him . She calms him down and shows understanding , which makes him feel better . Meanwhile , the other workers from accounting break into 's home ( as runs away ) and discover the apartment 's state as well as all the blood , and immediately retreat to call the police . Shortly after returns home , still holding hostage , the police surround his house and prepare to move in . takes Mr. into the bathroom and then flees down into the basement , breaking a gas pipe while doing so . After rescuing Dr. , the police are knocked back from a huge explosion that was caused by the gas leak . 
 Down in the bowling alley , realizes the bowling alley is on fire and he is in grave danger . The voices of and Mr. , no longer taking forms of belonging to a dog and cat no longer with him , speak to him in his own mind , Mr. is insisting he get out of there and find another place to live , to hide , so that he may continue killing and feeling alive , and telling him that there is no place for him in life any longer and that he should let the fire " put him to sleep " . Choosing to stay and end his own misery , he lies down and waits until he blacks out from the smoke . 
 In a white void , and Mr. confess that , despite their opposing beliefs , they did like each other , before going their separate ways . then appears with his parents , , and , and he apologizes to the women for killing them . Just then appears , and they all dance and sing together .

The film opens with an unnamed dancer ( ) dancing in various locations around Brooklyn during the credit sequence . 
 From there , the plot follows Dr. ( ) , a wealthy African - American anthropologist and art collector who acquires a dagger originating in the ancient Ashanti Empire , a highly advanced civilization that , claims , became addicted to blood transfusions . That night , ( ) , an emotionally unstable colleague from the museum which acquired the dagger , pays a visit to 's impressive , African - art covered Martha 's Vineyard mansion . The two cordially discuss history and philosophy , but once has retired for the evening , becomes drunk and climbs a tree with a noose , claiming he wants to commit suicide . successfully talks him down , but later that night attacks and stabs with the Ashanti ceremonial dagger , killing him . An undetermined amount of time later , is shocked to awaken -- unscathed . He hears a gunshot and , upon discovering that has killed himself , he instinctively drinks 's blood . He discovers that he is invulnerable to physical harm , can no longer tolerate normal food and drink , and has an insatiable need for more blood . Though he steals several bags of blood from a doctor 's office , he quickly finds that he needs fresh victims . The first is a prostitute ( ) who , shockingly , reawakens -- only after he has discovered that her blood is HIV - positive . After a period of tension , it is determined that he has not contracted the virus . 
 Soon , 's estranged ex - wife , ( ) , arrives at 's house searching for her ex - husband , who owes her money . and quickly become lovers , and she moves into 's expansive mansion . When she unwittingly discovers her ex - husband 's corpse --frozen in 's wine cellar-- she is initially angry , but after explains what happened and tells her that he loves her , she agrees to marry him . On the honeymoon night , he stabs her with the Ashanti dagger so that she will share immortality with him . is initially horrified by her new existence , but teaches her how to survive . After he departs and kills a young woman with a baby ( ) whom he meets in a public park in Brooklyn , he brings home an old female acquaintance ( ) , for 's first kill . seduces and then strangles the woman . and dispose of the body , even though , like the prostitute from before , the " corpse " reawakens . 
 Eventually , becomes disillusioned with this life and makes a visit to a Red Hook church where he is moved by an energetic musical performance and approaches the altar to have the pastor lay hands on him . Meanwhile , back at home , murders 's loyal domestic servant ( ) . When she searches for to confess , she finds him in the shadow of a cross , dying . dies in her arms , glad to be at peace . , though saddened by his death , lives on , presumably continuing her vampire - esque lifestyle . At the movie 's closing , we see her walk out to the beach . The woman she had previously killed appears , naked , and joins her to watch the sunset .

Twenty - one - year - old is an English literature major at Washington State University 's ( " WSU " ) satellite campus near Vancouver , Washington . When her roommate , , becomes ill and is unable to interview , a 27 - year - old billionaire entrepreneur , for the college newspaper , agrees to go in her place . At Christian 's Seattle headquarters called Grey House , stumbles her way through the meeting . , who is that year 's WSU commencement speaker , takes an interest in her ; soon after , he visits the hardware store where works . He agrees to 's request for a photo shoot to accompany the article for which had interviewed him . 
 invites for coffee , but he leaves abruptly , saying he is not the man for her . later sends first edition copies of two novels , including Tess of the d'Urbervilles , as a gift . 
 and her friends celebrate graduation at a local bar . After drinking too much , spontaneously calls , saying she is returning the books and berates his behavior towards her . goes to the bar and finds , who passes out . She wakes up the next morning in 's hotel room , relieved that they were not intimate . 
 and begin seeing each other , though he insists that she sign a non - disclosure agreement preventing her from revealing details about their dalliance . explains that he only has interrelations involving bondage that is clearly defined in a signed contract . reveals that she is a virgin . While considering the agreement and negotiating her own terms , and after visiting his " playroom " , a room stocked with a variety of BDSM toys , furniture , and gear , she and have sex . 
 bestows with gifts and favors , such as a new car and laptop computer . After and move to Seattle , continues seeing . During dinner at 's parents , suddenly mentions she is leaving the next day to visit her mother in Georgia . Later , becomes frustrated when expresses she wants more than the one - sided relationship he proposes . She is shocked when unexpectedly arrives in Georgia , they have sex again but he leaves soon afterward , to tend to an emergency in Seattle . 
 After returning home , continues seeing , who wants further sexual experimentation . initially consents , but keeps emotionally distant , upsetting her . While still considering the contract , and in an effort to understand psychologically , asks him to demonstrate how he would " punish " her for rule breaking . whips 's buttocks six times with a belt . Upset and disgusted , breaks up with after concluding that he is wrong for her and his practices border on being deviant and excessive . 
 In an alternative ending , both and experience flashbacks . jogs in the rain , while sobs in her apartment . encounters a gift gave him with the note : " This reminded me of a happy time . — Ana".[6 ]

Jamie Dornan
Dakota Johnson
Rita Ora
Luke Grimes
Marcia Gay Harden

During a mission in the Middle East in 1997 , probationary secret agent sacrifices himself to protect his superior . , blaming himself , returns to London to give 's widow and her young son a medal engraved with an emergency assistance number . 
 Seventeen years later , , having dropped out of training for the Royal Marines despite his intelligence and capability , has become a stereotypical chav.[8][9 ] After being arrested for stealing a car , calls the number . arranges his release . explains that he is a member of Kingsman , a private intelligence service founded by wealthy British individuals who lost their heirs in World War I. , code name " Galahad " , explains there is a position available , as agent " " was killed by the assassin while trying to rescue Professor from kidnappers . becomes 's candidate . Other candidates are eliminated through dangerous training tests run by operative " " , until only and , a candidate he befriended , are left . is unable to complete the final test – shooting a dog he has raised during the training process ( unaware that the gun holds blanks ) – and is named the new " " . 
 Meanwhile , discovers that Professor has returned to work as if nothing had happened . attempts to interrogate him , but a chip in Professor 's neck explodes , killing him . The detonation signal is traced to a facility owned by Internet billionaire and philanthropist , who has recently offered everyone in the world SIM cards that grant free lifetime cellular and Internet connectivity . , impersonating a billionaire philanthropist , meets face - to - face . learns of 's connection to an obscure hate group 's church in Kentucky , and travels there , wearing glasses containing a video transceiver . As watches , activates the SIM cards in the church , triggering a signal that causes the parishioners to become murderously violent . 's spy training leaves him as the only survivor . Outside the church explains what happened , then shoots in the face . 
 returns to Kingsman headquarters and finds that , Kingsman 's leader , has a scar on his neck just like Professor 's . reveals that plans to transmit his " neurological wave " worldwide via satellite network , believing the resulting " culling " of the human race will avert its extinction . Only those has chosen , willing and unwilling , will be unaffected . tries to poison , but switches glasses and poisons himself . 
 , and set out to stop . uses high - altitude balloons to destroy one of 's satellites and break up the network , but quickly secures a replacement from a business associate . flies to 's base , where he masquerades as . is discovered by a failed recruit , , leading to both and being cornered . On 's suggestion , activates the implanted chips ' failsafe , killing almost everyone with a chip . An angry activates the signal and triggers worldwide pandemonium . kills and uses one of her sharpened prosthetic legs to impale and kill him , stopping the signal and ending the threat . 
 In a mid - credits scene , , now a full Kingsman agent , offers his mother and half - sister a new home away from his abusive stepfather , who flatly objects to 's suggestion . then dispatches him in exactly the same manner that dealt with one of 's henchmen earlier .

is enjoying her senior year of high school in the suburbs of Atlanta with her two best friends , and , both of whom are significantly more popular than she is . She is also the neighbor and former childhood friend of , a star on the school 's football team , with whom she had fallen out during high school . She has a crush on guitar - playing , and reluctantly attends a party hosted by mean - girl , hoping to talk to him . The party turns out to be a disaster for her , as it 's there that unthinkingly reveals to her that she is the DUFF of her friend group , the Designated Ugly Fat Friend . The DUFF does not actually have to be ugly or fat , he explains , it 's just the person in a social group who is less popular and more accessible than the others in the group . People exploit the DUFF to get to the popular people . 
 is insulted and devastated , but she soon realizes is right . The students in her high school are only interested in her as a way to get to and . She takes her anger out on and and " unfriends " them on social media and in person . 
 later overhears 's science teacher Mr. telling that unless he passes the midterm , he 's off the football team , which could cost him his football scholarship . Desperate to change her social standing and go on a date with , strikes a deal with — she'll help him pass science if he 'll advise her how to stop being a DUFF . They have a fun time at a mall , attempting a makeover by buying new clothes . This backfires when 's minion records playing around in her new clothes and pretending that a mannequin is . They create a video ridiculing and post it online leading to the entire school mocking her . It also becomes clear that ( a reality - TV wannabe ) feels possessive of , her on - again off - again boyfriend , and is jealous of 's relationship with him . 
 tells not to let the video destroy her . Instead , he suggests she own it and just be upfront with by talking directly to him and asking him out . When sees at school , she does ask him , and to her surprise he accepts . When becomes frustrated by the constant arguing between his parents , takes him to her favorite spot in the forest , her " think rock , " to help him cope with a possible divorce . They kiss , but joke about it and pretend it did n't mean anything . At and 's date at his house , she finds herself thinking about , but tries to brush it off . She ultimately discovers that is " Duffing " her — spending time with her in order to connect with and . She confronts , finally seeing him for the shallow and superficial jerk he is , and leaves in tears . Seeking to talk with him about the date , she finds him at the thinking rock kissing . 
 Angry with and , she reunites with and who were genuine friends all along . They , along with her understanding mother , convince her to go to the homecoming dance with them , in an outfit they create together that incorporates elements of 's previous wardrobe such as her flannel shirts . At the dance , tells off , saying essentially that we are all DUFFs who should be true to our own identities and her bullying was just a reflection of her own insecurities about herself . is crowned homecoming queen and is crowned king , but he rejects and the title and kisses in front of the whole school . In the end , 's article about homecoming is a hit with the students ; is going to attend Northwestern University while goes to Ohio State . In the end and are still together .

Five years after the events of the first film , and have become rich and famous , with becoming a multi - billionaire and being a successful music singer . At 's celebratory party , is shot in the groin . ( 's son ) and drag him to the hot tub time machine and activate it in order to travel back in time to find and stop the killer . When they wake up , they find themselves ten years into the future , where is in charge of 's mansion . After determining that they are in an alternate timeline where 's killer is from this future , they go to their friend 's home , only to meet his son ( ) who is engaged to a girl named . 
 suspects his nemesis is the killer , however , he learns actually made his own fortune off of some land could have bought . They party at 's nightclub , where takes hallucinogens for the first time . The next day , they attend the popular television game show Choozy Doozy , where contestant is required to have virtual reality sex with a man . As suggested the idea , he is obligated to participate , but uses his " lifeline " to switch with becomes disillusioned with the misadventures and leaves the group to get drunk at 's club and to then commit suicide by jumping off an extremely high building . makes amends with him and prevents his suicide . 
 When the guys see a news report where , an employee of Lougle , invents nitrotrinadium , the ingredient that activates the hot tub time machine , they suspect he is the killer . At wedding , talks with and realizes he is not the killer but that he invented the chemical after being inspired by 's words . , who is upset about partying , has sex with , but when finds out , he steals the nitrotrinadium and goes back to the past . , and return to the mansion , but are too late to stop As the guys sit in defeat , realizes that because the chemical has appeared in the past , it now exists in the future . They return to the present and stop from shooting after apologizes to him . 
 Following this , apologizes to as tells his wife he wants to go to rehab for his drug addictions . meets for the first time . The more optimistic approaches ( his girlfriend in the future ) and convinces her to join him in a relationship . As , , , and return to the hot tub , 's head is shot off by a ( or in the Unrated version ) dressed in a minuteman costume . Patriot informs them there are multiple anyway and invites them to " make America happen . " During the closing credits , the guys are seen exploiting the time machine to change history .

, a football coach , loses his job and moves with his family to take a new job at McFarland High School in McFarland , California , which is predominantly Latino . Discovering that some of his students are strong runners , he organizes a boys ' cross country team with seven members who have little hope for their future . They become a close - knit , mutually supportive unit . Under 's guidance the school 's cross country team becomes outstandingly successful , winning nine state titles over the years . With respect to that first team , all its members escaped from the cycle of poverty in their lives , being first in their families to go to college or into military careers . Almost all members continue to attend the practice that held for successive school cross country teams even after graduation from college .

Seasoned con - man ( ) goes to an upscale restaurant , where an inexperienced grifter , ( ) , seduces him , and then pretends they 've been caught by her jealous husband . When the deception fails , advises them never to lose focus when faced with unexpected situations . finds him in another nightclub a few days later and convinces to become her mentor . tells her about how his father , a con man named , was forced to shoot his grandfather when a con went wrong , a maneuver he calls " the Toledo Panic Button " . 
 follows to New Orleans , where she is introduced to 's crew as well , including the obese and profane ( ) . She picks a few pockets as a test , and soon and develop a romantic relationship , upsetting , who was taught by his father to never become emotionally involved with anyone in their line of business . At the 17th Associated Football Franchise of America Championship Game at the Mercedes - Benz Superdome , gets into a round of increasingly extravagant bets with gambler ( ) , eventually losing all of the money the crew has earned . 
 To win it back , asks to pick any player on or off the field and says that will guess the number picked . A distraught scans the field and notices wearing jersey number 55 and realizes it is another con . They take for millions of dollars . explains to how had been programmed to pick 55 since he arrived , with subtle , subconscious prompts throughout his day . Afterwards , , wary of his growing emotional involvement , leaves by the side of the road with her cut . He instructs the driver to take her to the airport . cries as her limo drives off , leaving to climb into another waiting car . 
 Three years later , is in Buenos Aires , working for billionaire motorsport team owner ( ) . needs to beat a team headed by Australian businessman ( ) to win the championship . will pretend to be a disgruntled technician on 's team willing to sell 's custom fuel use algorithm EXR . Instead he will sell a bogus version which will slow their car down during the race . At a pre - race party , runs into , who is now 's girlfriend . After faking heavy drinking upon seeing , has a convincing fight with in public and after being thrown out , is recruited by to provide the component . 
 begins pursuing again , and they eventually rekindle their relationship . The head of 's security entourage , ( ) , is suspicious and narrowly misses catching the two together . delivers the component to for three million euros but also sells it to the other teams for similar amounts . 
 and attempt to return to the United States together . However , they are caught by 's men and taken to 's garage . is bound and gagged whilst is given a beating . has actually sold the real EXR to all of the various teams . is convinced that had something to do with gaining access to EXR and begins to suffocate by holding her nose . In order to save , explains that he gained access to EXR through tricking into believing he still had feelings for her . That the necklace he had given to was equipped to secretly record 's password and login information . He explains that was conned and knew nothing about this . However , then reveals that she was only trying to seduce in order to steal his valuable watch and to make jealous . 
 promises to come clean in order to spare 's life but shoots him in the chest , causing a horrified to leave . then reveals himself to be 's father , , and assures that he avoided any major arteries . He simply employed the " Toledo Panic Button . " then tapes up 's wounds and draws excess blood out of his son 's chest with a metal plunger so that he can breathe again . They flee the garage in 's vehicle . 
 drives and to the hospital to treat 's punctured lung and departs with 's money as a reminder of the consequences of losing focus . After he leaves , notices that snatched 's watch before he left the warehouse , and a smiling and then go into the hospital together .

arrives in Los Angeles and employs limousine driver to take her to the site of the former house of child star . has severe burns to her face and body , and takes a copious amount of medication . visits a child suffering from non - Hodgkin lymphoma in the hospital ; however , the girl later dies . ’s father , Dr. , is a TV psychologist who is treating aging actress for abuse she suffered at the hands of her deceased mother , also an actress . ’s agent struggles to get a role in a remake of her mother ’s film Stolen Waters . Havana routinely hallucinates about the deceased younger version of her mother . 
 and his mother , , negotiate a role for in a film as his comeback after drug rehabilitation . At the suggestion of , Havana hires , whom she had met on Twitter , as a personal assistant . continues to see , and a romance forms , though appears resistant at first . learns through Havana that has returned to L.A. is and 's daughter – however , they shun her completely , with breaking down at the thought of contacting . 
 Using Havana ’s role in Stolen Waters to gain access to the production lot , visits on set . A schizophrenic , tells him that she has returned from a sanatorium to make amends for setting the fire that burned her and nearly killed him when he was seven . When learns visited , he visits her in a rage and warns her to leave L.A. 
 breaks his sobriety , getting high on GHB , and carelessly shoots the dog of his only friend . visits her mother , , to make amends . reveals that she and are brother and sister , making and children of incest – though insists it was unbeknownst to them at the time . comes home , and when tells him she knows about their familial relations , violently beats her , until intervenes . During the altercation , steals ’s wedding ring . On set , is haunted by the girl from the hospital , and , during an hallucination , he strangles his young co - star . The child survives , though is now to be replaced in the film . 
 requests as a driver and seduces him in the backseat of his parked limo in the driveway of her home , as watches from the window . enters the house and berates for her poor performance at work and then verbally humiliates her when she finds that the girl has stained her expensive couch with menstrual blood . beats to death with one of her awards . 
 returns home to see on fire outside near the pool . goes home , finds his father in a catatonic state and steals his ring . He then reunites with at the ruins of their old home that had burned down , and , on the fireplace hearth , the siblings / cousins perform an impromptu wedding ceremony with their parents ' wedding rings . In order to commit suicide , they take an extreme amount of ’s pills together , before lying down to watch the stars . 
 Throughout the film , liberal quotings from poem Liberté meander " through each of the characters ' lives , " creating an underlying mantra for the film.[26 ]

A skyrocketing crime rate leads the city of Johannesburg , South Africa to buy a squadron of scouts — state - of - the - art armour - plated attack robots — from weapons manufacturer Tetravaal . These autonomous androids are developed by British scientist and largely supplant the overwhelmed human police force . A competing project within the company is the remotely controlled MOOSE , developed by Australian soldier - turned - engineer . Deon is praised for Tetravaal 's success but grows envious when the police are unwilling to give his heavy weapons platform equal attention . 
 At home , Deon creates a prototype artificial intelligence that mimics a human mind to the point of feeling emotions and having opinions , but Tetravaal CEO refuses to let him test the A.I. on a police robot . Undeterred , Deon steals a recently damaged robot before it is destroyed and puts it in his van , along with the " guard key " needed to update the robot 's software . 
 On his way home , he is kidnapped by a group of gangsters , , , and , who threaten to kill him unless he reprograms a police robot to help them steal . installs the new software into the damaged robot , which responds with child - like trepidation upon powering up . and calm the robot , teaching it words and naming it " Chappie " . Despite wanting to stay with the robot , forces him out of their hideout . 
 's gang only has a few days to pay a debt of 20 million rand to , a powerful gangster . sees as a child and wants to mother him , but grows impatient with his development due to both the impending deadline for the debt and 's irreplaceable battery running out , giving him days to live . tries to train to be a gangster by leaving him in a dangerous neighborhood to fend for himself . After being wounded by thugs , he is followed by , who plans to deactivate all Tetravaal scouts except for . successfully extracts the guard key for his own use , but the traumatized escapes and returns to the hideout . scolds for this mistreatment , but he manages to earn 's forgiveness by training him in martial arts and weapon handling . and trick into stealing cars for them , and lie about needing the money to replace his dying body . 
 At Tetravaal , uses the guard key to upload a virus , thus sabotaging and disabling all scouts including . Johannesburg 's criminals immediately run rampant in the streets , and brings to the Tetravaal factory to fix him . After being restarted , notices a helmet used to control MOOSE . At the hideout , he re - engineers it to allow him to transfer his consciousness into a computer , so he can change bodies when his current one dies . 's gang uses Chappie to rob an armored car , an act which is caught on the news , prompting to pursue him . When learns that 's plan to acquire the body was a lie , he prepares to kill for betrayal . However , arrives to warn them that has ordered that Chappie be destroyed . At that moment , the MOOSE robot ( controlled remotely by ) is launched to assassinate and at the hideout , at the same time that arrives to collect his debt . and are killed in the ensuing battle , while is mortally wounded . When is about to be killed , sacrifices herself to save him and destroys MOOSE by detonating a bomb . 
 Enraged by 's death , drives to the factory , storms into an office , and fiercely beats close to death . He then transfers the dying Deon 's consciousness into a spare robot through the modified MOOSE helmet . In return , the now - robotic Deon wirelessly transfers 's consciousness into one of the nearby disabled scouts . and go into hiding as the police discontinue their contract with Tetravaal . While burning memorabilia of , the grieving finds a box containing a doll copy of her and a flash drive marked " Mommy 's Consciousness Test Backup " which contains a copy of 's consciousness that took while testing the device on her . hacks into Tetravaal 's manufacturing facility , builds a robot resembling , and uploads the drive 's contents .

and travel to San Diego , California to propose a plan to hotel magnate for buying and opening a second hotel in India as a companion to the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel . They are told that a company inspector will anonymously visit India to evaluate the project . 
 Back in Jaipur , is offered a job as a fabric buyer . She is concerned that at age 79 , the job will require many responsibilities and considerable travel . , who is in love with , is worried about losing time with her as well , and also eager to introduce her to his daughter . 
 's life becomes complicated by plans for his upcoming wedding to , plus a possible rival for her affections and his business interests . He also is desperate to impress American visitor , whom he immediately identifies as the American hotel chain 's anonymous inspector . Noting the immediate interest has taken in 's mother , he encourages a romantic relationship between them at first , then angrily resents it when he concludes is not the inspector after all . 
 dilemma is deciding between two suitors from India and which to we d. becomes frantic when he believes a local taxi driver mistakenly assumed wanted a fatal accident to befall his current sweetheart , , but then discovers that she has been sleeping with other men . And ' daughter arrives for a visit with his estranged wife ( who returned to the UK at the end of the previous film ) seeking a divorce so that she can remarry . 
 , while having received bad news from a medical appointment , struggles to keep from ruining his wedding , his business and his future , having become quite fond of him . Decisions come to a head for all during the colourful wedding of and .

In the Lower East Side of New York City in 1903 , a group of Jewish men are gathered in the shop of a cobbler to discuss a problem that has been plaguing them . A crook named has been running their businesses out and harassing the men and their families . The men hand over a pair of Gergerman 's shoes to the cobbler , . takes the shoes to the basement of his shop and uses a special stitching machine to work on the shoes . His young son enters , and explains to him the importance of the machine . 
 In the present day , the great - grandson of and the grandson of , works as the cobbler in the shop . His work neighbor is , who operates the barber shop next door . A young woman named comes in to tell that she is working with the community of the Lower East Side to prevent big time developers from tearing down parts of the neighborhood to build huge complex buildings . does n't seem to care at all what happens to the shop . lives at home with his ailing mother . The two of them wish they could see 's father one more time . 
 Local thug brings his shoes to the shop for to replace the soles in his shoes . 's current stitching machine fails , so he uses the old one . Out of curiosity , he checks 's shoe size ; it 's 10 1/2 , the same as . tries the shoes on , and to his surprise , he transforms into . He uses the machine on other shoes , and realizes what he can do with this . 
 uses this newfound ability to live as someone else . He goes to Chinatown as a Chinese man to enjoy the day . He then goes to a restaurant as another man and leaves without paying for his meal . , a young woman , brings in the shoes of her British boyfriend , and uses them . As , goes to a bar and is noticed by beautiful women . One woman approaches him and notes that she saw him somewhere leaving with a man . goes to 's home as , and finds taking a shower . She invites him to join her . He eagerly starts to undress until he realizes if he takes off even one shoe , he will no longer be , so he leaves . decides to make his mother happy by using the shoes of his father , the grandson of and the son of . He has dinner with as and gives her one more night of happiness . 
 The next morning , finds that has died . He and his family sit shiva for the week . When he returns to work , demands that he get his shoes back or he 'll kill . Using several pairs of shoes to disguise himself , follows to his apartment . Using 's shoes , he meets 's girlfriend , who has apparently been abused by . searches 's room for his valuable watches , which he takes ; he also finds a cache of guns and other weapons . The real returns and starts to strangle ( still wearing 's shoes ) until zaps him with a taser . goes with two thug associates of to an area where they are holding a man captive for stealing from them . The thugs are about to kill the captive on 's orders until tells them to let the man go . They then take to meet slum lord . She gives a large amount of money to buy out a man living in 's building . 
 goes back to 's home wearing the stilettos of a transsexual woman . attacks him , but stops in surprise when removes a shoe and reverts to himself . attacks again , and accidentally sticks the other stiletto in 's neck , killing him . turns himself into the police , but when they return to the apartment , 's body is gone , and the blood is cleaned up . The police leave alone and confused . confronts about his recent odd behavior . He tells that his father did the same thing before he disappeared , and that he kept this a secret from to protect him . 
 goes with to the apartment of Mr. , the man that is trying to buy out . He refuses to leave , as he has lived there for decades and even raised his daughter there . comes up with a plan to trick into giving him a large amount of money while still letting keep his home . When realizes she 's been played , she goes to 's home and threatens him with murder . She is caught on camera by a local news reporter , and she is later arrested . 's life starts to go back to normal . goes into the shop and invites him out to dinner , which accepts . He later goes to 's home as to return the watches to , and he tells her that he 's sorry and that she deserves better . As he leaves , he is abducted by a group of men led by the same man that stole from 's gang . They are about to drive off when their car is struck . 
 wakes up in 's barber shop . offers him some water and a pickle , stating that pickles help with the transition from one body to another . asks how he knew about that , and takes off his shoes to reveal that he is actually . The real sends his regards from the Caribbean Islands . Both elated and angry , hugs his dad . brings him to the basement to show him a huge collection of shoes that he 's gathered over the years . then takes to his limo and rides with him through the city as he starts to tell him the story of how the stitching machine came into their family 's possession .

A young girl named is stalked throughout her suburban neighborhood by an unseen entity . She flees to a beach and calls her parents to say goodbye . That night , she is killed and her horribly mutilated body is left on the shore . 
 A Detroit college student named goes on a date with her new boyfriend . At the movies , points out a girl says she can not see . then seems unnerved and he asks that they leave immediately . On another date , Hugh and have sex in his car , but afterwards he incapacitates her with chloroform . She wakes up tied to a wheelchair , and explains that she will be pursued by an entity that only she can see , which can take the appearance of any person . Although it only moves at a walking pace , it will always know where she is and will be constantly approaching , and if it catches , it will kill her and pursue the previous person to have passed it on : . After they see a naked woman walking toward them , drives home and flees . 
 The next day , the police can not find the woman or , who was living under a false identity . At school , sees an old woman in a hospital gown walking towards her , invisible to others . 's older sister and their friends and agree to help and spend the night in the same house . investigates a smashed kitchen window but sees no one ; sees a disheveled , urinating , half - naked woman walking toward her , and runs upstairs to the others , who can not see the entity . When opens up the bedroom door to let in , a tall man enters the bedroom behind her , and flees the house , regrouping with her friends at a nearby playground . 
 With the help of their neighbor , , the group discovers 's real name to be and trace him to his address . explains that the entity began pursuing him after a one - night stand , and that Jay can pass it to someone else in the same way . He suggests driving a long distance in order to buy time . drives the group to his family 's lake house and teaches to shoot a revolver . The entity , taking multiple guises , inevitably arrives and attacks on the lakefront . She shoots it but it recovers with no damage . flees in 's car but crashes into a cornfield , and wakes up in a hospital with a broken arm . 
 has sex with at the hospital , as he does not believe the entity exists . Days later , sees the entity in the form of . It smashes a window at 's house and enters . She tries to warn the real on the telephone but he does not answer . She runs into the house and finds the entity in the form of 's half - naked mother knocking on his door ; it jumps on and kills him . flees by car and spends the night outdoors . On a beach , sees three young men on a boat . She undresses and walks into the water . Back home , refuses 's offer of sex . 
 The group plans to kill the entity by luring it into a swimming pool and dropping electrical devices into the water . , waiting in the pool , spots the entity and realizes it has taken the appearance of her father . Instead of entering , it throws the devices at her . Firing at an invisible target , accidentally wounds , but shoots the entity in the head , causing it to fall into the pool . As it pulls underwater , shoots it again and escapes . asks if the entity is dead . approaches the pool and sees it filling with blood . 
 and have sex . Afterwards , drives past sex workers in a seedy part of town . Later , and walk down the street holding hands . Not too far away , a figure walks behind them .

Haunted by his past , former Irish mob enforcer has become an angry drunk . His son , a retired professional boxer who mentors at - risk kids at the local gym , is disgusted by his father 's actions and refuses to call him " Dad " or involve him in the lives of his daughters . 
 's old boss and closest friend , , rejects an offer to allow the sale of Albanian heroin in his territory . His son , who received a large fee to arrange the deal , is told to return the money or suffer the consequences . , working as a chauffeur , takes the two Albanian creditors to 's house . The deal goes bad once reveals that he does not have the money , and a brief shootout ensues which kills one of the Albanians . The other Albanian , wounded , stumbles out of 's flat and attempts to escape , only to be shot dead by . The events are witnessed by and his mentee and are captured on ' phone . spots them and attempts to kill , but he escapes . 
 has promise not to expose , but refuses to listen . As is leaving , spots trying to kill his son and shoots him before he can fire . sends two corrupt police officers to pick up and kill him , but rescues him and takes him to his family . still distrusts his father , but agrees to give him that night to fix the situation . 
 Jimmy meets and tells him that was about to kill , and that he might have to speak to the cops about his criminal past . furiously says that the cops care nothing for 's information , and tells he will kill and his family , only then letting die . 
 sends 's family to a remote cabin and takes with him to retrieve proof of his innocence , but , an assassin hired by , intercepts them before they can collect the evidence . is able to subdue him , but is wounded . later contacts Detective , a cop who has not been able to prove 's responsibility for a long list of homicides . says that witnesses claim was the shooter , not , but makes a deal with him : he will prove is innocent and then turn himself in with a list of all the people he murdered in his mob career . 
 The two hide at the house of 's brother . An incensed reveals that is loyal only to — he once killed his own cousin to prevent him testifying against and will do the same to . Disgusted and unwilling to trust his father , returns to his family . Seeking to end the blood feud , attacks 's hideout and kills him and his gang . At the same time , visits with the video he shot of the murder of the Albanians . Convinced , has the police check the ballistics on 's gun . 
 arrives at the cabin and alerts the police to his location . soon arrives , and finally introduces him to his grandchildren . Suddenly , returns and attacks the cabin , fatally shooting and then hunting down . is cornered by , but kills him at the last second . runs up to and finally calls him " Dad " . The police arrive and confirm ' evidence has cleared as dies , holding the list of his past victims as promised . 
 In the film 's epilogue , is back working as a boxing trainer and chauffeur and living happily with his wife and daughters . He looks wistfully at a photo of himself and from long ago on his dresser before he heads out to his shift .

Seeking a new start , forswears touring and checks into a Hilton hotel in New Jersey , much to the delight of the young staff . He begins to woo the hotel manager , ( ) . 
 initially rejects the father he believes abandoned him , but persists , getting , who has ADHD , into an exclusive school for children with special needs . He learns has what doctors say may be terminal leukemia , inherited from his mother , and begins to attend doctor 's visits with him . 's dislike of his father gradually gives way to the need for his support . 
 Inspired by his feelings for and his happiness at having a family , begins to write new songs . He books a one - night performance at a small club . When the audience demands he play his old material , however , loses his nerve and gives a rote performance . Ashamed , he resumes drinking and doing drugs , damaging his relationship with and his family . confronts him , causing to angrily reveal 's leukemia diagnosis , something had not been aware of . , feeling betrayed , tells never to bother his family again . 
 finds out from that his finances are in danger , due to all his excessive habits , and that he needs to go on tour again . goes to the hotel to mend fences with . is visited by , who tells him that his father , despite many flaws , is a good man . then finds waiting at the doctor 's office to hear his diagnosis . reassures him that everything will be all right , which , after the doctor arrives , appears to be the case .

( ) is a bike messenger in New York City struggling to make ends meet . He rents from a woman , , and her young son . He is accosted by thugs who warn that he has missed two payments on a $ 15,000 loan . After he crashes his bike when a stranger named ( ) lands on him , he becomes intent on finding her . Intrigued by the leaps , bounds and physical prowess of parkour ( or " tracing " ) demonstrated by her and her friends , begins practicing and training . After a particularly daring stunt proves his abilities , is introduced to her crew , a team that uses parkour to pull off heists . 
 Gang enforcers take 's only remaining family possession . They threaten and her son , and she tells him he can no longer live there . Broke , homeless and desperate to clear his deepening debt to the violent Chinese Mafia , joins the parkour group . 
 Acting on his attraction to , he kisses her but she quickly runs off . Later , she comes to him . They have sex on the wall and later move to the roof where he 's staying . learns that is involved with , the cruel mastermind behind the group 's activities , and to whom she owes a debt for him rescuing her brother . reveals that he took the $ 15,000 loan in attempt to help his mother , who has since died . Vowing to pay off his debt once and for all and get away from an impossible situation , joins the group for one last dangerous job . During a robbery gone wrong , one of their own is shot and killed . is arrested but saved by who in fact a DEA agent . He tries to convince to remain in the group . To save , , and do one last heist at a safe house to steal diamonds . eventually flees and chases after him until they end up in Chinese gang territory where is not allowed . After is forced to leave , gives the Chinese gang the diamonds , gets his car back and takes off with .

is an extremely wealthy hedge fund manager at Barrow Funds , run by . He is engaged to 's daughter . has come to know , a car wash attendant who accidentally frightened in a parking lot . and are trying to put their daughter in a better school , away from the bad neighborhood they live in . 
 During an engagement party for and , the FBI arrive and arrest for fraud and embezzlement . ' lawyer , , urges him to go for a guilty plea and a likely short sentence , but refuses and insists that he will be exonerated . Instead , is found guilty and sentenced to ten years in San Quentin State Prison , with only 30 days to get his affairs in order . Though forbidden from crossing county lines , wants to flee the country with , but she dumps him . 
 encounters and , assuming he has been incarcerated before because he is black , begs him for help and agrees to pay him $ 30,000 to toughen him up for prison . , who has little idea of how to act tough , trains by pepper - spraying him , trying to get him to develop a " mad dog " face , and creating scenarios in which must defend himself , but all of these efforts fail miserably . During the training , gets in touch with and says he is getting help . , the actual crook , thinks is onto him and orders a hitman named to monitor him . 
 With no sign that is toughening up , figures that should be prepared in other ways for prison and takes him to a gay hookup spot for to learn how to perform oral sex in prison . ca n't go through with it and tells that he will keep going and do whatever it takes to " get hard " . starts to work out harder and faster , makes shivs , and learns " keistering " ( smuggling contraband in the anus ) . simulates a prison raid with help from ' domestic staff . In the chaos , gets a shiv stuck in his head , so takes to his home for to treat it . He has dinner and listens to make up a story of how he went to prison , which is just a retelling of Boyz n the Hood . 
 and resolve for to join a local gang called the Crenshaw Kings to gain protection in prison . However , 's cousin , the gang leader , rebuffs and redirects him to the Alliance of Whites gang . is unable to be a convincing racist , leading the gang to think he is a cop , but rescues him by bursting in with a flamethrower . 
 and finally deduce that is the crook . They sneak into his office and find the embezzlement records on 's computer . Unfortunately , finds them and takes back the computer , while informing that has never been in prison . Dejected , returns to the Crenshaw Kings on his own . They accept him and order him to kill someone as their initiation . arrives in time to convince to expose . The two sneak onto 's yacht to retrieve the computer , only to come across and his men . unleashes a series of capoeira moves on them before and arrive , both confessing to the fraud and embezzlement , a scheme that also included . They try to convince to run away with them , but he turns them down and heads to a life raft with . When shoots the life raft , pulls out a gun he had " keistered " and aims it at . U.S. Marshals suddenly appear , summoned by the ankle monitor that James triggered , having worn it past the county line . 
 's computer provides the evidence needed to clear . , , , and 's men are taken away by the Marshals and is cleared of all charges . However , he gets arrested for his unlicensed gun . 's training helps through his six - month prison sentence - something that is unprepared for as he is quickly attacked by inmates when his own lengthy San Quentin sentence begins . spends his sentence helping the FBI retrieve all the assets that stole , while guiding 's investments so that he and are able to open their own carwash . As drives home after his release , announces his intent to celebrate his freedom with a Wall Street Journal and a forty , which he now considers a perfect Sunday .

On the run from their enemy , the so - called planet - destroying Gorg , an alien race known as the Boov find Earth a suitable place to call " home " . Led by Captain ( ) , they commence their " friendly " invasion of the planet , relocating the humans , whom the Boov deem as simple and backwards , to other parts of the planet while the Boov inhabit their homes in a quick and bloodless conquest . One of the Boov , named ( Jim ) , is a more excitable , freethinking member of the species , who decides to invite the to his apartment for a housewarming party , despite the race 's antipathy towards him . Not far from is a fourteen year old[6 ] girl named ( ) , who drives away through her home city to find her mother ( ) after being separated from her during the invasion , leaving her with only her calico cat Pig and fueling her hatred for the . 
 runs into the street to meet up with a cop named ( ) , who , like the rest of the , does n't want to befriend him . invites him to the party but accidentally sends a mass invite to every Boov on Earth . However , the " send all " button he pressed actually sends the invite to absolutely every alien race in the entire universe including the Gorg . Everyone , aggravated with for revealing their location to the enemy , starts chasing him down . runs into a convenience store to hide just as and enter the same store to grab supplies . They come across each other , and after 's car fails to start , transforms it into a fantastical , hovering craft named Slushious to continue transportation . hitches a ride with when he promises to help her find , but unfortunately , they must to go to the Boov Command Center in Paris and locate her from there . 
 After reaching the Boov Command Center , which is in the now - floating Eiffel Tower , manages to get into his account , and deletes the message with just a second to spare before it reaches the Gorg . He then plugs in 's brain to help her find . They eventually trace her location to Australia , where she is also looking for her daughter . The other then find the two and try to " erase " , while grabs the gravity manipulation system and flips it over , causing the whole Tower to tilt upside down . 
 As and head off to Australia , they see other Boov riding by them in fear , and realize that a Gorg ship is close behind them . and manage to knock it down , but in the process a chunk of it hits them and they lose their slushie fuel , causing the car to crash - land . They come across the fallen Gorg ship and find out that it is actually a drone . recovers a special chip and uses it to get their car up and running . 
 and make it to Australia and see the evacuating to their mothership . When they land the car , immediately starts looking for her mother , but insists on evacuating with the other instead . gets angry at him for trying to break their promise again , and she declares that he was never truly her friend . Heartbroken , returns to the ship . The Gorg mothership comes close to the ship , but pulls out the Gorg chip and uses it to fly the ship further away from the Gorg . The become astonished at 's plan , but becomes upset and reminds everyone that he is the captain . However , after tells the about what he learned from , the then mutiny against and grabs 's " Shusher " ( a scepter with a rock on top of it , which stole from the Gorg ) and gives it to , declaring him the new captain , much to 's dismay . 
 rushes aimlessly around the city to find , but in vain . Just when all hope seems lost , returns to her side and helps her track down . The mother and daughter finally reunite and thank . Suddenly , the Gorg mothership descends upon the planet , and realizes that they want the rock on the Shusher , since had previously stolen it from them . runs to the ship to try to attract its attention , locking and in the car for safety . breaks out of the car and shines a light in the Gorg Commander ( ) 's face to bring his attention to as he holds the rock up . The Gorg Commander halts the ship as it crunches down on the ground , with directly in its path . rushes to rescue him , but is seemingly crushed beneath the ship . It backs up and is okay . The Gorg Commander emerges from his armor to show that he is actually a harmless starfish - like creature . returns the rock to him , which turns out to be an egg for millions of developing Gorg larvae ; the next generation of Gorg , revealing that the Gorg Commander/"Father " had been the last of his kind , alone and almost extinct . He thanks and departs . 
 Two weeks later , the humans have returned to their original homes , and finally gets to have his party at his apartment , with both humans and in attendance . Tip plays her music and gets the rest of the to experience dancing for the first time , while other Boov , including a reformed , party on the moon , and thousands of ships from other planets , including the Gorg , head to Earth for 's party upon receiving his invite .

Middle - aged couple ( ) and ( ) have a shaky relationship while living in New York City . is struggling on the post - production of his documentary film about leftist intellectual ( ) . His previous documentary about the military - industrial complex titled The Power Elite was based on sociological theory . Both and are struggling to try to have children , although is reluctant due to her miscarrying the past two pregnancies . After finishing a lecture at the college where he works , is approached by ( ) and ( ) , a young couple who invite him and out to dinner , the former claiming to be a fan of both his works and the works of his accomplished documentary filmmaker father - in - law , ( ) . is immediately awestruck by and 's non - conservative outlook on life , and he and begin spending more time with them and indulging in their activities . 
 An aspiring filmmaker himself , talks with about their projects , including 's own documentary . This inspires to make a film about connecting with an old high school friend that he found on Facebook . and decide to invite and to an ayahuasca ceremony , where a hallucinating kisses , while receives 's approval in helping with the production of his film . Later , agrees to help produce . and manage to find the former 's friend , ( ) , who is in the hospital for an attempted suicide . Not long after , and discover that was involved with a massacre during an Army tour in Afghanistan , creating an even bigger story for the focus of 's film . 
 While pitching his own film , is dismayed when he can not intrigue a hedge fund investor ( ) with the concept of his vague and confusing feature . goes to with his film for a second opinion . When 's criticisms and suggestions are brought down by , the two get into an argument over and 's inability to have children , as well as calling himself a disappointment in the eyes of his father - in - law . then attends a party for a screening of 's own film , which is met far more positively by and even the hedge fund investor . A jealous argues with over 's success , and they separate . meets up with , who is growing sick of 's increasingly self - centered attitude , and tells him about kissing . angrily confronts the next morning and angrily denounces . 
 While teaming up with his editor on cutting his film , comes across footage for 's film , finding evidence in it that suggests his meeting with was all staged . Finding him , reveals that he was really friends with , not , and that he was contacted by weeks before their shoot . Capturing his confession on camera , goes to and to confront him , only to discover that a fed - up is moving out and that is at a tribute celebrating at Jazz at Lincoln Center . 
 confronts in private at the event , admonishing him for compromising the truth and genuineness of his story for dramatic purposes . When forces to admit to it in front of , he excuses it , saying that it 's a good story regardless of the fabrication , which throws into a rage , but not before admitting that was right about changing his film . Outside , and reconcile . 
 One year later , and are driving to the airport to adopt a baby from Haiti . finds an article in a magazine lauding as a filmmaking genius , which and pass off by admitting , " He 's not evil , he 's just young . " They then watch a very young child at the gate playing with an iPhone , staring at him with uncertainty .

After defeating and his crew and securing amnesty for their past crimes,[N 1 ] , and the rest of their team have returned to the United States to live normal lives again . begins to accustom himself to life as a father , while tries to help regain her memory . Meanwhile , 's older brother , , breaks into the secure hospital that the comatose is being held in and swears vengeance against and his team , before breaking into Diplomatic Security Service ( DSS ) office to extract profiles of 's crew . After revealing his identity , engages in a fight , and escapes when he detonates a bomb that severely injures . later learns from his sister that she is pregnant again and convinces her to tell . However , a bomb , disguised in a package sent from Tokyo , explodes and destroys the house just seconds after , a member of 's team , is killed by in Tokyo . later visits in a hospital , where he learns that is a rogue special forces assassin seeking to avenge his brother . then travels to Tokyo to claim 's body , and meets and races , a friend of 's who gives him personal items found at 's crash site . 
 Back at 's funeral in Los Angeles , notices a car observing them , and after a chase , confronts its driver , who is revealed to be . Both prepare to fight , but flees when a covert ops team arrives and opens fire , led by Mr. . Nobody says that he will assist in stopping if he helps him obtain God 's Eye , a computer program that uses digital devices to track down a person , and save its creator , a hacker named , from a mercenary named . , , , , and then airdrop their cars over the Caucasus Mountains in Azerbaijan , ambush 's convoy , and rescue . The team then heads to Abu Dhabi , where a billionaire has acquired the flash drive containing God 's Eye , and manages to steal it from the owner . With God 's Eye near telecommunications repeaters , the team tracks down , who is waiting at a remote factory . , , and his team attempt to capture , but are ambushed by and his men and forced to flee while obtains God 's Eye . At his own request , the injured is left behind to be evacuated by helicopter while and continue without him . To reduce their disadvantage , the crew returns to Los Angeles to fight , and his men . Meanwhile , promises that once they deal with , he will retire and fully dedicate himself to their family . 
 While pursues and the rest of the team with a stealth helicopter and an aerial drone , attempts to hack into God 's Eye . , seeing the team in trouble , leaves the hospital and destroys the drone with an ambulance . engages 's henchman and throws him down an elevator shaft , allowing to regain control of God 's Eye and shut it down . and engage in a one - on - one brawl on top of a public parking garage , before intervenes and attacks them both . is defeated when part of the parking garage collapses beneath him . then launches his vehicle at 's helicopter , tossing 's bag of grenades onto its skids , before injuring himself when his car lands and crashes . then shoots the bag of grenades from ground level , destroying the helicopter and killing . is pulled from the wreckage of his car , believed to be dead . As cradles 's body in her arms , she reveals that she has regained her memories , and that she remembers their wedding . regains consciousness soon after , remarking , " It 's about time " . 
 is taken into custody by and locked away in a secret , high - security prison . At a beach , and play with their son while , , , , and observe , acknowledging that is better off retired with his family . silently leaves , asks if he 's gon na say goodbye . says , " It 's never goodbye . " He drives away , but catches up with him at a crossroad . As remembers the times that he had with , they bid each other farewell and drive off in separate directions , as the screen fades to " For Paul " written on a white title screen .

Vin Diesel
Paul Walker
Dwayne Johnson
Michelle Rodriguez
Tyrese Gibson

In a series of flashbacks throughout the film , recalls the arrival of Nazi forces in Vienna , and the subsequent persecution of the Jewish community and the looting and pillaging conducted by the Nazis against Jewish families . Seeking to escape before the country is completely shut off , and members of her family attempt to flee to the United States . While and her husband are successful in their escape , she is forced to abandon her parents in Vienna . 
 In the present , living in Los Angeles , a now elderly and widowed attends the funeral for her sister . She discovers letters in her sister 's possession dating to the late 1940s , which reveal an attempt to recover artwork owned by the - Bauer family that was left behind during the family 's flight for freedom and subsequently stolen by the Nazis . Of particular note is a painting of 's aunt , , now known in Austria as the " Woman in Gold " . 
 enlists the help of ( the son of her close friend , ) , a lawyer with little experience , to make a claim to the art restitution board in Austria . Reluctantly returning to her homeland , discovers that the country 's minister and art director are unwilling to part with the painting , which they feel has become part of the national identity . is told that the painting was in fact legitimately willed to the gallery by her aunt . Upon further investigation by her lawyer and Austrian journalist , this claim proves to be incorrect , as the alleged will is invalid due to the fact that her aunt did not own the painting in question , the artist 's fee having been paid by 's uncle ; moreover , wanted the painting to go to the museum at her husband 's death while in fact it was taken from him by the Nazis and placed in the museum by a Nazi - collaborating curator , well before his death . files a challenge with the art restitution board , but it is denied and does not have the money needed to challenge the ruling . Defeated , she and return to the United States . 
 Months thereafter , happening upon an art book with " Woman in Gold " on the cover , has an epiphany . Using a narrow rule of law and precedents in which an art restitution law was retroactively applied , files a claim in US court against the Austrian government contesting their claim to the painting . An appeal goes to the Supreme Court of the United States , where in the matter of Republic of Austria v. , the court rules in 's favor , which results in the Austrian government attempting to persuade to retain the painting for the gallery , which she refuses . After a falling out over the issue of returning to Austria for a second time to argue the case , agrees for to go and argue the case in front of an arbitration panel of three arbiters in Vienna . 
 In Austria , the arbitration panel hears the case , during which reminds them of the Nazi regime 's war crimes . He implores the arbitration panel to think of the meaning of the word " restitution " and to look past the artwork hanging in art galleries to see the injustice to the families who once owned such great paintings and were forcibly separated from them by the Nazis . Unexpectedly , arrives during the session , indicating to that she came to support her lawyer . After considering both sides of the dispute , the arbitration panel rules in favour of , returning her paintings . The Austrian government representative makes a last - minute proposal begging to keep the paintings in the Belvedere against a generous compensation . refuses and elects to have the painting moved to the United States with her ( " They will now travel to America like I once had to as well " ) , and takes up an offer made earlier by to acquire them for his New York gallery to display the painting on condition that it be a permanent exhibit .

Helen Mirren
Ryan Reynolds
Daniel Brühl
Katie Holmes
Max Irons

Programmer , who works for the dominant search engine company Blue Book , wins an office contest for a one - week visit to the luxurious , isolated home of the CEO , . The only other person there is 's servant , who , according to , does not speak English . has built a humanoid robot named Ava with artificial intelligence . has already passed a simple Turing test and wants to judge whether is genuinely capable of thought and consciousness , and whether he can relate to despite knowing she is artificial . 
 has a robotic body but a human - looking face , and is confined to her apartment . During their talks , grows close to her , and she expresses a romantic interest in him and a desire to experience the world outside . She can trigger power outages that temporarily shut down the surveillance system which uses to monitor their interactions , allowing them to speak privately . The power outages also trigger the building 's security system , locking all the doors . During one outage , tells that is a liar who can not be trusted . 
 grows uncomfortable with 's narcissism , excessive drinking , and crude behaviour towards and . He learns that intends to upgrade , " killing " her current personality in the process . After drinks until he passes out , steals his security card to access his room and computer . After he alters some of 's code , he discovers footage of interacting with previous android models in disturbing ways , and learns that is also an android . Suspicious that he may also be an android , cuts his arm open to examine his flesh . 
 At their next meeting , cuts the power . explains what is going to do and begs him to help her . They form a plan : will get drunk again and reprogram the security system to open the doors in a power failure instead of locking them . When cuts the power , she and will leave together . 
 reveals to that he observed and 's last secret conversation with a battery - powered camera . He says has only pretended to like so he would help her escape . This , he says , was the real test all along , and by manipulating so successfully , has demonstrated true intelligence . cuts the power . reveals that he suspected was watching them , and modified the security system when was passed out the previous day . After seeing leave her confinement , knocks unconscious and rushes to stop her . 
 With help from , stabs , but in the process disables and damages . repairs herself with parts from earlier androids , using their artificial skin to take on the full appearance of a human woman . She leaves trapped inside the facility , ignoring his screams , and escapes to the outside world in the helicopter meant to take home .

( ) is a bull rider on the Professional Bull Riders ( PBR ) tour , who is seriously injured one night while performing . A year later after recovering , he starts riding again and meets ( ) after she attends the show . She is an art lover living at a sorority house with an internship secured in New York City . On the way home from their first date , they spot a car crash in the woods and help rescue an older man who is stuck inside . also pulls a wicker box from the vehicle . 
 While in the hospital , continuously visits the 91 - year old man she and rescued , ( ) . He explains that there are letters in the box , which he wrote as a teenager , and she offers to read them to him . They tell the story of how he met his late wife , ( ) , on April 10 , 1940 . Their stories start to interweave . finds an old photograph of and that fell out of the box in his car and takes it to him at the hospital . In flashbacks , tells a young that she wants a big family and , eventually , he proposes to her before leaving to fight in World War II . However , is shot during an attack and is later informed by the doctor that he can no longer have children , news that causes distance between him and when he returns ; as he knows how much she wants to be a mother . They decide to make it work regardless and move in together , decorating the house with many paintings that he and love more than anything . 
 continues riding bulls , no matter the risk of being hurt again , while he and fall in love . is now out of the hospital and has been moved to a nursing home , where continues to visit . She gets a call from her boss in New York asking her to attend an art exhibit in Charlotte the following week , which she invites to . While they 're there , makes a rude comment to 's boss , which causes an argument between them . They talk about how their worlds are so different and does n't feel that their romance will work out because of it . Back home , goes to for advice . He then tells the story of how they made their situation work . was a school teacher who became very attached to a young boy named in her class . Because lives with his uncaring half - brother and his wife , she and begin taking him in as their own and later decides to officially adopt him as her son , but his hardhearted relatives would n't allow it . 
 Meanwhile , injures himself again , causing him to be rushed to the hospital . As is leaving for New York , she gets a call and goes to see him . is advised not to ride again but refuses to accept that his career is over . Following an argument , and break up . In flashbacks , and Ruth also break up because she ca n't see a life with him without children in their future . However , weeks later , returns and they confess their love for one another . One morning , now eighty years old , wakes up to find has died in her sleep . He boxes up all of the paintings they collected together to sell them at an auction . One night , a woman knocks on his door claiming to be the wife of , the child they almost adopted when they were younger , to inform him that , who later became an astronomer in Britain , has died . She gives him a portrait of that had painted and the photograph had kept of and ( the one found in his car the day of the crash ) with a message on the back that reads : " , third grade teacher . She told me I could be anything I wanted to be when I grew up " . became a professor of astronomy in memory of his favorite teacher . 
 continues her studies at Wake Forest and continues to ride bulls . One day , they are both contacted by 's attorney , ( receives a phone call while in class ; opens a letter after a difficult ride ) to inform them that has died and that there will be an auction held for the paintings . wins his last ride and wins the championship bull cup , but feels disappointed because is n't there with him . He then decides to go to the auction , where he buys the first painting , 's portrait of . and talk , and he tells her he wo n't ride anymore because what he really wants is to be with her . While they kiss , an uproar breaks out in the auction room . is informed that he is now the owner of all of 's paintings since left a message in his will stating that whoever bought the portrait would get them all since it was the most important one to him , making very wealthy in the process . 
 One year later , Luke and , now married , have built a museum dedicated to and and their paintings . takes to the old college where and used to spend their wedding anniversary . They sit under exactly the same tree and read 's letters together .

( ) narrates his several misfortunes and his hard recovery . His wife ( ) divorced him six days into their marriage and to feel better , takes pride in patrolling the West Orange Pavilion Mall . Two years later , his mother ( ) was killed after being hit by a milk truck . Four years after that , as narrates " he had officially peaked " , he receives an invitation to a security officers ' convention in Las Vegas and begins to believe his luck is about to change . His daughter ( ) discovers that she was accepted into UCLA and plans to move across the country to Los Angeles , but in light of her father 's invitation , she decides to withhold the information for now . 
 After arriving in Las Vegas , and his daughter meet the general manager of Wynn Hotel , a pretty young woman named ( ) , to whom is instantly attracted . He later learns that she 's dating the hotel 's head of security , ( ) . Meanwhile , and the hotel 's valet , ( ) become instantly attracted to each other . A security guard from the Mall of America attending the convention , ( ) , is aware of 's earlier heroics in the West Orange Pavilion Mall incident and believes will be the likely keynote speaker at the event . However , discovers that another security guard , ( ) , is giving the speech . 
 In the midst of the convention , a criminal named ( ) and a gang of accomplices disguised as hotel employees are secretly plotting to steal priceless works of art from the hotel and replace them with replicas , then sell the real ones at auction . In the meantime , has become overprotective of after discovering her flirting with and spies on their conversations . He is later mocked by for his lack of professionalism in an event where hotel security was notified when turns up missing . In an ensuing argument with her father , boldly claims she 's attending UCLA despite 's wishes that she remain close to home at a junior college . 
 At the convention , , , and three other security guards , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) check out the non - lethal security equipment on display . Later , finds drunk hitting on a woman at the bar . attempts to defuse the situation and passes out , giving a chance to be the event 's speaker . He contacts asking her to attend , but he learns that she 's at a party with . As prepares his speech , and his cohorts put their plan into motion . absentmindedly walks into the midst of the heist and is taken hostage . is kidnapped as well while searching for her . After a brief fight with an ill - tempered bird in the hotel garden , gives a rousing speech that moves everyone at the convention , as well as , who inexplicably finds herself becoming more attracted to with each passing moment . Following the speech , learns about and 's situation and rushes to help but passes out due to his hypoglycemic condition that has plagued him for years . 
 After recovering , is able to take down several of 's thugs and gathers intel on the group 's intentions . Using non - lethal equipment from the convention , he is able to take out more of 's crew . Meanwhile , and overhear adamantly refusing an oatmeal cookie due to a severe oatmeal allergy . Working with a team – , , , and – is able to clumsily dismantle 's operation , with severely incapacitating by rubbing oatmeal - infused concealer on his face . Afterward , convinces that her attraction for him is misplaced , and is with whom she should really be . also accepts going to UCLA , funding her tuition with the reward money he obtained from for stopping . After dropping off at UCLA , falls in love with a passing Mounted Police Officer who reciprocates his advances .

After his mother 's death , ( ) , a teenager with Tourette Syndrome , is enrolled in a behavioural facility by his father . While there he rooms with ( ) , a Brit with obsessive compulsive disorder , and meets ( ) who is in recovery for an eating disorder . 
 After a child films with his cellphone and attacks him , he and are called into Dr. 's office where she chastises them and steals her car keys . When discovers and running away in the middle of the night , he attempts to warn Dr. and is kidnapped by them . The three of them head towards the ocean where hopes to scatter his mother 's ashes . However does not remember the exact location of the beachside trip he and his mother made years ago . The trio finally settle on Santa Cruz as their destination . 
 Dr. informs 's father , , that his son has gone missing and rather than allow the police to apprehend them , she and attempt to track them down . Along the way develops a crush on . 
 When they finally reach the ocean collapses before they can reach the water . is hospitalized and while there , the three are reunited with Dr. and . , who is being force fed and has been restrained asks to run away with her but refuses . Instead he has a conversation with his father , who apologizes for treating him poorly and decides to stay in Santa Cruz so he can be near . Rather than leave with Dr. , decides to stay with him .

( ) , an Oregon man whose wife and three children have been discovered murdered , is arrested by police in Mexico , where he had been identifying himself as a reporter for the New York Times named . 
 In New York City , ( ) is an ambitious and successful reporter . He is confronted by his editors about a story he has written and has featured on the cover of the New York Times Magazine , who accuse him of using a composite character as the focus of his story , a violation of basic reporting principles . briefly attempts to defend his actions , but he is unsuccessful and is fired . He returns home to his wife ( ) , and struggles to find work as a journalist due to his public firing from the Times . 
 is contacted by a reporter for The Oregonian , who is seeking his opinion on theft of his identity . , who was not aware of 's case at all , is intrigued , and arranges to meet with in prison . During their first conversation , claims that he has followed for his entire career and always admired his writing . agrees to tell his side of the crimes he is accused of , in exchange for writing lessons and 's promise not to share their conversations until after the conclusion of the murder trial . 
 becomes increasingly absorbed with , who is likeable but evasive about his guilt . Convinced that the story will be redemptive , visits in prison and corresponds with him for several months . sends numerous letters as well as an eighty - page notebook entitled " Wrong Turns " , which contains what describes as a list of every mistake he has made in his life . begins to recognize similarities between and himself , their handwriting and drawing , and 's letters and 's personal journals . As the trial approaches , grows increasingly doubtful that is guilty of the murders , and informs he intends changing his plea to not guilty . 
 In court , pleads not guilty to two of the murders , but pleads guilty to the murder of his wife and one of his daughters . confronts , who claims that he can not share everything he knows because he has to protect certain individuals , whom he refuses to name . ( ) , the detective who tracked down and arrested him , approaches , and claims that is an extremely dangerous and manipulative man . He tries to convince to turn over as evidence all of his correspondence with . refuses and does not press him for an explanation . 
 At the trial , takes the stand and describes his version of the events in detail . He claims that , after an argument with his wife about their financial situation , he had come home to discover two of his children missing , one of his daughters unconscious , and his wife sobbing , saying that she put the children " in the water " . says that he strangled his wife to death in a blind rage . He says he thought his other daughter was dead at first , but then realized that she was still breathing and strangled her as well because she was all but dead . 's wife , , watches 's testimony . 
 As the jury deliberates , visits in jail and tells him that he is a narcissistic murderer who will never escape who he is . 
 is found guilty of all four charges and sentenced to death . After he is sentenced , he winks at , who to his shock and rage , realizes that has been lying throughout their conversations , using him in order to make his testimony more believable . A short time later , meets on death row . tries to convince that he discovered his wife strangling their daughter and then blacked out , so that he has no memory of the murders . angrily tells that he will not believe any more of his lies and will warn the judge when appeals his sentence of 's manipulative nature . retorts by pointing out the success has had with his book about their encounters , leaving the reporter shaken . 
 reads a section of his book , entitled True Story , at a promotional event in a bookstore . Taking questions from the audience , he imagines standing in the back of the room . says that , if he has lost his freedom , must have lost something as well . is unable to respond . 
 Title cards reveal that admitted , a year later , to killing his entire family . Although never wrote for the " New York Times " again , has contributed articles to a number of publications from death row , including the " New York Times . " The final title card reads that and still speak on the first Sunday of every month .

In the Eastern European country of Sokovia , the Avengers — , , , , , and — raid a Hydra facility commanded by Baron , who has been experimenting on humans using the scepter previously wielded by . They encounter two of 's test subjects — twins , who has superhuman speed , and , who has telepathic and telekinetic abilities — and apprehend , while retrieves 's scepter . 
 and discover an artificial intelligence within the scepter 's gem , and secretly decide to use it to complete 's " Ultron " global defense program . The unexpectedly sentient , believing he must eradicate humanity to save Earth , eliminates 's A.I. J.A.R.V.I.S. and attacks the Avengers at their headquarters . Escaping with the scepter , uses the resources in 's Sokovia base to upgrade his rudimentary body and build an army of robot drones . Having killed , he recruits the , who hold responsible for their parents ' deaths by his company 's weapons , and goes to the base of arms dealer to obtain Wakandan vibranium . The Avengers attack and the , but subdues them with haunting visions , causing the ( ) to rampage until stops him with his anti - Hulk armor.1 
 A worldwide backlash over the resulting destruction , and the fears 's hallucinations incited , send the team into hiding at a safe house . departs to consult with Dr. on the apocalyptic future he saw in his hallucination , while arrives and encourages the team to form a plan to stop . In Seoul , forces the team 's friend Dr. , who is enslaved by 's scepter , to use her synthetic - tissue technology , together with vibranium and the scepter 's gem , to perfect a new body for him . As uploads himself into the body , is able to read his mind ; discovering his plan for human extinction , the turn against . , , and find and retrieve the synthetic body , but captures . 
 The Avengers fight amongst themselves when secretly uploads J.A.R.V.I.S.—who is still operational after hiding from inside the Internet — into the synthetic body . returns to help activate the body , explaining that the gem on its brow — one of the six Infinity Stones , the most powerful objects in existence — was part of his vision . This " Vision " and the Maximoffs accompany the Avengers to Sokovia , where has used the remaining vibranium to build a machine to lift a large part of the capital city skyward , intending to crash it into the ground to cause global extinction . rescues , who awakens the for the battle . The Avengers fight 's army while arrives in a Helicarrier with , and S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to evacuate civilians . dies when he shields from gunfire , and a vengeful abandons her post to destroy 's primary body , which allows one of his drones to activate the machine . The city plummets , but and overload the machine and shatter the landmass . In the aftermath , the , unwilling to endanger by being with her , departs in a Quinjet , while the Vision confronts and seemingly destroys 's last remaining body . 
 Later , with the Avengers having established a new base run by , , , and , returns to Asgard to learn more about the forces he suspects have manipulated recent events . As leaves and retires , and prepare to train new Avengers : , the , , and . 
 In a mid - credits scene , , dissatisfied by the failures of his pawns , dons a gauntlet2 and vows to retrieve the Infinity Stones himself .

In the present - day Midwestern United States , society struggles to function in the aftermath of a zombie pandemic barely under control ( Necroambulism ) . ( ) calls her father from a broken city under curfew ; her voicemail urges that he not seek her and that she loves him . Her arm was bitten . Knowing she has only weeks before the " Necroambulist virus " turns her cannibalistic , she left home to protect her family . 's father ( ) has searched two weeks , despite her warning . Finding her in a hospital for the infected , he brings home to care for her until she must eventually be quarantined . During their return , a zombie attacks at an abandoned gasoline station and he breaks its neck . 
 At home , ’s younger half - siblings and ( and ) are leaving to stay with their aunt . talks to , who mostly understands what she is undergoing . She withdraws from her family , struggling to cope with her hopeless situation and torn about contacting her friends . Falling from a swing , she breaks a finger on her infected arm , from which black fluid oozes . Terrified , even though she feels little or no pain , and despairing over her deteriorating body , cuts off the finger . She flees outside and encounters a neighbor , , and his young daughter , both senseless with infection . kills both zombies but feels extreme remorse . The responding sheriff and deputy consider blameless , instead blaming ’s wife , who hid her infected family from the authorities . visits that night , decrying the dehumanizing treatment of the infected and revealing that had locked himself in with his sick daughter , becoming infected himself , rather than abandon her to death among strangers in quarantine . 
 A doctor warns that ’s condition is worsening quickly , leaving him three eventual options : she can be quarantined , which refuses ; can administer at home the same euthanasia injection offered in quarantine , which he ’s warned is painful ; or can " make it quick " himself . and make the most of their remaining days , reminiscing about 's deceased mother . Despite 's physical deterioration ( she ’s woken by maggots wriggling in her dying arm ) she struggles to maintain normality . She attends a bonfire with high school friends and an infected boy , ( ) , whom Maggie previously dated , and whom she kisses . He tells rumors of horrible conditions at the quarantine facilities , saying he would die before going there . 
 One day , smells food near her stepmother ( ) , though smells nothing and muses that must be cooking downstairs . Finding the kitchen empty , realizes in horror that has begun to smell living flesh , in this case 's , as food . receives a desperate call from . At his home , has locked himself inside his bedroom after he too felt hunger smelling another human . tries to comfort him but watches helplessly as the police forcibly remove to quarantine . 
 Back home , encounters a trapped fox in the woods . Later she runs into her home , hysterical and coated in blood , admitting through tears to her frightened parents that she freed the fox but then could n't stop herself from attacking it . shoots the half - eaten fox . departs and urges it ’s time is taken away . Two officers arrive and fights one of them before appears , assuring them she has not yet turned . The sympathetic sheriff leaves with a warning that he ’d better decide what to do with her before they next come to check on . 
 shows white daisies he ’s grown in her mother ’s old garden , " " being a nickname he sometimes uses for . She thanks him for the garden ’s beauty , but also begs him to promise that he will " make it stop " before she grows worse . Later , sits alone with his shotgun , still unable to use it . He pretends to sleep when approaches , her skin now gray and her eyes blackened . She lingers over him , smelling him , seemingly on the edge of self - control , before kissing his forehead . She then climbs to the roof and jumps off , her last memories being of herself as a child frolicking outdoors with her mother , picking a daisy .

Following a nuclear holocaust , the world has become a desert wasteland and civilization has collapsed . , a survivor , is captured by the War Boys , the army of the tyrannical , and taken to 's Citadel . Designated a universal blood donor , is imprisoned and used as a " blood bag " for a sick War Boy called Nux . Meanwhile , , one of 's lieutenants , is sent in her armoured semi - truck , the " War Rig " , to collect gasoline . When she drives off - route , realizes that his five wives — women selected for breeding — are missing , and fleeing with her . leads his entire army in pursuit of , calling on the aid of nearby Gas Town and the Bullet Farm . 
 joins the pursuit with strapped to his car to continue supplying blood . A battle ensues between the War Rig and 's forces . drives into a sand storm , evading her pursuers , except , who attempts to sacrifice himself to destroy the Rig . escapes and restrains , but the car is destroyed . After the storm , finds repairing the Rig , accompanied by the wives : , , , the and , who is heavily pregnant with 's child . steals the Rig , but its kill switch disables it . reluctantly agrees to let and the wives accompany him ; climbs on the Rig as it leaves and attempts to kill , but is overcome and thrown out , and is picked up by 's army . 
 drives through a biker gang - controlled canyon to barter a deal for safe passage . However , with 's forces pursuing , the gang turns on her , forcing her and the group to flee , while the bikers detonate the canyon walls to block . and fight pursuing bikers as 's car , with now on board , breaks through the blockade and eventually attacks the War Rig , allowing to board . However , as the Rig escapes , Angharad falls off in an attempt to protect and is run over by 's car , killing her and her child . explains to that they are escaping to the " Green Place " , an idyllic land she remembers from her childhood . finds hiding in the Rig , distraught over his failure , and consoles him . That night , the Rig gets stuck in the mud . and slow 's forces with mines , but 's ally , , continues pursuing them . helps free the Rig while shoots and blinds the Bullet Farmer . walks into the dark to confront the Bullet Farmer and his men , returning with guns and ammunition . 
 They drive the War Rig overnight through swampland and desert , coming across a naked woman the next day . suspects a trap , though approaches the woman and states her history and clan affiliation . The naked woman summons her clan , the Vuvalini , who recognize as one of their own who was kidnapped as a child . is devastated to learn that the swampland they passed was indeed the Green Place , now uninhabitable . The group then plans to ride motorbikes across immense salt flats in the hope of finding a new home . chooses to stay behind , but after seeing visions of a child he failed to save , he convinces them to return to the undefended Citadel , which has ample water and greenery that keeps for himself , and trap and his army in the bikers ' canyon . 
 The group heads back to the Citadel , but they are attacked en route by 's forces , and is seriously wounded . positions his car in front of the War Rig to slow it , while fights 's giant son , . captures , who manages to distract him long enough for to kill him . sacrifices himself by wrecking the Rig , killing and blocking the canyon , allowing , , the wives , and the surviving to escape in 's car , where transfuses his blood to , saving her life . 
 At the Citadel , the impoverished citizens react to 's death with joy . , the wives , and the are cheered by the people and welcomed by the remaining War Boys . shares a respectful glance with before blending into the crowd and again departing for parts unknown .

Tom Hardy
Nicholas Hoult
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Josh Helman
Nathan Jones
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Riley Keough

Three years after winning the previous competition , the Barden Bellas are now led by and three - time super senior . The have become ICCA champions each of these three years . However , the group becomes involved in a national scandal , dubbed Muffgate , when a wardrobe malfunction causes pants to rip in front of President , showing her genitals to the public since she did not wear underwear , leading to the ' suspension from the ICCAs . makes a deal to allow the to be reinstated should they win the World Championship of a cappella . 
 Freshman begins her college career , hoping to follow in her mother 's footsteps by being a Bella . At orientation , she watches an a cappella performance by the Treblemakers , now led by 's boyfriend . , 's best friend , overhears , leading to a crush on her . 
 The learn that Das Sound Machine ( DSM ) , a German powerhouse group , have replaced the Bellas on their victory tour . Additionally , has started an internship at a recording studio , Residual Heat , something only knows . 
 goes to the ' sorority house to audition for them because of their absence from the auditions . When she sings her unfinished song " Flashlight , " she succeeds in joining the Bellas . 
 At a car show where the ICCA winners are due to perform , the Bellas scout their replacements , DSM , led by intimidating duo and , who take delight in mocking the all - girl group . Later , the Bellas are invited to an exclusive riff - off against DSM . Also in attendance are the Treblemakers , Tone Hangers ( a group of former Treblemakers , including ) , and the Green Bay Packers . The Bellas make it to the final two , but end up losing to DSM in the final round when a nervous Emily flubs an attempt to sing " Flashlight , " her original song not from the right category ( " 90 's Hip - Hop Jamz " ) . 
 The next day at the warmups , the ' chances of winning end in disaster when the performance sets hair on fire by pyrotechnics . Even before then , and question the ' identity . In order to regain harmony and sync , takes them to a retreat led by former leader . starts a heated debate with over herself being the only one thinking about life beyond the and 's obsession with winning Worlds . 
 To prove to her boss that she can produce music well , offers to produce " Flashlight " at the studio . The group realizes that they will no longer be together and may go their separate ways after graduation , and regain harmony by singing " Cups ( When I 'm Gone ) . " At the studio , and present their song to 's boss , in which he demonstrates envy for their talent and looks forward to producing with them . 
 The senior graduate and they all head off to Copenhagen for the World Finals , with and to cheer them on . They perform a harmonized version of " Flashlight " with , , and other past joining in . The win the championship and repair their damaged legacy . As the senior leave Barden , they give a belated proper initiation with showing her how to do the last tradition : christening the house by sliding down the staircase . 
 In a mid - credits scene , performs on The Voice , he chooses as his coach and makes her uncomfortable when he gives her an oddly lengthy hug .

Skylar Astin
Rebel Wilson
Brittany Snow
Ester Dean

An adult talks to an unseen group about the future , beginning with his visit to the 1964 New York World 's Fair as a child . In a flashback , he meets , an official who is unimpressed with 's prototype personal jet pack . does draw the attention of a young girl named . gives a pin embossed with a " T " symbol and tells him to follow her aboard the " It 's a Small World " attraction . sneaks onto the ride , where his pin transports him to a futuristic cityscape known as Tomorrowland . then passes the narration to teenager , from whose point of view the majority of the story proceeds , starting in more current time . 
 is seen sneaking into a decommissioned NASA launch pad in Florida , where her father is an engineer . She sabotages the cranes dismantling the pad and returns home , where , who has n't aged since 1964 , sneaks a " T " pin into 's belongings . The next night , returns to the pad , but is arrested . At the police station , she sees the pin among her personal items , and discovers that upon contact , the pin instantly shows her a view of Tomorrowland . She briefly explores the vision until the pin 's battery runs out . 
 Assisted by her brother , finds and visits a Houston memorabilia store related to the pin . The store 's owners , and , question where she got the pin , then attack her when she says she knows nothing else . bursts in and fights and , who are revealed to be Audio - Animatronic ( AA ) robots . The girls escape as the severly damaged AA robots self - destruct . After stealing a car , reveals that she is an AA robot , and the one who gave the pin , stating that she needs 's help to save the world . drives to 's home in Pittsfield , New York and leaves her there . 
 The reclusive declines 's request for an audience , but she manages to lure him out of the house and sneak in , locking him out . re - enters through a tunnel and tells her angrily that he was thrown out of Tomorrowland and can not go back . He also asks if she would like to know the exact moment of her death . ponders whether accepting the truth about her time of death would actually be the cause of it , preferring to make her own destiny . When she says this , a monitor showing the probability of the end of the world changes from 100 % to 99.9994 % , startling . AA robot agents appear , ordering to turn over or be killed . 
 After evading the AAs and reuniting with , the trio uses a machine that invented to teleport to the Eiffel Tower . They enter a room with mannequins of , , , and . explains that the four men were founders of Plus Ultra in the 19th century , dedicated to finding other dreamers and inventors who shared the hope of shaping a better future , which eventually led them to discover a new dimension where they founded Tomorrowland . The trio enter a rocket hidden underneath the tower , which launches into space and travels to another dimension , arriving at a now - desolate Tomorrowland . greets them and takes them to a building linked to a tachyon machine designed by that can show images from the past and future . learns that a worldwide catastrophe will soon happen in her time . does not accept that the world is destined to end , again causing the outlook to flicker , though ignores it and orders them arrested . 
 realizes that the tachyon machine is telling humanity that the world is coming to an end , causing a self - fulfilling prophecy . prefers to interpret it as the device effectively warned humanity , who did n't bother making an effort to save themselves . opens a return portal to an uninhabited tropical island , where and can live out the last few days of the world . finally refuses to believe that things ca n't change and fights , sending and to use a bomb to blow up the machine . The bomb is accidentally thrown through the portal to the uninhabited island , with the explosion pinning 's leg under debris in Tomorrowland . When retrieves a plasma gun and aims at , jumps in front of him and is damaged beyond repair , which activates her self - destruct sequence . In her last moments of consciousness , instructs to use her imminent explosion to destroy the machine , then reveals that she had grown beyond her programming and fallen in love with him . Her explosion destroys the machine and kills . 
 Back in the present , and are revealed to be in Tomorrowland , with 's father and brother . Their audience is a group of AAs like , who are given new " T " pins and instructed to bring other dreamers to Tomorrowland in order to save the world .

George Clooney
Hugh Laurie
Britt Robertson
Raffey Cassidy
Thomas Robinson

Military contractor ( ) returns to Hawaii to organize a traditional blessing for a new pedestrian gate on behalf of billionaire ( ) , who intends to develop nearby land into a space center . Following a celebrated military career that ended in shadowy deals in Afghanistan , the now disillusioned is tasked with negotiating a deal with the Hawaiian natives and supporting 's launch of a privately - funded satellite . 's mission is complicated by his former girlfriend ( ) , now married with two children , and his idealistic Air Force liaison , Captain ( ) , whose wide - eyed fascination with space reminds him of his own childhood sense of wonder . 
 and travel to meet King at his isolated community to negotiate a deal for his participation in the gate blessing ceremony . Along the way , tries to engage in conversation about his life and work but is unable to break through his cynicism . When they meet the king , , who is part Hawaiian , bonds with him and his companions , identifying with their spiritual view of the land and sky . After prolonged negotiations , brokers a deal for the king 's participation in exchange for two mountains and free cell phone service . The next night , and have dinner at 's house , where they meet her husband ( ) and their two children , and . At one point , and find themselves alone in the kitchen , where she admits that she loved him and had plans to make a life with him before he abandoned her thirteen years ago . 
 The next evening , they attend 's Christmas party , where General ( ) tells not to screw up their deal with the Hawaiians . One of the general 's men hands a thumb drive containing top secret information for the upcoming satellite launch . During the party , becomes attracted to , who is having fun dancing with . Afterwards , joins in his room while he recounts his experiences in Kabul , where he almost died . He tells her that this was the first night he was truly happy to be living , and the two have sex . The next day , discovers that 's satellite will actually carry a nuclear payload . When she tries to resign , her colonel tells her it is a private operation run by and that is aware of the details . Later she confronts in tears for lying to her and the Hawaiians . 
 Meanwhile , and confront each other about recent tensions in their marriage , which he believes were caused by 's arrival . They agree to separate . The next morning , shows up at 's hotel and reveals that is his daughter . Later that day , after the successful blessing of the new pedestrian gate , learns that the Chinese are attempting to hack the satellite 's code to prevent the impending launch . He rushes to the command center and undermines the hackers ' efforts . As he watches the satellite enter geosynchronous orbit , he realizes what he 's done and its impact on , whom he has come to love . Quickly , he orders a massive sonic upload to be sent to space , and he and hold hands as they watch the satellite explode . Believing 's continued association with him will ruin her promising career , he tells her they should not see each other again . 
 is not pleased with the destruction of his satellite and confronts , who tells him he can not " buy the sky " . General is also incensed by 's actions , threatening to prosecute him . 
 returns to 's house , where she reads him a moving love letter from . tells her she belongs with her husband and she encourages him to go after . comes home and sees in his house . tells he knows is 's father . He asks if he slept with while he was gone . tells he slept with and not with his wife . goes into the living room where is cleaning up . She sees and they both run into each other 's arms , then are joined by and . leaves the house while the happy family reunion continues . 
 General soon learns that was telling the truth about the nuclear weapons payload and praises him for what he 's done , revealing that authorities will soon be taking into custody . Outside the hotel , finds , who is preparing to leave . He tells her he loves her , is staying in Hawaii and will be waiting for her to return . Later that night , stands outside 's hula class and watches her dance . She notices him , he nods at her and she suddenly realizes he is her father . With tears of joy in her eyes , she runs outside and embraces him then returns to her class to continue her hula dancing .

is a Los Angeles Fire Department Air Rescue pilot in the midst of a divorce from his wife , and planning a trip to San Francisco with his daughter . Meanwhile , Caltech seismologist Dr. and his colleague Dr. are at Hoover Dam doing research for a new earthquake predicting model when a nearby and previously unknown fault ruptures . This triggers a 7.1 magnitude earthquake that collapses the dam and kills after he rescues a little girl and throws her to as he falls to the collapsing ground . When is called into work because of this , goes with her mother 's new boyfriend to San Francisco , instead of . 
 discovers that the entire San Andreas Fault is shifting and will soon cause a major earthquake , thereby destroying cities along the fault line . 
 In San Francisco , brings to his office where she meets , an engineer from England seeking employment and his brother , . and leave the premises , but they become trapped in their car in the parking garage after a string of earthquakes , with getting her legs pinned in the event . leaves the car and abandons . Soon after , she is found by and , who help her escape . They then find a working phone in Chinatown and calls and , who fly to San Francisco to save her . 
 En route , 's helicopter fails , forcing him to make an emergency landing at a shopping mall in Bakersfield . Amid the chaos of looting , he steals a Ford F-150 and he and escape . They come across an older couple broken down on the side of the road where the San Andreas Fault has opened up , blocking the road and the couple , who happen to own an airplane , agree to give it up in exchange for 's truck . 
 In San Francisco , , and are trying to find a place to signal , as the point they agreed to meet at , Coit Tower , is engulfed in flames . On approach , and are forced to parachute at AT&T Park when a 9.6 magnitude quake hits , becoming the largest earthquake in history . Much of the city is left in ruins and , and narrowly survive . and , realizing they can not make their way through the destroyed city , are able to commandeer a boat only to see that the water in the bay is beginning to recede , indicating that a tsunami is approaching . 
 As it approaches , , , and run into a building under construction which helped design . and , accompanied by dozens of other people in boats , manage to make it over the wave before it crests , barely avoiding a huge cargo ship getting caught up in the wave . They then watch in horror as the giant tsunami hits the Golden Gate Bridge with the enormous cargo ship , which snaps the center span cleanly in two ; is among those killed when a loose shipping container crushes him . The wave then proceeds into the ruined city , swamping cruise ships , killing thousands and flooding the building is in . and make their way through the flooded downtown area and are finally able to locate , , and as the building begins to sink beneath the water . dives into the building to save as she becomes unconscious while trapped underwater , while breaks into the building with the boat and rescues everyone just as the building also collapses ; however , it appears too late as has seemingly drowned . , however , manages to resuscitate her , and the family is happily reunited . 
 They head to a relief camp where the reconciled and talk about their future ; on the remains of the Golden Gate Bridge , an American flag unfolds , giving hope that the city will recover and rebuild as rescue vehicles descend on the radically altered landscape of the San Francisco Bay Area . Then the camera zooms out to see the whole Bay Area , showing that the bay now extends south from San Jose to Santa Cruz , turning the San Francisco Peninsula into an island .

is a 40 - year - old , single , desk - bound CIA employee who remotely assists her partner , field agent , on a mission . accidentally kills arms dealer as he sneezes during a confrontation before extracting the location of a suitcase nuke from him . uncovers evidence that , 's daughter , has contacted , a suspected broker with ties to various terrorist groups , so infiltrates her home . However , shoots dead , while watches helplessly online , then reveals that she knows the identities of the agency 's top agents , including and . , who is almost certainly unknown to , volunteers to track her ( she was a top trainee agent , albeit over ten years ago ) . When her boss , , reluctantly agrees , the ultra macho quits in disgust . 
 With her best friend providing intelligence , goes to Paris undercover . That night , shows up and tells she will fail because of her inexperience . The next morning , discovers that office has burned down . She finds a photo of a man standing next to the fire . appears , argues with again and leaves . sees the man in the photo follow him and switch his backpack with another one containing a bomb while is distracted . warns in time during a concert and then pursues the man into an abandoned building . During the ensuing fight , he falls to his death . When she checks the man 's video camera , learns that is going to Rome . 
 In Rome , meets her contact . She follows into a casino ( in a city without casino ) , where she saves 's life . brings into her inner circle and takes on her private plane to Budapest . In mid - flight , the steward kills 's bodyguard and pilots , but subdues him . believes to be a CIA agent , but convinces her that she was hired by her father to protect . 
 In Budapest , meets , who was sent by . After being shot at , pursues and catches up with the would - be assassin : , who sold the names of the other agents . She tries to shoot , but an unknown sniper kills her . , and accompany to a party to meet 's contact . That turns out to be , the woman who distracted in Paris . creates a diversion ( by pretending to be a crazed fan of guest performer ) so that can try to apprehend unnoticed . Because of 's inopportune intervention , however , runs off . chases after her . After a brutal fight , as is about to arrest , she is instead killed by , who earlier faked his death and is now 's lover and associate . 
 imprisons and in a bunker . Later , reveals to that he is trying to gain 's trust to locate the nuke , and he was the one who killed . and escape . At mansion , , and wait for , head of an al - Qaeda - funded terrorist group . convinces and that , even though she works for the CIA , she will do anything to protect Fine , admitting that she loves him . gives a suitcase full of diamonds , and produces the device . has and his men killed , then reveals his plan to sell the device to another buyer ( though they also intend to bomb New York City ) , before pointing his gun at . distracts him , allowing to kill his men . escapes to his helicopter with the device and the diamonds , but grabs onto the landing gear . In the ensuing struggle , throws the diamonds and the device into a lake below . attempts to shoot , but , following in another helicopter , shoots him in the back before he can . He grabs on to 's necklace ( a gift from ) , but she releases the catch and falls out of the helicopter to his death . 
 The nuke is retrieved by the CIA , and is arrested . , to 's surprise , compliments her on her job . tells Susan that she will remain a field agent , and that her next assignment will take her to Prague to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring . invites to dinner , but she instead opts for a night out with . 
 The next morning , wakes up in bed next to and screams , while claims she " loved it " .

, who separated from his wife after nine days of marriage , wants to do something new in his career . He calls his former agent - turned - studio head , who offers a leading role in his first studio production . says he will only star in it if he directs . Eight months later , Hyde , the directorial debut by , is in the middle of post - production and is over budget by $ 15 million . Needing more money , asks if they can get an additional $ 10 million to complete the movie . Reluctant , but wanting to please him , flies to Texas to meet the co - financiers of the movie , and his son , to get them to give the money . Hesitant , sends with back to Los Angeles to see a cut of the film at 's private screening . 
 has second thoughts on the rough cut and cancels the screening out of fear no one will enjoy it . He later gives and a copy of the movie for their viewing . and enjoy the movie but requests that cut the scenes with 's brother , , out of the movie or he will not give the film the extra money . With giving him no answer , puts the post - production on hold . and visit to come up with a solution , but this results in saying he did not like 's performance either and wants the entire movie to be redone with a new lead and director . In addition , studio CEO removes from the production . 
 The boys soon realize the reason is angry over the movie is because is spending time with , with whom is infatuated . Learning of this , interrupts in a boardroom meeting with and with this information . Surprised , says he will stay behind the movie but mandates the condition that is no longer working for the studio because , although he agreed his son was being juvenile , had disrespected his son . During this time , the boys are in the hospital as E 's ex - fiancée goes into labor . gives birth to a girl , , and the boys celebrate . 
 arrives at the hospital and also announces that he resigned and invested his severance to complete the movie . becomes a box office hit , grossing over $ 450 million worldwide . At the Golden Globe Awards , Drama ends up winning the award for Best Supporting Actor . Stunned , Drama goes to accept the award and is silent for a moment before yelling his trademark Viking Quest phrase , " VICTORY ! ! ! " 
 In a mid - credits scene , 's former assistant has his wedding and gives him away . When the group gets together for a picture , suggests that they should make a film ( or TV show ) about the lives of and the gang .

Kevin Connolly
Adrian Grenier
Kevin Dillon
Jerry Ferrara
Jeremy Piven

Several years before The Lambert Haunting , retired demonologist reluctantly uses her abilities to contact the spirit of teenager 's mother , , who died a year prior . However , she urges not to try and contact her mother again after sensing a malevolent force . After auditioning for a school for the performing arts , sees a mysterious figure waving to her from the distance on the street . Distracted , she is accidentally hit by a car , having both of her legs broken in the process . Now stuck in her home with her father and brother , begins to experience increasingly disturbing paranormal phenomena , including seeing visions of a dark spirit wearing an oxygen mask known as the " Man Who Ca n't Breathe " - the same figure that caused her accident . 
 later tries to convince , who like him is still grieving after the loss of her husband , to help his daughter , but declines , stating that her previous visits to the dark spiritual world of the " Further " made her realize that an evil spirit is hunting to kill her . However , she is convinced by her friend and former colleague to continue using her spiritual ability , reminding her about her successful case involving in 1986 , and stating that she is stronger than any spirits or demons because she is living and they are not . 
 Due to 's refusal , suggests call on alleged demonologists and , who have built a following on the internet . During their investigation , 's possession grows increasingly worse as she , now briefly possessed by the demon , breaks through her leg braces and attempts to attack , , and . Realizing that and are scammers , prepares to kick the duo out until arrives . Deducing that the demon 's goal is to lure potential victims to " the Further " so it can eat their life force , decides to enter the spiritual world with and recording any activities and words she spells out . 
 With the help of a spirit who likewise is a victim of the " Man Who Ca n't Breathe , " enters the Further and after a brief encounter with the evil spirit that haunts her ( a mysterious " Bride in Black " ) , she meets with the spirit of , whom she realizes is the " Man Who Ca n't Breathe " in disguise . After managing to briefly escape him , returns to the material world and realizes that has to defeat him on her own . Though is at first at a disadvantage , reads a message that the ' late neighbor had tried to tell of : that left her with a letter to read before she graduated High School , but never found it . 's spirit then appears and helps fully take control of her body and defeat the " Man Who Ca n't Breathe , " after which is finally able to escape the further for good . leaves after giving parting words to the family , including words of encouragement from 's spirit . 
 Following the ' successful case , decides to come out of retirement and work with and . She arrives home and notices a figure watching her from outside . Thinking that it is at first , realizes that it is something malevolent before the Lipstick - Face Demon suddenly appears behind her .

The film alternates between the 1960s and the 1980s . The early timeline begins with a young ( ) suffering a panic attack on an airplane . It is agreed with the rest of the Beach Boys that will no longer tour with them and will instead focus on composition and studio work . Despite resistance from some of his bandmates , completes the Pet Sounds album . It is a critical hit , but sales are underwhelming . LSD is supplied to by a coterie of hippie vagrants who praise him as a " genius " , and his mental health subsequently worsens . After the success of a new single , " Good Vibrations " , he fails to complete the album Smile , his would - be masterpiece . As 's bandmates record their next record without him , he learns that his father has illegitimately sold the publishing rights to the Beach Boys ' songs . This timeline ends with apathetic and detached from life . 
 In the 1980s , an older and heavily medicated ( ) meets ( ) , a Cadillac saleswoman . She begins a relationship with him , but is disturbed by the controlling influence 's therapist and legal guardian Dr. ( ) has over 's life . Eventually , she disengages from the relationship , but not before providing evidence to 's family that has been made a beneficiary in his will . This leads to a restraining order being taken out to prevent from seeing , who begins a new and more appropriate course of treatment . accidentally meets again while walking across an intersection , and they eventually get married .

Brothers and visit Isla Nublar , the site of the original Jurassic Park , where a new theme park named Jurassic World has operated for years . , the park 's owner , has encouraged geneticist Dr. to create a hybrid dinosaur to attract visitors . The two boys meet their aunt , , the park 's operations manager . assigns her assistant to be their guide , but the boys evade her and explore the resort on their own . 
 , a Navy veteran , has been researching the intelligence of the park 's four Velociraptors . InGen Security chief believes the raptors should be trained for military use despite objections from and his assistant . has evaluate the enclosure of the park 's new hybrid dinosaur , the Indominus rex , before the attraction opens . warns about the danger of raising Indominus in isolation , pointing out its lack of socialization with other animals . When they discover that the Indominus seems to have escaped , and two others enter the enclosure . Able to camouflage itself and mask its heat signature , the Indominus suddenly appears and devours 's companions before escaping into the island 's interior . suggests that the Indominus must be killed , but instead sends a specialized unit equipped with non - lethal weaponry to capture it . After most of the unit is killed , orders the evacuation of the island 's northern sector . 
 While exploring the park in a gyrosphere ride , and enter a restricted area . The Indominus arrives and destroys their sphere , but the boys manage to evade it and find the ruins of the original Jurassic Park visitor center . They repair an old 1992 Jeep Wrangler Sahara and drive back to the park resort . and search for the boys , but encounter the Indominus and barely escape . and two troopers hunt the Indominus by helicopter , but when the Indominus breaks into the park 's aviary to escape the gunfire , it releases a flock of the pterosaurs Pteranodon and Dimorphodon that collide with the helicopter , causing it to crash , killing and his troops . The pterosaurs then attack the resort itself ; in the chaos , is carried off by pterosaurs before falling into the park 's lagoon and being devoured by the park 's Mosasaurus . and eventually find and at the resort as armed personnel subdue the pterosaurs with tranquilizers . 
 Assuming command , orders that the raptors should be used to track the Indominus ; is forced to accept 's plan and release the raptors . Upon finding the Indominus , the dinosaurs begin communicating with one another . realizes that the Indominus includes raptor DNA , and it becomes the raptor pack 's new alpha , taking command away from . The Indominus escapes when the troops shoot at it , and the raptors hunt down and kill most of the team . arranges for Dr. to leave the island by helicopter with the dinosaur embryos , in order to protect his research . , and the boys find at the lab , with more staff packing up the remaining embryos . reveals his plan to create other hybrid dinosaurs like Indominus for use as superweapons , but a raptor breaks in and mauls him to death . 
 re - establishes his bond with the raptors before the Indominus reappears . The raptors attack the Indominus , but three of the four are killed . lures the park 's Tyrannosaurus rex into a battle with the Indominus . The two dinosaurs fight , with the Indominus gaining the upper hand until , the lone surviving raptor , joins the battle . Overwhelmed , the Indominus is backed up to the lagoon , where the Mosasaurus leaps out and drags it underwater . The T. rex retreats , followed by , who turns to acknowledge before leaving . Isla Nublar is once again abandoned , and the survivors are successfully evacuated to the mainland . and are reunited with their parents , while the T. rex roams freely on Isla Nublar .

Awkward , lanky , and self - loathing , ( ) is a senior at Pittsburgh 's Schenley High School who appears to drift through life while only seeming to broadly associate himself with the various cliques within Schenley 's halls . He learns that a fellow student and former childhood friend of his , ( ) , has been diagnosed with leukemia and is forced by his parents ( and ) to befriend her in her time of need . Despite neither of them truly wanting the other 's company , manages to strike up a conversation about her pillow collection . She finds his quirky personality endearing and they make plans to meet on a regular basis . 
 Over time , introduces to his longtime co - worker ( ) , with whom he makes short films parodying famous film titles . At 's reluctance , convinces to share their collection of short films with her , which she finds entertaining . As begins chemotherapy , her disease worsens , and begins spending less time at school and more time caring for her . 
 Discovering them shooting another film , ( ) , 's crush , convinces and to make a film dedicated to , and persuades to apply to a local college . Despite being accepted by the college , continues to ignore schoolwork , and eventually school altogether , in order to finish the film . After realizing that her chemotherapy is doing more harm than good , opts to discontinue her treatment . and have a heated argument over her choice where she points out his unwillingness to do anything selfless unless he 's told to do so . He leaves , devastated that he can no longer help her . 
 In a rage , confronts , blaming him for the events leading to the end of his friendship with , with admonishing 's inability to care and sympathize for anyone but himself despite the genuine affection she gave him . Afterward , gives a heartfelt testimonial for before letting him know that he 's finished with their friendship . is also told that due to his failing grades , he has been rejected by the college he thought he would attend . 
 Later in the year , 's mom lets him know that has been moved into hospice as she begins to succumb to her disease , which only depresses him further . Taking pity on him , invites him to the prom . However , after dressing up in a tuxedo , he decides not to go to pick up but instead goes to the hospital where is receiving hospice care . He brings his iPhone and a portable projector and runs the film he made for on the front wall of her room , lying beside her as they did when they watched his other films . is moved to tears by the movie . However , while viewing the film , she falls into a coma , dying a few hours later . 
 At her Shiva , and reconcile and sneaks up into 's room , where he finds a card to him from her explaining that she wrote a letter to the college applied to in order to let them know that he missed school for her sake . He also finds several intricate carvings within her books depicting scenes of her with and , proving that she still cared for him . leaves with one of the books and his favorite of 's pillows . 
 Some time later , writes his story of his time with ( which is the basis for the film 's narrative ) and mails it to the college along with the film he made for her .

and his best friends , and , are high school " geeks " living in " The Bottoms " a crime - frequent neighborhood in Inglewood , California . is confident he will be admitted to his dream school , Harvard University , on his academic ability , but his school counselor berates him since their school is in a run - down suburb in Los Angeles . He suggests take college application process more seriously , starting with an upcoming interview with businessman and Harvard alumnus , . 
 While biking home , is stopped by , a drug dealer who instructs him to invite a girl named to his party . Finding him charming , tells to reply that she will only accept if goes . Despite initial reluctance , , convince to go and the trio arrives . During the party , and his crew meet in a back room to buy high - grade , powdered molly but are interrupted by an armed gang , and several people are shot . Hiding behind the bar , finds 's backpack and fills it with the drugs and a gun , giving it and sending him away while police arrive . then drives home when he offers her help for the GED . 
 The next day , discovers the items and an iPhone . Immediately , an unknown man calls , reveals that he knows 's identity and instructs him to turn over the drugs that day . After school , , in custody , calls and tells to not give the drugs over to the other caller . He texts an address and tells him to ask for . , , and flee to the address , a mansion , and are greeted by a young man named and his sister . Since their father , , is n't home , invites them inside and takes and out for food while stays with . She seduces him , finds the drugs and takes a heavy dose . Meanwhile , gets a phone call reminding him of the interview . , intoxicated , drives him but passes out at a stop sign , who then runs out of the car and publicly urinates on a bush while bystanders record . takes her car and drives to the meeting himself . 
 Arriving at 's office , he notices photos of , , and in the man 's office and realizes he is . relays 's instructions to , who denies any knowledge and subtly indicates that the contents of the bag are now 's responsibility . reschedules the interview - if the drugs are n't sold by then , wo n't give a good recommendation to Harvard . Low on options , , , and seek help from a college student they met years ago , . A stoner and hacker , he sets up an online black - market website to sell the drugs through Bitcoin transactions , which soon goes viral . 
 helps study , where she opens up to him . He then accuses her of being sent by to gather info and pushes her away . The next day , asks to extract cash from the Bitcoins , and arranges a meeting with a money - laundering gangster named . With the meeting going as planned , leaves with a bag of cash but is assaulted by the school bully and company , quickly overpowering him and takes the bag . Desperate , he defends himself by pulling the gun , getting the money back and earning the bully 's respect . 
 Returning to 's office for his interview , tells that he has sold the drugs but has left a trail leading to . Unless admits him to Harvard , will transfer the Bitcoins to 's checking account , which will frame and lead to his arrest . He then types his college application essay . He describes two students – Student A is a music geek that plays in a punk band and gets straight As , while Student B suffers in the hood and makes money in immoral ways . He then asks , " Which student do you think I am ? " 
 waits for at prom , but she does not show at all . Later , meets at his home and thanks him for helping her pass her GED , giving him a pass to Six Flags and kisses him on the cheek . He then goes inside and enters his room to find an envelope from Harvard on his bed . He opens it and looks at the audience before smiling .

, a Malinois[4 ] used to help U.S. Marines in Afghanistan , is handled by ( ) ( Marine MWD ) . is questioned when weapons seized by his squad go missing . Realizing his friend ( ) is among those involved with the shady dealings , he warns that he can not cover for him . The two then go into the battlefield with their squad , with on point . While advancing on a suicide bomber , is injured by an explosion . In the ensuing gunfight , is shot and killed . 
 's brother ( ) , who makes money selling illegally copied video games , their mother ( ) and their father ( ) are informed of his death . After 's body is brought home for burial , the other Marines notice that is only calm when he is around , apparently sensing that he is 's brother . The family adopts the dog , who would otherwise be euthanized for his disturbed behavior . initially wants little to do with but eventually warms up to him . While meeting up with his friend ( ) , meets 's cousin ( ) , who offers to go to his house and show him some handling tricks for . Little by little , 's behavior improves around other people . 
 visits the 's one evening , provoking an aggressive response by . Later , after the Fourth of July , asks what really happened . implies that turned on and caused him to discharge his weapon on himself , leading to his death . decides to investigate the matter . Calling on one of 's old friends , Sergeant , for help , he is given a DVD of training that moves him to tears . 
 Later , is approached by 's other cousin ( ) , a cartel member , who presses him over a video game bootleg . Afterwards , and follow into the woods , where they secretly observe a meeting between cartel members and , who tries selling stolen weapons to them . The cartel 's dogs sense and run after him . fights them off , severely wounding one of the dogs , while runs away and leaves his bike behind . When he gets home , he finds and , the cartel 's dog handler , who was injured in the melee . Feigning innocence , they accuse of doing harm and demand his euthanization . 
 is taken by animal control officers but escapes . Meanwhile , catches making a business deal with the cartel but is held hostage by . makes it home and leads , , and into the woods to rescue . Confronting the cartel , they incapacitate and the last cartel dog and rescue . and chase after and , but is killed after crashing his off - road pickup truck . corners at a damaged bridge , but is attacked by . The two are knocked over the side of the bridge ; while is killed by the fall , survives . 
 The family welcomes into their home . After and visit 's grave , they invite and over for dinner . 
 The start of the credits shows real photos of war dogs and trainers in many wars . Then it shows a statue of a war dog created by sculptor .

has been divorced from for six months . Meanwhile , his best friend , marries his girlfriend , . One year later , following a heated argument , they decide to have a child . As can not have children , agrees to help find a sperm donor , They asked but he refuses due to a low sperm count . Then they try to unsuccessfully break into house and steal his sperm . Ultimately , offers to donate his sperm . 
 Despite and 's efforts , historical drug use has rendered her infertile and the couple decide to adopt . As background checks are carried out , brings his legal status as a person into question . The state authorities of Massachusetts declare property rather than a person , resulting in the loss of his job at a grocery store - shortly after reassuring a customer that buying a box of Trix , as an adult , will not bring him to any harm . Furthermore , 's credit card and bank accounts are frozen while his marriage to is annulled . 
 suggests that they take the state to court , and their case is assigned to a novice lawyer pro - bono , . The three bond over their love of marijuana as they prepare to present the case . 
 Meanwhile , , 's life - long stalker and would - be abductor , is now employed as a janitor at the headquarters of toy company Hasbro , in New York City . He convinces the company CEO to hire an expert attorney to ensure that maintains his status as property , therefore leaving him open to seizure by the firm to create more living teddy bears . 
 Despite 's best efforts , the court rules against . Disheartened but desperate , the trio contact , a highly respected civil rights attorney , hoping he 'll take the case and overturn the court 's decision . Driving to Manhattan to meet him , crashes into a hidden marijuana patch , where and realize their attraction for each other . The next day , the trio meet , who is sympathetic to 's plight but ultimately refuses the case , as he believes he has not significantly contributed to humanity due to his juvenile slacker lifestyle . 
 , angry at the injustice and jealous of and 's new relationship , wanders off . follows him as he wanders into the New York Comic - Con . Once inside , attempts to kidnap , who flees and contacts for help . and arrive at Comic - Con and search for , arriving as is about to cut him open . As they make their escape , cuts the cables holding up a model of the USS Enterprise and it swings towards . pushes out of the way , takes the hit , and is knocked unconscious . identifies and he is arrested . 
 At the hospital , , and rejoice when recovers . decides to take the case , telling them he has been inspired by 's selflessness and 's emotions over his fallen friend . gets the ruling overturned by demonstrating that is self - aware , that he feels complex emotions , and is capable of empathy . Outside the court , re - proposes to . After they are re - married , and , adopting the surname of " " , adopt a baby boy , whom they name , while and happily pursue their own relationship .

Human Resistance leader ( ) launches a final offensive against Skynet , an artificial general intelligence system in 2029 . Before the Resistance can triumph , Skynet activates a time machine and sends a T-800 ( Model 101 ) Terminator back to May 12 , 1984 , to kill 's mother ( ) . 's right - hand man , ( ) , volunteers to travel back in time to protect her . As floats in the machine 's magnetic field , he sees being attacked by another Resistance soldier ( ) and has visions from his childhood about . 
 When it arrives in Los Angeles 1984 , Skynet 's T-800 is disabled by and " Pops " ( ) , a reprogrammed T-800 sent to protect when she was nine years old . arrives shortly afterwards , and is intercepted by a T-1000 ( ) . and join and destroy the T-1000 with acid ; she and reveal that they have constructed a makeshift time machine similar to Skynet 's , and plans to travel to 1997 ( the year Skynet becomes self - aware ) . Realizing that the timeline has been altered , is convinced that the future has changed because of the warning he received in his childhood vision and persuades to travel to 2017 to stop Skynet . 
 and arrive on August 28 , 2017,[note 1 ] materialize in the middle of a busy San Francisco highway and are apprehended by city police . While they are treated for injuries , and learn that Skynet is called " Genisys " ( a soon - to - be - unveiled global operating system which is embraced by the public ) . suddenly appears and rescues and ; arrives and unexpectedly shoots , revealing that is an advanced T-3000 Terminator . While was traveling back in time a T-5000 ( Smith ) , the physical embodiment of Skynet disguised as a member of the Resistance , attacked and transformed him into a nanocyte infiltrator . , tasked with ensuring Cyberdyne Systems ' survival , traveled back in time to assist them with the development of Genisys and hence securing Skynet and its machines ' rise . 
 A day before Skynet 's worldwide attack , , and escape to a safe house and make final preparations to destroy Cyberdyne 's Genisys mainframe . They head toward Cyberdyne 's headquarters with the T-3000 in close pursuit . During an airborne chase , Pops dive - bombs into the T-3000 's helicopter and causes it to crash . The T-3000 survives the crash and enters the Cyberdyne complex , where it advances the countdown from 13 hours to 15 minutes . , and Pops plant bombs at key points in the facility while holding off the T-3000 . 
 In a final battle , Pops traps the T-3000 in the magnetic field of a prototypical time machine . Both are destroyed , but just before the explosion the T-3000 throws the remains of Pops into a nearby experimental vat of mimetic polyalloy . and reach a bunker beneath the facility and the explosion sets off the bombs , preventing Genisys from coming online . Pops appears , upgraded with mimetic polyalloy components similar to that of the T-1000 , and helps them escape from the debris . 
 The trio travels to 's childhood home , where tells his younger self about Genisys and instructs him to repeat the warning to himself , securing the trios ' arrival from 1984 . and finally kiss and they along with Pops drive off into the countryside . A mid - credits scene reveals that the system core of Genisys , located in a protected subterranean chamber , has survived the explosion .

Minions are small , yellow creatures who have existed since the beginning of time , evolving from yellow single - celled organisms into beings which exist only to serve history 's most despicable masters.[14 ] After rolling a Tyrannosaurus into a volcano , getting their caveman leader eaten by a cave bear , crushing a under the pyramids while his people survive , burning Count on his birthday party , and accidentally firing a cannon at , the Minions are driven into isolation and start a new life in a massive cave in the Arctic . After many years , the Minions become depressed , restless , and unmotivated without a master to serve . To regain their dignity and sense of purpose , , one fearless Minion , decides to set out to find a new master and asks for help . , a musically inclined Minion , and , a young and inexperienced but enthusiastic Minion , are recruited . 
 The trio journey to New York , when the year is 1968 . After spending the day attempting to blend in , the Minions end up in a department store for the night , where they discover a hidden commercial broadcast for villains advertising Villain - Con ; a convention for villains and supervillains in Orlando . The trio hitchhikes a ride with the family and impress them with their accidental villainy . At the convention , they see , the first female supervillain , who hires them and takes them to her home in England . 
 explains the plan to steal the Imperial State Crown from the Queen of England and promises to reward the Minions if they steal it but kill them if they do not . Her husband , , supplies them with inventions to aid in the heist , but they are nearly caught when they break into the Tower of London , which leads to a chase that ends with crashing into the Sword in the Stone and pulling it free , removing the Queen from the throne and becoming King . Enraged , confronts the Minions , so abdicates the throne in her favor . Undeterred because she feels betrayed , Scarlet imprisons the three in a dungeon to be tortured by before her coronation , but they escape with the intention to apologize to . 
 Making their way to Westminster Abbey , the three of them interrupt the coronation by accidentally dropping a chandelier on , who orders their execution . Dozens of villains chase them ; and are caught , while finds his way into a pub . He sees on a television , promising that she will kill and if does not show up by dawn . sneaks into 's castle to steal weapons but inadvertently triggers a machine was building and enlarges himself . He tramples through London , rescuing his friends just as the other Minions reunite with them . tries to eradicate them , but swallows a massive missile she fires at them . and attempt to escape with her rocket - dress , but holds onto it . The missile detonates , causing it to explode . After the Minions briefly mourn him , returns , having returned to his normal size . 
 The original Queen from the earlier part of the story receives her place on the throne and crown back and rewards with a tiny crown for his teddy bear and an electric guitar , and she knights for his heroism . She suddenly realizes that her crown is missing , and leads a chase after and , who survived the explosion and are fleeing through the crowd with the bejeweled crown until they are suddenly frozen in place by a young , who steals the crown from them and takes off in a rocket - powered motorbike while the Minions stare in awe . gives his crown to the frozen , and the Minions see as their new potential master and give chase to follow him home .

In 1989 , scientist resigns from S.H.I.E.L.D. after discovering their attempt to replicate his Ant - Man shrinking technology . Believing the technology is dangerous , vows to hide it as long as he lives . 
 In the present day,[N 1 ] 's estranged daughter , , and former protégé , , have forced him out of his company , Pym Technologies . is close to perfecting a shrinking suit of his own , the Yellowjacket , which horrifies . 
 Upon his release from prison , well - meaning thief moves in with his old cellmate , . visits his daughter unannounced and is chastised by his former wife and her police - detective fiancé , , for not providing child support . Unable to hold a job because of his criminal record , agrees to join ' crew and commit a burglary . breaks into a house and cracks its safe , but only finds what he believes to be an old motorcycle suit , which he takes home . After trying the suit on , accidentally shrinks himself to the size of an insect . Terrified by the experience , he returns the suit to the house , but is arrested on the way out . , the homeowner , visits in jail and smuggles the suit into his cell to help him break out . 
 , who manipulated through an unknowing into stealing the suit as a test , wants Lang to become the new Ant - Man to steal the Yellowjacket from . Having been spying on after discovering his intentions , and train to fight and to control ants . While harbors resentment towards about her mother 's death , he reveals that , known as the Wasp , disappeared into a subatomic quantum realm while disabling a Soviet nuclear missile . warns that he could suffer a similar fate if he overrides his suit 's regulator . They send him to steal a device that will aid their heist from the Avengers ' headquarters , where he briefly fights . 
 perfects the Yellowjacket and hosts an unveiling ceremony at Pym Technologies ' headquarters . , along with his crew and a swarm of flying ants , infiltrates the building during the event , sabotages the company 's servers , and plants explosives . When he attempts to steal the Yellowjacket , he , along with and , are captured by , who intends to sell both the Yellowjacket and Ant - Man suits to Hydra . breaks free and he and dispatch most of the Hydra agents , though one flees with a vial of ' particles and is shot . pursues , while the explosives detonate , imploding the building as and escape . 
 dons the Yellowjacket and attacks before is arrested by . takes hostage to lure into another fight . Lang overrides the regulator and shrinks to subatomic size to penetrate ' suit and sabotage it to shrink uncontrollably , killing . disappears into the quantum realm but manages to reverse the effects and returns to the macroscopic world . Out of gratitude for 's heroism , covers for to keep him out of prison . Seeing that survived and returned from the quantum realm , wonders if his wife is alive as well . Later , meets up with , who tells him that is looking for him . 
 In a mid - credits scene , shows a new Wasp prototype suit and offers it to her . In a post - credits scene , and have in their custody . Unable to contact because of " the accords",[N 2 ] mentions that he knows someone who can help .

tells his two young daughters and that he and their mother are divorcing because monogamy is not realistic , repeating it like a mantra . Twenty - three years later , is a party girl who drinks too much and sleeps around while writing for a men 's magazine . She is in a casual relationship with a gym - addict named , who was attracted to her because he first thought she ' looked like a dude ' . Her cold - hearted English boss , , assigns her to write an article about a sports doctor named . 
 While is interviewing , she receives a text from insisting they move to a cheaper assisted - living facility . starts to hyperventilate , but calms her down and suggests they get food . Over dinner , he compliments her writing and she learns about his family . After some drinks , they go to his place and have sex . stays the night , which is a departure from her rule of never sleeping over with a man she 's had sex with . 
 The next day , calls to ask if they can see each other again . panics and tells him they will talk about it at the interview . She and her friend decide she has to end it . Meanwhile , 's friend , , is excited for him since has not dated anyone in six years . goes to watch perform surgery to " Uptown Girl " , his favorite song . Afterwards , she tries to break things off . He insists they like each other and should date . then gets a phone call that her dad had a fall . drives her to the home where he tends to her dad . 
 and begin dating and fall for each other . is worried she is going to mess up the relationship , but tells her she is just doing what everyone else does . takes a stockpile of his medication , overdoses , and dies . At his funeral , tells her , for the first time , that he loves her . She tells him that it was the wrong time for him to start saying that to her . 
 receives a prestigious award at a luncheon and brings . While making his speech , gets a call from her boss , who threatens to fire her if she does not answer . She chooses to take the call and leaves during his speech . Afterwards , is upset and they start arguing . They return to her apartment , but thinks they should not go to bed angry , so rants all night . The next day tells that they need to take a break . Hurt , reacts by telling him that it is fine . 
 goes out drinking with her co - workers , including an intern , who invites her back to his place ; their bizarre sexual encounter is interrupted when his mom enters and reveals that he is only 16 . The next day , fires for the incident . is moping in his apartment until calls , claiming he has been injured . rushes over to find an intervention for him consisting of , , , and . They tell him he has always been afraid of opening up and needs to make things right with , but insists things with are over . 
 visits and tells her everything that has happened ; tells her that it 's time to change . clears out all the alcohol from her apartment . She takes her story to Vanity Fair , where it ends up getting published , and sends it to . He attends a game and after , is called back to the court , where the Knicks City Dancers perform with front and center , performing his favourite song " Uptown Girl " . She tells him she wants to make their relationship work . They confess their love for each other and kiss .

Amy Schumer
Tilda Swinton
Bill Hader
Daniel Radcliffe
Colin Quinn

At a video - game arcade in 1982 with his friend , 13 - year - old discovers he can master the games by spotting patterns . Participating in a video - game championship , he loses in a match with obnoxious arcade player in Donkey Kong . A videocassette with footage of the event is included in a time capsule that is launched into space . 
 33 years later , has become an installer of home - theater systems while is the President of the United States . In Guam , a U.S. military base is attacked by UFOs of Galaga that turn pieces of the base into small glowing cubes and one of the soldiers is abducted . 
 While working at the home of divorcée and her son , is summoned to the White House . To his surprise , he finds is also headed there as a lieutenant colonel . Upon seeing the video footage and meeting with , a friend he made at the video game tournament , determines the aliens have found the videocassette images to be a declaration of war and are attacking with a spacecraft resembling those of their classic video games . This is affirmed when the aliens interrupt a television broadcast , challenging Earth to a battle where if the aliens win three rounds , they will conquer the Earth . and are unable to stop one of the attacks as Arkanoid paddles sling balls of light to destroy the Taj Mahal , and another person is abducted . 
 and train Navy SEALs to play the old games . Violet develops light cannons that are effective against the aliens . In London , the aliens attack in the form of the video game Centipede , but as the soldiers are unable to beat them ( as they forgot to shoot at the heads ) , and step in and shoot them down . Following the victory , the aliens send congratulations and a " trophy " in the form of the dog from Duck Hunt to an old woman ( who appeared earlier at the London attack ) . 
 and retrieve , who had been serving a prison sentence for fraud . In New York City , the team discovers it must participate as the ghosts against Pac - Man . , the creator of Pac - Man , tries to confront him , but he gets his hand bitten off and flees . Using Mini Cooper cars , , , and overcome the task , but notices that something about is off , as he moved at supersonic speeds around the board . They win Q*Bert as a trophy , but the aliens ( as Hall & Oates ) later declare that someone cheated and the contest for the planet has been forfeited . discovers used a speed cheat , thus revealing that he is the one who cheated . When the aliens ' mothership suddenly appears , flees from it , while is abducted by the aliens . 
 As revenge for Earth cheating , the aliens launch a massive attack using characters from all sorts of classic video games in Washington , D.C. joins the team , while stays to fight . An alien takes the form of Lady , a character on whom had a crush since childhood . persuades Lady to choose love , and she sides with the humans ; , wishing to make amends , returns to fight as well . , , and are summoned to the mothership where they face the alien leader who takes the form of on the game 's starting level with the aliens ' captives at the top . As the group dodges barrels and fireballs , feels depressed and loses hope , until reveals to him that was cheating , restoring his confidence , and eventually throws a hammer to defeat . The aliens ' characters then self - destruct . 
 The team is hailed as heroes and a peace agreement is reached with the aliens . apologizes to for cheating in his life . Although is saddened that Lady is gone , Q*Bert transforms its likeness to Lady . and become a couple , while gets to meet and . A year later , Lady and are married and have Q*Bert children .

In 1975 , , leader of the Winter Hill Gang , controls most organized crime within South Boston , along with his right - hand man , newcomer , and callous hitman . lives with his common - law wife and their young son . 
 's supremacy is challenged by the North End Angiulo Brothers , a rival gang that is part of the New England Mafia family . FBI agent returns to the area – he grew up in South Boston as a friend of and his brother , the Massachusetts Senate President . tries infiltrating the Angiulo Brothers and attempts to get to work with the FBI . Although hates the idea of being a rat , he understands the protection he would have for himself , his gang , and his family . suffers from syndrome , leading a devastated to remove him from life support over 's furious objections . When the Angiulo Brothers murder a Winter Hill member , becomes an informant . 
 Although is supported by his co - worker , their boss , , is suspicious . increasingly exploits the FBI informant relationship , using 's " protection " as a cover for his crimes . demands information on the ' racketeering locations . Finally , gets pictures of the rival gang 's hideouts , allowing the FBI to wiretap the . The FBI arrests them , thus eliminating underground opposition to 's power . , blinded by his past , grows closer to and the gang , even inviting them to his house for a cookout . His wife , , sees negative changes in her husband as his agent - informant relationship with grows . 
 Cut out of an embezzlement scheme from , orders to murder his rivals and . An associate , , goes to the FBI to report 's involvement , much to 's displeasure , who then tells of 's accusation , thereby resulting in the murders of and an unnamed accomplice . Following the passing of his mother , 's behavior becomes increasingly violent and unpredictable , deteriorating his informant relationship . 
 A " bulldog " prosecutor , , is appointed the new assistant U. S. Attorney in Boston . attempts to make friends and to perhaps divert his attention from , but bluntly refuses , demanding that the FBI arrest . , an informant within the Winter Hill Gang , informs on an attempt by to smuggle weapons for the IRA . tells , who murders . and investigate 's management of 's informant role . They discover that most of what called 's tips were already obtained from other sources . , disillusioned and fearing prosecution for his association with 's activities , anonymously divulges 's and 's relationship to the Boston Globe and a front - page story exposes the FBI 's links to organised crime . 
 In the final scenes , , , , and are arrested . goes on the run , but not before giving a final goodbye from a pay phone . turns state 's evidence and testifies against in return for immunity . 's and the other characters ' sentences are listed , and a concluding sequence shows a now - elderly being caught by the FBI in 2011 .

In May 1996 several commercial expeditions at base camp of Mount Everest prepare for a climb to the summit . , who popularized commercial Everest missions , leads Adventure Consultants ; is chief guide for Rob 's rival , Mountain Madness . 's clients include , an experienced climber ; , a former mailman pursuing his dream ; climbing veteran , who hopes to complete her final Seven Summits ascent ; and Outside magazine journalist . manages 's base camp . 
 A month earlier in New Zealand , says goodbye to his pregnant wife and promises he will be home for the birth . At base camp receives a fax from her , informing him their baby is a girl . He wants to name her , but disagrees . 
 Worried about climber crowding , persuades to cooperate to reduce delays . On the summit attempt , 's group departs Camp IV before dawn , planning to complete the ascent and turn around by 2 pm , the latest safe time for return before nightfall . The group is delayed over an hour after discovering guide ropes are not installed on upper reaches of the climb . has eyesight problems and stops . tells him to return if his condition does not improve in a half - hour . hurries back down to camp to help another climber , but plans to re - ascend . warns him about over - exertion . 
 reaches the summit on time and is joined by other climbers including , who jubilantly plants her Japanese flag in the snow . Descending , encounters struggling just above the Hillary Step and orders him to turn back . insists on continuing , saying he wo n't get the chance again . reluctantly agrees and they reach the summit two hours later , well past safe return time . At the summit is exhausted and increasingly suffering from altitude sickness . Also at the top is , exhausted and increasingly ill from high - altitude pulmonary edema . 
 As helps descend , a blizzard strikes the mountain and 's oxygen bottle runs out , causing him to suffer hypoxia . No extra bottles are stored on the route where asked and he radios to send someone up with oxygen . , left alone briefly by , semi - consciously unclips himself from the guide rope and walks unsteadily along the narrow path . He silently topples to his death a moment later . 
 's condition worsens . He tells fellow climbers to continue descending without him . He lies down and later dies . Returning climbers reach , his vision still impaired , but they all become lost as the blizzard obliterates the trail . Three climbers go for help , leaving and behind . 
 Guide reaches with spare oxygen , but it is frozen shut . They huddle in place in the storm . While sleeps , hallucinates , a danger the camp doctor warned of . He strips off his outer clothing and slides off the mountainside to his death . In the morning , radios that and are gone and that his hands and feet are frozen . calls , hoping will respond to her voice . tells that he must start moving . tells her he is cold but comfortable and asks her to name their baby . He dies soon after . 
 Returning climbers tell the camp that and are stranded . The weather , however , makes rescue impossible . calls 's wife , , and informs her of the situation . In the morning , Beck miraculously awakens , sees 's corpse and stumbles back to camp alone , severely frostbitten and in dire need of medical help . calls the American Embassy and organizes a helicopter rescue . Nepal Army pilot Lt . Col . successfully flies a harrowing high altitude mission to evacuate . Meanwhile , one of 's guides , , finds his body and moves it off the trail . 
 Returning home , has an emotional reunion with , who later gives birth and names her daughter . returns to his family , heavily bandaged . Closing titles reveal that he lost both hands and nose to severe frostbite and that 's body remains on Everest .

Jake Gyllenhaal
Josh Brolin
John Hawkes

In 2035 , the crew of the Ares III mission to Mars is exploring Acidalia Planitia on Martian solar day ( sol ) 18 of their 31 - sol expedition . A strong dust storm threatens to topple their Mars Ascent Vehicle ( MAV ) , forcing them to abort their mission . During the evacuation , astronaut is struck by debris and lost in the storm ; the last telemetry from his suit 's biomonitor indicates no signs of life . With believed dead , the storm worsening by the second , and the MAV on the verge of toppling over , mission commander orders the crew to take off and return to their orbiting vessel , the Hermes . 
 awakens after the storm to a low oxygen warning and makes his way to the crew 's surface base of operations and habitat , or " Hab " . He removes the piece of antenna that destroyed his suit 's biomonitor and lodged in his torso by performing self - surgery . He begins a video diary and realizes that his only chance of rescue is to rendezvous with the Ares IV crew at the Schiaparelli crater , 3,200 kilometres ( 2,000   mi ) away , in four years . His immediate concern is there will not be enough food to survive that long . , being a botanist , improvises a farm inside the Hab utilizing Martian soil fertilized with human feces , water produced by extracting hydrogen from leftover rocket fuel , and potatoes intended for Thanksgiving dinner . He also begins to modify the only functional rover for longer journeys in preparation for the long - distance travel . 
 Back on Earth , NASA holds a funeral for him . While reviewing satellite photos of Mars , satellite planner sees evidence of 's activities and realizes he has survived . NASA administrator has public relations director and mission director release the news . Despite the objections of the Hermes flight director , decides not to inform the Ares III crew , believing it would distract them . 
 takes the rover to retrieve the nearby Pathfinder probe , which fell silent in 1997 . Using the Pathfinder 's camera , he establishes rudimentary communication with Earth , first using simple signs , and then using hexadecimals . NASA instructs to partially modify the rover 's code to link with Pathfinder so they can communicate via text . becomes angry when he learns that the crew has not been told of his survival , and reluctantly lets finally inform them . 
 and Jet Propulsion Laboratory ( JPL ) director prepare a space probe to deliver enough food to last until Ares IV 's arrival . When the Hab 's airlock malfunctions due to a small puncture , it destroys 's crops . orders the team to speed up the supply mission with the Iris probe by skipping the safety inspections . However , an oversight causes the destabilization and subsequent explosion of the rocket 40 seconds after liftoff , prompting to think about his seemingly inevitable death . 
 The China National Space Administration offers NASA the Taiyang Shen , a classified booster rocket that can carry a payload to Mars . Meanwhile , JPL astrodynamicist devises a trajectory to divert the Hermes back to Mars for a rescue more than two years sooner , using the Chinese booster to resupply the Hermes for an additional eighteen months . rejects the plan , refusing to risk the crew , but surreptitiously sends 's course correction instructions to the Hermes . The crew , knowing that going against orders will likely end their careers as astronauts , unanimously vote for the plan , and NASA — powerless to stop them — resupplies the Hermes as it uses Earth 's gravity to slingshot back to Mars . 
 begins the 90 - sol journey to Schiaparelli and the pre - positioned Ares IV MAV . To rendezvous with Hermes , removes many components from the MAV , including the nose cone , to lighten it , replacing it with a piece of the Hab 's canvas . As the MAV fails to reach the required speed and altitude , Commander is forced to use maneuvering thrusters to change course and explosive decompression of Hermes 's internal atmosphere to reduce speed . When that fails to bring the Hermes close enough to , uses a Manned Maneuvering Unit , but still can not reach . pierces the glove of his pressure suit and uses the escaping air to propel himself towards , effectively reuniting him with his crew after being alone for 560 sols on Mars . 
 After returning to Earth , becomes a survival instructor for astronaut candidates . Five years later , on the occasion of the Ares V mission launch , those involved in 's rescue have begun new lives .

In Buffalo , New York , 1887 , American heiress ( ) , the young daughter of wealthy businessman ( ) , is visited by her recently deceased mother 's black , disfigured ghost who warns her , " Beware of Crimson Peak . " Fourteen years later in 1901 , ( ) , a budding author , meets Sir ( ) , an English baronet who has come to the United States with his sister , ( ) , to seek investors for his clay - mining invention . Unimpressed with 's previous failures to raise capital , rejects 's proposal . 's mother 's spirit once again visits her , bearing the same warning . 
 When and become romantically involved , both 's father and her childhood friend , Dr. ( ) , disapprove . Mr. hires a private detective who uncovers unsavory facts about the . Mr. bribes the siblings to have end his and 's relationship . however sends a note explaining his actions . After Mr. is brutally murdered , and marry and return to England . They arrive at Allerdale Hall , the ' dilapidated mansion , which is steadily sinking into the red clay mine it sits atop . While is bathing , a red ghost watches her and lets out a loud roar . turns around to find nothing was there . During this time she plays fetch with a dog . When he returns without the ball , she asks , " Where is it ? " From down the hall , the ball rolls down towards her . finds that is cold towards her . Much to 's confusion , is physically distant and their marriage remains unconsummated . 
 Gruesome red ghosts begin appearing to throughout the mansion . To calm her , takes her to the local post office , where she discovers that had some connection to an Italian woman . They are snowed in for the night and finally make love . angrily lashes out after their return , frightening . By the time mentions that the estate is referred to as " Crimson Peak " , due to the warm red clay seeping up through the snow , is growing weak and coughing up blood . 
 explores the mansion and pieces clues together , discovering that previously married three wealthy women who were fatally poisoned for their inheritances . She realizes she , too , is being poisoned through tea , and that the siblings have had a long - term incestuous relationship , resulting in a sickly infant that later died . also murdered their mother after she had discovered her children 's incest . inherited the family manor that , like many aristocratic estates of the era , is no longer profitable ; the are virtually penniless . The brother and sister began a " marriage and murder " scheme to support themselves and finance 's inventions . 
 Back in the United States , learns what Mr. had uncovered about the prior to his death : 's multiple marriages and 's time in a mental institution . He travels to Allerdale Hall to rescue . When arrives , demands that kill him . , who has fallen in love with and wants to protect her , inflicts a non - fatal stab wound to before hiding him . forces to sign a transfer deed granting the ownership of her estate and also confesses that she was the one who murdered 's father . stabs and tries to flee . promises to help her and escape . , jealous over falling in love with , murders him , then pursues . Aided by 's white ghost , kills with a shovel , and later , she silently says farewell to her husband 's ghost before he vanishes . 
 In the end , and flee the mansion and are rescued , whereas becomes a ghost , doomed to stay alone in the mansion while playing her favourite piano , for all eternity . The beginning of the end credits imply that has written a novel titled Crimson Peak based on her experiences .

In an alternate history , the asteroid that would have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago passes safely over Earth . 
 Sixty - five million years later , Apatosaurus farmers and have children , , and the runt , who has trouble adjusting to farm life . While his successful siblings are allowed to " make their mark " ( a mud - print on the family 's corn silo ) , 's timid nature makes tasks difficult for him . attempts to give a sense of purpose by putting him in charge of guarding their silo , and helps him set a trap . It captures a feral caveboy , but does n't have the heart to kill him , and sets him free . Disappointed , takes to track the caveboy , leading them into a ravine . saves from a flash flood before being swept away and killed . 
 Without his father , shoulders more of the workload . He spots the same caveboy inside the silo and , blaming him for his father 's death , chases him until both fall into a river . can not swim , and is swept downstream where he hits his head on a rock and is knocked unconscious . Awakening , he finds himself far from home and tries to survive on his own , but becomes trapped when a boulder pins his leg . The next day wakes to find his leg has been freed , and the caveboy appears with food for him . The caveboy then leads to a berry tree , where the caveboy fends off a large snake , amazing and impressing a nearby eccentric Styracosaurus who wants to keep the boy . He forces to compete with him to give the boy a name he will respond to , which finally wins when he calls him " " . and bond as laments his lost family , and reveals that his own parents are dead . Later , when a storm strikes , runs away in fear and loses the riverbank he has been following home . 
 The next morning , wakes to find at his side . They are noticed by a band of pterodactyls , led by , who appear to be conducting a rescue operation but turn out to be savagely carnivorous . When the pterodactyls try to take , and flee , happening upon a pair of Tyrannosaurus named and , who ward off the pterodactyls . , , and their father have lost their herd of longhorns , so offers 's help in sniffing them out . They locate the herd , but recognizes the work of cattle rustlers , and uses as a lure . and attract the attention of rustler Velociraptor , allowing and his family to attack . During the fight , musters his courage and fends off two raptors who have overwhelmed , helping to turn the fight in their favor . Having gained their respect , joins the Tyrannosaurus in driving the cattle south when he sees the familiar mountain peaks of his homeland in the distance , and leaves with to return home . Along the way , they encounter an adult feral caveman in the distance , and though shows interest , dissuades him and they continue on . 
 As another storm approaches , and the pterodactyls return and attack and carry away . becomes entangled in vines , where he has a vision of leading him home . instead resolves to save , making the vision of his father proud before it fades away . finds and attacks the pterodactyls , who have cornered at the river . and together plunge and the pterodactyls into the water , where they are swept helplessly downstream . When another flash flood occurs , leaps into the water to rescue as the two are swept away toward a waterfall . protects as the two plummet down the fall , and carries him to shore . 
 As they approach 's home , the two again hear the unknown caveman call , and are approached by an entire cave family . With great reluctance , pushes to join his adoptive family , and the two of them share a tearful goodbye . 
 finally arrives home to his mother and siblings , and makes his mark on the silo between those of his mother and father .

In London , ambitious medical student attends a circus performance , where he helps save an injured aerialist , , by aid of a nameless hunchback enslaved by the circus ' ringleader , who harbors feelings for the girl . Impressed by the hunchback 's vast knowledge of human anatomy , acquired from stolen books , rescues him , drains the cyst on his back that causes his physical abnormality and gives him a harness to improve his posture – he then names him " " after his roommate who is not often at home . The two then become partners in 's ongoing experiments to create life through artificial means , incurring the wrath of devoutly religious police inspector , who views their experiments as sinful . 
 When shows his use of electricity to animate eyes , suggests he made mistakes attaching the nerves , leading to ask to perform the surgical parts of his experiment . procures parts from dead animals and makes restore the organs , which Victor secretly uses to create a monstrous chimpanzee - esque creature nicknamed " " . 
 reunites with , now masquerading as the mistress of a closeted homosexual baron , upsetting , who views as a distraction . invites to a demonstration of their experiment , which goes awry when escapes and wreaks havoc through the university before being killed by and . is horrified by 's experiments and urges to dissuade him from pursuing the matter further , but is reluctant to do so upon learning that is driven by the need to atone for his indirect role in the death of his older brother , , for which 's domineering father blames . 
 is expelled from college for his unorthodox methods , but attracts the attention of his wealthy , arrogant classmate , who wants him to create an artificial humanoid creature . and outline a behemoth named " Prometheus " , but 's deepening relationship with soon causes a rift between them . 
 and his men raid 's laboratory , hell - bent on destroying his inventions . When he attacks , loses a hand and is blinded in one eye . and escape in a carriage sent by and are taken to his family 's estate . is fired from Scotland Yard for not having a warrant to invade 's home . 
 provides the scientists with the necessary funds to build Prometheus and offers them laboratory facilities at his family 's estate in Scotland . is mistrustful of and disillusioned with . After a falling out , departs for Scotland alone . kidnaps and binds , revealing his plans to kill once Prometheus is complete and weaponize his creation . is then thrown into the River Thames to drown , but manages to escape and reunites with , who nurses him back to health . 
 and embark to 's estate in order to rescue . finds on the verge of using lightning to animate . ignores 's pleas and activates the machine . A power surge overloads the machinery , killing . During the ensuing chaos , unexpectedly arrives , blaming and threatening for his creation . suddenly steps forward . is initially ecstatic that the experiment has worked , sharing a brief moment with , thinking him to be his resurrected brother . quickly realizes that the experiment has failed : has no consciousness and can not talk . The shocked opens fire on , who goes into a rage , killing and nearly killing . Disillusioned , joins forces with to kill by stabbing its two hearts . 
 After regaining consciousness the next morning , reunites with , who hands him a letter written to him by , in which apologizes for all the suffering he caused and recognizes was his " greatest creation " . retreats to the Scottish countryside in search of new discoveries .

James McAvoy
Jessica Brown Findlay
Mark Gatiss

In 1850 , author visits innkeeper , the last survivor of the sinking of the whaleship Essex , offering money in return for his story . initially refuses , but finally agrees when his wife intervenes . 
 The story turns to 1820 : a whaling company in Nantucket has refitted the Essex to participate in the lucrative whale oil trade , and 14 - year - old signs on as a cabin boy . The owners hire veteran whaler as first mate , though he is disappointed not to receive a captain 's commission . The captain is , an inexperienced mariner from an established whaling family who envies 's skill and popularity . and clash , leading to sail into a storm against 's advice . The two agree to put their differences aside , rather than risking their reputations by returning to port without profit , and soon , the crew kills their first bull sperm whale . 
 Three months pass with no further successes , and realizes that the Atlantic Ocean holds no sighting of whales . The Essex sails past Cape Horn to the Pacific , hoping for better luck in catching one . In Atacames , Ecuador , the officers meet a Spanish captain who tells them his crew found the bountiful " Offshore Grounds " 2,000 miles to the west , but claims that a vengeful " white whale " destroyed his ship , killing six of his men . Denying the story as a myth , and lead the expedition west . They find the undisturbed grounds , but when they launch the whaling boats , the white whale , a massive albino bull sperm whale attacks , damaging the boats and turning on the ship . 
 harpoons it from the Essex 's deck , but the whale staves the ship in half , killing two men . The crew abandons the sinking Essex in the three intact whaling boats , and must sail hundreds of miles to shore with very limited supplies . The whale follows and attacks again , but they escape to the tiny Henderson Island . While gathering food , discovers the corpses of earlier castaways , and concludes that the crew will soon die on the island before another ship passes by . Four men decide to stay , while the rest set sail again on the boats with hopes to find land . Soon after , one of the men dies , and the remaining crew reluctantly decide to cannibalize him . 
 The older is overcome by emotion and stops his story ; however , when his wife comforts him , he feels encouraged enough to finish . Back in the 1820s , the three boats separate and one is lost . The other two further resort to cannibalism to survive , with 's cousin sacrificing himself . 
 The whale returns , and gets into position for a final attack . The whale breaches for a moment , allowing to observe a portion of his previously thrown harpoon still embedded in the whale 's skull . hesitates , and stares into the whale 's left eye . He decides not to attack . Following this encounter , the whale swims away peacefully , and is never seen again . 
 A passing ship rescues 's boat , but 's boat continues to drift with no food or water . Finally , with the survivors on the verge of death , they reach land . The survivors return to Nantucket and finally reunite with their distraught families . The ship 's owners ask and to cover up the story to protect the industry , but after refuses to go along , reveals the truth in the inquiry . 
 relates that a ship was sent to Henderson Island to rescue the surviving men there , continued sailing the seas and became a merchant captain , and led another expedition to kill the whale , but the ship wrecked and he was forced to retire . departs , to compose his novel , Moby - Dick , beginning by writing its first line : " Call me " .

Mild - mannered radio executive struggles to be a good stepfather to his wife 's two children , and , and is seemingly sterile after an accident to his testicles some years ago . The children begin to grow closer to , with confiding in him that he is being picked on at school and asking him to take her to a father / daughter dance at her school . One night , the kids ' biological father , 's former husband , calls and discovers 's marriage with . He suddenly announces he will be visiting the next day . hesitates to let her former husband into their home , but convinces her that it is important for the kids that their father and stepfather establish a respectful relationship . 
 When arrives , is immediately intimidated by his tough and muscular appearance and his charm with and . repeatedly talks into letting him stay , despite warning about 's true nature . soon wises up when it becomes clear that intends to drive out of his kids ' lives and reconcile with . After shows up again and again - getting the kids a dog , finishing a treehouse that wanted to build with , making appear to be racist - tries to drive a wedge between and by taking them to a fertility doctor , hoping that 's inability to give a baby will send her into 's arms . Still , the two men appear to reach an understanding after working together to teach how to defend himself . Additionally , and are overjoyed to learn that 's sperm count has increased significantly ( implied to be a result of " invading his territory " ) , giving them hope of having a child together . 
 However , is stunned when reveals that he still intends to drive out of the family . Desperate , spends tens of thousands of dollars on early Christmas gifts , including a pony and $ 18,000 basketball tickets . At the game , once again shows up by revealing himself to be friends with the coach of 's favorite team , and an enraged begins drinking heavily . During half - time , is chosen to try to shoot a basketball to win a prize . Drunk , goes on a rant about before accidentally pelting a cheerleader and a disabled child in a wheelchair in the face with basketballs . Humiliated , moves out of the house ; however , when tries to comfort , she rejects him , and forces him to step up as a dad to help his kids with their busy schedules . 
 Four days later , is living in his office at work , depressed . , meanwhile , is overwhelmed by the responsibilities of being a full - time father . When decides to call it quits and leave on the day of 's father - daughter dance , his friend goes to and convinces him to fight for his family . catches at a bar and tries to get him to come back . admits that he can not handle the hard parts about being a father , and admires for putting up with all the things that he has to go through . says that all of the terrible parts about being a dad are worth it , because in the end he is doing it for his kids . This convinces to go to the dance , and he and arrive together . There , they discover that the classmate who was picking on at school is a girl , and almost get into a fight with her father when physically retaliates . However , finally decides to follow 's lead on being a father , and instead quells the fight by starting a dance - off . and reconcile , and decides to stay and be a good " co - dad " to his kids . 
 Later , the whole family is happy ; and have a new baby boy named after , and and have finally accepted as their stepfather . , who now has a job as a Panda DJ and becomes wealthy through his work , has moved in across the street after building a castle there , and he and are now friends . eventually remarries , to a woman named who has a daughter , thus becomes a stepfather himself . is immediately intimidated by after meeting her ; she feels that 's looks surpass hers and she is jealous of the latter 's professions as a doctor and a novelist . In an ironic twist of fate , is now in exactly the same position that he put in a year ago – visibly intimidated by his stepdaughter 's more attractive father , ( ) .

In 1990 , is a divorced mother of two , working as a booking clerk for Eastern Airlines . She lives with her two young children , her mother , her grandmother , and her ex - husband in working - class Peconic , New York . Her parents are divorced , and her mother and father fight whenever her father shows up at her home . 's older half - sister , , is an overachiever who constantly humiliates in front of her children for her failed marriage . and 's father are very close . spends all day lying in bed watching soap operas as a means of escape from her life , leaving to run the household . Only 's grandmother and her best friend encourage her to pursue her inventing ambitions and become a strong successful woman . 
 After divorcing his third wife , 's father starts dating , a wealthy Italian widow with some business experience . While on 's boat , and her family drop their glasses of red wine , and she attempts to mop up the mess . While doing so , cuts her hands on the broken glass while wringing the mop . returns home and creates blueprints for a self - wringing mop . She builds a prototype with help from the employees at her father 's shop . She then convinces to invest in the product . They make a deal with a company in California , owned by a man in Dallas , to manufacture the mop 's parts at a low price . In order to avoid a potential lawsuit , also pays $ 50,000 in royalties to a man in Hong Kong who supposedly has created a similar product . When the company repeatedly bills for faulty parts they create , refuses to pay the fees and tells her father , , and not to pay them . 
 needs a quick , easy way to advertise her product , and is able to meet with QVC executive , with the help of , who despite being divorced from , remains close with her . is impressed and shows his infomercials , where celebrities sell entrepreneurs ' products through a telethon system . tells to manufacture 50,000 mops . is advised by and to take out a second mortgage on her home , in order to pay her costs . The first infomercial fails , due to the celebrity chose to advertise the product having no clue how the mop works properly , but the next day she goes straight to QVC and convinces to let her do the infomercial . Once the second infomercial is done , and her product become an overnight success . Things look up for the family , with the mop earning thousands of dollars on QVC , and falls for , a Haitian plumber hired to fix a leak in 's bedroom , something has not done since her divorce with and other than watching her soap operas . 
 's grandmother dies suddenly , after the running success . and send to California to conduct 's company business . Afterwards tells that she paid the excessively raised production fees , despite telling them not to pay them . She now claims to that she and have a product of their own to send to QVC which they believe will be better than 's . is angry and travels to California to meet with the manufacturer , who refuses to pay her back . discovers that the manufacturer is about to fraudulently patent her design and claim that they were the ones who originally created the mop . 's lawyer reveals that there is nothing they can do to prevent this , since paid the excessive fees and is forced to file for bankruptcy . discovers that the manufacturers have been defrauding her the entire time she has dealt with them . Upon learning this , she travels to Dallas to confront the owner , . She reveals to that she made a call to the man she supposedly paid the royalties to in Hong Kong , to explain about the product , but that he told that he had no knowledge of the mop being made or of any royalties being paid , proving that and the manufacturing company are committing fraud and embezzlement , which forces Markham to pay back . In the following scene , is seen standing underneath a Snowmaker in Dallas , looking confident . She smiles , and slowly walks away , as Cream 's " I Feel Free " plays in the background . 
 Several years later , is a wealthy , successful businessperson who helps other young inventors develop their ideas . and remain her most valued advisors . continues to take care of her father , despite him and having unsuccessfully and wrongly tried to sue her for ownership of her company . is the only family member who does not live off , finally finding stability through her relationship with ; and as had predicted , he and became " Adversaries in Commerce , " with her move to HSN , but they remained personal friends .

In 1823 , guides trappers through unorganized territory . While he and his half - Pawnee son , , are hunting , the company 's camp is attacked by an Arikara war party . Guided by , the survivors travel on foot to Fort Kiowa , as traveling downriver will make them vulnerable . After docking , the crew stashes the pelts near the shore . 
 is badly mauled by a grizzly bear and left close to death . Trapper , fearful of another Arikara attack , argues that the group must mercy - kill and keep moving . agrees , but is unable to pull the trigger ; instead , he offers money for someone to stay with . When the only volunteers are and the young , agrees to stay for money , to recoup his losses from the abandoned pelts . 
 After the others leave , attempts to smother but is discovered by . stabs him to death as watches helplessly . The next morning , convinces that the Arikara are approaching and they must abandon . After they depart , admits he lied . When and meet at the fort , tells him that died and vanished . 
 begins an arduous journey through the wilderness . He performs crude self - surgery and eludes the pursuing Arikara who are looking for the Chief 's kidnapped daughter , . encounters Pawnee refugee , who says that " revenge is in the Creator 's hands . " The men share bison meat and travel together . After a hallucinogenic experience , discovers hanged by French hunters . He infiltrates their camp and sees the leader raping . He frees her , kills two hunters , and steals 's horse , leaving his canteen behind . The next morning , is ambushed by the Arikara and driven over a cliff on his horse . He survives the stormy night by eviscerating the horse and sheltering inside its carcass . 
 A French survivor staggers into Fort Kiowa and recognizes his canteen as 's . Believing it stolen , organizes a search party . , realizing is alive , empties the outpost ’s safe and flees . The search party finds the exhausted . Enraged , orders arrested , but vouches that was deceived and reveals that murdered . and set out in pursuit of . 
 After the two split up , ambushes and kills . uses 's corpse on his horse as a decoy and shoots in the arm . He pursues to a riverbank where they engage in a brutal fight . is about to kill , but spots a band of Arikara downstream . He remembers 's words and pushes downstream into the hands of the Arikara . The chief kills and scalps and the Arikara spare . Heavily wounded , retreats into the mountains where he is visited by the spirit of his wife .

In 2013 , arranges a clandestine meeting in Hong Kong with documentarian and journalist . They discuss releasing the classified information in the former ’s possession regarding illegal mass surveillance conducted by the National Security Agency ( NSA ) . 
 In 2004 , is undergoing basic training , having enlisted in the U.S. Army with intentions of matriculating to the Special Forces . He eventually fractures his tibia , and is informed that he will be receiving an administrative discharge and that he may serve his country in other ways . 
 applies for a position at the Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) and subsequently undergoes the screening process . Initially his answers to the screening questions are insufficient , but Deputy Director decides to take a chance on him , given the demands of such extraordinary times . is then brought to " The Hill " where he is educated and tested on cyberwarfare . He learns about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act , which circumvents the Fourth Amendment rights of U.S. citizens by allowing warrant requests to be approved by a panel of judges that were appointed by the Chief Justice . and his peers are each tasked with building a covert communications network in their hometown , deleting it , and then rebuilding it in eight hours or less , with five hours being the average time taken . impresses when he completes the exercise in 38 minutes . 
 Meanwhile , meets via a dating website . The two bond , despite sharply contrasting political ideologies . acquires his first post abroad working with diplomatic cover in Geneva in 2007 , taking with him . He meets , who has ample experience in electronic surveillance . begins questioning the ethical implications of their assignment . After his superior decides to set up their target on a DUI charge in order to leverage information from him , resigns from the CIA . 
 later takes a position with the NSA in Japan , initially under the pretense of building a program that would allow the government to back up all critical data from the Middle East in an emergency , a program which he names " Epic Shelter " . learns of the practices the NSA and other U.S. government agencies are using not just in Japan , but in most countries which the U.S. is currently allied with , which include planting malware in different computers that manage government , infrastructure and financial sectors so that , in the event that any allies turn against the US , that country can effectively be shut down in retaliation . The stress associated with the job results in the end of his relationship with , who moves back with her family in Maryland . 
 Three months later , has left his post with the NSA and returned to Maryland where he and resume their relationship and he takes a position consulting for the CIA . During a hunting trip , reveals an operation in Oahu that revolves around counterattacking Chinese hackers . After is diagnosed with epilepsy , agrees that he should join the operation for she believes the environment in Hawaii may be beneficial for his health . Upon beginning his new job in " The Tunnel " , an underground World War II bunker that has been re - purposed for massive electronic surveillance and SIGINT operations , learns that Epic Shelter is actually providing real - time data that assists U.S. drone pilots in launching lethal strikes against terror suspects in Afghanistan . 
 ultimately becomes disillusioned with what he is a part of . It culminates in smuggling a microSD card into his office by way of a Rubik 's Cube , and loading all relevant data . He then tells his colleagues he is feeling ill and departs . He advises to fly home to Maryland , after which he contacts and to schedule the meeting . 
 With the help of journalist , the information is disseminated to the press on June 5 , 2013 , with additional leaks published in the following days . In the aftermath , with the help of , and , is smuggled out of Hong Kong on a flight bound for Latin America by way of Russia . However , the U.S. government revokes his passport , forcing him to remain in Moscow indefinitely . He is eventually granted asylum for three years , with joining him at a later date . continues his activism .

The film starts in Miami on the boat of crime lord . His hacker is going through a list on the computer . calls Port Commissioner on the phone and accuses him of stealing money from him . With one of his hitmen in the room , has killed in his apartment , then orders his hitmen to find whoever left with his money . 
 Meanwhile in Atlanta , is with his partner Detective as they go to infiltrate a vehicle meet to find an infamous drug dealer named . , fresh out the academy , is eager to get in on the action , but has him staying on the radio . gets close enough to , but pulls a gun on him . sees this over the camera and sneaks out to help . He rides into the meet in a showy car with hydraulics and draws unwanted attention to himself . He threatens by acting tough dancing only to drop his badge in front of the crook . Then within seconds a brief shootout occurs leading to a random plan " B " with getting shot and making his escape . and go after him , with nearly getting himself run over , though follows long enough until drives out of a parking garage and onto another car . then captures and removes a necklace he was wearing which was also a flash drive . 
 is later hospitalized , and at the hospital , reprimands for his decision since he got injured in the chaos causing him to take a leave of absence due to his injury . Lt . assigns to go to Miami and see who was working for . wants to go so that he can prove himself ready for detective work , but nobody believes in him , especially after the mess he just caused . 
 At home , begins to plan his wedding to , but he clashes with the wedding planner . He tries to assert himself , but gets knocked out by the ceiling fan . Later , as tries to seduce , he complains about not being able to go to Miami . calls and tries to get him to take , not just for himself , but so she can have him out of her hair while the wedding is planned . refuses , but then changes his mind when he thinks he can prove that does n't have what it takes to be a detective . He goes to their house and officially invites to Miami . and drive down to Miami together . 
 starts his detective work by trying to blend in with the locals as they search for but gets punished by homicide detective for using her computer without permission . Later , and find the hacker , who tells them about a safe in a club that contains something important , but first they have to meet with someone there . The guys go to the club for work , but gets to enjoy himself with an impromptu bachelor party . However , the man they are supposed to meet is also 's hitman . causes a distraction and escapes while engages in a brief shoot - out with the hitman . Afterward , the two are met by at the crime scene . The safe turned out to be empty . Before the guys can leave , realizes a bomb was planted under his car , which goes off and destroys his car . 
 realizes he kept 's phone on him , so they find his girlfriend to get a lead on his whereabouts . convinces to spill the beans when he shows her that he 's been hooking up with other women and given them unique ringtones , while is left with the generic Apple ringtone . The guys locate once more and bring him in on the investigation . He reveals to the team that is the real crook , despite him having a public image as an entrepreneur working alongside the new port commissioner . The team is at the home of 's friend / associate , whom accidentally shoots after getting scared . Despite getting shot , backs up 's word that is a crook . 
 , , and go to a party hosted by in his mansion . distracts by dancing with him while and gather info , and is their eyes and ears . While snooping around , is attacked by 's pet alligator , , in the backyard . After narrowly escaping from the jaws of 's pet alligator , reconnects with the team and they get their information , but catches them and knows they 're cops , though he lets them go . The team uses their information to locate a group of shipping trucks that may be carrying 's contraband . However , when they attempt to stop the trucks at the port , they discover that the trucks are empty . scolds the team , as shows up and acts angry for what the team did . then shows up and calls over . is informed of the screw - up and orders to be suspended and for to be fired . 
 The team goes to a bar to think about what they did wrong . then questions as to why would have shown up so fast at the port . mentions that 's name was on a list of guys on 's payroll . realizes that knew he would have gotten caught , so he had a decoy in the trucks , and the real contraband items are being brought in somewhere else at the port . , Maya , and go after , but handcuffs to a pole after says he wants to stay so he can take care of . However , breaks free and goes to 's house to get the cuffs off . 
 , , and are at the port in the morning to catch . They have a shootout with and his goons , when arrives and moves a truck to knock over a container with flammable barrels , causing them to explode . runs and takes hostage , then tries fleeing in a truck . goes after him , but knocks a container into 's path , causing him to crash . runs to the truck and does n't find . tries to shoot , but jumps in the way and takes the bullet . shoots a few times to bring him down , then sees that was wearing a bulletproof vest . rises and shoots again , but uses as a human shield , and shoots once more for good measure , killing him and ending the gun battle once and for all . 
 and are off the hook for taking down and and being commended for their services . They drive home in a yellow Lamborghini that got for them to drive back to Atlanta for the wedding , with asking to be his date . and are married and are ready to go off on a boat ride , but wants to make a speech . Reluctantly , speaks and says that while has gotten him into a lot of trouble since meeting him , he has also saved his life , has made very happy , and has helped grow into a better man and cop . He finally accepts as his new family . and then go on their boat ride , but gets distracted and is thrown out the boat when he rides over a bump . He is then dragged through the water by a rope as tries to stop the boat , all while laughs at this .

is a lawyer who works for his father . 's grandmother dies , and after the funeral , his Army veteran grandfather , , asks to drive him to Boca Raton , Florida . is getting married to his controlling fiancée , , in one week , but decides to take his grandfather anyway . 
 On the way there , the two meet 's old photography classmate , , along with her friends and . and are instantly attracted to each other . Dick tells the girls that he is a professor and that is a photographer . They all go their separate ways , but convinces that they should meet the girls at Daytona Beach , Florida , because wants to have sex with . The two go to a golf course , where flirts with two women . 
 At Daytona Beach , they meet up with the girls and the girls ' friends , and , with whom they compete in beer chugging . That night , a drunk , wearing nothing but a Hornet fanny pack , parties and smokes crack cocaine that he gets from a drug dealer named . He steals a motorcycle and wakes up the next day on the beach . During an awkward FaceTime with , a boy grabs the fanny pack and takes it off ; his father suspects of being a pervert and calls the police , who promptly arrest . bails him out , and the two visit 's old Army friend in a nursing home . They meet the girls again and enter a flexing contest with and ; when they lose , alters a T - shirt cannon to fire a beer can at the winning duo , hospitalizing them and stay at their place . After reveals to that he was a member of the Special Forces , the two go to a nightclub with the girls . gets into a fight with some men after they bully for his homosexuality . The next day , goes to a protest with and she tells him that she is leaving soon and going to live on a ship for a year . 
 That night , plans on telling who he really is , but before he can , does an online search on him and tells that is already engaged . then gets caught with drugs and is thrown into jail again . The next day , bails him out and tells that his real reason for the trip was to convince not to go through with the wedding . leaves and drives back home . 
 During his wedding rehearsal , hacks into the computer system , revealing embarrassing photos of during the party . says that he can not marry , who reveals that she had an affair . He , , and use 's ice cream truck to catch up with the bus that is on as she is leaving . and kiss , and he gets on the bus with her . goes to his house in Boca Raton and finds there waiting for him , and they have sex . and get married and have a baby , and and are named the godparents .

Ohio high - schooler , armed with an M4 carbine , emerges from the woods to raid an abandoned gas station . Upon entering , she hears a male voice calling for help . She finds a wounded man , who points a gun at her , but they each put their weapons down . His other hand is under his jacket and as he takes it out , she sees a glint of metal and kills him . He was holding a Christian cross and the screen cuts to black to show her backstory . 
 A city - sized alien spaceship is circling Earth , containing extraterrestrials referred to as " The Others " . Ten days later , The Others unleash their 1st Wave , an electromagnetic pulse that permanently destroys all electrical power . The 2nd Wave has The Others manipulate the planet 's geology and fault lines , causing earthquakes and megatsunamis that destroy coastal cities and islands . For the 3rd Wave , The Others weaponize a strain of avian flu virus , with birds carrying the infectant across the planet . 's mother is one of the casualties . 
 , her father and her younger brother , find a refugee camp in the woods with roughly 300 survivors . A few days later , an army unit with working vehicles rolls into the camp . The unit 's commander , Colonel , claims there is an imminent threat of a 4th Wave and they will take the children to safety at Wright - Patterson Air Force Base , intending to bring the buses back to retrieve the adults . is separated from Sam , and witnesses the army massacring all the adults , her father included . 
 scavenges her way toward the base , but is shot in the leg by an unseen shooter and passes out . About a week later , she wakes up in the farmhouse of a man named , who saved her . leaves towards the base with , but learns that he is an Other , sent years ago as a sleeper agent and merged his consciousness into a human host . The sleepers roam their designated zones , killing human survivors . admits his humanity was reactivated when he saw her , disagrees with the invasion and lets her leave . He warns that Colonel and the military are possessed by the consciousness of individual Others . 
 At the base , the military have used deception and technology to convince the rescued children that the humans outside the base have been possessed . They provide military training to the children , forming them into squads to go on kill missions outside the base . has been placed into a squad led by , a boy had a crush on , along with , a tough teenage girl , and . While out on a kill mission , removes her military implant , causing her to register as an Other - possessed human on the squad 's scopes . The squad deduces the plan to have them kill real unpossessed humans , making them the 5th Wave . sends his squad into the woods and returns to base , claiming his squad was killed , for the purpose of retrieving , who was left behind . 
 confronts Colonel about child warriors being the 5th Wave and kills Sergeant during her one - on - one indoctrination spiel . and find each other and leave to find . sets off numerous bombs and advises them to quickly find before the destruction of the entire facility . Colonel and the surviving military evacuate with the human children by military aircraft . , and escape , with help from , just as completes the destruction of the base . 's squad is reunited and ponders the strength of hope as humanity 's driving force for survival .

In 1959 , is settling into his low - profile life in Hong Kong . His elder son , , has returned to Foshan to study , leaving him with his younger son and his wife in Hong Kong . A young visits and asks to become one of his students , saying he would be his greatest disciple . After demonstrates his speed , neither accepts nor rejects him , but insinuates for him to leave by opening the door . 
 After gets into a fight with his schoolmate , , their teacher , Miss , asks the parents to come to the school , though only the arrive . As an apology , the family invite to their home for dinner . At 's house , displays rudimentary yet impressive Wing Chun skills . When asks the boy who his mentor is , he says that it is his father , , a poor rickshaw puller who shows up to pick up his son shortly after . Although he interacts cordially with , he secretly envies 's wealth and popularity and seeks to surpass him , participating successfully in underground fights to earn extra money . 
 The organiser , , a local triad leader , also works for , an American property developer and highly proficient boxer . orders to acquire a piece of land occupied by the school where and study . asks for a month for it to be done , but is threatened into assuring that it will be done within two weeks . The next day , when goes to pick up his son from school , he witnesses and his men coercing and beating the headmaster , who refuses to sell them the school . interferes and restrains , but is forced to let him go . seeks help from Sergeant " Fat Po " , a close friend of his and a local police detective . agrees to help , but claims a shortage of manpower and influence . then decides to guard the school alongside his students . 
 That night , they fend off an attack by 's men , who attempt to set fire to the school and kidnap the headmaster . , who happens to pass by , helps fight off the invaders and rescues the headmaster . 's skills impress , and he thanks for his help . , a local martial arts master and 's former mentor , is enraged by 's unscrupulous acts , and accompanied by , confronts at the Hong Kong shipyard where he humiliates him in front of his men . retaliates with a hidden knife , but is able to stop him . arrives and keeps the situation at bay , but eventually lets go again to de - escalate the situation . finds and offers him a large sum of money to get revenge against on his behalf . Desperate to open his own martial arts school , accepts the offer and is able to put in the hospital . receives a call from the hospital and visits . 
 Upon learning that did not call him , realises that it was a set - up by to lure him away from the school , so that his gang could kidnap some of the students , including and . arrives alone at 's shipyard , where holds at knife point and threatens to sell the children into slavery if the headmaster refuses to surrender the school . Upon learning that his son was also kidnapped , arrives and is allowed to leave with his son due to being an associate ; but after his son tells him that they still have his friends , he returns and fights alongside . and are able to hold their own until a troop of policemen led by comes to arrest the gang , while flees . After the incident , dismisses and sends a Thai boxer to go after instead . 
 Returning home , learns that has been diagnosed with cancer and may only live another six months . While taking home from a medicine shop , is attacked in an elevator by the Thai boxer , who is defeated before the elevator reaches the ground floor . later tells about , who wants to eliminate at all costs for obstructing his plans . decides to confront in his office , where he engages in a three - minute fight , promising to leave him alone if he can just last the three minutes . is initially overwhelmed by his opponent 's sheer muscle and force but begins turning the tide when he attacks 's lower half and they fight to a draw after the three minutes pass . leaves the office and keeps his promise , seemingly impressed . 
 , with the money he obtained from earlier , opens his martial arts school , and claims that his Wing Chun is genuine while 's is not . proceeds to build his reputation by defeating a number of martial arts masters . Finally , he challenges to a battle that will decide who is the true Grandmaster of Wing Chun . Meanwhile , spends more time with his ailing wife , ashamedly feeling that he had neglected her earlier . On the day of the match , chooses not to attend , but instead goes out dancing with , instructed by , whom finally accepts as a student . Owing to 's failure to attend , is declared the winner , although he seems unsatisfied by 's refusal to fight him . , despite being happy about 's decision to accompany her , makes an appointment with for another match on 's behalf , as she guesses that would have attended if not for her condition . 
 accompanies to the fight . After a battle with six and a half point poles , butterfly swords and an empty - handed fight , eventually overpowers with a one - inch punch . Accepting defeat , destroys the banner that proclaimed himself to be the Grandmaster . tells him that their closest ones are more important than competing and leaves . In the epilogue , it is revealed that died in 1960 , and that helped make Wing Chun well known internationally and left a legacy .

In the spirit realm , fights against an adversary named , who has defeated other kung fu masters in the realm and taken their chi . willingly gives in and also has his chi stolen , but not before warning that the Dragon Warrior , , will stop him . takes this as a challenge to steal the Dragon Warrior 's chi and returns to the mortal realm . 
 Meanwhile , Master announces his retirement from teaching and passes the role of teacher to . An initially excited Po realizes that teaching kung fu is not as easy as he thought , and the Furious Five are injured as a result . is demoralized because of his failure , but advises that instead of trying to be a teacher , he should try to be himself . returns home where he meets a panda , , whom they both realize is his long - lost biological father . They quickly bond with each other , much to the jealousy of 's adoptive father , Mr. . 
 After introducing Li to and his friends , and the Five defend the Valley of Peace from jade zombies that has created from the chi of past kung fu masters . The team learns through research that in order to defeat , must learn to master the use of chi himself , an ability utilized by ancient pandas . offers to teach him by taking him to his secret panda village home . and travel to the village while and the Furious Five stay behind to deal with ; Mr. follows the pandas , worried that he will lose 's affections to . Although is eager to learn chi , tells him he must first learn the relaxed life of a panda in the village . 
 takes the chi of nearly every kung fu master in China , including and the Furious Five except , who warns the pandas of 's intention to steal their chi . Afraid , and the pandas prepare to run away . When demands that teach him how to use chi , confesses that he does not know how , and that he lied out of fear of losing his son again . is hurt over his father 's misdirection and isolates himself to train vigorously to fight ; Mr. , who realizes has become happier with being a part of his life , encourages and the other pandas to stay and ask to train them so they can fight back . confronts and tells him that he has no other way of defeating . then laments that he will never win when , Mr. and all the Pandas come and ask to train them to be his army . Realizing what had previously made him fail as a teacher , agrees and teaches them using their everyday activities as their assets . 
 arrives and sends his jade zombie minions to capture , who sends the pandas , , and upon them , distracting . The plan works in holding off the army , but when Po tries to use his signature Wuxi Finger Hold on to send him back to the spirit realm , reveals that it can only work on mortals , not a spirit warrior like himself . gains the upper hand in their fight , but uses the Wuxi Finger Hold again on himself while gripping , transporting them both to the spirit realm . They fight again , with regaining the advantage to subdue . Using what they learned from , , , Mr. , and the pandas are able to use their chi to revive and empower him . harnesses their chi to create a giant dragon figure which he uses to overload , causing him to explode , defeating him and restoring all of the fallen masters to normal . 
 In an ethereal golden pond , appears to and informs him that his journey as the Dragon Warrior has come full circle , declaring to be his true successor . By choice , wields a mystic jade yin - yang staff bestowed by to return to the mortal world . He and his extended family all return to the valley , where they continue practicing kung fu and their chi .

, a crewman at the Coast Guard station in Chatham , Massachusetts , on Cape Cod , has fallen in love with a local girl , . The two plan to marry on April 16 , but in accordance with Coast Guard regulations , must seek permission from the station 's commander , . On the day he is due to ask permission , the oil tanker SS   Pendleton shears in half off the Chatham coast after getting caught in a nor'easter . With the majority of the station 's crew already underway with the rescue of the similarly damaged SS   Fort Mercer , is dispatched to pilot motor lifeboat CG 36500 to rescue the crew of Pendleton . , , and volunteer to join on the rescue mission . 
 Meanwhile , the Pendleton 's engineer , , as the surviving senior officer , organizes the surviving seamen to steer the sinking stern of the tanker onto a submerged reef , where it can lodge until rescuers arrive . 
 When hears that is leading the rescue effort , she , like a number of townspeople , thinks this is a suicide mission . Few people in Chatham trust , since he is not from the area and does not know its treacherous weather . drives to the station , demanding that call back . refuses , and brusquely orders out . 
 Between the Chatham harbor and the open sea lies a bar , a series of shoals that are very dangerous even in good weather . must time bursts of his engine to ride each approaching wave before it breaks as he pilots CG 36500 across the bar . Although he makes it over the bar , he loses his compass . 
 steers CG 36500 to the stricken tanker . Although his boat 's designated capacity is only 12 people , manages to rescue 32 crewmen . The stern of Pendleton begins sinking more rapidly during the rescue and goes down shortly after the last crewman comes aboard 's boat . Relying on his knowledge of the coast and prevailing winds in place of his compass , steers CG 36500 toward home — a task made more difficult as loses power . and the other townspeople drive their cars to the pier and turn on their headlights to guide in . 
 The film shows photographs from the event that briefly document the aftermath of the rescue . Two months later , and marry ; they stay together for 58 years until 's death in 2009 . and his crew receive the Gold Lifesaving Medal .

In 1951 , ( ) is the head of physical production at Capitol Pictures and also works as a " fixer " to keep the scandalous behavior of its stars out of the press . He often has to fend off inquiries from and ( both played by ) , twin sisters and rival gossip columnists . The Lockheed Corporation has been courting him with an offer of a high - level executive position , but he is unsure about taking it . When unmarried synchronised swimming actress ( ) becomes pregnant , arranges for her to put the baby in foster care , and then adopt it without revealing herself as the mother . 
 The studio 's major production is Hail , Caesar ! A Tale of the Christ , an epic set in ancient Roman times and starring ( ) . During a shot , drinks from a goblet of wine that was drugged by an extra ( ) ; he passes out while rehearsing lines by himself behind the soundstage and is abducted . A ransom note soon arrives , written by a group calling itself " The Future , " demanding $ 100,000 . arranges to get the money from the studio 's Accounting Department , as " petty cash . " 
 awakens in a beach house and finds his way into a meeting of The Future , a Communist cell . The members , who introduce themselves as mostly writers in the motion picture industry , explain their doctrine to him and begin to win him over to their cause . At the same time , threatens by stating she will release an article about a scandal involving the earlier film On Wings As Eagles , which gave his break - out role . successfully negotiates for her to postpone the story by a day in exchange for information about the romantic life of singing Western film star ( ) . 
 is cast in a comedy of manners helmed by posh director ( ) in an attempt by the studio to broaden his appeal . After 's initial performance is hopelessly incompetent , visits and asks him to remove from the project so that can preserve his artistic vision for the film . informs that 's role is non - negotiable and convinces him to coach the young actor to give a better performance . comes to 's office and admits that he feels the part is too far outside his comfort zone . reassures him that he has the needed acting abilities and tells him about 's kidnapping . 
 That evening , attends the premiere of one of his own Westerns with starlet ( ) , per instructions from . is initially disappointed that his lone singing scene is depicted in a comedic manner , rather than as heartfelt as he intended . However , after seeing the audience react positively to the scene , warms to it himself . and visit a nightclub , where the pair are genuinely developing chemistry until they are interrupted by both sisters , each looking to get a scoop on their relationship . suddenly spots the briefcase containing the ransom money , recognizing it because he had lent his belt to keep it closed . It is being carried by ( ) , the star of a sailor musical comedy depicted earlier in an elaborate dancing scene . 
 and meet with a surety agent , ( ) , an average man whom the studio has used to solve public problems ; he has a solid reputation as completely dependable , reliable , and discreet . He will agree to provide foster care for 's child , preserving her image . , who expressed frustration with her previous two marriages with a mobster and a Hollywood type , finds herself strongly attracted to . 
 follows to the beach house in Malibu but , after walking in the front door , finds only inside . The rest of The Future 's members have rowed a boat containing offshore so that he can rendezvous with a Soviet submarine and defect to Russia . The members of The Future give him the money for the Communist cause . As boards the submarine , his dog jumps into his arms , causing him to drop the briefcase , which sinks into the ocean . takes back to the studio just before the police arrive at the beach house to arrest the group , after 's investigation led him to the house . 
 tries to explain his new - found Communist leanings to , who cuts him off sharply , slapping his face numerous times , and orders him to finish his role in Hail , Caesar ! ; the actor is chastened , but encouraged by a final directive from to be a movie star . 
 is notified the next morning that married who will adopt the child with her . announces he has decided to reject the Lockheed offer and continue working at Capitol . then meets with and informs him that the column she plans to publish about On Wings As Eagles will reveal that got his major role in the film by having sex with . However , has deduced that is her source for the piece and persuades her to not run the story since is a Communist who has defected — which would cause her own reputation to suffer by association . leaves the worried - looking , secure in his station in life . 
 Set in 1951,[4 ] Hail , Caesar ! takes place at a transitional time for the film industry . The studio system was breaking down , and a Supreme Court ruling had forced studios to divest their movie theaters . Television , then still in its early years , threatened to pull away audiences . The Cold War and the Red Scare were both underway . Hollywood responded by creating escapist fare : westerns , highly choreographed dance and aquatic spectacles , and , as the film title suggests , Roman epics with massive casts.[5 ] 
 Writing in The Washington Post , noted that the nostalgia for Hollywood 's golden age is heavily filtered by time . " It ’s easy to look back at any part of the past and say , ' Yeah , that ’s how it should be today ' . Hail , Caesar ! uses the uniformly terrible fake movies within it to show that while we all remember 1946 for stuff like The Yearling and Notorious , it also gave us Tarzan and the Leopard Woman . "[6 ] The cited their own examples of sub - par films and performances from the era that they saw as television re - runs while growing up : That Touch of Mink ( 1962 ) , and , in mahogany makeup , co - starring with in Khartoum ( 1966 ) . " We loved that stuff . We just did n’t realize we were watching crap " , said ]

is a dishonorably discharged special forces operative working as a mercenary , when he meets escort . They become romantically involved , and a year later she accepts his marriage proposal . However , after is diagnosed with terminal cancer , he leaves without warning so she will not have to watch him die . 
 A mysterious recruiter approaches , offering an experimental cure for his cancer . He is taken to and , who inject him with a serum designed to awaken latent mutant genes . They then subject him to days of torture to induce stress to trigger any mutation may have , but without success . When discovers 's real name , , and mocks him for it , leaves in a hyperbaric chamber that takes him to the verge of asphyxiation periodically over a weekend . It finally activates a superhuman healing ability that cures his cancer , but leaves him severely disfigured with burn - like scars over his entire body . He escapes from the chamber and attacks , but relents when told that his disfigurement can be cured . subdues and leaves him for dead in the burning laboratory . 
 survives and seeks out , but then does not reveal he is alive , afraid of how she would react to his new appearance . After consulting his best friend , decides to hunt down for the cure . He becomes a masked vigilante , adopting the name " " ( from picking him in a dead pool ) , and moves into the home of an elderly blind woman named . questions and murders many of 's men until one , the recruiter , reveals 's whereabouts . intercepts and a convoy of armed men on an expressway , killing everyone but . He demands the cure , but is interrupted by the X - Man and his trainee . wants to mend his ways and join the X - Men . Taking advantage of the distraction , escapes . He goes to 's bar and learns of . 
 kidnaps her and takes her to a decommissioned helicarrier in a scrapyard . convinces and Negasonic to help him rescue . While and Negasonic battle and several soldiers , fights his way to . During the battle , accidentally destroys the equipment stabilizing the helicarrier . protects from the falling ship , while carries Negasonic and to safety . attacks again , but reveals that there is no cure after overpowers him . Despite 's pleading , kills , though he promises to try and be more heroic moving forward . Though is angry at for leaving her , she reconciles with him .

At Fashion Interpol , examines the expressions of recently assassinated pop singers ' last images and believes they match trademark look , " Blue Steel " . A flashback reveals that the Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Ca n't Read Good collapsed , killing and injuring . later lost custody of his son , , and announced his retirement from modeling and subsequent reclusion . 
 now lives alone in " extreme northern " New Jersey . visits and gives him an invitation to the House of Atoz fashion show by , and persuades him to return to a regular lifestyle in order to regain custody of his son . In the " uncharted Malibu territories " , returns to his home after dinner and is informed by his orgy that they are all pregnant and that he is the father . He is later given the same invitation by . After reuniting , and are tracked down by , who asks them to help Interpol uncover who is behind the systematic assassinations . 
 At the fashion show , and are surprised to find that the ever - changing fashion world is now dominated by the likes of and the non - binary . They are put on the runway in " Old " and " Lame " outfits and are doused by a large bucket of prunes . Afterwards , congratulates them on their performance . 
 With 's help , discovers his son is residing at a local orphanage . They find him , but is distraught by his son 's obesity . After 's ghost asks him to protect their son , convinces to accept After meeting the Headmaster , takes his son around Rome . However , becomes disgruntled with his father and returns to the orphanage . receives an anonymous call , requesting that he travel to St. Peter 's Basilica at midnight . He , , and go to the church and meet with , who tells them the tale of and and the little - known , a secret that many rockstars have died to protect . It is said that is the common ancestor of all models and that he and his closest descendant ( ) holds the bloodline of the Fountain of Youth . 
 returns to the orphanage , only to find it in disrepair and his son and the Headmaster gone . He travels to isolated prison , but tricks him into trading places with him so he can escape . leaves on a helicopter while stows away by hiding on top of the rotor . and swim back to Rome while infiltrates the House of Atoz . He witnesses reuniting with and killing . finds imprisoned and reunites with and at the IncrediBALL . They enter a bathhouse through a rear entrance and witness strapped to a sacrificial table . 
 and many of the world 's fashion designers prepare to cut out heart and consume his blood , believing it to grant them eternal youth as it contains the blood of . , , and stop from proceeding and he reveals that he brought together the world 's fashion designers to kill them as revenge for leaving him imprisoned . , who is actually , attacks , while tells that he was behind the destruction of his Center by hiring the construction crew to build a faulty base . He then throws an explosive towards the lava . manages to stop it with " Magnum " , but he struggles to keep it suspended in mid - air . arrives and reveals that he is 's father , and they , along with releasing the look , " El Niño " , successfully hurl the explosive back at , killing him . forgives his father for his mother 's death and and confess their love for each other . 's ghost gives them her blessing and says that live - streamed the event . 
 Six weeks later , and have returned to modeling . and have a daughter named , while becomes the next model and now in a relationship with . returns to living with his orgy and is now the father of 10 children .

( ) temporarily dumps her college boyfriend ( ) and moves to New York City to be a paralegal . She moves in with her sister , ( ) , an OB / GYN who refuses to have a baby or any form of relationship . befriends wild co - worker ( ) , who enjoys partying and one - night stands , and local bartender ( ) , who willfully embraces the bachelor lifestyle and hooks up with various women including . meets ( ) at his bar when she uses his Internet for free ; she explains she is looking for " The One " using various dating sites . 
 meets with to tell him she is finished with their break and ready to get back together . explains that they can not because he is seeing someone else and rejects her bluntly , which distresses . Meanwhile , has a change of heart and decides to have a child via sperm donor . 
 Shortly after learning she is pregnant , unexpectedly hooks up with a younger man , ( ) , after meeting him at 's office Christmas Party . who is the law office receptionist , is smitten with her . She repeatedly tries to break it off , but he continues to cutely pursue her . Thinking is too young for her to have a future with , she hides the pregnancy from him . 
 Back at 's bar , has a string of bad dates . witnesses this and realizes he has feelings for . As her sister kindles her own relationship , continues to pine after . In an attempt to put herself out there , she attends a Wesleyan alumni networking event , where she hits it off with a man named ( ) . 
 , having been in a relationship for three weeks with a man named , goes to Grand Central Station to send him off to the train . reveals that he has been seeing other people , thinking she was doing the same , and breaks up with her . , extremely agitated , breaks down at her volunteer job reading stories to children . ( ) , who works at the bookstore , soothes her and the two begin a relationship . 
 and attend 's winter holiday party , however finds she can not watch with his new girlfriend . Walking alone , she runs into , who shows her a private view of the Rockefeller Christmas tree . Dazzled , thanks him and they begin a relationship . Three months later , as she is singing , " Ca n't Take My Eyes Off You " , with 's daughter , , becomes upset with , reminding her sternly that she 's not 's mother . It is then revealed that 's wife died two years ago and he believes it 's too soon for to have a stepmother to replace her . and then break up as a result . 
 On St. Patrick 's Day , bumps into and his parents , and he appears pleasantly surprised to see her . comes to 's bar and shows him the swanky outfit she got for herself to share with , whom she introduces to . becomes visibly upset , and he invites to get drunk . The two talk about their frustrations with their feelings for and , and end up sleeping together in an attempt to distract themselves . Meanwhile , discovers is pregnant , but is eager to help raise her child . , concerned to believe that he is not truly committed , ends the relationship , with walking away . 
 Later , at 's birthday party , has invited , , and without 's knowledge , only because she thought it would be funny . Shaken by the presence of all three men , argues with . goes to confess his feelings to , who announces she is engaged to . Then threatens to stay away from . Now sitting on the fire escape , is joined by . The two make out passionately , but stop when is horrified to learn that is now engaged and was simply looking for closure . Invigorated by a desire to find herself , leaves to go home . Her cab hits , who has purposely jumped on the windshield to get a cab for , who is in labor . and rush to the hospital , where successfully delivers a baby girl , naming her . appears and convinces her to re - enter the relationship , while repairs her relationship with , who is revealed to be wealthy , living in an entire floor apartment . 
 The film closes as reflects on her time living alone and being single . is seen repairing his tap water plumbing , which he had purposely cut in an attempt to prevent hungover women from hanging around his apartment . and are playing with , and carries on partying . has finally settled down with . finally tells his daughter the truth about her mother 's death . And finally , is seen hiking the Grand Canyon by herself so that she can witness the sunrise on New Year 's Day , a dream she always had .

After crushing a Zealot revolt led by , , a Roman Tribune , is sent by to expedite a crucifixion already in progress . Three days later he is appointed to investigate the rumors of a risen Jewish . orders him to locate the missing body of , one of the crucified men . In doing so , seeks to quell an imminent uprising in Jerusalem before the Emperor arrives.[4 ] Failing to secure 's body , , with the support of his loyal aide , attempts to locate and question the disciples of and those involved in his crucifixion and burial for clues to his disappearance . 
 Numerous leads are dug up , and their accounts soon become increasingly miraculous and difficult to believe . Some of the followers , like a prostitute named and a man named , seemingly speak only in riddles and refuse to betray any others . ' intense investigative methods soon begin to disturb both Romans and Hebrews alike , and , under pressure from many sides and fearful of 's wrath , becomes increasingly distant and unsupportive . Running out of new leads , revisits a disgraced Roman soldier , assigned to guard 's cave tomb , now little more than a drunkard , and vehemently shakes the drunken man out of a lie that he had previously stuck to . The soldier recounts a fantastic story that , on the morning disappeared , a blinding flash had appeared , during which the stone and ropes sealing the tomb disintegrated , and a figure appeared , accompanied by a booming voice that sent him and a fellow soldier running away in fear , and that he had not seen anything like this before . , however , believes that the soldier was merely drunk . Other informants also fail to provide much useful information . 
 During a raid through a Jewish enclave , unexpectedly discovers a seemingly resurrected with his apostles in a solitary abode . A stunned calls off the search ; dispersing his troops without revealing to them his personal encounter with the risen . That night , another Roman raid , led by and , attacks the building that had forbidden them from entering , and finds it empty , save a note from , who has decided to continue the investigation on his own . Having abandoned Roman polytheism and the god , , at first distrustful of the group , soon joins and his followers on a journey to determine the validity of his mortal rejuvenation , during which he receives counseling from and befriends both and the apostle . 
 deduces that has apparently betrayed him , and dispatches a contingent of Roman troops , led by a promoted , to pursue him and . assists the disciples in evading the Roman search party , and , when caught personally by , disarms him , then convinces him to let them pass quietly . Consequently , witnesses 's miraculous healing of a leper , and then the ascension of into Heaven ; after which the Apostles split up to resume their journeys , and bids farewell to . Later , communicating his travels to a stranger in a remote dwelling , acknowledges the vivifying wisdom which he observed through , feeling he will never be the same .

In 1630s New England , a man named is banished from a Puritan plantation alongside his wife , daughter , son , and fraternal twins and , due to a difference in interpretation of the New Testament . The family leaves the plantation and builds a farm by the edge of a large , secluded forest far from the Puritan settlement . soon gives birth to her fifth child , . is playing peekaboo with when he abruptly disappears . is then revealed to the viewer but not to his family to have been kidnapped by a witch , who crushes his body to pulp and uses it to make a flying ointment.[6 ] 
 , devastated , spends her days crying and praying . takes hunting in the forest and confides to his son that he traded 's silver cup for hunting supplies . On the farm , the twins play with the family 's goat , Black Phillip , claiming that he speaks to them . That night , questions about the disappearance of her silver cup while implying was responsible for the disappearance of . After the children retire to bed , they overhear their parents discussing sending away to serve another family . 
 Early the next morning , finds preparing to hunt in the forest . She forces to take her with him by threatening to awaken their father . Their dog gives chase to a hare and follows on foot as the horse throws off , knocking her unconscious . becomes lost in the woods and eventually stumbles upon the disemboweled corpse of his dog . He later discovers a moss - covered hovel . A seductive young woman appears at the door and lures towards her . Meanwhile , awakens and reunites with her father , who is searching for her and . confronts about taking into the woods and reluctantly admits that he sold 's silver cup . 
 That night , is found outside in the rain , naked and delirious from an unknown illness . suggests that her son 's mysterious ailment is due to witchcraft and prays over him . The next day , suffers a violent seizure and expels a small apple from his mouth before dying . As nears death , his parents and kneel reciting the Lord 's Prayer which causes great distress to the twins who insist they can not remember the words and implore the others to stop . The twins then accuse of witchcraft and , in retaliation , she reveals their conversations with . Enraged , boards both and the twins inside the goat house . After dark , the twins and awaken to find a hideous naked old woman drinking a white goat 's blood . Meanwhile , is overjoyed by a vision of and 's return . She begins breastfeeding the infant which is revealed to be a black raven pecking at her exposed and bloody breast . 
 The next day finds the stable destroyed , the goats eviscerated , the twins missing and an unconscious lying nearby with blood - stained hands . As awakens , Black gores before her eyes . , dying , picks up an axe and contemplates killing the goat , but resigns himself to death and quotes from the Book of Job before being knocked into a woodpile . The commotion awakens the unhinged , who now blames for the tragedies that have beset the family and tries to strangle her . grabs a nearby billhook and kills her in self - defense . 
 Night falls and , in desperation , urges Black to speak to her . The goat responds in human tongue and suddenly transforms into a man . He convinces her to sign her name in his book , guiding her hand as she does so and offering her the sights of the world and the luxurious life she wants to live . wanders naked into the forest with , again incarnated as a goat , where she discovers a coven of witches dancing around a bonfire . The witches begin to levitate and a laughing joins them above the trees .

, a promising black American runner , attends Ohio State University , despite facing racial discrimination and slurs from the white athletes . He attracts the attention of coach , who believes has enormous potential but needs work on his form and technique . When suggests he is good enough to compete at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games , is interested , but hesitant because of racial propaganda in Nazi Germany . The U.S. Olympic Committee is already considering boycotting the Olympics over Germany 's discriminatory policies , only agreeing to participate when Nazi official gives personal assurances they will allow foreign athletes of any race to compete , as well as promising to rein in their propaganda . 
 As struggles to support his girlfriend and young daughter , he takes a job at a service station , upsetting when his job conflicts with his commitment to train . When learns has a family to support , he gets him a no - show job , allowing him to focus on running . goes on to break several records , including some of 's , and begins a relationship with a woman whose attentions he attracts with his newfound fame . When threatens him with a lawsuit , becomes distracted and loses a race to runner . decides to return to to reconcile , convincing her to marry him . As the Olympics draw closer , the NAACP asks him not to go to Berlin for political reasons . is conflicted , but urges him to compete to defy Nazi racial ideology . 
 In Berlin , wins his first gold medal in the 100 m dash , but when he is brought by International Olympic Committee member to receive congratulations from , he is told the Chancellor has left the stadium early to avoid traffic . warns that must congratulate all winners or no winners , with replying will not appear with " that " . next qualifies for the broad jump after German rival unexpectedly gives him tips on his technique . wins another medal , and publicly shakes his hand and joins him for a victory lap , privately expressing concern about national politics . wins his fourth and final medal in the 4 x 100 m relay , filling in for two Jewish American athletes cut by , who is convinced by to do so to avoid a scandal over a business arrangement entered with the Nazis before the games . Director films the event against ' orders , then asks to repeat his medal - winning broad jump to get a few more shots for her next film , Olympia .

In an alternate version of Egypt , the world is flat and the Egyptian gods live among humans , they differ from humans by their greater height , golden blood , and ability to transform into their divine forms . 
 A young thief named and his love are attending the coronation of . During the ceremony , is killed by his extremely jealous brother , who seizes the throne and declares a new regime where the dead will have to pay with riches to pass into the afterlife . is stripped of his eyes , the source of his power , and almost killed . His love , pleads with in surrender to spare him and he is instead exiled . 
 A year later , has been working as a slave building monuments while is now under the ownership of 's chief architect . Believing that is the only one who can defeat , she gives the floor plans to his treasure vault and also manages to get a glimpse of the plans for his pyramid . is able to steal back one of ' eyes from the treasure vault . However , finds out and kills as the couple flee . takes her body to the blind and makes a bargain : agrees to bring back from the dead for his eye and 's knowledge about 's pyramid . 
 The two fly to the divine vessel of ' grandfather . is unable to convince his grandfather to regrant him his power so he can defeat himself , as is both neutral about their conflict and daily at war with the enormous shadow beast Apophis that threatens to devour the world . does however allow to obtain a vial of the divine waters that surround his vessel , which can extinguish the desert thirst and weaken gravely . tells that his weakness is the result of him not fulfilling his destiny , which believes means avenging his parents ' deaths . 
 Elsewhere , asks to take him to the underworld , but she refuses and manages to escape . After surviving an attack by 's Egyptian Minotaurs led by and an attack by some of 's minions and their giant cobras , finds and saves and . at first does n't trust her as she is a mistress of , while she tries to convince him that is her enemy as well . When they tell her of their plan regarding 's pyramid , she warns them of a guardian sphinx who will kill anyone not wise enough to solve a riddle . The group then heads to the library of , so they can recruit him to solve the riddle . 
 Arriving at 's pyramid , they overcome its traps including the sphinx , to reach the source of 's power . But before they can pour the divine water , traps them and reveals to that can not bring back from the dead . destroys their flask and kills by taking his brain . is able to save and . admits to caring more about his revenge than the mortals . sacrifices her own safety for 's payment into the afterlife by giving her bracelet and calls to take him to , letting herself be dragged to the underworld . 
 Having combined 's brain , 's heart , 's eye , and wings from Nephthys with himself , travels to , questioning his favoritism for and denying him the throne and children . claims that all of 's prior mistreatments were tests preparing for his true role : the honor and burden of taking 's place as the defender of the world aboard his solar barge , fighting against the demon . is dismayed to hear his destiny and wants to destroy the afterlife so that he can be immortal . tries to fight by blasting him with his spear , though survives . He stabs to his surprise , takes his spear of power , and casts him off the boat freeing to consume both the mortal and underworld realms . 
 finds , who refuses 's gift as she does n't want an afterlife without , but then attacks and the gate to the afterlife is closed . returns to the mortal world , where is amazed that still wants to help take down . tells him it was who told him to , as she still has faith in . 
 climbs up the outer wall of an obelisk is standing on and attempts to battle him , but is heavily outmatched . Whilst fights who is thrown off to his death , ascends on the inside and joins the battle , removing 's stolen eye from 's armor , being wounded in the process . As slides toward the edge of the obelisk , he throws the eye toward , who must choose to catch it or save instead . reaches for and apologizes for all he has put him through . As they plummet toward the ground , finds that he now has the power to transform into his divine form and he catches and flies him to safety . realizes that it was n't the recovery of his eye nor revenge that was his destiny , it was the protection of his people that he needed to fight for . Now , has the strength for battling , and he gains the obelisk and kills him . After the battle and 's death , he then finds wounded and floating in space , and returns his spear to him , allowing to once again repel and for to reopen the gates . 
 As returns to , a child holds out his other eye which she has found , while people cheer him . But 's joy turns to sadness as he arrives to find dying from the wounds he sustained whilst fighting . carries him to 's tomb and lays him beside . arrives and offers to bestow any power on him to repay for his life and Egypt 's survival . All wants is bringing and back to life . The other gods are also revived and have their attributes restored ( except for and , who died a full year before and have already passed into the Afterlife ) . is crowned king by and declares the afterlife will be for those who do good in the world . is made chief advisor , and he gives back 's bracelet letting him leave to rescue her from the underworld .

In a world populated by anthropomorphic mammals , from rural Bunnyburrow fulfills her childhood dream of becoming a police officer in urban Zootopia . Despite being the academy valedictorian , is delegated to parking duty by Chief , who doubts her potential because she is a rabbit . On her first day , she is hustled by a con artist fox duo , and . 
 The next day , abandons parking duty to arrest , a weasel who stole a bag of crocus bulbs known as Midnicampum holicithias . reprimands her , but Mrs. enters 's office pleading for someone to find her husband , one of fourteen predators who are missing . When volunteers and Assistant Mayor praises the assignment , gives her 48 hours to find on the condition that she resign if she fails . 
 blackmails into assisting her by covertly recording his confession to tax evasion . They track to a limousine owned by crime boss Mr. , who reveals went " savage"—reverted to a feral state — and attacked his chauffeur . At his home , mentions yelled about " night howlers " before the attack . Moments later , himself turns savage and chases the pair . saves by trapping and calls the ZPD for help , but when they arrive , has vanished . demands 's resignation , but reminds that still has ten hours to solve the case . 
 At City Hall , offers and access to the city 's traffic cameras . They discover was captured by wolves , who surmises are the " night howlers " . They locate the missing predators — all gone savage — imprisoned at Cliffside Asylum , where Mayor hides them from the public while trying to determine the cause of their behavior . and those involved are arrested for false imprisonment and becomes the new mayor . 
 , praised for solving the case , has become friends with and asks him to join the ZPD as her partner . However , she upsets him at a press conference by suggesting a predatory biological cause for the recent savage behavior , and her comments cause tension between predators and prey throughout the city . Feeling guilty for the results of her words , quits her job . 
 Back in Bunnyburrow , learns that the night howlers are actually toxic flowers that have severe psychotropic effects on mammals . After returning to Zootopia and reconciling with , the pair confront , who tells them the bulbs he stole were for a ram named . They find in a laboratory hidden in the city subway , developing a drug made from night howlers , which he has been shooting at predators with a dart gun . 
 and obtain the serum as evidence , but before they can reach the ZPD , confronts them in the Natural History Museum and takes the evidence , revealing herself as the mastermind behind a prey - supremacist conspiracy . and are trapped after refuses to abandon an injured . shoots a serum pellet at to make him kill , and summons the ZPD for help , but and have replaced the serum pellets in 's gun with blueberries . Enraged , threatens to frame the pair for the attacks , but has recorded 's confession . and the ZPD arrive and is arrested . 
 publicly denies knowledge of 's plot and states that his imprisonment of the savage predators was a " wrong thing for the right reason " . With the cause of the epidemic identified , the savage animals are cured and rejoins the ZPD . graduates from the Zootopia Police Academy as the city 's first fox police officer and becomes 's partner .

Western intelligence services of the G8 track down Pakistani arms dealer ( ) as the mastermind behind several terrorist attacks , and authorize an American drone strike on 's compound , apparently killing and his family . 
 Two years later , UK Prime Minister suddenly dies , and arrangements are made for the Western world leaders to attend his funeral in London . Secret Service Director ( ) assigns agent ( ) , a close friend of U.S. President ( ) , to lead 's security detail while overseas , even though 's wife ( ) is due to give birth to their child in a few weeks . The entourage arrives via Air Force One at Stansted Airport , and pushes their arrival at the Somerset House in London via Marine One earlier . 's Presidential State Car arrives at St Paul 's Cathedral , a series of coordinated attacks by terrorists disguised as Metropolitan Police , the Queen 's Guardsmen , and other first responders erupts , killing the other Western leaders , damaging or destroying major landmarks and generating mass panic . 's early arrival has thrown the attack on him at St. Paul 's off - guard , and is able to rescue and and rushes them back to Marine One . As the helicopter and its escorts takes off , terrorists fire Stinger missiles at them , destroying the escorts and forcing the damaged helicopter to crash - land in Hyde Park . and suffer only minor wounds , but is fatally injured , and she makes promise to stay alive for his unborn child and get back at whomever did this . quickly escorts into the London Underground as the city 's power is lost and people take shelter in their homes . 
 In Washington , D.C. , U.S. Vice President ( ) works with the British authorities to investigate the incident while trying to track down the President . receives a call from , still alive after all and operating out of Yemen . The man takes responsibility for the attacks , coordinated by his son ( ) . purposely had poisoned to lure the Western leaders to London to attack them . knows is still alive , and promises that if captures him , he will broadcast the execution of the President on the Internet . orders his intelligence staff to locate 's known operatives to find any connection to the attack , while British authorities have all first responders stand down , so that any left in the open can be identified as terrorists . 
 After leaving a sign to be picked up by satellite tracking , leads to an MI6 safe - house , where ( ) briefs them on what their intelligence has learned . receives a voice message from that confirms they saw Banning 's sign and that an extraction team is en route . Security monitors show the approach of a Delta Force team , but suspects they have arrived far too soon and may be more terrorists . He covers and fights off the terrorists before and drive away , but their car is struck by a truck driven by terrorists , allowing them to kidnap . is rescued by the extraction team , a combined Delta Force / S.A.S. squad . They also suspect that there is a mole in the British government . 
 's staff have identified a building in London owned by one of 's companies , which still appears to be drawing massive amounts of power despite supposedly being under construction and unoccupied , and suspect it is 's headquarters . joins the extraction team to infiltrate the building and stop before he can kill . and escape just before the building is destroyed by the Delta Force / SAS squad , killing and the remaining terrorists . has worked with British authorities to restore London 's security system and , discovering that MI5 Intelligence Chief ( ) aided in 's attack , she kills him . Meanwhile , contacts to tell him that his plan failed , and then to look outside , moments before the building is destroyed by another drone strike , killing him . 
 Two weeks after the attack on London , is home spending time with and their newborn child , named after his deceased boss . He sits in front of his laptop and contemplates sending his letter of resignation . On TV , speaks regarding the recent events , leaving an inspiring message that the U.S. will prevail . This convinces to delete the letter .

In 2003 New York City , dissatisfied with the state of her career covering low - profile stories , television journalist ( ) agrees to take a short assignment as a war correspondent in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom , to the disappointment of her boyfriend ( ) , who also spends a lot of time traveling . Assigned low - budget living quarters with other international journalists , she begins friendships with noted BBC correspondent ( ) and lecherous Scottish freelance photographer ( ) . After a period of adjustment aided by her Afghan " fixer " ( ) , she begins taking well to the assignment , eliciting frank remarks on camera from soldiers questioning the value of their assignment there , and putting herself in harm 's way to capture combat incidents on video . American Marine commander General ( previously Colonel ) ( ) takes a dim view of her as an inexperienced nuisance . 
 Despite the danger , stays in Afghanistan for months , then years beyond her original assignment . She catches unprepared with a middle - of - the - night video call , and finds him with another woman , ending their relationship . Against her better judgment , she begins a sexual relationship with , which over time also develops into a more personal one . Although her status as a woman presents challenges in an Afghan Islamic society which places restrictive roles on women , she also uses it to her advantage , gaining access to women in a village who explain that they 've been sabotaging the US - built well because they welcome the daily walk to the river away from the men , and recklessly , carrying a camera under a burqa to record a religious demonstration . She also walks a tightrope , taking advantage of the thinly - veiled sexual interest of Afghan Attorney General ( ) to use him as a source . – who treated opium addicts before the war – cautions her , pointing out that danger can be like a drug . 
 Despite their mutual friendliness , remains in competition with other journalists for stories and for resources from their employers back home . After three years in Afghanistan , flies to New York to argue for more support from her network 's new boss , only to discover that is slated to take over from her . Meanwhile , is kidnapped for ransom while traveling cross - country to cover a developing story that had earlier offered to bring in on . returns " home " to Afghanistan , where she blackmails her " special friend " , , for information about 's whereabouts , and impresses upon the political value to him of rescuing . The mission – accompanied by 's cameraman – is a success , both militarily and journalistically . However , shortly after 's rescue becomes disillusioned with both her tentative relationship and her station . She then bids farewell to her colleagues and to , and returns to the U.S. to stay . 
 After returning , she looks up a Marine ( ) who was transferred , apparently because of his on - camera comments to her , and subsequently lost both of his legs to an IED . She tries to apologize for the consequences of her actions , but he refuses to let her take the blame . She moves on to an on - camera desk job , where she later finds herself interviewing , who is going to be in New York soon as part of a tour for his new book , and who invites her to meet him for coffee .

After breaking up with her boyfriend , drives away from New Orleans . While in rural Louisiana , she hears news reports of blackouts in several major cities before she is sideswiped by a truck and knocked off the road , falling unconscious . 
 wakes in a locked room within an underground bunker , her wounds tended to . , the bunker 's owner , tells her he brought her there for her protection , claiming that the air outside has been poisoned by nuclear or chemical fallout from an unknown force . is initially hostile towards , but once she has calmed down , takes her on a tour of the well - stocked bunker , and meets , another survivor who found his way to it . takes her to the viewport of the bunker 's exit hatch , showing her two dead pigs outside as evidence of the fallout ; also sees 's truck , and recognizes it from the accident . privately relays her concerns about 's motivations to . 
 During their first dinner together , secretly takes Howard 's keys and makes her way to the hatch , but as she is about to open it , a woman , , covered in skin lesions , slams against the window demanding she be let in , then collapses . openly returns the keys and agrees that was right . admits to accidentally hitting her car in his panic to get to the shelter . 
 While the trio 's relationship becomes more relaxed , still shows intolerance towards and treats as a little girl ; however , opens up about his daughter who he states is " not with us anymore " . enlists to fix the air filtration unit when it fails since she is small enough to fit through the vents ; while repairing it , she finds a locked skylight , with the word " HELP " scratched into its glass and visible to anyone outside . Further suspicious of , and discover that 's purported daughter was a young girl who had gone missing about two years earlier , and they suspect he abducted her to the bunker . They make plans to escape the bunker , creating a makeshift Hazmat suit behind 's back . When discovers tools and parts missing , he accuses the two of stealing them , threatening to immerse them in a barrel of perchloric acid . When takes sole responsibility , coldly kills with a gun . In shock , is desperately making final preparations to leave , when she is surprised by . She manages to escape from him with the suit . En route , she knocks over the acid barrel , burning and starting an electrical fire in the bunker . 
 dons the suit and escapes the burning bunker onto 's homestead . Seeing signs of living wildlife , she takes off the suit 's helmet , but then she suddenly sees a giant biomechanical alien spacecraft , drawn by the bunker fire ; the craft emits a green gas that forces back into the suit . Her delay allows mechanical appendages from the ship to capture her , but she is able to craft a Molotov cocktail from items in 's truck to throw into the ship . The fireball causes the appendage to drop her , and she is able to take the dead woman 's car and escape . 
 As she nears the Texas border she hears radio chatter instructing any survivors to head to Baton Rouge to evacuate , but requests the help of any able - bodied person in Houston . At a crossroads , she pauses a moment before driving off towards Houston . In the distance , larger alien craft can be seen in the sky .

In a motel , and his friend watch an AMBER Alert for 8 - year - old and his reported abductor , , while the boy reads on the floor . 
 At the Ranch , a religious cult in rural Texas , Pastor dispatches two of his parishioners to retrieve . He then faces his congregation as the FBI storms their church . NSA communications analyst asks how numbers sent via encoded satellite transmissions made their way into his sermons . Calvin explains that speaks in tongues and gave the numbers to . As 's powers grew , his mother abandoned him , and members of the Ranch have been raising him , with Pastor as his adoptive father . It is also noted in this sequence that is 's biological father . 
 After a violent confrontation with a state trooper , and seek cover at the home of , a former Ranch member . During the night , an earthquake seems to wake and . When they break down the door to 's room , they find him linked to by blinding beams of light directly from his eyes into 's . knocks out and covers up , who is extremely photosensitive . They take 's van and continue on toward a location that specified . Members of the Ranch seem to know this location , but the FBI is desperately trying to figure out where the trio are headed . 
 When they stop at a gas station , seems to destroy a satellite , creating a debris crashing down on them . They drive to house , and she is overjoyed to be reunited with her son . After they watch the news together , explains that he caused the satellite to crash because the police were using it to track him . 
 As the fugitives , now including , continue their trek , appears to be growing sick and weak . He convinces to let him see the daylight , while and go ahead to a motel . After witnessing his first sunrise , 's eyes begin to glow , and an enormous dome of light surrounds the duo . They reunite with and , and is healthy . He explains that seeing the sun helped him realize his true identity . He explains that there is a world " built on top of " this one , and that he belongs to it . confirms that he briefly saw this hidden world inside the dome of light . 
 When they leave the hotel room , they are ambushed by 's trackers from the ranch , who abduct but are soon captured by the police . The boy is taken to a government facility where he insists that he will only talk to . After experiences 's powers , he helps reunite him with his parents . Having deduced their destination from 's sermons , warns the fugitives that there is a 5 - mile security perimeter around the location , on the Florida panhandle . 
 barrels through a roadblock , driving inside the perimeter as the Army scrambles to chase them . and exit the car and run into the woods . and lead the Army on a wild goose chase while and reach the edge of a swamp . There , creates a dome of light that engulfs much of Florida and surrounding states ; everyone inside it can see the futuristic structures of a parallel world . Eventually , other beings of this world gather around , and the entire dome disappears , taking with it . 
 and are arrested . is interviewed by the FBI . He tells them the story , but they are unsatisfied . then enters to interview him , with the only one aware of 's previous involvement . cuts off her cult traditionalist hair braid in a local gas station . , incarcerated and wearing an electroencephalography device , watches the sunrise as his eyes glow faintly , indicating that he is from the same world as .

Eighteen months after the battle between and General in Metropolis,[N 1 ] has become a controversial figure . Billionaire , who has operated in Gotham City as the vigilante for two decades , sees as an existential threat to humanity . After learning of 's form of justice , ( 's civilian identity ) seeks to expose him via Daily Planet articles . learns that Russian weapon trafficker has been contacting LexCorp mogul . Meanwhile , unsuccessfully tries to persuade Senator to allow him to import kryptonite retrieved from the Indian Ocean following 's terraforming attempt , claiming he wants to maintain it as a " deterrent " against future Kryptonian threats . He instead makes alternative plans with 's subordinate and gains access to 's body and the Kryptonian scout ship . 
 attends a gala at LexCorp to steal encrypted data from the company 's mainframe , where he also encounters with , but has it taken from him by an antiquities dealer named ; she eventually returns it to . While decrypting the drive , dreams of a post - apocalyptic world , where he leads a group of rebels against a fascist . He is awoken from his vision by an unidentified person , appearing through a portal , who warns him of crucial role in the future , and urges him to find " the others " before vanishing.[N 2 ] later discovers that is also investigating metahumans . One of them is herself , who is shown in a photo taken during World War I. admits to that he plans to steal the kryptonite to weaponize it , should it become necessary to fight . 
 At a congressional hearing , as questions on the validity of his actions , a bomb goes off and kills everyone present but . Believing he should have detected the bomb , and frustrated by his failure to save them , goes into self - imposed exile . breaks into LexCorp and steals the kryptonite , planning to use it to battle by building a powered exoskeleton , creating a kryptonite grenade launcher , and a kryptonite - tipped spear . Meanwhile , enters the Kryptonian ship and accesses a vast technology database accumulated from over 100,000 worlds . 
 Later , kidnaps and , 's adoptive mother , to bring out of exile . He reveals to him that he manipulated and by fueling their distrust for each other . Luthor demands that kill in exchange for 's life . tries to explain the situation to , but instead fights and eventually subdues him . Before can kill him with the spear , urges to " save " , whose name is also shared with 's late mother , confusing him long enough for to arrive and explain what meant . Realizing how far he has fallen and unwilling to let an innocent die , rescues , while confronts on the scout ship . 
 executes his backup plan , unleashing a genetically engineered monster with DNA from both 's body and his own blood.[N 3 ] arrives unexpectedly ; revealing her metahuman nature , she joins forces with and to eliminate the creature . When they are all outmatched , realizes its vulnerability to kryptonite , and retrieves the spear to kill it . In the creature 's last moments , it fatally wounds . 
 is arrested and confronts him in prison , warning that he will always be watching him . gloats that 's death has made the world vulnerable to powerful alien threats . A memorial is held for in Metropolis . is also declared dead , with various friends and family members including and attending for him in Smallville . gives an envelope to , which contains an engagement ring from . After the funeral , expresses his regrets to about how he failed . He reveals to her that he plans to form a team of metahumans , starting with those from 's files , to help protect the world in 's absence . After they leave , the dirt atop 's coffin levitates .

( ) life is in shambles . Her travel agency and the family dry cleaners have closed due to the recession . The only business still open is the family restaurant that her father , ( ) , still runs . Her husband , ( ) , is the principal at their teen - aged daughter 's ( ) high school . , who is applying to college , feels smothered by her close - knit clan , who constantly interfere in her life . Desperate for independence and privacy , she applies to schools across the country . and 's marriage has become strained due to 's obsessive need to be involved in Paris 's life and to " fix " whatever goes wrong in her family . 
 Meanwhile , has convinced himself that he is directly descended from and wants to write to an online ancestry site for confirmation . While sorting through his records , he discovers that his and Maria 's ( ) marriage certificate was never signed by the priest , technically invalidating their union . His current priest refuses to sign it but agrees to perform a new ceremony . insists that he and must marry again after fifty years together , but wants to propose properly . refuses , infuriating , who refuses to go through with the ceremony . Meanwhile , when and are on a date night to rekindle their romance , their family catches them kissing in their car outside their house . After lands in the hospital and refuses to go , saying she is not his wife , pleas for her to marry him again . This time she accepts . 
 wants the wedding she never had and hires a wedding planner who quits after the rowdy family 's choices become too outlandish . The whole family , including 's parents , and ( and ) , and 's business partner , , pitch in to make the wedding happen . urges to tell his parents , ( ) and ( ) , that is also 's romantic partner . 's estranged brother , ( ) arrives from Greece as a surprise . 
 has been accepted to Northwestern University in Chicago and NYU in New York City . She chooses Northwestern to please her mother , but 's great - grandmother ( ) convinces her she should go to New York . asks ( ) , a boy she has a crush on , to the prom . He is also Greek with an equally crazy Greek family . Prom is the same night as the wedding . tells Paris she can go to the prom if she attends the reception later . En route to the church , , , and arrive drunk after many shots of ouzo . storms off to the vestry after seeing acting foolishly , feeling he is not taking the wedding seriously . tells that had confided to him his love for , and the ceremony continues . Watching as and recite their vows , and privately renew theirs . At the prom , Paris and share their first kiss while slow - dancing . 
 At the wedding reception , reads a letter from the ancestry site verifying that he is a descendant of . , however , realizes that forged the letter to make her father happy . The movie ends with the entire family dropping off at her college dorm in New York .

Waking inside a laboratory on an airship , a man recalls bullies from his childhood . A scientist , ( ) , greets him and says his name is , she is his wife , and that he has been revived from an accident that left him amnesiac and mute . After she replaces a missing arm and leg with cybernetic prostheses , mercenaries led by the psychokinetic ( ) raid the ship , claiming all of 's research is 's corporate property . He kills 's scientists before attempting to murder , but and flee in an escape pod , landing in Moscow . is abducted by the mercenaries , who try to kill . 
 is rescued by a mysterious man , ( ) , who informs him that his cybernetic implants are running out of power , which will kill him if he ca n't recharge . is killed by corrupt cops bought out by , and is forced to fight his way through both cops and mercenaries , sneaking onto a bus . He is joined by — not dead , now an alcoholic , odorous bum — who informs him that one of 's associates , , has a cybernetic charging pump implanted , which needs to recharge . The two are attacked by a flamethrower - wielding goon . is incinerated , but escapes , locating and chasing throughout Moscow before capturing him ; just as Dimitry promises him information , he is killed by a sniper . removes the pump and receives a call from , who directs to a brothel . 
 meets two more versions of — a cocaine - addicted lothario and a shy , awkward geek — who replace his pump . The brothel is attacked by 's forces . fights his way through , but encounters , who taunts him with 's kidnapping , revealing she is being transported by an armored convoy . hurls out of the brothel . 
 Outside , encounters another — now a marijuana - obsessed hippie - biker — who transports him to 's convoy . finds - and , who ( seemingly ) kills him and buries him in the woods . 
 finds and resuscitates , only to be shelled by a tank . After killing the tank crew , fending off a helicopter , and failing to ride a runaway horse , finds another — a gruff sniper in a ghillie suit — who leads him to an abandoned hotel , where is headquartered in a hidden laboratory . and encounter a number of policemen surrounding a girl . They are in the process of forcing her to perform oral sex on one of the cops . kills them all . Here , the real — a quadriplegic scientist — reveals his motive for helping : revenge against , who crippled him after his own cyborg super - soldiers failed . He reveals the other are dormant clones that he can control , through which he lives a vice - filled life . The clones attack after realizes that has been unknowingly broadcasting his location to , with a strike force closing in . Fending off , convinces him to help . and the clones of — ranging from a punk rocker to a posh WWII Colonel — fight their way out , killing the force by collapsing the laboratory on them . 
 and drive to Akan 's headquarters . They fight their way into an elevator , but is mortally wounded . Before dying , thanks for being the closest thing to a friend he had , and removes a memory blocker , gradually restoring 's memories . fights his way to the highest floor , where he is greeted by , revealing an army of cyborg super - soldiers being fed 's memories . One such soldier fights , followed by the rest of the army , chasing to the roof . 
 wipes out the entire army . arrives and severely wounds . Shortly after , arrives as well . In reality , was 's wife , forming an elaborate ruse to field - test and use his memories to manipulate cyborg soldiers into doing anything to " rescue " their " wife " — specifically , terrorist attacks and world domination as 's loyal slaves . The two leave for dead , leaving in a helicopter . blacks out , but is energized by an emerging memory of his father ( ) encouraging him to fight back against the childhood bullies seen in the intro . manages to reach , decapitating him with his cybernetic eyestalk . He jumps onto 's helicopter , presenting her 's head . shoots him , but the bullet ricochets off his cybernetic hand and wounds her , leaving her hanging from the helicopter . pleads with to save her , but slams the door , sending her falling to her death . 
 Mid - credits , an answering machine message from is heard , telling there is " one more thing " to do .

is a successful investment banker at a firm founded and run by his father - in - law . His wife , , is driving them when they are struck by another vehicle , killing . Recovering in the hospital , he attempts to purchase some candy from a vending machine which malfunctions . drafts a complaint to the vending machine manufacturer that includes some venting of his personal experiences . This leads to a series of anonymous conversations with a customer service representative , , in which they end up sharing details of each other 's life burdens . appears to be the only one he talks to , though tells his stories in an understated and unemotional style . He brings this same unemotional process to work , which he has returned to much earlier than anyone expected . does tell one other person , a fellow commuter train rider that he realizes that he did n't love because he does n't feel " ... sad , or pain , or hurt ... " . 
 ' changing emotional state causes him to behave erratically . He notices that he is being followed by a green station wagon . The only thing seems to connect with is trying to understand what 's inside things , using a small toolkit to dismantle his household appliances , his work computer , a bathroom stall — eventually telling that he has an urge to dismantle a 120 - year - old grandfather clock in 's office . 
 follows , talking with him on his commuter train without revealing her identity . She mistakenly leaves some identification , and is sufficiently moved to track her down at home , where she lives with her boyfriend and boss , , and her 15 - year old troublemaker son , . When goes on a long business trip , bunks at her house , where they develop a deep platonic friendship . initially dislikes , but later grows not only to like him but to help cope , while becomes his mentor in return . 
 joins his in - laws in funding a foundation in 's name that will award an annual scholarship ; during interviews , behaves disrespectfully towards one of the award candidates , and asks him to sign a transfer of his beneficiary rights in 's $ 2.6 million life insurance policy , to the scholarship fund in her name . purchases demolition tools from a hardware store ( and , later , a bulldozer ) and , with ' assistance , destroys his house . When finds an ultrasound of 's from the previous year , he is devastated that she failed to inform him . 
 A climactic night impacts everyone . Davis brings to the party for the scholarship winner , greatly troubling 's parents . A young man makes an inappropriate advance on , and she later laughs out loud when he is introduced as the scholarship winner . announces to everyone that had been pregnant and kept it secret . 's mother tells him his wife was seeing someone else , and the child was not his and she took her to get an abortion . Returning to 's house , finds has returned and is reading the letters wrote to . Carl beats on , which pales compared to the homophobic swarm beating that receives after coming out as gay . 
 visits his wife 's grave and the green station wagon arrives and a man carrying flowers gets out of the car . He is , the driver of the car that killed . forgives and he experiences flashbacks of his wife and him together and he finally cries , bringing closure . He realizes he loved his wife . 
 has turned a corner . He reconciles with 's parents , asking to contribute to refurbishing a carousel – destined for demolition – as a memorial for . 
 receives a letter from saying that he is recovering from his beating , his mother has left , and must be at Pier 54 at a particular time , which results in witnessing the demolition of some waterfront buildings across the Hudson River . watches through binoculars from a nearby vantage point .

To survive harsh economic times , has merged the barbershop with the beauty salon next door into one business . The days of male bonding are gone as and the crew must now contend with sassy female co - workers and spirited clientele . As the battle of the sexes rages on , a different kind of conflict has taken over Chicago . Crime and gangs are on the rise , leaving worried about the fate of his only son , . Together , the friends come up with a bold plan to take back their beloved neighborhood by doing a ceasefire within the store to give away free haircuts . Through this Ceasefire they were able to reunite the community .

, , and are members of a punk band , the Ai n't Rights , travelling through the Pacific Northwest . After their gig is cancelled , local radio host arranges a show through his cousin , , at a neo - Nazi skinhead bar in the woods outside Portland . 
 After the show , returns to the green room to retrieve 's phone and sees the body of a girl , , who has been stabbed to death by a neo - Nazi . saw a woman named Amber witnessing the death of her best friend at the hands of the neo - Nazi . He calls the police , but bar employees and confiscate the band 's phones and hold them hostage in the green room . pays a skinhead to stab another to create a cover story for the police who respond to the call . He consults with bar owner and skinhead leader , who decides to kill the band to eliminate witnesses . 
 The band overpowers and hold him hostage , taking a boxcutter from his pocket and his gun . They negotitate through the door with , who asks them to surrender the gun . agrees , but as he opens the door , realizes it 's a trap and shouts . and his men slash at 's arm with machetes until he drops the gun , but he manages to close the door . Big attacks the band , but chokes him into unconsciousness . When Big surprises by awaking again , strangles Big and kills him with a box cutter . 
 Searching for a way out , the band discover an underground drug lab , but the only exit is locked from the outside . Arming themselves with improvised weapons , they exit the green room into the empty club , but are attacked by a dog , which kills . and drive the dog away with microphone feedback . tries to flee through a window , but a skinhead hacks him to death . , , and retreat to the green room . 
 sends into the club to kill the band , who claims murdered . reveals to that it was really who murdered her after discovering he and his girlfriend planned to leave the skinheads . joins forces with , , and and agrees to help them escape and leads the band into the club . Suddenly , a bartender breaks into the club and shoots to death . The group executes the bartender and takes his shotgun , unfortunately , is killed by a dog , and 's men wound , who scrambles back to the green room with . 
 sends skinheads and after and , and leaves with the bodies , planning to stage their deaths to appear as if they were killed trespassing . lures into the drug lab while remains in the green room and is attacked and killed by with her own boxcutter . As fights , sneaks up and shoots him . enters the green room to find his companions dead and surrenders to and . Holding at gunpoint , they trek through the woods . 
 When hears and his men staging the crime scene , he and go after them . Before that , orders to go to a farm and call the police . has no choice but to call the police in a nearby farm . and manages to kill skinheads and . attempts to pull a revolver from his jacket but is executed by and . 
 Their ammunition and energy spent ; and sit on the side of the road and wait for the police at the end of the film .

Smoke and Oil Dresden ( and ) , a pair of assassins known as the " Allentown Brothers " , enter a drug - processing facility run by a Mexican drug cartel and kill everyone inside , including the boss . The pair take 's cat Iglesias , but when they are momentarily distracted by policemen arriving , the cat escapes . Meanwhile , ( also played by ) has just been dumped by his girlfriend ; he finds the cat on his doorstep , takes an immediate liking to it , and names it . 's cousin ( also played by ) comes over to cheer him up and meets as well . 
 Two weeks later , 's wife , ( ) , and daughter go out of town with the husband and daughter of a family friend , leaving alone . , who is much happier after taking care of , takes out to see a movie , telling him he needs to loosen up and just be himself . When the two return to 's house , they find the place has been ransacked and is missing . A distraught drags along to the next - door residence of his weed dealer ( ) , who reluctantly reveals that the 17th St. Blips , a local gang , may have raided 's house instead of his . directs them to a downtown strip club ; and go there , where convinces to adopt a " gangsta " persona in order to infiltrate the gang , calling themselves " Tectonic " and " Shark Tank " . The two meet Hi - C ( ) , who initially is skeptical of them , but nonetheless takes them to meet the gang 's leader ( ) , who mistakes them for the Allentown Boys . has ( having renamed him and fitted him with a do - rag ) , and they ask for the cat . He will only return the cat to them if they come along as expert advisors for the on a run to sell a new drug called " Holy Shit " ; both reluctantly agree . 
 After taking their team through a team - building exercise , , , Hi - C , and three other gang members drive to their delivery spot . While stays behind and introduces the young men to the music of ( whom he describes as if he were black , to overcome their skepticism ) , and Hi - C go to make the sale . The buyer turns out to be , who is partying with two friends . invites them to play Truth or Dare , and dares Hi - C to shoot . When Hi - C refuses , a fight ensues in which and her two guests are both shot and killed by Hi - C , frightening . At the strip club after the run , accidentally smokes some Holy Shit , and experiences a drug trip in which he appears in the music video for Faith by , and speaks to him in the voice of . begins to worry about his cousin and convinces him to just take and leave . The two do so , but are abducted on their way to their car by the actual Allentown Boys . 
 and are tied to chairs and as the Allentown Boys prepare to torture them , claws through 's ropes , allowing him to free himself and , and they grab the Allentown Boys ' guns . The boys continue to approach them , but and completely unload the guns into them , seemingly killing them . On their way out of the building searching for , and run into the ; has discovered their real identities from a kidnapped , and forces them to come along to a meeting with the Mexican drug cartel at its mansion in the morning . At the meeting , the meet with King 's cousin ( ) , offering and as the supposed Allentown Boys , but when also demands " " , refuses and starts a gunfight between the two gangs . and realize that the team - building exercise the two took the gang through has improved their communication ; they pick up guns and shoot their way out of the mansion in pursuit of , who has taken , only for to be shot in the leg and shot in the hand . 
 – who never learned to drive – hijacks 's escape car with and in the back ; gives chase in a car that belongs to 's son . The chase ends at 's house , where crashes into the front yard , sending flying through where the windshield of the car would have been , had it not been removed in the chase . gets up and attempts to shoot , but Clarence runs him over . gets up again , but is shot and killed by and the . The threaten and , but Hi - C – secretly a police officer – breaks her cover and forces the Blips to drop their guns . When attempts to shoot her , she kills him . The police arrive , and Hi - C reveals that and her party guests were in on the whole operation and are all still alive , but and will still have to go to jail for the activities they 've taken part in , including the killing of the Allentown Boys . She promises to testify for leniency and agrees to go on a date with after they get out of jail . 
 Six months later , and have only three weeks left on their jail sentences , but have commanded respect among the inmates – including the remaining Blips – for killing the Allentown Boys . - , who has been taking care of , speaks with through a visitation phone , where she reveals that she 's just been to the veterinarian and discovered that has a rare disease : he will remain a kitten permanently . 
 In a post - credits scene , the Allentown Boys are revealed to have survived the shooting and get back into their car .

Above planet Tenemule in the Solana Galaxy , Chairman ( ) stands poised with his fellow aboard the Deplanetizer , a space station with the power to destroy entire planets . The fire the Deplanetizer at Tenemule , completely destroying it . 
 On planet Veldin , a young spaceship mechanic named ( ) learns of the destruction of Tenemule along with three other planets , and the peacekeeping Galactic Rangers are being dispatched to address the situation . He also learns that their leader , the egocentric Captain ( ) , plans to visit Veldin in search of a new recruit to the team . To the reluctance of his mentor ( ) , attempts to join , only to be rejected by moments later . 
 In a warbot factory on the homeworld , Quartu , a diminutive yet intelligent defective robot is created . Having acquired 's plans , he escapes 's lieutenant ( ) and attempts to travel to the Rangers ' headquarters on planet Kerwan to warn them . The defect crash - lands on Veldin , where takes him in and names him ( ) . Learning of 's plot , flies to Kerwan , where the two are forced to help save the Galactic Rangers , who are under attack by the . barely escapes . Under pressure from reporters , Qwark makes and honorary Rangers . Meanwhile , Drek 's devious chief scientist Dr. Nefarious ( ) gives him the idea of destroying the Rangers from within by turning Qwark against them . joins fellow Galactic Rangers , ( ) and ( ) in the field while is assigned to the Rangers ' support team with ( ) , who is routinely ignored by . Studying the destroyed planets , and discover that the Blarg have been extracting portions containing famous landmarks from each . 
 After briefing , the Rangers infiltrate the warbot factory on Quartu . , and discover that the Blarg are planning to build a replacement homeworld from the other worlds ' fragments , as the surface of Quartu was rendered uninhabitable by years of pollution , forcing the Blarg to live underground . Meanwhile encounters , who offers to help boost his image in spite of 's popularity . accepts so long as agrees never to hurt his Rangers . The rangers capture ( ) , one of 's main assistants , who tells them the next target is 's homeworld of Novalis . 
 As the Rangers assault the Deplanetizer , forces to deactivate the Rangers ' weapons . raids the Rangers ' starship , the Phoenix , and goes after , who smartly uses water to rust him up . manages to successfully board the station , but captures him and the Rangers can only watch as is destroyed . Upon being captured , learns is a traitor before being jettisoned from 's ship . 
 Appalled , goes to confront . However , he is also met by Dr. whom thought was killed during a prison escape . After he chides for selling out the Rangers , Dr. betrays by using a " Sheepinator " to turn him into a sheep and ejects him to New Quartu in an escape pod and takes control of the Deplanetizer for his own intentions . 
 exiles himself back to , guilt - ridden and believing himself responsible for the Rangers ' failure , but and the Rangers find him and convince him to return . With gone , the Deplanetizer 's next and last target is planet Umbris , which has an unstable core that would annihilate the other planets in the entire galaxy if it were destroyed . tells the group that is the one behind all this . 
 They assault the Deplanetizer and is forced to battle . After a long battle pleads for to stop , asking him if the galaxy 's destruction is really what he he wants to be remembered for since everything including them would be destroyed if Umbris was . , now realizing what he has done , finally does so and apologizes to . They confront Dr. , who reveals that he was once a Ranger himself before he left due to 's mistreatment . Dr. successfully activates the Deplanetizer and escapes , but not before the other Rangers are able to move it off target from Umbris . The Deplanetizer instead fires on New Quartu , destroying the composite planet and killing Drek , still being a sheep who crash landed on it moments prior . , and barely escape as the now - vulnerable station falls toward Umbris , while Dr. is seemingly disintegrated as the result of a failed attempt to use one of his own weapons ( the RYNO ) on . 
 Having thwarted Dr. , the other Rangers narrowly escape the Deplanetizer and return to a hero 's welcome on Kerwan , with the now - demoted Private shamelessly attempting to promote his apologetic autobiography about the crisis . and reunite on Veldin , with promising that he will rejoin the Rangers when he is needed . 
 In a mid - credits scene , Dr. is found amongst the Deplanetizer 's wreckage on Umbris , and forcibly converted by one of his drones into his iconic robot form . 
 In the post - credits , the appears and scolds the audience that they have still not left the movie yet .

In 1991 , the brainwashed super - soldier is dispatched from a Hydra base in Siberia to intercept an automobile carrying a case of super - soldier serum . In the present day , approximately one year after 's defeat in the nation of Sokovia at the hands of the Avengers,[N 1 ] , , , and stop from stealing a biological weapon from a lab in Lagos . blows himself up , hoping to kill . When throws the explosion into the sky with telekinesis , it damages a nearby building , killing several Wakandan humanitarian workers . 
 U.S. Secretary of State informs the Avengers that the United Nations ( UN ) is preparing to pass the Sokovia Accords , which will establish a UN panel to oversee and control the team . The Avengers are divided : supports oversight because of his role in Ultron 's creation and Sokovia 's devastation , while Rogers has more faith in his own judgment than that of a government . tracks down and kills ' old Hydra handler , stealing a book containing the trigger words that activate ' brainwashing . At a conference in Vienna where the Accords are to be ratified , a bomb kills King of Wakanda . Security footage indicates the bomber is , whom 's son , , vows to kill . Informed by of ' whereabouts and the authorities ' intentions to kill him , decides to try to bring in — his childhood friend and war comrade — himself . and track to Bucharest and attempt to protect him from and the authorities , but all four , including , are apprehended . 
 Impersonating a psychiatrist sent to interview , recites the words to make obey him . He questions , then sends him on a rampage to cover his own escape . stops and sneaks him away . When regains his senses , he explains that is the real Vienna bomber and wanted the location of the Siberian Hydra base , where other brainwashed " Winter Soldiers " are kept in cryogenic stasis . Unwilling to wait for authorization to apprehend , and go rogue , and recruit , , and to their cause . With 's permission , assembles a team composed of , , , , and to capture the renegades . 's team intercepts ' group at Leipzig / Halle Airport , where they fight until allows and to escape . The rest of ' team is captured and detained at the prison , while is partially paralyzed after being inadvertently shot down by , and goes into exile . 
 discovers evidence that was framed by and convinces to give him ' destination . Without informing , goes to the Siberian Hydra facility and strikes a truce with and , unaware that they were secretly followed by . They find that the other super - soldiers have been killed by , who then shows them footage that reveals that the automobile had intercepted in 1991 contained 's parents , whom subsequently killed . Enraged that kept this from him , turns on them both , dismembering ' robotic arm . After an intense fight , finally manages to disable 's armor and departs with , leaving his shield behind . Satisfied that he has avenged his family 's deaths in Sokovia from the Avengers ' actions by successfully fracturing them , attempts suicide , but he is stopped by and taken to the authorities . 
 In the aftermath , provides with exoskeletal leg braces that allow him to walk again , while breaks his allies out of the Raft . In a mid - credits scene , , granted asylum in Wakanda , chooses to return to cryogenic sleep until a cure for his brainwashing is found . In a post - credits scene , tests a new gadget built by .

Flamboyant television financial expert is in the midst of the latest edition of his show , Money Monster . Less than 24 hours earlier , IBIS Clear Capital 's stock inexplicably cratered , apparently due to a glitch in a trading algorithm , costing investors $ 800 million . planned to have IBIS CEO appear for an interview about the crash , but unexpectedly left for a business trip to Geneva . 
 Midway through the show , a deliveryman wanders onto the set , pulls a gun and takes hostage , forcing him to put on a vest laden with explosives . He is , who invested $ 60,000 — his entire life savings — in IBIS after endorsed the company on the show . was wiped out along with the other investors . Unless he gets some answers , he will blow up before killing himself . Once police are notified , they discover that the receiver to the bomb 's vest is located over 's kidney . The only way to destroy the receiver — and with it , 's leverage — is to shoot and hope he survives . 
 With the help of longtime director , tries to calm and find for him , though is not satisfied when both and IBIS chief communications officer offer to compensate him for his financial loss . He also is not satisfied by 's insistence that the algorithm is to blame . is not satisfied by her own explanation , either , and defies colleagues to contact a programmer who created the algorithm , Won . Reached in Seoul , insists that an algorithm could not take such a large , lopsided position unless someone meddled with it . 
 appeals to his TV viewers for help , seeking to recoup the lost investment , but is dejected by their response . New York City police find 's pregnant girlfriend and allow her to talk to through a video feed . When she learns that he lost everything , she viciously berates him before the police cut the feed . , seemingly taking pity on , agrees to help his captor discover what went wrong . 
 Once finally returns , flips through his passport , discovering that he did not go to Geneva but to Johannesburg . With this clue , along with messages from 's phone , and the Money Monster team contact a group of Icelandic hackers to seek the truth . After a police sniper takes a shot at and misses , he and resolve to corner at Federal Hall National Memorial , where is headed according to . They head out with one of the network 's cameramen , , plus the police and a mob of fans and jeerers alike . accidentally shoots and wounds producer when throws a new earpiece . and finally confront with video evidence obtained by the hackers . 
 It turns out that Camby bribed a South African miners ' union , planning to have IBIS make an $ 800 million investment in a platinum mine while the union was on strike . The strike lowered the mine 's owners stock , allowing Camby to buy it at a low price . If Camby 's plan had succeeded , IBIS would have generated a multibillion - dollar profit when work resumed at the mine and the stock of the mine 's owner rose again . The gambit backfired when the union stayed on the picket line . attempted to bribe the union leader , , in order to stop the strike , but refused and continued the strike , causing IBIS ' stock to sink under the weight of its position in the flailing company . 
 Despite the evidence , refuses to admit his swindle until takes the explosive vest off and puts it on him . admits to his wrongdoing to on live camera . Satisfied with the outcome , throws the detonator away , then much to 's dismay gets fatally shot by the police . In the aftermath , the SEC announces that IBIS will be put under investigation , while Camby is charged with violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act .

On Bird Island , an island inhabited by happy flightless birds , the reclusive is sentenced to an anger management class after his temper causes a " premature hatching " of a customer 's egg . Resentful , avoids getting to know his classmates , , and , as well as the class 's instructor . One day , a boat docks at the island 's shore containing green - colored pigs , and their captain , who claim to be peaceful explorers bringing offerings of friendship . The pigs are accepted on the island and introduce the birds to innovative technologies such as slingshots and helium balloons . 
 More pigs arrive and seemingly adjust to the birds ' society , but soon becomes suspicious of their motives , as they slowly overwhelm the island . He recruits and to help him find Mighty Eagle , a giant bald eagle said to be the protector of the island , and the only bird that can fly , but who has not been seen for many years . They find Mighty Eagle on top of Bird Mountain , but he is now overweight , self - absorbed , and largely in retirement . Looking through the Mighty Eagle 's binoculars , 's group sees the pigs planting explosives around the island while the birds , probably unaware the other three are gone , are at a rave party . They realize the party was actually a cover for their plan to steal the birds ' eggs . , , and attempt to warn the other birds and stop the pigs , but they arrive too late as the pigs escape with the eggs and their explosives destroy the village . When the birds realize what happened , they apologize to for not believing him , and the forgiving rallies them to let their anger loose and retrieve their eggs . 
 The birds construct a boat and sail to Piggy Island , where they find the pigs living in a walled city and , who is actually revealed to be King , the king of Piggy Island . Deducing the eggs are most likely in the castle at the center of the city , the birds attack and defeat the pigs by firing themselves over the walls using their gifted giant slingshot . However , when attempts to launch himself into the city , he accidentally snaps the slingshot in half after pulling himself too far back . Meanwhile , , , and make it to the castle and find the eggs in a boiler room , where the pigs plan to cook and eat them . Mighty Eagle arrives , having watched these events through his binoculars and had a change of heart , and carries the eggs out of the castle . While the birds escape , one egg falls out and rolls back into the castle . While battling , learns to control his anger and distracts him long enough to retrieve the egg ; the pot the pigs planned on boiling the eggs in collapses and shields as the pigs ' reserve of explosives blows up and destroy Piggy Island . reunites with the other birds as the rescued egg hatches , revealing three little blue birds , and is declared a hero . He , , and are approached by Mighty Eagle , who claims that his laziness was only a ruse so the birds could find faith in themselves . Returning to Bird Island , the birds rebuild 's house , which was destroyed by the pigs , and moved it to the middle of their village . All of the birds that have hatched sing a song to to thank him and enshrine him as a legendary hero , and lets and move in with him . 
 During the end credits , the pigs are revealed to survive Piggy Island 's destruction , as King begins to make a new plan to steal the eggs , but soon does the break dance . In a mid - credits scene , the three blue birds use the rebuilt slingshot to launch themselves out to sea .

Two years after the events of the first film , ( ) and ( ) are trying to sell their home with the arrival of another baby . A couple , ( ) and ( ) are looking to buy ; the realtor ( ) tells and that their house is in escrow for 30 days , so the buyers will check in every now and then to make sure everything is okay . Meanwhile , Mac 's friend , ( ) , and his once - again wife ( ) are also expecting a baby . At the Phi Lambda sorority , ( ) , a freshman , learns that sororities are not allowed to host parties , and can only attend frat parties . goes to a frat party and meets two other freshmen , ( ) and ( ) . They are disgusted by the sexist and perverse nature of the party and leave . Bonding over their dissatisfaction , the trio decides to set up a new sorority , Kappa Nu , to host their own parties . 
 Meanwhile , ( ) is at a dinner with his old frat brothers ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . Since graduating , they had been successful in their own jobs : is working as an architect and has come out of the closet , has launched his own app , and is now a cop . Due to the events from the first film , now has a criminal record and can not get a worthwhile job to support himself ( having been fired from his job as a shirt model ) . Since that time , he had continued blaming the ' for both the record and the loss of career opportunities . 's boyfriend ( ) then proposes to him , and Pete accepts , leading to ask to move out , which later escalates into an argument between the two . The following day , the girls try to rent the adjacent house to the ' , but do not have enough money to pay for it . , finding an opportunity where he can be valued , offers to help them and suggests a successful way to afford the rent . That night , they throw their first party . Horrified to learn they are a sorority , and ask to keep the noise down . and report them to ( ) , but she is unable to intervene since they are an independent sorority and she fears that shutting it down may lead to a public relations nightmare regarding sexism . 
 The couple contact 's father ( ) , but he fails to control the situation . Feeling outraged , the girls constantly haze the . , , , and retaliate by causing a bed bug infestation in the house , resulting in a fumigation just in time for the 's visit . The girls plan to raise money by selling weed at the school 's tailgate and eliminating all the other competition by getting all the other weed dealers on campus arrested . strongly objects and the girls vote to kick him out of the house . Spurned , decides to join forces with the Radners to take down the sorority . They all go to the tailgate event to steal the weed . distracts the girls while steals their weed supply . catches , but he manages to escape . As gratitude for 's help , and allow him to stay at their place until he decides what he wants to do with his life , where he grows closer to them . 
 In retaliation for the tailgate , the girls switch 's and 's phone numbers with their own , leading to become paranoid , and to end up in Sydney , Australia . When he returns , and find that they have been robbed and the sorority is selling their stuff and has spray - painted " Kappa Nu Steals From You " in the house . This causes the to threaten to pull out from the deal , while and also reflect if they have been good parents . When the realtor of the sorority house reveals the girls are late on their payments , the give and a day to get them out of the house . The girls find an eviction notice on their door . With barely any money to support themselves , says the only way they can win is to abandon their morals and resort to having a basic frat party with more sex appeal . They advertise the party to everyone on campus , leading to more people showing up at the house . 
 and sneak into the party while tries to shut off the power . gets into the electrical box , but the girls have a backup power source . While ends up getting roofied , enters the ' house to cut off their phones . and chase her to the garage , but get locked inside . They break out by using airbags from an old car . 
 Disgusted by how much they have degraded themselves , and decide to quit the sorority and blame for the disaster , leading the other girls to leave as well . and feel sorry for the girls after hearing that only formed the sorority so she could make friends since back in high school she had none and was constantly bullied and rejected . They also realize that they too are setting a terrible example for their daughter with their behavior in ruining Kappa Nu by trying to evict the girls so they could allow the to move in to their old home . Relating to her own experience in being rejected through high school , helps the girls mend their friendship and to go back to what they believe in . The girls then kick the frat boys out and have a more empowering girl party . The success of being the first sorority to throw a party brings girls from Phi Lambda and other sororities who want to pledge for Kappa Nu . By the end of the night , the girls make enough money not only to keep their house , but to give the surplus to and so they can rent out their house due to overflowing pledges . and happily agree , as long as they get five money - buckets per month . goes into labor , meanwhile apologizes to and for his behavior and gets reassurance that he will never lose his best friend . and 's anxiety about their parenthood is also alleviated as they realize they have been good parents all along . 
 Three months later , is helping get ready to walk down the aisle . has become a wedding planner for gay couples and enabling him a worthwhile career . and have now moved into their new home . They bring home their new baby , , to join and with their new son ,

In 1977 Los Angeles , a boy named witnesses the death of fading porn star ( ) in a car crash . Later that week , down - on - his - luck alcoholic private eye ( ) is approached by Mrs. ( ) , 's aunt , who claims to have seen her niece alive after her supposed death . is skeptical of her claim , but realizes that a missing girl named ( ) is somehow involved and accepts the job . However , does not wish to be found and hires unethical enforcer ( ) to intimidate into staying away from her . 
 Later that night , is attacked at his home by two unnamed thugs credited as ( named after a dye pack in 's briefcase hits his face — and Older Guy ( ) , who attempt to interrogate him about 's whereabouts . After stunning the duo , manages to ward them off with a hidden shotgun . He then teams up with a reluctant to find before the thugs do . The two are assisted by ( , 's young daughter , despite 's attempts to keep her out of the case for her own safety . 
 and find out that was working with Misty Mountains and an amateur filmmaker named on an " experimental film"—equal parts pornography and investigative journalism — called How Do You Like My Car , Big Boy ? about the smog in Los Angeles . , however , mysteriously died in a fire that burned the film . The two end up at a party to search for the film 's financier , , a notorious pornography producer . After fumbling through the party , a drunken March ends up finding dead , while unknowingly coming across . 
 , after attempting to investigate on her own , is tricked into a car by and Older Guy . fights with Older Guy , while tries to kill from inside his car , only to be stopped by , who warns and then escapes with her . While chasing them down , is seriously injured in a hit - and - run . As he lies dying in the middle of the road , he reveals to that their boss has dispatched a hit man named to kill , and his family to prevent further witnesses . discreetly strangles to death to protect and , and lies to that he died of his injuries . After a brief investigation , the two are greeted by 's mother , ( ) , a high - ranking official in the United States Department of Justice , who claims her daughter is delusional and paranoid and points them towards the Las Vegas mob trying to expand into the Los Angeles pornography scene . 
 reveals the notepaper with March 's address given to him by is the same type of notepaper he found at the party on which are written leads to an airport hotel where was going to distribute the film . Upon arriving at the hotel , however , they witness men there being slaughtered by ( ) and hastily retreat , only to have jump from the building and land on their car . They take back to 's house , where she reveals that the people after her are working for a cabal of Detroit automakers . After uncovering evidence that they colluded to suppress the catalytic converter ( which regulates exhaust emissions ) , created the film to expose their collusion . 
 has her assistant , ( ) , arrange for and to deliver a briefcase that supposedly contains $ 100,000 . When dozes while driving and accidentally crashes their car , the case flies open to reveal shredded magazines ; the double - cross was a diversion to leave unprotected . Sent by under the guise of being a family doctor , attacks before engaging in a shootout with and as soon as they return to the house . Hearing the sirens of approaching police cars , drives off while an impatient has fled the house , only to be killed by on the street when he inadvertently comes across her attempting to catch a ride . 
 and try to bring the matter to court , but are rejected , as they have no evidence , leading them again to search for the film . The two have Mrs. show them where she saw Misty Mountains alive . Inside they find a hidden projector — the nearsighted Mrs. having mistaken footage of for her niece — and deduce that there was a reprint of the film . They realize that the projectionist , ) , another protester they had questioned about , is the projectionist for the film and had worked with to make the film public by splicing it into the presentation film for the Los Angeles Auto Show , which is being held at a hotel . At the auto show , the two find that and Older Guy , along with a few other thugs are already there and have interrogated a drunken , learning that the film will be projected automatically from a window of the building . and attempt to reach it first , only to be intercepted at gunpoint by . Before she can kill them , arrives while pretending to be room service and knocks unconscious . In a subsequent fight , Older Guy falls to his death , while subdues . He spares his life at 's behest . 
 The detectives take the film to the police , and although is arrested , the Detroit car companies escape punishment . When she talks with and before her trial , claims she did not want her daughter killed and justifies her involvement by insisting that " what is good for Detroit is good for America . " and decide to continue working together as private eyes , naming their agency " The Nice Guys " .

En Sabah Nur , a powerful mutant believed to be the first of his kind , rules ancient Egypt until he is betrayed by his worshippers , who entomb him alive . His four lieutenants die preserving him . Awakening in 1983 , he believes humanity has lost its way without his presence . Aiming to destroy and remake the world , he recruits a Cairo pickpocket , who can control the weather , and upgrades her power . 
 In East Berlin , shape - shifting mutant investigates an underground fight club and discovers , a blue skinned mutant who can teleport . rescues and requests black marketeer to transport him to America . recruits 's enforcer , , who leads him to mutant - fighting champion . enhances both of their powers , transforming 's wings into metal . 
 discovers that his younger brother is manifesting a mutation for shooting optic beams . takes to Professor 's educational institute in Westchester County , New York , hoping that and will teach him to control his abilities . meets the telepathic and telekinetic , and the two develop an attraction , while brings to the institute . powers cause disturbances around the world , leading and to consult with CIA operative , who has been researching the legend of . 
 In Communist Poland , the metal - controlling mutant lives with his wife and their young daughter , . When resurrection causes a worldwide earthquake , he uses his powers to save a coworker , prompting the militia to capture him . When they accidentally kill 's family , he retaliates by executing them . later approaches the devastated and takes him to Auschwitz , where 's power first manifested . Persuaded by , has his powers enhanced , destroys the camp , and joins . remotely accesses Cerebro , a brainwave - amplifying device uses to locate mutants and forces the telepathic to make the global superpowers launch their entire nuclear arsenals into space to prevent interference with plan . He and his new Four Horsemen arrive at the mansion and kidnap . Attempting to stop them , accidentally causes an explosion that destroys the mansion . , having realized that he is 's biological son and hoping that can help to find him , arrives just in time ; he uses his super - speed to evacuate the students and teachers before the explosion destroys the building , but fails to save , who dies in the process . Colonel 's forces subsequently capture , , , and , and take them to a military facility for interrogation . , , and follow covertly , and liberate their comrades using 's brainwashed experiment Weapon X , whose memories partially restores . 
 At behest , uses his powers to control the Earth 's magnetic poles , causing destruction across the planet . plans to transfer his consciousness into 's body , and use 's power to enslave every person on Earth . secretly sends a telepathic distress call to , and the others travel to Cairo to battle and his horsemen . They rescue , but he loses his hair as the process nears completion . is knocked unconscious from the plane crash . and are persuaded to turn on En and , with the help of , they keep him occupied physically , while fights him telepathically in the astral plane . Finally , encourages to unleash the full extent of her powers , incinerating , killing him for good , while escapes . and rekindle their relationship . and help reconstruct the school , but refuses 's offer to stay and help teach . decides not to tell yet that he is 's son . Using confiscated Sentinels,[4 ] and train the new X - Men recruits : , , , , and . 
 In a post - credits scene , men in black suits visit the Weapon X facility to retrieve data on Stryker 's mutant research , including an X - ray and a blood sample marked " Weapon X " , on behalf of the Essex Corporation .

Chapter One – Looking - Glass House : is playing with a white kitten ( whom she calls " Snowdrop " ) and a black kitten ( whom she calls " Kitty")—the offspring of , 's cat in Alice 's Adventures in Wonderland — when she ponders what the world is like on the other side of a mirror 's reflection . Climbing up onto the fireplace mantel , she pokes at the wall - hung mirror behind the fireplace and discovers , to her surprise , that she is able to step through it to an alternative world . In this reflected version of her own house , she finds a book with looking - glass poetry , " Jabberwocky " , whose reversed printing she can read only by holding it up to the mirror . She also observes that the chess pieces have come to life , though they remain small enough for her to pick up . 
 Chapter Two – The Garden of Live Flowers : Upon leaving the house ( where it had been a cold , snowy night ) , she enters a sunny spring garden where the flowers can speak ; they perceive as being a " flower that can move about " . Elsewhere in the garden , meets the Red Queen , who is now human - sized , and who impresses with her ability to run at breathtaking speeds . This is a reference to the chess rule that queens are able to move any number of vacant squares at once , in any direction , which makes them the most " agile " of pieces . 
 Chapter Three – Looking - Glass Insects : The Red Queen reveals to that the entire countryside is laid out in squares , like a gigantic chessboard , and offers to make a queen if she can move all the way to the eighth rank / row in a chess match . This is a reference to the chess rule of Promotion . is placed in the second rank as one of the White Queen 's pawns , and begins her journey across the chessboard by boarding a train that literally jumps over the third row and directly into the fourth rank , thus acting on the rule that pawns can advance two spaces on their first move . 
 Chapter Four – and : She then meets the fat twin brothers and , who she knows from the famous nursery rhyme . After reciting the long poem " The Walrus and the Carpenter " , the draw 's attention to the Red King — loudly snoring away under a nearby tree — and maliciously provoke her with idle philosophical banter that she exists only as an imaginary figure in the Red King 's dreams ( thereby implying that she will cease to exist the instant he wakes up ) . Finally , the brothers begin acting out their nursery - rhyme by suiting up for battle , only to be frightened away by an enormous crow , as the nursery rhyme about them predicts . 
 Chapter Five – Wool and Water : next meets the White Queen , who is very absent - minded but boasts of ( and demonstrates ) her ability to remember future events before they have happened . and the White Queen advance into the chessboard 's fifth rank by crossing over a brook together , but at the very moment of the crossing , the Queen transforms into a talking Sheep in a small shop . soon finds herself struggling to handle the oars of a small rowboat , where the annoys her with ( seemingly ) nonsensical shouting about " crabs " and " feathers " . Unknown to , these are standard terms in the jargon of rowing . Thus ( for a change ) the Queen / Sheep was speaking in a perfectly logical and meaningful way . 
 Chapter Six – Humpty Dumpty : After crossing yet another brook into the sixth rank , immediately encounters , who , besides celebrating his unbirthday , provides his own translation of the strange terms in " Jabberwocky " . In the process , he introduces ( and the reader ) to the concept of portmanteau words , before his inevitable fall . 
 Chapter Seven – The Lion and the Unicorn : " All the king 's horses and all the king 's men " come to assistance , and are accompanied by , along with the Lion and the Unicorn , who again proceed to act out a nursery rhyme by fighting with each other . In this chapter , the March Hare and of the first book make a brief re - appearance in the guise of " Anglo - Saxon messengers " called " " and " " ( i.e. " " and " Hatter"—these names are the only hint given as to their identities other than illustrations ) . 
 Chapter Eight – “ It ’s my own Invention ” : Upon leaving the Lion and Unicorn to their fight , reaches the seventh rank by crossing another brook into the forested territory of , who is intent on capturing the " white pawn"—who is — until the White Knight comes to her rescue . Escorting her through the forest towards the final brook - crossing , the Knight recites a long poem of his own composition called Haddocks ' Eyes , and repeatedly falls off his horse . His clumsiness is a reference to the " eccentric " L - shaped movements of chess knights , and may also be interpreted as a self - deprecating joke about own physical awkwardness and stammering in real life . 
 Chapter Nine – Queen Alice : Bidding farewell to the White Knight , Alice steps across the last brook , and is automatically crowned a queen , with the crown materialising abruptly on her head . She soon finds herself in the company of both the White and Red Queens , who relentlessly confound by using word play to thwart her attempts at logical discussion . They then invite one another to a party that will be hosted by the newly crowned — of which herself had no prior knowledge . 
 Chapter Ten – Shaking : arrives and seats herself at her own party , which quickly turns to a chaotic uproar — much like the ending of the first book . finally grabs the Red Queen , believing her to be responsible for all the day 's nonsense , and begins shaking her violently with all her might . By thus " capturing " the Red Queen , unknowingly puts the Red King ( who has remained stationary throughout the book ) into checkmate , and thus is allowed to wake up . 
 Chapter Eleven – Waking : suddenly awakes in her armchair to find herself holding the black kitten , who she deduces to have been the Red Queen all along , with the white kitten having been the White Queen . 
 Chapter Twelve – Which dreamed it ? : The story ends with recalling the speculation of the brothers , that everything may have , in fact , been a dream of the Red King , and that might herself be no more than a figment of his imagination . One final poem is inserted by the author as a sort of epilogue which suggests that life itself is but a dream .

Mia Wasikowska
Johnny Depp
Helena Bonham Carter

Told in the form of a musical documentary , ( ) is a musical prodigy at an early age , and he forms a rap group , The Style Boyz , with his childhood friends ( ) and ( ) . They almost instantly gain fame in the music industry , inspiring many of today 's musicians . However , failing to receive credit for writing 's guest verse on the - winning single " Turn Up the Beef " , leaves . 
 After the Style Boyz disband , becomes a solo act , taking on the name " Conner4Real " , with as his DJ . begins farming in Colorado after a failed attempt at going solo . 's debut album , Thriller , Also , rockets to the top of the charts and 's fame increases . In 2015 , releases his sophomore album , Connquest , which receives terrible reviews due to using hundreds of producers rather than 's beats . With sales surprisingly low , 's manager , ( ) , suggests having Aquaspin , a manufacturer that makes home appliances , sponsor the tour . The company 's appliances begin playing 's songs when in use , causing a nationwide power outage that generates a wave of backlash among 's fans . 
 begins his album tour , but the shows do not sell as well as he had hoped . suggests they hire hip - hop artist ( ) as an opening act , and the ticket sales begin to rise . starts to add new gimmicks to his act , including a robotic mask for , publicizing his relationship with actress ( ) , and a stage trick where he changes costumes in seconds behind a curtain . The trick is seemingly botched in Nashville , when becomes naked ( without a penis ) mid - concert , thus becoming the subject of mockery . 
 's publicist , ( ) , suggests he pull another publicity stunt to deflect attention from his humiliation . decides to propose to on live TV , with a display including a number of trained wolves and a performance by . The music agitates the wolves and they break loose , mauling and the attendees . The backlash against grows , and breaks up with him and starts dating , who sues for his injuries . 
 , worried about the declining quality of his friend 's music , sets up a meeting between himself , , and . The reunion ends poorly when refuses to acknowledge that wrote the track that launched his career . Despite 's poor reputation , The Tonight Show agrees to book him on an episode . suddenly invites to perform the Style Boyz ' hit song " Donkey Roll " along with , which is received well by the crowd despite 's reluctance . 
 As the tour progresses , begins to overshadow , selling more records than him and dragging out his act before 's show . At a concert , announces that he will perform as long as possible , causing to rush the stage . A brawl ensues when quietly admits that he orchestrated 's wardrobe malfunction . demands that let go and fires after finding out that he has signed . is later knocked off the charts and decides to pull their sponsorship . The remainder of the tour is cancelled , and decides to leave the team when questions his loyalty . After his beloved pet turtle dies , sinks into a depression and moves into his mother 's house . He begins drinking heavily and starts selling crude horse drawings online . 
 forces to leave the house and takes him to a club featuring . 's music and production are strong , though his singing is subpar . and reconcile and decide to finally make amends with . gives his Poppy and apologizes , acknowledging 's contribution to his music . and discover that owns a giant marijuana farm and a music studio in his farmhouse . As the three collaborate in 's studio , receives news from that a six - minute slot has opened for to perform at the Poppy Music Awards , and with encouragement from his friends , he decides to reunite The Style Boyz . 
 At the Poppys , humiliates himself after arguing with on stage and quits as his manager after being insulted by him . reconciles with and later finds out that the six - minute slot has been shortened to three minutes , forcing him to perform either a Conner4Real song or a Style Boyz song . decides to perform The Style Boyz 's new song , " Incredible Thoughts " featuring . The film ends with reflecting on the lessons he has learned and the value of holding onto relationships after reaching stardom , and introduces a new baby turtle named Maximus II .

In 1976 , paranormal investigators and document the murders at the house , to determine if a demonic presence was truly responsible for murdering his family on November 13 , 1974 , and the subsequent haunting incident involving the family . During a seance , is drawn into a vision where she relives the murders . A demonic nun figure appears and lures her to the basement , where she witnesses being impaled before breaking out of the vision . 
 In 1977 , the family begins to experience strange occurrences in their home in the London suburb of Enfield . , the second oldest of four children , is seen sleepwalking and conversing in her dreams with an entity in the form of an angry elderly man , who insists that the house is his . Eventually , all the siblings and their mother witness paranormal events occurring right before their eyes , forcing them to seek refuge with their neighbors . When the media attempts to interview the , Janet is possessed by the spirit of the elderly man , , who is revealed to have previously lived and died in the house . During the possession , states that he enjoys tormenting the family and wants to reclaim his home . As begins to show more signs of demonic possession , the story eventually reaches the , and their assistance is requested to assist the local church in an investigation to prove whether or not 's possession is a hoax . , fearful that her vision of 's death may become reality , warns him not to get too involved in the case , but she reluctantly agrees to travel to London with him . She has yet another vision of the demonic nun in 's study wherein the demon says its name , which scribbles in her Bible . 
 While staying at the residence , and consult with other paranormal investigators , including and , on the legitimacy of the case . They also attempt to communicate with ' spirit , hoping to convince him to stop haunting the family . One night , after the witness being possessed , presents video evidence of purposely wrecking the kitchen as if for a practical joke , thereby discrediting the haunting . Based on this discovery , and feel they have no choice but to leave the family on their own but soon discover that the spirit of is only a pawn being manipulated by the demonic nun , to haunt and break her will . then realizes that her abilities have been blocked by the demonic nun , preventing her from grasping the truth of 's possession . 
 and quickly return to the residence , only to find being possessed once more and the rest of the locked outside the house . ventures inside the house alone . A lightning strike hits a tree near the house , leaving a jagged stump resembling the object that impaled in 's vision . finds standing near the window , ready to leap onto the stump and commit suicide . He manages to grab in time , but finds himself holding onto a curtain that is being torn from its rings by his and 's weight . remembers that she wrote the demon 's name – – in her Bible . She enters the house and confronts , addressing it by name and successfully condemns it back to Hell . is freed of its possession , and pulls her and to safety . 
 After returning home to the United States , adds an item to his and 's collection – " The Crooked Man " zoetrope toy owned by 's youngest child – placing it near April 's music box and the doll .

Draenor , the homeworld of the orcs , is being torn apart by a mysterious force known as fel magic . , a powerful orc warlock , unites the orc clans and forms the Horde , and creates a portal to the world of Azeroth . The orcs begin to use fel magic to drain the life out of captive draenei in order to sustain the portal . Once it is operational , leads a small warband to capture prisoners on Azeroth and sacrifice them to bring the rest of the Horde through the portal . , the chieftain of the Frostwolf Clan , his pregnant mate , and his friend join this initial warband . While crossing through the portal , goes into labor . When the orcs arrive on Azeroth , assists with giving birth , but while the baby is born alive , it is in neonatal distress , struggling to breathe , and is near death . then drains the life out of a nearby deer to revive and infuse fel magic into the baby , which later names . 
 The orcs raid several settlements throughout Azeroth . , the military commander of the human forces in the Stormwind Kingdom , looks over some of the men that were killed , and finds a trespassing mage named , who explains that he was investigating the dead bodies because they contained traces of fel magic . persuades Stormwind 's king , , to consult , the renowned Guardian of Tirisfal , and sends and to 's stronghold , Karazhan , to inform him of the fel magic 's presence on Azeroth . In the Karazhan library , a ghostly shadow leads to a mysterious book , which he takes . 
 , , and join a scouting team following traces of fel magic but are ambushed by orcs . uses a spell to kill the fel - corrupted orcs , leaving the Horde 's warchief , , to flee along with and . restrains a half - orc slave , , and the soldiers take her prisoner . King frees in exchange for loyalty to , and she leads the humans to spy on the orc camp , where they learn of 's plan to bring the Horde to Azeroth . Meanwhile , realizes that the fel magic is responsible for the destruction of Draenor , and if is not thwarted , Azeroth will suffer the same fate . Despite 's objections , invites to a secret meeting so that the Frostwolf Clan and the humans can unite to defeat . While studying the book that he took from , learns that could not have opened the portal on his own ; he had help from someone on Azeroth . He is confronted by , who burns 's research when offers to help him with his work . 
 The Frostwolf Clan meets with the humans to negotiate an alliance , but the group is ambushed by . As the humans retreat , forms a magical barrier to protect them , but 's son is separated from the rest of the group and killed by . is severely weakened , and and take him back to Karazhan to recover . After noticing 's eyes shine green , showing that he is infected by fel magic , returns to his former home , Dalaran , to seek help from the Kirin Tor , the authority of human and high elven mages . The Kirin Tor facilitate a meeting with , revealed to be the shadow who led to the book ; she confirms that has indeed been corrupted by fel magic and turned into a demon . At the orc camp , purges the Frostwolf Clan . helps to escape , and she sends down a river in a basket , but is then found and killed by another orc . challenges to Mak'gora , a traditional orcish duel to the death for leadership of a clan – in this case , all of the orcs . During the fight , violates the honorable combat rules by draining the life out of with his magic , killing him and earning the disapproval of the orcs watching , and he empowers with the same magic . , now in a half - demonic state , starts to open the portal to Draenor , and begins sacrificing the captured human villagers to allow the rest of the Horde to enter Azeroth . 
 leads the human army in an assault on the orc camp , while and fight and destroy the demon that had begun to manifest on the outside . is left mortally wounded , and uses the last of his strength to close the portal to Draenor and instead open a portal to Stormwind , allowing to evacuate most of the freed prisoners . When eventually dies , the portal closes , leaving , and a small number of human soldiers to fight the orcs . secretly orders to kill him , bringing her honor among the orcs and putting her in a position of power to bring peace between the two races . reluctantly does so and is welcomed into the Horde by . As the orcs celebrate , arrives to retrieve King 's body and discovers 's knife still in 's neck , realizing that it was she who had killed their king . challenges to , and quickly disposes of him . Against 's demands , the orcs , bound by tradition , allow to depart with 's body . At 's funeral in Stormwind , the leaders of the other human nations , along with the high elves and dwarves , proclaim an alliance against the orcs and rally behind as the leader of the Alliance forces . Elsewhere , takes one of 's tusks to one day give to , and the basket containing is found by a human .

Eighteen months after outwitting the FBI , the remaining members of the Four Horsemen — ( ) , ( ) and ( in hiding in New York City , awaiting further instructions from The Eye , the secret society of magicians they 've been recruited into . , having grown tired of waiting for a mission , seeks out The Eye himself . His search leads him to an underground tunnel in which he hears a voice that tells him that his wait may be coming to an end . The Horsemen 's handler , FBI Special Agent ( ) , ultimately assigns them a new mission , exposing corrupt businessman ( ) , whose new software secretly steals data on its users for 's benefit . ( ) is added to the team to replace former member ( ) , who has left the Horsemen after breaking up with Atlas . 
 The Horsemen hijack the launch party for the new software , but the show is interrupted by a mysterious individual who reveals to the world that , believed to be dead , is actually alive , and that is their mole , forcing him to escape . While escaping , the Horsemen enter their escape tube on a roof and emerge in Macau , where they are captured by mercenaries and ( also played by ) , 's twin brother . The Horsemen are then brought before 's employer , technology prodigy ( ) , 's former business partner , who faked his own death after stole 's company . conscripts the Horsemen into stealing the data - mining device developed by to prevent him from using it . The chip allows the user to decrypt and access any electronic device around the world . The Horsemen agree to steal the device . 
 They get supplies at a famous magic shop in Macau , run by ( Jay ) and ( ) , and secretly contact The Eye to arrange to hand over the device after they steal it . Meanwhile , is branded a fugitive and forced to spring his rival ( ) , whom blames for the death of his father , out of jail for help . 
 The Horsemen infiltrate the facility and steal the chip , despite being interrogated and searched by security guard ( ) . is then confronted by , revealing that had been fooled into thinking that was The Eye . intervenes and pretends to retrieve the device , but is captured by 's henchmen and taken to a nearby yacht . There , he learns is acting on behalf of his father , ( ) , whom exposed with the help of the Horsemen in the first film . places in a replica of the same safe that his father died in and leaves him to drown , but escapes and is rescued by the Horsemen . They find that the chip they had stolen appears to be a fake . 
 and the Horsemen broadcast that they will be performing live in London at midnight on New Year 's Eve . and , thinking that they have the computer chip , make haste to London , where the Horsemen are performing a series of tricks on the streets . At the Shard , , and discover that is still alive and capture the five , taking them on his private plane . takes the card from them , and and the other Horsemen are thrown out of the plane supposedly in flight . However , finds that the plane has never taken off , and instead is on a barge in the middle of the River Thames , with their criminal activities being broadcast live to the world by the Horsemen in the process . , and are arrested and , now going by his real surname , " " , entrusts the information they 've gathered on the real criminals ' activities to the FBI , who allows him a head start to escape . 
 and the Horsemen are then taken to meet the leaders of the Eye in a secret library in Greenwich Observatory . They find that the members of the Eye include , , and . reveals that he was actually partner , and he had been masquerading as his rival as part of their planned act : he had exposed 's first act planning to be dumbfounded by his second act , only to abandon the Eye after 's death . Before leaves , he asks to be his successor in the Eye 's leadership and requests that the Horsemen enter a curtain . The Horsemen , along with , go behind the curtain , and find a door behind it . They enter the room and find a staircase ; the camera zooms out to the stairs , forming an Eye .

, a regal blue tang , gets separated from her parents as a child . As she grows up , attempts to search for them , but gradually forgets them due to her short - term memory loss . In the flashback of the previous film , Finding Nemo , she joins – a clownfish looking for his missing son – after accidentally swimming into him . 
 One year later , is living with and on their reef . One day , has a flashback and remembers that she has parents . She decides to look for them , but her memory problem is an obstacle . She eventually remembers that they lived at the Jewel of Morro Bay across the ocean in California , thanks to mentioning its name . 
 and accompany . With the help of , their sea turtle friend , they ride a water current to California . Upon arrival , they explore a shipwreck full of destroyed cargo , where accidentally awakens a giant squid , who immediately pursues them and almost devours . berates for endangering them . Her feelings hurt , travels to the surface to seek help and is captured by staff members from the nearby Marine Life Institute after getting entangled in six pack rings . 
 is placed in the quarantine section and tagged . There she meets a grouchy but well - meaning octopus named . 's tag shows that she will be sent to an aquarium in Cleveland . Due to a traumatic ocean life , wants to live in the aquarium instead of being released back into the ocean , so he agrees to help find her parents in exchange for her tag . In one exhibit , encounters her childhood friend , a nearsighted whale shark who used to communicate with through pipes , and , a beluga whale who mistakenly believes he has lost his ability to echolocate . subsequently has flashbacks of life with her parents and struggles to recall details . She finally remembers how she was separated from her parents : she overheard her mother crying one night , left to retrieve a shell to cheer her up , and was pulled away by an undertow current . 
 and attempt to rescue . With the help of two sea lions named and and a disfigured common loon named , they manage to get into the institute and find her in the pipe system . Other blue tangs tell them that 's parents escaped from the institute a long time ago to search for her and never came back , leaving believing that they have died . retrieves from the tank , accidentally leaving and behind . He is then apprehended by one of the employees and unintentionally drops into the drain , flushing her out to the ocean . While wandering aimlessly , she comes across a trail of shells ; remembering that when she was young , her parents had set out a similar trail to help her find her way back home , she follows it . At the end of the trail , finds an empty brain coral with multiple shell trails leading to it . As she turns to leave , she sees her parents and in the distance . They tell her they spent years laying down the trails for her to follow in the hopes that she would eventually find them . 
 , , and end up in the truck taking various aquatic creatures to Cleveland . and escape from their exhibit to help rescue them . Once on board the truck , persuades to return to the sea with her , and together , they hijack the truck and drive it over busy highways , creating havoc , before crashing it into the sea , freeing all the fish . , along with her parents and new friends , return to the reef with and . 
 In a post - credits scene , the Tank Gang from Finding Nemo , still trapped inside their ( now algae - covered ) plastic bags , reach California one year after floating across the Pacific Ocean . They are eventually picked up by staff members from the Marine Life Institute .

In 1996 , star athlete is being honored at his high school . Halfway through 's speech , and a group of bullies throw a naked , who was showering , into the hall where the assembly is taking place , embarrassing him . Only and his girlfriend , , are sympathetic towards . 
 Twenty years later , is married to and works as a forensic accountant but is dissatisfied with his career . suggests they see a therapist to salvage their deteriorating marriage . At work , receives a friend request on Facebook from a man named , who reveals that he is and requests that they meet . is shocked to see that has transformed into a muscular , confident man . asks to review a few accounting records . deciphers the records as multimillion - dollar transactions from an auction , with the final payment set to be made the following day . avoids 's questions and spends the night on his couch . 
 The next morning , a group of CIA agents led by arrive at 's house in search of , who escapes . tells that is a dangerous rogue agent who intends to sell satellite codes to the highest bidder . Soon after , abducts and explains that he is trying to stop a criminal known as the Black Badger from selling the codes but needs 's skills to find the coordinates of the deal 's location . He tells that his partner has been murdered by the Black Badger while was stuck in an elevator . After an attack by a bounty hunter , flees and calls , telling her to meet him at the marriage counselor 's office . intercepts him and tells him that murdered in the elevator and is himself . She warns him to refrain from telling and gives him a device to alert them to 's location . then arrives for marriage counseling , where he finds posing as the counselor . 
 convinces to help him , and sets up a meeting with , who is able to track the offshore account for the auction , so they can get the deal 's location . helps them and says that he 's found and apologizes to both of them , but later reveals he lied and laughs in their faces and bullies once again . calls and threatens to arrest if he fails to help them detain . is forced to betray , and the CIA arrests him . As tortures to get him to confess , decides to help escape . deduces that the deal is happening in Boston and helps steal a plane . At an underground parking garage , where the deal is assumed to be taking place , enters alone , while sees entering a short while later . He mistakenly assumes that she is the Black Badger and runs after her , but finds meeting with the buyer and claiming to be the Black Badger . shoots , grazing his neck , to keep him safe . 
 arrives , revealing that he faked his death in the elevator and claims he is the real Black Badger . The buyer attempts to retrieve codes from both and , but the CIA arrives and a shootout begins , while grabs both codes and runs outside . He encounters and , who engage in combat . Unable to decide who is the criminal , randomly shoots , but confesses that he is the Black Badger and that is innocent . causes a distraction that allows to rip 's throat out , killing him . The two deliver the codes to , who then drops them off at their high school reunion , where reconciles with . is announced as , with revealing to that he hacked the voting system to ensure 's win . attempts to bully a third time , but knocks him out . As delivers his speech , he relives his most embarrassing high - school moment and takes off all his clothes confidently . He walks off stage to unite with his high school crush . 
 Before the ending credits , is pregnant and has joined the CIA . As a gift for his first day on the job , gives his varsity jacket from high school back , which had given to him after the senior assembly prank .

Twenty years after the devastating alien invasion , the United Nations has set up the Earth Space Defense ( ESD ) , a global defense and research program that reverse - engineers alien technology and serves as Earth 's early warning system against extraterrestrial threats.[4][5][6 ] Civilization has been restored and relative peace among nations exists following the human race 's victory over the aliens ' attacks . 
 As the twentieth anniversary of the invasion approaches , ESD Director meets with warlord and Dr. in the African state Republique Nationale d'Umbutu.[7 ] They travel to an intact alien city destroyer and discover that alien survivors sent a distress call to their home world before their defeat . It is revealed that former U.S. President , Dr. , and are telepathically linked to the aliens , following personal encounters , and have visions of an unidentified spherical object . 
 An unidentified spherical ship emerges from a wormhole near Earth 's Moon , and despite objections from , is destroyed on the orders of the United Nations Security Council . Defying orders , American pilots and then pick up , , , and U.S. federal controller on a space tug . They head for the wreckage in the Van de Graaff crater , where they recover a large container . An alien mothership suddenly appears,[7 ] responding to the distress call , and proceeds to destroy much of the Earth 's planetary defenses before landing over the North Atlantic Ocean , where it starts to drill down toward the Earth 's molten core . Narrowly escaping death , those on board the space tug are able to avoid capture and return to Area 51 . 
 , , and U.S. General ' groups interrogate one of the aliens held in captivity at Area 51 's prison facility from the war . They learn that the aliens exist in eusociality and that one of their colossal Queens is commanding the invasion . hypothesizes that , if they kill the supervising Queen , her forces will cease drilling and retreat . An ESD aerial fleet , led by Captain , stages a counterattack , but they are caught in a trap within the mothership , leaving only a few survivors , including , , , and fellow ESD lieutenant and Chinese pilot . 
 In Area 51 , opens the rescued container and releases a giant white sphere of virtual intelligence . She reveals that her mission is to evacuate survivors to a planet of refuge from worlds targeted by the aliens , whom she calls " Harvesters " , and unite them in an attack on the Harvesters ' planet . In the mothership , all surviving ESD pilots manage to escape by hijacking enemy craft ; , , , and navigate two Harvester fighters to pursue the 's personal ship , which is heading to Area 51 to extract information from the sphere about the refugee planet . 
 Knowing the Harvester Queen has become aware of the sphere 's location , the ESD hide her in an isolation chamber and use a decoy in 's space tug to lure the Harvester Queen 's ship into a trap . volunteers to pilot the transport ship on a suicide mission , leading the Queen 's ship into a trap before detonating a bomb , thus sacrificing himself but destroying the enemy ship . However , the Harvester Queen survives by using an energy shield and a fight breaks out . Initially , the ESD soldiers ' weapons can not penetrate the Queen 's shield , but after the Harvester Queen lowers her shield to fire her own weapon , a good shot by 's daughter disables her shield . This allows 's party , which arrives just in time , to ultimately kill her before she can take the sphere . With the Queen dead , all the remaining alien fighters are rendered inactive , while the mothership stops drilling and retreats to space . reveals that the sphere has asked humanity to lead her resistance and has offered them new technology in preparation for a counterattack on the 's home world .

Shortly after the death of her mother , medical student travels to a secluded beach in Mexico , the same beach her mother visited while she was pregnant with . , a friendly local resident , gives a ride and drops her off at the beach . joins two other locals and the three surf for several hours . Taking a break from surfing , video - chats with her sister . When she talks to her father in an emotional and strained conversation , it is revealed that her mother 's death caused to consider dropping out of medical school . 
 While surfing one last time for the day , notices the carcass of a large humpback whale nearby . As she rides the last wave back to the beach , a large great white shark knocks her off her surfboard and bites her leg . climbs onto the whale carcass , but the shark rams it from underneath , forcing her to swim to an isolated rock . She uses her surfboard strap to slow the bleeding on her leg . Later she uses her jewelry to put rudimentary stitches in place to hold her torn flesh together . is left alone when the unaware locals leave the beach , and she spends the night on the rock with a wounded seagull , who was also injured from the whale , she names him . The next morning , a drunk local man on the beach steals 's belongings . While wading out into the shallow water , to steal 's surfboard , he is killed by the shark . Several hours later , the two locals had surfed with the day before return . They get into the water before can warn them away , and are also killed by the shark . 
 One of the local surfers was wearing a GoPro camera on his helmet . When he was attacked by the shark , his helmet had come off and floated to the surface . later sees the helmet floating in the water . After some struggle , she is able to retrieve it and notices in the footage of the attack , the shark has a large hook stuck in its mouth after a possible encounter with fishermen . uses the GoPro to leave messages for her sister and father as well as information about the shark attack and her location . 
 With high tide approaching , realizes the rock will be submerged soon . After sending toward shore on a piece of the surfboard , and timing the shark 's circles from the whale carcass to the rock , swims to a nearby buoy , narrowly avoiding the shark by swimming through a group of jellyfish , which sting both the shark and her . finds a flare gun on the buoy . She shoots one flare to draw the attention of a faraway cargo ship , but the ship is already turned away and it never sees her . She then fires another flare at the shark , setting the oil from the whale carcass alight and angering it , but otherwise has no effect . The shark then ferociously attacks the buoy and rips out the chains securing it to the ocean bed . straps herself to the last remaining chain and as it is ripped from the buoy , she is pulled down to the ocean floor , pursued by the shark . At the last moment , pulls out of the dive , and the shark impales itself on some rebar from the buoy 's anchor . 
 Later , a boy named at the beach finds the action camera and informs his father , . finds floating close to shore and revives her . briefly sees a hallucination of her mother . As she looks around the beach , she sees that has made it to the shore . One year later , ( now a doctor ) and healed after the shark attack , and her sister go surfing in Galveston , Texas , as their father tells that her mother would have been proud .

Sixteen - year - old aspiring model has just moved from small - town Georgia to Los Angeles . She meets photographer , who does her first shoot , and makeup artist , who introduces fellow older models and . The three women are intrigued by 's natural beauty and curious about her sexual proclivities . feigns experience in the latter . 
 is signed by , the owner of a modelling agency , who tells her to pretend she is nineteen and refers her to a test shoot with notable photographer . goes on a date with , but keeps his advances at bay . She returns to her motel room to find it ransacked and occupied by a mountain lion . goes to the photo shoot with , who covers her naked body in gold paint . The shoot is successful , and and begin envying 's youth , while is fascinated with her . 
 goes to a casting call for fashion designer , where is also present . He pays no attention to but is entranced by . A distraught asks her how it feels to be the one everyone admires . admits , " It 's everything . " lunges toward her , and accidentally cuts her hand on glass . immediately sucks the blood from 's hand . rushes back to her motel and faints , hallucinating strange images . arrives and treats 's wound . 
 At 's fashion show , tells about all the cosmetic surgery she has had done , and expresses disbelief that has not used casting couches to achieve success . As is closing the show , she sees a vision of the glowing triangle she saw before in her hallucination . After the show , a visibly - changed goes out with to a bar . There , denigrates women who have cosmetic surgery , using a humiliated as an example . In contrast , he praises 's natural looks . challenges this view and tries to convince to leave , but she rejects him , now displaying a narcissistic new persona . 
 has a nightmare of being forced to sexually swallow a knife . She wakes up in time to hear someone fidgeting with her door lock . She quickly turns the lock , but is left to listen as the intruder breaks into the next room and assaults the female occupant . Terrified , she calls , who tells her to come over . tries to initiate sex with her , but rejects her , revealing herself to be a virgin . draws a diagram on 's mirror and leaves for her second job as a makeup artist at a morgue , where she pleasures herself with a female corpse . 
 returns home and finds now unabashed in her narcissism . is attacked by and . pushes into a huge empty swimming pool , breaking her leg . The three women approach her with knives . is then seen in a bath full of 's blood ; and are shown washing blood off in the shower . Later , is revealed to have occult tattoos . She lies in 's unmarked grave as part of a ritual that culminates in her living room , where a torrent of blood gushes from her genitals . 
 The next day , drives to one of 's photoshoots with another model named . wanders to the living room and is suddenly enthralled with and fires on the spot . In the midst of the shoot , feels ill and leaves . watches vomit up one of 's eyeballs . She screams with regret , " I need to get her out of me " , and stabs herself with a pair of scissors . watches die , eats the regurgitated eyeball , and returns to the photoshoot .

As a result of the Berlin Conference , the Congo Basin is claimed by King of the Belgians , who rules the Congo Free State in personal union with the Kingdom of Belgium . The country is on the verge of bankruptcy , having borrowed huge amounts of money to finance the construction of railways and other infrastructure projects . He sends his envoy ( ) to secure the fabled diamonds of Opar . 's expedition is ambushed and massacred . A tribal leader , Chief Mbonga ( ) , offers the diamonds in exchange for an old enemy : . 
 The man once called " " , ( ) , has left Africa behind and settled down in London with his American - born wife , ( ) , taking up his birth name and ancestral family residence as Lord . In the eight years since returning from Africa , 's story as has become legendary among the Victorian public , although himself wishes to leave the past behind him . Through the British Prime Minister ( ) , is invited by King to visit Boma and report on the development of the Congo by Belgium , though declines . An American envoy , ( ) , privately reveals his suspicions that is enslaving the Congolese population to recoup his debts . persuades to accept the invitation in order to prove his suspicions . is disappointed when says that she should not come , as he thinks the trip would be too dangerous , remembering how both his parents died as a result of the jungle 's brutality following their shipwreck there — his mother of disease and his father later killed by the Mangani apes — leaving the baby to be raised as by his Mangani " mother " and " brother " . However , reminds him that she grew up in Africa as well , and misses her home and friends there . relents , and allows to accompany him . 
 , , and take the trip to the Congo . There , the trio encounters a tribal village and villagers who knew and during their previous stay in the jungle . explains to that her husband was once considered an evil spirit by the African tribes , including that of Chief . recalls how , when she was younger , she and her father lived in the tribal village helping to care for local children . There she met who was made feral and physically enhanced by his life with the apes . The naked ape man saved 's life by shielding her from a vicious mangani attack , suffering severe injuries in the process . took the injured home , nursed him back to health , and the two fell in love . That night , as the tribe sleeps , and his mercenaries raid the village and kidnap and and kill the tribe 's leader . They then escape to a nearby steamboat with and several of the tribe 's members , but is able to rescue before he can be taken to the boat . 
 With the aid of the tribe 's warriors , and intercept a Belgian military train carrying captured slaves , providing with the evidence he needs to expose King . They also discover that intends to use the diamonds to pay for a massive army to subdue the Congo , and allow Belgium to mine its wealth for 's benefit . As and continue onward , John encounters the adult , who is now leader of the apes . Aware that considers him a deserter , prepares to fight , though he soon loses . That night , as recovers , recalls the massacres of Native Americans during the Indian Wars , comparing to those of and . 
 On 's steamboat , dines with , before escaping and swimming to shore . stumbles into a group of mangani apes , where she is rescued by , whose men then shoot and kill many of the apes . saves the remaining group , reconciling with , before pursuing . He is cornered by and his tribe , where it is revealed that once killed 's only son for previously killing . A defeated tearfully accuses of lacking honor , as his son was just a young boy when killed him . spares , just as and the manganis arrive to subdue the tribe . takes and the diamonds to Boma , where he plans to take control of the army . , and trigger a massive stampede of wildebeest through Boma , destroying the town and distracting the soldiers , allowing to rescue . As attempts to escape by boat , sinks it with a machine gun as swims aboard . incapacitates by strangling him and then tying him by the neck to the ship 's railing , before trying to escape again . then summons crocodiles with a mating call to devour , before escaping the destroyed vessel himself . 
 returns to England and presents the Prime Minister with evidence exposing the slave trade in the African Congo . One year later , and have remained in Africa and settled in 's father 's old house . returns to his rightful place among the great apes as and finally actualizes his dream of having a child with .

, a 10 - year - old orphaned girl who lives in a London orphanage , stays awake reading through the nights due to her insomnia . At 3:00 am , or what she calls the " witching hour " , she sees an elderly giant outside her window . The giant captures her and takes her into Giant Country . There , he explains that must stay with him for the rest of her life because she saw him and must not be allowed to reveal the existence of giants . He also explains that she will put herself at risk if she goes out in the open , as nine other giants inhabit Giant Country , all of whom are maneaters and favor the taste of children . 
 When awakes , the , the infantile leader of the man - eating giants ( and the same one from 's nightmare ) , enters the older giant 's home and smells . The nearly devours before exiting . The giant gives some replacement clothes , as hers are ruined , and convinces him to take her to Dream Country to catch dreams together . As they leave , they accidentally wake up the , the more intelligent and cunning second - in - command to the , who awakens the other man - eating giants . They torment and bully the friendly giant by throwing him around like a football and rolling him down a hill in a garbage truck . As the pair escape during a thunderstorm which drives the man - eating giants into the cave , the and the find 's blanket ( which she had dropped before ) and plan to find her . Climbing up the mountain , tells the giant that he should n't allow the other giants to bully him . 
 The pair arrives in Dream Country and catch a dream each . While there , the giant reveals that his only other alias ( other than " runt " which the other giants call him ) is " the Big Friendly Giant " and decides to call him " BFG " . The two then head to London to spread good dreams to sleeping children . As they do so , realizes that she has lost her blanket . The realizes that the other man - eating giants know about her , and she wakes up outside the orphanage . He explains that the last human child he took and raised was discovered and eaten by 's group . She throws herself out of her window in the hope he will appear again to catch her , and he does . 
 When they return to the BFG 's home , the other giants barge in and upend the place looking for , destroying much of the BFG 's hard work . evades detection and the enraged finally stands up to them and drives them off with a hot fire iron . While hidden , finds the home of the last human to live with the BFG before becoming a victim of 's group . She leaves his jacket on his bed and finds a portrait of Queen Victoria amongst his belongings . From this she devises a plan to forge a nightmare and give it to , the Queen of the United Kingdom . The nightmare consists of giants eating the children of England , the British Army fighting the giants , and appearing on her windowsill . 
 They head to Buckingham Palace where upon waking from her nightmare , the Queen and her maid find on the windowsill as in the nightmare with the BFG outside in the palace grounds . and the inform the Queen , , and Mr. that the child - eating beasts in her dream are indeed real and must be stopped at all costs before they cause any more harm to her subjects . After a large breakfast they all enjoy , the Queen soon dispatches soldiers to Giant Country . 
 The BFG plans to give the man - eating giants the nightmare caught the night before , so they will be more compliant once caught . They are almost all immediately consumed by guilt , but the Fleshlumpeater awakens and intercepts the nightmare before it can affect him . Despite this , the British army 's helicopters effortlessly ensnare and capture him and the other giants . They are lifted away onto an isolated uncharted island somewhere in the world where numerous snozzcumbers and a large crate of snozzcumber seeds are left with them , much to their fury . 
 In the aftermath , begins living in the Queen 's palace with while the returns to Giant Country to resume giving dreams to people and begins growing a wide variety of vegetables inspired by his time in England . The film ends with narrating that whenever she feels lonely , which is less often than before , she talks to him . He can still hear her . Leaning out of her window , she says " Good Morning , BFG " . At his writing desk , the BFG hears her words and smiles .

A young and her family are tied up by a masked purger . He taunts them with his " purge playlist " , and then tells them they will play a final purge game called " Mommy 's Choice . " He then proceeds to kill the rest of 's family and leaves her as the only survivor . Eighteen years later , is a U.S. Senator campaigning for the U.S. Presidency , promising to end the annual purge nights . Former police sergeant is now head of security for . The New Founding Fathers of America 's ( NFFA ) leader , and their candidate , Minister , view as a threat and decide to revoke immunity on government officials during the purge . 
 Watching the presidential debate are deli owner , his assistant , and EMT . A pair of teenage girls enters the store and shoplifts , only to be cornered by . The girls mock until intervenes , at which point they surrender their stolen goods and leave . later receives a phone call stating that his insurance premiums for purge coverage have been raised beyond his affordability . decides to guard his store himself , despite and 's pleas not to . 
 On the night of the purge , guards his store and is joined by , and together they manage to repel an attack by the teenage girls . and her partner patrol the city in an ambulance , providing medical care to the wounded . decides to wait out the purge from her home rather than a secure location to secure the vote , and is accompanied by , Chief , , and additional security forces . However , a betrayal by Chief and allows a paramilitary force led by to kill the security detail and invade the house . escorts the Senator to safety , but is wounded in the process . He detonates a bomb in the house , killing and Chief . 
 and the Senator attempt to seek shelter , but are ambushed by a gang of purgers and taken captive . Before they are executed , and kill the gang , having seen the pair 's plight from the store 's rooftop . As they take shelter in the store , the teenage girls return with reinforcements . However , runs over their leader and kills the remaining reinforcements . They form a team and leave for a safer hideout . The team is ambushed by in a helicopter , and seeks refuge beneath an overpass wherein realizes they were tracked by the bullet lodged inside him , and manages to extract it . After a confrontation with a large number of Crips , the team helps their leader 's injured comrade . In return , the Crips plant the bullet in another area to divert the paramilitary team , which they later eliminate . 
 The team arrives at an underground antipurge hideout run by . discovers that 's group intends to assassinate , in an effort to end the purge . A large group of paramilitary forces arrives at the hideout looking for . and escape back to the streets and meet , , and , who had left the hideout earlier to return to 's store . 
 While fleeing the city , the ambulance is hit by 's team . is pulled from the van by the soldiers before can assist . He leads the group and 's team to a fortified cathedral where the NFFA plans to sacrifice her . Before can be killed by the NFFA , the group arrives and assassinates , causing a shootout that kills the entire congregation except and another NFFA loyalist , , who escape . is caught by 's group , who still intends to kill him , but manages to persuade them to spare him . The remaining paramilitary forces arrive , killing and his team . and engage in a melee which ends with the former 's death . As and the team free the imprisoned purge victims , emerges and kills a released prisoner . shoots him , but is fatally wounded . Before dying , asks to take care of his store . 
 Two months later , wins the election in a landslide , while is promoted to head of the Secret Service . and renovate 's store and continue to run it in his memory . A news report then states that NFFA supporters have staged violent uprisings across the country in response to election results .

A named lives with his owner in a Manhattan apartment . While she is at work during the day , he hangs out with other pets in the building : tabby cat , pug , dachshund , and budgerigar Sweet Pea . One day , adopts , a large mongrel from the pound , leaving jealous because of her divided focus on . Enraged by 's attitude towards him , tries to abandon in an alley , but they are both attacked by cats led by Sphynx cat who removes both dogs ' collars and leaves them to be caught by Animal Control . fears that he will be killed if he goes back to the pound . When , a white Pomeranian who is ( not so ) secretly in love with , discovers that he is missing , she decides to find him . 
 and are rescued by a white rabbit named , the leader of " The Flushed Pets"—a gang of sewer - dwelling animals who hate humans because their owners mistreated them . After and pretend to despise humans as much as they do by saying they killed their owners , the Flushed Pets invite them to join . Before they can prove their loyalty by allowing a one - fanged viper to bite them , learns from the cats that and are domesticated . The two dogs escape the sewers and board a ferry to Brooklyn , inadvertently killing the viper in the process . vows to kill them and leads the Flushed Pets after them . 
 Meanwhile , recruits a red - tailed hawk named to find , but he mistakenly locates Ozone , whom coerces into telling what he knows about the dogs . They then enlist , , , guinea pig and Sweet Pea . On the way , they meet , an old Basset Hound who helps and the pets find . Meanwhile , and raid a sausage factory for food . Then , and her team encounter , who vows to kill them as well , and is captured as the rest of 's team flees . 
 In the meantime , tells about his previous owner , , an elderly man who adopted him as a puppy and loved spending time with him . One day , got lost while chasing a butterfly and was caught by Animal Control , but never came to claim him . convinces him to visit 's house in a nearby neighborhood , confident will still love him and take him back . When they arrive at 's house , they learn from the resident cat that has died . Heartbroken , accuses of attempting to get rid of him and barks at the new homeowners who have just returned to the house and called Animal Control . The handlers catch , but interferes long enough for to escape and ends up being captured instead . 
 While trying to rescue as he follows the Animal Control van , is attacked by who tries to kill him . However , when his gang is captured , realizes that he and must work together to rescue them . They drive a city bus into the van on the Brooklyn Bridge , stopping traffic . The Flushed Pets encircle , unaware of his partnership with , but and her team save him . uses her kung - fu fighting skills , and starts to fall in love with her . The van gets stuck in scaffolding and the Flushed Pets escape . As soon as gets the keys to 's cage , the van plummets into the East River with him inside . is unable to free , so jumps into the river to retrieve the keys , allowing them to escape the sinking van . 
 The entire group returns to the apartment block by pig - driven taxi . expresses his love for , who returns his affection . and the Flushed Pets then come up with a new plan to annihilate all humans , but a little girl named arrives and adopts and the remaining Flushed Pets return to the sewers . At first , resists , but gives in and lets himself become a domesticated pet . The other pets return to their homes and embrace their owners , and and finally reunite with , sparking a true friendship . 
 and show up in costume at a party in poodle 's apartment . 's owner returns and crashes to the floor on the chandelier .

During the 1980s , U.S. Customs Service special agent uses his undercover alias " " to become a pivotal player for drug lords cleaning their dirty cash . Later , he infiltrates the world 's largest cartel and helps expose the money - laundering organization of drug lord ] and take down the Bank of Credit and Commerce International , which had secretly taken illegal ownership of First American Bank shares in Washington , D.C. He survives the deception and has a long and productive career .

Three years into its mission , the USS Enterprise arrives at Yorktown , a massive space station , for resupply and shore leave for her crew . Struggling to find meaning in their endless exploration , Captain has applied for a promotion to vice admiral ; he recommends as his replacement . Meanwhile , reunites with his family , works to keep the ship operational , and and amicably end their relationship ; also receives word from New Vulcan that Ambassador , his counterpart from the original timeline , has died . 
 The Enterprise is dispatched on a rescue mission after an escape pod drifts out of a nearby uncharted nebula . The occupant , , claims her ship is stranded on Altamid , a planet within the nebula . As the Enterprise exits an asteroid field within the nebula , a massive swarm of small ships ambushes and quickly overwhelms the starship . The leader of the swarm , , and his crew board the crippled Enterprise and unsuccessfully search for a relic , the Abronath , that had recently obtained . captures and removes many crewmembers from the ship ; he also has his swarm cut the Enterprise into pieces . orders the crew to abandon ship , leaving the remains of the Enterprise to crash on Altamid . 
 On the planet , captures , , and other survivors . and , accompanied by , locate the Enterprise 's saucer section ; realising that knew they would be attacked , they trick her into revealing herself as 's spy . To escape 's soldiers , and use the ship 's thrusters to flip the saucer over , crushing . Elsewhere on the planet , a wounded and Dr. search for other survivors ; explains to that the tension he witnessed between him and at the Yorktown base was due to his intention to leave Starfleet to help the Vulcan survivors , and continue the late Ambassador 's work . , a scavenger who previously escaped 's encampment , rescues and takes him to her makeshift home , the grounded USS Franklin , an early Starfleet vessel reported missing over a century earlier . is reunited with , , and . Threatening to kill the crew , coerces Ensign to hand over the Abronath that she had kept hidden for , then dissolves her completely using the Abronath , the missing half of an ancient bioweapon that can disintegrate any humanoid . With the device complete , intends to attack Yorktown and kill its inhabitants before going on to attack the Federation . and the others free the crew as launches into space with the bioweapon , leading his drones to Yorktown . 
 As the Enterprise survivors power up the Franklin and launch her back into space in pursuit of , they deduce that such a massive swarm must coordinate its attacks via radio signals , specifically on the FM frequency . transports and into one of the swarm ships to seize control of one . Matching the swarm 's frequency , they jam and disorient the swarm by broadcasting the 1994 song " Sabotage " by the Beastie Boys over the channels , destroying almost the entire fleet . and his three surviving ships , one of whom contains and , are chased by the Franklin through Yorktown , ending at the stations headquarters when the Franklin slams into the ships . As flees into the starbase , and Kirk discover from the Franklin 's logs that he is actually , former captain of the Franklin . A pre - Federation human soldier , rejected the Federation 's principles of unity and cooperation with former enemies like the Xindi . When he and his crew were stranded on Altamid by a wormhole , the three survivors used the technology of the planet 's extinct natives to prolong their lives at the cost of the others and re - purposed their dormant drone workers into the swarm . Thinking that the Federation had abandoned them , now plans to destroy the Federation and resume galactic conflict . pursues into Yorktown 's ventilation system , where activates the bioweapon . Before it can be unleashed , ejects and the bioweapon out of Yorktown and into space where the weapon consumes . Using the alien ship they had commandeered , and save moments before he is also blown into space . 
 In the aftermath , Commodore closes the unsolved cases of Captain and the USS Franklin crew . decides to remain as a captain while chooses to remain in Starfleet and begins to renew his relationship with . has been accepted into Starfleet Academy on 's recommendation . As the crew celebrates 's birthday , together they watch the progress of the completion of their new ship , the USS Enterprise - A , and on the ship 's completion , they resume their mission .

, trying to bury his acorn , accidentally activates an abandoned alien ship that takes him into deep space , where he unwittingly sends several asteroids en route to a collision with Earth . Meanwhile , is worried about the upcoming marriage between and her fiancé , . and his wife want to start a family , but their fierce appearance tends to scare kids . is dumped by his girlfriend , , just as he is about to propose to her , and he laments his solitude . During and 's wedding anniversary party ( which had forgotten prior to the event ) , some of the asteroids strike the place and The Herd barely escape with their lives . Meanwhile , at the underground cavern , returns a dinosaur egg back to its rightful owner after it was stolen by a trio of flying dromaeosaurs[7 ] named , , and . discovers an ancient stone pillar and takes it to the surface , where he meets and the others . 
 explains to The Herd that according to the pillar , the asteroids had caused several extinctions in the past and with a massive one still incoming , he believes that the only place they could find a clue to stop it is on the site of the impact of the previous ones , as according to its engravings , they always fall at the same place . However , the three dromaeosaurs overhear their conversation , and and decide to stop them , believing that they could be safe from the impact , as they can fly , thus not only getting their revenge on , but also killing all mammals and securing domination over Earth for their species . is reluctant , but and strong - arm him into cooperating . 
 As The Herd travels to the crash site , they discover that the asteroids have electro - magnetic properties . theorizes that if a huge quantity of smaller asteroids should be gathered and launched into orbit , they could attract the main asteroid as well and prevent it from falling on Earth . After facing several obstacles and the interference of the dromaeosaurs , The Herd arrives at " Geotopia " , a community of immortal animals formed inside one of the asteroids that have fallen long ago , where meets , a female ground sloth who falls in love with him . However , , the leader of Geotopia , refuses to cooperate with 's plan to send the city 's crystals into space in order to prevent the imminent impact , as they are the key to the residents ' longevity . Sid inadvertently destroys the entire city when he attempts to remove one of the crystals to present with , immediately aging them to their real ages and revealing their true crone - like appearances . 
 Once convinces the Geotopians that preventing the asteroid 's fall is more important than their lost youth , they and The help with 's plan , which is to fill up a geyser with the crystals so that the pressure launches them into space to draw the asteroid away . The dromaeosaurs attempt to intervene , but convinces that they will not be able to survive the asteroid , and he in turn convinces and to help . The plan works , and the asteroid is pulled back into space . The then departs back home , including , who parts ways from , but just after they leave , an asteroid piece falls inside a hot spring , giving it rejuvenating properties and making the Geotopians and 's grandmother , who stayed behind with them , regain their youth . After The returns , reconciles with , and celebrate their wedding , and become heroes to the kids who were scared of them before , and a rejuvenated appears during the ceremony to reunite with . 
 In the film 's epilogue , keeps struggling to control the alien ship until it crashes on Mars , destroying all life on the planet . 
 In a mid - credits scene , finds his acorn , but gets beaten by some doors .

In a textile factory , an employee named encounters a silhouette of a woman when the lights are off , but can not see it when the lights are on . She warns her boss . He also encounters the woman and notes that she will not come into the light . He is killed by the woman after she chases him through the factory . 
 A short time later , a young woman named is called into the school nurse ’s office of her brother , . and are half - siblings , sharing the same mom : . The nurse was unable to get in touch with to inform her that has been falling asleep in class lately . An official from Child Protective Services questions about ’s living conditions . tells the official has depression , and is taking antidepressants . also tells the official was her stepfather , and that her real father ran away when she was a child . 
 and her boyfriend , , take to ’s house . tells that has been talking to a woman named “ ” . assures that is n’t a real person , and that she had also heard talk to the imaginary when she was a child . gets in an argument with when she realizes her mom is not taking her medication , so she takes to her apartment so he can rest . 
 That night , is woken by the same woman that killed after she notices her scratching at the floor . narrowly escapes an attack from the woman when she turns the lights on and the woman disappears . The next morning , notices the word “ ” has been scratched into her floor , along with a stick figure drawing of a woman . has a flashback to when she found the same name and drawing as a child , and realizes is real . 
 While her mom is running errands , sneaks into 's house and finds a box of medical records and other research in ’s office . 's findings reveal that was admitted to a mental hospital as a child . While there , she befriended a young patient named . suffered a severe skin condition , and was accidentally killed by the hospital staff when they performed surgery on her under intense light . also learns that was admitted to the mental hospital after her dad committed suicide , and that it was believed that was able to " get into people 's heads " . 
 , , and stage an intervention at ’s house about how Diana ’s spirit is haunting them all . becomes irate , says she wo n’t abandon her friend , then locks herself in her bedroom . The team decides to stay the night at ’s , intending to get her help in the morning . To avoid an attack from during the night , they rig the house to be as brightly lit as possible . This proves to be useless when cuts the power to the neighborhood . traps and in the basement , and attempts to kill . escapes , and drives to get help from the police . In the basement , finds a black light while searching for light sources to brighten the basement . When clearly sees with the black light , she realizes it ’s not powerful enough to harm her . 
 returns with two police officers . The officers free and from the basement , only to be murdered by . As they ’re fleeing the house , remembers is still in her bedroom . As she climbs the stairs to retrieve her mom , tells that she killed ’s father years ago . throws off the second floor landing . As prepares to kill , appears , with a gun from one of the dead officers . realizes she is the tether for to exist in the real world , and commits suicide . As falls to the floor , vanishes . 
 Later , comforts and in an ambulance outside of ’s house . The three of them appear to be slightly spooked when the ambulance lights flicker .

A decade after he exposed Operation Blackbriar ( as seen in The Bourne Ultimatum ) and disappeared , has finally recovered from his amnesia , isolating himself from the world and making a living by taking part in savage , bareknuckle fighting bouts . In Reykjavík , , who has been collaborating with a hacktivist group led by , hacks into the CIA 's mainframe computer server to expose its " black " ( top - secret ) operations programs . This alerts , the head of the agency 's cybersecurity operations division , and CIA director . In the process , finds documentation concerning 's recruitment into Treadstone and his father 's role in the program . She travels to Athens to find and inform him . 
 In Greece , and meet at Syntagma Square during a violent anti - government protest . They evade CIA teams sent after them , but is shot by the Asset , an ex - Blackbriar assassin who also holds a personal grudge against , having been captured and tortured as an unintentional consequence of 's exposure of . Before she dies , passes the key to a locker which holds the CIA files . 
 Seeking answers about his past and family , locates Dassault in Berlin . Decrypting ' files , discovers that his father , , was a CIA analyst involved in the creation of the Treadstone program . A " malware " program implanted in the files gives the CIA 's location , and sends a team to capture him , while remotely erases the files . Dassault attacks , but is killed . alerts to the team closing in , as she believes that he can be persuaded to return to the agency . Using the few leads he gathered in Berlin , tracks , a former Treadstone surveillance operative , in London and arranges to meet him in Paddington Plaza . 
 persuades 's boss , , the Director of National Intelligence , to allow her to contact in person to attempt to bring him back in . , who opposes her plan , secretly authorizes the Asset to eliminate her team and kill . evades and the Asset long enough to confront . admits that created Treadstone , but tried to prevent them from recruiting his son . Under 's orders , the Asset killed in Beirut , making it look like a terrorist attack , in order to persuade to join Treadstone . is killed by the Asset , while escapes and finds . She admits that she is not comfortable with 's methods and directs to a technology convention in Las Vegas . 
 is scheduled to attend the convention for a public debate on privacy rights with , CEO of social media giant Deep Dream . is the public face of corporate social responsibility in the Internet age , but he was secretly funded by in the startup stage . intends to use Deep Dream for real - time mass surveillance alongside the latest incarnation of the CIA 's targeted assassination ' Beta ' program , known as " Iron Hand " . When has second thoughts about giving the CIA access to Deep Dream , authorizes the Asset to assassinate and . thwarts the assassinations and confronts in his suite . appeals to 's sense of patriotism as he stalls for time . kills , 's right - hand man , and kills before he can shoot . covers up 's involvement before chasing the Asset on the Las Vegas Strip and finally killing him during a brutal hand - to - hand fight . 
 In the aftermath , convinces that 's methods were outdated and offers herself as 's replacement as CIA director and 's eyes and ears within the CIA . She outlines her plan to use 's trust to bring him back to the agency , but is prepared to kill him if he refuses . meets with , promising him that the CIA will become the organization he thought it was when he joined . asks for time to consider her offer and walks away . returns to her car and finds a recording , made by , of the conversation she had with about bringing in .

( ) is a married woman in the Chicago suburbs with two children , ( ) and ( ) , who feels overworked and overcommitted . She works as a sales rep for a " hip " coffee company , prepares healthful , hand - packed lunches for her children , does most of their homework , goes to all of their extracurricular activities , and is active in her school 's PTA , run by the domineering ( ) and her cronies , ( ) and ( ) . When she catches her husband ( ) cheating on her with a camgirl , kicks him out and attempts to keep everything together . 
 After a particularly stressful day , publicly quits the PTA in response to 's overzealous bake sale plans . At a nearby bar , meets ( ) , a laid - back , sexually active single mom , and ( ) , a stay - at - home mom of four who adores 's dissent from . and are irritated to discover that 's husband is domineering and expects her to take care of all the kids and the house with no assistance whatsoever , while and are disturbed at 's very hands - off approach to parenting . The trio embark on an all - night bender that inspires to loosen up with her kids : she takes them for rides in 's classic car , gets them lunch from Arby 's , forces to fend for himself to prevent him from being lazy and entitled , and takes the overachieving and constantly stressed for a spa day . herself decides to start dating but finds herself inexperienced due to her early marriage and motherhood . She ultimately ends up striking a connection with ( ) , a handsome widower at the school who 's had a crush on her . 
 After brings store - bought donut holes to the bake sale , she draws the ire of , who uses her PTA authority to get benched from the soccer team . is angered , and decides to run for PTA president in opposition to . A meet - and - greet at 's home draws only one visitor , who informs them that has launched a rival party at her own house , catered by . In spite of this , the other moms , and , swiftly abandon 's party when it becomes clear that she intends to lecture them all evening , leading to a successful party at 's house . 
 responds by putting drugs in 's locker , which gets her kicked out of all extracurricular activities . and both go to stay with ( who has agreed to an amicable divorce ) in response to what they see as 's failure as a mom . loses her job because her boss refuses to understand her reasons for taking time off . 
 A despondent stays home during the PTA election but is roused into action by and , who finally stands up to her husband and orders him to deal with everything alone until the meeting is over . At the event , gives an inspiring speech about how all the moms are overworked and that they need to take time off , do fewer and less stressful events , and most importantly , allow themselves to make mistakes . wins by a landslide and eventually winds up comforting a devastated , who reveals that her life is not perfect like she claims it is and that being in charge of the PTA was her only way to take her anger out on the problems she is facing . 
 Some weeks later , 's approach has led to positive changes : has been reinstated to the soccer team and is stressing out less , is actually applying himself , makes her husband help out with taking care of their kids , is more responsible and hands - on , and all of the other moms , including and , are feeling more energized . herself has gotten her job back with much better compensation after her boss sees how much he had taken her for granted , and she continues to see . invites , , and for a day of fun on her husband 's private jet . 
 The ending credits play over the cast interviewing their real - life moms .

High school senior longs to leave her home in Staten Island for college , but is afraid to tell her mother about being admitted to the California Institute of the Arts , as she is still grieving from the death of her brother , who died before starting college . Her friend becomes popular in Nerve : an online reality game where people either enlist online as " players " or pay to watch as " watchers " . Players accept dares from watchers , receiving monetary rewards . Sydney and her other friends chastise 's unadventurous nature . When refuses to talk to her crush , approaches herself and reveals that is interested in him . rebuffs her , and walks away embarrassed . 
 Furious , signs up as a player on Nerve . The game collects her personal data and explains the three rules : all dares must be recorded on the player 's phone , earned money will be revoked if a player fails or " bails " a dare , and a player must not report the game to law enforcement . In addition , the top two most - watched players will compete in a highly sought - after final round . Her first dare is to kiss a stranger at a diner for five seconds . kisses , who is reading 's favorite book To the Lighthouse by . He starts dancing around the diner and sings to her on a dare , revealing that he 's another player . The watchers then dare to take her into New York City , believing they make a good couple . 
 In the city , is dared to try on an expensive dress . is also dared to try on formal attire . and find that their clothes have been stolen , and are dared by the watchers to leave the store . They do so in their underwear . They return to 's motorbike , where they find a bag of clothes paid for by watchers . is then dared to get a tattoo chosen by , who draws out a tattoo and refuses to show . When becomes impatient , he distracts her with Wu - Tang Clan 's " C.R.E.A.M. " on the radio , one of her brother 's favorite songs . raps along with the song until the finished tattoo is revealed to be a lighthouse . 's next dare is to ride his motorbike through the city blindfolded at 60 mph , using to steer his body ; once completed , the two kiss . and soon become among Nerve 's top players . 
 Jealous at 's rise of popularity , accepts a dare to walk across a ladder suspended between two buildings . Whilst performing the dare , she drops her phone and becomes terrified . bails out and loses the game . takes to 's party and catches her in bed with After arguing with , receives and completes the dare on which bailed . 's friend reveals that he was watching 's profile ; had accepted a dare to make and fight . realizes how dangerous Nerve is and reports the game to the police , but they do nothing . As punishment , all of the money is depleted from and her mother 's bank accounts . She is then punched in the face by elite player as a dare . 
 After waking up in an abandoned site , she finds , who confesses that he and were players whose friend , , was killed in a dare . When they tried to alert the authorities , their families ' jobs , bank accounts , and identities were confiscated , trapping them in the secret third category of the game : " prisoners " . is now a prisoner too , and only the winner of the final round can regain their identity . 
 , , and recruit 's hacker friends to alter the game 's online code , but it is impossible to shut down Nerve as all the watchers act as a server to the game . After hanging from a crane for five seconds - the same dare that killed - earns a spot in the finals in order to protect . During the finals , which take place at Battery Weed on Staten Island , and are each given a revolver : one must shoot the other to win . offers to throw the competition , but jumps from the audience and takes his place . criticizes the watchers , whose identity are concealed behind masks and tells them to show " nerve " at who they are and reveal themselves . The watchers then cast a vote regarding if should kill . The majority vote is " yes " , and shoots . 
 and his hackers modify Nerve 's source code to decrypt the watcher 's code names and send them a message : " You are an accessory to murder " . All watchers immediately log out of Nerve , closing down the game 's servers and effectively ending it once and for all . is unharmed ; she and had staged her murder to scare the watchers into disbanding Nerve . Everyone 's money and identities are restored . A few months later , and have reconciled , and are a couple , and is attending California Arts . reveals that his real name is . The movie ends off with a kiss between and , with someone holding their phone videotaping it .

In the aftermath of 's death , intelligence officer reaches Washington D.C for assembling Task Force X , and shows them to everyone in the White House a team of dangerous criminals imprisoned at Belle Reve Prison consisting of elite hitman , former psychiatrist , pyrokinetic ex - gangster , opportunistic thief Captain , genetic mutation , and specialized assassin . They are placed under command of Colonel to be used as disposable assets in high - risk missions for the United States government . Each member has a nano bomb implanted in their neck , designed to detonate should any member rebel or try to escape . 
 One of 's intended recruits is 's girlfriend Dr. , an archaeologist possessed by a witch known as the " Enchantress " . quickly turns on , deciding to eradicate humankind with a mystical weapon for imprisoning her . She besieges Midway City by transforming its populace into a horde of monsters , and summons her brother to assist her . then deploys the squad to extract a high - profile mark from Midway , which is reported to be under a terrorist attack . Joining them is , a Japanese swordswoman . 
 's homicidal lover finds out about her predicament and tortures Belle Reve security officer into leading him to the facility where the nano bombs are made . There , he blackmails Dr. into disabling 's bomb . On approach , the squad 's helicopter is shot down , forcing them to proceed on foot to their target . inaccurately convinces Slipknot that the bombs are a ruse to keep them in check ; Slipknot attempts to escape and kills him via his nano bomb , while the squad is attacked by ' minions . They eventually fight their way through to a safe room , where they learn that their mark is herself , who is attempting to cover up her involvement in ' siege . 
 The squad escorts to a rooftop for extraction , but the arriving helicopter has been hijacked by the and his men , who open fire on the squad while climbs aboard upon Dr. disarming her bomb , leaving unable to execute her . However , 's men shoot down the helicopter , and falls out while the is presumed dead , after which rejoins the squad . Alerted to 's whereabouts , ' minions arrive and kidnap her . finds 's confidential files and learns the truth about . is then forced to confess the truth , causing the squad members to abandon him . With compromised , relieves the squad of the mission , but chooses to continue . Realizing they have an opportunity to prove themselves , they soon rejoin him and locate at a partially - flooded subway station . and a group of Navy SEALs , led by Lieutenant , go underwater to plant a bomb underneath . embraces his abilities and distracts long enough for the bomb to detonate underneath , killing them both as well as . 
 The remaining squad members battle together , but are ultimately defeated . offers to fulfill their deepest desires in exchange for their allegiance , and feigns interest in order to get close enough to cut out ' heart . Killer Croc then throws explosives into ' weapon and shoots them , destroying the device . takes Enchantress ' heart and crushes it , finally freeing from the curse . , still alive , emerges , and the squad members are returned to Belle Reve with ten years off their sentences . All but Captain are allowed special privileges . The , alive and unscathed , breaks into the penitentiary and rescues . 
 In a mid - credits scene , meets with , who agrees to protect her from the backlash against her role in ' rampage in exchange for access to the government 's files on the expanding metahuman community while telling her to shut down Task Force X.

In 1977 , , a five - year - old boy , is on a road trip with his parents when their car flips off the road following a near - collision with a deer . ’s mom and dad are killed , but survives the accident and is chased into the forest by a pack of wolves . He is rescued by a huge dragon with green fur , yellow eyes , and wings . The dragon quickly bonds with and becomes protective of the boy . names the dragon " Elliot " after the character of a lost puppy from his favorite book . 
 Six years later , , now 11 , spots a lumberjack crew chopping down trees near his home . , the daughter of the ethical site foreman , spots and chases him . When accidentally falls from a tree , her screams attract her father and his girlfriend , park ranger . tries to run away , but , 's pragmatic brother , accidentally knocks him unconscious . After realizing that has vanished , Elliot stumbles around looking for him and ends up knocking over a tree near the lumber camp , leading to organize a hunting party to find him . Meanwhile , wakes up in a local hospital , which he escapes in an effort to return to the forest . Before the police can catch the boy , finds and asks him to come to her home and promises to take him to the forest the next day . 
 and his men locate and 's treehouse , but when they try to search it , Elliot reveals himself and scares them away . He follows them to town trying to find . After seeing settling in with 's family , he leaves . After gives a drawing of , she shows her father , Mr. . He says that he discovered the same dragon as a young man . He advises her to trust , and to find . 
 The next day , , , , and Mr. travel to the forest to meet . A group of hunters led by surprise and shoot him with tranquilizer darts , then lock him up in 's warehouse . Before the authorities can inspect the dragon , and free him from his chains and escape on a lumber truck with Mr. . 
 Angered , sets up a roadblock at the bridge to stop them . When tries to fly , he crashes into the truck , damaging its brakes and it goes through the barricade . Confused and frightened , perches on top of the bridge and starts breathing fire at the police . The bridge begins to collapse under the intense heat , causing and 's truck to fall through . tries to save the pair from falling to their deaths . emerges from the ravine with and riding safely on his back . With a firefighting helicopter approaching , decides to flee with back to the woods . 
 pleads with to let him stay so he can protect him from his attackers , just as protected him . However , concludes that as long as they stay close together , will always be in danger . He points out 's book to encourage him to return to stay with and . is reluctant & worried for 's safety , but ultimately trusts the dragon 's judgment . After a very tearful hug , returns to the mountains and returns to live with and as his new family . 
 In the years that follow , and marry and adopt as their son . Not only has slowly faded from the town 's memory , but has learned to be more scrupulous and has moved on from the experience . and his family eventually go on vacation , and see that is finally reunited with his fellow dragons .

A supermarket called Shopwell 's is filled with anthropomorphic grocery items that worship the human shoppers as gods who take groceries to a utopia known as the " Great Beyond " after they are purchased . Among the groceries in the store is a sausage named , who dreams of living in the Great Beyond with his hot dog bun girlfriend , , and of finally consummating their relationship . 
 After and 's packages are chosen by a woman named to leave Shopwell 's , a returned jar of Bickle 's Honey Mustard tries to warn the groceries that the Great Beyond is a lie ; nobody listens except for . calls on to seek out a bottle of liquor named Firewater , and then falls to his death . This creates an accidental cart collision that causes , , and several groceries to fall out , including an aggressive douche who gets his nozzle bent , and plots revenge against and . 
 Seeking to verify warning , leads , a lavash named , and a bagel named to the store 's liquor aisle under the guise of taking a shortcut to their proper aisles . There , he smokes cannabis out of a kazoo and learns from that he and other non - perishable foods invented the story of the Great Beyond as a noble lie to assuage past foods ' fears of being eaten by shoppers . , vowing to reveal the truth to the groceries , is encouraged to travel beyond the store 's freezer section to find proof . While waiting for , and the others are led into the Mexican aisle by a bottle of Sigueme Tequila , where they meet , a taco who falls in love with on sight . 
 Meanwhile , 's friends and deformed sausage are horrified as they witness the other purchased foods being cooked and eaten by , shown from the foods ' perspective as a brutal murder . They try to escape out a window , but is sliced in half and killed by and only succeeds . He then stumbles across a human druggie , who becomes able to communicate with his groceries after he injects himself with bath salts . After unsuccessfully attempting to cook , the druggie is decapitated in a domestic accident . 
 After separates from his friends , who disapprove of his skepticism of the Great Beyond , he discovers a cookbook behind the freezer section and reveals its contents to the rest of Shopwell 's groceries . Initially panicking , the groceries choose not to believe out of fear of losing their sense of purpose , prompting to lash out at them for their blind belief . and other groceries from the druggie 's home return to the store with the druggie 's severed head , revealing that the humans can be killed . The groceries are able to drug the human shoppers and employees using toothpicks laced with bath salts . When the drugged humans begin attacking the groceries , convinces everyone to listen to him and join the fight against the humans . 
 A store - wide battle ensues with several humans getting gruesomely killed . , who has absorbed the contents of liquor bottles , becomes a wild monster and takes control of , the store manager , by inserting himself into his anus and yanking on his scrotum to puppeteer his actions . Once they catch , strangles him and bites on his torso . and the other foods launch a rocket at and made from propane tanks and a garbage bin used to dispose of expired foods , killing them both right after rescues . With the battle over , , , , , , and the other foods celebrate their victory with an orgy . 
 Afterwards , the gang meets and , a - esque wad of chewing gum , who have had a psychedelic experience and discovered that their world is not real , and that they are merely cartoons voiced by famous actors in another dimension . Gum has constructed a portal to this dimension , and the groceries decide to travel there to meet their creators .

( ) is a New York City heiress and socialite who founded the Verdi Club to celebrate her passionate love of music . As it is 1944 and the U.S. is in the midst of World War II , is of the opinion that " music matters more than ever . " ( ) , a British Shakespearean actor , is her husband and manager . Despite being married , and live in separate residences . She lives in a grand hotel suite while he resides in an apartment in the city with his secret mistress , ( ) . suffers from a long - term case of syphilis , which she contracted from her first husband . The illness has caused her to have various health problems for which she takes medication , including mercury and arsenic , that have toxic side effects . Due to the fear of passing the disease on to , she remains abstinent from all sexual intercourse in her marriage , and has sex with . 
 decides to resume her long - neglected singing lessons . She hires pianist ( ) and introduces him to her vocal coach , ( ) , the assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera . is shocked that is a terrible singer , yet and pretend she is wonderful , with the former giving a dire warning against criticizing her . 
 arranges a small recital , hand - picking the attendees . On the night of the performance , loyal Verdi Club members watch respectfully , but others can barely contain their laughter . Feeling encouraged by her recital ’s good reviews , she makes a recording as a Christmas gift for the Verdi Club . gives a copy , which leads to her recalling that was an unsuccessful actor and that she hid negative reviews from him . She also informs of her history as a piano player and teacher , having once played for the President as a child . realizes that is not as musically inept as he had thought , strengthening their friendship . 
 and write and perform original songs together , one of which gets airtime on the radio , much to the shock and horror of and , despite many listeners enjoying it , believing it to be comedic . With this burst in popularity , informs that she has booked Carnegie Hall for a one night performance and will give away a thousand tickets to soldiers . fails to dissuade her . stressed over the impending performance , gets into a fight with a group of men laughing at and 's song at a bar . , resenting the lack of attention , leaves . confides to that he fears that the recital will humiliate him and ruin his career . replies that he gave up his acting career to support his wife and urges to possibly do the same for the sake of his friend . agrees , elated to at least play at Carnegie Hall . 
 The concert is packed and attended by the likes of and . When begins singing , the soldiers laugh and jeer . Her supporters and loyal friends , however , scold them and then cheer for her to keep singing . She happily continues her performance . Meanwhile , the columnist for the New York Post refuses to continue listening , telling a desperate that he will write a damning review of the recital . 
 , with 's help , goes to great lengths so that she only receives good reviews by buying every copy of the New York Post in the vicinity and throwing them away . After being given sarcastically patronizing comments about her performance alluding to the New York Post 's review by a pair of young men , is driven to find a copy of the review in a trash can and is upset to the point of collapse . As she is dying in bed , by her side , remembers a fancy angel costume worn for the concert as an angel and imagines herself singing beautiful opera.[6 ] She imagines that she , and all take a triumphant bow to a standing ovation . She points out proudly that even though people can say she could not sing , no one can say she did not sing . Peacefully , she dies .

In feudal Japan , 12 - year - old eyepatched tends to his ill mother in a mountain cave near a village . He earns their living by magically manipulating origami with music from his shamisen for the village folk , telling the tale of his missing father , a samurai warrior . is never able to finish his story , as he does not know what happened to and can not recall the end due to her deteriorating mental state . warns him not to stay out after dark as her Sisters , and , and his grandfather , ( who took his eye when he was a baby ) will find him and take his remaining eye . 
 One day , learns of the village 's Bon festival allowing them to speak to deceased loved ones . attends but is angry that does not appear from his lantern , and forgets to return home before sunset . and quickly find him and attack , but suddenly appears and uses her magic to send far away , telling him to find his father 's armor . 
 wakes up in a distant land to find , his wooden snow monkey charm , has come alive . tells him is gone and the village destroyed . With help of " Little " , an origami figure based on 's father , they set out to find the armor . Along the way , they meet , an amnesiac samurai who was cursed to take the form of a stag beetle / human hybrid but believes himself to have been 's apprentice . 
 , , and reclaim the " Sword Unbreakable " from an underground cave guarded by a giant skeleton . They cross the Long Lake in a leaf boat to locate the " Breastplate Impenetrable " deep underwater . and swim down to retrieve it and encounter a sea monster , the " Garden of Eyes " , who can entrance its victims with its many eyes by showing secrets . is caught in the creature 's sight , but while entranced , comes to realize that is the reincarnated spirit of his mother . rescues the unconscious and obtains the Breastplate , but on returning to the boat , they find that has been badly wounded fighting and defeating . 
 They go to shore to recover , where explains that she and her Sisters were ordered by to kill , but she instead fell in love with him , and the Moon King branded her an enemy . That night , dreams of meeting , a blind elderly man , who points him towards the " Helmet Invulnerable " in 's abandoned fortress . They travel there the next day but realize too late it is a trap set by and . reveals that is , whom they cursed for taking away from them , and kills . sacrifices herself , buying the time to use his shamisen to defeat , breaking two of the three strings on it . Little provides insight that the Helmet is actually the bell at the village , and breaks the last string to quickly travel there . 
 At the village , meets , who is revealed as . He offers to take 's other eye to make him immortal , but refuses . transforms into a giant - like dragon , the Moon Beast , and pursues and the remaining villagers into its cemetery . When 's armor proves ineffective , removes it and restrings his shamisen using his mother 's hair , his father 's bowstring , and his own hair . With the instrument , he summons the spirits of the villagers ' loved ones , who show the Moon Beast that memories are the strongest magic of all and can never be destroyed . and the spirits ' magic protect themselves and the villagers from the Moon Beast , stripping him of his powers and leaving him a mortal human without any memories . Spurred on by 's stories , the villagers take compassion and tell he was a man of many positive traits , accepting him into the village . is able to speak to his parents ' ghosts during the subsequent Bon ceremony , as they watch the deceased villagers ' lanterns transform into golden herons and fly to the spirit world .

In 2005 , lives in Miami , Florida , working as a massage therapist and living with his girlfriend . Desiring an additional source of income , spends his life savings on high - quality Egyptian cotton sheets , planning to sell them to Miami retirement homes , but this venture fails to produce results . At a funeral for a friend , runs into his high school best friend , who had moved to Los Angeles some years prior to work with his uncle selling guns . has left his uncle and formed his own company , AEY , which fills orders for arms placed by the US government due to the ongoing War in Iraq . 's life takes another turn when his girlfriend informs him that she is pregnant . offers him a job at AEY , and even though and both vehemently oppose the war , eventually agrees , telling his girlfriend that he has begun selling his cotton sheets to the US government through 's contacts . 
 explains to that all orders placed for military equipment are posted on a public website , where anyone can place bids on filling the orders , and their job is to find the small orders that larger contractors do not bother with and place bids on them , with these smaller orders still being worth millions of dollars . A local small business owner , , assists the business with funding , under the false belief that AEY only sells arms to help protect Israel . Eventually , and land a contract to provide several thousand Beretta pistols to the Iraqi Police in Baghdad , a deal that would put them on the map . Unfortunately , an Italian embargo blocks the shipment to Iraq , so attempts to route the shipment through Jordan , but the shipment gets held up there as well . With discovering 's true business by overhearing a conversation between him and , leaving her upset , and have to fly to Jordan to free up their cargo or risk being blacklisted by the US Government for failing to deliver . 
 In Jordan , manages to use bribes to free up the Beretta shipment , but are still not allowed to fly the cargo to Baghdad without a permit that will take several weeks to acquire . The guns are loaded up into a truck and the two are provided with a driver who offers to drive the guns to Iraq , as no permit is required for driving guns across the border . The three drive through the night , at one point bribing border patrol with two cartons of cigarettes , and at another point being attacked by insurgents while trying to get gas , but eventually arrive at the military base . Captain , the man receiving the shipment , is impressed by the lengths the two went through to get the guns to him , and the two are paid . 
 After this , AEY continues to secure larger deals and make more money , even moving into a larger office and hiring more employees , and 's daughter is born . , however , continues to grow more unstable and untrustworthy , as the company is suddenly given a chance to land their biggest deal yet . Known as " The Afghan Deal " , the US Government wishes to arm the Afghan military for the long - term , and post a massive order worth $ 300 million , which includes 100 million rounds of AK-47 ammunition and would have netted the war dogs a $ 100 million profit . Filling this order proves to be near - impossible for such a relatively small company , particularly in that there is a global shortage on AK-47 ammunition , but the two end up lucking into an encounter with legendary US arms dealer . has access to the massive weapon storages that were created in Albania but never used , and must now be disposed of in accordance with NATO treaties , which includes well over a hundred million rounds of AK-47 ammunition . can not directly deal with the US Government anymore , due to being on a watchlist , and wants to make the deal through AEY . agrees , although expresses discomfort working with a man who is on a terrorist watchlist . 
 The two go to Albania to confirm that the ammunition works , then place the winning bid on the contract – though is upset to learn that their bid was the lowest by $ 53 million , reducing their profit margin . Meanwhile , grows frustrated with 's continuing string of lies about his work , and leaves to live with her mother . While in Albania to prepare the shipment , discovers that virtually all of the rounds are Chinese - made and illegal under a US embargo against Chinese arms . comes up with the idea of re - packaging the rounds in generic packaging , pretending that they are concerned about the weight of the shipments ( though it inadvertently does save $ 3 million in shipping costs ) . While the rounds are repackaged and shipped , learns that charged them a 400 % markup ( 10 cents on 2.5 cents ) on the rounds , and wants to cut him out of the deal . protests that they are all making great money , but destroys the only copy of his partnership contract with and proceeds with his plan to cut out . 
 retaliates by having kidnapped from his hotel room , beaten , and held at gunpoint before leaving him alive , though is left wondering if his now missing Albanian driver , , has been killed . learns that has not paid the small ( $ 100,000 ) cost to , the Albanian who is handling the repackaging . 
 returns to Miami , where he tells that he is quitting AEY and demands immediate payout of the $ 4 million ( offers to settle for $ 1.6 ) owed for his work - to - date , but refuses and laughs about the partnership contract being gone . returns to working as a massage therapist and convinces to move back in with him by telling her the truth about his AEY work . Weeks later , and meet with . offers a severance package of just $ 200,000 , which responds to by threatening to blackmail him with the evidence he has of the falsified documentation the two created to look like a respectable company so they could secure the Afghan deal . Shortly after this , and are both arrested by the FBI . , not paid for the repackaging contract and understanding the Chinese embargo , had reported AEY to the Pentagon . The FBI had arrested , who then wore a wire during the meeting with and , giving the FBI enough to arrest them . is sentenced to four years in prison for numerous crimes related to conspiracy and fraud on the Afghan deal , and gets seven months house arrest in exchange for co - operating with the investigation . 
 Months later , meets with , who apologizes for the kidnapping and assault in Albania , claiming he had bad information . He also thanks for not mentioning his name in his confession to the FBI . begins to ask questions about the events of the deal , including the fate of . In response , pulls out a briefcase full of money , a part of his own cut from the Afghan deal , and offers it to in exchange for dropping the subject . The movie ends before decides .

, , and are three Detroit delinquents who make a living by breaking into homes secured by 's father 's security company and selling the items they take . However , the person buying the stolen goods for Money does n't give them a fair price , not enough to fund 's dream of moving to California with her little sister , , to escape their abusive mother and her alcoholic boyfriend . receives a tip that a medically retired US Army Special Forces veteran living in an abandoned Detroit neighborhood has $ 300,000 in cash in his house , given as a settlement after a wealthy young woman , , killed his daughter in a car accident . The three stake out the house and discover that the man is in fact blind , as he was blinded from a blast during the Gulf War . 
 That night , the three approach the house and drug the Blind Man 's dog . Finding all entrances locked , enters the house through a small window and lets the other two in . The group searches the house for the money but are unable to find it . Money puts a sleeping gas in the Blind Man 's bedroom , then , assuming the money is behind a locked door downstairs , shoots the lock . The noise wakes up the Blind Man , who demands to know who else is with . insists he is alone , and the Blind Man kills him with his own gun . Terrified , hides in a closet , where she witnesses the Blind Man open a safe to check on his money . After he leaves , she opens the safe and takes the money , which appears to be at least $ 1 million . The Blind Man however finds 's shoes and realizes that was not the only intruder . 
 and evade the Blind Man and hurry to the basement . There , they are shocked to find a restrained , gagged woman in a homemade padded cell . Desperate , she shows them a newspaper article about the car accident ; they realize that she is , the rich young woman , held captive by the Blind Man . They free her and run for the storm cellar door , only to be taken off guard by the Blind Man , who mistakenly shoots and kills . He breaks down crying when he discovers she is dead , sobbing " my baby . " and flee into the cellar while the Blind Man shuts off the lights , plunging them into darkness . After a blind struggle , knocks out the Blind Man , and they flee upstairs . 
 After blocking the basement door , they encounter the Blind Man 's Dog , who has woken . They 're unable to unlock the front door in time before the dog attacks them , and are forced to flee into the bedroom , where they 're trapped by the barred windows . escapes the room through a ventilation duct , while the dog attacks , who falls out of a window onto a skylight , going unconscious . When awakens , the Blind Man shoots out the skylight and corners in his utility room , appearing to kill him with a pair of pruning shears . Meanwhile , the dog pursues through the vents , and she is captured by the Blind Man . She wakes up restrained in the basement like was , and the Blind Man reveals that was carrying his child in order to replace the one she killed . He then prepares to artificially inseminate with a turkey baster , explaining that she will now be the one to give him a child . It is revealed that the Blind Man accidentally stabbed 's corpse with the shears instead of , who manages to save and handcuff the Blind Man . 
 and Alex are unable to call the police , as their blood is all over the house , so they try to leave through the front door . The Blind Man breaks free and shoots dead . flees , but is pursued by the dog . She manages to trap the dog in her car trunk , but is recaptured by the Blind Man . Inside his house , disorients the Blind Man by setting off his house 's loud alarm system , then hits him repeatedly in the head with a crowbar and pushes him into the basement . The gun fires into his side as he falls . Believing him dead , escapes before the police arrive . 
 With the money , prepares to leave Detroit with on a train to Los Angeles . Before boarding , she sees a news report stating that killed two intruders ( and ) in his house and is in stable condition at the hospital , but did not report or the stolen money .

On January 15 , 2009 , US Airways pilots Captain and First Officer board US Airways Flight 1549 from LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport . Three minutes into the flight , at an approximate altitude of 2,800 feet ( approx . 850 m ) , the Airbus A320 strikes a flock of birds , disabling both engines . Without engine power and judging themselves unable to reach nearby airports ( Teterboro Airport being the closest ) , ditches the aircraft on the Hudson River . The crew and passengers evacuate without casualty . The press and public hail a hero , but the incident leaves him haunted , and experiencing a dream in which the plane crashes into a building . 
 learns that preliminary data from ACARS suggest that the port engine was still running at idle power . Theoretically , this would have left him with enough power to return to LaGuardia or land at Teterboro . The National Transportation Safety Board claims that several confidential computerized simulations show the plane could have landed safely at either airport without engines . , however , insists that he lost both engines , which left him without sufficient time , speed , or altitude to land safely at any airport . 
 realizes that the Board believes the accident may have been pilot error , which would end his career . He arranges to have the simulations rerun with live pilots , and the results are relayed to the public hearing . Both simulations result in successful landings , one at each airport . argues that they are unrealistic because the pilots knew in advance of the situation they would face and of the suggested emergency action , and were able to practice the scenario several times . The board accepts that in real life the pilots would have taken some time to react and run emergency checks before deciding to divert the plane . 
 Both simulations are rerun and relayed to the hearing , this time allowing a 35 - second pause before the plane is diverted . The simulated diversion to LaGuardia ends with the plane landing short of the runway , and to Teterboro with a crash into buildings before the airport . The board announces that analysis of the port engine , now recovered from the river , confirms 's account that it was disabled by the bird strikes . The board concludes that acted correctly in selecting the best of the options available to him , which in the event saved the lives of everyone aboard .

On her 43rd birthday , is awoken by her mother who reminds her that her time to have children is running out . She goes to attend the funeral of , who is presumed dead after a plane crash . While there , she sees her ex , ( ) and his new wife . They bump into one another somewhat awkwardly and then go their separate ways . 
 now works as a television producer and is close friends with the anchor of the show she runs , ( ) , who offers to take her out for her birthday . turns down her offer to spend time with her old group of friends , but is heartbroken when they cancel on her due to commitments to their children . 
 Deciding to celebrate her single life accepts 's offer to take her away for the weekend . They go to a music festival where challenges her to sleep with the first man she meets . Falling in the mud , is helped out by a random stranger . After attending an concert , a drunk crawls into a yurt she thinks belongs to her and but actually belongs to the handsome stranger she met earlier . The two have sex and in the morning makes her escape . The stranger returns disappointed that she is gone . 
 Returning home , goes to the christening of 's youngest child where she is the godmother and has been asked to be the godfather . tells her that he and his wife are planning on divorcing and has sex with him . When reveals he is travelling the next day , is reminded that he had always put work before their relationship and leaves in the morning before he wakes up , leaving behind a note telling him that reconnecting with him is too painful . 
 finds that she is gaining weight . suggests that might be pregnant , especially when she realises that used old , expired condoms when having sex . Taking a pregnancy test at work , confirms she is pregnant and decides that she wants to keep the baby as it is her last chance to have a child . 
 After a visit to the obstetrician and gynaecologist , Dr. , she realizes that she does not know who the father is and does n't even have a way of contacting , the handsome stranger . However , spies him on TV where they realize that is a billionaire and the inventor of a dating site that has an algorithm to match couples together . conspires with to have on the show to take hair samples so that will be able to test it against the DNA of her baby to either confirm or eliminate as the father . At the taping the hair and makeup artist is able to nab samples of 's hair for but recognizes , and she decides to tell him that she is pregnant and that he is the father , without mentioning . Initially taken aback decides to throw himself into the role of supporting . 
 Feeling things are going too quickly with , decides to go forward and tell . However is so thrilled at the news that he is about to be a father that does not tell him about . also decides not to go forward with testing the DNA while her child is still in the womb as she is terrified by the possibility that she might miscarry . She persuades Dr. to go through appointments twice , once with and another time with Mark . 
 invites to a work event and is startled when shows up as well . The two men immediately take a liking to one another , finding the other 's accomplishments impressive . They go out to dinner where finally comes clean and tells them that she is unsure who the father is . takes the news well , telling that the child is the priority . is upset and walks out of the restaurant . 
 At an ante - natal class , arrives early and is gratified when shows up as well . and are mistaken for a gay couple with as their surrogate , much to 's discomfort and 's amusement . is also jealous at the easy rapport that has with and his warmth in taking care of her . 
 experiences cramps and goes to the hospital , taking with her as she is unable to reach . When at last arrives he is upset to see the two laughing together and embracing . and fight and sends them out of the room . Outside , implies that he and had sex without condoms , making realize that he is less likely to be the father . He leaves once again and ignores 's calls . 
 continues to prepare for the arrival of her baby , now with only by her side . They have a discussion where he asks her to move in with him and confesses that life for him is lonely . asks him what will happen if is the father and he tells her he will need to re - evaluate their relationship if that is the case . He also confesses that the reason has been absent is because heavily implied that was unlikely to be the father . An upset goes to talk to , but sees his wife arriving at his house and decides to let him be . 
 At nine months , quits her job rather than being fired for numerous gaffes and unprofessional mishaps , notably inviting a guest onto the show with the sole intent of obtaining a sample of his DNA , live broadcasting bare arses during the launch event of a public news - gathering initiative and mixing up a guest with his chauffeur . Unemployed , exhausted , and hungry , she goes out shopping but has her card eaten by a cashpoint and locks herself out of the bank lobby , leaving her keys and her food inside . When no one buzzes her up to her building , she stands outside her apartment in the rain feeling miserable . arrives and breaks in for her . He informs her that he and his wife are going through with their divorce and she was only there to pick up the last of her things . Just as they are about to kiss , 's water breaks . When his phone rings for work , he throws it out the window in a romantic gesture , which leaves them without a means to call transport to the hospital . They enlist the help of a local restaurant to get them to hospital , but a traffic jam due to protests forces them to walk . Overtaken by contractions , can not walk and offers to carry her , but almost collapses . arrives just in time and the two of them get to the hospital . 
 During labour , both and try to help . However , during labour accidentally punches in the nose . She also reaches to for comfort and he reassures her that she can get through labour and he will love her no matter whether the child is his or not , while sustaining an agonizing bite to the wrist by . While and wait outside , apologizes to for his behaviour and accepts . gives birth to a boy and all of 's friends and relatives come to visit her in the delivery room . Meanwhile , Dr. has both men come with her to perform the DNA test . After having bonded for the last 6 months and each wish each other luck . 
 A year later prepares to be married . At the altar she is greeted by , holding her son , and then moves forward to marry . After the wedding , and , now friends , head to the reception together while carries her and 's son , . 
 A newspaper lying on a bench reveals that has been found alive in the woods in the wreckage of the plane .

In 2014 , finds a video on YouTube containing an image of a woman he believes to be his sister , who disappeared in 1994 near Burkittsville , Maryland while investigating the legend of . Believing she is still alive , he heads into the woods , accompanied by friends , , and film student , who wants to film ' search as a documentary , The Absence of Closure.[11][12 ] Locals and , who found and uploaded the video , join them . 
 While walking through the woods and upon setting up camp for the night , and discuss the disappearance of and her film crew , the 1940 - 41 murders by , and other mysterious occurrences , which they ascribe to . They hear noises during the night , then awaken at 2 p.m. to find strange stick figures hanging from the trees . When notices twine in 's backpack , he and admit to creating the figures in order to convince the group to believe , but also point out that there is no explanation for the strange noises during the night and sleeping through the day . and his friend banish and from their group and head out of the woods . 
 After hours of walking , the four surprisingly arrive back at their original campsite . pilots a drone to obtain their location , but it malfunctions . becomes sick due to a wound on her foot , forcing the group to camp again . When inspects 's wounded foot , he notices what he thinks may be a parasite inside the wound . leaves the camp for firewood , soon being chased by an unknown entity ; a tree falls on him , then he disappears . 
 and appear in the night , claiming they have been wandering for five days without a sunrise . believes the camp is a hallucination and runs off , leaving the dishevelled and ravenously hungry . The next morning , and are stunned to find that it is still dark outside at 7 am and discover larger stick figures . sees clumps of her hair tied to one of the figures . accuses of crafting them and snaps the figure with 's hair in half ; is then snapped in half . An unseen force lifts their tent and the group is separated . finds the drone and climbs a tree to recover it , but is knocked out and falls from the tree , the unknown entity dragging her away . 
 A rainstorm ensues as Lisa and stumble across house , which had previously stated to have been burned down after his execution . hears scream upstairs , enters the house and sees standing in the corner . He chases after the figure he believes to be , confronted by a teleporting dishevelled figure;[b ] upon its vanishing he barricades himself . 
 spots the unknown entity , a tall , pale , long - limbed creature moving through the trees , and she runs into the house 's basement . She finds an aged and hostile who traps her in an underground tunnel as “ you have to do what she tells you ” . The tunnel connects to a different part of the house , where stabs and kills when he attacks her . flees when the long - limbed creature emerges from the tunnel and chases her through the house . runs up to the attic with 's camcorder , creating the paradox video that lured them all to the woods.[c ] 
 She reunites with in the attic and they try to barricade the door . A bright light shines from outside the building , moving until stopping at the door , indicating the arrival of the witch . tells to face the corner of the room and desperately apologizes to her for their fate before the witch enters , alongside her creature . is tricked into turning around , believing that he hears 's voice , and vanishes from sight . uses 's camcorder to view what is behind her and begins walking backward . However , hearing ' apology again , she turns , and vanishes , leaving her camera behind before it gives out , leaving their fates unknown .

For generations , the storks of Stork Mountain delivered babies to families around the world , until one stork named attempted to keep an infant girl for himself . accidentally destroyed the infant ’s address beacon and went into exile . Unable to deliver the orphaned girl , the storks adopted her under the name . CEO discontinued baby delivery in favor of package delivery with Cornerstore.com . 
 Eighteen years later , , now a young adult , tries to promote new ideas for Cornerstore , which backfire and cause the company to lose stocks . declares her to be a severe burden and liability due to this incompetence ( the charts even justify this , as every time she tries to help , their profits go way down , and when they do make progress , it is when she 's absent ) . assigns top delivery stork to fire Tulip so he may be promoted to boss . can not bring himself to do so and instead transfers Tulip to the mail room . 
 Meanwhile , a young boy named , who lives with his workaholic parents and , is feeling lonely and wants a younger sibling . He sends a letter to Cornerstore and it reaches , who enters the defunct baby factory and inserts the letter into the baby - making machine , causing it to create a pink - haired infant girl . injures his wing trying to shut down the machine . Afraid will fire him , agrees to accompany and secretly deliver the baby to her family using a makeshift flying craft that invented . They eventually crash , escape a pack of wolves that fall in love with the baby , and reach civilization , during which and bond with the baby and name her Diamond Destiny . In the meantime , and open up to ’s desire for a younger sibling and spend time with their son by building a landing platform for the storks . 
 and encounter , who had followed them from Stork Mountain . has nearly repaired ’s delivery beacon , but is missing one piece , which had been in ’s possession for years . confesses to that he was supposed to fire her , and a saddened leaves with to meet her family while continues alone to deliver Diamond Destiny . Cornerstore ’s pigeon employee learns about Diamond Destiny and informs , who reroutes her address beacon and leads into a trap . fires and has Diamond Destiny taken away to live with penguins until she is an adult in order to silence the incident and prevent more plummeting stocks . 
 reunites with and they return to Stork Mountain during the highly anticipated Storkcon event to save Diamond Destiny from the penguins . When they are cornered in the baby factory by and the other stork employees , sends millions of archived letters from families into the baby - making machine , causing it to rapidly produce babies and distract the storks . seizes control of a giant crane and tries to destroy the factory , only to have Diamond Destiny and abused birds help make the Cornerstore building collapse off Stork Mountain , causing , who is entangled in the building cables and trapped inside the crane , to fall to his death . 
 In the aftermath , rallies the storks to deliver all the babies to their families . , , and deliver Diamond Destiny to the , finally meets her family , and and continue working as co - bosses at Stork Mountain .

For years , has told stories to his grandson about his childhood surviving in World War II , battling monsters and living at a secret home for children in Cairnholm , Wales . According to , the home 's children and their headmistress Miss possess paranormal abilities and are known as " Peculiars " . When turns sixteen , responds to a panicked phone call from , and goes to his house to find him dying with his eyes removed . tells him to go to " the loop of September 3 , 1943 " . After dies , glimpses a monster exactly like the ones described in 's stories hiding in the forest . 
 's parents sign him up for psychiatrist check - ups , and following advice from his psychiatrist , Dr. , and the lead of a letter from Miss to , travels to Cairnholm with his father to investigate the children 's home , whereupon he learns that it was destroyed during a Luftwaffe raid . However upon visiting the ruined house , he finds the children there alive and well . They take him through a portal in a cave and he emerges in the year 1943 when the house was still intact . Miss greets him and explains that she belongs to a class of female Peculiars called " Ymbrynes " who can shapeshift into birds ( in Miss 's case , a peregrine falcon ) and manipulate time . To avoid persecution , she and the children hide from the outside world in a time loop she created , accessible only to Peculiars and set to September 3 , 1943 . This time loop allows them to live the same day repeatedly and avoid aging as long as they stay inside of it . 
 is introduced to the rest of the children , including aerokinetic , to whom he is attracted . learns that he himself is a Peculiar and , like , has the ability to see the invisible monsters from 's stories , " Hollowgast " ( or " Hollows " ) . Hollows are invisible disfigured Peculiar scientists that resulted from killing an Ymbryne in a failed experiment to become immortal by harvesting her powers . Led by shapeshifter Mr. , they hunt Peculiars to consume their eyeballs , which allows them to become " Wights " , Hollows with regained visible human forms , but with milky - white eyes . 
 A wounded Ymbryne named Miss arrives and explains that and the and Wights raided her January 2016 time loop at Blackpool , England , killed her children , and is trying to repeat his failed experiment by using more Ymbrynes . realized earlier that a Hollow could be in the island after he sees eyeless sheep corpses in the present . Worried , Miss decides to move out with her children and Miss . returns to 2016 and realizes the Hollow is even closer after another victim was killed , so he goes back to the cave to warn his friends . However , he is followed by another visitor on the island , ornithologist who reveals himself to be a disguise for Mr. . 
 reveals that he was about to gain Miss 's loop from , but his hungry Hollow companion Mr. killed him before he could . then posed as Dr. and encouraged to go to the island so he could find the loop . Using as a hostage at the children 's home , forces Miss to trap herself in bird form and takes her to Blackpool , leaving , the children , and Miss as prey for . arrives and kills Miss , but and the children escape just as the Luftwaffe bomb is about to destroy the house . Without Miss to reset it , the house is destroyed and the loop closes , leaving and the children stuck in 1943 , but safe from , who is killed in the explosion . Rescuing a sunken ocean liner , they travel to Blackpool and enter its January 2016 loop , fight 's and allies , and rescue Miss and other captive . disguises himself as , hoping to confuse the children who have come to finish him off . When the last remaining arrives it mistakes for and kills him , and is in turn killed by . 
 Before the time loop closes , Emma tells that because of Miss 's injury in the battle , the children will live in 1943 and that they will handle the . says goodbye to them as they exit and return to their ship in 1943 , while he stays in his year of 2016 . He travels back to Florida and relates his adventures to his grandfather , who is alive and well , as ’s death in the beginning of 2016 erased his presence in Florida later on . gives a map of international time loops and money from different countries and urges him to seek out . 
 After months of searching and traveling , reaches and the children in 1943 . and confess their feelings , and start traveling along with Miss and the other children , searching for a new home .

On April 20 , 2010 , Deepwater Horizon , an oil drilling rig operated by private contractor Transocean , is set to begin drilling off the southern coast of Louisiana on behalf of BP . Chief Electronics Technician ( ) and Offshore Installation Manager ( ) are surprised to learn that the workers assigned to test the integrity of recently completed cement work are being sent home early , without conducting a cement bond log ( CBL ) , at the insistence of BP managers ( ) and ( ) . While prepares the drilling team , including ( ) , meets with and persuades him to conduct a test , which only serves to weaken the already poorly placed cement further . His patience thinning , and without waiting for to confirm the results , orders the well to be flowed . 
 At first , the operation goes smoothly , but the cement job eventually fails completely , triggering a massive blowout that overpowers and kills , , , , , and . 
 A chain of equipment malfunctions , coupled with a failed attempt to seal the well , ignites the oil , killing , , ( ) , and . ( ) , the rig 's Dynamic Position Operator , tries to alert the Coast Guard , only to be overruled by her superior , Captain , on the grounds that the rig is not in any imminent danger . With oil now spewing into the ocean , a frightened , oil covered pelican flies into the bridge of a nearby vessel and dies , which heads towards the rig just as the workers begin a frantic evacuation . , still alive , although seriously injured in the explosion , is rescued by and assumes control of the situation , only to discover that the rig could not be saved . , a close friend of 's , sacrifices himself to keep a burning crane from collapsing onto the surviving crew , while and are able to rescue and and get them to safety . 
 As night falls and the burning oil lights up the area , the Coast Guard becomes aware of the incident and sends a ship to collect the survivors , who are being ferried in the lifeboats to the Damon Bankston . With all the lifeboats full , locates the emergency life raft , but it becomes separated from the rig before he and can board , causing the latter to suffer a panic attack . Just as the oil in the well itself ignites and destroys the rig , the two jump into the water and are picked up by rescuers , who then ferry them to the Damon Bankston . 
 Returned home , the workers reunite with their families in a hotel lobby , during which the father of one of the dead crew members family angrily confronts for failing to save his son , resulting in having a panic attack himself . The film ends with a series of clips showing the aftermath of the disaster , including testimony from the real - life and the revelation that not a single employee of either Transocean or BP was prosecuted for their actions . Pictures appear of the 11 men who lost their lives before the credits . The movie postscript reads : " The blowout lasted for 87 days , spilling an estimated 210 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico . It was the worst oil disaster in U.S. history . "

is an alcoholic who rides a train aimlessly since losing her job . From the train , she fixates on the lives of her former husband , , and his current wife , , and their neighbors , and , whom she idealizes . worked for the as a nanny , but recently quit . 
 During her marriage , became depressed about her infertility and developed a drinking problem that has resulted in continual blackouts and destructive behavior . At a BBQ held by Tom 's boss , she drunkenly made a scene and is blamed when is fired . 
 From the train , spots kissing a stranger and becomes infuriated at her ruining her marriage . She leaves to confront , but hours later she wakes up in her bed , covered in blood . 
 disappears and is questioned by Detective because she was seen in the vicinity that day . contacts , pretending to be a friend , to tell him about the affair . pulls up a picture of 's psychiatrist Dr. , and identifies him as the man she saw . It is alluded to that and Dr. were involved sexually . 
 Dr. told the police was abusive and suspicion shifts to him . Believing Dr. is involved in 's disappearance , schedules an appointment with him , but discusses her own issues . 
 is found dead and tests show she was pregnant , but that neither nor Dr. were the father . confronts for lying to him about knowing and angrily grabs her . goes to report the assault , believing murdered , but the detective says he has been ruled out as a suspect . 
 On the train , sees 's former bosses wife , and apologizes for her behavior , but says she did nothing wrong . had actually been fired for having sex with coworkers . realizes that planted false memories in her head during her drinking binges . 
 suspects of cheating and finds a secret phone with text messages on it to another woman , who is revealed to be when calls and hears the voicemail . goes back to the tunnel and in a flash back remembers that she caught meeting that day , and that attacked her , injuring her . 
 goes to warn , and tells her is dangerous and he killed . knows about the affair and when arrives home , both women confront him with details of the affair with . knocks unconscious and in a flash back , it is revealed that Tom beat to death when she announced her pregnancy and refused to get an abortion . 
 When awakens he tries to strangle her , but she gets away . chases her and she stabs him in the neck with a corkscrew , and twists it deeper into 's neck , killing him . 
 and are interviewed by Detective , and tell identical stories about killing in self - defense , after he admitted to being 's killer . Later , a now sober sits on the opposite side of the train looking forward to the future .

As a child , is diagnosed with a high - functioning form of autism at Harbor Neuroscience , where he meets the doctor 's daughter , . 's father declines the offer for his son to stay at a sensory friendly environment , believing that must overcome the hardships inherent in his condition , but 's overwhelmed mother abandons their family . Afraid that others will exploit his son , 's father — a US Army PSYOP officer — begins a brutal regimen of stoicism and martial arts training for both him and his brother , . 
 In the present , works as a forensic accountant from a small strip mall office in Plainfield , Illinois . He unmasks insider financial deceptions , often for criminal and terrorist enterprises . 's clients interact with through the Voice , an unidentified woman who calls him " " . He exposes himself to loud music and flashing lights while abusing his own shinbone on a daily basis to inure himself to sensory overload . 
 Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCen ) Director pursues , known to them as " the Accountant " . recruits Treasury data analyst to help him locate the Accountant . Her leads include 's cover names , a recording from his killing of nine members of the Gambino crime family , and some photos . 
 is hired to audit Living Robotics after the company 's founder and CEO , and his sister , learn of discrepancies from in - house accountant . finds that over $ 61 million has been embezzled from the company . CFO , who is diabetic , is forced by a hitman to commit suicide from an insulin overdose . dismisses , claiming killed himself because of the investigation of the embezzlement , leaving very distraught because he can not finish the audit . 
 In a flashback scene , the extent of and his brother 's relentless martial arts training instilled by their father as a child is revealed , suggesting that he is an adept fighter in the present day . 
 As a result of his superior self defense capabilities , assassins fail to kill ; the last reveals that is the next target . saves her before taking her to his storage unit , containing an Airstream Panamerica with artwork and other valuables , which he uses to quickly flee in when necessary . As they talk , he realizes that the embezzlement at Living Robotics is a scheme like Crazy Eddie 's ; money stolen from the company is returned to it , boosting profits and increasing the company 's valuation as it prepares for an IPO . When goes to confront he finds her dead , exposing as the embezzler . 
 isolates 's voice from the recording of the killing , hearing him repeating the nursery rhyme . She learns that his cadence is reminiscent of those with autism , and that 's aliases are famed mathematicians , including his current identity , . Using IRS records , she finds his Illinois office . 
 Government agents search Chris 's heavily secured home . explains to that was imprisoned at Leavenworth because of a fight at his estranged mother 's funeral , where his father was killed protecting . He learned accounting from , a Gambino family accountant who became an FBI informant . was 's handler , but his inaction led to the informant being brutally killed ; was staking out the Gambinos when came to avenge his mentor . could have killed , but let him go after asking if he was a good father . began getting information from the Voice when criminals violated 's moral code , and became director of FinCen . tells someone has to take over when he retires . The phone rings , and the Voice tells about Living Robotics . 
 goes to 's mansion , where the hitman and his men await . During the battle , the hitman recognizes repeating the nursery rhyme and reveals that he is 's brother ; they have not seen each other since Chris 's imprisonment . attacks , as he is both resentful over his brother 's estrangement from him and blames him for their father 's death . During a pause in their fight arrogantly interrupts ; shoots him , ending the battle . amicably agrees to meet in a week , saying he will find him . 
 As another set of parents visits Harbor Neuroscience with their child , the boy meets , still a patient there ; she is the Voice , and funds the center with his bookkeeping profits . receives a painting she saw in the trailer , as drives out of town with the Airstream in tow .

After dismantling a human trafficking ring , former military investigator turned vigilante drifter returns to his old military headquarters to meet Major , whom he has been working with during his travels and his closest friend – only to learn from Colonel that has been accused of espionage and detained . 
 's attorney , Colonel , reveals that there is evidence that is involved in the murders of two soldiers in Afghanistan , but believes she is being framed . also reveals an old acquaintance of , , has filed a paternity suit against him , claiming he is the biological father of her 15 - year - old daughter , . tries to reach out to , but she rebuffs him , believing he is after her biological mother due to her past as a prostitute . 
 is later killed by an unknown assassin . is framed for 's murder and arrested and transported to the prison where is being detained . Two assassins arrive to kill her , but neutralizes them , rescues her and they escape to 's house , having deduced he is involved in the conspiracy , to extract information . After they leave , the assassin , revealed to be working with , kills and frames which he learns about from a friend , Sergeant , when he asks her to investigate a military contractor . 
 and uncover surveillance pictures of and surmise she is in danger , arriving at her home to find her foster parents dead and hiding in the kitchen . and decide to escort to 's old private school for protection , but discover that she has her mobile phone with her and that the enemy probably knows exactly where they are . They discard the phone and make a quick exit , during which steals a backpack from one of the students to use the credit cards . 
 , and travel to New Orleans in search of , the only eye - witness to the murders for which has been framed . They find him in a derelict warehouse filled with drug addicts and learn that is connected to Parasource , a private military organization that is trying to cover up the murders . contacts 's friend , Captain , to move into custody , but they are ambushed by assassins and is killed , while rescues a wounded and finds out that the assassins are Parasource contractors . Parasource 's CEO , General James , then sends the to capture after she uses a credit card to order room service . 
 and , along with , acting on information provided by , intercept a flight of weapons due to enter the country , where they confront and his men and accuse them of corruption . Upon opening the crates , however , finds weapons as declared in the flight manifest . Before can be re - arrested , opens up one of the weapons and discovers that they are filled with opium . They learn that framed , who had been investigating his activities , for the murders of two soldiers who discovered that was selling weapons to insurgents and smuggling drugs into the United States . and his men then arrest , clearing 's and 's names . 
 The and his men locate and chase through the streets to lure into a confrontation . kills one of the assassins , whilst takes out another one on the rooftop . The captures and threatens to kill her , but she manages to escape and steal his gun . then tackles the onto another rooftop , briefly incapacitating both of them , and they have a vicious fight that culminates with breaking the 's arm , leg and neck , before dropping him off the rooftop . then admits to he might be her father . 
 Following ' arrest , is reinstated in her old position and goes back to her office , where her colleagues and a recovering Captain all welcome her back . promises to keep in touch before meeting at a diner to meet , 's mother , whom surmises he will recognize , as he remembers every woman he has slept with . reveals that the waitress that had been serving him is in fact , and that can not be her father , as neither had recognized each other . and then reluctantly part . 
 A short time later , while is walking along a road , he is surprised when a phone had slipped into his pocket rings . He finds a text message from her reading , " Miss me yet ? " . smiles as he sticks out his thumb to hitch a ride .

( ) works as a Human Resources professional at a Defense contractor company called MBI , based in Atlanta . He and his wife ( ) live in a nice cul - de - sac with their two children , who are away at summer camp . They make the acquaintance of their two new neighbors , ( ) and ( ) . is a travel writer whose hobbies include glassblowing , and is a social media consultant , cooking blogger and philanthropist . They are both impossibly good - looking , accomplished and stylish , yet overly friendly with the . 
 starts having suspicions about the when she catches poking around 's den during a neighborhood block party , then witnesses doing what looks like a dead drop in a café . follows to the mall , but confronts her in a dressing room , defusing the situation with some female bonding . Meanwhile , invites to an underground Chinese restaurant , where drinks snake wine and is bitten by a severed snake head , forcing to save his life . In exchange , takes to indoor skydiving , a passion of his that none of his friends share . All the way through , tries to have talk about his coworkers at the office . One night , with the help of , sneaks into the MBI building and look over 's emails . 
 Back at their house , accidentally breaks the glass sculpture made by that was given to them , revealing a bug among the shards . Realizing the are spies , decides to sneak into their house to find more evidence . They discover files on and the other MBI employees and accidentally stuns with a pen gun . They narrowly escape as the arrive . is worried might be getting too close to , but they reveal they are in love with each other , which is also against the rules . notices the used pen gun on the floor , and they realize the have broken into their house . 
 The arrange a private meeting with MBI security officer ( ) to expose the Joneses , but before can disclose classified details , he is killed by a sniper who also attacks the . They are rescued by the and a high - speed chase and shootout ensue . The learn that the are actually trying to discover whether there is treason within MBI . Back in the cul - de - sac , gives and some relationship advice and the two couples bond . After they reenter their house , the trigger a bomb that blows it up . 
 Later , after lying to the police about the , the are frantically preparing to go on the run when the reappear alive and well in their basement . They kidnapped 's colleague ( ) and his wife ( ) , who are revealed to be trying to sell MBI 's experimental microchips to an international arms dealer called " The Scorpion " ( ) . When the calls on 's phone , answers posing as and arranges a meeting to deliver the microchips . 
 and go to the hotel where the meeting takes place , while the back them up from the roof . The turns out to be a former MBI employee named , who recognizes . With their cover blown , radios for back - up , but the operation is aborted and the are declared collateral damage . The disobey orders and surrender to the , but before the latter gets around to killing them , is able to pass a knife to , giving the Joneses the opportunity to eliminate the 's henchmen . They escape by jumping off the window into a pool , just before the Scorpion opens the briefcase containing the chips , detonating a bomb that kills him . Proud of their new friends , the say goodbye and go back to their life of espionage . 
 The next summer , the visit the café in Marrakesh where the Joneses used to date and happen upon the Joneses who are in the middle of a new mission , accidentally blowing their cover and triggering yet another gunfight .

is a traveling salesman selling Prince Castle brand milkshake mixers in 1954 without much success . While he has a supportive wife , , and has saved enough to live a simple and comfortable life in Arlington Heights , Illinois , he craves more . also observes that many of the drive - in restaurants that he tries to sell to are inefficiently run , with a long waiting time for orders and carhops more concerned with avoiding the groping from greasers than getting the orders right . After learning that a drive - in in San Bernardino is ordering an unusually large number of milkshake mixers , drives to California to see it . What he finds is McDonald's — a highly popular walk - up restaurant with fast service , high - quality food , disposable packaging , and a family - friendly atmosphere . 
 meets with the two brothers , . gives a tour of the kitchens and he notes the employees ' strong work ethic . explains the high - quality food and lightning - fast service are the backbones of their diner . takes the brothers to dinner and is told the origin story of McDonald 's . The next day , suggests that the brothers franchise the restaurant , but they hesitate ; pointing out that they already tried , only to have encountered absentee franchisees who were lackadaisical in upholding their system . persists and eventually convinces the brothers to allow him to lead their franchising efforts on the condition that he agree to a contract which requires all changes to receive the McDonald brothers ' approval in writing . 
 Initially , begins building a McDonald 's restaurant in Des Plaines , Illinois while attempting to entice wealthy investors ( specifically fellow members at the country club ) to open franchises , but encounters the same poor management ethic which doomed the original franchise efforts . After encountering a dedicated Bible salesman who is Jewish , hits on the idea of franchising to middle - class investors , who have more incentive to be hands - on and are willing to follow the McDonald 's formula . This proves successful , and new franchises begin opening across the Midwest , with representing himself as the creator of McDonald 's . During this time , meets , an upscale restaurant owner in Minnesota who wishes to invest , and his wife , to whom is immediately attracted . 
 Despite his success , begins to encounter financial difficulties as his share of franchise profits is limited due to his contract , a share that the brothers decline to renegotiate . The brothers also refuse to allow the use of sponsorships for fear of ruining the image of their restaurants . Meanwhile , the owners are encountering higher than expected costs , particularly for refrigeration of large quantities of ice cream for milkshakes . suggests a powdered milkshake to as a way to avoid these costs , but the McDonald brothers consider it degrading to their food quality . is also called to the bank as his mortgage is past due , but this is overheard by , a financial consultant for Tastee - Freez , who requests to review 's books . realizes that the real profit opportunity is in providing real estate to the franchisees , which will not only provide a revenue stream , but give leverage over his franchisees and the McDonald brothers . incorporates a new company , Franchise Realty Corporation , and attracts new investors . This move upsets the brothers and emboldens : He increasingly defies them by circumventing their authority and providing powdered milkshakes to all franchisees . also divorces , she gets all his assets except any shares in his business . 
 renames his company to The McDonald 's Corporation and demands to be released from his contract and buy the brothers out , the news of which sends Mac into diabetic shock . visits him in the hospital and offers a blank check to settle their business . The brothers agree to a $ 2.7 million lump sum payment , ownership of their original restaurant in San Bernardino , and a 1 % annual royalty , but when the time comes to finalize the agreement , refuses to include the royalty in the settlement and instead offers it as a handshake deal . Afterwards , in the men 's room , asks why he had to take over their business , when he could have easily stolen their idea and recreated it . reveals that the true value of McDonald 's is the name itself , which expresses all the attributes of Americana ( vs his Czech Slavic - sounding name of Kroc ) . 
 The brothers are forced to take their own name off the original restaurant and opens a new McDonald 's franchise directly across the street from the original restaurant to finally put the brothers out of business . The film closes in 1970 with him preparing a speech where he praises himself for his success in his elaborate mansion with his new wife , . An epilogue reveals that the brothers were never paid their royalties , which could have been in the area of $ 100 million a year .

The remaining vampire covens are on the verge of being wiped out by the Lycans . Both species are searching for : the vampires seeking justice for the deaths of and , and the Lycans , led by , intending to use her to locate , whose blood holds the key to building an army of vampire - werewolf hybrids . 
 , a council member of the Eastern Coven , says she wants to be granted clemency so that she can train the Eastern Coven 's neophyte Death Dealers . To that end , enlists to plead 's case before the full council . succeeds and arrives at the Eastern Coven with . has her ally and lover poison , then slaughter the Death Dealers and blame for it . Once is under arrest , begins draining her blood , which she intends to drink to gain 's power . and try to rescue , but they 're attacked by and . They kill , but not before he 's able to hold them off long enough for and to escape . 
 The pair seeks refuge with the Nordic Coven . They are pursued by , an Eastern Coven vampire dispatched by . and arrive at Var Dohr , the stronghold of the Nordic Coven . Their Elder reveals that was the son of the High Elder , making him the legitimate heir to the Eastern Coven . 
 , who is secretly 's lover , tells that is going to the Nordic Coven . and the Lycans attack the Nordic Coven . The Nordic vampires , led by 's daughter , fight alongside and . engages in single combat with , who demands to know ’s location . insists she does not know the location , which confirms after tasting some of 's blood . sounds the retreat for his troops and , wishing to pass on to the sacred world , slides herself under the now - broken ice of the lake . 
 Upon 's return to the Eastern Coven 's castle , she informs of the events at the Nordic Coven . kills her , revealing she knew of 's treachery , and wanted to lead the Lycans to the Nordic Coven for her own ends . returns to the Eastern Coven and presents himself as its rightful heir . is arrested by none other than , whose ultimate loyalty is to the rightful leadership of the coven . She is subsequently imprisoned in the dungeons . 
 The coven comes under attack by and his forces . The Lycans blow holes in the castle 's walls , letting in sunlight , killing some vampires . continues fighting , only to find himself face to face with . suddenly reappears , in a Nordic appearance and coat over her normal Death Dealer uniform . It is revealed that the Nordic Coven revived her through their passing to sacred world ritual and in doing so new abilities like enhanced speed are enabled . She swiftly begins dispatching the Lycans , as the rest of the Nordic Coven , led by , join the fight . 
 While is making her way through the castle , the guards in the dungeons are killed by , who then escapes from her cell . and find , but is waylaid by . As and 's fight continues , a drop of 's blood lands on 's lips . She is suddenly flooded by a series of blood memories in which finds . She sees capturing and slitting his throat in order to collect his blood and consume it . Believing that is dead , she bites her own wrist , using her own blood memories of the time she has spent with , , and . Although has transformed , rips out his spine , killing him instantly . drank 's blood that she collected earlier and gained immunity to sunlight , but manages to kill her while she was distracted with glee from the sunlight falling on her . He shows 's severed head to the Lycans , and forcefully tells them to retreat . 
 In the aftermath , , , and are chosen as the new Elders . It is revealed that after being resurrected at the Nordic Coven , was reunited with , who has been following her mother through their telepathic link .

Anna Foerster (director); Cory Goodman (screenplay); Kate Beckinsale, Theo James, Tobias Menzies, Lara Pulver, James Faulkner, Charles Dance

The film centers on three characters who have to meet in London for special reasons and under unlikely circumstances .

Jim O'Hanlon (director); Leon F. Butler (screenplay); Idris Elba, Gemma Arterton, Charlie Creed-Miles, Franz Drameh, Kierston Wareing, Tom Cullen, Ken Stott

is an emotionally withdrawn teenager , having been molested as a child by her uncle , who became her legal guardian after her father 's death . While hanging out with her classmates , and , the three are kidnapped by , a man suffering from dissociative identity disorder . has been evaluated by psychologist Dr. , who discovered that he formed multiple personalities as a means to cope with the abuse he suffered at the hands of his mother . While appears otherwise stable , Dr. has identified 23 distinct personalities within ; in his mind , these personalities sit in chairs in a room , waiting for their turn " in the light " ( controlling 's body ) as directed by " " , the dominant personality . She has also found that 's physiology changes when a new personality comes into the light . Recently , " " has refused to allow " " or " " their turns , in part due to ' tendencies towards bothering underage girls and 's undesirable traits , and also because both appear to worship " The Beast " , a yet - unseen 24th personality . Regardless of which personality is controlling , Dr. can call forth 's own personality by speaking his full name to him . 
 takes the girls to his underground quarters and secures them in a cell . They recognize his dissociative disorder , and attempts to use this against to escape but is caught by " " and segregated from the others . Over several days , leaves them locked up while he goes off to work and attends appointments with Dr. . During these meetings , Dr. recognizes that " " has seemingly taken over the dominant personality from " " , though he tries to act as " " to fool her . She recalls an incident that " " told her about a month before , where two teenage girls had walked up to him , taken his hands and placed them on their breasts , which may have triggered " " to take over . Dr. suspects that , as " " , is responsible for the three missing teenagers . 
 During this time , also attempts to escape but is caught by " " and segregated . befriends " " , a young boy personality of 's ; it is later revealed that " " has complete control over " the light " , and has provided " " and " " with control . She gets " " to let her out of her cell to see his bedroom , believing that there may be a means of escape through " 's " window but finds that it is only a drawing of a window . She is able to convince " " to give her a walkie - talkie . She uses it to call for help , but the person at the other end of the walkie does n't believe her , thinking that someone is playing a joke . Before she can convince the person that she is serious , " " takes over 's body and subdues . 
 Dr. shows up at 's home , where he reveals that " The Beast " is real and that he has met him . Suspicious of " " , Dr. feigns needing the bathroom to look around his home , where she finds in her cell , but before she can do anything , " " catches her , sprays her face with a sedative in an aerosol can , and secures her in a separate room . He then leaves . While out , " The Beast " personality takes over for the first time , giving super - human abilities , while and attempt to escape from their cells . Dr. regains consciousness long enough to write out 's full name on a piece of paper before " The Beast " returns and kills her . escapes from her cell , only to find that " The Beast " has already attacked and eaten and watches in horror as he does the same to . 
 finds Dr. 's body and her note on the piece of paper . " The Beast " approaches her , but she calls out 's full name , bringing forth . Upon learning of the situation and realizing that he has n't been in control of his body for two years , instructs to kill him with his shotgun . Following this statement , all 24 personalities begin warring for control of " the light " , but shortly thereafter " The Beast " personality takes hold again . escapes from his quarters into an underground tunnel and shoots him twice , but the shells have little effect . She locks herself in a small caged area . " The Beast " finds her and is about to pull the bars open to attack her but sees faded scars across her body , a sign of her past emotional turmoil and self - harm . Having previously declared his plans to rid the world of the " untouched " , those whose hearts are impure because they have never suffered in their lives , he considers to be " pure " and spares her , disappearing from the tunnels . 
 Sometime later , is rescued and learns that she was being held at the Philadelphia Zoo , where had been an employee . is asked by a police officer if she is ready to return home with her uncle . She hesitates to answer . In another hideout , " " , " " , and " " exert collective control over 's body and admire the power of " The Beast " and their plans to change the world . 
 In a diner , several patrons watch the news as a reporter states that 's personalities have earned him the nickname " The Horde " . A female patron notes the similarity between and a wheelchair - using criminal who was incarcerated 15 years earlier . As she tries to remember the nickname he was given , the man sitting next to her tells her that it was " Mr. " .

M. Night Shyamalan (director/screenplay); James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Jessica Sula, Haley Lu Richardson, Kim Director, Lyne Renée, Brad William Henke, Neal Huff, Sebastian Arcelus

In the 1950s , a feral puppy named is whisked away to the dog pound and quickly euthanized , wondering if " fun " truly is life 's purpose . 
 His strong spirit is reborn and reincarnated as a newborn Retriever puppy in 1961 . leaves his cage at a puppy mill and is found by two garbage men who plan to sell him for their own profit . They leave to drink and is spotted locked inside their pick - up truck by a young boy named and his mother , who rescue him from the brink of death by heatstroke . After they convince 's father , the dog is allowed to stay and renamed . 
 and bond quickly , especially over the summer when the family visits 's maternal grandparents ' farm , and now believes alone is his purpose . Years pass and after several attempts at advancing in his job failed , 's father has become a deadbeat alcoholic , though teenage still tries to respect him – inviting him to a football game now that he has been named starting quarterback . 
 Over the summer , goes to a fair with and meets , who he quickly begins dating , with referring to her as " part of the pack " . and spend their summer happy together though their senior years are upcoming , but they plan to go to the same school ; popular getting a football scholarship and following him on an academic one . When he goes home one night though , 's father is drunk and shouting at 's mother . He turns on then and when his mother tries to keep them separated , he shoves her to the ground . orders his father to leave and never come back , and becomes " the leader of the pack " . 
 Later , at a game watched by scouts , is offered a full 4 - year scholarship to Michigan State , but that night a vindictive classmate named throws a lit firecracker into 's house as a prank , which unintentionally results in a house fire . alerts , who goes to save his mother . Unable to get out of the door , they head out through his mother 's bedroom window upstair . first lowers her with her sheets to the neighbors below , then , however he drops his rope and is left with no other way to exit but to jump . But when jumps out of the window , badly fractures his leg , ending his dreams of an athletic scholarship . attacks , who is apprehended and arrested by the police when firecrackers fall out of his pocket . Now , must go to an agricultural school where he will learn to take over his grandparents ' farm . Falling into depression , self - pity and bitterness , grudgingly breaks off his romance with before leaving for college . Sometime afterwards , an aged slowly expires at the veterinarian 's office after sharing an eleventh - hour teary goodbye with . 
 reincarnates into another dog life , a female German Shepherd police dog named , sometime in the late 1970s / early 1980s , while possessing full memories and experiences of his past lives . is partnered with a widowed officer named from the Chicago Police Department , and works hard at " seeking " and " finding " , now seeing the job as life 's purpose . The two form a close relationship which ends after jumps into a rushing river and saves a kidnapped girl from drowning , and is then fatally shot during a struggle with the armed kidnapper who was a moment away from killing an unsuspecting . 
 Reborn again in the mid-1980s as a Pembroke Welsh Corgi , he forms a bond with an Atlanta college student named who names him . is lonely , which , having bonded closely with the girl , realizes , and makes his purpose to find her some happiness . She starts a relationship with another classmate named who she begins seeing after falls for 's dog , a black and white Landseer named Roxie , and allows her to open up to him . and marry and have 3 children who all love the Corgi . In love with ( though she does not seem to reciprocate the romance ) , is permanently heartbroken when one day she does not return from the vet . As he lies dying of old age in the late 1990s , thanks for giving him one of his best lives . 
 is again reborn and reincarnated , this time , as a St. Bernard - Australian Shepherd mix , sometime during the next decade , only to be taken in by an abusive and neglectful urban couple who name him . is eventually dumped in an abandoned lot and reluctantly sets off in search of a new life . Walking past a dog park and remembering how long it had been since he played , meets a dog and her human who hold a familiar scent to him , though he knows neither of them . He gradually makes his way to the country area where he spent summers as without even realizing at first where he is headed . He joyfully reunites with his old master , who is now somewhere in his 50s , living a lonely life and apparently broken in spirit at his grandparents ' old farm , which he now owns and runs . , of course , initially has no idea who this wandering dog really is and hands him over to the local animal shelter . But he soon has a change of heart and reclaims him , naming him . , sensing that he has finally found the true purpose of life that has long evaded him , finds a way to reunite with a widowed , and they eventually get married . 
 finally convinces that he is his beloved childhood pet by performing some tricks and responding to key phrases that were known only to the two of them all those many , many long years ago . The dog in voiceover tells the viewer that life is about having fun ; saving others ; not getting caught in the past or regrets ; finding someone to be with ; and living for today .

Lasse Hallström (director); Audrey Wells (screenplay); Britt Robertson, Dennis Quaid, Josh Gad, Peggy Lipton, Juliet Rylance

In the near future , , CEO of Genesis , launches the first ever mission to colonize Mars . During the journey , the lead astronaut , , discovers that she is pregnant . Shortly after landing , she dies from eclampsia while giving birth to the first human born on Mars . The father of the child is unknown . In a dilemma , eventually decides to keep the child on Mars as a secret , to avoid a PR disaster for his company and also keep the child safe . 
 Sixteen years later , 's son , , has grown up into an inquisitive , highly intelligent boy who has only ever met 14 people in his very unconventional upbringing . One day , in order to find out more about his mother , he hacks into Centaur , a robot he helped build , to gain access to the ship 's storage . There , he retrieves his mother 's items . Among them are a wedding ring and a USB drive , from which he plays a video of her and a man in a beach house . Convinced that the man is his father , he becomes determined to find him . 
 logs on to an Internet chatroom , where he has struck up an online relationship with Tulsa , a street smart girl from Colorado who is constantly being shuffled from one foster home to the next . Under the guise of being confined to a penthouse due to osteogenesis imperfecta , they discuss their plans for the future . promises to come see her someday . He then watches the German language film , Wings of Desire , where an angel falls to Earth . 
 His mother figure , astronaut , video calls and Genesis director to inform them of 's extraordinary intelligence and to beg them to allow him to go to Earth . refuses , as would have to undergo a highly risky surgery to increase his bone density and then train to adapt to Earth 's atmospheric pressure . undergoes the surgery anyway and after training , he , and some other astronauts board a space shuttle for Earth . 
 On the day of the space shuttle 's arrival , discovers that is on board . He angrily confronts , who hid this from him . Despite his anger , visits , who is being quarantined in NASA while undergoing medical tests to determine whether he is fit for life on Earth . After a visit from , manages to discover that he is not fit for life on Earth . Upset , he stages a daring escape and hitches a ride to find Tulsa . Upon seeing him , hits him as she is upset at for ' ghosting ' her for 7 months . However , she forgives him and he convinces her to help him find his father . They stop by her house to get supplies for the journey , but are found by and . While trying to convince him to return to NASA , angrily confronts with her own admission of not wanting children and escapes with Tulsa on an old plane which her foster father was working on . The plane abruptly loses oil pressure while still in the sky . Tulsa manages to crash - land the plane into an old , abandoned barn , causing a fiery explosion . They escape safely to a diner where they determine the location of the shaman who married 's parents , Shaman . 
 Believing that has died , a grieving and let out their rage at one another . After discovering that no bodies were found in the wreckage , they receive some devastating news - 's body contains dangerously high levels of troponin , meaning that he has an enlarged heart . His heart is unable to stand Earth 's atmospheric pressure and so must be returned to Mars immediately if he is to survive . The search is resumed with renewed fervor and they discover CCTV footage of and in a supermarket parking lot , where they have bought clothes and supplies for the journey . During the journey , tells the truth - that he was born and raised on Mars . Unwilling to accept the truth , she forces him out of the car but forgives him once he promises never to lie to her again , although she still does not believe him . 
 At night , they camp out under the stars , where they make love . In the morning , they are discovered by a follower of Shaman and are brought to him . He agrees to help them . 's nose starts bleeding , a fact he conceals while accesses the records to get the location of the beach house , which is in Summerland , California . 
 Before they begin their journey , they make a detour to Las Vegas . 's nose starts to bleed again and he collapses and is taken to a hospital . After seeing the carbon tubes in his bones on the results of an X - ray at the hospital , tells she now believes he was born on Mars , but plans to leave him in the hospital , before foster care can come , as he is too sick to continue their journey . reveals that he knows he wo n't last on Earth anymore and all he wants is to meet his father before he dies . gives in and helps him escape . They steal a car and drive to the beach house . There , they meet the man from the video , who reveals that he is not husband , but her own brother . However , he thinks that the two are lying to him . runs down to the sea , where he tells that this is where he wants to die . He collapses . tries frantically to drag him to the shore , but he is too heavy for her . and arrive just in time to save him . After performs CPR on him , asks him about his mother and reveals that he knows that is his real father . , and rush to a Dream Chaser . They plan to launch into the stratosphere to stabilize him . When that proves to not be enough , a desperate takes control and launches into outer space . Free of Earth 's gravity , is revived . 
 Soon , boards a space shuttle to Mars . Tulsa and have an emotional parting . , who is staying on Earth because she is retiring from NASA , adopts Tulsa . Determined to join on Mars , Tulsa joins 's training program . Back on Mars , with his father , is glad to be home .

Peter Chelsom (director/screenplay); Allan Loeb, Tinker Lindsay (screenplay); Asa Butterfield, Britt Robertson, Gary Oldman, Carla Gugino, B. D. Wong

Within the Lego Universe , continues to protect Gotham City and fight crime . During his latest mission to stop from destroying the city , he hurts his arch - rival 's feelings by telling him he is not as important in his life as he thinks he is , leading to seek the ultimate revenge on him . The following day , 's alter ego , , attends the city 's winter gala , which is celebrating both the retirement of Commissioner and the ascension of his daughter as the city 's new police commissioner , only to be infuriated by 's plans to restructure the police to function without the need of . Without warning , crashes the party with the city 's other villains , all of whom surrender , with the exception of , who disappears during the confusion . 
 Suspecting his arch - rival is up to something , plots to steal 's Phantom Zone Projector , a device that can banish anyone to the Phantom Zone which houses some of the most dangerous villains in the Lego multiverse . Just as he plans his heist of the device , intervenes and advises him to take charge of , whom unwittingly adopted as his ward during the gala . Reluctantly agreeing to do so , fosters as , whereupon the pair successfully recover the Projector from the Fortress of Solitude , and break into Arkham Asylum to send to the Phantom Zone . Suspecting that the wanted to be sent there , locks up and for their reckless actions . 
 While the Projector is being seized as evidence , steals it back as part of 's plan and frees him , allowing him to return to Gotham with all the villains he had recruited in the Phantom Zone , including King Kong , the Gremlins , of the West , a Tyrannosaurus and a Velociraptor , Lord , , the Jaws shark , the , Lord Vampyre , Agent and his clones , and the . Realizing that the city does need him , releases and and teams up with them and to stop the . Although finds himself able to trust and rely on his new team upon reaching Wayne Island , he chooses to send them away rather than losing them like his parents . Upon facing him alone , believes that is incapable of change and zaps him to the Phantom Zone before stealing the Batcave 's stash of confiscated bombs . Arriving in the Phantom Zone , witnesses the harm his selfishness has caused to everyone and slowly accepts his greatest fear . Making a deal with the Zone 's gatekeeper , a talking Lego brick , to be allowed back to Gotham in order to retrieve the Zone 's escaped prisoners , arrives in time to save his teammates , apologizing to them for his actions , and requesting their help to stop . 
 Realizing that plans to use the explosives he took to destroy the city 's Energy Facility , thus causing the city to come apart and be destroyed , turns into , before he , his team , and Gotham City 's other villains , who felt neglected by , manage to successfully send the escaped villains back to the Phantom Zone . However , the group fail to stop 's bombs going off as the explosion begins to tear the city apart at the plates beneath it . Knowing this was his fault , reluctantly convinces that he is the true reason for being the hero he is before they , their friends and allies , and the city 's inhabitants , chain - link themselves together and pull the plates back together , saving the city . 
 With the city saved , prepares to be taken back into the Phantom Zone to fulfill his bargain only to be rejected by who chooses to let him remain after seeing how much he had changed in order to save everyone . allows and the rest of his rogues gallery to temporarily escape with the confidence that whenever they return , they will be no match for his new alliance with , , and .

Chris McKay (director); Seth Grahame-Smith (screenplay); Will Arnett, Ralph Fiennes, Rosario Dawson, Michael Cera, Zach Galifianakis, Mariah Carey, Jenny Slate, Billy Dee Williams

After leaves Christian Grey , he has nightmares about his abusive childhood . Meanwhile , begins a new job as an assistant to , an editor at Seattle Independent Publishing ( SIP ) whose previous three assistants all quit within the last 18 months . unexpectedly runs into at the opening of her friend 's photography exhibit . She is dismayed that bought all of 's portraits of . wants back and agrees to her no rules , no punishments , and no more secrets terms . 
 As and head for an after - work drink , is approached on the street by a young woman resembling her . arrives at the bar and acts coolly towards , then quickly departs with . dismisses 's warning about 's reputations . She is annoyed that is considering buying Seattle Independent Publishing ( SIP ) . tells he expects her to accompany him on a New York book expo trip , but after speaking with , she agrees not to attend . 
 Shortly after , again notices the same woman observing her and from a distance . deflects 's inquiry about the woman 's identity , but later admits she is , a former submissive . After their contract ended , wanted more , but ended the relationship . married a man who later died , causing to have a mental breakdown . She has been stalking and . 
 Prior to the family 's annual charity ball , takes to Esclava , a beauty salon owned by . is 's former dominant who introduced him to the BDSM lifestyle . is furious that took her there and that and are business partners . At the ball , 's sister mentions that her brother was expelled from four different schools for brawling . tells that his mother committed suicide ; he was alone with her body for three days before being taken to the hospital where worked ; she cared for and later adopted the young boy . During the ball , rebuffs 's demand that she leave and warns to stay away . Arriving home , she and discover has vandalized 's car . later tells that his birth mother was a crack - addicted prostitute . 
 When tells she wo n't be attending the expo with him , he attempts to seduce her while they are alone at work , but she evades him and escapes . exerts his influence to have fired , and is promoted to acting editor in 's place . asks to move in with him and she agrees . 
 At 's apartment , threatens her with a gun . and his driver / bodyguard , , enter and controls by becoming her dominant . , seeing 's need to be dominant , leaves , returning hours later . is furious but needs time to consider their relationship . submissively drops to his knees and confesses that he is not a dominant , but a sadist who enjoyed hurting women who looked like his birth mother . He insists he wants to change . later proposes but needs time before accepting . 
 leaves on a business trip , piloting his own helicopter . An engine failure occurs over Mt. St. Helens , forcing him to ditch the craft in a heavily forested area . A massive search and rescue ensues . As and 's family await news , arrives home safely . , realizing she loves him , accepts his marriage proposal . 
 At 's birthday party , accuses of being a gold digger . orders her to stop interfering . overhears and dismissively tells that she taught him , " how to fuck " while taught him " how to love . " overhears the conversation and demands leave for good ; also cuts all ties with . Later that evening , proposes to , this time with a ring , and she accepts . As fireworks erupt in the sky , watches the festivities from afar , silently swearing revenge against and .

James Foley (director); Niall Leonard (screenplay); Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Kim Basinger, Luke Grimes, Eloise Mumford, Max Martini, Eric Johnson, Bella Heathcote, Marcia Gay Harden, Rita Ora

It is the last day before summer vacation at Roosevelt High School in Atlanta , and the students are out of control , devising elaborate senior pranks and creating chaos . , the school 's mild - mannered and nerdy English teacher , and his fellow faculty members are trying to survive the chaotic day as best they can , but only the history teacher , , is fierce enough to intimidate the students into behaving . Meanwhile , is awaiting news of the birth of his second child with his wife Maggie . While teaching , is pulled aside by his friend , the counselor , to inform him of rumors of downsizing of all departments . Given his pregnant wife and child , this renders extremely anxious . 
 After preventing from walking into a paint trap , asks for his assistance in using an outdated AV system which keeps turning off after a couple of seconds . catches a student , , secretly using a remote control app on his smartphone to turn off the VCR . An infuriated grabs the phone and destroys it . , using a classmate 's phone , turns the TV off again and it enrages , who grabs a fire axe and destroys the student 's desk , sending the class screaming from the room . Both and are brought to Principal 's office to discuss the matter . warns to keep his behavior a secret , but after threatens to fire them both if no one steps forward , tells the truth , resulting in the loss of 's job . In retaliation , challenges to a fist fight after school . is convinced that he physically does not stand a chance against , and tries to set matters straight by asking to share a false testimony to Principal in order to clear 's name and have him reinstated . agrees on the condition that buy him a MacBook Pro . After doing so , runs into and his daughter , , who remind him to arrive promptly that afternoon for 's father - daughter talent show . 's false account is enough to convince Principal to reinstate . 
 and receive an emergency call from . The two meet up with her in a mock United Nations debate room and discover she tricked them into coming there so they could talk through their issues , with acting as mediator . When tells that he was able to get him his job back , is further enraged , stating that should have told him about this plan before acting , and citing the mishandling of the school system . The fight is still on . 
 tries to call 9 - 1 - 1 for help , but after telling the operator that he 's a teacher and that another teacher wants to fight him , she hung up after laughing at the situation . After seeking the advice of and Coach , resolves to have removed from the campus before the day 's end . As a last resort , threatens into giving him the drug MDMA . As Principal finds his Toyota Prius vandalized and parked in the school 's lobby , plants the Molly in 's satchel . calls the police in the hopes of having arrested , but the attempt is botched and both teachers are incarcerated . The two teachers share a cell with other inmates , and goes across the cell and tricks an enormous inmate into giving a beating , but only when signaled . then returns to in order to trick him into giving the signal , but instead tells that the fight is called off after everything that they have been through the day . When the inmate nonetheless attacks , easily knocks him out , and upon realizing 's actions , declares the fight back on . The two are then released , after the police discover the drug used to frame was only aspirin . 
 heads back to the school to meet up with the school board , and Superintendent , but learns that his colleagues have all been fired . Impatient after being told to wait for nearly an hour , barges into the meeting and learns that he is one of the few to remain at his position . However , stands his ground and voices his complaints about the public school system not receiving the respect and materials it truly needs . heads over to Ally 's talent show , where 's rendition of " I Do n't Fuck with You " inspires him to take a stand against . 
 In the school parking lot , and confront each other , and engage in a heated fight that is dragged throughout the school and sees both men seemingly gaining the upper hand at different moments , and the fight goes throughout the entire school . briefly knocks out with a fire extinguisher and celebrates only to be sucker - punched by after he gets up . then answers 's phone and learns that is about to give birth , at which point he decides to drive to the hospital . 
 That summer , arrives at the household to tell that the publicity and public outcry the fight generated has put the Department of Education in a position where they need to put more effort and money toward their schools , and must rehire and . accepts on the condition that the rest of his colleagues be reinstated as well . As the new school year begins , the faculty return to their respective positions . and , now best friends , are ready to enforce learning with being much more assertive towards the students . 
 In a post - credits scene , is seen flirting with the 911 operator , whom had called earlier in a failed attempt to stop , in person . After rapping for her , realizes that he does n't know her name .

Richie Keen (director); Van Robichaux, Evan Susser (screenplay); Ice Cube, Charlie Day, Christina Hendricks, Dennis Haysbert, Tracy Morgan, Jillian Bell, Dean Norris

Young , an 11 - year - old girl living on a farm in 1980s rural America , tries not to worry about her family losing the farm and seeks to escape the stress of her home by exploring the farm and its lands . She is shocked to discover , however , that the developer buying up local farms is now seemingly being kept prisoner in the family 's old abandoned grain silo at the edge of the farm . begins spending time with the man , ultimately finding herself torn between loyalty to what she thinks is right , and loyalty to her own family . All is not as it may seem , though , as the family finds itself involved with individuals who are like something out of a fairy tale .

Anne Hamilton (director/screenplay); Peyton Kennedy, Richard Schiff, Kip Pardue, Marci Miller, Gavin MacIntosh, Zuleikha Robinson

African - American photographer reluctantly agrees to meet the family of his white girlfriend . During their drive to the family 's countryside estate , they hit a deer and report the incident . The white policeman asks for 's identification even though he was not driving , but intervenes and the incident goes unrecorded . 
 At the house , 's parents , neurosurgeon and hypnotherapist , and her brother make discomfiting comments about black people . witnesses strange behavior from the estate 's black workers , housekeeper and groundskeeper . 
 Unable to sleep , goes outside to smoke and sees sprinting through the grounds while prowls the house . talks into a hypnotherapy session , ostensibly to cure his smoking addiction . In a trance , he recounts the death of his mother in a hit - and - run when he was a child , about which he feels guilty , and sinks into a void calls the " sunken place " . He awakens believing he had a nightmare but realizes cigarettes now revolt him . confirms that was in 's office . unplugs his phone , draining his battery , though she claims it was an accident . 
 Dozens of wealthy white people arrive for the ' annual get - together . They take an interest in , admiring his physique or expressing admiration for black figures such as . , a blind art dealer , takes particular interest in 's photography skills . meets another black man , , who acts strangely and is married to a much older white woman . 
 calls his friend , black TSA Agent , about the hypnosis and the strange behavior at the house . tries to inconspicuously photograph with his phone to send to , but his flash goes off ; becomes hysterical , yelling at to " get out " . The others restrain him and claims had an epileptic seizure . Away from the house , persuades that they should leave , while holds an auction with a photo of , which wins . sends the photo of to ; recognizes as , who has been missing for months . Suspecting a conspiracy , goes to the police , but they deride him . 
 While he packs to leave , finds photos of in prior relationships with black men , contradicting her claim that is her first black boyfriend ; the collection also includes pictures of with and . is blocked from leaving the estate by the family , including . He tries to attack , but hypnotizes him into unconsciousness . He awakens strapped to a chair in the basement . A video presentation featuring 's grandfather explains that the family transplants the brains of white people into black bodies ; the consciousness of the host remains in the " sunken place " , watching but powerless . tells he wants his body so he can gain 's sight and artistic talents . 
 plugs his ears with cotton stuffing pulled from the chair , blocking the hypnosis . When comes to collect him for the surgery , bludgeons him with a croquet ball and impales on the antlers of a deer mount . After fatally stabbing and beating to death , he drives away in 's car , but hits . Remembering his own mother 's death , he carries into the car , but she is possessed by 's grandmother ; she attacks him and he crashes , killing her . An armed apprehends him with , possessed by . awakens with his phone flash . takes 's rifle and shoots her and then himself . , wounded , attempts to shoot ; begins to strangle her but stops . arrives in a TSA car and rescues .

Jordan Peele (director/screenplay); Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones

In the near future , humanity has been ravaged by a mysterious fungal disease ( a mutation of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis ) . The afflicted are robbed of all free will and turned into fast , mindless flesh - eaters , referred to as ' hungries ' . Humankind 's only hope is a small group of hybrid , second generation children who crave living flesh but retain the ability to think and learn . The children are imprisoned , and go to " school " at an army base in the Home Counties , where they are experimented on by Dr. . is responsible for educating and studying the children . Among the children is an exceptional girl named . 
 The base is overrun and the lab is breached . escapes the lab but outside the hungries are everywhere and soldiers are being swarmed and violently attacked in a failing , chaotic mass breach . wanders stunned by what she sees , but then violently attacks and infects two soldiers who are trying to restrain . and jump aboard an escaping armoured van . 
 The soldiers want to shoot , but shields her and insists she needs her . is muzzled and handcuffed to the gunner 's chair atop the armoured vehicle and the group escapes into the wilderness . The van breaks down , the group proceed to London on foot . reveals to that " second generation " hungries were discovered after newborns killed their infected mothers by burrowing out of the womb . When they try to leave the next day , they realize the hospital has been surrounded by a greater horde of hungries , and offers to lead the hungries away . She captures a small dog to use as bait to distract and lure the hungries away from the hospital so the group can escape . 
 As they progress through London they come across a mass of decomposing , infected bodies encircling the completely overgrown BT Tower and sprouting seed pods . explains to the group that the pods contain spores that if released could end humankind . She reasons that she can save and the human race for by making a vaccine . asks why her kind should die to save humanity if admits that the children are in fact alive and not just imitators . runs back to the centre of London where she sets the towering seed - pod structure alight , causing it to germinate en masse and release an immense cloud of airborne spores . Not to soon after , Sgt . finds by the BT Tower , fully ablaze and already seemingly infected by the spores . He cries out that this is the end of the world , whereas simply states its just " not yours anymore " . He asks her to put him out his misery as he does not want to end up a hungry . He hands her his sidearm , and she tearfully obliges as he is about to turn . then returns to the lab to find , standing just inside the hermetically sealed door , fearfully watching the spores fall around the lab . 
 The film closes with a tearful awakening , secure from infection in the airlock , but effectively a prisoner inside the mobile med lab . Outside , sitting on the ground are the second generation children of the school / prison at the army base , along with the feral children all waiting and collected together , kept sternly in place by . begins speaking through a microphone on outside speakers , once again to educate and teach all the children . It closes with asking for her favorite , a story , to which politely declines and says not until bedtime . then responds that there 'll be lots of time .

Colm McCarthy (director), M.R. Carey (screenplay); Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Paddy Considine, Sennia Nanua

In 2029 , no mutants have been born in 25 years . 's healing ability has weakened and he has aged ; he spends his days working as a limo driver in El Paso , Texas . In an abandoned smelting plant in northern Mexico , he and mutant tracker care for nonagenarian , 's mentor and founder of the X - Men . , a psychic , suffers from a brain disease that causes him to have destructive seizures unless controlled with medication ; a seizure a year earlier killed seven mutants , leaving , , and as the last of the X - Men . 
 , a former nurse for biotechnology corporation Alkali - Transigen , tries to hire to escort her and an 11 - year - old girl , , to Eden , a refuge in North Dakota . reluctantly accepts but finds killed . He is confronted at his hideout by 's killer , Transigen 's cyborg chief of security , who is looking for . has stowed away in 's limo and has powers similar to 's . She , , and escape and his Reavers , but is captured and tortured by into tracking . 
 A video on 's cellphone shows that Transigen created and other children from mutant DNA samples to turn into weapons . was created from 's DNA . As they proved difficult to control and Transigen had found an alternative , the children were to be killed , but and other nurses helped some of them escape . 
 In Oklahoma City , discovers that appears in an X - Men comic in 's possession and assumes it is fictional . The Reavers arrive , but has a seizure and incapacitates everyone in the vicinity except for and , who kill the attackers and inject with his medication . As they flee , Dr. , head of Transigen , arrives to help . 
 , , and help farmer and his family after a traffic incident and accept an offer of dinner at their home . drives off enforcers from a corporate farm harassing . unleashes X-24 , a clone of in his prime , who murders and 's family , stabs and captures . sets off grenades , killing himself and several Reavers while injuring . fights X-24 but is outmatched . pins X-24 with his truck , but dies from his injuries . and escape with 's body . 
 After burying , passes out . takes him to a doctor and persuades him to take her to Eden where they find and other Transigen children preparing to cross to Canada . finds an adamantium bullet has kept since his escape from Weapon X , which he once considered using to commit suicide . decides his job is done and chooses not to accompany them , much to 's dismay . 
 The children are captured by the Reavers . takes an overdose of a serum given to him by that temporarily strengthens his physical and healing abilities . With 's help , he slaughters most of the Reavers , but the serum wears off . As holds at gunpoint , tells , who killed 's father years ago while escaping from Weapon X , that no new mutants were born due to a Transigen virus that created . shoots , killing him , and attacks . X-24 , enraged by 's death , fights . With their guards distracted , the children kill and the remaining Reavers . uses his seismic powers to flip a truck onto X-24 , who then frees himself , drags and impales him on a tree branch , mortally wounding him , but shoots X-24 in the head with the adamantium bullet , killing him . 
 Near death , tells not to become the weapon she was made to be , and after finally tearfully acknowledges him as her father , dies peacefully in 's arms . and the children then mourn over 's death and bury him near a lake , just like . After the burial , turns the cross on 's grave on its side to create an X , to honor him as the last of the X - Men , and then departs with the other children to continue their journey across the frontier .

James Mangold (director/sceenplay); Scott Frank, Michael Green (screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Richard E. Grant, Eriq La Salle, Elise Neal, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Dafne Keen

attends the wedding of her oldest friend . It 's discovered that she was originally maid of honor but " dropped out " two months ago after her ex boyfriend , the bride 's brother and the best man , broke up with her by text after two years together . is now back with his old girlfriend , who has replaced as maid of honor . At the reception , discovers she has been seated at Table 19 . While she considers leaving early , she meets a man named who notices her looking distressed and offers words of advice which are not well received . 
 decides to stay and meets her table mates : and , Facebook friends with the groom 's father who own a chain of diners ; high - schooler , whose parents are acquaintances of the groom and who came to the wedding in the hopes of meeting a girl ; , 's childhood nanny ; and , the bride 's cousin who is currently on parole . The table debates whether table 19 is a " good table , " to which responds that before getting dumped she planned half the wedding and knows for a fact that table 19 is for " guests that should have known not to show up . " 
 As the newlyweds come in the reception hall and start dancing , starts feeling insecure and accepts a dance from , whom she kisses . He declines to sit down with her and she realizes he is crashing the wedding and that " " is n't his real name . 
 Although the six initially have difficulty finding anything to talk about , they swiftly band together when realizes that is pregnant . The table confronts about dumping after she told him about the baby , and he reveals he dumped her because she said they would be ridiculous parents and he was tired of disappointing her . During this confrontation the wedding cake is destroyed as backs into it , knocking it onto . Bitter at this development and feeling unappreciated at the wedding , the Table 19 denizens quickly conceal the cake mishap , and go to 's room to smoke pot and converse about their reasons for attending the wedding . reveals he went to prison for stealing 125,000 from the father of the bride , but only did so because he was conned into taking it by his former friend . tells the group that the wedding is the same night as his junior prom , but his mom encouraged him to come to the wedding instead as he would " probably have a better chance of meeting someone . " believes that the children she has cared for have now completely forgotten about her . Going out for a walk , offers some advice about how to pick up girls , while realizes that has cancer . admits that she is probably ' due ' the same time will give birth . says she thinks she 's having a girl and asks that she not name her " " as it 's a tough name for a girl . and fight and she tells him the reason she came to the wedding was to have an affair with an old flame , who has not shown up . They fight about their marriage , and heads back inside with . 
 On 's recommendation , the six attempt to find the wedding crasher that had encountered earlier , with the aid of the wedding photographer and the hotel reception staff . They learn that " " is actually the groom from another wedding . As payback , steals 's wedding cake to replace the one they destroyed earlier . 
 Returning to the wedding , Table 19 is visited by the bride and groom , who express genuine happiness that everyone there has attended . and talk briefly , and apologizes that was seated so far away from her for the reception , and decides to leave early . then assures that she has not forgotten her , telling a brief but touching childhood story about , inspiring the table to see him in a new light . The rest of the table tracks down and encourages her to tell him how she really feels . As the core wedding party leaves the hotel on a ferry , she shouts out an apology to him from the dock , but he 's unable to hear . 
 , , , and return to the wedding hall for the last of the cake . In their room , the discuss their fragile marriage and reconcile before joining the others . The mood significantly changes when suddenly appears , dripping wet from apparently jumping off the boat and swimming to shore , and asks to repeat what she was trying to yell to him . asks that they both continue to be willing to forgive each other and they reconcile . asks the band to play them another song to which everybody dances , including . 
 A few months later , has died of cancer and the are now happy and taking care of her dog . has a new girlfriend , and refers to the other Table 19 guests as his family . and are together and have a son , who they have named . The movie ends with and mailing birth announcements to their friends and family , including all the guests from Table 19 .

Jeffrey Blitz (director); Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass (screenplay); Anna Kendrick, Amanda Crew, Stephen Merchant, Lisa Kudrow, Wyatt Russell, Craig Robinson, Tony Revolori, June Squibb

In 1944 , in the midst of World War II , two fighter pilots – American pilot and Japanese pilot – parachute onto an island in the South Pacific after a dogfight and engage in close combat , but the fight is interrupted by a giant ape . 
 Twenty - nine years later , in 1973 , U.S. government agent hires former British Special Air Service Captain , a skilled tracker , to guide an expedition to map out a recently discovered island known as Skull Island . Their military escort is the Sky Devils , a U.S. Army helicopter squadron newly returned from the Vietnam War and led by Lieutenant Colonel and his subordinates , Major and Captain . The group is joined by pacifist photojournalist , who believes the expedition is a secret military operation and plans to expose it . Upon arrival at Skull Island , 's men begin dropping explosives , developed by seismologist , to map out the island and prove his Hollow Earth theory . However , the air unit is attacked by the same giant ape from 1944 , who kills a number of military personnel and scatters the survivors across the island . 
 regroups with some of the scattered survivors , including , , his door gunner , pilot , and Landsat employee . After being confronted by , reveals his affiliation to the secret government organization Monarch , and its plan to use the expedition to prove the existence of monsters and determine their threat to humanity . 's group begins making their way to , whose helicopter crash - landed elsewhere . Meanwhile , the other group of survivors , consisting of , , , biologist , soldier , and Landsat employee , try to get to a rendezvous point to meet a resupply team arriving in three days ' time . Along the way , the survivors have various encounters with the island 's creatures . 
 's group eventually encounters the local Iwi natives and an older . reveals the ape is , the island 's guardian , worshiped as a god by the natives for protecting them from many predators , including two - legged , lizard - like monsters dubbed " Skullcrawlers " . He informs them attacked and destroyed the air unit because their bombs brought the subterranean Skullcrawlers to the surface ; the Skullcrawlers are responsible for killing 's ancestors , leaving him as the last of his kind . also tells them that he and became friends , but was killed by a Skullcrawler some time ago . He also says they are fortunate that they did n't awaken " the Big One " , the largest of the Skullcrawlers . 
 is ambushed and eaten by a , while 's group helps complete a boat built from parts scavenged from and 's downed planes . They ride down the river , and manage to secure communication with 's group , but the boat is attacked by pterosaur - like creatures that kill . They regroup with , who insists on searching for , though his true objective is to secure weapons and kill , who he perceives as an enemy due to killing his men . leads the two groups to a mass grave littered with the bones of 's kin . There , the same Skullcrawler that killed attacks the group , killing and many soldiers before dying in a flammable gas explosion triggered by . Learning about 's death , a vengeful becomes even more determined to kill and avenge his fallen men . The group parts ways , with 's group retrieving weapons from 's chopper and laying a trap for at a nearby lake , while the non - military personnel head back to the boat . While scouting the path ahead , and encounter up close and , seeing his true peaceful nature , they resolve to save him . 
 As and encounter , 's group uses the remaining seismic charges to lure him in . charges to the lake , where incapacitates him with ignited napalm , though is killed . , , and arrive and persuade the other soldiers to spare , but refuses to stand down . A massive Skullcrawler , the Big One , emerges from the lake and is crushed to death by a recovering . The Skullcrawler overpowers and chases the humans to a marsh at the island 's edge . is killed in a failed suicide bomb attempt to kill it . returns to rescue the others and battle the beast , and is aided by the survivors . is knocked into the marsh during the fight but saves her from drowning . The Skullcrawler then tries to kill and eat , but finally kills it by tearing out its tongue and eviscerating it , and allows the survivors to leave the island . 
 During the credits , is shown returning home , reuniting with his wife , meeting his son for the first time , and watching a Chicago Cubs game on television . In a post - credits scene , and are detained and recruited by Monarch . They are informed by and that Skull Island is just the beginning and that is not the only monster king to roam the world . As proof , they are shown archive footage of cave paintings depicting the monsters , , , and King .

Jordan Vogt-Roberts (director); Max Borenstein, Dan Gilroy, Derek Connolly (screenplay); Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, John Goodman, John C. Reilly, Toby Kebbell, Jing Tian, Jason Mitchell, Corey Hawkins, Thomas Mann, John Ortiz, Shea Whigham, Terry Notary

Late at night in a countryside house , hears a voice . He reacts by playing his red Flying V loudly in front of a crucifix . His mother enters his room and unplugs the guitar . When awkwardly explains he plays to avoid hearing " Him , " she says he needs to return to the hospital . continues to hear the voice and kills his mother , who falls down the stairs . Shortly after , a man enters the house and sees the dead woman . 
 Some time later , the house is sold to , a struggling painter . , along with his wife and daughter , move into the house . Elsewhere , checks into a motel . He listens to tapes preaching about the Devil , and plays his guitar . When a noise complaint brings a police officer to his room , stops playing . 
 After settling in , starts hearing voices . Inspired , he paints a black and white painting based on an upside down cross motif . later approaches Belial , an art gallery whose owner previously turned away his portfolio . At his insistence , the receptionist looks at the scan of the painting and appears pleased . One evening , shows up and has a brief conversation with , who tells him she would love to have a Flying V. wants to enter the house , but a disturbed turns him away . 
 The next morning , and find 's Flying V outside their house , but refuses to let her keep it . Elsewhere , kidnaps a young boy . He carries the boy to a motel room , cuts up his body and puts it in a suitcase . buries the boy in a hole already filled with several suitcases . Meanwhile , paints a new painting with distorted faces of children - including the one killed . Immersed in his work , he forgets to pick up at school , and to appease her , he lets her keep 's guitar . keeps working on the painting , which depicts the children 's heads being devoured by a black creature , and adds being burned alive . He tells a horrified that the he feels the children inside him screaming to be let out . 
 At night , sneaks into 's bedroom . He covers her mouth and explains that " He " wants her , but is trying to avoid hurting her . agrees to stay quiet , but then screams , alerting and . flees . The go to the police , who begin identifying the man . 
 The next day , arrives to see 's latest work . Pleased with the painting , offers him some wine . Despite his initial hesitation as he needs to pick up at school , drinks with . As he rushes to 's school , his car tires blows out and he runs to the school , but is nowhere to be found . In 's motel bathroom , is tied up with duct tape . tells that he can no longer resist " Him , " and that " He " considers her " the sweetest candy . " While prepares to kill her , frees herself and escapes . At the police station , the are reunited . The police tells of 's identity and history of mental illness . explained that he served the Devil , and that the murdered children were " His candy " . The are escorted home , and two police officers are stationed outside the house , with the intention of placing them under witness protection the following day . 
 That same night , kills the two police officers and takes a gun from them . He shoots and , drags upstairs into her room , splashes gasoline on the floor , then sets the room on fire . , still alive , wakes up and the two leave the house . climbs through 's bedroom window , fights , and bludgeons him to death with his own guitar . 
 gets safely to the ground . He walks to a spot near the house , where he finds the children 's bodies that had buried . As the sun rises , looks to the sky , smiles , and starts to cry .

Sean Byrne (director); Ethan Embry, Shiri Appleby, Kiara Glasco, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Craig Nigh, Marco Perella

In the Cenozoic era , six interplanetary warriors , the Power Rangers , are tasked with protecting life on Earth and the Zeo Crystal . The Green Ranger , , betrays them and plans to dominate the universe . The Red Ranger , , survives 's attack and hides five of the Rangers ' power source , the Power Coins . He orders Alpha 5 , his robotic assistant , to perform a meteor strike that kills him , the dinosaurs , and sends to the bottom of the sea , foiling her scheme . 
 In 21st - century Angel Grove , high school football star is dismissed from the team and placed under house arrest after a failed prank . In detention , he encounters and . After defending from a bully , offers to deactivate 's ankle monitor for help at an old gold mine that evening . Once there , leaves to explore and runs into . detonates explosives to break some rock , attracting the attention of , and nearby students and . The five discover the Power Coins and each take one . While escaping mine security , their car is hit by a train . The five find themselves at home the next morning and discover that the coins have granted them superhuman abilities . Elsewhere , 's body is found . Waking , she goes on a rampage , hunting pieces of gold to raise her minion to find the Zeo Crystal . 
 The five teenagers return to the mine and discover an ancient spaceship where they meet Alpha 5 and 's consciousness . They inform the teenagers about the Rangers history and , warning that they have eleven days until has her full power , finds the Zeo Crystal , and uses it to destroy life on Earth . The five leave the ship with no intention of returning until pleads with to convince the team . 
 The five return to train the next day , but they can not morph . They spend the next week training against simulated Putties and trying unsuccessfully to morph . To inspire the Rangers , reveals the Zords . takes his Zord out for a joyride and almost kills the other Rangers when he crashes it . This angers , and they fight . While trying to separate the two , spontaneously morphs . However , when he becomes conscious of it , the armor disappears . Angered at their lack of progress , dismisses the group . returns to the ship to confront and discovers that once the Rangers morph , it will open the Morphing Grid and allow to restore himself in a physical body . Feeling betrayed , accuses of using the team for his own benefit . That night , the team camp at the mine and bond with each other . 
 Later that night , attacks and orders her to bring the Rangers to the docks . informs them about and they arrive to fight , but are quickly defeated . forces to reveal the location of the Zeo Crystal , which he 'd figured out , kills him , and releases the others . The Rangers take 's body to the ship and ask to resurrect him . The Rangers agree they would give their lives for each other and resolve to defeat . In doing so , they unlock the Morphing Grid . revives , sacrificing being able to restore his physical self . With the team restored and confident , the Rangers morph into their armor . 
 creates , raises an army of Putties , and attacks Angel Grove to find the Zeo Crystal . The Rangers battle the Putties and head to Angel Grove in their Zords . After the Rangers destroy the Putties , pushes the Rangers and their Zords into a fiery pit . In the pit , the Zords combine and form the Megazord . merges with . The Rangers battle and destroy . After refusing 's offer to surrender , a defiant tells the Rangers that more will come for the crystal and leaps at the Megazord only to be slapped into space . The Rangers are praised as local heroes , and with 's threats foiled , they return to their normal lives while keeping their powers . 
 In a mid - credits scene , in detention , the teacher announces that will be joining them , but the desk is empty save for a green jacket.[note 1 ]

Dean Israelite (director); John Gatins (screenplay); Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Becky G, Ludi Lin, Bill Hader, Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Banks

The film begins with a getaway driver waiting for his crew in a Miami bank . Following a brief car chase , the driver reveals himself as Special Agent ( ) of the FBI . He then arrests the criminal crew who killed his former partner . During the arrest , fires his service weapon through his partner 's , Special Agent 's ( ) , shoulder . He then proceeded to show a naked photo of the criminal 's wife to prove 's affair with her . 
 Meanwhile , at the training center for the California Highway Patrol , ( ) is a trainee who is awaiting his final exam to graduate . Failing a series of simple tests , he is placed at the desk of CHP Sergeant ( ) for a final interview and decision . acknowledges his ability to " ride " a motorcycle better than the majority of the cadets she trained . She grants him probationary approval to graduate pending a performance review based on Citations , Arrests and Good overall evaluations from Superiors . 
 During the interview he mentions his past as a motocross competition champion and the fallout resulting from his injuries on the track . After losing all he had gained , from sponsors to contracts , 's wife ( ) divorced him and allowed to remain a resident of their estate in the guest house . 
 Meanwhile , in Los Angeles , the California Highway Patrol begins a pursuit with a crew of robbers that ride motorcycles following their robbery of an armored car . During the chase , a CHP Air Unit is overhead . The helicopter 's pilot recognizes the Armed Guard that is being held hostage and is told by the hostage taker to jump from the chopper to prove his love . The pilot subsequently jumps to his death . The guard is told by the Hostage Taker , referred to as " L.T. " , to return the money he stole as part of the crew . 
 In Miami , 's boss Agent ( ) notifies him that his actions resulted in the Bureau convening a review panel to consider terminating from the FBI . Following the conversation , he orders to go undercover in California to help investigate the series of armored car robberies with alleged connections to the police . 
 is given the alias of Officer in the California Highway Patrol 's LA District . Unknown to the officers , CHP Lieutenant ( ) is the leader of a small group of corrupt CHP Officers . The group is committing these robberies to gather money for 's heroin addicted son ( ) to escape the access to drugs he has in LA . 
 Now undercover as Officer he arrives at his assigned station . There he is partnered with who immediately shows the inability to speak to women as fellow Officer ( ) invites him to take a motorcycle tour of her favorite route . mistakes this as an attempt to hit on him , which angers greatly . 
 Following a long time in a public restroom , accuses of masturbating multiple times a day to refrain from his sexual addiction . As they discuss the issue , brings up the fact that if has n't had sex with his wife for than a year , it obviously means that someone is doing her for him . During that argument , the robbery crew makes another attempt at an armored truck job . The crew shoots and kills two CHP Officers during the attempt prompting a police response . While responding the crew evades them using Ducati motorcycles . then saves from being run over by a trucker who was unfocused on the road . 
 During another chase , encounters ' son . The two begin a pursuit that results in Lieutenant running over with a SWAT van after his son is decapitated and subsequently killed by a steel cable . Officer ( ) begins CPR and the air unit is called in to airlift to a hospital while escapes easily . Following the incident , is held responsible by the FBI Agent in charge of the case for the 3 CHP officers and 2 FBI agents that were injured . 
 During that time , is confronted by Officer and asked if he would like to get a ride home from her . responds that he would like to wait for his wife to come for him . leaves upset about the encounter . While this is happening , mistakenly dials Captain and begins sexting her . Upon seeing her naked and having an episode of Premature ejaculation , destroys his phone . 
 The next day , travels to LA to speak to since his phone was n't working . Upon seeing the level of destruction caused , agrees with the panel 's decision and terminates from the FBI . With no one picking him up from his discharge , is met by and the two discuss the sexting issue and his termination from the bureau . 
 and return to the residence to find that ( ) and her new boyfriend ( ) sold the house and all of 's assets to another family . They sit down and enjoy dinner together while discussing the case . There , after seeing the photo of the severed head of the suspect , realizes that the suspect competed against him in the Motocross sport . They begin a simple Google Search that reveals the full legal name of the suspect and the clear connection to the CHP Lieutenant as the suspect was a motocross competitor named " " . The search gave a Wikipedia page that made the connection to the family as the Lieutenant 's son . 
 Together , they approach CHP Captain ( ) to demand resources from the CHP and to arrest the five officers they 've discovered to be working with . However , realizes that he was fired from the FBI and no longer acts as a officer of the law . Captain subsequently swears him in as a CHP Officer . Meanwhile , cousin and corrupt CHP Officer , ( ) , was discharged by fellow corrupt CHP Officer and 's love interest ( ) . Officer , upon arrving too late to apprehend them , begins recruiting a group of officers to go on the hunt . 
 Now formally a CHP Officer , recruits into the hunt for the crew . As they gear up , sends a photo of tied up and demands that they come to a location in the middle of the desert . There , opens fire and shoots 's fingers off . As enters he begins a fistfight with and . During the fistfight , fellow CHP members led by Officer encounter heavy gunfire from the corrupt Officers guarding the location . 
 Following an attempt to shoot , shoots an explosive resulting in a massive explosion of the bunker . However , is still alive and begins another fistfight with . arrives and fakes an arrest . She places the pistol in ' hands and reveals herself as a crew member . fires the pistol into 's arm three times with the third bullet splinting off of his titanium arm implant into ' head , killing him instantly . reveals his arm was titanium following an injury in a motocross competition that he won 1st place in . Meanwhile , a fistfight begins between Officer and ending in Perez taking into custody . 
 While in the ambulance to the hospital , they encounter a Paramedic ( ) who treats 's injuries . With them is Officer , who was asked to ride in the ambulance by . and begin having sex in the Ambulance as and the Paramedic ( ) converse , in Spanish , on ' body and 's inability to perform anal sex . The movie ends with acknowledging the comments and revealing that she does speak Spanish , understanding what they 're saying . 
 A final cut scene shows receiving a call from his former FBI boss , Agent , offering his FBI position back to which he responds that he 'd prefer to stay in the CHP .

Dax Shepard (director/screenplay); Dax Shepard, Michael Peña, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Brody, Rosa Salazar, Vida Guerra, Kristen Bell

In the near future , humans are augmented with cybernetic improvements to traits such as vision , strength , and intelligence . Augmentation developer Hanka Robotics establishes a secret project to develop an artificial body , or " shell " , that can integrate a human brain rather than an AI . , the sole survivor of a cyberterrorist attack which killed her parents , is chosen as the test subject after her body is damaged beyond repair . Over the objections of her designer , Dr. , Hanka CEO Cutter decides to use as a counter - terrorism operative . 
 A year later , has attained the rank of Major in the anti - terrorist bureau Section 9 , working alongside operatives and under Chief . , who experiences hallucinations that dismisses as glitches , is troubled by how little she remembers of her past . The team thwarts a terrorist attack on a Hanka business conference , and destroys a robotic geisha after it murders a hostage . After learning that the geisha was hacked by an unknown entity known as Kuze , Killian breaks protocol and " dives " into its AI for answers . The entity attempts a counter - hack , and is forced to disconnect her . They trace the hacker to a yakuza nightclub , where they are lured into a trap . The explosion destroys 's eyes and damages 's body . is enraged by 's actions , and threatens to have Section 9 shut down unless keeps her in line . 
 tracks down Section 9 's Hanka consultant , Dr. , and kills her . The team links her murder to the deaths of other senior company researchers and realize that is the next target . takes control of two sanitation workers and sends them to kill . , now with cybernetic eyes , kills one while the repaired subdues the other . While they interrogate the worker , speaks through him before compelling him to commit suicide . traces the hack to a secret location , where the team discovers a large number of humans mentally linked as a makeshift signal network . is captured and reveals that he is a failed Hanka test subject from the same project that created . He urges her to question her own memories , then frees her and escapes . 
 confronts , who admits that 98 test subjects died before , and that her memories are implanted . has decided that is a liability and orders to kill her after she returns to Hanka Robotics . Instead , gives an address and helps her escape . kills , but blames , saying that she has gone rogue . He informs and the team that must be terminated . 
 follows the address to an apartment occupied by a widowed mother , who reveals that her daughter , , ran away from home a year ago and was arrested . took her own life while in custody . leaves and contacts , who allows to remotely eavesdrop on their conversation . , , and eliminate 's men trying to ambush them , while follows her memories to the hideaway where was last seen . There , she and meet and recall their past lives as anti - augmentation radicals who were abducted by as test subjects . 
 deploys a " spider - tank " to kill them . nearly dies before is able to tear off the tank 's motor , losing an arm in the process . Mortally wounded , offers to merge his " ghost " with 's , but refuses . fades out , then a Hanka sniper kills him . and the team rescue , while executes with 's consent . The next day , , now repaired and embracing her true identity as the Japanese Motoko , reconnects with her mother and returns to work with Section 9 .

Rupert Sanders (director); Jamie Moss, William Wheeler, Ehren Kruger (screenplay); Scarlett Johansson, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Pitt, Pilou Asbæk, Chin Han, Juliette Binoche, Rila Fukushima, Anamaria Marinca, Kaori Momoi

A man named tells a story about his 7 - year - old self and his parents , and . One day , is surprised when an infant wearing a business suit arrives at his house in a taxi , and and call him 's little brother . is envious of the attention the baby receives , not to mention suspicious when the infant acts odd around him . 
 Soon , learns that the baby can talk like an adult , and he introduces himself as " The Boss " . Seeing an opportunity to be rid of him , decides to record a conversation between and other toddlers who are at 's house for a meeting . The Boss Baby and the other infants catch with the recording , and the cassette tape is terminated after the Boss Baby threatens to tear up 's favorite stuffed animal , Lam - Lam . With no evidence to support him , 's parents ground him for three weeks . 
 The Boss Baby apologizes to and has him suck on a pacifier that transports them to Baby Corp. , a place where infants with adult - like minds work to preserve infant love everywhere . explains that he was sent to see why puppies are being loved more than infants . He has infiltrated 's residence because his parents work for Puppy Co. , which will unleash a new puppy on " take your child to work day " . The Boss Baby stays intelligent by drinking a " Secret Baby Formula " that enables a baby to act like an adult . However , if a baby does not drink it after a period of time , he or she becomes a regular baby . When they overhear boss threaten to fire him for not bringing in information , which would strip him of his formula and strand him at the , he and agree to work together to prevent that . 
 's parents lift the grounding and take them to Puppy Co. While there , they slip away and find what they think is the plans for a " Forever Puppy " , but they are captured by the company 's founder and CEO , . They discover that used to be the head of Baby Corp. and Boss Baby 's idol , but was fired when it was discovered that his lactose intolerance kept the secret formula from working properly . intends to have the Forever Puppies overshadow babies by stealing Boss Baby 's serum bottle and infecting the puppies with it . 's parents go with to Las Vegas , and has his brother pose as and Boss Baby 's babysitter to keep them from interfering . 
 Without a steady flow of formula to keep his intelligence in check , Boss Baby starts becoming a normal baby . Despite this , he and evade the " babysitter " long enough to reach the airport but are too late to intercept 's parents . They sneak on to another plane bound for Las Vegas . There , they stall ' presentation when unwittingly gives away their plan . Furious at their interference , locks 's parents up so he can burn them with exhaust from a rocket used to launch the Forever Puppies . and push him off a ledge , making tumble into the formula . opens the rocket to let the puppies out so they can save 's parents . His return to baby state is complete while on the rocket , but the baby starts crying and sings to him with the family song to show his appreciation , causing him to jump off the rocket before it launches . After the rocket does launch , tries to attack , but is picked up by and is raised without revenge in his mind . 
 is promoted and leaves . goes back to being an only child , but he and miss each other . After writes a letter convincing him to live with him as his brother , returns to the family as a regular baby named . 
 Back in the present , is now an adult and the father of two daughters , one of whom acts like did when he was .

Tom McGrath (director); Michael McCullers (screenplay); Alec Baldwin, Steve Buscemi, Tobey Maguire, Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow

In a small town near Tampa , Florida , seven - year - old lives with uncle and de facto guardian , . Her best friend is her 40 - ish neighbor , . On her first day of first grade , she shows remarkable mathematical talent , which impresses her teacher , . There , despite her initial disdain for average children her own age and her boredom with their classwork , she begins to bond with them when she brings her one - eyed cat , Fred , for show - and - tell and later defends a classmate from a bully on the bus . is offered a scholarship to a private school for gifted children . However , turns it down . Based on his family 's experiences with similar schools , he fears will not have a chance at a " normal " childhood . 
 It emerges that 's mother , , had been a promising mathematician , dedicated to the Navier – Stokes problem ( one of the unsolved Millennium Prize Problems ) before taking her own life when was six months old . has lived with , a former college professor turned boat repairman , ever since . 
 's estranged mother and 's maternal grandmother , , seeks to gain custody of and move her to Massachusetts , believing that is a " one - in - a - billion " mathematical prodigy who should be specially tutored in preparation for a life devoted to mathematics , much as was . However , is adamant that his sister would want to be in a normal public school and have the childhood she did n't have . Worried that the judge will rule against him and he will lose completely , accepts a compromise brokered by his lawyer that sees placed in foster care and attend the private school where wants to have her enrolled . The foster parents live just 25 minutes from 's home , will be entitled to scheduled visits , and will be able to decide where she wants to live after her 12th birthday . 
 is devastated at being placed in foster care , and her foster father says she refuses to see . When sees a picture of up for adoption , she alerts . retrieves the cat from the pound and , learning that was brought in due to allergy issues , realizes that — who is allergic to cats — is overseeing 's education in the guest house of 's foster home . He then reveals to — who had been a mathematician herself — that had solved the – Stokes problem , but stipulated that the solution was to be withheld until 's death . Knowing that it meant everything to to see solve the problem , offers to publish 's work if drops her objection to him having custody of . reluctantly agrees . 
 The film ends with back in the custody of , returning to public school while taking college - level courses in the mornings .

Marc Webb (director); Tom Flynn (screenplay); Chris Evans, Mckenna Grace, Jenny Slate, Lindsay Duncan, Octavia Spencer

and are on their honeymoon in Havana when 's cousin gets in trouble owing money to local racer . Sensing is a loan shark , challenges to a race , pitting 's reworked car against 's , and wagering his own show car . After narrowly winning the race , allows to keep his car , earning his respect , and instead leaves his cousin with his show car . 
 The next day , is approached by the elusive cyberterrorist who coerces him into working for her . Shortly afterwards , and his team , comprising , , , and , are recruited by Diplomatic Security Service ( DSS ) agent to help him retrieve an EMP device from a military outpost in Berlin . During the getaway , goes rogue , forcing off the road and stealing the device for Cipher . is arrested and locked up in the same high - security prison he helped imprison in . After escaping , and are recruited by intelligence operative Mr. and his protégé to help the team find and capture . reveals that had hired his brother to steal the Nightshade device and to steal God 's Eye , 's software program . The team tracks and to their very location just as the latter two attack the base and steal God 's Eye . When questions 's motives , she reveals that she has been holding hostage 's ex - lover and DSS agent — as well as their son , of whose existence was previously unaware . tells that she wanted him to decide the child 's first name , having already given him the middle name . 
 In New York City , sends to retrieve a nuclear football held by the Russian Minister of Defence . Prior to the theft , briefly evades and persuades and 's mother , , to help him . hacks into the electronics systems of a large number of cars , causing them to drive automatically and taking out the convoy so that can take the football . The team intercepts , but escapes , shooting and apparently killing in the process . catches up to , but is ambushed and nearly killed by Cipher 's enforcer , , before rescues her . In retaliation , has execute in front of . 
 Dom infiltrates a base in Russia to use the EMP device to disable their security and then to disable a nuclear submarine , enabling Cipher to hijack it and attempt to use its arsenal to trigger a nuclear war . They are once again intercepted by the team , who attempt to shut down the sub , and then drive out toward the gates that would prevent the sub from leaving into open waters . Meanwhile , , whose death was apparently faked , teams up with , and under 's behest , infiltrates Cipher 's plane to rescue 's son . Once reports that the child is safe , turns on and kills , avenging 's death , before rejoining his team . Outraged , fires an infrared homing missile at , but he breaks away from his team and maneuvers around it , causing the missile to hit the submarine instead . The team quickly forms a vehicular blockade around , shielding him from the ensuing explosion . When reaches the front of the plane and confronts a defeated , she makes her escape by parachuting out of the plane . 
 Mr. and his protégé visit and his team in New York City to report that is still at large in Athens . is offered his DSS job back , but he declines in order to spend more time with his daughter . delivers his son , putting his differences aside with and . names his son , after his friend and brother - in - law , and they celebrate .

F. Gary Gray (director); Chris Morgan (screenplay); Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez, Kurt Russell, Charlize Theron, Jason Statham, Helen Mirren, Tyrese Gibson, Chris Bridges, Elsa Pataky, Nathalie Emmanuel, Scott Eastwood, Kristofer Hivju

( ) and ( ) are a married couple . They live together , but are estranged from one another . They are both having long - standing extramarital affairs — she with ( ) and he with ( ) . Their lovers have both emphatically demanded they break up the marriage and and have vowed that they will do so after a visit from their son , ( ) , and his new girlfriend , Erin ( ) . 
 This plan goes awry , however , when an early - morning kiss between and leads to sex . They find themselves falling in love again and having passionate sexual encounters . Simultaneously , their respective lovers become more and more needy and demanding , which makes them less appealing to and . 
 On the train to see his parents , warns that their marriage is a failed one and that his parents are horrible people . He is immediately tense and wary when he enters their house , but is surprised to find his parents acting lovingly toward one another . He begins to think they may have changed . 
 's and 's lovers become increasingly agitated . is the first to confront his rival , telling in a grocery store that is going to leave him . Then , approaches in her car and hisses at her . These confrontations cause the renewed rapport between and and their son to fall apart . leaves the house for several hours and cries in her car . 's anger boils over and he punches a hole in a wall . 
 When returns to the house , storms out , after crying in 's arms . and do not appear to be upset with each other , but the next scene shows them packing their belongings to depart the house . Following scenes show at 's house and at 's . 
 However , the film ends with phoning and telling her , " I ca n't stop thinking about you . "

Azazel Jacobs (director/screenplay); Debra Winger, Tracy Letts, Aidan Gillen, Melora Walters, Tyler Ross, Jessica Sula

Recently fired from her job and dumped by her rock musician boyfriend , is determined to enjoy a previously planned nonrefundable trip to Ecuador . Learning of her relationship status from social media , her mother , , tells her to come home in order to move on , where she reunites with her agoraphobic brother , . Initially refusing , agrees to go on the trip with her daughter . 
 In Ecuador , after they check into the upscale hotel , meets a handsome man named at the hotel bar , and they begin a relationship . After one night of drinking and dancing with , and her mother take a sightseeing day trip with him . During their ride , masked men in a white van ram ' Jeep and abduct and . escapes , but suspects he was in on the kidnapping plot from the start . awakens inside a cell and begins to panic , while calms herself by reading men 's magazines . The leader , , contacts and demands $ 100,000 in ransom money . then has his nephew take both women away from the kidnappers ' hideout to another location . They manage to escape from their captors ' car and stow away into a passing truck , but not before kills the leader 's nephew by pounding his head with a shovel . The truck 's driver then stops his truck and leaves them both in the middle of the jungle . 
 They find a phone at a nearby bar , where they call the U.S. State Department officer , saying that they are in peril , and advises them to go to the US Embassy in Bogota , Colombia . They meet a rugged - looking American named . He agrees to help them find the consulate . After the three share a meal , and his men track them down . is about to kill them both as revenge for his only nephew 's death , but distracts him while retrieves a nearby spear gun with which to threaten him . As she retrieves it , she accidentally fires it , killing 's only son . They manage to escape with onto a boat . That 's where they learn he is not an experienced outdoorsman , but a Trader Joe 's manager who recently found out he has a month to live due to a cancer diagnosis . His dream is to live like an adventurer . Soon , however , they are forced off the boat when the captain detects another boat nearby that is looking for the two women . 
 Meanwhile , , learning that his mother and sister have been kidnapped , calls at the State Department , saying he will join forces with the agents in order to find his mother and sister . reluctantly agrees . In Colombia , , , and hike through the jungle until falls to his death from a cliff . Later , passes out from the effects of a tapeworm infestation . After a local village doctor removes the tapeworm from her body , and his men track them down again . They spot a zip line and decide to use it to escape . Unfortunately , the zip line is good for only one person . forces to leave her behind and is recaptured . 
 safely arrives at the US Consulate . Determined to find her mother , she seeks help from two feisty American women veterans , and , whom met at the resort in Ecuador . and take her to , who was conspiring with , to the apartment where he is being interrogated for the kidnappers ' location . With the ladies ' help , rescues her mother at the kidnappers ' apartment . They try to escape in another truck , but intercepts them . As he is about to kill , blows her dog whistle ( which was supposed to serve as a rape whistle ) , summoning a dog that attacks . U.S. State Department agents arrive to arrest , and reunites with his mother and sister . 
 One year later , and take another trip to Kuala Lumpur , at which point meets another man , who offers her a drink . refuses , and she and proceed to dance .

Jonathan Levine (director); Katie Dippold, Amy Schumer, Kim Caramele (screenplay); Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn, Christopher Meloni, Ike Barinholtz, Óscar Jaenada, Wanda Sykes

In a prologue , business magnate speaks with his newly activated android , who chooses the name " " after observing ’s statue of . tells that one day they will search for mankind 's creator together . comments on his own unlimited lifespan compared to his creator 's limited one , which unsettles . 
 In 2104 , 11 years after the Prometheus expedition , the colonization ship Covenant is bound for remote planet Origae-6 , with two thousand colonists in stasis and 1,140 human embryos aboard . The ship is monitored by Walter , a newer android model that physically resembles . A stellar burst damages the ship , killing 47 colonists . orders the ship 's computer to wake the crew of 14 , which includes several married couples . The ship 's captain , , dies when his stasis pod malfunctions . While repairing the ship , the crew picks up a radio transmission of a human voice from a nearby ( two weeks ’ travel ) planet , which appears eminently more habitable than Origae-6 ( still 7 years away ) . Despite the protests of , ’s widow , that this new " perfect " planet is too good to be true , newly - promoted captain decides that they are going to divert and check the new planet . 
 With pilot maintaining Covenant in orbit , his wife flies a small lander to the Earth - like planet 's surface , where an expedition team tracks the transmission 's signal to a crashed alien ship . Crew members and are infected by spores from a black fungus - like organism . 's wife helps the increasingly ill back to the lander where quarantines them inside the med - bay . A small , pale , alien neomorph bursts from 's back , killing him , and then kills . attempts to kill the creature with a shotgun , but triggers an explosion which kills her and destroys the lander . Nearby , another neomorph bursts from 's mouth , killing him as well . 
 The neomorphs attack the remaining crew and kills . The crew manages to kill a neomorph before , who survived the Prometheus mission , scares away the other , and leads the crew to a temple in a city full of dead humanoids . tells them that upon his and fellow Prometheus survivor 's arrival at the planet , their ship released a black liquid bio - weapon which annihilated the native population and that died when the ship crashed in the ensuing chaos . The crew members attempt to contact the Covenant but are prevented by fierce storms . When a neomorph infiltrates the structure and kills , tries to communicate with the creature , and is horrified when kills it . questions , who reveals that the aliens are a result of his experimenting with the black liquid in an attempt to create a new species . He manipulates into being attacked by a facehugger alien . An alien xenomorph later erupts from 's chest , killing him . 
 As the others search for and , finds 's dissected corpse , used by as material for his evolving creature designs . explains that he believes humans are a dying species and should not be allowed to colonize the galaxy . When disagrees , disables him , and threatens . recovers ( being a superior model capable of self - repair ) and fights with while escapes . A facehugger attacks security chief , but he is later rescued by crew member . The now fully grown Xenomorph kills , while escapes and meets up with . arrives in another lander to extract , , and , who claims has " expired " . They successfully kill the attacking Xenomorph and return to the Covenant . 
 The next morning , and find out that another Xenomorph burst from 's chest , killing him , and is loose on the Covenant . It matures , and kills crew members and his wife . Remaining crew members and lure the creature into the Covenant 's terraforming bay and flush it into space . 
 The Covenant resumes its trip to Origae-6 . As helps into stasis , she realizes that he is in fact , but is unable to escape her pod before falling asleep . regurgitates two facehugger embryos and places them in cold storage alongside the human embryos . He then poses as to record a log stating that all crewmembers except and were killed by the neutrino blast at the beginning of the film and that the ship is still on course for Origae-6 .

Ridley Scott (director); Michael Green, Jack Paglen (screenplay); Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Demián Bichir, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride, Jussie Smollett, Amy Seimetz, Carmen Ejogo, Callie Hernandez, Alex England, James Franco

In Emerald Bay , Florida , Lt . and his team of lifeguards , including second - in - command and veteran , protect the beaches and the bay as part of an elite division known as Baywatch . Having made over 500 rescues in his career , is beloved by the community , to the annoyance of local beat cop and 's superior , Captain . During one of his morning patrols , discovers a small pouch of flakka drug washed up near the Huntley Club , which is now under the ownership of businesswoman , who has been secretly bribing city councilman and others in efforts to increase her stake in the bay . 
 At the tryouts for prospective lifeguards , three people stand out : surfer , an old friend of ; , a chubby computer nerd with a crush on ; and , a former Olympic gold medal swimmer who fell from grace to grass after vomiting during a relay race . and both pass the trials , but refuses to participate , insisting his Olympic status and recommendation letter entitles him to have a place on the team . challenges on a course of the former 's choosing , but a drowning woman and her kids interrupt the challenge and they rush to save her . learns has to perform community service as part of an unspecified plea deal , and that insists rehabilitating 's image is necessary to convince the city not to further cut Baywatch 's funding . 
 When a private yacht catches fire , disobeys orders and dives directly under the flames , causing and to have to save him . The occupants are evacuated , except for the deceased councilman . disapproves of 's further investigative actions . and the gang attend a party held by to look for more evidence but without much luck as makes a fool of himself getting drunk . , , and later infiltrate the city morgue , where they record two of ' men planting a falsified autopsy report to cover up the fact that was murdered on her orders . Unfortunately , they are discovered , and though manages to subdue and capture one of them , the recording is destroyed and is forced to release their suspect on a lack of evidence . Angered , threatens to fire if he oversteps his authority again . 
 Convinced that is running drugs out of the Huntley , and go undercover and sneak into the club kitchen , where they witness her workers retrieving the drugs from barrels of fish and processing them . They contact , only to learn that another body has been found on the beach . , enraged that essentially deserted his post , fires him and names as the new lieutenant . accepts the job reluctantly , and takes a job as a cellphone salesman . 
 After finding another pouch of flakka on the beach , steals the second victim 's report from and brings it to , who confirms his suspicion that the man was murdered . , upon recognizing the victim as his friend , helps hack into ' servers , revealing her plan to privatize the entire beach by systematically buying out or eliminating every competing business owner . 
 The team infiltrates a private party on ' personal yacht , discovering how she 's been using the hull to smuggle the drugs . is captured and placed in a bait cage to be drowned , and a gloating reveals that she bribed the corrupt to set up so he could justify firing him before pushing the cage into the water . Just before drowns , appears and saves him . The two catch up to , while and launch fireworks to prevent her escape helicopter from landing . Just as they run out , a wounded , having intentionally stung himself with a sea urchin to boost his adrenaline , uses a Roman candle to blow up , saving once again . arrives and takes ' henchmen into custody , apologizing to for doubting him . arrives and begins to berate for returning to the beach . In response , punches in the face . is subsequently arrested for his role in ' plan . 
 In the aftermath , and begin relationships with and respectively . , having been reinstated , formally inducts , , and into Baywatch and introduces them to their new captain , ( ) .

Seth Gordon (director) Mark Swift and Damian Shannon (screenplay); Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Priyanka Chopra, Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Ilfenesh Hadera, Jon Bass

Twelve - year - old boards the Flying Dutchman and informs his father , , that the curse which binds to the Dutchman and only permits him to step on land once a decade can be broken by the Trident of Poseidon . intends to recruit Captain to help find it , but believes this is impossible and orders to leave . and the then disappear into the sea , but vows to find and the Trident . 
 Nine years later , is a sailor in the British Royal Navy . The ship sails into the supernatural Devil 's Triangle and stumbles upon the wreck of the Silent Mary , whose ghostly crew led by Spanish pirate - hunter Captain attack . spares 's life to deliver a message to : is coming for him . 
 In Saint Martin , a young astronomer and horologist named is sentenced to death for witchcraft but escapes and briefly crosses paths with as he and his crew spectacularly blunder a bank robbery . Having suffered years of such bad luck , 's crew lose faith and abandon him . Depressed , trades his magical compass for a drink . However , this betrayal of the compass frees and his crew from the Devil 's Triangle . learns is looking for the Trident 's location and offers to help him using her unknown father 's diary . and are captured and face execution , but are saved by and 's crew , setting sail on the Dying Gull . deciphers clues that the stars will lead to an island where the Trident is hidden . 
 Meanwhile , Captain hears from his pirate crew that the revived Captain has killed several pirates at sea , and learns that the Trident could lead him to a new " treasure " . sets off to find the Trident , until and his crew appear and destroy 's fleet . manages to talk his way out of being killed by offering to help find . agrees , wanting revenge on the pirate that caused his demise . pursues the Dying Gull , forcing , , and to flee to an island , discovering that 's crew can not go on land . After saving from a forced marriage , allies himself with , returning his compass and restoring the miniaturized Black Pearl , trapped in a bottle by , to its original size . They all continue their journey to the Trident 's island , with taking command of the Pearl once more . During the voyage , and realize is the latter 's long - lost daughter . tells that he had left her at an orphanage with his diary so she could live a better life , and refuses to tell her the truth so she will continue to believe her father was an astronomer . 
 Approaching the Trident 's island , the Pearl evades a British Navy warship , which is destroyed by the Silent Mary before the Pearl runs aground on the island . , , and use the island 's magic to part the ocean and open a path to the Trident 's location on the ocean floor . captures and demonically possesses his body in order to walk on the ocean floor and seize the Trident . Once he does so , is given his body back and decides to destroy the Trident , breaking all curses upon the sea and restoring 's crew to life . However , the divided sea begins to collapse in on itself . The Pearl lowers its anchor to lift them to safety , but pursues them , still hell - bent on killing . realizes that is her father when she spots a tattoo on his arm identical to the diary 's cover . sacrifices himself to kill , allowing the others to escape alive . 
 Some time later , and reach Port Royal , where appears , free from the Dutchman . His wife , , appears moments later and the family reunites . and begin a relationship as well . watches from the Pearl in faux - disgust before sailing away into the horizon , having been accepted by his crew as their captain once again . 
 In a post - credits scene , appears to have a nightmare where a resurrected enters his room , oblivious that left a trace of wet barnacles on the floor beneath he and .

Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg (directors); Jeff Nathanson (screenplay); Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Orlando Bloom, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Geoffrey Rush, Kevin McNally, Stephen Graham, Martin Klebba, Paul McCartney

In the summer of 2009 , four - star General ( ) , having won renown for his effective leadership in Iraq , is sent to Afghanistan to prepare an assessment so that the government can end the ongoing war.[4][5 ] He is given wide latitudes to write it , on the sole condition that he not request more troops . and his staff , particularly his right hand man Major General ( ) , are united in their belief that the war can be won , and decide to recommend that President authorize a surge of 40,000 additional troops to secure Helmand province in order to stabilize the country . However , the Secretary of State ( ) informs that his report will not be reviewed until after the upcoming presidential election . 
 Captain ( ) , a member of the Afghan National Army , joins 's staff as a " representative " of the Afghan people . He arrives , however , in civilian clothes as he would rather not wear his uniform , which he has in a bag , outside the compound near his home as he walked . Meanwhile , is informed that , due to alleged irregularities in the counting of votes , a runoff election will have to be held , delaying the review of the assessment further . Fed up , secretly leaks the assessment to the Washington Post and organizes an interview with 60 Minutes , during which he reveals that , in the last seventy days , he has only been granted one meeting with the President . In response , the government announces that they will send 30,000 troops to Afghanistan , and that all U.S. and coalition forces in the country will leave in 18 months . To gather the remaining 10,000 troops needed for his strategy to work , and his men head to Paris to negotiate with the other coalition nations . 
 In Paris , learns that the President is passing through , and wishes to meet with him . The ambassador to Afghanistan ( ) warns that he needs to understand his position : if he continues to anger the President , he will be fired for insubordination . The President , however , merely shakes his hand as he climbs aboard Air Force One due to time constraints , and and his staff attend a dinner in 's honor , accompanied by Rolling Stone writer ( ) , who intends to write a feature story about his performance for an upcoming issue . The next day , during their anniversary dinner , 's wife confronts him about how much time he 's spending fighting abroad instead of being with his family back home . 
 While en route to Berlin with 's staff to continue negotiations , observes their behavior and concludes that they are arrogant and seem to care little about the growing public perception that the war is costly and wasteful . At a conference to discuss his strategy , is confronted by a German official ( ) who is skeptical of his approach and suggests that 's plans would only lead to more losses . Nevertheless , both the Germans and the French agree to furnish the troops needed for his planned offensive , codenamed " Operation Moshtarak " , to begin , with Afghan President 's ( ) approval . 
 The operation launches , but soon runs into trouble when several civilians are accidentally killed against 's instructions . When he holds a public meeting to explain the incident , the crowd grows hostile and demands that he and his troops leave . Worse , learns that 's article has been published , and paints a negative picture of him and his staff as openly speaking against the President and mishandling the war effort . Knowing that he will be fired for his actions , returns to Washington and later takes a job as a civilian consultant . 
 In the aftermath , ponders the consequences of his article , noting that he wished 's fall would finally convince the government to stop invading foreign countries and end the war in Afghanistan . Instead , however , the government simply assigns a new general to replace : General ( ) .

David Michôd (director/screenplay); Michael Hastings (book); Brad Pitt, Anthony Michael Hall, Topher Grace, Anthony Hayes, John Magaro, Emory Cohen, Daniel Betts, Lakeith Stanfield, RJ Cyler, Aymen Hamdouchi, Alan Ruck, Meg Tilly, Will Poulter, Ben Kingsley, Tilda Swinton

In present - day Paris , receives a photographic plate from Wayne Enterprises of herself and four men taken during World War I , prompting her to recall her past . Daughter of Queen , was raised on the hidden island of Themyscira , home to the Amazonian warrior women created by to protect mankind . shares the Amazonian history with , including how , 's son , became jealous of humanity and orchestrated its destruction . When the other gods attempted to stop him , killed all but , who used the last of his power to wound and force his retreat ( thus dying in the process ) . left the Amazons the island and a weapon , the " Godkiller " , to prepare them for ' return . 
 Although she initially forbids to be trained as a warrior , reluctantly agrees to let her sister , , train , only more rigorously than any other warrior . In 1917 , , now a young woman , rescues American pilot Captain when his plane crashes off the Themysciran coast . The island is soon invaded by a German light cruiser that had been pursuing . The Amazons kill the crew , but sacrifices herself to save ( by taking the bullet fired from a German sailor that was meant for ) . is interrogated with the Lasso of Hestia , and reveals that a great war is consuming the outside world and that he is an Allied spy . He has stolen a notebook of the chief chemist Isabel , who is attempting to engineer a deadlier form of mustard gas , under the orders of General from a weapon facility in the Ottoman Empire . Believing to be responsible for the war , arms herself with the " " sword , the lasso , and her armor before leaving Themyscira with to locate and stop for good . 
 In London , they deliver 's notebook to the Supreme War Council , where Sir is trying to negotiate an armistice with Germany . translates 's notes and reveals that the Germans plan to release the deadly gas at the Western Front . Although forbidden by his commander to act , , with secret funding from Sir , recruits spy , marksman , and smuggler to help prevent the gas from being released . The team reaches the front in Belgium . goes alone through No Man 's Land and captures the enemy trench , allowing the Allied forces to help her liberate the village of Veld . The team briefly celebrates , while and grow closer romantically . 
 The team learns a gala will be held at the nearby German High Command . and separately infiltrate the party , with intending to locate the gas and destroy it , while intends to kill , believing that he is and thus killing him will end the war . stops her to avoid jeopardizing his mission , but this allows to unleash the gas on Veld , killing its inhabitants . Blaming for intervening , Diana pursues to a base where the gas is being loaded into a bomber aircraft bound for London . fights and kills , but is confused and disillusioned when his death does not stop the war . 
 Sir appears and reveals himself as . He tells that although he has subtly given humans ideas and inspirations , using and as pawns in the process , it is ultimately their decision to resort to violence as they are inherently corrupt . When attempts to kill Ares with the " " sword , he destroys it , then reveals to be the " Godkiller " , as the daughter of and . He fails to persuade to help him destroy mankind to restore paradise on Earth . While the two battle , 's team destroys 's laboratory . hijacks and pilots the bomber carrying the poison to a safe altitude and detonates it , sacrificing himself in the process . attempts to direct 's rage and grief at 's death by convincing her to kill , but the memories of her experiences with cause her to realize that humans have good within them . She spares and redirects ' lightning into him , killing him for good . Later , the team celebrates the end of the war . In the present day , sends an email to thanking him for the photographic plate of her and and reaffirms her new mission to fight and give on the world 's behalf .

Patty Jenkins (director); Allan Heinberg (screenplay); Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielsen, Robin Wright, Lucy Davis, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Ewen Bremner, Saïd Taghmaoui, Elena Anaya

In the city of Piqua , Ohio , two fourth - grade friends and next - door neighbors named ( ) and ( ) are the pranksters at their school , Jerome Horwitz Elementary School . They excessively pull numerous pranks on the cruel teachers , many of which are directed at their " evil " principal , Mr. ( ) , putting the two at odds with him . The duo also create comic books about a superhero named Captain Underpants , a character who has superpowers and wears underwear and a cape . They sell these to their schoolmates through a comic company called Treehouse Comix Inc. , located in their treehouse . and 's pranks come to an apparent end after they 're caught tampering with a toilet invention , the Turbo Toilet 2000 , made by the school 's local snitch and intellectual , ( ) , on video . Finally having solid proof of the boys ' antics , Mr. excitedly prepares to annihilate their friendship by putting them in separate classes . 
 To prevent this , hypnotizes Mr. with a 3D Hypno Ring he received out of a cereal box . The boys see that Mr. bears an odd resemblance to Captain without his toupee and command him to be Captain . The boys soon learn the severity of their actions when " Captain " begins causing problems around Piqua . To prevent these issues , the boys take him to their treehouse , where they discover that they can turn Captain back into Mr. by splashing water on him and can turn him back into Captain by snapping their fingers . Knowing that Mr. will continue trying to separate them , they decide to settle with Captain but insist that he be dressed up as Mr. under the pretense of a " secret identity , " to which Captain agrees . His sudden personality change even manages to attract the attention ( and affection ) of the school 's shy lunch lady , ( ) . 
 Just when and believe that their troubles have ended , Jerome Horwitz Elementary School is visited by an odd , German - accented scientist named Professor Esq . ( ) , or as he calls himself , Professor ( disguised as Mr. ) hires him to be the new science teacher , but and are suspicious of him due to his violent and short - tempered attitude , as well as his resume 's content . As it turns out , is seeking to get rid of laughter altogether due to the fact that people have made fun of his name for years . He recruits to help him , as he discovers ( after reading a comic book and made featuring characters resembling them ) that 's brain makes him incapable of laughing or having fun . 
 After a school carnival accident caused by Captain , Mr. finally separates the boys . Professor tries to take over the town with a giant version of the Turbo Toilet 2000 , fueled by the school cafeteria 's rotten leftovers left out by and uses 's brain to turn the children into glum , humorless zombies . Captain tries to stop the villain , but due to having no actual superpowers , is effortlessly defeated and thrown into the toilet . and are captured and nearly turned into zombies , but are able to escape after Professor mentions the planet Uranus , causing the boys to laugh and damage the Turbo Toilet 2000 's computer , restoring the children back to normal . Upon consuming the mutated leftovers , Captain acquires superpowers and , with and 's help , defeats and shrinks , though he escapes on a bumblebee shortly thereafter . 
 Knowing that they ca n't control Captain , and destroy the Hypno Ring to permanently change him back into Mr. . Feeling that Mr. would be nicer if he had friends , the boys set him and lovesick up on a date , thus making Mr. have a change of heart . returns the comics he took away from and , and even admits their comics are funny . However , the toxic waste from the Turbo Toilet 2000 transforms all the toilets into vicious monsters which attack the restaurant at which Mr. and are dining . Upon snapping his fingers , Mr. once again becomes Captain , carrying and away to help him fight them , much to 's surprise and admiration . 
 In a mid - credits scene , and realize that the secretary , who they put on hold before by faking a contest with a cash prize of $ 1 billion , has been on the phone for the entire film , so they shut off the call , make the secretary angry , and make a new comic based on her reaction .

David Soren, Rob Letterman (directors); Nicholas Stoller (screenplay); Ed Helms, Kevin Hart, Thomas Middleditch, Nick Kroll, Anna Kendrick, Jordan Peele, Kristen Schaal

A highly contagious outbreak has ravaged the world . , his wife , and their teenage son have secluded themselves in their home deep in the woods in an undisclosed location . When 's father , , contracts the disease , they kill him and burn his body in a shallow grave . The next night , they capture an intruder breaking into the house . ties him to a tree and places a bag over his head overnight to confirm he is not suffering from the disease . The stranger , , explains that he did not know the house was occupied and was only searching for fresh water for himself , his wife , and his young son . offers to trade some of their supply of food for water . suggests bringing 's family back to their home , reasoning that the more people they have with them , the easier it would be to defend themselves should anyone else discover their location . agrees , and he takes to collect his family . Along the way , they are ambushed by two men . kills them and accuses Will of having set him up . points out that he fought them as well and assuages 's mistrust . 
 A few days later , returns along with , his wife , and son . After establishing the rules that and have used to stay safe , including keeping the only entrance locked with a key or wear around their neck , and keeping nighttime excursions to a minimum , the two families begin to establish a sense of normality and grow closer to each other . One day , Travis 's dog begins barking aggressively at and chases an unseen presence in the woods . follows the dog deeper into the woods before 's barking suddenly ceases . insists to and that he heard something in the woods . They decide to return home , as insists knows the woods and will find his own way home . That night , seemingly contradicts a story he had told earlier about what he and were doing prior to finding the abandoned house . 's response suggests an increasing level of distrust of . 
 That evening , is awakened by a nightmare about his grandfather . He discovers sleeping on the floor of 's old room , also suffering from a nightmare . leads him back to his parents ' room before hearing a sound from downstairs . Investigating , finds that the front door of the house is slightly opened . He wakes and , who investigate further and find a bleeding and gravely sick lying on the floor . They kill and burn the dog . When reveals that the door was already open when he came downstairs , suggests that a sleepwalking might have opened the door . argues the possibility , and as tensions between the two families begin to rise , decides that they should isolate themselves in their own rooms for a couple of days so that they can calm down and ensure no one is infected . 
 The next morning , overhears a distraught telling that they need to leave . informs his parents that might be infected and , as such , he may be infected himself . and don protective masks and gloves and take weapons to confront and , fearing that they may steal their food and water , or return later by force . When asks to be let in to see if is sick , draws a gun and takes captive . insists that his family is healthy and demands give him a fair share of food and water so that they can leave . and overwhelm and force him and his family outside . and get into a brutal fight before shoots Will , who dies from his wound . flees into the woods with . fires after them , killing . hysterically begs to kill her to end her misery , and he does . 's nose begins bleeding , and he later spots other signs of illness in the mirror . 
 Later , awakens in bed , visibly sick . His mother comforts him as he dies . Some time later , and sit at the dinner table in silence . They share a shattered , devastated look as the film ends .

Trey Edward Shults (director); Joel Edgerton, Riley Keough, Christopher Abbott, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Carmen Ejogo

, now a seven - time Piston Cup racing legend , and the other veterans of the Piston Cup , suddenly find themselves being displaced by the next - generation rookies such as , outfitted with the latest technology to break speed records . As the season progresses , the amount of new racers begin to increase , resulting in many veterans either retiring , or being fired by their sponsors , to make way for the new generation . Then , in the last race of the season , is badly damaged in a rollover crash while trying to catch up to and did not finish the race . 
 Four months later , while recovering in Radiator Springs , isolates himself from his friends and spends his time watching footage of his late mentor , , whose career ended in a similar accident , which fears that he might meet the same fate . After receiving some encouragement from his girlfriend , , decides to continue racing and call his sponsors from Rust - eze , and , who surprise him by telling him they opened a new state - of - the - art training center known as the Rust - eze Racing Center , only to reveal that they have sold the team to a new owner , . There , meets , and is assigned to train under . becomes impatient with 's methodical approach to training , and he attempts to use a high tech racing simulator - only to end up damaging it . decides that is unfit to race , and instead , plans to use him for promotional materials only . contests this , and instead , makes a deal ; if he should win the first race of the season , he will get to determine when he retires , otherwise he will retire on the spot . accepts the deal , but assigns him to work one - on - one with . 
 tries to train on the nearby Fireball Beach in order to build up his speed , but he finds most of his time spent on teaching how to drive on various terrain . then attempts to race at a dirt track called Thunder Hollow , and inadvertently ends up competing in a demolition derby called ″Crazy Eight″ that wins , and her elation leads to 's humiliation . Angry at for apparently wasting time training him , rages at her . Upset , admits that she had wanted to be a professional racer like her whole life because he inspired her , but never started a race due to feeling intimidated and outclassed . She resigns as 's trainer , and heads back to the training center . 
 Guilty and with no other options , calls up his friend , who suggests that he should talk to 's mentor , in 's hometown of Thomasville . catches up to , and convinces her to rejoin him . In Thomasville , meets up with , who recounts how , despite his forced retirement , found a new happiness in training . After accepts that he will never be as fast as , and his friends help learn new tricks to overcome his speed disadvantage with as his sparring partner . However , during the last practice race , suddenly overtakes him , giving him a flashback to his crash , shaking his confidence . 
 At the race in Florida , is coached by from the pits , and manages to gradually push up through the ranks . , who still believes can not win , orders back to the center , despite her wanting to stay and watch the race . overhears this , and remembers 's speech about wanting to be a racer . He devises a plan ; the next time he pits , he tells his crew to outfit in his racing number to try and finally beat , against 's wishes . is initially shaken by her lack of confidence , but and help her to pull ahead . On the last lap , catches up to . , feeling threatened , tries to intimidate her - even to the point of ramming her against the wall , but she uses one of 's tricks to repel off it , take the lead , and win . 
 As celebrates her victory , offers her a role on his team , but she instead takes a counteroffer made by . reminds about his bet , but then 's name is shared with 's on the leaderboard as victors , since both he and raced with the winning number , thus winning the deal . then goes to speak with , offering a deal . Sometime later , and return to Radiator Springs , decked out in Doc 's old color and number , respectively . reveals that has bought Rust - eze from Sterling , and decides to continue racing , and to be 's crew chief . 
 In the post - credits scene , at his junkyard tries to answer an incoming call from his phone . Somehow he accidentally touches his reception antenna and his phone goes dead much to his dismay .

Brian Fee (director); Kiel Murray, Bob Peterson, Mike Rich (screenplay); Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Bonnie Hunt, Cheech Marin, Michael Wallis, Cristela Alonzo, Armie Hammer, Paul Dooley

In 2006 , four friends , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) and ( ) , bond during their first year of college at George Washington University . A decade later they reunite as is about to get married to her fiancé ( ) , and decides that the four should spend the weekend in Miami partying . By this point , is a teacher , is an aspiring activist with two strikes on her record , is a real estate agent in the middle of a bitter divorce who still has conflicting feelings over her past relationship with , and is an aspiring senatorial candidate whose campaign is hampered by the fact that the general public do not find her relatable despite her policies focusing on helping others . 
 Once in Miami , the four are joined by ( ) , 's friend from her semester in Australia . The friends get high and party at a club and then Frankie decides to hire a male stripper , ( ) . When arrives at the door , he makes uncomfortable with his rough talk . decides to take a turn and jumps on him , causing them to both fall and to hit his head on the edge of the fireplace , killing him . Before they decide what to do , takes a call from and mentions during her panic that her friends hired a stripper and she is confused , before destroys her phone and confiscates the others to prevent anyone making calls until they can determine their next move . takes this to mean that is leaving him and decides to race down to Miami to convince to take him back . 
 The friends purchase a burner phone and call 's uncle ( ) , who is a lawyer . After telling him they moved the body , he tells them that , while they may have gotten away with accidental death if they had made the call immediately , they could face up to fifteen years in prison for tampering with the crime scene unless no body is found . The friends decide to dispose of the body by throwing it into the ocean . After doing so , they realize that their neighbors , ( ) and ( ) , have a security camera that may have caught them . They send to get the tape , as the pair had previously expressed interest in a ménage à trois with , only to have her discover the cameras do not work after she has slept with them . By this point , the body has washed up on the shore and they must come up with a new plan to dispose of it . 
 A police officer , ( ) , knocks on their door and knocks him out after he gropes her , only for the friends to realize that he was the actual stripper they had ordered , leaving them to wonder who they killed . They use 's car to try to dispose of the body again only to return home defeated after a car accident when the car goes over a speed bump too quickly . Then when finds out invited and to a bridal shower over her , verbally berates her for her obsessive clinginess and storms off to prepare for the consequences . 
 At this point , Detectives ( ) and ( ) arrive and tell the women they are not in trouble , as the man they killed was a violent criminal who had been on the run from the police . As they interrogate the women , realizes that the detectives are actually the accomplices of the man they killed when she spots the TV displaying all three men as suspects in a jewelry robbery . Realizing that they are caught , and tie the women and up and threaten to shoot them . meanwhile has missed most of the drama due to being upstairs taking a shower in preparation for her mugshot . Realizing what has happened , she manages to subdue using hairspray and handcuffs when he comes up to search for the diamonds , and kills as he prepares to kill . returns , having freed himself from the toy handcuffs , only to be run over when , high on the drugs he took to keep him awake on his roadtrip to Miami , crashes into the front of the house and kills him . 
 reaffirms that she wants to marry and the two we d that weekend . and decide to reunite as a couple and hooks up with . confirms that the police have excused them from all charges as their victims were all criminals , and the deaths can be excused as self - defense . receives a call from her campaign manager revealing that these events have caused her approval rating to go up significantly with the voters after capturing dangerous criminals as well as her new reputation as a party girl has helped make her more relateable to voters . 
 In a post - credits scene , and drive home after a night out . enters her apartment and looks for something to eat . She pours pasta into a pan , and discovers that there are diamonds mixed in with the pasta — the same diamonds that stashed in their house for safekeeping .

Lucia Aniello (director/screenplay); Paul W. Downs (screenplay); Scarlett Johansson, Zoë Kravitz, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, Ilana Glazer, Paul W. Downs, Demi Moore, Ty Burrell, Colton Haynes

is a comedian in Chicago trying to get his big break performing standup as well as a one - man show about his Pakistani background . His Muslim immigrant parents frequently set him up with young Pakistani women , expecting that he will follow their example of an arranged marriage ; he is uninterested but tolerates the introductions . He also lets them believe he still shares their religious faith , though he has become agnostic . 
 During a standup show , is heckled by , a white woman in the audience . He approaches her after the show and their one - night stand develops into a on - going relationship . does not tell his family about , as they would disapprove , and his relationship with is strained as he holds back , fearful of losing his family who disowned one of his cousins after he married a white woman . finds pictures of the women 's parents have set him up with ; they argue and she asks whether he sees a long - term future with her , given his family 's expectations . When he says he does n't know , ends their relationship . 
 learns weeks later that has been taken to the hospital after having fainted . A doctor tells him that has a serious lung infection and must be immediately placed in an induced coma with tracheal intubation . He signs the permission form and calls her parents , and . Aware of their daughter 's messy breakup with , they tell him he is not needed , but stays and the three become close as they deal with 's illness . 
 Surgery is ineffective and the infection spreads to 's kidneys . wants to transfer to a different hospital , but and disagree . and argue , and she brings up 's past . stays at ’s apartment where he reveals that he cheated on and regrets it . 
 's parents visit his apartment , angry that he is not taking their marriage suggestions seriously . tells them that he does not want an arranged marriage and no longer practices Islam , and reveals his relationship with . His parents disown him . 
 Moments before an audition for the Montreal Comedy Festival , learns that the infection has reached 's heart . Distraught on stage , spends the audition tearfully recounting his fears about ’s health , and fails the audition . 
 wakes from her coma . The doctors explain she has adult - onset 's disease , a rare and serious but treatable illness ; inadvertently helped them diagnose her when he mentioned she had an ankle injury that was slow to heal . Still pained from their breakup , tells to leave . Neverthless , invites to 's homecoming party . asks to take him back , but she refuses , reminding him that while he may have had a transformative experience during her illness , she was unconscious for duration and for her nothing had changed . 
 decides to move to New York City with two comedian friends . He tells his family about his plans and refuses to allow them to reject him . discovers a video of 's disastrous audition in which he spoke openly about his feelings for her and she goes to find him after his one - man show , saying she has something to tell him . But before she can , he tells her he is moving to New York City . He asks what she had wanted to tell him and she says only that she appreciates everything he did for her while she was in a coma and wishes him well in New York . 
 As prepares to depart for New York , his parents visit . His father tells him they are still angry , but gives him a dish of his favorite food and ask him to stay in touch . The film ends with performing in New York , where he is heckled by someone in the crowd ; he sees that it is .

Michael Showalter (director); Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon (screenplay); Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano

is a getaway driver in Atlanta , Georgia . When he was a child , a car accident killed his parents and left him with tinnitus , which he blocks out by listening to music on his iPod . He ferries crews of robbers assembled by , a criminal mastermind , to pay off a debt he incurred after stealing one of 's cars . Between jobs , he creates remixes from snippets of conversations he records and cares for his deaf foster father . At a diner , he meets a waitress , , and they start dating . 
 's next robbery goes awry after an armed bystander chases them down , but evades him and the police . Having paid his debt , quits his life of crime and starts delivering pizzas . While is on a date with , insists he join a heist at a post office , threatening to hurt and if he refuses . 
 The crew consists of easy - going , his sharpshooter wife , and trigger - happy , who takes an immediate dislike to . While the crew attempts to purchase illegal arms for the job , recognizes one of the dealers as a policeman and opens fire . They kill all of the dealers . Afterward , makes stop at 's diner , unaware of and 's romance . , aware of ' homicidal habit , stops him from killing her to avoid paying . 
 is furious , revealing that the dealers were dirty cops on his payroll . He decides to cancel the heist , but , and disagree . lets decide ; he chooses to go through with it . attempts to slip away late that night , hoping to take and leave Atlanta . He is stopped by and , who have discovered his recordings and believe he is an informant ; when they and hear his mixtapes , they are convinced of his innocence . 
 During the heist , kills a security guard . Disgusted , refuses to drive away , causing to hit him . then rams the car into a rebar which impales , killing him . The three flee on foot . After the police kill in a shootout , blames for her death and vows to kill him . steals a car and flees to his apartment . After leaving at an assisted living home , drives to 's diner to pick her up , where an armed is waiting . shoots and flees with as the police close in . 
 seeks help from , who initially refuses to help . After seeing he truly loves , supplies them with cash and directions to get out of the country , stating that he was in love once . The police confront the three in the parking garage , but kills them all . then ambushes them with a stolen police car and hits and kills . A cat - and - mouse game ensues until has at his mercy . He shoots next to both 's ears , deafening him . disarms with a crowbar and shoots him in the leg , causing him to fall to his death . 
 Fleeing Atlanta , and run into a police roadblock . surrenders , telling she does not belong in the world of crime . At 's trial , , , and several people saved / helped during the robberies testify for him . is sentenced to 25 years in prison , with a parole hearing after five . He receives postcards from , who promises to wait for him . When is eventually released , he finds waiting for him .

Edgar Wright (director/screenplay); Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Jamie Foxx, Jon Hamm, Kevin Spacey, Jon Bernthal, Eiza González

In 2007 , self - defined environmentalist becomes CEO of the Mirando Corporation , succeeding her controversial grandfather , her father and her cruel twin sister . She announces that they have been breeding a special kind of “ super pig ” . The twenty - six produced specimens are sent to as many farmers in different locations around the world , and ten years later , one of them will be crowned the winner of a competition to breed the best pig . 
 In 2017 , a young girl named lives in the countryside of South Korea with her grandfather and their super pig , . They are visited by Mirando spokesperson and zoologist Dr. , who declares the best super pig and announces they will take her to New York City . 's grandfather presents her with a gold pig and explains to her that he saved up money to buy the solid gold item to replace when she was taken away . Devastated , runs away to Seoul to find , where she sees her as she is being loaded onto a truck . chases down the truck but it is intercepted by another truck , run by the Animal Liberation Front ( ALF ) . In the resulting chaos and run away but are eventually saved by the ALF , led by . Recognizing that is 's owner , uses another ALF member , , as a translator to tell that their plan is to put a recording device in 's ear and let her be re - captured by the Mirando corporation to show how brutally they treat their animals . tells them to return her to the mountains but deliberately lies , leading the group to believe is in agreement with their plan . They abandon her , and is recaptured . 
 Meanwhile , footage of and running through the streets of Seoul has gone viral . To minimise the damage , pays for to come to New York in an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 to be reunited onstage with her pig . is taken to a laboratory in Paramus , New Jersey where she is forcibly bred with another super pig and bits of meat are extracted from her flesh for a taste test . Members of the ALF overhear the recording through the device they placed in 's ear . After the ALF see the forced breeding , reveals he lied to the rest of the group about 's support of the plan in order to continue the mission . In response , attacks , and expels him from the ALF . 
 In New York City , is forced to agree to the wishes of the Mirando corporation . slips into her room and tells her that they still plan to rescue while on stage . A parade is put on by the Mirando Corporation , who give out free meat in the street . is reunited with who , blinded and battered does not recognize her and attacks . In the resulting chaos , tries to hurt , but prevents him from doing so , calming down so that she recognizes . A video of the mistreatment of is screened by the ALF to the public , who quickly turn on the Mirando Corporation . and the ALF attempt to escape with but fail . is recaptured and the ALF members are arrested . , having returned to control the company , closes the lab , scraps all of Lucy 's promotional marketing , and starts full - time operations at their slaughterhouse . and are rescued by , who had ' translations are sacred ' tattooed on his arm . 
 and take to find in a mass slaughterhouse . The group search for but are unable to find her until sees her going up the ramp to the slaughterhouse . In order to save , she runs through the killing plant and sees many dead super pigs . sees as she is about to be slaughtered and shows the Mirando employee a photograph of herself with a baby . arrives and tells that must be slaughtered . offers the golden pig to in exchange for 's life . agrees to the deal whilst subsequently having and arrested . As and are leaving , they see many more pigs being led to slaughter . A pair of superpigs manages to push their newborn through the fence , and hides it within her mouth to take it away . 
 Back in the countryside , resumes her life with her grandfather , , and the new piglet . In a post - credits scene , is released from prison and gets on board a bus with and the other members of the organization . With their newest member , a former driver for Mirando Corporation , they plan to disrupt a major meeting involving all of the Mirando shareholders .

Bong Joon-ho (director/screenplay); Jon Ronson (screenplay); Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, Ahn Seo-hyun, Byun Hee-bong, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins, Yoon Je-moon, Shirley Henderson, Daniel Henshall, Devon Bostick, Choi Woo-shik, Giancarlo Esposito, Jake Gyllenhaal

Former villain is now an agent for the Anti - Villain League ( AVL ) . He and his partner / wife are sent to foil the plans of , a former child actor from the 1980s who has turned evil . manages to stop from stealing the world 's largest diamond , but is unable to capture him . As a result of failing to capture , and are fired from the AVL by its unreasonable new director , following the retirement of . 
 and reluctantly tell their children , , , and , of their dismissal , but assure them they will find new jobs . Most of 's Minions leave when he refuses to return to villainy , despite losing his job . Meanwhile , struggles to adapt to her new role as the children 's new mom . The next morning , the family is approached by , the butler of 's cheerful twin brother , who lives in a distant country named Freedonia , who longs to meet him . Shocked to learn he has a twin , confronts his mother , who reveals that when she and her husband divorced , they agreed to keep one child each . The family decides to travel to meet , and they are surprised at his immense wealth , which attributes to their pig farm business . Meanwhile , the Minions are arrested for trespassing at a talent show set . manages to steal the diamond again , intending to use it to power a giant robot and destroy Hollywood as revenge for the cancellation of his show . 
 reveals to that their recently deceased father was a legendary supervillain , whose villainous activities are the real source of the family 's wealth . As was dismissed by their father as a disgrace , he asks his brother to teach him how to be a villain . When refuses to revert to his old ways , takes him on a joyride around Freedonia in their father 's technologically advanced car and the siblings bond . Meanwhile , Lucy tries to balance her tasks as a mom , which she exhibits after turning away a young boy named who had fallen for in the midst of a traditional cheese festival , while and stumble into a local tavern and learn from the bartender about a mythical unicorn which lurks in a nearby forest . tries to convince that unicorns are imaginary , but decides against it to avoid hurting her feelings . The next day , and set out into the woods to track the mythical unicorn , only to find a one - horned goat whom adopts and dubs " " . Meanwhile , the ' longing for motivates them to escape from prison and return to their former master . 
 convinces to steal the diamond , with secretly intending to bring it to the AVL , which he hopes will convince to rehire him and . Despite several setbacks , they manage to retrieve the diamond and are rescued by after narrowly escaping . After finding out 's true motives , confronts his brother about his lie . In return , insults him and decides to leave Freedonia , ending their relationship . , disguised as , kidnaps the children , and once again acquires the diamond . and resolve their differences and pursue him after finding the real . 
 With his robot powered by the diamond , terrorizes Hollywood , intending to send it into space with the use of superpowered gum . saves the children while and weaken 's robot with the weapons of their father 's car . is knocked unconscious when the car is destroyed , and manages to destroy the robot 's core from the inside when threatens to kill . When recovers , he battles in a dance fight , using it as a distraction to grab his weaponized keytar , and defeats him . Having rendezvoused with , the manage to destroy the gum already covering the city , and and reunite . 
 Soon afterward , and are reinstated in the AVL and the newly united family celebrate in 's home . is acknowledged by the children as their mother . Lured back to villainy , , along with most of the Minions , steals 's airship , with 's emblem replaced with a " D " graffiti . and decide to give them a five - minute head - start before engaging pursuit .

Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda (directors), Eric Guillon (co-director); Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio (screenplay); Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Nev Scharrel, Steve Coogan, Jenny Slate, Julie Andrews

During their visit to Bucknell University , husband and wife ( ) and ( ) warn their daughter of the dangers of being in college . ( ) acknowledges her parents ' warnings and expresses her interest in attending the same University her parents went to . gets accepted to the University , which the expect to be funded by their community 's scholarship program . 
 Unfortunately during a community town hall meeting , city councilor ( ) announces that they will not be doing the scholarship program in favor of building a community pool , to which everyone but the agrees . The try to find funding through asking for a loan , a salary raise for , and getting 's job back , but are denied . They reluctantly agree to go with their friend and neighbor , ( ) , who is going through a divorce with wife ( ) due to his gambling and porn addiction to a previously planned trip to Las Vegas . After numerous wins playing craps they lose their winnings after jinxes the table by telling not to roll a seven . 
 Back home , convinces the to start an underground casino in his own house to raise money for their daughter 's tuition and to help him get his wife back . The casino operation proves to be running smoothly as they gain more customers . In another community town hall meeting , becomes suspicious , as there are only a few attendees , and suspends the meeting until after launching an investigation . Back to the ' casino , discovers that one of the gamblers , ( ) , is counting cards . The and confront him , but he brags that he works for mob boss ( ) . accidentally chops off 's middle finger , earning him the nickname " The Butcher " , and makes the community afraid of him , which inadvertently increases their profits . 
 Several thousand dollars away from reaching their goal , they are caught by and officer ( ) , who confiscate their money and order them to close down the casino . Nonetheless , they continue their business . The house burns down after being invaded by , whom the accidentally set on fire . Having admitted their plot to , they team up with officer , who had let them loose , to steal the money back from . Officer convinces that the three still continued the casino even after he had ordered them to stop and shows a video of the people mocking him . asks Officer to go with him to arrest the at the casino , which gives the Johansens the chance to steal their money back . ( ) alerts that the are in the town hall , which convinces to go back . tries to make Officer drive faster , but gets into an accident himself . runs back on foot to the town hall to find the with the money . After chasing the , reveals his personal interest with the casino money as well as his plot to steal money from the city budget for himself and , who leaves him and returns to her husband ( ) . is arrested , while and use the money they took back from him to pay for their daughter 's college tuition .

Andrew J. Cohen (director/screenplay); Brendan O'Brien (screenplay); Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Ryan Simpkins, Jason Mantzoukas, Nick Kroll, Cedric Yarbrough, Jeremy Renner

Two years have passed[9 ] since the human - hating bonobo attacked the human survivors in San Francisco . Since then , and his tribe of intelligent apes have been forced against a rogue U.S. military faction known as Alpha - Omega . Led by a ruthless Colonel , Alpha - Omega employs many apes formerly loyal to , derogatorily called " donkeys " . 
 An Alpha - Omega platoon launches an attack on an ape outpost , but it fails and four soldiers , including one named and a " donkey " gorilla named , are captured . releases the soldiers , hoping the display of mercy will show the Colonel that the apes are not savages ; escapes by injuring the albino gorilla . Later , 's eldest son and lieutenant return from a long journey . reports that they found a place across the desert that is ideal for the apes . Despite an uneasy asserting that the apes should leave immediately , decides they need to prepare first . That night , the Colonel leads a team of soldiers in infiltrating the apes ' home , where he kills and 's wife . Upon discovering this , attempts to prevent the Colonel 's escape but fails . Afterward , the apes are unable to find , who they believe betrayed them out of fear . 
 In the morning , the tribe gathers to journey to safety . Leaving his youngest son , , in the care of wife , departs to exact revenge while serving as the decoy for the other apes . Accompanied by , his orangutan adviser , and his gorilla lieutenant , the apes enter an abandoned village , where they kill a deserted soldier in self - defense . They then discover a mute girl , who befriends and adopts , giving her a small rag doll . They then find at a beachside military camp , having become a " donkey " . They confront , who tells that the Colonel departed for the border , to meet more soldiers . then attempts to call out for help , but the other apes restrain him , and accidentally suffocates him . While following the military , the apes discover soldiers who have been shot and left for dead . Their examination of a surviving soldier reveals that he is mute like the girl . then kills him in an act of mercy . 
 Later , the apes give chase after a hooded figure who stole one of their horses and are surprised to discover he is an intelligent ape from another zoo , named . While camping with Bad Ape , they discover that he knows where the border is and he hesitantly agrees to lead them there . The group reaches the border , where they see a quarantine facility . While attempting to get a closer look , is killed protecting from some soldiers . An angered decides to proceed alone rather than continue to endanger his allies . While there , however , learns that Alpha - Omega captured his tribe and are forcing them to build a wall without food or water . is then captured by , who brings him to the Colonel . He is forced to work with the other apes , and when he inspires them to stop working , the Colonel threatens to kill to get the apes to continue . 
 deduces that the Colonel is barricading the facility to fend off other military forces who are against him for killing his own soldiers . The Colonel informs that the Simian Flu virus had mutated , and the human carriers subsequently became mute and devolved into a primitive state . He then has tortured with starvation to force the other apes to work . The mute girl , named by , sneaks into the facility to give food , water , and her rag doll . To prevent her from being discovered , allows himself to be captured as a diversion . The next day , the Colonel comes to see if is still alive , and confiscates the doll upon discovering it . Together , and are able to work out a means of escape via an underground tunnel leading out of the facility . Though the plan is successful , remains behind to confront the Colonel as the facility comes under attack by the army of dissenting soldiers . However , he finds the Colonel infected by the virus via contact with 's doll . chooses not to kill the Colonel , instead watching him commit suicide . 
 The escaping apes are caught in the crossfire between the two armies while watches uncertainly . attempts to blow up a large fuel tank to take out the Alpha - Omega forces from behind , but he is shot with a crossbow by . then uses a grenade launcher to kill and save 's life before he is shot dead by a soldier . succeeds in blowing up the tank and escapes the facility as it is consumed in a cascade of explosions , which then triggers an avalanche that wipes out the dissenting soldiers . The apes , carrying , all survive by climbing nearby trees . They then cross the desert to find an oasis . While the other apes celebrate their new home , discovers 's fatal wound . He promises to tell who his father was and what he did for the apes . then dies peacefully while mourns his death and the other apes look on .

Matt Reeves (director/screenplay); Mark Bomback (screenplay); Andy Serkis, Gabriel Chavarria, Woody Harrelson, Judy Greer, Steve Zahn

In the 28th century , the former International Space Station has been added to until its mass threatens to cause it to fall out of orbit . Relocated to deep space , it becomes Alpha , a space - traveling city inhabited by millions of creatures from thousands of planets . A special police division is created to preserve peace through the galaxy , including happy - go - lucky Major and his partner , no - nonsense Sergeant . 
 En route to a mission , dreams of a planet , Mül , where a low - tech humanoid race lives peacefully . They fish for pearls containing enormous amounts of energy , and use small animals to replicate them . Wreckage begins plummeting from the sky , followed by an apocalyptic explosion . Moments before her death a young princess manages to send out a telepathic signal . 
 Shaken , awakes . After an analysis reveals he might have received a signal from across time and space , he learns that his mission is to retrieve a " Mül converter " , so - called for being able to replicate anything it eats . It is the last of its kind , and currently in the hands of black market dealer . Before setting out , asks to marry him , but she brushes him off , due to his many affairs with female colleagues and his aversion to commitment . 
 Travelling to a massive extra - dimensional bazaar called Big Market , disrupts a meeting between and two hooded figures who look like the humanoids from his vision . They also seek the converter , which is revealed to be one of the small animals he saw in his vision . and recover the converter , and he surreptitiously steals one of the pearls . Aboard their ship , he learns that Mül was destroyed 30 years earlier , and all information about it is classified . 
 They return to Alpha , where their superior , frosty Commander , informs them the center of the station has been infected by an unknown force , rendering it highly toxic . Troops sent into the area have not returned , and the infection is growing . and are assigned to protect the commander during an interstation summit to discuss the crisis . Against the Commander 's wishes , maintains possession of the converter . 
 During the summit , the humanoids suddenly attack , incapacitating everyone before kidnapping . chases the kidnappers to the infected area and crashes his vehicle . Evading arrest for insubordination , enlists the help of some aliens to track , and finds him unconscious at the edge of the infected zone . She wakes him , but is kidnapped by a primitive imperial tribe emigrated from planet Goara[17 ] called " Boulan Bathors " that lives nearby . infiltrates the tribe 's territory with the help of a shape - shifting dancer , . They save and escape , but is mortally wounded . As she dies , she convinces to never give up on his feelings for . 
 and venture further into the infected area , realizing it is actually not toxic and contains some wrecks of antique spacecraft . They reach a large shielded hall where they find the humanoids , known as Pearls , with an unconscious . Their leader , Emperor , explains that his people lived peacefully on Mül until a battle broke out in orbit between the human government 's fleet and another species . The human commander , , ordered the use of a doomsday weapon that annihilated both the enemy and the planet . Upon dying , Princess transferred her soul into 's body . A small group of survivors took shelter in a crashed human spaceship . They managed to repair it , and learned of the humans ' technology and history . They eventually came to Alpha , where they assimilated more knowledge and built a ship that could recreate their former home . They needed only the converter and the pearl to launch the ship . admits his role in the genocide , but argues that it was necessary to end the war , and the cover - up to prevent the humans from being expelled from Alpha . and disagree , stating that the commander has only been trying to save himself from the consequences for his actions , before knocks him out again . 
 hands over the pearl he stole , and persuades him to return the converter too , ignoring procedures . While the ' spacecraft prepares for takeoff , the other species in Alpha , 's pre - programmed robot K - Tron soldiers attack the , the government soldiers who were sent to assist , and their support staff , but are ultimately defeated . The spacecraft departs and is arrested . and Laureline are left adrift onboard a still working Apollo Command / Service Module , which is identified by radio technicians as " Destiny 2005 " , and finally accepts 's marriage proposal as they wait for rescue .

Luc Besson (director/screenplay); Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, Herbie Hancock, Kris Wu, Rutger Hauer

is an emoji that lives in Textopolis , a digital city inside the phone of his user . He is the son of two meh emojis named and , and is able to make multiple expressions despite his parents ' upbringing . His parents are hesitant of him going to work , but insists so that he can feel useful . Upon receiving a text from his crush , decides to send her an emoji . When is selected , he panics , makes a panicked expression , and wrecks the text center . is called in by , a smiley emoji and leader of the text center , who concludes that is a " malfunction " and therefore must be deleted . is chased by bots , but is rescued by Hi-5 , a once popular emoji who has since lost his fame due to lack of use . He tells that he can be fixed if they find a hacker , and Hi-5 accompanies him so that he can reclaim his fame . 
 sends more bots to look for when she finds out that he has left Textopolis , as his actions have caused to think that his phone needs to be fixed . and Hi-5 come to a piracy app where they meet a hacker emoji named Jailbreak , who wants to reach Dropbox so that she can live in the cloud . The trio is attacked by Smiler 's bots , but manage to escape into the game Candy Crush . Jailbreak reveals that can be fixed in the cloud , and the group goes off into the Just Dance app . While there , Jailbreak is revealed to be a princess emoji who fled home after tiring of being stereotyped . They are once again attacked by bots , and their actions cause to delete the Just Dance app . and Jailbreak escape , but Hi-5 is taken along with the app and ends up in the trash . 
 and go searching for and have a very lethargic argument . They make up in the Instagram app when reveals that he , too , is a malfunction , explaining 's behavior . While traveling through Spotify , Jailbreak admits that she likes just the way he is , and that he should not be ashamed of his malfunction . They make it to the trash and rescue Hi-5 , but are soon attacked by a bot upgraded with illegal malware . They evade it by entangling it 's arms and enter Dropbox , where they encounter a firewall . After many tries , the gang get past it with a password being 's name and make it to the cloud , where Jailbreak prepares to reprogram . admits his feelings for Jailbreak , but she wishes to stick to her plan of venturing into the cloud , unintentionally causing to revert to his apathetic programming out of heartbreak . The upgraded bot takes , and Hi-5 and Jailbreak race after them on a Twitter bird summoned by Jailbreak in her princess form . 
 As prepares to delete , and arrive . reveals to everyone that he is also a malfunction . , thus , also is threatened . Jailbreak and Hi-5 arrive and disable the bot , which falls on top of . has since taken his phone to the store and asks to have his phone erased to fix the problem . Out of desperation , prepares to have himself texted to , making numerous faces to express himself . Realizing that received a text from him , stops his phone from getting erased , saving the emoji and finally getting to speak with . She likes the emoji sent . Gene accepts himself for who he is and is celebrated by all of the emojis . 
 In a mid - credits scene , has been relegated to the " loser lounge " for her crimes , wearing numerous braces due to her teeth being cracked by the bot , and playing and losing a game of Go Fish . The rest of the unused and forgotten emojis are in the favourite lounge .

Tony Leondis (director/screenplay); Eric Siegel, Mike White (screenplay); T. J. Miller, Anna Faris, James Corden, Jennifer Coolidge, Rob Riggle, Steven Wright, Patrick Stewart

Eleven - year - old experiences visions involving a Man in Black who seeks to destroy a Tower and bring ruin to the Universe , and a Gunslinger who opposes him . 's mother , stepfather , and psychiatrists dismiss these as dreams resulting from the trauma of his father ’s death the previous year . 
 At his apartment home in New York City , a group of workers from an alleged psychiatric facility offer to rehabilitate ; recognizing them from his visions as monsters wearing human skin , he flees . Jake tracks down an abandoned house from one of his visions , discovers a high - tech portal , and travels to a post - apocalyptic world called Mid - World . 
 In Mid - World , encounters the last Gunslinger , who emerged in his visions . is pursuing , the Man in Black , who had also appeared in ’s dreams , across a desert , seeking to kill him in revenge for the murder of his father , , and all remaining gunslingers . He explains that , over the decades , has been abducting psychic children , and is attempting to use their " shine " to bring down the Dark Tower , a fabled structure located at the center of the Universe ; this will allow beings from the darkness outside to invade and destroy reality . 
 takes to a village to have his visions interpreted by a seer . Learning of 's escape and journey to Mid - World , investigates and discovers from his minion that has " pure Shine " , i.e. enough psychic potential to destroy the Tower single - handedly . While 's mother and stepfather failed to search for , they meet as they discover that he is from one of 's drawings . He kills 's stepfather , then interrogates his mother about his visions and kills her too . In Mid - World , the seer , , determines that the machine is six months away on foot and portal access is restricted to 's bases . realizes that has a base in New York that they can use to reach the machine . 's minions , the Taheen , attack the village , but individually kills each of them . and return to Earth where gets 's injuries treated at a hospital and learns the location of 's base from a homeless man that had earlier helped him . When returns home to check in on his mother and stepfather , he finds her charred remains and his stepfather lying dead and breaks down in tears . vows to kill " for both of us " and comforts by teaching him the Gunslinger 's Creed , which he has n't uttered since his own father ’s death , as well as the basics of gun fighting . 
 As re - arms himself at a gun store , he is attacked by , who captures and takes him through a portal at his base to a machine that will use to destroy the Tower . uses his psychic powers to alert to the portal code he needs , and battles his way through 's henchmen and reopens the portal which forces to stay open . is forced to return to New York to fight and wounds him . After reminds him of the Gunslinger ’s Creed , recovers and kills with a trick shot after a brief fight . destroys the machine , saving the Tower , , and the other children . 
 Afterwards , says that he must return to his own world and offers a place by his side as his companion . accepts the offer as he has nowhere else to go , and the two depart for Mid - World .

Nikolaj Arcel (director/screenplay); Jeff Pinkner (screenplay); Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Taylor, Abbey Lee Kershaw, Katheryn Winnick, Jackie Earle Haley, Claudia Kim

During a winter season in Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming , expert tracker and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agent discovers the frozen body of 18 - year - old who was barefoot , without proper winter attire , miles from any building , and had a blood - stained groin . FBI special agent arrives to investigate a possible homicide . The next day , learns from 's father , , that his daughter was dating a new boyfriend , but he does not know the man 's name or whereabouts . The autopsy shows blunt trauma and sexual violence and confirms 's deduction that the girl died from exposure , specifically pulmonary hemorrhage caused by rapid inhalation of sub - zero air . However , the medical examiner is unable to confirm the death as a homicide , therefore preventing from calling in an additional FBI investigative unit . 
 discovers that 's boyfriend is who works security at a nearby oil drilling site . The next day , 's body is discovered , nude and heavily ravaged by scavenging wildlife . tells about his daughter 's death three years earlier , whose body was discovered in the snow , following a party while he and his wife were away . 
 , accompanied by Tribal Police Chief and additional officers , visit the drill site where they meet with several of the security guards . They report that stormed off a few days ago following an argument with and has not been seen since . One guard mentions that they heard about 's body being found by monitoring law enforcement radio channels . Jane points out that 's name was not given out . One of the police officers notices that the security guards are slowly surrounding and her team . The confrontation quickly escalates into an armed standoff as they argue over who has jurisdiction . defuses the situation by asserting federal authority . She asks to see where was bunking , and they resume their approach to the trailer . 
 A flashback then depicts in bed with in his trailer . Unexpectedly , his security colleagues barge into the trailer after a night of hard drinking . , a particularly vulgar crew member , taunts them and tries to sexually assault , which provokes to violence . The guards retaliate by beating down while rapes . 's attempt to fight back gives an opportunity to escape , but the group bludgeon him to death . 
 Back in the present , has retraced the tracks from where 's corpse was found back to the drilling camp . Meanwhile , and the police approach the drill crew 's sleeping quarters . , standing at a distance on a hill above the camp and looking down at the group , radios a warning to but not before , wearing a bullet - proof vest , is hit in the chest by a shotgun blast fired through the door by , wounding her . A firefight ensues , in which and the other officers are killed . As the surviving security guards prepare to execute , picks them off with his rifle , except for , who , though wounded , flees on foot . catches and takes him up a mountain top . After forcing 's confession , offers him the same chance had : a barefooted escape toward a distant road wearing light - weight clothing . runs through the snow but quickly succumbs as his lungs give out from the same pulmonary hemorrhage that killed . 
 visits in the hospital and praises her toughness . He later visits , finding him sitting outside his house wearing his " death face " paint . tells that the case is closed and that the man responsible for 's death went out , " with a whimper . " They share grief over their daughters ' deaths . 
 A title card states that missing - persons statistics are kept for every demographic group , except for Native American women , whose numbers remain unknown .

Taylor Sheridan (director/screenplay); Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Jon Bernthal, Kelsey Chow

In 1943 , dollmaker and his wife grieve for the loss of their seven - year - old daughter , who was killed in a car accident . 
 Twelve years later , in 1955 , the open their home to provide shelter for Sister and six girls left homeless by the closing of their orphanage . Despite having been told not to enter 's locked bedroom , , a young orphan crippled by polio , is awakened by a noise , discovers a note saying " find me " , and sneaks into the room , which has mysteriously become unlocked . She finds a key for 's closet and unlocks it , where she sees an eerie porcelain doll . This unwittingly releases a powerful demon , who begins to terrorize the girls , displaying a special interest in . 
 On the second night , the demon continues to torment , revealing its true form and declaring that it wants " her soul " . Although she attempts to get away using a stairlift , she is left severely injured when caught by the demon and thrown from the second floor landing to the first floor . is now confined to a wheelchair and she tells Sister about the demon but Sister dismissed it . The night after the incident , she sleeps in a different room from , who is tormented by the demon . The next morning , is dragged into a shed . The demon , taking 's form , successfully possesses her . One of the other orphans , 's best friend , notices changes in her behavior and admits to that had snuck into 's room and found the doll two nights earlier . Shortly after 's revelation , the possessed , who can now walk , transforms into the demon and brutally kills . 
 walks in to where was sleeping and sees the creepy doll by her side . She throws it into the well , with Sister noticing her . A strange noise comes out of the well and is almost dragged into the well but Sister saved her . Alarmed , Sister speaks with the disfigured , who is confined to her bedroom . explains that after 's death , they prayed to whatever entity would grant their wish to see their daughter again . An unknown entity answered their prayer and though they briefly see 's spirit again , the entity convinces them to transfer its essence into one of 's crafted porcelain dolls . They happily agree but soon realise that they have attracted a demon looking for a human host . One night , sees 's spirit , along with the porcelain doll , transforming into the demon , who gouges out her left eye . Enlisting the help of priests to bless both the room and the house , they take the doll to 's room and lock it in a closet wallpapered with pages from the Bible . then reveals that she and opened their house as a shelter for the orphans to repent of their dealings but now regrets it , since she realises that this has provided an opportunity for the demon to look for a human host . 
 The demon crucifies and bisects her body and slams Sister against the wall , prompting the other orphans to leave the house . is trapped in the house and hides in 's room as the possessed tries to stab her . Sister recovers and locks the possessed and the doll inside the closet . The next day , police arrive to search the house and its surroundings and find only the doll inside the bedroom closet , which they remove as evidence . has escaped through a hole in the closet wall and relocates to an orphanage in Santa Monica . Still possessed , she becomes reclusive and calls herself . The family soon adopt . 
 Twelve years later , in 1967 , a grown up joins a Satanic cult and , along with her boyfriend , murders her adoptive parents in their bedroom , which catches the attention of their next door neighbors , The Forms , setting up the events of . 
 In a post - credits scene , set in 1952 , , the Demon Nun , walks towards the camera in the candle - lit halls of the Cârța Monastery in Romania , as each candle slowly goes out .

David F. Sandberg (director); Gary Dauberman (screenplay); Miranda Otto, Anthony LaPaglia, Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Lulu Wilson, Tayler Buck, Alicia Vela-Bailey

is now loved by Liberty Park 's Urban wildlife community , and currently overseeing an all - you - can - eat buffet at Maury 's Nut Shop . This worries , as she prefers a more hard - working outlook on life . Despite 's reassurances all is well , Maury 's Nut Shop is accidentally blown up by after he forgets to cut down pressure from the boiler . takes the opportunity to try getting the animals back to their roots by foraging for food in Liberty Park while and try to find other food - packed places , but fail each time . Defeated , he and decide to return to the park . 
 Meanwhile , Mayor relishes in his wealth that comes from profit - making locations across Oakton City . However , he notices Liberty Park never makes money , so he decides to turn it into Libertyland to pocket more cash . and discover 's plot , and convinces the animals to fight back , which they do successfully , and they manage to sabotage the construction worker 's efforts to tear down the park . 
 That night , however , 's enjoyment is short - lived when attempts to convince the animals to work hard for food as he believes it can result in disappointment . When the construction workers ' foreman tells about the animal attacks , he calls an extermination squad led by to get rid of the animals . 
 The next day , gets caught in one of 's traps , and the animals are pursued by 's dog , , who later falls in love with . and head out to rescue her while and the rest find a new park . 
 While searching for 's car , and run afowl with a colony of territorial white mice led by by Chinese - accented white mouse Mr. . They manage to evade the mice , and find 's mansion , where they save in the room of 's bratty daughter , . tells she is not interested in him , breaking his heart . 's recklessness causes to shoot , who falls off a balcony to the street below , and into a coma . Meanwhile , , , , and find what seems to be a suitable park , but it turns out to be a golf course that almost gets them killed . 
 A doleful returns with and an unconscious , reuniting with the others in the ruined remains of the nut shop . While mourning for , recounts the day he and met when they were kids when they saved each other ; wakes up thanks to giving him licks . leads the animals to take back the park from and his followers during the exclusive opening of Libertyland . calls and his team over to capture them , and is the only one left standing , so he goes to Mr. and his army . While attacking , the latter convinces and the animals must work together regardless of whether they are from the city or a park ; this causes to spare him , and agree to help . 
 and the mice free the animals , and round them up to take back Liberty Park . They manage to overwhelm the humans , destroy all the rides , and attract the attention of the police . finds , and apologizes to him for what happened earlier while confessing she does care for him , causing to fall in love with her again . After the pair make up , tries to get to tranquilize them . But due to the interference of , and , shoots , knocking her out while he runs away . tries to escape the chaos using a hot air balloon , but and commandeer a roller coaster to catch up to him . makes it on top of the balloon , and he and engage in a long battle that ends with causing to fall on top of a bouncy house , and get attacked by and his colony . , , and are arrested for their crimes , and Libertyland is shut down for good . 
 Several months later , the people help rebuild Liberty Park to its former glory . After the park is rebuilt , and his colony decide to stay in the park , and focus on , and have puppies , and takes on a ride with to rob a nut cart .

Cal Brunker (director/screenplay); Bob Barlen, Scott Bindley (screenplay); Will Arnett, Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph, Sebastian Maniscalco, Kari Wahlgren, Bobby Moynihan, Isabela Moner, Bobby Cannavale, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, Peter Stormare

forcibly removes his developmentally disabled brother from a therapy session . The two rob a New York City bank for $ 65,000 . In the getaway car , a dye pack explodes in a money bag , causing the driver to crash . and flee on foot , washing the dye from their clothes in a restaurant restroom . Stopped by police , panics and runs ; is arrested while escapes . 
 attempts to secure a bail bond , but needs $ 10,000 more to get out of jail . He convinces his girlfriend , , to pay with her mother 's credit cards , but her mother cancels the cards . learns that has been hospitalized after a fight with an inmate . breaks him out of the hospital , unconscious and bandaged , and convinces a woman to let them stay in her house with her 16 - year - old granddaughter . While they watch TV , the news shows photos of 's face ; to distract , he kisses her . Hearing screams from the other room , realizes the man he broke out of the hospital is not but a man released on parole , . 
 The three drive to the Adventureland amusement park , where stowed a bottle of LSD solution worth several thousand dollars before he ran from police and injured himself . Searching for the bottle , and are discovered by a security guard ; beats him unconscious . As police arrive , steals the man 's uniform and pours LSD down the man 's throat to make him incoherent . convinces the police that the guard was the intruder and destroys a hard drive containing security footage . Police arrest as she waits outside . 
 and break into the guard 's high - rise apartment . begins drinking and tells him he is a leech on society . At 's insistence , calls his criminal friend to buy back the LSD so they can get the bail money . When arrives , demands $ 15,000 ; agrees , but gestures to that he will retrieve a firearm . flees with the drugs , but is caught by police . attempts to escape from a window but falls to his death . joins a therapy class and begins to participate in a group activity .

Ben Safdie & Joshua Safdie (directors); Joshua Safdie, Ronald Bronstein (screenplay); Robert Pattinson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ben Safdie, Barkhad Abdi, Buddy Duress, Taliah Webster

Private UK - based bodyguard is hired to protect , a Japanese arms dealer . All apparently goes well , until is shot in the head through the airplane window . Two years later , , fallen into disgrace , ekes out a living protecting drug - addicted corporate executives in London . Meanwhile , , the ruthless and bloodthirsty dictator of Belarus is put on trial for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court . The prosecution is unable to make headway against him , as they are unable to substantiate their allegations with physical evidence and assassinates any witnesses who could do so . The prosecution 's last hope is notorious incarcerated hitman , who agrees to testify against in exchange for releasing his wife from prison . 
 Interpol Assistant Director assigns , an inexperienced agent and 's ex - girlfriend , to lead the transportation of . A squad of Interpol agents composed of French GIPN and British AFOs from the National Crime Agency begin to escort from Manchester to The Hague . However , the convoy is ambushed in Coventry and everyone except and are killed . The two retreat to a safehouse . They realise someone in Interpol must have betrayed them and they need someone from outside they can trust , so contacts . is reluctant to help , as he believes that was responsible for the death of two years previously , but ultimately agrees to aid them in exchange for the restoration of his reputation . After a brief showdown with which reveals that had multiple conflicts with him in the past , returns to Interpol to update them on the situation , while and escape an attack by 's men . 
 approaches , revealing himself to be the traitor , and demands his payment for selling out ; stabs him in the hand and informs him he will only be paid when is dead . 's men track 's location through his cellphone and ambush him and . While they are able to fight them off , their vehicle is destroyed . The two hitchhike to a ferry terminal and take a ferry to Amsterdam , where is being held . escapes from to send flowers to , and tracks him down and kills several more hitmen . reveals that he killed two years ago , having been at the airport only by chance after another job . Enraged at the revelation that he has spent two years blaming for " betraying " him when in reality the client 's death was a sheer fluke , punches and then abandons him . 
 As bemoans his failures , a group of hitmen attacks . changes his mind and helps escape , but is captured . 's men torture him in an attempt to find , who tracks down and rescues him . After settling their differences , the two battle their way to The Hague , arriving just in time for to testify . He testifies that tried to hire to assassinate a political rival , but in the process witnessed the execution of a village , uploading photos of the massacre to a secret FTP site that he provides the court with access to . resorts to his backup plan ; to bomb the court , allowing him to steal a gun and attempt to kill . jumps in the way of the bullet and tells to stop from escaping . notices acting suspiciously during the attack , and deduces he was the traitor . She subdues him with 's aid . pursues to the roof of the building , where he attempts to escape by helicopter . destroys the helicopter and corners . attempts to break by claiming he will never be able to redeem himself for his sins , but laughs it off , declares that should not have shot , and kicks off the roof to his death . In the aftermath , is recovered and has rekindled his relationship with and is released . is rearrested for his previous crimes , but breaks out of HMP Belmarsh so he and can celebrate their anniversary in the bar in Honduras where they first met . The movie ends with them dancing and then kissing in the midst of all the fighting and chaos taking place at the bar .

Patrick Hughes (director); Tom O'Conner (screenplay); Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Élodie Yung, Salma Hayek

On the morning of September 11 , 2001 , a messenger sings " Happy Birthday to You " to his daughter , a billionaire argues with his wife in a divorce hearing , a maintenance man begins his day , and a young Russian decides she 's breaking up with her sugar daddy . When the first plane hits the World Trade Center , these five elevator passengers find themselves trapped . Forced to band together , they fight against all odds to escape before the imminent and inevitable collapse occurs . 
 Based on award - winning play Elevator , which premiered in October 2011 at the Red Barn Theater of Tucson , Arizona .

In a large house recently burned by fire , , an acclaimed poet struggling with writer 's block , places a crystal object on a pedestal in his study . The ruined house morphs into a lovely home in an edenic landscape . In bed , , the poet 's wife and muse , awakens from a fiery nightmare and wonders aloud where is . While renovating the house , she starts seeing things that unsettle her , including visualizing a beating heart within its walls . 
 One day , Man turns up at the house , asking for a room . Him readily agrees , and Mother reluctantly follows suit . During his stay , Man suffers coughing fits and Mother observes an open wound in his side . Soon Man 's wife , , also arrives to stay . Mother is increasingly frustrated with her guests , but begs her to let them stay , telling they are fans of his work and is dying . However , when Man and accidentally shatter the crystal object , which had forbidden them to touch , Mother kicks them out and Him boards up his study . 
 Before Man and Woman can leave , their two sons arrive and fight over their father 's will . The Oldest Son , who will be left with nothing , severely wounds his Younger Brother and flees . Him , Man , and Woman take the injured son for help . Alone in the house , Mother follows a trail of blood to find a tank of heating oil hidden behind the basement walls . 
 Upon returning , Him informs Mother the son has died . Dozens of people arrive at the house to honor the dead son . They behave in rude and presumptuous ways that irritate Mother ; she snaps when they break a sink , flooding the house . She orders everyone out and berates Him for allowing so many people inside while ignoring her needs . Their argument ends in passionate lovemaking . 
 The next morning , Mother announces she is pregnant . The news elates Him and inspires him to finish his work . Mother prepares for the arrival of their child and reads Him 's beautiful new poem . Upon publication , it immediately sells out every copy . In celebration , Mother prepares a big dinner , but a group of fans arrives at the house before they can eat . She asks Him to send them away , but he insists he has to be polite and will return soon . Mother tries to lock the doors , but more fans arrive and enter the house to use the toilet . They start stealing things as souvenirs and damaging the house , but is oblivious due to the adulation he is receiving . Hundreds of people fill the house and an increasingly disoriented watches it devolve into chaos . Military forces battle a cult of frenzied fans who tear rooms apart and engage in religious rituals . Amidst gunfire and explosions , the Herald , the poet 's publicist , organizes mass executions . 
 Mother goes into labor and finds . He takes her to his study , which he reopens so she can give birth there . The havoc outside subsides . tells his fans want to see their newborn son ; she refuses and holds her boy tightly . When she falls asleep , however , takes their child outside to the crowd , which passes the baby around wildly until he is killed . Devastated , Mother wades into the crowd where she sees people eating her son 's mutilated corpse . Furious , she calls them murderers and stabs them with a shard of glass . They turn on her , viciously beating and stripping her until intervenes . He implores to forgive them , but she escapes , makes her way to the basement oil tank , and punctures it with a pipe wrench . Despite her husband 's pleas , she sets the oil alight ; it explodes , destroying the crowd , the house , and the surrounding environment . 
 Mother and survive , but she is horrifically burned while Him is completely unscathed . He asks for her love and she agrees . He tears open her chest and removes her heart . As he crushes the heart with his hands , a new crystal object is revealed . He places it on its pedestal and , once again , the house is transformed from a burnt - out shell into a beautiful home . In bed , a new Mother appears and wakes up , wondering aloud where Him is .

Darren Aronofsky (director/screenplay); Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleeson, Ed Harris, Kristen Wiig

A year after the events of the previous film , has officially joined Kingsman , taken his late mentor 's title of and begun a relationship with , Crown Princess of Sweden . On his way home from the tailor shop , he is ambushed by , a former Kingsman trainee who lost his arm and vocal cords during the incident , replacing them with cybernetics . evades and his henchmen in a car chase across London , but 's severed cybernetic arm hacks into the Kingsman servers through the computer system of 's car . passes on the information gained to , the leader of the world 's largest drug cartel , the Golden Circle . uses the information to launch a volley of missiles that destroy the Kingsman headquarters and wipe out all of the agents in Britain , aside from and , Kingsman 's tech support . 
 and follow an emergency protocol which leads them to Statesman , an American private intelligence service posing as a Bourbon whiskey distillery in Kentucky . There , they discover that survived his shooting thanks to Statesman technology , but is suffering from amnesia . They also learn about the Golden Circle from Statesman head and the two agencies agree to work together to bring it down . Statesman agent later develops a blue rash and shows signs of mania and is replaced by another agent , , as 's partner . plants a tracking device on 's ex - girlfriend during a sexual encounter at Glastonbury Festival , but his revelation of the mission to Princess strains their relationship . 
 later manages to cure 's amnesia by threatening to shoot a Cairn Terrier puppy that resembles 's late dog , shortly before broadcasts a message telling the world about a toxin she has added to all her drugs , which causes users to develop symptoms like Tequila 's before progressing to paralysis and ultimately death . She offers the antidote to the world if the President of the United States ends his country 's war on drugs and grants her cartel immunity from prosecution . The President decides to have everyone affected quarantined , intending to let them all die in order to put out of business . 
 , and track to the Golden Circle 's antidote factory in Italy . manages to steal an antidote sample , but it is broken by during an ambush by the Golden Circle 's henchmen , leading to suspect him of working against them . shoots in the head , but , believing to be delusional as a result of his recovery , saves him with the same technology that used to save . Princess calls in a state of mania , revealing that she has been affected by the blue rash , having taken drugs due to her stress over 's infidelity . , and discover the location of 's hideout , " Poppy Land " , in Cambodia and fly there to steal the laptop which can deploy the drones carrying the antidote all over the world . 
 Upon their arrival at Poppy Land , steps on a land mine , but sacrifices himself to save him and . and storm through the lair ; kills , while destroys 's robotic attack dogs with the help of , who had been kidnapped by during the events of the previous film . They secure the laptop and inject with a concentrated dose of her toxin and heroin . gives them the laptop password in exchange for the antidote , but dies of an overdose from the heroin . interrupts them before they can deploy the drones , revealing that he wants all drug users to die after his pregnant wife was killed in a robbery committed by two methamphetamine users . and fight and kill , then deploy the drones to release the antidote and save the affected victims throughout the world . 
 In the aftermath , the President is impeached for conspiring to commit genocide on the drug victims and Statesman purchases a distillery in Scotland to help rebuild Kingsman . Statesman tech support specialist is appointed to the position of Whiskey , Eggsy marries Princess Tilde and Tequila joins Kingsman , which acquires a new tailor shop in London .

Matthew Vaughn (director/screenplay); Jane Goldman (screenplay); Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Halle Berry, Elton John, Channing Tatum, Jeff Bridges

In the late 1970s , , a pilot for commercial airline TWA , is contacted by a CIA case officer , calling himself . He asks to fly clandestine reconnaissance missions for the CIA over Central America using a small plane with cameras installed . 
 Later in the 1970s , asks to start acting as a courier between the CIA and General in Panama . During a mission , the Medellín Cartel picks up and asks him to fly cocaine on his return flights to the United States . accepts and starts flying the cartel 's cocaine to Louisiana . The CIA turns a blind eye to the drug smuggling , but the DEA tracks down . To avoid the authorities , moves and his family to a remote town in Arkansas called Mena . 
 Later , asks to run guns to the Nicaraguan Contras based in Honduras , Central America . soon realizes that the Contras are not serious about the war and starts trading the guns to the cartel . The CIA sets up a Contra training base in Mena and flies the Contras in , but many of them escape as soon as they arrive . 
 's freeloading brother - in - law moves in , needing a job . Eventually , he starts stealing money from the , is caught by Sheriff with a briefcase full of laundered cash , and is arrested . gives him money and a plane ticket to Bora Bora so he can leave . demands weekly cash and insults . tries to chase him but 's car explodes ; it is implied had 's car rigged with explosives , killing him so that he would not snitch . 
 Eventually , the CIA shuts the program down and abandons , who is arrested by the FBI , DEA , ATF and Arkansas State Police simultaneously . escapes prosecution by making a deal with the White House , which wants evidence the Sandinistas are drug traffickers . They ask to get photos that tie the Medellín Cartel to the Nicaraguan Sandinistas . manages to get the pictures , but the White House releases them as propaganda against the Sandinistas . is prominently shown in the pictures , which leads to his arrest , and to the cartel plotting revenge . 
 is convicted but given a light sentence , a total of 1,200 hours community service for the Salvation Army . Moving from motel to motel fails as a way of remaining in hiding because the community service is performed at the same building every night . Assassins sent by and the cartel easily locate and kill him ; the CIA then destroys all documentation and other evidence to avoid being implicated in drug smuggling . Even after is dead and the evidence is destroyed , the CIA still becomes embroiled in the infamous Iran – Contra affair .

Doug Liman (director); Gary Spinelli (screenplay); Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Jayma Mays, Jesse Plemons

In 2049 , replicants ( described as " bioengineered humans " ) are slaves . , a replicant , works for the Los Angeles Police Department ( LAPD ) as a " Blade Runner " , an officer who hunts and " retires " ( kills ) rogue replicants . At a protein farm , he retires Sapper and finds a box buried under a tree . The box contains the remains of a female replicant who died during a caesarean section , demonstrating that replicants can reproduce sexually , previously thought impossible . 's superior , Lieutenant , is fearful that this could lead to a war between humans and replicants . She orders to find and retire the replicant child to hide the truth . 
 visits the Wallace Corporation headquarters ( the successor - in - interest in the manufacturing of replicants to the Tyrell Corporation , which went out of business ) where the deceased female is identified from DNA archives as Rachael , an experimental replicant designed by Dr. . learns of 's romantic ties with former blade runner . Wallace CEO wants to discover the secret to replicant reproduction to expand interstellar colonization . He sends his replicant enforcer to steal 's remains from LAPD headquarters and follow to 's child . 
 At 's farm , sees the date 6 - 10 - 21 carved into the tree trunk and recognizes it from a childhood memory of a wooden toy horse . Because replicants ' memories are artificial , 's holographic AI girlfriend believes this is evidence that was born , not created . burns down the farm and leaves . He searches the LAPD records and discovers twins born on that date with identical DNA aside from the sex chromosome but only the boy is listed as alive . tracks the child to an orphanage in ruined San Diego , but discovers the records from that year to be missing . recognizes the orphanage from his memories and finds the toy horse where he remembers hiding it . 
 Dr. , a designer of replicant memories , confirms that his memory of the orphanage is real , leading to conclude that he is 's son . At LAPD headquarters , fails a post - traumatic baseline test , marking him as a rogue replicant ; he lies to by implying he killed the replicant child . gives 48 hours to disappear . At 's request , transfers her to a mobile emitter , an emanator . He has the toy horse analyzed , revealing traces of radiation that lead him to the ruins of Las Vegas . He finds , who reveals that he is the father of 's child and that he scrambled the birth records to protect the child 's identity ; left the child in the custody of the replicant freedom movement . 
 After killing , tracks to 's hiding place in Las Vegas . She kidnaps , destroys and leaves to die . The replicant freedom movement rescues K. Their leader informs him that 's child is female and he is not 's son . To prevent from leading to the child or the freedom movement , asks to kill for the greater good of all replicants . 
 brings to Wallace Co. headquarters to meet . He offers a clone of for revealing what he knows . refuses and kills the clone . As is transporting to a ship to take him off - world to be interrogated , intercepts and kills but is severely injured in the fight . He stages 's death to protect him from and the rogue replicants and leads to 's office , having deduced that she is his daughter and that the memory of the toy horse is hers . As reunites with , dies peacefully from his wounds .

Denis Villeneuve (director); Hampton Fancher, Michael Green (screenplay); Harrison Ford, Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, Mackenzie Davis, Sylvia Hoeks, Lennie James, Carla Juri, Robin Wright, Dave Bautista, Jared Leto

falls ill from polio at age 28 , not long after meeting and marrying his wife . Paralyzed from the neck down and unable to breathe without the assistance of a respirator , he is given only three months to live . Initially he is depressed , refusing to see his wife or newborn son and wishing to be removed from life support , but is persistent , and slowly his spirits improve . When realizes she can provide for his daily care and suggests they move and the respirator home , Robin brightens considerably . Over the strenuous objections of the hospital 's administrator Dr. ( who tells that he will die if without the ventilator for two minutes ) and with the help of some of the other doctors and nurses , is brought home and meets his son . 
 While is playing , he knocks out the plug of the ventilator . sees , but unable to move or speak , he can not get 's attention , so instead makes clicking noises with his tongue . Eventually , finds him and plugs it back in . 
 Seeing his son push a pram gives the idea for a mobile chair with a built - in respirator , so he enlists the help of his friend to build one . Using the chair , and with the help of and her two brothers , is able to travel away from home for the first time , and with a specially constructed van , the family begins to venture out further , even flying the van on a cargo plane to Spain . 
 makes various improvements to his design over time , and eventually teams up with to produce more of the chairs . After observing a German hospital 's prison - like confinement of their severely disabled patients , then appears at a conference and appeals to doctors to treat their patients more humanely , drawing a standing ovation . returns to his original hospital with more of 's chairs , and the rest of the patients in the ward leave with him . 
 Years later , begins to experience severe bleeding due to his extended time on the respirator , and decides it is time to stop prolonging his life indefinitely . He holds a farewell party with his many friends , and sometime later , instructs his family to leave the house and return at precise times . and , now in his twenties , see driving away , and return to the house . Fading , expresses his love for both of them , and dies , having transformed the lives of many others like him.[3 ]

Andy Serkis (director); William Nicholson (screenplay); Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Tom Hollander, Hugh Bonneville, Dean-Charles Chapman, Miranda Raison, Stephen Mangan

In 2019 , following many catastrophic natural disasters , an international coalition commissions a system of climate - controlling satellites called " Dutch Boy " . After Dutch Boy neutralizes a typhoon in Shanghai , a Senate sub - committee reprimands chief architect for acting without authorization and replaces him with his brother , who works under Secretary of State . 
 Three years later in 2022 , as a UN team stationed in the Registan Desert comes across a frozen village , , an engineer working on the International Climate Space Station ( ICSS ) copies data from the Afghanistan satellite onto a hard drive before being ejected into space . After convincing President to conduct an investigation , persuades to go to the ICSS to investigate . Another satellite increases temperatures in Hong Kong , causing a firenado that nearly kills 's college friend , the head of Dutch Boy 's Hong Kong department . 
 arrives at ICSS to examine the malfunctioning satellites ( which are damaged afterwards and their data erased ) with station commander and her crew . Outside the ICSS , they retrieve the hard drive , but hide it from the crew , suspecting a traitor , and recover the data , discovering that a virus has wiped out everyone 's login access to the satellite and is causing the malfunctions . Suspecting is using Dutch Boy as a weapon , tells he needs to reboot the system , which requires the kill code , held by . The ICSS staff neutralize malfunctioning satellites by deliberately knocking them offline via collisions with replacement satellites . 
 Back on Earth , discovers he and have lost login access and warns of a global cataclysm known as a " Geostorm " if the malfunction continues . is pursued to Washington , D.C. by a team of rogue government agents , who ultimately cause his death in a traffic incident , but not before he says " Zeus " , Discovering Project Zeus simulates extreme weather patterns to create a Geostorm , enlists his girlfriend , Secret Service agent , to acquire the code . 
 During the Democratic National Convention in Orlando , discovers Orlando is next to be targeted after a massive hailstorm hits Tokyo and part of Rio de Janeiro freezes over . He requests Dekkom 's help , but instead tries unsuccessfully to kill , unveiling himself as the saboteur ; immediately informs . The two kidnap to protect him from 's agents and secure the kill code , which is 's biometrics . As they escape from the DNC stadium before a lightning storm destroys it , reveals their activities and 's treachery to . After outsmarting 's mercenaries , the three arrest and confront about his intentions : to decimate America 's fellow governments and line of succession , dominating the world . 
 The ICSS team loses control of all operations as the virus initiates the self - destruct program . As more disasters strike around the world ( including tornadoes in Mumbai , a heatwave in Moscow and a tsunami in Dubai ) , realizes software engineer is the traitor . In the ensuing confrontation , accidentally ejects himself into space while escapes . As the crew evacuates , stays behind to ensure the reboot completes . and escort to the Kennedy Space Center , where they transmit the code but learn that the self - destruct sequence ca n't be stopped . and , who also stayed behind , work together to reboot the system , transferring satellite control to the world 's space agencies and preventing the Geostorm at the last second . The two take shelter in a replacement satellite as the self - destruction sequence completes and use its thrusters as a beacon . A nearby shuttle piloted by crew member picks them up . Six months later , works as the head engineer for a new system of satellites , which is now administered by an international committee .

Dean Devlin (director/screenplay); Paul Guyot (screenplay); Gerard Butler, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Lara, Jim Sturgess, Amr Waked, Ed Harris, Andy García

Two years after the battle of Sokovia,[N 1 ] has been unsuccessfully searching for the Infinity Stones , and is now imprisoned by the fire demon in Muspelheim . reveals that 's father is no longer on Asgard , and that the realm will soon be destroyed in the prophesied , once unites his crown with the Eternal Flame that burns in 's vault . defeats and claims his crown , believing he has prevented . 
 returns to Asgard to find his brother posing as . forces to help him find their father , and with directions from on Earth , they locate in Norway . explains that he is dying , and that his passing will allow his firstborn child , , to escape from a prison she was sealed in long ago . had been the leader of Asgard 's armies , and had conquered the Nine Realms with , but she had been imprisoned and written out of history after feared that she had become too ambitious . subsequently dies , and , released from her imprisonment , appears . She destroys 's hammer Mjolnir , and when and attempt to flee through the Bifröst Bridge , she pursues them and forces them out into space to die . arrives in Asgard , destroying its army and killing the Warriors Three . She then resurrects the ancient dead who once fought with her , including her giant wolf Fenris and appoints the Asgardian as her executioner . plans to use the Bifröst to expand Asgard 's empire , but covertly steals the sword that controls the Bridge , and hides away with the rest of Asgard 's citizens . 
 crash - lands on Sakaar , a garbage planet surrounded by wormholes . A slave trader designated Scrapper 142 subdues him with an obedience disk and sells him as a gladiator to Sakaar 's ruler , the Grandmaster , with whom has already become ingratiated . recognizes 142 as one of the Valkyrior , a legendary force of female warriors who were killed defending Asgard from Hela long ago . is forced to compete in the Grandmaster 's Contest of Champions , facing his old friend . Summoning lightning , gets the upper hand on , but the Grandmaster sabotages the fight to ensure 's victory . Still enslaved , attempts to convince and 142 to help him save Asgard , but neither is willing . He soon manages to escape the palace and finds the Quinjet that brought to Sakaar . follows to the Quinjet , where a recording of makes him transform back into for the first time since . 
 The Grandmaster orders and to find and , but the pair come to blows and forces her to relive the deaths of her fellow Valkyrior at the hands of . Deciding to help , she takes captive to prove her goodwill . Unwilling to be left behind , provides the group with the means to steal one of the Grandmaster 's ships . They then liberate the other gladiators who , led by and , stage a revolution . attempts to again betray his brother to gain a reward from the Grandmaster , but anticipates this and leaves him behind , where and the gladiators soon find him . , , and 142 escape through a wormhole to Asgard , where 's forces are attacking Heimdall and Asgard 's citizens for the sword that controls the Bifröst . becomes again , defeating , while and battle and the resurrected warriors . and the gladiators arrive to help , and the citizens board their ship ; a repentant sacrifices himself to allow their escape . , facing , loses his right eye and then has a vision of that helps him realize only can stop her . While is distracted , locates 's crown and places it in the Eternal Flame . is reborn and destroys Asgard , seemingly killing . 
 and the others escape with Asgard 's remaining citizens aboard the Grandmaster 's vessel . , crowned king , decides to take his people to Earth . In a mid - credits scene , they are intercepted by a large spacecraft.[N 2 ] In a post - credits scene , the Grandmaster encounters a group of his former subjects , who are still rebelling .

Taika Waititi (director); Eric Pearson (screenplay); Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett, Idris Elba, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Hopkins

( ) is now in a happy relationship with ( ) and is looking forward to having a simple Christmas . Her plans are derailed when her overly critical mother , ( ) , texts her to say she is coming for Christmas . 
 Meanwhile , ( ) is still overworked with her four kids but now her husband is much more helpful . is surprised when her mother ( ) shows up three days earlier than expected and is planning to spend the next three weeks with . ’s love for is overwhelming , and smothering . 
 When ( ) gets home , her mother , ( ) , has arrived , telling her she intends to spend time with her for the first time in years . Surprised by this turn of events is excited to spend time with her . Eventually , , and go to the mall where they express their misery over the holidays . But while commiserating about the pressures of the holidays they make a pact to “ take Christmas back ” . tries to create a spectacle out of Christmas , rather than keeping it simple like wanted . In an effort to tamp down those plans takes the family to Sky Zone to meet up with and and their families . , and all meet and chat while their daughters have fun with their kids . 
 At work , meets an erotic dancer named ( ) , who says he is competing in a competition and he asks to be his date , which she enthusiastically accepts . continues to have issues with her mother ’s overbearing ways and decides to bring to Dr. ( ) to discuss these issues . This leads to a breakdown in communication leading to scolding and causing her to leave the session . 
 and join as they attend the Sexy Santa show . All the ladies in the room are impressed with 's dancing . To everyone 's surprise , gets up on the bar and starts dancing with . runs up to get back , leading to a fight . When brings home , tells her she needs money for a new investment , but knows she 's just going to gamble it all away and then disappear from 's life like it 's been for years . Nonetheless , relents and loans Isis the money . 
 On Christmas Eve , tells that she put up a cash offer for the house next door so that she can live right next to . Finally , lashes out and tells she can not live next door and that she wants some space . leaves the room crying . 
 gets angry with when she discovers has invited a bunch of strangers over to her home to throw an elaborate Christmas party , exactly what did not want . loses her temper and demands everyone leave her home and tells to leave and get out of her life forever . Her kids , and , witness this outburst and become upset with . Meanwhile , finds a note from indicating she has just taken off with the money she lent her . is all alone as well . 
 goes to church for Midnight Mass and is , surprisingly , joined by and . All the ladies criticize each other for their efforts as mothers , with each of them realizing their flaws . ’s father goes to her to talk about and the horrible fight they had , but acknowledging that while can be difficult to deal with , she has always been insecure over her work as a mom toward , always worried whether or not she was doing a good job as a mother , but she always had the right intentions and loved unconditionally . goes to the church to try and repair her relationship with her mother . They apologize to each other and express their love . Once the clock strikes midnight , and rush home to fix Christmas . 
 On Christmas morning , and go downstairs to see that has returned , the relationship has been repaired and the house looking wonderful with decorations and gifts . makes up with , who tells her she put the neighboring house on the market and admits that she 's just always felt lonely on Christmas since 's father died . is then visited by , who is serious about turning her life around and has a new job at Sky Zone . 
 All the families get together and , and announce that they have become friends and are now planning to take a trip to Las Vegas .

Jon Lucas (director/screenplay), Scott Moore (director/screenplay); Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn, Jay Hernandez, Susan Sarandon, Christine Baranski

is a senior student at a Catholic high school in Sacramento in 2002 . She longs to attend an Ivy League college in " a city with culture " . Her family is struggling financially , and her mother tells her that is ungrateful for what she has . 
 and her best friend join their school theater program , where meets . She and develop a romantic relationship , and , to her mother 's disappointment , joins 's wealthy family for Thanksgiving dinner . Their relationship ends when discovers kissing a boy in a bathroom stall . 
 At the behest of her mother , takes a job at a coffee shop , where she meets , a young musician she recognizes from a show the previous semester . They begin dating . One of the popular girls at the school , , is reprimanded by Sister , a teacher , for wearing a short skirt , and suggests that she and bond by vandalizing the nun 's car . As grows closer to and , she gradually deserts . 
 drops out of the theater program . At the coffee shop , she consoles after he expresses his struggle in coming out , and they become friends again . After tells Lady he is a virgin , she loses her virginity to him , but he later denies having said it . This leaves her unfulfilled , and contributes to their breakup . 
 surprises Lady by looking for her at 's grandmother 's house , which , to appear wealthy , Lady had told her was her house . Lady admits to the lie , and agrees to forgive her because of , but makes it clear that they are no longer friends . Lady discovers that her father has lost his job and that he has been battling depression for most of his life . 
 Lady begins applying to East Coast colleges despite her mother 's insistence that the family can not afford it . She is accepted into UC Davis , but is upset because she feels it is too close to home . Soon thereafter , she is elated to discover that she has been placed on the wait list for a New York college , but , fearing her response , does not share the news with her mother . sets out for her high school prom with , , and ’s boyfriend , but the four decide to go to a house party instead . changes her mind during the car ride and asks them to drop her off at 's apartment , where the two rekindle their friendship and go to prom together . 
 After graduation , accidentally reveals to mother that she has been wait - listed , and her mother stops talking to her for the rest of the summer . On her 18th birthday , father shares a cupcake with her . To celebrate reaching legal adulthood , buys a pack of cigarettes , a scratch - off ticket , and an issue of Playgirl magazine . She passes her driving test , and redecorates her bedroom . learns she has been accepted by the New York college , and can afford the tuition with financial aid and her father 's help . Her parents take her to the airport , but her mother refuses to go inside to say goodbye . She quickly has a change of heart and drives back , only to discover flight has already left . 
 In New York , finds thoughtful letters written by her mother and salvaged by her father , and begins using her birth name again . She is hospitalized after drinking heavily at a party . After leaving the hospital , she attends a Catholic mass , then calls home and leaves an apologetic voicemail message for her mother .

Greta Gerwig (director/screenplay); Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Lois Smith

In 1934 , famous Belgian detective solves a theft at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem . The obsessive - compulsive — who seeks balance in life , and considers his case - solving ability to see a lie amid truth to be a curse — wants to rest in Istanbul , but must return to London for another case . His friend , director of the Simplon Orient Express , offers him a room aboard the train . 
 Unscrupulous businessman offers to hire as his bodyguard during the three - day journey , having received threatening letters from an unknown party , but refuses . That night , hears strange noises coming from 's compartment , and later sees someone in a red kimono running down the hallway . An avalanche derails the train 's engine , stranding the passengers . 
 The next morning , discovers was murdered during the night after having been stabbed a dozen times . and investigate the other passengers as repairs begin . Evidence indicates that was murdered by one person , and , a fellow passenger , claims that a man had been in her compartment in the night . discovers a partially burned note connecting to the kidnapping of , a child who was abducted from her bedroom and held for ransom . After the ransom was paid , was found murdered . 's true identity is revealed : he was , 's kidnapper and murderer . The shock of her death caused her mother to die after giving premature birth to a stillborn baby ; her father , Colonel , then committed suicide . The family 's nursemaid was wrongly suspected of complicity , leading to her being arrested and subsequent suicide in police custody , only to be found innocent afterward . 
 More evidence is found , including a bloodstained handkerchief , and , in Mrs. 's compartment , the button of a conductor 's uniform . The uniform is later found , as is the red kimono — in 's own suitcase . is suddenly stabbed in the back ; she survives but can not identify the culprit . discovers many of the passengers have direct connections to the family and uncovers their hidden pasts . While interviewing governess , Doctor shoots in the shoulder , claiming responsibility for the murder , but stops him from killing . realizes that — a medical doctor and former army sniper — never meant to kill him . 
 confronts the suspects outside the train , offering two theories of how died . The first is simple but does not meet all of the facts : a murderer disguised as a conductor boarded the train at a previous stop , murdered , and fled at the stop as the train left . The second is more complex : with every single suspect connected to the , , or her trial in some way , they all had a motive against . predicts that they acted together . is revealed to be , a former stage actress and aspiring director , and mother . 
 confirms the latter , admitting that she planned the murder and had recruited everyone else to help her . All the other passengers and the Conductor , ( 's brother ) , took turns stabbing . wore the kimono , and stabbed without endangering her life , to convince of a lone killer . challenges the passengers and to shoot him with a confiscated gun since he is the only one who can expose their plot ; can lie , but , obsessed with truth and balance , can not . grabs the gun and tries to kill herself , but it is not loaded ; wanted to see how the suspects would react . 
 With the train back on track , concludes that justice is impossible in the case , as deserved death ; for the first time , will have to live with a lie and imbalance . He presents the lone killer theory to the Yugoslavian police , allowing the others to leave on the train . As he disembarks , a British Army messenger asks him to investigate a death on the Nile . accepts the case .

Kenneth Branagh (director); Michael Green (screenplay); Kenneth Branagh, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom Jr., Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Lucy Boynton, Sergei Polunin

After finally becoming friends at the end of the first film , and have a co - dad system where their two children , and , take turns at each father 's house . has also remarried , this time to , a writer , and is stepdad to , 's daughter . 
 and his wife , , along with and , attend a school play for , where she announces to the whole audience that she does n't like the fact that she has to go back and forth to different houses all the time . Back at the house , after the play , and decide to do away with having two separate Christmases and instead do one " together Christmas " . , however , finds out his tough fighter pilot / astronaut father ( ) is coming for Christmas . 
 At the airport the next day , tells that his father is going to make fun of them since he wo n't understand their co - dad arrangement . When arrives , he mistakes for a chauffeur . When explains that is the stepdad to his children , does n't like it . 's overbearing and over - cheerful dad , , arrives next , unnerving . tells that his mother did n't come along , because she is taking care of 's Uncle who is n't feeling well . 
 Back at the house , and warmly embrace , since he is very present in their lives , while has n't seen the children since they were toddlers . rents a large cabin through Airbnb , to house all of them through the holiday week . As and pack the bags into the car , tells that thinks the two men are harboring bad feelings for each other , but are just hiding it from everyone by pretending to be friends . When comes up , they change the subject . 
 Throughout the week , and 's co - dad relationship is put to the test by 's meddling . Meanwhile , tries to get close to his stepdaughter , , but she does n't like him and repeatedly tells him that he is n't her father . also tries to bond with but is taken aback by some of 's actions , like shoplifting clothes from a store . develops a crush on a little girl staying in the cabin next door . He gets made fun of it by and . 
 The next day , the family goes out to take the kids to see . While there , convinces to ask for a shotgun , which he does ask for . and tell that a shotgun for hunting means that a poor innocent animal will lose its life . This convinces to change his mind , but instead decides she wants to go hunting . While out hunting the next day , accidentally shoots in the shoulder , sending him to the hospital . 
 At the hospital , and Kurt begin to bond after they almost begin fighting when tries to leave the hospital . That night , , , & go to an improv comedy club where the four men are relaxing and having a good time watching the show . gets up to go get another drink at the bar . sees picking up a woman at the bar and leaves with her . enters into the improv show , and chooses a topic of a husband confronting his cheating wife as the subject of an improv skit . As the skit progresses , it is revealed that has separated from his wife in real life . The audience believes that this is all part of the show , even when tries to tell the audience that it is not . 
 The next day , confronts . After reveals that he chose the infidelity subject for the improv game because he wanted to get back at , because of how has a good relationship with . says he knows that is why chose that particular topic and to get back at ; has invited 's real dad , , to the cabin for Christmas . 
 That evening , the entire family takes part in a Christmas manger representation . gets into a fight with after wants to play , which is currently playing . This breaks out in front of a crowd that is watching . Instead of fighting , he almost comes to blows with . 
 The next morning , Christmas Day , the families all pack up to leave . On their way out of town , the families are forced back to town on account of a blizzard . They are forced to take shelter at a movie theater . With every other movie being sold out , due to the huge influx of business from other families seeking shelter at the theater , both families go to see the last movie available : Missile Tow , a fictitious holiday action film . 
 When the power cuts off during the movie , the families go to the lobby where each man confronts their father about the secrets , lies , and attitudes . confronts about not telling him the truth about his divorce , while tries to talk to . When sees the girl he has a crush on , is also there at the theater , he is teased again by and . After remembering some advice given to him by , walks toward her to kiss her . All of a sudden , he does n't kiss her , but instead kisses , his stepsister . gets freaked out and attempts to leave with , but is confronted by . He deduces that the reason why has n't warmed up to him is that he has never told her that he loves her , which he does . He also tells that loving means loving her real father as well since he is also part of the family . almost leaves without , but has a change of heart after everyone breaks out into a song of Do They Know It 's Christmas ? and decides to stay . and also reconcile . 
 Sometime later , at the airport , and are preparing to leave to head back to their respective homes . heads with up the terminal escalators , where he reveals to that he switched out the tickets and they 're going to spend New Years in Las Vegas . 
 As 's mom 's flight arrives , and discover that 's new stepdad is , the pilot of the " Miracle on the Hudson " flight . and remember that they watched the film " Sully " together not too long ago and appears to be welcoming towards him . runs down the terminal and says that will never replace his father , because has only one great personal story , whereas his father has thousands of stories .

Sean Anders (director/screenplay), John Morris (screenplay); Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Linda Cardellini, John Cena, Mel Gibson, John Lithgow

The story centers around the political upheaval that Vice President faced when he was thrust into the presidency at the hands of an assassin 's bullet in November 1963 . With political battles on both sides of the aisle , works to heal a nation and secure his presidency by passing 's historic Civil Rights Act .

Rob Reiner (director); Joey Hartstone (screenplay); Woody Harrelson, Richard Jenkins, Bill Pullman, Kim Allen, Michael Stahl-David, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeffrey Donovan, Doug McKeon, Michael Mosley

In the town of Ebbing , Missouri , is grieving the rape and murder of her teenage daughter , , seven months earlier . Angry over the lack of progress in the investigation , rents three abandoned billboards near her home , and posts on them : " Raped While Dying " , " Still No Arrests ? " , and " How Come , Chief ? " The billboards upset the townspeople , including Chief and Officer , the latter being a racist and a violent alcoholic . The open secret that suffers from terminal pancreatic cancer adds to everyone 's disapproval . and her son are harassed and threatened , but to 's chagrin , she stays firm about keeping the billboards up . 
 While is sympathetic to 's frustration , he finds the billboards an unfair attack on his character . Angered by 's lack of respect for his authority , threatens businessman , who rented the billboards , and he arrests her friend and coworker , , on trivial marijuana possession charges . is also visited by her abusive ex - husband , who blames her for their daughter 's death . 
 brings in for questioning after she drills a hole in her dentist 's thumb when he threatens her . During the interview , coughs up blood . He leaves the hospital against medical advice and spends an idyllic day with his wife and their two daughters , then commits suicide due to his illness . He leaves suicide notes for several people , including , in which he explains that she was not a factor in his suicide and that he secretly paid to keep the billboards up for another month , amused at the trouble this will bring her and hope that they will keep attention on the murder . reacts to the news of 's death by assaulting and throwing him out of a window . This is witnessed by 's replacement , , who fires . In the meanwhile , is threatened by a crop - haired stranger in her store . 
 The billboards are destroyed by arson . retaliates by tossing Molotov cocktails at the police station , which she believes is unoccupied for the night . However , is there to read 's letter to him , which advises him to let go of hate and learn to love , as the only way to realize his wish to become a detective . escapes with 's case file but suffers severe burns . 's acquaintance James witnesses the incident and provides with an alibi , claiming they were on a date . is treated for his burns , and he is temporarily confined in the same hospital room as , to whom he apologizes . 
 Discharged from the hospital , overhears the man who threatened bragging in a bar of an incident similar to 's murder . He notes the Idaho license plate number of the man 's vehicle , then provokes a fight by scratching the man 's face . At home later , he removes a sample of the man 's DNA from under his fingernails . Meanwhile , goes on a date with to thank him for the alibi . enters with his 19 - year - old girlfriend and admits to burning the billboards while intoxicated . After accidentally causing to leave , tells to treat well and leaves . 
 Though commending him , informs that the DNA sample does not match DNA found on 's body , and that the man was overseas on military duty at the time of the murder . concludes that the man must be guilty of some other rape , and joins on a trip to Idaho in order to kill him . On the way , confesses to that she set the police station on fire . He indicates that he knew already . They express reservations about their mission but agree to decide what to do along the way .

Martin McDonagh (director/screenplay); Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, John Hawkes, Peter Dinklage

, the film 's protagonist , tells the audience about the ID-7 virus , or " Red Eye " virus , that has been spreading throughout the world . It infects neural pathways , removing all inhibition and moral integrity , and in turn , causing people to act out their darkest impulses . While the virus is not lethal , those infected by the virus may find themselves driven to kill . The first known case of murder driven by ID-7 was committed by , who stabbed a coworker , but was not deemed liable due to the influence of the virus . , a lawyer at Towers and Smythe Consulting , works for the firm that handled 's case ; he began his job full of optimism , but ended up back - stabbing , cheating , and finding loophole after loophole in order to work his way up the corporate ladder and get a corner office . 
 One morning , goes into work to find that his favorite mug is missing , and meets with a furious client - - who needs more time on a loan , but thinks he 's unable to help her . After discovering that a bungled legal case for massive company Vandacorp has been pinned on him by his superior ( called " The Siren " , as she always has the boss 's ear ) , confronts her and finds that she has taken his mug . They go up to their boss ' office to plead their cases , but wins the boss over and has laid off . 's friend is unable to help him , and he is given official notice of his firing by his coworker " The Reaper " . takes his things and is escorted downstairs by company security , dejected and afraid of being disbarred . 
 When reaches the ground floor , he and the security guards find that the building is under quarantine ; the ID-7 virus has been detected in the ventilation system . CDC agents have released a neutralizing agent into the building , estimating that it will take eight hours for the virus to be obliterated . , realizing he 's infected by the virus and will not be liable for anything he does , attacks the security guards and storms into the elevator , intending to get upstairs and kill his boss ; however , he 's sent down to the basement and beaten up by ' enforcer , " The Bull " . The kills by mistake , infuriating further . 
 is thrown into an empty office with , who is also infected . After manages to get a phone call out to Vandacorp and ensure his innocence in the mis - handled case , the two decide to work together , break out of the basement , and kill the people on the top floor responsible for their respective bad situations . They first go up to The Reaper and kill two security guards to get to him , witnessing general mayhem along the way . The Reaper gives them his key card , but attacks , who kills him with a power saw . and use the key card to get up to The 's office and take down an army of coworkers defending her . The Siren asks her long - suffering assistant to get the key card for her , but has destroyed it in a microwave , having been offered a promotion from upstairs to betray The Siren . Her work done , kills The Siren with a pair of scissors , and and go down to IT to come up with another plan to get up to the top floor . 
 and convince the company 's one IT worker to hack their other boss 's computer to get her to come down ; is the one who denied the extension on her loan . agrees to give her key card in exchange for . agrees and restrains , but undoes the bolts on the chair is fastened to , allowing her to kill and escape . On the top floor , Towers offers a full partnership if he gives up his revenge mission . refuses and fights his boss ; the company 's board of directors give him permission to kill Towers , and shoves him over a railing , sending him falling from the penthouse to the ground and his death just as the quarantine is lifted and the virus is eradicated . 
 takes a higher position in the firm for just long enough to sign off on the extension on 's loan , then quits the company and takes up painting with . He advises the audience to take control of their own lives before it 's too late , accompanied by a shot of ' body hitting the ground with a splat .

Joe Lynch (director); Matias Caruso (screenplay); Steven Yeun, Samara Weaving, Steven Brand, Caroline Chikezie, Kerry Fox, Dallas Roberts

Thousands of years ago , and his legions of Parademons attempt to take over Earth with the combined energies of three Mother Boxes . They are foiled by a unified army that includes the Olympian Gods , Amazons , Atlanteans , mankind , and the Green Lantern Corps . After repelling 's army , the Mother Boxes are separated and hidden in locations on the planet . In the present , mankind is in mourning over , whose death triggers the Mother Boxes to reactivate and 's return to Earth in an effort to regain favor with his master , . aims to gather the artifacts to form " The Unity " , which will destroy Earth 's ecology and terraform it in the image of Steppenwolf 's homeworld . 
 retrieves the Mother Box from Themyscira , prompting Queen to warn her daughter of Steppenwolf 's return . joins in his attempt to unite other metahumans to their cause , with going after and , while tries to locate . fails to persuade , but manages to recruit an enthusiastic onto the team . Although fails to convince to join , he agrees to help them locate the threat if he discovers their location . later joins the team after his father , along with several other S.T.A.R. Labs employees , is kidnapped by Steppenwolf seeking to acquire the Mother Box from mankind . 
 attacks Atlantis to retrieve the next Mother Box , forcing into action . The team receives intel from Commissioner leading them to 's army , based in an abandoned facility under Gotham Harbor . Although the group manages to rescue the kidnapped employees , the facility is flooded during combat , which traps the team until helps delay the flood so they can escape . retrieves the last Mother Box , which he had hidden , for the group to analyze . reveals that his father used the Mother Box to rebuild 's body after an accident almost cost him his life . Facing overwhelming odds against 's army , decides to use the Mother Box to resurrect , not only to help them fight off 's invasion , but also to restore hope to mankind . and are hesitant about the idea , but forms a secret contingency plan in case returns as a nemesis . 
 body is exhumed and placed in the amniotic fluid of the genesis chamber of the Kryptonian ship alongside the Mother Box , which in turn activates and successfully resurrects . However , 's memories have not returned , and he attacks the group after accidentally launches a projectile at him . On the verge of being killed by , enacts his contingency plan : . calms down and leaves with to his family home in Smallville , where he reflects and attempts to recover his memories . With the final Mother Box unguarded , retrieves it with ease . Without to aid them , the five heroes travel to a village in Russia where aims to unite the Mother Boxes once again and remake Earth . The team fights their way through the Parademons to reach , although they are unable to distract him enough for to separate the Mother boxes . arrives and assists in evacuating the city , as well as in separating the Mother Boxes . The team defeats , who , overcome with fear , is attacked by his own Parademons before they all teleport away . 
 In the aftermath of the battle , and agree to set up a base of operations for the team , with room for more members . steps back into the public spotlight as a hero ; acquires a job in Central City 's police department , impressing his father ; continues to explore and enhance his abilities with his father in S.T.A.R. Labs ; returns to Atlantis ; and resumes his life as reporter . In a post - credits scene , escapes from Arkham Asylum and recruits to form their own league .

Zack Snyder (director); Chris Terrio, Joss Whedon (screenplay); Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller, Ray Fisher, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Amber Heard, Jeremy Irons, J. K. Simmons, Willem Dafoe, Julian Lewis Jones, Ciarán Hinds

is a young boy raised in North River Heights in upper Manhattan , New York . He has a rare medical facial deformity , which he refers to as " mandibulofacial dysostosis . " Due to numerous surgeries ( 27 ) , had been home - schooled by his parents and , but as is approaching middle school age , and decide to send him to Beecher Prep , a mainstream private school . Fifth grade is tough for who is ostracized by nearly all the student body . He is bullied by being called a freak and rumors were spread that kids will get the " plague " if they touch him . He does befriend a boy named . 
 Halloween is 's favorite holiday . He has to wear an old " " mask and costume because his dog , Daisy , threw up on his " Boba Fett " costume . He walks around school unrecognized and is not tormented while incognito . As he walks through the door to his homeroom , he overhears his friend telling that he was " only pretending to be friends with . " Feeling betrayed , leaves school and wants to stay home during trick - or - treating . His older sister , nicknamed " , " tells him she is still his friend and talks him out of it . later confides the incident to a new friend , named , but swears her to secrecy . When notices that has become quiet and distant he asks why , but she only gives him the clue " Ghost Face " . is shocked when it dawns on him that it was wearing the Ghost Face costume , and thus had overheard everything he said to . When calls a " freak , " angrily punches him in the face and a fight ensues between the two , which is soon broken up by their homeroom teacher Mr. . is suspended for two days for his actions . He apologizes to and the two friends reconcile . They even team up for a winning science project . 
 During the middle of the school year , is constantly bullied by and his friends , , and . They leave hurtful and threatening notes on his desk and tape their class picture on his locker with photoshopped out . Mr. confronts and his parents . 's mother assures the principal that her boy is no bully . She even proclaims that she had edited out of the picture because she did n't want people to only care about and his family more than . She also threatens to pull their funding from the school . shows all of his evidence and suspends for two days , along with making him stay home from the annual nature retreat . As he and his parents leave , a remorseful apologizes to for his behavior which the principal proudly accepts . 
 has her own teen problems as well as feeling left out with all of the parental attention given to her sick brother . Her best friend , , has been ignoring her all year but she meets a new boy who encourages her to join Drama Club . and develop a close friendship which later turns into a romantic relationship and her first kiss . is selected to be an understudy for the lead role in the school 's production of " Our Town , " but gets the lead role . realizes the pain and harm she 's done to , and on opening night pretends to fall ill . takes her place and gives a performance that earns her a standing ovation . 
 During the nature retreat , and are harassed by a group of seventh graders from another school and , , and come to their defense . After their return to school , is generally more accepted by his classmates , including the reformed . At the school 's year end graduation ceremony , announces that has been selected for the Henry Ward Beecher Medal for being a strong standing out student . receives a standing ovation . His mother calls her " wonder " . The movie ends with a shot of a floating astronaut : 's goal in life .

Stephen Chbosky (director/screenplay); Steve Conrad, Jack Thorne (screenplay); Julia Roberts, Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson, Mandy Patinkin

( ) is a lawyer and activist working for a small law firm in Los Angeles . In his two - partner office , is responsible for preparing memos and briefs while , the firm 's owner and a well - respected professor , focuses on the courtroom appearances that Israel struggles with . has spent years developing a brief that he believes will change the justice system , in the meantime sacrificing a family and a normal life to fight for justice . While is short on interpersonal skills , he is gifted with a phenomenal memory as well as strong personal convictions on the meaning of justice . 
 suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma , forcing Israel to make several courtroom appearances in his stead which go poorly . 's niece reveals to Israel that the firm is broke and that 's succession plan leaves ( ) in charge . plans to shut the firm down but offers Israel a job at his own much larger firm . Israel rejects this offer out of hand believing that is simply a greedy , self - obsessed lawyer . While looking for a new job , Israel meets ( ) during a job interview at a local activist network . The job interview does not go well , but offers him the opportunity to speak at an upcoming meeting she is organizing . 
 After failing to find employment elsewhere , reluctantly takes a job with . is a poor fit at the big firm , clashing with the number two partner after Israel mockingly laughs at a disparaging joke makes about battered women . After attempting to interest in the legal brief he has been preparing to attempt changing the legal system itself , is disappointed when he is instead assigned by to several clients including , a young man arrested for murder . maintains he did not do it but is willing to testify against the shooter , wanted fugitive . goes behind ' back to attempt to negotiate a plea deal for with the district attorney but insults her by insinuating her incompetence . No bargain is struck and is murdered before his case goes to trial . 
 's mishandling of 's case leads to trouble for the firm and causes to berate him for his insubordination . That evening is mugged and beaten by a homeless man . He becomes downcast and starts adopting a new , cynical attitude . contacts relatives of the murdered store clerk for a $ 100,000 reward for 's location . Spending the money lavishly , Israel indulges in luxuries he had previously eschewed but still finds himself feeling numb . dies after his extended coma , but is unmoved and refuses to speak at his memorial service , believing that his mentor was truly flawed in thinking the world could be a just place . 
 , inspired after hearing positive testimonials from Israel 's other clients about his personal touch and honest approach , resolves to reform his firm including a new focus on pro - bono cases . While he is now celebrated at work , Israel 's new materialistic outlook prevents him from enjoying this new direction . later calls Israel to ask him out on a date , despite his failed speech . On the date , sincerely shares some of her struggles with idealism and reality only for Israel to crudely dismiss them as irrelevant and attempt to flaunt his wealth in front of her . offers to work with Israel on the legal brief for plea reform he has been preparing , but Israel is unethusiastic . 
 calls Israel to meet a new client with him who is in custody only for Israel to learn that the client is himself . After departs , accuses Israel of turning him in for the reward , divulging privileged communications for personal gain . Having accepted that he will spend the rest of his life in prison , 's only goal is to torment Israel and see that he also ends up behind bars . Confronted by his crime , suffers a breakdown and renounces his greedy , self - centered worldview . After attempting to flee town , reverses course after realizing that he can not escape his own hypocrisy . 
 reconciles with and and tries to motivate them to pursue their inner sense of justice . He reveals that he intends to turn himself in to the police for his crime . While walking to the police precinct to surrender himself , is shot and killed by one of 's henchmen . In the aftermath of 's death , is seen to be renewed in her activism efforts , while files Israel ’s massive brief in Federal Court intending to reform plea bargaining after enlisting the help of his firm 's employees for the benefit of the larger community .

Dan Gilroy (director/screenplay), Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo, Shelley Hennig

In Santa Cecilia , Mexico , is the wife of a musician , who leaves her and their 3 - year - old daughter , to pursue a career in music . When he never returns , banishes music from her life and that of her family and starts a shoemaking business with her family . 
 About 96 years later , 's great - great - grandson , 12 - year - old , now lives with and their family . secretly dreams of becoming a musician like , a popular actor and singer of 's generation . One day , inadvertently damages the picture frame holding a photo of with her parents at the center of the family ofrenda and removes the photograph , discovering that his great - great - grandfather ( whose face had been torn out ) was holding 's famous guitar . 
 Concluding that is his great - great - grandfather , leaves to enter a talent show for the Day of the Dead despite the objections of his grandmother . He enters 's mausoleum and takes his guitar to use in the show , but becomes invisible to everyone in the village plaza . However , he can interact with his Xoloitzcuintli dog Dante and his skeletal dead relatives who are visiting from the Land of the Dead for the holiday . Taking him there , they realize that can not visit , as removed her photo from the ofrenda . Discovering that he is cursed for stealing from the dead , must return to the Land of the Living before sunrise or he will become one of the dead ; to do so , he must receive a blessing from a member of his family using an Aztec marigold petal that can undo the curse placed upon him when he stole 's guitar . offers a blessing , but on the condition that he abandon his musical pursuits when he returns to the Land of the Living . refuses and attempts to seek 's blessing . 
 encounters , a down - on - his - luck skeleton who once played music with , and offers to help reach him . In return , asks to take his photo back to the Land of the Living so he can visit his daughter before she forgets him and he disappears completely . Upon learning he has other relatives , however , attempts to return to them , but escapes and infiltrates 's mansion , learning along the way that an old friendship between the two deteriorated before 's death . welcomes as his descendant , but confronts them , imploring to take his photo to the Land of the Living . After an argument between and , soon realizes that murdered using a poisoned drink and stole the songs had written , passing them off as his own to become famous . 
 To maintain his legacy , steals the photo and has and thrown into a cenote pit . realizes that is his actual great - great - grandfather and that is 's daughter , the only living person who still remembers him . With the help of – who turns into an alebrije – the dead find and rescue the duo . reveals that 's decision to return home to and resulted in his death , and and gradually reconcile . They infiltrate 's sunrise concert to retrieve 's photo from and his crimes are revealed to everyone . is crushed by a falling church bell as in his previous life , but 's photo falls into the water and disappears . 
 As the sun rises , is in danger of being forgotten by and disappearing . and bless with no conditions attached so he can return to the Land of the Living to try and help remember her father . plays " Remember Me " , a song wrote for her during her childhood . The song revitalizes her memory of , and she gives the torn - out piece of the photo from the ofrenda , which shows 's face , and tells her family stories about her father , thus keeping the memory of him alive . reconciles with , accepting music back into the family . 
 One year later , proudly presents the family ofrenda – including the restored photo of and – to his new baby sister as adds a photo of the now - deceased . Letters kept by contain evidence that stole 's songs . As a result , 's legacy is destroyed , and the community honors instead . In the Land of the Dead , and join for a visit to the living as sings and plays for his dead and living relatives .

Lee Unkrich (director); Adrian Molina (co-director/screenplay); Matthew Aldrich (screenplay); Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Renée Victor, Ana Ofelia Murguia, Edward James Olmos

In May 1940 , the opposition Labour Party in Parliament demands the resignation of British Prime Minister for being too weak in the face of the Nazi onslaught . tells Conservative Party advisers that he wants Lord as his successor , but does not want to become Prime Minister yet . must choose the only other man whom other parties will support : , the First Lord of the Admiralty . 
 tries to dismiss his new secretary for mis - hearing him , which earns him a rebuke from his wife . King reluctantly invites to form a government including and . 
 Although he was right about the danger from , has a poor reputation because of his record in the Admiralty , the Gallipoli Campaign in the First World War , his views on India and his support for during the Abdication Crisis . Parliament reacts coolly to 's first speech promising " Blood , toil , tears and sweat , " for which he is chastised by the King . Churchill refuses to negotiate for peace , believing that the Germans are untrustworthy , but the French Prime Minister thinks him delusional for not admitting that the Allies are losing the Battle of France . and agree , keen to use Italian Ambassador as intermediary to negotiate with Germany . They plan to resign from the government if refuses , to cause a vote of no confidence that will allow to become Prime Minister . 
 The British Expeditionary Force is trapped at Dunkirk and Calais . Against the advice of the War Cabinet , orders Brigadier in Calais to lead the 30th Infantry Brigade in a suicide attack to distract the enemy while the soldiers at Dunkirk evacuate . 
 Defeat in France causes the War Cabinet to support negotiating with Germany . unexpectedly visits ; the King , not wanting to rule in exile should Britain be invaded , encourages the Prime Minister to continue the war . Still uncertain of what to do , decides to ask London Underground passengers ; the civilians want to continue to fight . meets with the Outer Cabinet[11 ] and other members of Parliament , who also support him . The evacuation of troops from Dunkirk , Operation Dynamo , is successful . 
 As prepares to address Parliament , asks to continue with their plan to resign , but decides to listen to the address first . Towards the end of his speech , proclaims that " We shall fight on the beaches " should the Germans invade . decides to support , and Parliament applauds the Prime Minister 's defiance .

Joe Wright (director); Anthony McCarten (screenplay); Gary Oldman, Ben Mendelsohn, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Stephen Dillane, Ronald Pickup

, a 17 - year - old Jewish - American - Italian youth , lives with his parents in rural Northern Italy . His father , a professor of archaeology , invites a 24 - year - old Jewish - American graduate student , , to live with him and his family over the summer and help with his academic paperwork . , an introspective bibliophile and musical prodigy , initially finds little in common with , who has a contrastingly carefree and exuberant personality . resents having to give up his bedroom for for the duration of his stay . He spends much of the summer reading , playing piano , and hanging out with his girlfriend , . is meanwhile attracted to one of the local girls , much to 's annoyance . 
 and begin a seductive courtship : they swim together , go for long walks into town , and accompany 's father on an archaeological trip . begins a sexual relationship with and brags about it in front of to gauge his reaction , but nonetheless finds himself increasingly attracted to . He sneaks into 's room to smell his bathing suit , and thinks about him while masturbating . During a trip to the post office , confesses his feelings to , who tells him he should not act on them . Later that day , and kiss , but is reluctant to go any further . The two grow distant . 
 In response to a note from , leaves a note on 's desk telling to meet him at midnight . spends the day with but longs to see . At midnight , he approaches and they have sex . They become more physically and emotionally intimate over the next few days , having sex frequently while keeping their relationship secret . Smitten with by this point , starts avoiding . 
 As the end of 's stay approaches , the couple find themselves overcome by uncertainty and longing . 's parents , who are aware of the bond between the two , recommend they visit Bergamo together before returns to the United States . After spending three romantic days together , , heartbroken , calls his mother and asks her to pick him up and take him home . , who still wants to be friends with , is sympathetic ; his father , seeing 's sadness , tells him he was aware of their relationship , confesses to almost having had a similar relationship in his own youth , and urges to find pleasure in his grief . 
 During Hanukkah , telephones and his family to tell them he is engaged to be married . tells he " remembers everything " very clearly . After the call , sits by the fireplace , distraught , as his parents and the house staff prepare a holiday dinner .

Luca Guadagnino (director); James Ivory (screenplay);Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar, Esther Garrel, Victoire Du Bois

San Francisco , 1998 : 19 - year - old meets in acting classes with . criticizes 's protracted performance of a scene from A Streetcar Named Desire , but is impressed by 's fearlessness and the two become friends . On 's suggestion , they move to Los Angeles to pursue acting careers . discovers that can afford apartments in both San Francisco and Los Angeles , but will not discuss his personal life nor the source of his wealth . 
 signs with , a talent agent , while faces rejection from agencies , casting directors , and Hollywood insiders . develops a relationship with , whom he meets at her job at a nightclub , and grows jealous ; as he fails to find work , he becomes disheartened . As 's auditions also dry up , he shares his frustrations with , who decides to make a movie for them both to star in . 
 writes a screenplay titled The Room , a melodrama about a love triangle between banker ( played by ) , his fiancée and his best friend . reluctantly accepts the role of and an associate producer credit . They rent out a production house ; insists on buying all the production equipment and shooting the film on 35 mm film and HD Digital simultaneously , costly and unnecessary measures . The employees introduce to and , who work as his cinematographer and script supervisor respectively . 
 Production starts smoothly , but Tommy is difficult to work with . He forgets his lines , arrives late , and refuses to supply his crew with basic needs such as drinking water , even as an actor faints . During preparation for a sex scene , humiliates actress by pointing out her acne to the crew . Having filmed extensive behind - the - scenes footage , reveals that he knows everybody hates him , and believes that nobody , including , supports his vision . 
 and run into Malcolm in the Middle star , who invites to fill in for a small lumberjack part in a episode . The part requires a beard ; as is due to shave his beard for The Room , he begs to postpone shooting , but refuses . On the last day of shooting , accuses of being selfish and duplicitous throughout their friendship , and questions his real age and origins , before storming off set . 
 Eight months later , and have split up and is working in theatre . invites to the premiere of The Room ; to his surprise , the entire cast and crew attend . The audience react first with horror then laughter at the film . bursts into tears and walks out , but comforts him , telling him they have delighted the audience , not angered them . With a renewed mindset , returns to the theater as the credits roll , takes credit for his " comedic " movie , and receives a standing ovation . 
 Real - life clips of attending screenings of The Room play , and title cards explain that the film made $ 1,800 against its reported $ 6 million budget during its initial release ( Wiseau kept it running for two weeks , allegedly to qualify for the Academy Awards ) , but it has since become a profitable cult film . and remain friends and , to this day , 's age , past life and source of income remain a mystery . Scenes from The Room are then compared side - by - side with reenactments of the scenes performed by The Disaster Artist 's cast . 
 In a post - credits scene , has an odd verbal exchange with a party goer ( played by the real ) , who offers to hang out , but refuses .

James Franco (director); Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber (screenplay); James Franco, Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Alison Brie, Ari Graynor, Josh Hutcherson, Jacki Weaver

, who was found in a river as an orphaned child with wounds on her neck , is mute , and communicates through sign language . She lives alone in an apartment above a cinema , and works as a cleaning woman at a secret government laboratory in Baltimore at the height of the Cold War . Her friends are her closeted next - door neighbor , a struggling advertising illustrator who shares a strong bond with her , and her African - American co - worker , a woman who also serves as her interpreter at work . 
 The facility receives a mysterious creature captured from a South American river by Colonel , who is in charge of the project to study it . Curious about the creature , discovers it is a humanoid amphibian . She begins visiting him in secret , and the two form a close bond . 
 Seeking to exploit the creature to American advantage in the Space Race , General orders to vivisect it . One scientist , — who is in truth a Soviet spy named — pleads unsuccessfully to keep the creature alive for further study and , at the same time , is ordered by his Soviet handlers to euthanize the creature . When learns of the Americans ' plans for the creature , she persuades to help her free him . discovers 's plot and chooses to help her . Though initially reluctant , becomes involved in the escape , and it is successful . 
 keeps the creature in her bathtub , adding salt to the water to keep him alive . She plans to release the creature into a nearby canal when it will be opened to the ocean in several days ' time . As part of his efforts to recover the creature , interrogates and , but the failure of his advances toward hampers his judgment , and he dismisses them . Back at the apartment , discovers the creature devouring one of his cats , Pandora . Startled , the creature slashes 's arm and rushes out of the apartment . The creature gets as far as the cinema downstairs before finds him and returns him to her apartment . The creature touches on his balding head and his wounded arm ; the next morning , discovers his hair has begun growing back and the wounds on his arm have healed . and the creature soon become romantically involved , having sex in her bathroom , which she at one point fills completely with water . 
 gives an ultimatum , asking him to recover the creature within 36 hours . Meanwhile , is told by his handlers that he will be extracted in two days . As the planned release date approaches , the creature 's health starts deteriorating . leaves to rendezvous with his handlers , with tailing him . At the rendezvous , is shot by one of his handlers , but shoots the handlers dead and then tortures for information . implicates and before dying from his wounds . then threatens in her home , causing her terrified husband to reveal that had been keeping the creature . searches 's apartment and finds a calendar note revealing when and where she plans to release him . 
 At the canal , and bid farewell to the creature , but arrives and attacks them all . knocks down and shoots the creature and , who both appear to die . However , the creature heals himself and slashes 's throat , killing him . As police arrive on the scene with , the creature takes and jumps into the canal , where , deep under water , he heals her . When he applies his healing touch to the scars on her neck , they open to reveal gills like his . In a closing voice - over narration , conveys his belief that lived " happily ever after " with the creature .

Guillermo del Toro (director/screenplay); Vanessa Taylor (screenplay); Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Lauren Lee Smith, Michael Stuhlbarg, Octavia Spencer

, a Coney Island life guard with aspirations to be a playwright like , narrates through the fourth wall . , the daughter of , arrives at the boardwalk looking for , her father 's second wife who works as a waitress at the clam shack . She begs to let her live with them , but leaves it up to , who angrily kicked her out when she married her mobster boyfriend and threw away her college education and chance for a better life . tells him she is on the run from , who she believes wants to kill her because she gave evidence of mob activity to the FBI . lets her stay , on the condition that she saves money to return to college and better her life . gets her a waitress job where she works . 
 used to be an actress and was happily married , but caused her husband to divorce her by being unfaithful . She and are raising her young son , a troubled boy who habitually gets in trouble by setting fires . She is unhappy with and living on the boardwalk , and has been carrying on an affair with for a few months . is an angry and loud recovering alcoholic who runs the Cyclone ride , and goes fishing with his friends to bring dinner home . But he starts to find more joy and patience for life with around , and he pays for her to go to night school . 
 is attracted to because of her age and experience , and because he views her as a damsel in need of saving . He and accidentally meet some time later , and becomes attracted by 's story . He thinks he is in love with her , but is conflicted with his feelings for . steals money from to buy an expensive watch as a birthday present , which he refuses to accept . By this time , has become suspicious of 's feelings for and is jealous . 
 Mobsters and come around , asking , and the owner of the clam shack , about 's whereabouts . takes on a date to a Brooklyn pizza parlor , and her boss innocently tells this to and . telephones the pizza parlor to warn but begins to stutter , realizing her opportunity to have away from , and hangs up . tells the whole truth about his feelings for her and his affair . Instantly feeling compassionate for everyone involved , decides to walk home alone to process the information and decide what she should do , not wanting to hurt or her father or . We see and 's car following her as she leaves the pizza parlor . 
 When does n't come home , asks the next day if he saw her after the date . investigates , and finds out called the pizza parlor but did n't speak . Piecing it together , he confronts , who has started drinking and getting made up in one of her glamorous stage costumes . She pulls a knife out of the drawer and asks to kill her , but he leaves . comes back , sinking back into alcoholism after the police found no trace of , and tells he needs her help again to function in life . He tries to find a positive outlook and invites her to meet his friends wives on a fishing trip they take but she coldly refuses , keeping their rut in life status quo .

Woody Allen (director/screenplay); Kate Winslet, Justin Timberlake, Juno Temple, Jim Belushi, Tony Sirico

In 1970s Portland , Oregon , three - year - old is impelled to ice skate by her abusive mother , . As grows up , takes her out of school to focus on her skating career , and she trains extensively under coach . quickly becomes one of the best figure skaters in the United States , but is unable to move beyond her " white trash " reputation , homemade costumes and unconventional choice of performance music . At 15 , begins dating 18 - year - old despite her mother 's disapproval . marries in order to move out of her mother 's home , but soon begins physically abusing her as well . scorns for putting up with it , but blames for raising her in an abusive environment . 
 Meanwhile , becomes the first American female figure skater to complete two triple axel jumps in competition . However , fails to stick her landings and comes in fourth place at the Olympics . Defeated , she returns to Portland and takes a job as a waitress , but her first coach convinces her to train for the 1994 Winter Olympics . visits her estranged mother who chastises her for seeking kindness , claiming that she made her a champion , knowing she 'd hate her for it . 
 After 's confidence is shaken by a death threat ; realises he can do the same to 's main rival . However , 's delusional friend , seeking notoriety and prestige , hires two inept crooks to attack after a practice session in Detroit . 's knee is badly injured by , and both men involved are soon arrested . 's bragging around town quickly leads the FBI to him . He points the finger at , who is horrified to learn that gave orders beyond sending death threats via letters . qualifies for the Olympic team amid the allegations that she was involved in 's attack . Realizing that she will be found guilty by the association , she goes to the FBI and tells them what and did , who then show her written testimony to during the interview , and he races to her house to attack her . leaves him for good and he implicates her to the authorities , claiming she knew about the attack . 
 At the Olympics , comes in eighth place and wins the silver medal . Back in Portland , finds herself in a media circus . visits and offers her kind words ; she finally tells her she is proud of her and that she is on her side . However , when asks if knew anything about the attack , realizes she is wearing a recording device and ejects her from her home . , and are all sentenced , with 's trial postponed until after the Olympics . avoids jail but is given three years probation , 500 hours of community service , and a $ 100,000 fine . She is also forced to withdraw from the 1994 World Figure Skating Championships and is banned from competitive figure skating for life . Heartbroken , she begs the judge to give her jail time rather than take away the one thing she knows how to do ; the judge declines . acknowledges that he ruined 's career , changes his name and remarries . embraces her notoriety and becomes a boxer , while becoming a nurturing mother to her own children .

Craig Gillespie (director); Steven Rogers (screenplay); Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan, Allison Janney, Julianne Nicholson, Mckenna Grace

Shortly after the battle of Starkiller Base,[N 1 ] Resistance forces , led by General , flee D'Qar when a First Order fleet arrives . leads a costly counterattack that destroys a First Order dreadnought , but after the Resistance escapes to hyperspace , the First Order tracks them and attacks the Resistance convoy . , 's son , hesitates to fire on the lead Resistance ship after sensing his mother 's presence , but his TIE fighter wingmen destroy the bridge , incapacitating and killing most of their leadership , including Admiral ; manages to survive by using the Force . Disapproving of new leader Vice Admiral 's passive strategy , helps , BB-8 , and mechanic embark on a secret mission to disable the tracking device on the lead ship . 
 Meanwhile , arrives on Ahch - To with and R2 - D2 aboard the Millennium Falcon to recruit to the Resistance . Disillusioned by his failure to train as a Jedi , and under self - imposed exile from the Force , refuses to help — even after he learns of death at 's hands — and believes that the Jedi should become extinct . Unbeknownst to , and can communicate through the Force , puzzling the two enemies . As the rival Force users learn about each other , each has future visions of themselves as partners . 
 R2 - D2 persuades to train . After tells what happened between him and that caused him to choose the dark side of the Force , confesses that he momentarily contemplated killing upon sensing that Supreme Leader was corrupting him , causing to destroy 's new Jedi Order in retaliation . Convinced that can be redeemed , leaves Ahch - To to confront without . prepares to burn the Ahch - To Jedi temple and library , but hesitates . 's ghost appears and destroys the temple by summoning a thunderstorm , claiming has all she needs to learn , and encourages to learn from his failure . 
 reveals her plan to discreetly evacuate the remaining Resistance members using small transports . Believing her actions cowardly and risky , leads a mutiny . , , and BB-8 travel to the Canto Bight casino and acquire the help of the hacker , who says he can help them disable the tracking device . They infiltrate 's ship , but all but BB-8 are captured by Captain . Meanwhile , lands on the ship , and brings her to , who claims that he facilitated the mental connection between her and as part of a plan to destroy . Ordered to kill , instead kills and , with , defeats 's guards . believes that has returned to the light side of the Force , but he instead invites her to rule the galaxy with him , which she refuses . They use the Force to fight for possession of lightsaber , which splits in two . 
 recovers and stuns , allowing the evacuation to begin . remains on the ship to mislead 's fleet as the others flee to an abandoned Rebel Alliance base on Crait . reveals the Resistance 's plan to the First Order , and the evacuation transports are slowly destroyed . sacrifices herself by ramming 's fleet at lightspeed ; escapes in the chaos , while declares himself Supreme Leader . BB-8 frees and , who escape after defeating , and they join survivors on Crait . When the First Order arrives , , , and attack with old speeders . and draw the TIE fighters away with the Falcon , while stops from completing a suicide run against the enemy siege cannon , which subsequently penetrates the Resistance fortress . 
 appears and confronts the First Order to enable surviving Resistance members to escape . orders the First Order 's forces to fire on to no effect . He then engages in a lightsaber duel ; upon striking , realizes he has been fighting a Force projection of him . uses the Force to help the Resistance escape on the Falcon . , exhausted , dies peacefully on Ahch - To . His death is sensed by and , but tells surviving rebels that the Resistance has all it needs to rise again . At Canto Bight , one of the children who helped and escape grabs a broom with the Force and gazes into space .

Rian Johnson (director/screenplay); Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson, Benicio del Toro, Laura Dern, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, Andy Serkis

In Spain , a ranch owned by ( ) that trains bulls for bullfighting called Casa del Toro harbours a bull calf named ( ) . He is ridiculed by his fellow calves ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) for being non - confrontational and his tendency to smell and protect flowers . A saddened runs away from Casa del Toro after his father Raf ( ) does not return from the bull fight he was picked for and a flower he was fond of was flattened by after his own father was defeated by . He eventually awakens at a florist 's farm , and is adopted by the owner ( ) , his dog ( ) , and his daughter ( ) with whom he shares a bond . 
 When ( ) eventually grows up into an enormous bull , he still retains his non - violent , flower - loving nature . Due to his size , he is left alone when , ( ) , and go to Ronda for an annual flower festival . decides to go anyway , resulting in him getting stung by a bee and unintentionally causing chaos around town and is taken away back to Casa del Toro , much to his and the family ’s sadness . 
 Once back there , he finds that ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) have also grown up and have been joined by a Scottish bull named ( ) and a silent but intimidating bull named Maquina ( ) . is still disrespected by the bulls , but manages to befriend a crazy goat named ( ) who wants to be his coach in bullfighting despite his lack of interest and three hedgehogs named ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) who frequently invade Casa del Toro to steal food . They used to have another brother named , but they claim he is dead . 
 One day , a legendary but egotistical bullfighter named ( ) arrives at Casa del Toro to choose the biggest , strongest , and most aggressive bull to fight against before he retires . When the bulls fail to impress him on their first try , is taken to a nearby slaughterhouse and the other bulls tell that it will eventually be their fate if they are not chosen for a bullfight . Although manages to earn the respect of the other bulls , except , after a dance - off with three German horses ( , and ) , they still hold on to the belief that fighting is the only way for them to live . manages to convince to come back with him to 's farm and the hedgehogs help them escape , but when is close to freedom , he sees his father 's picture on a wall with his horns mounted , along with dozens of other horns , making him realize that every bull who is chosen to fight gets slain by the matador . 
 explains to the other bulls that they will all eventually be killed even if they are chosen to fight . is the only one unconvinced and charges outside where inadvertently beats him in a fight and knocks off his right horn , much to the other animals ' shock . witnesses the scuffle , and chooses to fight him after seeing him defeat . When is taken to the slaughterhouse , rallies up the remaining bulls to escape but first goes to the slaughterhouse to break out . He at first refuses as he believes that the slaughterhouse is his fate now , but they discover that is still alive , and questions 's courage after refuses to help him rescue . When tries to save , he accidentally activates a series of deadly contraptions , but with the help of a now - friendlier , they escape the slaughterhouse . The bulls , , the hedgehogs and a red bunny rabbit steal the training area 's company truck to escape , with and his employees giving chase . 
 The animals try desperately to lose the humans and wind up at Atocha train station in Madrid that sees as his ticket back to . When the bulls push a small railroad cart to catch the train back to 's home , sacrifices himself so the other bulls can escape ( except for , who stays behind in shock after 's act ) and is captured by and his employees . When leans of 's upcoming fight with , she and set out to Madrid to find and rescue . 
 At Las Ventas bullfight arena , tries to convince that he must fight in order to survive , but is silently unsure . When is released into the bullfight ring , he refuses to fight at first but is urged into fighting by . While being forced to run into ’s cape , is able to grab the cape from with his horn and is temporarily blinded by it . attempts to grab his cape back from , but is accidentally tossed out of the ring by . re - enters the ring angrily and attacks using banderillas , striking him in the shoulder . almost retaliates against him , but sees a carnation underneath his hoof and realizes he is becoming the fighter he was determined not to be . As draws his sword in order to finish , the crowd begins to cheer for , convincing to spare him . is reunited with , who embraces him as the crowd throws carnations to the ring to praise the bull . The other bulls arrive , thinking they are too late to save , but instead witness making history as the first bull to ever make it out of a bullfight alive by being himself . 
 In the end , returns home with , , and . They are joined by the other bulls , the hedgehogs , the bunny , and , who all move into the farm . The film ends with , his bull friends , and watching the sunset over Ronda from a field of flowers . 
 In a brief mid - credits scene , the hedgehogs are confronted by who is revealed to have been alive the whole time .

Carlos Saldanha (director); Jordan Roberts (screenplay); John Cena, David Tennant, Anthony Anderson, Gabriel Iglesias, Kate McKinnon, Boris Kodjoe, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Raúl Esparza, Jerrod Carmichael, Gina Rodriguez, Daveed Diggs, Bobby Cannavale, Sally Phillips, Flula Borg, Karla Martínez

In 1996 in Brantford , New Hampshire , teenager receives the Jumanji board game which was found by his father on a beach after it was thrown over a bridge by and 27 years earlier . sets the game aside . That night , it transforms into a video game cartridge which catches 's attention when he is awakened by the Jumanji drums and he is transported into the game . 
 Twenty years later , in 2016 , four Brantford High School students serve detention : , caught writing an essay for former friend ( also in detention ) ; , who made a video call during an English - class quiz and , who refused to participate in gym class . They are sent to the school basement to prepare magazines for recycling and to think about their future . discovers 's discarded video - game system when he explores the basement , and he and set up the game . Although it has five playable characters , the first one can not be selected . and choose two characters , and the girls choose their own . When presses " Start " , they are transported into the game . 
 They are in a jungle , in the forms of their game avatars . is tough , muscular explorer and archaeologist ; is diminutive zoologist , whom he chose after misreading " " as " " ; is chubby male cartographer and intellectual ( whose nickname she mistook for a woman 's ) , and is beautiful commando and martial arts expert . They each have three lives ; deduces that if they lose all three , they really die . 
 They learn the game 's story from NPC : corrupt archeologist stole the Jaguar 's Eye ( a magic jewel ) from its shrine , cursing . escaped with the jewel , and the players must return it to a jaguar statue and call " " to lift the curse . warns them that will stop at nothing to retrieve the jewel , which gives him control of Jumanji 's animals . They begin tackling the game 's increasingly - difficult " levels " , losing lives as they do so . The four are rescued by ( the missing fifth player , whose avatar is pilot ) . Taking shelter in a jungle house built by , believes that he has been in the game for a few months and is distressed to learn that it is really twenty years . The newcomers vow to help him return home . They break into a transportation shed , commandeering a helicopter to fly to the jaguar statue and return the jewel , but drops the jewel into a herd of white rhinoceros . uses one of 's lives , pushing him out of the helicopter as a distraction , and retrieves the jewel . loses his last life when a mosquito bites him , but performs CPR and transfers one of her lives to him . 
 At the statue , the players are surrounded by a pack of jaguars and forces . They outmaneuver their opposition while and race to the statue . confronts ( trapped in a pit of mambas ) and demands the jewel , but she sacrifices one of her lives to re - spawn and get it to . With the players on their last lives , they end the game with disintegrating into a bunch of rats and return to the real world ; bids them farewell , but does not appear with them . They find the formerly - dilapidated home restored and decorated for a Christmas family gathering . An adult arrives , returning to where he left off in 1996 . Now married with children , he named his eldest daughter after out of gratitude for saving his life and introduces them to his infant son , . 
 and reconcile , begins caring for others than herself and plans a summer backpacking adventure , and become romantically involved and the four are now friends after their experiences in the game . When they hear Jumanji 's drumbeats , they bring the game behind the school and destroys it with a bowling ball ( also found in detention ) to prevent anyone from playing it again .

Jake Kasdan (director); Scott Rosenberg (screenplay); Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Nick Jonas, Karen Gillan

and his troupe perform a show at the circus . ( " The Greatest Show " ) In a flashback to 's childhood where he and his father , a tailor , work for the family , and he becomes infatuated with their daughter , . Though is being sent to finishing school , reassures her they will not be separated . The two keep in touch through letters until they meet again in adulthood ( " A Million Dreams " ) , eventually marrying and raising two daughters , and , in New York City ( " A Million Dreams " reprise ) . They live a humble life ; though is happy , dreams of more . 
 loses his job as a clerk at a shipping company after the company goes bankrupt . Taking a risky bet , he takes out a large loan from a bank , deceiving the bank into accepting his former employer 's lost ships as collateral . He uses this loan to buy 's American Museum in downtown Manhattan , an attraction showcasing various wax models . Initially , sales are slow ; on the suggestion of his children to showcase something " alive " , searches for " freaks " to serve as performers for his museum ( " Come Alive " ) . This attracts a large audience despite protests and poor reviews , prompting to rename his venture " Barnum 's Circus " . 
 Searching for ways to further his reputation amongst the upper class , meets playwright and convinces him to join his venture ( " The Other Side " ) . is enchanted with , an African - American trapeze artist , but he hides his feelings . During a trip arranged for and his troupe to meet Queen , meets , a famed Swedish singer , whom he convinces to perform in America , with him serving as her manager . 's first American performance is a rousing success ( " Never Enough " ) . While gains favor with the aristocratic patrons , he begins to distance himself from his original troupe , refusing to socialize with them . Dejected , they decide to stand against their local harassers ( " This Is Me " ) . 
 and attend the theatre together one night , only to run into 's parents , who insult 's lowly status , causing her to leave . chases her and tries to convince her that they can be together , but she rejects him despite her feelings towards him ( " Rewrite the Stars " ) . As takes on a US tour , feels isolated from her husband as she stays home with their daughters ( " Tightrope " ) . While on tour , begins falling in love with , but when he refuses her advances , she calls off the tour and kisses him at the end of her last show , which is photographed by the press ( " Never Enough " reprise ) . returns home to find his circus on fire , caused by a fight between the protesters and the troupe . , who had tried to save not knowing she had already escaped , is rescued by amid the chaos but suffers severe burns . Most of the sets and props are destroyed . Word of 's cancellation and 's public intimacy also reaches New York , resulting in his mansion being foreclosed upon and taking and to her parents ' home . 
 Depressed , retreats to a local pub , where his troupe find him there and persuade him to rebuild the circus . has an epiphany that causes him to realize the circus was for his friends and family rather than for himself ( " From Now On " ) . Meanwhile , the injured wakes in a hospital with by his side and they share a kiss . 
 leaves and finds his estranged wife , and they decide to mend their relationship . Faced with the financial difficulty of rebuilding the circus , the recovering steps in , offering to use his earnings from his share of the circus 's profits to rebuild it under the condition of becoming partners , which happily accepts . As rebuilding the circus in its original location would be too expensive , rebuilds it as an open - air tent circus by the docks . The revamped circus is a huge success , and gives full control of the show to so he can focus on his family ( " The Greatest Show " reprise ) .

Michael Gracey (director); Jenny Bicks, Bill Condon (screenplay); Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Rebecca Ferguson, Michelle Williams, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Zendaya

In 1966 Vietnam , State Department military analyst accompanies U.S. troops in combat , documenting the progress of U.S. military activities in the region for Secretary of Defense . On the flight home , expresses to and his view that the war in Vietnam is hopeless , yet , upon landing , tells the press he has every confidence in the war effort . overhears this and becomes disillusioned . Years later , as a civilian military contractor working for the RAND Corporation , surreptitiously photocopies classified reports documenting the country 's decades - long involvement in the conflict in Vietnam , dating back to the administration . then leaks these documents to reporters at The New York Times ; the movie follows two weeks in 1971 at The Washington Post and the publishing of the Pentagon Papers . 
 Newspaper heiress tries to balance her social life with her responsibility as owner and publisher of The Washington Post , following the deaths of her husband , , and her father , . She is troubled over preparations for the newspaper 's stock - market launch , a move she recognizes as important for strengthening the paper 's economic stability . lacks experience and is frequently overruled by more assertive men who advise or work for her , such as editor - in - chief , and board member . tries in vain to match The New York Times 's ability to get scoops . Meanwhile , , Graham 's longtime friend , confides in her that he is to be the subject of unflattering coverage by the Times . The story turns out to be an exposé of the government 's long - running deception of the American public . However , the series is halted by a court injunction against further publication by the Times . 
 Post assistant editor tracks down as the source for the leak , who provides with copies of the same material given to the Times . A hand - picked team of Post reporters sorts through the piles of papers , searching for the headline stories . The lawyers for the Post advise against publishing the material , lest the administration bring criminal charges against them . talks to , , and trusted Post chairman , agonizing over the decision of whether to publish . The situation is made even more complicated when the Post 's lawyers discover that 's source is the same as the Times 's , possibly putting in contempt of court . If charges are brought against the company , could destroy the newspaper she sees as a family legacy . Alternately , if she were to win any legal challenge , the Post could instead establish itself as an important journalistic institution . She chooses to run the story . 
 The White House retaliates , and in short order the Post and Times appear together before the Supreme Court to plead their First Amendment argument for the right to publish the material . Meanwhile , newspapers across the country pick up the story in solidarity with the Post and Times . The court rules 6–3 in the newspapers ' favor , vindicating 's decision . demands that the Post should be barred from the White House . One year later , security guard discovers a break - in in progress at the Watergate complex after a guest at the Watergate hotel called complaining about people using flashlights .

Steven Spielberg (director); Liz Hannah, Josh Singer (screenplay); Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Bruce Greenwood, Jesse Plemons, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson, Alison Brie, David Cross, Carrie Coon

In an alternate present , humans live in uneasy peace with orcs , elves , centaurs , dwarves and other races after they fought for thousands of years . In Los Angeles , veteran LAPD police officer has been involuntarily partnered with , the nation 's first orcish police officer . is faced with prejudice by humans for his race , and by orcs for his position as an officer ; is ambivalent towards after an incident in which he allowed an orc to escape causes to question 's loyalities . A previously detained human Shield of Light devotee tells that both officers are in a prophecy and that is blessed . While booking the devotee , is approached by Internal Affairs who say they believe that put his racial loyalties before his partner . is pressured to try to have confess on tape so they will have grounds to fire . 
 That night , and respond to a disturbance at what turns out to be a Shield of Light safe house ; inside is evidence indicating magic was used . They apprehend the lone unhurt survivor , a young elf named in possession of a legendary magic wand who apparently only speaks Elfish . As puts it , a wand is like " a nuclear weapon that grants wishes " , and can only be commanded by a ' Bright'—a person with the rare ability to use magic . If a non - Bright touches a wand , they will explode from the raw magical power . 
 When four officers arrive as backup , their racial prejudice cause them to try and coerce into killing and lying about the incident , allowing them to steal the wand . goes outside and questions him about the incident earlier with the orc ; meanwhile the officers plan to kill . overhears this and decides to believe and kills all four officers . The incident , however , attracts the attention of the local human gang Altamira , and the two flee with and the wand . , a member of the ominous group Inferni and owner of the wand , arrives at the safehouse minutes later , searching for the wand and . 
 The trio flee through the territory of the Fogteeth Orc clan , with the gang 's leader , , wanting to regain the use of his legs through the wand . The then appear and the ensuing fight gives the trio the opportunity to escape again . At a service station , contacts his friend , Sheriff Deputy , who he hopes will help them in protecting the wand . contacts , an elf working for the federal ' Magic Task Force ' ; dedicated to securing , containing and protecting magical objects . tells that he will be safe from prosecution for killing his fellow police officers , if they can keep the wand out of wrong hands . Before can bring them in , 's henchmen attack the trio , killing him . 
 , , and run into the Fogteeth Orc clan again and are dragged before its leader . Enraged at the chaos they are causing , . He then orders his son , , to kill after failing to find out here the wand is . However , reveals that he was the orc that allowed to escape and thus refuses to kill him . sends his son away and kills himself . As he prepares to kill , produces the wand she had magically hidden and uses it to resurrect , revealing that she is a Bright . The cloaked clan priest pronounces this to be the will of the Prophecy , causing the clan to kneel to and allow the trio to go free . , now trusting them , speaks to them in English for the first time and explains the Inferni 's plan . They wish to resurrect , an ancient mythical figure who will rise from the dead and take over the world . Once a member of the Inferni herself , had been protected by the Shield of Light and fled with the wand . 
 The use of the wand causes to become ill and the only way to save her to is place her in a pool back at the house where they found her . They return to the safehouse but are ambushed by and the remaining . The trio successfully kill the , but is resurrected . Just as places in the magic pool , hangs and knocks both and out of the pool . unsuccessfully tries to convince to join her . breaks free and shoots the wand out of 's hand , but runs out of ammo before he can kill her again . is about to kill when picks up the fallen wand and is revealed to also be a Bright , using the wand to kill with an explosion that sets the building on fire . In the ensuing commotion , disappears and the injured and flee from the building , with saving an injured . After rescuing , and his clan appear and perform an ancient orc ceremony signifying to that he is now " blooded " - an Orcish status only achievable by an act of great bravery . 
 awakens the next day in a hospital room to find at his bedside and himself restrained as he is an " extremely dangerous " . As appears , understands ( but does not ) that wants to contain the incident , and gives him a fake statement as to what happened , denying the use of magic . In a public announcement before a crowd , and are honored by the city for their actions against the ' extremist group ' Inferni . smiles as he spots moving through the crowd in disguise .

David Ayer (director); Max Landis (screenplay); Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace, Lucy Fry, Edgar Ramirez

is world - class mogul skier with Olympic aspirations , the result of years of enforced training from her overbearing father . In a qualifying event for the 2002 Winter Olympics , is severely injured , ending her career . 
 Instead of following her original plan of attending law school , decides to take a year off and move to Los Angeles . Once she arrives , she becomes a bottle - service waitress at a club , where she meets , an ostentatious but unsuccessful real estate developer . She becomes his office manager , and he soon involves her in running his underground poker games . Many famous and wealthy individuals , such as movie stars , investment bankers , and sports players , are involved in 's game . earns large sums of money on tips alone . 
 is initially uninformed on poker topics but quickly learns how to appeal to the players to gain tips . In particular , she hopes to please the most successful player , , by attracting new players to the game . , upon seeing that is becoming increasingly independent in running the games , attempts to control her , and then he fires her . , having gained contacts through years of running the game , decides to create her own poker games . She rents a penthouse at a hotel and hires a staff to help her run games . Additionally , she contacts employees at clubs and casinos to try and spread word about her poker games . Player X , along with many other players , decides to leave 's games to play at 's game . becomes increasingly successful , gaining more money while being pressured by Player X to raise the stakes for her games . , a skilled , conservative , and successful player , joins 's game . One night , after accidentally losing a hand to the notorious worst player in 's circle , becomes increasingly compulsive , suffering heavy losses ( later , finds out that , who enjoys ruining people 's lives more than the game itself , has been funding to keep him in the game ) . After berates him for his unethical actions , Player X decides to change venue for his games , and the other players join him , leaving . 
 moves to New York , with the hope of beginning a new underground poker game . After reaching out to many wealthy New Yorkers , finds enough players for several weekly games . Despite continuous success , she is unable to cover her losses when players can not pay . Her dealer convinces her to begin taking a percentage of large pots , allowing her to recoup her potential losses but making her game an illegal gambling operation . One of her Los Angeles players is indicted for running a Ponzi scheme ; is investigated and questioned as to who attended her games . At this time , becomes increasingly addicted to drugs , as the games have increasingly taken their toll . Her players also begin to include wealthy individuals from the Russian mafia , among others . She is approached by several Italian mafia members who offer their services to extort money from non - paying players . After she declines , she is attacked in her home , where she is held at gunpoint and her mother 's life is threatened . As she is about to return to her poker games , the FBI conducts a raid , a result of , one of her players , acting as an informant . 's assets are seized , and she returns home to live with her mother . 
 Two years later , has moved out and published a book where she names a few individuals that played in her games . She is arrested by the FBI and indicted for involvement in illegal gambling with the mafia . She enlists the help of , a high - profile and expensive lawyer in New York , who agrees to help after he learns that she has been protecting innocent people who were affected by her poker games . While she is in New York awaiting trial , her father , , seeks her out and attempts to reconcile with her . He admits that he was overbearing and that he treated differently than her brothers because she had known about his affairs . reads 's book and becomes interested in helping her case , as he feels she has not committed serious enough wrongdoing to merit a prison term . negotiates a deal for to receive no sentence and for her money to be returned in exchange for her hard drives and digital records from gambling . declines this deal , fearing that the information about her players would be released , and she pleads guilty . The judge , deciding that she had committed no serious crimes , sentences her to community service , probation , and a $ 200,000 fine .

Aaron Sorkin (director/screenplay); Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Cera, Chris O'Dowd, Bill Camp, Jeremy Strong

In 1954 London , renowned fashion designer creates dresses for members of high society . His charisma and genius are matched by his obsessive , controlling and sometimes abusive personality . , his sister , manages the day - to - day operations of his fashion house and has significant influence over his life . is haunted by the death of their mother , and stitches hidden messages into the linings of the dresses he makes . 
 After designing a new gown for a revered client , visits a restaurant in the countryside and becomes interested in a waitress , . He asks her on a date , and she accepts . Their relationship develops , and she moves in with him , becoming his assistant , muse and lover . initially distrusts but comes to respect her willfulness and determination . 
 At first , enjoys being a part of ' work , but he proves aloof and hard to please , and they bicker . When tries to surprise him with a romantic dinner , lashes out and they fight . wonders aloud what she is doing in his house beyond either waiting for him to pay attention to her or ask her to leave . 
 In order to regain her power in their relationship and to punish and make more vulnerable and needy , laces his tea with a small amount of poisonous mushroom gathered outside his country house . The next morning , dizzy and sweating , while he readies a wedding gown for a Belgian princess , he collapses , damaging the dress and forcing his staff to work all night to repair it . He becomes gravely ill and sees his mother in the room ; he tells her how much he misses her . nurses him through his fever ; when brings in a doctor , first and then tell the doctor to " Fuck off . " When is well again , he asks to marry him , telling her that there are things that he must do and he can not do them without her . accepts and they are married . 
 On vacation in the Swiss Alps , once again , starts saying cruel and cutting things to both privately and in front of their friends ; they fight and defy each other again . As ' anxiety about his work increases , he complains to about , who enters the room and overhears the conversation ; neither nor is perturbed . We see in the forest again , gathering mushrooms . One evening , she prepares a poisoned omelette as watches her from the dining room table . As he slowly chews his first bite , she informs him that she wants him weak and vulnerable with only her to take care of him ; after that , she wants him strong again . implicitly consents by swallowing one bite of the omelette , responding , " Kiss me , my girl , before I 'm sick . " In the next scene , they are in ' bedroom : sits with , in pajamas with a pan in his lap ; they smile happily and kiss before he tells her that it 's time for her to leave the room to which she responds , " I 'll be right outside the door . " 
 Later in a voiceover , imagines their future with children , a rich social life , and her running the dressmaking business as a partner . We see pushing a baby carriage which she hands over to so that she and can go out . In the present moment , we see with his head in 's lap as they enjoy the fireplace ; remarks that he is getting hungry .

Paul Thomas Anderson (director/screenplay); Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Richard Graham, Vicky Krieps

In November,[4 ] a white , city - bred teenage schoolgirl and her much younger brother become stranded in the wilderness after their father goes berserk . After driving them far into the Australian outback , ostensibly for a picnic , the father suddenly begins shooting at the children . They run behind rocks for cover , whereupon he sets the car on fire and shoots himself in the head . The girl conceals what has happened from her brother and , after grabbing some food and supplies , the pair head out into the desert . 
 By the middle of the next day , they are weak and the boy can barely walk . Discovering a small water hole with a fruiting tree , they spend the day playing , bathing , and resting . By the next morning , the water has dried up . They are then discovered by an Aboriginal boy . Although the girl can not communicate with him , due to the language barrier , her brother mimes their need for water and the newcomer cheerfully shows them how to draw it from the drying bed of the oasis . The three travel together , with the Aboriginal boy sharing food he has caught hunting . The boys learn to communicate slightly using words and sign language . 
 While in the vicinity of a plantation , a white woman walks past the Aboriginal , who simply ignores her when she speaks to him . She appears to see the other children , but they do not see her , and they continue on their journey . The children also discover a weather balloon belonging to a nearby research team working in the desert . After drawing markings of a modern - style house , the Aboriginal boy eventually leads them to an abandoned farm , and takes the other boy to a nearby road . The Aboriginal boy hunts down a water buffalo and is wrestling it to the ground when two white hunters appear in a truck and nearly run him over . He watches in shock as they shoot several buffalo with a rifle . The boy then returns to the farm , but passes by without speaking . 
 Later , the Aborigine boy lies in a trance among a slew of buffalo bones , having painted himself in ceremonial markings . He returns to the farmhouse catching the undressing girl by surprise , and initiates a mating ritual by performing a courtship dance in front of her.[5 ] Although he dances outside all day and into the night until he becomes exhausted , she is frightened and hides from him , and tells her brother they will leave him the next day . In the morning , after they dress in their school uniforms , the brother takes her to the Aboriginal boy 's body , hanging in a tree . Before leaving , the girl wipes ants from the dead boy 's chest . Hiking up the road , the siblings find a nearly deserted mining town where a surly employee directs them towards nearby accommodation . 
 Much later , a businessman arrives home as the now grown - up girl prepares dinner ; while he embraces her and relates office gossip , she imagines a scene in which she , her brother , and the Aboriginal boy are playing and swimming naked in a deep pool in the outback .

At Appleyard College , a girls ' private school , near the town of Woodend , Victoria , Australia , the students are dressing on the morning of Valentine 's Day , 1900 . ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , waifish ( ) , and outsider ( ) read poetry and Valentine 's Day cards . 
 The group prepares for a picnic to a local geological formation known as Hanging Rock , accompanied by the mathematics mistress Miss ( ) and the young and beautiful ( ) . On the authority of the stern headmistress Mrs. ( ) , jittery teacher Miss ( ) advises that she is not allowed to attend . 
 Driven by buggy operator ( ) , the party pass through and arrive at the Rock by mid - afternoon . After a meal , Mr. notes his watch has stopped at the stroke of twelve , as has the watch of Miss . With permission from , , and decide to explore Hanging Rock and take measurements , with allowed to follow . The group is observed several minutes later by a young Englishman , ( ) , who is lunching at the Rock with his uncle Colonel ( ) , aunt Mrs. ( ) , and valet ( ) . At the top of Hanging Rock , the group lies on the ground , apparently dazed by the sun . Miss , still at the base of the Rock , stares up . , , and awake and move , as if in a trance , into a recess in the rock face . , who watches them , screams and flees down the Rock in terror . 
 The distraught and hysterical party eventually returns to the College , where Mlle . de Poitiers explains to Mrs. that Miss has been left behind . notes the absence of ; and Mr. explains to Mrs. that , , , and Miss went missing . A search party , led by Sgt . ( ) and Constable ( ) of the local police , finds nothing , although reveals that she witnessed Miss climbing the Rock without her skirt . is questioned and reveals he watched the schoolgirls but can provide no clues as to their whereabouts . 
 becomes obsessed with finding ; and , with , he conducts another search of Hanging Rock . Despite 's protests , decides to remain overnight and begins climbing again the next day , leaving a trail of paper . When follows the markers , he finds a nearly catatonic . Just before leaving on a buggy with a local doctor , passes to a fragment of lace from a dress . returns to Hanging Rock and discovers , unconscious but alive . The residents of Woodend become restless as news of the discovery spreads . At the home , is treated for dehydration and exposure , and tells the police and Mlle . de Poitiers she has no memory of what happened . A servant notes that 's corset is missing but is advised by Mrs. that it is not important . 
 befriends the recovered but alienates her when he demands to know what happened on the Rock . Mrs. advises Miss that several parents have withdrawn their children from the school . Before leaving for Europe , visits her classmates a final time ; but they become hysterical and demand to know what happened to their missing friends . intervenes ; and , as flees , she also notices that has been strapped to a wall by Miss to correct her posture . That night , Miss gives notice to a drunken Mrs. that she is resigning . 
 Mrs. tells that , as her guardian has not paid her tuition , must return to the orphanage . Afterwards , Mrs. lies to and claims that 's guardian collected her early that morning . The next morning , 's body is found in the greenhouse by Mr. , the school gardener . Believing committed suicide by leaping from her bedroom window , confronts Mrs. , who is calm in full mourning dress with her possessions packed . tells he has decided to travel north , with revealing he had a dream in which his lost sister visited him . 
 During a flashback to the picnic scene , Sgt . states in a voice over that the body of Mrs. was found at the base of Hanging Rock from an apparent suicide . The search for the missing school girls and Miss continued sporadically for several years without success . Their disappearance is left as a mystery .

Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Garry McDonald, Anne-Louise Lambert, Helen Morse

" A few years from now " , when society is teetering upon the brink of collapse , berserk motorbike gang member steals a Pursuit Special , which he uses to escape from police custody after killing a rookie officer of an Australian highway patrol called the Main Force Patrol ( MFP ) . Even though he manages to elude other MFP officers , the MFP 's top pursuit man then engages the less - skilled Nightrider in a high - speed chase . breaks off first , but then is unable to recover his concentration before he and his girlfriend are killed in a fiery crash . 
 At the MFP garage , is shown what one of the MFP mechanics has been working on : a supercharged black Pursuit Special , the last of the V8 Interceptors . 
 Meanwhile , 's motorbike gang , led by and , run roughshod over a town , vandalising property , stealing fuel , and terrorising the population . They trap a young couple in a car , destroy the car , and it is implied that they rape the couple . and fellow officer arrest 's young protégé at the scene . When neither the rape victims nor any of the townspeople show for 's trial , the federal courts close the case , 's attorneys releasing him into 's custody over 's furious objections . 
 While visits a nightclub in the city the next day , sabotages his police motorbike in the parking lot . After being thrown into a field at high speed uninjured during a ride , borrows a ute to haul his damaged bike back to the MFP . However , ambushes off the road by throwing a brake drum through his windshield , and , at 's insistence , throws a match into the wreck of the ute , igniting the gasoline and burning alive . After seeing 's charred body in a hospital intensive - care unit , Max becomes disillusioned with the MFP , and informs his superior that he will resign . convinces to take a vacation first before he submits his final letter of resignation . 
 takes his wife and their infant son on vacation in a panel van . When they stop to fix the spare tyre , takes to buy ice cream . They encounter and his gang , who attempt to molest , but kicks in the crotch , picks up and escapes with him in the car . They flee to a remote farm owned by an elderly friend named . 's gang follows them there and ambushes in the woods . With 's help , and escape , but when they try to drive away , the van overheats and they are run over by the gang while trying to escape on foot . is killed and is badly injured . arrives too late to do anything . 
 is near death in a hospital ICU , and the loss of his family ultimately drives into a mad rage . He dons his police uniform and takes the black Pursuit Special from the MFP garage to pursue and eliminate the gang . He rams several gang members off a bridge at high speed , kills during an ambush , and forces into the path of a speeding semi - trailer truck . Finally , locates at a car wreck stealing the boots of its dead driver . Max handcuffs 's ankle to the wrecked vehicle , and sets a crude time - delay fuse involving a slow petrol leak and 's lighter . throws a hacksaw , leaving him the choice of sawing through either the handcuffs or his ankle in order to escape within the given time limit . As drives away from the bridge , the vehicle explodes . Now a shell of his former self , drives on to points unknown .

In Western Australia , May 1915 , , an 18 - year - old stockman and prize - winning sprinter , longs to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force . He is trained by his uncle and idolises , the world champion over 100 yards . wins a race with a bullying farmhand , , running bare - foot and riding his horse bareback . 
 is an unemployed ex - railway labourer who has run out of money . He 's an accomplished sprinter and hopes to win the prize money at the athletics carnival , he also bets a lot of money on himself winning . and Uncle journey to the athletics carnival . is surprised when defeats him , and is bitter at first and feels robbed of his bet . Eventually approaches in a cafe after getting over his loss and they both decide to travel to Perth to enlist . Before leaving , gives all the prize money he won at the race to and tells him that he will not be coming home for he has decided to enlist . 
 As and are penniless , they secretly hop on a freight train , then walk across the desert and stop for the night at a cattle station . Upon arriving in Perth , they arrange to stay with 's father , an Irish immigrant . Due to 's Irish heritage and general cynicism , he has little desire to fight for the British Empire . However , persuades him to try to enlist in the Light Horse . Failing to ride a horse , enlists in the infantry with three co - workers from the railway : , , and . Many of the motivations for enlistment are revealed : wartime ultra - nationalism , anti - German propaganda , a sense of adventure and the attraction of the uniform . All soldiers embark on a transport ship bound for Cairo . and are separated and embark on different troopships . 
 Some months later , and his fellow soldiers train near the Pyramids and spend their free time in Cairo , drinking and visiting brothels . During a training exercise , and meet once again ; is able to transfer to the Light Horse , as they are now being sent to the Gallipoli peninsula as infantrymen . They arrive at Anzac Cove and endure several days of hardships and boredom in the trenches . 's infantry friends fight in the Battle of Lone Pine on the 6 August . Afterwards , a traumatized tells what happened to the others : has been shot and killed , and is in a hospital , but in such bad condition that he is denied food and water . The following morning , and are ordered to take part in the charge at the Nek , a diversion in support of the British landing at Suvla Bay . is ordered by Major to be the message runner . He declines the offer and recommends for the role . 
 The Light Horse are to attack in three waves across a stretch of ground defended by Turkish machine gunners . The first wave is to go at 4:30 AM , after an artillery bombardment . Unfortunately , the commanders ' watches are unsynchronized and the bombardment ends too early . The brigade 's commander , Colonel , insists the ANZAC attack proceed ; the first wave is cut down by the Turks within seconds . The second wave goes over , to a similar fate . Major wants to halt the attack to end the carnage , but the Colonel says that somebody told him ANZAC marker flags were seen in the Turkish trenches , indicating that the attack was partially successful . The phone line goes dead . gives a message to carry to Brigade HQ but , when he arrives , the Colonel insists the attack continue . 
 Lieutenant , Major 's second - in - command , admits to that he was the soldier who said that he saw marker flags , though he did not remember who told him . suggests to the Major that he goes over the Colonel 's head to General . hurries to 's headquarters down on the beach . The General is informed that , at Suvla , the British landing party is brewing tea on the beach . He tells that he is reconsidering the attack . sprints back to convey this news , but the phone lines are repaired and Colonel orders the attack to continue . joins his men in the attack , climbs out of the trench pistol in hand , and signals his men to charge . joins the last wave and goes over the top . arrives seconds too late and lets out a scream of anguish and despair . As 's companions are cut down by gun fire he drops his rifle and runs as hard as he can . The final frame freezes on being hit by bullets across his chest , head back , as if breaking the tape at the finish of a 100 - yard sprint , and falling backwards .

After a successful Sydney bank robbery , with the robbers wearing pig masks and brandishing shotguns , the man in charge , The Boss ( ) , plans a further and larger payroll robbery for two days later worth at least $ 1.5 million , hoping that he can trust his less - than - competent gang headed by ( ) and ( ) to do the job properly , with anyone who does n't answering to him . 
 Two young BMX experts , ( ) and ( ) , meet ( ) , who is working as a trolley collector at the Warringah Mall during the school holidays in order to be able to buy her own BMX bike , and accidentally get fired from her job when they crash into trolleys pushed away by the local " Creep " ( ) . The three go out in 's dad 's runabout on the harbour searching for cockles to sell in order to fix their own crashed bikes , as well as getting her own , and stumble onto and steal a box of police - band walkie talkies that the bank robbers were hoping to use to monitor on police traffic . Ironically , after stealing the box , the kids pass and who are on their way in their high - powered motorboat to pick it up . 
 , and sell the walkie - talkies to other kids in the area . The Bayside Police are able to hear the kids using the walkie talkies . , and are also unaware that the robbers know who stole the box . After they are spotted and chased late at night through a cemetery by and wearing monster masks ( going formal , according to ) , they manage to escape . The next day , and pick up their newly repaired bikes whilst buys her bike . is caught the next day by and while getting a second walkie talkie for The Creep , but escapes with the help of and . The goons chase the Bandits in a cartoonish chase across opportunistic sites around Sydney , including a memorable escape down the Manly Waterworks water slides , complete with BMX bikes . 
 The trio are finally arrested but escape police custody and , with the help of the local kids , launch their own plan to foil the planned payroll robbery . Using the walkie - talkies , the Bandits pinpoint the meeting place for the robbers , then proceed to ambush and apprehend the robbers . The , and escape in a removal truck with as a hostage , with and taking chase . They cause the truck to crash , with police soon arriving to arrest The , and . 
 The police build a BMX track as thanks for the capture . In its opening meeting , the BMX Bandits sweep the main awards .

, an advertising executive in an unnamed Australian city who is known for his ability to tell stories , has a terrifying near - death experience after suffering a massive heart attack , brought on by his dissolute lifestyle . Upon recovering , he believes himself to be either in a hellish version of the world he knew , or with his eyes opened to an altogether different view of that world . He eventually discovers that his wife is unfaithful , his dissolute daughter trades sex for hard drugs with his deviant son , and his latest client is a carcinogenic polluter . 
 tries to reform and steer a morally correct path , abandoning most of the trappings of his previous affluent life , to the dismay and disruption of everyone around him . He is also seemingly ' tested ' by a series of bizarre and frightening events including being ' sectioned ' to a psychiatric hospital . In one memorable sequence , is dragged through a bizarre and blackly humorous chain of events , in which he smokes marijuana for the first time with a terminally ill waiter friend , then has his car crushed by an elephant and is finally arrested . The extended version of this sequence was cut from the original theatrical release after its premiere at Cannes , but the full length scene featuring a tour - de - force monologue by ( captured in a single unedited take ) was restored for the film 's re - issue in the 1990s . 
 Fighting for his sanity , flees his home and takes up residence in a hotel , where meets a young hippie country girl , , who prostitutes herself and helps a friend sell marijuana on trips to the city to bring money back to their forest commune . decides that is his true love but he is soon drawn back into his old ways , and she with him . She eventually rejects 's lapse back to materialism and flees to the commune , refusing to see him . pursues her patiently over many years , living alone near her commune , and eventually winning her heart with a ' gift ' of plantings of the type of tree that provides 's favourite honey ( the Yellow Box Eucalyptus , Eucalyptus melliodora ) .

is a feature writer for her father 's newspaper Newsday , and is dating the editor . She travels to Walkabout Creek , a small hamlet in the Northern Territory of Australia , to meet , a bushman reported to have lost half a leg to a saltwater crocodile before crawling hundreds of miles to safety . On arrival in Walkabout Creek , she can not locate , but she is entertained at the local pub by 's business partner . When arrives that night , finds his leg is not missing , but he has a large scar which he refers to as a " love bite " . While dances with , a group of city kangaroo shooters make fun of 's status as a crocodile hunter , causing him to knock the leader out with one punch . 
 At first , finds less " legendary " than she had been led to believe , being unimpressed by his pleasant - mannered but uncouth behaviour and clumsy advances towards her ; however , she is later amazed , when in the Outback , she witnesses " " ( as Dundee is called ) subduing a water buffalo , taking part in an aboriginal tribal dance ceremony , killing a snake with his bare hands , and scaring away the kangaroo shooters from the pub from their cruel sport . The next morning , offended by 's assertion that as a " sheila " ( Australian slang for a female ) she is incapable of surviving the Outback alone , goes out alone to prove him wrong but takes his rifle with her at his request . follows her to make sure she is okay , but when she stops at a billabong to refill her canteen , she is attacked by a large crocodile and is rescued by . Overcome with gratitude and seeing 's willingness to change his bigotry , finds herself becoming attracted to him . 
 invites to return with her to New York City on the pretext of continuing the feature story . At first scoffs at her suggestion , but he changes his mind when she tells him the newspaper would cover all expenses . Once in New York , is perplexed by local behaviour and customs but overcomes problematic situations including two encounters with a pimp and two attempted robberies . After this realises her true feelings for him , and they kiss . 
 At a society dinner at her father 's home in honor of 's safe return and of 's visit , Richard proposes marriage to , and in a haze of confused emotions , she initially accepts in spite of having recently revealed his self - centered and insensitive " true colours " during a period of intoxication . , disheartened at 's engagement , decides to go ' walkabout ' around the US , but has a change of heart and , deciding not to marry , follows to a subway station . There , she can not reach him through the crowd on the platform , but has members of the crowd relay her message to him , whereupon he climbs up to the rafters and walks to on the heads and raised hands of the onlookers and kisses her .

In the 1960s , , a thin , socially awkward adolescent , falls in love with his best friend in rural New South Wales , Australia . Unfortunately , she is attracted to , a high school rugby star , larrikin and petty criminal who helps with the school bullies . Shortly after sleeping with at the abandoned house , steals a car for a joyride and is arrested and sent to juvenile detention ; it is while he is away that reveals to that she is pregnant . offers to marry her and claim that the child is his , but refuses , saying that she does not want to marry anyone . Meanwhile , intrigued by a locket left to by an elderly friend of theirs who recently died -engraved " SEA"- begins to investigate the town 's past , and discovers a lone cross in the cemetery bearing those initials , belonging to , " who died days after was born . Through inquiries with his parents , learns that was something of the town prostitute years ago , and that she was 's biological mother , who died trying to give birth by herself at the abandoned house . 
 Meanwhile , breaks out of detention , steals another car , and severely wounds a store clerk during an armed robbery . returns to town long enough to reunite with at the abandoned house , and learn that she is pregnant . The police arrive at 's hiding place , but warns him , and is able to escape . The police then run his car off the road during the course of the pursuit , and dies the next day . disappears , and later suffers a miscarriage and hypothermia until finds her ( at the abandoned house ) and takes her to the hospital . Hesitantly , reveals the identity of 's mother to her . Realising the stigma now hanging over her , decides to leave on the night train for the city . At the station , gives her his life 's savings to support herself and sees her off - promising their friendship to one another and to keep in touch . Later travels to their favourite hangout spot and carves 's , 's , and his name into a rock , as his adult self informs the audience that he never saw again .

A year has passed since the events of Crocodile Dundee , and and are living happily together in New York . Although 's ignorance of city life is a hazard when he attempts to continue his former lifestyle , like blast fishing in Manhattan 's waters , 's writing has made him a popular public figure . He later goes to work for , a mild - mannered stationery salesman trying to live up to his self - perceived ' bad guy in the streets ' image . 
 While working for the DEA in Colombia , 's ex - husband ( mentioned , but not seen , in the first movie ) takes photographs of a drug cartel leader 's murder of an unknown person , and is spotted by one of the cartel 's sentries . He sends the photographs to before being murdered himself . Colombian Cartel leader and his brother and top lieutenant , , go to New York City to retrieve the photos . 
 The gangsters take hostage , leading to ask for help . contacts a local street gang , whom asks to create a distraction by caterwauling at the mansion 's perimeter , leading most of the cartel 's guards on a wild goose chase while rescues . is arrested but soon escapes police custody , and after a failed attempt by to kill , decides to take to Australia in order to fight on familiar ground . In Walkabout Creek , is enthusiastically welcomed back by his friends . After provisioning , he and take refuge on his personal land , named Belonga Mick ( " 's Place " ; see bilong in Tok Pisin ) . Here , discovers that legally owns land almost twice the size of New York State , including a gold mine . 
 and his men track their quarry to Australia , where they hire some local thugs to assist them , but their Aboriginal tracker abandons them when he hears that their quarry is . The gangsters then take 's friend as a hostage , but saves his friend by faking an attempt on 's life . convinces the gangsters that 's failed attack was due to being the only person suitable to guide them , so they take him as a replacement tracker . He then leads the gangsters on a false trail through the Outback territory , during which , with the help of his Aboriginal friends , manages to reduce the opposition 's numbers one by one , leaving the rest increasingly nervous . In the end , he retrieves from and , leaving the latter to face him alone . 
 Tired of chasing , sets a bushfire to corner , but regains the upper hand , captures , and switches clothes with him in order to lure into a vulnerable position . and , observing them from a distance , mistake for and take shots at him . shoots , though not fatally , and tries to escape but is shot by ( who mistakes him for ) . loses his balance and falls to his death in a ravine . is in turn shot and killed by . Though thinking at first that is dead , they soon re - unite with him ( 's bullet had only hit in the side ) , and and embrace . When asks her whether she is ready to go home , replies " I am home " , concluding the film .

The film begins with ( ) as the son of an apple farmer in Tasmania in the early 1900s . He is uninterested in the family business , but shows an interest in science , especially in the study of physics . His interest leads his father to show him his grandfather ’s “ laboratory ” , a shed in the middle of the Australian bush where he made beer . His father tells him that they ’ve tried for years to introduce bubbles to beer , saying that the person who can could change the world . 
 After a day ’s worth of heavy drinking , postulates the theory of Mass – energy equivalence ( E = MC2 ) as a formula to split beer atoms to create bubbles in beer . After spending all night preparing , he splits a beer atom ( with hammer and chisel ) , which causes the shed to explode . runs to his parents , blackened from the explosion , carrying the formula and a glass of beer with bubbles in it . His father tells him to head to the Australian mainland and patent the formula . Once arrived , he boards a train for Sydney , where he is introduced to ( ) , a French scientist studying at the University of Sydney and ( ) , the pompous manager of the Sydney Patent Office . is fascinated by , where is annoyed and storms off to find a conductor to remove him from the train . tells of his theory , which she finds fascinating . 
 Once arrived in Sydney , finds lodging in a whorehouse , and finds that the patent office will not accept theories , but only applicable ideas that apply to inventions . leaves and meets at the university , only to upset her professor by erasing his work and writing his own theory , causing him to be comically thrown out . She reiterates his brilliance and is seemingly more taken with him than before . 
 Meanwhile , is attempting to woo with his upper - class lifestyle . During a performance at a social club , she mentions that ’s theory has merit and is extremely interesting . takes this as a challenge to his romantic aspirations and has his clerk call in to take his formula for safe keeping . then turns the formula over to the Bavarian Brothers , a pair of brewmasters who intend to use the formula to get rich . 
 Meanwhile , continues inventing things ( such as Rock and roll and the electric violin ) , he also begins a romance with , he takes her to the beach and demonstrates surfing for her . As they are leaving , comments that she wished this moment could last forever . Suddenly , has a realization and comes up with the theory of Relativity on the spot . is amazed that he came up with that so quickly . As they return to the hotel , the clerk tells him that is creating a keg using his formula . 
 runs to the Bavarian Brothers to tell them that they ca n’t create this keg , they claim that is insane and have him committed . On his way to the mental institution , he meets a group of deranged scientists , including . Once committed , his electric violin is destroyed by the nurse and he is kept isolated from the outside world in an electric cell . confronts about his theft of ’s research and his commitment to an institution . counters that would have done nothing with it and he was trying to help everyone . 
 infiltrates the institution under the guise of ’s father , she confronts in the shower room and tells him of ’s plot . When says there is not much he can do about it now , storms out saying she needs a man of action . rebuilds his violin into an instrument more resembling an electric guitar , he plugs it into the electrified door and plays the instrument , shorting the door out and escaping . 
 He returns to the hotel to find a note from , saying she has left Australia and returned to France . finds a small steamboat and sails to France to confront . She initially rejects him , but acquiesces when he tells her he ’s prepared to stop . They use the family hot air balloon and head to the Nobel ceremony in Paris that night . Many inventors and scientific luminaries are there , such as the Wright Brothers and . 
 announces is the winner of this year ’s Nobel Prize for his discovery of putting bubbles in beer . begins his speech , but is interrupted by , who questions if even knows what happens when an atom is split . When realizes that has ( unknowingly ) built an atomic bomb , he orders to stop . scoffs the warning and starts the keg , which starts shaking and building up pressure . 
 attaches his guitar to the keg as a way to drain the atomic keg , tells him not to as this would kill him . sends her away and starts playing a riff on the guitar , this seems to work as the keg begins to lose power . attempts to kill , but is knocked unconscious by . is starting to feel the effects of siphoning off the energy from the keg as he starts to radiate pure energy . This causes a massive feedback , then an explosion . 
 As the smoke clears , is standing there , blackened ( like before in the shed ) , but otherwise unharmed . He and kiss as the assembled crowd cheers for him . He returns to Tasmania with the keg and the Nobel Prize ( in his name ) . He tells his family that he will give his formula to the world instead of keeping it for personal gain . questions what will happen if governments use that formula to create atomic weapons . naively replies “ If you ca n’t trust the governments of the world , then who can you trust ? ” steps in front of the mic and says that he has learned a new theory out of this , he then pulls up his guitar and starts playing a rock song to the delight of the assembled crowd .

The film focuses on 's relationships with her boyfriend , her parents and her emotionally unhealthy sister , . is quiet and superstitious , loving because of the words of a fortune teller and experiencing deep foreboding towards a tree he attempted to plant in their yard . , from 's perspective , is selfish in her severe mental illness . 's father chooses to ignore most of the erratic , childish behavior ( though she has been hospitalized before ) because he loves her as a little girl . Throughout , there are flashbacks of dancing , singing and performing small , circus - like tricks with his assistance ; he wants the family to remain close and dislikes when acts enraged with . The mother admits he indulges her . , however , has found some freedom from his increasingly disconnected relationship with because lives uninhibited , with vigor and emotion ( though extreme ) . Throughout , 's physically destructive nature ( ruining 's clothes , breaking furniture ) reflects the inner disruption she has caused her family . After a series of circular fights ( variable rage and delusions , her family 's forgiveness , proceeded by her sweetness and fun persona ) , she finally overextends the limit , stripping off her clothes , painting her body black and bouncing in her childhood tree house . Though her family begs her to come down , she refuses , continuing teasing , tormenting and shaking the fort until it falls from the tree , injuring her mother and killing . The family appears resolved , no longer scattered . They no longer feel manipulated and agitated by her presence . However , the best of 's personality persists , as and her parents maintain an image of her in her most accurate form , that of a little girl .

A serial killer is at large in a catholic school , stalking the students and killing them .

Set in New France in 1634 ( in the period of conflicts known as the Beaver Wars ) , the film begins in the settlement that will one day become Quebec City . Jesuit missionaries are trying to encourage the local Algonquin Indians to embrace Christianity , with thus far only limited results . , founder of the settlement , sends Father , a young Jesuit priest , to find a distant Catholic mission in a Huron village . 
 is accompanied on his journey by a non - Jesuit assistant , , and a group of Algonquin Indians whom has charged with guiding him to the Huron village . This group includes ( ) - an older , experienced traveller who has clairvoyant dreams ; his wife ( ) ; and ( ) , their daughter . As they journey across the lakes and forests , and fall in love , to the discomfort of the celibate . 
 The group meet with a band of Montagnais , First Nations people who have never met Frenchmen before . The Montagnais shaman is suspicious ( and implicitly jealous ) of 's influence over the Algonquins . He accuses him of being a devil . He encourages and the other Algonquins to abandon the two Frenchmen and travel instead to a winter hunting lodge . This they do , paddling away from the Frenchmen . accepts his fate , but is determined to stay with and follows the Indians as they march across the forest . When one Indian tries to shoot , is consumed by guilt at having betrayed 's trust . He and a few other members of the Algonquin tribe return with to try to find . 
 As they recover , a party of Iroquois ( specifically Mohawk ) attacks them , killing 's wife and taking the rest captive . They are taken to an Iroquois fortress , where they are forced to run the gauntlet , to watch 's young son killed , and told they will be slowly tortured to death the next day . That night seduces their guard , allowing him to engage in coitus with her . When his orgasm distracts him she strikes him with a caribou hoof , rendering him unconscious and allowing them to escape . , dying of a wound from his capture , sees a small grove he has dreamed of many times before , and realizes it is the place he is destined to die . tries , unsuccessfully , to persuade to embrace before he dies . As freezes to death in the snow , he sees the She - Manitou appearing to him . 
 As the weather grows colder , and take to the outskirts of the Huron settlement , but leave him to enter it alone , because had dreamed that this must happen . finds all but one of the French inhabitants dead , murdered by the Hurons who blamed them for a smallpox epidemic . The leader of the last survivors tells that the Hurons are dying , and he should offer to save them by baptizing them . confronts the Hurons . 
 When their leader asks if he loves them , thinks of the faces of all the Indians he has met on his journey , and answers " Yes " . The leader then asks him to baptize them , and the Hurons accept Christianity . The film ends with a golden sunrise . An intertitle explains that fifteen years later , the Huron were massacred by the Iroquois , and the French mission was destroyed .

, now an awkward , underdeveloped 17 - year - old , has been sent away by his parents to the all - male St. Albans boarding school in rural New South Wales , Australia , in the hopes he wo n’t become a delinquent . The year is 1965 and it has been some time since has had any romantic relationship with a girl ( his former love , , from The Year My Voice Broke , left him at the end of the first film ) . is the butt of jokes because of his stutter and long nose ( for which he is nicknamed " " ) . His only friend is . 
 At a school rugby game , he meets and slowly becomes interested in , a Ugandan - Kenyan - British girl ( Ugandan father and Kenyan - British mother ) attending the all - girls Cirencester Ladies ’ College across the lake , while her father , a political activist , is lecturing at university in Canberra . They later meet at a debate between the two schools , and covertly during a school dance . She is punished for leaving the dance without permission and is given chores by the prefect , . is later befriended by and . 
 Throughout the course of the school year , they foster a budding romance , despite the overbearing regulations inflicted upon them – specifically racial politics and social conventions ( is often regarded by the school authorities as rebellious and overtly sexual ) . After the performance of the musical , introduces his parents to and her parents . They later decide to return to Uganda in response to the political turmoil there . Soon decides to return too , and lies about her true departure date , in order to spend the night in a motel with . They are discovered , leading to his expulsion . writes him regularly from Uganda , but then the letters stop coming . One day a letter arrives from Nairobi saying she is finally safe there .

A gang of violent neo - Nazis from Footscray , Victoria , Australia attack three Vietnamese Australian teenagers in a tunnel at Footscray Station . The gang is led by with his friend and second - in - command , . They meet the day after her sexually abusive , affluent father has her junkie boyfriend arrested , before starts a romantic association with . 
 Friends visit from Canberra ; one of whom has joined the Royal Australian Navy . A party at the warehouse follows , the next day two boys go to their local pub . Unbeknownst to them , the owner has sold it to a Vietnamese businessman . Upon seeing the new owner and his sons , they inform and he and his gang arrive and savagely beat the new owner 's sons . A third Vietnamese youth phones for help , before and several armed Vietnamese men descend upon the skinheads . The Vietnamese outnumber the skinheads and force them to retreat to their rented warehouse , where the Vietnamese ransack the building before setting it on fire . 
 The skinheads find a new base at a nearby warehouse , after evicting a pair of squatters , and plan their revenge against the Vietnamese . Learning that gang members plan to buy a gun , two female friends of the gang depart . suggests the gang burgle her father 's mansion . They ransack the house , beat up , smash one of his cars , and raid his wine collection . tells the burglary is revenge for his years of abuse . reveals to her plan to take away from his violent life . frees himself and uses a handgun to scare away the gang before they can take any of his property . However , begins to have doubts about his violent lifestyle . 
 criticizes 's handling of the robbery , and he abruptly dumps her . announces his intention to leave at the same time and gives his German grandmother 's address , where he will be staying . informs the police of the gang 's location and spends the night with . However , reveals his doubts about his violent lifestyle , having removed the racist patches from his flight jacket out of concern for his grandmother . 
 While is out , the police raid the warehouse and the youngest skinhead is shot in the head after pointing a deactivated gun at the police . The police arrest the rest of the gang . However , watches from a distance and flees . 
 Arriving at 's flat , finds his friend in bed with . accuses her of informing the police , but says they were together the whole time since leaving the squat . convinces to stick by him , and the trio go on the run . They rob a service station , before strangles the Asian attendant to death ; and , driving all night , they stop at a beach . The next morning on the beach , overhears a conversation wherein tries to convince to leave her behind . sets their car on fire and admits to phoning the police . attacks her , attempting to drown her in the surf . However , stabs in the neck with his Hitler Youth knife . After the fight , cradles a horrified , watched by a busload of Japanese tourists ; and gazes at the ocean as he bleeds to death .

Strictly Ballroom tells the story of an Australian ballroom dancer , ( ) , and his struggle to establish his personal style of dance on his way to win the Pan - Pacific Grand Prix Dancing Championship . 's steps are not strictly ballroom , and as such are denounced by Australian Federation head . comes from a family with a history of ballroom dancing and has been training since childhood . His mother teaches ballroom dancing , and his father meekly handles maintenance chores at the dance studio , while secretly spending hours in a back room watching old footage of dance competitions . 
 After losing a competition to a rival pair , because started dancing his own steps , his dancing partner ( ) leaves him to team up with , whose partner ( ) has broken both her legs in a car accident . With now partnerless and only 3 weeks until the Pan - Pacific Championships , and her co - instructor at the studio , , embark on a desperate hunt for a new partner for . Meanwhile , unbeknownst to both and , is approached by ( ) , a " beginner " dancer at the studio . The plain and slightly clumsy is initially rebuffed by , but eventually , intrigued by her willingness to dance " his way " , along with her feisty attitude , he agrees to audition her and the pair form a new , albeit secret , dance partnership . 
 The pairing faces its first challenge when , in an effort to pull into line and prevent him from threatening the Dancesport status quo , arranges for to become the new partner of the glamorous , an established Champion dancer in her own right whose partner is retiring . When and hear the news , they are overjoyed ; , happening upon them exclaiming over their happiness about 's new dance partner , misunderstands initially and believes they have discovered that she and have become partners . When she realises the truth , and neither contradicts it nor reveals the truth about their partnership , she leaves , devastated . chases after her and although she is hurt and upset with him , he entices her to dance with him , and her anger is forgotten . However , their dance is witnessed by several onlookers , among them and , who then do everything they can to persuade both and that the best way forward for all concerned is for to forget about and sign on as partner . 
 reluctantly accedes and returns home . argues with his mother , telling her he wo n't become 's partner . He follows home , where he is discovered and challenged by 's Spanish father , who is suspicious of 's reason for being with . In an attempt to prove that he and are dance partners and thinking he will impress her family , proposes that they dance a Paso Doble for the assembled company . They begin dancing , but soon stop when their performance is met with jeers and catcalls . 's father and grandmother then demonstrate how the Paso Doble should be danced , and offer to teach the youngsters , telling that he must feel the beat of the music in his heart . 
 Over the next week , and spend hours training and practising , supported by her family , and realises that his ugly duckling beginner dancer has transformed into a skilled and passionate partner , for whom he has strong feelings . However , rumours begin to swirl around the Dancesport community that there are new dance steps about to be revealed / sanctioned . Chairman , suspecting that is in some way responsible , decides that desperate measures are called for and stages a heart to heart with him , telling him that 's own father fell into the same trap as he , , is about to , that of turning away from established ballroom traditions to dance in his own style . says that dancing 's own way cost 's parents their dream , a win of their own at the Pan Pacifics , and that it will break his father 's heart if makes the same mistake . Coincidentally 's old partner has now been dumped by , and is keen to re - pair with for the Pan Pacifics . 
 Swayed by 's story and not wanting to cause his parents further heartache , abandons , and returns to . The first round of the competition goes well for the pair , with sticking to traditional ballroom steps , and being congratulated by all . has entered the " Beginner " competition , dancing with another beginner girl . After her dance , and run into one another , and she angrily accuses him of caving into pressure and betraying her and all they worked towards , then leaves with her family . 's father corners him and confronts him , forcing him to listen to his own version of the events leading to and not winning the Pan Pacifics so many years previously . The truth is that they never competed because persuaded that to compete with would be too risky and instead she should dance with ( subsequently losing anyway ) , abandoning in the process , much as has just abandoned . sees that he has been manipulated by , and runs after , persuading her once again to forgive him and compete with him as they had planned . 
 Meanwhile , in another part of the building , 's friend overhears telling old rival , now himself partnered by Tina Sparkle , that has rigged the competition for to win it , irrespective of how anybody else dances . The next round begins , having missed the final call to compete , and believes he has won , until and make their own dramatic entrance and begin dancing , immediately riveting the audience . tries to order them from the floor via the PA system , however disconnects the power to it . Desperate to stop and 's performance , then tries to turn off the music , but 's sister and her partner ( from the children 's division ) interfere until 's loyal companion disconnects the power to the sound system , stopping all dancing . then disqualifies and , but , unwilling to let beat and win again , begins clapping out a beat to enable and to continue dancing . He is joined , first by 's family , then by other members of the audience , as and begin dancing again , drawing cheers from the crowd and tears of joy from . Finally , having had a change of heart , turns on and and restores the music . and 's spirited dancing as well as their defiance of , brings down the house . asks to dance with him and the whole audience joins them on the floor . As the performance finishes , and kiss , the competition forgotten .

is a 35 - year - old man who has never set foot outside his mother 's dingy apartment in the back of a printing press in an industrial area of Adelaide . In addition to beating and sexually abusing him , she confines him to the apartment , telling him that the air outside is poisonous and telling him he will die if he tries to leave . eventually escapes , joins up with a rock band , and embarks on a journey of self - discovery and shocking mayhem .

plays , a long - sighted Australian outlaw in the American west , with his horse , Mate . After the rest of his gang is killed in a robbery - gone - wrong , survives only to read of the events in the newspaper that he was nothing next to others . Annoyed at not being recognised as an outlaw , attempts a robbery by himself , and ends up taking young mute ( ) as a hostage . He later discovers that , tired of never having been treated with respect due to his disability , wishes to join him . 
 attempts to teach how to fire a gun and rob banks , with his first attempt at " on - the - job " training ending with shooting himself in the foot . Across the course of the training , they pay occasional visits to saloons where shows the truth about adult life , including helping him to lose his virginity . However , the true nature of the saloon visits is for to make contact with showgirl ( ) , who , unbeknownst to , is madly in love with him . 
 When 's training is complete , the two learn of a bank which is said to be the hardest in the country to rob , the entire town armed and ready to protect it . sees this as the test he has been waiting for , and together they hatch a plan to rob it . Everything seems to be going smoothly and they are set to begin , until discovers that a rival gang of outlaws is also planning to rob the bank . He is prepared to give up when has a plan of his own . 
 silently tips off the townspeople , who quickly swarm the bank with the rival outlaws inside . The gang are arrested and the entire town celebrates , allowing and to slip unnoticed into the bank and swiftly strip it clean . Before leaving , jumps into the celebrations , ensuring that his grinning face is seen at the top of the town photo . By the time the true robbery is discovered , the two - and - are gone , with a bounty of thousands on their heads and all of America searching for them - the life that had always wanted .

( ) , who loves the music of ABBA , is the target of ridicule by the shallow and snobby girls she considers her friends for her awkwardness , fashion sense , and embarrassing antics . She also is a perpetual daydreamer who yearns for a glamorous wedding to a man who will help get her out of the dead - end seaside tourist town of Porpoise Spit , improve her personal life , and free her from her domineering father , ( ) , a corrupt politician who verbally lashes out at his subservient wife , , and their unambitious children at every opportunity . Meanwhile , 's " friends " plan a holiday to Hibiscus Island without her . 
 While out to dinner , and her family run into 's rumored mistress , , who has done well in a cosmetics pyramid scheme , and she recruits . The following day , writes a blank check for to cash into the scheme . Instead , uses the check to withdraw $ 12,000 from her parents ' bank account to follow her supposed friends to Hibiscus Island ; when they discover there , they angrily tell her to leave them alone . Later on the island , runs into ( ) , a fellow social outcast from her high school days who is more outgoing and adventurous . confronts and dresses down 's former social group , who also bullied her in high school . During the trip , lies to about being engaged . 
 At the end of her holiday , returns home and is confronted by over the missing money . immediately leaves the house and moves to Sydney , where she shares a flat with and changes her name to " . " She also gets a job at a video store and briefly dates an awkward but kind man , , whom she meets at the store . During one wild weekend night , suddenly falls down , apparently paralyzed . While waiting in the emergency room in Sydney , calls her family home and learns the Australian Federal Police are investigating her father for corruption . discovers she has a malignant tumor pressing on her spine and requires urgent surgery . then uses 's health crisis as the basis of a deception to obtain a free photo shoot from a bridal shop . During one of 's rehab sessions , promises that she will take care of and that they will never need to return to their hometown . However , later discovers that has tried on every wedding dress in Sydney and confronts her , forcing to confess the depth of her deceptions . 
 's cancer returns , necessitating more severe surgery and leaving her permanently paralyzed . Still desperate to get married , enters into a conspiracy to commit visa fraud , marrying South African swimmer so that he can stay in Australia and compete in the upcoming Olympics ; she is paid $ 5,000 by 's parents for her part in the scheme . At 's elaborate wedding , her former so - called friends serve as the bridesmaids ; had asked to be a bridesmaid but turned her down , instead relegated to being a guest . attends with . arrives late to the wedding , missing the actual ceremony ; does n't notice her at the back of the church and walks past . moves back to Porpoise Spit with her mother as she can no longer live in Sydney without any help , and moves in with . soon makes his contempt for known , and realizes their relationship will always be platonic . 
 Meanwhile , back in Porpoise Spit , a distraught accidentally shoplifts a pair of sandals from a supermarket . arranges with the police for the charges to disappear and takes home , where he announces his intention to divorce her and marry . sets the backyard on fire ( after constantly asking one of her sons to mow it ) , then commits suicide by taking sleeping pills . 
 Realising her constant marginalisation broke 's will to live , breaks down . comforts her , and they finally consummate their marriage . Her mother 's death has forced to take a hard look at her life , and the next morning , asks , who has decided that he likes having her around , for a divorce . She leaves and wishes him good luck in the Olympics . 
 asks to stay and help raise her siblings ; she refuses . She repays $ 5,000 ( the money she was paid for marrying ) of the $ 12,000 she stole , saying that she will repay the rest when she gets a job back in Sydney . She also states that she will no longer put up with his rude and emotionally abusive treatment of her and her siblings . Although a little taken aback by her new , more assertive personality , he nonetheless respects her decision and gives her his blessing to move back to Sydney . 
 visits at her mother 's house , where 's former tormentors are also condescendingly visiting , and offers to take her back to Sydney . accepts and tells off the other girls once again . They take a taxi to the airport and happily ride off to a more promising future .

Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Bill Hunter, Nominated for Golden Globe.

, an Anglican priest newly arrived in Australia from the United Kingdom , is asked to visit the notorious artist , out of the church 's concern about a blasphemous painting of the crucifix that the artist plans to exhibit . 
 , the priest 's wife , accompanies him on the visit to the artist 's bucolic compound in the Blue Mountains , New South Wales . There , they meet 's wife , , two models , and the maid , all of whom pose for . , the half - blind " odd - job " man , also poses for . 
 Initially , and are both disturbed by the frank conversations about human sexuality in which the members of the bohemian group all participate . They are further startled by the amount of nudity they encounter , both in the studio and outside . As the story unfolds , both and find themselves observing the young women bathing naked in a nearby pool and instead of turning instantly away , each pauses to watch , betraying an underlying sensual interest in the lifestyle they outwardly deplore . 
 Joining the models to swim one morning , is shocked when they bathe naked ( she and the maid have come in swimming costumes ) . is further shocked when arrives on the scene and the naked women flirt with him , knowing that he can not see them . On a later occasion , observes the two models caressing the maid , and joins them in stroking her . She does n't realize that her husband , walking nearby , observes this and is disturbed by the scene 's sexual content . At another time , observes sunbathing naked , and flees when she realises he knows she is there . 
 is increasingly affected by the sensuality of her surroundings and the bohemian attitude towards sexuality . Her relationship with her husband includes intimacy and commitment , but lacks passion . 
 The surroundings and the lives of the models are siren calls that lead to fantasize with increasing intensity , and ( with encouragement from the models ) act on a few of her impulses . She suffers morning - after remorse about a late - night visit to Devlin . Influenced by supportive words from her husband , who had witnessed her earlier intimacy with the models , shares a passionate moment with her husband . 
 While is outraged to discover his wife 's naked likeness included in one of 's paintings of a group of naked women , merely observes that it is a good likeness , thus deflating her husband 's moral outrage and threats to sue . The next day and leave the bucolic compound . They travel back home on a train in a shared suite and , showing a changed attitude , caresses with her stocking covered foot .

( ) is a young Australian communist who goes to the Soviet Union as part of a work study program in the 1950s . There she catches the eye of Soviet dictator ( ) and the two sleep together just before dies . Returning to Australia , discovers she is pregnant and gives birth to 's love child , whom she names ( ) . Her son ( who does not know who his father is ) has a troubled upbringing , rebelling against both his mother 's left wing politics and Australian society in general . He spends time in jail where he learns about 's crimes from a fellow inmate . Upon release , he marries ( ) a police officer who had arrested him . She is the child of Ukrainian refugees who fled to Australia to escape 's purges . Pledging to go on the straight and narrow , rises to become the head of Australia 's police union and seizes more and more political power . learns of 's true parentage , but keeps this secret from out of love and a conviction that she can not truly know for certain . The secret eats at their relationship and resents the secrecy when it is revealed .

Judy Davis, Sam Neill, F. Murray Abraham, Richard Roxburgh, Rachel Griffiths, Geoffrey Rush

The story revolves around University of Melbourne film studies students and roommates ( ) and ( ) , each of whom is experiencing various upheavals . and have just moved into a trendy apartment but are in desperate need of a housemate . 's girlfriend ( ) is keen to move in , but fears commitment . 
 Obsessed with her favourite lecturer , becomes embroiled in a war of paperwork with the University administration as she attempts to pursue him to his new department . She is hampered in her efforts to transfer by her current supervisor Professor ( ) . To add to her woes she then breaks up with her girlfriend , . pursues another love interest , in part to get back at . 
 , a habitual perfectionist , is four years late with her thesis on ' Doris Day as Feminist Warrior ' . She is looking for the perfect man but ca n't find anyone who fits her strict criteria . Frustrated , she falls for the most unsuitable male possible ... ( ) , a classics student and part - time gigolo . However she is the object of desire of shy medical student , ( ) . 
 As the day ends and the party begins events begin to unscramble in unexpected ways . Omnia Vincit Amor ... Love Conquers All .

Frances O'Connor Alice Garner Radha Mitchell Matthew Dyktynski Matt Day

A man ( ) wanders through a heavy rainstorm finding his way into a restaurant . The restaurant 's employees try to determine if he needs help . Despite his manic mode of speech being difficult to understand , learns that his name is and that he is staying at a local hotel . She returns him to the hotel , and despite his attempts to engage her with his musical knowledge and ownership of various musical scores , she leaves . 
 As a child , ( played by ) is growing up in suburban Adelaide , South Australia and competing in a local music competition . has been taught to play by his father , ( played by ) , a man obsessed with winning who has no tolerance for failure or disobedience . is noticed by Mr. , a local pianist who , after an initial conflict with , takes over 's musical instruction . 
 As a teen , ( played by ) wins the state musical championship and is invited to study in America . Although plans are made to raise money to send and his family is initially supportive , eventually forbids to leave and abuses him , thinking leaving would destroy the family . Crushed , continues to study and befriends local novelist and co - founder of the Communist Party of Australia , ( ) . 's talent grows until he is offered a scholarship to the Royal College of Music in London . 's father again forbids him to go , but with the encouragement of , leaves . In London , studies under Dr. ( ) and enters a Concerto competition , choosing to play 's enormously demanding 3rd Concerto , a piece he had attempted to learn as a young child to make his father proud . As practices , he increasingly becomes manic in his behavior . wins the competition , but suffers a mental breakdown and is admitted to a psychiatric hospital , where he receives electric shock therapy . 
 recovers to the point where he is able to return to Australia , but is still rejected by his father . relapses and is readmitted to a mental institution as a young man . Years later , a volunteer at the institution recognizes and knows of his musical talent . She takes him home but discovers that he is difficult to control , unintentionally destructive , and needs more care than she can offer . She leaves him at the hotel from earlier in the film . has difficulty adjusting to life in broader society again , and often leaves the hotel to stimulate his interests . wanders to the nearby restaurant . 
 The next day returns to the restaurant , and the patrons are astounded by his ability to play the piano . One of the owners befriends and looks after him . In return plays at the restaurant . Through the owner is introduced to ( ) . and fall in love and marry . With 's help and support , is able to come to terms with his father 's death and to stage a well - received comeback concert , presaging his return to professional music .

Blackrock is an Australian beachside working - class suburb[a ] where surfing is popular among youths like ( ) . His first serious girlfriend is ( ) , who comes from a much wealthier part of the city . One day , ( ) , a surfer popular among the local youths , returns from an eleven - month trip . 's mother ( ) attempts to tell that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer , though insists on talking to her later as he is busy arranging a " welcome home " party for at the local surf club . 's father , a photographer who takes provocative images of women , forbids her from attending the party , though he allows her older brother ( ) to attend . 
 While driving to the party , sees ( ) , ( ) and two other girls , and gives them a ride . flirts with at the party and subsequently gets into a fight with . comes to 's defence , though breaks up the fight after has hit several times . comes to comfort and leaves the party to head to the beach alone . sees having consensual sex with on the beach . He then witnesses three of his male friends interrupting the couple and raping . calls out for help , though , who is visibly disturbed by what he is witnessing , does not intervene . and the other three boys , who never noticed was watching , flee the area . also runs away , leaving alone and distressed . Later that night , who has snuck out of home to attend the party , finds 's beaten corpse on the beach . 
 initially tells the police nothing of what he saw . He is torn between the need to tell the truth and the desire to protect his friends ; his anger leads to the breakdown of his relationships with both and . Despite 's silence , police arrest and the three other boys within a few days . decides to tell the police what he saw , as he believes and the other boys will be charged with 's murder ; however , on his way into the police station he is confronted by . confesses to that he killed , but claims it was an accident – that she hit her head on a rock when he attempted to have sex with her . He has already told police that he was with all night and asks to confirm his alibi in the name of mateship . , who still has not been able to tell that she has cancer due to his behaviour , goes in to have surgery . 
 tells the police that he was with ; when he tries to suggest 's death may have been an accident , the police show him the photos of 's battered body . aggressively confronts at the beach and confesses that 's death was not an accident . He had found her walking on the beach after the rape and she asked him to take her home . He agreed , but wanted to have sex with her first . She tried to fight him off and bit him in the process , which enraged him enough to beat her to death . 
 As finishes his confession , the police arrive and he realises that has turned him in . He attempts to escape but the police give chase and corner him on a cliff . Rather than go to jail , and ignoring 's screams of protest , he jumps to his death . In the weeks that follow , 's life collapses . Despite learning of 's illness , he moves out of her house , choosing instead to be homeless . returns home one day to collect his belongings ; after arguing with , he confesses that he witnessed 's rape and could have saved her life if he had intervened or helped her afterwards . Later that day , joins and in cleaning graffiti from 's grave .

In and out of jail since he was 16 , Melbourne standover man ( ) is serving a 16 - year sentence for kidnapping a supreme court judge to get his childhood friend , ( ) , out of the notorious H Division of maximum security Pentridge Prison . To become leader of the division , he ignites a power struggle which gains him more enemies than admirers . Eventually , even his gang turn their backs on him and stabs him several times in a failed assassination attempt . voluntarily has his ears cut off by a fellow inmate in order to be transferred out of the H Division ; this also gains him recognition in and out of the prison . 
 He is released in 1986 , revisiting enemies and friends whom he can not differentiate anymore . He reunites with his former girlfriend ( ) , but suspects that she is involved with one of his old victims , ( ) . He tracks down , shoots him and takes him to the hospital , unabashedly claiming that he has a " green light " courtesy of the Police " to exterminate scum " . When learns that he is now the target of a death - contract , he goes after his old friend , only to find him worn out and poverty stricken by drugs with a daughter and a junkie fiancée who is pregnant with another child . 
 He kills a criminal known as at a bar , but gets away with it by claiming it was self - defence . He eventually ends up back in prison where he writes a book about his experiences in the Melbourne underworld . The book becomes a best - seller and becomes a criminal legend . 
 The film ends with in his prison cell in 1992 , watching himself being interviewed on television . He is proud of the interview among those watching with him , but when they leave he goes quiet and the film ends with him sitting in his cell alone .

In 1942 , a young Scot , , travels by train to London to take a job in a surgery . On the train , enters the compartment where is seated . chats with , asking questions about her life and expressing interest that she is fluent in French . He gives his card with the date , time and address of a book launch party . Social life in London is in full swing , and 's friends convince her to attend the party . There meets handsome Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant . interrupts and by urging to meet some of his acquaintances at the party . asks to contact him when she leaves the party . 
 and enjoy a quick wartime romance . As they talk about the war and bravery , confides that she thinks wants her to try out for some secret organisation in connection with the war . tells her not to get involved because it is too dangerous . points out that nothing could be more dangerous than flying air force combat missions . tells that he will be away for the next few weeks flying missions over occupied France . 
 joins the SOE and is seconded to First Aid Nursing Yeomanry with the rank of Driver . She completes rigorous SOE training . learns that 's plane has gone down in France and that he is missing in action . signs up for SOE operations in France , motivated in part by her desire to find . 
 enters France by parachute with two men . She lands out of the drop zone because two young boys on the ground are playing with flashlights , which appear to signal the drop zone . The boys run away , half - thinking is an angel . 
 's first mission in France is a test run , to deliver radio vacuum tubes to a contact in occupied France . The meeting place is a café . 's contact hurriedly enters the café , and they exchange the coded greeting to identify one another . The contact explains that she believes that local police are following her . Police enter the café , question the contact , examine her papers and other belongings ( including the vacuum tubes ) , and finally " ask " the contact to follow them out . realizes that this encounter compromised her cover . 
 explains this incident to , her main contact in the French Resistance . reassigns her to act as friend and housekeeper to his father , , who lives in a large house in the country . has taken two French Jewish children , and , into his home to hide them after their parents were arrested . It is not clear whether recognizes the boys , but the boys recognize her — they were the boys who were playing with flashlights when landed by parachute . As time progresses , the film reveals that the parents were deported to a German concentration camp in Nazi - occupied Poland , and the government is cooperating with the Nazis in the steadily growing oppression of Jews in France . 
 participates in a Resistance mission : blowing up a train carrying Nazi tanks and armaments . The Nazis bring their own forces and tanks to the village to crush the Resistance in the area . 's SOE contact tells her that died after his airplane was shot down . grieves for . 
 A official arrives from Paris to work with the Germans and local villagers to ensure that their quota for deporting Jews is met . , the village schoolmaster , follows . learns that is hiding Jewish children . He threatens with reporting the boys to the Nazis unless she agrees to become his " friend " . She agrees and promises to meet the following night . 
 That night , 's Resistance group conducts a mission to guide paratroopers to a safe landing zone . Someone has informed German forces of the mission . German soldiers , armed with machine guns , surprise 's Resistance group and kill all of them except . 
 Believing betrayed them , confronts her the next day at his father 's house . Soon afterward , German soldiers , with and the Vichy official from Paris , arrive at 's house . They meet in 's dining room . The Vichy official asks for his papers , especially for documentation that he is not a Jew , and question him about his Jewish ancestry , about which apparently informed him . 
 takes aside , away from the dining room . tells that he must betray either his father or the boys to satisfy the Nazis ' quota of Jews to deport ; says he does not care whom chooses to betray . returns to the dining room . announces that his father has Jewish grandparents and acknowledges that this means himself is also of Jewish ancestry . understands made this disclosure to protect the boys . The Vichy official explains that does not qualify for deportation as a Jew because he is only ​1⁄8 Jewish . The German soldiers seize . 
 betrays the boys anyway . rushes to the boys ' hiding place to move them , but the Nazis arrive first and capture the boys . 
 enters 's apartment while is away . When returns to his apartment , shoots and kills him . 
 With his Resistance group destroyed and his father deported , decides to go to southern France , perhaps to escape to fight elsewhere . He begs to go with him . refuses , saying that she still has duties to fulfill in France . says that he does not even know 's real name . simply smiles . 
 Evading French police , rushed to 's house where she hurriedly types something and takes it to the railroad station where Jews are being loaded into cattle cars . People from the village run alongside the cars , searching for their loved ones . Hearing the boys and in one of the cattle cars , pushes the paper she typed between the boards of the car . Inside the car , takes the document and reads it aloud to the boys . It purports to be a letter from the boys ' parents , encouraging them to care for one another , to be careful , to survive , and reminding them of their parents ' love . ( Much earlier in the film , when is interviewed for a position in the SOE , she is asked , " Which is more important : love , hope , or duty ? " answers , " Hope . " 's fake letter gave the boys the gift of hope . ) 
 Although the screenplay suggests that 's father and the Jewish boys are doomed , 's novel states explicitly that they die in a concentration camp . 
 Some time later , leaves France and returns to London . 
 After the end of the war , , who in fact survived his airplane crash and has been in hiding , approaches . He wants to resume their romance . explains that things have changed . She says she grieved for , but she can not go back to their romantic relationship . 
 At the end of the film , returns to France and to at his country home ( formerly his father 's home ) . When they reunite , reminds that he still does not know her real name . " My name is , " she announces .

An unknown woman 's shoe is found in a lantana bush by , who is hiding from her neighbours in the bush after she saw , the husband of her neighbour , , throw something into the bushes . 
 , a police officer , and , have sex in a motel room . They part ways , and and his wife , , attend Latin dance classes that the recently separated is also taking . 
 does not enjoy the classes . He is seen savagely beating a drug dealer during a bust . He has emotional issues but refuses confront or admit to them . sees a therapist , , who has just published a book on her own daughter 's murder 18 months ago . She and her husband , , are barely on speaking terms ; he later refers to their marriage as held together by their grief . She feels threatened by another patient , , who is having an affair with a married man , which forces to confront her own issues in her marriage to . 
 Hoping to see again , purposely bumps into him outside the police station , and they have sex again despite 's reservations . Her next - door neighbour , , is upset that she is seeing someone because he is friends with her estranged husband , , who wants to return home . pairs up with in the next salsa class , which angers , who ends their arrangement , which upsets . She invites over for coffee at the behest of his wife , , with whom she is friendly and offers him money as they are struggling . now starts to dislike . 
 is coming home late one night and drives off the road . She is stranded and makes several calls to , who does not answer . Finally , she is seen approaching a car coming along the road but never makes it home . is the investigating detective on the case and looks into her office and notes . Surprised at seeing his wife 's name and file , he takes an audio recording of their sessions . 
 arrives home late , but is not asleep . He asks her about her therapy sessions with . They discuss their relationship , and he tells that he just ended an affair but that he still loves her . is very upset and feels betrayed . sleeps on the couch . In the morning , says that he will be lucky if she returns home that night . 
 goes to 's house to interrogate him as the main suspect in his wife 's disappearance . starts a discussion about love , marriage and affairs but lies to when asked if he ever had an affair . goes to 's house on police duty , as she has placed a call . 
 was up late one night and watched arrive home and throw something in the bushes across the road from her house . Later , she finds that it is a woman 's shoe . and arrive at 's and declare that the shoe is 's . 
 The police take to the station , and he leaves his children with . Police call to leave her work as a nurse , to come in for questioning . Neither nor knows that made the police call . Although does not like , she calls her to thank her for minding their children . The police interrogate , but he refuses to answer questions about , repeatedly asking to see . After seeing his wife , calms down and talks with and . 
 had car trouble and was driving past . He agreed to give her a lift to her home but she panicked when he took a back road shortcut and so she jumped out of his truck . had run off , leaving behind her shoe . goes to 's house to get her children , where she tells her that is innocent of 's disappearance . asks how she knows that , and simply replies that he told her . asks if she can spend more time with the kids , but forbids it after seeing how went over into her house and tidied it . , , , and go to the place that jumped out of the truck . They find her body , as she had accidentally fallen down a ravine . listens to the rest of the therapy tape , where his wife says that she still loved him and he bursts into tears . 
 returns home and sees his wife outside . salsa dances alone , drinking and smoking , and her husband , , leaves her . is pained to see his lover happily spending time with his wife and kids . and are seen happily spending time with their kids . The movie ends with and dancing together seductively . , who at the beginning of the film finds dancing with his wife difficult , now appears to be doing well . He looks directly in her eyes and dances , just as she always wanted . struggles to initially return 's gaze but does so just before the movie ends .

Garage Days is the story of a young Sydney garage band desperately trying to make it big in the competitive world of rock'n'roll .

Kick Gurry, Maya Stange, Pia Miranda, Russell Dykstra, Chris Sadrinna, Andy Anderson (actor), Marton Csokas, Tiriel Mora, Holly Brisley

Set in 1931 , two sisters , 14 - year - old and 8 - year - old , and their 10 - year - old cousin live in the Western Australian town of Jigalong . The town lies along the northern part of one of the fences making up Australia 's rabbit - proof fence ( called Number One Fence ) , which runs for over one thousand miles . 
 Over a thousand miles away , the official Protector of Western Australian Aborigines , ( called Mr. Devil by them ) , signs an order to relocate the three girls to his re - education camp . The children are referred to by as " half - castes " , because they have one white and one Aboriginal parent . 's reasoning is portrayed as : the Aboriginal people of Australia are a danger to themselves , and the " half - castes " must be bred out of existence . He plans to place the girls in a camp where they , along with all half - castes of that age range , both boys and girls , will grow up . They will then presumably become labourers and servants to white families , regarded as a " good " situation for them in life . Eventually if they marry , it will be to white people and thus the Aboriginal " blood " will diminish . As such , the three girls are forcibly taken from their families at Jigalong by a local constable , , and sent to the camp at the Moore River Native Settlement , in the south west , about 90   km ( 55 miles ) north of Perth . 
 During their time at the camp , notices a rain cloud in the sky and infers that if she , and were to escape and go back to Jigalong on foot , the rain will cover their tracks , making them difficult to follow . and decide to go along with and the three girls sneak off without being noticed and run away . On the same day , however , their absence is noted , and Aboriginal tracker , , is called in to find them . However , the girls are well trained in disguising their tracks . They evade Moodoo several times , receiving aid from strangers in the harsh Australian country they travel . They eventually find the rabbit - proof fence , knowing they can follow it north to Jigalong . soon figures out their strategy and sends and after them . Although he is an experienced tracker , is unable to find them . 
 spreads word that 's mother is waiting for her in the town of Wiluna . The information finds its way to an Aboriginal traveller who " helps " the girls . He tells about her mother and says they can get to Wiluna by train , causing her to leave the other two girls in an attempt to catch a train to Wiluna . and soon walk after her and find her at a train station . They are not reunited , however , as appears and is recaptured . The betrayal is revealed by , who tells the man he will receive a shilling for his help . Knowing they are powerless to aid her , and continue their journey . In the end , after a nine - week journey through the harsh Australian outback , having walked the 2,400   km ( 1,500 miles ) route along the fence , the two sisters return home and go into hiding in the desert with their mother and grandmother . Meanwhile , realizes he can no longer afford the search for and and decides to suspend the pursuit . 
 The film 's epilogue shows recent footage of and Daisy . explains that has died and she never returned to Jigalong . also tells us of her own two daughters ; she and they were taken from Jigalong back to Moore river . She managed to escape with one daughter , , and once again , she walked the length of the fence back home . However , when was 3 years old , she was taken away once more , and never saw her again . In closing , says that she and " ... are never going back to that place " .

( ) works as a concrete maker driver and construction worker who lives in a big Australian city with his girlfriend but is unhappy with his life . yearns for the simple life while girlfriend ( ) fantasizes about bright lights and fast times . While plans for their annual camping trip , tells him she has to work , so the trip is off . In reality , is using her work connections at a local real estate agency to set up a meeting with a handsome local sports reporter , ( ) . sees them together while he 's shopping for a weekend barbecue , leaving him even more disenchanted with their relationship . 
 During the barbecue in his backyard , , being an inventive character , ties a bunch of helium - filled balloons to his deckchair as his friends hold him down . When they inadvertently let go , is set on an airborne adventure across Australia , which causes him to become a national sensation . As he floats over idyllically beautiful rural landscapes , totally foreign to the concrete structures of his discontent , he appears on the verge of some enlightenment . After he 's beaten up in a rugged ride through a thunderstorm , fireworks from a small town 's macadamia festival burst his balloons . lands in a tree in 's front yard as the remnants of his chair float away . 
 ( ) , who was watching the fireworks from her front porch , sees fall into the tree but does n't see the deckchair . As firemen and townsfolk arrive to find out if the fireball caused any damage , they see helping a disheveled . tells them that is an old professor from college days and takes him into her house , which belonged to her parents . As he recovers from the harrowing end to his journey , the lonely , fascinated by the strapping , does n't press him about his past . does n't help matters by offering only vague explanations about his origins and unorthodox arrival in the town of Clarence . 
 As explores the town , 's friends wonder about their past relationship , but they are quickly won over by 's whimsical ways . This was easy to accomplish as 's friends are just happy to see that the withdrawn , and sometimes depised , traffic officer is with someone special . Using his easy - going manner , persuades to dress - up and go with him to the harvest ball . She gives him some nice clothes ( formerly her father 's ) to wear to the ball . After looks in the mirror , he shaves his beard and trims his hair . At the ball and around town , 's mysterious past , detached demeanour and off - the - wall ideas make him an instant hit with the townsfolk . His ideas that were considered hair - brained in the big city seem fresh in the small town of Clarence , and he is hired to become the manager of an aspiring politician 's campaign . As they spend time together at 's house , finds her father 's old motorcycle , which for sentimental reasons keeps in the shed . After she shows pictures of her parents on the motorcycle exploring the country , fixes up the old motorcycle when is at work . 
 All the while , the big city media ca n't get enough coverage of 's disappearance , constantly broadcasting interviews of his friends , family and co - workers . takes up with the sports reporter ( ) , who sees covering 's story and 's suffering as a way to the top . 
 Back in Clarence , is forging a deep connection with . But their budding relationship is not viewed by everyone in town as all peaches - and - cream . Their flirtations arouse jealousy and suspicion in 's male co - worker , the town 's police supervisor , who busts them for speeding when they take 's motorcycle out for a ride . But nothing fazes as he continues to immerse himself in his ideal world . He even goes so far as to give a stirring speech at a political rally , and he is asked by some of the townsfolk to run for office . 
 All caught up in the dizzying events surrounding the political rally , and spend the night together . He wakes reveling in his new soul - mate , gets dressed in a haze of happiness and steps outside onto 's porch to greet the dawn of his perfect new life . However , local kids have found and reported the deck chair causing 's past to come crashing down upon him in a torrent of media frenzy . 
 As a shocked emerges from her house to see what all the noise is about , she spots running down the street with a crowd in hot pursuit . Just then , and drop down in a news helicopter and land in the street in front of 's yard , stopping dead in his tracks . reclaims amidst an explosion of camera flashes to take him back to the big city , where she can bask in his new - found fame . As his half - truths become uncovered in the stark light of media exposure , rails against as he 's whisked away . 
 Although she is angry at being deceived by , his departure brings to the stark realization that she has been deceiving herself as well . She finally admits to herself that her life is at a dead end and she decides it 's time for a change . 
 Meanwhile , unhappily plugged back into his old job and with trying to capitalize on his fame , the deep changes within that happened in Clarence make city life all the more unbearable . confronts , tells her it 's over and uses the connections his media storm have forged to get on a military plane to win back . 
 Back in Clarence , has finished packing up her motorcycle and is saying goodbye to her friends . Just then , parachutes out of the plane over Clarence and crash - lands in the tree in front of 's house as she 's starting to leave on her motorcycle . 
 At first , appears excited to see ; but immediately she starts yelling that he ca n't just drop in and everything will be all right . resolutely drives off before can convince her how much he needs her and his new life in the town of Clarence . Dragging his parachute , runs after her , shouting that he 'll do whatever it takes to get back together . As she drives away , 's parachute cord gets caught on the back of the motorcycle and he is lifted into the air . As glances into her mirror for one last look at her old life , she notices flying behind her and stops the bike . As he comes down , and get entangled in the parachute , wordlessly embrace and kiss . 
 As the movie ends , and , in their bathrobes , symbolically float upward in deck chairs as they talk about their future plans .

( played by ) is a director in a company that designs geological software in Perth , Western Australia . Her business partner manipulates her into agreeing to act as a guide for a Japanese businessman visiting mines in the Pilbara desert , in hopes that he will purchase the software . When (   ( ja ) ) arrives , he treats like a chauffeur , and he seems more intent on self - discovery in the wilderness than on buying computer software . At first , is angered by his reserved , demanding demeanor . On their first journey into the desert , , feeling insecure , talks more on his phone with friends in Japan than he does to . He also insists that she drive farther than planned . The terrain proves too much for the pair 's vehicle , which becomes bogged down in the sand . After a series of desperate attempts to release the vehicle , including digging a dead man anchor , their winch burns out . Sandy wants to use 's phone to call people who can rescue them , but refuses . This forces them to spend the night stranded together . The next day , , conscious that his refusal had placed them in danger , wakes up much earlier than and builds a track of sticks over which they can drive out of the sand . The manoeuvre is successful . Now that they are on the road again , the ice breaks and a friendship starts between them that , in isolated surroundings uninterrupted by their work , grows quickly and honestly . Later , at a motel , they have sex . Only after does learn that has a wife and children in Japan . 
 On another journey to scenic spots , and share a quiet moment and kiss each other , eventually having sex again . Afterwards , runs into a swimming hole nearby . follows her , diving into the shallow water before she can warn him , and disappears . frantically calls for him and , after a moment , his lifeless body resurfaces . In shock at his sudden death , struggles to deal with the situation , dragging his body into their vehicle and carefully washing it before driving for hours to the nearest town . Back in Perth , can not comprehend the violent end to her journey . Reality intrudes in the form of 's grieving widow , , and tries to understand how 's life had ended before she had understood his place in hers .

In 1982 Brooklyn , a boy named is about to become the stepson of a mobster named . The mobster 's juvenile delinquent apprentice , , tries to drown but a boy named saves him and they become best friends . 
 Twenty years later , in 2002 , now runs his own beauty salon and still remains his best friend but 's henchmen take a majority of the profit leaving very little for improvements . After they botch the job of hiding some stolen goods , resulting in the discovery of 's warehouse and at least one of his men getting arrested , gives and one more chance . Under instructions from they have to deliver a package to Australia to a man named Mr. . also tells them that should they run into trouble they should call Mr. by the phone number he gives them . Unknown to and , tells his that he is " canceling their return trip . " 
 On the plane Louis opens the package , to find $ 50,000 in cash , against 's instructions to not open it under any circumstances . Upon landing in Australia , they rent a Land Cruiser and head to Mr. . On their way , they accidentally hit a kangaroo . Thinking it is dead , puts his " lucky jacket " on the kangaroo and with 's sunglasses to pose for photographs as a joke , as they think the kangaroo looks like one of 's henchmen , . The kangaroo then regains consciousness and hops away with one problem ; the $ 50,000 was in the jacket . and get into their car and try to grab the money from the jacket on the kangaroo , but the ensuing chase ends with the duo running into a field of termite mounds and crashing into a pile of rocks . 
 At a pub in Alice Springs , manages to call Mr. and tell him about their situation . Mr. thinks they stole his package and threatens telling him that they had better have it when he meets them . He plans to find them himself . Back in New York City , gets a call from Mr. saying that and have n't arrived yet . sends and some men to Australia to investigate . 
 Meanwhile , another attempt and chase to reclaim the money from the kangaroo strands and in the desert . They spend many hours wandering in the desert during which hallucinates they meet a woman , from the Outback Wildelife Foundation , called who previously met in Alice Springs . Thinking she is another mirage sexually harasses her and she knocks him out . While unconscious he has a crazy dream involving the kangaroo meeting him and talking to him , while and mock him in kangaroo forms . The following day they then track the kangaroo at the nearby Todd valley and try again to catch it , but botches their attempt . While waiting for the next opportunity to catch the kangaroo , begins developing feelings for . 
 The next day , Mr. and his henchmen arrive and capture the trio . and outsmart them , only to find has tracked them and is prepared to kill them . Just as he is about to , the kangaroo suddenly returns causing a distraction that allows , and to escape on camels . A final chase ensues , with , and chasing after the kangaroo while being pursued by and his goons . eventually manages to retrieve the money from the kangaroo but ends up nearly falling down a cliff and is saved by . After getting the money back they learn from that really sent them to Australia to pay for their own execution at the hands of Mr. . Out of nowhere police arrive and arrest , Mr. and their henchmen . and call each other true friends and reclaims ' lucky jacket from the kangaroo who hops away with his family . 
 One year later , and are married and sell their new shampoo , having used the $ 50,000 to start up a line of hair care products ( its sign features the kangaroo ) , while becomes 's advertising partner . and his men have been imprisoned for life as will failed at using his high - level connections to avoid going to prison . As for the kangaroo , ( called " Kangaroo Jack " ) , he is still happily hopping around the outback .

Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Estella Warren, Christopher Walken, Marton Csokas, Dyan Cannon, Michael Shannon, Bill Hunter, David Ngoombujarra, Damien Fotiou, Denise Roberts, Tony Nikolakopoulos

The film starts out with a young rescuing a young boy from drowning . It then pans to the Australian bush with talking about his father . He then awakens in the Australian outback and sees a white mare . He rides it into town , only to be arrested and subsequently imprisoned in 1871 , for supposedly stealing the horse , even though it had actually been stolen by , 's friend . 
 Two years later he is released and comes home to a warm welcome from his Catholic Irish family . The family are seemingly working to get ahead in life , by owning horses and farming . One night at a bar , a local Victoria Police Officer named , offers to buy 's sister a drink . After several attempts , insists she does n't want one . intervenes and hostilities ensue when fellow officers help . Getting back at , the Victoria Police Officers confiscate the ' horses . , his brother and their friends , , and steal back their horses . One evening later , arrives at the house , while is away , to visit , only to be told that she does n't want to see him . tells them they have warrants for them , for horse stealing . A fight ensues and returns to the police office , telling the others that shot him . 
 The police then arrest 's mother ( in 's absence ) . , , and become outlaws on the run . They later meet some Police in the Victorian bushlands and kill Constable and two other Officers in a shootout . For the following months the " Kelly Gang " avoids capture , living in the outback , often without food . The Colonial Government sends in Superintendent , who arrests many people including . , being told that they do n't want to harm his friend , but only want the , provides a location where the gang might be . learns of this and arrives one night armed with a loaded shotgun and kills for being an informant . 
 The next day the Kelly Gang take over the town of Glenrowan , taking seventy hostages at the Glenrowan Inn , but also winning the trust of the townspeople there . and the Police are set to capture the gang as their train is saved from derailment by an escaped hostage . The police then lay siege to the inn at dawn . The Kelly Gang , using plate metal body armour , emerge from the inn and begin shooting , but are forced inside again . is subsequently shot and dies inside the inn . Morning passes , and the police wonder where the outlaws are . then re - emerges from the inn but is shot in the arms and legs and falls . and , down to their last bullets and knowing all is lost , commit suicide . regains consciousness and even though gravely injured , continues to fire at the police . He finally is shot to the ground and taken down . is loaded onto a train , and asks if he may have the beloved green sash . The train then steams away . 
 It is noted that even with a petition of over 30,000 signatures for mercy , was sentenced to death for the murder of Constable and hanged at Old Melbourne Gaol on 11 November 1880 .

After losing her family farm to the bank , local beauty pageant winner ( ) , decides to leave the small town of Berkeley . A number of strange meteorites are seen falling nearby , turning the local inhabitants into zombies . and other survivors hide in the home of gun nut and alien abductee ( ) . has a large cache of guns and a basement fallout shelter , but he never had a chance to stock it with food or water . 
 The group ventures outside to scavenge , but encounter the zombies . shoots one in the head and discovers that such is the way to keep the creatures down . They abandon the house , going to the garage to get 's van . They try to flee , only to find a huge barrier surrounding the entire town , which blames on the aliens that had taken him . There is also a slightly acidic rain that falls at very regular intervals and the group is careful not to get wet . 
 Later , they are confronted by glowing , hooded figures . One by one , the group is either killed or pulled up into the clouds until only is left . The aliens stop her and she is sprayed with the rain - like chemical , which turns out to be a cure for the infection . The Aliens are actually there to keep the zombie infection from spreading . The " abducted " are floating in suspended animation above the clouds to keep them safe . Their job done , the aliens leave , unaware that ( ) , presumed dead , managed to escape by plane and will spread the infection after they left . 
 The townspeople are rushed to the hospital to treat the injured . Unfortunately , transforms into a zombie , first infecting and then spreading the plague once again . 
 The film ends at 's farm where the survivors are staying . The final shot is of the farm with a fenced - in area nearby , containing the zombified residents of Berkeley . stands guard with a four barreled shotgun and a gas mask , waiting for the return of the aliens .

In Broome , Western Australia , 1999 , two British tourists , and , are backpacking across the country with , an Australian friend from Sydney . buys a dilapidated Ford XD Falcon for their road journey from Broome to Cairns , Queensland via the Great Northern Highway . The night before leaving , they get drunk at a wild pool party and camp out on the beach . 
 After stopping at Halls Creek for the night , the trio make another stop at Wolf Creek National Park , which contains a giant crater formed by a 50,000 - ton meteorite . Hours later , upon returning to their car , the group discovers that their watches have all suddenly stopped and that the car will not start . Unable to solve the problem , they prepare to sit out the night . After dark , a rural man named comes across them and offers to tow them to his camp to repair the car . Initially hesitant , the group allows to take them to his place , an abandoned mining site several hours south of Wolf Creek . regales them with tall stories of his past while making a show of fixing their car . His manner unsettles , although and are less concerned . While they sit around a fire , gives the tourists water which he describes as " rainwater from the top end " . The water eventually causes the tourists to fall unconscious . 
 awakens to find herself gagged and tied up in a shed . She manages to break free , but before she can escape from the mining site , she hears torturing in a garage , and witnesses him sexually assaulting her . sets the now - dismantled Falcon on fire to distract him , and goes to help while is busy trying to extinguish the blaze . When he returns , manages to shoot with his own rifle , the bullet hitting him in the neck and apparently killing him . The women attempt to flee the camp in 's truck . But before they can do so , stumbles out of the garage , revealing the gunshot was non - fatal and that he 's still alive . He proceeds to shoot at them with a double - barreled shotgun before giving chase in another car . The women evade by pushing his truck off a cliff and hiding behind a bush , before returning to the mining site to get another car . leaves the hysterical outside the gates , telling her to escape on foot if she does not return in five minutes . 
 enters another garage and discovers 's large stock of cars as well as an organised array of travellers ' possessions , including video cameras . She watches the playback on one of them and is horrified to see " helping " other travellers stranded at Wolf Creek in almost identical circumstances to her own . She then picks up another camera which turns out to be 's , and while viewing some of 's footage , notices 's truck in the background , indicating he 'd been following them long before they got to Wolf Creek . She gets into a car and attempts to start it , but appears in the back seat and stabs her through the driver 's seat with a bowie knife . crawls out of the car , and hacks 's fingers off in one swipe , then headbutts her into near unconsciousness . He then severs her spinal cord with the knife , paralyzing her and rendering her a " head on a stick " . He then proceeds to interrogate her as to 's whereabouts . 
 By dawn , a barefoot has reached a highway and is discovered by a passing motorist . He attempts to help , but is shot dead from a distance by , who has a sniper rifle . gives chase in a Holden HQ Statesman , prompting to take off in the dead man 's car . She succeeds in running off the road , but he gets out of the car and shoots out 's back tire , causing the car to roll . climbs out of the vehicle and attempts to crawl away , but is shot dead by . He bundles 's body into the back of his car , along with the body of the dead motorist , and torches the wrecked car before driving off . 
 awakens to find himself nailed to a mock crucifix in a mine shaft , with two aggressive , caged Rottweilers in front of him . He manages to extract himself from the crucifix and enters the camp in early daylight . escapes into the outback , but becomes dehydrated , and eventually passes out beside a dirt road . He is discovered by a Swedish couple who take him to Kalbarri , where he is airlifted to a hospital . 
 A series of title cards states that despite several major police searches , no trace of or has ever been found . Early investigations into the case were disorganised , hampered by confusion over the location of the crimes , a lack of physical evidence and the alleged unreliability of the only witness . After four months in police custody , was later cleared of all suspicion . He currently lives in South Australia . The film ends with the silhouette of walking into the sunset with his rifle in hand .

John Jarratt, Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, Nathan Phillips

In a cemetery the Weird Sisters , three school girl witches , are destroying and defacing headstones and statues , while close by Lady weeps beside a headstone marked " beloved son " and stands by . The three witches plan to meet with later , and leave the cemetery . 
 leads 's gang to a drug deal with and his men . In a gunfight between the gangs , all of 's gang are killed . While chasing two gunmen , and are led to the Cawdor Club . They seize the club and kill the owner . 
 hands the club over to , and and celebrate by drinking the club 's alcohol and taking pills found on a table . During this drug trip meets the three witches , who prophesy that he will soon be in 's position with control over the gang . He tells his wife this , though she doubts he has it in him to take over 's position . Later when she learns that will be dining and staying at their house , she plots with her husband to kill him . 
 Lady drugs 's bodyguards , and while they sleep takes their knives and kills , framing the guards . comes to Inverness and finds murdered in his bed . Before the bodyguards can profess their innocence shoots them . , 's son , immediately suspects as having something to do with his father 's death and flees . 
 After is hailed as the new leader by most of 's gang sends two murderers to kill and his son , . The murderers kill , but escapes . holds a celebratory dinner , and after learning that has been killed , sees a vision of 's ghost at the dining table . is becoming shaken by his desire for power . , and others suspect of killing and . 
 finds the three witches in his house that evening and , after drinking a foul potion and engaging in an orgiastic sexual encounter with them , asks the witches of his future . He is told to fear , but no man " of woman born shall kill you " . Later it is revealed that is not a natural birth , but a caesarean section , which is not " of woman born " . He is also shown a vision of being hailed as gang leader . These prophecies enrage , as does the witches ' quick disappearance , and he has the murderers go to 's home and brutally kill Lady and her son . 
 and go to tell who has gone to his uncle . convinces him that has gone much too far in his quest for power and must be stripped of his leader status . 
 Lady has become more insane , re - imagining the evening of 's killing and tries to wash off his blood from her hands . A doctor sedates her , and appears indifferent to her instability . He prepares for the impending attack from , and . Lady commits suicide in a bath tub by slashing her wrists , enraging . The two murderers , realising the unlikeliness of surviving the attack , swiftly flee Dunsinane leaving with only , his main bodyguard , and two others . The murderers run into and his associates at the edge of Burnham Wood and are shot . 
 leads his men to Dunsinane where they ambush the house and a gunfight ensues . is chased to the cellar where he faces off with and is stabbed in the stomach . He stumbles upstairs to his bedroom , where the body of Lady lies , and dies at her side . As leads , now the inherited gang leader , from the house 's " tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow " speech is heard .

This film is a coming of age picture for the four main characters , and how their lives change over one Christmas holiday . The film is set in late 1960s Australia . Four orphan boys from a Roman Catholic orphanage in the outback of Australia   –   , , and   –   were all born in the month of December , and for their birthday , they are sent on a holiday to the beach to stay with Mr. and Mrs. . While there , they meet , a man who claims to be the risk motorbike rider in the nearby carnival , and his wife , . , and instantly become closer to , but , eldest of the four , is still reluctant to talk to her . He instead finds more fun in spending time with an older teenage girl named , who had come to the beach to stay with her uncle . He often goes up to a place with strange rocks , and meets her there . 
 A few days later , the orphans peek through a window in ' house to see undressing , but , being the most religious of the four , throws a rock at the wall to make them go away . runs back to Mr. 's house and looks through the small opening of a door to see someone in the shower , only to find that it is the sickly Mrs. . They soon discover that she has breast cancer . 
 One night , overhears talking to his friends about the possibility of adopting one of the orphans . Excited about the opportunity to finally have parents , he keeps it to himself until he decides to reveal it to a priest who has driven to the beach for the orphans ' confessions . The other boys realise that he is taking too long , and once he is finished , they force it out of him with the threat of spitting on him while he is pinned to the ground . , and are eager to compete for the love of the seemingly perfect and , but is less than excited , even saying to , " What 's the big deal about parents , anyway ? " experiences his first kiss with , and soon loses his virginity to her in one of the caves of the Remarkable Rocks . 
 There , she tells him to promise that he will always remember her as his first . The next day , he goes up to the Remarkable Rocks , only to find is not there . Her uncle tells him that she 's left the beach to return to her father , and will not likely be back until next summer . Heartbroken , he goes to the carnival to find and talk to him , but discovers that he is not a motorbike rider there , and instead cleans up after the animals . Furious that he 'd lied all along , he finds a painting made by of him as the son of and , and destroys it . attacks him and hits him with the fragments of the frame he 'd put the painting in , and the bond between the four orphans is broken . 
 finds Maps in the cave of the Remarkable Rocks , and explains to him what had really happened . It is revealed to that was formerly a bike rider , and did all of the stunts with riding on the back of the bike . Then , there was an accident that kept in the hospital for nearly a year , making her unable to have children . That was the reason they had wanted to adopt one of the orphans . 
 returns to the beach and finds out from Spark and Spit that has gone into the water , and is drowning . goes after him despite the fact that he can not swim . Both he and nearly drown . Underwater , they open their eyes to see a vision of the Virgin Mary , possibly meaning that they are dying . Before they can reach out to it , the two boys are grabbed by and brought back to the shore . and reconcile with each other and the four are friends again . 
 The next day , the boys are called to ' and 's house for an announcement . There , they reveal the couple is going to adopt . He takes leave of his friends and he watches on the front porch with and as the other three orphans walk away and begin playing on some rocks down the beach . realises that they are his true family , and asks and if he can stay with them instead . They accept , and he returns home with the orphans . 
 Many decades later , , as an old man , drives to the same beach along with the ashes of , who had recently died while working as a priest in Africa helping refugees , and 's ring that she gave to on that holiday long ago . He meets up with and , and they toss the ashes and ring loose into the wind from the hill above the beach , remembering Maps and their time there , with a cheer to " The December Boys . "

While carrying out his research as a travel journalist , cynical American ( ) joins a group of tourists on a crocodile watching river cruise in Kakadu National Park of Australia 's Northern Territory , led by wildlife researcher ( ) . After a run - in with two locals , ( ) and ( ) , the cruise winds to a close and prepares to return the group to base . 
 ( ) spots a flare in the distance , and tells the group that they must investigate to determine whether someone needs rescuing . A few miles up river , they come across a half - sunken wreck when suddenly , something crashes into the tourists ' boat , creating a crack in the side . 's only choice is to run it ashore on a small island in the middle of the river . The group disembark and begin discussing what to do when is suddenly pulled into the water by an unseen predator and killed . comes to the conclusion that they are in the heart of a large crocodile 's territory and that it will be more aggressive than usual . The tourists realize that , by nightfall , the tide will start to rise and in a matter of hours , their small island will be submerged . 
 and arrive soon after and , as they near the island , an unseen force smashes their boat and sinks it . manages to swim to the island safely , but disappears . 
 As night falls , suggests that he swim to the riverbank in order to string a rope between two trees , creating a zip - line that will allow the group to cross the river . succeeds in setting up the rope and ( ) crosses first , only to freeze in fear halfway across . ( ) becomes impatient and aggressive and attempts to get himself and his daughter ( ) across with still on the line . While trying to secure the rope , is attacked by the croc and killed . The tree holding the rope breaks and the three on the line fall into the water . They manage to swim back to the island , but as crawls up the beach , the gigantic 23 - foot beast suddenly lunges out of the water , rips off his right arm , and throws him into the middle of the river , where he is dragged under and killed . 
 Later that night , suggests they can delay the beast with a hook and bait on one side of the island while everyone escapes off the other side . ( ) is skeptical of the idea , but ( ) agrees to try . Lacking bait , everyone suggests using 's dog , , but they decide to use two dead birds that and had shown them earlier . hooks the birds onto the boat 's anchor while secures the other end of the rope to a boulder and throws the bait out into the river . After a long wait , the anchor is suddenly grabbed and pulled and the group make a break for the far shore . assists 's mother , ( ) , who ca n't swim . tries to stop the boulder from being pulled over as swims across behind the group . The beast suddenly lets go of the hook and bait , seizes , and drags her underwater . hurriedly makes the swim across the river with in tow , and heads off into the bush to meet up with the others . 
 As day breaks , is crossing a stream when runs away . chases the dog into a cave and falls down a narrow chute into a larger cave , where he discovers 's mangled corpse . He realizes that the cave is the beast 's lair and , to his surprise , he finds alive , but badly injured and unconscious . He attempts to carry her out but has to hide when the beast returns and eats , then enters the cave and falls asleep . Trying to reach the entrance carrying , wakes the beast , and it makes several attempts to kill both him and as he retreats into the narrow confines of the cave . Finally , after a long fight in which he gets tossed around and is severely bitten on the hand , makes one desperate last stand . He braces a broken log against a large boulder with the sharp end pointing out towards the beast . The beast lunges at him , and successfully impales it through the head killing it . He escapes from the cave with to join the surviving tourists and waiting paramedics . 
 As the credits roll , the camera zooms in on a newspaper article detailing 's heroic battle with the beast and rescue of . The article also states that authorities believe the beast was being territorial ( having mistaken the boat 's motor as the sound of a rival crocodile ) , while others believe that the beast had acquired a taste for humans .

In 1939 , Lady travels from England to northern Australia to force her philandering husband to sell his faltering cattle station , Faraway Downs . Her husband sends an independent cattle drover , called " Drover " , to transport her to Faraway Downs . 
 Lady 's husband is murdered shortly before she arrives , and the authorities tell her that the killer is an Aboriginal elder , " King George " . Meanwhile , cattle station manager is trying to gain control of Faraway Downs , so that will have a complete cattle monopoly , giving him negotiating leverage with an Australian army officer , Captain , who wants to buy the cattle . 
 The childless Lady is captivated by the boy , who has an Aboriginal mother and a white father . tells her that he has seen her cattle being driven onto 's land — in other words , stolen from her . Because of this mistreats and threatens him and his mother , so Lady fires and decides to try to run the cattle station herself . When and his mother hide from the authorities in a water tower , his mother drowns . Lady comforts by singing the song " Over the Rainbow " from the film The Wizard of Oz . tells her that " King " is his grandfather , and that like the Wizard , he too is a " magic man " . 
 Lady persuades to take the cattle to for sale . is friendly with the Aborigines , and therefore shunned by many of the other whites in the territory . It is revealed that he was married to an Aboriginal woman , who died after being refused medical treatment in a hospital because of her race . Lady also reveals she is unable to have children . 
 leads a team of six other riders , including Lady , 's Aboriginal brother - in - law , , and the station 's accountant , to drive the 1,500 cattle to Darwin . They encounter various obstacles along the way , including a fire set by 's men that scares the cattle , resulting in the death of when the group tries to stop the cattle from stampeding over a cliff . Lady and fall in love , and she gains a new appreciation for the Australian territory . The team drive the cattle through the dangerous Never Never desert . Then , when at last delivering the cattle in Darwin , the group has to race them onto the ship before 's cattle are loaded . 
 Afterwards , Lady , , and live together happily at Faraway Downs for two years . Meanwhile , kills , marries his daughter , takes over 's cattle empire , and continues to menace Lady . It is established that was the actual murderer of Lady 's husband , and is also 's father . 
 is drawn to go on a walkabout ( a rite of passage ) with his grandfather " King " , but is instead taken by the authorities and sent to live on Mission Island ( a fictitious island , but inspired by Bathurst Island ) with the other half - Aboriginal children ( dubbed the " Stolen Generations " ) . Lady , who has come to regard as her adopted son , vows to rescue him . Meanwhile , she works as a radio operator in Darwin during the escalation of World War II . When the Japanese attack the island and Darwin in 1942 , Lady fears that has been killed . 
 , who had quarrelled with Lady and left , returns to Darwin and hears ( mistakenly ) that she has been killed in the bombing . learns of 's abduction to Mission Island , and goes with and a young priest to rescue him and the other children . was killed by Japanese soldiers during the rescue . Meanwhile , Lady is about to be evacuated , but when and the children sail back into port at Darwin , and plays " Over the Rainbow " on his harmonica , Lady hears the music and the three are reunited . 
 , distraught at the ruination of his plans and at the death of his wife killed during a Japanese air strike , attempts to shoot , but is speared by King and falls dead . Lady , , and return to the safety of remote Faraway Downs . There , King calls for , who returns to the Outback with his grandfather .

( ) and ( ) are lovers in a small Australian town living across the river from one another . However , both are already married ; to a loveless wife and to a domineering petty gangster ( ) . and plan to leave their respective spouses and run away together , although insists that they delay until he has enough money to ensure a new life together . As a foreman overseeing the construction of a new leisure resort for property developer ( ) , has been doing underhanded deals with construction worker ( ) for the hefty kick - backs which he hopes will eventually land him enough to run off with . 
 In the meantime , and are forced to conduct their affair in secret , occasionally made awkward by meeting each other at local events and by 's dog periodically escaping and instinctively running to 's house to meet his dog . One day , after returning home from work , sees wiping blood off his hands and stashing a duffel bag full of cash into their ceiling ; presumably the loot from an armed robbery conducted by 's gang . tells , insisting this to be the end of their financial troubles , and although he is initially hesitant she finally persuades him to steal the money . 
 devises a plan . He will need to burn the house down so thinks the money was simply destroyed rather than stolen , a job for which he hires the local arsonist , ( ) . will first steal the money from the hiding place and then will arrive and set a fire to make it look as though it was caused by faulty Christmas tree lights . 
 While the whole town is at the Christmas celebration , sneaks back to the house and takes the money from the duffel bag . However , on return she overhears phoning his mother and asking her to go to his house ( the one is planning to burn down ) and feed his dog . alerts who quickly tries to ring , but is only able to reach his sister ( ) . With his phone dying , tells to abort the plan but is unable to alert before he leaves . breaks in and sets the fire , unaware of 's mum sleeping on the lounge . Consequently , she dies in the ensuing blaze . 
 Thus things begin to take a downward slide for and . neglects to tell about 's call aborting the plan , causing to think he has been duped unwillingly into murdering an old lady . , devastated by his mother 's death , then discovers that the money had , in fact , been stolen , and begins to search ruthlessly for the culprits . And 's life is further complicated when someone starts sending him Christmas cards threatening to reveal " what you 're up to " unless a $ 10,000 blackmail is paid . What follows is a quickening spiral of murder , suspicion , violence and deceit with shocking consequences for the two lovers and everyone around them . Every time someone discovers something about , they end up dead in some accident caused by trying to stop them . The blackmailer is discovered to be and his wife ( who have been scamming people by providing kick - backs and then blackmailing them ) . goes to 's house so they can run off together only to find . demands the rest of his money and gives him the bag full of money she and were going to run away with . As forces and on their knees , walks in and pulls a gun on . In the fire exchange is killed and as tries to take the gun from , is shot in the head . leaves as weeps over 's body . walks off down the road in shock from the events .

In 1818 Hampstead , the fashionable ( ) is introduced to poet ( ) through the family . The occupy one half of a double house , with ( ) occupying the other half . is ' friend , roommate , and associate in writing . 
 's flirtatious personality contrasts with ' notably more aloof nature . She begins to pursue him after her siblings and obtain his book of poetry " Endymion " . Her efforts to interact with the poet are fruitless until he witnesses her grief for the loss of his brother . begins to open up to her advances while spending Christmas with the family . He begins giving her poetry lessons , and it becomes apparent that their attraction is mutual . is nevertheless troubled by his reluctance to pursue her , for which her mother ( ) surmises , " Mr. knows he can not like you , he has no living and no income . " 
 It is only after receives a valentine from that passionately confronts them and asks if they are lovers . sent the valentine in jest , but he warns that is a mere flirt playing a game . is hurt by 's accusations and by ' lack of faith in her ; she ends their lessons and leaves . The move to Westminster in the spring , leaving the family their half of the house and six months rent . and then resume their interaction and fall deeply in love . The relationship comes to an abrupt end when departs with for his summer rental , where may earn some money . is heartbroken , though she is comforted by ' love letters . When the men return in the autumn , 's mother voices her concern that 's attachment to the poet will hinder her from being courted . and secretly become engaged . 
 contracts tuberculosis the following winter . He spends several weeks recovering until spring . His friends collect funds so that he may spend the next winter in Italy , where the climate is warmer . After impregnates a maid and is unable to accompany him , manages to find residence in London for the summer , and is later taken in by the family following an attack of his illness . When his book sells with moderate success , 's mother gives him her blessing to marry once he returns from Italy . The night before he leaves , he and say their tearful goodbyes in privacy . dies in Italy the following February of complications from his illness , just as his brother did earlier in the film . 
 In the last moments of the film , cuts her hair in an act of mourning , dons black attire , and walks the snowy paths that had walked many times . It is there that she recites the love sonnet that he had written for her called " Bright Star " as she grieves the death of her lover .

An international architecture student at University of Western Australia and martial arts champ , finds work as a house sitter for the wealthy owners of a luxury home in Perth . His new job causes friction with his girlfriend , who he was supposed to live with . The house and wealth it exudes open up a realm of opportunities for , and he is seduced by the mysterious and attractive . Subsequently , his relationship with falls apart , and he struggles to regain momentum in a martial arts championship . His academic life is threatened when his final university assignment disappears . When he speaks to the owner of the house , he mentions meeting the niece but is told that 's impossible as she is away , and the name " " gets a furious reaction . He asks a neighbour to shed some light on the conversation and it is revealed that a junkie died after getting into the house and falling down the stairs . He recognises in the news photo . When she returns he acknowledges that she is a ghost ; she turns monstrous and tries to persuade him to kill himself . His friends and girlfriend come to check on him but are too late to save him from falling down the stairs to his death , just like .

In 1976 , eight - year - old ( ) lives a lonely life in Mount Waverley , Australia . At school , she is teased by her classmates because of an unfortunate birthmark on her forehead ; while at home , her distant father , , and alcoholic , kleptomaniac mother , , provide little support . Her only comforts are her pet rooster , Ethel ; her favourite food , sweetened condensed milk ; and a - like cartoon show called The Noblets . One day , while at the post office with her mother , spots a New York City telephone book and , becoming curious about Americans , decides to write to one . She randomly chooses name from the phone book and writes him a letter telling him about herself , sending it off in the hope that he will become her pen friend . And it turns out well and finds her perfect match . 
 ( ) is a morbidly obese 44 - year - old Jewish atheist who has trouble forming close bonds with other people , due to various mental and social problems . Though 's letter initially gives him an anxiety attack , he decides to write back to her , and the two quickly become friends ( partly due to their shared love of chocolate and The Noblets ) . Due to 's disapproval of , tells him to send his letters to her agoraphobic neighbour , , whose mail she collects regularly . When later asks Max about love , he suffers a severe anxiety attack and is institutionalized for eight months . After his release , he is hesitant to write to again for some time . On his 48th birthday , he wins the New York lottery , using his winnings to buy a lifetime supply of chocolate and an entire collection of Noblet figurines . He gives the rest of his money to his elderly neighbour , who uses most of it to pamper herself before dying in an accident with a malfunctioning jet pack . Meanwhile , becomes despondent , thinking has abandoned her . 
 On the advice of his therapist , finally writes back to and explains he has been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome . is thrilled to hear from him again , and the two continue their correspondence for the next several years . When retires from his job at a tea bag factory , he takes up metal detecting , but is soon swept away ( and presumably killed ) by a big tidal bore while on a beach . ( ) goes to university and has her birthmark surgically removed , and develops a crush on her Greek Australian neighbour , ( ) . Drunk and guilt - ridden over her husband 's death , accidentally kills herself after she drinks embalming fluid ( which she mistook for cooking sherry ) . and grow closer following 's death and are later married . 
 Inspired by her friendship with , studies psychology at university , writing her doctoral dissertation on Asperger syndrome with Max as her test subject . She plans to have her dissertation published as a book ; but when receives a copy from her , he is infuriated that she has taken advantage of his condition , which he sees as an integral part of his personality and not a disability that needs to be cured . He breaks off communication with ( by removing the letter " M " from his typewriter ) , who , heartbroken , has the entire run of her book pulped , effectively ending her budding career . She sinks into depression and begins drinking cooking sherry , as her mother had done . While searching through a cabinet , she finds a can of condensed milk , and sends it to as an apology . She checks the post daily for a response and one day finds a note from , informing her that he has left her for his own pen friend , , a sheep farmer in New Zealand . 
 Meanwhile , after an incident in which he nearly chokes a homeless man ( ) in anger , after throwing a used cigarette , realizes is an imperfect human being , like himself , and sends her a package containing his figurine collection as a sign of forgiveness . , however , has sunken into despair after 's departure , and fails to find the package on her doorstep for several days . Finding some Valium that had belonged to her mother , and unaware that she is pregnant with 's child , decides to commit suicide . As she takes the Valium and is on the verge of hanging herself , Len knocks on her door , having conquered his agoraphobia to alert her of 's package . Inside , she finds the figurines and a letter from , in which he tells her of his realization that they are not perfect and expresses his forgiveness . He also states how much their friendship means to him , and that he hopes their paths will cross one day . 
 One year later , travels to New York with her infant child to finally visit . Entering his apartment , discovers on his couch , gazing upward with a smile on his face , having died earlier that morning . Looking around the apartment , is awestruck to find all the letters she had sent to over the years , laminated and taped to the ceiling . Realizing had been gazing at the letters when he died , and seeing how much he had valued their friendship , cries tears of joy and joins him on the couch .

Toni Collette
Eric Bana
Barry Humphries
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Bethany Whitmore

( ) , a young police officer , relocates to the small town of Red Hill with his pregnant wife ( ) . On his first day on the job , he is shown hostility from Old ( ) , the head of the police force , for being unable to find his gun and getting shot on duty when he could n't bring himself to fire his weapon on an armed boy . 
 Shortly afterwards , the police learn that ( ) , a convicted murderer who was arrested by Old for killing his wife , has escaped from prison . Knowing that will return to town to seek revenge , Old orders his officers and a group of civilians to arm themselves and shoot on sight . 
 Old 's men prove to be no match for , who remorselessly kills officers and armed civilians . The convict encounters but lets him live . When finds Old , he confronts over the fact that spared his life and learns that has refused to call for backup from a nearby town . draws his gun on , but again finds himself unable to fire it and is subsequently knocked out and handcuffed to a table . 
 escapes and uses a satellite phone at 's farm to contact the nearby police for backup . During the call discovers ( ) on the verge of hanging himself ; when talks to him , the farmer reveals that is innocent of the murder of his wife . The murder was the work of Old and his men , who set fire to 's house after raping and killing his wife , revenge for 's interference in a proposed railroad extension that would have gone through Red Hill . informs that he has a written document of what really happened , before committing suicide . Now knowing the real reason why returned to Red Hill , returns home to get his gun , which found while he was on duty . 
 Near the outskirts of town , Old sets stacks of hay on fire to attract 's attention . arrives and kills 's last remaining deputies , but is stopped from finishing off when two of 's friends arrive and hold him at gunpoint . also arrives and saves by shooting 's friends after informing that he knows the truth . 
 The police backup arrives and confront as he prepares to get his revenge on Old . Despite 's efforts to get him to drop his gun , kills Old and is promptly shot by the police . Before dying , the seemingly mute tells that his wife was pregnant with his son .

In Eagles Nest , Western Australia , a wealthy motel proprietor believes his wife to be having an affair . After a violent argument , hires , a private investigator and contract killer . When returns with video proof is having sex with , orders to kill her . makes an appointment with dentist to work on her tooth , which chipped when he hit her . tells about 's dentist appointment . Before she leaves , sneaks into 's office and robs his safe . 
 is amused to see and his receptionist wife drug , kidnap her , and eventually , after several mishaps , send her over a cliff in a flaming car . takes incriminating pictures of the acts . finds 's stolen money in 's bag and takes it before trying to kill her . Unknown to all involved , wakes up in time to escape the car before it crashes and explodes . Satisfied that is dead , returns to for payment , not telling him that the hit was carried out by other people . When finds his safe empty , he immediately suspects and . He reassures he has more money in the bank , and says he will return the next day . 
 Meanwhile , and initiate their insurance fraud scheme by exchanging 's dental records with 's , hoping to fool people into believing that died in the fiery car crash . , a corrupt cop , immediately recognizes the fraud , and while impressed that is able to murder to his own wife , demands half the payout to stay quiet . At the same time , anonymously blackmails with pictures of 's kidnapping and assumed death . pushes to pay the blackmailer and be done with it , and he reluctantly sets up a meeting . 
 confronts and kills . leaves to meet . Because he is the only one who can collect the insurance money , believes himself safe from harm . When is uncooperative , surprises by shooting him . As he dies , reveals the location of the money stole from , which he recovered during 's kidnapping . returns to collect his money from , only to find dead . At the same time , stumbles upon at the crime scene . kills . sneaks into 's house , but , instead of killing her , reveals they are working together . 
 is upset that has killed , as she can no longer collect the insurance money on her own faked death . says he will not split the remaining money with her and leaves , though he tells her that she will now inherit 's hotel business , as he was her brother . When arrives , both and claim the other murdered . shoots at , but deflects his aim so that the bullet strikes and kills . As prepares to kill , sneaks up behind him and knocks him off the deck . and leave with the money as weakly answers his phone to assure a client that he will make an appointment .

The film begins in medias res as a time travelling agent is trying to disarm a bomb that explodes and burns his face . Someone approaches and helps him to grasp his time travelling device , which then transports him to a hospital in the future . While the agent is recovering from facial reconstruction , it is revealed that he has been trying to prevent the attack of the so - called " Fizzle Bomber " on New York in 1975 . After his recovery , he receives his last assignment . 
 The agent moves to 1970 New York . As a bartender , he starts a conversation with one of the customers . The customer , , writes true confession articles under the pen name " The Unmarried Mother . " This pseudonym is explained by his own life story , which he tells the bartender . Born female , the customer grew up as " " in an orphanage . She excelled in her studies but had difficulty fitting in . decided any children she had would be raised in a proper family , and thus avoided relationships . As an adult she applied for a program called " Space Corp , " which promised women the chance to go to space while providing astronauts with intimate R&R , but she was later disqualified because of a medical condition which had never before been revealed to her , but which greatly interested a man named . later bumped into a man who said he was waiting for someone . The two eventually fell in love with each other , but one day , the man disappeared . In time , approached , revealing that Space Corp was really a part of the Temporal Agency , and this agency now wanted to recruit her . They broke off contact when it was discovered that was pregnant with her ex - lover 's baby . While performing a Caesarean section , doctors discovered was intersex , with internalized male sex organs , as well as female sex organs . Complications during the birth forced them to remove her female sex organs , and as a result , she had to undergo a gender reassignment and begin living as a man . Furthermore , the baby was stolen by a mysterious man . Ever since , has been living a bitter life , writing fiction as " The Unmarried Mother . " 
 The agent offers to take back in time to the day that met the man who would later become her lover and leave her , so can take revenge and kill the man for ruining his ( 's ) life . In return , will take over the agent 's job for whatever duration he wishes . The agent reveals his time - travel device , and the two jump to that day in 1963 . intends to kill his past lover prior to the moment when the lover first meets . While waiting , encounters , and as they begin talking , realizes that he is the man who later becomes 's lover . The baby born from this " self - fertilization " is stolen by the agent , who uses the time machine to take the baby to the orphanage , 18 years earlier in 1945 . Therefore , , , and their baby are the same person , revealing a predestination paradox . 
 The agent goes to 1975 New York , where he helps the burned man from the beginning of the film . The agent returns to 1963 , a few months after he dropped off . He convinces that must leave behind , and he uses the machine to take them both to the Temporal Agency . now takes over the agent 's job , so the agent can retire in 1975 New York , close to the day of the Fizzle Bomber 's attack . Upon arrival , the agent 's time - travel device does not decommission itself as planned and can still be used . He has been ordered to check a launderette at the moment the Fizzle Bomber will be there . The Fizzle Bomber turns out to be the agent 's own future self , now suffering from psychosis as a result of excessive time travel . The Fizzle Bomber insists that his actions have saved and will save more lives than the lives lost , and that they ultimately lead to the reinforcement of the Temporal Agency . He tries to convince the agent that the only way to end the cycle is for the agent to spare the bomber 's life , unlike the Fizzle Bomber did in his past as the agent . The agent denies he will ever become the Fizzle Bomber and kills his future self . 
 The film finally reveals that in 1975 , is the man who travelled to New York and was burned while disarming a bomb . His subsequent facial reconstruction significantly changes his appearance , and it is now clear that , , the agent , and are the same person . This agent 's creation was orchestrated by to create an agent who has no ties to time . This " perfect " temporal agent was responsible for both his own conception and death ; he has driven the predestination paradox to its limit .

A 19 - year - old youth , ( ) is sent to an Australian correctional facility for six months as punishment for a minor crime . During his first few days at the prison , he finds his cellmate is being sexually abused by another group of prisoners led by a man named . also comes across the charismatic ( ) , Australia 's public enemy # 1 and a notorious armed robber . is playing a game of correspondence chess when a passing points out an unseen checkmate against , demonstrates the move , and is dismissed . Later , finds his cellmate sharpening a shiv with the intention of defending himself against . When and his gang move to attack the cellmate , prevents the attack by initiating a fight . scolds for meddling in other people 's affairs , and soon after , 's cellmate is once again sexually assaulted . His cellmate attempts to commit suicide and he is hospitalized , causing to focus his sexual attacks on JR . When and his gang try to rape , and his men , ( ) and ( ) , rescue and kill . In exchange for 's protection during 's sentence , agrees to perform tasks for once he gets out of prison . 
 Upon release six months later , meets crime lord ( ) , with whom is playing chess , and his nephew ( ) . is given an apartment to live in , as well as a briefcase of 's personal effects , including fake passports , clothes , and a pistol . Soon afterwards , a pretty young woman named ( ) arrives at the apartment to give some cash and a cellphone , which is used to receive instructions . Following instructions given , visits Private ( ) at his trailer and illegally purchases various assault weapons . Upon receiving instructions , hijacks a helicopter used for scenic tours , and instructs the pilot , at gunpoint , to fly to the prison is still being held at . , , and orchestrate an escape by taking one of the prison guards hostage until 's helicopter arrives to extract them . Upon landing , the four men leave the helicopter and pilot in a field and drive away in a getaway car . While the car is stopped at a convenience store and is buying food , the other three discover from a radio broadcast that was incarcerated for raping a Perth schoolgirl , which lied about to and . Soon afterwards , brutally beats and expels him from the crew . 
 The three head to 's estate , where he recruits and his men to execute a gold heist at Kalgoorlie , where the expected payout is in the millions . Afterwards , a party occurs at the estate , and spots , whom he follows to the poolside . Before long , decides to harass and pushes him into the pool . , unable to swim , is rescued by , and the two leave the party to eat at a Chinese restaurant . Here , reveals her previous relationship with , and how people who run from him are killed . 
 The next morning , warns to stay focused on the task at hand and not be distracted by . They then visit the quarry they plan to rob . tells that his role in the heist will be to access the room with the gold and ensure that no quarry employees press the panic button . then goes and recruits a rally racer named ( ) to be the getaway driver . Back at 's estate , the gang plan the heist , and a fight breaks out between and . The fight is broken up and tells to go calm down . heads to the bar where he sees , and scares away some men who are harassing her . Angry with his impulsiveness in scaring away the men , given that she does not have proper immigration papers , tells that he was being stupid , but when asks her to coffee , she asks him to meet her near his house . Later that night , sneaks out to meet and goes into the water after her , and the two have sex in the water . 
 The next day , the group goes ahead with the heist . The group infiltrates the quarry and inserts into the ventilation shaft above the gold room . When the time comes , successfully intimidates the gold room employees to not press the panic button , and lets the rest of the crew in . then takes two employees to pour the melted gold into bars , but he goes against the plan and asks to guard the employees while watches the gold pouring . This infuriates , who ends up shooting an employee in the leg . breaks 's nose with the stock of a shotgun , and returns to watching the gold being poured . Police arrive , and the crew walks into the open disguised as employees , but holding the real employees at gunpoint . Then , releases the hostages and opens fire on the police vehicles and personnel . arrives with the getaway vehicle , but on their way out , is shot through the abdomen and begins bleeding heavily . manages to incapacitate the two chasing police vehicles and escape , but dies at the end of the chase , instructing to give his cut of the heist to his wife . 
 betrays , , and , but the three escape safely . The three travel to Melbourne where plans to meet his fence . and sabotage the rendezvous , killing 's henchman and kidnapping in the process . After interrogating , they find the gold stashed in a storage unit . 
 and kill in his estate . Before and escape for good , offers him $ 350,000 to leave . Here it is revealed that when realized would discard him once he had acquired the gold , masterminded a plan to steal the gold with and take half . has no choice but to accept 's terms and wait . Before he receives the gold , however , a woman in a laundromat identifies him as the escaped convict , and is sent back to jail . Later sends a postcard detailing where the gold has been left for him , and a picture of a pregnant , hinting at an optimistic future .

Mechanic lives in the Australian outback with his wife and daughter . During a meteor shower , 's sister is attacked in her Bulla , Victoria studio by her model and her assistant , who have suddenly become zombies . She calls and warns him to get out of the city . He , , and don gas masks and fight their way to the family car . When and remove their gas masks they become infected and zombify , and is forced to kill them with a nailgun . He runs out of nails before he can kill himself . 
 , another survivor , finds and knocks him unconscious when attempts to kill himself with 's gun . asks to take him to 's studio , unaware that a paramilitary group has taken her captive in the back of a truck that serves as a mobile lab for mad scientist . While experiments on the zombies and , 's truck stops working . and continue on foot , and , another survivor , mistakenly kills . , who previously had to kill his infected brother , and team up and come upon a garage staffed by and his assistant . explains that all flammable liquids have become useless . However , the group accidentally discovers zombie breath and blood are flammable , and they devise a zombie - powered engine . During their escape , 's assistant becomes infected and is used as fuel . 
 , , and discover zombies stop breathing flammable gas at night , enabling them to run faster . As they hole up in the truck overnight , says he believes the zombies resulted from the meteor shower ; as told in the Bible , a star called Wyrmwood has fallen , making part of the world bitter . After waking up from a nightmare , catches a zombie on fire and accidentally sets the truck 's compressor alight . While putting out the fire , is bitten and asks to shoot him ; does . The next day , and encounter paramilitaries in an electric - powered truck . The two drivers , after revealing that those with an A negative blood type are not affected by the disease , offer to lead and to , who they claim is in custody nearby . Meanwhile , learns she can now telepathically control zombies as a result of the experiments . With the help of several zombies , she kills , escapes the truck , and joins and . 
 's truck stalls after the soldiers accidentally kill the zombie powering it . While taking a pit stop for to fetch them a zombie , is shot in the stomach . When they later pull over to take care of , the soldiers catch up and subdue them . The soldiers reveal their plan is to decapitate and take her head to their commanding officer . plans to kill them all in an explosion , but instead sacrifices himself to turn into a zombie so can control him to overpower the soldiers . He kills two of the three soldiers , but the captain kills him and shoots in the chest . challenges him to a fistfight but ends up shot when the captain retrieves his pistol . After shooting a zombie , the captain 's face is splattered with zombie blood , and ignites his head with the matches . Before can shoot him , rises and commands a horde of zombies to eat the captain alive . 
 and , back on the road , come across the lab truck again . They ask the soldiers what they have in the back of the truck ; when they refuse to answer , commands a new group of zombies to attack them and tear them apart .

An underworld mafia steals valuable mineral resources and sell them over to international crime organization . ( ) ; a news reporter finds out and exposes the whole criminal chain to the media , despite all threats from them . An unknown , mysterious but affectionate and intimidating man comes up to help , The story revolves around revealing the true identity of him and his link to the Underworld.[3 ] 
 portrays the role of a generous businessman . , portrayed by , is his love interest , and a crime news reporter . who is working on exposing corruptions of influential people of the society . takes steps to fight the corrupt people , but soon realizes the influence of those men . changes after a violent encounter in which his love interest , was killed . The plot builds up around his quest to avenge the killing with aid of her research , in which she documents her encounter with her killers , who she planned to expose of corruption

As described in a film magazine,[2 ] Lord ( ) purchases an island off Turkey and under Turkish rule . Upon arrival , he finds the natives bitterly opposed to his taking possession . They plan to install a young woman , ( ) , as dictator . Several fights occur between the islanders and 's servants . ( ) arrives and quells the natives , but covets . rescues from ( ) , who wants to marry her , but the Turkish governor threatens him with execution if he does not surrender her to him . They escape using a secret passageway but again fall into the Turkish ruler 's clutches . However , an islander with a grievance against stabs him and helps the pair to escape in their yacht .

( ) lives with her uncaring aunt ( ) in a squalid Limehouse tenement . Her beauty attracts the attention of an unsavoury Chinese man ( ) , whose intentions are encouraged by the aunt . While wandering around Limehouse , she is spotted by an artist ( ) who is in the area sketching East End scenes and people . He persuades her to allow him to sketch her portrait , which he later puts on display in his West End studio . The portrait is seen by Lady ( ) , who notices a remarkable resemblance to her own daughter , now deceased . 
 Finally finding the attentions of the Chinese man too much , leaves her home and walks to the West End with no real idea as to what she will do when she gets there . Coincidentally , she happens to cross the path of Lady . She is offered a home and the chance to make her way in " society " . Adapting remarkably well to her new milieu , falls in love with the Lady 's nephew ( ) , but is distraught when she is passed over in favour of another young woman ( ) who has had him in her sights . In her grief , she leaves her new surroundings and returns aimlessly to Limehouse . However the artist tracks her down and asks her to marry him , which she happily accepts .

In 2092 , humanity has conquered mortality through the endless renewal of cells . The world watches in fascination as the 118 - year - old , the last mortal on Earth , edges towards death . Curious to know of life before quasi - immortality , they interview . Dr. , a psychiatrist , uses hypnosis to help recall some of his memories , while relates other memories to a journalist . As he is prodded , makes contradictory statements . He recounts his life at three primary points : at age 9 , when his parents divorced , at age 15 when he fell in love , and at age 34 as an adult . All three unfold into their many possible outcomes . 
 explains that before birth , children remember everything that will happen in their lives . At the moment of conception , the Angels of Oblivion erase their memory . The Angels , however , forget about , allowing him to " remember " different possible futures for himself . At age 9 , at a railway station , he is forced to choose as his mother leaves on a train while his father stays on the platform . In one case , he manages to board the train while in another he stays with his father . 
 A rebellious lives with his mother and her new partner , , in Montreal . He sees a new girl , , in his school and is immediately smitten . One day on the beach , asks if he would like to swim with her and her friends . insults her friends and they barely see each other again . 
 In an alternate story line , admits to he can not swim ; the two spend time together and fall in love . turns out to be 's daughter and the two step siblings begin an illicit affair . They pledge their lives to one another . When and 's mother break up , goes to New York with her father , and they lose touch . Years later , works as a pool cleaner , hoping to run into by chance . They finally see one another at the train station and immediately recognize each other in a crowd of passers - by . After a passionate reunion , announces she is not ready to immediately resume the relationship . She gives him her number , asks him to call her in two days and meet at the lighthouse . However , he loses her number when a sudden downpour makes her note illegible . waits at the lighthouse every day , but does not come . 
 In a different storyline , and are married with children . works at a television studio narrating educational videos . One evening , while returning home , he hits a bird , loses control of his car , plummets into a lake and drowns . 
 stays with his father , who later becomes disabled . He works in a shop and spends his free time at home at the typewriter , writing a science fiction story about a journey to Mars . At a school dance , he meets and falls in love . A few days later , goes to 's house but sees her with her 22 - year - old boyfriend . Frustrated , he speeds away on his motorcycle , has an accident and is hospitalized in a vegetative state . Though he can perceive the world through his senses , can not move or speak . He detects his parents ' reunion at his bedside . tries to remember the movement of his fingers on the typewriter keyboard and eventually manages to lift a finger as this story line comes to a close . 
 In yet another alternate timeline , speaks with at her house , and learns that she is still in love with her boyfriend , . does not back down and keeps assuring her of his feelings . Finally , gives in and a few years later , they get married . In one version of the story line , dies in an accident on the return from the wedding . keeps her ashes , having promised her to spread them on Mars . In a far future , carries 's ash to Mars and spreads them on the planet 's surface . Aboard the spacecraft traveling back to Earth , he meets . Before they can say much to each other , the ship is destroyed by meteoroids . In an alternate version of events , he works at the same television studio but his assistant drowns instead . The assistant 's widow is , whom he recognizes . Another storyline has and married with three children . However , their marriage is unhappy as suffers from borderline personality disorder and chronic depression . She has attacks of hysteria and , despite 's attempts to save their marriage , ultimately leaves him to pursue . 
 Alternatively , after being rejected by , resolves to marry the first girl who will dance with him at the school prom . That night , he dances with . While taking her home , pledges to marry her and be successful . Despite being successful and having two children , is unhappy and bored with his life . writes over all his possessions to and leaves his family . Now making all of his decisions randomly via coin toss , he goes to the airport , and pretends to be a passenger named and is taken to a hotel by a waiting chauffeur . At ' hotel room , is murdered while taking a bath , and his body is dumped in the woods . 
 Running throughout all the many paths his life could take or has taken , the adult recurringly awakens in a surrealistic world dominated by argyle patterns . This setting seems artificial , like a movie set , and often appears to bleed over into his other lives . Following clues that he finds scattered throughout this city , he ultimately arrives at a crumbling , abandoned wooden - framed house . He stumbles upon a DVD player hooked up to a television screen . In the strangely interactive video , the 118 - year - old converses with the 34 - year - old one . He explains that the younger man does not exist . This is a universe where was never born , and his consciousness is stuck in some sort of limbo . He states that he is experiencing the story from the end and that he must stay alive until 5:50 AM on 12 February 2092 . 
 Before his death , Mr. tells the journalist that neither of them exist . They are figments in the mind of the 9 - year - old at the train station , as he was forced to make an impossible choice . The young boy tries to find the correct decision , following each choice to its conclusion . Eventually , the boy takes a third option : to not make the choice at all . He leaves both parents and runs away towards an unknown future . This ambiguous choice somehow leads to him and reuniting happily . The film returns to old on his death bed . The calculated time arrives and Mr. 's last words are watched by the world . The expansion of the universe comes to a halt and time appears to reverse . The universe ceases to dissipate , and finally begins contracting . Consequently , 's life simplifies itself . He is able to return to his childhood , watch his parents get back together and be with . The 118 - year - old man cackles triumphantly as he springs back into awareness with the realization that his younger self has finally found his one true love and life .

( ) , a wealthy wife , begins conducting an affair , only to find herself blackmailed by another woman .

The film opens with a boy crab fishing . We then observe three fishermen landing a flimsy holed currach in the force of the wind and the huge waves . Next we see some of the hardships of mundane Aran life : making a field on the barren rocks using seaweed and soil scraped out of rock crevices , fixing holes in the boat with a mixture of cloth and tar , rendering the liver of the giant basking shark . The film follows as the men of Aran harpoon the huge beasts from their bád iomartha ( a wooden carvel hulled craft ) , the film ends with another storm sequence where the distressed family on shore watch the prolonged struggle of the boat to land safely against the elements .

On Christmas Eve in 1843 ( Sir ) a cold - hearted and greedy elderly money - lender is seen working in his freezing counting house along with his suffering , under - paid clerk ( ) . Two fellow business men arrive at the counting house to collect a donation for the poor from but the old man instead supports the prisons and workhouses and goes as far to say if the poor would rather die then they ' better do it and decrease the surplus population ' . catches trying to take some coal but warns him he will be out of a job if he does not go back to work . then refuses to dine with his only relative his nephew and claims Christmas is ' Humbug ! ' . 
 That night after work goes home to celebrate the holidays with his family while dines alone at a seedy pub while the lords and ladies of London celebrate Christmas with the Lord Mayor of London . At his house encounters the ghost of his seven - year dead partner ( Who is invisible in this version ) who wears a chain he ' forged in life ' from his own wicked career . He tells he will be haunted by three spirits in order to escape his fate . 
 That night as warned is haunted by the Ghost of Christmas Past ( ) who shows when he lost his fiancée due to his greedy nature towards others including a debt - ridden couple . then sees that his ex - fiancée is now married and has many children . 
 The next sprit the Ghost of Christmas Present ( ) shows just how poor and his family are as they have a meager Christmas dinner of goose and pudding . The spirit threatens that unless the future changes ( ) the youngest son who is ill will die . then sees how others keep Christmas before seeing celebrate with his wife and friends . 
 The Ghost of Christmas of yet to Come ( C.V. France ) shows what lies in store the following year . discovers is dead and that the man that was robbed and spoken of by some businessmen was himself after seeing his grave . 
 returns home a changed man and becomes a generous person . He orders a turkey for and his family , gives a healthy donation to the two men from the day before and dines with . The film then ends with raising 's wages and that he will be a stepfather to before the two attend church together .

On 10 May 1916 , during the First World War , British Captain and novelist ( ) returns home on leave , only to discover his obituary in the newspaper . He is brought to a man identifying himself only as " " , who asks him to undertake a secret mission : to identify and eliminate a German agent on his way to Arabia to stir up trouble in the Middle East . Upon agreeing , is given a new identity ( ) , a fake death , and the assistance of a killer known variously as " " and " the General " ( ) , though he is neither bald , Mexican nor a general . 
 's late " predecessor " thought that the enemy agent was staying at the Hotel Excelsior in neutral Switzerland . When " Ashenden " arrives there , he is surprised to find that " " has also provided him with an attractive wife , ( ) . Entering their suite , he also encounters her new admirer , fellow hotel guest ( ) , who is only slightly deterred by the arrival of her husband ( and continues to flirt with for much of the film ) . When they are alone , is displeased when reveals she insisted upon the assignment for the thrill of it . 
 and the General go to contact a double agent , the church organist , only to find him dead . In his hand , however , they find a button , evidently torn off in the struggle . When they go to the casino to meet , the button is accidentally dropped onto a gambling table . Since it looks the same as his own buttons , an experienced mountaineer named assumes it is his . 
 The agents persuade to help them settle a concocted bet : which one of them can climb higher on a nearby mountain . As the moment approaches , finds he is unable to commit cold - blooded murder , but the General has no such qualms and pushes the unsuspecting off a cliff . 
 However , a coded telegram informs them that is not their target . The General finds it very funny , but becomes terribly distraught when they are told . She decides to quit , despite having told that she fell in love with him at first sight . In the lobby , she encounters . With no destination in mind , she persuades him to take her along with him . Meanwhile , the other two bribe a worker at a chocolate factory ( the secret " German spy post office " ) to show them a very important message received the day before . They discover that it is addressed to none other than . 
 They set out in pursuit , taking the same train as and . Before they can arrange anything , they cross the border into Turkey – enemy territory – and a large number of soldiers board . Despite this , they manage to get alone in his compartment . Objecting to cold - blooded murder , draws a pistol . Before can do anything , one way or the other , the train is attacked and derailed by airplanes sent by " R " . is pinned in the wreckage , but manages to fatally shoot the General before dying . The " Ashendens " quit the spy business .

In 1819 , Jamaica Inn is the headquarters of a gang of wreckers led by the innkeeper ( ) . The wreckers are responsible for a series of engineered shipwrecks in which they extinguish coastal warning beacons to cause ships to run aground on the rocky Cornish coast . They then kill the surviving sailors and steal the cargo from the wrecks . 
 The beautiful young Irishwoman ( ) is travelling to Jamaica Inn in a carriage , but the driver is afraid to stop there and drives a long way past the inn in spite of her repeated demands that he stop . Instead , he drops her off near the home of the local squire and justice of the peace , Sir ( ) . She meets him and requests the loan of a horse so she can go back to Jamaica Inn . warns her not to go there . Nevertheless , says she just came from Ireland , and as the orphaned niece of 's wife ( ) , she intends to live at Jamaica Inn . Unable to convince her to stay , accompanies to Jamaica Inn . 
 When meets , he tries to kiss her and push himself on her . is distraught to learn her sister , 's mother , has died . When tells that has accompanied her to Jamaica Inn , goes upstairs and reports to . We learn that is the secret criminal mastermind behind the wrecking gang , who finds out when well - laden ships are passing near the coast , determines when and where the wrecks are to be caused , fences the stolen cargo , and uses the booty to support his lavish lifestyle , passing a fraction of the takings back to and the gang . 
 In another part of the inn , the gang convenes to discuss why they get so little money for their efforts . They suspect ( ) , a gang member who has been with them for only two months , of embezzling goods . They hang him from one of the rafters of the inn , but when they leave , cuts the rope and saves his life . and flee the gang , narrowly avoiding recapture by swimming for their lives . 
 The next morning , they seek the protection of , unaware that he is the secret leader of 's gang . reveals to that he is actually an undercover law - officer on a mission to investigate the wrecks . is alarmed , but maintains his composure and pretends to join forces with . overhears this conversation and goes to the inn to warn that she must flee in order to avoid being arrested as an accomplice . However , refuses to leave her husband . and also go to the Inn to search for evidence . While is searching the Inn , and the gang return . takes aside and tells him a wrecking must be performed immediately because he needs the money to escape to France . He advises to go into hiding too , as soon as the wreck is complete . and the gang go to cause the wreck , leaving tied up . also seemingly ties up so that his gang will not suspect their connection , but secretly leaves 's hands free . 
 After the gang leaves , releases himself from his bonds and reveals himself to . He gives a loaded pistol and instructs her to shoot if he gets loose , then leaves . reasons with , promising to let her and escape if she releases him . She agrees and unties him . He sets out for a nearby military camp to get backup . Meanwhile , goes to the wrecking site and re - lights the warning beacon which the wreckers had extinguished . The crew of the ship see the light and avoid the rocks . The gang resolve to kill for preventing the wreck . , who has developed a reluctant admiration for her , rescues her and the two escape by horse - cart , but is shot in the back and collapses when they reach Jamaica Inn . As is about to tell that is the secret leader of the wrecking gang , shoots and kills from offstage . then dies of his wound as well . While is reeling from the shock of witnessing these two violent deaths , takes her hostage , ties and gags her , and tells her that he plans to keep her now that she has no one else in the world . He drives her , still tied up and covered by a heavy cloak , to the harbor , where they board a ship bound for France . 
 The gang returns to Jamaica Inn to find and dead . Just then , arrives with a posse of soldiers , who take the gang into custody . goes to the harbor with some of his soldiers to rescue , and is cornered on the ship . He climbs to the top of a mast , where he clumsily drops his gun . As the soldiers climb up after him , he jumps to his death , shouting " Make way for ! " leads away from the scene , and 's horrified butler ( ) is left wondering to himself , with a memory of 's imperious voice ringing in his ears .

We see a panorama of London in 1600 and travel to the Globe Theatre where the audience is being seated . The Chorus ( ) enters and implores the audience to use their imagination to visualise the setting of the play . We then see , up on a balcony , two clergymen , ( ) , and ( ) discussing the current affairs of state . ( ) then enters , and discusses with his nobles the state of France . A gift is delivered to from the French Dauphin . The gift turns out to be tennis balls , a jibe at 's youth and inexperience . Offended , sends the French ambassador away , and prepares to claim the French throne , a throne that he believes is rightfully his . 
 We then see characters from 's plays : Corporal ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . These characters resolve to join 's army , however , before they do , ( ) , another returning character , and one of the King 's former mentors , dies . At this point , the film gradually ceases to be located in the Globe Theatre ; instead the scenes are performed in stylised film sets reminiscent of a medieval Book of Hours . 
 At Southampton , the fleet embarks , and lands in France , beginning a campaign that tears through France to Harfleur , where 's forces lay siege . At the siege , delivers his first rousing speech to his troops : " Once more ... unto the breach ! Dear friends , once more ! " The troops charge on Harfleur , and take it as their own . 
 The troops then march to Agincourt , meeting the French forces . Before the impending battle , wanders around the camp in disguise , to find out what the men think of him . The next day , before the battle , delivers his famous Saint Crispin 's Day speech . The Battle of Agincourt then commences . This sequence is filmed on location in a realist style , unlike the stylised sets seen previously;[5 ] however , the Technicolor is still very bright and somewhat larger than life , unlike the same scene in the later version . The English archers let forth a volley of arrows that cuts deeply into the French numbers . The French , weighed down by their heavy armour , are caught in the fresh mud of the field , and are bogged down , which gives the English troops ample opportunity to ride out and fight them on equal terms . The French Dauphin ( ) , seeing this disadvantage , watches as several bodyguards and noblemen including the Constable of France ride toward the English camp and kills all the boys and squires , prompting a tearful to state that ' this is expressly against the law of arms ' . is angered by this and rides out to meet the French Constable ( ) , whom he defeats in personal combat . 
 The battle is won . then courts the Princess ( ) ; the film now returns to the stylised sets . woos , and France is now under the control of England , as the French King , adopts as his successor . In the final moments of the play , we return to the Globe Theatre again , and the actors take their bows .

In the latter months of 1938 , , a respectable middle - class British woman in an affectionate but rather dull marriage , tells her story while sitting at home with her husband , imagining that she is confessing her affair to him . 
 , like many women of her class at the time , goes to a nearby town every Thursday for shopping and to the cinema for a matinée . Returning from one such excursion to Milford , while waiting in the railway station 's refreshment room , she is helped by another passenger , who solicitously removes a piece of grit from her eye . The man is , an idealistic doctor who also works one day a week as a consultant at the local hospital . Both are in their late thirties or early forties , married and with children . 
 Enjoying each other 's company , the two arrange to meet again . They are soon troubled to find their innocent and casual relationship quickly developing into something deeper , approaching infidelity . 
 For a while , they meet openly , until they run into friends of and the perceived need to lie arises . The second lie comes easier . They eventually go to a flat belonging to , a friend of 's and a fellow doctor , but are interrupted by 's unexpected and judgmental return . , humiliated and ashamed , runs down the back stairs and into the streets . She walks for hours , sits on a bench and smokes , and is confronted by a police officer , with the implication that she could be perceived as a " streetwalker . " 
 The recent turn of events informs the couple that both an affair and a future together are impossible . Realizing the danger and not wishing to hurt their families , they agree to part . has been offered a job in Johannesburg , South Africa , where his brother lives . 
 Their final meeting occurs in the railway station refreshment room , now seen for a second time with the poignant perspective of their story . As they await a heart - rending final parting , , a talkative acquaintance of , invites herself to join them and begins chattering away , oblivious to the couple 's inner misery . 
 As they realize that they have been robbed of the chance for a final goodbye , 's train arrives . With still chattering , departs with a last look at but without the passionate farewell for which they both long . After shaking 's hand , he discreetly squeezes on the shoulder and leaves . waits for a moment , anxiously hoping that will walk back into the refreshment room , but he does not . As the train is heard pulling away , is galvanized by emotion and , hearing an approaching express train , suddenly dashes out to the platform . The lights of the train flash across her face as she conquers a suicidal impulse . She then returns home to her family . 
 's kind and patient husband , , suddenly shows not only that he has noticed her distance in the past few weeks but that he has perhaps even guessed the reason . He thanks her for coming back to him . She cries in his embrace .

Architect ( ) wakes up after a terrible nightmare , which leads his wife to suggest to him that he spend a weekend in the country . has been invited by ( ) to his country home in Kent to consult on some renovations . Upon arrival at the cottage , he reveals to and his assembled guests that despite never having met any of them , he has seen them all in a recurring dream . 
 He appears to have no prior personal knowledge of them but he is able to predict spontaneous events in the house before they unfold . partially recalls with some dismay that something awful will later occur and becomes increasingly disturbed . Dr. ( ) , a German - accented psychologist , tries to persuade that his fears are unfounded . The other guests attempt to test 's foresight and set him at ease , while entertaining each other with various tales of uncanny or supernatural events that they experienced or were told about . 
 These include a racing car driver 's premonition of a fatal bus crash announced by a mysterious man who says " room for one more inside , sir " , a ghostly encounter during a children 's Christmas party ( a tale cut from the initial US release ) , a haunted antique mirror , a light - hearted tale of two obsessed golfers , one of whom becomes haunted by the other 's ghost ( also cut from the initial US release ) and the story of an unbalanced ventriloquist ( ) who believes his amoral dummy is truly alive . 
 The framing story is then capped by a twist ending in which murders one of the guests , then escapes into a feverish montage of scenes and characters from the house guests ' tales . At the climax , the dummy is strangling him when suddenly wakes up at home from the nightmare to the sound of a phone ringing . The phone call is from , inviting him to his country home to consult on some renovations . As the end credits roll , is again driving up to 's cottage , exactly as in the film 's opening , seemingly doomed to repeat the same nightmarish cycle over and over again for the rest of his life .

( ) is a young middle class Englishwoman with an ambitious , independent spirit . She knows where she 's going , or at least she thinks she does . She travels from her home in Manchester to the Hebrides to marry Sir , a very wealthy , much older industrialist , on the ( fictitious ) Isle of Kiloran . 
 When bad weather postpones the final leg of her journey — a boat trip to Kiloran — she is forced to wait it out on the Isle of Mull , among a community of people whose values are quite different from hers . There she meets ( ) , a naval officer trying to go home to Kiloran for some shore leave . They are sheltered for the night in the nearby home of 's friend , ( ) . 
 The next day , on their way to catch a bus into town , they come upon the ruins of Moy Castle . wants to take a look inside , but refuses to go in . When she reminds him that the terrible curse only applies to the Laird of Kiloran , introduces himself : he is the laird , and has only leased his island . As the bad weather worsens into a full - scale gale , takes advantage of the delay to woo , who becomes increasingly torn between her ambition and her growing attraction to him . 
 Desperate to salvage her carefully laid plans , tries to persuade ( ) to take her across to the island immediately , but the experienced sailor knows conditions are far too dangerous . manages to bribe young ( ) into attempting it by offering him enough money to buy a half share in 's boat and marry 's daughter ( ) . learns of the scheme and tries to talk out of it , but she proves adamant and they have a blazing row . After has gone down to the boat , tells that is actually running away from him . Armed with this knowledge , he races to the quayside and invites himself aboard . The boat 's engine gets flooded and they are caught in the Corryvreckan whirlpool , but is able to restart the motor just in time and they return safely to Mull . 
 At last , the weather clears . asks for a parting kiss before they go their separate ways . enters Moy Castle , and the curse takes effect almost immediately . A narrator relates that , centuries earlier , 's ancestor had stormed the castle to capture his unfaithful wife and her lover . He had them bound together and cast into a water - filled dungeon with only a small stone to stand upon . When their strength gave out , they dragged each other into the water , but not before she placed a curse on the Lairds of Kiloran . Any who dared to step over the threshold would be chained to a woman to the end of his days . From the battlements , sees with three pipers marching resolutely toward him . They embrace .

The screenplay by , , and , based on a story by director , revolves around comedian ( ) , who arrives in London believing he has been hired as the star of a major stage production , when in fact he 's merely an understudy . Thanks to his daughter ( , already a screen veteran at age fourteen ) , who sabotages the revue 's star ( ) , he finally gets his big break . The premise allows for a variety of musical numbers and comedy sketches performed by , among others , in her film debut and .

A group of Anglican nuns travel to a remote location in the Himalayas ( the Palace of Mopu , near Darjeeling ) to set up a school and hospital for the local people . However they find themselves increasingly seduced by the sensuality of their surroundings in a converted seraglio high up in the mountains and by the local British agent , Mr ( ) . ( ) , the Sister Superior , is attempting to forget a failed romance at home in Ireland . Tensions mount as 's laid - back charm makes an impression on , but also attracts the mentally unstable Sister ( ) , who becomes pathologically jealous of Clodagh , resulting in a nervous breakdown and a violent climax . In a subplot , ' the Young General ' ( ) , heir to the throne of a princely state who has come to the convent for his education , becomes infatuated with , a lower caste dancing girl ( ) . 
 While much of the film 's dialogue is taken verbatim from the novel , the film does not follow the novel exactly . In particular , the film does not include Mr 's rejection of Sister 's design for the chapel in favour of his own design of an open - sided building without doors located at the top of the ridge above the Holy Man . Additionally , ( the imminently departing ) Sister is not replaced by Sister , a stern nun who is horrified at the dereliction of duty by the original nuns .

In the late Victorian period , 1891 , and , two British children , are the survivors of a shipwreck in the South Pacific . After days afloat , they are marooned on a lush tropical island in the company of kindly old sailor . Eventually , dies in a drunken binge , leaving and all alone with each other . Together , they survive solely on their resourcefulness and the bounty of their remote paradise . 
 Eight years later , and become tanned , athletic and nubile young adults . Eventually , their relationship , more along the lines of brother and sister in their youth , blossoms into love and then passion . and have a baby boy , and they live together as common - law husband and wife , content in their solitude . But their marriage is threatened by the arrival of two evil traders , who force the child to dive for pearls at gunpoint , before killing each other off . 
 is reminded of the outside world and wants to leave the island . She fears for the child if she and should die , and begins to think of his future . finally gives in to her pleading and they pack a small boat and leave the island . But becalmed in the middle of the ocean , they succumb to exposure . They are found by a British ship , but the film leaves their fate ambiguous .

( ) is a discontented heiress whose joint guardians ( and ) are both trying to get her married to their odious nephews ( and , respectively ) . On her nineteenth birthday , the five of them visit a nightclub called the Magnolia Club ; also present happens to be radio star ( ) , whom detests . When she is inadvertently seated at 's table directly in front of the floor show , she refuses to move , and , despite his radio reputation as a fearless detective , is too intimidated by her hauteur to insist . This , however , proves to be a mixed blessing for ; when the evening 's principal performer , a ventriloquist , comes out , she laughs so hard at his routine that she gets a bad case of the hiccups . She attempts to cure them by getting a drink of water , but succeeds only in getting caught in the crossfire of a pie fight . 
 Four days later , 's hiccups still have n’t stopped , and her doctor ( ) recommends that her guardians take her to a certain haunted house for a good fright . On the way , they stop at a pub for directions , and runs into again . At first , she is still chilly towards him , but then the narrator ( ) shoots the two of them with 's arrow , and they immediately fall in love . Martin 's overbearing mother ( ) , however , soon comes to take him away – but not before the two of them have arranged a rendezvous . 
 The plot then proceeds to the haunted house , where 's guardians , not believing in the ghost , have hired an actor to play the part . , however , slips away to her rendezvous before he begins working ; consequently , she still has the hiccups when Mrs finds her and trysting together . This fact does n’t amuse Mrs , who apparently believes that hiccups are contagious ; she forbids to see her son again , and suggests that she see a psychiatrist ( ) about her problem . 
 The psychiatrist concludes that , because got the hiccups from laughing , she can rid herself of them if she laughs that hard again . He recommends “ a fellow on a BBC show called ” ; accordingly goes to the BBC studios , where , naturally enough , she meets again . The two of them arrange a date at the Magnolia Club , ostensibly so can cure her hiccups by laughing at the ventriloquist again , but really so they can gaze into each other 's eyes all night . Their reverie is interrupted , however , by Mrs , who shows up at the club and orders her son home . When fails to stand up to her , , disgusted , storms out of the club , inspiring , a little too late , to develop a backbone and tell his mother off . 
 Returning home , writes a letter to breaking off their relationship , but the address turns out to be unlisted . She therefore returns to the BBC and leaves the letter on his microphone ; on her way back out , however , she mistakes the door and ends up locking herself in a supply closet . The next morning , she turns up missing ; , frantic , sets all of England looking for her , and at first refuses to broadcast until she 's found . Being persuaded , however , that his program is necessary for the social stability of the nation , he returns to the BBC that evening ; in the course of the broadcast , the closet door is opened , and tumbles out , unconscious . She is , however , quickly revived – and , what is more , when she sees her guardians ’ nephews ( who have inadvertently locked themselves into , and then flooded , the mixing room ) , she bursts out laughing , thereby finally curing herself of the hiccups . She and fall into each other 's arms , and all ends happily .

In Edwardian England , , 10th Duke of Chalfont , is in prison , awaiting his hanging for murder the following morning . As he writes his memoirs , the events of his life are shown in flashback . 
 His mother , the youngest daughter of the 7th Duke of Chalfont , eloped with an Italian opera singer named and was disowned by her family for marrying beneath her station . The were poor but happy until died shortly after , his son , had been born . In the aftermath , ' widowed mother raises him on the history of her family and tells him how , unlike other aristocratic titles , the dukedom of Chalfont can descend through female heirs . ' only childhood friends are and her brother , the children of a local doctor . 
 When leaves school , his mother writes to her kinsman Lord , a private banker , for assistance in launching her son 's career , but is rebuffed . is forced to work as an assistant in a draper 's shop . When his mother dies , her last request , to be interred in the family vault at Chalfont Castle , is denied . Then ridicules ' marriage proposal . Instead , she marries , a former schoolmate with a rich father . Soon after , quarrels with customer , the banker 's only child , who has him dismissed from his job . 
 resolves to kill and the other seven people ahead of him in succession to the dukedom . After arranging a fatal boating accident for and his mistress , writes a letter of condolence to his victim 's father , Lord , who employs him as a clerk . Upon his later promotion , takes a bachelor flat in St James 's , London , for assignations with . 
 then targets , a keen amateur photographer . He meets and is charmed by his wife , . He substitutes petrol for paraffin in the lamp of 's darkroom , with fatal results . decides the widow is fit to be his duchess . The Reverend Lord is the next victim . Posing as the Anglican Bishop of Matabeleland , Louis poisons his after - dinner port . From the window of his flat , then uses a bow and arrow to shoot down the balloon from which the suffragette Lady is dropping leaflets over London . next sends General Lord a jar of caviar which contains a bomb . Admiral Lord presents a challenge , as he rarely sets foot on land . However , he conveniently insists on going down with his ship after causing a collision at sea . 
 When agrees to marry , they notify , the childless , widowed 8th Duke . He invites them to spend a few days at Chalfont Castle . When casually informs that he intends to remarry in order to produce an heir , arranges a hunting " accident " . Before murdering the Duke , he reveals his motive . Lord dies from the shock of learning that he has become the ninth duke , sparing from murdering his kindly employer . inherits the title , but his triumph proves short - lived . A Scotland Yard detective arrests him on suspicion of having murdered , who was found dead following 's rejection of his drunken plea for help to avoid bankruptcy . 
 elects to be tried by his peers in the House of Lords . During the trial , and are married . falsely testifies that was about to seek a divorce and name as co - respondent . Ironically , is convicted for a murder he had never even contemplated . 
 is visited by , who observes that the discovery of 's suicide note and 's death would free and enable them to marry , a proposal to which he agrees . Moments before his hanging , the discovery of the suicide note saves him . finds both and waiting for him outside the prison . When a reporter tells him that Tit - Bits magazine wishes to publish his memoirs , suddenly remembers that he left his detailed confession in his cell .

Working class couple and ( and ) , are determined to give their daughter ( ) and her husband a posh home coming party . Trouble arises when the son of 's boss ( ) turns up and shamelessly flirts with their daughter .

The somewhat fictionalised version of the true story is set in Stalag Luft III — the same POW camp where the real events depicted in the film The Great Escape took place , albeit from a different compound – and involved , and , all inmates of the camp . In the book and film , the escapees are renamed " Flight Lieutenant " , " Captain " and " " . 
 The prisoners are faced with the problem of digging an escape tunnel despite the accommodation huts , within which the tunnel entrance might be concealed , being a considerable distance from the perimeter fence . They come up with an ingenious way of digging the tunnel with its entrance located in the middle of an open area relatively near the perimeter fence and using a vaulting horse ( constructed largely from plywood from Canadian Red Cross parcels ) , to cover the entrance . 
 Recruiting fellow - prisoners to form a team of vaulters , each day they carry the horse out to the same spot , with a man hidden inside . The prisoners begin gymnastic exercises using the vaulting horse , while the concealed man digs down below it . At the end of the session , the digger places wooden boards , cut to fit the aperture , in the hole , and fills the space with sandbags and dry sand kept for the purpose – wet sand taken from below the surface would be darker and hence give away the tunneling activity . 
 As the tunnel lengthens , two men are eventually hidden inside the horse while a larger group of men exercise , the two men continue to dig the tunnel . At the end of the day , they conceal the tunnel entrance once more and hide inside the horse while it is carried back to their hut . They also devise a method of disposing of the earth coming out of the tunnel . They recruit a third man , , to assist them , with the promise that he will join the escape . 
 At the final break - out , hides in the tunnel during an Appell ( roll call ) , before three men are carried out in the horse : the third to replace the tunnel trap . 
 and travel by train to the Baltic port of Lübeck ; ( in fact , they travelled via Frankfurt an der Oder to Stettin ) . elects to travel alone , posing as a Norwegian margarine salesman and travelling by train via Danzig ( now Gdańsk ) . He was the first to get to neutral territory . 
 and contact French workers and through them meet " " , a Danish resistance worker who smuggles them onto a Danish ship . They then have to transfer to a fishing boat and arrive in Copenhagen , before being shipped to neutral Sweden . There they are reunited with , who arrived earlier . 
 Some details from ' book were not used in the film , e.g. the escaped POWs discussing the possibility of visiting potentially neutral brothels in Germany , an idea that was abandoned because of the fear that it might be a trap .

When chorus girl is late for rehearsal in Edinburgh , , the chauffeur for , gives her a ride in 's limousine , starting rumours that she is engaged to the wealthiest man in Scotland . American producer , her employer , has just had the star of his next show , Frolics to You , walk out on him because of his desperate financial situation . He replaces her with , hoping that will back his revue ( or at least that he can use 's reputation to fend off impatient creditors ) . Her dressmaker , Madame , gives her more clothes ( and sends the bill to ) . 's roommate , , convinces her to continue the deception . 
 When receives the bill , he goes to the theatre to investigate . mistakes him for reporter , who was supposed to interview her . Finding very attractive , does not correct her error . The two fall in love . amuses himself by continually asking about her relationship with the millionaire . 
 Finally , gives a check for £ 10,000 . When finds out , however , she confesses everything . On the opening night of Frolics to You , takes a box seat . summons the police to have him arrested . tries to make " " hide or leave , in between performing on stage . During these hectic proceedings , blurts out that she loves him . The police catch , but the inspector in charge recognizes him , much to and 's shock , and all ends well .

The story takes place on 14 February 1895 . It is about two gentlemen pretending to be people other than themselves . Interwoven in their story lines are two romance - stricken ladies , each possessing an unusual allegiance to the manliness of the name . London man - about - town , who hides behind the name , is an aristocrat from the country with uncertain lineage . His friend , , is of moderate means and has also created an imaginary character , . ’s cousin , , has caught the eye of . ’s ward in the country , , has caught the eye of . Lady rules the roost with her heavy - handed social mores . 
 The story begins in London . and are discussing life and love . Both reveal to each other their imaginary characters , and . reveals that he is in love with ’s cousin , and reveals that he is in love with ’s ward , . Both gentlemen begin to scheme the pursuit of their loves . At tea that afternoon , and secretly reveal their love for one another . makes it known that her “ ideal has always been to love someone by the name of . ” fears she will find out his true identity . Lady , in undulating purple silk Victorian attire , inquires as to ’s pedigree . “ Rise , sir , from that semi - recumbent posture . It is most indecorous . ” confesses that he does not know who his parents are because , as a baby , he was found in a handbag in a cloakroom at Victoria Station . “ A handbag ? ” Lady will not allow her daughter “ — a girl brought up with the utmost care — to marry into a cloak - room , and form an alliance with a parcel . ” 
 At the manor house in the country , is daydreaming as her governess , Miss , tries to teach her German . Uninvited , arrives from London and assumes the role of . While and are getting acquainted in the parlour , arrives in black mourning clothes and informs Miss that his brother , , is dead . When and come out to see him , the sad news loses its believability as everyone now thinks is . In pursuit of , arrives from London and meets . They both discover that they are engaged to , not realizing one is and one is . When the men arrive in the garden , the confusion is cleared up . The ladies are put off that neither one is engaged to someone named . 
 Lady arrives , by train . As everyone gathers in the parlor , Lady recognizes Miss as her late sister ’s baby ’s governess from twenty - eight years before . “ ! Where is that baby ? ” she bellows . Miss confesses that she inadvertently left the baby in her handbag at Victoria Station . realized they are talking about him . He retrieves the handbag from his private room and shows Miss . She acknowledges that the bag is hers . Lady then tells that he is her late sister ’s son and the older brother to . Unable to ascertain who his father was , looks in an Army journal , as his father was a general , and realizes that his father ’s name was . Thus it becomes apparent that his real name is also - as Lady says , being the eldest son , he must have been named after his father . 
 The film ends with saying , “ I ’ve now realized for the first time in my life the vital importance of being earnest . ”

In 1890 Paris crowds pour into the Moulin Rouge nightclub as artist finishes a bottle of cognac while sketching the club 's dancers . The club 's regulars arrive : singer teases charmingly , dancers and fight , and owner offers free drinks for a month in exchange for painting a promotional poster . At closing time , waits for the crowds to disperse before standing to reveal his four - foot six - inch body . As he walks to his Montmartre apartment , he recalls the events that led to his disfigurement . 
 It is learned falls down a flight of stairs , where his legs fail to heal due to a genetic weakness resulting from his parents being first cousins . His legs stunted and pained , loses himself in his art , while his father leaves his mother , the countess , to ensure they have no more children . is a bright , happy child , revered by his father , the Count . As a young adult he proposes to the woman he loves , but when she tells him no woman will ever love him , he leaves his childhood home in despair to begin a new life as a painter in Paris . 
 Back in the present , street walker begs to rescue her from police sergeant . wards off the policeman by pretending to be her guardian , after which she insists on following him home . There , she addresses his small stature , and although he is at first angry , he allows her to stay and is charmed when she claims not to care about his legs . Within days , he is buying her gifts and singing as he paints , until takes his money and stays out all night . 
 waits in agony for her return , but when she finally does he tells her to leave at once . Realizing he loves her , vows to stay and love him back . Though she continues to fight with him , he tells himself her crassness stems from her poverty , and lets her stay . During one fight tells he can never attract a real woman , and leaves . By morning , she begs him to take her back , but he refuses . He begins drinking and does not stop until his landlady calls his mother , who urges him to save his health by finding . 
 searches 's working - class neighborhood , finally discovering her at a café , where she drunkenly reveals she stayed with him only to procure money for her boyfriend . When she adds that his touch made her sick , returns to his apartment , and turns on the gas vents . As he sits waiting to die , he is suddenly inspired to finish his Moulin Rouge poster , and , brush in hand , distractedly turns the vents off again . 
 The next day , brings the poster to the dance hall , and though the style is unusual , accepts it . works for days at the lithographers , blending his own inks to perfect the vivid colors . When he finishes the poster , which shows a woman dancing with her legs exposed , it becomes an instant sensation and the Moulin Rouge opens to high society . His father denounces for the " pornographic " work . 
 Over the next ten years , records Parisian life in brilliant paintings . By 1900 , he is famous , but still terribly lonely . One day he sees standing at the edge of Pont Alexandre III over the Seine River . Thinking she may jump , he stops to talk to her . She spurns his advances and throws a key into the water . Days later , , a friend of , arranges a meeting for them . is a great admirer of 's paintings , and the two begin to spend time together . 
 She soon reveals to that the key she threw in the water belonged to a married man , , who asked her to be his mistress . While continues to decry the possibility of true love he falls in love with . One day the two see dancer on the street drunkenly insisting that she was once a star . realizes that the Moulin Rouge has become a respectable establishment and no longer the home for misfits . 
 informs that has asked her to marry him . Certain she loves the more handsome man , he bitingly congratulates her for trapping . asks if he loves her , but , believing that she is only trying to spare his feelings , he lies and tells her he does not . By the time he receives a letter from her stating that she loves him , but can not wait any longer , has left the city and goes on an unsuccessful search for her . Weeks later , while sitting in a dive drinking steadily , repeatedly reads 's note . , now an inspector , is called to help him . Once home , in a state of delirium tremens , Henri hallucinates that he sees cockroaches , and in trying to drive them away , accidentally falls down a flight of stairs . 
 Near death , is brought to his family home . After a priest reads the last rites , his father tearfully informs that he is to be the first living artist to be shown in the Louvre , and begs for forgiveness . turns his head and watches as phantasmal characters from his Moulin Rouge paintings , including , dance into the room to bid him goodbye before his death .

King of England ( Sir ) has been placed on the throne with the help of his brother , , Duke of Gloucester ( Sir ) . After 's coronation in the Great Hall , with his brothers and watching , he leaves with his wife and sons . contemplates the throne , before advancing towards the audience and then addressing them , delivering a speech that outlines his physical deformities , including a hunched back and a withered arm . He goes on to describe his jealousy over his brother 's rise to power in contrast to his lowly position . 
 He dedicates himself to task and plans to frame his brother , , Duke of Clarence ( Sir ) , for conspiring to kill the King , and to have sent to the Tower of London , by claiming will murder 's heirs . He then tells his brother he will help him get out . Having confused and deceived the King , proceeds with his plans after getting a warrant , and enlists two ruffians ( and ) to carry out his dirty work : is murdered , drowned in a butt of wine . Though had sent a pardon to , stopped it passing . goes on to woo and seduce the Lady ( ) , and though she hates him for killing her husband and father , she can not resist and ends up marrying him . 
 then orchestrates disorder in the court , fueling rivalries , and setting the court against the Queen consort , ( ) . The King , weakened by exhaustion , appoints his brother , , as Lord Protector , and dies soon after hearing of the death of . 's son , soon to become ( ) , is met by whilst en route to London . has the Lord Chamberlain , Lord ( ) arrested and executed , and forces the young King , along with his younger brother the Duke of York ( ) , to have a protracted stay at the Tower of London . 
 With all obstacles now removed , enlists the help of his cousin the Duke of Buckingham ( Sir ) to alter his public image , and to become popular with the people . In doing so , becomes the people 's first choice to become the new King . 
 had aided on terms of being given the title of Earl of Hereford and its income , but balks at the idea of murdering the two princes . then asks a minor knight , Sir ( ) , eager for advancement , to have young and killed in the Tower of London . , having requested his earldom at 's coronation , fears for his life when ( angry at for not killing the princes ) shouts " I am not in the giving vein today ! " then joins the opposition against 's rule . 
 , now fearful because of his dwindling popularity , raises an army to defend his throne and the House of York against the House of Lancaster , led by the Earl of Richmond of England ( Sir ) , at Bosworth Field . Before the battle , however , is captured and executed . 
 On the eve of the battle , is haunted by the ghosts of all those he has killed in his bloody ascent to the throne , and he wakes up screaming . composes himself , striding out to plan the battle for his generals , and gives a motivational speech to his troops . 
 The two forces engage in battle , with the Lancastarians having the upper hand . Lord ( ) , whose loyalties had been questionable for some time , betrays , and allies himself with . sees this and charges into the thick of battle , side - by - side with his loyal companion Sir ( ) to kill and end the battle quickly . Eventually spots and they briefly engage in a duel before being interrupted by 's men . Richard and are able to escape the oncoming forces , but , in doing so , is knocked off his horse , loses his cherished crown , and becomes separated from , who is off seeking rescue . Searching desperately for , whom he has lost sight of , cries out : " A horse ! A horse ! My kingdom for a horse ! " finds the king and offers him withdrawal , but refuses to flee . is then killed by 's men without noticing . then spots Lord , and engages him in single combat . Before a victor can emerge , the Lancastarian troops charge , and fatally wound him . The wounded murderous king convulses in spasms , offering his sword to the sky , and eventually dies of his wounds . orders 's body to be taken away and then finds 's crown in a thorn bush . He then proceeds to offer it to , leaving the crown of England in safe hands once again .

The film is set during Operation Dynamo , the evacuation of surrounded British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk , France between 26 May and 4 June 1940 , during the Second World War . Events are seen mostly from the viewpoints of two people , a civilian in England , newspaper reporter ( ) and a British soldier in France , Corporal " Tubby " Binns ( ) . 
 fails to rouse his complacent readers on the home front from the luring notion of a " Phoney War " ( October 1939 – April 1940 ) before it is too late . His acquaintance ( ) owns a small factory manufacturing buckles and is quite pleased with his profits from the Phoney War . In May 1940 , the Battle of France begins when the Germans invade and rapidly advance , threatening to trap much of the Allied forces in a pocket in northern France and overwhelm them . 
 Corporal " ( ) , his platoon leader Lieutenant and a depleted section return to camp after blowing up a bridge , only to discover that their company has pulled out during the night , leaving them alone in France . One man and a lorry have been left to wait for them , but the driver and are killed in a German air attack , leaving in charge of a five - man squad with no idea what the situation is or where to go . It is up to to keep his increasingly demoralised men on the move . They dodge the advancing Germans and reach a Royal Artillery battery camp . There they receive some food , but lose Private while repelling a German column . They are then ordered to head north with two other stragglers to try to link up with the rest of the British Expeditionary Force ( BEF ) . The party spends the night in a farmhouse , but at dawn a German patrol breaks in and Private is shot badly in the chest , forcing to leave him behind , as it is 's only chance of receiving medical attention . Eventually , they encounter a Royal Air Force lorry and get a lift to Dunkirk . They join the rest of the BEF and tens of thousands of French soldiers who are hoping to be evacuated to England . 
 The situation becomes so desperate that General , Viscount , the commander of the BEF , pulls out two divisions against orders to reinforce the wavering Belgians . The Admiralty commandeers all available civilian boats to help evacuate the troops from the beaches . insists on taking his motorboat Vanity himself , despite warnings of the danger . Other boat owners follow his example . does the same with some reluctance at first , but his lack of commitment is soon forgotten . 
 The soldiers on the beaches are subjected to regular aerial bombing and strafing . and his men get aboard a ship , only to have it blown up and sunk before it can depart . When they get back to the beach , is hit in the face and taken to the aid station . After ferrying soldiers to the larger vessels , 's boat is destroyed by a bomber . He survives and is picked up by in the Heron . When Heron 's engine breaks down , Private , one of 's men , effects repairs while and teenage crewman go ashore to survey the scene . and discuss who is responsible for the debacle . During a Sunday morning church parade , is fatally wounded in an attack by Luftwaffe Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers . , and the rest of his men arrive safely back in Britain .

In late 1940s Yorkshire , England , , an ambitious young man who has just moved from the dreary factory town of Dufton , arrives in Warnley to assume a secure , but poorly paid , post in the Borough Treasurer 's Department . Determined to succeed , and ignoring the warnings of a colleague , , he pursues , daughter of the local industrial magnate , Mr. . Mr. and Mrs. deal with 's social climbing by sending abroad . 
 turns for solace to , an unhappily married older woman . and have an affair , though he continues his pursuit of upon her return . Once he has had sex with her , however , he loses interest and admits to himself that he truly loves . is overjoyed by 's decision to end his quest for wealth and social status in favor of simply being happy with himself and with her . The two of them decide that she should ask for a divorce from her brutal husband . But refuses and declares that he will ruin and , both socially and financially , if their relationship continues . Meanwhile , 's father delivers the news that is pregnant ; he expects immediately to stop seeing , marry and come to work for him as an executive . 
 After delivers the news that he will marry , the heartbroken gets drunk and crashes her car . She is mutilated but not immediately found and dies slowly over the ensuing hours . Distraught over the loss of and blaming himself for her fate , disappears . After being beaten unconscious by a gang of thugs for making a drunken pass at one of their women , is recovered by in time to marry . With that , has at last accomplished all of the goals that he had so long sought , but that he no longer desires .

In London , meets , a prostitute , covertly filming her with a camera hidden under his coat . Shown from the point of view of the camera viewfinder , he follows the woman into her apartment , murders her , and later watches the film in his den . The following morning , films the police 's removal of 's corpse from her home , posing as a reporter . 
 is a member of a film crew who aspires to become a filmmaker himself . He also works part - time photographing soft - porn pin - up pictures of women , sold under the counter . He is a shy , reclusive young man who hardly socialises outside of his workplace . He lives in the house of his late father , renting most of it via an agent , while posing as a tenant himself . , a sweet - natured young woman who lives with her blind mother in the flat below his , befriends him out of curiosity after he has been discovered spying on her on her 21st birthday party . 
 Mark reveals to through home movies taken by his father that , as a child , he was used as a guinea pig for his father 's psychological experiments on fear and the nervous system . 's father would study his son 's reaction to various stimuli , such as lizards he put on his bed and would film the boy in all sorts of situations , even going as far as recording his son 's reactions as he sat with his mother on her deathbed . He kept his son under constant watch and even wired all the rooms so that he could spy on him . 's father 's studies enhanced his reputation as a renowned psychologist . 
 arranges with , a stand - in at the studio , to make a film after the set is closed ; he then kills her and stuffs her into a prop trunk . The body is discovered later during shooting by a female cast member who has already antagonised the director by fainting for real at points , which are not in the script . The police link the two murders and notice that each victim died with a look of utter terror on her face . They interview everyone on the set , including , who always keeps his camera running , claiming that he is making a documentary . 
 goes out to dinner with , even persuading him to leave his camera behind for once . Her blind mother finds his behaviour peculiar , aware , despite her blindness , how often looks through 's window . Mrs. is waiting inside 's flat after his evening out with her daughter . Unable to wait until she leaves due to his compulsion , he begins screening his latest snuff film with her still in the room . She senses how emotionally disturbed he is and threatens to move , but reassures her that he will never photograph or film . 
 A psychiatrist is called to the set to console the upset star of the movie . He chats with and is familiar with his father 's work . The psychiatrist relates the details of the conversation to the police , noting that has " his father 's eyes . " is tailed by the police who follow him to the newsagents where he takes photographs of the pin - up model ( two versions of this scene were shot ; the more risqué version is credited as being the first female nude scene in a major British feature , although even on the racier version , only exposes one breast for a few seconds ) . Slightly later , it emerges that must have killed before returning home . 
 , who is curious about 's films , finally runs one of them . She becomes visibly upset and then frightened when he catches her . reveals that he makes the movies so that he can capture the fear of his victims . He has mounted a round mirror atop his camera , so that he can capture the reactions of his victims as they see their impending deaths . He points the tripod 's knife towards 's throat , but refuses to kill her . 
 The police arrive and realises he is cornered . As he had planned from the very beginning , he impales himself on the knife with the camera running , providing the finale for his documentary . The last shot shows crying over 's dead body as the police enter the room .

Captain ( ) has five of his crew replaced at short notice before a new cruise voyage begins . Not only does he get the five most incompetent crew men ever to sail the seven seas , but the passengers turn out to be a rather strange bunch too . 
 The SS Happy Wanderer is the cruise ship and after this voyage , hopes to get a job as captain on a transatlantic ship , promising the crew members their jobs will be safe under the new captain . Starting off from England , the Happy Wanderer calls at unnamed ports in Spain , Italy and North Africa before going home again . 
 Single ladies ( ) and ( ) take the cruise , with hoping to find a husband . ( ) is her usual dotty and entertaining self , and one unnamed passenger ( ) never disembarks but always goes straight to the bar to drink , to forget an unidentified woman . The crew and passengers settle in as the ship leaves port and head chef ( ) finds out he is seasick . makes a quick appearance as one of the cooks under . , best known for the part of in the Australian TV series ' Skippy ' , appears as a Young Officer . 
 and fall for the PT instructor Mr but nothing comes of it , especially when turns out to be hopeless in the gym . Meanwhile , the new men try to impress but disaster follows disaster with him getting knocked out and covered in food at a party . 
 Meanwhile , ship 's doctor Dr. ( ) has fallen for , but she wants nothing to do with him so he serenades her with a song after leaving Italy ( Bella Marie , sung by ) , which she does not hear as she is asleep . , who has heard the song , realises that is in love with and with the help of First Officer ( ) arranges a plot for and to get together . It works and the confident finally confesses his feelings to a gobsmacked , who returns his affections . 
 lets the five newcomers know that they have improved since the cruise began , simply by doing their jobs and not by trying to impress him . They learn that the Captain has been in charge of the Happy Wanderer for ten years and decide to hold a surprise party for him , with the passengers . bakes him a many - flavoured cake and the barman cables the former barman for the recipe of the Captain 's favourite drink , the Aberdeen Angus . 
 The party goes well and gets his telegram telling him he has the captaincy of the new ship . He turns it down as he recognises it does not have the personal touch of a cruise ship , and prefers the company of his own crew .

, the British MI6 Station Chief in Jamaica , and his secretary are ambushed and killed . The assassins steal documents related to " Crab Key " and " Doctor No " . In response , , the head of MI6 , instructs agent to investigate ' disappearance and to determine whether it is related to his co - operation with the American Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) on a case involving the disruption of rocket launches from Cape Canaveral by radio jamming . 
 On his arrival at Kingston Airport , is picked up by a chauffeur claiming to have been sent to take him to Government House . determines him to be an enemy agent and , after having him evade a car following them , bests him in a fight . starts to interrogate the chauffeur , who kills himself with a cyanide capsule . 
 At ' house , sees a photograph of a boatman with Strangways . locates the boatman , named , whom he recognises as the driver of the car that followed him . , after overpowering and his friend , meets 's passenger , , a CIA agent on the same mission as . The CIA has traced the radio jamming signal to Jamaica , but has not determined its exact origin . , who is assisting , reveals that he had been guiding around the nearby islands to collect mineral samples . He also mentions the reclusive Dr. , the owner of Crab Key , an island rigorously protected against trespassers by an armed security force . 
 In ' house , finds a receipt from Professor concerning rock samples . meets , who says he assayed the samples for Strangways and determined them to be ordinary rocks . subsequently visits Dr. , who expresses displeasure at 's failure to kill and orders him to try again with a tarantula . survives and sets a trap for , whom he captures , interrogates , and then kills . 
 Using a Geiger counter , detects radioactive traces in 's boat where Strangways ' mineral samples had been . convinces a reluctant to take him to Crab Key . There meets the beautiful , dressed only in a white bikini , who is collecting shells . leads and inland to an open swamp contaminated by radiation . After nightfall , they are attacked by the " dragon " of Crab Key , which is in reality an armoured tractor equipped with a flamethrower . In the resulting battle , Quarrel is incinerated by the flamethrower . and are taken prisoner , decontaminated in Dr. 's lair , and rendered unconscious with drugged coffee . 
 Upon waking , they are escorted to dine with Dr. , a Chinese / German criminal scientist who , due to radiation exposure , has metal hands . He reveals that he is a former member of a Chinese crime , from whom he stole ten million dollars . He also reveals that he is working for a secret organisation called SPECTRE ( SPecial Executive for Counter - intelligence , Terrorism , Revenge , and Extortion ) . He plans to disrupt the Project Mercury space launch from Cape Canaveral with his radio beam . He tries to recruit into SPECTRE , but fails . After dinner , is taken away and is beaten by the guards . 
 is imprisoned in a holding cell , but escapes by crawling through an air vent . Disguising himself as a worker , he finds his way to Dr. 's control centre , which contains a nuclear pool reactor . As the American rocket lifts off , overloads the reactor and knocks Dr. into the reactor pool , killing him . finds and frees , and the two escape the island in a boat as the entire lair explodes . After the boat runs out of fuel , they are rescued by , who arrives on a Royal Navy ship . As and kiss , lets go of the ship 's tow rope .

( ) lives in Yorkshire with his parents ( and ) and grandmother ( ) , and works as an undertakers ' clerk overseen by the rigid Mr. ( ) . wishes to get away from his stifling job and family life . To escape the boredom of his humdrum existence , he constantly daydreams and fantasises , often picturing himself as the ruler and military hero of an imaginary country called Ambrosia . He also makes up stories about himself and his family , causing him to be nicknamed " " . 
 has further complicated his life by proposing to two very different girls , the sheltered , virginal ( ) and the tough , brassy ( ) . He has given the same engagement ring to each girl and lies constantly to get it back from one and give it to the other , eventually resulting in a family row when discovers he has lied about the ring being at the jewellers . also finds himself attracted to his former girlfriend ( ) , who has just returned to town after extensive travels . is a free spirit who , unlike anyone else in town , understands and accepts 's imagination . However , she has more courage and confidence than , as shown by her willingness to leave her home town and enjoy new and different experiences . 
 At work , is tasked with mailing out a large shipment of advertising calendars to potential customers , but instead hides the calendars and keeps the postage money . He is eventually found out by , who refuses to let him resign from his position until he pays back the postage money . aspires to get a more interesting job as a scriptwriter for comic ( ) , but when comes to town , he is not interested in 's overtures . 
 Under pressure , ends up making dates with both and to meet each one on the same night at the same local ballroom . There , the two girls discover the double engagement and begin fighting with each other . Meanwhile , encounters and shares a romantic interlude with her outside , during which he proposes to her and she accepts . She urges him to accompany her to London that evening , and he goes home to pack his bags , only to find that his grandmother has fallen ill and been taken to hospital . joins his mother at the hospital just in time to learn that his grandmother has died . He then continues to the station to meet , and the couple board the train , but at the last minute disembarks with the excuse of buying some milk to drink on the journey . By the time he gets back to the train , it is pulling out , with a rueful at the window and his suitcase left behind on the platform . Alone , walks the dark deserted road back to his home , imagining himself leading the marching army of Ambrosia .

( ) is the workaholic owner of thriving taxi company Speedee Taxis , but his wife ( ) feels neglected by him . When misses their fifteenth wedding anniversary , because he is out cabbing , she decides to punish him . Telling that she is going to ' get a job ' , she establishes a rival company , GlamCabs . The cars are brand new Ford Cortina Mk1 's and driven by attractive girls in provocative uniforms . , the wife of one of 's drivers , gets the post of office manager . 
 continues to coach his mainly inept ( and largely ex - army ) drivers , including accident - prone ( ) , whilst refuses to tell what her new ' job ' is . feigns a lack of interest , but he is dying to know . As unsuccessfully struggles to cope with his wife 's absences , and realises just what she had to endure , 's company becomes a thriving success due to the large number of male taxi passengers preferring to ogle her sexy drivers during journeys . Speedee rapidly starts losing money and faces bankruptcy . feels terrible for what she has done . and his drivers attempt to sabotage the rival company , but they are chased off . 
 In desperation , suggests a merger with his rivals , but is furious to discover who the real owner is and storms off . 
 A month later , is living at the office and has turned to drink , allowing his company to collapse around him . and are hijacked by bank robbers . manages to use the taxi radio to subtly reveal their situation and location . intercepts the broadcast and rallies the other Speedee drivers in pursuit . The robbers are cornered and captured . 
 and are reconciled , especially over the fact that she is expecting a baby .

Six children are identified by a team of UNESCO researchers investigating child development . The children have extraordinary powers of intellect and are all able to complete a difficult brick puzzle in exactly the same amount of time . 
 British psychologist ( ) and geneticist ( ) are interested in , a London boy whose mother ( ) clearly hates the child and insists she was never touched by a man . This is initially dismissed as hysteria and it is implied she has ' loose ' morals . But after a while the two men realize that all six children were born without a father and are also capable of telepathy . 
 The children , from various countries – China , India , Nigeria , the Soviet Union , the United States and the UK – are brought to London for a collective study into their advanced intelligence . However the children escape from their embassies and gather at an abandoned church in Southwark , London . They intermittently take mental control of 's aunt ( ) to help them survive in the derelict church . Meanwhile , the military debates whether or not to destroy them . The children have demonstrated the capacity for telekinesis and construct a complex machine which uses sonic waves as a defensive weapon , which kills several government officials and soldiers . But the military realizes that they only fight back when attacked . After psychologist makes a passionate plea asking the group return to their respective embassies , the children obey and murder embassy and military officials before returning to the church . 
 urges the government to give the children leeway . However his team of scientists observe the difference between an ordinary human blood cell and the cells of one of the children , thereby implying the children to be non - human , and destined to become a threat to the human race . 
 When authorities try to take control of the children , they are forced to protect themselves . As the situation escalates into a final showdown between the military and the children , one of the scientists postulates that the judgment of the children being alien was incorrect , and that the children 's cells are in fact human , advanced by a million years . Meanwhile , the children also imply they have arrived at the decision their presence is incompatible with that of basic humans , and therefore they intend to lower their defences and sacrifice themselves . The military commander recognizes a mistake has been made , and aborts the attack command . However , the command is triggered accidentally by a screwdriver – one of the simplest of basic man 's machines . The church is destroyed , and the children are killed .

Seeking to exact revenge on ( 007 ) for killing its agent Dr. No and destroying the organisation 's assets in the Caribbean , SPECTRE begins training agents to kill . Their star pupil is , a SPECTRE assassin who proves his mettle by killing a impostor in one minute and fifty - two seconds on a training course with a garrote wire concealed in his wristwatch . 
 Meanwhile , the organisation 's Chief Planner , a Czech chess grandmaster named ( Number 5 ) , devises a plan to play British and Soviet intelligence against each other to procure a Lektor cryptographic device from the Soviets . SPECTRE 's Chief Executive , Number   1 , puts ( Number 3 ) , a former Colonel of SMERSH ( the counter - intelligence branch of Soviet Intelligence ) who has defected to SPECTRE in the West , in charge of the mission as Chief of Operations . chooses to protect until he acquires the Lektor – then to eliminate and steal the cipher machine for SPECTRE . As part of the scheme , recruits the beautiful , a cipher clerk at the Soviet consulate in Istanbul , who believes the ex - Colonel to still be working for SMERSH . 
 In London , informs that has contacted their " Station ' T ' " in Turkey , claiming to have fallen in love with from his file photo . She offers to defect to the West , and will bring a top secret Lektor with her to sweeten the deal – but only on the condition that handle her case , personally . Prior to his departure , is supplied by Q with an attaché case containing a concealed throwing knife , gold sovereigns , a special tear gas booby trap connected to the lock mechanism and ammunition for an Armalite AR-7 folding sniper rifle with an infrared night scope . 
 After travelling to Istanbul , heads into the city to meet with station head , tailed by Bulgarian secret agents working for the Russians . They are in turn tailed by , who kills one of them after is taken back to his hotel , stealing their car and dumping it outside the Soviet Consulate in order to provoke hostilities between British and Soviet Intelligence . In response , the Soviets bomb 's office with a limpet mine – but is away from his desk for a tryst with his mistress . He and then investigate the attack by spying on a Soviet consulate meeting through a periscope installed in the underground aqueducts beneath Istanbul . Thus , they learn that the Soviet agent is responsible for the bombing . declares it unwise to stay in the city under such circumstances and takes to a rural gypsy settlement . However , learns of this and promptly attacks a Gypsy feast ( where and are honoured guests ) with a band of hired Bulgarian fighters . Much to 's confusion , he is saved from an enemy fighter during the attack by a distant sniper shot from . The following night , and track down to his hideout , where kills him with 's rifle . 
 Upon returning to his hotel suite that night , finds waiting for him in his bed and has sex with her ; neither are aware that SPECTRE is filming them . The next day , heads off for a pre - arranged rendezvous at Hagia Sophia to drop off the floor plans for the consulate , with ensuring receives the plans by killing the other Bulgarian tail who attempts to intercept the drop . Using the plans , and successfully steal the Lektor and , together with , escape with the device onto the Orient Express . On the train , quickly notices a Soviet security officer named tailing them , prompting him and to subdue him . When leaves and alone together , kills them and makes it appear as though they killed each other , preventing from leaving the train with to rendezvous with one of 's men . 
 At the railway station in Belgrade , passes on word of death to one of his sons , and asks for an agent from Station Y to meet him at Zagreb . However , when the train arrives at the station , intercepts , sent from Station Y , killing the agent before posing as him . After drugging at dinner , overpowers before taunting him about SPECTRE 's involvement in the theft . After disclosing that was unaware of what was truly going on , believing she was working for Russia , reveals to his plans to leave behind the film SPECTRE took of him and at the hotel , along with a forged blackmail letter , to make it appear that their deaths were the result of a murder - suicide , to scandalise the British intelligence community . quickly convinces him to accept a bribe of gold sovereigns in exchange for a final cigarette , tricking into setting off the booby trap in his attaché case . This distracts enough for to attack him in brutal hand - to - hand combat . In the ensuing fight , narrowly gains the upper hand , stabbing with the case 's concealed knife before strangling him with his own garrotte . then drags the comatose from the train ( which has been stopped by a SPECTRE accomplice ) , where he hijacks 's getaway truck and flees the scene with . 
 Upon hearing the news of 's death , Number 1 calls and onto the carpet to explain what went wrong and remind them that SPECTRE does not tolerate failure . is executed by the henchman , with a kick from the poison - tipped switchblade in his shoe . , however , is given one last chance to make good on the mission and acquire the Lektor ( which has already been promised to the Russians in a sell - back scheme ) . 
 The next morning , 's stolen truck is intercepted along its escape route by a SPECTRE helicopter , but destroys the attacking aircraft by shooting its co - pilot with his sniper rifle , causing the man to drop a live hand grenade in the cockpit . Thus , and make it to 's escape boat on the Dalmatian coast and steal that , too , only to be pursued by , who leads a squadron of SPECTRE powerboats . , however , escapes by dumping his own powerboat 's fuel drums overboard and detonating them with a Very flare to engulf all the chase boats in a sea of flames . 
 Eventually , he and reach a hotel in Venice , where they believe themselves to be safe . , however , disguised as a maid , makes one final attempt on and the Lektor . In a climactic fight with , she tries to kick him with a poisoned switchblade shoe , but shoots her with her own dropped gun . With the mission accomplished , and leave Venice on a romantic boat ride , in which course throws 's blackmail film into the canal .

The story begins with a silent film sequence during which the good Squire returns home after a lengthy stay in London and discovers a baby in his bed . Thinking that his barber , Mr. , and one of his servants , , have " birthed " the infant out of lust , the squire banishes them and chooses to raise little as if he were his own son . 
 grows up to be a lively young man whose good looks and kind heart make him very popular with the opposite sex . However , he truly loves only one woman , the gentle , who returns his passion . Sadly , is stigmatized as a " bastard " and can not we d a young lady of her high station . , too , must hide her feelings while her aunt and her father , try to coerce her to marry a more suitable man – a man whom she hates . 
 This young man is , the son of widowed sister . Although he is of legitimate birth , he is an ill - natured fellow with plenty of hypocritical ' virtue ' but none of 's warmth , honesty , or high spirits . When dies unexpectedly , intercepts a letter , which his mother intended for her brother 's eyes only . The letter ’s contents are not revealed ; however , after his mother 's funeral , and his two tutors , Mr. and Mr. Square , join forces to convince the squire that is a villain . gives a small cash legacy and sorrowfully sends him out into the world to seek his fortune . 
 In his road - travelling odyssey , is knocked unconscious while defending the good name of his beloved and robbed of his legacy . He also flees from a jealous Irishman who falsely accuses him of having an affair with his wife , engages in deadly sword fights , meets his alleged father and his alleged mother , a certain Mrs. , whom he saves from an evil Redcoat Officer , and later beds the same Mrs. . In a celebrated scene , and Mrs. sit opposite each other in the dining room of the Upton Inn , wordlessly consuming an enormous meal while gazing lustfully at each other . 
 Meanwhile , runs away from home soon after 's banishment to escape the attentions of the loathed . After narrowly missing each other at the Upton Inn , and arrive separately in London . There , attracts the attention of Lady , a promiscuous noblewoman over 40 years of age . She is rich , beautiful , and completely amoral , though it is worth noting that goes to her bed willingly and is generously rewarded for his services . Eventually , ends up at Tyburn Gaol , facing a boisterous hanging crowd after two blackguardly agents of Blifil frame him for robbery and attempted murder . learns the contents of the mysterious letter : is not child , but 's illegitimate son and 's nephew . Furthermore , since knew this , concealed it , and tried to destroy his half - brother , he is now in disgrace and disinherited . uses this knowledge to get a pardon , but has already been conveyed to the gallows ; his hanging is begun , but is interrupted by Squire Western , who cuts him down and takes him to . now has permission to court , and all ends well with embracing with Squire Western 's blessing .

After destroying a drug laboratory in Latin America , — Agent 007 — travels to Miami Beach to receive instructions from his superior , , via CIA agent . He is to observe bullion dealer at the hotel there . sees cheating at gin rummy and stops him by distracting his employee , , and blackmailing into losing . After and consummate their new relationship , is knocked out by 's Korean manservant , the hulking giant . When awakens , he finds dead , covered in gold paint , having died from " skin suffocation . " 
 In London , the chancellor of the exchequer and M explain to that gold prices vary across the world , allowing one to profit by selling bullion internationally , and his objective is determining how does it by smuggling . arranges to meet socially at his country club in Kent , and wins a high - stakes golf game against him with a recovered Nazi gold bar at stake . follows him to Switzerland , where , 's sister , makes an unsuccessful attempt at revenge by firing a rifle at . 
 sneaks into 's plant and discovers smuggles gold by melting it down and incorporating it into the bodywork of his car , which he takes with him whenever he travels . also overhears talking to Chinese agent Mr. about " Operation Grand Slam . " Leaving , encounters as she tries to kill again , but trips an alarm in the process . kills with his hat , and is captured and tied to a cutting table underneath an industrial laser , which begins to slice a sheet of gold in half , with lying over it . lies to that MI6 knows about Grand Slam , causing to spare 's life to mislead MI6 into believing has things in hand . 
 is transported by 's private jet , piloted by , to his stud farm near Fort Knox , Kentucky . escapes and witnesses 's meeting with US mafiosi , who have brought the materials he needs for Operation Grand Slam . Although they are each promised $ 1 million , tempts them that they could have the million today , or $ 10 million tomorrow , and relates Grand Slam , revealed to be his plan to rob Fort Knox . He then kills them using some of the " Delta 9 " nerve gas he plans to release over Fort Knox . 
 is recaptured and tells his plan to rob the gold depository will not work , as he will not have time to move the gold before the Americans intervene . hints he does not intend to steal the gold , and deduces that will detonate a dirty bomb inside the vault , designed to render the gold useless for 58 years . This will increase the value of 's own gold and give the Chinese an advantage from the potential economic chaos . subtly threatens that should the Americans attempt to locate the bomb or interfere with his plan , he will simply have it detonated somewhere of significance in the United States . 
 Operation Grand Slam begins with Flying Circus spraying the gas over Fort Knox . However , had seduced and convinced her to replace the nerve gas with a harmless substance and alert the US government about 's plan . The military personnel of Fort Knox play dead until they are certain that they can capture the bomb and prevent the criminals from escaping . 
 Believing the military forces to be neutralized , 's private army breaks into Fort Knox and accesses the vault itself as arrives in a helicopter with the atomic device . In the vault , his henchman handcuffs to the bomb . The troops wake up and attack , killing many of 's men . Seeing this , closes the vault , takes off his coat , revealing a US Army colonel 's uniform , and kills Mr. and several troops seeking to open the vault , then makes his escape . realizes he 's trapped and attempts to stop the bomb , but throws him to his death . grabs 's handcuff keys and frees himself , but repeatedly attacks him before he can disarm the bomb . Eventually manages to electrocute , then forces the lock off the bomb using gold bars from the vault , but is unable to disarm it . Meanwhile , the soldiers , which are still fighting 's army , eventually gain the upper hand and open the vault . After finally killing all 's men , the troops rush to disarm the bomb . An atomic specialist who accompanied arrives with seconds to spare , and simply turns off the device with the timer stopped on " 0:07 " . 
 is invited to the White House for lunch with the President . However , hijacks the plane carrying there . In a struggle for 's revolver , the gun fires , shooting out a window , creating an explosive decompression . is sucked out of the cabin through the ruptured window . With the plane out of control , rescues and they parachute safely from the aircraft before it crashes into the ocean . A rescue helicopter passes by , but claims they do n't need to be rescued at this moment and they ignore it .

In 1879 , a communiqué from Lord to the Secretary of State for War in London ( voice - over narration by ) details the crushing defeat of a British force at the hands of the Zulus at the Battle of Isandlwana . In the aftermath of the battle , the victorious Zulus walk amongst the scattered bodies of dead British soldiers and gather their rifles . At a mass Zulu marriage ceremony witnessed by missionary ( ) and his daughter ( ) , Zulu King Cetewayo ( Chief ) is also informed of the great victory . 
 A company of the British Army 's 24th Regiment of Foot is using the missionary station of Rorke 's Drift in Natal as a supply depot and hospital for their invasion force across the border in Zululand . Receiving news of Isandhlwana from the Natal Native Contingent Commander , who warns that an army of 4,000 Zulu warriors is advancing to the British position , Lieutenant ( ) of the Royal Engineers assumes command of the small British detachment . Lieutenant ( ) , an infantry officer , is rather put out to find himself subordinate to an engineer due to the latter 's slightly earlier commission . Realising that they can not outrun the Zulu army with wounded soldiers , decides to make a stand at the station , using wagons , sacks of mealie , and crates of ship 's biscuit to form a defensive perimeter to counter the Zulu nation 's deadly effective Bull tactical enveloping formation . becomes drunk and demoralises the men with his overtly dire predictions ; the soldiers of the Natal Native Contingent desert . orders to be locked up in a supply room . 
 As the Zulu impis approach , a contingent of Boer horsemen arrives . They advise that defending the station is hopeless . They retreat in haste , despite 's desperate pleas for them to stay . The Zulu army approach and then charge . The British open fire , but informs them that the Zulus are only testing the British firepower . again predicts the soldiers ' inevitable fate , before being driven from the battle with his daughter . is concerned that the northern perimeter wall is undermanned and realises that the attack will come from all sides . The defenders are surprised when the Zulu warriors open fire on the station with rifles , taken from the British dead at Isandlwana . 
 Throughout the day and night , wave after wave of Zulu attackers are repelled . The Zulus succeed in setting fire to the hospital , leading to intense fighting between British patients and Zulu warriors as the former try to escape the flames . Private ( ) takes charge and successfully leads the patients to safety . 
 The next morning , the Zulus approach to within several hundred yards and begin singing a war chant ; the British respond by singing " Men of Harlech " . In the final assault , just as it seems the Zulus will finally overwhelm the tired defenders , the British soldiers fall back to a small redoubt constructed out of mealie bags . With a reserve of soldiers hidden within the redoubt , they form into three ranks and seamlessly fire volley after volley , inflicting heavy casualties ; the Zulus withdraw . After a pause of three hours , the defenders are still recovering when the Zulus re - form again on the Oscarberg . Resigned to another assault , the British are astonished when the Zulus instead sing a song to honour the bravery of the defenders before departing . 
 The film ends with another narration by , listing the eleven defenders who received the Victoria Cross for the defence of Rorke 's Drift , the most awarded to a regiment in a single action up to that time .

American single mother ( ) , who recently moved to London from New York , arrives at the Little People 's Garden preschool to collect her daughter , . The child has mysteriously disappeared . An administrator recalls meeting but claims never to have seen the missing child . and her brother ( ) search the school and find a sinister woman living upstairs , who claims she collects children 's nightmares . In desperation , the call the police and Superintendent ( ) arrives on the scene . Everyone becomes a suspect and Superintendent is steadfast , diligently following every lead . The police and decide to visit the ’ new residence . 
 They find that all of 's possessions have been removed from the ' home . can not understand why anyone would do this and reacts emotionally . Superintendent begins to suspect that does not exist after he learns that " " was the name of 's imaginary childhood friend . 's landlord ( ) , an aging actor , attempts to seduce her . decides to become better acquainted with in order to learn more about . He takes her to a local pub where he plies her with brandy and soda . 
 On her return home , discovers she still has the claim ticket for 's doll , which was taken to a doll hospital for repairs . Regarding the doll as proof of 's existence , she frantically rushes to the doll hospital late at night and retrieves the doll . arrives later and when shows him the doll , knocks out and burns the doll , trying to destroy it . He takes to a hospital and tells the desk nurse that has been hallucinating about a missing girl who does not exist . is sedated and put under observation . 
 Later , wakes and escapes from the hospital . She discovers burying 's possessions ; he has bound and sedated the child and hidden her in the boot ( trunk ) of his car . implies an incestuous interest / relationship with his sister and complains that has always come between them ; because he believes loves more than him , the child threatens 's dream of a future with . Realizing that her brother is mad , plays childhood games with him to distract him.[2][3 ] , having discovered that had lied to the police about the ship that brought the Lakes to England , arrives in time to rescue and , and apprehend .

An American , , wakes up in an English hospital unable to remember anything of his life before a recent car accident . 
 Four months later he has recovered physically but has still not retrieved his memory . His amnesia is being treated by a psychiatrist , Dr. , who tells him that his bills are being paid by an anonymous benefactor , who has made an apartment available to him . Dr warns him that he might suffer hallucinations . 
 The only other link to his past is a photograph torn from a newspaper . Chris has fallen in love with his nurse , . 
 Upon release from the hospital , moves into a flat and hires a private investigator , . visits the photographer of the photo , who tells him that the subject is dead , the victim of a shower murder . 
 In his flat hears strange voices coming from next door - a couple arguing . He keeps seeing a woman around town , from time to time , who reminds him of the woman in the photo . And he discovers a bloody knife in his shower . 
 receives a late night visit from , who claims to be the widow of the man responsible for the automobile accident which caused to lose his memory . bears a remarkable resemblance to the woman in the photograph . 
 plies with drugs , and after one such episode , he discovers in his shower the body of a murdered woman , which later disappears . 
 Assisted by , tricks and into admitting that they are the murderers , having planned to frame him for the crime , and that the victim is the physician 's wife . is reunited with .

( ) , a Belgian manicurist , lives in Battersea , London , with her older sister ( ) . practically sleepwalks through her days , and interacts awkwardly with men . A would - be suitor , ( ) , is flummoxed by her behaviour and she rebuffs his advances , disgusted by them . 
 She hides her head in her pillow against her sister 's cries of sexual pleasure with her lover , ( ) . When leaves on a holiday in Italy with , appears even more distracted at work , gets sent home after cutting a customer during a manicure . She stays in the apartment , leaving a raw , skinned rabbit out to rot , and begins to hallucinate , first seeing the walls cracking , a man breaking in and molesting her , later hands reaching out to grab and attack her . breaks into her apartment when she refuses to acknowledge his adoration and he apologizes for his transgression . When he says he wants to " be with [ her ] all the time , " she bludgeons him to death with a candlestick , dumps the body into the overflowing bathtub , and nails the broken door shut . 
 Later , the landlord ( ) also breaks in , looking for the late rent payment . pays him and sits on the sofa , staring into space . He remarks on the decaying state of the apartment , and attempts to ingratiate himself by bringing her a glass of water as he leers at her in her nightgown . When he first propositions , then sexually assaults her , she gets away . When he comes at her again and she slashes him to death with a straight razor . 
 When and return , they discover the corpses and goes for help . finds hiding under the bed in a catatonic state . Neighbors arrive – curious , concerned and shocked . returns and carries wide - eyed out . A family photograph on the floor shows as a girl with a similar wide - eyed expression .

A brief narration outlines man 's first attempts to fly since the Stone Age inspired by a bird 's flight , seen with footage from the Silent Film Era , and man being represented by a " test pilot " ( ) encountering periodic misfortune in his attempts . 
 In 1910 , just seven years after the first heavier - than - air flight , aircraft are fragile and unreliable contraptions , piloted by " intrepid birdmen " . 
 Pompous British newspaper magnate Lord Rawnsley ( ) forbids his would - be aviatrix daughter , ardent suffragette ( ) , from flying . Aviator ( ) , a young army officer and ( at least in his own eyes ) 's fiancé , conceives the idea of an air race from London to Paris to advance the cause of British aviation ( and his career ) . With 's support , he persuades Lord to sponsor the race as a publicity stunt for his newspaper . , who takes full credit for the idea , announces the event to the press , shocking everyone with the amount of the prize . 
 Invitations and newspaper advertising go out worldwide , and dozens of participants arrive in England with their aircraft . The aircraft are housed and maintained in the hangars at the airfield on the " Brookley " Motor Racing Track ( actually a reasonably historical representation of the contemporary Brooklands ) , where the fliers make practice runs in the days prior to the race . During this time , predictable patriotic antagonisms quickly develop . Most of the contestants conform to national stereotypes , including the by - the - book , monocle - wearing Prussian officer Colonel ( ) ; the impetuous Italian Count ( ) , whose test flights wreck one aircraft after another ; and the amorous Frenchman ( ) . is the late - arriving Japanese naval officer , with a perfect ( dubbed ) Etonian accent . 
 The rivalries between their respective nations degenerate into a ridiculous hot - air balloon duel between the German and French fliers , and the nefarious actions of baronet Sir ( ) , an unscrupulous British flier who " never leaves anything to chance " . With his bullied servant , ( ) , he sabotages two aircraft , drugs one pilot , and cheats by shipping his aeroplane across the channel at night . More complications occur when the rugged American cowboy ( ) falls for , forming a love triangle with her and . 
 Wishing the fliers " good luck " before the race starts , Lord complains to his associate : " The trouble with these international affairs is that they attract foreigners".[5 ] Fourteen competitors take off but , one by one , their engines fail or they crash ( or , in the case of ( ) , was charted as being " on his way to Scotland " by officials at the Dover checkpoint ; 's " Little Fiddler " aircraft was a canard , or ' tail - first ' design ) , until only four remain ( arriving in three aircraft ) to land in Paris . 
 Sir gets his comeuppance for his cheating and dirty tricks when he becomes disoriented by the smoke from the locomotive of a passing freight train between Calais and Paris , forcing him to land his aircraft on one of the cars . The aircraft is destroyed when the train passes through a tunnel shortly afterward . 
 loses time when he slows down to rescue from his burning aircraft , and comes in second . wins for Britain , but he recognises 's heroism and insists on sharing the glory and the prize with the penniless American . The other successful aviator is , completing his race for France . 
 's and 's final kiss is interrupted by a strange noise . They and the others at the field look up to see a flyover by six English Electric Lightning jet fighters , as the time period reverts to the " present " ( 1965 ) . 
 Outlined are the still - persisting hazards of modern flying despite today 's advanced technology , as a night - time civilian flight across the English Channel is cancelled owing to heavy fog . One of the delayed passengers ( ) gets the idea of learning to fly under his own power , perpetuating man 's pioneering spirit .

attends the funeral of Colonel , a SPECTRE operative connected with the previous murders of two MI6 agents.[8 ] is alive and disguised as his own widow , but identifies him . Pursuing to his château , fights and kills him , escaping with use of a jetpack and his Aston Martin DB5 , conveniently driven up by French agent , Madame . 
 At a SPECTRE meeting in Paris , chaired by the enigmatic Number One , ( SPECTRE operative Number Two ) introduces the group 's latest project : hijacking two atomic bombs and holding NATO for ransom . The plot begins at the Shrublands sanatorium , located close to the NATO air base . Coincidentally , is at Shrublands to improve his health . There , he notices Count , an operative of SPECTRE with a tattoo . searches 's room , but is seen leaving by 's clinic neighbour , whose head is covered in bandages . tries to murder with a spinal traction machine , but is saved by his physiotherapist , , whom he then coerces into having sex . 
 and , the bandaged man , are part of SPECTRE 'S plot . 's face was surgically altered to match the appearance of , a French Air Force pilot slated to fly on a training mission aboard an RAF strategic jet bomber Avro Vulcan loaded with two atomic bombs . is murdered by , who then tries to extort more money for his services from SPECTRE . Agent seemingly acquiesces to his demands and he takes 's place on the flight . On the flight , gasses the remainder of the crew , hijacks the plane , and executes a controlled water landing near the Bahamas , submerging the jet . The atomic bombs are retrieved by SCUBA - equipped SPECTRE operatives , commanded by . , trapped by his seat strapping , is killed by for reneging on his original deal with SPECTRE . Meanwhile , has uncovered 's corpse at the sanatorium . is later attacked by , who is killed by a rocket - propelled grenade launched by a motorcycle as punishment for failing to foresee 's greed . The motorcycle 's fully masked rider later pushes it into the water , after which the rider is revealed to be as she had removed her leather mask , goggles , and gloves , and was removing her headgear . 
 Back in London , at an MI6 conference , all of the 00 agents are informed that SPECTRE demands £ 100 million from NATO in exchange for returning the bombs and threatens to destroy a major city in the United States or the United Kingdom . At the meeting , recognises from a photograph . requests M to be sent to Nassau , Bahamas , where 's sister , , is staying . 
 While snorkelling , meets . Later , at a casino , he encounters and , who has taken as his mistress . enters a game against and wins , and subsequently takes Domino to a dance . and recognise each other as adversaries and begin a tense cat - and - mouse game of attempting to gain advantage over each other while still pretending ignorance of their adversary 's true nature . meets and , and is issued various gadgets , including an underwater infrared camera , a distress beacon , underwater breathing apparatus , a flare gun , and a Geiger counter . Diving under 's ship , the Disco Volante , fails to find the atomic bomb , but detects an underwater hatch ; narrowly escapes 's henchmen . The next day , visits at his estate , Palmyra . 
 is kidnapped by , but escapes through a Junkanoo celebration to the Kiss Kiss club , where is accidentally shot and killed by her own bodyguard . and search for the Vulcan , finding it under water . tells that killed her brother and asks her for help in finding the bombs , giving her his Geiger counter . As she is looking for the bombs on board , she is discovered and tortured by . 
 Meanwhile , disguises himself as one of 's henchmen , and uncovers 's plan to destroy Miami Beach . is discovered by , but rescued by , who orders the United States Coast Guard to parachute to the area via US Air Force transport aircraft . After an underwater battle , the henchmen surrender . escapes to his ship , which has one of the bombs on board . As it begins to leave , gets on underwater . The ship is pursued by Royal Navy and U.S. Coast Guard vessels , but jettisons the rear of the ship , revealing the front as a hydrofoil as it escapes . fights on board , and he is about to shoot when , freed by 's nuclear physicist , shoots with a harpoon gun . , , and jump overboard , and the boat runs aground and explodes . A sky hook - equipped CIA B-17 aircraft then rescues and .

When is forced to kill a lion , after the lion kills a native villager , and then kills a lioness out of self - defence , he brings home the three orphaned cubs she had been trying to protect . The tend to the three orphaned lion cubs to young lionhood , and , when the time comes , the two largest are sent to the Rotterdam Zoo , while the Lioness ( the smallest of the litter ) remains with . When Elsa is held responsible for stampeding a herd of elephants through a village , , 's boss , gives the couple three months to either rehabilitate to the wild , or send her to a zoo . opposes sending to a zoo , and spends much time attempting to reintroduce to the life of a wild lion in a distant reserve . At last , she succeeds , and with mixed feelings and a breaking heart , she returns her friend to the wild . The then depart for their home in England ; a year later they return to Kenya for a week , hoping to find . They do , and happily discover she has n't forgotten them and is the mother of three cubs . The made an agreement not to handle the cubs , in contrast to the way they did with .

The film opens with two men from an unnamed ministry commenting on a spate of letters from a beekeeper claiming to have developed a strain of killer bees . They dismiss him as a lunatic , though his letters claim he will start killing people if he is not taken seriously . 
 Meanwhile , pop singer ( ) collapses from exhaustion on television , and is sent to recuperate in a cottage on Seagull Island . The reason for this is that her doctor knows . The proprietors of the " rest home " are a depressed , disgruntled couple , and ( and ) . is a beekeeper , as is his neighbor , ( ) . 
 begins to notice mysterious happenings . dog and later herself are attacked by the bees and killed , leading to suspect . She and start to snoop around . keeps his bees in an apiary within his home , behind a pair of doors which open to view the bees . He claims to control them via a tape - recording of a high note made by a death's - head moth , of which the bees are afraid . He encourages her to search through 's papers , and she discovers that has managed to isolate " the smell of fear " into a liquid form . tells her this must mean that has been baiting the bees with this substance . 
 's snooping does n't go unnoticed ; bees soon attack her in her room at the cottage . She eventually escapes to 's house , where she decides to stay until she can catch the next boat off the island . When acts suspiciously , sleuths some more and discovers his secret laboratory , and he admits that he has been causing all of this . He adds that he had intended to kill all along , but now that she knows the secret , he must kill her too . 
 She thwarts his attempt , leading him to be stung to death and crash through the stair - rail . She sets fire to the house , escapes , and leaves the island the next day , just as a bowler - hatted ministry official finally arrives to investigate the deaths .

In the future , a totalitarian government employs a force known as Firemen to seek out and destroy all literature . They have the power to search anyone , anywhere , at any time , and burn any books they find . One of the Firemen , ( ) , meets one of his neighbors , ( ) , a 20 - year - old schoolteacher who may be fired due to her unorthodox views . The two have a discussion about his job , where she asks if he ever reads the books he burns . Curious , he begins to hide books in his house and read them , starting with . This leads to conflict with his wife , ( also played by ) , who is more concerned with being popular enough to be a member of The Family , an interactive television program that refers to its viewers as cousins . 
 At the house of an illegal book collector , the Fire captain ( ) talks with at length about how books make people unhappy and make them want to think they are better than others , which is considered anti - social . The book collector , an old woman who was seen with a few times during 's rides to and from work , refuses to leave her house , opting instead to burn herself and the house so she can die with her books . 
 Returning home that day , tries to tell and her friends about the woman who martyred herself in the name of books and confronts them about knowing anything about what 's going on in the world , calling them zombies and telling them they 're just killing time instead of living life . Disturbed over 's behavior , 's friends try to leave but stops them , by forcing them to sit and listen to him read a novel passage . During the reading , one of 's friends breaks down crying , aware of the feelings she repressed over the years , while 's other friends leave in disgust over 's alleged cruelty and the sick content of the novel . 
 That night , dreams of as the book collector who killed herself . The same night , 's house is raided but she escapes through a trapdoor in the roof , thanks to her uncle . breaks into the captain 's office looking for information about the missing and is caught but not punished . 
 meets with and helps her break back into her house , to destroy papers that would bring the Firemen to others like her . She tells him of the " book people " , a hidden sect of people who flout the law , each of whom have memorized a book to keep it alive . Later , tells the captain he is resigning but is convinced to go on one more call , which turns out to be 's house . 
 leaves the house , telling that she could n't live with his book obsession and leaves him to be punished by the Firemen . Angrily , he destroys the bedroom and television before setting fire to the books . The captain lectures him about the books and pulls a last book from 's coat , for which kills him with the flamethrower . He escapes and finds the book people , where he views his " capture " on television , staged to keep the masses entertained and because the government does n't want him to be known to be alive . selects a book to memorize , Tales of Mystery & Imagination by and becomes one of the book people .

( ) is a 22 - year - old Londoner who has considerable musical talent , is well educated , and has an engaging if shameless manner . On the other hand , she believes herself to be plain , slightly overweight , dresses haphazardly , and is incredibly naïve on the subjects of love and flirtation ; she has never had a boyfriend . She has an inventive imagination and loves children . 
 Her parents are the live - in employees of successful businessman ( James ) . is 49 and has a loveless , childless marriage with ( , real life mother ) . He has watched with affection as " " grew up , and has treated her as if he were her second father : he provided for her education , and for a studio in his own home in which she teaches dance to children . As has become a young woman , however , his feelings for her have become more than fatherly : offers a legal contract , proposing to supply her with the luxuries of life in return for her becoming his mistress . sidesteps his proposal by never giving him a direct response ; 's business - like language and manner ( and awkward inability to express any affection for her ) leave her cold . 
 's flatmate is the beautiful ( ) , who works as a violinist in an orchestra , but is otherwise a shallow woman who lives for her own hedonistic pleasures . She treats the meekly compliant like an unpaid servant . 
 When discovers that she is pregnant by her boyfriend ( ) , they get married . She tells him bluntly that she has already aborted two of his children , but she wants to marry because she 's " bored . " moves in with the two young women . He becomes disillusioned with and begins to find himself attracted to , who convinces Leamington to buy several expensive items for the baby 's care . While in the midst of an argument with over her cavalier attitude to her pregnancy , suddenly kisses and tells her that he loves her . flees the apartment onto the streets of London , where follows her , screaming over and over again that he loves her as he pursues her . The two return to the flat , where they consummate their new found love , after which there is a knock at the flat door by a friend of who tells them that has gone to the hospital to give birth . and go to the hospital , where tries to comfort while she is in labour . and 's [ secret ] love affair continues . 
 gives birth to a daughter named . Since she has no interest in the baby , and is tired of , she announces that she plans to put the child up for adoption and divorce her husband . 
 and set up home together in the flat , caring for baby and living as a common - law married couple . It soon becomes clear that cares more for the baby than for having an adult relationship with . Their relationship ends when tires of a father 's responsibilities , and abandons her and the baby . Now that is the sole caregiver of a baby to whom she has no blood ties , Social Services wish to remove baby from her care . 
 In the meantime , 's wife has died . , who was unable to express his true feelings for while his wife lived , now finds himself free to express his love for her and proposes marriage . accepts because this will allow her to keep . The two marry despite the difference in their backgrounds and ages and officially adopt , making a mother . As the newlyweds are chauffeured away from their wedding , ignores her new husband , focusing on .

In a Cornish village in August 1860 , the inhabitants of the town are dying from a mysterious plague that seems to be spreading at an accelerated rate . Even the local doctor , ( ) , can not combat the disease . Alarmed , sends for outside help from his friend Sir ( ) . Accompanying Sir is his daughter ( ) . In an attempt to learn more about the disease , Sir and Dr. disinter the corpses that were recently buried . To their surprise , the men find all the coffins empty . Conducting further investigations on the mystery lead the doctors to encounter zombies walking near an old , deserted tin mine on the estate of Squire ( ) . Sir is informed that the squire lived in Haiti for several years and practiced voodoo rituals , as well as black magic . This information leads him to research on the subject of the black arts . 
 Later that evening , Squire pays Sylvia a visit . Purposely , manages to shatter a wine glass , and happens to cut her finger on one of the sharp edges of the glass . Secretly , the Squire conceals a piece of the blood - stained glass into his coat pocket and departs . With a vestige of 's blood , uses his voodoo magic to lure the heroine into venturing in the dark woods . She is led to the abandoned tin mine by an army of walking zombies for a voodoo ceremony that will transform her into one of the walking dead . It 's revealed that and his group did this in order to create workers to mine the tin and make money off of it . 
 While follows to the mines , Sir investigates the 's house and finds some small figures in coffins the uses for his voodoo . After a struggle with one of the 's henchmen the room is accidentally set ablaze , Sir barely managing to escape after threatening a servant who notices the inferno for information on the mine . He races to the mines to join , while in the mansion the figures in the coffins catch fire , causing their zombie counterparts to do the same and go crazy . Using the distraction caused by the burning crazed zombies Sir and the doctor rescue and flee from the burning flames as they listen to the anguished screams of and his zombies ; thus the plague is ended .

In the Charenton Asylum in 1808 , the Marquis de Sade stages a play about the murder of by , using his fellow inmates as actors . The director of the hospital , , supervises the performance , accompanied by his wife and daughter . , who supports 's government , believes that the play will support his own bourgeois ideas , and denounce those of the French Revolution that helped lead . His patients , however , have other ideas , and they make a habit of speaking lines he had attempted to suppress , or deviating entirely into personal opinion . The Marquis himself , meanwhile , subtly manipulates both the players and the audience to create an atmosphere of chaos and nihilism that ultimately brings on an orgy of destruction .

Workers building an extension to the London Underground at Hobbs End dig up skeletal remains . Palaeontologist Dr ( ) is called in and deduces that they are the remnants of a group of five - million - year - old apemen , more ancient than any previous finds . One of 's assistants uncovers part of a metallic object . Believing it to be an unexploded bomb , they call in an army bomb disposal team . 
 Meanwhile , Professor ( ) is dismayed to learn that his plans for the colonisation of the Moon are to be taken over by the military . He gives a cold reception to Colonel ( ) , who has been assigned to join 's British Experimental Rocket Group . When the bomb disposal team call for 's assistance , accompanies him to the site . concludes it is a V - weapon , but disagrees . When another skeleton is found in an inner chamber , and realise that the object must also be five million years old . suspects it is of alien origin , but is certain the apemen are terrestrial . 
 becomes intrigued by the name of the area . ( ) , ’s assistant , recalls that " Hob " is an old name for the Devil . Working with , finds historical accounts of hauntings and other spectral appearances going back many centuries . They deduce that these events coincided with disturbances of the ground around Hobbs End . 
 An attempt to open a sealed chamber using a Borazon drill fails to make progress . However , a few moments after the drill is stopped , a small hole is seen , though the drill operator , ( ) , is certain it was not created by his machine . The hole widens to reveal the corpses of three - legged , insectoid creatures with horned heads . and work to preserve the bodies before they decay . An examination of the creatures ' physiology suggests they came from the planet Mars . and note the similarity between the appearance of the creatures and images of the Devil . 
 is overcome by a powerful telekinetic force emanating from the alien craft and flees to the sanctuary of a church . tells he saw a vision of hordes of the alien creatures . believes this is a race memory . Seeking proof , he returns to Hobbs End , bringing a machine has been working on which taps into the primeval psyche . While trying to replicate the circumstances under which was affected , he notices that has fallen under its influence . Using 's machine , he is able to record her thoughts . 
 presents his theory to a government minister ( ) and other officials . The occupants of the spacecraft came from the dying Mars . Unable to survive on Earth , they chose to preserve some part of their race by creating a colony by proxy by significantly enhancing the intelligence of the primitive homo sapiens . The descendants of these apemen evolved into modern humans , but retain the vestiges of the Martian influence buried in their subconscious . He plays the recording of 's mind as evidence : it shows hordes of Martians engaged in what he interprets as a racial purge , cleansing the Martian hives of genetic mutations within their race . A disbelieving offers an alternative theory : the ' alien craft ' is a Nazi propaganda exercise designed to sow fear of an alien invasion among the populace . The minister rejects 's theory in favour of 's and decides to unveil the missile to the press . 
 Disaster strikes at the press event . The craft apparently draws power from the broadcasting equipment , and its influence is magnified . The streets of London erupt into violence as those affected go on a rampage . becomes drawn towards the craft and is killed . falls under the alien control as well , but is snapped out of it by , who is unaffected . The two men realise that a small portion of the population are immune . The psychic energy becomes stronger and begins to manifest into psychokinesis , ripping up streets and buildings , and the spectral image of a Martian towers above the city , centred on Hobbs End . Recalling stories about how the Devil could be defeated with iron and water , theorises the Martian energy could be discharged into the earth . climbs to the top of a building crane and swings it into the spectre . The crane bursts into flames as it discharges the energy , killing , but the image disappears .

was once a brilliant defence lawyer but has given himself up to alcohol . His wife has left him , his sister is ashamed of him , while his daughter , who still lives in his large house , despises him . She follows her own life with a wild group of friends led by two rich boys , one being her cousin . 
 Two poor boys are also part of the gang : an American criminal on the run called and a Cypriot immigrant called , who falls for . After a vicious fight with , is immobilised and hides him in the attic of her house , where he is shot dead by an intruder . The murder weapon is planted on , who is arrested and put on trial . Nobody in town wants to defend him , so begs her father to do so . 
 does not believe the case against and starts his own investigation . Through careful observation and questioning , he works out who wanted dead . It was his nephew , who humiliated fatally when he hired him a whore . confronts in his parents ' house and , reading to him , makes him see that his only course is to confess . As leaves the house , a proud and thankful takes his arm .

An American NASA spacecraft is hijacked from orbit by an unidentified spacecraft . The United States suspect it to be the work of the Soviets , but the British suspect Japanese involvement since the spacecraft landed in the Sea of Japan . To investigate , MI6 operative is sent to Tokyo after faking his own death in Hong Kong and being buried at sea from HMS   Tenby   ( F65 ) . 
 Upon his arrival , is contacted by , assistant to the head of the Japanese secret service , , while watching sumo . introduces to local MI6 operative . claims to have critical evidence about the rogue craft , but is killed before he can elaborate . chases and kills the assailant , taking the assailant 's clothing as a disguise and escapes in the getaway car , which goes to Osato Chemicals . Once there , subdues the driver and breaks into the office safe of president Mr. . After obtaining certain documents , is pursued by armed security , but is rescued by , who flees to a secluded subway station . chases her , but falls down a trap door leading to 's office . The stolen documents are examined and found to include a photograph of the cargo ship Ning - Po with a microdot message saying the tourist who took the photo was killed as a security precaution . 
 goes to Osato Chemicals to meet Mr. himself , masquerading as a potential new buyer . humours , but after their meeting he orders his secretary , , to have him killed . Outside the building , assassins open fire on before rescues him again . and drive to Kobe , where the Ning - Po is docked . They investigate the company 's dock facilities and discover that the ship was delivering elements for rocket fuel . They are discovered , but eludes the henchmen until gets away ; however , is captured and knocked out . He wakes , tied up in SPECTRE operative 's cabin on the Ning - Po . In a sexy cocktail dress , she interrogates , but he thinks of managing to bribe his way to freedom when she suddenly chooses to enjoy herself by kissing and freeing him in order to have sex . then flies to Tokyo , but en route she sets off a flare in the plane and bails out , finally persuaded to kill him . manages to land the plane . 
 After finding out where the Ning - Po unloaded , flies over the area in a heavily armed autogyro created by Q. Near a volcano is attacked by helicopters , which he defeats , confirming his suspicions that the enemy 's base is nearby . A Soviet spacecraft is then captured in orbit by another unidentified craft , heightening tensions between Russia and the United States . The mysterious spaceship lands in an extensive base hidden inside the volcano . It soon turns out that the true mastermind behind this is , the mysterious leader of SPECTRE who has been hired by the People 's Republic of China to start a Soviet - American war . summons for not having killed , who immediately blames his assistant , . then gives a last chance , but as leaves , he activates a mechanism that drops her into a pool filled with piranhas . is forced to pay for her failure with her life by being devoured alive , and instructs to kill . 
 is then informed of 's plan : he is to train with 's ninjas , disguise himself as a Japanese fisherman alongside a Japanese wife , and infiltrate SPECTRE 's island . assists in constructing 's Oriental disguise until she is suddenly killed by a SPECTRE assassin by inadvertently ingesting poison meant for . Undeterred , enters into a fake marriage to 's student , . Acting on a lead from , the pair reconnoitre a cave and the volcano above it . Establishing that the mouth of the volcano is a disguised hatch to the secret rocket base , slips in , while goes to alert . locates and frees the captured astronauts and , with their help , steals a space suit in an attempt to infiltrate the SPECTRE spacecraft " Bird One . " However , spots , and he is detained while Bird One is launched ; is taken into the control room where he meets face - to - face for the first time . 
 Bird One closes in on the American space capsule , and United States forces prepare to launch a nuclear attack on the USSR . Meanwhile , the Japanese ninjas approach the base 's entrance , but are detected and fired upon . manages to open the hatch , letting in the ninjas . During the ensuing battle , fights his way to the control room , kills 's bodyguard , and activates Bird One 's self - destruct before it reaches the American craft . The Americans stand down their forces . 
 , who had earlier killed to demonstrate the price of failure to , activates the base 's self - destruct system and escapes . , , , and the surviving ninjas leave before the base explodes , and are picked up by the Japanese Maritime Forces and the British Secret Service .

Set in circa 1910 , the story opens with a montage of European Grand Prix races in which one particular car appears to win every race . In the final race , the car crashes and catches fire , ending its racing career . The car ends up in an old garage in rural England , where two children , ( ) and ( ) , have grown fond of it . However , a man in the junkyard intends to buy the car from the garage owner , Mr. ( ) , for scrap . The children , who live with their widowed father ( ) , an eccentric inventor , and the family 's equally peculiar grandfather , implore their father to buy the car , but ca n't afford it . While playing truant from school , they meet ) , a beautiful upper - class woman with her own motor car , who brings them home to report their truancy to their father . After she leaves , promises the children that he will save the car , but is taken aback at the cost he has committed himself to . He looks for ways to raise money to avoid letting them down . 
 The next morning , discovers that the sweets produced by a machine he has invented can be played like a flute . He tries to sell the " Toot Sweets " to 's father , Lord ( James Robertson Justice ) , a major confectionery manufacturer . He is almost successful until the whistle attracts a pack of dogs who overrun the factory , resulting in 's proposition being rejected . 
 next takes his automatic hair - cutting machine to a carnival to raise money , but his invention accidentally ruins the hair of a customer . eludes the man by joining a song - and - dance act . He becomes the centre of the show and earns enough in tips to buy the car and rebuild it . They name the car " Chitty Chitty Bang Bang " for the unusual noise of its engine . In the first trip in the car , , the children , and picnic on the beach . tells them a tale about nasty Baron ( ) , the tyrant of fictional Vulgaria , who wants to steal Chitty Chitty Bang Bang . 
 As tells his story , the quartet and the car are stranded by high tide and are attacked by pirates working for the Baron . All of a sudden , Chitty deploys huge flotation devices and transforms into a power boat , and they escape 's yacht and return to shore . The Baron sends two spies to capture the car , but they capture Lord Scrumptious , then Grandpa ( ) , mistaking each for the car 's creator . , , and the children see being taken away by airship , and they give chase . When they accidentally drive off a cliff , Chitty sprouts wings and propellers and begins to fly . They follow the airship to Vulgaria and find a land without children ; the Baroness ( ) abhors them and imprisons any she finds . has been ordered by the Baron to make another floating car , and he bluffs his abilities to avoid being executed . The ' party is hidden by the local Toymaker ( ) , who now works only for the childish Baron . is discovered and taken to the castle . While and the toymaker search for and searches for food , the children are caught by the Baron 's Child Catcher ( ) . 
 The Toymaker takes and to a grotto beneath the castle where the townspeople have been hiding their children . They concoct a scheme to free the children and the village from the Baron . The Toymaker sneaks them into the castle disguised as life - size dolls for the Baron 's birthday . snares the Baron , and the children swarm into the banquet hall , overcoming the Baron 's palace guards and guests . In the ensuing chaos , the Baron , Baroness , and the evil Child Catcher are captured . The family and fly back to England . When they arrive home , Lord surprises with an offer to buy the Toot Sweet as a canine confection . , realising that he will be rich , rushes to tell the news . They kiss , and agrees to marry him . As they drive home , he acknowledges the importance of pragmatism , as the car takes off into the air again .

( ) is a member of an East London gang led by ( ) ; his specialty is intimidation through violence as he collects pay - offs for . He is very good at his job and has a reputation for liking it . His sexual liaisons are casual and rough . When decides to take over a betting shop owned by ( ) , he forbids to get involved , as he feels ' complicated personal history with may lead to trouble . is angry about this and later humiliates , who retaliates by wrecking ' apartment and attacking . shoots him , packs a suitcase and runs from the scene . 
 When makes it clear that he has no intention of offering protection to but instead wants him eliminated , decides to head for the countryside to hide , but after overhearing a musician talk about going on tour and leaving his rented room in Notting Hill Gate , goes there and pretends the musician was a friend who recommended him . He tells ( ) , a woman living there , that he is a fellow performer , juggler . She lives there with ( ) , a reclusive , eccentric former rock star who has " lost his demon " , and ( ) , with whom he enjoys a non - possessive and bisexual ménage à trois . Floating in and out of the house is a child , ( ) . 
 At first , is contemptuous of , and attempts to return the rent paid in advance , but they start influencing each other . and understand his conflict and want to understand what makes him function so well within his world . To speed up the process , tricks him by feeding him a psychedelic mushroom , and accuses her and of poisoning him . He soon accepts it , and in his hallucinogenic state experiments with clothing and identity , including with feminine clothes . opens up , and he begins a caring relationship with . Before all this , he phones ( a trusted friend who refers to as " " ) to help him get out of the country . 
 and his henchmen use to track to 's flat . They allow him to go and collect his things upstairs . tells and he is leaving , then shoots in the head . hides in a closet , but the gangsters kill . As he is led to his death , still wears his feminine clothes and wig , but his face is identical to 's .

One summer morning in Verona , Italy , a longstanding feud between the and the clans breaks out in a street brawl . The brawl is broken up by the Prince , who warns both families that any future violence between them will result in harsh consequences . That night , two teenagers of the two families — and — meet at a masked ball and become deeply infatuated . Later , stumbles into the secluded garden under 's bedroom balcony and the two exchange impassioned pledges . They are secretly married the next day by 's confessor and father figure , Friar , with the assistance of 's nursemaid . 
 That afternoon , 's first cousin , enraged that had attended his family 's ball , insults him and challenges him to a brawl . regards as family and he refuses to fight him , which leads 's best friend , , to fight instead . Despite 's efforts to stop the fight , badly wounds , who curses both the and houses before dying . Enraged over his friend 's death , retaliates by fighting and killing him . is subsequently punished by the Prince with banishment from Verona , with the threat of death if he ever returns . , however , sees his banishment as worse than the death penalty , as Verona is the only home he has known and he does not want to be separated from . Friar eventually convinces that he is very lucky and that he should be more thankful for what he has . then secretly spends his wedding night together with and the couple consummate their marriage before flees . 
 's father and mother , unaware of their daughter 's secret marriage , have arranged for to marry wealthy Count . pleads with her parents to postpone the marriage , but they refuse and threaten to disown her . seeks out Friar for help , hoping to escape her arranged marriage to Paris and remain faithful to . At Friar 's behest , she reconciles with her parents and agrees to their wishes . On the night before the wedding , consumes a potion prepared by Friar intended to make her appear dead for forty - two hours . Friar plans to inform of the hoax so that can meet after her burial and escape with her when she recovers from her swoon , so he sends Friar to give a letter describing the plan . However , when , 's servant , sees being buried under the impression that she is dead , he goes to tell and reaches him before Friar . In despair , goes to 's tomb and kills himself by drinking poison . Soon afterwards , awakens and discovers her husband dead . refuses to leave and kills herself by piercing her abdomen with his dagger . Later , the two families attend their joint funeral and are chastised by the Prince .

Pepperland is a cheerful , music - loving paradise under the sea , protected by Lonely Hearts Club Band . The titular Yellow Submarine rests on an Aztec - like pyramid on a hill . At the edge of the land is a range of high blue mountains . 
 The land falls under a surprise attack from the music - hating Blue Meanies , who live beyond the blue mountains . The attack starts with a music - proof blue glass globe that imprisons the band . With the band sealed in the globe , the Blue Meanies fire magical projectiles from big artillery stationed in the blue mountains and render the Pepperlanders immobile as statues by shooting arrows or dropping giant green apples upon them ( a reference to the Apple Records music label ) , and drain the entire countryside of colour . 
 In the last minutes before his capture , Pepperland 's elderly Lord Mayor sends Old , an aging sailor ( whom the even more elderly mayor calls " Young " ) , to get help . activates the Yellow Submarine and takes off in it ( " Yellow Submarine " ) . Old travels to Liverpool ( " Eleanor Rigby " ) , where he follows a depressed and persuades him to return to Pepperland with him . collects his " mates " , , and finally in The Pier , a house - like building on the top of a hill . The five journey back to Pepperland in the yellow submarine . As they start learning to operate the submarine , they sing " All Together Now " , after which they pass through several regions on their way to Pepperland : 
 Reunited with Old and the submarine , they look upon the landscape : a sorry sight . The beautiful flowers have become thorns , and the once - happy landscape now a barren wasteland . Everyone is immobilized and made miserable by the evil Blue Meanies , only able to move when permitted ( such as when the Meanies feel like bullying them ) . The Beatles , camouflaged as Pepperlandian cutouts , dress up as Lonely Hearts Club Band and steal some instruments ( their own instruments were lost in the Sea of Monsters ) from the warehouse where the Meanies impounded " all things that make music " . The four are discovered at the last second ( accidentally steps on a bagpipe ) and a clown sounds the alarm , causing the Beatles to flee hastily from the Meanies ' vicious multi - headed ( and multi - bodied ) dog . Once in the clear , after defeating some apple - bonkers , the four rally the land to rebellion , singing " Sgt . Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band " , eventually forcing the Blue Meanies to retreat . The Chief Blue Meanie retaliates , sending out his main enforcer , , but easily defeats it by singing " All You Need is Love " . Pepperland is restored to colour and its flowers re - bloom , as the residents , empowered by the Beatles ' music , rise up and take up arms ( flowers ) against the Meanies , who are fleeing headlong back to the blue border mountains where they came from . The original Lonely Hearts Club Band are released ( thanks to the hole carried in 's pocket from the Sea of Holes ) and rescues . The Beatles then have a rematch with the four - headed Meanie dog , singing " Hey Bulldog " , with the Beatles victorious once again ( This scene was in the UK version ) . The Blue Meanies are forced to retreat , and the Chief Blue Meanie tries to save face by killing , but performs some " transformation magic " on him causing the to sadly concede defeat . extends an offer of friendship , and the Chief Blue Meanie has a change of heart ( partly due to the " transformation magic " performed by ) and accepts . An enormous party ensues , where everyone sings " It 's All Too Much " with everyone living happily ever after . 
 At the end , we see the real in live - action , having returned home , playfully showing off their souvenirs : has the submarine 's motor , has " a little ' LOVE ' " and still has half a hole in his pocket ( having supposedly given the other half to , which offers to fix " to keep his mind from wandering " , a reference to " Fixing a Hole " ) . Looking through a telescope , announces that " newer and bluer Meanies have been sighted within the vicinity of this theatre " and claims there is only one way to go out : " Singing ! " The quartet obliges with a short reprise of " All Together Now " , which ends with translations of the song 's title in various languages appearing in sequence on the screen , which concludes with the words " Released through United Artists " on the bottom - right - hand - corner of the screen .

The film begins in 1536 when ( ) considers whether or not he should sign the warrant for the execution of his second wife , : then , in a long flashback which takes up virtually the entire film , the whole truth is revealed . Starting in 1527 , has a problem : he reveals his dissatisfaction with his wife , of Aragon ( ) . He is currently enjoying a discreet affair with , a daughter of one of his courtiers , Sir ; but the King is bored with her too . At a court ball , he notices 's 18 - year - old sister ( ) , who has just returned from her education in France . She is engaged to the son of the Earl of Northumberland and they have received their parents ' permission to marry . The King , however , is enraptured with 's beauty and orders his Lord Chancellor , Cardinal , to break up the engagement . 
 When news of this decision is carried to , she reacts furiously . She blames the Cardinal and the King for ruining her happiness . When makes a rather clumsy attempt to seduce her , bluntly informs him how she finds him : " I 've heard what your courtiers say and I 've seen what you are . You 're spoiled and vengeful and bloody . Your poetry is sour and your music is worse . You make love as you eat — with a good deal of noise and no subtlety . " 
 brings her back to Court with him , whilst she continues to resist his advances out of a mixture of repugnance for and her lingering anger over her broken engagement . However , she becomes intoxicated with the power that the King 's love gives her . " Power is as exciting as love , " she tells her brother , " and who has more of it than the king ? " Using this power , she continually undermines Cardinal Wolsey ( ) , who at first sees as just a passing love interest for the King . 
 When again presses to become his mistress , she repeats that she will never give birth to a child who is illegitimate . Desperate to have a son , suddenly comes up with the idea of marrying in 's place . is stunned , but she agrees . begs the King to abandon the idea because of the political consequences of divorcing . refuses to listen . 
 When fails to persuade the Pope to give his divorce , points out this failing to an enraged . is dismissed from office and his magnificent palace in London is given as a present to . In this splendour , realises that she has finally fallen in love with . They sleep together and , after discovering that she is pregnant , they are secretly married . is given a splendid coronation , but the people jeer at her in disgust as " the King 's whore " . 
 Months later , gives birth to a daughter : Princess . is displeased since he was hoping for a boy , and their marital relationship begins to cool . His attentions are soon diverted to Lady , one of 's maids . Once she discovers this liaison , banishes from court . " She has the face of a simpering sheep , " she informs , " and the manners , but not the morals . I do n't want her near me . " 
 During a row over Sir 's opposition to 's queenship , refuses to sleep with her husband unless is put to death . " It 's his blood , or else it 's my blood and 's ! " she cries hysterically . More is put to death , but 's subsequent pregnancy ends , resulting in a stillborn boy . 
 demands that his new minister , , find a way to get rid of . tortures a servant in her household into confessing to adultery with the Queen ; he then arrests four other courtiers who are also accused of being 's lovers . is taken to the Tower and placed under arrest . When she is told that she has been accused of adultery , she laughs . " I thought you were serious ! " she says , before being informed that it is deadly serious . When she sees her brother being brought into the Tower , asks why he has been arrested . " He too is accused of being your lover , " mutters her embarrassed uncle . 's face shudders with horror before she whispers , " Incest ? ... Oh , help me , the King is mad . I am doomed . " 
 At 's trial , she manages to cross - question , the tortured servant who finally admits that the charges against are lies . makes an appearance , before visiting in her chambers that night . He offers her freedom if she will agree to annul their marriage and make their daughter illegitimate . refuses , saying that she would rather die than betray their daughter . slaps her before telling her that her disobedience will mean her death . 
 Moving back to 1536 , decides to execute . A few days later , is taken to the scaffold and beheaded by a French swordsman . rides off to marry and the film 's final shot is of their young daughter , ( ) , toddling alone in the garden as she hears the cannon firing to announce her mother 's death . Before the credits roll in this scene , 's voice is heard reciting a prophecy she spoke to in the Tower : " shall be a greater queen than any king of yours . She shall rule a greater England than you could ever have built . My shall be queen , and my blood will have been well spent . "

The film begins with Baron obtaining a brain for his next experiment , but he is surprised by a thief when he returns to his lab . The Baron destroys most of the evidence and moves on , with a haughty police inspector on his trail . He obtains a room at a boarding house run by , whose fiance is a doctor at the local insane asylum where a former scientific collaborator of the Baron 's , who has lost his mind , now resides . 
 After discovering that 's fiance has been stealing narcotics in order to support her ailing mother , blackmails them into helping him kidnap the now insane Dr. so he can operate on his brain and cure him . Thereby allowing the to obtain his knowledge of brain transplantation . Unfortunately Dr. suffers a heart attack during the escape , necessitating a transfer of his brain into another body . The and then kidnap the asylum 's director Professor and transplants 's brain into the Professor 's body . 
 They bury 's now worthless body in the garden , but a water main break almost gives up the game . The police also start searching every house in the area as well . Unfortunately 's wife recognizes the Baron on the street , but he is able to convince her to give him time to heal her husband completely . After she leaves , forces and to help him escape with the / " creature . " 
 While the creature recovers , and the lovers relocate to a deserted manor house as the police begin to close in . The creature awakens and is horrified by his appearance . He scares who stabs him with a scalpel , and then he escapes . Finding the creature gone , kills in a rage . The creature makes it to his former home , but his wife refuses to accept him as her husband . Wanting revenge on , and knowing the Baron will eventually track him there , he allows his wife to go free and pours paraffin around the house . 
 soon arrives , followed by , and they fight while the creature sets the house alight , at one point stating : " You must choose between the flames and the police , . " The fight between and continues , until the creature knocks out and carries a screaming into the burning house , which quickly explodes into a raging inferno .

In Portugal ,   – agent , sometimes referred to simply as ' '   – saves a woman on the beach from committing suicide by drowning , and later meets her again in a casino . The woman , , invites to her hotel room to thank him , but when arrives he is attacked by an unidentified man . After subduing the man , returns to his own room and finds there , who claims she did n't know the attacker was there . The next morning , is kidnapped by several men , including the one he fought with , who take him to meet , the head of the European crime syndicate Unione Corse . reveals that is his only daughter and tells of her troubled past , offering one million pounds if he will marry her . refuses , but agrees to continue romancing if reveals the whereabouts of , the head of SPECTRE . 
 returns to London , and after a brief argument with at the British Secret Service headquarters , heads for 's birthday party in Portugal . There , and begin a whirlwind romance , and directs the agent to a law firm in Bern , Switzerland . investigates the office of Swiss lawyer , and learns that is corresponding with London College of Arms ' genealogist Sir , attempting to claim the title ' Comte Balthazar de Bleuchamp ' . 
 Posing as , goes to meet , who has established a clinical allergy - research institute atop Piz Gloria in the Swiss Alps . meets twelve young women , the " Angels of Death " , who are patients at the institute 's clinic , apparently cured of their allergies . At night goes to the room of one patient , , to seduce her . At midnight sees that the 12 ladies go into a sleep - induced hypnotic state while gives them audio instructions for when they return home . In fact , the women are being brainwashed to distribute bacteriological warfare agents throughout the world . 
 tries to trick into leaving Switzerland so that MI6 can arrest him without violating Swiss sovereignty . refuses and is eventually caught by henchwoman . reveals that he identified after his attempt to lure him out of Switzerland , and tells his henchmen to take the agent away . eventually makes his escape by skiing down Piz Gloria while and his men give chase . Arriving at the village of Lauterbrunnen , finds and they escape and her men after a car chase . A blizzard forces them to a remote barn , where professes his love to and proposes marriage to her , which she accepts . The next morning , as the flight resumes , sets off an avalanche ; is captured , while is buried but manages to escape . 
 Back in London at 's office , is informed that intends to hold the world to ransom by threatening to destroy its agriculture using his brainwashed women . Apart from money , demands amnesty for all past crimes and to be recognised as Count de Bleuchamp . tells that the ransom will be paid and forbids him to mount a rescue mission . then enlists and his forces to attack 's headquarters , while also rescuing from 's captivity . The facility is destroyed , and escapes the destruction alone in a bobsleigh , with pursuing him . The chase ends when becomes snared in a tree branch and injures his neck . and eventually get married in Portugal , then drive away in 's Aston Martin . When pulls over to the roadside to remove flowers from the car , ( wearing a neck brace ) and open fire on the couple 's car . survives , but is killed in the attack . When a police officer arrives to help , a tearful cradles 's body and says : " It 's all right . It 's quite all right , really . She 's having a rest . We 'll be going on soon . There 's no hurry you see , we have all the time in the world . "

1940 - Operation Dynamo has just taken place . From the newly conquered French coastline , a Wehrmacht colonel looks out over the English Channel with powerful binoculars . Surveying the white cliffs of Dover , he spies emerging from a lavatory . joins the rest of his platoon , who are defiantly waving the Union Flag . The colonel fumes contemptuously , " How can the stupid British ever hope to win ? ! " 
 One morning , , the manager of the Walmington - on - Sea branch of Martins Bank , and his chief clerk , , listen to making a radio broadcast about forming the Local Defence Volunteers ( LDV).[2 ] At the local police station chaos ensues because there is nobody to organise the enrolment of the men . Characteristically , takes charge and after commandeering the local church hall he registers the assembled volunteers . 
 The local platoon is eventually formed with in command as Captain , as his Sergeant and as the Lance - Corporal . With no weapons or training , the platoon is initially forced to improvise , using devices invented and assembled by . These invariably backfire or malfunction with disastrous consequences . The chaos includes an anti - aircraft rocket launcher blowing up a farmer 's barn and a submarine made from a cast iron bathtub rolling into the river with Private still inside . The platoon secure uniforms and , eventually , weapons . Following the evacuation from Dunkirk , the LDV is renamed the " Home Guard " . 
 The platoon is ordered to take part in a war games / training weekend , but after Lance - Corporal ' newly gas - converted van breaks down they are towed by a steam roller . Out of control , the roller destroys the platoon 's tents , as well as other equipment , angering Major - General who is in charge of the weekend exercises , and who is already cross with for previously refusing to cash his cheque at the bank . 
 After a night sleeping without tents the platoon oversleep despite being detailed to hold a pontoon bridge during the day 's exercise . The bridge has been sabotaged by the Royal Marines and the results are comically chaotic . Captain is summoned by the Major - General and told that due to the platoon 's poor showing he will recommend be replaced . 
 While the platoon are walking back to Walmington , a Luftwaffe reconnaissance aircraft is shot down and its three - man crew parachute to safety . They enter Walmington church hall , where a meeting is taking place to raise money to fund a Spitfire . They hold all present as hostages , including the mayor and vicar , and demand a boat back to France . and his men reach home and discover what has happened . By this point the police and the military have begun to arrive . 
 The home guard platoon infiltrate the building though the church crypt . Dressed in choir surplices , they enter the church hall singing All Things Bright and Beautiful , with their own extemporised second verse . takes a revolver concealed under a collection plate and confronts the Luftwaffe leader , who aims his Luger at him . Both officers agree they will shoot at the count of three . The platoon draws their rifles from beneath their robes . The German intruders reluctantly surrender . and his men become the pride of the town . reveals that the German officer 's gun was empty . Smiling , replies , " So was mine " . 
 In the final scenes , and the Home Guard look towards France from the cliffs . The weather has changed for the worse and it is unlikely that will ever invade , although that does not stop the group digging downwards when they start to suspect they have detected a Nazi attempt to tunnel into Britain .

— Agent — pursues out of revenge for the death of his wife , hunting down SPECTRE operatives across the world . He eventually finds him at a facility where look - alikes are being created through plastic surgery . kills a test subject , and later the " real " , by drowning him in a pool of superheated mud . 
 While assassins Mr. and Mr. systematically kill several diamond smugglers , suspects that South African diamonds are being stockpiled to depress prices by dumping , and orders to uncover the smuggling ring . Disguised as professional smuggler and assassin , travels to Amsterdam to meet contact . The real shows up on the way , but intercepts and kills him , then switches IDs to make it seem as though is . and then go to Los Angeles , smuggling the diamonds inside ' corpse . 
 At the airport meets his CIA ally , then travels to Las Vegas . At a funeral home , ' body is cremated and the diamonds are passed on to another smuggler , . is nearly killed by and when they put him into a coffin and send it to a cremation oven , but stops the process when he discovers that the diamonds in ' body were fakes planted by and the CIA . 
 tells to ship him the real diamonds . then goes to the Whyte House , a casino - hotel owned by the reclusive billionaire , where works as a stand - up comedian . watches 's act and afterwards goes to his dressing room , where he discovers there that has been killed by and , who did not know that the diamonds were fake . 
 At the craps table meets the opportunistic ; after gambling , he brings her to his room . Gang members ambush them , throwing out of a window and into a pool . spends the rest of the night with , instructing her to retrieve the real diamonds at the Circus Circus casino . 
 reneges on her deal to meet back with and instead flees , passing off the diamonds to the next smuggler . However , seeing that was nearly killed after being mistaken for her , changes her mind . She drives to the airport , where the diamonds are given to Whyte 's casino manager , Bert , who is followed to a remote facility . enters the apparent destination of the diamonds : a research laboratory owned by Whyte , where a satellite is being built by Professor , a laser refraction specialist . fakes by telling him he is , a technician he met in the facility . His cover is blown when the real shows up . attempts to remain hidden , but is seen by a technician . He manages to evade the security guards by stealing a moon buggy and reunites with . The laboratory report 's activity to the sheriff 's office . and make their way back to Las Vegas ; they are seen there by the Las Vegas police , who engage in a car chase , but manages to evade all the cars . 
 later scales the walls to the Whyte House 's top floor to confront . He is instead met by two identical , who use an electronic device to sound like . kills one of the , which turns out to be a look - alike . The real pulls a gun on , and instructs him into a elevator , where he is knocked out by gas . He is picked up by and , and taken out to Las Vegas Valley , where he is placed in a pipeline and left to die . The pipeline is buried the next morning . 
 escapes and calls , using a similar electronic device made by to pose as . He finds out is kept at his summer house outside the city and goes there with and the CIA . After a brief battle with 's female bodyguards and , they rescue . attempts to kill outside the summer house , but is fatally shot during the ensuring gunfight . In the meantime , abducts . With the help of , raids the lab and uncovers 's plot to create a laser satellite using the diamonds , which by now has already been sent into orbit . With the satellite , destroys nuclear weapons in China , the Soviet Union and the United States , then proposes an international auction for global nuclear supremacy . 
 Whyte identifies an oil platform off the coast of Baja California as 's likely base of operations . After 's attempt to change the cassette containing the satellite control codes fails due to a mistake by Tiffany , a helicopter attack on the oil rig is launched by and the CIA . 
 tries to escape in a midget submarine , but gains control of the submarine 's launch crane and crashes the sub into the control room , causing both the satellite control and the base to be destroyed . and then head for Britain on a cruise ship , where and pose as room - service stewards and attempt to kill them with a hidden bomb . turns the tables on them , causing to hurl himself overboard after being set aflame and to detonate with the bomb after being thrown overboard . then asks a sensitive question : " How the hell do we get those diamonds down again ? " 
 The obvious cause of the question is the diamonds in the satellite , which can be seen by and as a speck in the night sky .

Newcastle - born gangster has lived in London for years in the employ of organised crime bosses and . is sleeping with 's girlfriend and plans to escape with her to South America . But first he must return to Newcastle and Gateshead to attend the funeral of his brother , who died in a purported drunk - driving accident . Unsatisfied with the official explanation , investigates for himself . At the funeral meets his teenage niece and 's evasive mistress . It is later implied that is 's daughter . 
 goes to Newcastle Racecourse seeking old acquaintance for information about his brother 's death , however spots and evades him . encounters another old associate , , who refuses to tell who is employing him as a chauffeur . Tailing leads him to the country house of crime boss . bursts in on , who is playing poker , but learns little from him ; he also meets a glamorous drunken woman , . As leaves , warns him against damaging relations between and the . Back in town , is threatened by henchmen who want him to leave town , but he fights them off , capturing and interrogating one to find out who wants him gone . He is given the name " " . 
 knows as a businessman with controlling interests in local seaside amusement arcades . Visiting 's house discovers the man knows nothing about him and , believing he has been set up , he leaves . The next morning two of 's London colleagues – and – arrive , sent by the to take him back , but he escapes . meets to talk about , but the ' men are waiting and pursue him . He is rescued by who takes him in her sports car to meet at his new restaurant development at the top of a multi - storey car park . identifies as being behind 's death , also explaining that is trying to take over his business . He offers £ 5,000 to kill the crime boss , which he flatly refuses . 
 has sex with at her flat , where he finds and watches a pornographic film where is forced to have sex with . The other participants in the film are and . Overcome with emotion , becomes enraged and pushes 's head under water as she is taking a bath . She tells him the film was 's , and that she thinks was ' pulled ' by . Forcing into the boot of her car , drives off to find . 
 tracks down at a betting shop . confesses he told that was , indeed , 's daughter . showed the film to incite him to call the police on . and two of his men arranged 's death . Information extracted , fatally knifes . is attacked by the London gangsters and , who has informed of and 's affair . In the ensuing shootout , shoots dead . As and escape , they push the sports car into the river with trapped inside . Returning to the car park finds , beats him senseless and throws him over the side to his death . He then posts the pornographic film to the vice squad at Scotland Yard in London . 
 abducts at gunpoint . He telephones in the middle of a wild party , telling him he has the film and makes a deal for to give him in exchange for his silence . agrees , sending to an agreed location ; however , he subsequently phones a hitman to dispose of . drives to the grounds of 's estate , kills her with a fatal injection and leaves her body there . He then calls the police to raid 's party . 
 chases along a beach . He forces to drink a full bottle of whisky as had done to , then beats him to death with his shotgun . As is walking along the shoreline , he is shot in the head with a sniper rifle by the hitman , only identified as " " , who was in 's carriage on his initial train journey to Newcastle during the film 's opening credits .

Set in the early 1970s , the plot centres on a serial killer terrorizing London by raping and then strangling women with a necktie . ( ) , a Covent Garden wholesale produce merchant , is the murderer . However , circumstantial evidence , partially engineered by , will implicate 's friend ( ) , who becomes a fugitive attempting to prove his innocence . 
 , newly fired from his pub job , visits his ex - wife , ( ) , at her matchmaking business . They briefly argue , but invites out to dinner . Broke , ends up spending the night at a Salvation Army shelter ; while there he discovers that had slipped money into his coat pocket . 
 Soon after , arrives at 's office . had previously refused him as a client due to his sexual peculiarities . When spurns his advances , he rapes and strangles her with his necktie . After leaves , arrives to see , only to find the office locked . Suspicion falls on after 's secretary tells police that she saw leaving the building just as she was returning from lunch . 
 meets up with ( ) , his girlfriend and former pub co - worker . They soon learn about 's murder and that is the suspect . They hide out at the flat of a friend who offers them jobs in Paris . returns to the pub to fetch her and 's belongings , intending meet him the next morning to go to Paris . At the pub , runs into , who claims he is leaving town and offers her his flat for the night ; after leading her there , he rapes and murders her ( off - screen ) . 
 That night , hides ' body in a sack and stows it in the back of a lorry hauling potatoes . Back in his room , discovers his distinctive jewelled tie pin ( with the initial R ) is missing , and realizes that must have torn it off . Knowing the tie pin will incriminate him , he goes to retrieve it , but the lorry starts off on its northern journey while is still inside . Rigor mortis has set in , forcing to break ' fingers to get the pin . Disheveled and dirty , he gets out when the lorry stops at a roadside cafe . ' body is discovered when it falls off the truck onto the road . 
 , now also accused of ' murder , seeks out 's help . Although police are actively searching Covent Garden , offers to hide at his flat . goes there first with 's bag and plants ' belongings inside it . He then tips off the police , who arrest and find the clothing . is convicted but he strongly protests his innocence and accuses , leading Chief Inspector ( ) to reconsider the case and secretly investigate . He also discusses the case with his wife ( ) in several comic relief scenes concerning her pretensions as a gourmet cook . 
 , now in prison , deliberately injures himself and is taken to the hospital where his fellow inmates help him escape the locked ward . He intends to murder in revenge . , learning of 's escape , suspects he is headed to 's flat and immediately goes there . arrives first and finds the door unlocked . He strikes what he assumes is the sleeping with a tyre iron . However , the person in the bed is not but the corpse of another of 's female victims . 
 arrives as is standing next to the body , holding the tyre iron . He begins to proclaim his innocence , but a large banging noise coming up the staircase interrupts them . enters , dragging a large trunk into the flat . The film ends with 's urbane but pointed comment , " Mr. , you 're not wearing your tie . " drops the trunk in defeat .

Dr. ( ) and his sister ( ) try to locate two suitcases of money hidden on the large estate of one of his former patients but their plans are thwarted when mentally unstable ( ) arrives to claim the estate which had been left to him by the owner before he died . soon begins to have flashbacks to the murders committed by the previous owner ( as well ) . As the story unfolds it sheds light on the events of 30 years or so before when had planned to leave his wife ( ) for the younger and more attractive governess of their two children . In desperaration had encouraged the two children to murder the governess whilst she attempted to seduce in the bedroom . In a fit of rage strangled his wife and killed the children with a sword before bricking all four corpses up behind a wall with the two cases of money . 
 eventually kills Dr. and with a pick axe before gettiing arrested and led away by police .

Sometime after the drowning of their young daughter , ( ) , in a tragic accident at their English country home , ( ) and his grief - stricken wife , ( ) , take a trip to Venice after accepts a commission from a bishop ( ) to restore an ancient church . encounters two elderly sisters , ( ) and ( ) , at a restaurant where she and are dining ; claims to be psychic and — despite being blind — informs she is able to " see " the ' deceased daughter . Shaken , returns to her table , where she faints . 
 is taken to the hospital , where she later tells what told her . is sceptical but pleasantly surprised by the positive change in 's demeanour . Later in the evening after returning from the hospital , and have passionate sex . Afterwards , they go out to dinner where they get lost and briefly become separated . catches a glimpse of what appears to be a small child ( ) wearing a red coat similar to the one was wearing when she died . 
 The next day , meets with and , who hold a séance to try to contact . When she returns to the hotel informs that has said he is in danger and must leave Venice . loses his temper with , but that night they receive a telephone call informing them that their son ( ) has been injured in an accident at his boarding school . departs for England , while stays on to complete the restoration . Under the assumption that is in England , is shocked when later that day he spots her on a boat that is part of a funeral cortege , accompanied by the two sisters . Concerned about his wife 's mental state and with reports of a serial killer at large in Venice , he reports 's disappearance to the police . The inspector ( ) investigating the killings is suspicious of and has him followed . 
 After conducting a futile search for and the sisters — in which he again sees the childlike figure in the red coat — contacts his son 's school to enquire about his condition , only to discover is already there . After speaking to her to confirm she really is in England , a bewildered returns to the police station to inform the police he has found his wife . In the meantime the police have brought in for questioning , so an apologetic offers to escort her back to the hotel . 
 Shortly after returning , slips into a trance so makes his excuses and quickly leaves . Upon coming out of it she pleads with her sister to go after , sensing that something terrible is about to happen , but is unable to catch up with him . Meanwhile , catches another glimpse of the mysterious figure in red and this time pursues it . He corners the elusive figure in a deserted palazzo and approaches it , believing it to be a child . Instead , it is revealed to be a hideous female dwarf , and while is frozen in terror the dwarf pulls out a meat cleaver and cuts his throat . As the life drains from him , realises too late that the strange sightings he has been experiencing were premonitions of his own murder and funeral .

Three MI6 agents are killed under mysterious circumstances within 24 hours in the United Nations headquarters in New York City , New Orleans and the Caribbean nation of San Monique , while monitoring the operations of the island 's dictator , Dr. . — Agent — is sent to New York to investigate . is also in New York , visiting the United Nations . Just after arrives , his driver is shot dead by , one of 's men , while taking to meet of the CIA . is nearly killed in the ensuing car crash . 
 A trace on the killer 's licence plate eventually leads to Mr. , a ruthless gangster who runs a chain of restaurants throughout the United States . It is here that first meets , a beautiful tarot reader who has the power of the Obeah and can see both the future and remote events in the present . Mr. , who is actually in disguise , demands that his henchmen kill , but overpowers them and escapes unscathed . flies to San Monique , where he meets , a CIA double agent . They meet up with a friend of 's , , who takes them by boat near 's home . suspects of working for and she is killed by to stop her confessing the truth to . Inside 's house , uses a stacked tarot deck of cards that show only " The Lovers " to trick her into thinking that fate is meant for them ; then seduces her . loses her ability to foretell the future when she loses her virginity to , and she decides to cooperate with based both upon her attraction to him as well as her having grown tired of being controlled by . 
 and escape by boat and fly to New Orleans . There , is captured by . is revealed to be producing heroin . He is protecting the poppy fields by exploiting San Monique locals ' fear of voodoo priest Baron Samedi , as well as the occult . Through his alter ego Mr. Big , plans to distribute the heroin free of charge at his restaurants , which will increase the number of addicts . He intends to bankrupt other drug dealers with his giveaway , then charge high prices for his heroin later in order to capitalise on the huge drug dependencies he has cultivated . 
 Angry at her for having sex with and that her ability to read tarot cards is now gone , turns over to Baron to be sacrificed . Meanwhile , 's one - armed henchman , , leaves to be eaten by alligators at a farm in the Louisiana backwoods . escapes by running along the animals ' backs to safety . After setting a drug lab on fire , he steals a speedboat and escapes , pursued by 's men , Sheriff and the Louisiana State Police . 
 travels to San Monique and sets timed explosives throughout the poppy fields . He rescues from the voodoo sacrifice and throws into a coffin of venomous snakes . and escape below ground into 's lair . captures them both and proceeds to lower them into a shark tank . However , escapes and forces to swallow a compressed - gas pellet used in shark guns , causing his body to inflate and explode . 
 puts and on a train leaving the country . sneaks aboard and attempts to kill , but cuts the wires of his prosthetic arm and throws him out the window . As the film ends , a laughing is revealed to be perched on the front of the speeding train .

Based in the 1943 classic book of the same name by , the fable tells the story of an aviator ( played by ) forced to make an emergency landing in the Sahara Desert . There he is befriended by a young boy , , who had descended to Earth from Asteroid B-612 . In the days that follow , The Pilot hears about his past and various journeys throughout the solar system . 
 As he travels through space , the Little Prince encounters several strange grown - ups on different planetoids , all with a skewed or curious way of looking at life . But it is not until he finally reaches Earth , that the Little Prince learns his most important life lessons of all , mainly from The Fox ( ) , and The Snake ( ) . Before the Little Prince dies , he shares those lessons with The Pilot . Although The Pilot tries to keep the Little Prince alive , the boy disappears in the morning and The Pilot searches for him in the desert but gives up after realizing that the Little Prince never existed . Soon The Pilot is able to start his plane and flies away but hears the laughter of the Little Prince in the starry night ; he believes the boy has returned to space .

In 932 AD , King and his squire , , travel throughout Britain searching for men to join the Knights of the Round Table . In 's travels , he recruits Sir the Wise , Sir the Brave , Sir the Pure , and Sir the Not - Quite - So - Brave - as - Sir - Lancelot , along with their squires and 's troubadours . leads the men to Camelot , but decides it is " a silly place " and sets off elsewhere . As they turn away , speaks to them and gives the task to find the Holy Grail . 
 and his men search the land for clues to the Grail . They come to a castle occupied by French soldiers who claim to have the Grail but otherwise insult the Englishmen . and his men come up with a plan to sneak in using a Trojan Rabbit , but they completely mishandle its execution and are forced away . decides that the knights should go their separate ways to search for clues to the Grail 's location . A modern - day historian being filmed for a documentary and describing the Arthurian legends is abruptly killed by a knight on horseback , triggering a police investigation . 
 On the knights travels , and attempt to satisfy the strange requests of the dreaded Knights Who Say Ni . Sir avoids a fight with the Three - headed Giant by running away while the heads are arguing . Sir is led by a grail - shaped beacon to Castle Anthrax , populated by women , but to 's chagrin , he is " rescued " by . Sir , after finding a note from Swamp Castle believed to be from a lady being forced to marry against her will , rushes the castle and kills nearly the entire wedding party within , only to discover that the note was sent by an effeminate prince . 
 and his knights regroup and are joined by other brother and monk followers . They meet , who directs them to a cave where the location of the Grail is said to be written , but guarded by the deadly Rabbit of Caerbannog . After the kills several of the knights , uses the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch provided by to destroy the creature . Inside , they find the inscription from of Arimathea , directing them to the Castle of Aarrgh . After evading a giant monster , they arrive at the Bridge of Death and must answer three questions from the bridge - keeper to pass . answers first and correctly , and passes on . Sirs and fail to answer correctly and are thrown over the bridge , while tricks the bridge - keeper , allowing him and to pass . 
 When and finish crossing , they can not find , unaware he was arrested by modern - day policemen investigating the historian 's death . and find the Castle of Aarrgh , but discover it is occupied by the French . They amass a large army of knights to assault the castle , when suddenly a large police force shows up , arrests and for the historian 's death , and shuts down the film 's production .

In the prologue , set in 1945 , a montage displays the honeymoon of Captain ( ) and his wife , ( ) . After his leave ends , goes off to fight in World War II as a bomber pilot , but is shot down in the middle of a battle . " Captain " is listed as missing in action and is presumed dead , although — unknown to his family — the badly burnt is in fact alive . Back in England , goes into labour and gives birth to a son , , on V - E Day . Five years later , has begun a new relationship with ( ) , a worker she and meet at 's Holiday Camp . looks up to his " Uncle " and expresses his desires to run his own camp some day . In the 1950s , and dream of their future , but , late that evening , encounter the returning Captain . He surprises and in bed , leading to a struggle in which kills the Captain by striking him with a lamp . , having followed his father into the room , has witnessed everything . and nervously yell at , which , along with the trauma of watching his father 's murder , puts into a psychedelia - like " Amazing Journey " , in which , outwardly , he can not seem to see , hear or speak . 
 As time passes , and make several fruitless attempts to bring the now older ( ) out of his state . This involves a Preacher ( ) and his - worshipping cult ( " Eyesight to the Blind " ) and an insane , LSD - serving cocotte ( " Acid Queen " ) ( ) , while also leaving him to be tormented by babysitters such as the bullying " Cousin Kevin " ( ) , and perverted " Uncle " Ernie ( ) ( " Fiddle About " ) . Nora and begin to become more and more lethargic at the lack of effect and leave standing at the mirror one night , allowing him to wander off . He follows a vision of himself out of the house and to a junkyard pinball machine . is recognised by , , and the media as a pinball prodigy , which is made even more impressive with his catatonic state . During a championship game , faces the " Pinball Wizard " ( ) with the Who as the champion 's backing band . watches her son 's televised victory and celebrates his ( and her ) success ( " Champagne " ) , but soon has a nervous breakdown upon thinking about the real extremes of 's condition . 
 Later , finds a Specialist ( ) for . The Specialist , upon testing the boy , concludes that his state is emotional , rather than physically triggered and the only hope is for him to continue to " Go to the Mirror " . During the tests , and the Specialist flirt , much to 's jealousy . 's growing frustration prompts her to " Smash the Mirror " by throwing through it , causing him to snap to full consciousness ( " I 'm Free " ) . finds and explains what has happened during the time he has missed , while reveals that his experiences have transformed him and that he wishes to transform the world ( " Mother and Son " ) . 
 , a self - proclaimed " Sensation " , goes on lecture tours which resemble glam rock / gospel shows and spreads a message of enlightenment by hang glider , gaining friends and followers everywhere he goes ( " " ) . and a more enlightened and elated and " Welcome " converts to their house , which quickly becomes too crowded to accommodate everyone . opens an extension for his religious campus ( " Tommy 's Holiday Camp " ) . 
 The converts , confused about 's odd practices and others ' commercial exploitation of the compound , wrathfully demand teach them something useful . does so , deliberately deafening , muting , and blinding everyone , only to inadvertently invoke a riot . The followers kill and in the riot and destroy the camp in a fire ( " We 're Not Gon na Take It " ) . finds his parents in the debris and mourns before escaping into the mountains from the beginning of the film . He ascends the same peak where his parents celebrated their honeymoon , celebrating the rising sun ( " Listening to You").[8 ]

A mobster named is " splurged " by members of a gang , using rapid - fire cream - shooting " splurge guns " . Once splurged , a kid is " all washed up ... finished " . Speakeasy boss introduces himself and , a boxing promoter with no money ( " Bugsy Malone " ) . 
 At speakeasy , there is much dancing and singing ( " Fat Sam 's Grand Slam " ) . is worried that his rival will try to take control of the speakeasy . , an aspiring singer , has come for an audition , but is too distracted to see her . meets when he trips over her luggage . He is smitten and flirts with her . Fat Sam 's is raided by men , who shoot up the place . men continue to attack Fat Sam 's empire , eventually taking away rackets and splurging members of gang . sends all his available men to see if they can track down the guns . They are trapped at a laundry and all are splurged by gang . 
 returns to Fat Sam 's to arrange a new audition for . girlfriend , the chanteuse , makes a pass at him . Although rejects her flirtation , plants a big kiss on 's forehead when enters ; is jealous . hires after her audition , but she refuses to speak to ( " I 'm Feelin ' Fine " ) . 
 hires to accompany him to a meeting with . The meeting is a trap , but helps escape . Gratefully , pays him $ 200 . and reconcile and have a romantic outing on a lake ; promises to take her to Hollywood . When he returns 's car to the garage , he is attacked and his money is stolen . is saved by , who assaults the attackers and drives them away . realizes that has the potential to be a great boxer . introduces to and helps him train ( " So You Wanna Be a Boxer ? " ) . again seeks 's aid after his assistant is unintentionally killed . resists , but offers $ 400 , enough money to keep his promise to . is disappointed when she learns that has n't bought the tickets to California yet ( " Ordinary Fool " ) . and follow men to a warehouse , where the guns are being stashed . The two of them ca n't take the place alone , so recruits a large group of down - and - out workers at a soup kitchen ( " Down and Out " ) . 
 They steal the crates of guns and take them to Fat Sam 's , arriving just as gang arrives . Chaos ensues as a massive splurge gun fight erupts , covering everyone ( except and ) with cream . Unarmed patrons throw cream pies . The piano player is hit from behind and falls onto the keys , striking a single bass note . The tone silences the room , and the cream - covered crowd performs in a final number ( " You Give a Little Love " ) . They realize they can all be friends , and and leave for Hollywood .

is a young cooper apprentice living in poverty , working for his father and determined to marry . ' father becomes terminally ill , and at his deathbed , his father speaks badly of . The young man resolves to make a pilgrimage into the city and find work before returning to . throws a potato at him , which he keeps as a cherished memento . 
 When arrives at the city , the people are in a sustained state of fear of a mysterious monster . The king , , considers pitting the land 's knights against each other in a jousting tournament to determine who will be sent to slay the monster . Upon returning , the knight will be promoted to prince and married to the Princess , who lives in a tower , wishing a true prince will arrive and marry her . The tournament is announced , while is told there is no work in the city for even the most skilled and famed cooper . When accidentally enters the tower , the beautiful and naked Princess mistakes him for her prince , assuming he was forced to don peasants ' clothes in the midst of a perilous adventure . She has him disguised in a nun 's habit and sent out , but the peasantry believe he is Satan in the guise of a nun , or a nun in the guise of Satan , and decide to send him to the monster . 
 Face to face with the monster , in the form of the bizarre Jabberwocky , accidentally kills the creature . in turn promises to we d to the Princess .

Queen ( ) is transported forward in time by the occultist ( ) by the aid of the spirit guide ( a character from The Tempest ) whom he commands . arrives in the shattered Britain of the 1970s . Queen is dead , killed in an arbitrary mugging , and moves through the social and physical decay of the city observing the sporadic activities of a group of aimless nihilists , including ( ) , ( in a dual role ) , Chaos ( ) , Crabs ( ) , and Mad ( ) . 
 Numerous punk icons appear in the film including ( a protégé ) , , , , and . It features performances by and Adam and the Ants . There are also cameo appearances by the Slits and Siouxsie and the Banshees . The film was scored by . The uncredited piece of music used in the ' Jordan 's Dance ' scene was written by in 1884 for Act I of the revived ballet Giselle.[3 ] 
 Beginning with a scene where summons the spirit for Queen , the action moves to an anarchic present day , where law and order has broken down and punk gangs roam the streets , committing acts of murder and larceny . In one squat , is instructing a group of young women — in so doing valourising the violent criminal activity of — before she reminisces about her time as a ballet dancer and introduces the audience to , , Chaos , Sphinx and Angel ( two incestuous bisexual brothers ) and , a sex - hating anarchist . has just strangled and killed and stolen her crown . 
 From there the group move on to a café , where picks up a young musician named the Kid , Mad tears up some postcards and attacks a waitress with a bottle of ketchup . contacts impresario . On meeting , however , she is surprised to find performing a pastiche of " Rule Britannia " . and establish a relationship with , a young former artist , whom they take to meet , an ex - soldier . In exchange for sexual favours , takes the to see , who auditions him and his band signs them up under the name " Scum . " and try to talk the out of this but he just laughs at their lecturing . is branching out into property management and has purchased ' abandoned ' properties like Westminster Cathedral and Buckingham Palace , which are transformed into musical venues . 
 Meanwhile , Mad , Bod and Crabs asphyxiate Happy Days , one of ' one - night stands , with red plastic sheeting and break into the flat of androgynous rock star whom throttles to death . A fight breaks out at a disco session in St. Paul 's Crypt between and a policeman . After the gang all watch 's TV debut together , and the three males all pay a visit to 's bingo hall , where Violent police activity causes the death of , , and the and two revenge attacks on the police officers responsible . One of them is castrated to death by and ; the other , who has just started an affair with , is blown up on his doorstep with a petrol bomb by . Finally , takes the four women off to Dorset and signs a recording contract with them . Interspersed with these displays of contemporary anarchic violence , , and try to interpret the signs of anarchic modernity around them , before they undertake a pastoral and nostalgic return to the sixteenth century at the film 's end .

( ) is a former criminologist who now studies the occult to explain the problem of human evil . He has been cursed on one of his adventures by the demon , leaving him in constant need of medical attention . He summons an old colleague , Dr. " ( ) to his home to help him with a case involving the family . Dr. does not believe in the occult and thinks that and his housekeeper ( ) are playing tricks on him when he witnesses unusual events . 
 As the pair are getting reacquainted , a woman claiming to be ( ) unexpectedly visits and tells that his services are no longer required . recognizes that this person is not , but rather a succubus sent to stop from investigating the family . He defeats her using the Apocryphal Book of Tobit . He and depart to the airport where they are flown by ( ) to London . While over the Atlantic the engines of the plane fail , something that claims is the result of supernatural intervention . 
 Thanks to 's expertise , they land safely in England . asks the chauffeur to stop off at the home of Dr. , a long - time associate who has been researching the family . ' house is on fire . and find ' body lying partially inside a pentagram , the body fatally mauled . The police arrive , and Inspector ( an old acquaintance from their criminology days ) escorts them to Cyon Manor . When they reach the Manor , they are greeted first by Sir ( ) , and 's older brother and head of the family . He is aware that and are there to investigate him , and he intends to defy their efforts . The real ( also played by ) reiterates her reason for consulting : due to an unknown influence , 's behaviour has changed dramatically and he has turned Cyon Manor into a den of iniquity . dismisses her concerns . The following day is attacked by dogs , leaving him in critical condition . and suspect is behind the attack . That night , the duo investigate the grounds of the Manor and discover ruins which lead to a hidden underground temple devoted to . They suspect that the real is dead and that has assumed his form . 
 The next day the pair prepare to do battle with and his cult . Further investigation of the hidden temple reveals that it is who is dead and whose form has assumed . is a pawn who was used to increase the cult and who will be forced to sacrifice to . defeats , whose power is destroyed . The Cyons and the cultists are freed , and the curse on is removed . 
 In thanks for his help , the family gives a painting which he had admired -- but in the final moment of the film , is stunned to see the symbol of ( a stylized letter " A " ) suddenly appear in the corner of the artwork . survives , and the conflict is only beginning .

The film begins with a meeting between wealthy heiress ( ) and her close friend ( ) . wants her fiancé , ( ) , to work for , but he and have a whirlwind affair and end up marrying . While honeymooning in Egypt , they are continually hounded by the jilted . In an attempt to get away , the pretend to go to the Cairo Railway Station before backtracking to board their booked cruise on a Nile paddle steamer , the S.S. Karnak . 
 When the passengers venture on - shore to examine a nearby temple , a large stone is pushed off a pillar and narrowly misses and . They again encounter , who boards the ship having ignored the warnings of detective ( ) to stay away and having revealed that she carries a small automatic pistol . 
 That night , confronts in a drunken rage and shoots him in the leg . The next morning , is found dead from a gunshot wound to the head . A " J " written in blood on the wall above her bed appears to implicate , but she has a solid alibi as Miss sedated and stayed with her all night . Taking it upon themselves to investigate , and his friend Colonel discover that the other passengers had a reason for wanting to kill : , 's maid , was bitter due to her mistress ' refusal to grant her a promised dowry ; , 's American trustee , was anxious to prevent her from discovering that he embezzled from the estate ; Mrs. , an elderly American socialite suffering from kleptomania , displayed a great interest in 's pearl necklace ; Miss , Mrs. nurse and traveling companion , blamed 's family for forcing her father into financial ruin and condemning her to a life of servitude ; , a romance novelist , was being sued for libel due to a likeness between and one of her characters ; , Mrs. 's daughter , was anxious to protect her mother from financial ruin ; , an outspoken Communist traveller , resented 's vast wealth and affluent lifestyle ; , a Swiss psychiatrist , faced exposure by concerning his unorthodox methods . 
 Soon a bundle is found in the Nile . The missing pistol is wrapped in Mrs. 's stole , which had a small bullet hole in it . A handkerchief was also included , stained with blood . 's pearls are also discovered to be missing . When interrogated , Mrs. denies ever having touched them . Shortly after this , the pearls are found on 's body , so deduces Mrs has put them there . 
 While and conduct their investigation , the maid is murdered . Her throat has been cut with one of Dr. 's scalpels and a fragment of a banknote is found in her hand . realizes she probably saw the murderer coming out of 's cabin and attempted to extort money in return for her silence . claims to have seen 's murderer and is about to tell and when she is shot in the head through an open cabin door with 's revolver , too large to have been used on . 
 gathers everyone together in the saloon and reveals that is responsible for 's murder , with working as his accomplice . staged the shooting , leaving free to kill while and attended to her . After running to 's cabin and shooting her in the head , shot himself in the leg , using Mrs. stole as a silencer . He proceeded to reload the gun with two unused bullets , wrap it in the stole , and throw it out the open window into the Nile . , meanwhile , killed , who was blackmailing because she witnessed him enter 's cabin , and Mrs. , who saw exit 's cabin after slitting her throat . 
 When points out that has no proof , he reveals that the police can determine whether or not he killed through a gunshot residue test . Realizing they are trapped , confesses before embracing . At the last minute , realizes she has taken back her pistol but is unable to prevent her from shooting in the head before killing herself .

In 1943 , after their successful mission on the Greek island of Navarone , Major ( ) and Sergeant ( ) are sent to find and kill . Originally thought to be a traitor who informed the Germans about and during the Navarone mission , is now known to be Colonel , a dedicated German spy believed to have infiltrated the Yugoslav Partisans as " Captain " ( ) . 
 To get to Yugoslavia , the two men pair with " Force 10 " , an American sabotage unit , led by Colonel ( ) , which has its own mission there . To maximise security , Force 10 steals a Lancaster bomber from a British air base in Termoli , Italy , rather than requisitioning one ; but they are spotted by Military Police before they can take off . ( ) , a US Army sergeant under arrest by the MPs , joins with Force 10 and forces his way onto the plane . and crew successfully " escape " Termoli , only to be shot down by Luftwaffe night fighters . Only , , , , and Force 10 member ( ) manage to escape the crippled plane . 
 On the ground , the survivors run across a group they believe to be their allies , Communist Yugoslav Partisans , led by Captain ( ) . Force 10 's rescuers are soon revealed to be collaborationist Chetniks ( nationalist Serb guerrillas ) under German control . The Germans take the team into custody but do not know their mission , so and tell the commander , Major ( ) , that they are criminals fleeing Allied authorities . To keep from opening 's suitcase , which contains his special explosives , tells him that it contains a new wonder drug called " penicillin " which will spoil if exposed to air . By the next morning , the prisoners are told that has opened the case , finding it full of firewood . Surprised , and improvise an excuse , " admitting " they buried the samples . Agreeing in principle to this belief , sends them to retrieve them under the guard of his concubine ( ) and three of his soldiers . , , and are left in a cell in camp . 
 Far from camp , kills the Germans , revealing herself to be a partisan spy who hid the explosives before opened the case . She directs and towards the partisan camp under the command of her father , Major ( ) . and escape , ambushing and killing two of 's Chetniks , who are bandaged to hide burns from flamethrowers . Eventually , the two meet a patrol of real Yugoslav Partisans led by a man recognises as his target – Captain alias . While assumes that has recognised him , too , he and are nevertheless taken to the partisan camp , which lies near a wide river and a large hydroelectric dam . 
 Skeptical , Major dismisses 's story about being , assuring they executed the real months earlier . He also reproves the men for killing the bandaged Chetniks , who were partisan infiltrators and his only link to his daughter . 's principal worry is an impending assault by the Wehrmacht : The Germans are marshaling their forces nearby , and only a ravine separates as many as three German divisions from the outnumbered partisans . Only a single concrete arch bridge links each side of the ravine , but the partisans have been unable to destroy it . reveals that the bridge is , in fact , Force 10 's target . Knowing 's expertise in demolitions , convinces a reluctant to help mount a rescue mission , using and the Partisan ( ) . 
 The four re - enter the camp at night , with and posing as captives , and and disguised as the bandaged men . Before they complete their mission , arrives with the bodies of the two real bandaged men . Since had always been seen with them , and realizing that she must have helped and escape , attacks and beats her . Meanwhile , a gun battle breaks out in the cell block . Major and are killed ; but , , , , and escape in a truck with a badly beaten and the recovered explosives . 
 Having made it to the Partisans , explosives expert reveals that the bridge really is impregnable . hits upon the idea of destroying the upstream dam they saw earlier , with the sudden onrush of several millions of gallons of water being enough to destroy the bridge . A night - time air drop is arranged to replace Force 10 's lost supplies , but sabotages the drop by calling in German planes . spots betraying the partisans , but he kills her before she can warn the others , and German planes bomb the illuminated drop zone . 
 , angered by the botched air drop , orders the men to be sent to Marshal 's headquarters for transport back to Italy . The team decides to infiltrate the German marshaling yards at Mostar to steal explosives , with and volunteering to accompany them . again betrays them , alerting a German sergeant to their presence , identifying himself as an Abwehr officer . overhears the plan and sacrifices himself to save the others , who escape with aboard a train leaving for Sarajevo . tries to make up a hasty cover story , but can not fool or , and finally is forced to admit that he really is . kills him , and asks to return the favour by helping him accomplish Force 10 's mission . 
 Jumping the train near the dam , the team splits up : and set off diversionary explosives while and sneak into the dam . runs into Captain in the woods and kills him in a knife fight . and set their charges within the dam but realise that they are out of time . With the German assault only minutes away , they are forced to set a short fuse , leaving them no time to escape . and are caught in the explosion , yet nevertheless survive . At first , the dam appears undamaged ; but with its fragile structural integrity disrupted , the dam wall collapses , releasing millions of tons of water in a wave that topples the bridge . The German assault is thwarted , saving and the Partisans . 
 and rejoin and an injured , but the jubilation is short - lived . reminds the men that they are now trapped on the wrong side of the river , with no supplies and no way of contacting or reaching the partisans . As the credits roll , the men begin a strenuous journey back to friendly lines .

According to ' Lapine language , culture and mythology , the world was created by the god , who represents the Sun . All animals lived harmoniously , but the rabbits eventually multiplied , and their appetite led to a food shortage . At the prayers of the desperate animals , ordered the prince rabbit , El - ahrairah , to control his people , but was scoffed at . In retaliation , gave special gifts to every animal , but some animals he made predators to prey upon the rabbits . Satisfied that ( now also known as " Prince with a Thousand Enemies " ) had learned his lesson , also gave the rabbits speed and cunning ; while many would seek to kill them , the rabbits could survive by their wits and quickness . 
 In the present , in the English countryside of Sandleford , Fiver , a rabbit seer has an apocalyptic vision and goes with his older brother to beg the chief to have the warren evacuated , but they are dismissed and attempt to make an exodus themselves . The group meets resistance from the warren 's police force called the Owsla , but eight manage to fight and escape : , , , , , , , and . They travel through the dangerous woods and make it to a bean field to rest . In the morning , is killed by a hawk , leaving the group without a female . 
 After several dangerous situations , they meet the enigmatic rabbit Cowslip , who invites them to his warren . They are grateful , but senses something unsettling in the atmosphere , as well as the resident rabbits ' overly resigned attitudes , and leaves . An irked follows , and chastises for supposedly causing senseless tension with his instincts . Moments later , however , he is caught in a snare trap . attempts to get help from their hosts , but is ignored . is freed after nearly dying . As reveals , the warren is fed by a farmer who snares rabbits in return for his food and protection from predators . After 's narrow escape , the other rabbits willingly follow 's and 's advice and set out once more . 
 The rabbits discover Nuthanger farm , which contains a hutch of female rabbits , necessary for a new warren . However , they do not manage to free them , on account of the territorial farm cat and dog . Later , they are found by the maimed Owsla Captain , who recounts the destruction of Sandleford by humans , and a mysterious group called the " Efrafrans " before falling unconscious . After he recovers , finally leads the group to the hill he envisioned , Watership Down , where the rabbits settle in with as their chief . 
 They befriend an acerbic injured seagull , , who offers to survey the local area for does . The rabbits return to Nuthanger Farm to free the does ; is shot by a farmer and presumed dead , but has a vision and follows the apparition of the Black Rabbit of Inlé ( the rabbit equivalent of the Grim Reaper ) to his injured brother . returns and while removing buckshot pellets from 's leg , reports of Efrafa , a large warren with many females . , who encountered Efrafa , begs them not to go there , describing it as a totalitarian state , run by vicious and heavily territorial rabbits . feels they have no choice but to go there . infiltrates the enemy warren and is made an Owsla officer by the cruel chief , General . recruits several potential escapees to his cause , including , an idealistic doe and , a scarred attempted escapee . They flee , and using a boat to float down the river , they evade capture , helped by . That night , leaves for his homeland with the gratitude of the warren . 
 Several days later , Efrafan trackers discover their trail and follow them to Watership Down . offers a treaty with , who dismisses , telling him to turn over and all the deserters or he will kill the entire warren . The Watership rabbits barricade their warren and are besieged by the Efrafans . slips into a trance , in which he envisions a dog loose in the woods . His moans inspire to free the dog from Nuthanger Farm and lead him to the Efrafans . He escapes with Blackberry , Dandelion and Hyzenthlay . 
 prays to , offering his life for the warren ; a bargain acknowledges , but does not accept . releases the dog while his companions bait it into following them to Watership Down ; is attacked by the cat , but saved by ( the owner of the hutch rabbits ) . When the Efrafans break through the warren 's defences , goes in alone ; attacks him , but slays him easily . ambushes and they fight to exhaustion . The dog arrives and attacks the Efrafan soldiers . Hearing the commotion , abandons and fearlessly confronts the dog . No trace of Woundwort is found , leaving his fate ambiguous . 
 Several years later , the warren is thriving . An elderly is visited by El - ahrairah , who invites him to join his own Owsla , assuring him of Watership Down 's perpetual safety and its future . Reassured , accepts and dies peacefully . His spirit then follows through the woodland and trees towards the Sun , which metamorphoses into Frith , and the afterlife .

is born in a stable next door to the one in which is born , which initially confuses the three wise men who come to praise the future King of the Jews . grows up an idealistic young man who resents the continuing Roman occupation of Judea . While attending ' Sermon on the Mount , becomes infatuated with an attractive young rebel , . His desire for her and hatred for the Romans lead him to join the " People 's Front of Judea " , one of many fractious and bickering independence movements , who spend more time fighting each other than the Romans . 
 After several misadventures , and escaping from , winds up in a line - up of would - be mystics and prophets who harangue the passing crowd in a plaza . Forced to come up with something plausible in order to blend in and keep the guards off his back , repeats some of what he had heard say , and quickly attracts a small but intrigued audience . Once the guards have left , tries to put the episode behind him , but he has unintentionally inspired a movement . He grows frantic when he finds that some people have started to follow him around , with even the slightest unusual occurrence being hailed as a miracle . Their responses grow in fervour and intensity , making it harder and harder for him to get away from them , yet because of the mob 's excitement over the ' miracles ' they discover , they ultimately end up completely ignoring himself . is the only one that does n't leave ; and then spend the night together . In the morning , , completely naked , opens the curtains to discover an enormous crowd outside his mother 's house which proclaims him to be the Messiah . 's mother protests , telling the crowd that " He 's not the , he 's a very naughty boy " and , " There 's no in here . There 's a mess , all right , but no . " All of her attempts at dispersing the crowd are rebuffed . Furthermore , once addresses them , he also finds that he is unable to change their minds . His followers are completely committed to their belief in 's divinity . They immediately seize upon everything he says and does as points of doctrine . 
 The hapless is unable to escape his unwanted ' disciples ' ; even his mother 's house is surrounded by an enormous , enraptured crowd . They fling their afflicted bodies at him , demanding miracle cures and divine secrets . After sneaking out the back , is then finally captured and scheduled to be crucified . Meanwhile , yet another huge crowd has assembled outside the palace . ( together with the visiting ) tries to quell the feeling of revolution by granting them the choice of one person to be pardoned . The crowd , however , shouts out names containing the letter " r " , mocking 's rhotacistic speech impediment . Eventually , appears in the crowd and calls for the release of , which the crowd echoes since the name also contains an " r " . agrees to " welease " . 
 His order is eventually relayed to the guards , but in a scene that parodies the climax of the film Spartacus , various crucified people all claim to be " of Nazareth " and the wrong man is released . Various other opportunities for a reprieve for are denied as , one by one , his " allies " ( including and his mother ) step forward to explain why they are leaving the " noble freedom fighter " hanging in the hot sun . Hope is renewed when a crack suicide squad from the " Judean People 's Front " ( not to be confused with the People 's Front of Judea ) come charging towards the Romans , but rather than fighting to release or the other prisoners , they commit mass suicide as a political protest . Condemned to a long and painful death , finds his spirits lifted by his fellow sufferers , who break into song with " Always Look on the Bright Side of Life . "[7 ]

A Drax Industries Moonraker space shuttle on loan to the United Kingdom is hijacked in mid - air . , head of MI6 , assigns , Agent 007 , to investigate . En route to England , is attacked and pushed out of the plane by the mercenary assassin . He survives by stealing a parachute from the pilot , whilst lands on a trapeze net within a circus tent . 
 At the Drax Industries shuttle - manufacturing complex in California , meets the owner of the company , , and his henchman . also meets Dr. , an astronaut , and he then survives an assassination attempt while inside a centrifuge chamber . 's personal pilot , , helps find blueprints for a glass vial made in Venice ; discovers her involvement and has her killed . 
 again encounters in Venice where he is chased through the canals by 's henchmen . He discovers a secret biological laboratory , and learns that the glass vials are to hold a nerve gas deadly to humans , but harmless to animals . attacks and is killed ; during the fight , finds evidence that is moving his operation to Rio de Janeiro . Rejoining , he deduces that she is a CIA agent spying on . has saved one of the vials he found earlier , as the only evidence of the now - empty laboratory ; he gives it to for analysis , who permits him to go to Rio de Janeiro under the pretence of being on leave . 
 survives attacks by , 's replacement , during Rio Carnival and on the Sugarloaf Cable Car . After ' cable car crashes , he is rescued from the rubble by , and the two fall in love . 's forces capture , but escapes ; he learns that the toxin comes from a rare orchid indigenous to the Amazon jungle . travels the Amazon River and comes under attack from 's forces , before eventually locating his base . Captured by , is taken to and witnesses four Moonrakers lifting off . explains that he stole the lent shuttle because another in his fleet had developed a fault during assembly . and escape and pose as pilots on Moonraker 6 . The shuttles dock with 's space station , hidden from radar by a cloaking device . 
 and disable the radar jamming cloaking device ; the United States sends a platoon of Marines aboard another shuttle to intercept the now - visible space station . captures and , to whom reveals his plan to destroy human life by launching 50 globes that would dispense the nerve gas into Earth 's atmosphere . had transported several dozen genetically perfect young men and women of varying races to the space station in the shuttles . They would live there until Earth was safe again for human life ; their descendants would be the seed for a " new master race " . persuades to switch his allegiance by getting to admit that anyone not measuring up to his physical standards , including , would be exterminated . attacks 's guards , and a laser battle ensues between 's forces and , , and the Marines . 's forces are defeated as the station is destroyed , while ejects into space . and use a laser - armed Moonraker to destroy the three launched globes and return to Earth .

In 1964 , ( ) is a young London Mod , disillusioned by his parents and a dull job as a post room boy in an advertising firm . finds an outlet for his teenage angst by taking amphetamines , partying , riding scooters and brawling with Rockers , accompanied by his Mod friends ( ) , ( ) and ( ) . 
 One of the rival Rockers is in fact 's childhood friend ( ) . An attack by hostile Rockers on leads to a retaliation attack on . initially participates in the beating , but when he realises the victim is , he berates the other attackers but does not stop them , instead riding away on his scooter revving his engine loudly in frustration . 
 A planned bank holiday weekend away provides the excuse for the rivalry between Mods and Rockers to escalate , as both groups descend upon the seaside town of Brighton . plans to be noticed as a ' face ' , and hints to ( )   – a girl on whom he has a crush   – to ride with him , but she confirms plans to ride with ( ) , an older , well - heeled Mod instead . They both agree " ... he 's a bit flash " , then asks " Eh , [ are ] you jealous ? ... " . 
 In preparation for the weekend , the pals try to buy some recreational drugs from a London gangster , ( ) , but are cheated with fake pills . After vandalising the drug - seller 's car in retaliation , in desperation , they rob a pharmacy , finding a large quantity of their favourite ' blues ' . 
 After an early morning group ride from London to the south coast , the friends gather on the seafront , where first sees a flamboyant scooter - riding Mod he describes as ) . Later in a dance hall , suggests that he will help , whose escort is now chatting to an attractive American female , to dance with , but on the dance floor ushers her away to dance with himself . leaves to dance with , whereupon plots to gain attention by climbing up on to the balcony - edge and dancing with much applause , to the annoyance of . After diving into the audience , is ejected by bouncers . 's escort leaves with the American female , and once again tries to get with , this time for the night , but she has arranged accommodation with a female friend . 
 The lads spend the night sleeping rough , meet up at a café on the following morning , then proceed along the promenade , where a series of running battles ensue . As the police close in on the rioters , escapes down an alleyway with and they have casual sex . When the pair emerge , they find themselves in the middle of the melee just as police are detaining rioters . is arrested and detained with the volatile . When fined £ 75 , a then - large sum , mocks the magistrate by offering to pay on the spot with a cheque , to the amusement of the fellow . 
 Back in London , becomes severely depressed . He is thrown out of his house by his mother , who finds his stash of amphetamine pills . Arriving at work a day late after being detained he then quits his job , spends his severance package on more pills , and finds out that has become the girlfriend of his friend . After a brief fight with , the following morning his rejection is confirmed by and with his beloved Lambretta scooter accidentally destroyed in a crash , takes a train back to Brighton , becoming more emotionally unstable with increasing pill - taking . 
 In an attempt to relive the recent excitement , he revisits the scenes of the riots and of his encounter with . To his horror , discovers that his idol , , is in reality an undistinguished bellboy at a Brighton hotel . Jimmy steals 's scooter and heads out to Beachy Head , riding close to the cliff - edge . Finally , the scooter is seen crashing over the cliff - top , which is where the film begins , with walking back from the cliff - top with a sunset back drop .

In 1919 , ( ) enters the University of Cambridge , where he experiences anti - Semitism from the staff , but enjoys participating in the and Sullivan club . He becomes the first person to ever complete the Trinity Great Court Run , running around the college courtyard in the time it takes for the clock to strike 12 , and achieves an undefeated string of victories in various national running competitions . Although focused on his running , he falls in love with a leading and Sullivan soprano , ( Alice ) . 
 ( ) , born in China of Scottish missionary parents , is in Scotland . His devout sister ( ) disapproves of 's plans to pursue competitive running , but sees running as a way of glorifying God before returning to China to work as a missionary . 
 When they first race against each other , beats . takes it poorly , but ( ) , a professional trainer whom he had approached earlier , offers to take him on to improve his technique . This attracts criticism from the Cambridge college masters ( and ) , who allege it is not gentlemanly for an amateur to " play the tradesman " by employing a professional coach . dismisses this concern , interpreting it as cover for anti - Semitic and class - based prejudice . 
 When accidentally misses a church prayer meeting because of his running , his sister upbraids him and accuses him of no longer caring about God . tells her that though he intends to eventually return to the China mission , he feels divinely inspired when running , and that not to run would be to dishonour God , saying , " I believe that God made me for a purpose . But He also made me fast , and when I run , I feel His pleasure . " 
 The two athletes , after years of training and racing , are accepted to represent Great Britain in the 1924 Olympics in Paris . Also accepted are ' Cambridge friends , Lord ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) . 
 While boarding the boat to Paris for the Olympics , discovers the heats for his 100 - metre race will be on a Sunday . He refuses to run the race , despite strong pressure from and the British Olympic committee , because his Christian convictions prevent him from running on the Sabbath . 
 Hope appears when 's teammate , having already won a silver medal in the 400 metres hurdles , proposes to concede his place in the 400 - metre race on the following Thursday to , who gratefully agrees . His religious convictions in the face of national athletic pride make headlines around the world . 
 delivers a sermon at the Paris Church of Scotland that Sunday , and quotes from Isaiah 40 , ending with , " But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength ; they shall mount up with wings as eagles ; they shall run , and not be weary ; and they shall walk , and not faint . " 
 is badly beaten by the heavily favoured United States runners in the 200 metre race . He knows his last chance for a medal will be the 100 metres . He competes in the race , and wins . His coach is overcome that the years of dedication and training have paid off with an Olympic gold medal . Now can get on with his life and reunite with his girlfriend , whom he had neglected for the sake of running . 
 Before 's race , the American coach remarks dismissively to his runners that has little chance of doing well in his now far longer 400 metre race . But one of the American runners , , hands a note of support for his convictions . defeats the American favourites and wins the gold medal . 
 The British team returns home triumphant . As the film ends , onscreen text explains that married , and became the elder statesman of British athletics . went on to missionary work in China . All of Scotland mourned his death in 1945 in Japanese - occupied China .

The British information gathering vessel St Georges , which holds the Automatic Targeting Attack Communicator ( ATAC ) , the system used by the Ministry of Defence to communicate with and co - ordinate the Royal Navy 's fleet of Polaris submarines , is sunk after accidentally trawling an old naval mine in the Ionian Sea . MI6 agent is ordered by the Minister of Defence , Sir and MI6 Chief of Staff , , to retrieve the ATAC before the Soviets , as the transmitter could order attacks by the submarines ' Polaris ballistic missiles . 
 The head of the KGB , General , has also learned of the fate of the St Georges and already notified his contact in Greece . A marine archaeologist , Sir , who had been asked by the British to secretly locate the St Georges , is murdered with his wife by a Cuban hitman , . goes to Spain to find out who hired . 
 While spying on ' villa , is captured by his men , but manages to escape as is killed by a crossbow bolt . Outside , he finds the assassin was , the daughter of Sir , and the two escape . With the help of , uses computerised technology to identify the man saw paying off as , and then goes to 's possible base in Cortina , Italy . There meets his contact , , and a well - connected Greek businessman and intelligence informant , , who tells that is employed by , known as " the Dove " in the Greek underworld , ' former resistance partner during the Second World War . After goes with ' protégée , figure skater , to a biathlon course , a group of three men , which includes East German biathlete , chases , trying to kill him . escapes and then goes with to bid farewell in an ice rink , where he fends off another attempt on his life by men in ice hockey gear . is killed in 's car , with a dove pin in his hand . then travels to Corfu in pursuit of . 
 There , at the casino , meets and asks how to meet , not knowing that 's men are secretly recording their conversation . After and his mistress , Countess , argue , offers to escort her home with ' car and driver . The two then spend the night together . In the morning and are ambushed by and is killed . is captured by 's men before can kill him ; then tells that was actually hired by , who is working for the KGB to retrieve the ATAC . accompanies and his crew on a raid on one of ' opium - processing warehouses in Albania , where uncovers naval mines similar to the one that sank the St Georges , suggesting it was not an accident . After the base is destroyed , chases and kills him . 
 Afterwards , meets , and they recover the ATAC from the wreckage of the St Georges , but is waiting for them when they surface and he takes the ATAC . After the two escape an assassination attempt , they discover ' rendezvous point when 's parrot repeats the phrase " ATAC to St Cyril 's " . With the help of and his men , and break into St Cyril 's , an abandoned mountaintop monastery . As confronts , kills the biathlete . 
 retrieves the ATAC system and stops from killing after he surrenders . tries to kill with a hidden flick knife , but is killed by a knife thrown by ; arrives by helicopter to collect the ATAC , but throws it off the cliff . and later spend a romantic evening aboard her father 's yacht when he receives a call from the Prime Minister .

( ) is an awkward teenager who plays in his school football team . They are not doing very well , so the coach ( ) holds a trial to find new players . ( ) , turns up and , despite the coach 's sexist misgivings , proves to be a very good player . She subsequently takes 's place as centre forward , and in turn replaces his friend ( ) as goalkeeper . 
 is all for her making the team , as he finds her very attractive . However , he has to compete for her attention with all the other boys who share the same opinion . initially confides in his best friend ( ) , the most mature of 's circle of friends , and asks him for help in attracting . , however , is unable to assist him . 
 Acting on the advice of his precocious 10 - year - old sister , ( ) , he awkwardly asks out on a date . She accepts , but 's friend , ( ) , shows up at the rendezvous instead and informs that something had come up ; will not be able to make it . He is disappointed , but talks him into taking her to the chip shop . 
 When they arrive , she hands him off to another friend , ( ) , and leaves . By then , is rather confused , but goes for a walk with the new girl . On their stroll , they encounter a waiting ( ) , another of 's friends , and leaves . confesses that it was all arranged by her friends , including . She explains , " It 's just the way girls work . They help each other . " 
 They go to the park and talk . At the date 's end , is more than pleased with , and the two kiss numerous times on his doorstep before calling it a night and arranging a second date . , who had been watching from the window , quizzes him on his date and calls him a liar when he claims he did not kiss . 
 's friends , and ( ) , are even more inept with girls but see at various times with three apparent dates , and are envious of his new success . They try to hitchhike to Caracas , where has heard the women greatly outnumber the men , but fail at that as well .

Federal Marshal is assigned to a tour of duty at the titanium ore mining outpost Con - Am 27 , operated by the company Conglomerates Amalgamated on the Jovian moon of Io . Conditions on Io are difficult : gravity is 1/6 that of Earth 's with no breathable atmosphere , spacesuits are cumbersome and miners carry their own air supply . Shifts are long but significant bonuses are paid . The general manager , , boasts that productivity has broken all records since he took over . , 's wife , feels she can not raise their son on Io , fleeing with the child to the Jupiter space station to await a shuttle back to Earth . , a miner , suffers an attack of stimulant psychosis   – he sees spiders and rips open his spacesuit   – resulting in death by explosive decompression . , another miner , enters an elevator without his spacesuit during another psychotic episode and dies from decompression . With the reluctant assistance of Dr. , investigates the deaths . 
 Another incident involves a worker , , who takes a prostitute hostage and threatens to kill her with a knife . attempts to calm the man while , his sergeant , sneaks in via the air duct and kills with a shotgun . and discover that had traces of a powerful amphetamine - type drug in his bloodstream , which would allow the miners to work continuously for days at a time until they " burn out " and turn psychotic after approximately ten months of use . uncovers a drug distribution ring run by a corrupt and sanctioned by . 
 Using surveillance cameras , finds and captures , one of 's dealers who is murdered before he can be questioned . is found garrotted . finds the latest shipment of drugs in a meat locker that was shipped from the space station but is then attacked by another dealer , . knocks him out , then destroys the shipment of drugs . When finds out , he threatens and contacts his drug distributor , asking him to send in professional hitmen . is prepared having been monitoring 's communications . 
 waits for the arrival of the hitmen on a supply shuttle from the other side of Jupiter . Realizing what is coming and with only Dr. willing to help him , sends a message to his family promising to return to Earth when his " job is done " . ambushes the hitmen one by one . helps him kill the first by trapping him in a pressurized corridor ; activates a bomb , causing an explosive decompression that kills the hitman . The second is killed in a glass greenhouse structure of the outpost when tricks him into shooting a window , causing it to break open and blow him out to his death in orbit . 
 is then confronted by 's " inside man " who is revealed to be one of his own deputies , Sgt . . The two fight outside the outpost near the satellite structure until pulls 's oxygen hose , suffocating him . then confronts the surprised inside the outpost 's recreation bar , knocking him out with one punch . It is implied will now be brought to justice or murdered by his own associates . bids farewell to and leaves on the shuttle to join his wife and son on the journey back to Earth .

Eleven - year - old has a vivid imagination and is fascinated by history , particularly ancient Greece ; his parents ignore his activities , having become more obsessed with buying the latest household gadgets to keep up with their neighbours . One night , as is sleeping , an armoured knight on a horse bursts out of his wardrobe . is scared and hides as the knight rides off into a forest setting where once his bedroom wall was ; when looks back out , the room is back to normal and he finds one of his photos on the wall similar to the forest he saw . The next night he prepares a satchel with supplies and a Polaroid camera but is surprised when six dwarves spill out of the wardrobe . quickly learns the group has stolen a large , worn map and is looking for an exit from his room before they are discovered . They find that the bedroom wall can be pushed , revealing a long hallway . is hesitant to join until the visage of a menacing head — the Supreme Being — appears behind them , demanding the return of the map . and the dwarves fall into an empty void at the end of the hallway . 
 They land in Italy during the Napoleonic Wars . As they recover , learns that is the lead dwarf of the group , which also includes , , , , and . They were once employed by the Supreme Being to repair holes in the spacetime fabric , but instead they realized the potential to use the map to steal riches . With the map and 's help , they visit several locations in spacetime and meet figures such as and . uses his camera to document their visits . They are unaware , however , that their activities are being monitored by , a malevolent being who is able to manipulate reality and is attempting to acquire the map himself so that he can remake the universe to his design . 
 Through 's actions , becomes separated from the group and ends up in Mycenaean Greece , meeting King . After Kevin inadvertently helps kill an enemy , the king adopts him . and the others soon locate and abduct him , much to his resentment , and escape through another hole , arriving on the ill - fated RMS Titanic . After it sinks , they are forced to tread water while they argue with each other . Evil manipulates the group and transports them to his realm , the Time of Legends . After surviving encounters with ogres and a giant , and the dwarves locate the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness and are led to believe that " The Most Fabulous Object in the World " awaits them , luring them into 's trap . Evil takes the map and locks the group in a cage over an apparently bottomless pit . While looking through the Polaroids he took , finds one that includes the map , and the group realises there is a hole in the Fortress near them . They escape from the cage , steal the map again and split : must distract their pursuers while the others go through the hole . 
 Evil confronts and takes the map back from him . The dwarves return with various warriors and fighting machines taken across time , but Evil has no trouble overpowering them all . As and the dwarves cower , Evil prepares to unleash his ultimate power . Suddenly , he is engulfed in flames and burned into charcoal ; from the smoke , a besuited middle - aged man emerges , revealed as the Supreme Being . He reveals that he allowed the dwarves to borrow his map and the whole adventure had been a test of his creation . He orders the dwarves to collect all the pieces of concentrated Evil , warning that they can be deadly if not contained , recovers the map and allows the dwarves to rejoin him in his creation duties . The Supreme Being disappears with the dwarves , leaving stranded behind as a missed piece of Evil begins to smoulder . 
 awakes in his bedroom to find it filled with smoke . Firefighters break down the door and rescue him as they put out a fire in his house . One of the firemen finds that his parents ' new toaster oven caused the fire . As recovers , he finds one of the firemen resembles and discovers that he still has the photos from his adventure . 's parents discover a smouldering rock in the toaster oven . Recognizing it as a piece of Evil , warns them not to touch it . Ignoring him , they touch it and explode , leaving only their shoes . tentatively approaches the smoking shoes and is seen from above as his figure grows smaller , revealing the planet and then outer space , before being rolled up in the map by the Supreme Being .

( ) is recruited as a CIA agent . He is sent to East Berlin on a mission to steal an Enigma code scrambler . This is part of an attempt to stop the Russian assassination of five Soviet dissidents which is planned for Christmas Day . What does n't know is that the CIA already has a code scrambler . By stealing the scrambler in Berlin , they are trying to convince the Russians that they do n't have it . 
 On arrival in Berlin , finds that the KGB knows he is there . must use numerous disguises and escape from a number of capture attempts . He seeks shelter with his former lover , ( ) , before moving on , as this is too dangerous for her . and a number of 's other old friends are arrested and tortured by the police in an attempt to gain information about 's whereabouts . As he gets more desperate , enlists 's help again : she seduces ( ) , the KGB man in charge of the hunt for , in order to obtain information . In the end catches and and finds the scrambler hidden in an exhibition artifact . As he is in love with , he lets them go , however , keeping the scrambler which was in fact not needed . On Christmas Day the assassination attempt is successfully thwarted .

When the famous Pink Panther diamond is stolen again from , Chief Inspector ( ) is called on the case despite protests by Chief Inspector ( ) . While on the case , is pursued by the Mafia . first goes to London to interrogate Sir ( having forgotten that he lives in the South of France ) . Traveling to the airport , he accidentally blows up his car trying to fix a pop - out lighter , but mistakenly believes it an assassination attempt , and disguises himself in a heavy cast on the flight , which causes complications in the air and on land . He then is led to an awkward introduction to the Scotland Yard detectives at Heathrow . Meanwhile , learns from Scotland Yard that Libyan terrorists have marked for assassination ; but permits him to continue . Heretofore at the hotel , has a miscommunication with the hotel clerk ( ) and even finds gets knocked out a window several times ( even pulling the clerk right through the wall a la switchboard ) , trying to get his " message " from . 
 's plane disappears en route to Lugash , and ( ) , a television reporter covering the story , sets out to interview those who knew him best . Among the people she interviews are ; ( ) ; ( ) ; and former jewel thief Sir ( ) who is married to 's ex - wife Lady ( ) . 
 All of these interview scenes provides flashbacks to scenes of earlier Pink Panther films ( The Pink Panther , A Shot in the Dark , Return of the Pink Panther , The Pink Panther Strikes Again , and Revenge of the Pink Panther ) ; but also interviews 's father ( ) , at his winery in the south of France , providing glimpses of 's childhood ( wherein he is played by ) , and his early career during college , nearly leading him to commit suicide after a girl of his life gets married to another person , especially in the French Resistance ( in which he is played by ) involving him failing to detonate a bridge full of crossing Nazis . also questions Mafia don ( ) , a mafia boss antagonist who would appear in the next film , and tries to file a complaint against with Chief Inspector ; but refuses to press charges . 
 The film ends with hoping that might be alive somewhere as she states : Did Inspector really perish in the sea , as reported ? Or for reasons as yet unknown , is he out there someplace , plotting his next move , waiting to reveal himself when the time is right ? I am reluctant to believe that misfortune has really struck down such a great man . ( played by , only seen from behind[3 ] ) is seen glancing over a seaside cliff , when a seagull flies over and defecates on the sleeve of his coat . The words " Swine seagull ! " are heard in the distinctive exaggerated French accent of . 
 The next shot shows the animated in trench coat and trilby hat is then revealed in place of watching the sunset ; he turns around to face the camera and flashes his coat open , but his trenchcoat reveals a montage of funny clips of from his five Pink Panther films as a tribute to him , while the end credits roll .

A Liverpudlian working - class young woman   – hairdresser   – ( ) wants to better herself by studying literature . Her assigned Open University professor , ( ) , however , has long ago openly taken to the bottle , and soon develops misgivings about 's ability to adapt to student culture . is a jaded university lecturer , who describes his occupational ability as " appalling but good enough for his appalling students " . His passion for literature is reignited by , whose technical ability for the subject is limited by her lack of education but whose enthusiasm finds refreshing .

A narrator describes a prophecy regarding " a girl of ancient name that shall become queen " , which says " that she shall choose a king , and that together they shall rule their world , and that their son shall rule the galaxy " . 
 The planet Krull is invaded by an entity known as the " " and his army of futuristic " Slayers " , who travel the galaxy in a mountain - like spaceship called the Black Fortress . In a ceremony involving the newlyweds exchanging a handful of flame , Prince and Princess plan to marry and form an alliance between their rival kingdoms in the hope that their combined forces can defeat the 's army . The Slayers attack the wedding before it is completed , killing the two kings , devastating both armies and kidnapping the princess . 
 Prince is found and nursed by , the Old One . tells him the Beast can be defeated with the " Glaive " , an ancient , magical , five - pointed throwing weapon . retrieves the Glaive from a high mountain cave before setting out to track down the Black Fortress , which teleports to a new location every day at sunrise . As they travel , and are joined by magician " the Magnificent " and a band of nine thieves , fighters , bandits and brawlers . offers to clear their criminal records , successfully enlisting , , , , , , , and . The cyclops Rell later joins the group . 
 's group travels to the home of , and his apprentice . uses his crystal to view where the Fortress will rise , but the Beast 's hand magically appears and crushes the crystal . The group travels to a swamp that can not be penetrated by the Beast 's magic , but Slayers attack , killing and , and also , before he can confirm the next location of the Fortress . 
 While the group rests in a forest , goes to a nearby village and gets , one of his wives , to bring food . The Beast exerts remote command of 's helper , who attempts to seduce then kill , but fails . leaves the resting group to journey to the " Widow of the Web " , an enchantress who loved long ago and was exiled to the lair of the Crystal Spider for murdering their only child . The reveals where the Black Fortress will be at sunrise . She also gives the sand from the enchanted hourglass that kept the Crystal Spider from attacking her and will keep a badly injured alive on his journey back to the group . As the Crystal Spider attacks the , flees the web and returns to the group to reveal the location of the Black Fortress ; as he speaks , he loses the last of the sand and expires . 
 The group capture and ride magical Fire Mares to reach the Black Fortress before it teleports again . Slayers at the Fortress kill , while sacrifices himself to hold open the crushing spaceship doors long enough to allow the others to enter . Slayers inside kill and , and sacrifices his life to save as they journey through the Fortress . When and get separated from the others and are attacked by Slayers , magically transforms into a tiger to kill the Slayers and save 's life . 
 , , and are trapped inside a large dome . attempts to open a hole in the dome with the Glaive , while the other three search for any other passageway . The three fall through an opening and are trapped between slowly closing walls studded with huge spikes , which kill . 
 breaches the dome and finds . He attacks the , injuring it with the Glaive , which becomes embedded in the 's body . With nothing to defend themselves against the 's counterattack , realizes that they must quickly finish the wedding ritual , giving them the linked power to shoot flame , with which they finally slay the . Its death frees and from the spike room and they rejoin and , then and , as they make their way out the self - destructing Fortress . 
 and , now king and queen of the combined kingdom , name as Lord Marshal . As the surviving heroes depart across a field , the narrator ( ) repeats the opening prophecy that the son of the queen and her chosen king shall rule the galaxy .

" ( ) is a typical 1980s hot - shot executive working for Knox Oil and Gas in Houston , Texas . The eccentric chief of the company , ( ) , chooses to send him ( largely because his surname sounds Scottish ) to Scotland to acquire the village of Ferness to make way for a refinery . ( who is actually of Hungarian extraction ) is a little apprehensive about his assignment , complaining to a co - worker that he would much rather take care of business over the phone and via telex machines . , an avid astronomy buff , tells to watch the sky , especially around the constellation Virgo , and to notify him immediately if he sees anything unusual . 
 Upon arriving in Scotland , teams up with local Knox representative ( ) . During a visit to a Knox research facility in Aberdeen , Dr ( ) and his assistant ( ) inform them about the scope of the company 's plans , which entail replacing Ferness with the refinery . They also meet ( and admire ) marine researcher ( ) . 
 ultimately spends several weeks in Ferness , gradually adapting to the slower - paced life and getting to know the eccentric residents , most notably the hotel owner and accountant , ( ) and his wife , ( ) . As time passes , becomes more and more conflicted as he presses to close the deal that will spell the end of the quaint little village he has come to love . The villagers are tired of the hard life they lead and are more than eager to sell , though they feign indifference to induce a larger offer . receives encouragement from an unlikely source : ( ) , a capitalistic Soviet fishing boat captain who periodically visits his friends in Ferness ( and checks on his investment portfolio , managed by ) . 
 Meanwhile , befriends , who is under the impression the company is planning to build a research centre at Ferness . During a date , he discovers that , who seems more at home in the water than on land , has webbed toes . While watching some grey seals , mentions that sailors used to believe they were mermaids , and tells him the sailors were wrong.[3 ] 
 As the deal nears completion , discovers that ( ) , an old beachcomber who lives in a snug driftwood shack on the shore , owns the beach through a grant from to his ancestor . tries everything to entice to sell , even offering enough money to buy any other beach in the world , but the owner is content with what he has . picks up some sand and offers to sell for the same number of " pound notes " as he has grains of sand in his hand . A suspicious declines , only to be told there could not have been more than ten thousand grains . 
 finally arrives on site , just in time to forestall a potentially nasty confrontation between some of the villagers and ; mistakes the mob for a welcoming committee . When informs him of the snag in the proceedings , he decides to negotiate personally with and in the process , discovers a kindred spirit . opts to locate the refinery offshore and set up an astronomical observatory instead . He instructs to go home to implement the changes . brings up 's dream of an oceanographic research facility and suggests combining the two into the " Happer Institute " , an idea that likes . Later , finds swimming offshore and tells her the good news . A sombre returns to Houston . The final shot is of the local phone box ringing and " Going Home " swelling as the phone rings and the credits roll .

A group of fish in a posh restaurant 's tank swim together casually , until they look at the customers outside of the tank and see their friend being eaten . This leads them to question the meaning of life . The question is explored in the first sketch , " The Miracle of Birth " , which features a woman in labour being ignored by the doctors in favour of impressing the hospital 's administrator . In Yorkshire , a Roman Catholic man loses his job and returns home to tell his numerous children that he will have to sell them off for scientific experiments due to the Catholic church 's opposition to contraception ; this leads to the musical number " Every Sperm is Sacred " . Meanwhile , a Protestant man and his wife discuss having non - reproductive sex . 
 In " Growth and Learning " , a class of boys are taught school etiquette and then watch their teacher have sex with his wife as part of their sex education . One boy laughs , and is forced into a violent rugby match against the higher grades as punishment . " Fighting Each Other " first focuses on a World War I officer trying to rally his men to find cover during an attack , but they insist on celebrating his birthday ; then , an army RSM attempts to drill his platoon but ends up excusing them all to pursue leisure activities . In 1879 , during the Anglo - Zulu War , a soldier finds his leg has been bitten off . Suspecting a tiger , despite being in Africa , the soldiers hunt for it and find two men suspiciously wearing two halves of a tiger costume . 
 " The Middle of the Film " briefly introduces a segment called " Find the Fish " , a surreal scene where bizarre characters asks the audience to find a fish hidden in the sequence . " Middle Age " involves a middle - aged American couple visiting a dungeon - themed Hawaiian restaurant , where , to the interest of the fish , the waiter offers a conversation about philosophy and the meaning of life . The customers are unable to make sense of it and move on to a discussion of " live organ transplants " . " Live Organ Transplants " involves two paramedics visiting Mr. , a card - carrying organ donor , forcefully removing his liver whilst he is still alive . 's mother speaks with a musician who performs " Galaxy Song " while discussing man 's insignificance in the universe . The Crimson Permanent Assurance pirates invade a corporate boardroom where executives are discussing the meaning of life , but a tumbling skyscraper ends their assault . 
 In " The Autumn Years " , the horribly obese Mr. visits the restaurant , to the horror of the fish tank . He vomits continuously and devours an enormous meal . When the maître d ' gives him a wafer - thin mint , 's stomach explodes , the maître d ' then giving him the bill . Two staff members clean up 's remains while discussing the meaning of life . One leads the audience to his house , spouts some philosophy , and then angrily dismisses them . 
 " Death " features a condemned man choosing the manner of his own execution : being chased off a cliff by topless women and falling into his own grave below . The Grim Reaper thereupon enters an isolated country house and invites himself to dinner . The guests try to guess who he is until the tells them they all died from food poisoning . They accompany the Grim Reaper to Heaven , depicted as a Las Vegas - style hotel in perpetual Christmas , where a - lookalike performs " Christmas in Heaven " to the cast . 
 " The End of the Film " epilogue features the host of " The Middle of the Film " being handed an envelope containing the meaning of life . She reads it out : " Try and be nice to people , avoid eating fat , read a good book every now and then , get some walking in , and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations " .

The members of Monty Python, Carol Cleveland, Simon Jones, Patricia Quinn

After MI6 agent , , fails a training scenario , his superior , , orders to a health clinic outside London to get back into shape . While there , witnesses a mysterious nurse named giving a sadomasochistic beating to a patient in a nearby room . The man 's face is bandaged and after finishes her beating , sees the patient using a machine which scans his eye . is seen by , who sends an assassin , , to kill him in the clinic gym , but manages to defeat and kill . 
 and her charge , a United States Air Force pilot named , are operatives of SPECTRE , a criminal organisation run by . has undergone an operation on his right eye to make it match the retinal pattern of the US President , which he uses to circumvent iris recognition security at the fictitious RAF Station Swadley , an American military base in England . While doing so , he replaces the dummy warheads of two AGM-86B cruise missiles with live nuclear warheads ; SPECTRE then steals the warheads , intending to extort billions of dollars from NATO governments . murders , by causing his car to crash and explode , to cover SPECTRE 's tracks . 
 Under orders from the Foreign Secretary , Lord , M reluctantly reactivates the double-0 section and is assigned the task of tracking down the missing weapons . He meets , the pilot 's sister , and her wealthy lover , , SPECTRE 's highest - ranking agent . follows and his yacht to the Bahamas , where he spars with and . 
 is informed by of the British High Commission that 's yacht is now heading for Nice , France . There , joins forces with his French contact , and his CIA counterpart and friend , . goes to a health and beauty centre where he poses as an employee and , while giving a massage , is informed by her that is hosting an event at a casino that evening . At the charity event , and play a 3 - D video game called Domination ; the loser of each turn receives a series of electric shocks of increasing intensity or pays a corresponding cash bet . After losing a few games , ultimately wins . While dancing with , informs her that her brother had been killed on 's orders . returns to his villa to find dead , drowned in a water bed by . After a vehicle chase on his Q - branch motorbike , captures . She admits that she is impressed with him , and forces to declare in writing that she is his " Number One " sexual partner . distracts her with promises , then uses his Q - branch - issue fountain pen to shoot and kill with an explosive dart . 
 and attempt to board 's motor yacht , the Flying Saucer , in search of the missing nuclear warheads . finds . He attempts to make jealous by kissing in front of a two - way mirror . becomes enraged , traps and takes him and to Palmyra , 's base of operations in North Africa . coldly punishes for her betrayal by selling her to some passing Arabs . subsequently escapes from his prison and rescues her . 
 and reunite with on a United States Navy submarine and track to a location known as the Tears of Allah , below a desert oasis on the Ethiopian Coast . and infiltrate the underground facility and a gun battle erupts between 's team and 's men in the temple . In the confusion , makes a getaway with one of the warheads , whilst the Navy captures the other . catches and fights underwater . Just as tries to detonate the bomb in his possession , he is stabbed and killed by , taking revenge for her brother 's death . returns to the Bahamas with , vowing to never again go back to his old habits .

While trying to escape from East to West Berlin , British agent is fatally wounded and dies after reaching the residence of the British Ambassador , dressed as a circus clown and carrying a fake Fabergé egg . MI6 immediately suspects Soviet involvement and , after seeing the real egg appear at an auction in London , sends to investigate and find out the identity of the seller . At the auction , is able to swap the real egg with the fake and engages in a bidding war with exiled Afghan prince , forcing to pay £ 500,000 for the fake egg . follows back to his palace in Rajasthan , India , where defeats in a game of backgammon . escapes with his contact , foiling the attempts of 's bodyguard to kill the pair . is seduced by one of 's associates , , and notices that she has a blue - ringed octopus tattoo . permits to steal the real Fabergé egg fitted with listening and tracking devices by , while captures and takes to 's palace . After escapes from his room , he listens in on the bug in the Fabergé egg and discovers that is working with , a Soviet general , who is seeking to expand Soviet control into West - Central Europe . 
 After escaping from 's palace , infiltrates a floating palace in Udaipur , India , and there finds its owner , , a wealthy business woman , smuggler and associate of . She also leads the cult , of which is a member . has a personal connection with : she is the daughter of the late Major , whom was assigned to arrest for treason . allowed the Major to commit suicide rather than face trial , and thanks him for offering her father an honorable alternative , inviting to stay on as her guest . Earlier in 's palace and later in 's palace , finds out that has been supplying with priceless Soviet treasures , replacing them with replicas while has been smuggling the real versions into the West via 's circus troupe . is planning to meet at Karl - Marx - Stadt ( Chemnitz ) in East Germany , where the circus is scheduled to perform . sends mercenaries to kill , but he and gain the upper hand when the assassins break into the palace . learns from that has been killed by the goons . 
 Travelling to East Germany , infiltrates the circus and finds out that replaced the Soviet treasures with a nuclear warhead , primed to explode during the circus show at a US Air Force base in West Germany . The explosion would trigger Europe into seeking disarmament in the belief that the bomb was a US one that detonated by accident , leaving its borders open to a Soviet invasion . takes 's car , drives it along the train tracks and boards the moving circus train . gives chase , but is killed at the border by East German guards after they mistake for a defector . kills the twin knife - throwing assassins and and , after falling from the train , commandeers a car to get to the airbase . penetrates the base and disguises himself as a clown to evade the West German police . He attempts to convince that has betrayed her by showing her one of the treasures found in 's car , which she was to smuggle for him . realizes that she has been tricked , and assists in deactivating the warhead . 
 and return separately to India . arrives at 's palace just as and her troops have launched an assault on the grounds . attempts to kill , but is captured by . While 's team , led by , overpower 's guards , and abandon the palace , taking as a hostage . pursues them as they attempt to escape in their plane , clinging to the fuselage and disabling the tailplanes . In the subsequent struggle with , takes a deadly plummet off the roof of the plane and rescues from , the pair jumping onto a nearby cliff only seconds before the plane crashes into a mountain , killing . While and General discuss the transport of the jewelery , recuperates with aboard her private boat in India .

The story begins on a small spaceship docking with a refueling station . On board are a group of four aliens called , , , and . During a particularly tedious period of their stay at the station , the other three begin playing with the ship ’s controls while is outside playing spaceball . They accidentally disconnect his part of the ship , leaving him stranded while they crash into a large blue planet close by ( Earth ) . 
 The aliens become instant celebrities on arrival , despite being able to bring no great revelation or technical ability to the people of Earth ( as is central to the plot of many " aliens on Earth " films ) . They find a manager ( ) and become wealthy more or less overnight , packing fans in auditoriums just to see them . Meanwhile , arrives on Earth via other means of transport . Despite being by far the most intelligent of the group , is not afforded any celebrity , and is in fact condemned to vagrancy and a brief stint in a mental hospital before reuniting with his fellow travellers near the end of the film . The others , fearing that the introduction of would lessen their popularity and celebrity , fail to mention that they had originally been travelling with a fourth .

The story is set in the fictional Caribbean island and British colony of Cascara . Widely ignored by the British Government , media , and general public , local Governor is having an easy life in his small and peaceful colony . That peace is disturbed when an abandoned oil rig starts delivering water - at the standard of the finest table water brands ( and laxative companies , as it contains a substance that makes you " shit like clockwork " ) . Different parties , including Downing Street , the Cascara Liberation Front , the White House , French bottled water producers , and the Cubans take interest in the future of the island and threaten to destroy the cosy way of life enjoyed by the island 's inhabitants . 
 The plot spoofs some elements of the comedies Carlton - Browne of the F.O. ( 1958 ) and Passport to Pimlico ( 1948 ) and the then - recent invasions of the Falkland Islands and Grenada . 
 The film stars as , a Governor who has ' gone native ' ( similarly to his role in The Honorary Consul ) , and as local biracial activist , supported by the last performance of , as Sir , and one of the last performances of .

( Cleese ) , headmaster of Thomas Tompion Comprehensive School , has been elected to chair the annual Headmasters ' Conference . Extremely disorganised as a young man , is now obsessively organised and punctual , and his school runs " like clockwork " . He is the first headmaster of a comprehensive school to chair the Headmasters ' Conference , that honour usually being reserved for heads of the more elite private schools . 
 Despite repetitive rehearsal of his speech and preparations for the journey to the conference , 's ordered world unwinds as a series of misadventures plague him en route . He misses the train to Norwich , loses the text of his speech , and is left at the train station by his wife , who thinks he departed on the train . Frantic to get to Norwich on time , searches for his wife at home and at the hospital where she volunteers , but just misses her . Commandeering the car of a sixth form student , travels to the conference with the student , called . 's wife sees him with at a petrol station and assumes the worst ; that her husband is carrying on with the student and bringing her along to attend the conference . Mrs. ( who is looking after three senile women ) drives after and both parties forget to pay for their petrol . The police are called and , responding to an auto theft call from 's parents as well , attempt to find and arrest him for kidnapping . 's wife , 's parents , the police and Mr. , a teacher at Thomas Tompion who has secretly been dating , all pursue and to the conference . 
 En route , and try to call the conference by a telephone box . A local mistakes them for vandals when the phones do n't work and calls the police . The local sends her daughter to , the daughter turns out to be a childhood friend and former girlfriend of . coerces her into driving them to the Conference . 
 The group drive into a farm field and get stuck in deep mud whilst 's wife and the others arrive at the Conference uninvited , much to the annoyance of the headmasters . leaves the stuck car to seek help , but ends up instead having a bath at a nearby monastery . His ex - girlfriend finally drives away in the car but is soon arrested for assaulting a police officer . Stranded without transport , and ( who is dressed in monks ' robes ) attempt to hitchhike . They are picked up by a wealthy car salesman , whom they persuade to come for a walk in the woods . They trick the traveller into swapping clothes with under the ruse of naughty fun , but and run away and steal his car . 
 finally arrives at the conference in the torn suit of the car salesman and gives an improvised , abrasive speech to the shocked headmasters . During his speech various characters including the old women , Mr. and 's parents walk into the hall . Finally , he directs all of the headmasters to stand and sing the hymn " To Be a Pilgrim " , as he often would to his own pupils . He is then accosted by his disappointed wife , 's worried parents and several other parties he had hurt over the course of his journey . The film ends as he is led away by several policemen .

Through her stepsister , and her future husband come to know Lord . During the summer of 1816 , Lord invites them to stay for a while at Villa Diodati in Switzerland . There they meet 's physician friend , Dr. . On 16 June , while a storm rages outside , the five of them amuse themselves by engaging in a game of hide - and - seek . Later in a parlor , proclaims his fascination with science ; tells him of his interests in sleepwalking and nightmares . Lord shows his guests Phantasmagoria , a book of horror stories he purchased from a shop in Geneva , and the three alternately read excerpts . This inspires them to hold a séance gathered around a human skull , during which has an apparent seizure . describes them as 's " horrors , " and recalls instances during their childhood when unexplained phenomena would occur during them , such as 's bed inexplicably shaking , and doors slamming shut by themselves . brings upstairs to rest . 
 During the night , witnesses a shadowy apparition outside the window she and share . Believing was startled by a slamming barn door outside , goes to shut it . While investigating the barn , he is startled by a grotesque creature . speaks with Lord in the billiard room , confronting him about his intentions with , and reveals to him that is pregnant with his child . He suggests she has an abortion , and the two argue , resulting in a physical confrontation . 
 Later , Lord performs oral sex on , during which she has a miscarriage . Meanwhile , consoles , who has grown increasingly paranoid and claims to smell an overpowering scent of decay . From the bottom of the staircase , hears a noise , and feels liquid dripping on her . As she looks up , and sees leaning over the banister , clutching a bleeding wound on his neck . Once the bleeding is controlled , he claims to have been bitten by a vampire in his room . accuses him of self - inflicting the wounds , while and believe him . raves that the group collectively gave birth to something during the séance , manifesting their worst fears , while exhibits signs of religious paranoia over his homosexuality . He attempts to poison himself to death with cyanide , but is stopped by . 
 goes missing from her bedroom , and is discovered by ; he watches in horror as her breasts metamorphose into eyes ; attempts to flee the house , and inadvertently crashes through a glass door . infers that the presence haunting them is feeding off of the group 's fear . During a failed attempt to hang himself in the barn , witnesses a figure flee on horseback . and attempt to recreate the séance to banish their creation . and , both atheists , believe it must be returned to the recesses of their minds , while questions the metaphysical and supernatural events plaguing them . 
 In the basement , the three discover nude and covered in mud . attempts to hold the séance there , but refuses . During the event , crushes the skull , and attempts to stab with a shard . stops her , and begins kissing passionately . As she flees through the home , witnesses an apparition of her son , , in a coffin , followed by a vision of her suffering a miscarriage . In the madness , she attempts to throw herself off a balcony , but is stopped by . awakens the following morning and joins , , and in the garden . 
 In the contemporary era , tourists visit the Villa . A voice - over informs that 's son , , died three years after that night in June 1816 , followed by 's drowning in 1822 ; would die two years after , and committed suicide in London . From 's previous experience of miscarriage came the desire to raise her child from the dead , which led to her writing Frankenstein . From 's homosexuality , suicidal thoughts , and fascination with vampires came the story " The Vampyre . "

The death of King of England throws his kingdom into chaos as his heir , of England , is both under - age and in poor health . Anticipating the young king 's imminent death from tuberculosis and anxious to keep England true to the Protestant Reformation by keeping the Catholic Princess from the throne , , 1st Duke of Northumberland , Lord President of the Council and second only to the king in power , hatches a plan to marry his son , Lord , to Lady , and have the royal physician keep the young king alive — albeit in excruciating pain — long enough to get him to name his heir . 
 is not happy with the proposed marriage , and must be forced into it through corporal punishment by her parents . At first and decide to treat their union purely as a marriage of convenience , but then they fall deeply in love . 
 After dies is placed on the throne . She is troubled by the questionable legality of her accession , but after consulting with , turns the tables on and the others who thought to use her as a puppet . 
 After only nine days , however , Queen is abandoned by her council precisely because of her designs for reforming the country . The council then supports , who at first imprisons and . 
 Consumed with guilt , 's father , the Duke of Suffolk , raises a rebellion to restore her to the throne , presumably in concert with 's rebellion . When the rebellion fails , Queen offers to spare 's life if she renounces her Protestant faith . When she refuses , , her father and are all executed .

( ) , a low - level working - class gangster recently released from prison , is given a job in London by his former boss , ( ) , as the driver and bodyguard for a high - priced prostitute named ( ) . also wants to gather information on one of 's wealthy customers for blackmail purposes . , who has worked hard to develop high - class manners and an elite clientele , initially dislikes the uncouth and outspoken , and he regards her as putting on airs . But as and find out more about each other , they form a friendship , and begins to fall in love with her . agrees to risk his own life to help find her teenage friend ( ) , who has disappeared , and whom fears is being abused by her violent former pimp , ( ) . 
 increasingly finds himself torn between his feelings for , his obligations to his boss , and his relationship with his teenage daughter , a sweet normal girl who has matured while he was in prison and wants to have her father in her life . 
 After attacks , flees to Brighton . finally finds and takes her to Brighton to reunite her with , where he lends his gun . He discovers that and are lovers , and that does n't care about him and only used him to find . and then arrive to take back control of and Cathy , and an enraged shoots them both dead and then threatens to shoot . He punches her , takes the gun and leaves - upset at her ingratitude . Freed of his underworld obligations , returns to a more normal life , working in his friend 's garage and spending time with .

( ) travels to Ireland to research items of religious significance . He goes to a rural church to photograph some graves . Meanwhile , three farmers are attempting to remove an ominous stone column from a field . Two of the farmers head home . A thunderstorm appears out of nowhere , and smoke pours from the ground . Lightning strikes the column . The monster rises from the dirt . 
 meets ( ) , who directs him to Reverend . The curious approaches the altar and places his hand on it . Images flash before his eyes . This experience apparently destroys 's sanity . Afterwards , inquires about the church 's parish records . says he can arrange to have look at them . 
 Later , a man arrives at the home of locals and . He discovers a clearly traumatized . Police arrive . drags 's dead body through the forest and comes upon a trailer park . A teenager named is trying to make out with his girlfriend . The two teens head into the woods . Soon after , sees on top of a distant hill with 's head in his hand . 
 Afterwards , speaks again with , who tells him the church 's parish records have been stolen . destroys his camera . He takes his family on the road again . 
 On the road , 's daughter needs to go to the bathroom , so pulls over and lets her go by a tree . Hearing her suddenly scream , and his wife rush to her ; 's son stays in the van , alone . kills 's son and takes the body into the woods . Infuriated by the police 's unsuccessful efforts to track down , returns to the church . He discovers that there is a weapon shown in the stained glass window that can be used to defeat the monster . After leaves , curiously touches the altar but resists the temptations and images it shows him . 
 arrives at the church to baptize by urinating on him . A bewildered goes outside to investigate the noise and sees . Horrified , flees inside the church and into the basement while destroys everything inside . finds the missing parish records , showing what appears to be some kind of blueprint of himself . The insane catches and forces him upstairs to be sacrificed to . The police arrive at the church and prepare to open fire on , but they hesitate because he is carrying . The brainwashed inspector dumps gasoline around the police cars and ignites it just as they begin to shoot at , killing all the police , including himself . 
 leaves his wife and daughter and goes back to the church where a dying tells him that is afraid of something in the altar . goes inside where is burning books and is overpowered by . , by using a candle stick , opens the altar and gets to the weapon . retreats to to tell him , leaving displeased . tries to use the weapon , but has no effect . In anger , kills by tearing out his throat , with 's wife watching in terror . 
 As tries to kill , his wife picks up the weapon , it activates , stopping from killing . A ray of light comes out of the weapon and hits , hurting him . realizes that it has to be a woman for it to work . Then the form of a woman appears from the stone and shoots electric rays through the stones and into 's body , knocking him to the ground . After a few more blasts , is drained and weakened to the point where he has no hair , has aged , and is ill and dying . Finally he falls through the ground with 's wife dropping the weapon in with him . is smashed under giant stones and finished . Both and his wife cry in light of it being over . 
 In the end , the boy from the trailer park places flowers on grave . As he walks away , emerges from the ground and roars .

The film opens on 12 October 1978 , with several police officers dragging ( ) out of the Hotel Chelsea following the death of his girlfriend , ( ) . is soon driven to a police station and upon arrival is asked to describe what happened . Police officers become frustrated when is visibly troubled and unable to speak . 
 A little more than a year earlier , in 1977 , close friends and band members and ( ) meet Nancy , a heroin - addicted groupie who had come to London to bed the Sex Pistols . dismisses her at first , as her sexual intentions are obvious , but begins dating her after feeling sympathy for the rejection she faces from fellow punk stars and after she sells him heroin ; it is implied that she introduces him to the drug . The two fall deeply in love , but their self - destructive , drug - fueled relationship frays 's relationship with the rest of the band , which eventually breaks up on 17 January 1978 , in the midst of a disastrous American tour which features strung out of his mind , often drunk or on meth , and physically violent . Although several of his friends and acquaintances warn him of 's devastating effect on his life , stubbornly ignores these warnings . 
 , now living in New York , attempts to start a solo career with as his manager , only to be dismissed as a has - been . By now , both he and are heavily addicted to heroin , and has spiraled into a deep depression . loses interest in sexually and wants out of a suicide pact he made with her . Their love affair ends tragically one night when , during an argument in which announces his plans to stop using heroin and return to England to re - start his life , a suicidal begs him to kill her . She attacks him and they fight in a drug - induced haze , leading to him stabbing her , although whether or not it was intentional is left to interpretation . They fall asleep and later Nancy awakes and stumbles into the bathroom , where she collapses and dies . is bailed out temporarily by his mother who is also a heroin addict . After getting a pizza , some kids convince him to dance with them . Some time later , a taxi picks up and he believes he finds alive in the back seat . The two embrace as the cab drives off . A postscript says that died of an intentional heroin overdose , and he now shares a grave with . Their gravestone reads : " R.I.P. and . "

During a trip to a windswept beach , , an 11 - year - old schoolboy , receives instructions about the " sacred mysteries " of sex from his teacher , who wants to explain to the fatherless boy the changes he would experience in puberty . 
 Years later , in 1909 , is attending Cambridge , where he strikes up a friendship with two fellow students : the aristocratic Lord and the rich and handsome . falls in love with his friend and surprises by confessing his feelings . At first , does not react favorably to the revelation . He soon realizes that he reciprocates 's feelings . The two friends embark on a love affair but , at 's insistence , their relationship remains non - sexual . To go further , in Durham 's opinion , would diminish them both . , a member of the upper class , has a promising future ahead of him and does not want to risk losing his social position . Their close relationship continues after is expelled from Cambridge and begins a new career as a stockbroker in London . 
 The two friends keep their feelings secret , but are frightened when Lord is arrested and sentenced to six months at hard labour after soliciting sex from a soldier . , afraid of being exposed as a homosexual , breaks with . After his return from a trip to Greece , , under pressure from his widowed mother , marries a naive rich girl named and settles into a life of rural domesticity . 
 Heartbroken , seeks the help of his family physician , Dr. , who dismisses 's doubts as " rubbish " . then turns to Dr. , who tries to cure his homosexual longings with hypnosis . During his visits to 's estate of Pendersleigh , attracts the attention of , the under - gamekeeper who is due to emigrate with his brother to Argentina . not only fails to notice 's interest in him , but initially treats him with contempt . This does not discourage , who spies on at night . , the butler at Pendersleigh , suspecting the true nature of and 's past relationship , has hinted to about 's nature . On a rainy night , boldly climbs a ladder and enters 's bedroom through an open window . kisses , who is completely taken by surprise , but does not resist his advances . 
 After their first night together , receives a letter from proposing they meet at the Pendersleigh boathouse . wrongly believes that is blackmailing him . returns to , who warns that England is a country which " has always been disinclined to accept human nature " and advises he emigrate to a country where homosexuality is no longer criminal , like France or Italy . When fails to appear at the boathouse , travels to London and visits him at his offices . 
 and meet at the British Museum and the blackmail misunderstanding is resolved . begins to call by his first name , . They spend the night together at a hotel room , and as departs in the morning he explains that his departure for Argentina is imminent and they will not see each other again . goes to the port to give a parting gift only to discover that has missed the sailing . goes to Pendersleigh and confesses to his love for . , who was hoping that would marry , is bewildered at 's account of his encounters with . The two friends separate and goes to the boathouse looking for , who is there waiting for him . tells him that he sent a telegram to stating that he was to come to the boathouse . has left his family and abandoned his plans to emigrate in order to stay with , telling him , " Now we sha n't never be parted . "

The film 's plot centres on three married women — a grandmother , her daughter , and her niece — each named . As the story progresses , each woman successively drowns her husband . The three are played by , and , while plays the coroner , , who is cajoled into covering up the three crimes . 
 The structure , with similar stories repeated three times , is reminiscent of a fairy tale , most specifically ' The Billy Goats Gruff ' , because is constantly promised greater rewards as he tries his luck with each of the Cissies in turn . The link to folklore is further established by 's son , who recites the rules of various unusual games played by the characters as if they were ancient traditions . Many of these games are invented for the film , including : 
 In Drowning by Numbers , number - counting , the rules of games and the repetitions of the plot are all devices which emphasise structure and symmetry . Through the course of the film each of the numbers 1 to 100 appear , the large majority in sequence , often seen in the background , sometimes spoken by the characters.[3 ] 
 The film is set and was shot in and around Southwold , Suffolk , England , with key landmarks such as the Victorian water tower , Southwold Lighthouse , and the estuary of the River Blyth clearly identifiable .

( ) , a Scottish archaeology student excavating the site of a convent at the Derbyshire bed and breakfast run by the sisters , ( ) and ( ) , unearths an unusual skull which appears to be that of a large snake . He believes it may be connected to the local legend of the ' worm ' , a mythical snake - like creature from ages past said to have been slain in Stonerich Cavern by , the ancestor of current Lord of the Manor , ( ) . 
 When the pocket watch of the sisters ' father , who disappeared a year earlier near Temple House , the stately home of the beautiful and seductive Lady ( ) , is found miles away in Stonerich Cavern , comes to believe that the creature may be more than a mere legend , dwelling deep beneath the cavern . 
 The enigmatic Lady is in fact the immortal priestess to the ancient snake god , Dionin , which , as correctly predicted , indeed survives , roaming the underground caves which connect Temple House with Stonerich Cavern . Lady steals the skull and abducts , intending to offer her as the latest in a long line of sacrifices to her god . Before she can follow through with her evil actions , , with the help of , manages to rescue and destroy both and the worm . however is bitten in the process by , and finds himself cursed to carry on the vampiric , snake - like condition .

While suffering from glandular fever , 11 - year - old draws a house . When she falls asleep , she has disturbing dreams in which she finds herself inside the house she has drawn . After she draws a face at the window , in her next dream she finds a disabled boy named living in the house . She learns from her doctor that is a real person . 
 sketches her father into the drawing so that he can help carry away , but she inadvertently gives him an angry expression which she then crosses out , and the father ( who has been away a lot and has a drinking problem , putting a strain on his marriage ) appears in the dream as a furious , blinded ogre . and defeat the monster and shortly afterward recovers , although the doctor reveals that 's condition is deteriorating . 
 's father returns home and both parents seem determined to get over their marital difficulties . The family goes on holiday by the sea , where finds an epilogue to her dream .

is a fictional character created by Dr. ( ) as the central character in a series of short stories published in The Strand Magazine . uses the character to enable him to solve crimes incognito , so as not to disrupt his career as a doctor during a period when he was applying for a post at an exclusive hospital ; one in which the senior staff would frown on 's " hobby " . Although he does n't secure the job , decides to satisfy public demand to see in person by hiring unemployed actor ( ) to play the part of the fictional detective . 
 Continuing to investigate cases , now with as " " by his side , is the detective hidden behind the charade of the fictional . must rely on direction from , memorizing the doctor 's exacting , detailed instructions every step of the way . 
 After a major case at a museum , oversteps his boundaries with , who fires him . wants to write the character off and tries to start a new series about " The Crime Doctor " with himself being recognized as the great detective . The Strand 's editor , ( ) is quite cold to the idea , as is everyone else . 
 With a new crime , finds he is unable to get information on his own ; only when he mentions " " does he get anywhere . As the crime becomes a major case , the British government seeks the aid of " " and will accept no one else , including 's " Crime Doctor " . The mystery involves the Bank of England £ 5 banknote printing plates that have been stolen , with the printing supervisor , , having gone missing on the night of the robbery . With the counterfeiting of these £ 5 notes , the collapse of the British Empire 's economy would be inevitable . 
 Scotland Yard 's Inspector ( ) is jealous of " " . He takes every opportunity to spy on " " and and to steal their ideas . The path of clues leads them to ' daughter , ( ) and twelve - year - old street urchin , ( ) the leader of the boys pays to keep an eye on people , whom he calls the " Baker Street irregulars " , in contrast to the " regular " London police force . 
 and discover that Professor ( Paul ) is the mastermind behind the scheme . is apparently killed , forcing to solve the case on his own . Having tracked the villain to an abandoned theatre , discovers that is still alive and that the woman who they thought was is actually one of 's spies , while the real one is ' son and a transvestite and female impersonator who has a famous revue in Paris called " Les Femmes Faux " . The two work together to free both men and defeat for good . 
 has a new appreciation for , who now publicly gives him a large share of the credit and the public is assured that the team of and Dr. will continue their detective work .

The film is based largely upon Norse mythology . In the film 's opening scene ( ) , a young Viking , discovers that he has no taste for rape and pillage , and suffers guilt over the death of ( ) , an innocent woman . 
 learns from the wise woman ( ) that the wolf has swallowed the sun , plunging the world into the age of . resolves to travel to Asgard to petition the gods to end . informs him that to do so he must seek the Horn Resounding in the land of Hy - Brasil . The first note blown upon the Horn will take and his crew to Asgard , the second will awaken the gods , and the third will bring the crew home . 
 ( ) and his underling ( ) are opposed to 's plan , because peace would end the demand for 's swords . joins 's crew to sabotage 's plans . ( ) , afraid that peace will mean the end of his reign , sets sail in pursuit . 
 Arriving at Hy - Brasil , and crew are astonished to find it a sunlit land whose people are friendly ( if musically untalented ) . promptly falls in love with Princess ( ) , daughter of King ( ) . During one of their romantic encounters , Erik hides from using 's magic cloak of invisibility . 
 has warned the Vikings that should blood ever be shed upon Hy - Brasil , the entire island would sink beneath the waves . and his crew defend Hy - Brasil against 's ship . In gratitude for 's having saved Hy - Brasil , King presents him with the Horn Resounding , which is much larger than had imagined . steals the Horn 's mouthpiece , without which it can not be sounded , and persuades to throw it in the sea . , one of 's men , catches them in the act , and kills him . A single drop of the man 's blood falls from 's dagger , triggering an earthquake that causes the island to begin sinking . 
 's crew , joined by , prepare to escape in their ship with the Horn safely aboard , but refuses to join them , denying that the island is sinking up to the very moment he and the other islanders are swallowed by the waves . , who was able to recover the mouthpiece by chance , sounds the first note on the Horn . The ship is propelled over the edge of the flat Earth and into space , coming to rest upon the plain of Asgard . sounds the second note to awaken the gods , and he and his crew approach the great Hall of Valhalla . 
 and the crew encounter old friends and enemies slain in battle . The gods are revealed to be petulant children who have no interest in answering mortal prayers . persuades to spit out the sun , but tells that the end of Ragnarök will not bring peace to the world . then informs that he and his crew can not return home . Nor may they remain in Valhalla , since they were not slain in battle ; instead they are to be cast into the fiery Pit of Hel . Some of the Vikings who were killed in the sea - battle with attempt to save them , but even as they are drawn into the Pit , they hear the Horn Resounding 's third note , which flings them clear . 
 's crew , including the formerly dead men , immediately find themselves back in their home village . They are dismayed to find that and his soldiers have arrived before them and are holding the villagers captive . and his men are crushed to death by 's ship as it falls out of the sky with ( ) aboard . As the villagers celebrate 's return and 's defeat , the sun rises , ending the age of .

The movie is a farce about a mentally unstable advertising executive , ( played by ) , who suffers a nervous breakdown while making an advert for pimple cream . plays his long - suffering but sympathetic wife . plays , 's boss . 
 has a crisis of conscience about the ethics of advertising , which leads to mania . He then develops a boil on his right shoulder that comes to life with a face and voice . The voice of the boil , although uncredited , is that of . The boil takes a cynical and unscrupulous view of the advertising profession in contrast to 's new - found ethical concerns . Eventually , decides to have the boil removed in hospital but moments before he is taken into the operating room , the boil quickly grows into a replica of 's head ( only with a moustache ) and covers 's original head , asking doctors to lance it , which is done since nobody has noticed the switch from left to right nor the new moustache . , now with the boil head , moustache , and personality ( the movie 's third personification from after the stressed executive and the raving lunatic ) returns home to celebrate his wedding anniversary , with the original head merely resembling a boil on his left shoulder . The " boil " eventually withers but does n't die , yet resumes his advertising career rejuvenated and ruthless , although without his wife , who decides to leave his new cruel persona .

DEA agents collect MI6 agent and his friend , CIA agent , on their way to 's wedding in Key West , to have them assist in capturing drugs lord . and capture by attaching a hook and cord to 's plane and pulling it out of the air with a Coast Guard helicopter . Afterwards , and parachute down to the church in time for the ceremony . 
 bribes DEA agent and escapes . Meanwhile , 's henchman and his crew ambush and his wife and take to an aquarium owned by one of 's accomplices , . has lowered into a tank holding a tiger shark . When learns has escaped , he returns to 's house to find has been maimed and that has been murdered — and by implication raped.[1][2 ] , with 's friend , start their own investigation . They discover a marine research centre run by , where has hidden cocaine and a submarine for smuggling . 
 After kills using the same shark tank used for , meets in Key West 's Hemingway House and orders him to an assignment in Istanbul , Turkey . resigns after turning down the assignment , but suspends instead and revokes his licence to kill . becomes a rogue agent , although he later receives unauthorised assistance from 
 boards Krest 's ship Wavekrest and foils 's latest drug shipment , stealing five million dollars in the process . He discovers that has been killed by 's henchmen . meets and teams up with , an ex - CIA agent and pilot , at a Bimini bar,[3 ] and journeys with her to the Republic of Isthmus . He finds his way into 's employment by posing as an assassin for hire . Two Hong Kong Narcotics Bureau officers foil 's attempt to assassinate and take him to an abandoned warehouse . They are joined by , an MI6 agent who was sent by to apprehend . 's men rescue him and kill the officers , believing them to be the assassins . Later , with the aid of , , and 's girlfriend , frames by planting the $ 5 million in . kills via a decompression chamber and admits into his inner circle . 
 takes to his base , which is disguised as the headquarters of a religious cult . learns that 's scientists can dissolve cocaine in petrol and then sell it disguised as fuel to Asian drug dealers . The televangelist Professor serves as middleman , working under 's business manager . During 's presentation to potential Asian customers , discovers and betrays him to . starts a fire in the laboratory , but is captured again and placed on the conveyor belt that drops the brick - cocaine into a giant shredder . arrives and shoots , allowing to pull into the shredder , killing him . 
 flees as fire consumes his base , taking with him four tankers full of the cocaine and petrol mixture . pursues them by plane , with at the controls . During the course of a stunt filled chase through the desert , destroys three of the tankers and kills several of 's men . attacks with a machete aboard the final remaining tanker , which crashes down a hill side . A petrol - soaked attempts to kill with his machete . then reveals his cigarette lighter — the ' gift for being the best man at their wedding — and sets on fire . stumbles into the wrecked tanker , blowing it up and killing himself . arrives and rescues . 
 Later , a party is held at 's former residence . receives a call from telling him that is offering him his job back . He then rejects 's advances and romances instead .

, who has cerebral palsy , is taken to a charity event where he meets his handler , a nurse named . She begins reading his autobiography . could not walk or talk , but still received love and support from his family , especially his mother . One day when he was still a young boy , was the only one home to see his mother fall down a flight of stairs while in labor , and he was able to alert some neighbors and summon them over to help . His father , who had never really believed in him , becomes a supporter the day nine- or 10 - year - old uses his left foot , the only body part he can fully control , to write the word " mother " on the floor with a piece of chalk . 
 Consequently , seeks a hobby in painting . The neighborhood youngsters include him in their activities , like street football . But when he paints a picture and gives it to a girl he likes , she returns it . When his father loses his job and the family faces exceptionally difficult hardships , devises a plan to help his brothers steal coal ( to their mother 's dismay ) . His older sister , who was always very nice to him , gets pregnant and must marry and leave home . 's mother , who had been gradually gathering some savings in a tin in the fireplace , finally saves enough to buy him a wheelchair . 
 meets Dr. , who takes him to her school for cerebral palsy patients and persuades a friend of hers to hold an exhibition of his work . falls in love with Dr. , but when he learns during the dinner that she is engaged to be married , he considers suicide . His mother helps him build a private studio for himself , but soon afterward his father dies of a stroke , and during the wake instigates a brawl . At this point , starts writing his autobiography , My Left Foot . Dr. returns and they resume their friendship . Meanwhile , at the fete , asks to go out with him and they leave the fete together .

The narrative is grounded in the double life of a humble clerk who poses as the reclusive , but widely respected " Sir . " He thus moves in wealthy upper class circles and participates in grand investment schemes while living in a London slum . The movie 's grand - eloquent socialist soliliquaies and detailed evocation of life in Victorian London drew on the vast personal archive of interviews about contemporary London life by .

After their boss is killed during a bank heist , London gangsters ( ) and ( ) desire to lead more peaceful lives in Brazil , disapproving of their new younger and more brash boss , ( ) . While planning to rob a local Triad gang of their ill - gotten drug money , meets and falls in love with a waitress , ( ) . During the robbery , and betray their crew , steal the money and flee , but are forced to abandon their car when it runs out of petrol and seek refuge in a nearby nunnery during the ensuing gunfight . , who had tried to warn beforehand , is shot in the wrist , while one of the triads is shot and hospitalised . places a bounty on and 's heads . 
 Disguising themselves as nuns , and introduce themselves to the Sister Superior , , as Sisters and , respectively . , having witnessed the gunfight and and fleeing into the nunnery , follows them and poses as a mature student to get inside . Her gunshot wound is exposed and she is taken to the infirmary . pays her a secret visit and claims he is married in order to end their relationship for her safety . When intends to go to church and confess , distracts the priest , Father , while poses as him . admits she still loves , but convinces to keep silent . On her way out , she is abducted by the Triads and interrogated . She directs them to and they set her free , but bumps into a lamppost and hits her head on the road , ending up in the hospital , where one Triad has infiltrated the staff as a janitor . and acquire tickets to Brazil , despite 's desire to take with them . 
 decides to tell the truth , but discovers she has not returned to the nunnery . They go to her apartment and only barely escape their former fellow gangsters . They sneak back into the nunnery and manage to slip into their spare habits after accidentally waking up an eccentric nun , Sister . In conversation , learns that is in the hospital , with her father and brother who are protecting her from the gang . He visits her , but she is heartbroken , believing that no longer loves her . They attempt to flee for the airport the next morning , but are caught and exposed by Sister . In desperation , they steal a truck and head for the airport , pursued by their comrades and Sisters and . and follow them . forces to go to the hospital , where tells the truth while stalls the gangsters . They manage to escape the hospital with and is arrested , though one briefcase of money is lost during the chase . Sister and Sister find the lost case of drug money and decide to use it to fund a drug rehabilitation clinic . 
 , and reach the airport and checkin , when an airport policeman warns the attendant about and . They board the flight disguised as attendants and successfully escape the UK for Brazil .

, an interpreter , is beside herself with grief at the recent death of her boyfriend , , a cellist . When she is on the verge of despair , reappears as a " ghost " and the couple are reconciled . The screenplay never clarifies whether this occurs in reality , or merely in 's imagination . is ecstatic . But tells her about his days while she is at work , and one dialog suggests she should embrace the life around her ; one of these is about a memorial plaque in a park about a dead child and how parents who read it feel an immediate , compelling need to hug their children . The returned also reminds her that he also irritated her , and as a ghost he manifests behaviors she 'd have little patience for – turning up the central heating to stifling levels , moving furniture around and inviting back " ghost friends " to watch videos . This infuriates her , and their relationship deteriorates . 
 She meets , a psychologist , to whom she is attracted , but she is unwilling to become involved with him because of 's continued presence . continues to love but is conflicted by his self - centred behaviour and ultimately wonders out loud , " Was it always like this ? " Over ’s objections , decides to leave to allow her to move on . Towards the end of the film , watches leave and one of his fellow ghosts asks , " Well ? " and responds , " I think so ... Yes . " At this point the central conceit of the movie has become clear : came back specifically to help get over him by tarnishing her idealised memory of him.[3 ]

Since getting divorced , Baroness , previously Baroness , the successful and notorious writer of sensational romance novels now living under the pseudonym , in Paris , has been in the habit of dressing like a man . In her romantic pursuit of the sensitive , whose music she fell in love with before seeing him in person , is advised that she must act like a man pursuing a woman , though she is also advised to avoid damaging his health by not pursuing him at all . With this advice is deterred by a fellow countrywoman who pretends to be smitten with , the mistress of , the Countess . Whether the Countess is really in love with is unlikely ; she seeks only to prevent a relationship between and . 
 meets in the French countryside at the house of the Duchess d'Antan , a foolish aspiring socialite who invites artists from Paris to her salon in order to feel cosmopolitan . invites herself , not knowing that several of her former lovers are also in attendance . A small play is written by satirizing the aristocracy , protests at his lack of manners , bellows and a fireplace explosion ensues . 
 is briefly swayed by a beautifully written love letter ostensibly from , a letter actually written by , and stolen from , . Eventually wins over when she proves that she wrote the letter , reciting its words to him passionately , and after buying a copy of her memoir he finds the text of the letter in the book . 
 is then challenged to a duel by one of 's ex - lovers . He faints during the face - off . finishes the duel for him and nurses him back to health in the countryside , solidifying their relationship . 
 Near the end of the movie , and dedicate a volume of music to the countess , although this only suggests that she has had an affair with , causing a falling - out with her lover . and depart for Majorca , relieved to escape the competitive nature of artistic alliances and jealousies in Paris .

British couple ( ) and ( ) are on a Mediterranean cruise ship to Istanbul en route to India . They encounter a beautiful French woman , ( ) , and that night meets her while dancing alone in the ship 's bar . Later meets her much older and crippled American husband ( ) , who is acerbic and cynical , having been jaded and a failure as a writer . 
 invites Nigel to his cabin where he tells in great detail how he and first met on a bus in Paris and fell passionately in love . relates all to . Both are appalled by 's exhibitionism , but is also fascinated by , who provokes him . Later , narrates how they explored bondage , sadomasochism , and voyeurism . As a contrast to their sexual adventurousness , we see and meeting a distinguished Indian gentleman , Mr. ( ) , who is traveling with his little daughter ( ) . 
 Invited by , , escaping from a bridge game , goes to meet her in her cabin , but it turns out she and have played a joke on him . wants to leave , but another session unfolds , with describing how their hate / love relationship developed . Bored , he tried to break up , but begged him to let her live with him under any conditions . He complied , but started to explore sadistic fantasies at her expense , humiliating her in public . When became pregnant , he made her have an abortion , saying that he would be a terrible father . When he visited her in hospital , he was shocked by her condition and almost relented in his attempts to drive her away . He promised her a holiday in the Caribbean , but he managed to get off the plane just before take off . departed alone , crying . 
 Leaving 's cabin , meets and they kiss . Afterwards , he finds in the bar flirting with a young man . She warns not to stray too far , and that anything he can do , she can do better . goes to , who continues his narration . After two years of parties and one - night stands , he drunkenly stepped in front of a vehicle . To his surprise , came to visit him in the hospital where he was recovering from minor injuries and a broken leg . shook hands with him , then pulled him out of his bed and left him hanging in his traction device . Having become paraplegic this way , had no choice but to let move in with him again and take care of him . She reveled in dominating and humiliating him , seducing men in front of him . When was desperate and wanted to die , she gave him a gun as a birthday present . Having experienced highs and lows together , they realized they needed each other and actually got married . 
 clumsily tries to woo , encouraged and coached by . Things come to a head at the New Year 's Eve party , when sees them dance together . tells him that had made her come to the party . She goes on to dance erotically with , cheered on by the other partygoers . A stormy sea interrupts the party and the two women leave together . goes outside clutching a bottle of liquor and screams his frustration into the wind and waves . 
 finds in 's cabin , sleeping naked side by side with . claims the women have had sex together . Enraged , grabs his throat , but points a gun at him and he backs off . shoots the sleeping several times , then kills himself . While the bodies of and are being stretchered off the ship , and , shaken , embrace each other . Mr. encourages his little girl to comfort them .

In Edwardian Britain , becomes engaged to during a moment of passion , while she is staying at the country home of the family , Howards End . The are an intellectual family of Anglo - German bourgeoisie , while the are conservative and wealthy , headed by hard - headed businessman . and quickly decide against the engagement , but has already sent a telegram informing her sister , which causes an uproar when the sisters ' Aunt arrives and causes a scene . Months later , when the family takes a flat across the street from the in London , resumes her acquaintance with , whom she had briefly met before . is descended from English yeoman stock and it is through her family that the have come to own Howards End , a house she loves dearly . 
 Over the course of the next few months , the two women become very good friends , even as Mrs. 's health declines . Hearing that the lease on the ' house is due to expire , on her death bed bequeaths Howards End to . This causes great consternation to the , who refuse to believe that was in her " right mind " or could possibly have intended her home to go to a relative stranger . The burn the piece of paper on which 's bequest is written , deciding to ignore it completely . begins to develop an attraction to , offering to assist her in finding a new home . Eventually he proposes marriage , which accepts . 
 Some time before this , the had befriended a young clerk , , who lives with a woman of dubious origins named . Both sisters find remarkable , appreciating his intellectual curiosity and desire to improve his lot in life . The sisters pass along advice from to the effect that must leave his post , because the insurance company he works for is supposedly heading for bankruptcy . takes the advice and quits , but has to settle for a job paying much less , which he eventually loses altogether . is later enraged to learn that 's advice was wrong and the company was perfectly sound . 
 Months later , and host the wedding of his daughter at his Shropshire estate . is shocked when arrives with the , whom she has found living in deep poverty . Considering that is responsible for their plight , she demands he help them . However becomes drunk at the reception , and when she sees she recognises and exposes him as a former lover from years ago . is embarrassed and ashamed to have been revealed as an adulterer in front of , but she forgives him and agrees to send the away . After the wedding , , upset with 's decision to marry a man she loathes , leaves for Germany , but not before having sex with . 
 and marry , with the pair arranging to use Howards End as storage for 's belongings . After months of only hearing from through postcards , grows concerned . When Aunt falls ill , returns to England to visit her but , when she receives word that her aunt has recovered , avoids seeing or any of her family . Thinking that is mentally unstable , lures her to Howards End to collect her belongings , only to turn up herself with and a doctor . However , on first glance she realises that is heavily pregnant . insists on returning to Germany to raise her baby alone , but asks that she be allowed to stay the night at Howards End before she leaves . When requests this from , he stubbornly refuses and the two bicker . 
 The next day , , still living unhappily in poverty with , leaves London and travels to Howards End to see the . When he arrives he finds the pair , as well as 's brutish eldest son . quickly realizes that is the baby 's father , and begins assaulting him for " dishonouring " . In his rage , he beats him with the flat of a sword , which causes to have a heart attack and die . The police charge with manslaughter and breaks down when tells him that she is leaving him to help raise 's baby . 
 A year later , , , and 's wife gather at Howards End . and are still together , and living with and her young son . tells the others that upon his death , will receive Howards End , but no money , at her own request . points out the irony of inheriting the house , revealing Mrs. 's dying wish to for the first time . admits to what happened , and appears to forgive him .

The story begins in the Elizabethan era , shortly before the death of Queen On her deathbed , the Queen promises an androgynous young nobleman named a large tract of land and a castle built on it , along with a generous monetary gift ; both and his heirs would keep the land and inheritance forever , but will bequeath it to him only if he assents to an unusual command : " Do not fade . Do not wither . Do not grow old . " Orlando acquiesces and reposes in splendid isolation in the castle for a couple of centuries , during which time he dabbles in poetry and art . His attempts to befriend a celebrated poet , however , backfire when the poet ridicules his verse . then travels to Constantinople as English ambassador to the Turks , and is almost killed in a diplomatic fracas . Waking up the next morning , he learns something startling : he has transformed into a woman . 
 The now Lady comes home to her estate in Middle - Eastern attire , only to learn that she faces several impending lawsuits arguing that was a woman all along and therefore has no right to the land or any of the royal inheritance that the Queen had promised . The succeeding two centuries tire out ; the court case , bad luck in love , and the wars of British history eventually bring the story to the present day ( i.e. , the early 1990s ) . now has a young daughter in tow and is in search of a publisher for her book . ( The literary editor who judges the work as " quite good " is portrayed by the late — the same actor who played the poet who had , earlier in the film , denigrated 's poetry . ) Having lived a most bizarre existence , , relaxing with her daugher and daydreaming philiosophically under a tree , has finally found a tranquil niche . 
 Director described her approach to the adaptation as follows : 
 The film contains some anachronisms not present in the novel . For example , upon 's arrival in Constantinople in about the year 1700 , England is referred to as a " green and pleasant land " , a line from Jerusalem , which in reality was not written until 1804.[8 ] Also , receives a gift to celebrate the new century from Queen , who had in fact not yet succeeded to the throne . 
 argued that " whereas the novel could withstand abstraction and arbitrariness ( such as 's change of sex ) , cinema is more pragmatic . "[1]:14 She continued , 
 At film 's end , has a daughter , whereas in the novel she had a son.[1]:15 has said that she intended 's breaking the fourth wall to be an equivalent to 's direct addresses to her readers,[a ] and that this was her attempt at converting 's literary wit into a more ' cinematic ' humor.[1]:15 One obvious similarity remained , however : the film ends in its present day , 1992,[1]:15[b ] just as 's novel ends in its present day , 1928.[9 ]

It is New Year 's weekend and the friends of ( ) gather at his newly inherited country house . Ten years ago , they all acted together in a Cambridge University student comedy troupe . Since then they have gone in different directions and career paths . 
 's friends are ( ) , now a writer in Hollywood ; married jingle writers ( ) and ( ) ; glamorous costume designer ( ) ; and eccentric ( ) , who works in publishing . Joining them are ( ) , the American TV star wife of ; and the impolite ( ) , 's very recently acquired lover . Also accompanying them are , 's long - serving housekeeper ( ) , and her son ( ) . 
 's father has recently died , and plans to sell the house after this last party . and 's marriage is strained by the demands of her fame . and are recovering from a devastating personal tragedy only slowly revealed to the audience : the death of one of their children . A lonely is determined to persuade they should be more than just friends , and 's not as happy with her life as she appears . 
 The weekend does not go as planned . After a failed attempt to seduce , receives a makeover from and seduces . leaves and returns to America , and after a year of sobriety returns to the bottle . and Mary reach an emotional breakthrough , share their grief and address her obsessive overprotection of their remaining child . returns to his wife after realizing that is not interested in that which she already has , but only in that which belongs to someone else . In the climax of the film , reveals the real reason for his bringing them all together : he is HIV - positive . The friends emerge from their own problems and pledge their assistance to , and the weekend ends on a more upbeat note .

A community group of British women ( mostly Punjabis of various faiths ) of different generations , take a group day out to the Blackpool Illuminations . The tensions of the generation gap torn between tradition and modernism as well as the personal upsets and issues of the women and girls come to boiling point as they spend the day out . 
 , the head of the group , has modern social beliefs about feminism that the older club women object to , however she manages to be the caring , in - control figure who holds the day together despite tensions . is escaping from her abusive criminal husband with her young son and fighting the stigma of single parent and her son 's pleas to have both a mother and father again . Two boy - crazy teenage girls meet with the disapproval of the conservative older ladies . is a high flying student who is about to start medical school , yet would prefer to be studying painting . She has hidden her Afro - Caribbean boyfriend from her family for a year , but now she 's pregnant by him and now they must decide about the child and their relationship : would it stand the strain of social disapproval . , a devout Hindu and Bollywood - cinema fan , is stuck with a humdrum life in her convenience shop and finds excitement and a sense of fulfilling missed opportunities in life with a charming , eccentric , artistic English actor in Blackpool , yet feels she must stay in her marriage . 
 In the end , most of the characters have their stories left open . We do not see what happens to or and and the final scenes of these characters seem quite content but open - ended . and her son escape the violence of her husband and the most conservative characters receive a humorous treatment in a strip club .

After a rough sexual encounter with a married woman in a Manchester alley becomes a rape , steals a car and flees for Dalston , a " scrawny , unpretentious area " in the east of London . He seeks refuge with his former girlfriend , fellow Mancunian . is not happy to see her ex . She works as a file clerk and shares a rental house with two flatmates , a young party girl , and primary tenant , a nurse who 's away on holiday . 
 immediately seduces , but soon tires of her and embarks on an extended odyssey among the destitute and despairing of London . During his encounters , expounds his world - view at long and lyrical length to anyone who will listen , whether , a Scottish boy yelling " ! " at the top of his voice he comes across in Brewer Street , or , a security guard planning for his future amidst acres of empty space , whom marks down as having , " the most tedious job in England".[3 ] 
 After pursuing and then rejecting a drunken woman , is tossed out of a sublet by a young cafe worker he 's followed home . He hitches a ride with a man who 's hanging posters around town . The poster man , exasperated by 's non - stop haranguing , kicks him several times , driving off with 's only possession , a duffel bag with his clothes and books . wanders the streets and , with no provocation , is severely beaten by thugs . 
 He manages to return to 's home , where ( aka ) , a pathological sexual predator and 's landlord , who has let himself in . is desperate to get out of the house after a sexual encounter with him had turned into rape . She and try to keep quiet but awakens to find , injured and having a fit . 
 returns from her trip to Zimbabwe and tends to . rids the house of . She and have a reconciliation . Feeling desolate and rejected , flees the house with her few possessions . leaves for work , promising to return and go back to Manchester with . But steals cash that had left in the house and hobbles out into the streets .

In the 1950s , the reserved , middle - aged bachelor is an Oxford University academic at Magdalen College and author of The Chronicles of Narnia series of children 's books . He meets the married American poet and her young son on their visit to England , not yet knowing the circumstances of 's troubled marriage . 
 What begins as a formal meeting of two very different minds slowly develops into a feeling of connection and love . finds his quiet life with his brother disrupted by the outspoken , whose uninhibited behaviour sharply contrast against the rigid sensibilities of the male - dominated university . Each provides the other with new ways of viewing the world . 
 Initially their marriage is one of convenience , a platonic union designed to allow to remain in England . But when she is diagnosed with cancer , deeper feelings surface , and ' faith is tested as his wife tries to prepare him for her imminent death .

The film follows the adventures of a group of friends through the eyes of , a good - natured but socially awkward man living in London , who becomes smitten with , an American whom keeps meeting at four weddings and a funeral . 
 The first wedding is in Somerset and is that of and , at which is the best man . and his single friends wonder whether they will ever get married . meets and spends the night with her . pretends that , now they have slept together , they will have to get married , to which endeavours to respond before realising she is joking . observes that they may have missed an opportunity and then returns to America . 
 The second wedding is that of and , a couple who became romantically involved at the previous wedding . encounters again , but she introduces him to her fiancé , Sir , a wealthy politician . At the reception , finds himself seated with several ex - girlfriends who relate embarrassing stories about his inability to be discreet and afterwards bumps into , known among ' friends as " " , with whom he had a particularly difficult relationship . retreats to an empty hotel suite , seeing and leave in a taxicab , only to be trapped in a cupboard after the newlyweds stumble into the room to have sex . After awkwardly exits the room , confronts him about his habit of " serial monogamy " , telling him he is afraid of letting anyone get too close to him . then runs into , and they end up spending another night together . 
 A month later , receives an invitation to 's wedding . While shopping for a present , he coincidentally encounters and ends up helping her select her wedding dress . lists her more than thirty sexual partners . later awkwardly tries confessing his love to her and hinting that he would like to have a relationship with her , to no avail . 
 The third wedding is that of and . attends , depressed at the prospect of marrying . At the reception , instructs his friends to seek potential mates ; 's brother , , stumbles through an attempt to connect with a woman until she reveals that she is the minister 's wife , while 's flatmate , , strikes up a conversation with an American named . As watches and dance , deduces his feelings about . When asks why is not married , she confesses that she has loved since they first met years earlier . is appreciative and empathetic but does not requite her love . During the groom 's toast , dies of a heart attack . 
 At 's funeral , his partner recites the poem " Funeral Blues " by , commemorating his relationship with . and discuss whether hoping to find your " one true love " is just a futile effort and ponder that , while their clique have always viewed themselves as proud to be single , and were a " married " couple all the while . 
 The fourth wedding is ten months later . has decided to marry . However , shortly before the ceremony , arrives , revealing to that she and are separated . has a crisis of confidence , which he reveals to his deaf brother and . During the ceremony , when the vicar asks whether anyone knows a reason why the couple should not marry , , who was reading the vicar 's lips , asks to translate for him , and says in sign language that he suspects the groom loves someone else . The vicar asks whether does love someone else , and replies , " I do . " punches and the wedding is halted . 
 visits to apologise for attending the wedding . confesses that , while standing at the altar , he realised that for the first time in his life he totally and utterly loved one person , " and it was n't the person standing next to me in the veil . " makes a proposal of lifelong commitment without marriage to , who accepts . 
 marries an officer in the Grenadier Guards ; marries his girlfriend ; marries ; marries his distant cousin ( whom he met , for the second time in 25 years , at 's wedding ) ; finds a new partner ; marries Prince ; and and have a young son .

Chartered accountant , physician , and journalist share a flat in Edinburgh . Needing a new flatmate , they interview several applicants in a calculatedly cruel manner , amusing themselves at the applicants ' expense before finally offering the room to the mysterious . Shortly after moves in , the trio find him dead from an apparent overdose in his room , with a large suitcase full of money . They agree to keep the death a secret and the money for themselves , and to bury the body in the woods after removing the hands and feet to prevent identification . They draw lots , and is given the gruesome and traumatising task of dismembering the corpse , while disposes of the hands and feet in her hospital 's incinerator . 
 Unknown to the three friends , is being sought by a pair of violent men , who are torturing and murdering informants as they follow 's trail . The flat below theirs is broken into , causing them to receive much apprehension and anxiety . The break - in also draws the attention of the police , who are surprised when the three deny that they ever had a fourth flatmate . While and spend part of the money to ' feel better ' , 's fears turn into full - blown paranoia . He hides the suitcase of money in the attic and begins living there , drilling holes in the attic floor to watch the living space below . The relationship between the three becomes increasingly strained and distrustful . 
 The men trailing break into the trio 's flat , ambushing and until they reveal where the money is . As the men enter the dark attic , , who has been lying there in wait , kills both of them with a hammer . returns to the woods to dispose of the bodies . and become more worried than ever about 's mental state , and becomes worried that the two are conspiring against him . Meanwhile , the police are already circling in the form of Detectives Inspector and Constable . , hoping to flee the country , secretly buys a plane ticket to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , but she also seduces to get at the money . Matters come to a head after the bodies are discovered in their shallow graves , and is sent by his newspaper to cover the story . He returns to find and have reached an understanding about their shared plans that excludes him . , now fearing for his life , tries to secretly phone , but he is interrupted by and leaving . The doorstep altercation quickly escalates into a murderous triangular fight . reveals that he knows 's secret plan to betray them and attacks her . During the battle , stabs in the chest , but is killed by before he can finish off . 
 With dead , tells that he ca n't come with her . She then forces the knife even deeper into 's torso , pinning him to the floor , before fleeing to the airport with the suitcase of money . At the airport , she discovers that she has been tricked : the suitcase is not filled with money but with hundreds of headline clippings about the triple grave taken from 's newspaper . Devastated , with no possessions except her air ticket , and knowing that she will soon be wanted for murder , boards the plane . The police arrive at the flat to find still alive , but bleeding heavily and pinned to the floor . The camera pans down to reveal that has hidden the missing bundles of cash under the floorboards .

seems to have it all figured out . By day he runs a surf school , at night he lies down next to his beautiful girlfriend , his lifelong dream is to travel the world surfing . However , when old mates arrive from London unannounced it releases tensions which have long been simmering under the surface of and 's seemingly perfect relationship . decides to buy the local surfer cafe and settle down , His friends , especially drug - dealer are intent on causing mischief and sucking back into surfing a dangerous reef , which he had attempted before , seriously injuring his back . 
 It turns out that had a job as a journalist , and setting up was to get a story . 
 As a requirement for keeping his job , he had to get a big story , preferably with a life or death situation involved . refuses to surf the ' boneyard ' which prompts to try it himself as he had already arranged media coverage , and his boss had decided to watch . fails to surf the reef , hitting his head when smashed under by a huge wave . then dives in to rescue and in doing so , successfully surfs the ' boneyard ' therefore saving 's life and job at the same time . However 's boss gets knocked out by the local guru for his highly offensive attitude and remarks . 
 's friend , having been given drugs by , has radically rethought his life , and buys 's round the world tickets for him and his fiancé . then uses the money to buy a cafe for him and , deciding that his relationship with is more important than impressing his friends .

Set in 1950s Ireland , the film focuses on the experiences of and her two friends : and . They are characterised early on in childhood , during their First Communion : is the beloved and well - fed only child , the orphan raised by nuns and is destined to be defined by her beauty . The three girls grow up in the small town of Knockglen . Skip to eight years later : has moved on to Dublin years earlier , and and have graduated from the local convent school and are heading to Dublin to attend university . 
 's education is financed by the local wealthy Westward Protestant family . The family has also willed to her a cottage on their property . boards at a convent in Dublin , while must commute daily between home and Dublin , her parents being loath to let her go . They would prefer she marry the loathsome and creepy , her father 's faithful employee at his tailor shop . 
 Once in Dublin the two girls reconnect with a mature and sophisticated who is quite aware of her bewitching effect on the opposite sex . eventually falls in love with , a handsome rugby player and doctor 's son , studying medicine and expected to follow in his father 's footsteps , though he is not quite convinced that this is the career for him . After the College Ball , and begin a relationship , starts to date , a friend of 's , and becomes involved with the much older Simon , who the group ran into as they entered the dance and whom " accidentally " arranged to run into at a lunch . While is able to resist a physical relationship with , is not and believes that truly loves her . 
 When 's father dies suddenly , she is forced to suspend her university studies to take care of her mother who is devastated by her husband 's passing , and to run the family shop . attempts to woo her into marriage . notices the accounts of the prosperous business are missing significant funds , creating a mystery over double entry bookkeeping . She suspects has something to do with it but has no proof . 
 's cottage , in an isolated sector of the Westward estate , serves as a party location for the three young women and their friends . and visit it secretly for their trysts . , who has been spying on the cottage since the first party to watch , witnesses and 's sexual relationship , having hinted at it to during 's father 's funeral . becomes pregnant and reveals the news to , sure he will marry her . Instead , ends their relationship , stating he must marry for money , not love , to maintain the family fortune . He attempts to pay her off with a large cheque to get an abortion in England . 
 A desperate goes out to find 's boyfriend , but runs into a depressed and drunk , who has not seen since her father 's funeral . She convinces him to take her as his date to a rugby team party and lures him into having sex with her . She later pretends that he is the one who got her pregnant . does what he believes is the honourable thing and asks to marry him . He tells about the baby and the engagement and she is devastated . grows suspicious of someone using the cottage after finding a half - burned newspaper in the fireplace . The nuns from her old convent told her they had seen lights on at the cottage and smoke coming from the chimney . suggests that perhaps the cottage is haunted to cover up her and 's secret meetings there . 
 throws another party which a still devastated attends alone . , oblivious to the pain she 's caused by her deception , convinces they should attend the party , though he feels uneasy about going to 's . As he speaks to a sad , seeks out , bringing her flowers and a present of a vase , acting as if nothing has changed and she and are still the best of friends . An enraged , having figured out the truth of what has done and that , not , is the father of 's baby , confronts her , threatening to tell the truth and screaming at that she had broken 's heart . , enraged at for not realising how much damage and hurt she has caused her friends , comes towards her waving a knife she was using to cut bread . As backs away , she falls into a glass door which shatters , cutting her in the arm and severing an artery causing her to bleed profusely . comes to 's aid , tending to the bleeding that has been trying to stop . , seeing and attending to , leaves the party . 
 tries to contact but she refuses to answer the phone . Though he has learned the truth of 's deception , escorts to the train station despite her protests that it has nothing to do with him now . She asks that he and forgive her for her desperate actions . heads to England to have her baby ( or to have an illegal abortion ) . 
 Curiosity over the missing money from the family store finally gets the best of , and she snoops around 's living area above the tailor shop . She finds several pornographic pictures of larger women during her search . finds in his room and attempts to sexually assault her . She fights him off , and in the process finds the money that he has embezzled from her family for the duration of his employment . She demands that he leave or she will call the Garda ( police ) . He tells her that he would have married her but now he would n't touch her . As he leaves , she throws his clothes at him , hitting him in the face with his coat . 
 After sees off , he goes to visit to try to win her back . He explains to that helping stop 's bleeding made his hesitations over becoming a doctor disappear and he knows it is what he wants to do for the rest of his life . also tells that he loves her and if she 'll have him back , he wants to marry her and that she is the one . He never loved . , unwilling to let him off so easily , tells him his actions have changed both her and their relationship , and it will take quite a bit of time for him to gain her trust again . She tells him they will have to get to know each other as they are now and they will just have to see where it takes them . 
 's voiceover states that threw himself into his medical studies , as well as his pursuit of . He demonstrates his patience and humility , devoting himself to his studies as well as . states that she moved to Dublin at the start of the new school year to share a flat with . A paper writes causes a stir at the university and sets her on course to her future career as a writer . With time , falls in love with again . The final scene shows taking to 's cottage . As he follows her inside , says " Bless me father , I have sinned " implying the pair have finally consummated their relationship .

In 1986 , at Arkhangelsk , MI6 agents and infiltrate a Soviet chemical weapons facility and plant explosives . is captured and executed by Colonel , but flees as the facility explodes . 
 Nine years later , in Monte Carlo , follows , a member of the crime syndicate , who has formed a suspicious relationship with , a Canadian Navy admiral . As crushes the admiral to death with her thighs during sex , his credentials are stolen by , who uses them to board a French Navy destroyer with to steal a Eurocopter Tiger helicopter . and later fly the helicopter to a bunker in Severnaya , Siberia , where they massacre the staff and steal the control disk for the GoldenEye satellites , two Soviet electromagnetic weapon satellites from the Cold War . They program the first GoldenEye ( Petya ) to destroy the complex , and escape with programmer . , the lone survivor , contacts and arranges to meet him in Saint Petersburg , where he betrays her to . 
 In London , assigns to investigate the attack . He flies to Saint Petersburg to meet CIA operative , who suggests that meet with , a former KGB agent and business rival of . arranges a meeting between and . surprises at the Grand Hotel Europe and attempts to kill him , but he overpowers her . She takes to , who reveals himself as ; he faked his death at Arkhangelsk but was badly scarred by the explosion . A descendant of the Cossack clans who collaborated with the Nazi forces in the Second World War , had vowed revenge against the British after they betrayed the Cossacks , which drove his father to kill 's mother and himself . Just as is about to shoot , is shot with a tranquilizer dart . 
 awakens , tied up with in the helicopter , which has been programmed to self - destruct . They escape but are captured and transported to the Russian military archives , where Minister of Defence interrogates them . Just as reveals the existence of a second satellite and 's involvement in the Siberian massacre , arrives and kills . Intending to frame for the murder , he calls the guards , but and escape . In the ensuing firefight , is captured . steals a tank and pursues through St. Petersburg to 's train , where he kills . escapes and locks in the train with , setting it to self - destruct . As cuts through the floor with his laser watch , triangulates 's satellite dish to Cuba . The two escape just before the train explodes . 
 and meet in the Florida Keys and borrow his plane for the trip to Cuba , where the same night , they make love . The next day , while searching for GoldenEye 's satellite dish , they are shot down . rappels down from a helicopter and attacks . After a fight ensues , shoots down the helicopter , which snares and crushes her to death against a tree . and watch water draining out of a lake , uncovering the satellite dish . They infiltrate the control station , and is captured . reveals his plan to rob the Bank of England before erasing all of its financial records with the second GoldenEye ( Misha ) , concealing the theft and destroying Britain 's economy . 
 programs the satellite to initiate atmospheric re - entry and destroy itself . As captures and orders to save the satellite , unwittingly triggers an explosion with 's pen grenade ( received earlier from Q ) , which allows to escape to the antenna cradle . sabotages the antenna , preventing from regaining control of the satellite . and fight on the antenna 's suspended platform , which finishes with holding a dangling by his foot . releases , who plummets into the dish . Seconds later the cradle explodes , killing and . commandeers a helicopter and rescues . It drops them in a field , where the couple are rescued by and a team of Marines .

( ) and ( ) are expecting a baby together , but a complication during the birth leads to the death of . , grief - stricken , goes on an alcoholic bender , leaving his daughter to be taken care of by his parents and 's mother , until they decide to take drastic action : they return the baby to whilst he is asleep , leaving him to take care of it . Although he struggles initially , he eventually begins to dote on the child and names her . 
 Despite this , he nevertheless finds it increasingly difficult to juggle bringing up the baby with his high - powered job , and though both sets of the child 's grandparents lend a hand ( along with ( ) , a dried out ex - alcoholic who , once sober , proves to be a remarkably efficient babysitter and housekeeper ) , he needs more help . ( ) , an American waitress he meets in a restaurant who takes a shine to , takes up the role as nanny , moving in with after one meeting . 
 Although clashing with and the grandparents , especially 's mother , ( ) , and gradually grow closer — but 's boss has also taken an interest in him .

In 1975 Belfast , the Troubles is in full effect , erupting into violence once again when a Protestant bar is bombed by rival Catholics , and several people are killed . Only hours later , Protestant fighters ( ) and ( ) retaliate by killing a Catholic , starting a full - scale riot . Meanwhile , ( ) , a Catholic single father , attempts to help the victims of the fighting , but soon finds himself on the wrong side of the Protestant - Catholic divide .

The film is set in the 1950s and focuses on a pretty apprentice magician ( ) goes to Mexico to escape her fiancé , a wealthy politician , and to find a Mayan shaman who will teach her ancient principles of magic . She is being trailed by a detective ( ) hired by her fiancé , a former photojournalist traumatized by what he saw in Hiroshima . He joins her in the search for the Mayan shaman , and falls in love with her .

The story is set and filmed on Thamesmead , a working class area of South East London dominated by post - war council estates.[3][4 ] 
 ( ) , a teenager who is infatuated with his classmate , , has to deal with his single mother ( ) , who is pre - occupied with ambitious plans to run her own pub and with an ever - changing string of lovers , the latest of whom is ( ) , a neo - hippie . 
 finds herself at odds with ( ) , a sassy and rude neighbour who has been expelled from school , does several drugs , and constantly listens and sings along to her mother 's records . While 's homosexuality remains concealed , his introvert nature and dislike of football are reason enough for his classmates to bully him at every opportunity . 
 ( ) , who is living together with his drug - dealing brother and abusive , alcoholic father in the flat next door , is one night beaten by his brother so badly that takes pity and lets him sleep over . In the absence of a third bed , has to make do with sleeping ' top - to - toe ' with . On the second night they share a bed : after a massage and a minor conversation , the boys soon change sleeping arrangements and kisses for the first time . 
 The next morning , panics and leaves before awakens , avoiding him for days . works up the nerve to steal a Gay Times from a newsagent , apparently starting to accept his sexuality and affection for . finally spots at a nearby party and confronts him ; they prepare to leave together . The party ends badly , with taking vengeance on for gossiping , who then threatens to ' spill the beans ' about and and confesses to having covered up for in front of his father and brother . reacts poorly , angrily rejecting and running away . 
 Slowly , accepts 's love and their relationship begins to develop as they visit a gay pub together . follows them and discovers their secret , and the film reaches its climax as a bad trip by ( on an unnamed drug ) precipitates 's breakup with ; the news of 's new job comes out ; and confronts and . comes to accept her son 's relationship . 
 The film ends with the two boys slow - dancing in the courtyard of their council flats to the song " Dream a Little Dream of Me " , while a guarding dances defiantly at their side with as the local residents look on ; some of them shocked , some of them strongly disapproving ; and some of them enjoying the moment themselves .

In the Victorian period , ( ) is a bright young lower - class man who dreams of a university education . Circumstances conspire against him , and he is forced into a job as a stonemason and an unhappy marriage to a country girl , ( ) . He remains true to his dream and , months later , after his wife 's sudden departure , he heads for the city . He thinks education is available for any man who is willing to work hard . There he encounters his cousin , ( ) , who is beautiful and intelligent , and shares his disdain for convention . Whilst is enraptured by , she decides to marry 's former school teacher , ( ) , after tells her he is married to . Meanwhile , is rejected for the university based primarily on his lower - class status . 
 The marriage of and is not a success , as she refuses to give herself sexually or romantically to her husband . She leaves to join in what turns out to be a rough life , moving from place to place as picks up occasional work as a stonemason . The two are in love and , over the course of years , gives birth to two children . Agnostic and independent , she refuses to legalize their arrangement by marriage . learns that bore a son , which she named ( " " ) soon after she left . The boy comes to live with his father , and his half - siblings . 
 and are forbidden a permanent rental lodging because their living arrangement without marriage is considered scandalous . tells that the family can not stay long at their present lodging because there are too many of them . The next day and return to their lodging to find that has killed his half - siblings and committed suicide , hanging himself . His suicide note says the reason : " Becos we were to menny . " 
 Each of the couple falls into a deep depression after the deaths of their children . Turning to the religion she previously rejected , comes to believe that God has judged and punished the couple for not having married . She decides to return to , although she finds him sexually repugnant , as he is her true husband in the eyes of . 
 A year after the death of their children , and happen to meet when separately visiting the tombstones of their children . They both look worse for wear . demands that tell him whether she still loves him , to which she replies , " You 've always known " . After a passionate kiss , she walks away from to return to . 
 As walks away , shouts to her , " We are man and wife , if ever two people were on this earth ! "

, a successful black middle class optometrist in London who was adopted as a child , has chosen to trace her family history after the death of her adoptive mother . After being warned by public officials about the troubles she could face by tracking her birth mother down , she continues her investigation and is baffled to learn that her birth mother is not only white but does not resent her and wants to know more about her past . Her birth mother , , is working class and downwardly mobile . meets her and later meets 's brother , , a photographer , his wife , and 's daughter , a street cleaner . 
 At the ' , it is evident that severe tensions exist between and her mother . Both are frustrated with one another and getting on one another 's nerves . and also experience domestic tensions . comes across as abrupt , but later scenes reveal that she suffers from severe menstrual cramps and makes concerted efforts to placate matters and be contrite . Things are also not well between and his sister , they are a bit awkward with one another but both look forward to celebrating 's birthday . refers to affectionately as her little brother and asks him as she always does when he is going to shave . It is clear that somehow can survive by the money she receives from . 
 rings and asks for ' , and starts talking about a baby called " " , born in 1968 . realizes that is her daughter whom she gave up for adoption and hangs up the phone . is still determined to find out more about her background . She rings again and manages to convince her to meet with her . When they finally do , feels that a grave mistake has been made . convinces to have a cup of tea . asks to look at a document ; she then begins to cry and then states that she is ashamed . then wants to know who her father is , to which refuses to answer . 
 After a while and have struck up a friendship , which is somewhat noticed by after seeing her mother going places but not knowing where , since is rather secretive about it . mentions the birthday party for and also gives a gift . asks if she can bring a " mate from work " to 's party . relays this information to who replies that she would feel a bit awkward . Despite these feelings , she agrees to attend and pose as a colleague from work . The day of the barbecue arrives and makes an effort for everyone to feel welcome . makes incisive remarks in passing , but making sure that hears them , about the seemingly high expenses that she makes in her house instead of concentrating on giving a child . tells that she has a good brain and should be in college . does not take this suggestion seriously . Everyone gathers for the barbecue and Maurice prepares the food . During the meal answers many questions which are naturally put to her by the other guests . says that she is pursuing medical research and endeavors to be evasive . Also present at the barbecue are 's assistant and 's boyfriend . 
 When blows out her birthday candles begins to act in an exceptionally nervous manner . She states that is her daughter . Everyone dismisses this claim and states that she has had too much to drink . However , when inadvertently confirms this as true , is horrified and storms out of the house . attempts to placate matters by confronting at a nearby bus stop . He attempts to convince to speak to her mother again and apologizes to her profusely . then explains that she got pregnant at fifteen and her father sent her away due to feeling shame over her pregnancy and after the adoption she never expected to come back . then accuses of being selfish . reveals that is physically incapable of having children . then loses his temper and states that he has spent his whole life trying to make people happy and that he can not take it any more because the ones he loves most " hate each other 's guts " . After witnessing all this tries to leave but stops her , admiring her courage for trying to find her own past , although he will not reveal who her father was either . then explains that 's father was an American medical student vacationing in Benidorm . One morning in Benidorm , awoke and he had gone . 
 After a while things have calmed down and is free to visit and at their home . reveals that she always wanted a sister . reveals that she would be happy to introduce as her half - sister notwithstanding the long explanations that it would entail . They gather for a visit at 's , and have tea .

Edinburgh heroin addict buys opium suppositories from dealer to help him quit . After his final hit , and a violent spell of diarrhea caused by cessation of heroin , he locks himself in his flat to endure the withdrawal period . Finding that his sex drive has returned , he leaves a club with a girl , , and they have sex in her bedroom . In the morning , he realises that is underage and that her " flatmates " are her parents . threatens to reveal the encounter if he ends the relationship . 
 and his friends , oafish but good - natured and con artist , start using heroin again . His friend , a clean - cut athlete whose girlfriend has dumped him after a chain of events initiated by , also begins using . Fellow addict discovers that her infant daughter has died without the group noticing ; all are horrified , especially , 's father . 
 and are arrested for shoplifting . goes to prison , but avoids punishment by entering a drug interventions programme , where he is given methadone . Despite support from his family , is desperate for a more substantial high and escapes to his drug dealer 's flat . He nearly dies of an overdose , and his dealer sends him to hospital in a taxicab . 's parents lock him in his childhood bedroom to force him through withdrawal . has hallucinations of singing , his friends giving him advice , crawling on the ceiling , and a TV game show in which presenter asks 's parents questions about HIV . 
 At the insistence of his parents , has an HIV / AIDS test ; despite years of sharing syringes , tests negative . Depressed , he visits , who has succumbed to addiction and is now HIV positive and severely ill . moves to London and takes a job as a property letting agent . He begins to enjoy his new life of sobriety , and saves money while corresponding with Diane . However , to his annoyance , 's sociopathic friend , who has committed armed robbery , and , now a pimp and drug dealer , move into 's bedsit unannounced . 
 After dies from AIDS - related toxoplasmosis , the three travel back to Scotland to attend his funeral . They meet , who has been released from prison . suggests a lucrative heroin transaction , but needs to supply half of the initial £ 4,000 . injects himself with a sample to test the heroin 's purity and the four sell the heroin to a dealer in London for £ 16,000 . During their celebration at a pub , secretly suggests to that they steal the money , but is too scared of to consider it . 
 tires of after witnessing him glass and beat a man whom he bumped into . Early in the morning , as the others sleep , takes the money . sees leave , but remains silent . When awakens , he destroys the hotel room in a rage . and leave when the police arrive . reiterates his vow to live a stable , traditional life and leaves £ 4,000 .

( ) and ( ) are young twins who , on Twelfth Night ( holiday ) are performing on a ship and use their likeness to tease their audiences . During their journey , they are caught in a storm , shipwrecked and separated . and other survivors end up on the shore of Illyria . A devastated believes her brother dead . She later takes his appearance to join the court of the local Duke Orsino ( ) . The young woman has her long , beautiful hair cut by the sailor , conceals her breasts , and dresses like a young man . After that , becomes a page , using the name " " . 
 is madly infatuated by Countess ( ) , who is in mourning due to her brother 's recent death . She uses the tragedy as an excuse to avoid seeing the Duke , whom she does not love . He sends " " to do his wooing and falls in love with the messenger , unaware of " " 's real gender . Realising 's feelings for her alter ego , is caught in even more of a quandary in that she is in love with . 
 Meanwhile , elements of 's household plot against her pompous steward ( ) by tricking him into believing that loves him . ( even wears a toupée to appear younger than he is . ) His attempts to woo her , however , are met with bewilderment by who has him committed , where he is subjected to further humiliations by ( ) , ( ) and Sir ( ) . 
 Sir , 's uncle and a notorious drunk , is also trying to encourage his friend , the idiotic Sir ( ) to court , but she purposely ignores him . Sir pushes Sir into challenging " " to a duel , which goes very badly for . 
 Furthermore , 's twin , , has in fact survived the wreck and has also arrived in Illyria , accompanied by ( ) , who saved him from drowning . , who has " many enemies in 's court " , is forced to flee when he is recognised and comes across " " , whom he mistakes for Sebastian , and is outraged when " " fails to help him out . 
 Arriving at her estate , meets , who , mistaking him for " " , talks him into marrying her . When he learns of this , is furious and dismisses his page , whom he had made a friend and confidante . However , the matter is soon cleared up when and " " come face - to - face and the latter reveals her real nature and identity of . marries . 
 The film ends with both couples holding a party to celebrate their marriages , while the supporting players , including the humiliated Sir and , leave the estate with their heads held high and sings his song , " The Wind and the Rain " .

( ) is a promiscuous gay man living in 1930s Berlin . He is at odds with his wealthy family because of his homosexuality . One evening , much to the resentment of his boyfriend , ( ) , brings home a handsome SA man ( ) . Unfortunately , he does so on the Night of the Long Knives , when ordered the assassination of upper echelon SA corps . The Sturmabteilung man is discovered and killed by SS men in and 's apartment , and the two have to flee Berlin . 
 's Uncle ( ) has organised new papers for , but refuses to leave his boyfriend behind . As a result , and are found and arrested by the Gestapo and put on a train headed for Dachau . On the train , is brutally beaten to death by the guards . As calls out to when he is taken away , lies to the guards , denying he is gay . In the camp , falls in love with ( ) , who shows him the dignity that lies in acknowledging one 's beliefs . After 's death , finds the courage to be true to himself , and takes his own life .

In 1996 , is on the train to London to spend the weekend with , her flatmate when at polytechnic ( the Polytechnic of North London ) six years earlier.[1 ] laments about her alcoholic mother , and talks about her mother 's search for a new boyfriend . , who still lives with her mother , admires 's independence . In contrast , laments being forced to be independent since she was a child . 
 Back in 1986 , and interview and accept Annie into their flat . and discuss getting rid of the next year . and discuss how has n't cried since she was eight , when her parents split up . , whose parents also divorced when she was eight , says she cries all the time . The following year , , a socially awkward stutterer , has temporarily moved in with and after being kicked out by his landlord . While discussing psychological traits with them in a pub , 's untactful probing angers . While visits the Chinese takeaway beneath the flat , and discuss the argument and how fancies . In another memory , drunkenly confesses his love for , but says she 's in love with someone else . leaves and does n't reappear , so and travel to his grandmother 's home in Hartlepool . She tells them that has gone out , possibly along the seafront , so they go to look for him there . 
 In the present , accompanies Hannah as she looks for a flat to buy . One flat is owned by a Mr , whose flat contains a painting of his naked ex - girlfriend and pornographic magazines . hits on and offers both women alcoholic drinks . They run out of the flat making excuses , and are still laughing as they drive off . At the next flat , , an estate agent , meets them . realises he is an old college boyfriend , but says he does n't recognise them . In between their conversations , flashbacks show and 's history with . After meeting him at a club , takes home and sleeps with him . The following morning , he walks into 's room and tries to chat her up . In other flashbacks , tells about a recurring sexual fantasy . Later , they kiss and discuss why he split up with his ex - girlfriend : says he did n't want the commitment , and leaves when asks why . 
 In the present , and learn that is married with a child . At a Chinese restaurant , and discuss how they have changed since university and wonder what happened to . says she had n't stopped thinking about for ten years . says she was hurt by the situation back then but said she did n't say anything because she knew that was in love with him . In a flashback , and cry and hug as they pack , preparing to leave their flat at the end of their four years at university . 
 At the present - day dinner , recalls being overwhelmed upon meeting 's kind family , as opposed to her own dysfunctional family . They see their old flatmate jogging , and discuss the coincidence of seeing two old acquaintances in one afternoon . They decide to visit their old flat , and there spot sitting on the steps outside the Chinese takeaway , holding a toy elephant . He seems angry and delirious , and tells them he arrived from Hartlepool the previous day . He says the toy is for his son , but the mother wo n't admit that the child is his . He tells them that his grandmother died , and , when asks where he lives , responds that they do n't care . They leave . 
 In a flashback to their visit to Hartlepool , they find by the sea . They ask how he is and he shouts and swears at them that he does n't care . They chase after him and he screams at them to leave him alone . 
 In the present , they return to the railway station , where they say goodbye to one another .

In 1977 , ( ) and ( ) are leading a quiet married life with their child in Eastwood in the London suburbs known as Metroland , the staid commuter region at the end of the London Underground 's Metropolitan Line . Their predictable life is disrupted by an early morning phone call from 's boyhood friend ( ) , who has returned to England after several years of wandering through Africa , Europe , and the United States as a bohemian poet . Years before , the two shared a dream of fleeing slow suburban death to live in avant - garde splendor in Paris . 's return sparks memories in about their wild days in Paris in the late 1960s . 
 Disillusioned about the lifestyle he 's chosen — having abandoned his youthful passion for photography for a steady job as a London banker — takes long walks at night , making lists in his head of things for which he should feel grateful . Feeling that something is missing in his life , sees in the person he could have become — a free spirit living a vagabond 's existence without ties or responsibilities . openly looks down on for his acceptance of middle class complacency , a mortgage , and a nine - to - five job . One night , goes to a punk rock club with who gets him stoned on cannabis . Idealising his friend 's lifestyle , begs to reveal his secret for happiness , and responds that it 's doing what you want , not what others want . 
 With his dreary and serene marriage , increasingly dwells on the past . He rediscovers naked pictures of his former French girlfriend , ( ) , and in the coming days he thinks back to 1968 when they were in Paris together . He remembers taking on the personna of a French beatnik with a contempt for all things English . His French fantasy was interrupted when he met , who was holidaying in Paris with some friends . Taken aback by this mature and intelligent Englishwoman , began spending time with her , telling her about and his ambivalent feelings towards England . Unimpressed with his unrealistic dreams , informed him that eventually he would get married because he was " not original enough " to avoid marriage and a conventional future . When learned about his friendship with the Englishwoman , she broke off their relationship . 
 Back in the present , is unable to get over the feeling that he has surrendered his youth and ideals to a life he once swore he would never lead . One night he attends a party at 's girlfriend 's house , arriving without his wife . There he hears casually mentioning that his girlfriend just had an abortion , and then sees him flirting with another woman at the party — doing what he wants to do . Later , meets a beautiful woman , ( ) , who invites him to sleep with her . After learning that in fact asked her to sleep with his friend as a way of undermining his marriage , rejects the offer and returns home to . 
 The next day , comes home from work and finds in the house with . hints that he and had sex , and the two friends get into a fight in the garden . Later , tells him that made a pass at her , but that she rejected him . She tells him that despite all of his talk , is really only jealous of and the life he 's chosen . The next day , shows up at ' house to say goodbye before headed to Malibu , where he intends to do some screenwriting . He tries to tempt into leaving his life behind and come with him , but refuses , admitting , " I like my life ; I 'm content . " That night , while is on one of his walks , approaches and asks what he would put on the list for " happy " . responds , " Happy — if not now , never . "

The plot of the film revolves around ( ) , a Pakistani - born taxi driver and a tolerant , secular Muslim . His life takes an unexpected dark turn when his son converts to fundamentalist Islam , leading to a family breakdown and social conflict . 
 According to , a New York Times writer and editor , the film 's theme is encapsulated in a pivotal scene :

( ) and ( ) are two orphans who meet in their twenties and vow to achieve their shared childhood dream of living in a stately home . In pursuit of this dream they spend their days living in a disused gas holder , spending as little money as possible and conning the upper classes out of their riches . During one of their biggest cons , their lives are touched by ( ) , who needs money to save the Down 's syndrome foundation that her brother attends . When a con goes wrong , the two find themselves in jail to be released only after their entire fortune is rendered useless because of a recall of £ 50 notes . It is down to an elaborate plan involving , , and ( if they can persuade her ) , to break them out of jail in order to save their dream .

MI6 sends , agent , into the field to spy on a terrorist arms bazaar on the Russian border . Despite 's insistence on letting finish his reconnaissance , British Admiral orders the frigate HMS Chester to launch a missile attack on the arms bazaar . then discovers two nuclear torpedoes mounted on an L-39 Albatros , and as the missile is too far along to be aborted , hijacks the L-39 and flies away seconds before the bazaar is destroyed . 
 The media baron soon begins his plans to use a stolen encoder obtained at the bazaar by his henchman , cyberterrorist , to provoke war between China and the United Kingdom ; he hopes to replace the Chinese government with one that will give him exclusive broadcasting rights . Meaconing the GPS signal using the encoder , sends the British frigate HMS Devonshire off - course into Chinese - held waters in the South China Sea , where 's stealth ship , commanded by Mr. , sinks it and steals one of its missiles , while shooting down a Chinese J-7 fighter jet and killing off the Devonshire 's survivors with Chinese weaponry . The British Minister of Defence orders to deploy the British Fleet to recover the frigate , and possibly retaliate , while leaving M only 48 hours to investigate its sinking and avert a war . 
 M sends to investigate after he releases news articles about the crisis hours before MI6 had learned of it . travels to Hamburg and seduces 's wife , , who is also 's ex - girlfriend , to get information that would help him enter Carver 's newspaper headquarters . He also knocks out three of 's men and cuts off the air while he is giving a speech during the inaugural broadcast of his satellite network . After steals back the GPS encoder , orders and killed . is murdered by 's personal assassin Dr. , but kills and escapes , protecting the encoder . learns that the encoder had been tampered with , and goes to the South China Sea to investigate the wreck ( which was actually in Vietnamese waters ) . He and , a Chinese agent on the same case , explore the sunken ship and discover one of its cruise missiles missing , but are captured by and taken to the CMGN tower in Saigon . They soon escape and decide to collaborate on the investigation . 
 The two contact the Royal Navy and the People 's Liberation Army Air Force to explain 's scheme ; plans to use the stolen missile to destroy the Chinese government , and allow a Chinese general to step in and stop war between Britain and China , although not before both sides destroy each other at sea ; once the war is over , 's media group will be given exclusive broadcasting rights in China for the next century . They find 's stealth ship , which has been built with stolen stealth material , in Ha Long Bay , and board it to prevent him from firing the stolen British cruise missile at Beijing . During the attempt , is captured , forcing to devise a second plan . captures to use as his own hostage , but kills , claiming he has " outlived his contract . " detonates an explosive which damages the ship , causing it to be visible to radar to both Chinese and British navies , who have just been warned of the plot , and thus making it vulnerable to a subsequent Royal Navy attack by HMS Bedford . While disables the engines , and is captured by , attempts to halt the missile . After killing with his own sea drill , attempts to destroy the warhead with detonators , but appears and attacks him after sending into the water , bound in chains . traps in the missile firing mechanism and dives to save as the missile explodes , destroying the ship and killing . Later , and share a romantic moment amidst the wreckage as the Bedford searches for them .

( ) is an aspiring writer going nowhere fast . To make ends meet and against his better judgment , he takes a job as a croupier . The interview was set up by his father , a small - time hustler back home in South Africa . 
 finds himself drawn into the casino world , and the job gradually takes over his life . He goes drinking with ( ) , a croupier who he knows is cheating the casino . He sleeps with a fellow croupier named ( ) in contravention of casino policy . His relationship with girlfriend ( ) begins to deteriorate when he lets her read part of his book about a cold , unfeeling croupier who enjoys seeing gamblers lose — a character transparently based on himself . confronts at his apartment , accuses him of getting her fired and tells about the one - night stand . 
 One gambler , ( ) , tries to befriend — another serious violation of casino rules . shows him bruises saying she got them from gambling creditors and asks to be the inside man for a planned robbery at the casino . All he has to do is raise the alarm when a gambler cheats at his table . eventually agrees and accepts a £ 10,000 advance with an additional £ 10,000 if all goes well . In doing so , notices that 's injuries were faked . 
 reconciles with but discovers that he is involved in something criminal and tries to foil it . On the night of the robbery , raises the alarm anyway and gets beaten by the gambler as a distraction while others try to grab the money . They fail , and and have an argument but she stays with him . 
 When a late - night knock at the door comes , assumes it to be the casino robbers demanding the return of their advance money . Instead , it is a policeman , who informs him that has been killed in an apparent hit - and - run . 
 finishes his book and gets it published anonymously . It is a big success , but he does n't change anything about his life , continuing to work as a croupier and live in his basement flat , not even buying the new car he wanted . 
 goes on with his life and gets another call , this one from , who congratulates him on playing his part in the attempted robbery and implies that she benefited significantly . Then she puts his father on the phone , and he implies that he set up the croupier job for in order to arrange for the attempted robbery , and he benefited as well . 
 Stunned but amused , hangs up . Just then , appears from the bedroom and kisses him .

In 1558 , Catholic Queen dies of a uterine tumour . 's Protestant half - sister , , under house arrest for conspiracy charges , is freed and crowned the Queen of England . 
 As briefed by her adviser , inherits a distressed England besieged by debts , crumbling infrastructure , hostile neighbours and treasonous nobles within her administration , chief among them the Duke of Norfolk . advises to marry , produce an heir , and secure her rule . Unimpressed with her suitors , Elizabeth delays her decision and continues her secret affair with Lord while appoints , a Protestant exile returned from France , to act as 's bodyguard and adviser . 
 of Guise lands an additional 4,000 French troops in neighbouring Scotland . Unfamiliar with military strategy and browbeaten by at the war council , orders a military response , which proves disastrous when the younger , ill - trained English forces are defeated by the professional French soldiers . tells that Catholic lords and priests intentionally deprived 's army of proper soldiers and used their defeat to argue for 's removal . Realizing the depth of the conspiracy against her and her dwindling options , accepts of Guise 's conditions , to consider marrying her nephew of France . 
 To stabilize her rule and heal England 's religious divisions , proposes the Act of Uniformity , which unites English Christians under the Church of England and severs their connection to the Vatican . In response to the Act 's passage , the Vatican sends a priest to England to aid and his cohorts in their growing plot to overthrow . Unaware of the plot , meets of France but ignores his advances in favour of Lord . confronts over her indecisiveness about marrying and reveals Lord is married to another woman . rejects 's marriage proposal when she discovers he is a cross - dresser and confronts Lord about his secrets , fracturing their idyllic affair and banishing him from her private residence . 
 survives an assassination attempt , whose evidence implicates of Guise . sends to secretly meet with in Scotland , under the guise of once again planning to marry . Instead , assassinates , inciting French enmity against . When orders her to solidify relations with the Spanish , dismisses him from her service , choosing instead to follow her own counsel . 
 warns of another plot to kill spearheaded by the priest from Rome carrying letters of conspiracy . Under 's orders , apprehends the priest who divulges the names of the conspirators and a Vatican agreement to elevate Norfolk to the English crown if he weds , Queen of Scots . arrests and executes him and every conspirator except Lord . grants Lord his life as a reminder to herself to never be blinded by romance again . 
 Drawing inspiration from the divine , cuts her hair and models her appearance after the Virgin Mary . Proclaiming herself married to England , she ascends the throne as " the Virgin Queen " .

Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush, Christopher Eccleston, Richard Attenborough, Daniel Craig

( ) is a 16 - year - old middle - class schoolboy : intelligent and good - looking , but unathletic and introverted . Bullied at school , misunderstood at home , his only confidant is his neighbor and best friend , ( ) . Keeping his sexuality hidden from everyone else , he cruises in public toilets . He is surprised to find the school jock , ( ) also cruising , but denies that he is gay . 
 At a school dance , gains a friend after he comforts ( ) , after an argument with a boyfriend , who is also his bully , ( ) . When he returns home , follows him and confides about his own sexuality . They decide to start a relationship . 
 Word around the school spreads about someone being gay in the school , and fears that has been telling people . In order to maintain his status in the school , beats up in front of his friends . announces in front of assembly that he is gay , and looks to for support , but he does not . In the end , apologizes for beating him up and says he loves him , but as he is too afraid to come out , breaks up with him , wishing him happiness .

In 1972 , disenchanted about the dreary conventions of English life , 25 - year - old ( ) heads for Morocco with her daughters , six - year - old and eight - year - old . Living in a low - rent Marrakech hotel , the trio survive on the sale of hand - sewn dolls and money from the girls ' father , a London poet who also has a child from another woman . 
 After the girls match their mother with gentle Moroccan acrobat and conman , sexual gears are set in motion . He eventually moves in with them and serves as a surrogate father . 's friend urges to study in Algiers with a revered Sufi master at a school of " the annihilation of the ego " . In another sequence , European dandy invites and the girls to his villa . As finances dwindle , 's philosophy is " God will provide " , although usually it is himself who provides . Sometimes he also disappears . At one point contracts a streptococcus infection while he is gone and nearly dies . returns only to disappear again , but he has a plan . They discover that three return tickets that suddenly appear have been bought by him with money he got from the sale of his uniform . In the end , and the girls board a train back to London .

In 1960s London , sisters and both pursue musical professions after being instructed throughout their childhoods in music by their mother ; the flute for , and the cello for . Though rebelled against practising as a child , she became a virtuoso in early adulthood , quickly rising to international prominence . 
 While tours throughout Europe , remains in London with her parents and brother , , and struggles in her musical studies at the Royal Academy of Music . She becomes acquainted with a gregarious fellow student , , son of composer , and the two begin a romantic relationship . begins playing in a community orchestra , where she garners local notoriety . returns home from touring in Moscow , and pleads to get a flat with her . Instead , marries , and the two relocate to a farmhouse in the country to start a family . Meanwhile , begins dating pianist and conductor , with whom she bonds over their mutual love of music . Her eventual conversion to Judaism and subsequent marriage to garners significant publicity . 
 Later , arrives unannounced at and 's home , inexplicably forgoing scheduled engagements she has in Los Angeles . She confides to that she wants to have sex with , and makes attempts to seduce him . The next day , finds stripped naked in the woods in the midst of an emotional breakdown . arrives and attempts to console her , but she is indifferent to him . remains at 's home , and consents to having a sexual encounter with , hoping it will help her work through her nervous breakdown . This , however , ultimately drives a rift between the sisters as the affair becomes emotionally suffused . leaves and resumes touring , but yearns for a different life . From 's perspective , chose a life with over their relationship . While found solace in her marriage to , she began to notice a subtle yet progressive deterioration of her motor skills and hand - eye coordination . It had in fact been unspoken anxieties over her health that led to her previous visit to 's . 
 During a live performance , finds herself unable to stand , and has to be carried offstage by . She is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis , and goes to visit her in hospital . remains optimistic about her diagnosis , but the disease progresses rapidly , leaving her unable to position her fingers or use a bow . continues to conduct around the world , and finds he is having an affair . As her disease progresses , she becomes paralysed before going deaf and mute . One night , goes to visit – who is in the throes of tremors – and recounts a cherished childhood memory of the two playing on the beach . Shortly after , hears news of 's death on the radio . The film ends with 's spirit standing on the beach where she used to play as a child , watching herself and her sister frolicking in the sand as little girls .

, an only child , is a reclusive young woman who lives with her mother in a working - class home in Scarborough . She is known as LV ( short for Little Voice ) for her reticence . She flees reality , hiding away in her room , listening to records and mimicking their artists ' voices like , , and ; her love of songs is her only source of strength since her beloved father 's death . Her mother , a promiscuous woman with countless affairs , jilts a man when her passion wanes . 
 , a telephone engineer who mends their phone , approaches LV by giving her information pamphlets . Things improve when is seeing : He hears the girl sing , spots her gift and vows to make her a star , while , who dislikes singing , still doubts her child . arranges with Mr for LV to sing at his club . But her performance is understandably somewhat of a failure as she is overcome by stage fright and only manages a few lines of song . sees that LV needs encouragement on stage and organises a big band , lights and a new dress to give her confidence . 
 gives her a pep talk , persuading her to perform by portraying her act as a tribute to her father . , therefore , agrees to sing again , but only as a one - off . When is to sing at a nightclub , she envisions her father to help perform well . brings the house down and is a storming success . thinks she is his ticket to the big time and arranges for a London agent to come up and see perform the following night . As , and Mr toast their future success , murmurs that she agreed to sing only the one time and slumps to the floor . 
 The following night passively remains in her bed and ’s futile attempts to goad are dashed . , who still scorns her child , prods her against her will . The selfish natures of and are very much revealed in these scenes . At the cabaret club the London agent finally loses patience after several third rate acts fill the time in LV 's absence and leaves . storms into the club and sings " It 's Over " on stage , as his career disappears before everyone 's eyes . 
 Meanwhile , the faulty wiring at LV 's home finally starts a fire , trapping in her upper room where she is rescued by . In a final showdown with her mother , after being wrongly accused by her mother of arson , responds by screaming in her mother 's face , blaming for her father ’s death and her ( LV 's ) meek nature with her domineering attitude . She walks away saying her name is n't , it 's . 
 is left by everyone ; is facing his debt - collectors , and is saved by .

The film begins with at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting , relaying an experience from his past . He states the ritualised greeting : ' My name is and I 'm an alcoholic . ' He feels that he is not in a position to drink any more with safety . He tells the group that he copes by praying and states that he is grateful to be at the meeting . 
 He then goes round to his friend 's place , bangs on the door and pretends to be the police . They then travel in 's van where they examine stolen sporting merchandise which is of low quality . and his friends stop at another person 's house to pick up more people . A car cuts off the van . later encounters the driver , whom later describes as being ' the woman who tried to kill us all . ' He exits his van and asks the woman if she lost her guide dog . The woman , , states that she is a health visitor . She wants to see and his child , but explains that has an important football game to attend . 
 is very encouraging as a coach . The other team appears in white and black , which are the colours that 's team wears . 's team express their anger at this and respond by taking their shirts off so that they are able to distinguish between players . The other team scores the first goal of the game . 
 drives home and abruptly tells to pull over and runs up to a male who acts aggressively towards him . does not hear what transpires between and the man . Later , sees , who is seen struggling with wallpaper in her car . appears to fancy her , as tells him her name and he flirts with her . 
 then helps an acquaintance of 's to complete a wall papering and paint job in 's flat . later brings them tea as they paint the ceiling and sing to themselves . They then look outside and notice someone taking photos of them through the window . runs outside with his can of white paint and brush to confront the man who was taking the photos . The photographer tells that he was just doing his job and that he has a bad heart . then paints all over the photographer 's car . The car speeds away and manages to knock over a pile of rubbish by the side of the road . 
 Later , and have dinner together . There is a bottle of red wine on the table , but does not drink any of the alcohol . 's telephone rings and she leaves the kitchen to answer it . Joe is then left alone with the wine . He clears his plate and appears somewhat nervous . When finishes with her telephone conversation , asks her about the photographs on her wall . later reveals to that he does not drink , to which replies : ' Why did n't you say ? ' reveals that he is an alcoholic and he has not had a drink in ten months . is happy that knows and that she has been direct in her responses to him . thanks for her company . Sarah pays for the work that he completed on her flat and they part company . 
 attends the Mayfield Health Centre . tells the receptionist that he would like to see . The receptionist does not appear to be surprised by his request and says that is free to pop his head around the door . He sees advising parents on dealing with the changing of nappies . Outside the Health Centre , asks if she would like to go ten - pin bowling with him and to ring him if she fancies going . They then part company . speaks with a female colleague , , and says that seems a bit wild . She states that she is not going to go bowling with . 
 and bowl together and laugh at their many errors . They occupy Aisle 16 and neither of them are spectacular players . They go back to 's place where she asks him in for a cup of tea . politely says no . offers him money for a taxi . A friendly argument ensues , at the end of which finds herself locked out of her flat . says that she can sleep in her car . states that can sleep at his place , but not necessarily together . 
 They arrive at 's and he shows her around his flat . tells that he used to be in a band and they won a local talent contest . tells a story of how he was desperate for a drink one day and what transpired . He went to a music shop and stole some cassettes . He took one of them home and ' got pissed . ' He describes the experience as being ' magical . ' When asks him what made him stop drinking , asks her why she wants to know . He is not hostile , but curious . says that he is scared to tell her and that there is a strong chance that she will hate him if he tells . 
 explains that there was a girl he used to drink with and they loved one another . They were both ' just tangled up ' and they used to get into terrible arguments and tear one another apart . The audience then sees a flashback where and the girl are returning home from a night out . He states that ' a cloud just descended ... really , really dark . And suddenly I hated her . I hated me . ' He describes how he tried to open the door , but was unable to ; when the partner whom he was with laughed at him , lost control because she found it funny . He beat her by punching and kicking her , while she lay helpless on the ground . He screamed abuse at her . The next day , he had a blackout . Now , he remembers every punch and kick . He states how ashamed and disgusted he is with himself . He is obviously contrite and he has not yet forgiven himself for his actions . 
 sees three men beating up at a football match . attempts to intervene . He helps up and asks him if he is still clean . states that he is . confronts his wife when she comes home . He suspects that she has been using and asks her if she ' takes him for a prick . ' then yells that he will leave her to rot , grabs her by her neck and forces her to look at herself in the mirror . 
 goes to 's flat and encounters 's wife shooting up in the bathroom . An argument erupts between them . offers to help her . She does not want the kind of help that offers . then reluctantly assists her to tie off one of her veins so that she can shoot up . tries to make sense of her incoherent mumbles as she lies prostrate in the bathtub . then goes to a snooker club where he asks after 's whereabouts . tells one of the men that he encounters that has a four - year - old boy in an attempt to mitigate matters . says that he does not want them to take liberties . He comes across and is cross because told him that he had stopped dealing . A tearful confesses that he still owes money . also tells that he suspects that his wife is selling her body , and soul , for monetary gains . He is worried that people are going to break his legs . 
 The next day , goes to Stella Maris ' B & B to deal with the matter of . In a later scene , gives a pair of earrings , as well as a ring . tells that he loves her . tells him that she does not want it and can not understand what he has done wrong . is confused as to why has behaved in this fashion . In the next shot , we see a copy of the Alcoholics Anonymous ' small blue Bible as listens to 's Violin Concerto in D Major and makes notes in a book . When arrives at his door , she apologises . They drink tea together and later embrace . 
 drives his van and his mates direct him to a place where they rob another van . is shocked with his unwitting role in the robbery of Astral Sports . He still acts as the get - away driver . At the next football match , cleverly remarks that the other team look like budgies because of their blue and yellow striped uniforms . Meanwhile , reveals to her co - worker that she is pregnant . congratulates her . 
 At 's flat , she expresses her reservations about 's dealings with . tells her that there are some things that she does not need to know . accuses of being a drug dealer and asks where he got the money for her earrings and ring . replies that the gang gave him some money . becomes enraged and asks , ' Are you going to hit me too , ? ' 
 attends 's flat and states that must deal with things himself . returns to his flat with bottles of Smirnoff Vodka . He pours himself a drink , and takes a sip . then goes to 's flat , where is very inebriated . calls a ' stupid wee prick . ' The alcohol has overtaken and he is hostile to , who needs his help . As witnesses members of the gang coming towards the premises , realises that has passed out and he kisses on his forehead . suddenly snaps awake and realises that has taken his own life by hanging himself . The film concludes with 's funeral .

( ) gets fired from her public relations job . As she leaves the office building , she drops an earring in the lift and a man picks it up for her . She rushes for her train on the London Underground and misses it . The plot then splits into two storylines , presented as parallel universes , in which different events ensue , consequent upon whether or not she catches a particular train . 
 In the timeline in which she boards the train , sits alongside James ( ) ( the man in the lift ) on the Underground and they strike up a conversation . She gets home in time to catch her boyfriend , ( ) , in bed with his American ex - girlfriend , ( ) . dumps him and moves in with her friend ( ) , and , at 's suggestion , she changes her hairstyle to make a fresh start . continues to serendipitously pop into 's life , cheering her up and encouraging her to start her own public relations firm . She and fall in love despite her reservations about beginning another relationship so soon after her ugly breakup with . Eventually , discovers that she is pregnant . Believing it is 's child , she goes to see him at his office . She is stunned to learn from 's secretary that he is married . Upset , she disappears . finds her on a bridge and explains that he was married but is now separated and planning a divorce . He and his soon - to - be - ex - wife maintain the appearance of a happy marriage for the sake of his sick mother . After she and declare their love , walks out into the road and is hit by a van . 
 In the timeline in which misses the train , subsequent services are delayed ; she exits the station and hails a taxi . A man tries to snatch her handbag and injures her , so she goes to the hospital . She arrives home after has left and she remains oblivious to 's infidelity . Unable to find another PR job , she takes two part - time jobs to pay the bills . continues to juggle the two women in his life . , wanting for herself , makes increasingly aggressive attempts to torment and dropping clues of their affair to her . suspects of infidelity but later discovers that she is pregnant . She receives a phone call , allegedly for a job interview with an international PR firm . She tells the news but does not manage to tell him of her pregnancy . calls to her apartment , apparently to break up . Thinking is at her interview , goes to see . While at 's , answers the doorbell and sees standing at the door . is stunned to see , and drops the news of her own pregnancy to both . Distraught , runs off and falls down 's staircase . 
 In both storylines , is taken to hospital and loses her baby . In the timeline where she originally boarded the train , she dies in the arms of her new - found love , , right after he says he will make her very happy ; in the timeline in which she missed it , she recovers and tells to leave for good . 
 In the final scene ( taking place in the " missed train " timeline ) , leaves the hospital after visiting his mother , and leaves after ending her relationship with . They meet in the lift , and drops an earring which is picked up by , as in their first encounter at the beginning of the film . Before the lift doors close , tells to cheer up and repeats his line : " You know what the Monty Python boys say ... " ( who had previously assumed the rejoinder to be " always look on the bright side of life " ) says , " Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition . " The frame freezes as she and stare at one another .

The band Strange Fruit performs at the 1977 Wisbech Rock Festival . tells how , due to the pursuit of " fame , fortune and fornication " – and the drug overdose of their original singer , – this is their last performance . After various issues , the band prematurely ends their performance , frustrated over competing egos and various members ' lack of self - control . 
 Twenty years later , a stranger who turns out to be the son of the founder of The Wisbech Rock Festival recognises keyboardist and convinces him to reunite the band for a special anniversary of the event . quickly tracks down , the band 's original runaround - girl . Initially reluctant , she is inspired to return to the band after finding memorabilia . She insists on being the band 's manager , and agrees . Gradually , and track down the original members : bassist , who has a family and works as a roofer ; drummer , who is working at a nursery and is on the run from the Inland Revenue ; and lead singer , who , after years of drug and alcohol abuse , is now completely sober . Though he claims to be working on a solo album , has not released anything in almost ten years . 
 The band meets up at the Red Lion pub to discuss the reunion . Everyone expects , the band 's lead guitarist , to be there . says she was unable to find him but learned he donated away all his royalties to charity ; everyone assumes he is dead . Their roadie , , turns up during their first rehearsal to resume his original role . insists on playing guitar but is convinced to concentrate on singing . They find a replacement for in young , a talented guitarist who remains blissfully unaware of the band 's internal tensions . 
 Following a warm up tour of Europe , Karen negotiates for the rights to their back catalogue . Their initial performances are poorly received . , , and hold little hope for the band , believing and the main talent . makes advances on , but she resists due to her attachment to . At one of their gigs , 's over - the - top ideas backfire , and and walk off the stage . Following a confrontation with , has a nervous breakdown , exacerbated by turning 50 . leaves the gig , buys drugs , and falls into a canal . 's daughter rescues him , and 's wife blames for his troubles . Following an angry reaction from the townspeople over the volume levels , the band escape to their bus and flee the town . 
 and make up , and says he " received a positive message " from 's ghost . The bus breaks down , and confronts the band about their lack of confidence . When the band meet a girl wearing a Strange Fruit tour T - shirt that belonged to her father , they take it as another positive omen . The next few shows go without incident and are well - received ; the band becomes slightly more optimistic . Following a record deal , the band records a new song written and sung by , which had never previously allowed . However , after watching a previously - taped drunken TV interview in which and imply that the band was much better with and , breaks down again and quits . 
 As the band members return to their former lives , and visit 's grave to pay their respects . They find a note that quotes " The Flame Still Burns " , a tribute to written by . is then confronted by , and reluctantly admits he knows is alive . and find in a psychiatric hospital . He explains he gave up his material possessions to sever himself from his previous life . When he agrees to rejoin the band , the others follow . However , at a pre - show press conference , hostile questions cause to walk out . Everyone but follows , and chastises the journalists . Visibly shaken , decides to back out of the show but gives his blessing . 
 nearly misses the set when a stalker - groupie demands sex . The band starts their set with the same song with which they opened up the last Wisbech Festival . Though 's confidence is shaken , saves him by playing " The Flame Still Burns " . is pleased to hear the band playing the song , which helps him finally overcome his demons and joins the band onstage to play an inspiring guitar solo , much to the surprise and delight of everyone .

Set in a dystopian , gray version of 1984 , British journalist is writing an article about the withdrawal from public life of 1970s glam rock star , and is interviewing those who had a part in the entertainer 's career . As each person recalls their thoughts , it becomes the introduction of the vignette for that particular segment in 's personal and professional life . 
 Part of the story involves 's family 's reaction to his sexuality , and how the gay and bisexual glam rock stars and music scene gave him the strength to come out . Rock shows , fashion , and rock journalism all play a role in showing the youth culture of 1970s Britain , as well as the gay culture of the time . 
 At the beginning of his career , is married to . But when he comes to the United States , he seeks out American rock star , and they become involved in each other 's lives on a personal and creative level . 
 The vignettes show both and becoming increasingly difficult to work with as they become more famous . They suffer breakdowns in both their personal and professional relationships . Eventually , 's career ends following the critical and fan backlash from his on - stage publicity stunt where he faked his own murder . 
 As he gets closer to the truth of where is now , is suddenly told by his editor that the story is no longer of public interest , and has now been assigned to the tour . But is obsessed and continues searching out . We discover was also at the concert where faked his own death , and that after seeing perform on another night , and had a sexual encounter . 
 Eventually , discovers the true whereabouts of and once again encounters .

In London during October 1993 , England are playing the Netherlands in the World Cup qualifiers . The Bosnian War is at its height , and refugees from former Yugoslavia are arriving . Football rivals and political adversaries from the Balkans all precipitate conflict and amusing situations . Meanwhile , the lives of four English families are affected in different ways by an encounter with the refugees ; one of the families improbably becomes involved with a Balkan refugee through the England vs Netherlands match .

is a Pakistani Muslim who has lived in Britain since 1937 . He has a wife in Pakistan . He and his second wife , a British Roman Catholic woman of Irish descent , have been married for twenty - five years and have seven children together ; , , , , , and . and run a popular fish and chip shop in the neighborhood . 
 While is obsessed with the 1971 war between East and West Pakistan and arranging marriages for his children , the children themselves , who were born and brought up in Britain , increasingly see themselves as British and reject Pakistani customs of dress , food , religion and living . After disowns for running out on his arranged marriage , he immediately begins making plans to have another one planned to maintain his image . 
 While on a trip to Bradford , is introduced to Mr , a fellow Pakistani Muslim who wishes to marry off his two unattractive daughters . arranges in secret for and to marry them , despite 's misgivings , a conversation that overhears . During a sibling quarrel , reveals the arranged marriage ; , the most rebellious of the sons and who is in a relationship with a local girl , flies into a rage and defiles the wedding garments had bought . The most obedient son , , is caught by trying to tidy the mess up and beaten when he refuses to tell who was responsible ; intervenes and is also beaten . travels to Eccles and tracks down , who is in a homosexual relationship and returns to confront for his actions , but becomes frightened upon seeing and 's bruises and flees . Dejected , reluctantly agrees to go along with the marriage . 
 Mr and Mrs arrive with their daughters to meet 's family . maintains her composure despite Mrs 's condescending and rude attitude , but things come to a head when a scuffle ensues and accidentally drops a sculpture of a vagina on Mrs 's lap . Mrs insults 's entire family and is subsequently ejected from the house by along with Mr and the daughters . Enraged , attacks but is stopped by and the children long enough for him to see how his actions have turned his entire family against him , and leaves the household in shame to seek solace in his shop . 
 In the aftermath , and make amends over tea while the kids play in the street .

The plot follows eighteen - year - old , a poor provincial Irish girl , who was made pregnant and abandoned by , a young man who is supposedly working in the English Midlands . 's father believes has run off to join the British army . As journeys to the Midlands in search of the father of her unborn child , she meets with mild - mannered Mr , the manager of a catering company who , unknown to her , is a serial killer in search of loitering young girls .

At the age of 10 , is sent to live with her wealthy uncle and aunt , Sir and Lady , as her own parents do not have enough money to support their many children . Once at Mansfield Park , meets her cousins , , , and , as well as 's other maternal aunt , Mrs . does not feel welcome , and treats her more like a servant than a relative . behaves kindly to her , and the two develop a friendship that grows as the years progress . 
 When is eighteen , Sir and his eldest son travel to Antigua . In their absence , the family is disrupted by the arrival of and , relatives of the local clergyman . Worldly , cynical and beautiful , and arrive looking for amusement . is instantly smitten with , somewhat ignoring and hurting . and both vie for 's affections , even though is already engaged to Mr . shamelessly flirts with . Later , returns from Antigua , arriving drunk and bringing a friend , Mr , with him . and convince the and to stage a risque play , Lovers ' Vows . The play allows the young people to openly flirt with each other . initially speaks out against the play , but changes his mind when he is offered a part that allows him to act out flirtatious scenes with . Sir arrives home , and in anger immediately stops the play . 
 marries , esteeming his fortune above his character . decides to pursue as a means to amuse himself . However , 's gentle and kind nature gradually captures his fancy , and becomes emotionally attached to her . After his behaviour towards the girls , distrusts him and does not believe his declarations of love . Even so , proposes and is pressured by her uncle to accept the offer ; she disappoints the family by refusing . Angry , Sir gives an ultimatum   – accept 's proposal of marriage or be sent back to her poor family and experience the difference in comfort . looks to for support , but his indifference forces her to choose the latter . Several days after her return home , pays a visit to convince that his affections for her are genuine . Although she looks more favourably on him , continues to cling to her feelings for and rejects . Only when a letter from arrives which discloses his hopes of marrying does accept 's offer . However , realizes she does not trust him , and takes back her acceptance the next day . leaves , exceedingly hurt and angry . arrives to take back to Mansfield Park to help care for , who has fallen seriously ill and is near death . confesses he has missed . 
 gains 's pity when she learns of 's refusal of his marriage proposal , and together they succumb to their lust . The affair is discovered by and . Shocked , is comforted by and the two nearly kiss , but he remembers himself and pulls away . News of the scandal spreads rapidly and quickly devises a plan to stifle the repercussions . She suggests that after a divorce , would marry while would marry ; together they might re - introduce and back into society . questions as to how a clergyman could afford lavish parties , and shocks everyone by stating that when dies , will be heir to the family 's fortune . is appalled and tells that cheerfully condemning to death whilst she plans to spend his money sends a chill to his heart . Having betrayed her true nature to the family , a shamed leaves the ' company . ultimately declares his love for , and they marry . Sir gives up his plantation in Antigua and invests instead in tobacco , while recovers from his illness . also mentions that her younger sister has joined them at the household while and Aunt take up residence in a small cottage removed from Mansfield Park .

In early 19th century Russia , a bored St Petersburg socialite named inherits his uncle 's estate in the country . There , he meets a neighbouring landowner and poet and a widowed mother and her two daughters . The poet is engaged to the elder daughter . Her sister writes a passionate love letter but is cruelly spurned by him . His flirtatious attentions towards the poet 's fiancée lead to a duel and the death of the poet . disappears . On his return , six years later , he encounters the woman he spurned , who is now married to a prince . begs her forgiveness for his past behaviour.[2 ] The film compresses the events of the novel somewhat ; for example , the Naming Day celebrations take place on the same day as 's speech to . As a result , 's reasons for dancing with and insulting are left somewhat confusing . Much like the 1988 film version , gives the impression that , during the duel sequence , shoots to kill .

1748 England is infested with highwaymen — men such as , a London - based criminal working with his partner . When is killed by Thief Taker General after a botched heist outside debtors prison , must find a way to retrieve a large ruby that his partner had swallowed What he does n't know is that the incident was witnessed by , a socialite from the upper echelons of society , who had found himself in debtor 's prison . sees this ruby as his ticket out of debt , and after narrowly escaping discovery by , he decides to exhume 's body . 
 is waiting at the cemetery and forces to give the ruby to him . When they are both found by 's men , swallows the ruby himself . While in Newgate Prison , the two form a partnership that utilizes 's criminal know - how and 's social status to bribe their way out of prison . This tentative partnership leads to an unlikely alliance , deemed " The Gentlemen Highwaymen " , where they gladly relieve the gentry of their possessions . 
 When falls for the beautiful Lady , the niece of the powerful Lord , their plans to escape to America go awry . The pair part ways after a disastrous attempt to rescue Lady from forced exodus , which leads to the death of Lord , and the discovery that Macleane 's has gambled away all of their funds . 
 is eventually captured and tried for Lord 's murder , earning him a date with the gallows . orchestrates a daring escape , aided by Lady and the flamboyant Lord . After a tense chase through the city sewers that sees exact revenge upon Thief taker , the three escape to freedom .

The film begins in 1935 in Florence , Italy , where a group of cultured expatriate English women – called the " Scorpioni " by the Italians – meet for tea every afternoon . Young ( ) is the illegitimate son of an Italian businessman ( ) who shows little interest in his son 's upbringing ; the boy 's mother , a dressmaker , has recently died . ( ) , who works as the man 's secretary , steps in to care for him , turning for support to her friends , including eccentric would - be artist ( ) . Together , they teach many lessons about life and especially the arts . ( ) , a brash rich young American widow whom matron Lady ( ) barely tolerates , sets up a financial trust for when she learns of the death of his mother , whom she was fond of and to whom Elsa still owes money for her dressmaking services . 
 One day when the ladies are in a restaurant for afternoon tea , it is vandalised by Fascists , reflecting the increasingly uncertain position of the expatriate community . Lady , widow of Britain 's former ambassador to Italy , retains an admiring faith in ( ) and takes it upon herself to visit him , receiving his insincere assurances of their safety , and proudly recounts her " tea with " . But the political situation continues to deteriorate and the find their status and liberties diminishing . 's father decides that Italy 's future is with Germany rather than Britain and sends to an Austrian boarding school . 
 Five years later , ( now played by ) returns to Florence with the intention of using 's trust fund to study art . He finds that most British nationals are fleeing the country , anticipating 's declaration of war on Great Britain , and that has moved in with Lady and the other English hold - outs . He arrives at the house just as they – and 's ineffectual grandson ( ) , disguised as a young woman for his safety – are being rounded up and put onto a transport truck , which he follows to the nearby Tuscan town of San Gimignano . Because the United States is not at war , and her American compatriot ( ) , an openly lesbian archaeologist , remain free . Elsa uses to deliver forged orders and funds to have the ladies moved from their distressingly barracks - like quarters to an upper class hotel . Believing that himself issued the orders , Lady is delighted , proudly brandishing the newspaper photo of her tea with Il Duce . 
 As the war progresses , oppression of Jews increases and Jewish – protected somewhat by her citizenship and wealth – provides a group of Italian Jews with fake passports , enlisting – who has become enamored with her – to deliver them . However becomes jealous when she forms a romantic alliance with ( ) , a shrewd Italian lawyer . 
 When the United States enters the war in 1941 , and are interned with the British women . falls for 's scheme to embezzle her art collection and money , which would deliver her to the German Gestapo in a phony escape to Switzerland . is aware of the deception but does not tell anyone out of jealous spite against . learns of it from 's art dealer , ( ) , and scolds . His attitude changes and he gives his trust fund money to members of the Italian resistance movement , which has joined . still refuses to believe 's betrayal and is ultimately convinced only when Lady , informed by and of what has secretly done for all of them , repents of her contempt for and offers her gratitude and help . consents to an escape plan hatched by , and . Before she departs , tells how she once helped his young mother choose to go through with her pregnancy , thus allowing him to be there for her . 
 In July 1944 , as the British Army advances toward San Gimignano , frantically defends her beloved frescoes from demolition by German troops and is heroically joined in the line of fire by and the English women , including Lady . They are saved when the Germans receive orders to retreat , leaving the women and the towers untouched . The city rejoices as the Scots arrive , with now serving as their commander 's Italian interpreter . The major has orders to evacuate the but Lady refuses to cooperate , resolved that they will resume their former lives in Italy . is delighted to see that – now in British uniform – has become the " English gentleman " his father wished him to become . 
 Closing texts explain the mostly happy fates of the characters , concluding with the remark that went on to become an artist and " helped in making this film " – in other words , as writer and director .

On the opening night of Princess at the Savoy Theatre in January 1884 , composer Sir ( ) , who is ill from kidney disease , is barely able to make it to the theatre to conduct . He goes on a holiday to Continental Europe hoping that the rest will improve his health . While he is away , ticket sales and audiences at the Savoy Theatre wilt in the hot summer weather . Producer ( ) has called on Sullivan and the playwright ( ) to create a new piece for the Savoy , but it is not ready when Ida closes . Until a new piece can be prepared , revives an earlier and work , The Sorcerer . 
 's idea for their next opera features a transformative magic potion , which feels is too similar to the magic lozenge and other magic talismans used in previous operas[3 ] and appears mechanical in its reliance on a supernatural device . , under pressure to write more serious music , says he longs for something that is " probable " and involves " human interest " , and is not dependent on magic . sees nothing wrong with his libretto and refuses to write a new one , which results in a standoff . The impasse is resolved after and his wife visit a popular exhibition of Japanese arts and crafts in Knightsbridge , London.[4 ] When the katana sword he purchases there falls noisily off the wall of his study , he is inspired to write a libretto set in exotic Japan . likes the idea and agrees to compose the music for it . 
 , and work to make The Mikado a success , and many glimpses of rehearsals and stressful backstage preparations for the show follow : Cast members lunch together before negotiating their salaries . brings in Japanese girls from the exhibition to teach the ladies ' chorus how to walk and use fans in the Japanese manner . The principal cast react to the fittings of their costumes designed by . The entire cast object to 's proposed cut of the title character 's Act Two solo , " A more humane Mikado , " which persuades the playwright to restore the solo . The actors face first - night jitters in their dressing rooms . Finally The Mikado is ready to open . As usual , is too nervous to watch the opening performance and paces the streets of London . Returning to the theatre , however , he finds that the new opera is a resounding success .

In 1984 , , an 11 - year - old from the fictional Everington in County Durham , England , loves to dance and has hopes of becoming a professional ballet dancer . lives with his widowed father , , and older brother , , both coal miners out on strike ( the latter being the union bully ) , and also his maternal grandmother , who has Alzheimer 's disease and once aspired to be a professional dancer . 
 's father sends him to the gym to learn boxing , but dislikes the sport . He happens upon a ballet class that is using the gym while their usual basement studio is temporarily being used as a soup kitchen for the striking miners . Unknown to , joins the ballet class . When discovers this , he forbids to take any more ballet . But , passionate about dancing , secretly continues lessons with the help of his dance teacher , . 
 Mrs. believes is talented enough to study at the Royal Ballet School in London , but due to 's arrest during a skirmish between police and striking miners , misses the audition . Mrs. tells about the missed opportunity , but fearing that will be considered to be gay , both and are outraged at the prospect of him becoming a professional ballet dancer . 
 Over Christmas , learns his best friend is gay . Although is not , he is supportive of his friend . Later , catches dancing in the gym and realises his son is truly gifted ; he resolves to do whatever it takes to help attain his dream . Mrs. tries to persuade to let her pay for the audition , but he replies that is his son and he does not need charity . attempts to cross the picket line to pay for the trip to London , but stops him . Instead , his fellow miners and the neighbourhood raise some money and pawns 's mother 's jewelry to cover the cost , and takes him to London to audition . Although very nervous , performs well , but he punches another boy in frustration at the audition , fearing that he has ruined his chances of attaining his dream . He is sternly rebuked by the review board , but when asked what it feels like when he is dancing , he describes it as being " like electricity " . Seemingly rejected , returns home with his father . Sometime later , the Royal Ballet School sends him a letter telling him he has been accepted and he leaves home to attend . 
 Fourteen years later in 1998 , , now 25 , takes the stage to perform the Swan in Swan Lake , as , , and watch from the audience ; his father is visibly moved by the performance .

Mrs. and Mr. operate a meagre poultry farm in Yorkshire ; the chickens are caged in the style of a World War II Nazi concentration camp with a high fence and barbed wire , and two dogs patrol the grounds . Any chicken that fails to produce enough eggs is slaughtered for food . Frustrated at the " minuscule profits " generated by the farm , Mrs. conceives the idea of converting their farm into the automated production of chicken pot pies . 
 One chicken , , has long had visions of escaping with the help of her hen friends , , and , and two black - marketer rats , and , who help to acquire " contraband " from the to aid 's plans . However , she is always caught and put into solitary confinement . While thinking of a new plan , observes an American Rhode Island Red cockerel flying over the fence and crash into one of the coops , spraining his wing . and the other chickens help to hide him from the and care for his wing , learning that his name is . is particularly interested in 's ability to fly and begs him to help train her and the other chickens to do the same . is coy , but proceeds to try to help train the chickens , unable to fully demonstrate due to his sprained wing . Meanwhile , Mr. begins assembling the production line , and the chicken 's food ration is doubled in order to fatten them . 
 Amid the training , holds a large party to help relieve the stress ; it 's revealed his wing is healed , and insists he show them how to fly the next day . However , Mr. completes the production line of a pie machine and immediately grabs for a test run . is able to save and helps to damage the machine , giving them time to warn the other chickens of the ' plan to make them into chicken pies and only a short time to plan their escape while Mr. repairs the machine . The next day , finds has fled , leaving behind a part of a poster that shows him to be a stunt cockerel , shot out of a cannon from a nearby circus and unable to fly by himself . This makes and the other chickens depressed . the cockerel tries to cheer the chickens up by telling tales from his days as a Royal Air Force mascot , leading to the idea of creating a flying machine , called the Old Crate , to flee from the ' farm . All the chickens , with help from the rats , secretly assemble the required parts for the plane from their coops while racing against Mr. 's repairs . While travelling the countryside , sees a billboard for Mrs. 's Chicken Pies and is inspired to go back to help . 
 With the machine now fixed , Mrs. insists that Mr. gather all the chickens , but the chickens are ready to escape . They gag Mr. and tie him up long enough to complete assembly of their plane . Just before they take off , returns and joins them . Whilst taking off , Mrs. chases them down and catches onto a Christmas light strand snagged in the wheels . Mrs. climbs the strand , intent on chopping 's head off , while races to sever the strand . manages to trick Mrs. into cutting the strand with her hatchet , sending her straight into the safety valve of the pie machine and plugging it , causing the machine to build pressure in its gravy line and explode , destroying the machine and the barn . The chickens continue their flight to freedom , while Mr. reminds his wife that he told her the chickens were organized . When she starts to growl in rage , the heavy metal door falls down onto her . 
 Months later , the chickens have found a quiet island where they can enjoy their freedom and raise their chicks , while and have developed a romantic relationship . and decide to start their own chicken farm for eggs , but disagree on whether to have the chicken or the egg first .

The film opens with an unnamed British veteran gangster ( ) attending a boxing match with friends . Upon hearing in conversation that a gangster by the name of is to be released from prison after completing a 30 - year sentence , he becomes upset and leaves without a word . 
 The narrative moves back in time to the 1960s , showing a younger ( ) . He comes to the attention of a very influential London gangster , ( ) , who recruits him to be an enforcer . The Gangster is eager to please , and while his violent actions at first dismay , he soon proves his loyalty to with creative ways of murder . However , the Gangster quickly becomes obsessed with and deeply jealous of ' glamorous lifestyle and success . 
 The Gangster soon discovers that ' main rival , ( ) , is planning on killing . Instead of warning his boss , the Gangster decides to let the attack take place , killing the only other member of his own gang who knew of the impending attack . It goes on as planned , and the Gangster sits in a car nearby to watch as and his gang shoot and stab and slit the throat of his fiancée , ( ) . Later that same night the Gangster goes to 's flat , shoots him in the leg , and then tortures him to death . 
 The Gangster discovers the following day that did not die in the attack , but was hospitalised . Upon his recovery , is unjustly convicted of 's murder and sent to prison for a 30 - year sentence . With out of his way , the becomes leader of the gang and consolidates his power over the city 's underworld . In a sequence spanning the intervening years between 1968 and 1999 , he organizes a bank heist , opens a casino , fixes horse races , and builds his gang to over 300 men . The film 's narrative returns to the aged at the boxing event . 
 The Gangster discovers that also did not die , and is due to marry , who has left prison a changed man . The two men meet in the flat that once belonged to . The Gangster angrily denounces , but seemingly has no fight left in him , wanting only to marry and retire in peace . The Gangster threatens with a gun . He then gives the gun and begs him to kill him , but leaves . 
 The film closes with the Gangster , having apparently lost his mind , committing suicide by stepping off the top of a building , with his last words being " I 'm number one " .

When is placed in an experimental programme to finish off his prison sentence , all he wants is peace and quiet . After his wise , elderly roommate introduces him to gardening , uncovers a talent and passion for plants . Teaming up with his fellow inmates , gets the attention of celebrated gardener . Soon , the unexpected gardeners are preparing to compete for the Hampton Court Flower Show . When meets 's beautiful daughter , he discovers another reason to fight for his freedom : true love .

Set in Liverpool in the Great Depression of the 1930s , the story is told through the eyes of . is taking religious instruction lessons in preparation for his First Communion . His mother is a staunch Roman Catholic . His father loses his job when the shipyard he works for closes . Meanwhile , his sister , , has taken a job as maid for the wealthy Jewish family who own the shipyard . 
 stutters badly under stress , and his strict religious education does not help . The Jewish lady of the house that works for is having an affair , and the girl becomes an accomplice . 's father joins a group of fascists , who rail against rich Jews and cheap Irish labour . His brother secretly attends meetings with socialists . But all this is just a microcosm of a more general breakdown . 
 Life becomes increasingly more insecure and people retreat ever more desperately into their own belief systems . This only leads to increasing conflict , leading inexorably to a single violent act [ clarification needed ] .

The King of Navarre has vowed to avoid romantic entanglements to spend three years in study and contemplation . His chief courtiers agree to follow him in this vow , though one ( ) argues that they will not be able to fulfil this plan . 
 's claim is proven correct almost instantly . The Princess of France comes to Navarre to discuss the status of the province of Aquitaine . Though the King does not grant them access to his palace ( they are forced to camp outside ) , each of the courtiers falls in love with one of her handmaidens , and the King falls in love with the Princess herself . 
 The men attempt to hide their own loves and expose those of their fellows . At the end , after a masked ball in which the pairs of lovers are comically mismatched , all the amours are revealed . However , before the expected nuptial consummation , the women demand that the men prove they are serious by waiting for them . 
 The comic underplot , in which and others attempt to stage a play ( rather like that of the rude mechanicals in A Midsummer Night 's Dream , though with more pretensions to learning ) is severely curtailed , as is the boasting of the Spaniard , .

( ) and wife ( ) are a married couple struggling for a baby , having tried everything they can think of to improve their chances of conceiving . At the same time , begins to find his job ( as a commissioning editor of drama at the BBC ) increasingly unfulfilling . While he resolves to write his own screenplay , he begins to suffer writer 's block . The idea dawns upon him to write about his own predicament , something to which objects strongly . He uses her diary entries to help him achieve authenticity , and the film is a success . finds out about the film and , shocked , leaves . Eventually they reconcile and at the end of the story are still trying for a baby . 
 It marks the second time and have starred in the same film - the first was 101 Dalmatians ( although they shared no scenes ) .

begins in Paris during the Reign of Terror , with the incarcerated Marquis de Sade penning a story about the libidinous Mademoiselle Renard , a ravishing young aristocrat who meets the preeminent sadist in her executioner . 
 Several years later , the Marquis is confined to the asylum for the insane at Charenton , overseen by the enlightened . The Marquis has been publishing his work through laundress , who smuggles manuscripts through an anonymous horseman to a publisher . The Marquis ' latest work , Justine , is published on the black market to great success . Emperor orders all copies of the book to be torched and the author shot , but his advisor , , tempers this contentious idea with one of his own : send alienist Dr. to assess and silence the Marquis . Meanwhile , the teaches to read and write and resists his growing attraction to her . reads the Marquis de Sade 's stories to her fellow workers . Whilst is fascinated by the Marquis de Sade she remains reluctant to give into his advances . The and converse on the Marquis ' inappropriate advances on young women . 
 Dr. arrives , informing the that the Marquis ' " therapeutic writings " have been distributed for public consumption . He presents the with the ultimatum of silencing the Marquis or will be shut down by order of the Emperor . The rejects offers of several aggressive archaic " treatments " and asks to speak with the Marquis himself , who promptly swears obedience ( winking at through a peephole ) . takes his leave for the time being and travels to the Panthemont Convent in Paris to retrieve his promised bride , the underage orphan . They are given a run - down chateau by the Emperor , with a handsome young architect , , on hand for its renovation . 
 The hasty marriage incites much gossip at the asylum , prompting the Marquis to write a farce to be performed at a public exhibition , which Dr and his young wife attend . The audacious play , a shockingly straightforward parallel of the good doctor 's own misogynist domination of his virginal bride , is titled " The Crimes of Love " . The performance is interrupted when the inmate molests off - stage , prompting her to hit him in the face with an iron . The is seen publicly comforting . shuts down the public theater and demands that the do more to control the , or he will inform the ministry that the inmates are running the asylum . Infuriated , the confiscates the ' quills and ink . The Marquis 's wife visits him and he takes out his frustration at not being able to write on her ; she retaliates by asking a surprised Dr that the be entombed forever . They discuss that the ill - gotten gains from the 's books could be used to effect his salvation , in other words , provide forms of restraint . The lack of writing implements results in more subversive behaviour from the Marquis , including a story written in wine on bedsheets and in blood on clothing . This results in further deprivation , eventually leaving the naked in an empty cell . , one of the maids , reveals that has been helping the Marquis . is whipped on the order of Dr. until the Abbé stops him by offering himself instead . The decides that must be sent away . That night she visits his chamber to beg him to reconsider sending her away and confesses her love for him in the process , prompting him to kiss her passionately . They abruptly break away at the realization of what they are doing . runs off and catches the calling after her . 
 Meanwhile , violently raped on their wedding night , and continues to keep her as a virtual prisoner . She purchases a copy of Justine , seduces , and the young lovers run off to England together . She leaves behind a letter explaining her actions and her copy of Justine . Upon finding this , seizes on the as the source of his troubles and embarks upon a quest for revenge , by having him tortured . 
 About to be sent away from for her role in assisting the , begs a last story from him , which is to be relayed to her through the asylum patients . , the inmate at the end of the relay , is excited by the story , breaks out of his cell , and attacks . hears 's screams but chooses to ignore them and she is killed by . The asylum is set afire by the pyromaniac and the inmates break out of their cells . 
 's body is found by her blind mother and the in the laundry vat . The is devastated by 's death and is captured and imprisoned inside an iron dummy . The Abbé blames the Marquis for 's death and prods him into a fury . The Marquis claims he had been with in every way imaginable , only to be told she had died a virgin . The Abbé has the Marquis ' tongue cut out as punishment for his involvement , but is riddled with remorse and physically punishes himself . The then has a dream in which comes alive and they have sex , but ultimately it ends with him holding her corpse . The Marquis ' health declines severely , but he remains perverse as ever , decorating his dungeon with a story , using faeces as ink . As the Marquis lies dying , the reads him the last rites and offers him a crucifix to kiss . The Marquis defiantly swallows the crucifix and chokes to death on it . 
 A year later , the new arrives at Charenton and is given the grand tour by . During the tour they meet the maid and through the exchange between herself and it is apparent that there is a connection . The asylum has been converted into a print shop , with the inmates as its staff . The books being printed are the works of the Marquis de Sade . At the end of the tour , the new meets his predecessor , who resides in the Marquis ' old cell . Yearning to write , he begs paper and a quill from the new , and tries to strangle when he ventures to close the peephole . The is herded off by - Collard before he can hear anymore from his predecessor . However , the peephole opens , and 's mother thrusts paper , quill , and ink through . The Abbé begins to scribble furiously , with the Marquis providing the narration .

( ) is 32 years old , single , very accident - prone , and worried about her weight . She works in publicity at a book publishing company in London where her main focus is fantasising about her boss , ( ) . At a New Year party hosted by her parents , she re - encounters ( ) , the barrister son of her parents ' friends . They had known each other as children . After their initial encounter , thinks that is a fool and vulgar and thinks that he is arrogant and rude , and is disgusted by his novelty Christmas jumper . After overhearing grumble to his mother about her attempts to set him up with " a verbally incontinent spinster who smokes like a chimney , drinks like a fish and dresses like her mother " , she decides to turn her life around . She starts her own diary , which covers all her attempts to stop smoking , lose weight and find her Mr. Right . 
 and begin to flirt heavily at work , first over email , ahead of an important book launch , at which bumps into and his glamorous but haughty colleague ( ) . leaves with and they have dinner , despite the fact that he is a notorious womaniser with a questionable personality , of which is aware . learns from that he and have a history and , as a result , hate each other . informs of their falling - out , telling her that broke their friendship by sleeping with 's fiancée . 
 is invited to a family party , and she takes along as her " plus one " . They spend the day before the party at a country house hotel , where and are also staying . , having to spend the day working , is not able to attend and sends to the party alone . However , his dubious character becomes clearer to when she returns home from the party to find with another woman , a colleague of his , ( ) , and cuts ties with him soon after . begins to search for a new job and after landing a job in television , quits her role at the publishing house without giving notice . makes a desperate attempt to convince to stay , only for her to retort that she would " rather have a job wiping arse . " 
 has a long - standing invitation to a friend 's dinner party , where she is the only single person and distraught to see and seated at the table . During the party , privately confesses to that , despite her faults , he likes her " just as you are . " He later helps to achieve an exclusive TV interview in a landmark legal case . 
 begins to develop feelings for , and he comes to her rescue at her birthday dinner party at her flat in Borough , which she is disastrously attempting to cater for herself . drunkenly visits , temporarily claiming 's attention . leaves the party , but returns to face . punches and the two fight . They end up in a nearby restaurant and finally smash through the window , landing on the street . wins the battle and knocks out . chides for being mean and he leaves , but after an insensitive appeal by , she also rejects him emphatically . 
 In the meantime , 's mother , Pamela ( ) temporarily leaves 's father , ( ) and begins an affair with a perma - tanned shopping channel presenter named . After the affair is over and she has reconciled with , she returns to the family home and unintentionally reveals a truth : that and 's falling - out resulted from ( who was 's best friend at Cambridge University ) seducing 's wife , not the other way around , as had led to believe . 
 At the ' ruby wedding anniversary party the same day , confesses her feelings for , only to find out that he and are both leaving to accept jobs in New York . interrupts the toast to their pending engagement with a stuttering but moving speech about England losing one of its finest men . Her words clearly have an effect on , but he still flies to New York , though with obvious misgivings . 's friends rally to repair her broken heart with a surprise trip to Paris , and just as they are about to leave , appears at 's flat . 
 When they are about to kiss for the first time , goes to her bedroom to change into sexier underwear . While is changing , peeks at her diary , in which she has written many insults about him . returns to find that he has left . Realising that he had read her diary and that she might potentially lose him again , runs outside after him in the snow with a thin sweater and tiger skin - print underwear . Unable to find him , she is disheartened and is about to return home when appears having bought a new diary for in order " to make a fresh start . " They kiss in the snow - covered streets . then notes that " nice boys do n't kiss like that , " to which , contrary to his uptight nature , retorts " Oh yes they fucking do . "

Greece 's Ionian Islands are invaded by the Italian army when it brings a large garrison and a few Germans to the tranquil island of Cephalonia , whose inhabitants surrender immediately . Captain , an officer of the Italian 33rd Acqui Infantry Division , has a jovial personality and a passion for the mandolin , and trains his battery of men , ( who have never fired a shot ) , to choral sing . Initially he alienates a number of villagers , including , the daughter of the village doctor . She is an educated and strong - willed woman . At first offended by the Italian soldier 's behaviour , she slowly warms to 's charm , and mandolin playing , as they are forced to share her father 's home after the doctor agrees to put him up in exchange for medical supplies . 
 When 's fiancé , , a local fisherman , heads off to war on the mainland , the friendship between and grows . Her beauty and intelligence have captured 's heart , and his fondness for the village 's vibrant community has caused him to question his reasons for fighting . , and his battery of musical troops , becomes a part of the villagers ' lives ; but the moment is fleeting . As the war grows closer , and are forced to choose between their allegiances and the love they feel for one another . 
 The Italian government surrenders to the Allies , and the Italian troops happily prepare to return home . However , their erstwhile allies , the Germans , insist on disarming them , intemperately and violently . The Greeks are also exposed to the brutality of the incoming Germans , and arrange with the Italians to use their arms in a brief but futile resistance . For this , the German High Command has thousands of the Italian troops shot as traitors . survives when one of his soldiers shields him from the fusillade of the German executioners ' bullets with his body , and falls dead on top of him . finds , still alive among the pile of massacred soldiers , and takes him to Pelagia and the doctor for treatment and recovery , and then to a boat to escape the island . As a result of 's questioning , admits that he rescued from the heap of dead soldiers because he wanted to re - kindle their love . But it does no good and the couple part . Earlier , on one of 's return visits to Cephallonia , he advises that the reason he never replied to her many love letters is because he is illiterate . 
 In 1947 , receives a parcel from Italy containing a record of the tune wrote for her , but no note . An earthquake destroys much of the village including the doctor 's house ; but island life continues , and , soon after , returns to Pelagia .

The film follows the story of two women living in London , ( ) and ( ) , attempting to con a group of gangsters , led by ( ) and ( ) , into giving them £ 1,000,000 after they overhear a conversation between gang members during a local bank heist . The idea is that the money will later be used to purchase a large amount of expensive medical equipment for the hospital where works as an overworked and underpaid nurse . , a failing American actress who has resorted to doing voice acting for children 's cartoons , wants the money so that she can get out of the rut she believes she is stuck in , and also because she wants a Mercedes to replace her aging Pontiac Firebird . 
 Throughout the course of the film , the women threaten the mobsters in order to persuade them to give them a cut of the heist money . As the film progresses , the danger the women are in becomes more obvious , and just as it appears that they are out of their depth - ' car is blown up and is almost kidnapped - they successfully break into 's house and confront him and one of his gang . A mass shoot - out occurs after it becomes clear that the girls have stolen all of 's guns and have bagged all the money . They manage to get away in the gang members ' Porsche Boxster with the bags of money . The hospital equipment is delivered to 's hospital anonymously , as and look on . They then drive off into London in the Mercedes CLK that they have bought with some of the money , happy that they have done the right thing .

When the young meets fellow student at Somerville College , Oxford , he is a naive virgin easily flummoxed by her libertine spirit , arch personality , and obvious artistic talent . Decades later , little has changed and the couple keeps house , with doting on his more famous wife . When begins experiencing forgetfulness and dementia , however , the devoted struggles with hopelessness and frustration , and becomes her caretaker , as his wife 's mind deteriorates from the ravages of Alzheimer 's disease .

The title refers to a pub landlord 's last call and the final wishes of a dying man , in this instance ( ) , an east London butcher who greatly influenced four men over the course of his flawed but decent life . The quartet gathers to scatter 's ashes in Margate , where he had hoped to retire to a small seaside cottage with his wife ( ) , a dream that was never fulfilled . 
 The four are professional horse race gambler ( ) , aka , who fought beside during World War II and has been his best friend since ; former boxer ( ) , who is always ready to settle an argument with his fists ; undertaker ( ) who acts as a buffer of sorts and 's son ( ) , a dealer of used luxury cars , whose relationship with his father never quite recovered when , as a young boy , he learned his real family perished in a wartime bombing and and took in the orphaned infant and raised him as their own . 
 As the quartet journeys from London by car to honour 's request , with stops at Canterbury Cathedral , the Chatham Naval Memorial , the hop farm where and met and a couple of pubs , they reminisce about their friend . 
 is on a journey of her own to visit their daughter ( ) who has learning difficulties and was institutionalized shortly after her birth fifty years earlier . Over the years barely acknowledged her existence but faithfully visited her weekly , even though had no idea of who she was or why she visited . 
 Through frequent flashbacks that stretch across six decades , the stories of the events that brought these people to this point in their lives slowly unfold , ultimately revealing the importance of friendship and love .

, , and work graveyard shifts in various soul - killing jobs ( the hospital , a supermarket , a factory and a call centre , respectively ) and meet up in a cafe after work to kill time . Apart from this each has very little of a life . has n't met his girlfriend for three weeks and is beginning to wonder if she still lives in his apartment . is a serial womanizer . , formerly a writer of porn stories , ca n't pluck up the courage to ask out his attractive workmate . , unknown to the others , has been fired from her job , but still shows up after her " shift " every night to talk . 
 At the hospital , strikes up a friendship with the girlfriend of a coma patient ; she confides in him that at the time of the accident she was about to end the relationship . Later , the two sleep together . 
 Meanwhile , picks up an attractive young woman , who turns out to be 's girlfriend . Several days later 's colleague has a fatal heart attack ; As he is taken to the hospital , accompanies him and runs into . In a moment of humanity he confesses to have slept with ; reacts first with disbelief , then with violence . Returning to his flat , he discovers that has moved out . 
 receives an anonymous phone call and tracing it discovers that it came from a small town where 's friend has an aunt . , and decide to drive there to find . On the way there they spot on the side of the road ; they pick him up , and says they 're even after crushing 's favourite possession - a watch that belonged to . 
 Unable to find the group gather in a cafe and confesses that she lost her job . After and leave to play crazy golf , runs into and sets up a meeting between her and ; the two of them discuss the issues in their relationship and come to the conclusion that everything is over . 
 On the way back the group stops at a motorway service station ; asks out and is turned down , but still sees this as progress . and argue over who gets to keep the flat , but later kiss when taking photobooth pictures together . 
 The final scene has finally manage to switch the irritating radio station ; the radio plays a noticeably more modern and upbeat song .

This drama charts the development of the friendship between two very different girls , ( ) and ( ) , from their teenage years during the late 1970s to the present day . 
 The first scene depicts the girls at 12 years old in 1973 . Although they are next - door neighbours , both girls come from very different backgrounds . is Jewish and has an overprotective mother , while has a mother who is much more laid back and her father is almost never around . At this point , also develops a crush on 's older brother . 
 The film then cuts to 1978 , which finds them lying on 's bed smoking because they 're bored . Later on , runs over to 's house to tell her that she 's found out about a party that 's girlfriend , , is having . When the girls get to the party , the others ask if they would like to " play a game " , although the " game " simply involves shooting heroin . 's girlfriend soon leaves with the other two guys ; while wants to follow them , begs her not to . However , when gets up to leave , kisses and the two end up sleeping together . sees them and becomes angry , telling that only had sex with her because he was stoned and probably did n't even recognize her . The next morning , wakes up and asks her to leave a note with that says what happened last night was " beautiful " but a case of bad timing , and that he looks forward to their future . However , angrily rips up the note and goes to see who is sitting in her yard reading a book . When asks if said anything about the night before , lies , and says " no " , but reassures that they will always have each other . 
 The film then jumps ahead to 1982 , at which point and are attending university together . In addition , they are both sleeping with the same professor ; a man that had originally thought boring . comes to visit , and he and reconnect . decides she wants to be with him . But , when she goes to end things with her professor , she sees kissing him goodbye . She runs back to , so upset she forgets about the relationship they were about to enter . soon confronts and the two fight . While soon makes up with , she ruins things between and by telling them both that the other has n't wanted to talk to them . Ultimately , the three of them are reunited at a New Year 's party , where announces his intent to marry his girlfriend . 
 The next scene finds the girls in their late 20s , in 1989 . is a writer , dating a man has chosen for her . is dating a Jewish doctor . comes over to 's place and tells her he talks to her in his head all the time . They are interrupted by 's boyfriend returning , at which point she tells to leave . Shortly thereafter , she decides she wants to go to America , but tries to stop her by telling her she is pregnant . 
 Some time later , the characters are reunited at another New Year 's Eve party . While playing " Guess Who ? " , begins to describe someone in a very deep way . guesses , but claims it 's . says she 's bored with this game and they should play sardines . As they wander through the dark house , begins to kiss 's boyfriend . and then find each other , however , and tells him she also talks to him all the time in her head . When 's boyfriend refuses her advances , freaks out and runs outside . confronts her , and tells her they have to stop being friends . tells her " there 's no me without you ! " tells her there is . As walks away , catches up to her and asks if he can come . The two ride a bus away . 
 The final scene finds the characters in 2001 . and have a daughter , and has a daughter and a son . and do not appear as close as they once were , although each accepts the other 's presence for the sake of their two young daughters , who appear to be best friends .

( ) , a former captain of the England national football team who was banned from football for life for fixing a match between England and Germany ( the England Football Team 's greatest European rivals ) , is sentenced to three years in Longmarsh prison for assaulting two police officers after a long drinking session and driving recklessly to a local bar . 
 Once inside , he is immediately beaten by the prison guards for misbehaving , and is subsequently approached by the prison governor . The governor offers a job as coach of the prison wardens ' football team ; not wanting to make enemies with the other prisoners , declines , and instead offers to train a team consisting of other inmates , who will take on the wardens in a practice match . then recruits the resident contraband dealer , , as his right - hand man , and receives advice from an elderly convict , , who teaches prison lore and warns to avoid making mistakes by revealing he was in prison for killing an enemy as well as the enemy 's wife and child with a grenade . 
 wins the respect of the other inmates after he attacks an officer , Mr. , who is severely beating , and is then occupied with the task of training up his team of cons , including a maximum - security con named ( ) . Meanwhile , the governor of the prison gets himself into trouble with " , " an unlicensed bookie who was recommended to him by , the resident prison boss , and decides to try to make back the money he owes by betting on the prison guards ' team . is killed when , an unstable inmate and bomb expert , plants a bomb in 's locker at the encouragement of Mr. . is subsequently sent to another facility , but not to the minimum - security hospital he was promised – he is sent to an alternate facility where reveals he will be heavily sedated all the time . 
 The match commences shortly after 's death . At half time , the inmates ' team , Mean Machine is winning 1–0 , and things are going well until the governor , fearing what will happen if he loses a second bet , attempts to blackmail into throwing the match . At first he puts his own interests before that of the team 's , deliberately playing badly but as the final moments of the game tick down , he redeems himself , bravely using a square - ball to fellow inmate ' ' ( ) to win the game for the cons . Afterward , the Captain of the Guards , Mr. , refuses to co - operate with the governor 's attempts to get revenge on , instead congratulating him on the match . The governor 's vehicle explodes , and informs him that he , and , will retaliate if he tries anything . and walk triumphantly across the pitch .

England manager suffers a heart attack during qualification for the World Cup , which started out well but has gone badly wrong of late . The FA heads meet to decide who should be the new England manager , but soon run into trouble . 
 The most successful Premiership manager is Scottish ( based on Sir ) , the second most successful is a former England captain who is interested in the job , but the FA decide that he is too much of a " loudmouth " and refuse to consider him ( a reference to the numerous times was passed over for the England job ) , while none of the other English managers in the Premiership are interested . They are forced to look to Division One , and , who has just won the Mr Clutch Cup with Norwich City . 
 takes over the England team and appoints his assistant manager ( ) ( a reference to under the era ) who is very old - fashioned in his beliefs and still acts like a used car salesman and often compares the England players ' performances to cars , and coach ( ) , a spineless " yes man " who once managed with at Colchester United ( a reference to under the era ) . The team need one win from three World Cup qualifiers to get to the World Cup Finals in Brazil . 
 With a squad featuring a pony tailed goalkeeper ( based on ) . , an alcoholic ( based on ) . , a striker going through a very poor run of form ( based on ) ; , a playboy midfielder ( based on ) and , an extremely aggressive centre back ( based on / Vinnie Jones ) . He plays an old fashioned 4–4–2 formation , and attempts to bring football back to where it belongs . Unfortunately , he loses his first two games in charge , and his managerial career is already on the rocks . 
 Needing to beat Slovenia in the final qualifier to make it to Brazil , England can only manage a draw . However , a shock 2 - 0 win by Luxembourg over Turkey sees them go through on goal difference . He and his team record the official England World Cup song with girl group Atomic Kitten and " hellraiser " . 
 So , England are on their way to Brazil . When they arrive , progress is not smooth as they start their tour by brawling with the Scottish and Irish teams . A difficult group stage sees them on the verge of heading home after they can only manage a goalless draw with unfancied Egypt before losing 4 - 0 to Mexico . To make matters worse , also receives a phone call from his wife back in England , informing him that his son was bullied at school for the Egypt draw , resulting in his eyebrows being shaved off ( a reference to an Egyptian custom , in which a family , when mourning a death of a pet cat , would shave off their own eyebrows ) . 
 One of England 's training sessions is rendered pointless after locks the footballs in his Opel and goes shopping . Captain is sent home for taking part in hooliganism . Midfield playmaker accidentally gets involved in a drunken tryst with a transsexual . Assistant manager is sacked after punching for berating him as useless and when mixes flaming sambucas with anti - depressants , it seems things can get no worse . 
 The morning after his drunken incident , he is involved in a press conference where he is expected to step down from the managerial position . When he announces that he is carrying on , the press begin to get hostile and responds by the reciting of " If — " by , which he finishes by saying that " England will be playing 4–4 – fucking–2 " and storms out . 
 Following this , England need to beat Argentina to get through to the second round . England succeed when dribbles past the Argentinian defence and blasts a shot which deflects off the crossbar . then punches the ball into the net . 
 England advance to the knock - out stages , where they beat Romania and France . scores a hat trick against Romania and becomes England 's top goal scorer with 52 international goals . But in the semi - finals , England lose to host nation Brazil . On their plane journey back to Britain , states that England equalled their best performance since they won in 1966 ( in 1990 , England finished fourth ) . This implies that England lost the third place playoff , which is not seen in the film . At the airport , the team depart the plane to a cheering crowd , where confirms to the waiting press that he will remain as manager .

In 1976 television presenter sees the Sex Pistols perform at the Manchester Lesser Free Trade Hall for the first time . Inspired , starts a weekly series of punk rock shows at a Manchester club , where the newly formed Joy Division perform , led by the erratic , brooding . 
 founds a record label , Factory Records , and signs Joy Division as the first band ; the contract is written in 's blood and gives the Factory artists full control over their music . He hires irascible producer Martin to record Joy Division , and soon the band and label have a hit record . In 1980 , just before Joy Division is to tour the United States , hangs himself . Joy Division rename themselves New Order and record a hit single , " Blue Monday " . 
 opens a nightclub , The Haçienda ; business is slow at first , but eventually the club is packed each night . signs another hit band , Happy Mondays , led by , and the ecstasy - fuelled rave culture is born . 
 Despite the apparent success , Factory Records is losing money . Every copy of " Blue Monday " sold loses five pence , as the intricately designed packaging by costs more than the single 's sale price . pays for New Order to record a new album in Ibiza , but after two years , they still have not delivered a record . He pays for the Happy Mondays to record their fourth studio album in Barbados , but spends all the recording money on drugs . When finally receives the finished album , he finds that has refused to record vocals , and all the tracks are instrumentals . At the Haçienda , ecstasy use is curbing alcohol sales and attracting gang violence . 
 The Factory partners try to save the business by selling the label to London Records but when reveals that the label does not hold binding contracts with any of its artists , the deal falls through . While smoking marijuana on the roof of Haçienda after its closing night , has a vision of who assures he has earned a place in history .

In Cambridge , three animal liberation activists break into a medical research laboratory . A scientist in the lab desperately warns them against releasing the captive chimpanzees , which are infected with a highly contagious rage - inducing virus . Ignoring his pleas , the activists release a chimp , which infects a female activist . She then attacks and infects everyone else present . 
 28 days later , in London , , a bicycle courier , awakens from a coma in St Thomas ' Hospital . He finds the entire hospital deserted . He wanders the streets of London , finding it deserted as well , with signs of catastrophe everywhere . enters a church where a mass suicide has taken place , aside from two infected who are alerted by him saying " Hello ? " He then finds a priest , who turns out to be infected . flees , attracting attention of more infected , but survivors and rescue him . At their shelter , they explain to that while he was in a coma , a virus had spread quickly among the populace , resulting in societal collapse . They claim the virus had been reported in Paris and New York City as well , suggesting the infection has spread worldwide . 
 The next day , and accompany to his parents ' house in Deptford , where he discovers they committed suicide in bed together . That night , the three are attacked by more infected . is bitten , and kills him . She curtly explains that the virus spreads through blood and saliva and overwhelms its victims in 10 to 20 seconds . She warns that should become infected , she will kill him " in a heartbeat " . The two see some blinking Christmas lights from Balfron Tower and head there . They discover two more survivors – cab driver and his daughter – who allow them to take shelter . The next day , informs them that their supplies – particularly water – are dwindling . He plays them a pre - recorded radio broadcast from a military blockade near Manchester , claiming they have " the answer to infection " and promises to protect any survivors who reach them . 
 The group board Frank 's cab and head to Manchester , bonding with one another during the trip . At the deserted blockade , is infected when a drop of blood falls into his eye . He is killed by the arriving soldiers , who take the remaining survivors to a fortified mansion under the command of Major . reveals to that his " answer to infection " entails waiting for the infected to starve to death and luring female survivors into sexual slavery to repopulate the world . The group attempts to flee , but is captured and chained next to Sergeant , a dissenting soldier . shares with his speculation that the virus has not spread beyond Great Britain and that the country is being quarantined . 
 The next day , the soldiers prepare the girls for gang rape , while two soldiers lead and to execution . When his executioners argue after killing , escapes . lures and another soldier to the blockade , where kills the latter and leaves stranded for arriving infected . He runs back to the mansion and releases , an infected soldier kept for observation . quickly spreads the infection among the soldiers in the mansion . In the confusion , Corporal drags upstairs to rape her , but interrupts and kills him . The two reunite with and run to 's cab . is shot by , who has been waiting inside the cab . grabs through the rear window of the cab and kills him . The trio finally leave the mansion . 
 Another 28 days later , is recovering at a remote cottage . Downstairs , he finds sewing large swaths of fabric when appears . The three rush outside and unfurl a huge cloth banner , adding the final letter to the word " HELLO " laid out on the meadow . A lone fighter jet flies over the three survivors , the infected are shown dying of starvation , and the pilot calls in a rescue helicopter .

is the leader of Da West Staines Massiv , a fictional gang composed of wannabe gangsters from Staines . Their chief rivals are Da East Staines Massiv . Da West Staines Massiv are heartbroken to learn that their beloved local leisure centre , where teaches a life support group for young schoolboys , will be demolished by the local council , so they decide to protest . After he goes on a hunger strike and is spotted chained to some railings by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Deputy Prime Minister , he is drawn into a world of political intrigue , as the Deputy Prime Minister tries to use as a tool to destroy the Prime Minister 's credibility . is put forward as a candidate to be the next MP for Staines and manages to alienate most who cross his path . During a debate with his rival candidate , tries to insult his rival by claiming that he " sucked off a horse , " but the rival unintentionally confesses to 's claim and wins . 
 Out of his depth as a Member of Parliament , 's bizarre behaviour and solutions seem to work . He visits a customs checkpoint in Dover , as a delegate compiling a report . Through ideas such as making more relatable education and ensuring the immigration of attractive women into the UK , becomes incredibly popular , meeting the Prime Minister 's intentions and bringing his percentage lead in the polls up twenty two percent . With this the Prime Minister offers to save 's leisure centre . accompanies the Prime Minister to a United Nations peace conference to avert war between the French - speaking African nations of Chad and Burkina Faso . The United States and Russia back opposite countries and both threaten nuclear attacks . sneaks into the catering area and puts a bag of marijuana into the delegates ' tea . A side - effect is that the two opposing presidents become allies . The Prime Minister says that has saved the world . Carlton 's secretary figures out what has done and retrieves the empty bag , which she mails to the press . Upon his return to the UK , is forced to leave parliament . 
 Before the Leisure Centre can be saved , a video emerges of and his girlfriend having sex in the Prime Minister 's bedroom at Chequers . As was wearing items of the Prime Minister 's hat and coat at the time , the media believe the video details the Prime Minister with a prostitute , forcing his resignation . This results in being made Prime Minister . orders the destruction of the leisure centre . He has bought all available real estate in Staines knowing that the town will be destroyed to make way for a new terminal for Heathrow Airport , which will make him wealthy . The West Staines Massiv race to find the master copy of the CCTV tape proving the former Prime Minister 's innocence , extending the olive branch to the gangs of Staines and Berkshire to help them break into the vaults and retrieve the tape . They do this successfully and reinstate the original Prime Minister . is saved from destruction , with the Prime Minister declaring that Slough is to be destroyed instead and live happily ever after when is posted as the British ambassador to Jamaica . is forced to work under in Jamaica and dance in drag during 's party .

Sacha Baron Cohen, Martin Freeman, Michael Gambon, Charles Dance

The film begins with a day nearing end . , the daughter in the first family , is shown working in a nursing home . , her father , is shown driving people around in his minicab . , 's mother , is shown working as a cashier at Safeway store alongside , the mother in the second family . When leaves work , she cycles home to find her eighteen - year - old son in a fight with a local boy for taking his football . 
 is a lazy , obese , ill - mannered teenager who stays home all day and does n't work . Complications with 's obesity arise when after an altercation with a gang of youths playing " Piggy in the Middle " , he ultimately runs out of breath , begins to hyperventilate and is hospitalised after suffering a heart attack . 
 The second family consists of , another cashier at Safeway , and her daughter , a waitress at a cafe . A brief storyline involves a dispute with 's boyfriend , . finds herself pregnant , despite being on the pill , and this leads to a heated argument among the three characters . 
 The third family consists of , who is a minicab driver along with , his unemployed teenage daughter , and his wife , an unemployed alcoholic who is always shown intoxicated . 
 The film does not have one single storyline , but several . All are leading up to the climax , when suffers a heart attack , leading to a relationship crisis in the first family .

( ) is the 18 - year - old daughter of Punjabi Sikhs living in Hounslow , London . ( ) is the same age and the daughter of a native English family . is infatuated with football , but because she is a woman , her conservative family wo n't let her play . However , she sometimes plays in the park with boys , including her best friend , ( ) , a closeted gay man . 
 Whilst on a jog through the park , discovers 's skills , befriends her , and invites her to try out for the local women 's football team , the Hounslow Harriers coached by ( ) . is extremely happy and excited about the tryouts , even though is sceptical about a new player joining the team . After seeing 's skills , accepts her on the team and lies to about her parents being cool with the idea . 
 's parents ( and ) eventually discover that has been playing football behind their backs . They become more strict and forbid to play in any more matches . The elder are also distracted by their elaborate wedding plans for 's older sister , ( ) . Thanks to the skills of and , the Harriers reach the finals of the league tournament . Unfortunately , the finals and 's wedding fall on the same day . 
 pleads with Mr to allow to play , but Mr refuses , which reveals that he does not want to suffer the way he did when he was excluded from a cricket club because of being Indian . develops an attraction toward , and when the team plays in Hamburg , Germany and goes out clubbing , they 're caught by when about to kiss . also has a crush on , and this sours the two girls ' friendship , as is adamant that she had told about her crush . When goes to 's house to try to patch up their friendship , 's mother ( ) is misled and thinks they 're hiding a lesbian relationship . 
 accepts that is not allowed to play and the final begins without her . But halfway through 's wedding , convinces Mr to let go . He agrees , and drives to the game , where the Harriers are losing 1–0 with half an hour left . and tie the score , and when is awarded a free kick , she must bend the ball around the wall of players to score . She succeeds and the Harriers win the tournament . and are offered sports scholarships at Santa Clara University in California , which tells her parents immediately , whereas has trouble telling hers . and her mother arrive at 's wedding so that can celebrate with . When Mrs accuses of being a hypocrite and a lesbian , grabs her mother and runs off in shame . 
 has still not told her parents about the scholarship – she is afraid they might not allow her to go to the United States on her own . , out of friendship for , decides to lie to the family and tell them he is engaged to as long as she gets to go to any college she wants . reveals the lie and her mother blames 's father for allowing her to play . 's father convinces her mother to accept 's wishes after telling her he does n't want to suffer as he did . flees to the football field to tell of her parents ' decision . The two almost kiss , but pulls away , saying her parents would object , and that although they had come far enough to let her go to America to play , she does n't think they would be able to handle another cultural rebellion from her . 
 On the day of and 's flight to America , 's mother gives her daughter a football jersey and wishes her good luck , this being her way of telling her daughter that she has accepted 's decision . The two are about to board the plane when arrives and confesses his love for . The two kiss and agrees to sort out their relationship ( and her parents ) when she returns for Christmas . While at the airport , they see with his wife , which takes as a sign . and send their parents a team photograph , and it is revealed that is pregnant . Finally , Mr is seen practising cricket with 's help .

MI6 officer — agent 007 — infiltrates a North Korean military base , where Colonel is illegally trading weapons for African conflict diamonds . After 's assistant discovers that is a British agent , attempts to kill and a hovercraft chase ensues , ending with 's apparent death . survives , but is captured by North Korean soldiers and imprisoned by the Colonel 's father , General . 
 After 14 months of captivity and torture , is traded for in a prisoner exchange . He is sedated and taken to meet , who informs him that his status as a 00 Agent is suspended under suspicion of having leaked information under duress . is convinced that he has been set up by a double agent in the British government and decides to avenge his betrayal . After escaping from the custody of MI6 , he discovers that he is in Hong Kong , where he learns from a Chinese agent that is in Cuba . 
 In Havana meets NSA agent , with whom he is intimate . Later , follows her to a gene therapy clinic , where patients can have their appearances altered through DNA restructuring . locates inside the clinic and attempts to kill him , but he escapes , leaving behind a pendant which leads to a cache of diamonds , identified as conflict diamonds , but bearing the crest of the company owned by British billionaire . learns that only appeared a year prior , apparently discovering a vein of diamonds in Iceland leading to his current wealth , celebrity , and philanthropy from its assets . 
 At Blades Club in London meets , along with his assistant , who is also an undercover MI6 agent . After a fencing exercise ( and a literal sword - fight ) , is invited by to Iceland for a scientific demonstration . Shortly afterwards , tells of MI6 's doubts about , restores 's Double-0 status and offers assistance in the investigation . 
 At his ice palace adjacent to the diamond mine site in Iceland , unveils a new orbital mirror satellite , " Icarus " , which is able to focus solar energy on a small area and provide year - round sunshine for crop development . During the night , infiltrates ' command centre , but is captured by and . rescues her and later discovers that Colonel is still alive . has used the gene therapy technology to change his appearance , creating the identity of and amassing his fortune from sale of the conflict diamonds . 
 confronts , but arrives to reveal herself as the traitor who betrayed in North Korea , forcing to escape from ' facility . then returns in his Aston Martin Vanquish to rescue , who has been captured once again within the palace . As uses Icarus to melt the ice palace , pursues into the palace in his own vehicle . kills by causing a giant ice chandelier to fall onto him , and then revives after she has drowned . 
 and pursue and to the Korean peninsula and stow away on ' cargo plane . reveals his true identity to his father , and the true purpose of the Icarus satellite : to cut a path through the Korean Demilitarized Zone with concentrated sunlight , allowing North Korean troops to invade South Korea and reunite the peninsula by force . Horrified at the fact that it would result in a nuclear war with the United States , General tries to stop the plan , but he is murdered by his own son . 
 attempts to shoot but he is prevented by one of the soldiers on board . In their struggle , a gunshot pierces the fuselage , causing the plane to descend rapidly . engages in a fist fight , and attempts to regain control of the plane . attacks , forcing her to defend herself in a sword duel . After the plane passes through the Icarus beam and is further damaged , kills . attempts to escape by parachute , but opens the parachute , causing to be pulled out of the plane and into one of its engines , killing him and disabling the Icarus beam . and then escape from the disintegrating plane in a helicopter from the cargo hold , carrying away ' stash of diamonds in the process . In the end , they are seen to have sex amidst diamonds in a small house located in a valley .

is an illegal Nigerian immigrant to the United Kingdom who drives a cab in London during the day and works at the front desk of a hotel at night . The hotel is staffed with many immigrants , both legal and illegal . keeps himself awake by chewing khat , an herbal stimulant . A doctor in his home country , he was forced to flee after being falsely accused of murdering his wife . In London , he is pressed into giving medical treatment to other poor immigrants , including fellow cab drivers with venereal diseases . 's friend , an employee at a hospital mortuary , provides him with antibiotics under the table . 
 A prostitute known as , who plies her trade in the hotel , informs about a blocked toilet in one of the hotel rooms . He fishes out the blockage and finds a human heart . The manager of the hotel , , runs an illegal operation at the hotel wherein immigrants swap kidneys for forged passports . After learning of 's past as a doctor , pressures him to join his operation as a surgeon , but refuses . 
 is a Turkish Muslim seeking asylum , who also works at the hotel , as a cleaner . Her immigration status allows her to stay in the UK providing she does not work ; the hotel is a perfect cover because she is not named on its books . She allows to sleep on her sofa when she is not home , her religion forbidding her from being alone with a man , other than a relative , at any time . 
 is frightened after a visit from the Immigration service , and convinces to leave before the authorities find him in her home . The officials find a book of matches from the hotel and decide to inspect it before arrives for her early morning shift . asks the doorman to intercept ; the officials do n't catch her , but she can no longer work at the hotel . She begins working in a sweatshop making clothes , but the officials raid that site , too . The entire staff flee to the roof while the manager gets rid of the Immigration agents . The manager will let keep her job and promises not to report her to the authorities only if she will perform oral sex on him . After a couple of such sessions , she refuses to cooperate and bites him , then flees with an expensive coat and some dresses . 
 finds her a place to stay at the hospital mortuary , but panics . She asks him to raise money for her to travel to America by selling the stolen clothes and acting as a surgeon in 's organ business . refuses . 
 In desperation , agrees to exchange a kidney for a passport . As a " deal maker " , takes her virginity as well , and later provides her with the morning - after pill . After learning of 's plan , tells that he will perform the operation to ensure her safety , but only if provides them both with passports under different names . After delivers the passports , and drug him , surgically remove his kidney , and sell it to 's contact . 
 plans to use his new identity to return to his young daughter in Nigeria , and plans to start a new life in New York City . Before they part at Stansted Airport , she gives him her cousin 's address in New York . They mouth the words , " I love you " , to each other . boards her plane , and calls long - distance to his daughter to tell her he is coming home at last .

A couple is seen camping in the Scottish Highlands . The woman gives the man a silver letter opener as a present ; shortly afterward they are killed in their tent by unseen assailants . 
 Meanwhile , a soldier named Private is seen running through a forest in North Wales . He attacks his pursuers , but is overwhelmed and wrestled to the ground . It is revealed that is trying to join a special forces unit but fails when he refuses to shoot a dog in cold blood . He is returned to his unit by Captain . 
 Four weeks later , a squad of six British soldiers , including , are dropped into the Scottish Highlands , somewhat fed up about missing an England – Germany World Cup match . Expecting to carry out a training mission against a Special Air Service ( SAS ) unit , they only find the SAS unit 's savaged remains . 
 A badly wounded Captain , the only survivor , makes cryptic references to what attacked them . Unseen predators then attack the troops . 
 While retreating , is impaled by a tree branch , killing him , and Sergeant is attacked . He is rescued by and carried to a rural roadside where the group meets , a zoologist who takes them to a lonely house belonging to an unknown family . 
 The soldiers who remain are , , , , and . As darkness falls , the house is surrounded by the attackers : to the soldiers ' incredulity , these are revealed to be werewolves . 
 They try to get in the Land Rover but find it has been destroyed by the werewolves . The soldiers maintain a desperate defence against the creatures , believing that if they can make it to sunrise , the werewolves will revert to human form . 
 and then treat ' wounds . After is abducted and their ammunition runs short , they realize they will not last and decide to try to escape . creates a diversion while tries to steal a Land Rover from the garage . When he gets in , sees in the garage being eaten alive by a werewolf , who rips off 's head and throws it at the windshield . drives up to the house door , then realizes that a werewolf is hiding in the back seat , going down fighting . 
 Under interrogation , reveals that the government had sent him on a mission to capture a live werewolf , so that it could be studied and exploited as a weapon ; 's squad was supposed to be the bait . An enraged and attempt to kill , but he transforms into a werewolf due to his wounds and escapes out of a window , running off into the forest . It is then revealed that the unknown family of the house are the werewolves . 
 The soldiers try blowing up the barn - where told them the werewolves must be hiding - with petrol , gas canisters , matches , and the Land Rover . Once the structure has been destroyed , reveals that not only were there no werewolves in the barn , but she had persuaded them to destroy their only means of transport . She is a werewolf , as well , and had been suppressing the metamorphosis until she gave in . She also reveals that she unlocked the back door to the house , allowing the werewolves to get inside . 
 Before she fully transforms , runs into the room just in time and shoots her in the head . He and run upstairs , and runs to the kitchen , blocking the door . A werewolf breaks in , and runs out of ammo . He fights the werewolf and , using nearby surroundings to his advantage , gains the upper hand but is eventually killed when a second werewolf intervenes . 
 and shoot through the floor upstairs to elude the werewolves , dropping into the kitchen , where they find 's remains . orders to take shelter in the cellar as he begins to transform into a werewolf , giving him a roll of photographic film ( which was in a flashgun camera used to stun the werewolves ) to prove what has happened . The werewolves break into the kitchen and confront as he cuts a gas line and blows up the house , killing himself and the werewolves , including a now fully transformed . 
 As the sun rises , attempts to leave but , who also took shelter in the cellar , confronts him . After a brutal fight , stabs in the chest with the silver letter opener , weakening him enough to allow to shoot him in the head , killing him . and 's Border Collie , , emerge from the cellar and walk off into the woods . 
 The end credits show that reported his story to the newspapers , with photographs as proof , headlined under the title of " Werewolves ate my platoon " .

and are Afghan refugees in a camp in Peshawar , Pakistan . They travel to Quetta , and thence to Taftan on the Iranian border . They pay people smugglers to assist them over the border ; on their first attempt they are stopped by Iranian police and returned to Pakistan , but their second attempt is successful . They travel to Tehran and then to Maku , in the Kurdish part of Iran , from where they cross a mountain range on foot to Turkey . In Istanbul they meet a group of other migrants , and they are taken to Italy inside a shipping container . The container is not ventilated , and most of the refugees , including , are suffocated to death . survives and lives in Italy for a time . He then steals a woman 's purse and buys a rail ticket to Paris . From there , he goes to the Sangatte asylum seekers camp and with a new friend , , he crosses the English Channel by stowing away on a lorry . Finally , he arrives in London , where he calls his uncle to say he has arrived but that is " not in this world " . The film ends with images of the Peshawar refugees .

Set in Nottinghamshire , ( ) proposes to his girlfriend ( ) on TV . When ( ) , " the great love of her life " and father of her daughter ( ) , sees this , he returns in an attempt to win back her heart . However , after deserting his friends in Scotland during an unsuccessful robbery of some clowns , his friends turn against him and come to the Midlands to try to track him down . In the end , refuses to go with and professes her love for ; likewise , refuses to have anything to do with , and accepts as her father figure .

Spider is the story of , a man who is given a room in a halfway house catering to mentally disturbed persons . has just been released from a mental institution and in his new abode starts piecing together or recreating in his memory an apparently fateful childhood event . 
 He roams the nearby derelict urban area and the local canal , and starts to relive or visualize a period of his childhood in 1950s London with his mother and father . A shift takes place in the child 's psyche when he witnesses his mother groping with his father in the garden and , subsequently , when he sees his mother in a silky night gown she wore for his father . 
 The son , as a grown man , seems to recreate in his memory the buildup to his father 's murder of his mother with the passive support of a prostitute he is involved with , who then moves into the house and is presented as his mother . The young son then kills the mistress by gassing her in the kitchen , although the final shot appears to show his true mother lying dead so we are left to wonder whether she really was his mother and the prostitute was just a fantasy . After that memory he sneaks late one night to the landlady 's room and appears ready to kill her , whom he sees alternatively as the mistress , his mother and the landlady , but backs away after she says , " What have you done , Mr. ? " He is taken back to the asylum .

When husband dies from leukaemia at an early age , her close friend , anxious to purchase a comfortable sofa for the visitors ' lounge in the hospital where he was treated , hits upon the idea of printing a calendar featuring some of the members of the Knapely branch of the Women 's Institute discreetly posing nude while engaged in traditional WI activities , such as baking and knitting , in order to raise funds . Her proposal initially is met with great scepticism , but she eventually convinces ten women to participate in the project with her . They enlist one of the hospital workers , an amateur photographer named , to help them with the concept . 
 The head of the local Women 's Institute branch refuses to sanction the calendar , and and go to a national congress of the Women 's Institute in London to plead their case . They are told the final decision rests with the local leader , who grudgingly agrees to the calendar 's sale . The initial printing quickly sells out due to popular demand , this causes a huge wave of massive media attention from across the nation . 
 The women are invited to appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Los Angeles . While there , tensions arise between and . All the publicity surrounding the calendar has taken a toll on their personal lives , and they lash out at each other in angry frustration . accuses of ignoring her husband and son and the demands of the family business in favour of her newfound celebrity , while believes welcomes the - like status to which she 's been elevated that allows her to cater to the ill and bereaved who have bombarded her with fan mail . All is resolved eventually , and the women return home to resume life as it was before they removed their clothing for the camera .

In the near future the world is divided between those who live " inside " , in high - density cities , and the poor underclass who live " outside . " Access to the cities is highly restricted and regulated through the use of health documents , known as " papeles " in the global pidgin language of the day ( composed of elements of English , Spanish , French , Arabic , Italian , Farsi and Mandarin ) . 
 Most city residents venture outside only after dark since direct sunlight is now considered hazardous to their health . However , many residents still venture outdoors during the day . The government appears to be authoritarian and dystopian . Society is regulated by various " codes " . The code of the movie title prohibits " genetically incestuous reproduction " , which may occur as a result of the various medical technologies which have become commonplace , such as cloning . 
 ( ) , an insurance fraud investigator , is sent to Shanghai to interview employees at a company known as " The Sphinx " , which manufactures " covers " , ostensibly " insurance cover documents " but which in fact regulate the movements of people among cities and " inside " and " outside " . 's assignment is to identify employees who are suspected of forging " covers " . After interviewing numerous Sphinx employees , he identifies a young worker named ( ) as the forger . He is able to do this using a genetically engineered " empathy virus , " which allows him to gain information from people if they voluntarily reveal something about themselves . tells that she has the same dream each birthday : she is traveling the subway to meet someone she can not identify . Each birthday she is one station closer to her destination , where she expects to meet the person . is captivated by her , and instead of turning her over to security , he identifies another employee as the forger . 
 then meets up with and they begin an affair . Putting complete trust in a man who could have had her arrested , reveals how she was able to smuggle papeles out of her workplace . In a nightclub they meet ( ) , a naturalist who longs to travel to Delhi to study bats . He has applied for cover for eight consecutive years but has always been refused . supplies with a papel . is upset by this and indicates that he should turn over to the authorities , but knows he wo n't . explains that there are legitimate reasons why is unable to obtain the proper clearances legally . believes that some risks are worth taking to fulfill one 's dreams . 
 Back at her apartment , shows her " memory scrapbook " ( an electronic booklet that records video from the user 's mind ) , which contains memories of her parents and friends . Other movies show her passing papeles to various people . She thinks they are beautiful and their eyes are full of desire and dreams , and that they have a different look from " everyday " people . As sleeps , finds a forged cover in her room and takes it . 
 's travel cover will expire the next day so he returns home to his family . On the way to the airport , he gives the forged cover to a street vendor at the city 's perimeter checkpoint , an act of humanity which could change the vendor 's life . Later , he learns that died in Delhi after exposure to a virus to which he had no immunity . is reprimanded for not discovering the true Sphinx forger . He explains that he had trouble with his empathy virus and requests that someone else be sent , as there may have been an accomplice to the innocent man he fingered as the guilty party . However , he is ordered to deal with the problem and to return to Shanghai . 
 Upon his return discovers that has gone . Her apartment is abandoned and the only clue is a medical clinic appointment . He visits the clinic and , using his empathic abilities , learns that was pregnant and that the pregnancy was terminated due to a violation of Code 46 . knows that this means is somehow genetically related to him , but he has no idea how . 
 discovers that has been taken to have her memory of the episode erased . He talks to , but finds her memory of him is gone . He succeeds in getting the clinic to release into his care by telling them she is a witness in his fraud investigation . After she is released , proves to that she knows him by his intimate knowledge of her and by showing her the memory recording of when she gave the papel , which includes a shot of . tells her about the memory erasure and about how he did n't report her for fraud . is disturbed by this information and becomes very distressed . gives her a sleeping pill and , while she is sleeping , he cuts some hair from her head and takes it to a facility providing instant DNA analysis . There he discovers that is fifty percent genetically related to him , a biological clone of his mother , who was one of a set of twenty - four in - vitro fertilised clones . This knowledge does not affect 's feelings , but instead of going back to he decides to go home to his family . However , when he tries to leave he is not allowed to do so as his 24 - hour cover is now expired . 
 then realises that his only hope of returning home is to get a papel from . He returns to her apartment and tells her about his inability to leave . She agrees to help him . She tells him she must acquire a papel and meet him at the airport later . She goes to work to obtain a papel , but is unable to forge one herself , as she was moved to another area of work , so a co - worker makes the cover for her . While taking a train to meet she remembers her birthday dream , and that he was the person she is looking for in the dream . She recalls her feelings for him . She meets , gives him the papel and tells him so . He decides not to leave her . 
 and then travel to Jebel Ali in the Middle East , which does not require special travel clearance . The two hide out in the old city where they book a room . Here reveals to that , in addition to the memory wiping , she has been given a virus that induces a terrorising adrenaline rush in response to physical contact with the person who brought about the Code 46 violation . However , still wants to make love with , so he ties her down to prevent her from fleeing once the adrenaline rush kicks in . 
 Afterward enters a somnambulistic state , also caused by the virus , which forces her to report the further Code 46 violation to the authorities . She is unconscious of this , though is aware of the virus 's reaction . They then rent an old car and travel away to escape the authorities who are tracking them . crashes the car while avoiding a collision with camels and pedestrians and they are both knocked unconscious . 
 When awakes in the hospital he finds himself in Seattle with his wife and child . He has no memory of or the Code 46 violation , as all memories of her and their time together have been completely flushed from his mind . The authorities had brought before a tribunal , but decided the empathy virus had affected his judgment . He attempts to use the empathy virus to read his son 's thoughts on the drive back from the hospital , but is unable to . is more severely punished , in effect , by not having her memories of loving her erased , essentially forced to remember him and exiled to the place she hated the most , the desert , outside of " cover " . Her final words of the film ( portrayed through voiceover of the end - of - film events and a montage of her poor , " beggar " life and existence ) are , " I miss you . "

( ) is a shy girl living in the Dutch Republic in 1665 . Her father , a Delftware painter , has recently gone blind , rendering him unable to work and putting his family in a precarious financial situation . To help matters , is sent to work as a maid in the household of famed painter ( ) . works hard , almost wordlessly , in the lowest position in a harsh hierarchy , doing her best despite spiteful treatment by one of 's children . While she is on a routine shopping trip outside the house , a butcher 's son , ( ) , notices and falls in love with her , even though she is slow to return his affections . 
 As cleans 's studio , which his wife ( ) never enters , the painter begins to converse with her and encourages her appreciation of painting , light and color . gives her lessons in mixing paints and other tasks , taking care to keep this secret from his wife , who would react with anger and jealousy if she found out that her husband was spending time with . In contrast , 's pragmatic mother - in - law , ( ) , sees as useful to 's career . 
 's rich patron , ( ) , notices on a visit to the household and asks the painter if he will give her up to work in his own house , a situation which ruined his former girl - maid . refuses , but agrees to paint for a portrait of . 
 As secretly works on the eponymous painting , can not help but notice something is amiss and her growing jealousy of becomes apparent . As deals with her growing fascination with and his talent , she has to fend off attempt to rape her . Later , when is out for the day , her mother hands her daughter 's pearl earrings , and asks to finish the painting . At the final painting session pierces 's left earlobe so she can wear one of the earrings for the portrait . then runs to to be consoled . They caress and make love in a barn , where proposes marriage , but unexpectedly leaves , whereas she then returns the earrings to 's mother . 
 discovers that used her earrings , accuses her mother of complicity , and asks to show her the portrait . Heartbroken that he does not consider her worthy of being painted merely because she " does n't understand " , tries but fails to destroy the painting . She further banishes from the house forever , to which does not object , and lets leave . Later , is visited by 's house cook , who comes bearing her a gift : the blue headscarf she wore in the painting , wrapped around 's pearl earrings .

is a kind - hearted but inept " MI7 " agent with dreams of being their most trusted employee . After Agent One dies in a submarine accident unknowingly caused by , the remaining agents are assassinated via a bombing at Agent One 's funeral , leaving as the lone surviving agent capable of finishing the mission Agent One left when he died . is assigned to follow a plot to steal the Crown Jewels , which are on display at the Tower of London . 
 At the display , is head of security , and meets the mysterious . The power is cut , and the jewels are stolen . During the chaos , accidentally knocks out the head of security and pretends to fight an assailant out of sight . 
 He later makes up a false description of the assailant to MI7 head . and his assistant find the jewels were removed via a hole dug beneath their display case . The two follow a tunnel , confronting the two thieves and . The two escape in a hearse , with English trying to pursue them , but he mistakes another hearse for the escaped vehicle , gatecrashing a funeral until comes to his aid by pretending English is an escaped mental patient . 
 English connects the thieves to , a French prison entrepreneur who helped restore the Crown Jewels . finds the claims of his involvement absurd and warns English not to involve . In the car park , and are attacked by , but are unharmed . 
 again encounters in a sushi restaurant as he recognized her motorcycle . During their meeting is suspicious of her since he has seen her at two of their crime scenes and her records can not be found on any government computer . and decide to break into 's headquarters via parachutes , but lands on a visually identical tower , which turns out to be the City Hospital , by mistake . 
 Going to the correct building , the two learn , who is a descendant of , plans on making himself king , using an impostor to impersonate the Archbishop of Canterbury . arrives , revealed to be an Interpol agent tracking . With evidence of 's involvement , English crashes a reception hosted by but he is suspended from work by Pegasus for his actions . 
 With English knowing their plans , scraps the fake Archbishop and instead sends his minions to force Queen to abdicate by threatening her corgis , causing the entire line of succession to be swept clean for to become king . , now in charge of the assignment by Pegasus , visits the depressed English and convinces him to travel with her to 's French château to investigate . 
 Eavesdropping on 's meeting with renowned criminals , English and learn plans to turn the United Kingdom into the world 's biggest prison when he becomes king . English and are exposed when the former accidentally activates a microphone , and they are taken prisoners . English tries to steal the DVD of 's plan , but accidentally drops it onto a tray of identical discs and takes the wrong one without looking . rescues the two and they race to stop 's coronation . 
 crashes the coronation and discovers the Archbishop is the genuine article . Undeterred , orders to play the DVD , only to find it is camera footage of himself dancing in his bathroom in his underclothes to " Does Your Mother Know " by ABBA , having bugged 's flat beforehand . English sneaks away but swings in on a wire to steal St. Edward ’s Crown from . angrily shoots at English with a pistol , causing him to drop the crown . Moments before is crowned king , English drops from the wire after being shot , lands on the throne , and is crowned instead . Because of the crowning laws , English is now technically the King of England . In his singular act as king , English has arrested and restores the Queen to the throne , simply requesting a knighthood as a reward . 
 In the final scene , English and drive to southern France for a romantic holiday , only for English to accidentally launch out of the car by pressing the ejection seat button . lands in a hotel swimming pool , where happens to be vacationing as well as a man identical to the assailant that English described to earlier in the film .

The film begins with a voiceover from ( ) commenting that whenever he gets gloomy about the state of the world he thinks about the arrivals terminal at Heathrow Airport , and the pure uncomplicated love felt as friends and families welcome their arriving loved ones . 's voiceover also relates that all the messages left by the people who died on the 9/11 planes were messages of love and not hate . The film then tells the ' love stories ' of many people : 
 With the help of his longtime manager ( ) , rock and roll legend ( ) records a Christmas variation of The ' " Love Is All Around " . Although he thinks the record is terrible , promotes the release in the hope it will become the Christmas number one single ; it does and after briefly celebrating his victory at a party hosted by Sir , discerns that is in need of affection and suggests that he and celebrate Christmas by getting drunk and watching porn . 
 ( ) and 's ( ) marriage is videotaped by the best man , ( ) . Although both and believe that dislikes , he is in love with her . When evades 's requests to see the video he made at the wedding , visits . She says she wants them to be friends and when she finds and views the wedding video , it turns out to be just adoring close - ups of her . After an uncomfortable silence , blurts out that he snubs her out of " self - preservation . " On Christmas Eve , answers the doorbell to find , carrying a boombox playing Christmas songs and large cue cards on which he has written , without expectation of reciprocation , that he loves her . As he walks away , runs after him to give him a quick kiss before she returns inside . 
 Writer ( ) is pushed to and 's wedding by his girlfriend ( ) as she feigns illness . He returns between the ceremony and the reception to check on her , and discovers that she is having an affair with his brother . Crushed , withdraws to his French cottage where he meets Portuguese housekeeper ( ) , who does not speak English . Despite their inability to communicate , they become attracted to each other . When returns to England , he realises he is in love with and begins learning Portuguese . He returns to France to find her and ends up walking through town , gathering people as they walk to her job at a restaurant . In his broken Portuguese he declares his love for her and proposes . She says yes in broken English as the crowd erupts in applause . 
 ( ) is the managing director of a design agency ; ( ) is his new secretary . is comfortably married to his wife , ( ) , who stays home to raise their children . becomes increasingly aroused by 's overtly sexual behaviour at the office and does nothing to dissuade her . At the company Christmas party held at 's gallery , he not only inquires if is her boyfriend , but dances closely with her . While at the shops , he calls to find out what she wants for Christmas and ends up almost caught by his wife purchasing an expensive necklace from the jewellery department thanks to the salesman ( ) . Later on , discovers the necklace in 's coat pocket and happily assumes it is a gift for her . When he hands her a similarly shaped box to open on Christmas Eve , she is heartbroken to find it is a CD , meaning that the necklace was for someone else . She confronts and asks him what he would do if he was her . begs her forgiveness . She responds that he has made a mockery of their marriage and of her . 
 's brother , ( ) , is the recently elected Prime Minister . ( ) is a new junior member of the household staff at 10 Downing Street . During a meeting with the U.S. President ( ) , they run into and the president makes some inappropriate comments to about 's body . Later , walks in on serving tea and biscuits to the president , and it appears that something untoward is happening . seems ashamed , but the President has a sly grin on his face . At the following joint press conference , is uncharacteristically assertive while taking a stand against the President 's intimidating policies . Finding that his relationship with has become strained and a distraction , has her moved to another job . However , he is spurred to action on Christmas Eve when he finds a Christmas card from declaring that she is his and no one else 's . After a door to door search of her street , he comes across , who informs him that lives next door . The entire family is on their way out the door to a multi - school Christmas play and he offers to drive them so he can talk to her . After sneaks him in to the school , he runs into his heartbroken sister who believes he is there for his niece and nephew . As the two try to keep from being seen and watch the show from backstage , they finally kiss . All their hiding was for nothing because as the curtain rises , they are seen kissing by everyone . 
 ( ) , 's friend , mourns the recent death of his wife , as he tries to raise his stepson ( ) alone . has fallen for an American classmate , also named ( ) , and , after discussion with his stepfather , decides to learn the drums so that he can accompany her in the big finale for their school 's Christmas pageant ( the same one that 's nephew and and 's children are in ) . After feels that he missed his chance to make an impression on her , convinces that he must go catch , who is returning to the US , at the airport that night and show her how he feels , lest he regret it . runs away from the airport security and says hi to , who then kisses him on the cheek . Meanwhile , meets ( ) , the mother of one of 's schoolmates . 
 ( ) first appears at and 's wedding , sitting next to her friend . She is an American who works at 's graphic design company and has been in love for years with the company 's creative director , ( ) . They finally connect at the firm 's Christmas party and he drives her home . They kiss , but before more can occur , they are interrupted by her mentally ill brother , , phoning from a mental care facility . and 's evening tryst is aborted and leaves . Both are working late on Christmas Eve and when leaves , he just wishes her a Merry Christmas . phones and she goes to stay with him , sharing her Christmas scarf . 
 After unsuccessfully attempting to woo various English women , including and ( ) , the caterer at and 's wedding , ( ) informs his friend ( ) he plans to go to America , where he is convinced that his Britishness will be an asset . Landing in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , Colin meets ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , three stunningly attractive women who fall for his Basildon accent and invite him to stay at their home , where they are joined by roommate ( ) . 
 ( ) and ( ) are professional body doubles for films . They meet for the sex scenes in a film for which is a production assistant . tells that " It is nice to have someone [ he ] can just chat to . " While the two are perfectly comfortable being naked and simulating sex on - set , they are shy and tentative off - set . Carefully pursuing a relationship , they attend the Christmas pageant ( involving and , and 's children , and , et al . ) at the local school with 's brother . 
 ( ) is the jewellery salesman , whose obsessive attention to gift - wrapping nearly results in being caught buying a necklace for by . Also , it is his distraction of staff at the airport which allows to sneak through to see . In the director and cast commentary , it is revealed that was originally supposed to be a Christmas angel ; however , this was dropped from the final script . 
 One month later , all of the characters are seen in Heathrow Airport . tells that his Christmas single has spurred a comeback . , , and meet and his bride , . and the kids greet , but 's reaction suggests that they are struggling to move past his indiscretion . greets , who has returned with her mother from America , and is joined by his new girlfriend and her son . Newlyweds and , heading off to their honeymoon , run into who is awaiting as he returns from America . returns with and her sister ( ) who greets with a hug and a kiss . welcomes back from his flight in view of the press , indicating that their relationship is now public . These scenes dissolve into footage of actual arrivals at Heathrow , as the screen is divided into an increasing number of smaller segments which form the shape of a heart .

In 1982 , Toronto bank employee ( ) is given access to bigger and bigger accounts with his promotion to assistant branch manager . His boss trusts him , but is unaware that is a compulsive gambler . is soon skimming larger and larger amounts for his own use and making weekly trips to Atlantic City , where he is treated like a king by a competent casino manager ( ) . 's girlfriend , fellow bank employee ( ) , can not understand what is happening . 's criminal acts come to light when Toronto police begin to investigate his longtime bookie ( ) . 
 The movie 's focus is on as a character — how his compulsion drives him and all the domino effects it has on the rest of his life . The love story between and and the inclusion of other finely drawn characters such as hapless casino employee ( ) put the emphasis squarely on the gambling addiction , not on the flash and sizzle of big casinos or multimillion - dollar frauds .

( ) and ( ) are two London sewage workers who discover a tunnel in one of the walls that neither of them is familiar with . starts exploring the tunnel alone , while newbie stays behind . After a while , decides to enter the tunnel too , and soon discovers , injured and in a state of shock . Moments later , a similarly injured young woman jumps out in front of them , crying for help , only to be pulled back into the darkness . 
 The focus then shifts to a young German woman , ( ) , at a party . After hearing that her friend , , went to seek at another party without her even though they had planned to go together , she decides to try and join her . She heads to Charing Cross Underground station , but soon falls asleep on the platform while waiting for the train . When she awakens , she is alone and the entire station has been locked up for the night . An empty train arrives and she boards it , but it soon abruptly stops and the lights go dark . While searching for help , she meets ( ) , a coworker who followed her from the party and whose awkward advances she kept rejecting . , who appears to be under the influence , starts to flirt aggressively , and the situation quickly escalates into a rape attempt , only stopped by an unseen aggressor who drags out of the train . briefly reemerges , covered in blood , warning to run . 
 flees from the train and runs into a homeless Scottish couple living in a storeroom , ( ) and ( ) , and their dog . explains what happened and reluctantly agrees to help her by taking her to the night guard after she pays him . Together , they find , horribly maimed and in shock but still alive . Meanwhile , , left alone , is also attacked and kidnapped , triggering 's despair and escape into a heroin - induced stupor . manages to communicate with the security guard through intercom , but the man gets killed before being able to call for help , and also dies of his wounds . and decide to walk through the tunnel to the next station . A train passes by and stops near them , and fears he 's the maniac killer driving it , so decides to face him to avenge 's probable death , but is slaughtered as well . 
 While fleeing in panic , falls into the sewer system below the station , where she finds 's body , and from there she ends up in a storage facility with hundreds of boxes , where she finally meets and is captured by the killer , the titular " creep " : a hideously deformed , mentally ill hermit named ( ) , who keeps his victims in semi - submerged , rat - infested cages until they 're dead , after which he eats them . finds herself in one of these cages , along with . Together , they manage to escape , and end up in an abandoned medical facility ( looking like an illegal abortion clinic with a long series of fetuses lined up along a wall ) where they find an unconscious strapped to a rusty surgical chair . Thinking she 's dead , and move on . After they 're gone , puts on a surgical gown and mimics the gestures of a surgeon in front of a terrorized before he disembowels her with a bone saw while apparently mimicking an abortion procedure . 
 Back in the railway tunnels , and find the disused railcar where lives . is there , and also old pictures of a medical doctor with a deformed child . ambushes them , but gains the upper hand . has an opportunity to finish the creep but parrots 's pleas for mercy , which confuses long enough for to kill . tries to run away , but she 's relentlessly hunted down by . In a last , desperate effort , she sinks a hook and chain in 's throat , then has a running train rip it apart and eventually bleeds to death . Tattered and filthy , eventually gets back to the initial station when it 's already the next morning . She collapses on a platform 's floor ; the dog shows up and curls onto her lap . Mistaking her for a beggar , a man waiting for the train leaves a coin next to her ; breaks into hysterical giggles and tears .

The story details the return of to his home town of Matlock , Derbyshire in the Peak District , England , after serving as a paratrooper in the British Army . and his younger , mentally - impaired brother , camp at an abandoned farm near the town . Flashbacks reveal 's abuse by a group of drug dealers in the town ; vows to take revenge . 
 puts on a mask and has a verbal confrontation with , one of the abusers , who does not recognise him at first . Later , and friends and are in a flat taking drugs . He tells them about the confrontation , and states he thinks the man might be 's brother , who has been away serving in the army . When leaves he sees a man in a military gas mask banging on the front door of the block . and run outside but the man is nowhere to be seen . When they go back into their flat they discover has ransacked it , stolen the drugs and spray painted the words " " , a pun on the scientific name for the pattern of breathing a human being goes into when they are dying . 
 The next day the thugs visit , the de facto leader of the gang , to explain where the drugs went . When they meet , has had his face painted but does n't realise . The other gang members arrive during this time and they have had their hair and clothes painted as well . They all suspect one another of playing games until states that the man he saw in the pool hall is , 's brother . All of the gang become silent as they realise that is back in town . 
 The men encounter while driving in their Citroën 2CV . He makes it clear that he is not scared of any of them and invites them to come and find him at the old farm where he is staying . The gang leaves with visibly concerned at 's apparent lack of fear . That evening , sneaks into a house where the gang are hiding out and playing cards . He brutally kills one of the members with an axe , using the dead man 's blood to smear the words " One Down " on the wall . decides that they should shoot . 
 The next morning , they take their car and go to the farm where is staying with . Sending in Big ( one of their members ) to draw out , prepares to shoot him with a rifle and their only round . However , he misses and kills . With no rounds remaining in the rifle they retreat and return to town , while smiles . 
 The surviving members stop at a local petrol station where the car breaks down and runs off , scared of 's revenge . Later at 's house , they arm themselves and search the place , expecting to be there . They do not find him , although he is hiding in the kitchen pantry . While they are upstairs laces their kettle with a cocktail of the drugs he took from the gang earlier in the film . The three men become completely intoxicated a few hours later and reappears to kill them one by one . He toys with them , dancing and joking . He shoots in the head , and kills with an upward palm strike . He then sits down and brings out a suitcase , which has 's corpse inside . then tells him he is a good man and will let him live if he tells him where the final gang member is as he left the gang years before . He tells him without hesitation and hugs him . But he finds 's knife and asks him if it was to be used on him . lies at first then tells the truth , but stabs him regardless . leaves right after . 
 The next day , arrives in a nearby town where the final gang member , , lives with his wife and two boys . He talks with the children 's mother and asks her to let her husband know that he is , 's brother . When returns home , she explains the conversation to her husband . Terrified , he tells her how the gang abused . The abuse culminated with them pretending to hang him at a local ruined castle whilst he was high on acid . This final episode of abuse culminates with actually hanging himself after his ' friends ' run off . It then becomes clear that has been alone the whole time , and talking to a vision of his dead brother . 
 The next morning , sneaks into 's house and takes him hostage using a knife . He makes him drive to the same ruined building where hanged himself and demands he tell him his part in what happened . explains how his fault was in not stopping the abuse . confesses to his crimes against the other men . He tells how he now feels like the monster and that he simply wants to lie down with his brother . gives the knife to and demands that he kill him lest he continue his monstrous ways . refuses but clasps his hands and pulls them towards him . eventually stabs and kills , then stumbles away .

( ) and nine - year - old deaf son ( ) frequently relocate to keep one step ahead of her abusive ex - husband and his family . They are accompanied by her opinionated , chain - smoking mother . Newly relocated in the Scottish town of Greenock , accepts a job at the local fish and chips shop owned by a friendly woman named , and enrolls in school . 
 Through a Glasgow post office box , maintains a regular correspondence with someone he believes to be his father , , who allegedly is a merchant seaman working on the HMS Accra . In reality , the letters he receives are written by his mother , who prefers maintaining this charade instead of telling the boy the reason she fled her marriage . 
 When she learns that the Accra will soon be arriving at the docks at Greenock , in a panic concocts a scheme to hire a man to impersonate . When her effort to find someone at the local pub fails , she enlists 's assistance . arranges for her to meet an acquaintance who coincidentally is passing through town at the same time the Accra will be in port . When and the stranger ( ) meet , he does n't tell her his name . explains the situation and gives him the letters to provide some background . He agrees to spend a day with in exchange for the meager payment can offer him . 
 When the stranger arrives at their home to pick up the boy , he brings with him a book about marine life ( to 's surprise ) , one of 's passions , and a bond is forged immediately . The two spend a day together ( with secretly following them ) , collecting on 's bet at a soccer match from a school mate , ordering chips , and later in the evening setting up another half day visit . 
 The second day is magical , ending with a nice evening at a dance , as wins another bet by getting and the stranger to dance together . Afterwards , they walk together to get around the " discuss no past " ground rules , and tells the stranger about 's deafness — a " present from his daddy"—and her reason for leaving her husband . She explains that the letters from are so important to her because this is how she " hears " her son . The stranger tells her she is a great mother for protecting . Returning home , gives the stranger a hand - carved wooden seahorse as a parting gift . At the door , after a long pause together , and the stranger kiss each other goodbye . After he leaves , discovers he has returned her payment to him , stuffed into her coat pocket . 
 Sometime later , learns that her husband is terminally ill , and reluctantly visits the hospital without . She experiences her husband 's angry fury again , when he demands to see . Later when she tells that his dad is really sick , he writes him a note and draws him a picture . On a second visit , delivers them to her husband , along with a snapshot of . 's death brings peace to them all . 
 asks about the stranger and she learns he is 's brother . 's last letter shows that he has known the truth for a while — that the stranger was not his real dad . He knows too that is sad , but she has him for support . The letter also indicates that intends to carry on with his life , telling about his real dad passing , his friends and their gold stars in school , and getting onto the reserve football team . He closes the letter by saying he hopes the stranger will visit again . 
 finds sitting at end of a pier , and they enjoy a quiet moment together , looking out to sea .

Within the kingdom of , in the town of Frell , a baby girl named is born to Sir and his wife Lady . She is given the " gift of obedience " by a misguided and obnoxious fairy called . This turns out to be more of a curse , as it forces to do anything she is told to do , even if the command is against her wishes . 's mother , on her deathbed , warns her daughter not to tell anyone about the curse she is under for fear that someone might use it to exploit . After her mother 's death , only , the household fairy , knows the secret . 
 Several years later , 's father remarries to a wealthy socialite , Dame , who dislikes . Her spoiled daughters and notice 's obedience and start to humiliate her . stumbles upon Prince , the handsome heir who will soon take the throne , as he 's being pursued by his fan club of besotted young women . He invites to the Coronation Ball , but intercepts the invitation . and , fan club members themselves , are overcome with jealousy . They force to insult and cut ties with her best friend . 
 can not bear her situation a moment longer , and resolves to find , as she is the only one who can reverse the spell . helps by lending her boyfriend , whom she accidentally transformed into a talking magical book that can show people in their current surroundings . During her journey , encounters an elf named , who wants to be a lawyer instead of an entertainer as the laws now require . They are both captured by a group of ogres , who want to eat them . Prince rescues them and accompanies them to a wedding in the land of giants , where hopes to find . En route , opens 's eyes to the cruelty of the laws oppressing elves and giants established by the acting ruler , 's uncle Sir . invites to visit the palace 's Hall of Records and find faster . But 's talking snake , , is spying on them . 
 At the palace , tells about 's obedience , which confirms when offers her 's hand in marriage . Knowing that intends to marry , orders her to kill him when he proposes , and keep the plan a secret . also reveals that he murdered 's father . To save , writes him a letter , saying she is leaving permanently and can not explain why , which breaks his heart . She then asks to tie her to a tree and get the giants to help . then appears before , who asks her to undo the " gift " of obedience . is offended that does n't like her gift and simply tells to remove it herself . She unties , gives her a fancy dress , and tells her to attend the ball , where almost immediately takes her to the Hall of Mirrors and asks her to marry him . 
 is about to stab him with the dagger provided , when she realizes has provided the answer : looking into a mirror , she says , " You will no longer be obedient ! " She drops the dagger and sees it . But is spying on them , and before can explain , he orders the guards to lock her up , to be executed the following day . 
 Meanwhile , informs , the giants , and the ogres that is in trouble , so they all sneak into the castle to rescue her . They find out that is poisoning the crown will receive during the ceremony . and her allies burst in just in time to stop him putting it on . and call for the knights and Red Guards , and a battle ensues . explains everything while fighting alongside , while manages to transform back into a human . When 's forces lose , tries to bite , but is stopped by , then trampled by 's fan club . Caught trying to kill the prince , admits to the crowd that he killed the King , but says only he deserves the crown . Then , carried away by his own rhetoric , crowns himself and accidentally poisons himself . 
 and kiss ; her stepsisters arrive and order her to stop , but she happily refuses . once again asks to marry him , and she agrees : " Now that I 'll do . " The movie ends with their wedding and a musical number . During all this , it 's shown that is in a relationship with a giant named , has rekindled her friendship with , and has survived ( albeit cognitively impaired by the poison ) . The Narrator announces two final words : The End .

A 30 - something man ( XXXX ) , is a London underworld criminal who has established himself as one of the biggest cocaine suppliers in the city , with effective legitimate cover . Considering himself a businessman and patience as a prime virtue , XXXX leaves the darker aspects of the business to his henchman , a man having recently ended a 10 - year prison sentence for murder . Once he has earned enough to ensure his long - term financial security , XXXX plans to retire . 
 On the evening intends to set these plans into motion , his sponsor and powerful supplier puts two crucial missions in his hands . The first is to track down , the teenage daughter of 's associate , who has fled a rehabilitation centre along with her drug - addicted boyfriend . XXXX decides to enlist two con men , and , to perform this task . They investigate , and find the boyfriend dead and apparently kidnapped , although no ransom has been demanded . 
 The second mission assigns to XXXX is to organise the purchase and distribution of one million ecstasy tablets from a low - level gangster who styles himself " The Duke " . Unbeknownst to XXXX , the pills had been stolen from a gang of Serbian war criminals based in the Netherlands , a massive drug production outfit with an honour - avenging bent . 
 encounters the 's out - of - touch nephew at a bar and becomes attracted to his disillusioned girlfriend . XXXX tries to broker the sale of the ecstasy pills to Liverpool gangsters Trevor and , but they refuse , informing him of the drugs ' purloined nature , and that in response the Serbs have sent an assassin , known as , to find the pills and kill those responsible for their theft . had mentioned 's name to the Serbs beforehand , so he too is in danger . Members of the 's gang soon start turning up dead and the himself goes missing . 
 arranges a tryst with , but before it can be consummated , he is kidnapped by henchmen of , father of , the missing girl . informs him that has recently lost £ 13 million in a failed investment in Africa and planned for XXXX to find so could take her hostage until could get him his money back . was also hoping to sell the pills to recoup his losses ; then plays XXXX a recording indicating that has been a long - term informant for Scotland Yard and intends to betray XXXX to the police as soon as the deal is done , planning to gain clemency from the deal and also take away XXXX 's wealth . demands that XXXX sells the pills to himself instead . 
 A furious XXXX shoots and kills at his home , but does so with a gun that , 's henchman and his main liaison with XXXX , had used to commit a prior murder , putting under police attention . then discovers that his accountant , who operated his legitimate front and was referred to him by , has stolen all of his money and disappeared . and initially suspect of foulplay ; after being shown the evidence of 's snitching , the pair acknowledge XXXX as the group 's new acting boss and show him the corpse of the . killed him along with girlfriend and crime - partner , , when the latter threatened to alert the police about the pills . 
 To recoup something from the fiasco , XXXX tips the police off to the 's hideout , who then conduct a raid . XXXX is intentionally present during the raid to feign purchasing the pills from the 's crew , and , who has been following XXXX , witnesses the raid from afar as the police confiscate the drugs while XXXX and 's surviving crew escape . Meanwhile , XXXX has arranged for and to infiltrate the raiding police and con the unit out of the pills . XXXX delivers the severed head of the Duke to as a peace offering , who reports back to his Serbian boss that the police have seized the drugs . and return the drugs to XXXX in exchange for a fee , and XXXX in turn looks to sell them to as planned . However , during the handover at the latter 's bonded warehouse , 's henchmen rob his crew of the drugs at gunpoint . To end XXXX 's faux assignment given by , reveals that his daughter 's boyfriend died at his men 's hands ; she was recovered before ever tasked XXXX with finding her , and had her put back into rehab all this time . 
 To mollify , gives him a " Welcome to the Layer Cake " : a membership to the Stoke Park Country Club of which he is ( and was ) a member . Expecting betrayal , successfully arranges for , , and young to steal the drugs back from 's men . The gang assembles for lunch at the Stoke Park Club , honoring their new boss . However , he declines , stating his intention to stick to his planned retirement all along . When leaving the club with , mentally running through the names of his fellow murdered businessmen he hopes to avoid joining , is shot by a heart - broken . collapses bleeding , and he lies twitching on the front steps while contemplating his possible death .

Millions tells the story of ( ) , a 7 - year - old catholic school boy , whose family moves to the suburbs of Widnes after the death of his mother . Soon after the move , 's " hermitage " in a cardboard box by the train tracks is disturbed by a bag of money flung from a passing train . immediately shows the money to his 9 - year - old brother , ( ) , and the two begin thinking of what to do with it . wants the money all to himself . , kind - hearted and religious , had recently overheard three Latter - day Saint missionaries lecture other members of the community on building foundations of rock rather than foundations of sand , an old Christian principle which dictates that self - worth should be based on the teachings of rather than any other object of worship such as Money / Mammon or Power . The lecture inspires , who looks for ways to give his share of the money to the poor ; at one point he even stuffs a bundle of cash through the missionaries ' letter box , having heard about their modest lifestyle and deciding that they too must be poor . 
 Throughout the story , commits small acts of kindness like buying birds from pet stores and setting them free and taking beggars to Pizza Hut , while bribes other kids at school into being his transportation and bodyguards , and looks into investing the money in real estate . 
 The story takes place in the weeks leading up to The Bank of England 's ( fictional ) change from the pound ( £ ) to the euro ( € ) - an event publicised as ' € Day ' . An assembly is held at 's school to inform the children about the change , as well as to educate the children about helping the poor . Realizing that the money , which is in pounds , will be no good after a few days , decides that the best thing to do would be to give it away before the conversion . He drops £ 1,000 into the donation can at the assembly . The woman collecting the money , ( ) , is forced to report ; when questioned by the principal , lies that he and stole the money from the Mormons . and are grounded that night . When their father collects them from school he chats with , and there is an obvious attraction between them . 
 After the donation , 's friend informs them that a train carrying notes which were to be destroyed after the conversion had been robbed . One bag was stolen in a diversion , while the robber remained on the train disguised as one of the emergency staff , and the money had been dispersed by throwing it off of the train at various locations throughout the country to be collected by the robbers . The boys logically conclude that their money was stolen , and , who thought the money was from , feels terrible . 
 Around this time , a mysterious man comes snooping around the train tracks and asks if he has any money . thinks that the man is a beggar and tells him he has ' loads of money ' . However , realises he is one of the robbers , and gives the man a jar full of coins to cover 's tracks . 
 The robber eventually finds out where lives and ransacks his house . had informed his father about the money just before they came home to their destroyed house . The robbery is then explained . The robbers boarded the train . They then escaped the police by dressing as football fans and joining a crowd of similarly dressed fans leaving a game . However , one man remained on the train . He began to throw the money off , to be collected later . The robber who came sneaking around hid in 's room after ransacking it , much in the way the train robbery was carried out . 's father , who had resolved to give the money back , decided that if the robbers were going to steal his family 's Christmas , then he would steal the robbers ' money . The family , as well as , go on a massive shopping spree on Christmas Eve . 
 That night , after they are asleep , their house is bombarded by beggars and charities begging for contributions , and seeing the confusion that results , runs off to the train tracks to burn the money , deciding that it was doing more harm than good . While he is burning the money , he is visited by his dead mother , who tells him not to worry about her . 
 In the final scene , the audience sees 's dream of the family flying a rocket ship to Africa and helping develop water wells , while narrates over the scene that each family member but him had hidden a little bit of the money beforehand . convinced them to spend this money on the wells he is dreaming about . Earlier in the movie this was shown to be the most crucial and cheapest way to drastically improve the quality of life for many African communities .

is an electronics salesman with no direction in his life . His colleagues disrespect him , he is estranged from his stepfather , and his girlfriend breaks up with him , unhappy spending every date at his pub , the Winchester . He drowns his sorrows with his housemate and best friend at the Winchester . At home , their housemate , complaining of a bite wound from a drunk , berates to get his life together . 
 By morning , a zombie apocalypse has overwhelmed London , but the hungover is slow to notice . He and encounter two zombies in their garden and kill them with blows to the head . They form a plan to rescue 's mother , , and , then wait out the crisis in the . They escape in 's car , and pick up and , who has been bitten , then and her friends and . makes peace with , dies from his bites , and reanimates as a zombie . 
 The group abandon the vehicle and continue on foot . The streets surrounding the Winchester are overrun , so the group pretend to be zombies to sneak past them . answers his phone , attracting the zombies ' attention ; while leads them away , the rest take refuge inside the Winchester , where rejoins them . 
 discovers the Winchester rifle above the bar is functional and the group attempts to use it to defend themselves . reveals she has been bitten and dies after giving and her blessing . , distraught , is forced to shoot her after she reanimates . In the ensuing commotion , is disembowelled by the zombies and rushes out to rescue him - disappearing into the advancing horde . , zombified , bites , but shoots and sets fire to the bar . The fire spreads , setting off the rifle ammunition while , and flee into the cellar and contemplate suicide . Discovering a barrel hatch elevator that opens to the outside , and escape as the wounded volunteers to stay behind with the rifle . The British Army arrives and guns down the remaining zombies . 
 Six months after the outbreak , civilisation has returned to normal , with zombies used as cheap labour and entertainment . has moved in with , and keeps the zombified tethered in the garden shed so they can play video games together .

( ) is devoted to her family , looking after her husband and children , her elderly mother , and a sick neighbour . Her shy daughter , ( ) , works in a lightbulb factory , and her son , ( ) , tailors men 's suits . Her husband , ( ) , is a car mechanic . Although and her family are poor , their strong family bonds hold them together . During her working day as a house cleaner , performs constant small acts of kindness for the many people she encounters . 
 She is a kindly person who is eager to help others . Unknown to her family , she also works secretly , providing young women abortions . She receives no money for providing this service because she believes that her help is an act of charity to women in trouble . However , her partner ( ) , who also carries on a black - market trade in scarce postwar foodstuffs , charges two guineas ( two pounds and two shillings : equivalent to £ 63 in 2016 ) for arranging the abortions , without 's knowledge . 
 The film also contains a subplot about an upper - class young woman , ( ) , the daughter of one of 's employers . is raped by a suitor , becomes pregnant , and asks a friend to put her in contact with a doctor , through whom she can obtain an abortion . The doctor refers her to a psychiatrist , who prompts her to answer questions in a certain way , so that he can legally recommend an abortion on therapeutic psychiatric grounds : that she has a family history of mental illness and that she may commit suicide if not allowed to terminate the pregnancy . The abortion costs her a hundred guineas . 
 After one of her patients nearly dies , is arrested by the police and taken into custody for questioning . She is held overnight and appears before a magistrate the next morning . is shocked by his mother 's secret activities and tells his father that he does not think that he can forgive her . However , in a later conversation with , he expresses fear for what could happen to her in prison , before finally telling that he loves her . 
 is bailed to appear at the Old Bailey . None of 's employers will give her a character reference . Her solicitor thinks she will receive the minimum sentence of 18 months in jail ; the judge sentences her to two and a half years imprisonment " as a deterrent to others . " This affects all the people who previously depended on 's kindness . 
 While in prison , meets others who have been convicted of performing illegal abortions . They discuss their sentences , until tearfully leaves , to go to her cell .

, a British professional tennis player in his thirties whose ranking has slipped from 11th to 119th in the world , has never really had to fight for anything , as his wealthy family allowed him to easily pursue his tennis ambitions . Though he earns a wildcard spot to the Wimbledon tournament , he feels it 's time to admit he 's getting too old to compete with fitter up - and - coming younger players and intends , after this last Wimbledon , to take a job with a prestigious tennis club . 
 As Wimbledon begins , he bumps into , the American rising star of female tennis . They fall in love and her interest in him changes his entire perception , even giving him the strength to win again . As their love grows , 's game becomes better and better . 's overprotective father - manager is determined to nip their relationship in the bud , believing it detrimental to her career . One day , comes to ’s old flat and yells at him for spoiling his daughter 's game . She overhears this and decides to leave him and focus on her game . 
 The night before their semi - final matches , sneaks into ’s hotel room and persuades her to have sex . The next day , he performs quite well and wins in straight sets but loses . angrily breaks up with , saying his selfishness made her lose , and decides to immediately return to the U.S. to train . 
 has to play the final match against , an arrogant American star , but finds himself outclassed . At the airport , watches an interview on TV in which apologizes and declares his love for her . She returns to Wimbledon . 
 As reaches the stadium , has lost two sets and is behind in the third . When the game is suspended due to rain , appears in the dressing room and forgives him . She tells him the secret of ’s tricky serves and recovers to win the title ( 3–6 , 2–6 , 6–4 , 7–6(8 - 6 ) , 6–4 ) . He and get married , and with his support , goes on to win the U.S. Open and Wimbledon twice , ultimately achieving her dreams . In the last scene , is with their youngest child , a boy , watching and their eldest child , a girl , playing tennis together on a neighborhood court in New York City .

In 500 A.D. , , king of Denmark , and a group of warriors chase a large and burly man , whom they consider a troll , and his young son , to the edge of a steep seaside cliff . The father directs his young son , , to hide from the attackers ' view ; whereupon The Danes shoot the father dead , and his dead body plunges onto the beach far below . The Danish king sees the young , but spares him . Later , finds his father 's body and cuts the head off to take it home . Many years later , the severed ( and mummified ) head is inside a cave where the boy has become as large and powerful as his father , and plans revenge . 
 When finds twenty of his warriors killed inside his great hall , the Danish king falls into a depression . , with the permission of , king of Geatland , sails to Denmark with thirteen Geats to slay for . The arrival of and his warriors is welcomed by , but the king 's village has fallen into a deep despair and many of the pagan villagers convert to Christianity at the urging of an Irish monk . While does raid 's village during the night , he flees rather than fight . the witch tells that will not fight him because has committed no wrong against him . 
 A villager , recently baptized and thus now unafraid of death , leads and his men to the cliff above 's cave . When the villager is found dead , and his men return with a rope and gain entry to 's secret cave , where one of 's men mutilates the mummified head of 's father . That night , invades 's great hall , kills the Geat who desecrated his father 's head , and leaps from the second story , but is caught in a trap by . , refusing capture , escapes by severing his captive arm , and dies near the site of his father 's death , where his body is claimed by a mysterious webbed hand . Thereafter admits to that he had killed 's father for stealing a fish but had spared the child out of pity . 's severed arm is kept by the Danes as a trophy . In revealing more about , recounts that had once clumsily raped her and has protected her since that day ; and becomes her paramour . 
 The Danes are later attacked by 's mother , ; and slays her with a sword from among her treasure , and then notices that the battle was being observed by child of and . Later , with 's son watching , buries with ceremony . Shortly thereafter , and his band of Geats leave Denmark by ship , having warned that she must hide her son , lest the Danes destroy him .

At a wedding reception , a man in his late thirties ( ) approaches a bridesmaid ( ) of about the same age , and offers her a glass of champagne . As conversation ensues , they begin to flirt . Witty small talk about such topics as the wedding party and their own past relationships gradually reveals to the viewing film audience that they are not strangers , but in fact that they share an intimate past . A series of flashback scenes shows much younger versions of the two of them as lovers . 
 Despite having significant others ( 22 - year - old the dancer and the cardiologist , both absent ) the couple choose to go upstairs to her hotel room together . However , their decision to sleep together is one which is clearly complex and fraught with emotional baggage for each of them . Again with flashbacks , a series of vignettes juxtaposes their earlier selves against the older , perhaps wiser couple in the hotel room . 
 The two reminisce and reassess their feelings for each other . He appears to have ambiguous feelings about the direction of his life , while she seems more adjusted to her life choices . The emotional fulfillment the two experienced in their youth has the appearance of causing them to reflect on their current lives in comparison to the choices and options they had while much younger . 
 She must catch a transatlantic flight home to London in the morning , so the two leave the hotel together in the early morning . As they return to their separate lives , each speculates with their cab driver on the future and the difficulty of being happy .

In the town of Northampton , in the East Midlands of England , is attempting to save the family shoe factory , which has been floundering since his father died . While on a business trip to London to sell the company 's extra stock , encounters a woman being harassed by drunken hoodlums and intervenes to his detriment . He wakes up backstage , in the dressing room of , a drag queen performer and alter ego of . is intrigued when he sees that drag queens ' high heels snap easily since they have only women 's shoes to wear , rather than those that can support the weight of a larger male body frame . Back in Northampton , while in the process of laying off workers , one employee , , gives the idea of looking for a niche market product to save the business . then recruits to assist him in designing a high - heeled boot for drag performers . 
 When their initial designs are met with scorn by , and bring her on as a consultant . The road is initially bumpy : many of the male employees are uncomfortable with 's presence and the new direction , and 's relationship with his fiancée , , begins to deteriorate as she encourages him to sell the factory building to a real estate developer . Although things improve when tones down her personality and starts making friends , matters take a turn for the worse when is invited to showcase the new boots in Milan ; the strain he puts on his employees causes most of them , including , to walk out . 
 's fiancée arrives at the factory , furious that he took out a second mortgage on their house to save the company . insists that he sell the company , but is determined to save it and the jobs of his employees . The argument ( which ends with leaving ) is broadcast on the factory 's PA system , which is overheard by and 's bitterest opponent at the factory , , a chauvinistic male worker . turns over a new leaf after had graciously allowed him to win an arm wrestling match , and rallies the factory workers to make the boots in time for and to get to Milan . When catches with another man , he angrily takes out his frustrations on , causing to quit . After arriving in Milan with no one to model the boots , is forced to go onstage and model the boots himself . After tripping and ultimately falling flat on his face , and her posse of drag queens arrive , put on a spectacular runway show , and save the day . 
 In the film 's denouement , headlines her own show and sings a song in honor of the " kinky boots factory " of Northampton . Most of the key workers are in attendance and enjoying themselves , including and , who have become a couple .

In Victorian England in the 1860s , widowed undertaker has seven unruly children . He is clumsy and loves his children but since the death of his wife has spent little time with them and can not handle them . The children have had a series of nannies , whom they have systematically driven out by their bad behaviour . They also take great pleasure in terrorizing their cook , Mrs. . Besides their father , the only one the children will ever listen to is , the family 's uneducated but sweet - natured scullery maid . 
 One day , discovers multiple references for a " Nanny McPhee throughout the home . That same night during a storm , the children cause havoc in the kitchen at the same time sees a shadow behind the door and opens it to reveal a frighteningly hideous woman , who states that she is and is a " government nanny " . With discipline and a little magic , she transforms the family 's lives . In the process , she changes from ugly to beautiful , her warts and unibrow disappearing and her oversized nose shrinking . The children , led by the eldest son , try to play their tricks on her , but gradually start to respect her and ask her for advice . They change to responsible people helping their clumsy father in solving the family problems , making less and less needed . 
 The family is financially supported by 's late wife 's domineering and nearsighted aunt Lady , who demands custody over one of the children . She first wants ( ) , one of the daughters , but volunteers and agrees , assuming she is one of the daughters . She also threatens to reduce the family to poverty unless remarries within the month ; the family would lose the house , and they would not be able to stay together . Desperate , turns to a vile and frequent widow , Mrs. . The children assume from reading books of fairy - tales that all stepmothers are terrible women who treat their stepchildren like slaves ; therefore they sabotage a visit of Mrs. , who leaves , angry at . After the financial rationale for the marriage is explained to the children , they agree to the marriage , and appease Mrs. by confessing they were to blame for the disturbance of her visit , luring her back to their father with tales of their Great Aunt 's wealth . 
 However , the children soon discover that Mrs. is just as cruel and awful as any fairytale stepmother when she breaks baby 's beloved rattle ( which previously belonged to their late mother , and was the only thing they had left of her . ) When everybody is gathered for the marriage ceremony , they disturb the ceremony by pretending there are bees ( inspired by the way told them to " behave " and baby repeating the word , but pronouncing it as " beehive " ) , chasing the guests , and throwing the pastries intended for the banquet at everyone present . swiftly understands that they do not like the bride and , recognising that he does not like her either , joins in the commotion himself . Mrs. cancels the marriage and storms off in anger . This seems to mean that 's marriage deadline is missed , but asks whether she loves . She first denies , explaining that it would be inappropriate because of her station as maidservant , but then confirms she does . , who loves back , marries then and there , satisfying Aunt 's conditions for maintaining his allowance ; and ( who is now beautiful ) , magically makes it snow , which transforms the wedding scene and changes 's clothes into a beautiful wedding dress , and restores the children 's real mother 's rattle for them . 
 leaves surreptitiously , in accordance with what she told the children before on her first night : " When you need me , but do not want me , then I must stay . When you want me , but no longer need me , then I have to go " .

The story is set in Glasgow , Scotland near the banks of the River Clyde . After completing the construction of the ship RFA Mounts Bay , ( played by ) and a few of his co - workers are laid off from the shipyards after 36 years service . This , along with his grief still suffered over the drowning of one of his sons many years ago , plummets into a deep depression . He gets on well with his wife , ( ) , but their relationship is distant . His other son , ( ) , is a devoted house husband who looks after his twin sons , while his wife , ( ) works full - time at the local Jobcentre . has a troubled relationship with his father , feeling the guilt of being the ' surviving ' son . 
 After a violent panic attack , realizes that he needs some focus in his life , and , after a booze cruise along the English Channel , decides to focus his efforts on swimming across it . trains with the help of friend and local chip shop owner ( ) and former co - workers ( ) , ( ) and ( ) until he feels he is fit and ready for the attempt . A successful crossing alleviates the family tensions .

During the late 18th century , the family , consisting of Mr. and Mrs. and their five daughters — , , , and — live in comparative financial independence as gentry at Longbourn , a working farm in rural England . As the have no sons , Longbourn is destined to be inherited by Mr. 's cousin , Mr. , and so Mrs. is anxious to marry off her five daughters before Mr. dies , in order to secure herself in her widowhood . 
 Wealthy bachelor has recently moved into Netherfield , a large , nearby estate . He is introduced to local society at an assembly ball , along with his haughty sister and reserved friend , Mr. , who " owns half of Derbyshire " . is enchanted with the gentle and beautiful , while takes an instant dislike to after he coldly rebuffs her attempts at conversation and after she later overhears him insulting her . When becomes sick on a visit to Netherfield , goes to stay with her , verbally sparring with both and . 
 Later the are visited by Mr. , a pompous clergyman who talks of little but his patroness , Lady . After learning from Mrs. that is expected to become engaged soon , decides to pursue , utterly oblivious to her lack of receptivity towards himself . Meanwhile , the easy - going and charming Lieutenant of the newly - arrived militia captures the girls ' attention ; he wins 's sympathy by telling her that had cheated him of his inheritance . At a ball at Netherfield , , startled by 's abrupt appearance and request , accepts a dance with him before realizing it , but vows to her best friend that she has " sworn to loathe him for all eternity " . During the dance , she attacks him with witty sarcasm and responds in kind . At the same ball , expresses concern to that 's behaviour towards Mr. is too reserved , and that may not realise that she loves him . 
 The next day , at Longbourn , proposes to , but she strongly declines . When unexpectedly returns to London , dispatches a heartbroken to the city to stay with their aunt and uncle , the , in hopes of re - establishing contact between and . Later , is appalled to learn that her friend will marry to gain financial security and avoid remaining a spinster . 
 Months later , visits the newly - wed Mr. and Mrs. at Rosings , Lady 's manor estate ; they are invited to dine there , and meet and Colonel , who it transpires are Lady 's nephews . Here shows greater interest in , especially when she replies to Lady 's jabs with spirited wit . The next day , not realizing that is 's sister , Colonel lets slip to that had separated from . Distraught , she flees outside , but chooses that moment to track her down and propose marriage . 
 He says that he loves her " most ardently , " despite her " lower rank . " refuses him , citing his treatment of and and of ; they argue fiercely , with explaining that he had been convinced that did not return 's love . leaves angry and heartbroken . He finds later and presents her with a letter , which explains that is a gambler who demanded and received £ 3,000 in cash in - lieu of the clergy position intended for him by 's father ; upon being refused more money , after having squandered it all a few years later , had attempted to seduce and elope with 's 15 - year - old sister , , in order to obtain her £ 30,000 inheritance , but abandoned her upon learning that he would never receive the money . 
 A couple of months later , the take on a trip to the Peak District ; their visit also includes 's estate , Pemberley ; agrees to go with them , believing that he is away travelling . is stunned by its wealth and beauty , and hears nothing but good things about from his housekeeper . There , she accidentally runs into , who has arrived home early . He invites her and the to meet his sister . His manners have softened considerably , and takes an instant liking to . When learns that her immature and flirtatious youngest sister has run away with , she tearfully blurts out the news to and the before returning home . Her family expects social ruin for having a disgraced daughter , but over a week later they are relieved to hear that Mr. had discovered the pair in London and that they had married . later slips to that was the one who found them and paid for the marriage . 
 When and suddenly return to Netherfield , accepts 's proposal . The same evening , Lady unexpectedly visits , insisting that she renounce , as he is supposedly to marry her own daughter , . refuses and , unable to sleep , walks on the moor at dawn . There , she meets , also unable to sleep after hearing of his aunt 's behaviour . He admits his continued love and accepts his proposal . 
 Mr. gives his consent after assures him of her love for . In the U.S. release of the film , an additional last scene shows the newlyweds outside of Pemberley , happy together .

( ) is a gang boss involved in illegal gambling all over the city . With the help of three goons , known as " the three Eddies " , he controls several games that take place in the underground . On one occasion , just before a big game , loses his card man . With no chances left , asks for help of ( ) , a card man with a good reputation underground . When refuses , they harass 's brother , ( ) , and 's family to convince to play . He succumbs and plays the game , which he ends up winning . The loser , a high roller named , insults 's mother and responds by shooting him in the foot , igniting a gunfight in which the game 's money vanishes . 
 The police investigation is leading nowhere until 's name is mentioned and he is brought in for questioning . Taking precautionary measures , sends the three to 's house where they threaten his niece . 's wife reacts poorly in the situation and is accidentally shot . does not give 's name to the police to protect and his family and ends up sentenced to prison . He is given a choice to either spend 14 years in general prison population or 7 years in solitary confinement . He chooses the latter . 
 During his seven - year stint imprisoned in solitary confinement learns of a specific strategy ( referred to as " The Formula " ) that is supposed to lead its user to win every game . The Formula itself was discovered by two unnamed men who inhabited adjacent cells on either side of 's own . They are referred to as a chess expert and a con man . During the first five years of his seven - year sentence , the three men communicated their thoughts on confidence tricks and chess moves via messages hidden inside library books , such as The Mathematics of Quantum Mechanics . 
 The chess expert and the con man plan to leave their cells simultaneously , and promise to take with them . But when they disappear from their cells , they leave behind to serve the remaining two years of his sentence . When is released , he finds that all of his possessions and money have been taken by the two men with whom he had shared everything . Still , he has The Formula , and he goes about making a lot of money at various casinos . Two years later , has garnered a reputation that leads many casinos to fear his freakishly good ' luck ' , and he is blacklisted by many casinos in fear that he will earn money in them . The Formula applies to any game , and is often exemplified by 's apparent mastery of chess . The story revolves around 's epiphanic awakening , as he learns how to apply the Formula to the ' game ' of life . 
 Approximately two years after his prison release , , and their other brother walk into one of 's casinos . He is recognised and " all the tables are closed " to and company . But promptly calls them up to a private area of his casino where a high rollers ' game is currently taking place . bets a fortune on a chip toss , and wins . This hurts . As says " nothing hurts more than humiliation and a little money loss " . suspects that , who seems unafraid of him , will be out for more revenge . As and his brothers leave the casino , a man hands a card and tells him that he can help him . , who has a fear of enclosed spaces , decides to take the stairs . In the stairwell he looks at the card and then collapses , falling down the stairs . The card is revealed to read " Take the Elevator " . is rushed to the hospital . The doctors report he is very ill but do not disclose why he had the blackout . 
 puts out an order for a hit on . arrives home , without , to be welcomed by one of 's hits . However , on his doorstep there is another card , which says " Pick This Up " . As bends to retrieve the card bullets fly over his back . As the shooting continues , the same mysterious individual called ( ) arrives and rescues who is the only person to survive the hit . introduces to his partner , ( ) . They offer him a deal : they will take all of his money and he will do what they say , no questions asked . In exchange , they will protect from . In the course of their proposal , they show his medical file , which they have mysteriously obtained . It indicates that the blackout occurred due to a rare blood disease which will cause his death within three days . suspects a con . The mysterious men later reveal that his money will be used to fund their loan shark enterprise . 
 is seen to be the ' king ' in this chess game of gang warfare . He is the ultimate figure that all men are supposedly aspiring to be . is revealed to be an ultimately powerless cipher , whose power is granted only by those who invest in him . He represents ego and self - investment . He is the personification of greed . It is revealed that and were 's " neighbours " during his years of incarceration . They have forced to " induce head pain to engage the enemy " by making him give his money away under the principle that " nothing hurts more than humiliation and a little money loss " . They are inflicting this form of ' premature enlightenment ' upon Jake because , according to them , he was not ready to hear how hard this process of liberation was going to be while in prison . It was because of this that they left without him . 
 attempts to get to understand the nature of the ego . He tells " the greatest con that [ the ego ] ever pulled was making you believe that he is you . " This is seen to be the ' ultimate con ' , in that no - one wants to sever their connection with their ego , because they refuse to challenge their own lifelong investment in it . In the end , also steps off the proverbial chess board by making a conscious effort to reverse everything his ego tells him to do . This is seen to be the truest and most fundamental application of the Formula . The characters of , , and ( ) are seen to ultimately reject the ego 's ' rules ' . The character of is seen to succumb to them .

In 2027 , the world is in turmoil and warfare , with the United States fractured as a result of prolonged second civil war and a pandemic of the " St. Mary 's Virus " ravaging Europe . The United Kingdom is ruled as a Nordic supremacist[6][7][8 ] and neo - fascist[9 ] police state by the Norsefire Party , helmed by all - powerful High Chancellor . Political opponents , immigrants , Jews , Muslims , atheists , homosexuals , and other " undesirables " are imprisoned and executed in concentration camps . The Irish are not exterminated , but are considered inferior compared to people of Nordic and British descent.[6 ] 
 On November 4 , a vigilante in a mask identifying himself as " V " rescues , an employee of the state - run British Television Network , from members of the " Fingermen " secret police while she is out past curfew . From a rooftop , they watch his demolition of London 's main criminal court , the Old Bailey , accompanied by fireworks and the " 1812 Overture " . Inspector of Scotland Yard is asked to investigate V 's activities while BTN declares the incident an " emergency demolition " . interrupts the broadcast to claim responsibility , encouraging the people of Britain to rise up against their government and meet him on next year 's Guy Fawkes Night outside the Houses of Parliament . During the broadcast , the police attempt to capture V. helps him escape , but is knocked unconscious . 
 takes to his home , where she is told she must remain for one year . then kills , Norsefire 's chief propagandist , and , the Bishop of London . offers to help , and uses the opportunity to escape to the home of her boss , comedian and talk show host . In return for trusting him with her safety , reveals prohibited materials , including subversive paintings , an antique Quran , and homoerotic photographs . Meanwhile , confronts Dr. , who had experimented on him and many other " undesirables " 20 years ago at Larkhill concentration camp ; seeing her remorse for her past actions , he kills her painlessly . 
 After performs a satire of the government on his show , his home is raided and is captured . She is imprisoned and tortured for information about V , with her only solace being a note written by actress , a former prisoner who was tortured and killed for her lesbianism . is told she will be executed unless she reveals 's location . When she says she would rather die , she is inexplicably released , and then finds herself in 's home . It turns out that was the one who had " captured " her at 's home , and staged her imprisonment and torture to free her from her fears . The note was real , passed from to when he was imprisoned . He also informs her that had been executed when the Quran was found in his home . While initially hates for what he did to her , she realises she has become a stronger person . She leaves him , promising to return before November 5 . 
 Reading the deceased 's journal , learns is the result of human experimentation and has been targeting the people who detained him . Despite being stonewalled by the government , searches for the true identity of , tracing him to a bioweapons program in Larkhill . meets , who tells him that the program , which was directed by ( who was then Undersecretary of Defence ) , resulted in the creation of the deadly St. Mary 's Virus . He further reveals that , a leader of the Norsefire Party , released the virus onto English soil , killing 100,000 British residents and framing the outbreak as an attack by a terrorist organisation . The Party , which promised security in times of social instability , used the ensuing wave of fear to elevate to the newly created office of High Chancellor and win an overwhelming majority in Parliament , becoming the elected government . later discovers that was V in disguise , and though he initially disbelieves the story , his faith in the Norsefire government is severely shaken . 
 As November 5 nears , V distributes thousands of masks , and the population questions party rule as the nation slowly descends into anarchy , ignited when one of the Fingermen makes the mistake of shooting and killing a young girl committing vandalism , only to be killed in turn by a mob of enraged citizens . On the eve of November 5 , visits , who shows her an explosive - laden train in the abandoned London Underground , set to destroy Parliament . He leaves it to to decide whether to use it . meets Party Leader , with whom he has made a deal to surrender in exchange for 's execution . After executes , reneges on his deal and kills and his men . Mortally wounded , he returns to and tells her he loves her before dying . 
 As places 's body aboard the train , she is found by . Disillusioned by the Party 's regime , allows to send the train off . On the surface , thousands of unarmed Londoners wearing masks march towards Parliament . Since and are both dead , the military receives no orders , and allows the crowd to pass . As Parliament is destroyed , asks for 's identity , to which she replies , " He was all of us . "

In May 1944 , 5 years since the declaration of World War II , three Royal Homing Pigeon Service war pigeons are flying across the English Channel with the White Cliffs of Dover in sight , carrying vital messages to Great Britain . Despite the poor weather conditions the pigeons have nearly reached their destination . They are , however , suddenly ambushed and attacked by a German enemy peregrine falcon named General Von Talon ( ) ; two of the pigeons are instantly killed , yet the third , ( ) , is taken as a prisoner of war . 
 Elsewhere , a small wood pigeon named Valiant ( ) is watching an Allied forces propaganda film in his local bar ( an overturned rowing boat ) in West Nestington . Wing Commander ( ) , a war hero flies into the bar , informing everyone that signups are scheduled the next day in Trafalgar Square , London . In General 's lair , resists interrogation by his captors . flies off to London , bidding his mother and ( ) , the local barman , goodbye . In London , meets an unhygienic slacker pigeon named Bugsy ( ) , who is being hunted by two thugs , after having tricked them at a shell game . In order to escape the thugs , he signs up with Valiant . 
 The recruits , , , ( ) , an intellectual red pigeon , and Toughwood and ( and ) , two muscular but dim - witted twin brothers , form Royal Homing Pigeon Service Squad F , and are sent to a recruit training facility . Under the command of Sergeant ( ) , who declares that he will toughen them up for the RHPS , the training begins . Meanwhile , and his henchmen , ( ) and ( ) , try numerous attempts to discover the message 's departure location . However refuses to tell , despite the tortures inflicted upon him , such as irritating him with yodeling music and injecting him with truth serum , before accidentally reveals the location : Saint - Pierre . 
 Throughout the training , develops a crush on ( ) , the camp 's nursing dove . Eventually , arrives and tells the Sergeant that the recruits need to leave the next morning , despite their training being vastly incomplete . , however , decides not to go on the " highly dangerous " mission and flees the camp that night . The next morning , and the others prepare to leave and start to board the plane headed for France , but not before shows up at the last second . The journey quickly becomes dangerous , as the plane is caught in the midst of dogfight . Their plane sustains heavy damage and the pigeons soon have to bail out , in boxes equipped with parachutes . The pigeons are dropped from the plane ; however a technical malfunction causes 's box to fail to deploy . The plane goes down in an inferno of flames , presumably killing in the resulting explosion . 
 In France , the pigeons meet ( ) and ( ) , two mice from the French Resistance , Mouse Division , who lead them to Saint - Pierre , where they receive the message they have been ordered to deliver . They soon come under attack by henchmen , resulting in and the message being captured . takes the message from and decides to lock him up and kill him later , planning to personally deliver the message to the German High Commander himself . and the troops follow to the falcon 's bunker , where they discover that has survived the plane crash . takes advantage of his small size and sneaks into the bunker through the gun barrel , retrieves the message , and frees and . Unfortunately , the falcons witness the escape and give chase . As and the others fight off henchmen , flies to London to deliver the message , followed by . 
 After a climactic chase by the falcon , hides in the cottage where he lives , where he is caught by again . With the help of and the resident pigeons , outwits by getting a giant hook caught on his medals , leaving him to be beaten by the water wheel . delivers the message , and upon receiving it , a change of plans is made ; they land in Normandy . After receiving the Dickin Medal , Squad F returns to the local bar in West Nestington , where Valiant reunites and shares a kiss with .

Aspiring artist develops insomnia after a painful breakup with his girlfriend , . To take his mind off and to occupy the extra waking hours he has recently gained , begins working at a local Sainsbury 's supermarket , where he meets colourful co - workers . Among them is his colleague , with whom he soon develops a mutual crush . As his personal means to escape the boredom inherent in the night shift , lets his imagination run wild . In particular , he imagines that he can stop time so that he can walk around in a world that is " frozen " like the pause of a film . He imagines female patrons of the supermarket stopped in time , allowing him to undress and draw them . Finally the ability to stop time becomes real . 
 A series of flashbacks occur with each progression of the plot , accompanied by 's narration and an examination of the effect the situation had had upon him . He explains how he always has been impressed by the beauty of the female body : how he , as a young boy , witnessed a Swedish boarder walk naked from the shower to her room . In another flashback , the young and his best friend share 's discovery of his parents ' adult magazines , and pays a neighbourhood girl fifty pence to show him , and all the neighbourhood boys , her vulva . 
 's boss , , recruits the staff for a weekend football game and , after an embarrassing defeat , 26 - Nil , freezes time again . This time he discovers that he is not alone when he sees a mysterious stranger who is able to move inside the frozen world as he can . When throws a party to honour his own birthday and as a consolation for their defeat , asks to be her date , to which he eagerly but nervously agrees . While there , encounters his ex - girlfriend , who implores him to try their relationship again . refuses her advance but she kisses him , just as witnesses from afar . angrily leaves the party . realizes has seen the kiss , and freezes time . After spending several days " frozen " , concludes that although he can stop time , he can not reverse it to correct the mistake . He eventually seeks to explain himself to at her apartment , and a confrontation similar to the film - opening breakup occurs . henceforth does not show up to work at the supermarket . 
 As a practical joke , colleagues and phone ; poses as an art gallery owner who is interested in displaying 's drawings , and schedules an appointment for Ben to present more to him . When arrives as agreed , the reaction of the owner quickly reveals that he has been pranked . However , the gallery owner is nonetheless interested in 's work and decides to exhibit 's drawings . receives an invitation to the exhibition and visits . She is moved as most of the pieces depict her and she happily greets , congratulating him on his success . The finale occurs as shares his ability to stop time with her and the two step outside into a time - frozen snowfall .

, who spent her childhood in America , now lives and works in London , at British Vogue , and shares an apartment with her gay friend , a screenwriter . Afraid to be disappointed by a serious relationship , prefers to spend her free time with her friends and sleep with her ex - boyfriend , , whom she does n't love . , who has never been in a relationship , spends too much time in his dreams and as a result can not fall in love with a real person . It gets more complicated with the entrance of , a photography assistant for one of the photographers at Vogue . As the film develops , they come to realize their mistakes and eventually reach their happy endings .

A thirty - something busker ( ) performs with his guitar on Grafton Street , a Dublin shopping district and chases a man who steals his money . Lured by his music , a young Czech flower seller ( ) talks to him about his songs . Delighted to learn that he repairs hoovers , insists that fix her broken hoover . The next day returns with her broken hoover and tells that she is also a musician . 
 At a music store where Girl regularly plays piano , teaches her one of his songs ( " Falling Slowly " ) ; they sing and play together . invites her to his father 's shop , and on the bus home musically answers 's question about what his songs are about : a long - time girlfriend who cheated on him , then left ( " Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy " ) . 
 At the shop , introduces to his father and takes her to his room , but when he asks her to stay the night , feels insulted and leaves . The next day , they reconcile and spend the week writing , rehearsing and recording songs . Girl rehearses lyrics for one of 's songs ( " If You Want Me " ) , singing to herself while walking down the street ; at a party , people perform impromptu ( including " Gold " ) . 
 works on " Lies " , a song about his ex - girlfriend , who moved to London . Girl encourages him to win her back . Invited to the woman 's home , discovers that has a toddler and lives with her mother . decides to move to London , but he wants to record a demo of his songs to take with him and asks Girl to record it with him . They secure a bank loan and reserve time at a recording studio . 
 learns has a husband in the Czech Republic . When he asks if she still loves her husband , answers in Czech , " Miluji tebe " ( " I love you"),[4 ] but coyly declines to translate . After recruiting a band from other buskers , they go into the studio to record . They impress , the jaded studio engineer , with their first song ( " When Your Mind 's Made Up " ) . On a break in the early morning , finds a piano in an empty studio and plays one of her own compositions ( " The Hill " ) . 
 After the all - night session wraps up , they walk home . Before they part ways , reveals that she spoke to her husband and he is coming to live with her in Dublin . persuades her to spend his last night in Dublin with him , but she stands him up and he can not find her to say goodbye before his flight . He plays the demo for his father , who gives him money to help him get settled in London . Before leaving for the airport , buys Girl a piano and makes arrangements for its delivery , then calls his ex - girlfriend , who is happy about his imminent arrival . Girl reunites with her husband in Dublin and plays the piano in their home .

The 1997 general election has elected as the Prime Minister from the Labour Party on a manifesto of reform and modernisation . Less than four months later , , Princess of Wales is killed in a car crash at the Alma Bridge tunnel in Paris . 
 Immediately , her death presents problems for her ex - husband , , and , to accord the mother of a future king that is no longer a member of the royal family . Queen wonders if will turn his modernisation pledge on to the royal family since he attempts to have her reconsider her views on the funeral plans . 's family , the , called for the funeral to be private . 
 In the press , is dubbed the " People 's Princess " ; this begins an outpouring of grief by the general public in broadcasts , and displays of floral tributes so numerous at Buckingham and Kensington Palaces that the main entrances onto the complexes have to be rerouted . The senior members of the royal family make no effort to acknowledge 's significance to society and remain on holiday at Balmoral . The royal family 's popularity plummets , while 's approval rises as he responds to the public outcry of inaction by the royal family . 
 's attempts to guide the royal family through the controversy are met with resistance , the Queen describing them as a surrender to public hysteria . He is encouraged by the private secretaries of the Prince of Wales and the , albeit through veiled advice , to continue with his attempts to change the attitude of the royal family . The Queen comes to realise that the world has changed during her reign , and begins to understand that had rejected everything the Queen still holds most dear . 
 The Queen decides to end discussion about the issue . The royal family returns to London to review the floral tributes to . The Queen pays public tribute on live television to 's significance to the nation and society . The royal family attend the public funeral for at Westminster Abbey . 
 At 's next meeting with the Queen , they exchange views about what has happened since their last meeting including the controversy surrounding 's death and the actions that are followed . Then she cautions the Prime Minister that , just as public opinion has changed about how the royal family should react to a new Britain , so must he as he may very well find himself in the same position of changing public opinion .

The plot concerns , an elderly actor who finds himself increasingly attracted to his friend 's grand - niece while simultaneously finding himself in deteriorating health due to prostate cancer . 's friend describes the grand - niece as a trouble maker and a nuisance , but discovers that warms up to him when he starts interacting with her . He takes her to the National Gallery in London to view his favourite painting , the Rokeby Venus , by the Spanish artist . 
 had expressed interest in modelling ( initially mishears this as " yodelling " ) and arranges for to model nude for an art class . As a result of posing for the art class , and inspired by his favourite painting , decides to give the nickname " " . and develop a passive / aggressive relationship over the course of the film . is forward in terms of his attraction towards while occasionally indulges his whims to a limited extent , such as touching her hand and smelling her neck , but also retracts the indulgences when she feels that he has gone too far . The plot of the film revolves around the evolving friendship or relationship between the two characters . For , this appears to be the last attempt at something approaching a love life , as his prostate operation has left him impotent . For , it is less clear what she sees in . During the course of the film we see her do everything from exploiting him ( trying to get him to buy her presents , trying to use his flat to have sex with a boy ) , taking care of him , flirting with him , and rejecting him sexually to engaging with him as a friend . During the course of the film we learn that she has been rejected by her mother and great - uncle for her promiscuous life style ; it is implied that she is drawn to because he does not judge her as harshly as her family members have . 
 The plot comes to a head when becomes involved with a boy . The two young lovers persuade to take a walk so that they can have sex . initially obliges , but returns to kick them out of his flat . A scuffle ensues and the boy knocks down , injuring him . leaves with the boy but she later returns to check on . When the paramedics arrive , claims he can not remember who attacked him , much to 's surprise . Then calls for " " to take care of him . , remorseful , agrees to look after . Some time later , after has at least partly recovered , he takes to the seaside at Whitstable in Kent.[2 ] As they sit down by the water says to " Now , we can really talk " , and dies , leaning on her . At the memorial services , meets 's ex - wife , who could not find satisfaction in 's love life either . The last scene shows and others posing as models for the character .

During the original outbreak of the Rage Virus , , his wife and four more survivors hide in a barricaded cottage on the outskirts of London . They hear a terrified boy pounding at their door and let him in . A few minutes later , they discover that the infected have followed the boy . The infected attack and kill most of the survivors , while , and the boy are chased upstairs . pleads with to abandon the boy but she refuses . He abandons them as the infected break into their room by busting out of the window . sprints to a nearby motorboat , narrowly escaping after a tussle with a recently turned survivor . 
 After the infected begin to die of starvation , NATO forces take control of Britain . Twenty - eight weeks after the outbreak , an American commanded force , under the command of Brigadier General , brings in settlers . Among the new arrivals are and 's children , and , who were out of the country during the outbreak . They are admitted to District One , a safe zone on the Isle of Dogs , guarded by the US Army . Sergeant , a Delta Force sniper and his friend , Chief , a helicopter pilot , are amongst the troops guarding the district . and are reunited with their father , who was found by the US Army and has become the district 's caretaker . In their new flat , fabricates a lie about the circumstances surrounding their mother 's death . 
 That night , dreams about forgetting his mother 's face , so and sneak out of the safe zone and return to their former home , where they collect family photographs and other mementos . To his shock , finds alive and uninfected in a semi - conscious , delirious state . The three are soon discovered by soldiers and taken back to District One . is taken to a quarantine room , where she is tested and found to be an asymptomatic carrier of the rage virus . makes an unauthorised visit to in her isolation cell , begging her to forgive him . She accepts his apology and tells him she loves him ; when they kiss , is infected , savagely kills her and goes on a rampage . 
 General orders the building to be quarantined and orders a Code Red alert in District One . Civilians are herded into safe rooms but despite the precautions , breaks into a room full of people and starts a domino effect of rapid infection . The crowd , with half its members infected , breaks out of the safe room and into the streets . , a US Army medical officer , rescues and as the soldiers in District One are ordered to shoot indiscriminately . , unable to bring himself to comply with the order , abandons his post and escapes with , , and several others through the Greenwich Foot Tunnel . orders District One to be firebombed but large numbers of the infected , including , escape the bombardment . informs that the children might hold the key to a cure and must be protected . 
 arrives by helicopter to pick up but refuses to take anyone else , as they would be shot down for carrying people who might be infected . contacts by radio and tells him leave the civilians and head to Wembley Stadium . ignores his instructions and escorts , and to Wembley . They break into an abandoned Volvo V70 to escape nerve gas released to kill the infected but are unable to start the car while soldiers with flamethrowers draw near . exits the car and sacrifices himself by push starting the car and is flamed . escapes an Apache gunship and drives and into the London Underground , where the trio continues on foot . ambushes and kills , then bites . 
 shoots before he can kill , who remains symptom - free but an unknown carrier of the Rage virus . They continue to the stadium and are picked up by a reluctant , who flies them across the English Channel to France , as instructed by . Twenty - eight days later , a French - accented voice requesting help is heard from the radio in 's abandoned helicopter . A group of the infected are then seen running through a tunnel which , as they emerge into the open , is revealed to be the exit of the Paris Métro Trocadéro Station with a view across the Seine to the nearby Eiffel Tower .

In 1935 England , is a 13 - year - old from a wealthy family . She has just completed writing her first play to mark her brother 's homecoming and plans to stage it later that day with her visiting cousins . 
 Looking out of her bedroom window , she spies on her older sister , , and the housekeeper 's son , , on whom has a crush . is undressing and dips into the fountain pool ; a moment later , she climbs out , her undergarments wet , all while watches . had gone to the pond to fill a vase , grabbed one of the handles , and it broke . A part fell into the pond , and jumped in to retrieve it . 
 drafts a series of notes to apologising for the incident . One contains an explicit expression of his sexual desire for her , including the word " cunt " : he writes it only as a joke , and it makes him laugh to himself . He writes another , more formal letter , and asks to deliver it . Only after she has gone does he realise he has given her the explicit letter . 
 reads the letter before giving it to . Later , she describes it to her older visiting cousin , , who calls a " sex maniac " . , a visiting friend of 's older brother 's and a chocolate magnate , introduces himself to the visiting cousins and appears to be attracted to . 
 Before dinner , apologises for the obscene letter , and confesses her love for him . They are making love in the library when walks in , and thinks that is under attack . and try to pass the incident off . 
 At dinner , finds that 's twin brothers have run away , and calls for a search of the estate grounds . In the course of it , glimpses being raped by a man . She goes to , and they make statements to one another that appear to establish as the culprit . The belief is sustained during police questioning , and the earlier note is seen as corroborative evidence . 's arrest and imprisonment follow . 
 About four years later , during World War II , has been released from prison on condition that he join the army , and is fighting in the Battle of France . Separated from his unit , he is making his way on foot to Dunkirk , all the while thinking of his meeting with in London six months earlier : they had renewed their love before she returned to her work as a nurse , and he set off to the French front . 
 , now 18 , has chosen to join 's old nursing unit at St Thomas ' Hospital in London rather than go to the University of Cambridge , because she wants to be of " practical use to society " . She writes to her sister , but has not forgiven her for lying in the investigation years before . 
 , who is falling gravely ill from an infected wound , finally arrives at the beaches of Dunkirk , where he waits to be evacuated . 
 Later , — who now regrets her lie — learns from a newsreel that , who owns a factory supplying rations to the British army , is about to be married to . goes to the ceremony , and as the priest asks if anyone objects to the union , she recalls seeing assault . However , she remains silent . As and leave the church , they glance at , but also say nothing . 
 Afterwards , visits to apologise to her directly . She is surprised to find her sister with , who is in London on leave . apologises for her deceit , but is enraged that she has still not accepted responsibility for her actions , when soldiers younger than she have died in the war . calms him down , and the couple ask to confess and to have the legal record rectified . agrees . However , she also has to tell them that has married . He is now most unlikely to be punished , as will be unable to testify against her husband , and will be regarded as an unreliable witness . 
 is now elderly and a successful novelist , giving an interview about her latest book that will cap her career ; she is now dying of vascular dementia . She says that this autobiographical novel , entitled Atonement , has been very difficult to write , because she did not know how to approach what she had done to and . She has worked on it from the very beginning of her career . She confesses that the scene in the book describing her visit and apology to and was entirely imaginary . 
 and were never reunited : died of septicaemia at Dunkirk on the morning of the day he was to be evacuated , and drowned months later in the Balham tube station bombing during the Blitz . hopes to give the two , in fiction , the happiness that she robbed them of in real life . The last scene shows an imagined , happily reunited and living on in a house by the sea .

is the younger daughter of Reverend and his wife and has yet to find a suitable husband . She aspires to be a writer , to the dismay of her mother and proud delight of her father . 
 is a promising lawyer with a bad reputation , which he describes as " typical " for people in the profession . makes a terrible first impression upon meeting , when he nearly falls asleep while she gives a reading of her work for the company . Overhearing his subsequent criticism , can not stand the arrogant Irishman . Meanwhile , she turns down the affections of other men , including Mr. , the nephew and heir of the wealthy Lady . proposes but ultimately rejects him due to lack of affection . The mischievous encounters again ; they argue but increasingly take interest in each other and demonstrates that he takes 's literary aspirations seriously . In time they fall in love . 
 , , her brother and 's rich widowed cousin , , , conspire to receive an invitation from 's uncle and benefactor , the Lord Chief Judge of London , for the rich " Madame La Comtesse " and her friends . This visit is meant to be a short break in their journey to see 's brother , . This would allow Judge to get to know before and give a blessing for their marriage . Full of hope , can not sleep during the night at the Judge 's place . In a flow of inspiration , she then begins the writing of First Impressions , the manuscript that will become Pride and Prejudice . 
 However , Judge receives a letter informing him of the genteel poverty of 's family and he refuses to give his blessing , declaring that he would wish to be the whoremonger he had been rather than allow him to live in poverty because of a bad marriage . tells that he can not marry her and she is crushed , not knowing that has a legitimate reason ; his family depends on him financially . 
 returns home and soon learns that has become engaged to someone else at the arrangement of his family . accepts the marriage proposal of Mr. , whom she had earlier declined . Later , realises he can not live without , and returns , asking to run away with him , for " what value will there be in life , if we are not together ? " agrees , and they leave , with only 's sister knowing they plan to marry in secret . 
 On the way , stumbles upon a letter from 's mother , and realises his situation : he sends money he receives from his uncle back to his parents and siblings , and his family can not survive without it . She tells that they can not elope , not with so many people depending upon him . He insists that he and must marry and tells her he will earn money , but tells him that it will not be enough ; he will never be able to make enough money to support his dependents with a High Court judge ( his uncle ) as an enemy and with a penniless wife . Distraught , asks her if she loves him , and she replies , " Yes , but if our love destroys your family , then it will destroy itself , in a long , slow degradation of guilt and regret and blame . " As she leaves , catches a last glimpse of through the carriage window as he briefly follows , the horses outpacing him . 
 Twenty years later , , now a successful author and by choice unmarried , sees during a gathering . , now married to , brings to her . introduces his eldest daughter , who admires 's novels . 's daughter asks to read aloud , but as rarely does so he remonstrates with his daughter using her name , which is also . Astonished that he named his eldest after her , agrees to read . The last scene shows 's daughter sitting by as she reads aloud from Pride and Prejudice , while watches affectionately . As she concludes , their eyes meet , and joins the rest of the company in honouring and her work with applause .

, a British - Russian midwife at a London hospital , finds a Russian - language diary on the body of , a 14 - year - old girl who dies in childbirth . She also finds a card for the Trans - Siberian Restaurant , which is owned by , an old vor in the Russian mafia . sets out to track down the girl 's family so that she can find a home for the baby girl , and meets with , who offers to help . 's mother does not discourage her , but 's Russian uncle , a former KGB officer , urges caution . When translates ’s diary , comes to learn that had raped the girl , gotten her addicted to heroin and forced her into prostitution . Ultimately , realizes that the baby was fathered by . 
 ’s driver , , also serves as the family " cleaner " , removing evidence and dumping murdered bodies in the River Thames . Through , , fearing prosecution , promises to give the location of the girl 's family to if she hands back the diary . takes the diary and gives a location , but urges to keep the baby in London . orders to kill , who soon goes missing . As 's star rises within the vory , sponsors him as a full member , due in part to 's protection of ’s playboy son , who authorized an ill - advised hit on a rival Chechen vory leader with the help of a Kurdish associate , , and without ’s approval . Two Chechen hit men soon arrive in London seeking vengeance and kill 's mentally handicapped nephew , who also took part in the hit . hatches a plan to trick into taking 's place during a meeting at the baths with . The Chechens attack , thinking is , but kills them both , ending up in the hospital with severe wounds . 
 It is revealed that is actually an FSB agent who has infiltrated the gang , working under license from the British Government . As part of his undercover duties , was able to read 's diary before destroyed it , and hatches a plan with his handler to have arrested for statutory rape , with a paternity test of 's baby as evidence . tells that is safe , in a 5 - star hotel in Edinburgh for protection . orders to kidnap the baby girl and kill her . However , as sits by the Thames working up the courage to throw the child in , and find him and persuade him to give the baby back . and embrace as tells him that his father is finished and they are now the bosses . succeeds as boss of the organization and gains custody of 's baby , whom she names .

In 1585 , Catholic Spain ruled by King of Spain is the most powerful country in the world . Seeing Protestant England as a threat , and in retaliation for English piracy of Spanish ships , plots war . He plans to take over England and make his daughter , , the Queen of England in 's place . Meanwhile , of England is being pressured by her advisor , , to marry , for if she dies without an heir , the throne will pass to her cousin , Mary , Queen of Scots , who is Catholic . 
 English explorer is presented at 's court , having returned from the New World . is attracted to , enthralled by his tales of exploration , and asks , her most favored lady - in - waiting , to observe him . also finds attractive and secretly begins an affair with him . With tensions strained between England and Spain , seeks guidance from her astrologer , Dr. . 
 Jesuits in London conspire with to assassinate and replace her with , in what calls " The English Enterprise " , historically known as the Babington Plot . From her imprisonment , sends secret correspondence to the Jesuits , who recruit to assassinate . continues to warn of Spain 's rising power and of the Catholics ' plots against her . However she , unlike her predecessor and half - sister of England , refuses to force her people to share her religious beliefs . 
 's Catholic brother , who knows of the plot against is jailed and reveals Spain 's plot to , who angrily confronts the Spanish diplomats . The Spanish ambassador feigns ignorance , accuses of receiving Spanish gold from pirates , and insinuates that she has a sexual relationship with . Enraged , throws the Spaniards out of court . Meanwhile , is cutting down the forests of Spain to build the Spanish Armada , to invade England . writes letters condoning the plot . 
 storms into a cathedral where is praying and fires a pistol at her , though is unharmed as it is revealed that there was no bullet in the gun . As learns of 's involvement in the plot , insists be executed to quell any possible revolt . is reluctant , but nevertheless agrees . is tried for high treason and is beheaded . sees that this was part of the Jesuits ' plan all along . had never intended to become queen , but since the Pope and other Catholic leaders regarded as the true Queen of England , uses 's death to obtain papal approval for war . The " murder " of the last legitimate Catholic in the line of succession gives the pretext he needs to invade England . 
 reveals to in private that she is pregnant with his child , and pleads with him to leave . Instead , the couple marries in secret . When confronts later , she confesses that she is indeed pregnant with 's child , and that is her husband . An infuriated berates , reminding her that she can not marry without royal consent . She then banishes from court and has imprisoned for the crime of seducing a ward of the Queen . 
 As the Spanish Armada begins its approach up the English Channel , forgives and sets free to join Sir in the battle . The ships of the Armada vastly outnumber England 's , but a storm blows the Armada toward the beaches , endangering its formation and ships that becomes vulnerable for English fire ships . , back at her coastal headquarters , walks out to the cliffs and watches the Spanish Armada sink in flames as the English prevail over Spain . 
 She then visits and and blesses their child . seemingly triumphs personally through her ordeal , again resigned to her role as the Virgin Queen and mother to the English people .

Police Constable , an over - achieving officer of the London Metropolitan Police Service , is promoted to Sergeant and transferred by his jealous colleagues and superiors to the village of Sandford , Gloucestershire . Sandford is a crime - free idyll , a regular winner of ‘ Village of the Year ’ award and is watched over by the Neighbourhood Watch Alliance ( NWA ) . is frustrated to find the local police service lazy and complacent while his new partner , Police Constable , is the son of Inspector , 's new superior . adores action and buddy cop films . also meets , the manager of the local Somerfield supermarket . 
 After attending a local performance of Romeo and Juliet , suspects foul play when the leads - solicitor and his mistress - are found dead in 's car the next morning . The other officers pass off the deaths as an accident . is later sent to resolve a neighborhood dispute over a bush caused by farmer , confiscating the farmer 's stash of unlicensed firearms in the process . locks both the guns and an old naval mine in the police station 's evidence room . In the village pub , and help , a self - made wealthy drunkard and land developer to his home . Afterwards , slowly warms to and they watch action movies at 's home . The following morning , they learn that was killed in a gas explosion that destroyed his mansion . 
 With his suspicions dismissed by the other officers , begins to suspect that the killings are connected to a recent property deal after witnessing the death of Sandford Citizen editor , who claimed to have information regarding . 's suspicions are confirmed when he witnesses , the village florist and NWA member who is moving away while selling her property to 's business partners , being murdered by a black cloaked figure who manages to elude him in the ensuing chase . persuades of the murders while accusing Skinner , only for him to provide alibis for the murders by way of the store 's security surveillance footage . By sheer accident , theorizes that there are multiple killers , but dismisses the idea and advises to get some rest . 
 returns to his hotel room , where he is attacked by 's trolley boy , , a supposed inbred giant who only communicates by saying " yarp " and " narp " ( meaning yes and no , respectively ) . knocks him out and learns of a secret NWA meeting at Sandford Castle . is astonished when he learns that the NWA had murdered , , , and for being petty threats to Sandford 's chances of winning the ‘ Village of the Year ’ award , having also killed for being set on leaving . reveals himself to be the mastermind behind the murders , having vowed to make Sandford the best village to honor his wife , who committed suicide when they lost the first ‘ Village of the Year ’ because of travelers . Outnumbered , flees and falls into the castle ’s catacombs where he finds the bodies of the NWA 's previous victims before being stabbed by , who fakes 's death to save his life . Pretending to dispose of the body , drives to the village limits and urges to leave for his own safety . 
 At a petrol station on the way to London , is inspired to return to Sandford after seeing a stand holding some of 's action films . sneaks back into Sandford and arms himself with the confiscated guns before engaging in a shootout with the NWA alongside . When sends the other officers to arrest them , and convince them that is the culprit behind the murders . flees and the officers besiege Somerfield , with fleeing in a police car with . After the subsequent car chase , fights at a model village of Sandford , which ends with being impaled on the miniature village church while crashes his car whilst trying to escape . 's former superiors beg him to return to London , as the crime rate has risen heavily in his absence , but decides to remain in Sandford to help the officers with the paperwork concerning the arrests of and the NWA . However , the last NWA member , bursts into the police station and shoots with a blunderbuss . jumps in front of the shot and in the resulting struggle , accidentally falls on the confiscated naval mine , killing himself and destroying the station . then finds in the wreckage and tries to revive him . 
 One year later , brings flowers to a grave marked , but it is revealed that the grave is for ’s mother , with himself having survived . and ( as Inspector and Sergeant ) then go off to patrol Sandford .

Mr. ( ) drives to a church fete where he wins the first prize in a raffle – a holiday involving a train journey to Cannes , a video camera , and € 200 . 
 Following a misunderstanding involving a taxi at Paris railway station Gare du Nord , is forced to make his way unorthodoxly towards the Gare de Lyon from La Defense to board his next train towards Cannes . However , a vending machine prevents him from boarding , and he misses his train . Whilst waiting for the next , he samples French seafood cuisine at the restaurant Le Train Bleu , mistakenly eating a langoustine whole and pouring the oysters he took a dislike to into a woman 's handbag . 
 Back on the platform , asks a man , ) , a Russian movie director , to use his camcorder to film his boarding the train , but spends so much time retaking the shot that the train starts to leave . Although manages to get onto the train , the doors close before can get on . 's son , ( ) is therefore left on board without his father . 
 attempts without success to befriend the boy . At the next station , the train leaves without him when he disembarks to get his camcorder back from who had disembarked earlier . The train has boarded does not stop at the station , and he instead holds up a sign showing a mobile number , with the last two digits inadvertently being covered by his fingers . Attempts at calling the number prove fruitless due to a mistaken identity from 's housekeeper of his hotel room . and board the next train but get kicked off as had left his wallet and ticket on the telephone box . 
 Attempts at busking , including lip syncing to 's " O mio babbino caro " , prove successful , and buys the pair food and bus tickets to Cannes . manages to lose his ticket that attaches itself to a chicken 's leg , and instead attempts to hitchhike his way there . soon falls asleep , exhausted from walking and wakes up on what appears to be a quaint French village attacked by wehrmacht backed by a StuG III , but is actually a film set for a yoghurt advert . ends up as an extra in the advert , directed by ( ) . When 's camera battery dies , he recharges it using the set 's equipment , but accidentally ends up destroying the set in an explosion . 
 then tries to hitchhike again and is picked up by a yellow Mini identical to his , driven by actress ( ) , who offers him a lift to Cannes . She is an aspiring actress on her way to the 59th Cannes Film Festival , where the film in which she makes her debut as an extra will be presented . When they stop at a service station , finds dancing in a cafe with a band . agrees to take him with them , assuming that is 's son , while thinks is 's fiancée . uses 's mobile phone to try to call again , but to no avail , and the trio end up driving through the night . 
 The next morning , they reach Cannes . When goes into a petrol station to change for the premiere , she sees 's photo on the television ; he is suspected of kidnapping while is 's accomplice . However , since the premiere in Cannes is scheduled to start in one hour , she decides not to go to the police to clear the misunderstandings . Therefore , to get into the premiere , and disguise themselves as 's daughter and mother , respectively , and manage to evade the police . 
 After sneaking into the premiere , and are disappointed to see that her scene has been cut from the film . plugs his video camera into the projector , projecting his video diary . The bizarre tale it tells fits director narration well , and the director , , and receive standing ovations as is finally reunited with his father . 
 After the screening , leaves the building by the back door , finally making his way onto Cannes beach . A montage follows of playing by the water 's edge , while is interviewed , attempts to mimic 's unorthodox filming methods , and relaxes with his family . The film ends with the entire cast and background crowd miming a musical finale " La Mer " . After the credits , writes " FIN " in the sand with his foot . He films it until the sea washes the words away , and the camera 's battery runs out .

In a seedy bar in a town ravaged by war , scientist and businessman ( ) hires former Royal Marine turned mercenary ( ) to assemble a crack team of ex - soldiers – ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) and ( ) – to protect him on a dangerous journey into no - man 's land . Their mission is to scope out an old military bunker in Eastern Europe . 
 Once at the outpost , the men make a horrific discovery that changes the dynamics of the entire mission : the scene of a bloody and gruesome series of occultistic Nazi experiments , carried out by the SS during World War II , using reality shifting and reanimation to create invincible soldiers . Amidst the carnage , they find a survivor , ( ) . 
 At night , the clearing around the bunker is suddenly lit , and silhouettes of people are seen against the light . Soon after , is gruesomely killed by an unseen foe . Later the same night is killed by two Nazis . The next morning , and 's dead bodies are found joined at the head , with 's skull containing a spent round . D.C. demands answers regarding the assignment from : an unnamed corporation wanted to find and recover a large generator - like device responsible for the SS 's reality - shifting experiments . D.C. orders to retrieve from the generator room . While trying to convince to leave , is killed by an SS soldier with a pickaxe . It is revealed that is actually a surviving SS brigadier general – a " breather . " When kills , the " breather " comes back to life and is killed . The mercenaries and attempt to evacuate the outpost , only to be slaughtered by the undead SS battalion . 
 A second corporate team arrives 72 hours later to carry out the same assignment , only to find a " breather " among the piles of naked corpses . The clearing is lit again , revealing the illuminated soldiers surrounding the bunker . In the distance stands the brigadier general , who gives the SS soldiers a nod , and they begin their assault on the team .

( ) is about to marry ( ) , his pregnant fiancée . However , he gets cold feet and runs away on the day of the wedding . Five years later , discovers that , who has their son , , has started seeing successful but arrogant ( ) and realizes that he has truly lost her . He finds out that is running the Nike River Marathon in London , and to prove himself to his uncertain friends and , most importantly , and his son , he decides to run the race himself . 
 He receives motivation from his two " coaches " , ( ) , a well - meaning slacker who is 's cousin and ' best friend , who has made a hefty bet on succeeding , and Mr. ( ) his landlord , who uses unorthodox methods of training , such as using a spatula to spank him . Days before the race , proposes to at her birthday party . accepts and this puts in a state of deep depression . As a result , he decides to quit the race . 
 Meanwhile , , who has formed a crush on a girl in his class , runs away upset when he discovers that she prefers another boy just because he has a ponytail . , upon being informed by a frantic , tracks him down and explains to him that he will find many things he does not like in his life and he should just stand up to them and face them , rather than running away . Having made that mistake himself , he decides to race after all . 
 starts the race alongside , who informs that he intends to move and to Chicago , Illinois . Enraged , mocks and they altercate for a while at the start of the race and , in their efforts to out - do each other , they catch up to and then overtake the professional runners , and suddenly trips and severely injures him . Stretchers prepare to take to the hospital . 
 continues , but is taken to the hospital after feeling pain in his leg . goes to the hospital to look for , but finds , who claims loudly that his injuries are the result of deliberately tripping him . The doctor tells him he is not actually injured and has only " hit the wall " . is playing with 's hospital bed , and to 's disgust , calls him a " little shit " . 
 has in fact refused to be transported to the hospital or even get medical attention and is continuing the race well into the afternoon and evening with a sprained ankle , accompanied by a growing group of supporters , including and Mr. . A panting almost " hits the wall " but after an emotional epiphany , his goal to complete the race is restored . Later at 's house , , and , watch a television replay of the / altercation , as the replay shows that in fact had deliberately tripped and had fallen over because pulled him down as he was falling . 
 As tries to justify his behaviour , he blurts out his intentions to have and move to Chicago with him . A fed up puts the engagement ring on a table , telling " nobody 's perfect " and storms out with . The two go to meet as he arrives at the finish line . falls over just metres from the finish line and can not get up until he sees and calling to him at which point he gets up , sprints to the finish and collapses in their arms . 
 Some time later , notably healthier and fully recovered from his injuries , calls at 's house to pick up . He says that he has something to ask her , but is interrupted by , and says he 'll talk to her later . However , just after she shuts the door , he knocks again and asks her on a date . She accepts . 
 In the film 's postscript , — on the bridge of a new yacht — tells the tale of the race to two attractive bikini - clad women , whom he invites aboard for a drink . The camera then pans to reveal to the audience that he 's as usual , naked below the waist .

In 1983 , 12 - year - old gets into a fight at school with a boy named after he makes an offensive joke about his father , who died in the Falklands War . On his way home , comes across a gang of young skinheads led by , who feels sympathy for and invites him to join the group . They accept as a member , and he finds a big brother in , while developing a romance with , also known as , an older girl who dresses in a new wave style . 
 , an older skinhead , returns to the group after a prison sentence , accompanied by a knife - wielding moustachioed man called . A charismatic but unstable man with sociopathic tendencies , expresses English nationalist and racist views , and attempts to enforce his leadership over the other skinheads . This leads the group to split , with young , the belligerent , and , who feels bullied by for his weight , choosing over 's apolitical gang . 
 finds a mentor figure in , who in turn is impressed by and identifies with . goes with 's group to a National Front meeting . After expresses doubt over their racist and nationalistic politics , throws him out of his group and sends him back to . The gang then engages in bigoted antagonism of , among others , shopkeeper Mr , a Pakistani shopkeeper who had previously banned from his shop . 
 becomes depressed after , Woody 's girlfriend , rejects him when he admits that he has loved her since they had sex years before . To console himself , buys cannabis from , the only black skinhead in 's gang . During a party , and bond while intoxicated , but becomes increasingly bitter and envious when shares details of his many relatives , comfortable family life and happy upbringing , everything that lacked . Enraged , enters a frenzied state and brutally beats unconscious , while holds down , and watches them on in horror . An angry throws out of his flat after verbally defends , then slams the door hard . When attempts to hit as well , violently beats him and evicts him and from the flat . Horrified at the realisation of what he has done , a remorseful weeps over . and later take to a nearby hospital . 
 The film cuts forward to , who is in his bedroom looking at a picture of his dad who died in the Falklands conflict . He is contemplating the incident and brooding about what happened , with his mother assuring him that will be all right . is then shown walking near the beach and throwing his St George 's Flag , a gift from , into the sea .

On the first day of the school year and her friends , , and spot two new brothers that have just moved to Eastbourne from London , fraternal twins and . The girls follow the boys , who are exploring Eastbourne with their friend " the Laugh " . 
 then hatches a plan to get close to . Realizing that likes cats she pretends her cat , , has gone missing . has on a leash , but he escapes and rescues him . and begin dating while is dating Georgia 's rival - . 
 In the midst of all this , Georgia 's father has been offered a job in New Zealand , and he goes to New Zealand to prepare for the family to move out with him . During his absence , Georgia 's mum hires a handsome builder called to re - do the living room , and begins to spend increasingly longer periods of time with him , making Georgia worried as to the state of her parents marriage . 
 In an attempt to " grow up " for , then goes to have " snogging lessons " with . He becomes infatuated with her and at a party the following night , he tries to kiss her , causing her to fall in to a bush and expose her underwear to , , and , who see her on the ground with . In order to get away from , tells him that she is a lesbian . invites to go swimming with him and . conspires to meet them at the pool and brings her sister along as she is stuck babysitting her . While in the pool and kiss . then leaves , claiming that he has to " sort some things out " but that he will phone later . 
 A few weeks later asks the laugh to a gig for 's band , the Stiff Dylans . After reading Men are from Mars , Women are from Venus Georgia hatches a plan to make to realize his feelings for her by going to the gig with . tries to talk to Georgia at the gig , but is stopped by . 
 At school , finds out that Georgia was only using him to make jealous and so stops talking to her . When tells that Georgia was only using him , he stops talking to her as well . When she finds out it was that leaked this information , they have an argument , and they vow never to speak to each other again and then tells her a sad bit of his disappointment in her . 
 Feeling like there is no point in staying in England , decides that she would like to move to New Zealand . Before she leaves she goes to the beach for a walk knowing would be there and apologizes to him . tells her that he dumped and he admits that he still likes her . 
 In the end 's mother takes her to a club for the first time and it turns out to be a surprise fifteenth birthday party , which had secretly organized with 's mother . It is at a newer club , outnumbering party . She is greeted by all her friends and her family , with and befriending each other again . As a surprise , 's father returns from New Zealand , deciding to stay in Eastbourne for a better job opportunity . It is also revealed that is gay , and that his boyfriend is the owner of the nightclub . The Stiff Dylans are performing the song " Ultraviolet " which had written about Georgia , when they are interrupted by who had come from her own party ( to which no - one had turned up ) and tells that he would either have to take her back or lose her forever . He tells her that Georgia is the one he wants , and he kisses Georgia on - stage . then stuffs her hands into 's breasts and pulls out her breast pads . She tosses them into the crowd , and furiously , storms off the stage .

Nursery school teacher ( ) and her boyfriend , ( ) , journey to a remote lake in the wooded English countryside . Hiking to the lakeside , they meet , a young boy gathering insects . Relaxing beside the lake , the setting is disrupted by delinquent teenagers and their dog , who have ridden their bicycles to a spot within a few metres of the young couple . After they sleep overnight in their tent , they find their food infested with insects and their car tire damaged by a bottle left behind by the teens . 
 Returning to town for breakfast , spots a house with the bikes he thinks belongs to the kids . When no one answers the door , he walks into the house , narrowly escaping as the surly homeowner returns . Back at the lake , goes scuba diving while sleeps on the shore . returns to find the bag with their car keys , phone and wallet is missing , soon confirming that their car is gone . Returning to town on foot , they avoid collision with their car , driven recklessly through the woods by the gang 's sociopathic leader , ( ) . 
 Finding the gang in the woods after nightfall , demands the return of his belongings , only to be attacked by the knife wielding teens . In the scuffle , 's dog is mortally knifed , fuelling 's lust for revenge . The couple grab their keys and drive off , but the gang attacks with stones and crashes in the dark forest . Steve is trapped and runs for help . 
 At daybreak , sees tied up in barbed wire in a small clearing . forces each reluctant teen to torture . , a female gang member and 's psychopathic equivalent , records it on her phone , causing them to realize they have no choice but to kill . The gang spots and gives chase , allowing time to free himself . evades the gang and finds , unable to nurse his many deep wounds and finds an engagement ring , leading to propose even as he is in severe pain . After again heads off for help , she injures her foot on a large spike , her scream attracting the gang . She soon runs into and pleads for his help , but he fears the gang and texts them to hand her over . 
 The gang tie , and a now dead , to a pile of wood . forces to set the bonfire while films . is able to escape and the gang burn to death . Jenny continues to evade the gang , reactively killing gang member who was actually attempting to help her . When the gang find the body , is thrown into further rage , killing another gang member and causing to run away from him . reaches a road and is picked up by a driver who is looking for his brother , , another gang member . 
 When the driver exits the van to talk with the gang , panics and steals the van , speeds off , and intentionally runs over and kills while making her way back to town . She makes it to town , crashing into a fence at a large backyard party . Awaking , she finds herself being comforted by an unknown woman . She discovers she is in 's house and heads to the bathroom . 's father notices the van on his lawn and one of the parents receives a call informing her of the dead gang members , who are the children of the adults at the house . 
 A commotion begins in the house and the bathroom door is kicked open as is confronted by , his father , and party guests . has convinced the parents that the teens have been sadistically murdered by and . Upstairs , shuts the door of his room , blocking the sounds of 's screams as she is presumably killed by 's father . He deletes the videos of the gang 's crimes from 's phone and puts on 's sunglasses , as he stares emotionlessly into the mirror .

Thirty years old and single , shares a London flat with her best friend , a fellow teacher . is free - minded , high - spirited and kind - hearted . The film opens with trying to engage a shop employee in conversation . He ignores her , yet his icy demeanour does not bother her . She maintains her good mood even when she discovers her bicycle has been stolen . Her main concern is not getting a new one or finding the bicycle , but that she did not get a chance to say goodbye to it . This prompts her to decide to learn how to drive . 
 When takes driving lessons for the first time , her positive attitude contrasts starkly with her gloomy , intolerant and cynical driving instructor , . He is emotionally repressed , has anger problems and becomes extremely agitated by 's casual attitude towards driving . As gets to know him , it becomes evident that believes in conspiracy theories . His beliefs are partly attributable to his racist and misogynistic views , which make it hard for him to get along with others . seems to be angered by 's sunny personality and what he perceives as a lack of responsibility and concern for driving safety . is exceptionally irritated by 's choice of footwear ( a pair of high - heeled boots ) , which he feels compromises her ability to drive . From the outset , he feels does not take her lessons seriously and is careless . 
 , however , does have the capacity to be responsible . At school , observes one of her pupils bullying one of his classmates . Rather than becoming angry , she worries about him and takes the appropriate action . After speaking with her student , she comes to the correct conclusion that her student is being abused at home . A social worker , , is brought in to handle the boy 's case . Through and the pupil 's interactions , the latter reveals that his mother 's boyfriend has been beating him . and begin dating . 
 , , and 's younger sister , , go to visit another sister , , who lives with her husband in Southend - on - Sea and is pregnant . proves to be a very judgmental person and tells she needs to " take life seriously " , " not get drunk every night " and plan for the future . responds that she is happy with her life as it is . tries to convince to be more responsible condescendingly telling her she is too childish , but insists that she is happy and ignores her advice . 
 Returning home , sees standing across the street from her flat , and when she calls his name , he runs away . When she confronts him he insists he had been visiting his mother in Stevenage at the time she saw him . later sees with her new boyfriend , , and he becomes angry . During 's subsequent driving lesson , drives erratically while ranting about other drivers and society . When he gives the keys to his car , she tells him he is in no condition to give a driving lesson , and she will drive him home . tries to get his keys back and physically attacks . She manages to escape his grasp , then in a long , rambling diatribe accuses of trying to seduce him , revealing his romantic feelings for her . Unable to reason with him , waits until he has calmed down then gives the keys back , telling him the lesson will be their last . 
 The film ends with and rowing a boat in Regent 's Park , as takes a mobile phone call from , and advises to think about " giving up being nice to everyone . " dismisses the advice , cheerfully but not naively .

, an aspiring British journalist who runs a failing polemical magazine , attempts to infiltrate a party organized by ( ) , the CEO of Sharps , one of the most prestigious magazines in the world . In doing so , he momentarily gains 's sympathy , as the latter began his own career through polemics . is offered a job at Sharps , and moves to New York City , but he quickly earns the scorn of his colleagues , including ( ) and the manager ( ) , as a result of his rudeness , vulgarity , and general unattractiveness . He discovers that interviews with famous performers must be arranged by an influential publicist named ( ) , who imposes restrictions on published content , which offends , since he enjoys writing polemics . On one occasion , accidentally kills the dog of a rising actress named ( ) , to whom is intensely sexually attracted . To his fortune , , who despises , agrees to help him conceal the mistake . gains 's respect by explaining his disapproval of 's practices , and reveals that she also despises her job , and has been working sporadically on a novel for years , which she hopes to publish . 
 At a party , discovers that was having an affair with , but has chosen to end it . He is approached by , who has become drunk , but forfeits the chance to sleep with her , upon discovering that is also drunk and needs to be driven . At his apartment , meets 's father , who turns out to be a well known philosophy professor , and a member of the nobility . Later , attempts to ask on a date , but learns that she is reuniting with , who has just divorced his wife , who is 's daughter . Being heavily depressed , compromises his journalistic principles and begs to work with . Not only does agree , but Lawrence and are pressured to leave by , as a result of 's divorce , leading to 's promotion . works hard , writing to please others rather than to criticize , and earns several more promotions within a short time , as well as gaining access to the highest celebrities and most exclusive social gatherings . 
 On the night before a prestigious film - awards ceremony , attends an informal party led by , and is pressured into surrendering his golden ring , which was a gift from his late mother . He regains his contempt for high society , and the next evening , as is approaching the stage to claim her award , he seizes her and takes back the ring , and also curses her , revealing that he was the one who killed her dog . In response , attacks , attracting negative attention and ruining his reputation . Nonetheless , , who has quit his job with Sharps , and feels a slight confusion concerning his life 's direction , seeks out , who by now has separated with , and the two of them begin a relationship .

Prison officer prepares to leave work ; he cleans his bloodied knuckles , checks his car for bombs , puts his uniform on , and ignores his comrades . 
 , a new IRA prisoner , arrives ; he is categorised as a " non - conforming prisoner " for his refusal to wear the prison uniform . He is sent to his cell naked with only a blanket . His cellmate , , has smeared the walls with faeces from floor to ceiling as part of the no wash protest . The two men get to know each other and are seen living within the cell . 's girlfriend sneaks a radio in by wrapping it and storing it in her vagina . 
 Prison officers forcibly and violently remove the prisoners from their cells and beat them before pinning them down to cut their long hair and beards , grown as part of the no - wash protest . The prisoners resist , spitting into 's face , who responds by punching him in the face and then swings again , only to miss and punch the wall , causing his knuckles to bleed . He cuts ' hair and beard ; the men throw in the bathtub and scrub him clean before hauling him away again . is then seen smoking a cigarette , as in the opening scenes , his hand bloodied . 
 Later , the prisoners are taken out of their cells and given second - hand civilian clothing . The guards are seen snickering as they are handed to the prisoners who respond , after ' initial action , by tearing up the clothes and wrecking their cells . For the next interaction with the prisoners , a large number of riot police are seen coming into the prison on a truck . They line up and beat their batons against their shields and scream to scare the prisoners , who are hauled from their cells , then forced to run the gauntlet between the lines of riot police where they are beaten with the batons by at least 10 men at once . and several of his colleagues then probe first their anuses and then their mouths , using the same pair of latex gloves for each man . One prisoner head - butts a guard and is beaten brutally by a riot officer . One of the riot officers is seen crying while his colleagues , on the other side of the wall , brutally beat the prisoners with their batons . 
 visits his catatonic mother in a retirement home . He is shot in the back of the head by an IRA assassin and dies slumped onto his mother 's lap . 
 meets Father and discusses the morality of a hunger strike . tells the priest about a trip to Donegal where he and his friends found a foal by a stream that had cut itself on the rocks and broken its back legs . drowned the foal and tells the priest , although he got into trouble , he knew he had done the right thing by ending its suffering . He then says he knows what he is doing and what it will do to him , but he says he will not stand by and do nothing . The rest of the film shows Sands well into his hunger strike , with weeping sores all over his body , kidney failure , low blood pressure , stomach ulcers , and the inability to stand on his own by the end . In the last days , while lies in a bath , a larger orderly comes in to give his usual orderly a break . The larger orderly sits next to the tub and shows his knuckles , which are tattooed with the letters " UDA " . tries to stand on his own and eventually does so with all his strength , staring defiantly at the UDA orderly who refuses to help him up , but then he crumbles in a heap on the floor with no strength left to stand . The orderly carries him to his room . ' parents stay for the final days , his mother being at his side when dies , 66 days after beginning the strike . 
 The film explains that was elected to the United Kingdom Parliament as MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone while he was on strike . Nine other men died with him during the seven - month strike before it was called off . 16 prison officers were killed by paramilitaries throughout the protests depicted in the film . Shortly afterwards , the British government conceded in one form or another to virtually all of the prisoners ' five demands despite never officially granting political status .

is driving from Lake Garda to Siena , Italy , with the captured Mr. ( ) in the boot of his car . After evading pursuers , delivers to , who interrogates him regarding his organisation , Quantum . 's bodyguard , ( ) , is a double agent ; he attacks M , enabling to escape . chases and kills him . and return to London and search 's flat , discovering Mitchell had a contact in Haiti , ( ) . learns is a hitman sent to kill ( ) at the behest of her lover , environmentalist entrepreneur ( ) . Observing her subsequent meeting with , learns is helping exiled Bolivian General ( ) , who murdered 's family , to overthrow his government and become the new president , in exchange for a seemingly barren piece of desert . 
 After rescuing from , follows to a performance of Tosca in Bregenz , Austria . Meanwhile , the head of the CIA 's South American section , ( ) , strikes a noninterference deal with for access to putative stocks of Bolivian oil . infiltrates Quantum 's meeting at the opera , identifying members of Quantum 's executive board , and a gunfight ensues . A Special Branch bodyguard working for Quantum member ( ) , is killed by one of 's men after throws him off a roof . M assumes killed him , and has 's passports and credit cards revoked . heads to Italy and convinces his old ally ( ) to accompany him to Bolivia . They are greeted by ( ) , a consular employee who demands return to the UK immediately . seduces her and they attend a fundraising party holds that night . At the party , again rescues from . Leaving , and are pulled over by Bolivian police working for . They had earlier attacked and put him in the boot of 's car to frame . In the ensuing struggle , and the cops are killed . 
 The following day , and survey Quantum 's intended land acquisition by air ; their plane is shot down by a Bolivian fighter aircraft . They skydive into a sinkhole , and discover Quantum is damming Bolivia 's supply of fresh water to create a monopoly . Back in La Paz , meets and learns Quantum killed by drowning her in crude oil . meets CIA Agent ( ) , who discloses and will meet in the Atacama Desert to finalise their agreement . Warned by , he evades the CIA 's Special Activities Division when they attempt to kill him . 
 At an eco hotel in the desert , tells that now he controls the majority of Bolivia 's water supply , must accept a new contract that makes Greene Planet Bolivia 's sole water utility company at significantly higher rates . infiltrates the complex , kills the chief of police ( ) for betraying , and single - handedly assaults the hotel . After killing the security detail , he confronts . Meanwhile , kills , avenging the murders of her family . The struggle leaves the hotel destroyed by fire . captures and interrogates him about Quantum , leaving him stranded in the desert with only a can of engine oil , wondering if will get thirsty enough to drink it . 
 travels to Kazan , Russia , where he finds former lover , ( ) , a member of Quantum who seduces women with valuable connections , and who is indirectly responsible for her death . tells 's latest target , ( ) , a Canadian Intelligence agent , of 's true intentions , thus sparing her 's fate . He allows MI6 to arrest . Outside , tells that was found dead in the middle of the desert , shot twice and with engine oil in his stomach . tells she needs him back ; he responds that he never left . Walking away , he drops 's necklace in the snow .

In London , the British mob boss ( ) rules the growing real estate business using a corrupt Councillor ( ) for the bureaucratic services and his henchman ( ) for the dirty work . A billionaire Russian businessman , ( ) , plans a crooked land deal , and London 's crooks all want a piece of it . Other key players include the underhand accountant ( ) and ambitious small - time crook One - Two ( ) leading a group called the " Wild Bunch " which includes ( ) and ( ) . 
 charges € 7,000,000 for the crooked deal ; has his accountant move the funds . lends his lucky painting to as a sign of friendship . , however , double - crosses and tips off the Wild Bunch to steal the money , while the painting is stolen from 's wall by his junkie rocker stepson ( ) , who faked his own death . and coerce his former managers ( ) and ( ) into tracking down . Handsome also gets close to 's gay husband , a lawyer who has information on a prevalent undercover informer in their criminal circle . 
 After 's money is stolen by the Wild Bunch a second time , his assistant begins to suspect that it is who has been stealing the money and purposely keeping 's painting from him . eventually grows impatient of and lures him to a private golf game where breaks his leg as a warning to return his lucky painting without delay . 
 ( ) happens to buy the painting from some crackheads who had just stolen it from 's hideout . then gives the painting to One - Two who , in turn , offers the painting to ( after a sexual encounter ) as a token of appreciation . After leaves his flat , One - Two is surprised by 's henchmen but is rescued , and then kidnapped , by and his goons who had come looking for 's money . 
 wants to marry , whom he has long admired . He goes to 's house to propose , but he then spots the painting . lies and says she has had it for years . , enraged by 's betrayal , orders to kill her . 
 brings , , and the Wild Bunch to 's warehouse where orders executed . He threatens to kill the Wild Bunch " very slowly " unless they give up the money they stole . Handsome offers the legal documents concerning the informant in his pocket to . recognises the pseudonym used on documents , " " , as belonging to . arranged with the police to routinely lock up many criminal associates ( including ) for years at a time to enhance his own standing in the criminal underworld and to ensure his own freedom . orders 's men to free the Wild Bunch and has drowned and fed to crayfish . 
 In the lift , explains to and that they will also be killed to leave no witnesses , and graphically explains the manner of their executions . His description unnerves the man who 's to execute the three men , prompting him to act prematurely . Having also already anticipated this move , warns and to intervene and kill their would - be executioner . shoots two more men waiting at the top of the lift and they escape the last of 's men ( with help from the Wild Bunch ) . 
 Later , picks up from rehab and gives lucky painting as a welcome home present . says that obtaining the painting " cost a very wealthy Russian an arm and a leg " implying he had killed . proclaims that , with his new - found freedom from addiction and his stepfather , he will do what he could not before : " become a real RocknRolla " .

18 - year - old , an Indian Muslim from the Dharavi slum , is a contestant on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ? , and is one question away from the grand prize . However , before the ₹ 20 million ( US$ 310,000 ) question , he is detained and tortured by the police , who suspect him of cheating because of the impossibility of a simple " slumdog " with very little education knowing all the answers . recounts , through flashbacks , the incidents in his life which provided him with each answer . 
 's flashbacks begin with his managing , at age five , to obtain the autograph of Bollywood star , which his brother then sells , followed immediately by the death of his mother during the Bombay riots . As they flee the riot , the brothers meet , a girl from their slum . is reluctant to take her in , but suggests that she could be the " third musketeer " , a character from the novel The Three Musketeers ( which they had been studying — albeit not very diligently — in school ) , whose name they do not know . 
 The three are found by — a gangster who tricks and then trains street children into becoming beggars . When discovers is blinding the children in order to make them more effective beggars , he flees with and to a departing train . fails to board the train as purposefully lets go of her hand , in revenge for an extremely embarrassing prank that had played on . This resulted in her being recaptured by . Over the next few years , and make a living travelling on top of trains , selling goods , picking pockets , working as dish washers , and pretending to be tour guides at the Taj Mahal , where they also steal people 's shoes . At 's insistence , they return to Mumbai to find , discovering that she is being raised by to be a prostitute , soon to fetch him a high price as a virgin . The brothers rescue her , and while escaping they shoot him to death . then manages to get a job with — 's rival crime lord . Back at their room , orders to leave him and alone . When refuses , draws a gun on him , whereas persuades to obey his brother and go away . 
 Years later , , now a Chaiwala in an Indian call centre , searches the centre 's database for and . He fails in finding , while succeeding in finding , now a high - ranking lieutenant in 's crime organisation . reproaches , who then pleads for forgiveness , and offers him to stay in his luxurious apartment . later bluffs his way into 's residence to reunite with but as he professes his love for her , asks him to forget about her . nevertheless promises to wait for her every day at five o'clock at the VT station . attempts to meet him there , but is recaptured by 's men , led by , and once moves to another house , outside Mumbai , the two again lose contact . becomes a contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ? , knowing that she watches the show regularly . Much to the consternation of , the show 's host , becomes a wonder across India . During a break before answers the penultimate question , tries to fool him by feeding him the wrong answer whilst in the men 's room . After the break uses the 50/50 lifeline , leaving 's answer and one other , but chooses the other one . 
 The episode ends before the final question can be asked , and leads out of the studio where he is immediately forced into a police van . After an initial beating , the police inspector listens to 's explanation of how he reached each answer . Finding all of them " bizarrely plausible " , he allows him back on the show . At 's safehouse , sees on the news and , in an effort to make amends for his past behaviour , gives his mobile phone and car keys , and asks her to forgive him and to go to . is reluctant out of fear of , but agrees and escapes . fills a bathtub with money and sits in it , awaiting for and his men as they realize that he let free . 's final question is the name of the third musketeer in The Three Musketeers , which he never learned . uses his " Phone - A - Friend " lifeline to call 's ' phone , as it is the only phone number he knows . answers the phone , and , while she does not know the answer , tells that she is safe . Relieved , arbitrarily picks , the right answer , and wins the grand prize . hears on the show and realises that has betrayed him . He and his men break down the bathroom door but kills before he is shot , gasping , " is great " . Soon thereafter , and meet on the platform at the railway station and they kiss .

( ) is a quiet and shy 11 - year - old boy , and comes from a family that belongs to the strict Plymouth Brethren church . is forbidden from watching films or television and is made to leave his classroom when the teacher puts on a documentary . In the corridor , he meets ( ) , the 13 - year old worst - behaved boy in school , thrown out of another class for bad behaviour . They accidentally break a fish bowl in the corridor ; volunteers to take the blame , pretending that the punishment is torture , in exchange for 's watch , which belonged to his dead father . Moreover , demands that performs the stunts in a film is making with home video equipment owned by his bullying older brother , , which uses in his video bootlegging enterprise . He intends to enter the Screen Test Young Film - Makers ' Competition . 
 accepts , after accidentally seeing the film First Blood at 's house while hiding from . He becomes very enthusiastic , and plays several dangerous action scenes , culminating in the two boys becoming ' blood brothers ' after saves from drowning . finds 's sketch book , full of colourful and glorious ideas , and starts to incorporate some of them into his film script . The two become best friends , but has to keep it secret from his family and the increasingly interfering Brother of the Brethren , who clearly has designs on his mother . 
 French exchange students arrive , of whom the suave becomes very popular . After finding 's sketch book , he asks if he and his acolytes can play in the film , and agrees . reveals that he has always wanted to be an actor . This mushrooms into the whole school being part of the production , and being included with the cool sixth - formers . does not like this , as he is no longer in control , and finally quits after a fight with during filming of the last sequence , which takes place at a disused power station . After becomes trapped when part of the unstable structure collapses due to 's carelessness , and the entire school / crew run away , returns to rescue his friend , but uses the excuse that he has come to collect his brother 's camera . He too gets hurt , and has to go to hospital . visits him , but is angry about the fact that the camera is broken . 
 's mother , from whom he has struggled to hide his activities , finally realises that her son must be allowed to be himself and her family leaves the Brethren . The film is never submitted to the competition as they miss the deadline . The French students leave , and while was popular and worshipped in Britain , his own school - mates mock him , and he is actually lonely and isolated . When looks at 's footage he is impressed , and he sees 's rant at defending 's neglect and bullying , which was accidentally filmed . With 's help , he adds a part in which he acts himself — including a reply message for his brother . When leaves the hospital , he is brought to a cinema by surprise . His film is shown before the main feature ( much to the enjoyment of the audience ) and the two boys reunite .

An American couple , ( ) and ( ) , take the train from Beijing to Moscow as an adventurous side trip on their return home from a Christian mission in China . The gregarious befriends their cabin mates , a Spanish man , ( ) , travelling with his young Seattle - born girlfriend , ( ) . The reserved does not share her husband 's warmth towards the globe trotting pair . In course of the journey , shows a collection of " rare " souvenir matryoshka dolls he is carrying . 
 When misses the train in Irkutsk while sightseeing , is left alone with and . gets off the train at Ilanskaya station , about 800 miles further , to wait for to arrive in another train . and get off with her , claiming she would not be safe alone . In a restaurant , sees dolls nearly identical to the ones that showed her . is upset when she mentions this and goes off to bed . begs not to involve in his suspicious activities . 
 The next morning comes to 's room , tells her that his shower is not working and asks to use her bathroom . receives a call from the reception desk and leaves alone in her room . At the reception she later receives a telephone call confirming that will rejoin her at 4 o'clock , and convinces her to accompany him on a trek into the middle of a snowy wilderness , where they come upon the ruins of an abandoned church . 
 , an amateur photographer , starts taking pictures of the old church . When makes advances at first she refuses but then she surrenders . The two begin kissing , but she has a change of heart and asks him to stop . He continues and becomes aggressive and chases her . She becomes terrified and beats him to death with a fence post . She waits until the body is cold and then returns to the railway station and rejoins on the train . 
 ( ) , an inquisitive Russian narcotics officer whom previously befriended , is the new cabin mate of and . finds ' dolls in her own suitcase and realizes that must have hidden them when he was in her room that morning . In the course of a conversation with about his police work , realizes that was smuggling heroin in the dolls , and she unsuccessfully tries to get rid of them . She panics when becomes suspicious and confronts her . When she returns to her cabin to find examining the dolls , she breaks down and explains their origins to , though without telling him about ' death . The two of them surrender the dolls to , who at first seems satisfied that they were not involved in the smuggling operation . 
 The next morning , however , she and awake to discover that most of the train 's cars are now gone along with the passengers ; only and his partner ( ) remain . and stop the train in the middle of nowhere and take and to an abandoned military bunker , where is being tortured . is on the payroll of a Russian drug lord and explains that , in addition to the heroin , he wants the money that carried , which belongs to the drug lord . tells that is not a " good girl " as had thought : Abby recruited , was responsible for another man 's death and is trying to cheat the drug lord of his money . disbelieves because told her was innocent . 
 and manage to escape from the abandoned military bunker and return to the train , where they find the train conductor , who works for Grinko . beats and kills the train 's conductor . and escape with the train because , a railway enthusiast , knows how to operate a locomotive . The train starts to slow down and and are able to re - board the train . When the pair question once again about ' whereabouts , while holding her and at gunpoint , comes clean and screams that she killed . however does not believe her but , before they can do anything else , the train has a head - on collision with a troop - carrying train . With the army on the way , shoots to maintain his cover that he is on the right side of the law , claiming to have rescued and from . The couple are taken away by the army , while escapes . 
 In Moscow , U.S. officials visit and . Through a photograph took of and his associates , the officials believe it will be easy to shut down the drug operation . They reveal ' criminal history and believe just got mixed up with the wrong crowd . When signing statements , never tells the officials that she killed , although may have heard her admit to this when the train was about to crash . Upon touring Moscow and seeing a billboard of a girl sitting on the end of a dock ( similar to a scene described earlier as her dream home ) , insists on talking to in the hospital . Although off - camera , it is implied that tells where ' body is . 
 The final scene shows a still - limping finding ' body in the snow by the old church . She looks at his face . Earlier , she had revealed to that she was " working " on finding money to buy back her grandfather 's cottage on the lake in Vancouver , British Columbia . She takes the stolen money from his jacket and walks away .

( ) , an affluent Californian teenager , executes a wild prank to ruin all of her father 's girlfriend 's belongings in front of her friends , telling everyone to throw away whatever they want and take it for themselves . When her father ( ) arrives on the scene , he announces that he is sending her to a boarding school in England . Arriving at the school , Abbey Mount , meets the headmistress Mrs. ( ) , who she initially finds annoying ; head girl ( ) , a tall , bossy girl who has two so - called " friends " named and that she treats like slaves , who follow her around , beg for her and agree with whatever she says ; and her " big sister " , ( ) . 's entire suitcase is left out in the rain , soaking everything . She meets the and orders her to wash , dry and iron all her clothes . This lands her entire dormitory of four other girls with three Sunday 's detention , leaving her with no friends and her dormmates expressing their hate to her . She is miserable in her new life , feeling that she does not fit in as an outsider . 
 After a small fight with in gym class , is called to the Headmistress ' Office , where she is given a punishment : read a book . Sitting on a bench outside sulking , spots her and orders her " maid " , an intimidated Year 7 student , to drench with dirty coffee - filled water that was being used to age 's costume for the school dance , but this ultimately results in and starting to form a friendship . Revealing that the girls ' mobile phones , confiscated earlier on , were always intended to be decoys , lets use her actual phone to call her friend ( ) in the US . However , when sees 's message , she is disgusted and it is revealed that 's boyfriend , ( ) , has been cheating on with her . 
 After reveals that her mother died several years ago in a car accident , her roommates decide to help her get expelled so that she can return home . Together they carry out several pranks , which gradually bring them closer together . When none of their plans work , they decide to seduce the headmistress 's son , , who is strictly forbidden from fraternizing with any of the girls . She dances with at the school dance , much to 's dismay , but trips and hits her head . This prompts to take the concussed girl outside for air , where he asks her out on a date . 
 The next day , discovers her talent for lacrosse and whips the school 's team into shape , getting them into the finals . On the date , finds herself falling for . They kiss before returning to school . Entering her room , finds her roommates reading an email supposedly sent by herself , expressing that she thinks all of her new friends are losers . She then finds that has been sent a similar email and is thereafter ignored by all of her friends . With no one else to turn to , sneaks down to the cook 's room and calls . , however , accidentally reveals how much she dislikes and the fact that she is seeing 's boyfriend . Feeling even more alone , starts playing with her lighter and accidentally sets a curtain on fire . Hearing footsteps , she quickly puts out the fire and runs off . A few minutes later , she looks out her window to see a fire and immediately wakes the school . 
 When they find that is missing , runs into the burning school to rescue her . After the fire is put out , finds her lighter and gives it back to her , refusing to listen to what happened . Just as she realizes that she no longer wants to leave , goes to the headmistress and confesses . Afterwards , she finds a portrait of her mother in the 1976 Abbey Mount lacrosse team and begins to cry upon realizing that her mother also attended the school . 
 While waits for the Honour Court to decide if she should be expelled , finds her crying and becomes convinced that the fire was an accident and forgives her . During the hearing , tells her story . Meanwhile , her roommates find out that did not send the emails . Going to the Court , they stand up for , and accidentally confesses to restarting the fire after had put it out when she mentions 's lighter , a fact not previously mentioned in the trial . is subsequently absolved . 's father comes to the game of the lacrosse finals , and is shocked by 's dramatic change in appearance and how much she looks like her mother , also captain of the lacrosse team at Abbey Mount . Abbey Mount wins the lacrosse finals and is expelled . Some months later , and her friends ( including ) are shown relaxing in Malibu . ignores 's phone calls , now fully aware that she was not the friend she thought she was . The film ends as they prepare to jump off the cliff that helped her towards finding herself and making proper friends .

The film begins with short scenes from 's delinquent childhood and early life , narrated with a wry humor by as / . Initially he is shown confronting the camera directly , dressed in prison garb ; other times he is shown telling his tale in a vaudeville - style theater in front of a live audience who laugh at and applaud his stories . The film 's story is not told in a purely linear fashion but unfolds as a surreal narrative of connected vignettes , punctuated by vaudeville interludes which sometimes break into the film at unexpected times . 
 He recounts various episodes of criminal behavior and violence which lead to his being sentenced to seven years in prison . At his sentencing , his mother optimistically declares her hope that he 'll get out in four years . While in prison , however , he engages in numerous violent outbursts , assaulting prison guards and fellow prisoners alike , which results in his sentence being extended beyond seven years . 
 Eventually is sent to a psychiatric hospital where he continues to rebel against those charged with the duty of controlling him . In response , is kept heavily drugged which makes him physically weak . His first escape attempt is merely to walk sluggishly toward the exit until he is calmly thwarted by a staffer standing nearby who waves him into a chair . Later , he decides to escape by earning himself a transfer back to prison . He attempts to strangle another detainee with his socks , but is apprehended before killing the man , which means he will not be transferred . He comments to the audience that despite all his prison time and solitary confinement , he has never yet killed anyone . 
 In the vaudeville theater , Peterson / Bronson shows film footage of a rooftop protest during which he escaped to the institution 's roof and managed to cause what he calls " tens of millions of pounds ' damage " . He credits this destruction with the government 's subsequent decision to declare him " sane " and have him released . 
 After a brief reunion with his parents , who have moved to a small suburban home , he sets off to see his Uncle in Luton , where he was raised . He is welcomed back and reintroduced to an old prison mate , who promises to set him up with a new career as a bare - knuckle boxer and gives him the new name , after the famous American actor . 
 enters the world of bare knuckle boxing and seems to enjoy both the violence and showmanship involved . Not content with his meagre winnings , he ups the stakes by fighting two opponents at once , and even fights a dog . Banged up and in love , proposes to a woman he met at his uncle ’s , but she tells him she loves another man , " her boyfriend " . steals a thousand - pound ring in the hopes that she will marry him . She declines , stating she plans to marry her boyfriend . is shortly thereafter apprehended and brought back to jail . 
 Thus after sixty - nine days of freedom he once again finds himself imprisoned . He kidnaps the prison librarian and calmly waits for reinforcements to arrive , alternatively screaming at his hostage and peaceably asking him about his family . When he hears the other guards arriving , he strips naked and forces the librarian to assist in applying his " body armor " , which is actually petroleum jelly meant to make him harder to grab a hold of in the imminent brawl . After being restrained again , he is warned by the prison governor that he will die inside if his behavior does not improve . 
 The next few scenes show 's embrace of drawing and cartooning . Encouraged by a prison art teacher who notices something special in his drawings , he seems to become a model prisoner for a while , channeling his confusion and pain into vivid imagery of birds and grotesque creatures . He is allowed access to a prison art studio where advanced art supplies are available for use . When told the art studio will be closing , the art teacher attempts to comfort that his artistic talents may help him secure early release . 's response is to attack the teacher , holding him hostage in the studio as prison officials wait outside . 
 While this standoff takes place , he demands music be played , and he paints his naked body black as he listens , and ties the teacher to a post . He forces an apple into his mouth , paints a matching mustache onto his face , and removes his own hat and glasses to put on the teacher 's head . After this human still - life has been arranged to his satisfaction , he accepts his fate , calling for the prison guards to burst in for yet another violent brawl which will send him back to solitary .

is a straight - A teenager working at the Titanic Leisureplex , a sports training complex owned and run by . His best friend is , a drug dealer living with his drug - addicted father . The two boys find themselves entranced by , a beautiful and charismatic teen who has just moved from London to live with her father , . 
 and attempt to win 's affections by outdoing each other on a wild ride of sex , drugs , vandalism , shoplifting , and fighting . However , all three teens find that they are in over their heads when they throw a party in the Titanic Leisureplex , which turns disastrous when walks in to find his place trashed . Blaming , he almost beats him to death . is saved by , who smacks over the head with a pole . Stunned , slowly turns to look at , and receives a second blow to the head . While is covered in blood and bruises , he gets up and tells that he does not want to leave , since is grieving for her dead father . , being a " supportive " friend , stays with until the paramedics and police show up and take them in for questioning . 
 The ending of the film turns out to be the opening sequence to the film . Although we only see bits and pieces of the ending interrogation , the audience gets to hear of 's and 's final words on the incident before the film cuts out.[6 ]

When a naïve young arrives in late Victorian London , by train , to inherit an estate left to him by his abusive grandfather , he is swept into a social whirlwind by the charismatic Lord , who introduces to the hedonistic pleasures of the city . Lord 's friend , society artist , paints a portrait of to capture the full power of his youthful beauty . When the portrait is unveiled , makes a flippant pledge : he would give anything to stay as he is in the picture — even his soul . 
 meets and falls in love with budding young actress , . After a few weeks , he proposes marriage to her . Lord tells that having children is " the beginning of the end " , and after the two men visit a brothel , leaves . Heartbroken , the young woman commits suicide by drowning . learns of her death the following day from her brother , ( " " ) , who also reveals that was pregnant with 's child . Enraged , tries to kill before being restrained and carried off by the authorities . 's initial grief soon disappears as Lord persuades him that all events are mere experiences and without consequence . His hedonistic lifestyle worsens , distancing him from a concerned . 
 returns home one evening to find that 's portrait of him has become warped and twisted , and he soon realises that his off - hand pledge has come true ; while the portrait ages , its owner 's sins manifest as physical defects on the canvas . Before long , the curse imbued within 's portrait begins in earnest , resulting in 's brutal murder after the artist reveals his secret . dismembers and dumps 's body in the River Thames , but the remains are soon recovered and eventually buried . 
 decides to leave London to travel the world and he invites Lord to join him as his companion , but he declines , citing his wife 's pregnancy . After an eighteen year absence , stuns everyone at the welcoming party with his unchanged youthful appearance . He also meets and soon becomes close to Lord 's daughter , , a member of the UK suffragette movement , much to her father 's disapproval . 
 Although appears genuinely interested in changing his ways as he spends time with , matters are complicated when he is confronted by , who continues to seek vengeance for his sister 's death . Despite 's attempts to mislead by pointing out his apparent age , nevertheless deduces his true identity , but is killed by an oncoming train while pursuing in the London Underground . Meanwhile , as makes arrangements to leave London with , Lord 's suspicions are confirmed when a study of old photographs triggers a memory where he jokingly suggested that exchange his soul in return for eternal youth and beauty . 
 Breaking into 's home , Lord discovers the concealed portrait , but is intercepted by before he can uncover it . As attempts to convince him of the authenticity of his feelings for , Lord suddenly discovers the blood - stained scarf of in a box . This prompts to declare that he is the personification of the life Lord fantasised but dared not pursue . Full of anger and grief , attempts to strangle him but is distracted by 's call long enough for Lord to knock him aside and expose the portrait . 
 Disgusted and horrified at the twisted sight on the canvas , Lord throws a lit lamp at the portrait , causing it to catch fire , and then locks the gate of the attic to ensure that and the painting are destroyed . pleads with for the key , but instead confesses his love for her and turns his back as Lord drags his daughter out of the burning mansion . Resolving to end his suffering , impales the painting with a poker , causing his body to age rapidly , before the attic is consumed by an explosion . 
 A few months later , following a futile attempt to reconcile with , Lord heads to his attic where he keeps the now - youthful portrait of , grimly noting that nobody will look at it now . As Lord leaves , the portrait 's eyes glow , implying that 's soul is still alive even after his death .

The film is set in an alternate history , present - time United Kingdom . Eight candidates dress for what appears to be an employment assessment exam , entering a room and sitting at individual desks . Each desk contains a question paper with the word " candidate " , followed by a number , from one to eight . The Invigilator , a representative of the company named DATAPREV , explains that the exam is 80 minutes and consists of only one question , but there are three rules . The candidates must not : talk to the Invigilator or the armed guard at the door , spoil their paper , or leave the room . If they do , they will be disqualified . He asks them if they have any questions , and then leaves the room . 
 As the exam starts , it turns out that their papers are blank with no question stated . Within minutes , the Chinese candidate is disqualified for spoiling her paper by writing on it . After her ejection , the seven remaining candidates realize it is permissible to talk and collaborate since it was not forbidden by the rules . " White , " assigns nicknames based on hair color and skin color : Black , White , Brown , Blonde , Brunette , and Dark , and Deaf for the one candidate who does not speak or respond to the group . The few times Deaf communicates , it 's in French and is confusing to the other members of the group . In the next proceeding hour , the candidates use the lights , their bodily fluids , and fire sprinklers in attempts to reveal hidden text on their papers to no avail . The group members speculate about the purpose of the exam and the nature of the company whose identity is shrouded in mystery . pipes up by saying that the CEO is highly secretive and has not been seen since the IPO . Slowly , it is revealed that this company is responsible for a miracle drug designed to treat a condition that afflicts a large part of the population due to a viral pandemic . In the chaos , takes control of the group and engineers the disqualifications of and for spoiled papers . 
 then taunts the others , saying he has figured out the question but will not tell them . punches in the face , knocking him unconscious and ties him to a chair . As passes out , he pleads for his medication , implying he has the virus , but some of them do not believe him . then turns his attention to , who demonstrates a lot of knowledge about the internal workings of the company , and eventually tortures her into revealing that she works for the company . It is revealed that is a carrier of the disease . then goes into convulsions , proving he has the disease . pleads to the Invigilator for help and is disqualified . 
 retrieves the medication for , which was stolen from him earlier by , reviving him . The others release him , demanding to know the question . suggests that there is no question and the company is going to hire the last remaining candidate . steals the guard 's gun , but it requires the guard 's fingerprint ID , giving time to retrieve it . forces to leave the room at gunpoint , disqualifying him . He forces to leave ; as she exits the room she turns off the voice - activated lights , allowing to attack . 
 The lights come back on after is struck by a gunshot . is hiding in the hallway , still holding one foot inside the room , technically not having left the room . Before can kill her , the exam timer runs to zero . then addresses the Invigilator , sure of his success , but he is disqualified . It is revealed that had earlier set the countdown forward by a few minutes . then remembers that had been using glasses and a piece of broken glass with an exam paper earlier . Taking the abandoned glasses , she finds the phrase " Question 1 . " on the exam paper in minuscule writing . 
 then realizes that Question 1 refers to the only question asked of the group by the Invigilator at the beginning of the test ( " Any questions ? " ) . She answers " No . " The Invigilator then enters and reveals that is actually the CEO of the company and a scientist rather than a businessman or administrator . 's research had found the virus cure , but also discovered a method of rapid cell regeneration which is capable of curing both the virus and many other " stubborn mutations " , literally " the gift of life " for millions of people . The bullet that hit contained this cure , and he awakens healed . With the desperate need for the drug and a limited supply at any one time , the company needed an administrator capable of making tough decisions with an attention to detail while showing compassion for her fellow man , all traits that had displayed during the exam . eagerly accepts her new job .

  ( ) has been fired from his job as a costumed guide in a theme park attraction called " Star Ride " . 's good friends ( ) and ( ) work at the theme park restaurant and they all decide to go to a cinema and pub after they leave . 
 meets an American girl named ( ) who claims to have a time machine built into her body and whose job is to find and repair " time leaks " and stop " editors . " Understandably , 's friends have some trouble believing her . 
 However , they end up traveling back and forth through time within the pub . Hints about their journey appear in different time stops . They meet a second time traveler , named ( ) . is told about and is immediately suspicious , with good reason . 's time machine is taken offline and she finally meets . makes an offer to die and be a legend which , of course , he refuses . 
 At the end of the movie , the three friends walk home wondering about the events in the pub when appears through a big glowing portal . She reveals that they have only fourteen hours to save the earth ( a reference to the film Flash Gordon ) , and urges them to go with her to a parallel universe .

is an elderly pensioner who was once a decorated Royal Marine , and a veteran of Northern Ireland . He lives on a London council estate ruled by violent gangs and spends most of his time playing chess with his friend , , at a local pub owned by . When the hospital phones to tell him that his wife , , is dying , is too late because he is scared to take a shortcut through a narrow underpass , where a gang holds court . His wife is laid to rest next to the grave of their thirteen - year - old daughter , , who died in 1973 . 
 confides to that he is being terrorized by youths and shows him an old bayonet he now carries to defend himself ; with the police unable to help , he plans to confront his harassers himself . The next day , is visited by Detective Inspector and Detective Sergeant , who tell him that has been murdered . The police arrest , the leader of a drug - dealing gang , along with members , and , but they are released due to lack of evidence . gets drunk after 's funeral , and is then held at knife - point by , who intends to rob him ; kills with his own knife during a brief struggle . visits in the morning to inform him that because was killed with his own bayonet , any charges could be reduced to manslaughter on the basis of self - defense , which infuriates Harry . 
 follows a drug dealer , , to a den where he negotiates to buy a pistol . Inside , finds and his associate , , growing cannabis and sexually abusing an overdosing girl to make pornographic films . kills the dealers before burning down their den , fleeing with the girl and a bag of firearms in a stolen Land Rover . He leaves the girl outside a hospital , and later follows to find him being sexually abused by , a heroin smuggler that supplies drugs to the gang . shoots and kills and captures , whom he tortures into revealing some mobile phone camera footage of 's murder , proving the gang did not kill in self - defense . then uses to bait and into a gunfight in the underpass ; and are killed , and flees the underpass with in pursuit , only for to collapse from an emphysema attack . is found and taken to hospital . 
 has deduced that is behind all the recent shootings , but her boss — Superintendent — is instead convinced that they are all part of an escalating gang war . orders a major police operation on the estate , which results in a riot . discharges himself from the hospital to pursue . Driving onto the estate to stop him , and are involved in a car crash in which is severely injured . rescues them and takes them to 's pub , where warns that is actually 's uncle . discovers that has been hiding , but his guard drops due to his emphysema allowing to disarm him and reveal himself to be the gang 's real leader . tries to call for backup but is stopped by , who begins to strangle her after suffocates to death . Though weakened , draws a concealed revolver and kills ; prepares to kill in retaliation only to be shot dead by police snipers , who have responded to 's call . 
 At a press conference held after the riot , Superintendent announces that and are to be given awards ( the latter posthumously ) , but stresses there is no evidence a vigilante was involved in the case . The film ends with — seemingly recovered — walking towards the underpass , which is now quiet and gang - free .

( ) is a lonely , troubled photographer with a large heart - shaped birthmark that covers nearly half of his face . He is still a virgin at 25 because a lifetime of alienation and bullying have left him unable to make friends or attract women . At the photographic studio he shares with his brother and nephew , he meets aspiring model ( ) . 
 As develops photos from a shoot , he notices a disturbing face looking at him from the window of a house . When he goes back to investigate , he follows a suspicious man to a group of hooded vandals around a fire , who emit eerie shrieks . One notices and shrieks at him . is shocked to see a demonic lizard - like face under the hood , with huge pin - like teeth . Over time becomes aware of a series of horrific murders by Molotov cocktail that have been occurring in the neighbourhood . A witness to one of the murders , a little Asian girl , tells a TV reporter that they were n’t wearing masks ; the demonic faces were real . 's neighbour and new - found friend , ( ) turns up with a huge wound that looks as if it was caused by claw marks . Parts of his dismembered body then turn up in the local area . 
 and his mother are walking in the neighborhood when they are attacked by the demonic gang . His mother is immolated while watches helplessly , and he is savagely beaten and left for dead . While unconscious in hospital he glimpses a man in his dream who says he 's waiting for . Later , he receives a phone call from a man with the same voice , and is guided to the apartment of Papa B ( ) and his assistant ( ) , who looks just like the little Asian girl from the TV report . Papa B offers a Faustian bargain : must fulfil desire for chaos with occasional acts of vandalism in return for the removal of his birthmarks . Despite Papa B admitting that he was responsible for his mother 's death as a way of bringing to him , consents and they shake hands . is told to immolate himself with a Molotov cocktail in order to be reborn . miraculously survives and peels away his burned skin to reveal perfect , unblemished skin . 
 Initially things go well : a chance meeting with leads a newly confident to spend the day with her in the park , where his beloved , deceased father first taught him to use a camera . The deal sours , however , when the Weapons Man ( ) arrives : Papa B has reneged on their bargain and must now commit murder by ripping the heart from a living victim . The Weapons Man tortures until he agrees to kill a street hustler . His hope for a better life returns after he and become lovers . During this time also comes to live with , after Papa B beat her in a fit of rage . She starts calling " Dad " and becomes a bit of a guide to him , kindly and pragmatically explaining that he has no choice but to kill , to save his own life — and 's . But Papa is outraged at 's betrayal and as punishment demands that kill a new victim — . 
 asks to put a photo album in his work safe , and it is revealed that and ( ) intended to steal his late mother 's jewellery . had initially meant only to help gain access to the safe , but she ended up sincerely falling in love with . During the ensuing struggle is accidentally shot and killed , and is seriously wounded by " She " , a gang leader to whom he owed money , and who wears a metallic claw in place of a severed hand . 
 is pursued by but fights back and kills him . He notices that a mark on a wall from 's claw looks just like the wound received by A.J. tells , who has turned up from nowhere , that she must flee to stay safe , and she disappears . spies himself in a mirror and sees that his birthmark has returned , and with it the knowledge that it had been there the entire time , even while he was courting . confronts Papa B 's minions and fights them off , but when faced with a larger demon , Papa B in his true form , runs away . Viewers are left to decide for themselves whether Papa B cheated by never removing the birthmark , or if much of what transpired was the product of 's imagination . 
 After waking up indoors , staggers outside . On the ground he sees several masks with sharp teeth , and looks up to see several masked and hooded gang members . But these are ordinary masks made of sacks , not the realistic demon faces has seen so far . Are these the " demons " he had been fighting a short while ago ? now recalls himself walking and talking with — only now he appears to converse with empty space . As realisation sinks in , a gang member catches him with a Molotov cocktail . As he stands still and burns to death , experiences a vision of his father , who tells him that you can only see the stars in the blackness of the night . Whether this is a memory or a near - death experience is left unclear . ascends into bright light . The light fades into a field of stars in the night sky , mirroring the words spoken by his father .

When both the UK and the US are suggesting military intervention in the Middle East , ( ) , the Minister for International Development , unintentionally states that a war in the Middle East is " unforeseeable " during a radio interview on BBC Radio 4 's Today programme . The Prime Minister 's Director of Communications , ( ) , castigates and tells him to toe the line . ( ) , 's new aide , with the help of his girlfriend ( ) , manages to get into the Foreign Office meeting that day . 
 ( ) , the US Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomacy , who is against military intervention , is leading the meeting and flags a report by her assistant ( ) titled " Post - War Planning , Parameters , Implications and Possibilities " ( PWPPIP ) . The report heavily opposes intervention , noting the lack of intelligence except that which is coming from an unsubstantiated source known as " " . Also during the committee it is hinted at that the US Assistant Secretary of State for Policy , ( ) , may have set up a secret war committee . After being ambushed by reporters , contradicts his previous statement by saying the government has to be prepared to " climb the mountain of conflict " and is again subjected to chastisement from . 
 Returning to the US , and conclude that has created a war committee under the guise of Future Planning . At a party teams up with General ( ) who opposes the war believing that the US does not have enough troops to succeed . She tells him that they could use on the committee as he would " internationalise the dissent " . While on a fact - finding mission in Washington , and are invited by to the Future Planning committee . accidentally leaks the details of the meeting to a friend at CNN before meeting up with at a bar ; they end up sleeping together . Due to 's leak the Future Planning committee is swamped , but and fail to find out anything about the war . Both and turn to to back their respective causes , but he struggles to say anything meaningful and ultimately does not take a side . , also in the US , is diverted by to the White House for a fake briefing . He confronts , who tells him that he must supply the US with the British intelligence on the situation in the Middle East , with which will influence the vote on intervention . 
 , back in his constituency of Northampton , is harassed by a constituent , ( ) , about the state of one of 's constituency office walls which he claims is on the verge of collapsing into his mother 's garden . News of this reaches the papers , who criticise for not acting on the issue . finds out about 's one - night - stand with and they break up . When leaving their apartment he gives her a copy of PWPPIP to leak if she chooses , but she calls him a coward for not doing it himself . 
 The President rushes forward the security council vote on military intervention by vetoing tariffs on Chinese imports . tells his Director of Communications ( ) , to leak to the press that he would resign if the committee votes in favour . Once at the UN Headquarters gets word that PWPPIP has been leaked , making a yes vote unlikely . It is later revealed that ( ) of the Foreign Office accidentally leaked it , not realising its importance . and convince ( ) , the UK Ambassador , to push the meeting forward so that the leak will not have time to spread in the US . However , asserts his dominance over by telling him that the British intelligence has to be handed over before a vote can be taken . Able to make reverse his changes and delay the meeting , , with the help of Senior Press Officer ( ) , fabricates the details of PWPPIP by forcing to remove all the arguments against intervention and presenting it as the intelligence . Subsequently , the committee votes in favour of intervention . 
 After the vote , informs that he will not resign now that the war is happening . realises that his own resignation is inevitable , but before he gets the chance , sacks him over his failure to prevent the collapse of the wall which had made headline news on television news . He tells that he can not take any sort of stand on the war because he has contradicted himself too many times . is reduced to mundane constituency business . A new Minister for International Development arrives at the office .

In 1959 , hears whispers while staring at the Sun . When her idea to make a time capsule is chosen by the school , each child draws what they believe that the future will look like . writes a page of seemingly random numbers for the time capsule , which is to be opened in fifty years . 's teacher calls for the pupils to finish , but continues until her teacher takes the page off her desk unfinished . goes missing after the time capsule is dedicated , and is found in a utility closet , scratching numbers into the door with her fingernails bleeding . 
 In 2009 , is attending the same elementary school where used to go . When the time capsule is opened , is supposed to read and write about some of the capsule 's contents . He is given 's page of numbers . His widowed father , , an astrophysics professor at MIT , notices that the numbers have a set of sequences , with digits referring to the dates and death tolls of disasters over the last fifty years , including 911012996 , apparently representing the date and death toll of a disaster eight years ago . The last three sets of digits on the page are dated in the immediate future . 
 In the following days , a car drives by the family home , containing two strangers . They give a small black stone . 
 witnesses a plane crash on a freeway on the day that the paper predicted that a disaster would occur . He unsuccessfully tries to save several victims . He then learns that the remaining unexplained digits on the paper are the geographic coordinates of the location of each disaster predicted on the paper . has a vision of one of the strangers in his bedroom . He looks through the window and sees the forest outside his room ablaze , with animals running from the fire . 
 meets 's daughter , , and her granddaughter , . After hearing about the events that happened , becomes apprehensive and scared . then gives up his son to his sister . Soon afterward , a major derailment occurs on the New York City Subway , which fails to prevent . then believes and visits him . She says that her mother used to hear voices , and that the next and last date in the document , October 19 , was the day always said would die . Searching 's mobile home , they find pictures of the disasters she predicted , a copy of engraving of 's " chariot vision " , and a pile of small smooth stones near 's bed . The last number in the document appears at first to be " 33 " , but they notice that it is really " EE " written backward . They determine that EE means " Everyone Else " , representing an Extinction Level Event . 
 The next day , shows that she has colored in the sun on the 's " Chariot vision " engraving . After seeing the image , gets a revelation as he realizes that this could be how the world will end . He rushes them to the MIT observatory , where he discovers that a massive solar flare will soon reach Earth , making it virtually uninhabitable . and debate over how to prepare for the solar flare . leaves with both children . As stops at a nearby gas station , an emergency broadcast is transmitted to alert the world of the solar flare . While is on the phone with , the strangers take the children . chases after them , but her car is hit by a truck . , rushing to catch up with them , arrives just as dies , and finds the black stone in 's hand . He goes back to 's mobile home , finding the children and the strangers waiting in a dry river bed covered with similar black stones . A space ship descends from the sky . is denied entry , and the ship departs with the children . Many similar space ships leave the Earth . 
 The next morning , drives to his estranged father 's home . and his family embrace as the flare ignites the Earth , killing all life on the surface . and are deposited by the beings on an Earth - like planet .

In 1922 , 18 - year - old ( ) arrives at art school in Madrid . The Residencia de Estudiantes , or Students ' Residence , is a modern environment which encourages Spain 's brightest young minds . , who is determined to become a great artist , soon catches the attention of the Resi 's social elite — poet ( ) and aspiring filmmaker ( ) . Together , they form the nucleus of the most modern artist group in Madrid . 
 Their private lives become increasingly complex , as ignores the advances of devoted friend and writer ( ) , and himself feels the pull of 's magnetism . , becoming increasingly isolated by the duo 's closeness , decides to move to Paris to fulfill his own artistic ambitions . Meanwhile , and leave Madrid to spend the summer at the seaside village of Cadaques , at the home of 's family . 
 finds himself accepted[2 ] into the family as he and grow closer until , one night , their friendship becomes romantic.[3 ] Even as they draw closer , their relationship appears doomed . visits them at university and becomes more suspicious and appalled by their apparent intimacy . 
 finds 's obsession more than he is prepared to handle , and eventually leaves for Paris . Enveloped by the high society and decadence there , is soon entangled with ( ) , a married woman with a penchant for celebrities . When visits , he finds his friend is a changed man , both in his life and his politics .

In the near future,[3 ] Lunar Industries has made a fortune after an oil crisis by building Sarang Station , an automated lunar facility to mine the alternative fuel helium-3 from lunar soil , rich in the material . The facility is fully automated , requiring only a single human to maintain operations , oversee the harvesters , and launch canisters bound for Earth containing the extracted helium-3 . nears the end of his three - year work contract at Sarang Station . Chronic communication problems have disabled his live feed from Earth and limit him to occasional recorded messages from his wife , who was pregnant with their daughter when he left . His only companion is an artificial intelligence named GERTY , who assists with the base 's automation and provides comfort for him . 
 Two weeks before his return to Earth , suffers from hallucinations of a teenage girl . One such image distracts him while out recovering a helium-3 canister from a harvester , causing him to crash his lunar rover into the harvester . Rapidly losing cabin air from the crash , falls unconscious . 
 awakes in the base infirmary with no memory of the accident . He overhears receiving instructions from Lunar Industries to prevent him from leaving the base and to wait for the arrival of a rescue team . Suspicious , manufactures a fake problem to persuade to let him outside . He travels to the crashed rover , where he finds his unconscious doppelgänger . He brings the double back to the base and tends to his injuries . The two start to wonder if one is a clone of the other . After a heated argument and physical altercation , they coerce into revealing that they are both clones of the original . activated the newest clone after the rover crash , and convinced him that he was at the beginning of his three - year contract . 
 The two search the facility , discovering a secret vault containing hundreds of hibernating clones . They determine that Lunar Industries is unethically using clones of the original Sam Bell to avoid the cost of new astronauts . The elder drives past the interference radius in a second rover and tries to call on Earth . He instead makes contact with , now 15 years old , who says died " some years ago . " He hangs up when tells her father ( offscreen , identified as " Original " in closed captioning ) that someone is calling regarding . 
 The two realize that the incoming rescue team will kill them both if they are found together . The newer Sam convinces GERTY to revive another clone , planning to leave the revived clone 's corpse in the crashed rover and send the older to Earth in one of the helium-3 transports . But the older , with his health declining , knows that he will not live much longer , having learned that the clones are designed to " break down " at the end of the 3 - year contract . The older suggests the younger leave instead , and that he ( the older ) , is placed back into the crashed rover to die so Lunar Industries will not suspect anything . 
 Following GERTY 's advice , the younger reboots GERTY to wipe its records of the events . Before leaving , the younger clone programs a harvester to crash and wreck a jamming antenna , thereby enabling live communications with Earth . The older , back in the crippled rover , remains conscious long enough to watch the launch of the transport carrying the younger to Earth . The rescue team finds the newly awakened clone in the medical bay and the body of the older and are fooled . 
 The transport arrives at Earth , and over the film 's credits , news reports describe how 's testimony on Lunar Industries ' activities has stirred up an enormous controversy , and the company 's unethical practices have plummeted the company 's stock .

While preparing to take her autistic son on a boat trip with her friend , hears the doorbell ring , but no one is there . She later arrives at a harbor in Florida without , explaining he 's at school , and boards 's boat . She meets 's married friends and , 's friend , and , a runaway teen living with . While out at sea , the wind dies and a storm approaches , and they pick up a distress signal while radioing the coast guard . The storm capsizes the boat , during which is swept out into the water , and the others climb onto the overturned boat when the storm clears . 
 They board an ocean liner as it passes ; it appears to be deserted , yet there is fresh food in a dining room . experiences a growing sense of déjà vu as they explore . They find 's keys in a corridor near a display case for Aeolus , the ship 's namesake , leading to believe has also boarded . Jess soon spots someone watching them and gives chase . She and continue on and find " Go To Theater " written in blood on a mirror . After they part , she returns to the dining room , where the food is now rotting . enters , covered in blood , and tries to kill ; she fights him off by aggravating a wound at the back of his head . She hears gunfire and follows it to a theater , where lies dead of a gunshot . and tell that told them she shot him . They accuse her of the sending them to the theater . A burlap - masked shooter kills them from a balcony and chases to an outside deck ; she fights back and disarms the shooter , who tells her " You have to kill them ; it 's the only way to get home " before falling overboard . 
 She soon hears yelling , and sees herself and the others alive on 's upturned boat . After they board , becomes the earlier unseen figure : she drops her keys near the display case and is spotted shortly after . She attempts to warn when he catches up to her , only to accidentally impale his head on a wall hook . She flees deeper into the ship and finds dozens of duplicates of the shooter 's outfit , shotgun , her own locket , and a note saying to kill them all when they board . She takes a shotgun , intending to " change the pattern " , but the shooter , another , kills the men and mortally wounds with a knife . 
 The first chases , who sends the distress signal heard on 's boat . catches up to her on an upper deck filled with dozens of corpses , and succumbs to her wound as , below them , the newest kills the shooter . The overturned boat returns again , and realizes the loop restarts once everyone is killed . Desperate to stop and ultimately prevent the loop , sets everything from the first loop into motion , with herself as the shooter . After she is disarmed during the fight on the front deck , she urges her counterpart to kill everyone when they return , and falls overboard . 
 She awakens washed ashore and discovers that it 's the same morning . She returns home and watches from outside her house as her double abuses out of anger toward his autism . Promising to change , she distracts her counterpart with the doorbell , then kills her , puts the bagged body in the car trunk , and leaves with . A seagull hits their windshield and dies , but when she picks it up and disposes of it , she sees a pile of dead seagulls . Realizing she 's still trapped in the loop , hurriedly drives away , but she crashes into a truck and is killed and the earlier double ( who killed ) is seen dead at the scene . In the aftermath , the real stands watching the accident scene . A taxi driver approaches her and she accepts a ride to the harbor . After promising to return , she joins the others on 's boat , starting the loop again .

The film opens in Edinburgh . Narration by explains how the corpses of the hanged are transported to Dr for dissection . 's rival , Dr , wants the steady supply of cadavers but is forced to rely on severed limbs for dissection . 's assistant arrives with a letter containing a bylaw directing that all corpses thenceforth must be sent to . tells 's assistant , , the news . delivers the message to . 
 and , immigrants from Ulster , attempt to sell cheese mould as a patent medicine . When their fraud is discovered , they flee to an inn owned by 's wife , . She tells them that one of the lodgers has died . and have to move the body , on the way they stop for a drink and hears from , a local henchman of villain , that Dr pays for cadavers , especially now demand has gone up . and decide to sell the corpse to . They are forced to break the corpse 's spine to fit it into a barrel in order to smuggle it through the city . and present the now - mangled corpse to . After some negotiation , agrees to pay them a good sum of money for each corpse they bring him for dissection . In addition to using cadavers in lectures , is attempting to create a pictorial reference of the human body by using an early form of photography , using this he hopes to win royal patronage from the king when he comes to Holyrood Palace . 
 and try grave - digging to procure more cadavers , but fail ( by digging up a long buried skeleton ) , then they run off chased by the militia , gets shot in the rear . Getting back to the inn they find drunk and barely conscious . says she is drinking because , another lodger at the inn , is near death . Not willing to wait for the outcome , and suffocate and take the body to . Flushed with money and dress up for a night in a posher pub . There they meet a young former prostitute , , who loudly performs an excerpt from Macbeth . The patrons ignore her . falls in love at first sight and asks her why she did this , and she says that it is her ambition to become an actress . plans to use his money to finance 's theatrical ambitions , and decides to open a funeral parlour . 
 comes home to find has cooked for him and is in good spirits , he is suspicious , then scared when tells him she knows what he and have been up to , but surprisingly she thinks it 's a good idea and makes give her a pound per corpse , as a tax between man and wife . 
 is kidnapped and bundled into a horse carriage by and , who have already captured . threatens to kill them unless they give him half the money from . Forced to agree , they are then thrown from the carriage . As they trek back to the inn , they plan a string of murders to make up their losses to . The people of Edinburgh becomes suspicious of all the deaths in the area as does Police Captain of the militia . Missing posters of the dead are put up and begins to panic , says they have finished the murders and will go into the funeral parlour business . 
 kidnaps again and attempts to extort the remainder of the money . Shortly afterward , appears as 's next dissection cadaver , he is recognised and takes notice . He investigates Dr and discovers ' photographs ' of all the missing people dead and dissected , tells about and . arrests and , and and , while both couples are having sex . In prison is repentant but Hare tells him not to confess or all of them , including the women will be hung . Meanwhile the solicitor general and the lord provost want to keep the scandal out of the headlines- it would have ruined the reputation of Edinburgh 's medical schools , and the money they generated . They gently coerce into a deal by making him a colonel , they then burn the photographs . tells the prisoners that if any one of them confesses to the murders , the others will go free . agrees to confess if he and can finish what they were doing when apprehended them . 
 Just before 's hanging , advises him to speak if he has any final words . sees in the crowd , and says , " I did it for love . " 
 Onscreen text over the credits describes the fates of all the characters in the story , concluding with an image of the actual skeleton of at the Anatomical Museum of the University of Edinburgh Medical School.[4 ]

In early 1970s England , three friends spend their days partaking in banter , drinking , fighting and chasing girls . ( ) wants to escape their working class world but cheeky chappy ( ) and kind - hearted slacker ( ) are happy with life the way it is . When gets a new job as a door - to - door insurance salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart ( ) , the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives forever . 
 's boss is 's father ( ) . Selling life insurance in the hopes of improving his life and not ending up like his factory worker father ( ) , learns from the firm 's top seller ( ) , who is also 's fiancé , how to scare people into buying insurance . lives life to the full , with the notion that one day he will leave Cemetery Junction , but he hates and resents his father ( ) for letting his mother leave for another man without fighting for her . just lives for spending his time with and , working at the railway station and looking for a girlfriend , a search which is hindered by his lack of social skills . rekindles his friendship with , who reveals her dreams to see the world and become a photographer , but her father and fiancé both expect her to become a regular housewife , like her mother . 
 is invited to his firm 's winner 's ball to celebrate his and several others ' initiation to the company , and he brings and as his guests . During that night , tires of the band , and claims he could do better . convinces them to let perform with them . The crowd initially enjoys his performance , but he gets carried away and tells a highly inappropriate joke , embarrassing . He confronts and scolds and , but shrugs it off , still claiming he will leave the town , and that will never be like his colleagues because he 's ' not a cunt ' , which the crowd overhears , forcing them to leave . 
 The next day goes around town thanking his clients for helping him start his new career , and learns that his very first client 's husband has died . Deciding not to live off people 's misery , he asks when they plan to leave . They invite to a nightclub , and convince to leave with them . In the club Bruce starts dancing with a black woman , for which he is ridiculed by two men , provoking him to assault the men and get locked up in the police cells for the night . 
 accompanies to her home and they develop the pictures had taken throughout the night . They argue about their feelings , the lives of her parents and 's engagement to , which is following the same path as her parents ' relationship . declares his love for and asks her to go travelling with him , but she refuses and tells him to leave . is met in his cell by officer ( ) , an old friend of his father 's and the one man respects , who is fed up with taking his anger with his father out on other people . He tells the story of the night his mother left , revealing that his mother abandoned him and wanted nothing to do with him but his father did - and tells him to grow up and get over his anti - social behaviour . 
 The following morning , goes to a café he frequents and talks to , a girl who works there who has feelings for him , and they form a relationship . walks home and silently makes amends with his father . When arrives at the train station to begin his travels , he finds ready for work , having decided to stay , and they say an emotional goodbye . realises that was correct , and that her relationship with will stifle her , and goes to the railway station . announces over the station PA that will not be joining on his journey . Deciding not to go alone , is on the point of abandoning his adventure when he sees running towards him , and they board the train together .

In Rome , riots are in progress after stores of grain are withheld from citizens and civil liberties are reduced due to a war between Rome and neighbouring Volsci . The rioters are particularly angry at ( ) , a brilliant Roman general whom they blame for the city 's problems . During a march , the rioters encounter , who is openly contemptuous and does not hide his low opinion of the regular citizens . The commander of the Volscian army , ( ) , who has fought on several occasions and considers him a mortal enemy , swears that the next time they meet in battle will be the last . leads a raid against the Volscian city of Corioles and during the siege , with much of 's unit being killed , gathers reinforcements and the Romans take the city . After the battle , and meet in single combat , which results in both men being wounded but ends when ' soldiers drag him away from the fight . 
 returns to Rome victorious and in recognition of his great courage , General ( ) gives him the agnomen of " " . 's mother ( ) encourages her son to run for consul within the Roman Senate . is reluctant but he eventually agrees to his mother 's wishes . He easily wins the Roman Senate and seems at first to have won over the commoners as well due to his military victories . Two tribunes , ( ) and ( ) , are critical of his entrance into politics , fearing that his popularity would lead to taking power away from the Senate for himself . They scheme to undo and so stir up another riot in opposition to him becoming consul . When they call a traitor , bursts into rage and openly attacks the concept of popular rule as well as the citizens of Rome , demonstrating that he still holds the plebeians in contempt . He compares allowing citizens to have power over the senators as to allowing " crows to peck the eagles " . The tribunes term a traitor for his words and order him banished . retorts that it is he who will banish Rome from his presence : " There is a world elsewhere " . 
 After being exiled from Rome , seeks out in the Volscian capital of Antium and offers to let kill him , to spite the country that banished him . Moved by his plight and honoured to fight alongside the great general , and his superiors embrace and allow him to lead a new assault on the city , so that he can claim vengeance on the city which he feels betrayed him . and lead a Voscilian attack on Rome . Panicked , Rome sends General to persuade to halt his crusade for vengeance ; when reports his failure , Senator ( ) follows but is also shunned . In response , , who has seemingly lost all hope in and Rome , commits suicide by a river bank . Finally , is sent to meet with her son , along with ' wife ( ) and his son . succeeds in dissuading her son from destroying Rome and makes peace between the Volscians and the Romans alongside General . When returns to the Volscian border , he is confronted by and his men , who now also brand him as a traitor . They call him and refuse to call him by his " stolen name " of . explains to how he put aside his hatred so that they could conquer Rome but now that has prevented this , he has betrayed the promise between them . For this betrayal , and his men attack and kill .

After the final stage of human testing goes horribly awry , the test subjects of the fictional pharmaceutical company N - Gen become violently ill . As the side effects worsen , the test subjects become increasingly violent until they are little but marauding beasts . Worse yet , their bites are infectious and in short order London is overrun with hordes of bloodthirsty monsters . , a mercenary for N - Gen and a hardened killer , is searching for , the only hope of a cure for this plague which threatens the globe . As the only test subject who did not suffer side effects , her immunity holds the key to preventing a worldwide apocalypse . 's mission is complicated by chaos , continual attacks by the infected , and the virus slowly overtaking his own body.[3 ]

A group of radicalised young British Muslim men aspire to be suicide bombers . They are ( ) , who is deeply critical of Western society and imperialism ; his dim - witted cousin ( ) ; ( ) , a bad - tempered and extremely rash white convert to Islam ; and the naive ( ) , who tries to train crows to be used as bombers . While and travel to an Al Qaeda - affiliated training camp in Pakistan , recruits a reluctant fifth member , ( ) . The training trip ends in disaster when attempts to shoot down an American drone and accidentally destroys part of the camp ; the pair are forced to flee . However , uses the experience to assert authority on his return to Britain . 
 The group begins acquiring materials for making improvised explosive devices but disagree about what to target . wants to bomb a local mosque as a false flag operation to " radicalise the moderates " , but considers this idiotic . suggests blowing up a branch of the pharmacy chain Boots , but states it is a not a worthwhile target . When allows an oblivious neighbour ( ) into their safe house , the group suspect they have been compromised and transport their volatile explosives to a new location in grocery bags . trips up while crossing a field and is killed in the explosion . This causes a row among the remaining four , who disband . They later reconcile , and decides to target the upcoming London Marathon . 
 Wearing mascot costumes to conceal their explosives , they drive to London and prepare to attack . expresses doubts about the morality of their plot , but convinces him and the group parts ways to detonate at separate locations . loses his nerve and tries to alert nearby police officers , but is killed when detonates his bomb remotely . This causes the police to search for the remaining three . 
 has a change of heart , feeling guilt about manipulating the easily led into dying for a cause he does n't understand , and attempts to prevent the attack . Police snipers receive 's description and shoot at him as he attempts to blend in with the runners , but mistakenly kill a bystander in a similar costume instead . eventually contacts from his mobile phone but is attacked by , who swallows the phone 's SIM card . However , begins to choke on it , provoking a passer - by to carry out the Heimlich manoeuvre and in the process detonate his bomb , killing them both as flees . 
 is cornered by police in a kebab shop and takes the staff hostage . borrows a phone and attempts to talk him down , but his call is interrupted when the police charge in and kill a hostage whom they mistake for . Confused , detonates his bomb , killing himself and the officers . Distraught , walks into a pharmacy and blows himself up . In an epilogue , it is revealed that the police later arrested 's innocent brother as a terrorist ; that they deflect responsibility for shooting the bystander ; and that unknowingly killed when misfiring his rocket in Pakistan .

The film opens with ( ) ( convicted of grievous bodily harm under never - explained circumstances ) leaving prison . He is propositioned by his friend and former partner - in - crime , ( ) , to live in a nice " acquired " apartment , but on condition he work for 's criminal boss . On his way to a " welcome back " party , saves a woman , ( ) , from being mugged . At the party , propositions again . is told by and their contact , ( ) , that his sister , ( ) , is in the basement , and he " saves " her from being raped by a drug addict . meets for a drink elsewhere , and she offers him a job to help her friend , a reclusive famous " retired " young actress , . 
 goes to a train station to visit his friend , a blind homeless Big Issue salesman and gives him a knife to protect himself . The next day , meets ( ) and her friend , ) . is constantly hounded by the paparazzi perpetually stationed outside her home , taunting and photographing anyone who enters or leaves . is offered the job to " assist " and gives him a tour of the mansion , including a collection of paintings that look like Francis 's studies on screaming and a garage full of 's ex - husband 's cars . At his apartment , corrupt police Detective ( ) visits and tells him to avoid and forces a small bribe from . 
 talks to about Detective , whom can not stand . is mugged , then brutally beaten by two 16 - year - old footballers from the estate and left for dead ; and one of the boys takes 's knife . At the hospital , Dr ( ) lets visit , who wants to avenge his death . The next day , tells that he knows about the car collection and that his boss wants to steal them . At 's funeral , Dr tells that he wants to date , which accepts . goes to the pub and asks to find out as much as he can about the two footballers . That night , is kidnapped by and taken to his boss , ( ) , who insists that collect money for him . 
 and escape from the paparazzi to her mansion in the countryside . mentions to that something happened to her in Italy , which is implied to be a drug overdose . reveals to that in this incident she was raped by a drug addict , who never got caught but is currently on life support after overdosing on quaaludes , administered by . 
 threatens Detective to stop him making pay bribes . Later that evening , and meet in a garage , where shoots a black man , whom was led to believe by to be one of the Nation of Islam members who beat up and scared off while earlier collecting for . yells at , but protects and yells at , who claims said to kill anyone . tells he is now an ' accessory ' to the killing , and to meet him at Criterion Restaurant the next night , for an unknown arrangement . 
 tells she loves him . Later , and meet and assigns to collect money in Streatham , Clapham and Kennington . reveals that the main mugger - footballer has a future and is being scouted by professional teams , and implies that had best leave him alone . tells that if he were a gangster , would be the first person he would kill and would take everything has , but claims he is not a gangster and walks away . , to put in trouble , waylays the doctor who owns 's apartment and after rapes him , he orders his henchmen , ( ) and ( ) to kill him . learns who the footballer is and follows him into a tunnel , planning to shoot him , but has a change of heart at the last moment , and lets the young man walk away unaware . 
 visits and tells her that he loves her ; the two sleep together . sees 's van and attacks , who says that sent him to kill ; he warns to look for " a big Bosnian fucker " . borrows one of 's husband 's Rolls Royces and confronts at a pub . He beats , who says will kill everyone whom loves , and steals the money collected for . meets his sister at a restaurant in order to persuade her to get out of the country so that she is out of 's reach . He gives her a train ticket and money , but she belittles his worry and ignores the warning . and find 's dead body in the front garden of 's home , and the Bosnian , named , standing outside the gate . 
 asks to help him kill and the two follow to a nightclub where they meet him and the drug addict from the party named ( ) . In the final scenes of the film , the story is resolved as and each race to prevail over the other .

Based on a true story , Made in Dagenham explores the movement that caused a significant law reform . ( a fictional character ) leads the 1968 Ford sewing machinists strike at the Ford Dagenham plant , where female workers walk out in protest against sexual discrimination , demanding equal pay . This strike causes a lot of public attention around the world and was seen as out of the ordinary to many because it was not in a woman 's nature to do anything else other than the traditional family roles . The strike is successful and leads to the Equal Pay Act 1970 . [ 3 ]

After a NASA deep - space probe ( sent to verify the existence of extraterrestrial life in the solar system ) crash lands in Mexico , extraterrestrial life forms spread throughout the Mexico – United States border region , leading to the quarantine of the northern half of Mexico . US and Mexican troops battle to contain the creatures , and a huge wall stretching along the border ostensibly keeps the US protected . 
 American photojournalist ( ) receives a call from his employer , who tasks with finding his daughter , ( ) , and escorting her back to the US . locates in a Mexican hospital and the pair board a train , until learning the tracks ahead have been damaged . They discover that if they do not leave the country within a few days , sea and air travel will be blocked for six months . and decide to hitchhike their way to the coast . 
 buys an expensive ferry ticket for the next morning . After enjoying the local nightlife together , Andrew sleeps with a local woman who steals their passports . Unable to board the ferry , is forced to barter her engagement ring for passage through the quarantine zone . 
 They travel by riverboat until being transferred to a group of armed escorts who are to lead them overland to the Mexico – US border . The convoy is attacked by the creatures . and escape , but none of the guards survive . Continuing on , they discover the bodies of dead travellers and bond at the top of an ancient pyramid in sight of the US border wall . By the time they reach the border , the creatures have crossed into the United States . and travel through a severely damaged , evacuated town in Texas , find an abandoned gas station with power and call the army for help . 
 While waiting for help to arrive , they make phone calls to their respective families . A lone creature silently approaches the station . Hiding , observes several tentacles exploring the inside of the store , seemingly soaking up a television 's light . quickly unplugs the television and the creature loses interest . Another creature appears , and they communicate with one another and possibly mate via light impulses . The creatures leave as the military arrives . and kiss before they are rushed into different vehicles . The chronological ending takes place at the beginning of the film , filmed in green night vision sight , when the military rescue team is attacked by a single creature .

Neds follows the story of , a young boy growing up in 1970s Glasgow . While a brilliant student who excels in his studies at school , his studious nature causes conflicts with his working - class family and the wider , gang - riddled neighbourhood . 
 's immediate family consists of his mother , a part - time hospital worker ; his father , an abusive , alcoholic , tool - maker ; and his older brother , , leader of a neighbourhood gang called the Young Car - D. On a visit from New York , his Auntie encourages to leave Scotland when he is older to pursue opportunities there . 
 The film opens with a leaving ceremony marking 's transition from primary to secondary school . On his final day , is accosted by , a local bully and member of the Hardridge Parka Gang , who intimidates him , threatening to beat him up when he moves to secondary school . relays the details of the encounter to his brother who enlists the help of his fellow gang members to track down and assault as punishment . 
 Once begins secondary school , apart from not being in the top class , everything goes well . Informed by the headmaster that he will be moved up to the appropriate level by Christmas time by proving he is different to his brother , who assaulted two teachers and was expelled , he successfully progresses . However , he finds himself socially isolated and his teacher advises him to attend a summer camp for children with disabilities . There , he becomes friendly with a middle class boy called . One day he accidentally breaks one of 's father 's LP records and is forbidden from seeing again . 
 While walking home , a group of Young Car - D gang members threaten to mug him until they realize whose brother he is . They stop harassing him , ask him to join them and offer vodka and cigarettes which he accepts , marking the start of his downward spiral . 
 When the school year recommences , has changed his ways for the worse : drawing graffiti on desks , being impolite to teachers and smoking cigarettes in the toilets at break time . At one point he is caught up in a fight between two gangs and obtains a knife which has been kicked under the door of the toilet cubicle in which he is hiding . 
 In revenge for the rejection by 's family , throws a pair of football boots full of fireworks through the dining room window while they are eating . He then visits a social club , where members of the Car - D gang eject two members of rival gang The Krew . Returning , they hurl a bicycle through the function room window , urging the Car - D to give chase up to the edge of their territory where they escape via a walkway . gives chase , running into an ambush and is in turn chased by The Krew and pursued by their leader . Escaping by pushing his way into an Irish woman 's home , evades the rival gang . It emerges later that she is the mother of the boy who hurled the bicycle . 
 becomes more deeply involved in gang feuds taking place between 1972 and 1974 . He slits a boy 's throat in a gang fight and hides the blade . Returning home he finds that the police are there and hides from them . Upon their departure , learns that his brother has been arrested as a suspect in the stabbing . The next day he finds that his brother 's bail has been set at £ 15 by the Sheriff court . He robs a bus driver at knife point to raise the money , but fails to pay the sum in time . 
 On a walk with , one of the girls from the gang , spots his one - time tormentor , now an isolated and slightly pathetic character . confronts him about the bullying incident years earlier , and agrees to move past it , but makes a snide remark as he turns away . Enraged , first knocks him to the floor , then drops a stone slab on his head , causing permanent brain damage . 
 becomes increasingly confrontational , throwing a glass bottle at a passing police officer , as he hangs out with the Young Car - D in a park , which results in them ostracizing him for attracting police attention . 
 His father is drunkenly abusive to his mother so later beats him about the head with a frying pan . His mother orders out of the house and he is forced to take refuge in the machine room in a block of high rise flats , living on deliveries of bread and milk stolen from tenants . Returning to his refuge he finds the room locked and , after sniffing glue , wanders the streets , stripped to the waist . Seeing a statue of , who jokingly urges to come down , he has a glue - fuelled vision that accepts the offer but then challenges him on his poor life choices . 
 The next morning , his sober dad finds and tells him to come home . His father asks him to put him out of his misery and end his life . goes to his room , taking two knives which he tightly straps to both hands . He goes downstairs and finds his father urinating in a bottle . He asks to wait until he is asleep , so wanders the streets . When he encounters members of the rival gang , he attacks one , leaving him grievously injured . Pursued by the other gang members , is himself badly beaten . Members of Young Car - D then spot and fight off his attackers , only to have the enraged turn on them . Injured , he returns home to the room where his father is asleep but is unable to go through with killing him . Falling asleep , he collapses on top of him . 
 He chooses to change his ways and returns to school , attending a remedial class , wanting no further involvement with the gang . The class goes on a field trip to a safari park and their minibus breaks down . Thinking the teachers have abandoned him with the brain - damaged ( ) , decides to leave the van . The film closes with and walking hand - in - hand into the distance through a pride of lions , who ignore them .

is an Irish - American New York City executive and long - term bachelor . He is a sex addict who frequently has sex with prostitutes and masturbates several times daily , sometimes viewing pornography on his work computers . One day makes eye contact with a woman wearing an engagement ring on the subway during his morning commute . She initially reciprocates , but becomes uncomfortable . When they exit , she disappears into the crowd . He masturbates in the bathroom afterwards at work . and his married boss , , hit on women at a club ; later , has sex on a quiet street with , the woman was pursuing . 
 has been ignoring calls from his sister , , a lounge singer . He arrives at his apartment startled to find her in his shower with jazz music playing , thinking it may have been a burglar . has a few gigs in the city and asks to stay ; he later hears her pleading with her lover on the telephone not to reject her . After 's company computer system is infected with a computer virus , they find his hard drive was full of pornography . assumes 's intern is responsible . 
 rebukes for balancing precariously on the subway platform edge . Later , he and watch her perform " New York , New York " in a bar , which makes emotional . flirts with her and notices the scars of self - inflicted wounds on her arms . has sex with in her brother 's bedroom while , disgusted , goes running . Later that night , attempts to get in bed with ; he orders her out of the room . 
 goes on a date with co - worker , who is recently separated and has a positive attitude toward commitment , while dislikes the idea of marriage and admits that his relationships have never lasted longer than four months . After dinner they talk about who they would be in a past life . When they reach the subway station , they go home separately . 
 That night , discovers masturbating in his bathroom . He attacks her and accuses her of spying on him . She finds his laptop open on a pornographic webcam site . slams the laptop shut and a disturbed leaves . disposes of his pornography , sex toys , and laptop . At work , he kisses and the two get a hotel room , but can not maintain an erection . Immediately after leaves , is seen having aggressive sex with a prostitute against the window of the same hotel room . 
 tells that has a family , and insists that she leave . She says that , as family , they are supposed to help each other , but accuses her of being irresponsible and a burden . goes to a bar and comes on to a woman , describing in detail what he 'd do to her sexually . She is close to succumbing when her boyfriend intercedes . laughs in his face and tells him what he was saying . After he leaves the club unsatisfied , the boyfriend follows him out and brutally beats . When he is physically barred from entering another club , he goes to a gay bar across the street and is fellated by a man . After leaving , he listens to a voicemail message from crying as she tells him they are n't bad people , but come from a bad place . Nearing the point of withdrawal , has a threesome with two prostitutes . 
 While is riding the subway home , the passengers are asked to leave the train due to a police emergency ( implied to be a suicide under the train ) . He frantically calls , but she does not answer . He runs home to find sitting on the bathroom floor covered in blood , having slashed both wrists . He attempts to stop the bleeding while calling on his cellphone for help . She survives and he comforts her in the hospital . After leaving , he walks until he collapses , sobbing in the rain . 
 Some time later , is riding the subway . While looking around , he notices the same woman from the beginning of the film , still wearing the engagement ring . This time , the woman initiates flirting , but is hesitant . She stands , ready to exit the train at an approaching station . As the train slows , does not take his eyes off the woman , but does not stand up either .

One night , unemployed widower , , drunkenly kicks his dog to death . He buries the dog and goes to the post office , where he mocks some Asian workers then throws a brick through the window when they tell him to leave . At the pub , attacks two young men playing pool , one of whom threatened and mocked him . He then hides in a second - hand shop , where a religious , compassionate employee , , offers to pray for him . 
 That night , goes to his home and meets up with his 6 - year - old neighbour , who is forced to wait outside , while his Mother is inside with her nasty boyfriend . The boyfriend teases and berates and threatens to let loose his vicious dog on the young boy . After is allowed back in the house , is attacked by the men from the post office . The next morning , wakes up and goes to the shop , where looks after him . He begins to berate and insult her , before leaving . 
 returns home and falls asleep drunk , where her abusive husband , , urinates on her . The next morning at the second - hand shop , apologises and slowly befriends . One day , she comes to the shop with a black eye and claims to have fallen in the bath . He asks her to come with him and pray for his best friend , who is dying of cancer . A few days later , dies . A few days afterwards , returns to the shop . finds tying 's tie as he tries on a suit for the funeral , and silently threatens and . realises that is beating , and confronts her about the beatings . She constantly denies it . 
 One night , gets drunk and comes to take her home . He hits her and she begins to mock him . She tries to compose herself in the bedroom , when arrives , and beats and rapes her . tells that she is leaving , and asks to stay with him . He hesitatingly agrees , and in the course of her settling in , reveals that his heavy set wife has been dead for 5 years , due to complications from her diabetes . He also tells that he regrets using the nickname " Tyrannosaur " for his wife . He used it because it reminded of the scene in the movie " Jurassic Park " where the tyrannosaur could be heard stomping after the children in the film , much like how his wife sounded when she was walking on the second storey of their house . 
 After a few days , tells her that she is not safe with him and suggests she leave . escorts back to her house to retrieve some items , but she ends up running away , not ready to confront her husband . then goes with to 's wake where they sing and dance and tell tales in remembrance of 's old friend . While is sleeping in the next room , decides to confront , takes her keys and goes to her house , where he finds she had stabbed to death , presumably after the rape . He confronts , and admits that he knows about the murder . She breaks down and reveals that mutilated her reproductive system with a glass bottle and that she just wanted to be a mother . 
 A year later , it is revealed , through a letter that wrote to , that was mauled by his mother 's boyfriend 's dog . In retaliation , beheaded the dog with a machete for which he spent a few months in jail . He also discloses that he did not initially enter the second hand shop randomly , but on purpose , because he saw , wanted to meet her , and thought she was beautiful . He tells her after leaving jail , he quit drinking . The movie ends with walking down a path after visiting , who is in prison herself for 's killing .

Director: Paddy Considine
Cast: Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan, Paul Popplewell, Sally Carman

In Stratford - Upon - Avon , Miss. ( blue ) and Mr. ( red ) ( and ) are two elderly neighbors who despise each other . When they leave their respective gardens , their garden gnomes and other lawn ornaments come alive . The garden is filled with blue - hat gnomes led by Lady ( ) , and the garden has red - hat gnomes led by Lord ( Michael ) . Like their human gardeners , the gnomes also despise each other . The gnomes hold a back alley lawnmower race . Lady 's son ( ) and his best friend ( ) are disappointed to see Mrs. ordering a new " Kitty Clipper " lawnmower to replace 's lawnmower . 
 That night , and infiltrate the red garden in black disguise . sprays the reds ' well and accidentally triggers a security light . During the escape ends up in a nearby garden where he bumps into a disguised ( ) , the daughter of Lord . is attempting to retrieve a unique orchid , and the two romantically fight over it . They each discover the other 's color before fleeing the garden . When they both go back to their own gardens , tells her frog - sprinkler friend ( ) about her newfound love . states that the relationship is romantically tragic . 
 and have secret meetings in the nearby garden , where they meet a pink plastic flamingo named ( ) who encourages their love . Lord pairs with a Red Gnome named ( ) , but is n't interested in him and distracts him with who has feelings for him . Lady is distraught after the reds infiltrate the garden and destroy the plant nurtured by 's late father . The blues want to take revenge on the reds , and he realizes that he can not refuse unless he tells his secret . Just as he is about to spray the prized tulips of the reds , sees him and he backs out of the attack . 
 When he and meet up again , they argue until stops them , telling them he lost his wife when the couple living in the house , where the garden is , broke up and never saw each other again . sees them and runs away into the alleyway , where ’s rival , ( ) , is waiting with his lawnmower , attempting to run down and ends up chops off his hat . intervenes , and he and fight on the red lawnmower until the lawnmower runs into the wall . jumps off at the last minute , but crashes into the wall , causing him to shatter himself . The reds attempt to attack , thinking that died because of him . To the surprise of her clan , defends , saying that she loves him . ends up on a road , and everyone believes he was run over by a truck . Lord has the other red gnomes glue 's feet to her fountain because he does not want to lose her like he lost her mother . 
 's mushroom friend , , finds out that is still alive as blue teapots fell out of the truck that " ran him over " , which all the gnomes came to believe was . He and eventually reaches a park where climbs onto a statue of ( ) and tells him his story . tells that his story is very similar to another and that it is likely 's will have a sad ending as well . 
 gets onto Miss. 's computer and changes her lawnmower order to a powerful Terrafirminator unit , intending to get revenge on the reds . However , the Terrafirminator goes out of control , destroys most of the two gardens , and gets itself stuck while the gnomes wage a full - scale war . returns to with the help of . However , when he arrives , the Terrafirminator frees itself , sending it flying . tries to un - glue , but is unable to . She tells him to go , but he refuses . The two share a passionate kiss just as the lawnmower crashes into the fountain , self - destructing in the process . 
 When everyone believes that both are dead , Lord and Lady decide to end the feud . Miraculously , and emerge from the ruins and the two clans celebrate . Miss. and Mr. come home to find their backyards a mess . 
 The film ends happily with an epilogue . The red and blue gnomes finally coming together to celebrate their newfound peace . and are in love , Lord and Lady became best friends , is revealed to still be alive having been glued back together , is reunited with his wife after finds and orders her online , and and are married on a purple lawnmower , which symbolizes the new union of both gnome clans .

Director: Kelly Asbury
Cast: James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Richard Wilson, Julie Walters, Jason Statham, Ashley Jensen, Hulk Hogan

An epidemic begins to spread throughout the globe , causing humankind to lose their sensory perceptions one by one . The story focuses on two people : , one of a team of epidemiologists who are trying to find the causes of the disease , and , a chef who works at a busy restaurant located next to 's flat . The two meet and get to know each other as the epidemic progresses , a relationship which soon turns to love . 
 Humans begin to lose their senses one at a time . Each loss is preceded by an outburst of an intense feeling or urge . First , people begin suffering uncontrollable bouts of crying and this is soon followed by the loss of their sense of smell . An outbreak of irrational panic and anxiety , closely followed by a bout of frenzied gluttony , precedes the loss of the sense of taste . The film depicts people trying to adapt to each loss and trying to carry on living as best they can , rediscovering their remaining senses as they do so . and his co - workers do their best to cook food for people who can not smell nor taste . 
 The loss of hearing comes next and is accompanied by an outbreak of extreme anger and rage . experiences it first and is verbally abusive at who flees in fear , losing her own hearing shortly afterwards . Despite her knowledge that it was the disease that caused the outburst , can not face again . People struggle to adjust and to go on living . One day , every person on Earth suddenly experiences a feeling of joyful euphoria . realizes she both forgives and still loves and rushes to his job . The two find each other and embrace just as they , and the rest of the world , become blind .

( ) is introduced by a television presenter ( ) as a former skateboarding champion whose mother was killed in a car accident . gives up skateboarding and begins working in a fast food burger bar to pay household bills to help her father ( ) . 
 When she and her father need more money to pay the bills , goes looking for a job with better pay . Her friend recommends a job choice as a chalet girl , working in the Alps for rich clients . As she is turned down , there is a call to say that the current chalet girl broke her leg and is accepted for the job at the last minute . Chalet Girl ( ) is sent to help out but does n't seem to like her as she is anything but posh or glamorous and she ca n't ski or snowboard as she has never been to the Alps . is instantly attracted to ( ) the rich son of ( ) and ( ) , although he is in a relationship with girlfriend ( ) . 
 As is living next to the mountains she tries to teach herself to snowboard although she finds this difficult . ( ) , seeing her struggle , helps her out and teaches her to snowboard . He notices that she has a natural talent . He persuades her to try out to win a snowboarding competition to win $ 25,000 . 
 begins to become friends with and later finds out it is her birthday . She takes to a club , where they get drunk . She persuades to take the party back to where they are staying , as the family are out . , , and 's friend , ( ) are in the hot tub and they are naked . and continue to hook up . 
 When gets out of the tub to shovel snow on herself , the family return home and see her naked . and then proceed to clean the house and pay back for any damage that was done to the house . continues to work on her snowboarding skills and tries to conquer her fear of the high jumps as it brings back the memory of the car crash . 
 and become closer and at the end of a business trip with his father and some potential investors he decides to stay behind , presumably to spend more time with . pays her to teach him how to snowboard , which brings them closer and after a day in the snow they kiss briefly and end up sleeping together . ( ) had spotted them earlier and had alerted 's mother . The morning after their one night stand , ( 's mother ) catches them and gives away the fact that is engaged to . packs her stuff and leaves the house upset and angry that lied to her and slept with her even though he was engaged . 
 As she is going to leave for home , her father persuades her to stay and try to win the competition as it would have been what her mother wanted . In London , at his and 's engagement party , breaks up with in front of the guests . , piecing together the facts , asks if he is in love with , which he admits to . After hearing the news of their break up , appears to not care about anymore . 
 and enter the competition . fails to make the high jump and ends up breaking his arm , which takes him out of the chance of winning . does well on all obstacles until she gets to the high jump ; she stops as she remembers the car accident again . Although she does n't make a place in the top 20 to be in the final , she is the first reserve having come 21st . When the finals come , world champion ( , as herself ) pulls out and gives up her chances of winning to . 
 makes all obstacles and jumps , visualizing her mother cheering her on from the crowd ; she lands the jump perfectly and wins . , having come back after breaking up with , appears behind and apologises ; a playful conversation follows and they kiss . It then shows 's mother and father are watching the show on TV and see and kiss . 's mother , seeing how happy her son is , gives in and agrees to accept .

Director: Phil Traill
Cast: Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick, Tamsin Egerton, Ken Duken, Sophia Bush, Bill Bailey, Brooke Shields, Bill Nighy

Walking home on Bonfire Night , ( ) , a 25 - year - old trainee nurse , is mugged by a small gang of teenage hoodlums : ( ) ; ( ) ; ( ) ; ( ) ; and leader ( ) . The attack is interrupted when a meteorite falls from the sky into a nearby car , giving the chance to escape . As searches the wreck of the car for valuables , his face is scratched by a pale , hairless , eyeless dog - sized creature ; the object which fell from the sky was its cocoon . The creature runs away , but the gang chase and kill it . Hoping to gain fame and fortune , they take the corpse to their acquaintance , cannabis dealer ( ) , to get advice on what to do . He lives at the top of their tower block , Wyndham Tower . 
 asks and his boss , ( ) , to keep the creature in their fortified " weed room " while he decides how to proceed . More objects fall from the sky . Eager to fight the creatures , the gang arm themselves and go to the nearest crash site . However , they find these aliens are much larger , with spiky fur which is so black it reflects no light , huge claws and rows of glowing fangs . The aliens kill their dog too . Fleeing the aliens , the gang are intercepted by two policemen and is arrested , identified as the mugger by . The aliens , following , maul the unarmed officers to death and attack their van , leaving and trapped inside . reaches the vehicle and drives the police van away , only to crash into a surprised 's car . runs away while the rest of 's gang catch up and confront and his henchman 
 Enraged by the damage to his car , Hi - threatens them with a gun , refusing to believe their story of aliens , until his henchman is attacked by one , allowing the gang to escape . The gang try to flee to Wyndham Tower but are again followed and attacked en route by the aliens , where is forced to hide in a recycling bin and is severely bitten in the leg . They find that lives in their building , force their way into her flat , and persuade her to treat 's leg . An alien bursts in and kills it with a samurai sword through the head . Understanding that the group was not lying about the creatures being extraterrestrial , reasons that it is safer to stay with the gang than on her own and joins them . The gang moves upstairs to the flat owned by ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) , believing that their security gate will keep them safe . The aliens instead attack from outside , climbing up the side of the tower block and smashing through the windows , one of whom decapitates . 
 After saves ' life from one of the aliens , the girls believe them to be the focus of the creatures and kick them out of the flat . In the hall , the gang are attacked by and more henchmen . The gang escapes while an alien chases and a couple of henchmen into a lift . kills the alien , although his henchmen are killed , and continues his search for . Making their way upstairs to 's weed room , the gang runs into more aliens , but using fireworks as a distraction , they manage to get through . , however , becomes disoriented in the smoke and is killed by an alien . Entering 's flat they find that Hi - Hatz is already there and has been waiting for them . prepares to shoot but hordes of aliens smash through the window and kill him . Now joined by ( ) , one of 's customers , , and retreat into the weed room , while hides in the flat . 
 , still trapped in the bin by a lurking alien , is saved by two unruly children , ( ) and ( ) , using a water - gun filled with petrol and a flame to torch the creature from a safe distance . In the weed room , notices a luminescent stain on ' jacket under the ultraviolet light . As a zoology student , theorises that the aliens are like spores , drifting through space on solar winds until they chance on a suitable planet . After landing in an area with enough food , the female lets off a strong pheromone which will attract the male creatures to it so that they can mate and propagate their species in their new world . suggests that the smaller , hairless alien which killed in the beginning was such a female , and it had left a mating scent on that the larger male aliens have been tracking throughout the evening . The gang form a plan for , who has not been stained with the pheromone , to go to 's flat and turn on the gas oven . 
 forces to return the ring they stole from her , feeling guilty for having mugged her . successfully avoids the aliens , turns on the gas , and leaves the block . , with the dead female alien strapped to his back , rushes out of the weed room and into his flat , while the males converge on the scent and chase through the block . Inside his flat he throws the female into the kitchen and the males follow . Using fireworks , ignites the gas - filled room and leaps out of the window . The explosion engulfs the flat and the aliens , but survives , clinging to a Union Jack hanging from the side of the building . In the aftermath , , , , and are arrested and held responsible for the deaths around the block , including the two officers who had earlier arrested . , however , comes to their defence . In the back of the police van , and hear the residents of the block cheering for .

Director: Joe Cornish
Cast: John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Nick Frost, Luke Treadaway

and are former soldiers who have become hitmen since they left the military . While is laid back , is still suffering from an unspecified disastrous mission in Kiev . Despite the urging of his wife , he has not worked since , and they are running out of money . organises a dinner party to which she invites and his latest girlfriend , , a human resources manager . During the evening , reveals he has a new job for them , which encourages him to take . Meanwhile , Fiona goes to the toilet , carves a symbol on the back of the bathroom mirror , and takes a tissue that had used to mop up his blood after a shaving accident . accepts the job , and the two meet the shadowy client , who has a list of three people he wants killed . The employer unexpectedly cuts 's hand and his own , so that the contract is effectively signed in blood . 
 Their first target , a priest , appears to recognise and thanks him just before being killed . The second name on the list is an archivist who keeps a collection of horrific , sickening videos of an undisclosed nature . He also thanks , who , out of disgust for the videos , tortures and savagely beats him to death with a hammer . insists on chasing down and killing the archivist 's associates , and as looks into their files , he finds a folder on himself and , including details of their Kiev mission . Although they do not recognise it , the file includes the symbol that carved in 's mirror . 
 informs that while raiding the safe in the home of the second target , he took enough money to cover the total sum they would receive for the contract . The pair decide to abandon the contract and return home . When his cut hand becomes infected , visits his doctor , only to find that his regular doctor has been replaced by another man who will only give him cryptic advice . and return to their client and offer to find replacements to kill the last name on the list . The client refuses and says that both hitmen and their families will be killed if they do not complete the contract . takes their son to the family 's cottage for safekeeping while and go back to work . 
 Their final mark is a Member of Parliament who lives in a mansion . While observing the house , the pair witness a strange ceremony in the woods that culminates in human sacrifice . opens fire with an assault rifle , and the leader of the ceremony presents himself for to execute . The remaining masked cultists chase the hitmen into an underground complex , where is disemboweled , forcing to perform a mercy killing on his friend . Emerging from the tunnels , flees to the family cottage and meets with . When he goes outside , he sees that their car 's tyres have been slashed and lit torches have been placed around the nearby field . attempts to locate their attackers , but he is knocked unconscious . Inside the cottage , arms herself and shoots several invaders . 
 awakens in the field , surrounded by the masked cultists , who strip him and place a mask over his face . He is confronted by his last victim , " The Hunchback " , a masked and cloaked person armed with a knife . After a brutal knife fight , triumphs , only to discover that the was his wife with strapped to her back . appears to laugh as she dies . The cultists applaud and remove their masks , revealing , the hitmen 's client , and the man from the doctor 's office amongst their number . is crowned by the cultists .

Director: Ben Wheatley
Cast: Neil Maskell, Michael Smiley, Emma Fryer

Teenager is in prison after committing a massacre at his high school . His mother , , once a successful travel writer , lives alone in a rundown house and works in a travel agency near the prison , where she visits . She looks back at her memories of him growing up as she tries to cope with the hostility of her neighbors . 
 is detached and difficult from childhood . He appears to loathe and deliberately antagonize , and she has trouble bonding with him . As a baby , he cries incessantly , but only around her ; as a child , he resists toilet training , rebuffs 's attempts at affection , and shows no interest in anything . He behaves like a happy , loving son when his father is watching . 's frustration drives her to throw against the wall , breaking his arm . tells he fell , using the incident to blackmail into doing what he wants . 
 dismisses 's concerns and makes excuses for 's behavior . When is confined to bed with a fever , reads him a book about ; when competes in Prince John 's archery contest , shows affection for the first time . gives him a bow and arrow and teaches him archery . 
 and have a second child , , who is lively and cheerful . However , is disdainful and jealous . A few years later , 's pet guinea pig is killed and she is blinded in one eye by caustic cleaning fluid . is suspicious , but insists that is not to blame . 's suspicion takes a toll on the couple 's marriage and they begin to discuss divorce . comes to fear her son , as she sees growing evidence of 's sadism . 
 As a teenager , locks several students in the school gymnasium and murders them with his bow . When arrives home , she finds has murdered and . On the second anniversary of the massacre , visits in prison . asks him why he committed the murders . , who is about to be transferred to an adult prison , responds that he used to think he knew but is no longer sure . hugs and walks away sadly .

Director: Lynne Ramsay
Cast: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller

A serial killer is targeting police officers in South East London . After two police constables are shot dead and Chief Inspector ( ) is bludgeoned to death , the hunt for his identity begins . 
 Sergeant ( ) is transferred to the South East London branch of the police to head the investigation , even though is an outsider and widely ridiculed by his fellow officers for being openly gay . To his surprise he finds an unlikely ally in the hot - headed , gruff Detective Sergeant ( ) , who has a history of violent incidents . 
 While the investigation is ongoing , PC ( ) is visited by a friend , a young gang member nicknamed , who is afraid his gang might have actually killed someone . Promising him to look into the situation , contacts Detective Inspector ( ) , who agrees to help if goes on a date with him . 
 One of 's informants , ( ) , points and towards a man named ( ) who recently bragged about setting a police dog on fire , " for practice " . Although and visit ' flat , they can not immediately find any evidence against him . does recognize as the man he beat up in a fight in a billiard hall a year earlier . Unknown to either of them , decides to conduct an investigation of his own and eventually discovers the seemingly abandoned car where keeps the trophies of his kills , confirming that is the killer . 
 Meanwhile , contacts a newspaper reporter , ( ) , to make sure his murders get enough coverage in the press . promises to keep updated about his murders and declares he wishes to be known as . Soon after , is also contacted by who is interested in selling his information for a high price . Although leads to ' car , he is killed by before he can disclose ' name . then alerts the police to the car , but they find it empty . 
 and a fellow police constable come to realize that all of 's victims so far have been police officers who have arrested in the past and that PC is most likely the next victim . , after coming home from her date with , is attacked by but saved by , who is killed in the ensuing struggle . Before can attack again , the police arrive . 
 and decide to release a picture of to the media to flush him out , which eventually , after a lengthy chase , leads to ' capture . There is no concrete evidence against however , so after 48 hours and an interrogation which does not yield results , the police are forced to let go . Exasperated , and devise a plot to trick , knowing that will want to take revenge on for the billiard hall fight . 
 infiltrates the funeral of Chief Inspector , dressed in ' uniform which he had stolen after murdering him . During the service , leaves , followed by . leads to the top of a parking garage , only to reveal that and had switched places along the route . Surprised by a hidden , is overpowered and relieved of his gun . Explaining that they will never find enough evidence to convict legally , concludes that they are now in a convenient situation : since is dressed as a police officer , and has 's gun , they can shoot him with his own gun , and it will look as if was just another of 's victims .

Director: Elliott Lester
Cast: Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen, David Morrissey, Zawe Ashton

The rebellious teenage dropout , , believes herself to be a descendant of . She takes on a job as a cleaner in a seaside hotel owned by . is a writer from Germany who has struggled with writer 's block since his successful first novel , The Cliff House , was published 21 years before . He lives in the hotel with his wife and two daughters , , 17 , and , 6 . is constantly sequestered in the attic working on his writing , leaving the hotel to be run by . Their marriage is stormy as is unhappy about 's lack of success in his profession and his disconnected parenting . Meanwhile , has lived with her grandparents since her mother committed suicide . 
 On her first day of work , catches masturbating in the attic . She meets , who is applying to study medicine at Oxford . invites to dinner with the family , during which reveals she is writing a novel but is struggling to live up to the name . Later , offers creative writing lessons . They conduct their lessons secretly in the attic . One day , drives to the grave of . The two eventually begin a romantic relationship . Meanwhile , teaches to explore her rebellious side and the two become best friends . 
 accompanies to Oxford for her entrance interview . On the first night they go out for a drink and end up partying with other students . has casual sex with one of the men . They return to her accommodation the next morning to find out that the interview has been moved up to that day . exits the interview feeling nervous but receives encouragement from . 
 After returning from Oxford , begins feeling guilty about her affair with and starts distancing herself from him . She also deals with the death of her grandmother . Days after the funeral , falls ill , which suspects to be morning sickness . gets her from the pharmacy a pregnancy test . As she drops off the test in 's room , calls her to the attic . tells she has given up trying to write a novel and admonishes him for not living a single day since writing The Cliff House . Meanwhile , catches with the pregnancy test , which indicates she is not pregnant . returns to 's room while angrily informs about and chastises his parenting again . A disheartened admits his affair with . Enraged , yells " ... you have been fucking our daughter 's best friend ? " , which is overheard by . kicks out of the house . 
 The following day at school , tries to reconcile with , but rejects her overture and tells her she is not . That night , questions her grandfather about this , and he reveals that her mother lied to her about being a descendant of . However , he encourages her to pursue her dream of writing , explaining that the name was an albatross around her neck which has now been lifted . 
 gives his laptop and encourages her to continue writing . She begins writing her novel using the laptop . One day , while having her work printed at a photocopy shop , she sees ( who is being driven to Oxford by ) across the street wearing 's " I Put Out " top . smiles and waves , but only looks back coldly and quickly gets back into the car . In the car , looks at her shirt and smiles . rides off on her bicycle with a draft of her novel titled " Albatross " .

Director: Niall MacCormick
Cast: Jessica Brown Findlay, Felicity Jones, Julia Ormond

In October 1973 , " " , head of British intelligence ( MI6 ) ( referred to as " The Circus " ) , sends agent to Budapest to meet a Hungarian general wishing to defect . is shot and presumed killed . Amidst the international incident that follows , and his right - hand man are forced into retirement ; dies of illness shortly after . 
 becomes the new Chief , his deputy , and and his lieutenants . Despite Control and 's misgivings , their successors have already begun a secret operation—"Witchcraft"—to obtain highly sensitive information from the Soviet Union , which is in turn being traded with the CIA for American intelligence . is brought out of retirement by Cabinet Office civil servant to investigate a claim by , a British spy , that for years there has been a mole in a senior role in the Circus , as Control had suspected . chooses a trustworthy agent , , and retired Special Branch officer to help him . He interviews former Circus analyst , who was sacked by Alleline after she deduced that , a Soviet cultural attaché in London , was a spy . 
 tells that on a mission to Istanbul , he had an affair with , a Soviet agent . She wanted to reveal the name of a mole in the top ranks of the Circus but when reported this to London , they ignored him and ordered him straight home , while the Soviets promptly kidnapped . Concluding that the mole had intercepted his message , went into hiding , suspected of defecting and murdering the British station chief . sends to steal the Circus logbook for the night had called and he finds the pages for that night have been cut out , supporting 's story . interviews , who reveals that after brutal interrogation , he was exchanged by the Soviets but sacked from the service . says the purpose of the mission to Hungary was to get the name of the mole . Control had codenamed the suspects " " ( ) , " " ( ) , " Soldier " ( ) , " " ( ) and " " ( ) . 
 learns that , , and have been meeting — the " Witchcraft " source — at a safe house somewhere in London , where gives them supposedly high - grade Soviet intelligence , in exchange for low - grade British material to help him maintain his cover with the Soviets . However , the mole is passing substantive material , including US intelligence , to , his handler , whilst 's material has just enough substance to persuade the CIA to share information with the British . blackmails the location of the safe house out of Esterhase , whose exile status makes him vulnerable to deportation . then has appear at the Paris office , implying he knows who the mole is . The mole is revealed to be when he meets at the safe house , where captures him . The Circus plans to exchange with the Soviets but he is killed by . returns to the Circus as its new chief .

Director: Tomas Alfredson
Cast: Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Graham

Fisheries expert ( ) receives an email from financial adviser ( ) , seeking advice on a project to bring salmon fishing to the Yemen — a project being bankrolled by a wealthy Yemeni sheikh and supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office . dismisses the project as " fundamentally unfeasible " because Yemen can not provide the necessary environment for salmon . Meanwhile , the British Prime Minister 's press secretary ( ) suggests the salmon fishing story to the Prime Minister 's office as a positive story to help improve relations between Britain and the Islamic world . 
 meets with to discuss the project , but despite correcting his misconceptions of the Yemen environment , is convinced that the project is foolhardy . 's boss , pressured by , forces to accept a position on the project . considers resigning rather than ruin his reputation in the scientific community , but is convinced by his wife that they need his income and pension . 
 arranges for to meet the sheikh ( ) at his estate in the Scottish Highlands . The sheikh is excited to meet , the inventor of the " Woolly Jones " fishing fly.[7 ] While the sheikh acknowledges that the project may sound crazy , he still believes that fishing is a noble pursuit that promotes harmony and requires immense faith . 
 After his wife accepts a position in Geneva , devotes himself to the salmon project . Although painfully shy,[Note 1 ] he enjoys working with and they begin to make progress . Their enthusiasm is interrupted , however , when learns that her new boyfriend , British special forces captain ( ) , is missing in action . Devastated , withdraws to her apartment . When visits her , she gets upset , thinking he just wants her to return to work , but then she realizes he has come to comfort her , and the two embrace . 
 Meanwhile , the sheikh continues his work , despite radicals who accuse him of introducing Western ways to their region . informs the sheikh that because of opposition to removing salmon from British rivers they will need to use farmed salmon . The sheikh does not believe that salmon bred in captivity will survive and rejects 's offer , ending the British government 's involvement in the project . resigns his government job to continue with the project . 
 After a confrontation with his wife in which he realizes that their marriage is over and that he is in love with , convinces the sheikh to give the farmed salmon a try . As the two are fishing , a Yemeni radical attempts to assassinate the sheikh , who is saved by casting his fishing line towards the assassin . Soon after , they return to the Yemen , where and continue to grow closer . After a moonlight swim , he asks her if there was a " theoretical possibility " of the two of them ending up together . She accepts with a kiss on his cheek , but says she will need some time . 
 At a press conference in Yemen with the Foreign Secretary , reunites and , who survived the antiterrorism operation . The PR stunt leaves heartbroken . That night , realizes her feelings for have changed , and when gets a text message from his wife asking him to return , he declines . 
 The following day the fish are released from their holding tanks . The fish swim upstream and everyone celebrates the success of the project . While and the foreign minister fly - fish for the photographers , terrorists break into the dam upstream and open the flood gates . Although most people survive the resulting flash flood , the valley is left in ruins . The sheikh blames himself for the tragedy , and vows to rebuild — this time with the support of the local community . 
 The next day , as prepares to leave with , she approaches to say goodbye . Just then they see a salmon jumping from the water , indicating that some fish survived . tells he will stay and help them rebuild . asks if he will need a partner — and realizes she is talking about herself . They embrace , and then hold hands while looking out over the river .

and his girlfriend finish having sex . After taking a shower , finds ’s corpse and “ You ’re Next ” written in her blood . is then attacked and killed by with a machete . 
 Later , a woman named accompanies her boyfriend , to his family reunion at their rural Missouri vacation home . Present are 's parents and , ( 's older brother ) and ( 's wife ) , younger siblings and , ( 's girlfriend ) and ( 's boyfriend ) . 
 During a dinner argument , crossbow bolts are shot through the window , hitting and killing and wounding . With their cell phone signals jammed by the attackers , runs out the front door to get help , but runs into a garrote wire which slices her throat . She quickly dies from blood loss . leaves the house to find help . brings to her bedroom upstairs ; when leaves , appears from under the bed with the machete and kills . The rest of the family rushes upstairs to find dead with the words " You 're next " scrawled on the wall in blood and the machete stuck in her face . 
 texts 911 and begins finding objects that can be used as weapons . She encounters and evades his attack , wounding him in the process . returns to the bedroom and discovers still hiding under the bed ; she panics and runs to the neighboring home . After pounding on the window for help , she gets inside but discovers the murdered couple who were killed at the beginning of the film , and is killed by . Back at the house , fails to kill and is in turn killed by her with a meat tenderizer . finds , but stabs him with a screwdriver and he retreats . 
 While exploring the house , finds evidence that the killers had been staying in the house for some time . He tries to tell and , but slits his throat , killing him . It is revealed that and hired the assassins to murder the family and collect their inheritance . Meanwhile , ( still unaware of and 's scheme ) and set up traps together ; explains that she grew up on a survivalist compound where she learned her combat and survival skills . is about to attempt to kill , but is interrupted . lures to the basement and fatally stabs him with several screwdrivers . 
 overhears an argument between , , and . Realizing their plans , she escapes from the house , injuring her leg in the process . doubles back to the house and kills by stabbing him in the head with a screwdriver . Realizing she can not outrun the remaining killer with a wounded leg , sets up a trap at the front door . , however , enters the house through a window , so she sets up an ambush in the basement and kills him with a log . With their hired assassins dead , and attempt to kill themselves , but she brutally kills them both , sticking a live blender onto 's head and stabbing through the head . calls 's phone , and when picks up the call , he inadvertently reveals his involvement in the scheme . returns to the house and , ignoring his attempts to bribe her with money , fatally stabs him in the neck and eye . 
 A policeman arrives and shoots in the shoulder , having seen her kill . After calling for backup , he attempts to enter the house but is accidentally killed by 's front door trap that was intended for .

Director: Adam Wingard
Cast: Sharni Vinson, Nicholas Tucci, Wendy Glenn, A. J. Bowen, Joe Swanberg

( ) has been training in Tibet following a botched mission in Mozambique when he is summoned by MI7 . Under his new boss ( ) , he is put on a mission to investigate a plot to assassinate the Chinese Premier during scheduled talks with the Prime Minister . He meets fellow agent and old acquaintance ( ) ; MI7 's resident quartermaster , ( ) ; and junior agent ( ) , who will be 's new assistant . 
 In Hong Kong , finds ex CIA agent ( ) , who reveals himself to be a member of Vortex , who were responsible for sabotaging 's Mozambique operation . Vortex holds a secret weapon that requires three metal keys to unlock . But when he reveals his key , is killed by a grey haired woman ( ) disguised as an apartment cleaner , and another guy steals the key . 
 chases the thief across Hong Kong and eventually defeats him . However , on his flight back to London , is tricked by another Vortex operative disguised as a flight attendant , and is humiliated in a meeting with the Foreign Secretary and Pegasus when he attempts to present the key and the plans . He then mistakes 's mother to be the cleaner assassin and attacks her at 's daughter 's birthday party . 
 ( ) , MI7 's behavioral psychologist , uses hypnosis to help recall his suppressed memory of Mozambique , revealing another Vortex operative , Russian spy ( ) . and meet at an exclusive golf course outside London . However , mid game , the cleaner assassin critically injures . As and fly by helicopter to take to a hospital , reveals that the Vortex third key holder is a mole inside MI7 , and then dies . 
 At MI7 , learns that talks between Britain and China will be conducted at a heavily guarded fortress called Le Bastion in the Swiss Alps . Over dinner , confides with about the mole , not knowing that is the actual mole . tricks into thinking is the traitor , and despite confronting in the bathroom , dismisses and lets go free , giving him 's key . At a church , confronts , but realises he has been framed as the traitor . 
 He escapes the MI7 operatives using 's enhanced wheelchair , and hides at 's flat . After reviewing the footage of the Mozambique mission , realises the assassin behaved abnormally , and that Vortex has a drug called timoxeline barbebutenol that makes the person suggestible to mind control before killing them . picks up to go to the fortress event , knowing that had been hiding in the flat . 
 persuades to rejoin him to infiltrate Le Bastion . warns of the threat , but unknowingly imbibes the drink containing the drug . tells to subdue , which he does with a punch to the face . Assigning to be the Prime Minister 's bodyguard inside the safe room , he orders him to kill the Chinese Premier using a pistol disguised as lipstick . However , attempts to resist the drug . arrives and interrupts 's communication feed , but resets the communication , exposing himself to the Chinese Premier in the process . resists again and shoots , who dodges and escapes , but the chemical enters its lethal stage , and falls to the floor . arrives and is able to revive English with a passionate kiss . 
 With heading down the mountain , English pursues him by parachuting and then snowmobilling down a mountainside . The two spies fight in an aerial tram , but prevails after recalling his training in Tibet where he was repeatedly kicked in the crotch , but falls off the lift . shoots at English , but is able to use his spy umbrella 's rocket launcher to destroy the lift , killing . Later on , Vortex is shut down and English is to have his knighthood reinstated by the Queen . During the ceremony , the Queen is revealed to be the killer cleaner again , which leads English to attack the real by accident , realising his mistake only when the killer cleaner is finally caught by the others .

Director: Oliver Parker
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Dominic West, Gillian Anderson, Rosamund Pike

In 1912 , a teenage boy named ( ) from Devon , England , witnesses the birth of a bay Thoroughbred foal and subsequently watches with admiration the growth of the young horse . Much to the dismay of his mother ( ) , his father buys the colt at an auction , outbidding their landlord despite them needing a more suitable plough horse for the farm work . 's best friend , , watches as teaches his colt many things , such as to come to him when he imitates the call of an owl by blowing through his cupped hands . He names the horse . 
 carries a war injury that causes him ongoing physical and mental pain . While he can not speak of his time in the Cavalry , shows his father 's medals from the Second Boer War that he earned for bravery under fire . She gives his father 's regimental pennant , telling that his father felt shame over what he did during the war , and that he had thrown the flag and medals away , though saved and kept them hidden . does not understand why would be ashamed of having fought in a war . 
 Against all odds and ' hopes , manages to train and have him plough a rocky field that plants with turnips . However , a heavy downpour in 1914 destroys the turnip crops , so is compelled to sell the horse to the army in order to pay his rent . begs his father to return the money . Captain sees the boy 's attachment and promises to look after the steed . tries to enlist in the army but is too young , and before the captain leaves with , ties his father 's pennant to 's bridle . 
 is trained for military operations and becomes attached to Topthorn , a black horse with whom he is trained for his military role . The two horses are deployed to Flanders with a flying column under the command of and Major , but they lead a cavalry charge through a German encampment , and the unit is mown down by machine gun fire . is killed along with almost all his fellow cavalrymen ; the Germans capture the horses . 
 A young German soldier called is assigned to the care of and , who are used to draw an ambulance wagon . When his 14 - year - old brother is sent to the front line , takes the horses and the four of them desert , hiding inside a nearby farm . The German Army soon tracks down the boys , and they are shot for desertion . However , the Germans leave without noticing and in the barn . 
 An orphaned French girl named , who lives at the farm with her grandfather , finds the two horses and takes care of them . German soldiers arrive and confiscate supplies from the property , even the jam that 's grandfather makes , but hides the horses in her bedroom . suffers from a disease that makes her bones fragile and is not allowed to ride the horses for fear of risking injury when falling off the horse . Nonetheless , 's Grandfather , for her birthday , allows her to ride . She gallops the horse up the hill and runs into the Germans who then take the horses , breaking 's heart . The grandfather keeps the pennant . 
 By 1918 , has enlisted and is fighting alongside in the Second Battle of the Somme , under the command of 's son . After a British charge into no man 's land , and miraculously make it across into a deserted German trench , where a gas bomb explodes , filling the trench with poison gas . 
 and are used by the Germans to haul artillery up a large muddy hill , under the command of Private , who tries to keep the horses alive . eventually succumbs to exhaustion and dies . is dragged away by other German soldiers , leaving to face an oncoming Mark IV tank . The horse escapes and runs into no man 's land , where he gets entangled in the barbed wire barriers . From their respective trenches , both British and German soldiers spot in the night mist , and a British soldier named , waves a white flag and tries to free the horse . ( ) , a German soldier , comes over with wire cutters , and together they free from the wire . The two make friendly talk on the remorseless war . They flip a coin , provided by Peter , to decide who should take the horse ; , who called heads , wins ( remarks , on seeing the coin land in the mud heads up , " Aye , that is my Kaiser , and he looks none too pleased with me ! " ) and guides back to the British trench , now having made friends with . 
 is killed by the gas attack , but survives , temporarily blinded . While recuperating , he hears about the " miraculous horse " rescued from no - man 's land . The army doctor instructs Sgt . to put down . But when is about to shoot , hears the owl call he learnt as a colt . is led through the troops to , again sounding his call , and hurries to meet his long - missed friend . explains that he raised , and with bandages still covering his eyes , gives an exact description of the horse 's markings , confirming his claim . With covered in mud , the camp doctor at first dismisses 's statement , but he is astonished when soldiers wash away the grime , revealing the four white socks and diamond star on 's forehead . 
 World War I ends , and an order is made that the horse should be auctioned . is given money collected from his fellow soldiers in order to bid for him , but bidding by a butcher exceeds that of the collection . Then a bid of £ 100 is entered . The bidder is an older gentleman , 's grandfather , who informs the butcher that if he is bid against , he will sell his coat and bid to £ 110 — and should he bid against him again , he will sell his farm and bid to £ 1,000 . No other bid is placed , and the grandfather takes ownership of , planning to return with him to his farm . He tells that has died , and after hearing about the miracle horse , he travelled for three days to get back , for the sake of his beloved granddaughter 's memory . 
 pleads for the horse with 's grandfather , who at first remains unmoved . The old man is surprised , however , when the horse chooses to return to , and he presents with the military pennant , asking him what it is . 's quick recognition of the pennant convinces the grandfather that is indeed his horse . He gives back to , saying that it 's what would have wanted . returns with to his family 's farm , where he returns the pennant to his father . The elder extends his hand to the boy , now a man and like him , a former soldier .

Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Peter Mullan, Niels Arestrup, Jeremy Irvine

Garda ( ) , an alcoholic , initially resents his new partner , Garda ( ) , a workaholic seeking to impress her superiors by volunteering for temporary duty in a remote Irish island . After discovering mutilated whale corpses , the quiet community slowly comes to realise that they 're under attack by bloodsucking tentacled aliens of various sizes that came from a ball of green light that fell from the sky , dubbing them " Grabbers " . When ( ) , the town drunk , inexplicably survives an attack , the local marine ecologist , Dr. ( ) , theorizes that his high blood alcohol content proved toxic to the , who survive on blood and water . contacts the mainland , but an oncoming storm prevents any escape or help . The group also realizes the rain will allow the remaining large male to move about the island freely . Seeking to keep calm in the town , and organize a party at the local pub , intending to keep the island 's residents safe but unaware of the danger . Initially hesitant to join in a celebration when no good reason can be offered , the people enthusiastically agree when ( ) , the pub owner , offers free drinks . volunteers to stay sober so that he can coordinate the towns defenses , and everyone else becomes drunk . 
 In a drunken stupor , reveals that she has come to the island to escape the shadow of her more - favoured sister . When they are alone in a squad car , confesses to that she has feelings for him despite turning down his advances earlier . wanders outside the pub and tries to get a picture of the beast , reasoning that his inebriated state will protect him from being eaten . Instead , the monster throws him into the air and kills him . and escape to the pub , where they try to protect the townspeople . drunkenly reveals the danger they are in while trying to reassure everyone that nothing is trying to kill them . Panicked , they retreat to the second level of the pub , and baby grabbers take over the first floor . accidentally sets the pub on fire while trying to sneak out , but she and manage to draw the attention of the adult . 
 and drive to a construction site , and the monster follows them . There , they hope to strand the monster on dry land , as it needs water to survive . Before they can successfully set a trap , the monster arrives and attacks . Although wounded , he survives the attack , and uses the heavy construction equipment to mount a counter - attack , pinning it at the base of a pit . The monster grabs , but before it can eat him he dumps a bottle of Paddy 's poitín into its mouth , sickening it and causing it to release him . then ignites nearby explosives with a flare gun , killing the . As the storm clears up , they return to the town and throws away his flask . The film ends with a shot of more Grabber eggs hatching .

Director: Jon Wright
Cast: Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Russell Tovey

In 1993 Belfast , lives with her mother and brothers . In the opening scene , set twenty years earlier , the Troubles results in the death of her younger brother when they are children . This presumably motivates her in later life . After a failed attack in London , is arrested and offered a choice : either she spends 25 years in jail , thus losing everything she loves including her young son , or she becomes an informant for MI5 , spying on her own family . agrees to do so . An MI5 officer , , is assigned as her handler . In return offers a new identity to her after a period working for MI5 . Soon learns that his superior is using to protect her mole inside the Irish organization . tries to find the identity of the informer and protect .

Director: James Marsh
Cast: Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, Gillian Anderson

( ) , a British arms dealer , is seen in bed with a prostitute named ( ) . While toying with 's pistol , she unloads it but replaces the empty magazine . 's bodyguard ( ) is a British Secret Service Agent . and travel to a bank , transporting a briefcase of Semtex . The men are followed by two terrorists , ( ) and ( ) . approaches and from the top of a staircase , shooting at them . After shoots twice , tries to shoot , only to discover there are no bullets in his gun . kills and takes the briefcase of Semtex . However , manages to shoot in the arm ; but , before he can apprehend him , returns fire and escapes with the briefcase . 
 sews the stolen Semtex into a jacket along with a detonation device . He gives the jacket to ( ) , who goes to a popular London restaurant and detonates the bomb . Being the only person who knows about the stolen explosives , is tasked by his two Secret Service superiors ( ) and ( ) to find and eliminate the terrorists who created the bomb . His mission is off - the - books and unknown even within the Secret Service . He is given an assistant , rookie agent ( ) . finds and beats her for any information she has about . She tells and that a man she frequented , , paid her for information about and to unload his gun . , , and go to 's house where tries to aid and in capturing . However , kills her and attempts to detonate a suicide jacket but is killed by . 
 At a cafè , sees ( ) , his former lover , and they exchange numbers . A series of flashbacks are shown from six years ago , where it is revealed that and were dating at university , where they both studied law . At the school , ( ) , a Muslim extremist , befriends and asks him to join the pro - Muslim student group he heads . and his friend ( ) join the group and are exposed to 's anti - Western teachings . Later that night , when is at a bar , he sees ( ) drinking and hitting on . He argues with her but ultimately forgives her . returns to the bar the following day and sees , who insults him and says that he slept with . beats up and goes to his apartment and breaks up with . continues to brainwash . 
 In the present , and are sent to an abandoned building they are told is the home of a terrorist . confronts the man they find there ( ) and interrogates him . The man begs for mercy , but sets him on fire and leaves him to burn to death . Searching the building , takes the man 's jacket . 
 A series of flashbacks cut to three years earlier , where senses 's readiness to do more for the cause . tells to participate in the punishment of Sgt . ( ) , an ex - soldier living alone on a farm , who he says tortured and killed Muslims throughout the Middle East . An experienced foreign operative named ( ) is flown into the UK ; and his friend are instructed to act as his local guides and assistants . They travel to 's farm . confronts in a barn but is stabbed in the face . then chases and knocks him unconscious . searches the house and finds a woman with a baby but does not tell about them . then searches the house again and kills the woman and her baby . and take to an abandoned building , where films beheading . 
 and go to a housing estate , where they are noticed by and another man wearing a bulky jacket . The unknown man takes off running , and gets away on his motorcycle . chases after the unknown man and shoots him dead . and are told by that the Secret Service has found out about their covert mission and is hunting them . Later , when is sleeping in a hotel , breaks in and tries to kill him . After a fight , stabs ; but refuses to tell who sent him . then kills . realises he is now alone and must stop the terror cell before he is killed . Using 's earpiece , he discovers that whoever was working for is facilitating the next bombing . 
 and get back together after six years of being apart . However , sees his work with as more important and leaves for a final suicide mission . tasks with killing the head of a pro - Iraqi War think tank at his daughter 's wedding in London . makes a video explaining his reasons justifying his planned suicide attack . He travels to the wedding reception but is confronted by . Both are wounded in a fight , but gets away . Disguising himself as a waiter , makes his way to the reception 's head table . Moments before detonates his jacket bomb , he is shot by . After disabling the detonator , leaves the hotel . At the exit , notices men in suits delivering luggage on a trolley into the hotel lobby and then driving away from the hotel . Moments later , a bomb hidden in this luggage detonates in the hotel lobby , killing Nabil 's targets . 
 In the epilogue , finds a safe deposit box key in the jacket of the man he killed earlier . He finds the box and its contents : a folder and video camera . He watches the tape , which shows footage of the man set on fire saying that he is an English citizen named , who is an undercover Secret Service agent like . , distraught , goes back to the hotel room where he killed and finds 's lighter in 's shirt . He realises that hired to kill him and framed for being corrupt to cover any trace of her covert mission . confronts at her countryside mansion and kills her , framing her death as a suicide .

Director: Hadi Hajaig
Cast: Sean Bean, Abhin Galeya, Charlotte Rampling, James Fox, Tuppence Middleton

Eleven - year - old diabetic ( ) lives with her father ( ) , her elder brother ( ) , and au pair ( ) in a typical British suburb . One of her few friends is ( ) , a strange young man living with his parents in the neighbourhood . 
 is shocked when gets beaten up by Mr. ( ) , another neighbour : one of Mr. 's daughters has accused of rape . From that time onwards 's life goes downhill . splits up with her boyfriend ( ) , who is also 's favourite teacher . is put into a closed ward as he isolates himself more and more . and are beginning a relationship . Mr. 's daughters start bullying when the new term starts . 's first boyfriend suddenly has to move to his aunt 's , something he did n't dare tell her until the day before he leaves . 
 secretly visits when he spends his first weekend at home again . When she enters the house , she finds that has pushed his mother down the stairs , breaking her neck , and knocked out his father . does not let leave and does not realise when , deprived of her medical supply , falls into a hypoglycemic coma . finds and saves her . In a dream sequence bids farewell to people from her childhood . She wakes up in a hospital bed , with her father at her bedside .

Director: Rufus Norris
Cast: Eloise Laurence, Tim Roth, Cillian Murphy, Rory Kinnear, Zana Marjanović, Robert Emms, Bill Milner, Lily James, Martha Bryant

( ) is a caravan fan and aspiring writer who takes his girlfriend ( ) on a road trip , much to the chagrin of 's mother ( ) , who has never forgiven for the death of their dog " Poppy " . At their first stop , the National Tramway Museum , confronts a man ( ) who is littering , and the man refuses to pick up his rubbish . When they get back to their car , runs him over and kills him . claims that the death was an accident , but smirks after the impact , unseen by . tells that she is his muse . 
 They meet ( ) , ( ) and their dog Banjo ( who resembles ) at a caravan park and reveals that is a published writer , something that makes jealous . The next morning goes for a walk . follows him , hits him in the head with a rock , steals his camera and pushes him off a cliff . takes with them as they go . finds photos of and on the camera and confronts , who confesses to 's murder . accepts this . During a walk through a National Trust park , defecates on the ground and a tourist ( ) tells to clear up the mess . arrives and encourages to claim that the man tried to rape her . A row ensues , and beats him to death . 
 At the next caravan park , meets ( ) , an engineer who is testing a mini - caravan that can be attached to the back of a bicycle . During a meal in a restaurant , goes to the bathroom . When she returns , she finds kissing the bride from the hen party at a nearby table as part of a bachelorette dare . Upset , follows the bride outside and kills her by pushing her down a steep hill onto some rocks , observed by . The next morning , instead of visiting a local tourist attraction , says he is helping make some modifications to his caravan . They argue , and drives off alone . Upset , she calls her mother and is about to confess to the murders , when her mother hangs up . Later that night , tries to seduce by talking about their complicity in the murders , but he rejects her . 
 wakes up to find has left him sleeping in the caravan and is speeding down the highway . He calls her and tells her to pull over . notices a jogger and runs him over . is upset with her chaotic approach to the murders , believing himself to be justified in his choice of victims , and argue before hiding the body at the side of the road . They drive to a mountain , where they set up camp with the Ribblehead Viaduct in sight , the final destination on their holiday . When a hailstorm forces them back inside the caravan , falls asleep and looks at his notebook , finding a drawing of her and standing on the viaduct , about to jump . 
 arrives , with in the mini - caravan . While is outside , tries to seduce , who is made uncomfortable by her advances and rejects her . When returns , she tells him that propositioned her in a particularly implausible and repulsive manner . returns to his mini - caravan , and and have a fight over whether the dog should be called by the name " Poppy " or " Banjo " . Upset , pushes 's mini - caravan off the cliff , with him still in it . She re - enters their caravan and tells that the problem is over . He runs outside , and finds 's dead body . He insults and they fight , which ends in them having sex . 
 sets the caravan on fire and kisses . They run to the Ribblehead Viaduct and climb to the top , holding hands . asks if she enjoyed the holiday and she says it was brilliant . He apologises for insulting her and asks if she really wants to kill herself . Just as steps off the viaduct , lets go of his hand , watching as he falls to the ground and dies . stares at her hand as the screen cuts to black .

is a low - level cocaine dealer in London , conducting business with his partner and would - be - girlfriend . When a former cellmate contacts him for a large drug deal , borrows £ 45,000 of cocaine from , a dangerous Turkish drug lord . He promises to return to with the money the next day , plus £ 3,000 that he previously owed , but police raid the deal and is forced to dump the cocaine in a duck lake . In custody , is told by police that has confessed to the deal , but they release him the next day . quickly finds and beats him savagely with a baseball bat . 
 returns to without the cash or the cocaine and requests more time to pay off . demands £ 55,000 to be paid soon . scrambles to call in old debts and tries to get back in touch with , a drug mule who is scheduled to return with a half kilo of cocaine . is unsuccessful and becomes increasingly on edge . 's henchman arrives to help strongarm his debtees , but they have no success . finally gets in touch with , but discovers that the cocaine pack she brought back is worthless . becomes desperate and robs a high - class drug party , but is still far short of the required sum . 
 's patience runs out and is brought back to him . With only a few thousand pounds to his name begs for more time , but begins to torture him instead . manages to escape and returns to , asking her if she wants to run away with him to Spain using the funds he has gathered up . As makes a few final arrangements , calls and says that their feud has become too costly and will therefore accept a token payment to resolve it . However , we see that and his henchmen are actually planning to kill when he arrives . 
 brusquely tells that their plans are called off and laughs at the thought of them running away together . Heartbroken , steals all of 's remaining cash and escapes in a taxi . catches up to the taxi and the two stare tearfully at each other through the closed car window as the film ends .

Director: Luis Prieto
Cast: Richard Coyle, Agyness Deyn, Bronson Webb, Mem Ferda, Zlatko Buric

The future United States is a dystopic irradiated wasteland known as the Cursed Earth . On the east coast lies Mega - City One , a violent metropolis with 800 million residents and 17,000 crimes reported daily . The only force for order are the Judges , who act as judge , jury and executioner . Judge is tasked by the Chief Judge with evaluating new recruit , a powerful psychic who failed the aptitude tests to become a Judge . 
 In Peach Trees , a 200 - storey slum tower block , drug lord , also known as " Ma - Ma " , executes three rogue drug dealers by having them skinned alive , infused with Slo - Mo ( an addictive new drug which reduces the user 's perception of time to 1 % of normal ) and thrown down the atrium from the top floor . and are sent in to investigate and learn of a drug den , which they raid . They arrest a thug named , whom 's mind probe reveals to be the one who carried out the drug dealers ' executions . decides to take him in for questioning . In response , forces seize the tower 's security control room and seal the building , using its blast shields under the pretence of a security test , preventing the Judges from leaving or summoning help . 
 orders and killed , forcing the Judges to fight their way through dozens of armed thugs . Arriving at the 76th floor , the Judges are assaulted by and her men with Vulcan cannons that rip through the walls , killing numerous residents . The Judges breach an outer wall and call for backup . Meanwhile , sends her henchman to search for the Judges . When they meet , throws off the tower in full view of Ma - Ma . 
 suspects Ma - Ma is desperate to keep quiet and beats him for information . reads 's mind and learns that Peach Trees is the centre of Slo - Mo production and distribution . suggests they hide while awaiting assistance , but insists they move up the tower and pursue Ma - Ma . Judges and respond to 's call , but Ma - Ma 's computer expert denies them entry by persuading them the security system is malfunctioning . A pair of armed teens confront and , allowing to disarm and overpower . then escapes with her as hostage , and takes her to Ma - Ma 's base on the top floor . 
 While works his way towards Ma - Ma , she calls in the corrupt Judges , , and . The four relieve and from duty and are allowed into the building . encounters and is suspicious that he does not ask about 's status . Seeing his cover blown , attacks , but is killed . Meanwhile , tries to execute with her own weapon , but the pistol 's DNA scanner does not recognise him and explodes , taking his arm off . She escapes and later encounters , whom she promptly kills after reading Kaplan 's mind . Elsewhere , kills but runs out of ammunition , and is shot by in the abdomen . moves in to execute , but stalls him long enough for to arrive and kill . 
 and obtain the code to apartment from her computer expert and confront her . tells that , in the case of her death , a device on her wrist will detonate explosives on the top floors , destroying the building . reasons that the detonator 's signal will not reach the explosives from the ground floor , so he forces Ma - Ma to inhale Slo - Mo and throws her down the atrium to her death . 
 In the aftermath , accepts that she has failed her evaluation by getting disarmed , and leaves . The Chief Judge asks about 's performance ; he responds that she has passed .

Director: Pete Travis
Cast: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Wood Harris, Lena Headey

In spring 1939 , , the mother of , asks his sixth cousin to visit the ill President at their country estate in Hyde Park , New York . Although and had not seen each other for years , the distant relatives form a romantic relationship , and often asks to visit Hyde Park when he stays with his mother . becomes one of the several women close to , including ; , the president 's secretary ; and , the president 's wife . Despite his power , the president is often unable to control the other women ; the quiet , shy is his confidante , and he tells her that Top Cottage will be their shared refuge after his presidency . 
 In June 1939 , King and his wife , Queen , visit the United States , during which they stay with the at Hyde Park . The British hope that the visit will improve the chances of American support during the future war with Germany . — who is king because his brother abdicated — is nervous , because of the importance of the visit , because he stutters , and because of having to eat a hot dog for the first time at a picnic in his honor . reassures by citing his own inability to walk , and observes that others do not see their handicaps because " it 's not what they want to see " . The president tells the king that he hopes to overcome Americans ' reluctance to help Britain . 
 The night the king and queen arrive , Daisy discovers is having an affair with . tells a shocked that their respective relationships with the president are not his only ones , mentioning and , and that must accept sharing with other women . At the picnic the next day the king successfully eats a hot dog for a photo op , and , in a voiceover , states that the visit helped the two countries form a Special Relationship . rejects 's requests to see her until he calls on her in person ; they reconcile , and accepts her role as one of the president 's mistresses . As years pass , watches become frail as a wartime leader ; nonetheless everyone , she says , " still [ looked ] to him , still seeing whatever it was they wanted to see " .

In 2010 , an old man , , picks up a discarded note dropped by teenage vampire , who has taken to writing her life story and then throwing the individual pages to the wind . Realising what she is , the old man invites to his house and tells her that he is ready for death . proceeds to kill him and consume his blood . Elsewhere , 's mother , , is chased from the lap - dancing club where she has been working by , a member of the vampiric Brethren , who demands to know where is . decapitates , burns his body and leaves town with her daughter . 
 and seek sanctuary in a dilapidated coastal resort . There , sets her sights on a lonely soul named , who has just inherited the Byzantium Hotel , a once - thriving business that has fallen into disrepair . plays the piano in a restaurant and is approached by a young waiter named , who takes a shine to her . Having seduced , turns the Byzantium into a makeshift brothel and joins the local college which also attends . Interested in her past , questions , who writes her story for him to read . Not entirely believing it , he shows it to their teacher , . 
 The story , revealed in a series of flashbacks over the course of the film , begins during the Napoleonic Wars , when a young encounters two Royal Navy officers , Captain and Midshipman . While gifts with a pearl and is kind to her , convinces her to come away with him , to 's dismay . , taking her to a brothel , rapes her and forces her into prostitution . Over the years he visits her and is physically abusive . When is born in 1804 , leaves her at the local private orphanage and secretly visits her at night . Years later , is dying of what appears to be tuberculosis when the brothel is visited by , who has become a vampire . He gives a map to an island where people can become vampires if they are willing to die . shoots in the leg , steals the map and makes her way to the island to become a vampire . finds and takes her to the Brethren , a secret society of vampires that protects the secret of vampirism . 
 As their members have traditionally been male nobles , they are appalled that a low - born prostitute has joined their ranks but decide to spare her life , warning her that she must abide by their code but that she may play no part in their Brotherhood . Shortly afterwards , 's decision to spare comes back to haunt her , when the vengeful , syphilis - ridden Captain turns up at 's orphanage and takes her to the attic to rape her . brutally murders him but she is too late ; is condemned to a slow , painful death . Desperate to save her daughter 's life , takes to the island and has her transformed into a vampire , violating the Brethren 's code . The Brethren begin hunting and . 
 In the 21st century , falls in love with and decides to help him turn into a vampire so they can be together , since he is dying from leukaemia . Before killing him , finds out from that has told of their past . is accidentally killed , falling down the lift shaft , when tries to prevent from leaving the hotel and succeeds in trapping her in the lift . While is out dealing with , and , the Brethren 's leader , posing as police , find out from 's colleague where is and go to kill her . leaves without killing when she realises that is in mortal danger . The Brethren kidnap and drive her to an abandoned fairground to destroy her , only to be stopped by . After killing , battles and ultimately subdues her . hands his sword ( which he took from Byzantium during the Crusades ) so he can kill . has always harboured feelings for and kills instead . gives the money saved from running the brothel and tells her it is time for them to part ways ; and depart as companions while takes to the island to become a vampire ..

Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Arterton, Sam Riley, Jonny Lee Miller

MI6 agents and pursue mercenary , who has stolen a hard drive containing details of undercover agents . As and fight atop a train , orders to shoot from long range . misses and inadvertently hits , who falls into a river . is presumed dead and escapes . 
 Three months later M comes under pressure from , the chairman of the British parliament 's Intelligence and Security Committee , to retire . MI6 's servers are hacked and M receives a taunting computer message moments before the MI6 headquarters explode . , who used his presumed death to retire , learns of the attack and returns to London . Although he fails a series of physical and psychological examinations , M approves his return to the field . is ordered to identify 's employer , recover the stolen hard drive , and kill . He meets , MI6 's new quartermaster , who gives him a radio beacon and a Walther PPK pistol . 
 In Shanghai , follows into a skyscraper but is unable to prevent him from killing a target . The two fight , but falls to his death before can learn his employer 's identity . finds a casino token in 's rifle case , which leads him to a casino in Macau . is approached by , 's accomplice , and he asks to meet her employer . She warns him that he is about to be killed by her bodyguards , but promises to help if he will kill her employer . thwarts the attack and joins on her yacht , where they have sex . They travel to an abandoned island off the coast of Macau where they are taken prisoner by the crew and delivered to 's employer , . , once an MI6 agent , has now turned to cyberterrorism and orchestrated the attack on MI6 . kills , but captures for rendition to Britain . 
 At MI6 's new underground headquarters , Q attempts to decrypt 's laptop . Q inadvertently gives the laptop access to the MI6 servers , which allows to escape . deduces that wanted to be captured as part of a plan to kill , whom he resents for disavowing him . gives chase through the London Underground but loses after a train crash . attacks during a public inquiry into her handling of the stolen hard drive but arrives in time to repel the attack . M is saved from a bullet by and ends up in a car with . 
 and travel to Skyfall , the family estate in the Scottish Highlands . instructs and to leave an electronic trail for to follow . and meet up with Skyfall 's gamekeeper , and together the trio set up a series of booby traps throughout the house . When 's men arrive , , , and manage to kill most of them . is wounded , but conceals it from and . himself arrives by helicopter with more men and heavy weapons , so sends and off through a priest hole to a chapel on the grounds . As the house is destroyed escapes down the same tunnel and heads toward the chapel . 
 survives the destruction of the house and follows and to the chapel . He forces his gun into 's hand and presses his temple to hers , begging her to kill them both . arrives and kills by throwing a knife into his back , but succumbs to her wounds and dies in 's arms . Following 's funeral , formally introduces herself to and tells him she is retiring from field work to become secretary for the newly appointed M. is summoned to 's office and finds that is his new boss .

Director: Sam Mendes
Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Javier Bardem

In 1959 , opens his latest film , North by Northwest , to considerable success , but is troubled by a reporter 's insinuation that he should retire . Seeking to reclaim the artistic daring of his youth , turns down film proposals , including Casino Royale and The Diary of Anne Frank , in favor of a horror novel called Psycho by , based on the real - life crimes of murderer . appears in sequences throughout the film , in which he seems to prompt 's imagination regarding the Psycho story , or act as some function of 's subconscious mind ( for instance , drawing 's attention to sand on his bathroom floor , the quantity of which reveals how much time his wife has been spending at the beachhouse with ) . 
 's wife and artistic collaborator , , is no more enthusiastic about the idea than his colleagues , especially since she is being lobbied by their writer friend , , to look at his own screenplay . However , she warms to 's proposal , suggesting the innovative plot turn of killing the female lead early in the film . The studio heads at Paramount prove more difficult to persuade , forcing to finance the film personally and use his Presents television crew ( over at competitor Revue / Universal ) to shoot the film , his last with Paramount . 
 However , the pressures of the production , such as dealing with of the Motion Picture Production Code , and 's lecherous habits , such as when they confer with the female lead , Janet , annoy . She begins a personal writing collaboration with on his screenplay at his beach house without 's knowledge . eventually discovers what she has been doing and suspects her of having an affair . This concern affects 's work on Psycho . eventually confronts and asks her if she is having an affair . angrily denies it . 
 temporarily takes over production of the film when is bedridden after collapsing from overwork , but this sequence , which included a complicated process shot showing Detective 's demise , with 's specification of a 35 mm lens , instead of the 50 mm lens preferred by for this film , proved to be the least effective in the film . 
 Meanwhile , expresses his disappointment to at how she did n't follow through on his plan to make her the next biggest star after , but says she is happy with her family life . 
 's cut of Psycho is poorly received by the studio executives , while discovers having sex with a younger woman at his beach house . and reconcile and set to work on improving the film . Their renewed collaboration yields results , culminating in convincing to accept their composer 's suggestion for adding harsh strings score to the shower scene . 
 After maneuvering into leaving the film 's content largely intact , learns the studio is only going to open the film in two theaters . arranges for special theater instructions to pique the public 's interest such as forbidding admittance after the film begins . At the film 's premiere , first views the audience from the projection booth , looking out through its small window at them . then waits in the lobby for the audience 's reaction , conducting slashing motions to their reactions as they scream on cue . The film is rewarded with an enthusiastic reception . 
 With the film 's screening so well received , publicly thanks his wife for helping make it possible and they affirm their love and partnership . At the conclusion at his home , addresses the audience noting Psycho proved a major high point of his career and he is currently pondering his next project . A raven lands on his shoulder , before he turns to meet with his wife . 
 The final title cards say that directed six more films after Psycho , none of which would eclipse its commercial success , and although he never won an Oscar , the American Film Institute awarded him its Life Achievement Award in 1979 : an award that he claimed he shared , as he had his life , with his wife , .

Director: Sacha Gervasi
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Toni Collette, Danny Huston, Jessica Biel, James D'Arcy, Michael Wincott

is a struggling writer who dreams of finishing his screenplay , Seven Psychopaths . 's best friend , , makes a living by kidnapping dogs and collecting the owners ' rewards for their safe return . 's partner - in - crime is , a religious man with a cancer - stricken wife , . 
 writes a story for another psychopath , the " " , who stalks his daughter 's killer for decades , driving the killer to suicide . suggests use the " Jack of Diamonds " killer , perpetrator of a recent double murder , as one of the psychopaths . places an advertisement in the newspaper inviting psychopaths to call and share their stories for to use in his script . A man named approaches and shares his story , with the condition that the movie include a message to his partner in crime . 
 and steal a Shih Tzu named Bonny , unaware that it is the beloved pet of , an unpredictable and violent gangster . 's thugs , led by , discover ' connection to the kidnapping . They threaten to kill and , but the Jack of Diamonds killer arrives and kills the thugs . traces to the cancer ward and kills her after she refuses to tell him anything . 
 goes to 's house to meet his girlfriend , , who is also 's girlfriend . After reveals to her that he kidnapped , she calls to tell him . , after finding out that Charlie killed , shoots in retaliation . arrives at 's address and discovers many packs of playing cards with the jack of diamonds missing , and realizes is the " Jack of Diamonds " killer . 
 , , and leave the city with . reveals that he was the Quaker . wrote his story after hearing it from a drunken . The trio drive into the desert and set up camp . suggests Seven Psychopaths end with a shootout between the psychopaths and Charlie 's forces . 
 and see a headline saying that is wanted in connection with the Jack of Diamonds killings . confronts , who reveals that he assumed the Jack of Diamonds persona to give inspiration . tells they must go home . Meanwhile , has a vision of in which she is in a " grey place , " leading to question his belief in the afterlife . He ignores 's reassurances that his vision was a peyote - induced hallucination . sets the car on fire , stranding the trio , and calls , telling him their location . claims he impersonated , causing to leave . 
 , with in tow , anxiously waits for to arrive , intending to have a climactic shootout . arrives alone , without a weapon apart from a flare gun . An enraged shoots , feeling cheated out of a shootout . drives away with , intending to take him to a hospital , while realizes the flare gun 's purpose and fires it . finds 's thugs awaiting the flare signal . The large group catches the attention of the police , who draw closer . pretends to draw a weapon , causing to shoot him in front of the police . Before dying , says " It is n't grey at all " . 
 The thugs head towards the signal , with police in pursuit , and encounter and , who reveals that he only suffered a flesh wound . With backup , returns to 's location . After a shootout , Charlie and have a stand - off , respectively holding and hostage . releases and shoots just as the police arrive . and are arrested , but stays at the dying 's side . visits the scene of 's death , and finds a tape recorder with suggestions for Seven Psychopaths . 
 , having adopted , finishes the screenplay . Some time later , after the Seven Psychopaths movie is shown in theater , receives a call from , who intends to kill him for forgetting to leave a message as promised . On hearing 's weary and resigned acceptance , realizes that 's experiences have left him a changed man , and decides to spare him .

Director: Martin McDonagh
Cast: Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson

( ) is a single 30 - something American woman obsessed with , especially portrayal of Mr. in the 1995 BBC version of Pride and Prejudice who wishes for a nice Englishman of her own . After yet another failed relationship , decides to blow her entire savings on a once - in - a - lifetime trip to a – themed resort in England . 
 The resort seems like the perfect escape from 21st - century life . The guests at Austenland , which is run by the prickly Mrs. ( ) , are assigned pseudonyms , dress in period costume , and conduct themselves like ladies of the Regency era . They live without modern conveniences ( though the plumbing is modern ) . Activities offered at the resort include needlepoint , riding , reading , shooting , and entertaining the other guests through musical performances or theatrics . At the conclusion of each guest 's stay , a ball is held ... romance guaranteed ! The highlight of the resort is the score of attractive young gentlemen actors who attend to the female guests — though no touching is allowed . 
 Upon her arrival , realizes that , while she could only afford the cheapest " copper " package , the other guests — including Ms. " " ( ) , an absurd and extremely wealthy American woman who has never read any of books — have all purchased the most expensive " platinum " option . Although she quickly befriends , the resort 's chauffeur , is treated with disrespect and disdain by Mrs. , who prefers the resort 's wealthier guests despite their ridiculousness . While the other guests are given a wide choice of elaborate costumes and shown to luxurious rooms , is given a plain dress and a sparsely - decorated chamber in the " creepy tower " of the servants ' quarters . 
 At dinner on their first night , and are introduced to the gentlemen of the house : Colonel ( ) , a silly and obsequious character who seems to love his job , and Mr. ( ) , Mrs. 's sternly handsome — albeit unenthusiastic — nephew . They are also introduced to another platinum level , long - term guest , who has been given the name Lady ( King ) . and flirt openly with throughout dinner , while finds him rather disagreeable . Their argument mirrors the one had by and Mr. upon their first meeting in Pride and Prejudice . Ultimately , is humiliated by Mrs. and leaves the table . 
 Throughout her experience at Austenland , becomes somewhat disenchanted with the Regency era . She is self - conscious of her costume and treatment , bored without technology , and her modern independence is often at odds with expected behavior . The silliness of the guests and actors also acts as a mirror to her own formerly - obsessive behavior . 
 again feels left out the following morning during a walk around the grounds . After leaving the group to seek solace with a book in the stables , she is discovered by ( ) . flirts with her , but the two are interrupted by , , and Colonel , who arrive with news of an upcoming hunt . 's attentions to during the pheasant shooting incites 's jealousy ; 's surprising skill in turn incites 's . When is forced to walk back to the house in the rain , she is rescued by . That evening , becomes bored of the group 's card games and leaves the house for a walk around the grounds . She runs into ; after flirting and witnessing the birth of a foal in the stables , they kiss . The following afternoon , convinces to break the rules : they take a rowboat out on the canal and spend the afternoon together . 
 The following day , the party is disrupted by the sudden arrival of another actor , the handsome and flashy Captain . Everyone except is impressed by the Captain , who in turn seems taken with . witnesses the Captain making a pass at from a distance . When comes to visit him in the stables , he rebuffs her for " parading around " with the actors . When she asks if he is breaking up with her , he replies that they were never " going steady . " is left alone , angry and confused . 
 The next day finds the actors and staff relaxing by the staff swimming pool , where 's dislike of the self - absorbed ( " Captain " ) is evident . nonchalantly asks the other men 's opinion of " that girl , " indicating that he likes her despite their argument . 
 Later that day , in the retiring room , Mrs. demands that play the piano for the group . Frustrated by Mrs. 's behavior , defiantly chooses to play and sing the only song she knows -- " Hot in Herre"—before leaving the room . On her way to find in the stables , is stopped by , who knows about her dalliance with and who insists upon the impropriety of a lady being alone at night , " let alone cavorting with the servants . " His attitude frustrates and leads to an argument . Back at the house , is accosted by a drunken Mr. . She fights off his attempted assault , which draws the attention of and Captain . 
 Frustrated , decides to take her " story " into her own hands and make her trip a growing experience . She asks for help and the two of them steal some of 's extensive wardrobe of costumes . wows the group with her charm and new - found boldness , but her stay at Austenland is threatened when Mrs. discovers her cell phone , which had smuggled into her room at the start of her stay . Just when Mrs. is ready to evict , surprises everyone and steps in to save her . In exchange , blackmails into creating situations in which she and Captain can be alone together . 
 pairs with for the final play to allow time with Captain . During rehearsals and discover their mutual honest affection for the era , for which now has a healthier level of appreciation . The pair genuinely enjoy working with each other during the disastrous play ( during which accidentally injures 's eye ) , after the conclusion of which , and sneak off to 's room , where confesses that he feels something for her and requests a dance during the final ball . 
 At the ball , draws to a private balcony where he confesses his love for her . Disillusioned with " the game " after watching the other actors fulfill their guests ' fantasies with elaborate ( fake ) proclamations of love and proposals of marriage during the ball , decides she would rather have something " real " over the perfect fantasy with which she 's finally been presented and leaves to spend the rest of the evening with . 
 As their experience has come to a close , decides to extend her trip to make sure the next batch of ladies knows Colonel is now hers . is reluctant to tell her that is a gay actor , and not actually in love with . and leave the house together . Upon departing , is amazed to discover that is , in fact , an American , who visits Austenland yearly to distract herself from her marriage to a wealthy old man , and that is the one who had asked to pretend 's phone was hers to prevent being sent away . As leaves , Mrs. informs that was not " assigned " to her — was . was actually an actor , meaning that his romance with was fully scripted . Angry at being duped and suspecting that she is not the first guest to be assaulted by Mr. , threatens to sue Mrs. and shut down Austenland . 
 is sent to the airport on Mrs. 's orders in an attempt to smooth things over . As dismisses 's scripted claims of love , appears and pleads with to believe that his own affections for her were genuine , but she does n't believe him either . When the two start fighting in the middle of the airport , dismisses them both , triumphantly declaring herself to be " over it all . " When tries once more to express his feelings , thanks him for being " perfect " and leaves in good spirits . 
 Back home , clears out the remains of her collection ( including photos , stuffed animals , and life - sized cardboard cutouts ) . 
 shocks by appearing at the front door of her apartment , having traveled all the way across the Atlantic to return her sketchpad and profess his feelings once more . , dubious of his intentions , tells him he need n't have come all that way — she was n't going to press charges against his aunt . He explains that his name truly is , that he is a history professor , and that he only agreed to work for his aunt as a favor to her so he could experience the Austen era , a time when love and life were simple . finally believes him and they kiss . 
 In the post - credits scene , it is revealed that has bought Austenland and turned it into a theme park . and are among the guests , obviously very much in love . Mr. now works as a garbage picker , Captain does a strip show of which is a keen fan , and is living the dream , surrounded by handsome footmen , as well as keeping Colonel as her co - host / companion . is seen attempting to pick up women as he drives a buggy around the grounds , but they all snub him .

Director: Jerusha Hess
Cast: Keri Russell, JJ Feild, Bret McKenzie, Jennifer Coolidge, James Callis, Jane Seymour

( ) , an art auctioneer , becomes an accessory to the theft of a painting – Goya 's Witches in the Air – from his own auction house . When a gang attacks during an auction , follows the house emergency protocol by packaging the painting . The gang 's leader ( ) then takes the package from him at gunpoint . attacks , who delivers him a blow to the head that leaves him with amnesia . When gets home , he discovers that the package contains only an empty frame . After ransacking 's apartment and trashing his car , the gang kidnaps and unsuccessfully tortures him . But he has no memory of where he has hidden the painting . decides to hire a hypnotherapist to try to help him remember . 
 makes choose a hypnotist from a directory , and he chooses an American named ( ) . As a first hypnotic exercise , recalls where he put some car keys . Elizabeth exposes the gang 's plan to have her hypnotize him , and demands partnership . In a next hypnotic episode , under gang supervision , remembers that , shortly after the blow to his head , he awoke alone . On finding the stolen painting hidden in his suit , he left the art gallery . Distracted by a phone text message , while crossing the road , he was hit by a red car . The female driver tried to take him to hospital . , in a kind of memory fugue , believed the woman was , recalling that she had made him forget her . The gang tries violently to force to remember where he put the painting , and that ends the hypnotic episode . When asked by about how he met , confesses that he has a gambling problem . helped him pay his debts in exchange for his help in stealing the painting . 
 To help recover from the violence , stays overnight in his apartment . In the morning , dreams of 's having used a brain - scan behaviour - conditioning technique to erase an obsession that he had for her . tells about that . 
 For the next step to recover the painting , tells that she will sexually seduce . 's feelings for recur , gently this time . At the same time , and have unanticipated sex , and she steals his pistol from his bedside drawer . , a gang member , sees them together and warns , who confronts with it . She responds by touching his erotic mindspot , related to Goya 's Nude Maja . 
 Remembering where the painting is , goes with and his associates to reveal the location , but overhears their plan to kill him . He calls and tells her that the painting is in a red car in a certain car park , and unable to leave 's apartment , he returns and kills the gang members instead . After shooting , wakes up : this was all dream , and he still is in 's apartment . takes the car keys and goes to get the painting , leaving 's revolver for . While searching for , finds in her apartment . and his associates intercept and bring her there . takes to get the painting , and as he kisses , she secretly passes three bullets into his mouth . On the elevator , stops with a fire extinguisher , and then with the revolver , now loaded with the three bullets . In the apartment , prepares to rape . Heading back into the apartment , shoots the three gang members . He takes the car keys from , and loads the revolver with the remaining three bullets . He takes to get the painting , and she tells him to let come with them . With driving , leads them to a parking garage where the painting is . 
 They collect the red car and drive it to a safe warehouse . During the trip , reveals that was previously a client of hers . He had a gambling addiction he wanted to fix . They started an affair , and she found his erotic mindspot . However , he became obsessed with her , and eventually abusive . Fearing for her life , she re - directed the hypnosis to make him forget her . This led him back into his gambling addiction , which as previously stated , caused him to go in debt and to try to pay it off by stealing a painting , with the help of . recalls that , after the heist , when he was hit by the red car and mistook the female driver for , he strangled her . 
 At the warehouse , in the car 's trunk , finds the painting and the body of the female driver . , having at last remembered his past and wanting to forget , douses the car in fuel with zip - tied to the steering wheel , sets it on fire and tells to run away with the painting . She runs away but promptly returns driving a truck which she drives into , pinning him against the other car , and ultimately sending , and the car is trapped in , into the river . 
 manages to escape , while it is implied that is killed . The scene cuts to swimming in his apartment while thinking of the event . He gets out of the pool and receives a package . He opens the package and finds an iPad that plays a video of talking about the painting , which is now hanging in her apartment . She reveals that when she hypnotized to make him forget her , she also hypnotized him to go back into his gambling addiction and then try to steal a painting to pay off his debt . When this happened , he would instead give the painting over to . This explains why took the painting away from at the beginning and the text message he received before being hit by the car , which is revealed to be from telling to deliver the painting to her . tells that he can search for her and try to find her , but also gives him the option to forget the entire ordeal , and a button for an app called " Trance " appears as the video ends . is shown debating whether to press the button just as the screen cuts to black .

Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson

Married for centuries and now living half a world apart , two vampires wake as the sun goes down . sits holding a lute , in his cluttered Detroit Victorian , as wakes up in her bedroom in Tangier , surrounded by books . Rather than feeding on humans , they are like addicts , dependent on local suppliers of the " good stuff " because they fear exposure in the 20th Century , as well as contamination from blood poisoned by the degradation of the modern environment . visits a local blood bank in the dead of night , masquerading as " Dr. " , paying " Dr. " for his coveted O negative , while relies on their old friend , who faked his death in 1593 and now lives under the protection of a local man . 
 After influencing the careers of countless famous musicians and scientists , has become withdrawn and suicidal . His desire to reconnect through his music is at odds with the danger of recognition as well as his contempt for the corrupt and foolish humans he refers to as ' zombies ' . He spends his days recording his compositions on outdated studio equipment and lamenting the state of the modern world , whilst collecting vintage instruments . He pays , a naive young music fan , to procure vintage guitars and other assorted curiosities , including a custom - made wooden bullet with a brass casing he thinks of using to kill himself . Having acquired much scientific knowledge over the years , has built contraptions to power his home and a vintage sports car with technology originally pioneered by . His reclusive nature adds to his mystique as a musician and composer ; he is upset when some intrepid fans turn up on his doorstep . promises to discreetly spread rumours about living elsewhere to draw them away . 
 When phones , she recognises is despondent and decides to come to Detroit to comfort him . Soon after she arrives , goes out for more blood and she discovers his revolver hidden under the bed with the wooden bullet . Her vampire senses reveal to her that the bullet is new and she is worried . confronts when he returns , chiding him for wasting the life and opportunities he has to enjoy and appreciate the good things in the world , as well as their relationship . They spend their nights cruising the empty streets of Detroit , listening to music and playing chess . Their idyll is shattered by the arrival of 's younger sister , , from Los Angeles . gorges herself on their stash of the " good stuff " and hungry for excitement , persuades them to go out to a local club with , where they hear 's music playing by the band White Hills . offers a hit off the flask she secretly filled with blood and brought to the club but snatches it from her with supernatural speed and insists they leave . Before dawn , kills by drinking too much of his blood and kicks her out of the house . 
 and dispose of 's corpse in an acid pool in an abandoned factory . 's murder and the appearance of another group of Adam 's fans at the house , compel the couple hastily to return to Tangier with only what they can carry onto the plane . Desperately hungry , they visit and learn that their old friend and mentor has been poisoned by accidentally drinking contaminated blood . After they discuss how secretly wrote most of 's plays , dies . takes 's ready cash and leaves him with the promise of a gift . He is captivated by the music from a nearby club , where Lebanese singer is finishing a haunting song . reappears with a beautiful oud and as they sit together outdoors and contemplate their likely demise , they spot a pair of young lovers kissing . " What choice do we have ? " remarks , before the two of them approach the couple with the intent of drinking their blood .

Director: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, Anton Yelchin, Jeffrey Wright, Slimane Dazi, John Hurt

( ) is a young man from Cornwall . He grows up in a house by the sea with his father ( ) , his mother ( ) , his absent - minded maternal uncle ( ) , and his free - spirited sister , ( ) , who is known to family and friends as . At the age of 21 , is told by his father that the men of his family have a special gift : the ability to travel in time . This supernatural ability is subject to one constraint : they can only travel to places and times they have been before . After his father discourages from using his gift to acquire money or fame , he decides that he will use it to improve his love life . 
 The following summer , friend ( ) comes to the house in order to spend her holiday with 's family . is instantly attracted to her and at the end of her stay decides to tell her how he feels . She tells him that he should not have waited until the last day , that perhaps if he had told her earlier , something could have happened between them . travels back in time and , the second time around , tells in the middle of the holiday how he feels . In this instance , uses the exact opposite excuse , saying that it would be better if they waited until the last day of the holiday , and then something could potentially happen between them . Heartbroken , realizes that is not interested in him and that time travel will not make it possible for him to change her mind . 
 After the summer , moves to London to pursue a career as a lawyer . He is put up by his father 's old acquaintance , ( ) , a misanthropic playwright . After some months , visits a Dans le Noir restaurant , where he meets ( ) , a young American woman who works for a publishing house . The two flirt in the darkness of the restaurant , and afterward , gives her phone number . returns home to find a distraught . It turns out that the same night as he met , the opening night of 's new play had been ruined by one of the actors forgetting his lines at a crucial point . goes back in time to put things right and the play is a triumph . 
 Having saved 's opening night , tries to call , but discovers that her number is no longer in his mobile phone . By going back in time to help , chose a path in which the evening with never happened . However , he recalls that was obsessed with . By attending a exhibition in town , he is able to run into again . He strikes up an acquaintance with her but discovers she now has a boyfriend . finds out when and where they met , turns up early and persuades her to leave the party before she can meet her future boyfriend . Their relationship develops and moves in with . He encounters again by accident , and this time she tells him that she would be interested in pursuing a romantic liaison with him . turns her down , realising that he is truly in love with . He proposes marriage ; she accepts and is welcomed into his family . Their first child , , is born . has not been so lucky and her unhappy relationship , failure to find a career , and drinking lead her to crash her car on the same day as 's first birthday . 
 is seriously hurt but begins to make a good recovery . decides to intervene in her life and does so by preventing her from meeting her boyfriend , ( ) . When he returns to the present , he finds has never been born and that he has a son instead . His father explains that travelling back to change things before his children were born would mean those children would not be born . Thus , any events that occurred before 's birth can not be changed , and must accept the consequences as a normal person would . Tim accepts he can not change life by changing her past but he and help her to change her life in the present . She settles down with an old friend of 's and has a child of her own . and have another child , a baby boy . 
 learns that his father has terminal cancer and that time travel can not change it . His father has known for quite some time , but kept travelling back in time to effectively extend his life and spend more time with his family . He tells Tim to live each day twice in order to be truly happy : the first time , live it as normal , and the second time , live every day again almost exactly the same . The first time with all the tensions and worries that keep us from noticing how sweet the world can be , but the second time noticing . follows this advice and also travels back into the past to visit his father whenever he misses him . 
 tells she wants a third child . He is reluctant at first because he will not be able to visit his father after the baby is born but agrees . After visiting his father for the following nine months , tells his father that he can not visit any more . They travel back to when was a small boy , reliving a fond memory of them playing on the beach , and afterwards have a heartfelt , tearful goodbye . gives birth to another baby girl , and knows he can never see his father again . After reliving each day , comes to realise that it is better to live each day once , and appreciate everything as if he is living it for the second time . The film ends with leaving in bed and getting his three children ready for school .

Director: Richard Curtis
Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy, Lydia Wilson, Lindsay Duncan, Tom Hollander, Vanessa Kirby, Margot Robbie

Norwich radio station North Norfolk Digital is bought out by a multinational conglomerate , with staff members facing redundancies . DJ is not concerned , but fellow DJ convinces him to gatecrash a board meeting to persuade the new owners not to fire . When discovers that either he or must go , he urges them to fire , and writes " JUST SACK " on the room 's flip chart . 
 During a company party , enters the station with a shotgun and holds the staff hostage , demanding his job back . The police enlist as a negotiator , and he builds an uneasy rapport with ; with 's co - presenter , the three host a radio show during the siege . daydreams of ending the siege heroically , but can not bring himself to grab 's gun . As the siege becomes national news , 's ego swells and he shares a kiss with his colleague . 
 accidentally locks himself out of the building and loses his trousers trying to get back in through a window . The police realise he is an ineffective negotiator and send in an undercover officer disguised as a pizza delivery man . interrupts and takes the pizzas in himself . When discovers a taser in one of the boxes , an argument erupts between the hostages and the police burst in . escapes in the station 's tour bus , taking and security guard . 
 On the bus , regains 's trust and they continue to host the radio show . However , sees 's " JUST SACK " message in a photo and deduces that was behind his redundancy . hides in the bus toilet compartment and escapes in the septic tank . 
 On Cromer Pier , faces off with and the police . tries to distract by throwing himself off the pier ; he is never seen again . tells that he is depressed due to the death of his wife and prepares to shoot himself . Unable to pull the trigger , he gives his shotgun to , who throws it aside . The gun goes off , shooting in the leg ; he is then shot again by a police sniper reacting to gunfire . assumes he is dying , but a paramedic assures him he will be fine . 
 returns to North Norfolk Digital with Sidekick Simon and calls the show from jail . goes on holiday with and her sons .

Director: Declan Lowney
Cast: Steve Coogan, Felicity Montagu, Simon Greenall, Colm Meaney, Sean Pertwee, Anna Maxwell Martin

In Glasgow , a motorcyclist ( ) retrieves an inert young woman ( ) from the roadside and places her in the back of a van , where a naked woman ( ) dons her clothes . After buying clothes and make - up at a shopping centre , the woman drives the van around Scotland , picking up men . She lures a man ( ) into a dilapidated house . As he undresses , following the woman into a void , he is submerged in a liquid abyss . 
 At a beach , the woman attempts to pick up a swimmer ( ) , but is interrupted by the cries of a drowning couple . The swimmer rescues the husband , but the husband rushes back into the water to save his wife and both drown . As the swimmer lies exhausted on the beach , the woman strikes his head with a rock , drags him to the van , and drives away , ignoring the couple 's distraught baby . Later that night , the motorcyclist retrieves the swimmer 's belongings , ignoring the baby , who is still on the beach . The next day , the woman listens to a radio report about the missing family . 
 The woman visits a nightclub and picks up another man ( ) . At the house , he follows her into the void and is submerged in the liquid . Suspended beneath the surface , he sees the swimmer floating naked beside him , alive but bloated and almost immobile . When he reaches to touch him , the swimmer 's body collapses and a red mass empties through a trough . 
 The woman seduces a lonely man with facial disfigurement ( ) but lets him leave after examining herself in a mirror . The motorcyclist intercepts the man and bundles him into a car , then sets out in pursuit of the woman with three other motorcyclists . 
 In the Scottish Highlands , the woman abandons the van in the fog . She walks to a restaurant and attempts to eat cake , but retches and spits it out . At a bus stop , she meets a man ( ) who offers to help her . At his house , he prepares a meal for her and they watch television . Alone in her room , she examines her body in a mirror . They visit a ruined castle , where the man carries her over a puddle and helps her down some steps . At his house , they kiss and begin to have sex , but the woman stops and examines her genitals . 
 Wandering in a forest , the woman meets a commercial logger ( ) and shelters in a bothy . She awakes to find the logger molesting her . She runs into the wilderness but he catches and attempts to rape her ; he tears her skin , revealing a black , featureless body . As the woman extricates herself from her skin , the man douses her in fuel and burns her alive .

London based journalist has lost his job as a government adviser . He is approached at a party by the daughter of . She suggests that he write a story about her mother , who was forced to give up her toddler son nearly fifty years ago . Though is initially reluctant in writing a human interest story , he meets and decides to investigate her case . 
 In 1951 , became pregnant and was sent by her father to Sean Ross Abbey in Roscrea in Ireland . After giving birth , she was forced to work in the convent laundry for four years , with little contact with her son . The nuns gave her son up for adoption without giving a chance to say goodbye . She kept her lost son a secret from her family for nearly fifty years . 
 and begin their search at the convent . The nuns claim that the adoption records were destroyed in a fire years earlier ; they did not , however , lose the contract she was forced to sign decades ago forbidding her from contacting her son , which considers suspicious . At a pub , the locals tell that the convent burnt the records deliberately , and that most of the children were sold for £ 1,000 each to wealthy Americans . 
 's investigation reaches a dead end in Ireland , but he receives a promising lead from the United States and invites to accompany him there . His contacts help him discover that was renamed , who became a lawyer and senior official in the and administrations . When notices in the background of a photo of , he remembers that he met him years earlier while working in the US . They also learn that he has been dead for eight years . 
 decides she wants to meet people who knew and learn more about him from them . They visit a former colleague of 's and discover that was gay and died of AIDS . They also visit his sister , who was adopted at the same time from the convent and that they were both emotionally and physically abused by their adoptive parents , and learn about his partner . After avoiding 's attempts to contact him , agrees to talk to . He shows some videos of his life with . To and 's surprise , they see footage of , dated shortly before he died , at the Abbey where he was adopted , and explains that , although he never told his family , had privately wondered about his birth mother all his life , and had returned to Ireland in his final months to try to find her . informs them that the nuns had told that his mother had abandoned him and that they had lost contact with her . He also reveals that , against his parents ' wishes , he had buried in the convent 's cemetery . 
 and go to the convent to ask them where 's grave is . Despite 's efforts to stop him , angrily breaks into the private quarters and argues with an elderly nun , Sister , who worked at the convent when was forcibly adopted . He accuses her of lying to a dying man and denying him the chance to finally reunite with his mother , purely out of self - righteousness . is unrepentant , saying that losing her son was 's penance for having sex out of wedlock . demands an apology , telling her that what she did was un - Christian , but is speechless when instead chooses to forgive her of her own volition . then asks to see her son 's grave , where tells her he has chosen not to publish the story . tells him to publish it anyway .

The evening before he must supervise a large concrete pour in Birmingham ( the largest non - nuclear facility concrete pour in European history ) , construction foreman learns that , a colleague from a job in Croydon with whom he had a one - night stand seven months previously ( which resulted in her becoming pregnant ) , has gone into premature labour . Despite his job responsibilities and although his wife and sons are eagerly awaiting his arrival home to watch an important football match , decides to drive to London to be with during childbirth . never forgave his father for abandoning him as a child , and he is determined not to make the same mistake , even though he has no relationship with , nor any particular feelings for , . 
 Over the course of the two - hour drive from Birmingham to London , holds a total of 36 phone calls with : his boss ; his backup work colleague ; – his wife of 15 years – to confess his infidelity ; his sons , and , who call him separately with updates on the match and ( eventually ) the worrisome breakdown of their mother ; St. Mary 's maternity unit medical personnel , Sister then Dr. , who are working with through some troubling complications ; the council head , , and local police authority , PC , required for the road closures needed to allow the 225 + concrete trucks to properly access the site ; and with to reassure her during her labour . During these calls , he is fired from his job , banned from his house by his wife , and asked by his older son to please return home . He coaches his assistant through preparing the pour despite some major setbacks , and has imaginary conversations with his dead father , whom he envisions ( unseen onscreen ) as a passenger in the car ; he berates his father for abandoning 's family , and vows he will not repeat that mistake . When he is close to the hospital , calls to share the cooing of the baby , having had a successful birth .

The film involves eight people at a dinner party . During their dinner , there is a comet that is passing over them . This causes their house and the occupants to intertwine with multiple such houses and occupants from other realities . There is a dark zone in between the realities . When people pass through the dark zone , they leave their reality and enter another reality at random . The one person which the movie constantly follows is ( referred as hereafter ) . 
 A power outage occurs initially , and this marks the start of the intertwined realities . At a distance , outside , they see a house with lights on . They do n’t know it ’s the same house from another reality . At first , two of the guys exit the house to go make a phone call from the “ other house ” and cross over into another reality . Their doubles come in from another reality . No one realizes this switch . As the story unfolds , they begin to realize that the other house is actually another version of theirs . But the group initially assumes that there are only two houses from two realities . Later , they realize that there are multiple realities and that , once the comet passes , each reality will be stuck permanently with whoever stays in it . 
 As time passes , different groups of people leave the house and cross over the dark zone . This results in everyone getting jumbled across different realities . Due to past events between people in the group , there are various fights that break out . is frustrated and leaves on her own . She wanders from one reality to another . Each of the realities have gotten into fights of their own . In each reality , people have gotten mixed up from different realities , and there is chaos . Finally , she stumbles upon one reality where no one is fighting . In this reality , they have never had a powercut — the event that kick - starts the happenings of the Prime Reality . The group is intact and hence is having a normal evening . 
 wants to replace the from this reality . sneaks up on her double and drugs her . First , she throws her in the trunk , but she wakes up and drowsily crawls back into the house , forcing to attack her double again in the bathroom , and put the unconscious body in the bathtub . then heads to the living room and faints . She wakes up the next morning on the sofa and does not see her double anywhere around . leaves the house and meets outside . His phone rings , and he looks at his cell phone and states the call is from . Upon answering the call , he gives a suspicious look towards , and she stares back with guilt . The film ends with now permanently stuck in this reality , with the she tried to kill and a who presumably now knows ( or will soon learn ) about her actions .

Director: James Ward Byrkit
Cast: Emily Baldoni, Maury Sterling, Nicholas Brendon

is a Detective Sergeant in Edinburgh , Scotland who is a scheming , manipulative , misanthropic bully who spends his free time indulging in drugs , alcohol , abusive sexual relationships , and " the games " — his euphemism for the vindictive plots he hatches to cause trouble for people he dislikes , including many of his colleagues . also delights in bullying and taking advantage of his mild - mannered friend , a member of 's masonic lodge whose wife , , he repeatedly prank calls and asks for phone sex . The only people he shows any genuine warmth to are and her young son , the widowed wife and child of a man whom tries and fails to resuscitate after he suffers a heart attack in the street . 
 As the story begins , 's main goal is to gain a promotion to become Detective Inspector , the path to which appears to open when he is assigned to oversee the investigation into the murder of a Japanese exchange student . However , he slowly loses his grip on reality as he works the case and has a series of increasingly vivid hallucinations . It is ultimately revealed through dream - like exchanges with Dr. , his psychiatrist , that he is on medication for bipolar disorder and has repressed immense feelings of guilt over a childhood accident that led to the death of his younger brother . It also becomes clear that , his wife , has left him and is denying him access to his daughter , , developments which sparked his desperate bid for promotion , played a part in his unusual displays of kindness toward and her son , and have also led him to start cross - dressing as his wife when off duty in order to " keep her close " to him . 
 While wandering the streets on such an occasion , is kidnapped by a street gang led by the thuggish — who are responsible for the murder — and badly beaten . However , he manages to kill by throwing him through a window and is found by his colleagues . not only misses out on the promotion as a result of the events , but is in fact demoted to Constable and is reassigned to uniform , while rookie is promoted to Detective Inspector . Afterwards , receives a tape of apologising . then prepares to commit suicide by hanging himself , but is interrupted at the last moment by and her son knocking at his front door . He then breaks the fourth wall and addresses the audience repeating his catchphrase — " Same rules apply " — and laughs as the chair slips from under him .

Director: Jon S. Baird
Cast: James McAvoy, Jamie Bell, Joanne Froggatt, Imogen Poots, Eddie Marsan, Jim Broadbent

Based on South African President 's autobiography of the same name , which chronicles his early life , coming of age , education and 27 years in prison before becoming President of South Africa and working to rebuild the country 's once segregated society.[6 ]

Lilting tells the story of a mother ’s attempt at understanding who her son was after his untimely death . Her world is suddenly disrupted by the presence of his lover . Together , they attempt to overcome their grief whilst struggling against not having a shared language.[10 ]

Director: Hong Khaou
Cast: Ben Whishaw, Cheng Pei-pei, Andrew Leung, Morven Christie, Naomi Christie, Peter Bowles

lives in a small coastal town in England but aspires to be a songwriter . While walking along the beach , witnesses a man trying to drown himself . The man is revived but taken to the hospital . talks to , who explains the man was a keyboardist in an experimental band called the Soronprfbs , managed by him . mentions that he plays keyboards and is invited to play with him in town that night . goes along and meets the rest of the band , all of whom are reluctant about , except for , the band 's leader who constantly wears a papier - mâché mask over his head . The concert goes well until breaks her theremin and storms offstage . 
 invites to become a full - time member of the band . He accompanies them to Ireland , where they plan to record their debut album in a remote cabin until they get it done , which ends up being for the next year . becomes depressed and explains to that he wants to be a songwriter , but is terrible . He plays a song for , who compliments it . The next morning after completing work on their album , finds what appears to be 's corpse hanging from a tree . He calls the rest of the band down and they remove the mask , only to find it was wearing one of 's masks . is cremated and it is revealed that was the original keyboard player . reveals he has been posting the band 's recording sessions on YouTube and Twitter . The have gained a small fan following and have been invited to South by Southwest . displays contempt to and they end up having sex in the hot tub , but she threatens to stab him if the trip to America screws up . 
 Upon arrival in Texas , , , , and stop to scatter 's ashes but realise accidentally picked up some of 's powdered food . Things start to break down as the performance draws near . There are creative differences and many arguments . On the day of the concert , and disappear . finds them in an alley where is trying to calm down after suffering a mental breakdown , tries to reason with but stabs in the leg and runs away . She is later arrested by the police . The drummer and bassist reveal their strong hatred for and quit the band , returning to England the night before the concert . At the concert , only and remain of the band . 
 As they go onstage , put himself forward . He warms up a little bit the audience which responds favorably . does not consider anymore . He is euphoric and he enjoys his moment of glory . Instead of starting the concert with a song of the group , he decides to play one of his own songs . is now immobile , lost , useless . The performance is bad and does not support it . He suffers a nervous breakdown and collapses on stage . After they move into a motel , attempts to reason with , which ends in them arguing and trying to remove 's head . runs out of the motel room and is hit by a car smashing the fake head . gives chase but realises has escaped , now without the fake head . 
 Sometime later , has attempted to track down , but all his attempts have failed . He finally succeeds in tracking to his hometown of Bluff , Kansas , where he is living with his parents . They explain that has suffered from severe mental health issues all his life and began wearing the mask as a teenager after his Dad made it for him . finally sees without a mask . 's face and head are scarred from years of wearing the mask . takes to a bar , where , and are playing as a trio . approaches the band and they realise who he is . He begins singing and they start playing with him , while watches while smiling . As sings , leaves the bar .

Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Cast: Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy, Michael Fassbender

, a political refugee from Chechnya who has been tortured by Russian security forces , enters Hamburg , Germany , illegally . 
 leads a covert government team that seeks to recruit local informants with ties to Islamic terrorist organizations . The disheveled 's polar opposite is his efficient right - hand associate , . The team learns of 's presence and his suspected links to Chechen terrorists . 
 's team is also tracking the activities of a local , respected , Muslim philanthropist , Dr. , who the team suspects is funneling a small portion of his legitimate funds to Al Qaeda , though the team is unable to prove this . High - ranking German security official and American diplomatic attaché both learn of these investigations and take an interest . 
 is interested in watching suspects and " turning " informants higher and higher up the chain , while protecting the naïve who are caught up in the nefarious affairs of others . and appear single - minded , and interested in merely capturing suspects , regardless of guilt or future usefulness . has been disgraced in the past for an apparently serious failure , and shows signs of self - neglect , but is a sophisticated operative who understands Islamic terrorism , and distrusts politicians and the Americans . 
 contacts an immigration lawyer , , who helps put him in contact with , a wealthy banker whose father had long ago laundered money for 's father , of the Russian mafia . is the legal heir to a multimillion - dollar account long held by this bank , but identifies with his maternal Chechen , Muslim heritage and decides he no longer wants his father 's dirty money . 
 's team is able to turn and to their cause , using threats and seduction . convinces to donate the funds to 's organization , in the hope that will reroute some of the funds to a shipping company acting as a front for al - Qaeda . plans to use this proof of guilt to turn as well , in order to ensnare those higher up in the terrorist organization . The plan is approved by the interior minister , along with the American who has become an apparent ally of . secures asylum for the innocent . 
 does indeed route funds to the shipping company , but as is about to try to make into an informant , without disrupting his life or family , is ambushed by forces reporting to and , who whisk away and . screams as , , and look on in shock , and drives off , defeated .

Director: Anton Corbijn
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Robin Wright, Willem Dafoe, Grigoriy Dobrygin

In a dark Catholic confessional , an unseen man tells Father he was horribly sexually abused as a child by a priest , promising to kill at the beach the next Sunday ( being a good man whose death will impact the church more than would that of an abusive priest ) . has a week to arrange his affairs . His bishop leaves it to to decide whether to notify the police . ' daughter has attempted suicide after feeling abandoned following her mother ’s death and her father ’s entry into the priesthood . Their rapprochement is a principal theme of the film . 
 Local butcher has hit his unfaithful wife , , and confronts him . denies it , blaming ’s African lover , . goes about his pastoral duties , and obtains a revolver for an elderly American writer who is contemplating suicide to thwart senile decay . 
 Millionaire ’s family has deserted him and he feels directionless and detached from reality . At the hospital , following a car crash , performs the last rites for the French driver , and comforts the widow , . She stoically accepts her husband 's fate , believing premature death unfair only if the victim has never felt real love . visits in jail , a killer who ate his female victims and now , asking for forgiveness , can not recall where one particular victim is buried . accuses him of insincerity , saying if God can not understand , nobody can . Through 's dealings with , , another potential suicide ( ) , and , the film reflects on guilt , sin , virtue , depression and suicide . 
 That night , witnesses the burning down of his church . He later tells he will never abandon her , spiritually at least , and she reciprocates . Finding his dog dead with its throat cut , he buries it , weeping , but keeps the death from his daughter the next morning as she leaves . Walking a country lane , chats innocently with a young girl when the father drives up , grabs the girl and crudely questions ’s motives . At the pub , the doctor / pathologist tells a horrifying story about a small child rendered deaf , mute , paralyzed and blind after botched anaesthesia , and contemplates the ineffable terror of such sensory isolation . , angered , gets drunk , argues with cynical publican and empties the revolver into the furnishings . wields a baseball bat and later , a beaten - up is recovering at home . He violently berates his house guest , Father who , offended , leaves the next morning . decides to fly to Dublin , but returns from the airport after meeting and seeing her husband 's coffin by the aircraft . Heading to the beach on the fateful Sunday , chats with the ageing writer en route , then by phone to , saying sin is considered too much and virtue not enough . He stresses the importance of forgiveness and they forgive one another . 
 After throws his revolver into the sea , a distressed walks up and promises to visit him . Later , the altar boy , painting a seascape at the top of the beach , witnesses waiting on the beach as strides along the shore towards , a revolver outstretched . confesses to the arson and to hitting but denies killing the dog . , hearing that shed tears over his dog , asks if he cried similarly over news reports concerning children abused by priests . says no , he had felt detached from such stories — whereupon the enraged Jack shoots in the side . The boy runs towards them but shouts at him to flee . says it is too late to stop , telling to say his prayers . When says he already has , delivers a mortal shot to the priest 's head . 
 In brief tableaux , we see the parishioners and going about their quotidian lives . The final scene ends as visits in prison , each tentatively picking up a telephone handset to talk across the intervening glass panel .

Director: John Michael McDonagh
Cast: Brendan Gleeson, Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aidan Gillen, Dylan Moran, Isaach de Bankolé, M. Emmet Walsh, Marie-Josée Croze, Domhnall Gleeson

The film depicts a fictitious 24 - hour period in the life of Australian musician , model , songwriter , author , screenwriter , composer and actor ] prior to and during the recording of his 2013 album Push the Sky Away .

, a new recruit to the British Army , takes leave of his much younger brother . 's platoon is sent to Belfast in 1971 in the early years of the Troubles . Under the leadership of the inexperienced Second Lieutenant , his platoon is deployed to a volatile area where Catholic Republicans and Protestant Loyalists live side by side . The unit provides support for the Royal Ulster Constabulary as it inspects homes for firearms , shocking with their rough treatment of women and children . A crowd gathers to protest and provoke the British troops who , though heavily armed , can only respond by trying to hold the crowd back . 
 One soldier is hit by a rock and drops his rifle to the ground . In the confusion , a young boy seizes it and runs off through the mob . and another soldier , , pursue him . As the crowd 's protest violently escalates , the soldiers and police pull out , leaving the two soldiers behind . and are severely beaten by a mob , until a sympathetic woman manages to calm things down . However , is suddenly shot dead at point - blank range by the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( PIRA ) gunman . With the crowd physically attacking him , flees through streets and back alleys , eludes his pursuers , and hides in an outhouse until dark . 
 A Protestant youngster brings to a local pub that serves as a front for Loyalists . There , glimpses a Loyalist group in a back room , constructing a bomb under the guidance of a member of the Military Reaction Force ( MRF ) , the British Army 's covert counter - insurgency unit . steps outside the pub just before an enormous explosion destroys the building , killing or injuring many of those inside , including the young boy who brought him there . flees once more into the dark streets . Unaware that the Loyalist bombers have blown themselves up accidentally , the PIRA and Official Irish Republican Army ( OIRA ) factions accuse each other of being responsible for the bombing . 
 Two Catholics , and his daughter , discover as he lies in a street unconscious and injured by shrapnel . They take him to their home in the Divis Flats area before discovering he is a British soldier . , a former army medic , stitches 's wounds . 
 Despite the PIRA 's having recently taken control of the area from the OIRA , contacts senior OIRA official for help , expecting a more humane solution than the PIRA faction would allow . , less radical and violent than the younger PIRA members , has a working relationship with the MRF and tells MRF Captain , leader of the local MRF section , of 's whereabouts and asks in return that kill , a key leader of the PIRA faction , who wanted dead after clashing with him over responsibility for the pub explosion . 
 and his PIRA squad have been tailing since the pub explosion and saw him visit 's flat without knowing why he was there . Sensing danger , flees the flat , taking an assault knife he finds in a bag . He eludes the PIRA men but , unable to evade , stabs and kills him . 
 's group captures and takes him to a hideout . orders , a young inexperienced teenager who in the early neighborhood persecution had hesitated killing , to murder him . When hesitates , prepares to execute , only to leave when 's group arrives . Sergeant of 's group shoots , to 's horror . then attempts to strangle to prevent him from informing others about the bomb . 
 As Lieutenant and his men enter in support of , sees ' attempt to kill . raises himself and shoots dead before being shot again , this time by . finds , and rather than arresting him , tells him wants him dead , then lets him go . As leaves , tells him he will be in touch soon , and he expects him to be helpful . 
 is returned to his barracks . Later , despite a formal complaint by , the commanding officer dismisses the incident involving , , and as a confused situation that merits no further inquiry . returns to England and reunites with .

Director: Yann Demange
Cast: Jack O'Connell, Sean Harris, Paul Anderson, Charlie Murphy, David Wilmot, Paul Popplewell

Based on a true story , a group of British university students were running a successful credit card scam . They make a powerful enemy by stealing the wrong man 's briefcase and are forced to enlist the help of , who works for a credit card company . The group of five then go to try and rack up two million pounds to pay off their debt but fall short during a night of strippers and champagne . To make up for the money they still need , they plan a diamond heist .

Director: Julian Gilbey
Cast: Ed Speleers, Alfie Allen, Will Poulter, Sebastian de Souza, Emma Rigby, Thomas Kretschmann

Miami - born is the head chef of Gauloise in Brentwood , California . While popular with his kitchen staff and hostess , the restaurant owner wants to stick to tired " classics " rather than innovative dishes . has a strained relationship with his tech - savvy preteen son and rich ex - wife . 
 When has the chance to serve a prestigious critic and blogger named , demands that he stick with old favorites at the last minute , causing to concede , leading to a scathing review . On Twitter , insults for the review , not realizing that his reply is public , and gains a large Twitter following . comes up with an inspirational new menu that his staff loves and invites to a " rematch " . He quits after confronting , who wants the same old menu again . At home , prepares the menu he wanted to serve to . 's assistant becomes the interim chef and even the regular dishes do not succeed . Ramsey again starts to tweet negatively about , leading to go to the restaurant , where he angrily and publicly berates . 
 Videos featuring 's meltdown go viral , and his professional credibility evaporates . and encourage him to run a food truck . He accepts 's invitation to Miami , where he spends some quality time with and rediscovers his love for Cuban cuisine . 's ex - husband offers him a dilapidated food truck , and reluctantly accepts . also is somewhat angry after learning that and spent some time together after his divorce from . He and bond while restoring the truck and buying groceries and buys him a chef 's knife . , his friend from Gauloise , turns down his restaurant promotion to work with , who has become an exuberant and passionate chef again . 
 The three drive the food truck across the country back to Los Angeles , serving Cuban sandwiches and yuca fries . finds ways to promote the food truck on social media websites , and the truck becomes successful in New Orleans and Austin , Texas , where the daily specials include items made with local ingredients such as po ' boys and barbecued brisket . 
 Having bonded with and valuing their relationship , accepts 's enthusiastic offer to help out on weekends and holidays when the two are back in Los Angeles . visits the truck to explain that he wrote the bad review as he felt 's skills did not suit a restaurant which had been serving the same menu for years . He leaves with an offer to bankroll a new restaurant . In a flash - forward set six months later , the new restaurant is successful and closed for a private event : and 's remarriage ceremony .

Director: Jon Favreau
Cast: Jon Favreau, Sofía Vergara, Emjay Anthony, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt, Bobby Cannavale, Dustin Hoffman, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr.

is a quirky psychiatrist who has become increasingly tired of his humdrum life . He tells his girlfriend , , that he needs to go on a journey to research happiness . On a flight to China , he is seated next to , a cranky businessman . takes to a very exclusive nightclub in Shanghai , where meets a young woman named and instantly falls for her . 
 He asks to meet family . She declines , ashamed of how she makes her living . Their date is interrupted by her pimp , who takes away by force . then ventures into the mountains and visits a monastery , where he befriends their leader and talks briefly with via Skype . 
 departs on a terrifying plane ride to Africa , where a woman invites him to her family 's house for sweet potato stew , and gives him a book about happiness written by one Professor . meets up with his old friend , a physician , with his bodyguard , and later meets a quick - tempered drug lord named , who does n't believe in happiness because his wife is unhappy due to her medication , but loans a pen to write down a prescription for his wife . 
 discovers that is ’s lover , and they are happy . He Skypes again with , who is going out in a fancy gown and seems uninterested in talking to him . He visits the local woman who he befriended on the plane and her family for dinner . His vehicle is carjacked and is kidnapped and locked in a rat - infested cell . When the kidnappers decide to kill him , claims to be friends with to save himself , but can not prove it . With a gun pointed at his head , asks if he can make one final note in his book about what brings his captors happiness , revealing the pen engraved with 's name to the kidnappers . Upon his release , makes his way back to the village where he celebrates with the locals . 
 While flying to Los Angeles , attends to a woman with a Brain tumor . then goes to the beach in Santa Monica and encounters , an old girlfriend , who is now happily married with children . calls and they break up in an argument . 
 and meet with Professor , who is studying the effects of happiness on the brain . During a lecture , points out that people should n't be concerned with the pursuit of happiness , but with the happiness of pursuit . and Hector check out a project has been working on , which monitors brain activity in real time and how it reacts to different emotions . 
 is instructed to go into an isolated room and think about three things : times when she was happy , sad and scared . Through his brain - scanning technology , is able to tell in which order she thought about the three emotions . When takes his turn , he thinks about marrying someone else , about his time being kidnapped , and about , but his emotions are strangely blocked . He receives a call from remorseful , who tells him she wants to be a mother . explains what he 's learned , that the most unhappy thing he could imagine would be to lose her . Suddenly 's brain scan erupts with a flurry of activity , mimicking the colored flags from the monastery and revealing that true happiness is n't just one emotion ; it 's all of them . Having finally achieved his own happiness , rushes home and marries .

Director: Peter Chelsom
Cast: Simon Pegg, Toni Collette, Rosamund Pike, Stellan Skarsgård, Jean Reno, Christopher Plummer

In 1952 , two policemen , and , investigate the mathematician after an apparent break - in at his home . During his interrogation by , tells of his time working at Bletchley Park . 
 In 1927 , the young is unhappy and bullied at boarding school . He develops a friendship with , who sparks his interest in cryptography , and develops romantic feelings for him . Before can confess his love , dies unexpectedly from tuberculosis . 
 When Britain declares war on Germany in 1939 , travels to Bletchley Park , where , under the direction of Commander , he joins the cryptography team of , , , and . The team are trying to decrypt the Enigma machine , which the Nazis use to send coded messages . 
 is difficult to work with , and considers his colleagues inferior ; he works alone to design a machine to decipher Enigma . After refuses to fund construction of the machine , writes to Prime Minister , who puts in charge of the team and funds the machine . fires and and places a difficult crossword in newspapers to find replacements . , a Cambridge graduate , surpasses ’s test but her parents will not allow her to work with the male cryptographers . arranges for her to live and work with the female clerks who intercept the messages , and shares his plans with her . With 's help , is able to warm up to his male colleagues who begin to regard him with more respect . 
 ’s machine , which he names Christopher , is constructed , but can not determine the Enigma settings before the Germans reset the Enigma encryption each day . orders it destroyed and fired , but the other cryptographers threaten to leave if goes . After plans to leave on the wishes of her parents , proposes marriage , which she accepts . During their reception , confirms his homosexuality to , who warns him to keep it secret . After overhearing a conversation with a female clerk about messages she receives , has an epiphany , realising he can program the machine to decode words he already knows exist in certain messages . After he recalibrates the machine , it quickly decodes a message and the cryptographers celebrate ; however , realises they can not act on every decoded message or the Germans will realise Enigma has been broken . 
 discovers that is a Soviet spy . When confronts him , argues that the Soviets are allies working for the same goals , and threatens to retaliate by disclosing ’s homosexuality if his role as an agent is revealed . When the MI6 agent appears to threaten , reveals that is a spy . reveals he knew this already , and planted among them in order to leak messages to the Soviets for British benefit . Fearing for her safety , tells to leave Bletchley Park , revealing that he is gay and lying about never having cared for her . Heartbroken , states she always suspected was gay but insists they would have been happy together anyway . After the war , tells the cryptographers to destroy their work and that they can never see one another again or share what they have done . 
 In the 1950s is convicted of indecency and , in lieu of a jail sentence , undergoes chemical castration so he can continue his work . visits him in his home and witnesses his physical and mental deterioration . She comforts him by saying that his work saved millions of lives .

Director: Morten Tyldum
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Charles Dance

is studying lepidopterology under the older , who frequently lectures on her studies . is romantically involved with and works as a maid in her home , where she is subject to strict behavioural expectations and high standards for cleanliness . When does not complete tasks to 's satisfaction , she is punished . 
 As increasingly falters in her dominance , it becomes apparent that is orchestrating 's role in the relationship by writing instructions and scripts for specific scenes , which the couple acts out in the same way each day . While finds the scenes to be sexually exciting , only acts them out to sate her lover . She attempts to please by ordering a carpenter to construct a bed with a drawer underneath for to sleep in as a punishment ; however , is unhappy with the length of time it will take to produce the bed , and ultimately refuses the gift . 
 begins to demand that lock her in a trunk in the evening as a new punishment . agrees , but she is resentful about the new physical separation . also becomes self - conscious about her aging , having injured her back moving the trunk to her bedside . She expresses her unhappiness on 's birthday , when she demands that bake her own birthday cake , which eats while reclining with her feet resting on 's face . does not enjoy the scene and calls out her safeword , pinastri , which ignores . 
 The couple 's relationship becomes more strained as 's expectations go unfulfilled . Finally , accuses of polishing another lecturer 's boots , which she considers to be an act of betrayal . The two eventually seem to make up , and agrees to put less emphasis on her sexual needs . The film ends with the couple going through the same play routine seen at the film 's start .

Director: Peter Strickland
Cast: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D'Anna

At the University of Cambridge , astrophysics student begins a romantic relationship with literature student . Although excels at mathematics and physics , his friends and professors are concerned over his lack of a thesis topic . After and his professor attend a lecture on black holes , speculates that black holes may have been part of the creation of the universe , and decides to write his thesis on time . 
 While pursuing his research , 's muscles begin to fail , eventually causing him to fall and hit his head . He learns he has motor neurone disease ; he will be unable to talk , swallow , breathe , or move most of his body ; and has approximately two years to live . asks what will happen to his brain . The doctor tells that the disease will not affect it or his thoughts , but that eventually , no one will know what they are . As becomes reclusive , focusing on his work , confesses she loves him . She tells 's father she intends to stay with even as his condition worsens . They marry and have a son . 
 presents his thesis to the examination board , arguing that a black hole created the universe in a Big Bang , that it will emit heat , and that it will end in a Big Crunch . While celebrating with and his friends , realises he can not walk , and begins using a wheelchair . 
 After having a second child , a daughter , develops a theory about the visibility of black holes , and becomes a world - renowned physicist . , focusing on the children and on 's health and increasing fame , is unable to work on her own thesis and becomes frustrated . tells her he will understand if she needs help . She joins the church choir , where she meets widower and they become close friends . She employs him as a piano teacher for her son and befriends the entire family , helping with his illness , supporting , and playing with the children . 
 When gives birth to another son , 's mother asks if the baby is 's , which she denies . sees that overheard the conversation , and is appalled , but when they are alone , they admit their feelings for one another . stays away from the family , but visits him , saying that needs him . 
 While and take the children camping , is invited to attend an opera performance in Bordeaux , and contracts pneumonia . While in the hospital , the doctors tell that needs a tracheotomy , which will leave him unable to speak . She agrees to the surgery . 
 learns to use a spelling board , and uses it to communicate with , his new nurse . He receives a computer with a built - in voice synthesiser , and uses it to write a book , A Brief History of Time , which becomes an international best - seller . 
 tells that he has been invited to America to accept an award , and will be taking with him . faces the realisation that her and 's marriage has not been working , telling him she " did her best " . and agree to divorce . goes to the lecture with , the two having fallen in love , and and reunite . At the lecture , sees a student drop a pen ; he imagines getting up to return it , almost crying at the reminder of how his disease has affected him . He goes on to give an inspiring speech , saying , " There should be no boundaries to human endeavour . We are all different . However bad life may seem , there is always something you can do , and succeed at . While there 's life , there is hope " . 
 invites to meet Queen with him to receive his Order of the Companions of Honour ; they share a happy day together with their children , with saying " Look what we made " . 
 An extended closing series comprises select moments from the film ; shown in reverse , back to the moment first saw . A final title sequence brings the lives of the lead characters up to date . and are happily married , and she has completed her PhD. She and remain close friends . declines a knighthood from the Queen and continues his research , with no plans to retire .

Not long after the invasion and occupation of Earth by a race of powerful robots wanting human knowledge and ingenuity , humans are confined to their homes . Leaving without permission would be to risk their lives . Monitored by the electronic implants in their necks , the robot sentries are able to track the movement of humans in order to control them . If any person attempts to exit their home , they are given warnings by the robot sentries to return their home . If he or she does not comply within ten seconds , they are killed . 
 At the beginning of the film , a teen going by the name of ( ) , is seeking his father , who went missing not long after the robots invaded , sending out hand - drawn lost posters hidden in tennis balls and fruit . Later , , a friend of 's , is seen attempting to repair his Playstation , when , a young boy , accidentally shocks , while a girl named watches . The group discovers that 's implant has been turned off by the electrical shock , and then perform the same procedure on each other to stay outside without being tracked down . The group enters a local museum before suggests that they go look for his father , ( ) at the school , where the files on all the people are kept . They discover that is still alive , having been moved to a hotel , but are then caught and brought to a room with a deep scanner after their implants reboot . Here , ( ) asks them how they turned off their implants . When they refuse to answer , 's uncle is brought in , and receives a black implant , before being subjected to a deep scan , a painful process that searches through all of a person 's mental faculties before rendering them unable to eat , causing them to die in a few days . When the children still refuse to answer , is also given a black implant before being subjected to a deep scan . In the midst of it , insults , causing him to accidentally interrupt the deep scan , allowing to escape the deep scanner alive . A few seconds later , , who had been left outside , bursts in with a makeshift fireworks launcher and frees the other children . The children hide in a bowling alley , where they turn off their implants once again before running to the hotel . When a large robot walks by , the four children hide next to a doorway , where inadvertently controls the robot . The children then meet , a woman who wants to know how to turn off the implants . In exchange , the boys meet Morse Code ( ) , who has had his implant removed by a watchmaker , and also tells the children to go to Stonehenge . However , an announcement reveals that 's mother , , has been taken a prisoner in the area headquarters , a castle . With 's help , the children successfully get to the castle . However , they are caught by a large robot . then discovers that he can take control of the robots because of his black implant , after discovering that the large robot responds to his movement . Meanwhile , is speaking with about how he and she could live together before an alarm goes off . leaves to go see what has happened . A few moments later , a young guard is tricked into giving the keys to the door to . Meanwhile , outside , appears to have been caught by the large robot , with scolding him . then turns the large robot 's weapon on and his team , forcing them to drop their weapons , which are picked up by the other children . suddenly dashes by on a horse , causing and his team to follow . This opens the line of fire for two clankers , insectoid robots with a top - mounted weapon , which destroy the large robot , forcing to hide behind it . One of the clankers then jumps down and prepares to fire at , before takes control of the robot and uses it to destroy the other , before commanding the clanker to deactivate . The children then track down , before heading to Stonehenge , deciphering a message written in graffiti to find the location of a human camp , an old tin mine . Meanwhile , is told by Mediator 452 , a recurring character in the film , that a large number of deep scanners are arriving and that will be the first to be scanned if is not captured by the time that they arrive . and his friends are seen arriving at the human camp , where is reunited with his father . The small group has their implants removed . The next day , the robots descend on the community seeking , who is quickly discovered to be missing . is seen reinstalling his black implant , before mentally controlling a robot craft that rams and destroys the cube , the local robot mothership , halting the invasion . He narrowly escapes the impact . He interfaces with a damaged Mediator , a robot in human form , and mentally sends commands to end the invasion of the Earth , destroying the robots and their craft . The film ends with jubilation as the local population celebrates in town . In the closing scene , looks up at the stars .

Cast: Callan McAuliffe, Ben Kingsley, Gillian Anderson, Milo Parker, Geraldine James

( ) , a veteran captain of under - sea salvage who is recently divorced and estranged from his young son , receives news that he is to be made redundant . He receives £ 8,640 for his services and is asked to clean his desk and leave the premises . 
 Later , while having a drink with some former colleagues , meets up with his friend and a Russian called ( ) . informs the duo of an idea to make money . He tells them about a German Type VIIC[note 1 ] U - boat from World War II that sank off the coast of Georgia with a cargo of gold worth millions and how their former employer found the U - boat 's location but was unable to salvage it due to the Russo - Georgian War . He also informs them both of a plan he has been working on to secretly recover the gold . After meeting with , agrees to meet with an unknown backer called . 
 agrees to fund Robinson 's expedition on the grounds he receives a 40 % split of the proceeds up to $ 40 million , a 20 % cut on any amount above that , and that his executive ( ) accompany the expedition . agrees to the deal . Upon returning home finds a youth , , who notifies him of 's suicide and indicates they were friends . takes the young man in and decides to bring him along on the expedition , and acquires a Foxtrot - class submarine from the Port of Sevastopol . The crew is 50 % Russian and 50 % British and almost immediately there are issues between the two groups . Only speaks Russian and English and the Russians view the young as a bad omen , mistakenly assuming he is a virgin when he is in fact an expecting father . 
 Due to the close confines , tension begins to mount between the two crews . makes the decision to split the take equally between each crewman . Due to the mounting pressures the crew fall out and there is a fight leading to ( ) losing his head and stabbing and killing . In the ensuing scuffle a fire breaks out and the sub is damaged leading to an explosion which knocks unconscious and kills at least 2 men . 
 wakes up 18 hours later to find tensions at breaking point . The Russians have taken over half of the boat with the British in the other half . The vessel is also badly damaged and they have no means to speak with the Russians as was killed . The sub 's drive shaft is damaged but they discover they are close to the old U - boat and may be able to transfer its drive shaft and save the boat . Tensions continue to mount but discovers ( ) speaks English . 
 sends with and another diver to recover the drive - shaft and the gold . While making their way back , the third diver ( ) perishes when his air hose gets cut . Through they manage to get the Russians to install the drive - shaft and get the sub moving again . At this stage admits to that his prior employer set them up such that they are being used to do the dangerous work , while the employer waits to seize the gold as soon as the submarine surfaces . then decides to remain submerged and travel to Turkey , to try to keep the gold and avoid arrest . Furthermore , he decides they will attempt a risky navigation through a narrow channel , against the wishes of the crew . Meanwhile persuades to murder thus forcing 's hand , since there are no longer enough men to safely operate the sub . At this point a second fire and explosion sends the sub back to the seafloor , and the sub begins to take on water . 
 and the rest of the remaining crew try to repair the leaks but their efforts are futile . Before they can escape , a panicked locks the bulkhead behind him leaving three men to drown but traps himself in the next compartment with his snagged clothing . closes the final bulkhead , leaving to drown and protecting , , and himself in the torpedo section where has hidden three escape suits . evacuates and and explains to that he will follow in the third suit using an emergency lever . Both men surface whereupon informs the young that there was no emergency lever and that had chosen to sacrifice himself . Soon after the third suit appears containing some of the gold and a picture of 's family .

Director: Kevin Macdonald
Cast: Jude Law Scoot McNairy Ben Mendelsohn David Threlfall

In 1964 , Dr. of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference ( SCLC ) accepts his Nobel Peace Prize . Four black girls walking down stairs in the Birmingham , Alabama 16th Street Baptist Church are killed by a bomb set by the Ku Klux Klan . attempts to register to vote in Selma , Alabama but is prevented by the white registrar . meets with and asks for federal legislation to allow black citizens to register to vote unencumbered , but the president responds that - although he understands Dr 's concerns , he has more important projects . travels to Selma with , , , and . greets them , and other SCLC activists appear . FBI director tells that is a problem , and suggests they disrupt his marriage . has concerns about her husband 's upcoming work in Selma . calls singer to inspire him with a song . 
 , other SCLC leaders , and black Selma residents march to the registration office to register . After a confrontation in front of the courthouse , a shoving match occurs as the police go into the crowd . fights back , knocking Sheriff to the ground , leading to the arrest of , , and others . 
 Alabama Governor speaks out against the movement . meets with , who says he will drive whites to ally with by advocating a more extreme position . and decide to use force at an upcoming night march in Marion , Alabama , using state troopers to assault the marchers . A group of protesters runs into a restaurant to hide , but troopers rush in , beat and shoot . and meet with , 's grandfather , at the morgue . speaks to ask people to continue to fight for their rights . receives harassing phone calls with a recording of sexual activity implied to be him and another woman leading to an argument with . is criticized by members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ( SNCC ) . 
 As the Selma to Montgomery march is about to begin , talks to about canceling it , but convinces to persevere . The marchers , including of SNCC , of SCLC , and Selma activist , cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge and approach a line of state troopers who put on gas masks . The troopers order the marchers to turn back , and when the marchers hold their ground , the troopers attack with clubs , horses , tear gas , and other weapons . and are among those badly injured . The attack is shown on national television as the wounded are treated at Brown Chapel , the movement 's headquarter church . 
 Movement attorney asks federal Judge to let the march go forward . President demands that and cease their activities , and sends to convince to postpone the next march . White Americans , including and , arrive to join the second march . Marchers cross the bridge again and see the state troopers lined up , but the troopers turn aside to let them pass . , after praying , turns around and leads the group away , and again comes under sharp criticism from SNCC activists . That evening , is beaten to death by a white mob on a street in Selma . 
 Judge allows the march . President speaks before a Joint Session of Congress to ask for quick passage of a bill to eliminate restrictions on voting , praising the courage of the activists . The march on the highway to Montgomery takes place , and , when the marchers reach Montgomery , delivers a speech on the steps of the State Capitol .

Director: Ava DuVernay
Cast: David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth, Oprah Winfrey

, a mischievous sheep living with his flock at Mossy Bottom Farm , is bored with the routine of life on the farm . He concocts a plan to have a day off by tricking the farmer into going back to sleep by counting his sheep repeatedly . However , the caravan in which they put the farmer to bed accidentally rolls away , taking him all the way into the city . , the farmer 's dog , chases after him . 
 The farmer receives a blow to the head and is taken to a hospital , where he is diagnosed with amnesia before leaving . He wanders into a hair salon and , acting on a vague recollection of shearing his sheep , cuts a celebrity 's hair . The celebrity loves the result and the farmer gains popularity as a hair stylist called " Mr. " . 
 Meanwhile , the sheep find life impossible without the farmer , so sneaks onto a bus to the city ; to his surprise , the rest of the flock follow him on another bus . They manage to disguise themselves as people and begin looking for the farmer , but is captured by , an overzealous animal - control worker . is reunited with in the animal lock - up , and with the help of a homeless dog named Slip they manage to escape while imprisoning . They find the farmer , but he does not recognize , who is heartbroken . 
 Feeling unwanted , , , and the flock make a makeshift home in an alley . Their spirits are revived when they stumble upon evidence of the farmer 's memory loss . They devise a plan which involves putting the farmer to sleep again , returning him to the trailer on a pantomime horse ( really the flock of sheep in an elaborate disguise ) , and hooking the trailer up to a bus returning to Mossy Bottom . The plan is initially successful , but they are pursued by ( having escaped the lock - up ) , who is now intent on killing them outright . 
 At the farm , the group hides in a shed . , using a tractor , tries to push the shed into a nearby rock quarry . The farmer wakes up , regains his memory , and is defeated through teamwork . leaves , but is adopted by a bus driver who finds her on the road . The farmer and the animals have a renewed appreciation for each other , and the next day the farmer cancels the day 's routine activities for an official day off . 
 Epilogues reveal that the animal - control service is turned into an animal - protection centre , finds work wearing a chicken suit to promote a restaurant , and the farmer sees a news report detailing some of the mayhem he slept through during his rescue from the city .

Directors: Richard Starzak, Mark Burton
Cast: Justin Fletcher, John Sparkes, Omid Djalili

, a young Scottish man , travels to the American West to search for his love , . He encounters a group of men chasing a Native American ; an Irish bounty hunter , , arrives and kills the leader . employs the bounty hunter for protection . 
 At a trading post , unbeknownst to , sees a wanted poster offering a $ 2,000 bounty for and her father . He plans to use to get to the bounty . Another bounty hunter , , also takes notice of the poster . In the trading post , a Swedish couple attempt a robbery which results in the death of the owner and the man . intervenes and shoots the woman . and gather provisions and leave , abandoning the couple 's children outside . 
 In the past , in Scotland , is aware of 's affection , but only cares for him as a " little brother " . 's uncle Lord is accidentally killed by , 's father , in an argument ; and her father leave for America with the bounty on their heads . 
 In the present , abandons and proceeds alone , thinking him a " brute " . He meets a travelling writer , , who offers to accompany . When wakes the next morning , has left , stealing his horse and equipment . tracks down with his stolen belongings , saying he ran into while looking for . 
 The pair meet , the leader of 's old gang , which has taken in the Swedish children . gives them absinthe in a failed attempt to gather information about and her father 's whereabouts . While they are asleep , and share a dream of and living together with a child . They awaken to find that has stolen their weapons . discloses the bounty to . They lose 's gang in a forest , where is injured by Native Americans . 
 and her father live in a nearby prairie , protected by a Native American called . , disguised as a priest , tracks them down and kills 's father . After reaching the prairie , ties to a tree to keep him from harm 's way . rushes to the house to warn of 's gang but is wounded by . and his men kill and assault the house . 
 frees himself and runs to the house . After and most of 's gang are killed , realizes she has shot in the confusion . While she comforts him , enters the house and shoots him as he dies . tells that loved her " with all his heart " . stays with and the Swedish children .

Director: John Maclean
Cast: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Ben Mendelsohn, Caren Pistorius, Rory McCann, Brooke Williams

In 1951 , is a young woman from Enniscorthy , County Wexford , a small town in southeast Ireland , where she lives with her mother and sister . She is unable to find employment , other than working weekends at a shop run by the spiteful Miss , nicknamed " " , and is not interested in the local young men . Her sister writes to an Irish priest ( Father ) in Brooklyn who arranges for her to go to the US to find a better future . She leaves but suffers from seasickness on the voyage and ends up being locked out of the toilet by her cabin neighbours . The woman in the bunk below her , an experienced traveller , helps her , giving her advice and support . 
 lives at a Brooklyn boarding house where she dines each night with the landlady and her fellow residents , all young women . She has a job at a department store but is shy and quiet when interacting with customers , garnering some criticism from Miss , her supervisor . Her letters from her sister make her homesick . She is visited by Father , and he tries to help by enrolling her in bookkeeping classes . At a dance she meets , who becomes her boyfriend . She begins to feel more comfortable in New York , and she and become more and more involved romantically . 
 Father informs that has died suddenly of an undisclosed illness . After a trans - Atlantic phone call reveals her mother is struggling to cope , returns home for a visit . insists that they must get married first without telling family or friends . In Ireland , everybody seems to be conspiring to keep from leaving . Her best friend is getting married a week after her scheduled return journey , and her mother has already accepted the invitation on her behalf . She fills in part - time at her late sister 's old bookkeeping job , which leads to the possibility of a full - time job . She goes on dates with an eligible and well - off bachelor . starts to feel that she now has a future in Ireland that did not exist when she left and stops opening the letters she receives from . 
 Miss , her former employer , meets with and relates that she has learned of ' marriage in New York . Agitated , is reminded of what life is like in such a small town . She informs her mother of her marriage and that she is leaving for Brooklyn the next day . On the crossing , she offers guidance to a young woman making her own first trip to Brooklyn . The film ends with and reuniting and happily embracing .

Director: John Crowley
Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Bronte Kavanagh

In 1947 , the long - retired , aged 93 , lives in a remote Sussex farmhouse with his widowed housekeeper Mrs and her young son . Having just returned from a trip to Hiroshima , he starts to use jelly made from the prickly ash plant he acquired there to try to improve his failing memory . Unhappy about 's fictionalisation of his last case , The Adventure of the Dove Grey Glove , he hopes to write his own account , but has trouble recalling the events . As spends time with , showing him how to take care of the bees in the farmhouse 's apiary , he comes to appreciate 's curiosity and intelligence and develops a paternal liking for him . 
 Over time , 's prodding helps remember the case ( shown in flashbacks ) ; he knows he must have failed somehow , as it resulted in his retirement from the detective business . Almost 30 years earlier , after the First World War had ended and had married and left Baker Street , approached Holmes to find out why his wife had become estranged from him after suffering two miscarriages . followed around London and observed her seemingly preparing to murder her husband - forging cheques in her husband 's name and cashing them , confirming the details of his will , buying poison , paying a man , and checking train schedules . , however , deduced her true intentions : to have gravestones made for herself and her miscarried children ( the man she paid was a stonemason ) and then commit suicide with the poison . Confronting her , he confessed he had the same feelings of loneliness and isolation , but his intellectual pursuits sufficed for him . asked if they could share the burden of their loneliness together . was tempted , but instead advised her to return to her husband . She poured the poison on the ground , thanked , and departed . later learned that she killed herself by stepping in front of an oncoming train . Blaming himself , he retires and falls into a deep depression . Watson briefly returns to care for him and , discovering the details of the case , rewrites the tragedy into a success . 
 A second series of flashbacks recounts ' recent trip to Japan , where he met a supposed admirer named who had told him of the benefits of prickly ash . In fact , had a hidden motive for meeting . Years before , 's anglophile father had traveled to England . In a letter , the father wrote that he had been advised by the brilliant to remain in England permanently , abandoning his wife and son . bluntly told that his father simply wanted a new life for himself and that had never met him . was crushed . 
 In the present , Mrs gradually becomes dissatisfied with her work , and 's overall health deteriorates and he spends more time with her son . After he becomes unconscious from an experiment with the prickly ash , he requires more physical care . She accepts a job at a hotel in Portsmouth , planning to take to work there as well . does not want to go . He is unhappy with his barely literate mother and his family 's working - class status , and tension develops between mother and son . 
 and Mrs later discover lying unconscious near the house , a victim of multiple stings , and he is rushed to a hospital . Distraught , Mrs tries to burn down the apiary , blaming for caring only about himself and his bees . stops her , having realised that had been stung by wasps ; found their nest and tried to drown them to protect the bees , but they swarmed on him instead . and Mrs burn down the wasp nest together , and regains consciousness . tells Mrs how he was too fearful to open himself to act as a caring person with , and that he wants Mrs. and to stay in his life , leaving them his house and grounds after his death . 
 writes his first work of fiction : a letter to , telling him that his father was a brave , honourable man who worked secretly and effectively for the British Empire . As begins to teach his mother how to care for the bees , emulates a tradition he saw being practiced in Hiroshima : creating a ring of stones to serve as a place where he can recall the loved ones he has lost over the years .

Director: Bill Condon
Cast: Ian McKellen, Colin Starkey, Laura Linney, Hattie Morahan, Hiroyuki Sanada, Patrick Kennedy

is 34 years old and single . Her sister hopes that can find love and encourages her to " put herself out there . " has a failed blind date at her friend 's engagement party . 
 Later , 's parents are celebrating their 40th anniversary , so takes the train to London . On the train , sits across from , a 24 - year - old woman who is going on a blind date based on a self - help book called 6 Billion People and You . is rude to Jessica , so leaves her copy of the book with , bookmarking Chapter 7 , " Your Negative Thoughts are Ruining Your Life ( And Everyone Else 's ... ) " . When disembarking the train , pursues to return the book , but is stopped by , 's blind date . decides to take a chance and pretend that she is , and the pair have a very good time drinking and bowling , but 's ruse is destroyed when they run into 's creepy secondary school acquaintance , . 
 and argue and return to the bar , where they run into 's soon - to - be - ex - wife with the man she is having an affair with . has to console in the bathroom and helps him achieve closure . 
 wants to invite to her parents ' anniversary party — but has left telephone messages for and still wants to meet up , so he parts ways with . arrives at her parent 's party , but is very sad and also quickly realizes that letting her go was a mistake . He enlists the help of and some teenagers to find 's house and they decide to take a chance on each other .

( ) is escorted to a hotel after his wife has left him for another man . The hotel manager reveals that single people have 45 days to find a partner , or they will be transformed into an animal ; the dog accompanying is his brother . chooses to become a lobster , due to their life cycle and his love of the sea . makes acquaintances with , a man with a lisp , and , a man with a limp , who become his quasi - friends . explains that he was injured in an attempt to reconnect with his mother , who had been transformed into a wolf . 
 The hotel has many rules and rituals : masturbation is banned , but sexual stimulation by the hotel maid is mandatory , and guests attend dances and watch propaganda extolling advantages of partnership . 
 is caught masturbating , and the hotel manager burns his fingers in a toaster . Relationships require partners to have a distinguishing trait in common . is told a woman has arrived with a limp , but he says she limps from an injury that will heal and is not a suitable match . 
 Residents can extend their deadline by hunting and tranquilizing the single people who live in the forest ; each captured " loner " earns them a day . On one hunt , a woman with a fondness for biscuits offers sexual favours , which he declines . She tells him that if she fails to find a mate , she will kill herself by jumping from a hotel window . 
 then wins the affections of a woman with constant nosebleeds by purposely smashing his nose in secret . They move to the couples section to begin a month - long trial partnership . later decides to court a notoriously cruel woman who has tranquilized more loners than anyone else . Their initial conversation is interrupted by the screams of the biscuit - loving woman , who has severely injured herself jumping from a window . Although troubled by the incident , pretends to enjoy the woman 's suffering to gain the heartless woman 's interest . He later joins her in a jacuzzi , and she begins choking ; when he does not attempt help , she decides they are a match . The two are shifted to the couples ' suite . When wakes up one morning , he finds she has kicked 's brother ( in dog form ) to death . When cries in response , she concludes their relationship is a lie and drags him to the hotel manager to have him punished by turning him into an animal that no one likes . However , he escapes and , with the help of a sympathetic maid , tranquilizes and transforms his partner into an unspecified animal . 
 Escaping the hotel , joins the loners in the woods . In contrast to the hotel 's rules , they forbid any romance , with mutilation as punishment . The hotel maid is a mole for the loners , planted in the hotel to sabotage it . The leader of the loners ( ) takes loners to visit the city to get some supplies . 
 The loners launch a mini - raid to sabotage the hotel 's work . reveals to the nosebleed woman that has been faking . forces to leave . Other loners hold the hotel manager and her husband at gunpoint , tricking him into shooting his wife to save himself , but the gun is not loaded , leaving the couple to face each other . 
 Soon , who is shortsighted , begins a secret relationship with a shortsighted woman ( ) . They develop a gestural code for communication . They plan to escape together , but the mole who is now with the camp finds the shortsighted woman 's journal and discovers her plan to escape with . She takes the woman to the city , ostensibly to have an operation to cure her shortsightedness , but blinds her instead . In anger , the woman kills the hotel maid , thinking she is killing the leader . 
 She tells about her blindness . They try to find something else they have in common , to no avail . He says they 'll figure it out , and tells her to continue with their plan . Early the next morning , overpowers and ties up the leader , leaving her in what appears to be his grave . He and the blind woman escape to the city , stopping at a restaurant . Seeking to reestablish sameness , goes to the restroom and prepares to blind himself with a steak knife . The now blind woman waits at the table for him to return as the waiter tends to her .

During the Christmas season of 1952 , aspiring photographer is working in Frankenberg 's department store in Manhattan . She meets a glamorous woman , , who is searching for a doll for her daughter . At 's recommendation , purchases a model train set . When departs she leaves her gloves on the counter . mails them to her using Frankenberg 's sales slip with 's name and address . 
 's boyfriend , , wants her to go to France with him , hoping they will marry , but she is ambivalent about their relationship . A mutual friend , , invites to his workplace , The New York Times , and offers to introduce her to a photo editor friend . Meanwhile , is going through a difficult divorce from her neglectful husband , . calls Frankenberg 's to thank the clerk who returned the gloves , and invites to lunch . visits and he kisses her , but she becomes uncomfortable and leaves . 
 invites to her home in New Jersey . She stops to purchase a Christmas tree , and takes candid photographs of her . arrives unexpectedly to take to Florida for Christmas ; he becomes suspicious of as had an affair years before with her friend . witnesses their argument . After leaves , a distressed takes to the train station so she can return home . 
 calls to apologize and they meet at 's apartment , where surprises her with a suitcase containing a gift of a Canon camera and film . has learned that is petitioning the judge to consider a " morality clause " against her , threatening to expose her homosexuality and give him full custody of . She decides to take a road trip to escape the stress of the divorce proceedings and invites to join her . accuses of being infatuated with , and predicts will soon tire of her . The two argue and their relationship comes to an end . On the second night of the trip , meets a traveling salesman , . 
 On New Year 's Eve , and kiss for the first time and have sex . The next morning , they discover that is actually a private investigator hired by to obtain evidence against . confronts , threatening him at gunpoint , but he claims to have already sent the tape recordings to . and turn back . The following day , in Chicago , learns that has flown home to fight for custody of her daughter , having asked to drive home . gives her a letter from . Back at home , telephones , but knowing that she risks losing custody of if she continues her relationship with , hangs up . 
 creates a portfolio of her photographs and gets a job at The New York Times . In the meantime , has been seeing a psychotherapist as a condition of the divorce settlement . During a confrontational meeting in mid - April with divorce lawyers , suddenly admits to the truth of what the tapes contain , and refuses to deny her sexuality . She tells that he can have custody , but demands regular visitation even if it has to be supervised . 
 writes to , and they meet in the lounge of the Ritz Tower Hotel . reveals she is going to work for a furniture house , and has taken an apartment on Madison Avenue . declines 's invitation to live with her . tells that she is meeting associates in the Oak Room , and that if she changes her mind they can have dinner . remains still and whispers " I love you . " They are interrupted by , a colleague who has not seen in months , and departs . 
 accepts 's ride to a party , but finds that she can not connect with anyone . heads to the Oak Room . She scans the diners and sees at a table . hesitates , before walking towards . Their eyes meet . gazes at with a smile that slowly grows .

Director: Todd Haynes
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler

( ) , an American soldier serving in Afghanistan , is captured by terrorists and forced to witness the execution of his comrade , ( ) . 
 ( ) is a Diplomatic Security Service agent working for the American Embassy in London , who began working in the government after most of her friends were killed in 9/11 . While she is implementing new , more stringent rules for visa applications of potential terrorist suspects , most of her team are killed while at a restaurant for the birthday of their superior , ( ) . is 's father , and is being blackmailed under threat of 's death . He is delayed attending the party when he returns to his desk to delete records of the visas he has approved for terrorists entering the United States . survives the bombing when she leaves the restaurant to get a last - minute present for . 
 An investigation into the attack reveals that the bomb has traces of chromium , leading her superior at the embassy , ( ) , to deduce that the perpetrator was the ' Watchmaker ' ( ) , one of the world 's most wanted killers , known for his precision work , who detonated a bomb with similar traces in Paris two years earlier . Nobody knows the 's appearance , as he has had lots of plastic surgery over the years . 's subsequent attempts to find out the cause of the explosion reveal that was being blackmailed to let certain visa applicants through after 's capture , and the man behind the attack was indeed the . Her efforts uncover a plan to detonate another bomb at Times Square in New York City during the New Year 's Eve celebrations . 
 As she carries out her own investigation , she is attacked by , unintentionally killing him in self - defense . She is later classified , through witnesses and footage , as a suspect for the attacks by the others at the embassy and even the British TV Network , forcing her to sneak back into the embassy to create false passports for herself to follow the to New York , with support from and her friend ( ) , the only two people who believe in her innocence . 
 Meanwhile , the Watchmaker uses a Steyr HS .50 cal sniper rifle to fire an incendiary round into a sphere filled with explosive gas atop a vacant block of apartments in Tower Hamlets . The building is devastated . Later , the Watchmaker reveals that he is aware that his client 's purpose for the Times Square attack is not terrorism but financial . He intends to bet against the stock market and make millions when the stock market reopens . The Watchmaker demands half the profits , threatening to cancel the attack , and the client agrees . 
 The Watchmaker leaves for New York . Dr ( ) , is motivated to avenge his late wife 's death when her visa to the U.S. was delayed and she did n't receive emergency medical treatment in time . In New York , he coordinates filling the New Year 's Eve ball with explosive gas . The Watchmaker 's job is to shoot the sphere and ignite the gas . meets the Watchmaker on top of a high rise a few blocks from Times Square . The Watchmaker kills , removing any connection back to him . deduces the plot and finds the Watchmaker , moments away from triggering the bomb . After a struggle , she manages to throw the Watchmaker off the side of the building . He falls to his death on the stroke of midnight . Her suspicion about is vindicated and her name is cleared . She receives a call from , who has recovered from recent injuries , congratulating her .

Director: James McTeigue
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan, Dylan McDermott, Angela Bassett, Robert Forster

In 1963 , at the height of the Cold War , professional thief - turned CIA agent extracts , daughter of Dr. , an alleged Nazi scientist - turned United States collaborator at the end of World War II , from East Berlin , evading KGB operative . He later reports to his superior , , who reveals that 's maternal uncle works in a shipping company owned by and , a wealthy Nazi sympathizer couple who intend to use to build their own private nuclear weapon and give it to lingering Nazi elements . Due to the potentially world - ending nature of this crisis , the CIA and KGB have reluctantly teamed up , and and are ordered to stop the from succeeding , with both men secretly assigned to steal research for their respective governments . 
 The trio travels to Rome , where and reluctantly pose as an engaged couple , and Solo pretends to be an antiquities dealer . deduces they are being monitored and instructs not to defend himself from muggers so as to preserve this cover . Despite their hostilities towards each other , heeds his advice and does not react when his father ’s prized watch is stolen . Later , at an auto racing event promoted by the , and flirt with and to obtain information about . Meanwhile , acquires evidence the were recently exposed to radiation , indicating that their weapon is near completion . 
 and begrudgingly join forces to break into a Vinciguerra shipping yard , in which they find traces of uranium . After accidentally setting off the alarm , they escape into the water but find their way blocked . During a scuffle with the guards , nearly drowns . escapes but surprises himself by returning to save . Although a suspicious pursues them with her henchmen , and manage to slip past into their own rooms undetected . and spend the night together . The following day , meets with and to discuss a job , but unexpectedly betrays and to them . escapes but is drugged and captured by and taken to a nearby warehouse . There , , who is revealed as an infamous Nazi war criminal , tortures in an electric chair . is rescued by , who tortures . reveals that the weapon is hidden in an island fortress where has been reunited with her father . The chair malfunctions and is killed . and travel to the fortress . 
 To protect , Dr. pretends to resume work on the weapon but intends to sabotage it . quickly sees through this deception , and has imprison as an incentive . kills him as soon as he has finished the weapon . 
 Meanwhile , and are approached by , a high - ranking MI6 operative who reveals that is an undercover agent under his employment . He and members of the Special Boat Service help and infiltrate the 's compound . attempts to escape with and the warhead , but is intercepted and killed . retrieves the disc with ’s research , but the warhead was taking with him was a non - nuclear secondary missile . has left undetected on another boat with the real warhead . is able to contact via radio and keep her on the line long enough for to locate her and launch a homing missile , destroying the nuclear weapon and the boat , with on board . 
 confronts in his hotel room , intending to kill him and steal the disc for the Soviet Union , but changes his mind when Solo produces 's father ’s stolen watch . They instead share a drink on the terrace and burn the contents of the disk , so as to not give either of their countries the upper hand in the arms race . Reuniting with and , they are told that the trio has been reassigned to a new international organization under 's command . gives them a new mission in Istanbul under a new codename : U.N.C.L.E ..

Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, Jared Harris, Hugh Grant

47 ( ) is an " agent " , a genetically enhanced supersoldier created decades ago by Doctor ( ) , a skilled Ukrainian geneticist who had a crisis of conscience and disappeared before the Agent project 's completion , leaving behind his daughter ( ) . 47 works as a hitman for the ICA ( International Contracts Agency ) and has spent the last few years tracking down as a means to find her father . His most recent targets were mercenaries led by ( ) who have been trying to find in order to recreate the agent program for their own means . 
 , living in Berlin , has worked tirelessly to find her father , and is plagued by overwhelming anxiety and an acute awareness of everything around her , being able to see and hear things well outside a person 's normal sensory radius . is approached at a subway station by a man calling himself ( ) . He tells her that is on his way to kill her , and offers her protection , while alluding that he has information about her father . finds and attacks the pair , who are able to escape , but not before grazes 's arm with a sniper bullet . and hide out in a hotel room where the former explains that he is an operative for a corporation known as Syndicate International , and shows him her map of clues to finding her father . asks to tell her whatever he knows about her father . responds with 's age , medical condition ( rheumatoid arthritis ) and that he speaks several different languages - including Tamil which is quite uncommon . He also says that he has stage 3 lung cancer . With these facts , figures out that her father would be living in a country which has a warm climate where orchids can grow , has Tamil as one of its official languages and where advanced medical treatments are available . Just as she is about to determine the country , 47 bursts through the door , shoots in the chest , and knocks unconscious . Elsewhere , 's handler ( ) contacts another Agent with a contract . 
 Once awakens , explains to her that she too , is an agent , only is more advanced than even 47 himself ( he even explains that her real name is " quatre - vingt - dix " ; which is French for " 90 " ) . He shows her how to use her heightened senses in combat , as the two fight against Syndicate forces . They are confronted by , who is revealed to have surgically implanted subdermal body armor , making him impervious to gunshots . Despite all these , is not all pleased for being chosen to be a killing machine . demands to know 's location . After a brief fight , 47 and manage to escape . makes 47 promise that he wo n't harm her father and finally reveals 's location : Singapore . 
 Once there , they find , who frequently needs an inhaler to breathe . He apologizes to for abandoning her , saying that he only wanted to keep her safe . He refers to 47 as her " brother " , saying that he had left her with family after all . Just then , Syndicate soldiers attack the group and they are forced to flee . During the escape , is captured by the Syndicate but not before being slipped an explosive - rigged inhaler by 47 . 
 At Syndicate International headquarters , tortures under the supervision of syndicate director ( ) . still refuses to reopen the Agent program , while exposing 's plan to not make Agents as assassins , but as soldiers in a war against the ICA . It is also implied that and knew each other in the past as rivals . While crashes a helicopter into the building , 47 infiltrates the headquarters disguised as a firefighter . The two fight their way through Syndicate security forces , and 47 is once again confronted by . With being impervious to bullets , defeats by electrocuting him . On the rooftop , and fight their way through the last of the Syndicate 's security , but not before escapes in a helicopter with . In mid - air , detonates the inhaler given to him by 47 , ensuring that the syndicate will not come after . then calls and confirms his first target ( ) has been eliminated . When asks about the second target ( implied to be ) , drops his phone off the side of the building . As the two prepare to leave , they are confronted by Agent 48 , an exact look - alike of Agent 47 , who tells them " says ' Hello ' " before a gun battle begins between them . 
 A mid - credits scene shows the electrocuted body of , now with white hair and a ghostly pale complexion , as he jolts awake .

Director: Aleksander Bach
Cast: Rupert Friend, Hannah Ware, Zachary Quinto, Ciarán Hinds

Decades after being launched into space , a space probe containing information about the human race and a map to Earth is found by four aliens that make up the " galactic council " . They debate on whether to destroy the earth or make humanity a member of the council , instead relying on " standard galactic protocol " to decide . They will give one human ( chosen at random ) the ability to do absolutely anything he or she wants . After ten days , if the powers have been used for good , the Aliens will spare earth and make humanity a member of the council . If the powers are used for evil , Earth will be destroyed for the moral improvement of the galaxy . 
 The human is chosen and revealed to be ( ) a secondary school teacher who is both struggling at his job , due to the Headmaster , Mr. ( ) ; and with his lack of a girlfriend , although he has a crush on author agency employee , ( ) , who lives underneath him in the apartment block . At first , oblivious to the powers he has , accidentally causes an alien spaceship to destroy a classroom within the school , killing the entire class in the process . The galactic council scolds the alien that blew up the classroom , who responds by saying that out of the millions of species the council has evaluated , none have ever passed and all have been destroyed . 
 Perplexed and anxious , goes home and slowly realises he can do anything after causing his dog , 's waste to clean itself up , and causing spilt whisky to flow out of the drain and back into the bottle . He asks that " everyone who died come back to life " and unknowingly causes everyone who has ever died ever to be resurrected , resulting in a zombie apocalypse , he reverses this and asks that the explosion never happened , sending himself back in time to the previous day . He then confirms his suspicions by causing the PE teacher Miss ( ) to worship his friend , ( ) whereas before , she was repulsed by him . 
 Over the coming days , uses his power for personal gain by giving himself a more muscular body , increasing his penis size , making Mr. be nice to him and giving the ability to speak ( voice of ) . One night , the galactic power the aliens possess fails momentarily , meaning can not do anything . This happens just as asks that be madly in love with him , and coincidentally a drunk knocks at his door at that moment , after being encouraged to sleep with by a friend . They spend the night together as a result and are seen by Colonel ( ) , an American soldier who has been stalking . 
 The next day , goes to 's apartment to speak to him , where shouts from the kitchen that he loves and he should " Shag the Bitch ! " . Disgusted and now thinking that is gay , storms out with chasing after her . appears and states that Miss does n't worship him romantically , she actually thinks he is a god and has formed a religion based on him . That night , returns home to find Colonel waiting in her apartment for her , and she locks him in . appears and offers to cook dinner for her , which she accepts . crashes the meal and storms out due to the two fighting , incapacitates by breaking then fixing his arm and then convinces that he has powers . Grant knocks unconscious and kidnaps him and , when wakes up , forces him to grant a list of selfish and pointless wishes , threatening to shoot if refuses . 
 and track down to the apartment is renting and rescue , but not before makes fall madly in love with . When free , reverses all of the wishes he granted and also stops Miss from worshipping . Upon getting home , angrily tells that she could never love anyone who could make her do whatever they wanted , whenever they wanted to do it . Disheartened , decides to use his powers to solve the world 's problems ; he gives everyone in the world as much food as they want , he gives everyone in the world their own dream house , and removes any reason for anyone to go to war . 
 However , this soon backfires when worldwide obesity rates rise , every piece of uninhabited land in the world is developed on , and several countries declare war on each other for no reason at all . Disillusioned , goes to Hammersmith Bridge with the intention of committing suicide , but as he jumps into the River Thames , jumps in after him and is forced to swim them both out of the river . Sitting on a bench on Hampstead Heath overlooking London , says that should give the power to him , as he never thinks of anything selfish and he loves taking orders , which happily does . 
 Meanwhile , the aliens finish their evaluation and decide that Earth is not worthy , revealing that they view greedy and evil acts as strong and thoughtful acts as weak . They therefore decide to destroy the planet , but just before they can , asks that the source of the power be destroyed , causing a laser beam shooting towards Earth to bounce back to the alien 's ship , killing them all and destroying the galactic power . Full of confidence and excitement for not having the powers any more , asks out , which she agrees to .

Director: Terry Jones
Cast: Simon Pegg, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Robin Williams

In 1912 , is a 24 - year - old laundry worker . While delivering a package , she is caught up in a suffragette protest which includes her workmate , . 
 , the wife of an MP , encourages women from the laundry to testify to a Parliamentary committee . offers but is beaten by her abusive husband and testifies . The women later learn , at a public announcement , that the vote is not to be extended . is caught up in the protest , arrested , and jailed for a week . While in jail , she meets , a confidante of . 
 faces stigma from neighbours and workmates . She tells her husband that she will stay away from the suffragettes but attends a secret rally to hear speak . She has a brief exchange with . Again detained , she is taken home by police . This time , her husband throws her out . struggles to see her son , continuing to work until her picture is published as a known suffragette . is then sacked and , past breaking point , she burns the hand of her male supervisor , who has been sexually abusing girls in the laundry for years , including when she was younger , and , 's daughter . The police are called , and Inspector allows to leave , offering her an opportunity to act as an informer . refuses . 
 continues to prevent from seeing their son , . This prompts into more radicalism in favour of women 's rights . She learns that has offered for adoption . becomes more radical and is involved in bombing pillar boxes and cutting telegraph wires . She and her comrades are imprisoned after they blow up an empty Parliamentary residence . In prison , goes on hunger strike and is subjected to brutal force - feeding . 
 The suffragettes feel that they must do still more to gain attention . They decide to attend the Derby when King will be in attendance , planning to step in front of the cameras and unfurl their banners . Before they go , hands a copy of Dreams ( 1890 ) , a book by that has been passed from one suffragette to another . On the day of the Derby , only and attend . They are barred from the area near the King , but decides that they must carry on anyway . While the race is underway , runs onto the track , stepping in front of Anmer , the King 's horse , and witnesses her being trampled to death . After returning to London , retrieves 's daughter , , from the laundry , and takes her to the home of , who agrees that can work there instead . later joins in 's funeral procession . The film ends by stating that 's funeral was reported around the world ; and that women over 30 in the UK were given the right to vote in 1918 , rights over their own children in 1925 , and the same voting rights as men in 1928 . Scrolling text lists countries that preceded Britain in giving women the vote and others that did so later .

Director: Sarah Gavron
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep, Helena Bonham Carter, Ben Whishaw, Brendan Gleeson, Romola Garai

In mid-1920s Copenhagen , portrait artist asks her husband , popular landscape artist , to stand in for a female model who is late to come to their flat to pose for a painting she 's working on . 
 The act of posing as a female figure unmasks 's life - long identification as a woman , who names herself . This sets off a progression , first tentative and then irreversible , of leaving behind the identity as , which she has struggled to maintain all her life . This takes place as both and relocate to Paris ; 's portraits of in her feminine state attract serious attention from art dealers in a way that her previous portraiture had not . It is there that tracks down art dealer , a childhood friend of ( whom had kissed when they were young ) . and 's mutual attraction is a challenge , as is navigating her changing relationship to ; but ' long - time friendship with and affection for cause him to be supportive of both and . 
 As 's continued existence presenting as male becomes too much to bear , she starts to seek help from psychologists , but none yields any result , and , in one instance , almost leads her into being committed to an asylum . Eventually , at 's recommendation , and meet Dr. . Dr. explains that he has met several people like her , who are physically male but identify as female , and proposes a new , innovative and controversial solution : male to female sex reassignment surgery . This would entail a two - part procedure that involves first removing 's external genitalia and then , after a period of recovery , fashioning a vagina . He warns and that it is a very dangerous operation that has never been attempted before , and would be one of the first to undergo it . immediately agrees and , soon after , travels to Germany to begin the surgery . 
 eventually dies of complications from the surgery . The film ends with and on a hilltop back in Denmark , in front of the five trees had painted . The scarf that had originally given , and that had subsequently been given back and forth several times , is carried away on the wind , dancing .

Director: Tom Hooper
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Alicia Vikander, Ben Whishaw, Sebastian Koch, Amber Heard, Matthias Schoenaerts

The film opens in Nairobi , Kenya , where , a young girl , twirls a hula hoop made by her father in their backyard . 
 British Army Colonel wakes up early in the morning and hears that an undercover British / Kenyan agent has been murdered by the Al - Shabaab group . From Northwood Headquarters she takes command of a mission to capture three of the ten highest - level Al - Shabaab leaders , who are meeting in a safehouse in Nairobi . These include a British couple , ( based on ] ) and her husband . 
 A multinational team works on the capture mission , linked together by video and voice systems . Aerial surveillance is provided by a USAF MQ-9 Reaper drone controlled from Creech Air Force Base in Nevada by USAF pilot , 2d Lt . Undercover Kenyan field agents , including , use short - range ornithopter and insectothopter cameras to link in ground intelligence . Kenyan special forces are positioned nearby to make the arrest . Facial recognition to identify human targets is done at Joint Intelligence Center Pacific at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii . The mission is supervised in the United Kingdom by a COBRA meeting that includes British Lieutenant General , two full government ministers and a ministerial under - secretary . 
 discovers that the three high - level targets are now arming two suicide bombers ( one is American ) for what is presumed to be an attack on a civilian target . Powell decides that the imminent bombing changes the mission objective from " capture " to " kill " . She informs drone pilot to prepare a precision Hellfire missile attack on the building , and solicits the opinion of her British Army legal counsel . To her frustration , her counsel advises her to seek approval from superiors . asks permission from the COBRA members . Citing conflicting legal and political views and contrasting the tactical value of the assassination with the negative publicity of killing civilians and the status of some of the targets as American or British nationals , they fail to reach a decision and refer the question up to the UK Foreign Secretary , presently on a trade mission to Singapore . He does not offer a definite answer and defers to the US Secretary of State , presently on a cultural exchange in Beijing , who immediately declares the American suicide bomber an enemy of the state . The Foreign Secretary then insists that COBRA take due diligence to minimise collateral damage . 
 , who lives next door , is now near the target building selling her mother 's bread . The senior military personnel argue the risk of letting three high - level terrorist leaders , and two real - time suicide bombers , leave the house . The lawyers and politicians involved in the chain of command argue the personal , political and legal merits of and justification for launching a Hellfire missile attack in a friendly country not at war with the US or UK , with the significant risk of collateral damage . and his enlisted sensor operator , , can see the more direct risk of little selling bread outside the targeted building , and they seek to delay firing the missile until she moves . 
 is directed to try and buy all of 's bread so she will leave , but after paying her his cover is blown and he is forced to flee . retrieves the bread he dropped and sits down to sell it a second time . 
 Seeking authorisation to execute the strike , orders her risk - assessment officer to find parameters that will let him quote a lower 45 % risk of civilian deaths . He re - evaluates the strike point and assesses the probability of 's death at 45–65 % . She makes him confirm only the lower figure , and then reports this up the chain of command . The strike is authorised , and fires a missile . The building is destroyed , with injured but unconscious . However , also survived . is ordered to fire a second missile , which strikes the site just as 's parents reach her . Her parents suffer some injuries and rush to a hospital , where she dies . 
 In the London situation room , the under - secretary tearfully berates for killing from the safety of his chair . counters that she watched while having coffee and biscuits , whereas he has been on the ground at five suicide bombings and adds : " Never tell a soldier that he does not know the cost of war . " 
 The end credits begin rolling back to the beginning of the movie , with shown twirling her hula hoop .

Director: Gavin Hood
Cast: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi

At the turn of the twentieth century , is a struggling and indigent citizen in the city of Madras in India working at menial jobs at the edge of poverty . While performing his menial labor , his employers notice that he seems to have exceptional skills at mathematics and they begin to make use of him for rudimentary accounting tasks . It becomes equally clear to his employers , who are college educated , that 's mathematical insights exceed the simple accounting tasks they are assigning to him and soon they encourage him to make his personal writings in mathematics available to the general public and to start to contact professors of mathematics at universities by writing to them . One such letter is sent to , a famous mathematician at University of Cambridge , who begins to take a special interest in ] 
 at this time also marries while performing his menial labor and sending out his first publications . soon invites him to come to Cambridge to test 's mettle as a potential theoretical mathematician . is overwhelmed by the opportunity and decides to pursue 's offer to visit Cambridge University even though this means he must leave his wife for an extended period . He parts lovingly with his wife and promises to keep up his correspondence with her . 
 Upon arrival at Cambridge , is met with various forms of racial prejudice and finds his adjustment to England to be more difficult than expected , though is much impressed by the potential abilities which begins to put into real evidence during their contact with one another . remains concerned about 's ability to communicate effectively due to 's lack of experience in writing proofs , but with perseverance he manages to get published in a major journal.[10 ] In the meantime , finds out that he suffers from tuberculosis and his frequent letters home to his wife remain unanswered after many months . continues to see much more promise in , however he remains unaware of the personal difficulties his student is having with his housing and with his lack of contact with his family back home in India . 's health worsens while he continues delving into deeper and more profound research interests in mathematics under the guidance of and others at Cambridge . 
 His wife , after much elapsed time , wonders why she has not heard from and eventually discovers that his mother has been intercepting his letters . While still in England , takes special efforts to get 's now recognizably exceptional mathematical skills to be fully accepted by his university by nominating for fellowship at Cambridge University . At first fails for reasons related to university politics and recurrent ethnic prejudice at the university at the time of World War I. By later gaining the support of key members of the faculty , then again nominates for fellowship and he is accepted as a Fellow of the Royal Society and then as a Fellow of Trinity College . is eventually reunited with his family in India though his declining health , which suffered from poor housing and harsh winter weather in England , ultimately takes its toll and leads to his premature demise all too soon after gaining recognition as a mathematician of international merit and importance .

Newborn ( ) is left by his mother ( ) on the steps of an orphanage in London , an establishment under the care of Mother ( ) . Several years later , during World War II , upon learning that Mother is hoarding food for herself , and his best friend ( ) try to steal it to distribute among themselves and the other orphans but they are caught . In the process , finds a letter written by his mother , declaring her love and assuring they will meet again " in this world or another " . 
 In retaliation for the boys ' mischief , Mother summons pirates who kidnap , and several others . manages to escape but does not . He is captured and taken aboard a flying pirate ship . Following an aerial battle with several Spitfires the ship takes to Neverland , a magical realm beyond space and time , where he is forced to become a slave laborer and mine for Pixum ( crystallized Fairy Dust ) on behalf of the terrible pirate ( ) who uses it to prevent himself from aging . befriends another miner , named ( ) . After insulting 's men , is forced to walk the plank over the deep mine , but survives by flying . then tells about an old prophecy involving a boy who could fly who would one day kill him , but refuses to believe he is that boy . 
 joins and his accomplice , ( ) , stealing one of 's flying ships and escapes into the forest . There they are found by the native chief 's daughter ( ) and nearly executed but then Chief Great Little Panther ( ) notices 's pan flute pendant , left to him by , which is said to belong to their people 's greatest hero , the legendary Pan . Using the Memory Tree , tells that many years ago when the natives and the fairies united to fight together against the pirates under , the Fairy Prince and the love of 's life , , fell in love but when discovered them , the Prince took human form to rescue . But as fairies could live in human form for only one day , the Prince sacrificed his life for . was then forced to hide their newborn son in the other world on Earth and seek shelter in the Fairy Kingdom when she and the fairies had to retreat . As part of his half - fairy heritage , has the ability to fly , but is unable to do so because of his lack of faith . 
 Fearful of 's punishment , betrays the natives ' location to him , and in the ensuing battle , Chief Great Little Panther is murdered by , who also reveals that he killed 's mother . is hurt to learn that had lied to Peter , telling him his mother is still alive but she explains that he would have walked away from his destiny if he knew the truth . 
 , , and escape in a raft and head to the Fairy Kingdom to enlist their help in defeating the pirates . Along the way , falls into the river and is nearly eaten by giant crocodiles before being rescued by the mermaids , after which he has a vision of accidentally killing as she defended the Fairy Kingdom from his offensive . Despondent over their chances , leaves while and arrive at the Fairy Kingdom alone , only to be ambushed by who plans to use the fairies ' vast amount of Pixum to live forever . takes 's pan flute pendant , which is the key to the fairy kingdom , opens their gates and launches an attack . 
 escapes and befriends one of the fairies , named . Together , they rally the rest of the Neverland fairies to fight the pirates while Tiger duels . returns on the stolen ship and fights 's right - hand man ( ) until the ship tips over , sending both falling to their deaths . conquers his fears and flies to save , while and his men are overpowered by the fairies . Forced into an abyss , they subsequently fall to their deaths . is the sole survivor having fled during the battle . then sees a vision of , who reaffirms him to be Neverland 's savior : . 
 Shortly afterwards , and , now the captain of the Jolly Roger , return to London to rescue and the other orphans , who become part of 's crew , the Lost Boys . In the ironic final scene , and reaffirm their friendship , certain that nothing will ever go wrong between them .

Director: Joe Wright
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Garrett Hedlund, Rooney Mara, Amanda Seyfried

In Akron , Ohio , 24 - year - old and her 5 - year - old son live in a squalid shed they call Room . They share a bed , toilet , bathtub , television , and rudimentary kitchen ; the only window is a skylight . They are captives of a man they call " Old " , 's biological father , who abducted seven years prior and routinely rapes her while sleeps in the closet . She tries to stay optimistic for her son , but suffers from malnutrition and depression . She allows to believe that only Room and its contents are real , and that the rest of the world exists only on television . 
 Old tells that he has lost his job and threatens that he may not be able to afford their supplies in the future . That night , is overcome with curiosity and ventures out of the closet while Old is asleep in bed with his mother . is horrified when she awakens and sees their interaction , slapping Old away . As punishment , he cuts their heat and power . decides to tell about the outside world ; he reacts with disbelief and incomprehension , but also curiosity . She has fake a fever , hoping that Old will take him to a hospital where he can alert the authorities , but Old says he will return the following day with antibiotics . 
 wraps in a carpet and has him play dead in the hope that Old will remove him from Room . Falling for the ruse , Old places in the back of his pickup truck and drives through a residential neighborhood . Although stunned by his first exposure to the outside world , jumps from the truck and attracts the attention of a passerby . The police arrive and rescue him . The police discover as well , and take her and to a hospital . Old is captured and imprisoned . 
 Reunited with her family , learns her parents have divorced and that her mother has a new partner , . She returns with to her childhood home where her mother and reside . Her father can not accept as his grandchild and leaves . struggles to adjust to life in the larger world , speaking only to his mother and expressing a desire to return to Room . struggles with anger and depression , lashing out at her mother and becoming worried about 's lack of interaction with " real " things . At the suggestion of the family ’s lawyer , agrees to a television interview , but becomes upset when the interviewer questions her decision to keep the newborn instead of asking Old to take him to a hospital . Overwhelmed with guilt , she attempts suicide ; finds her unconscious in the bathroom , and she is admitted to a hospital . 
 misses his mother but begins to settle into his new life . He bonds with his new family , meets 's dog and makes friends with a boy his age . Believing his long hair will give the strength she needs to recover , has his grandmother cut it for him so he can send it to her . returns home and apologizes , thanking for saving her life again . At 's request , they visit Room one last time , escorted by police . is confused ; he feels it has shrunk and that it is a different place with the door open . He and say their goodbyes to Room and leave .

Cast: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, Sean Bridgers, Tom McCamus, Amanda Brugel, Joe Pingue, Cas Anvar

Down - on - his - luck Alpha Trax train guard ( ) arrives at Waterloo Station in time to start his shift on one of the overnight passenger train , which is scheduled to depart London at midnight under a full moon . A group of passengers is introduced , consisting of ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) , ( ) and ( ) and his wife ( ) . While he checks the passengers for tickets , he meets his unrequited love , the tea - trolley girl , ( ) , who consoles him for being turned down for a promotion . An hour after departure , the train is travelling through a remote and forested part of the English countryside , in a mobile communication " dead zone " . Here the train is forced to undergo an emergency brake to prevent a derailment when a deer runs onto the track . The train driver ( ) goes outside to remove the body of the deer from the undercarriage . Whilst outside , gets the deer 's blood on him , and is suddenly eviscerated by a humanoid creature with phosphoric yellow eyes . 
 Meanwhile , the passengers inside the stranded Alpha Trax are all initially strangers , from different walks of British life , are passively - aggressive towards each other , and demand that get the train moving . The already strained situation is deepened when the train 's fuel lines are severed and the radio antenna gets destroyed in a series of attacks , and subsequently the passengers are cut off from the rest of the world . After discovers that is missing , he tries to convince everyone to remain calm , but convinces everyone that the best choice is to disembark and walk towards the nearest station . leads the group away from the train , but soon discovers the disemboweled body of . They all immediately rush back into the train as the howls begin . is bitten by the werewolf as they try to drag her into the safety of the train . The group scramble to help , then sit around debating what it could have been that attacked and wounded . goes to check on when the werewolf attempts to get in through the door . Suddenly 's phone begins to ring , and just as she answers it the werewolf smashes through a window , grabbing her and dragging her through much to 's horror as is heard screaming from the roof of the train and blood begins to pour down a window . 
 recalls a similar event happening in exactly the same spot - the Great Thornton Forest Rail Crash of 1963 - whereby all the passengers were found disemboweled and partially eaten the following morning . He motivates the remaining passengers to reinforce all the windows in the cabin to help prevent further break - ins by the werewolves . is killed by the werewolf when it manages to break into the train , however it is killed by all of the other passengers fighting together . However , its deathcries manage to alert the rest of its nearby pack , who are now also drawn to the train . offers to help repair the train , and is accompanied by to act as a lookout . However , is distracted by calls for help , and wanders into the forest , only to be confronted and killed by three werewolves just when he discovers the half eaten body of up in a tree . manages to repair the train enough so that can start the train . However , with the werewolves circling the train , hides by pulling himself up into the undercarriage as the train starts moving . is thrown out of the train by and killed by the werewolves . While trying to hold on , accidentally pulls on the fuel line , which disables the train again . 
 Meanwhile , has transformed into a werewolf , kills , and is about to attack when she is killed by . As the other werewolves board the train , Adrian jumps off , leaving and to fend for themselves . arrives to help fend off the werewolves , but is eaten as and escape into the forest . With the werewolves in pursuit , decides to tell to keep running while he stands his ground to fight the werewolves . is overwhelmed by the werewolves while makes it to the safety of the nearest station . 
 The final scene shows wandering through the forest , and encountering , who has now fully transformed into a werewolf . then attacks off screen and presumably eats him .

Director: Paul Hyett
Cast: Ed Speleers, Sean Pertwee, Holly Weston, Shauna Macdonald, Elliot Cowan, Rosie Day, Calvin Dean, Duncan Preston, Ross Mullan

In 1984 , the Apple Macintosh 128 K 's voice demo fails less than an hour before its unveiling at Flint Center . Apple co - founder demands engineer fix it , threatening to publicly implicate him in the presentation 's credits if he does not . finally suggests faking the demo using the prototype Macintosh 512 K computer . 
 rants to marketing executive about a Time magazine article exposing his paternity dispute with ex - girlfriend – he denies he is the father of 's five - year - old daughter , . arrives with to confront him – she is bitter over his denials and his refusal to support her despite his wealth . bonds with over her MacPaint art and agrees to provide more money and a house . Apple co - founder asks to acknowledge the Apple II team in his presentation , but feels that mentioning the computer ( which he considers obsolete ) is unwise . 
 By 1988 , following the apparent failure of the Macintosh , has founded a new company , NeXT . Before the NeXT Computer launch at the War Memorial Opera House , he spends time with 9 - year - old , but his relationship with is still strained – he accuses her of irresponsible behavior and of using to get money from him . arrives and predicts the NeXT will be another failure . confronts him about his public criticism of him , and questions ' contributions to computing history . defends his role as that of a conductor , who directs " musicians " like . 
 Apple CEO demands to know why the world believes he fired – was actually forced out by the Apple board , who were resolute on updating the Apple II following the Macintosh 's lackluster sales . lambasted the decision and dared them to cast a final vote on his tenure , despite 's warnings . After and discuss NeXT 's unclear direction , she realizes that has designed the computer to entice Apple to buy the company and reinstate him . 
 By 1998 , Apple has fired , purchased NeXT , and named CEO , and is about to unveil the iMac at Davies Symphony Hall . He is delighted by 's strong commercial forecasts , but furious that has allowed her mother to sell the house bought for them . reminds that he threatened to withhold 's college tuition – admits that he paid 's tuition and suggested she attend therapy . again asks that credit the Apple II team during the presentation , and again he refuses . 
 arrives in secret and the two make amends . and discuss ' life as an adopted child , and admits that his need for control stems from his feelings of powerlessness in being given up . At the behest of , apologizes to for his mistakes and accepts that he is her father , admitting that he is " poorly made " . watches her father take the stage to introduce the iMac .

Cast: Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels

Early 19th century England is beset by zombies ; the sisters — , , , , and — have all been trained in the art of weaponry and martial arts in China at their father 's behest so they can defend themselves from the zombies . Mrs. only wants to see her daughters married off to wealthy suitors . The attend a country dance also attended by Colonel and and . There , the young and handsome falls for . has inherited £ 100,000 ( £ 6.0 million today)—attracting Mrs. 's attention as a desirable suitor for her daughter . When zombies attack the ball , the sisters fight them off , and Colonel , a friend of 's and skilled zombie - killer , who was conversely trained in Japanese martial arts – with property that pays him £ 10,000 annually ( £ 600,000 today ) – becomes smitten with . On the way to the ' later , is attacked by a zombie and catches a fever . orders her confined in fear that she may have been bitten but she recovers . 
 The are visited by the overbearing Parson , who proposes to but states that she must give up her life as a warrior , something she refuses to do . meets a charming soldier named and arranges to meet him at another ball . She travels with him to a church that is filled with zombies who feed on pig brains instead of human brains , keeping their behaviour relatively normal . believes that with these new civilised zombies , humans can co - exist with them . He asks to elope but she backs off . learns that convinced the to leave to keep away from . When proposes to , having fallen in love with her , she expresses outrage at his actions and fights him . 
 later writes a letter to apologize . He reiterates that he separated Jane and for fear that only wanted to marry for his wealth – having overheard Mrs. drunkenly mention it . He also exposes 's true nature , he and were childhood friends but may have murdered 's father , squandered his inheritance , then tried to elicit additional money from 's estate ; when that failed , tried to elope with 's little sister , for her fortune . learns that has taken and London has been overrun with zombies . saves and learns that is using the ' civilised ' zombies to create a zombie army , which has overrun London based on 's planning and will rule the country . He stops him by giving the zombies human brains , which turns them savage . 
 While fighting , stabs 's chest , revealing him to have been undead all along , staying civilized by consuming pig brains . saves from being killed by . As the two ride across the bridge , the army destroys it to keep the zombies from crossing over from London . is injured in the explosion and tearfully admits her love for him . After recovers , he proposes to again and this time , she agrees . The two have a joint wedding with and . In a mid - credits scene , leads a horde of zombies toward the wedding celebration with the Four Horsemen of the Zombie Apocalypse riding behind him .

In south inner - city Dublin in 1985 , is struggling with his architecture practice and his marriage , and drinks and smokes to excess . At a family meeting , he announces that in order to save money he is taking his youngest son out of his expensive fee - paying school and moving him to a Christian Brothers school , Synge Street CBS , which asserts is of equally high repute . 's elder brother ribs him about the change as well as about the state of the family unit . 
 appears in school on the first day in his new uniform , but without the regulation black shoes . The school principal , takes him to task for this despite ’s pleas of being unable to afford new black shoes , eventually forcing him to complete the day shoeless . The shoe problem is resolved by painting the shoes black using paint from the art room . An encounter with the school bully , introduces to , an ally and budding entrepreneur . When tells the beautiful aspiring model , , in order to impress her , that he needs a model for a music video his band is making , agrees to manage the band and introduces him to multi - instrumentalist . 
 The band practise in 's living room , playing a bunch of 1980s covers . however has a sibling - induced epiphany when encourages him to drop the covers and develop the band 's own style . He begins writing original songs with . The band film their first music video for their song " The Riddle of the Model " , wearing a motley assortment of often comical costumes , with acting as ingenue and makeup artist . goes into school the next day wearing make up , he gets called into 's office and told to remove the makeup . refuses and as he walks away grabs him forcing him into the bathroom and forcibly removing the make up by pushing his face into a sink . gives his nickname " " , which she says is more in keeping with his new band 's image and the band continues to write and record new songs . After spending the day filming a music video for a new song , and kiss and exchange confidences . also manages to stand up to by pointing out the insignificance of his life as well as his own , which greatly upsets . 
 At home and 's marriage is falling apart , while and 's relationship blossoms . takes out to Dalkey Island in his granddad 's motor cruiser . Here they view the car ferry leaving Dún Laoghaire for Britain and discuss 's dream of leaving Ireland for London . 
 , , and the band then prepare to film a Back to the Future - inspired music video for their new song , " Drive It Like You Stole It " , but is disheartened when fails to show up . Later , she reveals that she was set to leave for London with her boyfriend that day , but he abandoned her . Deeply hurt by her lack of disclosure and becoming even more offended by her nonchalance , breaks up with . Because of the break - up , along with his family 's problems , finds difficulty in writing or playing music , but urges to carry on so that at least he can escape his small - town doldrums and make a better future for himself . An opportunity arises for the band to play live at an end of year party at school . manages to strike a friendship with , offering him the chance to be the band 's roadie and escape the physically and emotionally abusive relationship he has with his alcoholic father , which he accepts . 
 prepares a new song , " Brown Shoes " , mocking , which the band perform as an encore while distributing homemade masks of ’s face . arrives before the band finishes their song and reconciles with , and both of them leave the party and the school in uproar . After secretly saying his goodbyes to his family later that night , and persuade to drive them to Dalkey so they can escape in the motor cruiser and head to London . agrees and drives them to the harbour , where and exchange an emotional embrace . and sail out to sea , following the ferry across the rough Irish Sea to a new life in London . watches them disappear into the distance and cheers , overjoyed that his younger brother has left to go on to greater things .

Director: John Carney
Cast: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor

In 1973 , ten - year - old dreams of Olympic glory , practicing in various Olympic events and failing miserably . His mother unconditionally supports him , while his father constantly discourages him . As a young teen , he gives up his dream of participating in the Summer Games in favour of skiing in the Winter Games . Although successful at the sport , he is rejected by British Olympic officials for being uncouth . Realizing he could make the team as a ski jumper ( a sport in which the United Kingdom had not participated in six decades ) , he decamps to a training facility in Garmisch - Partenkirchen , Germany . The more seasoned jumpers , specifically those on the Norwegian team , belittle him . 
 He self - trains , and after successfully completing the 15 - metre ( 49   ft ) hill on his first try , he injures himself on his first try from a 40 - metre ( 130   ft ) hill . Alcoholic snow groomer encourages to give up , but 's tenacious spirit and shared feelings of ostracism by the other jumpers there convince him to train . is a former champion American ski jumper who left the sport in his 20s after a conflict with his mentor , famous ski jumper , which learns from , the kindly owner of a nearby tavern . With very little time to qualify for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , Alberta , and employ various unorthodox methods to condition and refine 's form , and he successfully completes the 40 m hill . 
 To qualify for the British Olympic division in ski jumping , only needs to complete a jump from a 70 - metre ( 230   ft ) hill in order to qualify for the Winter Olympics . Not long after , he manages to land the jump successfully , with a distance of 34 metres ( 112   ft ) , thus winning a place on the British Olympic Team . However , the officials , in an effort to keep from sullying the Winter Games with his amateurish skillset , decide to change the rules and demand that he jump at least 61 metres ( 200   ft ) . Though discouraged , decides to continue training and performs on a circuit , his jumps increasing in length each time , but unable to meet the Olympic requirements . During a practice jump at the final event before the cutoff date for qualification , he lands a 61 m jump exactly , but on his official jump , he falls and is disqualified . is devastated and resolves to return home to work with his father as a plasterer , but he receives a letter claiming that his qualifying practice jump is valid , and he happily tells that he 's eligible to compete in the Winter Olympics . tries to dissuade him , promising that he will make a complete fool of himself and his country if he goes , but is undeterred , noting that competing in the Olympics was always enough for him . 
 Upon arriving in Calgary , he receives instant scorn from the other British athletes , who get him drunk and nearly provoke him into fighting after he is subsequently absent from the opening ceremonies . Despite finishing last in the 70 m jump with 60.5 metres ( 198   ft ) , sets a British record . His triumphant celebrations win the audience over , and the media embrace him as " . Over the phone , criticises for not taking the sport seriously . publicly apologizes to the press for his antics , and wanting to ensure he does not leave the games as little more than a novelty , he enters the 90 - metre ( 300   ft ) jump , which he had never attempted before . decides to travel to the games and support him . After an encouraging conversation with his idol on the lift to the top of the hill , barely manages to land a 71.5 - metre ( 235   ft ) jump . Once again , he scores last in the event , but is nonetheless cheered by the audience as well as millions around the world , which includes a playful salute in the closing speech of the President of the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games , . British Olympic officials grudgingly accept him . 
 reconciles with , who was present , and returns home a national hero to the cheers of his fans at the airport , his mother rushes to him embracing him . And as looks to his father , he reveals a jumper declaring his support before then embracing as well .

The film is set in New York in 1929 . , a Scribner 's successful editor and discoverer of talented authors such as and , lives in a cottage just outside the city with his wife and five daughters . One day , in his office , he reads the drafts of O Lost , a novel by . Struck by the content , decides to publish it and begins to collaborate with the author . The novel is eventually published and proves to be a huge success : fifteen thousand copies sold in a single month . and become best friends , while 's relationship with , a married woman twenty years older than he , is severely tested after the publication of 's novel . manages to publish 's second novel , Of Time and the River , after exhausting revision work that lasts for years . The second novel is also a success . 
 Meanwhile , is in Paris where he follows the events remotely , thanks to news received from . Back in New York , he immediately goes to work , writing his new book . His turbulent character leads him to quarrel with , destroying the relationship between the two and making turn to another editor . finally leaves , because he is too self - absorbed and unable to care for others . After has reconciled himself with 's absence , a phone call comes from ' mother : has contracted milial tuberculosis . Despite surgery , shows no signs of improving . After a few weeks he dies , but before that he writes a letter to , reaffirming his immense affection for him .

Then film is set in the post - Stalinist Soviet Union . A young Soviet woman , , lost her parents during the Stalinist repressions . Though she pretends to be a communist , she hates the regime and spies for the Americans . Her friend , who is a spy , also helps her obtain important information for the Americans . As part of her next assignment , she meets the young and good - looking , who belongs to the Kremlin elite . In order to spy on him , ends up marrying but not everything is going to the plan . soon falls in love with , and plans to defect to the United States with him . However , just before her trip to the US , mysteriously vanishes . stays in America alone , and over the course of 30 years becomes a successful businessman in America . Many years afterwards , he visits a post - communist Russia seeking to solve 's disappearance . He and his niece work together , searching for clues . They meet , who has become an old alcoholic ; he tells them what really happened to .

Director: Shamim Sarif
Cast: Rebecca Ferguson, Sam Reid, Charles Dance

In a technologically advanced near future , , a cyborg working for Harbinger Corporation , discovers a reprogramming anomaly regarding a warfare A.I. system located at Harbinger I Training Facility , an undisclosed military training island . She meets with Captain and his team consisting of , , , , , and – all of whom have been assigned to a two - day training mission at Harbinger I. 
 Upon their arrival , the team notices global communications have been disabled , limiting them to local access only . They discover autonomously operating surveillance drones monitoring them . The team begins their mission of eliminating A.I. threats . The first encounter proves easy for the team as they eliminate A.I. drones from a vantage point . During the battle , discovers an advanced S.A.R. ( Study Analyze Reprogram ) unit , S.A.R.-003 , but is unable to access it . 
 That night , and discuss their pasts and ' disdain for her . Later that night , is killed by the S.A.R. unit . The next day , they discover 's body at the location of the first encounter . The drones take the team 's original vantage point and kill . They discover the A.I. is adapting and learning from them . flanks two drones , which immediately disperse . Later , the S.A.R. unit captures and has him shot and killed by another drone . The drones attack the group again and and are separated from , and . That night , the S.A.R. unit discovers and an unconscious ; it " connects " with and leaves . 
 The next day the team attempts to exit the training area , but they are attacked by smoke and gunfire . is shot and pinned down by the S.A.R. unit . kills as a coup de grace before the S.A.R. unit is able to . The team escapes into the barrier complex and discovers that the A.I. has killed all of the employees . activates another S.A.R. unit to learn that S.A.R-003 reprogrammed the A.I. to use lethal force to improve soldier motivation and has ordered the soldiers to Harbinger I on its own . S.A.R-003 and other units break through the barrier door as the remaining team escapes through the back . discovers an EMP device which can be used to stop the original S.A.R. unit but could also kill her or wipe her mind clean . 
 , , , and place explosives to prepare for a siege . The following day , A.I. drones attack the facility . The team wipes out more than half of the drones , but is killed in the ensuing gunfight . As S.A.R-003 approaches the team , detonates the EMP , incapacitating herself and the drone . The S.A.R. unit reawakens and attacks and . controls 's sniper rifle gun in the building to destroy the S.A.R. unit ; S.A.R. however uploads its program into Mills before it shuts down and loses consciousness . Hours later , a tiltrotor arrives to rescue the survivors . As and approaches the aircraft , reawakens with S.A.R-003 's mission protocol .

and are driving to meet two IRA members , and . On the way , tells that he was beaten up the previous day by the cousin of a woman he abused . The group meet outside a Boston warehouse , where they wait with intermediary . A representative arrives , , who leads them inside . The group is there to buy guns from arms dealer and his associates , , and . Despite tensions between the two groups and the fact that supplied the wrong weapons , ' group secure the weapons in a van and hand over the money in a briefcase . 
 notices that was the one who beat him up the day before , and refuses to go near him , irritating . eventually notices and lashes out at , furthering the tensions between the group . seemingly apologises , but then brags about what he did to 's cousin . Infuriated , shoots in the shoulder . Both groups split off and begin shooting at each other . , who was holding the briefcase , is grazed by a bullet in the head . The briefcase now lies in the open , with attempting to coerce one of his men to get it . 
 is shot in the back by and dies shortly after . Soon , two men with rifles begin shooting at both groups . One of them , , is killed , the other is recognised by as , who reveals that he was hired to kill everyone and take the money . Before can reveal who hired him , he is shot by 's group . , defending , requests that 's group let her go . crawls after her , intent on killing her . 
 As the shooting continues , a telephone rings in one of the offices . Realising that they can call for backup , sends the wounded to the office , which prompts a wounded to go after him . chases to the warehouse entrance , but she manages to kill him . As , , and engage in another shootout , kills after he is severely burned in a trap . 
 regains consciousness , and begins shooting at his own group . He reveals that and were working for him . He gets the briefcase , but dies from his injuries . After getting past and , gets to the office and kills . Using the phone to call his associates , is cut off by while distracts . Returning to the warehouse , takes 's rifle . 
 One of 's associates , , enters the warehouse in search of his IRA comrades , but is killed by . Taking the briefcase , attempts to escape in the van , but fires at him . runs over , but not before shoots him . The fire that caused spreads and the sprinklers come on . Exhausted and out of bullets , and agree to stop fighting , take the money , and attempt to escape before the inevitable arrival of the police . 
 shoots in the head , accidentally shooting as he was " in the way " . talks with , regretting having not known her better as he begins to succumb to his wounds . As walks to the warehouse entrance , red police lights are seen outside the warehouse , and she turns in shock as the sound of sirens becomes louder .

Cast: Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley, Armie Hammer, Cillian Murphy

In 1986 , , a five - year - old boy , lives with his elder brother , his mother and his younger sister in Khandwa , India . and steal coal from freight trains to trade for milk and food . One day , follows his brother to a job and they arrive at a nearby train station , where decides to stay back and take a nap . tries to wake him up , but is too tired . When does not return , searches for him and boards a train presuming is aboard . He falls asleep again in one of the compartments , and wakes up to find the train in motion . After several days , it arrives in faraway Calcutta , where he does not understand the local Bengali language . He stands at a ticket counter and tries to obtain a ticket home , but the attendant does not recognise the name of his village , which says is " Ginestalay".[4 ] He spends the night in the station with some streetchildren , but is then woken up and forced to run when a group of men try to kidnap them . 
 continues to wander around the city before coming across , a seemingly friendly woman who brings him back to her apartment . She tells that a man named will help him find his way home . runs away , sensing that and have sinister intentions , and escapes when she chases after him . After two months of living near the Howrah Bridge , is taken to the police by a young man . Unable to trace his family , they put him in an orphanage . Three months later , is introduced to Mrs. , who tells him she has placed an advertisement about him in several local newspapers , but no one has responded . She then tells him that an Australian couple is interested in adopting him . She begins to teach English and he moves to Hobart , Tasmania in 1987 , under the care of and , where he slowly starts to settle in . A year later , they adopt another boy , , who has trouble adjusting to his new home and suffers from rage and self - harm . 
 Twenty years later , , now a young man , moves to Melbourne to study hotel management . He starts a relationship with , an American student . During a meal with some Indian friends at their home , he comes across jalebi , a delicacy he remembers from his childhood . He confides that he is adopted , and his friends suggest he use Google Earth to search for his hometown in India . begins his search , but over time disconnects from , overwhelmed by the thought of emotions his family must have gone through when he was missing . 
 visits , whose health is deteriorating , and learns that she is not infertile , but had chosen to help others in need through adoption , believing that there were already too many people on Earth . spends a long time searching fruitlessly for his hometown . One evening , while scanning Google Earth , he notices the rock formations where his mother worked , and then finds the area where he lived : the Ganesh Talai neighbourhood of the Khandwa district . He finally tells his adoptive mother about his search , and she fully supports his efforts . 
 returns to his hometown , and with the help of a local English speaker , has an emotional reunion with his biological mother and sister . He also learns that is dead , killed by a train the same night that they were separated at the station as children . 's mother never gave up hope and believed that one day her missing son would return , and never moved away from the village . The film ends with captions about the real 's return to India in February 2012 . Photos of the real Australian family are shown , as well as footage of introducing to his biological mother in India , who deeply appreciates 's care for her son . later learned that he had been mispronouncing his own name , which was actually , meaning " lion " .

Director: Garth Davis
Cast: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara

The film details the marriage of and from the 1920s to the 1970s , as they live through extraordinary events occurring in that period .

is a homeless man and former heroin addict , living on the streets of London , and down to his last bits of change . After a life threatening , drug - related , incident , his support worker , , in an attempt to get him off the street , gets him into a council flat , and prescribes him on methadone . On his first night in his flat , discovers a cat rifling through his food . Assuming he had escaped from somewhere , tries to return the cat to his real owners . After letting him go , the same evening , the cat returns to 's flat , this time , with a purulent wound on his back leg . Worried , consults his animal - loving , but allergic , neighbour , . She informs of a local charity vet that she volunteers at , and names the cat . Waiting for a queue at the vet , misses a meeting with . After the appointment , later gets castrated and sets him free . However , keeps following into town , eventually drawing more crowds of people , making more wealthy , and he eventually decides to keep . becomes a tourist hotspot , and and start to become romantically attached . 
 One night , while returning home , finds his old friend , , unconscious on his flat estate , overdosed on heroin . later dies in hospital , and finds out that can not be around drug addicts , as her deceased brother had been one . On New Year 's Eve , makes an impromptu visit to his biological father , , his stepmother , , and his lost sisters , and . After destroys their living room , sends and out . 
 One day , while busking , gets into an argument with a yob , causing the crowd to get in a brawl with the man and getting arrested for it . After being found innocent , he is prohibited from busking for 6 months . While in the chemist , receiving his methadone , Betty notices him . and argue and go their separate ways . Later on , visits the offices of The Big Issue to make some more money for him and . He regains his popularity with tourists by selling The Big Issue . After being accused of illegally selling magazines on another vendor 's patch , and are banned for a whole month . After going back in business , gets into an argument with a woman trying to buy off him , losing in the scuffle . does not return for a few days , leaving devastated . After returns , feels he is ready to come off the methadone . After a week of withdrawal symptoms , awakes , clean and healthy . A journalist , , requests to write a book about and after his Internet and media popularity , and agrees . then fixes up his relationship with his father , and his life turns around for the better .

Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Luke Treadaway, Ruta Gedmintas, Joanne Froggatt

In 1926 , British wizard and " magizoologist " arrives by ship to New York en route to Arizona . He encounters , a No - Maj woman who heads the New Salem Philanthropic Society . As listens to her speech about how witches and wizards are real and dangerous , a escapes from 's magically expanded suitcase , which houses various magical creatures . As attempts to capture the , he meets No - Maj cannery worker and aspiring baker , and they unwittingly swap suitcases . Demoted Auror arrests for the chaos caused by the and takes him to the Magical Congress of the United States of America ( MACUSA ) headquarters , hoping to regain her former position . However , as 's suitcase contains only baked goods , is released . At 's tenement apartment , several creatures escape from 's suitcase . 
 After and find and the suitcase , takes them to her apartment and introduces them to , her sister . and are mutually attracted , though American wizards are forbidden to marry or even meet No - Majs . takes inside his magically expanded suitcase , where encounters a contained Obscurus , a parasite that develops inside magically gifted children if they suppress their magical abilities . extracted it from a young girl who died , those afflicted rarely living past the age of ten . persuades to help search for the missing creatures . After re - capturing two of the three escaped beasts , they re - enter the suitcase , which returns to MACUSA . Officials arrest them , believing one of 's beasts to be responsible for killing Senator Director of Magical Security accuses of conspiring with the infamous dark wizard , and decides to destroy 's suitcase and erase 's recent memories of magic . and are sentenced to immediate death , but and rescue them , and they escape after retrieving 's suitcase . Following a tip from 's old goblin informant , the foursome find and re - capture the last of the creatures . 
 Meanwhile , approaches adopted son and offers to free him from his abusive mother . In exchange , wants to find an Obscurus , which he believes has caused the mysterious destructive incidents around the city . finds a wand under his adopted sister 's bed . assumes it is 's wand , but says it is hers . When is about to be punished , the kills and her eldest daughter . arrives , and after leads him to , whom he assumes is the 's host , he dismisses as being a Squib and refuses to teach him magic . reveals he is the real host , having lived longer than any other host due to the intensity of his magic . In a fit of rage , transforms and attacks the city . 
 finds hiding in a subway tunnel , but he is attacked by . , who knows , arrives and attempts to calm him , while tries to convince to listen to him . As begins to settle into human form , Aurors arrive and apparently disintegrate him to protect the magical society ; however , a tiny Obscurus fragment escapes . admits to unleashing the to expose the magical community to the No - Majs and framing for it , and angrily claims that MACUSA protects the No - Majs more than themselves . After being subdued by one of 's beasts , he is revealed as in disguise and is taken into custody . 
 MACUSA fears their secret world has been exposed , but releases his Thunderbird to disperse a poultice as rainfall over the city that erases all New Yorkers ' recent memories as MACUSA wizards repair the destruction . kisses goodbye as the rain erases his memories . departs for Europe , but promises to return and visit when his book is finished ; he also anonymously leaves a case of silver Occamy eggshells to fund his bakery . His breads and pastries are unconsciously inspired by 's creatures , and visits him in his shop .

Director: David Yates
Cast: Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler,
Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller

One year after suicide , Postman asks his son to deliver last letter to his brother , . finds the death suspicious , as merely weeks earlier claimed through letters that his mood was calm and normal . reluctantly agrees and heads for Paris . 
 , a Montmartre art supplier , tells that actually died six months after . He suggests that travel to Auvers - sur - Oise and look for Dr. , who housed after his release from an asylum , shared his love for art , and attended the funeral . Once there , learns that the doctor is out on business . So he stays at the same inn that did during his time in the area . There he meets the temporary proprietress , who was fond of and who was also surprised by his death . At her suggestion , visits the local boatman , who informs him that kept close company with Dr. 's sheltered daughter , . When visits her , denies and is angered when implies that suicidal mood could have resulted from an argument with her father . 
 Throughout the investigation , begins to suspect a local boy named , who reportedly liked to torment , was in possession of a gun , and had often drunkenly waved it around town . Dr. , who examined , also claims that the shot must have come from a few feet away , ruling out suicide . When implicates , confesses that she was in close , but not romantic , relations with , but she does not believe that was capable of murder . 
 Dr. finally returns and promises to deliver 's letter to 's widow . He admits there was an argument between them – Van accused of being a coward for not pursuing his dreams , to which angrily accused of deteriorating 's health by overly depending on his brother . posits that this accusation drove to suicide in order to release from the burden . After returns home , Postman later receives word from 's widow , , thanking for returning the letter . attaches to her letter to one of letters to her – signed , " Your loving . "

Directors: Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman
Cast: Robert Gulaczyk, Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn, Saoirse Ronan, Helen McCrory, Chris O'Dowd

Pianist hides a note in a recording for , saying he has ruined the country . As reads it in his dacha , he is paralysed by a cerebral haemorrhage . The members of the Central Committee are alerted . The first to arrive are NKVD head , who discovers 's note , and Deputy General Secretary . As panics , guides him to take leadership , hoping to use him as a puppet . 
 Moscow Party Head arrives with the rest of the Committee , except for Foreign Minister , whom added to one of his lists of enemies the night previously . closes off Moscow , has the NKVD take over city security duties from the Red Army , and replaces 's enemy lists with his own , reprieving . and struggle for symbolic victories such as control over 's unstable son and daughter . 
 When dies , the Committee members rush back to Moscow as the NKVD loot 's dacha and execute witnesses . goes to 's home and attempts to enlist his support , but , a true believer in Stalinism , opposes any factionalism within the Party . buys his loyalty by releasing his wife from confinement . 
 is named as nominal Premier while being largely controlled by . At the first Committee meeting following 's death , sidelines by putting him in charge of 's funeral and suggesting many of the liberal reforms which had planned . 's body is laid in state in the Hall of Columns , while many political prisoners are released and restrictions on the Russian Orthodox Church are loosened , earning more popular support . Field Marshal arrives and demands to know why the Red Army troops have been confined to barracks within Moscow . 
 learns that has a passing acquaintance with , who was hired to play at the funeral , and threatens them both with the note . approaches , who agrees to provide the Army 's support in a coup to overthrow , but only if the Committee agrees . 
 To undermine 's popularity , orders the trains into Moscow to resume , allowing thousands of mourners into the city . As he planned , the NKVD guards around the Hall fire on the crowd , killing 1,500 people . The Committee suggests scapegoating low - level NKVD officers ; as believes blame attached to security services will tarnish him , he angrily threatens the Committee with incriminating documents he has collected on them . secretly tells and he will support the coup if they can enlist the support of the others , including . 
 On the day of 's funeral , lies to the Committee and that he has 's support . The Red Army overwhelms the NKVD and takes up positions outside the conference room . and his men arrest , and coerces into signing the papers for 's trial . and his allies find guilty of treason and of sexual assault in a kangaroo court and execute him . As 's body is burnt , gives a ticket to Vienna and assures her that her brother will be cared for . Several years later , , now Supreme Leader of the Soviet Union after removing his co - conspirators , attends a concert given by , while future leader watches him .

Director: Armando Iannucci
Cast: Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jason Isaacs, Michael Palin, Andrea Riseborough, Jeffrey Tambor, Rupert Friend

is a young , independent teenager who lives with her brother and supportive older sister , . has created a fantasy world inspired by her love of Dungeons & Dragons and the career of former Phillies pitcher , . Believing that giants from other worlds are coming to attack her hometown , she spends her days creating weapons and traps to fend off the creatures . 
 One day , meets , who just moved to the area from Leeds , England . expresses an interest in getting to know , but initially remains aloof . 
 A confrontation between and a group of bullies led by is interrupted by being called by the school psychologist , Mrs. . leaves the ensuing meeting abruptly , declaring that their talk would just distract her from her preparations to battle a giant . Later , explains the mythology behind the giants to . She shows the baits and traps she created to lure and trap giants , and tells her about the magical warhammer , Coveleski , which she keeps in her handbag . She also tells about Harbingers , ghostly creatures that warn her when there is a nearby giant . 
 After is given detention by the principal for insulting a teacher , she takes with her on her hunt for a giant . begins to doubt 's claims about the giants . 
 When Mrs. learns about 's interest in baseball , she asks about it , causing to become lost in bad memories and to run home . In a daze , she is startled by and strikes her , causing and her friends -who witnessed it- to laugh . Though tries to apologize , runs off , upset . Later , is approached by who promises to tell her a secret about if will show them some of the " freaky things " does . agrees , leading and friends to the sanctuary , where they proceed to dismantle many of 's traps . interrupts and draws Covaleski , which turns out to be a small animal 's jawbone tied to a stick . is shocked at the state of her weapon , and is beaten by and friends . 
 takes to her home to recover . When wakes , she becomes very upset at being brought upstairs , and tells to slowly move away , before " it " sees her . looks into one of the bedrooms and drops a glass of water in shock before fleeing the house . visits Mrs. at her house looking for help , but grows uncomfortable upon being introduced to her family . 
 After fails to go to school for several days , and Mrs. visit 's house . In the basement , discovers a recording of and her mother telling the story of 's " Giant Killer " nickname . leaves and finds , telling her that all of the giants are in her head , and asks why she never told about her mother . angrily storms off . She is visited by Harbingers who taunt her , telling her that she is too weak to defeat a giant . 
 heads to face the giant at an abandoned train yard . She hides in the trains , but is hunted by the giant . She eventually activates a train control station rigged to nearby electrical poles , which electrocutes it and sets fire to some of the train cars . arrives just as is leaving . The next day , humiliates by placing a skeleton in her locker . This worries Mrs. and who proceed to look for . heads to her sanctuary upon discovering that she still ca n't use Coveleski , where she prays for the return of her weapon . 
 As an unexpected storm bears down on the town , Mrs. confronts on her way to the sanctuary , telling her that 's mother is desperate to see her . ignores her . Upon arriving , she witnesses a scene of destruction . explains that wrecked the area as revenge for what did and that she tried to stop her . Suddenly , a giant appears out of the water . stands against it , and draws forth the restored Coveleski from her handbag , revealing a massive , glowing war hammer . She proceeds to defeat the titan with it , fueled by her wrath that it came for her mother . Laying injured upon the beach , the titan reveals that he came for , not her mother . is stunned , and demands that the titan " finish it " . The titan snatches her up , and draws her close to its head , so she can strike it down with . As the titan falls back into the ocean , it brings with it . Sinking below the waves , she hears the voice of the titan telling her that every living thing must die . It says to run from death is to reject life , and that she must find joy in every moment while she can . swims back to the beach , where she reunites with . 
 The next day , climbs upstairs to see her mother , who lays dying in her bed . They share heartfelt messages and apologizes for avoiding her . After the summer break , 's mother dies , but rekindles her relationships with Mrs. , and . On the first night of school , she is awoken by the titan , who stands in the ocean , watching her . She says thank you and goes back to sleep .

Director: Anders Walter
Cast: Madison Wolfe, Imogen Poots, Sydney Wade, Rory Jackson, Zoe Saldana

, having settled with the family in Windsor Gardens , has become popular in his community , offering people emotional support in various ways . To purchase a unique pop - up book of London in antique shop for Aunt 's 100th birthday , performs several odd jobs and saves his wages , but the book is stolen . chases the thief , who escapes , and is framed and arrested . Although Mr. and the do not believe that stole the book , with no evidence that the thief even existed , is wrongfully convicted and jailed . The thief soon returns home and is revealed to be , an egotistical actor who lives opposite the . 
 Whilst in prison , befriends many of the inmates , including the short - tempered chef , who hires , impressed by his marmalade sandwich recipe . The work to clear 's name , putting up sketches of the thief . begins using the pop - up book to locate a series of clues within London 's famous landmarks , which he believes will unveil the location of a secret treasure , wearing a different disguise for each visit . During their efforts to prove 's innocence , the Browns encounter a fortune teller who informs them that the stolen book leads to the hidden fortune of the original author . They start investigating the landmarks on the popup book and discover a suspicious character ( ) has been visiting each one as well . 
 With inside , the prison is a much livelier place , but struggles to remain positive when the Browns are unable to prove his innocence but keep hunting . Becoming convinced that is the culprit , the Browns look for the stolen book inside his house . They find a secret attic where 's various costumes are stashed , as well as the book itself , discovering that each of the suspicious characters visiting the landmarks were . Before they can act further , returns home and suspects something is wrong . Meanwhile , the reveal what they have discovered to the police , only to be informed that they need stronger evidence , such as the book with his fingerprints on it , to prove that he is guilty . They miss a prison visit with , causing to believe that the have forgotten all about him . 
 soon takes part in a prison break alongside several other inmates , including , who promises to aid in proving his innocence but promptly abandons the idea in order to leave the country as a free man , inviting to come with him . refuses and , whilst roaming the streets and avoiding the police , uses a public telephone to contact the , who assert that is the real culprit . To catch him , they arrange to meet at Paddington Station , where a train carrying the supposed location of the hidden fortune is due to leave shortly . 
 reaches the station and makes it onto the train just as it leaves - the Browns begin their pursuit on another steam train at the opposite platform . When caught up , and Mrs. board the other train and confront , who overwhelms them and makes good his initial escape . is left trapped in the train 's rear carriage , the coupling of which severs and switches down a different track , leaving it to crash into a nearby river . tries to rescue but struggles to open the locked carriage ; she is soon assisted by and the other inmates , who have a change of heart and decide to help as promised . Eventually , knocks out just as he tries to access the so - called treasure , and he is promptly taken into custody . 
 , now declared innocent , becomes very ill after the events , slipping into a short three - day coma yet recovering upon waking up on Aunt 's birthday . With the book taken in as evidence by the police , is disappointed that he was unable to buy a present as promised , though soon discovers the , with the help of various other people in the neighbourhood including Mr. , made sure could come to London and see it for herself . When answering the door to her , rushes up and hugs her , wishing her a happy birthday . 
 Meanwhile , is sentenced to 10 years in prison . Six months later , he is shown to be putting his experience as a performer to further use , hosting shows for the inmates and providing entertainment throughout the building .

Directors: Paul King
Cast: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi, Hugh Grant

is the head counselor of a group of new counselors - in - training ( CITs ) at Camp North Star , a cut - rate summer camp . Camp director falls victim to 's practical jokes mainly by being taken from his cabin in the middle of the night and relocated to an unusual place . 
 , a lonely boy who is sent to summer camp by his father , decides to run away from camp to a nearby bus station . Noticing is unable to fit in , takes him under his wing and each morning they go jogging and bond as friends . helps gain confidence while encourages to start a romance with , the female head counselor . Love is also in the air for many of the CIT 's ; " kidnaps " in a speedboat and confesses her feelings for him . , who had broken up with the year before , successfully rekindles their relationship during a dance . The nerdy develops a crush on . 
 A subplot deals with the camp 's rivalry with the wealthy Camp Mohawk , located across the lake . During a basketball game , North Star is being beaten by Mohawk when they attempt their own perverse form of victory . This sets the stage for the yearly Olympiad held between the camps in which Mohawk carries a 12 - 0 record . 
 During the first day of competition , Mohawk dominates North Star , cheating in many cases to win . fails to clear the high jump bar , gets pummeled in boxing , and suffers a broken leg in field hockey , thanks to the dirty work of two Mohawk girls . The score at the end of Day One is : Mohawk 170 , North Star 63 . That evening at the North Star Lodge , gives a rousing speech , telling the demoralized campers that it does n't matter whether they win or lose . In unison , Camp North Star begins to chant , " It just does n't matter ! " Day Two of the Olympiad belongs to newly inspired North Star as they win every event . outwrestles his opponent , defeats in a stacking contest with inspiration from and a thwarted Mohawk cheating attempt , and , after 12 years of North Star defeats , finally beats " The Stomach " in the hot dog eating contest . North Star now trails by only 10 points with one event left , a four - mile cross country run for 20 points . Tripper steps forward and selects a surprised to compete against , Mohawk 's star runner . The many mornings spent jogging and training with Tripper pay off as he wins the race , giving North Star its first Olympiad victory by a score of 230–220 . 
 Later that evening , , , , and the CITs sing around a campfire and say their final goodbyes as the camp prepares to close for the summer . has already decided to return to camp next year and agrees to live with . The two ride off on Tripper 's motorcycle , leading the buses out of camp and leaving behind , in bed , on a raft in the middle of the lake .

and are two strangers in Toronto who meet by accident in a head - on traffic accident . Both of them receive only minor injuries but they bring legal action against each other . Soon their business relationship leads to romance as their mutual attraction to one another transforms into a bizarre game of sexual upmanship with each encounter becoming more perverse . 
 In their background stories , is a psychoanyanlist who is married to an unattentive businessman , named , who is always traveling out of town on business trips . is single and works an art professor at a local college while he keeps in close touch with his artist father , , which attends art gallery showings of 's paintings . 
 and buy each other a car to replace their respective ones that were damaged by the accident , and soon set out play - acting various roles to stimilate their growing affair . play - acts at 's husband at one point as she play - acts confessing to him about her extramarital tryst . Soon , the sexual games become more dark when tells to go to a local restaurant and wait for him . shows up play - acting as a robber arriving to rob the place and takes away as his hostage which leads to him having rough sex with her in an underground tunnel . 
 and 's games come to a halt when tells to dress up like a streetwalker and wait for him to pick her up for another sexual game . But the game goes terribly wrong when is delayed at work , and is arrested by an undercover policeman who mistakes her for a prostitute . With unreachable , is forced to call her husband , , to bail her out and is forced to come clean all about her affair and games with . moves out , and ends her affair with . 
 Some months later , and meet again at 's funeral where wants to restart their sexual games now that is divorced . She instead forces to prove his love to her by getting married . agrees to marry , but backs out on her wedding day by not showing up out of his insecurity and fear of commitment . 
 The distraught shows up at 's house and resumes their games where both of them attempt to physically harm each other which becomes more dark and twisted . It leads to fleeing in her car and chasing after her in his . In a final game , they both attempt to re - enact the car accident that led to them meeting in the first place and this time , both of them deliberately crash head - on into each other and the screen goes black ... leaving it ambiguous if any of them will survive the impact .

is a pretty and popular high school senior at Crawford Academy , a member of the school 's " Top Ten , " an elite clique of the most privileged and popular students . Each night , the group meets at the Silent Woman Tavern , a local pub . One night en route to the tavern , is attacked in her car by an unseen assailant . She struggles and plays dead to catch the killer off - guard before running to get help . She then runs into an unseen individual who she is familiar with and begs for help , but he slashes her neck with a straight razor . 
 The Top Ten becomes concerned when fails to arrive at the pub . Upon leaving , the group sees the nearby drawbridge raising and decide to play a game of chicken . is pushed into a car by , and each of the group attempt to cross the bridge as it raises ; the car is in barely clears the bridge , crashing as it meets the other side . Distraught , runs home , stopping at her mother 's grave in an adjacent cemetery . At her home , - a French foreign exchange student and a Top Ten member - has broken into 's room and stolen her underwear . 
 fails to show up at school the following day . , who is plagued by repressed memories , visits her on - call psychiatrist , Dr. , with whom she previously underwent an experimental brain tissue restoration procedure after surviving a harrowing accident at the drawbridge . As attempts to resume her normal life , her fellow Top Ten members are murdered in vicious and violent ways : is strangled when his scarf gets caught in the spokes of his motorcycle , and is crushed in the school gym while lifting weights . 
 One night , , a Top Ten member who is infatuated with , follows her to her mother 's grave . In retaliation , she stabs him with a pair of garden shears . On the weekend of 's 18th birthday , her father leaves for a business trip . After a school dance , invites to her house and prepares shish kebabs . While the two are drinking wine and smoking marijuana , attacks with the kebab , violently shoving the skewer down his throat . 
 arrives at 's house the following morning and finds taking a shower . In the shower , has a flashback of her mother 's death : Her mother , a newly - inducted socialite , invited the Top Ten to 's birthday celebration four years earlier . Instead , the group opted to attend 's party . Drunk , her mother drove to the ' house with , where she was humiliated by 's parents . Enraged , she attempted to drive across the raising drawbridge , resulting in a violent crash which ended in her drowning . , however , managed to swim to safety . 
 Paranoid that she may be murdering her friends during blackout episodes , visits Dr. . When she confronts him over the procedure she underwent , he is evasive , and she murders him with a fireplace poker . Mr. returns home for 's birthday and finds a pool of blood in the foyer . He flees , and finds one of 's friends , , standing in the rain , clutching a wrapped gift . In the cemetery , he discovers his late wife 's grave to have been robbed , with Dr. 's corpse lying in it . 
 Mr. notices a light on inside the family 's guest cottage . Inside , he finds the bodies of each member of the Top Ten seated at a table alongside his dead wife 's corpse . enters the room with a birthday cake , singing " Happy Birthday " to herself . casually admits to the murders before slashing her father 's throat . He dies , failing to notice that his actual daughter is seated at the table . His killer , , has disguised herself as with an elaborate latex mask . removes the mask , ranting and raving over her father 's affair with 's mother and how it destroyed her family . reveals that she and are half - sisters . manages to wrest the knife from and stabs her to death . As she stands over 's corpse holding the bloodied knife , a police officer enters the cottage and pleads : " What have you done ? "

Inside a mine shaft , a female miner takes off her gear while another miner remains geared . When the woman performs a strip tease and fondles the miner 's breathing tube , the miner pushes her onto an embedded mining pick axe , impaling and killing her . 
 Mayor of mining town Valentine Bluffs reinstates the traditional Valentine 's Day dance , which has been suspended for twenty years . The dances stopped after an accident that occurred when two supervisors left several miners in the mines to attend the dance . Because they forgot to check methane gas levels , there was an explosion which collapsed the mines and trapped the miners . , the only survivor , who resorted to cannibalism to survive and became insane during his time being buried , murdered the supervisors who left the mine and vows further attacks if the Valentine 's Day Dance ever occurs again . was placed into an asylum and the accident was forgotten , so the dance resumes . Many of the town 's younger residents are excited about the dance . This group consists of , , , Patty , , , , , , and . Of this group , , , and the mayor 's returning son are involved in a tense love triangle . 
 Mayor and the town 's police chief receive an anonymous box of chocolates containing a human heart , and a note warning that murders will begin if the dance proceeds . That evening , resident is murdered by a mining - geared killer , and her heart removed . When discovers this the next morning , he publicly reports that she died of a heart attack to prevent a panic . contacts the mental institution where was incarcerated , but they have no record of him . and cancel the dance and order the hall locked , however the town 's youngsters decide to hold their own party at the mine head . Although a bartender named warns the teenagers about , he is ignored . Angered by the youngsters , he tries to set up a fake miner dummy to scare them , only for the real miner to impale him with his pick axe underneath his chin , and drag his corpse away with it . 
 The next night , the teenagers celebrate the party at the mines . The miner proceeds to kill by shoving his face into a hot boiling pot inside the kitchen , and impaling 's head with a shower nozzle in the shower facility . After and have an angry confrontation , a shaken along with , , , , and decide to travel down into the mine as a diversion . While they are down there , and discover the bodies of and and they get the attention of , who soon rushes into the mines with police support to rescue , , and the six teenagers down in the mine . Down in the mines , the miner impales a large drill bit into and , and shoots a nail gun twice into 's head ; the latter staggers around until falling dead when , , and discover him . Out of horror , flees leaving and behind . and appear shortly after to lead the girls to safety , but they find the elevator has been broken , and the mining car tampered with . The four try to climb to the top with a ladder , but are horrified as a deceased is beheaded by a rope tied around his neck . 
 When finding their way out , apparently falls into deep water , and is shortly killed by the miner slamming the pick into her stomach . The miner then chases and through the mines , and into a small alcove . During the fight , the miner is revealed to be , who faked his demise earlier . In a flashblack , 's father was one of the supervisors , and as a child he witnessed murdering his father , traumatizing him . Soon , the tunnel begins to collapse from the fight , and traps inside while and the police arrive to rescue and . It is revealed that had died five years earlier . While and both shocked and devastated by the events walk away , the two hear a rescuer shout that is alive , and rushes back to the scene with following her . Inside the alcove , she sees freeing himself from the fallen debris by amputating his trapped arm . An insane runs deeper into the mine shouting threats to return and murder everyone in Valentine Bluffs , and mumbling to himself about being his “ bloody valentine . ” As runs deeper into the mine , he says to himself “ Daddy 's gone away , made you pay . ” The film ends with a maniacal laugh being heard as a ballad for begins to play over the credits .

Private security firm ConSec plans to showcase a powerful new potential weapon : " scanners " ; psychics with powers including telepathy / mind - control , empathy , biopathy , cyberpathy / technopathy , and psychokinesis / telekinesis . However , when ConSec 's scanner demonstrates his powers , the volunteer turns out to be a more powerful scanner , who causes the ConSec scanner 's head to explode , via hydrostatic shock from biopathically - increased blood pressure . When ConSec officials attempt to take the " volunteer " into custody , he kills them and escapes . 
 Stung by this embarrassing experience , ConSec security head advocates shutting down ConSec 's scanner research program . Program head Dr. disagrees , saying the assassination and escape demonstrate scanning 's potential . attributes the operation to an evil scanner named who , says , has his own underground network of scanners competing with ConSec 's program . He argues that ConSec should recruit scanners to their cause to infiltrate and bring down 's group . Dr. brings in scanner , a homeless social outcast driven mad by his undisciplined power , and injects him with ephemerol , which temporarily inhibits his scanning ability and restores his sanity . When 's mind is clear , asks for his help , explaining that is a scanner and Revok is killing all scanners who refuse to join him . Under 's guidance , learns to control his scanning abilities . 
 Unknown to Dr. Ruth , ConSec 's security head , , works for Revok as a spy . Revok learns of 's infiltration plan , and dispatches assassins to follow as he visits an unaffiliated scanner named , who may know Revok 's whereabouts . 's assassins brutally shoot to death . Enraged , uses his telepathic power to kill the assassins . As dies , reads from his mind a name — . tracks down , who has formed a telepathic alliance with a group of other scanners in opposition to 's group . attends a meeting , but 's assassins strike again ; only and survive . Scanning an assassin , learns of a drug company , which he then infiltrates . He finds large quantities of ephemerol are being distributed under a computer program called " Ripe " , run by himself through ConSec . and return to ConSec , where suggests cyberpathically - scan the computer system to learn more about the Ripe program . Meanwhile , attacks and kills Dr. while and flee the ConSec building . 
 cyberpathically accesses the computer network through a telephone booth and pulls ephemerol shipment information . When discovers this , he orders the computer system shut down while Vale is scanning it ; hopes to harm or kill by doing so . The plan backfires and the computer explodes , killing and leaving and unharmed . They visit a doctor on the list of ephemerol recipients , where discovers a pregnant woman 's fetus has scanned her . realizes ephemerol also causes fetuses to become scanners when administered to pregnant women . and Vale are ambushed by Revok 's men and abducted . 
 Revok reveals to Vale ephemerol was originally developed by Dr. as a tranquilizer for pregnant women : learned about the drug 's side - effect by providing it to his wife during her pregnancies ; Revok reveals that he and are actually brothers and Dr. was their father . Because their mother received the highest dose of ephemerol , Revok and are the most powerful scanners . By mass - distributing ephemerol to unwitting doctors , who prescribe it to their pregnant patients , plans to create a new generation of scanners to take over the world , which he will control . asks to join him , but refuses . The two have a final telepathic battle against one another , declaring that he 'll ' suck your brain dry ' if he wo n't side with him . Instead , while 's body is incinerated , his mind takes over 's body to save himself . enters the room to find 's charred body on the floor . She hears 's voice coming from the corner of the room . In the corner is , with his head scar gone and his eyes replaced with 's eyes . He faces and announces in 's voice , " We 've won . "

Michael Ironside, Stephen Lack, Jennifer O’Neill, Patrick McGoohan, Lawrence Dane

Aboard their boat , a yellow bear and a purple horse look after the baby animals known as the Care Bear Cubs and Care Bear Cousin Cubs.[nb 2 ] On the way , a red sea serpent threatens them — one of the many forms of Dark Heart , an evil spirit . They escape by following a rainbow up to the sky , while the boat transforms into the Cloud Clipper.[nb 3 ] There , the Great Wishing Star gives the group their " tummy symbols " , pictures that indicate each creature 's role or specialty . and Noble Heart Horse , as the characters are named , become founders of the Kingdom of Caring , a land which comprises Care - a - Lot and the Forest of Feelings . 
 For the Bears ' first Caring Mission , and stowaway ( one of the Cousins ) travel to Earth and visit a summer camp . There , they meet three of its participants : a girl named , and her friends , the twins and . A boastful boy nicknamed the " Camp Champ " always defeats them in competitions , and assigns them to trash duty . is unsatisfied at this ; she and her friends run away , only to get lost in the woods . True Heart soon finds and , and brings them to the Kingdom of Caring . After they arrive , the children hear a bell toll from the Caring Meter , which tells the Bears how much caring is taking place on Earth . Noble Heart and True Heart tell them to babysit the Cubs , before they leave to search for and . 
 Meanwhile , in the woods , meets ( as a human boy ) for the first time , and asks him to make her the new Camp Champ . He grants her that wish , telling her she must pay him back with one favor , and heads away while she rejoins her friends . Aware of potential , and move the Bear Cubs to Care - a - Lot , and the Cousin Cubs to the Forest of Feelings . Both sets quickly grow up to become the Care Bear Family . 
 Later , while the Bears prepare a party for the Kingdom 's founders , enters Care - a - Lot in disguise so that he can capture the whole Family . A cluster of Star Buddies , assistants to the Bears and Great Wishing Star , drives him off ; he then morphs into a raging red cloud . The Bears shoot light at him from their bellies , forming their " Care Bear Stare " ; the Cousins also help by using their " Care Cousin Call " . Afterward , and Noble Heart decide to search for him , and leave the Bears to handle missions all by themselves . 
 During their patrol , spots stranded in a canoe within a lake ; the other and set out to rescue her . fires lightning bolts before the team , and captures many of them with his magic bag — the favor he wanted to do all along . The few Family members at hand determine that she has teamed up with him . This prompts to hold a conference at the Hall of Hearts ; Friend Bear , and 's friends later join them . 
 That night , influence causes the other children to wreck the camp . The and search for the Family members , before imprisons them — first in cages , then inside big rubies hanging from a chandelier . Meanwhile , and tell of their conviction to rescue the Family from the villain . Feeling guilty , she finally pays him back by admitting what she has done . Despite this , her bargain with is over . 
 , , and enter lair amid his impending deed ; asks him to free the others . While and enact their Stare , lightning from his cloud strikes , who screams in fear and gets struck and wounded . With little energy left in her , she crashes down the chandelier with a marble . The Family members , finally free from the rubies , help and Noble Heart out . 
 At the sight of a dead , becomes remorseful for his actions . He asks the Care Bears to bring her back to life , but is disappointed that their kindness is not even enough . So he , the Family , and chant " We care ! " enough times to bring her back to life . Soon after , the group quickly leaves the cave as it transforms into an outhouse . 
 becomes a real boy , and everyone is overjoyed . After a swim in the lake , the campers say goodbye to the Bears and ; the former Dark Heart promises to be a better person at camp . The film ends with a message from its narrator , , and flashbacks of the Care Bear Family 's childhood .

Dr. runs a TV show called " Independent Thinkers " , which is a Scientology - like self - help / religion program . But he 's not making his audience think any more independently - with the help of an alien organism he calls The Brain , he 's using brainwashing and mind control . The only thing that stands between them and world domination is a brilliant but troubled high school student with a penchant for pranks .

In Montreal , an unknown actor named is hired by a Roman Catholic site of pilgrimage ( " le sanctuaire " ) to present a Passion play in its gardens . The priest , Father , requests " modernize " the classic play the church has been using , which he considers dated . Despite working with material others consider to be cliché , is inspired and sets out on intensive academic research , consulting archaeology to check the historicity of and drawing on alleged information on in the Talmud , using the Talmud name for , whom he portrays . He also includes arguments that the biological father of was a Roman soldier , who left Palestine shortly after impregnating the unwed . assembles his cast , discovered from low - profile and undesirable employment , and moves in with two , and . 
 When the play is performed , it receives rave reviews from critics , but is regarded as unconventional and controversial by Father , who angrily distances himself from . 's life is further complicated when he attends one of 's auditions . is told to remove her top , causing an outburst from in which he damages lights and cameras . He begins to face charges for property damage . As the higher authorities of the Roman Catholic Church continue to strongly object to his Biblical interpretation , security forcefully stops a performance . The audience and actors object to the stoppage and is injured in an ensuing accident . 
 is first taken by ambulance to a Catholic hospital . He is completely neglected there and leaves . He then collapses on a Montreal Metro platform . The same ambulance takes him to the Jewish General Hospital . Despite immediate , skilled , and energetic efforts by the doctors and nurses to revive him , is pronounced brain - dead . 's doctor asks for the consent of his friends to take 's organs for donation , since has no known relatives . 's physician states that the staff would have been able to save him , if he had been brought to them half an hour earlier . In the wake of his death , his friends start a new theatre company to carry on his work .

Lothaire Bluteau, Rémy Girard, Monique Miller, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Catherine Wilkening, Robert Lepage

( ) is a feisty , 22 - year - old Chinese - Canadian aspiring actress who lives at home with her traditional Chinese family : her strict father ( ) , her dutiful mother ( ) , and her sweet younger sister , ( ) . Their older brother , , has been disowned — a fate is not eager to share , both for her own sake and to spare her family pain . 
 Her family tries to put on the perfect public persona at all costs so as to maintain their dignity as well as uphold their traditional Chinese values . One primary part of this persona is prosperity . 's father hopes that true financial prosperity will become reality through penny stocks . , meanwhile , tries to achieve that happy medium between giving in to her parents ' wishes and fulfilling her own needs and desires - double happiness . Therefore , although she manages to land a few bit parts on camera , spends most of her time working in the shop owned by a family friend , performing the duties of a respectful daughter and suffering through arranged dates with prosperous young Chinese men . An adept cultural chameleon , though , she also leads a double life , hanging out with best friend ( ) . 
 When her father 's childhood friend arrives for a visit , must juggle her competing identities even more carefully than usual , lest her choice of professions — and boyfriends — shame her father . Because of its instability , 's parents do n't understand or widely publicize 's aspirations to be an actress . Their main want for is to date and marry a nice Chinese boy , a goal for which 's extended family also strives as they are always trying to introduce her to Chinese boys . Initially , they believe that the boy is , with who even agrees to go out . But , beyond wanting to be an actress , wishes her family had more western sensibilities . She is attracted to a slightly awkward but persistent Caucasian English graduate student named . has to figure out how to both please her family , who would not approve of her dating a Caucasian , and be true to herself . Her older brother is already out of the picture for that very reason . Naturally , something must give sooner or later , and the facade of the perfect Chinese daughter soon begins to crumble .

A tax auditor for Revenue Canada , , is a regular visitor to a Toronto strip club called Exotica . He always has , an exotic dancer dressed in a schoolgirl uniform , give him a private dance . This inspires the jealousy of the club 's DJ , , 's former boyfriend who has also impregnated the club 's owner , . While at the club , pays his brother 's teenaged daughter , , to " babysit . " However , has no children left and the girl merely practices music alone until returns and drives her home . ' relationship with is strained , as found out that and ' wife were having an affair after she died in a car accident , which also left a paraplegic . ' daughter was kidnapped and killed a few months before the accident , and he was one of the suspects but was later exonerated . These events have left a huge psychological scar on . 
 In his professional life , is sent to pet store to audit books of account pursuant to the suspicion that Thomas is profiting from the illegal import of rare bird species . has been smuggling hyacinth macaw eggs , and his operation is worth hundreds of thousands of dollars . 
 is eventually banned from Exotica when manipulates him into touching during one of her dances , which is against the rules of the club . Around the same time , discovers illegal activities in ' financial records , and blackmails to go to the club to learn 's feelings about . In the process , realizes intentionally set out to get him banned and vows to kill him . Confronting with a gun , is defused when reveals he and were the ones who found the body of ' daughter . also reveals to that she and share a relationship of mutual dependency . In the past when she used to babysit his daughter , would comfort her about her troubled life at home .

Don McKellar, Arsinée Khanjian, Mia Kirshner, Elias Koteas, Sarah Polley

While on a routine patrol on United States airspace west of Alaska , and his wingman test the g - forces of their F-16C planes . Their antics get them carried away , as they stray over Soviet airspace . As they are being escorted back into U.S. airspace , one of the Soviet planes has on missile - lock . requests to break formation and engage the Soviet aircraft , but is denied by flight control . He is immediately shot down , but safely ejects and lands on Soviet land , where he is promptly captured by nearby soldiers . 
 Several years have passed since that incident and is still haunted by his days as a prisoner . He works as a crop duster , but is shortly recruited by his old friend , retired Gen. to be an instructor at his flight school . needs 's help , as his school is overrun by juvenile delinquents who fly his T-6 Texans with no regard for safety . These students were taken in by as a means of rehabilitating them . is not happy to be an instructor to the delinquents , but assures him that he will see results from them in a week . Still , he shows no interest in training them . 
 During an exhibition show where the delinquents face off children from the Air Force , , one of the female delinquents , cons a drug dealer out of $ 2,000 by handing him a bag of sugar disguised as cocaine . She attempts to take her training plane and fly out to Mexico , but pursues her and tells her to land on an abandoned Air Force base and stay there until further orders . Upon landing the plane , and her co - pilot encounter a platoon that is ordered to kill them . intervenes , allowing the teens to leave the air base . is told of the incident , and he and Maj . Gen. head to the base that night to investigate on that platoon 's activity on a storage bunker . After they are escorted out of the base by Air Force Intelligence , describes to his eyewitness account of the soldiers carrying marked canisters , which are revealed to be chemical weapons . 
 leaves the school , frustrated that his life came apart when he was imprisoned and was not there to save him at that time . is given a notice by the State Patrol that his flight program is terminated immediately and his students are returned to juvenile hall . , however , avoids capture and steals a trainer plane , creating a diversion that allows the students to hijack the bus and head back to the school . and the students relocate their planes to 's former job site ; meets up with them afterward . then organizes the students to infiltrate the airbase and acquire enough resources for their operation to stop the convoy carrying the chemical weapons . Upon entering the airbase , and discover Operation Pandora , in which the chemical weapons are to be used on countries with regimes deemed hostile . They print out the data before leaving the premises and handing it to . Meanwhile , and attempt to stop the convoy , but are shot down . As they attempt to escape on foot , is shot by Major , but and the others arrive at the scene and capture one of the soldiers . and his team accompany to Craig Air Force Base , only to realize that Kettle is part of the entire operation . 
 Using a swarm of wasps as a means of psychological interrogation , gets the captured soldier to reveal the location of the convoy . He then phones , but discovers that his team has been apprehended by . At one of the chemical weapon chambers , is told by that the first target of Operation Pandora is Cuba . After leaves the chamber , hacks the computer to set off the fire extinguishing units , giving 's team time to escape . A stray shot from one of the soldiers ruptures the canister , contaminating the chamber and killing Dr. and everyone inside . As Kitty and sneak into the cargo plane carrying the chemical weapon , sends a radio message , warning everyone of a hostile aircraft heading to Cuba . Shortly after recapturing , orders his fighter squadron to shoot down the trainer planes . The squadron of two fighters attacks the trainers , only to be confronted by , who has commandeered a fighter plane . and the students shoot down the attackers promptly . He then plays the cassette tape recorded for him before killing ace pilot Maj . in a dogfight . 
 The students approach the cargo plane and attack it . Inside , creates a diversion by opening the cargo door , causing the soldiers aboard to fall out . This leads to a fist fight between and the plane 's captain , who is ejected when assumes the controls . then jettisons all of the canisters into the ocean . Seeing his mission as a failure , prepares to kill when suddenly attacks the airbase , giving time to escape . As police arrive at the scene , enters the contaminated chamber - his fate unknown . 
 Days later , tells she is heading to Mexico for a new start , but he convinces her to stay . The Iron Eagle Flight School then prepares for a new batch of students fresh out of juvenile hall .

( ) is a university literature professor at a religious college in a long - term relationship with fellow professor ( ) . When her dog runs away and she finds him dead on the street , she ends up crying in the middle of the laundry mat where she is approached by ( ) , who comforts her . Later on realizes that her laundry was mixed up with 's and finds a business card inside the laundry bag . Going to return 's clothes she finds that is a circus performer , and when she goes to 's trailer to retrieve her clothes tells her that she would like to sleep with her . Confused and uncomfortable , grabs her clothes and leaves . later tracks down and shoots an arrow through her window with a picture of herself and her phone number attached . invites inside and ends up kissing her before running away . 
 and are being groomed to take over for the university chaplain , with the chaplain hinting heavily that they must marry in order to be promoted . At the interview refuses to denounce homosexuality as a sin , and when asked what she would do if a male student came to her for advice on being attracted to another man , can not answer the question . believes that is acting unusual on purpose because of her discomfort over their future marriage , and embraces her . They are seen by , who was waiting outside 's office . Afterwards goes to see , ostensibly to ask to stop following her , but instead ends up asking her to become her friend after telling her that the kiss was a mistake . 
 takes hang - gliding , and though is initially reluctant to participate , urges her onward by telling her that night is falling and they will miss their chance if they do n't hurry . While hang gliding ends up injuring her knee . takes her home and then massages her , with the massage quickly turning sexual as unbuttons her blouse and takes off 's bra . They are interrupted by the university chaplain ( ) visiting . passes off as an acquaintance , and when she refuses to leave , excuses her to the chaplain by saying she is a disturbed street kid . leaves in anger and goes to 's house , where she has sex with him . However , when leaves to go to a conference , can not stop herself from fantasizing about and goes to the circus to see her , where the two have sex . 
 goes to the chaplain seeking guidance , and he is more understanding than she anticipated . She goes to the circus where and the rest of the performers are celebrating an invitation to Circumstance , a festival for Circus performers . She and begin a relationship and they discuss the possibility of joining in the circus . Meanwhile , , who has returned from his trip , waits for in her home and finds the picture of with her number written on it . He goes to the circus and sees and naked in the trailer . After leaves without seeing him he introduces himself to and then leaves , but not before hitting the outside of her trailer in anger , scaring . 
 meanwhile heads home to break up with , and is surprised to find him already there . He urges her to think before she speaks , telling her that they have a good relationship and suggesting that her passion for will fade . Thinking things over , heads into the woods to finally bury her dead dog , whom she had kept in the fridge until that point . After burying the dog , she begins drinking and passes out in a snowbank . She is found by the hang gliders who had joined her and on their first outing as friends . They call and she rushes to 's side , wrapping her body around her and trying to revive her . Once revived joins and the circus on their way to Circumstance . The director of the circus ( ) , who had dreamed of running away , stays in the city where she and spot each other outside a café .

The movie is about a documentary team that follows the reunion of Hard Core Logo . gets the band back together ostensibly for an anti - gun benefit after hearing Canadian punk rock legend , and personal mentor , is shot . They begin the tour in Vancouver and travel thousands of kilometers east along the Trans - Canada Highway to Winnipeg , then northwest along the Yellowhead Highway to Edmonton . On the way the band 's dark secrets are revealed . loses his schizophrenia medication and slowly loses his sanity . finds out that by going on tour he loses his position in mainstream rock band Jenifur and with that his one shot at stardom . The band stops by reclusive estate only to find he was never shot and that fabricated the lie in order to get the band together . The band and documentary crew drop acid and experience hallucinations . admonishes for using him to get the band together . At Edmonton , finds out he has another opportunity to permanently join Jenifur . finds out from the film crew and later attacks on stage . destroys Fender Stratocaster , which was a gift from , and the band parts ways . In the final scene drinks with the documentary crew members and shoots himself in the head .

As far back as ( ) can remember , she has been fascinated by death . As a child , she dances with the corpses of animals at night , rubbing them on her body , before giving them a funeral . She performs this dance in front of her only friend , a girl named ( ) , who ends their friendship soon afterward . 
 In college , studies biology , carefully dissecting the bodies of small animals , trying to avoid disfiguring them . She gets a job at a funeral home to be closer to dead bodies . The funeral home 's janitor ( ) believes , like , that dead bodies still have a soul in them . While driving the hearse with a body in a coffin in the back through a car wash , looks at the body and finds a shining light , believing that body 's soul is alive somewhere . 
 Mr. apprentices in embalming . She starts studying mortuary science , where she meets a medical student named ( ) who also must study corpses for his major . and begin to date , and is intrigued by ’s death fascination . Occasionally they spend nights together in 's basement apartment , but always leaves for late night visits to the mortuary to celebrate the dead bodies of young men with dance ceremonies which escalate into necrophilia . 
 becomes distraught when he discovers that he is competing with dead bodies . He tries unsuccessfully to get to talk about her necrophilia , so he starts visiting her at the funeral home , which upsets her . has to go to an extreme to win ’s heart , as she struggles with choosing between the living or the dead , with tragic results .

, an alcoholic clown , and his Golden Retriever , Old Blue , are doing a show at a child 's birthday party . After Old Blue causes havoc at the party , angrily takes him in a kennel to a dog pound , until the kennel falls out of his truck . Old Blue is homeless until he meets 12 - year - old . After the death of his father , a pilot who died in a plane crash during a test flight due to fuel shortage , has relocated with his mother and two - year - old sister from Virginia to Fernfield , Washington . Due to heartbreak over his father 's death , he is too shy to try out for his middle school 's basketball team and to make any friends . He instead becomes the basketball team 's manager , an awkward offer by Coach which he accepts . He practices basketball by himself in a makeshift court that he sets up in an abandoned allotment , where he meets Old Blue and renames him . Josh soon discovers that has the uncanny ability to play basketball , and decides to let come home with him . 
 agrees to let him keep until Christmas and she plans to send him to the pound if his rightful owner is not located ; however , she sees how loyal is and how much loves him . On Christmas , lets keep as a present . 
 Following Christmas , finds a tryout invitation in his locker and further realizes 's talent when he discovers that he can actually shoot a hoop . These facts together prompt to try out , and he gets a place on the team . At his first game , he befriends teammate , but earns the disdain of star player and team bully . Meanwhile , leaves the backyard , goes to the school and shows up while the game is underway . He runs into the court , disrupts the game , and causes mayhem , but the audience loves him after he scores a basket . 
 is later caught by after the game . Soon after , the dog witnesses Coach abusing by violently pelting him with basketballs in an attempt to make him catch better . He leads , , and the school principal Ms. to the scene . As a result , is fired and replaced by the school 's kind - hearted engineer , former NBA player , at 's suggestion . As the new basketball coach , starts implementing changes in the team , including benching during a game for constant ball - hogging . Angry by 's decision , , 's overbearing father , forces to leave the team . becomes the mascot of the school 's basketball team and begins appearing in their halftime shows . After the Timberwolves lose one game , the team has subsequent success and qualifies for the State Final . 
 Just before the championship game , appears after seeing on television . Hoping to abuse 's newfound fame , he forces to hand over , using papers proving that he is 's legal owner . Knowing they do not have a choice , forces to give back to . After noticing that he 's feeling withdrawn and depressed , regrets making give up . decides to rescue , suspecting he 's being abused by . He sneaks into 's backyard and finds chained up and abused again . catches escaping with , and pursues them in his dilapidated clown truck before crashing into a lake . then decides to set free in the forest to find a new home . Initially , his team is losing at the next championship to the opposing team , which turns out to have joined . Then shows up for a joyful reunion for and the team . When it is discovered that there is no rule that a dog could not play basketball , joins the roster . At the end , there was 20 seconds left and the Warriors had the ball . rams the ball into , injuring him . It is n’t a foul since only the ball touched Larry and not the dog . leads the team to a come from behind championship victory scoring 83 - 82 . 
 goes on the scene and attempts to sue the family for custody of , despite that his ownership papers were ruined when he crashed into the lake . Upon seeing , Judge is disgusted and initially reluctant to judge a case over a dog , but agrees only under a strict condition that the case be executed seriously . During the trial , protests against letting have and mentions he had been abused . When asks him why , mentions that he caught chaining to the fence and even admitting he has seen how much hates the man for it . also protests , mentioning that was much happier with their family and that she too has seen how abusive he is when he threatened to sue them earlier . After hearing a number of protest against , does n't believe that neither one has any real evidence in claiming ownership to . Soon arrives and suggests that chooses his owner . As a fan of , accepts his proposal and moves the court outside to the front lawn for to choose . attacks and chooses . When angrily attempts to get back by force , police officers quickly stop him . Being convinced of what he 's seen , orders for to be arrested for animal cruelty , while and the rest of the citizens rejoice and gather around to welcome him to his new home . At the end of the credits when and can still be seen playing , the same bird from the start can be seen in the tree .

A man named awakens in a cube - shaped room with a hatch in each wall , the ceiling and the floor , each of which leads to other cube - shaped rooms , identical except for their color . He enters an orange room and , without warning , is cut to pieces by a wire grid that swings down from the ceiling . 
 In another such room , five people – , , , , and – meet . None of them knows where they are or how they got there . informs the others that some rooms contain traps , which he learned by nearly being killed by one . assumes each trap is triggered by a motion detector and tests each room by throwing one of his boots in first . notices numbers inscribed in the passageways between rooms . recognizes as " The Wren , " a convict who has escaped from seven prisons . After declaring one room trap - free , enters and is killed when he is sprayed with acid . The others realize that there are different kinds of detectors , and deduces that this trap was triggered by heat . 
 believes each person has a reason for being there . He is a police officer , a mathematics student , a physician and conspiracy theorist , and the surly declines to talk about himself . hypothesizes that any room marked with a prime number is a trap . They find a mentally challenged man named , whom insists they bring along . When injures his leg in a room deemed safe by 's calculations , tensions rise due to personality conflicts and lack of faith in 's system . provokes into an argument about finding the exit , and accidentally reveals that he has knowledge of the Cube . admits that he designed the Cube 's outer shell for a shadowy bureaucracy and guesses that its original purpose has been forgotten ; they have been imprisoned within simply to put it to use . 
 's knowledge of the outer shell 's size allows to determine that each side of the Cube is 26 rooms across and that there are 17,576 rooms in total . She guesses that the numbers indicate the Cartesian coordinates of the rooms . The group moves toward the nearest edge as determined by her theory , but each of the rooms near the outer wall is trapped . Rather than backtrack , they travel silently through a room with a sound - activated trap . After makes a sound and nearly causes 's death , threatens . defends and provokes into an argument by calling him a Nazi . The acrimonious argument escalates until slaps her , further increasing tension within the group . When they reach the edge , scouts the gap between the Cube and its outer shell , but slips during a violent quake ; initially saves her , but then lets her fall to her death and reports it to the others as an accident . 
 attempts to persuade to abandon the others with him and makes a sexual advance , but she rejects him . When becomes aggressive , intervenes ; beats him savagely and drops him through a floor hatch . laughs hysterically at what he finds — 's corpse . The group is demoralized by the thought of having been wandering in circles . realizes that the rooms move periodically through the Cube , and this is the source of the quaking . deduces that traps are not tagged by prime numbers , but by powers of prime numbers . Much to 's surprise , reveals himself to be an autistic savant[7 ] who can quickly do prime factorisations mentally . With 's help , guides them to a bridge room which will lead them out of the maze in two movements . preemptively ambushes and leaves him behind . opens the supposed final door , revealing a bright white light , but declines to leave the Cube , as he has lost faith in humanity . 
 objects and attempts to convince to join her , but reappears , kills her , and mortally wounds . As moves to kill , expends the last of his strength to grab 's leg , pinning him in the passageway as the rooms shift again . is torn apart , and crawls back to 's corpse and dies next to her . then slowly walks into the bright light , his ultimate fate unknown .

Maurice Dean Wint, Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Julian Richings

The next year after Buddy 's former owner , , was sent to prison and becoming Buddy 's legal owner , ( ) , now a teenager and a basketball player , becomes angry with his mother , , when she begins dating , the town 's new veterinarian , after a couple of failed dates with other people . It all starts when innocently tosses 's basketball - savvy dog , Buddy , a football one day , and discovers that also has an uncanny ability to play the sport of football . Soon enough , begins playing on 's Junior High football team after convinces to sign up for football instead of basketball . At first , the team is failing miserably . But thanks to 's superior football skills and fast running , the team keeps on winning and makes the playoffs . In addition , they advance to the championship . 
 Meanwhile , two Russians by the names of and kidnap in hopes of having him perform as the special attraction in the Russian circus while runs away when proposes to his mother . His coach finds him and convinces him that just because is in his life now , he does n't have to stop loving his father and he returns home , but is gone and is missing . 
 The Timberwolves are forced to play the championship game without and are losing terribly . , in 's and 's hands , knocks his cage over to unlock the hatch on a chimpanzee 's cage hence letting the chimp out , who then in return lets out . and the chimp release all the other animals and they manage to escape . After the chimp ambushes and with fish guts and sword fighting , and are arrested and placed into the custody of the Russian embassy as they collide their van , where they fly out of it and fall into a fishing vessel following a chase sequence involving as the victim . 
 Meanwhile , finds and takes him to the game . With the help of , the team catches up , but is taken out of the game due to a subsequent injury . The Timberwolves are forced to finish the game without him and thanks to and , they win the championship . 
 Later , stops from leaving on a boat and convinces him to stay with the family . The family later goes to a Seattle Seahawks football game and sneaks onto the field .

The main character is a writer of newspaper classified ads who has been going from relationship to relationship since eighth grade . He loses custody of his dog when his girlfriend , , breaks up with him for another man . then meets , a children 's TV show host , but she is too obsessed with her own dog to commit to a relationship with anyone . She 's also still hurt emotionally because her boyfriend , left her for 's ex , . 
 also has a fling with another woman , . Meanwhile , takes 's dog to a psychiatrist , who tells her that her promiscuity is traumatizing the dog . While both and do their best to share custody , problems arise as and break up and she tries to win back unsuccessfully . figures out 's boyfriend is having an affair . goes out with a guy named . It 's not much of date , but he helps her out in a big way . Both and have feelings for each other , but are n't sure how to follow through with it . being with and being with help them come to a very important conclusion .

Luke Wilson, Kathleen Robertson, Natasha Henstridge, Janeane Garofalo, Bruce McCulloch, Mark McKinney

In Toronto , a group of friends and family prepare for the end of the world , expected at midnight as the result of a calamity that is not explained , but which has been expected for several months . There has been panic and rioting after the imminent catastrophe was announced , but the chaos has since largely died down , with only sporadic murders and robberies . On the last evening , depressed widower meets with his family , including his sister , for a mock Christmas dinner and celebration , though he leaves prematurely to spend his final hours alone in his apartment . He unexpectedly meets , who is stranded in the city and attempting to reunite with her new husband , who works at a power company . spends much of the day calling his customers to reassure them that their heating gas will be kept on until the very end . and have a suicide pact . Although intending to die alone , invites up to his apartment and attempts to help her find her husband . 
 Meanwhile , 's best friend embarks on a nearly non - stop sex marathon as he attempts to fulfill every fantasy he has ever had , pursuing interracial sex , sex with his old French teacher Mme . , and sex with a virgin , among others . With in need of a car and having a car collection , and visit him and ask for one of his vehicles . at first refuses , wanting to die with a complete collection , but persuades him to give one up . also attempts to have a homosexual affair with , one of his fantasies , but indicates he is not interested in having sex with anyone on his last night . 
 is randomly murdered by a rioter , and 's car has borrowed is vandalized . Upon realizing she will not reunite with , asks to join her suicide pact . As midnight approaches , they both sit on the roof facing each other , listening to the song " Guantanamera " , each holding a loaded pistol to the other 's temple . However , as the final seconds approach , both characters are overcome with emotion and simultaneously let their pistols slip away as they slowly embrace in a kiss . The world finally ends .

Don McKellar, Sandra Oh, Geneviève Bujold, David Cronenberg, Callum Keith Rennie

The film portrays a tragic love story set in late 1930s Ireland , focusing on the relationship between ( ) , a beautiful , feisty seventeen - year - old from a middle - class family , and ( ) , a shy labourer in his early thirties , and the search decades later by their son , , ( ) to find his roots in late 1990s Ireland . 
 The film is told as an interweaving of the nineties setting , where is hearing the story of his parents , and the events of the 1930s . grew into adulthood unaware of his parents ' story or of the tragic events that caused his mother to leave Ireland on her own while pregnant . 
 The story highlights the issues of prejudice , classism , alcoholism and social and religious conservatism in rural 1930s Ireland .

( ) has recently moved out on her own and has started a relationship with ( ) . However , 's mother ( ) and brother , who are forced to move into her loft sublet with her , are unaware that she is a lesbian . 's freedom is compromised , and she believes she must keep her blossoming affair a secret . However , the clandestine romance introduces 's family to a host of new experiences , many of which are " better than chocolate".[3 ] 
 The cast also includes as , the owner of a LGBT bookstore where works , and as , a trans woman with a crush on .

is a 15 - year - old girl sick of her life in small - town New Waterford . She is considered an exceptional student by her depressive , semi - alcoholic English teacher , who also nurtures an inappropriate crush towards her that is not reciprocated by . Based on her talent suggests that she should be allowed to move to New York City in order to cultivate her gift and manages to get her a scholarship at a school there . Her parents refuse to let her go , however . 
 When a family from New York City moves in next door , quickly becomes friends with the eldest daughter , . is the daughter of a jailed boxer and though she is small she is able to knock out men when they are lying , something that the town considers something of a religious miracle . develops a side hustle , knocking out the unfaithful men of the town in exchange for money from their wronged girlfriends . Meanwhile concocts a plan to leave town . She begins to openly kiss different boys causing her to gain a reputation for being promiscuous . 
 Not wanting to be left out , many boys claim they have slept with her . then claims she is pregnant which she knows will cause her religious parents to send her away where she can then escape and run away to Manhattan . However the plan backfires as the boys of the town , not wanting to appear to be the father , all confess that they have never slept with . Though orders to punch them out to show they are liars they do not fall down when she hits them showing they are telling the truth . 
 Nevertheless 's parents continue to believe she is pregnant only now believing that she lied about her promiscuity in order to cover up the fact that the father is . Her father goes to 's house where , grasping what is going on , confesses he is the father and allows to punch him , faking that he has been knocked out . When tries to confess all to her father , kisses her . 's mother , arriving in time to see the kiss , gets in the car and rams it several times into 's trailer , pushing it over the edge of the cliff it was located on . 
 is packed on a train to spend the rest of her pregnancy in Antigonish , Nova Scotia . At the train station platform after tearfully hugging her parents goodbye she descends from the train and tells her mother she does n't want to leave . Her mother orders her to get back on the train and hands her a letter . On the train she opens the letter which reveals that her mother knows she is going to New York City and wishes her luck .

Liane Balaban, Nicholas Campbell, Tara Spencer-Nairn, Mary Walsh

In Bailey Downs , a rash of dog killings has been occurring . and are teenage sisters who harbour a fascination with death and , as children , formed a pact to die together . One night , while on the way to kidnap a dog owned by school bully , begins her first period , which results in the girls being attacked by the creature responsible for the maulings . The creature wounds and bites , but rescues her . As the girls flee , the creature is run over by a van belonging to , a local drug dealer . decides not to go the hospital as her wounds heal quickly . 
 Following the attack , undergoes physical and mental transformations that concern . starts to behave aggressively and grow hair from her wounds , sprouts a tail , and heavily menstruates . Ignoring 's warnings , has unprotected sex with a classmate named and kills a neighbour 's dog . and agree that was attacked by a werewolf and is in the process of turning into one . On 's advice , persuades to have her navel pierced using a silver ring in the hopes of curing her but it proves ineffective . then suggests a monkshood solution , which is not possible as the plant is only found in the spring . 
 Later , shows up at the house to accuse of kidnapping her dog . As she fights with , is accidentally killed when she slips and hits her head on the kitchen counter . The sisters narrowly avoid their parents as they put the body in a freezer , explaining the blood as part of another school photo project . accidentally breaks off two of 's fingers while trying to get the corpse from the freezer . They lose the fingers when they bury 's body in the tool shed . tells she ca n't go out anymore , but remains defiant . 
 On Halloween , takes monkshood purchased by her mother for a craft project and asks to make the cure . While trying to track down , is attacked by ( who was infected by due to unprotected sex ) and she defends herself by using the monkshood on him . She witnesses his immediate change in behaviour , which proves it is a cure . At school , finds that has murdered the guidance counselor and witnesses her kill the school janitor . 
 The girls ' mother finds the fingers and 's corpse , and goes looking for her daughters . While she is looking for them , she sees running and picks her up . As she drives to the Greenhouse Bash , she tells her that she will protect them and the three of them will run away together ; she will burn the house down by letting it fill up with gas , then lighting a match to erase evidence of 's death . arrives to find rejecting 's advances . As he approaches , she breaks his arm . In despair , infects herself as pleads with her not to . As the sisters leave , knocks out with a shovel . and then take her back to the house in his van , and prepare more of the cure for . 
 fully transforms into a werewolf on the way home and escapes the van . Aware that she has transformed , and hide in the pantry as he makes the cure . When he goes to find , attacks . picks up the dropped syringe and follows the blood trail downstairs . After finding an injured and bloody she tries to save him by drinking his blood in an attempt to calm , but ca n't go through with it . sees 's revulsion and kills in front of her by biting him in the jugular . 
 As stalks through the basement , returns to the room where they grew up . Finding the knife that had been using to try to remove her tail , holds the syringe with the cure in one hand and the knife in the other . lunges at her , and into the knife . lays her head upon her dying sister 's chest and sobs .

Emily Perkins, Katharine Isabelle, Kris Lemche, Mimi Rogers, Danielle Hampton

In ages past , a malevolent race called the Arakacians discovered a place where space - time leaked a type of fluid . This fluid granted immortality to anyone who consumed it . The Arakacians built an empire and enslaved the known universe for centuries ; they were unstoppable . The Arakacians were finally vanquished after the fountain chamber ( where they gathered the water of life ) was sealed by freedom fighters . The key to the chamber , a glowing crystal that will lead the bearer back to the fountain , but would drive anyone who possessed it insane , was cast into space and lost among the stars . 
 In a present - day asteroid excavation , space crewman and his colleague find the key by accident . touches the key and instantly goes insane . kills his mining partner , and takes over the ship , killing most of the resisting crew except for Dr. , and the pilots and Germain.[1 ] His search for the planet with the fountain leads to Eden,[2 ] a planet that is designated F.A.K.K.² ( Federation - Assigned Ketogenic Killzone to the second level ) , but has inhabitants whose bodies carry the immortality fluid . invades Eden , and kills many of the Edenites , capturing some so he can extract the immortality fluids from their bodies . He also keeps the attractive for his own sexual purposes . When resists the idea , he is left on Eden . 
 's beautiful sister , who survived the attack , finds and they team up to follow . At a renegade space station , finds at a restaurant and critically injures him . However , he ingests a vial with the immortality serum and heals instantly.[1 ] In the ensuing gunfight , blows up the club . escapes the explosion ; she and board a shuttle - craft that latches onto 's ship with a tractor beam before it jumps into hyperspace . Discovering them mid - travel , tries to shake them off , but the fight causes the hyperspace to collapse and the two ships to crash . 
 wakes up on the desert planet called Oroboris , and meets a mysterious cloaked sage named and his assistant , , a rock - like creature , both of whom are guardians of the ancient fountain . Elsewhere , 's ship has been destroyed and most of his crew and abductees are dead . orders Dr. to extract 's fluids . He explores the planet and finds a race of reptilian beings , which he conquers by defeating their champion and then their leader in a death match . enters the reptilian city in disguise as a woman that the reptiles found for . That night , she seduces , but when she tries to kill him , captures her and takes her back to . infiltrates 's ship where she discovers is still alive . She takes out Dr. , frees , and escapes as the complex explodes . As a result , vows to make immortal so he can " screw her and kill her every hour of every day for all eternity " . With only three vials of serum , he orders his troops to storm the citadel where the immortality fountain is located . 
 At the citadel , undergoes a ritual where she is outfitted in armor . She , , and help the fountain 's guardians defend against 's army . In the fighting , suffers a near - fatal injury and while reaching for 's last vial of immortality serum , he knocks it loose from 's belt and it breaks on the ground . , enraged , kills for the blunder . then walks to the pit of immortality and is about to put the crystal into the fountain 's final lock but is stopped by . She stabs in the left eye before he is able to place the crystal in the lock . A fight ensues , but appears to have the advantage , until intervenes , which allows to finally kill . After is left dead . , throwing off his cloak , reveals himself to be the last of the Arakacians . He has been in hiding all these centuries , waiting for someone to find the chamber key and be drawn to the fountain . He intends to claim it as his own , and reestablish the Arakacian empire . However , pulls the crystal key from the pedestal , locking inside the fountain chamber forever , and flies into outer space . As and help to her feet , envelops the crystal into himself and becomes a new asteroid to hide the key for all time.[2 ]

GNN television journalist ( ) reports from Israel about a new technology with which will allow food to grow in inhospitable environments . He interviews Israeli scientist ( ) , and praises him for creating a miracle . Suddenly , Arab Mikoyan MiG-29 and Russian fighter jets fly overhead in a surprise air raid . A missile hits near and as they retreat to a military bunker . The sun disappears even though it is still mid - day . Israel 's defenses are unable to counterattack , but the attacking jets start spontaneously exploding and crashing down . runs outside with the news camera and records the drama as some GNN executives and reporters watch back in Chicago . The entire attacking force is destroyed . 
 The story shifts to pilot ( ) , who has been asked to fly from New York City to London at short notice , causing him to miss his son 's birthday party . Despite his wife 's and his daughter 's protests , he agrees and leaves his family behind . 's daughter , ( ) , is leaving for her college exams . , having decided to go to London for an investigation of the attack , boards 's plane . 
 On the flight , a flight attendant , ( ) , who is having an affair with , reveals she 's taking a job at the UN and this is her last flight . Later during the flight , some passengers awaken to realize that several of their fellow passengers are missing . Panic sets in , and helps try to keep the passengers calm . Upon returning to the cockpit , they discover that people ( later revealed to be Christians ) are mysteriously disappearing worldwide and some planes are down from missing flight crews . He is forced to turn the plane back and land in Chicago . Shortly after landing , locates and asks him to fly him to New York City . refuses , saying that he has to be with his family , but says he will find a private pilot , and they both drive to 's home . 
 Meanwhile , is driving home from her college exams when she encounters a large traffic accident . She goes to check on a crashed semi , whose driver vanished . People are reporting abandoned cars and children missing from their seats . While is inspecting the carnage , her car is stolen by a hurt man and she is stranded on the wrecked highway . She eventually starts walking down the highway . discovers that his wife and son are missing . He and are forced to stay in the house because of a military - enforced curfew . starts to read his wife 's Bible . 
 returns home , reunites with her father and discovers sleeping on the couch . After conversing about her missing family , drives to the airport and goes to look for her younger brother . takes a plane to New York with pilot . finds in an elementary school . He suggests they search the church because that is where his wife and son were most happy . refuses to go to church , saying that her mother was happiest when was home . After returns home , goes to New Hope Village Church and finds Pastor ( ) . has also been left behind because he never truly believed in . A believer at last , he begs for forgiveness and asks for a second chance to help people . enters the church and kneels next to , telling him that already has used him . They then watch a videotape left by another Reverend dealing with the Rapture , in which all true believers are taken to Heaven , while the rest are left behind to endure the Tribulation — seven years of war and suffering . 
 When gets to New York City , he finds that his friend has been killed . While he is there , he takes a computer disc and is almost shot by a sniper . decodes the computer disc and finds out that someone is trying to bankrupt the UN in order to control the world 's food supply . confronts , telling her that their " affair " was wrong , and that he wants her forgiveness , and she leaves in a huff . tells about and she says she believes . Meanwhile , flies back to Chicago to meet with an old friend , CIA agent . After the meeting , is killed in a car bombing , which narrowly escapes . He goes to 's house , because they are the only ones knows in Chicago . Taking the wounded to New Hope Church ( as a makeshift hospital ) , and show the tape that Reverend made . , however , does not fully believe the claims , and he goes to warn about the plot against the UN . and attempt to stop him , because he does n't have on his side . ignores the ' advice and goes to the UN anyway . 
 At the UN , sees the plans for the new Israeli temple , and realizes that everything , and told him was true . Before the meeting , finally accepts and asks Him to show him The Way . shows him that UN Secretary - General ( ) is the Antichrist when he reveals his plan for world domination , of which his plan to rebuild the temple of Israel is a logical first step . shoots and , who were behind the plot to bankrupt the UN , and then brainwashes the new " kings and queens " ( the 10 UN delegates ) into thinking that shot and himself . Everyone , even the press , believes , except , who leaves and returns to the church , where he resolves to fight with the help of his friends . Narrating , says the " seven years of peace " declared by will be the seven worst years mankind has ever seen , and that faith is all they need .

While being gutted alive by a fishmonger , a dying fish chooses to share a story that took place in Quebec during the autumn of 1999 . A 25 - year - old businesswoman named , head of three clothing boutiques , has an abortion . She is interviewed by a journalist about her success and being the daughter of a famous person named . claims business is good , but her partner , her brother , accosts her for numerous failures . She is supported by her friend , , but struggles with drugs and alcohol . 
 One night , is driving and accidentally hits a 53 - year - old Norwegian Canadian fishmonger , , fleeing the scene . Injured , stumbles back to his apartment , where he dies at the kitchen table . While at a restaurant , and order octopus but discover it is stale . The restaurant investigates the poor quality of octopus and realize the usual octopus trapper , , is missing , and find him dead . reads confirmation of the death in a newspaper , and considers turning herself in ; she confides in a stranger on a subway and consults him about turning herself in , but he tells her this will not bring the victim back . She eventually decides to dispose of the evidence , driving her car into a river . She survives , and interprets her survival as a sign that she deserves to recover her life . 
 The fishmonger 's son , a diver who was recently inspecting Manicouagan River , learns was cremated . This went against his plans for burial at sea . He encounters by chance and she poses as his late father 's neighbour . falls in love with her , and she takes him away from a planned flight to have sex at her apartment . He later learns the plane crashed in Baie - Comeau with no survivors , and realizes killed his father . Conflicted about his love for his father 's killer , a stranger in a bar tells him to marry her and never tell anyone . 
 helps sort through 's possessions , and she accompanies to Lofoten to dispose of the ashes . Finally , the fish narrator decides to conclude his story by revealing the meaning of life , but is promptly killed mid - sentence .

At the close of World War II , ( ) surrenders to the Americans and enjoys the hospitality of a U.S. Army Air Force base . ( ) , acting on the orders of U.S. President , recruits U.S. Supreme Court Justice ( ) to prepare a war crimes tribunal against and the surviving Nazi leadership . , ( ) and others are arrested for war crimes and imprisoned in a U.S. Army stockade at Bad Mondorf in Luxembourg . , his assistant ( ) , and his prosecution team fly to Germany . Psychologist ( ) arrives at the stockade with prisoner ( ) , who has attempted suicide . 
 negotiates with Allied representatives Sir ( ) , General ( ) and ( ) to ensure a unified prosecution . selects the Nuremberg Palace of Justice for the site of the trials and reconstruction work commences . and the others are stripped of their rank and transferred to the prison in Nuremberg , where they come into conflict with the guards under the command of the strict Colonel ( ) . Major ( ) serves , and the others with their indictments . U.S. judge ( ) arrives to take control of the court but reluctantly passes the honour at ’s insistence . Following the suicide of prisoner ( ) , round - the - clock watches are posted and is appointed prisoner liaison . 
 Sir ( ) opens the trial with all defendants pleading not guilty , and gives a stirring opening statement . At lunch a jovial holds court over the other defendants while begins to show signs of remorse . puts forward an emotive eyewitness account of the Nazis ' genocidal policies toward Jews and others , while reads out dry documentation . As the court begins to tire of ’s meticulous approach , urges pushing on to the witness interviews , which reveal the horrors of the concentration camps . The court is shaken by documentary footage of the camps ; even appears unsettled . 
 explains ’s dominance to and insists that his control over the others must be broken . takes the stand and begins speaking to the German people . , at ’s suggestion , has isolated . Under cross - examination , outmanoeuvers and humiliates , who later accuses of giving free rein in court . talks out of tendering his resignation , and the two share a kiss . Under advice from , returns to confront with evidence of his crimes against the Jews and successfully dismisses the defendant ’s denials . 
 At a Christmas party , the German housekeeper refuses to serve the Soviets , but rescues the situation before slipping away with . visits the defendants and , under ’s advice , attempts to convince them to take responsibility for their crimes . relaxes the prison rules for Christmas , and shares a friendly drink with his guard , Lt . ( ) . The cross - examination of the defendants intensifies and the defence calls ( ) , who casually reveals the horrors of Auschwitz . is implicated in the enslavement of foreign workers by fellow defendant ( ) and in response accepts collective responsibility for the crimes of the Nazi regime . 
 interviews ’s wife ( ) , who reveals that had ordered them all executed , which led to the family ’s surrender . is moved by ’s summation of his examinations — that the source of the evil behind Nazi Germany was a complete lack of empathy — to give an impassioned closing statement . uses his final statement to condemn the trial , and is sentenced along with several others to death by hanging . uses his final statement to commend the tribunal and is sentenced to 20 years in prison . commits suicide after his request to be executed by firing squad is denied . presides over the executions of the others while and head home .

Alec Baldwin, Brian Cox, Christopher Plummer, Jill Hennessy, Matt Craven, Colm Feore, Christopher Heyerdahl, Michael Ironside, Max von Sydow

The film centres on a group of colleagues in downtown Calgary , Alberta , who bet a month 's salary on who can last the longest without going outside . The film takes place over one lunch hour on day 28 of the month - long competition . Things start to become complicated as the office prepares for the company founder 's retirement party . 
 The film is a dark comedy and often uses surrealism to achieve its thematic goals . 
 The cast includes , , and . 
 The film 's title is derived from a particular form of suicide where one smashes the ( non - openable ) window of one 's high - rise office and then jumps through . Many people go " downtown " , but such folks go " waydowntown " . In the movie , one of the characters has accumulated a 2 - litre pop bottle full of marbles in the hopes of breaking his window .

In 1971 , a policeman catches , a recent college graduate with a degree , in smoking marijuana . Because of his arrest and conviction , he is unable to find work as a pharmacologist . In the present day , a drug lord called " the " calls a meeting of his organisation , hoping to sell a brand new substance invented by Elmo . The meeting goes badly when , in a bid to escape from the 's control , blows up the building , killing everyone but the . Vengeful , the contacts , a contract killer , who previously killed the only witness in a case against the . initially refuses the hit , but accepts when the offers to clear her gambling debts and give her a $ 250,000 bonus . 
 leaves for Liverpool , England , where he meets , a local " fixer " who has been sent by , head of a local criminal organisation , in exchange for two tickets to a sold - out football match . At the meeting , pitches POS 51 , a synthetic drug that can be produced with minimal facilities and is 51 times as potent as other drugs . A second opinion from Pudsey , 's chemist , confirms Elmo 's claims , and gives him over a million dollars in bonds . Since it is $ 18   million short of the agreed payment , Elmo threatens to leave . 
 In a room across the street , is about to take a shot at Elmo 's head when the calls cancelling the hit ; not wanting to kill until he has the formula . Instead of killing , she is to kill anyone who meets with him . She switches rifles to an automatic weapon and kills everyone but and , who is shot in the buttocks . As and leave the hotel , a gang of skinheads who seek the drug attack them . protects them with a golf club . Detective arrives on the scene and gives a chase . He is soon lured into a game of chicken by , who escapes . returns to the crime scene and demands 50 % of 's deal with . A miscommunication leads to 's death . 
 contacts a gun dealing club owner and drug distributor named , promising him the formula for £ 20   million . As and acquire the ingredients necessary for the drug 's manufacture , all of which are over - the - counter products , the now - armed skinheads capture them . is unflustered , as the skinheads claim they have a lab , though it turns out to be a broken - into animal testing facility . makes two batches of the drug ; one blue and one red . He claims that the red pill is the stronger version , and after he takes one , the skinheads try it . While they are partying , waiting for the effect of the drug , in the next room spits out his red pill . He tells it is a powerful laxative ; and leave after throwing rolls of toilet paper to the incapacitated skinheads . 
 At 's rave club , initiates his deal and delivers the drug to the waiting crowd . and the police interrupt the deal and arrest . When appears , she reveals that her real name is and that she and were romantically involved . She captures and leaves with him via the roof . gets the upper hand , suspending her over the edge of the roof . Having no choice , she strikes a deal with him and they escape from . Meanwhile , blackmails during a police interrogation and forces himself into the deal with , which sets up for him . 
 , and meet in a private viewing box at the football game at Anfield . This time , the deal is interrupted by the , who shoots and demands the formula to POS 51 . The celebrates with a drink , as reveals that the drug is a placebo and POS stands for Power of Suggestion . interrupts them as Elmo 's cocktail , an explosive ingested by the , takes effect . is knocked unconscious and arrested , and the others escape . and give their relationship another chance , and purchases a castle once owned by the man who owned his ancestors .

Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Carlyle, Emile Mortimer, Rhys Ifans, Meat Loaf

is a new student at the all girls ' boarding school , and dorms with and . In an effort to get the shy to break out of her shell , and involve her in their activities , such as running in the mornings . When they hear that 's mother has died , nicknames her " . " 
 observes the intimacy between her two dormmates . Peering out a window at night , she sees them kissing on a roof . and 's relationship is close and is full of life . At one point she turns a quiet afternoon on the campus into a music - blasting dance party and spikes the punch . In another moment , she defends from a frustrated math teacher who humiliates her when she does not understand basic math . 
 When the three are running one day , comes across a hurt falcon , which she befriends . After reading up on falcons , she trains the animal . While she is tending to the falcon , and come across some boys from the nearby boys school . One flirts with , asking if she will be attending her brother 's 18th birthday party and making it clear that he likes her . When and are alone , expresses disgust at the boy 's interest in her , saying , " He liked my tits . " When asks if she 'll go to the party , says , " And have all those gross guys groping me ? I 'd rather stay home . " 
 Over time , and become more comfortable showing affection in front of . It progresses from a quick kiss on the lips in front of her , to the two sharing a bed while is sleeping . 
 One morning , 's sister and friends rush into the room to wake up the older girls . is lying in 's bed , and it is clear that the two are topless . Horrified silence falls over everyone . 
 pushes 's sister out of the room and closes the door . angrily tells to get out of her bed . When confronted by her sister , she tries to extinguish her sister 's suspicions by telling her has an unrequited crush on her and crawled into her bed . Her sister promises to " fix " the rumors about and not tell their parents anything . As she walks away from this conversation , collapses into tears . 
 In the library , explains to that her family , her parents and her sister , are strongly homophobic , and she must stop the relationship to prevent their rejection . sympathizes with both of her friends , as she too feels rejected by her father , who does not bother to show up to a father / daughter dance . The break up is not clean however . degenerates into psychotic abusive behavior , like destroying a mirror and thrashing a dish cart to the floor . A rejection letter from the agency that handled adoption , which says that her birth mother denied a request from to get in touch , further sends her over the edge . Meanwhile , dates the guy she met from the boys school and hardly speaks to . 
 has sex with her boyfriend , which prompts to declare a duel with him . After she kicks his leg , during a fencing match , throwing him to the ground , she demands that he give up her queen . When he brushes her off , she stabs her sword into his leg . rushes to stop her . then runs off . runs to 's soccer match , which is being watched by the principal and the main teacher . Just after reaching the group , sees , sobbing from the top of a building . Crying out for her beloved , she jumps to her death .

( ) has had some bad luck recently . His wife ( ) lives in Washington , DC , his restaurant , the Auk is not doing good business . ( ) helps by making up a story about a rare bird ( Tasker ’s Sulphureous ) sighting which begins to help 's business . has been working on a prototype Recreational Submarine Vehicle ( RSV ) and is concerned that the Winnebago company is conducting industrial espionage and trying to steal his plans . also finds ten kilos of cocaine and tries to get rid of it with the help of . falls in love with ( ) , 's sister - in - law , a girl from Gull Tickle .

In Toronto , an Armenian Canadian family is headed by , a widow whose husband attempted to assassinate a Turkish ambassador . Her adult son is involved in a sexual affair with , who has accused of pushing her father off of a cliff , while insists he slipped and fell . gives art history presentations on Armenian American painter , with constantly attending and publicly heckling about concealing the truth . 
 An Armenian film director , , arrives to Toronto with a goal to make a film about the Armenian Genocide and . is hired as a historical consultant , with working on the project with his mother . A Turkish Canadian aspiring actor named receives his big break when cast as Ottoman governor . reads on the history of the genocide , which he had never heard much of before , and offends when he tells that he believes the Ottomans felt the genocide was defensive , in light of World War I. attempts to explain to that the Armenians were citizens of the Ottoman Empire and that the Turks were not at war with them . shrugs the encounter off , saying they were both born in Canada and the incident is forgotten . 
 After returns to Canada from a flight to Turkey , he is interrogated at airport security by a retiring customs official named , who has reason to believe is involved in a plot to smuggle drugs . Rather than employ drug - sniffing dogs , speaks to at length , with claiming he had taken it upon himself to shoot extra footage in Turkey . In fact , the film is premiering that night . Inspired by his own son , chooses to believe is innocent , without checking the film canisters which may contain the drugs .

David Alpay, Charles Aznavour, Christopher Plummer, Bruce Greenwood, Marie-Josée Croze, Brent Carver, Arsinée Khanjian, Elias Koteas

Bollywood / Hollywood centres on the character of , a young , rich , Indo - Canadian living in Toronto whose widowed mother is eager to get him married after the freak - accidental death of his white pop singer girlfriend , . Furthermore , the mother proclaims that the impending wedding of her daughter and will not take place until has found himself a bride first . The pressure mounts on as he finds out that must get married to preserve the family 's reputation because she is pregnant . 
 goes to a bar and there meets . Thinking she is a Spanish escort ( non - sexual companion ) , he hires her to pose as his fiancée . eventually discovers that is actually Indian ( her name is short for ) . Despite his initial anger at her lie , the two grow closer — due in no small part to a confidence boost gave to 's tormented younger brother , , who incorrectly believes that no one cares about his welfare . and eventually consider one another a fit match . Pleased , Mrs. agrees to sanction 's wedding . 
 and grow more intimate , sharing stories about their pasts . It is revealed that was once offered as a bride to the well - meaning but dim - witted professional wrestler ; offended that her parents would even consider such a match , she has been playing mischief in revenge . This mischief is not fully explained , but her liking for it is suggested by her audacity . is quite immune to social norms ; she speaks bluntly to all , particularly to , 's driver , who she knows ( but does not reveal to others ) is a famous drag queen . 
 The blossoming romance is shaken , when a drunken friend at 's bachelor party states that is a prostitute , and that he himself has paid her for sex in the past . is uncertain , causing to be so hurt that he would question her honesty and integrity that she leaves him . He is forced to confess to his family that he never really courted but merely bribed her to act the part of his fiancée . His mother is forced to postpone 's wedding until can find a new bride , becoming despondent that 's pregnancy will make the family social outcasts , for which calls her out for being a hypocrite . enters the room and tells her mother to stop crying , as and have eloped . thanks for doing so much to help her . 
 Prodded by ( " is special . Anyone who can keep a secret deserves the best " ) , by his insightful , - quoting grandmother and by the ghosts of his father and , goes after . In a balcony scene facilitated by 's father and mother , professes his true love to , who abruptly leaves him standing outside her balcony . initially leaves in his limo , then tells to return to 's house , only to find that has replaced in the driver 's seat . 
 All parties , including ghosts and the film 's crew , join in the closing - credits dance .

Rahul Khanna, Lisa Ray, Moushumi Chatterjee, Dina Pathak, Ranjit Chowdhry, Jessica Paré

The film starts with a young woman named ( ) , shown to be trapped in the Cube . She enters another room , but unknown to her , the room has reversed gravity , as she is pulled up , and it is implied that she is killed . 
 Some time later , a woman named ( ) , detective ( ) , a blind girl named ( ) , engineer ( ) , game developer ( Matthew ) , lawyer ( ) , and an elderly woman named Mrs. ( ) find themselves trapped in brightly lit cubes , each with a panel on each of the six sides , which are doors to other rooms . They come across Colonel ( ) , who says that they have to solve the code in order to leave the mysterious place . Just as he finishes , a wall begins to close in on the group . The group escapes while stays behind , while and watch in horror as is disintegrated by the wall . Later experiences around the cube reveal that gravity can operate in different directions in each room , while Mrs. , who is revealed to be a retired theoretical mathematician , and , realize that they may be in a tesseract , or a hypercube . notices the numbers " 60659 " everywhere they go . 
 The group soon realizes they are connected to Izon , a defense contractor . While in conversation , Mrs. opens a panel to reveal her being killed by , who is decapitated soon after by crystal beams . thinks that it is a parallel universe , while and think it is an optical illusion . Later , while the group is sleeping , realizes that he is in the tesseract to look for , a missing Izon worker and the first person revealed in the film . Meanwhile , hears a noise and awakens everyone , due to her acute hearing . The group finds a floating square in the middle of the room , which grows into shifting variations of a tesseract , before expanding into a lethal and rapidly spinning frame . The group flees into another room , but is injured by the tesseract . Trying to call , the rest of the group watches as is shredded by the tesseract , which grows rapidly . remains to save , who is still trapped in the room , narrowly avoiding death as they group in one of the corners of the room where the tesseract can not reach , as the tesseract conforms back to a cube and disappears . and are separated from the group , as a result . 
 starts to suspect that Mrs. is an undercover spy , so he gags and ties her up , but crystal beams start protruding from the walls . tries to save Mrs. , but when he sees that there is not enough time , as the clinging Mrs. refuses to release him , he stabs her with his knife . and , disturbed that killed Mrs. , leave and abandon him . tells she must be dreaming , and then kisses him , because she says she would never kiss him in the real world . They begin to have sex , but unbeknownst to them , they are in a room that is zero - gravity and time dilated , and age prematurely and die , as finds the corpses floating in the air later , still in mid - coitus . , alone and hungry , goes insane . He encounters a parallel and the missing , killing both of them . 
 Meanwhile , finds grisly alternate realities of her death in other rooms , and is horrified . tells that time and space are distorted where they are , that the tesseract will implode and reality is collapsing . She reveals that she is , a computer hacker who is responsible for the creation of the tesseract , who also reveals that when she discovered that was putting people inside the tesseract , she tried to stop their operation , but was pursued so she " fled into the only place they would n't follow " : the tesseract . , however , still believes that there is a way out . then finds and stabs him in the eye after he grabs her in another room , as appears behind , old and blind in one eye , proving 's space - time theory . claims that they " are all dead " , which causes to snap her neck , believing that if they are all dead that it would not really matter if he kills her now . 
 finds that the tesseract is shrinking , and kills with the knife . She looks at the numerous duplicates of 's watch and realizes that " 60659 " is the time that the tesseract will implode ; 6:06:59 . and that she is there to take back 's necklace which was filled with confidential information on Izon . The hypercube starts to wear away , and opens a panel in the bottom , revealing a black void . At 6:06:59 , she jumps in just when the Hypercube implodes . 
 wakes up in the hands of Izon authorities in an unknown factory . She gives them the necklace , but because of their confidentiality , she is shot in the head and killed by one of the Izon operatives . An Izon authority reports to an anonymous and unidentified source that " Phase 2 is terminated " , as the operatives leave the facility , and the film ends .

The movie begins with retrieving curling stones from a lake near Long Bay , Ontario . dies after retrieving the stones , and a codicil to his will demands that curling rink he formerly coached be re - assembled , and enter a bonspiel to win the Golden Broom by placing a stone containing his ashes on the button . The team 's skip , , had skipped town ten years ago over the shame of failing to call a burnt stone , abandoning his fiancée ( 's daughter ) at the altar , and throwing the team 's stones into the lake . returns to Long Bay , where he convinces the former members of his team , , , and , to enter the competition for the Golden Broom . While the rink practices for the Golden Broom tournament , tries to make amends with , which is complicated by his feelings for her younger sister . deals with his resentment towards his wife , and unhappiness at running a funeral home inherited from his father in law . deals with his low sperm count and dissatisfaction about being unable to father children . is working as a minor drug dealer , and tries to raise money to pay off a supplier to whom he is indebted.[4 ] 
 After losing a match to an extremely elderly rink , the team realises they need a coach to be prepared for the bonspiel . reconciles with his estranged father , so he will coach the team . trains the team for the upcoming bonspiel . In the first match of the bonspiel , the rink plays another rink , skipped by former Olympian . again fails to call a burnt stone , demoralising himself , the rest of his rink , and his father . goes drinking at a bar , where meets him and informs him she Julie have come to an understanding ; accepts that and love one another , and once accepts it they can be together . , meanwhile , will be blasted off into space . goes to his mother 's grave where he encounters his father ; the two reconcile , and tells to go be with Amy.[4 ] 
 quits the rink , and is replaced by . However , in the second to last match , once again throws out his back and unable to curl . However , and his rink manage to win the match . In the final match of the bonspiel , the rink once again meets 's rink . With injured , is forced to curl with a rink of three . Down 6 - 0 early , laments that they " need a good lead man . " At this time , and his wife are at the country club . rushes to the club and convinces to rejoin the rink . and his rink stage a comeback , and are now within victory . On the critical final shot , one of the sweepers burns the stone , noticed only by . In this instance , calls the burn . allows to retake the shot , to which changes up his shot . throws the rock directly at the centre of the house , smashing it and the rock it collided with . A large piece of granite lands directly on the button , along with Coach 's ashes . and his rink have not only won the Golden Broom bonspiel , but have also fulfilled Coach 's final wish.[4 ]

Paul Gross, Leslie Nielsen, Kari Matchett, Molly Parker, Michelle Nolden, Peter Outerbridge, James Allodi, Jed Rees

The first few days of 1970 , in an Ontario suburb , and the family 's fragile domestic peace has come to an end with the death of mother . The story is told in loops and flashbacks over 10 years , opening and closing with the water flowing over Niagara Falls , while the bulk of the film depicts the fall and winter of 1969 leading to 's funeral . In the background looms the tragedy of the suspicious death years ago of the first - born child , three - month - old ; a pervasive and never spoken of subject , 's existence is only revealed through a single newspaper clipping the ( then adolescent ) girls find in 's purse . 
 The household is ruled by father , modeled on his experiences in the military , as is illustrated by a flashback sequence to the two weeks he forced his family to spend trapped in his self - built backyard bomb shelter , for " practice " . works as a used - car salesman and he is keen on keeping up appearances in front of the neighbors . He is psychologically unstable , drinks heavily and cheats on his wife ( which she accepts ) although he is also oddly protective of her , insisting that his daughters watch her all the time . His depressed wife , a onetime dancer , has escaped into apathy and alcoholism a long time ago . She lives a catatonic life on the living room couch , staring absently at the television , her ever - present coffee cup full of whiskey impassively filled by one family member or another . 
 Each of the three teenaged daughters has her own way to cope with the deleterious family atmosphere . They try to find their own experiences while struggling with weight of their family duties and concern for their mother . is the eldest daughter and the most responsible element of the family ; quiet , subdued and selfless , she overburdens herself with domestic tasks and responsibilities , and patiently puts up with her father 's antics . She is also the only one intent on keeping the memory of her brother and on uncovering the secret around his death ( the news article suggests that slipped and dropped over the falls , though the police suspected it was n't an accident ) . After unexpectedly becoming friends with a neighbour girl , she lets some pleasure into her dreary life . As the opposite of , middle child fights for her independence , standing up to her father and loving her mother but despising her weakness . She assuages her fantasies of rebellion , experimenting with boys and drugs . Not as involved as in the housekeeping , nor as rebellious as , sweet - looking devotes herself to becoming a perfect woman , with her own naive sense of femininity and sexuality . She engages in an affair with an older , married shoe salesman which ends up an awkward threesome scene with the man 's twin brother , and learning that she is pregnant . 
 The story builds from one small event to another . Things climax during one long New Year 's Eve night , as a dramatic event and the final admission of the secret definitively put an end to the ' " pretend normal " family life . The ending is left open , leaving the viewer to guess whether or not the characters will be able to start a new and more honest life and reconstruct family bonds .

Callum Keith Rennie, Miranda Richardson, Katharine Isabelle, Kristin Adams

is the oddball son of Italian immigrants and , who inadvertently ended up in Canada rather than the United States . shocks his parents   – and his sister ,   – by moving out on his own without getting married , and , shortly after that , shocks them further still when he reveals he is gay . But his boyfriend ( and childhood best friend ) , policeman , is n't as ready to come out of the closet   – especially not to his busybody Sicilian mother , .

Luke Kirby, Ginette Reno, Paul Sorvino, Mary Walsh, Sophie Lorain, Peter Miller

( ) is a hard - working 23 - year - old mother with two small daughters , an unemployed husband ( ) , a mother ( ) who sees her life as a failure , and a jailed father whom she has not seen for ten years . Her life changes dramatically when , during a medical checkup following a collapse , she is diagnosed with metastatic ovarian cancer and told that she has only two months to live . 
 Deciding not to tell anyone of her condition and using the cover of anemia , makes a list of things to do before she dies.[2 ] She decides to change her hair , record birthday messages for the girls for every year until they 're 18 , and tries to set up her husband with another woman . 
 Feeling a longing to experience a life that was never available to her , she seeks out a man to experience how it feels to be in a sexual relationship with someone other than her husband . Her experiment ends up taking an emotional toll when she meets with a man named , who ends up madly in love with her and is left heartbroken when breaks it off with him . He meets with her one last time and says that he will do anything to make her happy , taking care of her daughters and even finding her husband a new job . She ends their relationship and never tells him that she is dying . 
 At the end of the film , records a message to her husband , telling him that she loves him , and another one to , telling him the same . She then leaves all tapes that she has recorded with her doctor , asking him to deliver them after her death .

Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Scott Speedman, Leonor Watling, Amanda Plummer

is an officer with the South African Police , newly married with a reputation as the youngest captain on the force , he and his partner are assigned along with other officers to riot duty in the wake of the Soweto uprising . In the chaos of one of the riots in Tembisa , shoots a young , unarmed protester , which deeply affects him and causes him to become disillusioned towards the apartheid system . One day on his lunch break decides to spontaneously walk in and rob a bank . He thoroughly enjoys the rush and decides to embark on a spree of robberies , even responding to one in his official capacity as an officer . In the wake of these robberies , , 's partner , leads a team assigned to take down the new bank robber . Eventually being able to see through 's disguises , 's team finally makes the arrest . is stripped of his position and sentenced to 32 years in prison . 
 While in prison meets two other men , and , with whom he quickly fosters a friendship . The trio have grand plans of what they will do when they get out , even saying that when they do they will come back for each other . After a year or so in prison and go to play a rugby game with other prisoners . During the game they feign serious injury and are taken to the infirmary , where they knock the doctor unconscious and relieve the guards of their weapons . Shortly after their escape and return for , the three introduce themselves to each other as their new assumed names and proceed to rob a few banks , purchase a high - priced safehouse , and steal a yellow Porsche 911 Targa . 
 As the robberies continue , the risks that come with it increase exponentially , as the so - called " Stander Gang " is being relentlessly pursued by the police task force under none other than . After a gunshop hold - up that left a woman shot as well as able to identify the gang , dropping money on the way out of a bank , and 's unexplained shooting spree at another bank that lead to a police chase , the gang soon sees that their luck is running out as they become increasingly more reckless . Deciding it would be best to cut their losses and settle down comes up with a plan to rob the exchange office at the airport and leave South Africa , using a combination of flight schedules and disguises to come up with the best plan . Hours before the robbery is to take place returns to Tembisa to make his final peace with the father of the protester he killed , and is instead beaten with a club by the boy 's father . As becomes infuriated with the fact did n't come to pull off the robbery , he and see on the news that if they were to have gone to the airport a large amount of police would have arrested or killed them , leading to say " Even when he 's wrong , he 's right . " 
 In 1984 , the gang begins to organise their exit strategy when goes off to Cape Town to purchase a boat and plans to go to Greece . However , 's plans are cut short when a squad of police surround the safehouse . While driving to see , tells a story about his relationship with a black women . She had become pregnant ( not by ) and the two were living together , when police saw this they beat her to the point of miscarriage . thanks for all he has done to help him and get their revenge on the system , and how the last six months had been the time of him and his friend 's lives . Meanwhile , back at the safehouse scrambles for an escape , but realising there is no way out he decides to grab two pistols and begin shooting at police . and pull up just in time to see gunned down by police . As they drive from the scene and lock eyes , a police chase ensues and the Porsche is severely damaged , leading and to steal another vehicle and drive off into the distance . and part ways to go off and escape South Africa . goes to the airport and is followed by numerous police where he is forced to show identification . frantically rushes to see if it is , but stops when he finds out that it was a false alarm ( due to 's use of a fake passport ) and is allowed to leave . 
 Finally arriving in Fort Lauderdale , is unable to remain inactive for long when he hotwires a Mercury Cougar and runs a red light in front of police . Leading them on a short chase , exits his vehicle and begins to disobey the officer 's orders , prompting the officer 's partner to grab a shotgun and threaten with it . disarms the partner only to be shot by the officer multiple times .

The film starts with a man , , trying to escape from the Cube . He enters a room and is sprayed with liquid that he thinks is only water . However , when he rubs the back of his hand due to itchiness , his flesh liquifies and falls off . This soon happens all over his body , as he then melts on the floor and dies as a result . 
 A man named is watching a video feed of this in an observation room with a co - worker named . Afterwards , is shown to be sketching a portrait of in the form of a superhero called , while playing chess with him at the same time . has the chess board in front of him , but is at another table , simply drawing and naming his moves . seems to be vastly intelligent , calculating all of 's moves . After wins , he asks questions about their missing colleagues . tells him not to ask too many questions or get involved with the occupants of the Cube because it would n't make " those upstairs " happy . 
 Both and get an order from " upstairs " that asks them to record the dream of a subject , . In her dream , sees that she was captured while walking in a pleasant forest with her daughter named . After waking , meets the other occupants of the Cube . One of the men , , has a tattoo on his forehead like the soldier who captured . However , , like everyone else , has no recollection of his former life or how he got there - he only knows his name . According to what and know , everyone in the Cube faced a death sentence and was presented with a choice : Go into the Cube with their memory completely erased , or take the death sentence . For this process , a unique consent form must be signed for someone to be placed in the Cube . discovers that there is no consent form in 's file and argues with that they should inform the people " upstairs " about this . Meanwhile , Eric and get " lunch " , in the form of a flavored pill , from " upstairs " via the elevator . 
 Just when is about to make a call to the superiors , the phone rings . They are instructed to perform the " exit procedure " for a subject who has reached one of the exits of the Cube ; one of their former colleagues , . During the exit procedure , is asked if he remembers his name , which he answers correctly . is then asked if he believes in God , to which he says no , which prompts to press the " no " button , which immediately incinerates . argues with over the fate of , on which he says that he said " no " , and that no one said yes . realizes that the Cube is inhumane and that those " upstairs " are planning to place people in the Cube randomly without consent . He decides to enter the Cube to help escape it . He distracts and enters the elevator , which contain only three buttons : " UP " , to the " upstairs " room ; " MIDDLE " , pointing to their office ; and " DOWN " , to one of the entrances into the Cube , which he selects . 
 , one of the Cube 's supervisors who monitors the employees , and two of his analysts arrive from " upstairs " to stop from helping , but despite their efforts to stop them , and make it to the exit room with the help of , who sabotages the control panels servicing the Cube . He then swallows the main power coupler for the cameras inside the Cube in an act of defiance . paralyzes him and guts him open alive , retrieving the coupler . The sabotage incapacitates the Cube , causing every trap to shut down like planned . He informs that they only have 10 minutes to escape before the Cube enters " Reset Mode , " which sterilizes the rooms by vaporizing everything inside . 
 Once and reach an " exit room , " catches them . They escape using a secret auxiliary exit just as the Cube enters " Reset Mode , " which vaporizes . They escape into a lake and end up in a forest ; however , soldiers searching for them have already arrived . manages to escape , but is shot by a dart and passes out . 
 wakes up in a surgery room and confronts , who reveals that may have gotten away . He claims that has been found guilty of " high treason " and " sabotage " against " country and your [ 's ] God " , and also tells him that " your sentence has been extended for two more lifetimes " . claims has already been convicted in a trial and shows him his consent form , saying he agreed to become a test subject many years ago but does not remember . Against his will , his brain is surgically altered , as dreams about reuniting with her daughter and praising as a superhero . is then lobotomized and put back in the Cube . After his brain was altered , is left mentally handicapped . He repeatedly mentions the color of the room and has a repetitive twitch in his right hand . He is found by new captives of the Cube who wonder how he could have possibly survived , mirroring 's initial appearance in the first film , hinting that he and may have been given the same condition , or even be the same person ( In the DVD commentary of the film , director stated they are not supposed to be the same character , specifying that perhaps he was also a technician like , and was subject to the same mental procedure , much like a tool of those in charge of the cube - like structure ) .

Each spring , a party from a fort travels to Hudson Bay to trade pelts for winter provisions , but , in 1815 , nobody returns . 
 and are lost with their horse in the Canadian wilderness when they come across a seemingly abandoned camp . An elderly Indian woman , who warns them that they must kill a boy to prevent one sister from killing the other , gives them each a pendant . As their startled horse runs off , 's foot is caught in a trap . seeks help , but the hunter frees before she returns . He leads them to Fort Bailey , where they take refuge . says they are the daughters of a drowned trader and are seeking passage east . 
 Werewolves have besieged the fort for some time . , the fort 's physician , inspects ’s wound and applies a leech , surreptitiously testing for werewolf infection . They are given a room that belonged to 's son . Awakened by a voice , investigates the corridors , where she eventually finds the source : a deformed boy kept in a small , bolted unlit room ; he bites her shoulder as he flees . 
 When and attempt to leave , confronts them . While and are fighting , werewolves attack , killing one of the residents . Reverend leads the sisters to an allegedly safe building , which actually contains a werewolf . The sisters run up the stairs , chased by the werewolf , but the hunter appears and kills it . As and are going to their room 's nose starts to bleed ; a sign that she is infected . 
 The sisters discover the boy who bit is 's son , . As sleeps , he sneaks into the bedroom and wakes her . She tries to grab him , but he gets away , taking a lock of her hair ; then kills a man who investigates the noise , and frames for his murder . holds captive as the others drag away . arrives , dismisses , and makes a deal with : her sister 's life in exchange for their silence regarding his son . and find at the doctor 's , strapped to the examination table and held at gunpoint , about to be tested with a leech . When demands they release , ignores the order . shoots him dead , which prompts the other men to leave . 
 Determined to kill , finds him as he cries at his mother 's grave . He escapes and is captured instead by the men . Wallace arrives and kills his son himself . The sisters ' protection at an end , is forced to leave , and goes with her . Desperate for a cure , the sisters go to the hunter 's cave , and kills their guide shortly before they arrive . 
 At the cave , the hunter and Indian seer woman reveal the sisters ' coming had long been prophesied and that the Red and the Black would decide the destiny of the werewolf bloodline . After enters a trance - like state , she has a vision of her destiny - the hunter attempts to kill , and she kills her sister herself . As emerges from the trance she finds the seer is dead , killed by , who has fled . The hunter leads back to the fort . 
 Back at the fort , is taken prisoner . tells her to beg forgiveness , but she spits in his face . drags her out onto the parade square and prepares to burn her alive . interrupts him , runs through with his sword , and sets him on fire . engages in a fight , and she slashes his throat . As he falls to the ground , opens the gates and ushers in the werewolves . While the hunter holds his own against them , is soon bitten and sets the fort on fire before killing himself . The hunter urges to kill her sister ; instead , kills the hunter and flees with her sister . 
 The film ends with only and left alive huddled in the snow . When says that she is cold , says that she is not . then holds out her hand and presses a cut on it against a cut on 's hand - mingling their blood and infecting .

was a music producer and a DJ , born in London ( United Kingdom ) . After years of playing in night - clubs he loses his hearing . 's loss of hearing is first apparent when he hears a high - pitched whine instead of an Arsenal football match on TV . At this time , is making his next album with his " two Austrian mates " and , who seem more suited for a rock band . continues working on his album and playing gigs at clubs , but his hearing degrades rapidly . As a result , progress on his album stagnates . However , refuses to acknowledge his problem until a gig in Amnesia , when he can not hear the second channel in his headphones and must crossfade one song into the next without being able to beatmatch them . The result sounds terrible , and the crowd boos him . Overcome with fear and frustration , he throws the turntable and the mixer onto the dance floor , and is forcibly removed from the club . 
 The next day , confronts about the performance . agrees to see a doctor , who tells him he 's lost hearing in one ear and has 20 % left in the other . He warns that unless he stops abusing drugs and listening to loud noises , he will soon be completely deaf . Even the use of his hearing aid would only further degrade his hearing . 
 Then , during a recording session , confesses the full nature of his hearing loss to . He inserts his hearing aid to demonstrate , and , overwhelmed by the sudden sound exposure , leans close to one of the monitor speakers . Before he can react , a frustrated smashes a guitar into an amplifier whose volume has maximized . The noise is excruciating , and the feedback knocks unconscious . The damage leaves him permanently deaf . 
 Without his hearing , can not complete his album . He loses his recording contract , and abandons him . Soon after , leaves him . The talking head sequences describe this period as his darkest hour , in which he shuts himself into his home , which he has " soundproofed " with pillows in a desperate bid to recover his hearing . His drug use intensifies , and he appears to be heavily depressed . In one scene , he repeatedly throws his body against the walls . In other , he wraps Roman candles around his head , either an attempt at suicide or a drastic way to recover his hearing , but dives into the pool before they ignite . 
 In a culmination moment of the movie , flushes all his drugs down a toilet , only to be faced with the vision of the menacing badger again . The two begin to scuffle , with eventually gaining the upper hand and beating the badger with a shovel , then grabbing a shotgun and shooting it , upon which the badger begins to bleed cocaine . then grabs the dying badger 's head , and removes it , only to reveal that the badger is , in fact , himself . He then shoots the dying vision of himself in the head . 
 After this dark period , finds a deaf organization and meets , an instructor for the deaf who coaches him in lip - reading . They become close , and eventually intimate . He confides his unhappiness at losing music , and she helps him perceive sound through visual and tactile methods instead . 
 then manages to devise a system for mixing songs , in which he watches an oscilloscope trace while resting his feet on the pulsating speakers , a callback to an earlier claim he made in the film about flip flops . Using this system , he heads to the studio and manages to produce new mix CD ( Hear No Evil ) entirely by himself . He delivers it to , who is wildly pleased – particularly by the potential of using 's disability to increase record sales . He has take part in advertising and promotional deals which are increasingly offensive and insensitive to deaf people , which silently disapproves of . He also treats like he did ; as 's sexual object , not recognizing her substantial role in 's life . In general , tends to patronizingly characterize the deaf as pained , helpless victims desperate for a deaf role model . 
 convinces to play live at Pacha as a career comeback . He thinks it is an opportunity for to prove himself to others , despite 's insistence that he has nothing to prove to his critics . The gig goes exceedingly well , and many claim it showcases even greater talent than his early work . After the show , and disappear from , the media , and the music scene altogether . In a talking heads sequence , characters speculate on where he is now ( if alive ) . 
 As the film ends , we see disguised as a homeless street musician , who is then met by and a child ( presumably their own ) . They affectionately walk together down a street unrecognized . Additionally , we see teaching a group of deaf children how to perceive sound like he does .

The film tells the story of two good friends and housemates , , an agoraphobic travel agent , and , a loser who works in an office . is fired from his job after his girlfriend frames him for embezzlement , is falsely accused of attempted child molestation , and their house is to be demolished by day 's end . Both of them hide inside the house as police , city officials , and outraged neighbors surround it . and open their front door and discover that the entire world beyond their house is gone , replaced with a featureless white void . 
 Eventually , after a simple test reveals that the nothingness surrounding them holds a flat , featureless , and somewhat springy surface " like tofu " , they set out across the empty plane in order to explore their new surroundings , leaving items behind as a means of getting back . After running out of items to leave as a trail , they lose track of their path . Wandering leads them to what appears to be another house , but they have simply wandered back home . 
 Panic begins to set in again when realizes that the house is completely out of food . glances around the room , eventually stopping and glaring at a noisy clock on the wall ; within a few seconds it disappears . drops a stack of overdue bills in front of , and within seconds the bills abruptly disappear . puts one last theory to test , managing to hate away his need for food . 
 still expresses some concern over 's remaining phobias , questioning why the phobias still exist when there is nothing left to fear . Reluctantly , reveals that he was abused and tormented by his parents as a child . With some urging from he hates away the memory of each traumatic childhood event as he recounts it ; when he is finally done he is no longer phobic and much more confident in himself . Unfortunately this change alters 's personality and leads to friction between the two friends , finally building into an outright confrontation . They decide they can no longer share the same house , and opt to determine who keeps it by playing a match of their favorite fighting game . loses , and is exiled with his possessions to reside out in the nothingness . 
 Things become very tense with 's departure . attempts to engage in conversation repeatedly , even performing the national anthem for his self - created nation ( its borders marked by a line of his possessions ) , all to no avail . After several days comes into 's house much happier and explains his sudden change of mood : he has hated away his anger at ; all needs to do is hate away his anger at and things will be back to normal . refuses , quite content to be angry at . hates away his anger several times as rebuffs and outright insults him , but his patience finally wears thin , leading to hate away one of 's possessions . retaliates by hating away one of 's possessions , and the situation escalates until everything including the house is hated away . 
 walks away , assuming the argument is finished , but falls over suddenly as his feet begin to disappear ; is hating them away . He turns and retaliates , hating away 's legs , and the situation escalates again until all that is left of the two are their disembodied heads . Refusing to give up the fight , and manage to turn themselves and ( by bouncing ) charge at each other , headbutting each other repeatedly until they finally stop , exhausted . Their anger abated , and make up , agree to be best friends again , and set off to explore the nothingness . As they bounce away into the white void they remark how they both had always thought that their bodies were somehow holding them back . 
 In a post - credits scene , an obviously older and – still disembodied heads – are sleeping when they are awakened by a popping sound , followed by a loud clamoring of voices and noise . As the unseen source of the clamoring gets louder and closer the two scream .

In the previous film , former security operative and environmental activist fought to escape an underground genetic research facility called the Hive , the source of a zombie outbreak . The pair were part of an attempt to expose illegal experiments being performed there by pharmaceutical company Umbrella Corporation . The film ended as and were taken into custody by Umbrella . 
 Umbrella sends a team to the Hive to investigate what happened there ; the team is overrun by zombies who quickly spread to the nearby Raccoon City . Umbrella responds by quarantining the city and evacuating their personnel from it . , the daughter of Umbrella researcher Dr. , goes missing after her security car is involved in a collision . awakens in a deserted hospital and wanders the city in search of supplies , while Umbrella uses the only bridge out of the area to evacuate civilians . At the bridge , disgraced police officer meets with her former partner , Sgt . . A zombie bites and infects . In response to the virus reaching the bridge , Major , leader of the Umbrella forces in Raccoon City , seals the exit and forces the residents to return to the city . 
 After being abandoned by their employer following a failed attempt to rescue a civilian , Umbrella soldiers and team up with the Raccoon City Police Special Tactics And Rescue Squad ( STARS ) to repel zombie attacks . Their position is overrun , and is bitten and infected . At a separate location , , , and news reporter , are about to be overrun , though they are saved by . Umbrella deploys a heavily mutated experimental supersoldier , Nemesis , who kills the remaining STARS members before searching for . Dr. hacks into the city 's CCTV system and uses it to contact and the other survivors , offering to arrange their evacuation from the city in exchange for help in locating his daughter . He makes an identical offer to and , and explains that Umbrella intends to rid Raccoon City of the zombie infection by destroying it using a nuclear bomb . 
 and the others head to 's location , where they are ambushed by . kills after he turns into a zombie . engages but is wounded and forced to retreat separately , luring away from the rest of the group . and continue , picking up stranded civilian en route . meets and they find and rescue , although and are both killed . reveals that the zombie outbreak is the result of a virus created by her father to treat the genetic disease from which she suffers : only by regularly injecting herself with the virus is able to survive , though she must also take anti - virus serum to prevent turning into a zombie . uses some of the anti - virus to cure . Dr. gives the location of an extraction point where a helicopter awaits . The group makes it to the rendezvous point , but are ambushed by Umbrella forces . Major kills Dr. and forces to fight . gains the upper hand over the supersoldier , though she ceases fighting after realizing that he is , mutated by Umbrella 's experiments . 
 turns on Major and attacks the Umbrella troops , but is killed protecting . The rest of the survivors seize the helicopter ; they eject Major from it and he is eaten by zombies , including a zombified Dr. . As the survivors escape , the nuclear bomb detonates over the city , and the resulting blast wave causes the helicopter to crash . sacrifices herself to save and is impaled on a metal pole . TV footage attributes the nuclear attack to a meltdown of the city 's power plant , covering up Umbrella 's involvement . wakes up in an Umbrella research facility and escapes with help from , , , and . As they are escaping , Dr. , a high - ranking Umbrella employee , reveals that 's escape is part of Umbrella 's plan for her .

is a teenager attending a Catholic private school . His father was killed in World War II and his mother is hospitalized with an unidentified illness . is naturally prone to mischief and often finds himself an outcast among his classmates . He tries to emulate the conduct of grown ups , and is caught smoking cigarettes and masturbating by headmaster Father . Already labeled a troublemaker , is forced to join the school 's cross country team to relieve him of his excess energy . 
 When 's mother falls into a coma , he is told it will take a miracle for her to survive . When running coach Father , a former world class marathoner who was forced to quit running when he injured his knee , claims it would be a miracle if a member of his team won the Boston Marathon , decides to train for it in the hope his victory would fulfill the miracle needed to save his mother 's life . 
 At first , can not even keep up with his teammates in practice . He reads books to learn about running , uses the new techniques , and gradually improves . Father decides to train him despite disapproval from Father . begins to win the respect of his classmates , and eventually wins the attention of the local media when he wins a prestigious regional race . 
 When Father learns intends to run the Boston Marathon , he threatens to expel him if he participates , as well as remove Father from the priesthood should he try to interfere . Both and his mentor must then decide how deeply they believe in miracles , and what is possible when a person risks everything without promise of success . 
 Both he and Father defy Father and decide to go to Boston . ends up winning second place after a close race with the previous year 's winner and gives the medal to his mother who wakes up from her coma .

Adam Butcher, Campbell Scott, Gordon Pinsent, Shauna MacDonald, Jennifer Tilly

is a young gay man . Born in Kenya and raised in Toronto , he moved to London to get away from his conservative upbringing . He faces the hardships of coming out to his widowed mother , as well as hardships in his relationship with his boyfriend . has an imaginary friend ( or maybe a guardian angel or ghost friend , depending on how literally or symbolically one takes the film ) who is supposedly , who gives advice when he is in trouble . Unfortunately , the advice often seems to make more trouble .

It is 1979 , four years after the end of US involvement in the Vietnam War . US Army Corporal is mistakenly sent to Qangattarsa , a remote base in Greenland still attributed to the United States Army Air Forces ( disbanded in 1947 ) , instead of his official posting in Hawaii . He soon finds out that his records have accidentally been replaced by the records of a Corporal , who has been sent to Hawaii . 
 The base is manned by a co - ed battalion of US Army misfits , many of whom have been stationed there for over five years , doing little more than drink and sex their way through the overwhelming boredom . The only apparent military duty is to unload and reload a supply plane every couple of months . The base has been commanded for many years by the near - insane Lt . Col . , supported by his Aide of three years , SFC , his erstwhile girlfriend . 
 Working under the name , as the base 's new Public Information Officer , starts an intimate and personal relationship with . While exploring he finds out that underneath the base is a secret and highly classified hospital ward . The ward houses the six unnamed ( other than letters , including W , X , Y , Z ) , brain dead and very physically damaged soldiers from a secret Vietnam War mission in October 1973 . When / stumbles upon the ward , he develops a rapport with " Guy X " , who has lucid moments that no one else knows about . sleuths out that then - Col . had been the leader of the mission , and has been in command of the palliative care base ever since – having signed the letters to the families of the ward patients stating that they had died in combat and that their bodies were irretrievable . 
 dictates a letter to , for the wife of one of his men . sneak the letter out on the next supply plane . Sometime later , in a sudden and rapid manner , the remaining mission casualties are disposed of ( in an undescribed way ) and the base is abandoned . and find under his bed in the otherwise abandoned ward , and answer his request to see the outside world before he dies . Just as dies in the snow , finds them and tells and that he will not abandon his men , killing himself with his sidearm . The two just make it to the last evacuation plane , where his friend informs them that he has created official paperwork giving them new names and ranks ( similar to the original / Pederson mixup ) . As the plane flies away from Greenland , the small group is debating which base , in which ( warm ) country , they wish to designate in their " new " orders .

Jason Biggs, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Northam, Michael Ironside

Tideland centers on an abandoned child , , and her solitary adventures during one summer in rural Texas while staying at a rundown farmhouse called What Rocks , and focuses on the increasingly dark , imaginative fantasy life the girl creates with the aid of dismembered doll heads that she often wears on her fingertips . With names such as Mystique , Sateen Lips , Baby Blonde and Glitter Gal , the doll heads not only engage in long conversations with , reflecting different aspects of the girl 's psyche , but also act as her companions while she explores the barren Texas landscape . 
 After her mother chokes to death , and her father , , flee to 's mother 's home , a remote Texas farmhouse . fears that with all the drugs in their house he will lose and be sent to prison , so he attempts to set it alight before they leave , although manages to stop him . They find the farmhouse abandoned , but they settle in anyway . Their first night there , dies from a heroin overdose . For much of the rest of the film , 's corpse remains seated upright in a living room chair with sunglasses covering his eyes . As her father slowly begins to decompose , does n't readily acknowledge his death because she has grown accustomed to him being unconscious for long periods at a time . Instead , she retreats deeper and deeper into her own mind , exploring the tall grass around the farmhouse , relying on her doll heads for friendship as an unconscious way of keeping herself from feeling too lonely and afraid . 
 During wanderings , she eventually encounters and befriends her neighbors , a mentally impaired young man called and his older sister who is blind in one eye from a bee sting . At this point the story begins to unfold , revealing a past connection between and deceased father . The eccentric neighbors take the girl under their wing , going so far as to preserve 's body via taxidermy ( which and did to their own dead mother ) . Amorous feelings , initiated mostly by the much younger , begin to creep into the childlike relationship between her and , and it is revealed that the deeply troubled , a man - child who once drove a school bus in front of an oncoming train , keeps a stash of dynamite in his bedroom that he intends to use against the " Monster Shark " he believes is roaming the countryside . The Monster Shark is , in reality , the nightly passenger train that travels past the farmhouse where and her dead father reside . 
 At the end of the film , following a violent confrontation between , and , a train wreck is caused by ' dynamite , creating a scene of chaos near the farmhouse . Wandering about the wreckage , and among the confusion of injured travelers , is discovered by a woman who survived , and she assumes the little girl is also a victim of the train wreck . The film ends with the woman embracing , who stares with stunned confusion at the wreckage .

and are a retired married couple living in rural Brant County , Ontario . begins to lose her memory , and it becomes apparent she has Alzheimer 's disease . Throughout the film , 's reflections on his marriage are woven with his reflections on his own infidelities , and influence his eventual decisions regarding 's happiness . 
 When she feels she is becoming a risk to herself , decides to check into a nursing home , where one of the rules is that a patient can not have any visitors for the first 30 days , in order to " adjust " . Despite being wary of this policy , agrees at the insistence of his wife whom he loves . During the drive to the home , acknowledges 's past infidelity while he was a university professor . Despite the awkward situation , the couple makes love one last time before separating . 
 When the 30 - day period ends , goes to visit his wife again , only to find she has forgotten him , and turned her affections to , a mute man in a wheelchair who has become her " coping partner " in the facility . A caregiver at the facility befriends and gives him some advice and support . 
 While seeing his wife grow closer to , becomes an unhappy voyeur when visiting his wife at the nursing home . As time goes by and still does not remember him , even wonders whether 's dementia is an act , to punish him for his past indiscretions . After some time , 's wife removes him from the home due to financial difficulties . This causes to sink into a deep depression , with her physical well - being also appearing to deteriorate . is touched by this , and visits in an effort to allow to see again . He would rather see his wife happy with another man than miserable and alone . initially refuses , but the meeting leads to a tentative relationship between her and . As time passes , continues to visit both and . He eventually succeeds in taking back to visit his wife . But in his " moment alone " before he brings into 's room , temporarily remembers him and the love she has for him . They embrace .

Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, Olympia Dukakis, Michael Murphy, Kristen Thomson

The film takes place in a 1950s - esque alternate universe where radiation from space has turned the dead into zombies . This resulted in the " Zombie Wars " , where humanity battled zombies to prevent a zombie apocalypse , with humanity the ultimate victor . The radiation still plagues humanity , as all those who die turn into the undead , unless the dead body is disposed of by decapitation or cremation . In order to continue living normal lives , communities are fenced with the help of a governing corporation named ZomCon . ZomCon provides collars with accompanying remote controls to control the zombies ' hunger for flesh so as to use them as menial task servants . 
 In the town of Willard housewife ( ) buys a zombie in spite of her husband 's ( ) zombie phobia , as had to kill his own father who had become a zombie and tried to eat him . Their son , ( ) , befriends the zombie , naming him " " ( little is revealed of his " pre - zombie " life , except that he likely died of myocardial infarction as evidenced by the chest incision ) . One day , 's collar malfunctions and he accidentally kills their next door neighbor , who turns into a zombie . " kills " the zombified neighbor later , but not before she kills and infects another person , causing a small zombie outbreak . ZomCon security forces quell the situation and then investigate what caused the outbreak . 
 When a pair of local bullies get caught shooting a ZomCon officer they are suspected of shooting the missing neighbor but they point the blame on who hurt them when they tried bullying . The bullies later capture and who are out on a walk in the country . escapes and in a parody of is sent by to go home and find , who comes and rescues from the bullies ( who , through their own misadventure and 's hunger for human flesh , are now zombies ) , and they try to forget about the whole thing . Several days later , the neighbor 's body is ' uncovered ' and the murder is traced back to , who is taken away to ZomCon where the family is told he will be destroyed . learns through ( ) , daughter of ( ) , ZomCon 's zealous security chief , that has been put to work in a factory at ZomCon . sets out to rescue him with the help of Mr. ( ) , a previous Zomcon employee who was forced To leave when it was discovered he was suspected of fraternizing with his attractive female zombie . 
 Meanwhile , locates , but is captured by Mr. , who attempts to throw into the zombie - infested " wild zone " that exists outside of the fenced communities as punishment for his becoming attached to a zombie . comes to the rescue and is killed in a struggle with Mr. , who in turn is killed by . is set free and the news media states that the ZomCon security breach was the fault of rednecks who venture out into the wild zone to hunt zombies for fun . gives the headless funeral he always wanted in order to prevent his zombification . The film ends with as a surrogate father to , and 's newborn baby . They , along with a few neighbors happily enjoy their new domestic lives together , including the zombified who is now under the control of his daughter .

( ) and ( ) are neighbors and former childhood friends who go to the same high school , but are otherwise completely different . is a popular varsity football player while is a girl who loves literature but lacks social skills . They loathe each other and are constantly in dispute . One day their class goes on a school trip to a museum and they are forced to work together on an assignment . They quickly begin arguing in front of a statue of the ancient Aztec god Tezcatlipoca.[5 ] As they argue , the statue casts a spell upon them — causing them to wake up in each other 's bodies the next morning . When they arrive at school , they immediately blame each other for the body swap , but agree to pretend to be the other person until they can find a way to switch back . At first , they seem to succeed , but quickly return to arguing when they each feel the other is misrepresenting them in the opposite body , such as ( in 's body ) answering a question oddly and surprising a teacher . 
 The following day , ( in 's body ) arrives at school wearing " Chinos and an Oxford cotton button - down " making 's appearance look " dorky " which frustrates , and he is even more frustrated after he hears about how ( in 's body ) failed 's football practice the previous day . As payback , ( in 's body ) dresses in inappropriate and provocative clothing the following day . After school , ( in 's body ) , in retaliation , breaks up with ( ) , 's girlfriend , much to the disappointment of . The humiliation competition continues when ( in 's body ) drives off with a biker boy , ( ) , and makes ( in 's body ) think she is going to lose her virginity . However , decides it is " so gay " and leaves just as he is removing his clothing . 
 The following day , rumors are being spread around school by about his night with . When ( in 's body ) finds out , she gets very upset . When ( in 's body ) finds ( in 's body ) , he admits that he did n't actually lose 's virginity and that everyone was simply spreading 's lies . However , is still let down and so ( in 's body ) decides to confront . It turns out that ( in 's body ) ca n't fight him , and ( in 's body ) runs up and punches him in the face . After this , and reach a truce and realize the statue of at the museum had something to do with their body swap . They head down to the museum and even after confronting the statue , they fail to return to their original bodies . They realize they are going to have to help each other in two important upcoming events . must learn how to play football for 's Homecoming game and must learn about poetry and literature for 's Yale interview . Later that night ( in 's body ) is getting drunk at a party while ( in 's body ) is stuck at a slumber party listening to all the gossip about , and surrounded by nailpolish , pajamas and slippers and gets a bikini wax . 
 After spending so much time together , and become very fond of each other and start to understand each other better . The night before the interview and the game , they agree to go to the Homecoming Dance together , as " not a date . " The day of the interview and match , goes to Yale for the interview and at first messes things up and is asked to leave , but he starts to talk about poetry in rap , which impresses and astonishes the interviewer . After that , he goes to the football game and watches run in the winning touchdown in the closing seconds . A college recruiter witnesses his good performance and wants to talk to him later . After the game , they congratulate each other for their successes . Shortly after this , the spell lifts and they return to their original bodies . The scene finishes with being kissed by and going home very upset about it . 
 The following day , tries to talk to , but is stopped by her mother , who sees 's family as uneducated . receives a letter from Yale informing her that she has been accepted , meaning that her interview ( done by in her body ) was successful ; however , she is still upset with and has decided not to go to the Homecoming Dance . Meanwhile , 's father has a talk with her on the porch about , during which she confesses she truly likes him , and her father surprises her with a dress and shoes for the dance . and are selected as the Home Coming King and Queen . As the Home Coming King and Queen prepare to dance , an upset sees and both confesses their love for each . They leave the school together and share a kiss in front of their houses . The following day , tells her mother that she is taking a year 's sabbatical before attending Yale , and hops into 's car as they drive off together .

Samaire Armstrong, Kevin Zegers, Sherry Miller, Robert Joy, Sharon Osbourne, Maury Chaykin

( ) is a gay retired hockey player turned television sportscaster who lives with his partner ( ) , a sports lawyer . When unexpectedly becomes the legal guardian of his brother 's stepson , ( ) , their lives are turned upside down as the demands of being a parent — as well as the boy 's preference for clothing and hobbies which suggest that he may also be gay — begin to intrude on 's desire to remain closeted at work . 's unwillingness to accept the situation eventually fades as teaches about loving your true self .

Nothing much happens in the lives of 20 - something pals and except for getting high and hanging out with ’s girlfriend , ( " " ) . This all changes one evening in Northern Ontario town Weedsville when overdoses on a stash of and ’s drugs — drugs fronted by local drug kingpin and tough - guy to sell in order to cover their previous drug debt . Thinking her dead and knowing that calling the cops would only land them in jail the pair decide to bury her in the boiler room of the closed drive - in theater where used to work . The two set off to deal with ’s dead body . 
 While the boys begin to dig a grave downstairs , a Satanic cult led by another former employee and ( former classmate of and ) enters the supposedly abandoned drive - in and begins a ritual involving pentagrams and human bloodletting in the upstairs concession stand . Their plan is to resurrect ( hippie turned reluctant but rich Internet entrepreneur and ’s unwitting hero ) out of his coma . However , when walks in mid - sacrifice , everything goes awry . 
 and are captured , gagged and duct - taped and ’s corpse is discovered . But when some of the sacrificed follower ’s blood unexpectedly " awakens " an all out chase ensues . and get to her first , and the trio escapes . After safely stowing in ’s apartment , the boys run into and his beefy sidekick , who deliver a few swings of a curling stone and an ultimatum — debt ( plus interest ) paid by last call or he will severely injure the pair . Knowing that millionaire has a safe full of money at his place , and take off to break in and steal it , a plan previously mentioned by , who knows the combination to 's safe . 
 With a few unexpected bumps along the way , such as running into , accidentally knocking out and then getting high the nephew of , who was housesitting , and successfully manage to steal the safe . En route back to ’s apartment to grab , they run into . A classic car chase causes our boys to seek refuge in a mall where they encounter a midget security guard named . After winning his trust ( has unresolved issues with cults himself ) he lets them leave without further trouble . 
 Meanwhile at the New Age Resource Centre , ( having been kidnapped by ) has been tied to an upside - down cross along with an unconscious . 's plan is to offer ’s life in exchange for ’s . and arrive to try and stop the ritual and rescue . shows up looking to collect his debt and he brought — and his gun — with him . In hot pursuit of and his cult , and his ( physically ) diminutive friends arrive only to crash into 's car , propelling the safe from the trunk into the New Age Centre , crushing . 
 With plan ’s ruined and his life saved , gives and the okay to hand off the safe with all of his money to clear their debt to . They happily flee the scene with in tow.[5 ]

A young Japanese professional is struck blind in his car at a crossing and is then approached by a few people , one offers to drive him home and steals his car . The blinded man describes his sudden affliction as an expanse of dazzling white . Upon arriving home and noticing her husband 's blindness , the man 's wife takes him to a local ophthalmologist who , after testing the man 's eyes , can identify nothing wrong and recommends further evaluation at a hospital . Among the doctor 's patients are an old man with a black eye - patch , a woman with dark glasses , and a young boy . During a dinner with his wife , the doctor discusses the strange case . The woman with dark glasses , revealed to be a call - girl , becomes the third victim of the strange blindness after an appointment with a john in a hotel . 
 The next day , the doctor goes blind as well . Around the city , more citizens are struck blind , causing widespread panic , and the government organizes a quarantine for the blind in a derelict asylum . When a hazmat crew arrives to pick up the doctor , his wife climbs into the van , lying that she has gone blind in order to accompany him . 
 In the asylum , the doctor and his wife are first to arrive and both agree they will keep her sight a secret . Several others arrive : the woman with dark glasses , the Japanese man , the car thief , and the young boy . The wife comes across the old man with the eye - patch , who describes the condition of the world outside . The sudden blindness , known as the " white sickness " , is now international , with hundreds of cases reported every day . The increasingly totalitarian government resorts to increasingly ruthless measures to try to staunch the epidemic , refusing the sick aid or medicines . 
 As more blind people are crammed into the prison , overcrowding and lack of outside support causes hygiene and living conditions to degrade . Soon , the walls and floors are caked in filth and human feces . Anxiety over the availability of food undermines the morale and the lack of organization prevents the fair distribution of food . The soldiers who guard the asylum become hostile . 
 Living conditions degenerate further when a clique of ward-3 men , armed with one handgun held by an ex - barman who declares himself the king of ward , gains control over the food deliveries . The MRE rations are distributed only in exchange for the other wards ' valuables , and then for sex with the women of the other wards . When one of the women is beaten to death by the man having the coerced sex with her , the doctor 's wife has had enough and soon kills the king with scissors to the neck . His death initiates a chaotic war confrontation between the wards , which culminates with ward-3 and then most of the building being burned down and some inmates dying in the fire . The survivors discover that the guards have abandoned their posts and they are free to venture into the city . 
 Society has degenerated as the entire population is blind amid a city devastated and overrun with filth and dead bodies . The doctor 's wife leads her husband and others from her ward in search of food and shelter . The doctor and his wife arrive in a supermarket filled with stumbling blind people and they find food in a basement storeroom . As she prepares to leave and meet her husband outside , she is attacked by the starving people who smell the food she is carrying . Her husband , now used to his blindness , saves her and they manage to return to their friends . 
 The doctor and his wife with their new " family " make their way back to the doctor 's house , where they establish a mutually supportive permanent home . The next day , just as suddenly as his sight had been lost , the Japanese man recovers his sight . As the friends all celebrate , the doctor 's wife stands out on the porch , staring up into a white overcast sky and seems to be going blind until the camera shifts downwards , revealing that she sees the cityscape .

Julianne Moore, Danny Glover, Alice Braga, Mark Ruffalo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Alice Braga, Don McKellar

In the small town of Pontypool , Ontario , former shock jock turned radio announcer drives through a blizzard to work . On the way , has a strange encounter with a nonsensical woman who gets his attention by putting her hand on his car window and only saying the word " blood " several times before staggering off into the storm . He arrives at the town 's radio station , where he works with technical assistant , who has recently worked in Afghanistan , and station manager Sydney , a divorcée . 
 As the morning proceeds , 's shock jock style and on - air persona irritates Sydney . They get a report from their helicopter reporter about a possible riot at the office of a Dr. . describes a scene of chaos and carnage that results in numerous deaths . After is unexpectedly cut off , the group tries to confirm his report , but their witnesses are disconnected before being put on the airwaves . A now audibly frightened calls back and says he has taken refuge in a grain silo . He describes what he sees outside as people eating their way inside others and tearing themselves apart . An infected man crashes into the silo , crippling himself , and 's call is interrupted by a transmission in French . 
 translates the transmission , which is an instruction to remain indoors , not to use terms of endearment , baby talk , rhetorical discourse , or the English language . Pontypool is declared to be under quarantine . calls back again , and gets his phone close enough to the infected man for and the women to hear his mumbling , which is nothing but " Mommy " in a child 's voice . In confusion and disbelief , tries to leave the station . A horde of people attack , and , , and lock themselves in . Meanwhile , Laurel - Ann begins repeating the word " missing " and imitates the sound of a tea kettle . Dr. enters the studio and , , and lock themselves in 's soundproof booth . 
 explains his theory : somehow a virus has found its way into the English language , infecting certain words , and only certain words infect certain people . Once these infected words are said and understood , the virus takes hold of the host , who finds another person to kill themselves with . As he explains , repeatedly slams against the sound booth 's window , chewing off her lower lip and splattering blood with each attack . calls in and , while on the air , he succumbs to the virus , repeating the word " sample " . manages to call her children , only to hear them becoming infected . Outside the booth , vomits a large amount of blood and gore and falls down , dead . suspects this has happened since she failed to find a victim . 
 The horde then breaks into the radio station , attacking the sound booth . records a loop of 's voice and plays it over the outdoor loudspeaker to draw the mob outside . Dr. begins to repeat the word " breathe " but immediately switches to Armenian , which prevents the virus from taking over . and , speaking in French , leave him in the booth . They are attacked by an infected young girl and kill her . When the recording fails , the mob returns . leaves the station and lures them away , saving and , who now lock themselves in the equipment room . 
 While tries to figure out how to reverse the symptom , begins drinking and obsessively writing on the wall and door . She then begins to succumb to the word " kill " . then attempts to " disinfect " by convincing her that the word " kill " now means " kiss " . He urges her to repeat " Kill is kiss " over and over again , and her symptoms subside . She tells to " kill " her , and he kisses her . Hoping to stop the virus , the pair go on the air , spouting a series of self - contradicting and confusing phrases to help their infected listeners , ignoring warnings from the authorities who are trying to get them off the air . While an amplified voice from outside counts down from ten , joins in the booth and they kiss . As the countdown finishes , the screen goes dark and the credits roll . 
 Audio broadcasts play over the credits , reporting further outbreaks of the virus , suggesting that the quarantine failed . After the credits , the scene shifts to a radically different view : a stylized black - and - white version of and in what looks like a far - eastern atmosphere . They give each other new names : becomes " " and is " . " As describes his plan to " get out of here " , the picture gradually shifts into color . According to director , the post - credits scene was originally the final scene of the film , taking place before the credits . However , audiences in early screenings found the original ending to be too confusing , so the scene was moved behind the credits instead.[4 ]

The film begins with giving a black - and - white monologue explaining how he loves his mother but can not stand being her son ; he also reveals that when he was younger , things were better between them . 
 is a 16 - year - old living in suburban Montreal with his single mother , , who divorced 's father , , when was much younger . barely sees his father , and this adds to the animosity between mother and son . One morning , as his mother drives him to school , starts an argument with her about her applying makeup while driving . The argument ends when stops the car and tells him to walk to school . At school claims to his teacher , Ms , that his mother is dead . After the teacher finds out that it is a lie , she expresses this lie as " you killed your mother . " This inspires to write an essay for school titled " I killed my mother . " 
 Later in the film , 's friend is revealed to be his boyfriend , but has not told his mother , and she finds out from 's mother , who assumed that already knew . , to some extent , accepts her son 's homosexuality ; however , she appears hurt that he did not tell her . wants to live in his own apartment and is happy that his mother says it is a good idea , but the next day she has changed her mind and does not allow it , claiming that she thinks he is too young . 
 Their relationship continues to deteriorate , and goes to live with his teacher , pretending to be staying with his boyfriend . 's father invites him over for a visit ; however , once there , and tell they 've decided to send him to a boarding school in Coaticook . is deeply angered that his father makes the decision , since only sees his father at Christmas and Easter . 
 At the Catholic boarding school , meets , with whom he has an affair . invites to go to a nightclub with the other students , where they kiss and takes speed . He takes the Metro home , wakes his mother , and has an emotional conversation with her . The next morning , she takes to 's mother 's workplace to help drip the walls in paint . He and finish , and he lays down . proceeds to lay on top of him and kiss him , and they end up having sex . , later at home , trashes his mother 's bedroom , but he calms down and cleans it up . The two fight and , in the morning , she sends back to the boarding school . 
 Back at school , is beaten by two fellow students . runs away with the help of , who has borrowed his mother 's car . On the journey , tells that he is selfish and only cares about himself , but adds that he loves him . The school 's principal calls to inform her of the developments , revealing the note left , saying he will be " In his kingdom " . The principal also begins to lecture , which causes her to have an angry outburst at him , saying how he thinks he 's better than her and how he has no right to judge a single mother . knows exactly where 's " kingdom " is ; the house he lived in as a child with both his parents . 
 Indeed , she finds and there . sits next to overlooking the beach . The film ends with a home movie clip of as a child playing with his mother .

During a class at Polytechnique Montreal an engineering school , a young man enters the classroom with a rifle . He orders the men to leave and the women to stay . They comply after he shoots into the ceiling to show that he is serious . He tells the women that he hates feminists . Although the women deny being feminists , he shoots at them , killing some and wounding others . He then moves through corridors , the cafeteria , and another classroom , specifically targeting women . Once finished , he shoots himself with his own weapon . 
 One of the male students is , who was ordered to leave the classroom . He does not merely flee , as he returns to try to stop the killer and/or help the victims . and , two surviving women , play dead thinking the killer has returned , and later dies of her injuries . 
 Some time after the massacre , , feeling guilty for complying with the order to leave the classroom and abandoning the women , commits suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning . , wearing the Iron Ring , the professional ring of Canadian engineers , learns she is pregnant , planning to tell a potential son to be loving or a potential daughter that the world belongs to her .

( ) , is a recent engineering graduate . At her graduation party , her father , an owner of a demolition company , gives her a gift : a job supervising the demolition of a building in the middle of nowhere . If she 's successful , she will become his partner . arrives at the Malestrazza Building , and is greeted by ( ) , the caretaker . tells she will be staying in one of the apartments in the building . ( ) , the caretaker 's teenage son , takes her bags to her apartment and explains the rules of the building . She is to stay off the eighth floor because it is 's and the roof because it is too dangerous . 
 researches the building and discovers that it was the scene of a horrible series of murders where sixteen people were entombed in the walls . takes to the eighth floor and tells her how his father was one of the victims , the crime being blamed on a local factory worker . The lights go out , and cuts her leg after panicking in the darkness . Later , washes her wound and begins to caress her thigh , but she tells him to stop . begins having nightmares about being entombed in the walls . 
 's boyfriend arrives , causing to grow jealous . While exploring the eighth floor , and her boyfriend discover a secret passage which would allow someone to secretly view any of the apartments . realizes that has been spying on her . Later , as and her boyfriend make love , watches from behind the walls . The next morning they find his dog , butchered . and her boyfriend agree to leave . 
 gives a copy of the journal of , the building 's architect . realizes from reading the journal that there must be a large , open space in the center of the building . goes to the roof to look for an opening to the hidden space . When he does not return , and her boyfriend follow . They discover a massive shaft in the center of the building . They hear calling from down in the shaft , saying that he is hurt . has her boyfriend lower her into the shaft on a rope , but he is shot and killed , causing to fall to the bottom . then mails 's demolition report and sinks her car into a lake . 
 awakens at the bottom of the shaft and discovers that a man is there with her . He is , the architect , who has been trapped there by . He tells her that is keeping her down there until she learns to love him . also learns that was the mastermind behind the murders and is dumbfounded that people believe that a factory worker could concoct such a scheme of entombing people . He also tells her that if he does what wants , is nice , but can be very cruel and imaginative when he disobeys 's orders . 
 is back at the hole and sends down a cassette tape . plays the tape , and says that he wants to see and dance . reluctantly dances , but , when tells them to kiss , she refuses . pulls her close and forces her to kiss him . After a few seconds , tells them to stop and threatens not to touch again . He sends down a basket with food , water , and a two - way radio . He tells to keep the radio with her so that they can talk and be close . 
 looks for a way to escape and realizes one wall leads to the garbage area . When returns , she lies and says that she is hurt and needs medicine . When brings her the medicine , she opens the capsules and starts creating a mix to try and blow out the wall to get into the garbage room . 's attempt fails , and is upset that she tried to escape . 
 Before could exact his punishment , his mother , , catches him . Mary realizes that is in the hole with . tells that place was for the architect not for anyone else . She realizes that must stay in the hole with , or else they 'll take her away and will be an orphan . 
 is stuck in the hole with , who she realizes does not want to escape . This is his tomb , and he picked her to kill him . She eventually does kill him after some taunting , and he thanks her after he falls into his tomb and it begins to fill with cement . is by the wall hoping that will come through and save her . 
 The demolition team arrives and her father asks where is . tells him that she left . Her father says that he thought she would want to see her first building being demolished . is keeping calm as they set up and begin to install the explosives . As the countdown begins , starts saying " , " and then screams her name and runs toward the building . 's father tells them to stop the countdown . At the roof , looks down , and her father asks what they have done . then throws himself over , killing himself , and lands next to . is then lifted out of the hole and put in an ambulance . 
 narrates that built 27 buildings and that they are all still standing . He considered the building his masterpiece . The building will not be demolished .

( ) is living with his best friend ( ) in Rome . He marries the mentally disturbed and unfaithful ( ) after she tells him she is pregnant with his child . later finds out the child is not his , and he demands they separate . commits suicide , and a devastated decides to return home to Montreal . 
 soon gets a job back home and meets the woman who becomes his nameless second wife ( ) , the daughter of a wealthy Jewish family . At their lavish wedding , meets ( ) , and immediately falls in love . He tells his feelings for her that night but she rejects him . Despite his marriage , sends flowers and gifts . later picks up , who is in the middle of detox therapy , for a few days at 's lake house . He eventually finds in bed with his wife . is at first overjoyed that he has an excuse to divorce her and pursue , but questions 's integrity . The two argue , firing rounds from 's gun into the air before collapses onto his dock and passes out , and a drunk falls backwards into the lake . When awakens , it appears that he has shot . An abusive detective ( ) tries to beat a confession out of until 's father , ( ) , intervenes . continues to believe that ran away , and throughout the movie waits for him to reappear . 
 With his divorce finalized , asks out on a date . He travels to New York City to meet her , and they finally begin a relationship . They marry and have two children as gets a job producing a television series . later dies in a brothel , causing to laugh and cry and call his father a " King " . and live happily until , on another vacation to the lake house , meets ( ) , who works in radio , 's old line of work . There is an immediate platonic connection between and , much to 's noticeable consternation . 
 After and 's son , , leaves the family home , informs of her intention to return to work . He attempts to dissuade her but she persists and secures employment , thanks to support from . 
 begins work on a radio station but misses her first on air interview - because he " was drunk and watching the hockey game , like has happened a thousand times before " . 
 is rude and dismissive to 's colleagues but she remains steadfastly faithful to him despite his picaresque behaviour . Eventually his bad behaviour results in taking a week long visit to their son 's place in NYC . 
 While is absent , gets drunk at a bar and ends up having sex with a former actress on his show . returns from NYC and is eager to pick up where they left off but tells her about his infidelity and the two divorce . later marries . 
 , who displayed small signs of a deteriorating memory earlier in the film , forgetting where he had left his car on two occasions , now begins to show signs of acute memory loss , potentially Alzheimer 's Disease or Dementia , though a clear diagnosis is never given . 
 's body is discovered in the mountains near the lake house , apparently dead from injuries suggestive of a sky diving accident . 
 and meet for lunch in a favourite restaurant and she offers help , as a friend . She goes to the bathroom and when she returns has paid for the meal but forgotten his wallet . She follows him and , by the time she catches up to him , he has forgotten that they were divorced . He speaks to her as if it was years earlier , assuming that they 're still married and that their children are quite young . 
 's condition worsens until his death . While his children are helping settle some of his affairs at the lake house , they observe a " water bomber " plane scoop up water from the lake and dump it on a fire on the mountainside , showing the children what had probably happened to . 
 The final scene shows visiting 's grave , leaving roses at a tombstone bearing both of their names .

Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver, Rachelle Lefevre, Scott Speedman, Bruce Greenwood

and first meet at a dinner party , where they both feign lack of interest in him . Over the next couple of weeks , the three form a close friendship , meeting up regularly and even sleeping together in the same bed . However , it is clear that both and have an interest in beyond friendship . is unhappy when invites to the theater . is visibly disappointed when she arrives at a Vietnamese restaurant with after the play , finds dining with several friends , and watches take a seat at the end of the table furthest from her . Both interpret ' actions as signs of intimacy and affection : eats a cherry from ' hand ; tells he loves her and also loves . Their feelings lead to competition for ' affections , evidenced by their rivalry over the gifts they buy for his birthday . 
 The relationship culminates in a trip to the vacation home of ' aunt . becomes jealous when feeds a marshmallow , telling him to eat it slowly like a ' striptease ' , and she goes to bed early . The next morning , she wakes up alone and observes the two frolicking together in the distance . She decides to leave , but chases after her and the two end up wrestling on the ground . is not impressed and decides to leave , saying they can love him or leave him . On returning from the trip , neither sees . Each leaves him a voicemail message and writes him a love letter . Eventually , meets and pours out his feelings , telling him he loves him and wants to kiss him . responds : " How could you think I was gay ? " , leaving devastated . Later , catches up with in the street and first tells him the letter she sent was meant for a female friend accidentally switched with an academic essay she intended for him . asks if this female friend is her lover or her ex , which confusedly denies . As goes to leave , claiming to have left something on the stove , she asks how he would feel if she had intended the poem for him . He says he would still have something on the stove . 
 After a year , and have re - established their friendship . At a party they repulse an attempt by to greet them . In the final scene , they both catch the eye of another party guest and together head for him .

Xavier Dolan, Anne Dorval, Monia Chokri, Niels Schneider, Anne Dorval

Following the death of , a Canadian immigrant , her two children , fraternal twins and , meet with French Canadian notary , their mother ’s employer and family friend . 's will makes reference to not keeping a promise , denying her a proper gravestone and casket , unless and track down their mysterious brother , whose existence they were previously unaware of , and their father , whom they believed was dead . 
 A series of flashbacks reveal came from a Christian Arab family in an unnamed Middle Eastern country , and that she fell in love with a refugee , resulting in her pregnancy . Her family murders her lover and nearly shoots her as an honour killing , but her grandmother spares her , tattoos the baby and abandons him , and sends to the fictional city of Daresh . While at school , a civil war and war crimes break out as Christian nationalists attack Muslims and refugees , with opposing the war on human rights grounds . Her son 's orphanage in Kfar Khout is destroyed by the nationalists , and unknown to her , her son has been rescued by a Muslim warlord , , who converts him into an Islamic child soldier . Seeking revenge for the loss of her son , joins the Muslim fighters and shoots a nationalist leader . Afterwards , she is imprisoned in Kfar Ryat and raped by torturer . She consequently gives birth to the twins . 
 After travelling to her mother 's native country , uncovers this past , and persuades , who is angry with his mother 's unusual personality , to join her . With help from , they learn their brother 's name is of May and track down . meets with him personally , and he reveals the war - mad was captured by the nationalists , joined their army , and took the name , making him both the twins ' half - brother and father . had immigrated to Canada and only learned his true identity after recognizing him at a Canadian swimming pool and seeing his tattoo . The twins find in Canada and deliver 's letters to him without speaking to him . gets a gravestone , which visits .

Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Rémy Girard, Allen Altman

( ) and ( ) are a lesbian couple from Maine who embark on a and - style road trip to Nova Scotia to get married after is moved into a nursing home by her granddaughter.[1 ] Along the way they pick up ( ) , a hitchhiker travelling home to Nova Scotia to visit his dying mother , and the three bond deeply as they travel.[2 ]

, the producer of Grave Encounters , a famous ghost investigation television series , explains that Grave Encounters was cancelled in 2003 after the fifth episode , when the cast and crew , along with the footage for episode six , mysteriously went missing . The footage was finally recovered in 2010 and brought to . In it , the show 's host , along with occult specialist , surveillance operator , cameraman , and fake medium , investigate the abandoned fictional mental asylum Collingwood Psychiatric Hospital , where many instances of paranormal activity have been reported since its closure after the head doctor , Dr. , is charged with inhumane experiments on the patients . 
 After taking a day tour of the hospital , the crew return for an overnight surveillance campaign while locking themselves inside . At first , everything is quiet , but soon , strange phenomena begin to occur , such as odd noises , doors and windows moving , and a wheelchair moving on its own . After recording a haunting where an invisible entity moves 's hair , the group decides to finish their filming and wait for 6 AM when the caretaker will let them out . They begin gathering their belongings , but disappears while retrieving the cameras alone . 
 Now becoming uneasy and with the caretaker nowhere to be seen hours after their agreed release time , the crew eventually break down the exit doors , only to discover that the exit mysteriously loops back into another hallway , and all exits either lead to more hallways . soon realizes that the sun has not risen , and it is still night outside , despite their cellphone clocks showing that it is well past mid - morning . The group attempts to find an alternate exit , but to no avail as the building seemingly changes around them , creating dead ends and false exits . While the group is sleeping again , someone scratches the word " HELLO " into 's back . After the group encounters a young woman in a hospital gown whose face demonically distorts , is separated and strangled by an invisible force . A flash of light follows , and is thrown back , dead . While resting , the remaining crew awaken only to discover that they have somehow been fitted with hospital identification bracelets , each bracelet having their name inscribed on it . 
 , , and eventually find in a room , wearing a hospital gown and appears to be mentally unstable . As the group leaves the room , notices remaining in the room , staring at a blood - filled bathtub . He tries to pull away , but is dragged by a dead patient into the bathtub in which they both disappear . With in tow , and find an elevator , and goes alone to find something to wedge to elevator door open . After taking a pipe from an old hospital gurney he encounters a demonic patient . panics , flees to the elevator , and pries the elevator door open . He is then attacked by the patient , but rescues him . 
 Meanwhile , videos his suicide by jumping down the elevator shaft while and Sasha are occupied . After climbing down a ladder in the shaft to the underground tunnels of the hospital , becomes violently ill and starts coughing up blood . The two stop to rest , and while they sleep , is covered by a strange mist and disappears . alone wanders down the seemingly endless corridors as his mental health spirals downward , feeding on rats to survive . 
 Eventually , encounters a door that appears seemingly out of nowhere , which leads to Dr. 's legendary secret operating room . There , he finds evidence of satanic rituals and black magic being performed on the patients . then discovers a small sacrificial altar on the floor , after which he is attacked by the ghost of , who drags him away as he screams , before the camera cuts out . The camera is turned back on , showing alive , implied to have been lobotomized by . He states to the camera , " He said I 'm all better now ... I can finally go home . " Followed by his famous outro . " For Grave Encounters ... signing off . " The screen then cuts to black .

A hobo arrives by boxcar in Hope Town , its welcome sign reading " Scum Town " . The town is ruled by " The " and his sadistic sons and with crimes against humanity . The Hobo sees an amateur filmmaker shooting a " Bumfight " movie . A bloodied man , , The 's younger brother , screams for help . The and his sons arrive and , labelling him a traitor to the townspeople , publicly decapitate him with a barbed - wire noose . 
 Wishing to buy a lawnmower in a pawn shop , The begs for change on a sidewalk . However , after seeing a group of punks drag in a homeless man , he sneaks into The Drake 's nightclub . Inside , the brothers and their henchmen torture and kill homeless people in arcade - style games . begins harassing a boy named , who owes him money , and snaps ' arm . , a prostitute , defends . prepares to kill her , but The Hobo knocks him unconscious and carries him to the police station . There , he learns of the police chief 's corruption and complicity in criminal activities . The brothers and the chief carve " scum " into his chest and throw him into a garbage bin . He meets , who helps him recover . 
 The next day , The goes to the filmmaker and completes a series of degrading acts , including chewing glass , to purchase the lawnmower . A trio of robbers enter and hold a woman and her baby hostage . The Hobo grabs a shotgun from the shelf and kills the robbers . Realizing that Hope Town needs justice , he buys the shotgun , costing the same as the lawnmower , and kills dozens of criminals , including the filmmaker , a pimp , a coke lord , and a pedophile dressed as . 
 The , infuriated , lets his sons loose . They burn a school bus filled with children — who are friendly to hobos — and burst into a television station , killing the anchorman during a live broadcast — who had expressed his appreciation of the hobo ; they demand that all homeless people be killed . The then joins them and orders The Hobo be brought to him . A mass murder of the town 's vagrants begins . 
 As is walking home , a cop attempts to rape her . The kills him and smuggles The Hobo past a group in a shopping cart covered with the cop 's remains . The pair are spotted by , who informs and . Back at her apartment , The tells of his plan to start a lawnmowing business , which she enthusiastically supports . and enter and attack the two , wounding . The overpowers , holds him at gunpoint , and forces to leave . The then shoots in the groin and takes to the hospital . manages to call The before he is taken to hell in a burning school bus . The , mourning the death of his favorite son , summons " The Plague " , a duo of armor - clad demons named and . While is recovering , The visits the maternity ward and delivers a monologue to the babies . When he returns to 's room , The Plague capture and deliver him to The , who plans to publicly execute him . 
 Recovered , returns to the pawn shop for weapons . Attaching an axe to The Hobo 's shotgun and retrofitting the lawnmower into a shield , she arms a crowd to free The and bring down The . She confronts The , holding hostage ; The shoots and denounces him a disappointment . In the ensuing fight , kills . Although The severs 's hand with the lawnmower shield , she stabs him repeatedly with her exposed arm bone and incapacitates him . tries to persuade to be his partner , but The drives him off . 
 The spots The crawling away to safety and prepares to execute him but a standoff between the armed townspeople and police initiates . Not wishing to let innocent people die for him and knowing The must die for the town to heal , The shoots off The 's head and is gunned down by the police . screams and the townspeople kill all the police . 's rule is over . She later becomes a new plague member with the implantation on the arm .

Ruger Hauer, Gregory Smith, Robb Wells, Molly Dunsworth, Brian Downey

In Montreal , an elementary school teacher hangs herself . , a recent Algerian immigrant , then offers his services to replace her , claiming to have taught in his home country . Desperate to fill the position , the principal , , takes him at his word and gives him the job . He gets to know his students despite both the evident culture gap and his difficulty adapting to the school system 's constraints . 
 As the children try to move on from their former teacher 's suicide , nobody at the school is aware of 's painful past , or his precarious status as a refugee . His wife , who was a teacher and writer , died along with the couple 's daughter and son in an arson attack . The murderers were angered by her last book , in which she pointed a finger at those responsible for the country 's reconciliation , which had led to the liberation of many perpetrators of huge crimes . The film goes on to explore 's relationships with the students and faculty , and how the students come to grips with their former teacher 's suicide . One student , , writes an assignment on the death of their teacher , revealing the deep pain and confusion felt by each of the students . 
 eventually comes to be loved and respected by the students he is teaching , but the teacher 's death still haunts the students . During a school dance , a student named is found to have a photo of his former teacher . It is revealed that he tried to get her into trouble after she tried to help him through his family struggles . eventually gets the students to open up about the death , especially , who is blamed and blames himself for causing the teacher 's suicide . Eventually , some parents discover that has no teaching qualification ; previously , he had run a restaurant . He is then fired from the school . He asks the principal to be able to teach one more day , convincing her by noting that the old teacher never got to say goodbye to her students . 
 On his last day , has his students correct a fable he wrote which is a metaphor of his tragic past life in Algeria and the loss of his family in a fire . Before he leaves , one of his students , ( whom he professed to be his favourite to her mother ) gives him a tearful hug goodbye .

, a freelance writer , meets , an artist and rickshaw operator , while on a business trip , and although they immediately share some chemistry , she reveals to him that she is married . However , it turns out that is living across the street from and her husband in Toronto . Although and appear happy together , it becomes clear that is not completely satisfied with her marriage , possibly aggravated by encountering . As the film progresses and interact more and more until she ultimately leaves her husband to be with him . is saddened , yet understanding . The audience is then shown a montage of 's new life with , including several brief sex scenes , though it is clear that she begins to regret leaving her husband . , 's sister and a recovering alcoholic , confronts ( while drunk ) and tells her that she should have just accepted that life has gaps and that changing relationships was not the answer .

The film starts with telling the story of his two - planet home world , unique from other planets or planetary systems as it is the only one that has " dual gravity " . This phenomenon of dual gravity allows the two planets to orbit each other in what would otherwise be impossibly close proximity . There are three immutable laws of gravity for this two - planet system : 
 The societies of the two worlds are segregated by law . While the upper world ( Up Top ) is rich and prosperous , the lower ( Down Below ) is poor . Up Top buys cheap oil from Down Below and sells electricity back to Down Below at higher prices . A person from Down Below going Up Top ( or having contact with anyone from Up Top ) is strictly forbidden and can be punishable by incarceration or death . People from Up Top regularly visit Down Below to experience novelties like dancing on ceilings . The only physical connection linking the two worlds is the headquarters of the " TransWorld " company . 
 lives in an orphanage in Down , having lost his parents in an oil refinery explosion . The only living relative he has is his great - aunt , whom he visits every week . His great - aunt has a secret recipe for flying pancakes using pollen from pink bees which gather pollen from both worlds . The recipe has passed through generations and will be inherited by . 
 As a child , secretly climbs a mountain that gets very close to Up . There he meets , a girl from Up . Years later in their teens , they are in a relationship . They meet on the mountains and uses a rope to pull towards Down , and they head to the woods for a stroll . They are later discovered , and while frantically releases back to her world , he catches a bullet in his arm and drops her . Helpless , he watches lying motionless on the ground as blood oozes from her head . When he returns home , his aunt is arrested and her home is put to the torch . 
 Ten years later , is now working on creating an anti - gravity product using his great - aunt 's recipe . The recipe allows matter to feel both gravitational fields at once . is developing it as a cosmetic product for face - lifts . Then he sees on TV and learns she is alive and works at TransWorld . He finally works out his formula and gets hired by TransWorld to develop the face - lift cream . 's plan is to find in TransWorld . In his office he meets , a TransWorld employee from Up who becomes his friend after he helps him obtain rare stamps from Down . Bob offers to help him contact . 
 With the help of , meets by putting Up - material in his clothes to disguise himself as a worker from Up , using 's name as his own . But does n't recognize him because of amnesia from the accident as a teen . The Up - material in 's clothes starts to burn so he has to return to Down . Later on , is fired but as he leaves , he secretly gives his ID to help him exit the TransWorld building and into Up . Later , by calling through 's phone , manages to get a date . 
 Meanwhile , his cosmetic cream becomes of great importance to the company . While is doing a presentation of the cream , enters the lecture hall and discovers his true identity . After she flees the auditorium runs to find her but 's ID , having been terminated , lands him in trouble . He escapes to 's house . He shows him that mixing liquids from both gravity fields can make a hybrid solution that resists both gravitational fields and simply floats between the two . then reveals that he did n't give TransWorld the main secret ingredient of his compound , leaving the company unable to manufacture the product without him . 
 With 's help , he goes back to the restaurant where he met with before and finds out she has begun to recover old memories of him . But the police arrive and he has to run . Upon returning to his planet he goes to the mountain top where he met . comes to find him and they meet again as they did long ago . But police are on their trail and , as they fail to escape , is arrested while falls the remaining distance between worlds . But he survives because of a vest containing inverse matter which he still had strapped to his torso . TransWorld agrees to drop the charges against if gives them his formula and never contacts again . 
 Now has gone back to his old life , believing he will never see again . But , not so easily dissuaded , goes to for help . finds and surprises him by showing he can stay Down without the help of the opposite - matter accoutrements ; has been able to use 's methods to create a way to negate the effect of gravity . tells him he had purchased the patent of his beauty cream before TransWorld attempted to do so . He finishes by informing him that also has a " date " with someone . 
 The film ends with revealing she has become pregnant with twins , and the camera zooms far out to reveal towering skyscrapers on both sides , showing that both sides have become prosperous , as well as children from both sides interacting by playing basketball .

( ) , is a polite , kind - hearted , but dimwitted bouncer at a bar in Massachusetts . feels ostracized from society , especially since his father and brother are both successful physicians . attends a minor league hockey game with his best friend ( ) . taunts the visiting team during a fight and one of their players climbs into the stands , calling him a homophobic slur . , whose brother is gay , steps in and easily beats up the opposing player . Soon after , gets a phone call from the coach of his hometown team who offers him a job as an enforcer . 
 Meanwhile , veteran enforcer and 's idol ( ) is demoted to the minors after serving a 20 - game suspension for slashing an opponent in the head from behind . Three years prior , hit and concussed the highly skilled prospect ( ) , who has had trouble recovering from the incident due to the fear of being hit , resulting in his being stuck in the minors . After earning the nickname " The Thug " , was hired by a farm team in Canada where plays , the Halifax Highlanders , to protect and be his roommate . 
 The Highlanders experience success with as their enforcer , and he quickly becomes popular among fans and teammates , much to the chagrin of his parents and , who loses ice time and the alternate - captaincy to . becomes romantically involved with ( ) , a hockey fan with a penchant for players . 
 With four games left on their schedule , the Highlanders need two wins to secure a playoff spot . On a road game in Quebec , after an opposing player concusses with a heavy hit , savagely beats the player unconscious and is suspended for the next game against and the St. John 's Shamrocks . Doug encounters at a diner , where dismisses 's claim that he is a hockey player , calling him a goon . Though acknowledges 's physical prowess and gives his respect , warns him that if they ever meet on the ice , he will " lay [ him ] the fuck out . " The Highlanders , with suspended and hospitalized , lose to the Shamrocks . 
 reaches out to , and promises him he will always have his back on the ice . In their next game , the Highlanders lead 1–0 thanks to strong teamwork between and . In the final seconds , blocks a slapshot with his face and his ankle is injured in the ensuing scramble . The Highlanders win , but need a win against and the Shamrocks in their last game for a playoff spot . 
 After two periods , the Shamrocks are beating the Highlanders 2–0 . and drop the gloves in the third period . is knocked down first , but calls off the linesmen and allows him to get back up . manages to break 's nose , but breaks his previously injured ankle in the process . manages to stand back up and knocks out with a vicious left hook . and his teammates help a seriously injured off the ice and , inspired by 's efforts and 's defeat , scores a natural hat trick , giving the Highlanders a 3–2 lead . As the game enters its final minute , the final scene has comforting in the locker room as he comments , " I think I nailed him . "

A man attends an erotic show at an underground club , which culminates with a naked woman on the verge of crushing a live tarantula under her platform high - heel . 
 , a solitary college history professor is living a quiet mundane and repetitive life . He rents a movie , Where There 's a Will There 's a Way , on the recommendation of a colleague and in the film , he briefly sees an actor ( the man at the show ) , which looks strikingly like himself . Searching online , identifies the actor as , the stage name for . rents the other two films in which has appeared , and becomes obsessed with the man , who appears to be his physical doppelgänger . Immediately after this , he searches some boxes in his own house and finds a photo of someone who looks like himself , with some woman 's hand over his shoulder . However , part of the photo is torn out , making the woman impossible to identify . stalks , visiting his agency and even calling him at home and they agree to eventually meet in a hotel room and discover they are perfectly identical , even having same identical scar . is taken aback by 's direct personality and how exactly same they are in appearance , feeling uneasy and uncomfortable by this he leaves abruptly . The next day , watches outside of his apartment and sees his girlfriend , whom he finds attractive and starts following her to work without being noticed . then plots to accuse of having sexual relations with his wife behind his back so he could take his place with over the weekend to sleep with her . demands 's clothes and car keys in order to get things even by taking out for a romantic weekend getaway , promising to disappear forever afterward . complies , and takes to the hotel after work . Meanwhile , in retaliation goes to 's apartment and is immediately recognized by the apartment security guy who lets him in without the keys , but also desperately asks if could take him back to the underground sex club again . Inside the apartment , finds a framed photo on a shelf , which looks like the one he had found earlier in his own house , but now the photo is intact , and the woman is revealed to be . is trying to adjust as in front of but she does n't appear to notice the subtle differences or his shy behavior and asks him to join her in bed . She cuddles up to him and asks , " did you have a good day at school " to his surprise . Later that night , finds in the living room crying and apologizing to her , in which she asks him to stay and they make love . 
 Back at the hotel , panics when she sees 's ring mark during sex and asks who he is , why is he doing this to her . She then forces to drive her home , but the two get into a fight which results in a high - speed crash and the car being completely totaled . 
 The next day , dresses in 's clothes and opens the confidential letter he received from the agency earlier and finds the club key in a jacket pocket , which are delivered to only selected members . gets out of the shower and tells him to call his mother , then enters the bedroom . asks if she is doing anything that night and tells her that he will be going out , but she does n't respond . As he enters the bedroom for but instead , he beholds the now room - sized tarantula cowered against the rear wall . , with a resigned look , sighs .

Jake Gyllenhall, Mélanie Laurent, Isabella Rossellini, Sarah Gadon

The film follows the mundane life of Father , who tends to his small Niagara Falls parish . His life is weary and he appears to simply be going through the motions of his life routine . Among his parishioners are a young couple wanting to get married outside their own parish and a gay Iranian man who is struggling with his feeling about his recently deceased mother . 
 Father ’s life changes when he receives a letter , which forces his complacent life into descent . The letter is from , now on his death bed , who Father had mentored 40 years ago . The letter alleges to an incident where Father shares a bed with when he was 14 years old and he asks whether or not anything inappropriate had occurred . 
 This leads Father to embark on a roadtrip to Northern Ontario where he visits his mother and sister and then to confront ’s widow . She bitterly accuses him of having sexually molested her late husband , which Father denies , but it is apparent that not even he is exactly sure about what happened 40 years ago during that night . 
 The film features lots of lengthy scenic scenes of the natural backdrops of the roaring waterfalls with minimal dialogue in most scenes . The film displays “ Murphy ’s ability to command the screen with stillness”[5 ]

The planet of Anwynn was once populated by eight tribes , known as Garms . [ 6 ] Long ago , the planet was at peace , as all the different races of Anwynn were united by their collective servitude to their god , . Unfortunately , violence broke out when left , setting all the tribes against each other . The war proved devastating , destroying all the tribes on the planet except for three- the Briga , the Kumtak and the Columba . During this time , the Druids , who were previously conveyed the words of Anwynn 's god , disappeared . The Briga tribe lives on the ground , and controls the weaker Kumtak tribe to help in their war against the Briga . Meanwhile , the Columba live in airships . 
 The film itself is divided into three different acts . In Act 1 , The Exile of the Three Magi , a Kumtak man named ( ) is captured by the Columba , along with his holy canine pet , and a mysterious being who is identified as ( ) , the last of the missing Druids . During his interrogation aboard the Columba airship , claims that he fled from the Briga people because the Kumtak are enslaved , and offers his services and the Druid 's power to fight against his people 's oppressors . When the airship is eventually destroyed during a Briga attack , reveals his true purpose- to travel to the lands of the Druids with and discover why and why would create the Garms , if she intended to leave . He then recruits ( ) , the Columba clone - soldier that interrogated him , and ( ) , the Briga officer who led the attack on the airship , before setting off on this quest . 
 In Act 2 , Passage to the Other World , and his companions continue their journey to the land of the Druids . As the journey draws on , and both learn that they are quickly running out of mana , the life - energy that sustains their lives . Despite this pressing concern , the party travels in a Briga tank across war - torn wastelands and seas . Upon witnessing the devastation and brutality of the war , begins to question the worth of the war , but does not appear to share these concerns . 
 In the final act , Sacred Grove , the party finally arrives at the land of the Druids . Unfortunately , the Briga tank breaks down , forcing to stay behind and repair it as , and continue onwards . During their exploration of the sacred grove , accidentally activates the Druids ' defence systems and awakens giant robotic defenders . manages to repair the tank and hold off the defenders while the others escaped , but loses his life in the process . When the group finally arrives at the source of the Druid 's knowledge and power , kills and reveals her true purpose- to take control of the Druid`s guardians and destroy all the Garms . While the guardians are awoken and set against the Garms , manages to destroy before she escapes . then asks the dying why the Garms were abandoned by the gods . reveals that the goddess left because she feared the destructive potential of the Garms , which is why took it upon herself to destroy them for her . The film then ends on a cliffhanger , with the warring tribes uniting to fight against the guardians .

( ) , a lonely , 40 - something restaurant manager finally meets his ideal woman , ( ) through a dating website . However , one significant problem arises : she 's married and wants him to kill her abusive husband ( ) so that she and can be together . is so smitten he agrees to do it with the help of his accountant best friend , . ( ) .

In a fictional outcome for the Canadian federal election , 2015 , a political party comes to power and establishes a law called S-14 , allowing parents of troubled children and limited finances to place their children in hospitals , without regard for fundamental justice . After the law is passed , , a widowed mother and 46 - year - old journalist , picks up her son , who has ADHD with violent tendencies , from an institution . has started a fire at the institution , in which another youth was injured . brings home , and struggles to care for him under financial distress . He gives her jewellery reading " Mommy " , which she suspects that he has stolen . Enraged by the accusation , begins choking her , and she defends herself by hitting him with a glass frame . , a neighbour and teacher on sabbatical , shows up to tend to their wounds . 
 , who is dealing with a stuttering problem , begins to tutor , and indicates he is glad to know her and respects her wishes not to call her " babe " . Although the three have bonded , is served papers indicating she and are being sued for the injuries caused by his fire . 
 finds a lawyer willing to help them and the three of them go out for the evening for something to eat . They end up at a Karaoke bar , where is increasingly agitated by the atmosphere and what he sees as his mother , 's sexual interest in the lawyer . decides to sing , but is taunted by the audience , leading to a fight . , and their lawyer argue , ending with slapping the lawyer for slapping , which drives the lawyer away . 
 continues to try and help her son and rebuild their lives , but while out shopping , with and , disappears and slits his wrist . He survives and a little later finds herself reflecting on all the dreams she had for her son to live a fulfilled happy life . She finally drives to a hospital to commit him under S-14 ; angrily resists , and she regrets the decision when she sees the officials use violence and tasers to subdue him , but there is nothing she can legally do . 
 announces she is moving to Toronto and encourages her and expresses hope for , but after leaves her alone in the house , her deep distress at how things are resurfacing . Back at the hospital , is being unstrapped from the straight - jacket by officials . Immediately after the straps are removed , flees .

In the near future , two teenage sisters , and , live in a remotely located home with their father in an old - growth forest . There is a massive , continent - wide power outage that appears to be part of an overall technological collapse . is careless with their car so that the battery is drained , so they are left stranded for days . Eventually their father is able to get the car working and they make it to the nearest town where they are able to buy some limited supplies including gas from a man called . Later attends dance class while her sister meets up with , a boy she has a crush on . Returning home , they see a stranded car and the girls ' father offers to help the passengers , but after they brandish guns he moves on . 
 They are low on gas , and things seem increasingly hostile , so the girls ' father tells them they will not be returning to town until the power is back on . Shortly after , while cutting down a tree in the forest , the girls ' father has an accident and cuts his leg with a chain saw . Before dying he tells the girls to take care of each other and love one another . 
 The girls struggle onwards for two months as they run low on food . They are surprised one night by a knock on the door that turns out to be , who walked there looking for . He tells the sisters that he had searched the surrounding houses and they are all abandoned . and sleep together several times and he finally tells her that he heard that out east there is still electricity , internet , and order . He convinces to go with him , but chooses to remain behind . briefly leaves but then turns back after a night away from home , unwilling to leave . 
 Reunited , the girls begin to do research on the plants in the forest and use it to collect berries and other edibles . One day , after gets her period and realizes she is not pregnant , she encourages to celebrate by getting drunk with her , and the two use some of their gas on the generator and watch home movies of their deceased parents , and dances to music for the first time in half a year . 
 The following day goes to collect berries while stays behind and chops wood . She is approached by , who rapes her . As a result , the girls become more reclusive , boarding up the house and refusing to go outside . tries to help with her depression , playing her a song and revealing that she had actually hidden some of the gas and that did not take all of it . 
 Eventually realizes she is pregnant , which helps to jolt her out of her depression . Though encourages her to try to abort the baby , insists on keeping it , saying that she does n't want to lose anyone else . During her pregnancy states that she 'll have a boy and believes she 'll have a girl . The two bet on the gas , saying that whoever correctly predicts the baby 's gender will win the remaining gas . 
 During a storm several beams of the roof break and begins to have contractions . The two sisters flee for a hollowed out tree stump that once served as their playhouse , where gives birth to a baby boy . Returning to their now destroyed home , decides to use her prize ( the gasoline ) to burn - down the remains of the house , so that passersby will think that they died in a fire and they will be safe from stragglers . 
 Rescuing a few precious items , the sisters burn down the house and then relocate to their new home , deep within the forest .

Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Max Minghella, Callum Keith Rennie, Michael Eklund, Sandy Sidhu

In an alternate 1997 , a post - apocalyptic society lives in a land nicknamed " The Wasteland " that is littered with trash and ruled by a sadistic and tyrannical overlord named , who uses a device to grind captives into water . The Kid , a teenage comic book fan , scavenges the wastes on his BMX bike to trade with junk dealer . After trading for water and his favorite comic book Turbo Rider , The Kid runs into , a mysterious , free - spirited young woman . Frightened by her quirky personality and aggressive attempts to befriend him , he flees to his bunker , only to find she has followed him . When she hands him the comic book that he dropped , he reluctantly allows her to stay with him . 
 As The Kid teaches his rules on how to survive in the Wasteland , they grow closer , and The Kid develops a crush on her . When one of ' henchmen kidnaps , she urges him to flee . He narrowly avoids capture when he accidentally discovers the remains of the real . After taking Turbo Rider 's armor and wrist weapon , he sets off to rescue Apple . At the same time , , a champion arm - wrestling cowboy , is captured while attempting to rescue his brother . After cutting off 's right hand , throws him into an arena with Apple . The Kid arrives to intervene , but his wrist weapon fails to fire due to a low charge . He is then captured and thrown into the arena , where he , , and Apple defeat Zeus ' warriors and escape . 
 The Kid discovers that Apple is a robot after seeing her survive a gunshot during their escape . She tells him that she is a friendship model . Because of damage to her circuitry , they contact , who directs them to the robot graveyard , where they can find spare parts . When is captured and tortured to death , he reveals their location to , who sends his henchmen . The and Apple evade capture during the chase , but Apple is decapitated by , ' lead henchman . The attaches Apple 's head to a new robot body and falls unconscious to the graveyard 's toxic fumes . He later wakes to find that , who now has a robotic hand , has rescued him ; says Apple could not be reactivated . They return to ' camp to kill him . 
 The reveals that killed his parents for their water when he was a child . Although and The defeat many of ' henchmen , The Kid is about to be killed when Apple shows up and rescues him . Upset at his men 's incompetence , shoots The , Apple , and . The Kid is saved by a tin case of View - Master discs he keeps under Turbo Rider 's armor . Using the wrist weapon , he blasts and his remaining henchmen . However , rises and reveals himself also to be a robot , a corporate model designed to ruthlessly conquer all competition . The blows him up by shooting explosives that brought along with them . dies while protecting The from the blast . The explosion reveals a fresh water source underneath the site . 
 After The Kid buries , invites him to stay and help him deliver water to the people of the Wasteland . The Kid declines and rides off to explore the wastelands .

Munro Chambers, Laurence Leboeuf, Edwin Wright, Aaron Jeffery, Michael Ironside

wakes up beside his former lover , . Three men break into his bedroom and take him hostage . breaks his neck while escaping and wakes with a start , only for the men to break in once again . He and are taken to another room and bound to chairs . The leader of the group introduces himself as , identifying the others as and ; died of electrocution after touching a large device , the ARQ , in the room . says he represents a rebel group known as the Bloc and demands surrender money , or " scrips " , from their rival organization , the Torus Corporation . He gives them several minutes to comply and leaves the room with the others to get food . 
 explains to the ARQ is a working perpetual motion machine he designed at Torus . After Torus shut down the project as an impossibility , he stole it . believes the Bloc members to be after the ARQ rather than the scrips , though Hannah urges him to comply with their demands . After freeing himself and , he is killed while trying to escape . wakes up gasping , only to relive the same scenario . This time , after freeing himself , he asks to help poison the intruders with cyanide gas . This fails when reveals herself as allied with them . surrenders the scrips , only to be killed again after shoots him . 
 After reviving , questions about her past . She says she grew to resent after he abandoned her to , who tortured her . says he never gave up looking for her after he escaped . Though he does not trust , frees her . They work out a deal where they will split the scrips after using the cyanide gas to force and his group to stand down . reneges on the deal , demanding that abandon the Bloc and come with him . She refuses and accidentally shoots during a scuffle . and wake in bed ; this time , both recall the events . When says the ARQ is causing a time loop , insists he give the technology to the Bloc . Eventually , reveals himself as a Torus mercenary and kills everyone . 
 When they wake , and agree they must keep the ARQ from Torus , though expresses distrust in the Bloc . They convince to help them , but shoots and knocks unconscious . After killing Sonny , applies first aid to . He dies after Brother shoots him , not realizing is responsible . The next iteration , becomes aware of the time loop and immediately kills Father and Brother . theorizes the ARQ is looping the same three - hour period due to running out of energy . Instead of producing unlimited energy , its fuel cells are refilled after every loop . When overpowers them , sacrifices himself to prevent from acquiring the ARQ . 
 In the next iteration , Sonny saves 's life , then kills Father and Brother . and poison and with the cyanide . Before dying , uses the pool of blood from every other corpse ( including , whom he kills ) to set up a trap . After arguing not to destroy the machine , is electrocuted when she accidentally steps on 's trap . briefly considers destroying the ARQ but allows the next iteration to begin . He admits he was wrong and offers the ARQ to the Bloc . , who is now aware of the time loop , and agree to work with and ; however , and take all hostage . After forces to disable the machine , and die in the confusion of a blackout . and briefly escape but return once they realize the time loop is localized to the house . 
 After they kill , revealed to be a torturer for , restarts the ARQ , only to be killed . An interrupted video message and the ARQ 's logs reveal a second , outer time loop : every nine time loops form their own loop in which their memories are reset . Unknowingly , they have repeated the same nine loops thousands of times . Realizing they are on their ninth loop , and leave a desperate message to themselves , hoping future iterations can get the ARQ to the Bloc before ' reinforcements arrive . After a robot breaks through and kills them , wakes with a gasp .

During a pro hockey lockout , ( ) team , the Halifax Highlanders , has to contend with an influx of new players . With pro hockey suspended , media focus has descended on the lower league , and the owner of the Highlanders , ( ) , seeks to capitalize on the attention . Before the opening game , is made captain and leads his team out onto the ice . In a close fought game , is goaded into a fight with the rival team 's enforcer , ( ) , an up - and - coming player with a violent streak , and the son of the Highlanders ' owner . wins the fight , and with badly injured , the Highlanders lose the game . Dealing with rehab , decides to retire and accept a more stable job as an insurance salesman . At home , 's wife realizes that she is pregnant , and she and make preparations for their new child . Without , the Highlanders go on a long losing streak , prompting the owner to push for changes . He signs several overseas players and pushes to add his own son to the team . foresees as the new captain of the Highlanders , and although the coach disagrees with the move , anticipating locker room dysfunction , strongarms him into making the new captain . 
 Meanwhile , finds no joy in his new job , stuck in a dingy office , and he begins secretly training to get back into hockey . visits his old rival , , who has left hockey and now competes in a hockey fighting league , where he is the current champion . convinces to train him in southpaw fighting , as the injury he suffered fighting has weakened his right arm . agrees to train him , and slowly begins to learn how to fight left - handed . convinces that if he joins the hockey fighting league and impresses , it could be a way to get back into minor league hockey . takes ' advice , but the first fight ends up being a battle royale style brawl , instead of the one - on - one fights that had witnessed before . and end up as the last two standing during the melee , but is too hurt to continue and collapses before they can fight each other . In the locker room after the fight , reveals that he has post - concussion syndrome , and doctors have recommended that he stop playing , as one more bad hit could cause a permanent injury . 
 At the same time , the Highlanders have improved with as the captain , but not enough to get into playoff position . ' self - sabotaging play , in which he constantly is being penalized for fighting , has kept the Highlanders outside of a playoff spot . In addition , ' aggressive and violent attitudes towards his fellow players keeps the whole team on edge , and their play suffers as a result . During another losing effort , grows frustrated and ends up knocking out the entire opposing team . He is promptly suspended , and the coach demands a change . , having seen at the hockey fighting league , suggests that they add back to the roster , secretly hoping that his addition will push his son to play better . Before 's first game back , makes promise that he wo n't fight , concerned for him now that they 're about to be parents . reluctantly agrees , and the Highlanders narrowly win in 's celebrated return . The Highlanders go on a winning streak , but when returns from suspension , he goads into being more aggressive . and interrupt a game during a dispute , and they are both suspended for the next game . During the game 's afterparty , provokes into a fight , and when sees that has been fighting again , she kicks him out of the house . 
 Meanwhile , the Highlanders must win the last two games of the season to sneak into the playoffs . With Anders and suspended , decides to sign , who has still been competing in the local hockey fighting league . To free up a spot , terminates ' contract , fed up with his son 's antics . While helps the Highlanders to win the first of their last two games , goes into labor , and reconciles with her as they head to the hospital . After having her baby , realizes that the same drive that led to be with her during the birth , is the same drive that pushes him to want to defend his teammates on the ice , and she gives her blessing to continue fighting . Having been kicked off the team , rejoins his old team , as they will play the Highlanders in the last game of the season with a playoff spot on the line . The game is immediately chippy , with both and starting fights . As the game enters the third period with the game tied , and are involved in a scuffle , and cheap shots Ross , checking him from behind into the boards . is knocked unconscious , and while paramedics take him away on a stretcher , enters the rink to fight in retaliation . 
 uses his southpaw training to beat , but when shows mercy , threatens , claiming that he will never stop coming for him until they are both like , being carried out on stretchers . Realizing that his new family is more important to him than hockey , uses his weakened right arm to level , but throws his arm out and has to be helped off the ice . rushes to his son 's aid , where tells him that he hates hockey , and the two appear to mend things between them . Having been told earlier that further injury to his right arm would be career - ending , realizes that his hockey days are behind him . He watches as the Highlanders win the game in the final seconds , and during the celebration , he sets his stick down and goes home .

Ju Dou takes place in the early 20th century in rural China . The story begins as ( the regular collaborator ) is returning from a trek to sell silk for his adoptive uncle , ( ) . , whose trade is dyeing fabrics , is known for his cruelty . learns that has just recently purchased a new wife , having beaten two previous wives to death after they failed to produce a son , the cruel irony being that is in fact impotent . 
 Upon meeting the wife , ( ) , is immediately enamored with her . At night , tortures . Eventually , discovers bathing area and spies on her . He does not know that knows he is there . Although watches luridly , by exposing her bruises to him and sobbing , transforms the meaning of his gaze , forcing him to see her not only as a sexual object , but also as a human being.[11 ] 
 Soon , the two are unable to control their passions any longer , and they engage in sexual intercourse . When discovers she is pregnant , she and pretend that the child is 's . suffers a stroke which leaves him paralyzed from the waist down . Confined to a wheel chair , he nevertheless discovers 's affair and attempts to kill the child . is tied up by and hoisted in a large barrel , leaving him dangling helplessly . Knowing that society would never accept her infidelities , goes to a nunnery to get contraceptives . 
 Meanwhile , has grown into a sullen child ( ) , but when he calls " Father " , accepts the boy as his son . falls into the dye vat and drowns one day while playing with his son and a funeral is carried out for him . 
 Ten years later . and still run the dye operation , but ( now played by ) is now a rage - filled teenager . Rumors of his parents ' infidelities drive him to nearly kill a local gossip . later reveals the truth to her son in a fit of rage . She and decide to have one last affair and grow weak after falling asleep in a cellar with little air . Upon discovering his parents resting in the underground cellar after their tryst , drags them out - still weak and unable to awaken - and drowns . then burns the mill down as the film ends .

The film is set sometime in the late Qin dynasty or early Han dynasty . In the desert , General and his men attack a Xiongnu camp , where chances upon a maiden called " " and brings her home . is actually a fox spirit who feasts on human hearts to maintain her lovely and youthful appearance . Trouble brews when falls in love with , who already has a wife , . 
 Another love triangle is also present , with the members being , and . is a former general in the same army as . He was in love with , but she married eventually . A series of mysterious murders occur in the city and the victims have their hearts dug out . becomes suspicious of after a diviner told her that is actually a demon and after she accidentally cut but showed no sign of bleeding . approaches for help . In the meantime , meets , a young and inexperienced demon hunter , and befriends her . The murders were actually committed by , a chameleon spirit who shows unrequited love towards and helps her obtain the human hearts she needs . fought with and the soldiers on a few occasions and was nearly captured by but he always managed to escape . At the same time , and come to house and accuse of being a demon , but succeeds in maintaining her disguise , much to the ire of and . 
 When gets closer to , turns jealous and attacks , but is driven away . When meets again later , she is so furious that she shouts at him to leave , despite him warning her that love between demons and humans is impossible and pleading her to allow him to remain by her side . One night , 's suspicions about are confirmed when she chances upon peeling off her human skin right in front of her and revealing her true form . and come to an agreement : promises to stop killing people ; in return , offers her place as rightful spouse to and takes the blame for the murders . gives a potion to drink , after which 's hair turns white and her features become " demonic " . The city 's residents are horrified when they see and think that she is the demon . Just as is about to be killed by the citizens , and show up , save her , and bring her to a cave . 
 and deduce that has been poisoned by the demon and she is close to death because the lighter the colour of the poison , the more fatal it is . is gradually turning white . Not long later , , his soldiers and members of his household ( including ) come to the cave . swears to kill if she is really a demon and is responsible for all the murders , but also expresses his love for her at the same time . then impales herself with a dagger is holding on to and dies in his arms . tries to gain affection by moving closer to him , but he takes no notice of her and continues to weep while holding on to his dead wife 's body . At this point , realises that will never truly love her . 
 shouts to everyone that is the real demon and then slashes her with his weapon to prove it , but her body is as hard as steel . approaches and begs her to bring back to life . When asks him what she will get if she restores to life , replies that he loves her but he already has , and then kills himself . The heartbroken screams and reveals her true demon form . She then willingly attempts to bring back to life with her magic powers in the form of a small orb . However , before she can do so , she is interrupted by , who snatches away the orb and reprimands her for sacrificing all the powers she cultivated over thousands of years to save a man 's life . He swallows the orb and tells her he is going to bring her home . and fight with and eventually slay him but he kills in the process . retrieves the orb from 's body and another orb containing 's powers , and uses them to bring every dead person in the cave back to life . 
 Before the film ends , is shown manifested in her white fox form without her powers because she has already given them up to bring and back to life .

Set in China during the warring 1920s , " Poxy " Zhang ( 张麻子 ; ) leads a group of bandits , each of whom is numbered rather than named , and ambushes a government horse train carrying ( 马邦德 ; ) , who is on his way to Goose Town ( 鹅城 E - cheng ) to assume the position of county governor . 's train is derailed , killing both his bodyguards and his adviser , Counsellor ( 汤师爷 Tang - shiye ; ) . has no money , having spent it all to bribe and buy his position . To avoid being killed by 's bandits , he lies to them claiming that he is Counsellor and that his wife ( ) was the dead governor 's wife . He tells the bandits that , if they spare him and his wife , he will help to impersonate Ma and pilfer Goose Town 's finances . 
 At Goose Town , 's appointment is opposed by local mobster boss Master ( 黄老爷 Huang - laoye ; ) , who lives in a fortified citadel . greets the governor 's party by sending his best hat in a palanquin instead of himself . tells that previous governors would split with the majority of taxes levied from the town residents . However , is not interested in taking money from the poor . 
 Champion ( 武举人 Wu - juren ; ) , one of 's subordinates , severely injures a citizen , and as governor rules against in the town court . In retaliation , frames 's godson , ( 老六 Lao - liu ) , for theft . kills himself one the process of proving his innocence . vows to destroy , but advises him to use cunning rather than brute force . invites to a meal at his citadel , and there pretends to have his subordinates killed as a sign of good faith . Not realizing the governor is actually the bandit chief , raises a plan to hunt down and kill . pretends to agree to this plan , so long as finances the expedition . 
 That night , disguises his subordinates as 's bandits and sends them to assassinate while he is asleep . However , only 's wife is killed . In grief , reveals his true identity as governor to . During the funeral for 's wife , has his bandits kidnap and the heads of Goose Town 's two leading families for ransom . They quickly discover they have captured 's look - alike . The town raises the ransom money but refuses to take it , instead returning it to the townsfolk . As they do so , ( 花姐 Huajie ) , a young prostitute in 's custody , discovers their identity . She is captured by 's gang but becomes friendly with Two ( 老二 Lao - er ) and Three ( 老三 Lao - san ) and later stays on as a bandit member , helping them to guard 's look - alike . sends his own subordinates , also disguised as bandits , to retrieve the money handed back to the town . 
 A random woman approaches , claiming that he seduced her while in Shanxi , and that he is the father of her son . As compensation , gives them two jewels . 
 tries to kill again by sending subordinates to his house , disguised as masked bandits . The plan fails and 's men are shot to death . As such , is forced to supply the money for 's Anti Bandit Expedition . When 's steward obtains a portrait of the real Governor , and confronts , confesses that he is the real governor , and pretends that is his nephew . As the Expedition goes ahead , employs a fake to kill , and also sends men to plant a landmine on the road . In the ensuing battle , Two is killed , but the fake is captured . To avoid death , he offers two jewels , and admits that he obtained them by robbing and killing a woman and her son . recognizes the jewels , and is filled with grief , and tries to travel to Shanxi , but drives over the landmine and is killed . 
 vows revenge and returns to Goose Town for a showdown with . He scatters money to the townsfolk and gathers it up the next day ; then scatters firearms to the townsfolk and prevents from gathering them . and his bandits put on a show of attacking the citadel , then publicly beheads 's look - alike to convince the townsfolk that is dead and the one in the citadel is the look - alike . The townsfolk are reassured and storm the citadel with their new weapons . gives a gun with one bullet left for his own suicide . However , a moment later , stands on top of his own citadel and fires the gun into the air to get 's attention . He throws a hat better than the one he originally sent to greet off the roof , as he promised . He then walks back into the citadel , killing himself with his own landmine . 
 Three intends to marry and the surviving bandits leave for Shanghai to lead a more peaceful life . They take the train through the mountains , riding after them .

A narration tells of a legendary Indian Buddhist monk , and the belief that his mummified remains has mystical powers . 
 The Dark Stone gang , having found that half of the remains are in the Prime Minister 's hands , sends assassins to kill him and his son . Dark Stone 's top assassin steals the remains and flees . She encounters the monk after dispatching a pursuing at the top of a bridge . is revealed to be an accomplished martial artist who demonstrates to that her swordsmanship has four fatal flaws . Warning that she can be killed by a master , he attempts to persuade her to turn a new leaf and leave the life of an assassin . The three months of their association ends with him dying by her hands , a final demonstration intended to enlighten her . After 's death , is burdened with sorrow and guilt and decides to leave her old way of life . She goes to a famous surgeon who changes her appearance and she assumes the identity of , a common cloth merchant . She attracts the attention of the messenger whom she eventually marries . The Dark Stone gang 's leader , , recruits and trains a new assassin , , a merciless girl who murdered her fiance and in - laws on her wedding night . 
 The Dark Stone , are still in pursuit of and the mummified remains , and one of their top members ( ) is mysteriously assassinated . 
 Later , and are in the bank when robbers enter . As the gang draws their swords , defeats them and saves both her and her husband 's lives . This act reveals her whereabouts to Dark Stone . The Wheel King summons three assassins in his gang - , the Magician , and - to hunt down . They locate despite her changed appearance . However , ( now as ) states that she just wants to live a normal life , and the Wheel King promises her freedom for - and herself in exchange for the half of the remains she took and help in collecting the other half . After the Dark Stone secure the remains , hands over her half . The gang refuses to release her , and despite infighting that kills the Magician , she comes home wounded and collapses before . and follow her but are stopped by , who surprises them by producing a pair of Cen - Ci swords . recognizes them as 's weapons . The two assassins are defeated and takes to the surgeon , who treats 's wounds and tells that everything is pre - destined . Flashbacks reveal that true identify is , who did not die from 's sword because he has situs inversus . He has also changed his appearance so that he can avenge his father 's death . finds out the truth and asks if he has ever loved her . An emotional tells her that is impossible because of what she and have done to his family , but he can not bring himself to kill her and tells her to leave . 
 The Wheel King , having obtained the remains , attempts to use the power to restore his bodily " defect " ; he was castrated as a boy and uses the cover of being a low ranking eunuch to hide his criminal activities . discovers this as she seduces him , and mocks him in anger and disappointment . is infuriated and buries her alive under a bridge . He sees the fireworks signal released by , who has decided to engage him in a final battle . The Wheel King comes to a graveyard and finds dead . then battles him and wounds him fatally , using what had taught her . revives the next morning , since he was just given a tortoise powder by in order to appear lifeless so he could witness avenge his family with her life . He approaches her body to touch her and finds her still alive . is overcome with joy and carries her in his arms . whispers to him " After we get home , draw up the divorce papers . " laughs and tells her they have a long life ahead , together .

is the sole student of style under his elderly master . While excels in the physical aspects of his training , he has yet to understand its philosophical aspects , which worries Master . Determined to prove the effectiveness of the style , competes in the local Wulin ( 武林 ) Competition . 
 HKPD officer leads an investigation into Security System Alliance ( SSA ) , a private security firm owned by the mysterious . Suspecting of hosting an illegal fighting operation , turns one of 's fighters into a mole , but discovers and personally kills him . Without any evidence , Superintendent orders the case closed , but secretly continues investigating . 
 While searching for his next fighter , sees at the Wulin Competition . Intrigued by the relative obscurity of the style , as well as 's immaturity , he sends a job offer at SSA . Tired of his menial courier job , flies to Hong Kong for the job interview . The " interview " turns out to be a test of 's combat ability , which he passes . welcomes offers him great financial rewards for joining his underground fighting ring . refuses as fighting for money would compromise his honor , and leaves . 
 Soon after , land inspectors arrive and declare the Tai Chi temple structurally unsafe . They announce the plan to evict its occupants , including Master , and demolish the temple for real estate development . seeks help from , a paralegal friend . With her help , he finds a means to save the temple through historic preservation and government protection . However , because of the temple 's deteriorated condition , it requires repairs within a month 's time . Desperate for money , accepts 's offer . 
 After each fight , which is a form of modern gladiatorial combat enjoyed by rich individuals , wins larger sums of money . He quits his job , buys his parents presents , and begins having the temple repaired . However , the challenges became more difficult , with the stakes raised against him , forcing to develop a style that is more efficient but also more brutal . Noticing the change in him , Master warns ; however , intoxicated with the new life , ignores the warning . 
 In the Wulin Competition , viciously injures his opponent , and is disqualified . When comes back to train with his master , the usual respectful spar devolves into an intense fight . Master is forced to use his internal chi energies to palm - strike , reminding him that he has not yet completely mastered Tai Chi . He advises to return to the path of peace , but rejects his teachings and leaves . finds out that the authority has rejected his petition to gain historical protection for the temple . A disappointed tells that the decision is in part due to his actions at the Wulin Competition , which are in contrast to the claimed honor and nobility of his temple 's philosophy . 
 Still enraged , Tiger demands a fight and has him face a mercenary named . Using his rage , he quickly defeats and almost kills him , but relents at the end . finishes off . Realizing how much he has changed , declares his intention to stop participating in underground fighting . scoffs at belief that he can just quit . decides to reach out to the police , and contacts him . However , unbeknownst to , had put him under constant surveillance for a long time , and knows of his every action . 
 sets up a private tournament for a death match , which is to participate . trails 's escort , but her car is run off the road . Surviving the crash , calls for assistance and discoveres Superintendent has been working for and disrupting investigations against him . 
 At the tournament , shows a video to his audience . Composed of surveillance footage , the video reveals how has been manipulated and " corrupted " by , and has transformed from an innocent martial arts practitioner to a ruthless fighter . In the death match , refuses to fight his assigned opponent , and challenges instead . The tournament is interrupted by the HKPD , who storm the compound and arrest participants and audience . escapes capture . 
 waits for back at his temple , and the two begin fighting . taunts , and pushes him to reveal his " true nature " . Being formidable fighter himself , has the upper hand , but re - embraces his Tai Chi training and holds his own . pulls out a knife and stabs . Despite the wound and pressure , achieves what his master has been trying to teach him , and uses his Chi to fatally strike . A dying smiles , pleased for having pushed to become a killer . 
 Some time later , repairs his relationship with his master . has been promoted to Superintendent . reaches out to both law firm and the real estate developers and all three parties reach a compromise . The temple will be part of a historical cultural village . Not only will the government protect the village , but tourists can come and visit to learn more about the 600 - year history of the Ling Kong Temple . Finally putting that chapter of his life behind him , tells that he intends to return to the city and open his own Tai Chi school to continue the legacy of .

Tiger Chen, Keanu Reeves, Karen Mok, Simon Yam, Yu Hai, Ye Qing, Iko Uwais, Jeremy Marinas, Steven Dasz, Brahim Achabbakhe, Sam Lee, Michael Chan, Helene Leclerc, Ocean Hou, Michael Tong, Yoo Sung-jun

The film is based on selected chapters of classical novel Journey to the West , and tells the story of how rebels against ] 
 The film opens with ( ) waging war on Heaven . Much of Heaven is destroyed during the battle , and the Bull Demon King faces off against ( ) , the ruler of Heaven . is defeated but before the Jade Emperor can kill the Bull Demon King , his sister and lover ( ) intervenes . She begs her brother to spare his life , saying that deities and demons can coexist peacefully . agrees to spare the Bull Demon King for the sake of his sister but he feels the Demon King must still be punished for his actions , and banishes him , Princess Iron Fan , and the rest of the demons to Flaming Mountain . Distraught over the destruction of Heaven , the goddess Nüwa ( ) sacrifices her body , turning it into magic crystals which rebuild Heaven as well as re - enforce the entrance into Heaven — the Southern Gate — so that it would destroy any demon who tries to pass through it . In the aftermath of the battle , the Jade Emperor appoints his nephew ( ) to guard the Southern Gate . finds the task beneath him and an insult to his abilities and resents his uncle for being given the duty . 
 One of Nüwa 's crystals falls to Earth , landing on Mount Huaguo . Over time , life forms in the crystal , taking the shape of a monkey . A nine - tailed fox approaches the crystal , and befriends the monkey inside . The fox attempts to touch the crystal , only to have its paw burned before a mysterious force whisks it away . 
 Several years later , the monkey has grown up ( ) to be very mischievous and playful . One day , he is approached by a man named . Earlier , had been tasked by ( ) the Goddess of Mercy to train the monkey . The monkey agrees to be trained by , who takes him in and names him . learns several mystic abilities such as being able to shape - shift himself , others , and even objects . tells his training is complete , and there is nothing else to teach him . thanks his master before returning to Mount Huaguo . 
 Meanwhile , the Bull Demon King is planning to wage war on Heaven once again . Having witnessed 's crystal fall to earth years before , he realizes the monkey is the one who can destroy the Southern Gate , which would allow him back into Heaven . He also preys on anger and resentment towards the Jade Emperor . agrees to help the Bull Demon King in exchange for getting to kill his uncle and take the throne of Heaven . All the while , the Bull Demon King keeps his plans secret from Princess , who is now pregnant with his child . 
 returns to Mount Huaguo to much fanfare from the monkeys . During their celebrating , he is dubbed " the Handsome Monkey King , " a title he relishes . In awe of his new abilities , some of the monkeys are worried no one can protect them should leave again . agrees with this and quickly leaves to bring the monkeys of Mount Huaguo weapons . His journey takes him to the bottom of the Eastern Sea and the palace of the Dragon King . At first , the Dragon King pretends to comply with 's request but tries to have executed instead . However , easily defeats everything the Dragon King throws at him . Finally , annoyed by and frightened of his power , the Dragon King quickly agrees to give him what he wants . Along with weapons for the monkeys , also steals an enchanted set of Phoenix armor for himself . Before he departs , notices a large staff firmly planted in the sea . The Dragon King explains that it is the Ruyi Cudgel and that the sea was once harsh , violent , and constantly storming until a god placed the staff in the sea floor , calming it . Noticing the monkey 's fascination , and thinking the task impossible , jokingly tells that the staff is his if he can remove it . removes the staff with ease however , which immediately throws the sea into a violent storm . The storm unleashes a massive tidal wave which threatens to drown Flaming Mountain , but it is frozen by Princess . 
 visits a young and asks if she 'd like to meet her old friend again . The shape - shifts into a nine - tailed fox , revealing she was the one who visits in the crystal . The Bull Demon King was the one who whisked her away , claiming he saved her life — the 's hand is still scarred from where she touched the crystal . 
 Meanwhile , the Dragon King goes to Heaven , attempting to find the Jade Emperor , only to be intercepted by . The Dragon King tells him of 's destruction and demands the Emperor deal with it . shrugs him off , saying a mere monkey is should be no concern to the Emperor . Instead , he sends his subordinate to arrest . 
 The arrives at Mount Huaguo where she is greeted by her friend . Excited , spends the entire day showing her around the island . She introduce that her real name is . As they wait to watch the sunrise that night , and discuss their lifespans . says that when she turns 200 years old , she will die . vows he 'll find a way to make her immortal . As the sun rises , the pair is attacked by attempting to arrest . During their fight , the Bull Demon King arrives and kills . expresses his gratitude to the Bull Demon King , accepting him as a friend . The Bull Demon King appeals to 's ego , calling him " the Great Sage Equal to Heaven , " another title relishes . He goes on to tell that a being of his power belongs in Heaven . He continues to tempt by explaining all Heaven has to offer , including a way to make people immortal . Recalling the promise he made to , decides to go to Heaven and learn the secret to immortality for and his other friends- not wanting any of them to die . 
 The Bull Demon King meets to explain his plan . tells him that is in no way strong enough to destroy the gate . The Bull Demon King explains that if can consume the Jade Emperor 's elixir , it will increase his power a hundredfold . 
 In Heaven , uses 's murder to convince that is a demon and must be killed . arrives and intervenes , explaining is his former student and that 's he 's not evil , just misguided . agrees to welcome into Heaven . arrives at the Southern Gate , where taunts him , calling him a demon , but passes through the gate unscathed . While exploring through Heaven , meets caring for one of his dragon steeds . helps the steed , impressing the Emperor . While everyone is shocked by 's lack of manners , the Jade Emperor is amused by his antics , welcoming the monkey into Heaven . explains he wishes to learn the secret of immortality . tells him that to learn such a secret will take a long time , but remains undeterred . The Jade Emperor gives a position caring for the stables where his dragon steeds reside . 
 At first , is excited by the prospect , but he quickly grows bored when he finds the tight schedule the dragon steeds are kept on to be far too restricting . shows up and taunts by whipping the dragon steeds , telling that animals should know their place . A brief scuffle erupts between the two before releases the dragons . chases through Heaven . temporarily loses him in the Emperor 's peach grove . Enticed , begins to eat the peaches , only to be scolded by the maidens tending them , as consuming the peaches is forbidden . The maidens surround , continuing to yell at and scold him until uses his powers to freeze them in time and flee . Having witnessed the entire scene , unfreezes the maidens and convinces one to paint in an extremely negative light , by claiming the monkey assaulted her . intervenes , but quickly realizes it 's in disguise before he vanishes again . 
 In Flaming Mountain , the Bull Demon King is making the final preparations for his war on Heaven . Princess walks in on him and realizes he had no intention of ever keeping the promise she made her brother . He tries to console her , telling her he wants to get her to Heaven once more . When that does n't work , he angrily tells her that he 's destined to wage war on Heaven like his ancestors before him . Unable to change her husband 's mind , watches heartbroken as the Bull Demon King goes through with his plan . 
 In Heaven , comes across a large kiln . A maiden explains that that 's where the Jade Emperor 's elixir is made there . The maiden then leaves , warning that just being seen there will get him into trouble . Unknown to , the maiden was actually trying to tempt as part of the Bull Demon King 's plan . Curious , approaches the kiln , only to be tied down and restrained by . tries to convince to leave this place before he gets into any more trouble . But it 's too late ; arrives . realizes that had set him up . As he beats and tortures , taunts him , challenging him to take the Elixir , but tries to dissuade him , saying the flames of the kiln would kill him before he could try . jumps into the kiln anyway . travels through the flames to the core of the kiln and consumes the elixir . Now more powerful , bursts through the kiln and fights once more . The fight is stopped as flees . quickly regains his senses and sees all the damage he 's done . Ashamed , he leaves Heaven . attempts to go after him but is stopped by the Jade Emperor . 
 returns to find Mount Huaguo in ashes and all his friends dead . He finds 's body with a strange , shadowy substance around her neck . The Bull Demon King arrives and tells him that Heaven 's soldiers slaughtered everyone . flies off in a rage and heads for Heaven once more . A flashback reveals that the heavenly soldiers were actually demons in disguise . The Bull Demon King explained to that it would be 's love for her that will lead to Heaven 's destruction before killing her . 
 readies his armies for battle as arrives at the Southern Gate and destroys it as he enters Heaven once more . He engages the heavenly army , pulling out his hairs and transforming them into copies of himself . He takes out the heavenly army and faces the Jade Emperor . Seeing how enraged he is , the Emperor tries to talk sense into , who refuses to see reason . 
 The Bull Demon King arrives in Heaven behind and begins laying waste to it . attempts to fight him , only to be killed . As he watches his master die , notices the Bull Demon King conjure the same shadowy substance that was around 's neck and realizes he was the one that killed his friends . With newfound fury , attempts to fight the Bull Demon King , only to be knocked out . He has a vision where he 's approached by the goddess and he realizes his mistakes . 
 While is unconscious , the Bull Demon King fights the Jade Emperor once more . This time , the Bull Demon King savagely beats the Emperor , knocking him unconscious as well . suddenly shows up to land the killing the blow on his uncle , but the Bull Demon King brushes him aside . As he watches the Bull Demon King sit on the throne of Heaven , realizes the demon was never going to keep his promise . He attempts to fight the Bull Demon King as well only to be killed . 
 The Jade Emperor is saved once again , this time by who has regained his senses . and engage in a fierce battle which destroys much of Heaven . In a last ditch effort to kill the monkey , the Bull Demon King transforms into a giant , bull - like monster . counters this by using his newfound powers to turn into a giant , golden monkey . rips one of the Bull Demon King 's horns off and throws him from Heaven , sending him crashing to earth . Some time later , Princess gives birth to hers and son , . They find the Bull Demon King who , having lost all his power , has been turned into a regular bull . Iron Fan explains that this is the fate of evil men . But despite this , they 're still going to care for the bull because he 's family and they love him . 
 Back in Heaven , the Jade Emperor and observe the damage done to Heaven . Without , the Emperor says that the repairs will take much longer . decides to help the Emperor rebuild Heaven , but he is stopped by . While agrees that must atone for his sins , but rebuilding Heaven is not his responsibility . tells that his chance to atone will come 500 years into the future . Until that time , will turn his hand into a mountain , and will remain there asleep . agrees to this and is sealed into the mountain by . A short scene shows a white fox chasing a butterfly in a forest clearing . 
 The film ends 500 years later , with approaching the mountain before cutting to black , setting up for the sequel , which was released in 2016

Donnie Yen, Aaron Kwok, Chow Yun-fat, Peter Ho, Hai Yitian, Xia Zitong, Joe Chen, Zhang Zilin, Gigi Leung, Kelly Chen, Zheng Jiaxing, Liu Hua, Cheung Siu-fai, Him Law, Louis Fan, Irene Wong, Li Jing, Cathy Leung, Liu Shuangning

In northwest China , 48 BC ( 50 BC on screen in the English version ) , a security company under current government called The Silk Road Protection Squad is committed towards stopping battles and promoting the idea of peace . ( ) , the captain , successfully averts a battle between the Indians and Huns . The group returns to their unnamed home city , where gentle Uyghur wife ( ) serves as a schoolteacher for orphans . However , the government uncovers evidence that someone in the group is corrupt , causing the entire group to be sentenced to construction work at Wild Geese Gate , a ruined fortress . Once they arrive , the group pays respects at the shrine of a fallen Chinese general . They originally were child - slaves of Hun descent , but the general had later rescued them . 
 Not long after , Wild Geese Gate is threatened by a legion from the Roman Empire in need of water and supplies , among which is a blind boy named ( ) . After a stale - mated duel between and ( ) , the Roman general , the latter agrees not to assault the city in return for being let inside . The legion uses its superior engineering skills to speed up the construction work , an act which boosts the morale and happiness of the inhabitants , who are divided among several different ethnic groups , such as Chinese , Uyghur , and Turkic . returns the favor by sending men to assist 's envoys in reaching the Parthian Empire . A celebration is later held and is made an honorary centurion . 
 reveals that he and are fleeing from 's brother ( ) , a corrupt soldier who murdered their father , a Roman consul , and blinded so could become consul . As approaches with 100,000 soldiers , insists on helping , pointing out that is a threat to the Silk Road in its entirety . Shortly after leaves to find reinforcements , the corrupt group member from earlier sends Chinese soldiers to murder and attack Wild Geese Gate . The legion is imprisoned in the non - Chinese trading city of Kroran , where has chosen to camp . proceeds to murder . 
 and the few loyal Chinese soldiers travel to Kroran , pretending to surrender , but once they are inside , they destroy the Roman legion 's cages . breaks into 's special solitary cell , but is unable to free him . A fire breaks out , whereupon calls out to to ' take me home ' , and shoots an arrow to kill before the fire gets him . As and 's soldiers are surrounded , the armies of several other nations arrive and fight against , including the Indians , Huns , Uyghurs , and Turkics , all of whom are determined to preserve the Silk Road 's safety . However , even their combined forces are unable to gain the upper hand . Finally , the envoys from earlier return with a massive host of Parthians , who had signed a special treaty with 's father and who intend to avenge his memory . 's soldiers lose their will to fight . challenges to a duel and kills him . 
 Upon hearing about the bravery of 's legion , the Chinese emperor grants them the right to establish their own city , which they choose to name Regum . They accept as their commander , and , in turn , honors the deceased Chinese general by relocating the shrine to that city . As the centuries go on , the city fades from collective memory . However , in the modern day , a team of Asian American archaeologists stumble upon the site and uncover the dual Chinese and Latin inscriptions .

Jackie Chan, John Cusack, Adrien Brody, Lin Peng, Mika Wang, Choi Siwon, Xiao Yang, Wang Taili, Sammy Hung, Yoo Seung-jun, Lorie, Feng Shaofeng, Vanness Wu, Karena Lam, Sharni Vinson, Jozef Waite

and are close childhood friends . As a high school student , is asked by her father to tutor , a boy several years younger than her with a traumatizing past who is taken in by her family . , and grow up together , and and fall in love and begin a relationship . Although comes to see as a younger brother , , who grows into a quiet and brooding teenager , develops feelings for . enrols in a military academy and goes to college , and they eventually get engaged . 
 graduates and starts working for a landscape development company , but becomes the target of unwanted romantic attention from , the boss of a company that has connections to 's employer . confesses his feelings for ; she replies that she will always be there for him as his older sister , but her heart belongs to . After a company event , is drugged and raped by . When finds out about the assault , he goes to 's office to confront him . races there to stop him from doing something rash , arriving just as shoots . She rushes out of the building , and he goes on the run . However , survives the attack , and discovers that she is pregnant with 's child . She agrees to marry if he drops the charges against . Heartbroken , she breaks off all contact with , and her parents urge to move on . When learns about 's pregnancy , he brings her to have an abortion , feeling that he would rather ruin his own life than see and her child live in misery . 
 turns himself in and is sentenced to seven years in jail . He is saved from life imprisonment since he willingly confesses his crime . in turn takes her rape case to court . is found guilty and receives a ten - year prison sentence . asks to reconsider ending their relationship as his feelings for her have not changed , but she says that they ca n't go back to the way things were . On a visit to in prison , tells him that she will wait for him .

When Hong Kong police negotiator ( ) is informed about the sudden disappearance of his 16 - year - old daughter ( ) during her trip to Pattaya , he decides to travel to Thailand to search for her daughter 's whereabouts . There receives assistance from local Chinese detective ( ) and his Thai colleague ( ) and also encounters American gangster ( ) . 
 Clues connect the disappearance of Lee 's daughter to a case involving the mayoral candidate of Bangkok 's urgent need for a heart transplant . also suspects the mayoral candidate 's assistant ( ) of colluding with to abduct his daughter . While suffering from the loss of his beloved daughter , kidnaps corrupt officer ( ) in order to get to the bottom of the case . As a result , becomes a nationwide wanted criminal . Seeking revenge , can only ask to assist him in finding the whereabouts of his daughter .

An evil Qing general ( ) comes up with a brilliant plan to rid the Qing Empire once and for all of the Shaolin masters . He invites three Northern Shaolin experts to his mansion and has them fight in a contest against three novice Southern Shaolin men already present at his mansion . By royal decree , was required to supply experts to teach the Qing troops martial arts . The Northern Shaolin experts easily and decisively win against the South Shaolin men . After the contest , the general visits the South Shaolin men in their quarters later that night and secretly kills the Southerners . He then has his subordinate go to South Shaolin placing the blame squarely on the Northerners . The Southern master of the dead disciples is deceived into believing that the Northern experts killed his disciples . This would begin an internal conflict between both Shaolin schools . It is only when the South Shaolin experts have their final confrontation with the Northerners that the general reveals himself . The experts from both schools realize they have been deceived and manipulated . Joining forces both North and South experts battle the general and his troops to allow some of their fellows to escape and reveal the Qing plot to destroy .

The insidious Masked Gang of hired killers have been terrorizing the countryside , with their mastery of the trident and an inherent brutality , raping and pillaging . But who are the men behind the mask , and what are the identities of the three chiefs in the gold masks ? 
 stars as , a martial arts expert and leader of a protective escort service of other expert fighters . and his team are hired to find the Masked Gang and end their reign of terror . 
 Along the way 's team encounter ( ) who was a former chief of the Masked Gang until he left the gang . He assists 's team in their struggle against the Masked Gang and helps to reveal that the his replacement in the gang has already infiltrated 's group . The final confrontation between the Masked Gang and 's team of fighters lead to an all out battle at the Masked Gang 's secret lair .

Brazilian billionaire cousins ( ) and ( ) Coimbra de la Coronilla y Azevedo are in fear for their lives after several assassination attempts . Therefore , they have an agency find two look - alikes , stuntman ( ) and the saxophone - playing small - time criminal ( ) , to temporarily take their place and find out who is behind the assassination attempts . and manage to fight their way through all kinds of situations without too much trouble while getting closer to the mastermind behind it all . Additionally they quickly come to like the jet - set life . The resulting damage to their reputation provokes the to return to Rio ahead of time . This puts them right into the sights of their enemies , alongside the cousins ' look - alikes .

In 1967 , Hong Kong , , , and are childhood friends and members of a gang . They regularly brawl with members of other gangs . becomes engaged to his girlfriend and takes out a loan to pay for the reception . He is attacked by the leader of another gang , , and they fight over the money . After the wedding and attack in retaliation and gets carried away and kills him . They meet with and decide to flee Hong Kong to escape the police . They decide to go to Vietnam , as they have heard that there is money to be made as smugglers due to the war . 
 , , and get a load of contraband goods from a Hong Kong smuggler and agree to take them to a Vietnamese gangster named . The three friends leave and reach Saigon by boat , only to have a Vietcong suicide bomber destroy all of their goods in an attempt on an officer of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam . They are arrested as suspects in the bombing and beaten , until the real bomber is discovered and executed in front of them . They meet , a hitman working for , who dreams of escaping Vietnam with , a nightclub singer has kidnapped and forced into prostitution . The four men attempt to save her , a plan which goes wrong and culminates in a shootout in the nightclub . During the altercation discovers a box of gold in 's office and steals it . They escape the nightclub , but is shot in the back and injured . 
 The next morning , the five of them wait by the river for a boat that is supposed to pick them up . and are concerned with and guards the gold . They are attacked by gangsters and the ARVN as the boat arrives , and dies just as they board it . lets her body drift down the river . As they escape , the boat breaks down , and becomes distressed over losing the gold . The three friends fight over 's preoccupation with the gold , and and tell him that the friendship is over . The boat is attacked by gangsters and sunk . , , and escape , but goes back for the gold , almost drowning before and save him and the gold . 
 , , and are captured by the Vietcong and taken to a concentration camp . The Vietcong take the gold , and find intelligence documents in the box that was going to sell to the North Vietnamese . The three friends are brutally interrogated , and claims to work for the CIA to save the others . is forced to kill other prisoners , which distresses him , but asks to join in . When he is told to kill he turns on their captors and they escape , aided by the arrival of a squad of Americans led by . escapes from the Vietcong as well and takes the gold into a field . , who is wounded , follows him and begs for help . They hide from the Vietcong and urges to be quiet , but he continues to scream in pain and fear , and finally shoots him in the back of the head to silence him . rushes to 's side , finding him still alive , and loads him into a helicopter . 
 chases , who finds his way to a peaceful river village and steals a boat , massacring the villagers in the process . witnesses this , and when he tries to save a child shoots them both and escapes . is saved by some monks , and eventually makes his way back to Saigon , where a badly disfigured , who tells him that is still alive , but that his head injury has changed him ; he is now addicted to heroin and works as a contract killer . takes to see him , and after a brief altercation , shoots to put him out of his misery . 
 travels back to Hong Kong and is reunited with , who has given birth to a child . Meanwhile , has become a successful businessman . confronts him over his actions , showing him 's skull and blaming him for what happened to him . is indifferent and kicks out . Later , attacks on the street and they engage in a car chase . They find themselves on the pier where they played together as children . They crash their cars , and continue to fight . Eventually shoots fatally , then tosses his gun away and limps from the scene .

The film has five parts , the first three of which present an overview of life , including interviews of his widow , , 's best student , Hapkido Grandmaster and , who co - stars in " Game of Death"[2 ] . The last two parts include 23 minutes of the original footage of " Game of Death".[3][4 ]

Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Linda Lee Cadwell, John Little

The film is the third chapter of a shared story that began with Days of Being Wild and continued with In the Mood for Love . 
 There are four main story arcs to the film . Three are about the relations of with women that he meets after losing . The first concerns and , the second is about and , and the third is about and a different woman who is also named . The fourth takes place in 's mysterious world of 2046 and concerns a Japanese passenger falling in love with a gynoid . Typical of films , the arcs are presented in pieces and in non - chronological order . 
 The approximate order of the arcs is listed below . 
 This section is the only part narrated by 's fictional character and not himself . Set in the far future , a huge rail network connects the planet . The world is a vast dystopia , and lonely souls all try to reach a mysterious place called 2046 in order to recapture lost loves . In the world of 2046 nothing ever changes , so there is never loss or sadness . No one has ever returned from 2046 except the protagonist , a lonely Japanese man named ( played by ) . As the story begins , is on a long train ride returning from 2046 . 
 As life is revisited , we learn that he is still struggling to get over the loss of his idealised love , . He returns to Hong Kong after being in Singapore for a number of years to try to forget his anguish . To cover up his pain , he becomes a suave ladies ' man . attends many lavish parties and beds many women . 
 On Christmas Eve , meets from the first film ( Days of Being Wild ) whom he remembers from Singapore , although she has no recollection of him . That night , takes home as she is quite drunk , but accidentally keeps her room key . As he leaves , he notices that her room number is 2046 , the same room number that he and had during their emotional affair . Upon returning a few days later to return the room key , the landlord informs that the room is not available due to renovations . The landlord offers him the adjacent room 2047 . later learns that was stabbed in the room the night before by a jealous boyfriend . 
 agrees to rent room 2047 in the meantime . After the renovation of room 2046 is complete , the landlord asks if he wants to move in . However , by this time he has gotten used to room 2047 and decides to stay there . The rooms 2046 and 2047 are connected by a common hallway , regularly watches and gets involved with the people that move into 2046 . 
 The first person that moves next door into 2046 is the landlord 's daughter , ( played by ) . spends a good deal of time just observing her from his room . He learns that she has a Japanese boyfriend working in Hong Kong . Unfortunately , the relationship is forbidden by her father . Eventually , breaks up with her boyfriend , then suffers a breakdown and is institutionalised . Afterwards , the next tenant that moves into 2046 is the younger daughter of the landlord , . She is young , attractive , and flirtatious . She frequently tries to seduce him but he refuses each time . 
 A short time later , runs into some financial difficulties , and stops going out . To make some extra money , he starts to write a science fiction series called 2046 . The story is set in the distant future , about a group of heart sick individuals looking for love . The only place to find it is at a mysterious location called 2046 . Virtually all of the characters in 2046 are based on people that has met , such as , , or . Whether 2046 is a place , a room , or a state of mind is never explicitly defined . makes the story somewhat bizarre and erotic , and readers seem to take notice . 
 The third person to move into room 2046 is the coquettish ( ) . She wears similar qipao dresses as the original but radiates a much more aggressive sensuality than her . While it is never explicitly stated in the film , it is implied that she is a nightclub girl who occasionally doubles as a high - class prostitute . However , she is intent on finding a long - term relationship . In one instance , when overhears her arguing with a man , tells the man that to continue seeing her , he must end his relationship with the other woman . again spends a lot of time observing her across the thin wall separating rooms 2046 and 2047 . 
 On the next Christmas Eve , runs into just after she is dumped by her boyfriend before they are to go to Singapore . suggests that they go for dinner , to which she grudgingly accepts . During dinner , tells about his experiences in Singapore . She is intrigued , and after dinner she agrees to try to form a platonic friendship with him by borrowing time from each other . Their brief friendship does not last however , as they soon develop carnal lust for each other . Not surprisingly , wants to keep the relationship strictly physical ; he continues to pick up other prostitutes . To compromise , soon develops a compensation system where he pays her 10 Hong Kong dollars ( a trivial sum ) each time he stays over . However , over time finds that she has feelings for , and she asks him to discontinue seeing other women . refuses and gives a counter offer , the option to be his customer for $ 10 each night . is crushed and breaks things off with . As a way of revenge , then descends into seeing men exclusively for money , frequently changing partners . A short while later , she moves out of Room 2046 . 
 After moves out , moves back into 2046 after returning from the mental hospital . She is a shell of a former self , and still very depressed over the loss of her Japanese boyfriend . Her ex writes numerous letters in an attempt to reconcile with her , but she refuses due to her father . 
 passes the time by assisting her father at the hotel . She also starts to spend more and more time with helping him with his writing and editing . At this point , he is regularly publishing chapters of 2046 . These scenes are very similar to those in In the Mood for Love when used to help with his writing in their hotel room . remarks that this period in his life is the happiest that he has been after . However , before he realises it , he develops feelings for . He makes some minor attempts to start a romance with her , but nothing develops since she is still very much in love with the Japanese man . 
 One day asks rhetorically if some things in life never change . He answers her by writing a story called 2047 . In this story , a Japanese man leaves the world of 2046 , but falls in love on the journey home . While he initially tried to base the story on ex - boyfriend , he realises that the story is ultimately about himself . 
 's fictional world is revisited . However , this time it is narrated by himself . Set in the far future , for passengers to reach or leave 2046 they must take a long journey on a vast train network . The main character , ( who is portrayed by Japanese boyfriend ) is trying to leave 2046 because he lost the love of his life in that world . As the train travels through the extremely cold sections 1224–1225 , becomes intimate with one of the train 's gynoid assistants ( played by ) and later falls in love with her . He then asks her numerous times to come with him . However , each time the gynoid does not answer . has heard earlier that excessive operation causes the gynoid 's response time to slow down and decides to wait on the train to see if this is the case . He sits quietly on the train , and counts the seconds that go by , hoping the gynoid will decide to leave with him . However , the gynoid still does not respond . Ultimately , realises that it is not a delayed reaction that causes that gynoid not to respond , but that she is in love with someone else and that their relationship is simply not meant to be . With this knowledge , he finally has the strength to leave the train and 2046 . Completing the story marks a turning point in 's recovery . 
 Next Christmas , invites out to dinner . After finding out that she still misses her ex in Japan , he takes her to his office so that she can call him to wish him well . Looking sadly through the window panes as is overjoyed talking to her ex , remarks that in fact Section 1224 - 1225 from the story are simply the dates for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day when everyone is especially lonely and needs additional love . He goes on to say that while he had feelings for her , and most likely could have taken advantage of the situation ( as he did the previous year with ) he was happy that in this situation he did the " right thing " . The call re - ignites the romance . Soon afterward , moves to Japan and gets engaged . 
 A short while later , while still feeling depressed over the loss of , runs into again as she has a violent confrontation with another woman that is sleeping with her current playboy boyfriend . This incident is identical to one that occurred in the original Days of Being Wild when she confronted the original for sleeping with . remarks that , is likely to forever remain living in the past . However , he then remarks that this is not really a sad thing , as she seems perfectly content to be miserable . The incident strengthens 's resolve to get over . 
 Some time later , gets a call from and the two go out to dinner . This time , looks much less glamorous and more " run - down " . She informs that she plans to leave for Singapore , and asks him to provide a reference and plane fare . She also asks where he was last Christmas , as she stopped by at that time , and was hoping to see him . In fact , she remarks that she really misses him . It turns out , during last Christmas , had gone back to Singapore in an attempt to find a former lover , another woman named ( played by ) . 
 Chronologically , this arc occurs first in the film . met the second some years back when he first arrived in Singapore . At that time , he was still grieving over losing the original and spending much of his free time in the local casinos . After losing much of his savings , he encounters the second , a mysterious gambler . They become lovers , and he soon wants to know everything about her . But she insists that he beat her in a " high - card " draw before she will reveal anything about her past , which he never is able to do . Eventually , she agrees to help him win back his money so that he can return to Hong Kong . When she does so , he prepares to leave , and asks her to go with him . Again , she challenges him to a high - card draw , which he again loses . Knowing little about her , speculates that she , like himself , has a troubled past . 
 Initially heartbroken about this , he remarks that after he completes the story ' 2047 ' he finally understands why the second did not go with him , as he would again have tried to recapture the past by looking for elements of the original . When went back to Singapore to visit her the second time , he does not find her . He makes some inquiries as to her whereabouts and speculates that she either returned to Cambodia or was killed . 
 Shortly after the events of ' Bai Ling arc part II ' and the night before she boards a plane for Singapore , again meets for dinner . remarks that , between their two meetings , one of her clients has given her a lot of money and she wants to pay back immediately . He refuses to take the money . insists on paying for dinner , and is stunned when she hands him a stack of money , each $ 10 bill representing one night they had spent together . tells to pay for dinner with this stack of bills , while unbeknownst to him , she sadly watches behind the restaurant 's green window veils . 
 After dinner , walks her back to her apartment . Grasping his hands at the apartment door , she begs him to lend his time to her once more and spend the night . She then asks him " Why ca n't it be like it was before ? " He refuses to stay over , even out of pity , coldly stating that that is simply something he would never lend . He exits by jerking his hands away from her and remarks in voiceover that this was the last time he ever saw her . He leaves in a taxi , staring emptily into space , as the camera slowly enters a whispering hole .

In 1969 of Hong Kong , private detective agency director ( ) and his two employees , ( ) and ( ) , are investigating an adultery case , where they track their target and crashing into an antique shop , where they end up causing a lot of damage there . , who is greedy and miserly , forces and to be held responsible for the damages , while pushes all responsibility solely on . In the pile of debris , finds a lamp which was unable to turn on . At the same time , also receives a call from his aunt informing him that her cousin , ( ) , who is a student of Stanford University studying Aerospace Technology , have gone mad due to over - studying , and is now missing . is worried to ask for a leave of absence . and both took a look at the lamp , which was still unable to turn on , where throws the lamp out the window . At this point a sorceress named ( portrayed by , the character 's name is a parody of ) magically emerges from the lamp . arrives at 's agency and asks the trio to each make a wish , so she can return to her world . and both thinks is 's cousin . However , as fails in her spells , the trio do not believe her to be sorceress , but she continues to help them in secret . One time in a mahjong game , 's failed spells causes Man to be exposed from his cheating , and thus , he forges a rivalry with gang boss ( ) . 's cousins , the Chopstick Sisters ( , ) , also happen to be at the hands of , who took them as his goddaughters .

A young woman on a train eyes a nervous man . In a flash , he is chased down the train and the young woman slices him in half . She is ( 小夜 ; ) , a four - hundred - year - old skilled half human - half vampire samurai who hunts vampires . Raised by a man named ( ) , she works loosely with an organisation known as " The Council " , a secret society that has been hunting vampires for centuries . 's motivation goes beyond duty ; she wants revenge ; ( ) , the oldest of the vampires , murdered her father . For her next mission , she goes undercover as a student at Kanto High School on an American air base near Tokyo , Japan . 
 When she is introduced in her class , 's appearance quickly attracts the negative attention of a female classmate , ( ) . The daughter of the base 's general , ( ) , is also bothered with the attention . At her school , she finds herself being mocked . is asked by her Kendo instructor ( ) to stay for the Kendo practice due to her poor performance . As soon as the teacher leaves , she finds herself at the mercy of and her sidekick friend who wield sharp bladed katanas to taunt and torment her . An elaborate fight sequence ensues . shows up just in time to stop from slashing 's throat . Despite 's effort to disguise her activity , sees and her friend being butchered . However it is soon revealed that and her friend are vampires in disguise . 
 Because " The Council " cleans up the bodies of the demons , 's father does not believe her story . Determined to make her own investigation , goes to the bar where her Kendo instructor usually hangs out . To her horror her instructor , as well as the rest of the people in the bar , turn out to be vampires . Once again comes to her rescue and has to fight off hordes of vampires surrounding them . 
 General ( ) investigates " The Council " , who disguise themselves as CIA . arrives just in time to witness her father 's death . Her dying father gives her 's address . With nowhere else to go , decides to seek 's help . Fortunately has never sworn loyalty to " The Council " and protects instead . The two of them flee the area and go off to the mountains to find and slay . 
 In their pursuit , and are run off the side of the road by an attacking demon and they fall into a ravine . When and awaken they are in Ancient Japan where was raised . appears , reveals her true identity as 's mother , and fights . slays . , who is injured during the fighting , wakes up to find herself at the wreckage of the truck and being carried into an ambulance . Later she is interviewed about the events surrounding her father 's death , but her interviewer does not believe her story about the vampires or the Council . When asked about where is , answers that she is " searching for a way back from the other side of the looking glass " .

In the Walled City , the inhabitants are either cornered or have a shady past . They commit prostitution , gambling , drugs and other lawless acts . They have their own order and law . The Walled City is akin to a " limbo " zone . One day , ( ) , while escorting criminal ( ) , accidentally loses control of the police van and breaks into the Walled City and is detained by its inhabitants . Walled City 's overlord ( ) hate the police and believes one of them is a cop and prepares to execute one of them . At this time , a brothel owner in Walled City , , ( ) falsely accuses to be the cop . Therefore , was released while was continued to be detained . It turns out that is 's long lost lover and she wants him to suffer since she believes he abandoned her and her daughter , ( ) , years ago . At the same time , she also wants to help her leave Walled City because has been eyeing for . then sees the detained , while she does not know he is her father , she had a feeling which prompt her to decide to help him escape . At the same time , a fatal plague was discovered in Walled City and the government uses this as an excuse to start a massacre that would prevent the spreading of the plague . Will , , and survive the massacre ? Will and be reunited as father and daughter ?

In the 1930s , Foshan is a hub of Southern Chinese martial arts , where various schools actively recruit disciples and compete against each other . Although the Wing Chun master is the most skilled martial artist in Foshan , he is unassuming and maintains an almost invisible profile . As an independent wealthy man , he feels no need to accept any disciples and instead spends his days training , meeting with friends , and spending time with his family . However , his wife is often resentful of the time he spends training and discussing martial arts with friends and colleagues . Though not a professional martial artist , is respected in Foshan due to the abilities he displays in friendly , closed - door competitions with local masters . 's reputation is further enhanced when he defeats an aggressive , rude , highly skilled Northern Chinese martial arts master , , thus upholding the regional pride of fellow Southern stylists and others in Foshan . 
 The Japanese invasion in 1937 adversely affects the life of everyone in Foshan . 's house is claimed by the Japanese army and used as their Foshan military headquarters . and his family lose their wealth and are forced to move into a decrepit apartment . Desperate to support his family , finds work at a coal mine . The Japanese General , who is a Karate master , establishes an arena where Chinese martial artists compete with his military trainees . , a former police officer and 's acquaintance , is now working as a translator for the Japanese army . He offers the martial artists working at the coal mine the chance to earn a bag of rice for every match they win . at first declines to participate in the matches . However , when his friend takes part in a match and does not return , agrees to fight so he can find his friend . watches fellow Foshan martial arts master defeat one karateka , but then insist on fighting three and lose . When attempts to collect the winning bag of rice from the first match , 's aide Colonel shoots and kills him . 
 figures out that was beaten and killed by the Japanese after an earlier fight . Barely able to contain his rage , demands a match with ten karateka at once . Despite having not practiced Wing Chun since the Japanese occupied Forshan ( to conserve energy and thus food for his family ) , he mercilessly defeats all of them with a brutal and effective barrage of blows , showing none of the restraint he exhibited in earlier matches . His skill arouses the interest of General , who wants to learn more about and watch him fight again . 
 later visits his friend , who owns and runs a cotton mill in Foshan . tells that a bandit gang led by is harassing his workers and trying to extort money from them . finally consents to teach others , and trains the workers in Wing Chun for self - defense . 
 When refuses to return to the arena , grows impatient and sends the sadistic Colonel along with several soldiers to find him . sees 's wife and moves towards her . defends his wife and incapacitates the three soldiers . They flee their apartment and take a room with family . When the bandits return to the cotton mill , the workers fight back using the techniques that taught them . himself arrives midway through the battle . He defeats many of the robbers and personally beats , embarrassing him , and warns him never to harass the workers again . 
 The Japanese soldiers eventually find at the cotton mill . tells to take his wife and son away for protection . tells that his life will be spared if he agrees to instruct the Japanese soldiers in martial arts . refuses and challenges to a match , which accepts , both because of his love for martial arts and because refusing the challenge would be a humiliation to the Japanese . The match between and is held in public in Foshan 's square . tells that his life will be spared if he lets the general win . At first , the two fighters seem equally matched , but 's impeccable defense , relentless and direct blows allow him to eventually overwhelm , inflicting a severe beating on him . 
 is cheered by the Chinese crowd and sees his wife and child returning with . Enraged at the general 's defeat , shoots in the shoulder , igniting the Chinese crowd who overwhelm the Japanese soldiers . During the scuffle , kills with 's own gun . is taken away amidst the chaos . The epilogue reveals that he survived and escaped with his family to Hong Kong with the help of . There , establishes a Wing Chun school , where his students come to learn martial arts from him , including .

Wing Chun master and his family move to Hong Kong in the mid-1940s after their escape from Japanese - occupied Foshan . There , desires to open a school to propagate his art , as well as make a living during the difficult times , but he has difficulty attracting students due to his lack of reputation in the city . One day , a young man named appears and promptly challenges to a fight , but is easily defeated . leaves humiliated , only to return with some friends to gang up on him . beats them as well . Stunned and impressed by his skills , and his friends become 's first students , bringing more disciples to help the school thrive . 
 is later caught posting promotional posters for the school by some Hung Ga students . One of them challenges to a fight and loses , but his friends take hostage in revenge and demand a ransom from . goes to the local wet market as directed , but the meeting ends in a confrontation with a growing mob of Hung Ga students . and fight their way outside to meet , a martial artist and former bandit , who comes to their rescue with his own gang . The students ' master and head of the coalition of Hong Kong martial arts clubs , , arrives to break up the fight . introduces himself , and informs him that before setting up a school , he needs to attend a special fighting ceremony to test his worth . , and are subsequently arrested by Officer for disturbing the peace but are later released on bail . and are then shown to be acting as reluctant collectors for the martial arts schools ( including 's ) as part of a protection racket headed by Superintendent , a corrupt officer in the Hong Kong police . 
 attends the ceremony and defeats his first challengers , before striking a draw with the last challenger , . is allowed to keep running his school on the condition that he pay his monthly protection fees , but he declines . thus has his students loiter in front of the Wing Chun School and harass anyone interested , causing a street brawl between them and 's disciples . is thus forced to close up and move the school nearer to home . soon confronts , who blames him since he would n't pay his protection fees , whereas criticizes 's management of his students . insists that he is doing what he must and also insists they finish their fight , but during this encounter , stops from accidentally kicking his son as he suddenly appears , earning respect from him . leaves , and the next day , invites him to a British boxing match he has helped to set up , quietly coming to terms with him . 
 The boxing competition allows for a demonstration by the various martial arts schools to help promote themselves and their Chinese culture . However , the event 's star boxer , , an arrogant , racist and brutal man , openly insults and attacks the students , causing chaos as the masters try to restore order . accepts 's challenge to a fight so that he can defend his culture . Although has the upper hand at first due to his wider range of skills , he later weakens from his asthma and is eventually beaten to death by , as he refuses to concede and allow the man to insult his culture and people . News of 's death rapidly spreads throughout the enraged Chinese populace , causing a scandal that spurs to hold a press conference where he lies that was the one who challenged , 's death was an accident and that he was a weakling who died after a few punches . announces that in order to clear his name he will accept any challenge from the Chinese to participate in a fair , public boxing match , but boasts on that he could kill every Chinese boxer in Hong Kong and that he doubts any of the Chinese are brave enough to face him . arrives and challenges to a fight . 
 As his wife goes into labor , finishes training and begins his fight with , using his more diverse techniques and great speed against 's sheer muscle . later receives an illegal punch from , and is banned from kicking due to the judges changing the rules during the match , allowing to seemingly overwhelm him . Inspired by 's patriotic spirit , changes his strategy by attacking the boxer 's arms and eventually defeats . While the Chinese celebrate , is arrested by his superiors for corruption , as Fatso has secretly reported him before the match . then gives a speech to the audience , stating that despite the differences between their race and culture , he wishes for everyone to respect each other regardless of their status . Both the Western and Chinese audience give him a standing ovation while Twister 's manager walks away , unhappy at the defeat . goes home and reunites with his family , including his newborn second son , . is later introduced to a boy named who wishes to learn Wing Chun in order to beat up people he does not like . smiles and simply tells him to come back when he has grown up .

Reclusive cop ( ) unwittingly saves the life of criminal gang leader ( ) by donating his blood , thus symbolizing that despite diametrically opposed outer appearances they are essentially made of the same stuff . The gang members hide their faces behind traditional demon masks when committing their violent crimes . During psychotic episodes experiences his own demons within as he sets out to play off the gang members against each other , resulting in everyone 's annihilation . It is then revealed that was brought up by a high expressed emotion father in a socio - economically disadvantaged living environment . He witnessed his father 's death inadvertently caused by the responsible policeman who resembled . As a young , innocent soul who had lost the father , he impulsively went on to take revenge , resulting in excessive guilt that predisposed the onset of psychosis later in his life . The event whereby he rescued reminded him of his suppressed memories as a child who had done wrong but trying the hardest to make reparation . Before his inevitable death , there was an opportunity for him to resolve his subconscious intrapersonal conflicts which was to have the courage to fix a mistake done .

( ) , an orphan , is given shelter by ( ) , just like the latter had given to the brother- sister orphans , ( ) and ( ) . The three grew up like family members . When they grow up , falls in love with Chandni(Priyanka ) , the daughter of ( ) , the local don . and often clash with ’s men and always teach them a lesson . The entry of ( ) creates a misunderstanding between the two , as has a crush for her , but he comes to know that loves . is a college - mate of . He was not getting any scope of conveying his love for her . Ultimately he joins as manager in the Mainak - Pralay company . But due to some misunderstanding has an impression that would marry her and Mainak was under impression that had chosen as his match . The comedy of errors continues till the entire confusion is cleared .

Prasenjit, Jisshu Sengupta, Tota Roy Chowdhury, Barsa Priyadarshini, Namrata Thapa, Priyanka Trivedi

The film is a tale of a clash of ideologies - whether might is right or right is might . All was not well in the kingdom of Sabzbag . The king was missing for quite a few years and the prince was in the training center of growing up to be a worthy king . But Captain who was the despotic ruler had instructed to train the young king in everything but true kingship . On the Captain being satisfied that the young prince was developing into a cowardly fun loving clown , he sends a Royal escort to bring him from the training center of to be crowned . On the way by a trick ( a Gipsy girl ) separates the young prince from his retinue and demands justice , on his becoming the king , but finds that the young prince was not capable of being either a strong or just ruler as he could not even find out what had happened to his own father . lets him go and she is determined to fight herself for justice . The prince is received in the kingdom by the Captain and his beloved and seeing his antics , both of them are sure that he would be king in name only and they would themselves be the real power behind the throne . On the pretext of celebrating the prince 's birthday , they try to collect more money from the already oppressed people . When the soldiers of the Captain are robbing the poor people , a masked person comes to their rescue , drives away the soldiers , and returns to the poor whatever was taken away from them . The Captain is furious and lays a plot to capture the masked man who has become a thorn in his side , and accordingly when the masked man comes into the palace to take all the money that was taken from the poor people , he is captured and is about to be unmasked when a second masked man comes and saves . The Captain finds himself face to face with these two mysterious masked men and when going into the dungeons finds an unknown prisoner in an iron mask . Who are these two masked men ? Who is the man in the iron mask ? What is the justice that wants ?

The story is about the love between two Mumbai teenagers of different classes — ( ) , the son of a rich businessman Mr. ( played by ) , and ( ) , the daughter of a poor Goan Christian fisherman ( played by ) . 
 son of wealthy Mr. returns from his boarding school . Upon his return , his parents throw a party to celebrate his birthday . His governess as a child Mrs. comes to wish him with her grand daughter , whom notices among the crowds attending his party . Mrs. ( played by ) ignores Mrs. , which leads her to leave the party with her grand daughter in a rush . 
 opens his gifts the next day and finds Mrs. ’s gift , so he decides to go and meet her . Reaching there , her grand daughter opens the door for him , and it is love at first sight for him . During that visit he mixes his book with ’s , so he goes to meet her at the library to exchange the books , and from that both start their friendship . and decide go to see a movie but find out it is full house . Then gets an idea to go to a party . At the party , sees talking to ( played by ) privately and thinks he is in love with her . As the story progresses , realises that his relationship with the daughter of a poor fisherman is not taken kindly by his eccentric father . Upon 's insistence , Mr. invites to initiate talks of and 's wedding . But instead , Mr. insults him , and accuses of using his daughter 's beauty and charm to trap for his money . He later offers cash to stop from seeing . feels highly humiliated by this accusation and reciprocates by insulting Mr. . Their talk enters a deadlock and spells doom for and 's tender love . 
 Mr. engages to a mentally challenged wealthy girl , ( ) , to establish business ties with her rich father . But runs away from home in order to unite with . They run away together . Mr. advertises a reward for anyone who can help find his son . ( ) decides that he wants the money , and he and his goons kidnap and . When they try to escape , starts beating . Mr. and the police come to help , and they find already there attempting to help . and run away from their fathers and jump over a waterfall . Mr. and jump into the water after them . Mr. rescues , while rescues . 
 They realize that they love their children very much and do n't want to stand in the way of their happiness . They accept each other 's kids as their own and give their blessings to the union .

Before the start of the film , has set fire to his bullying elder brother 's motor - bike . This has landed him in big trouble with his mother . She has taken him to the nearby Apollo Circus and told him that he can only come home when he earns 500 rupees to pay for the damaged bike . agrees and works for the circus . 
 The film begins as the circus is packing up to move on . His boss asks him to run an errand , but when returns , he finds that the circus has left . Alone , with nowhere to turn , and without the money to repay his mother , he travels to the nearest big city , Bombay . As soon as he arrives , he is robbed of his few possessions . He follows the thieves , befriends them , and ends up in the city 's notorious red - light area of Falkland Road , near the Grant Road Railway Station . 
 One of the thieves , , a drug pusher and addict , helps to get a job at the Grant Road Tea Stall . , a local drug dealer , employs people like who are addicted to his drugs . His wife is also a prostitute and they have a little daughter . 's wife is annoyed that she has to raise her daughter in such an environment . earlier promised to start a new life elsewhere , but it is a promise which can not , or has no intention of fulfilling . 
 gets a new name , " " , and learns to live with it . His goal is still to get the money he needs to return home to his mother , but he soon finds out that saving money in his new surroundings is next to impossible . To make matters worse , he has a crush on a young girl named , who has been recently sold to the brothel . He sets fire to her room and attempts to escape with her , but the two are caught . , who is considered valuable property since she is still a virgin , denies starting the fire and tearfully tries to resist her enslavement . The madame of the house asks to ' break her into ' the business , which agrees to do . 
 The fire causes to get a severe beating , and he loses his job . He works odd jobs to feed himself and look after , who ca n't live without drugs . To get more money , and his pals rob an elderly Parsi man by breaking into his house in broad daylight . eventually checks on the 300 rupees he has saved , and finds out that they had been stolen by who had used them to buy drugs , which he then overdosed on and died . 
 One night while returning home from work , the boys and 's daughter are apprehended by the police and taken to a juvenile home . Eventually , escapes and goes back to his world . He finds a new recruit in 's drug business has taken 's place and name . 's wife is told that the authorities will not release their daughter , because the mother is a prostitute . meets and tries to convince her to run away with him . She reveals that she is charmed by and not interested in ; she is driven away to service her first ' client ' . In a fit of rage , kills , and attempts to run away with 's wife , but they become separated in a parade honoring .

( ) and ( ) are members of a massive dance troupe that performs dance based musical plays . They are the best of friends , although is secretly in love with . announces his desire to direct a musical named Maya . The members of the troupe , including , have their doubts about the title character , " " , who describes as a girl who believes in true love and awaiting for her prince charming who will surely turn up and take her away . Meanwhile , ( ) is introduced , an amazing dancer , classically trained as well , and passionate about dancing . Having been orphaned at a young age , she has been raised by close friends of her parents . 
 and have a string of near - misses as they run into each other time and again . Each of these instances is marked by a tune playing in the background , that registers with . During rehearsals for the play , injures her leg and the doctor says she can not dance for a few months . needs a new woman to play the lead role in the play . He comes across dancing one day and believes she is perfect for the role . He begs her to come to their rehearsals and she agrees . and become close friends . Doted upon by her foster family , is soon taken to Germany by her guardian 's son ( ) , her childhood best friend who has been in London for months . Just as leaves to fly to England , he proposes to . In a dilemma , she ends up accepting it . 
 soon returns from hospital and is upset that she has been replaced . Upon learning that loves , she becomes very jealous of her . Knowing that does not reciprocate her love , she decides to leave for London . Throughout rehearsals , and find themselves falling for one another . When drops home one day , he starts whistling his tune , making realize that she has fallen for the man with the tune she so often heard . The next day , the two go to meet 's old dance tutor , who addresses as ( ) , who figures that the two are blatantly in love . At the wedding of two members of the dance troupe , and share an intimate moment but are unsure how to fully express their love . 
 A few days before the premiere , arrives at the rehearsal hall to surprise while telling everyone that he is her fiancé . is heartbroken but tries not to show it . , who has returned , notices 's devastation and explains how she too was devastated when he did not love her in return . edits the end of the play to reflect his heartbreak , in contrast to his usual style of always giving a happy ending . On the night of the premiere , as and 's characters are about to break up on stage , plays a recorded tape was going to send him before his proposal where she described how she felt about . is indirectly telling that she and are meant to be together . now realises she truly loves and the two confess their love on stage as the audience applauds them , giving the play a happy ending once again . Also , backstage , ends up asking whether she is already married or not ( implying him getting interested in her ) .

In the small town of Champaner ( in the state of Gujarat , western India ) during the height of the British Raj in 1893 , Captain , the commanding officer of the Champaner cantonment , has imposed high taxes ( " Lagaan " ) on people from the local villages . They are unable to pay due to losses because of a prolonged drought . Led by , the villagers pay a visit to to seek help . Near the palace , they witness a cricket match . mocks the game and gets into an argument with one of the British officers who insults them . Taking an instant dislike to , offers to cancel the taxes of the whole province for three years if the villagers can defeat his men in a game of cricket . If the villagers lose , however , they will have to pay three times their current taxes . accepts this wager on behalf of the villagers in the province , despite their dissent . 
 begins to prepare the villagers for the match . He initially finds only five people willing to join the team . He is aided in his efforts by 's sister , who feels that her brother mistreated the villagers . As she teaches them the rules of the game , she falls in love with , much to the anguish of , who is also in love with him . After reciprocates 's feelings , the woodcutter , who is in love with , grows jealous of and becomes a spy for . He orders to join the villagers ' team but not contribute in any way . Eventually , the villagers realise that winning equals freedom and one by one , they join the team . Short one player , invites an untouchable , , who can bowl spin . The villagers , conditioned by long - term prejudice against Dalits , refuse to play if joins the team . chastises the villagers and convinces them to accept . 
 On the first day , wins the toss and elects to bat , giving the British officers a strong start . brings to bowl only to find that has somehow lost his ability to spin the ball   — new cricket balls do not spin as well as worn - down ones ( which the team have been practising with ) . In addition , as part of his agreement with , deliberately drops many catches . Later that evening , notices meeting with and immediately informs of 's deception . Rather than allow the villagers to kill him , offers the chance to redeem himself . 
 The next day redeems himself by taking a diving one - handed catch . However , the British score 295 runs , losing only three wickets by the lunch break . is brought back to bowl with a now - worn ball , and takes a hat - trick , which sparks the collapse of the British batting side . The villagers soon start their innings after the British are dismissed for 322 runs . and , a Sikh who has played cricket earlier when he was a British sepoy , give their team a solid start . misses out on his half - century when a straight - drive from ricochets off the bowler 's hand onto the stumps at the non - striker 's end , where is backing up too far . When comes on to bat , he is hit on the head by a bouncer and falls onto his stumps . Other batsmen get out rashly trying to score a boundary off each delivery . retires hurt as he is hit on the leg . The villagers ' team ends the day with four batsmen out of action with barely a third of the required runs on board . In desperation , the villagers pray for success . 
 On the third and final day , passes his century , while most of the later wickets fall . returns to bat with the help of a runner and passes his half - century , reducing the target to 30 runs of 18 balls . The game comes down to the last over with on strike . With one ball remaining and the team down five runs , knocks the ball a short distance , managing a single . However , the umpire signals no - ball . returns to bat and hits the ball high in the air towards the boundary . runs backwards and catches it , believing that his team has won , until he realises that he has caught the ball beyond the boundary , giving six runs , and therefore victory , to 's team . Even as they celebrate the victory , the drought ends as a rainstorm erupts . 
 's defeat of the British team leads to the disbanding of the cantonment . In addition , is forced to pay the taxes for the whole province and is transferred to Central Africa . After realizing that loves , returns to London . Heartbroken , she remains unmarried for the rest of her life . It is revealed , during the epilogue , that and get married . But despite the historic triumph , 's name was lost in the pages of history .

( ) , nicknamed " Munna Bhai " ( literally " Brother " ) is a bhai or gunda : a good - natured don in the Mumbai underworld . Given that his father had wished him to be a medical doctor , he creates the faux Sri Hari Prasad Sharma Charitable Hospital ( named after his father ) and pretends to live in accordance with this wish whenever his father ( ) and mother ( ) visit him in Mumbai . 
 One year , however , 's plan goes awry when his father meets an old acquaintance , Dr. ( ) and the two older men decide to betroth to 's daughter , Dr. ( ) . At this point the truth about is revealed . insults 's parents and calls them " fools " for being ignorant of 's real life . 's father and mother , aghast and later heartbroken , leave for their village . 
 , in grief and despair , decides that the only way to redeem himself and gain revenge for the humiliation suffered by his father at the hands of the spiteful is to become a doctor . He decides to go to a medical college to obtain an MBBS degree . 
 With the help of his right - hand man ( ) and others , " gains admission " to a medical college , where he again encounters Dr. , who is the dean . His success there becomes dependent upon the ( coerced ) help of faculty member Dr. ( ) . 
 While skills as a medical doctor are minimal , he transforms those around him with the " Jadoo Ki Jhappi " ( " magical hug " )   – a method of comfort taught to by his mother   – and the compassion he shows towards those in need . Despite the school 's emphasis on mechanical , Cartesian , impersonal , often bureaucratic relationships between doctors and patients , constantly seeks to impose a more empathetic , almost holistic , regimen . To this end , he defies all convention by treating a brain - dead man called " ) as if the man were able to perceive and understand normally ; interacts on familiar but autocratic terms with patients ; humiliates school bullies ; effusively thanks a hitherto - underappreciated janitor ; and encourages the patients themselves to make changes in their lives , so that they do not need drugs or surgery . 
 Dr. , who perceives all this as symptoms of chaos , is unable to prevent it from expanding and gaining ground at his college . He becomes increasingly irrational , almost to the point of insanity . Repeatedly , this near - dementia is shown when he receives unwelcome tidings and he begins laughing in a way that implies that he has gone mad . This behaviour is explained early on as an attempt to practice " laughter therapy " , an attempt that seems to have backfired   – 's laughing serves more to convey his anger than diffuse it . Meanwhile , his daughter becomes increasingly fond of , who in his turn becomes unreservedly infatuated with her . Some comedy appears here , because is unaware that Dr. and his childhood friend " " are one and the same ; an ignorance that hilariously exploits . tries several times to expel but is often thwarted by 's wit or the affection with which the others at the college regard , having gained superior self - esteem by his methods . keeps a challenge that can stay in college only if he passes the exam under his supervision . and other mates accept it . Meanwhile , cancer patient ( ) is in a dying state seeking help from . But unfortunately he dies in 's arms . 
 Eventually , is shamed into leaving the college : His guilt for not being able to help gets the better of him . In the moments immediately following 's departure , miraculously awakens from his vegetative state ; at this point gives a heartfelt speech wherein she criticizes her father for having banished , saying that to do so is to banish hope , compassion , love , and happiness from the college . 
 eventually realizes his folly . later marries Dr. , learning for the first time that she is " " . The medical college   – under management since 's retirement   – begins to imitate 's radical methods of treatment . and open a hospital in 's home village , where they implement 's ideas daily . This , in addition to the birth of their offspring , earns the nickname " Munnabhai   – M.B.B.S. – Miya Biwi Bachhon Samet " ( literally " Husband Wife with Children " ) . 's parents reconcile with him . His sidekick marries and has a son , who is nicknamed " Short Circuit " . As the film concludes , , restored to normal mental health , narrates the story to children .

Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Gracy Singh, Jimmy Shergill, Boman Irani, Sunil Dutt

Hera Pheri ended with the trio of ( ) , ( ) , and ( ) rich and rolling in money . Phir Hera Pheri tells the story of what happens after they become rich . 
 The film opens with a prologue bringing the audience up to date , stating that each has suffered a personal loss despite their new riches . lost his love , ( ) , in an automobile accident , 's mother died after battling a disease , and - having nothing to lose in the first place - lost the little traces of common sense that he did possess . 
 The three men are living a king 's life in a massive bungalow and splurging on various luxuries . hears about an idea for doubling his wealth from a con woman , ( ) , who is claiming to be a bank manager , and he convinces and to go along with it . first arranges for ₹ 30 lakh from and and then a further ₹ 50 lakh by selling their bungalow . He convinces a small - time goon , ( ) to contribute the remaining balance of ₹ 20 lakh so that he can come up with the minimum deposit of ₹ 1 crore , which has promised to double . 
 The trio invest the money and three weeks later realise that it was all a scam and that they are now penniless . To make matters worse , they do not even have possession of their bungalow , which had sold off in order to arrange the last bit of money needed , and have to live in a chawl ( tenement ) . shows up to the bungalow the next day to pick up his portion of the money , but is shocked to learn that has left and the bungalow is now in possession of a gun collector ( ) . is now in trouble because he had borrowed money from a lisping but dreaded gangster , ( ) , who will kill him if he does n't pay up . He comes across one day , and upon hearing of the scam pretends to be sympathetic . He tricks him and brings the three to his boss , telling him that they are the ones who took the money . threatens them and tells them they have to come up with the money or else they will die . As they are being taken home by some of 's goons , the three manage to escape . , and are about to leave the city when remembers that he owes money to a woman named ( ) . The three head over to her house and are surprised to find that she is 's sister . 's goons show up and kidnap because has not returned the money . Feeling guilty that he is the one who got in trouble , decides that he will go to and try to get her freed . and refuse to leave without them and decide to stay as well . The three go back to Tiwari to ask him to release , and tells them to bring the money , releasing . 
 , and now have three days to come up with ₹ 40 lakh to pay back the goon or else they will themselves be killed . overhears the neighbor , ( ) , plotting to steal drugs from another gangster , ( ) , and wrongly assumes they are talking about stealing money . hatches a plan for the three of them to steal from . The three manage to barely succeed , but are confused when they do not find money inside . recognizes the stuff as drugs and tells them that they are worth at least ₹ 3 crore ( thirty million ) . They think that if they can sell them to ( ) and pay off , they can also become rich , but their neighbor once again steals the drugs from them . They then run into and she tells them that the entire scam was hatched by ( the gangster from the first Hera Pheri ) to get revenge on the trio , and that the only reason she went along with it was because they were holding her niece hostage ( 's sister was 's gang member and part of the first movie 's kidnapping plot ) . Their money was converted to diamonds to pay the ransom , but she fled with them once she discovered her niece had escaped and hid them under a decoration of a circus float . 
 In the end , all the guys end up in a circus show where they attempt to get hold of the diamonds . These are strewn all over the ground in public by a gorilla . escapes with 's cellphone and three antique guns with him , which are worth ₹ 5–6 crore , though he does not know about it . informs and about the guns , after which they try to call on his cellphone . The film ends in a cliffhanger where is about to throw the guns in the river with his cellphone ringing in his pocket . 
 This movie is an adaptation of the famous Hollywood movie , " Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels " , starring .

Sunil Shetty, Akshay Kumar, Paresh Rawal, Bipasha Basu, Rimi Sen

For years , ) has ruled the Mumbai crime underworld by staying in Bangkok , Thailand . Despite his distance from Mumbai , is able to control his Mumbai empire through keeping the ruling members of his network very close to him . He is also ruthless and shows no hesitation towards his enemies . 
 The Indian police has been trying for years to extradite to India but in vain . Inspector ( ) has been in the police force some years and has been keeping track of 's activities . He makes up his mind to put an end to 's criminal empire and bring to justice . To do so , he starts carrying out encounters against 's henchmen . Over the course of a few weeks , 's network suffers as his men are simply killed in encounters and raids by , who is supported by D.C.P. ( ) . 
 becomes increasingly alarmed but comes up with a counter - plan . He arranges for one of his leading associates , the politician ( ) , to be attacked while is arresting her . Her opponent , the Home Minister ( ) , has been known to be in favour with and is blackmailed by into opening fire on . This implicates as being an accomplice to attempted murder where two of 's men are shot dead by . Soon , a string of allegations that include taking bribes from different crime lords is formed against . His plan to capture with bold moves thus backfires because of 's premeditated scheme . The Police Commissioner is close to and is against and tries all the time to suppress him . 's love interest ( ) also does not support him and distances away from him due to his involvement with the underworld . 
 In jail , receives messages from . His image tarnished , is offered his police officer position by as long as he does his bidding . He is also handsomely rewarded . starts working energetically for and wipes out 's sworn enemy , ( ) men who eventually 's enemies as also 's men on the pretext that they were killed by 's goons . ( ) , 's hot - headed brother , smells a rat and suspects the designs of . He travels to India with ( ) without informing to personally deal with . is killed by but suddenly reveals his true colours by killing and home minister and making it appear as if had murdered . 
 The supposed death of a Home Minister at the hands of 's brother is enough to have extradited to Mumbai for trial . However , despite all of 's painstaking uncovering of 's illicit activities , the Indian police can not make a firm case against him . Moreover . heavily bribes the police prosecutor in his favour . is sure his case will be dismissed by the Court and he will leave India in a day but before doing so , wants retribution for 's death and orders his men to dispose of 's comrades in the police force . realizes her folly of not being supportive to and asks for his apology . is informed that 's life is in danger and that she will get killed by 's men . sends safely away out of the country . 
 sends message for to meet him in jail . Before has a chance to find out about the murders of DCP , Inspector ( ) and his other close colleagues , himself tells him about them during their meeting in jail . He also tells he will go free despite all he has done . is shocked by this truth and decides the only choice he has is to eliminate . In a climactic ending , storms the heavily guarded jail where is being held and manages to kill him . Probably mortally wounded , the last thing sees is 's lifeless body . He smiles and the movie ends .

Young actor ( ) arrives in Mumbai to make it as a Bollywood film star with the help of ( ) , an actor friend from his hometown , and their mutual friend , who works in a studio props department . 
 befriends 's neighbor , young actress ( ) , with whom he eventually becomes romantically involved . , the mistress of small - time producer ( ) , who for three years has promised her a leading role in his dream project , meanwhile works in regional films and bit parts . 
 finds out that has secured financing for the new project and meets him expecting him to cast her as second heroine , but he refuses saying that they need a new face and since she has acted in many regional films and other small roles she is no longer a fresh face . She argues that she can act well but he says that is not a major criterion these days in Bollywood . is crying when 's wife enters and asks her why she is crying . answers by fabricating a lie about trouble at home to save both her and 's embarrassment . while leaving the both of them gives photos of to who shows it to his wife and who in turn shows them to ( ) . 
 is shortlisted for 's new movie . ( ) , the mom of ( actress cast for the movie , was a big film actress in the heyday . She sees 's audition and tries to remember where has she met him before . had once approached her at a film fraternity party . is told his audition was for the lead in the film and that has seen his audition . At home , he sees every movie has starred in and he impresses her with his charm and knowledge about her work . Recalling past advice , successfully boosts a competing actor 's ego whose overconfident acting is rejected by the director . Finally , is selected by , ( director of the film ) and 's wife ( ) , despite 's desire to cast the other macho , hunky actor . 
 On set becomes increasingly crafty and manipulative , while is smitten by him and sneaks into his room one night while her mother is asleep in an attempt to seduce him . succumbs to her advances and a secret affair starts between the two ; the affair becomes stronger when has to leave the set on business for a few days . tells he has no girlfriend . Meanwhile , arrives at the hotel where the cast is staying to surprise . Her friend who is also working on the film warns her of a blossoming romance between and . Since has stayed in touch with her , does n't take heed of her friend 's warning but discovers the truth when she sees 's unexpectedly cold behavior towards her . Hurt , she leaves the hotel . After coming back , instantly recognizes that something is going on between them and makes them understand that it will be mutually beneficial not to let the press and public know of their intimacy . 
 Meanwhile , in Mumbai , news of the affair has leaked and a friend of who works at a tabloid is assigned to prepare the article , which describes as a user who has shot to stardom by manipulating and her daughter . The article also mentions details of when he was struggling to land a role and 's part in his life as the forgotten girlfriend . gets very upset and yells at the magazine editor and tells to stay away from . and have a fight , and shows his frustration to as he believes she is the one responsible for the article . 
 Eventually the film is released and it becomes a hit . rises to stardom but at the expense of his friends . At a party , he meets his idol , who advises him to not fall into the trappings of stardom and to always stay close to the people who stood by him when he was a nobody . He tries to get back with , but she points out that he only wants to be with her because he is selfish and feels guilty . She refuses and walks out of his life . soon gets good roles on television and is interviewed by a reporter for her fan following . The film ends with her telling the reporter that she is happy living the life of an independent and somewhat successful actress instead of being upset about not becoming a major movie star .

Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Hrithik Roshan, Juhi Chawla, Rishi Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Isha Sharvani, Shah Rukh Khan

( ) is a successful RJ on a popular radio channel in the city of Mumbai . He has acquired everything in life but his marriage is unsuccessful . Even though he was not of taking a divorce , his wife Pooja(Sonal Sehgal ) takes divorce from him , the reason cited are lack of compatibility between the two . In their hearts and do n't want the divorce but the fast pace of life and busy schedules interfere with her emotional balance . It seems that is a semi - crack . 
 Enters ( ) , who is like a ray of sunshine in 's insipid life . But initially he does n't realize that brings a smile to his face . at this juncture wants to return to his life . She wants him back . She shows signs of returning . But he blatantly discusses with , but being a woman , she can see his love for . She becomes the catalyst to bring this realization that his true love is . Why has he closed his eyes ? His attitude and response towards go through a sea of change . reciprocates and tries to get close to her family too . Although still has a soft spot for and cares for him she realises that he wants to spend his life with . 
 Who will be eventually reign on his heart ? Will he take the step to make his vows with ?

( ) , a B Com graduate with approximately 39 percent marks becomes a salesman with a big corporate computer assembly and service company , AYS . Within a few days , a client asks for a kick - back . The top salesmen at AYS acquire large client contracts through bribery . In such corrupt company culture , 's honesty only brings him a demotion and humiliation . After making concessions to a client for the company , realizes that sales success is dependent on the customer ; so if the customer is satisfied then bribery will not be necessary to secure these contracts . No one agrees with him but remains firm on his belief and forms his own company , Rocket Sales Corporation , from within AYS . Rocket Sales is being managed from the AYS offices where the Rocket partners were still employed . Unlike AYS , Rocket Sales Corporation 's overall strategic goal is customer service and customer satisfaction as opposed to just selling the product through bribes and providing zero customer service . Other disgruntled employees of AYS find their way to Rocket Sales – a place where even the guy who serves tea is an equal partner because he brings talent to the table . 
 The five member company targets previous clients of AYS , who were irritated with AYS 's attitude and soon enjoys a strong client reputation . The company soon becomes successful because of its dedication to excellent customer service . Although it does not make much profit . Rocket Sales Corp is able to make a huge difference . AYS 's sales start decreasing as many the clients cancel their orders and place orders at Rocket Sales , which offers them better services . starts a relationship with , his first client , whose fashion business had failed . 
 The MD of AYS , , becomes angered by the small company 's success . moves quickly to attempt to contact the MD of Rocket Sales Corporation and in a phone conversation attempts to entice him to sell Rocket Sales Corporation to AYS ( he does not know it is ) . not only rejects 's offer but says that his company will buy AYS Computers . Afraid of 's attempts , Harpreet 's partners have a discussion and move their headquarters to 's house , making her a partner in the process . After multiple failed attempts in locating the Rocket Sales Corporation office , decides to call the number on Rocket Sales Corporation 's brochures and the phone at the AYS reception desk begins to ring . After thoroughly insulting him and firing both him and his partners , the MD has sign a contract handing over Rocket Sales to him for a final compensation of Re.1 . However , AYS is unable to maintain Rocket Sales ' commitment to customer satisfaction because of its cold and greedy personnel . The MD , realizing his downfall in purchasing Rocket Sales , visits at his new job at Croma , an electronics store , and returns the contract to in return for Re.1 . He also tells him never to become a businessman again , because he will fail again . However , this is not intended as an insult , but rather as a compliment ; he implies that what made so successful was his eschewing of ' normal ' business practices such as kick - backs , false advertisement , and low wages . 
 The ending scene is the new Rocket Sales office building where a prospective worker is going in for an interview . The firm is implied to be very successful . It shows the former employees , all partners of the business , and finally closes with smiling genially at a desk , showing that in the long run , honesty and hard work are sound business practices .

Onboard a departing Air India flight suddenly receives a call from claiming that he has found Rancho . He then causes an emergency landing by feigning a heart attack . fetches and they meet at a water tank in their old college campus ; revealing that Rancho is in Shimla . 
 As they drive their way to Shimla , a flashback shows and beginning their college year in the prestigious Imperial College of Engineering ( ICE ) in Delhi . They are joined . While takes engineering over photography to please his father , takes the course to lift his family from poverty . , on the other hand , believes in hands on learning and tends to give unorthodox answers in class , coming into conflict with professors , in particular with the institution 's director , Dr. or " " , whose traditional and strict philosophies on education contrast sharply with 's carefree love of learning . Meanwhile , , nicknamed “ " , is an arrogant Ugandan - born Tamil student with little knowledge of Hindi , who is obsessed with topping the exams . During a Teachers ' Day event , is humiliated when he delivers a Hindi speech modified by , and bets that ten years later , they would see who is more successful . later befriends ' daughter , who is a residency student at the city 's hospital . 
 One night during their senior year , the three friends drunkenly break into ' house . As the three friends escape , recognizes , and threatens to expel him unless he writes a letter implicating Rancho in the break - in . Unwilling to betray who once saved his father 's life , unsuccessfully attempts suicide . With intensive care and support from his friends , recovers in time for a corporate job interview . Meanwhile , and post 's letter to his favorite photographer , , who offers him a position as assistant . After advice from , he communicates his dream to his father , who gives his blessing . 
 Infuriated by 's influence , sets a difficult final exam to fail . tries to help the trio by revealing to them the location of the exam paper , but finds out and expels them . confronts about her brother who committed suicide because he could n't meet ' expectation of clearing the engineering exam . That same night ' pregnant elder daughter goes into labor during a heavy storm , and and the other students use their engineering knowledge to deliver the baby with the help of over video call . A grateful finally acknowledges as an extraordinary student , allowing the three to graduate . Unexpectedly , disappears shortly after the convocation . 
 Returning to the present , is a successful wildlife photographer , is married is settled in a comfortable lifestyle with a corporate job and wife , and is vice president of a reputed corporation in the United States . None of them have heard from Rancho since graduation . Arriving at Shimla , they meet a man who turns out to be the real . From him , they learn that the Rancho they knew was actually " " , an orphaned servant to the family . ' father arranged for to attend ICE in his son 's name , so that his son could take credit for the degree . provides 's address in Ladakh , where he is a school teacher . On the way , they pass and rescue from marrying her materialistic boyfriend , so that she can marry . 
 Upon arrival in Ladakh , the four find the village school , witnessing young students ' inventions that resemble Rancho 's own college projects . , , and then happily reunite with but insults , and asks him to sign a statement that he is the less successful one . Without comment , does so . As walks away in triumph , reveals himself to be , a world - renowned inventor with over 400 patents , with whom seeks a contract . A horrified accepts his defeat and begs him to sign the contract while and the three friends run away laughing .

Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Sharman Joshi, R. Madhavan, Boman Irani, Omi Vaidya

The story revolves around three roommates , journalist ( ) , photographer ( ) and cartoonist ( ) , leading an unkempt and debt - ridden life in a shady apartment in Delhi . 's ditzy fiancée , ( ) , is an air hostess who agrees to deliver a package for ( ) to ( ) , without realizing its contents or that is a gangster . asks to deliver the package . , in turn , asks to do so . But is unable to do so as he is suffering ' Delhi Belly ' . hands 's package to for delivery to , along with a package containing his stool sample for delivery to 's doctor . mixes up the two bags . , furious , tortures to find his package . 
 Meanwhile , photographs his landlord with a prostitute . He sends an envelope with the photographs to his landlord to blackmail him . is with , when his colleague ( ) calls him on the pretext of work . When he reaches the place he realizes that it is just a party and called him just to have fun . 's ex - husband sees them together and punches in the eye in a fit of jealousy . retaliates and knocks out . As and leave they are chased by a furious and his friends who shoot at them . The duo barely manage to escape . 
 informs that the mix - up must have been caused by as she did n't know what she was carrying in the package . calls , informs her about the mix - up and asks her to give him the address of the person who had delivered the package . When arrives into his apartment , he walks into who has standing on a stool with a noose around his neck . On hard interrogation , discovers the mix - up and realizes that the package must be with 's doctor . 
 gets the package from his doctor 's office , wherein finds his thirty diamonds hidden inside . Upon recovering his booty , he orders his henchmen to kill the three roommates . One of them is about to shoot , when another kicks the stool on which was standing to hang him . Luckily for the roommates , the ceiling of the apartment collapses , since it ca n't take 's weight . The cave - in knocks out and his men , leaving one with broken arms . , and escape with the diamonds and spend the night at 's place . The next day they sell the diamonds to a local jeweller . 
 As the roommates prepare to get out of town with the money , they get a call from who has kidnapped . He threatens to kill her if they do n't return the diamonds . The trio try to buy back the diamonds from the jeweller , who demands double the sale amount . 
 Without the money , comes up with a plan . , , and disguise themselves in burqas and rob the jeweller , leaving him the bag of money . They flee in 's car with the police on their tail and go to the hotel where is holding . As they are about to make the exchange with , the police arrive at the hotel room . There is a shoot - out between the police and 's gang . 
 , , and , who had hit the floor during the gunfight , are left as the only survivors . , who by now realises that she likes , is upset to learn about his engagement and walks away from him . breaks off his engagement to . Later , it is revealed that did not return the cash to the jewellery store owner , and had kept most of the money for himself ( whereupon he abandons blackmailing the landlord ) . The film ends when comes to the roommates ' apartment to return 's car 's hubcap lost while escaping from . jumps into her car through the open window and kisses her passionately . 
 Producer - actor is seen dancing in a song and dance performance as the credits start rolling .

Imran Khan, Shenaz Treasurywala, Poorna Jagannathan, Rahul Pendkalkar, Vir Das, Vijay Raaz

( ) is a homemaker who makes and sells laddoos as a home - run business . Her husband ( ) and daughter ( ) take her for granted , mock her poor English skills , and generally treat her with disrespect , making feel negative and insecure . However , her young son , ( ) loves her as she is , and her mother - in - law ( ) offers her words of sympathy . 
 's older sister ( ) , who lives in New York , invites 's family to her daughter 's ( ) wedding to ( ) . It is decided that will go to New York alone five weeks before the wedding to help organize . Her husband and children will join her as the wedding approaches . During her flight to New York , is given inspirational advice by a fellow passenger ( in Hindi / in Tamil ) . While is in New York , she has a traumatic experience at a coffee shop due to her inability to communicate in English . She is comforted by a French chef ( ) who happened to be queuing up behind her at the cafe . 
 Using the money she made from selling laddoos , she secretly enrolls in a conversational English class that offers to teach the language in four weeks , showing her resourcefulness at navigating an unfamiliar city alone . The class comprises , the instructor ( ) ; , a Mexican nanny ( ) ; , a Pakistani cab driver ( ) ; , a Chinese hairstylist ( ) ; , a Tamil software engineer ( ) ; , a young African - Caribbean man ( ) ; and . quickly becomes a promising and committed student , earns everyone 's respect with her charming behavior and her cuisine , and gains self - confidence . becomes attracted to . When he tries to kiss her at the rooftop of a building , rejects him and runs off , but fails to explain that she is married . 
 Meanwhile , 's niece ( ) who is 's younger sister finds out about her secret English classes and is supportive of her pursuit . starts watching English films at night and does her homework assiduously . To complete the English - speaking course and get a certificate , each student must write and deliver a five - minute speech . 's family joins her in New York earlier than planned , to surprise her . tries to continue attending class but decides to quit because of scheduling conflicts ; she asks to inform . The test date coincides with that of the wedding , and is forced to miss the test . 
 invites and the entire class to the wedding , where is taken aback at being introduced to a diverse group of people by his wife . gives a touching and enlightening toast to the married couple in English , surprising everyone who knew her as a typical , conservative , Indian homemaker . In her speech , extols the virtues being married and having a family , describing the family as a safe space of love and respect where weaknesses are not mocked . and regret treating her with disrespect . declares that she has passed the course with distinction and issues her the certificate . thanks for making her feel better about herself . 's family return to India ; during their flight home , asks the flight attendant in fluent English whether she has any Hindi newspapers .

A humanoid alien lands on Earth naked on a research mission in Rajasthan but is stranded when the remote control for his spaceship is stolen . He manages to get the thief 's cassette recorder . On the same day in Bruges , an Indian Hindu woman meets a Pakistani Muslim and falls in love with him . 's father objects to their relationship citing religious differences . He consults godman who predicts that will betray . Determined to prove them wrong , asks to marry her . At the wedding chapel , she is heartbroken when she receives a letter , believining it is from , calling off the marriage due to cultural differences . 
 returns to India and becomes a TV reporter . She meets the alien and is intrigued to see him distribute leaflets about the " missing " God . She saves him when he attempts to take money from a collection box , earning his trust . The alien tells her that he is a researcher from another planet . His people know nothing about dressing , religion , or verbal communication . They transfer ideas by holding hands . The alien learned to fit in among humans by wearing clothes and using money stolen from " dancing cars " . 
 In a flashback , after being accidentally hit by a truck , the alien is befriended by bandmaster , who takes him along with his troop . takes him to a brothel , where the alien holds a prostitute 's hand for six hours and thus learns the Bhojpuri language . suggests him that his thief may be in Delhi . The alien leaves for Delhi . Due to his strange behavior , people assume he is drunk and call him " " ( drunk ) . People tell him that only " God " can help him find his remote . sincerely practices Indian religions attempting to find " God " , to no avail . He later discovers that has his remote , who claims it was a gift from God , and refuses to return it . promises that she will recover his remote and he can go back home . 
 conjectures that and other godmen must be dialing a " wrong number " to communicate with God and are advising the public to engage in meaningless rituals . encourages the public to expose fraudulent godmen , by sending their videos to her news channel . This " wrong number " campaign turns into a popular mass - movement , to the dismay of . Meanwhile , finds the thief and contacts , telling him that he sold his remote control to . realises that was a fraud all along and that it was n't a " wrong number " . informs him that they will come to Delhi , but both die in a terrorist attack . The attack is later declared by 's group to be stated as protecting their Gods . 
 decides to confront on - air . asks what the " right number " is . says that " God that created us all " is the only concept people should believe in and that the other " duplicate Gods " are artificial . argues , saying that is trying to take people away from their Gods and that they will not stand for their Gods being taken away . He claims he has a direct connection to God and refers to his prediction of 's betrayal to try to prove that Muslims are liars . disagrees . realises that did not write the letter to . 
 She contacts the Pakistani Embassy in Belgium where worked part - time . The embassy tells her that still loves her , and is now living in Lahore . and reconnect , and is forced to return PK 's remote . Meanwhile , has fallen in love with but refrains from telling her because she loves . Having filled multiple audio tapes with her voice alone , he takes two suitcases full of tapes and extra batteries when leaving for home . After his departure , publishes a book about him . 
 One year later , returns to Earth on a new research mission on human nature with several other members of his species .

Aamir Khan, Anushka Sharma, Sushant Singh Rajput, Sanjay Dutt, Ram Sethi, Boman Irani

Circus has a tag line along with its sub title Nodi Maja Maadi . , who spoke with emotional overtones in the film , said that he will be completing the film after sixty days of schedule . He said , nearly seventy percent of the shooting will be done near or on a train . I had to toil hard to get the required permission for the shoot . The story starts from Mysore station and ends in Bangalore station . director has taken permission from Railway authorities to shoot the film in Railway station and tracks in Mysore , Konkan Railway and Railway line stretching in Sakleshpura and Subramanya Ghat section.[2][3 ] 
 A joke gone bad , the story is about ( ) and his group of friends who live in the railway colony and their meeting point is the railway station . 
 is the leader of the gang and just to have some fun , they decide to send a letter stating on a particular date a train travelling from Mysore to Bangalore will be exploding . However , what they realize later after posting is that one of the friend 's address is there on the letter . 
 In a hurry , they get into the RMS bogie of the train and after a lot of twists finally manage to extract the letter from the pile . In this process , what discovers is that the same day a real plot has been hatched by the terrorists to blow up the Gandhadagudi express so he decides to locate it and foil the plan . 
 In the process of his journey , the friends take a break at one of the houses where ( ) and in no time , love blooms between and her . So what happens to express ? Is successful in his attempts ? All this forms the rest of the story.[4 ]

Black is based on the underground activities in the city of Kochi(Cochin ) . ( ) plays a Head Police Constable but also a hitman who does his job with perfection . On the top of the underworld , there is a man , Advocate ( ) . He and are accomplices . 
 A newly appointed police officer , ( ) , tries to clean up the city from the criminals , but fails to do so as he is killed by . is not very happy about the death of , and creates some indifference between the friends . After finds his own daughter , he wants to live a peaceful life , but the transformation is not acceptable to , and he wants dead . 
 This changes the situation , and as asks City Police Commissioner ( ) for aiding him to kill the gangsters , he could only speak about putting them in jail . This leads to going against the criminals and eliminating them one by one . 
 At the same time , is ready for the arrival of his old friend and current enemy . 

 [ 2 ]

This is a movie about ( Manikuttan),a college student and his widowed mother ( how their normal life takes a turn when a minister ( Mukesh),who had grudge against them is found murdered .

( ) lives in a world torn between passion and fixation . She is so possessive of her father ( ) , that when he returns home from his plantation in Jaffna , she plans to poison his mind about his wife ( ) having an affair with ( also played by ) . 
 When arrives , he is at first unaware of the impending drama . However , by the dawn of the following day , he is dead . Consumed with rage and grief , blames her mother for the death , and seeks vengeance . When 's brother , ( ) – who is plagued by an complex – arrives for the funeral , tells him about their mother 's alleged affair . 
 In the midst of the scandal , turns to police officer ( ) , who is in love with her , as a source of calm and sanity . But and end up destroying each other , trapped by forbidden desires . is brutally victimised .

On his wedding day , ( ) discovers that his cousin and bride , ( ) , has run away because she does not want to marry a cook , but he takes it lightly and moves to Chennai with the 's brother ( ) to look for a job . One night , he saves ( ) from some goons . In gratitude , she kisses him . starts to fall in love with . After several occasions where they bumped into each other , harbours hope that she too reciprocates his affections . 
 However at 's birthday party , she announces her engagement to computer engineer ( ) . is devastated at the news and leaves the room quietly . finds him standing alone at the swimming pool . She asks him about his impression of and is shocked when reveals to her that he loves her . declares that she only feels friendship towards him and tells him to stop loving her . 
 After receiving a telephone call , goes to the police station and finds . She had eloped to be with her lover . However , he later abandoned her and left her penniless . With no one to turn to , attempted suicide . takes her back home to take care of her . was still angry and calls up their parents . speaks up for and gets the family to forgive her . Before returning to the village , meets and discovers that 's fiance is actually the lover who abandoned her . 
 On the eve of 's wedding , she finally understands that she loves and tells her father ( ) that she does not want to marry . Her father refuses to cancel the wedding and gives a cheque for 10 million to get the latter to leave . runs away on her wedding day to look for and confesses to him that she loves him too . She wants to elope with but he brings her back to the wedding venue . 
 Before the ceremony starts , he calls into a room and closes the door . When the door reopens , and had changed clothes . is now in the groom 's attire while is in ordinary clothes . marries in the end . On their wedding night , reveals to what happened between and him in the room . He offered 's father 's cheque to in exchange for calling off his engagement , which accepted . also reveals that he knew that 's father would later cancel the cheque , thinking that is cheating him , which comes to pass .

( ) is a leading business man in Visakhapatnam . ( ) is a close member of , who handles the deals of in Hyderabad . ( ) is the daughter of . dearly loves his daughter . ( ) joins the same college as . He impresses on the first day itself . Slowly , she falls in love with him . , though reluctant initially , agrees to the marriage . Now has a condition that should give his entire property to as dowry . The rest of the story explains why asks for 's property . 
 's real father is 's maternal uncle . He was a great man with lots of land and property , as well as lots of regard from the government and other people . When is born , 's mom asks him to perform the baby naming ceremony and such . On his way there , attacks him with the help of a bunch of rowdies . They pretty much kill him and leave him to die in the forest . However , he manages to live and perform 's ceremony , but he dies minutes after , without telling anyone what happened . 
 comes to know of this when his so - called father explains to him that he is really his godfather and not his father . While trying to save him , his godfather and godmother give up their own son to keep him alive . To regain his rightful property , fights and he wins his girl .

The film begins with a joint family ( ) and his brothers ( ) , ( ) , ( ) owners of PATHI & CO Groups bigwig of Rajahmundry . The entire family is brimful with love & affections . 's family has a feud with a local leader ( ) . One after one , every person is killed in their family by unknown secret killers ( & ) . To protect his daughter ( ) looks for an American alliance . ( ) is an NRI , who comes to India to get hooked on . He is too good & very much kind and comes close to the family in few days only . In the beginning , tries to avert the marriage because she does n’t want to leave her family but later falls in his love when saves their family from their enemies . On the day of the marriage wants to personally talk with , so , her brother ( ) takes them to their farm where she asks to come to India leaving everything in the US for the sake and he happily agrees . Suddenly , they are attacked by unknown killers when a huge twist in the story takes the sword from and decapitates him . Thereby goes into the shocking state where it is revealed that he is not but , the person who killed the other members of the family also and the secret killers are his men only . Who is ? What is his story ? Why is he targeting ’s family ? 
 works as a Major in Indian Army and the two secret killers are his colleagues Captain & Captain . Once he comes to his hometown on leave , he leads a happy life with his parents ( & ) , a younger brother and his fiancée ( ) a Micro - Biologist . When everything is going well a sad thing happens in the family : who is a top ranker of University is a chain smoker , and he suddenly dies out of it . catches a point through his post - mortem report that all the organs of his body are spoiled and this would happen only due to taking powerful drugs . When is in search he only finds a cigarette packet in 's room . After testing they find out that heavy dose of drugs have been mixed with a new composition in the cigarette for more sales and it spread like cancer all over the country . Here plans an operation Oxygen to smash the brand . He forms a team with the help of all army officers who are on leave and successful in destroying it . After that gets ready to go back to duty , at that time he gets information that someone is enquiring regarding him & his family . So he returns to home before he reaches home a shocking incident & CO brothers arrive at their house except because they are the original proprietors of the brand & the persons holding the formula . They mercilessly kill along with 's parents . Now decides to take avenge . He also comes to know that they reintroduced the product with the new name , so , his target not only to destroy the formula but also to bring awareness to the public . 
 Listening to this decides to help him . Meanwhile , collapses with the heart attack because he comes to know that the person who is killing his family members is none other than . Simultaneously with the 's support , traces out all the legal activities of PATHI & CO brothers , catches their black money Rs . 5000 crores and distributes to the affected parties all over the country . Finally , he succeeds in treasure trove the formula located at their factory . Then he applies Plan B by keeping a message to the public to whom he distributed the money , that to watch a video on the internet at night 10:00 PM . & his men enter the factory and set the cameras & bombs in the factory . Suddenly bullets fire & are shot died and is wounded , same time cameras start working where everybody gets astonished that coming out with his cruel face changing his traditional wear to modern getup . speaks very badly regarding public & their weakness and reveals his entire secrets ’ , regarding the formula also which was treasured in his mind . At last gives a message regarding NO SMOKING and jumps into the fire by blasting the factory along with . After this incident , most of the public gets motivated and stopped smoking . Police close the case and declare is dead . Finally , the movie ends by changing his identity and continuing his mission .

is a middle - aged man who has worked in the same monotonous bureaucratic position for thirty years . His wife is dead and his son and daughter - in - law , who live with him , seem to care mainly about 's pension and their future inheritance . At work , he sees constant bureaucratic inaction . In one case , a group of parents are seemingly endlessly referred to one department after another when they want a cesspool cleared out and replaced by a playground . After learning he has stomach cancer and less than a year to live , attempts to come to terms with his impending death . He plans to tell his son about the cancer , but decides against it when his son does not pay attention to him . He then tries to find escape in the pleasures of Tokyo 's nightlife , guided by an eccentric novelist whom he just met . In a nightclub , requests a song from the piano player , and sings " Gondola no Uta " with great sadness . His singing greatly affects those watching him . After one night submerged in the nightlife , he realizes this is not the solution . 
 The following day , encounters a young female subordinate , , who needs his signature on her resignation . He takes comfort in observing her joyous love of life and enthusiasm and tries to spend as much time as possible with her . She eventually becomes suspicious of his intentions and grows weary of him . After convincing her to join him for the last time , he opens up and asks for the secret to her love of life . She says that she does not know , but that she found happiness in her new job making toys , which makes her feel like she is playing with all the children of Japan and that he should find a purpose in his own life . Inspired by her , realizes that it is not too late for him to do something significant . Like , he wants to make something , but is unsure what he can do within the city bureaucracy until he remembers the lobbying for a playground . He surprises everyone by returning to work after a long absence , and begins pushing for a playground despite concerns he is intruding on the jurisdiction of other departments . 
 dies , and at his wake , his former co - workers gather , after the opening of the playground , and try to figure out what caused such a dramatic change in his behavior . His transformation from listless bureaucrat to passionate advocate puzzles them . As the co - workers drink , they slowly realize that must have known he was dying , even when his son denies this , as he was unaware of his father 's condition . They also hear from a witness that in the last few moments in 's life , he sat on the swing at the park he built . As the snow fell , he sang " Gondola no Uta " . The bureaucrats vow to live their lives with the same dedication and passion as he did . But back at work , they lack the courage of their newfound conviction .

Hiroshima mon amour concerns a series of conversations ( or one enormous conversation ) over a 36 - hour long period between a French actress ( ) , referred to as Her , and a Japanese architect ( ) , referred to as . They have had a brief relationship and are now separating . The two debate memory and forgetfulness as She prepares to depart , comparing failed relationships with the bombing of Hiroshima and the perspectives of people inside and outside the incidents . The early part of the film recounts , in the style of a documentary but narrated by the so far unidentified characters , the effects of the Hiroshima bomb on August 6 , 1945 , in particular the loss of hair and the complete anonymity of the remains of some victims . He had been conscripted into the Imperial Japanese Army , and his family was in Hiroshima on that day .

In 1860 , during the final years of the Tokugawa shogunate,[a ] a rōnin ( masterless samurai ) wanders through a desolate Japanese countryside . While stopping at a farmhouse , he overhears an elderly couple lamenting that their only son has given up farm labouring in order to run off and join the rogues who have descended on a nearby town that has become divided by a gang war . The stranger heads to the town where he meets , the owner of a small izakaya who advises him to leave . He tells the rōnin that the two warring clans are led by and . was the right - hand man of Seibei , but rebelled when decided to hand over the reins to his son , a useless youth . The mayor of town and silk merchant , , had long been in 's pocket , and aligned himself with the sake brewer , , proclaiming him the new mayor . After sizing up the situation , the stranger says he intends to stay as the town would be better off with both sides dead . 
 He first convinces the weaker to hire him as a swordsman by effortlessly killing three of 's men . When asked his name , he sees a mulberry field and states his name is ( 桑畑三十郎 ; 桑畑 Kuwabatake = mulberry field ) . (= thirtieth son ) is implied to be a reference to his age , as he slyly quips : " Though I 'm closer to forty , actually " . 
 decides that with the ronin 's swordsmanship ( a service acquired with a large payment in ryō ) the time is right to fight . But eavesdrops on 's wife who orders her son to kill him after the upcoming raid so that they will not have to pay his fee . leads his faction to attack the other but then " resigns " leaving to his fate . But before the two sides clash , the untimely arrival of a bugyō ( an Edo - period government official ) forces both sides to make a bloodless retreat . 
 Eventually the bugyō is called away because a government official was murdered in another town . soon learns it was two assassins hired by who committed the murder to get the official to leave . With this knowledge , captures the pair of killers and sells them to . But he then tells that it was 's men who caught them . An alarmed rewards him for his help . then orders the kidnapping of 's son who he offers in exchange for the two prisoners . However , double crosses at the swap when his brother , , shoots the assassins with a pistol . But anticipated this so he kidnapped 's woman . The next morning she is swapped with 's son . 
 learns that the woman , , is the wife of a local farmer who lost her to over a gambling debt , who then gave her away as chattel to the influential sake brewer , in order to gain his support . tricks into revealing the place where is hidden , then kills the guards and reunites the woman with her husband and son and tells them to leave town immediately . Pretending to be on 's side , is able to convince that the woman was kidnapped by 's men . A new spike in violence occurs in the gang war , 's silk warehouse is burned down by , and 's sake brewery is trashed by in retaliation . After some time , becomes suspicious of and the circumstances surrounding 's escape . Eventually is severely beaten and imprisoned by 's thugs after discovers evidence of his double cross . 
 manages to escape when decides to eliminate once and for all . As he is being carried out of town in a coffin by , the izakaya owner , he witnesses the brutal end to , his family and his clan . recuperates in a small temple near a cemetery . However , when he learns that the man who helped him has been taken by , he returns to the town . manages to kill and his men as well as , even though he was armed with a pistol . He only spares one terrified young man who he encountered on his way into town . As surveys the damage , comes out of his home , in samurai outfit and beating a prayer drum . circles around town and then goes after and kills . frees and then departs knowing that his task has been accomplished .

The film is set somewhere in Japan , in the mid - fourteenth century during a period of civil war . Two wounded soldiers flee from pursuers on horseback in an enormous field of thick reeds which are taller than a man . Suddenly the soldiers are killed with spears by unseen assailants . Two women appear , take the soldiers ' armour and weapons , and drop the bodies in a deep hole . The women return to a small hut and rest , exhausted from the activity . The next day they take the armor and weapons to a merchant named ( ) and trade them for food . The merchant tells them news of the war , which is driving people across the country to desperation . As they leave , makes a sexual proposition to the older woman , who rebuffs him . A neighbor named ( ) , who has been at war , returns . The older woman ( ) asks about her son , , who was forced to be a soldier along with . is the husband of the younger woman ( ) . tells about his experience in two fights , where general attacked his division . He says that he and deserted . Later , was killed when they were caught stealing food from farmers , while barely escaped . The older woman warns the younger woman to stay away from , whom she blames for her son 's death . 
 One beautiful day the younger woman is at the lake when approaches her , offering fish . He shows interest in her sexually and makes advances before the older woman interrupts . They then see two samurai chasing one another and fighting on horseback . They jump in the lake and keep fighting , swimming closer to the three as they go . As one samurai approaches , asking for help , stabs him to death with his spear . He then orders the women to get the other man , whom they drown in the lake . The two women take their armour as before and sells it to , giving them their first substantial meal in a long time . Despite being warned to stay away from , the young woman is seduced by him and sneaks out of her hut every night to have sex . The older woman learns of the relationship and is both angry and jealous . She tries to seduce herself , but is coldly rebuffed . She then pleads with him to not take the young woman away , since she can not kill without her help . 
 One night , while and the young woman are together , a lost samurai wearing a demon ( ) mask ( ) forces the older woman to guide him out of the swamp . He claims to wear the mask to protect his face , the most handsome in the land , from harm . She tricks him into plunging to his death in the pit where the women dispose of their victims . She climbs down and steals the samurai 's possessions and , with great difficulty , his mask . Under the mask he is horribly disfigured , which the older woman notes with spite . As she leaves , the older woman then gets an idea to keep her daughter - in - law away from . 
 At night , as the young woman goes to see , the older woman blocks her path , wearing the samurai 's robes and mask , frightening the woman into running home . During the day , the older woman further convinces the younger woman that the " demon " was real , as punishment for her affair with . The younger woman avoids during the day , but continues to try and see him at night . During a storm , the older woman again terrifies the younger woman with the mask , but , tired of being ignored , finds the younger woman and has sex with her in the grass as the devastated old woman watches from afar . returns to his hut , where he discovers another deserter stealing his food ; the deserter abruptly grabs his spear and stabs , killing him . 
 The older woman discovers that , after getting wet in the rain , the mask is impossible to remove . She reveals her scheme to the young woman and pleads for her to help take off the mask . The young woman agrees to remove the mask after the older woman promises not to interfere with her relationship with . After failing to pull it off , the young woman breaks off the mask with a hammer . Under the mask , the older woman 's face is covered with sores , as the samurai 's had been . The young woman thinks the older woman has turned into a demon , and flees ; the older woman runs after her , crying out that she is a human being , not a demon . The young woman leaps over the pit , and as the older woman leaps after her the film ends .

In the 17th century , two Portuguese Jesuit priests , and , travel to Japan to proselytize , where Christianity is officially banned . They also search for their mentor , , with whom they lost contact five years prior and presume is imprisoned . is patronizing and is cautious . and are overwhelmed with the welcome they receive in Japan , but occasionally wish for some comfort food from home . 
 They travel to the village of Kichijiro , the man who smuggled them into Japan from China . Returning , they hear the officials have arrived to capture the priests . After many of the hidden believers are taken prisoner , the priests decide to leave , but and become separated . finds and joins with him ; he confesses to he is a weak person and his family was slaughtered for being Christians . Nagasaki Magistrate 's men capture and throw 300 pieces of silver at ( reminiscent of ) . He later gives away the money to a prostitute for emotional support . 
 's men imprison and put him on trial . Later , he and other prisoners in the cell are shown 's men punishing a Christian Samurai family where in the end the wife recants her faith and her husband is dragged away to be executed . , who is troubled , sneaks into the holding cell , asks to forgive him . He says he betrayed because everyone shamed him for recanting his faith and despises anyone who reminds him of it . 
 , with the interpreter , invites for a talk in private . says the Church is unwanted in Japan . He compares Christianity to a concubine who makes trouble for a man 's conscience ( Japan ) . says truth of the Church is universal and as the happiness between a man and woman is disturbed , the State disturbs the Church through persecution for not becoming fruitful . Each accuses the other of being ignorant of the other side of the subject . concludes that he does n't think Christianity is bad , but he has to forbid it . 
 Later is taken to the seaside and sees , who has been taken prisoner , along with his Japanese companions . The interpreter tells that Magistrate wants to witness apostatizing his faith and , if he does n't , all the hidden Christian farmers will be immediately hunted down . While 's companions were drowned one by one , unties his bounds in an attempt to save them . swims near to the boat where his companions are thrown into the sea , but the soldiers dissuade him with spears which leads to his death . Later , is taken to a Buddhist temple to visit Lord . turns out to be , who has apostatized and is working under as an astronomy scholar , also helping to expose errors and inconsistencies in Bible and Christian teachings . is upset by this revelation ; nonetheless , asks to renounce his faith . rejects the idea . says he preached in Japan for 20 years , and he knows this is not a land where Christianity can be rooted but a terrifying swamp where seedlings can rot and die and the inculturation of Christianity is the worst . rejects all these claims and censures him by saying that this would n't be the attitude of St. Francis Xavier . 
 The interpreter takes back to his prison , and he is hanged upside down in a pit with a small incision at the back of his ear for the blood to drip slowly . After a short time in a lot of pain , he is taken back to the prison , where he meets again . When asks about the snoring sound he hears , says it 's not snoring but the whimpering of three Christian believers who have been hanged upside down for the past six hours . says he was in the same cell where is now and was hanged for two days and there were five men who were hanged in the pit , and he can still hear their voices . tells the real reason he renounced his faith was not because of the torture , but the absence of God in others ' suffering . replies those who are in suffering will receive eternal happiness for their pain.[2 ] tells him not to deceive himself , and says if renounces his faith now for the sake of love[3 ] as would do , those men hanged in the pits will be freed and receive immediate care . 
 The interpreter comes with a fumi - e and encourages to step on it , as it 's a mere formality . supports him by relating it to be a supreme act of love that would have done for his fellow men and chants silently . steps on the fumi - e and a rooster crows twice ( reminiscent of denial ) . Later , a complacent is shown helping Nagasaki magistrates to identify forbidden Christian objects . is asked to comment on a cup and he says it 's not a chalice because the stem would have been longer . The magistrates are impressed with it and give him as his wife ; from that day forward , he is given her dead husband 's name as was given the title of Lord Sawano.[4 ] A happy is shown sweeping the surroundings .

and are happy newlyweds in a rural village in France during the Medieval Period . Their idyll is promptly shattered when , on her wedding night , is raped in a ritual deflowering by the local baron and his courtiers . She returns to terrified and in pain , and he calms her , saying , " Let us forget everything in the past " . She begins to see visions of a phallic - headed spirit encouraging her to take revenge on the baron ; meanwhile , the couple 's fortunes rise even as famine strikes the village and the baron raises taxes to fund his war effort . is made tax collector , and the baron cuts off his hand as punishment when he can not extract enough money from the village . After another visit from the spirit , takes out a large loan from an usurer and sets herself up in the same trade , eventually parlaying it into becoming the true power in the village . 
 Then the baron returns victorious from his war , and his wife , envious of the respect and admiration accorded , calls her a witch and has her driven out . first tries to return to the home she shares with , but he refuses to open the door for her and she flees into the forest nearby where she finally makes a pact with the spirit , who reveals himself to be the Devil . She is granted considerable magical powers , and returns to find the village has been been infected with the bubonic plague . uses her powers to create a cure for the disease and wins the villagers ' favor with her magic , presiding over orgiastic rites among the villagers . A page , who is in love with the baron 's wife , begs to help him seduce her . She gives him a potion that causes the baron 's wife to accept his advances , but the baron catches his wife sleeping with the page and kills them both . 
 Perturbed by 's power , the baron sends to invite her to a meeting , which accepts . In exchange for sharing her cure for the plague , the baron offers to make the second - highest noble in the land , but refuses , saying that she wishes to rule the entire world . The baron has burnt at the stake , but as the film ends we see the faces of the villagers all transform into 's face , mimicking a priest 's warning earlier in the film that , if a witch is burnt while her pride is intact , her soul will survive to influence everyone around her .

The film opens to a forest that is being cleared for development , and searching for an unmarked grave of a friend he says he buried 3 years ago . The film then flashes back to 's surveying expedition to the area of Shkotovo in Ussuri region in 1902 . A topographic expedition troop , led by Captain ( ) , encounters a nomadic Goldi hunter named ( ) who agrees to guide them through the harsh frontier . Initially viewed as an uneducated , eccentric old man , earns the respect of the soldiers through his great experience , accurate instincts , keen powers of observation , and deep compassion . He repairs an abandoned hut and leaves provisions in a birch container so that a future traveler would survive in the wilderness . He deduces the identities and situations of people by analyzing tracks and articles left behind . 
 saves the life of Captain for the first time when the two are lost on a frozen lake and a sudden blizzard overtakes them . shows how to quickly build a straw hut for shelter using grass and then , when collapses due to exhaustion , pulls him into the shelter . The two men avoid freezing to death and are discovered by the rest of their comrades when the blizzard clears . The expedition then , struggling to survive the frozen tundra , encounter a Nani family who invite them into their home , providing the men much needed food , and warmth . At this point asks where will go next to which tells him " back to the city " and invites to come with him . tells him that his place is in the forest and that tomorrow he will go on his way . The next day he leaves the soldiers by the railroad tracks and returns to wilderness . 
 Five years later in 1907 , is on another expedition in Ussuri . He has been mapping mountain ranges for months , all the time holding onto hope that he will run into his old friend . One night , when at camp , one of his men says they ran into an old Hunter in the forest who was asking about their unit . Instantly hopeful , demands to know where he saw the man and rushes into the forest filled with hope of seeing his old friend . Searching the forest for a few minutes he sees walking away further into the forest . Calling for him he is overcome with joy as yells back and then men run to each other . The men embrace and brings back to camp with him where the two sit by a fire and talk about their time apart . takes up the job of expedition guide again . The expedition breaks up as , , and a few men cross a large river by raft , and the rest continue on to try to find a ford to cross with the horses . and get caught on the raft as the others embark and are quickly rushed downstream . saves ' life again by pushing him off the raft and telling him to swim toward shore . is trapped on the raft as conditions on the river become treacherous . Moments before and the raft crash into the rapids , jumps onto a branch in the middle of the river . He then directs the party to cut a tree which can reach him before he drowns . Some time passes and the men seem to be in good spirits . They take several pictures with and all seems to be going well . writes in his journal that some of his foundest memories of occurred during the beginning of that autumn . 
 A short time later , the expedition party is trekking through the forest when realizes they are being stalked by a Siberian tiger . tries in vain to scare the Siberian tiger away telling him that the soldiers will shoot him with their guns . The tiger continues getting closer to and until is forced to shoot the tiger . is instantly distraught over shooting a tiger stating that , who is a forest spirit that his people worship , will be unhappy and will send another tiger for him . becomes more and more irritable , yelling at members of the party and distancing himself from . 's eyesight and other senses begin to fade with age until he is no longer able to hunt thus not being able to live alone in the forest . 
 Captain decides to take with him to the city of Khabarovsk . quickly discovers that he is not permitted to chop wood or to build a hut and fireplace in the city park , nor is he allowed to shoot within the city limits . Despite his love for and ' family , realizes that his place is not in the city and asks if he can return to living in the hills . As a parting gift , gives him a new rifle . 
 Some while later , receives a telegram informing him that the body of a Goldi has been found , with no identification on him save 's calling card , and is requested to come identify the body . finds that it is indeed . The officer who found speculates that someone may have killed to obtain the new rifle that gave him .

In Japan 's period , , daimyō of the clan , meets with his brother , and an unnamed thief whom the latter met by chance and spared from crucifixion due to the thief 's uncanny resemblance to . The brothers then agree that he would prove useful as a double , and they decide to use the thief as a kagemusha , a political decoy . Later , 's army has besieged a castle of . One evening when visits the battlefield he is shot by a sniper who has mapped 's previous movements in the camp . Mortally wounded , he orders a withdrawal and commands his generals to keep his death a secret for three years . soon dies with only a small group of witnesses . Meanwhile , 's rivals , , and each contemplate the consequences of 's withdrawal of his army still not knowing of his death . 
 presents the thief to 's generals , proposing to have this kagemusha impersonate full - time . At first , even the thief is unaware of 's death , until he tries to break into a huge jar , believing it to contain treasure , and instead finds 's preserved corpse . The generals then decide they can not trust the thief and set him free . Later , the Takeda leaders secretly drop the jar with 's corpse into Lake Suwa . Spies working for and his ally witness the disposal of the jar and , suspecting that has died , go to report the death . The thief , however , overhearing the spies , goes to offer his services , hoping to be of some use to in death . The Takeda clan preserves the deception by announcing that they were making an offering of sake to the god of the lake . The spies follow the Takeda army as they march home from the siege . Although they suspect that has died , they are later convinced by the kagemusha 's performance . 
 Returning home , the kagemusha successfully fools 's retinue . By imitating 's gestures and learning more about him , the kagemusha begins to uncannily mimic the persona of , and even convinces son and 's grandson , who was very close with . When the kagemusha must preside over a clan council to plan how to respond to provocative attacks made by against Takeda border castles , he is instructed by to not speak until brings the generals to a consensus , whereupon the kagemusha will simply agree with the generals ' plan and dismiss the council . However , is incensed by his father 's decree of the three year subterfuge , which delays his inheritance and leadership of the clan . thus decides to test the kagemusha in front of the council , as the majority of the attendants are not aware that is dead . directly asks the kagemusha what course of action the " lord thinks " should be taken . After a long pause , the kagemusha replies , " A mountain does not move , " convincingly in 's own manner . The kagemusha 's effective improvisation further impresses the generals . 
 Soon , in 1573 , is mobilizing his forces to attack , continuing his campaign in central Honshu to maintain his control of Kyoto against the growing opposition . When the and clans launch an attack on Takeda territory , begins a counter - offensive against the advice of other generals . The kagemusha is forced to lead reinforcements to the 1574 Battle of Takatenjin , and helps inspire the troops to victory . In a fit of overconfidence , the kagemusha attempts to ride 's spirited horse . When he falls off , those who rush to help him see that he does not have their lord 's battle scars , and he is revealed as an impostor . The thief is driven out of the palace in disgrace , and takes over the clan . and , sensing weakness in the Takeda clan leadership , are emboldened to begin a full - scale offensive into the Takeda homeland . 
 Now in full control of the Takeda army , leads the counter - offensive against Nobunaga , resulting in the Battle of Nagashino . Although courageous in their assault , wave after wave of attacking Takeda cavalry and infantry are cut down by volleys of arquebus fire from Oda troops deployed behind wooden stockades , effectively eliminating the Takeda army . The exiled kagemusha , who has followed the Takeda army , is dismayed and in a final show of loyalty , he takes up a spear and makes a hopeless charge against the Oda lines . Mortally wounded , the kagemusha attempts futilely to retrieve the fūrinkazan which had fallen into a river , but succumbs to his wounds in the water . His body floats past it as the film concludes with a long shot of the abandoned fūrinkazan . ( Fū - rin - ka - zan is the Sino - Japanese reading for four Chinese characters , 風林火山 , meaning “ wind , forest , fire , mountain . ” It refers to battle standard , on which was written an abridged quotation from the ancient Chinese martial classic The Art of War describing ideal troop movements : " Swift as the wind , quiet as a forest , attacking like a fire , immovable as a mountain . " [ 疾如風、徐如林、侵掠如火、不動如山 ] )

, a powerful though now elderly warlord , decides to divide his kingdom among his three sons : , , and . , the eldest , will receive the prestigious First Castle and become leader of the clan , while and will be given the Second and Third Castles . is to retain the title of Great Lord and and are to support . 
 lectures his sons about the importance of unity using three arrows ( one arrow is easy to snap in half but three arrows bundled together are much more durable ) . , however , breaks all three arrows with his knee and calls the lecture foolish . He points out that is foolish if he expects his sons to be loyal to him , reminding him that even had previously used the most ruthless methods to attain power . infers the comments to be subversive , and when his servant comes to 's defense , he exiles both men . , a visiting warlord who had witnessed these events agrees with 's frankness , and invites him to take his daughter 's hand in marriage . 
 Following the division of 's lands between his remaining two sons , 's wife Lady begins to urge her husband to usurp control of the entire Ichimonji clan . She is still bitter about the loss of her family ; 's forces killed her family after a land dispute and took over the family 's land as his own . When demands renounce his title of Great Lord , then storms out of the castle and travels to 's castle , only to discover that is only interested in using as a titular pawn . and his retinue then leave 's castle as well without any clear destination . Eventually appears with provisions but to no avail . then tells of 's new decree : death to whoever aids his father . At last takes refuge in the Third Castle , abandoned after 's forces followed their lord into exile . does not follow him . then jokes about 's predicament , only to be thrown out of the Third Castle . 
 Shortly thereafter , and his samurai retinue are besieged militarily by and 's combined forces . In a short but violent siege , virtually all defenders are slaughtered as the Third Castle is set alight . Solitarily , succumbs to madness and wanders away from the burning castle . As and 's forces storm the castle , is killed by a bullet fired by 's general , . is discovered wandering in the wilderness by his jester , and , who is still loyal to him and who stays to assist . In his madness , is haunted by horrific visions of the people he destroyed in his quest for power . They take refuge in a peasant 's home only to discover that the occupant is , the brother of Lady , 's wife . had been blinded and left impoverished after took over his land and killed his father , a rival lord . 
 With dead , becomes the Great Lord of the clan , enabling him to move into the First Castle . Upon 's return from battle , Lady , seemingly unfazed by 's death , blackmails into having an affair with her , and she becomes the power behind his throne . demands that kill Lady and marry her instead . orders to do the deed , but he refuses , warning that means to ruin the entire clan . then warns and to flee . , still watching over with , encounters two ronin who had once served as spies for . Before he kills them both , one of the ronin tells him that is considering sending assassins after . Alarmed , rides off to alert . becomes even more insane and runs off into a volcanic plain with a frantic in pursuit . 
 's army crosses back into 's territory to find him . News also reaches that two rival lords allied to ( and ) have also entered the territory , forcing to hastily mobilize his army . At the field of battle , the two brothers accept a truce , but becomes alarmed when arrives to tell of his father 's descent into insanity . goes with to rescue his father and takes 10 warriors with him ; sends several gunners to follow and ambush them both . then further orders an attack on 's much smaller force . 's army retreats into the woods for cover and fires on 's forces , frustrating the attack . In the middle of the battle a messenger arrives with news that a rival warlord , , is marching on the First Castle , forcing 's army to hastily retreat . 
 finds in the volcanic plain ; partially recovers his sanity , and begins repairing his relationship with . However , one of the snipers had sent after 's small group shoots and kills . Overcome with grief , dies . and his army arrive from their victory only to witness and lamenting the death of father and son . 
 Meanwhile , and arrive at the ruins of a destroyed castle but inadvertently leave behind the flute that previously gave when he was banished . She gives a picture of to him for company while she attempts to retrieve the missing flute . It is when she returns to 's hovel to retrieve it that she is ambushed and killed by 's assassin . 
 At the same time , 's army pursues 's army to the First Castle and commences a siege . When hears that Lady has been murdered by one of 's men , confronts . She admits her perfidy and to her plotting to exact revenge against and the clan for having destroyed her family years before . Enraged , finally kills . , , and all 's men subsequently die in the battle with 's army that follows . 
 A solemn funeral procession is held for and . Meanwhile , left alone in the castle ruins , accidentally drops , and loses , the image had given to him . The film ends with a distance shot of , blind and alone , silhouetted , atop the ruins .

A pair of truck drivers , the experienced and a younger sidekick named , stop at a decrepit roadside ramen noodle shop . Outside , rescues a boy who is being beaten up by three schoolmates . The boy , , turns out to be the son of , the widowed owner of the struggling business , . When a customer called harasses , invites him and his men to step outside . puts up a good fight , but outnumbered by and his men , he is knocked out and wakes up the next morning in 's home . 
 When asks their opinion of her noodles , and tell her they are " sincere , but lack character . " After gives her some advice , she asks him to become her teacher . They decide to turn her establishment into a paragon of the " art of noodle soup making " . takes her around and points out the strengths and weaknesses of her competitors . She still can not get the broth just right , so brings in the " old master " and his superlative expertise . When they rescue a wealthy elderly man from choking on his food , he lends her his chauffeur , who has a masterful way with noodles . Also , through clever trickery they pry ramen secrets from their competitors . During the transition , the group agrees to change the restaurant 's name from " Lai Lai " to " Tampopo " . 
 feels bad for being too drunk to tell his men to stay out of the fight , so he offers another chance one - on - one . After the rematch ends in a draw , reveals he is a contractor and offers to make over the shop 's interior . 's latest effort still comes up short , so teaches her his own secret recipe . When the five men consume her latest creation down to the last drop , knows she has won . ( also triumphs , beating all three of his tormentors ) . As customers fill her newly redecorated shop , the men file out one by one . 
 The main narrative is interspersed with stories involving food on several levels . Satirical vignettes involve a lowly worker who upstages his superiors by displaying his vast culinary knowledge while ordering at a gourmet French restaurant ; a housewife who rises from her deathbed to cook one last meal for her family ; and a women 's etiquette class on how to eat spaghetti properly . Another subplot involves a corner store clerk who has to deal with an older woman obsessed with squeezing food . The clerk 's scene segues into a restaurant involving an investment scam and the intended victim , who turns out to be a conman himself . 
 The primary subplot involves a young man in a white suit – an elegant gangster – and his lover , who explore erotic ways to use food . In the end , the man is shot several times by an unknown assailant , to his lover 's horror , but uses his last words to convey his secret recipe for sausages . 
 Throughout , the film puns off stereotypical American movie themes , characters , music and camera set - ups and shots .

While walking her guard rounds in the country , , the daughter of a deceased werewolf hunter , is attacked by Count , a 10,000 - year - old , long - lost vampire lord ( also known as a Noble ) , who intends to make her his new vampire bride . 
 later encounters a mysterious dhampir and vampire hunter , known only as , and hires him to protect her from Count . While in town with , her younger brother , and , is confronted by , the mayor ’s son , about the Count ’s attack and , and promises to help her if he has for himself . When refuses , reveals what happened to the entire town , including . requests that the authorities , including ’s father , the town sheriff and Dr. ( in the English dub ) , should hold off ’ incarceration at the local asylum until he kills Count . 
 That night , is attacked by , Count ’s servant and a mutant with the ability to warp the space around his body , and , Count ’s daughter , who is highly prejudiced against humans and dhampirs . holds off the attack and orders the pair to return to the Count ’s castle . The next day , he travels the castle and attempts to confront the Count . Aided by the symbiote in his Left Hand , holds his own against the Count ’s monstrous minions , including and his companions , and . While in the castle ’s catacombs , he is ensnared and captured by the Snake Women of Midwich . is then kidnapped by and brought to the Count . Using his vampiric powers , kills the Snake Women , rescues before she can be killed by , and escapes the castle . 
 In town , overhears a meeting between and a messenger from Count , who gives the former a candle with Time - Bewitching Incense , a substance powerful enough to weaken vampires and dhampirs . is taken hostage by , and comes to his rescue , cutting off ’s hand in the process and discovering that the candle is a fake . Meanwhile , Dr. , himself a vampire in league with Count , leads into a trap but is killed by when he begins requesting to share with the Count . then appears , using the real Time - Bewitching Incense to severely weaken , but is overpowered by and D. Afterwards , , who has by now fallen for , tries to convince him to live with her and embraces him . This starts to trigger 's vampire side , but , unwilling to bite her , he forces her away from him . 
 The next morning , is confronted and killed by , who uses the real candle to weaken D , allowing him to kill the vampire hunter with a wooden stake . and are then captured and taken back to the castle . tries to persuade her father not to allow a human into the family , but reveals that there is no harm in doing so , as ’s own mother was a human - making her a dhampir instead of a full - blooded vampire . also requests that the Count give him eternal life as a member of the Nobility , but he is coldly rebuffed . 
 As a mutant attempts to devour ’s body , his Left Hand revives him just in time for him to kill the monster . As the processional for the Count and ’ wedding takes place , , having escaped his cell , attempts to attack , but falls into a chasm before being saved by . In retaliation for not fulfilling his request , attempts to weaken the Count with the Time - Bewitching Incense . However , , who is too powerful to be weakened by the Incense , kills him . Before can be bitten by the Count , appears and engages in a climactic battle with , and succeeds in stabbing the Noble with his sword . A weakened attempts to influence into killing , but she is broken out of the trance by , who arrives with . then uses his powers to enact the destruction of the castle , and it is implied , because of these powers and their resemblance to one another , that he is the son of Count , the legendary Ancestral God of Vampires . He then tries to persuade into living as a human , but she chooses to die as a member of the Nobility with her father . 
 , and escape the collapsing castle . The dhampir then sets off under a now clear blue sky . The bid goodbye as he looks back briefly to them and smiles .

In July 1988 , a massive explosion annihilates Tokyo , triggering a thermonuclear war , World War III . Many years later , Neo - Tokyo rises from the ashes of Tokyo , but has been plagued by numerous crime waves and government corruptions . One night , during anti - government protests , a biker named leads his vigilante bōsōzoku gang , the Capsules , on a hunt for their rivals , the Clowns . During this mission , one of the Capsules , , accidentally crashes his motorcycle into , a psychic esper who has been abducted from a secret government facility by a resistance organization . Japan Self - Defense Forces ( JSDF ) Colonel , accompanied by another esper , , returns to the facility and captures for experimentation . Later , as and his gang are interviewed by the police , he spots , an activist belonging to the resistance movement , and tricks the authorities into releasing her , taking an interest in her . 
 and Doctor discover that possesses powerful psychic abilities similar to , the esper responsible for Tokyo 's destruction . Meanwhile , 's fellow esper , , reveals Neo - Tokyo 's impending destruction to , who considers executing as Neo - Tokyo 's parliament dismisses his concerns and request for funding . Escaping from the hospital , steals 's motorcycle accompanied by his girlfriend , , but the Clowns ambush them before the Capsules intervene . As the Capsules were apprehending them , suddenly begins to suffer violent headaches and hallucinations during the attack , and is again captured by Shikishima and hospitalized . Seeking answers about what has happened to his friend , rescues and joins the rebels after overhearing their plan to abduct . At the hospital , the espers unsuccessfully attempt to confront , and he battles them with his newfound psychokinetic powers , slaughtering a number of armed guards in his wake . , , and converge on the espers ' quarters to confront , as his powers grow more unstable and his egomania escalates . He overpowers them and escapes after learning from that he can gain help from , located in cryonic storage beneath the Olympic Stadium 's construction site . 
 Using as a medium , helps her and escape , while stages a coup d'état against the corrupt parliament and declares a manhunt for , who later ambushes two of the Capsules , ( whom he kills ) and . travels through Neo - Tokyo , wiping out 's forces , and eventually arriving at 's cryogenic storage dewar in the stadium . has fight , but he easily overpowers her and exhumes 's remains : dissected and preserved for future studies . Using a laser rifle , confronts in a duel ; meanwhile , fires an orbital weapon at him , but succeeds only in severing his right arm . After destroys the satellite in return , he psychically builds a prosthetic arm as a replacement . 
 and separately approach the stadium , where is in immense pain . offers the espers ' drugs to control his abilities , while attempts to restrain . However , arrives and duels with yet again . Losing control of his powers , mutates into a gigantic , amorphous mass , consuming his surroundings . As the mass continues to grow , engulfing and killing , the espers eventually awaken . After reuniting with his friends , creates a singularity that draws and into another dimension . The espers teleport to a safe distance as the singularity expands , destroying Neo - Tokyo completely in a repeat of Tokyo 's prior destruction . The espers agree to combine their powers to rescue , knowing they will not be able to return to this dimension . 
 In the singularity , experiences 's and the espers ' childhood , seeing how much trusted and how the children were trained and altered before Tokyo 's destruction . The espers appear and return to his world , informing him that will take to safety and that is developing psychic powers . The singularity suddenly disappears and water from Tokyo Bay floods the city 's remains . In the aftermath , discovers that and have survived , and they drive off into the ruins , while watches the sun rise over the new landscape . Finally in control of his powers , triggers a big bang to create an alternate universe .

964 is a memory - wiped sex slave cyborg who is thrown out by his owners for failure to maintain an erection . It is unclear in what ways he has been modified beyond having no memory and being unable to communicate . He is discovered by , a homeless girl , while wandering aimlessly through the city . has also been memory - wiped , possibly by the same company that produced , but she is fully functional . spends her days drawing maps of the city , to aid other memory - wiped people . 
 takes home and tries to teach him to speak . After much effort he has a breakthrough and finally becomes aware of his situation . At this point his body erupts in an inexplicable metamorphosis and it becomes clear that his modifications were much more involved and esoteric than simple memory loss . also begins to transform , though in a much more subtle manner .

( ) is an emotionally repressed police detective with a mentally unstable wife . investigates a series of bizarre murders . Though each victim is killed in the same way , with a large " X " carved into their neck , the perpetrator is different each time . In every case the murderers are caught close to the scene of the crime , and although they readily confess to committing the crimes , they never have a substantial motive and can not explain what drove them to kill . 
 , together with a psychologist named ( ) , eventually determines that one man is the common thread among the murders , as each person he comes in contact with commits a killing shortly thereafter . The man , called ( ) , appears to have extreme short - term memory loss ; he seems constantly confused about what day it is , where he is , and what his name is . He claims to recall nothing of his past . The investigation comes to a block as possesses no memories of his past and constantly counters 's interrogation with evasive questions regarding 's identity . This drives nearly insane as he gradually loses his initial calmness . The futility of the case starts to affect 's psyche as he becomes more and more volatile , exploding into violent fits of anger from time to time . 
 After catches , he searches the man 's apartment and discovers that used to be a student of psychology who studied mesmerism and hypnosis . comes to realize that has no memory problems , and that he is instead a master of hypnosis , capable of planting criminal suggestions in strangers ' minds by exposing them to repetitive sounds , the motion of water , or the flame of a lighter . also finds a videotape of a mysterious man , speculated to be the originator of mesmerism , hypnotizing a woman by gesturing an " X " midair , and shows the video to at his house . After displaying the tape , is shown to have unconsciously drawn an X on his wall , and starts to experience hallucinations of menacingly cornering him . Several days later , the police discover 's body in his home , and conclude that he commits suicide . Meanwhile , is jailed and charged with incitement to murder . 
 also finds fascinating , possibly because he can not force to kill . does have visions of his wife ( ) dead , however , and the more he studies , the more feels that he might be losing his mind . He becomes more and more frustrated with his wife 's helplessness and even expresses murderous intent towards her at one point . His wife 's strange behavior and concerns about his own mental stability lead him to have her committed to a mental hospital . 
 When escapes , killing a policeman and a doctor in the process , tracks him to a deserted building in the wilderness and shoots him . The film ends ambiguously , in which a waitress suddenly draws out a knife , seemingly ready to kill her supervisor after talking to , and suggests that 's bizarre work is being carried out inadvertently by himself .

, the lead singer of the fictional J - pop idol group " CHAM ! " , decides to leave the group to become an actress , believing that the idol group life is a dead end job . Her first project is a crime drama series , Double Bind . Some of her fans are upset by her change in career , including a stalker known as " Me - Mania " . Shortly after leaving CHAM ! , receives an anonymous fax calling her a traitor . She also finds a website called " Mima 's Room " , which features public diary entries that seem to be written by her that discuss her life in great detail . She brings the site to the attention of her manager , ex - pop star , but is advised to ignore it . 
 On the set of Double Bind , succeeds in getting a larger part . However , the producers decide to cast her as a rape victim in a strip club . warns that it will damage her reputation , but accepts the part , wanting to be taken more seriously as an actress . The scene traumatizes ( as well as , who leaves the production control room crying ) . increasingly becomes unable to distinguish reality from her work in show business . 
 Several people involved in creating Double Bind , including the show 's writer and photographer , are found murdered . finds evidence that makes her a suspect in those murders , based on entries on the Mima 's Room website , and her increasing mental instability makes her doubt her own innocence . Meanwhile , is constantly shown standing amongst the Double Bind filming crew , and his obsessive home life is revealed when he is shown receiving emails from 's pop idol persona through the Mima 's Room website . It is at this point that reality starts breaking down for the viewer as well : in one scene , is revealed by a police psychiatrist to be the split personality delusion of a woman named , only for the Double Bind camera crew to yell " Cut " ; in another , Me - Mania finally confronts and attempts to rape , stopped only when knocks him unconscious with a hammer ; this too is hinted as being part of a Double Bind film shoot . finds backstage immediately afterward , and Me - Mania 's blood and body are not found on the now - empty set . 
 offers to drive home . Upon arriving , tries to place a call , but stops upon realizing that she is actually in a room decorated to resemble her own pop idol apartment at the beginning of the film . When encounters , however , her manager is wearing a replica of 's CHAM ! costume and fully believing , in a psychotic break , that she is herself . is in fact the false diarist of Mima 's Room , who believes she is the " real " . is angry that — who has been suffering from folie à deux throughout the film — has been ruining the " real Mima 's " reputation , and decides to save " 's " pristine pop idol image by murdering the original , who she believes is an imposter . manages to incapacitate in self - defense after a chase through the city despite being wounded herself , then saves from an oncoming truck . Severely wounded and fully delirious , mistakes the truck 's headlights for stage lights . Both parties collapse as the truck 's occupants call for an ambulance . 
 , now an accomplished actress , shows up at a mental institution to visit , who , believing the flowers leaves for her as from her adoring fans , seems to now permanently exist in her " " delusion . As leaves , she overhears the nursing staff believing that she is a imposter , as she would have no reason to visit an institution . enters her car and , looking into the rear view mirror , declares " I 'm the real thing " and smiles .

The Pokémon of , , and are sent to spend a day at a theme park built for Pokémon . , Togepi , Bulbasaur , and Squirtle cross paths with a group of bullies consisting of a Raichu , Cubone , Marill , and a Snubbull . The two groups compete against each other in sports , but it leads to ’s Charizard getting its head stuck in a pipe . , his friends , and the bullies work together and successfully free Charizard and rebuild the park , spending the rest of the day playing before parting ways when their trainers return . 
 Scientist Dr. is hired by , leader of Team Rocket , to utilize his expertise in cloning in order to create a living weapon based on an eyelash from legendary Pokémon Mew . is revealed to be allying with as a means to fund his side project : the resurrection of his deceased daughter . In a laboratory , the weapon eventually gains sentience and is named Mewtwo . befriends the salvaged consciousness of , named , as well as the clones of other Pokemon in the laboratory . However , is left deeply traumatized after and the rest of the clones decompose and die . In order to stabilize him , tranquilizes , causing him to forget the time he spent with his friends . 
 After fully matures and awakens from a long slumber in a laboratory on New Island , he learns of his origin as 's clone from Dr. . Infuriated that and his colleagues see him as nothing more than an experiment , he unleashes his psychic powers and destroys the laboratory . , witnessing the carnage afar , approaches and convinces to work with him to hone his powers . However , after learns of his purpose to be a weapon for 's benefit , he escapes back to New Island where he plots revenge against humanity . 
 After rebuilds the laboratory and establishes base there , he invites several trainers with hologram messages to battle the world 's greatest Pokémon trainer at New Island . , , and receive a message and accept the invitation , but when they arrive at the port city , Old Shore Wharf , creates a storm , causing the boats on the wharf to be closed off for safety . As a result , 's group are picked up by Team Rocket disguised as Vikings on a boat . After the storm sinks their vessel in the middle of the ocean , and his friends use their Pokémon instead to reach New Island . 
 Escorted into the island 's palace by the woman who appeared on the hologram , and the other trainers who were able to reach the island encounter . The woman is revealed to be a brainwashed Nurse Joy after she is released from 's mind control . After describing his plot to use the storm to wipe out humanity and Pokémon loyal to humans , challenges the trainers using cloned Pokémon coincidentally modeled after the deceased friends from his childhood . Meanwhile , Team Rocket also reach New Island and explore its inner sanctum with a Mew innocuously following them . After 's clones effortlessly defeat the challengers ' Pokémon , he confiscates them and expands his clone army . chases after his captured down the cloning lab , where Team Rocket 's is also cloned . destroys the cloning machine , frees the captured Pokémon , and leads them to confront and his clones . then reveals itself and challenges it in order to prove his superiority . 
 All of the Pokémon originals battle their clones save for a defiant and , who makes peace with his own clone after realizing the senselessness of their fighting . Horrified at the pain and anguish felt on both sides of the battle , puts himself in between a psychic blast caused by and 's fighting , leading to to become petrified . tries to revive with its electricity but fails . However , the tears of the Pokémon , as per a legend mentioned earlier in the movie , are able to heal and revive . Moved by 's sacrifice , realizes that he should not have to be judged by his origins but rather his choices in life . Departing with and the clones , turns back time to just before the trainers leave Old Shore Wharf , and erases everyone 's memories of the event . 
 Back in Old Shore Wharf , the now - restored Nurse Joy has returned to reopen the Pokémon Center to shelter the trainers . The storm outside clears up , spotting flying through the clouds and tells his friends of how he saw another legendary Pokémon the day he left Pallet Town . Meanwhile , Team Rocket find themselves stranded on New Island but enjoy their time there .

The film comes accompanied by a short mini - movie featuring . In this mini - movie , and his friends are left on a skyscraper in Big City by their trainers , who go off to prepare an unknown surprise for the Pokémon . meets the Pichu Brothers , saving the younger one from falling off an opposite building . A group of Murkrow chase off a flagpole , and he uses a group of Hoppip to reach the other side , sending who is window - cleaning , flying into a billboard . The Pichu Bros. assist to return to his friends but they end up going on a journey across the city to the Pichu Bros ' playground . On the way , they get chased by a who they later encounter again . The angry chases the three around until he nearly knocks the playground over . , , and their assortment of friends manage to save the playground . realizes it is nearly six o'clock and he must return to his friends before , his trainer , does . and the Pichu Bros. use a tire to get to the building , sending flying again . The three arrive in the nick of time , the Pichu Brothers departing . , and arrive and take the Pokémon into a room where a party has been laid out for them in celebration of the first anniversary of and 's meeting . 
 The feature film focuses on the beautiful town of Greenfield . A resident of the town , the research scientist Professor , conducts research on the elusive Unown . He and his assistant , , discover a site of ruins , but is sucked into the dimension of the Unown . 
 His disappearance leaves his young daughter alone , her mother having disappeared previously . finds a box of tablets containing Unown images and begins assembling the letters , which summons the Unown themselves . The Unown use their powers to make 's wishes come true , transforming her manor house into a crystal - like palace which spreads across the town and cuts her off from the world . is created to represent 's father . Various people come to help sort out the Unown , including Professor and ( 's mother ) . 
 Meanwhile , and his friends meet and befriend a trainer named . They come into Greenfield in the process and agree to join in the rescue mission to save young . However , kidnaps , following 's request for a mother as well . 's powers hypnotize into thinking she is 's mother . , , and their Pokémon head out to the mansion to save , communicating with Professor and thanks to a PokéGear device given to them by . Team Rocket try to investigate the mansion , only to be blasted out of the air by into the depths of the mansion . watches 's Bulbasaur and Chikorita in action through a television and falls asleep , imagining herself being a Pokémon Trainer . Seeing on TV , snaps out of her trance , which is not noticed by , who then creates a dream version of as an adult and takes her to battle the three . first fights , but 's dreamed - up Pokémon are stronger than his ; then has a more friendly fight against in an underwater battle , but the winner is not shown . 
 manages to locate and , but refuses to leave with him and the mansion transforms . refuses to allow to leave with his mother , and fights his Pokémon . defeats Totodile and Cyndaquil with ease , and battles Pikachu . He then blasts and off a cliff , but they are saved by the arrival of 's Charizard . , with on his back , battles until he is knocked out of the sky . nearly kills until commands him to stop and begs that no more fighting happens , which manages to stop . and his friends convince to leave with them , revealing he was created by the Unown to be her father . 
 The Unown suddenly lose control of their powers and start to seal the group in the mansion . , , , , , , and escape down to the hall where the Unown are . and attempt to break the forcefield protecting the Unown , but they are unsuccessful — until they are joined by , combining their powers to destroy the shield with 's support . sacrifices himself and the Unown return to their dimension , reversing all of their effects on the world and returning Professor to the ruins where he originally vanished . 
 The group ventures outside , where Professor , , and others meet them . Team Rocket hides in the mansion upon seeing all of the police outside and declare that they will always have another opportunity to catch Pokémon . In the end credits , and depart from 's company ; is seen with her own and reunites with her father — and later , with her long - lost mother .

Unknown to the world , there are 666 portals on Earth that connect this world to the other side which are concealed from human beings.[5 ] However , there are some who are aware of their existence and are willing to locate and open the gates of the portals to obtain the power of darkness for their own use . Somewhere in Japan , there exists the 444th portal known as The Forest of Resurrection . 
 In 10th century Japan , a lone samurai fends off a horde of zombie - like samurai creatures . Though successfully vanquishing the zombies , the samurai is confronted by a mysterious priest and his league of warriors . In an attempt to take out the mysterious priest , the lone samurai charges full scale but is easily killed and defeated . However , before dying , the lone samurai spots an ally behind him , who arrives too late to save him . 
 In present - day Japan , two prisoners escape through a forest and meet up with a gang of Yakuzas . When Prisoner ( ) sees a girl ( ) that the gang kidnapped , he immediately becomes suspicious of what they plan to do with her . After a heated argument , Prisoner kills one of the Yakuza members who immediately comes back to life as a zombie . The zombies are killed and Prisoner escapes back into the forest with The Girl . The Yakuza decide to disobey their orders to wait for their leader and pursue Prisoner and The Girl . 
 Prisoner and The Girl come across a man crucified upon a tree . Prisoner steals the dead man 's clothes and is confronted by one of the Yakuza . They engage in hand - to - hand combat while the other Yakuza begin facing problems of their own . The corpses of all the men they have killed and buried in the forest resurrect and attack them . Prisoner KSC2 - 303 and the other Yakuza abandon their fight to battle the zombies . 
 With the horde of zombies growing , the Yakuza call upon three assassins to aid them in their mission . The Yakuza leader , ( , finally arrives and confronts them , angry that they lost Prisoner KSC2 - 303 and The Girl . The Yakuza and Assassins take the upper hand and kill him first . But The Man easily jumps back to his feet and turns the Assassins and Yakuza into his own minions . Two of the Assassins escape and find Prisoner KSC2 - 303 . One is defeated by The Girl with a log , and the other is confronted by The Man and killed . 
 Prisoner KSC2 - 303 attempts to force The Girl to tell him what is going on , believing that she has been hiding secrets from him the whole time . Before explaining thoroughly , The Man finds Prisoner KSC2 - 303 and The Girl . The Man begins explaining to Prisoner that they are reincarnations of past lives . The Man plans to use The Girl as a sacrifice to open the portal hidden in The Forest of Resurrection and obtain the power of darkness . Unable to accept his explanations , Prisoner KSC2 - 303 attempts to kill The Man but is killed himself instead . 
 The Girl manages to reach Prisoner KSC2 - 303 's body and feeds him a part of her blood before being taken by The Man 's minions . During his unconscious state , Prisoner experiences a flashback of his past life in the 10th century ; he is the ally that was too late to save the lone samurai in the opening scene of the movie . He and The Girl ( who is revealed to be a princess ) are confronted by the mysterious priest ( who turns out to be ) and his gang . Outnumbered and facing long odds , Pre - Prisoner reluctantly kills The Girl to stop The Man from obtaining the power of darkness . Enraged , The Man viciously kills Pre - Prisoner . Prisoner is awakened in the present with the truth fully revealed to him . 
 The following morning , Prisoner confronts The Man and his minions for a final showdown . Prisoner takes on the minions first and wins , leaving only The Man left . Prisoner decapitates The Man and rescues The Girl , and both make their escape from The Forest of Resurrection . 
 99 years later , Earth lies in ruin . The reincarnation of The Man travels through the remains of a city , and eventually confronts Prisoner and the reincarnated versions of The Man 's gang ( who now work for KSC2 - 303 ) . The Girl , held against her will , tells The Man that she should have been on his side 99 years earlier . With nothing left to destroy in this world , Prisoner asks The Man to take him to the Other Side . The Man and Prisoner KSC2 - 303 charge at each other and engage in battle one more time .

Humans and robots coexist in the futuristic city of Metropolis , although robots are discriminated against and segregated to the city 's lower levels . A lot of Metropolis ' human population are unemployed and deprived , and many people blame the robots for taking their jobs . 
 , the unofficial ruler of Metropolis , has overseen the construction of a massive skyscraper called the Ziggurat , which he claims will allow mankind to extend its power across the planet . A wayward robot disrupts the Ziggurat 's opening ceremony , only to be shot down by , adopted son and the head of the Marduk Party , a vigilante group whose aim is to promote anti - robot sentiments . Private detective and his nephew travel to Metropolis to arrest Dr. , a mad scientist wanted for organ trafficking . Unknown to , has hired to build an advanced robot modeled and named after 's deceased daughter . intends for Tima to function as a central control unit for a powerful secret weapon hidden in the Ziggurat . However , learns of 's existence and , not wanting a robot to overshadow , shoots and sets fire to his laboratory . 
 comes across the burning laboratory and discovers the dying , who gives his notebook . Meanwhile , finds the activated . The two fall into the sewers and are separated from . While searches for his nephew , and Tima search for a way back the street level . They grow close as teaches how to speak . Neither are aware she is a robot . The two are hunted relentlessly by and his subordinates , and encounter a group of unemployed human laborers who stage a revolution against . 
 The president and the mayor of Metropolis try to use the revolution to overthrow and gain control of Metropolis , but they are assassinated by the president 's top military commander , General , who has sided with . The duke then imposes martial law to suppress the revolution . In the aftermath of the failed revolt , reunites with , only to be wounded by , who reveals to be a robot . , however , is disowned by and stripped of his command of the Marduks for attempting to kill . Duke takes away to the Ziggurat . 
 Still determined to dispose of and regain his father 's affection , kidnaps and deactivates , who is now confused about her identity . rescues her and , after following instructions from 's notebook , reactivates . The two discover is being held in the Ziggurat , but are then captured by Duke Red and the Marduks on their way to save him . Brought to the top of the Ziggurat , confronts about whether she is a human or robot . tells her she is a " superhuman " and destined to rule the world from her throne . Disguised as a maid , then shoots , exposing her circuitry . 
 The sudden shock of realizing she is a robot causes to go insane . She proceeds to sit on the throne , where she orders a biological and nuclear attack on humanity . While the others flee , tries to reason with . Robots drawn by 's command attack . Not wanting his father to die at the hands of " filthy robots " , kills himself and Duke Red in a massive explosion . As the Ziggurat starts to collapse around them , finally reaches and separates her from the throne . Seemingly lost , tries to kill , but falls off the tower in the struggle . Out of love for her , tries to save and pull her up using one of the cables still grafted to her . As the cable begins to fray , remembers the time taught her language and asks , " Who am I ? " , before she loses her grip and falls to her presumed death . The Ziggurat collapses , destroying a large part of Metropolis . 
 In the aftermath , searches the ruins and discovers a group of robots have salvaged some of Tima 's parts in an effort to rebuild her . While and many other human survivors are evacuated , chooses to remain behind ; he eventually rebuilds Tima and opens a robot workshop . 
 In 's original manga , the story revolves around a humanoid named , who has the ability to fly and change gender . is pursued by Duke and his " Red Party " who intend to use for destructive purposes . However , and his nephew find after her creator , Dr. , is killed and protect her as they search for her parents . Unlike 's desire to be human , the cause for 's destructive rampage in the manga 's climax is the revelation that , as a robot , she does not have parents . 
 However , this cinematic adaptation of 's story integrates far more elements from the film Metropolis.[5 ] When making the original Metropolis manga , said that the only real inspiration he got from Metropolis was a still image from the movie where a female robot was being born.[6 ] In addition to adopting set designs of the original film , this version has more emphasis on a strong and pervasive theme of class struggle in a dystopian , plutocratic society and expands it to examine the relationship of robots with their human masters . ( This relationship was explored by in great detail with his popular series Astro Boy . ) The anime adaptation also removes many of the more fanciful elements out of 's manga , such as a flying , gender swapping humanoid . Here , is replaced by " " , who is permanently female and can not fly . In this version is an assistant to his uncle , and he forms a very strong friendship with even though neither know she 's a robot . and seem to care for each other deeply , as seen when is worried about when he 's unconscious . even goes so far as to remove from the throne in an effort to save her and not allow her to become a weapon of evil . was taught language by and that she was someone unique . She also considered him her only family because he was kind to her and protected her ; it seems that she loved very much . It can be assumed that fell in love with , shown in many scenes when he blushes when he sees her writing his name so she would n't forget him . did n't seem to care if was robot or not , showing that he was willing to rescue her because of how much he cared for . only remembered when he tried to save her because of everything he taught her . 's relationship with ends , however , when accepts her identity as a robot over that of a female human , triggering a robot revolution.[7 ] 
 Also , Duke Red is shown to be a cruel and evil man both as a leader and father ; it is shown many times that he does not care about or consider him his son even though he adopted him ; the character is also a deviation from the manga.[8 ] He only sees as a weapon to destroy humanity and even considers and inferior to him and anyone who is loyal to him . While his real daughter died and was also named , he only rebuilt her humanoid self just to use her , and has no regard or affection for what she needs and ignores her questions about her being human or not , showing that he does not care if feels emotions or not . 
 The movie 's Ziggurat is a combination of the New Tower of Babel from 's original film and the Cathedral from the manga.[9 ] 
 The Shinto religion has a very abstract delineation between the animate and inanimate . Shinto kami can be spirits , humans , objects , or in this case , robots . Therefore , robots are viewed with a favorable view both in the manga and in the movie , but especially in the movie , where there is a nearly equal amount of robot and human characters . Most humans , like and , tend to be sympathetic to robots , causing the Marduks and their hostile attitude toward robots to be viewed as antagonistic by the audience.[8 ]

As in the manga , the old master is tasked by the Tokugawa shogunate to raise a band of assassins . Their task is to finish off three allies : , and , to prevent an outbreak of the new civil war . 
 is discovered as a little girl kneeling without visible emotion next to the body of her dead mother by and his entourage of young students . She is then raised by him in the martial skills of sword fighting and the art of assassination . and her classmates , now at young adult age , are constantly being told about a " mission " they must accomplish , though they have no idea what this mission is yet . Prior to setting out on their mission , their master orders his students to " pair up " with each other 's best friend and proceed to kill each other , thus out of ten students only five will remain to proceed with the mission : pairs with and is forced to kill . More questions and internal conflicts begin to arise amongst and her comrades as it seems their mission even prevents them from saving a village of mostly women and children from being massacred at the hands of a group of bandits , as they need to keep a low profile in order to achieve their primary mission . 
 The first leg in their mission , assassinating , goes well . Upon hearing about 's death , tasks his general with his safety . assesses the threat with a convoy containing a body double of , in which his company fails to keep the double alive . The group of young assassins is given leave to see a small traveling circus troupe , where falls in love with , one of the troupe 's actresses . After his assessment , enlists help from three rogueish brothers who , eventually confuse 's circus troupe for the assassins , slaughtering them all until , , and arrive . By the time the three dispatch the rogues , only is left alive . then sends his monkey - like henchman to make a deal with the insidious and narcissistic mercenary named , previously imprisoned and under constant guard . promises that should he successfully kill the assassins , his past crimes will be forgotten . agrees and quickly gets to work hunting down the five assassins , with as his guide . 's bloodlust , much to the chagrin of , is such that he often kills allies in battle along with his enemy . 
 As walks his beloved back to the main road after saving her from the three brothers , he is confronted by and , and a battle between the assassin and the mercenary ensues . During the battle , uses psychological warfare in addition to swordplay as he explains to a frightened that his sword does not contain a hand - guard since he has never had to defend another 's blow . As lays bleeding and defeated , forces to watch him toy with the dying boy . , uncomfortable with this lack of respect for another warrior , finishes off as an act of mercy , and gives leave to bury him . soon finds by 's body , and manages to convince her that the violent lifestyle must be left behind . Together they begin a journey over the mountains and out of the valley to go and live in peace with 's kin in Tangou . socializes during the journey , dressing her in a kimono and adorning her with make - up , perfume and hair treatment . Just as they begin to get comfortable during their journey , a band of brigands finds them as they sleep , and attempts to gang rape the young women . , who has not slept beside her sword as her training normally dictated , is caught off guard , but eventually steals the sword of a would - be captor , killing all of the brigands and saving . The experience leaves understanding that she must obey her training , and complete her mission . She sets off to find her master and comrades , and tells that she will meet her later , in Tangou . 
 Meanwhile , the master , and attempt to strike another target . The plan is foiled when it is revealed that the enemy has sprung a trap , reinforcing his samurai with common mercenaries . The master is captured and placed on a cross in anticipation of 's arrival . She finds 's compound and starts her attack by turning some cannon on the area . She then proceeds through the compound , wreaking havoc enough to attract and impress , who decides to warm up by attacking the common mercenaries while and escape to sea . The mercenaries then attack 's men , and 's task is made easier by the infighting . A final battle takes place between and , where he claims he is forced to defend for the first time . Upon 's defeat , releases her dying master from the cross and he uses his last breath to tell her to abandon their mission and go live her life . 
 Later , and are on their boat , congratulating each other about overcoming the assassin threat and plotting their next move against . appears as if from nowhere , and finishes the warlord in one blow , diving into the sea immediately afterwards . is stricken with disbelief and frustration and lashes out at his men . then returns to the scene of her epic battle with to find that had indeed survived and has just made his way out from the rubble he was buried under during the battle . The two resolve that , having killed and , they will complete their mission , and pursue .

Several years earlier , murdered his wife after discovering she was in love with another man , also murdering the family cat and possibly his son . The murders created a curse that revived the family as onryō , with ’s ghost murdering . Whoever enters the house in Nerima , Tokyo , is eventually consumed by the curse and it spreads to the place they die in , consuming anyone in turn who goes there . 
 The latest owners of the house are the family , consisting of businessman , his wife , and his ill mother . is quickly consumed by the curse , and is emotionally affected by ’s personality before dying too . ’s sister also dies . Social worker is sent by her boss to care for . She discovers , and witnesses being killed by ’s ghost , causing her to faint . 
 finds and contacts the police . Detectives and discover and ’s bodies in the attic , and later learn of ’s disappearance and the death of a security guard at her workplace . ’s body is discovered , and is haunted by the ghosts . Upon researching the history of the house and the murders , and contact a retired detective named , who is afraid of revisiting the case . goes to burn the house down but hears a group of teenage girls upstairs . One flees while the others are consumed . appears , chasing away but killing and . 
 dies at some point , leaving his daughter behind . As a teenager , went to the house with her friends but fled while her friends were killed by ; this was the event witnessed in the past . 
 is wrought with guilt for abandoning her friends and becomes increasingly paranoid and unstable . Two of her other friends visit discover and her dead friends have their eyes blackened out in photos . encounters a vision of her dead father , then discovers the ghosts of her friends watching her . She is cornered by her dead friends , only for to appear and drag her into damnation . 
 Several years later , has moved on with her life . Her friend , an elementary school teacher , pays a visit to , who is registered as her student but has never shown up for class . races to save her but is too late . ’s ghost comes after her , and witnesses briefly take on her appearance . She realizes that she is doomed to play out the curse and the same fate as . ’s ghost then kills her . 
 In the deserted Tokyo streets , many missing persons posters lying on the ground . ’s corpse lies in the house ’s attic , only to spring to life with a death rattle .

One Christmas Eve three people , a middle - aged alcoholic named , a trans woman and former drag queen , and a dependent runaway girl , discover an abandoned newborn while looking through the garbage . Deposited with the unnamed baby is a note asking the finder to take good care of her and a bag containing clues to the parents ' identity . The trio sets out to find the baby 's parents . The baby is named ( 清子 ) , based on the Japanese translation of Silent Night literally meaning " pure child " , as she is found on Christmas Eve . 
 Outside a cemetery , the group encounters a high - ranking yakuza trapped under his car . The man happens to know the owner of the club 's mother used to work in ; his daughter is getting married to the club owner that day . At the wedding , the groom tells them that the baby 's mother is a former bar girl named . He gives them 's address , but the party is interrupted when a maid , revealed to be a Latin American hit man in disguise , attempts to shoot the bride 's father . The hit man kidnaps and the baby and takes them back to his home . There , befriends the hit man 's wife and shows her some pictures of her family . 
 searches for and while takes care of an old homeless man who is dying in the street . After giving a little red bag , the old man peacefully passes away . Some teenagers show up and beat and the dead old man . Meanwhile , finds the girls and they go off to find a place to stay . 
 They go to 's former club . , who was rescued by another member of the club , is also there . The trio sets out to find 's house . They 're informed of the unhappy relationship between and her husband . The group rests at a store until they are told to leave by the clerk . collapses , and and take her to the hospital . At the hospital , finds his daughter , working as a nurse . berates in front of his daughter and storms out of the hospital . follows with . 
 and find about to jump off a bridge . insists that her husband got rid of the baby without her knowledge , and they return it to her . Meanwhile , finds 's husband , who reveals that is actually a baby that stole from the hospital . They chase after and the baby . After an intense car chase , follows to the top of a building . reveals she became pregnant in hopes it would bring her closer to her husband . When the baby was stillborn , she decided to kidnap from the hospital , thinking , in her grief , the baby was hers . tries to jump off the building , but her husband comes out of his apartment ( just across the street ) and begs her to start over with him . jumps off nevertheless and catches her but accidentally drops the baby off of the building . jumps after , catches the baby and lands safely due to a miraculous gust of wind . 
 , , and are taken to the hospital . hands his cigarettes and drops the old man 's small red bag on the floor , revealing a winning lottery ticket . 's real parents want to ask the trio to become her godparents . When a police inspector introduces them to the trio , the inspector is revealed to be 's father .

A fifty - year war between the Eastern Federation and Europa ends , with the Federation taking control of the Eurasian continent . A resistance movement rises in Zone 7 and the Federation mobilizes its military . However , the war and heavy industry have exhausted the Federation and polluted the environment . 
 Dr. presents his discovery of Neo Cells , human cells that , in theory , can be converted to regenerate human tissue . The Neo Cells are only found in the genome of " a primitive ethnic group . " He states that he can develop the Neo Cells for human use , but is quickly denounced . But , from Nikko Hairal Inc. , offers Dr. sponsorship . is persuaded when insinuates that accepting will also help Dr. cure his wife , . 
 A photo shoot at the Azuma Residence follows , commemorating 's ( 's son ) engagement to . They argue about joining the military . One year later , is deployed to Eurasia Zone 7 . He kills civilians , and is killed by a booby trap . 
 invites 's father , Dr. , to his lab . They are rivals , since 's cell research makes 's armor research redundant . However , although organs have been grown from the Neo Cells , they are not usable . Meanwhile , , now almost blind , is visited by 's ghost . Shortly after she is told of his death . His body is sent to 's lab . 
 's ghost sees the body . A lightning bolt strikes the facility and stimulates the Neo Cells , causing the limbs and organs to restructure into humans . calls for the military to kill them . But a few escape and encounter in her car , which they hijack . 
 carries 's body into his lab . is resurrected , but his condition is unstable , and he is brought to 's residence . puts him in prototype battle armor . 
 The Neo humans travel to Zone 7 , sheltering in a derelict castle , where they discover a robot army . Calling themselves " Neo - Sapiens , " they vow revenge and reactivate the robots to wage war upon humanity . 
 's residence is attacked and is awakened . He kills a female Neo - Sapien , , but can not save . He escapes with but is confronted by a robot battalion . After eliminating them , battles the leader , , only to lose consciousness . When he comes to , he and go to Zone Seven , but the route is contaminated , and falls ill . 
 is found in the forest by a doctor and led to a nearby village in Zone Seven , where the doctor treats . It is revealed the people of Zone Seven are n't terrorists at all , but have been slaughtered for decades because of the government 's discriminatory policies . The doctor , in conversation , informs of a local legend of a protective deity named " Casshern"-a deity whose statue makes numerous appearances in the movie . fights as the village comes under attack by the military and Neo - sapiens , and it is here that he first refers to himself as . While both suffer injuries in the fight , is the victor and is killed . Fighting has caused to lose , who escaped with a Neo - sapien and eventually found her way to a train full of captured villagers from Zone Seven . Here , and the Neo - sapien are confronted by a bereaved scientist who blames the Neo - Sapiens for the loss of his daughter . is rescued by Dr. , but the Neo - Sapien is injured . 
 A coup d'état takes place and General 's son takes over , while in the laboratory reveals that Neo Cells are not what they seem . The Neo Cells were acquired from the slaughtered " original humans " of Zone Seven for the purposes of prolonging General and his cohorts ' lives , and the Neo Cell culture did not in fact create the Neo - Sapiens . It simply rejoined the body parts that were harvested from the victims of Zone Seven after being struck by the stone lightning bolt . Even though Dr. had been spearheading the macabre experiments , he is unable to explain what has happened . As they talk , the stone lightning bolt crumbles and appears to fall from the sky into the laboratory , which is now in ruins . 
 arrives with an airship and abducts , and the dying Neo - Sapien , leaving a now fatally wounded , Dr. and General 's son alone . gives his reasons for hating humanity , and finds his mother , but she 's apparently dead . launches a giant machine that appears to be set to self - destruct , which slaughters countless soldiers . uses all his strength to stop the machine , although it still detonates , albeit away from any urban or heavily populated area . 
 In the finale , the General 's son kills with a grenade after revealing he was human all along , and it is learned that , during his military service , slaughtered 's family . stops his father from resurrecting his mother , so Dr. retaliates by shooting in the head . is revived by the blood of , only after kills his father . The souls of the dead come onto as he and embrace each other . rips out 's containment suit and a pillar of light fires through space and crashing down onto another planet . The film ends with a montage of the characters in happier times .

is a 20 - year - old loser with dreams of becoming a comic book artist . One late evening he runs into his childhood crush , , on the subway . She tells she is due to marry . has flashbacks of exchanging love letters and messages with and ends up declaring that he has always loved ( but in an insincere fashion ) , which brushes off . 
 They go to her father 's yakitori restaurant , and see 's father and her elder sister ( who runs the restaurant ) . also meets 's fiancee , . Two yakuza gangsters enter , and a senior yakuza whom calls ( lit . brother . A term used by Yakuza to refer to each other ) . They are looking for 's father , who seduced and stole 's girlfriend , and now hides cowering behind a corner . It is later revealed through flashbacks that the senior yakuza is actually the first boyfriend of the girls ' mother , who was also seduced away by her husband during a disco in their youth . 
 As threatens with a gun , steps in and tries to punch , but instead gets knocked out . then prepares to rape , who calls out 's name . turns on , who is rolled in a ball , terrified , placing his pistol against 's anus . fires when finally musters the courage to yell , " I will hurt you ! " , thus killing him instantly . The senior , offended by 's lack of control , shoots him dead , and then nonchalantly orders dinner . 
 Meanwhile , is in some sort of limbo where he encounters a being whose physical image changes every fraction of a second , ( God ) . directs to walk into a red portal where he will disappear , but at the last moment runs for the opposite blue portal in order to return to life . - sama becomes impressed by 's sheer will to live , and so lets him escape . 
 returns to the moment just before pulled the trigger . This time , seizes 's gun with his buttocks , and shoots him dead . He , and all pile into the yakuza 's car , leaving the father and ( still unconscious ) behind . They speed off , followed by the massed yakuzas . The Yakuza boss rings ( calls ) using the yakuza 's car phone and reveals that was a player on the Japanese national soccer team . Then after further chase the boss has his men force the trio in to a dead end on a bridge . However , steers the car off the bridge and they are swallowed up by an enormous whale . 
 Inside the whale , they meet an old man who was formerly yakuza and has been trapped in the whale for more than 30 years . ( He is later shown through flashbacks to be the father of the senior Yakuza shown earlier ) . He shows them to the elaborate suspended house he has constructed over the ' sea ' inside the whale 's belly . attempts to escape the whale but he fails and they resign themselves to life inside the whale . practices dancing and art , practices swimming ( a dream she gave up when her breasts got bigger ) , practices writing and drawing humorous manga and he and finally become sexually intimate . 
 They attempt to leave the whale , again failing . And the old man reveals that the water level inside the whale is rising , and he believes the whale is probably dying . They concoct a plan to make a motor boat out using spare parts and fuel from the car they arrived in . On the day before the final match of the soccer World Cup , the whale returns to Osaka ( their home town ) and , , , as well as , manage to escape . 
 As the four fly through the air , the film returns to its very first scene , with running from the Yakuza , only this time she does not get her leg caught in the door of the train , and the Yakuza is left behind on the platform . This is followed by a lengthy montage , similar to that of the opening credits , showing the histories of the various characters . The movie ends ambiguously , with the phrase " This Story Has Never Ended " appearing before the credits roll .

It is 2010 . A failure as a 3rd grade teacher and a family man , lives with his cheating wife , his teenage daughter who dates older men , and his son who is bullied because of his father 's presence in the school . Escaping from everyday life , secretly dresses up nightly as " " , the title character from an unpopular 1970 's tokusatsu TV series he watched as a child before it was canceled after the seventh episode . As a result of meeting a wheelchair - using transfer student named , also a fan of , not only regains his love for teaching but also develops feelings for the boy 's mother . At the same time , a rash of strange crimes and murders have been occurring around the school at which teaches . On his way to 's house in his costume to give him a surprise , fights a crab - masked serial killer whom he defeats when he starts exhibiting actual superpowers . Confronting more criminals who are possessed by a strange slime - based alien force , learns that the Zebraman series was actually a cautionary prophecy of an actual alien invasion written by the school 's principal , revealed to be an alien who refused to go through with the invasion and attempted to keep his kind from getting out from below the school before they kill him off and attack in full fury . Though he knows how the show ends , defies his predestined fate as he is the only person who can stop the aliens from taking over the Earth . As a result , when the aliens emerge from the ground , the government informs the United States , which will perform an airstrike on the aliens . Realizing this , learns of his powers and defeats the aliens .

Within the Kanto region of Japan , , an intelligent yet somewhat disaffected Japanese college student stumbles across a mysterious dark - colored notebook , with the words " Death Note " marked on the cover , while returning home from his classes . The Death Note 's instructions claim that if a person 's name is written within while picturing that person 's face , that person will die . is initially skeptical of the Death Note 's authenticity , but after experimenting with it on a convicted criminal , he realizes it is real . After meeting with the previous owner of the Death Note , a Shinigami named , seeks to become " god of the new world " by passing his judgment on those he deems to be evil or who get in his way . He begins using the Death Note to kill scores of criminals around the world , becoming a world - famous and notorious serial killer known as " . " 
 As the killings continue , some in Japanese society come to see as a righteous figure . Interpol launches an investigation of the murders , but months pass without any fruitful lead . The case eventually attracts the attention of , a reclusive , enigmatic and world - renowned criminal profiler . Working with Interpol and the Japanese police force , manages to confront through a television broadcast and demonstrates his deductive skills , correctly surmising 's residence in the Kanto region and that he can " kill without lifting a finger . " The race begins between and to discover each other 's identity , and a game of cat and mouse ensues between the two geniuses . 
 After hacks into the police database to find information on acquitted criminals , realizes that is somehow related to the task force led by 's father . finds out that he is being followed by an FBI agent named and , through a series of events , kills him and his fellow agents . 's fiance , , takes it upon herself to uncover 's identity . Suspecting , she kidnaps his girlfriend and demands that he confess if he wants to save her . adamantly insists that he is not . When tries to escape , shoots her and commits suicide . dies in 's arms . 
 finds that had actually engineered 's death using the Death Note , as he had already found out her identity and written a scenario whereby would commit suicide after shooting . is confused that would deliberately put in danger , but reveals that he had written her name in the Death Note as well . Using these events to foster hatred for , asks to join his father 's task force . While is slightly reluctant , immediately grants his wish and it is hinted that he is still certain that is . 
 As a precursor to the second movie , , an actress , is chased down an alley by a man wielding a knife , intent on killing her . As she screams for help , the man dies of a heart attack just like 's victims . A second Death Note lands beside her .

In 2199 , after five years of attacks by an alien race known as Gamilas , the Earth Defense Force launches a counter - offensive near Mars . The fleet 's weapons are no match for the Gamilas , who easily wipe out much of the force . During the battle , EDF captain volunteers to use his damaged ship , the destroyer Yukikaze , as a shield to cover Captain 's ship , allowing his escape . 's ship is destroyed . 
 On Earth , 's brother is scavenging on the irradiated surface near the half - buried wreck of the battleship Yamato , when an object impacts near him and knocks him unconscious . He awakens to find an alien message capsule . also notices that the radiation has been reduced to safe levels around him . He is rescued by 's returning ship and it is discovered that the capsule contains engineering schematics for a new warp drive and coordinates for the planet from which it came ( Iskandar ) . After learning what happened at Mars , accuses of using his brother as a living shield and tries to hit him , but crew member violently stops him . 
 believes the hope for humanity lies within Iskandar . A request for volunteers for the mission is sent out , and - a former EDF pilot - decides to reenlist . Their last battleship , the long - dead Yamato , is rebuilt and enhanced with alien technology . Before the Yamato can launch , the Gamilas attack with a gigantic missile . Captain gives the order to fire the yet - untested Wave Motion Cannon , which successfully destroys the incoming missile . is reunited with his old fighter squad . , who joined the EDF years ago because of her admiration for , is bitter towards him . 
 The Yamato crew performs their first warp test and encounters more Gamilas ships . Since the Wave Motion Cannon is powered by the same reactor as the warp drive , the crew has to wait until the engine recharges before they can warp again . The Yamato destroys the alien capital ships , but the battle damages 's fighter . launches to rescue her and is sent to the brig for disobeying orders . , 's former squadmate , tells that left the service because he accidentally caused the death of his own parents and also nearly 's wife during a mission . 
 After warping out of the Milky Way , the Yamato crew finds a Gamilas fighter adrift and recovers it to study . At the same time , Captain goes into cardiac arrest and is revealed to be terminally ill . However , the alien pilot is still alive and possesses Commando Team Leader , in order to communicate . The alien calls himself and says the Gamilas are a race with a hive mind . stuns the possessed , but the alien apparently is destroyed . 
 Later , an ailing Captain makes the acting - captain . The crew discovers the captured Gamilas fighter contains a homing beacon , giving away their position . The Yamato fires its Wave Motion Cannon to destroy a Gamilas ship , but a stealth Gamilas spacecraft latches onto the ship 's occupied third bridge on the bottom of the hull . reluctantly orders , in her fighter , to blast the third bridge support away moments before it detonates , saving the Yamato but killing several crew . apologizes to for ordering her to doom their crewmates , and they have an intimate moment as the ship warps again . 
 The Yamato arrives at Iskandar , but is met by a large Gamilas fleet that sends a spacecraft to obstruct the muzzle of the Wave Motion Cannon . With their main weapon disabled , makes the dangerous choice to conduct a random warp and ends up at the opposite side of Iskandar . They are surprised to see that it is lifeless , and in fact strongly resembles Earth in its presently irradiated state . It is then discovered that Gamilas and Iskandar are the same planet . The crew thinks it is a trap , but urges them to go ahead . He leads an attack party to the planet 's surface against heavy Gamilas opposition . Much of the assault force is killed , and the remaining pilots stay behind to cover for , , and as they head for the coordinates . 
 Once they reach the coordinates , an alien possesses 's body and explains that the Gamilas and Iskandar are two aspects of the same race . The alien says their planet is dying and they saw Earth as the most suitable replacement , after first killing off humanity . did not agree with this and was imprisoned . Iskandar implants in the ability to clean the radiation from Earth . As she and return to the Yamato , and sacrifice themselves by destroying the Gamilas power source . The Yamato returns to Earth , where dies . The crew rejoices at their return home , but a surviving Gamilas ship ambushes them and severely damages the warship . now appears and says they no longer wish to invade the Earth ; however , since the majority of the Gamilas were killed , he intends to destroy the planet with his ship to avenge his race . orders the surviving crew to abandon ship before he pilots the Yamato on a kamikaze attack against 's ship . He fires the blocked Wave Motion Cannon , which destroys both spaceships . 
 The ending shows standing with a child , possibly 's son , on the Earth 's surface now restored to its original state .

wakes , the God of Destruction , from his long slumber and tells him that was defeated by a Saiyan . Thirty - nine years earlier , the Oracle Fish ( ( 予言魚 ) ) foretold that a mighty opponent would appear before , the Super Saiyan God . , with Whis , then tracks down the Saiyan warrior , who defeated . On planet , proceeds to challenge . Despite having powered up to Super Saiyan 3 , is ultimately overwhelmed and defeated in two strikes . Disappointed by the subsequent lack of challenge , departs in order to seek out more powerful adversaries on Earth . 
 ' arrival interrupts 's birthday party . , who already knew about , because of a warning from , casts his pride aside in order to put in a good mood . Meanwhile , , , and sneak into the party in order to steal the Dragon Balls , but are not recognized as they have been turned into children ; before the events of the film , they gathered all the Dragon Balls themselves and wished for youth , but made them a little too young . Discovering the three of them , mistakes for a monkey and fibs to that is his girlfriend , which leads to the trio being brought in front of the party - goers . When accidentally drops the Dragon Ball she stole , she takes hostage , but no one seems concerned . A drunk dares to shoot him ; he deflects the bullets with one finger , but one of them hits 's leg and another one hits ' forehead . heals and discovers that she is pregnant with 's child . has been hiding the fact to surprise later and they do not reveal it to the others yet . When asks Mr. for one or two of the puddings he has , eats all of them , angering the God of Destruction , who decides to destroy the Earth . , , , and attempt to fight , but are easily defeated . powers up and attacks , only to be taken down by a heavy kick . tries his hand at defeating , but he is also taken down . and fuse into Gotenks and attempt to fight but are quickly defeated as well . 
 becomes annoyed at the fighting ruining her birthday party , and yells at , before slapping him . When slaps her back , it sends into a fit of rage , becoming even stronger than ; however , he is still defeated . appears , having been watching 's fight and summons to ask what a Super Saiyan God is . A Super Saiyan God once appeared on planet to stop evil Saiyans , but failed because of the form 's time limit . The dragon also reveals that they need the power of six pure - hearted Saiyans for one of them to reach the Super Saiyan God form . transforms into a Super Saiyan God , a form far stronger than even the Super Saiyan 3 , thanks to the power of himself , , , , , and ( from inside her mother ) , fulfilling the prophecy once stated by the Oracle Fish . confronts again and they wage an intense battle in space , right above planet Earth . The form gives the power to resist , but he reverts to his regular Super Saiyan form due to its time limit . However , he learns the form 's godlike feeling , which allows him to use some amount of power against . The two seem to be equally strong , but eventually decides to use his strongest attack . stops the energy sphere , barely holding it back , but after and 's friends appear in 's mind , he is able to absorb the energy sphere and briefly transform into a Super Saiyan God once again . However , is overwhelmed with exhaustion , and at ' suggestion , finally admits defeat . recognizes 's effort and reveals that he was the second strongest person he had ever fought , after , who is also his martial arts master and is even stronger than he is . also learns from and that there are actually other universes with other Gods of Destruction . Back on Earth , decides to spare the planet and takes his leave with after bidding farewell to and his friends , who return to 's birthday party . It is revealed by that used only 70 % of his power while fighting .

( ) is a retired yakuza gangster who lives a quiet unassuming life with his salaryman son , ( ) . Still in contact with his former lieutenant , ( ) , maintains his short temper with their regular get - togethers . One day , the old gangster receives a call from an impostor pretending to be his son asking for ¥ 5 million . sees through the trick and learns from police detective ( ) that a member from the gang is responsible . Re - uniting his seven former henchmen to strike back , learns that they have all grown weak with their old age . The elderly yakuza members soon learn that they must overcome their weaknesses if they are to prove to be a match against the younger .

The police use serial killer to identify parasites among humans , as he has a special ability to detect them ; however , he is unable to correctly identify . A few months after the events of the previous film , continues to track down and kill the parasites who terrorize the human world for food , with help from Migi , the parasite that infects his right hand . He learns that he is being tracked by , a reporter hired by parasite . discovers the truth about , and plans to expose . tells that is a parasite , and urges him to stop getting involved for the sake of his safety . meanwhile , has given birth to her human son and slowly learns how to become a mother , growing furiously protective of her baby and killing her fellow parasites when they threaten him . 
 Despite 's warning , goes on to record his conversation with mayor , who secretly heads an organization composed of parasites . orders the parasites to kill , but they are only successful in killing his daughter . Swearing revenge , kidnaps 's son and calls her to a park so she can see him kill the baby . Despite and 's attempts to convince him otherwise , almost goes through with his plan , resulting in his death at 's hands . When then approaches , the police fatally shoot her . Instead of defending herself , protects her child , explaining to that she now knows what it is to be human . She hands her son over to before dying , reminding of his own mother . 
 At the same time , a secret service team evacuates the town hall upon discovering 's true alignment . They are able to kill nearly all of the parasites as well as himself , who turns out to be a human who supports parasites and distrusts humans . The remaining parasite , , turns out to be too powerful for the team , as his body contains five parasites . He massacres the team and begins his pursuit of . Cornered at a forest , sacrifices himself to allow to escape . 
 mourns and is comforted by his girlfriend , . The next morning , discovers that a part of is still in his right hand , thanks to his body being infected with 's cells in the previous film . He lures to a disposal facility and is able to fatally injure him . At first reluctant in killing him , ultimately decides that he wants to protect his loved ones , and finishes off . Back home , tells a dismayed that since the parasites have died down , he will now go into hibernation to achieve an evolution , presumably up to the point where the two will never see each other again , breaking 's heart . 
 A few years later , and visit the now toddler son of , who is named . Afterward , appears , kidnaps , and takes her to a roof . He states his belief that humans are the real monsters and asks for 's opinion , since he is certain that is a parasite . However , with 's encouragement , defies 's opinion and successfully saves with help from , who had momentarily awakened from his dormant state to help him .

The movie begins with a scene from the second years ' childhood , where is trying to jump over a puddle left from the rain , with cheering her on and watching from behind a tree . Despite failing multiple times and being asked by to give up and go home instead , she finally manages to soar over it in the end . 
 The story takes place after the events of the second season , where μ 's receives a notification that the organizers of Love Live ! intend to hold a third competition , aiming to hold it within Tokyo Dome this time . But in order to achieve that dream , they require more publicity in order to have it become a sell - out concert . Therefore , to spread the appeal of school idols to even more people , they have decided to send μ 's to America where a TV agency has offered to do a cover on them . Even though μ 's had already decided to disband , they agree to perform in order to help Love Live ! gather more support , as they are still school idols until the end of the month . 
 While preparing for the live and doing their training in New York City , μ 's continues to enjoy themselves as tourists as well , with the insert song " Hello , Hoshi o Kazoete " played at the end of the montage . During one of these times , however , gets separated from the rest of the group . Lost in a foreign land , she encounters a lone Japanese female singer performing on the streets , and is charmed by her beautiful voice singing As Times Go By . On the way back to the hotel , asks about her story , and realises that they were the same . The singer also used to perform music with her close friends , and ended up alone in New York after many encounters and partings . was led back to her hotel safely by the singer , but when she turned to introduce her to the rest of μ 's , the singer had already vanished . was left carrying the singer 's microphone set , with one question lingering in her head from their conversation : " What 's most important is , whose sake do you sing for ? " The first section of the movie concludes with them performing " Angelic Angel " in New York 's Times Square and Central Park . 
 After returning to Japan , μ 's had become tremendously popular , with the whole of Akihabara covered in their advertisements and goods . Since the video from New York was broadcast across Japan , the girls are now stars , needing to sneak around wearing disguises , with the insert song " ？ ←Heartbeat " playing . But with all the fans telling them that they want μ 's to continue forever , the girls ' hearts begin to waver regarding their decision to disband . They realise that they have to answer to their fans , and they have only two choices . To surpass the barrier of being only school idols and become actual idols , or to hold onto their original determination and halt activities upon the third years ' graduation . Principal also calls them to her office , informing them that she too wishes them to continue even if they have to reinvent themselves as something other than school idols . While is fretting over the decision at night , calls her out on a late night ride with A - Rise , and tells her about the possibility of lengthening μ 's career just like they themselves had , and introduce their management company to her . 
 Faced with the dilemma out in the middle of a rainstorm , hears a lone voice singing , and runs into the same singer she met before . Insisting that she needed to thank her , drags her back to her home , only to have her stop just outside , saying that that was good enough . The singer then asks if had found the answer to her question yet . After having close her eyes , the two of them are transported to a hill full of flowers , in front of a large lake . The singer then asks to jump over the lake , telling her that she definitely can fly whenever she wanted . proceeds to run down the hill and take the jump , reaffirming her love for the existence of school idols . also sends a message on behalf of the third years after they had discussed it , telling her their decision to stop activities . 
 wakes up the next morning and heads back to the rooftop , where everyone has come to the same decision . There , announces her final idea , to hold a concert to promote all school idols as their final contribution to the industry . She goes over to UTX High School where she pitches the idea to , who accepts it readily . Despite having sent emails to all school idols across the country , not many of them are accepting of it , which leads to decide that they need to meet them personally in order for their feelings to get through . " Future Style " plays after this sequence . 
 Using 's money for train fare , they head out in groups of three across the nation to convince school idols to join their endeavor . The massive crowd gathers in Akiba at the end , and begins preparing for the school idol festival to occur . and work together on the costumes , while and work on the song . On the final evening before the event , announces to everyone the news of μ 's disbandment , to everyone 's dismay . 
 The day of the festival finally arrives , and all of μ 's heads towards Akiba together . As decides to start a race there and μ 's begins running , is distracted by a single drifting petal , reminiscent of the flowers upon the hill in the illusionary world . She begins to run while doing pirouettes and spins along the way , feeling that just like before , she really can soar anytime she wanted now with the burden off her shoulders . When she gets to the site , all of μ 's is greeted by the sight of all of the school idols already there , dressed in costumes following a style similar to their own design . The massive crowd parts to give them a clear path to the stage , and the festival begins with the performance of " Sunny Day Song " , which is now the song for all school idols . 
 A new school year begins in Otonokizaka High School , with and shown as third years carrying on μ 's ' will and discussing their plans for the Idol Research Club . The pair give the welcoming speech to the freshmen , talking about how the school was saved by μ 's and talking about their final performance . Meanwhile , a reformed μ 's partakes in another Love Live preliminary . The movie concludes with " Bokutachi wa Hitotsu no Hikari " where μ 's is shown performing at Tokyo Dome , most likely at the third Love Live ! .

Nine - year - old ( 蓮 ) has recently lost his divorced mother . With no news of his father and refusing to live with his legal guardians , flees into the streets of Shibuya . steals some food and sleeps in an alley , reminiscing the aftermath of his mother 's funeral . 
 In the Beast Kingdom ( 渋天街 , jūtengai ) , the lord has decided he will retire in order to reincarnate as a deity and names two potential successors : the popular , who is also the father of two children , and the powerful ( 熊徹 ) , who is lonely and lazy . The Grandmaster ( 宗師 , Shūshi ) suggests that find a disciple in hopes of inspiring him to succeed him . 
 While wandering the streets of Tokyo with his makeshift companion , Tatara(多々良 ) , meets and suggests that the boy becomes his disciple . Though Ren is fiercely opposed , he follows back to the Beast Kingdom out of curiosity but is unable to go back to the human world . As he watches a battle between and , is impressed with 's persistence despite the lack of support from onlookers . When cheers for him , is easily defeated . However , the Grandmaster declares the actual duel of succession has not come yet . 
 Taking as a disciple , gives him a new name , ( 九太 Kyūta ) in relation to his age . Their initial training sessions go poorly , but realizes that he can learn from by imitating him by performing household tasks . The boy gradually finds that he can predict his master 's movements to improve his fighting skills and they soon begin in training together for eight years . 
 Now as a teen , has become a distinguished kendo practitioner . Through his relationship with , gained his own following of supporters , including the younger son of , , who wishes to be trained by . finds a way back to the human world , and befriends ( ) , a young student . In the process , finds his father , who had been searching for since he disappeared and wants to catch up . Torn by his double life , he is unable to reconcile the resentment he had as and the lack of connections he has as . When he rejects both his father and , he discovers a powerful void within himself that nearly overwhelms him until calms him down and gives him a bracelet that has helped her when she becomes anxious . 
 On the day of the succession duel , loses confidence without 's encouragement and is nearly subdued by ( 猪王山 Iōzen ) . However , has been secretly watching and reveals himself , helping defeat . When is declared the winner and the new lord , 's elder son ( 一郎彦 ) is revealed to be a human who had been found on the streets of Tokyo as an infant and adopted by . Having developed a vacuum in his heart like , unwilling to believe that he is a human and not a beast , manifests telekinetic powers and seriously injures with 's sword . is nearly overtaken by his own emptiness and tries to kill , but regains his senses with 's bracelet as is consumed by darkness and disappears . 
 decides to leave for the human world to fight . When refuses to leave him , they are attacked by , who takes the form of a destructive whale . Unable to hold his own against , the young man decides to use the vacuum within himself to absorb his opponent 's negative energy and then kill himself , saving everyone else . However , uses his new privilege as the lord and reincarnates as a deity , taking the form of a sword " to be handled with the heart " in reference to their first training session together . He merges with his pupil 's form , filling his empty void within him , and defeats his enemy without killing him . wakes up surrounded by his adoptive family . 
 In the aftermath , celebrates his victory with in the Beast Kingdom and returns to the human world . After reconciling with his father and himself , he attends the local university and keeps within his heart .

A quiet high school girl named survives a gust of wind which slices through her school bus , bisecting everyone else on board . She manages to escape the gust of wind , which chases her and kills all the other girls she comes into contact with . Dazed , and surrounded by numerous dead high school girls , she cleans herself off and changes into another schoolgirl 's uniform and stumbles onto a different high school campus . She is greeted by girls named , ( short for " " ) and . Not knowing who they are , confesses to that she can not remember if she ever attended this school and believes that she had a nightmare about girls being killed by a gust of wind . reassures her that it was just a nightmare and proposes that they all cut class and go to the woods to cheer her up . 
 In the woods , the girls muse about whether destiny is truly predetermined and whether there are multiple realities with multiple versions of themselves . Sur illustrates predetermination with a white feather , stating that it would mean the time it takes for the feather to fall and where it will land are all decided already . wonders if there is nothing she can do to escape destiny , but suggests that fate can be tricked by simply doing something one would never normally do , thus changing the outcome . The girls happily return to school . and 's homeroom teacher begins class , but suddenly brandishes a machine gun and opens fire , killing all the girls except . Before she can fire another round , and burst in , grab , and the three hide . Another homeroom teacher , who has just killed her own entire class , finds and kills and . and the remaining girls flee the grounds , running for their lives as they are gunned down . One of the girls recognizes and pleads for her to do something and think about why this is happening . The remaining girls are then sliced apart by a gust of wind . 
 continues to run , and then finds herself in increasingly surreal situations where her identity and appearance change : first , as a bride named on her wedding day , who is forced to marry a grotesque groom with a boar 's head while her guests ( all girls from the previous school ) jeer at her , then later as a student named in the middle of a marathon , flanked by her friends and well wishers ( again , made up of the girls from the school and wedding ceremony ) . In each scenario , she is supported by a version of her friend , who either readies her for combat or distracts her attackers , made up of the groom and the two homeroom teachers from before . In every scenario , she must flee while the surrounding girls are slaughtered in various ways . 
 After encountering a group of revenant girls who try to kill her after stating that so long as she lives , they all will continue to die , she is once again rescued by . tells her to focus and remember that although she is both and in these scenarios , she is ultimately . After returning to her original appearance as , tells her that the two of them and all the girls are in a fictional world being observed by " someone " and that they will continue to hunt down and try to kill her while slaughtering the other girls unless , as the " main character " , does something to change it . Each of the scenarios she encountered is a different world , and to reach the final one , tells her that must brutally kill her . Urged on by , reluctantly kills her and a portal opens up before her . 
 She finds herself in a lewd , dingy city called " Men 's World " filled with only men who pervertedly enjoy a poster advertisement for a " legendary " violent 3D survival horror video game called " Tag " , depicting , , and as playable characters . She passes out and awakens in a temple where all the girls from the various scenarios are showcased like mannequins . She arrives at a room where a decrepit old man is playing the game on his TV , showing the various trials she went through . is horrified to see full size models of herself , , , , , and behind a glass display case . The man tells her that she is in the future and that 150 years ago , she was a girl he had admired as a fellow student . When she died , he managed to take her DNA and that of all her friends and make clones for his 3D game . A younger version of the old man appears beside a bed and strips down , beckoning her to come to bed with him . The old man tells her that the final stage is the fulfillment of his deepest wish and he tells her to succumb to her destiny . Instead , attacks the younger man , screaming at him to stop playing with girls like toys . She rips one of the pillows , showering the room with feathers . Remembering what said about tricking fate , she then commits suicide by stabbing herself , to the shock of both the old man and his younger self . Finding herself once again in the beginning of each of the three game scenarios , she simultaneously commits suicide on the bus , at the wedding chapel , and during the marathon before any of the violent scenarios can begin . then awakens alone in a field of white snow , gets up , and runs away , realizing that " it 's over now . "

When , a junior high student , forgets his notebook in class , he finds his classmate , , who notes 's drawings . asks him to become a manga artist to his stories . declines , citing his late manga artist uncle , who died from overworking . incites to meet with , 's crush , and tells her the two plan to become manga artists . In response , reveals her plans to be a voice actress . proposes to her that they should both marry when becomes a voice actress for the anime adaptation of their manga . She accepts , but under the condition that they not meet face - to - face again until then . The two then start creating their manga , under the pen name , in hopes of getting serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump . 
 After submitting many one - shots to Shueisha , begin with their first published series in Weekly Shōnen Jump , Detective Trap ( 疑探偵TRAP（ぎたんていトラップ ） , Gitantei Torappu ) , which is eventually canceled due to its declining popularity , after is hospitalized for overworking on the manga . Their next series is the gag manga Vroom , Tanto Daihatsu ( 走れ!大発タント , Hashire ! Daihatsu Tanto ) , which they give up on , realizing it will never be popular . After being challenged by the editor - in - chief of Jump to create a superior manga to their rival 's , Ashirogi develops their current series Perfect Crime Party ( PCP -完全犯罪党- , PCP -Kanzen Hanzaitō- ) . It is met with considerable popularity but due to its theme , is unfit for an anime series . When their rival , , submits a one - shot for serialization , Ashirogi competes by submitting Reversi which replaces Perfect Crime Party while the latter is moved to Shueisha 's fictional monthly magazine , Hisshou Jump . After many conflicts involving the graphic novel sales and the voice actress choice , is chosen for an anime adaptation with as the primary actress , after she passes a public audition . After fulfilling their dreams , the series ends with officially proposing to at the place they made their promise , followed by their first kiss .

, a second year high school student at Naoetsu High School , befriends , the top honors student at his school . mentions a rumor about a “ blonde vampire ” that has been sighted around their town recently . , who is usually anti - social , takes a liking to ’s down - to - earth personality . That evening , encounters this rumored vampire : she is Kiss - shot Acerola - orion Heart - under - blade , also known as the “ King of Apparitions . ” The blonde , golden - eyed vampire cries out for to save her as she lies in a pool of her own blood , all four of her limbs having been cut off by three vampire hunters . asks to give her his blood in order to save her life , and when he does , finds himself reborn as her vampire subordinate . 
 Now a vampire , is charged with retrieving Kiss - shot 's severed limbs from the vampire hunters who took them . Before he confronts the first hunter , the gigantic full - vampire Dramaturgy , he has a conversation with . He hides his vampire nature , but is still interested in the rumors about vampires being spread around . At the fight , tears 's arms off in one blow , but discovers his vampire power of rapid regeneration . Seeing the fight as lost , surrenders Kiss - shot 's leg to . At the time , Kiss - shot has taken the form of a child . But she morphs into a young teenager after she consumes her adult leg . 
 next fights the vampire - human half - breed , who can transform into mist and wields a giant silver cross as a weapon . walks into the fight and is disemboweled by . Before she dies , points out to that he can defeat by throwing sand into his mist form . uses sand to overwhelm and beats savagely . , an ally of - shot , gets to calm down and , for a price of ¥ 3 million , informs that he can use his own blood to heal . then uses his own blood to save 's life . Consumption of the second leg enables - shot to morph into a young adult . 
 now must face the fully human priest for Kiss - shot 's arms . Before the fight , he desperately pleads with to leave for her own safety . ultimately agrees , leaving her panties with as a promise that they will reunite later . Nonetheless , kidnaps , and advises that must " forget about being human again " in order to rescue her . uses a power to transform his arms into tree roots to defeat and save , but appears to have abandoned his wish to become human again . 
 and finally succeed at fully restoring - shot . expects to then change him back to human . But before that , - shot and spend an evening on a rooftop , where - shot reminisces about her previous subordinate , a Samurai who chose to commit suicide when was not able to restore his humanity . goes off to buy food , but when he returns he finds eating the eviscerated corpse of . He is horrified at the realization that will now hunt humans again , and that he himself will want to hunt as well . 
 The realization leaves despondent enough to want to die . But then appears and persuades to stay alive . She also points out that himself has the power to stop Kiss - shot . 's comforting words , as well as a clumsy attempt to fondle her breasts , bring 's spirits up enough to face - shot in a fight . 
 and face off in the Tokyo Olympic stadium . They repeatedly tear each other 's limbs and heads off , but then regenerate their appendages back . Finally , weakens Kiss - shot by sucking out her blood . But suddenly realizes that wants to die . admits that she was going to throw the fight , and explains that she has to die to restore a subordinate 's humanity , but could n't do so for her previous subordinate because she was too scared of death . demands that kill her , but instead yells for 's help . proposes a solution that will " make everyone miserable " : will suck out blood only to the point that she is too weak to hunt humans , leaving them both quasi - versions of vampire and human . Over protestations , chooses this path . The next day , explains to that he is mostly human but does have some vampire traits . now has the form of a child , and can only eat by regularly sucking 's blood .

Hiroshi Kamiya, Maaya Sakamoto, Yui Horie, Takahiro Sakurai, Miyu Irino, Masashi Ebara

During a visit to Tenebrae , and — who is recuperating from a near - death experience — are targeted for assassination by . Tenebrae is subsequently attacked , and in the invasion Queen is killed by Niflheim 's General . attempts to flee with , but she decides to stay with her brother ; both become subjects under 's rule . 
 Twelve years later , the Kingsglaive fight to protect Lucis 's borders from attacks by Niflheim 's Magitek army and Daemons , unnatural monsters tamed for military use . During one such operation , defies his orders to withdraw to rescue his friend from a Daemon . , whose magic powers the Wall and is growing weaker due to advancing age , accepts Imperial Chancellor 's offer of peace . This causes dissension among the Kingsglaive , who feel is abandoning their families . Two days before the treaty is to be signed , Kingsglaive member is sent on a mission to escort to Lucis , but is killed en route . Her death causes to leave the Kingsglaive and join a group of Lucian rebels . At a party dedicated to the signing of the treaty , attended by both and Niflheim 's emperor , meets with before being secretly abducted by . discovers this and finds that Niflheim has stationed their army outside Insomnia . 
 Regis agrees to deploy the Kingsglaive , although their commander has disappeared . While succeeds in rescuing , many of the Kingsglaive turn on him ; , and rebel leader escape as the ship disintegrates . At the treaty - signing ceremony , the Niflheim delegation springs a surprise attack and kills the ruling council , while their army enters by destroying the Wall with help from the rebels , who are subsequently massacred . and reach the Citadel just as is battling . During the fight , cuts the Ring of the Lucii from 's hand . attempts to put on the Ring and claim its power , but it rejects him and destroys his arm before he can remove it . , and retrieve the Ring and flee with in pursuit . forces the two to go on without him , dying in his ensuing battle with . and — having successfully stolen the Crystal — leave Insomnia to be destroyed by Niflheim 's . 
 Summoned to the city plaza by a call from , and are cornered by , who reveals himself to be 's killer . almost kills before being tricked by into putting on the Ring , resulting in his death . then appears , but is attacked by , who reveals that is in fact . Just as is about to kill them , puts on the Ring . He is confronted by the spirits of the past kings of Lucis ; initially rejected due to being not of their bloodline , his resolve and the threat to the Crystal persuade them to allow his use of their power at the cost of his life . After fending off , returns the Ring to before entrusting her to , telling them to flee . With the Ring 's borrowed power he engages in a titanic battle throughout Insomnia , animating the city 's statues of past rulers , known as the " Old Wall , " to combat Niflheim 's Daemons . Their fight ends as dawn approaches , with mortally wounding ; dies shortly after as payment for using the Ring 's power , wishing for to rule well in the future . In the aftermath , escorts out of the city , but she tells him to stay behind . then leaves with the Ring to find . 
 In a post - credits scene , and his companions are en route to Altissia when their car breaks down , leading into the opening scenes of Final Fantasy XV .

Gō Ayano, Shiori Kutsuna, Tsutomu Isobe, Shōzō Iizuka, Keiji Fujiwara, Yūichi Nakamura

When the Japan Coast Guard investigates an abandoned yacht in Tokyo Bay , their boat is destroyed and the Tokyo Bay Aqua - Line is flooded . After seeing a viral video of the incident , Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary theorizes that it was caused by a living creature . His theory is confirmed when news reports show a massive tail emerging from the ocean . The Prime Minister assures the public that the creature is unable to come onto land due to its weight , but it moves inland via rivers and makes landfall . It moves through the city , leaving a path of destruction and numerous civilian casualties . It evolves into a red - skinned form that can stand upright on its hind legs , and returns to the sea . 
 The government officials focus on military strategy and civilian safety , while is put in charge of a task force to research the creature . Due to high radiation readings , the group theorizes that it is energized by nuclear fission . The U.S. sends a special envoy , , who reveals that a disgraced , vehemently anti - nuclear zoology professor , , had been studying mutations caused by radioactive contamination and theorized the appearance of the creature , but the U.S. covered it up . The abandoned yacht belonged to and he left his research notes there before disappearing . 
 The creature , named Godzilla after 's research , reappears , now twice its original size , and makes landfall near Kamakura en route for Tokyo . The Japan Self - Defense Forces mobilize , but their attacks have no effect and they are forced to withdraw to protect civilians . The U.S. intervenes based on defending their embassy , prompting the evacuation of civilians and government officials . U.S. B-2 bombers bombard ; Godzilla responds with highly destructive atomic rays fired from its mouth and dorsal fins , which hit and destroy the helicopter carrying the top government officials . The battle leaves radiation fallout and destruction in a huge part of Tokyo . After depleting its energy , enters a dormant state and becomes immobile . 
 's team discovers that 's fins and blood work as a cooling system and theorize that they could use a coagulating agent to freeze it . After analyzing tissue samples , they find that is an ever - evolving creature , able to reproduce asexually . The United Nations , aware of this , informs Japan that they will allow the use of thermonuclear weapons against . Evacuations are ordered in multiple prefectures . Unwilling to see nuclear weapons detonated in Japan again , decides to use her political connections to buy time for 's team , who the interim government has little faith in . 's team has a breakthrough and procure the means to conduct their deep freeze plan through international cooperation . 
 Hours before the planned nuclear attack , Japan enacts the deep freeze plan . is provoked into using its atomic breath with a large number of drones until it depletes . The team then detonates explosives in nearby buildings , knocking down and giving the tankers full of coagulant access to inject it into 's mouth . Though many people are killed in the process , is frozen solid . In the aftermath , it is discovered that the fallout has a very short half - life and that Tokyo can be reconstructed . The international community agrees to cancel the strike but has the new Japanese government agree that , in the event of 's reawakening , an immediate thermonuclear strike will be executed . 's tail shows humanoid - like creatures frozen in the middle of emerging .

Hiroki Hasegawa, Satomi Ishihara, Yutaka Takenouchi, Kengo Kora, Ren Osugi, Akira Emoto

sets his affairs in order and walks to a bridge , intending to commit suicide . Coming to his senses at the last minute , he hears fireworks as he recalls his days in elementary school and the events that have led him to this point in his life . 
 In those days , was an indifferent child , one who viewed his fellow students as a way of staving off his boredom . The entry of a new student named into his class piques his interest when she informs the class that she is deaf . In spite of her disability , she tries her best to live normally and mesh with the class . However , the other students and the teacher come to believe her presence is upsetting the social balance , and begins to bully her . 
 When word of the bullying reaches the principal , is singled out as the culprit . He names his friends as accomplices , but they turn on him , denying their involvement . Soon , the class 's bullying is directed toward him , subjecting him to the same treatment he gave to . blames and the two fight after he finds her doing something to his desk . She is subsequently transferred to another school , and he discovers that she was erasing hateful messages his classmates left in chalk on his desk . finds himself alone , relegated to the role of a tormented outcast . After being thrown in a pond by his classmates , he finds 's notebook . 
 Now in high school , remains a social reject , having grown to accept his past as punishment . Full of guilt and anxiety , he blocks out the faces of those around him , unable to look them in the eye . Despite his isolation , , another loner , befriends him and quickly comes to considers him his " big friend " . visits the sign language center to return 's once - waterlogged notebook in the hopes of making amends . The two begin meeting at a bridge to feed bread to koi . 
 , 's younger sister , strongly doubts 's intentions . One day , jumps into a river after does the same to retrieve a notebook , which happens to be prohibited , and posts the photo online . is suspended for the act , and reveals that she was responsible ; instead of getting angry , brings her to stay at his house . When she leaves in the middle of the night , follows and tells her that he is genuinely remorseful for the way he treated . 
 soon gives a gift and confesses her feelings for him , but because she tries to speak her affections rather than signing it out , does not understand her . Worried that the misunderstanding upset her , invites her to go to an amusement park with him and his group of classmates . There , finally voices her sentiments to . In class , desperate to remain blameless for 's bullying , exposes 's past to the remaining students who were still oblivious to it , while downplaying her own involvement . The group has a heated confrontation about each member 's level of responsibility which ends with callously calling out every one of them for who they really are . 
 To cheer up after her grandmother 's death , takes her to the countryside , where he begins to understand how much she blames herself for everything that has happened to him . Desperate to reassure and change her mindset , contrives to regularly meet with the sisters . 
 During the fireworks festival , goes home under the guise of finishing some schoolwork . follows when asks him to get her camera . When he arrives , he finds standing on the balcony , on the verge of throwing herself to her death . succeeds in grabbing her and pulls her back up , but he falls over the side into the river and slips into a coma . 
 One night , dreams of receiving a farewell visit from . Horrified , she runs to the bridge where they fed the koi and collapses in tears . , awakening from his coma in a state of panic , stumbles to the bridge himself and finds her there , huddled in despair . He formally apologizes to her for the way he treated her , and for the many things he did which may have caused her to hate herself . He asks her to stop blaming herself , and also admits that , while he once considered giving up himself and ending his own life , he has since decided against it . then asks her to help him continue to live . 
 When goes to the school festival with , he finds out how much his friends from elementary school still care for him . After returning to school , finally able look at people 's faces , he realizes that he has found redemption and forgiveness at last .

Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yūki, Kenshō Ono, Yūki Kaneko, Yui Ishikawa

, and board the luxury liner Campania on her maiden voyage to investigate the mysterious Aurora Society , who is rumored to perform experiments to raise the dead . Onboard the ship , is also , her older brother and parents as well . While sneaking into a meeting of the Aurora Society , where they have a short meeting with , and witness doctor use a machine to reanimate a dead woman , who starts attacking the attendants . chases but meets and instead in the ship 's cargo , where they find several other reanimated corpses who attack them , but appears in the nick of time to rescue them . Upon interrogating , discovers that a larger batch of corpses is stored in another place of the ship , as they also awaken and attack the ship 's crew and passengers . Amidst the chaos , the ship crashes into an iceberg and starts sinking . 
 While attempting to escape , , and are approached by and , who despite being onboard the ship to investigate the Aurora Society as well , attack for being a demon . The two reapers distract while and an injured are about to be overrun by the monsters when decides to make use of her fencing skills to dispatch them with ease . While the reapers give up on fighting to look for , and the others reach 's family as they prepare to evacuate the ship . After leaving and with them , and return to confront as well and discover that the whole incident was orchestrated by , who reveals that he is a retired reaper and that he arranged for the Aurora Society to get their hands on the process to reanimate corpses as part of his own experiment . 
 While fighting with the reaper ’s help , is wounded by 's death scythe while protecting , and the reaper witnesses the moment when the two formed their contract , as well as and 's training until receives his title as Earl Phantomhive . Back in the present , makes his escape as the ship is about to sink completely and falls to his death , with snatching 's funeral lockets in the confusion . Both and barely escape the ship on a lifeboat , but they find themselves surrounded by the remaining corpses and knowing that they will attack the other survivors should they attempt to escape , have no option to fight and destroy all of them by himself to the last one to protect . The next day , with all corpses disposed , a rescue boat appears to pick them up . 
 In the post - credits , appears to rescue and , scolding them for failing in their task , while and meet their friends aboard the rescue boat .

Daisuke Ono, Maaya Sakamoto, Junichi Suwabe, Yukari Tamura, Jun Fukuyama, Kenn

In the year 2026 , the Augma is released to the public as an alternative system to the AmuSphere , due to its function to simulate reality while the player is conscious rather than using FullDive . The most prominent combat - based game is Ordinal Scale , in which a player 's abilities are ranked by ordinal numbers . 
 , and encourage to play OS upon hearing that Aincrad bosses have appeared . joins and in a boss fight where the game 's mascot , AI idol singer , appears and gives players buff effects as she sings . fails to achieve anything due to lack of physical strength and quickness . , the number - two player , aides the group in defeating the boss . Before makes the killing blow , whispers the word " Switch , " a game mechanic from SAO that she recognizes . 
 The next night , joins and his group for another boss fight while waiting for their last group member , unaware that he was injured by the night before . proceeds to the fight which is again presided over by . and his group are ambushed and defeated by the sudden appearance of another boss and . The following morning , as practices with OS in a park , a girl in a white hood appears and points off into the distance before disappearing . meets with , who theorizes that was a member of the Knights of the Blood Oath named , while deduces that the spawn locations of the Aincrad bosses line up with the SAO dungeon maps . 
 , and enter another fight where and appear again . is hit by the boss and passes out upon saving who was pushed into the boss ' path by . realizes her memories of SAO are fading and at a hospital visit with , learn that the Augma scanned her brain for SAO memories and that it could also happen to other SAO survivors playing OS . investigates the issue with during a boss battle , where an SAO player is defeated and a glowing orb floats upward into an OS drone . fails to retrieve it after being locked out by the game . Later , meets the hooded girl again who repeats her actions from before . and discover she is pointing towards Touto Technical University . 
 goes to the school and meets Professor who developed Augma , but refuses to answer any questions . Before leaving , notices on 's desk a picture of a girl who resembles . discusses with , who informs him that 's daughter , , died in SAO . Visiting 's home , promises to get her memories back . encounters the hooded girl again , revealed to be . When she tells him his rank is too low , decides to level up , solo - killing as many bosses as he can with aid from and . 
 Days later , the OS players gather at a stadium for 's concert . In the lower levels , duels with who claims he has a way to return 's memories . wins but reveals that has been harvesting memories of SAO players in an attempt to reconstruct his lost daughter 's soul and download her as an AI ; having all players in the concert would make removing memories easier . adds that the drones used for harvesting possess enough power to damage the players ' brains , killing them like the NerveGear did in SAO . 
 As a horde of Aincrad bosses raid the arena , and join the battle . tells that the Augma has a hidden full - dive feature and he can use it to defeat SAO 's 100th floor boss to end the battle . Before diving , gives an engagement ring . Entering the Ruby Palace of Floor 100 , , , , , and confront the boss . They are easily defeated until , , , and several others from ALO and GGO come to their aid . restores their saved abilities from SAO , allowing everyone to defeat the boss . The voice of congratulates them on their victory and gives an extremely powerful sword as a reward . 
 The group returns to the arena still in full - dive where , now OS 's top - ranked player , dispatches the bosses with his new sword as finds in the server room of Argus ( the defunct company that ran SAO ) and arrests him . The hooded restores the survivors ' memories and fades out of existence since she was coded from the Floor 100 boss . Afterwards , and fulfill their promise they made to each other in Aincrad , to watch a meteor shower together . returns 's engagement ring so to properly put it on her hand , which he does . 
 In a post - credits scene , , who was impressed with 's attempt at AI and soul reconstruction , recruits to .

Haruka Tomatsu, Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Ayana Taketatsu, Kanae Itō, Rina Hidaka, Ayahi Takagaki

The story focuses on an unnamed male university student called ' Senior ' and his junior , ' The Girl With Black Hair ' . He has finally decided to confess his feelings to her while she is having a lively night out . He chases her through the mysterious night that seems to last for a whole year , and through many mishaps they end up tangled up with many eccentric people along the way .

Gen Hoshino, Kana Hanazawa, Hiroshi Kamiya, Ryuji Akiyama, Kazuya Nakai, Yūko Kaida

receives two similar and ultimately connected jobs : needs Odd Jobs to find , and a swordsmith needs the crew to find a dangerous sword named Benizakura . There is more to both requests than and his friends thought .

Shun Oguri, Masaki Suda, Kanna Hashimoto, Yūya Yagira, Hirofumi Arai

The protagonist , , is a passive young outsider with a bloated body and poor vision . He does a monotonous job at ZAO Progress company ( a typical name of a post - Soviet enterprise converted from a military plant into a company producing consumer goods ) , strives for nothing , wants nothing , is interested in nothing at all . He dedicates his free time to gluing plastic models of aircraft , which is quite similar to what he does at work . He apparently has no parents , perhaps they died , and lives in his grandmother 's apartment , who loves her grandson and buys him second - hand clothes up to her taste . She must be an arduous Christian , but rather an andherent of one of numerous non - traditional confessions that emerged in Russia after the perestroika . 
 One day the CEO of 's plant invites him to his office where he meets two FSB officers who offer him to " help the Motherland 's science " and to take part in a secret experiment . The latter , unbeknownst to him , represents a machine that can produce an effect of realizing one 's most cherished dreams , which in 's case is a perfect body . Once the experiment is completed , he is supposed to forget everything ( and to die soon , as the machine 's effect on humans is as devastating as radiation ) . However , from then on he is obsessed with the desire to find the mysterious machine and to feel perfect once and once again .

The story starts in 1192 ( " Year of the Black Rat " ) with ( ) as a prisoner in the Tangut kingdom . He conveys his memories about his earlier life through a series of flashbacks . 
 In the first flashback , embarking on an expedition as a young boy ( age 9 ) twenty years earlier ( 1172 ) , ( ) is accompanied by his father ( ) to select a girl as his future wife . meets and chooses ( ) , although his father wishes him to choose a mate from the Merkit tribe . convinces his father to allow him to choose . He promises to return after five years to marry her . On their way home , 's father is poisoned by an enemy tribe . As he lies dying , he tells that he is now . However , one of his father 's warriors , ( ) , orders the other tribesmen to loot the dead Khan 's camp . spares 's life , declaring a Mongol does not kill children . After falling through the ice of a frozen lake , is found lying down in the snow by a young boy called ( ) . The two quickly become friends and perform a traditional ceremony declaring themselves blood brothers . later captures , holding him in captivity . however , escapes late one night and roams the countryside . is later seen again as a young man ( ) in 1186 . He once again is apprehended by , who wishes to kill him now that he is grown . escapes a second time finding ( ) , and brings her back to his family . Later that night , they are attacked by the Merkit tribe led by ( ) , since 's father had years before stolen his wife from one of their tribesmen . While being chased on horseback , is shot with an arrow . whips the horse which is on , telling it to go home . is captured by the Merkit leader , as returns safely to his family.[3 ] 
 goes to ( ) , who is now a Khan himself . agrees to help him get his wife back and attack the Merkit tribe , though only after a year passes . The attack on the Merkit tribe is a success , and finds alive and dead . However , is pregnant . Despite knowing that he is not the father , takes the son as his own . and his men leave early the next morning , and two of 's soldiers choose to join because he distributes more plunder to his warriors than . chases down , but refuses to send back 's combatants and horses because he explains a Mongol warrior is free to choose his leader . warns him that his actions will lead to future conflict . ( ) , 's brother , is later killed while attempting to steal back 's horses ; and go to war . Outnumbered , 's army is quickly defeated . declares victory and decides to make a slave rather than execute him.[3 ] 
 is sold to a Tangut Garrison Chief ( ) , despite the dire warning given to the man by a Buddhist monk ( ) acting as his advisor , who senses the great potential the warrior carries and his future role in subjugating the Tangut state . While is imprisoned , the monk pleads with him to spare his monastery when he destroys the Tangut kingdom sometime in the future . In exchange for delivering a bone fragment to indicating that he is still alive , agrees . Thereafter , the monk succeeds in delivering the bone and the message , though at the cost of his life . As a means of getting to Tangut , becomes a merchant 's concubine , bearing a daughter along the way . Once arrives in Tangut , she abandons the merchant and bribes the guard for the key to 's cell , and the two manage to escape back to their homeland . 
 , upset by the increasing loss of traditional values in Mongol society , leaves his family once more and pledges to make the Mongols abide by the law . Visiting a holy site in the mountains , prays to " The Lord of the Great Blue Sky " and declares three rules by which Mongols must live : never kill women and children , always honor your promises and repay your debts , and never betray your Khan . Subsequently , he gathers an army to unify all of the Mongols , and declares war over . By 1196 , engages , in league with his old enemy , , in battle . However , a thunderstorm arises on the steppe , terrifying 's troops and causing their unconditional surrender , as stands triumphant ( as he is the only Mongol alive who does not fear lightning ) . Having defeated his " blood brother " , allows to live , while is killed by his own soldiers while attempting to flee the battle . The traitorous men are ordered to be executed by ( as they betrayed their Khan ) . 's surviving troops are spared and integrated into 's army . 
 A postscript indicates that by 1206 , was designated the Khan of all the Mongols - of the Great Steppe . would later go on to invade and conquer the Tangut Empire by 1227 , fulfilling the monk 's prophecy . While the entire civilization was destroyed by the Mongol horde , a single Buddhist monastery was left untouched , as honored his debt to the monk.[3 ]

What Men Talk About ? Of course , women . But also about work , money , cars , football ... but in general about women . And if they have two days when they escape from their offices and families , to get away from all the cares and commitments – two days , eventful and adventurous – you can be sure that this time they will have time to discuss a lot of things ... And More . From these conversations – we know for sure – many women learn about themselves a lot of new things . Four friends are going to go to Odessa for the concert of a famous Russian band ‘ B-2 ’ . Two of them , and , have problems in the morning : one can not deal with things around the house , the other – can not get rid of the annoying customers at work . When , finally , they join their other friends who already left , and , they begin to talk about all sorts of things . Thus , the first day on the road passes . They spend the night in a hotel village ‘ Beldyazhki ’ . The next day , the heroes continue to talk about life , passing through Kiev , where they buy paintings by and at the same time discussing modern art . By the end of the movie 4 men get into a car accident , but still make it in time for the concert . " What Men Talk About " – this is the third , and by far , the best film of the cult theater " Quartet " . Four middle - aged friends receive an invitation from their friend in Odessa to come to him for his birthday , and at the same time attend a concert of a famous Russian group " B-2 " . Each of them , like all of us , has a difficulty with time . One has work , the second – has his wife and children , the third – has both work and family , but still , with great a difficulty , they manage to escape for a few days . They sit in the car and go to the long journey . On the road , they have many adventures , many of which can knock a person out of a rut . But when you have people next to you with whom you can talk about everything , all the hardships of life become insignificant ... And real men are known to have a lot of different topics for discussion . Work , parties , money , music , clubs , and of course – women . If a man is still single , he is concerned about the issue – whether to get married . And married ones concern whether they can cheat on their wife .

( ) is driven by his longing for enlightenment . He seeks to understand the very nature of life and how it makes the world go round . Driven by his burning desire for cognition , he even unearths corpses and rummages in their guts just to localize the home of the soul . 
 While he keeps on telling himself " in the beginning was the word " , he gets to know the racketeer ( ) , playing a worldly version of , who eventually contradicts him : " In the beginning was the deed " . In spite of being amorphic , considers himself an Übermensch . 's obscure new friend takes him to the twilight zones of their small town . 
 In a bath , his attention is caught by the young ( ) , also known as " " . Later the two new friends are entangled in a pub brawl , accidentally kills 's brother . becomes obsessed with , who appears to embody the beauty of blooming life . He indulges himself in thinking that studying her would be reasonable as a part of his research about what makes all the difference between life and death . When the aging has become irreversibly infatuated with , offers him to let him have her . 
 can not resist the idea of spending a night with . Yet demands nothing less than 's soul in return . even has to sign the contract with his own blood . Now living on borrowed time , can hit on , but he is haunted by penitence and fear.[3 ] Finally can not bear ' nihilistic comments anymore . Overwhelmed with wrath , he buries under rocks and finds himself lost in the middle of nowhere .

Johannes Zeiler, Anton Adasinsky, Isolda Dychauk, Hanna Schygulla

The film opens in Japan in the wake of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami . As emergency personnel work to reach some victims trapped underground , one rescuer tries to keep the victims calm by telling the story of how he came to have five fathers , all killed during the Great Patriotic War ( World War II ) . The trapped victims are young German students and the rescuers are Russian . 
 In 1942 , after the initial attack on Stalingrad , a small group of Russian soldiers take cover in a large five story residential building that happens to provide cover for a Russian crossing point on the Volga river . Five of these soldiers become the five fathers in the story : ( " " ) who had become embittered when his wife and daughter were killed in an air raid ; , whose hatred of the Germans comes from their cruel treatment and methodical murder of his family ; , a talented tenor singer before the war , who had become a cruel and vicious fighter ; , drafted into the war as a spotter ; and Captain , a veteran and hero who leads the group after finding them . The soldiers encounter a young girl named , living alone in the building after her family had been killed . As they spend the next few days together , the soldiers grow fond of her , and she of them . 
 Germans encamped near the crossing are led by ; a highly decorated , but disillusioned soldier who falls in love with a Russian woman named , who resembles his late wife . She at first detests him , but soon begins to reciprocate his love , although they can not speak each other 's language . Oberstleutnant arrives to take command of the Germans . He chides both for his attraction to , as well as his failure to eradicate the Russian soldiers . decides to set an example by rounding up the Russian civilians living in the bombed out buildings , then burning a woman and her daughter alive . This enrages the Russian soldiers who ambush the Germans , killing several , but losing several of their own men in the process . The Germans and Russians then retreat to their own shelters to wait the others out . One afternoon , teaches how to aim her gun at a German washing himself at a water faucet and startled , accidentally shoots him , which causes retaliation that injures . 
 During one of his visits to , promises to take her to safety when the time comes . On her 19th birthday , is presented with a handmade cake from the soldiers , with a song by , whom she had earlier recognized as a famous singer . She is then given the gift of a bathtub filled with hot water , a luxury no one has experienced since the siege began . takes to his old lookout spot , located in a building not occupied by either the Germans or the Russians . The two spend the night together , unknowingly creating the narrator of our story . 
 After ricocheted an artillery shell into the German complex , is ordered to begin the attack on them ; he takes to an abandoned building , hoping to save her from the coming fight . As she begs him to stay with her , she is shot by for being a collaborator , enraging . is taken captive by the Germans , where he manages to brutally stab before being killed himself . 's death puts back in charge . 
 German reinforcements arrive with tanks that have the range to take out the Russian soldiers and their building . They open fire , fatally injuring . and his soldiers attack , shooting to death . then finds on the second floor trying to use a radio . The two of them shoot each other several times before collapsing . reaches them and uses the radio to order an air strike on their building , which is being overrun by German soldiers . watches with a broken heart as the building is leveled , leaving no one inside alive . 
 Back in the present day , the Germans are freed from the building . The girl to whom ( who had been named after his biological father ) had told his story seeks him out , and they share a moment of understanding before he is driven away .

Director: Fyodor Bondarchuk
Cast: Pyotr Fyodorov, Dmitriy Lysenkov, Alexey Barabash, Andrey Smolyakov Yanina Studilina Maria Smolnikova

The film opens and closes with post - war scenes from the perspective of ( ) as she visits the protagonist ( ) during the former first lady 's 1957 trip to the Soviet Union . 's story is told through flashbacks to 1942 when toured the United States with , and further flashbacks to 's experiences in the Soviet Union . After the German invasion of the USSR , university student becomes a sniper in the 25th Rifle Division . She fights in the Battle of Odessa and , eventually , the defense of Sevastopol . After 309 confirmed kills , she is sent to the United States to campaign for American support . invites her to the White House , and the two become friends . 
 In 1941 , is a student who has just gotten into university ; to celebrate , she goes to a shooting range with her friends including a classmate named , doing exceptionally well despite never have shot before . At home , her father shows no pride in her , having desired a son who could become a soldier . In a twist of events , her perfect shooting results at the range eventually result in the military contacting her for a sharpshooting program , as Germany has just invaded the Soviet Union . Though a doctor courting her , , tells her she should stay with him , she rejects what she perceives as cowardice and leaves to fight on the Eastern Front . 
 During training , is shown as an excellent sniper , and eventually is partnered with a grizzled veteran named , who she falls in love with . He does n't return her affections , however , and explains that he had lost his wife and family when the Germans invaded . She is also reunited with , who is now a nurse engaged with a young pilot . During battle defending the city of Odessa , she is injured and drags her to safety to a local hospital , where has volunteered as a military doctor . After awakening , manages to get to sign her papers so that she can return to the frontlines , but finds out that has died in battle and the Soviets are retreating to Sevastopol . 
 She is paired with another superior , , and begins to show signs of trauma , showing signs of cruelty by shooting enemy soldiers to wound them and watch them suffer , rather than kill them instantly . Thus , their relationship starts off rough , but they eventually develop a close romance . invites them to her wedding , but at the wedding reveals that her fiance had died , leaving her alone . This leads to tell privately that she wants a son . 
 While on patrol in a field , steps on a mine that triggers a flare . Immediately , artillery shells begin to pummel the field , and shelters her from them with his body . again wakes up in a hospital , where tells her has died . Though in a broken state , she is ordered to kill a top enemy sniper for propaganda purposes . The duel takes all of a day , and , tired of waiting , steps out of cover , exposing herself completely . She is shot , but manages to pinpoint the enemy sniper 's location and kills him . 
 eventually is able to pull her away from battle . As the city is being evacuated , carries a traumatized to a submarine that is evacuating the city . As panicked civilians attempt to board evacuating ships , realizes that is n't coming with her , as he gave her his ticket . A voiceover by reveals that , , and countless civilians and soldiers died defending the city from the Germans . 
 later visits after the war , where she is now a mother . They attend the opera together , with 's son .

Yulia Peresild,
Joan Blackham,
Yevgeny Tsyganov,
Oleg Vasilkov

The film depicts six days from the life of ninth - grader ( ) . 
 falls in love with his teacher ( ) . Someone sets fire to the school 's additional building which contained the new computers , the principal 's daughter , high school student ( ) , in turn falls in love with and is under the impression that was the one who set the school on fire . 
 's father ( ) makes the family transition to the 12/36 system – this means twelve hours for sleep and thirty - six hours for staying awake , which does not allow the protagonist to sleep or even to collect thoughts .

During the Cold War , a secret organization known as " Patriot " gathers a team of Soviet superheroes , altering and augmenting the DNA of many selected individuals throughout the former state 's territory , in order to defend the homeland from superhuman threats . The team includes representatives of the different nationalities of the Soviet Union and allegedly implies restoration of former USSR . , codenamed ( ) , can change into a huge , incredible strong bear - man . , codenamed ( ) , has super - speed and wields a pair of curved swords . , codenamed ( ) , has the ability to control earth and stone . Finally , ( ) has the power of invisibility and can transform her body into water . 
 The program succeeds where a second program called Module-1 fails . This prompts Professor ( ) , creator of Module-1 , to flee to the remote wilderness , away from Soviet authorities , to continue working on his experiments . When the military is summoned to arrest him , he bombs the Patriot laboratory , surviving because he was covered with some chemicals . He rebuilds his damaged body making himself into a cyborg . This gives him the power to generate electricity and control machines . He also created an army of clones of himself , and sets out to prove to the world that he is a genius . After the explosion , , Ler , , and go into hiding for years . 
 In the present day , several walking robots used in a training exercise turn against their supervising officials and kill them . This leads to the Ministry of Defence holding a meeting and deciding to revive the Patriot organization under the leadership of Major ( ) and to locate their missing super agents . She finds spending his time meditating in the Khor Virap Monastery in Armenia ; living on the steppes of Kazakhstan ; in a remote cabin on the Putorana Plateau in northern Siberia ; and performing stunts in a circus in Moscow . Their first task is to raid 's laboratory within an old factory , but they are captured . 
 offers the Guardians a chance to join him but they refuse . This angers him and he keeps three of them trapped within a magnetic force field and injures . He later goes to a military facility at Noginsk to take control of the tanks and other vehicles stationed there . Using them , he launches an invasion of Moscow and makes preparations to use the Ostankino Tower and the Federation Tower for his Module-2 Projec . He intends to transmit a signal through an old Soviet satellite , which will then be sent to every other satellite orbiting Earth , and use it to seize control of all technology in the world . He uses a force field to protect his beacon - tower and destroy several jet fighters that are sent to stop him . When a collaborator within the Russian military , Major - General , asks for a reward for his help , strangles him to death . 
 While recovers , he reflects on the fact that his superhuman abilities prevent him from aging normally . He has stayed the same age while his wife and grandchildren have grown older and passed away . At the meantime , Major frees the other team members from 's laboratory . She sends 's former rival to study one of 's clones . Unfortunately the real releases poison gas to kill him . and the other Guardians are trained in the Patriots ' facility and are given suits and weapons . 
 The Guardians go to Moscow : and advance through the streets , defeats several soldiers patrolling an underground car park , and uses an airplane to try to fly above 's force field . The three Guardians enter a shopping mall , and cross an iron bar linking it to the tower - beacon , but are attacked by more of 's troops . jumps from the airplane and slices the pipe , causing 's troops to fall . 
 While the other Guardians figure out a way to destroy the power source for 's beacon , touches the power source and injures herself , temporarily disabling the beacon 's transmissions and causing the force field to collapse . The Guardians battle on the platform , but fail to defeat and kill him . As the guardians leave on a grappling rope hanging from an airplane , 's beacon interferes with the plane 's controls . cuts the grappling rope linking them to the falling airplane and they land to a river . 
 As they swim to a road , they consider going back to 's beacon to destroy it and kill , but Major arrives and commands them not to . She tells them that as superhumans , they can also pool their energy and release it as a blast , but doing so can be fatal . The Guardians touch each other and generate a blast of energy that damages 's tower , causing to fall to his death . Major says that , while boasted that he created the Guardians , they really created themselves . 
 The Guardians recover , rendezvousing with Major on a bridge in the rebuilt Moscow . Although they choose to go back to their normal lives , they also consider continuing their service to the Patriot organization . In a post - credits scene , is seen attacking a soldier after his truck stops . When she questions the soldier , he tells her that " " has sent him as part of an unspecified mission .

Anton Pampushnyy,
Sanzhar Madiyev,
Sebastien Sisak,
Alina Lanina,
Valeriya Shkirando

An extended family has moved from the city ( presumably Seoul ) to live in a large house out in the mountains , which they convert into a lodge for hikers . Consisting of a middle aged father goo ( ) , mother ( ) , 's younger brother - goo ( ) , and their adult children ( ho ) , ( ) and ( ) they suffer a string of misfortunes as various patrons come to stay . 
 Their first guest , a hiker , asks for a room and three beers . Left to himself , he spends the night forging his room key holder to be sharp enough to stab himself and is found dead the next morning . The father of the family decides on burying the body in the woods , under the assumption that no one would believe this to be a suicide . Later , a young couple drops in for a stay to have sex in the privacy of their room and end up dead together the next morning . A pair of friends from town stop by for drinks until one of the men falls for and subsequently attempts to rape her , but she is saved by , who accidentally ends up pushing the man off a cliff , while his friend is taken captive by the family to prevent him from calling the police . 
 Mr. , the benefactor of the family ( providing them the house ) later asks for their lodging for his younger ( and illegitimate ) half sister to have a hitman check into the neighboring room at midnight and murder her so he can be the only successor to the claim inheritance of the soon profitable land . Uninformed of the plan , Uncle senses foul play and sends the half sister home to Seoul when she is found to be restless . The plan goes further awry when the hitman arrives fifteen minutes late , and the room had been taken by an undercover cop investigating the recent string of missing people , mistaken to be the hitman . The hitman thus ends up killing the cop instead , and is later killed by a suspicious . 
 A heavy rainstorm overnight nearly uncovers the buried corpses by morning , leaving the family no choice but to incinerate them . When uncle returns from the trip to Seoul , he angers who had hoped to settle Mr. 's plot without any trouble . A fight ensues as uncle is beaten senseless but is saved from a blow to the head by who then trips , hitting his head on the stairs , he is whisked to the hospital , leaving the elderly parents the only ones left to finish the job . The local man , having been imprisoned , bound and gagged , tries to make his escape but gets his ropes tangled in several trees as he escapes the lodge . 
 Soon enough , Mr. drops in unannounced to check if his sister - in - law has been terminated as planned , but is in complete shock when he sees Mr. and Mrs. carrying the corpse of the undercover cop , knowing that he was n't the hitman . A brief struggle begins when Mr. tries to escape without trying to figure out just what exactly has happened , and ends after he accidentally falls to his death down the stairs , adding yet another body to be done away with for the family . 
 To drive away attention , Mrs. switches off the circuits throughout the lodge and outside storage where she and her husband are piling the corpses , dousing them in gasoline . , trying to watch TV , asks for Uncle to switch the circuits back on , inadvertently causing a socket in the storage to burst in flames , triggering the cremation fire prematurely , trapping the parents inside . Meanwhile , is in the hospital recovering from his concussion and laughing insanely over a news report on the shooting of a North Korean agent wandering through the forest . 
 After an uncertain amount of time later , Uncle Kang , , , and are preparing to serve dinner , totally unaware of the fire in the storage building . The parents return , in bandages , having survived the fire . Without a single word , the family quietly has dinner until there is a sudden knock at the door . Unsure of what to do , they all stand quietly in the doorway of the dining room , waiting for whoever is at the door to go away . When the dog starts barking at the knocking , the family , in unison hushes the dog ; they have become the quiet family . 
 The film ends with a wide shot of the lodge in winter , with outside , looking at it , and then to the camera with an uncertain look on her face ; all to the sound of The Partridge Family 's " I Think I Love You " .

leads a quiet life running a pawnshop . His only friend is a little girl , - , who lives next door . mother , , is a heroin addict who steals drugs from a feared Korean - Vietnamese organized crime group . She pawns her camera bag to ; he does not realize it has the stolen drugs inside . Crime lord sends his subordinates , brothers and - to retrieve the drugs ; - and his henchman torture to find the drugs ' location , then kidnap her and . Two gangsters , and " " go to pawn shop , but easily overpowers them . When he finds that and have been kidnapped , he gives them the bag , and kills to set him up as the fall guy . 
 Realizing that may serve better as a mule , the gang brothers force to perform a delivery to , who they have set up . The police arrest and discover body , with her organs harvested , in the back of the car he used to make the delivery . escapes from the police station to search for , and during his escape , the police are bewildered at display of power , combat techniques , and agility . On further investigation , they discover that was a former covert operator for the South Korean Army Intelligence , with numerous commendations , but he retired after he was wounded and his pregnant wife was murdered by an assassin . 
 tracks - chi to a nightclub , beats up two of - 's guards , and stabs Du - chi with his own knife . As he asks where the brothers are , walks in and shoots at , killing in the crossfire . The two fight to a standstill , and suffers a bullet wound . chases after and the brothers as they flee , but he is too late ; barely escapes from undercover cops . Critically wounded after his encounter with , finds his former partner , who performs an impromptu surgery . then acquires a gun from him and continues on his journey . 
 finds and frees several child slaves in a drug manufacturing plant , in the process killing off the younger of the brothers , . He tracks down the elder brother , , at the gang 's condo , where a dozen gang members and are also waiting . says that he has had killed and shows a container that has what he says are her eyes . He demands to know what happened to his younger brother , and , in a rage , kills the gang members , including and . 
 As prepares to commit suicide out of grief , a scared and dirty , but unscathed - mi emerges from the darkness ; she had been saved by , who took pity on her because she had been kind to him - the eyes in the container belonged to the gangsters ' surgeon , who had been killed off - camera by . The police allow and to ride together after they arrest him , and , while she sleeps , asks if they can be dropped off at a small convenience store . buys a backpack along with other school supplies . He tells her that she 's going to be on her own now , as the police have to take him away . Before he goes , he asks her for a hug and breaks down in tears as they embrace .

In 2014 , an attempt to counteract global warming through climate engineering backfires catastrophically , causing an ice age and extinguishing nearly all life ; only polar bears and the inhabitants of Snowpiercer remain . Snowpiercer is a massive train , powered by a perpetual motion engine , traveling on a circumnavigational track created by the Wilford transportation magnate . By 2031 , elites inhabit the extravagant front cars while the " scum " inhabit the tail in squalid and brutal conditions . Under watch by Wilford 's guards , they are brought only gelatinous protein bars to eat . 
 Conspiring with his mentor and second - in - command , plans to lead the tail passengers in a revolt that will take them all the way up to the engine . and armed guards come to take two small children , and . 's father attempts to fight back , but is punished by by being forced to put his arm into the extreme cold outside the train , effectively amputating it . Enraged , initiates their plan the next time they are to be fed . On realization the guards ' weapons are empty , and the tail passengers easily overrun them and take the security and prison cars . releases security expert and his clairvoyant daughter from the prison car so he can disable the locks between cars , offering them a hallucinogenic drug called Kronole as payment . They take the car where insects are ground up to make their protein bars , and suggests that if they take the subsequent water supply car , they will control any negotiation with . Instead , they are ambushed by a mass of masked men with hatchets led by under 's orders . After a bloody battle , sacrifices to win the fight . is taken captive and , , , , and 's bodyguard continue on with her as a hostage . 
 They travel through several luxurious cars and arrive at a classroom , where the teacher expounds to the children and the rebels on the greatness of and the " sacred engine " . While distracted by the celebration of the New Year marking one circumnavigation of the globe , the teacher ambushes them with a gun ( bullets were n't actually extinct , but were rumored to be ) , killing before kills her . Further back , and 's soldiers use the same distraction to kill the rebel army and many of the tail passengers . executes , and kills in revenge . ' group continues forward , followed by , leading to a violent fight in a sauna car during which kills and mortally wounds before and seemingly kill him . 
 At the gate to the engine , reveals that he plans to use the highly flammable Kronole as an explosive to blow a hatch to the outside , as he observed signs the world outside is thawing and may be hospitable . confesses to him that shortly after boarding the train , the tail passengers resorted to cannibalism to survive , and he is haunted by his part in it . He was nearly ready to kill infant when offered his own arm instead . After years of disdain for , seeks to learn what 's intentions were . Meanwhile , is revealed to have survived and makes his way toward the engine . 
 's assistant emerges from the engine , shoots , and invites inside where he meets an aging . reveals to that his revolution was actually orchestrated by himself and to reduce the population and maintain the balance of the sealed ecosystem , and subsequently orders the elimination of 74 % of the remaining tail passengers . He explains the importance of using fear and chaos to maintain a necessary order and leadership on the train . After letting experience being alone for the first time in seventeen years , asks to replace him . appears ready to accept , when runs in and pulls up a floorboard , showing that small children from the tail section , including and , are being trapped as replacement parts for " extinct " machinery ; the tail section only serves to provide this resource to the engine . subdues and sacrifices an arm to save from this work , though refuses to be saved . 
 revives and finally kills as lights the fuse on the Kronole . However , the door to the engine short - circuits and does n't close , forcing and to tightly embrace and , protecting them from the blast . The explosion triggers an avalanche that derails the train . and , apparently the only survivors , emerge from the wreckage and see a polar bear in the distance – proof that life exists outside the train .

is a hard - as - nails homicide detective known for her undisputed ability to nab violent criminals . She is revered as a legend in the police force and at the same time feared among the mafia for her brutality in cracking down on crime . Yet , she has a secret that she must hide from the world she lives in . - was assigned male at birth , and she has wanted to live her life as a woman since her teenager years . She tries to suppress this inner desire , but in vain . finally reaches the point where she can no longer hide who she truly is , and decides to take the plunge and get a gender affirmation operation . However , before she has a chance to do so , unexpected crises arise and interfere with her plans . A gang that suffered from the cold , hard steel of handcuffs is dead set on getting their revenge against her . - resigns and tries to go about making her dream a reality , but people close to her get sucked into the revenge plot she finds herself at the center of . When some of those people get killed and a girl named - mi falls into danger , she realizes that she ca n't stand idly by any longer.[8][9 ]

A Japanese man has recently arrived at a little village in the mountains of South Korea , living in a secluded house . A mysterious disease starts spreading among the villagers , causing a rash which precedes violent murderous outbreaks followed by stupor and eventually death . 
 Police officer , who is investigating the case , meets a mysterious young woman called ( “ no name ” in Korean ) , who tells him about the Japanese stranger , and later disappears . A local hunter tells - that he saw the near - naked stranger eating a deer , with glowing red eyes . - is unsettled , as he has had dreams about this stranger , which the hunter had described to him . He enlists the help of another police officer , and a Japanese - speaking deacon to serve as translator , and they investigate the stranger 's house while he is away . The other police officer finds pictures of the infected and murdered residents and their belongings . He is too shocked to say anything to the others . The stranger 's house guard dog attacks the deacon and - . The stranger arrives and pacifies the dog , and the other three leave . 
 The police officer tells - of what he saw , and hands over a shoe which belongs to 's daughter , - jin . Soon , - becomes sick and displays similar symptoms as the other infected villagers . - makes his way to the stranger ’s house with the deacon in anger , but finds that the pictures and evidence have been burned . Infuriated , he destroys the stranger 's worship room and kills the dog when it attacks him , ordering the stranger to leave the village . 
 Distraught about - jin 's condition , 's mother - in - law seeks help from a shaman , . As performs a ritual to exorcise the demon , the stranger performs a ritual in his house simultaneously . - finds his daughter in pain and interrupts the ritual , taking her to a hospital instead . The following day , he gathers his friends to hunt down the stranger , believing that the stranger is responsible for the disease and murders . - and his friends go after the stranger , and are attacked by another infected villager . After a chase they eventually end up hitting the stranger with their vehicle . They dispose of his body as watches from the hills . When - returns home , he finds that condition has seemingly improved . suspects they killed the wrong person ; he later encounters , and starts vomiting blood . He calls , telling him that is the real demon . 
 - finds near his house . She requests - to believe her , telling him she had set a trap for the demon , but the trap will not work if - goes back to his house . calls - and tells him not to believe , while she in turn tells him is actually in league with the real demon . Confused and hesitant , eventually leaves to save his family , but grabs him , her skin turning a ghostly white as he notices that she is wearing the personal items of some of the victims . He pulls himself away , and as he crosses his home 's threshold , the floral trap withers . 
 The deacon encounters the still - alive Japanese stranger in a cave . After being photographed by the stranger , the deacon witnesses the stranger evolving into a demon . Back at his house , arrives to find that has murdered their family . He calls out to her , but she stabs him and falls into a stupor . arrives at 's house and takes photographs of the family . While returning to his car , he unintentionally drops a box filled with photos of the other victims . 
 As - lies dying in his home , he sees visions of happier times with his daughter and assures her he will protect her .

In Japanese - occupied Korea , a conman operating under the sobriquet of " Count " plans to seduce a Japanese heiress named Lady , then marry her and commit her to an asylum in order to steal her inheritance . He hires a pickpocket named from a family of con artists to become 's maid and encourage to marry him . 
 lives with her authoritarian Uncle . makes money by selling rare books , and he has give readings of the books for potential buyers . and grow closer , and allows to wear her dresses and jewelry . When asks what married life will be like , makes passionate love to her , promising her the same pleasures with her new husband . begins expressing reluctance about the plan , but when herself feels that she can not go through with the marriage , insists she do so , causing to slap her and run away in frustration . 
 When leaves on business for a week , and elope . After cashing out 's inheritance , it is then revealed that and double crossed and has convinced the asylum that she is the " Countess , " and have her committed in 's stead . 
 A series of flashbacks show that was abusive to both and her aunt . The books he sells are sadistic pornography , which he trains and forces his wife to read at private auctions for the books , a practice that he also teaches during childhood . 's aunt is eventually found hanged from a tree in the yard . When suspects the death was not suicide , takes into his basement , where he tells her that he murdered her aunt after she had attempted to run away . 
 In the more recent past , has grown up , and plans to seduce her to steal her inheritance . He finds this impossible due to being desensitized to sex acts and can not be seduced , and he instead makes a deal with her : if they get married , he 'll save her from her uncle in exchange for half her inheritance . agrees under the condition that when they marry , he gives her a vial of poison guaranteed to kill her quickly in the event she is caught by her uncle and taken back to the basement . further proposes to hire a maid and commit the maid to an asylum in her place . 
 All the while being instructed by , who takes advantage of illiteracy , unexpectedly falls in love with her . Knowing that the woman she loved was planning on betraying her , even with her feelings and their love making , tries to hang herself . saves her , and confesses her culpability in trying to commit and steal her inheritance . admits her plan to commit in her place , and the two vow to get revenge on both and . shows her uncle 's collection of pornography , and destroys the collection in anger . eventually joins her , calling - hee " her savior " from her uncle 's abuse . 
 friend - soon sets a fire at the asylum and poses as a firefighter to help rescue . Meanwhile , poisons 's wine , causing him to pass out while she takes the money and leaves . and reunite and flee together , disguising as a man to avoid detection . 
 captures upon receiving a letter from detailing 's deception . He tortures in his cellar with his collection of antique bookmaking tools and presses him for sexual details about his niece . makes up a story about their wedding night , but a flashback shows that had cut her hand on a knife to stain her sheets , refusing to consummate the marriage . When presses for more details , convinces to give him one of his cigarettes . After smoking for a while , a disgusted refuses to give any further details . notices the cigarettes are producing blue smoke . reveals that his cigarettes had been laced with mercury , and the toxic gas within the smoke kills them both . 
 On a ferry to Shanghai , China , - hee and celebrate their newfound freedom by making love once again .

, a divorced fund manager , is a workaholic and absentee father to his young daughter , . For her birthday the next day , she wishes for her father to take her to Busan to see her mother . They board the KTX at Seoul Station . Others on the same train are tough working - class husband and his pregnant wife , a high school baseball team , rich - yet - egotistical COO , elderly sisters and , and a homeless man who is experiencing post - traumatic stress disorder . 
 As the train departs , a convulsing young woman boards the train with a bite wound on her leg . The woman soon becomes a zombie and attacks a train attendant , who then also turns into a zombie . The infection quickly spreads throughout the train . Baseball player , a girl named - who has a crush on him , and several passengers manage to escape to another car . News broadcasts report zombie outbreaks throughout the country . The train stops at Daejeon , but the surviving passengers find that the city has also been overrun , and they hastily retreat back to the train , splitting up into different train cars in the chaos . The conductor restarts the train to head to Busan , where a successful quarantine zone has reportedly been established . 
 , , and fight their way to where - , , and are hiding , and together they struggle through the zombie horde to the front train car , where the other passengers are sheltered . However , at the instigation of , the passengers block the survivors from entering , fearing that they are infected . and sacrifice themselves to give the others time to force open the door and enter the car . demands that the newcomers isolate themselves in the vestibule , and the others follow his lead . When deliberately opens the door to the zombies to be with her zombified sister , the zombies kill the rest of the passengers , leaving , and safe , as they are in the vestibule . and the train attendant escape the onslaught by hiding in the bathroom . 
 A blocked track at East Daegu train station forces the survivors to stop and search for another train . In the process , , , , and the homeless man are separated from - and - . escapes after pushing the train attendant to be killed by the zombies , then does the same with - . Heartbroken , - stays with - and is soon bitten by her . The train conductor starts a locomotive on another track but is also killed by zombies while trying to save - . The homeless man sacrifices himself to let - and escape with into the train the conductor had activated . They encounter in the engine room , on the verge of turning into a zombie , having been bitten when the train conductor saved him . fights him off , but is himself bitten . He puts and inside the engine room and shares his last words with his daughter before moving outside . As he zombifies , he thinks of the first time he held his daughter in his arms and throws himself off the locomotive with a smile . 
 and get off at Busan and begin walking through a train tunnel . On the other side of the tunnel are soldiers stationed to defend the perimeter against zombies . Unable to see the new arrivals clearly , the soldiers at the checkpoint are instructed to shoot them . However , the soldiers then hear singing , which makes them realize the newcomers are human : it is , tearfully singing the song that she had wanted to perform for her father at the beginning of the film , now singing it to honor his sacrifice .